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DOHERTY ACQUIRES
INTEREST IN PAPER
Utility Man Buys Half of
Stock in Rival of Kansas
City Star.
~ the Associated Preas.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August Henry L.
Doherty head of the billion-dollar
Cities Service Co, who has been the
target of the Kansas City Star in a
gas rate war, launched counter attack
today by buying an interest in the
Kansas City Journal-Post. the Stars
afternoon rival
Announcement of the purchase of the
interest win be made today in the
jou-nal-Post. when It reproduces a
letter sent to the trustees Of the VIII
liam Rockflill Nelson estate. from whom
the present owners are buying the Star.
Mr.. Doherty's move follows close
upon The heels OF his suit for $4,000
600 damages against the star for libel
The suit was fled July 10 after Mr..
Doherty had charged the newspaper
was unfair in its stories about him and
his Cities Service Co, and the State
Banking Commission in Kansas at
tempted to ban the sale of all Cities
Service stock except first preferred.
Star Management Attacked.
The announcement from Mr.. Doher-
tvs Office said the purchase would be
announced in Tthis afternoons edition
of the Journal-Post by publication of a
letter which he addressed on August 2
to the three trustees of the Kansas City
Star in an effort to prevent pub
lie controversy and deliberate damage
to valuable newspaper property which
has not yet been paid for"
The utilities man asserts in his letter
that unless the trustees assert that
the present management of the Kansas
City Star have preached their contract
and that all payments are, therefore
due. and enforce their payments, that
in the event of any loss on the unpaid
portion. that the trustees will be held
liable for this"
The letter called on the trustees, who
were appointed by the terms of the will
of the late Col. William Rockhill Mel
son, owner of the newspaper until his
death in 1915. to expel the present
management of the paper and vest it
in honorable, constructed men" Mr..
Doherty further charged that the sale
of the Star to its present management
was illegal, its present conduct is law
less and reckless" and declares that
although he does not desire to injure
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are replenished to the state where a
full open season of shooting can be had.
Already, with the hunting season a
long way off, Sportsmen are rallying to
the cry of Save the ducks" and have
written individually and for large duck
shooting clubs that they will forego
duck shooting this year in an effort to
conserve the supply of waterfowl.
Mr.. Sheldon today said there were
many proposals before the experts of
the department. all ,os which are being
given consideration. They range from
continuing TIE open season. with a
greatly re6aced bag limit, to a ban
against any duck shooting at all this
year and reduced kills in years TO come
until the flocks are replenished,
The emergency situation Is brought
about by 10-year progressive drought
IN the vast duck breeding grounds OF
southwestern Manitoba, Southern Sas-
katchewan. as far north as Saskatoon
and Alberta, westward to the foothills
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MRS. ANDREWS DYING
AT HOME OF HER SON
Widely Known Authoress Uncon.
scious and Physicians Abandon
Hope for Her Recovery.

Mrs, Marietta Minnigerode Andrews,
widely known authorizes of the National
Capital, is dying at the home of her
son, Eliphalet Fraser Andrews, at Sem
mary Hill. near Alexandria. Va.
Mrs. Andrews. at noon today, was in
comatose condition and her daughter
in-law said that attending physicians
had abandoned all hope for her re-
coyery The authoress. the younger Mrs,
Andrews explained, has been in poor
health for several months. A victim of
complication of diseases. she had been
a patient at the University Hospital at
Charlottesville until week ago when
she was brought to her sons home
where she had lived for some time prior
to her illness.
Mrs. Andrews, the widow of Eliphalet
Andrews. former director of the Cor
coran School of Art, is a writer OF
note Her most recent works include
The Master Builders THAT Sweet
Story of Old THE Gross Triumphant
and Voice of Wild Flowers" She also
is the author of Memoirs of Poor
Relation" and "Out Of Dust"
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PRESIDENT WILL LEAVE
FOR CAMP LATE TODAY
Hoover Plans to Stay at Rapidan
Until Monday and Celebrate
Birthday Here Tuesday.

