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POWERS MAY DROP LAUSANNE EFFORTS French and Germans Weigh Possibilities of Recess Until Autumn. By ill· A«soci«te<J Press LAUSANNE. Switzerland. June 27.— As the statesmen gathered today for re&'imptlon of the Debts and Repara tions Conference, the French and Ger .r.an delegations considered dropping the whole thing until Autumn, fearing that neither would be able to compro mise because of domestic opinion In both countries. It was generally accepted that neither Fremier Herriot nor Chancellor von Papen wanted to delay matters, but conferences with their respective cabi nets over the wee kend seemed to have brought them no closer to a basis of agreement. Von Papen Denies Reports. The German newspapers criticized the chancellor sharply for an interview In a Paris daily in which he was quoted as having accepted the French claim to compensation. He said he had been misunderstood, that what he told the Paris paper was that Franee and Ger many would go further through co operation than through continuation of reparations. Likewise. Premier Herriot found in Paris no inclination to recede from the French dennnd for continued payments by Germany. Prime Minister MacDonalr! of Great Britain and Dino Grandi, the Italian representative, led the forces still de termined upon a definite settlement of the debts issue before this conference closes. The faction which advocates post ponement of further negotiations sug gested creation of a committee of ex perts to determine upon a formula of agreement in the disputed question of cash payments by Germany. Action Cue Before December 15. This committee would assemble its data so that the powers could meet again before a debt installment to the United States falls due on December 15. Meanwhile the German delegation submitted a summary cf its position, based upon a double contention—first, that she is unable to continue repara tions payments, and second, that she is ready to participate in any concrete pian to restore Europe's economic sta bility. At the same time Dino Grandi pre sented the Italian position in favor of ■wiping out the reparations burden, with the understanding that a final repara tions settlement must entail a settle ment of the other war debts. RAINS PREDICTED HERE BEFORE NIGHT Ihundmhowers and Westerly Winds Expected to Break Heat Wave and Humidity. The heat which gripped the Capital today. accounting for at least one pros tration—up to noon—may be broken by thundershowers this afternoon and evening, and westerly winds, due here late tcir.crrow. promise to aid further, it was said at the Weather Bureau. Officer Harold Venable, 1818 D street southeast, attached to No. 4 police precinct, was stricken as he directed traffic at New Jersey avenue and Β streets southeast, shortly before noon. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. A rapidly climbing thermometer this morning promised that today's high temperature may eclipse yesterday's 91 unless stopped by the thundershowers. whi'h have been hitting on all sides of the District but as yet have missed it. The humidity has done its bit toward making the weather uncomfortable, it v.'3s nointed out. but tomorrow's fore cast indicates this will be alleviated by winds. The thermometer still has some climb to reach the 1931 maximum of 99 de gries, established on June 20 last year. HOUSE APPROVES CONFERENCE REPORT ON D. C. SUPPLY BILL (Continued From First Page.) irvg the facts, and Holaday admitted he did not have any exact figures on which he based his statements. Both La Guardia and Representative Bnell, minority leader, explained that the Community Chest was not an or ganization to afford immediate relief for transients and other.» growing out of the emergency situation, but was simply an agency to collect at one time all the funds needed for the 65 mem ber organizations in the Chest. They charged Holaday with unfairness in criticizing the payment of salaries to employes, when the Chest has such or ganizations under It as hospitals, edu cational institutions and the like, •which mus· be administered. La Guardia and Byrne both claimed the $350.GOO would be paid out of the District revenues in the same way that other cities are contributing to emer gency relief. A brief discussion over the Federal lump sum contribution was raised by Representative Mapes of Michigan, chairman of the special committee •which investigated fiscal relations of the District. Mapes Demands Action. Mapes said the House provision fcr Î6.500000 was recommended because the House earlier had adapted the five Mipes bills fcr increasing the tax bur «rn on the District. These bills, he de <*.ared. had been held up in the Senate, 6nd nothing would be don» abo:;t them this session He pretested that Congress sn-uld not adjourn until they had been passed. Representative Simmons of Nebraska, encther ennfere- declared the House c-nferees on the District bill had urged upon the Senate the necessity of pass ing the Mapes tax bills at this session Criticisms of the gasoline tax of 2 cents, which would be increased to 4 cents under one of the bills, was voiced bv Representative Davis of Tennessee. He also criticized the $1 automobile license fee as too small. Chairman Byrns met with no diffi culty. however, in securing final adop tion of the conference report, and ap proval of the five amendments, som« of which are of a minor nature, which sre to go back to the Senate for c«n c i~rence H? said afterward that th« bil' "ould be sent to the President within the next few diys. STRIKE MOVE PLANNED MEXICO CITY. June 27 «Ρι - Τ*· separtmeni of communications haj announces ''"it