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WEATHER.
ft! 5. Weather Bureau Forecast.'
Partly cloudy tonight: tomorrow mostly
cloudy and slightly warmer, with possi
bilities of showers.
Temperatures: Highest. 79. at 2 o.m.
yesterday: lowest, 60. at, 8 a.m. today.
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IMPASSE WED
BY CONFEREES ON
DEBENTURE PLAN
House Members Refuse to
Proceed Without Recession
on Part of Senate.
CONFERENCE TODAY ENDS
AFTER FIFTEEN MINUTES
Representatives Are Adamant and
Will Not Consider Other Phases
of Belief Measure.
The conference on the farm relief
bill broke up today in a deadlock over
the debenture clause inserted in the bill
by the Senate. j
The conferees on the part of the
House after meeting with the Senate's '
representatives for 15 minutes today i
stated flatly they were unwilling to pro- j
reed with a conference on the farm bill j
until the debenture clause had been j
disposed of and until the Senate con- i
ferees were willing to recede on that :
clause.
As matters stand following the meet- i
inc today. Chairman McNary Is author
ized to call the conferees into session
whenever he believes that something
may be accomplished. The House con
ferees have indicated, however, that
they do not care to hold further con
ference until the debenture matter has
been settled.
House Firm.
Senator McNary and the other con
ferees on the part of the Senate again
urged today that the rest of the bill
be considered in conference and agree
ments reached, leaving the debenture
clause for future consideration. This
course the House conferees declined
again to follow.
An argument advanced by the Sena
tors was to the effect that if they had
a perfected bill, with some of the Sen
ate amendments adopted, to lay before
their colleagues in the Senate, it might
be possible to get an agreement elimi
nating the debenture clause. For them
to go back to the Senate after receding
on the debenture clause without first
giving the Senate opportunity to go on
record again in the matter or without
a direct vote on the debenture having
been taken in the House, they said
would get them nowhere.
The House conferees for their part
said they were perfectly willing to go
ahead with the rest of the bill, pro
vided the Senate conferees would first j
agree to report a recession on the de
benture clause. There the matter
stands, with an apparent impasse con
fronting supporters of farm relief legis
lation. It is possible that after a day or
two some plan may be worked out agree
able to both aides w’hich will break the
deadlock. So fkr therCTta* been no in
dication of weakening on the part of
those Senators w’ho demand the de
benture clause.
Early Recess Wanted.
Mixed up in the whole situation is a
growing sentiment in the Senate and
in the House for an early recess of
Congress. One plan on foot would bring
about a recess by June 5, lasting until
September 15. This plan contemplates
the final enactment of the farm relief
law, passage of the tariff bill by the
House, the enactment of the census and
reapportionment law and some disposi
tion of the national origins problem of
immigration quotas. It is doubtful
whether such a program could be car
ried out by June 5. Certainly a change
of sentiment must arise over some of
these measures in the Senate before
such a recess plan can be contemplated.
It would be necessary also to obtain
some agreement for a vote on the
tariff bill in the Senate before the be
ginning of the regular session December i
I. according to Republican leaders. The [
difficulty of obtaining such an agree- |
ment is admitted.
The House has the farm bill in its j
* hands under the parliamentary pro-1
cedure observed at the Capitol. This i
means. Senate leaders say, that it is j
impossible for the Senate conferees even j
to report to the Senate a disagreement j
until after the House has taken some
action. A suggestion was made todav
that possibly a seperate resolution tak
ing the census of the Senate on the !
debenture clause might be offered inj
order to guide the conferees in further |
consideration of the farm bill.
QUAKES JOLT DENMARK.
Shocks of Moderate Intensity Felt
in Various Sections.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 25
(A I ). —Earth shocks of moderate inten
sity were felt in various parts of Den
mark late yesterday.
At Nykobing and Jutland there was
a rather heavy shock at 7:40 p.m., fol- |
lowed by another. Aalborg felt three j
shocks, furniture in the houses in both j
towns was moved.
Woodwork creaked and doors opened 1
at many places in the Thyland district |
and it was feared some houses would i
collapse.
SLAYER GIVEN 30 YEARS, j
J. L. Ball. North Carolinian, j
Charges Victim Attentive to Wife. |
ASHEVILLE. N. C May 25 </P>.—J. L. i
Ball. 47 years old. of Swannanoa, yes- !
terday entered a plea of guilty of second ]
degree murder in Superior Court here
for the slaying of George Harvey, 58. ■
Judge Michael Sehenck, presiding, sen
tenced Ball to 30 years in State prison.
