Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1929, Page 4

7 0 WILHELM OPPOSES AGTRESS IN FAMILY | Former Crown Prince Admits | Son May Be Engaged to Lily Damita. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star and the Nort | American Newspaper Alliance { RAPALLO, Italy, June 1.—Although | the engagement of Prince Louis Ferdi- | nand, second son of Wilhelm, former crown prince of Germany, to a Holly- | wood_star of French nationality, Miss | Lily Damita, has not been officially cor- | Toborated and has even been denied by the administration of the imperial house | of Hohenzollern in Berlin, the father| himself admitted that it might have ! happened, though he did not think it/ could be true. i “Having no news direct from my son, who is a poor correspondent,” he said, | “I can ol refer you to the statement | given out in Berlin, and repeat that I find it hard to believe that my son has embarked on this engagement He has | been in the United States en route for Buenos Aires, where he is going to join | the Spanish firm of Torquist y Cia. i “If the report of the engagement should really be true my son will have to hear the full consequences, which, though I do not believe in threats and prefer actions to words, may be farther reaching than he perhaps imagines. “You English-speaking ie have an excellent proverb to the effect that one cannot eat k¢ too, and that is what my son will have to realize if he insists on marrying a ‘woman not his equal in birth and sta-; No Trace of Resentment. ‘Wilhelm spoke without a trace of re- | sentment or emotion. The conversation | took place on the terrace of the Hotel | Excelsior, overlooking the bay. The for- mer crown prince, whom everybody in his entourage addresses as “your im- perial highness,” has spent several ‘weeks here to recuperate from a severe attack of flu. He is perfectly set up and bronzed by the sun, and his appearance seemed to fi:flchi-m that the purpose of his visit d been fully accomplished. Despite the devastating vicissitudes of his life, Wilhelm, who celebrated his forty- | seventh birthday only the other day, and is the father of four boys and two girls, does not look a day over 30, and is slender as a boy. Only his hair is white. He was wearing a light grey suit ‘with a red and blue striped tie. In his coat lapel was the badge of the Naples foot ball team given him “by a friend.” As is well known, he professes great ad- miration for Facist Italy. “Have you any derinite wishes regard- ing your sons' future wives?” he was asked. ‘The father spread his rather thin lips in a smile. “Besides being as pretty as possible they should also have other pointe,” he said, adding immediately, “but no, jok- ing apart, I have what I suppose many people would consider old-fashioned ideas of marriage. I think a ‘mesalli- ance’ is likely to work out as a mere ‘mess,’ and is rarely as a real ‘alliance,’ if you will pardon the pun. There have been plenty of them lately and my own | 41q furnishe family has d a very lamentable example, leaving my aunt ruined and miserable; alf a survey of such mesalliances shows that they are not encouraging. Insists on Kaiser’s Consent. “I am still a great believer in—how do you say- 2" And here the former prince, who speaks perfect English, without a trace of accent, hesitated, casting about for the word—"I believe in ‘ebenbuertigkelt’,” using the German word, “equality of station, marrying in your own set, your own circle. It might be perfectly admissable and normal for one of my boys to marry & woman not necessarily of royal blood, but.of aris- tocratic or noble birth, no matter what her nationality, provided that he ob- tained the consent of the kaiser, whom we all consider the authoritative head of the family. Without such consent ‘we could not approve of the marriage. “Royal princes have married women mot of royal birth: for instance the Duke of York, and as long as the mar- riage is one of quality and is accepted by the other members of the royal | family which the bride or bridegroom is entering, there is in my opinion no objection to be made. Princess Yo- landa of Italy is another case in point. “But as regards this particular mar- riage, if it should ever seriously in- tended on both sides, I should oppose it on principle, also, because, leaving apart for the moment, the question of birth, I do not believe in marriages founded on passing passions. Mere passion is no basis for the life partner- ship and ‘social contract’ as which mar- d be regarded. “I suppose such considerations do not count much in America, the land of easy divorce. But even in America I see ‘accidents’ are becoming so frequent that prominent men are beginning to warn the public in the newspapers that ‘prevention is better than cure.’ “It does not seem to me that experi- ment and failure repeated ad infinitum Prince Louis Ferdinand, 2 THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D.' U.,° JUNE 2.