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2= STARMODEL HOME VISITED BY 3,000 Dwelling in Kenwood Proves Attractive to Steady Stream of Persons. Approximately 3,000 persons inspect- ed the Kenwood model home yesterday, its first day of exhibition. The house, *ne st of a series of six demonstra- tlon dwelling spensored by The Star] and Operative Builders' Association, is located on Kennedy drive in Ken- wood, Md. A continuous stream of visitors passed through the house, beginning at 8:30 o'clock in the morning and ending at 10:30 o'clock last night, keeping busy throughout the entire day the staff of six on hand to conduct those interested in better homes through the dwelling. House Is of Moderate Size. The visitors saw a house of moderate #ize and of the French provincial style of architecture, situated in the center of a large lot overlooking a wide sweep of rolling terrain to woods half a mile distant. In front were blooming rhodo- dendron and in the formal garden at the rear a number of roses had flow- ered. The interior of the house was decorated with cut flowers. The treatment of the walls was the cause of much comment. These are unpapered, but have a decorative finish troweled on and covered with a deli- cate apricot glaze which seems to catch the light and change its hue with the varying intensity of the illumination. The visitors were first conducted into the living room, the most colorful of any in the house. The dwelling is fur- nished by W. B. Moses & Sons’ depart- ment store, Next they were taken into the dining Toom with its unique illumi- nation by means of four mirror sconces affixed to the walls, The breakfast room was passed through to the un- usually attractive kitchen, finished in green and modernly equipped. The floor was covered with inlaid green linoleum. 18th Century Style Furnishings. Ascending the stairs, the visitors were taken through the bedrooms, which were finished in eighteenth century style, as is the whole house. Particularly im- pressive to the majority of the sight- seers was the brightness of all the rooms. There is not a single dark cham- ber in the entire house. The feature which unfailingly caught the eye of every person who saw the house, however, was the automatic sys- tem for opening the doors of the large two-car garage. These doors can opened either from the inside by throw- ing an electric switch or from the out- side about 15 feet along the driveway. Fere have been built two wooden | wickets, each having two keyholes. A ey inserted into the holes opens the doors. There is duplicate apparatus on either side, so that the driver of the car will not have to walk around his machine no matter from which side he alights. ENGLAND AWAITS VOTING THURSDAY Winston Churchill Declares Election Is “Dullest” He Can Remember. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 27.—Strenuous politi- cal fighting will continue until Thurs- day, when Britain’s polls will be opened to 28,000,000 electors in the general elections. “This is the dullest election I can remember,” says Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer. But Premier Stanley Baldwin says: “The nation is in earnest over this election. They want facts and argu- ment, not rhetoric.” Whether the election is dull or not, the country has never before seen such a tidal wave of oratory, real or other- ‘wise. Such floods of propaganda, such maneuvers and stunts to coax the hesi. tant vote. have never beforz been in- dulged. Loud speakers connected by telephone lines have relayed speeches b“;x the leaders to halls in a score of citles. 150,000 Hear Lloyd George. ‘Three thousand miles of trunk tele- phone wires wes employed in relaying one of David Lloyd George's speeches to 28 separate auciences, comprising 150,000 people. And yet, strenuously though the party organizations have worked, the fight, except for the Liberal unemployment policy, has lacked a great dominating issue. Tt has been a campaign rather of many issues, leaving the elector, as one commentator observes, “bewildered into silence.” But if. as many fear, it will all end in a parliamentary stalemate, this cam- paign will be only the beginning. The real battle will then opben across the floor of the house, with three parties struggling for control, and Thursday may_well decide the destiny of both the Liberal and Labor parties. Liberals Predict Gains. One view put forward is that if the Tiberals fail appreciably to increase their representation in the House they will almost inevitably split into two camps, with the more advanced Lib-| erals supporting the Labor party. On the other hand, if. as they predict. the Liberals return with more than 100 members, they are likely to draw in the future on the Labor vote. Only about one-third of the results will be available on clection night or early Friday morning. But as they con- tain a_number of key constituencies they will indicate which way the politi- cal wind is blowing. They will include, for instance, 12 Birmingham divisions. where Labor now holds one seat and claims it will win three more. SALVATION ARMY FEARS FOR EVANGELINE BOOTH American Commander Is Injured When Thrown From Rear Seat of Car on Way to Depot. By the Associated Press HARTSDALE, N. Y., May 27-—Anx- fely was felt in_Salvation Army circles | today for Miss Evangeline Booth, com- mander of the Salvation Army in Amer- ica, who was injured Friday in an auto- mobile accident. Her physician. Dr. Walter Clark Til- den, said he still did not consider her injuries serious and he hoped to have X-ray photographs taken to determine ‘whether she had suffered a skull frac- ture. o have concussion symptoms slightly improved,” Dr. Tilden said, "bu:l there are new evidences of body con- Lawrence Bowles Not Guilty of Possessing Smoke Screen Device On_ May 4, 1929. The Star published an article including the name of Lawrence Bowles as one who had been arrested for possessing a smoke-screen device. This was an error. Its atten- tion being invited to the matter, The Star investigated the report received from the Police Depart- ment and satisfied itself of the mistake made. An examination of the records discloses that Mr. Bowles was not among those ar- rested and The Star gladly avails itself of this opportunity to cor- rect its mistake. TEXTILE EMPLOYES | REFUSE TOREGISTER Peace, Established by Truce| Yesterday, Is Broken by Workers’ Protest. By the Assoclated Press. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. May 27— Employment of T. Perry, Elizabethton, as a registrar for strikers returning to | the American Glanzstoff and American | Bemberg textile mills here today was made the basis of a protest by the! workers, who refused to register for re-employment. A mass meeting was immediately called to discuss the sit- uation. ‘Workers in the plant who walked out April 15 yesterday voted to return to work, but protested the employment of Perry. They alleged he was one of the men who abducted Edward F. Mc- Grady. personal representative of Wil- liam F. Green, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, several weeks | ago. MecGrady and another labor | leader were forced to leave here, but later returned. “Undesirables” Yet Barred. McGrady charged that Communists were responsible for the outbreak to- day, but added he had volunteered his services to a citizens' committee to aid in quieting the strikers. Dr. Arthur Mothwurf, president of‘ the mills, went to the mass meeting to help prevent a renewal of the strike. McGrady declared that four Com- munists arrived here last night and| “have been exciting” the strikers. Their old jobs open under the terms of the agreement reached yesterday by ! strike leaders and mill officials, strag- gling groups of former workers had come into Elizabethton from their hillside homes to register with E. T. Willson, newly engaged personnel director of | the companies. | Only “undesirables” among former | employes will be barred from their for- | mer jobs, Dr. Mothwurf, announced. | By “undesirables” he said he referred | to those strikers who had been guilty of violence and intimidation. Guardsmen Yet on Duty. ‘The continued presence of the State | guardsmen, sworn in as special officers during the strike, was the only factor that recalled the Tennessee of recent weeks. Military officers said they ex- gccuu to be demobilized within a few ays. ‘The strike finally was ended late yes- terday after a meeting by dissatisfied strikers, who objected to a statement Saturday by Dr. Mothwurf, that he was unwilling to deal with the union as a union, but would mediate with all fos mer employes regardless of their mem- bership in the workers' organization. The dissenting factions were brought together by Willson and Miss Anna ‘Weinstock, 28-year-old representative of the United States Department of Labor, Dr. Mothwurf estimated that the strike had cost the opposing factions some $660,000. PIEDMONT MILLS NEAR NORMAL. South Carolina Plants Resume Opera- tions—But One Idle. GREENVILLE, 8. C, May 27 (®).— ‘With the resumption of operations this morning at the Woodrufl Mill of the Brandon Corporation, textile activities in the Piedmont section of South Caro- lina became nearer normal than at any time within the last eight weeks. Only one mill remained idie due to strikes, about 1,000 workers being out as & re- sult of a walkout of 200 weavers at An- derson. ‘The Woodruff plant was the last unit of the Brandon Corporation to resume operations. Workers of the Brandon unit returned to work last Monday and | those of the Pinseot Mill Thursday. A total of nearly 3,000 workers had been affected by the strike, which was in protest against the “stretch-out” effi-; ciency system. At one time 6,000 operatives were on strike in the State, all protesting against efficiency systems. Labor unions did not figure, but the United Textile Workers' Union entered the field after the strikes started and now claim to have over 15,- 000 members. The union, however, had | no hand in negotiations ending the strikes. Strikes at Union, Pelzer and Ware Shoals were settled some weeks ago. ATLANTIC FLIGHTS AGAIN ARE DELAYED jYellow Bird's Sponsor and Navi- gator to Return to New York to Await Weather. By the Assoclated Press. OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Me., May 27.—The proposed transatlantic flights of thg Yellow Bird and the Green Flash were @ginitely off for today at least. Arnfino Lotti, sponsor and co-pilot | of the Yellow Bird, which will head toward Paris, and his navigator, Rene | le Fevre, plan to fly to New York.| When weather reports indicate favorable weather, the two will notify Jean Asso- lant, pilot, who will prepare the plane for its flight. They then will return by | air. Roger Q. Williams and Lewis A. Yan- cey, pilot and navigator, respectively, cf the Green Flash, remained here, receiv- ing weather reports by telephone and telegraph. They propose to fly to Rome. HUNTER BEATS DANET IN FRENCH TOURNEY, Score 6—0, 7—5, 6—3 in Severe Driving as American Reaches Third Round for Tennis Title. | By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 27.