Ball shot Harvey from his bathroom
window as the latter was walking along
a path to the rear of his house. Ball
said attention his wife had been re
ceiving from Harvey formed the motive
for the killing.
Miss Nuthall Wins Surrey Title.
SURBITON. England. May 25 I4 5 ).
Miss Betty Nuthall, English tennis star,
who celebrated her 18th birthday this
week, won the Surrey singles champion
ship todav. winning the finil b\ scorrs
of 7 —s 6—l from Miss Elizabeth Ryan,
American veteran now living in Eng
land.
Bank Statements
Washington clearing house. $4,650,-
*50.20.
Treasury balance. $146,836,720,93.
New York clearing house exchange,
>1.612,000,000.
New York clearing house balance
$143,000,000,
Gen. Caraveo Says
i Revolt Cost Him
Nearly 81,000,000
Loft Practically Penniless
When Mexico Seized
Bank Accounts.
By the Associated Press.
EL PASO. Tex., May 25.—Gen.
1 Marcelo Caraveo, last of the Mexican
rebel commanders to flee across the Rio
Grande and seek safety in the United
States, has issued a statement telling of
his defeat.
The rebel general threee months ago
was Governor of Chihuahua and was
the largest land and mine owner in
Northern Mexico. Today he is broke
and haggard in health.
Gen. Caraveo said he gave up when
Gen. J. G. Escobar left Mexico with
several hundred thousand dollars.
When Caraveo revolted he had nearly
j $1,000,000 in numerous banks through-'
out Mexico. Shortly after the revolu
tion began he drew heavily upon his
finances to pay troops and to secure
munitions. He was forced to pay ex
orbitant prices because the arms and
ammunition were smuggled into Mex
j ico.
Left Practically Penniless.
Following his defeats at Jimenez and ;
j Malpais, he found his bank accounts I
{ had been confiscated by the federal 1
j government. He was left practically l
' penniless.
After the battle of Malpais. the gen- j
j eral ordered his men to split into small j
' groups and enter Casas Grandes.
i federal stronghold, and surrender. He j
told them it was useless to continue, as '
j they were without funds and ammuni- j
tion.
The general, accompanied by Gen.
Aguitin de la Vaga and Col. Jose Chavez,
left Malpais on horseback.
Suffered Many Hardships.
Accustomed to all luxuries that
wealth brought, he was forced to go
I without food and suffered many hard
ships. Tire three men abandoned their
horses and walked across the desert
country south of Juarez.
At his home here with his wife, he
showed tte effects of the journey.
United States immigration officers to
day had not completed investigating
his status as a political refugee.
NATSAND MACKS
TIED, 44, IN 10TH
Mack’s Crew Jumps Into Lead
With Orgy of Four Runs
in Third.
BY JOHN B. KELLER.
PHILADELPHIA, May 35.—The
Nationals and the Athletics were tied
in the tenth inning here this afternoon.
The score was 4 to 4.
Fred Marberry and the left-hander
Grove were the mound rivals for the
wind-up game of the series here.
Weather conditions were ideal and
about 22,000 fans turned out for the
contest.
Sam Jones, pitcher who hurt left
side during the first game of the New
York double-header Wednesday, failed
to improve here and left this morning
for Washington. He was to undergo an
examination by the club doctor this
afternoon. The exact nature of his in
jury has not been determined.
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON—Dykes threw out
Myer. Bishop threw out Rice. Dykes
made a good stop and threw out Gos
lin. No runs.
PHILADELPHIA—Myer threw out
Bishop. Haas flied to Goslin. Cochrane
flied to West. No runs.
SECOND INNING.
I WASHINGTON—Judge flied to Haas,
i West fanned. Bluege fanned. No runs.
! PHILADELPHIA Simmons singled
I to left center. Hale flied to Rice. Foxx
I singled to left center, sending Simmons
I to third. Marberry knocked down Mil-
I ler’s drive and Simmons was run down,
Marberry to Ruel to Myer to Marberry,
j Foxx took third and Miller second on
the play. Myer was hurt when Simmons
ran into him, but resumed play. Dykes
j fouled to Myer. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
I WASHINGTON—Dykes threw out
! Ruel. Cronin walked. Marberry fanned.
Myer popped to Dykes back of third i
base. No runs.
PHILADELPHIA —Grove got a single
that Bluege knocked down at the edge
: of the grass. Bishop singled to right,
sending Grove to second. Haas singled
to right, filling the bases. Grove stopped
running when he got to third. Coch
rane doubled to right, scoring Grove
and Bishop, while Haas stopped at
third. Simmons flied to West. Haas
scored and Cochrane took third after
the catch. Hale filed to Rice and Coch
rane scored after the catch. Foxx put
I up a higo one to Bluege. Four runs.
