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Evening star., 1932-07-16
U. S. ACTION OPPOSED

Society in Panama Against Put
ting Section of Road Into Zone.
PANAMA CITY, July Is tP'.-The
Reserva Nacionalistsa, a recently organ
lied patriotic society which seeks re-
vision of the existing treaty with the
United States. planned demonstration
late today to protest against reported
executive order of President Hoover in
cooperating a section of the road to the
Madden Dam into the Canal Zone.
The Panama secretary of state said
he was not notified of the Hoover order,
but that in 1928 Panama presidential
decree granted the United States juris-
diction over the road during the con-
struction of the dam.
Evening star., 1932-07-16

About 20 minutes after Waters was
taken inside the building for the second
time. he was again escorted to the top
Of the steps by police Blowing his
whistle sharp blast and holding up
his hands for the men to keep quiet,
he began to address them.
L have permission for you men to
occupy the center steps of the CAPITOL
he shouted. Il have promised the
police to keep the sidewalk in front OF
the building clear. SO come on up onto
the steps
Marchers Rush Up Steps.
There was a wild rush of men up
the long fight with the American flags
in the foreground
After restoring order again, Waters
continued with his address:
I'm going to see Hoover today and
want to assure you that l am not
going to leave Washington until our
demands are met"
At this juncture an ambulance with
siren screeching passed near the. Capt.
toll The men turned to see where the
ambulance was going.
1t may be the Black Maria shouted
Waters coming for me. I'm ready TO
go. bat Ill 60 ahghting. When they
arrested me l demanded to kncw why
! was under arrest. Glassford or other
policemen would not tell me thing.
When I came out onto the steps few
minutes ago and when I was taken back
inside they demanded that l 60 with
Glassford out of the side. door. i told
them then I would go afighting They
! hbol ond 7 chOuad thpr1 I would
/ fight and they turned me loose
Il made them no promise. The privi-
lege TO occupy these steps was an over
ture on part CT police for us to remain
peaceful and l hope We all will remain
peaceful Keep up the shouting. for
they say today is the last day Congress
will be in session"
Others Are Freed.
Waters announced that Garter and
the three other men who had been
taken into custody at the same time
with him had also been released.
When the rush started across the
plaza. the iron barred doors at all en-
frances to the Capitol were closed No
one was allowed to enter the building.
After Waters had been released and
had joined his forces again. Glassford
and Senator Bingham. Republican, OF
Connecticut. who was among those re-
sponsib'e for resembling the order for
Marines to reinforce police Thursday,
held a consultation under the main
steps.
Hour of Anxiety
/ One hour after the demonstration
/ started. Police Superintendent Glass
! ford said he had the situation well in
+ control He admitted he had called ad-
/ ditional reserves to the Capitol during
what he called the hour Of anxiety"
He denied a report in circulation at
] the Capitol that he had called for a
/ troop of cavalry.
Explaining the arrest of Waters and
/ the four other men. Glassford said that
Waters violated the regulations. Il
asked him after We got him in the Cap
/ itol Building why he had done so, and
Waters replied that he did not know
/ Continued on Page 2. Column 1)
Evening star., 1932-07-16
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PANAMA CITY. July l6.-Two Amer
lean women. mother and her daughter,
who married members Of the diminutive
San Bias Indian tribe. which inhabits
the North Coast of Panama and sur
rounding islands. are waiting here for
transportation to New York their matri-
monial careers ended.
The women were GLADYS Brown. who
married william White Eagle in Akron.
Ohio. in 1890. and her mother. Cora,
who married Charles Williams in New
York. Mrs. Williams is 65.
The two couples lived in the San
Bias territory until recently. TE'
women left when they discovered their
husbands preferred the native girls.
AKRON. Ohio. July I6 (P).-An ap-
peal to the Red Cross to return two
Evening star., 1932-07-16
FNE-DAY PLAN Up
IN Z DEPARTMENTS
Decision on Pay|eSS Leaves
Still Withheld by Labor
and Interior.

