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"WEATHER.
(17. 8. Weather Bureau Foreeaat.J
Occasional showers tonight and to
morrow; slightly warmer tonight; cooler
tomorrow night.
Temperatures: Highest. 72. at lLa.m.
today; lowest, 54, at 1 a.m. today.
Full report on page 7.
Cloiing N.Y. Markets, Pages 26 and 27
V o-i ACQ Kntered as second class matter
Oi,UOO. post office. Washington, D. C.
i,i vims
REACH LOUISVILLE
TO WATCH DERBY
Twenty-Three of Foremost
Three-Year-Olds Listed
as Starters.
ONLY 18 OR 20 TO GO
JO POST, EXPERTS THINK
Blue Larkspur Is Favorite in Bet
ting—Big Race Begins at 6,
Eastern Time.
I
Derby Track Turned
Into Sea of Mud by
Steady Downpour
Shortly before 11 o’clock the
rain had turned into a steady
downpour. There was no sign
of any let-up. and for the sec
ond successive year the Derby
field faced a sea of mud at the
Downs.
Additional scratches were ex- j
pccted in addition to Hiram I
Kelly and St. Ignatius. Experts
predicted no more than 18 horses |
would go to the post. j
xtr the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., May 18— By train V
and motor, by airplane and blimp,
ahorse and afoot, the main body of the
greatest of all Derby crowds poured into
the Bluegrasr, capital today for the
fifty-fifth running of the $60,000 Ken
tucky classic for 3-year-olds.
Semi-official estimates placed the
number of visitors at 100,000. All have
come with one object in mind, to place
a bet on and catch a glimpse of the
big race at Churchill Downs late this
afternoon, but it will be miraculous if
more than 75.000 actually witness or
even get within proximity of the
running.
In many respects this is the greatest
of American sports spectacles. It yields
to none in color and tradition and com
bines the best features of many others.
Poll together the excitement of a big
heavyweight fight or a base ball world
series such as Washington or St. Louis
has known, season with the mellow
flavor of such an ancient event as the
Harvard-Yale boat race, add the spirit
of a milling golf gallery—and you have j
a composite of LouisviUe's jam on Derby j
day.
Plenty of Inside Tips.
The fervor of these followers of the
turf is little short of frenzied. A
chance visitor, suddenly caught in the
midst of a bitter debate over the rela
tive merits of rival horseflesh, finds
himself caught in the argument in no
time. It is not necessary to do like
the Irishman and inquire whether "this
is a private fight.” Everybody and his
opinion and his money is welcome.
Every one studies form charts. Inside
tips are offered gratis by the elevator
boy and the girl at the cigar counter
or at the prevailing rates by retired
jockeys and other professional men who
follow the races as small boys follow
the circus parade.
Class makes no difference or distinc
tion. The relative merits of the out
standing two horses in the race, Blue
Larkspur and Clyde Van Dusen, along
with all the rest of the record field, are
debated just as keenly by the million
aires in their private cars as by the
turf tribe typified by "Umbrella Herb,”
who hasn’t missed a Derby in at least
30 years.
The main facts of the 1929 edition of
the Derby can be set forth much more
quickly than any argument can be
closed.
Overnight 26 of the country’s fore
most 3-year-olds have been named.
This surpasses the field of 22 that
started last year, but turf experts ex
pected no more than 18 or 20 actually
to go to the post.
Hiram Kelly, St. Ignatius and Boris
were scratched today, leaving 23 en
tries for the field.
The weather prospects were for
thundershowers, increasing the likeli
hood of several scratches. Post time
was set for approximately 5 p.m.. Cen
tral standard time. The race is at a
mile and a quarter.
Winner Gets $50,000.
Depending on the number of actual
starters, the stakes were expected to
approximate $60,000, of which $50,000
goes to the winner, $6,000 to second
horse, $3,000 to third and SI,OOO to |
fourth.
The outstanding favorite all along, !
Col. E. R. Bradley’s Blue Larkspur, the j
hope of the home folks, occupied a con
flicting position. The son of Black
Servant, after a sparkling final trial
that justified all,the good things said
of this colt, drew- the extreme outside
(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.)
FILES SUIT TO ANNUL
DIVORCE FROM HUSBAND
Mrs. Ida May Hendricks Alleges
Her Spouse, a Minister, Caused
Her to Seek Separation.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 18.—Charging
that “cunning and treachery’’ were used
by her husband, Clifford Hendricks, Los
Angeles and New York minister, in the
suit which last Fall resulted in an in
terlocutory divorce decree, Mrs. Ida May
Hendricks today had a petition on file
in Superior Court asking that the decree
be set aside. In her petition Mrs.
