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Evening star., 1932-07-25
Advocates of Bimeta|iSm
Urging Scheme-Both
in Tentative State.
MEAT SALES NOW HOLD
DELEGATES ATTENTION
Want Trade Now Given to U. S.
by Britain-Borah Proposals
Considered Significant.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
OTTAWA, July 25.-Advocates o.
reconciliation of silver at the Impsria
Conference today linked a bi-metalisn
scheme for the British Commonwealth
Of Nations with the idea of super.
empire bank
Here, as in the United States, silver
has its champions as medium Of ex-
change and it is considered certain thai
the silver question will be presented to
the conference in connection with a
plan to stabilize the unit of exchange
within the empire.
The question involves many intricate
angles, however, and is still in the un-
official stage. The Committee on Cur
rency had no official statement to make
regarding the progress made with either
the silver or the super-empire bank
idea.
Meat Issue Is Raised.
Delegates had practically given up
today the notion of an Dominion
tering their attention on meat.
South Africa has Joined Australia In
a plea for a larger share of the British
meat trade only 81 per cent of which
is now with the Dominions. Much OF
the other 40 per cent is with Argentina
and the United States.
Geographically" the South African
delegation pointed out in a statement
there is no reason why the Union OF
South Africa, together with Southern
Rhodesia, the protectorates and South
west Africa, should not produce a suffi-
cient number of good quality cattle fol
the regular supply of chilled beef tc
the British market"
Inter empire trade in minor commod-
tiles now supplied by the United States
and Argentina also figured prominently
in the schedule for this weeks work.
Empire Has Meat Surplus.
In the case Of wheat. the empire pro-
duces more than 1t consumes and any
tariff treatment would be likely to have
small effect In a commodity subject to q
world price level
South Africa, Australia and New Zea-
land virtually decided over the week
end that more advantage could be
gained by centering on meat, fruits and
other products of which the empire
produces less than it consumes.
BY readjustments in crop production
in these items, their Representatives
urged, the empire might be made self
sustaining and the surpluSes of Other
crops neutraliZed.
The departure was initiated by Pre-
mier Bruce of Australia, who dropped
the major crops of wheat and wool tc
discuss development of Australias meat
industry as replacing British purchases
abroad. Canada is highly interested in
larger share of the British meat
fruit and dairy products market, but
had come into conference, as Premier
Bennett said, prepared to make conces-
sions to Britain on the theory that the
great basic industries of both countries
should be the ones selected for prefer
entail treatment.
On the welfare Of the major indus
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1932-07-25
LABOR UNIT ADOPTS.
5DAY WEEK PLAN
5,532 Employees Are to Be
FurIoughed 48 Saturdays
by Doak'S Order.

After having been rejected by all Of
the other executive departments, the
five-day week for Federal employees was
adopted today by the Labor Depart
ment.
The plan becomes effective on July
80 in all of the bureaus of the depart
ment and affects 5.532 employees. of
which 958 are stationed in Washington
Only the field service of the Navy
Department, the Government Printing
ONCE and the per diem workers Of the
District of Columbia are now on the
five-day working week.
The nine other executive departments
of the Government and several of the
independent bureaus have rejected the
plan. After an investigation they an
nounced it would not only be impracti-
cable, but would not be in the interest
of good public service.
Vacations Impossible.
The Labor Departments move will
mean that its 5,532 employees will be
cut off from all cumulative leave and
vacations will be impossible. Other de-
partmentS are inclined to allow their
employees to work on the half-holiday
Saturdays and to allow this to accumu-
late for leave purposes.
Secretary of Labor Doak, in announc-
ing the departments adoption of the
plan, made no reference to how he
plans to distribute forced furloughs
caused by the drastic reduction in his
departments 1888 appropriation bill.
The forced fur1oughs are better known
as administrative furloughs and are
not to be confused with the flve-day-
week plan which comes under the
heading of legislative furloughs in line
with provisions in the economy bill.
In regard to the legislative fur
loughs, the Secretary said:
Having in mind the appropriations
made available for the present fiscal
year, the nature of the work of the de-
partment, and all other factors, the de-
partment staff after most careful and
painStaking survey reached the unan-
imous conclusion that the Department
of Labor best could meet the reduc-
tion Of the salaries of the employees re-
quired by Congress through decreas-
each week. Therefore, the following
instruction to employees Of the depart
ment were issued today:
Text Of Instructions.
I'm accordance with the provisions
of paragraph b. section 101, of pub
lie bill No. 212, all of the officers and
employees of the Department of Labor
in the District of Columbia will be
furloughed on Saturday of each week
for 48 weeks, beginning with Saturday
July 80.
This method of carrying into effect
the provisions of this act will be applied
to field service so far as practical, but
shall not apply to officers or employees
while under travel status"
Secretary Doak has always been
stanch advocate of the five-day plan,
both In Government service and in
private industry.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
WAR FEVER SPREADS
AMONGPARAGUAYANS
People Ready to Die in Defense Of
Rights Against Bolivia, De-
clares Leader.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ASUNCION, Paraguay, July 25.-The
war fever against Bolivia continued to
spread throughout Paraguay over the
past week end as political leaders de-
tended, over the radio and in the press,
the Paraguayan stand in the recently
inf1amed Gran Chaco dispute.
Although I have horror OF war"
said Minister of Finance Justo P.
Benitez, rather than see Paraguayan
Soil defiled we will defend to the end.
Paraguayans are not warlike. but they
do not fear death. The profound spir-
itual unity of the nation has been re-
vealed anew in these solemn hours"
Manuel Burgos, leader of the Gov
ernment party, said Paraguay would
not attack, but would repulse any ag-
gression.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
BUS CONCERN BUYS
ANNAPOLIS HOTEL
Offstreet Terminal to Be Es-
tablished, With New
Set-up in Management.

