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ffIOSEVELT BOOM
APPEARS GROWING
Jteteftt Developments En
feMce New York Governor’s
F Ghanoe for Nomination.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
The progress of the Roosevelt boom
Iter the Democratic presidential nomi
nation in 1932 is little short of amaz
ing. In the eyes of Democratic politi
cians in Washington. As they view it
today, the Roosevelt movement has al
most assumed band-wagon proportions.
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New
York occupies now practically the same
position in the raoe for the Democratic
nomination for Chief Executive that
former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New
York occupied back in 1927. In one
way, his chances for the nomination at
this time appear even better than did
Smith’s in 1927. The Southern Demo
cratic leaders are more whole-heartedly
for him. They believe he can win next
year. About Smith they always had
their doubts, and many of them be
lieved he would lose.
It is quite true that Dr. Arthur J.
Barton of Atlanta, chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Anti-
Saloon League of America and a
leader In the anti-Smith fight in the
South in 1928. has just issued a state
ment urging dry Southern Democrats
to gird their loins to fight the nomina
tion of Gov. Roosevelt on the ground
that, Roosevelt is a wet. But this state
ment by Dr. Barton merely serves to
emphasize the fact that Roosevelt is
the outstanding candidate of the Demo
crats for the nomination today.
Roosevelt Strength Grow*.
Several things have happened within
the last few days, in addition to the
Barton statement, to give impetus to
the Roosevelt boom, among them being
the interview with the astute and still
powerful former Democratic national
committeeman for Pennsylvania Joseph
F Guffey, who declared that 66 of tne
72 delegates Pennsylvania sends to the
national convention next year would be
whole-heartedly for Roosevelt. Another
was the statement made in New York
by “Tony” Cermak, the new Demo
cratic boss and mayor of Chicago, that
Roosevelt was "wet enough for the
Democrats of Illinois. Cermak went
further and said after a long talk with
A1 Smith that the former Governor
would not be a candidate for the nom
ination and that Smith was generally
friendly to Roosevelt
When It is added that Massachusetts
Democratic leaders, including Senator
David I. Walsh and Mayor James Cur
ley of Boston, are friendly to the can
didacy of Gov. Roosevelt, although the
former insists that the first love of the
Democrats of Massachusetts is A1
Smith, the favorable prospects of Roose
velt are still further enhanced. These
two Democrats of Massachusetts were
guests at a luncheon which Col. Edward
M House of Wilson administration
fame gave for Gov. Roosevelt not long
ago at his North Shore Summer home.
The Roosevelt boom really had its
Inception months ago in the West and
in the South. Senator Wheeler of Mon
tana was one of the first to climb
aboard the bandwagon. Senator Dill
of Washington is working for the nom
ination of Roosevelt. Even the Repub
lican insurgents in the West, through
Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska,
have given the New York Governor a
boost. Norris declaring his admiration
for Roosevelt because of his stand on
the waterpower question, and asserting
that what is needed in the White House
“is another Roosevelt.”
Has Support of South.
Southern Democratic Senators and
tnembers of the House are particularly
friendly to the New York Governor, who
was largely responsible for heading off
John J. Raskob. chairman of the Demo
eratic National Convention, in his effort
last March to have the National Com
mittee go on record as favoring a plank
in the 1932 Democratic platform favor
ing a return of the control of the liquor
traffic to the States. Roosevelt has for
years been spending part of his time
In the South, in an effort to regain the
complete use of his legs, following an
attack of infantile paralysis in 1921.
Today most of these Southern Demo
cratic leaders say In confidence that
they are for the nomination of Roose
velt and they are confident he will be
nominated and elected. Senator Cara
way of Arkansas has declared himself
for Roosevelt if his colleague, Senator
Robinson, is not nominated.
There is reason to believe that the
Democratic leaders in New York who
at one time were inclined to be divided
over the Roosevelt-for-Presldent boom,
are. getting together more and more.
Owen D. Young and A1 Smith have
their adherents for the nomination.
But the advantage seems to be clearly
with the present Governor in the Em
pire State. Senator Robert F. Wagner
of New York, it is believed, will at the
proper time announce his support of
the Roosevelt candidacy. Wagner's
strength in New York’s democracy is
very considerable.
Reports from West Virginia line up
leading Democrats, among them Clem
Shaver, former Democratic national
chairman, for the Roosevelt nomination
•Iso.
Others Are in Field.
The Democratic nomination for Pres
ident next year Is not likely to go by
dtfault, however. There will be other
candidates with delegates In the na
tional convention besides Gov. Roose
velt, among them Gov. Albert C. Ritchie
of Maryland, whose name has been put
forward at three earlier national con
ventions, and Senator "Joe” Robinson
of Arkansas. Democratic leader of the
Senate. Newton D. Baker of Ohio. Sec
retary of War under the Wilson admin
istration, Is regarded as perhaps the
strongest of the lot of possible candi
dates against Roosevelt. But so far
Baker has declined to lift a finger. The
Cleveland Plain Dealer is trying edi
torially to prevail upon Mr. Baker to
get into the race, and to seek the Ohio
delegation to the national convention.
Mr. Baker has been holding back. If
the Ohio delegation is not pledged to
Baker, then it may go instructed for
Gov. White. Ohio is one of nearly a
score of States which hold presidential
preferential primaries. Os course. Gov.
