WEATHER.
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Fair and continued cool tonight; to
morrow fair; slightly warmer in the
afternoon.
Temperatures: Highest, 76. at 2:40
p.m. yesterday; lowest. 55, at 5 a.m.
today. Full report on page 5.
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BRITISH LEND AID
TO PEACE EFFORTS
AS CHINA PROMISES
TO ABIDE BY PACT
Border Incidents Main Dan
ger, as Both Disputants
• ■
Disavow Any Intention of
Invading Other’s Territory.;
EACH FULLY CONSCIOUS
OF DUTIES AS SIGNERS!
Reports of Russian Troops Crossing!
Frontier at Manchuria Received j
in France Moscow Reports ;
Rush of Workers to Join Red
Army “to Defend Union.’’
Mr the Associated Press.
French Ambassador Claudel
delivered to the State Depart
ment today a message fronj
Foreign Minister Briand of
France to Secretary Stimson
concerning the Sino-Soviet dif
ficulties in Manchuria.
fev the Associated Press.
The great powers today were
Working actively to avert war in
Manchuria between China and
1 Russia, the Kellogg pact being one
of the chief mediums through
Which this was in progress.
Great Britain joined France and
the United States in seeking to
bring about relaxation of the ten
sion “by friendly advice.”
Both China and Russia an
nounced they were fully conscious
of their obligations under the
noted Kellogg pact, and intended
to observe them, but that an in
, vasion would mean military re
sistance and war.
China and Russia disavowed
any intention of invading the
other, but it was clearly recog
nized that border incidents con
stituted the chief danger to peace.
French consular authorities at Shang- !
hai said that Harbin reports told of i
Russian troops crossing the Manchurian j
border at the eastern enu ol the Chinese j
Eastern Railway.
Previous dispatches that this was the !
case met with denial in Moscow and
there was no authentic information that
either China or Russia had invaded
each other's territory.
Russian dispatches told of a rush
of workers to join the Red Army “to
defend the union against China.”
Nankin reports in London indicated
that, the Chinese minister in Finland
would go to Moscow' in order to dis
v cuss the situation with the Soviet gov
ernment.
American officials at Washington ex
pected the Kellogg pact to exert a pro
_ found influence toward peaceful settle
ment of the controversy.
Message From Briand.
French Ambassador Claudel delivered
to the State Department today a mes
sage from Foreign Minister Briand of
France to Secretary Stimson concerning
the Sino-Soviet difficulties in Man
churia.
The French embassy stated that so
far the Paris foreign office has not
communicated to it a reply from the
• Moscow government to Secretary Stim
son’s action in calling to the attention
of the Soviet the fact that it has ad
hered to the general pact for renun
ciation of war.
France is closely co-operating with
the United States in the effort to avoid
hostilities between China and the Soviet.
It is expected that several communi
cations will pass between Secretary
Stimson and Minister Briand before the
question is settled.
Claudel and Johnson Confer.
Ambassador Claudel, in the absence of
Secretary Stimson and Undersecretary
Cotton, conferred with Assistant Secre
tary Nelson T. Johnson, who has been
In charge of the Sino-Soviet troubles so
far as this Government is concerned.
Mr. Johnson w'ill immediately trans
mit the Briafnd message to Secretary
Stimson upon his return to Washing
ton this afternoon from the Virginia
vacation retreat o's President Hoover.
The President and Mr. Stimson dis
cussed the situation between China and
Russia during the overnight visit of the
Secretary of State to the fiishing pre
serve.
Chinese Kuomin News Agency dis
patches made public in New York de
nied that the seizure or the Chinese
Eastern Railway meant that similar
action would be taken against other
foreign interests in China.
CHINA TO ABIDE BY PACT.
Promises Adherence Unless Soviet
Troops Invade Manchuria.
By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI. July 20—China has not
. forgotten the Kellogg anti-war pact, to
which it is a signatory. C. T. Wang,
foreign minister of the Chinese repub
lic. said today. He added, however,
“any move on the part of the Soviet to
place troops within Manchuria will be
viewed by the Chinese people and gov
ernment as an act of war.”