FOURTH INNING.
! WASHINGTON— Rice was safe when
I Dykes made a low throw to first for
j an error. Goslin singled to right, send-
I ing Rice to second. Judge grounded out
| to Foxx. West fanned. Hale threw out
i Bluege No runs.
PHILADELPHIA—Cronin threw out
I Miller. Dykes flied to Myer. Grove foul
ed to Myer. No runs.
•FIFTH INNING.
, WASHINGTON—RueI walked. Cronin
I lined to Miller. Marberry forced Ruel.
' Dykes to Bishop. Ruel fell over Bishop
i as he went into the base, but no one
| was hurt. Myer, trying to duck a pitch,
I fouled into left and Simmons caught it.
I No runs.
j PHILADELPHIA Marberry threw
j out Bishop. Haas went out. Judge to
(Continued on Page 2. Column 1.)
T was Hard to Untangle, He Knew, So
Judge Jails All Three Named Caruso
I
! Ey the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May 25.—1 f it please the j
' court—and it didn't—yesterday was !
Caruso day for Judge William J Lind- J
| say. Hr wound up by ordering to jail
j all the Carusos within sound of his !
; voice.
1 Two cases involving Carusos were on i
the docket. Frank Caruso was charged
with robbery. Dominick Caruso, charg
ed with burglar, was seeking probation.
Judge Lindsay spoke.
"Who is the defendant here?”
The two Carusos chorused: “I, I,
sir."
, ‘ One of you,” said the court, ‘‘is
i laboring under a misapprehension.
• Where is the lawyer for Frank Caruso?”
iiere, salfl attorneys Arnold Ehr
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V J WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1929 —THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. *
FORT WORTH PLANE
WITHIN REACH OE
ENDURANCE MARK
Passes 139th Hour in Air
Early Today and Still
Going Strong.
WILL EQUAL QUESTION
MARK’S RECORD AT 7:14
Pilots Consider Plan to Continue
Plight to See How Long Craft
Can Remain Aloft.
By the Associated Press.
FORT WORTH. Tex.. May 25.—The
endurance monoplane Fort Worth com
pleted its 139th hour in the air at 6:33
o’clock this morning.
Enough gasoline and oil were taken
| aboard this morning to keep it aloft j
i the remaining hours required to break
the endurance record of 150 hours 40 !
* minutes and 15 seconds held by the I
i Army airplane Question Mark.
With less than 12 hours to go. the ;
j fifteenth successful contact was made
j with the refueling ship and 110 gallons
!of gasoline and 4' 2 gallons of oil were
transferred.
May Add 12 Hours.
Interest today centered around
whether the aviators would request an
other refueling. If not. observers said,!
the Forth Worth may land soon after I
the record is broken at 7:33 p.m. If i
the refueling is requested, it will in-!
dicate that the aviators intend to add i
at least 12 hours to the record.
If successful in breaking the Army
plane's record, the two civilian pilots,
R. L. Robbins and James Kelly, prob
ably will sail onward to answer the
question put to the Question Mark on
its flight—How long can an airplane
stay in the air?
Robbins and Kelly said when they
took off at 11:33 a.m. last Sunday that
they would stay up until the motor
fails.
The Fort Worth already has beaten
the dirigible endurance record of 118
hours made by the ill-fated French
Dixmude and the distance record of
the German Graf Zeppelin, which
covered 6.500 miles in 111 hours and
46 minutes on its limping voyage to
America from Friedrichshafen last Fall
It is estimated the Fort Worth already
had flown between 10,000 and 12,000
miles, nearly half way around the
earth, and if still in the air tonight will
have flown farther than the Question
Mark.
Beat Belgians.
The record of 60 hours and 7 min
utes set last July by Adjt. Louis Crooy
and Sergt. Victor Croenen of Belgium
was surpassed by the Fort Worth on
the third day of its flight.
Robbins and Kelly are keeping their
monoplane close to Meachem Field,
their base, during the remainder of the
flight to protect records already sur
passed. Records would not be recog
nized as official unless the ship lands
at the same field from which it took
off.
The plane was refueled twice last
night. 120 gallons of gasoline being
transferred in the two contacts with the
auxiliary ship piloted by K. K. Hoffman
and H. S. Jones. Food, letters and news- I
papers were lowered to the pilots.
Raise Prize Fund.
Robbins, who owns the plane, and
Kelly have had little financial assist
ance in the flight. Since their take-off.
however, the Fort Worth Association of
Commerce announced it would raise
$16,000 to be presented the flyers if they
are successful. Robbins and Kelly would
.receive $5,500 each and Hoffman and
Jones of the auxiliary ship each would
receive $2,500.