Roosevelt will be at liberty to enter the
primary in the Buckeye State if he de
sires, against any "favorite son” candi
date, Just as President Hoover entered
the primary against the late Senator
Frank B Willis in that State in 1928.
A lot will depend upon how far the
Roosevelt boom has gone by that time
and whether Ohio Democrats in large
and important numbers have declared
their personal preference for the New
York Governor.
In less than a year from today the
Democratic nomination for President
will have been made. Much may hap
pen in the 11 months before the Demo
crats assemble in national convention.
But there has been nothing so far to
indicate that Roosevelt is to be headed
off. He was elected Governor of New
York in 1928 when the Republican na
tional ticket was going big throughout
toe country and the electoral votes of
New York helped to swell the Hoover
victory. Gov. Roosevelt was re-elected
last year by a huge majority, upward
of 700,000 votes. He can scarcely be
looked upon as a mere pawn, thrown
into the limelight by an unusual twist
of circumstances. He has been In
politics since he was a very young man.
His first Important office was Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, when Woodrow
Wilson was President and the World
£ar was on. He was the choice of the
*mocrats In 1920 for Vice President
•gyl ran with "Jimmy” Cox of Ohio
Harding and OooUdge.
\
Plead for Wife
, TWO HOPE TO SOLICIT LADY
| ASTOR’S AID.
Lii.^ l
Prof. Dmitri P. Krynin (above) of
Yale University, shown with son, Paul
D., who is doing graduate work in
geology at Yale, is hoping that through
the Intervention of Lady Astor and
George Bernard Shaw, who are now
touring Russia, Soviet officials would
grant his wife permission to leave Rus
sia and Join him in this country.
—A. P. Photo.
LADY ASTOR MAY
PUSH KRYNIN PLEA
Move Toward Reuniting Yale
Professor With Russian
Wife Waited.
By the Associated Press.
i MOSCOW, July 25.—The next move
■ in the episode started by the cabled
| plea of Prof. Dmitri Krynin of Yale
i University to Lady Astor and George
! Bernard Shaw to help his wife obtain
: permission to leave Russia tonight
awaited Lady Astor's return from
Leningrad tomorrow.
I It was believed that on her return
she may go to see Mme. Krynin and
• then decide whether she will continue
her efforts to intervene by calling the
case to the attention of the Soviet
political department.
The American-born member of the
British Parliament sought unsuccess
fully Thursday night to reach the
proper authorities, immediately after
she and Shaw had received cables from
Prof. Krynin at New Haven. Her ef
forts. however, were interrupted by her
having to leave on a two-day visit
to Leningrad.
Meanwhile, as far as can be de
termined, the government has taken
no official cognizance of the matter,
since it has not yet been presented
formally, although Maxim Litvinoff,
Soviet commissar for foreign affairs,
is aware of the cablegrams.
It was to him that Lady Astor went
immediately after she received the
cabled message. The commissar told
her the matter was not in his province.
It can be said on good authority,
however, in spite of the objection of
the Soviet government to the inter
. vention of foreigners in its internal
affairs, that Mme. Krynin. who has
applied on three occasions to leave the
country during the last two years and
! been refused without explanation, will
not suffer because of any move Lady
| Astor decides to make.
WORLD COURT RECESSES
WITH WORK UNFINISHED
By the Associated Press.
THE HAGUE, July 25.—The Perma
nent Court for International Justice ad
journed for the week end today with
, arguments concerning the projected
Austro-German customs report still un
finished.
Joseph Paul-Boncour, representing
Prance, was still speaking when the
session ended. Throughout his address
he has attacked the proposed agree
ment on the grounds that it would
. compromise Austrian independence as
guaranteed by the post-war treaty.
Next week the Italian and Czechoslo
vakian representatives will present
their case.
ROOSEVELT AT LUNCHEON
! Nothing, However, Develops to Help
Candidacy of Governor.
HAMPTON BAYS, N. Y., July 25 C4>).
—A group of about 250 Democrats, all
good "Smith men” and good "Roosevelt
men,” too, had luncheon together here
today with the leader of their party and
the man who next year may succeed
; him as its standard bearer.
It was the largest gathering of State
and national political figures at this
; Long Island town since the days of
Charles F. Murphy.
If the luncheon advanced the ambi
tions of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
toward party leadership and the 1932
nomination for the presidency, there
was none in the party who would say
so. Yet the guests, including Mr.
Smith and Gov. Roosevelt, all knew
that something along that line had
been expected by the Governor’s
backers.
Norman E. Mack, Democratic Na
tional Committeeman; James A. Farley,
Democratic State chairman; Edward J.
Flynn, Secretary of State, and Surro
gate James A. Foley sat close to the
two central figures and talked about
everything except politics. Only Mr.
Mack and Secretary Flynn made state
ments and they were brevity itself.
Flynn said: "The great issue in 1932
will not be prohibition but prosperity.”
Mack declared: “I am for a wet
plank.” .
And that was all.
The luncheon party* today was ar
> ranged by Basil O’Connor, Gov. Roose
velt# former law partner.
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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 26, 1931—PART ONE.
RIOTS AND SNIPING
TAKE CHILEAN TOIL
Capital Tensely SHent as
Fighting Raises Fatality
List to 50.
By the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, July 25.—Report*
reaching here from Chile tonight said
disorders and isolated shooting were
continuing in Santiago, the capital,
and that the number of dead was now
estimated at nearly 50.
