Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1929, Page 2

* CENSUS BILL BACK I SENATECAANGED House Passes Measure After Stormy Session, Eliminating Two Amendments. 2 The census-reapportionment bill was back in the Senate today. with only minor changes requiring adfustment, following passage late yesterday by the House after a stormy session, featured by successful parliam of party leaders for elimi “alien " exclusion” and “force bill" amendment. which thev feared en- dangered the reapportionment pro- visions of the legisiation The bill provides for the taking of the 1930 population count and reallot- ment of the seats of the House among the States on that basis. Passage with- out the two controverted amendments was accomplished during the most te session of the House in several y through an amendment by Representa- tive Tilson of Connecticut. the Republi- can leader, which struck out the two and substifuted for them the original Janguage of the bill. If it had not been adopted and the original amendments had stood, the bill would have reached the vote on final passage with a pro- vision that aliens shonid not be includ- ed in the census figures on which House reapportionment is to be based, and an- other ta prevent the counting of eitizens older than 21, who are not permitted to vote, The former was opposed by Rep- rezentatives of States having larze urban and industrial centers, and the latter by members from the South Seventeen States Would Lose. Under the ter) will lose 23 Representativ States will gain them on the basis of 1930 porulation estimates. the new allotment of seats to be made by the director of the census if Congress should 1ail to act. On & basis of 435 House members and using the estimated 1930 population, the following States would lose Missouri, 3: Indiana, Towa, Kentucky and Missisisppi, 2 each: Alabama. Kan- ine, Massachusetts, ork,” North Dakota. jon of the Pennsy Virginia, 1 each g The following States would gain California, 6. Michigan, 4: Ohio, 3 New Jerser and Texas. 2 each: Arizona Connerticut, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma ancd Washington, 1 each. The move b7 leaders yesterday to strike the controversial amendments from the bill came as a surprise after they had failed Wednesday to agree upon a parliamentary method by which this might be accomplished. Tilson Offers Amendment. When Mr. Tilson offered the new amendment, points of order against it were overruled, and the House then was thrown into a demonstration in faver of the alien proposal as Representative | Hoch, mpubflcm, Kansas, assailed the leaders for resorting to what he termed “strong-arm” tactics and reoffered his proposal to exclude aliens in the form of an amendment to the Tilson change. The chairman held the Hoch proposal was not permissible under the rules of the House, however, and an appeal from s defeated by a vote. | e tes reapportionment | came to the support of the Tilson | amendment and it was adopted by a large vote. | Separate vot W demanded on | three different proposals and four roll | calls were taken before the bill finally | was passed 7 One caused to be retained in the bill, by 182 to 188 vote provisions for a count | of the unemployed. Then by a vote of 191 to 179, the House voted to strike | the same provisions from snother sec- | tion of the measure, leaving the matter | for the conferees to settle. Another proposal to have all aliens registered was struck out of the meas- | ure by a vote of 185 to 130, and a mo- tion to send the bill back to committee | was defeated by 253 to 126. The vote on final passage was 272 to 105. Chindblom Makes Ruling. | In his ruling on the Koch amend- ment, which prevented a vote on that | proposal, Representative Chindblom, | Republican, Illinols, who was r‘r-aid 1 ing. coupled the proposition with that of Representative Tinkham, Republican, | Massachusetts, to exclude disenfranchis- ed citizens from the count. ‘The ruling prevented the House from coming to a vote a second time en either of the two proposals. Tinkham was in readiness to reoffer his amend- ment had the Hoch proposal been in- corporated in the measure a second time. Afterward, Tinkham issued a state- ment saying: “A man cannot protect himself from a foul blow.” | ‘The charge of Hoch that the leaders | were resorting to “strong Arm" tactics brought Tilson to his feet with an ex- pression of resentment, and the chair- man ordered the Kan: meriber to confine his remarks to the matter under discussion There were few changes in the bill in its final form from that in which it came from the Senate. One of the changes would fix the time for taking the census at May, 1030, instead of No- vember, 1929. Another struck out the eivil_service requirements contained in the Senate bill. On the final vote of passage, tl was little semblance of party lin general, members voted for or the measure according to whether their State would gain or lnse members urder a reapportionment of members. There were mustered for the bill 193 Repub- licans and 79 Democrats. with 43 Re- publicans and 62 Democrats balloting against it, here In BRITONS WIN DOUBLES. BOURNEMOUTH. England. June (#) —England's Davie Cup tennis tsam eliminated South Africa in the third round of the European zone play by winning today's doubles mateh, J. C. Gregory and I. G. Collins of England defeating N. G. Farquhasson and Louis Raymond, 2—6. 