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DOUMER BECOMES
FRENCH PRESIDENT
Eries Ceremony in Private
Study of Doumergue In
stalls His Successor.
JBy the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 13.—Paul Doumer, the
eldest man ever to be elected to the
position, succeeded Gaston Doumergue
as President of the third French Re
public this afternon In the Elvsee Pal- I
•ce.
Escorted by two squadrons of cavalry,
Premier Laval motored to the Petit,
Luxembourg Palace to bring the new
chief of state to the French executive
mansion.
The premier and the 74-year-old
. President-elect were cheered as they
proceeded through the streets into the
Rue Faubourg St. Honore. where a bat
talion of infantry presented arms, a
color guard diped the flag and the band
played the ••Marseillaise.'’
Greeted by Aides.
Upon alighting at the palace M. Dou
mer was greeted by his predecessor s
chief secretary, and was ushered into
the Salon of Ambassadors by Gen. Las-
Bon. the retiring President’s chief aide.
There M. Doumergue, surrounded by the
Presidents and other officers of the
Senate and the Chamber, and the en’lre
cabinet, welcomed him and spoke brief
ly of the pleasure it gave him to turn
ever the chief magistracy to a true Re
publican patriot.
After M. Doumer replied in a similar
Weln, they retired to the outgoing Presi
dent's private study, where the official
acts were signed, and Gen. Duball,
grand chancellor of the Legion of Honor,
placed the Insignia of the grand master
about the new President's neck. At that
moment a 21-gun salute was fired from
the banks of the nearby Seine and M.
Doumer became President In fact.
Tire entire ceremony lasted only about
20 minutes, after which President Dou
mer and Premier Laval went to the
Hotel Dp Villes tor a reception. De
clining the usual official escort. M.
Doumergue left for Toulouse to rejoin
his bride of less than a fortnight.
Cabinet OfTers to Resign.
Upon their return to the palace,
Premier Laval submitted to the Presi
dent the resignation cf his entire cab
inet as a matter of form. M Doum r r
asked him to carry on with the same
ministry and signe* the necessary de
crees constituting the renewal of the
government.
M. Doumergue's farewell message and
M. Doumer's inaugural address will be
read in both houses of Parliament next
week. Following ccnstiutional pro
cedure, the President will submit his
address to the council of ministers first.
President Doumer later went to the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, under
the Arc de Triomphe. and relighted the
"sacred flame'’ in honor of France's
war dead, among whom are four of his
sons. He then returned to the palace
to pass the first night of his se\en
jear term.
NATIONAL C. OF C.
WILL ATTACK SLUMP
AT SESSIONS HERE
(Continued From First Page.)
Homer Gard. Hamilton, Ohio, chair
hian: Orra Monnette, Los Angeles, sice
chairman: Asa G. Briggs. St. Paul;
John P. Fishburn, Roanoke. Va.; Wil
liam Hoffman. Atlanta, Ga.; E. J. Rus
sell. St. Louis; H. S. Kissell, Spring
field. Ohio.
Domestic Distribution Department—
W. N. Neff, Abingdon, Va.; F. P. Val
entine. New York City.
Finance department: E. Asbury Davis,
Baltimore; Henry R. Hayes. New York
Citv; Fred I. Kent, New York City;
Walter Llchenstein, Chicago; Felix M.
McWhirter. Indianapolis: Thomas R.
Preston, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Foreign commerce department: Henry
D. Sharpe, chairman. Providence. R. I.;
6. Duncan Black. Baltimore; James S.
Carson, New York City; Charles E.
Herrick. Chicago: Henry H. Morse, Bos
ton: Robert H. Patchin. New Ycrk City;
C. G. Pfeiffer, New York City; William
C. Redfield. Brooklyn; Charles F. Stone,
Atlanta, Ga.
Carolinian Heads Group.
Insurance department—Charles W.
Gold, Greensboro. N. C., chairman;
George D. Markham, St. Louis, Mo.,
vice chairman; S. Bruce Black, Boston;
William Brosmith, Hartford, Conn.;
Lee J. Dougherty, Davenport, Iowa:
Philip J. Fav. San Francisco, Calif.;
Leroy A. Lincoln, New York City; C. A.
liUdlum, New York City; F. T. Moses,
Providence, R. I.: Julian S. Myrick,
New York City; Willits H. Sawyer, New
York City; William D. Winter, New
York City.
Department of manufacture —Carl A.
’'Johnson. Madison. Wis., chairman;
Harrv A. Bullis. Minneapolis; M. A.
Cudli'p, Detroit; David F. Edwards, Bid
deford, Me.; Alfred Kauffmann. Chi
cago: Morris E. Leeds, Philadelphia; W.
C. Spruance, Wilmington, Del; Theo
dore Swann. Birmingham; William L.
Bweet. Rumford, R. I.
, Natural resources production depart
ment—Matthew S. Sloan, New York
City, chairman: William G. Skelly,
Tuisa. Okla., vice chairman; Harry
C. Abell, New Orleans; C. E. Bockus.
' New York City; P. Ryland Camp,
•'Franklin, Va.; Charles F. Conn,
v Philadelphia: R. C. Holmes. New
*!York City: William V. Hodges, Denver.
-.'.’Dr. John C. Merriam. president
Carnegie Institution of Washington;
Gardner Poole. Gloucester, Mass.; L. B.
Stillwell, New York City; W. M. Ritter,
„W. M. Ritter Lumber Co., Columbus,
i Ohio: Mark Rcqua. San Francisco;
W. M. Wiley, Sharpies, W. Va.: T.
G. Woolford. Atlanta, Ga.; R. E. Shep
herd, Jerome, Idaho.