—Francis T. Hunter, | America’s_second ranking tennis star, | defeated Roger Danet, twentieth rank- | ing player of France, to reach the third | changed. | scope of air-ground maneuvers of the | Ohio type was expressed by Maj. Gen. | Guard, commanding’ the Blue Army | DEADLIER METHODS OF AIR WAR SEEN Lessons of Two-Week Ma-| neuvers Point to Many Changes. BY J. S. EDGERTON, Btaff Correspondent of The Star. WILBUR WRIGHT FIELD, DAY- TON, Ohio, May 27.—Aerial warfare, which has advanced tremendously since the close of the World War, will take new and even more deadly form during the next few years. This was the out-| standing lesson of the two weeks of mimic warfare in Ohio, which was con- cluded with a critique here yesterday attended by more than 500 of the Na- tion's military leaders in every arm of the service. Twin-motored three-place reconnais- sance planes of great speed and power- ful defensive cquipment; small fast bombardment planes which will be able to elude the attacks of pursuit planes; heavy bombers which will work at such tremendous altitudes as to be invisible and unheard, and bombs which may be dropped in great numbers around nor- mally impregnable targets such as dams and other great structures with- out exploding until thousands upon thousands of pounds of high explosive afe accumulated around the target and | then tha whole mass set off by a single | drtonation bomb—these are some of the developments forccast at yesterday's eftique. The critique reached a dramatic climax when Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps, reviewing the present development of military aviation. pointed out that every bit of this development had occurred in | the past 25 years, since the first flights made by the Wright brothers, and then called up out of an ‘obscure spot in the | audience Wilbur Wright, the first man ! to fiy in an airplane. Wright was ac- corded a tremendous ovation. in which hardened old campaigners of the Na- tion’s wars leaped to their feet cheering. | Attack Aviation Lesson. The power of the newest and one of the deadliest military weapons ever devised—attack aviation—was demon- strated for the first time during the two weeks' maneuvers. At yesterday's critique officers of all branches agreed that attack aviation has introduced a new and most serious problem into military tactics. Not only must pres- ent tactics be changed to meet the menace of attack plane operations, but | some new method of defensc against | such attacks stands today as one of | the most important military necessities, | it was pointed out. | “Attack aviation has presented a | great problem which must be solved,” | declared Ma). W. H. Frank, Army Air | Corps, chief air umpire during the| maneuvers and chief of the Air Corps| Tactical School at Langley Field, Va. | “There is grave doubt that there is any known agency in the world today | which can stop a well organized aerial | attack, with pursuit planes above to| protect the aitack planes below | The deadly character of an assault by attack planes was pointed out by | Col. W. H. Waldron, commander of the 10th Infantry, Fort Thomas, Coving- ton, Ky., and leader of the Red Army forces during the maneuvers. Describ- | ing the attempts of Red aviation to stop | an impending assault by Blue attack | planes on an important ground coi centration_point, Waldron _sai “We had all our pursuit planes in the alr and made every effort ingenuity could devise to stave off the attack, but the attack planes swept through | like & blast of flame and we didn't| catch one of them. We must have | something to stcp the attack planes.” | The attack planes, as demonstrated | during the maneuvers by the 3d Attack Group, Fort Crockett, Tex., possesses | tremendous destructive power and is it- self exceedingly difficult to hit. Each of the planes carries six machine guns, which can hurl a total of 14,400 bullets | a minute, and in addition carries 10 25-pound ' fragmentation bombs which are exceedingly effective against ground troops. They are fast, maneuverable ships, each carrying a pilot and ob- server, and they work just above the tree tops. Trends Are Outlined. The trends which military aviation is likely to take during the coming few years were outlined by Maj. Prank. Dur- ing the maneuvers, he pointed out, Blue bombardment planes were assigned to | the mission of destroying Griggs Dam, above Columbus, a reinforced concrete dam which backed up the waters of the Scioto River for six miles, blocking the advance of the Blue Army. “There is no aerial bomb kriown today which can destroy such a structure as this dam.” he said. “The bombers got around the difficulty by blowing out & neck of soft earth around the end of the dam 2nd so releasing the impounded waters. “As a result of this experience the| theory of bombardment may have to be | 1t is impracticable at pres- | ent to consider the use of a bomb large cnough to destroy such a structure, We may have to use smaller bombs which may be dropped without exploding until great numbers of them can be accumu- lated around the target and then set off simultaneously by a single bomb. “We must have more speed in our bombardment planes to prevent con- | tinuous attack by pursuit planes. They | should bz so fast that pursuit planes | cannot make more than one attack on them before they can get out of range. “‘Another development which seems to be badly needed is delayed fuse action for big bombs so that bombardment planes may fiy in over their targets at a height of 50 feet or so, place the bombs with great accuracy, and then get away before the explosion oceurs.” Two-seater and multi-seater fighting planes also constitute a great need, Maj. Frank said. There is need, he said, for experienced observers in every for- mation of attack and bombardment planes, as well as in the observation squadrons. In the attack formations, he stated. There should be at least onc skilled observer to each three-plane formation. Two Missions Served. The Ohlo maneuvers have served two distinct training missions, the train- ing of Air Corps pilots and command- ing officers and the training of general officers of the Army and their tactical staffs, it was stated by Maj. Gen. Den- nis E. Nolan, commandant of the 5th Corps Area g commander of the air during the maneuvers. fls, Nolan _said, “need to have the same knowledge of the tactics of the Air Corps that they have of the work of their own o ganizations. These maneuvers provide the only method of really acquainting air and ground officers with each others problems.” Hope that the War Department will see fit to continue and to extend the Benson W. Hough, Ohio National | 2d Corps. 