The Washington Post
December 13, 1930

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ere ae Ub ne — fF — + } | "ew! ——— — —— — — — OT. J — — — Fe Jaca, Strongest Fortress § on French Border, Is Trouble Center, . STRICT CENSORSHIP IS QUICKLY. IMPOSED Revolution Reported to Be Spreading to. Other Towns in: North. 12. (AP.) Military: Madrid, Dec. : revolt, long expected: in Spain as ithe | Tesult of, political dissenstoni, proke t out today at Jaca, near the French frontier, At least 3,000 troopa there | rebelled, turned their’ "guns on the , town and defied the government ¢ - Ponight, with a strict | Consors? = imposed throughout tle Country authentic account of therevolt, gid be obtained here. “The after | an emergency meeting of the cabinet, announced that the\situation was in hand and that the rebels were ‘fleeing to the French border, 30 miles away. In the meantime, various uncon- jer Damaso Berenguers © | “ace” aviator, who’ was recently im- prisoned for disobedience ‘but -es- caped, was oné of the leaders. Revolt Reported Spreading... The garrison at Jada; said to be one of the . strongest. fortresses in}. forthern Spain, was. ‘variously - esti- mated at from 3,000 to 6,000 infan- trymen and artifietymen. Jaca is in high: coutitty, near the Pyrenées’ and} eee en 5* ‘was reported here late tonight that the military revolt: at’Jaca was spreading to other towns and that the garrison . at Vigo had - — the — MAL RAMON’: ‘FRANCO. BW TSI GAIN PUT IN-FORCE: First —— Step Taken After Suspension of Civ il Liberty. U.S. NOT TO INTERFERE | tre . Havana, Dec.-12 (A.P.).—The. sec- ond t since November congres- sional ctidtis. censorship’ on all forms of communications enitering or leaving Cuba was imposed today. It was the. arst outward sign the. re- ‘public was given that constitutional guarantees, declared suspended yes- terday afternoon by presidential de- cree, actually - had. ig ‘withdrawn ‘throughout’: ‘7 — caaaanriteceahe east - 42 Be © Ph e J i. m = ’ insure order dufing the tourist sea- son, which —— * in 9 qe of the ‘situation. . Ambas- | — pe Er of Machado’s Marry ¥. . of any” Kori ae ‘developments | w might. bring # crystallization: ot situation there. _ Breaking. ‘@ two-day ‘silence “by ‘ae As Powe Truce Believed Gained ; — * 0..P. Chiefs ay Be Brief. HOUSE STUDYING WAY TO PLEASE PRESIDENT Relief Measure Is Sent -to Conference; May Cut ‘Authority.: By CARLISLE BARGERON. . Benate Repwiblican leaders, exercised over’ President Hoover’s blast of last Tuesday and tfeports that he was on the verge of letting go another one, apparently. succeeded yesterday in re- | storing a working arrangement with the White House, present. The: «word ..:has gone out. rather strongly. that Mr. Hoover doés not intend to sitidly by now and permit himself tobe denounced. for...things which he. considers he can, not -do, and if the occasion arises he will not! hesitate ‘to speak again in the -same vein. ‘There is every reason to be- lieve that he had considered yester- day the occasion for another. state- ment, but reluctantly yielded to the importunities of Vice President Cur+ at least -for .the X IN: SATURDAY. _ DECEMBER | 13, 030, ki X * ee re — * alvin: Coolidge Says: Three or-four years ago there began con- siderable discussion of the practice of in- staliment sales, While the system was by nd means néw it was they being expanded into new fields with extraor- dinary rapidity and assumed such large proportions that it. aroused considerable alarm. Some thought it might be undermining our whole credit structure. definite and separate figures were obtainable as to the extent to which banks were involved and ‘this raised the question of what funds were tied up in it. The develop- ments of the past few months have demonstrated that there was nothing unsound in this movement... The per- centage of losses has been insignificant. Probably of all commercial. credits this form stands well toward the top in satisfactory results, because installments have been paid. Most of the fear of it as a breeder of ex- travagance has been dispelled. Properly conducted it is no more subject to that criticism than the open account. But the great lesson is the honesty and integrity of The constiming public pay their debts. It is another powerful demonstration of the justification of faith and. confidence in each other. the