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WEATHER.
(IT. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; possibly
showers tomorrow; not much change in
temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 81.
at 4:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 57, at 5
a.m. today.
Full report on page 9.
Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 13,14 &15
No. 31,433.
SPEED OF 11 KNOTS
■ IN FOG IS ADMITTED
BY COWANDER OF
ILL-FATED FAIRFAX
Captain Tells Investigators
Rate Was Not '‘Moderate”
at Time of Crash That
' Took Toll of 46 Lives.
CUTTER’S PROFFERED AID
REPORTED TURNED DOWN
Third Officer of Passenger Vessel
Testifies Tanker Appeared to
Have Right of Way Over Liner
When Sighted Few Minutes Be
* fore Disaster.
By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Mass., June 12.—Capt.
Archibald Brooks of the Mer
chants and Miners Line Steam
ship Fairfax, which collided with
the Fall River tanker Pinthis ©fT
Scituate last Tuesday night with
loss of 46 lives, admitted today
that his ship had been traveling
at 11 knots through the dense fog
and that this was not moderate
speed.
t He was testifying before Fed-
eral steamboat inspectors as the
first witness in the Government’s
Inquiry into the disaster.
Brooks insisted he had verbally
ordered the radio operator to send
a general SOS, and that the op
erator had tried vainly to do so
over apparatus which had been
disabled by fire which followed
the collision almost instantly.
Both Capt. Brooks and First Of
ficer James Hunley, who succeed
ed him on the stand, denied any
knowledge of scenes of panic such
as related by survivors and both
said the fire was under control be
tween 20 and 30 minutes after the
crash. «
Capt. Brooks estimated that the
tanker was 300 feet away when fir§t
sighted, but Hunley said It was only 150.
A. J. Powell, third officer, who appeared !
with a heavy bandage across his upper
lip and who had been quoted in local
newspapers by having said that if he
told the whole story, “it would cause
a sensation.” said it appeared to him
that the tanker had the right of way
when seen.
Engines Going Astern.
All three officers agreed that every
thing possible was done that could be
done and denied that any passengers
' had assisted other than voluntarily and
then not of necessity. All asserted that
r the engines were going at full speed
astern for nearly a minute before the
impact. Powell estimated that the ship
should have been nearly at a dead stop
in that time had it been traveling at
about 6 knots an hour.
An offer of assistance from the Coast
Guard cutter Tampa. 20-minutes-run
away from the scene of the Fairfax-
Pinthis disaster, was declined by the
Fairfax, Comdr. S. V. Parker of the
Tampa reported today.
In his report to Coast Guard head
quarters, Comdr. Parker revealed that
he had intercepted messages between
the Fairfax and Gloucester Tuesday
night soon after the crash. The mes
sage told of the necessity of transferring
passengers.
Fearing an accident, Comdr. Parker
ordered a query flashed to the Fairfax
asking if assistance was needed. The
reply that came back, he reported, was
“All O. K.”
Officers at Coast Guard headquarters
said that the Tampa was equipped with
an excellent hospital bay and an able
medical staff. The Tampa could have
made much faster time than the
Gloucester in getting the injured to
Boston for treatment, they said.
Toll of Disaster.
The list of dead or missing comprised:
Passengers on Fairfax, 13.
Crew of Pinthis, 19 (every man
aboard).
Crew of Fairfax. 14.
With the possibility of finding any of
these missing still alive given up today
and the probability that no more bodies
* would be found, 11 bodies had been re
covered and brought here. They were
picked up by the fishing schooner Rain
' bow yesterday.
Most of the bodies were identified by
friends, although some were badly
burned. Many persons continued today
to come to the Northern mortuary in
search of loved ones.
Charges of gross negligence made by
Capt. Charles M. Lyons. Federal steam
~~~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.)
STIMSON TO DISCUSS
TREATY OVER RADIO
Negotiations and Pact to Be Ex
plained in Forum Ad
dress Tonight.