airplanes may be u< ι liMi iu nandle mail and passengers be tween Guadalajara and Nogales. Sonora If the Southern Pacn.c Hailway strike scheduled for today materializes. The department said the Centra Mexican Airway», which proposes t< open a line from Mexico City to Ε Paso on July 1. hid offered use of foui tn-aaetor ships. Joins Β. Ε. F. MRS. EMMA HUEY, Wife of Pittsburgh war veteran, who arrived here by airplane Saturday I with her 9-year-o'.d son. George I Huey, jr., to join her husband at the ! Anacostia camp. Seventy-five families j «ill leave Pittsburgh tomorrow to join the bonus army. —Star Staff Photo. GLASSFORD SOUGHT FOR HEAD OF V. F J. Representative Connery^ays D. C. Official Should Be National Commander. Representative Connery of Massachu setts. one of the stanchest friends of the Bonus Epeditionary Force, declared today he was ready to boom Brig. Gen Pelham D. Glassford. superintendent of police, for national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars "If Gen. Glassford won't become a candidate, we 11 draft him." Representa tive Connery said. Connery and Gen. Glassford fought together in the old 26th (Yankeei Divi sion. Both are members of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars. Connery said Gen. Glassford's record and s^ mpathetic dealing with the 20,000 ex-veterans, who marched to Washing ton to demand the bonus, makes him the "service man's candidate for na tional president." "The Veterans of Foreign Wars need a man of Gen. Glassford's personality and rare executive ability." Connery said. "He could be counted upon to represent the rank and file in the or ganization as no other man could. He is the man we need. Will Start "Real Btxim." "I have already wriîten to members of the Veterans of Foreign Ware in Massachusetts and pretty soon we will start a reai boom for Gen. Glassford." The general, himself, has not indicat ed whether he would care to become a candidate. He says his hands are full with his present job. But Connery has talked the matter over quietly with veterans in Washington and whenever he mentions Gen. Glassford as national commander, he said there is always an enthusiastic response. The general, meanwhile, has consented to "think it over." Representative Connery, who left to day to attend the Democratic National Convention, was an enlisted man in the 26th Division. He was promoted from private in Co. A of the 101st Infantry to regimental color sergeant for meritorious service. He is a mem ber of Lynn Post No. 240 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and also is prominent in the American Legion. Gen. Glarsford was a brigadier gen eral in the 26th Division 'and came out of the war with a fine record for dis tinguished service. An Additional Advantage. As a candidate for national president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, he would have the additional advantage of being a high-ranking officer. "What we need is a fighting man at the head of the organisation, one that will speak for the enlisted men just as stoutly as he would for the officers," said Connery. PRESIDENT* RESTED AFTER WEEK END TRIP ι I Confers With Stimson Following Early Morning Drive From Bapidan Camp. Bt the Associated Press Afr.er a quick trip from his fishing camp in the Virginia mountains. Presi dent Hoover today turned to the na tional and international tasks he left behind him last Saturday. Arising shortly after dawn today, the Chief Executive left his mountain re treat at 6 a m He reached the White ι House shortly after his usual time for beginning work when remaining in the Capital. The President had Secretary of Agri culture Hyde as a guest last night. The Secretary motored to the camp, arriving I before Mrs. Hoover and Herbert Hoover, ( jr.. departed by automobile for the White House. Mr. Hoover sat at his desk only a few minutes this morning before Sec retary of State Stimson entered his , private office. Although the Secretary ι would not comment upon his visit, it ! was assumed he informed the President of the developments since yesterday In the international situation surrounding the Hoover proposal for a one-third slash in the armaments of the world, j The President appeared rested after his three-hour drive from the moun tains. TWO WOMEN DISAPPEAR Police Asked to Search for Mother and Daughter on Auto Trip. Police aid was asked todav in a search for Mrs Allen Shores, 60. and I her daughter. Venila Shores, 35. en j route from Tallahassee. Fla., to Lyn donvile, Vt.. where they have failed to arrive. The woman and her daugh ter were last heard from on June 12 when they visited the Congressiunal Library here, police say. Police here were requested by th» chief of police at LyndonviUe to seek the two women. THREE FUGITIVES HELD NEW YORK June 27 (/P>.—Thre< fug.ti\ev ν anted in Chicago for paitici pstion in an alleged collection agency swindle, said to have netted its oper ators Sion.ooo, left here yesterday in ι custody of two detectives. The men were Stephen Kersh, alia· Keller. 36; Edward Cox. alias Baker. 35 and Morris Shapiro, alias Sachs. 