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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and continued warm to- night and tomorrow, Temperatures: Highest, 90, pm. yesterday: lowest, 68, at today. Full report on page 9. at 2:15 5 am. ” Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 12,13&14 — ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,210 No. 31,094, office WASHINGTON, D. ( TUESDAY, J UNE 18, 1929— FORTY- (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. TWO PAGES. HOOVER APPEALS T0 BORDER TONNS TOAD DRY ORNE President Blames Enforce- | ment Troubles on Interna- | e Gavcramen: and ine fam runners tional Criminals’ War. Detroit. which the law-enforcement atfalions are how UsIng As & {esting Sround. Special Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT. June 18 (North American | Newspaper_ Alliance).—“The enemy” in | the impending battle along the Detroit- Canadian border, a battle which, it is | predicted, will be President Hoover | great experiment to learn if the eight- | centh_amendment can be enforced, is | not idle. Slayer of Youth Is Guarded From "While the Government is mobilizing Mob; 8 Rum Runners Seized; State | unprecedented forces of customs border patrolmen, prohibition agents and Coast Can Try White, Lawyer Says. FIRING ON BOAT LAID TO U. S. COAST GUARD Guardsmen, together with augmented numbers of speed boats and cut- ters for the river patrol, automobiles for the land patrol and airplanes in By the Associated Press | reserve to direct operations below, there President Hoover today called upon | is equal activity in the Canadian bor- the communities along the Canadian | der cities. R border to help the Treasury to prevent | B*:‘;‘“'fl PrfPfl;fl“""‘ "“gifl'g";fl‘}mr systema el ced by| Both camps endeavor to s the systematic war being waged by| Both camps endestor 10 international criminals against the laws | P"GEooGite Detroit, with its 1,500,000 ( of this country. inhabitants, are the seven so-called | Mr. Hoover expressed the opinion | border “cltles of Canada, with en ag- | : gregate population of s ,000. that all the trouble encountered in the | E7eBAte POBUIEOR, BT FTR 0 Py | enforcement of the law along the bor- | are “situated along the Detroit River, | der was due to mechanism of crim- |going downstream, Riverside, Ford | tnals who were trying to violate the law. City, Walkerville, Windsor, Sandwich, | Ojibway and La Salle. Brewerles, distilleries Hoover Deplores Killing. and govern- 'RUM RINGS MOBILIZE “ARMY" ' FOR TITANIC BATTLE AT DETROIT | | Liquor Barons, on Canadian Side, May Putlplanes Into Service to Defeat | toms _Department _had not_yet been | | ment liquor stores are located in these | communities, Along the water front.| are export docks piled high with car- tons of bottled ales, beer, wines, whiskies, brandies, gin and liquors, | which under Canadian law may be cleared legally through the customs for the United States. At these docks the | smugglers purchase their supplies and |load them in their speed boats for & three-minute dash across the river. | Big Operators in “Exile.” There are 15 rum runners, including | most_of the “big operators.” in self-| | imposed exile in the border cities. They fled late last year when they were in- dicted by the United States Govern- ment for bribing 23 customs border pa- trolmen to allow their liquor cargoes to cross the river unmolested. These exiles are the generals of one | | | of the armies the dry forces must en- | By the Associated Press. gage in combat. Through their agents. | these 15 temporary residents of the| porder cities have continued to direct | their smuggling business and make deals | with purchasers from Chicago and other | of visiting America, indicated today that cities. | jow they are holding almost daily | conferences to devise means to “out- | smart” the Government. They have| prided themselves on being able to do it in the past. ‘There was only one prohibition agency in Detroit eight years ago. The cus- (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) “I deeply deplore the killing of any persons,” the President said. “The Treasury is making a constant effort to prevent the misuse of firearms. hope communities along the border will help the Treasury to prevent the sys- tematic war being carried on by in- ternational criminals, which, I believe, is the root of all our troubles.” The President’s statement was in answer to questions submitted by press correspondents about the killing of three persons by customs border patrols. ‘ | 1 | | | 'Expects Tariff Measure of| Upper Group to Be Ready Then. DRY DEATHS WON'T RUSH LAW GROUPS | Commission Declines to Be Confidential reports ‘En Wasfihcirré%;lzx;‘ yere said today by Assistant Seereee.