Hendricks said her husband had threat
ened to have her daughter taken away
from her and that she had been “em
barrassed’’ into seeking a divorce.
FULLERTONS QUESTIONED
Hartford Officials Seek Information
in Student’s Death.
GREENFIELD. Mass., May 18 </P).
Dorothy G. Fullerton, former Broad
way show girl, and her wealthy New
York clubman husband, Hugh Fuller
ton, were questioned here last night
by Edward Hickey, county detective of
Hartford, Conn., who is investigating
the death of Walter Hunt
ington, Harvard student, it became
known today.
State News, Pages 4 and 5
Box Score
FIRST GAME
PHILADELPHIA
AB. R. H. O. A. E.
Bishop. 2b !> 1 O ~ 3 <1
Haas, cf 4 O 2 1 O O
Cochrane, e 3 O II 6 O O
Simmons, If 4 11 5 1 O
Hale, 3b. 3 O O 8 3 O
Foxx, lb.’ 4 119 10
Miller, rs 4 O 1 O O O
Dykes, 55........ 4 1 2 1 2 1
Earnsbaw, p 2 O O O O 1
Orwoll, p O O O O O O
Rommel, p 1 O O O O O
Walberg, p O O O O 1 O
Collins O O O O O 0
French ......... O 1 O O O O
34 5 T 27 11 2
Collins batted for Earnshaw In eighth.
French ran for Collins in eighth.
WASHINGTON
AB. R. 11. O. A. E.
Mver, 3b 3 O 1 O 3 1
Rice, rs 5 « 11 O O
Goslin. If 4 O O 3 O 1
Judge, lb 3 11 12 O O
West, cf 3 111 O O
I Bluege, 2b,....,. 4 0 1 0 3 O
; Tate, c 4 O O H 1 O
Cronin, ss 2 10 14 0
Jones, p 2 1 O 1 O I)
Braxton, O O O O O O
Barnes 1 O 1 O O O
Rue!, e 1 O O O O O
32 4 fi 27 11 2
| Itarnes hatted for Braxton in ninth.
| Ruel batted for Judge In ninth.
SCORE BY INNINGS:
1 2 S 4 5 « 7 8 ft— R.
! Phila 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1-5
I Washington 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 o—4
[ Summaries:
j Runs batted in Rice. Judge, Haas (2),
Cochrane. Bluege <2*. Miller.
Two-base hits—Dykes (2), Haas. West.
Three-base hit—Miller.
Stolen base—Judge.
Sacrifices—Hale. Jones. Cochrane. Goslin.
Left on bases Philadelphia. 5; Washing
ton. 9.
Base on balls—Off Jones. 1: off Eearnshaw. 4;
off Orwoll. 1; off Walberg. 1.
Struck out—By Jones, 4; by Earnshsw. 3.
Hits—Off Earnsbaw. 3 In 7 Innings; off
Jones. 4 in 7 1-3 innings; off Orwoll, 1 in
I*3 inning.
Balk—Rommel.
Empires—Messrs. Dinneen and Nallin.
NATS LOSE FIRST
TO MACKS, 5 TO 4
Advantage Gained in Sixth Is
Dropped After Earnshaw
Is Replaced.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.
Philadelphia won the first game of
today’s double-header.
The score was 5 to 4.
FIRST INNING.
PHILADELPHIA—Bishop lined to
Jones. Haas fanned. Goslin made a
good running catch of Cochrane’s line
drive. No runs.
WASHINGTON—Myer filed to Sim
mons. Hale took Rice's bounder and
threw him out. Dykes went back on the
grass for Goslin's pop. No runs.
SECOND INNING.
PHILADELPHIA—GosIin ran to his
left and muffed Simmons’ long drive
for a two-base error. Hale sacrificed,
Tate to Judge. Foxx popped to Cronin.
Myer came in fast for Miller's sluggish
bounder and threw him out. No runs.
WASHINGTON—Judge took a third
strike. Bishop threw out West. Hale
threw out Bluege. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
PHILADELPHIA—Dykes roled a dou
ble down the left field line. Tate went
close to the field boxes for Eamshaw’s
foul. Bishop fouled to Judge. Haas fan
ned. No runs.
WASHINGTON—Tate hoisted to Sim
mons near the left field line. Cronin
walked. Jones fanned. Hale made a
good running catch of Myer’s foul. No
runs.
FOURTH INNING.
PHILADELPHIA—Cronin threw out
Cochrane. Simmons fanned. Tate went
on the diamond for Hale’s pop. No runs.
