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ON TRADE PUZZLE
Old World Interested in Debt
Consideration, but U. S.
Frowns on Idea.
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By the Associated Press.
The big potters of the world were in
a more or less definite state of dis
agreement today about what to do to
repair the broken wheels on the wagon
of world trade.
London and most of the old world
capitals wanted to tackle the war debts
and reparations trailer, too, but Wash
ington held out firmly against coupling
these jobs.
Besides this, the United States fa
vors a much wider membership for the
proposed World Economic Conference
at London than the British have ad
vocated.
U. S. Opposes Plan.
The London statements of recent
days have voiced qualified approval of
a conference between the United States
and those nations of Europe which will
attend the Lausanne War Debts and
Reparations Conference June 16.
This would amount to an adjourned
meeting of the Lausanne Conference to
consider economics exclusive of war
debts and reparations.
But the United States yesterday sig
nified that since the conference at Lon
don would consider stabilization of sil
ver. such countries as Mexico. Peru,
China. Argentina, Soviet Russia and
Spain should be Included.
French opinion was somewhat re
served on the whole trade conference
idea. Le Temps said the unwillingness
of the United States to discuss repara
tions and debts projected a chief diffi
culty before such a conference at Lon
don.
urrnuns r.*prrss t irw.
The new German government said
It would be pleased if the United States
would participate in a London confer
ence. but suggested that world confi
dence could r.ot be restored “until
reparations payments ended.”
Dino Grandi. Italy’s foreign minister,
did not comment in a Senate speech,
but demanded international action at
once to end the present uncertainty.
Japan's new premier. Makoto Saito.
touched upon gloomy economic condi
tions only so far as they related to
Japan in an address to the Diet.
GRANDI URGES ACTION.
Declares Nations Must Art Quickly to1
Avert Real Crisis.
ROME. June 4 <>P).—If the world, ls<
to meet a situation which threaten.^
become a real crisis in civilization. Dino
Grandi. Italy's foreign minister, told the
Senate yesterday, action must come
quickly.
The first requisite, he said, was can
cellation of the war debts and repara
tions, and then there must come "wide
application of the principles of the
Hoover debt proposals" to halt worsen
ing conditions.
BRITISH HOLD DEBTS LINKED.
Reparations Declared Bound Up With
Economic IVoblems.
LONDON. June 4 i>P>.—British au
thoritative quarters yesterday indicated
their conviction that war debts and I
reparations are closely bound up with
any program of a proposed world eco
nomic conference to be held after the
Lausanne gathering.
The United States has indicated its
willingness to attend such a conference
at London if war debts and reparations
were not included In the agenda.
GERMANS WELCOME IDEA.
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Ton Papen Government Stresses Need
for Debt Study, However.
BERLIN. June 4 The New Ger
man government headed by Franz von
Papen expressed its pleasure yesterday
over the prospect of American partici
pation in a proposed world economic
conference after the Lausanne debt and
reparations discussions.
But it was stressed by a spokesman
that a prerequisite to world trade nor
malcy in German eyes was an end of
reparations.
SUIT ACCUSES ACTOR
Irving Pichel and Others Named in
$10,000 Infringement.
LOS ANGELES. June 4 (/P).—Irving
Pichel, Hollywood stage and screen
actor; the Los Angeles Liberal Forum
and others were sued in Federal Court
yesterday for $10,000 damages on
charges of infringement of copyright of
"The Green Pastures,’’ Pulitzer prize
play of 1930.
The plaintiffs are Marc Connelly of
New York, author of the play, and Lau
rence Rivers. Inc., claiming to be sole
owners of it.
MISSOURI VOTERS FACE
VARIETY IN CANDIDATES
Total of 99 File for Nomination
in Fight for 13 Congress
Seats.
By the Assocuted Press
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo., June 4 —
Missouri voters will have a wide and I
assorted variety of candidates from
which to choose nominees for Con
gress In the August primary.
