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. HOPES FOR DEBT SOLUTION GLOOMY |. | {Chicago Police Find Man Eleventh-Hour Conversations | Continue—Schacht Deci- | sion Is Due by Monday. By the Associated Press | PARIS, May 25.—The fifteenth week | of the reparations conference was draw- | ing to a close today in deep gloom. Eleventh-hour conversations in an ef-) fort to find a solution for the long- pending reparations problem continued, but nobody was willing to say that there seemed much hope of succase. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, head of the German delegation, talked with Owen D. Young this morning and resumed their conversation after lunch. They discussed mostly how the committee's report to the respective governments shall be drawn, setting forth agreement on some points and disagreement on others. All the experts have agreed that the| committee must separate with the best possible feeling. so that the threads of the negotiaticns can be taken up by the governments with better chances of set- | tling the problems that will still remain after the committee gets through. There was some talk of continuing the conversations until after the Brit- ish elections, but the experts declared that politics never entered into their calculations, and that they would get through their work as soon as they could. Up to Dr. Schacht. Dr. Schacht has before him probably | the most difficult decision of his life. In it, no matter what its character, will be bound Germany's and Europe's eco- nomic future for decades to come. It appears thi Schacht must ::awer. either today, tomorrow, or Mon- y. Briefly, the reparations parley had simmered today down to acceptance or refusal of an offer tendered by the creditor nstion delegates with the understanding it was their last word, and that no further compromise or concession on their part was possible. ‘The offer entails annuities continuing um%n 59 yes starting at 2,050.- 000,000 marks ut $492,000,000) in | settlement of claims against Germany ing out of the war. In addition there was another requisite of addi- tional annuities of 25,000,000 marks to Belgium to cover depreciation of Belgian currency during the German occupa- tion, conditions mal a large part of jonal to permit commercialization, and refusing certain an reservations, previously made. $109,000,000 Reduction. ‘The annuities proposed are smaller by 450,000,000 marks, or $109,000,000 than the standard annuity under the Dawes plan, whch besides left the an- nuities to run indefinitely. without fix- ing any total debt, amount or date for termination of D‘imenu. ‘With commerc! tion of a large part of the neflw annuities, however, econ irrevocably be paid to sustain national credit, would lose the chance that some day there ht be a general cancella- '.(mo.n of political debts growing out of war. ‘When Dr. Albert Voegler, his col- league on the German delegation here, resl'gned Thursday rather than submit to the allies’ terms, Dr. Schacht could infer the threat of the powerful Ger- man Ruhr industrialists t the terms were not acceptable to them. Refusal of the German government, under their pressure, to accept the settlement if he should u-reze h‘: them, mdhl;xlhmown dll;- crediting at home, seem ly possi- ble eventualities. 1f he accepts the creditor nations' finsl offer, based essentially upon a so- called compromise by Owen D. Young, American chairman of the conference, and it is ratified at Berlin. his nation will assume a debt burden of something | less than $10,000,000,000 present or cap- ital value. Dr. Schacht has been told U . TENNIS STARS b Thursday. | | | i MISS KATHERINE MARSITALYL, The Southern zone representative in the Sixth National Oratorical Contest finals, at the Union Station, where she con- cluded her flying trip from Quanah, Tex., to Washington and tonight's meet. LEADING JAPANESE Van Ryn and Hennessey Play Spectacular Game to Gain Advantage. John Van Ryn and John Hennessey, | the two young American tennis stars, | enter the third and last day of their Davis Cup play with the Japanese this afternoon, holding a lead of two| matches to one. Hennessey and Yoshira | Ohta, captain of the Japanese team,, will take the courts at the Chevy Chase | Club at 2:30 o'clock, while later Van Ryn will play Tamio Abe, who was de- feated by Hennessey in four sets on Should either Hennessey or Van Ryn | win their singles match this afternoon, the Americans will