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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burean Forecast.) Cloudy tonight, followed by showers late tonight or tomorrow; not mueh change in temperature. Temperature—Highest, 3 0 4 78, at . vesterday; lowest, 59, at 6 a.m. Full report Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as seco post_office, | No. 30320. Washington, D. on page 9. nd class matter RESIDENTS ASK AID IS FLOODS COVER " LOUISIANA TOWNS {Urgent Appeal Made for Boats to Remove Refugees From Treetops. RED CROSS CAMPS BEING CUT OFF FROM SUPPLIES | §More Than 5,000,000 Acres of | < Farm and Swamp Lands Sub- merged by Muddy Torrents. 1 Press | y the Associa o La., May 6.—The | EW ORLY muady torrer still Louisiana ing overrun of farm ar mad rush fo The spread 1parishes conti ppeared, and an urgent appeal was ade for boats to remove residents * grom treetops and the roofs of houses. Tallulah and Newellton were being invaded. Delta Point stood on the fringe of the tawny sheet. Doz- ens of smaller villages already had Qisappedred. More than 3,000 square miles had ibeen covered by the Mississippi and its tributaries in Louis giant stream gathered it their rampage over six other States. Huge Areas Submerged. Kentucky had suffered least and | s most. In Kentucky 39,300 e submerged south of Wick- and ty-six inundated in 1d 190,000 more in south- ouri, while backwater in the $t. Francis and White River basins claimed 890,000 other acres. Other thousands_acres in Mis- red, but this wa- ng back into the be poured ain through broken levees into Louisiana. Tributa overflows wrought most damage in and Missouri. The Black R! 000 acres in Missouri and 378,000 in Arkansas. The Cache River in Arkansas scored another 672,000 acres, the St. Francis reached over 735,000 acres and the ‘White River, below Batesville, cov- ered 640,000 acres. In Missouri, the St. Francis was Batisfied with 123,000 acres. . As the river continued its rampage, venting its fury upon the parishes v after hav 00,000 acres s on their £ Mexico. pthousand ac | center | supervision of BY REX COLLIER, Staft Correspondent of The Star. VICKSBURG, Miss., May 6.—Secre- taries Herbert Hoover and Dwight F. Davis, ambassadors extraordinary of President Coolidge to flood-ravaged Dixie, arrived at this busy refugee today to assume personal the South’s gigantic flood relief program. boat load after boat load of d families and stock were beingy pt in from flooded areas in na and Mississippl, the Hoover- party, which included Maj. Gen. ldgar Jadwin, chief of engineers, and James L. Fieser, acting chairman of the Red Cross, mapped out in con- ference with Gov. Dennis Murphree and other State and Red Cross officials a definite plan of relief and rehabilita- tion for this State. Immediately after this conference which began at 8:30 o’clock this morn- ing in the National Park Hotel, the hinet members and others of the hington party embarked on the S. S. Control for a survey of the situation in and around Baton Rouge, La. During the long trip down the still unharnessed Mississippi the govern- mental party will keep in constant BRITAIN SILENT ONKELLOGG REPLY Newspaper Hits Mellon’s Ex- planation Sarcastically as “Passing Buck.” By the Associated P LONDON, May 8. — Secretary Kellogg’s reply to the /iritish note on the war debts question was received today at the foreign office, where it is stated that the British viewpoint has been sufficiently established and that there is no desire to start a controversy. The British treasury is not likely to issue further comment than the state- ment made in the House of Commons vesterday by the chancellor of the exchequer, Winston Churchill The explanation by -Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury, along its banks, with the waters from the Arkansas breaks slowly ebhing over the lowlands to join those from more recent crevassew#n the Missis- sippl levees, they Pushed over territory to meet the backwaters 3‘“0“ the Red and Black Rivers. ' Red Cross Camps Cut Off, Red Cross concentration camps Mvere being cut off from their sources wof supply and the expanding muddy ol threatened to envelop them. {Rescued persons became refugees ‘again and gradually they were re- oved from Delhi to Monroe. Seven- teen thousand refugees had been mssembled at Delhi from the flooded J larea between Macon Ridge, Sicily Island and Oak Ridge. . The town of St. Joseph was slowly disappear- Motor boats and skiffs replaced ex- pensive limousines in the aristo- eratic old river town. In the inland towns. difficulty was bxperienced in removing tenant farmers, since the waters. were J spreading so slowly it was hard for boats to navigate. Many tenant farmers were threatened with star- vation, plantation owners said, be- cause they were reluctant to leave their homes and had no food. Vidalia, seat of Concordia parish, after three weeks of battling with rising swaters of the Mississippi, was forced to about face and meet the assault of backwaters which were tlimbing up the protection levees at the rate of 10 inches a day. 323,837 REFUGEES S0 FAR. i 'Total Being Swelled Hourly As Louisi- ana Levees Break. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 6 (®).— Raging torrents of the unprecedented Miseissippi Valley flood today, after more than three weeks’ rampage, had placed 37 persons, a Tecord num- ber for disasters, under care of the American Red Cross. The list swelled hot flood waters poured from brokes in Louisiana, and officials would mak no attempt to predict the final total The new mark, announced by Henry M. Baker, natéonal director of disaster relief, does not include complete counts from the inundated sections of Louisiana. Continual movement of refugees addition to the emergency ation, which has pre vented workers from ma their reports, may delay the complete check several days. 173,566 in Camps. Of the 328,837 p 17, refugees in 60 concentrat Adn seven § The other ®ons recei S rly as additional n dikes e ] sit 566 are of town huilding y haye n go to the refugee i led the list wi rather Miss ‘many of to Vick Arkasa that through a typographical error the words “except Great Britain™ were omitted from his statement regarding the amount of money ing. America’s debtors from G in the form of reparations, drew sarcastic comment from the Daily Express. The paper accusess Mr. Mellon of “passing the buck” to his typist, and prints a picture of a charming ffapper by the well known artist, Lewis Baum- er, labeled “The Scapegoat. MOSCOW IS BLAMED FOR INDIES REVOLT Dutch Officials Say Trouble Was Directed From Singa- pore by Reds. BY LEOPOLD ALETRINTO. Cable to The_Star snd_Chicago Daily By Cable e Copyrisht. 1037 AMSTERDAM, May 6.—The recent revolt in the Dutch East Indies was set afoot at Moscow and directed from Singapore, is the conclusion of a com- prehensive note concerning the latest disturbances which the Dutch East Indian government has laid before the People’s Council. Communist action was started in 1925 as a result of resolutions passed at the fifth Comrunist World Con- gress at Moscow and the conference of Communists at Insulinde in the | same year, culminating in reorgani- | zation " of the Communist parties by the so-called cell construction. The success of Communist propa- |ganda in the Indies during the last |few years has been rather consider- able.” From 1924 to 1925 special atten- tion was paid to the plans of Ameri- cans to seek exploitation possibilities |in the Indies. It was decided to incite | strikes and disturbances and publish alarming reports in the press of the Philippines in order to deter Ameri- can capitalists from investing in the | Dutch colonies, At the beginning of 1927 an order came from headquarters to launch | revolutionary action, which the Indian | government, however, succeeded in suppressing quickly. o s e American Lawyer Dies. LONDON, May 6 (#).—Robert New- ton Crane, attorney, died here today, aged 79. He was the first American to serve as king's counselor in Lon- don. The funeral will be held Monday. @h 'HOOVER, AT FLOOD AREA, TAKES PERSONAL CHARGE OF RELIEF Commerce Head, With War Secretary, Leaves for Northern Louisiana After Conference in Vicksburg. WASHINGTON, touch with emergency developments all over the flood district by means of a special radio outfit installed on the steamer. Army and Navy wireless stations have been scattered strategic points along the river from Missouri to Louisiana. The Commerce and War Secre- taries arrived here at 7:15 a.m. from ‘Washington. They were met by Gov. Murphree and Adj. Gen. Cu tis D. Green, L. Crosby, State cha man of flgod relief and rehabilitation, and other members of the local flood committee. Secretaries Hoover and Davis and Gen. Jadwin went into conference with the governor and members of the State rehabilitation committee recently appointed by him, while Mr. Fieser conferred with mem- bers of his organization regarding the special relief work now in progress. De Witt Smith, finance expert of the Red Cross, and C. W. Warburton, Department of Agriculture, repre- sentative in the flood zone, came from Memphis for the conferences, meet- ing the