BY the Associated Press.
President Hoover planned to leave
late taday for his Rapidan camp to stay
until Monday morning
Among the guests invited were Sena-
tor Hebert. Rhode Island, and Mrs
II bert. Henry Robinson, Los Angeles
financier; e. T. Clark, who was personal
secretary to President Coolidge, and
Mrs Clark. Mark Sullivan, political
writer; Charles S. Groves, Washington
correspondent of the Boston Globe, and
Mrs. Groves. and Walter Nswton, one
of the Presidents secretaries, and Mrs
Newton.
Mrs Hoover, who will be In Akron to-
morrow to christen the Nays new dir
igible. will return Sunday morning to
Washington and probably win 90 to t.fs
camp, Her plans. however, are not GER
tain.
TIE President probably win celebrate
his 57th birthday at the White House
on Monday. although there Is a posi-
blity he may remain at his Rapidar
camp until Tuesday.
No plans have been made for any un-
usual observation Of the day Last year
Mrs, Hoover gave her husband sur
prise party at the camp.
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AGENT FOR CIRCUS
GUARDED BY POLICE
Unpaid Employees Refuse to
Allow 101 Ranch Show
to BE Moved.

Threatening wtrkers of the 101 Ranch
Wild West Show, stranded without
money on the Camp Meigs lot since
last Tuesday, forced police today to
escort Fred Olmstead. representative of
owners of the show, from the ground
after the men had rejected his offer
of So apiece to load the. live stock and
equipment of the show of fat cars.
Olmstead, who came here by plane
yesterday from Ponca City, Okla, as a
representative of Col Zach T. Miller,
owner of the show, offered the men so
cents day for food while the train was
making its way back to Oklahoma The
hands. most of whom have eight weeks
pay due them, demanded their money
in full. An ugly situation was develop
ing when the POLICE escorted Olmstead
away. He had not returned at noon.
Show Attaches Adamant.
The show hands declare that not a
rope shall be moved until they are paid
off. They say that if the owners start
to move the equipment by hiring "scab'
help there will be trouble They point
out that 1t would be next to impossible
for inexperienced men to get the live
stock and equipment onto the train at
all. One of the string of five elephants,
who is a bad actor, will not respond to
anybody except his trainer, and he
could do a lot of damage of any one
else tried to move him. The employees
do not believe that United States mar
shals would have very much of a
chance against the elephant If he de-
cided that he didn't want to go.
The steers would offer another prob
lem. Fourteen of them, all with sharp
pointed horns, are packed on the lin
tied space of fiat car. and it takes an
experienced COW hand to do this.
The benefit show staged for the
men by the District department of the
American Legion last night Melted only
81. 10 apiece. The money was evenly
split among all workers and performers
and no expenses we're deducted. Most
of them used the money for breakfast
this morning in spite of the fact that
breakfast was to be served later in the
cook tent. 1t was the first money that
some had seen for eight weeks. The
show is said to be $22. 900 in arrears for
salaries.
Says Situation Tense.
Assistant Superintendent of Police E.
w Brown went out to look the scene
over shortly before II o'clock. He had
been sent out by Mai. Henry G. Pratt,
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CAMERA CAUSES TROUBLE.
Herndon and Pangborn in international
Combinations on Visit TO Toxic.

TOXIC. August I (Pl-International
combinations arose today over the
landing here Of Clyde Pangborn and
Hugh Herndon. jr.. American airmen,
and a flight of three United states
naval aviators over Japanese fortifica-
tons.
of Panpborn and Herndon without a
hermit and the subsequent discovery OF
a camera in their airplane was dis
cussed by officials of the home, foreign,
navy. war and communications depart
ments of the japanese government.
II was reported some officials favored
leniency toward the American airmen.
while others expressed the belief some
form Of punishment should be admin
jstered in view of a recent incident In
yolving three United States Navy flyers
from the feet of Chefoo.
Navy Men Took Pictures.
Darien newspapers asserted that
three American Navy airmen few over
the Kwangtung Notifications and took
photographs. The newspapers stated
the American admiral offered an expla-
nation to the Japanese consul at Using
tau that the flyers, who had been cruis-
ing. had become lost.
The Japanese, the newspaper said,
old not consider the explanation SUI
ficient and the American consul at
Dairen was reported to have asked
washington for instructions regarding
the incident.
Pangbcrn and Herndon made plans
today for nonstop flight TO Seattle
despite the fact their big red monoplane
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.DRUEN|NG CONFERS
WITH MUSSOL|N|
Common Effort, Corpora
ton Only Things to Restore
World Confidence, He Says.