Robbins, an automobile mechanic,
learned to fly by hanging around an
airfield. Kelly left a West Texas ranch 1
to attend an aviation school here, and
earned a pilot’s license seven weeks ago.
Robbins purchased the Fort Worth
second-handed. It is not certain how
many hours its motor had been run bp
fore he obtained it, but he had flown it
500 hours before beginning the endur
ance flight. The motor is of the Whirl
wind type in Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's
famous Spirit of St. Louis.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT PLANNED.
Three Musketeers to Make Third Effort
to Set Endurance Record.
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y„ May 25
UP). —Promoters of the attempts of the
monoplane Three Musketeers to estab
lish a new endurance flight record
conferred with the three pilots of the
craft today, and later announced a
third effort would be made next week,
possibly Tuesday, and at a field other
than Roosevelt.
Martin Jensen will command the
next effort. Although H. B. Clarke and
William Ulrich, who were associate
pilots with Jensen on the previous at
tempts, were at today’s conference, it
was not stated whether they would
continue to be members of the crew.
Clarke landed the plane last night
against the wishes of Jensen, who said
he would have repaired the damaged
fuselage, which forced the landing, just
like he had fixed a troublesome gas
tank and motor while the plane was in
flight Wednesday night and yester
day.
The efforts of the “Three Musketeers”
to establish a new record are being
backed partly by Inventors of a cer
tain device with which gasoline and
food is picked up by the plane in flight.
! lick and James Burke, in concert.
! At this point another man stepped
forward.
“Did I hear someone say Caruso?”
He asked. “I am Caruso.”
“I presume,” said the court with a
j faint touch of sarcasm. “That yau are
j Robinson Caruso, the one they wrote
' the book about.”
“Not that I know of.” sand Caruso
111. “Although I may be wrong. My
name is Frank.”
"This has gone far enough,” said
thr court. "Be off to jail, all of you.”
Suiting action to the word, he re
fused Dominick’s request for probation,
revoked the bond of the first Frank
Caruso and sent the other Frank back
to jail, where he had been for auite
some time an#waj.
THE TRADITIONAL JINX UP TO DATE!
VARE FILES DENIAL
OF FRAUD CHARGES
I j
l
| Attorney Says Contestant for
! Senate Seat Fails to Prove
Corrupt Voting.
By the Associated Press.
Answering charges of fraud in the j
1926 Pennsylvania senatorial election,
Edward A. Kelly, of counsel for Sen
ator-elect William S. Vare, Republican.;
today began a summation of arguments j
against the claim of William B. Wil- j
son to Vare's seat in the Senate.
Kelly declared before a’ Senate sub- i
committee considering the contest that
Wilson had failed to prove that “dead
men voted in Philadelphia,” that there
was no evidence of conspiracy in the
printing of the ballots used in the elec
tion, and that charges that more than
one ballot had been used by Individual
voters were unfounded.
Challenges Opponents for Proof.
“I challenge my opponents to point j
to any dead man who voted in the elec- ’
tion,” Kelly said.
“Is there any evidence to prove that
the Dunlap Printing Co. contributed
funds to this alleged conspiracy to elect
Vare?” Chairman Waterman asked.
“Not a word,” Kelly answered.
The Dunlap Co. has had the contract
for printing ballots in Philadelphia since
1895.
Failure of election officials to return
unused ballots, as required by Pennsyl
vania law, Kelly said, was a "thing
likely to happen, no matter how honest
the officials were.”
Charge Classed as "Absurd.”
The charge that more than one bal
lot was furnished to "repeaters.” Kelly
characterized as “absurd.”
Kelly had completed the reading of
only a small portion of a voluminous
brief when the committee adjourned
until Tuesday. Kelly will conclude
the case for Vare then.
SIO,OOO TAKEN IN THIRD
HOLD-UP IN NEW JERSEY
Contractor's Loss to Three Gunmen
Makes $40,807 Total, Report
North Plainfield Police.
By the Associated Press.
NEWARK. N. J.. May 25.—The third
hold-up in the metropolitan section of
North Jersey in less than 24 hours was
reported by North Plainfield authorities
today. William Stites, a contractor, was
held up on a road and robbed of SIO,OOO
in cash by three gunmen.
The robbery which Stites reported
brought the total stolen since yesterday
to $40,780.
Four gunmen escaped with a $3,500
pay roll from the offices of Morrison &
Sherman, contractors, in Elizabeth this
morning and a gang of five raided the
East Orange Trust Co. yesterday, steal
ing $27,820.