people. (Copyright, 1930.) ———— ¥ y No DOUMERGUE FORGES GHSIS. SUBMISSION Dissolution Threat Brings Cooperation as Steeg Forms Cabinet. close friend, Senator Walcott, Bill to Conference. In the meantime the $118,000,000 public “works: conference, and the léaders n Hoover on the drought-relief bill. aid - lief as well as the ‘tends to make an issue gover Re Drought Bill Fight Seen. 4 This matter is bound to come to Bon ner to "Resign Position — r Commission Aid| tis, Senator Watson, and. finally his |: House sent to over just how it’ is’ best to’ approach the ‘proposition of standing by: Mr. In addition to boosting the public works appropriation. by $8,000,000, over the House bill; the Senate made one important change whereby the President .must. Spend the money within the allocations prescribed, that is, $80,000,000 for Wederal road and so forth. ‘The President warts this. fund in ——* sum we road Tiiaing FON. public buildings, is the ves he CTD reels See 2 cilitate the. relief of unémployment: tn. the Senate December.4 and the — —— the See es wet, the Bal with] th: year of Maumengne’s pres! not lend itself to unemployment re It ig doubtful if his promise to the Senate leaders embraces .calling . off his fight on the drought relief bill, head again. The House leadets hope to get to it Monday-end ‘their ef- forts in the meantime are. to work out a way by. whith only the §30,- 000,000. appropriation, for, crop re- habilitation will be. presented to the House. as are afraid that it the said he only wanted $25,000,000, no one realized he felt so — about | MAY BE. READY TODAY Waris, Dec’ 12 (A-P.),—President | Dountergue ‘today took the big stick of parliamentary dissolution out of the glass case, in which it has been sirice 3877, and the warring political erties of. the.Chamber df Deputies, suddenly pacified, agreed to grant at least a measure of support to a cabi- het headed by Senator Theodore As a-résult, M. Stéeg told the presi- dent tonight he woul@ probably have his ministry ready for presentation rat the Blysee ‘Palace tomorrow fore- aan. It-wes the eighth. day of the minis- terial crisis, brought about by thé overthrow of the Tardieu government cabinet resignation in: the Until this afternoon ‘it appeared t sunt, but fy a —B dade bt. ne © ieee \ parliamentarians seriously considered +} possibility of a dissolution and new It: was here that the president, in nd Way overstepping the limits-of the constitution. let it be conveyéd a | quietly to the leaders of the thirteen groups in the chamber that, unless @ cabinet were formed tonight, he might Rave to “take definite meas- ures.” This was interpreted as mean- thg Parliami@nt would be dissolved under article 5 of the constitution. Within an hour, the leaders of thewe sthall ‘groups of the center and right-center called on M. Steeg and informed him théy were ready to co- operate, provided the: radicals would lift their Siege set shout the formation of his inistry. The most important portfolios were said to have been distributed, M, Continued on ‘Page 3, Column 4. | store, TWO OFFICIALS HELD N $8,000,000 FRAUD —— Allegedly Made by Los Angeles Building and Loan Men. ACTS COVERED 5 YEARS Los Angeles, Dee. 12 (A.P.).—Ru- pert L. Pleury, vice president of the Guaranty Building & Lean Associa- tion, which collapsed after Gilbert. U. Beesemyer, 45-year-old general man- ager, had allegedly confessed an 9$8,- 000,000 embezzlement, was arrested late. today after admitting to the grand jury he had known for some time of Beesemyer’s acts. : Pieury told the grand jury, nieii- berg said, he had knowh of the de- falcations for five years...He was or- dered confined in the county jail. “but I couldn't tell on him. “Loyalty ‘to “Beesemyer ‘kept miy lps sealed: | But I did not get a penny of it.” Pleury’s sta was” made a éhort time after yer ha@.neen, indicted. for embezzlement. The crash of the loan company cathe early todey when; confronted by the board of di- rectors and State Building atid Loan Commissioner Chariés A. Whitemore, Beesemyer allegédly made a signed confession that he had been misap- propriating Money over several years. The Money, he Was quoted as saying, was used to finance other ventures, and $400,000 was for personal loans to friends for which he took unse- cured notes. Behind Beesemyer lay a wrecked investment house, in which some 25,000 depositors had put more than $17,000,000, and a confession to five years of trickery in a futile attempt to build a fortune. As though ridding himself: of a haunting secret} Beesemyer related a story of investment in a department oll wells and the personal notes of friends. At its close, the county gtand jury indicted him fer em+ bezzlement and announced. that Charles Whitmore, State building and Continued on. Page 3 3, Column. 