Trade association department:
Wilson Compton, secretary-manager
National Lumber Manufacturers' Asso
ciation. Washington, D. C.; Arthur T.
Downer. Winchester. Mass.; R. C. Ed
hind. New York City; Albert H. Mor
rill. Cincinnati; Samuel L. Orr, Evans
ville. Ind.; Herbert P. Sheets, In
dianapolis; Leslie C. Smith, Chicago;
Frederick S. Snyder, Boston.
SPOUSE, SUED, FILES -
COUNTER-PETITION
Charges Desertion, Non-Support
and Cruelty. Replying to
Husband.
Denying her husband’s charges of
, desertion, Mrs. Justine Laura Lomedico,
1*77 Newton street, yesterday filed her
{ answer to the suit for limited divorce
filed by her husband, Frank Joseph Lo
mediro, 2504 Pennsylvania avenue.
Through Attorneys Raymond Neu
decker and Jean M. Boardman, Mrs.
Lomedico denied allegations that she
nagged her husband, and charged that
he deserted her last April 23 and has
refused Xo provide for her. On one
occasion, she charged. Lomedico
threatened to kill her and chased her
from their living quarters to the
Btreet, beating and choking her.
f Mrs. Lomedico said there have been
i. several separations between them on
L account of Lomedlco’s “peculiar and
temperament.” Jb
— i
Indian Wedding Draws Throng !
POLICE HAVE TO CLEAR WAY FOR BRIDAL PARTY.
j
THE costumes worn by an Indian bridal party yesterday attracted so much I
attention that police had to clear the way for the couple and their guests
to march to the office of Judge Robert E. Mattingly, where the cere
mony was performed. In the. photograph are (left to right); Otho I.
Custalow and Chief O. T. Custalow of the Mattapcni tribe, witnesses;
Mary Lee Adams, 21, of the Adamst n tribe, the bride; Judge Mattingly; Daniel
j W. Custalow. 21, of the Mattaponis, the bridegroom, and Harvey Custalow,
another witness. This was the second time a Mattaponi Indian was married :
here within the last few months. —Star Staff Photo.
VENEZUELAN HEAD
I WARNED TO RESIGN
Congress Demands Action by
Dr. Perez at Today’s
Special Session.
By the Associated Press.
CARACAS, Venezuela, June 13. —The
Venezuelan Congress, sitting as a com
mittee cf the whole, has served upon
Dr. Juan Bautista Perez a demand
•that he resign as President of the re
public at today's special session of the
Congress.
A special committee presented the
President with a resolution reading, “In
view of the fact that private sug
gestions, both oral and written, by
members of the Congress to the Presi
dent requesting his resignation, have
been answered by evasion and delay,
the Congress now formally requests
that at today's special session the
President present his formal resigna
tion, the supreme interests of the na
tion so requiring.
For the past two months reports
have come out of Venezuela byway of
Colombia that there was rebellion
against the Perez government. In April j
the government issued an official denial
that there was any revolutionary move
ment anywhere in Venezuela.
Dr. Juan Bautista Perez was elected
to the presidency by the Congress in
May, 1929. for a seven-year term. At
the time of his election he was presi
dent of the Federal High Court of Ces
sation and serving as President Pro
Tempore of the Republic.
He succeeded Gen. Juan Vincente
Gomez as ehief executive when the lat
ter declined to run for re-election to
the post he had held for 20 years. Gen.
Gomez said his advancing years dic
tated his retirement from politics.
WESTERN BEET GROWERS
ASK SUGAR DUTY BOOST
By the Associated Press.
Western beet growers have petitioned
the Tariff Commission for an Increase
in the sugar duty.
This rate, which caused more debate
in the last Congress than any other in j
the Hawley-Smoot tariff act, is now 2
cents a pound on Cuban raws. Before
1930 it was 1.76 cents. The Cuban re- j
fined levy is 2.12. In the 1922 law It
was 1.91.
J. C. Bailey of Colorado Springs pre- '
sented the application for a raise under
the flexible provisions in the duties on:
raw and refined sugar and edible black
strap molasses and cane sirup.
He said he represented beet growers
of Colorado, California, Idaho, Mon
tana. Nebraska and Wyoming. Reasons
prompting the request were not made
public. The commission has yet to set
a date for a hearing.
CANADIAN RIOTS FEARED
50-Man Detachment Sent to Ed
monton as Precaution.
CALGARY, Alberta. June 13 (A 3 ).—A
detachment of 50 men of the Lord
Strathccna Horse left Calgary for Ed
monton last night as a precaution
against serious disturbances being caused
by the unemployed in the Alberta capi
tal.
Premier J. E. Brownlee conferred with i
Mayor J. M. Douglas cf Edmonton yes
terday and information received here
said that both the premier and the
mayor feared outbreaks by the unem
ployed under influence of communistic
elements.
KURDS LOSE HEAVILY
Hundreds of Rebels Slain in Battle
With Persian Troops.
ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 13 UP). —
Reports from Bayezid today said hun
dreds of Kurdish rebels had been
killed by Persian regular troops in
heavy fighting along the Turco-Pers'.an
frontier. The Turkish frontier forces
have kept the Kurds out of that coun
try, the reports said.
COLOR AND' CONTRASTS FEATURE
SUMMER "PERSONALITY” STYLES
Clothing in Monotones Passe as Feminine Wearers Strive
for New Note of Individuality.
By the Associated Preas.
NEW YORK, June 13—Summer
beaches and boulevards will be es pied
with color this year as Joseph's coat.