31. With four other men now under ar· rest, they are accused of operating th« Ogden Corporation. Kersh. Cox anc ' Shapiro fled to New Ycrk after the Chi· I cago office was raided and opened an· other agency, the Standard Adjustment Corporation. ATTACKS LAUNCHED ON ECONOMY BILL Postal Clerks and Woman's Party See Menace in Proposals. The economy bill yesterday came under the fire of the United National Association of Post Office Clerks and the National Woman's Party. On behalf of the former, Thomas F Dolan. the president, in a statement said "the problem of retrenchment, as far as the Government employes is concerned, should be indefinitely post poned." He added that "if prosperity is soon to be with us again, as some are pleased to suggest. thn necessity for pay less furlough·, the direct methods cf wage reduction, or the flve-dav week with its five days" pay, may become a disagreeable memory." Wives' Jobs Defended. Dolan hit In particular the leave and retirement features and slash in night work pay. The Woman's Party rapped the provi sion calling for dismissal of one or the other of married couples, describing this as a discrimination against married women. In this connection. Mrs. John Walker said she knew of four youn» women who have canceled plans to b; married this Summer because they feared dismissals from the Government. The American Alliance of Civil Serv ice Wom-n in New York yesterday ad dressed a letter to President Hoover, declaring "there has been widespread and flagrant discrimination against women in the making cf appointments from eligible lists in the United States Civil Service." due to "misinterpreta tion" of a rule of 1870 based on an executive order. Equality Demanded. The alliance asks an order to the Civil Service Commission that "single eligible lists be issued and eligibles certified in the order of their standing, regardless of sex." -> MINE SHOTS KILL ONE, HURT SEVEN ■ Two of Wounded Victims Brought to Morgantcwn, W. Va., Hos pital in Critical Condition. ; By the Associated Press MORGANTOWN, W. Va., June 27.— One man was killed and seven others were wounded, two dangerously, in a coal mine strike shooting at the Maids j ville mine of the Kelleys Creek Colliery Co. today. I The kill ng was the first to occur in I the Northern West Virginia mine strike I that began about two weeks ago. ι Details of the incident were not ! given. A strike called by the United Mine Workers of America has been in prog ress in the Northern West Virginia coal fields for about two weeks. The union is seeking to obtain contracts with companies operating on a non-union basis. EX-MAYOR SLAIN ON PORCH OF HOME j Police Balked by Motive for Shoot ing From Ambueh in Lake Wales. Fla. I By the Associated Press. LAKE WALES, Fla.. June 27.—An i assassin who fired a loid of buckshot ! from ambush killed former Mayor Joe ! H. Beal at his nome h*re Saturday night. He was shot at close range while reading on hie back porch and died j instantly. Police are baffled regarding the mo tive. 1 B*al Ferved as mayor for the last two years. His term expired June 1 and he 1 did not seek re-election. COBLENTZ ADMITS SIGNING PAPERS USED BY RAICHLE , < Continued From FirstPage.) ney James Ο Moore attempted to show Coblentz had b?en "intimidated" by the Justice Department after an in vestigation of the spurious authoriza tions had oeen started. After bringing out that Coblentz made several trips to the Justice Department, where he was questioned by Assistant Attorney General Nugent Dodds and Neil Burk inshaw, a special assistant, Moore asked the witness if, on January 18, 1931, he wrote the following in his diary: "The manner in which Mr. Dodds ap proached me impressed me with the idea they were trying to intimidate me." I Coblentz said he could not remember I having made such an entry and that if I he had done so it was only a cen : elusion on his part. He sala that when ! he first went to the Justice Department on January 18 Mr. Dodds advised him to engage a lawyer In whom ne had complete confidence. Kept Record of Parley. After bringing out the fact Coblentz had telephoned Raichle on January 20 1931, Moore asked the witness if Mr Burkinshaw had told him to have two disinterested persons listen in on the telephone conversation. Coblentz said Burkinshaw had made some such sug gestion. Coblentz said he had his own stenographer and a business associate ι listen in. The stenographer made an ι exact copy of the conversation between 1 Raichle and himrelf. which was for I warded to the Justlte Department, j Moore then asked him if he met [ Edwards In Dodds' ofBce on January ! 22. Coblentz replied he had. ; "Did Mr. Dodd and Mr Burkinshaw ι leave the room when you started to talk to Edwards, and then listen In to 1 your conversation on a dictaphone?" Moore inquired. j Coblentz replied he had heard indi ! rectiy that they had done so and that j hs was glad of it. NEW QUAKE HITS CITY I MEXICO CITY. June 27 G4>>A dis i patch todav from Coltm», which wai i hit by a tidal wave !ast week, said the I city was shaken yesfrday by three ι more fairly sharp earth-îhocks They were accompanied by low subterranean rumblings which tarrifird th* people Belated reports «ail that the towns of Cihuatlan ar.d Cam^tlan d· Mira fiores were destroyed by last week's quakes. No lives were reported lost Gov Salvador S?ucedo of Ccl ma to day appialed to the R-d Cross f?r food and medicinal supp'ies. Italian Tenor to Sing. LANHAM, Md. June 27 (Special).