Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. €0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cool tonight: to- morrow fair with slowly rising tem- perature, Temperatures: Highest, 55, at noon yesterday; lowest, 48, at 6 a.m. today. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 31,066, Tcor omea b ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Shar. Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,489 Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, R WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1929—-FORTY- TWO PAGES. () Means Associated Pres: TWO CENTS. — ACCORD REACHED ONWAR PAYMENTS NOTE T0 SHACHT Allies Adopt Text of State-| ment on German Reser- vations Question. U. S. OFFER TO ACCEPT CUT IS EVENT OF HOUR New Crisis in Paris Conference Expected to Come to Head by End of Week. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 21.—The allied repara- tions experts have reached a full agree- ment on the text of a letter to be sent | to Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, head of the (- German delegation, in which they set forth which of the German reserva- tlons they have accepted, having re- vamped some of them, and also pre- senting some allied reservations. This letter will be delivered to Dr. Schacht tomorrow. U. S. Offer Studied. America’s offer to accept a substan- | SUBMARINE AND CREW RAISED SAFELY FROM SEA BOTTOM IN TEST {Feat in Panama Bay May 17 First on Record—Disasters Like S-4 and S-51 Claimed By the Associated Press. COLON, Canal Zone, May 21.—A Forestalled. United States submarine and its crew was raised safely from the bottom of the sea for the first time in Navy history on May 17, in Panama Bay. 1, which went down to a d epth of 87 feet, was found by the sub- The S: marines S-12 and S-20 and was raised by the rescue ship Mallard a few hours later. Naval officers hére were so impressed with the demonstration that they said no disaster such as followed the sinking of the §-51 or the S-4 was now possible. The test started with the submarines and the rescue ship in the port of Iboa, the S-11 leaving early on the morning of May 17. iar % ady. The other submarines went to look for her, pick- & signal that she was ready. ing up her oscillator signals sent for an simulated complete helplessness. The S-12 was the first to catch sig-) nals, just one hour after the first call from the S-11. Then the rescue ship Mallard started for the spot 3,000 yards‘ from Toboguilla Light. She sighted air bubbles at 10:30 am. Twenty-five | minutes later a grapnel had hookeg on to the sunken submarine. | At 11:27 a bottle with the following | message was picked up: “S-11 heading 156 true in 87 feet of water. Mud| bottom. Control room abandoned. Listed two degrees southward.” At 11:46 four buoys planted lard were directly over the sub- marine and that phase of the experi- ment was completed by 2:12 in the afternoon. At 2:27 Diver Obelskevich went down and by 3.55 pm. a salvage air hose had been hooked up ready to blow out any compartment, including the main | | ceived food by means of the At 8 am. she flashed hour and a half, after which the S;11 ballast tank. The diver returned to the surface at 4:41 and eight minutes later the Mallard started to blow the water out of the S-11. The submarine broke water at 5:05 pm. The crew of the S- compartments not supposed to be flood- ed during the entire test and did not experience any discomfort. They re- sub- marine signal ejector, which was operat- ed from Bmsme the craft. The sea was choppy while the test was in prog- ress. Those in charge of the operations were Lieut. Comdr. Schuyler Mills, commanding Submarins Division 3, of which the S-11 is flagship, assisted by Lieut. Comdr. D. M. Dalton, command- ing the S-12; Lieut. R. H. Smith, com- manding the S-20 and Lieut. J. B. Hupp, commanding the Mallard. tial reduction in the amount of annui- | ties in settlement of its war claims on Germany has become the event of the hour in France. The reparations experts have new optimism because of the concessions, which, while small in proportion to the total reparations claims, may be just sufficient to induce the remaining necessary compromise on the part of others. One of the experts offered the com- ment, “Our hope of success is now very strong.” y In French circles ther American offer ‘was understood to be for a 10 per cent reduction in the size of annuities to the United States’ arrears on the costs of occupation of the Rhineland, or about $1,190,000 a year for 37 years. This figure represents only approxi- mately one-fourth of 1 per cent of the total German annuities to the creditor nations, but it is understood a mere matter of about three-guarters of 1 per cent of the annuities as asked by the allies, has separated them from the figures the Germans have