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THE SUXDAY. STAR,. WASHINGTON. .D.. C. MAY, 6. 1928—PART . I.. " TUSONS LRGED | AS VIGE PRESIDENT House Members Back Move Led in Tennessee for Lead- er's Nomination. RY WILL P. KENNEDY. Representative John Q. Tilson of Connecticut. the Houss leader, is being bromed by his colleagues for the Re- publican nomination for Viee Pres dent, and enthusiastic support from all parts of the countiy has aiready been promised The action taken by Stats convention Tenncssee on Thursday. instructing the delegates from that State to support Mr. Tilson for the vice presidency at the Kansas City convention. has disclosed and giten impetus to 8 movement which has been in progress quietly for soveral weeks among < considerable group of Ko members to bring about Tilson's sclection for the second place on the national ticket The Tilson boom among Hous®> mem- hers was started by former Represonta- tive William A. Rocdenberg of Tilinois who is now living in Washington, and who for several weeks has baen interest ing th® members of Congress in plan. primarily on the basis of Mr son’s availability for the vice pros: dentie]l nomination in the coming caw pagn. and partly on the it is time the House recognition on the the Republican Cites Tilson's Leadarsh Mr. Rodenberg poins out that it has been manr years since A member of the House hes been nominated for either the presidency or the vice presidencr. and that this is a time when the splendid record of the House fander Mr. Tilson's leadership should be Tecognized as one of the most important mssets of the party in the campaign this Fall. Quiet booms for Tilson havs been staried in many States by House mem- bers, who have been impressed by the suggestion of his name for the vice presidenc~ Representative Charles F. Curry, dean of the California delegation in the House: Representative Allen T. Treadway of Massacuhsetts, former Representative C. Bascom Slemp of Vir- Einia and many others have already ex- _ pressed favorable opinions on the sug- @estion of Mr. Tilson's nomination The lead in the campaign for Til-| #on’s nomination will probably be taken by Tennessee, which is the House lead- ers native State and which has already ledged iis support. Representative J. ill Taylor, who is Republican national committeeman from Tennessee, said 1ast night “If the Republican national conven- tion at Kansas City nominates John Q. Tilson for the vice presidency I think 8 Republican victory in our State will be assured in November. and in my | violent disorders Little more than a year | DUMD2r of spe cpinion Tilson's nomination will also | 2%0. the women had been concentrated |€luding the sons of two Presidents of | help materially in carrving Kentucky | at the water front in readiness for em- ' 'h! eand Missouri. Tennessee Favors Him. “The people of my State look upon John Q. Tilson as one of the really big men of the country and I think this is, an opinion which is shared by those who know the work he has been doing in the House. particularly during the past four years as majority leader. “If & Western man is to be selected | for the presidency, as now seems cer- | tain. the vice presidency should go to the East and we have in Tilson a man who not only represents the East and has the respect and enjoys the confi- | dence of the peopie of that section, but is also strong in the Southern border States which may be and probabiy will be important in the campaign this year. | ““The selection of a proper man for the vice is important for at | any time he might be called to the| presidency. If we take Tilson for this Pplace we are taking a man who has ai- Teady proved his ability. courage and | Gependability in a place of great re-| s #ponaibilsty Up to the time of Andrew Jackson's prominence in national politics caucus- #s oif the members of the House of fifpmnnuxit\ chose ;'Andsg:m for eir respective parties for the presi- dency and vice presidency and in more vears members of the Senate have exercised great influence in the selection of national candidates. Not in many vears, however, has the House | exercised any great influence in the na- tional convention of either great party, that a considerable group of members of that body are enthusias- tically behind Mr. Tiison, they expect to make their influence strongly felt, Rustlers Steal 50,000 Cattle. PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil. May 5 () —The chief of customs here today said that 50,000 cattle had been carried #cross the border into Uruguay and there sold by rustiers. He urged more general branding of stock 10 increase the difficulties of the rustlere — LIAL NOTICE