have removed from | their path the threat of elimination in the American zone semi-final competi- tion for the right to challenge France for possession of the historic Davis Cup. Only one more victory is needed to give the Americans a safe margin of three matches out of the five to be played. Ohta Plays Brilliantly. Ohta yesterday brought alarm to American tennis followers when his masterful stroking earned a triumph over Van Ryn in a drawn-out five set match, although the former Princeton tennis captain stepped on the courts an overwhelming favorite, holding a margin | of two sets to one and a lead of 4-2 in the fourth set, where play was halted Thursday because of darkness. However, Van Ryn's later victory in that grandchildren of living German children will still hear charges the set- tlement was not the best possible ob- tainable. NATS AND MACKS TIED IN 10TH FRAME, WITH SCORE 4 AND 4 (Continued From First Page) Marberry, who covered first. lined to Goslin. No run:. SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON-—Rice got a single on & high bounder that Bishop just man- aged to knock down. Goslin filed to Miller. Judge fouled to Hale. Barnes batted for West and fanned. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Barnes went to center for Washington. = Marberry threw out Simmons. Hale beat out a grwnder to Cronin in deep short. Foxx it into a double play. Cronin to Bluege to Judge. Cochrane No runs. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Bluege singled to left. Ruel singled to center, sending Bluege to second. Cronin singled to center, scoring Bluege and sending Ruel to third. Gooch batted for Marberry and fanned. Myer drove into a double play, Dykes to Bishop to Foxx. One | Tun. PHILADELPHIA — Hopkine now pitching for Washington. Cronin threw out Miller. Dykes singled to right. Grove singled to center, sending Dykes to second. Bishop walked, filling the bases. Haas drove into a double play, Judge to Ruel to Judge. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Rice singled to cen- ter. Goslin tripled down the right field line, scoring Rice. Judge popped to Dykes back in the grass. Dykes threw out Barnes, Goslin scoring. Grove threw out Bluege. Two runs. PHILADELPHIA—Cochrane went out, Judge to Hopkins. who covered first. Simmons fouled to Ruel. Myer got Hale's grounder with his gloved hand and threw him out. It was a pretty play. No runs NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Ruel popped to Dykes. Cronin doubled down the right field line. Spencer batted for Hopkins. Stewart ran for Cronin. Spencer fiied | to Miller, Stewart holding second. Myer singled to center, scoring Stewart with the tying run. Myer was out stealing, Cochrane to Dykes. One run. | PHILADELPHIA—Brown now pitch- ing for Washington, Bluege moved over to shortstop and Hayes went to second. Foxx singled to left. Miller forced Foxx, Myer to Hayes. 'Dykes singled to center, sending Miller to second. Collins batted for Grove and fouled to Myer. Bishop lined to Brown. No runs. TENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Shores now pitching for Philadelphia. Rice doubled to right center for his third straight hit, Dykes threw out Goslin, Rice taking third. Dykes threw out Judge, holding Rice st third. Barnes fanned. No Tuns PHILADELPHIA—Haas was _safe when his grounder went through Hayes. the doubles, when, paired with Hennes- sey. the two Americans trounced Ohta and Abe, went far to allay anxiety and justify the action of Willlam T. Tilden, 2d, and Prancis Hunter, the country's | two leading playe: leaving for ! Eurcpe & month intrusting the American zone play to the younger members of the Davis Cup team. The Japanese captain yesterday dem- onstrated that he was a fit opponent | for anybody as he bewildered Van Ryan with his heavily topped drives which raked the lines. He proved that the soft lobbing game was a more powerful offense than Van Ryn's net smashes, frequently registering clean aces by 11:“1‘)11' the ball just over his opponent’s | reach, | Evens Set Score. Returning to complete the match halted Thursday, Ohta punched his way through four straight games to even the set score, and won the match after a succession of brilliant exchanges with the scores, 6—4, 5—7, 2—6, 6—4 and 7—5. Wearled by his effort, Ohta gave his partner scant support in the doubles and the determined Americans won, 6—3, 6—4, 6—2. Hennessey was the shining light in the doubles