6--1. Eng- Jand won both of the singles yvesterd: DENBERG REPRESENTATIVE RANKIN. (,I(_?l;'mzurli A I; l;ll itie Cut to $192.000.000 In Experts’ Report ed_From First Page.) (C ganizations that exercize a control in Germany. The early mobilization of a con- siderable part of the first 37 an- nuities, to give the creditor powers important sums available for the re- duction of their own interior debts. The annuities are divisible into postponable and non-postponable parts, but there is no distinction in the report between the part of the annuities applicable to reparations and the part attributed to payments of the creditors’ war debt The report in fact, seems to aveid carefully any coincidence between references to reparations and debts. The unconditional part of the first 37 annuities amounts to 660,000,000 gold marks (about $158.400.000) 3 vear, of which 500,000,000 gl marks (about $120,000,000) is con- sidered the part liable t» com- mercialization. It may produce, at the present value, between 7,000.- 000,000 and 8.000,000,000 marks (81.920,000,000). By special arrangement among the creditors France iz accorded the bulk of the unconditional annuities for commercialization purposes. It is calculated that this will give her the equivalent of 42.000,000.000 francs, ‘The offer of the United States to reduce what was due it from Germany for the cost of the Army of Oceupation in the Rhineland by 10 per cent, was taken into account in the report. The rest of the cost of occupation will be liquidated in the first 37 annuities. Mixed claims are to be liquidated within 52 years. The experts dwelt especially on their attitude toward the commer- clalization of the reparations prob- lem. They emphasize that they have tried to substitute processes of peace-time methods for war-time pyschology 5 The first part of the report ls largely introductory. It deals with the terms under which the repara- tions problem was referred to the committee and it also gives a recital of the meetings that have been held. The mext chapter is devoted en- tirely to the commercialization pro- gram. It emphasizes the efforts to convert what has been a political debt into & business obligation through the floating of part of the bondz. The later chapters say that the different governments interested will take concerted action concerning floating of the reparations bonds in various markets. But any creditor nation s permitted te float in its own_country as large an amount of the bonds a8 is desired for refunding of internal debte WORK TO CLOSE STREET. Trafic on Fifteenth Will Be Barred During Paving Qperations. The east side of Fifteenth street be- tween New York and Pennsylvania avenues will be closed to northbound traffic for_about two weeks beginning Mondsy, Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, chief engineer of the District. announced toda: The closing will be necessitated because of repaving of the street. At all times, however. southbound traffic will be able to make a left-hand turn into either F or G streets as a roadway will be kept open for this pur pose. The Far East Its Interests—Its Progress —Its Mysteries Wwill Be DI iseussed by Mr. G. A. Lyon, Associate Editor of The Evening Star In a series of <nterestin, he is now writing from news letters which ar Eastern countries, Mr. Lyon is 2 member of the party of distinguished American Carnegie ournalists taken to the Far East by the ndowment for International Peace for a series of observations there. They will visit Japan, Korea, Manchuria and China, and Mr. Lyon’s letters are certain to be of tremendous interest. The first will appear in The Sunday Star and continue in The the course of his Evening Star during journey and after. THE EVENING DEBT EXPERTS SIGN CAPITAL RIFLEMEN - REPARATIONS PACT SURVIVE CONTESTS jNext Step Up to Govern- Three Washingtonians Stand‘ ' ments, Which Must Chance of Representing ! Ratify Report. U. S. at Stockholm. : Three Washingtonians and a number | of service men who have lived in the Naticnal Capital stand & good chance i of representing the United States in | the international free rifie matches to be fired at Stockholm, Sweden, August ' 18, ‘They have survived the week-long | elimination contests and are partici- { pating in the try outs being concluded oday at the Marine Corps range Quantico, Va. The three Washing- | ful c:l;r‘;g'r‘a‘:‘\:‘ll':; Sour work, ‘which has | J; P. Blount of the Dutrn:"mmnn: not been done in secrecy, but in_ the | G way that wise business should be done. | The plan reflects the best judgment of (Continued From Firct Page.) the flondlights were put on and the delegates went through the motions again for the benefit of the cameras. Young Congratulates Conferees. 