Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1929, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR "WASHINGTO N, D € gws A STAR IN CATHEDRAL PLANS FORASGENGION DAY Laying of Corner Stone of Lower School of St. Alban’s Is Scheduled. Ascension day, a relig; festival that Is observed 40 days after Easter in com- | memoration of Christ's ascension, is! ranidly becoming a significant anx for Washington Cathedral. For | any years the day has been marked * by the launching of important phases | of the great undertaking on Mount St. Alban. Ascension day_this vear | will be no exception. It will be observed Thursday and a notable schedule of | events is planned | Outstanding among them is the lavin of the corner stone of the lower schcol of St. Alban's, the National Cathedral School for Boys. This building, already under construction, is to provide ac- | commodations necessitated by increas- | ing enrollment and enable the cathedral | to broaden the scope of its activities n the advancement of Christian edu tion. It is a collegiate Gothic structure, | costing $181,000, and situated immedi- ately west of the main building of the | school facing Massachusetts avenu The corner stone of the main build- ing of St. Alban’s, likewise, was laid on | Ascension day. This ceremony took | place in 1905. and the school was dedi- | cated on the same festival two years | later. Established through a bequest of Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, a niece | of President Buchanan, St. Alban's ha come to rank with the foremost p | paratory schools in the country. The initial enroliment of 50 has grown to | 170. With the opening of the lower school this Fall this figure is expected to_increase. Other events scheduled for Thursday | | One of the Hodgun troupe, which is ap| at Mount St. Alban include the dedi- cation of the altar in the Chapel of St. Joseph of Arimath the annual meeting of the National Cathedral As- sociation, at which Vincent Masser Canadian Minister to the United States Dr. William Holland Wilmer of Johns Hopkins University and Dr. William C Sturgis, former educational secretary of the department of missions of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church, will speak, and | a buffet luncheon on the cathedral grounds, followed by a tour of the pres- ent_construction work The annual meeting of the Cathedral | Association last year also was held on | Ascension dav. and in the afternoon the corner stone was laid for the Col- lege of Preachers, one of the associated institutions of the cathedral. This structure is now in an advanced stage of construction and is expected to be of interest to persons who were pres- ent at the services which marked its beginning. REV. C. W. BISPHAM DIES IN PHILADELPHIA! CIRGUS OPENS HERE - FORTWO-DAY VISIT Mrs. Hoover Among Interest- ed Spectators—Animals Viewed Before Show. | | Today is circus day! Washington children were up bright and early yesterday morning to see the Hagenback-Wallace circus unload and hundreds of young circus fans followsd the wagons to the show grounds at Camp Meigs. where the tents were erected for today's and tomorrow’s per- formances. The circus management has an- nounced that Mrs. Herbert Hoover was Was Rector of Churches Here in 90s—Widow and Two Daugh- ters Survive. Rev. Dr. Clarence W. Bispham. 63| years old, rector of the old St. Michael | and All Angels’ Episcopal Church here | from 1893 to 1896 and assistant rector of St. John's Church from 1891 to 1893., died in Philadelphia Saturday following | a stroke of paralysis Thursday night Rev. Dr. Bispham married Miss Bes- sie Casey, daughter of the late Rear Admiral Silas Casey. He is survived by | his widow and two _daughters, Mrs.