victory. The victors con- centrated on Ohta, who besides showing the effects of his spirited singles en- counter, has a relatively weak volleying game, a fatal defect in doubles. Abe strove valiantly to stem the attack of the aroused Americans, who rushed the net and seemed to gain power as the match progressed. ~The spectacled Japanese volleyed with all his customary agility, at times handling the alternate smashes of both his opponents. For the first time since the Harding | administration, international tennis players engaged today in an exhibition match on the White House courts, with the American and Japanese Davis Cup players as participants. Both contests ended in draws. dennessey and Van Ryn played Abe and Sadakazu Onda of the Japanese team four gamgs, which ended 2-all. Preceding their exhibition, Dean Mathey of New York, a former high-ranking American player, teamed with Onda against Wilmer Allison of Texas, the third member of the American Davis Cup squad, and J. Gilbert Hall of New Jersey. in a {folir-game match, the score of which, likewise, was 2-all. Mathey and Hall are not members of the Amer- ican team. PALESTINE APPEAL WILL END TOMORROW | An intensive effort will be made today and tomorrow by the volunteer workers in the united Palestine appeal to raise the $35.000 quota assigned Washington in the Nation-wide cam- paign According to Drive Chairman Isidore Hershfield, approximately $20,000 is on hand. The drive teams are planning to put in a full day tomorrow to wind up the canvass. The Junior Poale Zion division of the drive army is the first to have at- tained its quota of $1,000, according to_Mr. Hershfield. Preparations are being made to wel- come Dr. John Haynes Holmes, minis- ter of the New York Community Cochrane sacrificed, Judge to Hayes, who covered first. Simmons was pur- posely passed. Hale lined to Goslin, whose throw to Hayet doubled Haas off second. No rung. Church, and Rabbi Wolf Gold of Pal- | Joseph Sullivan was slain in a saloon | -zunn%h! Wednesday while his squad was | both Sir Esme’s letter and the covering | that he was willing to surrender the 1HE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. €, SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1929. KIDNAPING PLOT MYSTERY DEEPENS Thought **Taken for Ride” Safe at Home. By the Associated Press CHICAGO., May 25.—A hunt was on last night for the kidnapers of an un- | known man. and the mystery of their identities and the plight of their vie- tim only deepened as the search went on. Police had expected to find the body of Thomas Cooper, huddled as is the fashion of gangland's vietims, in some prairie roadsidc ditch or some bullet- pelted automobile. But Cooper, whose photograph resembled the man torn from a taxi in early morning by a quertet of machine gunners, was found &t _his home unharmed. Melville Oliver, taxi driver, gave the police their only clue. A man had his cab and ordered him to “hurry out of this neighborhod,” but down the sireet his car was nosed to the curb by another and its occupants, displaying submachine guns. hauled his fare from , the cab, The victim, struggling with his captors, pleaded: “Ernie, remember I'm a married man, please!™ Rossi Suspected as Leader. With the collapse of Cooper's identi- fication as the victim, the police could only guess that the leader of the ab- ductors was Ernie Rossi, already sought in the investigation of Sergt. Ray Mar- tin's death at the hands of extortionists. Oliver was not certain of Rossi’s identi- ficaticn. The only theory advanced way that the man taken on the involuntary ride was marked ac a stool pigeon. Rossi was named by Deputy Police Commissioner Stege as one of the four men who held Philip Blumenthal for $50.000 ransom Sergt. Martin was shot as he lay in wait for the abductors with s decoy package a week ago. and Detective unting Blumenthal's kidnapers. | Alleged Slayer Surrenders. In none of these have the police un- covered convincing evidence but. lack- | ing other leads, regarded the kidnap- | ings and the slayings of two police offi. cers as interconnected and yesterday's mysterious abduction as their sequel. James Coyne. accused by Stege as the slaver of Detective - Sullivan, sur- rendered late yesterda. U. S. WILL NOT ASK_ DIPLOMATS TO GIVE UP LIQUOR RIGHTS' (Continued From First Page) ! | | it to this writer, is that such procedure I would be an act of inhospitality toward their American friends and guests, to | which they would hesitate to resort. | PRESIDENT TO STUDY CASE. | Letter Sent to State Department to Be Returned to White House. President Hoover has not seen the let- ter of Sir Esme Howard, the British. Ambassador, reported to have said the diplomat was willing to waive the privi- lege of lmwrtins diplomatic liquor, wrlilun to James Carter of Lynchburg, Va., and which Carter said had been transmitted to the White House. ‘The first information the Chief Ex- ecutive had that such a letter had been written wes obtained by him from the morning papers. He immediately caused an inquiry to be made at the executive offices, where it was found that such & letter had reached the White House some time ago and in the usual course had been transmitted to the State De- artment. i Officials there apparently placed it on file without calling it to the atten- tion of Secretary Stimson, who, like the President, received his first information upon reading the newspapers published this morning. The correspondence will be taken from the State Department file and referred to the President, who desires to make a personal examination of it. Until the President personally ac- quaints himself with the context of letter from Mr. Carter he will have no statement to make. However. it is con- sidered as unlikely that he will ask the diplomatic corps to forego the privilege of importing liquors for their own use in their own embassies and legations. The privilege of such importations without customs inspections or duties has been one of long standing. With the enactment of the prohibition laws the State Department announced that the dry statutes would not apply to foreign embassies and legations and that importations of liquors by them under diplomatic immunity would be continued as in the past. Some criticism of the privilege thus accorded the foreign diplomats has been | heard from time to time in Congress, | but so far as this administration is concerned the subject has received little attention. | Envoy's Letter Personal. ‘The correspondence between Sir Esme and Mr. Carter, it was pointed out at the British embassy this morning, was personal and obviously could not be made public without the consent of both parties. It was intimated, however, that the British Ambassador hardlr could have made statements which might be in- terpreted as undermining the whole structure of diplomatic usage, without which the exchange of diplomatic mis- sions would be practically impossible. The intimaticn was that Sir Esme Howard's letter was little more than a statement of the orthodox diplomatic position, with no offer personally to | forego the privilege of diplomatic im- munity in respect to the transportation and possession of intoxicants, If the American Government through the State Department should intimate that it was opposed to the continuance | of this customary courtesy the natural disinclination of a diplomatic mission to displease its host, it was pointed out, probably would place the situation in | A somewhat different light. Any such | expression from the State Department, however, would be establishing a far- reaching precendent, with ramification which would extend far beyond diplo- matic liquor. Positive assurance was given today by Secretary of State Stimson that if there is to be any relinquishment of diplo- matic immunities, it must be voluntary on the part of the diplomats themselves, 23 this Government has no intention of making any such request. It was pointed out by the Secretary of State that diplomatic immunity is fixed by international law and noi by any agreement that might be entered into between this Government and other nations. 1 Would Abide by U. S. Wishes. Sir Esme, who was in New York last night. told newspaper men there, accord- \ ing to an Associated Press Dispatch, | privilege of diplomatic liquor “if the | United States intimates a desire to can- ' cel the privilege.” : He added, it was said, that he would be only oo glad to co-operate with other members of the diplomatic corps in carrying out such a desire on the part of the American Government. estine, the principal speakers at the banquet tomorrow night at the May- flower Hotel, which will bring the drive DS o Afr mail and passenger service be- hired ~ CONTENDING TONIGHT FOR ORATORY CHAMPIONSHIP OF U. Upper, left to right: James Leonard Butsch, Washington's own entry: Miss Lucille Fletcher of Brooklyn; Miss Elizabeth V. Corey of Portland, Me,, and Wilbur | Mo.; Miss Katherine Marshall of Quanah, Tex., and Lee Miller of | Thibault of Portland, Oreg. Lower, left to right: Howard Finch of Battle Creek, Mich.; Ben Swofford of Kansas City Maywood, Il | S —Star Staff Photos. ATTACK WITHREAL BONBS SET TODAY Flyers to Bombard Card- board Targets, Represent- ing Men, in Sham Battle. Br the Aseociated Press. WRIGHT FIELD, Dayton, Ohio, May 25.