Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1929, Page 2

£ ® PERSONNEL ISSUE MAY GO TO HOOVER McCarl Denial of Pay to “Loaned” Employes Causes Difficulties. Diffculties into which the Personnel | Classification Board has been phmged‘ by a decision of Controller Qeneral McCall, who would deprive the board of most of its present personnel, wmi probably be submitted eventually to President Hoover for solution. This was learned today 8s alternate members of the board continued fur-| ther'to etheck up on the situation, and Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director nfhmo f the Budget, who is the head ot the board, smgf:aha Teport on the r submited to him. e ar) neld in substance that most of the employes of the board were serving in violation of th2 law, and some departments which had loaned these employes to the board were al- ready making plans today to withdraw them to their own departments. Mc- Carl's decision laid down the principle that the Oivil Service Commission, the Bureau of the Budget, and the Bu- reau of Efficiency under the law must furnish the rank and file of the em- ployes of the Personnel Classification Board. At the present time, \;y mrkgh- jargest part of the personnel working 1:-“ the pboard is bein from P‘(‘hz ized dep': PEGhat the solution of the problem will be no official connected with the situa- tion today could forecast. To Continue Functioning. Gen. Lord, howvever, as chairman of the board, whose alternate, Capt. Carlos Van Lear, serves on the board as act- ing chairman, declared today that the board would continue to function. Pro- posals for solving the problem presented by the McCarl decision were befors him, Gen. Lord sald, but decision had not been reached today &s to What should be done. The Departments of Commerce and Agriculture, it was learned, already THE EVENING TROOPS INSPECT BOMBED HOME textile strike. STUDENTS RETURN AT DES MONES Injunction Blocking Action by Trustees Obtained by Six in College. (Continued From:First Page.) minds to the end of issuing diplomas Dr. Wayman's statement today foliows: “I am notified by Dr. T. T. Shields, resident of the board of trustees of | es Moines University, that the board | of trustees of the university ha meeting the evening of May 11, 1920, and ordered suspension of all classes and lectures in the university until further notice from the trustee board. Dr, Shields requests that T see that this and conferring degrees.” order is executed to the letter. have inform~d the board that they in- tenced to moke a call later on for the employes loaned from their respective pay rolls. T was apparent that dis- bursing oficers of the departments to- ning to fear that if they should continue paying persons not working for the department McCarl might disallow the payments. Some departments appeared to be waiting to see_what the developments would be. ‘The McCarl dl.cA‘:-r ; ulwt“ re:\:;red to the Secretary o eulture, came 28 o surprise, not only to the Agricu tural Department, but also to the Tlas- sl Board. The im rt ifoation 3 t DA of decision was an additional con- usion reached by McCarl on the basis of facts upon which the Secretary of Agriculture had asked an entirely dif- ferent question. Case of Kennedy Cited. The Secretary had informed McOarl that Thomas J. Kennedy had been ap- mm on the Department of Agricul- 1 roll at the request of the classi- fication board, I% had been vmrkvh;a for the board. e question invol not larger issue a8 to whether he here. DEr | “The trouble at the Des ] des fi distur that every student, both resident an non-resident, remain within my call, mean by that er in your rooms or reading in the library or studying in some of our stut 1 shall ex faculty wil and be at my call anytime during day or succeedin; further notice closing of Des the logical result of the modernisti trovers; raging in American theological colleges 8 “As president of the unmmlt{. Iam now notifying students and facuity that this order will be carried out by me to he letter. I am requesting that stu< go to their rooms and not con- te in groups anywhere on or off mpus. It 8 neceasary for the to immediately investigats this nce, and I am therefore askin acul % that you are to dy rooms, ct that both students and faithfully observe the lb:;ll days until I receive m the board of CLOSING “LOGICAL RESULT.” KANBAS OITY, May 13 (#).