The foreign minister, w'ho left at 1
p.m. for Nanking to confer with Presi
dent Chiang Kai-Shek, declared:
"The situation is serious. However,
it is not to be interpreted that we have
abandoned hope for a peaceful settle
ment.
No Desire to Invade Russia.
“China does not desire to invade Rus
sian territory, however. She has been
forced to take precautionary measures,
as the attitude and intentions of the
Soviet have not yet been clearly in
dicated. despite the fact the Soviet is
a signatory to the Kellogg pact, as well
as China.”
“China will adhere to the letter and
the spirit of the Kellogg pact in seek
ing settlement of the Sino-Russian
crisis, of which China desires a peace
ful solution. This means we will ex
*■ haust every possible peaceful means be
fore we take up arms against the
. Soviet.”
With reference to the severance of
relations between the two governments
he said: “Strictly speaking we should
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OFFICER HOLDS HE AND FRIEND
“MADE GOATS” IN TRAFFIC MISHAP
Col. George Williams Asserts
Miss Smith’s Car Did Not
Strike Woman.
Is Seeking Witnesses to Tes
tify That Machine Stopped
15 Feet From Victim.
Declaring that he and Miss Margaret
! M. Smith of Riverdale, Md., have been
: “made the goats” for performing an
i “act of humanity,” Col. Ggprge Wil
! limns, war hero and member of the War
| Department general staff, today as
serted that an automobile other than
the one in which he and Miss Smith
were riding struck and critically in
jured Mrs. Elizabeth W. Williams. 49.
! in front of her home at 2706 Bladens
i burg road last night,
j Col. Williams stated he is seeking
! witnesses who will testify that the car
i driven by Miss Smith, 30-year-old clerk
' in the Bureau of Foreign and Domes
[ tic Commerce, was stopped 15 or 20 j
I feet away from the prostrate form of
; Mrs. Williams.
Williams Says Car Stopped.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn of 2623 Bladens
burg road, was less seriously injured and
also was lying in the road near Mrs.
Williams, when Miss Smith’s automo-*
bile approached and stopped, according
to the statement of Col. Williams at his
office in the War Department today.
Miss Smith was arrested by police
who appeared at the scene and were
told that she had been driving the car
which knocked down the women. She
was taken to the house of detention, but
was released later in the custody of her
attorney. Col. Ashby Williams.
"Investigation” is recorded opposite
her name on the police records at the
twelfth precinct, where it was said fur
ther action would await the outcome of
Mrs. Williams’ injuries.
Sought to Take Blame.
After the arrival of the police, Col.
Williams took the wheel of Miss Smith’s
car and drove it to the twelfth precinct
station, where he announced that he
had been operating the automobile
when the injured women were “sighted
on the road ahead.” Col. Williams ex
plained today he sought merely “to
relieve Miss Smith of any embarrass
ment,” when it became apparent the
police believed her car was to blame for
the accident.
“Miss Smith promptly told the police
that I had not spoken the truth,” the
officer stated, “and she convinced them .
she had been the actual operator. In
telling the police what I did I consid- :
ered that I was doing what any gentle
man would do under the circumstances.” i
Spied Forms in Road.
“This is what one gets for doing the ,
i humane thing,” Col. Williams lamented.
“I will swear before God that our car ,
did not hit anv one. We were driving j
north on Bladensburg road when we
suddenly spied the forms in the road i
ahead. Two other cars had passed the j
! spot just ahead of us. and I think it
i must have been one of those machines i
; that hit them. They did not stop. I :
"When Miss Smith halted the car, 1 1
! the two women were sprawled on the I:
j highway at least 15 or 20 feet ihead. j
There were witnesses who know that
to be a fact, and when I saw that Eome j
of the members of the crowd that gath- !
ered were inclined to hold us respon- ;
sible, I called to the attention of one
man the position of our car with re- I
spect to the bodies. I failed to get his
name because I had no idea then ihe
police would blame us for the accident. |
“Suspicion was directed at Miss Smith
and myself after a young man had run
out from a house and yelled hysterically
to me that the injured woman was his
mother. Others came running up and
became possessed of the idea that our
car had hit the woman. The temper
of the crowd was such that I saw it
would do no good to argue the matter
there, and I decided to await the arrival
of the police.
