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Sinday Shar, =5 Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Wi homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today aid tomorrow; cooler y. ‘Temperatures:’ Highest, 82, at 4 p.m. aflm':;&e 3 lowest, 69, at 10 p.m. yes- Full report on page 7. e : WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 2, 1929—-132 PAGES. WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION (®) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS [TEN CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS| ELSEWHERE Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D, C. No. 1,263— No. 31,078. . WDONALD'S PLACE AS PRIME MINISTER IS HELD UNCERTAIN Liberals Believed to Hold Balance of Power in Political Tangle. /* CONSERVATIVE SPLIT * OVER BALDWIN SEEN Both Parties More Bitter Toward Lloyd George and Bloc Than Each Other. BY HABOLD N. SCARBOROUGH. By Radio to The Star. LONDON, June 1.—Although it seems probable tonight that Ramsay Mac- Donald, leader of the Labor party, will be the next prime minister of Great Britain, this by no means is a certainty. For the immediate future there are two possibilities, Stanley Baldwin, present prime min- ister, may resign next week on the ground that the Conservatives no longer constitute the largest party in the House of Commons, or_ justifying this action on the ground that there were more votes cast for anti-Socialist parties than for the Socialists, may elect to meet Parliament on June 25 with a reconstituted cabinet. This would place the burden on the Laborites and Liberals of voting down the Conserva- Hves in the House of Commons. Labor Charts Course. ‘While the Conservative politicians and the press continue to besiege Bald- win with conflicting counsel, half of them advising him to resign imme- diately and the other half warning him that such a course would be fatal to the Conservative prospects, there seems to be a practical unanimity in the ranks of Labor that this party, having secured 288 seats in the House of Commons, as against 254 for the Conservatives, and 57 for the Liberals, should take office if the opglo!nunlty occurs. An indica- tion of this as MacDonald’s view was contained in a statement which he gave out today. . Mr. MacDonald said: “If I can prevent it, there will be no disturbance of the country by another election within two years. That state- ment must not be taken hy the other parties to mean that we are g\u 10 submit to unfairness. I wish make it clear that I am going to stand" for no monkeying. It will rest with the other two parties whether there is to he another election. Whatever the government is going to make itself responsible for the conduct of the na- tional affairs both at home and abroad at this time ought to have a chance 1o develop its policy. The way they broke the development of my policy as foreign secretary in 1924 ought not to happen again.” Lloyd George Bides Time, Arthur Henderson, another Labor leader, said: : “We naturally assume that there will be a Labor government. The Conserva- tive government has been defeated and it ought to get out.” Meanwhile Baldwin and Lloyd George are awaiting their time. Lloyd George's ambiguous_statement last night about the Liberal party holding the balance of power shows that he is keenly alive to the possibilities of the situation. Re- covered from the first sting of defeat, the Liberal leader can be counted on to offer his support in the best avail- able market—but here he is faced by the dilemma that while both the Labor and Conservatives need his support, neither may be willing to pay for it in the shape of pledges. The Conservatives are furious with the Liberals for having, they term it, “put the Socialists in.” Moreover, there is a great deal of soreness among the Canservative rank and file about what they term the uninspired quality of Baldwin’s leadership. For Baldwin to have to offer terms to Lloyd George for the Liberal sup- port would “possibly mean a split in the Conservative party, if it did not in- volve even Baldwin's deposition as leader thereof. Times Clings to Baldwin. Such a paper as the Sunday Times, » member of the powerful Berry group, clings desperately to the hope that Baldwin may retain office for som- months or years by amending and softening the Conservative program to a point where it would command even the support of Labor. This again would infuriate the Right Wing Conservatives. The Conservative Evening Standard, the other hand, thinks “Lloyd George has more to offer to Lal than he has to the Conservatives” and points out that whereas he could give MacDonald_a secure majority of 70 to 80 in a Labor-Liberal coalition, he could offer Baldwin only & precarious 