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Evening star., 1931-06-19
NAVY APPLIES GAG
ON ALL OFFICERS
Department Orders Strict
Silence on Conferences
Within Service.

The Secretary Of the Navy has ap-
piled gag" on all Navy officers who
may have participated in executive con-
ferences, 1t was learned today.
An order that Navy officers are to
hold in strictest confidence the proceed
ings of any conferences of an execu-
tive nature in which they have parti-
cipated was disclosed today by Admiral
william v. Pratt, chief of naval opera
tions.
Leaks Are Blamed.
Leaks" from naval conferences were
blamed for the order.
The Navy Department explained that
the order for secrecy, dated June 10,
1881, was approved by Secretary Adams
two days later. Distribution of copies
of this order, the department said, was
made to the assistant Secretary of the
Navy, the general board, the Bureaus of
Navigation, Ordnance, Engineering,
Aeronautics, Construction and Repair,
Yards and Docks, Supplies and Ac-
counts, Medicine and Surgery and the
Judge advocate generals office.
The department quoted Admiral
Pratts request TO hold executive con-
ferences secret, as follows:
Admlrars Recommendation.
"It has come to the attention of the
chief of naval operations that occasion
ally the conferences which have been
held by various ofilces of the depart
ment are not treated as executive in
character, and that sometimes the SUBJ
stance of what has been discussed ap-
pears either in service bulletins. in the
press or is the subject of general corri-
dor discussion.
1T is therefore recommended that
the secretary approve the following
policy, viz: That all conferences held in
the secretary or assistant secretary's Of
fees, the general board and the Office OF
operations be considered always as ex-
ecutive in character unless word to the
contrary is given by the supervising au-
thority. 1t is taken for granted that
the chiefs Of ali bureaus will take the
necessary steps to see that conferences
held within the purview of their own
bureaus will support the line of general
policy indicated above, as to the execu-
tive character of conferences, as the
normal procedure, when conditions fit.' -
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Miss Earhart Gets
Reprimand for
Autogiro Accident
Government Accuses Her
of Carelessness and Poor
Judgment in Crash.

BY the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department announced
today that Amelia Earhart had been
reprimanded for carelessness and poor
judgment in handling her autogiro
when it crashed at Abilene, Tex, last
week.
Miss Earhart, who was making a
transcontinental flight, is reported to
have struck food light in taking of
from the airport at Abilene, turned her
airplane over and struck an automobile
At the time she said she had miSjudged
her height.
Reports reaching the department re-
Gently have been that the inspector on
the field at the time had recommended
that she be grounded for 90 days.
G. G. Budwig, in charge ef the oper-
ations section of the aviation branch,
today telegraphcd r. w. Delaney. in
spector at Dallas, for report. Delaney
telegraphed recommendation that
Miss Earhart be reprimanded
1t was announced that a letter was
going forward to Miss Earhart today
officially reprimanding her
Evening star., 1931-06-19
WAR DEBT ACTION
| SEEN AS HOOVER
| CALLS IN LEADERS
Three Members of Senate
and TiISon Visit White
House for Conference.
ALL AGREE U. S. HAS VITAL
INTEREST IN SITUATION
Belief Grows Revision or Morato-
rum Is Considered to Avoid
Crisis in Europe.

President Hoover is showing a vital
interest in the involved European finan-
cial situation and as result of con-
ferences here today there is a belief in
Washington that some action by the
administration is imminent.
The President called to the White
House today three members Of the Sen
ate and Representative Tilson of Con-
necticut, Republican leader Of the
House.
Immediately upon his return last
night from the Middle West. Mr.. Hoover
held a long conference with Secretary
of State Stin1Son. Yesterday in London
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon held
a series OF conferences with Prime Min
ister Macdonald and other British Off
cials who recently have heard the plea
OF Germany's officials for a cut in the
German reparations bill.
SmOOt Coming to Capital.
Chairman Smoot of the Senate Fl
nance Committee is leaving Salt Lake
City today for an unexpected visit to
washington. Senator Reed, Republic
an, Pennsylvania, conferred with Mr..
Hoover at breakfast today together
141SOIl.
Later the President called to the
White House Senator Walsh of Mon
tana, a Democratic member of the
Foreign Relations Committee, and Sen
ator Glass of Virginia, former Demo-
cratic Secretary of the Treasury. There
was runner at the Capitol that Sem
ator Watson of Indiana, the Republic
an leader. might reach the city over
the week end.
The Presidents conversations with
the congressional leaders has led to the
belief that some revision of the World
War debts or perhaps moratorium on
them is contemplated as a means of
helping to avoid the prospective finan-
cial crisis in Europe. Congressional ap-
proval would be required Of any change
in the debt status.
Callers Silent on Visits.
European nations all met their debt
payments due this month and no addi-
tional payments are due to be paid the
United States until next December Is.
For that reason any Government action
might be in another direction
The White House callers fatty re-
fused to discuss their visit, but they
all agreed the Government is yitally
interested In the European financial
crisis. They also pointed out that this
Governments economic situation is in
volved in the world situation and that
collapse in Europe might have severe
reaction in this country.
Another caller at the White House
today was Undersecretary of the Treas
ury Mills. He conferred with the
President after the cabinet meeting
but declined to say what he talked
about.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
SHOPMEN ACCEPT
F|VE-DAY WEEK
Southern Railway Workers
Agree to Plan to Prevent
Cut in Force.