| Charles R. Weiss of Indianapolis and Mrs. Frederick Penoyer of California, until recently a resident of this city. After leaving Washington Rev. Di Bispham was assistant rector of Trinity | Church, New Haven. Conn., from 1896 | to 1900: rector of St. Philip's Church, Philadelphia, and then rector of the| Church of the Annunciation, New Or- | leans, from 1917 to 1918. | He was a graduate of Amherst. He had spent much time traveling in for- evening performance at 8 o'clock. eign countries and in missionary work and at one time was in charge of the AL e, M T CIGARETTES ARE RUINING He was the author of several S| HEALTH. SAYS PHEACHER Rev. Dr. Bispham gave up the active ministry & number of years ago. o | Increase Seen Menace by Speaker | at Arcadia, Who Lists FUNERAL SERVICES HELD' FOR LUTHERAN MINISTER| Poicons Contained. Rev. Max Otto Puhl Died at Silver Spring Saturday—Lived to attend the matinee today. Yesterdav found the show performers in a turmoil as to what they should wear and do when the first lady made her visit. Mary Robertg Rinehart, the novelist, also was to be present at the matinee Mrs. Rinehart has announced her in- tention of making a tour of the circus seeing “behind the scene Alice and Jim, the on: a careful grooming this morning in an- ticipation of today's show. The lions, tigers, pumas, bears and elephants cams in for their share of attention also. Besides the usual features, which in- clude clowns, bareback riders, acrobats, aerialists and others, there is the open- ing spectacle, called “The Geisha.” This feature of the program is a musical | scene of old Japan and marks the first | attempt of a circus to present grand | opera. The doors of the Hagenbeck-Wallace show open an hour before the perform- ance starts, so that the patrons may view the huge menagerie. noon show starts at 2 o'clock and the The charge that cigarettes are under- mining the health of the Nation was | made last night by Dr. B. G. Wilkinson, dean of theology at Washington Missionary College, in an address at the Arcadia. Funeral services for Rev. Max Otto| “In 1900 the people of the country Punl, retired Lutheran minister, who | Smoked 2,000,000,000 cigarettes: in 1914, died at the Maplewood Sanitarium, |16,000,000,000; in 1927, 111,000.000,000, Silver Spring, Saturday morning, were he said. “This year the increase alone held at the Hysong parlors, 1300 N will be greater than the total amount street, this morning. Rev. G. N. Dif- |smoked in 1900. The four poisons in fenderfer, pastor of the Lutheran | cigarettes—nicotine, furfurol, acrolein Memorial Church and an old friend of | and carbon monoxide—are ruining the the deceased, officiated at the services. ' health of women and children.” which were attended by nearly_all| Dr. Wilkinson pointed out that Presi- Lutheran pastors of the city. Rev.| dent Hoover, in a letter written some- Mr. Puhl was a resident of Alexandria | time ago to the then President Coolidg at the time of his death. {stated that “nearly every delinquent boy Rey. Mr. Puhl was born in Germany | is a cigarette smoker in 1858 and came to this country when | a young man. He was a graduate of | the. University of Berlin. Germany. and | also of Franklin and Marshall College | Rescued Crew Tells of Lancaster, Pa. After more than 40| years of active service in the Lu\hvrani()f Battle to Save ministry Dr. Puhl was retired in 1921.| -, 3 He had been il since January 18. | Sinkine Lake Boat E 2 i | | | in Alexandria. After the funeral services this morn- ing the body was taken to Lancaster, | where burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Rev. Mr. Diffenderfer also} § i 5 will officiate at the grave \S'GT.V of Heroic s‘ruggl“ Dr. Puhl is survived by idow and | ~ e ey, Widowand | Recounted After Coast Guard Aids Ship. FRANCE LITTLE CHANGED | AS RESULT OF ELECTION | By the Associated Press ALPENA, Mich., May 6.—A tale of = | heroic struggles in darkness and amid Communists and Extreme Left Ap-|the huge waves of one of the worst storm. of the Great Lakes this year was told here yesterday by the crew and owner of the steamer O. E. Parks of Saulte Ste. Marie, Ontario, which sank off Thunder Bay at 4 o'clock Friday morning. All members of the crew of nine, in- cluding Capt. Samuel Shields, owner, were taken off the foundering craft be- fore dawn Friday by the Coast Guard crew here. Details of their struggle throughout Thursday afternoon and Friday night to keep their leaking boat afloat could not be sent even to their relatives in Saulte Ste. Marie until to- day because of storm-damaged tele- graph and telephone wires The Parks began to leak about noon {be | Friday and filled rapidly. Pumps were but siightly effective at best and one blew out a valve under the strain. Off | Thunder Bay Island a distress signal | brought the Cor pear to Have Lost Votes in Sunday Balloting. B the Associated Press. PARIS, May 6 terday’s muniei- pal elections in France changed its po- litical