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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
FRENCH ANBnAuIAN
FARLEY IS REPORTED
Derfinax Declares Negotiations for
Naval Agreement Have Been
Renewed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, September 15.-In offcial
circles it is considered no advance has
been made toward a Franco Italian
naval agreement, but Pertinax declares
In the Echo de Paris there has been an
active renewal of negotiations at Ge-
neva between Rene Massigli and Au-
gusto Rosso, the French and Italian
spokesman.
At the French foreign Office it was
said today no Franco Italian agreement
was likely before the general disarma-
ment conference next February.
Pertinax, however. says France in re-
newed negotiations has tried to find a
way by which to overcome the deadlock
with Italy over the replacement of YES
sells which will reach the age limit In
1896.
He says France will not insist upon
starting in 1884, 1885 and 1885 all the
$4,000 tons previously insisted upon and
intimates France Is willing to discard
the matter of 10000 tons of submarines
which he says are no longer as popular
in naval circles as formerly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Twelve Bankers Will Report
Conditions in Various
Federal Districts.
HOOVER RECEIVES VIEWS
AT WHITE HOUSE DINNER
President Told U. S. Jobless Relief
Will Not Be Needed-Results
Of Today's Meeting Secret.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The bankers who last night gave
President Hoover an insight into the
business conditions in the IL Federal
Reserve districts assembled about q
conference table today to exchange
views with the Federal Reserve Board
The. action Of the regular meetings o.
the Federal Advisory Council and thu
Federal Reserve Board is never made
public. In these conferences. however
the council usually gives the board a
description Of conditions in the differ
ent Reserve districts and makes rec
concentrations for action by the board
Upon the arrival yesterday of the IL
members Of the council for the quar-
terly meeting. they were invited to dine
at the White House and give a first
hand description Of conditions to the
President.
Confer With Hoover.
i. They remained at the White House
tbr two hours and a half, and 1t was
said they had given the President as
surance that the districts would be able
to care for their own unemployment re-
lief burdens this Winter without Fed
eral aid.
Eugene Meyer, governor of the Fed
eral Reserve Board, who also was a
guest said as he left the White House
that each man was asked by the Presi-
dent to outline conditions in his own
district. In this fashion, he said the
Chief Executive obtained very COM
prehensive picture" of the entire bust
ness situation.
Second Bankers Farley.
Last nights conference was the Sec
ond the Chief Executive has held with
bankers within the month. Recently
he called in a number of New York
f1nanciers to talk over conditions. That
meeting also took place around the
White House dinner table.
In addition to Meyer. the guests in
cluded Herbert K. Hallett Of Boston
r. H. Tremain of Ithaca, N Y: Howard
A. Loeb. Philadelphia; j. A. House
Cleveland; John Poole, Washington
John K. Ottley. Atlanta; Melvin A
Traylor, Chicago; Walter w. Smith. st
Louis; George H. Prince, st. Paul; Wal
ter S. McLucas, Kansas City; Henry M
Robinson, Los Angeles, and Walter
Lichtenstein of Chicago.
The representative from the Dallas
district was absent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
PRESSURE REPORT
ORDERED BY WOOD
Engineer Testlties HeMade
Language Strong to I'm
press fnahciaI interests.