~ 1929—PART son of the German gx-Crown Prince, and Lili | Damita, French movie actress, at Hollywood, Calif., whose reported intention to wed has met with the disapproval rdinand’s father. are advisable in matrimony. Immature attempts to ‘correct fortune’ along these | lines are not in conformity with my| ideals, and the old saying, ‘If at first | you don't succeed, try, try, try again’ hardly seems to apply to matrimony, though doubtless population of | Reno would not agree with me. Reads American Novels. “Of course, I am a European, but who knows that in the long run the views| of our old Europe may not prove more lasting and more universal than the newest improvements over there.” ‘The former crown prince, a great reader and well up in_contemporary literature, admitted that he had not yet read “Reno,” but willingly accepted the suggestion that he should do so. He has read “Companionate Marriage” and was much impressed by it. “My_{favorite American authors are John Erskine, Jack London and es Oliver Curwood,” he said. he Pri- vate Life of Helen of Troy’ is a master- piece, and ‘Penelope’s Man’ is an even greater book. I have read every one of Jack London’s stories. “Oh, and have you read ‘The Noahs Afloat?’ " he asked with his character- istic, almost boyish enthusiasm, evi- dently delighted to have escaped from bject of marriage. “That book is a suf document of American humor. “Of course, it is more the approach than the subjects they choose .that makes American writers so d!llxhtfu“y" original. It must be confessed that Americans give a new twist to every- thing they handle or touch.” Asks About Talkies. As the conversation now touched on the movies, harking back to its original subject, the former crown gfince asked, not without an air of mischief, whether it was not very hard for actors and actresses of non-American natlonality to_get ak since the advent of the talkies. He had heard that it was so from friends of Emil Jannings. ] ‘The most beautiful film he had ever seen, he said, was “Wings," but he cut the conversation short as it again turn- ed toward American films, a subject on which at present he does not like to During his stay in Italy ke refused to speak for the talkies, though he allowed 1f to be filmed by the National Institute of Cinematography. ‘The former crown prince said that he did not ne he would ever want to live out of , but that a visit to America might interesting. He added that just now he had no inten- tion of undertaking such a visit, though later he might do so. Meanwhile he meets many English and Americans in the hotels, and is much sought after as a dancing partner. (Copyright, 1029. by the North American Newspaper Alllance.) dwell. s;i{onlur Caught. ‘Belleved to be a Greenland shark, a huge sea monster was recently caught near Buckle, Scotland. Photographs have been sent to the Royal Scottish Museum at Edinburgh for identification. 1t is believed to be the first of the kind to invade British waters since 1849. ‘The specimen then caught was said to attack living whales, biting large parts out of their bodles. Boy Hangs Himself In Testing Effects Of Strangulation By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June mentation of the effects of strangulation cost John Me- Gavock Dickinson, 12, grandson of Jacob M. Dickinson, former Secretary of War, his life, a coroner’s jury decided today. The boy was found hanging by & trench coat pelt in a closet of his home in Winnetka yesterday. ‘The father, Jacob M. Dickin- son, jr., said his son continually experimented ~with scientific uluuzmm, particularly on avia- tion. ‘The body was found by his mother, On a bed nearby was a book of Sherlock Holmes stories, by A. Conan Doyle. Efforts to resuscitate the boy failed. 1.—Experi- Mexican Marauder Executed. MEXICO CITY, June 1 (#).—El Uni- versal says that Alejo Hernandez was executed by a firing squad in the municipal cemetery of Cuernavaca to- day as leader of the band who a few days ago killed 21 persons, including women and children, in an attack on Tepoxtlan. The band was accused of committing other depredations recently. Hernandez was taken when he entered Cuernavaca in disguise, and given a summary court-martial. Serving the Needs of Millions, Personally—intimately—constructively TOLD thousands of men and women have’ come to Morris Plan—most of them as fine a set of people as this country affords. They have borrowed money for a great variety of ften making such changes in their af-' pui fairs that the Morris Plan Loan became the turning point in their lives and led to permament success. P IFUTURE AIR TRAVEL T0 BE DURING NIGHT | | Aviation Companies Mapping Expanding Schedules on Such Lines. By Consolidated Press. | CHICAGO, June 1—Just as the bulk | of raflroad travel now is at night in| order to conserve time, so the bulk of | | air travel in the near future is to be | | during the hours of darkness | This is the view of aviation com- | panies who are mapping their new and | expanding schedules on the basis of | night fiying. It brings the air pullman | into reality to take its place soon | over the beacon lighted airways. | W. E. Boeing. chairman of board for the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation, emphasizes | | this development. Business demands | ! a continual cut in the loss of time due |to travel, both in its personnel and its | mail, the Business Hours Saved. 