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The Washington times., 1932-10-20
COP. Hit as Failing
To PreDure for Need

Failure of Republican leaders
to prepare for economic changes
was scored by State Senator John
]. Wicker, jr., of Richmond, in
a mass meeting at Lyon Park,
Va. last night.
Mrs. Ellis Meredith, of Wash
ington, another speaker at the
rally, sponsored by the Demo
Garlic County Committee, pointed
out the increasing number Of
iobless and said that failure of
the Administration to provide
proper aid for the hungry was
the greatest fault of the Hoover
regime.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
Pr. A. PLANS PARTY

The annual Glen Echo-Cabin
John Parent-Teacher Association
school Halloween party for the
entertainment of children and
their parents will be held Octo-
ber %.
The Washington times., 1932-10-20
RQskOb Son Is Lone
Man in Glass of 22
JOHNSON

Robert P. Raskob, 81, son of
John j. Raskob, former Democra-
tic national committee chairman,
is the only male in a class of %
attending the lecture course on
textiles at the University of Mary
land at College Park.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
MEXICAN ARCHBISHOP
SET FREE BY POLICE
Pascual Diaz Released After Two
Hours observation-disclosures
Home.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY. October 8.-Pascual
Diaz, archbishop of Mexico left the po-
lice station at / 40 o'clock this morning
after having been there for two hours
under questioning by the police.
The archbishop. an investigation of
whose activities was demanded yester-
day by group Of members of the
Chamber of Deputies. returned to his
home and said he was at complete lib
ertv.
He said he was taken to the station
late last night to answer some questions
and afterward the officials told him he
was free to go home. He declined to
say whether the questions we're re-
lated to the declarations of the deputies
yesterday that he had violated the re-
ligious laws by performing the duties
of his office without having been regis
tered by the government.
The incident caused a stir among
Catholics here late last night. and it
was reported for time that the arch
bishop was missing. The reports said
three men had called at the prelate's
home and taken him away. search
was begun. but officials denied any
hIONICOSC VI WiiClc ilc was ana pO-
lice refused to say whether he was be-
ing held.
The subsecretary of the interior in
formed the deputies. however, that the
religious laws were being observed in
the limitation of the number of
churches permitted in the federal dis
trict and in the number of priests reg
istered.
The law limits the number of church
es in the district to 25.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
CR0N|N IS NAMED
MATS MANAGER TO
SUCCEED JOHNSON
Clark Griffith Satisfied Star
Shortstop Will Pep Up
the Team.
YOUNGEST MAJOR LEAGUE
PLAYER EVER TO GET JOB
Spark Plug 26 Next Week-Voted
Most Valuable Junior Circuit
Player in 1880.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.

Joe Cronin succeeds Walter johnson
as manager of the Washington base ball
club.
Announcement of the appointment Of
the Nationals star shortstop, not yet 26
years old, to the pilots post for one
year was made this morning by Clark
Griffith, president and principal owner
Of the club.
Cronin not only is the youngest man
ever to be appointed manager Of a
major league base ball club, but he also
is the youngest Of the players who the
past season were accounted regulars
with the Nationals. In 1880 he was
voted the most valuable player In the
American League.
Griffith has chosen Cronin as man
ager, he says, in order to have at the
head OF his club a man who not only is
a sterling ball player. but also knows
base ball and thinks base ball ell the
time and is aggressive enough % key
his club up to fighting pitch.
Griffith Is Confident.
II am satisfied all these qualities are
to be found in Joe, and l am confident
he will prove an exceptional manager,
Griffith declared in announcing the ap-
pointment.
In selecting so young man to head
the club, President Griffith repeats his
move of 1924, when as successor to
DOME Bush. he appointed the then 26-
year-old Stanley Harris as manager.
Harris that year led the Nationals to
an American League pennant and a
world championship and the following
year again piloted the club to league
flag.
Cronin. who will not celebrate his
twenty-siyth birthday anniversary until
next Wednesday. October u. came to
the Nationals from the Kansas City
club Of the American Association in
1923. He was direct purchase from
for him never has been divulged by
small
Bought July 13, 1928. Cronin reported
to the Nationals July Is and three days
later he made his debut SIS an Ameri-
can Lacquer, playing for Washington in
both games of a double-header against
the Detroit Tigers in Griffith Stadium
The youngSter failed to do we'll at bat,
but SO impressive was his fielding at
shortstop that he became virtually a
regular in that position the remainder
OF the 1928 campaign. Since. he has
Continued on Page u, Column ID
Evening star., 1932-10-08
BABY GORILLA DIES AT ZOO HERE
DESPITE EFFORTS OF DOCTORS
Death of Okero Proves Delicate Apes Can't Be Kept in
Captivity DR.. Mann Says.

