Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1929, Page 1

The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow: showers tomorrow afternoon or night: warmer tonight. Temperatures: Highest, 68. at 5:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 49, at 1:45 am. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and 25 @b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Slar. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,143 Fntered as seco post office, 31.056. Washington, nd class matter D. C. WASHINGTON, D: C. ,» SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1!)29—'|‘H1RTY-F(H;R PAGES () Means Associated Pres: TWO CENTS. WAR DEBT DIVISION ISSUE SIDETRACKED Allies May Decide Percentagei of Reparations Each Gets | by Later Talks. WIND-UP OF CONFERENCE | BY TUESDAY FORESEEN Report on Young Compromise and General Discussions Virtually Completed. Br the Assoriated Prass. ESSEN, Germany. May 11.—Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, chief of the Ger- man delegation to the Paris repara- | tions conference, arrived here at noon today supposediy for.a confer- ence with Ruhr Valley industrialists. | The greatest secrecy is maintained as | to Dr. Schacht's visit. He arrived almost unobserved and quite unex- pectedl; Dr. Albert Voegler, also 8 member | of the German delegation to the Paris reparations conference, ac- companied Dr. Schacht. Both im- | mediately went into conference with | Karl Rambeau, direcior of the Essen | branch of the Reichsbank. | the Associated Press. | FARIS, May 11.—Sir Josiah Stamp | gought today in private conversations with Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, German Teparations spokesman. to reduce to | written text the German conditions to acceptance of the reparations figures of | Owen D. Young. Such results as the English delega- | tion head and the Reichsbank president achieve probably will be reported to a | plenary session of the committee of ex- | perts on Tuesday. It is possible that under favorable conditions this plenary | session will mark the close of the ex- | perts’ committee’s work. i The thorny problem of revision of | the national allotments of the repara- | tions payments as provided in the Spa | agreement has been sidetracked tem- porarily, the assumption being it may be solved by subsequent intercreditor | nation negotiations, at which Germany | need not even be represented i | revealed they Report About Finished. i Until Tuesday the experts, other than 8ir Josiah and Dr. Schacht, will obtain | a relaxation from arduous labors, which | next week run into. their fourth month. Even the subcommitteé, which has been working on preparation of the report of | the conference, has finished its task, | with only the actual figures and various | national reservations remaining to be | included in its text. | It was in order that the German res- ervations—which, if revision of the Spa percentages is evaded. seems to be the only set thus far offered by any nation | —might be included in the subcom- | mittee’s Teport that Sir Josiah, the body’s chairman, conferred with Dr. | Schacht. ‘Tentative wording of the conditions, which were understood to have been reduced from 12 to 2, was gone over | with the hope a complete final text might be evolved of the subcommittes's report, inclusive of figures. internationa bank plans and all, which the reich delegates could sign. French Press Caustic. The French press has become caustic | and impatient and inclined to criticize | both Mr. Young and Dr. Schach’. Le Mztin observed that Great Britain and Belgium had found there was some- thing arbitrary about the figures of Mr. Young's plan, The paper sugessted ! that a part of the revision of the Spa percentages was in favor of the U» States. . Schacht was accused of dallying with the conference to draw | out the proceedings until after the Brit- ish elections. Journal remarked it would be a seri- ous danger not only for England, but | for France. if the powerlessness of the | British Conservative government fo | conclude financial liquidation was made | an issue in the British general cam- | paign, for, the newspaper added. the Liberals and Laborites had imparted to | their argument the allure of a violent attack on France. | L'Oeuvre said that Dr. Schacht had | been speculaiing qn the British elec- | tions from the very beginning. AUSTRALJIA BACKS BRITA Premier Cables Protest at Reported Debt Compromise. LONDON, May 11 (#).