Women are beginning to realize the
effect of color on their personalities.
Never has such daring In the combin
ation of shades been attempted. The
monotone ensemble Is passe. Suits j
show skirt and coat of contrasting
colors. Gowns of a solid color are
sharpened with hats, shoes and acces
sories of another shade.
Women are wearing the new yellow
shades though they never wore yellow
before. Very fair women are wearing
tropic reds and blazing blues.
Bathing suits are reliably smart when
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, T). 0., SATURDAY, .TUNE 13, 1931.
Man Follows Wife
In Plunge Into Well
Trying to Save Cat
.
Woman and Hushand Get
Out With Little Aid,
but Feline Drowns.
Ey the Associated Press.
MEXICO. Mo., June 13.—Mrs. C. Wil
liams’ cat fell into a well here yes
terday.
Mrs. Williams went to the cat's rescue
and also fell into the well.
1 Then her husband went to her rescue,
and he, too. fell into the well.
With the Williams' rat. Mrs. Wil
liams and Mr. Williams in the well,
there was much excitement in the
neighborhood, but early arrivals on the
scene were unable to aid and called
out the fire department.
The fire department came in great
haste, but the ladders wouldn't work.
While the firemen labored with the
ladders. Mrs. Williams got tired of wait
ing to be rescued and started climbing
up a pipe in the well. Chief of Police
floyd Bradley arrived just in time to
puli her the rest of the way out. Mr.
Williams was rescued the same way.
The Williams' cat, however, was not
of the variety with nine lives, or else
had used eight of them before. It
drowned.
CITES RED GAINS
AMONG NEGROES
Urban League Official Says
White and Black Workers
Are on Battle Line.
By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS. June 13 —T. Arnold
Hill of New York City told the National
Conference of Urban Leagues here that
Communism Is obtaining a foothold
among Negroes in the United States as
a result of the current unemployment
! situation.
Hill, who is a director in the De
; partment of Industrial Relations of the
organization, addressed the final open
session of the gathering last night.
“While interracial groups are work
ing to promote understanding of the in-
I telligent few,” said Hill, “the masses of
i white and black workers are cn oppo-
I site sides of a battle line, which
j stretches from New York down the At
lantic seaboard to New Orleans and
across the country to Seattle and Los
Angeles.
Bitterness Crops Up.
j “Heretofore whites have been content
| to allow uninviting tasks to be done by
j Negroes, but today any job is acceptable
i to whites. Frequently, the removal of
Negro workers is immediately followed
i bv the introduction of white workers,
j This, naturally, is resented by Negroes,
I with the result that bitterness is crop
j ping up where accord once existed and
| interracial groups have another point
of irritation and another instance cf
injustice to challenge their interest and
sincerity.
"As a result of heavy losses sustained
during the present unemployment crisis,
the Negro is r sorting to Gornmunism.
i Whether we like the thought of it or
not —whether we think it, advisable to
suppress the fact of it or not —the
Negro Is relying upon Communism or
something else different that might give
him. even though in a distant future,
an opportunity to compete for work on
an equal basis with others.
Suggests 10-Y*ar Plan.
“Our efforts in the field have been as
a rep? of sand; they have been oppor
tunistic. individualistic and unchartered.
We might well consider a ‘lO-year plan
for race relations’ that would meet this
situation.”
Jesse O. Thomas of Atlanta. Ga.. also
a field director of the National Urban
League, said there are conflicts in the
field of race relations consisting of three
separate cultures In the mass mind of
the whit? world and three different
classes of people.
of jersey. Tire one-piece suit is good,
but it is more generally worn with
short pants, fastened sailor-fashion
with contrasting buttons or laced in
the back. For beach-lounging, circular
or pleated pajamas are worn.
The “pants skirt” is evidence in a
w-hite wool serge spectator sports
costume. *
An original shoulder jacket that
! amounts to nothing more than a pair
of amusing sleeves gathered at the
wrists is made cf brown jersey.
Flannel suits and angora wool dresses
are most acceptable in the Summer
wardrobe. Short and three-quarter
length coats w'ill be worn In the bright
or extremely light, shades such as white,
blege, cream or the past^jp.
iBSOOKHART GIVES I
1 LIBERALS 8 STATES
I
; lowan Tells Illinois G. 0. P.
of Chances —Against
Third Party.
| By the Associated Pres 3.
j CHICAGO. June 13 —Senator Smith
W. Brookhart of lowa told a conference
! of Illinois Progressive Republicans yes
terday that he believed the Progressives
could carry Indiana, Ohio, Illinois,
I Wisconsin, Nebraska, Pennsylvania,
California and the Dakotas in the com
ing presidential campaign.
! Senator Brookhart denied that he fa
! voted a third party. “What I am ad
; vocating is a fight by Progressives -for
I a Progressive candidate in those States
! having presidential delegate primaries
I and in the national convention,” he
said.
! Brookhart said he would introduce in
• Congress a bill “amending the present
: Farm Board bill along the lines of the
j Haugen-McNary bill, substituting the
i debenture plan for the equalization fee.”
Prosperity Restorative.
“Prosperity ran be restored to the
country in that way." he said. “The
present bill, sponsored by the President,
has failed in its purpose.”
He opposed the equalization fee as a
i “tax on the farmer." He said the de
: benture plan would be a farm subsidy,
but defended it *by saying the Govern
ment subsidized th o railroads for their
wartime losses and is paying a form
of subsidy to the merchant marine.
