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*.