TRNIGHT” FORMERLY of Washington s now WITH t man- | ments and o at 140K he glad to et these 11 8t your home esentatives wanied 1o sell liheral written con HAS PUHCHASE i by o RUSO " T0e NG SMALL T TS TERFETET ANG. | 1140 IMOBILES RAL ar vhaeton: hoth car § general condil [ ¥OR - MODEL™ 61 tires 1 very Adws el b Went- WE | 2T i I BY VXPERIENC FITREITUE Boston Rich HANSKER & STORAGE (1) THE CRID wrihritie wid Valley W ISMDON T RINK YW e NATURE €.LK8 WATER PLANTS GOLD e Connen e vxoeiied et TOLD KOW FS "8 yoars Our oiten { tew roobig n Gallery of Art REPRESENTATIVE TILSON. i JAPANESE KILLED IN TSINAN AFTER BRUTAL TORTURES (Continued fr Pag~.) st Hongkong. one is at Canton and a mine sweeper is at Hankow. Seven submarines, one submarine tender. the transport Chaumont, two mine sweep- ers and a destrover are in the Philip- pine Islands. while an oiler and a poly ship arc at Guam. The trans- n is at Honolulu with hmond. Cincinnati and which were withdrawn waters when the light fon consisting of the Mil- waukee, Trenton Memy was ordered in recen A battle flest of 108 ships is in Hawaiian waters for th> annual ma- neuvers with approzimately 25,000 men aboard. PREPARE FOR OUTBREAKS. from Japanese Send Women Aboard Ships As TNl Feeling Grows. PEKING, China, May 5 (.—Antici- pating_ anti-Japanese repercussions throughout China as the result of the conflict at Tsinan, Japanese commun- ities at many ports tonight were pre- paring for emergencies At Ichang. on the Yangtze River in the Province of Hupeh, all Japanese women had been taken on board ships. At Nank whers there were such markation should that appear advis- able. Similar preparations were made at Chinkiane. which lies a little below Nanking, and at Kiukiang in Kiangsi | Province. _An additional Japanese destroyer | division has been ordered to Shanghai to reinforce the present Yangtze River | patrol. A Japanese radio Tsinan said that the bodies of six Japa- nese civilians had been found. There are still no details about foreigners other than Japanese. The message | stated that not a single Japanese house | outside ef the defended area had | escaped looting. The firing between the Nationalists and Japanese was re- | ported to have ceased and the latter were maintaining a strong cordon around the borders of the settlement. JAPANESE TROOPS DELAYED, Destruction of Railroad Blocks Advanee | of Reinforcements. | TSINGTAO. China. May 5 (#).—The small army of Japanese troops under Maj. Gen. Toakura. which has been hastening 1o the relief of Tsinan, has | reached Fangtze. about 150 miles from | that piace. but its advance has been in- | terrupted by the destruction of the rail- | way. Gen. Toakura., when reports of the severe fighting in Tsinan reached him. collected every man who could spared from With a body of 2.000 men he began forced marches into the interior. | Although the army has advanced nearly 100 miles in a little less than two days. it is thought here that the hardest part of the movement is still before it CHINESE CHARGE ATTAC | Nationalists in U. S. Told Japanese Started Trouble. NEW YORK., May 5 (#.—A cable- gram received by the representatives of the Chinese Nationalist government in the United States from Hwang Fu its minister of foreign affairs, protests Japanese hostilities at Tsinan, Shan- tung Province, and terms the fighting unprovoked and premeditated The cablegram charges the Japanese made a number of attacks against | Chinese citizens and soldiers, using machine guns and their heavy artillery with great destruction of life and property The Nationalists endured numberiess | mnsults from the Japanese, it is said further, and the charge ix made that | prior to whooting down the Tsinan commissioner of foreign affairs, Tsai Kung Hsii. in “cold blood” the Japanese soldiers cut. off his ears and nose. | Alleged Murder Denounced. | SHANGHAIL May 5 ().—The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce today | ssued A manifesto denouncing t alleged murder of the Nationalist com missioner of foreign affairs, Tsal Kung | Hsii, at Tainan yesterday by Japanese as a “dark spot in the history of the | human race.” JACKSON EXECUTION ORDERED FOR MAY 15 Only United Btates Supreme Court message from Intervention Can Stay Death for Assault at Capitol. An order for the execution of Philip Juckson, colored, on May 15, was for- warded o Maj, William A. Peak, super- intendent of the District Jall, yester- aay by Criminal Court | Jackson 15 convicted of having as- saulted a white woman in the Capitol grounds, February 18, 1927, and his Aeathy sentence wis recently confirmed by the Colirt of Appeals He will be the fist to die in the new electric chalr at the