Evening Star Newspaper, May 16, 1929, Page 2

GLENNA COLLETT WINS SEMLFINALS Earns Place in Finals for British Women’s Golf Title Qver Scotch Girl. By the Associated Press. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 16.— Glenna Collett, American woman's golf cimmplon, won her way into the finals of the British womc's championship this afternoon by defeating Miss Dofis rk, Scotland, 4 up and 3 to play. Joyce Wethered, three times woman champion of Great Britain, followed the American Une he<#T inic the 36-hole finals, to be played tomorrow, by defeat- ing Edith Leitch Guedalla, 5 up and 4 1o play. Twenty-five hundred persons started out with Glenna Collett and Doris Park in their semi-final match. Miss Park's brassie was 10 feet inside Miss Collbtt's iron to the first green. Glenna's down- hill putt stopped 12 feet from the cup, but she dropped the next one for a half in 4s. The second hole also was halved, in par 5s. The American champion got | a putt down from 8 feet after her first from 15 feet had overrun the cup. The British girl's putt for a four was only 4 fect away. Takes Fifth Hole. After the third and fourth holes had been halved with 4s, Glenna went 1 up by taking & 5 at the fifth, where her opponent needed a 6. The sixth hole was halved with 4s and Miss Collett was still 1 up. The American was outdriving the British girl from 10 tc 30 yards on every hole. At the sixth, however, Miss Park pitched dead from 30 yards for the half. At the seventh, Miss Park's brassie was half buried in a deep bunker, but she exploded it out and was down in 2 putts, Glenna chipped on in 3 and took 2 putts for a half at 3 missing a short putt for a win. The eighth was halved with 4s, Miss Collett missing another short putt. The American champion won the ninth hole and started home 2 up. Miss Collett took a par 4 at the ninth, while Miss Park required 5. Takes Eye Off Ball. Glenna looked up on a mashie niblick aporoach at the tenth and the ball we. t only 10 yards. She then pitched 6 feet from the cup, but Miss Park sent her long approach putt dead and won the hole with a 4 when the Amer- jcan missed the putt and took 5. Miss Park squared the match at the eleventh with & par 3 on a difficult sloping green where Glenna took three putts from 30 feet. Miss Collett again went 1 up at the twelfth, where she took 4 while Miss Park needed 6. The British girl's ball skidded across the green on her approach putt while the American chipped dead from the green's edge. Played Steady Golf. In the quarter finals, Miss Collett layed steady gelf to down Mrs. J. B. tson of Scotland; Miss Parks scored » surprising victory over the young Eng- lish champion, Enid Wilson, at the nineteenth hole; Miss Wethered played brilliantly to crush Molly Gourlay un- der a 7-and-5 score, and Mrs. Guedalla conquered Barbara Pyman, 3 and 2. Del{)“c her generally good play, Miss Collett did make some mistakes, but ‘Mrs. Watson could not take advantage of them. The American saw her four- hole lead at the eleventh dwindle to two up at the nth. -The American was in ‘danger of losing the fourteenth as well, but & fine recovery shot from a bunker, coupled with the three utts Mrs. Watson needed, .gave her s f. She won the fifteenth to be dor- mie 8 and halved the sixteenth for a 3-and-2. victor. Miss Collett ended her match just in time to rush with gallery of 1,000 spectators to the nearby first green and see the totally unexpected elimination of Miss Wilson by Miss Park, slightly-built Scottish girl. Miss Park carrjed her opponent to the nine- teenth hole and won this hole and the match when Miss Wilson missed an 18-inch putt. Miss Wethered Wins. ‘While Miss Collett and Miss Park were gaining their hard-earned victories Miss Wethered was administering her daily drubbing to an opponent. In beating Miss Gourlay, 7 and 5, the famed Eng- lish star played 13 holes in two under 4s, with only one 5 on her card. Mrs. Herbert Guedalla, the former Edith Leitch, became the fourth semi- :ndi;lzhy defeating Barbara Pyman, and 2. HAGEN WITH PUTT Sinks 40-Footer on Home Green to Eliminate Open Champion. By the Associated Press MOORTOWN, England, May 16— Walter Hagen, American Ryder Cup | captain and four-times holder of the British open titls, was beaten in the first round of the Yorkshire Evening News thousand guineas golf tourna- ment by George Duncan of Great Brit- ain