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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21

today after q cursory examination Of
the Wickersham Commissions report on
the cost Of crime.
The report placed the criminal police
cost Ia the District In 1880 at $685.
OILS, or $7.ie per capita, just 10 cents
less than in Philadelphia, which headed
of more than Is ,O0o OF this sum, how
ever, District officials pointed out, $3,-
1885 was used 70 pay the salaries
and provide uniforms and equipment Of
members Of the Metropolitan and Park
Police Forces, leaving only $340, 400 for
other expenses, such rs fuel, repairs to
station houses, rentals and main
tenance.
The wickersham report, 1t was de-
clared. disclosed nothing new as far as
washington is concerned, since TIE
financial report of the United States
Bureau Of Efficiency, submitted last
Winter to the Mapes committee mves-
tigating fiscal relations between the
Federal and District governments.
showed that Washington stood third On
list Of IA cities in the cost OF police
protection, being exceeded only by Jer-
sey City and Newark.
Police officials did not view the re-
pert with any apparent concern, but
declined to comment. Mai. Henry q.
Pratt. superintendent, indicated that
he Is satisfied the department is cper-
ating economically and efficiently. and
pointed cut that all expenditures are
controlled by three different agencies
the Commissioners the Bureau Of the
Budget and Congress. The Police De-
partment executive officer, Inspector
william 8. Shelby. said ne preferred to
reserve his comment until he had suf-
ficient time to read and analyze the
commissions exhaustive crime cost
report, which covers 657 pages.
Source Of Figures Puzzle.
Where the wickersham Commission
got its figure of $3,505.oi5 as to GRIM
inaI police cost in Washington is some
what puzzling TO District ofacials, but It
Is so close TO their calculations that no
question viii be raised.
The actual expenditures by the Metro
politan and Park Police Departments In
1890. according to District records,
totaled So, $50 300, of which the metro
politaa force spent S3,lS7.592. At first
it was believed that the cost Of opefat-
ing the Capitol and White House forces
had been added to get the commissions
total. but the inclusion Of the expenses
Of these two independent groups raised
the figure beyond that used by the COM
mission. A check-up at the Census BIZ
reau disclosed that IL has not yet COM
piled Its statistics on police operating
costs for 1880.
Salaries paid members of the Metro
politan and Park Police, II was ex-
planned, compare favorably With those
In other large cities and IN many cases
exceed those In the 800 cities where
the commissions report showed o low
Ier eapita oueratin9 cost With con-
sideration Of the salary item. accord
ing TO District officials, no explanation
Is necessary 70 show the reason for
Washington'S comparatively high per
capita cost for operating the police
force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
HULK OF SHIP SUNK
IN MOVIES SIGHTED
Wreckage of Old Wooden Clipper,
Shelled and Dynamited, Seen
Afoat OF San Diego.
BY the Associated Press.

by the AoSOSl1Sea Efe8S-
SAN DIEGO, August 21.--Fear arose
yesterday that the ghost Of the old Boz
hernia, one Of the last Of the Yankee
clipper ships, shelled and sunk Tuesday
by submarines during the filming of q
motion picture, had returned to haunt
the steamer lanes.
The wreckage was reported sighted
on the Coronado Islands yesterday by
Capt. w. w. Reed of the freighter
Sagehen. The Navy photographic once
at San Pedro Immediately posted warn
ings OF the menace to navigation.
Added danger was seen By mariners
In the possibility that the wreckage
might contain part Of ton Of dynamite
and T. N. T., which was distributed
about the Bohemia TO assist in the de-
struction. When Navy submarines
opened fire only one major explosion
occurred aboard the aged wooden sail
ing vessel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
WALKER TO VISIT PRAGUE.

CARLSBAD, Czechoslovakia, August
81 R-Mayor walker packed his grips
for hts trip to Prague this morning,
signing that no one in Carlsbad could
play THE Sidewalks Of New York"
MY only real disappointment here"
ne said, 'fs that I have found nobody
who could play The Sidewalks Of New
York They know Our national an
them, but nobody knows our good old
New York hit"
With his health cure completed, the
mayor is leaving on tour which viii
take him to Budapest. Vienna and
Paris before he leaves for home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21

Area u 5000 Square miles Under 5 TO
10 Feet Of Water.