BY the Associated Press.
H. J. Carr. vice president Of the
International Association Of MachinistS,
said today that shopmen of the South
ern Railway System had voted to ac-
cept a five-day working week.
The vote was taken after railroad
officials informed union heads it was
necessary to reduce expenses and sug-
geSted a five-day week instead Of laying
of more employees.
Details to Be Worked Out.
Carr said details were still to be
worked out between shopmen and rail-
road officials and that meeting TO
complete the arrangements would prob
ably be held soon.
He said the vote among the approx
imately 5000 Southern employees affect
ed was heavily in favor of the shorter
week.
The machinists's vice president said
the fiVe-day week was already in effect
on a number of railroads, explaining
that the contract with the shopmen
enabled 1t to be put into effect without
balloting.
In the case of the Southern, however,
the contract called for a six-day week
and consent of the workers affected was
necessary before the change could be
made. Voting on the plan began mere
than 10 days ago.
No Wage Cut Involved.
Carr said other railroads, whose
agreement with their shopmen called
for a six-day week might propose a
change to five-day week, but that no
balloting on such proposal was going
on now.
He explained that no wage cut was
involved in the change. He added that
the shopmen, however, would work one
day less week, thus reducing their in
come and lessening railroad expenses,
even though no reduction was made in
the wage scale.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
CHIEF LOCKS 4-YEAR.OLD BOY
IN CELL AT MOTHERS REQUEST
Annapolis Police Commissioner Calls Both to Task for
Holding Child Prisoner Overnight

tramps and diseased persons are placed
is not human" the commissioner said.
It is also learned that persons are
aroused at the police chief for carrying
cut the request OF Mrs. Perry, who is
the daughter of Comdr. w. B. Tardy,
u S. NJ, retired.
II may be mistaken, but the action was
entirely too drastic for the child even
If he committed much more severe
offense than running away from home.
I have seen to it that no record Of his
night in the lock-up is kept here,
Commissioner Waller continued.
He said he understood that the child
slept on bare bars and had cried him
self to sleep. although the mother had
left q covering in the cell for him.
"Jails are not made for mothers to
put their children in and the mother
should have known better than to make
such request, especially just because
her son failed TO mind" Commissioner
Waller said.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
All Anti-Wet Organizations in
US. to Be Represented
in Fight.
WILL SEND EMlSSARIES
TO PARTY CONVENTIONS
Dry Planks and Wet Candidates
for President and Vice Presi-
dent to Be Resisted.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

