Evening Star Newspaper, October 8, 1937, Page 2

A—2 wx» BUTCHERSACCLAIM VIGTORY IN STRIKE Kosher Merchants Reopen Shops in New York Tomor- row—~Gains Cited. BACKGROUND— Skyrocketing of meat prices in last year is blamed on drought by packers and on “meat monopoly” by butchers. Increases have caused house- wives to substitute fish at many meals, restaurants to discontinue featuring steaks and some meat merchants to moan they are being forced to the wall. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 8.—Prepar- ing to reopen their shops tomorrow night after a one-week stoppage, 5,000 butchers of the metropolitan area to- day viewed their “strike” for lower prices as a three-point victory. Voting in various sections of the eity and Northern New Jersey, the butchers decided late last night to reopened and pointed to these results as proving the movement had “served its purpose’’: 1. A meeting at City Hall today at which representatives of the butchers and the packing industry were to con- fer with Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, William Fellowes Morgan, jr, com- missioner of markets, and experts of the United States Department of Agriculture in an attempt to reach a permanent agreement. 2. A promise by Morgan to investi- gate, through the department of mar- kets, the butchers' charges that lead- ing packers are keeping prices up through a “meat monoply” in the city. The packers blame the drought for the high prices, 3. A definite break in prices on the Chicago Live Stock Exchange which the butchers say will lead directly to lower costs to the housewife. David H. Greenwalden, attorney for the Federation of Kosher Butchers, through which the action was taken, said “We have achieved the desired result in bringing about & reduction in the prices of meat.” JAPANESE EMBASSY WILL BE PICKETED American League Against War and Fascism to Stage Protest Today. Protesting Japanese aggression in China, the American League Against War and Fascism plans to set up a picket line in front of the Japanese Embassy at 5:30 pm. today. An invitation has been issued to “all peace-loving Washingtonians” to take part in the demonstration, which the league said is to “express with un- mistakable clarity the feelings of the American people in regard to Japanese aggression in China as voiced by President Roosevelt in his speech in Chicago.” In a telegram sent to the President today, the league declared: “We heartily indorse your courage- ous stand against international law- lessness and in favor of concerted ac- tion by all peace-loving nations. We are convinced that your eloquent speech expresses the feeling of the entire American people.” The picketing this afternoon is to | be preparatory to a movement in Washington to attempt the boycott of Japanese goods, a league statement said. PLANE NCT IN DIS;RESS BOSTON, October 8 (#).—As Coast Guard craft rushed to the rescue to- day, a big naval flying boat which had made a forced landing off Scituate again took to the air. The trouble which caused the flying boat to come down was not known, but apparently her crew of four made whatever re- pairs were necessary. Naval officers expressed surprise the forced landing caused so much excite- ment, declaring the big flying boats “are as safe on the ocean as a ship.” The plane was one of many partic- fpating in current joint Army and Navy exercises. When it was reported in trouble the Coast Guard dispatched one of its seaplanes and a variety of surface craft to the scene. The mis- sion was canceled before they arrived. Base Ball - (Continued From First Page.) out Di Maggio, Rolfe holding second. Gehrig popped to Whitehead back of seccnd base. Dickey rolled to White- head, who tossed him out. No runs. GIANTS—Lazzeri threw out White- head. Berger batted for Schumacher and fanned on three pitched balls. Moore singled to left, for the Giants’ first clean hit. Bartell took a third strike. No runs. Yankees, 5; Giants, 0. SEVENTH INNING. YANKEES—Melton now pitching for the Giants. Selkirk flied to Ripple. Melton knocked down Hoag's line drive, but threw wildly past McCarthy, and Hoag went to second on the error. Lazzeri was purposely passed. Pearson hit into a double play, Whitehead to Eartell to McCarthy. No runs. GIANTS—Ott popped to Lazzeri. Ripple singled to right. McCarthy doubled to the left-field barrier, scor- ing Ripple. Lazzeri threw out Chiozza, McCarthy going to third. Crosetti threw out Danning. One run, Yankees, 5; Giants, 1. EIGHTH INNING. YANKEES—Crosetti flied to Chi- ozza. Rolfe walked. Di Maggio flied to Ripple. So did Gehrig. No runs. GIANTS—Rolfe threw out White- head. Leslie batted for Melton and fouled to Dickey. Crosetti threw out Moore. No runs. Yankees, 5; Giants, 0. NINTH INNING. YANKEES—Don Brennan, a right- hander, now pitching for the Giants, Dickey flied to Ripple. Selkirk fouled to