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Evening star., 1932-01-30
OFFICER BALkS QUIZ
ON AKRON DEFECTS
Settle, Mum on Kassay Case, and
Rosendahl Declare Airship
Is Best Ever"
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Members of the House Naval Com
mittee failed today to obtain from a
Navy officer detailed information con-
corning reported sabotage attempt on
the airship Akron.
Lieut.. Thomas G w. Settle. chief
inspector for the Navy in the Akron's
construction, told the committee he
thought information obtained in the
Paul F. KaSsay case should be kept
confidential because the matter had
been handled by the Justice Depart
ment
Can you give the committee your
opinion as to whether there was any
sabotage" asked Representative Wood
ruff. Republican, Of Michigan
I would prefer not to answer that
because that was a Justice Department
investigation I am positive there were
no successful acts of sabotage commit
ted on the ship"
woodruff suggested that answer be
amended to say that las the Akron
left her hangar on the trial flight there
were no results of sabotage in the ship"
Lieut.. Settle agreed, adding:
Il am not sure there was an attempt
at sabotage, but am sure that if there
was an attempt it was not successful"
Lieut.. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendahl,
commanding officer of the Akron, said
he thought that ship the best airship
ever constructed and operated"
RoSendahl, who was aboard the
Shenandoah when that vessel fell,
added the Akron is the strongest air
ship ever built" He said the 1900 to
10000 pounds of overweight increased
the strength Of the ship.
Evening star., 1932-01-30
SMITH co. SUES
FOR PITTS ASSETS;
ALSO ASK DAMAGES

Continued From First Page.)
syme, William Warneld Ross and
Richard S. Doyle.
The company says it was informed
Thursday that officials of the bureau,
although notified Of the company's S
claim to the property, negotiated with
Pitts to accept bond from him cover
ing the amount of the income tax
claims, and TO return the assets which
have been seized. If the personal
property is delivered to Pitts, the suit
alleges, it will be concealed or disposed
of so as to make it difficult or i'm
possible for the company to trace and
recover It,
The company says it Is not fully
informed as to the nature and loca-
ton of all the property seized, but that
1t believes it includes $4,000 worth of
second trust notes secured on the In
vestment Building. coupons clipped
from bonds secured on the Riverside
Apartments, the Al Roy Apartments,
the Cedric Apartments, Corcoran Courts
and the Vermont Building Sl45,00
worth of Peruvian government bonds,
and between 100000 and $1,COO,0OO
worth of jewelry.
Also included among the things
seized, it is said, are approximately
5000 shares of preferred stock of the
Smith Co., real estate in Palm Beach
valued at S250,000. furniture and au-
tomobiles worth 100000 and a farm
in Montgomery County, Md, valued in
excess Of 100000.
The petition alleges that all of this
property was purchased by Pitts with
money estimated to have been in eX-
cess of S2,000000. which he is said to
have embezZled from the Smith Co.
while serving as its chief officer Some
of the property, it is charged was
transferred to his wife, the details of
which transactions are unknown to the
plaintiff.
Pitts is charged in the petition with
having concealed a large amount of
personal property in addition to that
described in the suit. The company
says 1t has not been informed whether
an Of this property has been seized by
the bureau
The court is also asked to require the
defendants to disclose to the company
the nature, description and location of
all the property taken from Pitts or
his wife. 1t is also requested that Off
cials Of the bureau be restrained from
delivering to Pitts any of this property
pending q final determination of the
suit, and that they be held responsible
for any damages the company may suf-
fer by reason of the alleged wrongful
seizure of this property.
1t is also asked that Pitts and his
wife be required to disclose the nature
of all money and other property be-
longing to the company and held by
them, and that they also be made
liable for money damages.
Evening star., 1932-01-30
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