—A protest | sgainst the reparations compromise proposal of Owen D. Yeung has been |not only with the routine affairs of the | was less cabled by Premier Bruce of Australia to Premier Baldwin in London. | Premier Bruce expressed vigorous op- | position to any plan to exclude the| dominjons from claims against Ger. | many and ap the recent an- | nouricement o Churchill, | chancellor of the ex . that the American’s plan was inacceptable to Great Britain. CELEBRATION IS PLANNED FOR VICTORIOUS CALLES B the Associzted Press MEXICO CITY. May 11— A repub- lic’s joyous welcome awaits Gen. Plu- tarco Elias C: when he arrives in | Mexico . Cits ibly tomorrow. from ais victorious campaign ageinst - the | rebels in Northern Mexico The former President left Mazatlan Sinaloa, Friday evening, and unless hi stay at Guadalajara, where he will con- fer with his generals on progress of the | war against the “Cristeros,” or so-call- | ed religious insurgents, is prolonged, he | should arrive here late Sunday. The nation’s crack troops, pos victories in the north, will be lined up at, the Colonia Station to greet him. and official and private receptions have been arranged in his honor. Bank Statements ‘Washington elearing house, $5046,- 379.62. Treasury balance. $177.920.052.12 New York clearing house exchange £1,702.000,000. New York clearing house balance . $156,000.000. some of | which have preceded him here from the | Too Much Ha! Ha! In Minnehaha Costs Minnie’s Baiter $25 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. May nehaha may be poetry Pearl Baker, but it is just a dirt laugh fo her neighbor, Mrs, Minne Le Barge, Miss Baker is a school teacher, which may_account for her love of poetry. Mrs. Minnie Le Barge. however, did mot_regard it as very nice of Miss Baker to select the lines about Minnehaha— cspecially when recited some- thing like this: “Minne? Ha! Ha!" Mrs. Le Barge had Miss Baker arrested as disorderly, citing the persistent. reciting of the Long- feillow opus. Magistrate Feron fined Mizs Baker $25. declaring that the back vard is no place to discuss Minnchaha, especially if there be the slightest tendency to place undue emphasis on the last MARINES LANDED IN REVOLT AREA Menace to Shameen Is Less- ened as Four Rebel Gun- boats Surrender. the Ascociated Press ) CANTON, China, May 11.—Twenty American Marines today guarded the American consulate in Shameen, foreign econcession quarter of Canton. The men were landed from the United States warship Tulsa yesterday when Can- tonese hombardment of four rebel ships in the harbor threatened danger to those 2shore. British guards also were landed. A check-up revealed that only a few per- sons were killed when machine gun bullets from Honam Isiand and shells from the Macao Island batteries pep- pered part of the concession yesterdsy. Residences and business houses. how- ever, for awhile were hard hit by_the fire. The four revolting ships surrendered, after an ultimatum was issued to the vice commander in charge of the mutineers threatening to bomb and sink the ships if he did not surrender After the forcign gunboats, among which they had taken refuge, moved oil and three Cantonese bombing planes appeared above the ships their com- manders hoisted white flags. It was had wanted $3,000.000 Mexican as the pricc of submission. Their request was refused by the Cantonese. Military News JIs Conflicting. ! Military news today was eonflicting. It appeared that Hunanese troops had attacked the Kwangsi forces on the northeast ef thst province, and that the unexpected move with failure of the navy’s counter attack had led the Kwangsi clement to withdraw to con- solidated positions west of Samshui. On the other hand, the Cantonese position was still most difficult, as the city was forced to fight Kwangsiites ad- vancing on it from three directions. and a number of Canton’s own field com- manders and troops were reported near defection. Seeking to block the Kwangsi ad- vance from the easi, the Cantonese yes- terday blew up the principal bridge on the Canton-Kowloon Railway. A party of American Baptist mission- aries evacuating Kweilan, in Northeast | Kwangsi, were held up at Wuchow, which was quiet. Other American mis- sionaries in Kwangsi were remaining at their posts, despite advice of the American consulate to evacuate. RADIO FORUM HOUR in Evening Star's Program on Nation's Affairs. A veteran cabinet member, Secrefary of Labor Davis. and a newcomer to offi- cial Washington, Secretary of the Navy Adams, will speak tonight over the Ci lumbia Broadcasting System in the Na- tional Radio Forum, arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the broadcasting concern. & Both men bring messages of Nation- wide import on the work accomplished | and the projects ahead of the Labor and Navy Departments to the Nation- wide hook-up of radio stations in the activities of their own branches of the Government will go to & vast audience of radio listeners interested in the af- fairs of the Nation. Secretary Adams is expected to deal Navy Department, but to discuss also the great naval expansion an struction program now going on. A ation activitics of the Navy also a expected to receive some attention. Secretary Davis has the wide field of labor and industry, immigration and employment. labor dispute conciliation and the Women's and Children's Bu- reaus on which to build his talk. Charlotte Church Leader Dies. CHARLOTTE. N. C.. May 11 (&) Robert Glasgow. 