Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1929, Page 1

WEA' 0. §. Weather Bureau Forecast) Cloudy and somewhat cooler tonight; tomorrow mostly warmer, Temperatures: Highest, 87, 3 p.m. yes- 62. at Full report on page 7. terday: lowest, FHIER. fair and slightly 11 am. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 22 and 23 @b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press mews Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,993 m——— Noi 311084, (o omee: Fntered as second class matter Washington, 3 D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C ATURDAY, U, 1929 — Y-SIX PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. LAW COMMISSION ANALYSIS OF DATA Complications Requiring Painstaking Examination Are Disclosed. HANDICM:‘PEd BY LACK OF RELIABLE REPORTS - | Diagnosis Will Be Made Before Remedies Are Prescribed, Wickersham Explains. A superficial study of lawless symp- toms aficting the American citizenry has disclosed to the National Commis- sfon on Law Observance and Enforce- ment complications requiring painstak- ing examination and analysis, Admittedly bafled by the hetero- geneous mas of diagnoses heretofore made by crime analysts, in the Govern- ment and out, the commission today went on recess so that its technicians might collate the various data in hand in a sort of “laboratory analysis.” Just_how serfous the malady may and what the nature of the prescrij tion will be are matters depending Jargely on the outcome of the present examination of the history of the case. Adjourns Until June 18. “It may be smallpox, or it may be scarletina,” Chairman George W. ' Wickersham explained as the commis- sion adjourned until June 18. “We are trying to do just what a doctor does when called in by a& patient—make a diagnosis before we try to prescribe remedies. We want to know what the condition is; just what disease the patient has.” | Chairman Wickersham said the lack | of reliable information bearing on the wave of lawlessness is proving a seri- ous_handicap. “No one can realize who has not tried to look into the question how baf- ling it is because of the abscnce of re- Mable statistics—how difficult it is to compare statistics in one place with those of another,” he stated. “They are not prepared in the same way. We have 48 States and the Federal jurisdiction. There is no place where statistics con- cerning crime of the whole country are assembled to which one can go and Tead them as one would read tne sta- tistics of health.” The first task of the commission will ‘be to assemble 1n one place all crime statistics available, and then to attempt to draw from them such deductions as may be possible under the conditions. . Too Early for Predictions. i 1t is yet too early to venture predic- tions or pass commentg.on the inquiry, Chairman Wickersham announced. “We are not working in a way in which the heads of departments are working from day to day,” he pointed out. “We can give out no immediate information. “We have the problem of inquiring into the conditions of crime, the exist- ence of crime, the existing conditions in the enforcement of crime laws. It is very much like the problem of a chemist who is called upon to analyze some object. The conditions we are considering are not all shown on the surface. We can get some information on the subject from our courts and ‘coutt officers and records in the depart- mefits of the Government. Studies Must Be Made. “In order to get the information on which to base our conclusions, we have to search those records, see what they contain and how far they are reliable and comparable with other rec- ords. We have to get both the records and the testimony of people who know the facts. We must make studies, “We have been working for the last two days on the questions of records— what records there are, where they are kept, how reliable they are and what is the best method of evaluating them. “‘Some of the questions before us are: Who knows the conditions best? What are the pertinent conditions in different places in the country? Who can best testity concerning them? How soon can we get them? All that takes time. “We have worked out with our stafl these last fwo days a general basis of our work which the staff .will follow { through the next week under my direc- tlon. At the end of that time we hope 1o have on hand considerable data and the names of people who can supple- ment those data and be able to deter- mine how far we can use them.” TROTSKY ASKS AUTHORITY T0 VISIT