“Instead of seeking the real culprits
however, they took us to the station
house as though we were the guilty
ones. I don’t much blame them for
doing that, however, in view of the at
titude of the crowd at the scene. The
police were quite courteous.”
Wife Killed in Accident.
Col. Williams’ wife was killed some
time ago on the Washington-Richmond
highway under circumstances some
what similar to those involved in the
accident last night. She w r as crossing
the highway on foot, in company with
her young son, and was struck by an
automobile and fatally injured. The
son recovered from his injuries.
Police who investigated the accident
on Bladensburg road declared that the
headlight on Miss Smith’s car was bent
out of position. They are continuing
their inquiries.
Col. Williams has a notable war rec- !
ord. He was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross for gallantry in action
while in command of the 316th Infan- ■
try, 79th Division, in France. The cita- 1
tion states that he exercised brilliant I
leadershipof his regiment, especially in
the assault and capture of Bourne du
Cornouiller, November 3 to 6, 1918.
Mrs. Williams, victim of the mysteri
ous accident last night, may not survive
the serious injures she received.
Surgeons at Casualty Hospital, where
she was taken, say she has several
fractured ribs, a possible fracture of the
skull and probable internal injuries.
Mrs. Dunn was given first aid treatment
at her home.
Auto Salesman Drowns.
ROME, Ga„ July 20 (*>).—Guy H.
Whiten ton, 41, of Atlanta. Southeastern
sales manager of the White Motor Co.,
fell backward from a canoe into the
Costanaula River near here last night
and was drowned. Whitenton was fish
ing from a houseboat on which he and
T. S. Sloan of Atlanta, division man
ager of the Georgia--Power Co., and a
party of six others were taking a week
end trip. A search for his body was
made throughout the night but it bad
not been recovered early today. Whit
enton, a native of Paris, Tenn., is sur
vived by his widow and two children.
RUM-RUNNING PLANE CAPTURED
MAKING EARLY MORNING LANDING
Michigan Police Seize 14 Cases of Liquor and Pilot
Pleads Guilty.
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, July 20.—A rum-running
airplane was captured by State police
shortly after daylight today as It land
ed on a field near New Boston, a
suburb.
Fourteen cases of liquor were seized.
The pilot,’ Howard Golyard, 32. of De
troit was arraigned Immediately In
Justice Court.
He pleaded guilty to possession and
'
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COL. GEORGE WILLIAMS.
MAY VOTE TODAY
ON DEBT ACCORDS
French Government Decides
Protracted Debate on Rati
fication Must End.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 20.—The government
has decided that an end must be made
to protracted debate on ratification of
the debt agreements with Great Britain
and the United States. There was even
a possibility today a vote might come
on the agreement tonight.
The chamber of deputies therefore
will be asked, to formulate its reserva
tions to ratification in a resolution en
tirely separate from the ratification
texts, to be voted upon prior to the
ratification measure.
Today's problem was to find a text
for this resolution. The finance com
mittee of the chamber yesterday re
jected that offered by Deputy Deligne,
which had found favor with the govern
ment.
It was understood, however, that the
government would urge its support of
M. Delignes strongly after the last
speakers have had their say in general
debate sometime this afternoon or to
night. The impression in political cir
cles was a resolution will be adopted
which will permit the chamber to ratify
the debt agreements without further
ado.
Except in an unforseen emergency,
Premier Poincare will not appear in
the chamber today, his physicians hiv
ing advised against it. The govern
ment's case was in able hands neverthe
less in the persons of Aristide Briand,
Minister for foreign affairs and Sena
tor Henri Cheron, Minister of finance.