ROANOKE FIRE DAMAGE
PLACED AT $500,000
Blaze Which Raged in Three Build
ings Last Night Is Brought
Under Control.
By the Associated Press.
ROANOKE. Va„ May 25.—Fire which
raged in three buildings on wholesale
row here last night, causing damage
estimated by property owners at $500,-
000 was under control early today.
Firemen today were pouring water
into the burned structures, but the fire
chief said that there was little, threat
of renewed outbreak. Origin of the fire
is unknown. Two alarms, almost simul
taneously were sounded at 10:40 p.m.
The blaze was fought for three hours
before checked.
BERLIN GOLF PRO LEADS
IN GERMAN TOURNAMENT
Percy Alliss Spins Card of 70, Hor- |
ton Smith Second With a
Score of 71.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN. May 25.—Percy Alliss, who
is the home professional, although an
Englishman, took the lead in the first
18 holes of the German open golf
championship qualifying round today
with a card of 70. Horton Smith, young
American winner of the French pro
title, had a 71. Walter Hagen and
Johnny Farrell each scored 72: Ed Dud
ley, 73, and Joe Tumesa, 74.
‘Wrong Number' Saves
Family of Eight From
Asphyxiation Death
NEW YORK. May 25
“wrong number” today saved n
family of eight from death by gas
poisoning.
William Banks was aroused at
his Brooklyn home early today by
the telephone ringing. Answering
it he discovered the party at the
other end had been given the
wrong number. He also discover
ed that the house was filled with
gas. Mrs. Banks had forgotten to
turn off a gas heater when the
family went to bed and the flame
had gone out.
Banks and their six children
were treated at home by ambu
lance surgeons. The mother is in
the hospital, but is expected to
recover.
CONDITIONS IDEAL j
FOR CURTISS DACE
24 Planes Will Go to Post
at 3 O’clock This
Afternoon.
Ideal weather conditions augured suc
cess for the Curtiss Marine Trophy air
race this afternoon, in which 24 Navy
and Marine Corps pilots will compete
in five classes of planes over a 20-mile
loop along the Potomac River, stretch
ing from the Anacostia Naval Air
Station home pylon to a point near the
mouth of Plscataway Creek.
The race will start and end at the
big black and yellow checked pylon;
mounted on a barge in the channel be- j
tween the Anacostia Naval Air Station
and the Army War College, affording
spectators not only at the Anacostia
Station, but on the War College point |
and on Hains Point a good view of the
race.
Hoover Will Not Attend.
President Hoover, who had been ex
pected to attend the race, will not be
on hand, it was indicated at the White
House today, a previously planned week
end trip taking him into Maryland this
afternoon. However, members of the
cabinet, high ranking Army and Navy
officers and the diplomatic corps are ex
pected to be on hand for one of the most
spectacular of air races.
All of the planes entered in the race
were reported in tip-top condition for
the test of 100 miles at top speed to
which they will be put this afternoon.
The race will begin at 3 o'clock, when
the .training planes, the slowest serv
ice ships of the Navy, will take off
across the starting line in formation,
to be followed at two-minute intervals
by the torpedo planes, the amphibians,
the observation ships and the hawks,
or fighting ships, in that order.
Prior to the race, however, there will
be a display of aerial acrobatics by
Lieut. Alford J. Williams, Navy stunt
ing ace, and Capt. F. O. Rogers. N. S.
Marine Corps stunt pilot. Lieut. Wil
liams, in addition to performing out
side loops and outside turns around the
finish pylon, plans to make an inverted
glide to a landing, coming down with
the plane upside down and righting the
ship when a few feet from the water.
Five to Make Jumps.
Another prerace attraction will be I
ihr descent of five enlisted nten via the
parachute route from the Navy’s big
tri-motored transport plane. The pro
gram of stunting begins at 2:30 o’clock.
Amplifiers have been installed on the
station and the spectators will be in
formed of the progress of the race as
each lap is run. with official data on
time and speed of the planes compiled
as the race is being run by a corps of
timers supplied py the Aero Club of
Washington Chapter of the National
Aeronautic Association. The N. A. A.
annually sponsors the race.
Lieut. Comdr. D. C. Watson, com
mandant of the Anacostia Naval Air
Station, announced today that the sta
tion will be open to the public and all
the planes at the station will be placed
on display, with competent men on
hand to answer questions.
The fighting plane pilots, to whom
the race is conceded, are confident they
will break the mark of 157.46 miles an
hour for the distance, set last year by
Maj. C. A. Lutz, winner of the race.