TODAY.
Meeting, Phi Lambda Kappa Medical
Fraternity, Willard Hotel, 6 to 8 pm.
Dance at 10 pm.
Dance, New York State Society, Will
lard Hotel. pm.
Dance, Aero Club of Washington, Will
lard Hotel, $50 pm.
Dance, Psi Omega Fraternity, willard
Hotel, 10 pm.
Banquet, High Priests Association Of
1881, Hamilton Hotel, $50 pm.
Banquet, Daughters of American
Colonists, Columbia Country Club,
7 pm.
Dance, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
MaytioWer Hotel, 9 pm.
Dance, Georgetown Freshman Medi-
cal Glass, Mayf1ower Hotel, pm.
Dance and card party, Club of Thir-
teen, Industrial Students League, Con-
tinental Hotel, pm.
Meeting League for the Larger Life,
l400 New Hampshire avenue, pm.
Dinner, Order of Ruth, Raleigh Ho-
tel, $50 pm.
FUTURE.
Meeting Columbia Association of
Baptist Churches, Raleigh Hotel, to-
morrow morning and evening
Evening star., 1932-01-30
RAIL UNIONS FIRM
IN PAY CUT STAND
Insist on Years Time Limit
and Share of Saving
for JobIess.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Ill, January 30-Labor
knocked again today on the doors of
the Nations railroads to learn whether
they would accept new offer of wage
compromise that would divert about a
third of the money toward relieving
distress among 100000 jobless.
The rails fatty turned down the offer
yesterday, insistent on the 10 per cent,
or S215, 900, 900, slash for a year. but
after labor refused to yield promised
to study its proposals and answer today.
Finality Is Uncertain.
Resumption of the joint session was
delayed from 10 until II am. this
morning.
Labor leaders indicated last night
they would stand firm on at least
two terms of their offer:
An assurance the rails would make
no attempts to cut pay in 1888 after
the one proposed expired.
A guarantee 3l2 per cent Of the cut
would go toward relieving the jobless
and 612 per cent to the use of the rails.
Whether the offer was labor's ulti-
matum to the carriers and whether
another rejection would spell an end
to negotiations that started more than
two weeks ago, leaders would not say.
Workers Views Told.
But the sentiments of the workers
after the first refusal were voiced by
David Brown Robertson their leader.
"Labors stand is unchanged. We
er,rhasized Ito the rails) that some
t....lg must be done to help our mem
bers, as well as theirs. We don't be
lieve a basis of 6l2 for them and 312
for us Is unfair"
Evening star., 1932-01-30

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people who are not included in the
listing.
For instance, it was explained that
no people nor their salaries in the leg
islative establishments are included.
This means that members Of Congress
and their staffs are not listed. Neither
are the judges, but the employees OF
courts are listed. There are excluded
also personnel of other legislative es-
adjustments, such as the Government
Printing Office, the Office of the archi-
tect of the Capitol, the Library OF
Congress and Botanic Gardens.
OF special interest were the figures
showing the number of employees and
salaries receives above and below $4,000,
because of the fact that one proposal
was for cutting the pay Of all persons
receiving more than $4,000. The table
shows that there are 1,015,928 people
receiving less than $4,000, or total OF
$1,271 ,026,8 1852, while those who re-
ceive more than $4,000 a year total only
7,345 persons, receiving a total salary
of $44 1853, ,581.SO.
The military establishment figures
include the Army, Navy, Marine Corps,
Sodob 1udIu dllQ OllCelS III Ille upiAS
Health Service and Geodetic Survey
The costs of salary shown for civilian
includes the value of quarters,
and other facilities or serv-
ices furnished, but the salary OF the
personnel is the net salary OF
both active and retired men, and does
not include such allowances as dlstin-
guished from pay.
In the compilation showing results
from both civil and military pay, 1t Is
shown that the salaries Of less than
81 900 60 to the largest group, 345,351,
who are paid $154,s46, ,s67 .25, while the
next largest pay group, 1889 people,
receive salaries between S2,l00 and s2,--
200 a year, total compensation OF
s247,086, ,s23.s4.
BY far the majority of Government
workers fall into the lower pay scales,
with the number lessening as the sal
aries rise higher. In the groups above
$4,000, however the largest group,
1.943. received between $4,000 and $6,-
500 year, or total OF slI,694,775.
Evening star., 1932-01-30
FACING Of ARMS
FACTS ADVOCATED
Dr.. HeaIy Holds Friends of
Disarmament Are Endan-
gering Nation.