Would Tax Incomes.
| “The debenture plan would raise the
' price of farm products. I would apply
it to all such, not wheat alone. It
would restore the buying power of the
people 40 per cent. But to bring back
prosperity we should limit the surplus
profits of all lines of business, finance
and Industry to an amount equal to the
annual increase of wealth in this coun
try.
"My original bill, which got five votes
in the Senate last year, will be Intro
duced again. I will probably amend
it to limit surplus profits to 4 per cent
through th’ income and corporation
taxes instead of 5 per cent."
EMERGENCY DEBTS
! AND ARMS PARLEY
PROPOSAL REVIVED
(Continued From First Page i
D Orm»sson thinks, to help Herr Bruen
ing help Germany.
Byway of parenthesis, it may be.
added here that since the D'Ormesson j
plan was first launched, conditions in \
• Germany, and Indeed in Central Eu- i
■ rope in general, have become much
! worse.
! The two countries which despite the
depression are in the best situation of
nnv today and which, moreover, by th 1
nature of the repara’ions and war debt
settlements ate the keys to the situa
tion. are France and th-’ United States.
It Is. therefore. France and the United
States, M. D'Ormesson thinks which i
should take the initiative and show gen- i
uine ladership in the present try inf :
circumstances.
Plan Sketched Briefly.
The other countries concerned, such
I as Great Britain, Italy and Belgium,
would, h'’ assumes, immediately Jrin in.
Briefly set forth, the plan is as
follows.
For a period of two years from date.
France would agree to forego
its reparations payments and the United
I States would agree to forego one-half
the war debts. This measureAvould be
regarded as temporary and would in
volve no change in existing texts.
Th® young plan divides German pay
ments Into two parts, unconditional. ■
which correspond to money available
after the payment of war debts for the
repayment of actual war damages or
reparations, and conditional, which cor
respond to the money turned over by
the allies to the United States for war
debts.
France Is receiving this year for
actual damages some $80,000,000 and a
similar amount next year. It would
give up half this amount for the direct
benefit of Germany.
The United States. In giving up half
the war debt payments over the same |
period, would also benefit Germany, for
this measure would automatically cut
half the conditional part of the Ger
man annuity. The total benefit to
Germany would be $215,000,000 a year.
Would Sign Arms Agreement.
At the same time, France and Ger
many would sign a convention, open
also to all other countries, whereby each
would agree first that under no circum
stances would it exceed Its present ar
mament level and second that both
would reduce their armament budgets by
one-twelfth. This reduction for Ger
many would represent another real sav
ing of more than $16,000,000 a year,
while the French reduction would com
pensate the budget for the lass on
reparations.
This convention, it is suggested, might
prove to be the foundation for the suc
cess of the disarmament conference, the
problems of which are now giving so
much worry to all governments.
Such are the D'Ormesson proposals. |
Fr'm the psychological view, it is j
widely felt that the Austro-German cus
toms union surprise ahd the ostenta
tious way in which the Germans seemed
to choose to talk of the reparations crises
with the British, who receive only 22 !
per cent cf the payments, Instead of
with Fiance, which, receiving 52 per
cent, is the principal creditor, have
made Franco-German conversations for
the moment exceptionally difficult.
Realize Action Is Necessary.
Yet it Is widely recognized that some
thing must be done and done soon.
Much is hoped for from the forth
coming visits of Messrs. Mellon and
Stimson. Although the United States
has thus far shown no sign, desire or
readiness to take the leadership in deal
ing avith the world crises, Europe still
seems to look across the Atlantic for
concrete proposals of some sort.
The D'Ormesson plan, it is felt, even
if It serves only to stimulate discussion
along the lines indicated, may event
ually, say its proponents, lead toFranco-
Am<»rican initiative of some sort in the
common Interest of general peace, pros
perity and disarmament.
(Copyright, 1931.)
LEONARD HALL TO SPEAK
Managing Editor of Photoplay
Will Address Press Women.
Leonard Hall, managing editor of
Photoplay Magazine and former dra
matic editor of the Washington Daily
News, will be honor guest and speaker
at the weekly luncheon of the Women’s
National Press Club, to be held at the
Willard Hotel Tuesday. The luncheon
is scheduled for 1 o'clock In the after
noon.
FOUR DIE IN AIR CRASH
SAARBRUECKEN, Germany, June
13 UP).—A regular passenger plane fly
ing between Cologne and Saarbruecken
crashed here this morning, killing the
pilot, mechanic and two passengers. I
After Its start was delayed for a half I
hour on account of fog, the plane rose j
to about 300 feet and nose-dived for an
unexplained reason. It caught fire as
it struck the ground and the four vic
.tima were badly burned. •
ISTONE SAYS BOARD
I SAVED 0. S. WHEAT
Grain Price Crash Averted
With $100,000,000 Gain,
He Tells Institute.
Ey the Associated Press.
MANHATTAN, Kans., June 13.
| Chairman James C. Stone of the Fed
| eral Farm Board said last night a
j crash in wheat prices which would have
"cost thLs country, as a w’hole, billions
j of dollars'’ had been averted by the
! board stepping Into the wheat market
I last November.
He asserted the board's stabilization
operations In wheat and cotton had
, been fully Justified by the results.
! Stone told the American Institute of
I Co-operation It was the opinion of the
1 beard that the price of wheat in Chl
j cago would have dropped to 50 cents a
j bushel or lower if the board had not
come forward to bolster prices.
Cites Bank Failures.