Ott. Hoag lined to Bartell. No runs. GIANTS—Bartell flied to Di Mag- gio. Ott singled to left. Ripple forced ott, Crosetti, unassisted. As Ripple crossed first base ahead of Crosetti’s throw for a double play, he slightly spiked Gehrig on the right foot, but the first baseman made repairs him- self and play was recumad. Meras=thy walked. Chiozra also walkeq, filling the bases. Pearson threw four straight balls to Chio: ‘The Yankee infleld gathered u\:& Pearson as Johnny Murphy wal from the bull pen to relieve him. Danning flied to the red THE EVEN Blond Jacqueline Jones is finding out how many seconds it takes her to put on the brake when light flashes, to step on the accelerator when the green goes on, and to blow the horn when the buzzer buzzes, as the first “trafficclub was formed at Western Interested spectators include, Foels, Inspector W. E. Holmes and T 1 High School today. left to right, Martha Totty, Richard Ham of the A. A. A., Betty raffic Director W. A. Van Duzer. —Star Staff Photo. Western High School audi- torium today and touched off the enthusiasm of several hundred students in the formation of the first high school “Trafficlub.” Responding to the effort to make the traffic safety campaign & practical experience for them, the pupils clamored for a demonstration as Richard Ham of the American Auto- mobile Association explained that the queer-looking gadget would test their reactions to stop, go and horn signals. “And some of you are going to find you are not as quick on the trigger as you think,” grinned Ham Ham looked at Adrian Recinos, son of the Minister from Guatemala and a leader in the movement to start the clubs, seeking a prospect for the first test. Recinos shrugged uncomfortably and pointed at pretty Helen Bell, an- | other leader in the campaign. Helen N AUTOMOBILE-LIKE device A coasted out on the stage of looked distressed, so the appeal was transferred to Dr. Elmer S. Newton, popular school principal. “Oh, no you don't,” quoth the ven- erable doctor. “I have always had a | horror of intelligence tests and things of that kind.” Result, no demonstration! Dr. Newton announced the contrap- tion would, be at the school all day and those interested in taking the test could do so during their study hall period. After the meeting was dis- missed several of the curious crowded around and took the test. Speakers to address the assembly included Traffic Director William A Van Duzer, Police Inspector W. E. | Holmes, in charge of traffic; Hany | Calevas of the Keystone Automobile | Club, all of whem pledged co-opera- | tion, and Joe Sullivan, a student, who outlined the *“trafficlub” curriculum The activities planned include the writing of plays and radio scripts dealing with traffic; visiting and studying dangerous intersections near the school; campaigning for a traffic and safe driving course with academic credit in the high schools; demonstra- tions of safety devices and testing reactions of students to point out their weaknesses; sponsoring an inter- scholastic riting and script st; showing safety films at club meetings and school assemblies, and sponsorship of planned tours to the Police Traffic Bureau and other places of traffic interest. Announcement that they would be taken to an inquest at the District Morgue caused considerable excite- | ment, The first club meeting was to be held in the school library today at 3 pm. Its formation was inspired | by the tragic deaths of two Western alumni on their way to Dartmouth last month. KILLNG STIRS MEXICAN STATE Assassination of Agrarian May Bring Ouster of Gov- ernment Officials. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 8.—A us- ually reliable political source predicted today that the federal government would move “in the near future” to oust the state government of San Luis Potosi, considered loyal to Gen. Saturnino Cedillo. Cedillo, leader of the last private army in Mexico, resigned in August as President Lazaro Cardenas’ secretary of agriculture in a dispute over Car- denas’ agrarian policies and his future course has been the subject of excited speculation. The forecast followed the assassina- tion of Tomas Tapia, agrarian leader, state legislator and newly named state chairman of the National Revolution- ary (government) party. He was shot five times through the body yesterday in the capital city, San Luis Potosi. It was reliably learned that federal congressmen owing allegiance to Car- denas were discussing voting to de- clare the powers of the San Luis Potosi regime “terminated” and per- mit the federal administration to re- place Gov. Mateo Hernandez Netro. Military quarters, meanwhile dis- closed that the war department had sent four battalions of infantry—some 3,000 men—into the state since Cedillo resigned. Garrisons in surrounding states also have been reinforced. Tension had grown in part from rumors