Evening Star Newspaper, May 19, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers and cooler today; temorrow fair and continued cool. Temperatures: Highest, 84, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 63, at 8 am. yester- day. Full report on page 7. far, “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by ‘The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. he Swnda WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION (/) Means Associated Pre: No. 1,261—No. 31,064. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D, C. CLYDE VAN DUSEN SPLASHES THROUEH MUD TOWINDERBY Naishapur Second and Pan- chio, Outsider, Third—Race Is Run in Rain. CLASSIC IS MARRED BY TERRIFIC STORM Half of 60,000 Spectators Drench- ed—Victor Pays $8 to Win, 21 Horses Compete. BY ALAN J. GOULD. Associated Press Sports Editor. CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville, Ky.,, May 18—A flash of lightning, a clap of thunder, a whirling rush through the mire—and Clyde Van Dusen splashed home through the mud and the rain today to victory in the fifty-fifth running of the historic Ken- tucky Derby. This great 3-year-old gelding, first son of Man o' War to win the classic prize, lived up to all his advance notices as a mud runner, by dashing out in front, holding the lead against a succession of spirited challenges and beating the hope of the Far West, Chaffee Earl's speedy Naishapur, by two good lengths in a fine closing drive. An outsider, Panchio, representing the Three D's Stock Farm of Fort ‘Worth, Tex., finished with a rush to beat the favorite and home-bred hope, Col. E. R. Bradley’s Blue Larkspur, for third place. Blue Larkspur, 2 to 1 in the betting, as compared to 4 to 1 for Clfde Van Dusen, tock fourth place. Nearly 60,000 See Race. Close to 60,000 spectators, a notable gathering, at least half of which was drenched by a terrific storm that broke an hour before the Derby and lasted until it was over, saw the gallant little offspring of Man o' War ridden to vic- tory over 20 rivals in masterful style by Linus (“Pony”) McAtee. The vet- eran jockey thereby scored his second triumph in-three years, having had the mount on Harry Payne Whitney's vic- torious Whiskery in the 1927 Derby. The race, having a value of $64,475, ‘was worth . $53,950 . to the winner's omer.NHerhcn R. Gardner of Amster- ‘victor's share of the spofls is the second largest on record, su only by the sum of $65,375, which went to Reigh Count last year, when a record fleld of 22 horses started. Clyde Van id $8 to $3.70 for place and $3.06 to show, on mitucls, - Nelshapur Said $473 to place . apur pai 3 and $3.26 to show., Panchio’s price to show was $3.50. ‘The elements, the track, the mud and the rain all seemed made to order for Clyde Van Dusen, and the chestnut bearing gelding, name of his trainer, made the most of it. Caught in Jam. ‘The race, in the verdict of most ex- perts, was won and lost on the first turn and in the first half mile. In that distance, Clyde Van Dusen took the lead. At that turn, Blue Larkspur was caught in the jam and so was Naisha- pur, losing considerable ground. The early advantage thus gained by McAtee proved too much for any of the others 1o overcome. ‘The only real drama of the race was packed into this stretch drive and the outside possibility of Naishapur making up the distance between this Western colt and the flying leader. For a few moments it seemed that the son of Omar Khayyam might over- take Clyde Van Dusen. It was a fleet- ln% hope. McAtee shook up his mount a bit in the stretch and held his posi- tion safe. Blue Larkspur's defeat was a bitter blow to the Bradley colt’s legion of backers, who had made the son of Black Servant a favorite ever since his sen- sational career as a 2-year-old. But the favorite, although caught in an early jam, had few excuses and under the conditions was decisively outrun. Panchio, the star of the Three D's stock farm, which raced prominently for the entire trip, barely stuck his nose in front of Blue Larkspur to gain third place in one of the few exciting episodes of the finish, but Panchio was three good lengths behind Naishapur, $6,000 to Naishapur. ‘The only consolation there was for these horses, was the distribution of $6,000 of the money to Naishapur, $3,000 to Panchio and $1,000 to Blue Larkspur. Windy Zity, owned by F. M. Grabner of Chicagd, raced evenly and held on stubbornly enough to take fifth place, 2 half length behind Blue Larkspur and a head in front of Voltear, the entry of Charles T. Fisher of Detroit. ‘The order of finish otherwise follows: Seventh, the Nut; eighth, Folking: ninth, Karl Eitel; tenth, Upset Lad; eleventh, Calf