He cited the series of bank failures In
Arkansas, Kentucky and North Caro
lina last Fall and said 30,000,000 to
40.000.000 busheLs of wheat on which
banks had advanced loans would have
been dumped on the market if the price
had declined a cent or two.
| Admitting the stabilization opera
l tions had resulted in losses of Federal
] funds, he said:
| "Beneficial results from both cotton ;
| and wheat stabilization activities to (
! farmers and the country as a whole are
i many times over any losses that may be
sustained by the revolving fund."
Holds Remedies Temporary.
Figuring the stabilization operation in
a more concrete way. Stone said SIOO,-
000,000 could be entered on the credit
side of the balance sheet, representing
the difference between the world price
and the price of all American wheat sold
from November to the end of the crop
year.
"Then on the debit side, suppose we
lase In the sale of the wheat $25,000,-
000. *30.000,000 or even $50,000,000, |
I have never seen the time when I i
would not swap $50,000,000 for SIOO,- j
000.000.”
Summing up stabilization activities,
the board chairman said "our experl- j
ence convinces its that these can be ;
restored to only as temporary remedies |
and cannot cope successfully with con- j
tinuous production of a crop or steadily >
mounting surpluses.”
Hp asked the public not to lose sight I
of the board's progress in developing |
co-operative organizations among farm- |
ers and stockmen in a long-time pro- i
gram designed to place the producers in ;
a position to "adjust production to the 1
probable market demand and to mer- ,
chandise their products in such away J
as to reflect back the grower the j
j price paid by the consumer."
Is Gloomy on Wheat.
I As an example of the work of the co
i operatives, Stone cited the Farmers' \
| National Grain Corporation, the co- j
; operative central sales agency for grain. 1
"It is my belief.” he stated, "that the j
Farmers' National influence increased
the price of grain for all growers at
least 7 to 10 cents per bushel over what
they otherwise would have received in
the period from the tinv“ the 1930 crop
1 began moving until stabilization pur
j chases were resumed in November."
1 Discussing the outlook for agricul
ture, the chairman counseled reduced ■
domestic production of wheat, cotton i
and burley and bright leaf flue-cured
tobaccos. He saw little hope of Ameri
can wheat growers being able to ob
tain a profitable price in the world
market in the next few years, but be
lieved cotton growers could compete
in the world market by Improving the j
quality of their product, if production
were reduced to meet present condi
i tions. The tobacco growers named, he
said, faced "dLsastrously low prices
j this Fall."
EASTERN RAILWAYS
0. K. $450,000,000
FOUR-SYSTEM PLAN
_(Contlnued From First Page.)
commission with a request that all the
new alignments involved be approved at
once, or whether the commission will ,
merely be asked to substitute a four- j
i party plan for Its previous five-party |
plan and then consider each individual
acquisition on its own merits.
The latter course is considered the
more probable. While this would In
volve more time, the railroad presi
dents look upon their general consoli
dation scheme in the light of an emer
gency measure similar to that of the
proposed freight-rate increase and,
therefore, they will request the commis
sion to act without undue delay. The
usual practice In rate matters is for the
commission to suspend all changes for
a period of 90 days, during which time
they will hear all complaints, but under
emergency conditions this period may
be shortened.
New Direct Entry Into City.
A major part of the new expenditures
which would be undertaken by the car
riers. if they could have the uncertainty
of counter consolidation proposals re
moved. would be involved in projects
j to give the Baltimore & Ohio and the
| Chesapeake & Ohio-Nickcl Plate direct
1 access into New oYrk City. The other
I two systems. New York Central and
Pennsylvania, already have this advan
tage.
Following the December announce
! ment, Daniel Willard, president of the
Baltimore & Ohio, who has taken a
leading part in all the consolidation
maneuvers, said the major systems
would be built up. piece by piece,
although a formal draft of the agree
ment would be filed with the commis
sion when complete. He made it clear
at that time that no blanket applica
tion to cover the entire plan was con
templated, and it is believed the same
procedure will cover the present case.
At that time the only major problem
seen in the way of the presidents mak
ing an agreement was the question of
the Pennsylvania Railroad's desire for
trackage over the Nickel Plate line
along the southern shore of Lake Erie.
No intimation of how this was settled
at yesterday's meeting was made pub
lic.
Mr. Willard said last December. In
sppeaking for the proposal following
President Hoover's announcement, that
he knew of no single factor which
would contribute more toward stabili
zation of business, insure financial sta
bility of the railroads and increase em
ployment than -the mergers agreed
upon Mr. Willard took a leading part
in formulating the original four-party
program five years ago. which was pro
tested by the Pennsylvania and event
ually discarded by the commission in
favor of its five-party line-up.
The present four-party plan differs
from the five-party plan in that it
makes no provision for a Wabash-Sea
board system. The Seaboard is now in
receivership and the Wabash, under
the President's plan, goes to the Penn
sylvania. Mr. Willard has been the
principal contact between the railroad
heads'and the administration at Wash
ington.
Bank Taken Over by State.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. June 13 UP).— 1
The Farmers & Mechanics’ Banking of 1
1 Millersbuig was taken over by the Slate
| Banking Department today for liquids
| tion at the request of the institution's
; board of directors.
1 The bank had a capital stock of $30,-
000 and resources of $624,000.
Assets of the bank were said by the
directors to be “In condition.”
EVA LE GALLIENNE IS BURNED
WHEN WATER HEATER EXPLODES
Josephine Hutchinson, Act
ress, and Maid at Summer
Home Also Hurt.
Gardener Beats Out Flames
and Drives Victims to Nor
walk, Conn., Hospital.
By the Associated Press.