Okero, two-year-old mountain 60
rilla at the National Geological Park,
died early this morning.
The almost human baby Of the jungle
called by q native word meaning
Snowfall" because he was so black
had been seriously Ill in his cage for
the past three days. Death is believed
to have been due to an intestinal
tumor.
Little Okero. next only to his fellow
gorilla N'gi who died last Spring, has
probably been the best known and most
beloved animal ever in Washington
Since he arrived here nearly year ago
he has been the Zoos greatest attrac-
tion. The pathetic story of his short
life and hundreds of pictures Of his
sad, coa1-black face and descriptions
of his clumsy, child-like behavior have
made him almost national figure.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
L|NEMAN KILLED
At TOP Of POLE
Fellow Worker Sees Timothy
Berry Hang by Belt, 2,3OO-
Volts Victim.

Timothy Berry. 29, Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. electrician, was killed
today when $500 volts of electricity
shot through his body as he was splic-
ing two live wires near the top of a
pole in the 1900 block of Capitol ave-
nue. northeast.
w. F. Love, Landover. Md, foreman
on the job. saw Berry suddenly lurch
backward and drop, hanging by his
safety belt. Love summoned four other
electricians, D. N. Potts, 1922 Nine
teenth street; J. E. Allen, 2l3 D street:
Carl Davis. 2l3 Rock Creek Church
road, and Sherman Miller. Brentwood
Md, who were working nearby. They
rigged up block and tackle, lowered
Berry to the ground and began apply
ing artificial respiration.
Their efforts were continued by the
Fire Rescue Squad. summoned by Love,
who worked over Berry for some time
before he was pronounced dead by Dr.
j. r. Passalaqua, who accompanied
Casualty Hospital ambulance to the
scene.
While a crowd Of several hundred
persons looked on, Berry was given the
last rites of the Catholic Church by
Rev. P. j. Dougherty of Holy Name
Church. called to the scene by a
passerby.
Love and the other electricians were
unable to explain how Berry, a Potomac
Electric Power Co. employe for the past
half dozen years or more, was electro
cuted. He was working with rubber
gloves. they said. and Love. who was
watching him, did not see him contact
the live wire.
Berry's body was removed to the Dis
trict Morgue and an investigation was
begun by Acting Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald. aided by Detective Sergt.
Floyd Truscott and other members Of
the homicide squad. Berry. his fellow
employees said, was unmarried.
Berry lived with his sister. Mrs. Martin
Burns, at 703 Webster street. Another
sister, Miss Elizabeth Berry. also lives
here. He was born in Ireland and
came to this country nine years ago.
During most of that time he has been
employed as a lineman at the Poto-
mac Electric Power Co.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
FRANCE REQUESTED
BY j. s. TO ARREST
insult AS FUGITIVE
Utilities Magnate, Who Left
Paris, Tuesday Believed to
Be Somewhere in Italy.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, October 8-The American
embassy handed to the foreign Office
today request for the provisional ar
rest and detention Of Samuel insult,
former Chicago utilities magnate. pend
ing proceedings to take him to Chicago
on a writ Of extradition to face an
indictment there.
The embassy said that insult was
now in Italy on his way to Rome. His
present whereabouts was unknown,
officials said, however.
They said cabled request for his
arrest was received from the United
States last night. AS a result of today's
application French authorities will be-
gin search for him in France. If he
remains in Italy. however. it would be
necessary for the United States Govern
ment to send a similar request to Rome
to secure his arrest there, provided the
offense with which he is charged is
exit aditable under the Italo-A Am arican
treaty.
May Seize Property.
The request for Mr.. insults arrest
specifies charges of larceny and en-
bezzlement. An expert on the extradi-
tlon law said it was open to question
whether the charges in this case would
be extradtable under the American
treaty with Italy
A plan to attach European properties
Of insult was reported today.
The Paris edition of the New York
Herald Tribune said Georges Casemeze,
organizer of a committee of insult
stockholders in Europe, notified Chicago
officials his committee intends to seek
authority from the European stockhold-
ers and when it has been obtained
an attempt will be made to attach In
sull's estate in England and two prop
critics of his in France
The local edition of the Chicago
Tribune said insult and his son, who
have been at their hotel here for four
days, were in Turin. Italy. Wednesday
and left there the next day for Flor
ence. There was no trace of them in
Florence last night, however, the paper
added
Left Paris Tuesday.
1t said it learned they left Paris last
Tuesday night. arriving in Turin next
day and leaving at noon. They are
quoted as saying they would go to
Florence for few days. but they left
no forwarding address at their Turin
hotel, saying they expected no mail
A cablegram for one of them. in code
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1932-10-08
INDEPENDENCE NEAR,
FILIPINOS ARE TOLD
Representative Butler B. Hare Ad.
dresses Joint Session Of In
sular Legislature.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MANILA, P. l., october 8.-Repre-
sentative Butler B. Hare, Philippine in
dependence advocate. appearing today
before joint session of the insular
Legislature, said early independence for
the islands was a certainty.
The South Carolinian said approval
given by the House in April to an in
dependence measure bearing his name
removed any doubt whatsoever as to
what the attitude of our Government
will be toward freedom for the Philip
pines
Il now am Of the firm conviction
that Philippine independence is a GER
tainty," he said, land it is not too
soon to begin making your plans with
this thought in mind, for it may come
earlier than now Is contemplated or
expected"
Representative Hare, chairman of the
House Insular Affairs Committee, came
here to study conditions in the islands.
He told the Legislature he had given
eight years Of study to the Philippine
problem.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
HUGE APPARATUS BEING ERECTED
TO ATTACK MATTERS STRUCTURE
Success in Breaking Down Lthium Leads Physicists
to Greater Undertaking.