— Mario Cappelli. Italian t«nor. will sing tonight at Whitfield Μ Ε. Church herf at 8 o'clock. There will b« no admis sion' charge, but a free-will collection wiii be tike* Cherry Queen WILL REIGN OVER FESTIVAL AT TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. CAROLYN HAZZARD, Seventeen-year-old Ludington. Mich high school girl, presides as queen of I the netional cherry festival next month at Traverse City, Mich. —A. P. Photo. Money Bills Still in Dispute as Fiscal Year Nears End. By thf Associated Près». Relief, economy and money legisla tion were tied up today in such a con gressional whirlwind that nobody was sure just what the storm would leave behind. The Senate, for the time being, held the key to most of tne problems ln ; volved. It* leaders had a sort of reserve hope of adjournment Saturday, but bent their immediate efforts toward passage of annual appropriations bills that should be laws by the beginning of the new fiscal year at midnight Thursday. Otherwise, most of the Gov ernment departments legally will have no money to spend. The two biggest annual money meas ures of the Congress—those supplying nearly $2.000.000.000 for the Treasury. I Post Office and independent offices— were before the Senate. Quick passage , was necessary so they could be sent to I conference along with six ctherr already there for an adjustment of difTtrences between the House and Senete bills. I Unemployment relief and economy measure? both are in the hands of con ferees. Meanwhile Senator WaUon, the re publican leader, served notice on the Senate he intended to bring up "for early consideration" the administra i tion's home loan bank bill. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, said that "when the Philip pine bill is disposed of there will be no trouble in getting the home loan bank bill up for consideration. Senator Hawes. Democrat, of Mis I souri, told the Senate he would object I to any attempt to displace the Philip l pine independence bill as the Senate's ! unfinished business, and claimed 78 j votes for it. EVANGELINE BOOTH DENOUNCES REPEAL Salvation Army Commander Says Change Would Be Concession to Underworld. 4 ' By the Associated Press CHICAGO. June 27—Comdr. Evan geline Booth of the Salvation Army, who today delivered the Democratic convention invocation, last night de nounced prohibition repeal at a dry rally. "If you wish to bring the criminal law into contempt, repeal the eighteenth amendment." rhe said. "Repeal would be a concession to the underworld. "Repeal gives notice to every gangster, every racketeer, every kidnaper of the innocent be.be that he has only to threaten society and society will hold ι up its hands and pay blackmail to an organized rebellion against God and ! man " Comdr. Booth's audience was well I sprinkled with Salvation Army lassies, I in uniforms of darker hue than hers of I smart gray with rose-lined cape. She ' was often interrupted by applause. When she had finished denouncing I liquor a bouquet of pink roses wat handed over the footlights to her. j Among other speakers were Patrick ι Callahan of Louisville, Kv. Dr. Edwin I C. Dinwiddle delivered the benediction. ; BAN DITS ROB TWO AFTER SEIZING THEM Pedestrians Forced Into Cars by Hold-up Men—Taxi Driver Also Is Victimized, j Police today were investigating at : tacks and robbery of two pedestrians yesterday, and the hold-up of a taxicab driver early this morning Two men in an automobile were be lieved to have been the assailant* in both of yesterday's cases. Lawrence Dixon, 27. of the 1900 block of Connec ticut avenue, told police he was strol ling around Dupont Cirrle early yes terday when he was forced into a car occupied bv the two At Twenty-sev enth and M streets the.v assaulted him 1 and robbfd him of $1. he said. j Harold McGrady, Takoma Park, Md„ i reported that two men forced him into I a car at Chestnut and Cedar streets I last night about 10 o'clock and took $124 from him before putting him out of the car at Fifth and Peabody streets. A colored bandit, armed with a pistol, robbed Wendell Ε Cooper, taxicab driver, of the 400 block of Tenth street northeast, of $12 about 3:30 a.m. today police were told. WASHINGTON MAN HURT AS TAXICAB IS DITCHED j By ■ Start Correspondent of The Star. I ALEXANDRIA, Va.. June 27.—When ι a taxi he had hired in Washington to . take a Sundav afternoon drive was 1 forced into a ditch to avoid hitting an other ear on the Richmond Highway 2 miles south of here yesterday after noon, George Wentworth, 86, of 1819 Ο street. Washington, received a frac tured Jaw, face lacerations and possible Injury to hU neck when thrown out of the machine. He Is under treatment at the Alexandria Hospital His daughter, who vu riding with Kim. and the taxi driver, were both UlOJljUMd. HOPES FOR HOOVER ARMS PIAN FADE Less Cheerful Atmosphere Marks Reports From Lau sanne Parley. BY CONS ΤΑ ΝΤΙΝΕ BROWN. There was η less cheerful Atmosphere today in official quarters in Washington ' in regard to an early acceptance of the Hoover disarmament plan. Further more, whatever meager news wan re ceived from Europe about the Repara tion Conference at Lausanne was of a negative character, everything pointing out that the mast that could be expect ed is a temporary settlement of the German reparation payments. The stumbling block which prevents a serious discussion of the Hoover plan is Prance It is true that Premier Herriot and his chief lieutenant, Paul Boncour, had expressed themselves, pri vately and officially, mildly in favor with the fundamental ideas of the Pres ident. Both French leaders, as well as the party they are representing, are in favor of disarmament, but this ques tion in France is not a political, but a national, matter. Mr. Herriot has found that the French nation is not willing to accept any disarmament, in spite of the precarious financial and economic situation of the country, with out a security pact or at least a con sultative pact. Powerless to Accept. Under these circumstances, however, favorably disposrd the French states men may be, they are not in position to accept any disarmament proposal. The French, it is pointed out are intensely nationalistic because tliey are afraid of the rising power of their neighbors, the Germans and the Italians. The Hoover disarmament proposal is not likely to be completely discarded. It will continue to simm»r and will be discussed at Geneva and in Paris and London for the next few months, prob