Hoover train at Jackson, Miss,, early this morning. George Akerson, assistant to Mr. Hoover, announced that a stop will be made at Natchez en route to Baton Rouge. It was pointed out that the immediate concern of both (Continued on Page 7, Column 4.) WORLD PROSPERTY DECLARDLL . AM Purchasing Power of Ameri- cans Chief Contribution, Geneva Conference Told. at By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 6— Henry M. Robinson, head of the American delegation to the interna- tional economic conference, told the conference today that the American people were profoundly interested in the peace and prosperity of Europe and the rest of the world. No nation, he said, could enjoy full economic activity unless other nations were prosperous. The trend of discussion in the con- ference thus. far.has shown that Europe seeks to adapt the successful American industrial system to its own needs, and.desires to raise the stand- ards of living as in the United States; hence the American contribution to 4 -created the liveliest in- Without endeavoring to preach to E , Mr. Robinson outlined the causes of America’s prosperity, hoping, he said, to help solve the problems before the conference. Stresses Purchasing Power. After explaining American progress in the rationalization of industry, in- cluding stabilization, standardization and simplification, he said the prinei- pal factor of American prosperity was the high purchasing power of the in- dividual citizen. This contributed largely to the well being of Europe and the world generally through heavy purchases and investments abroad. He explained that the development of transportation and the application of mechanism in industrial production (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) 63 MINERS ARE SOUGHT AS 3 BODIES ARE MOVED Rescuers in West Virginia Work- ings Push 4,800 Feet From Drift Mouth Today. By the Associated Press. FAIRMONT, W. Va., May 6.—Three bodies, previously located by rescue workers, were carried from the e: plosion-wrecked Everettville mine to- day to the temporary morgue at the mouth of the workings, in which 31 miners are known to have been killed. The rescuers continued their search for the 63 men unaccounted for since the blast occurred, six days ago. One of the bodies was identified as that of James B. Murphy, assistant foreman. Previously the bodies of his son Louis and his brother Bernard were recovered. Bernard Tippen, a nephew of James and Bernard Murphy, is among those intombed. Rescuers working in the gas-filled tunnels had gained a point 4,800 feet from the drift mouth today. 200 REBELS ARE SLAIN. ‘Reports Mexican Commandant Battle in State of Jalisco. MEXICO CITY, May 6 (#).—Dis- patches from Guadalajara today said the military commandant. of the State of Jalisco had informed the governor that about 200 rebels had been killed in an encounter with federal troops. The soldiers fell upon the band, commanded by former Col. Cortes Ortiz, at Juchipila Canyon, in the northern part of Jalisco. rom field workers in total of 22,748 per- are there with J.ouisiana #ons under the expectation th tween nd 40,000 Four 3 y States the flo Tllinois, 6 rot so the ‘many refugees from Mi Immunized From Disease. Reports to th ‘ross showed that 95,000 perso been im- munized from tyy 85,000 from smallpox. Nine trained Red Cross disaster workers were stationed fn the ficld as 40 Red Cross physicians and ganization. ‘Twenty-seven lanes and 826 e were 78 n hd mea- lood waters. v operating tion bety rter: s mediums of communi cn flooded points and & a . 1 {5 Twentv thousana persons have 7 @Qentinued on Yage I, Coluwmn 44 " it would go be- | s of the or-| s the | wowriane| Seizure of Earrings Recalls Mystery | Of Anastasia, Czar Nicholas' Daughter | By the Associated Pross. MILWAUKEE, Wis,, May 6.—The - | controversy as to whether Anastasia, | daughter of Nicholas, the last of the | czars, escaped the massacre of the |imperial family in the cellar at | Bkaterinburg. was recalled today by | the seizure here of a pair of ear- | rings for non-payment of duty. | The earrings are of hand-painted |French bisque, antique in design, | with golden lights glinting in the nch-long pendants and dimly visible |is the worn engraving of & Bt | Petersburg Jeweler's mame. William J. Schmidt, a musiclan, | bought the earrings in 1922 from a | voung woman who was 11l in a sana- [ torium at Berlin. She was the one “|over whom a controversy since has been waged, some defending her claims of royalty, others denouncing A e 2 Amposton 4paid The earrings, seized yesterday by John