complexion very little, judging from incomplete returns at hand today. The Communists and the extreme Left seemed to have lost votes if not seats. The Soclalists also suffered losses They were beaten at Brest, and at Cheusot, Paul Faure, one of their promi- nent members, was defeated. The Radi- cals appeared to have held their own Former Minister Herriot, it scemed, had triumphed again at Lyor In Paris 43 public offi were re- elected in 86 polls. It appeared Unionist majority would be retained experienced difficulty in bringing its MRS. WORD ACQUITTED. - - | small boats near enough the Parks to Woman Freed in Death of Hus-| take off the crew. | he Parks sank band, Retired Minister. | shallow water and was but semi-sub- y ¢ P o y__ | merged. Its cargo of pulpwood was 1t ool it B0 minuics Veolerday for | destroyed or washed away. The tug a juty an Circuit Court here (o acquit | Chase attempted this morning to tow Mrs. Johnnie Word, 55, of a charge of | the Parks into Alpena Harbor, but was murder in connection with the death | unable to attach a tow line because of e husband Rev J. P. Word, re- | the heavy seas which still were running. tired Presbyterian minister. Formerly a tow barge, the Parks was Mus. Word received the verdict calmly, | Temodeled into a steamer with Diesel The defense followed the decision of | engines last Winter. Tt is valued at a coroner’s jury that the aged minister | $30,000. Capt. Shields said the cargo committed suicide. was valued at $8,000. It was loaded at Mrs. Word was indicted after the|St. Joe Island, Ontarlo, and consigned body of her husband, bearing sho gun | to a paper here. wotnds, was found in the back yard of _ Capt their home several weeks ago. Saulte Ste. Marie this morning. lot as she is particularly interested in | mother and | baby hippopotamus in America, received | The after- | Guard, which itself | in comparatively | Shieids and his crew left for |fresh heights,” says THE CIRCUS HARRIETT HODGU pearing here today and tomorrow in the Hagenback-Wallace shows. CRITTENTON HOME: HEADS NEE Anrual Conference of Dele-| gates Here Will Occupy Five Days. Presidents, board members and su- perintendents of the Florence Critten- ton Homes throughout the United States will gather here May 19 for the annual conference, which lasts through May 21. Indications are that the con- ference will be the largest in the his- tory of the organization. The conference will open with a spe- cial service at the Washington Cathe- man, Bishop of Washington, will de- liver a special address Sunday after- noon, which will be broadcast. Follow- | ing this service, delegates will be taken through the cathedral and will then in- spect the model Florence Crittenton Home here, where supper will be served. Miss Margaret E. Luther, superintend- | Gwendoline Albee of the staff of the Boston Home will speak. Lieut. Van Winkle Is Speaker. Committees from the local Florence Crittenton Home organization, under direction of the president, Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson, have been engaged in preparing for the conference. Head- quarters will be at the Grace Dodge Hotel, where the business sessions will be_held. Formal business meetings will start Monday morning, May 20. Speakers and leaders of the Round Table Con- | ference will be Lieut. Mina Van Winkle, | head of the Women's Bureau of the Po- | lice Department; Dr. Valeria Parker, president of the Natnonal Council of Women: Dr. J. B. G. Custis, head of the | medical staff of the Washington Flor- ence Crittenton Home; Mrs. Fannia Mc- | Master, secretary of the protective de- partment of the Boston Home; Elwood | Street, director of the Washington Com- munity Chest, of which the local Flor- ence Crittenton Home is a member, and | Dr. Thomas Parron, assistant surgeon general, United Stafes Health Depart- ment. Social features will include luncheons | at the Grace Dodge Hotel Monday and Tuesday and a banquet at the Chevy Chase Country Club Monday night. Speakers at the luncheons will be Sen- ator Copeland of New York, D. D. Spell- | man, president of the Detroit Home Miss Grace Abbott, head of the United States Children’s Bureau; C. R. Preslon, executive secretary of the Boston Home; Robert S. Barrett, national president, | and Mrs. Reba B. Smith, general super- intendent. Tuesday night Mrs. Smith will hold a