ably until after the American presi dential elections. It is fully expected here that the Geneva Conference v. hich is deadlocked at the present moment will be adjourned after the end of the Lausanne Conference, "to stiidy care fully the American disarmament plan." and will reconvene eometime next Fall to discuss the various proposals differ ent nations may have to make in the light of the suggestions of the President of the United States. The European nations have come to the final conclusion that reparations, debts and disarmament are closely in terlinked. They also believe that this theory, while not officially accepted in America, is accepted by most American political men who are not in a position to admit this relation on account of the presidential campaign. Feel Need for Delay*. Bv postponing the settlement of these matters until after November 4 they iicpe they have everything to gain. It is believed that any President the American people will elect will have to take Into consideration the world prob lems of today and trv and work out In co-operation with the other nations some solution satisfactory to all. The French and the British realize that in order to gain America's good will it will be necessary to start with the disarma ment question, and for this reason, al though the Hoover disarmament pro posal is not. in its present form, ac ceptable to either of these two nations, their leaders have been careful not to say so too bluntly. The consensus of opinion in Europe is that if some sub stantial progress is made in the matter of disarmament the American Congress will be less opposed to reducing sub stantially the war debts. The French have been led to believe that if the financial and disarmament questions ate out of the wpy the Ameri can Government might be induced to enter into a consultative pact, with no obligation to join in any military ven ture. They base this belief on the electoral platform of the Republican party, which proposes to give ample rights to tne President to attend any political or ι economic conference whenever the situ ation may require that America should be represented. The recent close co-operation of the American Government with the mem bers of the League of Nations in the Sino-Japanese conflict is he!d as a typi cal example of America's preparedness to consult with the rest of the world to avoid war. 250 WILL GET WORK Buffalo Plant of American Radi i ator Co. to Reopen. BUFFALO. Ν. Y.. June 27 (/P\.—The American Radiator Co. announced to day that it would reopen it* plant here tomorrow, after a shutdown of more than two months, and would recall more than 250 employes. ι Several hundred workers returned to ' the Dupont rayon plant when it. re I sumed operations last week after being shut down for several month*. The Wickwire Spencer Steel Co. also ! announced that it would reopen this I week an open-hearth furnace which had been inactive for several month*. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band this' evening at Dupont circle at 7:30 o'clock. William Stannard, leader; Thomas Darcy. second leader. March. "Captain Osterman" Boyer Overture, "Four Ages of Man," Lachner Fox trot, "A Day in May" Lewis and King Fantasia from "Carmen" Bizet "Prayer at Eventide" Elie Suite romantique, "A Day in Venice," Nevin Waltz. "Danube Waves" Ivanovlci March. "A Great American"....Benter "The Star Spangled Banner." By the United Stat«i Marine Band i this evening at the Marine Barracks at, 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; ; Arthur Witcomb. second leader. Overture, "Mignon" Thomas Two characteristic numbers: "On Tiptoe" Hosmer "Turkey In the Straw," transcrip tion by Guion Saxophone solo serenade, "Les Mil lions d'Arlequin " Drigo Musician, Kennrth Douse. Grand scenes from "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saens Valse caprice, "Espana". . Waldteufel ι "I, Too. Was Born in Arcady" from I "Three Quotations" Sousa March, "The Liberty Bell" Sousa Obbligato. "Memorial Chimes".. .Sousa Musician. Wilbur D KiefTer. "Dance of the Hours" from "'La Gloconda" Ponchielli "Reminiscences of the Plantation," Chambers Marine*' hymn, "The Halls of Montezuma." "The Star Spangled Banner." By the United State* Navy Band this evening at the United States Capi tol at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, assistant. March, "Up the Street" Morse Overture. "Oberon" Von Weber Cornet solo, "Culver Polka," Stelnhauser Musician, Birlev Gardner. Grand scents from the opera "Aida." Verdi ! Preludio sinfonica. "La Torre Del Oro" 3 menez Excerpts from "The Desert Song" Romberg "Prelude and Love Death" from "Tristan and Isolde" Wagner Suite from "Carmen" Biaet AragonaUe, Intermezzo, Prelude. Bacchanale from "Samson and Delilah" „rU.... Salnt-Raens "Anchor*1 «weigh." . "The Star 8p*agifû Banner." _ "Bip Shot" Desire Leads to Arrest Of Reserve Officer By the Associated Press. BOSTON June 27 — Irving Traverse. 29. Armv Reserve ofE rer and self-styled friend of President Hoover, was held on s charge of impersonating a Fed eral ofHrer list night after he had admitted, police said, that he wanted to be a "big shot" among his friends. Traverse was arrested by po lice and Federal agents after he told a garage owner he was an Army engineer in charge of a S2S.000.000 digging Job in Bos ton Harbor. "I didn't mean any harm by the bluff." he to'.d police. "I wanted my friends to believe I was a big shot in Washington " Police said Traverse admitted he had told the garage owner he would need 20 used cars at $250 each and would be allowed $50 a month maintenance for each auto. JOHN CURIIS Fills TO OUST ATTORNEY Alleged Lindbergh Hoaxer Goes on Trial for Im peding Justice. By the Associated Press. FLEMTNGTON. N. J.. June 27.