Evening Star Newspaper, June 1, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U B. Weather Fair tonight and ‘Temperatures: Highest, 92, at 2 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 71, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 20 and 21 = Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; cooler. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,375 Intered as seco post office, No. 31,077. Washington, nd class matter D. C: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1929—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. FUTURE OF BRIISH RULE 1S IN DOUBT: UP T0 LIBERALS Situation Muddled, as Labor Falls 21 Seats Short of Majority. MACDONA_L‘D TO FIGHT AGAINST NEW ELECTION| | Former Prime Minister Expected to Be Asked to Form Government if Baldwin Resigns. Br the Associated Press LONDON, June 1.—Immediate future of the British government was in doubt today. The Liberal party of David Lloyd George apparently held the key to the political situation which has arisen &s & result of Labor's great but insufficient victory in the parliamentary elections Thursday. Although the Labor party rode the | Conservative government of Prime | Minister Stanley Baldwin down to a| declsive defeat, almost completed re- turns showed it lacking 21 seats of 308 necessary for a majority in the House of Commons. The standing was: Labor, 287; Conservatives, 253; Liberals, 54; others, 8. Several possibilities suggested them- welves: First, that Stanley Baldwin, prime minister in the present Conservative government, would go to the House of Commons and fight for control, depsnd- ing upon Liberal votes to keep him from & vote of no confidence. Second, that he would resign, either immediately or after a no-confidence vote, and Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labor party, would be asked to form & government. ‘Third, that the political stalemate which has resulted from the elections ‘would shortly causg the downfall of any government which'is formed and neces- sitate new clectionls, probably in the Autumn, Against Another Election. Ramsay MacDonald, Labor leader, de- clared today he would do everything within his power to prevent the neces- sity of ancther English general election within the next two years. He told in- terviewers, “If I can prevent it there shall be no disturbance of the country by an election within the next two year: | Official announcement was made also | that a meeting of the chiefs of the La- bor party would be held shortly to con- #ider the position growing out of the general election, In the Liberal camp it was understood there would be a meeting very soon of all successful Liberal candidates . for. discussion of party prospects. Hinges on Lloyd George. ‘The entire situation seemed hinged on what the Liberals and Lloyd George, ‘with their balance of power in the Com- mons, would do. Lloyd George, in 1923, made Great Britain's first Labor govern- ment possible, but he has said in this election campaign he would not sanc- tion a Liberal-Labor alliance again. If Premier Baldwin does decide to try to maintain his government, he must court Liberal support, and even with the vote of the entire Liberal bloc would find himself with a bare majority on any clean-cut party question. If the Conservative-Liberal coalition should be 1o more stable than the Labor-Liberal coalition in 1923-24, downfall of the government on some important question ‘would be a matter of only a short time. ‘The prime minister himself was spending the week end at Chequers, country place of prime ministers, and had nothing to say. There may, how- ever, have been prophetic note in the words of Sir Austen Chamberlain, for- eign minister in his cabinet, who said: “I hope Mr. Baldwin will face the| House of Commons and leave Lloyd George and the Liberals the responsi- bility of the situation they have cre- ated.” There were several reports, not confirmed by the party spokesmen, that Baldwin is inclined to favor the course advocated by Sir Austen. Commons Meets June 25. He is not compelled to offer the resignations of his government to the King until the House of Commons meets—in this case June 25—and votes no confidence on an important measure. It was understood he would confer with other leaders of his party at Chequers over the week end with ref- erence to the situation and to re- organization of his cabinet, seven mem- bers of which were not re-elected to the House. Should Ramsay MacDonald be asked to form a government its stability would depend almost entirely upon such Liberal support as he could bfln(’ to it. Various members of the “Left wing” of the Liberal party are known ! 