The expected appearance Of Col. Al
bert E. PIERCE. the power behind the
throne Of the Washington Gas Light
Co, at the public hearings on pressure
changes before the Public Utilities Com
mission today failed to materialize and
Col. PIERCE. who is under subpoena, will
probably not be called to testify until
next Week. Apparently. the rest of
this week will be devoted to the sub
ject of the pressure of gas in gas mains,
which the company is seeking to in
crease over the opposition of Peoples
Counsel Richmond B. Keech and con-
siderable civic sentiment.
The commission heard but a single
witness this morning, Walter M. Rus
sell. chief engineer of the company.
The documents. subpoenaed from the
home of President George A. G. Wood
Yesterday, have not yet been read in
evidence. The portions Of them which
relate to gas pressures are expected to
be placed in evidence this week
Says Wood Ordered Report.
Mr.. Russell was subjected to a long
cross-eXamination by Mr. Keech In
the course of it he claimed that a report
written by him November IL. 1880. de-
scrlbing pressure conditions in the gas
mains as bad" because they were too
high, was written at Mr. Woods sug-
gestion to persuade the financial inter
ests owning the company to expend a
persuasion was difficult and that
accordingly he had made the language
Of his memorandum as strong as posi-
Bile; that the report was not specifically
directed to then present conditions in
the distributor system of the company
but looked toward future conditions and
was not so much an absolute statement
as statement comparing conditions in
the local company with those In a
typical COMPANY.
Holds High Pressure Best.
The rest of the croSs-examination die
not yield great deal of material which
has not been already put in the record
Mr. Russell insisted that as far As the
consumer is concerned the question OF
too low pressure is more important thar
the question of too high pressure. Gas
under unduly low pressure yields a
yellow flame of poor heating quality
This Is the flame, he said, that coats
NAIN bOppOAtl Va POtNo anu hCbeiCo Will SOOJ
which increases the resistance of the
vessel to heat.
High preSsures. on the other hand
give much more efficient fame anc
the only difference within certain limit;
of adjustment is that a normal tasl
such as boiling kettle of water is ac-
complished in shorter time
He went into great detail as to the
building of II governors at yariou.
points in the city to isolate distributor
mains from service mains and deliver
gas at good pressures to points fal
from the holders.
The shadow of the Central Public
Continued on Page Q, Column -
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New Turn Successful
First Morning Of Changed Motor Regulations Passes
Without Mishap and Faster
Moving Traffic.

Washington motorists today adopted
the system of making left turns from
the inside without serious blunder as
traffic moved smoother and more order
ly around the congested intersections.
Traffic officials, who viewed the tran
sition from the peculiar announcement
turn to the simplified and uniform in
side left turn, pronounced the change
an immediate success. Up until an early
hour this afternoon not one accident
grave enough to report had been at
trlbuted to the change.
Naturally. the style of turns made by
some of the puzzled drivers were not
lust according to Hoyle. Most of the
trouble was caused by drivers who tried
to go around the traffic officer instead
of in front of him.
Acted Like Veterans.
The shift from the old to the new
system of turning went into effect at
7 o'clock this morning, but the real
test did not come until the rush hour,
and much to the surprise of traffic off,
Gals, who watched developments on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
SMITH INVESTORS
REORGAN|Z|NG FIRM
Stockholders Meeting at VIII
mington Today-Stock
CanceIed by Court.
Nv the Associated Press.


WILMINGTON. Del, September Is
With a policeman on duty to discour-
age any attempt at disorder, special
meeting of stockholders of the F. H,
Smith Co. of Washington and New
York was held here today.
The meeting was ordered by Chan
cellor j. o. Wolcctt to elect new
board of directors after he handed down
an opinion cancelling 100000 shares of
outstanding common stock of the cor
poraticn. The court held that the stock,
issued to officers of the company. had
been issued without a valid considera-
ton.
More than a hundred stockholders
were present. several accompanied by
their attorneys. Nothing was accom-
plished in the morning session, and
Charles c. Keedy, Wilmington attorney,
who was appointed by the court as spe-
cial master to conduct the meeting,
ordered a recess until late this after
noon. The election is expected to take
place then.
group of preferred stockholders is
making a fight to remove the present
management of the corporation. 1t is
expected two complete tickets will be
presented to the stockholders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
SYRACUSE MAYOR SAYS ALIENS
GET NEW YORK HIGHWAY JOBS
Republican Files Complaint With Roosevelt, Charging Law
Violation and Citing City Investigators Report.

nard l.. Carmody, an investigator of tie
Syracuse Department of Public Welfare.
which charged that on one State high
way job so per cent of the 20 laborers
employed by the contractor are aliens.
most of whose families are living In
Europe. On another contract, Car
modys statement declares, IS of the
approximately 40 men hired are aliens.
A State labor law. signed by Gov.
Roosevelt April %. 1880, reads: In
the construction of the public works by
the State or a municipality preference
shall be given to citizens of the State
Of New York. Persons other than citi-
zens of the State of New York may be
employed when such citizens are not
available"
Mayor Marvin contends that the
present unemployment situation makes
plenty of New York State labor avail
able. If the use of alien labor on the
highway contracts near his city was
stopped, Mayor Marvin believes, large
part of the citys unemployment prob
lem would be solved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
BY the Associated Press.

