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The Washington times., 1933-10-25
KEPT JAPANESE
FROM SIBERIA,
U.S.DECLARES
Roosevelt May Counter Russ
Damage Charges With Mo-
tive of 1918 Expeditions
BY International News Service

Claim that the United States
saved Siberia from being annexed
by Japan at the close Of the
World War may be put forward
by President Roosevelt in the
event the Soviet government at
tempts to claim any damages for
the American military expeditions
into Siberia and the Archangel III
1918-19.
This was learned today as
State Department experts pre-
pared data for the use Of
President Roosevelt in meeting
counter-claims Maxim Litvinoff.
Soviet foreign minister, may pre-.
sent in connection with the debt
and damage claims Of this gov
ernment against Russia.
Counter Claims Noted
Reports from Moscow have In
dicated the Soviets will counter
the American confiscated prop.
erty claims, estimated to total
about $4OO,O00,000, with claims
reaching at least a similar figure
for alleged damage caused BY
American military expeditions
into Siberia and the Archangel.
If Litvinoff puts forth this
counter-claim, the American ex-
perts are prepared to present
President Roosevelt with facts
to show the American expedition
into Siberia actually saved RUS
sia from losing that territory to
Japan.
Other Phrases Of Claim
Attention will be called to the
fact the expedition was not en-.
clusively an American one but
was undertaken in common ac..
cord with Japan, and that one OF
its primary purposes was 70
steady any efforts at SELF govern
ment in which the Russians them.
selves might be willing to accept
assistance"
The United States refused TO
participate in the expedition until
Japan agreed to withdraw, upon
realization of the objective Of the
expedition, all japanese troops
from Russian territory and to
"leave wholly unimpaired the
sovereignty of Russia in all it's
phases whether political or mill"
tary."
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
COUNCIL NAMES
z To BOARD

Alexandria City Council last
night elected E. E. Lawler, jr,. and
Arthur M. King members Of the
school board to fill the posts now
held by DR.. John T. Ashton and
Orlando H. Kirk, whose terms
soon expire.
DR.. Ashton and Mr.. Kirk were
members of the board when it
barred entrance Of about dozen
Fort HumphrieS (Va) children
into the Alexandria High School
some weeks ago. The council had
previously said the children could
be admitted upon payment of
tuition, but this was blocked by
the school board action.
The two new members are
nephews of councilmen of the
same name. Lawler, an AleXan-
dria newspaper man, is son of E.
E. Lawler, who resigned from the
school board less than a year ago
to be succeeded by Kirk.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
CODE To LOSE
MERIT CLAUSE
By International News Service

By International News Service
President Roosevelt by an
Executive order may remove the
"merit" clause from the automo-
bile code, as result of his official
notice to Recovery Administrator
Hugh S. johnson that employers
would not be permitted to use
such an Interpretation of the re-
covery act labor provisions to re-
sist ufionization of their plants.
Johnson said he made a ''mis.
take" in allowing the merit
clause to get into the automobile
code. Under the terms Of the
code the President has a right
to strike out the clause. John.
son said he may do this to end
all controversy ON the subject,
although the clause, as written.
may never cause trouble within
the automobile industry.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
5000 WEAVERS
END STRIKE

PATERSON, N. j.. Oct. Is
G.N.SO.-Three thousand more
silk workers, in the jacquard
division Of the industry, today
were slated to return to work,
after more than a month on
strike.
The jacquard weavers, leaders
of the walkout said. will go back
to their looms under an agree
ment reached by a committee re-
presenting the workers and the
Master Weavers Association, pro-
viding for recognition Of the
workers union, a 40-hour week,
and a piece work wage scale
under which the weavers will be
able to earn from $28 to $35 a
week.
Return of the jacquard workers
follows closely settlement of the
strike in the dyeing and printing
division of the industry.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
GORCH LOCATES
SAFETY BOX
At BANK
1ip-0ff Letter Gives Accurate
+ Account of His Activities;
New Charges Awaiting