—The Moines University was fundamen talist- that has been J. W upu@y. said tnes insti- ired to be ultras in recent years, Dr. former president of the_ i tution, Dr. Million said, & controversy bstween s the. fundamentalists, Dr. T, T. Shields, president of the board of trustees, and the fundamentalists, rep- ted | regented by the facaulty. tment employe t for the sole hlm,w the s y suum.iz for detail of em- the he of irtments service under the direc- Personn el 6 eontained in paragraph section 3 of the classification act 192 tmvod.l‘n.ren 4, 1023, 42 the approval of the he heads of the . onl, by “, periende required and_sliocation of itions. “This " eontinued MoCarl, “clearly unmlrgm the detail of d:g: ents of only sucl in departments as may be bility Chones o, patiorm al or experience to perform in the classification and allo- of positions and whose service be temporarily spared from their duties in the ents. mrfl a8 the employment 10 i your letter was to termini later zhn.," January 1, 1920, no fur- quest will be rai as to the yments made for the service ren- dered under the tment, but the matter is mm your Attentlon for consideration ld similar cases atise hereafter.” Questions which it is believed Presi- dent Moover will have to decide include whether to ask Congress for appropria- tions to set up & personnel of its own for the classification board, or whether to authorize the board to go ahead and use its own funds for %o-rrwnnel. creat- ing a deficiency. The has officially recommended to Congress setting a_special personnel for the board, but Congress done about the matte) TACNA-ARICA AGREEMENT SOON TO BE MADE PUBLIC Hoover to Announce Settlement of | Chile-Peru Dispute Upon Request of Nations Involved. President Hoover in announcing the settlement of the Tacna-Arica dispute by direct negotiations hetween Chile and Peru will do so not in his capacity as arbiter in the long-standing contro- versy. High administration officials said today that Mr. Hoover would act solely at the request of the two govern- ments which have been able to reach an agreement with the resumption of | diplomatic relations between and Lima. The terms of the settlement still are under study by the State Department and no date for the formal announce- ment by President Hoover has yet been set. It is expected, however, to come within a few days. —_— 10 STUDENTS SUSPENDED IN SORORITY INITIATION Whipping of Girl at Long Beach Leads to Action by School Heads, By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Calif, May 13.—A severe “paddling” allegedly administered to a high school girl at a sorority initi- ation has resulted in suspension of 10 Long Beach High School girls. The action followed a complaint by Joel Lindsay, father of the girl, Mar- garet Lindsay, 18. Margaret was one of the 10 suspended. Information laid before the school board sald the girl ALy 11 5 T | the Baptist Union of North “ | formerly was ope: Classification | D& “Efforts @ budget made out in anticipation of those ma 1%2:2 o | HATTY A, Wa; ntiago | * trouble dates back to when the university was taken over by 27,” Dr. Millon said. net‘b arly in 1927, Dr. N forme rated under the State Baptist Convention of Iowa, but got into financial straits when funds allot- ted to it from a national a the Baptist. Church ize fully. to meet cam- failed to and the Bible Umion offered to over the institution with all its debts. That was & 0. ““The acid test for the instructors was the requirement of the new board that they be unquest}aamwmamm:mal‘ufln. were require e to fundamentalism before they oou'c teach. “I think all of the ity were fundamentalists,” Dr. Million Baid. “But the members of the board were ultra-fundamentalists. Dr. Shields was so radical a fundamentalist that he kapt people on the ground to keep him informed. Dean A. E. Bennett of the College of Education was not & Baptist. He was & Methodist, but he hardly could be called & modernist. It |p¥nrl to me that the fundamentalism of Dr. an, the president, was outdone by that of Dr. Shields. The ultra-fundamentalists constitute & ma- and they. Hence they fa0ul vote hey wished. followed Dr. Shields’ lead.” DR. SHIELDS BLAMES WAYMAN. BUFFALO, N. Y., May 13 (#).—The Buffalo Evening News today said that Dr. T. T. Shields of Toronto, president of the Baptist Bible Union of North America, in a telephone conversation from Toronto with the &aplr, charac- terized the selection of Dr. H. O. Way- man as ident of Des Motnes Uni- versity ‘the greatest mistake the university ever made’ and partially mlced the blame for the student upris- ine dzhere on the suspended president’s ead. ‘The News quoted Dr. Shields as say- ing that President Wayman adopted “dog in the manger” role. Other fac- tors in the student disorders were listed Dr. Shields as student rebellion against an order forbidding fraternities | and sororities in the university, and responsible for the fact man headed the school he suggested Wayman's name when a man was needed to fill the vacancy in the _E{ellflenthl chalr. “Then the university became the center of international attention be- cause of rumors that Dr. Wayman had assumed the right of three degrees to which he was not entitled,” Dr. Shields was quoted as saying. He said, further, would not be permitted to speak from the floor of the Baptist Bible Union convention meeting in the First Baptist Church here tomorrow night. Dr. Way- man’s name is on the program as & speaker for Thursday afternoon. Dr. hields will address the convention to- morrow night. | Librarian to Spend Year Voluntarily In Prisons of Stat By the Associated Press. BOSTON, May 13—To study the literary tastes of prisoners in Massachusetts penal institutions and to attemp them “book conscious,” Myron W. Ful- ler, assistant librarian at the Haverhill Public Library, plans to begin a year's stay in the jails of the State next week. Fuller plans to make a tour of the jalls throughout the State. His duties will consist of making personal contacts with prisoners, was bruised so badly at a seaside cot- tage initiation she had to remain out of school temporarily. The alleged injtiation red three weeks ago. stimulating their interest in liter- ature and learning the books in f | the 20 men without & warrant. 