1 Necessity for the establishment of as many aerodromes as possible near the battle lines for the use of the various branches of the Air Corps was pointed | out by Col. H. C. Pratt of Mitchel Field, | FLAXSEED TARIFF ! today decided to recommend an amend- | | work frcm Friday night until late Sat- The party of European journali flower Hotel on a sightseeing trip. Belgium; Senor Julio Camba, Madrid, Spain: orzewski, Warsaw Courier, Roland; Pedro Petridis, owner of Agon, Italy; M. Casimir Smog of public affairs; slavia; M. A. Corteanu, sts invited to this country by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace photographed just before leaving the May- n the picture are Conte Leone Fumasone Biondi, Corriere della Sera, Milan, Italy; M. Georges Lando; Signore Salvatore Cortesi, Associated Press correspondent, Rome; M. Georges Lechartier, Dr. Alfred Bihlmans, chief of the press section of the Latvian ministry M. Rene Puaux, Le Temps, Paris; Signor Mirko Ardemagni, Il Popolo d'Italia, Milan; Dr. Paul Breznik, Levstikova Utca, 19, Ljubljana, Jugo- Redacteuren-Chef, Argus, Bucharest, Rumania, and J. Edwin Young of the Carnegie Endowment. y, editor of Matin, Brussels, Journal des Debats, Paris; —Star Staff Photo. INCREASE FAVORED House Ways and Means Com- mittee Will Recommend Rate of 63 Cents. By the Associated Press. The House ways and means committee | ment to the tariff bill to increase the duty on flaxseed to 63 cents a bushel. The measure now proposes a 56-ce rate, as egainst a present duty of 40 | ce The President recently raised this | rate to 56 cents under the flexible tariff. | ‘Another amendment approved by the | committee would raise the rate on un- | stemmed wrapper tobacco from the present rate of $2.10 a pound to $2.50, and that on stemmed wrapper to- bacco from $2.75 to $3.15. | A rate of $10 a ton on broom corn, now cn the free list, would be provided under another amendment approved by the committee. The $10-a-ton rate on_ broom corn | also would appiy to rice fiber and rice | straw. Passage of the tariff bill by & com- fortable majority late tomorrow is re- | garded 2s a foregone conclusion, even | though some of the farm group Re- | publicans have received setbacks in at- | tempts to gain duties on some com- | modities higher than those carried in | the bill. Concessions in other direc- | :ions have served to bring them into ine. One of these concessions, in the form of a committes amendment to levy a duty of 10 per cent on hides, a free list commodity for more than 20 years, will be brought to a vote tomorrow, along with two other amendments plac- ing dutics on leather and boots and shoes, which have been on_ the free list since enactment of the Underwood law in 1913, The latter two amendments, provid- ing for rates ranging from 121 to 30 per cent on various kinds of leather and 20 per cent on boots and shoes, were | brought out as a concession to the New | England and other Eastern represent- | atives. Contest Is Expected. An interesting contest on the three | items is looked for since many mem- | bers from cattle growing and feeding | States, while strongly advocating the | hide proposal, are understood to be op- | posed to the proposed duty on shoes. | They see little relief for the farmer if he has to pay more for his shoes. Pro- ponents of the shoe duty, however, claim shoe prices are fairly well stand- ardized and that a duty would not af- fect the price to the retail buyer. Of the amendments thus far adopted, three provide for boosts in the duties on live cattle, butter and white pota- toes, which the bill as first reported left undisturbed. While winning their contests on these items, the farm group lost in an attempt to raise the rate on blackstrap molasses with a view to forcing manufacturers to go back to| corn in the making of Industrial al- cohol. SAMUEL J. VIERS BURIED. Funeral services for Samuel J. Viers, formerly in the retail shoe business here, who died at his residence, 4515 PFifth street, Saturday, were conducted in St. Gabriel's Cathollc Church today at 9 o'clock. Mr. Viers retired from the shoe busi- ness a number of years ago. He 15 survived by his widow, Mrs. Sarah B. Viers; three sons, Lester E. Garrow E. and Noble L. Viers, all of this city; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Offutt, and a brother, William L. Viers | of Rockville, Md. ! | great fire strength which will make cnemy attacks unprofitable, he said. Among the other speakers at the | critique were: Brig. Gen. George H. Jamerson, commandant of Fort Ben- jamin Harrison, Indianapolis, who | commanded the Blue st Corps: Maj. John E. Reynolds, Air Corps, Mitchel i Field, N. Y., commander of the Red Air } Forces; Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulos, | assistant_chief of the Army Air Corps, and