Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1929, Page 2

B ; ¢ THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTOX, PRINCIPALS IN ORATORY MEET SOUTHERN ORATOR UNABLETO APEAR Chancellor Wires Regrets and Contest Director Se- cures an Alternate. Beverly Chancellor of Stanford, Ky.. | who as the proclaimed champion of the Southern zone of the Sixth National Oratorical Contest was to have com- peted in the national finals here S urday night, has withdrawn from fur- ther participation in the meet because of fllness. This announcement Wwas made at contest headquarters this morning by Randolph Leigh, contest di- rector general. At the same time, Mr. Leigh an-| nounced that Miss Katherine Marshall, ar-old high school giri of Quamah, Tt who won close second honors to Chancellor in the Southern zone finals, had been notified to come to Washing- ton to compete in the finals as official alternate in her zone. Miss Marshall. the director said, left her home almost immediately and today she is speeding across the country to reach the Capital early on the very day of the contest. Meanwhile, the first of the out-of. town finalists to reach the Capital, ar- rived at Union Station this morning. He is Ben W. Swofford of Kansas City, champion of the Midwest zone. On his trip to Washington he was accompa- nied by Miss Frances Dickson, contest manager for the Kansas City Star, newspaper sponsor of the contest in | that region. | The finalists from New York and | Portland, Me. are expected in Wlsh~} ington tomorrow. Miss Lucille Fletcher | of Brooklyn is the New York region rep- resentative. while Miss Elizabeth V. Ccrey. champion of the Northeastern | zone, is the entry from Portland. Chancellor Wires Regrets. Chancellor's withdrawal from the contest was contained in a telegram re- ceived yesterday from the boy himself As it was received by contest head- quarters it was as follows: “Regret prevented by illness from participating in finals. Request you will notify my alternate. “BEVERLY C. CHANCELLOR.” As soon as Chancellor’s withdrawal | could be checked with the Louisville | Courier-Journal, the newspaper which sponsored the contest in his locality, a summons was dispatched to Miss Mar- shall, requesting her to hasten to Wash- ington. In almost record time her tele- graphic reply was received at contest headquarters: “I can come and reach Washington Saturday morning. y"KATH“i‘F-IN! MARSHALL."” Since her first message, Miss Marshall ‘has notified the contest office here that she will ‘reach Washington over the Baltimore & Ohio line from St. Louls. Five Boys and Three Girls. Miss Marshall's appearance in the contest finals changes the boy-girl ratio from six boys and two girls to five boys and three girls. Under the rules of the contest, all of which have been pub- lished throughout the country at vari- ous times, a contestant who is adju a zone champion and is accorded the privilege of competing for the national championship in the finals here and the right to go on a three-month tour of | 4} South America, must actually speak in the national finals in order to receive the trip. Hence, Miss Marshall is to g0 on tour by virtue of her appearance in the national finals, Miss Marshall is spongered in the contest by the Star-Telegram of Fort | BOrt ‘Worth, Tex.. She is 16 years old and is one of the outstanding students in her school. She is official representative of the senior class, president of the High School Dramatic Art Club, reporter for the Spanish Club and member of her school’s debate team. Although an alternate to the boy who had been “vhr:ehlmed the Southern champion, ‘Marshall was not over- whelmingly defeated by him. The con- test rules require a nt to receive a mafjority of first place votes from the board of judges as well as the low-point total. If no contestant receives the dually voiced victory the judges must consult upon the top three contestants. In the Southern zone finals the judges were obliged to consult when no speaker was determined an instant winner. The consultation uced Chancellor as winner and s Marshall as alternate. e DATA ON FOUNDING OR MOBILE PRESS GIVEN POWER PROBE (Continued From First Page.) Chandler “to me as a magnificent newspaper man.” Stevens declared that the stockhold- ers of the Press had wished the pub- lisher of that newspaper to subscribe one-half of the investments in the pub- lication, and that Chandler had n expected to carry out this arrangement. In Mobile Chandler had told him that he had $20,000 of his own to put in the newspaper, but had to borrow the rest. Questioned by Healy. Under questioning by Robert E.| Healy, chief commission counsel, Stevens said that he had not sponsored the negotiations between Chandler and J. F. McGowin, Mobile lumberman and | capitalist, whereby the latter agreed to | loan the publisher $100,000. In his ap- pearance before the commission Chand- ler had refused to make public th name of his backer. McGowin, however, on May 21, in a letter published in the Press, disclosed that he had agreed to loan the $100,000 to Chandler. Stevens, however, testified that Chan- dier had met McGowin through him and that later the publisher had suggested that Stevens mention the question of a loan to the lumberman. The wit- ness added that he had told Chandler to do this himself. The witness declared he had never heen associated with the Alabama Power Co., but was the attorney in Mobile of the International Paper Co. He sald, under questioning, that he was not familiar with the paper company's parent concern, the International Paper & Power Co., and had never met Archi- bald R. Graustein, president of the In- ternational Paper Power Co, Walsh Offers Resolution. “The reports of 13 newspapers in which the International Paper & Power Co. claims an interest, as filed by the pub- lications with the Postmaster General, would be laid before the Attorney Gen- eral for such action as he deems fit, under a resolution offered yesterday by Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana. At