Evening Star Newspaper, May 27, 1927, Page 1

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By the Associated Press, LONDON, May 27.—A note severing | relations between the Soviet and Brit-| ish governments was delivered Chesham House, the Soviet legation, The note requests the s to leave, who will be allowed to remain to wind up the | affairs of A Ltd., the Russian * trading orzanization. Premier Baldwin made the emphatic declaration that the breaking of diplo- matic relations with Moscow *“‘does not mean or imply war against Russia. The note was sent to Chesham House by special messenger and de- livered personally to M. Rosengolz, the Soviet charge d'affaires. Simultaneo with its delivery several trunks belonging to emplo: of Chesham House were loaded into taxicabs and started for the railway station. Chesham House announced that the German embassy had agreed to look |="||ll after the Soviet's interests here as ! part of a system of winding up diplo- | ¢ matic affairs, which will require some | Judge.’ 15! months. Will Leave in Week. Part of the Chesham House staff will be divided between Paris and Berlin, the others returning to Mos- | comuay ro. A. cow. Most of them, including Charge | Koenix, ws 3 Rosengolz and other officials, are plan- | Buth, rf 10 ning to leave in less than a week. P S The British diplomatic mission in 208 Moscow will be recalled immediately. 001 1t is not yet decided who will look | Bengoug 211 after the British interests in Moscow. | Grabowsid. . 0 51 The note, which makes about 700 |hfmnock. v e 80 words, will be given out for publica |Ginrd, 38 tion late tonight, it was stated. uest * o 0 Tt 'fs understood to allow from a | Moreharit'IIll: 000 luege. 3b Lisenbee, b Mussolini’s Speech Declared Frank Statement of Aims of Fascists. Visions Nation Armed to Ut- most, With Himself as Su- preme Figure. BY HIRAM I By Radio to 11 News. ROME, May 27.—Dictator Muss two-and-half-hour speech yeste! day, in which he pictured the Italy of 10 years from now overflowing with humanit; rmed with the most per- fect of weapons of modern science and capable of throwing 5,000,000 men on the battlefield between 1935 and 1940, is one of the most remarkable sta ments ever uttered by a statesm: History recor no similar in of a head of tance vernment predicting and apparently inviting conflicts with- in fixed dates. The Duce's eldest child, the high-spirited fashionably dress t in a box and listened while her father spread in panorama future history in which he was the supreme figure. The Italian people had expected unusual, but nothing so Wwhat they got. The nded for five min- ood, sniffling his in- i He rose occasion- ally, raising s hand for silence, befora a table covered with fully arranged notes and memo e ld Edda, a. | spe ITALY READY FOR DECISIVE WAR IN 10 YEARS PICTURED BY DUCE BENITO MUSSOLINT. future of the nation. But they were ruck dumb when they realized he preparing for a decisive trial of strength within 10 years. As a technical achievement the i\ s a_mast ece_of political (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) arris, speaker, cf soslin, If. «lossesessssonsisl nl sososasnst NATS BEAT YANKS, 1102, INOPENER Herb Pennock Is Routed as Lisenbee Baffles “Mur- derers’ Row.” BY JOHN B. KELLER. NEW YORK, May 27. he won the opening game of a twin bill with the Yankees here this afternoon. The score was 7 to 2. week to 10 days for the Soviet repre-| Totals k z 4 i e LS, e leave E & *Batted for Grabowski 3 @ sentatives to leave England. +hatted for Grabowski In cighth taning. | for the first time in four days, the air Approved by Parliament. Washington ... 013306000 0—y| V28 chilled by a brisk northwest The cabinet’s decision to sever all re- | New York .....1 10010 000 0—z|breeze, and a crowd of about 7,000 Jations with Soviet Russia is approved | . Two-base _hits—Rigney, Ruel, Gehrig. [ Were on hand when the first game by Parliament. After the Labor mem- Stolen buses—Combs, Speaker, Judge. Sacri- | started. o v fices—HBlucx eusel. Left on _bases— FIRST INNING. bers had gone to every fm.tremop to Washington, e x'a'yki, i k..,,,., o & NN L prevent the break, and former Pre-|bal O Liseubee, 21 off -Pennock. 