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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03

ONTO the capable shoulders of Roy
~ Spencer again will be piled the
bulk of the backstopping duties,
but who will act as second-string re-
ceiver has not yet been determined. Cliff
Bolton and Gordon Phelps, youths who
both pack a wicked wallop, are bit
shy on experience for pastiming back
of the bat in fast company, and Coach
Continued on Second Page.)
Evening star., 1932-09-03
PEOPLE WIN VICTORY.
BAY CALLED D'DUMBFOUNDIIN ING"
Geographic Board Backs Residents of Dade County. Fla
in Recognizing Name.

office Department to change the name
10 the more expressive. If less euphon-
ious one, of Fiddletown.
once 1t was the latter, witness Bret
Hartes AN Episode of Fiddletown, -
but in 1878 Col. Purington, an inf1u-
entail citizen Of the then Ffddletown,
went to San Francisco and registered at
at motel. Some wag glanced over his
shoulder and remarked: "Ffddlesticks &"
Highly embarrassed, the colonel went
nome and changed the name to Oleta.
AT least, that is the story told by aff1-
davits on file in the Post Office Depart
ment.
The board gives the department a
good deal OF Leeway about names. since
the latter abhors Implications, having
mad enough trouble already with the
flock OF Madisons, Washingtons, OK
fords. Friendships, and so on.
The department Is represented on
the board, as is every other department
vitality interested in names and map
making. incidentally. the members
serve without pay. The research and
correspondence are taken care Of by
Jonn j. Cameron, executive secretary,
and an assistant.
Cameron has absorbed a lot of his
tory at his job. Some names are OBJ
v1ous. he said, but others-for instance,
Temperance River in Minnesota You
might think a prohibition advocate
named that, but no. Most streams
thereabouts have a deposit Of gravel
and sand at the mouth-a bar, Tenn
perance River had none"
Evening star., 1932-09-03
ILLINOIS MINERS
TURN ON LEADERS
Open Rebellion Breaks Out
as ESQ Delegates Plan
Separate Group.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GILLESPIE, Ill., September 3-Open
rebellion against their State and ma
tional union officers broke out yester-
day among the "rank-and-f miners
of Illinois, with $50 delegates, claiming
to represent rs per cent Of the States
As 900 union diggers, voting unanimous
ly in Statewide convention to repudiate
the present organization and form a
new union.
This was the first break of the coal
miners with John H. Walker, State
union president, and John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, and it followed efforts of
the officials to put the new SIS basic
wage contract into operation.
The new wage scale was recently
agreed upon by officials of the union
and coal operators over the protest of
the miners.
The delegates, announcing they were
through with Walker and Lewis and
what they termed their "machine-gun
contract" turned at once to perfect
their organization, elect provisional Of
ficers and extend an invitation to op-
orators to enter separate wage-scale
negotiations with the miners.
Efforts, they said, would be made to
enlist the Illinois diggers working under
the S. scale and miners Of Indiana
and other States in the new movement.
The miners are demanding a contract
providing for their old scale Of S6.10 a
day, a six-hour day and five-day
week.
Evening star., 1932-09-03
GERMANYS ACTION
ON DEBTS AWAITED
Notice as to Payments Due Septem'
Der 80 Not Received Here Yet
by Treasury officials.