indicated as acceptable. Thus, but 12 per cent, or 10,000,000 marks (about $2.400,000) ad- justment in the size of the annuities would remain to be accomplished. ‘Would Get Profits. The same French sources also claimed that the solution had appeared to the vexing problem of repartition of the an- nuities among the crediter nations, and the revision of the Spa percentages, which it had seemed would be necessary with introduction of Owen D. Young's compromise annuity figures. ‘Those nations which would have been most affected by the revision could be compensated by a share in the profits of the proposed international bank under the scheme now proposed and lose little or nothing in the end. All in all, there seemed little doubt today that the experts, who continued their labors far into last night, realized substantial progress. The next day or 50, the end of the week at the most. it seemed would see the new crisis in the affairs of the conference. Regarding the American offer Petit Parisien today said: “The American action sees to have a wider bearing. going far beyond the present situation and constituting perhaps the first prom- ise of sympathy for Europe's difficulties | and of indulgence for settlements to | come.” BREACH OF PROMISE IS LAID TO TUNNEY| $500,000 Asked by Divorcee, Who Says He Proposed to Her During 1925, By the Associated Press. STAMFORD, Conn., May 21.—Notice | of an impending $500,000 breach of promise suit against James J. (Gene) Tunney, retired heavyweight boxing| champion of the world, was filed with | Town Clerk George R. Close today. The | complainant is Mrs. Katherine King| Fogarty of New York and Fort Worth, Tex., who alleges that Tunnaey proposed to her in 1925 and was accepted, and then married “another person.” ‘The papers were left on the two picce: of Tunney property here, together with | writs of attachment, in the absence of | its owner, who is at the Island of Brioni, Italy, with his wife, the former | Polly Lauder of Greenwich. Writs of | garishriee were served on all the banks | in Stanford and Greenwich against the | possibility of Tunney’s having accounts | in one or more of them. It was under- | stood, however, that there are no such | accounts. i The complaint says that Mrs. Fogarty met Tunney early in 1925 when he was in training at Hot Springs, Ark. and that on May 29, that Year, she obtained her divorce in Fort Worth. Five davs | Jater “and on many subsequent days,” Tunney proposed to her, she alleges, and she agreed to marry him. She is | “ready to comply with the request now,” according to the complaint. — DEMOCRAT SUPPORTS | OPPOSITION TARIFF BILL| Representative Hill First of Party | to Speak for New Ffeasure. The first speech by a Democrat in favor of the pending Republican tariff bill was made in the House today by Representative Hill, Democrat, Wash- ington, declaring he would vote for the measure because it constituted a step forward to bring agriculture under the protective system. He said the bill went further than any previous tarifl measure in affording protection to farm products, but that it did not “go far enough.” 1 He expressed hope that many commit- tee amendments granting further in- creases on agricultural products would be offered, and predicted the bill would be much improved before passage. I Rising Rivers Threaten Many ‘leurred at a point where danger was Kennett, Mo, the St. Francis bounded through another weakened bit of levee the overflow had forked and was ad- vancing through the countryside in two being guarded and engineers in charge {on the | Pine Bluff were threatened with over- | {to prevent a new break in levee dis- HUNDREDS BATTLE 10 CHECK FLOODS Areas in Bottom Lands of Mississippi Valley. By the Associated Press. Rising streams and rivers now threat- ening many sections of the Mississippi Valley sent emergency crews scurrying to scenes of impending danger today, but disaster appeared to have been | averted save in one instance. Yesterday's only reported break oc- least expected. While engineers were directing forces at three places near and overflowed 50,000 acres. Todny. eams. The three other points were{ hoped the break had-relieved the pres- sure sufficiently ‘to avert another crevasse. Hope Break to be Averted. At Mounds Landing, Miss, where a break in 1927 sent the flood of that Spring across some of the Delta’s rich- est lands and towns, levee board and Government engineers were supervising forces which grew hourly in numbers. Sloughs in the Mississippi River levee there had been checked sufficiently to give engineers hope that a break would be averted. A requst that President Hoover rescind the regulation forbid- ding State convicts to work on Govern- ment projects—the levees are Federal- built—had brought no reply save the information that the request must come to Washington