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson,
who headed the American delegation at
the recent London Naval limitations
Conference, will discuss the negotiations
and the treaty which finally was agreed
upon in the National Radio Forum ar
ranged by The Evening Star and spon
sored by the Columbia Broadcasting Co.
Mr. Stimson’s address is scheduled to
commence at 9:30 o'clock. He will speak
from the studios of the Columbia Broad
casting Co. in the Shoreham Building
here. Arrangements have been made
for a coast-to-coast hook-up.
• Inasmuch as Secretary Stimson is ex
pected to treat his subject in an ex
ceptionally intimate manner and to dis
cuss the naval treaty in a broad way
for the purpose of enlightenment and
to correct some existing misunderstand
ings, great Interest is being taken in
what he is going to say on this occa
! sion.
——•
Radio Prewnnw on P»« C-6
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post office. Washington, D. C.
CAPITAL GIRLS ON FAIRFAX
BELIEVED DEATH AT HAND
1
Unidentified Marine and Amos Andy
Given Credit for Saving Tlieir
Lives in Disaster.
The thought which seemed to possess
every soul on board the ill-fated steamer
Fairfax crept, last Tuesday night, into
the minds of two Washington girls—
chums who had embarked on a vaca
tion cruise together and who, at that
moment, were huddled in a choking
passageway against the white, hot hull ,
of the passenger liner.
They must choose any time now, lona i
Browne and Sara Poynton assured each J
other, between death by drowning and
death by fire. Though they crowded
the blistering wall to secure the better
air, the passageway grew hotter and
more suffocating every minute.
Through port holes they saw the red
glare of gasoline burning on the sea
HELEN IS QUEEN7I
KING CAROL TELLS
BROTHER NICHOLAS
Death of Father Before Di
vorce Automatically Ele
vated Both, He Says.
By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 12. —
King Carol today was reported to have
declared the Princess Helen, his former
wife, to be "already Queen of Rumania.”
The King told his brother Nicholas
and his sister, Princess Elizabeth, that
when his father, King Ferdinand died,
he, Carol, automatically became King,
Helen became Queen.
Since then the divorce was pro
nounced. But with the parliamentary
annulment on Sunday of all inter
vening events since King Ferdinands
death and his own installation as King,
Helen, automatically became Queen.
King Carol begged Nicholas to give
this message to Helen, which he did,
when the mother of Crown Prince
Michael came to bring their child this
forenoon to play.
Helen was reported as having declared
herself satisfied.
Helen Believed to Love Him.
From palace circles today there was
gossip which some accepted as indica
tion that convention and outraged pride
led Princess Helen to remain firm in
her refusal to return to King Carol, but
that her less mundane heart still be
longed to the father of her child.
It was told that Sunday afternoon
King Carol visited the Kisselhoff Pal
ace, where she is residing while he re
mains at the Cotroceni Palace, and in
advertently ran into the princess-moth
er at the head of a staircase. They
exchanged pleasantries and he passed
on.
Turning to one of her ladies-in-wait
ing, Princess Helen exclaimed, her hand
on her heart: "Ah, but he is grown so
handsome!” She heaved a sigh and
her bosom swelled with emotion before
she turned and continued downstairs.
Michael May Bring Reunion.
There is other gossip that Michael,
their 8-year-old son, may bring about
their reunion. He divides his time be
tween his mother and father.
He sleeps at the Cotroceni Palace,
but is taken to Kisselhoff Palace at 11
o’clock every morning for a visit with
his mother. He returns later to his
father’s knee for parental do’s and
dont’s and then is taken back to Prin
cess Helen’s for a light meal before re
tiring at Carol’s quarters.
The young grand voivode is said to
be most delighted at having his father
back again, and in his childish manner
to be exerting himself to heal the rift
between the two parents. Desire to
have him near her already is said to
have motivated Helen’s decision to re
main in Bucharest.
Carol to Meet Marie.
When the queen mother, Marie,
returns today from a visit to the
"Passion Play” at Oberammergau.