today. Duncan, who headed the British Ry- der Cup team that conquered the Ama ican squad here a fortnight ago. downed Hagen, 1 up. Duncan sank a 40-foot putt at the home hole to beat the Amer- ican star for the second time. He de- feated Hagen by an overwhelming score in the Ryder Cup matches. Jose Jurado of Argentina was beaten by W. T. Twine, Great Britain, 3 and 2. Duncan always has been a.jinx for Hagen. -The American star never has beaten him in match play. Today the British open champlon was never more than 1 down and finally was beaten at the home hole only be- cause Duncan's great 40-foot putt went down for an eagle 3. shot lay at the lip of the cup. Match Was Dramatic. ‘The closing holes of the Hagen-Dun- can match contained some. dramatic moments, 1 down at the fifteenth, Ha- gen squared the match at the sixteenth when Duncan, with seeming careless- ness missed a 14-inch putt. Hagen barely missed winning the seventeenth, but his short pitch from the side of the green stopped on the lip of the cup. It looked like Hagen had an easy half at the home hole, his third again halting on the edge of the hole, but Duncan’s long undulating roller went down for a great British victory. Leo Diegel of New York defeated his fellow countryman, Al Watrous, 1 up. Charles Whitcomb defeated Henry Cotton, 2 and 1. Abe Mitchell, British veteran, beat his fellow-Ryder cup team member, Fred Robson, 1 up. Arthur Havers eliminated Gus Faulk- ner. 3 and 2. | W. H. Davies defeated George Gadd, 1 and 1. Herbert Jolly removed Leslie Cotton, and 3. Ed Dudley, Wilmington, Del. pro.. de&ent;d S. Sayner, Great Britain, 3 and 2. Archie Compston defeated Aubrey Boomer in 21 holes. Joe Turnesa of New York, defeated Ernest Whitcombe, Great Britain, at the nineteenth hole. Horton Smith, Joplin, Mo., conquer- ed T. Barber, 2 up. Four Americans found themselves matched against each other for the second round this afternoon, Horton Smith drew Joe Turnesa for an op- ponent and Ed Dudley was matched with Leo Diegel. A Young, Great Britain, beat his fellow-countryman, Charles Hudgson, at the twenty-first hole. Second Round. George Duncan won his second round match, defeating Jimmie Ockenden, 5 and 4. 1;. C. Jolly defeated W. T. Twine, 6 and 5. Joe Turnesa_ defeated Horton Smith, 3 and 2. Archie Compston won from Abe Mitchell, 4 and 2. W. H. Davies eliminated Arthur Havers, 3 and 2. Leo Diegal advanced to the third round by defeating Ed Dudley, another pro from the United States, 5 and 4. e Dufican won bis secand-round match, defeating Jimmie Ockenddh, 5 and 4. H. C. Jolly defeated W. T. Twine, 6 and 5. LONG IMPEACHMENT CHARGES DROPPED Senate Court Dissolved by Unani- mous Consent Without Hear- ing Testimony. By the Associated Pres BATON ROUGE, La., May 16.—The Louisiana Senate Court of Impeach- ment today abandoned trial of Gov. Huey P. Long and dissolved by unani- mous consent without hearing any ENVOY VOICES GREECE’S ADMIRATION FOR U. S. Minister Simopoulos, in Rotary Club Address, Speaks of Aid Given Refugees. An expression of the gratitude and admiration of Greece for the United States was made by Charalambos Simo- poulos, Minister of Greece, in an ad- dress before a luncheon of the Rotary Club in the Hotel Willard yesterday. ‘The Minister stressed the aid given the many refugees in Greece through American charity at the close of the ‘World War, and also pointed out that many Americans held investments throughout Greece. The increasing in- terest shown in Greece by individual Americans was commented upon by the Minister, who predicted that the two countries would be bound together by increasing ties in the future. Dr. Lucius C. Clark, chancellor of the American University, also spoke on the past achievements of Greece and its early leadership in education, sculpture and art. He eulogized briefly several of the more famous figures of Greek his- tory and expressed admiration for the early contributions of Greece to the eivilization of the world. Nominations for directors of the club included Powell Browning, Harrison Howe, Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Harold A. Brooks, J. Allen Talbott and Rev. Charles T. Warner. ESTIMATES PROHIBITION SAVING IN BILLIONS Methodist Research Secretary Places Direct Figures at Four Biilions. By the Associated Press. Prohibition’s saving to the American Natior. since 1920 is placed at $72,000,- 000,000 by Deets