through the district engineer, Maj. John C. H. Lee of Vicks- Hundreds Flee Bottoms. Near Natchez, Miss., a private levee | showed signs of weakening. Three to| four hundred persons had taken their possessions and live stock to higher round. s Arkansas' danger centered along the banks of the Red and Arkansas Rivers. Texarkana reported a gradual reduc- tion in the Red’s rate of rise, and fair weather in Southeast Oklahoma and| Southwest Arkansas promised to| lighten the river's burden. The Arkansas was falling between | Fort Smith and Little Rock. The Gov- ernment meteorologist at Little Rock | reported, however, that a new rise was| way and that accurate forecasts would be impossible until it had made its appearance. Between 6,000 and 10,000 acres near flow from the Farrelly Lake levee. A/ “boil"—caused by ' water bursting through ground near the levee's edge— | Was surrounded with sandbags by 200 workmen. 41 Feet at Memphis. Levees on the Mississippi River at | Hickman, Ky., where much anxiety was | manifested several days ago, apparently | had withstood buffeting. 'and today engineers slowly were filling a_ space | between new and time weakened levee | lines to further resist the force of the | river. At’ Memphis, Tenn., the gauge-ba- rometer, used to judge the whole Mid- dle River, stood at about 6 feet above | | the flood stage of 35 feet, but was| expected to become stationary today or | OmOrrow. \ A slight rise of the Ohio and Upper Mississippl was in evidence. MISSOURI FARMERS FIGHT. Wage Desperate Struggle Along 14-Mile Levee Front as River Falls. KENNETT, Mo, May 21 () —The fight of citizens of Dunklin County along the 14-mile levee of the St. Fran- cis River continued today in an effort trict No. 4. The iver was falling to- day, but there was still danger of the levee giving way at two or three points. Water continued to pour through a | crevasse north of Millhouse, where the | dirt barrier crumbled under pressure of | the swollen river early yesterday morn- ing. County officials said no more than 25.000 acres of land would be flooded. About 80 per cent of this land is in cultivation. Farmers said the flood this year was |2 month earlier than usual and that | if weather conditions improve it will enable them to plant corn and other crops with no serious losses. Approximately 500 families will be | affected by the flood, according to best estimates here. NEW TARIFF PLAN OUTLINED IN HOUSE Representative Fort Pro- poses Establishment of New List From Free Commodities. Proposal that there be set up a new class of commodities in the tariff law, which may be given protection by executive order if new conditions war- rant it, was made in the House today | by Representatvie Franklin W. Fort of New Jersey. Mr. Fort's proposal was that certain commodities now on the free list, such as hides, leather, harness, shoes, phos- phate rock and vegetable oils, be placed in a separate class on which there should be fixed & nominal rate of duty —say 1 per cent. He proposed that on such commodities Congress and the tariff l]aw should fix a maximum rate of duty, sufficient to be protective under changed conditions. ~The President would be authorized, if Mr. Fort's plan were adopted, on recommenda of the Tariff Commission, to fix the rate at any point between the minimum and the maximum. Anticipates Change. The recommendation made by Mr. Fort is designed to give protection to American producers of commodities which today may properly be kept on the free list, but which a year from now might require a protective duty, due to changed conditions abroad. Mr. Fort called attention to the fact that the practice has been to amend the tariff laws every seven or eight years. He argued that it was unfair to leave some of the American producers at the mercy of foreign competition for such a long period. The New Jersey Trepresentative is secretary of the Republican national committee and played a leading part in the campaign last year which nomi- nated and elected President Hoover. Mr. Fort insists, however, that this new plan for extending the protective tariff to certain American industries when needed is his own proposal and must not be considered as coming from Mr. Hoover. “The general theory underlying any revision of the tariff,” said Mr. Fort, ad- dressing the House today, “is that duties are increased where the quantity of importations of the commodity is trenching upon the capacity of efficient American producers; that they are de- creased when the quantity of importa- tions is so diminished as to be disturb- ing to the American consumer, either through shortage or increase in price levels; and that, in the case of the frec Jist, it is desired to leave the quantity of importations undisturbed. Discusses Flexibility. “The flexibile provisions of the tariff acts do not include