the request of Senator Fess, Re- publican, of Ohio, immediate action on the proposal was deferred, so that all Senators could acquaint themselves with its_purport. Senator Walsh asserted that “these reports are far from the truth” and said the Attorney General ought to decide whether the newspapers had failed to comply with the law which requires them to state the names of those in- terested in the publication The Montana Senator declared that presumably some of the newspapers con- cerned “violated the law" and some of the statements were “false within the knowledge of the subscribers to the statements.” The newspapers covered by the Walsh resolution were those named in testi- mony before the Federal Trade Com- mission as publications in which the International Paper & Power had ’ either bought stock or had ot in- e D. €. THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1929. Left, Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, who will deliver the opening address, | and, left, Miss Katherine Marshall of Qu: ! | { | | BE [K FLAYS NEW FLEXIBLE TARIFF HOLDSSENATEMUST GUARD SECRETS }Confers Taxing Power on Newspaper Men FeelRightto; | | | anah, Tex. PUBLISHERS TABLE ‘TRUST' RESOLUTION Move Condemning Affiliation of Power and Press Inter- ests Called Too Early. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 23.—A resolution condemning the affiliation of news- papers with the power and newsprint industries was tabled yesterday at the convention of the Inland Press Associa- tion. The action followed an objection by A. M. Snook of Aurora, who held that “it is still too early to form &an official opinion of the alleged encroach- ment of the power trust on the rews- paper realm.” Publisher of Copley P+ per. (IiL) Beacon-News, owned by Copley, who Monday was socused in the United States Senate by Senator Norris, Nebrasl of owning $5,000,000 in public utiliti securities while at the same time heading the Copley Press. which controls several newspapers. Mr. Copley wired Senator Norris, declaring that he had disposed of all his utilities holdings and asking that he be given a chance to testify before the Federal Trade Commission. “Those papers which have placed themselves under the control of the power interests are marked for decay.” Mr. Snook told the editors. “If we become too greatly excited about this matter we may be the means of getting Congress to pass a law regulating trust- owned newspapers and then the good papers will suffer with the bad. The power trust, however, is not going to own any of the Copley Press news- papers.” Col. Ewing Attacks Utilitics. In voting to table the resolution, the St. Cloud (Minn.) Times, editors decided to defer action until the next meeting in October, waiting for findings of the Federal le ion, An attack on purported public utility influrnce on_newspapers was made by Col. Robert Ewing, £r., publ of the New Orleans (La.) States (La.) Times, and ‘?I.hnm Newspaper Publishers’ Asso- “The power trust threatens destruc- tion of our great profession,” he stated. is reaching out and buying in- terests in newspapers in your community and mine. If this continues, the public will have its suspicion about all news- papers.” SHERIFF ATTACHES TUNNEY'S LANDS Service Made in Suit Brought by Mrs, Fogarty. By the Associated Press. BRIDGEPORT, Conn, May 23— Papers in the $500,000 “heart-balm” sult brought by Katherine King Fo- garty of New York against James J. (Gene) Tunney, retired heavyweight boxing champion, were filed in the Su- peiror Court here late yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Michael F. Ryan of Stamford. The filing of the action stipulated the amount of property attached by Sheriff Ryan in Stamford in behalf of the divorcee, who in her suit states that the former champion promised to marry her and then broke his pramise. Sheriff Ryan placed attachments on a | total of 79 acres of land owned by Tunney and located in Stamford. The parcels are a 75-acre tract on Erskine road and one four-acre tract on Long Ridge road. Service was made in @ manner pre- scribed by law, the sheriff leaving with Peter Johnson, caretaker on the 75-acre tract, a copy of the comblaint. Tunney Must Answer. Courthouse attaches indicated there was much doubt if anything will be next 30 days. The law prescribes that within that time Tunney himself or through coun- sel must file an answer to the allega- tions set forth by the plaintiff. Failure | | ing brought from the plaintiff’s coun. sel for a judrment for want of answer. The case, while assigned to the June term of the court, will of necessity take its place on the trial list along with hundreds of other cases and will await {a call for assignment. It is not ex- cted that the case will be reached before September or October. The writ contains no allegations re- puted to have been made by Mrs. Fo- garty that she met Tunney while still the wife of John Fogarty, Forth Worth, Tex., plumbing contractor, or that she was divorced but several days before the alleged promise from Tunney to marry { her. BAND CONCERT. | _ By the United States Navy Band, at | Dupont Circle at 7:30 o'clock tonight. | Charles Benter. leader; Charles Wise | assistant, leader { March, “On_the Pier".. Goldman | Overture, “Chal Romano” (The Gypsy Lad) .... Solo for cornet, Musician Ralph Ostrom. | Suite, “Mississippt” .. | “ca) “Pather of Waters. { by “Huckleberry Finn | (¢) “Old Creole Days." (d) “Mardi Gras.” Grand scenes from the opera RAUBerY . s | “Valse of the Flowers’ Excerpts from “The Singing Girl,’ ann- Wi | Two preludes— | (a) “Prom Suite Ancienne” (b) “Prelude” ......... 4 teristic, “Uncle Josh's Héflkln' d e “The Star Spangled Banner.” Mr. Snook is publisher of th~ Am;rl ‘ ra which was offered by Fred Srhflnlinfil:(, e | “Heart-Balm” | done to bring the matter to trial in the i to do so would necessitate a motion be- | Ketelbey | Wb Verdli Grofe ce......Wagner . ... Tschalkowsky Herbert Beghon witt THOUSANDS WATEH BOVBER REFUELING Plane in “Raid” on Governors Island Demonstrates Over Gotham. | | By the Associnted Press. | NEW YORK, May 23.