Bavaria, she will be met at the railway
station by King Carol who longs now,
it is said, to heal the wounds caused by
estrangement from his family. In
Vienna yesterday. Queen Marie said she
had no higher hope than to see Carol
(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
The Star Invites You to
"See” the Fight
Graham McNamee’s round-by-round description of
the Sharkey-Schmeling fight tonight over the National
Broadcasting circuit will be re-broadcast by The Star
.from loudspeakers on the Eleventh street side of The
Star Building.
There will be plenty of room for everybody, as
police will keep the street free from traffic, while the
big battery of clear-toned amplifiers of the famous
Public Address System will strengthen and clarify the
ring-side story for all to hear.
,The fun begins at 8:30 o’clock, with the prelimi
naries, and in one of these Henry Lamar, the Washing
ton boy, will fight Mateo Oso of Spain.
The main bout to decide the heavyweight cham
pionship of the world, relinquished by Gene Tunney,
begins at 9 o’clock, our time, and will last 15 rounds
, or less.
A word picture of every blow, as well as a colorful
running account of the big crowd, will reach you on
Eleventh street.
Come on Down and “See” the Fight.
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WASHINGTON, I). C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12. 1930—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. ***
and above th: din of people in the
passageway they caught the hoarse
shouts of panic-stricken and dying men
and women on deck.
Those crowding the passageway toyed
with life preservers or clung together
in little groups, trying to determine, it
seemed to the girls, what sort of death
they must accept.
"We were slowly suffocating and felt
I our time had come,” Miss Browne said
lat Union Station last night, when,
j t!red-eyed. lugging salt-stained baggage
I and walking wearily, the tw r o girls were
greeted by friends and newspaper men
! as they alighted from a Boston train.
Miss Poynton’s wrist and forearm,
her friends say, was wrapped in
bandages.
"We were still in that passageway,”
Miss Browne nodded to her friend.
(Continued on Page 3, Column 1.)
MOVES 10 REPORT
BISHOP CANNON TO
SENATE LAUNCHED
Step to Ask Authority for
Political Inquiry Also
Is Initiated.
By the Associated Press.
Moves to report Bishop Cannon to
the Senate for possible contempt pro
ceedings and to ask for specific author
ity to investigate political activities
were initiated today at the lobby com
mittee session.
A vote was deferred until 3 o’clock
this afternoon, when a special meeting
was called.
With the 65-year-old churchman on
the stand, Senator Blaine, Republican,
of Wisconsin called upon the committee
to cite him to the Senate because of
his refusal to answer questions on his
1928 campaign against the Alfred E
Smith presidential candidacy.
Walsh Substitutes Political Move.
Senator Walsh. Democrat. Montana,
proposed as a substitute that the com
mittee seek direct authorization to go
into political work.
Earlier in the session the committee
formally advised Bishop Cannon that
he would not be compelled to answer
questions about his 1928 anti-Smith
activities.
Chairman Caraway said the vote was
4 to 1.
Senator Blaine cast the dissenting
vote.
Besides Caraway, a Democrat from
Arkansas, other committeemen are Sen
ators Borah, Republican, Idaho; Rob
inson, Republican, Indiana, and Walsh,
Democrat, Montana.
The committee decision was reached
yesterday, after Cannon voluntarily had
continued testimony on activities of the
Southern Methodist Board of Temper
ance, but had asserted his right to de
cline to answer as to his political work.
Walsh Gives Stand.
He had walked out on the committee
last week and returned yesterday with
out being directed. Senator Walsh,
who said his action in leaving the com
mittee room was in contempt of the
Senate, said today:
"I concur in the ruling that the com
mittee ought not to require Bishop Can
non to reply to those questions which
he has objected to answering, not be
cause, in my judgment, the committee
has no power, nor because the ques
tions were improper.
"My view about the matter is, how
ever, that inasmuch as there Is division
among the committee as to the author
ity of the committee under the resolu
tion by which it is operating, it would
be unwise to go farther.”