With the haze Of uncertainty that has
workers at last cleared up, the vast
civilian army today for the first time
in weeks was able to report for duty
with some assurance of the working
conditions by which it will be governed
in the next IL months.
The pronouncement from the White
House putting the stamp of approval
on the principle of the fiye-day week
and providing for furloughs instead of
dismissal where possible, coupled with
regulations laid down a week ago by
Controller General McCarl for admin
istering the fiscal provisions of the new
economy act. gave departmental heads
the machinery to carry out the rigid
retrenchment program under which
operations now must be carried on.
Just how far the five-day week would
be invoked still was a matter Of conjec-
ture although it seemed likely that it
would be confined generally to per diem
workers and some independent estab-
lishments
Out in 8 Departments.
It appeared to be definitely out in all
but two of the 10 executive Depart
ments-Interior and Labor. In the for
mer a survey Of the bureaus was start
ed yesterday to ascertain its possibili-
ties. At the latter no decision has been
reached. according to information this
morning.
The President. 1t has been emphaSiz-
ed. is anxious that the principle be ap-
piled wherever feasible. but recognizes.
rs did the Council of Personnel Ad-
ministration which recommended its
adoption when possible, that the con-
tinuous services REQUIRED by so many
agencies set up a barrier. particularly
where shortage of funds precludes stag
gering employment.
1t was at first thought that the Dis
trict Government might go on the five
day plan today, but after series OF
conferences yesterday the Commission
ers delayed action until next week. Dis
trict per diem workers already are on
the five-day basis. as is the Navy field
Continued on Page >, Column 81
Evening star., 1932-07-16
GERMANY QUESTIONS
CONSULTATIVE PACT
London Queried on Meaning of
Combination as Affecting
United States.
BY the Associated Press.

BY NE AHSOCIAIhd PTeSS.
whether to participate in the Franco
British consultative pact. which Italy
and Belgium already have joined. the
German government has put a num-
Der of questions to the government at
London, to learn exactly what implica-
tions are involved in the agreement.
Throughout the Lausanne negotia-
ticns Germany asserted that she would
have nothing to do with any combina-
ton against the United States on the
debts Presumably this is one of the
points which the Government wishes
to clear up before joining the new
accord
Evening star., 1932-07-16
Waters and Four Others Seized as
They Lead 5000 Men Across
Capitol Plaza.
DEMONSTRATION FOLLOWS:
CLASH NARROWLY AVERTED
Classfori Holds Kangaroo Court and
Releases Quintet, Quieting Thou
sands of Marchers.

Disorder that nearly pecpated clash broke out in front OF
police arrested the Expedionay
chief Walter W. Waters and Capt Doak Carter another
socaled soldiers the
Capitol Plaza in defiance of police orders
Three other bonus mache also arrested after they
speeches from bandand the plaza
he to 90 to he O
Evening star., 1932-07-16
CHINESE TRAIN ATTACKED
Eight Trainmen Reported Killed,
Five PASSENGERS Wounded.

TOXIC, July l6 CP).-Eight train
men were killed and five passengers
wounded by Chinese rebels VINO held up
an international train on the Chinese
Eastern Railway between Harbin and
Machuli yesterday, it was reported here
today.
The attack occurred while the train
was passing through the Hingan Noun
tains. This was the first international
train molested since the outbreak Of the
recent trouble in Manchuria.
Evening star., 1932-07-16
PILOT BURNED TO DEATH
Second-Ha Monoplane Crashes
With S-Year-Old.

WASHINGTON. Pa. July Is tP).-A
secondhand monoplane burst into
flames and fell near the Washington
County Home yesterday, and the pilot,
Frank Peternall, Is, burned to death.
Miners returning from work at a pit
nearby saw the plane take fire.
Peternall circled his blazing craft
low over the home several times, then
it crashed into field.
The aviator was dead when the
miners reached the wreckage.
Evening star., 1932-07-16
SLAIN IN GUNMAN RIOT
Two Women Are Victims and 9th
ers Wounded in Clash.

BERLIN. July l6 [P-Two women
were killed and two men were seriously
injured at Langenselbold last night
during riot between unemployed and
police. Numerous others were less Sc.
riously hurt.
There was a similar clash at Halle,
the Communist district of Berlin, with
hume rolts injuries.
At Nordhom several were hurt in
political demonstration. which ended in
Il fight between NaZiS and Communists.
Evening star., 1932-07-16
Nashville Jail
Empty for First
Time in Memory
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. July 16
The city jail was empty yester-
day the first time in the memory
of police and Jail officers that no
cell was occupied
All the doors in the building
stood open. while turnkeys and
other attendants sought cool spots
TO escape the heat.
Evening star., 1932-07-16
TRIP TO u. S. FAVORED
French Cabinet Likely to Approve
Costs for ExSoldiers' Tour.