WESTON, Conn., June 13.—Eva Le
Gallienne, founder of the Civic Reper
tory Theater In New York; Josephine
Hutchinson, actress and friend of Miss
Le Gallienne, and Marie Cou, a maid,
were in a hospital today suffering from
burns caused by the explosion of a
gasoline water heater in Miss Le Gal
lienne’s Summer home.
Miss Le Gallienne and Miss Hutch
inson went Into the basement to help
the maid adjust the heater, which was
not functioning properly. Miss Le
Gallienne struc k a match which ignited
gasc >ine fumes.
T1 e women were knocked down.
Their clothing and hair caught fire.
Anthony Gerace, a gardener, ran to
the basement, bout out the fire, drove
the victims in Miss Le Gallienne’s au
EFFORTS OF SCIENCE TO CURB
GERMS WITH GERMS DESCRIBED
I
i
Research Workers Study Bacteriophage,!
Resembling Filterable Virus, Which
Destroys Bacteria.
Pitting germs against germs is one
of the amazing developments In
- bacteriology. A viruslike agent
called bacteriophage, which destroys
bacteria, is described by S. Bayne-
Jones in the following article —one
of a series on “What’s Going On In
the World Today.” Mr. Bayne-
Jones says the "domestication of
l microbes may in time prove to be as
important to man as the domcstica
| tion of the cow.”
BY S. BAYNE-JONES,
j Professor of Beeteriologv. School of Medi
cine, University of Rocnester.
! (Copyright. 1931. by the Associated Press >
j ROCHESTER, N. Y.. June 13.—1 n
i comparison with some of the venerable
I sciences, bacteriology is a recent de
| velopment. This section of the science
| of living things is still in its first
j century and many men who knew its
! founders, Pasteur and Koch, are still
I living.
I During this time, bacteriological
knowledge has been of great practical
! value in the diagnosis, cure and control
j of disease, in agriculture and in the
j industries
The useful as well as the harmful
activities of microbes are now taken for
{ granted by people who formerly re
garded germs with curiosity or terror.
While a great deal of practical bac
teriology is applied every day, we know
very little about the real nature and
doings of this invisible population of
i microbes.
A significant recent development is
i more intensive study of the bacteria for
| themselves, as well as for what may be
| done to use them or combat them.
Microbes Hard to Analyze.
There is a large group of contagious
| and destructive diseases of man, ani
| mals and plants caused by microbes,
j which no one has seen or cultivated
' on the broths and jellies used by bac
i teriologists as culture media. Among
these diseases are smallpox, hydropho
bia. infantile paralysis, yellow fever,
foot and mouth disease, and mosaic
disease of tobacco and other plants.
Recently it has been shown that par
rot fever or psittacosis and distemper
of dogs belong in thus group. The
agents which cause these diseases are
called filtrrable viruses. These get their
name from their ability to pass through
the pores of unglazed porcelain tubes,
which hold back ordinary bacteria.
' They are so small that they cannot
be seen with the usual micrcsccpe.
A great difficulty in deciding whether
i the viruses are alive and in finding
j cut just what they are. is due to the
FIND MISSING COAT
OF FAITHFUL GIRL
IN LONG BEACH SURF
<Continued Froia First Page.)
fulls for five years.” he said. “X met
them about five years ago. but have
not seen them as much as formerly in
the last couple of years. I did see
Starr on the Tuesday before she dis
appeared.
“She dropped in at my studio, ap
parentlv on an impulse, stayed a little
while chatting and then went on.”
The artist praised Mrs. Faithfull as
a "lovely, cultured woman” and her
husband' as a “gentle person devoted
to the welfare of his stepdaughters.”
Edwards declined to say whether the
names of Megargce and Stoner had
been culled from Miss Faithfull’s diary.
Megargee lives with his mother and
sister in Brooklyn.
LONDON PROBE REPORTED.
Physician Quoted as Saying He Saved
Girl From Drug Overdose.
LONDON, June 13 (A 3 ).— The puzzling
life and death of Starr Faithfull. New
York girl, were the subject of exhaust
ive research and speculation today.
In the face of repeated denials by
officials, the Daily Sketch said Scot
land Yard had been introduced into
the mystery by New York police and
that it was conducting a search here
for certain friends of the girl. Two of
them already had been Interviewed, it
was said, and their statements might
be sent to America.
The investigation was said to be un
der the direction of Detective Inspector
Baker, head of the ’’narcotic squad."
and Divisional Inspector Hester.
An unnamed physician was quoted in
an interview by the Daily Express as
saying he saved Miss Faithfull s life
on the same visit after she had taken
an overdose of a sedative drug.
Summoned hurriedly to her hotel, he
said, he found her lying unconscious
on the bed with an empty bottle of the
medicine standing nearby. After he
had revived her, he said she told him
she had drunk considerable gin and
then swallowed 24 tablets of the
sedative, the maximum dose of which
is four tablets.
When he asked her the reasons for
her act, he said she told him:
"I have nothing to live for. Some
body has let me down badly.”
The Express quoted the woman man
ager of the hotel to the effect that
Miss Faithfull’s stepfather. Stanley E.
Faithfull, sent her there and asked the
1 manager to keep an eye on her. He
' sent checks to the hotel of which her
bills were paid and an allowance turned
over to her, the manager said.
Recent letters to an unidentified
friend announcing her intention to sail
for London on the Franconia on its
latest trip, and telling of her distaste
for America wera published by the
Dally Mail.
EVA LE GALLIENNE.
tomobiie to the Norwalk Hospital 10 j
miles away.
i Dr. William W. Tracey said Miss Le '
Gallienne was the most seriously j
burned. She suffered severe burns on
the arms, face and body. Most of her |
hair was burned off. She is expected
to recover.
fact that they seem to multiply only
in association with a living animal or
plant cell.