WASHINGTON—Rice put up a high ;
one to Simmons in short left. Dykes
went back of second and threw Goslin
out. Judge popped to Bishop. No runs.
FIFTH INNING.
PHILADELPHIA—Foxx flied to Rice.
; Cronin threw out Miller from deep
short. Myer threw out Dykes. No runs.
I WASHINGTON—Foxx went far back
J for West's foul. Bluege also fouled to
Foxx just outside first base. Bishop
i threw out Tate. No runs.
SIXTH INNING.
PHILADELPHIA—Tate went in front
of the Athletics’ dugout for Eamshaw’s ]
foul. Bluege threw out Bishop. Haas
doubled to right. Judge took Cochrane's
grounder and beat him to the bag. No
runs.
WASHINGTON—Cronin walked. Jones
bunted to Foxx, but Earnshaw went to
the bag and knocked the ball from
Foxx’s hand. This let Cronin take third.
It was an error for Earnshaw and a
sacrifice for Jones, who was safe at
first. Myer walked, filling the bases.
Rice forced Myer, Dykes to Bishop,
Cronin scoring and Jones taking third.
Goslin fouled to Cochran, Judge lined a
single to right, scoring Jones and send
ing Rice to third. It was the first hit
off Earnshaw. Judge made a delayed
steal of second, starting while Earn
shaw held the ball and sliding into sec
ond safely, the pitcher having to throw
to Foxx at first to prevent a balk. West
walked, filling the bases again. Sim
mons came In to short left for Bluege’s
high fly. Two runs.
SEVENTH INNING.
PHILADELPHIA—GosIin backed up
against the open field stands In left
for Simmons’ long fly. Cronin threw
out Hale. Foxx fanned. No runs.
WASHINGTON—HaIe threw out
Tate. Cronin was safe when his ground
er went under Dykes for an error. Jones
took a third strike. Myer drove a hot
one under Hale for a single, sending
Cronin to second. Rice singled to left.
Cronlng trying to score from second was
caught by Simmons' throw to Cochrane
I at the plate. No runs.
EIGHTH
PHILADELPHIA—BIuege made a
good stop back of second and threw out
Miller. Dykes dropped a double In right
near the foul line-. Collins batted for
Earnshaw and. walked. French ran for
Collins. Myer fumbled Bishop’s slow
grounder and the bases were filled.
Haas lined a single to right, sending
Dykes and French home to tie the score.
Bishop going to third. Braxton relieved
W)t tfoenmg Sfotf.
WASHINGTON, 1). C., SATURDAY, MAY 38, 3020—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. **
CHICAGO EXPECTS
BLOODY ELECTION
I OF NEW GANG LORD
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i
|; Police Believe Jailing of Ca
pone Will Only Intensify
1 Underworld Strife. .
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; LITTLE FAITH PLACED .
IN REPORTS OF TRUCE
■’Bugs” Moran, Bitter Rival of
‘•Scarface.” Remains Dominant
Figure Among Racketeers.
■ ‘
! By the Associated Tress,
j CHICAGO, May 18 —With A1 Capone
"put away” for a year in a Pennsyl
j vania prison, it remains to be seen
whether the riddle of Chicago gang
crime has been solved. There were omi
nous suggestions today that it had only
been intensified.
The roost that Capone ruled was not
one that the most optimistic police offi
cers believed would collapse merely be
cause its support was taken away. Even
without its chief, the Capone mob re-
I mained a potent and sinister threat.
I The gangsters themselves were not
| using a brass band to advertise their
reaction to the jailing of Scarface Al,
but police read several signs, none of
which indicated any termination of
gang warfare.
Machine Gun Election Reported.
There was police speculation over a
rumor that a "machine gun election”
was being planned to elevate a new
leader to Capone’s vacant throne.
There were reports, too. that rival
gangsters, emboldened by the temporary
removal of Capone, were getting ready
to seize the "Capone territory,” with
bullets and bombs if necessary, and thus
make the entire city the "territory”
of one rum-running-racketeering-extor
tion gang.
George (Bugs’) Moran, with Capone
gone, remains the big name among Chi
cago gangsters now. It was Moran's
gang that was the victim of the- sep
tuple murder last Valentine day—a
murder that outdid in horror anything
j ever before perpetrated in the long
years of Chicago gang reprisals. Moran
| blamed the massacre upon Capone’s
men.
According to Capone’s statement to
Philadelphia officials, a peace pact be
tween the Capone-Moran gangs and
j other Chicago mob leaders was effected
only a few hours before Capone's arrest
in Philadelphia for gun toting. There
have been peace pacts, however, before.