Ninety-nine candidates were in the
race for nomination today, after the
already crowded field was increased by
last-minute filings of additional as
pirants last night just before the of
ficial lists were closed at midnight
Under the new apportionment, Mis
souri is entitled to elect only 13 Con
gressmen in the November election.
Fifty-six of the candidates are Dem
ocrats. 30 are Republicans and 13 So
cialists Three are women, represent
ing each of the three parties.
All of the State's 16 present incum
bents' in Congress are seeking re
election.
Because of the failure to redistrie^
the State in the last session of the
Missouri Legislature all of the candi
dates are seeking election as Con
gressmen at large.
FRONT IN GRASSHOPPER
WAR EXTENDED 20 MILES
Millions of Insects, Trapped in
Trenches, Are Destroyed—More
Barricades Placed.
By the Associated Press.
POCATELLO. Idaho, June 4—The
front in the grasshopper war of South
eastern Idaho extended 20 r^'es from
Blackfoot to Pocatello yest.^g", with
hundreds of fanners and allies
resorting to trench fighting.
Trapped in several miles of trenches
hastily dug across the line of their
advance, millions of the insect* were
destroyed by fire and gas. Additional
barricades were being placed In the
path of the creeping army.
Meade Heads Actuaries.
KANSAS CITY, June 4 (fP).—F. B.
Meade. Fort Wayne, Ind.. was elected
president of the American Society of
Aettarjes here yesterday. T. ^Phillips,
6t. Paul, arid F. CoterThOTfiapoU*.
jren vice presidents.
iMusic and iMusicians
Reviews and News of Capital s Programs.
Ann Sugar
In Benefit Recital.
TN a program arranged to show the
versatility of the young artist. Ann
Sugar, 12-year-old pianist, delighted
a good slued audience last night at
the auditorium of the Gordon Junior
High School.
The program under the auspices of
the parent-teacher association of that
school was given for the benefit of
the guaranty fund of the National
Symphony Orchestra, with which
organization Miss Sugar appeared as
guest artist at one of the children's
programs this past season.
Possessed of a technique capable
of overcoming tne most difficult mu
sical passages, a eauty of tone and
sympathetic interpretation. Miss
Sugar astounded her audience and
held them spellbound for the greater
part of the evening.
Opening with Bach's prelude and
Fugue C sharp, she passed on to the
Sonate iPathetlquei by Beethoven,
which was a real treat to the listen
ers
Her Chopin numbers, especially,
showed brilliancy and real spirit.
MacDowell's "Witches Dance,"
“Chant d'Amour,” by Stojowski. and
“Sparks,” by Moskowski, were vividly
interpreted and brought a hearty re
sponse from the younger members of
tne audience particularly.
Her finale, the beautiful C minor
concerto by Mozart, in which the or
chestral part on the second piano
was played by her teacher. Fflian
Garzia, left little to be desired. Here
indeed, she was at ner best, passing
from one passage to another with an
easy, sympathetic grace and beauty
of tone far beyond one of her years.
Miss Sugar was presented in one of
the Intermissions with a huge basket
of flowers, the gift of little Martha
Ingles, winnei of first prize in the
Kindler orchestral-appreciation con
test. A. Mac F.
“Aida" Postponed
Until Sunday, June 12.
'T'HE operatic spectacle, "Alda,”
which was to have been pre
sented at Griffith Stadium tomorrow,
has been postponed for one week on
account of a base ball game there. It
was announced today by Maestro Al
fredo Salmaggi.
On June 12, the Washington team
will be playing in St. Louis and the
stadium will be cleared for the ex
tensive preparations necessary for
the giant performance. All tickets
sold for tomorrow will be honored
for the June *12 performance, It was
said.
The principal stars of the cast will
arrive here Monday and will remain
during the week. The chorus, ballet
and orchestra will come frcm the ;
Metropolitan, and remaining mem
bers of the cast will arrive by special j
train Saturday, June 11.
Mitchell Dance Revue
Tomorrow at the National.