DR.. Thomas H. Healy, assistant dean
and professor of international law at
the Georgetown Foreign Service School
in an address last night at the annual
dinner of the National Rife Association
sounded call to the American people
ito get down to brass tacks and face
the real facts on the problems of dis
armament"
Dr. Healy said large proportion of
disarmament advocates, carried away
by their ideals. are overlooking the
fundamental facts of the worlds politi-
cal and economic situation and instead
of serving the enlightened interests of
the United States are not only endan-
gering the Nation but actually are re-
tarding the cause of world peace.
Our splendid selfsacrificing example,
which, supposedly was to result in other
nations of the world following suit, has
resulted merely in decreasing our own
national defense below the minimum
danger point while the other nations
are becoming more and more armed"
DR.. Healy declared.
In Dr. Healy's opinion, the Geneva
Disarmament Conference, scheduled to
open next Tuesday, will produce moth
ing of value although some rather i'm
posing paper arrangements will doubt
less be produced and 'ballyhooed around
the world to lead the general public
into believing that the practical things
which cannot be done have been done"
Seth Gordon, president of the Ameri-
can Game Association, decried unrea-
sonable anti-gun legislation. He de-
clared love of the outdoors Is Unborn
and stays with every normal boy and
in every youth there is burning am
bition" to be expert with firearms.
"Inhibitions against possession and
use of firearms by law-abiding citizens
will never stop the thief and the mur-
derer, neither will they serve as a sub
stitute for the health giving pleasures
derived by the devotees Of the shotgun,
the rife and the pistol"
Gen. c. A. Fraser adjutant general
of North Dakota and newly elected
president of the Rifle Association, was
POSTMASTER at the dinner
Evening star., 1932-01-30

as much as the audience.
These four famed artists, Nina
Koshetz. Harold Bauer, Paul
Kochanski and Hans Kinder free
for the moment from his duties as
orchestral maestro, combined their
talents and gave such program as
made those present sing with joy"
Such an evening of continued lyric
beauty has not been duplicated this
or any other season. Added to this,
and something which must be
stressed was the spirit of the per-
formers, who ordinarily we'll able
to round out an invigorating pro-
gram all Of their own, last night
got together" and behaved them
selves in the supremely Commendable
fashion Of four youngster adults who
are having as much fun with each
other as they are at the realization
that that fun" Is being radiated
This was apparant to splendid de-
gree in the Russian folkSong
'Katinkas Husband" sung with
great charm by Nine. KoShetz, after
which Mr.. Kinder was to be OBJ
served smiling and laughing and
applauding the artist by hitting the
piano with his bow, Mr.. Kochanski,
ditto, tapping his violin with his
bow, and Mr. Bauer smiling from
top to toe. This spirit of artistic
appreciation among those who gave
was, in fact, one Of the factors which
raised this event to the heights.
Musically, technically and from
the audiences viewpoint of just be-
ing able to sit back and be mu-
sically relaxed, there was everything
to be had and nothing denied. The
program, consisting of the Cesar
Franck Sonata in A Major" Rus
sian folk songs by Alexander Goe-
dicke and the Brahms Trio No. 3
in c Minor" was ideal for the oc-
Evening star., 1932-01-30
ADAMS CABLES APPROVAL.

Approval of the arrangement under
which the four defendants in the Mas
sic case at Honolulu would be released
on probation with the Navy co-operat-
ing to keep them within the jurisdiction
Of the Circuit Court, was granted last
night by Secretary Adams.
Adams cabled his approval after re-
ceiving a report from Rear Admiral
Yates Stirling citing the conditions un-
der which Judge A. NJ. Christy agreed
to allow Mrs. Granville ForteScue, Lieut..
Thomas Massie and the two naval en-
listed men freedom under moderate
bail. He directed the admiral to take
custody of the defendants and to CO.
operate within the courts jurisdiction.
Stirling advised that Mrs. Fortescue
had agreed to the arrangement.
Under this agreement Mrs Fostescue
will be released under $4,000 bond and
Lieut. Thomas H. Massie and two naval
enlisted men under So 500 bond.
Evening star., 1932-01-30
MRS. FORTESCUE'S
BOND IS FIXED
Honolulu Officials Agree to
Release Four After Navy
Promises Cooperation.