IN ENGLAND Premier MacDonald Receives Re- quest on Grounds of “Urgent Medical Treatment.” By the Associated Preas CONSTANTINOPLE, June 8. -Leon Trotsky, former Red army leader, who i now in exile here, today asked Pre- mier MacDonald, Great Britain’s new Labor prime minister, for authorization to visit England “for urgent medical treatment_and scientitic work.” After Trotsky had sent a telegram to Mr. MacDonald, the exiled Russian’s son gave the British consul at Para & letter from his father asking a visa on the grounds of the necessity for very urgent medical treatment and the desire to survey the publication of his autobiography in English. | | i | | SEES ECONOMIC BOOST. Soviet Manager Says Ford Recog- nizes Steady Buyer. il MOSCOW. June 8 (#).— Joseph Poliakof, manager of the Moscow ‘Amtorg, today issued a statement stress- ing the importance of the recently signed contract between the Ford Motor Co. and Soviet Russia. “Evidently Mr. Ford appreciates the big growth of the Soviet Union's na- tional economy and the increasing de- +mand for automobiles,” says the state- ment. “Seeing in the Soviet Union a .steady buyer. Mr. Ford has agreed to - give Soviet Russia every technical aid and co-operation In organizing Russia’s automobile industry.” 1 Bank Statements “ Washington clearing house, $4,906,~ 145.12. ‘Treasury balance, $120,628,347. New York clearing house exchange, 'YOUNG'S DIPLOMACY IS SEEN EQUAL OF EUROPE'S MASTERS RECESSES T0 WAIT [reparations comerence wei as Drama of Most Vivid Interest. Skill of Americans Praised in Handling Delicate Negotiations. SCOTT MOWRER. he Star and the Chicago Daily ws. Copyright. 1929, PARIS, June 8—The reparations negotiations, which began four months ago and ended Friday in the signature BY PAUL By CaMle to T Ne its immense political and economic con- sequences, has been In reality a diplo- matic drama of the most vivid interest to those privileged to know what really was going on. Between the allied creditors on the one bhand and the German debtor on the other, the American delegation occupied throughout the position of dominant importance, which was strengthened still_more by the choice of Owen D. Young as chairman of the experts com- mittee. N The national issues and interest in- volved were tremendous. Negoti TS, while fiormally merely “experts” were really among the outstanding person- alities of modern life, more important in some ways than members of gov- ernments. They were strong willed men accustomed to success, o whom no device of business or political diplomacy from the boldest bluffing to the most delicate flattery was unknown. The of the so-called Young plan, with all| OWEN D. YOUNG. way in which the American delegation guided the conference through the maze | of intricate struggles and complications appears to destroy once and for all the unjustified legend that American nego- tiators are necessarily less well qualified than Europeans. Subjected to_every kind of pressure and influence, first by the Germans and then by the allies, attacked, cajoled and besought, Owen Young and his Ameri- can sssoclates, proved themselves the equals, if not the superiors, of the Old World master players—and this in spite of the fact that at times they appeared not. even to have the support and confidence of the American Govern- ment. Now that 1t is all over the Europeans are unanimous in their praises an admiration for Young. Several go far as to say that without his wisdom. patience and skill, the present happy outcome would have been impossible. HOPE FOR PROMPT DEBT RATIFICATION Some Opposition to Young Is Approved. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 8—The experts on reparations, leaving for their homes today after four months of weary work, hoped the Young plan, result of their {labors, would be accepted by the in- terested governments about as it stands. Any but minor amendments, it was felt, would wreck the entire scheme outlined in it, whereby Germany will pay over 59 years a debt having a capital value of approximately $8800- 000,000, and an eventual value of about | $26,964,000,000. General belief was it would be rati- fied, although not without some op- position, by each of the creditor na- tion governments and by Germany, on the principle that while it was not ail that could be desired, it was the best obtainable under the circumstances, Moreau’s Epigram. Emile Moreau, governor of the Bank of France, and head of the French delegation, epitomized sentiment among the experts in his