The head of the 65-year-old church
man was bowed as he sat in the wit
ness chair listening to Walsh.
Senator Blaine then took the stand
that the committee had power to go
into political activities. He cited the
examination of Claudius Huston, chair
man of the Republican national com
mittee, and said any question relating
to lobbying w'as pertinent.
"Lobbying has been regarded by the
committee,” he went on, "as activity
which involves an attempt to Influence
legislation by Congress.”
Blaine said lobbying invoh'ed at
tempts to obtain appointments to Fed
eral offices, and the committee had in
quired into such activities. The corn
continued on Page 2, Column 8.)
RIGHT ASSERTED
BY SENATORS TO
NAVAL PACT DATA
Foreign Relations Committee
Resolution Sent to President,
Who Declined Secrets.
FIVE REPUBLICANS
VOTE IN OPPOSITION
All Facts Regarded as Pertinent
in Considering Treaty,
Says Body.
By the Associated Press.
The Senate foreign relations commit
tee today adopted a resolution assert
ing its right to the London naval pa
pers denied it by President Hoover. The
vote was 10 to 7, with 3 members not
voting.
A copy of the resolution was trans
mitted to the President and to Secre
tary Stimson.
The committee then adjourned its
consideration of the London naval
treaty until tomorrow. *
Chairman Borah and four other Re
publicans of the committee supported
the resolution which was presented by
Senator Black. Democrat, Alabama.
The roll call follows:
For—Borah, Johnson, California;
Moses, New Hampshire; La Follette,
Wisconsin, and Robinson, Indiana, all
republicans. Democrats—Swanson, Vir
ginia; Pittman, Nevada; Black, and
Wagner, New York. Farmer-Labor —
Shipstead, Minnesota.
Five Republicans Opposed.
Against Capper, Kansas; Reed,
Pennsylvania; Giliett, Massachusetts;
Fess, Ohio, and Vandenberg, Michigan,
Republicans. Harrison, Mississippi, and
George, Georgia.
Senators Robinson, Arkansas; Walsh,
Montana, Democrats, and Goff, West
Virginia, did not vote.
While some committeemen have in
sisted the notes exchanged among the
powers leading up to tha London Con
ference be delivered to the committee
before action is taken, Borah said he
was ready to act on the naval agree
ment tomorrow.
The resolution made no demand for
the documents. Mr. Hoover contends
there is nothing in the papers of con
sequence, but that it would be bad
policy to permit them to be made public.
All Facts Pertinent.
The resolution read in part:
“Resolved; That this committee re
gards all facts which enter into the
antecedent or attendant negotiations of
any treaty as relevant and pertinent
when the Senate Is considering a treaty
for the purpose of ratification, and
that this committee hereby asserts its
right, as the designated agent of the
Senate to have free and full acess to
all records, files and other information
touching the negotiation of any treaty,
this right being based upon the con
stitutional prerogative of the Senate
in the treaty-making process."
BALLOONISTRESCUED
FROM DEATH THREAT
Man Tries to Jump Out, but Is Left
Dangling, Head Downward,
From Basket.
By the Associated Press.
TRANSFYNYDD, Wales. June 12.
Sergt. G. W. Robinson today rescued
from an escaping balloon basket a com
panion hanging head downward and
threatened with, death.
Robinson chased the balloon two
miles over hedges and through thickets
and bogs. The balloon escaped from its
moorings and ascended several thousand
feet. It drifted over the Arenig Moun
tains and finally came near enough to
the ground for the occupants to jump.
Robinson was successful. He sustained
slight injuries, but his companion be
came entangled and hung by the feet.
The gas bag started to rise but bumped
Flying Officer Pelham Groom severely
before his release.
WOMEN USE GUNS
TO DEFEAT EVICTION
Sisters Fire on Police, but Explain
They Thought They
Owned House.
By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J„ June 12.
