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The Washington times., 1932-04-04
British Ship
Rams Sub
Chaser
MRS. FORTESCUE

SAN PEDRO, Calf, April 4
G.N.S0 Two Coast Guard cut
ters today were standing by the
Eagle Boat No. "a, Navy subma-
rine chaser, badly damaged in a
collision with the British motor
ship Javanese Prince, 16 miles
north of Los Angeles harbor. A
fog caused the accident.
The eagle boat had IS men
on board.
A hole 10 by IL feet was torn
in the port side of the eagle boat
near the bow, the Coast Guard
was advised.
The boat was in no immediate
danger of sinking, but the cut
ters were to stand by until a
naval tug arrived.
The Javanese Prince arrived
yesterday from New York and
had been out of the harbor only
an hour last night en- route to
Yokohama when the collision oc-
Cured.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
BR|TTON' s
TALK BARRED

Miss Nan Britton, author of
THE Presidents Daughter" will
not be permitted to lecture at the
Willard Hotel.
She was scheduled to speak
there tomorrow night on "Illegiti-
macy" but the hotel has barred
her, and the lecture will be given
instead at 423 G ST., N. w.
Apparently the objection of the
hotel authorities is not merely to
a lecture on illegitimacy, for a
sequel to that talk. entitled Hon
esty in Politics." is likewise barred,
as far as the hotel is concerned.
Miss Britton's lecture was an
nounced as private" 1t was her
first announced appearance in the
National Capital.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
MRS. FOSD|CK
KILLS 7 TW0
AND SELF
Lawyers Wife, Sister-in-LaW
Of Rockefeller Pastor, Dies
After Staying Children

MONTCLAIR, N. j., April
4. N.S.)-Mrs. Raymond B.
Fosdick, wife of a New York
attorney, shot and killed her.
self and her two children
Susan, Is, and Raymond B.
Fosdick, jr., gin her preten-
tious home here today.
Mrs. Fosdick had been under
going treatment for a mental all
ment. She had been suffering
from nervous disorders.
FFosdick, brother of the Rev.
Harry Emerson Fosdick, of New
York, was Frustrated by the
tragedy.
Children On Vacation
The children we're home on
their Easter vacations. The girl
had been attending a private
school in Philadelphia and Ray
mond was a student at Lake
Placid, N. Y.
They we're asleep this morning
when their mother left her bed
room without awakening her hus-
band and found an old revolver
which, it was believed, had been
safely hidden.
Mrs. Fosdick went first to the
bedroom of her daughter. She
shot the child through the head.
Then she rushed to the boys
room and killed him in the same
manner.
FOSdick Calls Doctor
She pressed the weapon to her
heart and fired just as Fosdick,
aroused by the first shots, rushed
into the room.
Fosdick hastily summoned DR..
Victor B. Seidler, the family
physician, who had been treating
Mrs. F'osdick.
The mother and the two chill
dren were taken to the Mountain
side Hospital here but we're dead
upon arrival.
The police reported that Mrs.
FOSdlck LETT a note and a Will but
the note did not offer a reason for
her act.
DR.. Seidler told newspaper men
he had been treating Mrs. Fos-
dick for a nervous disorder.
Fosdick is a brother of the
Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, one
of the foremost clergymen of the
United States. Fosdick, the law
yer, was civilian aid to Gen. John
J. Pershing during the World
War.
He was a former director of
the general education board of
the Rockefeller Foundation. He
is a trustee of the Rockefeller In
stitute for Medical Research and
holder of the Distinguished Ser
vice Medal.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
U.S.DEBT STAND
LONDON TOPIC

LONDON, April 4 G.NSD.
Representatives of Great Britain
and France met at 10 Downing
st. today ostensibly to discuss the
Danubian federation, but the con-
versations Immediately branched
into the wider fields of debts,
1eparations, and disarmament.
The chief conferees were
Premier Andre Tardieu of France
and Prime Minister j. Ramsay
Macdonald of Great Britain.
While official statements from
both premiers so far have dealt
solely with generalizations, reports
from Paris indicated Tardieu is
here mainly to strengthen the
Anglo-French reparations front
against the United States.
The French premier, it was
understood. is desirous of pinning
Premier Macdonald down to a
definite declaration that Great
Britain and France can pay war
debts to the United States only
out of reparations from Germany.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
SCOTLAND YARD
IN BABY HUNT