10 favor a Labor regime as opposed to | a Tory government, and enough sup- port might be gained from them to make a MacDonald government func- | tion with a majority under ordinary | circumstances, a There loomed inevitably the time. however, when the Laborites, with their | Socialist background, would be found diametrically much more akin, and no-confidence on an important measure would result, compelling the calling of a new elec- tion, in which the government defeated in the Commons would carry its fight straight to the people. Some political obscrvers thought that in any event this would hardly be postponable beyond Autumn, although it wps admitted depleted finances of | the three parties probably would pre- vent new elections before then. Aware of Power He Holds. Lloyd George scemed fully aware of the power he holds. He told interview- ers lolding the balance of power 15 A very res e position. We fully realize it, and you can depend upon it we shall make no unfair use of it. We shall carefully consider what best should be dbne in the interest of the country. The King's government must be carried on, and in the present state of the country it is essential it should be stead: Of 615 Commons seats, returns wers in today for 598, distributed as follows Labor, 288; Conservatives, 250; Liberals, 53; Independents, 4; Nationalists, 3. Of the remaining seats one repre- zented a postponed election, 10 uni- versity seats to be announced hext wes and the remaining isolated constituen cirs always delayed in reporting. While the 18 were belicved predominantly Page ! sworn in today as Commissioner of In- pposed to both Liberals | and Conservatives, whose principles are | lay Head RAMSAY MACDONALD, Leader of the British Labor party, who 1s expected to be asked to form a new| government, ' CHINESE BREAK | WTH SOVIET GR0LP Telegraph Reports State Consuls Have Been With- drawn From Moscow. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 1.—Advices published today from Nanking state that the Chinese diplomatic representative and Chinese consular officials at Moscow have been recalled. A recent series of raids by the Chinese authorities in Manchuria, presumably acting upon instructions from the Na- tionalist government in Nanking, upon Russian consulates where representa- tives of the Third International were declared to be functioning, has caused friction between Moscow and Nanking. The Moscow government delivered a note to the Chinese charge d'affaires in Moscow characterizing the raids as being of “violent and unlawful char- acter.” The note declared that reports that meetings of the Third Interna- tionale took place in the consulate gen- eral at Harbin were a senseless inven- tion and a futile attempt at evasion of just responsibility for “atrocious action.” ‘The note enumerated a number of alleged provocative actions by the Chi- nese authorities in connection with the Russian embassy and consulates. at the same time stating that the Soviet gov- ernment had refrained from any re- prisals and had accorded the usual protection to the Chinese mission and consulates. It declared that the Soviet govern- ment, however, been forced to note that this peaceful and friendly attitude was being taken advantage of by in- fluences hostile to Soviet' Russia and that it was obliged to lodge a very severe protest against the “police atroci- ties” and to demand the immediate release of the arrested men and the return of all correspondence, articles ln.n': money removed from the consu- LA FOLLETTE TO GIVE AIR TALK ON SENATE Secret Sessions Will Be Discussed in National Radio Forum of Star. ‘The current controversy over secret sessions of the United States Senate, such as those called when that body considers nominations for public of- fice, will be discussed by Senator Rob- ert M. La Follette of Wisconsin over radio station WMAL and the nation- wide Columbia Broadcasting System in the National Radio Forum conducted by The Star at 9 o'clock tonight. Senator La Follette is a virile op- ponent of any, secret sessions in the | Senate and He will tell the radio| audience of the country tonight his | reasons for his opposition and present in detail his own reaction to closed- door meetings of the Senate when about public business. ‘The National Radio Forum program will also include a half-hour of music by George Olson’s Orchestra. REVENUE COMMISSIONER TAKES OATH OF OFFICE| Robert H. Lucas Assumes Duties| in Treasury Depart- ment. Robert H, Lucas of