Lieut. Col %. K. Sterling, who was | in charge o; acound arrangements for the maneuvers. The war maneuvers came to an abrupt close at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, when an “armistice” was ef- fected just before the Blue Army was | to have begun another smashing attack all along the Red's crumbling line of | defense along the Scioto River and | through the west outskirts of Columbus. | The armistice prevented a decisive victory for the Blues, which were in greater force than the Reds by 38 divisions to 27. The armistice came at the end of a lull in fighting. while both armies waited for re-inforcements after i three days of heavy fighting along Big | Darby Creek and the open country five | miles to the east toward Columbus, cap- | ital of the mythical Red nation. Army, corps and division staff officers of the Blue army had been hard at urday preparing orders for the assault which was to have been made on the Red lines at dawn yesterday. During | | be able to do more than assist the Na- |case of the rules committee. !to answer questions within the limits | GRIFITH SIOKS BEAL ASHURLER Right-Hander, Sandlot Star Here, Played With the Yankees. Walter Beall, formerly a_right-hand | pliching_star of Washington sandlot base ball and who several times was | given trials by the New York Yankees, was signed this morning by the Wash ington club, His contract does not. come effective until next Saturda: President Clark Griffith announced, but | Beall will work out with the Nationals meanwhile. Beall was & frec agent when signed, having been released outright by the Montreal club of the International | League early this year when he spurn- | ed lis salary offer. He probably will not | tionals in batting practice for several days as a recently lanced abscess on his left-hand is not yet healed. Beall, who is in his late 20s, pitched for many sandlot nines here, but gained fame principally_as & member of the | hurling staff of Mohawk Athletic Club, | His first professional experience was in the Virginia League about seven years ago. From that circuit he rose to the International League, pitching for Rochester. Tutored by the late George Stallings. who managed Roches- | ter, Beall became a clever curve-ball | plicher and was sold to the Yankees for_$50,000. | all was too wild in his pitching to | be of much value to the New York | Americans, however, and after several trials he was sold back to the minors. | MALLON REFUSES TO GIVE SENATORS SOURCE OF “LEAK” | (Continued From First Page.) mittees to hold hearings and summon witnesses, which was adopted in the Senator Smoot argued, however, that when- ever a Senate committee had under- taken a specific_investigation, ltke that | of the Teapot Dome oil leases, it had first obtained authority for such an in- vestigation from the Senate. Other- wise, he sald. any Senale committee | could start any kind of an investiga- | tion it desired. Overruled by Majority. A majority of the committee over-| ruled the contention of Senator Smoot | and determined to go ahead with the | questioning of Mr. Mellon. The witness before he submitted himself to ques- tioning made the following statement to the committee: “I am advised by counsel that I am not obliged to appear before, be sworn | by or testily to this committee on the | ground that this committee has not | authority to subpoena me before it or require me to answer any questions. “The United Press, to which I am di- rectly responsible, believes the public welfare can best be served by making all news quickly and easily available when it is in the public interest to do s0. Therefore, and notwithstanding any lack of authority of this committee, I am here to answer questions if I can do so without violating any confi- dence which I may consider has been reposed in me, either directly or by custom of the press. “I am authorized to state that the United Press desires to aid in this and | any other investigations by this com- mittee in consonance with its duties to the public, but neither the United Press nor I conceive it to be my duty to reveal any confidential communica- tion made to me. “The statement is given with all pos- | sible deference to this committee and each of its members, and I am ready | | which I have just stated.” Committee Room Crowded. In reply to questions by the com- mittee, seeking in various ways to reach the source of Mr. Mallon's information regarding the proceedings of the Senate in secret session, the witness contented himsel? with saying that he would not reveal his confidential sources of infor- mation. He declined to answer many of the questions on the grounds that they went to the sources of his in-| formation. The tiny committee room of the rules committee was crowded | to its capacity when Mr. Mallon took the stand. The interest which has| been aroused in the case of the so-| called Senate “leak” was evidenced by the throng of spectators. Among them were Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, wife of the Speaker; Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and several members of the Senate who are not members of the committee. Mr. Mallon testified that he had been employed by the United Press for 10 years; that for 7 or 8 years he had represented that press association as its reporter in the Senate press gallery and on_the floor of the Senate. Chairman Moses called his attention specifically to the articles sent out under his name by the United Press, giving the action of the Senate in Ex:;:ullve session on the Lenroot nomi- nation. | msked the witness on the ground that veal the sources from which they obtained