1t was a few minutes after 8 o'clock | before the signing had completely end- ed. Mr. Young. as chairman of the conference. made a short address, and two minutes later adjourned the con- ference. Gunnery Sergt. Maurice Fisher of | the Marine Corps, free rifie champion of the world in 923, and the holder ' of countless medals and trophies for( his prowess with the rifle, was on au at the Washington Navy Yard gate| until recently. Sergt. Fisher is finishing among the best in the Quantico matches, | Twen | Army, Nav working in the open and making their activities known through the modern . press with its wonderful facilities for ! world-wide communication. Is there any further business? No? | Then the conference stands adjourned without day.” While preparations were being made | to photograph the final scene of the | | historie negotiations, calcium flare |set fire to a curtain over one of the windows. The blazing drapery was torn !down and extinguished without further | damage. Signing Process Long. Mr. Young. Thomas W. Lamont and Thomas N. Perkins, the Americans, sat at the end of the table. The French, Ttalians and Japanese were on one side and the Rritich, Belglans and Germans | occupied the other: Mr. Lamont at 5:48 p.m. ordered the dnors opened and the signing began | exactly at 5:30. Mr. Young called upon the French to sign the French fext first and _then upon the Germans While the French text was being signed on one side of the table, Mr. Young passed the English text to the other e. where the Belgians. British and Germans affixed their signatur It was a long process for such a small number of signatories owing to the | number of memorandums upon which | initials had to be written. Also some of the delegates found it necessary to read over earefully some of the eleventh- hour ratifications. | The act marked the first step in ithe triology which Aristide Briand French foreign minister. has fondly | called “general liquidation of the World | War." | This triology. as drawn up in an in- |ternational meetng at Geneva ending | | September 16, 1928, invluded a settie- | ment of the reparations problem. organ- | B the Associated Press. |ization of a committee to institute a A resolution to provide for investi simplified system of control in the de- | tion of the Federal jnint stock land | militarized Rhine zone, and, finally, | bank administration by a select com- | avacuation of the Rhine zone itself. ~ | mittee of seven Houss members was | The conference report embodying the | intreduced today by Representative Young plan of settlement containz | Cramton, Republican, of Michiga |about 16.000 words. The plan proper | ix men, representative of the 'y and Marine Corps and the eivilian rifie clubs from all parts of the country, were left today in the line-up | as_the result of grueling elimination | contests. Ten of these will go to Stock- holm, seven of them to participate ac- tively in the matches and three as al- ternates. The National Rifle Association, which | has offices in the Barr Building, ex- | plained today that teams representing the Tnited "States. Sweden, Norway. Denmark, Czechoslovakia, France, Swit. | zerland, Ttaly, Holland, Spain, Great Britain, Poland and Germany will take part in the matches this year. The | American team is to sail from New York on July 15. The squad will in clude: Maj. Raiph S. Kevser, Mari Corps, team captain: Maj. W. L. C team ordnance officer: Maj. Per Ramee, | Infantry, team adjutant: Lieut. F. K | Soukup, Navy, team medical officer | Marine’ Gunner Calvin Lioyd, team | coach, and the 10 shooting members. CRAMTON ASKS PROBE 'OF STOCK LAND BANK ilnquiry Under Resolution Would Determine Causes of “Failure to Fulfill Mission.” The investigation would be directed. has chapters dealing with the eonstitu- | under the resolution, into the causes of | | tion of the experts’ committee, the task | the failure of the Federal Farm Loan set it, the spirit with which it went to | act to fulfill its mission and the causes wark, with & study of the situation in for iie crippled condition of some of | Germany, and with the statute ard|the ioint land banks and the failure of functions of the proposed international | others. bank. | 'The inquiry alse would go into the | “Other chapters include comparison | responsibility of the Land Bank Board |between the Dawes and the Young for issuing stocks and bonds “without | plans, details of the reparation annu- |adequate assets” and “the extent to |ities and their amounts, and commer- | which the Federal Government is ob- cialization and moratorium provisions. [ ligated, legally or equitably." Annexes are devoted to the interna- | Other phases of the investigation | tional and the division of the | would be directed toward affording pro- | raparations annuities among the credi- | tection from loss by persons who suf- ors. | fered through the activities of the | | banks and would seek remedies for the | rehabilitation of the institution. i Experts of the reparations confer- | “The financial collapse of thres of ence found that detall work in drafting | these joint stock land banks and ‘he | the conclusions reached on German | highly financial condi- | reparations after nearly four months tion of othe Cramton sald in a trying efforts has its own difficulties. statement, “constitutes the most serious y have worked night and day 'blemish of recent vears upon the reeord since final agreement was reached on | of our Government in connection with | Tuesday to prepare the conference re- Lhe administration of financial institu- port for signature. tions The principal experts have been busy 3 . in odd moments they ean spare with JUSTICE WHEAT HOLDS FIRST COURT SESSION | preparations for the homeward journey. Enters Upon New Duties by Dis- i Experts Busy to La | | An hour before the time set for the | posing of Several Equity Motions, | signing, 8 p.m., the experts wers still | dotting i's and crossing t's in the report, Justice Alfred A. Wheat, sworn in last | Monday as an associate justice of the Detail Work Is Trying. none of them went out for luncheon. sandwiches being sent in to sustain | them in their labors | A host of cemeramen had assembled in the lobby. It appeared that they were | likely to be the only witnesses to the 48215"1?.“0’.;?““’ from members of the District Supreme Court, held his first | delegs . public session of court today, disposing | | . o 3 number of equity motions certified | ~ BERLIN TO STUDY TEXT. 10, Dim from the two Bqulty Divisions ; | " thou this was hLis first court ses- German Financial Experts Weigh Fac- | sion. the new justice has been buss | tors in Young Plan. | since his induction inio office examining | i passing on probate matters in con- BERLIN. June ‘;1" (f‘.l::g' r':::":‘({ nection with the admisison of wills and he Paris reparations ved | applications for administrations. | nere today will be carefully studied b!" inning next Monday he will hold | | financial _experts. =~ Conferences are | qaily sessions in court aiding the two | planned for Dr. Hialmar Schacht with | other “equity justices by dispesing of | Gnancellor Mueller, Finance Minister | cuses assignad 1o him for Besrinr® 1o | Hilferding, Economics Minister Curtius | g continue to handle probate cases | and officials of the reparations division | tor the remainder of the month in addi- | | of the foreign office. | tion to | A permanent reparations committee doi his court hearings. | consisting of Mueller, Hilferding and | Curtiuz, who are acting in the absence | | of Foreign Minister Stresemann. now en route to Madrid, will continue fre. quent meetings and will discuss all aspects of the present situation and | plans for the future. A full cabinet | | meeting to consider the Young plan has not yet been arrang Rumblings of criticism already have ! been heard in the Reichstag. For ex- ample, Moritz Kloenne, Nationalist, of Dortmund declared: "Germany is in no way obligated to take over the finan-| | cial cares of wealthler nations for the I next 60 vears” The government par- | ties, however, insist that the ‘Tepari | tions conference debate must be taken | up later.” Afterward the Paris report can be considered. NEWS IS FLASHED TO U. 8, Seeks to Close Chinese Paper. | By the Associated Press NANKING, China, June 7.—The min- istry of foreign s, upon the re- %x:en' of the publicity department of the Kuomintang, has instructed Dr. C. C. Wu, Chinese Minister at Washington, 1o seek the closure of the Chinese news- paper. Republican Daily News of San Francisco. which is alleged to be an | organ of the radical foes of the Kuom- | intang, disseminating anti-Kuomintang paganda in the United States. The er'’s representative in Nanking has May Circulation | Daily... 106,902 Sunday,nl 10,766i District of Columbi FLEMING NEWB | 3 STA ar that the actual number | paper named sold and dis- | during the month of May, A s follows Press Service Office in New York Noti- fied in Four Minutes. 