A board of strategy to fight the bat
tie of prohibition In the 1882 cam
paign, representative of all the dry or
ganizations in the country. has been
agreed upon, it was said today by dry
leaders in Washington.
This board. the outgrowth of the con-
ference OF organizations supporting the
eighteenth amendment. is being ap-
pointed by the Executive Committee OF
that conference. When completed It
will probably number so individuals AL
ready some 35 Of them have been Sc
lected.
The board is to meet in the Hamilton
Hotel here on June 26 to organize and
to outline its program of action.
AS the partial membership of this
board was revealed today. 1t became
apparent that not only the so-called
Old Line dry organizations. like the
Anti-Saloon League and the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, were rep
resented. but also the recently created
Allied Forces.
will Fight Wet Plank.
The board of strategy, it was pointed
out today, brings together all elements
in the prohibition movement and all
the organizations interested therein.
This board will be represented at the
national conventions next year Of both
the Democratic and the Republican
parties. 1t will seek to prevent inser-
tion in the platforms of the political
parties any plank which may be con-
sidered inimical to the prohibition
cause AS far as possible, 1t will work
60. ina SNrH fNf dFxy a
for President and Vice President Of
both the parties. The work Of the
Board of Strategy will continue through
out the campaign following the national
conventions.
The dry leaders frankly SAID they ex-
pect2d prohibition to be an important
issue in the coming campaign, but not
the only issue.
They expect the denomination of
President Hoover by the Republicans.
Prs s;dent Hoover's record in support of
the enforcement of the dry laws is en-
tirely satisfactory to the great majority
of the drys, it was said by one of the
most widely known of the dry leaders.
The dry leaders also expect to be able
to keep out of both party platforms any
wet planks.
On the other hand, the dry leaders
are not deceiving themselves about the
chance of nominating dry for Presi-
dent in the Democratic National Con-
vention. They expect now the nomi-
nation of a Democrat who is opposed to
national prohibition as it now stands.
In other words, as the situation now
shapes up in the minds of the drys,
the 1882 campaign will in a considerable
measure follow the lines of the cam
paign of 1928.
If the Democrats should write into
their party platform a wet plank, the
dry leaders admit that the situation
would be very different. They insist,
Continued on Page 2. Column g.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
BELIEVE DEBTS DISCUSSED.
London Observers Discount Denials on
Conferences of Mellon.

LONDON, June 19 [P).-Andrew W.
Mellon. American Secretary of the Treas
ury. continues to describe his conferences
with British statesmen and bankers as
having no political significance, but
there is a general belief that his con-
versations with Prime Minister Mac
Donald will have an important bearing
on Mr.. MacDonald's meeting with
Chancellor Bruening in Berlin next
month.
Apart from reparations and a possi-
BILE moratorium, it is believed the gen.
eral European economic situation will
be threshed out at that meeting in the
light of added information gained by
British statesmen in their talks with
the American Secretary
Mr.. Macdonald in an official state
ment today denied Mr. Mellon was here
to discuss war debts at the invitation of
the British government, but observers
profess to see in that denial no con-
tradiction of reports the general
economic situation has been the topic
of discussion in the past two days be-
tween Mr.. Mellon and British leaders.
May Be Guest at Chequers.
The government is uncommunicative,
but it is thought possible that Mr. Mel
Ion may be a week end guest at the
prime minister's country home at
CheQuerS.
At the American embassy it was said
that Mr.. Mellon was resting this after
noon and probably would go TO Cam
bridge tonight.
In the past two days Mr.. Mellon has
conferred with Mr.. Macdonald twice,
and yesterday Montague Norman, gov
ernor of the Bank of England, and Ar
thur Henderson, the foreign secretary,
also took part in a conversation in Mr..
MacDonald's Office.
Shortly thereafter the foreign Office
announced that Mr.. Macdonald and
Mr.. Henderson would go to Berlin July
II, returning the visit which Chancellor
Breuning and Herr Curtius made to
Chequers.
Macdonald Issues Statement.
Prime Minister Macdonald issued at
his residence the following statement:
The prime minister's attention has
been drawn to a statement in a news
paper today that the government in
vited Mr.. Mellon to come to this coun-
try to discuss revision of war debts.
THE statement in every respect is alb
solutely untrue. No invitation was is
sued by the government to Mr.. Mellon
nor has any such communication been
made to the Government in Washing
ton inviting them to discuss this or ar
other subject"
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Flyers Who Annoyed
Hoover Defended
By Senator Bingham
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the ASSocl2teu FTeSh.
The aviators who flew over the
Harding Memorial exercises at
Marion, Ohio, earlier in the week
and aroused the ire of President
Hoover today had q friend at
court.
Senator Bingham, president Of
the National Aeronautic Associa-
ton, called on President Hoover
and asked him to show the three
flyers all possibly clemency.
Bingham said he had told the
President the men were plotting
planes with photographers and
had not intended to disturb the
program.
A few minutes after Bingham's
call, Secretary Lamont, arriving
at the White House for cabinet
meeting, said that at least two
of the ayiators were flying above
the prescribed 1000 feet.
I'VE will get the whole matter
Strengthened out today" Lamont
said. "I don't think that any
action we take will be unduly
severe. Neither the aviation
branch nor the President have
any desire to be too severe with
the flyers"
Evening star., 1931-06-19
GARNER SAYS MELLON
OvERPAYS ON LOANS
Democratic Leader Declares 8 Pei
Cent Would Be Enough
on $500, 100000.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LAREDO, Tex, June 19.-Represent-
ative John Garner of Texas, Democratic
leader of the House, says he believes
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon had
made mistake in offering $500. 900, 900
in Treasury certificates at 31s per cent
interest and that he advised the Secre-
tary the issue undoubtedly would be
oversubscribed at per cent.
Garner, here yesterday, expressed dis
satisfaction at the uneven distribution
of wealth over the country.
''For more than 100 years We have
been feeding New England and con-
centrating money there" he asserted.
..The time has come for this money to
he more evenly distributed and Texas
should get its share. The State of
Rhode Island, no larger than Webb
County, Tex, paid more inheritance
taxes last year than the entire State Of
Evening star., 1931-06-19
GRAF MAKES WATER LANDING
WITHOUT AID OF OUTSIDERS
Releasing of Gas Enables Dirigibe Descend Lake
Constance and Vessel Again Rises.