| Stampeded by Arguments on Agents’ Killings. sedented mobilization of smugglers along the Canadian border and he declared | the Treasury had shifted its men to | meet the_situation. This development today was the | Jatest in a series of events which have | President Hoover’s National Commis- HOUSE RECESSES 10 SEPTEMBER 23 The House today passed a resolution | MACDONALD DENIES REPORT HE INTENDS |Visit to Hoover Is Merely | Dawes Will Make Address in Lon-} | to have had the same intention, but the Question of Fixing Time, He Asserts. SPEECHES ON NAVY CUT TONIGHT ARE AWAITED| don, Briton in Scotland, Giving First Details of Plans. LOSSIEMOUTH, Scotland, June 18.— Premier Ramsay MacDonald, denying | reports he had abandoned his intentions there was no question in his mind that | he would make the trip. “It is just a question of when I shall go,” he said. “I believe that a tremendous amount of good work could be done with a visit to America.” ‘The prime minister said: “I am very glad to see that Mr. Baldwin is reported question is when, and that would be | the subject of the exchange of opinion. | “I am going to refer to the subject of Anglo-American relations in my | speech topight and shall express my ideas that this is a big world and that everything must be done with that | largeness of purpose in our minds.” He said he was returning to London Thursday so as to attend a cabinet meeting Friday and would spend the week end at Chequers Court. Dawes Speaks in London. In two widely separated sections of Britain tonight Dawes and MacDonald will make speeches which are expected | 1AGER LY AWAITED COMMENCEMENT SPEECHES! SEES DRUG BASIS INCOED SLAYING U. S. Attorney to Probe Re- ports Miss Hix and Snook Handled Narcotics. By the Assoclated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 18.—Fed- Medicine Ball coneime Troens REAPPORTION BILL fves to Tecess™ SIGNED BY HOOVER | Warm Weather’s Arrival| | Finds Gaps Opening in Measure Provides for Most “Thinning” Ranks. Extensive Census Ever Taken in U. S¢ | | | | With the arrival of real Summer | weather, President Hoover's medicine | | ball cabinet, which has been perform- | | ing so nimbly and vigorously in the | President Hoover today signed the focused attention on prohibition en- forcement and aroused wets in Con- gress to a denunciation of the activi- ties of Federal agents in enforcement of the statute. Lowman disclosed the Virkkula case at International Falls, Minn., had re- sulted in receipt of 150 communications, among them the one from citizens o that city to President Hovoer protest- ing the shooting. Some of the com- munications condemned while others in® cd, he said, the action of the G ment agents. over Has Not Asked Report. Lowman said President Hoover had not asked for a report on. the Virkkuia case nor for any Treport concerning smuggling or prohibition enforcement. He added he had not conferred with the Chief Executive on the question. The Assistant Secretary’s announce- ment on the concentration of agents on the Canadian line read: “Cenfidential reports of our agents show an unprecedented nuniber of boot- leggers and smugglers gathered along the Canadian side of the border from +Vancouver to the Atlantic seaboard pre- | pared to run liquor into the United States. We have strengthened our forces all along the border in prepara- tion to meet this situation.” Commissioner Doran of the Prph\bl- tion Bureau, meanwhile, took cognizance of utterances in Congress by Represent- ative Clancy, Republican, Michigan, on the recent Detroit shooting that a threat had been made to cut off the | heads of officials in Detroit who d_l_d not agree to follow his policy in prohibition enforcement. : i “The statement is entirely erroneous, Doran said. “I not only never have transmitted such orders, but I could not issue such orders to the border pa- trol, as it is under the jurisdiction of the Customs Bureau and not under the Prohibition Bureau. Prohibition agents have nothing to do with controlling the border. Mr. Clancy was mistaken in what he said about the Prohibition Bureau and was misinformed in his facts.” Commissioner Doran also said that *there is too much beer of illegal al- coholic_content being sold in the Al- y, N. Y. district to suit me and se of this I am not satisfied with conditions there.” Doran said Palmer Canfield, adminis- trator for the Northern New York di trict, was summoned to Washington be cause reports of special agents showed atisfactory conditions in that area. up with Mr. Canfield d going over the entire situation,” he (Continucd on Page 3, Column 5.) AMERICA WILL NOT SIGN YOUNG'S-DEBTS PLAN Only Point for Congress to Deter- | mine Is Rhine Claim Cut, President Says. President Hoover announced today that the United tates will not sign the Young reparations plan, recently agreed upon by the experts conference at Paris. The President said that since the American Government is not a party to the plan it will not be necessary for sion on Law