4, E a: ~ i ate ~ESEREES MeNinch and-Garsand. 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Mrs. Mack Sympathizel ....--ccdecseee A Friend ... , i A Ars oe Pes Mittens Quiggle ... eee weer eee e eee ever ee ree J “I knew of his goings;” he ‘said, | og MATION AWAITS, “OF ARMY-NAN 70,000 to See Renewal of Olid Football Rivalry at New York Today. MIDDIES ARE READY, AFTER DRILL IN RAIN Notables. to Witness Battle; New Record: for Grid “Gates” Assured. By TED VOSBURGH. New York, Dec..12 (A.P.).—A unique athletic episode marking the greatest service ever fendered by the game of college football. tothe. cause of charity will bring’ together football teams of thie United States Naval and Military Academies at the Yarikee Stadium to- morrow: before * crowd estimated at 70,000. The Yanks, of those who will flock to the ‘Yankee Stadium to see the an- clént rivalry renewed in the interests of the public good, after a three-year break, were swelled: bya last-minute ticket ‘boom which lasted all day de- spite dismal weather. The stadium seats 78,000, however, and the game is likely. to be_ several thousand short of a sell-qut. No rain ‘is predicted for tomorrow, but the final workouts of the Army and Navy squads were held on wet fields-in a steady drizzie. The Navy out on the scene of ‘the battle, | ® ‘the Army ran through its final-dPil} in the compara- tive obscurity of Briarcliff, a few miles outeide the city. where the squad is bivouacked. Athietes on Edge. Although light work was in order for both Middies and Cadets, the ath- letes moved with a snap and vigor that forecast one of the hardest fought games in Army-Navy annaié. Not since 1927 have the Army and Navy met on the’gridiron, and ali_the pent-up sivyalry of three years. will be ee the moment ot the k —8R Coach Bill —— of the’ Navy, “or Ralp'y of the Was Sie to ann vanes "iefinite s Hing line-up, both back Welds poh 9 ing ii toubt until shortiy before gamre time, . Coach tines said his two frst- string half hacks, Stecker and Frent- vel, were still suffering from injuries and that their places in the starting line-up might be taken by Fields and Herb. Stecker is regarded as the Army’s best, passer and Frentzel is the leading punter. Coach Ingram’s problem was 4 strategic one. He was still undecided as to whether to start Kirn and Hur- ley, who have been his most effective | backs,.or te hold one or both in re- serve. Navy May Shoot Works. Close followers of the Navy pre- dicted that if the Middies’ starting line-up contains both of these speed boys it will indicate that Ingram has determined to shoot the works at the outset in the hope of getting the jump and piling up a winning mar- gin in the first few minutes. Kirn came into his own in the final game of last season and Hurley, 4 New York boy, who lives only a, few blocks from the scene of tomorrow's game, flashed into prominence this season in a fashion as sensational, emerging from the “B” squad to play a great game in the one-sided victory over Pennsylvania last week. Hur- ley’s usual assignment is as Kirn’s understudy. Ingram refrained from running through formations in today’s drill, which consisted of plenty of passing for the backs and charging for the line. Capt. Bowstrom, husky tackle, does the slong distance kicking, while the bull back, Hagberg, is slated to punt when the strategy of the moment calls for a well-placed boot out of bounds. Up at Briarcliff, the Army athletes revelled in the, luxury. of staying in. bed until ® a. m., —— is the middle Continued on Piss 37, ji, Column 7. REPRESENTATIVE LAGUARDIA, |}. ® funeral oration by - PRESIDENT ATTENDS DVERMAN'S FUNERAL Joins Other High Officers of Government in Tribute to North Carolinian. RITES HELD IN CAPITOL (Associated Press.) President Hoover, members of the Supreme Court, and diplomatic offie cers of more than ten nations joined the Senate and House last night in paying homage