them.” Declines to Answer. “What Senators did you talk to| following the exccutive meeting on the | Lenroot case?” asked Senator Overman of North Carolina. “That would go to the source of my information,” said Mr. Mallon, declining to answer. I Senator Harrison of Mississippi pointed out that Mr. Mallon had said in his dispatch that his information was “Indisputably authoritative.” He asked the witness if he meant by that he had obtained it from members of the Sen- ate. The witness refused to answer the question, and Senator Harrison brought out the fact that newspaper men, like Jawyers or doctors, in the practice of their profession decline to reveal infor- mation or sources of information which they obtain in confidence. “After an executive session” said Serator Watson of Indiana, “do you newspaper men ask various persons what transpired behind closed doors?” “Yes, I can go that far,” said the| witness. | “I guess we can all testify to that,” sald Senator Watson, amid a general laughter. The Indiana Senator suggested that the roll call on the Lenroot nomination was not correct. “1 believed 1t correct and I still be-) lieve it so,” said Mr. Mallon. | His attention was called to the fact that some mistakes in the roll call had | been mentioned on the floor. Mr. Mal- lon replied that they were merely to the pairs announced and not to the recorded vote. Says He Could Call Some Votes. Members of the committee sought to learn from Mr. Mallon if he or an- otlser experienced newspaper man in the press gallery could not practically poll the Senate on a question that came up for a vote without ever asktig them. “I could tell how some of them would vote,” said the witness. He admitted that he might be able to tell how Sen- ator Moses would vote. “A newspaper man could tell better how the Senators would vote,” said Sen- ator Harrison, “before the White House had cracked its whip.” Paul Patterson, an attorney from Cleveland, Ohlo, counsel for Mr. Mal- lon, entered an ebjection to the char- | acter of questions which were being | | they were merely designed to obtain from the witness the sources of his in- formation, which he had declined to give. The objection was overruled by the chairman, although noted in the record. | Senator Overman asked the witness | whether he would say he got his in- formation from a Senator or an em- ploye of the Senate. This the witness declined to answer. Another question was whether he obtained his informa- tion regarding the Lenroot roll call from the same source he obtained in- formation regarding the vote during the last Congress on the nomination of Roy O. West to be Interior Secretary. The publication of the West roll call | at that time caused a stir in the Senate. | The witness declined to answer that | question. Says Somelimes Poo! Information. Senator Watson wanted to know whether it was the practice of members of the press gallery to get together after an executive session of the Senate and to pool such information as they had. The witness said that occasionally it might be done. “Was that done in this case?” asked Senator Watson. “I cannot answer that question.” said Mr. Mallon, “for it would run to the source of my information.” Senator Harrison of Mississippl want- ed to know if Mr. Mallon had any prearrangement with any Senator or| employe to give him the details of the | roll call. The witness declined to answer. | Senator Bingham of Connecticut said | it was obvious to any student of journ- | alism that if a newspaper man divulged the confidential source of his inform- ation, he would be violating the ethics of his profession. He tried to obtain from Mr. Mallon a statement that no Senate employe had given him informa- tion regarding the secret session. The witness declined to make any such statement. He said, however, that he did not believe any Senator suspect- ed an employe. Senator Bingham asked the witness how & newspaper man would go about finding out what had happened in an executive session. “The members of this committee al- ready know that,” replied Mr. Mallon, Denies Any Aspersion. Senator Bingham charged that the witness was casting aspersions on the | committee, presuming that they would | give out information about secret ses- | sions. Mr. Mallon denled that he had any intention of casting aspersions on any member of the committee. Senator Overman wanted {0 know whether the privilege of the floor of the Senate gave a reporter any special advantages and whether that privilege was not a courtesy extended by the Senate. The witness replied that he consider- i | mined by a majority vote should not be DEMPSEY T0 STAGE BOUTS IN CHICAGO Severs Relations With Fugazy but Says Plans Omit Ring Comeback. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 27—Jack Demp- sey, former heavyweight champion, | severed relations today with Humbert J. | Pugazy, New York promoter, and an- nounced that he would promote boxing matches in conjunction with {the Coliseum in i Chicago, starting | next Fall. | Dempsey said 'that his ~contract with Fugazy, en- tered into March | 25, autcmatically expired last Satur- day upon the pro- “{moter’s failure to provide him with an outdoor arena where outstanding matches could be i’lak"? h;.] New ork. In the two | months Dempsey was in partnership with Fugazy he failed single bont.” i The former champion said his agree- ment with the Chicago Coliseum, where Jim Mullen is the boxing promoter, calls for the staging of bouts there every two weeks during the Fall and Winter. At the same time, Dempsey said he would continue personal efforts to acquire both indoor and outdoor arenas in New York. gazy’s signing with Dempsey as a partner In the promotion gf ymajor fistic shows was builded on the belief that the combine could lease the Polo Grounds, home of the New York Giants, for outdoor shows, Dempsey sald. The Madison Square Garden Corporation, headed by William F. Carey, who joined with Dempsey in staging the heavy- weight match between Jack Sharkey and Young Stribling in Miami Beach last Winter, not only rented the Polo Grounds for the Summer, but tied up the Yankee Stadium as well. Dempsey stressed the fact that he had no personal differences with Fugazy and was merely following out the pro- visions of his contract with the Gar- den’s chief promotional rival here. He said that his new plans did not in- clude any ring comeback on his part. CRUSADE IN SHANGHAI. Closing of Gambling Houses in Settlement Sought. SHANGHAI, China, May 27 (@).