The Washington Post
September 22, 1929

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~ SO pene ome - ee sa sh ingto Mt Post. Ns asap vow aby berate weeg-y bey te ine Ree 1 ee serie no Vie an Mena SEWERS ee a ~«* oe — ee Pa ¥ tint Mane eaten bette a 4 . St- TERE, Mex; eeeenaune.s Ay idi-nalalh opaginipln satialanlntea alma CP Re DOH Ow ee me ene “oe et: ~ WASHINGTON: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1929. FIVE =| shaeahis St CENTS. SCHWAB SAYS HE FAVORS SCRAPPING SHIPS ‘OF SHARON WINS STAKE: ‘RO LD HOOVER CAN DRY UP CAPITAL: i. — - | BETHLEHEM OFFICIALS GOING TO SHEARER HEARING | (SHEARER DEAL > NT MMT HN HE AVES) Comes With E.-C. Grace for Senate Quiz on: Navy Propaganda. PRO-WAR ACTIVITY: =. DECRIED BY BOTH Bethlehem Steel Company Painted as Having ; (get to Heaven. But Schwab, | hi or ' Henry Miller Service. Bethiehent Steel and shipbuilding officers about to enter the Capitol to testify before the Senate committee investigating alleged propaganda at the 1927 Geneva conference. D. Cravath, general counsel of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation; Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board of the same corporation, and Eugene Grace, president of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. Left to right—Paul MATS GIVEN oF BEATEN BY BROWNS [Stewart Turns in. Victory i hy FRANK . YOUNG, The pekicanta who did the unusual | Wednesday, when they won-a game His secretary, “Mr. ey has belp- ed him alot, he disclosed yesterday. “He has been with me for 30 years and he has protected .me against matiy things,” said Schwab, He pro- tected ‘Schwab, for -Msténee, from ‘@hearer, whom all the shipbuilders who have so far appeared before the committee now insist one should be protected from. The secretarial records that Shearer had.sought to see him, Schwab said, But to the best of his recollection ‘he never laid eyes upon him. Fis 5 H. Collaben, Shearer's st- torney, insisted that the committee ask gchwab if he had not taiked with Shearer at the Ritz-Cariton Hotel in New ‘York in November, 1926. _gentlemen understand I meet thous- enda of people. Certainly there was no such meeting as would impress it- self tlpon my mind; certainly no busi- néss meeting.” Then Collahan insi&&ted that Schwab be asked if the Geneva, par~ Jey hed not been discussed ab that is not with us at all.” “Oh, let me correct, Mr. Schwab,” interrupted Grace gently. “Mr. Homer is with us.” “Then who is he? do?” asked Schwab, still ae pur- prised. trea is on the New ai ‘gelling. you Grace. many times on fous’ hits, ‘tried. to give An encore. at the Griffith , Stadium yesterday, but: failed, h, thanks to some weird fielding by the visitors, they did manage to make things interest- ing. finally going down by a 4-to-3 count. The victory, by the way, let the Browns pull into a third-place tie with the Indians, while it pre- vented the Nats from gaining a full game on the Tigers, who again bowed to the Atiiletics. - Walter Stewart, whom the Nats have beaten but once this season, was on the hill for St. Louis follow- ing a Jay-of dué to illness, but he yesterday. He kept the quartet of bingles he allowed scattered in as many different. intiings, and the only National able to do anything worth while was Shortstop Joe Cronin, who was credited with a triple and double. Three Washington pitchers were used, and had Johnson called on either of the last two instead of “Sad Sem” Jones © as a starter, the tesult mifght have been different, for Bob Burke. and Garland Braxton granted but three hits: between them while pitching shtitdut ball in the last six innings, during which not a Brownie got farther than first base. The alien runs were scored in a brace of two-run rallies in the first third of the game. With one. out th the: first, McNeely. doubled and took third on a wild piteh: . When Manush lofted to ‘West, ft looked ad though this. bingle would be wasted, but Jones then walked Schulte and Kress came ‘thyough -Wwith.another two- “bagger, which emptied the bases. | “When the visitors were set. down in rapid order in the second, it looked 34 and 1. erewees. 5 Cee 000 ¢ and i ERRORS AID. TR looked Uke anything but ah invalia| $24 Keied ST. LOUIS. ~ & « , Dp. eeateee | Shh heudere | pat Cad he bet ad pet et SD 3 ol comnwooce - | weowscocoo™ | eeeeee ad eeeeeveee eeereetsoe ° a e at de 60 00 00 da 0a de lide Sw | ccomommeoiiocg SOSOm mV I9 es ; le >t oem ei oocoe souk a | cccecesenonpe lt ol ceosteceoo a S| moor ~ pr *Batted for Burke e en tBatted for Braxton in the ninth. St. Louis. 2060206000 0 0—4 WASHINGTON. 0100002 0 0—3 in—Kress ( 2). wyo-base -~ Sc al Judge. MeNec! Bear Seon Scstin: Cro + om + vg Stewart, 1; . Hite—od matte: 1 in # ipatngs ee ah ay G hour and 46 minutes. BANNOCKBURN TITLE ANNEXED BY SHOREY Star of Host Club Beats Hufty. in Finat.Round by 3:Up and 2. wild Beh Jones. LEADS AT TURN, 3 UP » John C. ghorey, of the Host Club, yesterday won the championship in the Bannockburn invitation golf tournament, defeating Page Hufty, of Congressional Club, on the sixteenth green; "3" up and 2. Shorey won the first hole by driv- ing the green, 305 yards, and holing - ‘immittee “was doubtful. ‘| however, MMS COMPROMISE ENDS HOT DEBATE aes and rom Britain S. AID. IS SEEN _ = BID.FOR-U. Geneva, Sept. 21 (A.P.).—After three days of Hot debate which stir- red thé assembly of the League of Nations, @reat Britain and France today. adopted a conciliatory manner in their dispute over the scope of the movement for genera] disarma- ment. The two powers accepted a com- promise which will leave the merits in, |of their conflicting positions on the limitation of military forces to be de- termined later. The settlement leaves England free to reopen the question of restricting thé material and personnel for land warfare. Lord Cecil, spokesman for the empire, had said this restriction was essential to the ultimate success of the disarmament crusade. Prance, by the terms of the com- promige offered by M. Politis of Greece, gained her points that the assembly should not at this stage of the naval discussions agitate the question of general disarmament nor give fresh instructions to the pre- paratory disarmament committee. Lord Cecil withdrew the British proposal, for. which in any case a majority in» the disarmament com- He announced, that his government at every. opportunity would urge the CONTINUED ON PAGE HIME oUHUUL 2 BLAMED FOR 012,000 PLOT New York Police Believe Tutor Caused Boy to Rob Brokers. PRISONER CONFESSES HE RECEIVED DOLLAR Entire Theft Was “Plant,” Commissioner Whalen Maintains. New York, Sept. 2] (A.P.).—A big time crime coach of Wall street was hunted tonight on clews furnished by Milton Alter, 18-year-old brokers’ messenger, who traded more than $500,000 in stolen securities for $1. The R. V. Hiscoe Brokerage Co., the youth’s employer, was out $512,00 in negotiable stocks and bonds, but po- lice held the boy on a charge of grand larceny and had his detailed confes- sion. Jn it he described the man who enginered tr- theft and through it Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen hopes to reveal a crime school for financial district messenger boys and clerks. The confession was obtained after the boy had been grilled practically all night. For hours he had main- tained he had been kidnaped and dumped to a Brooklyn sidewalk after men in a limousine driven by a liv- erled chauffeur had brace: the securi- ties from him. Many Discrepancies Found. - Many - A a y tay = yy -