Negotiations for the establishment of
an off-street bus terminal in the rear
of the Annapolis Hotel; at Twelfth and
H streets, involving new set-up in
the control of the hostelry itself,
will be completed within the next 48
hours, it was announced today by Rob-
ert v. Fleming, vice president Of the
Riggs National Bank, which controls
the Washington Annapolis Hotel Cor
poration, owners of the hotel.
Under the new plan, contracts for
which already have been signed, the
hotel actually is being purchased by
the Hotel Annapolis Bus Terminal, Inc,
a Delaware corporation, which received
its charter Saturday.
F. J. Scarr Of New York, transporta-
tion engineer, who operates a bus ter
minal In conjunction with the Dixie
Hotel in New York, is president of the
new corporation, whose directorate in
terlocks officers of the Washington An
napolis Hotel Corporation, the Anna
polls Hotel Management Corporation.
terminal group.
Six Bus Lines Sign Up.
Contract for the remodeling Of the
hotel to incorporate the bus terminal
already has been let to the Charles H.
Tompkins Co. Of this city, Mr.. Fleming
said today.
Negotiations are under way with the
receivers Of the Washington, Baltimore
and Annapolis Railroad to acquire on
lease basis an additional strip OF
property bordering on the hotel on the
north side, which would give an addi-
tional traffic lane for the busses be-
tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
Six bus lines already have signed up
with the new terminal, according to
Lester A. Pratt, vice president of the
terminal corporation. They include the
Washington-Luray Line, Washington
Rapid Transit Co., Lincoln Lines and
the Altman Line. Other bus companies
lC0pfinued IN Dooo o Co1,,p,p 7N
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Street Fights Mark
Attempt to Picket
White House.
DETECTIVE CLIMBS
TREE AFTER LEADER
Pace, Chief of ''Red''
Forces, Held on Charges
of Inciting a Riot