Kentucky, was ternal Revenue to succeed David H. Blair, resigned, of North Carolina. The ceremonies took place at noon in ONLY ONE PHASE OF REPARATIONS STILL UNSETTLED Redemption of Marks in Bel- gium Seen as Final Step. MORGAN LEAVES PARIS, FEELING WORK IS DONE Signatures to Report Expected to Be Affixed Before Today Passes. he Associated Fre. PARIS, June 1—A single question-re- mained in the way of a settlement on the reparations problem at noon today, and the experts were awaiting word from Berlin which it was expected would remove that. ‘The question was that of remunera- tion to Belgium for German marks left in that country after the occupation. It was thought first to have been set- tled yesterday with agreement between Belglum and Germany to handle the matter in private negotiations after the experts’ conference had closec. Francqui Refuses o Sign. Overnight it developed, however, that while Belgium had appointed M.’ Gutt as its representative for such negotia- tion, Germany had not named its man. Emile Francqui, head of the Belgium delegation here, refused to sign any set- tlement or conference report until the negotiations were under way. ‘The Belgian demand to which the Germans have so strenuously objected has been that they be paid 37 annuities of 25,000,000 marks (about $6,000,000) to cover the depreciated currency. It was the German contention, in which many of the allied experts concurred, | that the question was outside the scope of the conference. Merely an Omission. ‘The experts were given reason to be- lieve that the situation merely was the result of an omission at Berlin, and that it would be remedied shortly. Until some further word was received ll’oml the German capital they, therefore, were marking time. They had expected to complete their scttlement by 1 p.m. Quick progress was made during the morning with other phases of the set- tlement, and an agreement was reached on the German demand that some of the burden of the last 22 annuities un- dc: the Young plan be lifted. This agreement included a promise that if the United States reduced the sum of the German creditors’ debt to America there would also be a reduction in what | Germany owed to the former allies, | J. P. Morgan, believing his work as American delegate to the conference concluded, left here today for Cher~ bourg, where he will board the Maure- tania to America. A small party of friends, including Thomas L. Lamont, saw him off. He declined to discuss the work of the conference. ‘The French Council of Ministers at a meeting presided over by President Doumergue decided that the date for rebate on the interallied debt settle- ments would be discussed in the Cham- ber of Deputies Tuesday. Assurance Given. Premier Poincare gave formal assur- ances that ratification of the debt ac- cord with Washington would not be discussed in Parliament until he himself and the minister of finances were headed before that body's competent committees. ‘This was interpreted as meaning the | committees on foreign affairs and finances and as indicating open cham- ber debate on the ratification would not come before another three weeks or a month. The present value of the amount Ger- many agrees to pay to the reparations creditors under the Young plan if finally accepted and ratified is $9,000,- 000,000. It represents a decrease of $116,000,000,000 from the original claims filed by all the creditors with the Ver- sailles Peace Conference of 1919, which was $125,000,000,000. 0.K. BY FRANCE INDICATED. PARIS, June 1 (A)—A canvass of the Chamber of Deputies has been made, whicn, it was understood today, has re- vealed that both the allied debt settle- ments and the new reparations accord with Germany probably will be ratified by a safe majority if Premier Poincare Zubmlm them, rather than ratifying by ecree. FORFEITURE IS ASKED. VICTORIA, British Columbia, June 1 (#)—Forfeiture of the American salmon troller 557-GA for violation of asked by the federal department of fisheries in a complaint on file here today in admiralty court. ‘The troller, one of several American craft seized recently in Canadian wa- ters, was charged with violating the international fishing agreement. Two Killed; Slayer Shot. MUSKOGEE, Okla, June 1 (P)— W. the Treasury before a distinguished company of officials, including Secretary | family. | Mr. Lucas was born in Louisville and | since’ May 24, 1921, has served as col- | lector of internal revenue for the Dis- trict of Kentucky with headquarters in his home city. Mr. Lucas is a lawyer, and brings to the responsible post of commissioner | qualities which administration leaders *feel ably qualify him to discharge the heavy duties of that office. of the Treasury Mellon and his official | . E. Stewart, storekeeper, and Carl | Churchwell, both white, were shot and killed early today by Tobe Boyd, col- | ored, at Yahola, OKla., near here. The | slayer in turn was slot and probably | fatally wounded by Gus Whittaker, | deputy sheriff. He was brought to a | hospital here. | " The assassin, believed to have been in a crazed condition, went to Stewart's | home, where he killed the storekeeper | with ‘a shotgun. Churchwell, a neigh- "bor, was slain when he attempted to shoot the colored man. | LOUISVILLE, June 1 (®.