13 of | WASHINGTON—Cullop. fouled i e o o gl on | PR B SR TR | e i g {swisdom - step, nningy: '3 unded from Pennock to Lazzerty! {“Commons, by a vote of 357 to 111, last | In % jnninzs. Mt by pltcher—ly Fen-| Lazzeri tossed out ~Speaker, Harris ! night adopted the Conservative motion Umpires—3essrs Dineen tcher—Pennock. o i e sanctioning the decision. The motion | of game— hours and 25 minutes. read: “This House, while appreciating the long forbearance of his majesty's gov- ernment and their many efforts to . maintain friendly diplomatic relations with the Soviet republics in the face of acute provocation, applauds their decision to withdraw diplomatic priv- ileges which have been so gravely isbused, while at the. same time put- ting no obstacle in the y of legiti- mate trading relations with Russia.” ‘Votes Down Labor Motion. Previously the House voted down, 367 to 118, a Labor motion introduced i by John R. Clynes, that the country ' ought not to be committed to sever- |ance of relations until a committee had investigated. ""When the debate promised to con | tinue past the usual hour, the govern- ! ment invoked cloture, which was car- { ried, 359 to 112 Sit Austen Chamberlain, the foreign ry, sald the government's case ed on documents already made and on a mass of further in- ssession of the au- He referred to a recent thorities. demonstration in front of the British ,embassy at Washington, charging {that it could be connected with in- | structions received from Russia. He | declared that in the face of warnings the Soviet government and its agents continued the activities of { which complaint was made, and added: | Claims Relations Abused. |, “The government cannot longer [ take the responsibility in maintaining ) diplomatic relations, which so conduct- led and so abused are not an instru- ment of peace, but a continued source of irritation and danger.” 1" Lioyd George declared he did not @eny that the Soviets had not kept | faith; that the evidence before the | government justified a rupture, but '3t was his opinion that the time was not opportune forsa break, and th the consequences would be serious. He said the government’s Wwhite pa- per contained “extravagant, incredi ble nonsense. The former premier was referring | to & document published by the gov- ernment containing matter found in the raid on Soviet trading headquar ters in London, including American names and addresses. MOCOW FORESEES WAR. Politiclans Expect Financlal Blockade, | (} Leading to Intervention. MOSCOW, May 27 (®).—The convic- | tion obtaining in all Soviet political circles and wide disseminated !through the press is that Great Brit- {ain is embarked upon a war of inter- vention, of which severance of rela- | tions with the Soviet Union is the first | step is expected to be, the an effort toward a finan- cial and economic blockade calculated 1o weaken the Soviet Union to such a extent that it can be attacked with impunity. NOLA LUXFORD TO WED. Annpounces Engagement to William Bauernshmidt, Jr., of Baltimore. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 27 (P).— Nola Luxford, film actress, announced today that she would leave Saturday for Baltimore, where she will marry William Bauernshmidt, jr., son of a {Maryland capitalist. It will be the second marriage for Miss Luxford. She won a divorce a year ago from Maurice Luxford, a Hollywood real estate operator. She said she intenced to study music in the kast following her marriage, but would spend a part | German steamship Aachen w CHINESE LOCKED IN HEAVY BATILE Southern Army Division Vir- tually Wiped Out, Says Radio to Shanghai. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI May 27.—The greatest test to which the Nationalist military power has yvet been put is occurring on the plains of Honman Province, where the biggest battle the Southern- ers ever fought began yesterday. A late wireless report from Hankow says the Southerners have suffered a reverse with heavy casualties, the eighth army being virtually wiped out. Michael Bordoin, adviser to the Hankow government, and seven other Russians, crossed to the south bank of the Yangtze River from Hankow this morning. Red elements apparent- ly are departing also, as a conse- quence of a reported agreement be- tween the local government and Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, who set up a Mod- erate Nationalist government at Nan- king. A message from Hankow says the only reference to the Honan battle hed there is in the government n, the People’s Tribune, which re- fers fo a gigantic engagement with ses, and complains that itles for care of the wounded at Hankow are inadequate. It also ap- Deals to foreigners, as well as Chinese, 1o assist in organizing a basé hospi: tal and medical corps. TOKIO 1S VIGILANT. Decision Reserved on Dispatch of Troops to China. TOKIO, May 27 (#).-—Decision was erved by the cabinet today regard- the dispatch of further troops to China. An understanding was reached under which a vigilant watch of de- velopments will be kept and an urgent ministerial conference called if the situation becomes. worse. GERMAN SHIP DETAINED. H Lloyds Learns Chinese Warship Searches Vessel at Anking. LONDON, May 27 (P).