35 or so. There remains one final alternative, | should the Liberal party of 60.0r so combine with the Laborites in ousting the Conservative government, but should it then side with the Conserva- tives, in voting down the Labor govern- meni which would follow, the King would have no alternative but to send for Lloyd George and ask him to form a government. In all probability the government would have an exceedingly short life, as both the other partis day have rauch more animosity against Liord George and the Liberals than they have for each other. Amateur Prophets Undismayed. Meanwhile the amateur prophets, un- dismayed by their failure to predict the outcome of the election, are speculating on the make-up of the next government, if and when it is formed. It is gen- erally agreed that MacDonald will not try fo combine the posts of prime min- (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) Cofitrary to Spirit of Consti- tution, He Tells Nation Over Radio. Public Deprived of Rights and Unfit Men Are Declared to Be Favored. The sternest indictment of the United States Senate's secrecy rule yet drawn by one of its present day members was delivered to the Nation over the radio lastevening by Senator Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin, a leader in the senatorfal fight to do away with secret pointments. Taking the position set forth years ago by his father, “Fighting Bob” La- Follette, who was the first in high place to strike out against secret debates and secret votes; the Senate’s youngest member vigorously urged abolition, “root and branch,” of the system. The question arising out of publica- tion of what was purported to be a roll call on the secret confirmation of Irvine L. Lenroot, a former Senator, to be a Federal court judge, “is no mat ter of procedure which concerns the Senate alone,” he asserted. “It is of profound importance to all the people of this Country. “Upon its settlement,” he declared, “depends the right of the press to pub- lish information concerning the public business, free from censorship. It in- volves the right of the people to have that information and to hold their Representatives in the Senate to strict accountability for votes cast upon all questions involving the public interest.” Radio Forum Feature. Senator La Follette spoke over a na- tional network of stations in the Nation- al Radio Forum, arranged by The Star, and sponsored by the Columbia Broad- casting System. In beginning his ad- druenixe ‘expressed regret that one of the “advocates of secrecy” was not present to debate the subject with him. “It is an admirable feature of this radio forum,” he said, “that it brings into the homes of the people a free discussion of important issues.” The Senate, he said, is face to face with an issue: “Shall the Senate transact the pub- lic business, while debating and con- firming nominees of the President to Federal office, in open or secret ses- sion?” That, he asserted, is “the naked question” stripped of all technicalities. ‘Then, in a brief, concise summary, he stated his view. “I have taken the position,” he asserted, “that the present rule of which requires nomina- tions of pul officials to be debated and voted upon behind closed doors is a violation of the spirit of the Consti- tution, “It paralyzes any effective opposition to the intment of unfit men for public office. “It attempts to destroy the primary responsibility of a Senator o his con- stituents. “It sets up & censorship over the press which never has been and never can be enforced, and it impairs the dignity and the power of a self-respect- ing body.” The only way the question can be settled rightly, he declared, is by “an amendment to the Senate rules to Ymvlde for the fullest publicity for ali he proceedings of the Senate, and to abolish, root and branch, this system of secrecy.” “If such an amendment is adopled,” he said, “we shall witness a change of momentous historic importance in the conduct of the public business at ‘Washington.” Efforts to Abolish Secrecy. Senator La Follette gave a compre- hensive resume of the Lenroot case. He pointed out that on 14 different occasions an effort has been made in the Senate to abolish secrecy. ‘The defense of the system, he con- tinued, “has always been made that by closing the doors on consideration of executive nominations Senators are per- mitted.to discuss freely their objections to a nominee, which could not properly be raised in open session,” The “complete answer” to the argu- ment that secret sessions promote a careful scrutiny of the qualifications of nominees is found in the records of Tecent years, he said, pointing out that nominations’ of Albert B. Fall, Secre- (Continued on Page 12, Column 1. s AMBASSADOR JUDAH ON WAY FROM CUBA Expected ot Resume Law Practice in Chicago When Resigna- tion Is Accepted. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, June 1.—American Am- bassador Nobel Brandon Judah today departed for the United States accol panied by his family, after paying of ficlal farewells at the presidential palace and state department yesterday. He had been Ambassador to Cuba one year and six months. It is understood that no papers of recall were flled and that his resigna- tion tendered Washington is still un- accepted. Charles C. Curtis, counselor, will act as Ambassador pro tempore until a successor is named. CHICAGO, May 31.—Noble B. Judah, American Ambassador to Cuba, intends to return to Chicago and resume active practice of law as soon as action is taken by President Hoover on his resig- nation, handed in immediately after the President’s inauguration, it was |learned from his law firm here today. Mr. Judah intends to retire from active political work, his partners are in- formed. He is now in Cuba but ex- pects to return to the United States in the near future, according to informa- tion from his office. A True Sport Scorning the Easy Way, This Burglar—or Just, Plain Dumb R (ke Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, June 1.—A Burglar, one of the dumb unobserving type, in the opinion of police, is at large in Milwaukee. Nevertheless he is energetic. This particular burglar sometime last night. police learned today, cut a pane of glass in a locked window at the Wis- cofisin bolled ham. plant in order to |gain entrance when the next window was wide open. An error like this might be_excused, but once inside the place thé burgiar got busy and drilled into the safe, which was unlocked. He drilled and hammered the safe so much in an attempt to open it that Konstanz Blenio. the proprietor, could not open it him- self today. There was no money in the safe. Bienio said. “Just & ‘bonehead burglar,” police |said, fE R R e i el b __,.,...,_.’ - executive sessions on presidential ap- | EVILS OF SECRECY IN SENATE ABOUND, LA FOLLETTE CLAIMS SENATOR LA FOLLETTE. —Star Staff Photo. DEBT CONFERENGE MAY END THURSDAY Redemption of German Marks in Belgium Remains Sole Problem. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 1—With the grave problem of the redemption of German marks imposed on Belgium during the war still to be settled, the experts at the reparations conference today reached a full tentative agreem:nt on all other details of the long troubiesome repara- tions problem. Unless the question of reimburse- ment for Belglum upsets the general agreement, Owen .). Young, American financial expert, for the second time will have been instrumental in extri- cating the European powers from the after-the-war complications. ‘The German and ereditor experts who already had accepted the annuities proposed in the Young plan of settle- ment today reached a compromise on the conditions to which Germany sub- ordinated ner scceptance ¢f those an- nuities, Young's Figures. The figures proposed by Mr. Youn call for the payment of 2,050,000,000 marks (approximately $492,000,000) for 37 years, 1,700,000,000 marks (approxi- mately $408,000,000) for 21 years and 900,000,000 marks (about $216,000,000) for 1 year. This represented a present value of $9,000,000,000. ‘This compromise gave the Germans satisfaction on all points excepting on their demand that the last 22 annuities be paid by the states successors to the Austro-Hungarian empire from the part that they are supposed to owe on Austria’s national debt. The Ger- mans will get an eventual moratorium for two years on part of the protected share on annuities, They are relieved of the lien on the railroads which guar- antee payments of interest on the Dawes loan and the unconditional share of annuities is fixed as they desired at 660,000,000 marks a year. Make No Decision. On the question of the redemption of German marks which the Belgidns found in their banks when they :e- gained possession in 1918, the experts took no decision. They endeavored to get the problem settled outside of the Dawes committee on the theory that it was & side issue, although sdmitting that it was closely connected wiuh 1epa- rations. Finally both thé Belgians and Germans agreed to negoliaie outside, but thus far no contact was had be- tween the parties. The chief Beigian delegate declared in picturesque larguage that he was quite willing “to eat in the kitchen pro- viding he had the same fare as the other creditors and was able to sit down at the table at the same time” which was taken to mean that the mark problem must be selticd now or the Belgians will not sign the repert of the committee. The French experts were understood to stand with the Belgians on this ques- tion. All the other expercs t.dmit it was a grave problem, which may possibly wreck the tentative agreement reached on all other details of reparations. \'n- less the committee report is unanimors, it was considered that the agreement regarding the figures and the German conditions will fall, neccesitating a new conference. Pending _negotiations _between _the (Continued on Page 12, Column 3.) . STEPS TO FREE CAPTIVE MISSIONARY DELAYED Demand of Kidnapers for $25,000 Ransom in Silver Hard to Meet, Due to Strife. By the Assoclated Press. AMOY, China, June 1.