—The prosecutipn won the fit et engagement in the trial of John H. Curtis, alleged Lindbergh case hoaxer, which opened today. A motion by the defense for removal of one of the prosecution's at torneys was denied by Judge Adam O. F.obbins. As court was convened by Judge Rob bins, Curtis sat at the defense table staring straight ahead, and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh sat at the prosecutor's table, his arms crossed and an expres sion of close attention on his face. The two men did not look at each other. The first action after court convened was the filing of a motion by Lloyd Fisher, local defense attorney, for the removal from the prosecutor's staff of Harry Stout, elderly Flemington lawyer, appointed as special assistant to Prose cutor Anthony M. Hauclc. Retired to Chamber*. Judge Robbins said he would not consider the motion in open court and the opposing legal staffs retired with him to his chambers. The motion was based on the asser tion that Stout had earlier been con sidered as one of the defense attorneys and therefore had special knowledge of the defense strategy. Among other prospective witnesses in the court room in addition to Col. Lindbergh, were Bettty Gow, the mur dered baby's nurse, and Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Wheatley the Lindberghs' butler and housekeeper. Wearing a striped gray suit and no hat, the famous aviator arrived at the Colonial County Court House haif an hour before the trial was scheduled to begin. Colonel First Witness. He went first to the county jail, ad joining the court house, and then to the prosecutor's office. He is to be the first witness against the Norfolk shipbuilder who confessed to perpetrat ing a gigantic hoax on the Lind berghs and the police and who later repudiated that confession. Before the court was called to order Stout announced that the prosecution 1 would take Curtis at his word that J the confession was false and that he I really was in contact with the kid napers. On this basis the 8tate will then attempt to prove that Curtis hindered ! justice by his confession, in which he stated that he knew nothing of the kidnapers. I Stout said the confession would be offered for what it might be worth. : but would not be played as the State's triimn Court Room Filled. By the time Col. Lindbergh arrived every seat open to the public in the court room had been occupied In the center of the room was a block of seats roped off for the 63 veniremen of the special panel froto which the jury will be selected. Hauck and Stout, for the prosecution, and Fisher of Flemington and W. C. Pender of Norfolk, Va., for Curtis, all arrived early and then withdrew tem porarily from the court room for sepa ate conferences. Constance Curtis, 11-year-old daugh ter of the defendant, was in court with ; Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Carney of Ports mouth. Va. George and Sandusky Curtis, broth ers of the defendant, sat at the defense counsel table. The defense announced that Glenn Anderson, a Newark attor ney, would aid in the defense. Move For Dismissal. After secret argument on the Stout motion was completed the Judge and attorneys returned to the court room and the prospective jurors were taken from the room. The defensp then be gan public argument on motions for dismissal of the indictment and for a bill ol particulars on the charges against Curtis. The motion for quashing the In dictment was presented by Pendsr. who argued the indictment deprived the de fendant of his Csnstitutional right* was vague as to detail and placed Curtis in double jeopardy. NAZIS HIT AT JEWS Property Confiscation Voted at Diet Session. BERLIN. June 27 <JP).—In the early hours of Sunday morning, when the House was almost empty, the Prussian Di»t passed a national Socialist taxation bill, w hich provides, among other things, for the confiscation of the propertv of all Jews who immigrated from the East after 1914. The measure is simply a recommenda tion to the federal government and has no binding effet. The confiscation is justiArd. In the langnage of the bill, on the grounds that the property involved was acquired "by a rapacious non-productive race." and h-nce constituted "immoral acqui sition." GEN. F. E. BAMFORD DIES Hero of Battle of Cantigny Was Praised by Pershing: in Book. CHARLES TOWN. W. Va.. June 27 (IF).—Oen. F Ε. Bamford. 69. hero of ι the Battle of Cantigny with the Amer [ ican Expeditionary Forces during the World War. died suddenly today. Gen. John J. Pershing paid high trib ute to Gen Bamford in his book on th? war. Gen. Bamford was retired from the Army and for the past 10 years has lived in West Virginia. He is a native of Maryland. His widow, formerly Martha Byrd of Richmond, Va„ survives. Joliat Warden to Leave. JOLIET. 111., June 27 (At.—Warden Henry C. Hill of the Illinois State Pen itentiary will leave Thursday for hie new· poet a* warden of the Eastern Fed eral Friaoo. at I* wis burg, Pa. She and Helen Jacobs Ad vance in Championships at Wimbledon. Br th# Associated Prfss WIMBLEDON. England. June 27 — ; Mrs. Helen Wills Moody continued her march toward the Wimblodon tennis ; championship today with a 6—0. 6—1. j victory· over Dorothy Round in the quart-v-final round. She will play Mary Heelcv. young Irish player, in the semi finals. Mrs. Moody's victory gave the United States two semi-final representatives in the women's singles. Helen Jacobs defeating Hilda Krahwinkel of Ger many in an earlier match, 6—2, 6—4. Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn. Wimbledon doubles champions in 1929 and 1930. continued their fine play in that dppartnrKit to defeat Ian G. Col lias and J. C. Gregory in a third round match, 6—4, 6—1, 6—4. J Van Ryn and Allison were at the top of their form in defeating Collins and Gregory and the result was never. in doubt. Mrs. Moody had just the usual prac- : tice in defeating Miss Round. She has not lost a set. or even come close to losing one in the current title play. By her victory. Miss Jacobs not oniy won a berth among the last four, but gained revenge for the defeat Miss Krahwinkel handed her in the semi final round last year, when the Ger man girl scored an unexpected 10—8, 0—6. 6—4 victory. Miss Jacobs will play Mrs. Rene Mathieu of Prance in the semi-finals. I Mrs. Mathieu defeated Betty Nuthall of England. 6—0. 6—3. Sidney B. Wood. jr.. and Gregory Mangin. American doubles pair, defeat- j ed the English team of C. A. Magrane ; and J R. Reddal, 6—2, 7—5, 6—4 to ! enter the fourth round. Miss Herley caught Mrs. Eileen Ben nett Whittingstall off her game in a quarter-final match of the upper draw and won. 3—β, β—4. 6—0. Miss Jacobs paired with Elûwbeth Ryan in women's doubles to win a third-round match from Mrs. J. Lycett ; and Mrs. G. Peacock of England, ; 6—2, 7—5. BILL ASKS $100.000 TO HELP VETERANS TO RETURN HOME _ 'Continued FromFirst Page.) or to care for them while here tem porarily." Police Funds Exhausted. The specter of hunger hung over the bonus encampments this afternoon as the Police Department commissary funds were exhausted and no replenish ment appeared in prospect. The last of $13.053 was checked out this afternoon by Capt. William G. ' Stott, police property officer, who has been handling the veterans' commis- j sary, and he announced only enough food was on hand to last through to | morrow. i Police Chief Pelham D. Glassford in a warning issued to tlje veterans last week, declared the Police Department no longer would provide for the thou sands of veterans encamped in the Capital after existing supplies had run out. "The money is gone and unless more t comes from somewhere we can't do ! anvihing." Capt. Stott declared Exhaustion of the B. E. F. treasury ! came as veterans arrested six alleged I Communists, beat two of them se ; verely and transported them across the I Maryland-District line, with the warn • ing not to return again. Both Members of League. The two were Herbert Young of New York and Joseph Vacillotti of Passaic. N. J., both members of th? Workers ! Ex-service Men's League, a Communist ; organiz?tion. They were "arrested" by i the veterans as they distributed Com j munkt papers attacking leadership of j th? Β. E. F. and attributing the resig ration of Commander in Chief Walter W. Waters to "rank-and-file" action. The dissension-torn national head quarters of the B. E. F. late today denied responsibility for the action taken by individual members against the Communists, and said national of ficers could not be blamed for what might happen if the "Reds" continued to stir up trouble in the bonus army. ; George Kleinholz. acting as national commander in the abrence of Thomas Kelly, who replaced Water pending an election, denied the national organisa- , tion had any knowledge of the action against, Young. Vacillotti and the others. Louis P. Walcher, no address; Thomas W. Plunkett, colored. S03 I street, league headquarters; Willie m Odlen. a Russian, of Philadelphia; William Meit zer, New York, and Clarence Boyington, Buffalo. Ν. Y. A successor to Waters is to be chosen by the "rank and file" at a national convention of the B. E. F.. tentatively scheduled to begin July 4, according to , W. S. Keyser. Cleveland veteran and chairman of the Convention Arrange ment Committee. Some 500 delegates from every State in the Union will be , chosen by all veterans camped here ; They will select a national com- j mander. Seek to Draft Water*. Efforts to draft Waters were being ' made by his supporters, but a counter-. 1 movement to defeat him and place J I either George Almari. another Oregon I veteran, or Mike Thomas, camp com- 1 ι mander at Anacostia. in the Dost, wis j being made by the more radical ele ment. To forestall an attempt by Alman. twice deposed officer of the B. E. F. to organize a parade for tomorrow ! afternoon. Acting National Comdr. ! Kelly ifsued an "order" to camp and : regimental commander advising that the national headquarters "is not spon soring any parade or demonstration to take place either Monday or Tuesday." I and "no member of the B. E. F snould 1 participate in any such parade or demonstration." As funds reached a low level, delega tions totaling more than 300 arrived to swell the depleted ranks of veterans. Nrarlv 200 came in this morning from San Francisco and were sent to Camp Bartlett on Alabama avenue southeast. One hundrea others arrived from Brooklyn. Ν. Y„ yesterday, almost at1 the same time as 54 came in from Sagi naw. Mich., and East St. Louis. 111. A reserve fund of $1.000. which Glass ford had been holding out a.; insurance against damage to Army and National j I Guard equipment loaned the veterans, ι was released by him yesterday. Still endeavoring to evacuate the vet- I erans. Gen.. Glassford yesterday sent : letters to several Congressmen, outlin ing his plans for returning the men , home over the railroads, which have agreed to carry them at a rate of 1 j cent, a mile. He asked the Represen ' tatives to "render a wholehearted effort I in this endeavor," and was rewarded early today by a check for $72 from i Representative Frank Murphy of Ohio 1 to pay the return fare of 18 Steubenville veterans ι Glassford hoces the American Legion. Veterans of Foreign Wars. Disabled American Veterans and other civic and patriotic organisations throughout the country will donate funds for the trans portation of the veterans to their own cities. As a tribute to Father Francis J. j Duffy, wartime chaplain of the "Fight- I ing e9th" Division, fligs at Camp Mark· and other camps were ordered at half staff today. Illinois it the twenty-third State in I area. Hugenberg Reveals Stand. Hitler Pleaded With to Curb Troops. By the A*«ociat*d Presa. BERLIN, June 27.