epigram: “The report is not entirely satisfactory to anybody, but it is highly satistactory to every- Diplomatic circles foresaw another conference soon of diplomats and finan- ciers to arrange application of the pian. The same conference, it was believed, might take steps for a committee to control the Rhine zone when finally it is demilitarized and J)lve the way for evacuation by allled troops. Unless some hitch develops this evacuation might materialize as early as middle Autumn. Such a committee also would broaden the scheme for the proposed interna- tional bank and complete its constitu- tion, which the experts left merely in outline. Nothing can be done, however, until indorsement of the governments o the Young report as a whole is obtained. Rated Skiliful Solution. Petit Parisien, the most widely read newspaper, while admitting the report of the experts was not perfect, said, “It is not exaggeration to say that be- ing given the diverse factors with which the experts had to count, a better and more skillful solution could hardly have been found.” “Pertinax” In Echo de Paris, found that “the principal defect in the Young plan is that it presupposes a Germany loyally resigned to pay off conquerors and creditors during nearly 60 years.” The radical organ, Oeuvre, observed: “The Young plan can be a definite settlement of the international financial problems the war left behind it, but only on condition that each party con- siders it as such in good faith and that the connection it establishes between drbts and reparations be recognized by all as in fact indissoluble.” Americans Leave Paris. The American delegates to the con- ference left today aboard the boat train for Cherbourg to catch the Agquitania M. Moreau, governor of the Bank of France, and Drs. Hjalmar Schacht and Ludwig Kastl of the German delegation, saw them. off at the station. Included in the party were Owen D. Young, chairman of the conference; Thomas W. Lamont, Thomas Nelson Perkins and David Sarnoff. J. Morgan, the other leading member of the unofficial party, had already left France, arriving in New. York yester- day aboard the Mauretania. Mr. Young’s only comment was: “Now for a long rest on the ocean and regular meal hours. Dr. Kastl, who replaced Dr. Albert Voegler on the German delegation, promised Mr. Young he would visit America nexi year. The Japanese delegate, Kenji Mori, and his party also left. The Americans | occupied a salon car, lunching privately. Plan Is Seen Before Pact \ NYE 1S INSISTENT " ON ORIGINS VOTE Would “Stay All Summer” to Gain Point Made on Repeal. By the Associated Press. Senator Nye, Republican, of North Dakota served motice in the Senate to- day that he would “stay here ail-Sum- | mer 3f necessary” to obtain a vote on his measure proposing repeal of the na- tional origins clause of the immigration act. Nye's declaration was made after he | had asked Senator Reed, Republican, of | Pennsylvania, an advocate of retention, whether agreement could be had for & vote on the proposal. Reed had replied he was unwilling to agree for a vote until the confer- ‘ence report on the farm bill had been disposed of. - “T give notice, then " Nye said, “that 1 shall insist,on a vote as soop!as the farm bill report is out of the wiy, and | if the opponents of repeal want {o stay here and swelter all Summer in & fili- buster, I am ready to stay and wwelter with them.” 2 HOOVER GOES FISHING ALONG UPPER RAP|DAN Decides to Spend Week Bnd in| Proposed Shenandoah Paik Despite Weather, President Hoover left here today for his fishing camp on the upper;reaches of the Rapidan River in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, ‘The Chief Executive decided to spend the week end in the proposed Shenan- doah Park section of the Old Dominjon despite chilly and threatening weather. Accompanying Mr. Hoover were Mrs. Hoover, Secretary Hyde, Dr..Vernon Kellogg _and Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, the President's personal physi- cian. _ Mr. Hoover hoped to get in some fish- ing on the trout stream during the afternoon and planned to return to Washington early tomorrow,. after spending the night at the camp.of tents which has been erected on the.site ar- ;‘?ffd for him by Virginia State of- cals. MACHINE GUN SALESMAN GETS 6 MONTHS IN JAIL Pleads Guilty to Charge of Shoot- ing at Wife's Father and Motber. By the Associated Press. SYCAMORE, 1ll, June 8-—dohn C. (alias Frank) Thompson, who admitted | to Chicago police sevearl weeks ago thai he had sold machine . gun- gangsters shortly before the massacre of seven men there last February, must pay a fine of $1,000 and spend the next six months in jail, .. He pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of assault to kill his parents- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Stenner. He was arrested when released aftér being question in connection with the gang killings. ‘Thompson fired a shotgun at them, Mr. and Mrs. Stenner sald. - Masons Honor Washingtonian. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 8 (#).— Cheney L. Berthols of the Adjutant General's Department, Washington, D. C., today was elected president of the National League of Masonic Clubs, in session here. Berthols formerly was Efii‘ned to Governors Is.and, New York y. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 8 —Law, said some- body, is & two-edged sword that cutteth hither and thither. For M. Thomas Thatcher it was mostly hither. Thatcher takes law seriously, even traffic law. The light turned red and he stop) tooting horn for Thateher ing at him. New York 73136.000.000. '$1,310.000,000. clearing house balance, street against the red light. ‘Thatcher boiled, but the green. He i, Racing to Arrest Officer for Running Light, Driver Seized by Him as Speeder|’ A driver_behind began to get out of the way, but this Thatcher eould not do with the scarlet signal glower~ ‘The driver behind, peeved at such observance of the letter of the law, swerved around and dashed down the hegwalted for andsped atter Ihrbolh!l’, finally crowding him to the curb. “I am going to have you arrested for running that light, sald Thatcher, with deadly calm. b fun you are” sald the other, “I'm P. A, Murphy of the Niles Center FORD RAILROAD | rates for coal shipments from Kentucky | to Ohio points, | rord would Police Force.” “Yeah?” said Thatcher, “Come along and we'll find a policemas ‘They found one, and Thatcher said: “Arrest this man for running & red t. ‘Arrest me nothing,” shouted )‘\l\’fih’- "‘x\ doln‘z the -rr;u;.:m |rm!pme ing is guy for speeding, abusive language, um&:; 5 ‘omoer. 4nd so forthrs That was exactly what happened. MDONALD CABINET | INDUCTED AS KING DELIVERS SEALS Members Journey to Windsor Castle to Pay Respects to Monarch. INFORMAL MEETING HELD AT 10 DOWNING STREET Satisfaction Even Opposition Press Expresses on | Selections, Joining in Eulogies. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 8.—The new Labor cabinet of Ramsay MacDonald was in full office today. Members of the cabinet journeyed fo Windsor Castle this morning, paid their | respects to King George and returned | to London bearing the seals of their | office which the retiring Conservative government members surrendered to his | majesty yesterday. “My colleagues and I were highly ' delighted to find the King looking so well and to see how magnificently he | was able to go through the ceremony without any suggestion of strain,” said Mr. MacDonald afterward. “Everything | went off smothly.” The introduction of the Labor minister to the King took place in the audience room of Windsor Castle, into which the members of the Laborite party, at- tired in the formal morning dress be- fitting the ceremonial of the occasion, were ushered. | New Members Sworn In. Previously a meeting of the privy councll, presided over by the King, was | held for the purpose of swearing in the new members, who had not previousiy been members of th party council by | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) e INDICTED BY JURY Charges Violation of EKins| Act in Receiving Discrim- -~ - inatory. Rates: ! i COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 8 (# —The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railway, Henry Ford'g railroad, was indicted on 25 counts cHarging violation of the El- kins act, in receiving discriminatory by & United States Federal grand jury here today. ‘The 25 cpunts charge that the D. T. & °T. ordered coal, destined for Ironton, Jackson and other Ohio points, shipped frqm Hardy and Stone, Ky, to South Charleston, Phio, so that the Ford rail- Elce\ve “split” rates with the Norfolk & Weslern and then, when the coal arrived at Glenn Jean, Ohio, a junction point, an agent who served both roads would allow the D. T. & I to ship the coal back over its Jine. The D, T. & I. crosses the Norolk & ‘Western twice in Ohio. The Govern- ment charges that coal should have been sent from Hardy by the D, T. & I. over the N. & W. to the first junction point and thence over the