its voltage has been built up to around
100000 and there is hope it can be
raised eventually to 25.000.00
In accomplishing the "transmutation"
of lithium into helium, Prof E. O.
Lawrence and his assistants in the uni
versity radiation laboratory followed a
previous experiment by the English
scientists Cockroft and Walton.
With the benefit of the increased
voltage which the large apparatus is
expected to make possible, the univer-
sity researchers hope to be able to break
down heavier metals. or elements with
a more complex nucleus.
Carrying forward the result achieved
on the small apparatus, Prof. Lawrence
and his assistants expect that months
of work lies ahead before they can hope
to achieve success similar to that which
resulted from the experiment with
lithium. the atomic structure Of which
Is one Of the simplest.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
FUTURE At STAKE,
PRESIDENT TELLS
WOMEN IN APPEAL
Election to Determine Course
of Nation for Years, He
Says Over Radio.

In radio appeal to the women Of the
country for their support in the No
vember election, President Hoover yes
terday afternoon declared the election
not only would determine whether
proven measures of his administration
now winning the battle of depression
should be exchanged for unknown ex-
periments, but would determine the
course Of the Nation for many years to
come.
The President reminded his listeners
that the future hopes of America for
many years to come" hang in the bal
ance. He also said courage, high hope
and faith, with wise action on Novem-
Der 8. would build greater America
tomorrow
To achieve this purpose, am ask
the problems confronting our Nation"
he added.
The President then reviewed the fight
his administration has made for re-
covery from the depression and pointed
to accomplishments in the matter of
legislation and to his program to meet
the problem and correct economic
weaknesses. At the same time, he
asked his listeners to compare his pro-
gram and the accomplishments of his
administration and its plans for the
future with the program he said would
have been offered during the last three
years by Democratic opponents.
Cites Democratic Proposals,
Mr.. Hoover cited bills proposed by
saying they would have destroyed the
effectiveness Of the general recovery
program and would have broken down
every safeguard that we have estab-
lished to prevent pork barrel legisla-
ton" and had we not been able to
stop these measures they would have
destroyed recovery: they would have
thrown us from the foundations of $50
years of careful upbuilding."
The President closed his appeal for
the women votes with the declaration
that good government is the gift of good
people to themselves, and that we shall
demand good government in vain if we
neglect our own duties in the precinct
and at the polls"
Introduced by Mrs. Hert.
Mr.. Hoover made this nation wide
radio appeal from the cabinet room of
the White House. 1t was the ma ior
feature of what was known as Hoover
day observance arranged by the wom-
ans division of the Republican National
Committee.
Mrs. Alvin T Hert of Kentucky. vice
chairman Of the national committee
introduced the President over the radio
and concluded her remarks by saying
the women of the country would re-
spend to the President "in a mighty
chorus on the 9th of November"
The full text of President Hoovers
speech will be found on page AS.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
NICKEL ZONE FARE
CONFERENCE OFF
Washington Railway & EIec.
trio Co. Refuses to Par.
ticipate.