—Negotiations now proceeding for the release of Dr. C. A. Holleman, medical missionary of the Reformed ' Presbyterian Church, who was kidnaped last week, are likely to be delayed because of the handicaps of conditions. Little fears are held for his. safety, although his captors urge immediate payment of $25,000 as ran- el legrap communications are dis- rupted and it will take a messenger a minimum of four days to reach Lunting, where the doctor now is held. Another difficulty is in meeting the demand for payment in silver dollars, since the wealth of influential citizens has been largely carried out of the district for safe keeping. There would also be the danger of meeting bandits along the roads w')‘\lfll transporting such a large um in b AR e i et i 8| the socalled border States. DEMOCRATS BEGIN COMEBACK FIGAT INTHIRD KENTUCKY First Congressional Election Since November Seen as Vital Battle. FORMER REPRESENTATIVE LEADS G. 0. P. OPPONENT I Many Similar Skirmishes to Re- gain Lost Territory Ahead of Minority Party. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Down in the third Kentucky con- gressional district the Democrats yes- terday staged their first big fight in their effort to come back since their disastrous defeat at the polls last No- vember. Returns last night indicated that the fight was successful and that John W. Moore, former Representative, had de- feated Homer Beliles, Republican candi- date. The third Kentucky district was car- ried in November by a Republican, the late Representative-elect Roark. Mr. Roark died in April. The Republicans conducted a brisk campaign to win this district again. It furnished the first test of strength. The Democrats were no less mindful of the moral effect which a victory by the Republicans would have. But the contest in Kentucky is only a forerunner of the intensive campaign which the Democratic national organ- ization plans to launch in an effort to win back the States of the South which went for Hoover in November and against Smith, to win again some of the border States which usually have been Democratic and to regain some of their strength in the Middle West and Far West. Plan Monthly Meetings. The ' national organization has set up here in Washington headquarters for the Democratic executive committee. It has placed at its head Jouett Shouse, former Representative from Kansas and former Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury. Within a short time the whole ‘membership of the executive committee -will be announced, prol 15 in all. Thereafter monthly meetings of the committee are to be held. Mr. Shouse is making no public announcement at this time of his plans, merely content- ing himself with the statement that his effort will be to build up a strong party crganization, functioning 365 days in the year. ‘The Democrats however have in mind several very definite objectives in the drive which they are about to launch. First they will seek to reclaim North Carolina, Florida, Texas and Virginia, all States which have been Democratic since reconstruction days until last year when they cast their electoral votes for President Hoover. Second they will en- deavor to bring back into the party fold These in- clude Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri. Tennessee and Oklahoma. which in the though at intervals each of these Sf has voted Republican. The third ob- jective will be to build up strong Dem cratic organizations in congressional districts which have been held by the party in the States which usually go Republican, like Kansas, Ohio and Illi- nois, but in which Republicans have been successful in the last campaign. A fourth effort on the part of Democrats will be to build up a strong party or- ganization in some of the Northwestern States, particularly in the Dakotas, Wis- consin and Minnesota, where there has been much unrest because of the agri- culture situation. East Satisfactory. ‘The Democrats regard their situation in New England and New York as fairly satisfactory and not requiring an inten- sive effort at this time. New Jersey, however, needs, they believe, some real work. The party has lost ground there because of the fight that was made against Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, . who has been the dominating force in the Democratic organization of the State. Mr. Hague recently won what_he insists is a_vindication when (Continued on Page 12, Column 4.