1 ‘Mr. Boeing points out that through flying it is possible to link cities 1,200 | miles distant without, the Joss of & single business hour. Airways place | New York and Atlanta, New York and Chicago, Chicago and Dallas, Chicago | and Cheyenne and San Prancisco and ’Cheyenne almost within overnight travel distance of one another. By the end of the present year there will be 12,500 miles of lighted airways. Already the route across the country is virtually completed with 232 twenty- four-inch revolving beacons and 529 blinker lights marking the way along the 2,700-mile stretch. When com- | pleted there will be lights every 10 miles or less, with the cost approxi- | mately $1,000,000. | Already the United States leads Fu- rope in night fiying by & wide margin, Mr. Boeing sees the recently perfected radiophone and the directive radio bea- cons as additional safeguards which are to make for an even more extensive development from now on. Radiophone Is Invaluable. “The radiophone,” he says, “is in- valuable, It adds to the safety, re- duces the number of emergency land- ings due to uncertainty of weather ahead, enables pilots on regular routes to complete a larger number of sched- uled trips on time, increases the pay load of mail, express and passengers by reducing the amount of excess gaso- line now carried and it also is valuable in dispatching planes and giving orders. “‘Combined with the directive radio beacon, which keeps a flyer on his course regardless of other signals and regardless of weathers, it is a powerful agency of help to night aviation.” The American Air Transport Associ- ation, representing commercial aviation companies, reports that air passenger fares have been reduced and now are about 9 cents a mile on the average. Other reductions are looked for during the remainder of this year when com- petition becomes more general. Operate on 130 Schedules. It is pointed out that planes now are operating on 130 schedules and flying over 14,571 miles of eharted airway. §:oremflun lN‘D multimomwnd planes now | are service carryi assengers, and | several Times that number are ordered: ‘There are estimates that over $300,- 000,000 will, be spent on construction and development of air fields during this year, placing the industry on a firm basis for progress. P oerrisnt, 1020 ‘Windshield wipers are being installed | on the captain's bridge of a new British warship. Down Payment it’s so ECONOMICA to operate, you will be surprised Your family have wanted a Pittsburg Water Heater for a long time. Why deny them the comfort and convenience of abundant hot water (always ready) for another season? Either our cash or con- venient payment plan makes it possible for you to install one now. There Are Now Four New Lower- Priced Pittsburg Water Heaters— See Them Demonstrated ! ecutive, the Governor General is given | an official home. | pata Dwight F. Davis, newly appointed successor of Henry L. Stimson, now | Secretary of State, as Governor General | of the Philippine Islands, and his fam- | ily will live in one of the most beauti- | ful homes in the world, the Malacanang Palace in Manila, the official residence of the head of the Philippine govern- ment. ‘The governor generalship of the Phil- ippines is regarded as one of the most important of the government posts, having equal rank with that of a cab- inet office. It is the highest paid office in the government except only that of the President. And like the Chief Ex- | Thirteen million people, 10,000 miles | away are awaiting the arrival of the | new master of the house once occupied by William Howard Taft, Luke E. Wright, W. Cameron Forbes, Leonard ‘Wood and Henry L. Stimson. On the lips of the islanders is a silent prayer that the new occupant not only be a worthy successor to former Governors General, but also sympathetic with the customs and traditions of the house in which he is going to live. Palace Built of Weod. The Malacanang Palace, which has been the residence of Governer -Gen- erals of the Philippines since the last century of the Spanish regime, is an old wooden structure, reinforced with concrete, and situated on the banks of the Pasig River. It was formerly a house of recreation, with a bath and gardens, surrounded by & stone wall. It was then owned by Don Luis who, on_November 16, 1802, sold if panish army, for 1,100 pesos (Mex- ican currency). The new owner later sold it to the government on January 23, 1825, for 5,100 pesos. The bullding and its premises were neglected until a royal order from the King of Spain was decreed on August 27, 1847, pro- viding that the y should be proved for the use of the gen- ‘was then rank. However, the captain general at the time did not move to the Malacanang until after the earthquake of June 3, 1863, which destroyed his stone house residence within the Walled City, a section of the city of Manila so called because it is surrounded by strong walls to fortify the city from attacks. Shattered by Earthquake, Immediately various improvements were made on the palace. Quarters for the aides and the servants of the cap- tain general were constructed adjacent to the palace and within the palace premises. The place was completely overhauled in 1869 on the occasion of the visit to Manila of the Duke of Edinl h, but Just before his arrival an quake broke all the buttresses and main col- umns of the main building. The earth- quake was so severe that it not only wrenched from its foundations the massive stone gate of the palace, but also twisted its arch. Before another reconstruction was completed a tropical typhoon and an- | h