— Shanghai's international settlement, in- ternationally known for the sophistica- tion and variety of its night life, is threatened with loss of much, if not all, of its cosmapolitan brilltance. A movement is on foot in the munici- | pal council of the settlement for clos- ing down many of Shanghat's better known gambling places and “sporting clubs” on the settlement territory. Grey- hound racing parks are particularly en- visaged. “There is entirely too much gambling going on within the settlement, and Shanghai fs gaining a bad name inter- nationally,” declared one member of the council today. i | | Jack Dempsey. cept the privileges of the Senate floor if any condition was attached that he should not publish a story which he | considered news and of public interest.” “Of course you did not violate any rule of the Senate,” said Senator Wat- son, “for there is no rule to prohibit newspapers from publishing anythin, “Would you have any objection? asked Senator McKellar of Tennessee, “if any one who gave you the informa- tion appearcd before the committee and told about it2” “No,” replied Mr. Mallon. | Senator Bingham questioned the wit- | ness at length regarding the ethics of | the newspaper profession. He asked a | number of questions to obtain from the | witness, if he could, his views on why newspapers should set themscives up s | judges of the propricty of publishing | matter which the Senate had deter- | published. The Connecticut Senator finally asked whether the witness be lieved that President Hoover would be Jjustified in making public a roll call of the Senate taken in secret session merely because the President believed it was of public interest. ed the extension of floor privileges to a press association a _convenience, both for members of tke Senate and for the | press. He pointed out that without floor ! privileges press associations would be calling out Senators many times during the day. Senator Watson asked the witness| whether he did not consider he was a| guest of the Senate when he was on the® } tained his information about the secret | Harrison Sally Brings Laughter. The witness declined to answer these hypothetical questions, and Senator Harrison said: “Is the Senator from Connecticut | seeking to suggest that Mr. Mallon ob- aenslnn of the Senate from the Presi- ent?” Senator Harrison's sally drew a loud laugh from the spectators and com- — - e FOREIGN WRIIERS ONSHOPPING TOUR | Party of Journalists, Encoun« tering Warm Weather Here, Seek Lighter Clothing. - Confronted by a sudden change fromj cool to very warm weather, the 13 European journalists who arrived in Washington from New York yesterday caucused this morning and decided ta devote this afternoon to a shopping tour to buy lighter clothing. ‘Their scheduled press conference with President Hoover y has been posie poned until tomorrow so that they muy sit in on the regular conference of the President with representatives of the American press. A call on the Secre= tary of State ond 2 trip to the Wash- ingion Monument occupied their time this riorning. ‘The party will be here until Thursday afterncon and during that period will make its headquarters at the May=- flower Hotel. Their two-month tour of this country is being made at the in- vitation of the division of intercourse and education of the Carnegic Endow- ment for International Peace, of which Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler is president, Will Visit West Coast. ‘The purpose of the visit, as expresced by Dr. Butler, is to “afford representa-~ tives of the foreign press the best pos- | sible opportunity to visit the United | States, to meet representative citizens, { groups and organizations, and to ob- serve for themselves what may be the more significant aspects of present-day Americen life.” The journalists’ tour of this country, which is solely of a sightseeing nature. will take them over the lower or South- ern route. After leaving Washington they will go to Southern cities and then across the lower portion of the country to the West Coast, returning to New York via the Northern route. While in Washington they will be escorted by J. Edwin Young of the Car- negle Endowment staff. The trip to the Monument this afternoon will be followed by a visit to the Capitol and a reception at the National Press Club, Tomorrow morning they will visit the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Pan-American Union and the Lin- coln Memorial. After the conference with the President they will be guests of the Overseas Club at a I n the Press Club. S Attend Exercises Thursday. ‘Wednesday morning will be devoted to a trip to Mount Vernon and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. At 3 o'clock they will be received by Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, at