The existence of these filterable
viruses has been known since 1899. In
the past few years, however, a general
attack upon them has bem made in
laboratories In this country and in
i Europe. These newer studies give prom- j
ise of obtaining reliable vaccination i
methods against yellow fever, distemper ,
of dogs, and possibly against infantile j
j paralysis and other diseases in this
group.
Bacteriophage Destroys Bacteria.
A peculiar agent, somewhat like a
l filterable virus, is an apparently self- j
, perpetuating thing called bacteriophage. |
' 1 It destroy bacteria. Some think that j
■ this germ-destroying agent comes from |
> the bacteria themselves: others that it 1
• is a virus which infects bacteria and
i produces a disease fatal to the suscep-
I tible germs. In France. India and in
! some places in this country, this bac
-1 teriophage has been used successfully
1 to stop typhoid fever, cholera, boils and
1 several other infections. Not all ex
, perimenters have had equal success
' ! with it.
I I Tuberculosis is receiving a great deal
. of attention. A tremendous co-opera
tive research by chemists, bacteriolo
gists. cytologists and physicians is un
der way to attempt to find out how |
. the germ of tuberculosis is made lip
, chemically, and what effects the sub- '
, stances obtained from the germ have j
upon animal bodies. The results should I
give valuable new chemical knowledge I
! and show how to make a new attack j
, upon germs of disease. There is also
a great deal of interest in the new
method of vaccination against tubercu
losis used extensively in Europe.
The vaccine Is a small amount of a
; j living culture of a tubercle bacillus ob
tained years ago from the disease in
cattle. This culture, known as B. C. G..
has apparently lost its ability to cause
tuberculosis, but is still able to give
: some protection against this disease
when taken by mouth by children or
. given by injection to adults. Opinion
■ is still divided over the questions as
to how safe and how beneficial it is. j
In agriculture better ways are being
found to increase soil fertility by the
‘ use of the small microbes which make
’ useful compounds out of the nitrogen
’ from the eir.
i In the industries yeast and bacteria
, are being employed more and more to
make alcohol, all sorts of useful sol
vents. as well as acids and many other
products. A vitamin-like material,
• capable of preventing and curing rickets, j
; can be obtained from yeast exposed to
■ X-rays.
BISHOP CANNON SUIT
SEEKS $1,500,000;
Churchman Files Action Against
Hearst and Coast Paper Al
leging False Article.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. June 13. —A suit for
1 $1,500,000 damages was filed yesterday
( by Bishop James Cannon, jr., of the
■ Methodist Episcopal Church South,
[ against William Randolph Hearst. news
paper publisher; George O. Young.
[ Publisher of the Los Angeles Examiner,
. and the Examiner.
1 The complaint alleges that Hearst
caused to be published in the Los
Angeles Examiner and other Hearst
publications an article dated New York,
I 1 July 22, 1930—concerning the bishop
I and Mrs. Helen McCallum. It was al
leged the article was published for
; the purpose of conveying the idea that
. the plaintiff and Mrs. McCallum were
| guilty of improper and Immoral con
, :duct. The compiamt asserts the article
. ; was false. Damages of $1,000,000 was
j • asked on this count.
I The second count, in which damage
l j of $500,000 is sought alleges that Hearst
: sent a letter to Young for the purpose
' and defaming the plain
t *
Births Reported.
■ ,hT h L. f .°,"2 w ii lB births Have been reported to
• ! hours* sh Departn, '’ nt during the last 24
’ £2m} a Q ,ine A. an , d Ftorenre B Bonos, girl.
Cellle B. and Leola L. Capps, girl
Paul end Theresa Aloi, boy.
t Clinton E. and Linda Thomas, bov
; Lee Abram and Edith M. Strong, kirl.
■ AJii? 1 " and , s rt e s - Einthicum. boy.
Charles R. and Ada V. Dean. bov.
i Robert O. and Nellie J. Boyd.
Edtvnrd D. and llasel Means, boy.
Albert E. and Missouri Young, girl
' Geore.e and Mabel Allred, boy
I Clinton and Dolhs M. Wilson, boy.
i Deaths Reported.
1 I™* following deaths have been Yeported to
• the Health Department during the last 24
hours.
Grace S. Spencer. 89. Garfield Hospital.
Oaorglana Sturgis. 89. Homeopathic Hos
• piial.
Minnie Tolson. 68, George Washington
University Hospital
Emma E. Miller, 68. 149 R st. n e.
Annie M. Watson. 68. 1908 Ist st
Edward Penn. 52. rear 91 N at. s e
Anna M. Clapp, 40. Army War College.
; Helen B. Grab, 33. Georgetown University
Hospital.
George J. Vereb, 29. United States Naval
‘ Hospital.
. Eugenie V. Adder, 28. National Homeo
. ; pnthic Hospital.
Marlon Shorb. 12. Children's Hospital.
[ Lois M. Pumphrey, 2. Providence HosDiia l .
Russell Morgal. 5 davs. Gallinger Hospital.
Se.rah Casty. 83. 220 H st. lie
I Jane Diggs. 75. Oallineer Hospital.
1 Gertrude Sescoe. 54. 128 D st.
, James Alden. 50, 1100 Shepherd cout.
1 John Sewell. 42. Gallinger Hospital.
' Hule Moldin. 38. Walter Reed Hospital.
, Harvey Faulkner. 27. 1870 2nd st.