A campaign of passive resistance
against President Ibanez was being
inaugurated, the reports said. A gen
eral strike was considered likely by
Monday, following the strikes of doc
tors, lawyers, dock workers, bank clerks,
school teachers and civil engineers,
which are now effective.
A crowd, which gathered before a
public building in the Calle San Fran
cisco this afternoon, was chased into
a building by the Carabineers, who
shot several. A lawyer was shot and
killed as he entered San Vicente Hos
pital to visit his wife, it was said, and
a riot occurred at the funeral of Dr.
Hymie Pinto, who was killed earlier in
the week.
Planes Fly Over City.
Three airplanes flew over the city
during the day, the report said, and
firing was reported when a crowd
gathered in the Plaza Italia.
Foreign business establishments in
the city were beginning to display
prominently their national colors. Presi
dent Ibanez called a meeting of promi
nent citizens for 4 p.m., but none came.
Advices from the provinces indicated
conditions of disorder there also, it was
said, particularly at Concepcion.
Tense Silence Reigns.
The reports said Santiago was tensely
silent this afternoon arid the shooting
and demonstrations which were city
wide had stopped by shortly after noon
following upon the killing of a woman
among a crowd of demonstrators in the
Plaza Armas.
No cabinet session was reported to
have been held today and it was said
the country was being administered
under the direct orders of President
Ibanez and Premier Froedden.
The opposition seemed to be divided,
t'ne report said, one group advocating
passive resistance in the form of a
general strike and the other advocating
force.
Armed guards were keeping order
and a strict censorship was in opera
tion.
The street cars stopped running.
U. S. COURT ORDER
DEFIED BY MURRAY
IN BRIDGE CONFLICT
(Continued From First Page 1
Negro valet, who urged him to go pre
pared.
"I never carry a gun.” Murray told
Jake, "but I’ll take this one.”
The moustached executive said he
was prepared "to live the life of a sol
dier,” and would make his headquar
ters in an abandoned red brick struc
ture, now occupied by the National
, Guardsmen.
The building, bare and with windows
I missing, commands a clear view of the
■ toll bridge.
, "I oppose mob violence.” he said, "and
I favor the trial of all rights bv organ
ized constitutional courts, and believing
; that. I shall uphold the power of the
[ Constitution of the United States, and
the duty enjoined upon me by tr.e con
stitution of this State, to protect the
people In their investments against pii
vate corporations or any group of indi
viduals under all circumstances.”
And Alfalfa Bill knows a thing or
two about constitutional rights. He is
a lawyer and wrote a good part of the
Oklahoma constitution when the State
was admitted to the Union.
Deflet Federal Judge.
The Governor declared that Judge
Neblett “may be Impeached if he goes
through with his order.”
In defiance of one provision of the
Muskogee injunction enjoining filling
station and garage owners from inform
ing motorists how to reach the free
bridge. Murray said he would "plaster
the whole country with signs showing
motorists how to get to the free bridge.”
After signing the injunction. Judge
Neblett left for Tulsa to return to New
Mexico bv air. He said orally:
"If the National Guard or other State
agencies interfere with the peaceful per
formance of these acts, the marshal is
to return immediately and secure war
rants against all interfering persons.”
Judge Neblett said he did not believe
Murray would openly defy the Federal
order. "But if he does,” he declared,
“I will cite him immediately for con
tempt of court.”
CRUISING SPEAKEASY
IS SEIZED BY POLICE,
ENDING LONG SEARCH
(Continued From First Page)
made frequent tours of the city.
When Detectives J. K. Baker and T.
M. McVearry came upon the parked
machine, they decided it answered the
description of the liquor-peddling
cruiser of which they had heard.
Accordingly, Baker approached the
driver and, in his best liquor-buying
manner, asked for "a pint.” And, both
he and McVearry reported, he got it.
Leaving a few minutes later, the de
tectives had not only seven pints of
liquor, but also the driver of the auto
mobile, who identified himself as Mike
Marconis, 3100 block of Pennsylvania
avenue.
According to Baker, marked money
with which he purchased the liquor was
found on Marconis’ person. Charged
with possession, Marconis was released
on SSOO bond, pending arraignment in
Police Court tomorrow.
In the 500 block of M street four
i members of the squad made as many
“buys” within two hours’ time. Two
detectives walked Into the place, bought
a drink, saved some as evidence and
walked out. Lasrr two other members
l of the squad—tithout a warrant —
; entered and arreted Gus Levine, 40
, years old, of the 500 block of Seward
’ square southeast: Ellen Lee Morris, 22
' years old, of the 600 block of L street
I southeast, and Isabelle Fewell, 21 years
old, of the 600 block of H street. All
. were charged with possession,
j Marie Alberta Lewis, 51, of the 1200
- block of Thirtieth street, was arrested
on a charge of possession after 48
. bottles of beer and 9 quarts of liquor
were confiscated.
> Lucy Tibbs, 45, colored, was arrested
! in the 1800 block of Fifth street, when
I police found 48 bottles of beer.
Possession charges also were placed
against Raymond Harris, 30, colored,
[ 900 block of Rhode Island avenue, and
j Henry Cook, colored, 1500 block of
Twenty-eighth street, when a search by
. police revealed a quart of whisky in
the latter’s home.
BANK CUTS INTEREST
; Mount* Airy Institution Reduces
( Rate to 3 1-2 Per Cent.
* Special Dispatch to The Star.