conference with superin- tendents, and Mrs. J. E. Collier. na- tional field extension secretary, with the presidents and boara members. Hoover May Receive Delegates. Delegates expect to eall at the White | House and be received by the President | and Mrs. Hoover either Monday or | Tuesday. Wednesday they will be taken in automobiles to Ivokota Farms in Fairfax County, Va.. where luncheon | will be served. "After luncheon they will | g0 to Mount Vernon and from there to | the home of the late Dr. Kate Waller Barrett, where supper will be served. | CHARLES GRAFLY DIES. | PHILADEI;H]A:— hl;; ¢ W— Charles Grafly, 66, widely known | sculptor, died yesterday. He was struck | by an automobile two weeks ago. Academy of Fine Arts here and also at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. He gained renown through the creation of many artistic works, done largely !in bronze, and leaves permanent col- | lections in art museums in this city, Detroit, Boston, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Baltimore. Mr. Grafly is survived by his widow, | the former Miss Frances Sekeless of Corinth, Miss., and one daughter. TMAY13 dral, wiore Right Rev. James E. Free- | ent of Ivakota Farms, and Miss Alice | Mr. Grafly was an instructor in the | TUTTLE WATCHES LONDON TESTIMONY U. S. Attorney Warns of Ac- | tion Against Perjurers | in Vestris Case. | | | | 1 By the Associated Pre: | NEW YORK, May 6—Charles H. | Tuttle, United States attorney, is dete | mined that if any versons testify false- |1y at the Federal inquiry here into the | Vestris disaster, ne will attempt to bring | | them to justice in the United States | Court. | Mr. Tuttle revealed he is studying the | | reports of testimony given by Frank | William Johnson, senfor surviving offi- | cer of the ship, before the Board of | ‘Trade in London. | Johnson testified in England recent- | 1y that he and his associates had con- | cealed the fact at the inquiry here that | | the Vestris was overloaded when she | foundered last November with a loss of 112 lives. | “During fhe course of the American | inquiry,” Mr. Tuftle said. “there was some _eriticism in the English newspa- | | pers based on the alleged fact that in | examining Mr. Johnson and some of | the other cfficers of the vessel I had | pressed the witness too hard. I cannot but feel that the recent disclosures made ! | by Mr. Johnson are a full answer to | such unwarranted eriticism. “I shall take steps to obtain a copy of the testimony before the British Board of Trade, to which T supplied a number of copies of the testimony taken | here. If it appears from the English | testimony or from eny other manner | that there was a concerted attempt to suppress the truth or conceal facts dur- ing the American investigation, or if it appears than any one in the course of | the American inquiry testified falsely. I shall make every cffort to see that the offender or offenders are brought to justice in this district Mr. Tuttle said he would have to ex- amine the treatv with Great Britain to determine whether extradition on a charge of perjury would be possible. “CIRCUMSTANCES” ARE BLAMED. Second Officer Says Overloading Led to Sinking. LONDON, May 6 (P)—Second Officer Leslie Watson, continuing his testimany today at the Board of Trade inquiry into the Vestris disaster, attributed the sinking to “a combination of circum- | stances.” | That the ship was overladen “had a lot to do with it,” he said, adding that the ship failed to steer at noon on Sun- | day, but that he did not think this a ! | matter of importance; that the master | was there and would know what the ! ship could do. Asked if he did not think an S O S should have been sent out sooner than | it was, Watson replied, “No, not at that time 1 did not think so.” He did not | think that an S O S should be neces- sarily sent out when a ship fails to steer. Watson testified that at first when he reached New York after the sinking he said nothing about the draught, but finally told Capt. William H. Coombs of the Navigation and General Insur- ance Co. Replying to Butler_Aspinall, wreck commissioner, W. N. Raeburn, for the Board of Trade, said that at the in- quiry held in the United States by Unifed States Attorney Charles H. Tut- tle no witness was asked what the | draught of the Vestris was and the | court found that