HURLEY WILLSPEAK
ON TRAINING CAMPS
Purpose of Citizen Military Project
to Be Explained in Forum
Address.
How preparedness is being served
through the development of the Citi
zens’ Military Training Camp will be
related to a Nation-wide radio audi
ence tonight by Col. Patrick J. Hurley,
Assistant Secretary of War, whose ad
dress begins at 9 o’clock in The Star’s
National Radio Forum.
Col. Hurley, a World War veteran,
will speak over the Columbia Broad
casting System through WMAL.
Col. Hurley is a leader in the move
ment to mold a citizen army through
the C. M. T. C. He will explain the
purpose, extent and theory of this
military training project, in which 37,-
000 young men are now enrolled in
some 50 camps scattered over the
country.
Col. Hurley’s military career began at
the age oi 16, when he was ousted
from Col. Roosevelt’s Rough Riders be
cause of his tender years, but soon
re-enlisted, this time with the Oklahoma
National Guard.
As a major in France he won the
Distinguished Service Medal and a
Silver Star citation for gallantry in
action.
Contempt Term Ends,
Sinclair Now Serves
For Jury Shadowing
Harry F. Sinclair today stood '
all square with the United States
Senate, and with a three-month
serivee in jail for contempt be
hind him, set out on a six
month service for Jury shadow
ing in the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy
trail. .
Sinclair began serving his term
May 6. His good behavior brought
him fiive days off each month,
the sentence ending today. The
six-month sentence on the
second conviction was pronounced
by the District Supreme Court
June 22. and since then the oil
magnate has been serving the two
sentences concurrently. With
good behavior allowance he will
be free before Thanksgiving.
transportation of liquor, but refused to
say whether he had taken on his cargo
in Canada
Six men in two automobiles await
ing the plane also were arrested, but
later released. State police said they
have known for some time that two
planes were landing-liquor at the held,
but until today had been unable to
reach the field at the right time.
Radio Programs—Page 28
CANADA INDICATES
METHOD OF AIDING
U. S. IN RDM WAR
Would Refuse Boats Clear
ance if Navigation Laws
Are Changed.
USELESS TO CO-OPERATE
IN PRESENT SITUATION
Toronto Paper Says Nearly 100 Per
Cent of Liquor Vessels Are
From Below Line.
By the Associated Press.
TORONTO, July 20. —The Toronto
Globe published the following dispatch
from Ottawa today:
Canada has Indicated to the United
States a method by which the illegal
transportation of Canadian liquor Into
the Republic may be curtailed. Conver
sations with Washington are proceeding,
but no definite conclusion has been
reached.
It Is understood the Canadian gov
ernment is prepared to refuse clearances
to liquor-laden vessels bound for the
United States, provided the navigation
laws of the Republic are amended with
respect to vessels under five tons, which
comprise the majority of liquor car
riers on the Detroit River.
U. S. Boats in Traffic.
Nearly 100 per cent of the boats carry
ing liquor and the persons engaged in
the traffic are from the United States.
The present United States navigation
law regarding registration, enrollment
or licensing does not apply to vessels
under five tons, whereas in Canada
every vessel irrespective of size and
whether carrying cargo or not Is obliged
by law to report when leaving for a
foreign port, and also when returning.
Heavy penalties arp provided for failure
to comply with tnis law.
It Is felt by the Dominion authorities
that If the United States passed such
an amendment, there would be a con
trol over the movement of the small
craft which Is now lacking.
Refusal Believed Futile.
The Dominion officials also believe it
would be futile to refuse clearances from
Canada until the United States does
pass such legislation, as the motor boats
and other small vessels carrying liquor
would be able to take on a cargo at
any cove along the Great Lakes or
the Detroit River and cross to the
United State's side without reporting
to the Canadian customs officers or
Obtaining clearances.
It is suggested here that the rum
running traffic can be dealt a knock
out blow by concurrent legislation at
Washington and Ottawa.