'T'HE Mitchell School of Dance, un
* der the direction of Miss Anna j
T. Mitchell, will present a revue to
morrow night at the National The
ater. Young people ranging in age ;
frcm 2 to 25 years will offer their in
terpretations of the varied holiday
seasons. The costumes have been de- j
signed by Miss Mitchell, settings ;
have been brought on from New
York and the orehestral accompani
ment will be under the direction of
Paul Schwartz. A feature of the pro- I
grain will be the Inclusion cf a group
of dancers from Frederick. Md.
ON ANNUAL CRUISE
493 Naval Academy Cadets
Leave Annapolis for South
ern Waters.
Specisl Dispstch to The Star.
ANNAPOLIS. June 4.—With the
Naval Academy Band playing “Anchors
Aweigh" and other nautical airs' ap
proximately 493 undergraduate midship
then marched through a lane of par
ents. friends, relatives and sweethearts
yesterday to the Reina Mercedes dock
where they embarked for the battleship
Wyoming and the Summer practice
cruise.
One-half the present first class, num
bering 225 and half the new' third
class, numbering 268. were in the con
tingent that piled aboard the motor
sailers that transported them to the
battleship. The other half of the two
classes have been given leave. They
will return to Annapolis on August 1.
Seaplanes Launched.
While the cruise group was making
its preparations and carrying baggage
to the dock, the seaplanes at the Acad
emy were launched from the wharf,
preparatory to the aviation training of
the second class, which began today.
As soon as the cruise detachment left
Bancroft Hall the second classmen be
gan moving into the first wing where
they will spend the Summer. The sec
ond and fourth battalions of the sec
ond class will be given week end leave
beginning today.
me uuiac niumiMUiun suaicu
honors with weddings in the Naval
Academy Chapel, in drawing the at
tention of the local residents and those
remaining from the June week crowds,
most of whom left the city after the
graduation ceremonies yesterday. There
were four weddings held in the chapel
yesterday, one is scheduled for today
and another will be held on Monday.
Return on July 25.
The cruise began before night when
the Wyoming dropped down the bay.
After visiting Galveston. Tex., and
Ponce. Porto Rico, the first cruise con
tingent will return to Annapolis on
July 25. The halves of the two classes
now on leave will embark on the second
cruise, which starts on August 1. They
will visit Ponta Delgada. Halifax and
Hampton Roads before returning to An
napolis on September 21.
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Second Car Victim Dies.
FORT WAYNE. Ind . June 4 OPl—
Charles Langhorn. 37. of Dearborn.
Mich., Injured in an automobile ac
cident last Sunday while en route to
the 500-mile race at Indianapolis, died
in a hospital here yesterday. Monroe
Tomlinson. 29, died three hours after
the accident. Two others in the au
tomobile were injured.
SCIENTIST FACES
Declared a Genius, He’s in
Jail on Charge Brought
by His Wife.
Ey the Associated Press.
GENEVA. 111., June 4—The scien
tific world is wondering whether it will
lose a genius by imprisonment or wheth
er he will remain free to help discover
the secrets of the heavens.
John E. Mellish. 4S. is the genius
Once an obscure figure in the world of
ordlnarv men. hr later won renown in
scientific fi»lds by making telescopes for
observatories all over the world during
six years' residence in nearby St.
Charles.
Discovered Four Comets.
As an assistant professor of astron
omy at Yerkes Observatory. Lake
Geneva, Wis. he became famous for
discovering four comets before he quit ‘
to begin the building of telescopes.
Daily Mellish leaves his cell in the
Geneva jail to go unescorted to his
laboratory at St. Charles. But whether
his work can go on remains a question,
for Mellish is awaiting trial on a charge
preferred by his wife. Jessie—a charge
which means a possible sentence of 20 !
years if he is convicted.
Mellish has been a prisoner for nine I
months since his Indictment on an al- !
legation that he attacked a 15-year-old1
girl. Meanwhile, scientists from seven I
universities are reported to have ap-!
pealed to the county authorities to ex
ercise mercy.
Judge Admits He s Genius.
"There seems little doubt that the
man is a genius,” said Circuit Judge!
