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2 wwn D, 0 POINCARE SCORES L More Than Expected Major- ity When Poll Is Taken. Br the Associated Prass. PARIS. July 12.—Belief grew today that Raymond Poincare, French pri mier, would receive even greater than the expected majority of about 30 vot when the Chamber of Deputies finally | is polled on ratification of the debt ac- cord with America and Great Britain. ‘The first statement of his case yes- terday was hailed as a masterpiece of | his political acumen. Frenchmen know that the premier is A past master At the art of stating stmply and clearly abstruse and complex questions, but T DEBATE DEATH ACEDENTAL [Nevitt Acts as Inquiring Of- fice in Case of Mrs. Aiice Henderson. Acting as an inquiring official In the absence of & coroner's jury, due to the death of one of the jurors, Coroner J.| Ramsay Nevitt today held that the fatal Automobile crash in which Mrs. Alice Kinsley Henderson of 1868 Monroe i street was killed on June 24, was acci- | dental. ! A coroner’s jury had been sworn in| on June 26, two days following the fatal crash, and after hearing testimony de- cided to adjourn until the testimony of Charles Kenneth Francis. driver of the ,machine in which Mrs. Henderson was ri€ing. and who was confined to Stbley Hospital, could be heard. | On June 29, Michael Mahaney, 70, former inspector in the street cleanin; vesterdey he outdid himself with al J. A. C. L. PERCEFULL. _ department, living at 5401 Seventh simple fervor whi A crowded house followed his argu- ments closely and gave him an ovation when he left the speaker's stand, to re- sume his speechmaking today, dealing more specifically with the effect of the Young plan on the debt agreements. Asked fo Ratify Agreements. M. Poincare made it clear the Cham- ber was not being asked to ratify the debts—:hat was done long ago—but to ratify agreements which had granted time for payment on the best possible terms. The adversaries of ratification, he said, wanted to pay 10,000,000.000 france (the war stocks debt of $407.- 000.000 on August 1 in the hope of being relieved of the obligation of pay- ing the rest. He declared there was no other issue than pure' and simple ratification. While favoring reservations himself, he said. they must be incorporated in the | ratification rately. He agreed with his opposition that other countries, at least Italv and Jugo- slavia, had been treated more gener- cusly than France by America, but he said that as far as France was con- cerned he now was occupied with money borrowed to continue the war, which ought to be repaid. Poincare Resumes Speech. Premier Poincare took up today where he left off yesterday. explaining to the Chamber of Deputies why they muct ratify the debt accords with Amer- ica and Great Britain, expressing their reservations in a separate fext. text, but expressed sepa- “We must take things as they are” | he said. "It is not enough to appeal to the noble sentiments of nations. Na- tions are egoistic collectivities. Men are men.” He added: “Even our finan- cial restoration would be an argument against us.” The premier recalled that when Sec- retary Mellon visited France recently, “he refused to talk_on the debts. It was then that the French government got the understanding with other na- tions for a committee of experts to draft a plan which created a liaison, in faet if not in Jaw, between the pay: ments of the debtors and the creditors. Tt was thus M. Poincare linked the debts to Britain and America with the reparations payments. France, he said, had finally obtained a long-sought point in this fashion. Cites Chamber Article. He eited to the chamber article 7} of the Mellon-Berenger agreement which authorized the United States to throw on the market Fremch obliga- tions given during the war, which vesterday he described as exactly as binding as French treasury bonds. Secretary Mellon, he said, however, had written him America had no thought of ever doing this in any way jch won him converts. | PLANS OF VETERAN s i { though under the law the coroner f: vested with authority to conduct an | i | inquest without the presence of a jury, {1t was stated that this is the first in- | stance in which that official has been called upon to so act due to the death of a juror. Collided With Taxieab, Mrs. Henderson died at Emergency Hospital shortly after the machine in which she was riding, and_driven by Francis, was in collision at Twelth and | { Water streets southwest with a taxicab | operated by Norman $. Clark, 27, of | Ballston, Va. Prancis, who is 44 years old, and a | chief accountant at the Geological Sur. | vev, also reveived treatment at Emer- | gency Hospital and left that institution | { shortly after Mrs. Henderson had died. | | He was later located in Philadelphia | and collapsed on a railroad train while | | en route to this city. He had been in | a serious condition at Sibley Hospital | since that time and the inquest was | postponed to permit him to recover | | suficiently to testify, | | Francis took the ‘stand and stated | that he did not see the approaching cab | at any time. He said he was not aware { |Sister and Physician Put | Stop to Wedding Steps | of Maj. Percefull. 