; MOUNT AIRY, Md., July 25—An
nouncement has been made by the First
National Bank of Mount Airy that after
• October 1, 1931, the rate of interest on
. time and savings deposits will be re
duced from 4 to 3% per c^nt.
Probe Looms
* *
e Above: Frederick Bchenck, former
policeman, serving 20-year term In
? Leavenworth, who will be brought here
j to tell grand Jury his charges of police
» corruption.
Below: Orville Staples, former po
liceman. whom Schenck 1* reported to
i have declared he was told to "get.”
—Star Staff Photos.
SCHENCKIS CALLED
TO TELL OF GRAFT
Grand Jury Probe Ordered by
Rover on Charges Against
J Police.
r
- (Continued From First Page.)
1 addition, it said, he and another officer
received SSOO each in this case, but he
s did not make the purpose oi the so
: called •'bribe" clear, as the driver of
the liquor car described was convicted
1 and now is serving a sentence.
{ * Bribe-Taking Charged.
5 There were charges also of bribc
* taking by police officers in the precincts
' in connection with raids on gambling
- places, speakeasies and disorderly houses.
■The author of the statement alleged
' he finally decided to "get in on the
graft” himself, especially after he had
r been bawled out several times by his
5 superiors for raiding places that alleg
! edly had paid for protection.
! The names of numerous high police
officials are mentioned in the docu
ment.
- Blanton Knows Charge*.
5 Apparently the grand-jury investiga
tion is a result of the charges made in
: the 1929 statement or in some supple
’ mentary statement issued by Schenck
' at Leavenworth. The Star learned au
: thoritatively that prison officials know
, of no new statement or affidavit by
1 Schenck. If he has made another state
, ment. it was made without the consent
; of the warden. This would not be lm
' possible, it is pointed out, in view of the
, efficient "grapevine” channels through
which prisoners maintain surreptitious
’ connection with the outside world.
5 Mr. Blanton is known to be familiar
with the contents of the sensational
statement, but he denied last night at
i his home in Abilene. Tex., that he in
tended to do anything about it now. He
’ also denied that he had received an
' affidavit from Schenck containing the
charges in the statement.
Pleaded Guilty to Bobbery.
If the grand jury investigates the
i 929 charges, it will be necessary to
summon a large number of police offi
cers, former policemen and citizens
■ names are used in the statement.
I Schenck's career as a policeman was
colorful. He served in several pre
cincts, but became best known for his
. work as a vice raider in No. 8 pre
cinct. He came to grief on March 24,
1929, when he was arrested on a charge
'• of robbery. Two cases of robbery were
1 made out against him and he was put
; in the District Jail to await grand
f jury action. He was indicted and at
his trial plead guilty to both charges.
; He was given 10 years on each charge, 1
t the terms to run concurrently, and was
1 committed to Leavenworth Penitentiary
• on September 26, 1929.
; GREAT BRITAIN LOSES
j $150,000,000 IN GOLD
j $18,300,000 Withdrawn Yesterday
r Increases Drain to Largest in
j History of England.
t
i
s By the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 25.—The withdrawal
) of 3,773,250 pounds sterling (about $lB,-
1 300,000 from the Bank of England
2 today brought the total loss to the bank
t in the past 11 days to over 32,000,000
s pounds sterling (about $150,000,000).
1 France received by far the largest
part of this sum, and financial circles
0 were rejecting many of the theories
i that had been put forward to account
5 for the greatest drain of gold in British
r history.
Lack of confidence by the French
3 in the political and commercial out
i look was ascribed as a cause in these
theories and this was generally scouted
3 in financial quarters.
In well informed circles it was stated
3 the financial district remains perfectly
f calm over the outflow and thinks there
y is even something to be said for Lon
i don’s freedom from the incubus of
French and Rotterdam short-term loans
which the gold withdrawals necessarily
entail.
In other quarters, however, a less
roseate view of the situatlofi was being
taken. Nevertheless, it was declared
5 the Bank of England was well able to
stand a far stronger pressure than
France is likely to apply.
~ t Takes Cat to Dentist.
r CHICAGO, July 25—Mrs. Helen
n Morson of Chicago takes her aged cat
- to the dentist twice a year to have its
teeth treated.
LEANA AND ANTON
WILL MARRY TODAY
Snow Flurries Form Back
ground for Rites at Ru
manian Summer Resort.
By the Associated Press.
SINAIA. Rumania, July 25.—Flurries
of snow and rain today provided an
unusual Summer background for the
colorful last-minute preparations for
i the wedding of Princess and
Archduke Anton of Austria, which is to
take place here tomorrow.
The snow and rain fell largely un
heeded, however, by the throngs of
visitors. Sinaia was alive with excite
ment. Flags flew from every window
and thousands of peasants, resplendent
in national costumes, watched the pre
liminary arrangements.
The only complaints against the
weather came from the numerous news
and film photographers. Special ar
rangements for them were canceled at
the last moment, but Archduke Anton
smilingly promised, however, he and
his bride would pose for them tomor
row to their hearts’ content.
Gives Princess Blessing.
The visit here yesterday of Miron
Christea, patriarch of the Rumanian
Orthodox Church, it was- explained to
day, was merely to give Princess Ileana
the church’s blessing before she leaves
it for the Roman Catholic fold.
This morning two bishops sent by
Pope Plus XI from Pome baptized the
princess as a Catholic and tomorrow's
rites will be those of the Catholic
Church.