J. Shea, Chicago. customs agent, were said by experts to an- swer descriptions of a pair famous among the crown jewels of Russia. Mr. Schmidt explained the earri were brought into the United S by his daughter, Mrs. Ella C. of Chicago, who was 16 at the time. “She was just a kid,” he said, “and no one told her of those things.” Mr. Schmidt and his daughter went to the sanatorium where they bought the earrings and were shown a brooch set with three diamonds. These were offered by a man for $5,000, in the presence of the mysterious invalid, with the explanation that she, the grand duchess, was in need of money. Mr. Schmidt arranged to return and when he did the man told him the duchess no longer was In need, as the Dowager Queen Dagmar of Denmark, ¢ T D G, U. . THREAT ENDS NICARAGUAN WAR: MARINES FEARED Moncada, After Interview With Stimson, Asserts He Will Lay Down Arms. “USELESS TO FIGHT AMERICA,” HE SAYS Elections—General Amnesty Is Declared. By the Ascociated Pr MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 6.— "After months of fighting between the Liberal and Conservative factions, the civil war in Nicaragua appeared to- day to be at an end. While no definite’ peace settlement. had been reached, Gen. Moncada, Lib- eral, announced he was ready to lay down his arms. His decision fol- lowed an interview yesterday with Henry L. Stimson, personal repre- sentative of President Coolidge. Gen. Moncada. said it seemed certain that the United States was prepared to take the fleld against the Liberals if fighting continued and that therefore he was prepared to order his troops to lay down their arms. Fears Fight With U. S. The Liberals, Gen. Moncada de- clared, refused to sign or consider peace agreements containing the pro- vision that Adolfo Diaz (Conserva- tive) conthnue as president, but that since it was established the United States would force disarmament of his men, he was prepared to advise them to lay down their arms as it was useless to attempt to fight the United States. Moncada prepared a proclamation requesting the Liberals to hand in their arms and return to their homes. Conservative troops, by order of Diaz, left for Tipitapa from the Boaco region, to turn in their arms to the United States Marines. The Marines took up positions be- tween the Conservative and Liberal lines to receive the guns of both armies. This was done at the request of the Diaz government so that pro- posed elections might be unhampered by disorders. After a certain period all persons bearing arms are to be de- clared bandits and authorized con- stabulary and the Marines will pro- ceed to disarm them. Sacasa’s Delegates Concur. ‘The peace delegates sent by the Liberal president, Juan B. Sacasa, coneurred, in Gen. Moncada's state- ment that the Liberals would not ac- cept the offer of representation in the Diaz cabinet and courts for the fre- mainder of his term, as they were nhot agreeing to any terms of peace with Diaz. Moncada said that the Liberal presi- dent had ‘stated repeatedly that the Liberals would continue to fight until ordered to’ cease by the United States, but that they never would fight the Marines. Gen, Moncada, who is minister of war in the government set up by Sacasa at Puerto Cabezas, while maintaining that Sacasa’s claim to the presidency was constitutional, sald he was in agreement with Mr. Stimson that peace from the present time until the elections would guar- antee the most honest elections ever held in Nicaragua. He also agreed that peace would prevent famine, which threatened if the warfare con- tinued. Forced to Desist. “We are forced by a greater power to cease our fight,” sald Moncada, ‘“but as peace. will be the result, I shall devote my effort to help in re- storing order, so that the Liberals may gain ligitimate and honest con- trol in the 1928 elections, which will be supervised by the United States.” President Diaz signed a general am- nesty decree wkich was distributed on the streets of Managua. He issued a statement saying that as soon as or- der was assured, the freedom of the press would be restored. Mr. Stimson arrived in Managua on April 17 and immediately went into conference with leading Conserva- tives. Subsequently he invited Sacasa to meet him, but the invitation was declined, Sacasa sending three mem- bers of his cabinet instead. On Wednesday Mr. Stimson, the American Minister, Charles C. Eber- hardt, and Rear Admiral Latimer, in command of TUnited States naval forces in Nicaraguan waters, and Gen. Moncada and the Liberal dele- gates, began conferénces at Tipitapa. RELIEF IS FELT HERE. Struggle