PARIS. July Is L49.-The cabinet de-
cided today the attitude it would OBJ
serve before the Chamber of Deputies
on various projects, including an sp-
preparation of approximately $l25,000
10 defray the expense of sending a
group Of French former soldiers to the
United States to attend the American
Legion Convention.
The decision on this question was
said to be favorable.
Evening star., 1932-07-16
Nine Die in Brazilian Mine.

RIO DE JANEIRO. July l6 'P).-Nine
miners ware killed last night in an eX-
plosion in the MORO Velho mine IN the
state of Minas Geraes.
Evening star., 1932-07-16
VETS GROUP FORMED
TO BLOCK BONUS MOVE
Equity League Organized at Pitts
burgh to Oppose Payment Re-
garded as Discriminatory.

garded as Discriminatory.
BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH July 16-Eforts to
block immediate payment of bonus
money to war veterans is the objective
of the Veterans Equity League formed
here last night.
Inability of the Government to meet
demands of ex-soldiers whose bonuses
are not due until 1945 and belief that
veterans are not entitled to relief be-
fore citizens who were not IN the serv-
ice led to the formation OF the group
Tucker, membership chairman.
said.
Evening star., 1932-07-16
Italy's Jobless Decrease.

ROME. July 16 P).-Italy's unem-
ployed totaled 905,000 on June 80, de-
crease of $1,000 in two weeks.
Evening star., 1932-07-16
RAIN BRINGS RESPITE
TO HEAT-RIDDEN CITY
Warmer Weather Predicted Tomor-
row After Fall of Nearly
Three-quarters of Inch.

The nearly three quarters of an inch
of rain which fell last night and this
relief from the heat of the last week,
but the Weather Bureau forecast for
the week end was for warmer weather
again.
The prediction for today is cloudy
weather throughout, with possible
showers tonight, and tomorrow fair and
warmer. The temperature was expected
to rise slowly today. drop with the
showers and resume the climb tomor-
row morning.
The official measurement Of the
nights rainfall was 10 Of an inch.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
STABILIZED REALTY
CONDITIONS SOUGHT
Program Based on Recognition of
Present Actual Values Il
Inaugurated.

Sterilization of local real estate Son-
ditions on the basis of general recOgni-
ton of present actual values is the OBJ
jective of a program which has just
been inaugurated by the Tulsa Real
Estate Board. The campaign is to
cover a 6O-day period eliminating Au-
gust l. Civic organizations back the
movement.
The board outlines the four prob
lens to which it will give its immediate
attention as these: "Readjustment of
present mortgages to meet present con-
ditions: equalization of rental levels,
and stopping of panic raids; stabiliza-
ton of price on the basis of actual
values. and the shifting Of part of the
present inequitable tax burden borne
by real estate"
"The movement for stabilization of
rents does not mean any attempt either
to raise or to lower them" the board
declares. ''It means an equalizing of
rent schedules in general over the city
through intelligent estimation Of the
value of each unit in comparison with
competitive units. Panic on the part
of holders, either uninformed or hard
pressed by emergency credit conditions,
is likely to lead to pricing that is
out of line with neighborhood values
and disturbing to general conditions
To aid in the equalizing process 1t
will send out, to owners of income
property over the city. printed forms
now being prepared to aid them in
basing rentals on true value as of to-
days market"
The board has appointed Mortgage
Evening star., 1932-06-25
FINANCIAL AID OPEN
TO MARYLAND GROUPS
League of Building Associations
Notified by Reconstruction
Corporation Counsel.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, June 25.-Maryland
building and loan associations may
apply for loans to the Federal Recon-
struction Finance Corporation, accord
ing to letter received by C. Philip Pitt,
secretary of the Maryland League OF
Building Associations, from A. B.
Craven, counsel of the corporation.
Each application would be considered
separately to determine the validity Of
the Use to which the loan may be put,
the letter pointed out
Mr.. Pitt said that loans to bona fide
building associations on promissory
notes have always been considered good
by local banks.
THE average aggregate amount OF
such loans which local banks carried in
normal times ranged from $4,000, 900
to S20,000000 This has been ma
terially reduced during the past two
years. not because of any fear of losses,
but to satisfy the desire of the banks
to increase their own degree of liquid
ity." he said.
Building and loan paper held by the
banks cannot be quickly liquidated with
out rediScounting at the Federal Re-
serve Bank. Again this is not because
of the quality of such paper, but be-
cause it represents funds tied up in
long-term mortgage loans"
Erasures on checks or other docu-
ments which are invisible to the naked
eye can be detected by photogra phic
process recently discovered in Europe.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
BUILDING MATERIAL
COST OFF SLIGHTLY
Index for Wholesale Price Drops
From 71.8 to 70.9 in
Last Four Weeks.