BY the Associated Press.
Treasury officials said today they had
not yet received a request from the
German government for permission to
postpone the payments due on Septem-
Der 80 under the mixed claims awards
and for repayment Of the cost of the
American Army of Occupation.
Germany is supposed to pay 1885,
900 in marks to the Treasury on Sep
tember 80 as a semi-annual installment
on the Army of Occupation cost and
20,400,000 marks for mixed claims
awards. The same amount Is due also
next March 81.
Through the Hoover moratorium last
year the German government received
q years respite from payments on the
American Army of Occupation settle
ment.
Germany still owes the United States
S1S1.967,133 for the cost of the Army
of Occupation and $134,245,078 for
mixed claims awards.
Evening star., 1932-09-03
WATSON ANALYzES
HOME LOAN LAW
Calls Second Mortgage a
Thing of the Past-Dr.
Hardy Sees Recovery.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FRENCH LICK, Ind, September s.
Senator James E. Watson Of Indiana
foresees day when the second mort
gage will be thing of the past as
a result OF the operations Of Federal
Home Loan Banks.
United States Building and Loan
League, at its fortieth convention, that
the primary purpose of the law Great
ing the banks was to save homes
partly purchased and the secondary
one was to build new homes,
IL this law works as we think It
will" the Republican leader predicted.
the second mortgage will soon become
thing OF the past and that specter
VIII no longer confront the man who
desires either to buy or to build q
home.
1T may be difficult plan to work
out; IL may be a tedious process to
consummate 1t, but it Is evident that
by patient and sympathetic admins
tratlon 1t can be made to do the work.
Will Save Thousands of Homes.
"It will save thousands of homes In
America, 1t will build yet others to
come and thus add to the safety and
oS01AAAey Va Ou1
! referring to the inability of building
and loan associations to rediscount the
mortgages they held, Senator Watson
said, I'VE have never had suficiently
free capital in this country to finance
on proper scale home e-building and
homecoming
Many times" he continued, "the
nome builder has been compelled to re-
sort to second mortgage, the terms Of
which usually are so drastic and at
times so exorbitant that they make 1t
exceedingly difficult for the home
builder to succeed with his enterprise"
Under the Home Loan Banks, the
building and loan associations will be
enabled to do business on a proper
SCALE" he declared, explaining that
these banks will advance money to the
associations on mortgages they hold,
thus relieving the buyer who is unable
70 meet monthly payments on his loan.
DIR. Hardy Speaks.
An increase in home building and q
marked recovery in the automobile in
dustry are at hand, the convention was
told by DR.. G. o. Hardy of the Brook
ings Institute, Washington, D. C.
The mistaken notion that we are
overbuilt," he averred, is refuted by the
obvious fact that men, as soon as they
are re-employed, will find a scarcity in
small homes"
DR.. Hardy saw encouragement in the
rising prices Of stocks and bonds, say
ing these always improve first after a
crisis
The most hopeful feature today is
the improvement in stocks and bonds,
especially the bond market, which is
less susceptible to f1urries," he asserted.
This means that more capital is being
put back into the investment market.
Capital will flow into fields much closer
to the consumer than in the expansion
period ended in 1929"
Evening star., 1932-09-03
MRS. HAMMERSTEIN
SUES FOR SUPPORT
Stepson Accused of Failure to Live
Up to Contract to Care
for Her.

NEW YORK, September LP-Mrs.
Emma Swift Hammerstein, widow of
Oscar Hammerstein, opera impresario.
yesterday sued her stepson, Arthur
Hammerstein, for alleged breaking Of a
contract to support her for life. She
asked 100000 damages.
Mrs. Hammerstein was convicted of
an immoral conduct charge in women's
court June 6, 1880, but the conviction
was reversed the following october by
the appellate division on the ground
she had been convicted on insufficient
evidence.
In her suit brought in Supreme Court
today, she said her stepson had agreed
to support her for life if she would leave
the country, which she did, following
upon her vindication.
He sent her money in Europe, she
said, and later sent her money to re-
turn here She was penniless when
she arrived In New York, and since then
he has failed to live up to his contract,
she charged.
Arthur Hammerstein filed petition
in bankruptcy early in 1881, listing
liabilities of more than one and half
million dollars.
Evening star., 1932-09-03
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A victory for the common people,
the name of the bay off Dade County,
Fla, is officially "Dumbfoundling Bay"
The United States Geographic Board,
final authority on geographic names,
has decided, and the Coast and Geo.
detic Survey, which thought 1t should
be "Dumfoundling Bay" bowed in ac-
quiescence.
Yet it might have been 'Dumfound-
ing Bay" originally. For it seems like
ly that surprise at its discovery was
more a cause for the name than the
finding there as tradition has it, of a
child that was not only a founding,
but dumb.
The natives thereabouts, however,
would call it "Dumbfoundling, and To-
cal usage has more weight with the
board, generally speaking, than any
other consideration.
Many nomenclature disputes still re-
main to be settled, covering not only
the United States, but the world at
large. The board is issuing soon re-
port on the correct American spelling
Of geographic foreign names, and those
who don't follow it will be wrong. A
special committee headed by S. w.
Boggs, State Department geographer,
worked on 1t for four years.
But the board Is largely bystander,
il keenly interested one, in a Call
fornia nomenclature question. A good
many citizens Of Oleta want the Post
Evening star., 1932-09-03
SPURNS FARM PARLEY.
Gov. Ross Of Idaho Doubts Power Of
Governors to Act.