—Refueling of a bombing plane in the air was demon- strated over the city last night, As | thousands on the streets watched, a supply ship made five contacts with the Army plane, fiying close above it while | gas was poured through a hose into the bomber's tanks. The bombing plane was the one which flew from Dayton, Ohio, Tuesday night and dropped theoretical bombs on Governors Island as part of the aerial war maneuvers, Lieut. Odas Moon piloted the bomber and Capt. Ross Hoyt was in charge of the refueling plane. They flew here from Bolling Field, Washington, where the bomber landed after its “raid” the night before when thick weather pre- vented the refueling demonstration. Described on Radio. ©O. B. Hansen, chief engineer of the National Broadcasting Co., broadcast a description of the operation from an observation plane. Watchers were treated to an exhibi- tion of expert airmanship as Capt. Hoyt brought the refueling plane down over the bomber until the planes were only & few feet apart, then maintaining his position, rising ahd falling in perfect unison with the fighting ship while a hose line connected the planes. Each contact lasted about three minutes. After the demonstration the planes flew to Mitchel Field, Long Island, for the night. The pilots said they planned to | iy to Wright Field, Dayton, today. Completed Over Woolworth. ‘The refueling was completed and the contact cevered as the two planes passed aboye the Woolworth tower. ‘The bomber then headed north over the Hudson River. The “air raid” on New York was the second conducted by the Army bombing plane in as many nights. Last night the ship dropped three flares over Governor's Island after fighting its way through fog and rain rom Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Its, ‘bombing” completed, the ship circled over headquarters of the 2d Corps Area of the Army, located on the island, and then flew to Bolling Field, Washington, D. C., where it remained for the night. Because adverse weather held the re- fueling plane and radio laboratory ship | on the ground at Uniontown, Pa., yes- | terday, arrangements to broadcast the experiment were abandoned last night and the bomber made the trip alone. MACKMEN DEFEAT NATS BY SCORE OF 9 TO 8 IN DUAL BILL OPENER (Continued From Pirst Page.) French and sending Bishop to third. Burke was taken out and Hopkins re- | placed him. Ruel replaced Tate catch- ing. Perkins popped to Cronin. mons was purposely passed, filling the bases. Hale singled to center, sco: Bishop and Hass, tying the score and sending Simmons to third. Foxx hit into a double play, Myer to Bluege to Judge. Eight runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Ehmke now pitch- ing for Philadelphia. Blliege got a single with a. topped ball toward third that Hale overran. As Ruel fanned, Bluege was caught stealing, Perkins to Bishop for aidouble play. Cronin singled down | the left field line. Hopkins fanned. No | runs. | PHILADELPHIA—Miller hit a home | run into the upper left field stands, put- | ting the Athletics ahead. Dykes hit the first ball pitched and fleld out to Goslin. | Enmke popped to Ruel in fyont of the plate. Bisho pwalked. | One run. | SIXTH INNING. | WASHINGTON—Ehmke took Myer's bounder and tagged him on the line. Rice singled to right. Gorlin fiied to Miller, who threw to Foxx, doubling | Rice off frst. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Hopkins tossed out Perkins. Simmons fanned. Hale singled to left. ' Ruel went to the box for Foxx's pop. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. | WASHINGTON — Bishop ran into short right for a one-hand catch of | Judge's looper. He fell as he caught | the ball, but held on to it. West flied to Simmons. Biuege filed to Miller. No runs, PHILADELPHIA—Cronin threw out Miller from deep short. Cronin threw out Dykes. Ruel ran in front of the A’s dugout for Ehmke's foul. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Bishop went back of Poxx on the grass near the line and | got Ruel's pop. Cronin popped to Hale {near the box. Barnes batted for | Hopkins. Barnes flied to Simmons. | No runs. | PHILADELPHIA — Campbell now | pitching for Washington. Bishop singled { to Jeft. Haas forced Bishop, Judge to | Cronin. Perkins hit into a double play, Campbell to Bluege to Cronin to Judge. No runs. NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON — Myer pfl“‘pfd to | Dykee, hitting the first pitch. Rice singled to center. Goslin popped to Bishop. Judge flied to Haas. No runs. | Dies at Card Table. JOMAHA, Nebr, May 23 (#.—J. L. Coleman, 80, fell dead last night across a table on which he was playing soli- | taire. Clutched in his hand were the cards by which he could have won the game. Hadley . Although the Centopah of London stands in the center of Whifehall, a | lively applause from the Democratic Hams fanned, |5 President and Changes Gov- ment, House Is Told. The flexible provisions of the Repub- lican tariff bill, under which the Presi- | dent is given additional authority in | raising or lowering import duties, were assailed in the House yesterday by Rep- resentative Beck, Republican. Pennsyl vania, as involving a “momentous and utterly indefensible change in the char- acter of our Government.” Before a crowded chamber and amid side, the solicitor general under Hard- ing and Coolidge tore into the proposed new flexible tariff with a vigor that recalled many of his.court appearances as the Government's leading lawyer. He declared the bill if enacted, in its pres- ent form ultimately would go to the Supreme Court. While he was not prepared to say that it “may not receive the potificial | absolution of that great court.” he ex-j greued the belief that the highest tri- unal would, if called upon, decide that Congress had gone too far in delegating its taxing power. Called Taxing Prerogative. The present law provides that the President, upon