—A message to Lloyds from Hankow says that the | Stops | ped and searched by a Chinese w‘n\r~| ship at Anking. The message sald that nothing ir-| regular was discovered but that the} vessel was being detained neverthe- less, PREMIER LAND RESIGNS. Dissension in New South Wales Labor Party Brings Action. New South Wales, May Premier J. T. Land of New South Wales has resigned. The gov- ernor, Sir Dudley Rawson, Stratford da Chair, has commissioned Premier Land to form a new ministry. Premier Land's resignation came as | the result of dissension in the Labor taking second. Koenig went back for Goslin’s high one. No runs. NEW YORK—Combs beat out a topped ball in front of the plate, Combs stole second. Harris made a fine stop and threw out Koenig, Combs took third. ~Lisenbee took Ruth's grounder and Combs was run down, Lisenbee to Ruel to Bluege to Rigney, Ruth. taking second on the play. Gehrig singled to right, scoring Ruth. Harris who took cullop’s return threw wildly past Judge and Gehrig took second. Harris threw out Meusel. One run, SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—Judge singled to right. Ruel was hit by a pitched ball. LINDBERGH MAKES FLIGHT OVER PARIS AND GOES SHOPPING Pays Homage to France’s Unknown Soldier During Unheralded Trip. MEETS DISTINGUISHED GUESTS AT LUNCHEON Recovers From Fatigue of Hard Round of Ceremonies—Hops to Brussels Tomorrow. By the Associated Press PARIS, May Capt. Lindbersh flew over in a French plane for more than an hour this morning. Dur- ing the flight he paid homage to France's Unknown Soldier, flying over the tomb in the Arc de Triomphe in graceful curves and descending at one time to within about 150 feet of the hallowed spot. Lindbergh was up shortly after day light, and an embassy car took him to Le Bourget, where French military flyers were awaiting him. During his flight he violated the city ordinances and military regula- tions by flying low, but he had a military escort in another monoplane, and at any rate no one had the least objection to his doing as he chose. After breakfast he went shopping. He had no_‘official” program this morning, and his flight and shopping trip were unheralded. He looked around for presents for his mother and friends back home, but exactly what he did about the “something from Paris” that he must take home he did not say. Photographed and Sculptured. One of the things he had to do this morning was to have his picture taken as a sort of official photograph. He is also being sculptured. The Sculptor Goursat has modeled a miniature bust of him with the base-extended in the form of an ash tray—although Lind- bergh does not smoke. Cach de Paris, a black-and-white artist, who also handles clay, like- wise is working on a bust which he plans to complete in 833 hours, the time required for Lindbergh's New York-Paris flight. Lindbergh returned to the embassy only an hour before he was due to leave for a luncheon given by M. Painleve at the ministry of war. He seemed to have enjoyed his morning off and to ‘have recovered from the fatigue of yesterday’s hard round of ceremonies, Guests at Luncheon. the distinguished pAa guests Among eaud, Marshal Foch and most of the French general staff, all in full uniform; Brig. Gen. Willam W. ‘Harts, military attache of the Ameri- can embassy, and Maj. Barton K. Yount, assistant military attache, also in full dress uniform; Gen. John J. Pershing in a cutaway coat and “for- eign office” trousers, with the Legion of Honor ribbon in his buttonhole; Gaston Menier, head of the aviation group in the Senate, and Gen. Giroud, president of the similar group in the Chamber. Capt. Gieorges Pelletier Doisy, the famous French Flyer, also was pres- ent with Cabient Ministers Barthou, Tardien and Bokanowski and M. Laurent-Eynac, former undersecre- tary of state for aviation. Outside was the only member of the Rigney doubled against the left field | “I.knew-him-when” Club known to be stand, scoring Judge and roving Ruel to third. Bluege popped to Gehrig. Lazzeri threw out Lisenbee, both run- ners holding their bases. Cullop fan- ned. One run. NEW YORK—Rigney threw out Lazzeri. Bluege threw out Dugan. Grabowski fanned. No runs. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Koenig threw out Harrls, Speaker drove a single past Lazzeri. Goslin singled to left, send- ing Speaker to second. Judge singled to right center, seoring Speaker and sending Goslin to third. Ruel doubled to right, scoring Goslin, Judge stop- ping at third. Rigney walked, filling the bases. Bluege lincd to Meusel and Judge scored after the catch. Lisen- bee fanned. Three runs. NEW YORK—Pennock fouled to Judge. Lisenbee threw out Combs. Harris threw out Koenig. No runs. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Dugan threw out Cullop. Harris beat out a grounder tfo deep short. On a hit and run, Speaker singled to left, sending Harns to third. Koenig threw out Goslin, Harris scoring, Speaker taking seec- ond. Judge was safe on Gehrig's fumble, Speaker taking third, On a double steal, Speaker scored and Judge took second. Koenig was charged with two errors when first he fumbled Ruel’s liner, then threw wildly past Gehrig, Judge scoring and Ruel tak- ing second. Pipgras relieved Pennock. Pipgras threw out Rigney. Three { runs. NEW YORK—Ruth walked. Gehrig i doubled to right center, Ruth stopping at third. Meusel flied to Speaker, scoring Ruth, while Gehrig took third. Lazzeri fanned. Wera batted for Dugan and fanned. One run. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTO. ‘Wera now play- ing third for New York. Bluege fouled to Wera. Lisenbee fanned. Cullop fanned. No runs. NEW YORK—Grabowski fouled to (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) SOFT COAL MEETING LIKELY TO BREAK UP By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 27.—Failure to reach a basis for an agreement at this time is expected to result this afternoon in an adjournment of the Jjoint wage conference of the central Pennsylvania bituminous coal miners and operators, which hag been in ses- sion here this week. The operators’ committee met in the forenoon to canvass the situation and instruct its scale subcommittee, which will meet this afternoon with the sub- committee of the union miners, Later the joint subcommittee will make a re- port to the joint conference. The ques- ministry and pa (eof each tion to be decided, it was understood, wag whether there should be an ad- m;mn; 10 a fixed day or without in Paris. He is_Simon Warolin, a photographer of Little Falls, Minn., who has known Lindbergh since the age of 3, when his family bought land from the flyer's father. Misses Flying Teacher. Lindbergh, in the midst of the throng of motables that crowded around him as he descended from the car, recognized his old friend in the photographer snapping him with a big newspaper camera, and took time to promise him a few minutes of his already crowded afternoon. Another friend, who, however, miss- ed greeting him by only a few min- utes, was Aime Magnenat, a French flyer, who for a time was an instruc- tor at the aviation fleld in St. Louis, and who taught Lindbergh a lot about handling a plane. He had come all the way from the Riviera to see his old pupil, but got only a glimpse of him as he went up the steps of the war ministry. Military honors were rendered by a platoon of 10 men and a corporal as Lindbergh mounted the stairs to greet the distinguished company. The crawd cheered again and again. It seemed for a moment that the pro- ceedings would have to be halted. Lindbergh managed to get inside, how- ever, and the luncheon proceeded. Capt. Lindbergh’s love of flying kept four cabinet members waiting at the luncheon. The delay was occasioned by the flyer’s visit to the Villacoublay Flying Field, southwest of Paris, where he went after a shopping expedition this morning. He spent an hour at Villa- coublay looking over the planes and discussing them with aviators, engi- neers and mechanics. The flying field force took a liking to him because, as it was remarked, “he knows his busi- ness.” Will Appear at Benefit. The Association of War Mutilated, known as the “Broken Mugs,” is or- ganizing benefits to raise a fund for the families of Capts. Nungesser and Coli, missing French transatlantic aviators, and Ambassador Herrick, who is a2 member of the honorary com- mittee in_ Paris, has promised that Capt. Lindbergh will apeapr at a gala performance Jjne 10. Lindbergh and the Ambassador left the embassy for the luncheon today a little late. It was the first time they had been tardy during the week’s strenuous ceremonies. The usual crowd was on hand to wave and chee An extended air voyage is not on the immediate program of Capt. Lind- bergh. He remarked that he ‘was not personally interested in long-distance flights and would not be for at least a year, when his attention was called to the proposed competition for a prize of $25,000 for the first flight between the United States and Honolulu. Flies to Brussels Tomorrow. His next flight will be a com) Pl para- tively short one—from Paris to Brus- sels—tomorrow, and advices from the Belgian capital leave mo doubt that another rousing reception awaits him there. As soon as he lands he will be presented to King mrg,gxm Eliz- abeth and other bers of t] . (Continued wjl! 2 Efilfl}l 2 LOOTERS INFLOOD [ONE TO BE SHOT BY STATE TROOPS National Guard Commander | at Lafayette, La., An- nounces Plans. HOOVER BEGINS TOUR OF ACADIAN COUNTRY Jadwin Believes East Bank Levees Safe—Waters Isolate Town of Morgansea. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, May 27.