1 { ¥ . | The wish of Maj. Abraham C. L | Percefull, medical approving officer of the Veterans' Bureau, to marry his the objections of his sister and her husband who came here to oppose him, is not to be carried out. out that Maj. Percefull would fight for | his life at Mount Alto Veterans' Hos- pital without the companionship of his 3628 Huntington street, Chevy Chase. | E. C. Alvord, the father, said today that his daughter had been denied entrance | to the hospital and that in “all human probability” the marriage | take place. Attended By Sister. Meanwhile, Maj. Percefull, who has | been il several months and whose life | Is despaired of, was attended by Mrs. | Richard Wathen of Elizabethtown, Ky., | and her husband, who are said to have | come from their home on learning of | Maj. Percefull's plan to marry. Announcements of Miss Alvord's en- | gagement to the World War veteran, { who is 54 years old, were published some time ago. Mr. Alvord said to- day that pubiication was made in T | sponse to the sick man's urgent T | quests. His daughter had peen attend- !ing him 10 and 12 hours a day since | his admittance to the hospital, he said, | Maj. Percefull having been removed to { Mount Alto from the Alvord home, {where he was for a time. The couple | had been engaged since last August, Mr. Alvord said. Plans for the marriage were made ionly in deference to Maj. Percefull, | Alvord said. He explained that his daughter was willing to waive any hesi- | tancy that might have obtained if in mariyipg him she could give him some < happiness before death. Mrs. Wathen contended, however, that | Maj. Percefull was not mentally com- | petent to go through with a ceremony TOMARRYBLOCKED | flancee before death claims him, despite | Circumstances seemingly had marked | would not CORONER DECLARES| _CHARLES S. WILSON. Navy Ship Sounds Ocean to Locate Water . Airdromes |Series of Float ig Islands Across Atlantic Sought to Aid Flyers. A series of floating artificial islands | impact was felt, He also testified that | | his attention was not drawn to the| | approach of any taxicab by any screams | | or shouts of warning from Mrs. Hender- | | son, who was sitting beside him. | Clark Gives Testimony, i Clark followed Francis to the stand | and id that he was on his way back | | to the Willard Hotel after discharging | some passengers at the Norfolk & | Washington Steamboat Co.'s wharf at i the foot of Seventh street, and was | traveling at a moderate rate of speed | when the car driven by Francis darted | directly in his path. He said he did | not have time to apply his brakes, and | shortly before the crash he had looked { for approaching trafic and. failing to see any. was about to make a turn | when Francis' car was struck. | | Prancis, who was conveyed to the in- quest in a police car, accompanied by Headquarters Detecttive John C. Fow- ler and Willlam Phillip and a nurse | | trom Sibley Hospital, was returned to the hospital after the close of the in- ! quest. | BOWLER DAMAGE AT PORT BURWEL {Plane’'s Crew and Natives Keep Up Endless Vigil in Ward- ing Off Ice. ! | 1 | Bermuda oc to injure France. In all the American | of that character and she announced debt agreements to France, he added, | that the marriage would not take place. France fared as well or better than | Mr. Alvord said today that Dr. Joseph other countries. | L. Aman, head of the medical staff of Ruhr Occupation Profitable. | the hospital, had told him he could not ‘The premier said the occupation of i permit the wedding to take place be- the Ruhr had been an important profit- | cause Maj. Percefull had been declared able operation for Prance, since it not | mentally incompetent. Shortly there. only netted the country a billion and a | after, Dr. Aman denied his daughter's half francs, but assured creation and | entrance to the sick man's room, Alvord acceptance of the Dawes plan. He re- | said, and finally, on the request of Mrs. minded the deputies that when France Wathen, would not permit her to wait entered the Ruhr in 1923, the govern- | outside his room, in order to be in readi- ‘ment more than once had declared it | ness should he call for her. wouid not repudiate the debts, but in- Dr. Aman declined to discuss the case tended to pay them in proportion to the | today, further than to say thatsMaj. sums received from Germany. | Percefull’s condition was “very seri- He then repeated his point made yes- | ous.” Mrs, Wathen amplified her pre- terday that France had no standing in vious statement that the wedding would a court if the debt was disposed, be- ! not take place only by saying she felt cause America would only have to pro- | “wholly justified” in her objections. duce the signed obligations to get li Miss Alvord, who is about 35 years Jjudgment. {old, and Ma). Percefull have been “A tribunal would not consider our friends about three years. During the sacrifice of life and property loss in i World War he saw service in France as the war,” he said. a medical officer. BY ROBERT WOOD. | By Radio to The Star. | PORT BURWELL. Labrador, via Louisburg, Novia Scotia, July 12.