Ropes; twelfth, Bay Beauty, stable mate of Blue Larkspur; thirteenth, Chicatie; fourteenth, Paul Bunyan; ~ fifteenth, Essare; six- teenth, Lord Braedelbane; seventeenth, Minotaur; eighteenth, Ben Machree, the only filly in the race; nineteenth, Chip; twentieth, Prince Pat, and twenty-first, Paraphrase. ‘This was the second successive year in which the Derby has been run in the rain, but it is doubtful whether anything other prisoners reaching the District Officials A reporter went to jail to find It is an interesting story. What happens? But here is what happened to trial. cup of coffee and a roll. poo! tion to the jail. AL CAPONE FOUGHT JAIL, COUNSEL SAYS Judge Refused to Grant Leniency to Gangster, Attorney Declares. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 18.—It became known today that ‘“Scarface Al” Ca- pone, man of affairs in Chicago’s under- world, under sentence of one year in ?rlmn for carrying a loaded pistol in his city, made desperate efforts through his attorneys to save himself from going to prison, or {i in that to have the court give him a sentence. The court refused to grant any leni- ency and treated him and his body- guard exactly as it has been treating l;‘uher offenders of m&n‘d‘l" convicted carrying concealed ly weapons. Judge John E. Walsh of the m’mtl division of the Municipal Court said he did not take seriously the opinion held in some quarters that Capone walked into a police trap to save him- self from rival gangsters. “Like Any Other Case.” “The case of Capone was handled like any other case,” said the judge. “Before he and Cline were placed on trial, I had sentenced two other men for the same offense and u&hn was ntelve:. ‘!.l.ge maximum prison sentence, ol 3 Bernard L. Lemisch, who, with Cor- nelius Haggarty, jr., represented the gangsters, revealed that had made proj Is to Judge Walsh for liberty or for leniency before Capone and Cline had entered their pleas of guilty. “My conversations at side-bar with the judge” Lemisch said, “involved my pleas for leniency for Capone and Cline. Judge Walsh would not con- sider anything but the maximum sen- tence and I iud to bow to his judg- ment.” Says Capone Is “Through.” 5 James (Shooey) Malone and Jol Creedon, the two Philadelphia detec- tives who “spotted” the two Chicago gangsters in the theater crowd Thurs- day night, gave their version of the arrest today after they had been com- mended by Superintendent of Police William B. Mills for their alertness. “From the remarks that Capone made to me I am sure he was anything but pleased in being sent to jail,” said Malone. “Once a gang leader is put behind bars it ends his prestige. He has shown he is no stronger than the law, and that ends him. Capone's career as a gang leader is over. Two With Al Escaped. were with Capone and Cline before they were arrested, but that these men managed to get away. The detective denied that Capone and Cline had of- fered bribes to him and Creedon for their release, and also denied that he and Creedon had been threatened with death by friends of Capone. “Lieut. Creedon and I were coming along in a motor car,” he said. “I saw three or four men in a theater crowd, one of whom, who was a few steps ahead of the others, I recognized as Capone. ‘P(?reedon and I hurried into the theater and with the assistance of the ushers and their flashlights, we made a check-up along the aisles, but could not locate the Chicago gangster and his friends. Sought Aid of Traffic Officers. “Leaving Creedon at the entrance to the theater I went to the corner to ask assistance of two foot-traffic police- men in making the actual arrest of the gangsters because I expected trouble if we were not recognized s detectives, as there is a practice in the under- | world of having fake detectives grab | gangsters who are to be taken for a has quite swamped the track as today’s | rid cloudburst, the climax of a succession f e. | “Returning to the theater, we waited until Capone and Cline came up_the ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) Child Mistakes Lye Crystals for Salt; Saved From Death by Fire Rescue Squad By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. BLADENSBURG, Md., May 19.