BOISE, Idaho. September d.
Gov. c. Ben Ross said yesterday he
would not attend the conference of
Governors of agricultural States, called
by Gov. Warren Green of South Dakota,
to meet September at Sioux City,
Iowa.
Replying to the South Dakota execu-
tive, Gov. Ross said:
In my Judgment only Congress has
authority or power to improve the
financial condition of the country.
Withholding commodities from the
market to increase prices will not help
so long as 10 or IL millions of our
people are idle and have nothing with
which to purchase necessities of life.
THE country is suffering from lack
Of money or credit. Since our credit is
impaired beyond redemption, the cir
culating medium must be increased sew
eral billion dollars in order that fac
tories may sell their products and en-
ploy men who in turn consume the
products of the farm.
I'm my Judgment anything the Gov
ernors could do would be futile. I can
not attend the convention"
Evening star., 1932-09-03
|LOYA[|STS CONTROL
ECUADOR CAPITAL
Bonifaz, Leader of Rebels,
Reported Fugitive at
U. S. Legation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, September 8.
-Loyalist forces were In command of
Quito the capital, today, and the re-
bellious Neptali Bonifaz was reported
to have taken refuge in the American
legation.
Meanwhile, the revolt that was
started last Saturday to put Bonifaz
in the presidency, apparently had def
nitely ended with the surrender of the
last contingent of rebel troops near
the capital.
Bonifaz was elected President of
Ecuador last year. but before he was
to have taken Office this year Congress
ruled him ineligible, alleging alien
parentage.
Alberto Guerrero Martinez president
OF the Senate, meanwhile was In the
saddle as provisional President, and a
promise Of constitutional government
from him was expected shortly.
Quito started to cleanup today after
the severe fighting of the week, during
which, authorities estimated that 1000
persons had been slain.
ONE Il. s. MAN KILLED
Evening star., 1932-09-03
PERUVIANS SEIZE
COLOMBIAN TOWN
Both Nations Take Steps to Punish
Civilian Group Accused of
Communist Aims.
Ru kha A Assnciafed Dress

By the Associated Press.
BOGOTA, Colombia, September s.
At dawn on Thursday 800 Peruvian
civilians, armed with rifles, seized the
Colombian town of Port Leticia on the
Amazon River at the Peruvian border
where there is no Colombian garrison.
Foreign Minister Urdaneta informed
the Senate of the seizure at a secret
meeting last night, and later gave the
press a statement asserting that the
movement was without international
character"
THE relations between Colombia and
Peru remain perfectly cordial" he said
THE Peruvian government has in
formed our minister at Lima that their
information indicates the movement at
Leticia was Communist in character,
promoted by enemies of the Peruvian
administration. Both governments have
taken every measure to re-establish nor
NAL conditions at Leticia"
Two Colombian gunboats have been
sent down the Putumayo River from
Cayauca, TOO miles from Leticia.
Evening star., 1932-09-03
GUNMEN TERRORIZE
AREA IN OKLAHOMA
Woman Killed, Another Dying and
Boy Wounded as Trio Fires on
Car-0ther Autos Seized.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MUSKOGEE, Okla, September s.
Three desperadoes were hunted in
Eastern Oklahoma's hills today after
terrorizing the Braggs Mountain vicin-
ity with a series of crimes which left
one woman dead, another near death
and a small boy wounded.
Firing a shower of bullets into an
automobile which they sought to stop
on a mountain road last night the
three killed Mrs. Susie Sharp. 48, OF
Braggs; perhaps fatally wounded her
daughter, Mrs. Pearl Anderson, 26, OF
Long Beach, Calf, and shot Mrs. An
derson's 5-year-old son In one leg.
The three highwaymen escaped into
the darkness after the shooting and a
little later held up H. j.. McQuowan
of Muskogee. They pulled him from
his car and sped away in it,
After wrecking McQuowan's machine
in a ditch, the trio halted another car
in which a patrol Of Boy Scouts was
returning to Muskogee, elected the
boys, took the car and continued their
fight
owen Sharp, driver Of the automo-
bile in which his mother was killed,
said the men opened fire before the
car had reached them and continued
shooting as he sped past.
Evening star., 1932-09-03