ship has landed in the lake, the earlier
Zeppelins used the lake regularly and
were housed In hangers along the
shore Their gondolas were of different
construction, but the only alteration
made on the Graf was to spread water
proof shields over her bumpers.
The Graf nosed over the lake after
sightseeing tour through the Alps,
dipped slowly and eased into the water.
A specially devised mushroom anchor
which looks like huge umbrella held
minutes while two rubber iifeboats
were lowered. Then Capt. Lehman
hoisted his anchor, TAXED the dirigible
along the lake for about mile. re-
leased hls water hallsst, and the Yep
pelin took to the air again. A few
minutes later she was down at her
hangar.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN. Germany.
June 19.-The Graf Zeppelin settled
down on Lake Constance today, demon
strating for the first time that she can
be landed successfully on the water
without assistance of the landing crew
which always brings her down to earth.
The whole thing was done by re-
leasing gas until the big ship fioated
down smoothly on the RUBBER covered
bumpers of her gondolas.
The operation was not so simple
as it sounds, however. but delicate
process. Dr. Hugo Eckner. who has
taken the Graf on her most important
flights, made the test to demonstrate
the Crafts seaworthiness before he
starts for the North Pole.
Although it was the fTst time this
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Do-x NEARS GOAL

RIO DE JANEIRo, Brazil, June 10
her journey from Natal to this city,
took OF early today from Bahia, where
she interrupted the fight yesterday and
headed south. She passed over Bel
monte, about 500 miles north of this
city, and was following the coast line to
avoid the treacherous mountain coun-
try.
When she left Bahia it was planned
to refuel at Carvellas, $50 miles south
Of Belmonte. From there she intended
to fly to Victoria, about another $50
coming on to Rio in the morning.
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speciaI pispatch 70 The star.


ANNAPOLIS, Nd, June 19.-Police
Commissioner r. Lee Waller today de-
plored the act of Mrs. Dorothy Perry,
wife of Lieut.. Roger Perry, u. 5. Navy,
in having her 4-year-old son, Roger. Jr.,
locked in a cell at police headquarters
throughout wednesday night because
the little lad was mischievous and the
mother desired to discipline him.
I'm addition to having such foolish
actions broadcast as q reflection on the
city. / think both the mother and
Chief of Police Richard B. Holiday
erred in Judgment in placing a mere
baby behind bars Understand that
Chief Holiday locked the child up at
the request of the mother and that he
did so merely as an accommodation to
her" Commissioner Waller states.
Commissioner Waller admitted today
that he had taken the mother and
Chief Holiday to task for the act. ''To
place a child il q cell where buns.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
Saturday Half
Holiday

AS usual, tomorrow will be a
half-holiday for all of the de-
partment employees and the
stores will be crowded in the
afternoon. For the convenience
and comfort of the other shop
pers it is suggested that they
will do their shopping If pos
Sible in the morning.
The advertisements in today's
Star will be a great help in
planning your shopping for to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
VANDERBILT SUES
FOR RENO DIVORCE
Petition Charges Cruelty-Peter
Arno Considers Damage
Action.