Police place little faith in any gang
truce, especially in view of what. has
happened to Capone. His arrest, they
think, might quite readily be given as
an excuse to break the pact, if indeed
any excuse were needed.
Capone's Men Latest Victims.
The last blood in the gang war was
shed in the Capone ranks. That was
the triple killing at Hammond, Ind., a
fortnight ago of John Scalise, Albert
Anselme and Joe Guinta, all of whom
fought under the Capone colors. It is
not the nature of gang feudists to let
such slayings go unavenged. The gen
eral opinion among officers is that one
of the "concessions” made by Capone
in agreeing to peace with rival gangsters
was that no attempt at vengeance for
the Hammond murders would be under
taken. With Capone locked up, others
will decide whether Scalise, Anselme
and Guinta shall be avenged.
There Is no outstanding figure In the
Capone ranks upon whom his leader
ship could descend; but police believe
there are several who are ready to
battle for the chieftaincy.
Attention was called by some to the
fact that the swift arrest, conviction
and incarceration of Capone may not
have been as far removed from Capone's
(Continued on Page 2~Column~3j
leadersto"debate
ON DEBENTURE PLAN
Senator Brookhart and Representa
tive Fort Will Speak Over
Columbia System.
Two Republican farm leaders of Con
gress, Senator Smith W. Brookhart of
lowa and Representative Franklin W.
Fort of New Jersey, will debate the
merits of the export debenture plan at
9 o’clock tonight over the Columbia
Broadcasting System in the National
Radio Forum arranged by The Evening
Star and sponsored by the broadcasting
concern.
Senator Brookhart will speak in sup
port of the debenture plan, which has
received the approval of the Senate,
while Mr. Fort, representing the oppo
sition, will give the reasons why the
House struck the plan from its bill.
With the fate of the debenture plan
hanging in the balance, the radio argu
ments tonight have a wide appeal to
those who have been following farm
relief legislation through Its troublesome
course in Congress.
Jones. Cochrane flied to West, Bishop
scoring after the catch. Haas took sec
ond on West’s needless long throw in
Simmons singled to left, scoring Haas.
Hale flied to Goslin. Four runs.
WASHINGTON—OrwoII now pitch
ing for Philadelphia. Goslin fouled
to Cochrane. Judge walked. West dou
bled to right center, sending Judge to
third. Haas made a game bid for the
hit, but just missed the ball. Orwoll
was taken out and Rommel replaced
him. Bluege singled to left, scoring
Judge and West, Tying the score. Tate
popped to Hale. A balk by Rommel let
Bluege take second. Rommel had start
ed his pitching motion, but when
Bluege left first he turned and threw
to'second. Bishop made a good stop and
; threw out Cronin. Two runs.
NINTH INNING.
i PHILADELPHIA—Foxx singled to
1 left. Miller tripled to the angle back of
center, scoring Foxx. Cronin threw out
Dykes, Miller holding third. Myer took
Rommel’s grounder and threw to Tate,
. getting Miller at the plate. Bluegs
threw out Bishop. One run.
WASHINGTON—Barnes batted for
• Braxton and singled to center. Walberg
• relieved Rommel. Myer walked. Rice
r bunted and forced Barnes, Walberg to
. Hale. Goslin sent a long fly to Haas,
[ Myer going to third after the catch.
, Ruel batted for Judge. Simmons got
1 ftuel'fi foul at tbe stands. No runs.
MR. BULL LOOKS BKVOND THE ELECTION RESULTS!
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN SENDS
MRS. SINCLAIR TO HOSPITAL
; Goes to Sanitarium at
Battle Creek for
Treatment.
Condition Is Blamed on
Worry Over Husband’s
Confinement.
| Suffering from a nervous breakdown,
which her physician said was due to
worry over her husband's confinement >
in jail here, Mrs. Harry F. Sinclair has ■
been taken to a sanitarium at Battle !
Creek, Mich., for treatment, it was 1
learned today.
Accompanied only by a secretary, Mrs. i
Sinclair arrived at the sanitarium last I
night and registered as Mrs. Elizabeth j
Sinclair. She was placed under care of i
Dr. Clara Radabaugh. Mrs. Sinclair’s
identity as the wife of the millionaire !
oil man who is serving a 90-day sen- i
tence here for contempt of the Senate '
did not become known until news of
her condition was received at the Jail I
this morning from G. T. Sanford, gen
eral counsel for the Sinclair oil inter
ests, who is stopping at a local hotel.
