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Evening star., 1934-08-12
SAGER REROUT|NG
PLANS PRESENTED
Engineers Proposals Bring
Total to Six Ready for
Hearings.

Three new rerouting plans for the
city's street car system, designed by
Fred A. Sager, its chief engineer, were
made public by the Public Utilities
Commission yesterday. They brought
to six the total of plans which will
be before that body at the rerouting
hearings which start Wednesday, and
still other plans are expected to be
added at the hearing.
There are many similarities between
the three Sager plans and the three
offered by the John A. Beeler organi-
zation, retained by the commission
for transit study. But Beeler pro-
posed large-scale substitution Of busses
for street cars In locations where the
tracks are in poor condition and would
be expensive to rebuild. This was the
basis for his suggested abandonment
Of tracks north of Chevy Chase and
of the Takoma end of the Fourteenth
street line. He even suggested that
when the Connecticut avenue tracks
south of Chevy Chase Circle become
worn out, they too, give way to bus
service.
Sager, on the other hand, says:
IF tracks are now located in a posi-
ton where they can be used with a
reasonable efficiency, their use should
be continued, but the present plan
should be so arranged that when these
tracks are worn out or inadequate
they can be replaced by track facili-
ties in more suitable locations"
Fewest Changes Was Aim.
The routes under the Sager plans
are described in the accompanying
statement. Those in his first plan
were designed with view to making
the least possible changes in track and
routing and still improve the situa-
ton. The track changes necessitated
under this plan would cost STAT, 100.
His second plan was designed to meet
objections of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission to the
use of Fifteenth street between H
street and New York avenue for car
tracks, and would cost $1,079,6 $50.
The third plan is designed to elm
mate some of the cross flow traffic
interference present in both of the
first two plans and would cost about
SLIP, 900.
The principal differences in the
track arrangements between the second
plan and the other two is that in
the second tracks are extended along
H street from Fourteenth to Thirteenth
street and then down Thirteenth street
to F, whereas in the first and third
plans tracks are to be built down
Fifteenth street from H street to New
York avenue.
All three plans propose to divert
Wisconsin avenue traffic down M
street and Pennsylvania avenue, to re-
lay track at Dupont Circle SO as to
make street cars obey the traffic rules
there, to continue the Georgia avenue
line south on Seventh street. to elimi-
nate tracks from Ninth street, to di-
vert traffic down Connecticut avenue
at Columbia road and Eighteenth
street and to eliminate quadruple
tracks in the congested section.
They propose to take the Takoma
Continued on Page 5. Column j.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Drivers Permit at Stake
On Traffic Spoilers Report

washington's trafhe safety cam
paign is headed for a test to deter
mine If 1t has teeth" as well as polite
persuasion in a recommendation made
yesterday for revocation of a drivers
permit as q result of reports Of two of
the 100 traffic spoilers.
The driver, whose identity was not
revealed. was reported by two spoilers,
on separate occasions for driving reck-
leSsly and passing stop signs. After
receiving the two complaints, a check
was made OF the drivers record and
two convictions on speeding charges
were found
Sergt. Walter H. Thomas, assistant
director Of the safety campaign an
nounced last night that q recommen-
dation for revocation of his license
had been placed In the hands of the
Board of Revocation and Review.
Raymond Sparks. an assistant cor
poration counsel, the legal member Of
the Board Of Revocation and Review.
stated that in his opinion the board
has full power to take away driver
permit in such case.
Sparks explained that the Distric,
Commissioners, or their agents, are
given broad power Of revocation Of
permits "for any reason they may
deem sufficient."
He added that the action of the
Commissioners is subject to review in
Evening star., 1934-08-12
OLSON IS UPHELD
ON MILITIA RULE
Employers Denied Injunc-
ton and Governor Con-
tinueS Guard Control.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, August 11.-Gov
Floyd B. Olson and his National
GuardSmen, backed by a decision of
the United States District Court, held
firm control of the strike-ridden city
tonight after a legal joust with en-
ployers over the validity of military
rule.
Military rule is preferable under
almost any circumstances to mob
rule" said the courts decision deny
ing petitions by employers for an in
junction restraining the Governor
from continuing the martial control
under which he hopes to compel a
settlement of the truck drivers strike.
The court expressed belief there
was foundation for the plaintiffs
contention that the Governor is using
his power for the purpose of coercing
them into settlement" but added:
We are not prepared to find that
the Governors orders have no rela-
ton whatever to the necessities of
the situation with which he is con-
fronted and fall entirely outside the
may personally disagree with the Gov
ernor as to the manner in which he
has handled the entire situation, that
will not justify the relief prayed Tor. +"
Duty of Enforcement.
Citing limits of the executives
authority, the court held, however,
''the duty of enforcing the laws in
Minneapolis under the circumstances
was a duty which rested upon the
Governor and not upon the courts I"
Employers had challenged the le-
gality Of military rule, imposed by the
Governor ito maintain law and order"
after two strikers we're killed July 90,
and insisted he had no power to
restrict vehicle movements. They
also claimed there was no reason for
the military decree.
The court held, however, there
is no showing that the civil authori-
ties are now any more capable of
maintaining law and order than they
were before the military forces came
into the city. The situation justifies
due caution in the issuance of any
preliminary injunctions which might
result in a more serious breakdown
of Government than has yet occurred. -
Trucks Allowed to Run.
Gov. Olson decreed only trucks car
rying necessities or those whose own
ers subscribed to the Haas-Dunnigan
peace terms could operate. The plan,
advocated by Rev. Francis Haas and
E. H. Dunnigan, Federal mediators,
was rejected by the employers but ac-
cepted by the strike leaders.
1t provided a definite wage scale
and reinstatement of employees
The decision, signed by Justices J.
B. Sanborn of the Circuit Court and
j. W. Molyneaux and G. H. Nord-
bye of the District Court. left the En-
ployers Committee unshaken.
Evening star., 1934-08-12