BY the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, January 30.-The Navy
having agreed to cooperate in keeping
defendants in the Joseph KlahahaWai
Staying in this jurisdiction, civil officials
announced today they would permit the
release of Mrs. Granville Fortescue,
Lieut.. Thomas H. Massie, E. ]. Lord
and A. o. Jones under bond.
Circuit Judge A. M. CriSty said Mrs.
Fortescue's bail would be $4,000 and
that for the three Navy men $2,500
each.
Asks Navy to Cooperate.
The four were arraigned yesterday for
the second-degree murder Of the young
Hawaiian, who was one Of five youths
charged with attacking Mrs. FOrteScue'S s
daughter, Mrs MasSie.
Apparently stirred by the Navy's atti-
tude In sending to Washington critical
reports of court administration here,
Judge Cristy asked cooperation of the
Navy before fixing bonds. Lacking the
cooperation, he said their bonds would
be $50 1000 each
Secretary Adams of the Navy Depart
ment announced in Washington his ap-
pIONdl Vi pldIlS lOI TIE NAVY 10 CO-OpCI- -
ate.
The defendants must report daily to
a probation officer.
Judge Cristy denied a defense motion
to quash the indictment. The motion
charged the court had coerced the grand
jury into bringing in the bill OF acCu-
sation and it did not represent the true
findings Of the inquisitoral body.
Judge and Attorney Clash.
Judge Christy and Defense Attorney
Montgomery Winn engaged in several
sharp verbal tits. The judge told Winn
that he was plainly incompetent be-
cause he declined to give the sources of
his information regarding grand jury
deliberations. Winn said the jury on
three occasions was ready to report a
no bill, but the judge ordered further
deliberations.
1T was the subject Of conversation
on the streets and at every dinner table,
dare say" Winn observed
The failure OF the Legislature to
limit the punishment for rape to either
death or life imprisonment was scored
today by the newly formed citizens or
ganizationS for good government, a
spokesman for which declared the new
bill was inadequate"
In the measure now before Gov. Law
renee M. Judd the punishment was
fixed at death, life imprisonment or
Imprisonment for amy number of
years" A Senate amendment to delete
the latter clause failed Of adoption by a
tie vote.
Evening star., 1932-01-30
new CLUE SPEEDS
SUBMARINE SEARCH
Large Object Detected on Sea Floor
and British Call All Ships
Engaged in Hunt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, England, January So
Navy sweepers today encountered new
large obstruction on the sea bottom 3
miles off Abbotsbury. The find was
considered the most important since
search began for the Inflated British
submarine M-2.
All ships of the searching fiotilla be-
gan concentrating near the spot The
Adamant returned to Portsmouth,
where it picked up the rear admiral
of submarines to take him to the scene.
Divers worked all last night in shifts
with the aid of powerful searchlights.
Objects have been found on the floor
of the Channel frequently, but in each
case they have proved to be old and
forgotten hulks of former tragedies.
Instructions received from the ad-
miralty department said the M-2 must
be located at all costs.
Evening star., 1932-01-30
BANKS MESSENGER
ROBBED Of SATCHEL
Two Men on Bus Strike Youth
and Get $1,000 Non-Ne-
gotiabIe Checks.

A messenger for the Federal Amer
lean National Bank & Trust Co. was
attacked as he was about to alight
from bus today by two men, who
seized a satchel containing Washing
ton Clearing House checks for a total
of approximately $1,000 and fed
While the bus driver and a woman
passenger looked on one of the bandits
struck the messenger, Paul Clark, 90
over the head with the butt Of re-
volver, the other SnatChing the bag
containing the checks.
Clark who lives at 2440 Monroe
street northeast, was on his way from
the clearing house to the banks branch
at Twelfth and Newton streets north
east. The bus, on which only one other
person besides the robbers and the
messenger was riding, was about to
swing around the corner of Thirteenth
and Lawrence streets northeast, when
Clark prepared to get off
A first-hand account of what fol-
lowed was given by the other passenger,
Mrs. Anne Hofmann, $500 Twelfth
street northeast, who said:
"AS the boy arose, the men, one of
whom had been sitting behind me. did
likewise. He hit the boy over the head,
knocking him against a seat AS the
boy staggered back, the other man, who
had been sitting almost directly across
from me, rushed forward and grabbed
the Satchel
Meanwhile, the bus was coming to d
stop and one of the men pushed open
the door and jumped off He was fol-
lowed by his companion"
Clark, who was cut about the head.
also left the bus, he told police, and
saw the men leap into an automobile
close behind. A man was at the wheel
of the car, Clark said, and he sped away
as the other two jumped on the
running board.
Reports at Bank.
Clark continued to the bank and re-
ported the robbery to j. L. Sherwood,
vice president, who Immediately noti-
fed police. Meanwhile, the bus driver
had noted the license number of the
machine in which the bandits fed and
this was turned over to members of the
hold-up squad who responded A
search was begun Immediately for the
man in whose name the automobile was
listed
At the same time, police descriptions
of the men, furnished by the three
witnesses, were broadcast to all pre-
cinctS
The checks, Mr.. Sherwood explained,
are not negotiable, since they can be
cashed only by duly authorized repre-
sentative of the bank.
The checks, according to Mr. Sher-
wood, are of no value to the robbers.
They were made out by clients, he ex-
planned, and after being deposited else
where were being returned for payment.
They had not been Cancelled, however.
Evening star., 1932-01-30
Music and Musicians
Reviews and News of Capitals Programs.