This evening all the guests dined at
the Castle of Telesh. where the festivi
ties, originally planned to be a garden
party, were transferred because of bad
weather.
Tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock
Minister of the Interjpr Hamangiu will
perform a civil service The religious
service, at which the Catholic Bishop
Cesar Bill officiate, will be held at 11
am.
Will Fly to Austria.
At 3 o’clock in the afternoon the
roval couple will leave by car for Queen
Marie's castle at Bran, where they will
remain until August 4. Prom there
they will fly in Archduke Anton’s plane
to the Monastery of Horez to visit the
Boy and Girl Scouts encamped there,
and continue on by air to Budapest,
Vienna. Munich and Sigmaringen,
where they will visit the Hohenzollem
family.
They are expected to reach Londcn
August 15. where they will receive the
airplane which is King Carol’s wedding
gift to the princess, and from London
they will return to Munich, where they
will make their home.
Costly gifts of jewelry and rare ob
jects of art have been showered upon
the royal pair, but no present she has
received has touched the princess more
than the gift of a pair of snow white
pigeons, which, according to the Ru
manian peasant tradition, symbolize
innocent love and matrimonial fidelity.
Government Sends $5,800.
The princess also greatly appreciated
the act of a Hungarian aviator who
risked his neck this morning by al
most skimming the castle rocf to drop
a bouquet bearing wishes for happiness
to the royal couple from Hungarian
aviation.
The Rumanian government sent
Princess Ileana a present of $5,800 con- \
tained in a jeweled box. The princess 1
apportioned $1,200 of this for distribu- ;
tion among the poor.
ZEPPELIN TO HOP
FROM LENINGRAD
FOR ARCTIC AREA
(Continued From First Page.)
grad after taking in oil. gas and water
at Berlin. In spite of the early hour,
great crowds gathered to give us an up
roarious farewell to which Prof. Rodolfe
Samollovitch and Dr. Hugo Eckener ,
waved reply.
At 7 m the morning, flying at a \
low altitude, we passed over Kolbog, the j
Baltic Summer resort, then shaped our
course southward along the coast, pass
ing over Eastern Pomerania with our
bows pointed toward Danzig. We are
just crossing the picturesque coast of
East Gotland. Sweden, and are sailing
in the direction of the Gulf of Finland.
The weather is perfect and the light
is so good that we have taken over 500
photograph, so far, which we believe is
a record for so short a space of time.
Last night in Berlin partook of the
character of a whoopee party, and on
arriving in the morning hours at the
airport rather late, we found to our
painful surprise that the water tank
had been put to some other use and we
had to fetch water from the kitchen,
consequently only about half of us had
energy enough to shave. Since arriv
ing in Berlin we had taken in two tons
of water and four tons of gasoline and
the ship, therefore, is considerably
heavier than w’hen it began the flight
from Friedrichshaven.
We passed over Stettin and the Island
of Ruegen and then over toe pictur
esque little towns of East Gotland, with
thair medieval city walls still standing.
The view was absolutely enchanting, so
much so that Knute Eckener. son of
the Zeppelin's skipper, who was at the
controls, steered the ship downwards
to 150 meters. We were particularly
impressed by the sight of three high
stone pillars which were used as gallows
in the Middle Ages . , Hpin
(Copyright, 1931. by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
RENDEZVOUS WITH MALIGIN.
Graf Meeting With Icebreaker Plan
ned at Wiese Island.
By the Associated Pres*.
The Graf, with Dr. Hugo Eckener in
command, left the Staaken Airdrome
Berlin, at 4:40 a.m., German
a little over 14 hours later armed at
Dr. does not plan toflyto
the North Pole on this cruise, and will
probably not go farther north than
82 degree north latitude. . .
During the flight from Berlin the
Graf was reorted from
Gotland, in the Baltic Sea, th *£
Island, near the entrance to the Gulf
of Finland, and flnaly at Leningrad.
The submarine Nautilus will not be
at the Pole to meet the Graft on its
Arctic cruise, but Dr. Hugo Eckener
has found something “just as good.
Will Meet Icebreaker,
He will meet the Russian icebreaker
Maligin at Wiese Island, degrees
north latitude, 96 east lontdtude. and
the party of tourists in the Russian
ship will participate in the social event
of the Arctic season. - _
Gen. Umberto Nobile, commander of
the disastrous Italian expedition of 1928,
is aboard the Maligin. The sWp * com
mander is Prof. U. V. Wiese, Russian
C *!rhe C Maligin is carrying a crew of
50 and some 40 passengers, many of
whom are Americans. It is
also a group of scientists, who are
gathering meteorlogical data in ,s**•
White Sea and Barents Sea.
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i Love or Politics?
f ILEANA'S FRIENDS HOPE SHE’S MORE THAN PAWN.
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Princess Ileans of Rumania, who is to become the bride of Archduke Anton
of Austria (inset) today in Sinaia.
BY JAMES WALDO FAWCETT.
GOSSIP has contended that the
marriage today of Princess
Ileana of Rumania to Arch
duke Anton von Hapsburg of
Austria is the result of a “love
match,” but th're are many who fear
that It is much more likely just a state
alliance—and not a very satisfactory one
at that. .
Ileana >ias legions of friends In every
quarter of the world. Their hearts will
go out to her today. They will hope for
her happiness. That is all that they
can do. For princesses traditionally are
prisoners—helpless pawns on the great
international chess board. They must
do as thev are told. Marriages are ar
ranged for them. They are living sacri
fices to policy. In Ileana's case espe
cially it seems a bitter pity that this
should be so.