Stanford is reported to have told
Maj. William L. Peak, superintendent
of the jail, that Mrs. Sinclair was
stricken several days ago at her New
York home and that she was removed
to the Michigan sanitarium at 5 o’clock
! Thursday afternoon.
| Maj. Peak said today that Sinclair
i had not discussed with him Mrs. Sin
clair’s condition. The superintendent
PRESIDENT HOOVER
ON FISHING TRIP
Marines Have Erected Tents
Along Rapidan River
for Party.
President Hoover took advantage of
the fine weather this morning and left
for a fishing trip to the headwaters of
the Rapidan River in Virginia. He was
accompanied by Secretary of the In
terior Wilbur, Liept. Comdr. Joel T.
Boone, White House physician; Law
rence Richey, one of the White House
secretaries; Edward Lowry, writer, and
several secret service men. Mrs. Hoover
did not go.
The presidential party planned to
motor in the White House cars to
Criglersville, where they intended to
transfer to smaller automobiles and ride
eight or nine miles farther. In order
to reach the spot on the Rapidan j
where the President intends to fish ■
they will leave the automobiles and ride |
on horseback several miles farther. i
United States Marines have erected ;
.tents along the Rapidan River at the
point where the President will fish,
which is about 12 miles from Madison
Court House and on the outskirts of the
Shenandoah National Park. A road
| has been built into the site by the j
Marines.
While on this trip the President prob- j
ably w'ill select the exact location of the 1
tents which he will use on later trips to
this fishing preserve.
As the party left the White House
this morning, one of the automobiles
was loaded with fishing tackle and a !
large basket of lunch. The President i
had not decided whether he would spend |
j the night in the camp on the Rapidan. i
He expected to return either this eve- j
I ning or early tomorrow morning in time I
I to attend church.
TURNESA CAPTURES
! BRITISH GOLF PRIZE
New York Pro Defeats Jolly,'
Briton, in Extra-Hole Match
of Thousand-Guinea Event.
By the Associated Press.
MOORTOWN, England, May 18. —Joe
Turnesa, New York professional, won
: the Yorkshire Evenbig News’ Thousand
Guineas golf tournament today, defeat
, ins Herbert Jolly, British professional,
I in an extra-hole match, after the Amcr
i ican had w'on three holes in a row to
, make it all square after 36 holes. It
was the first time an American had won
» the event since its Inaugural seven
yews ago.
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BgaSSUlmfefe,. MmSW*.
MRS. HARRY F. SINCLAIR.
I said no requests had been received to
l permit the oil man to visit his wile and
j he was doubtful today if such permis
sion could be granted, If asked.
I Maj. Peake said that prisoners in the
past sometimes have been permitted to
leave the institution, accompanied by
a guard, in instances or serious illness
In their families. This privilege has
been extended, he said, only w’hen the
sick person was in the District of Co
lumbia. He was not prepared today
to express an opinion* as to whether the
priviledge might be broadened in scope
to take care of an emergency involving
a patient outside of the District.
Maj. Peake had received no details
regarding Mrs. Sinclair s illness.
0. C. IN IS OORT
AS PLANE CRASHES
A. 0. Younger Falls in Tiny
Plane After Being Warned
at Airport.
Ado O. Younger, 37, of 1208 fuelid
street, was injured this afternoon when
a tiny Heath "parasol” plane in whirh
he had taken off from the Congressional
Airport, near Rockville, Md., crashed in
a neaxby field.
Younger is at Garfield Hospital,
suffering from a broken leg, cuts on the
head and other injuries.
Maj. Harry Horton, president, of the
airport, declared Younger flew the
plane, his own property, against the
advice of officials of the field.
"I warned him this morning not to
: fly that ship,” Maj. Horton stated. “I
j told him conditions were not right for
| flying today, but he Insisted that he
1 was going to take it up.”
Horton said Younger's plane had "no
connection with the airport, except that
it was liangared there.” He declared
also that he did not consider Younger
| sufficiently experienced as a pilot.
I Younger had been in the air only
> about eight minutes when the engine
j "cut out” and the ship fell.
Ship Sinks After Blast.
VALPARAISO, Chile. May 18 (*•).—
{ The crew of six of the steamer Perico
; were believed today to have been killed
I vchen the steamer's boilers exploded and
it sank near Point Curaumilla. The
I steamer Taracapa found bits of wreck
! age near the site of the supposed ex
-1 plosion.
Joy-Ride 1 * Sneaks Back Auto He Took
On Learning It Belonged to Chaplain
Rpv. j. W. Dow. Episcopal chaplain
at the Washington Jail and superin
tendent of the City Mission, owes the
recovery of his stolen automobile to the
conscience-stricken “joy rider" who took
it. He thought its recovery was due
to the efficiency of the police, however,
until his wife let the cat out of the bag.