Of the sphere. The enterprise was
carried through without hitch.
II have never seen so much stuff
in my life and new stuff, too." DR..
Beebe reported to the National
Geographic Society at Washington,
which, in cooperation with the New
York Geological Society, sponsored
the plunge.
Much of it is entirely different
from that which we observed during
previous dives. 1t is the silliest thing
in the world to attempt to describe it
in few words, but we saw more
fish and larger fish than during any
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
Evening star., 1934-08-12
One Woman Killed,
Seuen Are Injured
In Triple Collision
TiUO Cars Meet Head-On
Near HyattsuilIe, An
other Piles Into Wreck.

One woman was killed and seven
other persons were injured when three
automobiles collided at Melrose, Md,
just beyond the District line on Rhode
Island avenue, at AIS o'clock this
morning.
The victim, Mrs. James H. McHale,
wife of policeman attached to the
tenth precinct, was an occupant of the
car driven by her husband, which COL
lided head on with another machine
driven by Carroll Smith, 20. Another
machine, coming from Baltimore,
piled into the wreckage, turning one
of the cars over, knocking another onto
the street car tracks, with the third
rolling down an embankment, ac-
cording to meager police reports.
The identity Of the driver Of the
third machine was not ascertained
Those injured were: Carroll Smith,
20. Mount Rainier, Md; Kenneth
Merello, 10, 144l Newton street north
east; Frankie Rosso, %, Mount Raj
nier; John Capps. 81, Mount Rainier:
Floyd Dawes, 20, 3607 Eastern ave-
nue. northeast; Herschel Todd, Is,
34l8 Rhode Island avenue avenue
northeast, and James H. McHale, 1890
New Hampshire avenue.
In another accident about the same
time four persons were injured at
Muirkirk, Md, when their car blew
out a tire.
Franklin Ridgway. soldier attached
to Battery B, 10th Field Artillery, at
Fort Myer, was picked up by pass
ing motorist. George Becraft, 3416 N
street, and taken to Sibley Hospital
Others injured were picked up by
passing motorists and brought to
Washington.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
MYSTERIOUS BLASTS
WRECK COTTON GINS
Louisiana Owners Charge Plot to
Halt Operations by Inde-
pendent Plants.
By the Assoeiated Pres.

By the Associated Press.
ALEXANDRIA, La, August IL
Mysterious dynamite blasts, timed to
go off almost simultaneously, today
damaged three widely separated in
dependent cotton gins. No one was
injured as the plants were unoccupied.
Authorities said they had no in
formation as to motive.
The owners of the gins asserted the
blasts appeared to have been con-
certed assault 10 prevent them from
operating, but offered no explanation.
They announced that repairs would
be undertaken at once to permit re-
sumption of operations within 10
days.
The first explosion occurred here
early today. when 10 sticks of dyna-
mite went of under the cotton plat
form Of the c. L. Hayne gin. smash
ing all windows and tearing galvan-
lied iron paneling from the wall.
Three other charges OF five sticks
each were found In the wreckage. An
hour later similar explosions partly
wrecked the Philip Neck gin at Marks
Vile. 30 miles southeast of Alexandria,
and the o. E. Grant gin. about Is
miles northwest of the city.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
M0T0RIST LOSES LIFE
IN FREAK ACCIDENT
Foot Apparently Slips From Dis
engaged Clutch Shooting Auto
in Front of Trolley.
sy star Correspondent of The Star.