A series of street fights that
began at Fifteenth and New York
avenue and continued intermit-
tently down to Thirteenth and E
streets, climaxed an unsuccessful
effort of radical veterans to picket
the White House this afternoon.
Nine men, including the leaders
of the attempted picketing expe-
dition, were arrested by police as
a result of the disturbances which
assumed near-riot proportions, as
the streets were filled with curious
spectators, and traffic was dis
rupted.
John Pace, Detroit, and Walter
Flicker, a New York veteran, both
leaders of the radical contingent,
we're charged with melting a riot
and disturbing the peace when
they were booked at the first pre-
cinct station.
Thirty minutes after the demonstra-
ton started the police had booked three
others at the Third Precinct station.
They were:
Frank Thomas logger of Portland,
Ore. who said he came here with the
bonus armys commander in chief, Wal
ter W. Waters.
Albert Guershowitz of New York
City, tailor.
George Represas. a dishwasher, ma
tive of Spain, who gave no address ex-
cept the Communist camp at Twelfth
and B streets southwest. All were
charged with disorderly conduct.
Ciubbed by Police.
In the first fight, in front of the Ma
tional Savings g. Trust Co, Fifteenth
street and New York avenue, vet
eran fought desperately with police and
had to be dubbed into submission.
The fight started when police, under
command Of Capt. W. E. Holmes first
precinct, attempted to divert the march,
ing veterans east on New York avenue
away from the White House. Flicker
and Pace led their men across New
York avenue, and as the veterans were
about to cross Fifteenth street police
Continued on Page 4, Column ~
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Won GRONAU FLIES
OVER GREENLAND
German Pilot Takes Six Hours to
Traverse Ice Field to
Ivigtut.
b. the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, July Is. - Capt.
wolfgang Won Gronau, German aviator
who is flying from Germany to Chicago,
arrived at Ivigtut, in Southwestern
Greenland, after a six-hour flight
across the inland ice fields, advices
reaching here today said.
Capt. Won Gronau took off from
Reykjavik, Iceland, yesterday.
Ha started from List, Isle OF Sylt,
Germany, Friday, following the north
ern route by way of Iceland, Greenland
and Labrador, which he followed on his
previous two flights to the United
States.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Congress Believed Against
His Revision Ideas-Hoo-
yer Silent on Proposal.
FOREIGN VIEWS, EXCEPT
PARIS, FAVOR PARLEY
Tariff Cut More Important, Asserts
French Spokesman-0ficial
Berlin Tone Cordial.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
! Animated discussions of war debts
today found some congressional leaders
predicting that If past commitments
are to be considered Senator Borah may
find himself in the minority.
The debts question was revived by
the Idaho Independent Republicans S
speech in which he said Cancellation
OF the debts in connection with, and as
q part OF program, including the set
tlement Of other war problems would
be in the interest of the United States.
There was no intimation of how the
administration had received Borah's
suggestion. President Hoover refrained
from commenting after reading the pro-
posal. The State Department, too, was
silent as to its reaction.
Lewis "Astonished."
But congressional leaders who were
in town talked the question over. They
conceded the proposal was important
because Borah Is chairman of the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee and
generally Is recognized as an outstand-
ing spokesman on international prob
lens.
Senator Lewis, Illinois Democrat on
dll 1OuIlQ Ill1lScl1 l1Il4f
less than astonished" at the idea Of
placing the war debt question before a
conference controlled by debtors to the
United States.
Senator Smoot, Utah Republican who
heads the Finance Committee, expressed
an inability to see why we should
make further sacrifices"
"I can't see what we could gain and
- I'll oil
that the other countries could ask, "
he added.
Rainey Sees No Change.
Others, including Representative
Rainey of Illinois, House Democratic
leader. stuck to their positions that the
attitude of Congress has not changed.
| They held that failure of President
Hoover's appeal for recreation of the
Debt Funding Commission to meet even
partial success In the seven months
session Just ended still reflected Con-
gress' attitude.
This group predicted that the
Idahoan would be unlikely to find much
support for his plan when Congress
reconyenes in December Congress has
been almost unanimously against even
| a discussion of revision. 1t went so
far as to append to the resolution ap-
proving the $267 100000 moratorium a
/ sentence expressing the sentiment of
| Congress as against further reduction
| or cancellation of debts.
Because of the big majorities in both
House and Senate that approved that
expression, said some members. 1t
might be some time before Senator
Borah would find himself with ma
jority.
STIMSON SILENT ON PLAN.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
FRANCE AND JAPAN HELD
FIGHTING SLASH IN ARMS
View of Soviet Russia on Results
of Geneva Conference Is Ad-
vanced by Pravda.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. July 25-The reaction of
Soviet Russia to the close of the dis
armament conference at Geneva found
expression today in a message from
Geneva to the newspaper Pravda.
The main results, as listed by the
correspondent, were:
France and Japan head the opposi-
tion to any diminutfon of armaments.
The Americans, by associating them
selves with the Anglo-French anti
disarmament resolution" themselves ex-
posed "the real meaning Of the
ostensibly pacifist prediction gesture
of the American President"
Germany refused to participate In the
Geneva combination until the principle
of its equal rights is recognized.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Won PAPEN UPHELD
. BY SUPREME COURT
Prussian Plea for Injunction
Against Commissioner
Is Denied.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LEIPSIG, Germany, July 25.-The
Supreme Court today declined Prussia's
request for an injunction restraining
Chancellor Franz Won Papen, as COM
missioner, from interfering with the
activities of the state government.
The request for the injunction was
made last week after President Paul
Won Hindenburg, by an emergency
decree, had installed the chancellor
as commissioner. The members of the
Prussian state ministry were ousted fol-
lowing the chancellor's taking over the
control.
The court stated granting of an in
junction would mean dividing the au-
thority In Prussia between the fed
eral commissioner and the 6eposed
Prussian cabinet. This the court held
to be obviously impossible.
As the court is not in position to
suggest how the affairs of Prussia
should be regulated pending litigation,
it recommended proceedings be speeded
to the utmost In determining the legal
ity and constitutionality of the emer-
gency decree under which the federal
authorities took over the power in
Prussia.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
SEES END OF ARMY RULE.
Berlin Observer Predicts Early Return
to Normal.