Pickett, research secre- tary of the Board of Temperance, Pro- hibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church. “The retail liquor bill of the Ameri- can people in 1916,” he sald in & state- ment, “was $2,438,037,985.50. There is no doubt whatever tigt if the saloons had remained open e liquor bill in the United States would have been double this amount in 1920, due to in- crease in prices.” Mr. Pickett thus placed the direct an- nual saving at $4,000,000,000 and esti- mated that the “indirect or consequen- tial saving due, to increased efficiency and the sobriety which has permitted mass production and has stimulated consuption” was as much more. 8o keen was the demand for pigs at the recent fair at Roscommon, Ireland, testimony on the impeachment charges against him. ‘The adjournment was taken on an oral vote amid scattered handclapping and a few muffled cheers. The gallery was packed and the rule limiting spectators was suspended to permit throngs to come in and stand around the rail. PHILIPPINE PRESS IS DISAPPOINTED Comment on Davis' .Selection as Governor General Adverse in Some Quarters. By the Associated Pres MANILA, May 16.—Disappointment featured comment here today upon the White House announcement that Dwight F. Davis, former Secretary of ‘War, had been offered the post of gov- ernor general of the Philippines. The Times said the President has made a serious mistake, adding, “He has gone counter to the established tradi- tions of his party, and he has laid the ound for the future treatment, of the hilippines as & happy hunting ground for political job seekers.” The Bulletin tomorrow will say: “Mr. Davis has not earned the confidence of the peoples resident in the Philippines. It is not that there is any indictment against Mr. Davis. He simply is not Philippine-schooled.” Manuel Quezon, president of the Sen- ate, said of the reports: “It looks to me as evidence that President Hoover's administration intends to construe and strengthen the policy initiated by Sec- retary Stimson of furthering ;»opular and autonomous government for the Philippine Islands. If such is the best policy of Mr. Davis, I have no doubt that he will receive the cordial sup- port of the Philippine legislators and of the people.” CORONER'S JURY CLEARS POLICEMAN IN SLAYING Robert J. Fraser’s Act in Shooting Man Who Stabbed Him Is Held Justified. From the 530 Edition of Yesterday's Star Policeman Robert J. Fraser of the sixth precinet, who shot and killed Richard L. Hall, colored, 39, living in the rear of 331 Missouri avenue, after he had been stabbed by Hall, was cleared by a coroner’s jury this after- noon, the verdict being that the shoot- |ing, in self-defense, was justified. Hall attacked Fraser April 7 as the that sellers were met at long distances from the town and thelr porkers pur- y aftermath of the arrest of Hall and two friends. For a time the police- man's conditjon was copsidered serious. DUNCAN DEFEATS | Hagen's third |- VENING TAR, WASHINGT D, C. THURSDAY. GIANT ZEP AGAIN MAKING TRIP TO UNITED STATES Some of the passengers. Upper, left to right: Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander: Lieut. Comdr. V. A. Clark, U. S. Dr. Leisler Keep, director of the Hamburg-American Steamship Line; Lieut. Hans von Schiller. Lower, left to right: Frank E. Nicholson, radio operator aboard; George N. Crouse of New York; Capt. George Wil- kins and Capt. Ernst A. Lehmann. HUFTY AND COX WIN I3HOLE MATCHES Invitation Golf Medalist Loses.in First Round of Play. Two 19-hole matches in the first flight and the defeat of the medalist marked the first round of match play today in the invitation @plf tournament of the Chevy Chasé Club. * Page Hufty of Congressional, after being 2 up and € to go on John B. Ryerson of Cooperstown, N. Y., finally nosed out an extra-hole victory over the player from the Empire State when Hufty sank an 8-foot putt for & par 4 on the nineteenth.” J. A. Cox of Argyle was lald a stymié on the eighteenth hole by H. J. Heimenz of Lancaster, and won on the nineteenth when Heimenz took three putts. Joseph Di Leo, who wone the qualifying round yesterday with a card of 72, was defeat- ed by Charles W. Cole, jr, of Indian Spring, 3 and 1. Other first flight re- sults ollow: A. M. Dunlop, Chevy Chase, defeated George F. Miller, Manor, 2 and 1; W. B. Moore, Beaver Dam, defeated Robert C. Hyrd, Manor, 3 and 