Blanch Lucas. 26, Freedmen’s Hospital,
i Sarah 3. Gallinger Hospital,
OIL COMPANY LOSS
SLAIEO FOR PROBE
i Los Angeles County Jurors
to Investigate Charges
of Fraudulent Acts.
•
! By the Associated Press.
I 3. OS ANGELES. June 13.—Alleged
j unauthorized withdrawals of funds of
| the Richfield Oil Co. of California by
! certain of its ofllcals will be investi
gated by the new county grand jury
, under plans announced by Chief Dep
uty District Attorney R. F. Stewart,
j No further action will be taken, he
! said, on charges made by the State
j corporation commissioner, R. L. Haight,
, that $3,500,000 worth of stock was is
sued in violation of the corporate se
curities act, and that there had been
a false statement in an application for
a permit to issue stock in 1927.
f Stewart said the statute of limita
j tions would apply to the first charge,
; June 16. or bi fore investigation possi
j biy could be completed, and that the
j second had been barred by the statute
l of limitations for more than a year.
Stewart said this elimination left the
major statements v.ih regard to unau
thorized withdrawals of funds, changes
in company records and other alleged
violations of the corporate securities act
open for investigation.
Haight recently furnished a report to
j the district attorney s office in which
he charged maladministration of Rich
field business had resulted in a $54 -
000,000 deficit.
ADAMS’ FORUM TALK
TO DEAL WITH NAVY
Air Program and Operating Plan
to Be DiicnMed by
Secretary.
Secret ary of the Navy Adams tonight
will discuss details of the work of his
department in the National Radio
i Forum, arranged by The Star and
: broadcast over a coast-to-coast network
! of the Columbia Broadcasting System
I His address, which will be heard
j locally over Station WMAL from 8; 30 to
j 9 o'clock, will deal particularly with
i the Navy's air program and the new
operating plan put into effect by Ad
miral William V. Pratf, chief of naval
i operations.
——
HOOVER CAMPAIGN
TO BE CARRIED ON
ACTIVELY AT ONCE
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defeat and tear down the Hoover poli
cies and the Republican program. They
have no policy or program of their own,
save one of opposition and obstruc
] ticn. Their criticism is loud, as usual,
; but it is not constructive."
j Mr. Hurley prefaced his speech with
| a few words of tribute to Vice Presi
i dent Curtis, describing him as a "stal
| wart war horse, an outstanding Re
; publican and a great American.'
Maas Charges Gag.
There was some discussion on the
part of those attending the banquet
last night of what was said to be the
refusal on the part of Mr. Lucas to
permit Representative Maas of 6t. Paul.
Minn., to speak during yesterday's ses
sion of the Young Republicans' con
ference. Mr. Maas was on the program,
and is said to have charged afterwards
that when it was learned that he pro
! posed in his address to demand modifi-
I cation of the prohibition law, and to
! launch an attack upon Postmaster
I General Brow n, it was decided that he
should not speak. Executive Director
Lucas said last night that the only
reason why Mr. Maas was not asked
to speak on that occasion was because
the afternoon's program had run longer
than was expected, and that it was
then too late to prolong the session.
Others who addressed the banquet
were Douglas Whitlock of Indiana,
organizer and president of the Young
Republicans of the National Capital
Republican Club of this city, who told
briefly of the organization work and of
the great interest being taken by young
men and women in Republican politics;
W. Kingsland Macy, chairman of the
Republican State Committee of New
York, who discussed what he described
as the fundamentals of politics, and
who denounced the Democratic cor
ruption in New York; Robert A. Taft,
of Cincinnati, Ohio, son of the late
Chief Justice, who talked about the
importance of the organization in poli
tics; Miss Katherine V. Parker, presi
dent of the Republican Women's Club
of Massachusetts, who urged the Re
publicans of the country to put a stop
to the "persecution" of President Hoo
ver: William B. Harrison, mayor of
Louir.-ille. Ky.. and Dr. William Starr
Myers, professor cf political science at
I Princeton University, who discussed
i what he described as the ever existing
difficulties between the Executive and
the United States Senate.
At 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
delegates to the Young Republicans'
convention were rereived at th° White
House by President and Mrs. Hoover.
NAVY WILL BROADCAST
DOUBLE TIME SIGNALS
Capt. Hellweg Announces New
Schedule Will Become Effec
tive After October 1.
Capt. Julius F. Hellweg, superin
tendent of the Naval Observatory, an
nounced today that after October 1
j the number of time broadcasts sent out
from the observatory will be doubled,
with six instead of the present three
being sent out over the air for scientific
purposes.
Numerous requests upon the Navv
will bring about the added service. The
Navy Department pointed out today
that with the new service it will be
possible to receive three time signals
on Pacific Coast time during working
hours.
"The time ‘checks’ are necessary as
celestial observations are needed to ac
curately determine the exact position of
observers." the department explained.
Effective October 1, seventy-fifth me
ridian time will be sent out at 3 a m..
12 noon. 4 p.m., 7 p.m., 10 p.m. and
midnight. Coast and Geodetic Survey
work in the West will be aided by re
ceipt of the time signals, the depart
ment said, enabling needed calculations
to be made mere easily.
PHONE FILMS SHOWN
Development of Industry Revealed
Before Reciprocity Club.
Motion pictures showing important
phases In development of the telephone
, industry were shown Thursday at a
' meeting of the Reciprocity Club In the
Willard Hotel.
The organization’s last meeting of the
Summer will be held June 26 In the
Mayflower Hotel.
There are many allusions in early
history to phantom armies that ha'e
been \eard or seen to be engaged in
battle.