—Danger to the levees on the ea nic of the Mis: , below Old River, probably has pa: Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army Engineers, said today. The vast amount of water being di- verted from the Mississippi through the Atchafalaya, as well as the crevasses farther up the river, was believed to have assured the safety of the levees along the east bank. Gen. Jadwin is in the flood area supervising the work of the various flood-control bodies, including the Mis: ippi River commission, the spillway board and the reservoir board, all of which will make reports to him this Summer, Two Are Drowned. Further rise of the flood waters from the McCrea crevasse cut off the town of Morgansea late last night. Mc; Crea is approximately 130 miles north: west of New Orleans, on the opposite side of the Mississippi. Trains over the Texas' & Pacific have been discon- tinued past New Roads, the parish seat of Pointe Coupee Parish. At Lafayette, relief authorities an- nounced the drowning of two negroes, the first authentic repoft of deaths due to the flood in that section. Water was reported as spreading rapidly in St. Martinville and Breaux Bridge, al- though a few residents remained in cach town. A_regular boat service has been established between Lafayette and Breaux Bridge. Residents Are Alarmed. Residents of the Bayou Vermilion section were further alarmed today the water reached higher levels. pulee Mine, which conn with the bayuo, was rising rapidly, and resi- dents of Arbolado living close to the Coulee said that the water already was in their barns and garages. ol. James E. Edmonds, in charge of National Guard units at Lafayette, announced that National Guardsmen would be sent out into the flooded areas of this section with orders to song found loot: ng homes gr other evacuated build- ings. Some unrest has been reported in the refugee centers on account of looting reports reaching the refugees. Hoover Quits New Orleans. Secretary Hoover and his party left New Orleans last night for the Acadian country, and expected to visit the refugee camps at Lafayette and Opelousas before returning here to- night. His present journey is to co- ordinate and consolidate the supply systems at these centers and to sur- vey the general relief situation. Flood Relief Director John M. Parker today issued an order for- bidding the sale of live stock owned by refugees except through authorized marketing agencies. His oider was marketing agencies, " 1ils order was profiteering. He also ordered that no refugees should be hired by labor agencies unless the employment was approved by the Red Cross. This step was taken to prevent the negro farmhands or tenant farmers who own heavy debts to the planters from being induced to leave the region and not return to their inun- dated homes. CHILD SLAIN, 5 DYING AFTER NIGHT ATTACK Mysterious Killer Beats Members of Family With Meat Cleaver in Home. By the Associated Pres TAMPA, Fla., May 27.—Buddy Mer- rell, 3 vears old, wds killed and five members of his family were injured s0 serlously they were not expected to live by an unidentified person who entered thelr home some time during the night and attacked them with a meat cleaver. The mysterious killer was believed to have entered the home through a window. The victims were beaten about the head. Those injured were Herman Mer- rell, 43, a carpenter, father of the dead boy; Mrs. Herman Merrell, 35; Ralph, 11; Mildred, 5, and a 3-month-old baby. Three members of the family escaped. Hugh, 8, was asleep on the floor under a bed; Kenneth, 16, was spending the night with relatives, and Gilbert, 18, is employed in St. Peters- burg. ' * Hugh discovered the crime this morning when he awoke to find his father beside the bed. He rushed from the house and met Kenneth in the yard. They found a policeman and told their story. Buddy died at a, hospital, where ail the victims were taken. Bloodhounds and a score of officers immediately started in pursuit of the attacker. No motive was known. o WILKINS DELAYS FLIGHT. Arctic Airman’s Plane Refuses to Rise With 1,800 Pounds. FATRBANKS, Alaska, May 27 (#), —Capt. George H. Wilkins' scheduled hop off yesterday for Point Barrow was postponed when the plane refused povind load. Fi& hoped 1o, hap.off to- pound load. He 0p day. From Point Barrow the explorer {Lunto fly across the Arctic to Grants d on Greenlan 3 Tchitcherin Quits Paris. PARIS, erin, the So has been Le Matin U. S. MARINE OFFICER KILLS GEN. CABULLA IN NICARAGUA Capt. Williama P. Richards Returns Fire When Liberal Leader. Declared Intox- icated. Shoots Down Natives. By the Associated Prese. CHINANDEGA, Nicaragua, May ‘apt. Willlam P. Richards of the United States Marine Corps shot and killed the Liberal Gen. Cabulla here early this morning, allegedly in self- | defense. Gen. Cabulla is declared to have been intoxicated and firing with re; volver at *people in the street when Capt. Richards returned fire, killing him. Managua dispatches on May 11 said that a_band of former troops under Gen. Cabulla, who called himself a Liberal, but who was described by the Liberals as a_bandit, had entered the outskirts of Chinandega, killing a half dozen 1 others an orgy of plundering. They fled before