48 years oid. prominent business man and church leader of Charlotte, died at his home here vester- day following an illness of several weeks. He was a native of Fincastle, Va., and was ed Univers] Since 1902 he had lived in Charlotte. He was an elder in Caldwell Memorial Presbyterian Church and for many years was president of the Char- lotte Younz Men's Christian Associa- tion. His widow and three sons survive him P]ea;e UsewG;ovA d:)ins." Robot Shouts When Slugs Are Placed in Slot Machine “w | | By ¢ine Associated Prese. | NEW YORK. May 11.—There rang | out in Times Square today the death knell of the “plugged nickel” and other forms of “wooden money.” In a drug store in that district was installed the first automatic bogus coin detector, a machine that not only de- tects, but teils all about it in a loud voice. The first “robot” shug detective was attached o an automatic change maker. | but 1= adaptable to any siot machine. 1f a bad coin, even thaggh of proper . RULE AGAINST TIPS IN FORGE AT JAIL SINCLAR 1S TOLD Peak Cautions Him After | Report of $5 Gift to | Fellow Prisoner. MOST OF HIS MONEY | PUT IN OFFICE SAFE Magnate Allowed to Keep $5 or $6| | for Purchases—Brought $200 | or $300 With Him. Harry F. Sinclalrs generosity to fel- low prisoners and fail attendants has resulted in his attention being called /16 a “no tipping” rile in force at the| District Jail Msaj. William L. Peak, superintendent of the institution, said today that he had advised his wealthy prisoner that gratuities are taboo at the jail. | Al but “five or six dollars” of Sin- |clair’s money has been placed in the |safe in the office of the jail, and this | | allowance is for “goodies” on sale in the | jail store. i Maj. Peak said Sinclair brought to | the jail with him “about two or three ! hundred dollars.” He said most of, this | money was placed in the safe the day after the oil man's arrival to begin his 90-day sentence. | Tip of $5 Reported. | When reports leaked out that Sinclair had “tipped” an attendant $5 for per- forming an errand, and that he had | given sums of money to fellow prison- | ers, Maj. Peak instituied an investiga- | tion. He said he was convinced the | reports were “sxaggerated.” ‘l “The attendant may have said he got a five-dollar tip, but more likely it | was a lot less than that,” the superin-, tendent stated. Maj. Peak said that when the reports about tipping were published he went to Sinclair and “suggested” to him that he discontinue the practice. He cxplain- | ed it was “bad policy.” i Regulation Aimed at Thefis. ! The jail head denied that Sinclair | was allowed large sums of money on his person, No prisoner is permitted to{ have more than five or six dollars at| one time, he said. When this is spant they may ask for more from the amount to their credit in the safe. | The regulation limiting the amount of money carried by prisoners is en. forced to prevent thefts, Maji. Peaki | m Expensive jewelry is placea | lained. plain o in the safe for the same reason, sald. Sinclair has a cell all_to himselt now. It is on fhe third floor of the main building. just above the dispen- | sary, where he ix assigned as phar- ist. Heretofore he had been sleep- ing in the east dormitory with three- score other prisoners, Rests Well at Night. He appears to be taking his lot phi- ioscphically. He rests well at night eats heartily and dresses immaculateiy. Maj. Peak says he asks no favors from any one. Had it not been for a breakdown of the radio set at the jail yesterday after- roon he could have listened in on the running of the Preakness at Pimlico. The Sinclair entry, Leucite, was beaten |in the feature race. but his 2-yeay-old | filly, Patroness, carried the Rancocas stable 'colors to victory in the second race. = The radio was in working order again today. It it in the jail office, to which Sinclair has admittance in his leisure moments d | Two Cabinet Members Will Talk FLYERS’ GROUP EXPELS STUNT AVIATOR OF FILMS | By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 11.