LIEUT.. MASSIE

LONDON, April 4. 0NSO
Scotland Yard officially admitted
today that it was "in communi'
cation" with Major Charles H.
Schoeffel, of the New Jersey
State Police, who is in Europe
to run down clues in the Lind
bergh kidnapping.
No further official word was
forthcoming at the time, but it
was learned that Major Schoef-
fel planned to entrain for Glas-
Cow as soon as possible. Scot
land Yard has offered him all
assistance.
After speeding away from
Waterloo Station at 70-mile-an-
hour rate last night and success
fully evading all reporters who
attempted to pursue him, Schoef-
fel was not found again until
this morning. when he appeared
at Scotland Yard.
He Immediately was shown
into the office of one of the
assistant commissioners, wi h
whom he stayed a quarter of an
hour. 1t was understood Lord
Trenchard, commissioner Of the
Yard, looked into the conference
briefly, while several high police
heads sat in to learn of the
Americans plans.
It was recalled that the
mother of Miss Betty Cow, nurse
to the Lindbergh baby, resides
in Glasgow.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
ZepDdmGged Making
Start of Brazil Trip

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany,
April 4 G.N.SO.-The Graf Zep-
pelin was damaged slightly today
as it attempted to take off for
Pernambuco, Brazil, on what was
to have been the second of it's
regularly scheduled passenger
flights to Pernambuco, Brazil,
and the start was postponed un-
til 4:30 a. m. tomorrow. The
Graf rose too slowly as she left
her mooring mast, and 80 feet of
fabric was ripped from the
cover amidships when she scraped
the radio mast of the landing
field.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
MADE )
CON FACTS
ALREADY,
HE SAYS
Major Nick Modinos, Once
Secret Service Aide, New
Baby Mediator

BALTIM ORE, April q
(I.N.S.).- Baltimorean ems
tered the Lindbergh case BY
announcing before his depar.
ture for New York that he
has been appointed emissary
for a gang Of men he believes
are holding the famous child.
He is Major Nicholas H. Mo-
dinos, proprietor of two restan
rants here and member of the
British secret service during the
war.
Modinos was in New York
Saturday night, returned here
yesterday. and went back to
New York again last night. He
claimed he contacts with the
gang by first going to New York
to elude any possible followers
and then going to the trysting
place"
His Aid Requested
He said he was recommended
to the gang by a New Yorker who
was associated with him during
the war, and claimed the men he
believes are keeping the baby
wrote to Col. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh, asking that he be
recognized as their "go-betWeen."
The major told reporters he has
held three conferences with the
gang and expects to have a fourth
today or tomorrow at a place he
refused to reveal. He also de-
clined to name the New Yorker
who, he asserted, recommended
him to the alleged kidnapers. He
said:
"At one stage in the confer
ences with the kidnap gang I
was empowered to announce a
ransom demand considerably in
excess of that hitherto an
nOunCed."
Modinos holds many war deco
rations, being particularly re-
Warded for his feat in getting the
gun range for the British on the
Dardanelles by floating in rub
Der cast 48 hours.
Curtis In Vicinity
John Hughes Curtis, shipbuilder
and one of the three Norfolk ne
gotiators for the Lindberghs,
visited here about 10 days ago
during one of his secret trips.
1t is significant that Curtis
should be absent on a secret mis-.
sion today at the same time Mo-
dinos is awav to negotiate with
the supposed kidnapers.
Modinos' announcement that
he was named to the gang by a
New Yorker recalled that the
Lindberghs have three emiSSarieS
in New York, "Solvy" Spitale and
Irving Bitz, New York characters,
and Morris Rosner, a New York
er, who is familiar with the UNI
derWorld. All three we're publicly
named to try to contact with the
kidnapers.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
MILLS OPPOSES
RIVERS BILL