Enforcement and Observ- |ance does not intend to be stampeded | !into hasty and ill-advised action by | developing problems of prohtbition en-| forcement. | meeting of its existence, the work of the new reform agency is to adjourn until September 23. | to have far-reaching consequences both | The Senate yesterday voted to recess until August 19. | The House added to the Senate reso- | indicated that | tariff bill at that time, the House mem- | 12 | bership will take a series of three-day recesses, and no other business will be to proceed along carefully considered | considered without advance notice to ! in Anglo-Americen reiaticns and in the history of the world. Ambassador Dawes' speech is to be before the Pilgrims’ Club at London. | lution its own date for returning to the | That of the prime minister, Mr. Mac- Members of the commission, conven- Capitol, with a gentleman's agreement , Donald, will be before the Town Coun- f!ing here today for the third formal| that if the Senate is not ready with a | Cil of the village of Lossiemouth, Scot- land. Since the simple announcement that the two speeches will be made and will | provide the beginnings of negotiations | i eral authorities stepped into the inve: 1 tigation of the slaying of Theora H: | 24, Ohio State co-ed, today to determing | if drug traffic had anything to do with | the killing, while County Prosecutor | John J. Chester, jr., questioned the | wife of Dr. James S. Snook, university | professor, in an effort to learn if sthe | could throw any light on a motive for the brutal hammer murder. While Chester questioned Mrs. Snook, whose husband is one of the two men lines and that there is to be no hys-| teria in any phase of the inquiry. Congress, State Legislatures amd other | iparties may ~ debdfe so-called “dry| shootings” as much as they wish, but| the Law Enforcement Commission ap- | pears determined to continue its col-, Jection and study of preliminary sta- { tistics and crime reports before ]aunch_l ing investigations of its own. Special Studies Later. Later, Chairman George W. Wicker- sham has announced, there will be| special studies of crime conditions in | | various large cities, conducted by ex- | perts employed by the commission, as | well as by committees of the members | themselves, Particular problems of | | prohibition enforcement will have thel inning at that time. | Meeting in a new and larger confer- | ence room in the Tower Building, the | | commission went into executive session | | this morning to examine a mass of | records, reports and other data assem- | bled by the official statistician, Leonard | V. Harrison. Mr. Harrison has been engaged in collecting and sorting these data during the recess of two weeks | just ended. The statistics have been arranged so | that the commission may compare them |and weigh the conclusions drawn by | | Federal authorities, crime reform or- | ganizations and others who obtained | them. Four Members Absent. : Four members of the commission | were unable to attend today’s meeting. They are Federal Judges William I. | Grubb of Alabama and Paul J. Mc- | Cormick of California, Kenneth R. | Macintosh and Henry W. Anderson. | | Mr. Anderson is expected to be present | | tomorrow. The commission plans to| hold three all-day sessions at this meet- | in | Eeven additional commodious rooms have been provided for the commission | | on the tenth floor of the headquarters |at Fourteenth and K streets. The former conference room has been re- | linquished. Under the new arrange- | ment each of the 11 members of the commis members sharing the rooms by twos. The clerical staff has been enlarg:d and a complete filing system has been established. Chairman Wickersham has a private office, presided over by his long-time personal secretary, William F. Barry. The administrative work 1s commission secretary. | MRS. BROWN IS FREED. ‘ ope, | Onange! Agatsint Rover Drops Charge | tomorrow. | mittee “has _de | by the midde of on will have office epace, Vac | under supervision of Max Lowenthal, each member from the Speaker. A roll call vote then was begun in the House to determine just what mem- | bers are present, in order that the leadetship may be guided in sending out a call for a sufficient number of absent | members to return and establish a | D quorum tomorrow. With a quorum present tomorrow, it it expected by the House leaders that the French debt settlement legislation will be passed and the House will then adjourn. French Debt Debated. The House debated at some le today a proposal to take up the French debt settlement measure by unanimous consent. House Leader Tilson did not expect that this proposal would be suc- | cessful, but provoked debate in order | to sound out the sentiment of the House on the measure, with the result hat he now believes the sentiment fs | avorable for passage of the