she was overiaden. At | another inquiry one witness was asked | | the draught. } Tells of Draught Figures. | when wateon was questioned about |the draught of the Vestris by E. A. Bigby, counsel for the relatives of the dead officers and for the surviving offi- | cers, he said: “Well, Mr. Johnson and | I were just fed up with holding it back. | That is all.” Watson and former First Officer Johnson had come to the con- | clusion that it was their duty to tell |all they knew about “entries” of the | draught in the ship's log book. | " Referring to a visit of two American {lawyers to the New York office a day before United States Attorney Tuttle be- gan his inquiry, Watson said that Capt. | Heasley, superintendent in New York for Lamport & Holt, on that occasion | gave different figures from those Wat- son said were correct. Capt. Heasley | had then declared “this is the draught | we are using.” | " Mr. Racburn pointed out to Watson that the figures disagreed with Wat- son’s figures. I was ready to say anything he wanted me to then,” repied the wit- ess. P ¥atson explained that he had under- tood Heasley to mean by the expression ‘draught we are using” that it was “the |draught they had decided to say the | Vestris salled at.” Asked if the lawyers mentioned any- |thing they did not want to come out, Watson answered, “Well, we were telling | |them anything that happened, and at| anything they did not like o hear they | said, ‘Do not bother saying that’ or “Put |it some other way."” Amount of Cargo Unknown. Watson stated that neither lawyer had questioned him about what he should say regarding the ship’s draught. At United States Attorney Tuttle's in- | quiry he had been examined by Mr.| Tuttle and neither lawyer had asked him any questions. Nathaniel C. Webb of Hogan & Sons, New York stevedores who loaded the Vestris, was recalled and Webb gave lengthy details of the stowage and dis- tribution of the cargo. He said it had been impossible to prepate in advance a plan showing the detailed weights going | into the ship and their proposed distri- | bution because the stevedores had had no weights given them. “We did not know how much cargo would arrive or what it would be,” Webb asserted. Samu:l Willard Found Dead. | | Samuel Willard, 60 years old, in the | | employ of the Washington Gas Light | Co., was found dead in bed at his home, 2610 F street, early last night by his brother-in-law, John MeDonald of 526 | Twenty-third 'street. ~ Coroner Nevitt | gave a certificate of death from natural | causes. OLDL } Faculty of | By the Associnted Press. NEW YORK, May 6.—In an old trunk, which for 30 years had lain in | storage, there has been discovered a | number of letters of the late Joseph Conrad, famous author of sea stories, which 'reveal the dubiousness with | which the erstwhile sailor_regarded his transition to novelist, the Bookman an- nounces in its current issue. The letters, written in the early 90s to Stephen Crane, the essayist, show “the deep modesty of Conrad, a sense of his own limitations and his untem- | pered admiration for the younger genius, | whose work, in the opinion of some | contemporary _eritics, inspired him to ‘the magazine. In one of the letters, written after ETTERS BARE MODESTY OF LATE JOSEPH CONRAD {Sailor, Who Turned Novelist, Told Stephen Crane Only Gift Was “Accursed Screaming.” | completion of his book, “Nigger of the | Narcissus,” Conrad wrote: i | “I was anxious to know what you | think of the end. If I've hit you with | | the death of Jimmy, I don't care if I don't hit another man. T think, how- ever, that artistically the end of the book is rather lame.” In reply to a letter, which Crane wrote, urging his friend to collaborate | | with him on” a“play with an American | | setting, Conrad wrote: “x +'+ T feel somehow that collabo- rating with you would be either cheat. ing or deceiving you. In any case, dis- apgointing you. ~ I have no dramatic | Bift. You have the terseness, the clear | eye—the easy imagination. You have {all—and T have only the accursed | faculty of dreaming, i ) | 1 IRL HITBY TRUGK, Picture showing damage wrought by windstorm which struck the Columbus Jail May 2, killing two prisoners and after Photo shows damage to wall, with cells exposed. IPANBACKS .S NAVAL CUTOVE Ready to Agree to Equitable Reduction—Britain and France Concur. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 6.—N. Sato, Japanese disarmament, spokesman, told the pre- paratory commission on disarmament today his government had authorized him to say Japan accepted the Amer- ican point of view that there should bt effective reduction in national arma- ments. N. Sato's announcement was in the course of a proposal to adjourn discus- sion of the naval question until some future meeting of the Disarmament Commission. N. Sato said his government wished to render homage to Ambassador Gib- son, the American delegate to the con- terence, whose proposals, he said, had tended to contribute considerably to the important work of reduction of naval armaments. He pledged Japan's loyal and sincere support to all proposals based on an equitable and reasonable foundation. British Back His Stand. Lord Cushendun, British delegate, answered the Japanese, warmly lauding his government's initiative. He re- marked that the maval difficulty had been one of the chief obstacles to dis- armament and that when they arrived at Geneva they were not too hopeful, but the situation had been altered by the recent declarations of Ambassador Gibson. These declarations, he containing no precise proposals, suggest methods whereby an evaluation | of warships might be reached. The | study necessary to that, he remarked, | could not be done in a day or a week. | He assumed the United States would | communicate its proposals to other gov- | ernments and that all this would take time, depending upon the technicalities to be covered. “Instead of despair” he said, “we now have a most hopeful frame of mind | that we will be able to come back and | register complete agreement on ll\ls’ great naval question. That will be an achievement which not only will fur- | said. while did {nish cause for congratulation to our- | selves, but to the whole world.” | France to Co-operate. ! Count Massigli spoke for France, and assured the commission his government | would do everything in iis power to hasten an agreement on naval ques tions and thus permit the preparatory conference to complete its work in ar ranging for an international conference. Gen. Alberto de Marinis of Italy then | said his government would support the | proposal for adjournment in order to enable the governments to study the American disarament _proposals. Ambassador Gibson then took the | floor and concurred with the proposal | to postpone consideration of the naval | chapter of the draft treaty of the com- | mission until such time as the most interested powers had signified to the chairman their readiness to embark | upon & general discussion. M. Litvinoff, in a long address, called the work of the commission a failure saying it had gone backward instead o forward. He declared it would be futile to have another session and urged the | speedy convocation of an international conference which the Soviet govern ment was willing to attend in the hope | that the peoples of the world would | meantime force their governments to | agree to a genuine reduction in arma- | ments, Sees Soviet Vindicated. ! “By our presence here and our pro- posals for disarmament,” he said, “we | | have nipped in the bud the legend that | the Soviet Union is an obstacle to gen- | eral disarmament. The Soviet Union of | all countries lies under the greatest | menace, being the object of hostility and | unfriendliness on the part of the whole bourgeols world.” When he had concluded the chair announced postponement of the dis- cussion of the naval chapter of the| draft treaty until the naval powers had | concluded their own discussions on it. Eisas | HDOVE-F.! GREETS GERMARN. | Frederick Neuerboarg Pays Respects to President. Dr. i | President ‘Hoover today received Dr. | Frederich Neuerbourg of Berlin, Ger- | many, who called to pay his respects and 1o renew an acquaintanceship dat- | ing from the Belgium relief days. Dr. Neuerbourg was associated with Mr. Hoover as the representative of the Ger- man goverfment during the relief work in Belgium and Northern France. He | was accompanied to the White House | today by Ambassador von Prittwitz of Germany. More bufldings were erected in Can- ada last year than in any previous 12 months. | Special for Tomorrow! so o ALL .o REFRIGERATORS 1/4 off CROGAN'S 817-823 Scventh St.N.W. Homefurnishers Since 1866 INURED SEROUSLY Driver Is Being Held, Accused of Leaving Scene—Victim, 9, May Die. Five persons were injured, one. a 9- | vear-old colored girl, probably fatally. in traffic accidents over the week end | Blanche E. Hawkins, 9, of 1112 Sec- ond street southeast, is in & critical condition at Casualty Hospital this morning as the result of injuries suf- fered yesterday afternoon when run down by a truck driven by George Baker. 