quantity of importa- tion as one of the measures to be used in arranging duties. It is further essen- tial probably for the constitutionality and certainly for the wisdom of any flexible provision - that Congress shail first have fixed some rate of duty on the commodity—in other words, the flexible provisions should not operate as to articles which Congress has put on the free list. Ordinarily, fiexible pro- visions operate by percentage only—the power of the President being limited to increasing or decreasing rates fixed in the law by one-half. Articles on the free list fall generally "7 (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DRESSMAKERS DELAY FRENCH TENNIS STARS Appointment With Modiste Gives, Americans Victory by Default. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 21.—Dressmakers were responsible today for the California tennis stars, Helen Wills and Edith Cross, reaching the second round of women's doubles in the French cham- pionships without piaying. Mesdames Danet and Speranza-Wyns of France were down to meet, the Amer- ijeans in the first round at 3 p.m., but Mme. Danet sent word that they could notmzcape the -modiste until after 5 o'clock. So the match was declared defaulted. Wilbur Coen, jr.. Kansas City young- ster, paired with Edquard Borotra, young brother of the famous “bounding Basque,” to win a first-round match in men’s doubles from Micky Zahar and Henry Dannon, Greece, 6—2, 11—9, 8—6. Blast Kills Three Men. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., May 21 (#). Radio l’rograx';ls;;l;ngc 42 State News, Pages 10 and 11 --A dynamite explosion killed three men and seriously injured three others today. consin Granite Co. quarry. 11 stayed in the | NEW COURT FIGHTS ON RAIL VALUATION SEENBEFORE L C.C. Commission Confronts Task of Revising Figures on Billions in Property. LARGE RATE INCREASE PREDICTION SCOUTED Additional Legislation May Be Sought to Clarify Questions Grow- ing From O'Fallon Case. By the Associated Pre: The Interstate Commerce Comimis- sion today confronted the huge task of revising and bringing down to date its valuation of billlons of dollars’ worth of rallroad properties, with the pros- pect that further litigation and new legislation would be sought to clarify the situation. ‘That prospect stood out clearly as members of Congress and the commis- slon and railroad experts pursued their study of the Supreme Court decision yesterday upholding the St. Louis & O'Fallon Railroad in its test attack on the methods used by the commission in valuing its property, 5 Valuation Methods Disturbed. Principles of railroad valuation as developea by the interstate Commerce Commission for the purpose of re-cap- turing excess income are seriously dis- turbed by the decision, in the opinion of members of that body. They feel, however, that the value of its engineering inventory of the property investment in transportation is not im- pairedes Over many years, and at a cost of $34,000,000, the commission has gath- ered the data on value of railroad prop- erty for the entire country, to use as directed by law for rate making and other purposes, and after study of the O'Fallon decision, its members are con- vinced that the validity of this basic data has not been questioned by the Supreme Court. ““This does not junk all the valuation work done under the act,” Chairman Lewis of the commission said today. “So far as I can see the decision en- tails little _disturbance to that body of data. The inventories of railroad property are being perpetuated and can be used as a foundation for finding total figures by any method or theory of law. The only thing that it does disturb is the O'Fallon theory as set up for the purpose of recapturing ex- cess earnings of this particular raiiroad. Basic Work Unaffected. “We are just now beginning the work of bringing valuation up to date, and the basic work in that is not disturbed,” Lewis said. “We have. been waiting for the decision in this case before pro- ceeding with other recapture cases.” It is now the commission's purpose to go forward immediately with its work of enforcing the recapture clause of the law, estimating railroad liability, how- ever, under the Supreme Court’s O'Fal- lon ruling. In presenting the test case, the com- mission sought to make 1914 price levels govern largely its total figures for the valuation of the individual railroad. The court held that insufficient weight had been attached under this principle to the current cost of reproducing given railroad property, and stated other con- siderations likewise should be followed. Modification to Be Made. In renewing its effort the commission will consider price changes subsequent to 1914 and modify the totals accord- ingly. %l.) was asserted repeatedly at the commission that the valuation situation has little, if any, bearing on railroad freight levels as they now stand. So many other factors are influencing rail- road rate levels that the official view is that carriers will not seriousy challenge the present rate structure as a whole, whatever is done about valuations. 