casion-ideaI, as q matter Of fact,
for any occasion. Mr.. Bauer and
Mr.. Kochanski put their all into
FTanck's standard sonata--Mr. Bauer
perhaps eclipsing the violin virtuoso
now and again in the matter of
strength-Mme. Koshetz sang her
Russian songs in her infmitable
fashion-and the Brahms trio played
by Bauer, Kochanski and Kindler
was given a wealth of lyric express
sion (has it ever sounded more
lovely than In the "andante gra-
zioso' movement?)
While it would be impossible to
say that this was better than
that" or that one item suffered by
comparison with another - the
Prayer" which Nine. KoshetZ sang,
must be suggested as one of the
peaks of the evening. There was
something about it which warmed
the audience as few vocal selections
can. A beautiful song-given an
exquisite rendering by the soloist-
1t somehow struck the mellowest
chord Of the entire whole with its
background Of cello and violin OBJ
bligato and its rich and moving
simplicity.
This, however, was only one
among the concerts many perfec-
tions. All the artists deserve great
praise for their work as well as for
having given their services for such
an important cause-and it was
especially pleasing to the local audi
ence to be able to see Mr.. Kinder
in joyous mood laboring over his
first love, the cello.
z. de 8. MELCHER.
Parroncbi In Local Debut
As Soloist at Club.
THE Friday Morning Music Clubs
program yesterday was ar
ranged by Mary Kant Couch. 1t Of
fered an interesting group Of songs
oy Rimsky-korsakoff. Marx. Saint
Saens and Adolfh Torovsky, all sung
with Intelligence and spirit by Lucy
MacMorland in the light, flexible
voice appropriate to them. 1t also
presented Bernard Parronchi, first
cellist OF the National Symphony
orchestra. In his Washington debut
as soloist
Mr.. Parronchi had an immediate
and emphatic success with his audi
CAASc' Ilc plOJeCGeu Tie 1HOOO OF edCn
composition powerfully and displayed
full, round legato as well as a con-
hdent mastery of all the technical
demands OF program which ranged
from Bach. Dittersdorf and Boo
cherini through Mary Howe. Albeniz,
Ravel and Faure His playing of the
Malaguena," by AlbeniZ. and of
Ravels "Habanera" suggested a
Spanish parentage, along with the
Italian name, even before one learned
that he actually has the two strains
in his blood
Mrs. liant Couch and Mrs. David
Book provided skillful accompani-
ments 1t was pleasant to see :wo
Washington composers included on
the program, as If as a matter of
course, and they held their own with
credit. NJ. c. S.
Evening star., 1932-01-30
DEFENDS HAWAuANS.

NEW YORK, January 30 lPO.-Law
enforcement agencies OF Hawaii from
the Governor down were defended by
DR.. David L. Crawford, president of the
University of Hawaii last night in the
first radio broadcast from Honolulu to
the United States since the Massie case
DR.. Crawford minimized what he
termed "lurid and grotesque' stories
concerning the Staying of Joseph Kaha-
hawai- and the bringing of murder
charges against four Americans.
The chief difficulty, he said, was that
the islands always had been peaceful
and we're not accustomed to dealing
with major crimes. The police system,
he said, never has been geared up to
meet modern crime as you know 1t in
all our larger American cities"
DR.. Crawford commended Gov. Judd
for having taken action promptly and
vigorously when the crisis arose"