Had Brought Atmosphere of Suspense to Officials. By the Associated Press, Signs of the advent of peace in Nicaragua have brought relief and satisfaction to many official quarters in_Washington. ‘While the long period of compara- tive inactivity on the part of the contending armies had let the inter- national aspects of the struggle drop into the background in recent weeks, there remained an undercurrent of suspense which reached even to the White House. Officials here are not yet ready, however, to announce a complete clarification of the imbroglio. It is not likely that a definite end to the trouble will be announced until it has been demonstrated to what ex- tent the Liberal troops accept the advice of their commander, Gen. Moncada. The State Department also is awalting some indication of the atti- tude of Juan B. Sacasa, Liberal claim- ant to the presidency. JURY UNDE_R CLOUD. Dismissed by Court Due to Charge of Attempted Bribery. INDIANAPOLIS, May 6 (F).—dfs- serting that its usefulness had been destroyed 8s a result of the charges of alleged attempted bribery brought by Claude A. Achey, & member of the body, Judge James A. Collins of the Marlon County Criminal Court today discharged the grand fury and or- dered Willam H, Remy, Marion her grandmother, had appeared and 2o il County prosecutor, to file affidavits for any. alleged law *hflm - 1IN WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION All Forces to Be Disarmed Pending | FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927 —FIFTY-TWO PAGES. o Star. * TAGGART STARTS WOOLLEN BOOM Indiana Leader’s Move Seen as Effort to Keep Party Unified in State. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Indiana is to have a “favorite son” in the Democratic presidential handi- cau of 1928—Evans Woollen, promi- nent Indianapolis banker. The Wool- len boom has becn launched by no less competent hands than those of Tom Taggart, former United States Senator and veteran Democratic boss of the Hoozier State. At a luncheon given by Mr. Taggart in Indianapolis to 100 party leaders. the candidacy of Mr. Woollen was launched. It is nothing new for Indiana to have a “favorite son” for the Demo- cratic presidential nemination, nor for Tom Taggart to support a fa- vorite son. Way back in 1908 Tag- gart put forward John W. Kern for the presidential nomination. At the Baltimore convention, in 1912, Tag- gart and the Hoosier delégation backed Thomas Riley Marshall, afterward Vice President. 1In 1916. there was no opposition to the renomination of President Wilson, but in 1920. Tag- gart supported Mr. Marshall for the nomination, and in 1924, at the Madi- son Square Garden fracas, Taggart and Indiana supported the late Sen- ator Samuel Ralston. Indeed, they stuck to Ralston until Senator Ral- ston caused his name to be withdrawn from the race, declaring flatly that he would not have the nomination. Move One of Harmony. Tom Taggart has been thought friendly to the candidacy of Gov. Al- fred E. Smith of New York. Even if he be, his present support of Mr. Woollen is not necessarily antagonistic to the New York Governor’s prospects at the next Democratic National Convention. Should, Mr. Taggart or any one else launch a movement in Indiana to name Smith delegates to the conven- tion, it would precipitate a row in the party. The same is true if an effort were made to name McAdoo candi- dates. But all hands can rally to Woollen, ,the favorite son, and har- mony prévail. After Mr. Woollen has (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) SrmiEe OKLAHOMA SWEPT BY $2,000,000 STORM Wind and Hail Damage Buildings and Destroy Small Grain Over Large Area. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, May 6.—Dam- age to Oklahoma buildings and crops from a series of wind and hail storms today was estimated at nearly $2,000,000. Reports from three counties indi- cated a large acreage of small grain was devastated by, hail yesterday, fol- lowed by heavy rains. Several farm buildings were wrecked by wind. Wheat in an area 5 miles wide and 30 miles long, in Noble County, was reported leveled by hail and rain. A large section was razed in Alfalfa and Garfield Counties. Losses fixed at $750,000 resulted in Eastern Oklahoma Tuesday, when a hailstorm struck Sallisaw, puncturing the roofs of scores of homes and stores. The strawberry crop in this section was virtually destroyed. DIPLOMAS WITHHELD AFTER DRINKING PARTIES Two Seniors at Institute in Indiana Penalized for Liquor at Junior Prom. By the Associated Press. TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 6— Two