Thirty-six hours after his car was
stolen from Its parking place, near the
mission, Mr. Dow told the Episcopal
convention yesterday, it was returned to
him intact, even to the extent of his
overcoat, umbrella and a small quantity
of sacramental wine.
That day his wife happened to be a
passenger on a bus w ! hen one of the
“gang" leaders of the neighborhood,
whom th« lumw, boaruad U, i
'MOTHER BATTLES
POLICE FOR SON
Mrs. Harry C. Moses Pro
tests Return of Man to
Philadelphia.
A mother’s strenuous effort to pre
vent the removal of her son to Phila
helpliia to answer a charge of non
; support of his wife and child resulted
j in her unexpected ride In a police car
I to the District line near Hyattsvllle and
i a return ride to her home late yester
■ day afternoon.
Mrs. Harry C. Moses, widow of the j
vice president of the W. B. Moses &
Sons Co., fought a representative of the
Philadelphia police who had come to
Washington with a requisition from the
Governor of Pennsylvania for the re-
J turn of Charles H. M. Moses, 24 years
old, who was charged with deserting his
wife and child last October. When
■ Chief Justice McCoy had signed the
■ warrant of removal the officer grabbed
i young Moses by one arm and began to
| take him away. He had not reckoned
' on the mother who grabbed the other
arm of her son and declared the officer
1 should not take him.
The struggle continued from the
courthouse to a waiting police car,
i where a bystander, thinking the officer
also wanted the woman in the car,
lent his aid and pushed Mrs. Moses
into the vehicle which sped away to the
District line for fear a lawyer might
secure a writ of habeas corpus for the
boy. After the District line had been
passed the police car brought Mrs.
I Moses back to the courthouse where
she recovered her pocketbook which
| she had thrown away so as to have
both hands available to hold on to her
boy. She was then taken to her home.
NATIVES - OPPOSE
U.S. WIFE FOR BORIS
Bulgarian Premier Declares King
Will Never Marry for
i
i Enrichment.
i
1 By the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 18.—Although ;
> the Bulgarian government regards it as
: of paramount importance that King
Boris marry soon to found a dynasty,
the prospect of an American wife would
: not appeal to them.
Andre Liaptcheff, the Bulgarian pre
mier, said today, “Our King's marriage
1 with a wealthy American heiress, as so
• often suggested, would be as imprac
ticable as inopportune. "Our beloved
sovereign will never marry for money.
Wealth, splendor and pomp mean noth
-1 ing to him. He is only happy when he
I shares the company, the fortunes and
’ the trials of his own humble people.
“People from abroad don't know our
, King yet. He incarnates all the vir
-1 tues —humility, charity, piety and gen
erosity, of his noble French mother,
Princess Maria Louise of Bourbon. He
is King because fate and providence
destined him to guide us through our
difficulties and our sorrows.
“If the King, God forbid, should die
and leave no issue. It would be a tre
mendous national calamity." And he
added, "We love him with greater ardor
and passion than members of our own
family.”
“Hello ‘Mother’ Dow," the young man
grinned sheepishly.
“Why. Billy, where are you going
this time of the day?” Mrs. Dow in
quired.
Billy apparently was much embar
rased, but he whispered that he was
beating it to Baltimore to give the po
lice the “slip."
“You see. I stole your old man's auto
mobile,” he told the astonished Mrs.
Dow. "But, honest to goodness. I didn't
know it was his machine 'til I’d driven
all the way to Frederick. Then 1
sneaked it back here and made sure
the police would pick it up and re
turn it.” /
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ECKENER REJECTS |
SABOTAGE THEORY
IN GRAF FAILURE
i
Brands Reports as Absurd
Despite Suspicions Voiced
at Friedrichshafen.
ENGINEERS AWAITING
EXAMINATION OF MOTORS'
JMaybach Factory Heads Fail to
Indorse Belief of Zeppelin
Works Director.
Br the Associated Press.
CUERS, France. May 18.—Dr. Hugo
Eckener today characterized as "absurd"
reports that the engine trouble of the
Graf Zeppelin came from sabotage.
"Where would the sabotage have
taken place?’’ he asked.
Associated Press reports from Fried
richshafen declared that thorough tests
and examinations of the motors of the
Zeppelin will be made by German ex
perts to determine what went wrong.
The suspicion openly voiced in many
i quarters that sabotage was responsible
| was strongly doubted today by engineers
1 and other high officials in Friedrichs
hafen.
Replacement Units Are Rushed.