John K. Newhall. "State's Attorney
George Carbary and I have received a \
dozen letters from scientists attesting
his accomplishments. We don't know
what to do with him. For the present'
he will be allowed to come and go from |
the jail in the daytime.”
The astronomer's wife has filed suit I
for divorce, charging cruelty, alleging j
he compelled her to bear 11 children..
They were married after she playfully [
inserted an advertisement in a news- |
paper in 1915. placing herself in the
market for a "perfect husband.” Two
thousand suitors sent letters to her
home in Glencoe, 111., but Mellish won
her hand.
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Wins Yale Essay Prize.
NEW HAVEN. Conn.. June 4
Kemper A. Dobbins of East Cleveland.
Ohio, yesterday was given the James
Gordon Bennett prize at Yale for the
best essay on a question of domestic
or foreign policy of the Federal Gov
ernment.
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I covered.
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HAWAIIANS OPPOSE
REFORM MEASURE
Territorial Senate Considers
Means to Fight Bill Of
fered in House.
By the Associated Press.
HONOLULU, June 4 —Shocked at
news of the introduction in the United
States Congress of a bill to reorganize
the Hawaiian government and place It
under virtual military rule, the Terri
torial Senate today considered means
of opposing the measure.
A Senate committee may appear be
fore the National Congress to fight the
reorganization measure introduced In
the House yesterday by Representative
Guinn Williams, head of the House Ter
ritories Committee.
Reaction to news of the bill was im
mediate. The Senate dropped all other
business to consider It. The Hawaiian
Civic Association met and adopted a
resolution unanimously disapproving the
Williams measure. Senate leaders were
outspoken in disapproval.
Senator Stephen Desha, a minister of
part Hawaiian blood, told the Civic As
sociation he owed all that was good in
him to his mother, a Hawaiian. Any
“bad” In him, he added, would be trace
able to his father, who came from Ken
tucky. "where whisky and rum are made
and where women are made playthings.”
WIFE OF BOWLUS SUES
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 4 (&)■—
William Hawley Bowlus, designer of
jliders and airplanes and former holder
if the world gliding record, was sued
:or divorce yesterday by Mrs. Inez Bow
us. She asks custody of their two sons
uid $150 a month alimony.
Mrs. Bowlus’ complaint charged ex
jeme cruelty, infidelity and alleged
Bowlus had threatened to commit sul
'ide. Bowlus was taken to a hospital
nere recently suffering from an over
iose of a sleeping potion. He is recov
ering.
Pump Maker Diet.
AURORA, 111., June 3 (/P).—Robert D
Mahaffey, 65, vice president and treas
urer of the American well works, manu
facturers of centrifugal pumps, died
today at his home after an illness of
six weeks. He is survived Dy his widow ,
and a daughter.
ACTRESS GUARDS CHILD
Former Servants Sought in Threats
to Miss Dietrich.
LOS ANGELES, June 4 UP).—'Two
former servants In the household of
Marlene Dietrich, film star, were
sought for questioning today by au
thorities in connection with the receipt
of letters by the actress which threat
ened to kipnap and harm her 6-year
old daughter, Marla, unless $10,000
was paid.
8imilar letters, threatening harm to
her 4-year-old son, were received by
Mrs. Egon Muller, wife of a German
Importer.
Both the actress and Mrs. Muller
have had guards placed about their
homes, while Miss Dietrich also has
had iron bars placed across all win
lows of her home. i
ACTRESS ASKS DIVORCE
FROM WRITER HUSBAND
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, June 4.—Charging
cruel treatment during the 40 days of
their married life, Ailene Mercedes,
stage and radio actress, filed a divorce
suit yesterday against Stephen Kings
bury Simkhovitch, writer
She asks $1,000 a month alimony,
saying her husband has yearly earn
ings in excess of $50,000.
Her lawyer said Simkhovitch is from
an old New York family and that his
mother maintains large charitable in
stitutions in New York.
The actress recently was the premier
danseuse at the Kit Kat Club in Lon
don. More recently she has appeared
as an R-K-O radio performer In
California.
The couple married here last March 18.
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