—With a flurry of activity climaxed by a real demonstration of the destruc- tion that can be wrought by Army air- craft, the United States Army war ma- neuvers drew toward a close today. For 10 days bombers, attack planes and pursuit ships of the “Red” and “Blue" States, aided by ground troops, have fought each other in mimic war that had its object the capture and de- | fense of Columbus. Until today the opposition armies fought each other by skill only—and all for the practice it afforded. Bombs and ammunition were only imaginary. ‘Today, at 3 m., however, was sched- | uled a demonstration in which 99 of the 200 planes concentrated in Ohio were assigned to take part—an attack with | real bombs and ammunition upon can- | vas covered frames representing trans- rt wagons and 1,000 man-sized card- &ard targets, representing soldiers. Precautionary measures were taken to feguard the spectators and Army offi- rs viewing the scene. Of the 99 planes participating 42 were equipped with “live” ammunition for use on the ground targets. These consisted of 15 | bombardment planes and 27 attack | ships. Of the remaining planes three | were attack ships used to lay down smoke screens employed in real combat and 54 psursuit ships were ordered to fly at high altitude to protect the bom- pardment ships. CAMPAIGN ON WUCHOW IS PLAN OF CANTONESE Capture of ;wnngsr;!-ndquurters Is Hope After Buccessful De- fense of Canton. By the Associated Press. CANTON, China, May 25.—The Can tonese government, which successfully repelled a Kwangsi attack on Canton this week, today announced that a| campaign seeking the capture of Wu- chow, the Kwangsi headquarters, would start,'soon. The U. S. 5. Guam was reported en route to Canton from Wuchow, bring- ing six American missionary refugees from Kwangsi province. However, 32 missionaries decided to remain, despite consular advice to evacuate the district. The Canton Navy Air Corps will co- | operate in the Wuchow drive and it | was, therefore, thought possible that there would be a heavy bombardment of the Kwangsi headquarters. PRESIDENT HOOVER Holders of Contest Tickets Tonight Must Be in Place by 8 P.M. Holders of reserved seat tickets to the Sixth National Oratorical | Contest finals in the Washington Auditorium at 8 o'clock tonight are urged to be in their seats con- siderably before the scheduled opening hour. The reservations are held only until 8 o'clock, and at that mo- ment any unoccupied seat not designated as held for a contest official may be taken either by persons glready in the auditorium or by those who, unable to ob- tain tickets during the incessant demands, then will be admitted to the hall. TONGRRDY S FOR 2 SEH HOPS Green Flash to Take Off for Rome and Yellow Bird for Paris. By the Associated Press. OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me., May 25.—If the hopes of their crews are realized the airplane Green Flash will start for Rome and the Yellow Bird for Paris at 8 am. tomorrow. Roger Q. Willlams and Lewis A Yancey of the Green Flash and Armano Lottd, their planes needed only fueling to put them in readiness. A plane made by the Transportation Corporation, of which Wiiliams is presi- dent, will pair up with a Coast Guard amphibian to accompany the transat- lantic planes during the first hour of fiight Camaraderie of the two crews has been in evidence. Yancey and Rene Le Fevre, navigators of the two planes, checked their chronometers together and later “shot the sun” with. their sextants. O CAURTESIES FOR EMDEN. Secretary of War Good has directed the Army commands of the Hawaiian and Panama departments, the com- manding generals of the 9th Corps Area PO | Representative Underhill of Massachu- INFORM HOOVER Understood Aid Will Be Asked in Getting Bill Be- fore House. President Hoover was advised yes- terday afternoon by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the Con- gressional Airport Commissiol nd setts, a member of that joint body, of | the action of the commission approv- acker of the Paris hop, decided | and the 