—Ice esterday caused the first damage to| the 'Untin’ Bowler, the Chicago Trib- | une’s amphibian plane en route to Ber- lin, It jammed across the -fiord and | pushed the ship against a jagged rock, | puncturing a small hole three feet above the water line. The damage was slight and is being repaired. It is only a miracle that the Bowler did not suf- | | fer greater damage. The water in the fjord where it is anchored moves in land out with great force. ! | Working in shifts, we watched every minute of the day and night. The factor of the Hudson Bay post has| delegated half a dozen natives to help us. They sat on the wings and the tail to push off the big ice chunks with poles. Others stand on the rocks and hold fast to ropes which keep the head | MARKS SETTLEMENT TO GET BELGIAN 0. K. AT | Brussels Cabinet Action Expectefli Today, Concessions to Germany ‘ Being Included. Br the Associated Press, BRUSSELS, July 12.—Approval of a settlement of the German marks ques- tion which has been reached between ' apecially appointed Belgian and Ger-! man delegates was expected at today's | session of the cabinet. i Details of the arrangement have not yet been disclosed, but the settlement is | known to include Belgian concessions dealing with the amount of the an- nuities and the question of German properties under sequestration since the armistice. In signing the recent reparations agreement, embodying the Young plan, | the Belgians made their approval con- | ditional upon a satisfactory settlement | of the marks question. STOORSRUNMBIDNES - <\ S Dens Nt et | IN BROKER LOAN FIGURE | By the Associated Preas. NEW YORK. July 12.—A wild bul- 1ish _demonstration on the New York Stock Exchange today greeted the over- night announcement of the reduction ©of $14,000.000 in brokers’ loans, which came after several successive weeks of gains totaling nearly $500,000,000. About a dozen utilities. half a dozen steels and an assortment of prominent rails and industrials were sent up $2 to more than $20 a share to record prices. U. 8. Steel was bid up $5 to a record price at $203. which is $40 above its 1929 low BAND CONCERT. - Band_concert by the United States Army Band, Curtis D. Alwa: in of Infantry, commanding, at States Capitcy at 7:30 March, “¥ne rlower of Sevil SOVIET REPORTED READY TO ORDER TROOPS TO CHINA of the ship close into the cove and out of the main stream. i The radio operators stationed here and the two mounted police come over | the hill during the day and help us, keep the endless vigil. Shortly after noon vesterday the ice came in_at_high tide and jammed sfrung across the Atlantic to aid trans- oceanic airplanes is the goal toward which Navy and commercial aviation | enthusiasts are working. In the hope of inaugurating this program by find- ing suitable “shelves” on the ocean floor between New York and Bermuda, the | Navy Department has assigned the U. | 8. S. Hannibal to make soundings. The | department, through its bureau of navi. galion, announced today that this work is proceeding and the first report has been received by Capt. C. S. Kempfl, fancee, Mise Carrie Ellen Alvord of | of the imminent danger until the actual | hydrographer, from Capt. William W.| Smyth, of the Hannibal Capt. Smyth reported that the ves- sel has completed sounding the area limited by latitudes 36-40 north and 37-10 north and by longitudes 68-00 west and 68-55 west, in the New York- nic area. “Two isolated shallow soundings were recorded in the north central part, but commanding officer ' subsequent lines did not check them,” the report said, adding “an area of sev- eral square miles of 2,000 fathoms depth was found in the southeast corner of the area: the remainder is of quite uni- | A de- ! form depth of 2600 fathoms. tailed sounding sheet will be prepared and forwarded.” Survey Covers 1,200 Square Miles. The buresu of navigation explained that the Hannibal survey “is being made for the purpose of determining the feasibility of anchoring an artificial island on the Atlantic for the landing of airplanes. a series of such islands to be eventually placed across the At- lantic at convenlent flight distances.” The area now being surveyed is about half way between New York and Ber- muda and is about 40 miles east and west by 30 miles north and south, and covers approximately 1,200 square nau- tical miles. Upon completion of the survey the | hydrographic data obtained will be for- warded lo the hydrographic office for inclusion on the charls of the North | | Auantie, published by that office. the | bureau pointed out. The Hannibal re- cently returned from survey duty on the north coast of Cuba. The Armstrong Seadrome Development Co. Is the com- cerclal concern interested in the possi- bility of establishing floating landing fields in the Atlantic. Depth Too Great for Diver. A proposal was put forward some time 8go to have the Navy's new alreraft carriers, the U. 8. S. Saratoga and Lexington, anchored in the Atlantic Ocean as emergency landing fiields and Tefueling stations for airplanes, but no official action on this plan was taken. It would not be possible to send divers to the great depth encountered on the floor of the Atlantic, naval officers sald in pointing out that many problems re- main o be solved In the anchoring of the seadromes. BRITIéH SfEAMER SUNK. Spanish Ship Reports Collision in | Fog and Saving of Crew. LONDON, July 12 (#).