By the Associated Press
ROME August Common sffort
and cooperation are the only things
which will restore international conf
dence, Chancellor Heinrich Bruening of
Germany said today otter long talk
with Premier Musselini.
I'VE hope" said he, that through
these international conversations the
realization will become general that only
cooperation and common effort can re-
establish confidence in the world
Foreign Minister julius Curtius, who
came here from Berlin with the chan
cellor Dino Grandi Italian foreign
minister. and Carl Won Schubert. the
German Ambassador, were present at
this first conference today.
THE talk" said the chancellor. fol
lowed exactly along tbs lines pursued
during our visits to Cheduers. Paris and
London, and the visits to Berlin Of the
foreign statesmen.
Purpose Accomplished.
"Our main purpose was 10 discuss
those economic and financial matters
which concern the whole world. That
purpose was fully accomplished today.
although. of course. this was only the
Al SN Va oCNEA al SEAlSi oil AAsIuSS4bES WHICH
We will have here
The spirit OF international co-opera-
ton of which / spoke when we left Ger
many. and again when we arrived here
this morning, animated the discussions
throughout. We were anxious for this
meeting with Premier Mussolini because
we see in him a personality which al
ways has placed international co-opera-
ton in the foreground"
DR.. Curtius characterized the meeting
as frank and open discussion marked
by the spirit of the conference at
Chequers"
They talked only Of general princi-
pies he said. and there is nothing yet
about which any concrete announce
ments may be made He was particu-
! larly gratif1ed, he said. at the friendly
character of the reception accorded DR..
Bruening and himself.
ii Duce Welcomes Germans.
Premier MuSsolini emphasized the i'm
portance Of the Italo- German CONVERSE
tons by going to the statlon today to
welcome in person Chancellor Bruening
and Foreign Minister Curtius.
All Italy was expectant that this first
contact between former allies would be
even more than the predicted first step
toward better relations. inasmuch as II
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other, by high police official, was
that Trobino dragged the child into the
hallway, not to escape injury himself,
but to save the little one from harm.
Let's give the devil his due" the
official said
The automobile used ~ the gunner,
Trobino told the police. belonged to
Nicholas MarteIo known as Bulldog
Martello of Astoria, Queens. He did
not see the gunner, he said, but adj
mitted he mad been in the narcotic
racket in the Bronx, working for a
man named 'feock" and for Vincent
Coll, said to be an enemy OF Dutch
Schultz. Bronx beer distributor.
Coll and Rock" split, detectives said
he 9ld them, and Rock moved down
into Harlem. taking Trobino and several
nsn With him. Thereupon, he said,
word went out to get Rock and his
gang"
Trobino admitted his presence at the
Harlem street battle after more than 20
hours questioning by the police, who
had picked him up on robbery charge.
1t was said unofficially the police
knew who the men were who were to
have been put Oh the spot with Tobrino
and we're hunting for t1em.
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Leaves Reykjavik, Iceland,
on 450-MiIe Hop En- Route
to Northern Europe.
HERND0N AND PANGB0RN
FACING JAPANESE PROBE
Lindberghs Growing Restless as
Weather Conditions Hold
Them at Aklavik.