1t took just four minutes for the | news of the signing of the historic agresment on reparations at Paris to | of v | race across the Atlantic Ocean to the | 2% salemnls as office of the Associated Press in New | tribui York. The signatures were affixed to | 1920, wa the document &t 11:50 a.m. Eastern | ‘andard time. Within two minute:. ' he news of this had been sent to the cable office in Paris and four minutes Jater it was receved in New York, be. | ing flashed throughout the United | States instantly ! CABINET IS REBUILT. ATHENS, Greece, June 7 () —The Venizelos cabinet, which recently re- signed, was reconstructed today, with Premier Venizelos again holding the chief post. D The following changes were made: Pericles Argiropoulos became minister of foreign affairs, Botsaris minister of marine, Dingas minister of justice, Spirides minister of agriculture Gen. Conitas minister of communie tion. The latter replaces Dr. Christo- manos, who has taken the new minis- | try of hygiene. |‘LAME DUCK’ MOVE 0. K. ‘The Norris resolution to abolish what has become known as the laine duck setsions of Congress was adopted :xv the Senate today and sent to the ouse, VENING 032 | { 6 3| y net circulation 2,886, Ly net paid cireulation, g8 number of copisa fo c net eirculation SUNDAY. Copea Dar 18 2884 26 . 450,313 Less adjustments 7143 unday net cireulation 443,000 net paid Sunday eireula- 10,1 number of copies for serv- (geal) ELMER ¥ YOUNT. Notary Publi STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. | direction | committee are Bert | Dr. |G, + Wittlin, right. How the Arlington Memorial Bridge and the Lincoln Memorial are expected to look from an airplane in 1935, Rock Creek and Potomac parkway approach is seen, sloping up to the bridge plaza. gate is a fountain, and in the right background the Ericsson Memorial, which is already in place. and the water NERGHANTSLEAVE ON BOOSTER TRP Business Men to Visit Many Points in Maryland and Virginia. One hundred and seventy-five Wash- ington business men and their guests wrenched themselves free from work this afternoon and hastened to the Seventh Strzet Whart to board the §. 8. Southland for the twentieth an- nual booster outing of the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Association, The steamer, chartered for a threes- day cruise in the Potomac River and | Chesapeake Bay and in the Patapsco | River, was scheduled to slip from The time of t for 2 ing in mind a hal hour leeway to allow for late arri detained by last-minute business. ¢ Is An Old Tradition. The outing has become a tradition with the merchants’ organization, and | aside from its recreational and enter- tainment features has the objective of advertising Washington as a progressive and growing business center for far- flung sections in Maryland and Virgi The first !lngl_ according to the official itinerary. will be Annapolis, Md., where the Southland will be tied up at 9:30 tomorrow morning for two hours, to per- mit_the boosters to pay their respects to that quaint old Maryland capital and to visit the Naval Academy th will follow a cruise up the bay a Patapsco River near Baltimore. follow- ing which the steamer will head down bay for Old Point Comfort, arriving there earlv Sunday mornin Later in the di [ampton Roads and Norfolk will be visited and side trips to Ocean View and Virginia Beach are arranged for members of the par Zihiman Is Guest. Among special guests will he Repre- £-ntative Zihiman of Maryland and rep- rasentatives of local trade organizations. William E. Russell is general chal; man of the outing committee, under the of Gen. Anton Stephan. yruidem of the Merchants and Manu- acturers' Association. Others on the Olmsted, C. H. Dikeman, Mark Lansburgh, Charles Frame, James E. Colliflower, A. J. Sun- lun, Lewis A. Payne, R. P. Andrews, A, A. Auth, P. M. Dorsch, Isaac Gans, M. G. Gibbs, Frank W. Harper, M. A. Leese, Louis Levay. M. D. Rosen- berg, S. M. Selinger, J. C. Callahan and Prank Avalear. Among the boosters scheduled to make the trip are the following: Karl Achterkirchen, S. T. Alexander. Ross P. Andrews, Darrell Preston Aub. Anton A. Auth. Milton Baer_ Arthur Baur. C. Nelson Bell, Benjamin Berkowich, William_Bernstein. Dr. W. A, Bevard, W. Bonnette, Dr. Alfred L. Bou, J. B. Bowen, D: W. Bowie, F. V. A. Brown Thomas P. Brown, Frederick Buckhols, Joseph A. Burkart, James W. Byrnes. Morris Cafritz, Thomas A. Cantwell, | Harry Carpel, F. P. Carr. Bill Catanach, H. Churchill, George J. Clomei, James E. Collifiower, Dr. Jack A. Con- nor, Robert J. Cottrell, L. V. Crismond. George 8. De Neale, C. H. Dikeman, James E. Divver, P. M. Dorsch, William | E. Dulin. Archie D. Engel, Frank P. Fenwick, G, W. Forsberg, Charles H. Frame, I. Freund. Isaac Gans, Morris Gewirg, Dr. M. G. Gibbs, Herbert Glassman, Martin A Gleason, B. H. Gruver, Herbert Gug- genheim, J. Louls Gundling