—Lioyd's Lands- | end wireless station veceived & mes- sage from the Spanish steamer Cristina today stating that she collided with and sank the British steamer Seaforth, 349 tons, during & fog near the Brlsml} Channel. (Continued From First Page.) | of the Transsiberian Railway, connect- { ing Russia proper with the port of Viadivostok. An alternate route, all! Russian, skirting Northern Manchuria, | is much longer and a less highly de- veloped rail organization. Chinese Eastern profits last year were nearly $8,000.000 in gold. The Japanese in Manchuria are es- | pecially interested observers in the pres- | ent turmoil, some feeling the action may eventuate in seizure of the Chi- nese Southern Railway, a connecting ! Manchurian link. which operates under Japanese control under not dissimilar | conditions. JAPAN PREPARES TO A Harbin Question Is sidered by the Cabinet and General Staff. TOKIO, July 12 (#).—The Japanese government today anxiously scanned | should any crisis srise as a result of the ' Chinese Eastern Rallway controversy. | Officials, while admitting that the ! situation was most grave, expressed the | opinion that Soviet Russia ‘was not lkely to resort to arms to regain her | position in North Manchuria. Never- theless, both the cabinet and the gen- eral staff today considered the Man- churian question. Their decisions were not divulged, but it was thought sig- nificant that after a lengthy cabinet meeting Premier Hamaguchl retains Foreign Minister Shidehara for further discussion. A government spokesman emphasized that Japan, while maintaining strict neutrality in the Chinese-Russian diffi- culties, even i’ there should be actual hostilities, would resolutely protect i Japanese lives and legitimate interests. It was stated that this protection would not be confined to the South Man- churian Railway zone, but would be ex- tended to Harbin of necessity, since Dedicated to the Tbero-Am position at Seville, Spain. Moclr 3 ....Davis-Bourke Intermezzo, . Suite, “Three Characteristic Dances’ 1. Valse leuse. . 2. Introduction and Habanera, 3, Danse Grotesque. ‘Waltz, “Espal . Tox trot, “Happy Humming Bird .Dizon Selection from “The Mikado". ,Sullivan ia, “The Evolution of the large Japanese community there has considerable holdings. Even if there should be disorders in Harbin—which the spokesman in was a purely hypothetical assumption— Japan might even be compelled to send troops or to order her nationals to withdraw. Foot Ball Games Arranged. By Cubie to The Star. BUENOS AYRES, Jul: \gentiffe Amateur Foot g- has resolved to a South Ameri- can championship contest. Games will be played in this city starting Octo- 12.—The Ar- 1l Association against the Bowler. While none of it reached the ship, it will likely remain when the water recedes, leaving the plane high and dry on the rocks. (Copyright. 1929.) DOCTOR IS UNDER BOND IN DEATH OF BOY, 11 Practicing Without Licen Charged-—Autopsy to Deter- mine If Lad Was Poisoned. By the Associated Press. MACON, Ga., July 12.—Dr. John Mc- Kervey was under $2,000 bond today on charges of manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license, awaiting & coroner’s verdict in the death of Jamet Edward Jones, jr.. 11 years old. Anau- topsy has been ordered to determine whether the boy died from poisoning. McKervey was arrested on informa- tion that he prescribed for the boy just before he was seized with convulsions which resulted in his death last Wed- nesdav, Other physicians who lafer at- tended young Jones said “all sympto and physical signs are strongly sug- gestive of poisoning. ROBBERY OF AMERICAN MAIL BELIEVED SOLVED Italian Sub-Post Office Director Arrested Leaving With Valise Containing 100 Letters. By the Associated Press. NAPLES, Italy, July 12.—Myslerious thefts of money from the malls from America which have been going on for | the past three years are believed solved by the arrest today of the director of the subpost office here, Cavaliere (8ir) Michsel De Lima. De Lima was taken into custody he was,leaving the post office with a valise containing about 100 letters, each containing about $5 sent by immigrants in_America to their families here Postal inspectoys are now trying to estimate how much of the thefts can be sttributed to De Lima, since the losses have been spread over three years and are aliged to total many (hou- sands of dollars, 11 Perish 'in Benzine Blast. RIGA. Latvia, July 12 (P).—Eleven | or the famous ball player's lots would be | persons ‘were kilied yesterday at Odessa | o5 (¢ I8 v hen benzine in the Red whe, Cross rubber works fl * The ‘two- story building The Seaforth’s crew was saved. | | { Above: John Smith, customs agent in iarge in San Francisco, with some of he trunks Mrs. Ying Kao (below), wife of the Chinese vice consul in San Francisco, in which were found opium | valued at $600,000 and undeclared rare silks and Chinese laces. Babe Ruth Tax Delinquent. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla,, July 12 (®). —Babe Ruth's name appeared on the 'new delinquency tax list, made public yesterday, with the statemept that three |50l for delinquent taxes amounting to something ke $14. The lots are situ: _aled at Pasadena, CHARGES BANKERS DIVERTED MILLIONS Brothers Admitted Trans- fer to Families. By the Associated Press: NEW YORK, July 12.—United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, as he open- iEd before a Federal commissioner his | “John Doe” hearing on the failure of Clarke Bros, private banking concern, declared today that the Clarke Bros. had admitted to him that they trans- ferred “many millions of dollars to their wives and families before the bank crashed.” ‘ At the same time James Rae Clarke, | senior member of the firm, all of whose partners are under. Federal indictment |on a charge of using the mails to de-| | fraud, testified at a bankruptcy ref- |eree’s hearing that the institution, which had been in existence 80 years when it failed, was in trouble once be- | fore, back in 1903. At that time friends came to his assistance, he said, and | the bank was saved by refinancing. | Two hearings—one before United | States Commissioner Garrett W. Cotte: the other before' Referee John L. Lyt- tle—were in progress at the same time |w day. ‘While James Rae Clarke, now at lib- | erty on $25,000 bail, was ‘testifying at | the referee’s. hearing Mr. Tuitle, in his |opening address, was attacking the | brothers ' before the Federal commis- sioner. - Only the day before the bank went into voluntary bankruptcy, Mr Tuttle declared, the partners were en gaged in ve for depositors. DAVIS WILL STRESS PHILIPPINE ECONOMY | Governor General Will Not Make! Specific Address to Legislature. | Recommendations in | | | Ry Radio to The Star and Chicazo Daily ews. MANILA, July 12.—Gov. Gen. Dwight | F. Davis let it be known today that his message to the Legislature next Tues- | .day, when the Legislature convenes for | the annual 100-day term, will be in gen- eral terms and without specific recom- | mendation, his recent arrival in the| Philippines leaving him still unfamiliar | with many details. | He also believes that legislation | should be initiated in the Legilsature | and not in the governor's office. This is | a decided departure from former Gov. | Gen. Stimson's method, which included the drafting of bills covering legisia- tion the governor desired. Gov. Davis has worked nights since his arrival. chiefly shaping the message and probably following the general outlines of his inaugural address, stressing hon- esty and economy, with industrial and | farm development encouraged as a! means of getting more revenue for| schools. hospitals and public works, This policy pleases all, particularly | business men. i (Copyright. 1929.) $104,000 SHORTAGE JAILS TELLER OF GEORGETOWN BANK | ___(Continued From First Page) are done, and until T get some advice I! | preter to keep stient.” Asked whether he had consulted a | lawyer or taken steps to do so, he re- | plied: “Ready fo Stay.” “I haven't seen any one yet. If some-| body comes and gives me a lift out| of here, T shall be glad. of course, but I am ready to stay here if I have to."| “Would you say what you did with the money?” was the next question. | U. S. Attorney Says Cl.arke: ! The duce is a fiyer himself. ! f l L ROMANS 10 MEET N FLYERS HONOR o_vernment Calls for Public Demonstration to Fath- finder Crew. HESED R Radio Speaker By the Associated Press. ROME, July 12.—The government | |called a mass meeting of citizens of | Rome to convene at 6:30 p.m. today in Collona Square “to render homage to {Roger Q. Williams and Capt. Lewis A. | Yancey, American transatlantic avia- | | tors.” The meeting probably will mark the culmination of Rome's welcome to the two fiyers, who arrjved here Wednesday from Old Orchard, Me., with but one |stop en route, at Sastander, Spain. iThere will be music with speeches by | prominent Italians. The two men, thoroughly tired al- | expected to seize the first opportunity | to make a triai spin in their plane, the Pathfinder, which has been gone over and given minor repairs at Littorio Aerodrome. 1t has been on more or less public display there and has excited in- tense curiosity. | Wans te Try Machine. | Arquis de Pinedo, the dean of Italy's transatlantic aviators, who once crossed | the North Atlantic himself, said he would like to try out the Pathfinder if | Williams and Capt. Yancey were willing | during their short stay "here. Great pride is felt here that its constructos. Bellanca, was of Italian background, | and that it was the first to reach Rome | from America. | The aviators will be given a high dec- | oration by the Italian government, | probably the Orders of SS. Lazarus and Maurice, when they visit King Vic- | tor Emanuel next Monday. Thelr day yesterday was climaxed with a personal and very intimate luncheon with Premier Mussolini at his villa, Torlonia. They were accompanied there by Lieut. Comdr. Bellinger of the NC-4. and talked shop with the Italian premier. Meeting Ts Seerel. The meeting was kept a close secret until the fivers got back to their hotel. The