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, August
(P)-Parker D. Cramer. American
aviator blazing an airmail trail
across the Arctic, took off this after
noon for the Farce Islands, 4S0
miles from here.
BY the Associated Press
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, August T.
Parker Cramer, American flyer, land
ed here early this morning from
Angmagsalik. Greenland, on his way
to Copenhagen to map transsrctic
airmail route from the United States.
Craner refueled his airplane and
awaited weather reports from the Farce
Islands planning to continue his Jour-
ney today.
After moving his plane into the har-
Dor for refueling and having short
sleep, Cramer related something of his
mystery" flight, which first became
known when he landed in Greenland
Nine Days on Journey.
81 left Detroit nine days ago." he
told the Associated Press. land ex-
&Ogu MGdt4lCI dAl lt1C way
except for one bad day at Hudsons
Bay / arrived at Hosteinborg, on the
west coast of Greenland, Tuesday and
on Wednesday crossed the Greenland
Icecap to Angmagsalik in five hours.
flying at an altitude of $500 feet. The
glorious views over the sun-illuminated
snow fields will certainly be a great
tourist attraction in the future
After a. good breakfast, Cramer
awaited weather reports from the Farce
Islands. The weather here was ex-
cellent, being calm and clear.
It is about $50 miles from Reyktavik
to the Farce Islands.
Cramer was in communication with
the radio station here from the time
of his departure from Angmagsalik
lest night. Two hours after his hop
of from Greenland he asked ReykJayik
about the weather and visibility along
the northwest coast, Learning 1t was
foggy and visibility was bad. he de-
cided to give up contemplated land
ing at IsafioTd.
Clear at Reykiavik.
II was clear at Reykjavik. however.
The city was asleep and only few
reporters. harbor police and the quar-
antine doctor were on hand when al
800 m. the Reykjavik radio station
reported that plane had passed over the
CITY at 1000 feet and, after having
sighted land a little farther along. hao
turned back toward the city.
Cramer landed near the beach, and
when told the tide would leave the
shin on dry ground, replied 1t did not
matter, since he would not leave Ice
land until he obtained fuel and re-
ceived weather reports. He was IN,
vited to hotel for refreshments and
when he arrived there decided a little
sIeen would do him no harm He took
his plane to a better location and then
turned in for rest.
CAMERA CAUSES TROUBLE.
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NEEDS OF JOBLESS
IN U. S. SURVEYED
Picture of Distress. Sought
by BUSINESS Leaders IN
Talk With Hoover.

Business Is seeking picture Of the
unemployment situation IN o. Uhited
States.
This developed today as an outgrowth'
of conference at the White House yes
terday, when Silas Strawn, president of
the Charber of Commerce of the
United States. and julius Barnes, chair
man of the board OF the chamber, called
to acquaint President Hoover with the
nature Of studies the chamber has un-
der way in view of the depression.
Within the past two weeks the ma
tional chamber has sent TO some 1000
member bodies queries as to the amount
expended for relief work in their conf
nunities last Winter and the prospects
for the coming Winter.
This is in addition to missionaries
recently sent out TO approximately 200
business leaders, seeking their views as
to the feasibility of formulating long
time program for combating unemploy-
ment
Committee Will Gather.
A Committee on Continuity OF Business
and Employment headed by Henry 1.
Hartman of Boston. chairman of the
board of the New England Power Associ-
alton, and including industrialists
bankers and other business men, viii
meet here on September l 10 go over
preliminary reports coming from the
missionaries, for the purpose of max
ing recommendations to the board OF
directors Of the chamber On perIna-
nent program to guard against unem-
ployment.
Whether the data obtained in the
relief survey is submitted to this COM
mittee. 1t was said, will depend on the
nature of the material that comes in.
AS matters stand they are two in
dependent studies. one being designed
TO acquaint the business men with con-
| ditions as they exist nationally and the
other to sound out sentiment on long
range planning to keep labor employed.
Planning Board Considered.
{! The QUESTIONABLE asks first OF all If
the business men think it feasible to
: set up a permanent national economic
( planning board TO follow economic and
business conditions, to propose ways
and means for current coordination
OF production and consumption and
/ generally to devise measures which will
tend to promote continuity in business
and employment.
Views are also solicited as to whether
such an organizs ton should be set up
BIZ Congress as a purely governmental
( agency. as a Joint effort of Government
and business or as strictly an enterprise
/ OF business.
! Ideas on organization and financing
also are solicited
/ At the recent meeting Of the Inter-
! national Chamber of Commerce a report
/ was presented showing that more than
200 American concerns now are en-
/ ploying permanent employment regu-
iarization plans with. a great deal OF
/ success
Concurrently with the presidential
conference with the business leaders,
the Presidents Emergency Committee
for Employment announced a Nation-
! wide movement To keep the youth Of
the country in school and out of the
Ia5or market during this period of de-
preston.
In this effort. too. emphasis is being
laid on the responsibility Of the sew
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POLICE GET NUMBER OF CAR
USED BY HARLEM CHILD KILLERS
Witness to Shooting Held;
"Human Shield" Story
Has Two Versions.
High Official of Force Says
target" CIutched Boy
to Save Him.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August IA man whose
name police refused to divulge today
admitted he witnessed the shooting in
Little italy, in which one child was
killed and four others wounded, and
has given police the license number OF
one of the cars in which the gunner
rode. The man was arrested last night.
Four members of the gang of Vincent
Coll intent upon killing joey Ray, one
OF Coils enemies, were in the automo-
bile which rode through East 10Th
street on the evening OF July 20 spray
ing bullets which missed their intend
ed victim and struck 1--WE children, In
juring one fatally, the witness said.
The man. arrested in another case,
but subsequently discharged, named
three of the men in the car and de-
scribed the fourth, police said. Accord
ing to his story, one of the men was
Trigger" Frank Coppola, another a
man named Greece and the third
Louis"
Tony Tobrino Questioned.
Rao, according to the eyewitness, for
merly worked with a narcotic rack
eteer named Rock and he stuck with
Rock after the latter broke with Coll.
Tony Trobino, a shifty-eyed young
man, who confessed he was a narcotic
racketeer, admitted to police yesterday
the shotgun slugs were aimed at him.
Trobino told them, they said, that
he snatched up little child and
crawled into hallway to get ont of
the line of fire.
And then, they said, he related that,
after the gunmens car had sped aAiay
leaving the five wounded children lying
on the sidewalk, he leaped unhurt into
his own car and escaped.
There were two versions Of J.robinys
story of the battle.
One, given out by defective, was
that Trobino used the child Us a human
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SEES NAUTILUS DELAYED
Norwegian Professor Says Trip
Cannot Be Made This Year.