legislation ngth The recess in the Senate was pro- posed by Senator Watson of Indiang, | the Republican leader, and the first overwhelming vote in the Scnate at | this session was forthcoming. Only 12 | ach‘ubllcans and 11 Democrats voted | mg;fl;:(t it. The House was to concus | The program brings the Se in session in the midst of Sllr::n'fil'.b;fllé the Republican leaders insisted upon | this after an agreement was not forth- | coming fixing a definite time for a vote | in the Fall on Tarifl. The finance com- | clared it will ha | House tariff bill ready for the Sensis | ‘Senator Norsis, Repa ’ r Norris, Republican, Nel urged that the recess extend um‘x’]"ssek);-' tember 3, but his amendment lost, 44 to | 35. The Watson recess program then | was carried, 57 to 23, over the opposi- | tion of Seniator, Jones of Washington, e assistant Republican lea v was against any recess. e ASKS HELP OF U. S. T0 PROBE GAS SALE Department of Justice Called Upon'! to Aid in Determining i Buyers. Corporation Counsel William W. { Bride has requested the Department of Justice to aid in his investigation of | the recent sale of the controlling inter- est in the Washington Gas Light Co. | |to a group of unknown New York | financiers, it was learned today at the | for a disarmament program, in which | held in the case, John F. Seidel, coun- other governments would be invited to | sel for Snook, told newspaper men that participate, neither speaker has con- |he was convinced Miss Hix was a nar- | that the idea had been abandoned but sented to tell in advance what he will | cotic peddler and that she was slain sa; The original announcement, written | Mr. MacDonald’s hand, after his | conference with Gen. Dawes at Lossie- mouth Sunday, said: “We have had & conversation regarding the present posi tion of the question of disarmament as between the United States and Great Britain. It has been informal and gen- eral and most satisfactory. Beginning of Negotiations. “His excellency, Gen. Dawes, proposes | to Tefer to the subject at the Pilgrims’ dinner on Tuesday night and I shall do the same at Lossiemouth, and that is intended to be the beginning of the negotiations.” “The announcement concluded with a statement designed to set ai rest con- jecture that a purely Anglo-American naval agreement might be projected. It | said: “We both wish to make it clear that other naval powers are expected | to co-operate in these negotiations, upon | the successful consummation of which | the fate of the whole world depends.” That_brief announcement, in which | Gen. Dawes concurred, has whetted public interest to a high point both here and abroad. Although there was no intimation of | the tone the speeches would take, there | was considerable conjecture everywhere | as to what the two men would say. Prominent among the theories expressed was_one_that Gen. Dawes had shown to Mr. MacDonald the “Naval Yard- stick” of President Hoover, with whiclt the American President hopes to estab- | lish a_standard for naval reduction, | and that the prime minister had | acquiesced. The speeches tonight then would offer, it was pointed out, oppor- tunity for both to announce simultane- | ously plans for a forthcoming disarma- ment conference, or something similar No Reference to Visit. There was no reference in_ the joint | announcement Sunday of Mr. Mac- | Donald and Gen. Dawes as to Mr. Mac. Donald’s much discussed visit to Wash- ington. This was not taken as meaning rather that it was not thought necessary vet to fix or announce any date for the | premier’s trip. It was considered. | nevertheless, certain that the two men | tentatively discussed the project. Gen. Dawes rested yesterday from his strenuous week end with its visit to King George at Windsor Castle and the overnight trips to and from Forres, Scotland, to meet Mr. MacDonald. The prime minister played golf, the first real recreation he has had since coming to Tossiemouth. The Daily Herald, Labor organ, and other political conimentators today ascribed much importance to the inten- | tion to include other powers in impend- ing naval negotiations. The Herald | District Attorney W. B. Bartels by either a drug-crazed addict or a de- [ fi‘nd%éflq'mfamu her past. Seidel's statement iIndicated that Snock’s attorneys believed a third man, o far not apprehended, had committed the crime and that neither Dr. Snook nor Marion T. Meyers, Ohio State agricultural worker, held with Snook, had anything to do with it. Represents Government. William J. Ford, United States nar- cotic agent, entered the murder probe as the Federal Government's repre- sentative after Assistant United States de- clared that the Government would do everything to determine if drug traffic provided the background for the murder. W. B. Bartels declared that the gov- ernment would do everything possible to determine if drug traffic provided