aviators still insist they need a lot of sleep, and once yesterday they asked visiting newspaper men fo race them around the room, the request be- ing & jocular expression of their fatigue at the long hours seated in the Path- finder. Thus far they have worn their fiving clothes, neatly pressed and sponged, everywhere they have gone. Yancey and Williams, accompanied by Undersecretary Balbo and Comdr. Fran- cesco de Pinedo, inspected the trans- atlantic plane Pathfinder today with a view (o making A trip to Paris shortly for » reunion of the “Old Orchard club.” The Americans want to keep their promise to the French fyers. Assolant, Le Fevre and Lotti. that they would have a reunion in Montmartre if both crews succeeded in crossing safely. During the latter part of next week the men will go to England. will have their plane crated and will then sail for home. The fiyers also hope to drop off st Bologna to visit Maj. Ferrarin. noted Italian fiver, who is in a hospital there resting after a minor operation. MAY RETURN IN FLYING BOAT. Pathfinder Crew Would Stop in Spain, Azores and Bermuda. i NEW YORK, July 13 P .—The' American Aeronautical Corporation an- nounced today that a cable had been received from Italy stating that Roger Q. Williams and Capt. Lewis A. Yance: are contemplating & return fiight to the United States in & flying boat. The message was from the Savoia Marchetti Co. of Milan, manufacturers of fiying boats in Italy. The pilots who flew the monoplane Pathfinder from Old Orchard. Me., ‘o Rome in two hops. would make three | stops in their proposed return flight to America. They would stop in Spain, the Azores and Bermuda, with New York the terminus. Dispatches from Rome, where the fiyers are being entertained, howev-r, announced that before returning to the United States they plan to visit Pans for & meeting with the crew of the |ready of receptions and dinners, ave SENATOR WILLIAM H. NG T DISGSS POLTICSINFORUM Democratic Senator Will Touch on Political and Eco- -nomic Questions of Age. “Political and Economic Tendencies and Dangers,” will be discussed by Senator Willlam H. King of Utah, one | of the leading Democratic members in the upper branch of Congress, in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Evening Star and sponsored by the Co- Jumbia Broadeasting System tomorrow night. . The Senator will go on the air | at 9 o'clock in the evening over a farc flung network of stations, including Station WMAL in this city. Senator King will touch upon & num- ber of different questions regarding the political and economic trends of the present_age in this country. The Utah Senator is a close student of a wide variety of legislative problems. He is one of the Democratic members of the which is about to begin deliberating over the House tariff bill after several weeks of subcommittee hearings. He is A member also of the iudiciary com- mittee, to which goes many of the m important gquestions presented to the Senate. Senator King's field of service in- cludes also service with the committees on immigration, mines and mining, privileges and elections and the District of Columbia. In addition to these com- mittee assignments, Senator King has | devoted a great deal of time in recent vears to close study of conditions in the Senate for more than 12 years, prior to which he served for a number of vears in the House. Before coming to Congress he an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Utah. MOTHER LOSES CASE | WHEN SON STEPS IN Little Bennie Welzer Stops Sum- mons and Appears in Court. i | By the Associated Pres: CHICAGO, July 1 Welrer's parents, Isaac and Lena Welzer, came from Russia 26 years ago and have clung tenaciously to mai old world standards, but Bennie is an | American. Being an American, knows about divorces, and disapproves “I do not want to discuss that at all,” | transatlantic plane Yellow Bird and ' of (hem, he answered. | Told of a report that he had spent money on the races and in other forms | of gambling. Bennett declared that he | had said “nothing of that kind.” | “Did you sperd any large sums of money on your girl friends?” he was asked. “I can't talk about that, either,” id. i be| said. Bennett even declined to say what his salary had been at the bank, fall- ing back again on the statement that he had “decided not to say anything| at all about the whole matter for the | present.” | | then go on to London, crating the Pathfinder for shipment to America. | A process server came to Bennie's [ house & month sgo with a paper for Bennie's father; a paper notifying him that Mrs, Welzer had started suit for | divorce. "Bennie intercepted the sum- | mons. He did not want his parents divorced. important finance committee. { t | Little Bennie NEW ORLEANS STRIKE CREWS ARE GUARDED b "chie, moct. s o sax vas | Bennie skipped school, ‘slipping down . ! to Judge Gemmlill's courtroom and into Clearing Car a rear seat. | Pretty soon he saw his mother take | the witness stand. He heard his mother |say her husband had beaten her- and | threatened her with a pistol. He heard Workmen Begin Tracks for Resumption of Street Rail Service. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, July 13.—Under shotgun guard of United States mar- shals, gang crews today began the re- pair of the street car tracks and the removal of obstructions placed on the rights of way by strikers preparatory | i to the operation of street cars here to- morrow or Sunday. The strikers offered no interference to the work and the Federal marshal | does not anticipate any disorders when the cars are started under protection of | United States deputies and police by authority of the Federal injunction. The city has been quiet since the riots of last week as the result of the starting of a few cars operated by strike- breakers. The negotiators for settlement of the strike; now in its eleventh day. con- tinued conferences with representatives of the company and union in the belief that some tangible proposal will be produced. SEVEN BADL? INJURED WHEN TRUCKS COLLIDE By fhe Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, July 12—Seven persons were severely injured here to- day, six perhaps fatally, when two motor trucks crashed in a residential section. Although the collision involved an ice and bakery truck, the vehicles were carrying passengers because of the street car strike. Hazel Monroe, 23; Thelma Monroe, 21; Harry Regan, Charles Hartman, 20; | before Commissioner Ernest Willlams. Lawrence Gallin, 20, colored, and an'| unidentified man were the most seri-| ously injured. The injured catapulted info the street amid flying cakes of ice, which probably added to their injuries. two other women corroborate the story. | Judge Gemmill was on the point of | signing the decrce when he noted & little hand waving frantically from the rear of the courtroom. Bennie was | tr¥ing to attract the court’s attention !#s he would the teacher’s at school. Judge Gemmill called' him forward. “That's my mother,” said Bennie | “She is not telling the truth. My father is a kind man._He does not know what she is doing. I do not want her to get | a divorce.” Judge Gemmill told Bennie to run| and get his father. On the way from | | the building his mother seized him to | punish him for interfering. He returned soon with his father. and told of being beaten by his mother. The court refused the plea for divorce and said- he would send Mrs. | Welzer to jail for six months if she | beat Bennie again. BE TRIED BY CHINESE | __ (Continued From First Page) | that they knew of no law which would | preclude prosecution. Warrants Are Issued. SAN FRANCISCO, July 12 (#.— Warrants for the arrest of Susi Ying Kao, Ying Kao and Suen Foon, charg- ing them with facilitating the transpor- | | tation and concealment of a quantity of | opium in violation of the Jones-Miller "act, were issued from the United States commissioner’s office here today, |~ The warrants were sworn to by John | W. Smith, United States customs officer, Kao was former Chinese vice consul here and Susi Kao Is his wife. Foon is | chancellor of the Chinese consulate. Immediately after issuance of _the warrants, officers left to place the three | i | Chinese under arrest. Hour Orchestras Must Cease Playing % Matter for Dist The hour that orchestras must stop playing to avoid disturbing the peace and quiet of the neighborhood at night will be given to the District Court of Appeals to decide. This announcement was made yesterday afternoon in Police Court, when Graham H. Budd, opera! of & roof garden and ‘ice eream pai at 1781 Columbia road. was tried be- | that in obtained rict Court to Decide ‘:um._v, but the penalty deferred until u E A’lur nearly a dozen witnesses had testified it had been brought out that the latest this. particular orchestra had played was 12:30 o'clock. Judge Given id that undoubtedly music played after a neighborhood had gone to bed was a disturbance of the peace. but refused to set an hour for the orchestra to stop playing. Budd’s attorney said that & m{,l:t might be {of THE EVI EASSTOCK BUYERS REVEAL 0ENTTY Five Investment Corpora- tions Acquire Controliing Interest in D. C. Firm. i ! (Continue ! shares of the Washington Gas Light C stock. From First Page.) Own Controlling Interest. “I am a director of Harris, Forbes & Co., dealers in investment securities. Fo: A number of years our company ha purchased and distributed to the public | the bonds of the Washington Gas Light 1 Co., and during this period we have had an excellent opportunity to become fa- | miliar with the affairs of that company. | Some months ago we decided 1o form a { group of bankers and investors to ac- quire a substantial interest in the stock | of the Washington Gas Light Co., and as a result we and our associates. at | present, control a substantial majority | of the stock of that company. It is our | opinion that the development of the business of the Washington Gas Light | Co. has been restricted in the past by { the fact its capital structure, as limited by its charter powers. is not such as to | permit it to raise adequate capital to 1 take full advantage of the business op- | portunities and to give the territory served as broad a service as would be | desirable. We believe that with the new | capital which will be made available | through our