4th Corps Arez and the gov-| ernor of the Panama Canal Zone to ex- tend the usual courtesies and facilities to the German cruiser Emden, now on a training cruise. The vessel will visit Honolulu, August 16-23; San Diego. Calif. September 2-9: the Canal Zone. October 9-16, and Charleston, §. C., December 14-28. ing a bill appropriating $500,000 to start the municipal airport for Wash- ington. It is known that Senator Bingham and Representative Underhill told the President that they would like to get the bill out on the floor of the Senate and House as soon as possible and assured him that the sentiment of both houses appears to be favorable. It is understood that they expressed some fear that probably some difficulty might be met in the House in getting a place on the legislative program for this bill, but when the tariff bill is out of the way the airport legislation may be_given a chance. It is understood that the President’ assistance was urged in getting the House rules committee to agree to definite time for the consideration of this airport legisiation. It is stated at the White House, however, that the President, while deeply interested in the subject and anxious to see Washington have an active municipal airport, did not commit himself during his confer- ence yesterday with Senator Bingham and Representative Underhill. While the President may not feel in- clined to use the weight of his office to force this legislation on the Congress at this time, those who have discussed the subject generally with him have every | reason to know that he is especia anxious to see the plans for this airport materialize. Moreover, the President would like to see the Washington port serve as a model of its kind for the rest of the country and would like to see it completed without any un- necessary delay. COLORED ATTORNEYS HOLD SIXTH BANQUET A series of addresses featured the sixth_annual banquet of the Washing- ton Bar Association, an organization | composed of colored attorneys, in the Whitelaw Hotel last night. Charles E. Robinson, president. was toastmaster. W. Ashbie Hawkins of Baltimore urged the formation of an Eastern Bar Association. Other speakers were U. Grant Carter, president of the Monu- mental Bar Association, Baltimore: George McMechen, Karl A. Phillips and Judge James A. Cobb. ‘The banquet was arranged by a com mittee composed of Miss Ollie M. Cooper. Mrs. Isadore A. Letcher, The: dore Brown, Prank W. Allen and Henry A. Brown, chairman. GREETS ORATORY FINALISTS Left to right: Lee Miller of Maywood, IiL; James Leonard Butsch, Washington entry: Miss Elizabeth V. Corey of Portland, Me.; President Hoover: Ben Swofford of Kansas City, Mo. The party was photographed on the Thibault of Portland, Ores. Howard Finch of Battle Creek, Mich., and Wilbur uth lawn of the White House. Miss Lucille Fletcher tween Panama and Colombia has been of New York reached Washington too late for the audience with the President yesterday afterncon, and Miss Katherine Marshall did not arrive here from her Texas home nntil 0 o'clock this mornipg. startedy ~Star Siaf. Photo. SPAINAND HOLLAND " OFAIRPORT LAN PAR ANNEX TITLE Eiia De Alvarez and Kea Bouman Win in Paris Doubles Final. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 25.—The first title to b2 decided in the French tennis cham- pionships was won today by the wom- en's doubles team of Elia de Alvarez of Spain and Kea Bouman of Holland. Playing with the same irresistible power | with which they eliminated America’s hopes, Helen Wills and Edith Cross. and | the defending champlons from England, the Spanish-Dutch combination today won the final from the Misses Bcbbie | Heine and Ethel Neave of South Africa, 7—5. 6—2. P ‘With the opening of play in women's | singles, Miss Marjorie Morrill of Ded. ham, Mass., sixth ranking American layer, safely reached the second round E}' . Roger Danet of Miss Morrill played fairly good tenns. The women's doubles championship match produced only moderately good tennis, but created intense excitement. The spectators were as unruly as | base ball crowd, shouting at the um. | pires and baseline judges. | de Alvarez again was the best player on the court, with Miss Neave next. | The match attracted the largest ten- | nis crowd of the year in France. thousand were present at the Roland Garros Stadium. 