Secretary of the Treasury Mills
and Secretary of War Hurley to-
day joined in voicing the Ad-
ministration's opposition to the
Shipstead bill, authorizing a $780,
100000 Federal bond issue to
finance completion of river-and-
harbor projects authorized by
Congress.
In letters to the Senate Nye
subcommittee on commerce, both
Cabinet officers warned it was
an unwise time to increase the
bonded Indebtedness of the
Government and recommended
the bill be shelved.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
PICKING JURY
|NHONOLULU
HARD TASK
First Panel to Be Quickly
Exhausted; 9 Chinese, 4
HaWaiianS Called

HONOLULU, T. H., April 4
(IN.S. -Four Americans ac-
cused of having taken the law
into their own hands to avenge
a woman's honor come before
the bar of justice here today.
The defendants, Mrs. Gran
willie Fortescue, prominent
Washington society woman !;
her son-in-law, Lieut.. Thomas
H. Massie, young officer of
the United States Navy; and
two naval enlisted men, E. j.
Lord and Albert S. Jones, are
charged with the second de-
gree murder Of Joseph Kaha-
hawai-.
With four others, Kahahawai,
a half-caste, was tried on a
charge of having ! ''tally attacked
Mrs. Fortescue's daughter, Mrs.
Thalia Massie. The case ended
with a hung jury. Kahahawai was
shot to death January 8. The body
was found in Mrs. Fortescue's
automobile.
Crowd Jams Streets
Police and naval guards were
ready to hold back the thousands
expected to jam the beautiful
streets near the ancient hall of
the Chiefs" where the trial will
be held. The interest of the curl
Gus ran almost as high in seeing
Clarence Darrow, grizzled vete-
ran, who heads the defense, as it
did in glimpsing the four &C.
cuSed Americans.
Unless an unexpected postpon-
ment is granted, the difficult
process of selecting jury will
be started at once. More than
week probably will be required
to fill the box.
TWenty-Six men were ordered
to be present for jury duty. In
cluded in that number were nine
Chinese, four Hawaiians, and one
Japanese. It is likely that a
number of panels will be drawn
and scores of veniremen ques-
toned before both state and de-
fense are satisfied.
Judge Davis Presides
The case comes before terri
torial Judge Charles S. Davis,
into whose hands it was placed
by Judge Albert M. Cristy. Cristy
was accused by the defense of
being biased and of having
forced the grand jury to return
indictments despite a reported
sentiment for a no true bill.
Judge Cristy denied the allega-
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The Washington times., 1932-04-04
More Gold Shipped
Bu Japan to u. S.

Another shipment of $4,000, 600
in gold has been made to the
United States by the Japanese
government, Commercial Attache
II. A. Butts, at Tokyo, notified
the Commerce Department today.
Japanese gold reserves at the end
of January were about $215,000,~
600. During 1881 $199,2OO,0O0 in
gold was imported from Japan
and about $30,000,000 in January
and February,
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
CONSOLIDATE.
. BUREAUS, He
/ ,
. DEMANDS
Amend Laws, Executive Says,
To Accomplish Purpose and
Save Taxpayer Burden