—Mis- taking lye crystals for rock salt, 5-year- old Carmela Monaco yesterday after- noon swallowed about a tablespoonful of the deadly pellets and was saved from death only by prompt action of the Prince Georges County Fire De- partment Rescue Squad under the di- rection of Chief H. L. Leonard. Despite the quick action of the res- cue squad the child’s tongle was burned and her clothes and shoes peppered with holes by the crystals. The child came across the lye in the | Ayear-of ‘the Riadencinrs T - Dapart. ment Building, where it was stored for use by the firemen for cleaning. She was found writhing in pain by Dan Wiseman a short time after swal- lowing the crystals. Wiseman, a mem- ber of the rescue squad, administered | first aid and summoned the other mem- | bers of the squad. | As soon as she was able to be moved the squad took the child to Casualty Hospital, where she was examined and | given futher treatment. Later, she was | brought back to her home in the squad's | ambulance and placed under the care of the family physician, who declared iast night had not the firemen been on the scene instantly, the girl undoubtedly would have died. 1 ‘Malone revealed that two other men | WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1929—116 PAGES. REPORTER, SENT TO JAIL, LEARNS SINCLAIR ENJOYS COMFORTS DENIED OTHERS Pharmacist Does Not Get a Sock in the Nose, Handcufis, Nails in Shoes, Job on Roof or Coarse Food. NOTE—Is Harry Sinclair, millionaire oil magnate, ireated as are Jail? said he would be. They were emphatic about it. out. His experiences and that of Sinclair differ widely. BY ALIAS ARTHUR WILLIAMS. A wealthy man is convicted for contempt of the United States Senate. He is sentenced to 90 days in a common jail. A run-of-the-mill man, picked up cn the street for being drunk, is convicted for intoxication. He is sentenced to 10 days in jail. The world knows fairly well what has happened to Harry Sin- clair, pharmacist at the District jail. On the night of Monday, May 6, he arrived at the jail in a limousine, accompanied by a chauffeur and a lawyer. More about him later. me: I was arrested on a Washington street the evening of May 9, taken to a police precinct station in a patrol wagon and committed to a cell on the charge of being intoxicated. Whether I was intoxicated is not of moment in this examination. The following morning I was transferred to Police Court in company with about 20 other prisoners, white and colored, and for three hours was lodged in the “bull pen”— a large room adjoining the courtroom—where the prisoners await A coupon passed out by an attendant entitled the bearer to a . Gets Choice of Fine or Jail. After pleading guilty, and answering a question or two, I was informed from the bench that I was fined $10, or, unable to pay the fine, I would serve 10 days in jail. Ten dollars is quite a sum to a r man and I was returned to the “bull pen” to await transporta- Some of the prisoners paid fines and were released from custody. When the morning’s business had been transacted in the court room 13 unfortunates, white and 6 colored, unable to raise money or having drawn manda- tory jall sentences, awaited the “Black Maria” and the ride to the District Jail. I entered upon that ride with five com- g:nlons, the six of us cooped up in a x-like cell in the patrol wagon. Other prisoners were housed in similar cells in_the conveyance. We were ushered into the jail about 1 o'clock in the afternoon and after being listed according to name, age, place of residence, occupation, offense and sentence, we were searched and then herded into a small room equipped with showers. We bathed together and put our clothes on wet bodies. A col- ored attendant, doing time for hi-jack- ing, explained that a prisoner's “wise crack” about the towel service had brought down an order from the “outer og:;" that towels would not be pro- vided. Three Housed in Cell. Meanwhile, the new prisoners had been allotted cells and when dressed they were committied, three to a cell combination—the combination consist- ing of two cells an unob- structed passageway, two wall bunks in one cell and one bunk in the ‘other. I went in with a 50-year-old man given 60 days for drunkenness—he had broken Ernbluon—fmd a 44-year-old, tattooed usky who had drawn 10 days for cele- \_:_nung too boisterously his arrival from ‘exas. Late in the afternoon the newcomers were lined up in a corridor and finger- printed by a long-time prisoner, up for larceny. The next morning the newcomers were vaccinated by the jail physician. Mr. Sinclair, however, who is work- ing as a sort of physician’s assistant, ‘was not present to assist in the vaccina- tion. Some of the ir!:aneu had seen him, but they didn’t know just what he was_doing. “Back to your cells now, and keep your sleeves rolled up an hour,” said the “doc.” Back we went. My cell mates were not vaccinated—why, I do not know. Two of the prisoners surreptitiously rubbed the vaccine from their arms. Another, anticipating hard work at Oc- coquan Workhouse, near Lorton, Va,, where he expected to be transferred, expressed the wish that his arm would swell to twice its normal size. He