Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Fair and somewhat warmer tonight; tomorrow increasing cloudiness followed t, 79, at noon to- I'.m today. by_showers at night. Temperatures: day; lowest, 51, at Full report Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 — on page Bureau Forecast.) @h ¢ Foenit WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION o Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,681 No, 31,087, Enjered as seco Entered as second class matte a shington, 4 WA HINGTON, D. Jey TUESDAY JUNE 11, 1929— FOR'[‘\'; FOUR PAGES. . (®) Means Associated Pre TWO CENTS. r . . WELCONE ASSURED DONALD BY U. S, 0N PROPOSED VISIT View Here Is That “Feeler” Through Di Is Unnecessary. DAWES 1;0 NEGOTIATE FOR AMERICA ON PLANS | % p | Next Step Would Be Extension of Formal Invitation by Presi- * dent Hoover. By the Associated Press. A visit of Prime M’nister MacDon ald of Great Britain to the United | States to discuss Anglo-American rela- tions, including naval arms reduction, would be greatly welcomed by the American Government. Charles G. Dawes, the new American | 'Prince's 35th Birthday Celebration on June 23 or| Embassy Ball 6n Friday May Bring Announcement of Engagcment. By the Associated Press. Ambassador to London, will arrive ir PRINCESS INGRID AND THE PRINCE OF WALES. PRINCESS INGRID'S BETROTHAL | TO WALES IN TWO WEEKS SEEN | SWEDISH FLYERS | FORCED BACK T0 - REVKIAVIK TWIE Heavy Fuel Load Blocks Hop for Greenland on Way to New York. AHRENBERG TO CHANGE PROPELLER FOR CRUISE Plans Third Attempt Within Few Hours to Reach Goal at Ivigtut. By the Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 11.— Capt. Albin Ahrenberg, in his seaplane, | the Sverige, returned here at 9:25 a.m. (5:25 a.m. Eastern standard time), after taking off at 6:35 a.m. (2:35 a.m. East- | from Viking land, but not before have '12nd, In continuation of his flight from LONDON, June 11.—Belief is growing | there been the combination of circum- | Stockholm to New York. England Friday and will acquaint him- | in some quarters here that an an- Stances and events giving background | self with the propoged visit of Premier | MacDonald. and, if it is to be made, | Prince of Wales to Princess Ingrid,|facts: | will take charge of the discussions on | behalf of the American Government. | President Hoover was said to know | nothing about the proposed visit of | the British Prime Minister to this country except what he has read in | press dispatches. i Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambas- sador, had an engagement late today | with ‘Secretary Stmson ai tne State | Department, but it was said at the embassy the discussions primarily would not concern yeports of Premier | MacDonald's visit. The opinion was expressed in_diplo- matic circles that if Mr. MacDonald, who has so faf made no announcement about an American trip, really intended o visit the United States, he might consider the published reports as suf- ficient without sounding out the Ameri- | can Government through diplomatic sources. In that case diplomatic circles be- | Meved the next step might be the ex- | tension by President Hoover of a formal | invitation. i LONDON SURE OF VISIT. MacDonald Merely Waiting on Formal Invitation by U. S. LONDON, June 11 (4).—Premier Mac- Donald’s projected visit to the United | States for personal discussion with President Hoover of various questions | affecting the two countries is now regarded in diplomatic circles as a| definite probability. It was stated®today that the Laborite prime minister was only awaiting an official invitation to make the journey. It has now become %nown that Stan- | ley Baldwin, Conservative premier, had | received and accepted an invitation to visit the United States before he went | out of office last week. Znglish newspapers generally have | ecommented favorably upon the proposed visit. An_editorial expression in the Daily Telegraph was typical: “If the fuggestion has been allowed to transpire with the object of sounding opinion it may be said that so notable a departure from custom would meet nothing but sympathy in this country.” News Given Big Display. All papers gave their stories of the proposed visit big display and carried suggestions Ambassador Dawes might bring with him an invitaticn to the prime minister to make the visit, The visit especially attracted atten- tion in diplomatic and political circles. | Newspapers _reported @, widespread favorable popular action. | Mr. MacDonald is expected to await | the arrival of Ambassador Charles G. | Dawes, to learn President Hoover's