the ar rival of American Marines, a_detach- ment of whom was concentrated near the railway. Dispatches three da bulla, with 400 men, out near Chinande; later said Ca- as still holding On May 16 it a. and Henry imson, who recently sited N 1a as the personal rep- resentative of President Coolidge. L. Formerly at Quantico. Marine Corps records show Capt. William Pettet Richards native of the State of Washing was appointed to the Marine C from the Naval Academy at Annapolis on March 1917, as a second lieu that 30, tenant. His last detail in the Uni States was at the Quantico Marine base h He is vears old and has aptain 1d the rank e 12 1%z includes Jan Richards’ ‘s foreign a rvic He was a member of the I of marines to be sent to N At the Naval Academy, where he was known among his mates as “Par- son” Richar use of his quiet disposition. He was captain of the rifle team. FOWLER DIRECTS SURVEY OF ALLEYS Order Is Issued After “Nulli- fying” Court Decision on Closing Law. As Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens started a study today of the decision of the Court of Appeals concerning the alley-closing law of 1914, Dr. William C. Fowler, District health officer, announced that he had ordered a complete survey of all alleys to determine prevailing conditions. The survey will be started about June 15 and is expected to take at least two months. Eight sanitary in- spectors will be assigned to the work. Dr. Fowler said the investigation would be similar to that made by the Health Department in 1925, when more than 1,000 cases were discov- ered that needed correction. As a result of that survey, he pointed out, notices to abate nuisances were sent to 208 owners of alley dwellings and 397 to occupants who were held re- sponisble for insanitary copditions, 134 to the plumbing department, 86 to the building inspector, 70 %o the board for the .condemnation of insanitary bulldings, 29 to the water department and 5 each to the police and street cleaning departments, i Survey Is Explained. ‘The survey will reveal not only con- ditions of insanitation, Dr. Fowler ex- plained, but any dangerous structural conditions which may exist. The Health Department has authority to order the correction of the insanitary conditions, he said, but it does not have the power to direct the remedy- ing of structural defects. If such de- fects are discovered, however, the Health Department notifies the proper department and recommends that ac- tion be taken to correct them. Although Corporation Counsel Ste- phens has not yet had time toread the decision of Justice Van Orsdel ren- dered yesterday, from information given him by assistants he is inclined to believe that it means the virtual nullification of the alley-closing law. Regret Is Expressed. “I have not had time to read the decision, but from what has been told me,” sald Mr. Stephens, “I assume that it virtually nullifies the alley- closing act.” Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintend- ent of police, expressed his regret to- day over the decision of the court, as alleys, in his opinion, are breeding places for crime and harbor criminals. All alleys, he said, should be wide, well lighted and run through from street to street. GEN. VON STEIN DIES; WAR DAYS RECALLED Quartermaster General of German Army During Conflict Had Colorful Career. the Associated Press. i” BERLIN, May 27.—Gen. Hermann von Stein, Prussian minister of war from 1916 until October, 1918, died today on his estate at Lehnin, near Berlin. He was 73 years old. Gen. von Stein's name became tamiliar during the World War, when he was quartermaster general and signed the daily bulletins from the front issued by the general staff. One of the foremost exponents of the old German Prussian military tra- dition, Gen. von Stein created a sen- sation after the war when he pub- lished his memoirs, in which he charged former Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary with having be- trayed the central powers and as- serted that Charles was prepared to accept funds from the entente powers. Sevcn former officers of the Austro- Hungarian armies challenged Gen. von Stein to duels upon the appear- ance of the memoirs. A mild retrac- tion followed. B D. . SEEKS PROBE OF HOT DOG" COURT Eldridge Writes Virginia Motor Commissioner About Arrest of Dr. Frankland. District of Columbla traffic authori- ties today requested the Virginia com- missioner of motor vehicjes to investi- gate the arrest of Dr. Ashby Frank- land, Public Health Service surgeon, under a warrant issued by Fairfax County’s roadside jurist, Justice of the Peace Frank W. Troth. Dr. Frankland and former Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama ran afoul of Judge Troth's picturesque “hot dog” court, at the intersection of the Mount Vernon and Richmond highways, when it was noted by the