8. that Dr. Wayman | National Guardsmen Inspected the ruins of the home of Mack Elllott, Eliza- | bethton, Tenn., union textile worker, which was wrecked by a bomb during a 29 STRIKERS FREED SOON AFTER ARREST Guardsmen Say Pickets Were Warning Workers Not to Return. By the Associated Press. ELIZAEETHTON, Tenn, May 13.— Twenty-nine strikers were arrested to- day on charges of intimidating work- ers of the textile mills here, but were released by Sheriff J. M. Moreland & few minutes after they were placed in jail. The men, National Guardsmen said, weré stopping automoblles on the Stoney Creek road and warning workers not to return to their jobs. The picketing began at dawn. Guardsmen at the plant were notified and soldiers were dis- rmhna to the acene. The crowds along he highway dispersed when the soldiers arrived. Under supervision of the Guardsmen, & deputy sheriff made the arrests. Union leaders decried the arrests, and charged the plant officlals with using the “mailed On the other hand, some oivic leaders expressed disapproval of the sheriff’s release of the men. The American Bemberg and Glanzs- ff piants announced last Monday that they were reopening following a strike of 5,500 workers April 15. The re- ia | opening was to be gradual, it was stated. Landon Estep, deputy sheriff, nrxm he had taken the men to jail, he ob- tained a writ, but when he served it on the sheriff, the men had been re- jeased. The sheriff sald he released the men because the deputy had no warrants. Estep, a new addition to the force, then obtalned warrants and said he would rearrest the men whose rela- tives announced they would resist such action. The_superintendent of Bemberg and Col. ngefle said tacks had been stréwn along the Powder Branch and Simerly Creek roads and that company busses were being tied up with c. ul All traffic was suffering, they sald. ‘With responsibility for recent distrub- ances credited variously by union and non-union officials, & continued watch s kept today by State and local orces_about pert; u?l'u 8" Amerioan Glansstott Rayon ) isabethton still was excited today about the burning of a barn on Bem- berg property Saturday night. Dr. Ar- thur Mothwurf, president of the plants, said it was “entirely likely” that the res) ibility rested on the strikers, while Willlam F. Kelley, vice president of the United Textile Workers of Amer- ica, declared lgnmml not in pathy with the strike were responsfble, No other explanation of the fire has been mad le. Delegates to the annual convention of the Tennessee Federation of Labor were expected to look over the situation this weel k. . P. MeGrady, personal representa- tive of William Green, president of the American Federation' of Labor, an- nounced he would present a motion to the convention, which opened in Knox- ville today, asking adjournment for a day to allow delegates to come here for first-hand information. Man Found in Rear of Mades Hotel Sucoumbs to Injuries. Found lglnl face downward in & uddle of blood in the rear of the fotel, 300 Pennsylvania avenue, ahout 17 o'clock this morning, with a lacerated and possibly fractured skull, Willlam Sykes, 30-year-old painter, died several hours after being removed to Imer‘ency Hospital. Police have been unable to ascertain how he was injured. Headquarters Detective William Mes- ser, who investigated, said that the man could either have been struck on the head with a blunt instrument or could have been injured by a fall down & flight of nearby steps. His eJbows also were lacerated. Bykes was found by Thomas Weaver, who lives at the hotel, when he went to the rear yard this morning. Weaver told police he heard labored breathing outside .the window of his room, which opens on the areaway, about 10 o'clock Iast night, but attached no importance to it. Discovering the man this morn- ing, he summoned the Emergency Hos- pital ambulance. Sykes came to the hotel about 5:30 o'clock last night, John Weaver, the manager, sald. He was forced to leave the lobby when he said he had not rented a room. It was learned later that he was a prisoner detailed to Gallinger Hospital :rr:d that he had walked away from ere. 104 SEIZED IN MEXICO. Penal Colony, Capital Hears. MEXICO CITY, May 13 (#).