per- | sonal views, before doing anything de- | cisive. | The premier’s idea is to go to Ameri- | ea in August or September, if the visit | should be decided upon 2nd proves ac- | ceptable to Washington. In those months Parliament will be in its Sum- mer recess. Mr, M.acDonald already had announc- ed that hie hoped to visit Geneva for the meeting of the League Assembly in September. s0 it may be assumed that the Washington trip would precede that to Geneva. Plans May Be Changed. It should be emphasized, however, that all these plans still are dependent upon circumstances and may be changed. | That the premier shouid contemplate | such en important step is taken as an | indication that his will be the guiding spirit_in British foreign pojicy, even | though he has intrusted the portfolio of | foreign affairs to another hand | The London Star, an evening Liberal paper, commented yesterday on Premier | MacDonald’s great chance. “In one way the stars in their courses | may be said to have fought for Mr. MacDonald,” the Star explains. “Peace and disarmament are to be his-dmmedi- | ate objectives and the omens are dis- | tinctly favorable for both. | *A new American Ambassador-is com- ing from a new President to meet & new | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | 220.E.S.CHAPTERS | T0 FORM NEW ORDER Ruling Closing Ranks to Non-| Christians Given as Reason for Withdrawal. By the Assoclated Press. ASBURY PARK, N. J, June 11— E. M. Biron, patron of Grace Chapter, No. 106, Order of Eastern Star, of At- lantic City, today announced that 22 chapters had resolved to withdraw from the organization and form a new order. Biron said 200 officers, past and pres- ent, of the 22 chapters met here Sun- day in secret session to organize the “All-Around Social Club," order which, like the Eastern Star, would ad- mit only close relatives of Master Ma- ns. mThe withdrawal, he said, was the re- sult of the adoption three years ago of a ritual requirement which made the Or- der of Eastern Star “strictly Christian instead of non-sectarian.” ‘Ten thousand members in New Jer- sey who profess the Jewish and other llithl, he added, “can have no other alternative than to withdraw from the et | marry | shotgun fired by White. Mrs. Virkkula, | derberger, assistant United States cus- nouncement of the engagement of the | daughter of the Crown Prince of Sweden, may be made within the next | two weeks. Two possible occasions are suggested, | the pripce’s thirty-fifth birthday on | June 23' and an elaborate ball which | the Swedish embassy has arranged for | the beautiful princess, June 14 . It is not the first time there have | been rumors that the British heir would | 19-year-old second cousin and lending weight to the reports. | Gossip called attention to various| When Princess Ingrid arrived in Lon- | don May 15 for one of her numerous | visits to her grandfather, the Duke of | Connaught, uncle of King George, it was stated she would stay only a month. Her plans have been changed and it was | understood today she would remain in | England until the close of the London | season, several weeks hence. Since her arrival her father, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf. Duke of Skane,! and her stepmother, the former Princess | Louise of Battenburg, have both joined | (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) LOWMAN T0 PROBE BORDER SHOOTIGS Second Reported Victim of | Patrol Gunfire Wounded at Detroit. Gun fire attributed to customs barder | patrolmen, which probably fatally wounded a Detroit youth foday and killed a merchant of Big Fork, Minn., Sunday, pted Assistant Secretary Lowman of -the Treasury to order & thorough investigation into tae circum- stances of the two shoof . The latter victim of gunshot wounds, Henry Virkula, was alleged to have been killed hy E. J. White at_International Falls, ¥inn., while the Detroit youth, Archibald Eugster, was reported shot by Jonah Cox, a customs border patrol inspector, who was guarding a rum runner’s motor poat on River Rouge. A bill to authorize payment of $25,000 to the wife of Virkula was introduced today by Representative Schafer, Rep- resentative, of Wisconsin, ACCUSE CUSTOMS AGENT. w7 I Companions of Wounded Man Lay | Shooting to Inspector. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich.,, June 11.