"The idea of sabotage cannot be en
tertained." said First Engineer Hans
Stiefel of the Maybach works. For the
present, he declared, nothing could be
said about the failure of the motors.
"First the motors must be examined and
thoroughly tested out. A fast express
is taking to France substitute motors
which already have been approved by
the federal testing station. They will
be built into the Zeppelin’s gondolas
by mechanics who are accompanying I
the motors.”
Assistant General Director Karl Lutz
was visibly annoyed when the idea of
sabotage was suggested.
"It is nonsense even to raise this ques
tion,” he snapped.
The attitude of the general public,
however, was more approximated by Di
rector Oesterle of the Dornier Airplane
Works, who openly held to the theory of
sabotage.
Charges “Dirty Work.”
“Why should the same thing happen
I to two crankshafts?” he asked. ”1 have
been with the motors for years and
can’t conceive of such duplicate trage
dies. No, there has been dirty work
somewhere.”
It was said today that the Graf’s mo
tors have had between 400 and 500
hours use, while the ZR-3, now the Los
Angeles, had 1,000 hours use.
This was pointed to as supporting the
sabotage theory.
Discussing the matter of sabotage,
Director General Colsman of the Zep
pelin works said:
“Sabotage is absolutely precluded.
We haven't had any word as yet as to
what possibly could have caused the
trouble, but we expect a telegram in the
course of the day stating what in the
way of repair and substitute parts is
necessary.’
Karl Beuerle of the Zeppelin works,
who made the trip to the United States
on the first flight as second engineer,
said: "I can’t make a guess as to what
was the trouble, but I am positive that
there could not be sabotage. Nobody
was ever allowed to go near the motors
except trusted men. Besides, if there
was sabotage how could the engines run
so many hours before the disaster
came?”
Nine Suspects Are Held.
Meanwhile nine men arrested during
the week at Friedrichshafen after ac
tions which characterized them as I
would-be stowaways were being held in i
strict confinement, and, it was known, j
would be subjected to a rigid examina- .
tion. There were too many of these, in
the opinion of officials, to make the :
presence of all easily explainable.
Nothing more than speculation was
possible in prediction of the dirigible s
immediate future. It was believed it
would be necessary for it to remain at
Cuers for at least a week or 10 days, but
whether it would start back to Fried
richshafen from there or continue its
American flight was not known.
The matter of the $2,000 which pas
sengers paid for passage seemea in
some doubt unless the Graf's owners
chose to make another attempt at a
j transatlantic crossing. Under the terms
of booking, no passenger can claim re
fund of passage or damages, because the
Zeppelin failed to reach its goal.
With anxiety over the fate of the air
ship and its cargo removed, the prevail
ing sentiment in Fredrichshafen was
one of trying to recover from the stag
gering blow administered to Germany's j
prestige as an aeronautic leader and
from the setback given to lighter-than- |
air craft transportation. I
Nobodv blamed Dr. Eckener and he
was regarded as much a hero in failure .
as in success.
The suggestion of sabotage was made !
also in New York by F. W. von Meister. |
American representative of the airship s j
owners, who said: ”1 have had a lot of ,
experience with those engines. The dis
abling of so many at the same time is
extraordinary. To my mind it suggests
sabotage.”
French bluejackets stood guard to
t Continued on Page 2. Column 6.)
2 DEAD, OTHERS HIT,
DRUNKEN MEN HELD
Racing: Automobile Crashes Into:
Group of School Children
at Play.
Ev the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May 18.—A stolen auto
mobile with a drunken man at the
wheel careened at high speed into a ,
group of children playing in front of
a school last night. Two of the chil- |
dren were killed and two others so se- |
riously hurt they may die. Half a j
dozen others leaped to safety.
Jerome Boyd, 13, and Robert Hem- I
mel, 12, died a few minutes after being j
struck. Le Roy Rousseau. 13. and Har
old O'Grady, 13, were injured.
The car sped on and eluded pursuers
in heavy traffic. Ten minutes later it j
crashed into two automobiles three miles
away and was wrecked. Its occupant I
William Sweeney, 2fi. and Frank O'Dpe.
26. were arrested. Sweeney was driving.
Police said both men were so intoxi- I
cated. neither could talk coherently. |
TWO CENTS.
CHILE GETS ARICA
, ANDPERTITACNAIN
' FINAL AGREEMENT
Terms Announced by Presi
dent Hoover Result of Kel
logg Suggestion Last Year.
| $6,000,000 AND OTHER
I CONCESSIONS MADE
; Conclusion of 46-Year Controversy
Leaves Bolivia Without Desired
Access to Sea.
! By fh* Associated Press.