drew 60 days and the vaccination didn’t take. . Prisoners Handcuffed on Trip. A group of us were started to Occo- quan Saturday morning, two days after my arrest. Capt. Francis, who for 19 years has taken the prisoners on the 26-mile ride to the workhouse each day excepting Sunday, met us in the jail rotunda shortly before 11 o'clock, armed with the necessary papers of transfer and a catchel containing handcuffs. ‘We filed out of the jail to a walting patrol wagon in double file, the right wrist of one prisoner handcuffed to the left wrist of his companion. I made the trip bracketed to a youthful “paper- hanger”—the prisoners’ description of a man who passes bad checks. Capt. Francis is a kindly man and the trip down to Occoquan was not un- pleasant. ‘Two large trucks met the train and we were herded in and taken the 2 miles out to the workhouse and farm. Buildings are being erected at Occo- quan and. gangs of prisoner: are put- ting slaté roofs on a new dormitory near the headquarters building. The gangs paused momentarily when the big trucks came round the bend in the road and prisoners atop the roof strained to see if any acquaintances were returning. Once inside the main building, hand- (Continued on Page 4, Column 1., COUPLE EXbNEHATED IN STUDENT DEATH | Dirothy Fullerton, Former Show Girl, and Husband Eliminated From Huntington Case. | By the Assoclated Press. HARTFORD, Conn, May 18.—Doro= thy Gay Fullerton, former Broadway show girl, and her wealthy husband, Brandford Fullerton of New York, were detained Friday night by the Greenfield, Mass.,, police “in a spirit of co-opera- tion” with the authorities investigating the mysterious death of Walter d- way Huntington, Harvard student in ‘Windsor, May 7, and were exonerated of any connection with the case in a statement by County Detective Edward J. Hickey tonight. ‘The Greenfield police stopped the | Fullertons as they drove through that town Friddy in a big orange-colored sedan after recognizing the registration number that had been broadcast by metropolitan newspapers. “The police then telephoned to Mrs. Hickey in Hartford and the Fullertons insisted that they should be questioned and were very desirous of having me talk with them so they could establish their innocence,” said Hickey. “I talked with them both and the matter is closed,” sald the detective. ‘‘They have no connection with this case,” VLS FOREGASTS NEW REVELATION N POWER INQURY Senator Predicts More Star- tling Disclosures of Inter- locking Financial Control. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP HELD EVENTUAL RESULT Montanan Believes Probe Will Do Much to Kill Off Publie Apathy. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Developments more startling than any hitherto brought to light by the Fed- eral Trade Commission’s probe into power are predicted by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, author of the resolution which paved the way to the recent sensational developments. Senator Walsh expects that before the trade commission has quit delving into the varied activities of power capi- tal, it will discover things of far great- er and more sinister import than “pur- chase of public opinion.” * The Montanan believes it will be brought to light that there is a far- flung, systematic co-ordination of pub- lic utility interests linked for profit- making purposes at consumers’ cost, Feels Public Foots Bills. “One thing seems certain to me,” he told this writer. “That is, that the big power corporations can only be gen- erating the dividends they are paying to shareholders by taking them from the pockets of the consuming public. Such gigantic returns as these corpora- tions derive from their investments, in- cluding the huge fortunes initially made by flotation and underwriting concerns, can, in my judgment, only emanat from assessing them against consumers in the form of excessive rates. Either these swollen profits are thus derived, or the investing public, which is asked to finance mammoth power companies, is being hornswaggled. Unquestionably. the more recent movement toward cen- tralization—the merger trend—has been induced and accelerated by the profits realized in the power business, which has been enormously profitable. In no other way is the extraordinary rise in the price of thz stocks of many of the licable. It is umm\ mn the yday of trust organization following the McKinley election 32 years ago the anti-trust law was more boldly, gen- erally and notoriously violated than in recent years.” May Kill Public Apathy. Senator Walsh was asked to state what, in his opinion, the Federal Trade Commission’s e e of power capi- tal's invasion of the American