—Gue- dalajara dispatches to the Mexican press state that 104 persons, including 2 women, arrested at Guadalajara dur- ln! the gnt two days on a charge of alding t! the Islands of Las Tres Marias. Several soromlnent society women were reported have been among those arrested. The prisoners were charged with fur- nishing arms, ammunition and financial ald to the insurgents in Guadalajara, where the so-called religious movement which thgy are most interested. against the government xs been in Progress - DEATH OF PAINTER | MYSTIFIES POLICE &= | New York, was seral Prisoners to Be Sent to TIsland| e insurgents will be sent | STAR, GLENNA COLLETT WINS FIRST ROUND pion, Victorious—Marion Turpie Loses. By the Astoclated Press. ST. ANDREWS. Scotland, May 13.— Glenna Collett, American title holder, golf championship with a 5-and-3 vic- tory over Marjorie White of Roehamp- ton in a firsteround matoh today. Most feared among the four Amer can "entrants, Miss Collett played sterling brand of golf to down her first British opponent in decisive fashion. She took the lead at the first hole and never relinguished it. | was leading 2 up. Perfect Weather for Round. Perfect . weather conditions greeted contrast to conditions a year ago when cold and rainy weather partially ac- counted for her defeat in an early round B% Mabel Wragg. Miss Collett was first of the Ameri~ cahs to -begin the hunt for a title that thus far has eluded the best efforts of the feminine stars the United States has sent to Great Britain. ; Wins Three in Row. Playing confidently, Miss Collett elim- inated White by winning the thir- teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth holes in_suiccession, The British girl's down- fall really began at the thirteenth. Tralling 2 down, Miss White dro er second at the thirteenth into a gorse and failed to dislodge it with her third. Then she picked up. Miss Collett then ook the fourteenth with a 8 to the English girl's 7 and ended the match at the fifteenth with a 4 to Miss White's 5. Miss White was no match_for Miss Collett except on the greens, Bo power- ful avere the AmeTrican nhlmPlons tee £hots and seconds that the little English girl had to play against odds on nearly every shot. Miss Collett's only difficulty was in gatging the very fast greens. She 3-putted only. twice but she lost the fourth and gained only & half at the short eighth by these lapses. Marion Loses on Greens. Marion Turpie, born at Bt. Andrews, but an American resident since she was less than & year old, was beaten in the first round by Miss 8. E. Dampney of England, 8 to 2, 'he defeat of Miss women’s champion, was due to inability to putt., The New Orleans girl took 3 putts on five greens and on each Miss Dampney's steadiness won for her. Miss Turple was only down through the tenth, but Miss Dampney won the eleventh with a par 3 and had & par 4 at the twelfth, where Miss Turple missed a three-footer, put- ting the British player 3 ug. Both drives from the thirteenth tee were caught the same trap, Miss Dampney finally won this hole with a 5 to Miss Turpie's 6. Again Trapped from Tee. At the fourteenth, Miss Turp! again trapped from the tee and playing well out d a brassie and took five to reach the green. Her opponent was on in four but took three putts and hole was halved. r The Bouthern girl played o fine wood 20 yards short of th at_the {meenth, Miss Dampney, on in four, eft her opPonent a half stymie, which. Miss Turple feet. Miss Dampney then stymied Rers self and lost with a 7 to the visitor's 5. This was the last hole won by the American. She was bunkered at the sixteenth and although she played a difficult niblick shot perfectly, her op- ponent was on in three and had three putts for the half necessary to win. . Marion Hollins Wins. Miss Mation Hollins, former women’s golf champlon of the United States, won :er i‘stlmund mut;ha. :‘l,ere‘:ung Mrs: R, V. Finlay, 8 up an X Enid Wilson, 22-year-old fndmh champion, won her first round match from Joy Winn, 8 and 2. Gertrude Boothby of Rochester, Minn., had a walkover into.the second round, her scheduled opponent, Mrs. Clifford Kitson, having scratched. Miss Joyce Wethered defeated Miss Phyllis Lobbett, 8 up and 5 to play. Miss Wethered, three times champion and odds-on favorite to make it four, had a thousand people . watching her shots as she went out to play Miss Lobbett. Mrs, F. J. Mulqueen, Toronto, won from Mrs. Lewis Smith, 1 up. Miss Wethered played sensational golf to win her first match, She had three 3s on the first nine holes and reached the turn in 37 strakes. She played’ the four holes of the second nine 43 4 8, even fours, and had a card for the day's play, 1 over 4s for thirteen holes. Mrs. Temple Dobell, former cham- plon, won from Mrs. George. ts, Al o champlon, at the nineteenth e. e Miss Leslie Brown, young English gir], from the Wimbledon Club, d ed Miss Janet Jackson, many times Irish champion, 7 up and .6 to play. This result and Miss Turpie's, defeat were the surprises of the morning rlly Mrs., Kenneth Morrice's defeat of Miss E. E. Helme, 6 up and 5 to play, was regarded as an upset. Mrs. Alex Qold won from Miss Dix Perkins, 6 up E. A. Guggenheim, ed, 80 Miss D, I. muk“elv‘ncod to the secound round by default. ‘Miss Molly Gourlay won from Mrs. Hugh Percy, 4 up and 2 to play. ‘omorrow morning Miss Collett will play her second match. Her opponent wflf’ be Miss Phyllis Bayliss, & youn, player