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—32 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 30. . PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Review of Spring Books—Page 4. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Soclety. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 8. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 8. Serial Story, “Money for Nothing"— Page 9. Spanish War Veterans—Page 11. Army and Navy News—Page 16. PART FOUR—16 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music. In the Auto World—Pages 5, 6 and 7. Aviation Activities—Pages 9 and 10. Organized Reserves—Page 11. District of Columbia Naval Reserves— and ge 11. Fraternal News—Pages 12 and 13. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page .13. District National Guard—Page 14. Radio News—Pages 14 and 15, Marine Corps Notes—Page 16. PART FIVE—10 PAGES. Sports and Finencial. Veterans of Great War—Page 10. PART SIX—10 PAGES, Classified Advertising. News of the Clubs—Page 8. D. A. R. Actvities—Page 8. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 9. At Community Centers—Page 10. ‘Women's Relief Corps News—Page 10. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. | Cross-word Puzzle—Page 20. GRAVURE SECTION—8 PAGES. | World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—8 PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar and Mrs.; Orphan Annle VIRGINIA LEADERS SILENT ON GANNON Democrats Refuse to Com- ment, Except Page, Who “Rejoices.” By the Associated Pres: RICHMOND, Va., June 1.—Demo- cratic party leaders of Virginia, with one exception, read without comment today the advice given Virginia anti- Smith Democrats by Bishop James Cannon, jr.,, of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, who indorsed an anti- Smith ticket for State offices and called for vigorous opposition to State Derno- cratic leaders who supported Alfred E. Smith for the presidency. Rosewell Page, ane of three candi- dates for the Democratic nomination for governor, however, said the Cannon statement would “liberate friends of mine who thought they had to vete for the friend or opponent of James Can- non, jr.” Bishop Canon was charged with misleading Democrats into believing he was a Democrat, vhile supporting the Republican - nominee last year, in a statement issued by Mr. Page from Oakland, his Hanover County home. Gov. Byrd Also Silent. Gov. Harry F. Byrd, Democratic na- tional committeeman for Virginia, made no comment on the Cannon letter, writ- ten to anti-Smith leaders in Virginia. John Garland Pollard, candidate for the Democratic nomination for governor, kept the same silence, while G. Walter Mapp, the third candidate for governor in the Democratic primary, could not be seen for a statement. Bishop Cannon, meanwhile, declined to amplify his position as to which of the three candidates for the Democratic nomination he had in mind in making the assertion, “If I were shut up to a cholce among the three candidates. for the Democratic primary nomination there would be no question in my own mind for which candidate I would vote.” “I do not wish to supplement my let- ter,” Bishop Cannon told reporters, adding that he was sorry if his mean- ing was not clear to every one familiar with the present political situation in Virginia. First of “Bolting” States to Vote. Virginia is the first of the five South- | ern States which voted for Hoover to hold a State election. The three Demo- cratic candidates for governor in the August primary already are stumping the State. The anti-Smith Democrats, having announced their intention to nominate a ticket, will hold a conven- tion in Roanoke June 1-8. The Repub- lican State convention will be held in Richmond June 26. A governor, lieutenant governor and an attorney general are to be elected, in addition to members of the Legislature. Mr. Page Comments. OAKLAND, Va, June 1.