—Al Wilson, stunt aviator, who made a parachute jump for the movies from a falling plane, in which his mechanic. Phil Jones, met his death on March 22, has been expelled from membership in the Professional Pilots’ Association. The report from the national air or- | ganization, which arraigned Wilson for | jumping from the plane while his me- chanic was in it, stated the aeronautic | branch of the Department of Commerce | had fined Wilson $500 for violation of the air commerce act and suspended | ! system. Their first-hand reports of the his Federal transport’s license for three !'months. The report stated Wilson had lated the unwritten law of the air in |leaping from the plane before all other occupants were clear. unless the plane than 1000 feet from the ground.” The jump was made <t “about who was operating smoke pots ar movie," was “unaware of the t the pilot had jumped.” Jone: for fact tha ! i IRISH FREE STATE OPENS RELATIONS WITH VATICAN By the Associated Fres DUBLIN Irish Pree State, May 11.— The Irish Free State government has decided to establish diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Tt 15 stated that Pope Pjus has ac- cepted the proposal and the necessary ateci at Washington and Lee preliminaries have been completed. Tive | Pontiff will send a representative to Dublin and will receive Saorstat Min- isters. Official announcement was made in Dublin later today Rome fomorrow. Tomorrow Pope's feast da. to be and in is the size and weight, is dropped in the slot, it is deflected from the course of good coins by an electro magnet and a loud mechanical voice admonishes ‘“please | use_good coins only.” ‘The inventor, Joseph Shermack, first intended to have his robot say “Stop | Thief,” or “Arrest That Man,” but an more mature thought decided that this might wrong persons who innocently made use of bad coins, |Radio Programs— Page 34 ‘vio- | EARLY VOTE SEEN ONFARM MEASURE Passage of Bill Next Week Is Predicted Under De- bate Limit. By the Associnted Press. Having voted on the most confrover- sial sections of its farm relief bill, the Senate took a recess today. with passage of the measure in sight early next week On top of the decision Wednesday to retain the export debenture section in the bill, despite President Hoover’s op- position, the Senate yesterday refused to leave the salary of the chairman of the proposed Federal Farm Board to th> discretion of the Chief Executive, adopt- ing an amendment to fix it at $12,000 & year. Although the Republican independents and Democrats, who lined up together | to defeat the administration stand on the dehenture proposal, provided the | principal strength for the salary amend- ent, the sharp lines of cleavage which developed in the former disagreement were not apparent yesterday, and the elements of bitter lacking. y Senator Fess of Ohio, assistant Re- publican whip, whose complaint against | “Senator Borah and other pseudo-Re- | publicans” for disregarding President | Hoover's _declaration against ~ the | debenture has served to keep that dis- | pute alive, and Chairman McNary of | the agricuiture committee, were among ! the administration supporter's in the | Wednesday contest who opposed the | delegation by Congress of power to fix | salaries to the President. Several deben- ture proponents, on the other hand, voted to give the President that power. The difference between the intensity of the two issues was further em- phasized by the fact that, while the Wedensday vote was 47 to 44, yester- day’s count was 46 to 32, The most | | terday, In fact, had to de with efforts to exclude dairy products, fruits and vegetables from commodities affected by the bill. two amendments looking to that end being voted down by large possibility of a final vote on the | bill Monday or Tuesday is held out in the agreement reached by the Senate to limit debate after 3 p.m. Monday. A vote usually follows within a few hours | after such an agreement is invoked. 'HOUSE RESIGNATION SENT IN BY NEWTON Representative of Minnesota Quits to Carry on Work as Hoover Aide. Walter H. Newton, one of the Presi- of Representatives from the fifth dis- in the House, to become effective June 30. Representative Newton, who was se- con- 6,000 feet,” the report said, adding that | ,oieq by President Hoover as one of | his secretaries to handle specifically pa- tronage matters, as well as to be lirison officer between the White House and | | independent establishments and_other Government departmenis, does not go on the pay roll at the White' House until July 1. Since fhe special session of .Congress convened. he has been dividing his time between the White House and the Capitol and has been required to work Jate into the night in order to handle the two jobs. Mr. Newton's notice of his resignation to the Minnesota governor was trans- mitted today to Speaker Longworth of the House. His resignation at this time will enable the Governor of Minnesota to call a special election to elect a suc- cessor to Mr. Newton in the House on June 10, the day of the regular annual municipal elections in that State. | | | "| FAIL TO TAKE SLAYERS. iTwo Miners Stab American Engi- ‘ neer in Mexico. {1 MEXICO CITY, May 11 (4. —Press dispaiches from Guadalajara lest night szid efforts to capture the two miners { who yesterdey stabbed to death Thomas | S. Decker, Amcrican engineer at the Cinco Minas Mine at Hostotipaquillo, Jalisco, had failed. The men were al- controversy were | | vigorous disputes which developed yes- | dent’s three secretaries, who has been | continuing as a member of the House | trict of Minnesota. announced today he | had formally tendered his resignation | Deal Reported on F or Graf Zeppelin U. S.