Alvin Hall. R. E. L. , Prank W. Harper. Joseph M. Hausler, Jake Hess, W. A. Hettinger, R. H. Hickman, Harry | Himmelfarb, George W. Huguely, Frank L. Hurd, Dorsey Hyde, jr. Emest S. Johnson, C. Alexander Jones, O. M. Jones. John F. Kelle, J. Prank Kelly, C. W. King. jr.. Alfred Glesner, Alex Koplin, Charles E. Krey rk Lansburgh, M. A. Leese, H. A. Leighton, Dr. B. K. Leon, Dr. J. K, Leon, Louis Levay. A. H. Linsenmeyer, A. G. Loehl, A. D. Loffler, jr. J. D. Mackessy, F. W. Maddeax, Philip Maley, Lieut. Richard Mansfield Samuel Marks, Maurice Mazo. G. E. McCann, Simon MeCue, J. W. McCarty R. A, McConnell, G. Percy McGlue J. W. McKericher, C. Howard Millikin, Phillip Milstone, R. C. Mitchell, Ches- ter Myers. Alvin L. Newmeyer. P. W. Orhm, Bert L. ward Ostrow, Benjamin Frank Owings. Lewis A. Payne, A. Phillips, J. W, Pollard, George E. Potter. H. C. Racoosin, Fred W. Rade, Julius Rappaport, Herman Richards, A. B. Robertson. Charles Robey. F. M. Roden- ber Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, Frank P. gers, Bert J. Rosenberg. Jack Rosen- berg, M. D. Rosenberg, Willlam Rosen- William E. Russell, Claude B. Olmstead, Ed. Ourismai Ryan " | 'W. Stokes Sammons, Herbert Sauber, | lp;n‘anl de Tom Sawyer, Melvin H. Schlossberg, Everet C. Scott. 8. M. Selinger. Geor; K. Shearer, Harry Sherby, J. Le Sherwood, jr.: Dr. O. U, Sing~r. V. A. Sisler, August Smith, L. V. Souder, Henry C. Stein, Gen. Anton Stephan, Arthur J. sundlun. Dr. John M. Thal, Charles E. Tribby, jr.; Charles E. Tribby, sr. Harry Viner. Dr. Percy Walton. Don Warren, C. 8. Watson, Carl M. igle. Bernard Weil Flias Weinstein, Julius Weinberg, James Wheeler, Joseph A. Wilner, Morris Alex Wolf, J. Wolfe, W. H. Fugene Young. Representative ‘Frederick N. Zihiman, Beauvard. T. N. Beav- | FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1929. \ | | [ The Lying between the Lincoin Memorial LUZON STILL AGROUND. U. 8. Gunboat in China Resists Sev- eral Attempts at Relief, SHANGHAI China, June 7 (#).— ‘The United States gunboat Luzon, which went aground Wednesday night at the breakwater at the mouth of the Hwang- pu lmwr, as still aground today, sev- era fatled Although naval officers were non- committal regarding the possible fate of the vessel, it was generally consid- ered that her position was dangerous.| Rear Admiral Thomas T. Craven, newly | arrived commander of the American | Yangtse patrol, was gboard the gunboat at the time of the aceident and is now directing operations. The ship was in the hands of a civilian pilot when she went aground. I HOLDINGS OF R.C.A. SOUGHT IN MERGER International Telephone & Telegraph Asks to Acquire | Communication Business. | By the Aasociated Press, | Sosthenes Behn, president of the International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation, told the Senate interstate commerce committee today that his company was working out a program “with special regard to pa . and asked that it be given permission to acquire the communications business of the dio Corporation of America.” Under the Couzens bill, which the committee {s considering. merger of wireless and cable companies would be prohibited. The measure also would create a new Federal Communications Commission to regulate telephone, tele- graph, radio and cable communication. “Consolidation of wire, wireless cable companies” Behn declared, “should not only be permitted but even encouraged, providing such mergers will not result in increased rates for the services rendered.” Behn said the International Corpo- ration now had radio and telephone concessions in the Argentine, Chile, Peru, Ecuador and Brazil. He added the corporation was now llylnsu 6,000- | mile cable from New York to Cuba and ' down the east coast of South America as far as the River Platte, which when completed would give it an encircling girdle around the South American con- tinent. The cable, he added, would carry facilities both for telegraph and telephone service, Behn said that by next year the cor- poration would have opened teleph-~» communication between Uruguay, Chi'e and the Argentine and the United States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba. HOWAAD'S_EUM Bm | AROUSES DIPLOMATS AS ACTION DISCUSSED (Continued From First Page.) send letters to other Ambassadors and | Ministers—it s rumored that some have already been received—suggesting that as the ‘“dean of the diplomatic corps” has ruled against embassy liquor. it is their “duty” to do likewise. Other Diplomats Embarrass. There were no indications today that any of the other diplomats here are going to follow Sir Esme's lead, but it was privately admitted that his actions. and particularly the publicity given to it, is proving embarrassing to the other members of the corps, | The Chilean Ambassador. Carlos Davila, established a precedent not long ago of not serving aleoholic liquor at a dinner when an American_official was present. This official was Vies President Curtis, who was accompanied by Mrs. | Gann. It was suggested as a possibility in diplomatie circles today that other am- bassadors and ministers might follow this precedent, preserving their liquor supply for their own use and not sery- ing it at dinners attended by Amer- icans, or at least by oficials of the American Government. LONDON DISCUSSES MOVE. | Press Is Sympathetic for Other Diple- mats In Washington, i LONDON. June 7 (#).