1t was sald that hardly more than once or twice since 1920 has a commis- sion or court rate decision turned upon the point of valuation, even though the theory that rates should yield a reason- able return on valuation was a part of | the commerce law. The valuations on which the recap- ture efforts are based, it was conceded, do operate to some extent in the de- termination of rail rates, but the com- missioners apparently were convinced that the present rate level would be recognized by the carriers as being at a practicable level in general and that no attempt to disturb it to any great extent would be made, except possibly to_clarify legal questions involved. In view of the court’s indication that the commisison’s valuation of the O'Fal- lon property was improper because of failure to take the present cost of cone struction sufficiently into consideration and the existence of other differences in the general dispute over valuation, it was _thought that the next step might be the presentation of another test case to the courts. New Principles Are Problem. As to the probable effects of the O'Fallon decision on the clerical and engineering work of the commission, it was pointed out that the data it has gathered were not in question and that the administrative problem now was to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) HITS ELECTORAL COLLEGE Motion to Abolish System. An amendment to the Constitution to abolish the electoral college was pro- posed in a resolution introduced today by Representative Glover, Democrat, Arkansas. He would have each State certify the results of the elections to the President of the Senate. Washington-New York Games Are Called Off On Account of Rain Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, May 21.—The double-header scheduled for this afternoon_between the Nationals and the Yankees was called off on account of rain. If the weather clears up by 1:30 daylight saving time, tomorrow afiernoon, another double-header will be played between the teams They were working in a Wis- | that are second from the top and bottom of the league, respectively. FAD DOESNT, SPREAD T? 7 e | HOPE THAT, NO TOM TOMS FOR TAMMANY. SACKING OF CANTON BY REDS IS FEARED British Construct Defenses. U. S. Cruiser En Route From Hongkong. By the Associated Pri CANTON, China, May 21.—British | sailors landing from gunboats in the | barbor today in Shameen quarter im- mediately began construction of de- fenses in various parts of the English ‘concession. Gates and bridges were closed and guards posted. The British consulate warned subjects Inot to leave Shameen and asked that they assemble at Contanolloen railway compound. Three British and two { French gunboats and two Japanese de- stroyers were anchored in the harbor outside the concession. The U. 8. 8. Tulsa was en route from Hongkong. In the native city the utmost tense- ness prevailed with attacking Kwangsi troops known to be not far away, al- though there was no definite word as to their position. Sacking of the city, the largest of Southern China, was feared in the event of capture by the red Kwangsi elements, which was be- lieved imminent. Ship Protects Americans. Reports from Wuchow, on the Kwangsi border, said bombing raids and threats of new expeditions against it had aroused considerable feeling and intensified the antagonism of the Kwangsi generals. Forty Americans there were safe, with the U. 8. 8. Guam protecting running low. ‘The rebel Cantonese naval command- er, whom the Cantonese allowed to leave for Hongkong, after they forced ships which followed him in mutiny to capitulate, was at Wuchow and has been placed in command of a Kwangsi naval squadron of 30 gunboats. About $2,000,000 Mexican in silver bullion has been moved from the Cen- tral Bank to Hongkong for safety, while many leading Sino residents have sent their families to the English territory. Reported Within 25 Miles. A British missionary arriving from 15 miles north of Canton said the Kwangsiites were advancing within 25 miles of Canton, with the retreating Kwangtung forces offering desperate re- sistance. A thousand wounded Kwang- tung troops arrived from the Pel Kiang district, while 10,000 men were taken | from the Tung Kiang area and hurried Roflh in an effort to halt the Kwangsi- es. ‘The Canton government said the Kwangtung lines were plerced yester- day 40 miles above the city, but the ground lost afterward recovered. Ten Kwangtung airplanes carrying bombs and using machine guns sallied over the battle area and attacked the Kwangsites. |ALLEGED ATTACKER THREATENED BY MOB Buffalo Police Capture Man. Fol- lowing Revolver Duel, Iden- tified by Two Girls. ~ By the Associated Pri BUFFALO, N. Y., May 21.