2; Harry G. Pitt, Manor, defeated Henry D. Nichol- son, Washington, 8 and 6; John C. Shorey, Bannockburn, defeated R. R. Jackson, Baltimore, 2 and 1; Miller B. Stevinson, Columbia, defeated L. G. Stott, Beaver Dam, 6 and 4. Second-flight results: Lieut. J. B. Patterson, Chevy Chase, defeated Gordon Bennett, Congres- sional, 1 up in 19 holes; L. 8. Julllen, Columbia, defeated H. P. Cochrane, Co- lumbia, 1 up; Frank K. Roesch, Wash- ington, defeated R. T. Harrell, Wash- ington, 3 and 1; Thomas P. Bones, jr., Columbia, defeated Warren Clear, ‘Washington, 2 and 1; Frank P. Ree- side won by default from James Herr- man, Dayton, Ohio; C. A. Fuller, Chevy Chase, defeated W. L. Pendergast, Ban- nockburn, 3 and 2; Gordon B. Sher- wood, Chevy Chase, defeated C. W. Stoddard, Beaver Dam, 2 up. In the fourth flight Gen. Charles G. Treat of Chevy Chase defeated E. B. ‘Wagner of Indian Springs, 3 and 2, and Paul J. Frizzell of Columbia defeated P, H. Coleman of Bannockburn, 8 and 6. SENATE AGAIN PASSES ARMY PROMOTION BILL Measure in Same Form as Last Year, When Differences With House Prevented Enactment. By the Associated Press. ‘The Army promotion bill was passed yesterday by the Senate without a record vote in the same form as the measure which went through the Senate last session but failed of enact- ment because of differences with the House. The bill, sponsored by Senators Reed, Republican, Pennsylvania, and Black, Democrat, Alabama, provides for auto- matic promotions in the Army. It does not allow a separate promotion list for the Air Corps but it allows for accel- erated promotions in that branch in order to give it the full quota of officers. The measure also gives Maj. Gens. Hunter Liggett and Robert L. Bullard, retired, the permanent rank of lieutenant ;enerals. Each commanded troops in France as lleutenant gen- erals, FLOW OF CANADA RUM NCREASE American Government Con- vinced Only Solution Is Treaty Amendment. By the Associated Press. Run running from Canada continues to increase despite all efforts of the American Government, with the assist- ance being given by the Canadian goy- ernment, to prevent it. The persistence of this situation is disclosed in diplomatic correspondence between the two governments over a { period of more than three yeads and a ;repon on the smuggling conference | held in Ottawa last January, made pub- lic today by Secretary Stimson. The correspondence shows that the American Government is convinced the only effective means of dealing with the smuggling problem along the border is by amendment of anti-smuggling treaty of 1924 to deny shipments of commodities from either country when their importation is prohibited in the other. The Canadian government, how- ever, has not seen its way clear to con- sent to negotlating such an amending zre’:{‘y i e increase in the liquor-smuggli traffic across the border was sh:’w‘nu;g statistics presented in the correspond- ence. During the two years which ended June 30, last, the American prohibition and customs officials confiscated 634 boats and 964 automoblles used for carrying liguor from boats, 46,594 cases of beer, 6,644 barrels of beer and 16,560 cases of whisky. In the last six months of last year, as compared with the previous two years, 117 boats, 46,076 cases of beer, 4,576 cases of whisky, and 375 automoblles were seized. This was not more than 5 to 10 per cent of the total liquor smuggled into the United States over the Canadian border, it was stated. At the Ottawa conference the Ca- nadian delegates showed readiness to issue more stringent regulations under the existing treaty, but were inclined to foresee difficulties in any attempt to re- fuse to allow liquor to be cleared frém Canada to the United States. OFFICER IS ACQUITTED IN WHISKY CHARGE |Retrial of Carter Follows Jury Failure to Agree in First Case. Curtis Carter, 26, a policeman of the fifth precinct, was acquitted today by a jury in Criminal Division 2 before Justice Siddons of a charge of violating the Jones-Stalker by transporting a quantity of whisky on March 11. Carter was tried two weeks ago, but the jury failed to reach an agreement and a retrial was necessary. Carter was arrested by Motor Cycle Policeman Matthew Chmylko, eleventh precinct, in an automobile with an un- identified man after a pursuit for a | long distance on Good Hope road. The | other occupant of the car escaped. When