POWERS MAY DROP LAUSANNE EFFORTS French and Germans Weigh Possibilities of Recess Until Autumn. By ill· A«soci«te.—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 !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*.