—Captured by police following a revolver duel late last night, Michael Hazenstab, 23, of | this city, was threatened with lynching Representative Glover Introduces| at the hands of 200 men and women after he had ben identified by two girls as having attacked them. ‘The crowd, angered by more than 20 reported eutrages in their district in the past six weeks, stormed the doors of the Kensington police station and had to be driven away by detectives. Hazenstab, confronted by the girls, remained unshaken fn his denial of guilt. Police sald he confessed, how- ever, to a number of burglaries and safe’ robberies. Two automatic pistols and a revolver were found on his per- son. The capture of the man was brought about when the screams of one of the girls aroused the neighborhood. She told police a man seized her as she was on her way home. Gasoline Deposits Reported. MACAO, Portuguese China, May 21 (#)—Existence of deposits from which gasoline may be produced at Kokbow, in Southwestern Kwangtung, China, has been reported in commercial quar- ters here. A Sino-American company was reported forming to exploit the de- posit and erect a refinery, them, although food was9 Giant Octopus Slain By Three Fishermen 5 In Struggle at Sea One Hooks Monster on Line, Starting 2-Hour Battle to Land Prey. By the Associated Press. SAN MATEO, Calif, May 21.- How three men in a small boat fought a sea battle with a 12-foot octopus was 'told here last night by Earl Small, Charles Ross and Robert Holtz of this city. The octopus was placed on dis- play in a sporting guo.ds shop. Small said he hooked the cctopus while fishing 12 miles at sea yesterday. The combined strength of the three men was required to bring the monster to the surface. When it broke water, Small asserted, the air seemed filled with flying tenacles. One was cut off | by Ross as it twined itself about Small's leg. Another was severed as it was caught by the chopping propellor. Knives, boat hooks and gafls were used in the two-hour battle before thz octopus was killed. NORRIS, REPEATS INQUIRY DEMAND Ira C. Copley, Owner of Newspaper Chain, Again Put Under Fire. By the Assoclated Press. Senator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, repeated his demand in the Senate to- day that the Federal Trade Commis- | sion reopen its Inquiry of the financial interests of Ira C. Copley, the owner of a number of newspapers, after he had read a telegram from Mr. Copley de- nying charges that he still owned stock in public utilities. Resuming his discussion of power in- terests, Norris said the “testimony is stock.” “I have in my possession,” he de- clared, “some editorials on the matter quoting the testimony of Mr. Copley's attorney to the same effect as I stated yesterday. I join Mr. Copley in asking the Federal Trade Commission to in- quire into this.” ‘The telegram from Mr. Copley urged that the Federal Trade Commission summon him. After reading it Norris saild he joined with Copley in that request. The Nebraskan then declared that | Mr. Copley and his | be in disagreement. Norris said that testimony of Copley's attorney tended to bear out his own statements regarding Copley's financial interests. Norris yesterday said a man in San Francisco whom he didn’t care to name, had informed him that Copley still held $5,000,000 of securities In his telegram, Mr. Copley declared “please present my compliments to your acquaintance in San Francisco and tell | him for me that he is a plain, common liar.” Says Majority Outraged. Continuing his discussion, Norris said he presuraed “every newspaper in the country has had the opportunity to sell out @® the power. trust.” Fortunately, he continued, the great majority of editors were outraged by the disclosures of the Federal Trade Commission and condemned those of the newspaper business who were “so subservient to greed as to forget their obligation to the public.” “When some of us charged here in the Senate a little while ago that there was a power trust we were laughed at,” he declared. “But now only the basis of the revel- ations by the Federal Trade Commis- sion we may justly say: I told you so." “We were denounced as _dreamers, they dencunced us as Bolshevists working against the best interests of our people. Now we know the sordid story from their own lips.” Senator Norris declared that a news- paper is much like a public man. Sometimes the newspapers, he added. must decide contrary to their financial interests and frequently take a stand unpopular in the community they serve. Bank Statements “;nshingwn clearing house, $4,593,- 4.79. i 674 Treasury balance, $141,205,481.61. | New York clearing house exchange, $1,349,000,000. New York