—Archi- | bald Eugster, 21, was probably fatally wounded early today by a bullet said to have been fired by Jonah Cox, a customs border patrol inspector, who was guarding & rum runner'’s motor boat on the River Rouge. According to two of.the wounded youth’s companions, Raymond Malicki, 21, and Joseph Lakatos, 20, they were on their way to fish in the Detrojt River when they were attracted by shote. The youths left their outboard motor boat and went to investigate. Mhlick] said he was walking behind Eugster when the youth was shot, and he saw a man wearing a customs officer’s cap appear from behind a bush. Patrolman Clayton Fleming, who questioned Cox, said the customs ‘agent refused to admit he had shot Eugster, but did not deny he had fired severai shots into the air when he saw the youths pass in a motor boat. Cox was guarding a motor bost and a quantity of liquor which had been abandoned by rum gunners surprised by the officers. . Police are holding Eugster's two com- panions. FACES MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE. Customs Agent Held for Shooting Mo- torist Who Didn't Stop. INTERNATIONAL FALLS, "Minn, June 11 (A).—While Emmet J. White, 24-year-old border patrolman of the Customs Service is being held in jall following arraignment on a second de- gree manslaughter charge, county and Federal authorities today continued ef- forts to determine if the killing of H;n‘x;y Virkkula Saturday night was jus- tified. Virkkula, a Big Falls confectioner, was killed by slugs from a sawed-off who was riding home with her husbanc and two children, asleep in the rear seat, escaped injury. > Supports Agent. Basing his statement on a report of the affair made by White, N. A. Lin- toms collector at Duluth, said White ONLY 1STATEBACKS HOOVER 1L OROER Storm From Representatives} of Rocky Mountain Districts Continues in Session. By the Associated Press. i COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June | 11.—The storm of opposition against| President Hoover's order withdraying Government land from ofl prospecting which swirled up from Representatives of Rocky Mountain States, showed no signs of abatement today as the gov- crnor's conference, called by President Hoover to consider means of conserv- ing oll, went into its second day of work. | Called specifically to consider the | feasibility of an interstate compact | which would control production by | limiting drilling, the conference early became a forum of debate on the Hoo- ver order, with arguments predominant | in opposition to it. Representatives from only one Rocky Mountain State, New Mexico, supported the Hoover policy, Hugh B. Woodwary lieutenant governor, declaring his State was confident the adminisiration had every intention of protecting the wel- fare of the Rocky Mountain States. Would Urge Control. Sharing the limelight with opposition | to the Hoover order was the statement | made by Chairman Mark L. Requa, in his opening address that if the States and the industry did not co-operate and conserve he would urge rigid Govern- ment coercive regulation. Practically every leader of the coun- try’s ofl industry heard Mr. Pequa as he declared such control to be the only | alternative if co-operation was not | forthcoming. Secretary Wilbur, after a brief ad- dress, sat silently throughout the bar- rage against the order he is carrying out, but today was on his way West, where he will preside over the com- mencement exercises of Stanford Uni- versity. He may return later to the| conference. Independent operators, after an un- successful attempt late last night to place the conference on record as op- posing the Hoover policy and favoring a tariff on ofl, held the attention of the opening sessions today, several as- sociations announced their intention of opposing any compact which did not limit the amount of foreign ofl im-| ported, declaring that such oil can be placed on the market in New York at a lower price than can American crude. This foreign oll, they said, was produced and transported to this country by American operators and under those conditions could be controlled. Big Three Only Interested. ‘The big three of the oil-producing States, Texas, Oklahoma and California, went on record as being interested in, but not enthusiastic about, an inter- state compact. M. M. Crane of Dallas, regresennn. Gov. Moody said he and other Texas delegates were willing to learn, but all they could do was listen and carry back to Gov. Moody, and the Texas Legislature reports of what they had heard Pat Malloy, speaking for the Okla- homa delegation, said his State was willing to sit in any conference about oil, but was not willing to enter into any compact which would set up a su- pervisory commission to control the production of ofl. was in the right when he fired at Virk- _ Fred Stevenot, directoor fo natural (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) ;s:goozing Snake Spits As Brass-Buttoned St. Patricks Fail| By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 11.