report of the tariff commission, may raise or lower duties | as much as 50 per cent to equalize dif- | fernces in cost of production of foreign | reclassify articles. The pending bill carries this authority a step farther by permitting the Execu- | tive to base changes on “differences in | conditions of competition.” and to change, if necessary. the method of val- uation by adopting the American selling price instead of foreign value, and to reclasify articles “To ‘enable the President thus to exercise the most amrient prerogative of Congress that has been held in any legislative body in any free country in the world—namely, the prerogative of imposing taxes—was to his mind” said Beck, “the most far-reaching transfer of power to the President of any sug- gestion that has ever been made in the halls of the American Congress.” New Clause Blamed. He said the new flexible clause was far different from that in the existing law, which the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional. The new proposal, he added, must have originated, not in the minds of the Republicans of the ways and means committee, but in “one of those theoretical economists who had recently graduated from some college and who are as full of ideas as a dog is fleas.” He said he supposed the economist persuaded the Tariff Commission, the commission persuaded the Treasury and the Treasury urged it upon the tariff framing committee. “And as an administrative measure,” he continued, “the committee thinks the greater wisdom of the executive branch of the Government should pre- vail, and thereupon this provision to transfer an almost absolute power of taxation upon the determination of no precise or tangible facts, but upon | the simple economic theory necessary to make the transfer of such an un- exampled power in the history of the English-speaking world, is adopted.” “The greatest menace to the perpe- tuity of our institutions,” he continued, “is the aggrandizement of the President and the self-destruction of Congress by the voluntary surrender of its powers.” Beck urged that the flexible provi- slons elther be opened to amendment on the floor or separated entirely from the measure, so that it might be dis- cussed thoroughly as an individual bill. MATCH IN TOURNEY BOES T0 247H HOLE Nicholson, Missing Short Putt, Loses to Zabel. Medalist Beaten. ‘The defeat of the medalist and & 24- hole match marked the first round of match play in the Indian Spring Golf Club invitation golf tournament today. Joseph Di Leo of Forrest Hills, N. Y., who won the qualifylng round yester- day with a score of 76, was beaten on the seventeenth green by Henry D. Nicholson, youthful star of the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club. In the | sixth flight J. H. Zabel of Columbia and 8. 8. Edmonston of Indian Spring, | went six extra holes before Edmonston missed a 3-foot putt which would have given' him a half. Harry G. Pitt of Manor went to the eighteenth hole to defeat Walter Barrett, unattached, 2 up. The first flight results follow: Henry D. Nicholson, Washington, de- feated Joseph di Leo, Forrest Hills, 2 and 1; Charles W. Cole, jr., defeated R. T. Harrell, Washington, 4 and 3; Charles D. Evans, Washington, defeated Paul Y. Anderson, Columbia, 1 up; Rog- er Peacock, Indian Spring, defeated J. J. Lynch, Argyle, 2 and 1; Leroy Sasscer, Indian Spring, defeated Royce Hough, n, Oho, 6 and 5; Sidney H. Butts, Indian Spring, defeated J. H. jr., Indian Spring, 3 and 2 :y, Congressional, defeated ley, jr., Chevy Chase, 3 and Second flight results: C. Bannockburn, defeated J. W. A Indian Spring, 4 and 3; H. K. Corn- well, Columbia, defeated Thomas P. ‘Bones, jr., Columbia, 3 and 2; Elliott Spicer, indian Spring, defeated Thomas Pitt, Argyle, 1 up; J. A. Gox, Argyle, defeated Ralph S. Fowler, Washing- ton, 1 up in 19 holes; T. M. Belshe, Argyle, defeated Michael Oliveri, Cen- tral High School, 2 and 1; C. I. Putnam, Columbia, defeated Perry B. Hoover, Indian Spring, 2 and 1; Norman B. Frost, Columbia, defeated Herbert L. Lacey, Manor, 1 up: H. S. Pope. In- dian Spring defeated J. B. Murphy, Columbia, 1 up. Third flight results: Russell Jewell. Washington _defeated ~Gardiner P. Orme, Columbia, 7 and 6; George C. Billard, Bannockburn, defeated E. Montgomery, Congressional, 5 and 3: John S. Blick, Indian Spring, defeated Leopold Freudberg, Town and Country, 3 and 2; D. L. Thomson, Manor, de- feated Dr. L. A. Reeves, Indian Spring, 6 and 5: E. J. Cogan, unattached, de- feated R. A. Bryant, Indian Spring, 6 and 5; 8. B. Hardwick, Washington, defeated W. E. Coleman, Beaver m, 3 and 2; W. V. Kirsch, Beaver Dam, defeated George R. Holmes, Indian Spring, by default; P. W. Calfee, Wash- ington, defeated Arnold Landvoight, Manor, 5 and 4. The second round is being played this afternoon. 0’BRIEN ACCEPTS POST. By the Associated Press. John Lord O'Brian of Buffalo, N. Y., has consented to become assistant to the Attorney General in charge of anti- trust and commerce law cases. Mr. O'Brian, who is 55 years old, has been engaged in the practice of law in Buffalo since 1898. He ' served as United States attorney for the Western district of New York from 1908 to 1914, and was a special assistant to the At- torney General for war work from 1917 G. Brant- C. Heath, | ‘W. Harvey, } crowded thoroughfare, it has never been touched by a passing vehicle. to 1919. He represented the United States in & number of anti-trust cases. ! ment. | as newspaper men—know, is precisely | publication—the Print News Derived From Statesmen. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. ‘Withdrawal of Senate floor privileges from a press associstion and its repre sentative for publishing the Lenroot. ex- ecutive session roll call has revived th> old question of Capitol newspaper men's right to print so-called “secrets.” The overwhelmingly pre onderant view of the press gallery is that this is a funda- | mental right. and that its exercise vio- lates neither Senate rules nor journalis- tic_ethics, | Coupled with that theory is another | view which the Capitol scribes support | just as strongly. That is that before | censuring and disciplining newspaper men for getting and printing the news of executive sessions, Senators should put their own house in order and devise means for bottling up such information. This does not mean that the press gal- lery thinks legislative news, under any circumstances, should be withheld. Their opinions run decidedly to the contrary. Most of them argue that star-chamber sessions, no matter how | deeply rooted in Senate tradition, are inconsistent with our system of Govern- So belleving, they are all the readier to contend that if Senators | choose to come out of executive sessions and tell reporters what transpires in them. newspaper men are not unethi- cal in publishing what is tattled to them. Hurls Truth at Senate. Senator Hiram Johnson, Republican, of California, in discussing the Lenrcot roll call episode yesterday, hurled the notorious truth into the Senate’s teeth. ‘That truth is that executive proceedings in the Senate are executive in name only. They remain secret, as a rule, | Mr, Johnson pointed out, only until some Senator or Senators can come in sontract with Capitol newspaper men and | “spill the beans.” The Californian de- clared this has occurred repeatedly and almost systematically during his 13 years in the Senate. Many hours before the rules committee of the Senate lashed itself into a fury over the roll call disclosure, as Senator Johnson ex- plained, Western newspapers had pub- lished detailed accounts of the “execu- tive session” debate of Judge Lenroot's eligibility to the Federal bench. This, of course, as old timers on Cap- itol Hill—members of Congress, as well what happens on almost every occasion of importance. Exactly the same thing happened last year in connection with the roll call confirming Roy O. West's nomination as Secretary of the Interior. Since time immeorial a popular co- undrum at the Capitol has run like this: When is a secret not a secret? When it’s told in executive session.” The number of Senators must be exceedingly small, who have not at some time or other confided to newspaper men—for results, frequently minute details, of executive proceedings. The practice is so habitual that it is commonplace. It is the exceptional when it is otherwise. Newspaper men at the Capitol are so dependent upon members of Conyress for information, especially develop- ments which take place off the floor. that they would deplore any sort of in- terrupted contact with Senators and Representatives. But they are not will- ing to rest under the indictment of be- "r faith-breakers because Senators are ling to divulge executive session se- crets, If the Senate desires to per- petuate the executive system, that is its own affair, as the newspaper men view it. It will remain the newgpaper men's affair, on the other hand, t@ avail them- selves of any loquacious ). s from the system, in which indi 1 Senators may care to indulge. is important to note that the press gallery, having not subscribed to any rule to respect the Senate’'s executive gag wupon its own membership, declines to subscribe to the theory that it violates, or can violate, such a rule in printing execu- tive news, Many Journalistic Senators. In latter-day times the Senate has been filling up with professional news- paper men. Kansas, with Arthur Cap- per and Henry J. Allen, is now repre- sented by two journalistic Senators. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the rules committee, which has just disciplined the Lenroot roll- call revealer, was a Concord editor wien he came to the Senate. Senator Van- dvnberf of Michigan arrived on Capi- tol Hill from his Grand Rapids edito- rial sanetum. Senator Nye of North Dakota is a country editor by occupa- tion. Senator La Folletle of Wisconsin qualifies journalistically as the publisher of La Follette’s Weekly. Senator Glass of Virginia is a distinguished editor and publisher. Senator Tyson of Tennessee until recently was a Knoxville news- paper proprietor. Senator Copeland of New York owns a newspaper at Nyack and is reputed to make several times his senatorial salary by writing syndi- cate articles for newspapers. Senator Edge of New Jersey has newspaper and advertising interests. Senator Cutting | of New Mexico is an editor and pub- | lisher, Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island is a large stockholder in the Providence Journal. With all these friends at court—their professional brethren on the floor—the “newspaper boys,” as politicians like to call them, are hopeful that their inalienable reportoria! rights will mot be ridden over roughshod. (Copyright, 1929.) LOUISIANA Pf)LITlCAL SHAKE-UP FOLLOWS TRIAL McClanahan, a Long Supporter, Accepts Position as Peniten- | tiary Warden. By the Associated Press. BATON ROUGE, La, May 23.—A political shake-up in Louisiana as a re- sult of the recent failure of impeach- ment proceedings against Gov. Huey P. Long was in prospect today with the an- nouncement by J. E. McClanahan, State Representative, that he had ac- cepted the position of warden of the | State Penitentiary at Angola, succeed- ing Richard Amacker. Other changes in political jobs have been made by the governor since his victory. McClanahan was a member of the House managers committee who sup- ported Long in the impeachment pro- ceedings. Newspaper Men Not Barred From Seats In Press Gallery By the Associated Press. In barring representatives of Pr!s! associations from the privi- lege of going on the floor of the Senate because of a purported roll call printed by the United Press Assocjation, and described as in- accurate, the Senate did not pro- hibit them from working in their regularly assigned ‘places in the press gallery. ‘The gallery reserved for the press is directly over the chair of the Vice President and faces all of the Senators. The privilege of visiting the floor is said to have been extended in order that news- paper men might enter the chamber and thus avoid having to call Senatprs outside to ask them various 'questions. GENERAL GORDON IS 97 TODAY. SERVED IN LINCOLN GUARD| | D. S. GORDON. __—Star_Staft Phot Last Survivor of Unit Hea'th Good Despite Advanced Age. Fought in Civil War and in Indian Cam- paigns. Brig. Gs‘ David Stuart Gordon, last | survivor ‘of the famous “Frontler Guards, today is celebrating his ninety-seventh birthday. He is the oldest living person to have held a com- | mission in the United States Army. At his home, at 804 Flower avenue, | Takoma Park, Md. Gen. Gordon was enjoying good health despite the in-,| | creasing years that keep him confined | | to his bed gxcept on rare occasions. He IN QUARTER FINALS Dutch-Spanish Team Downs California Girls by 8-6 and 6-4 Scores. | | i | By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 23.