31. of Suitland, Md. at New Jersey avenue and M street southeast. | The child sustained a fractured skull | and concussion of the brain, in addi- tion to body bruises and lacerations. She is not expected to recover. Baker, who. police said, failed to ston after the accident. was arrested by Po- liceman B. R. White several blocks from the. scene of the accident. and is | being held at the fifth precinct station house on a charge of leaving the scene of a collision. White sald he witnessed the acci- dent and. when Baker failed to stop striking the child, he com- mandeered a passing machine and gave —Associated Press Photo. GIBSON EXPLAI Disarmament Will Be Promoted by Further Study of Naval Cut Plan, He Tells Geneva Parley By the Associated Press The text of the address of Ambassa- dor Hugh S. Gibson before the prepar- atory disarmament conference at Ge- neva today, as made public by | State Department, follows: Mr. Chairman: I made my general | statement &s to a possible method of approach to the naval problem early in our present session chiefly in order |to afford other delegations an oppor- tunity to consider it from every aspect | and determine to ‘what degree they were in a position to discuss it at the present time. After my statement we learned that certain other governments are making analogous studies which should, of cour be taken into account in any general discussion. Today we are told that certain governments feel that in order to deal with the matter effectively and expeditiously they require time for careful exploration of the possibilities opened by the American suggestions. NS U. chase. White said Baker, who was caught after a pursuit of several blocks, refused to make a statement. ‘Woman Hurt in Fall. Carlton Small. 27, of 1802 Potomac avenue southeast, suffered a badly lacerated forehead when the machine he was driving collided with an iron girder on the Highway Bridge early this morning. Small went to his hom: after being treated at Emergency Hos- pital S. STAND the | |ies that we have decided not to make any more specific proposals at this age of our work. The evidence of a popular desire in all countries to see us press on to our goal has been made abundantly clear. ‘There could be nothing more favorable to the program of our work than the present atmosphere of enthusiasm and good will. We must proceed just as fast as may be consistent with sound and effective handling of the very im- portant and complex problem before lus and without jeopardizing the suc- | cessful conduct of the work through | entering precipitately upon discussions | for which any of the interested powers | is not prepared. | For that reason I fully concur in the | proposal of the Japanese and \British delegates to postpone consideration of the naval charter until such time as | the interested powers have signified to you. Mr. Chairman. their readiness to embark upon a general discussion. In my opening statement I said that | I would be prepared to discuss propos- als when we reached this chapter on our agenda, but obvicusly this readiness was entirely contingent on the knowl- edge that other delegations felt pre- pared to enter upon the subject. Must Study All Angles. 1 The solution of the naval problem s in essence simple but in application complex. The technical considerations involved must be studied from many | angles and the American delegation rec- | ognizes that our best hope of agree- | ment upon a method lies in having each country come into the discussion | prepared to speak on the basis of its independent study and in possession of all the data that it desires. In view of the censiderations I have indicated. my Government feels that the course best calculated to lead to the successful conclusion of our labors lies in giving time for a careful study of this whole problem. It also feels that in view of other analogous studies which | are being made it would not