Comparisons are unkind, but of all
the royal daughters of th-> twentieth
! century Ileana has been the loveliest,
| the most truly charming, the most ro
mantic.
Born January 5, 1909. she was the
i fifth child, the third daughter of King
Ferdinand and Que n Marie.
Her father, second son of Prince Leo
pold o; Hohencollerr.-Sigmeringen. wss
a scion cf the Roman Catholic branch
l of the Koh-nzillern clan. Her uncle.
King Carri I. semetirrrs called Chari's,
I recognized him as Crown Prince of Ru
mania in March. 1889. He was by na
| ture "shy. reticent, methodical, delib-
I erate, conservative, content with the
beat'n path.” not an ideal man of ac
tion, but destiny called him to a military
| career, and during the quarter century
; through which he waited for the throne
I he amused himself by reorganizing the
I Rumanian army along modern lines.
Joined Allied Forces.
He was 50 years of age when King
; Carol died. October 11. 1914; his health
was not of the best; his reign bag’n in
; a Europe torn with war. For nearly
; two years h? managed to keep his coun
try out of the strife, but at last, on
j August 27, 1916, Allied insistence tri
umphed. and Ferdinand cut with his
sword the ties of blood which bound
him to the Kaiser and the German
cause. The decision cost him much.
Instantly Gen. Mackensen took up the
challenge. Rumania was overrun. Fer
dinand and his court fled perforce to
Jassy, in Moldavia. Later he rallied his
troops to face Mackensen at Marasesti,
and the rest of his realm was saved.
In the end, in 1918, after the German
collapse, he invested a territory much
larger than the whole of old Rumania —
the provinces of Bessarabia, Bukovina,
Transylvania, Crisana. Maramuresh end
Banat, formerly held by Russia ar.d
Austria-Hungary—and these lands were
confirem to him by the peace treaties of
1919. He was crowned King of all Ru
manians October 15, 1922, at Alba Ju
lia. But he was ill. and soon his condi
tion became serious. At the last mo
ment an operation was performed, but
influenza intervened. The King died on
July 20, 1927. A homely, unattractive
man. he was but little known abroad.
Without talents of more than mediocre
caliber, ruling an undeveloped country,
he was conceded to have done well. Per
haps his most conspicuous achievement
was his marriag:—his alliance with the
Princess Marie of Edinburgh, Ileana’s
gifted and beautiful mother.
Eldest daughter, fourth child of Al
fred. Duke of Edinburgh, second son of
Queen Victoria, the future Queen Ma
rie was but 17 years old when she was
betrothed to the heir to the Rumanian
crown. Her mother was the Grand
Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, only
daughter of Alexander 11, Emperor of
Russia. She had three sisters: Victoria
Melita, who became the Grand Duchess
Cyril of Russia; Beatrice, who married
Don Alphonso of Spain and was known
as the Infanta Beatriz, and Alexandra
Louisa Olga Victoria, who wedded the
Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. A
brother. Alfred, died unmarried, Febru
ary 6, 1899.
Was Gay, Lovable GirL
Marie was granted a happy child
hood. The duke, her father, was called
"the sailor prince" for his love of the
s r a and his knowledge of naval science.
At different times he w f as commander
in chief of the British fleets and sta
tions at Malta and at Portsmouth. La
ter he became Duke of Coburg. From
one location to another his family fol
lowed him with a z?st born no less of
affection for his work than for himself.
Marie, called Missy by her intimates,
vyas a gay and lovable girl. Even the
atrocious fashions of the time cannot
conceal her grace and charm in photo
graphs now yellow from the touch of
passing decades. Her hair was golden
in color; she had a rose-leaf complex
ion; her eyes were frank and deep.
While she was just a little child King
Edward VII was "considering her” for
his son, the present King George. Ap
parently George was enthusiastically
willing. We know that he was often at
Malta, and there is still extant a crystal
traveling clock which he gave to Marie
at Christmas, 1891—" From George to
Darling Missy” is the inscription en
graved upon it. But George was only a
second son; he was not then in sight of
a throne. So other plans were made for
Marie. She was sent to Potsdam to
visit the Emperor William. There she
met Ferdinand, and there the Kaiser
himself announced her engagement. May
22, 1892. The marriage took place at
Slgmaringen, January 10, 1893. There
i were three ceremonies.
For the next 20 years Marie was
i occupied with family duties. She
t found that she was expected to at
. tend upon King Carol and fail flooapet,
Queen Carmen Sylva. and that they
were not easy to please And she dis
covered that, in addition to these
social and political responsibilities, she
; was expected to provide her princely
husband with a numerous assortment
of sons and daughters. Their first
child, the present King Carol 11. was
born October 15. 1893. The others
were: Elisabeth, barn October 11.
1894; Marie, born January 8, 1900;
Nicholas, bom. August 18, 1903; Ileana;
and Mircea, born January 3, 1912.
' Carol married Princess Helen of Greece
March 10, 1921. Elisabeth became the
bride of King George of Greece and
Maile was wedded to King Alexander
,of Yugoslavia. Mircea died October
20. 1916 —a little victim of the war; he
was stricken with meningitis and. as
he lay gasping for breath, 72 bombs
fell in the palace neighborhood.
The Queen of Queens.