from the Camberly Heath Clul near London. Miss Bayliss has had comparatively little * tournament ex- perience. Miss Collett is expected to meet her first real test no earller than in the semi-finals, where she probably will meet Miss Wilson French Entrants Scratch. Miss Wethered, despite the fact that she has been in retirement for several years, has been made a heavy favorite to win the title for the fourth time. She has much the worst of it in the draw, facing probable encounters with Miss Turple, Miss Hollins, Molly Gour- lay and Joan Gow with others be- fore she reaches the finals. The finals will be played Friday. Whoever the finalists, the title chase romises to be & nruqfle between the nited States and England. Mile. Nan- ette le Blan, the 1028 champion, has lngred no golf since her mal hse o the rother of Mile. Thion de 1a Chaume, title holder in 1027, and several other French entrants have scratched. First round cards: Miss Collett— gut...4¢ 4 nv. U s Miss ‘White— out ..6 6 8 Wmi... 480 Miss “Turple— 65 5 4—40 x 4—43 x 4—40 x % 5 - B3 A Ho Xe o oa S99 G0 Sa o Y 1] 4 3 5 6 L] L] ] 4 L] 3 53337 e . Tom Busby, once-famous Engliah jockey, died recently in Germany, where he had lived for 50 yeara, .. WASHINGTON. D. C, Miss Wethered, British Cham- | began her quest for the British women's | At the turn she | the American champlon today in strong | Turple, Southern Aoy Al Gompe: Al l}oflen. cgl almost avolded from 18 BREAKING GROUND FOR NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH Members of the Lutheran Chyrch of the Atonement, at Rhode Isiand avenue and North Capitol street, broke ground yesterday for their new church. Left to right: Rev. Howard E. Snyder and Edward Vooland. are Katherine Moe, 2 years old, youngest member of the congegation, and Charles Gerstorf, aged 86, the oldest member. MONDAY, MAY 13, 1929. Seated to the extreme right —8tar Staff Photo. LEADERS T0 STUDY AVIATIONPROBLEMS Experts to Discuss Safety and Economy of Operation at Meeting Tomorrow. Commercial aviation's outstanding problems relating to safety and econ- omy of operation will be discussed by the country's lnflln’ experts at the fourth annual aireraft engineering re- search conference, to be held by the national advisory committee for Aero- nautics at Langley Field, Hampton, Va., tomorrow. . _The largest gathering of executives and epgineers of the aircraft industry et to attend the conference will leave his city aboard the steamer District of Columbia at 6:30 o'clock this evening for Langley Field, where the adviso committee's research laboratoties are located. The conference will be attended by one of the most distinguished groups of aeronautical leaders gathered since the International Civil Aeronauties Confere ence here last year. A:non"?l those ex- pected to attend will be Orville Wright, _Cienl, James E. Fechet, chief of the Rear Admiral Willlam of the Navy Buteau of Aeronautics; Senator Hiram Bing- ham of .Connecticut, president of the National Aeronautic Association; Wils liam P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Seo- retary of Commerce for Aeronautics; Harry F. Guggenheim, president of the Danfel Guggenheim Fund for the Pro« motion of Aeronautics, and Edward P. Warner, former Assistant Secretary of the Nayy for Aeronautics. Progress to Be Reported. Thé conferences at Langley Field will enable the national advisory committee for aeronautics to report to the repre- sentatives of the aircraft industry the progress of investigations made during the past year into ous aeronautio roblems and to receive suggestion as 0 investigations to be made during the coming year to solve the most pre! aviation problems of the day. The discussions listed for tomorrow will include: " Amalym of the committee’s investiga- jons du tion of the distribution of aerodynamic loads on wing surfaces, tail surfaces and fuselage. The investigation so far has been conducted on mlllt.nrfn aireraft, and there will bs discussion of the desirability of extending this in- vestigation to incluxe commercial WPI BStudy of the cowling and 000l problems in connection with the use of radial ooled engines on multi- anes, with partioular ref- he position of the engine nacelle in relation to the wing. Study of the characteristios of an airfoll section as affected by slots boundary layer control and war] surface to improve the safety factor in nr‘;rnl;t byh‘mwv:“ln c'he Lift and non- spinning characteristics. p!tuay' of propeller characteristics with a view to increasing the efficiency of propellers, including a study of pro- peller interference and high-speed pro- . | pellers. Brake Problem to be Studied. The problem of taking off and land- ing of airplanes as affected by the use of brakes, tail wheel and "different methods of abxarbmr landing shock. General study t;f -gu mr:hfl; ;1':;‘::;‘ tion of the parasite drag of aifj 3 The problem of the flat or the un- controlled spin. Study of rhe problem of supercharg- ing aircraft engines. g‘he heavy-oil fuel-injection engine for aircraft. Approximately 200 representatives