seniors at Rose Polytechnic In- stitute will not receive diplomas at the annual commencement exercises in June and there will be no junior prom held next year as a result of alleged drinking at this year's affair, according to an announcement by President Frank C. Wagner today. The students affected by the faculty ruling are Richard C. Brown and Ed- ward F. Dunning, both of St. Louis. This action was voted by the faculty of Rose Poly Tuesday evening and an- nounced by President Wagner to the students today, 1 The charges preferred against the two students were intoxicatlon and tha! udent, INDIANA’S FAVORITE SON. Boy Sentenced To Sunday School; Stole 400 Pennies By the Assoclated Press. WHEELING, W, Va., May 6.— A 13-year-old schoolboy, who stole 400 pennies from a church contri- bution box, must write Judge W. E. Baker every Fourth of July and Christmas, attend Sunday School and make good marks in school for his misdeed. Such was the sentence imposed upon Russell Cunningham of Ches- ter, who also confessed to mutilat- ing rural mail boxes. —— DEMOCRAT WOMEN DENOUNCE SMITH Delegates From South Also Hit Ritchie’s Candidacy. Wet Issue Feared. Gov. Al Smith of New York and Gov. Albert E. Ritchie of Maryland, Democratic aspirants for the Presi- dency in 1928, bore the brunt of scathing attacks at today's opening conference of the National Woman's Democratic Law Enforcement League. Classing Gov. Smith particularly as an “American-born lawbreaker,” prominent Democratic women from the Southern strongholds of prohi- bition served notice on the support- ers of Smith that no “nullificationist” can be nominated, much less elected President of the United States on the Democratic ticket. “Leaders Scared to Death.” Mention of Gov. Smith’s presi- dential aspirations was like waving a red flag in the face of the South- ern women at the conference, who challenged the Democratic national committe not to repeat the debackle of the last Democratic convention. Mrs. Mary T. Bang, honorary pres- ident of the Tennessee W. C. T. U, declared that the “party leaders are scared to death” over the prohibi- tion situation and warned that the (P) Means Associated Pre as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,199 TWO (I | CITY HEADS NAME W. H. HARLAND AS TRAFFIC DIRECTOR Signal Engineer of Interstate Commerce Commission to Succeed Eldridge. ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT AFTER CAREFUL SURVEY | Commissioners Select Electrical Ex- pert After Canvass of More Than 50 Applicants for Post. William H. Harland, senior signal engineer of the Bureau of Signals and DELEGATES FAVOR TARIFF REDUCTION Pan-American Conference Adopts Many Other Resolu- tions at Final Session. Placing themselves on record in favor of steps which will bring about the ultimate removal of high tariff walls and reductions in transportation rates, the delegates to the third Pan- American Commercial Conference brought theit meetings to a close late yesterday afternoon and today are looking forward to a round of soclal activities tomorrow and Sunday. Although the object of their mis- sion to Washington has been accom- plished, most of the Latin American visitors, who are not delegates to the Inter-American Commission on Com- mercial Aviation, which held an or- ganization meeting today and will hold sessions next week, will remain in ‘Washington for the second FPan- American Standardization Conference, which opens Monday. The action of the conference yes- terday afternoon with reference to tariff and transportation rates was re- garded as the most important forward step of the week. The attitude on the tariff was embodied in this reso- lution: “That in the interest of the greater development of pan-American commercial intercourse, a study be made of the desirability of the gradual reduction of the high customs duties that may prevail in each country, this study to be undertaken by commit- tees of business men representing the different republics and different in- terests.” Favor Arbitral Committees. Another resolution adopted declared that the Pan-American Union recom- mends strongly to all American cham- bers of commerce or similar organiza- tions the institution of arbitral com- mittees and the execution of arbitral agreements between them. Other resolutions put the conference on record in favor of the following propositions: International agreements to facili- tate reciprocal transportation of mer- chandise through wide use of parcel post. Agreements between steamship com- panies and other mediums of commu- nication and the business men of the Democratic women of the country would never countenance the nomi- nation of Gov. Smith. Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson of Chevy Chase, Md., acting chairman of the en- forcement league, precipitated the at- tacks on Gov. Smith in a keynote ad- dress when she declared: “The coun- try demangs certain qualifications and standards for its presidential candi- dates. We realize that a number of the outstanding presidential possibili- ties mentioned would fail of election if nominated because of certain dis-| qualifications.” She preceded this statement with the declaration that the eighteenth amendment *“would never be repealed.” Directing the opening attack on the candidacy of Gov. Smith, Mrs. Ed- ward T. Smith of St. Louls declared that the Law Enforcement League was a challenge to the national Dem- ocratic committee from the Demo- cratic women of the country. ‘Warns National Committee. “It is a warning not to repeat the disgraceful convention held in New York,” she declared. “It is a notice to the Democratic national commit- teo that the effort being made by some of our leaders to camouflage and becloud with propaganda that a man’s religion is the issue will not be tolerated by the Democratic women. “It is a notice to the Democratic various countries in order to obtain an efficient and economical service for the product of each in a well con- sidered American intercourse. Highway improvement and approval of the program of the Pan-American Contederation for Highway Education, with a request for co-operation of busi- ness men throughout the Americas, A study by the Pan-American Union, in collaboration with the Inter-Ameri- can High Commission, of laws and regulations for the safety of shipping. Favor Simple Procedure. Simplification and standardization of consular and customs procedure so far as may be possible without in- terfering with the national interests of the respective governments. Organization of a permanent com- mittee, composed of representatives of the automobile industry, construction firms and bankers of the United States and Latin America, for the purpose of disseminating information as to the necessity of developing to the ut- most the construction of national and international highways. Reduction of internal taxes on products of inter-American commerce not classed as luxuries. That the Pan-American Union col- lect and publish in statistical form “all data on dutles, procedure and cus- toms restrictions affecting the import (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 6.—Despite hav- ing been robbed and maltreated by bandits, Francis Gow-Smith, explorer and ethnologist, has arrived at Sao Paulo, Brazil, with valuable collec- tions of two primitive Indian. tribes after almost a year spent in remote Brazilian jungles. ‘Word of the explorer's safe arrival was received in a cablegram yester- day by the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, sponsors of the expedition. It was the first dai- rect word the officials had received from Gow-Smith in several months. “Robbed and ‘maltreated by ban- dits,” the message sald. “Have Nam- bikuara and c collections.” Gow-Smith ent he wilderness in April, 1926, A letter (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) Explorer, Maltreated by Indians, Ends Year's Study of Brazilian Wilderness the explorer described the Nambi- kuara Indians as the most primitive he had seen. The ground is their bed and raw food is their diet, he said. “Their sole ornament i & macaw feather in the nose,” the letter con- tinued. “In the upper lip they wear a reed. Arm, leg and waist bands are made from the fiber of the burity pu“l;n: men and women are completely nude.” “Most of their sounds are guttural and their words end in su. Some of them suffer from & scaly skin dis- ease; the Brazilians say it is due to their eating’ snakes." Gow-Smith had been a former foot ball star at ‘urdue University and his huge frame, more than 6 feet tall, is-said to-have inspired respect among the Indians. v swcaives trom| Radio Programs—Page 45. sl st T, " Train Control Devices of the Inter- tte Commerce Commission, Is the rict's new director of traff The appointment was made today by the Board of District Commission- ers, after a careful and painstaking -anvass of the names of more than 30 applicants for the position. Mr, | Harland was one of those applicants. Mr. Harland succeeds M. O. Eldridge, who was demoted to assistant director of traffic, April 1, following the ex- | pose of frregularities in the traffic de- | partment, in connection with the pur- chase