The wholesale cost of building ma
terials and house furnishing goods has
changed but slightly during the past
four weeks, according to the current
summary by the Bureau of Labor Stats
tics, Department of Labor
The index for wholesale cost Of
building materials stood at 709 for the
week ending June 18, as compared with
Ito for June IL and June 4, 71.3 for
May 28 and 71.8 for May 81.
The wholesale cost of house furnish
ing goods was indicated by an index
of 757 for June 18. as compared with
75.6 for June IL and 75.8 for June 4.
The index for metals and metal
products has remained steady at 1913
for the last three weeks reported.
For all the 784 commodities studied
by the bureau the index was 63.7 for the
week ending June 10. as compared with
63.8 for June, IL and 64.5 for May Il.
The index numbers are based on
average prices of 1926 as leo.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
BUILDING OF HOMES.
DECLINES IN 1882
Ratio Between Public and
Private Work Found CAB
normally Large"

OF all construction work undertaken
during the first half of 1882 approx
mately so per cent was financed by
public easuries-municipal. county
and township, State and Federal. &C
cording to L. Seth Schnitman. chief
statistician of F. w. Dodge Corporation.
The proportion of governmental work
has been mounting steadily and the
current ratio between public and pri-
vate work is "abnormally large" he
finds
Public buildings and public works
have for years been looked to as stab
ilizers for the construction industry
and through it for business generally
One important fact seems to have been
overlooked in this premise and that is
that such undertakings must be paid
for by taxation either immediate or
mediate through bond fiotation.
Stimuli to construction such as have
been afforded by public undertakings
of various descriptions can accomplish
| little to alter the current downward
trend in private work -liquidating
public undertakings, of which much
has been made in recent weeks are
relatively few in number and if al
ready designed and ready for execution.
could do little to offset further losses
which loom in private work. At the
same time governmental subsidies to
slum clearance projects do not at the
moment appear feasible Economic re-
habilitation of slum areas for residen-
tial purposes preSuppoSes careful and
methodic survey and relative speed in
land acquisition; above all planning
and time are the essence of the prob
lem. assuming that there are no other
important impedimentS to the Solu-
tion.
"Out of a total of $5540O0, 900 for
all classes of work for which contracts
were let in the 81 Eastern States dur
ing the first five months of 1882,
$27l 900, 900, or practically so per cent
represented undertakings with public
fuInds-Federal, State. county and
township, and municipal. Of all pub
lie undertakings during the period, SO
per cent were with either Federal or
State moneys or both.
The distressing part of the current
picture of construction contracts lies in
the fact that residential building
which normally is the most important
category, accounted for less than 25
per cent of the total volume of new
construction awards during the first
half of 1882. If normal relationships
are again to hold, residential building
must first be restored to larger i'm
portance before any significant i'm
provement may be expected from con-
srruction generally. Any plan for the
reSuscitation of construction which does
not carefully weigh the economics of
residential building in its relationship
to the other divisions of the industry
can hardly be successful, particularly
since all other announced plans in
volve increased taxation from which
there is now a noticeable fight"
Evening star., 1932-06-25
SUBDIVISION PLAN
GIVEN APPROVAL
Preliminary Outline for WestmOre-
land, No. /, Passed by Mary
land-D. C. Commission.
By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.


SILVER SPRING, Md, June 25.-
The preliminary subdivision plan Of
Westmoreland. section l, a 20-acre sub
division located on Western avenue near
Massachusetts, avenue. was approved as
to form by the Maryland-National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission at
its meeting here this week.
The subdivision is the first section
of a large tract Of land located Just
west of the District line and overlook
ing Dalecarlia Reservoir to be devel-
oped by Albert Walker & Co. Of Wash
ington.
The establishment Of a laundry by
the Morningside Laundry Co. in a
building on Poplar avenue near the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad in Silver
Spring was approved by members Of
the commission. The laundry, 1t was
explained. is to be opened in build
ing already standing which has been
leased and is to be remodeled for laun-
dry purposes.
Evening star., 1932-06-25
CAMPAIGN MONTHS HELP
Building Found Greater Than in
"Non- Presidential" Periods.