group the Washington Gas | Light Co. can greatly extend its uséful- | ness to the citizens of Washington and at the same time increase the value of the equity represented by its stock. | “As a medium for holding the stock of Washington Gas Light Co. for the | beneficial interest of the group of bank- !ers and investors headed by Harris, Forbes & Co. the Seaboard Investment Trust wes formed. This trust is not in any sense a public utility corporation or |a holding corporation, but is & trust formed under and pursuant to a decla- | ration of trust appointing three trustees | to hold and control the shares of Wash- | ington Gas Light Co. acquired for the | benefit of the banking group. The | powers of the trustees and their dutirs are substantially similar to those of | trustees appointed under a will who are {named to administer the estate of & decedent. Shares Are Redistributed. “The shares of beneficial interest in the trust were subscribed for by a bank- ing_group consisting of Harris. Porbes & Co., American Founders Corporation, Schooilkopf. Hutton & Pomeroy, H. M. Byllesby & Co. and Chase Securities Corporation. _These bankers have in each case redistributed shares of benefi- cial interest to individuals and invest- ment companies affiliated with them. No individual, company or group owns {or controls more than a 20 per cent in- terest in this trust “I have handed you & certified copy of the declaration of trust and a list cf the holders of record of shares of beneficial interest, and I have explained that the shares of Washington ¢Gas Light Co. held by the trust, are for convenience carried in the names of various nominees of the trust. The names of these stockholders are avail- {able to you at any time. i, “In answer to your question as to | the future policy of the trust in con- nection with the acquisition of other . T have re- was formed solely for the purpose of acquiring and holding in a legal manner | the stock of Washington Gas Light Co.. and that it does not now own, and has no intention of acquiring, other utility stocks or properties. “The trustees under the provisions of the declaration of trust have full and complete control of the stocks held by the trust, and it will be Harris, Forbes & Co.’s policy to advise and co-operate | with the trustees in the management | of the trust and in the direction of the | affairs of the Washington Gas Light ) Co. to the extent permitted by the own- | ership of the control of its stock |, “If you desire any further igforma- | tion on this subject, I will be glad to furnish it.” | Plan Great Improvements. | Mr. Burroughs told newspaper men yesterdav that the purchase was en- gineered by the holding corporations in | order to secure the only large operating | company not already in the hands of {a holding corporation. He said that great improvements would be made. the rate schedule altered and efforts made to sell gas for heating purposes. By this means, he said, he was confident tl > investors would reap profitable re- turns on the high price they paid for the stock—$125 per share for $20 par value stock As to the amount of money to be | spent on the improvement, or when it | would begin, Mr. Burroughs was vague. | He said the situation must be studied | first. He said at first that the new purchasers were not at all interested in valuation of the company. now pend- ing in District Supreme Court. Later, however. he said he expected that the commission would allow the company a fair return on a fair valuation. He would not commit himself as to what he considered a fair return. Corporation Counsel William W. Bride yesterday indicated dissatisfaction with the stalement of Mr. Burroughs, but withheld formal comment until after the commission meeting. Harrls, Forbes & Co. are New York bankers: the American Founders' Cor- poration is a New York investment house; Schoellkopf. Hutton & Pomeroy is a New York and Buffalo holding corporation: N. H. Byllesby & Co. is a large holding corporation of New York and Chicago, and the Chase Se- curities Corporation is a subsidiary of the Chase National Bank of New York. | | U. S.-Polish Treaty Sent Geneva. GENEVA, July 12 (P).—The Polish government’ has deposited with the | League of Nations secretariat for regis- tration and publication an extradition treaty between Poland and tie ®nitod States dated November 22, 1927. June Circulation |Sunday, 108,968 olumbia. se @ NEWBOLD. Business Manazer ENING AND SUNDAY STAR does solemnly swear that the actual number of copies of the paper named sold and dis- {zibuted durine the ‘monta of June, 3D District of C FLEMING was as follows Dars. Conine 102,833 Less adiustments........ Total daily net circulation. ....... Average daily net paid circulation. Daily average numher of ¢opies for service, ete....... ... : Daily averdge:net circulation. SUNDAY. Da adjustments. . Total Sunday net circulation Average met paid Sunday Average ‘number of copies for serv- ice. etc.. % Average Sunday net cireulation . 108, FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Mana=er. Subscribed and sworn to before me (. 13ih day of July, 1929, i (Beal.) YOUNT, "ELMER F! Notary Puslic.