Chmylko examined the automo- bile he sald he found 142 quarts of liquor. Attorney E. Russel Kelly for the officer contended that Carter had arrested the man for possession of in- toxicants and was bringing the prisoner and the liquor to the station when arrested. The prisoner escaped and has never been apprehended. VASTNESS OF LIBRARY ACTIVITIES “How many volumes are contained in all literature?” Such was one of the questions ad- dressed to members of the American Library Association by Justice Wendell P. Stafford of the District Supreme Court in welcoming to Washington the custodians of the Nation's books. He continued with some other puz- 2ling queries, including: Y many readers pal ow libraries?” “How many books are in all the li- brarfes?" “What 1is the yearly circulation of all tronize all 'REFLECTED IN WELCOME ADDRESS the books in all the libraries?” |, “Would ‘the National Capital hold them all?” But he realized, Justice Stafford sald, that most of these questions could not | be answered. | _The librarian, he said, is an apostle |of truth. “I welcome you,” he continued, | “as purveyors of all honest and unself- ish information, a body of men who have no party to serve, no creed to ad- vocate, no propostion to prove. He then recited an original poem he had composed for the occasion, . GRAF IS REPORTED FLYING OVER SPAIN Extreme Southerly Great Circle Route. Graf Zeppelin Log By the Assoclated Press. (Al times used, eastern standard.) 11:57 pm., Wednesday—Left Friedrichshafen, Germany. 5:15 a. ‘Thursday—Passed over Lyons, France. 6:40 a.m.—Passed over Nimes. 8:35 a.m.—Passed over Barce- lona, Spain. (Continued From First Page.) got it all fixed. There will be an au- tomobile awaiting me at Lakehurst which will speed me away.” Her chief concern seemed to be whether she was dressed warmly enough for her journey, Dr. Eckener was the last aboard the Zeppelin. It was taken from its hangar, poking its nose imposingly into the dreary gray mist. At 5:56 he gave the command to start the motors and the next minute the vast dirigible was on its way, first describing a loop over Friedrichshafen. All in Cheerful Mood. All the windows on the starboard side were lined with faces, whose own- ers waved their hands in answer to the “hochs” of the crowd below. All seemed in a cheerful jovial mood. If the frenzy of former flights was miss- ing, 1t ‘was because the Graf's flights have lost their novelty: certainly no one felt any apprehension as to the outcome of the voyage. As the dirigible was taken frem its hangar another stowaway—the seventh since yesterday—was caught as he, dressed in mechanic's clothes, attempted to sneak Into the hold through a clos- ing door. One of the passengers aboard the Zeppelin was the object of considerable attention, not all of it sympathetic, hours before the start. He was Prof. Gregoire Gourevitch, Russian pianist, of Paris, whose greatest regret, he said, was that the grand plano which was being taken as cargo would not be avail- able for him to play among the clouds, high above the Atlantic. great was his delight at his an- ticipated adventure that he spent most of Wedriesday evening at the Hotel Kurgarten, playing a plano which he found there. He retired early, but at 2 am. came from his room and sought the plano again, remarking that he was nervous. 4,400 Pounds of Freight. Among other passengers aboard were Alexander R. von Kryha, Lithuanian inventor, and Lieut. Comdr. Vincent A. Clarke of Lakehurst, N. J. There were various contrivances aboard for pessengers’ amusement, such as a phonograph with a loud speaker and chess boards. Most of the passen- gers had cameras and there were sev- eral typewriters, Capt. Wilkins carrying his without a cover so as to save weight. It was expected the gorilla would be taken from her cage from time to time for entertainment. The ship carried 4,400 pounds of freight in addition to its passengers, this including considerable air mall, a | grand piano, a painting and other things. In addition, a huge supply of food and fresh water had been placed aboard, to provide rations for a much longer period than that expected to be used in the flight, Instead of Blau gas, for wheih the ship’s motors are best fitted, a supply of Leunal gas was taken along for fuel. 200 See Graf Off. The crew of 40 included, besides Dr. Fckener and his son Knud, Capts. Ernest August Lehmann, Hans Kurt Flemming and Hans von Schiller. En- gineer Karl Beuerle, who was in charge of the motors on the last American fiight, has given way to a new man for training purposes. Approximately 200 spectators assem- bled at the field to see the big ship off. It remained in sight in the dreary weather for only 10 minutes. Weather reports received just before departure said that conditions were ex- cellent over the Atlantic. particularly to the south. 