news- B:per business is going to lead to. “In e first place,” he r:fi’“ed' “I am con- fident it Is going to kill off a good deal of the nonchalance with which the American public has viewed the arro- gance of power’s procedure. I do not think,-for example, that there will be 80 lively a tendency to look upon United States Senators as nuisances, when day in and day out, as some of them have been doing for years, they venture to call an apathetic country’s attention to certain aspects of the na- tional life. In particular, I am per- suaded that an impetus has been given to the idea of public ownership. don’t think there can be any ques- tion about that.” He remarked that he is not an apos- tle of Government ownersh! “But the point is,” he explained, it even opponents of public ownership of gwer and other natural resources are being forced, against their will, to contem- plate the necessity of erecting some bulwark against rising tide of power domination, which the Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry is depicting in colors too lurid to be ignored. “These disclosures about wholesale buying of newspapers make it crystal clear that the basic pu of power capital is to_ alley critici of almost anything which, the plenitude of its might, it sees fit to do. There can be no man, woman or child in the country today so blind as not to real- ize now why power has been subsidizing schools, colleges, universities and every- thing else it could lay its financial SHADE FIVE CENTS AND SUBURBS IN WASHINGTON HANCOCK! CRAF'S NEXT TRIP SET FOR JONE 20 Eckener Leaves for Fried- richshafen—Expects Ship * to Be Ready Tuesday. By the Assoclated Press. CUERS, France, May 18.—Dr. Hugo Eckener, after a day spent in careful examination of the Zeppelin, left tonight for Friedrichs- hafen. He had made plans for puttin; the dirigible back into air service and had characterized as “absurd” reports that sabotage was responsible for the breakdown of four of the five motors on Thursday. The dirigible ¢ er has left to his staff the task of installing new mo- tors, expected from Friedrichshafen to- morrow or Monday. The airship is scheduled to leave early Monday or ‘Tuesday morning for its home port, where it will be completely overhauled. The start of the next attempt to fly to America has been tentatively set for June 20. Before giving the craft into charge of -others, Dr. Eckener made a survey of all its parts in consultation with the Zeppelin expert, Dimling of Friedrichs- hafen. Whether this examination threw further light on the cause of the motor trouble was not made public, but Dr. Eckener was emphatic in saying the breakdowns were natural and accidental. ‘Thousands of automobiles poured into this little aviation village today, bring- ing French aviation experts as well as curious civilians to visit the Graf Zep- I pelin in her hangar. “No one is barred,” ruled Dr. Eckener. “I am so deeply appreciative of the as- sistance and welcome of the French at this untoward landing that I can take no exception to their seeing all they want of our craft.” BONDS BELIEVED STRENGTHENED. France’s Assistance Wins High Praise in Germany. BERLIN, May 18 (#).—The entire German press as well as the German foreign office tonight gratefully ex- pressed their thanks for the prompti- tude of French assistance in aiding the Graf Zeppelin during the airship's perilous journey and emergency land- ing in France yesterday. More had been accomplished toward a Franco-German reapproachment by the mishap to the Zeppelin and the ef- ficlent assistance from the French than (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Virginia Representative, 76, Will Marry Old Friend, Prob- ably This Summer. Bride-to-Be Has Been Man- ager of Louise Home Here for 14 Years. Announcement of the approaching marriage of Representative Henry St. George Tucker of Virginia and Miss Mary Jane Willlams of Washington and Culpeper, Va., which will culminate a friendship of more that 20 years, was made last night by Pendleton Long Williams _of “Redwood,” Culpepe:, brother of Miss Willlams. The wedding, which will take place late in June at “Redwood.” the cou try homestead of Miss Williams’ family, will unite two of the best known fami- 1les of the Old Dominion, linked mi- nently with its social and civic history since Colonial days. and Miss Willlams are well known in elected to the House in 1922 to fill the unexpired term of the late Representa- tive Flood. Miss Williams has_been residing in Washington nearly 30 years, having come here from Culpeper as a young girl. Her father was George Morton Williams, a prominent lawyer of Cul- peper, and her mother was formerly Miss Gertrude