—Action of Sir Esme Howard, British Ambassador at Washington, in renouncing ambassa- dorial liquor importation privileges has | drawn much attention in London elub | | and" diplomatic_circles, where optnion was divided as to its propriety. The newspapers have carried long | stories setting forth the Ambassador's | position and Pnintml out it is not bind- | on any of his successors. e Evening News expresses con- able sympathy for other diplomats |at wuhmgwn because of the position | |in which they have been placed by the cision of Sir Esme. | he newspaper says: “Diplomatic | immunity has always been a privilege | Jealously guarded by all nations, and if | diplomats begin to voluntarily ittle | {1t down in order to placate citizens or groups of citizens of the country to Wwhich they were aceredited, there is no n%r:l where the process may end.” News i3 disposed to think the sit- | lation one calling for action, or perhaps inaction, by the whole diplomatic eo: at Washington, rather than one which any “individual Minister can i play a lone hand.” It sympathizes with other diplomats, whe, it , will be put by implication into the pesition of intransigent wets if they do not follow the lead of Bir Eeme, | sider; CROWE GIVES BAI ~ AFTER MISTRIAL Jempta to get her ot having| Ahingdon: Jury, in First Case! of Three Charged With Slay- ing, Out Two Hours. By the Associated Pr ABINGDON, Va, June 7.—J. W. Crowe, Washington County deputy sheriff, was at liberty under $5,000 bond today after a mistrial yesterday afternoon ended the commonweslth's initial prosecution of a murder charge against him in connection with the fatal shooting of J. W. Kendrick, 18- year-old Emory and Henry College sstudent, near here the night of May 6. Crowe is under joint indictment with W. D. Worley, a deputy sheriff, and James McReynolds, Abingdon police- man. All cases were continued to the September term of court with the original $5,000 bond for each officer standing. Kendrick was taken. mortally wounded, to a_hospital by Paul Phelps and Sterling Dutton, who told of of- ficers firing on the car in which the three were riding, and which was driven by Phelps. j The three officers admitted firing on the car driven by Phelps, but through- out the trial the denfense sought to prove that Kendrick was not oc- cupant of the machine at which shol were fired. The officers said they wers seeking Phelps, believing him to driving a car while intoxicated, Dutton, believing &im to be toxicated. They eontended that they at no time saw Kendrick in the car, al- though. thev said, they believed he would have been seen if he had been an occupant. After a littls more than two hours’ deliberatirn ‘Ws jury yesterday after- noon rer- - it ‘was inable to agree The commonwealth did not ask for a first degree murder verdict. but vigor- ouslv pressed for a second degree or voluntary mantlaughter verdict. FRENCH COUNT HELD AS RUM SMUGGLER By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, June 7.—Thirty men. including a French connt. were arrested vesterday as operators of a syndicate alleged to have brought “llions of dol- Jars worth of linuer inf*this eountry. Maxence de Polignac. th~ count, w: considered the biggest catch of the lot Agents of the prohibition enforeement department said they had been trying to get him for years. ‘The arrests were made in a series of raids carried out with all the pings of stage melodrama. William Calhoun, cirlef of the undercover men in this dis- trict, picked 40 of his assistants for the work. but gave them no instructions ex- cept where to report at the “zero hour. The count was held in $25,000 bail. which he furnished. a=~ ‘"~ ~thers in lesser amounts. Afte” .