that Cedillo was ready to lead his own army of 17,000 men in revolt if the central government challenged his two-decade rule of San Luis Potosi. While the immediate significance of the killing of Tapia was not apparent, observers here took it to reflect the unrest that followed Cedillo's resig- nation, RAFT FOUND AT HAWAII NOT MISS EARHART’ By the Associated Press. CLIFTON, N. J., October 8—Offi- cials of Air Cruisers, Inc., which has its main plant here, said today a de- flated rubber life raft found on the shore of Hawi, Hawaii, was not the one Amelia Earhart purchased for her round-the-world flight. The lost aviatrix, they said, bought & two-place yellow raft, which their company make, bearing only the name “Air Cruisers” The raft found at Hawi had other markings. The officials said it was possible Miss Earhart carried two rafts, but very unlikely. They said theirs was all she and Navigator Frederick J. Noonan needed, and that they prob- ably carried only necessities on their long overwater hop. B3 the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, October 8.—Prin- cess Concetta Leone de Nigeratze, former New York stenographer, was granted a “conditional pardon” yes- terday after serving 10 months of an eight-year sentence for killing her husband. In releasing her, the seventh section of Mexico’s Superior Court set forth as a tenet of modern Mexican juris- prudence that “crimes of passion should be punished with moderate sentences.” The court said it also took into @ouwunt an opinion of alienists who studied the princess’ temperament. The alienists re, that the 36- year-old woman sh husband be- cause jealousy ler “lose her sense of responsibility.” Bicycle Race Sends Boy, 10, To the Hospital Ten-year-old John Henry Jones, 2318 Eighteenth street, was severely injured yesterday afternoon when thrown from his bicycle while racing down a hill on Adams Mill road with | & schoolmate. John Henry and his chum, John A. Porter, 9, of 1801 Belmont road, chal- lenged each other to a race. Their wheels became engaged after they put on speed, throwing both boys to the pavement. Porter. Jones. John Henry was treated at Em- ergency Hospital for what may be a fracture of the skull and concussion of the brain. He later was removed to Gallinger Hospital, where he was be- lieved out of danger this morning. Young Porter escaped with minor cuts and bruises. Both boys are in the fourth grade at John Quincy Adams School. John Henry is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Jones, while young Porter'’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Porter. JOHN SPENGLER, 80, EX-SALESMAN, DIES Funeral Services for Father of World War Hero Will Be Held Monday. John Spengler, 80, retired salesman of the Charles Schneider Baking Co. and father of the late Henry C. Speng- ler, World War hero, for whom the local American Legion post is named, died today at his home, 1214 Euclid street. He had been ill about three weeks. Mr. Spengler, who retired about eight years ago, was a native of Bal- timore, but had lived here since child- hood. His son, the late Henry C. Spengler, killed in action overseas, had been cited for gallantry. Surviving are a son, Frederick H. Spengler, this city, three daughters, Mrs. Edwin H. Johnson, Buffalo, N. Y.; Miss Anna R. Spengler and Miss Kathryn E. Spengler, this city; a brother, Louis C. Spengler, Chicago, and two sisters, Mrs. W. Charles Heit~ muller and Mrs. George W. Estler, both of this city. He also leaves three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at the residence. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemete: “Conditional Pardon” Granted Princess Who Killed Husband and her second husband, was walking with the Finnish Vice Consul, Leo B. Granroos, last November when pistol shots cracked out in the darkness. ‘The prince shrieked with pain and fell. Then he got up and ran, but the princess sprang out of her conceal- ment and pursued him. She kept firing until he dropped fatally ‘wounded. . Granroos disarmed the princess and held her until police arrived. At her trial she testified that she had given the prince a large sum of money, mortgaged her home and pawned her jewels to help his busi- ness, but suspected him of deserting her. PRESIDENT WEIGHS EXTRA SESSION Roosevelt, Back From Trip, Has Not Definitely De- cided on Action. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Returning to Washington today from his trip to the Pacific North- west, President Roosevelt said he has not yet made up his mind whether he | will call an extra session of Congress next month. He has intimated, however, that should he decide on an extra session, it probably would be called for a date between November 8 and 16. Mr. Roosevelt made no comment on | the controversy over the appointment of Hugo L. Black to the Supreme Court { and added he has no plans to confer with Justice Black. Will Return to Hyde Park. The President said he plans to re- main in Washington until Tuesday night, returning then to Hyde Park and Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Cn Wednes- day he will deliver an address at the dedication of a new post office in Pougkeepsie on the 250th anniversary of the founding of the town. He indicated he may decide on an extra session before returning to New York. Should the extra session be called, legislation for the control of surplus crops would be a major item on the program. In response to other questions at & press conference this morning, Mr. Roosevelt said he expected soon to name an administrator for the new low-cost housing division of the In- terior Department. He also said he had no news on reports higher taxes may be levied next year. Asked about the reported plan of President-elect Ortiz of Argentina to visit Washing- tan, he said if Mr. Ortiz came he would be very welcome. Cabinet Meeting Today. The President had scheduled a cabi- net meeting for this afternoon, but prior to that meeting, he arranged to confer with four cabinet officers in- dividually—Secretaries Wallace, Per- kins, Farley and Morgenthau. The latter was invited to lunch. Other forenoon callers were Cor- rington Gill, assistant Works Progress administrator; Walter Chrysler, the automobile manufacturer, and Mor- ris L. Cooke, former rural electrifi- cation administrator. - The President looked in the best of health as he stepped from his special train at Union Station at 9:30 a.m. and with a smile greeted a group of friends awaiting him at the station. This included Secretary of Commerce Roper, Postmaster General Farley, Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- thau, William Bullitt, American Am- bassador to France, and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, The only member of the President's family to return with him was Mrs. James Roosevelt, wife of the Presi- dent’s oldest son and member of the White House secretariat. The Presi- dent’s wife will join him at the White House tonight. The President did not 80 to his desk at the executive office until nearly two hours after his ar- rival. He was engaged with confer- ences and telegrams and phone calls in his study on the second floor of the White House beforehand. The President was highly enthusi- astic over his transcontinental jour- ney. He was greatly impressed with the reception accorded him and re- turned with the belief that the people at large are with him and in favor of the New Deal objectives. — SLAIN IN HOLD-UP Baltimore Storekeeper Dies at Feet of Wife. BALTIMORE, October 8 ().—Ben- Under the the conditional good, conduct princess, who is Italian born. She divorced her first jamin Schwartz, a grocer, was shot and killed early today by three colored men who apparently attempted to rob him {n his store. He died at the feet WOULD BE EASED Maryland Official Proposes Removal of Red Tape in Transportation. BY HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE, Associated Press Science Editor. NEW YORK, October 8 —Plans for making it easler to bury the dead have been proposed to the American Public Health Association. The aim is to remove the red tape which sur- rounds transportation of the bodies of those who have to make an interstate journey to reach their last resting places. The proposals were made by A. W. Hedrich, chief of the Bureau of Vital Statistics, Maryland State Department of Health. He said the red tape is in the shipment permits required in most States. ‘These permits, he said, originated in their present form in 1903. They started partly over a scare about mov- ing bodies of persons who died of diphtheria from Detroit to Ypsilanti, Mich. It was feared that the dead might transmit disease. No Longer Any Risk. ‘There is no longer any such risk, he said. Such a danger was disputed, he added, even in 1903. “In most places,” he said, “this transit permit is probably the most complex and expensive form printed by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. As many as five coupons may appear on one permit. As many as five separate forms of transit permit appear in the same States.” The attached coupons or forms, he explained, may include the death cer- tificate, embalmer’s certificate, routing schedule, stub for the undertaker and one for the sexton. Only one should be necessary, he said, and this is the death certificate. Beginning this year, he added, Mary- land has begun accepting the death certificates of other States. A resolution incorporating Hedrich's proposals was adopted by the asso- ciation, recommending interstate rec- ognition of burial permits and elimi- nation of transportation permits and other obsolete regulations. Hits Socialized Medicine. A declaration that “we should op- pose, at all hazards, the socialization of medicine” was made last night by A. T. McCormack, M. D, of Louisville, in his address as president of the association, He declared that far better health than now generally enjoyed can be purchased. Abel Wolman, professor of sanitary | engineering at Johns Hopkins Univer- sity, Baltimore, was named the new association president-elect, to take of- fice at the next annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo, Among those elected to the council were W. F. Draper and George C. Ruhland, Washington. DRIVE ON SYPHILIS IN SECOND PHASE Chicago to Distribute Blood Test Coupons—19,621 Cases Already Found. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 8—An over- whelmingly favorable public response to Chicago's 'mass attack on the syphilis plague—first drive of its kind in the Nation—accelerated prep- arations today for the second phase of the campaign. Health authorities mailed 1,000,000 questionnaires beginning July 3 ask- ing whether the citizen would be willing to submit to a free blood test for syphilis. Now they will distribute 450,000 blood-test coupons to citizens, begin- ning October 15, through such chan- nels as industrial plants. Authorized by coupon, the family doctor would take a blood sample without charge and send it to the Board of Health laboratories for a syphilis test. The patient's name would be known only to tHe doctor, blood samples being identifled by serial numbers. The patient would return to his,doctor to learn results of the test. The campaign has been co-ordi- nated by Dr. Louis E. Schmidt, head- ing the Committee for Control of Venereal Disease, with the Board of Health, United States Public Health Service and physicians co-operating. The city appropriated $50,000. MRS. LAURA STONE, 83, EXPIRES IN MARYLAND Mrs. Laura Virginia Stone, 83, widow of William Ridgely Stone, sr., former Washington druggist, died yes= terday at the home of her grand- daughter, Mrs. Cissel Simpson, in Howard County, Md. She had suf- fered a hip fracture in a fall last July. Mrs. Stone, a native of Simpson- ville, Md., had lived here for many years. She went to live with her granddaughter about two years ago. Surviving are a son, William Ridgely Stone, president of Stone’s Mercantile Agency, Inc.; a daughter, Mrs. Charles E. Kerfoot, Riverdale, Md.; another grandchild and three great-grandchil- dren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs, Simpson. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery here. Shop Manager Bluffs Her Way Out of Hold-U P A colored man walked into the shop of the Master Cleaners and Dyers, 1536 North Capitol street, today and reaching into a pocket where many hold-up men keep their revolvers, de- manded: “How much money have you got in the cash register?” “None,” replied the clerk, Mrs. Grace Smith, “so you'd better get out of here.” The colored man did. A moment later he re-entered the Pplace, Mrs. Smith said, and asked the price for cleaning a pair of trousers. “He reached in his pocket like he had a gun again and then walked back and locked the door, 50 I reached under the counter where many laun- dry clerks keep a gun, and said, ‘Get out of here or I'll blow your brains out’” = The marfiran. Mrs. Smith admitted to police ‘was bluffing. Police rea- soned the would-be hold-up man also NG_ STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1937. Western High Pupils Take “Traffic Tests” [BRIALOFDFA) |Radio Flash Says Expedition : i Into Arctic Is Halted by Ice MacGregor’s schooner, Gen. in Port Newark, N. J., before the expedition left for the Arctic. b —Wide World Photo. | "2l and p who make trouble and cause violence.” ADIO flashes from a spot in ice- bound Northern Greenland vesterday told of an abrupt halt to a venture into the Arctic Wastes over a route cov- ered more than 50 years ago by the ill-fated Greely expedition. Through an amateur radio operator in Philadelphia, A. W. Greely, 2145 C street, son of the late soldier and ex- plorer, received a message from C. J. MacGregor, commander of a scientific expedition to Fort Conger on Lady Franklin Bay, where all but seven of Gen. A. W. Greely's men perished from starvation or cold in 1882-3. She brief message read: “Reindeer Point, Greenland. “Greetings from North Polar regions. Unable to reach Conger account heavy ice. Things going fine, Remember me to rest of family. (Signed:) “MacGregor Arctie Ex- pedition.” MacGregor's party of approximately 20 men left early in June on the ven- ture aboard a three-masted schooner, | christened the Gen. Greely at Port | Newark, N. J., May 3. The group planned to spend 16 months in me; Arctic using Fort Conger as a base for meteorological and hydrographic ob- servations. The party's destination, located on as she was christened | Ellesmere Island, 450 miles from the | Pole, was the northernmost point ever reached by man when Gen. Greely's