—Thrce | prisoners staged a remarkable break an escaped from the Jefferson County Jail in downtown Louisville late last night ’nr early this morning, it was discovered | today, Those who escaped were Tom Craw- | ford, under sentence of 21 years for | manslaughter; Smithy Waters, under a ve-year grand larceny sentence, and Foreman Price, who was being held for Bourbon County, Ky., authorities. (Continued on Column 8.) o Radio VI"ro_g :zlh;;;l;a_gq 32 | The three prisoners sawed three bars from two cell doors, cut through a steel ventilator, sawed an inch-square Prisoners Saw Way Out of “Safest” . Jail in Country, Make Good Escape o | tumbler from a door lock, cut one bar from a window, sawed one end of an- | other bar and bent it, forced out a |heavy wire window screen, lowered ilh!‘msl‘lvt‘s to the jail yard on a rope of bed sheets and went over a 30-foot wall with the aid of a painter's scaffold. Jailer Thomas Dover declared he was “stunned” that so much could have been accomplished by the prisoners without discovery. The break went un- noticed until just before the morning relief of guards. international fishing regulations was | % | The jail here has a reputation of being one of the “safest” in the conn- It is one block from the central | try. AN SS ™eXS YoU KNow MY DEAR QLD /.- FRIEND, 1,700, < MUST HAVE. B0 DS S SCHENCK ATTEMPTS HANGING: N CELL Guard Cuts Down Former Policeman Sentenced to Serve 20 Years for Robbery. Sentenced yesterday to serve 20 years in prison for two robberies, Frederick A. Schenck, former Washington policeman, attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself from the barred window of his cell in the District Jail last night, using ‘ his blanket for the noose. He was cut down by Vincent L. Koree, | a guard, who in the course of his rounds saw him hanging by his neck | with his feet doubled up under him, the | window being so low that if he had straightened his body his feet would have touched the floor. Schenck used the blanket by cutting it in narrow strips. On one end he made a noose and the other he tled to the bars of his cell window. The attempt to take his life occurred about 8 o'clock. All the prisoners were in their cells and no one except the guards on duty were in the corridors. Schenck's cell is on the upper tier of the south wing of the institution and a view of the interior of it cannot be had from any of the other cells. ‘When cut down the former police- man was still conscious, although weak- ened by strangulation. A physician was summoned, out it was not necessary to remove him from the cell. When he had completely recovered he told Maj. Willlam L. Peak, superin- tendent of the jail, that he was sorry and ashamed that he had attempted suicide and that he must have been “half crazy after receiving the long prison sentence.” RUMOR SAYS LINDY ON SAPELO ISLAND Amphibian Plane Reported Seen Off Coast of Georgia Sev- eral Days Ago. By the Assocluted Press. SAVANNAH, Ga., June 1.—A rumor that Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind- bergh were spending their honeymoon on Sapelo Island, a few miles off the Georgia coast, could not be confirmed today. The rumor spread when it was re- ported that an amphibian plane had been sighted approaching the island several days ago. On his return North several weeks ago, after inaugurating air mail service Central America, Col. Lindbergh stopped at Sapelo for luncheon with Howard E. Coffin, an official of the Na- tional Air Transport, for which Lind- bergh is technical adviser. CHICAGO LAV(IYERFAKEN FOR RIDE, “PLAYS DEAD” Legs and Six Ribs Broken, He Is Thrown Into Ditch, Ap- parently Lifeless. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 1.