—Helen Wills re- ceived the first setback of her 1929 tennis campaign today when she and her follow-Californian, Edith Cross, were beaten in the women's doubles quarter finals of the French champion- ships by Lili D'Alvarez of Spain and Kea Bouman of Holland. The scores were 8—6, 6—4. The California girls put up a deter- | mined battle, but were unable even to force the match to extra sets, so ef- fective was the team play of their formidable opponents. The winners are looked upon as practically certain to win the championship and today's match held all the tension and interest of a final round encounter for the title. Play Lacks Synchronization. In the first set, the Americans ral- lied when trailing to even matters at four-all only to have their opponents finally take the set after it had been repeatedly deuced. The second set was won with less difficulty, as the Euro- peans gained in confidence. Miss Wills, never at her best in dou- bles, played well, as did Miss Cross, but their play lacked the close synchroni- zation and teamwork of their antag- onists. The first set provided some of the most absorbing tennis ever seen in a women's doubles match here as the Americans waged a brave fight to gain the lead. The point score, first set: Alvarez-Bouman— 20444521144044-39 ‘Wills-Cross— . 44220344400402-33 Take Early Lead in Second. The Alvarez-Bouman pair promptly went _into a 3-love lead in the second set. Miss Cross appeared to be , while Helen’s strokes also lacked their earlier speed. Senorita d’Alvarez stood at the net volleying and killed many points. Helen, weakening greatly, lost her serv- ice twice in this set. The point score, second set: Alvarez-Bouman— 745345423441 ‘Wills-Cross .. 523523245233 Marjorie Morrill, young Dedham, Mass., player, and her Italian partner, Baron H. L. Demorpuroo, defeated Miss Dorine Cole, South Africa, and Paul Teret of France, 6—4, 6—4, reaching the third round in the mixed doubles. LA FOLLETTE ASKS FLOOR PRIVILEGES BE GIVEN TO PRESS (Continued From First Page consideration of presidential nomina- tions in executive session, but on the question of newspaper correspondents’ privileges in the reporting of its pro- ceedings. Senator La Follette yesterday held that the committee had no right either to give or withdraw the privilege of ac- cess to the floor to any correspondent, and announced that he would object to the appearance of any newspaper man on the floor. i He put his purpose into effect soon afterward, objecting as soon as he saw a correspondent on the floor and being sustained by Vice President Curtis, a former chairman of the committee. The Vice President announced that, since the rules did not permit newspaper men on the floor during sessions of the Sen- ate, their presence would not be al- lowed. Press associations have been allowed for more than 20 years to have one | representative each on the floor during open sessions of the Senate. This prac- tice originated as a matter of courtesy and has been maintained as such. Reed Precipitated Argument. The argument was precipitated by | Senator Reed, Republican, of Pennsyl- vania, with the Mtroduction of the following resolution from the rules committee: “Resolved, That the report and pub- lication of the proceedings of the Sen- ate in executive session on the 17th day of May, 1929, is a breach of the privileges of the Senate, made possible only by a violation of the rules of the Senate by some member or officer of the Senate; that this is a willful dis- regard of the obligation of duty and honor resting upon every one admitted to an executive session, tending to bring contempt upon the Senate, and deserves and should receive severe censure and punishment.” Says La Follette Blocked Action. ‘The resolution, Senator Reed sald, was unanimously approved by the commit- tee, but action on it was blocked by Senator La Follette. The committee also subpoenaed Paul R. Mallon, whose name appeared over the United Press article containing the purported Lenroot roll call, for questioning Monday. Chairman Moses described the subpoena as a start in the committee’s investiga- L:on to learn the source of his informa- tion. Senator La Follette declared he made “a very clear distinction between the application of the rule of secrecy on executive sesslons to Senators and em- ployes and to newspaper men.” Senator Johnson expressed resentment of the action by which the purported roll call became public, but declared that pro- ceedings of the Senate in executive ses- sion had been published ever since he | entered the Senate. | PEOPLE'S BANK CLOSES. PINE BLUFF, Ark., May 23 (#).