the background for the murder. Indications that Prosecutor Chester belicved that Dr. Snok might have had some dealing in drug traffic came Wwhen # was discovered that he had summoned Thomas D. Phillips, super- intendent of the Ohio State Univer- sity farm, for questioning. The sum- mons came after Chester was informed that Mrs. Phillips had been taken to University hospital in a state of coma by Dr. Snook, He said he had been in- ‘f;)‘rmcd that Mrs. Phillips appeared at e of drugs. Chester picked up his investigation this morning where he left off last night, questioning everybody he could find who might have some knowledge of the activities of persons believed generate who | connected with the crime. Burial in New York. Melvin Hix, father of the slain girl, announced today that her body would | | be taken to Binghampton, N. Y., for burial as soon as it is released by Prose- cutor Chester, which was expected with- in_the next 24 hours. _Detective Chief Shellenbarger denied (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) HEAT TO HOLD CAPITAL UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT Weather Bureau Declares Thunder- showers May Bring Tem- porary Relief. Possibly cloudy skies with continued high temperatures is the official weather forecast for the next two days. Occa- nal thundershowers may bring tempo- rary relief, but the heat wave will hold the city until Thursday night. time to be under the influence | rear grounds of the White House each morning, is considering following in the footsteps of Congress and declaring for itself a generous recess. The ranks of this’ little band of ath- | letes are beginning to thin, literally as | well as figuratively, and, judging from the sentiment expressed by some of | | those who are carrying on with the | Chief Executive, a motion to adjourn | would be most welcome. Already several of the players have dropped out, but for the most part only temporarily. Secretary of Interior Wil- bur, . the~President’s m friend and one of the most gctive of this active little company despite his great height and his_thinness, obtained a leave of (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) . TARIFF REWRITING Possibility Held Out That| Combine Will Revamp House Measure. By the Associated Press. The possibility was held out to Con- | | ocratic-Republican which twice overrode President Hoo- | ver in the farm relief contest, and that it may be rewritten with a view to con- fining revision principally to agricul- tural products. The group yesterday showed its strength anew in its_support of the resolution of Senator Borah, Republic- an, Idaho, which proposed to instruct the finance committee to discard the House tariff bill and limit revision to agricultural and related products and was defeated by a margin of only one vote—39 to 38. That vote left the Republican major- ity of the finance committee free to- | day to proceed with its rewriting of | the House bill as it sees fit for the| | next two months, but it made clear | that the whole task will be gone over again after the measure is taken up in the Senate. The Borah vote shows what a con- | test is in prospect when the tariff bill' does get before the Senate. Cnly seven | Democrats voted sgainst the Idahoan,| while 13 Republicans joined the Demo- | crats in support of his resolution. Line-ups Little Changed. The vote brought almost the same| {line-up which combined for a major- ity in the two ballots favorable to the| export debenture farm relief plan to! vhich Mr. Hoover was so opposed. It was not disclosed to what extent Mr. | Hoover’s views on the attempt to limit! | the tariff revision were known, but| | when Senator Jones, Republican, Wash- | | IN SENATE HINTED gress today that the tariff measure may | be rewritten in the Senate by the Dem- | independent group | census and reapportionment bill. This bill, which calls for the greatest | | inventory of life and property ever| taken by this Government, was signed | | without ceremony. Besides reappor- | tioning the House membership upon the | basis of the 1920 population, this bill | | authorizes the census of the popula- tion, agriculture, irrigation, drainage, distribution of goods and unemploy- ment. It calls for an expenditure of more than $40,000,000 and will require the temporary employment of more than 100,000 persons. The gathering of these data will begin April 1, 1930. ‘The reapportionment will be the first since 1910. The census count will be for the calendar year 1930, and the House members will be apportioned upon it. Under this reapportionment a nymber of States will gain additional representations, while several other tates will lose seats. The size of the House will be retained at its present number, 435 members. Disposition of the census-reapportion- ment question was one of the major tasks listed by President Hoover for the special session. This and farm relief now have been acted upon. Of the other three, the tariff bill is pending before the Senate finance committee, a resolution to postpone operation of gration act. The census act also pro- vides a continuous arrangement where- by all future decennial censuses and reapportionments will take place auto- matically without further enactment of law unless the present status is re- pealed or superseded. NOLAN WINS HOUSE Democratic Candidate Is Beaten Despite Strong Challenge in Fifth District. By the Assoclated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, June 18.