Maj. Lutz, a Marine Corps pilot, was
killed in an air crash a few days after
winning the race in attempting a non
stop flight to Nicaragua.
Secretary Adams arranged to view the
races and then prepared to leave Wash
! ington for a few days’ trip in New
i England. The Naval Secretary proposes
to attend the graduation exercises at i
the Naval War College at Newport, R. 1.,
on Tuesday and expects to return about
the middle of the week to the Capital.
State News, Page 6
i MARYLAND OUTING
' AMTS HOOVER
Plans to Fish for Trout and
Return to White House
T onight.
President Hoover is enjoying another
Saturday outing in Maryland, where he
! expects to do some trout fishing and
picnicking in the woods, but will
return to the White House tonight.
Accompanied by Mrs. Hoover and
Secretary of War Good and Mrs. Good
and Lawrence Richey, one of his sccre
! taries, Mr. Hoover left the White House
shortly before noon today with the Ca
toctin Furnace fishing preserve, belong
| ing to Secretary Richey, as his objective.
During the afternoon the President ex
pects to visit an old farmhouse near
Windsor. Md., in which he has been
given to understand one of his ancestors
lived many years ago.
It was the President’s intention to
get away from the White House as early
as possible today, but he was prevented
from doing so on account of a long
conference with Secretary of State
Stimson. The latter called at the
White House before 9:30 and was
closeted with the Executive for two
hours. It was not divulged afterward
just what called for this long confer
ence, but there was an intimation that
the German reparation situation was
' discussed. Because of this conference
the President was prevented from going
to the rear grounds to watch the match
games between the Davis Cup and
Japanese tennis stars, who have been
contesting at the Chevy Chase Club.
The players, after finishing their games,
waited to be presented to him and at
his request, a group photograph was
' taken in the rear grounds.
AUTO HEIRESS WED
IN ENGLISH CAPITAL
Miss Virginia Willys Bride of
South American in Lon
don Ceremony.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. May 25.—Miss Virginia
Willys. daughter of the Ohio automo
bile manufacturer, was married to Luis
Marcenino de Aguirre of Buenos Aires
at the Henrietta street register office
this morning. A religious ceremony at
Savoy Chapel followed.
A large number of the bride’s Ameri
can friends attended the religious cere
mony, which was conducted by the
Rev Henry Young of the Savoy Chapel.
Mme. Marta de Vicuna, who attended
the bride as matron of honor, wore
green 3ilk. with a large hat of beige,
contrasting with the bride’s white satin
and veil ot antique rose point lace.
On leaving the church the bride and
bridegroom’s car was caught in a traf
fic block, during which it was almost
mobbed, some of the eager spectators
even mounting the running board and
peering in at the smiling bride.
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MAKES UP FOR WEIGHT.
Baby, 2 1-2 Pounds When Born,
Has Nine Living Grandparents.
HICKORY. N. C.. May 25 (4>).—Little
Doris Stevens, month-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wellingworth Stevens,
weighed only 2' 2 pounds when she was
born, on April 17. but her nine living
grandparents declare she made up
in ancestors what she lacked in pounds.
The child has the following living
grandparents: Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Stevens, of Hickory: Mr. and Mrs. G.
H. Yount, of Granite Falls: great-grand
parents, Mrs. C. P. Stevens, of John
ston, Vt.; E. E. Wurvhorn. Troy, Vt.. and
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Beach, West Hick
ory. and one great-great-grandparent,
J. H. Jones, Ferguson.
Election, Without Candidates,
Begun for Mayor at Salary of $lO a Year
Special Dupatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md.. May 25.
I Keedysvilic, where a special election for
mayor is being held today, is in a
' quandary, for every available candidate
1 has positively declined to accept the
nomination, most of them because the
post only pays $lO annually.
Mayor C. H. Wyand. who has held
the office for several years, recently an
nounced he was not a candidate to suc
ceed himself, so A. H. 9navely was
chosen at the annual election several
weeks ago. But Mayor-elect Snavely
refused to accept the post. As a result
Mayor Wyand found himself with the
«(&ce on tais hands tor another year.
The only evening paper
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U. S. WILL NOT ASK
DIPLOMATS TO GIVE
UP LIQUOR RIGHTS
Foreign Envoys Regarded as
Occupying Own Soil and
Immune Under Law.
PRESIDENT TO STUDY
LETTER OF SIR ESME
British Ambassador's Offer of
Waiving: Privilege Had Been
Sent Him by Virginian.
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.