—Rosewell Page, candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Virginia, today issued a statement declaring Bishop James Cannon’s advice to anti- Smith Democrats to stay out of the Virginia Democratic primary for State offices “will liberate friends of mine who thought they had to vote for the friend or the opponent of James Cannon, jr.” Mr. Page, at his home here, issued his statement after reading the letter writ- ten by Bishop Cannon, jr. “James Cannon, jr., is running true to form,” Mr. Page said. “Having mis- led many Democrats into believing that he was a Democrat though fighting openly for the Republican nominee for the presidency, he now comes out to say he will not enter the Democratic pri- mary for the governorship and does not want his friends to vote in the Demo- cratic primary between the three Dem- ocratic candidates for governor. “I rejoice that Mr. Cannon is thus acting. It will liberate friends of mine who thought they had to vote for the friend or the opponent of James Can- non, jr. “I anticipated his attitude when I an- nounced my candidacy for the governor- ship, and hope, if nominated, to meet hhi.m in dnluu&‘u I met him once when e oppose University of Virginia.” —_—. Pilot Killed, Girl Injured.. LOS ANGELES, June 1 (#)—Ray- mond Compton, 22-year-old aviation in- structor, was killed and Ysabel Goss, Los Angeles society girl, probably fa- tally Inmed here today in the crash of an airplane they were operating. New Illinois U. Head Sought. CHAMPAIGN, IIl, June 1 (#).—Dr. David Kinley has served his last term as president of the University of Illi- nwuh. if the board of trustees is able woman’s college at the | . find a successor during the aca- today, .Diplomas Stolen From Des Moines University Aide President of Board, His Secretary and 2 Trustees Disappear. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, Iowa, June 1.—Sixty diplomas for prospective graduates of Des Moines University were taken today by an unidentified man from the home of George Newcomb, business manager of the school, Newcomb revealed to- night. ‘The diplomas were delivered from the printers, and after Newcomb left the house a man requested them from Mrs. Newcomb, saying he was to take them to the university. They could not be located there. This announcement was made a few hours after the apparent disappear- ance of Dr. T. T. Shields, president of the university board of trustees; Miss Edith M. Rebman, secretary, and two other trustees. They had checked out of their hotel and could not be located in other hotels. Fiery Cross on Campus. A fiery cross was blazing on_ the campus tonight, but was creating little attention. This followed receipt ear- lier in the day by Dr. Shields of a letter which the Tribune Capital said was on_the stationery of the Polk County Ku Klux Klan. The letter declared, the newspaper said, that Dr. Shields, a Canadian, was being watched by the Klan, which was in sympathy with the efforts for “Americanism and patriotism” of President H. C. Wayman and his faculty. BOBBY JONES STRUCK BY FALLING BRICK Lightning Strikes Clubhouse Chimney as Golfer and Friends Flee Rain. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, June 1.—Bobby Jones nursed a slightly bruised shoulder to- night, convinced that an umbrella and the luck that brought his stolen golf clubs back to him from New York also had saved him from a serious injury to- day when lightning struck a chimney on the East Lake Club house and sent a shower of bricks down about him. ‘The amateur champion and two friends were driven to shelter by a thunderstorm that came up while they were playing a practice round. All three sprinted for the clubhouse. Just as they approached the building the chimney was struck, and one of the falling bricks glanced off the umbrella Jones carried and bruised his left shoulder. An. immediate examination showed the bruise was of little consequence, and a zealous club member placed the brick among the club’s trophies for permanent. preservation. Bobby expressed pleasure at Walter Hagen's surprise victory today over Archie Compston in their final 36-hole match at Blackwell Park, England, in- dicating it was Hagen's turn to win. BANKER BAT’I:LES BANDITS Wounded in Head Fighting Of Three Robbers in Cleveland. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1 (#).— Joseph Zitlello, president of the Zitlello Banking Co., was seriously wounded in the head when he fought a gun battle with three young bandits at his private bank on the West Side here tonight. Glgss cages, walls and doors from front to rear inside were splintered and scarred. The bandits fled empby handed. ‘Their automobile license number, which was obtained by a pedestrian, traced the owner to an East Side resi- dence and police immediately set a watch there. ‘The wounded president was found d behind the counter. At -the go‘a‘z{:l his condition was saild to be FIRE DAMAGE $200,000. GARDEN CITY, N.Y., June 1 (#).