ONTARIO THREATENS ARRESTS.
Liquor Control Official Would Stop
Brewery Advertising Matter.
TORONTO, July 20 OP).—Stewart
McClenaghan, acting chairman of the
Ontario Liquor Control Board, today
took exception to statements attributed
to certain brewery officials who ex
pressed doubt as to the board’s ability
to stop distribution of Ontario brewery
advertising matter In the United States.
“We will soon find out whether we
have jurisdiction or not,” said Mr. Mc-
Clenaghan. "The matter is In the hands
of the provincial police. I shall be very
much surprised If we cannot put a stop
to It. If not, we can discipline them in
other ways. We will have this before
the courts in a very short time.”
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MEDAL FROM LEGION
Support Is Praised by McNutt in
Presentation, Third Made to
an American.
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 20.—The distin
guished service medal of the American
Legion, the highest award given by that
organization, today was presented to
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, com
missioner of base ball, by Paul V. Mc-
Nutt, national commander of the Ameri
can Legion.
In his presentation address McNutt
said:
“Your devotion to the defenders of
our Nation, your support of Legion
ideals and endeavors have been invalu
able and a great public service to Amer
ica. You have responded instantly to
every call the Legion has made on you.”
Judge Landis was the third American
to receive the award, the others having
been Oen. John J. Pershing and Admiral
Robert E. Coontz. Nine foreigners have
received it.
VICTOR
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
Physicians Hopeful of Recovery,
Although Change for Worse
Is Reported.
By the Associated Press.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., July 20.—Despite
his removal to a private hospital yes
terday. Victor L. Berger, 69, former
Socialist Congressman, who suffered a
skull fracture when struck by a street'
car Monday, remained in a critical con- j
dltion early today.
Three doctors and two nurses were '
in almost constant attendance at his i
bedside. Late yesterday they reported !
a slight change for the worse in the
■ condition of their patient.
H<* was running a high temperature
and h's blood pressure was considerably
I above normal. Physicians nevertheless
expressed optimism as to his ultimate
recovery.
Bank Statements
Washington clearing house, $4,687,-
571.94,
Treasury balance, $154,217,081.70.
New York clearing house exchange,
$1,478,000,000.
New York clearing house balance,
$174,000,000.
THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST!
U. S. WINS DOUBLES
IN DAVIS CUP PLAY
Van Ryn and Allison Defeat
Germans After Losing
First Set.
By thy Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 20. —America's dash
ing young doubles team made it three |
victories in a row for the United States j
against Germany here today, capturing
the clinching match from the German
pair of Daniel Prenn and Hans Mold
enhauer, 9 —ll, 9—2, 6 —4, 6—3, and
thus giving America the right to meet
Prance in the Davis Cup challenge
round.
Johnny Van Ryn and Wilmer Alli
son, fulfilling the hopes of their country
men, smashed through Germany’s finest
pair in impressive fashion after a slow
start which lost them the opening set.
Gaining strength and confidence
with every stroke they swept thfc Oer- j
mans off their feet in the last three
sets to win as Bill Tllden and Prank
Hunter had done in the opening sin
gles of the interzone final the day be
fore.
No matter what the outcome of the
remaining singles matches tomorrow,
the United States now will be the chal
lenging nation against the French in
the battle for the cup next week end
in Paris.
This will be the fifth straight tim°
that Prance and the United States
have met in the challenge round.
America had been favored to come
through but in the light of Germany’s
great showing against England there
had been slight expectation of a victory
in three straight matches.
The rout began when Tilden trounced
Hans Moldenhauer yesterday in three
successive sets and Hunter downed the
formidable Prenn in four sets. Tomor
row’s matches in which Tilden en
counters Prenn and Hunter meets Mol
denhauer now will be virtually exhibi
tions with no bearing upon the outcome
of the contest except to determine
whether Germany is to be shut out
without a point.
DIPLOMATICPOSTS
NOW BEFORE HOOVER
i
President Is Thought to Be Con
sidering Appointments at
Bapidan Camp.