ALBANY, N. Y, September 15.-A
charge that alien labor is being en-
ployed on New York State highway con-
tracts, to the exclusion of State citizen
labor, during the present period of I'M
employment was filed with Gov Roose-
welt today by Mayor Roland B. Marvin
Of Syracuse. The Republican mayor
brought with him copy of State law
signed by the Democratic executive last
year which gives preference to citizen
labor
The allegation was made to the Gov
ernor while his program for unemploy-
ment relief was awaiting final consid-
Grafton by the Legislature. 1t was SIM
liar to other complaints filed with the
administration, particularly with the
Department of Labor. Recently pro-
tests were received that alien labor was
being employed by contractors engaged
on the Attica State prison job.
Mayor Marvin brought to the execu-
tive office an affidavit sworn to by Ber-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Floral Suicide Jest
Shocks Victim Into
Relapse and Death
Better Luck Next Time,
Patient Reads and
Lapses Into Coma.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. September 49,
Up until Leo V. Bowling. who slashed
his wrist and throat a few days ago,
received a large horseshoe Of flowers
the kind frequently seen at funerals
doctors said he had an even chance for
recovery.
Flowers for Mr. Bowling" said
the Hospital nurse as she brought in
the box. Downiflg smiled and, opening
the card Which accompanied them
read:
. 'CBetter luck next time"
He gasped and fell back. A few hours
later he died.
The jest at death will be investigated
at an inquest with view to locating
the sender of the flowers. Authorities
said they knew the shop from which
the flowers were sent and they have the
handwriting sample on the card. Cali
fornia law prescribes a penalty for one
who urges another to suicide"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
NEARBY RESIDENTS
MAY SHARE; RICHES
Wendell Suit Counsel Backs Claims
| of 26 From Maryland
and Virginia.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, September 15.-One
man from Minneapolis and twenty-six
people from Maryland and Virginia may
share in the estate, estimated as high as
$100, 100000, left by Ella Wendell, last
of two sisters who for all their wealth
lived a recluse life in the mansion at
Thirty-ninth street and Fifth avenue.
From hundreds of claimants, some of
whose claims have been proven fraudu-
lent, Arthur Garfield Hays, chief of
counsel for the Wendell kin who hope
to break the will, has selected 81 as
having proper claim to kinship. The
legal fight will be begun as soon as the
temporary administrators persent the
will. for probate.
The Minneapolis man is Neils Jacob
son Wendell. 76-year-old retired mail
carrier All the claimants are elderly
and none wealthy. Miss Wendel's
grandmother, who was Henrietta STAINS
bury, furnishes the point of contact be-
tween the Maryland and Virginia kim
folk and the Wendell fortune which,
unless the will should be broken, goes
principally to two divinity schools, two
hospitals and an orphanage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Two Dozen Alleged Victims
of Assaults Included in
Long List of Witnesses
Summoned to Testify.
ACTION ON NEW CHARGES
MAY BE ENDED THlS'1HEEK
Report criticizing Police for Fail
ure to Stop Brutality May Ac-
company Presentments, if ANY.
lawyers Move to Have Attacks
on stoll and Hunt Expunged.