OSLO, Norway, August 7 dFl.-The
newspaper Tidens Tegn today quotes
Prof Bjerknaes of the Bergen Weather
Bureau as expressing the opinion that
the submarine Nautilus cannot reach
the North Pole thisayeaf bti1scan make
only trial cruises rom SvaIbatd ioE. two
those by the middle of September.
Sir Hubert Wilkins, in command Of
the expeditions has not indicated 60
intention Of abandoning his plan to
reach the Pole under the ice.
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HEAD OF GRAPE PLANT
SAYS HE'S RESPONSIBLE
Tells Mitchell He Wants to be In.
cluded in Any Indictments; Mrs.
withdrawals Service Sought.
az the Assoclated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, August 7.--Karl
Offer. head OF the vino Sano" grape
brick plant here. whose New York shop
Attorney General Mitchell yesterday
that II there were to be any indictments
returned, he wanted to be included with
his agents
Il am the only one responsible. Offer
said IF the bricks were sold accord
ing to the printed instructions I am
equally guilty of violating the prohibi-
ton law--n there has been any viola
ton as my New York agents.
Offer has been acquitted twice In
lFederal courts here
q He also wired Mrs. Mabel walker
ilebrandt asking her to defend his
tie agents
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100 ESCAPE HOTEL FIRE

LIE TOCuET, France. August tA'A.--
Two uprer floors Of the Hotel Picsrdy,
eieimsd to be the largest and among
the most hlxurteus IN France, were de-
kfroyed By IRE last night
One hundred and sixty guests. In
cind1ng many foreigners here for the
summer season, we're renewed without
known in5uriss end transferred 70 either
foetelries. The loss has not been esti-
mated. Tlae blaze was attributed to 8
eslors eircuiA
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WOUNDED IN DUEL
Government Supporter in Hungary
Hurt Seriously in Sword Fight.

MISKOLCz. Hungary. August lP.--
A vigorous sword duel between Geza
Farkas. government supporter. and Ar
pad Vies, political opponent, today re-
suited in Farkas receiving a grievous
wound about the head The drawing Of
blood ended the sword play and the
cOmbafants were reconciled Three other
crels growing out Of the recent parlia-
nentary elections are expected to be
fought soon by members Of Parliament