By the Associated Press.
MADISON, Va„ July 20.—President
Hoover was secluded at his Rapidan
River fishing preserve today with an
opportunity to give thought to the fill
ing of several Important diplomatic |
posts now vacant.
Announcement of the appointments j
is expected soon. It was regarded as
significant that the President’s party
this week included Secretary Stimson
and Undersecretary Cotton of the State
Department,
Others in the party, besides Mrs.
Hoover and Allen and Herbert Hoover,
jr., were former Gov. Huntley Spalding
of New Hampshire, and Mrs. Spalding,
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rickard of New
York and their daughter Ethel Mrs.
Stimson, Mrs. Cotton, Lawrence Richey,
the President’s secretary, and Lieut.
Comdr. Joel T. Boone, his physician. ]
The President expected to ride horse
back this afternoon.
Considerable progress has been made
in providing for the comfort of the
guests at the President’s preserve—
his personal playground, financed at
his own expense—and the party does
not plan to return to Washington until
early Monday.
The President and Secretary Stimson
were regarded today as having dis
cussed the Sino-Russian situation and I
! state Department budget affairs in
I their mountain retreat, inasmuch as
* data in both matters have been taken
| on the trip.
I After a pleasant overnight visit, the |
Secretary of State began a return trip
to Washington. No. reason for this
action was advanced.
* Mine to Be Guarded.
INDIANAPOLIS. July 20 <*>).—
Machine guns and tear bombs will be
used to guard the reopening Monday of j
the Bono Coal Co.’s co-operatively
owned mine at Dana, Ind., it was re
ported yesterday. The shaft has been
closed since an attack on the working j
miners several weeks ago in which some
of the men were severely beaten.
State News, Page 6
Mayor to Attend
D. C. Church to Hear
If Garage Annoys
In order to obtain first-hand
information as to how a public
garage within 300 feet of a
church affects divine services,
Mayor William F. Brcenlng of
Baltimore plans to attend services ■
tomorrow at the New York 1
Avenue Presbyterian Church In
Washington.
The mayor has before him an
ordinance passed by the city
council permitting the establish- I
ment of a garage within 300 feet
of old St. Paul’s Presbyterian
Episcopal Church in Baltimore.
I Before taking action the mayor
1 said he would attend services and 1
! interview the pastor of the Wash
ington church, which he under
j stood is located across the street
from a large public garage.
The vestry of St. Paul’s, headed
i by United States Senator Philip
Lee Goldsborough, has entered a
protest and asked the mayor to
veto the ordinance on the ground
it will interfere with services.
HOYT TO RESUME
ALASKAHOPTODAY
Plane Delayed 12 Hours as
i Headwinds Force Fuel
Shortage.
Br the Associated Press,
j NEW YORK, July 20 —Capt. Ross
G. Hoyt informed Army officials here
that he would resume his New York-
Alaska round trip flight today from
Vanderhoff, British Columbia, where he
made a forced landing.
He left Mltchel ield, N. Y., at 2.38
p.m. Eastern daylight time Thursday, in
an attempt to fly the total 8,469 miles
to Nome, Alaska, and return in 75 j
hours and 40 minutes elapsed time. i
Headwinds Cnt Fuel.
A telegram from Capt. Hoyt yester
day said he had been forced to land
at Vanderhoff because of a fuel short- ;
age created by headwinds.
I His landing Interrupted a flight from
' Edmonton, Alberta, to White Horse.
1 Yukon, a distance of 1.090 miles. Van
derhoff is less than half way from Ed
monton to White Horse.
Capt. Hoyt covered the first jump
of 1,030 miles from Mitchel Field to
Minneapolis in 7 hours and 20 minutes.
He refueled and made a night flight to
Edmonston, arriving at 6:45 a.m. yester
day, 15 minutes ahead of schedule. His
| average speed for the first two flights
was 140 miles an hour.
Delayed 12 Hours.