It can be stated on high authority
that the Hoover administration is not
minded to suggest that the foreign dip
lomatic corps In Washington take to
the water wagon. The view prevalent
! at the White House and State De
! partment is that. Ambassadors and Min-
I tsters accredited to the United States
■ are occupants of ‘ home soil”; i. e.. the ;
j territory et their own respective coun- :
tries. As such, officials hold that the
I foreign envoys are entitled to model
their conduct and habits on their resi
! dential premises strictly according to
i their own wishes. They are looked I
! upon, in other words, as masters in '
I their own houses.
1 1 The question, which has again become \
j current because of a letter written by
I! Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassa
| dor, to a Virginia prohibitionist, was
j brought to the forefront early in April
I j by developments in high Washington
II society circles. A famous host and
1 hostess had just astonished the thirsty
! natives by serving a bone-dry Easter
| breakfast, the first arid feast in the
family's history.
■Willingness to Conform.
Occasion was thereupon taken to as-
I certain whether the Washington diplo
matic corps, which constitutes one of
i the Capital’s most exclusive social sets,
l would follow the. lead given by the
household in question. It developed that
leaders of the corps were prepared to |
submit the suggestion to their colleagues
[ for consideration and decision.
i Authorized spokesmen of the envoys
; group said they believed many of their
confreres would glady quit serving liquor
at public functions if a hint, requesting
them to do so were to emanate from
some responsible American quarters. It
was intimated, at the same time, that
L the diplomatic corps is far from being
. a unit on the question. Some members
say outright they would continue to
' live according to their own customs, no
matter if the American Government
should ask them to do otherwise—un
■ less, of course, a. law- were passed with
drawing diplomats’ liquor-exporting
privileges.
The custom of continuing to allow
foreign envoys to bring alcoholic bever
ages into the United States, despite the
eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stead act. rests on the century-old
extra-territorial privileges accorded offi
cial foreigners on our soil. Our own
emissaries abroad —Ambassadors and
Ministers —enioy corresponding priv
ileges in the countries where they arc
cn duty.
Import Privilege Question.
I They are not subject to tariff laws.
; iust as diplomatic folk coming into
| the United States are not required to
pay duty on things they care to bring j
into this country.
When Uncle Sam adopted prohibi- i
tion. the question of making the diplo- j
matic corps abandon its import privi- j
lege, as far as drinkables are concerned, j
was agitated and in many quarters was :
vigorously advocated. But there appears j
to be no sentiment in Washington at !
present in favor of depriving the en- |
voys of their ancient right to slake their <
thirsts with the wines (and whiskies» I
of their respective countries.
It has been suggested, as a compro
mise proposition, that the diplomatic
corps might be induced, as a gesture
to ’ dry America.” to serve no liquor at
larger affairs like formal luncheons,
dinners and receptions, and confine the
dispensing of drinks to their own pri
vate tables. The diplomats’ attitude
toward this proposal as one of them put
~tContinued on Page 2, Column 3j
IMMIGRATION DEBATE j
IN AIR FORUM TONIGHT;
Senator Nye to Speak Against 1
National Origins Clause, Which
Box Will Uphold.
I
| A friend in the House and a foe in
the Senate will debate the national
origins clause of the immigration act
over the National Radio Forum hook
up tonight, as arranged by The Star j
| and sponsored by the Columbia Broad- j
casting Co.
The discussion will begin at 10
o’clock. The clause Is scheduled to be- |
come effective July 1. unless Congress
reverses its previous action, as recom- '
mended by President Hoover.
The provision will be criticised by j
Senator Nye of Nort£ Dakota. Repub
lican. author of the resolution to repeal I
the clause, while Representative Box of j
Texas, a Democratic member of the j
House committee on immigration, will !
speak in favor of it. Existing quotas
are based on the census of 1890.
Both speakers have been active in
formulating immigration legislation.
But the mayor was just as determined
as Snavely was not to serve, so he call
ed a special election for today.
The town has been canvassed for a
candidate, but no one had been found
when the time for the poll to open ar
rived. The voters are determined, it is
said, tint Wyand remain, but it is un
derstcch ' Myor Wyand is not going to
serve i -elected. All of the other
town r ;. including assistant mayor
and ih mmlssioners named at the
regular lon, have accepted and
have ta!c~:i the oath of office.
Radio Programs—Pa£e 22
TWO
ZONE ORATORICAL
WINNERS WAITING
CONTEST TONIGHT
Eight Regional Champions
Will Compete for Na
tional Award.
SUPREME COURT JUDGES
TO NAME BEST SPEAKER
Formal Oration by Senator Bess
Will Open Program at Wash
ington Auditorium.
Excited and calm, each according to
his own temperament, five boy 6 and
thre girls are biding their tme ths
afternoon as they await the start of
the Sixth National Oratorical Contest
finals at the Washington Auditorium
at 8 o'clock tonight.