It was only in 1916. when Rumania
was drav.-n into the great struggle, that
Marie’s star rose above the horizon of
| the nursery. But th3t it was a star
Icf surpassing magnitude was imme
diately apparent. Within a few months
j it was plain to all the world that there
was in Eastern Europe a Queen of
Queens. One might dislike her. but
one was obliged to concede her power.
Mixture of Guelf and Romanoff, the
blood of Emperors was running in her
veins. ‘'A splendid figure. Oriental
surely, and almost barbaric in her
beauty,” she was not to be ignored.
' Active, impulsive, magnetic, dynamic,
daring.” her husband might be over
looked. but Marie herself "had all the
brain-power of a man and all the al
i lure rent of a woman." She appeared
I in Paris when the Peace Conference
met. ' Sirs." she said. "I have come to
I give Rumania a face in the affairs of
nations."
President Wilson was “too busy” to
call upon her. He sent his regrets.
She notified him that her working day
began at 7 in the morning and that she
! would be at home if he would appear
at any hour after that. He found
9:39 convenient, and when he departed
he had arranged to meet the Queen
again. Marie wanted a loan of $29,-
000.000. After her first conversation
with the President the matter was ar
ranged. She wanted the Allies to ap
prove Rumania's territorial ambitions.
She conferred with Clemenceau. He
said, “I don't like your foreign min
j ister.” She replied, “I don't like him
i much myself, but you can deal with
me without regard to him.” The Allies
yielded.
In September. 1926, it was announced
that Marie was planning an American
tour. She landed at New York on Octo
; ber 18. By evening of the same day
| she was in Washington. The follow
ing evening President and Mrs. Coolidge
gave a state dinner at the White House
in her honon The Queen was a pic
ture that night in white velvet, pearls
and a diamond tiara. Vice President
Dawes escorted the Princess Ileana to
I the table.
Her American tour was rather badly
! managed, but when Marie sailed for
j home, November 24, she was at the
pinnacle of her career. She admittedly
had come to the United States “for
business reasons.” To what degree she
had succeeded is disclosed by these
figures: American exports to Rumania
in 1925 were appraised at approximately
$2,500,000: in 1927 they were $4,900,-
000; in 1928, $9,430,000.
Marriage Mere Incident.
Had King Ferdinand lived. Marie
would have pursued her campaign to
- bring her country abreast of its peers.
When he died, she necessarily stepped
■ aside. Her grandson. Prince Michael,
[ bom October 25, 1921. became King
| under a regency in which Marie her
self nominally had a share. But therr
was a steady drift toward a more radi
cal change. On June 6. 1930, Michael's
I father, Marie’s son Carol, returned from
voluntary exile in France and assumed
the throne. From that date until the
present moment the history of Rumania
has been too complex for any outsider
l to fathom. A dictatorship appears to
1 be more or less inevitable. Possibly
. Carol will not be successful in holding
the power he has grasped. One little
incident in the story is Ileana's mar
riage today.
i Friends of the princess certainly ex
■ pected a more important alliance for
' her. Rumor in the past has connected
. her name with those of all the eligible
, young men in Europe. Even the Prince
i -of Wales, some 16 years her senior, has
; been reported as a suitor for her hand.
■ Certainly he has never denied his as
! section for her. “She's a jolly little
i kid,” he said on one occasion when
' asked his opinion. But the prince does
. not seem to be of a marrying disposi
; tlon, and whatever hopes her English
' partisans had for Ileana have come to
nothing. The King of Bulgaria was re
• jected. The Crown Prince of Italy had
; no better luck. In the Spring of 1930
l Count Alexander von Hochberg was
! supposed to have been approved, but
> the engagement was broken, afid Queen
■ Marie and the princess were sent on a
i long tour of Egypt and the Holy Land,
t A few months later a youthful British
r nobleman appeared momentarily in the
> news as a possible choice. Then on
! May 5 last came the report of Ileana’s
r betrothal to the man she is marrying
r today. Little is known of him, save
t that he is an enthusiastic aviator—
; King Carol has given him a plane as a
wedding present. His family is ancient
; enough, but recently it has been in de
i cided eclipse. 1
The former King of Spain Is his near
, kinsman, but them Is no aurrent ad-
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PRESIDENT RESTS
BEFORE CAMPFIRE
Turns Back on All Work Fd
towing Stress of Inter
national Affairs.
By the Associated Pres*.
LURAY, July 25. —President Hoover
turned his back on all kinds of work
today at his Rapidan camp and enjoyed
a complete rest from the stress of the
international negotiations which have
claimed his attention for the last month.
Clear, cool weather also enabled the
Chief Executive to gain a respite from the
heat which recently engulfed the Capi
tal. He and the small party of guests
invited for the week end sat before a
roaring open fire last night. Fires also
were maintained at the camp during
the day.
The President joined Mrs. Hoover last
night at the mountain retreat. She
had spent the week there. Senator
Vandenberg, Republican. Michigan, and
Mark Sullivan, Washington writer, two
of the guests, rode up with Mr. Hoover.
Other guests, including former Senator
Baird, Republican, of New Jersey, and
Mrs. Baird; Henry Robinson of Los
Angeles, a long-time friend; Byron
Price, chief of the Washington Bureau
of the Associated Press and Mrs. Price
came on later in the afternoon or early
today.
When the party left Washington,
Mr. Hoover planned to return early
Monday in time to be at his desk by
9 o'clock. A great mass of details,
piled up since he began negotiations
growing out of his war debt-reparations
holiday proposal, awaited his attention.