The layover at Vanderhoff will add !
; about 12 hours to the elapsed time j
j unless he succeeds in flying ahead of |
| schedule on the return flight,
j The schedule called for 4V2-hour
refuelillg stops each way and a 6-hour
layover at Nome, with a total of 61
hours and 40 minutes in the air.
Capt. Hoyt is attached to the Air
Corps tactics group and is flying a
Curtis hawk pursuit plane, powered with
a 600-horsepower motor, capable of a
maximum speed of 180 miles an hour 1
and a cruising speed of 150 miles.
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ENDURANCE PILOTS
PASS WEEK IN AIR
St. Louis Plane Reaches Sev
-1 enth Day Aloft as Sister
Ship Ends 70 Hours.
By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 20.—Dale fßed)
Jackson and Forest O'Brlne, piloting
the endurance plane. St. Louis Robin,
completed one week in the air at 7:17
a m. today.
As the flyers passed their 168th hour
aloft the plane was again refueled and
| roared on toward a new world endu
; ranee record, still more than three days
off. The motor was functioning smooth-
I ly and the flyers indicated they were
I in excellent condition.
A sister endurance plane, the Mis
! souri Robin, passed its seventieth hour
| of flight this morning, and also was
refueled. The pilots are Joseph Ham
mer and W. Gentry Shelton.
The St. Louis Robin was remaining
close to Lambert St. Louis Field, and
; was flying high. It was announced that
i hereafter all refueling contacts will be
made within sight of the field, provid
ing weather conditions remain favor
| able.
The pilots have announced they plan
to remain aloft three weeks if the
motor lasts.
IT* TWO AND ONE-HALF DAYS.
Hons ton Pilots "Enjoying Comforts of
Home" in Endurance Trial.
HOUSTON, Tex., July 20 (A*).— Pilots
Glenn L. Loomis and Joe Glass of the
monoplane Billion Dollar City, are
"enjoying all the comforts of home” on
i their attempt to break the refueling
t endurance record.
A message late yesterday said. "Every
' thing 0.K.. motor running fine and we
are enjoying all the comforts of home."
The plane had been aloft 2' 2 days at
1:49:54 am. today.
PLAN REFUELING TEST.
1 Haughland and Johnson Will Take Off
at Minneapolis Sunday,
j By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS. July 20—With a
new motor installed in their plane,
Owen Haughland of Buffalo and Thor
' wald "Thunder" Johnson of St. Paul
i plan to start a new effort Sunday to
' establish a record for endurance refuel-
I ing flights. They will take off from
! Wold Chamberlain airport here.
Haughland and Johnson were forced
down June 29 because of a faulty mo
; tor after they had been aloft 149 hours
32 minutes. They wpre within 24 hours
I of setting a new world record, which at
| that date was 172 1 2 hours. The pres
: ent record is 246 hours 43 minutes 32
' seconds.
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Wilson Signs Geneva Convention.
GENEVA. July 20 (A I ).—Hugh R.
Wilson, American Minister to Switzer-
I land, today signed at the secretariat of
| the League of Nations in the name of
! his Government, the international con
vention and protocol for the suppression
of counterfeiting of currency, concluded
at Geneva April 20, 1929. The United
States participated in the conference
for the suppression of counterfeiting
early this year, but only signed the
final act at that time, reserving aeces-
I sion to the convention itself, which
signed today.
TWO CENTS.
BUDGET INCREASES
REGARDED AS BAR
TO EARLY TAX CUT
Estimated $300,000,000
Added Expenditure Dooms
Reduction Now.
SERVICE EXPANSION
INCLUDED IN FIGURES
Funds Are Held Needed for Postal
Deficit, Public Works and
Farm Belief.
B7 the Associated Press.
Political observers today regarded the
result of a White House investigation
of probable increases in Government
expenditures during the next four yean
aa practically blotting out any likeli
hood of an early recommendation from
the administration for further tax re
duction.