The proposed conference on the in
trcduction of a 5-cent-zone fare for
Washington street cars and buses fell
through today when the Washington
Railway g. Electric Co. refused to par
ticipate. The Capital Traction Co. and
the Washington Rapid Transit Co
previously had agreed to take part in
the conference sponsored by People s
Counsel Richmond B. Keech
In rejecting the proposal the COM
pany ccntended the present time is
inopportune to make experiments
which involve the risk Of losing money
Its decision was contained in letter
received by the Public Utilities Com
mission following a discussion Of the
plan at the company's board of direc-
tors meeting last Wednesday.
Company's Letter.
The company's letter reads, in part,
as follows:
We desire to express our apprccia-
ton OF your courtesy in this respect
and assure you Of our continued desire
to Cooperate to the fullest extent at
any time when, in your judgment. any
matter OF interest to the public and to
ourselves suggests the eesirability Of a
conference.
However. in the matter of the par
ticular recommendation which occa-
stoned your letter to us. we do not con-
slider this an opportune time to enter
upon any such experiment as that sug-
eeSted by the peoples counsel There
Is nothing new or novel in this sug-
gestion. 1t is subject that for several
years has been given study and con-
sideration both by regulatory bodies
and those engaged in the business OF
street car transportation.
Numerous experiments have been
made along similar lines under varying
conditions as presented in individual
cases with varying resultS-mostly neg
ative. The street car companies recog-
nize the difficulty they have Of stimu-
lating greater use of their facilities un-
der existing conditions because there are
so many factors that have to be reck-
oned with beyond their control.
Problems Incompatible.
In Washington the problems of
street car transportation are scarcely
NOiiipdi dOlc Will any OllleT center OF
population owing primarily to dual op-
grafton. Under such operation and with
the cut-throat taxicab methods prevail
ing in this city. no temporary expedient
or experimental palliatives will solve the
problem.
The subject must be dealt with in
broad way. 1t must be comprehen-
sively treated from the foundation up.
The street railway industry has learned
by experience to place little dependence
upon experiments under conditions
which it well knows are fundamentally
wrong. In the past. the commission as
well as the two street railway COM
panies has again and again stated that
the first essential step to improve street
car transportation in Washington is a
consolidation into a single control Of
the present dual system
Considering the present confused
conditions affecting the entire trans
portation services Of the city and the
lack of any comprehensive plan at the
present time for the improvement
thereof. we think it most inopportune
to make experiments at the risk Of
diminishing the present inadequate
revenues of the street railways and
thus further impairing their efficiency"
Evening star., 1932-10-08
GLASSFORD BLAMES
REVOLT ON ONE MAN
Declares 1t Was "DeIiberate"
and Vicious Attempt to
Force Resignation.