Two sisters who defended with guns
what they believed was their right to
their home were in jail today after
their arrest by a squad of policemen
who stormed the house with tear gas
bombs.
The women, Miss Leonore Smyth, 38,
and Miss May Smyth, 40. had disre
garded a court order to vacate the
Pacific avenue house in which they
lived for many years.
Two constables and an undersherifT
attempted yesterday to serve a writ of
eviction, granted in litigation over the
estate of the women’s parents. May
Smyth opened fire on them with a re
volver. They ran from the place and,
reinforced by five police officers, re
turned again.
One of the sisters was captured eas
ily and the other was brought out after
tear gas bombs were thrown into the
house. May Smyth was charged with
shooting with intent to kill and her sis
ter with assault and battery.
Thev explained, police said, that they
had lived in the house so long that
they believed they owned it.
APPROVE U. S. TREATY
THE HAGUE, June 12 (A*).—The
First Chamber of the States General
today approved the arbitration treaty
concluded between the United States
and the Netherlands, January 13, at
Washington.
The chamber also adopted bills re
garding revision of a statute of the
Permanent Court of International
Justice and concerning adhesion of the
United States to a protocol of the
court, which were adopted by the As- i
sembly of the League of Nations last
year.
P
HOWELL PROTESTS
LEGATIONS’ LIQUOR
Author of New Bill Confers
With Maj. Pratt About
Possible Action.
A protest against the importation of
liquor by foreign diplomats in Wash
ington was made today to Maj. Henry
G. Pratt, superintendent of police, by
Senator Howell of Nebraska, author of
a bill to give the District a special
liquor enforcement act.
Aroused by newspaper stories of the
delivery to the British embassy yester
day of a cargo of 2,000 bottles of rare
liquors, wines and brandies, Senator
Howell called on Maj. Pratt and told
him that the importation was in viola
tion of the prohibition law and he be
lieved the police should take some ac
tion.
Maj. Pratt Is said to have agreed
that the importation of liquor by any
one, including the accredited repre
sentatives of foreign governments, con- !
stituted a violation of the law. but that
diplomats are permitted to import it
with immunity out of diplomatic cour
tesy.
Senator Howell declined to comment
on his conference with Maj. Pratt.. He
said he happened to be at the District
Building this morning and just "casu
ally dropped in” to see the police
superintendent.
Senator Howell’s bill to give the Dis
trict a special enforcement act would
authorize the issuance of warrants for
a search of private dwellings upon in
formation of the presence of liquor.
PICKETS AND POLICE
CLASH AT LAHORE
Arrest of 12 at Dehradun Told in
Bombay Dispatch—Lucknow
Situation T' ne asy.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 12.—A dispatch to
the Daily Herald from Bombay today
reports a clash between police and In
dian nationalist pickets occurred Wed
nesday at Lahore.
A magistrate and police watched the
Satyagraha pickets outside liquor shops,
but did not molest them until a quarrel
began. A shop owner called the police,
who charged the pickets and their sym
pathizers and scattered them. Twelve
pickets were arrested also at Dehradun.
At Lucknow, dispatches said, the sit
uat:on still is uneasy in consequence
of recent disturbances, and the curfew
order, which was due to expire Wed
nesday, has been extended another
fortnight. Military precautions are
being maintained, although martial law
has not been imposed.
There was some excitement in Bom
bay Wednesday, When two British sol
diers climbed to the roof of the all-
India congress headquarters and tried
to seize the Nationalist tricolor flag
hoisted at the top. A crowd gathered
and protested angrily. The soldiers
finally quit their effort.
A Bombay dispatch to the Daily Mail
today said that an effigy of Sir John
Simon, head of the Indian commission
on statutory reform, was burned at
Surat Wednesday by a crowd demon
strating in protest at the commission's
report.
GREEK ENVOY DEMANDS
APOLOGY FOR ARREST
Consul General in Chicago Is
Nabbed by Evanston Officer
on Traffic Charge.