—Return of the Hohenr/>!lerns to the throne of Ger many was raaed for today by the Na tionalist party. In the midst of a three cornered, continuing strife among the South German states, the Von Papen government and Adolf Hitkr. The restoration of the kaisers was proposed yesterday at a party caucus by Alfred Hugenberg. Nationalist leader, who declared the Nationalists favored a return of the monarchy. Four Persons Killed. Pour more persons were killed and many Injured in political c1 ashes yes· tesda". In the meantime, at a secret meeting with Chancellor von Papen and Gen. Kurt von Schleicher in Berlin, Hitler was reported to have been asked by the chancellor, as a personel favor, to curb the violence of his brown-shirted fol lowers. Th?re was an official denial that the meeting was held, but on reliable authority it was learned the chancelUt afked Hitler to take his uniformed fol lowers off the streets because the con stant fighting had damaged Germany'» cause at Lausanne. Visits Hindenburg. The chancellor also conferred with President Paul von Hindenburg. Sup porters of the government appeared to be quite dissatisfied with newspaper In terviews attributed to the chancellor at Lausanne last week. In Nations list newspapers the chancellor was bitterly attacked for an interview In which he was quoted M saying: "I am among the first to admit the claim of France to compensation in connection with the liquidation of repa a rations." DROWNS IN SEVERN AS CANOE CAPSIZES Cumberland Man Was Paddling in Rear—Attempts to Revive Him Are Futile. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS. Md.. June 27.—Jchn Brennan. 24. of Cumberland, but work ing in Baltimore, drowned in the Severn River late yesterday when a canoe In which he and three friends were riding capsized. Leaving the Greenbury Peint Club with Edwin C. Pond and Misses Char lotte Stevens and Alma Ccsten of Bal timore, the group had passed around Greenbury Point, beyond the mouth of Mill Creek, when the accident occurred. Brennan was paddling in the rear. Soon after the accident. Charles Markham of Chevy Chase dived and located the body. With the assistance of W. H. Rhoades end Dan Jones of Washington, the body was brought to shore, where the West Annapolis Fire Company first-aid corps made a futile effort to restore life. Dr. Walton H. Hopkins gave a verdict of accidental drowning. 89 TO BE ARRESTED IN CLUB LOCKER RAID Chicago Dry Official Bares Prom inent Persons Charged With Liquor Law Violations. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. June 27 —Deputy Prohi bition Administrator A. E. Aman said yesterday he would demand the arrest of 89 members of the Swedish Club In whose private lockers his men found wine and liquors. Aman, who led the raiding party in its Saturday night sortie on the 63 year-old club, the membership of which includes many prominent Chicagoans. asserted each of the 89 would be charged with illegal transportation and possession. Dr. O. C. Nylund, president of the cltib, whose $175,000 worth of paintings, rugs and costly furnishings the prohibi tion enforcers announced they would attempt to hate confiscated, -aid the organization's attorney would fight such an attirrrt and would oppose padlock proceedings United States District Attorney George Ε Q. Johnson, successful prose cutor of "Al" Capone. listed as a mem ber of the c'ub along with State's At torney John A. Swan.son, said he would have to see the raiders' report before he would move to padlock the club. DRIVER IS KILLED ON WINCHESTER PIKE Loses Control of Machine and Auto Hits Pole—Three Others Are Uninjured. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA. Va . Jun? 27 —Loeirg control of his machine while driving on the Winchester p'ke last Saturday night. Edward W. Pethetbridge, 24, of 5014 Iowa avenue. Washington, was in stantly killed when the car crashed into a telephone pole at Legato, Va . 2 miles west of Fairfax. His neck was broken by the crash. Three Dassengers of the machine escaped with slight injuries. Miss Mary Layman of Frcstburg. Md., a University of Maryland student, sustained a badly wrenched back and is still under treat ment at the Alexandria Hospital. She was riding in the front seat with Petherbridge. Miss Dorcthv Howard of 814 Κ street northeast. Washington, and Chmrles Norris of Leon-rrttown, Md.. occupants of tho r-ar seat of the car, escaped with cuts and brui'es. U. S. LENDS $13.600,000 TO NEW YORK CENTRAL I. C. C. Approves of Reconstruc tion Loan to Pay Taxes and Interest. By the Associated Press. TLe Interstate Commerce Commission today authorized a Keconstructlon Finance Corporation loan of $13 000 000 to the New York Central Railroad Co The loan, for three yean, is to ba used for interest and taxes due June 30. 14,805,037; due July 1, 16,509 719· and on Au<»u*t 1. 11.867.817. ' ' This is the second loan received li the read In April the commission an proved a 14 399.000 loan for cork al ready uncier way m New \oik City Vandals Wreck Tombstone·. DESSAU. Germany, June 27 (JP).—A sroup of young hoodlum* entered the cemetery here Saturday night and de molished some 60 headstones, it was learned today. Forty of the destroyed stone* were in the form of Uti era*.