BY STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, August Ii
Elmer G. Berry, so. of Fairland, Md,
stopped at the car tracks to let an
approaching car pass during the
heavy thunder shower yesterday aft
ernoon. Suddenly his automobile
jerked forward into the path of the
street car.
The street car. operated by Francis
w. Howard, 41o0 block of Elhcott
street, Washington, dragged the auto
mobile more than 200 feet. DR.. w. F.
Murphy declared Berry was instantly
killed.
Sergt. Roy Bodner investigated the
accident and decided an inquest I'M
necessary. His theory was that Berry's
foot slipped from the clutch, causing
the car to dart forward.
Berry, a hardware merchant, came
to Falkland from California about a
year ago. He was native of Phila-
delphia Surviving him are his wife,
Mrs. Nellie Berry, and a son. Paul, I3.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
DIR. Beebe Diues Half Mile
Under Sea IN 2-TOn Iron Ball
Otis Barton Companion
on Trip Of 2 Hours 81
Minutes BeIotc.
Describes Submarine
Scene in Breaking
O,Un Records.
Rr the Associated Pres.

By the Associated Press.
HAMILTON. Bermuda. August IL.
Two American scientists. DR.. Will
liam Beebe and Otis Barton. dangled
for half an hour today at the end
Of almost half a mile OF cable. break
ing their own deep-sea diving record
made last year.
Sealed In a two-ton iron ball 2,5l0
feet below the surface Of the ocean,
they explored the deepest point ever
reached by men who lived to tell
about IL. They were encased in the
apparatus for 3 hours and 10 min
utes.
Two hours and 81 minutes passed
from the time the "bathysphere" sank
below the surface until their reap
pearance, they we're in telephonic
contact with a barge to which the
cable was attached. They gave de-
scriptions of their surroundings to a
blond young associate. Gloria Hol-
lister. on the deck Of the barge.
While Beebe used the telephone,
Barton took photographs and moving
pictures through the quartz windows
Evening star., 1934-08-12
BYRD'S RESCUERS
MAKE THIRD START
Delayed Message Reports De.
parture of Tractor Party to
Seek Explorer.
BY the Associated Press.


LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica.
August (delayed) Mackay
Radio.-Dr. Thomas G. PouIter early
this morning started south with q
tractor and crew on his third at
tempt TO reach Rear Admiral Richard
<. Byrd's advance base since July 20.
The crew again consisted Of DR..
Poulter, leader and navigator; Z. j.
Demas, driver, and Amory H. White,
tr., radio operator.
Tractor No. /, which was crippled
on the second journey, was replaced
by tractor No. 2, held In readiness
here.
The party left Little America at
3 am. At noon DR.. Poulter reported
he was rs miles south on trail and
east Of the crevaSsed area In that
vicinity. Visibility was zero, and he
and White weer skiing ahead of the
tractor planting flags at intervals of
100 feet, while Demas drove behind
them.
At 8 am. a radio report said the
party was % miles south and taking
In tow the sledges cast of at this
point Monday noon when mechanical
difficulties forced the party to turn
back. The sledges carried rations,
equipment, gas and other field stores.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
STRIKE PARALYZES
ALUMINIUM PLANTS
Only Two Minor Outbreaks
Mark Picketing of Shops
by Workers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, August 11.-Pro-
duction was paralyzed in the larger
plants of the aluminium industry to-
day by strike of approximately TO-
600 union workers who quit work with
the sanction of the American FEEDER
alton Of Labor.
Workers picketed peacefully at
plants of the Aluminium Co. of Amer
lea, q Mellon interest, in Western
Pennsylvania, and at the company's
factories in Alcoa, Tenn; Massena,
N. Y, and East st. Louis, Ill. Sew
eral scattered smaller plants contin-
ued TO operate.
Hundreds Of men and women milled
about the huge aluminium operations
at New Kensington, Pa, the center
of the industry, with pickets standing
shoulder to shoulder in a solid line
at entrances to prevent any workers
from entering. Only two minor dis
turbances occurred.
Huge Stock Is Claimed.
The company made no attempt to
operate the plants and a spokesman
said none would be made. He as
serted the concern has sufficient
supply of ingots, produced in most of
the plants, to last three and one-half
years.
The strike was called after weeks
of unsuccessful negotiations between
leaders of the Aluminium Workers
Council and company officials over
the unions demands, which include
a universal wage system in various
plants and a check-od plan for COL
lecting union dues.
Company officials turned down most
of the demands.
william Green, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, said
in Washington the next step was up
to the company.
IT feel the Aluminium Co. refused
to bargain collectively when it replied
to the demands of the workers by let
ter" Green asserted. The men will
stand there until the management in
dicates a willingness to bargain COL
lectively or the Labor Relations Board
steps in"
Company Position Stated.
Roy A. Hunt, president of the COM
pany. said:
We shall use every effort to avoid
violence that would jeopardize human
life or property in connection with
CONTINUED on Page 4, Column -
Evening star., 1934-08-12
IL Indians Begin
45O-MiIe Run to
Capital Today
Redskins Will Garry Bid
to Roosevelt to At
tend Fete.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NIAGARA FALLS. N Y. August
11-Twelve Indian braves will leave
here at 1880 am. tomorrow on
run across three States to invite PreSi-
dent Roosevelt to attend the Four Ma
tions celebration at old Fort Niagara
September 3 to 6.
Clad in native costumes, with head
dresses, the TuscaroraS viii travel 450
miles over New York, Pennsylvania
and Maryland to give three kernels
of corn, signifying the invitation. to
the great white father"
The Indians will run alternately
one hour each, handing the pouch
each time to the next man on the
highway. Each runner viii board a
bus at the end of his hour and will
be carried TO his next station on the
road. They will sleep in the bus and
eat along the highway.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
P. WA. ACCOUNTS
FOR HEAVY SUM
All but s3o,OOo,0O0 Has
Been Allotted, Accord
ing to Report.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Public Works Administration
packed into an S5-page report yester-
day a record of every dollar of the
$3.50. .372, ,103 it had allotted up to
August l for 1908 job-creating
projects.
1t showed less than 3o,ooo,oo0 left
out of a once hefty $3,70o. .oo0,ooo and
that the program rapidly was ap-
preaching a peak in employment and
expenditures.
The number of workers on con-
struction sites had climbed to 675, 1000
by August l and money was flowing
out for pay rolls and materials at q
rate Of $39 1000, 900 weekly.
As July came to a close, bond pur-
chase contracts and grant agreements
had been executed for 2,220 Of the
1913 nom Federal projects. More than
$500 contracts had been sent to
recipients of allotments and more
were being mailed at from rs to 40
daily.
$1,513,239,e SAT In Contracts.
The latest tabulation disclosed that
contracts awarded and expenditures
growing out of these had put to work
P. w. A. allotments aggregating
$l,513,239,647 New nom Federal jobs
were said to be getting under way at
a speed of SO q week.
Non-Federal allotments accounted
for $975, ,615,921 Of P. w. AS billions.
Federal projects got $1,527, ,030,5l7,
and those classified as statutory,
executive and special obtained ST.
167, ,725,666.
Street and highway projects have
taken more F. w. A. funds than any
other general type. The $537, ,722, I54
allocated to them went to $40 nom
Federal and $50 Federal DEVELOPMENTS.
Utilities, including sewer and water
systems, divided 1901, ,624,570 between
Continued on Page 3, Column g.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
Reiteration Comes to Spike
Persistent Talk of In
flation.
POSSIBILITY OF CHANGE
OF ATTITUDE STRESSED
Statement Is Linked to Bond Price
Slump and Proximity of
Financing Task.