By the Associated Press.
EVANSTON, 111., June 12—George
Depasta, consul general for Greece in
Chicago, wants the chief of police to j
apologize.
Depasta was arrested for driving past
a stop sign—no trifling matter in
Evanston. He told the arresting officer
that he was immune to arrest for such
a minor law infraction, but the officer,
unschooled in international amenities,
paid no attention.
At the police station, the desk
sergeant recognized the delicacy of the
situation and ordered Depasta released.
The consul general, however, was not
satisfied. He demanded an apology
from Chief of Police Freeman, who, un- :
fortunately, was not present.
"I can't be arrested in this town for I
anything less than a felony,” Depasta :
said. "Three years ago I was arrested 1
here for speeding, and the next day the i
chief had to issue a formal apology.”
EX-POLICEMAN ALLEN JAILED
AND FINED ON CONTEMPT COUNT
Additional Penalty Assessed for D. C.
Tags—Put in Cell in Woman s Section
Far From Brewster.
Robert J. Allen, former Washington policeman today was sent to jail on a
contempt charge in Arlington County Police Court by Judge Bryan Gordon
after the former called William C. Gloth, commonwealth’s attorney, a “liar”
and ‘big, fat polecat.” He was also fined S2O on the contempt charge and
an additional $19.25 for operating his automobile on District of Columbia tags.
This morning's proceedings were the outgrowth of an attempt made yes
terday by Allen to secure a hearing for Howard L. Brewster, who is held in
the Arlington County Jail on a charge of murdering Miss Mary Baker. Allen
was fined $lO at that time on a like charge for having called Gloth a “liar."
Brewster refused to permit Allen or the attorney employed by him to act in
his behalf.
The ex-policeman was arrested yes
terday morning by Policeman James D
East for operating his automobile on
District tags while a resident of Vir
ginia. It was on this charge that he
was arraigned in court this morning.
Asked Continuance.
When the case was called Allen asked
for a further continuance, claiming that
his attorney was absent. He stated,
however, that if it was the desire of
the State to proceed that he was per
fectly willing to act as his own attor
ney. Gloth asked that the hearing be
held and Policeman Raymond Crack
explained the details of Allen’s resi
dence in Lyon Village and the fact that
he had failed to purchase Virginia tags I
SHARKEY FAVORED
TO WHIP SCHMELING:
Victor in Tonight’s Battle
Will Be Crowned World
Heavyweight King.
BY WILBUR WOOD.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. June 12.—A successor
to Gene Tunney as heavyweight boxing
champion of the world will be crowned
at the Yankee Stadium tonight, when
Jack Sharkey of Boston, American
champion, meets Max Schmeling of
Germany, representing the Old World,
in a scheduled 15-round bout.
Indications are that between 40,000
and 50,000 persons will contribute ap
proximately $700,000 to see the inter
national struggle. For the first time
in history, a heavyweight championship
contest is being staged In the name of
charity. A fund to supply milk for
poor babies is slated to receive the
profits.
Sharkey and Schmeling will be given
25 per cent each, which will elevate
the former's ring earnings above the
million-dollar mark.
Sharkey and Schmeling have reached
the final round by eliminating, between
them, the champions of four foreign
countries, as well as several Americans.
Tonight's victor will be accepted as
the rightful holder of the title by vir
tually all the constituted authorities
in this country and most of those
abroad.
Sharkey Is Favorite.
Whereas Sharkey has been a serious
championship threat for three years,
Schmeling was not given any consid
eration until 16 months ago, When he
knocked out Risko.
A majority of expert opinion and a
(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.)
FLOTATION GEAR PUT ON PLANE
AS SOUCEK PREPARES FOR FLIGHT
Naval Aviator May Attempt to Break Own Seaplane
Altitude Record Today.
Installation of flotation gear in place
of landing wheels on the little Wright
Apache, single seater fighter, which has
established four world’s altitude records,
was being completed at the Anacostia
Naval Air Station this morning in prep
aration for an attempt, possibly this af
ternoon, by Lieut. Apollo Soucek to bet
ter his world's seaplane altitude record
established on June 4, 1929.