Brig Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, su-
perintendent Of police, declared today
the short-lived revolt among a small
group of members of the force against
his reorganization plan was the "delib-
crate and vicious attempt of an iDdi-
vidual" to force his resignation
The superintendent did not reveal the
name Of the individual" but said he
had decided on course of action
which he refused to disclose at this
time.
When that action is taken you will
know about it," he told newspaper men.
Gen. Glassford indicated whatever
move he made would be solely in the
interest of maintaining discipline in the
department.
Holds Conferences.
In an effort to learn the instigator Of
the revolt. Gen. Glassford held two con-
ferences yesterday with police officials
and members of the Policemens Asso-
citation. One of these was attended by
W. H. McGrath. president Of the asso-
citation. who admitted he had been
urged to call a special meeting to con-
slider a resolution condemning the re-
cent administrative acts Of the superin-
tendent
Gen. Glassford spent a half hour at
the District Building this morning con-
ferring with Mai Gen. Herbert B.
Crosby. Commissioner in charge of po-
lice. He declared. however, the Burke
controversy or other personnel matters
were not discussed.
Burke Deplores Plan.
Plans TO put the Policemens Associ-
alton on record against Glassford were
deplored today by Inspector Frank S.
w. Burke, chief of detectives.
Although marked by Gen. Glassford
as one Of his victims, Burke, in a formal
statement, declared the superintendent
has right to make any allegations he
chooses and that he most emphatically
disapproved any protest the policemen
proposed to make over his impending
transfer from the Detective Bureau.
1T has come to my attention" Burke
said, that there have been requests for
meetings of the Police Association to
take action with respect to certain rec
that have been sent to
the District Commissioners by the
major and superintendent of police,
Pelham D. Glassford.
Disapproves Protest Meeting.
IF these requests are being made
with a view TO assisting me, I wish to
say they have my most emphatic dis
Il understand that certain allegations
me, the nature of which
don't know, have been made to the
District Commissioners by Maj. Glass
ford. I am satisfied I will be given an
to answer them. This set
of allegations is an official communica-
ton from Maj. Glassford to the Dis
trict Commissioners with reference to
me. The major and superintendent has
a perfect right to make any allegations
he chooses to make.
ANY action. as suggested by news
paper accounts as to formal meetings
Continued on Page 2, Column D.
Evening star., 1932-10-08

The. death Of the little ape in spite of
all that medicine and the most loving
attention could do for him is convincing,
DR.. William M. Mann, superintendent
of the Zoo, said today, that it is futile
to try to keep gorillas in captivity under
present conditions.
He wants no more Of these animals,
he said. The responsibility is too great.
There is great gap, the Zoo head be-
lieves, between a gorilla and any other
animal, even any other of the great
apes. It is like standing by helplessly
and watching a baby die, DR.. Mann
feels.
Okero was apparently in good health
when he was brought to Washington
after great deal Of high adventure
already had been packed into his few
months Of life, since. when only few
days old he was torn by a ruthless
native from the breast Of his murdered
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
2v tho Associated Press


BERKELEY, Calf. October g.
Having succeeded in breaking down
lithium into ionized helium by use of
small experimental apparatus, Uni
versity of California physicists are pre-
pairing to transfer their attack on the
structure of matter to huge apparatus
with a vastly greater potentiality.
The distintegration Of the atom Of
lithium gas, by bombardment, into in
finitely small particles having the prop
critics of the nucleus of helium was ac-
complished with mechanism which
generated velocity equivalent OF only
$1,000 volt electrons
The larger apparatus, on which power
has been turned, is expected to develop
proton stream velocity equal to sew
eral million volts. At the present time
Evening star., 1932-10-08
MISSIONARY PROPERTIES
ARE LOOTED IN CHINA
Chefoo Consul Advises State De-
partment Concerning Homes
of Southern Baptists.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Leroy Webber. American consul al
Chefoo, China, advised the State De-
partment today that the residences and
mission properties of the American
Southern Baptist Mission at Laichow,
rs miles southwest of Chefoo, have
been looted and are occupied by Chi
nese soldiers. Webber's message said
the American missionaries, whom he
did not name, have withdrawn to
Kwanghsien and Chefoo.
The department would not make pub
lie the names of the missionaries their
records showed to be at Laichow, off,
cialS saying movements were so frequent
the records might be wrong.
Minister johnson, at Peiping advised
the department he had made repre-
sentations to the Chinese ministry of
foreign affairs at Nanking concerning
the seizure of the Laichow properties.
Evening star., 1932-10-08
RESIDENCE is GUARDED
AS COUPLE ARE MARRIED
Fear of kidnapping or Robbery Ex-
pressed at Wedding Of
Rockefeller Kin.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAYLORVILLE, Ill, october g.
Miss Mary Kinney and Henry Holmes
Porter, jr, wealthy Chicagoan, were
married last night. while 25 National
Guardsmen and special officers walked
post around the home of the brides
father. Lloyd E. Kinney, apparently
afraid that kidnapping or robbery might
be attempted.
No information was divulged by men,
bers of the family, but local authori-
ties said they had received information
from Chicago that a robbery or kid
naping might have been planned. Prom
trent families in Chicago and Evanston,
ILL.,, recently have been victims Of at
tempted extortion plots.
The bridegroom is nephew Of Mrs.
Parmalee Prentice. sister OF the late
Edith Rockefeller Mccormick. He and
his bride plan to spend their honey
moon at Manchester, VT, and on their
return will reside in Chicago.