other earthquake in 1872 damaged the 1" DAVIS TO LIVE IN MANILA | PALACE OLD IN TRADITION| 'New Governor General of Philippines and Family Will Occupy Malacanang, Pride of East. % the frame of the building lies. And hardly had repaizs been completed when a fire started in the kitchen. In the following year a thunderstorm that swept over Manila caused some more considerable damage, Quake Follows Quake. Another overhauling was necessary. It took four years, 1875 to 1879, to complete the work. A new wing was added to the right of the building, facing the entrance to balance the front facing the Pasig River. But it seemed as if the old building | was never to be completely repaired, for soon another earthquake shook the ce and destroyed the old portions of the main building. Further altera- tions and extensions were made. The visit of Prince Oscar of Sweden occasioned beautification of the palace and its gardems. During the Spanish regime tions for the royal visitor always overhauling of the palace, the building of new addi- tions and of some alterations. 306,000 Pesos Spent in 29 Years. More than 300,000 were spent in repairing and owerhauling the Ma- lacanang Palace from 1889 to 1898, a period of 29 years. Even then, in 1898, ‘when the Americans first occupied Ma- nila, the palace was a far cry from what it ;l! l‘! the beginning of the nineteenth century. But_undoutbedly the most interesting period of the history of 'the Malacanang Palace is the American regime. Every wernor general from William Howard ‘Wood made radical has | would have made the situation even section of the ry were selected by Gen. and Mrs. Wood. Palace Grounds Raised. During the 30 years of American oc- cupation the entire palace grounds were n;d approximately A8 inches and re- graded. ks and truck gardens were made. The vicinity of the Malacanang Palace was turned into a picturesque and healthful place. A new, artistic main entrance into the grounds was constructed. An entirely new plumbin, system was installed. A new river wal ‘was erected. A modern tennis court was built. Gen. Wood did not play tennis, but he was often seen on the tennis grounds watching skilled players. Gov. Stimson had his tennis cabinet. He himself is @ good tennis player. New Wineroom Constructed. An entirely modern electric-lighting system was installed in the palace and hout the grounds. The old wineroom was rebuilt into a chinaroom and a new reinforced con- crete wineroom constructed. he next occupant of the Malacanang Palace, the White House of the Philip- pine Islands, will dwell in a house full of history and tradition. As the guests Spanish and of American governors 1g’.‘enem-ml, princes of the Catholic Church, leirs to thrones, valiant soldiers and intrepid sailors whose names appear in istory and T more or less famous men have sat at its banqueting supports of the upper story, in which board. M’DONALD’S PLACE AS PRIME MINISTER IS HELD UNCERTAIN | (Continued from First Page.) “?e«':tfidt méa"nmm post_ ufl:‘&e sel or the B ‘The Observer backs & dark horse in the person of Lord D'Abernon, for- mer British Ambassador to Berlin, with Sir Oswald Mosley as second choice. The Weekly Dispatch thinks that Arthur Henderson or J. H. Thomas are more_likely, calling the former Mac- Donald’s choice, Another obvious pos- | sibility as yet unmentioned in the pa- | pers is Arthur Ponsonby, under secre- | tary in the former Labor ernment. | By general agreement, Phillip Snow- | den is in line for chancellorship of the | exchecquer. The Observer suggests J.| H. Thomas as Colonial secretary, and | a more important post than the home office—probably Indian secretary—for Henderson. The Sunday Dispatch pro- fesses to know that MacDonald has ask- ed Justice Sankey to become lord chancellor. Conservative Revolt Forms. That there is a Conservative revolt developing against Baldwin's leadership | may be judged from a statement in the Observer of tomorrow, that there are times when the prime minister seems to be “the sleep-walker of poli- tics,” and that “if he continues in his fixed mood of the last few months, he wultbe the complete ruin of the Unionist party.” However, the die-hard Conservatives have at least this virtue—they stand by their friends—and in unalterably Con- servative quarters there may be disgust with Baldwin, but there is no disposi- tion to kick him out. The Liberals have already computed, after intensive studies of the returns, that they should have had 120 seats in this Parliament and have announced their intention to press for electoral re- form in the next Parliament. It is true, that in a strict ratio of seats held to votes cast, Liberals would have had that many seats. This, unhappily, more complicated. Neither of the other parties is likely to work up much ex- citement over this, however. (Copyight, 1929.) STRATEGISTS ARE BUSY. Party Leaders Study New House and Maneuver for Positions. LONDON, June 1 (P).