District Jafl | uniess another stay is granted by United | Btates Bupreme Court intervention. HEARINGS SET TUESDAY. Jiwtrict i Committes to Consider and Frand Bills, Benate District commitiee will 3 o'clock Tuesday bille Intended Lo P new of handling condemnstion cases when land is being acquired for the Federal and Distriet governments | The committee wiso I8 expected 1o | consider the bill 1o prevent fraud n connection with the sale of securities nothe Instrict by establishment of a licensing system Condemnation The meet wl consider methods oon o | Observers Feel Heavy Vote Will ! popular strength, particularly in a State { where the organization has been dead ‘wl against him. WATSON SEEN WINNER. i | But Hurt His Canse. BY HAROLD €. FEIGHTNER, I qpecial Dispatch to The Star. | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. May 4.—Al- Ithough A sudden wave in behalf of Hotbert Hoover has sprung up in In- | diana on the eve of next Tuesday’s pri- | | most political observers are Organization's Fight for Life May Bring Watson Vic- | tery Tuesday. {agreed that Senator James E. Watson, | L im« State's favorite-son offering for the g g = |G. 0. P. presidential nomination, will | (Continued from First Pag>) | i B verdiet, It s manifest, hu\:‘-ll Vi Se :. ority will | claim that Hoover could mot carry | Gver: that the Senafor's majority wil | meny States, even Indiana, against Al | 00 0 A0, 0 o e that Hoover will Smith | win out by a slight vote i The Democrats have no Aght in their | "'} Gt O & STEAL WHE 0 ever, presidential preferential primary. Evans | ¢ 1y, (O 10 THOS ODSEIVORE e o Woollen, Indianapalis banker, alone is | riumph because he has the backing of on their ticket. He will have a solid | \pe Republican machinery, but if there | League. But Indians Democrats have | °r® Was In Hiinols, Hoover will win practically throgn ap the sponge. They Weather to Be Facfor. see the nomination of Gov. Al Smith a5 | Few indications are found, howsver, a practical certatnty that fhere will be any more than the | Democratic Situation. normal primary _turnout of Approx- | imately 400.000 Republicans. An im- | 13 1t aders, > O e ot e et { portant factor wil be the weather, for | cases the delegation at Houston 20 of |If 1t is @ nice day the farmers, “}1‘31‘ the delegation will go to Smith and the | 2T€ OPposes hc oover's candidacy, wi other 10 elsewhere. Nor do the Demo- | (/AT (n the fields, thus i sewhere. Not son's vote, s rainy they cratic leaders put any stock in the | WRLOUS Frie, but M I i3 raing they | Watson and anti-Hoover claim _that | 3¢ ; a | test vote against the Secretary because Swlth nught ‘beat Hoover In Andlanh. | iy “yeys on. agriciltural ‘questions: 4 | Thev foresee n desperate struggle in ' : Indiana if Smith heads the Democratic :‘;;‘d '{‘""_’“d: with those of the organ- tic! with the old sentiment which ers. 3 e nossible the recruiting of the Ku Klux Klan up to 300,000 in this State d ecainst Smith Up here in Lake Counts lican stronghold. th> Hoov erowing. The pringipal newspaners n the county are giving Hoover an even break in the matter of news. State Senator Hodges is the Hyover lsader. Manv of the business mon of Gary snd other cities are for him. and if thev vote as they talk Hoover chould get a vate hers v has a large for- population. thousands of Czechas'ovakians and other na- ionalities are here. working in the steel mills. The Hoover manager claims | that the foreieners are pro-Hoover, ba- ranss of his relief work abroad during the war. There is this to be said. how- ¢ 4 ever. that the foreign voters are in. | "¢aVily populated cities of South Bend 1ed to follow their leaders. and their | EIKNart, Laporte and Goshen. and the | leecers take the word from political | \Wv'fth distriet. whieh includes Fort besses and sometim-s from the big cm- | WAY the hom~ of Qscar Foellinger, nlavers Senator Watson has the boesos | L8 Secretary's State campaign man- with him. and ther> are so many men | 28°": In addition the Secretary is ex- | in the Stata for whom he has doue |Dected to carry Richmond. Shich' i favors in his long career in Congress | 18T8€ly peopled by Quakers: Muncie, the that he can rely on the support of LOMe of George B. Lockwood. one of hundreds of them Furthermore. ha is | HOOVer's national managers. and Hunt- to remain in the Senate and will be in | IDRton. the home of E. M. Wasmuth A hiiitien o o other Taeare formerly Republican chairman. who is The decision of the Waison-Hoover | “OTEINg in the interests of Hoover. fight lies lareely in the hands of the | | industrial northern and central part of Hoover Campaign Fushed., the State. In the southern counties the | ,,h NOUSD they failed to place a work- nopuiation is not so strongly mp.n,.