of the aircraft industry from all parts of the United States are expected to at- tend the conference. The P-"y is to £0 ashore at Old Point Comfort at 6:45 o'clock tomorrow morning and break- fast will be.served at Old Point at 7 o'clock, the &:urty leaving for Langley Fleld at 8:156 am. Opening Session at 8:40 AM. The opening session of the confer- ence will be held at 8:40 o'clock tomor- row morning in the Officers’ Club at Langley Feld, followed at 10:30 a.m. bf: an inspection of the laboratory, in- cluding m‘m research instruments, the atmospheric wind tunnel, the varlable density wind tunnel, the power plant laboratory and the flight research lab- oratory. The tour of inspection will continue until noon, luncheon being sorved in the Officers’ Club at 12:30. Inspection of the propeller research tunnel will follow, The conference will be resumed at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the re- turn to Old Point being made at 5 p.m. ‘The steamer will leave on the return trip to this city at p.m. tomorrow, artiving here Wednesday morning. DEATH IN AUTO PLUNGE. Florida Woman Drowned as Hus- band and Other Escape Canal, MIAMI, Fla, May 13 (#)—Mrs. Mabel Graham of Tampa was drowned, while her husband, C. A. Graham, an W. M. North, insurance agents of Tam- pa, escaped with minor injuries, when the motor car in which they were rid- ing plunged into Tamiami Canal 6 miles from Everglades City yesterday, according to a telephone message from Shertft L. J. Thorp of Collier County. The Grahams gere returning to Tampa after a yisit. wig relatives in Miami, ) the year on the determing- | yo types of | ped | Canfleld thal Doctors Celebrate as “Medicine Day” Is Set Aside in Turkey By the Astoclated Press. STAMBOUL, Turkey, May 13.— The new Turkey's epidemic of special days, which has already led to such innovations as Al- habet day, Home Products day, hildren's day, and so on, now sees the birth of Medicine day, the celebration of which an throughout the nation yesterday. ‘This special day henceforth is to be celebrated by Turkish d tors with excursions, picnics and appropriate exercises commemo= rating the teaching of the first lesson of medicine in Turkey, which took place in Broussa on the morning of May 12, 500 years \NE FOT DEATH HELD ACGDENTAL Injuest Gets Her Story of Fatal Plunge From Attorney. Accidental death was the verdict re- turned by a coroner’s jury today in the case of Mme. Marie Fot, 25, and her 11-month-old son, Andre, jr., who were fatally Injured in a 17-foot %un.e down the elevator shaft at the Rits Apart- ments, 1631 Euelid street, where they resided. was killed instantly. nlnd its ‘The baby mother, wife of the ecmhn‘z of rday night. A statement was recels by Austin P. Canfleld, representing the husband, Andre Fiot, from Mrs. Fiot at Emer- gency Hospital Friday. Statement Is Quoted. In his testimony at the inquest At- torney Canfield sald Mrs, Fiot made the_following statement: 3 &uphm the baby carris into the elevator and pushed the button so as alse the elevator to the floor above the lobby, on which our apartment w located. Upon reaching the level elevator came to an Automatic atop. ushed the safety door, mgged into the floor level by opening the or panel _door, which swi bat hinges. I then turned to hold the outside or panel door open by resting my back againat it.” Mrl“!' ot oouxlmnued that she held the Y tor. She told Attorney she heard some one above her, on which floor she does not know, push the electric control button to bring the elevator to that floor. The automatic safety to function, with the result the elevator ctarted up with a sudden start at the usual fast rate of 'P“"- I yelled, ‘Stop! Stop! Quick!' but the elevator continued to ascend.” Mrs. Fiot sald she grabbed for the baby when she felt herself being carried up with the elevator. She asserted in the statement that she felt herself being crushed in some way and then saw the "baby being cr;xhtnd‘“ 8he rtlm l? lh].k lo;t con- scious: as she felt herself plungin through space. » Testifies on Inspection. 3 At thefl tilmo the elevator started o ascend in response to the aignal from above, both doors were open. She says her hand was holding back the safety door, but in spite of this the automatic control did not function and the elevator ascended. F. H. Signor, District elevator super- | intendant, testified that he inspected the elevator shortly after the tra occurred on Wednesday. Upon lnv::af gation he sald he discovered a short circuit in the door interlocks, He says the car would run without the safety devices functioning. James H. Yocum, superintendent of | R. the Otis Elevator Co. here, testified that he inspected the entire apparatus and discovered that a wire on the safety device had grounded, which caused the car to operate while the door was o] Wilton J. Lambert and Attorney fleld represented the husband. FIREMEN REVIVE WOMAN. Mrs. Mary A. Crist Found Over- come by Illuminating Gas. Firemen of No. 1 rescue squad shortl. before noon today nvlvn:I Mrs. er§ A. Crist, 70 yer 1d, found overcome by illuminal in a room she occu- pled at 728 street. It d more than 30 minutes to revive her. She was removed to Casualty Hospital, where her condition is regarded as | critical. The woman left a note in which she | inted out that “when a person 15 a urden to themselves and to others she is better off dead. De Groot’s Successor Approved. ‘The Senate judiciary committee today t | to device fatled | §. | Kramer MEXICAN DISPUTE HELD NEAR END Negotiations Between Gov- ernment and Church Seem on Verge of Beginning. MEXICO CITY, May 13.