SHANGHAI, August II A7.-Another
Chinese river was on the rampage to-
day, causing floods hardly less de-
structiye Of life and property than the
great tnundation along the Yanetze
Kiang, which already has killed thou
sands and left upward Of 30.0oo.0 900
persons homeless.
The newest inundations were along
the banks Of the Hwai Ho, which runs
through Northern Honan, Anhwei and
Kiangsu provinces.
News OF the added catastrophe IN
Northern China was conveyed today to
the National Flood Relief Commission
by the Hwai River Conservancy Com
mission, which reported 90 counties In
the three provinces inundated. An
area Of 5000 square miles was under 3
to 10 feet Of water.
No estimate Of the loss OF life was
given, but the report said croDs had
been totally destroyed. the majority OF
lowland villages ruined and great dam
age inflicted In river towns and larger
cities. .s.,
Engineers said this inundation would
last several months. All Summer crops
were wiped out and there was no hope
Of o Winter crop.
Similar havoc, the report said, was
wrought In more than 40 counties
along the upper Hwai Ho from the
Peiping- Hankow Railway to Chenyang-
kwan.
The Kweiteh correspondent Of the
Associated Press described food scene
as follows:
"A mud wan surrounding this ira-
portant center In Eastern Honan has
become the home Of thousands OF des-
titute persons. The Canadian Church,
the missions and the hospital at Kwei-
ten have been filled with refugees.
The countryside Is one vast lake Is
far IS the horizon, dotted only with
the tops OF the highest trees and .
few thatched roofs where villages once
stood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
SPAIN PROTESTS
CATHOLIC ACTIVITY
Pope Told of "Grave Deroga-
tory" Acts by Cardinal
Segura, Exile.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MADRID, August 21.-Spain's Re-
publican government today verbally but
formally protested to Pope Plus. through
the Papal Nuncio at Madrid. against
the grave derogatory efforts" OF
Announcement Of the protest was
made by Foreign Minister Alexandra
Lerroux, after secret meeting Of gov
vernment officials with the papal nuncio,
Mgr. Federico Tedeschini.
The foreign minister said the nuncio
admitted the gravity Of Cardinal Sc
guras acts and believed them to be
s'utterly foreign to his holiness ideas"
He promised to forward the protest to
the Vatican, Lerroux said.
Terms Not Revealed.
The foreign minister, President Al
Gala Zsmora, the nunclo and others
declined to reveal the exact terms Of
However, wish to state that the
government is greatly satisfied with
the nuncio's sympathetic and compre-
hensive conduct and attitude toward
the republic" Lerroux said.
II know the uunc!o's leadership Is
responsible for the unselfish attitude Of
cooperation evidenced by the majority
Of Spanish Catholics"
Despite the secrecy regarding terms
Of the protest, circles close to the gov
eTument believed that cancellation of
Cardinal Segura's appointment as pri-
mate Of Spain was one Of the princi-
pal demands.
Papers alleged TO- have been taken
from Justo Antonio Echeguren. vicar
general OF Vitoria, while elossing the
frontier at San Sebastian last Friday
on his way 70 visit the exiied Bishop
Mugica Of Vitoria, were mentioned by
the foreign minister.
Papers Are Examined.
Government examination Of the pa
pers, Lebroux said, revealed that they
contained circular from the cardinal.
who Is IN exile in France, calling upon
all Catholic bishops in Spain TO form Q
united stand against "encroachments"
Of the republic.
The papers, Lebroux said, also con-
tanned q recommendation by unnamed
church lawyers ir1structing the cardi-
mails and other churchmen how to
avoid the governments proposed decree
placing an embargo on church prop
critics.
The foreign minister said he told
Mgr Tedeschini that these papers con-
stituted direct attempts against the
sovereignty Of the republic, and asked
him TO present the republics complaint
to the Vatican.
Meanwhile Fl Debate and other Cath
ole organs continued q severe editorial
campaign, saying that Spain had fol-
lowed the path Of Russia and Mexico.
-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
TYDINGS APPEALS
TO LEGION ON LOANS
Asks Maryland Veterans Not to
Make Demands on Government
During Slump.
By the Associated Press.