Third-degree evidence coyering
half a hundred alleged assaults on
prisoners by a totaFS6f approx
mately Is policemsr1n many pre-
cincts has bee1f collected by the
Departmest0f Justice for presen-
tation to~the District grand jury
tomorrow, according to reliable re-
ports.
Government officials
will ask for indictment of that
number of additional officers, or
are offering the evidence merely
to indicate the extent and char
acter of thirddegree abuses, could
not be learned today.
There are strong indications.
however, that indictments will re-
suit against a much larger group
OF policemen than was named In
the first grand jury presentment
more than a week ago. Five Of
f1cers of the first precinct were in
dicted on felonious assault charges
on that occasion.
Attack September Report.
Meanwhile sAttorneys for Inspecsor
Louis j. Stoll and Pvt. Jos ph H. Hunt
today filed motions in the Criminal
Court OF the District Supreme Court to
expunge from the records of that court
a grand jury report returned September
4 in which charges were made re-
fecting on the integrity of Hunt and
ar an unnamed higher official in the Po-
lice Department
Separate motions for the same pur-
pose were filed by Albert w. Jacobson.
attorney for Hunt, and Henry I. Quinn,
attorney for StoIl.
Hunt was accused in a special grand
Jury report of having been responsible
Tor the framing of Orville STAPLES
policeman dismissed from the force
after a trial in 1923.
Many Under Subpoena.
A lengthy list of witnesses. includire
some two dozen alleged victims of police
attacks. are understood to be unde:
subpoena for appearance before the
grand jury this week. The initial eroup
Of witnesses has been summoned +
testify tomorrow morning at 10 O'CLOCK
at the Court House.
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
has received from Director ]. Edgar
Hoover OF the Bureau of Investigation
evidence and other data bearing on the
final collection of grand Jury cases
Rover personally will present the evil
dence and witnesses to the grand Jury.
If the grand jury facilitates its in
qulry as it did with the original group
of cases, completion of jury action BY
the end of this week is foreseen. Be-
sides the possible indictments, the
grand jury may present a report criti-
cizing the Police Department for fail
ure to stamp out the third degree.
Inspector John NJ. Keith. in charge
of the Justice investigation. is said to
have virtually completed his part of
the probe. A few loose ends" remain
to be checked in several scattered cases
and formal report of the findings in
the whole inquiry must be prepared. 1t
is expected Director Hoover will make
an official report to the District Com
mlssioners when grand jury action is
Continued on Page .. Column So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
NAVAL PAY CUTS CAUSE UNREST;
BRITISH FLEET CALLED TO PORT
Admiralty Investigates Charges of Hardships Caused
by Economy

reduced rates of naval pay has led to
unrest among a section of the lower
ratings.
In consequence of this he has
deemed it desirable to suspend the pro-
gram of exercises of the fleet and to
recall the ships to harbor while inves-
LEGATIONS are made into representations
OF hardships occasioned by certain of
the cuts in pay, in order that these may
be reported for the consideration of the
board of admiralty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 15.-Unrest In
some sections of the navy personnel be-
cause of pay cuts recommended in the
government economy program. was re-
norted in an admiralty statement today.
AS a consequence the Atlantic feet ex-
ercises have been suspended and the
ships recalled to port pending an in
vestigation.
The admiralty statement said:
"The senior officer of the Atlantic
Ceet has reported that PRONUNCIATION OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
CONSUL LOSES CLOTHES
Customs Men Watching for Stolen
Garments of J. H. Hurley, Jr.

ST. Adams, VT, September is R.-
Customs headquarters along the Ca
madam border today were trying to do
favor for ]. H. Hurley. jr., of Wash
ington, D. C.
Mr.. Hurley is the new American con-
sui at Montreal. He reached the Ca
madam city yesterday to assume his
duties. Within half an hour after his ar
rival four suit cases containing cloth
ing worth $500 were stolen from his
automobile. So today the customs off,
GERS were trying to make sure the
clothes were not making Q return trip
across the border.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
ADMIRAL COMMANDING
DEWEY RELIEF DIES
Eugene H. c. Leutze, Honored for
Pacific Trip, Passes Away
in Navy Hospital.

Rear Admr. Eugene Henry Cozzens
Leutze, U. S. Navy, retired, who went
to the relief Of Admir- George Dewey at
Manila Bay, in the War with Spain,
died today at the U. S. Naval Hos
pital, Brooklyn, N. Y. He served at
the Washington Navy Yard from No
vember, 1892, to April, 1896, and was
commandment of The yard in 1905. His
body will be brought to Washington to-
morrow, the Navy Department an
nounced this afternoon, and burial will
be in Arlington National Cemetery on
Thursday.
He sailed the harbor defense vessel
ocean to the relief of Admr. Dewey.
For this daring service. he received the
commentator of Secretary Of the Navy
John D. Long and Of Admir-. Dewey.
Admr. Leutze has son, Capt. T. w.
Leutze, in the Nays Supply Corps, on
duty at Brooklyn, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
PENNSYLVANIA VOTES
Candidates or County and City Of
fees Face Electorate.