-Hawaii Liner By the Associated Press, NEW YORK. May 11.—Tt was | reported in Wall Street toda: | thai negotiations are under way for the purchase of the Gi Zeppelin for use on an Air pas- senger line between Los Angeles and Honolulu. Reports from Cleveland qu John Flden, president of Si ways. Inc., as saying that details for the purchase of the dirigible will be drafted at a conference there Sunday and that Cleveland and Los Angeles capital will uniie 10 buy the airship at a price of about $1.000,000. "E PARK PLCE HeAD IS SELECTED Capt. Montgomery Succeeds Parsons, Who Gets Leave Starting June 15. Capt. Ray C. Montgomery, Fleld Artillery officer, now on duty at Fort Hoyle, Md., was chosen today hy the ‘War Department to be the new head of | the United States Park Police force here. Capt. Mentgomery will report for duty to Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director | of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, about June. Capt. M. H. Parsons, who has been superintendent |of the United" States k Police for | nearly four vears, is due to go on leave | of absence about June 15. He will re- {port to Fort Monroe, Va. near the middle of September and start in a course at the Coast Atillery School there. Reporting for duty on October 18 . Capt. Parsons has created what his friends term a record in building up the morale of the United States Park Police. Serving as_general manager of the Welfare and Recreational Association of Public Buildings and Public Grounds, Inc., Capt. Parsons aided materially putting the tfourist camp in East Potomzc Park on a firm ifoundation. Capt. Parsons resigned from the post of general manager last February to devote his whole time to the park police Capt. Parsons was born in Massa- | chusetts, and in 1916 served in the | governor's troup of the Connecticut National Guard. During part of the World War he served as instructor at Fort Monroe. ed cer of the 37th Artillery Brigade, and { upon his return to this country served {at Fort Totten in New York, Fort | Banks, Hawaiian Islands, where he served as post and regimental adjutant at Fort | Shafter, headquarters of the Hawaiian department. From that post he came to Washington. | A trip to Europe is being contemplated | during his leave of absence, and Capt. Parsons will coach his successor in his | | new duties before severing his con- nection with the Office of Public Build- | Ings and Public Park. Col. Grant recommended Capt. Montgomery for the post of superi tendent of ‘the United States Park Po- lice, after interviewing several -Army officer applicants for the position and scrutinizing their service records. The War Department has just confirmed this choice and will officially publish the orders in a few days. | Capt. Montgomery is native of | Towa. 'He entered the Army from civil life in 1917, with a captain’s commis- slon in the Field Artillery. TARIFF PLEA FILED. Protection for Shoe and Leather In- dustries Is Requested. BOSTON. May 11 (#).—An order memorializing Congress to amend the tariff revision bill, recently reported by the ways and means committee of | Congress, to provide protection for the shoe and leather industries of Massa- | chusetts, was unanimously adopted by the | State House of Representatives Thurs- | day. Copies of the order will be sent immediately to President Hoover, the presiding officers of both branches of Congress and to the congressional rep- resentatives of Massachusetts. | The order asserts that the bill fail: leged fo have cut down Decker Wher| to accord fo the industries any tarid he reprimanded them for their idleness. Decker, a native of the United States, had been in this country about 25 | years. He was 58 years old. His wif> {and two children left for the United States last month, The United States embassy was of- ficially advised of the stabbing vester- day by American Consul Raleigh Gib- son of Guadalajara. 