—Despite the strongest Democratic challenge for many years, the fifth Minnesota con- gressional district stayed in the Repub- lican column Monday with the election of Lieut. Gov. W. I. Nolan to succeed Representative Walter Newton, resigned. Closely contesting Nolan was Einar Toidale, Democrat, whose showing is regarded as marking a renaissance for the paity in the district where the Farmer-Labor party has held second place in recent years. Ernest Lundeen, who served in Congress as a Republican prior to joining the Farmer-Labor party, trailed in the race with a number of leaders of his party openly support- ing Hoidale. Republicans campaigned to make the vote an indication of confidence in the Hoover farm program. A week ago Nolan won in the Republican primary and the Senate has refused to approve | the national origins clause of the immi- | SEAT IN MINNESOTA| ROANOKEKEYNOTER FLAYS SHITH MEN IND LAUDS HOOVER Williams Launches Bitter At- | tack on Democratic Lead- ers in Virginia. TROTMAN RESIGNS POST AS COMMITTEE MEMBER Committee Is Appointed by Con- vention to Draft Anti-Smith Party Platform. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. ROANOKE, Va, June 18.—Anti- Smith Democrats, who last November made it possible for President Hoover to win this State over Al Smith, are in convention here today to nominate a candidate for governor and to adopt a platform. Dr. William Mosely Brown, professor of psychology at Washington and Lee Universtiy, it the probable nominee for governor. Others whose names have been mentioned in connection with the nomination are Frank Lyon of McLean, Va., and Dr. Rice B. Anderson, presi- dent of Randolph-Macon Woman'’s Col- lege at Lynchburg. Mr. Lyon has been a prime mover in the anti-Smith or- ganization, and, as chairman of the committee, called the convention to order today. Committee Member Resigns. I C. Trotman of Suffolk resigned as |a member of the anti-Smith Democratic | committee today after a caucus of the second district delegates decided not to bring the incident oi the entertalnment of lurs. Oscar ae Priest at the White House betore the convention. Mr. Trot- man had threatened to leave the anti- | Smich Democratic party unless the con- | ventior tobk notice of this matter. | Bishop James Cannon, jr., although he did not attend the convention today, sent a message which will be read w the convention this atternoon. Mr. Trotman's letter of resignation, | addressed to Mr. Lyon, chairman, fol- lows: “Dear Mr. Lyon: In view of the fact that my telegram to Mrs. Herbert Hoover was so distasteful and so pro- voking to the boss of the anti-Smith Democratic body in Virginia and his chief cohort in Richmond, I herein hand you my resignation from the ;:ove-nl"mefl committee, effective as of a.m. June 18. This resignation into full effect before the rell(nagn-n made by the said boss at_ 10:30 p.m. June 17 can possibly become effective. “I shall not participate in your con- other than possily & galery spessator n y a gallery s T, 1 shall in no way bind mynltpebc;.t.he acts of said convention and will remain an absolute independent to vote and work for any man or men that I deem most suited to accomplish the greatest good to the good old State of Virginia and the Nation, “This resignation carries with it best personal wishes to each member of the committee and to you, dear sir, allow me to extend warm personal re- gards.” The eightn district delegation to the convention in caucus adopted a mo- tion indorsing Frank Lyon, State chair- man, as a nominee for governor. J. Cloyd Byars of Arlinglon County was chosen to make the nominating speech for Mr. Lyon. Committee Appointed. ‘The following resolutions committee was appointed by the convention to draft the party platform: First district, Mrs. T. B. Johnson, C. C. Berkely; second district, A. E. Ewell, Mrs. R. M. Stokes; third district, L. F. Powell, Mrs. E. L. Flannagan; fourth district, Mrs. Freeman H. Hart, Ph. D.; fifth district, William Smith, Mrs. T. J. Fitzgerald; sixth district, Mrs. J. Calvin Moss; seventh district, N. H. Clark, Mrs. Melton; eighth district, Frank Lyon, Mrs. Margaret A. Johnson; ninth dis- | trict, A. H. Williams, Mrs. Mary Bam- ham; tenth district, A. R. Harwood, Mrs. R. 8. Griffith. A