and wished for the biggest policemans
whistle ever made.
But when one plane zomed aloft as
II starting on a race for altitude and
yet another appeared from behind the
grandstand, the official announcer gave
1t up as hopeless.
Whatever else may be said about
this race, it is certainly the most inter-
esting yet" he said.
However, Miss Florence Klingensmith
OF Minneapolis, MINI, was one of the
few who knew where they were going
and why. She gave a professional
bank to her turns and won with an
average OF 59.5 miles an hour.
But even Miss Klingensmith made
two extra laps before officials could flag
her to the ground. Afterward she ex-
planned she was unable to see the lap
number at the home pylon and "just
wanted to make sure"
When 1t was all over. Edith Foltz of
Portland, Greg, was awarded second
place; Helen Richey of Pittsburgh,
third; Mary SAMSON of Hartford,
Conn, fourth; Helen MacCloskey, Pitts
burgh. fifth, and Mrs. Rae Trader of
Pittsburgh, sixth.
Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam award
ed the trophy, which, she explained, IT
'Wangled from my husband"
Evening star., 1932-09-03
ROOSEVELT CALLS
FOR c. 0.P. BACKING
Urges Members to Discard
"Bankrupt" Leadership
of Their Party.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SCHENECTADY, N. Y, September 81
Gov. Roosevelt, Democratic presidential
candidate, speaking at the State con-
vention of Young Democratic Clubs
today called upon members of the Re-
publican party to discard, disown and
disavow a leadership that has proved
bankrupt"
Our quarrel" Mr.. Roosevelt said, sis
not with the millions Of fine living,
clean, straight thinking persons who. on
paper, belong to the Republican party.
The candidate asserted that polls
throughout the country show in every
State that 20 to 80 per cent Of those
who voted Republican In 1928 will
change their party support this year." J"
Remains Short Time.
Mr.. Roosevelt remained at the con-
vention only 80 minutes. He spoke ex-
temporaneously. He returned to Al
bany for luncheon before proceeding
to Bridgeport, Conn, where he Will de-
liver prepared campaign address to-
night.
Gov. Roosevelt told his listeners he
IldO llOI COlllC W OOA1CliCSeoNy " AAAAN>C
political speech" He said ne was
glad to see 80 many young Demo-
Gratis, because 1t means we are going to
be stronger than ever before"
IT came over here" the Govarnor
said, mot to make a campaign speech,
but to say howdy to old friends of mine
from 81 counties of the State. I am
glad to say I can.
ct means we are bringing in from the
bottom those we are losing from the
top.
Party Lines Weaker.
"This Fall we are going to win all
down the line. Party ties rest more
lightly on people, and that is a good
thing Party government is more re-
sponsible. In Abraham Lincoln's S
words, You can't fool all the people
all the time"
Discussing changes in the New York
State government, Roosevelt mentioned
that alfred E. Smith put through"
State government reorganization
stronger than ever before. The crowd
applauded mention of Smiths name.
Gov. Roosevelt narrated an incident
of his campaign for the State Senate
in 1910, telling how Dick Connell
talked Americanism to young people"
why, he would stop at every school
house." the Governor said, "and in the
election he was selected for Congress.
If he had lived he would have found
talking Americanism would have elected
him repeatedly"
Evening star., 1932-09-03
RESIGNATION MOVE
AGAINST MEAD FAILS
Reclamation Commissioner Graft
fed by Action of Irrigation
Congress in Idaho.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DR.. *Elwood Mead, United States
commissioner of reclamation, said to-
day in a statement he was gratifled at
the defeat by the Federal Irrigation
Congress of a resolution demanding his
resignation.
The resolution, presented by Wyom-
ing and Nebraska delegates to the con-
vention at Boise. Idaho, was rejected
yesterday after some members had held
Dr. Mead responsible for requiring in
terest on reclamation cost payments
which had been deferred.
THE bureau had nothing whatever
to do with the interest charge on de-
ferred payments" Dr. Mead said. That
was an act of Congress. The resolu-
ton grows out of disagreement between
the bureau and irrigators on the Sho-
Shone project as to power payments.
This matter is now in the courts and
the bureau will accept whatever the
courts decide"
Evening star., 1932-09-03
ORTIZ RUBI0 QUITS;
CABINET ALSO OUT
Mexican President Silent on
Resignation-lII Health
Believed Cause.
cago fair.
Continued From First Page.)

Rubio, the Presidents brother, and
Vincent Estrada Cajigal, chief Of the
federal district government, over the
general (Mexico City, hospital admin
istration. That was in Midaugust, and
before Francisco Ortiz Rubio had re-
signed as administrator of charities
many other designations had been sent
to the presidential palace.
Cajigal asserted he had incurred the
Presidents disfavor as arbitrator in q
dispute in the hospital when he crossed
Francisco. Gen. Gales, chief of the
revolutionary group, sought to remain
aloof, but the tide of political pressure
finally was reported to have forced him
to agree to Ortiz Rubios departure, al
though he was unwilling to consider a
change at first.
"Joker" in Constitution.
A Joker" in the constitution concern
ing presidential designations was dis
covered today, factor which may bring
the Supreme Court into the picture be-
fore a new President can be chosen
definitely.
The constitution specifies that IN the
event a President steps out during the
first two years of his term a provisional
President shall be elected by Congress
and a presidential election called at
the same time. II such a resignation
should come during the last two years,
substitute President to fill out the
term would be chosen.
But the constitution also placed a
presidential term at six years, leaving
two-year blank space. Ortiz Rubio is
in his third year, so 1t is not possible for
laymen to figure out whether an elec-
ton is in the citing
In any event, when the Presidents S
successor takes Office, three Presidents
will have served Mexico within less than
half the normal six-year presidential
term. Emilio Portes Gil served Is
months Professionally, until Ortiz Rubio
was inaugurated.
Ortiz Rubio is an engineer by pro-
fession, but had served in the Mexican
diplomatic corps for some time before
becoming chief executive.
Evening star., 1932-09-03
PICKPOCKET LECTURES
BEFORE MONKEY CAGE