BOSTON, Oct. Is GNS0.
Following a conference at police
headquarters today, Lieut.. James
Finn, of the New York police, and
Corporal William E. Horn, of the
New Jersey State police, left for
an unannounced destination with
Inspector William Bonner and
Sergeant Alfred Tiernan, of Bos-
ton, to follow up a new lead in
the case of John Gorch. Lieu
tenant Finn said:
1--WE are making sure that
Gorch has no connection with
the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
case or ransom payment"
Held as Fugitive
Meanwhile, preparations were
being made for the appearance in
Municipal Court of Gorch, al
ready under bail of $4,000 as a
fugitive from justice from Phila-
tlelphia, to face additional charges
as a fugitive from justice made
by New York city and Newark
authorities, who want him for
larceny and impersonating po-
lice officer.
Seek Courts Help
Gorch told detectives where his
safety deposit box was located, but
denied them authority to examine
It's contents.
New York police today planned
to seek authority from the Su-
preme Court for permission to
open the box, in which, may be
found some of the $4,000 ransom
money in the Lindbergh kidnap-
ing case.
A raid on the Harrison Avenue
apartment of Gorch and his COM
panion, Evelyn Klimascewska, re-
vealed several letters written to
Gorch and the woman at New
York city addresses.
Officials said the addresses
were in the vicinity where some
OF the Lindbergh ransom money
was passed in chain and drug
stores
Check Up Ordered
The Government will check the
account given by 0orch Of his
movements at the time Charles A.
Lindbergh, jr., was kidnapped at
Hopewell, N. j., he told officials
that. he had been visiting in New
York.
A Lynn woman reported to
police that Gorch and his COM
panion had applied for lodging at
her home the day of the kidnap-
ing. Sha reported the man said
he had driven 400 miles and was
bound for Maine.
The center of activity in the
probe shifted today to New York,
where the "alibi" furnished by
Gorch was checked. At Charles
Street Jail Gorch told officials
that he was living with a half
sister on a farm at Hopewell,
N. j., at the time of the kidnap-
ing.
On the day of the kidnapping,
Gorch said, he was in New York
and spent part Of the day in a
restaurant. He gave the names
of several friends he said he was
with.
Along with letters seized in the
raid on Gorch's apartment here
were certain papers with the
names of persons who have fig
ured in the Lindbergh kidnapping
investigation.
These persons again were being
checked with the possibility that
II Gorch himself is not impli-
Gated, his friends were.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
POLK FOLLOW NEW LEAD IN PROBE OF Indy SUSPEC
"Torch Girls" Death Plunge
Laid to Temporary Insanity
Of Coroner
in the Suicide Of
Elise Capezio

Elise Capezio, former Washing
ton school girl, who leaped nine
floors to death from a Baltimore
Hotel Monday night after taking
poison and setting fire to her
clothing, was temporarily In
sane"
The Coroner's jury returned
that verdict last night after an
inquest into the spectacular death
of the 16-year-old girl who left q
note that she was ending her life
because neither her father nor
mother wanted her.
Visited Mother Here
The girls mother is Mrs.
Teresa Colman, of washington.
After visiting her mother here,
the girl returned to Baltimore
yesterday, went to the home of
her father, Domenick Capezio,
then went to the hotel and reg
istered, giving fictitious name
and address.
She ordered dinner served In
her room, wrote several uOCeS,
then made preparations to end
her life.
Lighted Her Clothes
Draining a bottle Of poison, she
poured cleaning fluid over her
clothing and stepped out on the
window ledge. Touching a match
to her clothing, she leaped, blaz-
ing like a comet.
The girl disappeared from her
home here several months ago,
and at that time her mother
stated she feared kidnapping. The
girl was located several days
10 tnr. Stouiru with friends
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
Crusade Distributes
1000 CrOsby Posters

More than 1000 large posters
bearing the appealing drawing
of Percy Crosby, noted cartoonist
for the Hearst newspapers, have
been distributed by the Women's
Crusade Of the Community Chest
in advance of the general chest
drive.
The poster, drawn by the
creator of "Skippy," has been
given general distribution in stores,
banks and other business houses
throughout the city.
The Women's Crusade meeting,
scheduled for November 9, will be
addressed by Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt. More than 1000 women
are expected to attend.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25