BERLIN, July IS [P.-The newspaper
state of martial law which was clamped
down on Berlin and Brandenburg by
President Won Hindenburg last week
would be rescinded soon.
A dispatch from Stuttgart quoted the
Deutsches Volksblatt of Wuerttemberg,
newspaper organ of the state president,
as saying danger of revolution from
above" had been averted.
At last Saturdays conference with
the heads of the South German gov
ernments, it said, Chancellor Franz Won
Papen succeeded in committing the
government of the Reich on important
points to policy which Is not the
policy Of the National Socialists"
Three Killed in Riots.
Satisfaction resulting from a week
end in which it had been believed no
persons were killed in political crises
was wiped OUT when belateo reports
reachd Berlin telling of three deaths
One person was killed in Juelich, one
in Trier and one in Elbing.
In Brunswick the police arrested "a
Communists and Reichsbanner members
who were holding secret meeting.
There were many scattered outbreaks
throughout the country, in spite of the
drastic orders issued to police to main
tain order, and many were injured.
The effect of the iron rule was seen
chiefly in the districts where rioting
has been most serious. Most OF these
sections were quiet over Sunday. At
Altona, where a score were slain and
hundreds injured a week ago yesterday,
quiet prevailed.
Five were hurt in clash at Augs-
burg when a cavalcade Of Nazi trucks
passed through the laborers' district
and was met with jeers of Hail. Mos
cow!" At Mandelsloh Is were hurt when
Nazis routed 200 bill-posters for the
war veterans iron front" organization.
Red Leaders Arrested.
At Neumuenster six Nazis were in
iured In a or-all, and at Bobelin-
gen six were hurt in clash in which
members of various political organiza-
tions took part.
A number of Communist leaders were
arrested at Essen when they threatened
a counter ter-demonstration following an
address by Adolf Hitler, Nazi leader.
Gen. Won Rundstet. commander OF
the police in Berlin and Brandenburg
under the new martial law decree, for
bade the use of loud speakers on
mounted trucks during the campaign
for next Sundays elections.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
ARGUMENT RACES OVER RULING
IN FAVOR OF BIRTH CONTROL
Chicago Judge Cites Children Cause of Strife and
Grants Wife Separate Maintenance

Judge Trude specifically cited the
couples five children as the reason for
their marital discord and ignored Mrs.
BemiS' charge that her husband CEN
tered his attentions on another woman.
Commenting on the courts action,
DR.. Rachelle Yarres, woman medical
specialist, said "a woman ought to have
the right to decide how many children
she can care for, without injury to her
health"
Judge Joseph A. Graber of the Court
OF Domestic Relations, OH the other
hand, took an opposing view.
Il have found that children do more
to patch up broken homes than any
other single factor" he said.
Judge Trude told Mrs. Bemis to go
to California on a vacation, away from
her five children.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
REPORTS DISAvoWED HERE.
Mellon Coming Home on Leave, Says
State Department.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The State Department said today it
had no knowledge of reports from
abroad that Andrew Mellon plans to re-
sign his post as Ambassador to Great
Britain.
Mr.. Mellon asked for permission to
come home on leave, the department
said. and it knew nothing of any al
teration in his plans.
Rumors from London that Mr.. Mel
Ion would not return have been eircu-
lating for several days. Secretary Stim-
son denied knowledge of any such in
tention on the part of Mr.. Mellon last
week.
The department does not know exact
ly when Ambassador Mellon will come
to washington. He Is now en- route to
the United states.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
SWEDISH BANKS WIN
RULING ON INTEREST
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 25.-Federal Judge
Julian w. Mack today granted permls-
sion for immediate payment OF 81 ,O05,-
900 to two Swedish banks as interest
on $33. 500, 900 of German bonds owned
by Kreuger & Toll, but pledged as col
lateral to the two banks on loan made
in 1890
Judge Mack refused to grant a 48-
hour delay to counsel for American
creditors, who asked time to prepare a
valid case for an injunction against
payment of the money. The bonds are
on deposit in the Chase National Bank
here and the interest coupons were pre-
sented by the two Swedish banks. the
Skandaniviska Kredit Bank and the
Sveriges Riksbank.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
BY the Associated PYesg