Tacna and Arica. which have been
called the Alsace-Lorraine of South
America, are to be divided.
After 46 years of international con
troversy, Chile has agreed to return
Tacna to Peru while retaining Arica.
The agreement was reached through
direct negotiations made possible by the
resumption of diplomatic relations be
tween the two government last year at
the suggestion of former Secretary
Kellogg.
As announced by President Hoover,
not as arbiter in the dispute, but at
the request of the two governments,
the agreement does not mention the
demand for a route to the sea which
has been pressed by Bolivia, land
locked since the Chilean victory in the
war of the Pacific which lost Tacna
to Peru.
Bolivia and Peru were allies in that
contest, and the announcement of the
agreement between Chile and Peru
brought a statement from the Bolivian
legation that the questions involved
were still ”far from settled.”
Peru to Get $6,000,000.
Chile, under the agreement, will pay
56.000.000 to Peru and, while retaining
the port of Arica. will construct a port
for Peru on the Bay of Arica. In ad
dition. Peru will receive, without cost,
all public works already constructed in
Tacna, and Chile will retain the Arica-
Tacna Railroad.
Both have agreed to respect private
rights in the two provinces and to
recognize children born there as having
the nationality of their parents until
they are 21, when they will have the
right to choose for themselves the na
tion to which they will swear allegiance.
They also are to erect a monument on
the promontory of Ariac—El Morro de
Arica —to the memory of those who fell
in battle there during the war in which
they were engaged.
Tacna is to be delivered to Peru with
in 30 days, and any disagreement in
establishing the boundary between the
two provinces is to be settled by an ar
biter to be appointed by President Hoo
ver.
Immediately after yesterday’s an
nouncement, the Bolivian legation is
sued a statement which said the entire
question was “far from settled, and it
will not be unless the land-locked con
ditions in which Bolivia had endured
national life since the war of 1879, is
changed.”
Hoover Assistance Offered.
President Hoover, while visiting South
America last year, was advised of the
difficulties which the two nations were
having in reaching a settlement and
agreed to lend all proper assistance in
bringing about a final raprochement on
the question.
Both countries agree to release
.reciprocally any obligations between the
two countries undertaken prior to the
agreement.
After the settlement had been an
nounced, the State Department made
public an exchange of telegrams be
! tween Secretary Stimson and former
! Secretary Kellogg, in which the former
j gave credit to his predecessor for the
successful termination of the dispute.
I “This honorable and highly creditable
| result,” said Kellogg in reply, "is a high
testimonial to the statesmanship of the
Presidents of those countries and
testifies to their devotion to peace and
the Pacific settlement of international
controversies.”
CHILEAN'S OPEN CHAMPAGNE.
Officials Greet Message From Washing
ton of Dispute Settlement.
SANTIAGO, Chile, May 18 <4>).—Offi
cials of the Chilean foreign office drank
champagne with Conrado Rios-Gallar
do. foreign minister, at the foreign of
fice yesterday, when a message from
the Chilean Ambassador at Washington.
Carlos Davila, announced settlement of
the Tacna-Arica dispute.
The foreign minister then hurri°d
to President Ibanez and conveyed to
j him theg lad tidings. There were many
embraces among those connected with
I the official offices.
j The bells of the cathedral chimed in
announcement of the settlement, while
j the carillon of the ancient basilica
tolled the national anthem,
i Under present plans the treaty will
I t Continued on Page 2, Column 1.)
i
WALES AND HAGEN WIN
“MYSTERY” FOURSOME
Sir Victor Sassoon and Aubrey
Boomer, English Star, Defeated
by Two Holes in Match Today.
By the Associated Press.
SWINLEY FOREST. England. May
18.—The Prince of Wales and Walter
I Hagen, American golf star, defeated Sir
I Victor Sassoon and Aubrey Boomer,
■ English star, by two holes in a “mys
i tcry” foursome golf match today.
! The utmost secrecy had been kept re
| garding the match and even people in
the surrounding country #ere unaware
that the prince was golfing in their
midst. There were only some two or
three dozen people to watch the royal
golfer and most of these were clud
caddies.
The club course, which is near Ascot,
i had been kept clear for the prince's
j match. He arrived early before the
other members of the foursome and
played seven holes w ith the Honorable
' Piers Legh, his equerry. About noon
| Hagen. Boomer and Sir Victor arrived
I and the mystery match started.
!
Bank Statements
! Washington clearing house. $5,143,-
; 339 49.
Treasury balance. $140,234,788.42.
New York clearing house exchange,
i $1,431,000,000.
j New York clearing house balance,
I $148,000,000.