committee on permanent organiza- tion also was appointed. S. Howle Williams of Lynchburg de- livered the keynote speech son after the convention assembled. He launched a bitter attack on the Democratic leaders in Virginia who supported Smith in the last campaign. At the same time he extolled President Hoover for his stand in favor of prohi- bition and law enforcement. | | Turns Fire on Smith., | __Of Mr. Hoover, he said: “President | Hoover, the first three minutes he was | President of the United States, said | more In favor of prohibition and law | enforcement, voicing hic opposition to | the disregard for law, than did Presi- dent Wilson in eight years as President —President Harding in two years and | Calvin Coolidge in six years.” - | _Mr. Williams turned his fire on | Smith. He said that after the Houston | convention had written a platform de- | claring for prohibition enforcement and (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) | APPROVES YOUNG PLAN. the United States to sign it. The plan | | ington, 'proposed _ the " very language| the only party conducting one, with & | will therefore not have to be submitted | District Building. g. | used by the President in his message | scant margin of 182 votes over the total | At 10 o'clock this morning the official | _ Bride, who is general counsel of the : “Both London and Washington i reading at the Weather Bureau was 84, Woman Who Shot Husband. have too recent and too unpleasant | to Congress for approval. ‘The only point which Congress will have to de- termine, the President said. will be the granting of authority to the adminis- tration to make reductions in Ameri- can claims for Rhine army costs. Will Mark Landing Place. SANTANDER, Spain, June 18 (#).— A definite movement is on foot here| to raise a monument to commemorate | t¥ the Oiambres Beach province, last Friday. landing of the Yellow Bird at| near Comillas, this | husband had declined to prosecute’ and United States Attorney Leo A. Rover [ today dropped the charge of assault to | kill against Mrs. Mary C. Brown, 40 | years old, 815 C street northeast, who shot her husband, Charles A. Brown, | 3 H street, in Police Court Building February 1 last. The case was on the assignment for ial before Chief Justice McCoy, but the Government announced that the had asked that the case be nolle prossed. Youth Rescued Fro m Potomac Offers To Whip Man Who Pulled Him Out william J. Glynn, 825 Seventh strect rescuer and police who repsonded to a call for squad today and finally Janded in the eleventh precinct after he had been saved from drowning in southwest, fought with his the rescue the Potomac River opposite the Ana- costia Naval Air Station this morning by Pharmacist’s Mate J. J. Joyce of the Naval Air Station. Noticing the youth's Pharmacist’s Mate Joyce in struggles, the sta- conscious state. He was brought back to the air station sick bay and re- vived by Joyce by artificial respiration. As soon as he revived, however, the boy, who declared he had been drink- ing, offered to fight the whole per- sonnel of the air station individually and collectivelv, and finally was taken in hand by Motor Cycle Policeman R. B. Campbell of the eleventh precinet. The youth said he was from the Southwest section of the city and gave tion's “erash boat” went to his aid and | an address in the 800 block of Seventh fished him out of the river in an un- | street in that sectiop. < | Public Utilities Commission, has been directed by the commission to deter- mine whether the transaction was in accordance with the anti-merger act, which forbids the sale to or purchase by an out-of-town public utility or | holding corporation of the stock or | bonds of a local utility. The gas com | pany stock was acquired by D. A. Pea | son”of New York for a group of in-| | vestors whose identity has not been re- | | vealed. LIQUOR RESOLUTION UP. Proposes Amendment Allowing Manufacture by State. MADISON, Wis., June 18 (#)—A Joint resolution proposing amendment of the State constitution to permit the State to manufacture liquor was intro- duced in the Senate today by Bernhard Gettleman, Milwaukee wet. ‘Wisconsin | Sewer Gas Kills Four. LOWELL, Mass.. June 18 (#).