III LOS AuS6lSS, pdII uLdOc
famous by the elder Caruso. He
said:
VOICE WAS "ROTTEN."
81 never sang as a child, and
we never used to discuss singing
in the home. Some time ago I
went into vaudeville. My voice
was rotten, SO 1 made up my
mind to do something about it.
It's been hard work, because a
voice isn't something that is in
herited, ready made.
"NOw I'm on the threshold of
things. I realize I've got a
great tradition to live up to.
"I'm not sure how I'll be as
an actor, and 1 don't know if
my heart-Or SOul-will ever be
as great as my fathers.
There was one brief CONVEX
SatiOn 1 had with him that I will
never forget. 1 asked him once
when / was a child:
How do you sing the role. >
"He cut me short and snapped
back:
"T do not sing the role-I
am the rOle!'S
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
5000 and Automobile
Fruits of RObberu

Morris Garrett, colored, whom
police describe as a runner for a
numbers game operator, was
robbed Of $500 and his automobile
by two men last night, according
to police report. The robbery
occurred in the vicinity of Sold
iers' Home. Garrett lives in the
27OO block Georgia Ave.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
Park Bank Trial
POSTPONED to NOU. 2

Trial of the issues involved in
the Park Savings Bank suits,
scheduled for hearing before
Justice Jesse C. Adkins today,
was postponed until November 2.
ENGAGEMENTS of counsel in other
trails was the reason 'or the
continuance, agreed to late yes
terday by other counsel.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
D. C. MAN GETS $500

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. 25.
Jessie C. Thompson, Washington,
D. c., will receive $4,000 accord
ing to the will of the late Ed
ward Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y,
filed today at the surrogate's
office. Thompson, according to
the will was . friend Of Mr..
Smith
The Washington times., 1933-10-25

operatic range of voice-three oc-
taveS.
Plans are already under way for
him to appear in the tenor role Of
the opera "CavaueriA Rusticana"
The Washington times., 1933-10-25

ELISE AND MOTHER
AFTER drinking poison, Elise
Capezio, 16, ignited her cloth
ing and leaped to death from
the ninth floor Of a Baltimore
hotel. Her parents are di-
vorced and her mother has re-
married. She is shown with
her mother in 1927 and in one
of her latest photos.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
i. S.-MEXFCO AIR TRAFFIC

Air traffic between the United
States and Mexico doubled from
1881 to 1882.
The Washington times., 1933-10-25
YOUNG cARUsO SIGNS MOVIE CONTRACT
Voice Is Improved BY
Three Years Of
raining