D, T. & I. tracks to Ironton, the ton shipping charge being $1.15, which the Ford the Fordson Coal Co. to the N. & W. at Hardy, sent to South Charleston, Ohlo, north of the second junction point, which is Glen Jean. The rate to South Charleston was $2.14, and the D., T. & 1. received $1.01 of this as its customary share. But the coal never reached South Charleston, the Govern- ment alleges. nstead when it arrived at Glen Jean the joint agent allowed the D. T. & 1. to take the coal there and ship it back to Jackson on a short haul. The Ford Rajlroad thus, by working on the split- rafl basis, Government agents charge, got & lower rate for a long haul than it would for a short haul direct to Jack- son. Such rates, the indictment says, con- trary to published tariffs and constitute discriminations “solicited, accepted and received.” It was emphasized that no individuals but only the rallroad was indicted. $50,000 JUDGMENT AWARDED ACTRESS Wins Verdict Against Crandall Company for Voice and Injuries. Special Dispatch {o The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., June 8. Eldora Stanford of Waco, Tex, singer of the South,” today was in possession of a jury verdict for $50,000 against owners of the Stanley Theater S damages in a suit for personal in- uries. ‘The theater is owned by the Stanley- Crandall Co. of Washington. The sing- er alleged that she was struck by a plece of falling pipe while she was ap- pearing there. The verdict was returned by a jury in Superior Court late yesterday. Miss Stanford claimed that her in- juries had resulted in the loss of her singing voice and had made her a “hopeless cripple.” The accident occurred in January, 1928, when Miss Stanford was filling an engagement at the theater as soloist. Her suit asked damages of $200.000. :‘:\!: jury deliberated an hour and a State Newg; Page 5 TAFT, IN HOSPITAL, REPORTED BETTER 'Ordered by Physician to Take Rest; Expected to Leave by Tuesday. Confined in Garfield Memorial Hos- pital with a bladder ailment, Chief Jus- | tice Willlam Howard Taft of the United | d | States Supreme Court was reportes early today as “very much better.” Dr. Francis R. Hagner of the Farra- gut Apartments, the Chief Justice’s physicion, said he expected his patient would be able to leave the hospital by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. ‘The Chief Justice, who will be 72 years old next September, returned early yesterday from a trip to Cincinnati, his former home, and secordéing to Dr. Hagner was “feeling pretty miserable.” Upon the advice of his physicians, he decided to go to Garfleld to rest up for a few days. Condition Not Serious. Dr. Hagner emphasized that there is the Justice’s ailment. It was thoug! that the | patient was suffering from stomach trouble. “Chief Justice Taft spent a restful and comfortable night and is very much better this morning,” Dr. Hagner said. “He has no fever and no symptoms of an alarming nature and if all goes well, he should be out of the hospital at least by Tuesda; Mrs. Taft accompanied her husband to Garfield yesterday, but did not re- main there during the night. It is understood that quiet and res will-do much to bring about the jurist's speedy recovery. Chief Justice Taft had planned to continue on to hi Summer home in Canada upon his re- turn from Cincinnati, but his iliness will delay plans for his departure until he has recovered his full strength. May Have Overworked. The Supreme Court recessed last Monday after an unusually strenuous session and it is believed that overwork may have brought on Mr. Taft's illness and rundown condition. The court docket was nearly cleared for the first time in many years, necessitating a great deal of extra pight work on the part of the individual justices. Chief Justice Taft was very anxious to clear the docket of a number of long pending cases, with a result, it was said, that the last few weeks were particularly 1aborious. He left Washington Monday night and it is believed he may have overexerted himself on his trip, OCEAN FLYERS FACE WAIT UNTIL MONDAY Storm Area Moving Slowly Out of Projected Course, However, Weather Man Reports. By the Associated Press. OLD ORCHARD, Me, June 8— Prospéct was dimmed today that the monoplanes Green Flash ard Yellow Bird could Jeave here before Monday on their proposed transatlantic fiights. Dr. James H. Kimball, New York weather forecaster, reported a bad storm area which the fiyers could not hope to evade if they started today, but he indi- cated it was slowly moving