—Four employes of the City Sewer Department were killed by sewer gas in a manhole in Perry street today. Three of them lost their lives in a vain attempt to rescue companions who had ventured into the manhole before them and had been overcome. | no thought on either side of an Anglo- memories of the Anglo-French pact of last year and its consequences. There will be no repetition of those errors.” The paper then pointed out there vias American understanding analogous to the old “ententes,” adding that the Labor party condemned all such par- tial groups, which, moreover, would be foreign to every canon and tradition of American policy. Lord Desborough to Preside. Lord Desborough will preside at the Rilgrims’_dinner at the Hotel Victoria. Amoeng those attending will be Arthur Henderson, foreign minister, ~whose speech toasting Gen. Dawes will be an introduction to the Ambassador’s state- ment. Sir Austen Chamberlain, former foreign minister, also will speak. There will be about 400 guests. The disposition here is to wait for details on the line that the proposed negotiations will take. Japanese states- men have already let it be known that their country is willing to co-operate, probably even to the extent of & con- ference, but the response of France and Italy was thought to be more doubtful. It was expected that these two govern- ments would wait for fuller informa- tion before committing themselves. I State News, Pages 10 and " a i with every indication that the mercury would soar to even greater heights and possibly hover around the 92 mark for | some time later in the day. Theodore P. Sullivan, 68 years old, of 2501_Pennsylvania_avenue, was treated at Casualty Hospital yesterday after having been found in an unconscious condition on the sidewalk near his home from the heat. Dr. E. A. Stebbing of the hospital staff reported the man’s condi- tion as undetermined. Benjamin Compton, 77 years old, of 2310 Nineteenth street, was overcome shortly before noon while walking on the sidewalk in front of Center Market. The elderly man was carried to a shady spot by passersby and the Emergency Hospital ambulance summoned. He was revived at the hospital later and doctors did not regard his condition as serious. Washington clearing house, $6,195,- sistory during the 10 days of October. New York clearing house exchange,|of the papal jubilee year, December 189.08. Treasury balance, $97,207,023.15 $208.000,000. New York clearing house balance, $1,755,000,000. Radio Programs—. f’nge 34 | Bank Statements | ! ) | States probably would receive a fifth | to the extra session as an amendment | broadening the scope of the Borah reso-| | lution, it was rejected, 39 to 38. Senator Johnson, Republican, Cali-| | fornia, voted against the Jones amend- ment_and then he voted also against | the Borah resolution. He explained | that he did not want to kill the Borah | resolution “by indirection.” | Senator Couzens, Republican, Mich- | igan, declared his vote for the Jones amendment was not to be interpreted as a vote for the House bill, against which sharp criticism was directed dur- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) CARDINALS MAY BE ADDED {U. 8. May Receive Fifth in Con- sistory Rumored. VATICAN CITY, June 18 (#).—Pop- oli di Roma today said the United cardinal, Latin America a second and Spain a fifth in a forthcoming con- Other sources, however, insisted there would be no consistory before the close 20, and “that then the proportion of non-Italian cardinals would be in. | creased. There now are 12 vacancies. | “The Daper said Archbishop Macrory jof Armagh, primate of Ireland, would be raised to the purple. s 4 received by Arch Coleman, who re- signed as Minneapolis postmaster to enter the race. Senator Charles Adams of Duluth, President pro_tem of the State Senat will succeed Nolan as lieutenant go ernor, Nolan was a member of State legislative bodies for 22 vears. He was actively engaged as a professional lec- turer for 25 years. | French Cabinet Unanimous—Rati- | fication Pressed. PARIS, June 18 (#).—The inet at 3 meeting today unanimously approved the Young reparations plan, evolved at the recent conference of experts here. It was decided to take steps for rati- fication in conjunction with other in- terested governments. | | Sweltering Weather of Evanston Puts Man With Frozen Feet in Hospital By the Assoclated Press. EVANSTON, Ill, June 18—It was 85 | in the shade of the police sergeant’s desk yesterday when Phillip Milliken of Leipsic, Ohio, entered, suffering great pain. Milliken parked a crutch on the desk. mopped- the perspiration from his brow | and gazed across the intervening space at Sergt. Bert Kinder, upon whose fea- tures the breeze of two electric fans was concentrated. “My feet are frozen," said the man from . Leipsic, fanning himself with his at. “Ridiculous,” sald Sergt. Kinder. “You have no conception of my suf- fering,” said Milliken, “Did you ever have frozen feet?” . | | | “Surely,” thought the sergeant, “I must humor him.” “How did you freeze 'em? In an jce box?” he inquired. “Oh, no,” said Milliken. “‘Twas a blizzard while hunting. Every step torture.” The sergeant sent Milliken to the hospital, convinced he was suffering from something. Later he called to in- in is | quire what really was the matter. “Frozen feet,” said the doctor. were frozen some weeks ago in Canada. The hot weather makes them hurt.” “Well, I declare,” said Sergt. Kinder, pushing the switch on the electric fan over to the point marked “high,” “who'd & thunk it2” 4