—Oliver N. Olson, a lawyer, 52 years old, was taken for a ride last night, beaten so badly that 2 leg and six ribs were broken and then dumped out for dead in a ditch. Only the fact that he “played dead,” he said, saved his life. Olson was lured from the Wheaton, T, home into an automobile on the pretext that a friend needed him at the Villa Park police station. Reaching a quiet spot on the road, the men stop- ped the car on the plea of tire trouble. Olson was struck down from behind and then was attacked by both men, one of whom kept saying “kill him.” Olson could advance no motive for the attack. WIFE SLAIN BY HUSBAND. by Shooting. BUNKER HILL, 1l June 1 (#.—An argument over 45 cents cost the life of Mrs. Mary Willilams, 53, of near Woodburn, late yesterday. 'She was shot by her husband, Fred Willlams, 47, after they had quarreled because he was short the 45 cents which he was police station and a block and a halt | supposed to have obtained from the !from the main sslail thoroughfare, sale of three boxes of' strawberrics. FREDERICK A. SCHENCK. HOPES DWINDLING FOR LONG RECESS Hoover Insists on Farm Bill and Tariff Agreement Before Adjourning. In view of President Hoover's in- sistence that Congress indulge in no prolonged recess unless the farm relief bill is out of the way and a definite date is agreed upon for a vote on the tariff revision legislation, including the conference report, the proposed all- Summer vacation of Congress is being lcoked upon as by no means a sure thing. Besides the President’s determina- tion in the matter there are a numper of prominent Republican Senators as well as some Democrats, who are op- posed to a long recess. These develop- ments have given rise to inside talk in Republican congressional circles that all this talk about a Summer vacation on the part of Congress might fade away. President Hoover bases his demands upon the fact he considers the inter- ests of the country necessitate a rapid determination of farm relief and tariff revision. ‘To make his position more fully un. derstood the President made the fo lowing statement at his conference yes- terday afternoon with newspaper cor- respondents: ““The majority leaders, both Senator Watson and Congressman Tilson, are united in their recommendations to me that there should be no recess in the special session until farm legislation is complete and that there should be no Tecess after that except for a few weeks to accommodate the Senate finance committee in its hearings on the tariff bill unless there is a completely fixed agreement in the Senate as ‘o an early date upon which a vote will be taken on the bill, with a further agreed period for debate on the conference reports, which would assure a final vote in the Senate as early as possible. The interest ot the country obviously neces- sitates the rapld determination of botn these questions, and I am entirely in accord with their views.” If the proposed long recess dwindles to a vacation of about a month, Mr. Hoover will not be disappointed. He and Mrs. Hoover have no plans for the Summer. If Congress takes a long re- cess it is thought likely they will go to their home in Palo Alto for three or four weeks and will spend the rest of the time traveling. In any event the President will not leave Washington before the first of July. He will divide his time between Washington and the fishing_preserves in Shenandoah Na- | tional Park, in Virginia, Hunting Creek, | near Catoctin Furnace, Md., and other fishing holes not too far distant from the Capital, if a short recess is decided upon or if no recess is taken. Air Lines Consolidate. NEW_ YORK, June 1 (#)—Directors of the Maddux' Air Lines Co., of Cali- | fornia, have approved plans to merge with the Transcontinental Air Trans- port, Inc., it was announced here today by J. L. Maddux, president of the Mad- ! dux Co. Argument Over 45 Cents Followed | | Bank Statements ‘Washington clearing house, $3,393,- 41.45, Treasury balance, $148924,041.23. New York clearing house exchange, | $2,127,000.000. New York clearing hous $203,000,000. e balance, SLAYER OF THREE DIES UNDER TRAIN Rum-Crazed Veteran Kills Two Chicago Policemen and Civilian and Wounds 3. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 1. — Perdinal™ Preuss, the maniac who shot three men dead and wounded three others, none of whom 1is expected to recover, while in a drunken fury yesterday, was decapitated today by a Chicago .and Northwestern Railroad train. A body | found on the right of way was identified positively by a fishing license issued to Preuss, and police believe the man, sobered overnight, realized the tragedy of yesterday and committed suicide. Conditions of Preuss’ body indicated he had lain on the track and waited for the train to run over him, police said. Police got a call that a man was quarreling with his wife and threaten- ing to Rer. liceman John Lee Conley’s detectivé squad went to the North Side flat where lived Preuss and his wife. Conley and Herbert Hag- berg, a member of his squad, walked leisurely around to the rear door—and to their death, Two Policemen Slain. ‘The house echoed with the roar of a pump gun as a charge of shot crashed through a window and tore into Con- ley’s chest. A second roar and Hag- berg, his face nearly shot away, whirled, screfllmed. took a dozen steps and fell ead. Policeman Joseph J. Murphy, Con- ley’s chauffeur, who had remained in the car, seized a shotgun and started to the help of the other policemen. He had taken less than a dozen steps when Preuss’ pump gun blazed through a front window and Murphy fell, badly wounded. A second later Gus Karos, who lived three doors away from the Preuss home, and John Chorazak, another neighbor, attracted by the shooting, met where Murphy had fallen. Karos had rushed out 10 meet his blind brother-in-law, Rudolph Krusche, who had been to a nearby store and was expected home. Another shot and Chorazak, who was standing not 10 feet from the window, fell dead. Karos jumped to shield with his body his brother-in-law_who was |8 Just passing the house. As he did so the fifth shell in Preuss’ gun was dis- charged and struck him in the back. Empty Gun Saves Blind Man. Preuss, in a fury, pressed the trigger again and the hammer fell on an empty chamber. Police believed that is the only reason Krusche, the blind man, was not numbered among the victims. The slayer a second later rushed out of the rear door of his home, stood curs- ing the bodies of Conley and Hagberg, and then fled into an alley after taking the policeman’s shotgun and. it is be- lieved, his revolver. In the alley Preuss met Frank Vo- dicka, who was running toward the scene of the shooting. Vodicka turned and ran into a narrow passageway when he saw Preuss, foaming at the mouth and aiming the shotgun pointblank at him. Preuss fired one shell, then threw the weapon at Vodicka as the latter fled. ‘The drink-crazed man was seen to take a pistol from his belt, wave it wildly, and run down the alley. That was the last seen of him until his body was found this morning. The shootings were witnessed by many persons. One woman, only a few yards from Conley and Hagberg when they fell, fainted. ‘Wife Escaped Two Shots. Mrs. Rose Preuss, the slayer's wife, was found in the home of a neighbor, where she had taken refuge when her husband fired two shots at her before the police arrived. Mrs. Preuss said her husband had served in France during the war and had won honorable mention for his marksmanship. He was a hunting fan, she related, and had retained his marks- manship in that sport. The day before Memorial day, Mrs. Preuss said, the experiences of the World War, in which Preuss was gassed and wounded, seemed to come back to }kl‘lfil and he was seized with a desire to { CANNON ASKS END | OF SWITH FAGTION RULE IN VIRGINIA Bishop Proposes Anti-Smith Democrats Nominate Can- didate for Governor. PARTY LEADER REJECTS THREE SEEKING OFFICE Hurls Challenge to Organization Headed by Byrd, Swanson and Glass. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Bishop James Cannon, jr., leader of the Anti-Smith Democrats in Virginia, and indeed in the South, during the presidential campaign last year, is de- manding that the present Democratic leadership in the Old Dominion be cast out. He proposes that the anti-Smith Democrats themselves put a candidate for governor in the field this year. a letter addressed to J. C. Moss, chair- man of the executive committee of the anti-Smith Democrats, are carried out, it means a triangular race for governor of Virginia, with the possibility that a Republican may'be elected to that office. Asks House Set in Order. Bishop Cannon is out to rid the party of the dominance of the Smith- Raskob faction, which brought about the nomination of Alfred E. Smith for President last year and by that nomi- nation made the national Democratic party assume the wet side of the pro- hibition contest. In order to do so, he proposes that Virginia democracy shall “set its house in order.” He turns his back flatly against the announced can- didates for the Democratic nomination for governor, three in number, because they gave their support to Smith last year, remaining regular. Apparently Bishop Cannon has turn- ed down the suggestion advanced in some quarters that the anti-Smith Democrats join with the Republicans