out of their projected course. ‘The French plane, Yellow Bird, has rematned on the ground since it was taken on two test flights earlier (his week. Jean Assolant and Rene Le Fevre said at that time they nrobably would not fly again until they took off for Paris with Armeno Lotti, backer of the flight. Roger Q. Willlams and Lewis A. Yan- cey have gone aloft in the Green Flash almost dally as a relief from fthe tivity of waiting to hop for Rome, Yes- terday they flew among the clouds for more than an hour, testing their sets of duplicated navigating instruments. “Instruments have been known to fall,” Yancey said, “and that is why we are carrying two of each.” DELAY CHURCH MERGER. Reformed Committee Recommends Postponement Until 1930. HOLLAND, Mich,, June 8 (#).—De- cision on the proj merger of the Presbyterian Church and the Reformed Church in America was recommended tponed at least until 1930 by the ~finding committee of the latter de- nomination, reporting at the Synod meeling here yesterday. While not dis- Pproj , the committee ded no definite steps be taken “without substantial unanimity of all sections of our church.” AN s s L Radio Programs—Page 29 AND THE BLOW ALMOS KILLED BROTHER CHARLIE. | Bonding Firm Loses On Forbes Surety, Must Pay $10,000 By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 8.—The Hart- ford Accident & Indemnity C must pay a $10,000 bond d faulted by Col. Charles R. Forb former head of the Veterans Bureau, Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson ruled yesterday. Forbes, after serving two years in Federal prison, filed a pauper's petition and served 30 extra days in default of a $10,000 fine im- posed for fraud in connection with the awarding of contracts for_veterans' hospitals. The Government contended the bonding company in furnishing the bond guaranteed Forbes would perform the ferms of the judgment and sentence entered against him. PLUMBERS GIVEN 200 A DAY MORE T "Further Raise August 15 and | Five-Day Week Also Won. | Building Costs to Go Up. | Another one of the labor contro- versies which has been vexing the | builders and workmen of Washington has been settled. An agreement has been signed between the master plum- is | bers and the union workmen whereby the latter are to receive at once an increase cf 50 cent a day, and an ad- ditional 50 cents August 15. The union plumoers were successful in thelr demands for a five-day week. Hereaffer they will not be required to work Saturdays, except in case of emergency. The new scale of wages, which will be in effect after August 15, will amount (o 812 & day for a five-day week for all union plumbers in the Dis- trict of Columbia. Increase Building Costs. ‘This increase will add another con- siderable amount to the cost of build- ing in Washington. Already increases have been demanded and obtained by the concrete rodmen and the cement finishers. Workmen in both of these unions have obtained agreements from the bullders which will increase their wages from $9 to $10 a day, effective partly at once and partly later during the next 12 months. Negotiations are still in progress be- tween the builders and the operative engineers and the metal and tile workers. The increases in plumbers’ wages, as well as those of other union workmen, will affect the cost not only of private building operations here, but of the )Gn:emment's $50,000,000 ‘building pro- ject. Writes to President. Edwin H. Rosengarten, president of the Master Builders' Assoclation, wrote 1o President Hoover a few weeks ago, calling his attention to the demands of the local building trades and the prob- able increase in the cost of the Govern- ment’s building program. Soon there- after conciliators of the Department of Labor made an investigation of the local labor situation with respect to the bufld- ing trades, but so far as known the Gov- ernment has taken no part.n the nego- tiations between the workmen and em- ployers. The demands of the local building trades unions for wage increases and a five-day week are in line with similai demands all over the United States. The local unions have had the support of ;shelr national and International offi- clals, In one or two instances here strikes have occurred, but in most cases the men have kept on working while the negotiations with their employers have been progressing. There has been no tle-up of the Government's building program. CENSUS BILL TAKEN - UP BY CONFEREES iEarIy Solution of Differences | Between House and Senate i Expected. { An early