FROSTBURG, Nd. August III
American Legion members were asked
last night by Senator Willard T. Ty-
dtngs not to make any more demands
on the Government at present. The
Maryland Democrat addressed q Joint
meeting Of the State Legion, the aux
iliary and the 20 and on the eve Of
their annual convention.
The country and the world are now
going through an unprecedented de-
preston, Senator Tydings said, and he
asked the veterans TO make every pos
sibie sacrifice In the interests Of re-
storing prosperity.
"The veteraus,v he said, should re-
frain from making any further de-
mands on the Government at this
time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
CLERK OF WALKER
SOUGHT IN GOTHAM
Mayors Bookkeeper Elusive
and Refuses to Appear,
Seabury Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 21.--Mayor
Walkers personal bookkeeper was sought
today for questioning by the legis-
lative committee investigating the city
government The committee desires In
formation regarding matters in which
the bookkeeper, Russell T. Sherwood,
acted as the mayors agent.
Samuel Seabury, counsel for the COM
mittee, said that Sherwood had refused
to appear before the committee volln-
tarily and had eluded the committee's
subpoena servers for more than q week.
Mr. Seabury requested Police Commits
sioner Mulrooney TO have the subpoena
served If Sherwood could be- located in
Absent From Home.
Attempts to reach Sherwood In SUI
fern, N. Y, where he makes his home,
proved unsuccessful. His sister, Miss
Mildred e. Sherwood, said he was on a
vacation.
Mr.. seabury did not divulee the
nature of the matter on which Sher-
wood acted for the mayor. Sherwood
was bookkeeper and accountant in the
law firm Of Blauvelt g. Warren, Mayor
Walkers old law firm. He has been
the mayors personal bookkeeper for is
years. keeping his bank accounts and
making his income tax reports.
Newspapers credited to friends Of
Mayor Walker suggestions that Sher-
wood would not testify until Mayor
Walker returns from hfs European va
cation.
State Senator Hits Probe.
Senator John j. Dunningan, Demo-
cratic member of the legislative COM
mittee, said: Mr.. Seabury is trying 10
reach Mr.. Sherwood to question him in
an attempt to pry into the private life
of Mayor Walker. 4
This Mr.. Seabury has no right to
DO, as he pledged himself not to 60
into the mayors personal affairs at the
start Of the investigation. The least he
can do is to await the return Of Mayor
walker"
spcakeasy Probe Started.
Besides Sherwood, another friend OF
the mayor, Generosco Pope, publisher
Of italian language newspapers and
head of the Colonial Sand Co., was
drawn into the investigation yesterday
when he was questioned by Mr.. Sea-
bury, who said Pope was questioned
on several phases Of municipal affairs,
Meanwhile, the Seabury COMMITTEES
began o search for proof Of police graft
turning lbS cpObi1Sllt OAl ttAC cGIACb pa
pers Of Arnold Rothstein, slain gam
bier, and en- an alleged alliance between
speakeasy owners and police.
The first move in the speakeasy in
curry was the issuance Of subpoenas for
reputed owners of three Of the largest
speakeasies bordering on Times Square
Those called will be asked how they
keep their standing" with police.
WALKER TO VISIT PRAGUE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
JUGosLAv REPORT HIT
Legation Here Denies Royal House
Has Had Discord.

The royal Jugoslav legation here Is
sued an oficial denial yesterday that
there was any diScord in the royal
house Of Jugoslavia, as has been limited
recently.
Dispatches from zagreb had pointed
to the fact that King Alexander and
hts Runanian wife, Queen Marie. spent
apart the tenth anniversary Of his as
censtcn 20 the throne.
1t was explained at the legation the
date Of King Alexander's ascension and
the death Of his father were the same
and that the day never was celebrated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
TENANT OF CASTLE EvICrED:
Don Alfonso, Descendant Of Spanish
Pretender, Out In Austria.

Pretender, Out in Austria.
SALzBURG, Austria, August 81 (H].---
Bailiffs today removed furniture and
art objects belonging to Don Alfonso Of
Bourbon from Ebenzweier Castle for
non-payment Of taxes.
Don Alfonso. q descendant 81 the
Spanish pretender, Don Carlos, has
taken the attitude for years that he
was entitled to immunity from taxation
ON the ground that he was exempt from
territorial jurisdiction.
Denied that privilege. he attempted to
sell his palace to Francisco Da Serrat,
Spanish Minister at Vienna, but the
courts ruled that the contract was q
sham and upheld the municipalities
claim.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
PLAN NEW BUS SERVICE