8hould the conditions maintain they probably would have the effact of forcing an extreme southefly course, greatly increasing the distance be Sowg. | Eckener Is Expected to Take | | New York City in September, 1928, with W0 OFERED FOR BISTON POST Grozier, Editor, Says Would- Be Purchaser Claimed Power Backing. $ (Continued From First Page.) expressed this opposition to the news- paper interests in conversations with Archibald R. Graustein, president of the International Paper & Power Co., but “did not feel justified in voting or protesting against the proposed pur- chases at directors’ meetings.” Comerford added that Graustein felt the newspaper interests were required so that the International Paper Co., subsidiary of the paper and power com- pany, could have an outlet for its news- print_paper production. “Graustein, despite my feeling that it would damage the New England Power Association, felt he should go ahead with _the newspaper investments,” | Comerford added. Comerford said that as he was re- sponsible for the actions of the power association, he felt that the interest in the Boston papers (the Herald and the Traveler) “would be a bad thing for us. He added that he was not so much interested in tie acquisition of interests in newspapers in other sections of the country, and under questioning said he didn't know whether any other power companies had financial interest in New England newspapers. Fair Treatment by Press. Comerford testified that the New England Power Association “has got fair treatment from newspapers in our section,” but he added that the Boston Herald and the Traveler have given less space to the activities of the power as- sociation than any other newspaper in Boston. He said that the power asso- ciation tried to get all the publicity pos- sible whenever it opened up a new hy: droelectric power project, and this, he claimed, was the only type of contact of his association with the newspapers. He testified the power association ad- vertised in a great many newspapers “‘to sell its appliances.” He added that in 1928 the total expenditure for ad- vertising was $65,000, although he testi- fled that the gross revenue of the New England Power Association for 1929 is estimated at $40,000,000. He added that for the first four months of this year $1,100 had been spent by the power association and “the Boston American got the largest share of this.” Further testimony by Comerford was upon the financial relationships be- tween the International Paper & Po er Co. and the New England Power Association and the International Pa- per Co. He also told of the Massachu- | setts Utilities Awociates, which, he said, was organized by Boston bankers for ‘financing arrangements of utility companies. In connection with the latter organization, he testified that Philip R. Stockton, president of the Old Colony Trust Co. of Boston, was a | trustee of the Associates and also was 2 trustee of the Boston Herald and the Traveler voting trust. Tell of Negotiations. ‘Two newspaper publishers—PFrank E. Gannett of Rochester, N. Y., and Sam- uel E. Thomason of Chicago—testified yesterday before the commission about their negotiations with the International Paper & Power Co. and its subsidiaries for financial assistance in the purchase of newspapers. Appearing in connection with the commission’s investigation into the In- ternational's financial interest in pa- pers, Gannett testified that he had pald back $2,781,158.30 to the International Paper Co,, a subsidiary of the Paper & Power Co., to free his papers of all ob- ligations to that concern. Besides listing the $1,630,000 ad- vahced to aid the Bryan-Thomason Newspapers, Inc., in the acquisition of the Chicago Journal, Thomason cited more than a score of other large news- papers in the Middle West and South which he had contemplated purchasing with the backing of the International Paper & Power Co. Thomason is co-owner with John Stewart Bryan, Virginia