7 { roduction, notwithstanding that these important industries are “keenly suffer- ing from the handicap of competition resulting from European standards of | wages and of living.” | | | State News, Pages 4 and 5 | He served overseas as | lI'll"iznde adjutant and operations offi- | HOOVER MAY TOUR SOUTH THIS YEAR President Contemplates Visit " to Dixieland if Official Duties Permit. v the Associated Pross President Hoover contemplates a tour of the South and is hopeful that the administrative and legislative situation will be cleared up sufficiently so that | he can absent himself from the Capital for an appreciable length of time this Fall. His from West Rico and perhaps some other islands. He hopes to be able thus to round out his good will tour of Latin America vithin a year. While the itinerary of the Southern frip as yet has not even approached the formulative stage, it will carry him as far Southwest as Texs, has been urged to visit ever since his election. He had considered going there on the return from South America, but found that time would not permit. Formal invitations have come to the President from the Chambers of Com- merce of Dallas, Forth Worth Houston. where the Democratic national i convention was held last year, and ex- pectation is that he will arrange his schedule so as to visit all three of these places. May Revisit Flood Region, Naturally he will want to revisit ‘he scenes of his flood relief work on trip through Dixie will be separate the journey he is to make to the the Mississippi two years ago and so | is expecied to include Louisiana, Mis- iDpl. Tennessee and perhaps Arkan- sas in his schedule. Tennessee is the only one of these States he has visited si his nomination for the presi- dency. Invitations also before the Chief Executive to visit Virginia, North Caro- lina, South Carolina, Georgia and Ala- bama, and 1f possible he will make stops in all of those Commonweallhs. He passed through the first four States going to and returning from his pre- | Inaugural visit in Florida, but hi special trains made only necessary operating stops, many of them at night. One of the latest invitations from the South to reach Mr. Hoover is that from the American Legion at Bir- mingham to visit that city in Novem- yber for the unveiling of a World War mémorial. He has that under advise- ment, but is unlikely to reach any | decision on that or other requests to attend specific events until a short time | | before he turns to the Southland. Is Invited to Charleston. Mass, and then went to the, spanning the Cooper River and tor ing the last connecting link in | coastwise highway from New York to Florida. Norfolk, Va., also has requested Mr. Hoover to come there, and invitation . the capital of the Confederacy: Raleigh and other cities farther to the south. It may be that time will per- mit only one stop in each State. If |s0, in the flood States he probablv would make his places of call New Or- | lé!il‘lli. Vicksburg, Memphis and Arkansas Y. KELLOGG LEAVES CITY. Frank B. Kellogg, former Secretary of State, and Mrs. Kellogg left here yesterday afternoon for Chicago on their way to their home in St. Paul They were the guests of the President and Mrs. Hoover while in the city {and Mr, Xellogg had a long confer- | ence with Secretary Stimson on foreign | affairs. While in London Mr. Kellogg Indies for visits to Cuba, Porto which he and | Charleston, S. C., has extended an in- vitation that he visit that city in Sep- | Man Apes Monke When He Gossips, Executives Are Told By the Assoctated Press CHICAGO. May 11.—The genesis of gossip was the jungie. Dr. Edward Amherst Ott has in- formed thé Executives’ Club. “A case of the monkey chatiering about the lion because he isn't big_enough to fight him phy- Dr. Ott, president of the edu- cational ‘extension service, be- lieves gossip to be a heritage to man from jungle ancestors. “Men delight in spreading evil tales because they haven't the courage to use poison gas or fire- arms on their enemies.” he said “It's the birthmark left by the monkeys.” CRIME BODY PLANS | | National Survey of Automo- | bile Bobbery and Fraud Wil! Be Made by Group. Plans for an extensive survey through- out the country of automobile thefts and fraud were announced today at a | weeting of the committee on the de- {-ction and prosecution of crime, is & now standing_commitiee recently cre- 2ted by the National Crime Commis- £ NG GRS RH T e e flover. or the purpose of making the pro- d antomobile thefts and fraud sur- th a view to obtaining reports e crimes, J. Weston Allen of chaivman of the detection and tion of crime committee, has wninted a special group composed of » inllowing persons: A. B. Barber, di- scior of the national conference on reet C. C. Hanch, secretary-general man- | ager ‘of the National Association of Finance Companies. Chicago: Charles D. lles, resident manager Em- ability Assurance Ltd, New York Huffman, secretary vebicle conference commitiee, New Yori City: J. Ross Moore, secretary zeneral National Underwriters’ Confer- poration, Russell ence, New York City: Ernest N. Smith, | gereral manager