—“Srake eyes!” yelled the colored porter, spr.nting from a loop restaurant on West Adams street last night. “A crap game,” deduced Police Sergts. Burns and Sheshan, dashing into the lace. “Snake!” hollered Sergts. Bi Sheatian a minute later from,! ment. | Out in the country, a snake and base- ‘order.” . . The new organization, of. which Biron |was named temporary president, will be ‘«muuy ‘non-sectarian.” - A their artillery and advanced in formation. They fired, What Bt. Pats 4 L) . (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) and Slides Away for Ireland the Sergls. Burns and Sheahan would do for Chicago. They kept on firing e snake, who had been snoozing, poked its head up, looked the situation over, and spat. This was an inelegant act, but snakes are that wa; o | when it alighied near Skaptaros had | ern standard time) for Ivigtut, Green- It was the second time this morning | that the flyers had got into the air successfully and had to return, the heavy fuel load also forcing them back shortly after 4 o'clock. * Ignores Weather Warning. Capt. Ahrenberg’s start this morning | was made despite a warning from the meteorological station here that weather conditions in the vicinity of Greenland made his trip not feasible. Lieut. Axel Floden and Mechanic Hans Ljunglund are in the plane. Capt. Ahrenberg returned to change the propeller on his palen. He expected | to start again within a few hours. First attempt at take-off in their plane was made at g plane actually getting up off the water, but returning in a few minutes because of the heavy fuel load. The second rising was easier and the plane sailed off to the southwest From Reykjavik to Tvigtut is a little | more than” 900 miles. The plane al- | ready has flown approximately 1,400 | miles from Stockholm to Bergen, and | Bergen to Reykjavik, punctured’ with a wait of several hours when the sea- plane was forced down on the south- cast Icelandic const by a broken fuel | ne. Given Official Greeting. The three aviators arrived at Reykja- vik at 7:48 pm. (3:48 p.m. Eastern standard time) yesterday from Vest- | mann Island, a small island south of | Iceland and about 60 miles from Reyk- | javik. They had been towed .here earlier by government boats which | speeded to their aid when they made forced landing at Skaptaros late Sun- day evening. The flight over the 60 miles was| made in 35 minutes. Arriving, they | were met by the mayor and town | council, who escorted them to the Hotel ! Iceland for a banquet, while spectators | on, the quays sang the Swedish na-| tional anthem. | Their plane functioned perfectly, they | said. The slight damage it received | been repaii.a and it was only neces- sary to alight at Reykjavik to secure fuel for the water flight to the South- west Greenland coast. “ The Sveridge left Stockholm Sunday morning at 6:03 o'clock (12:03 Eastern | standard time), refueling at Bergen, | and leaving within & few minutes at 3:29 pm. (9:29 am. Eastern standard (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) THREE BOMBS BURST IN DETROIT SECTION Apartment House. Home and Ga- rage Damaged—No One Injured. By the Associated Press. 1 DETROIT, June 11.—A Highland | Park apartment house and business block under construction, a home in Wyandotte and a garage in Detroit fell victims to bombers last night. No one was injured at either place. ‘The home ofY Fred Begeman, de- scribed by police retired Wyandotte bootlegger, was damaged by a bomb thrown on to the porch. ~Begeman, according to Wyandotte police, blamed the bombing on kidnapers who abduct- ed him two months ago and held him for $25,000 ransom. The garage of Harry M. Greenberg, real estate salesman, was damaged by a bomb, which also shattered 14 win- dows in the Greenberg home. Slight damage was done to an apart- ment house and business block under construction in Highland Park by an explosive said to have been dynamite. Police attribute the bombing to labor trouble. GERMAN CABINET SNUBS DAY OF MOURNING RITES Reich Refuses to Attend Observ- ance of Versailles Treaty Anniversary. By the Associated Pres BERLIN, June 11.