President Hoover addressed
a surprise" economy message
to Congress today demanding
still more drastic reductions in
expenditures.
He proposed that represen-
tatives be delegated by both
Houses to meet with his repre-
sentatives in framing "com-
plete national program of
economy" for action at this
session Of Congress.
Further Reductions
Specifically, the President in
dicated that it was his belief fur
ther economies necessary to bal,
ance the budget could be obtained
only through consolidation and
reorganization of governmental
bureaus and establishments. He
said:
"TO balance the budget for
the year beginning July l next,
the revenue bill passed by the
House of Representatives on
April 1, neceSSitateS that tLere
shall be a further reduction Of
expenditures for the next year
of about S2OO,OOO,OOO in addi-
tiOn to the reduction of $780,
100000 in expenditures already
made in the budget recommend
atiOnS which 1 transmitted to
the Congress on December 9.
MORE MERGING URGED
"It is essential in the inter-
est of the taxpayer and the
country that this should be
DONE. 1t is my belief that
still more drastic economy than
this additional $500, ,OOO, 900 can
be accomplished. Such a sum
can only be obtained, however,
by the definite national legis-
lative program of economy
which will authorize the con-
SOlidatiOn of Governmental bu-
reaus and Independent estab-
liShmentS; and beyond this,
which will permit the removal
of long established methods
which lead to waste; the elm
inatiOn of the less necessary
functions, and the suspension
of activities and commitments
of the Government not essen
tial to the public interest in
these times.
AMEND THE LAWS
"These objects cannot be &C
complished without far reach
ing amendments to the laws.
The Executive is bound to
recommend appropriations ade-
quate to provide for the func-
tiOnS and activities of the gov
ernment as now established by
law. This is mandatory, and
the opportunity for administra-
tive savings is limited.
"The appropriations commit
tees are likewise bound and
can only act within restricted
limits. Therefore, to lessen
the burden upon the taxpayers
in substantial amount, it is
necessary to enter upon other
fields by amending existing
laws which place unnecessary
obligations on the departments
and independent establish
mentS."
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
IOlUa Publishers Son
Believed "KidnGped

ANAMOSA, Iowa, April 4
INSD.-Charles Niles, 20-year-
old son of Clifford Niles, Ana
mosa publisher and prominent in
Iowa politics, was missing today.
Authorities expressed fear he had
been kidnapped.
The youth disappeared last
night a short time after a Niles
theater, which he owned, closed
for the night.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
lN'Gugin Chooses Not
To Run for Senate

Representative McGugin, of Kan
SaS, today announced that he will
not be a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for Senator.
He has had the matter under
consideration for several months.
Another Kansas Representative,
Homer Hoch, is considering wheth-
er he should try for the Senate
seat,
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
$4,000 Sent South
For Tornado Relief

Contributions sent to the storm
torn South by the American Red
Cross aggregated $4,000 today.
with the dispatching of $4,000
to the relief headquarters at Bir-
mingham, Ala. The Red Cross
has So relief workers carrying on
rehabilitation in Alabama, Georgia
and Tennessee.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
S16,9O1,572 Loaned
To Roads in March

Loans authorized to railroads
during March by the Railroad
Credit Corporation aggregated
$16,901 ,57250, according to the
first monthly report filed with the
Interstate Commerce Commission
today by Comptroller E. R. Wood
son.
The loans granted to enable the
roads to meet fixed interest obliga-
tionS are made from a fund
realized from the increased rates
which became effective on Janu-
arY 4.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
Kings Art Surveyor
To Get Post in u. S.

LONDC April 4 CU.SO-C.
H. Collins Barker, keeper of the
National Gallery and surveyor of
pictures to King George, is re-
signing this fall to take a post
with the Huntington Library and
Art Gallery, San Marino, Calf 81,
il was reported today.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
Pennsy 1881 Income
Put at Sl9,545,I94

NEW YORK, April 4 Q.N.S0.-
Net income of the Pennsylvania
Railroad for 1881 was given in
the annual report made public
today as $19,545,194, the equi-
valent of 297 per cent on the
capital stock or $149 a share.
Expenses we're reported re-
duced during the year by nearly
S75,000,0O0, but business de.
clined more than $122,0O0, 900.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
Roosevelt to VieIU
Chicago Convention

CHICAGO, April 4 UN.SD.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, of
New York, will attend personally
the Democratic National Conven-
ton here in June, it was learned
today.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
BANDIT SHOT DEAD

DETROIT, April 4 GNS.).
William Battle, "A, one of three
bandits who attempted to hold
up a wholesale grocery today,
was shot and probably fatally
wounded by police. His COM
panions escaped.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
TrdnSdtLdnticS Firm
On London Erchanqe

LONDON, April 4 GN.SD.
Stocks closed irregular on the
London Exchange today with
transatlanticS strong and gilt
edge securities improved.
Oils reacted to this improve
ment. Rubbers closed dull.
The Washington times., 1932-04-04
Indy In Plane Scouts
New England Waters