BY the Associated Press.
Obviously for the purpose of spiking
too much imitation talk, Treasury off,
cials last night called in newspaper
men to repeat that there is no present
plan for issuance of as much new
silver-backed currency as the law
allows.
But even at this special press con-
ference 1t was emphasized that the
Treasury is operating on a '24-hour
basis" and might change its mind.
Some observers Immediately saw a
connection between the Treasury'S
concern over imitation talk and the
fact that Government bond prices
have fallen sharply in recent days
1t was recalled, also, that a big job
Of financing is just ahead
Treasury officials explained last
night that under the law they could
issue $12e worth of currency for each
100 ounces of silver. They said, how
ever, that for the present" since the
metal was costing 5001 cents an
ounce. $50 0l worth of currency would
be put out for each 100 ounces newly
acquired.
At the same time the $l.2g valua-
ton will be used for the $4,000, ,00C
ounces already bought-meaning that
that silver will back around $50, 900,
900 in new money.
To make certain the $50, 900 900 ir
new silver certificates gets into circu-
lation Immediately, the Treasurer Is
paying them out in preference tc
other forms of money. Federal Re
serve banks also have been asked tc
pass the currency along quickly.
Silver advocates long have con-
tended that economic ills were due te
contraction of the circulation me-
dunn, and that addition of silver tc
the monetary base and the issuance
of new currency against that base
would improve conditions.
Problem One Of Turnover.
Some Treasury officials, more thar
once, and again yesterday, said pri-
vately that issuance Of the new silver
currency simply would cause retire
ment Of Federal Reserve notes. The
problem, they reiterated, is one OF
turnover rather than volume.
But to answer the silverites, ap-
parently, they said, $80,00O,00 In
new currency would be issued against
the $4,000, 900 ounces of silver bought
before the present silver purchase
plan was enacted.
It was emphasized that the Treas
ury was operating on a "24-houl
basis" with the possibility that the
high value" certificates might be is
sued against silver more recently ac-
quired, or the policy Of issuing cer-
ti1cates to an amount equal only tc
the money paid out for the meta
might be followed.
Buying Began After June 10.
Buying under the silver purchase
act began after June l9, and it was
indicated that little If any have beer
actually delivered to the Treasury.
However. If the $1.29 value should
be applied to all silver purchased fol
currency issuance, the net result
would be approximately 1850, 900, ,00C
of silver certificates, representing ap-
proximstely 1900, 100000 ounces tc
be valued at $129 an ounce.
Evening star., 1934-08-12
HARTMAN CASE
RESULTS IN MAJOR
V|CTORYFORLABOR
Johnson Promises Workers
win Be Consulted in
Future Disputes.
TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
PROPOSAL KEPT SECRET
Official Statement Forecast After
Strikers and Owners Sig
nifty Attitude.
~ ths Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Out OF the controverted Hartman
Hosiery Mills case yesterday sppar-
emily emerged a major labor victory
a new proposal for settlement Of the
hosiery dispute and Hugh 8. Johnsons s
promise that henceforth workers. II
affected, would be consulted prior to
settlements involving Blue Eagle res
toration.
The new policy was made effective
Immediately after the decision at a
lengthy conference. The latest offer
for an accord In the hosiery mills
row was telephoned TO the company's
plant at Hartman, Tenn. II will be
studied by both striking employees and
the mill owners.
Organized labor had complained
bitterly that the Hartman concerns
Blue Eagle was restored after the mill
owners had accepted q proposal which
the workers did not pass upon.
Terms Held Secret.
The terms Of the proposal worked
out In Johnson's office were held
secret. But N. r. As Labor Advisory
Board emerged satisfied" Among
that group is William Green, president
OF the American Federation Of Labor,
who had asserted the existing agree
ment for eagle restoration was re
pudiation" Of the workers.
The Hartman plant lost it's Eagle
after a dispute with employees over
collective bargaining and other work
ing conditions.
An Official statement on the case
was forecast for tomorrow after strik-
ers and mill owners have signified
their attitude. N. r. A. officials re-
fused to indicate whether the propo-
sition telephoned to Hartman re-
quired either its acceptance by the
mill owners or second removal of
the recovery organisation's insignia.
There was some indication the new
proposal was not radically different
from the one In force. But 1t was
significant that N. r. A. submitted 1t
TO workers and employers simuitane-
ously,. in contrast to the existing set
Element which was signed by the Har-
riman owners and A. n. Clancy, N.
r. AS field compliance administrator,
without the strikers passing on the
plan.
Berry Exceedingly Happy"
MAI. George L, Berry. division ad-
ministrator. who has been a vigorous
critic Of Glancy's agreement, was
among those who described them
selves as exceedingly happy" over
yesterdays conference.
Green and other labor leaders made
the Hartman controversy a test
case" not so much, they said, because
OF the Importance of the single plant
but because Of the principle involved
namely. whether N. r. A. would sign
an agreement involving a strike OF