in the gubernatorial election and elect a Republican governor. The anti- Smith Democrats will hold a convention in Roanoke June 18 to determine their course. “I am hoping,” said Bishop Cannon in his letter, “that the Roanoke con~ vention will find and nominate just such a man (an anti-Smith Democrat ready to oppose the Smith-Raskob national leadership of the party). If it does, I shall certainly give to him my hearty support, and I hope that the people of Virginia will elect him.” Bishop Cannon has thrown down his challenge to the organization which has been headed by Gov. Byrd, Senator Swanson and Senator Glass. Gov. Byrd is not now and cannot be a can- didate to succeed himself. Senator Glass will come up for re-election nexu year. The presumption is that his renomination and re-election will be | opposed by Bishop Cannon, becausc | Senator Glass followed the Smith ban- ner last year. Three Candidates Are Dries. ‘The three candidates for the Demo- cratic nomination for governor, against whom Bishop Cannon is attempting to shut the door, are all dries. But they, too, supported the Smith ticket. They are John G. Pollard, professor of law at Willlams and Mary College; Walter ‘Mapp, who had much to do with writing well Page, former second State auditor, who hails from Hanover County. Prof. Pollard was formerly attorney general of the State, elected with the backing of the drys. Bishop Cannon said in his letter to Mr. Moss: “I have read with interest the state- ‘ment_recently issued by your commit- tee. I have also received your request for a statement from me concerning n‘xe' present political situation in Vir- nia. “Nothing has occurred to change the views expressed in the statement which I addressed to the Lynchburg confer- ence of anti-Smith Democrates on Feb- ruary 5, 1929. In that statement three courses were indicated as open to anti- Smith Democrats: “First. To join the Republican party. G nd. To accept the present na- tional and State Democratic leadership, and to enter the August primary of the Democratic party without any condi- tions or stipulations. ““Thi To remain as independent Democrats, declaring that, while we are not Republicans, yet it is impossible to accept the present State or national Democratic leadership with all that would be implied by such acceptance under present conditions. Adheres to Third Position. “Speaking for myself alone, I reaf- firm that the third position is the po- sition which I still hold, for the same conditions exist today as existed from the day of the nomination of Alfred E. Smith, June 28, 1928, to the day of the defeat of Alfred E. Smith on the following November 6. The exaltation of the Smith-Raskob leadership and its intensified domination of the Democra- tic party during the last national cam- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. ENJOYING FIRST HOLIDAY. Half-Session for Government Em- ployes Continues Until September. Employes of the Federal and District governments in Washington are today enjoying the first of the Saturday half holidays which will extend throughout June, July, August and September. This half holiday for four months of the Summer was made possible by Presi- dent Hoover deciding to continue in effect the executive order issued last year by President Coolidge. Secretary Davis’ Hordeolum Zeissianum Treated During Quick Stop in Chicago By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 1.—The first thing that James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, did upon his arrival at the Union Sta- tion from Washington yesterday wi to make a dash for the railro emergency hospital. Two hours later he emerged, his face bandaged. ‘At the hospital reporters were gravely informed that the Secretary had been operated upon for “hordeolum zeissia- aum.” The sters wrote it down in their little books, trying to routine the letters properly, but knowing naught of what was meant. They reached Secretary Davis just as his train was pulling out. He tried to tell them what it was, but by that time he was well on his way to Moose- heart to deliver today’s commencement address, and his words were lost. Teporters thereupon repaired to a dictionary of medical terms, where they found: - ‘Hordeolum Ze a sty aw If his recommendations, contained in | the State's prohibition law, and Rose- | Hur ONEMANISKILLED THREE ARE INIURED IN LAUNDRY BLAST Steam Pipe Blows Out, Wrecking Machinery at Plant on Fourteenth Street. FIREMEN ARE BURNED IN ATTEMPT AT RESCUE Top of Victim's Head Torn Off When Wheel Flies Off and Strikes Him. One man was killed and