The meet, which climaxes a series of
intensive, elimination contests staged
! among 2,300,000 high school boys and
! girls the length and breadth of the
Nation during the last six months, will
determine which of the eight regional
winners will represent the United
States in the international finals here
| next Fall.
As Contestants Appear.
j The contestants and their respective
; orations follow in the order in which
they will speak on the Auditorium stage
tonight:
Miss Lucille Fletcher of Brooklyn,
N. Y., champion of the New York zone,
‘The Constitution: A Guarantee of
the Personal Liberty of the Individual”:
James Leonard Butsch of St. John’s
College, champion of The Star’s con
test area of the District of Columbia,
Maryland and Virginia. “The Consti
tution and the Individual”:
Lee Miller of Maywood, 111., cham
pion of the Chicago zone, America’s
Contribution to Constitutional Govern
ment”;
Miss Katherine Marshall of Quanah,
Tex., champion of the Southern zone,
“The Significance of the Constitu-
I tion”:
Ben Swofford of Kansas City, Mo.,
champion of the Midwest zone, “The
American Constitution and T ts
Framers':
Howard Finch of Battle Creek. Mich.,
champion of the Eastern zone. “The
Constitution and What It Embodies.”
Miss Elizabeth V. Corey of Portland,
Me., champion of the Northeast zone,
“Hoover and the Constitution.”
Wilbur Thibault of Portland. Oreg.,
champion of the Western zone, “The
Constitution Today.”
Contest Judges.
In their bids for the national cham
pionship and the accompanying hand
some silver trophy, the contestants will
be judged by five members of the high
est tribunal in the United States, the
Supreme Court. The eminent jurists
who will sit in judgment upon the ora
tory will be Justice Willis Van Devan
ter. Justice James Clark Mcßeynolds,
Justice Pierce Butler. Justice Edward
Terry Sanford and Justice Harlan F.
Stone.
The meeting itself will be opened by
Randolph Leigh, director general of the
contest, who will introduce Senator S.
Fess of Ohio. Senator Fess will deliver
the formal oration of the contest, and
following a selection by the United
States Marine Band Orchestra under
i the leadership of Capt. Taylor Branson,
j the first contestant will take the stage.
Last to Arrive.
' Even while the final preparations for
I tonight’s meeting were being completed
: this morning the last of the eight con
| testants to reach Washington arrived
ai Union Station at 10:10 o'clock. She
| was Miss Katherine Marshall of
Quanah. Tex., who, notified she was to
I speak only four hours before she could
i board the only train which would get
her to Washington in time for the meet
ing. made a dash across the continent
to fill a breach caused by the with
drawal from the contest of Beverly
Chancellor of Stanford. Ky.
Miss Marshall told the exciting story
of her start for the contes upon he
arrival this morning. She had left
her home at Quanah for a 10-day au
tomobile trip and was one day out
i when the telegram summoning her tc
I forensic battle reached her home. Bc
-1 tween the Star-Telegram, newspaper
sponsor of the contest at Fort Worth,
and her parents, she was located at
Fort Worth in a doctor’s office, where
she had gone with a friend whose
eyes were to be tested. The news that
she was not only to enter the national
finals but that she would go on the
three-month South American tour
stunned her. Every minute counted
but her mother, Mrs. J. C. Marshall
started action when she left their
Quanah home for Fort Worth with ad
ditions to the orator’s automobile tour
wardrobe.
In four hours, after friends, relatives
and oratorical boosters had helped her
pack, she had abandoned the tour and
(Continued on Page 2. Column 7.)
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
ANXIETY LESSENED
Engineers Believe Worst Dangeri
on Hiver and Tributaries
Passed for Present.
By the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. May 25.—Engi
neers today believed that the worst dan
gers of high water on the Mississipp
and its tributaries have passed for the
present.
Supervisors of the men re-enforcinj
the strategic Mounds Landing levee
which protects three Mississippi delti
counties, announced that an emergency
embankment around the weakest spoti
had been completed. Maj. John C. H
Lee of the Army District Levee Com
mission has notified Gov. Bilbo of Mis
sissippi that fears for the levee's safety
were exaggerated.
June rises predicted for the lowei
Mississippi apparently brought no dis
couragement to the engineers to whon
the present stationary stage at Memphii
end a oossible early fall offered even
hope that a repetition of the 1927 flexx
disaster at and around GreenvUle woul«
be prevented.
Similar reports came from the St
Francis River in Missouri and the Red
Arkansas and White Rivers in Arkansas
Most of the tributaries were stationary
or falling.-