in Los Angeles, a part made
famous by the elder Caruso. He
Evening star., 1933-08-18
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. August Is tP) Omitted States
Department of Aericulture) Hogs. receipts,
10000 head, including 10000 direct gen.
orally full, steady with Yesterday; spots
4.55; 230-29O pounds. 375a4 AS; light
lights. 4.00a4.5o; PIGS. 3O0a3.75; packing
sows, 2.9Oa3.35; light light, good and
choice, 14o-Ido pounds. 3:9oa4 so; light
weight 25O-350 pounds. 3.4Oa4 25; pack
Ing sows. medium and good. 275-550
pounds so g65a34o piss o good and choice
Cattle--Receipts, LOCO head; calves. 600
head; fully steady on all killing classes;
comparatively little beef in run; no strictly
choice steers here; best. $50; most steers,
5.50a6.0Q: best yearling heifess, 5.S5; gen.
eral trade on heifer and mixed .yearlings
early in week; slaughter cattle and vealers,
steers. good and choice 55O-900 pounds,
5.50a1 .25; o00-1 100 pounds, 5.50a7 .40
1,100-l.300 pounds 5.75a7.50; 1,300-1 800
550-1, 800 pounds, 3 00a5.75;, heifers good
and choice. 550-750 pounds 5,00a6.35;
common and medium. 2.50a5:00; cows,
good :'.50a415; common and medium,
2.35a3.50; low cutter and cutter. .25a2 80
Bqs yearngs en4sr exsnd aBS meSm
2.25a3.35 vealers, good and choice. 6.25a
7.50; medium. 5.50a6.25; Gull and COM
mon. 400a3.50; stocker and feeder cattle;
steers, good and choice 5O0-l .o59 pounds sS'
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head; steady;
good to choice native lambs 75Oa7. rs;
early bulk to packers at inside; little done
on range lambs; yearlings absent; sheep
down good and choice. 6,75a7. .75; COM
mon and medium. 81 75a7 .O0; ewes, 90-l50
pounds, good and choice. 1.50a3.00; all
weights, common and medium, 1.00a2 90.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
DROUGHT EXTENDS
TO MANY NATIONS
Grain Crop Expert Declares Sharp
Cut Will Affect Supplies of All
Big Wheat Countries.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, August 18.-In a sum-
mary of prospective and present sup
plies of wheat, B. W. Snow, crop ex-
pert and statistician. says: 1T is ap-
parent all of the big four exporting
countries (the United States, Canada,
Argentina and Australial have either
secured Subnormal wheat prospects or
have fair prospect of doing SO. Not
only wheat but other grain crops II
the same countries are involved to a
greater or less extent in what is prob
ably one of the greatest droughts ever
known.
The situation is so unusual and
covers such a vast area it is not sur
prising that the public is unable to
grasp what has already happened to
the wheat crops in North America or
the drought which prevails in the
Southern hemisphere The United
States and Canada seeded 84,000,000
acres of wheat for this years crop.
Continued drought and heat resulted
in nearly 20,000,000 acres being aban-
doned.
--latest estimates on the combined
United States crop of wheat this year
show an aggregate yield of 500,000,-
900 bushels, or 227 10000 bushels less
than harvested last year and 100000
900 bushels less than the average
domestic disappearance of the last 10
years. Harvesting in Argentine will
not start for a number of weeks, but
already we are receiving drought re-
ports from that country"
Evening star., 1933-08-18
DOLLAR SELLS OFF
IN DEALINGS ABROAD
Activity Replaces Comparative Sta
bility at London on Reports of
Control Fund Plans Here.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 18-After a period
of comparative stability the American
dollar became active today and dropped
in value on reports from the United
States that a control fund was con-
templated to prevent too rapid improve
ment
The closing quotation was s4.53A,
which indicated an increase of Is cents
in the relative value of the pound from
yesterdays close of S4.38i4
Speculative offerings weakened the
rate from the opening of S4.50l2.
The market still was uncertain and
reports of American inflationary inten-
tions. with the movements Of commodi
ties, were being watched with interest.
Gold currencies moved in favor OF
sterling. The franc closed at 8446.
PARIS, August 18 LPl-The Amer
lean dollar lost 49 centimes in value
today, closing at 1872 francs (5.34
cents to the franc. compared with
yesterdays close of 1921 1926 cents).
The market reacted to weakness in New
York.
Three per cent rentes, 66 francs rs
centimes; Az per cent rentes, 84.25.
Exchange on London, 84.43.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
Washington Produce
Wholesale Prices.