—All three major political parties went into the trenches tonight for a post-election campaign for power. After the costliest election in the his- tory of England, with expenditures run- ning into millions of dollars. Great Britain found itself today with a new House of Commons, but no majority government capable of directing it. Conservatives, Liberals, Laborites and Independents alike have entered upon a political battle of wits and all the party strategists were busy studying the contours of the new House and ma- neuvering for position. David Lloyd George, with a net gain of only 14 Liberal seats, finds himself | in the position of holding the balance | of power. | Liberal party chiefs, with one impor- | tant exception, kept silence on their | plans until they could meet to discuss | the best way to utilize their advantages. “The Liberal party.” significantly re- | marked Sir Herbert Samuel, chief Lib- | eral organizer, “is likely to exercise | considerable influence in the councils of the nation. “Almost. all our members—all but one—are 100 per cent Liberals and we are not likely again to have difficulties from the cross-voting which weakened our power in’ the Parliament just dis- solved. We shall probably hear little | cuit. Exhibit to Feature Joint Con- vention to Be Held in Chicago. CHICAGO, June 1 (#).—Radio will get an opportunity to look over what it will have to offer this season at its third annual trade show here Monday. The show, held in conjunction with the annual conventions of the Radio Manufacturers’ Assoclation and the Federzted Radio Trades Association, is expected to feature the screen grid cir- Other new developments in sound reproduction also are to be exhibited. An attendance of 31,000 dealers, manufacturers and others has been indi- cated by the advance registration. Last year's show and convention drew 7,000 ess, A featnre of the entertainment pro- gram is to be the annual banquet the evening of the closing day, Wednesday. It is to be broadcast. In connection with the convention, & meeting of the board of directors of the National Assoclation of Broadcasters has been called for a of Federal radio legislation. In a statement preliminary to the gathering, Maj. H. H. Frost, president of R. M. A, said he expected that the business to be transacted by the radio industry in 1929 would be the greatest in its history. He estimated that it would total $800,000,000, compared with approximately $600,000,000 last year. MOTHER SCALDED SAVING SON, 4, FROM HOT WATER Child Tips Over Pan, Receives Burns on Side and Foot, Less Serious Than Hers., A mother was scalded severely last night when she rescued her 4-year-old son after he had tip) over a pan of boiling water in home 201 E street northeast. The wom: Mrs. Fannie Goldstein, 40 years old, was treated at Casualty Hospital for scalds about the legs. Her son, Raymond, received burns on the left side and one foot. His hurts were less serious than those of Mrs. Goldstein. A similar accident befell Tate Hack- ney, 38 years old, of 2240 Minnesota avenue southeast, who upset a kettle of boiling water last night in his home. He was treated for minor burns and dismissed from Casualty Hospital. Sentenced to Hang. TOMBSTONE, Ariz, June 1 (®). Charles Foster, 20 years old, of Clays- ville, Pa., today was sentenced to hang at the Arizona Penitentiary next Au- gust 3 for the murder of Martin Parl alias Mike Baker, of St. Louils, M« Parko was slain near Bisbee after he had picked up Foster in his car to give him a ride East. more of the policy of the safeguarding.” Lloyd George, it is thought, would ask either the Conservatives or the La- borites, as the price of his co-operation. in addition to reform:of the electoral laws. to accept. in part at any rate, the Liberal unemployment policy. Fur Farming for the Promoters’ Profit Pairs of silver foxes, trios of muskrats, even pigs have been offered to Washingtonians as an investment — make money out of the prolific offspring, the promoters say. We are fortunate in having the Department of Agriculture —leading fur authorities in the country. The Washington Department says: “Large returns are easily predicted or promised to prospec- tive investors on an abnormally high rate of dividends or on a large pelt basis. Heavy risks usually accompany such lures. Too often they are the chief talking points of financial charlatans, Promoters know that the names and indorse- ments of successful men carry weight and often use these without authority. An example is the erroneous statement sometimes heard to the effect that the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture indorses certain individuals or companies engaged in fur farming. The prudent investor, however, will look beyond names and indorsements and investigate the merits of all propositions and contemplated transactions.” “The promoter who tries to impress the prospective in- vestor by tabulating the fabulous returns supposed to have been realized in the early stages of fur farming from investing in a pair of foxes unwittingly admits that his offering cannot stand on its own feet. they are generally deceptive.” “BEFORE YOU INVEST— The appearance of this adver- Such figures fire the imagination but INVESTIGATE” tisement in these columns is evi- dence that this publication co- operates with and supports the Better Business Bureau for ypur protection. Morris Plan management offers a human under- standing of human beings. People’s needs are many and varied; too numerous to mention. But what- ever yours are, know before coming that a pleasant, patient, and helpful listener is here to advise, and assist you, if possible. 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