—The People’s Bank & Trust Co. of this city, which was robbed of approximately $20,000 in cash on April 88, was closed | today and taken over by the State Banking Department. J. H. Mann is resident. Eleven persons, including are under | for trial to the United States D\trict | South America arrived at Managua last ti | Born May 23, 1832, in Franklin Coun- | ty, near Greencastle, Pa., Gen. Gordon | was appointed second lieutenant in the | 2d Dragoons, April 10, 1861. During the Civil War he received promotion, and within two months attained the rank of first lieutenant. He opened the first fight at Fairfax Court House, June 1, 1861, and later engaged in the Gettysburg campaign, being breveted for meritorious service in that en- counter. On July 21, 1861, he was cap- tured at the first battle of Bull Run, after being wounded by a gun-shot charge in the right leg. Incarcerated 13 months in various prisons the South, including the famous Libby | Prison, he was exchanged October 3, | 1862, at Annapolis, Md. Formed to Protect Lincoln. He had served with the famous | “Frontier Guard,” which was organized | |after the inauguration of President | i Lincoln to serve as a body guard to pre- | tect the latter from assassination. Un- der the command of the late Senator James H. Lane, who was captain, the | guard had its headquarters in’ the ‘White House until it entered active service. At the time of Lincoln’s ussassination Gen. Gordon was stationed at Winches- ter, Va., and, learning of the tragedy, posted pickets along the roads leading in from Washington in hopes of cap- turing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin. At the close of the Civil War, Gen. Gordon served in the Indian campaigns and was at one time stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. “Buffalo Bill” Cody, a mere youth at the time, also was sta. tioned at the fort and served under Gen. Gordon. Engaged in frontier service, Gen. Gordon campaigned with “Gray Fox" Crook, Custer and other famous Indian fighters. He was a member of the unit which went to punish the Sioux for the massacre of Custer and his men, and.later led the expedition which re- lieved Maj. Fetterman's command at Fort Phil Kearney, after the massacre of that officer and many of his men by _the Sioux, under Red Cloud. Hundreds of miles were covered by him and his men on the long march in Winter with temperatures of 10 to 20 degrees below zero. He reached Fort Phil Kearny without the loss of a man, although every horse on the expedition died or was killed. Commanded Fort Myer. At the close of the campaign he served, four years in command of Fort Myer, and at the age of 64 he was automatically retired from service with the rank of colonel, after having served 17 years as major, 15 years as captain and several years as lieutenant. Shortly after his retirement. Gen. was in that city during the earthquake and fire in 1906. Prior to that time he had been given the rank of brigadier Eenenl‘ retired, under a special act of ongress, April 23, 1904.- Following the San Francisco earth- quake he moved to Washington, where he has made his home since. Five years ago, friends implored the general to take a ride in an airplane, although he then was 92 years old. Gen. Gordon declared he possessed no desire to ride in one of the “new con- traptions,” but finally consented on condition that the pilot would return to '.hu;n ground when Gen. Gordon gave the al. The roar of the plane’s motor dis- | turbed him, but he made no effort to | stop the flight until the plane took off. | Then he gave the signal. Three feet from the ground in an airplane is the extent of Gen. Gordon’s altitude record. Active Until Few Years Ago. Recently Gen. Gordon has become | unable to leave his home, but it is said that until a few years ago he was ex- tremely active. Standing at a downtown corner one afternoon, Gen. Gordon ob- served an aged man, confused by traffic, attempting to cross the street. Gen. Gordon asked if he could be of any tance, and as the man consented, took his arm and led him through the traffic. Reaching the other side, the other man remarked: “When you get as old as T am, these new machines become a nuisance, and it is hard to cross the street without assistance.” “Yes,” replied the general, “I suppose it is when one gets to be your age. | How old are you?" “I am 75,” was the answer. “You do need help,” declared Gen. Gordon. “1 am 95 myzelf. Gen. Gordon was twice married, but both wives died in recent years. He has two_sons, Charles Hughes Gordon and | P. K. Gordon, and & daughter, Mrs. Dean Shook, all of California, and a stepson. Robert V. Fleming, e presi- dent of the Riggs National Bank. e HOOVER ORDERS SUIT INTO DISTRICT COURT Brophy Makes Appeal in Damage Case Brought by Stuyves- ant Fish. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 23.—By order of President Hoover, a $3,000 damage suit hrought by Stuyvesant Fish, owner of the launch Restless, against Louis M. Brophy, in command of the customs pa- | trol boat Liberty, today was transierred Court. The transfer was made on the request of Brophy in Compliance with a law whereby & Government employe tued for an action which occurred in the per- formance of his official duties may, on appeal to the President, be tried in the Federal courts. Brophy boarded the Fish launch in New York Bay March 30. Fish charged that he, his wife and his children were placed under restraint at the point a pistol while the Restless was searchedl. Brophy admits boarding the Restless, but denies any pistol was u>d. ———— LANDS WITH FIRST MAIL. Brings Plane Down Managua on Schedule. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 23 (). —The first air mail from North to Pilot . at night by way of a Pan-American Air- ways plane. In spite of a torrential tropical rain- fall, &lfl! Edwin Musick brought the lane down on scheduled time, having | Eept in touch with Managua by radio all the way. He carried an air mail bag from the United States with 50 pounds of mail. The plane left Miami Tuesday morning. Gordon lived in San Francisco, and | 9f gallons of gasoline at The merce is raising $15,000 to be presented MANY VARE FRAUD CHARGES LISTED Senate Election Contest Brief Filed by Wilson Fills 79 Printed Pages. By the Assocfated Press. Alleged election frauds in the 1926 Pennsylvania senatorial election were emphasized today in a brief supporting the claim of William B. Wilson, former Democratic Secretary of Labor, to a seat in the Senate. Contesting the claims of Senator-elect