Egg prices furnished by the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Butter, one-pound prints (93 score)
25 tub. "a; one-pound prints (02
score), "a; tub, %; one-pound prints
80 score). %; tub. %
Eggs-Current receipts. 12a13; hem
merry whites, 16al8; Government graded
and dated, white eggs, U. S. extras,
large, 27; medium, 22l2 standards, %.
Poultry, alive; chickens Plymouth
Rocks. l5a1s: mixed colored, 13a14
Leghorns, 11a13; hens, mixed colored,
1Oa12; Leghorns, 7a8; ROSTERS. CAT.
Poultry, dressed; chickens, Plymouth
Rocks. 1921; mixed colored, 16a18
Leghorns, HALT; hens, mixed colored,
13a15; Leghorns, 13al4; roosters. 9al0;
squads, dozen, II to II pounds, per
pound. 25a30; Long Island ducks. Halls.
Meats-Beef, IL; veal 10; lamb, 16;
pork loins, IA; fresh hams. IA; smoked
hams 16; strip bacon, 16; lard, 912;
compound, 812.
Live stock-Hogs, light, 4.3oa46o;
medium, 4.5Oa495; heavy, 415a475;
pigs, 2.5oa4.O0; roughs, 1.50a350;
calves, 3OOa6OO; lambs. 3O0a70O
Fruits-Apples. 75al00; peaches,
1O0a225; pears, 200a325 watermelons,
10a35; cantaloupes. 50a75; honeydews,
1.50a1.75; honeyballs, 2.50a3 90; oranges,
300a3.50: lemons, 400a5.50; lines,
Persian. lugs, Florida, 1.50a2.00; plums
2.00a225; nectarines, 1.50a1.75; grapes
Thompson seedless, 1.50al.75; black
berries, 400; huckleberries, 400; dam
sons, 125a1 so; raspberries, red, quarts,
IS; bananas, 50a3.00; figs, 2.50a300.
egetables-Potatoes, 100 pound
sacks, 250a2.75; sweets, 1.25a1 so !;
string beans, 50a85; limas, STATS;
shelled, quart, Is; cabbage, 50a75;
squash. so; peas. 1.75a2 90; corn, 75a
las: celery, 250a3 co. onions, 50-pound
sacks, 1.25a1 so; peppers, so; tomatoes,
100al25; okra, 2-peck baskets, rs;
lettuce. Iceberg, 400a4.25; eggplant, so;
cucumbers, 5ushel, 50a1O0; squash,
25a35; kale. so; spinach, 1.25; beets,
per 100 punches, 800; carrots, per 100
punches. 500; broccoli, 28-pound bas-
Evening star., 1933-08-18
SLOWER BUSINESS
ACTIVITY REPORTED
Decline in Magazines Index
Influenced Mostly by
CIearings Loss.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatcn 10 The Star.
NEW YORK, August 18.-In its cur
rent summary and Interpretation of the
news of the week important to busi-
ness, Business Week says:
Business activity has slowed down.
Our index shows a 3-point drop, inf1u-
enced mostly by the considerable de-
crease in the volume of bank check
transactions in the cities outside New
York. Other significant business sta
tisticS hold pretty steady at recent sat-
isfactory levels. Employment in fac
tories, indeed. showed an increase for
July, astonishing because for the 10
years during which comparable figures
have been compiled July always has
shown decline. Almost half a mil
lion fewer families were getting public
relief at the end of June than at the
beginning.
Steel ingot production holds at SIS
per cent of capacity. where it has stood
for three weeks. Electric power produc-
ton shows some decrease. but still is
IS per cent above last years rate Coal
figures belatedly show the effect of the
strike that was on in important fields.
Business failures are little less nu-
merous. Carloadings are smaller.
Building construction remains at low
ebb. Few things could do more to
give business shove than for the pub
lie works program to get going in
earnest.
Commodity prices in general show a
weakness which must be a matter Of
the utmost concern to an adminiStra-
ton pledged to make the dollar less
powerful in the market place Re
pn11t1 1Ty In In1Ta
stronger in terms Of pounds and francs.
That's no help, just now.
Business Weeks weekly index Of
business conditions shows a preliminary
reading of 655 for the week ended
August u, against a revised reading
Of 68.7 for the previous week and 544
a year ago.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
WOOL MARKET FIRM
BUT DEMAND SLOW
Medium Grades Have Very Strong
Observation-Disclosures Mainly
Concerned With Code Problems.
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. August 13.-The COM
mercial bulletin will say tomorrow:
Demand for wool has been somewhat
slower than a week ago, but the manu-
facturerS are watching the market
carefully, and some of them are buy
ing fair weights of wool now and again.
Medium quality woods are very strong
The manufacturers still are chiefly
concerned over the problem of making
price adjustments under the code
They look for an improvement in busi-
ness aSter the holiday and when the
code problems have been adjusted
The foreign markets are quiet, as
usual in mid-August. but there is re-
ported good undertone in the mar
kets abroad and good business is ex-
pected in the Fall.
Mohair is dull but very firm in price.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
NATIONAL POWER & LIGHT
NET EARNINGS DECLINE