'REGIONAL ORATORICAL WINNERS ARE WAITING FOR CONTEST TONIGHT (Continued From First Page.) was speeding toward the National Cap- |ital. On the flying trip she was ac- | companied by her mother, her aunt, |Mrs. M. B. Blake of Oklahoma City, Okla, and by her coach, Miss Alice | Myers of Glen Haven, Wis. Miss Myers, member of the contestant's high school faculty., was en route to her | home also when she was intercepted | by messages from Quanah directing her to halt in her tracks to await further |advices. In the space of an hour, she was directed to go to Fort Worth to meet Miss Marshall for the trip to ‘Washington. As Miss Marshall fought against time | | to reach Washington in time for the | contest, all of the contestants will bear | the same element in mind tonight | Each speaker will be allowed exactly 10 | minutes in which to deliver his speech | and if that time expires while an orator | is still talking, that contestant must stop at the blast of a whisle. Failing to hait promptly at that signal, a con- testant will be dropped automatically to last place. Stopping in time, how ever. the speaker will bs judged by what he has said until that point. The offi | cial timekeepers will be Rear Admir Willlam H. Standley, U. §. N.. and Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. 8. A, retired. Goes on Air. The contest program will be broad- cast over the Columbia Broadcasting System network and transmitted locally | by radio station WMAL. | Each speaker on tonight's program | will be given the tour of South America as the grand prize for their participa- tion in the national finals. ‘Tomorrow, the orators and their rela- { tives and friends who accompany them | here, will be guests of The Star on a day's outing, on which they will see prominent buildings here, Arlington and Alexandria from both automobiles and | airplane. On the aerial tour they will be the guests of International Airways, Inc, whose local manager, John 8. Wynne, invited them to fiv from Hoover Field. The official formal dinn-r of the con- test will be given by Randolph Leigh, director general, at the Mavflower Hotel tomorrow night. At that time the { executive session of the National Con- | stitution Club will be held and national officers will be elected. STAUNTON, Va, May 25 (Special). —Staunton branch of the American Automobile Association has been opened with headquarters in the lobby of the Stonewall Jackson Hotel. J. E. Kuyken- dall of Mount Jackson, manager of local branch; C. T. Owen of Win- chester, manager of Shenandoah divi- sion, and Miss Mills, touring counselor of national headquaters, in Washington, were in charge at the opening. —_—— Tour of every flve homes in New Zealand are now wired for elects N Senorita | Seven | A. A. A Branch Opens irn Staunton. ! COLTONAPPONTED ~ UNDERSECRETARY ‘Roosevelt Named for Porto | Rican Post and Bartlett for | Joint Commission. | By the Associated Press President Hoover announced vester- day the appointment of Joseph P. Cot- ton of New York as Undersecretary of | State: ‘that Col. Theodore Rosevelt ir, of New York. would be named govarnor of Porto Rico. and that John H. Bartlett of New Hampshire had ac- cepied membership on the International Joint. Commission. The Chief Executive also indicated that Eugene A. Gilmore would be eon | unued as assistant governor genera !of the Philippines under Dwight F. | Davis, former Secretary of Wi who |is_expected to depart for Manila socn after his nomination has been con- firmed by the Senate. Earlier in the day announcement | also was made of the appointment of | Robert H. Lucas of Louisville, Ky.. as . and | sent to_the | Senate. He will succeed David H. Blair i of North Carolina, whose resignation | was submitted March 4. Cisson Appeintment Expected. While there was no formal announ: | ment at the White House, it was learned that Charles P. Cisson. attor- ney general of Rhode Island, has been offered and has decided to accept the post of an Assistant Attorney General. succeeding John Marshall, who soon is \lo retire to private life after long serv- ice in charge of the personnel divi- | slon of the Justice Department. | _ Mr. Cotton, who is 53 years old, will ‘Surceed J. Reuben Clark, who was | appointed undersecretary under former | Secretary Kellogg and at t | tration’s request has continued in the | post under Henry L. Stimson. Mr. Clark j;;xpected to resume the practice of | 1aw. | Roosevelt fo Take Post in Fall. Col. Roosevelt will taks over the | governorship of Porto Rico this Fall, | Horace M. Towner of Iowa, having con- |sented