by Ine Associated kfs9
CHICAGO, July 25.-A storm of con-
Trajectory comment has followed de-
cision by. Circuit Judge Daniel P. Trude,
in which he gave the first judicial ap-
proval Of birth control ever expressed
in Chicago.
The decision was given in the case
Of Mrs. Gertrude Bemis, who was
granted separate maintenance from her
husband, Walter j. Bemis, consulting
engineer.
TT is evident to me-" the court said,
that too many children have been born
to this couple. The mother rebelled at
motherhood. The job was too much for
her"
In granting the separate maintenance.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
THOUSANDS REGAIN
MILL EMPLOYMENT
Factories Reopen Through
out New England, With Big
Volume of Orders.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 25.-Business condi-
tions are looking up in New England.
The New England council reports
closed mills re-opening. laid-off en-
ployes going back to work and sufficient
orders coming into several industrial
plants to warrant capacity production
in the near future.
The good news is probably best in
Pittshelo. Mass, where the Berkshire
Woolen Co. and Glix Underwear Co
plants are working az capacity. The
Silver Lake Woolen Nils in the same city
are employing day and night shifts and
the Wyandotte Woolen Mills expect to
have a fun force operating within two
weeks.
Two thousand have gone back to
work in American Woolen Co. mills at
Lawrence, Mass, and another 1000 have
been taken back by the reopening of
the Nashua Manufacturing Co S
Lowell, Mass, and Nashua, N. H, plants
The Nashua company manufactures
blankets.
Seven hundred workers are celebrat-
ing the re-opening at River Point. r. l.,
and the Pontiac Mills of the same firm
are providing work for about 200.
Connecticut's velvet mills are enjoy
ing streak of good business. At Mys-
tic the Rosie Velvet Co. is operating
on full time with full force and has
enough orders to keep its employees busy
for six months, and at Norwich, Taft
vile and Montville, where j. B. Mar
tins velvet mills are located, full forces
are working on 5o-hour week sche-
dule.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Destroys Own Beauty
As Husband Resents
Chances of Admirers
BY the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, July 25.-Where
beauty brings happiness to most
women, it brought only bitterness
to Mrs. Virginia Rae, 81.
Her husband Henry was an
noyed by admiring glances she
received from other men and told
her, You're too beautiful"
Yesterday she smeared a strong
caustic on her face. The police
surgeon who attended her said
the Disagreement will be perma-
nent.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Hotel Guests Routed by Fire.

DAWSON SPRINGS, KY, July rs
R.-Between Is and 20 guests fled in
night clothing early today when the
Phillips Hotel was destroyed by fire
here, with loss estimated at $4,000
The local fire department, aided by the
Outwood Veterans Hospital Fire De-
partment, was unable to save the three
story frame building, but saved the
Niles Hotel and nearby residences.
Evening star., 1932-07-25
KANSAS CITY PROTESTS.

KANSAS CITY, July 25 DIV. B.
Lincoln, president of the Kansas City
Board of Trade, said last night the
Federal closing order issued against the
Chicago Board of Trade would be pro-
tested by grain men, milling representa-
tives and banks of this section.
Responsibility for such a drastic
move should be too great for any one
man or group of men to assume" Lin
coin said.
Markets have already become i'm
perilled by farm board policies and by
the recent imposition of heavy tax on
commodity trades which reflect injury
back on the farmer The farmers in
the Southwest are now getting little
more than 20 cents bushel for their
wheat on the farm.
With the movement Of the new Win
ter wheat crop at hand, the Spring
wheat movement just starting with a
heavy crop, the secretary Of agriculture
might well stop and consider the effect
on the producer"
Evening star., 1932-07-25
U. S. TRADE SOUGHT
Argentina Studying Means of Pro
noting Commercial Ties.

BUENOS AIRES, July 25 (P.-For-
eign Minister Saavedra Lamas said to-
day Argentina is making broad study
of questions of commercial interchange
with the United States and Great Bri-
tain, but that the projects had not yet
achieved definite form.
He said a conference was held with
Ambassador Robert Woods Bliss to de-
termine what overtures to the United
States might be practical