PHILADELPHIA, September IS (P.-
Candidates of all political parties for
county and many city Offices were being
selected today in Pennsylvania. The
parties were also choosing men to fill a
vacancy on the State Supreme Court
bench.
In Philadelphia 553,476 persons were
entitled to vote. 513.272 of them being
registered as Republicans and 1886 as
Democrats.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
NO Definite PLAN HELD
BY HOOVER FOR COTTON
President Suggests, However, That
Bankers Arrange Credit Basis
to Export Commodity.

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover said today that he
had mo definite plan" for the solving
of the problem of surplus cotton.
II have suggested to bankers" the
President said, that some credit basis
be arranged for the export of cotton to
Europe"
AS result of this suggestion, he said,
bankers and cotton exporters have
taken the matter up both in this coun-
try and in other countries, but none
Of the negotiations has yet been con-
cluded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Shipping Agent Dies.

SAVANNAH. Ga. September Is (P).-
Henry Manning. a shipping agent known
to mariners in many parts of the world,
fell dead of heart trouble while taking
morning walk near his home here to-
day. His firm handled shipments in the
European and Far East trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
Appreciate
Washington Stores

Visitors to Washington eX-
press their appreciation OF
Washington as a place to shop.
They say that the Washington
stores are among the finest in
the United States and that they
would rather shop here than
almost any other place in the
country.
The stores are certainly at
their best just now, with stocks
complete and prices based on
new values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-15
WEATHER.

Cu. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Local thundershowers tonight and to-
morrow. cooler tomorrow and tomorrow
night.
Temperatures- Highest, 90. at pm.
Yesterday; lowest, 10. at am. today.
Full report on page S.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

Nov, look here Roscoe" said, how was
it possible that a smart veteran like John
Brown didn't tumble to the fact that the War
riors had framed it up with the other club TO
let him pitch a no-hit game?"
Roscoe Tracey gazed for several minutes IN
the direction of his squash patch. Then ne
said: :,
1T wasn't possible John guessed it in the
first inning. But he never said word to the
boys. Didn't want to disappoint them"
But" I said, eff he was all through, and
knew it, how could he pitch that second no.
hit game If that game was on the level?"
"Oh, that one was on the level all ri@ht,
said Roscoe Tracey. only you see, this John
Brown had peculiar notions about doing his
best for the people who had done their best for
him He just couldn't make fools out OF boys
who'd been so kind to him. So he made hin~
self come back. guess when your minds made
up to do a thing, you can pretty generally make
your body do it. Besides, John did want a real
honest-to-gOodneSs no-hit game on his record
"One more question" I said. Who was
John BROWNE"
Roscoe was shufhing away. Over his shoulder
he said:
II, can't be Ginning here all day. O. 20
tend to my squaShes."
Copyright, lS3l.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Restoring Forest area.

THE Upper Peninsula Of Michigan, once one
Of the greatest sources Of lumber in this
country but, like much Of the virgin timber
land, destroyed by careless, unthinking logging
methods Is on its way back TO its original con-
dition Is great forest area.
Following the stripping of the forests, which
industry many of the dwellers remained TO
for timber, proved to be uneconomical as farm
land, with the result that many of the farms
went back to the State at tax sales.
The Federal Government, however, has
stepped In to remedy the situation and further
its far-sighted program Of assuring the coun-
try timber supply in the future, when the
vast virgin areas are gone. II
Through the action Of President Hoover, two
new National forests have been set up in the
Upper Peninsula, the Ottawa and the Mar
qnette, which, linked with the already estab-
lished Hiawatha forest, make chain extending
from the straits to the west end
The three forests, when brought to the full
limits Of the proposed boundaries will cover
more than SOC, 900 acres. A considerable guam
tity Of white and Norway pine has already been
planted in this area by the Government, and
the work will be pushed as fast as appropria-
tons will permit.
When in the future, logging is carried on,
the proceeds in part will go toward the building
OF roads and maintenance of schools in the
areas included in the forests. In this way, the
forests will not only be self-supporting, but
will aid in the development Of the surrounding
territory and further the Educating Of the
young people in the outlying sections. :