be oppor- tune to embark upon detailed discussion of our suggested method of approach at | the present moment. Perhaps the bes! course is for me to restate what our | suggestion is in sach a way as to af- ford a basis for the independent studies which I hope will be made by other in- | terested governments. | In substance, equivalent tonnage is an expression used to convey the idea, for comparative purposes, of the mili- tary value of individual ships, and | hence of the total value of any num- ber of such units in any given category in which there may be wide diver-! gences as to unit characteristics com- | posing the category. In arriving at this equivalent of value it would seem ad- visable to take into account only factors that are simple and obvious, easy to compute and easy to understand. | Gives General Outline, | We fecl that the problem should not be complicated by the introduction of | factors which may well be considered as really no more than elements of the prime factors. In my general statement on thi bsub)?(‘( 1 indicated certain fac- | tors which include elements that enter into the design of effectiveness, of in- | dividual units, that is unit displacement, | gun caliber. and age, as well as speed nd other factors. My Government feels that in order | not ‘to prejudice such studies as may be pursued independently by other gov- erments it is best to go no further | than to outline our suggestion in this | manner. It will be clear that the | merican proposal is no rigid plan to | e accepted or rejected. It is a sug- gestion that a new method of approach bas~d on naval equivalents be explored, and it is in order that there may be complete liberty for independent stud- "R SAVE MONEY Lumber Millwork Building Supplies Paint Hardware Coal See Us First Small Orders Given Careful Attention No Delivery Charge J. Frank Kelly, Inc. IZH)hl G‘ror'in Ave. N. 1343 L S Modernize Your OId Style WEDDING Rings. $6o85 Have your old-fash- loned “wedding ring odeled! Origingl engraving retained. 'ARMS PARLEY ENDS SESSION FOR TIME [ TO STUDY U. S. PLAN While trying to avoid being struck by an automobile at Sherman avenue and Barry place this morning. Mattie Crews, 46, colored. of 2343 Eighth street fell to the sidewalk and injured her spine. She was treated at Emergency Hospital for lacerations to the back and head. George O. Vassillode, 41, living at 1416 Pennsylvania_avenue, was brought into Emergency Hospital early this morning suffering from a possible fractured rib and contusions to the chin said to have been suffered when the machine he was !driving struck a pole on the Baltimore | pike near Berwyn, Md. | Vassillode, who is said to have crashed | into the pole because of skidding on slippery roads. remained in the hospital, where his condition was said to be not serfous. | Police Car in Crash. | Policeman George R. Browning of the thirteenth precinct narrowly escaped | serious injury this morning when a po- |lice car he was driving was in collision |at Geergia avenue and Military road with a Washington Railway & Electric Ca. street car. _ Browning was attempting to make a left-hand turn when the collision occur- r(‘d.d The police car was badly dam- aged. | ment. (Continued From First Page.) | - —— o LIPTON’S BID LEAKS OUT. | Noted Yachtsman Surprised Race Challenge to U. S. Became Public. LONDON, May 6 (#)—Sir Thomas Lipton, noted Irish sportsman, is sur- | prised 'that news of his challenge for the American Cup, international yacht- ing trophy, leaked out. In reply to an inquiry by the Asso- | ciated Press, asking for an official con- | firmation that the Irish yachtsman had | challenged the New York Yacht Club | for a series of races in 1930, Sir Thomas | expressed astonishment that the chal- lenge had become known. “You will readily understand,” he based upon naval equivalents, and be- cause there should be complete liber for independent study, the Americas had decided not to make any more spe- cific proposals at this stage of the work. Count Massigli. French delegate, an- nounced his government would with- draw its proposal for international con- trol of armaments. The proposal had met with considerable opposition from various delegations. including the Amer- ican. 1Its withdrawal was considered a considerable compromise. 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