group of 25 camped there in the early 80s. It has a latitude of 83 degrees and 24 minutes. When & relief expedition, led by Capt. Winfleld Scott Schley, reached the camp nearly two years later, seven survivors were found, near death. Gen. Greely and his six companions | had been without food for more than 42 hours, Before his death October 20, 1935, at the age of 91, the general was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. When he received MacGregor's mes- sage yesterday, Greely, an official with the R. F. C, said he did not know whether the explorer would remain at | his present position near the top of | the world to continue the expedition when the ice thawed sufficiently or return home. A search of all available maps of the Greenland coast in the direction of Fort Conger failed to reveal a “Rein- deer Foint,” and it was believed Mac- Gregor's party had given the name to their present position. Navigator and second in command of the expedition is Lieut. Comdr. Isaac Schlossbach, retired. 34618 ENROLLED INREDCROSSCALL Government Office Group Far Ahead of Any Other Unit in Campaign. Progress of the Drive. Red Cross roll-call head- quarters, 1601 I street, reported the following analysis of mem- berships secured by noon today: Government group Business group.- Financial group.- Professional group.. Utilities group..__ Residential group. Booths - Special memberships.__ Owing mainly to a spurt of support from business men, the Red Cross roll call showed enroliments of 34,618 members at noon today, 13 days after the drive opened. The goal is 75,000 members by October 16. The Government office solicitation workers are far ahead of any other canvassing unit, it was reported, with 24,672 members. Gen. Fred W. Boschen, Army finance officer, who heads these workers, said these Gov- ernment agencies have enrolied 100 per cent: Dennison Vocational School, Lang- don School, Alice Deal School, Dis- trict corporation counsel's office, District Minimum Wage Board, Dis- trict Highways Department, Cash Di- vision of the Treasury, administra- tion office of the Treasury, Account- ing Division of the Treasury, Cur- rency Redemption of the Treasury, Public Debt Division of the Treasury, office of the controller of the cur- rency; office of the chief of Coast Artillery, War Department. 5 Canvassers soliciting homes and apartments reported that 1,197 persons have joined the Red Cross, according to Mrs. E. G. Montgcmery, vice chair- man of this division of solicitation. Two Central High School students yesterday volunteered their services after school to the roll call supply de- partment. They are Richard Bridge and Ralph Magee. Postmaster’s Aide Joins s. Milton C. White of the a membership button on nni: ft’atunt to Postmaster General Farley, ROSS KIDNAPING HUNT IS SPURRED Reported Ransom Note In- creases Interest in Case of Missing Chicagoan. B) the Associated Press. CHICAGO., October 8 —The reported receipt of a ransom note has enlivened the 12-day investigation of the Kid- naping of wealthy Charles S. Ross. letter had been mailed from Savanna. IIL, to a “Mrs. Breckenridge of the retired manufacturer’s family, | | through the general delivery depart- | ment of the Chicago Post Office. This source said it contained an en- closure addressed to the victim's wife giving directions for the payment of ransom and suggesting “Mrs. Breck- enridge” act as intermediary. The amount demanded was not dis- closed. A woman who answered reporters’ telephoned inquiries at the Ross apart- ment on the North Side declined to identify herself, but said she did not know “Mrs. Breckenridge” and denied a ransom message had been received. But Earl J. Connelley, an operative of the Department of Justice who came here to direct the Federal forces, refused to deny or confirm the report. Edmund Cummings, attorney for Ross, also withheld comment. It was recalled that Mrs. Ross had invited the abductors to enter nego- tiations after she received a tele- phoned message from a “Bob of New York,” who claimed, “we have Ross, but the Federal agents have the wires tapped and we can't make contact.” her Friday. She announced the wires | were not tapped, and she was anxious to co-operate in any move to facilitate the safe return of her 72-year-old husband. Ross, suffering from high blood pres- sure and heart disease, was forced | from his sedan on a road about 12| miles west of the city. With him was| his former secretary, Miss Florence Freihage. They had dined in Syca- more, Il the evening of the kidnap- ing—September 25. States’ attorney’s detectives failed to pick up the trail of the three snatch- ers. Five days ago Federal agents as- sumed charge of the c: report read, inform themselves ities of their de the activities of professiona in order that the police ma warned and prepared for riots which may occur. every parties to strike of the interest which professional agitators have in causing strikes and fomenting violence, dent of the Int of Chiefs of Police today, succee Leon B. Jenkins of Portland, Oreg session of fourth; Joseph T. Owens | Shawe of the board's couns A usually reliable authority said a | “general detective busis That information was conveyed toigflc”,\-e y RADICALS BLAMED FOR MANY RIOTS Police Chiefs Told Profes- sional Agitators Start Trou- bles—O0fficers Elected. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, October 8 —A special committee of police chiefs reported yesterday “professional agitators and radicals are responsible for the start~ ing of many public disorders.” The report, to the International Association of Chiefs of Police, was made by Bodie A. Wallman of Oak- land, Calif., member of the commit- tee headed by James P. Allman, Chi- cago Police Commissioner, “The committee r “that mmends,” the 11 police chiefs through the facil- e divisions, of agitators Communism Held Racket. “Your committee recommends that police department warn all “It is to be hoped that during the coming congressional session legisl: tion will be e easier the deportation of alien c: cted which will make cularly alien t their busines: agitators to stir up convention, attended by police from all parts of the United , Canada and Mexico, also heard assertion by the Rev. Edward L. Cur- ran, Catholic Truth Societs president of the International that commun- ism is *“the greatest international racket know The police chiefs, t00, turned mo- mentarily to the problem of “traffic tickets” and agreed em “they shouldn't be fixed. Officers Elected. George B. Reyer, New Orleans po- lice superintendent, was elected pri Tnational Assoc Other officers elected at the closing the annual conven were: Peter S. Brady, Harrison, N rst vice presiden . Jordan, Richmond, Va., seco Ernest Brown, Washington, C,, third; Donald S. Leonard, Detroit Rome, N vy, Ine Y, fifth, and Michael Mo dianapolis, sixth vice president, PINKERTON QUIZZED IN BETHLEHEM CASE Head of Detective Agency and Three Associates Called Be- fore Labor Board. By the Associated Press, JOHNSTOWN, Pa., October 8— Robert A. Pinkerton, president of the Pinkerton of New York, was called to the witness stand today in the National Labor Re- aticnal Dete e Agency lations Board's hearing into the B ehem steel strike. Three of h: sociates also were on hand, ready to testify. Replying to questions by Earl K 1, Pir ton said his organization was in ss investiga ing criminal matters, in uniform g a friend | and patrol business and assisting dis trict and State authorities.” A brief recess was taken to allow ex- amination of records and documen the Pinkerton men brought with ther 1er Pinkerton men wer Asher Rossetter, vice president, of Ne S. L. Stiles and G. G. Hunt of Philadelphi Shawe wanted to know whether Pinkerton “attempted to bring all doc- uments mentioned in the subpoena.” The detective head said he broug what was specific: mentioned, bt that “j asked for were “‘copies,” the originals of which are in New York. P. W. A. OFFICIALS SEE PERMANENT PLANNING Declare New Regional Organiza- tion Could Function During Any Emergency. By the Associated Press P. W. A. offici new regional organ id today their ization could serve as a basis for permant works planning. This would be in line with Secretary Ickes’ suggestion that P. W. A, or a similar organization, be continued as an “idling engine” ready to spring into action in the next depression. The reorganization sets up seven re- gional offices covering geographical subdivisions to replace the 48 State offices. P. W. A. officials said the new set-up would make possible an economical and continuing survey of feasible pub- lic works projects to be set in motion should a new depression strike, GOLD IMPORTS UP . e erican Red Cross is shown ‘:fle . Austin Latimer, :pz:aaal as- at ti Po $47,773,080 Brought Into This Country During Week. The Commerce Department reported today gold imports totaled $47,773,080 during the week ended October 1, compared with $35,185,235 in the pre- vious week. Silver imports were set at $1,488,188 and $1,858,138 for the respective weeks. Gold and silver exports were neg- ligible. L T Day of Recollection Set. The Nazareth Social Center, 200 1 street, will conduct a day of recol- lection Sunday, October 10. Very Rev. Denis J. Kavanagh, superior of the Augustinian College, Brookland, will be in charge. The first confer- ence will begin at 10:30 am., the second at 2:30 pm. and the third at 4:30 pm, Belgium Army Maneuvers. BRUSSELS, October 8 (#).—Bel- gium’s tiny, highly modernized army threw fts full force today against a mythical invader, assumed to be marching into the country over the route taken by the gray-green, of goose-stepping Germans in August, 1914. They were the annual Fall maneuvers along the Maas River,