The campaign months of the last
five presidential" years have been
good building construction periods as
compared with the corresponding
months Of the II non presidential"
years. according to a survey just COM
pleted by Administrative & Research
Corporation. New York
The research on building contracts
was made by considering the month of
July as 100 per cent and analyzing the
other three months on that basis. The
results show that contracts for actual
campaign months ran 1872 per cent
higher than for the corresponding Pc
riods in presidential years.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

and Trust Relief Committee TO work
with distressed property owners and
with mortgage companies to aid in
solving their problems and to advise
in methods Of marketing repossessed
properties Individual mortgage COM
panies have already made much head
way in adjustments, the board states.
Evening star., 1932-06-25

its coming annual convention on What
of the Future of Agriculture"
He will analyze the factors causing
the present agricultural situation, survey
the outlook for American agriculture
both immediate and longtime, and
discuss the influence of recently
changed conditions on future production
and future land values in different
sections of the country. The conven-
ton is to be held in Cincinnati, next
week
Evening star., 1932-06-25
FARMS FUTURE is TOPIC
Extension Specialist to Speak at
Realty Convention.

C. r. Arnold. extension specialist in
farm management, College of Agri-
culture of the Ohio State University,
will address the Farm Lands and
Country Estates Division of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards at
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Washington Produce

light: market steady. Virginia, bushel
carrots-supplies light: demand light:
crates, Punched, $s.75 O 400.
Sp.nach-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate; market steady. Texas, bushel
baskets Savoy type. $1.15 q Las.
Turnips-Supplies moderate: demand
light; market steady. Georgia, crates
PeasNsupplies light: demand light;
market steady. Mexico. 46-lb. crates
oranges-supplies moderate; demand
light; market steady. Florida boxes all
sizes, 1925 @4.50.
Grapefruit-Supplies moderate; DE-
mand moderate; market steady. Florida'
boxes ali sizes, 32.OOQ2,75:. few. $500.
Cauliflower-Supplies moderate; Dc
mand moderate; market steady Ca'-
fornia, pony crates. G,7O@% -
Squash-Supplies light; demand moo,
crate: market steady. Florida 6ushel
hampers, white. wrapped. $1.76 @ Z'5O.
Cucumbers-Supplies light, demand
light; market steady. Florida, bushel
hampers, fair quality. So. Indiana
hothouse stock, cartons 2 dozen, extra
fancy, $3.50: fancy, 81.
EgRpiant-Supplies light; demand
light; market duh. Florida, " -bushel
crates. $3@3.6O; fair condition. ~;
okraEsupplies very light: demand
light; market steady. Cuba. 6-basket
crates $3.50: poorer, $3@4.60.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
STOCKS HIGHER,
BUT RANCE IS
NARROW
BY LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, March 80 UN.S0
The stock market showed
better tone today as pressure
was lifted.
Hope that Speaker Garner in
his address to the House today
would bring the InSurgent Con-
gressmen back into line, thus as
6uring balanced budget, was a
supporting factor.
Sentiment also was aided by
the better showing of the rail
roads in February, as evidenced
by the Baltimore g. Ohio and
New York Central reports.
Dollar Is Stronger
Strength in the dollar against
foreign currencies, indicating a
change in the European diStrust
Of the nations credit status fol
lowing the defeat of the sales
tax, was another help.
The rails were the best acting
group, N. Y. Central running up
a point and the others showing
moderate advances.
Allied Chemical ruled higher,
staging mild furry on the
declaration of the regular $6 divi-
dend. Auburn moved in a range
of about a point around last
nights close. Westinghouse was
steady despite uncertainty over
the outcome of tomorrow's divi-
dend meeting.
Trading, however, was at
slow pace, and price movements
were generally narrow with few
important changes.
New Anaconda Low
Copper stocks were still under
pressure, Anaconda falling to q
new record low. American
Smelling was an exception, show.
Ing a fractional gain.
Further selling in Consolidated
Gas brought an irregular appear.
ance in the utilities.
There was little in other mar
ketS to influence the course of
trading.
Bonds were irregular though
Government obligations were
Steadier.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
StudebQker Stock
Reduction in VieW

A. r. Erskine. president, an
nounces O. plan for a reduction
in the stated value of the Stude-
baker Corpor .tion'S common stock
as a means of providing surplus
for writing down plant facilities,
good will and other items.
The readjuStment contemplates
the decrease in the stated value
of the common stock from the
present $40 a share to $40 a
share, returning to the surplus
account $33,O51,5 $50, representing
stock dividends declared, and In
addition crediting surplus with
$6,176,740, thu making the total
write down $40 a share on 1851
Alb shares.