—The German cab- inet has taken the definite position that the Reich will refuse to be officially rep- resented at the observance by any pri- vate organization of the tenth anniver- sary of the signature of the Versailles treaty as a national day of mourning June’ 28. = ‘This step was the result of a number of invitations received by government officials to share in such demonstra- tions. President von Hindenburg de- clined one from the Uniied Patriotic Societies. Political and student organizations have united in preparation for a whole week of demonstrations, from June 23 to June 30. The first meeting will be held by the women's committee againgt the “‘war it lie,” heatded by Frau Clara Mende, former Reichstag Deputy. Calls for Charity Wane. CHICAGO, June 11 (#).—The de- mand for charitable aid in Chicago and The sergeants reloaded and fired some more. The noise finally got on the e's nerves. It yawned, spat, unst , and slid easily away, down a hole, | The_officers belleve one of their bul- lets wounded the snake in the hip, 'Radio —p;ogram.—l’age 37 1 Cook County has declined 33 per cent g‘urgrnu‘ “'.:nwifi six months, the Bureau elfare reported today. ‘The decrease was ascribed to better “case” work by trained agents and to a decrease in unemployment. ]sm.um,r.e o.uul_ NO JOKING, o A\ HOUSE SIDETRACK AIRPORT MEASURE Move for Unanimous Consent . to Purchase Site Brings Bitter Wrangle. Hopes to start work this Summer on an airport for Washington were dashey this afternoon when the House definite- 1y sidetracked the joint resolution au- thorizing an expenditure of $500,000 from Federal funds to start the acquisi- tion of a thousand acres after a long and bitter wrangle had brought an ob- jection to unanimous consent for con- sideration of the measure by Represen- tative Huddleston of Alabama. The resolution, sponsored by the joint congressional airport commission, was called up on unanimous consent by, Chairman Wood of the House appropri- ations committes; Objections were re- | served, and later withdrawn, by Repre- | sentatives Schaefer, Republican, Wis- consin, and LaGuardia, New York, Re- publican. Minority Leader Garner, by inquiries, brought out that the resolution was approved as an emergency measure by the joint congressional airport commis- sion, by the President and Budget Bu- reau, and by members of the House apprapriations committes in a meeting held this morning. Assails Speculators. Representative Schafer bitterly sailed real e3tate speculators who are trying to rald the Treasury, he said. and insisted that the Capital Park and Planning Commission, in seeking prices on the proposed sites, should report to the District auditor’s office exhorbitant prices asked so that their own figures could be used against them for tax purposes. Representative Underhill, a member of the Airport Commission, said that a thousand acres would be required for the airport. Representative La Guardia protested vehemently against a refusal to take the members of the House into confidence on the site to be acquired, saying that “every real estate monger in the District knows what’s going on but members of the House cannot be told.” Representative Underhill cited the triangle South of Pennsylvania avenue to the Mall as an illustration of how prices had beep raised as soon as it was found that the Government was making improvements in that vicinity and intended eventually to acquire thea property. He said that the triangle area could have been acquired several years ago for only a fraction of the price now being paid. He also told his colleagues that a thousand-acre plece of property which the commission had in mind for an air- port could have been bought for $200 an acre, but that real estate interests secured options_and are demanding | $2,000 an acre. He also cited advanced prices on the land for the new Botanic Gardens. Underhill Scores Schafer. When Representative Schafer an- nounced his objection to passing the resolution under unanimous consent; Representative Underhill turned toward the Wisconsin member, saying that he would appear as the conspirator forcing the Government to pay several million dollars extra for the property. Repre- sentative Byrnes of Tennessee, ranking minority member of the appropriations committee, defended Representative Schafer, and stated that Mr. Underhill had gone beyond his rights, and that his remarks were uncalled for. Mr. Byrnes questioned the procedure of the appropriations committee which has not been officially organized, ques- tioned the emergency for the airport measure, and sald that in his opinion real estate prices are not advancing rapidly here or elsewhere. Representative Dyer, Republican, of Missouri, asked how the House could justify itself in obligating the District under this legislation to spend millions of dollars on property outside the Dis- trict for the use of the Federal Govern- ment and the whole country. He em- phasized