the Washington Cathe- dral. and in the evening they will be guests of the endowment at a dinner {in the Willard Hotel. They will attend ’the Memorial day services at Arlington | Amphitheater Thursday afternoon, | leaving that evening for Richmond, Va., | the next city on their itinerary, Members of the party are: Belgium, Georges Landov, editor of Matin; France, Georges Lechartier, Journal des Debats, Paris; Greece, Pedro Petridis, owner of Agon; Italy, Conte Leone Fumasone Biondi, Milan; Signor Mirko Ardemagni, Il Popolo d'Italia, Milan: Signor Salvatore Cor- tesi, Associated Press, Rome; Jugoslavia, Dr. Paul Breznik; Latvia, Dr. Alfred Bihlmans, Riga; Poland. M. Casimir Smogorzewski, Warsaw Courier, Pa Rumania, M. A. Corteanu, Bucharest; Spain, Julio Camba, Madrid, and repre= sentative of American Express Cc., Rob- ert S. Cauvin, WEATHER “SULKS” ATBYRD ANDPARTY | Winter Day to Be Reached in Less Than Month, With Sun Then to Aid. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, May 26.—It is still overcast and gloomy as though the Antarctic were sulking at our comfort and trying to retaliate by limiting. looks outdoors. There has been a full week now of this duil weather with comparatively mild temperatures. Last night it b: came as warm as 5 degrees above zero, | a surprising rise, as the wind was not unusually strong. Mercury Drops to 20 Below. ‘This morning it was from the south and became a little colder, and then shifted around to the east, where our storms come from, and the mercury droppad to 20 below zero again. It is as if the weather were brooding and trying to make up its mind what to do, but probably it won't do any=- thing at all, except get colder and colder, for the days of great cold are not far off. There is a faint, discouraging moon shining through the haze and it is too bad, for now it should be at its bright- est and it would be pleasant to have it light the way down the Inlet Trail, where most of the walking is done. ‘Warm and Cheery in Houses. But no matter how moody and re- pellent the frozen world may be outside, it is warm and cheery in the houses and the days go very rapidly. In less than & month the Winter day will be reached, and we can look ahead to the return of the sun. (Copyright, 1929, by the New York Times Co. and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. All rights for publication reserved throughout the world ) TALKS TARIFF REPRISALS. PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, May 27. P)—The Central Bureau of Chambers of Commerce Saturday adopted a feso- lution against obstacles imposed O ex- ports to the United States after finding from its study of the new American tariff that the textile, shoe, porceiain, leather and glass industries of Czecho= slovakia would be very hard hit. In industrial and commercial circles there is talk of tariff reprisals and of boycott of such American goods as can be procured elsewhere or are dispensa- | ble. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band, auditorium, Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock tonight. Taylor Branson. leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second lea March, “Marine Corps Institute, Branson Overture, “Carneval” Glazounow Characteristic, “Rustle of Spring.” Sil nding ‘Trombone solo, “Aero Polk: Zimmermann Principal Musician Robert E. Glars. Fantasie, “Le Ci . .Massenet “Dance of the Hours” from “Le Gio- tusions and increased erally Miss Booth was thrown from the rear seat of her car on the way to a rail- road station. lamencss @en-iround i the French championship|N. Y. commander of the Blue Air singles today. The scores were 6—0, | Forces. Many flelds are needed, even 7 3 ‘The match provided some | if jt becomes necessary to split up the of the most severe driving of the tour- | forces into small units, he said, to pre- nament. vent disastrous ralds by enemy plan oo Charles Aeschliman, ranking No. 1| Attention should be given to the pro- The Rumenian government 15 en- [ tennis player of Switzerland, defeated | tection of aerodromes If they must be |tion, supplies and engincer bridge trains | obtain news from Senators which is uraging the use of tractors on the ' Dr. A. C. Rawlings of San Francisco by ' used for any great length of time. | with a view to forcing a crossing of the [ given them in confidence and which &nn. scores of 7—5, 6—2, 6—2 either by camol or development-of Sciolg. - bold gonfident do not xe- | the 1ull which preceded the armistice, | the Red Army had withdrawn to its | prepared reserve battle position along | information?” sald Senator Moses. | the east bank of the Scioto River and | “I must respectfully decline to reveal the Blue forces had brought up heavy : the source of my information,” replied artillery and moved forward ammuni- | the witness. “Every day newspapermen “Will you be good enough to inform [ floor, and that that fact made & great<r) mittemen. the committee where you got your . ion upon him not to reveal what . conda”’ .. . . Ponchelli happened in_ executive sessions, since | o oonator Moses asked Mr Matlon M Be | Grana march. “ierolguie™-Suint-Saens the Senate had & rule forbidding its | jnformation and urge the persons he | Marines, hymn, “The Halls of Monte- members and employes to give out such | had obtained his information from to | W = information. ik ot statamanitibe lorsilic| comsmitice: The Star Spangled Banner. Replies to Purpose Query. The witness would not agree to any R S “1 will say this, Senator,” replied the | such proceeding. The cost of living in Great Britain wingss, “no newspaper man would ac- | The comumittee then adjourned. is rsings ! \