““’" organization in the fleld, as con- lican. For tha last fox days Seagy | trasted to the almost perfect’ machine Watson has been campalgning actively | (At I8 out for Watson. the Hoover in_this section. spenking, holding rew, | PEOPle have launched an intensive and ferences and generally aitendmng to hie | 2INE publicity campaign this week fenres in his usual capable wa | They attacked Senator Watson and The Hoover becple have mished a | ChATEed that all the fils the Republican | ers into the State. in. | PAFY In Indiana has suffered, such as 3 the indictment of Gov. Ed Jackson and United States, Col. Theodore Roose- |OLNer exposures. occured under the | velt. ir. And Robert Taft Gme. oy | Senator's leadership. They catled for 4 of Michigan and former Gov. Harding | N°¥, deal and demanded that the Re- | of Tows.'a “dirt farmer. ave ArdiDE | pibiican party clean house by remsdive. | the State also. addressing meetings and | N& the Senator. speaking over the radia. Augmenting this drive was the con- S viction of Clyde A. Walb, formerly Re- | Lake County's Vote. ‘p;xbl:rllr:‘ sm; chairman, on a charge Lake County. whieh ‘Wichides . | of violating the national banking laws was the savior of Senatoe it | He was the twenty-fourth Republican the senatorial election two years age. | *Melal or leader who has been indicted Albert Stump, the Democratic nominee. In'the last two vears end his sentencing ame up to Lake County with o oy |10 Leavenworth prison recalled vivid] lead over Watson. _When Tare oomall! the scandals that have besst the party turned in its vote. however. Watson was | 8 | shown to have a final lead of 11000 ropseiaitlemde ! voies over the Demoerat. This was a | yorbe, tde turned however, when | narrow squeak in a State where the Re. | Hoover swept the Ohio primaries and | publican majority has been mdm”“y[nm then on the Watson people 75000, and has been up inté the hun- | "";""“ Shay & fight on their hands. dreds of thous of ” unt ime not appear dreds usands in presidential elec. z_; thatizh' Hoover would have " ghos | There ‘will be close scrutiny of of & show In the State and there were voting in the primary on Toesiay, jo | Indications that his managers had prac. | diana has had its election scandals in | 'iCally abandoned hope The wave of Hoover sentiment. start- ing in the northern industrial counties and spreading to Indfanapolis. has taken the Waison managers by surprise and as the primary draws near they are on the vergs of a panic. The Hoover managers are elated at the turn but thev are bt no meens confident that the drift will be great ensugh to swing the State. a Repub- sentiment Rival Claims. There i a manifsst lack of confi- dence in rach headquarters. although ublicly the Watson people are claim- ing the State by 100,000 majority and the Hoover camp by 75,000 % According to most estimates “Hoover Wil earry the saventh district is dominated by Indianapolis: the thir- teenth district, which ineludes the past. i 0= sen A victory in Indiana, akin to the i other farm states of ‘the widare wee: PLANS FOR AMENDED :x;:flrglnbl,v 'oug be a great boost to | * Hoover candidacy. A Watson vie- | ‘ ’ tors. on’ the other hand. would soter| DIPLOMA MILL’ BILI up the charge that the Middle West | ::,as.lnfl, gmvor and is for Prank O. 3 s . 1 g A 5 e é’.“:‘:,':‘gl:’{l:“g;";‘?‘m; House District Committee Votes Both Lowden and Dawes are well liked Favorably Report Measure De- by many Hoosiers. Dawes has support | particularly among business and bank- signed to “Clean Up Capital.” | to ing interests in the State, a part of a similar hook-up which extends through- | out the country. and is found in Ne- | braska and Alabama. for example, as well as in Indiana. The Vice President also has been urged upon the farmers by the Farm Bureau Federation as friend of ths McNary-Haugen bill, If Watson wins the primary, the “field” scores in its effort to halt the drive of 1. Hoover for the presidential nom- ‘nation. ting correspondence schools to grant The Indiana test scems a more diffi. | degrees if it is platnly marked on the cult test than any Mr. Hoover has so| diploma that they are for correspond- | far faced. He will get a big vote in | €NCe courses. It is also provided that the State. It may be big enough to| N0 Medical degrees are to be given for eive him a. inajorit he §s up | COFTespondence courses against odds: As | As reported, the bfll provides that no school or college may operate here ex- | cept when given a clean bill of health | by the Board of Education, which be- | fore issuing a certificate must investi- | gate the standard of