~ 1se the count consented to g photo *phed by news cameramen. He told repo-ters that he was foreign agent for Pommeri- Grenol, French winery, traveling all over the world for them, but asserted that he never knowingly had violated the American laws. He said he recently ada to conduct business with the liquor commission, and had come here 10 days ago. Seven cases of liquor found in his suite, he said, were solely for his own use. Possession of revolvers he ex- plained by saying he had bought for a French gamekesper. June 26 was set for hearing on the charges against the prisoners. had been in | RIGKERS HONORED BY CIVIC LEADERS Receive Glowing Tribute for Efforts to Secure National Representation. Prom the 530 Edition of Yesterday's Star. As a glowing tribute to their tireless efforts to eecure national representation for the District of Columbia and to their civie interest generally, a testi- monial luncheon was given to Mr. and Mre. George Alfred Ricker today in the headquarters of the Y. W. C. A by nearly 200 representatives of Wash- ington civic organizations. Mr. Ricker, & civil engineer, will leave his post here with the American Port- Jand Cement Association to assume charge of the association's bureau of education in Chicago. The luncheon today was in the nature of a farewell ! to Mr. and Mrs. Ricker, who have lived here for 11 years. Unable to stay until the luncheon was over, District Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty left a letter which was read by Jesse C. Suter, chairman of the committee on arrangements for the luncheon. Commissioner Dougherty | described Mr. Ricker as an outstanding | worker in the interests of the District. | In addition to his efforts to secure na- tional representation for the District !and the time devoted to his private affairs, Mr. Ricker has contrived to take a prominent role in religious work and is credited with being largely re- sponsible for the new church building of the All Souls' Unitarian Church, of which he is a member, Mr. Dougherty’s | letter said. | Praise for Mrs. Ricker. Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the League of Women Voters, spoke of the capable work Mrs. Ricker has done in conjunction with the league. describing her as one of the most valuable members. Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, pastor of 1 Seuls’ Church. said the Rickers uld be sorely missed from the con- gregation and expressed the hope they would be able to do as much toward civic betterment in Chicago as they have here. Mrs. Ricker'’s work in the civie de- partment of the Twentieth Century Club was highly praised by Mrs. George F. Bowerman. president of the club. Dr. Percival Hall, president of Ga!- laudet College, presented Mr. and Mr-. Ricker with gifts, which, he said. came from the board of trustees of the All Souls’ Church in view of the erts’ coming visit to Chicago. Mrs. Ricker was given a miniature automatic pietol, while her husband was presented Vith a bullet-proof vest. Col. Grant in Dual Role. Lieut. Col. Ulysses 8. Grant,3d, Chair- man of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, said he was in position both to bid the Rickers fare- well for Washington and to welcome them to Chicago, inasmuch as he is a | native of the latter city. Mrs. Caleb Miller. who told of work- with Mrs. Ricker in conneetion | with the activities of the Woma: Al liance of the All Souls' Church, ex- | pressed the beliet that Mrs. Ricker would find ample room to carry on her humantarian . work in Ciicago. Frederic Willlam Wile, Washington | newspaper man, told of the excellent | work Mr, Ricker has accomplished with | the Citizens' Joint Committee on Na- tional Representation. While Mr. Ricker will be missed here, he said, he can still do valuable missionary work in Chicago and the Middle West generally. Many Pay Tribute. Joining in the tribute to Mr. and Mrs. Ricker were: The Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation, Federation of Citizens’ Astociations, Twentieth Cen- | tury Club, board of trustees of All Souls’ | Unltarian' Church, Women's Alliance of All Souls' Unitarian Church, Unitarian Laymen's uvur. ‘Washington Society of Engineers, Voteless District of Colum- bia League of Women Voters, Nationa! Capitai Park and Plahning Commission and other organizations. Mr. Suter, chairman of the commit- tee on arrangements for the luncheon. was assisted by Mrs. R. Thomas Wes:. Dr. Percival Hall, Mrs. Edna M. John. sten. Edward 8. Hege, Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell, Cel. E. H. Newcomer and John W Adams. ‘The list of those attending the lunch- eon included: M: 'y _H. Brown engineer of the National Capital Park and P m;ltnl Commission, and C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens” Associations. | Mr. and Mrs. Ricker both have been members of the Citizens’ Joint Commit- tee on National Representation and have done volunteer work on the co- ordinating committee of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- slon, of which Maj. Brown is chair- man. BAND CONCERT. By th~ United States Soldiers’ Hom- Military Band at the bandstand tomor- row eveni 5:30 o'clock. John £ M. Zimmermenn. bandmaster; | Pointner. assistant leader. Mareh, “Lindbergh".... 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