A single main float and smaller wing
tip floats are being put in place. A
propeller of smaller diameter, but wider
blade also is being installed. The work
had not been completed at noon, it was
stated, but the plane was expected to
be ready early in the afternoon. Clouds,
especially at the higher levels, however,
threatened to hold up the flight today.
A
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour**
The Star’s carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,066
(A 5 ) Means Associated Press.
after the expiration of the 30-day time
! limit.
Allen explained that he had not defi
i nitely decided whether he would re
main in Virginia, due to some difficulty
with respect to a mortgage on the home
he was purchasing, and felt that he was
justified in continuing the use of the
District tags until he had decided
1 whether he would move back to Wash
| ington.
When he had finished, Gloth asked.
“Are you through?” and Allen replied:
‘ Don't talk to me, big, fat polecat.”
To which Judge Gordon replied:
"You’ll spend five days in jail for
| that.”
1 ’’lt's worth it." said Allen, “he Is a
(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.)
GRUNDY AND REED
TO VOTE FDR TARIFF
Final Passage of Measure Is
Believed Assured by
Move.
By the Associated Press.
Senators Grundy and Reed, Repub
| licans, Pennsylvania, announced today
they would vote for the Smoot-Hawley
tariff bill.
Reed revealed his support for the bill
in a Senate speech and the Grundy
announcement was made informally to
j newspaper men.
The decision of the Pennsylvanians
removed all doubt as to final passage
j of the measure.
The Pennsylvanians disclosed their
| decisions after conferring during the
I week with President Hoover and Secre
j tary Mellon.
j Prior to the public word of each, some
; doubts had been expressed of how they
j would line up on the final tally, which
is set for 2 p.m. tomorrow.
20 Injured in Train Wreck.
MEXICO CITY, June 12 (TP). —Twenty
passengers were injured, some seriously,
today, when the National Railway pas
senger train from Jalapa to Vera Cruz
was derailed on a stretch of track un
derminded during recent bad storms.
Attempt for Record Fails.
NATCHEZ. Miss.. June 12 OP).— I The
race on the Mississippi River from New
Orleans to St. Louis by the speed boat
Miss Greenville was abandoned here
today after it arrived 14 hours behind
the time of the Bogie, the record-hold
ing boat of Dr. Louis Leroy of Memphis,
Tenn. The boat was damaged by drift
wood en route and delayed 12 hours.
Lieut. Soucek, unless given an exten
sion of time by the Navy Department,
has only today and tomorrow to make
the flight, since he is scheduled to leave
Saturday for New York. He is to sail
from New York Monday for San Diego,
Calif., to begin three years of sea duty
aboard the U. S. S. Lexington, aircraft
carrier.
In a radio address over the National
Broadcasting Co. system, including sta
tion WRC, from 6:30 to 7 p.m. today,
Lieut. Soucek is to describe his altitude
flying, which has included the estab
lishment of three world records, one
of which he last last year to a German
pilot and regained here Wednesday a
week ago. He wdll describe the prepa
rations made for the flights and his
sensations on the flight of last week,
in w-hich he established a new altitude
record of 43,166 feet.
TWO CENTS.
NEW MM MADE
BY SIMONS UPON
FOES OF LUMP SUM
House Committee Chairman
Wants Blame to “Rest
Where It Belongs.”
BINGHAM CALLS MEETING
TO SETTLE DEADLOCK
Denial Issued That Federal Em
ployes Meet Expense of
Government.
Concluding a speech in the House
today on fiscal relations between the
Federal Government and the municipal
administration of the Capital City,
which is a bone of contention between
the Senate and House conferees causing
a deadlock on the District appropria
tion bill for the coming fiscal year, with
the House conferees standing firm for
the $9,000,000 lump sum contribution
by the Federal Government and the
Senate conferees insisting on some
compromise between the $9,000,000 and
$12,000,000, as approved by the Senate,
f Chairman Simmons of the House con
ferees said:
“If the bill must fail by reason of
the demand for a still greater contri
bution, let the responsibility for the
• failure rest where it belongs.’’