the school apply- ing for a license to establish here, | Character witnesses for Potomac Un- iversity crowded the hearing, with Miss | Pearl McCall, assistant district attorney. | | charging that this university was the type which it was originally intended | the bill should sippress. Representa- | tive Nelson of Wisconsin, accused Miss | MeCall of persscyting this sehool RESERVES IN.SPE‘CTOR ‘ DENIES DYE TESTS SHOWED OIL DRAIN The House District committee in a spe- | | c1al session Priday night decided to re- | favorably an amended “diploma | mill” bill to clean up the Capital | The amendment was, designed s | cifically to exempt Potomac Universit | & correspondence school which is limit- | Ing itself to divinity degrees, by permit- surprised if Hoover should” Another voter, one of the rank and file, put it: “Watson would win if there hadn't been s0 much cussedness out here,” Independent Vote, If the independent vote ‘comes out, Hoover'’s chances are materially im- proved. A lot of Hooslers have heen saying nothing, and a lot of it in the last few weeks, regarding their votes in_the primary, | The Hoover groups, which are shout- ing for a “cleanup.” are somewhat at a disadvantage because they are unable to say just what will happen if the | Watson organization is turned down The people would like a new deal, buf they ‘want to know who is going to hold the high cards after the deal The Anti-S8aloon League, which has | been a dominating factor in Indlana | politics tn the past, 15 facing a trial | In the election Tuesday. 1f the presi- dential primary did not overshadow the situation. the ‘race which Arthur Gil- liom, fighting attorney general, is put tng up against Arthur Robinson, in cumbent, for the Senate nomination would hold the center of the stage. | Gilllom 15 out snd out against the Anti- Saloon League. He charges that the league has made but one qualification | an easentinl for league support in In- | disna —that the candidate be politi. cally dry and willing o do the league's bidding. Judging from the indictments and convictions of Indiana Republican officlals and leaders. from governor to | Btate chairman, Gilliom is about right Gilllom In drawing big crowds in his | eflort 1o stem the dry tide against | him. He claims he I himself a dry | and that hix record shows it, although the Jeague has pronounced him “wel | of record,” Most of the politieal observ that Watson 1s 1o be the viet (Continued from First Page) ‘ the north boundary line was made to | conform with whal at that time was belleved to be the subsurfuce traverse axis of the saddle. Subsequent drilling and further studies of the subsurface structure have demonstrated that the saddle s located farther south than originally wssumed. As a result the southern end of the Salt Creek feld lies within the naval reserve property line. and is, in fact, part of the prop- erty.” | | RAIL EXPEliT VERY ILL. Robert 8. Parsons, Chisf Engineer | of Erie, In at Hospital. PATERSON, N. J, May 5 (1) Tobert 8, Parsons, chief engineer of the | Erie Rallrond, was reported to be crit- | jeally 11l at Paterson General Hospitai | ol today. ;:'.':'..x,:.':,', Mra. Parsons, who 15 at her hus- | nearly all agree that 1t will not be a | DANd's bedside, xaid physicians had been one-sided race. With two weeks more | UnADle to dingnose (he case, Parsons | cAmprigning, the tde which has set jy | Was admitted to the hospital two weelks toward Hoover probably would have n | AKO. decided effect on the result, It is o . LOUIS A. MARCH DIES. | Question whether the spurt has come too Son of Genernl, Former Marine, Is | | lnte. Tuberculosis Vietim, | | DENVER, May 5 (9 Louls Alden March, son of Gen, Peyton ©, March | formerchief of staft “of Campaign Has Been Bitter, | “The campaign has in many features been w eampaign of hate, There are [these who hate Benntor Watson, and there are thase who hate his opponents | and who dislike Mr, Hoover, The Wai- son opporition dislikes e iden of hand- g the delegntion over o him o do with ws he lkes at Kanses City, As | | they put it they do not wish to give | [ the” sentor Benator n blank eheck on | the Tepublican assets of the Btate My view of the presidential race fa that Hoovey Tikely will win, net, he st hey 0 lerg ni ouloshs, | March'a death followed & four-year fAght against the disease. He left high | | school Tn 1021 and entered the Marine | Corps, serving three years. Birioken with tubereulosts, he came o a hoapi- tal here in 1024, where he remained until his death, # that he has SHTH AD RTEHE TO TLL OF FUNDS Senate Committce 1o Go to| Annapolis and New York in Inquiry. By the Associated Pre | After hearing Senators who are pres- | {dential candidates beginning tomorrow, ! the special Sepate campaign funds com- mittee will later/ In the week take the testimony of Gov. Smith at New York Annapolis. | Senators summoned to appear tomor- | row are Borah of Idaho, Curtiz of Kansas, Norris of Nebraska and Goff of Wesi Virginia, Republicans, and Walsh | day !of Montana- and George of Georgia, | date of Mav 8. 