clearing House balance, $121,000,000, ’ that. Mr. Copley still owns considerable | attorney “seem to | PLANES HOP OFF - FOR GOTHAM “RAID | Bomber Due Here at 5:30 P.M. to Refuel—Weather Unfavorable. Machinery for “demolition” by bombs | of Governors Island, off New York City, I by a long-range bombing plane, basing | in Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, and re- | tueling going and returning at Bolling Field, here, was put in motion this morning when the bomber and refuel- | ing plane departed for the “raid” base | at Untontown, Pa. When there the weather was reported “very | unfavorable” and the completion af the raid was in doubt at 2 p.m. The big bombing plane is due to ar- rive over Bolling Field for a new suply of gasoline and ofl, between 5:30 and 6 o'clock this afternoon. Dangerous weather over-the moun- tains between Washington and Wright Field caused officials of the mimic war game to order the refueling plane, ! piloted by Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, to stop at Uniontown, to await further orders. Capt. Hoyt attempted to get through to Washington yesterday, but threaten- ing weather forced him back to Wright Field again. | Lieut. Moon to Fly Bomber. ‘The bomber will be flown.by Lieut. Odas Moon of the 7th Bombardment Squadron. He will be at the controls of the bomber in both of its refueling contacts over the Capital. The big ship will be called upon to travel more than 1,300 miles in its thrust at Gover- | nor’s Isiand, twice as far as is the cruis- | ing radius of bombers without refueling. | After taking on its first load of fuel over Bolling, the bomber will fly on to New York, approaching the city at an altitude of about 12,000 feet, out of sight and hearing of the big town below. Spiraling down to about 2,200 feet, the ship will release three flares over Gov- ernor’s Island and take off again for Bolling Field and another load of fuel. | _The bomber is expected to reach New York about 8 o'clock tonight and to re- fuel again at Bolling Field at about 10 o’clock. The bomber will carry its regulation load of 2,200 pounds of explosives. Radio Plane En Route Here. | A tri-motored Fokker monoplane, | fitted with complete radio broadcasting | outfit, left Wright Field this morning | for Bolling Pield and will accompany the bomber, after its refueling here, to New York. From the monoplane will be broadcast the details of the raid cn | Governors Island and the flight over | New York City. On the return flight from New York, (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) LENROOT ROLL CALL REPORT IS SCORED | Barkley Says Published Vote of Confirmation Session Was Inaccurate. By the Associated Press. Protesting that if votes taken in se- | cret session were to be published, they should be published correctly, Senator ! Barkley, Democrat, Kentucky, said in the Senate today the purported roll call published by the United Press on the confirmation of Irvine Lenroot of Wis- consin as a judge of the Court of Cus- toms Appeals was “inaccurate.” Senator Barkley said he was opposed to keeping secret the votes on Executive nominations, and “if they are going to be published they ought to be published correctly.” ‘The published roll call on the Len- root vote, he declared, was inaccurate in several instances, recording members who were not present apd failing to show proper “pairs.” Lenroot was confirmed by a vote of 42 to 27. The opposition made a deter- mined drive for an open session for con- sideration of the nomination and sev- | eral of those who led the contest against | the former Wisconsin Senator have been anxious that the roll call be made pub- lie. Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wis- consin, asked unanimous consent today | to put Into the record the published roil i call, but Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, objected. Senator Hef- lin, Democrat, of Alabama, reminded Senator Blaine that he might read the published roll call into the record. The ‘Wisconsin Senator said he was aware of that and indicated he would pursue that course, . the refueling plane arrived | LAW COMMISSION - /INVITED BY HOOVER 10 MEET TUESDAY Luncheon at White House to Precede Organization Session of Body. WICKERSHAM HEADS CRIME STUDY GROUP Eleven Members Are Appointed by President to Conduct Law- lessness Investigation. By the“Kssociated Press. President Hoover today invited the 11 members of his newly appointed Law Enforcement Commission to meet with him at the White House for luncheon May 28, ‘This will give ample time for the members from the Pacific Coast and the Far West to get to Washington. After the luncheon the commission will hold its organization meeting in the cabinet room in the executive offices, near the President’s own private office. First Planned Meeting This Week. Mr. Hoover