of automatic traf gnals. He will assume o:"_e May 16. Praised by Dougherty, Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who has administrative supervision over the traffic department, in an- nouncing the selection of Mr. Har- land, pointed out tl.at the Commission- ers believe that he will make an ex- cellent traffic director. ‘Mr. Harland,” 1 Commissloner Dougherty, *“was very highly recom- mended, and his wide engineering ex perience with traffic signal devic combined with his reputed administra- tive ability, qualifies him partic rly w(g} fo)i]!he position.” r. arland lives at 1402 y place, He is about 50 years nIP::?. His selection was made following the withdrawal of Brig. Gen. Henry Jer- vey, retired Engineer officer of the Army, who was offered the position about three weeks ago. The new traffic director has been connected with the Interstate Com- merce Commission since 1914, but the major part of his career has been spent with various raflroads of the country. While with the commission, however, his work was concerned chiefly with the valuation of signal property of the common carriers, al- though he devoted considerable time to inspecting and testing signals and train-control apparatus in actual operation on the railroad systems. Is Electrical Engineer. A graduate of schools of Newark, N. J., Mr. Harland subsequently took a special course in electrical and me- chanical engineering in the Klump School of Engineering, and a busi- ness course in the Coleman Business School. To obtain practical experience * and shop practice during school va- cations he worked in the electrical shops of Newark as a helper and later as a_mechanic on general repair work of all types of dynamos, motors, steam engines, and electrical instru- ments. Later Mr. Harland entered the serv- ice of the Union Switch and Signal Co.. as electrician and general me- chanic on installations of three elec- tro-pneumatic signal and interiocking plants at the Jersey City Terminal of the Pennsylvania Raflroad. On comple- tion of this work he entered the serv- ice of the Pensylvania Railroad as ap- prentice in signal construction crew on the New York division. Promoted from time to time, he was finally made engineer in charge of the installation of electric signals and electro-pneu- matic switch and signal plants at Meadows, N. J. In this position he was required to design the various circuits for the control of signals, check and locking circuits and to supervise their installation and the installation of the electrical and pneumatic machines (Continued on Page JACKSON IS SENTENCED TO0 DIE IN CHAIR JULY 1 Justice A. A. Hoehling Denies Motion for New Trial and Passes Electrocution Sentence. Column 2.) The sentence of death by electro- cution was passed today on Philip Jackson, colored, 33 years old, by Justice A. A. Hoehling. Jackson was convicted by a jury of having crimi- nally assaulted Mrs. Daisy Welling in the Capitol grounds February 18, and. the jury’s verdict carried the death sentence. The date for the exe- cution was flxed as July 1. Jackson’s counsel, J. H. Wilson, noted an ap- peal to the Court of Appeals. Before passing sentence Justice Hoehling delivered a lengthy opinion, in which he reviewed the evidence in the case and the crime and denied the motion of counsel for the defend- ant for a new trial. This motion was based on the alleged misconduct of Assistant District Attorney Willlam H. Collins, who referred to Jacks as a “brute,” and also that the ve dict was contrary to the evidence. Justice Hoehling pointed out that, be- cause of the seriousness of the crime and the punishment, he had delved deeply into the authorities to insure that the defendant had every chance, but pointed out that when the prose- cutor made the statement no excep- tion was noted. Jackson stood stolidly before court as sentence was pronounced. — IMPERSONATOR TO PRISON Man Convicted for Posing as Army Officer Sentenced. David Gleason today was sentenced by Justice Hoehling in Criminal Di- vision 1 to three years in the peni- tentiary for impersonating an Army officer. The accused, according to the indictment, purchased a uniform from a local tailor January 3, representing himself to be an Army officer. The record of Gleason’s past activi- tles, read by the court, showed that he had done this before, and the court sald it showed that he was & “chronie impersonator.” He now is wanted In Boston for the same of- fense, the papers now being on file n the local court. He was previously convicted of belng a deserter from the the Army and was sentenced to forgery v