1828. when Will Democrats. The committee has received no formal reply from Senator Reed. | Democrat. Missourd, but he has stated | that he would appear whenever called. | Secretary Hoover. who is out ahead | In the race for the Republican presi- | dential nomination. will be out of the city during the early part of next week, and if the tentative plans for going to Annapolis and New York City are ad- her=d to, it may be that he will not be called until next week. | Watson to be Questioned. Senator Watson of Indiana will be heard alter his return this weex from his primary campaign in his State, which ends Tussday with the voters deciding whether he or Secretary Hoover i3 to control the State delegation to the Republican national convention at Kansas City. The committee as yet has had no reply from former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, who stands sec- ond to Hoover in the race for Repub- lican_delegates. nor from former Senma- tor Atlee Pomerene, who has the in- dorsement for the nomination by the Democratic organization in Ohio. In accepting the invitation i testify in th> campaign funds investigation Gov. Smith sent this telegram to Chair- man Steiwer “Replying to vour talegram I beg to say that no one has been authorized by me to act as a chairman, manager or treasurer in my bshalf. I have known that some of my friends in New York have on their own initiative been ad- vocating my nomination. On inquiry | I am informed that such expenditures as have been made by them have been disbursed through George R. Vannamee of 120 Broadway, New York City. You may take my testimony if convenient to you on Wednesday, Thursday or Pri- day of next week."” Hoover Glad to Aid. Secretary Hoover's letter to the com- miitee follows “I am in receipt of your letter of May 3. 1 am glad to assist the committee In every way possible “There has been no national man- ager or national treasurer in advance- ment of my name for the nomination. Such activities have bsen conducted by volunteer individuals and State com mittees organized chiefly in those State: holding presidential primari oge with a committee in Washington “I have no comprehensive knowledge either regarding the personnel. the sources of contribution or the charac- ter or amount of expenditures of the committees, these having been assumed as the responsibility of the individual | organizations. I have been assured that | the expenditures in each of the primary campaigns are far below tho ual in such case: “In order to put the whole matter in proper train for your committee, I have requested Mr. James W. Good of the Washington committee to compile and furnish to you the name and ad- dress of the responsible person in each of the more active organizations. This information should be in your hands at an early moment.” Gov. Ritchie sent this telegram to | the committee: | “Your telegram May 3 just received I have not now and never have had Any campaign chairman, managers, | treasurers or any representatives at all and 1 have no campaign fund and have not made any campaign expenditures. In view of this I imagine that you will not desire my testimony, but if you do I will, of course, be very glad to come over and In this event suggest Wed- nesday, May 9. {f convenient to you. MADDEN CHAIRMANSHIP MAY BE GIVEN ANTHONY' | Kansas Legislator, Senior Repub- lican on Committee, and Now IIl in West, Apt to Return. By the Associated P ! Representative Daniel R. Anthony jr.. of Kansas is regarded by a number of House Republican leaders as a likely ction for the chairmanship of the House appropriations committee, left vacant by the death of Martin B Madden of Illinols. Anthony, the senior Republican on the committee, is in Tucson. Ariz. for his health and because he has indicated he will not be a candidate for re-elec- tlon it was at first thought that the post would go to Representative Wood of Indiana. the next senior Republican It was sald at the itol yesterday. however, that there was a possibility of the Kansas member returning to Wash- Ington for the short sessfon next Win- ter and in view of this he probably would be sclected as chalrman, 3 THEFT SUSPECTS NABBED | ator Arthur Capper of Kansas Two Men Are Accused of Stealing $300 Race Winnings. ! Holly Poxwell and Norwood Welsh of | Baltimore were arrested in that city | yesterduy afternoon and turned over | to Washington detectives, who charge | they assaulted James W. Murray of this | ity and robbed him of $300 won Fri- duy at the Pimlico race track, It seems that after winning the oney Murray hired a taxicab to bring him back to Washington. Foxwell droye the taxicab and Welsh went along When they arrived in this elty, we- cording to Murray, the two men at tacked him with a blunt instrument and took his winnings. The men have prison records, aceord- ng to police. THE SWAN BOA'T Is Now Operating on THE TIDAL BASIN (Koot of 17th Street) Take your Kiddies for a vide and less fortunate children will | benefit through THE CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY, for whaose henefit this b is op | erated the United | | States Army, died here today of tuber- | | Beginning at 1 PN, hoat leaves float, at refreshment stand, on the hour and half hour, Adults, 28¢. Children, 10¢, | which will James. PEACE CONFERENCE [« s OPENS TOMORROW Sessions in Cleveland to Be! Attended by Noted For- eign Diplomats. the Associatdd P CLEVELAND, Ohio, May One hundred years of untiring effort for the establishment of psrmanent prace among nations will be summed up in R | City and Gov. Ritehie of Maryland at | the World Conference on International Justice which opens here Monday under the auspices of the American Peace Society. To ihe membership of the society the events will be in the mature of a bii\ celebration. commemorating ‘i m Ladd assembled a small band of fcl lowers which later grew into an ganization with ramifications extend throughout the world. World Diplomats to Attend. The society has been holding peac congresses since 1843, but that which will be in session here until next Fri-| day will b> the first unofficial interna- tional conference in Amer‘ca largest gathering of diplomats since the W ashington tion Disarmament Conference. Ministers of for- eign affairs, as well as Ambassadors to the United State from a dozen na- tions and former Ministers who still wield a_power in The world, will ‘be speakers at nine public seszions of ths conclave. Although the conference will be entirely non-political having no connection with any ernment, work. aside f}'nm public sessions will consis in the dra ing up of reports on six ph: ternational life in which cau and the means of peace diagnosed. Six Daily Sessions. Six commissions will hold daily meet- ings for discussion of the international implications of religion, education. dustry, international law, social ¥ and co-ordinated movements for world peace. On the final day of the confer- ence the commissions will make reports be acted upon by the clegates. s Many thousands of socloty members in addition to unofficial delegations and those attending by invitation. will b: here for the conference. Europe, Cen- tral and South America as weil as the nations of the North American conti- nent will be represented Representative Theodore E. Burton of Cleveland, president of the society, will be on the dais to present to the ci a portrait of President Coolidge. honor- ary chairman of the society’s centennial celebration committee. ~ when th sessions_are opened Monday in Public Hall The portrait was painted by Edith Stevenson Wright. a Cleveland artist. at the request of C. S. Britton local publisher. Hindenburs to Send Message. The evening meeting will bring a special message on peace to the Amer- ican people from President Hinden! of Germany. It will b2 read by Fréd erich Wilhelm von Prittwitz, German Ambassador to lhe United States Addressing the Ambassador, Count Paul Claudel, French Amb sador to the United tates. Nicholas Tituleseu Ru- manian minister of foreign affairs, and Dr. Fridtjof Nan- sen. former Nor- wegian Minister to the Court of St.— The public sesstons daily and the speakers' list will include other foreign diplomats and statesmen as well as many prominent Americans interested in international peace. It is anticipated the conference will hear discussions of the various peace proposals advanced in Congress by Sen- ator Willlam E. Borah of Idaho. Sen- Repre- Holden Nansen. will continue sentative Burton and George | Tinkham of Washington One Killed in Tornado. TORREON, Coshuila, Mexico, May 5 (P).—One man was killed when a tor- nado accompanied by a hail stor struck the city today. H wind. Several houses collap: a large section of the city was flooded. MT. VERNON STELAMER Charles Macalester Leaves Tth St Whart By 10 A.M. and 2:30 P.M. Round Trip, 85¢ Admi 25¢ ~- Sale or Trae . 80-foot front, Kalorama Heights on grade; wide paved allev. 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