three fire- men injured when a steam pipe blew out and wrecked the machinery at the Elite Laundry, 2119 Fourteenth street, shortly after noon today. Howard Christopher, Seat Pleasant, Md., colored, was instantly killed. The top of his head was torn off when a fiywheel in the laundry machinery flew off and hit him. The injured firemen are Sergt. E. J. @arroll, D. B. Leahy and I. C. Kipplin of No. 1 Rescue Squad. They were burned about the hands and face when they went down into the steam- filled basement where Christopher was killed. Leahy managed to get Christo- pher's body out of the pit where it had been knocked by the flywheel, while Sergt. Carroll braved the hissing steam to cut off the valve leading to the break. More than 1,000 persons gathered at the scene while both of the city rescue squads worked to clear the laundry basement of the steam and water. Traffic Is Tied Up. More than a hundred employes in the main bulding of the laundry es- caped safely when steam began to es- cape into the first floor. Traffic on Fourteenth street was tied up tempo- rarily as numerous fire com , an ambulance, the two fire rescue trucks and police responded to calls for help. ‘Witnesses say that Christopher, pass- ing along the alley back of laundry building, heard steam hissing and has- tened to the engine room to prevent an accident. Apparently, he got re just as the fiywheel flew off. It was thought that he was the only em; in the engine room at the time of the accident. Clarence Lane, col em- ploye in the washroom, hearing of the accident, ran to an adjunct of the laundry to shut off steam valves there. The dead man was placed in an Emergency Hospital ambulance and taken to the hospital. The laundry company is headed by Fram Avaleer. It was not apparent that any great damage had been dons to the property by the {NORTH CAROLINIAN | NEW ROTARY HEAD Twentieth Convention of Interna- tional Group Ends After Sessions at Dallas, By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., June 1.—The twentieth Rotary International adjourned here yesterday after the election committee announced that M. Eugene Newsome of ham, N. C., had defeated Raymond Knoeppel of New York for the presi- dency, and the vote was made unani- mous on the motion of Mr. Knoeppel. ‘Three vice presidents were elected, as follows: Dr. Otto Boehler, Vienna, first vice president; Edouard Willems, Brys- sels, second vice president, and Charl W. Ackley, Vineland, N. J., third vice Eresident. Chasley Pe‘n'{ secretary, will old over until the newly chosen direc- tors meet in Chicago July 3. A resolution, giving a man 10 years in the organization the privilege of retain- ing his membership after retiring from business, was passed without comment by the election committee. The committee also announced the di- rectors elected were David Clark, Char- lotte, N. C.; Roy Ronald, Mitchell, S. Dak.; Dan O'Hern, Oklahoma City; Clyde Huldizer, Des Moines, Iowa, and Charles W. Ackley, Vineland, N. J. PRESIDENT CANCELS PLANNED FISHING TRIP, Decides to Remain in Washington and Holds Long Conference With Secretary Adams. President Hoover decided today not to go to the fishing preserve at Catoctin Furnace, Md., as had been planned by him yesterday. No explanation was given by the Executive for his of mind, but it is believed that he pre- ferred to remain at the White House to dispose of some accumulating busi- ness. In anticipation of a Saturday holiday, the President had made no business en- gagements for today, but when he changed his plans he sent for Secretary Adams of the Navy Department and was in conference with him for nearly an_hour. It is thought likely that the Presi- dent might go tor a motor ride in near- by Virginia or Maryland late this aft- ernoon. Mrs. Hoover, who is in Boston today, will be given an honorary de- gree at Swarthmore College on Monday, is not expected to return to the White House before Monday night. — ARCHBISHOP RUIZ MADE DELEGATE IN MEXICO By the Associated Press. ‘The movement toward settlement of the long-standing differences between the Mexican government and the Ro- man Catholic Church has been ad- vanced another step by the appointment of Archibishop Ruiz, president of the Mexican Bishop Conference, to be apos- tolic delegate in Mexico. He is expected to leave for Mexico City within two weeks to begin nego- tiations looking toward re-establishment of the Catholic eeclesiastical organiza- tion in that country, at the invitation of President Portes Gil and with the sanction, implied in his appointment of the Holy See. State News, Page §