RENO, Nevada, June 19 Pl.-
Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr., filed suit
for divorce here today charging that
his wife, the former Mary Davidson
Weir Logan, of Chicago. had treated
him with extreme cruelty.
RENO, New, June 19 (P1.-Cornelius
Vanderbilt, jr, already troubled by
family affairs, faced the possibility to-
day Of having something still further
to worry about.
Peter Arno, New York caricaturist
here for a divorce, announced last night
that he was considering the desirability
of bringing Vanderbilt and his attor-
ney, Samuel Platt, to account for "ab-
surd" statements blaming him for
trouble in the Vanderbilt household.
Arno's attorney, Clyde D. Souter
also issued formal statement in which
he said the question of whether suit
for slandsr would be brought was being
debated.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
TARIFF CHANGES ASKED
Commission Sends Many Reco1

Commission Sends Many Recon-
mendations to President.
The Tariff Commission today sent a
large number of recommendations to
President Hoover.
What items were included in the mass
of documents placed on the Presidents
desk was not made known.
Chairman Fletcher of the Tariff
Commission called on Mr.. Hoover for
brief conference, but would not COM
ment.
The reorganized commission has
completed nearly 100 examinations of
schedules since passage of the 1880
tariff act.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
DRAPER RENAMED
TO POWER GROUP
Appointed for 5-Year Term,
Confirmation Up to Senate
When 1t ConveneS.

Claude L. Draper of Wyoming today
was reappointed by President Hoover
to be a member of the Federal Power
Commission for the five-year term ex-
piring June %, 1886.
Draper was one of the three men,
bers of the commission under fire in
the Senate at the last session as a re-
suit of the removal of Charles A. Rus
sell, solicitor, and william v. King
chief accountant. Under the rotating
policy set out in the law creating the
commission, Draper's first term was but
for one year. He has served but a half
year. the commission not having been
sworn in until six months after the
passage of the law by which it was Gre
Served on Utilities Board.
Draper, Republican member, came
to the commission when he was round
ing out his twelfth year as a member
of the State Public Service Commission
which regulates all utilities in Wyo-
ming, and the State Board Of Equal-
zation, the central taxing body there
These are dual agencies. and for nine
years Draper was their chairman He
first was appointed in 1919 by the then
Governor, Robert D. Carey. Republican
now Senator from Wyoming and re-
appointed in 1925 by Mrs. Nellie Tayloe
Ross, Democratic Governor.
Draper. sitting with Chairman George
Otis Smith and Commissioner Marcel
Garsaud, as a quorum, last December
dropped King and Russell in reor-
ganization of the commission.
King Later Renamed.
King afterward was reappointed, but
Russells application was rejected, the
entire commission concurring in this
action.
When the Senate insisted on recon
sidering" the nominations Of Smith
Draper and Garsaud, the latter two
We're "reconfirmed," while court pro-
ceedings have been instituted to oust
Chairman Smith.
The Senate will pass on Commission
er Draper's nomination for the new
term at the zlext session.
BAKER TO ATTACK LAW.
Evening star., 1931-06-19
BAKER TO ATTACK LAW.

Former War Secretary to Question Con-
stitutionality Of Power Group.
BY the Associated Press.
Newton D. Baker, first chairman CT
the Federal Power Commission, Is pre-
pairing to challenge the constitutionality
Continued on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star., 1931-06-19
sEIPEL TO FORM CABINET
Former Chancellor of Austria Ac-
cepts Mandate From President.

VIENNA, June 10 P). = DR.. Ignaz
Seipel, former chancellor of Austria, to-
day accepted the Presidents mandate
to form a new cabinet succeeding that
Of DR.. Otto Ender, which resigned IN
disagreement concerning rehabilitation
of the Creditanstalt, Austria's largest
bank.
DIR. Ender told the President last
night that he had failed to persuade
the party leaders to agree to formation
of government by a cabinet and
committee vested with extraordinary
Evening star., 1931-06-19
SPEED LIMIT RAISED
45 Miles an Hour Is New Rate on
California Highways.

SACRAMENTO, Calf, June 10 [P).
--Californias speed limit will be As
miles an hour on open highways Begin
signed the bill boosting the limit by
five miles an hour and providing other
changes. in the traflc laws. IS
Evening star., 1931-06-19

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The Stars carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi-
ton is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Evening star., 1931-06-19

90. 3. WeatheE buIeau EUIeVHsII'
Fair and continued warm tonight and
tomorrow: moderate westerly winds.
Temperatures-High 81, at noon
today; lowest, 81, at am. today.
Full report on page 9.