Willlam 8. Vare, Wilson's Republican opponent in the 1926 election, the brief fied 79 printed pages and alleged elec- tion frauds in Philadelphia and Alle- gheny County, and in Delaware, Lacka- wanna, Schuylkill end Luzerne Coun- ties. It was prepared for consideration by the Senate Election subcommittee which had the Vare-Wilson contest un- der advisement for some months, and was called today to hear the final argu- ments. On the [:-e of the returns Vare was elected by a majority of 173,507, with 822.187 votes against Wilson's 648 - 680. Th= latter ran on both the Demo- cratic and Labor tickets. Extent of “Corruption.” In a prepared address in which he detailed the main arguments of the brief, Rowland B. Mahany, counsel for | Wilson, charged that “political corrup- tion so permeated” Philadelphia and Allegheny County that the “actual diffi- culty encountered in the Investigation of fraudulent voting and corrupt prac- tices was not so much in the discovery of such conditions as in the ascertain- ment of the isolated instances where they did not prevail.” In 763 election districts of Philadel- p! Mahany said, the “ballots of un- registered voters were accepted and counted, in 586 election districts the vote was either not tallied or only par- tially tallied. and in 318 election dis- tricts repeaters voted.” Continuing with a description of al- leged frauds in many other districts, Mahany charged that “214,922 poll tax receipts were issued, and on 21,572 of the stubs were cryptic marks which cloud the validity of the whole issue, because the evidence shows that receipts from both marked and unmarked stubs ‘were not paid for by the person recelv- ing the receipts as required by law.” “This single item,” he said, “involves the legality of the entire 214,922 receipts for the reason that it is impossible to separate the legal from the illegal ones.” “Pittsburgh List Padded.” In Pittsburgh, Mahany declared, the “record shows a padding of the as- sessors’ list by 56,00 names.” “It also adduces evidence of the uni- versal practice of paying occupation or poll taxes by the organization there in power,” he said, “instead of these pay- ments being made by the voters in per- son as provided by law. It discloses, likewiss, the destruction of records rela- tive to printing and distribution of the RPallots, as well as gross irregularities in such printing and distribution.” paration of “legal from illegal bal- lots™ in Pittsb and Philadelphia, ‘Ml?.\lny said, is a “manifest impossibil- “Without dealing with the important but relatively side issues in the Counties Delaware, Lackawanna, Luzerne and Schuylkill.” he argued, “the salient, un- challenged and undisputed fact remains that the people of the State of Pennsyl- vania outside of those twin centers of political debauchery, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, recorded their uncorrupted ballots for the election of William B. Wilson. Carrying 55 of the 67 counties of the State, he came to Pittsburgh with a popular majority of 97,255 votes, and triumphing over the corruption he met there, he swept on to Philadelphia with a popular majority of 59,422.” | —_— !DR. VOEGLER QUITS AS REICH DELEGATE TO DEBTS PARLEY (Continued From First Page.) stances was there any point in con- tinuance of parleying with the opposing group. He, therefore, yielded his piace to Dr. Kastl, executive secretary of the League of German Industrialists and lr;l‘t:\érm the third German delegate at Dr. Schacht, like Voegler, is under- :"wod hm conude;lthexllued coun- proj kngossl e of acceptance in their presend form, but it is reported that he incftnes to the view that by negotiating and bargaining some sort of a compromise may even now be found. Dr. Voegler and those behind him consider this futile. Meanwhile, German public opinion, as expressed in the press, looks upon the counter memorandum of the allied delegates as merely an attempt to enter by the back door into premises closed in.front. The allied terms are regarded a8 in effect holding up the very de- mands which led to the conference’s deadlock on April 18. THREE FLYERS SEEK ENDURANCE RECORD OVER LONG ISLAND (Continued From First Page.) hours 40 minutes 15 seconds established by the Army g.hne Question Mark. The fiyers plan to fuel from a catapult device, picking up fuel from the ground. They took off with 160 gallons of gaso- line and no refueling was necessary during the night. “FORT WORTH” GOING STRONG. FORT WORTH, Tex., May 23 (#).— The endurance monoplane Fort Worth completed its ninety-second hour in the alr at 7:33 o'clock this morning. ‘The plane was refueled with 110 gal- lons of gasoline and 4! quarts of oil in the tenth contact with the auxiliary ship at 7 a.m. Food, changes of cloth- ing, newspapers and mail were lowered ;2 ll]he pllots. R. L. Robbins and James elly. The monoplane gave no indication of a breakdown as they soared dauntlessely toward their goal today. The goal, if attained, will find them still flying at nightfall Saturdey eve- ning with a new record written on the cockpit of the Fort Worth, the craft in which they took off at 11:33 a.m. last Sunday in an attempt to su sustained flight time made by monoplane Question Mark. If the Fort Worth is still afloat at 6:13:15 p.m. Saturday the Question Mark’s record of 150 hours 40 minutes and 15 seconds will have been equaled. An additional hour would set a new the the Army record. Kelly has the dangerous task each day of crawling to a specially construct- ed perch beneath the nose of the plane to grease the rocker arms of the engine. ‘The plane had consumed close to 1,000 g y. Ground ob- vers cstimated the speed of the ship between 60 and 70 miles an hour. e ‘Worth Association of Com- the flvers if they break the record. alph R. Reed, city l!t:n-neg, charges in connection with the bank robbery. lare to be equipped with windshields. Four thousand auto busses in London e, - - Tentative plans are to give Robbins and Kelly $5500 each and $2,500 each to Koffman 2nd Jones,