that Washington is not a com- mercial city, which makes the airport proposal here different from airports established by other municipalities. Representative Huddleston insisted that there was no need for rush action on this matter and recorded the cbjec- tion which put an end to the hopes of rting work on the National Capital airport this Summer. I O“Wluhlns gton clearing house, $4,990,- Treasury balance, $93,086,903. New York clearing house exchange, $1,549,000,000. New York clearing house balance, $1172,000,000. EPrisoner Vanishes, 1’ Baffling Marshal’s | Office by “Escape” | First Word of His “Get-| t away” Given by Him in Pledge to Reappear. | Chagrined representatives of the United Sthtes marshal's office today are searching diligently for a 21-year-old| colored prisoner who walked out on| them last month in such a mysterious | manner that” he was not even missed | until a week after when he notified his | lawyer that he would be in court on June 17 for a preliminary hearing. The escaped man is James John | Cooper, under indictment on - three | counts of grand farceny. and house-| breaking. | The United States marshal knaws‘ that Cooper was ested and was in' jail until May 29. What the marshal | would like to know is just precisely how !and why Cooper isn't there now, and, since he isn't, where he is. Maybe He Doesn't Know It. In some quarters the belief was ex- | pressed that Coopgr doesn't know he | | has escaped. Those holding to- this be- | | llef say that’the prisoner thinking he I had been released -by the court, just| | walked out of the building without thfl‘ slightest _intention " of escaping . from | anyone. This theory is borne out by the | | fact that Cooper went to his lawyer's | house Friday night fo assure the attor- | | ney that he would be present in court on June 17, the date set for his prelimi nary hearing. | The marshal's representatives, how- 1 ever, scout this theory. They are al-| most ready to balieve that Cooper is Houdini reincarnated, and that he van- | ished, figuratively speaking, into thin | air. The facts are: Cooper wea arrested early in the year and lodged in the DiStrict Jail on_February 6. | On May 29 a deputy marshal came to the jail with a signed order for Cooper to appear in court.. Maj. Peake, | superintendent of the jail, turned | Cooper and three other prisoners over to the deputy, who loaded the four into a patrol wagon and started for the | District Supreme Court. Clerk, Denies Cooper @alled. On reaching his destination the | deputy escorted the four men into the | downstairs cell room at the court build- | ing and Yocked them in. It seems rea- | sonably certain that Cooper was among | the four at this time. : Some time during the morning, ac-4 cording to the court guard in_charge of prisoners, a call came from Criminal Division No. 2 that Coopar was wanted in court. This is denied by the clerk of the court, who says Cooper Was not called at all. But that is a qhestion which must be straightened out by the marshal. At any rate, the guard says he | seperated Cooper from _the (Continued on Page 2, - MAY BAR U. S. MOVIES. Only Eleventh-Hour Agreement Can Save Films for France. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, June 11.—Negotiations be- tween the American movie interests in France and representatives of the French screen industry have all but ended in complete failure. ‘The American companies fear that they will be compelled to close their branches in France and now are getting ready to abide by that drastic decision. French audiences will soon be deprived of American pictures and their favorite stars unless an eleventh-hour agree- ment is reached. Fire Hits Dakota 'I“o;vn. HURON, 8. Dak., June 11 (#).—Fire in the center of Huron's business dis- trict wiped out half a block early today. The flames destroyed the Brumwell Lumber Co. and damaged a -laundry, transfer company ®nd a rooming house. The cause of the fire and extent of | Jouett Shouse, newly appointed chair- | tional organization is to have nothing HARMONY RULES AS RASKOB STAYS Democra{tic Leaders Plan National Organization Drive at Dinner. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The Democratic national leadership | dedicated itself to “work and organiza- tion” at the dinner given in honor of man of the executive committee of the Democratie national committee by the Jefferson Democratic Association of the District last night at the Mayflower Hotel. ‘The Democratic leaders, representing all sections of the country, who attend- | ed the dinner, today were loud in their praise of the plans outlined by Mr. Shouse, who Is to have direct charge of the crganization drive, and by Chair- | man John J. Raskob of the Democratic national committee, who conceived the project. Raskob to Work for/ Party. Mr. Raskob is to remain as national | chairman. But he is to labor in the in- | terest of party building rather than in the interest of any particular candidate for President. This was emphasized by Mr. Shouse, who declared that the na- to do with candidacies for office. Within a month, Mr. Raskob told the diners, the debt of the Democratic national committee growing out of the last campaign would be reduced to less ,refused a direct vote on the debentr JNSON ATTACKS FARM A REPOR ON SENAE FLO “Crack of Party Lash” Is Assailed by California Republican. ADMINISTRATION LEADER PREDICTS TIE IN VOTE Nye and Frazier to Cast Ballots Against Measure—Couzens A'so Reported Against It. With the Hoover ferces striving to win the balance in the closely divided Senate on the administration farm bill vote today, Senator Johnson, Repub- lican, California, opened a bitter de- nunciation of the measure and loosed an attack against the “crack of the party lash.” The vote comes at 4 p.m. The President had conferred with some of the “doubtful” Republicans at the White House early today and as the debate got under way, Senator Johnson began from the Senate floor an attack on what he called the “ruthless power to drive” members of the Senate. “I'd rather be & frog living on dungeon mould,” shouted the Californian. “I'd rather be a dog baying at the moon than bending to the lash. I'll stand by the President when I believe him to be right, but I will not stand by him wher 1 believe him to be wrong, realizing fuli well what the consequences may be.” Dakotans Against Report. Senators Nye and Frazier of North Dakota announced after a to Mr, Hoover that they wouldn\::t? lgl.g:lllll the conference report on arm because it fails to include the export posed to the p! Michigan, a breakfast guest at the White House, announced he was still “on the fence,” and wanted to hear the final debate. Prediction was made by one of the administration leaders that the"vote on the conference report would be a tfe. In that event Vice President Curtis would.be called upon to cast the de- ciding vote in favor of the conference report. Senator Couzens, it was reported later, would vote against the conference re- ®.crt because he objected to the atti- tude of the House, which so far hr clause, 1t Senator - Cousema veles gainst the conference means ;hs loss of & vote to the administration lorces. Senator Johnson was the mnd Re- publican in as many days to assail the administration farm measure. Johnson Attacks BHL He declared the pending measure was the “Jardine bill of two years e2g:—a bill repudiated by the farm- ing sections and by Congress; a bill™ that made the former Secretary of Agriculture so unpopular that he was unable gto continue as Secretary of uffure although he was onme of iginal men supporting the candi- dacy of Herbert Hoover.” “That is the bill,” he declared, “which a united servile and hypocritical press Gemands that we pass at all hazards and without opinions of our own.” . than $350,000. It was originally more than $1,500,000, and his feat in re- ducing the debt by more than a mil- lion dollars in the last six months was cheered. ‘The national chairman outlined briefly the method which will be adopt- ed to wipe out the remainder of the debt and at the same time raise a fund of $250,000 to carry on the campaign of national organization, which he be: lieves is so necessary to success of the party in the 1930 congressional elec- tions and in the national eleciion of 1932. It calls for an allotment to the States and by the State organizations to the county, district end precinct or- ganizations. ,He estimaicd that a con- tribution of $4 a voting precinct would raise the fund needed. All Sectional Leaders Present. Gathered about the board last night were the leaders of the Democratic| party in both the Senate and the House. | The North, the South, the East and th West were all represented. ‘There was 1o sign of discord: AUl untted in trh:] mand for more n and for Hard work: The soft pedal was on so far Asd cnmldltclfi: “;‘o! llcttu are c&t.n- cerned, except the of organiza- tion and of active opposition to the Re- publican party. L ‘The dinner had run most of its course before there was an allusion ?me 'g the last Democratic presi- ential nominee, former Gov. Alfred E. Smith.: Even then, Mr. Smith was not named. But when Representative Byrns of Tennessee, chairman