sheriff that both were using D. C. tags on their automobiles. Warrants issued by the justice charged that the defendants were residents of Virginia and should embellish their cars with the red-and-green colors of Old Vir- ginia_instead of the yellow and black of Washington. Write to Commisioner. Assistant Trafie Director M. O. \Bldridge, in a letter to James M. Hayes, jr., commissioner of motor vehicles of Virginia, pointed out that Dr. Frankland has informed the local Traffic Bureau that he was a résident of Washington, residing in a local apartment house and that he had been charged in Virginia with violat- ing the State license law by not se- curing a Virginia license plate. Attention of the Virginia motor vehicle commissioner was_called to the reciprocity agreement existing between Virginia and the District of Columbia and a formal request was made that a careful investigation be made of Dr. Frankland's arrest and hat the result be communicated t¢ the local Traffic Bureau. Demand Later Trial. Dr. Frankland was to be tried be- fore Judge Troth, but in view of the court’s frank announcement in ad- vance of the trial that his mind was made up for conviction, the health service official and his attorney de- manded a trial before three justices at a later date. The date has been set tentatively for Wednesday at 3 o'clock in Gibson's hot dog and re- freshment parlors, scene of Judge Troth's colorful trials. Former Senator Underwood, who owns the palatial Woodlawn estate on the Richmond road, has not vet been served with his warrant. He has announced that if the Virginia au- thorities think he ought to buy some of their tags he will be only too glad to cater to their wishe although he maintains his legal residence in Ala- bama. Dr. Frankland rents a ‘cottage near Fort Humphreys, but he con- tends that fact does not make him a resident of Virginia. MANILA SHIPPING HIT BY LUZON’S TYPHOON Damage Confined Largely to Capi- tal's Water Front—Liners De- layed in Docking. By the Associated Press. MANILA, May Manila and vicinity appeared today to have been the hardest hit by the typhoon which struck Luzon Island Wednesday. As communication with surrounding provinces was restored it was found that the most serious damage was along the water front and in the 27 bay here. Pier 17, the largest of Manila’'s docks, was damaged about $1,000 when the Norwegian freighter Taiwan crashed into it, scraping the liner Em- press of Canada. Neither ship was badly damaged. The liners President Harrison and President Madison were delayed in docking. Smaller craft on the bay were hard hit. The total damage to shipping was estimated at $50,000. Eight Teachers in Vocational School Live for Nine Months on Their Ideals By the Associated Press. ; BURNSVILLE, N. C, Ma; 27— ‘Eight teachers of the unique Stanley McCormick School here have been liv- ing for nine months on their ideals. ‘When the McCormick heirs a year ago turned the whole enterprise over to- the Presbyterian Church in the United States, the church found that it would be u to carry the full fve up all its support. their hearts ing the past nine months they have received only $60 each. A campaign for $60,000 to run the institution for three years was held up until now it is too late, due to ques- tion of title to the property. Presi- dent Jackson is unwilling to kee these teachers longer on “their own, he said today. The vocational institu- tion of 30 years’ standing will close June 15 unless substantial donations are received before that time. ‘With it will go the following mem- bers of the faculty: Miss Ruth Willis, Miss Virginia Lee, M: Ty F. Byrd, Alma Banks, secretary R Cassida, Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Jackson #pd Harry Resnick and Mr. and Mrs, § &, Le- tevse, CHAMPION ORATOR 10 BE DECIDED IN - CONTEST TONIGHT | Girl and Six Boy Students to | Compete in Finals at Auditorium. was reported that Cabulla intended | going to M. con with the | Libera s with regards to disarmin, under the agreement b n. Moncada | FIVE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES TO BE JURY Three Service Officers Will Enforce Time Limit—John Hays Ham- mond to Speak. A lone girl and six boys from widely scattered regions will meet in the Washington Auditorium tonight at 8§ o’clock before an expected audier 8,000 to contend for the high s oratorical championship of the United States in the final meeting of the Fourth National Oratorical Contest. | Champions of their respective areas; and representing the 2,000,000 high school and secondary school students who participated in the contest this vear, the seven contestants, in the order in which they will speak, are: arl Albert of McAlester, Ok resenting the Midwest, wil tion on “The Constitution.” William Alexander Loker of Leon- aratown, Md., representing the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland and Vir- a, with an oration on “The Con- stitution.” De Lisle Crawford of Oak Park, II., representing the Illinois region, with an oration on “The Evolution of the Constitution.” Jefferson Meagher of Binghamton, Y., representing the New York- Northern New Jersey-Connecticut region with an oration on “The Con- stitution.” James M. Tunnell, jr.. of George- town, Del., representing the Pennsyl- vanii-Southern New Je y-Delaware region with an oration on “The Mean- ing of the Constitution.” Maxwell Lancaster of Birmingham, representing the Southern region an oration on “The Constitution.” Dorothy Carlson of Salt Lake i ah, representing the Western zone with an oration on “What the Constitution Should Mean to an Amer- ican Citizen.” Five Justices on Jury. *The task of selecting a winner from this high calibered field is vested in & jury of five Supreme Court justices, each of whom will render an in dividual ballot from his isolated seat without conference with his fellow- jurors. The winner then will be de- termined by the compilation of the five separate ballots according to the Tow-point. total- system. Those members of the Supreme Court who are to be judges in the contest tonight are Justice Willis Van Devanter, Justice George Sutherland, Justice Edward Terry Sanford, Justice Pierce Butler and Justice Harlan F. Stone. Time—that element which governs the contest from its opening at 8 o'clock on through each of the con- testing orations—will be enforced with deadly accurac Promptly at 8 o’clock the contest will be formally opened and at that instant all tickets become void in their right to a seat. For that reason, ticket holders, who more than a month ago obtained their passes, are warned to arrive at the Auditorium at 7:30 or as scon there- after as possible, for if for any reason they are not within the building be- fore the opening of the contest they will, in all probability, lose their seats. On other years hundreds of persons who had mnot been able to obtain tickets crowded about the entrances to the Auditorium and when 8 o’clock struck they merited by the ticket holders’ tardiness by taking rightful possession of all unoccupied ' seats. The same policy will he in force to- night and for that reason this warn- ing is given. Three Will Time Contestants. The 10 minutes allowed each con- testant for the delivery of his oration will be timed by a trio of United States service officers. Their ruling, which will be announced by the clap of a bell, large enough to be heard throughout the auditorium, must be accepted by the young speakers and one word spoken by any contestant after “time-up” is so announced, will automatically drop the speaker to the bottom of the rating list. The time- keepers, who will be armed with a brace of chronometers, are Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. S. A; Rear Admiral Luther E. Gregory, U. 8. N., and Rear :\dTilul Richard Henry Leigh, Persons who are in their seats at 7:30 o'clock need not fear boredom dur- ing the wait of 30 minutes, for a con- cert by the orchestra of the United States Marine Band will begin half an hour before the curtain rises for the oratorical battle of the year. The ol chestra, under the direction of Second Leader Arthur A. Whitcomb, will have its part on the official program also and it will he one of the evening's augmenting features, Every effort will be made to obliter- ate confusion in the identity of the winner of the contest. A definite plan of announcing the victor has been arranged and it will be adhered to at the Auditorium tonight. Randolph Leigh, founder of the contest and now its national director, will make the declaration of the winners of the first three places in the reverse order of their caliber. That is, as soon as the judges’ ballots have been totaled and the winners thus determined, Mr. Leigh will announce first the winner of third honors. The second name he pronounces will be that of the second- place winner and lastly, as he pre- sents the silver loving cup, exemplary of the championship, he will an- nounce the name of the champion high school orator of the Uhited States—winner of first place in the contest. Hammond to Be Speaker. John Hays Hammond, international- ly famed engineer and honorary president of the Constitution Club, will be the only other speaker on the program. Mr. Hammond will make & briet introductory address at the open+ ing of the contest meeting and will be the presiding officer who will pre- sent to the vast audience each of the seven contestants. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Com- merce, who was to have made the formal speech of the meeting, will not be present, it was announcad yester- day afternoon. The Secretary’s work in the flood-wrecked Mississippi River Valley_will not permit him to jou ‘( %fi mr-nz.mn—ug A