to one of North Caro- lina’s two grand old men in the Sen- ate—Lee 8. Overman, who died early yesterday after a brief \lltvess. With almost 28 years of continuous service behind him, the body of the 76-year-old legislator lay in a grey. flower-cov camket in in» the. chamber ence officials, associates listened with bowed 1} Rev. Z. B. Phillips. chaplain of en: After the ceremony the ohakiet was taken. to Union Stetion to swalt de- parture of the funeral patty shortly before midnight for Salisbury, N. C., the dead senator's home, where burial will take place at 3 p. m.. today. President Hoover, with seven mem- bers of his official family and Walter H. Newton, one of his secretaries, sat on the left side of the chamber. Im- mediately behind them were members of the Diplomatic Corps. - To the right of the center aisle, in the front row, sat Chief Justice Kughes and Associate Justices of. the Supreme Court. Mroe, Overman and her three daugh- ters, in mourning. were seated beside the casket in front of the Supreme Court members. Vice Président Curtis opened the services with a brief tribute: “We all loved him and we all mourn his passing.” The Rev. Dr. Phillips then read the funeral services based on the new book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Chureh, and including recitations of two hymns,.a poem, excerpts from the Scriptures, and extemporaneous prayer.” Senator: Purnifold M. Simmons; North Carolina’s other veteran sena- tor, sat bowed with grief over the death.of his beloved friend and col- league. ‘Besidé him were the party leaders, Senators Watson, of Indiana, and Robinson, of Arkansas. Many members of the House also sat in the stilled, ‘palm-decorated chamber. Senator Simmons, who outranked his colleague by only two years in point of service, atid who retires next March 4, was 4 member of the con- gressiona] funeral chmmittee, but Dr. Sterling Ruffin, his physician, advised him not tO make the trip to North Carolina for. fear it would be “ex- tremely dangerous to his health.” Continoed on, Fai 6. Cals &. Body “of | Vanished Stu Found With Bulleti in | Morgan P. Moarer’e Mother | Receiver Word of Tragedy. ‘The body of Morgan. Py Moorer, Amendment Stricken Out on Record Ballot by 169 to 115. LAGUARDIA LEADS = EMPLOYES’ BATTER | Defeat Is Taken to Mean That Efforts for Passage. Are to Be Abandoned,: ** —* ane The House yesterday repudiated the Wood amendment prohibiting mie | creases in pay for Federal emploges in the next fiscal] year. Tae The repudiation was voted despite: pleas of Representative Will R. Wood (Republican), of Indiana, cheismian of the appropriations committee; and 4 Representative Louis Cramton + ——* — publican), of Michigan, that >the House remain firm against thevde- — luge of propaganda which had heen | set upon them by Luther peice * and Gertrude McNally, leaders ot. the Federal employes. : On a record vote demanded by. resentative Fiorella LaGuardia publican), of New York, léader battle for the employes since .the ~ first Wood amendment made — pearance in the Postoffice-Treasury — appropriation bill last week, to House struck out the amendmen}, 169 to 115. Switch of 103 Votes. J This was a switch of 103 votes on : the amendment. since the Postoffick. Treasury bill was passed and sent fo the Senate last week. lost by a vote of 139 to 90. imsertions in other a yet to be reported, Representative JoJhn @. Tilson ( publican), of Con Defeat of the Wood amen at yesterday was taken by its ee and opponents to end efforts for fie Budget Suscest dish ine Sea with the Senate, Although the amendment sems definitely by the House, seemingly it is just. definite that the appropriations © Ps iB. eliminated , mittee will continue to cut 2 : estimates the increases asked by t President for salaries next year; The President’s program calls rs bringing the under-average ies: various departments up to par overs three-year period. About 30 per oéi fo the cost of this, 94,264,000)" wae provided in the budget. The appropriations committee, in port to the Senate on the Pc Treasury bill, not only elimir Wood amendment from that r but also put back the $1,17% salary increases for these depart: which had ben cut out by. the Bill Expected to Pass. . ee * It is expected the senate — the bul carrying this amount, — will put back in each bill the amounts estimated for each