publisher, of the Bryan-Thomason Corporation. ‘The International, however, did not consider the purchase of all the news- papers he listed, Thomason declared. “The International never gave assu ances or indications that it would sup- port the purchase of more than two of the newspapers,” he said. Other Papers Owned. Besides the Journal, he said, " the Bryan - Thomason Corporation owns two other newspapers-—the Tampa (Fla.) Tribune and the Greensboro (N. C.) Record. He declared there had never been any attempt of the Inter- national Paper & Power Co. O its sub- sidiarles to “influence the editorial policles” of any of the newspapers owned by the Bryan-Thomason Co. He added that the advances of the International were in the nature of a loan on a strictly banking basis. | The third witness, Edwin B. Jeffress, president and_ business manager of the | Greensboro (N. C.) News, testified that Willlam La Varre and Harold Hall, who' purchased four Southern newspapers | with the backing of the International, | had offered him $1,500,000 for his | newspapers, but the deal was not con- summated. Hall said there were no power inter- ests in back of him, Jeffries testified, and asserted that La Varre was a “wealthy young man” who had been interested in diamond mines. Accepts Graustein’s Proposal. Gannett reviewed the negotiations | leading up to advances made by the | International concerns to aid him in| the purchase of the Brooklyn Daily | Eagle, the Albany Knickerbocker Press, the Albany Evening News and the Ithaca (N. Y.) Journal-News. He testified that Archibald R. Grau- | stein, president of the International Paper & Power Co., approached him in & proposal of financial assistance in the purchases. He added that he accepted Graustein's proposal as & good business venture, affording an excellent contact between his papers and the news print products of the company. “If T had for one moment believed,” Gannett said in a statement placed in the Record, “that any arrangements with the International Paper Co could possibly involve me with tha so-called ‘Power Trust' I would not have touched one dollar of International money, no matter how advantageous the circum- stances in which it was available to me. . “I have, I believe, made it clear that throughout my life I have been opposed to the exploitation of public resources, | and specifically water resources, by pub- lic_utilities.’ Gannett declared In his statement that in his dealings with. Graustein there had never been any evidence of any attempt by the International Paper & Power Co. “to influence or affect the editorial or news conduct” of his news- papers in favor of either the “Power Trust” or any other special interests. He added that for himself the ar- rangement with the International en- abled the obtaining of funds at rates Jower than from investment bankers, and for the International Paper Co. was a good Investment, the Gannett newspapers annually bought 20,000 tons of news print at about $55 a ton, a gross business of $1,000,000. In his testimony Gannett declared that “every cent the International has advaced to me had been paid back plus accrued interest to date and all the | stock held by the International has been | turned back to me.” | In order to pay the obligations to the International, Mr. Gannett said he borrowed the money from the Chemical he said. “I didn't want any of our papers connected with any power com- pany.” Mr. Gannett declared he had been worried by what he termed the false in- | terpretation put on the financing ar- rangement. Asserting that the best test of a newspaper was in its “dally .columns, Thomason had placed in the record number of issues of the Chicago Jour- ral, which, he said, opposed the Insull power interests. Gannett likewise had a number of issues of the Rochester, N. Y., Times- Union editorial pages put in as’ exhibits which opposed the exploitation of pub- lic resources by private interests. Gan- nett added that the Times-Union has maintatned for a number of years a| membership in the Public Ownership | League of America. | $1,500,000 'OFFER IS DENIED. | SPARTANBURG, S.C., May 16 (®).