will not indicate his own ideas as to the scope of the work of the commission until after he has had a talk with the members at the luncheon. It had been intended that the com- mission assemble here late this week for its first gathering, but the date was changed until next Tuesday after White House officials had a long-distance tele- phone conference with George W. Wick- ersham of New York, the chairman. ChairmanWickersham, Attorney Gen- eral in the Taft administration, and president of the American Law Insti- tute, will have another former cabi- net officer, Newton D. Baker of Cleve- land, War Secretary in the Wilson ad- | ministration, sitting at his right as | ranking member of the commission. Stupendous Undertaking. ‘The others will be three Federal Jjudges, William S. Kenyon of Iowa, Wil- liam 1. Grubb of Alabama and Paul J. McCormick of California; four eminent attorneys, Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School, Henry W. Anderson of Richmond, Va.; Monte M. Lehman of New Orleans, president of the Louisiana | Bar Association; Frank J. Loesch, vice | president of the Chicago Crime Com- | mission; a former jurist, Kenneth R. Mackintosh of Washington State, and one educator, Miss Ada L. Comstock, president of Radcliffe College, Cam- bridge, ‘Mass. | The commission is expected to get at its work within a short time, and con- cededly has before it the most stupend- ous undertaking of any similar body the history of the country. Guesses as to the length of time it will require for completion of the job vary, but even the most optimistic agree that s final report is not to be expected within a year afid a half or two years. While the official White House an- nouncement of the personnel designated the body as the national law enforce- ment commission, .ts chief function appears to be associated in the popular mind with prohibition enforcement. This trend of -thought is clearly re- | flected in the comments on the selec- | tions made by leading members of Con- | gress. Edge Asks Harmony. | Generally speaking, these comments were favorable, with some of the drys |as well as the wets rather enthusiastic | and decidedly hopeful of some concrete | results so far as the whole prohibition question is concerned. | One man prominent among the anti- | prohibitionists, Senator Edge of New Jersey, called on the extremists of both sides of the controversy to let the com- mission function and reach its conclu- sions without interference from them in the way of a campaign to shape the outcome of the inquiry. Another wet, Representative La Guardia of New York, announced that he would have “some startling informa- tion” to give the investigators. He said, “The naming of so many judges is & fundamental mistake.” Jones Indorses Commission. Senator Jones of Washington, dry ;!eader and author of the Nation's new- lest dry law, who yesterday said he { would have made different selections for the crime commission today issued a formal statement indorsing the com= mission. “President Hoover has maintained his high standard of appointments in the selection of this commission,” the Sen- ator said. “I know personally many of the members and have secured informa- tion regarding the others, and will say that, in my judgment, it would be diffi- | cult to name a better or abler commis- | slon for the purposes to be accom- plished. “They are all, regardless of personal | views on this question or that, believers |in, and exponents of law observarce and law enforcement. We can confi- dently look for wise and constructive recommendations from them for efficient and more effective law enforcement. “Judge Mackintosh, from dur State. is a very able, experienced, and conscien- | tious judge, a former classmate of Presi- | ™ (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) | .- |REBEL LEADER'S BROTHER \TAKES LIFE WITH POISON |Dr. Escobar Had Brooded Over General's Disappearance and Loss of Fortune in Revolt. | By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Sonora, Mexico, May 21.— | Dr.” Pedro C. Escobar, 60, brother of | Gen. J. Gonzalo Escobar, commander of the rebel Mexican forces n the Te- cent unsuccessful revolution, died here |last night after taking poison. Members of his family said the phy- | sician had brooded over the unexplained | disappearance of his brother and the {loss of the family's fortune as the re- | sult of the general's revolutionary ac- tivities. | _ Gen. Escobar, who left Auga Prieta, | Sonora, May 4 after the collapse of the rebellion, has not been hear from since. . Air Line Planned to Reno. OAKLAND, Calif, May 21 (®).— Capt. Roscoe Turner, Hollywood stunt fiyer, was here today avowedly making plans to inaugurate an air line from Hollywood to Reno. He said he would use four planes and that the service would start early next month.