ASSAILANT SOUGHT
Police last night were searching for a
colored man said to have attacked Miss
Anna Cumberland, 24. of Ballston, Va.,
as she waited for a street car at Four
teenth and B streets southwest.
Miss Cumberland’s screams drove the
man away after he had grabbed her
about the throat, but several men who
came to her rescue were not able to
find a trace of him. Miss Cumberland
subsequently fainted, but on examina
tion at Emergency Hospital showed she
was suffering only from shock.
vantage in the fact. Indeed, there
seems to be a dull and colorless future
looming for the princess. With all the
good intentions in the world, Anton can
not do very much for her.
Queen Marie once declared. “I shall
not marry Ileana even to a King un
less she loves him.” and if she has been
loyal to this determination ail may be
well. Patently, the political values of
the present match are inconsequential;
the explanation may be that, most signs
to the contrary, Ileana is marrying for
love.
Attracted Young Officer.
She has certainly the power to inspire
devoted passion. At one time it seemed
that she might give her heart to a
young American Army officer, Second
Lieut. William J. Glasgow, jr. Assigned
as aide to Queen Marie on the occasion
of her visit to West Point, Glasgow
found the princess "a most charming
girl," and it is commonly supposed that
the friendship established at that time
has continued. There are those who
believe that an American soldier would
have been just as worthy a suitor as an
Austrian archduke. Glasgow comes of
a famous military family; his father is
Brig. Gen. Glasgow; the lieutenant was
educated abroad, has the entree to the
best social circles on both sides of the
Atlantic, is handsome and gracious, a
i fine type of American gentleman.
And there was another soldier who
worshiped Ileana from. afar. One night
in 1918 there came into the city room
of an important New York newspaper
a young woman dressed in deep mourn
ing. She explained that when her
brother was killed in France his buddiea
had found in his pocketbook the por
trait of a beautiful girl inscribed: "My
Dear Little Sweetheart.” The portrait
was not an original photograph: it was
just a clipping from a paper. The
young woman said: "Perhaps you can
tell me who she is. I would like so
much to know.” She took the picture
from her purse, and it was handed
'round the city desk. Only a glance
was required; everybody recognized
Ileana. That poor, nameless Yankee
doughboy, lacking a sweetheart at
home, had gone out to his death in the
tortured fields of France with the
thought of the lovely little princess at
Bucharest in his mind to spur him on.
Even as a mere baby she was irre
sistibly charming. Every one loved her.
In 1917. when she was only 8 years old,
she was a guest at Buckingham Palace.
Admiral Sims found her there—a tiny,
blue-eyed, bobbed-haired Brownie of a
creature. "Won't you give me a kiss?”
he asked. "Why. yes,” said Ileana. "if
you want it.” The Prince of Wales,
overhearing, inquired. ' Mav I e en»,
oo?” The princess wound her diminutiv#
features into a grin and answered- "Os
course, you may. You know. I think
I'd rather like to myself.” King George
is supposed to have encouraged his
son's interest at that period.
Likes Water Sports.
For a while Ileana. her sister Marie
and her brother Nicholas were at school
in England. In the neighborhood of
Eton and Ascot they were familiar fig
ures. They loved the English country
side and never tired of riding and
hiking over it. Ileana was also fond of
all water sports and games, and today
she has her own yacht on the Black
Sea and holds a certificate for deep-sea
navigation. Before she was ll years
old she had built herself a raft at Copa
cena. Marie's own estate in the Ru
manian forest. Perhaps she inherits
her affection for the water from her
grandfather, “the sailor prince.” She
has had at least one narrow escape
from drowning.
But games have not occupied the
princess to the exclusion of mere
serious interests. She has a fine, active,
eager, creative type of mind, and Queen
Marie gave her every proper educational
opportunity. She writes well, is a tal
ented amateur in drawing, painting,
sculpture and embroidery, and shares
her mother’s keen interest in all phil
anthropic enterprises. King George
once asked her, “And what did you do
at Jassy?” Ileana answered instantly:
“Just what mother did. Carried ther
mos bottles of tea to the soldiers and
things like that.” The Queen's great
sympathy for the pocr has always found
a mirror in the princess' heart. Their
charities have had scant publicity, but
they are both numerous and inclusive.
Ileana is chief of the Rumanian Camp
fire Girls and Girl Scouts and is active
in many other organizations of a sim
ilar character. She has known per
sonally what suffering means. During
the W’ar all the members of the royal
family were on rations like the rest of
the population. The experience has not
been forgotten.
Being a princess has been for Ileana
a business far more arduous than might
be supposed. Court routine is exacting.
The Queen for many yegrs worked 12
hours a day and Ileana was her faith
ful assistant. The bond between
mother and daughter has been pecu
liarly close. Mabel Potter Daggett has
said, "It seems to me that Ileana, of
all her (Marie’s) children, is the one
she loves best,” and the Queen herself
has declared: "Ileana is the child of
my soul. I can just lay my hand on
hers and I know all that she is think
ing.”
Today a page in their history is turn
ing, a chapter is ended, a new one be
gins. There will be many whose sym
pathy will go out to the Queen as she
parts with the last of her daughters.
And there will be many who. remem
bering Ileana as a child—the beau ideal
'of a story book princess come to life—
will join to wish her every happineu
through the years to come.