—Feeling is growing in Mexico that a healing of the estrangerent between the Roman Catholie Church and the Mexican gov- ernment will develop from negotiations TWO DRAW TERMS UNDER JONES LAW First Men Convicted Here Sentenced to Two Years in Penitentiary. | The United States attorney's office today won its first conviction by a jury under the Jones-Stalker law in the | District of Columbla when a jury of |12 men convicted George Dodson and | Raymond Hawkins, both colored, of Immgomng 328 quarts of corn whisky March 9. The conviction was reported to Jus- tice Frederick L. Siddons in Criminal Division 2, who recently announced | that it is the duty of Iaw enforcement j officers, including the court, to put the law into execution when he sentenced a colored man who had pleaded guilty to two years in the penitentiary. The prisoners were remanded for sentence. According to the testimony, Police- | men Leahy and Wilson. of the second precinct discovered two men unloading |a quantity of corn whisky in the 100 block Pierce street. Dodson escaped in the car, but the policemen followed Hawkins into the house and arrested him. Dodson returned to the house later and found the officers awaiting him. Assistant United States Attorney Walter M. Shea conducted the prosecu- tion, while the defendants were repre- sented by Attorney Willlam B. O'Connell. RICHARD W. CARTER OF VIRGINIA DIES Sportsman and Horse Breed- er Operated On Recently for Appendicitis. Richard Welby Carter, prominent Virginia sportsman and breeder of horses, died yesterday after a long ill- ness at Emergency Hospital. He had been eritically ill since an operation for appendieitis several months ago. Mr. Carter was born in Crednal, Loudoun County, Va., in 1877, and received an elementary education at a private school in Petersburg. He ree turned to his home later whate he engaged in farming and the breeding of horses. Mr. Carter was in eharge of the Belmont Farm at Leesburg, Va., for 10 years, and aided in the early which the two seem on the verge of beginning. s ere has been a noticeable reaction favorable to rapprochment since th statement of Archbishop Ruls of Mich« oacan at Washington recently and its answer from President Emilio Portes Qil that overtures for co-operation in battering the Mexican people would not unwelcome. Announcement has been made here that Bishop Antonio Guisar Valencia, of the Chihuahua diocese, has arrived in e to confer with the Vatican regart & settlement. The bishe in Wae at the time Archbiship Rulz ounced willingness on the part 011 &n&m | urchl dnuntnurlnes to co-operate wi e President in matters involvi Mexicans' welfare. iy lmpnhcp.eonnmuon:h ém" Pom”l’l"' pe Plus XI and Bishop Emanuel B. Ledvina of Corpus Christie, Tex., whose dioces> lies along the Mexican border, were read here with interest. Duris private audience the pontiff q the bishop with regard to the state of Mexican opinion on the church and he told the prelate he was praying and hoping there would be friendly rela- at | tions beiween the chureh and official Mexico as soon as possible. Dispatches from Queretaro said that Mgr. Francisco Banegas, archbishop of that diocese, had eirculated a printed message to Catholics in his jurisdiction urging them to “pray fervently to God to cool the passions and stimulate the intelligence” of those having the destiny of the people and the nations in their hands “so as to bring about the hare mony we so desire.” “I consider the present moments are solemn on:: for our country” he said, referring to the statement of President Portes Gil that he is willing to confer with the church authorities. POPE HOPES FOI ' “TTLEMENT. Pontiff Questions Bishop Ledvina Re- garding Situation in Mexico. VATICAN CITY, May 13 (#).—Pope Plus XI I8 intensely interested in see- ing a happy settiement of the Catholic Church differences with the govern- ment of Mexico. He sald this yesterday Bishop Emmanuel B. Corpus Christie, Tex., whose diocese lies largely llanltme Mexican border. During & 20-minute private audience the Pontift questionc:d the bishop ree ing the state ~" ‘Opinion among feans with rciard to i church. He told the prelate that he was praying and hoping there would be friendly re- lations between the church and official Mexico &s soon as possible. D. C. HIGH SCHOOL CADETS WILL BE IN COLOR SERVICE Ceremonies to Be Held at Cathe- dral Iiay 26 Are Sponsored by Veterans. Five units of Washington high school cadets, including the Central, Eastern, Western and McKinley Regiments and the Business High School