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, April 4
QN.S0 Sharp watch was being
kept by Coast Guardsmen along
the southern New England coast
today for a yacht named Sally"
or Nellie" following a mysterious
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The Washington times., 1932-04-04
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of April
/, $631, ,361,564.11; Expenditures,
$17,278,648.53; Custom Receipts,
$3.50, 0,243.08.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Washington Produce
Butter-one-pound prints, 90 score,

Butter-One-pound prints, SO score,
%; 90 score, %; standard, 81; tub. SO
score. %; 90 score. 81; standards. 20.
Eggs-Hennery whites, 1920; candled
whites, 15al8; candled browns, Halls;
sealed Government graded, extras. 26l2;
medium, %; standards, 23.
Poultry, alive-Turkeys, hens, 12;
toms, 10; crooked breasts, 10; chickens,
Plymouth Rocks, 3la pounds and over,
18al9; 2la to 3 pounds. IT; under 212
pounds. IA; Rhode Island Reds, Is;
Leghorns, 13a14; hens, 12al5; Leghorn
hens, 10a11; roosters, 9; mixed colored
chickens, 13a14; keats, young, per pair,
100; old, so.
Poultry, dressed-Turkeys, hens, Is;
toms, 49, crooked breasts, 13; chickens,
Plymouth Rocks, 3l2 pounds and over.
21a22; 21a to 3 pounds. 20; under 2l2
pounds, IT; Rhode Island Reds, 18;
Leghorns, 16a17; hens, 15al8; Leghorn
hens, 13a14; roosters, IL; mixed colored
chickens, l6a17.
Meats Beef, IA; veal, 10; lamb, IS;
pork loins. IA; fresh hams, IA; smoked
hams, Is; strip bacon. IA; lard, ia;
compound, 7.
Live stock-Hogs, light. 475a5.oO;
medium, 4.75a5.00; heavy. 425a4.75;
roughs, 2.50a3 so; pigs, 450a5.00; calves.
300a5. SO; lambs, 400a6.00.
ts-Watermelons, 15a40; canta-
loupes, bushels, 100al25; Persian
melons, 200a2.50; honeydews, Cali
fornia, 200; Ridgeway. N. c., $50;
honeyballs. 2.75; casabas, $50; apples.
boxes, 200a2 .25; peaches, 75a1.75; pears,
1.50a200; bananas, 50a1.50; grapes,
Thompson seedless, $50; Malagas. red.
l 50a2 90; plums, 1.50a1.75; blackberries,
2.50a3.50; huckleberries, $50; figs,
crates, 4.00a450: alligator pears, $50;
damsons, 2,25a2.50; pineapples, LISA
Its.
egetables-Potatoes new, per bar
rel, 175a2.0O sweets, per bushel. 50s75;
tomatoes, bushels, 75a1.00; string
beans, 75a1.00; limas, 75a1.00; peas,
1.50; peppers, 40a50; lettuce, Iceberg,
250a275; corn, 100; cucumbers, 2.25;
okra, 2-peck baskets. so; onions, So
pound sacks, 75a1 90; cabbage. rs; spin
ach. Savoy, 1.50; New Zealand. 40a50;
carrots, per 100 punches. 500; bushel
baskets, 200; beets, per 100 punches,
800; mushrooms, 1.50.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
STOCK PRICES OFF Il
IN NF|NAL DEALINGS
Decline in Wheat Causes
Sag in Securities-RaiIs
Well Supported.
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 19-Stocks re-
acted in the last hour of today's ses-
sion, selling off with decline in wheat.
1t was another illustration of the de-
pendence of the share market on
commodities, particularly agricultural
products.
The rails were strong all morning and
held better than the industrials during
the afternoon. Utilities did fairly we'll
but the market was heavy at the close
Railway stocks were strong from the
start and during the first two hours al.
most monopolized the tape. 1t was
difficult to assign an acceptable reason
for this urgent demand for carrieJ
issues. Perhaps the statement by Chair
man Buckland of the Railroad Credit
Corporation, that there was nothing
now to indicate the receivership of
any major railroad during the presen.
year." was an influence. although a
negative assurance of that kind could
hardly be called optimistic. 1t may
have been expectation Of a better show
ing in the July earnings statements.
But whatever the cause, there was no
doubt about the result-all the railway
stocks moved up aggressively.
Among the features were New Haven.
Southern Pacific, Illinois Central and
Canadian Pacific. Speculation In the
last named, unlike that in the stocks
| of roads on this side of the line, did
have definite cause. 1t was the
belief that an agreement will be worked
out with the Canadian government for
the mutual operation CT the nationally
owned railway system under terms very
profitable to the Canadian Pacific. The
stock sold at the highest since the
dividend was omitted and was much
more active than at any time in q
month or more.
Metal shares were strong. Interna-
tional Nickel advanced, disregarding the
unfavorable statement published yes
terday. st. Joseph Lead sold around
the high Of the year, rejecting the
strong demand for the metal. A trade
authority called it robust. American
Smelling g. Refining was up over a
point and Cerro de Pasco made a
smaller gain.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
SHIPMENTS OF GRAIN
IN U. S. SHOW GAIN
Domestic Feed and Nuts Deliveries
Also Improve in First
Half of Year.
BY the Associated Press.