Long of Baltimore. Has Charge of Louise Home. For the last 14 years Miss Willlams has been in charge of the Louise Home, at 1500 Massachusetts avenue, founded | years ago hy ;I w. Wask- H. ST. GEORGE TUCKER TO TAKE MISS MARY J. WILLIAMS AS BRIDE ‘ucker. ton philanthropist, for Southern ‘nflewoglen. Shep!.s a member of the Both Mr. Tucker |irginia committee ‘of Colonial Dames and of the Washington chapters of the Washington, the former having been | Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Con- federacy. Mr. Tucker, who observed his seventy- sixth birthday anniversary April 5, is serving his fourth full term as a mem- ber of the House. He is a widower, | having been twice married. His first wife was Miss Henrletta Preston John- ston of Lexington, Va. .who died in 1900. He later married Miss' Martha Sharpe of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., who died two years ago. Mr. Tucker has three sons and three daughters. A former president of the American Bar Association, Mr. Tucker is noted (Coptinued on Page 2, Column 5., crippled Graf | Durant, Resting in London, Has Leased Cable, Street Hears By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 18.—The New York World tomorrow will | say that although W. C. Durant, | stock market operator, is in Lon- don supposedly for a rest, he has leased a transatlantic cable for full time during market sessions to take care of his volume of business. The report was received from one of the brokerage houses which handles Mr. Durant’s busi- ness. It was estimated that the daily cost of the cable lease is be- tween $1,000 and $1,500. SHIRKING STUDENTS Chief Justice Also Criticizes Extra-Curriculum Activities. ! Whimsical criticism of extra-curricu- | lum activities and superficialites in the | modern educational system, and a more pointed reproof to those students, who fail to take advantage of their oppor- tunities for learning, were sounded by Chief Justice Taft yesterday in an ad- dress to members of his fraternity, Psi Upsilon, at a luncheon meeting which closed a three-day session here at the Hotel Mayflower. A notable audience heard the former President, including Secretary of State Stimson, Senators Bingham, Goff, Moses, Sackett and Walcott, and others prominent th official circles. Advance Pleases Taft. Departing from the humorous vein which had characterized his previous remarks, and referring to a statement by Barry Mohun, chairman of the con- vention committee, who, in. preceding him had declared the “zero hour” in scholarship had been reached and that 5 upward trend was due, the jurist d: ¥ “There has been a good deal said about the low standard of scholarship shown in the comparative tables of col- lege fraternities, and it really, to those who are deeply interested, is a source of the greatest anxiety. I was delight- ed to hear that the zero point had been reached and that we were going up on the other side. Certainly we ought to.” The speaker then turned his shafts on “these feather-headed young men that don’t look ahead to know the op- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—26 PAGES. | General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 24. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial _Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Spring Books—Page 4. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 5. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Societ; v News of the Clubs—Pages 7 and 10. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 11. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 12. D. A. R. Activities—Page 12. PART FOUR—I18 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. In the Motor World—Pages 5, 6 and 7. Aviation Activities—Pages 8 and 9. Veterans of Great War—Pages 10 and Screen Fraternal News—Pages 11 and 12, Marine Corps Notes—Page 12. | Spanish War Veterans—Page 14. | Cross-Word Puszzle—Page 15. Radio News—Pages 16 and 17. District National Guard—Page 18. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 18. PART FIVE—10 PAGES. Sports and Financial PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Serial Story, “Wolves of the Water- front”—Page 10. At Community Centers—Page 10. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. Army and Navy News—Page 8. GRAVURE SECTION—12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures, COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Somebody’s Stenog; Orphan Annie; Clarence; of Hutor, . ARESCOREDBY TAFT DEBENTURE PLAN DEBATED IN FORUM Brookhart Urges Proposal in Radio Address as Fort Attacks It. ‘The export debenture plan of farm relief, set up by the Senate, knocked down by the House, and now the center of a perplexed conference committec'’s attention, was extolled and denounced over the radio dast night by two Repub- lican farm leaders in Congress. Senator Smith W. ®rookhart of Towa, who- disagreed with President Hoover recently because of the Execu- tive's announced opposition to the plan, urged the merits of the plan in debate with Representative Franklin W, Fort of New Jersey,' who is regarded as a Hoover spokesman in the House. The two leaders it S ks e e 0o tional Radio Forum arranged by The Evening Star and s broadcasting system. P sredty Hoover’s Work Is Cited. tions of Mr. Hoover as food adminis- trator during and after the World War eration of the debenture plan and as gé';cf that the plan would be a suc- Mr. Fort asserted that the plan “is | indistinguishable in its effects from straight subsidy or bounty, but is infi- | nitely more complicated in its opera- | tions and nowhere mear as direct in its | effect upon price.” Adoption of the plan immediately | would destroy all dealing in commodi- ‘lies for future delivery, reduce the | market to a cash bais for immediate i delivery in this country and endanger the whole structure for handling com- modities, he declared. Raliroad “Subsidy” Drawn In. Attacking objections to the plan be- | cause it is a subsidy Brookhart asserted that Government subsidies were grant- ed the railroads, the banks ard the manufacturies given a protective tariff. The direct cause of what he described as a “gigantic discrimination” against the farmers are found mainly in the laws of Congress, he declared, citing particularly the subsidy given railroads. “If the farmers could get a law that would fix their values and their rates of return, with a Treasury guarantee like that, they would get what the Re- publican’ platform promised,” he as- serted. ‘The Republican party won the agri- cultural States by pledging farm re- lief, he declared. “When the party bill appeared,” he said, “it substantially pro- vided for nothing but loans to co-opera- tives.” That plan was tried by the War Finance Corporation and the Inter- mediate Credit Bank and failed, he said. Such a bill, he declared, was a repudiation of the Republican party’s platform pledge. Calis Debenture Plan Simple. Of the debenture plan he said: “It is a simple plan, easy of admin- istration without new governmentai machinery. The Treasury issues a cer- tificate of debenture to the exporter of farm surpluses equal to one-half the tariff rate, and on cottun, which has no tariff, 2 cents per pound. The Treas- ury will receive these debenture cer- tificates the same as cash in the pay- ment of all tariff duties. The effect will be to raise the price of all farm products that have an exportable sur- plus. It will not be confilned to the ~(Continued on page . Have Confidence in Hearon, SPARTANBURG, S. C.,, May 18 (#). Resolutions expressing confidence in Charles O. Hearon, editor-in-chief of ilie Spartanburg Herald and the Spart- anburg Journal and supervising editor of the Augusta Chronicle and Columbia Record, were passed today and signed by a group of business men of Spartan- burg. , Column 1.) Senator Brookhart cited the opera- | as precedents for the contemplated op- | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE HOOVER EXPECTED T0WIN IN BATTLE OVER DEBENTUR' 1G. 0. P. Leaders Belie’ | House to Bring Victory fc His Farm-Aid Stand. 'SENATE SUPPORTERS MAY ASK IT IN TARIT Conferees to Meet Tomorrow Mor ing to Attempt to Iran Out Differences. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The struggle over the farm bill and the debenture plan will be resumed when the conferees of Senate and House meet tomorrow morning. Re- publican leaders predicted last night that the House and President Hoover would have their way and that the debenture plan would be stricken out of the bill. Not only is the sentiment in the | Housé strongly against the inclusion iof the debenture proposal in the farm bill, but certain elements are working on the side of the opponents of the debenture in the Senate. The first of these is the knowledge that even if the debenture plan goes cut of the farm blil, Senators who sup- port the debenture plan will have an- other opportunity to vote for it when the tariff bill comes before the Upper | House. | Farmers Want Help Now. The second element is time. The . House, it is said, is prepared to stanc out indefinitely against the debentur jbroposal. There is a demand from ti farming sections of the country for the ssage of the farm bill without un- {due celay. This is reflected in the | :J espondence of many of the Sena- or ! "1’ remains to be seen how long the . Scnate will be willing