agreement on adjustment of | differences between the House and Sen- ate on the administration bill to author- ize the 1930 census and reapportion- ‘ ment of the House on the basis of that bill, is expected from the conference committee which began consideration of the bill today. Now that the House has re-amended the bill to cut out the drastic amend- ments it originally inserted, there are few major differences - between the House and Senate versions of the legis- lation and it is believed these will be smoothed out by the conference com- mittee during the next few days. . The House proposed that the eensus be started next May rather than in Nbovember, as provided by the Senate. The Senate adopted the proposal of Senator Wagner, Democrat, of New York, to place the 100,000 employes who will be used in the two weeks' census- taking under civil service, but the House struck out that provision. Language Is Changed. ‘While the House by a narrow margin sustained the provision in the Senate, measure authorizing a census of un- employment along with the taking of | the general census, it changed the lan- | guage and this will have to be adjusted. | The section requiring automatic re- apportionment of the House every ten years was approved by both the House and Senate and is not subject to re- vision. _The big contests against the legisla- tion were waged on the issue to exclude aliens from the count upon which the House membership would be based. The House once approved this proposifion but later rescinded its action. Priends of the bill contended that this proposal was unconstitutional and a movement already has been launched to amend the Constitution to provide for exclusion of aliens in counts upon which appor- tionment of House membership is based. Program Indorsed by Hoover. President Hoover has indorsed the program of administration leaders that this bill should be' enacted before the special session takes the prospective Summer recess. Conferees of the Senate are: Jones, ‘Washington; Johnson, California, and Vandenberg, Michigan, Republicans, and Fletcher, Florida, and Sheppard, Texas, Democrats. House conferees are: Fenn, Connecticut; Chindblom, Illinois, d McLeod, Michigan, Republicans, and Rankin, Mississippi, and Lozier, Missouri, Democrats. MINORITIES DISCUSSION CONTINUES AT MADRID Briand to Oppose Rhineland Evac- ucation Topic Before League of Nations Council. By the Assoclated Press.- MADRID, June 8—The Council of the League of Nations, sitting as a com- mittee in private, continued its ses- sions today, with the special report on minorities under further discussion. Speaking to the correspondent befors the meeting, Foreign Minister Briand of France expressed firm determinaticn to oppose discussion here of anything ll:onaucud with evacuation of the Rhine- and. ‘There were some reports here that Viscount Cecil of Great Britain would attend the plenary meetings of the Council beginning Monday. Foreign Minister Stresemann of Ger- many was expected to arrive at Madrid tonight. By the Associated Press. NEW- YORK, June 8.—A proposal o proclaim Sunday, June 30, as loyalty Sunday, dedicated to “the Hoover pro- gram of daw enforcement,” has been in- dorsed by Henry Ford and other influ- ential individuals and groups. ‘The proposal, with the list of signers, ‘was announced by Collier Ford, execu- tive director of the rel information service of the Christian Herald Associa- tion. It reads, in part: “The American people have been sum- | tan i moned by President Hoover to pledge anew their loyalty to the laws of the t Americans of whatever day in a solemn reso- Ford and 6ther Leaders Indorse Move To Dedicate Day to Hoover Law program lution to observe the law, beginning that observance in their own homes\and ex- tending it, in so far as they are able through the communities in which they live.” The proposal has been indorsed by the General Assembly of the Northern n Churches and the Anti- Saloon League of America. Individual signers include William E. Sweet, former Governor of lo; J. Dr. Willlam Hiram Foulkes, HODVER APPROVES S500.000 SUM FOR * NEW Y AIRPORT Congressional Consideration Expected at Once on Appropriation. 