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, September 3.-The scene
of activity was in front Of the monkey
cage in the Lincoln Park Zoo.
A bearded patriarch was discoursing
on the simian habits and quite a crowd
was listening until two detective SER
geants, William Drury and John Howe,
seized the speaker.
I'm a respectable professor" pro-
tested the lecturer.
''Yes?" said Drury. You are Henry
Marsh, dean of pickpockets.
Meanwhile, Howe arrested three men
in the crowd who said they were nat
uralists. Howe insisted that the only
thing they had ever studied was where
their fellow citizens kept their purses.
Evening star., 1932-09-03

steward, the purser, dining room
steward and gentleman whom Mr..
Tunney mistook for a representative
Of the line.
II guess it's no use," he said, finally.
I'm awfully sorry"
Fifteen reporters, camera men and
sound film operators appeared very sud-
denly at the cabin door. Tunney fol-
lowed them to the top deck.
To Work for Roosevelt.
IT shall campaign for Roosevelt in
the coming elections" he said into the
repeal of the Volstead act and" The
cameras ground away, the reporters
stood by, mopping their brows.
A few minutes later he joined us for
lunch.
During the meal we talked of poll
tics mostly, a little about Paris, about
Mrs. Tunney and writing. On any topic
Gene expressed ideas altogether posi-
tive and uncompromising.
Part way through the meal steward
arrived.
Your passport for the immigration,
sir" he said. They've been looking
everywhere for you"
"Oh, but have no passport" said
Gene, mentioning for the first time a
matter which would have driven many
passenger first into mysteries and.
later. to Ellis Island until he found the
passport.
Forgets His Passport.
"Blimy," said the steward, that's too
bad. I'll fetch the immigration man."
We resumed our conversation until
the officer appeared. Gene stood up
and shook hands.
Il forgot my passport" he said. Left
1t in Paris. 1t won't matter, will it?"
Not at all, Mr.. Tunney," the man
said. Il guess I know you. Come up
stairs and I'll stamp your landing card
after lunch"
Thus Gene Tunney's native city well
comes him home.
(Copyrisht Io32)
Evening star., 1932-09-03
SCHACHT MAY HEAD
REICH ENTERPRISES
Germany to Name Federal
Commissioner for All Gov
ernment Projects.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, September 3.-A federal
commissioner is to be appointed to
supervise all undertakings subsidized
and controlled by the government, 1t
was announced today.
It is said on good authority that
Hjalmar Schacht, former president Of
the Reichsbank, would get the job, but
the government declined to confirm this
report, stating that the commissioner
had not yet been selected.
The commissioner would be gen.
eral supervisor of government-sub-
sidized banks, notably the Dresdner
Bank with which the Danat banking
interests were merged after the Danat
crash in July last year, and the Com
merzbank. He also would supervise the
big shipping interests such as the Ham
burg American and the North German
LLOYD, and in addition to these would
be in charge Of heavy industries such
as United Steel and Gelsenklrchen.
This appointment would be recogni,
ton for DR.. Schacht's acknowledged
talents as a financier. He has urged
a Rightest government in Germany tor
MANY months and for a time even
seemed willing to join the National So
cialist camp, but he got off the Hitler
bandwagon when the radical wing
seemed in the ascendancy. Lately ne
has been working with the Won Papen
cabinet whose members apparently may
decide to utilize his talents but TO
keen him out of politics as much as
In the new post his immediate job
would be simplification of administra.
tion and reduction of high salaries PAID
leading officials to the level paid IN the
service of the state.
Franz Bracht, federal commissioner
for Prussia, published decree tooay
shaving Prussian governmental expen-
ditures by elimination OF positions
where there is overlapping between the
national and Prussian governments.