of the Democratic congressional committee, referred to him as the leader in the last |_ campalgn, there were cheers with the guests on thelr feet, some of them waving their handkerchiefs. A little later Senator Overman of North Carolina, who supported Smith in the campaign although his colleague, Senator Simmons, attacked the Smith candidacy, declaring that he was an “unterrified Democrat” said that “no cold chills run down my spine at the | mention of the leader of the Democratic party in the last cam, ,"” and again there was an outburst of cheering. Senator Overman predicted that No» Carolina. which swung to President Hoover last November, would again be the Democratic column when the nex‘ .‘:,llectl.o: takes gll‘we . and aga e speakers gave praise to Ohllrnll‘}n Rllfib for the work he has accomplished and for the plans of organization which he has de- the damage were undetermined. (Continued on Page 4, Column L) Before Hurling By the Associated Press. . * CHICAGO, June 11.—For 12 hours the woman paced nervously along the Schiller street platform of the elevated. She was about 30 years old," n- ably dressed. Each time a train rolles up to the platform, the woman would move toward it, then turn away. The train would go on, and the woman would continue pacing up and down, Mrs. Mary soge. whose windows look out upon the station, became curious and watched her. Noon came, and the woman was still there. Mid- :tmmm::, dusk—and the nervous pac- ng con ht came. The ‘platform lights | ber m"w on, Yellow gleams 2\,., Woman Paces Platform for 12\ Hours \ Self Under.Elevated ! the headlights of passing trains danced upon the rails. Mrs. Borge, fascinated, continued to watch. Another train rumbled toward the station. wom- | an on the platfor.a seemed to have reached a decision. She drew the fur neckplece more f.lfi:dtly around her neck and step 3 It ‘lllp'll:l before firemen, Ay the car on jacks, removed her i woman was identified as Mrs. Irene Putnam of Evanston, a suburb, | m escaped yesterday from a sanita- Asserting that the debenture clause ‘was merely on optional provision of ths bill, Johnson asked, “Will the President veto a bill that contains only an op- tional provision which might help ag- riculture?” “I remember last Fall, when the elec- tion hung in the balance, that two m°n from this body were called into battle in the Middle West—Senators Borah and Brookhart—and these two mer spoke to miillions over the radio or farm relief,” he said. “Today these two men say they arc constrained tc vote for the debenture to meet the pledgss which they made to the voters “These two men are standing today where they stood and where the Re- publican stood a year ago before the Americs ?fipl!. Somebody elsc has shifted ground. Not those.two mer #nd not I have shifted.” Chairman McNary of the agricultursy committee interposed to that “n a:eflgence was brought on the commit: Senator Norbeck, Republican, Sout) Dakota, said he 2'ways understood tha Senator McNary nad taken the positior that he was for the debenture unless| the President opposed it. McNary replied that he had Teserved! (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) TWISTERS KILL TWO IN WESTERN STORM Minnesota, Wisconsin Suffer $150,- 000 Wind Damage—=Score j Hurt. By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn, June 11.—Tor- nadoes bounding around Minnesota and ‘Wisconsin late yesterday killed two per- ol B 2o 34, e estimated at than $150,000. ST The . heaviest loss - was in Central Minnesota, where the only known dea occurred. The storms also struck at Ladysmitlf and near Ashland in Northwestern Minnesota and at ocqua in North-Central Wisconsin. dead were Henry Wournos, 65, Kingston farmer, and, Mrs. Gustava Wantija, 80, who came from North Dakota to visit her son two miles west ton. The tornado began near Kin, ) near the farm of Magnus Johnaon‘.‘::”— mer United States Sena'or. and swept in a southeasterly dir o Dakota, ‘where four persons w Jured. Sev- eral ns were hur .car Kingston. Repofts that the twister struck at Brule ane tice, ., were also re- celved, bué ufierrupted communication made it difficult to determine the dam- age. TAFT TO LEAVE CITY. Chief Justice to Go to Summecr Home in Canada. Chief Justice Taft contemplates de- parture tomorrow afterncon for his Summer home at Murray Bay, Ca ; n 2 minor ailment, that his wnd.lu:: w:: ‘Havin, where she was undergoing treat- ment for a nervous disorder. A mem- the sanitarium staff identified good. closed his residence here and made all -ma!emenu (1-: f‘.;m ‘::l & day longer 'to obtain additional rest. \