— | Harold Hall, co-publisher of the Spar- | tanburg Herald, the Spartanburg Jour- nal, the Columbia Record and the Au- gusta (Ga.) Chronicle, commenting on the testimony of E. B. Jeffress of Greensboro, N, C., at the Federal Trade Commission hearing at Washington yesterday. stated that he and William | Lavarra had not offered $1,500,000 for the Greensboro News, | “Another newspaper publisher in the | South had secured an option for the | purchase of the Greensboro News,” said | Mr. Hall. “The publisher disposed of | the option to us, with the idea that the owners of the News would be willing to retain the real estate and reduce the $1,500.000 price accordingly. When Mr. Jeffress and other stockholders of the News declined to make an exception of the real estate, we notifled them we would not exercise the option. We had made no negotiations with the owners of the News and our discussions never went beyond censideration of the op- tion, which, as stated, was obtained by another publisher.” [COOL WAVE COMING FOR NEXT TWO DAYS| Drop to 45 Degrees Tonight Ex- pected, Which Is Hard on Straw Hats. ‘Those who haven't tucked the old felt hat away for the Summer have gotten some “inside dope,” for Forecaster Mitchell promises that for the next two days the Winter headgear will be in decidedly more vogue than the more airy straws. ‘This afternoon the thermometer will begin a gradual decline, and by tonight will have dropped to 45 degrees, where it will hover for the next two days. The cool wave will be accompanied by strong northwest winds, possibly reaching gale |force by tonight, and will begin to gradually diminish tomorrow and to- | morrow night and probably fade into oblivion by Saturday, when the weather will begin to become more seasonable. The Weather Bureau promises clear skies while the cool spell prevails, but showers are expected Sunday. The mercury will begin a gradual rise on| Saturday afternoon, and from then on seasonal temperatures are expected to prevail. While no records are expected to be broken, Forecaster Mitchell said today that the low temperatures expected for the next two days will be decidedly lower than those experienced for some | REVIEWS 50 YRS OFLOGALSEADOLS Principal Davis Delivers Nov- el “Nlustrated Lecture” Be- fore Parent-Teachers. Combining dramatics, music and the terpsichorean art with his oratory and proving himself a master of all four, Allan Davis, principal of Business High School, last night reviewed 50 years of education in Washington schools and when he was through he had concluded that, morally, youth today is just about the same as it ever was, though perhaps less mannerly. Mr. Davis delivered his novel “fllus- trated lecture” at the final meeting of the year of the Business High Sehool Parcnl-Te Assaciation, at which time Frost Mills was re-elected presi- dent. Other officers chosen included Mrs. W. R. Stant, vice president: Arthur G. Cole, recording secretary; Florence E. Grant, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Kate Outwater, treasurer. In his performance, Mr. Davis was assisted by the Business High Shool Glee Club, which sang the songs of his youth, and of the years which have ine tervened, and by Miss Mary Mastro- mario, vocalist, and Miss Marie Sawaya, who danced with him the steps of other years. Both girls are Business students. Much of the address was given to a comparison of the manners and cus- toms of the high school boys and girls of today with those of the youth of Mr, Dayis’ younger days But manners—well, that's different, for the Business High School principal doesn’t believe the boys and girls of have many manners. In his day: ‘A boy who had danced with a girl would escort her to a seat, politely in- quire whether she would care for re- freshments: fetch them if she did, and then. seeing her comfortably installed, would bow his way on to his next part. ner.” Now, oh—— “The music stops and with it the dancing stops. The boys escort their partners to seats? No, indeed! ‘em on the shoulder: later"—and that's that!” The dancing itself is different and to prove it, Mr. Davis whirled over the auditorium stage with Miss Sawaya in his formally polite grasp in the polka, the old-fashioned waltz and the schot- tish. Then for good measure, he ca upen a group of his students to dance the Virginia reel. The Why of W-;Ai—st. If you ask 10 whist players why the game is so called, a very small number will be able to give you any explan- ation. Whist is merely a corruption of “whisk,” a Scandinavian word which originally meant the tippet on a wom- an's dress. 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