The estimates submitted to the White
House by the various Government
agencies after a study of congressional
appropriations and other mandatory
obligations Indicate an increase of ap
proximately $300,000,000 in that period,
with additional expenditures authorized
for the Army and Navy, public works,
postal deficit and farm relief account
| i mg for much of the rise.
They Pass Four-Billion Mark.
i! If it materializes, the increase is ex
j pected to raise the total of Government
j expenditures out of the ordinary re
j ceipts above the $4,000,000,000 level, for
! the first time since the relaxation of
j heavy war expenses. The total reached
$3,848,463,189 in the last fiscal year
and the increase for the current year
:s estimated at $91,800,000.
The estimates leading to the $300,000.-
000 increase figure include $150,000,000
for farm relief and $139,800,000 for the
Army. Navy, public works and postal
deficit. Extension of aviation activities,
new cruiser construction and capital
J ship replacements, provide the basis for
1 the prospective increase charged to the
; Navy, but thus is subject to a decrease
I in the event of a naval reduction agree
ment.
May Expand Air Corps.
Aviation expansion also figures in the
Army increase estimates, together with
rebuilding of quarters, while the rise in
postal deficit, threatening to continue,
is attributed to lower rates, increased
wages and decreased hours of employ
; ment. .
While there is hope that the increase
I indicated for the Navy may be cut
! down through international agreements,
; the opposite is true with respect to
! public works expenditures, which ln
j elude rivers and harbors Improvements,
flood control, Boulder Canyon Dam con
! struction. the public building program
| and public roads.
SNOOK ATTORNEYS
WAIVE SANITY TEST
i Trial cf Doctor for Death of Co-ed
Will Get Under Way
Wednesday.
, ! By the Associated Press.
, COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 20.—Attor
neys for Dr. James H. Snook, confessed
slayer of his co-ed paramour, Theora
K. Hix. 25, announced today that they
have W'aived an insanity hearing for
their client. Common Pleas Judge
Henry L. Scarlett then announced that
Snooks' first degree murder trial would
start next Wednesday. The insanity
hearing originally was set to open Mon
■ day.
1 The change in the plans of Snook’s
' attorneys came a few hours before
Judge Scarlett was expected to an
nounce the findings of three court
1 alienists who examined Snook Thurs
■ day after the defense had informed the
> court they would make an insanity plea.
> j The reason for the change of defense
: plans is not known, but was generally
■ expected that the three court alienists
! would report that Snook was sane at
the time he killed Miss Hix.
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i MAYORALTY ASPIRANT
IN RED RIOT LET OFF
; Weinstone, Arrested With Dozen
, Others in New York, Denies
He Refused to Move On.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 20.—A Communist
with aspirations to become mayor of
New York was free under a suspended
sentence today for his part in a demon
stration before the Chinese consulate.
Arraigned in Night Court on a charge
of disorderly conduct, William Wein
stone, 32. who also is national secretary
of the Workers’ (Communist) Party,
denied he had refused to move when
ordered by the police. Weinstone has
| the mayoralty indorsement of his party.
; Os the dozen persons arrested among
I til? several hundred who took part in
I ihe Communist demonstration, two w ere
I cPscharged. another given a suspended
• sentence, six the option of a $lO fine
or two days in the workhouse and two
received workhouse sentences of five
days each.
BOY, 13, IS HERO.
Canadian Youth Saves Fourth Per
son From Drowning. *-
CORNWALL. Ontario. July 20 UP).—
Attention of civic organizations and the
Royal Humane Society is being drawn
to the heroism of Ferdinand Gatien, 13-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ludiger
Gatien, Cornwall, who this week brought
his record of persons rescued from
drowning to four
Gatien. a short, stocky boy of 13 and
an expert swimmer, was playing on the
steamship dock at Cornwall Tuesday
when Gerard
cycWtnc: the edge of the wharf. With
out hesitation Ferdinand leaped into
the water and brought Labeile to safety.
The younger lad was unable to swim.
Last year Gatien saved from drowning
three boys, all younger than himself.