— Pire starting in a pile of rubbish along- side the Long Island Railroad right of way late lay destroyed three large warehouses, a and threatened to ignite six huge tanks of high-test airplane gasoline. Damage was estimated at $200,000. The place of the fire was between DEBENTURE PLAN - BELIEVED DOOMED Senate to Uphold Conference Elimination of Measure, Leaders Say. By the Associated. Press. Administration leaders expressed the opinion yesterday that the Senate will uphold a prospective recommendation by the farm relief conference commit- tee to eliminate the export debenture plan from the farm bill expected to be presented to both branches of Congress this week for final approval. A careful check of the Senate mem- three or four Senators who voted for the debenture plan last month have de- cided to support the conference report theory that farm legislation would be greatly delayed if the controversy over this proposal is further prolonged. Vote Expected Soon. ‘With this situation in mind, the lead- ers are prepared to ask & vote in the Senate on the conference report as soon as the conferees complete their work. Senator McNary of Oregon, chairman | of the conference, said he expected this to be early this week. The conferees had hoped to complete their work yes- terday, but found it impossible to do so. If the predictions of the leaders’are borne- out, the few remaining steps nec- essary to send a farm bill to President Hoover would be taken without diffi- culty. The House is expected to ap- prove the conference report practically without debate. In the Senate the de- benture extremists might wage a last- ditch fight to retain the prevision they favor. Board of Eight Agreed On. The conference committee reached a t':lnmflvek declsim'\l yesterday regarding e make -up of the pro) farm board. The decision rgccmded a board of eight appointed members and the Secretary of Agriculture, who would serve ex officio. The -&polmed mem- bers would serve for six years at an annual salary of $12,000. The House farm bill provided for a board of 6 members, and that of the Senate for 12, 1 of each from the 12 Federal Reserve Land Bank districts. The conference committee decided to permit the President to name board members without geographical consid- eration, but agreed to insert a section in the bill asking the President to keep in mind the localities in which the major crops are produced. The com- mittee had in mind a board represent- ing the cotton, corn, tobacco, wheat and live stock areas. Considerable discussion was provoked by the different methods by which stabflization agencies would be per- fected, and details in this connection were permitted to go over until this week for solution. Senator McNary said he believed an agreement would be reached easily after the conferees had had time to give the questions involved more study. LIGHTNING KILLS ONE. Two Seriously Hurt and Nine Shocked Fleeing Alabama Storm. CEDAR BLUFF, Ala, June 1 (#).— One man was killed, two were seri- ously injured and nine others shocked by a bolt of lightning during a storm near here today. Hop Harper of Bear Creek was killed, and Jim Jones and Dick Rower of the same vicinity were seriously injured. The men composed a construction crew on the Coosa River. They were struck by the bolt as they ran for shelter to escape the storm. bership was held to have shown that | tered recommending its eltmination on the | 8l HARTMAN STUDIES CAR REROUTING T0 KEEP FARES DOWN New Utilities Commission Member Sees in Plan Substitute for Merger. BETT=R SERVICE SEEN IN PROPOSED CHANGES Immediate Need, He Says, Is Bet- ter Cross-Town Service Now Provided by Busses. BY JAMES E. CHINN. Harleigh H. Hartman, who took office Priday s a member of the Public Util- itles Commission, yesterday began an exhaustive study of Washington's trans- portation problem with a view to bring- ing .about, if possible, an operating unification of the transit lines which ‘would give the public substantially the same benefits offered in the deceased merger plan of the companies. ‘Through a general rerouting of the car and motor bus lines which the com= mission has authority to order, Mr. Hartman believes the standard of serv- ice can bg materially improved and that economies in operation can be effected which would remove the pres- ent specter of increased fares. Better service and more economical operation which would tend to keep car fares from rising to a new level, Mr. Hartman pointed out, are virtually all that the transit conpanies held out to the public in the way of benefits in their own merger agreement which ex- pired yesterday. These same benefits, he confidently feels, can be brought about by the commission without the necessity or formality of such a con- solidation as agreed to by the transit utilities. Sees Need for Rerouting. Like other public'utility experts who have studied Washington's transporta- tion - problem, Mr. Hartman sees urgent need for a general rerouting of both the traction and bus lines if there is ‘to be any marked improvement in service, and he has let it become known that unless the service is bet- he would not be inclined to ap- wve any application for higher fare. grh; immediate need, he said, is better cross-town - se: , +which on account of the existing structure of the street systems, must be provided by is using as the basis of Iininous. reportof the Charles Hansel consulting specialists on the comprehensive survey it made of the transit lines in the District in 1927 for the public utilities committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions. This report came as a prelude to the merger negotiations of the transit companies, and represented the most thorough analysis of transportation con- ditions since the McClelland and Junkersfeld survey of 1923. Report Contains Details. ‘The Hansel report contains a de< tailed scheme of rerouting, which Mr. Hartman said he ghnned to study thoroughly, and it likely that any move he may make to reroute existing lines will be based on the recommen= dations of the Hansel engineers. ‘The ideal system, according to the Hansel engineers, would be one which would give a direct route from every section of the city with cars spaced at close intervals. This, however, the en- gineers found to be an impossible plan in Washington. The routing plan sug- gested consisted of a system of 14 routes, with four through routes, two operat east and west and two P principal poinis of ine suggested principal points of the su routing, however, which affected traffic le‘: the contested business area, were ese: Elimination of the present compli- cated and congested movements at Fifteenth street and New York avenue by the substitution of a simplified one= turning movement between Pennsyle vania avenue and Fifteenth street. Would Remove Car Traffic. Removal of all street car traffic from New York avenue between Eleventh and Fifteenth streets. Installation of new tracks on Twelfth and Thirteenth streets between E and H streets. Removal of all street car service from F street between Eleventh and Four- teenth streets. F street, since it is blocked by the Treasury on the western end and the Patent Office Building on the eastern end, the Hansel engineers found, is neither desirable nor useful as a through traffic street. As it is one of the most important mercantile thoroughfares, they explained, it should be well served. In this connection, they pointed out, that between Fourteenth street and Ninth street, F' street is either used by or intersected by 10 of the 14 street car routes serving the entire city. ‘The through routes north and south as suggested by the Hansel engineers cross the central business district on Seventh and Fourteenth streets, and the two through routes from east and west operate on G street and Penn- sylvania avenue. The other routes operating into the city center are loo] back on four loops as follows: irteenth street loop formed by Twelfth, Thirteenth, H and E streets; Eleventh street loop formed by Ninth, Eleventh, E and K streets or New York avenue; G street loop formed by F, G, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) By the Associated Press. A blanket order intended to eliminate all favoritism in ‘customs examination of passengers’ at all ports of entry into the United States and which will seriously restrict the customary is- sue of “expedite orders,” was made pub- lic yesterday at the Treasury Depart- ment. “expedite orders” have given The certain persons priority in passing garage and a frejght car | through customs and the statement ac- companying the of the Treasury action said that there had been serious abuse of its use. Hereafter such priv- ilege will go only to persons who have Roosevelt and Mitchel Fields. Fire-fight- ing units from five towns subdued the fames 1 after motre than an hour, . | 3 specifically obtained the privilege from the v Departm landing under emergency circumstances, ‘ffi ent and to others | deputis Expedite Orders Through Customs Restricted by Treasury Department which include serious illness, the return to the Untied States to meet affiiotion or disaster, or travel in company with &hebodyo!ndeceuedmmdaruh- ve. “It was found necessary to change the ‘Treasury Department regulations in connection with the issuance of expe- dite orders and establish a definite plan in connection therewith,” said the statement issued by Seymour Lowman, it Secretary of the Treasury. “At the port of New York, in addition to the collector of customs and the assistant collector of customs, it was found that the controller of customs, the surveyor of customs and his 12 les were all issuing the so-called immediate attention orders.”

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