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. August 18.-Tf1e annual
report of the National Power & Light
Co for the year ended December 81
1882, shows net income of S8.545. .78O,
equivalent, after preferred dividends, to
Sl.26 share on the common stock In
the previous fiscal year the company
had net income Of $1,000, 754, which
after like deduction, was equal to S167
a share on the common.
For the u months ended March 81
the company had net income Of
S1770.465, compared with S10,688.271
for like period ended March 81, 1892.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
Chicago Grain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 18-Profit- taking
on the part of the recent buyers be-
came an outstanding feature in all the
grain pits late today, and prices slipped
back fast from early upturns. Wheat
showed pronounced lack of aggressive
support and hit the minimum permit
ted for one days decline, cents a
bushel.
Considerable selling in wheat was
done on resting orders and was looked
upon as due to readjustment of the
market position of various spectators.
An advance of 2laa3 cents a bushel in
wheat at Liverpool was attributed to a
sharply higher rate for sterling, and
was without effect in Chicago.
Wheat closed weak at the days bot
tom figures, cents under the average
of yesterdays finish; corn, 81 off to "a
up: oats, 1Ba3 down, and provisions
varying from 32 cents decline to a
rise IF < rents
Evening star., 1933-08-18
TRADE INDEX DISCLOSES
IMPROVEMENT IN WEST

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 18.-The
monthly business index for the Far
West, prepared by the Bank of America,
rose AZ pcints in July over June The
bank reported "a wave of business i'm
provement" in the West as the N. R. A.
program goes forward
The banks index stood at 64.2 on
preliminary calculations, more than 2
points above July last year. The index
is derived from analysis Of figures on
carloadings, bank debts and electric
power production
Evening star., 1933-08-18
FOREIGN MARKETS.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated PreSS
LONDON-The improvement in commodity
prices and in the Wall Street market helped
Activity was renewed in industrials wherein
rayon, transatlantic, oil and molasses shares
were the best. Distillers' issues strengthened
on hopes of whisky demand from America
Gilt-edged securities steadied and Kaffirs
we're supported by South African buyers
The market closed firm.
PARIS-Prices on the bourse advanced
generally especially gold and international
Shares, the latter following Wall Streets
recovery. The turnover was moderate and
the closing was firm.
HERLIN.-The friendly tendency con-
tinued on the boerse owing to better re-
ports from the automobile market How
ever, the slight gains recorded were lost
at the close which was listless.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
BROKERS' COMMENT.

NEW YORK. August 1S CP.-The re-
sumption of the stock market advance on
. broad front is anticipated by most brokers
Munds Winslow & Potter-The market
has definitely turned up from the recent
narrow fluctuations and subject to tenn
porary setbacks points much higher.
Shields & Co.-All moments of auietness
following dips should be used to resume
Frazier Jeike & Co-Continuation of the
rally would seem logical expectation espe-
rially if commodities hold their advances.
jackson Bros. Boesel Co.-From the
technical standpoint the indications now
point to an extension of the general up
trend of the stock market from the lows
of July %.
Hornblower & Weeks-We think the main
advance has been resumed.
Evening star., 1933-08-18
New York Cotton

b. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 18-Cotton lost
ground after an early advance today
After selling up TO GIT for December,
or more than cent a pound above
Wednesdays low during the early trad
ing, the demand tapered off and prices
eased under realizing or renewed liqui-
datlOn and scattered selling.
This was influenced by reactions in
the grain market and heaviness in
stocks. December sold off to $40 with
the general list showing net declines
of about 16 to 20 points around 2
O'Clock.