American - Automobile Association, and Frank Seydel, assist- ant general counsel, National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York City, who is secreiary. = appointment of this committee is its first step toward & probable in- | tion of the entire field of crimi- dure {rom the time & crime is conimitted until the prosecution of the | criminal has been completed. It is ex- necied to become perhaps the most ac- | tive commitiee of the National Crime Commission. It tec’s meeting in thé Hotel Mayflower to- day that it may undertake the study of is in criminal administration in | the State courts at the same time that | the national commission, to be appoint- | is making a | ed by President Hoove study of the administration of criminal law in the Federal courts. J. Weston Allen of Boston, chairman of the detection and prosecution of crime committee, executive commitiee of the National Crime Commission and also of th~ American Bar Association. He former:: zerved on the committee selected by the late Gov. Hadley of Missour! to dralt the a model criminal code and has had free hand in forming this committee whi Gov. Hadley exercised in selecting th members of the committee to draft the criminal code. The commitiee on the detection and prosecution of crime is composed of leading authorities on crime from, all sections of the coun- try. Besides the chairman, it has the following member Charles Edwin Fox, Philadelphia; Frank J. Loesch. Chicago: Dean Jus- tin Miller, Los Angeles; Prof. Raymond Moley of New York, Dean James G Rogers of Boulder, Colo.; Dean Alfred E_Sshweppe of Seattle, Wash.; Maj. Richard _Silvester. Wilmington. Del Guy A. Thompson, St. Louis, Mo.. & Inspector T. W. S. Parsons, Victoria, British Columbia, A majority of the committee members are in attendance at the meeting and Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, chairman of the National Crime Commission, is expected to attend sev- eral of the meetings of the newl created committee on the detention and prosecution of crime. PORTES GIL ASSURES FOES OF FREE SPEECH By the Associated Press. milio Portes Gil has been much pro- | voked at various arrests recently of pol- iticians who criticized the Mexican gov- ernment in their campaign speeches. | Henceforth such politicians are to be allowed full rein to express their thoughts, even if they are sharply crit | ical of the President himself. A statement from Felipe Canales, secretary of interior, to the press today, meationing the President’s feeling on the matter, said full freedom of speech | would be ‘allowed during the coming presidential campaign. \LEONARD WOOD KIN SUED. | LOS ANGELES, May 11 (#)-—Jacob H. Wood, jr. nephew of the late Gen Leonard Wood. and reputed to be a well-to-do Teal estate agenf, was sued for divorce here yesterday by Gladys M. Wood. rs. Wood's complaint accused her husband of various actions and state- | ments showing his alleged excessive in- terests in .other women. It also stated that Wood had declared he was waiting for a Mrs. Grace Rose of Hartford, and highway safety, chairman; | was pointed out at the commit- is a member of the | MEXICO CITY, May 11—President GHANGES IN TARIFF 10 BE CONSIDERED, HAWLEY DECLARES | Critics” Suggestions Will Be | Received, Beginning Tues- day, by G. 0. P. [IF THEY ARE APPROVED, HOUSE WILL GET THEM | Decision Made After Committee Chairman Confers With Farm Group Leader. By the Associated Press. Chairman Hawley of the House ways and means committee announcad to- | day that beginning Tuesday the Re- | publican members of the commitr would hear any suggestions for changes in the pending tariffl bill and if found warranted they would be offered as | committee amendments on the floor. | The decision was reached at a confer- ence beiween Hawiey and Representa- tive Dickinson, Republican, Towa, leader f a group of Western Republicans, who elieved some of the proposed agricul- | tural rates are inadequate. Hawley said any member who desired to offer suggestions for changes would be heard by the committee, and that 2 | similar practice was followed in 1922 |at the time the Fordney-McCumber act was written. Only members of the House will be heard, he explained. Western Group Meets, The Western group held a meeting | yesterday to discuss proposed tariff | changes, and also procedure under which amendmen's may be offered to the tariff measure irom the House floor. Republican leaders desire to limit amendments to memb 1s of the ways {and means commiitce 2nd some mem- | bers of the farm group have asked the | leaders to one & definite decision in this regard unti! th-y could go ove: | the tariff bill more thoroughly. | Democrats. on the oth-r hand, insis' | all members of the House should be ! permitted to offer am ndments. Dickinson