Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1929, Page 26

. . 2B STIMSON TO GIVE VIEWS ON TARIEF xecutive Session of House * Committee Is Called for This Afternoon. PYCLTETE TORLE) avang By’ the Associated Press. = The administrative provisions of the Zarift law was scheduled to come under Zhe GSerutiny of the Republican mem- s of the House ways and means com- -mittee this afternoon at an executive jon called to hear Federal officials proposed changes. Among those to be heard is Secretary ZStimson, former Governor General of “the Philippines, who is expected to be ‘questioned on the proposal of Repre- wsentative Timberlake, Republican, Col “rado, to restrict the free importation of sugar from the islands to 500,000 Zons annually. » Although the State Department ~hief’s testimony will be guarded closely, s have all the activities of the com- wmittee ever since it began writing a Tew tariff bill, Filipino representatives “here believe Stimson will oppose any “plan to make tariffs effective against land products or restrict their im- portation duty free into the United pp! . Stimson said on his arrival in this ~country recently from the Archipelago, Z‘would be contrary to the enlightened ~modern policy which calls for free trade “between the mother country and its ~dependencie 2 Horses May Sell High. 2! 8T. PAUL, Minn. 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NEW YORK, April 16.—George Her- man (Babe) Ruth was in the Yankee line-up for the opening game of the season today with a license to marry Mrs, Claire Hodgson, former actress and jpeculation by fixing it vaguely for “some day this week.” The ‘license was obtained yesterday | at the New York municipal building after the usual closing hour. The Babe | appesred at the bureau accompanied by | Mrs, Hodgson and another woman,| whose identity was not revealed. City Clerk Michael J. Cruise, who issued the lcense, offered to m: the famous ball player and Mrs. Hodgson at once, but Ruth declined, reminding | omorrow.” Gives Age as 3! In his application Ruth gave his age | as 35 and said he.was the son of George | Herman and Catherine Ruth and was He could not recall his mother’s maiden name. Mrs. Hodgson gave her age as 28 and no occupation. She said she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mon- roe Merritt and was born in Jefferson, Ga. She said her first husband, Frank | Hodgson, was dead. 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HOUSTON, Tex., April 16.—The a¢- tivities of & young woman and an Okla- homa ex-convict to aid him in his es- cape resulted last night in the capture of J. R. (Bob) Silver, who with four \ others sawed his way out of the Wayne State Prison farm last Friday night. .“m' pollaem?l b 5 itified moun! n by an unident man that Miss Parlee King, 26, had asked him to send $10 to Carl Lawder, who has served a sentence in the Okla- homa Penitentiary. Police' accompanied the man to & hotel, Where he gave Miss King $5. She departed in an automo- bile, and when she picked up Silver and Lawder police, who had followed her, King were charged with siding an. ¢5- were charged Wi an es- caped prisoner, Serving & life sentence for the mur- der of & theater cashier in Fort. Worth," ‘Tex., Silver now faces a probable death sentence for the second time. He was sentenced to the death chair for the D. (., TUESDAY, APRIL. 16, 1929. v. Dan|since Silver and his mandeered After Silver's escape from the farm Gov. 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