The Washington, Marlboro q An.
napoiis Motor Line, Inc. will open .
new route 70 Annapolis beginning Nom
day, II was announced yesterday The
additional service win be ever this old
Marlboro and Annapolis pike. passing
through Mount zion. Edgtwater Beach,
South River Park and Woodland Beach.
Buses viii leave Washington at 8 am.
aid 1.30 pm, and viii leave An
nssNlls II li:s5 an and Aiak Pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
FREAK WAVE VICTIMS
BODY IS RECOVERED
Rev. John w. Cannaday Washed
Out to Sea in Atlantic
City Catastrophe.
nx the AnsoclAtedI Presn.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August Ill
The body Of Rev. John w. Cannaday,
as, pastor Of the Olive Presbyterian
Church. baltimore, was washed ashore
today az Margate City. q miles from
where freak waves carried him on shore
last "wednesday while bathing here.
Police identified the hody by q ring
inside which his name was inscribed
lie was the AsirAh victim Of the series OF
high ways which SWMMk the beach.
The pN&tor was ON an UAEursion from
Baitimofe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
Escaped Patient Sought.

A lockout was broadcast today for
Burt Z. Hogan, 80 years old, who es-
CAPPED from Galiinger Hospital yesteF-
day while serving . Today sentence ON
q charge Of intoxication Hogan had
been assigned 70 light chores on the
hospital grounds and was missing 1t the
nightly check.up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
YANGTH RAMP AGE
IS. MAJOR DISASTER
Red Cross Official Says II
May Rank as Worst
in World.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FloSd waters in China's fertile valley
Of the Yangtze River may be churn-
ing up one Of the worst calamities Of
the age.
Chinese reports on the disaster as
interpreted by Red Cross officials indi-
cate the flood Is the greatest catas-
trophe the country has ever faced.
Perhaps 1t viii rank as the greatest
in the world" said Ernest ]. Swift,
eign operations Of the Red Cross. mot
IS reckoned In terms of loss Of life
but In the number Of people affected"
"It Is estimated that 81 ,000, 900 people
are affected and that 10000, 600 are
homeless and destitute.
1.-THE effects of the flood probably
viii be felt for good many months and
certainly until the waters fecede end
the natives are able TO plant and
harvest crops"
Yangtxe Drains Large Area.
The Yangtze, ranked as the most TN
portant river in China, Is in the south
central part OF the country and drains
an area larger TRAN that drained in
the United States by the upper and
lower Mississippi, the Ohio, the Ar
kansas and White Rivers.
Swollen by unprecedented rains. the
river system has flooded wide area Of
regions densely populated because Of
the great fertility of the valley.
THE main loss Is q crop loss" said
Mr.. Swift, who surveyed famine areas
in China In 1929, ''but It win spread
disaster among the countless natives
who normally live just above the border
line Of starvation.
"A Red Cross fund Of 100000 has
been sent for emergency relief. This is
lot of money in China, being equiva-
lent to about 100000 Chinese dollars.
and Of great aid when one understands
that a Chinese dollar has greater
subsistence value to the Chinese family
than the American dollar has to the
American family"
American on Scene.
The fund is the largest sent to China
since 1924, when similar amount was
allotted for flood relief. It brings the
Red Cross aid to China fer flood and
famine in rs years well beyond the
$4,000, 900 mark.
'China is trying to work out her own
salvation" Mr.. Swift said, 'by appro-
priating some $4,000, 900 to be used for
relief and contemplating bond issue
Of $2c,0OO.0o0 through government d.
nance
THE Nationalist government is trying
to perfect national committee, which
probably will be headed by r. v. Socng,
strong and able man, finance minister
and brother-in-la Of the President,
Chang Kai-Shek.
John Earl Baker, an American who
has had great deal Of experience with
relief work In China, has rushed to the
disaster-ridden valley and may be Sc
cured for an advisory role"
Negotiations also are now under way
with the Federal Farm Board for the
purchase Of surplus wheat on long-terrn
credits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21