to continue as govermor until | September or later until Col. Roosevelt returns from his scientific expedition to China for the Field Museum and arranges his private affairs for a pro- longed absence from the country. In announcing that Mr. Bartlett, | whose resignation as Pirst Assistant Postmaster General was accepted some | time ago, had consented to take the place on the International Joint Com- mission, the President said this was | received with satisfaction, as he had !more important undertakings for the | commission than heretofore have en- 1 gaged its attention. Mr. Cotton, a native of Newport, R. I., has been counsel for many business | interests and also has served in im- ?ortlm public posts. He was counsel or the New York State Commission | | | | on Workmen's Compensation: was con- su'ting counsel for the Federal Reserve | Board and counsel | | for the Alaska Engineering Commission. Cotton’s Prior Services. During the war Mr. Cotton served under Maj. Gen. Goethals, retired, when | the general was chairman of the Ship- ping Board. Later he became a mem- ’ber of the Food Administration under Herbert Hoover and after the war rep. resented the United States in Europe as a member of the Inter-Allled Pinance Council and on other war organizations. Col. Roosevelt also previously has had public service, being Assistant Secre- tary of the Navy during the Harding and part of the Coolidge administra- tions. He was twice Republican candi- date for the Governorship of New York, ’?n‘flz‘h.“f”m each time by Alfred E. Mr. Cisson has been attorney general | of Rhode Island since 1925, being re- elected last November. He is 39 years |old. a graduate of the Harvard Law | School and was chairman of the Provi- | dence Republican city committee in 1923 and 1924. PRESIDENT ASKS - LEGAL OPINON (Wants to Know Whether ‘ Mississippi Flood Control [ Has Been Decided. i | By the Associated Press President Hoover has asked Attorney General Mitchell for a legal opinion es to whether the plan and method of Mississippl River flood control have not already been conclusively determined by the flood control act and the executive decisions of President Coolidge issued pursuant to the terms of that act. In making this announcement yes- terday in response to inquiries of newse paper correspondents, the Chief Execu« tive said a legal opinion was necessary before the administration could go inta | the merits or demerits of the sugges= tions made by a group of Senators and | Representatives from the Mississipph | River Valley States. These members of Congress recently { placed before the administration a bricf Tequesting that the proposed contracty for initiation of work should be sus- pended pending entire reconsideration of the plans and authorities under the | Jones act. In addtion, they suggested that the Government shouid purchase flowage rights over lands along stretchrs of the river where there is to be no ac- ditional water flow out of the main channel. With respect to the first suggestion, | Mr. Hoover called attention to the fact that the special engineering board set; { up to decide between the Mississippt | River commission and the Jadwin | plan had decided in favor of the Jad- win plan and that its recommenda- tion had been promulgated by a defi- mll order issued by President Cool- ge. As to the other proposition, the President said that where the United States was required by law to purchase land or flowags or pay damages, this would be done. He added that moneys had been scheduled for such payments out of funds thus far appropriated The brief of the Mississippi Valley members of Congress recently was re- ferred by the President to Secretary Good, since the flood control work is to be prosecuted under the direction | of the War Department. He is to study the whole proposition and report to Mr. Hoover. Before the President made his state~ ment, the administrative board of the American Engineering Council. in ses- sion here. denounced the Jadwin plan of control as “arbitrary and unwise” WREATH TO BE PLACED BY GOLD STAR MOTHERS Mrs. Harry Kimmell, 1931 Biltmore street, a Goid Star Mother, mother of Capt. Harry Kimmell of the 1st Divi. sion, who was kflled in action during | the Meuse-Argonne drive, October 8§, | 1917, will place a wreath on the 1si | Division Monument in the rear of the State, War and Navy Building in cone nection with annual Memorial day exercises Thursday morping at 1 ’ o'clock, = e