said aiter the conference | with Hawley that he beli>ved the items | entitled to renewed consl ations wers { casein, flax, lapioca, drid milk, figs. long staple cotton. milling in bond | provisions for. wha:r. black strzp | molasses, gupsum and mica. Few Changes Suggested. | Hawley said only a few changes hat< been suggested thus far. ‘The use gave up its usual Satur- day recess today to continue general de- bate on the tariff bill. | Under a tentative plan which emergec late yesterday from: the first of & series Io?m{ to such an nt, the ral debate will continue unitil next Thursday. afte: | which consideration of amendments wil! be in order for one week. The tentative date for' passage of the bill was set at May 23, but indications are that the final vote will not be reached until sev- eral days later. | | | i of Republican conferences FEDERAL WITNESS " 1S FOUND MURDERED Accuser of Colorado Sheriff in Con- spiracy Trial Is Shot Four Times. | By the Associated Press. DENVER, May 10.—The body of Joe | Clark, Denver police character and | chief witness for the Government | against Walter Johnson, sheriff of Jef- ferson County, recently indicted for lconspn'lcy to violate the prohibition llaw, was found in a field six miles | north of ‘Denver yesterday. He had been shot to death. 5 | District Attorney Joel Stone and | Denver police officers who investigated |the slaying expressed the opinion “Clark had been taken for a ride.” A | cursory examination revealed four bullet | wounds in his body. two of which evi- dently had entered from the back. Detectives expressed the belief Clark was shot while endeavoring to escape from his captors. 3 | Sheriff "Johnson was indicted a | month ago on conspiracy charges said |to_have been the outgrowth of testi | mony given the Federal grand jury Clark, who at the time of his death was facing a State charge of operating la still. Because Clark was a Government | witness atiaches of the Department of Justice joined with Jefferson and Denver County police officials in seek- | ing the slayers. FIVE KILLED, 4 INJURED AS FIRE DESTROYS HOTEL | Women Believed Fatally Hurt : by Blaze in Amarille, | Tex., Hotel. | AMARILLO. Tex. May 11 (@) —A¢ | least five persons perished in a fire | which destroved the three-story tourist | hotel here today. Three others, one | & woman. were injured perhaps fatalls. Authorities were unable to identify | the victims immediately. The bodies of three men were found { In_their beds on the third floor. Two { other men, one of whom was believed | to be “Buffalo” Atchison, Shamrock. Tex.. cattleman, were killed when they had his portrait painted by Philip de |Conn.. to divorce her husband so he ! jumped . from the third floor of ths | Lazolo, a distinguished Belgian artist, for addition to the State Department collection. ‘Mrs. HOOVCX‘ Dl‘iVCS | could marry her. Division of $100,000 in property and alimony of $325 a month were asked. e And Back in Six Hours With Guests As do most seasoned automobile ‘rivers. when Mrs. Herbert Hoover takes n automobile trip she feels better about (he matter if she is at the wheel of the car, and yesterday she spent six hours at the wheel of a White House car, flrlvklnl it all the way to Richmond and back. Today Mrs. Hoover showed no ill effects from her long turn at the con- trols of the big White House machine. ‘h\ which she journeyed to the Virginia capitel. | Mrs. Hoover, hewever, did not zo the | route " epirely alone. 'Another White House car containing a secret service man and a chauffenr followed the machine piloted by the First Lady of the Land. Mrs, Hoover's penchant for handling her own car brought about wide com- ment, several weeks ago when she ap- | peared on the streets of the Capits behind the wheel of a White Hous machine. On her trip to Richmond vesi-rday Mrs. Hoover had as. companions Mrs. Vernon Kellogg and Mrs. Hugh S. Cum- ming. wife of the surgeon general of . the Public Health Sergice. P > | blazing building. | Miss Birdie Rhodes, who " operateg the hotel with Fred Rogers. a blind | man, was injured. probably fatally, | when she leaped from a window. The others, injured were C. H. Welchel, Gainesville, Tex., and R. Barnhart, El Cify. Okla. | " Two of the dead men were identified ! later by police and undertakers as Ray- Tex.; _Pete | mond ~ Cozart. Detroit, | Kearns, Pine, Colo. Further Rioting Is Expected. LONDON. May 11 (#).—The bility of extension of trouble in the 2rovince of Khuzistan, which the *arsian authorities attribute to Com- aunistic agitation, was indicated in wrivate messuges received in London .rom Persia toda The messages said that foreign agitators were still active at Abadan, where riots took place early this wesk. but added that the Persian govamn- ment had the matter well in hand.