Domestic shipments Of grains, feed
and nuts showed increases during the
first half Of 1882, while exports of all
other foodstuffs were showing losses.
In making the announcement, the
Commerce Department said certain
classes Of shipments were fairly steady
quantitively. but the value decreased
more than the volume The total value
of all foodstuffs exported was $316,-
100000, as compared with $457, 900
a year ago.
Grain and grain products comprised
one-third of the total value of all ex-
ports of foodstuffs. A decided increase
was shown in shipments of all grains
except barley, which declined some
what, and rice, which showed little
change. Trade in wheat, which made
up more than half Of the value of all
cereal exports, totaled 96,519,000 BUSH
els, or an increase of more than one
fourth. This gain was shown chiefly
in trade with Germany, Belgium,
Greece, the Irish Free State and South
America.
Meat products showed a decrease in
both quantity and value. There were
215,815,000 pounds of meat and It's
products valued at $25, 5,659,0 900 ex-
ported, decline of 26.6 per cent in guam
tity and 46.9 per cent in value. The
greatest drop in meat exports occurred
in the bacon trade, with volume ship
ments cut in half and values showing
decrease Of SO per cent.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
Shipbuilding Report.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
A total of 1913 steam, motor, sail, un-
rigged and yachting vessels of 221 ,907
gross tons was built In American ship
yards during the last fiscal year. This
figure includes all vessels of net tons
and more.
In making the announcement the
Bureau Of Navigation said its statistical
compilation showed that in the COM
mercial class there were 81 steam YES
sells OF 1912 gross tons, 492 motor
propelled vessels of 25,908 gross tons, 2
sailing vessels of 18 gross tons and 1877
unr1gged vessels Of 48,254 gross tons.
Merchant vessels were distributed
geographically as follows: Ala vessels of
185, 788 gross tons listed under Atlantic
and Gulf ports, 1873 of 9,741 gross tons
under Pacific ports, 10 vessels of l1,8l3
tons under Northern lakes ports and
IS vessels of $3.50 tons on the Western
rivers.
Evening star., 1932-08-19
COTTON CLOTH EXPORTS
SHOW SUBSTANTIAL GAIN
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A report by the Commerce Depart
ment shows distinct gains in exports OF
cotton cloth from the United Kingdom
during the first six months were ap-
proximately IS per cent above those
the same period last year, and prelimi-
nary returns show Japanese exports ur
Z per cent and United States shipments
up 13 per cent.
Textile interests were represented as
saying this movement was an encourag-
ing development, contending that any
improvement in the economic outlook
is likely to be reflected rather quickly
in the demand for cotton cloth. one OF
the prime necessities of life, and con-
stituting the principal clothing material
for millions of the world population.