The contract for the new Chicago
post ONCE, the largest IN the world de-
voted exclusively TO handling the mails,
was awarded today To the John 0rif-
fiths d Son Co.. Of Chicago, which bid
si3s 459,a70.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
FLOOD THREATENS |
TO ENGULE HANKQW
Second River In China Is on
Rampage-s,0O0 Square
Miles Inundated.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
HANKOW, August II. Believing
Hankow doomed 10 total destruction by
the Yangtze River food, all native able
to do 30 were fleeing today As the great
stream began TO rise again.
Hundreds Of thousands Of residents Of
Hankow and its sister cities, wuehang
and Hanyang. felt the depths OF despair
a. they saw the irresistible waters ad-
vance once more after having receded
from the record levels OF yesterday.
TO escape To hundreds OF these. death
was q welcome release from conditions
In which further existence seemed I'M
possible.
Despite the repugnance Of suicide
among the Chinese, this means Of es-
Gaping the terrible consequences Of the
food was being used by an increasing
number.
Has Population OF 6,oOe.
Hankow. with population Of 826, 900,
had become the principal inland city OF
modern China.
An incident typical Of the misery was
witnessed by the Associated Press cor
respondent, while going about in q SAM
pan. Inc boat encountered an aged
man and woman standing armpit deep
in the food. They refused 10 heed the
bcatman's cry to move aside and asked
him to strike them down.
What happened with the big bikes sc
Hankow and Wuchang Monday and
Tuesday was slowly becoming known. Il
was officialiy said that hundreds had
drowned In these breaks, but other
sources said the death ton would be
several thousand.
Refugees Pour In.
Despite desperate conditions In Han.
kow. thousands Of refugees continue to
pour In from the flooded countrywide.
The majority are using house doors
as rafts-sogne are even using long
treasured family cofins. A few are
using the primitive life preservers--
goatslEins inflated with air.
II appears certain no live stock sur
yived.
The latest blows Of the food have
fallen on Wuchang, where hundreds are
believed to have persisted In . new IN
rush Of waters when more dikes col
lapsed.
HwAI no ALSO OvERFLOWs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
SPINNING SHOWS DROP
Census Reports se.s cspaeaity in
Cotton Mills.

THE cOttcn-spinul industry was re-
ported by the Census Bureau today to
have been operated during July ct e6.3
per cent capacity, on . single shift
basis, COMPARED with 81 per cent IN
June this year and 6J.4 per cent in
Jnly last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
STORMS TAKE 50 LIVES.
Several Hundred Missing - wind
Sweeps Western Korea.

TOXIC, August n Dispatches
to Toxic newspapers from Seoul, Korea,
today said between SO and so persons
severe storms that swept the western
Korean Coast Tuesday and wednesday.
Telephone and telegraph lines were
down, hundreds Of houses were dam
aged and crops were destroyed by the
storm, which was accompanied by heavy
rains.
Parts of Seoul we're flooded and many
roads and bridges were destroyed.
BOND ISSUE PLANNED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
FORD RITES TOMORROW

Buried in Arlington.
Funeral services for Col. Joseph n.
Ford, Medical Corps. U. s. A., retired,
who died at Boston Wednesday. viii
be held In Arlington National Cemetery
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Honorary pallbearers, chosen from
among his fellow officers, include Mai.
Gen. r. U. Patterson, Mai. Gen. II. L.
Gilchrist, Col. w. p. Chamberlain, Col
A. E TRULY, Col. p. NJ. Ashburn and
Col. w. N. Bispham.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
German Aviatrix At Moscow.

MOSCOW, August n IP.--Fraulein
Marga Won Etzdorf. German flyer, land
ed this evening at NcycsibiFsk on . solo
night 1rnM Berlin TO Toxic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
BOND ISSUE PLANNED.

Nationalist Government to Raise
$s,000,O00 for Relief.
NANKING. China, August FL Dr.
The Nationalist Government Council
today decided to float q bond issue Of
$40, 00O. 900. Mexican (ahout s.. 0o0, 000),
as soon as possible to meet immediate
flood relief needs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
ENFORCEMENT COST
HERE THIRD IN U. S.,
COMMISSION SAYS

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WAGES In Denmark are heine main-
taiqed and recent threats O labor
trohhle have subsided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-21
OIL IN OKLAHOMA
70 CENTS A BARREL
IN WELL SHUTDOWN

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i. S. CRIME COST
SET At BILLION
Wickersham Body Cites Fig
ure in Report Based on Rec
ords Of 800 Cities.
CONTINUED From first Page.)

In addition, indirect costs estimated
to run into the hundreds Of millions
were noted, even where actual figures
were unavailable.