Battalion will participate in the massing of the color service at the Washington Cathedral Sunday, May 26, it was indicated today when Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent in charge of hl{n school and cadet Affairs, uprrovcd he invi- tation of the District of Columbia Chap- ter, Military Order of the World War. The local high school cadets were in- vited to participate in the exercises by . W, umann of the Military Order of the World War. The high school cadets were requested also to carry with them their colors, Details for the par- ticipation 6f the high school boys in the services will be worked out by Mr. and Lieut. Col. Wallace M. 8. A, professor of military Craigie, U, ‘8. A, tactics in the high schools. science and AU. S."Science Pagty Finds Ancient Latin And Greek Letters By the Associated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, May 13.—A communique lssued here by the archaeological expedition of the University of Michigan states that interesti finds made by the party include 6 Latin and 1 Greek papyri letters. The letters were most private ones from Claudius Terentianus in Alexan- dria to Claudius Iberianus, his father in Karanis. Fragments of a report of legal proceedings and a contract of sale dating from the second cen- I ordered a favorable report to the Scn- ate on the nomination of Howard W.. Amell to be district attorney for the ! Eastern New York district, succeeding i Willlam De Groot, wWho was removed | from office by President Hoover, i tury A, D, also were found. An- \ other = communique from _the expedition of the Vienna Academy | ' training of some of the most famous horses in Ameérican turfdom. He 18 survived by a brother, John Armistead Carter of Norfolk, Va. and six sisters, Mrs. A. C. Marshall of Crednal, Mrs. H. Gordon Moore of Lynchburg, Mrs. M. G. Richardson of Loudoun 5 Mrs. J. M. Tabb of Middleburg, Mrs. P. B. Wood of Baltimore, and Mrs. Paul Whitten of Nurmfldflr. ) T‘. bably will Funeral services prol will be held today in Crednal. HOOVER’S DIXIE TRIP DEPENDS ON TARIFF Action by Congress Will Decide if Southern Tour Is to Be Made. All plans of President Hoover for a trip to the Scuthern States some time du{mme h:exbl six n&nm are depends ent uj w long b special session of Col hlh.m 2 It was explained at the White House today that the President intends to visit Texas, Alabama and some other Southern States if there is a five or six weeks’ period between secsions of Con- gress in the Fall. Mr. Hoover plans to remain in Washe ington all Summer and through the Fall, too, ‘if the tariff bill keeps Cone gress in session that Ion: The President has had many invita~ to visit various Southern Stal and it ‘was stated in his behalf toda: ihem If Congross gives him the opp em gives him oppors tunity. He will not leave Washington, however, 8o long as the tariff remains unsettied on Capitol Hill. . Hoover would like to tarry out his plan of visiting Cuba and Central America to round cut his Latin Ameri- ean tour, and if there should be suffi- clent time after the adjournment of Oongrens and bef-re the regular sessio bgn- in Decembe; extend his some of the republics bordering on the AMPHIBIAN AIR LINE ROUTE ESTABLISHED Passenger Service to Begin- Tomor- row. Between Cleveland and Detroit. By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, - May 13.—Inaugurating the first amphiblan air passenger line between inland cities, amphiblans of the Thompson Corporation of Cleve- land will take off from the Detroft River here and from Lake Erie at Cleve- land at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Four trips will be made in each di- rection between the two cities, accord- ing to Edwin G. Thompson, president of the corporation. The flight from Detroit to Cleveland will be made in 50 minutes and the northern trip in 70 minutes. The va- riation is caused by prevailing winds. Passengers will disembark in both cities within & minute's travel of the prin- cipal business districts. Miss Amelia Earhart, first woman transatiantic fiyer, will pilot_the plane leaving Cleveland, and L. F. Bishop, first pilot to be commissioned to carry air mail, will fly the plane leaving De- troit at the same time. HERRIOT TO QUIT POST. LYON, France, May 18 (#).—Ed- | ouard. Herriot, former premier and war-time minister, announced last night he would relinquish his office as mayor of Lyon, his radical Unionists having failed to secure & majority in the city council at yesterday's municipal elec- tion. He has held office almost un- contested for 21 years, but o%mmon of the Socialists finally brought his de- Tun-off,” or the first poll last Suni to determine membership of the m\::c'fl‘ FUCHS IS FINED $1.000. BOSTON, May 18 (#).—Emil Fuchs, on behalf of the Boston National League Dase Ball Co., today pleaded nalo con- tendere to a charge of expending money to influence the vote on a queston of of Sciences mentions the discovery of an extensive Neolithic settle- ment pegr Wardan. Sunday base ball submitted to the peo- réle n':m was fined $1,000 in Municipay Jour