'ACTION OF PF\‘E%IDENT FOLLOWS BINGHAM VISIT | lJnint Committee Now May Turn Attention to Site and Cost of Field. | @President Hoover has given his assent to the budget estimate for a $500,000 appropriation for the acquisition of | 'and upon which to build Washington's municipal airport. The President to- day approved the estimate, which has been prepared by the Bureau of the Budget, and returned it to the bureau | along with a brief message to be trans- mitted with the estimates to Congress, which was done shortly afterward. In this message the President made | known his approval of the expenditure and urged its immediate passage as an emergency measure. The President was represented today as not only being anxious to see Wash- ington’s hopes for a modern and ade- quate airport realized as soon as pos- sible, but understanding the impor- tance of acquiring the necessary site before prices of the land have been boosted. ‘The President’s*action today followed a call at the White House by Senator Bingham of Connecticut, chairman of the joint congressional committee which has been studying the question of & municipal airport for the i Now that the President has approved | the budget estimate and has urged im- | mediate congressional action Senator | Bingham feels assured that this money ’wfll be available almost immediately. | He anticipates no difficulty in getting through the joint resolution providing for immediate appropriation of the $500,000 which will be turned over to the National Park and Planning Com- mission to secure options on land and for the ultimate purchase of the site decided upon. |"This appropriatiol will consfitute the Federal Government’s _ contribution toward the local airport which the | President and Congress are anxious to | have as a model of its kind for the i rest of the Nation. With this appropriation out of the way the joint Congressional committee may now give its attention to plans for the alrport itself. Before the plans can be perfected definitely, however, the airport site must be decided upon. FORUM TOPIC-TONIGHT IS REAPPORTIONMENT Senator Vandenberg ‘and Repre- sentative Rankin to Discuss Phases of Question on Air. | | Many interesting phases of the ques- tion of reapportioning the JHouse of Representatives will be discussed this | evening in radio addresses by Senator Vandenberg, Republican, of Michigan, | and Representative Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippl. The two members of Congress will feature the National Ra- dlo Forum arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broadcasting System. Senator Vandenberg and Mr. Rankin, both intimately familiar with the pro- visions of the reapportionment bil) which has passed Senate and House will explain the effects of the legisla- tion and the methods by which its pro- visions will be carried out. The Radio Forum will go on the air from Station WMAL at § o'clock and continue for 30 minutes over a Nation- wide hook-up. FOUR DIE IN FLOOD WITH $200,000 LOSS ‘Wibaux, Mont., Swept by 15-Foot Wall of Water as Creek Over- flows, Wrecking Buildings. By the Associated Press. WIBAUX, Mont., June 8.—A 1§-foot wall of water from Beaver Creek swept through Wibaux following a cloudburst yesterday, claiming four lives and cau: ing property damage estimated at $200,~ 000. ‘The flood struck without warning and buildings were carried from their foundations as the water raged through the town. Rev. A. A. Seifert, pastor of the Meth- odist Church, heard the roar of the ap- proaching water and ran to the church, one of the most solid structures in town, to open its doors to those seeking safety. A few moments after he had returned home tc get his wife, the flood struck. The parsonage was twisted from its foundations and carried several blocks before it rested against a railroad via- duct. Both the minister and his wife drowned. Sever Knutson, 56, & farmer, was trapped in his home and drowned, when the building was destroyed. R. A. ‘Thompson, 70, who lived on the creek bank, was the fourth victim. Fully three-quarters of the buildings in town were damaged by the flood, which inundated two-thirds of the area of Wibaux to a depth of eight feet. REBELS TEAR UP TRACKS. Service North of calientes Is Cut Off. MEXICO CITY, June 8 (£ .—A dis- patch to El Universal today from Aguascalientes said that railroad com- munication northward had been cut off rebels who tore up the rails some tance from the city and derailed a freight train, ey found a car of dynamite in the train and set it loose to run wild down Rail Aquas- of shrml-n Endeavor; Ernest H. Cherring- ton, Bishop James Cannon, jr., and Mrs. gu;_ B‘(}olz. president of the National W, a long incline. The reports did not state whether the dynamite exploded. The engineer of the train was abducted and been held for 2,000 pesos ran- om ut $1,000).