While Representative Simmons was
delivering his address Senator Bingham
announced that he had called a meet
ing of the Senate and House conferees
on the bill for 10:30 tomorrow morning
in a final effort to break the deadlock.
This will be the first time the con
ferees have met together since they
1 struck the deadlock over fiscal relations
! nearly two weeks ago, with the House
members insisting on the $9,000,000
1 lump sum, while the Senate group took
■ the position that the growing total of
■ District expenses justifies some increase
1 in that contribution.
i
’ Tells of Conferences.
1 Representative Simmons in his speech
, today attempted to disprove the claim
” i that the District, in its financial affairs,
is suffering because the Federal Gov
ernment is purchasing large tracts of
‘ most valuable land in the heart of the
' city, thereby making it tax exempt.
e He recounted the history of three
s conferences between the House and
Senate conferees and denied the state
-3 ment made by Senator Bingham in the
• Senate that the House conferees had
not been fair.
Representative Simmons said that the
• claim that Washington has no large
. business industry and must depend on
• taxing small properties owned by Gov
r ernment employes for its support is
■'absurd” because the largest business
! in the world, that of the United States
Government, is located here and but
for that business Washington would
still be a swamp on the banks of the
Potomac.
Representative Simmons stressed that
the District appropriation bill is the
last of the annual supply bills that has
, not been agreed to in conference. He
said he assumed that the charge that
the House conferees are unfair “is not
intended to be a personal charge.” Mr.
Simmons told his colleagues in the
House that there are two reasons for
the adoption of the lump-sum plan.
[ Private Property Gains.
“The first recognizes that the prop
erty values of the United States re
mained fairly constant, while it is a
common knowledge that the values of
property subject to taxation have been
constantly increasing as Washington's
home and business activities have ex
panded. If the relationship between the
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KINGSFORD-SMITH
AGAIN DELAYS HOP
Plan to Start Flight to New York
Tomorrow Is Abandoned in
Hope of Better Weather.
By tho Associated Press.
DUBLIN, June 12.—Capt. Charles
Kingsford-Smith, who had been plan
ning to hop off tomorrow on a trans
atlantic flight to New York, decided
against the hop-off late today, in the
belief that better weather conditions
are coming.
A big improvement in the weather
during the night and the prospects of
still better conditions over the Atlantic
had caused Capt. Kingsford-Smith to
decide at first on a start tomorrow
should the present outlook hold. He
had hopes that further weather reports
would reveal even better conditions.
The tense period of waiting for the
past few days has been a big strain on
the crew, which is eager to be off.
Plans have been made to handle the
hundreds of motor cars and thousands
of bicycles which are expected to con
verge on Curragh carrying spectators
eager to see the start.
MICHIGAN il. GETS
$12,000,000 ESTATE
W. W. Cook Leaves All to Law
School, Efflcept for $707,500
in Cash Bequests.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 12.—W. W. Cook,
late New York attorney, left the residue
of his estate, estimated by some at $12,-
000.000, to the law school of the Uni
versity of Michigan in his will filed to
day.
The law school, of which Mr. Cook
was a graduate, will receive all of the
estate left after the bestowal of $707,500
in specific cash bequests, provided for
in the testament. The executor, John
T. Creighton, declined to estimate the
amount of the residue.
His 97-acre estate in Rye, Westchester
County, Mr. Cook willed to the Presby
terian Hospital, to be used for hospital
purposes. He established a SIOO,OOO
trust fund for its maintenance.
Among the bequests to relatives and
employes were gifts of $50,000 each to
his nephews, John P. Cook of Hillsdale,
Mich., and Chauncey F. Cook of Wash
ington, D. C.
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