to hold up thi: | legisiation. It is generally understooc, i althcugh no announcement has com. | from the President, that if the bill i sent to him with the debenture claus in it, he will veto it, which would caus still further delay. The third element in the situation i found in the desire of many membe:. of Congress, including some of thos who are supporting the debenture, fc @ recess, while the Senate finance comi mittee holds hearings on the tariff bi and amends that measure. It is clea that there will be no recess of Congre: until after the farm relief bill has bec disposed of. The House is expected t pass the tariff bill by June 1, if not : day or two before. The plan has bec to recess for three or four weeks i June. Agreement on Rest of Bill Seen. The conferees of the Senate, althoug! 2 majority of them did not vote for thc depenture clause when the bill was be fore the Senate, are expected to make ¢ stubborn fight in conference for tha ! clause. It is probable that the con ferees will take up the other feature | of the bill before they deal with the ! debenture clause. If that plan is followed, it may b | possible to get an agreement on the re: of the bill and to have a disagreemer | reported to the Senate, or to the Hous {or to both on the debenture plan. ThL | conferees then could obtain instructior from their respective houses on thu particular issue. | If poss.ble, however, a complete agree ment on the bill will be obtained befo: , the conferecs report to the House. Whi there 1s a large majority in the Hous opposed to the debenture plan, there at | some members who would be glad nc ! to be compelled to take part in a dirc vote on the debenture plan, particular some of those who come from farmi: sections, who might find opposition i their renomination next year if th jare on record against the debentit | clause. Won by Slim Edge in Senate. ‘Whether the House takes a separ: | vote on debenture or not., it appe likely that the Senate conferees fina. | will yield on the debenture clause unt | after there has been a vote in th Senate itself. The debenture propose won in the Senate with a margin o/ Lhrt votes. The members of the Sen- ate Who supported the debenture could yield gracefully, it is said. in_order to expedite the passage of the farm bill, saying at the time that they intended to make their big fight for debenture in the tariff bill. So far members of the Senate have not been besieged by their constituents with demands that they stand firm for the debenture plan in the farm bill. Indeed, it is said, there apparently has been little interest taken by the farmers themselves in this fight. Out in the agricultural States of the West there is, however, a real desire that the farm bill be put through as quickly as possible and the administration get to work under the terms of that bill iy aid of the farmer. The prices of whee’ have dropped. A bumper crop is ex pected in this country and also in . number of foreign countries. It was pointed out last night that if the farm bill were put through. it would be pos- sible to set up at an early date a stabilization corporation to aid in meet- ing the wheat situation. Such a corporation might take 100,- 000,000 bushels of wheat or more out of the market and hold it if necessas for a year. Such action, it is argued, would tend to stabilize wheat prices in this country. Many Pin Hope on Hoover. ‘There is a real demand, too, among many farmers of the West that Presi- dent Hoover be given an opportunity to tackle farm relief problem. They (Continued on Page 5, Column 1. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, May 18.—More than 100 symphony orchestra, concert, opera and band musicians thrown out of em- ployment by talking devices in motion plcture theaters, the radio, and general hard times in the musical world, have organized a co-operative enterprise to combat competition from mechanical and electrical sources. With the support of the Socialist party and the American Federation of Musicians, the unemployed violinists, drummers, horn blowers, pianists and all, will give a series of public concerts Musicians, Made Jobless by “Talkies,” Plan to Give Concerts for Own Benefit beginning Decoration day at the New York Coliseum, which will seat 17,000 persons. This defensive measure, which has the support of Francesco Colasanto and Henry Hadley, two conductors who have consented to direct programs, was decided upon yesterday after the execu- tive committee of the American fed- eration granted permission to meet the emergency in this manner. The committee suspended the by- laws of the federation which provide that no union members can play except for hire. ™