Evening Star Newspaper, July 29, 1929, Page 2

Wk MERCHANTS WANT HOOVER LEFT TURN Al Interviewed on Subject! Are Opposed to Present Sys- tem and Harland Pian. Temporizing _ with the left turn problem by offering as a palliative, | something “iust as good” in the shape of the Hoover sysiem but with a vital BEFORE BROMLEY | modification, is “poor business” and will still leave Washington lagging behind in the uniform traffic code movement | in the opinion of local department store | leaders who have been interviewed by a | Star reporter. Every one of them was | against the present rotary turn and was | caually apposed 1o the Trafie Bureau | (Harland) plan, which would still re- | quire Jeft turning cars to wait for the | lizht change, differing solely from the present rolary. turn in that vehicles would stop in the center of the street’| instead of at the right, until the shift | in light. There was unanimity in de- claring for the Hoover uniform code Teft. turn rule which, it. was pointed out. iz the one nused now in Washington excent for the relatively few controlled interseetions. | “The regular Hoover left turn with- | out modification is the sensible thing | to adopt in Washington.” said R. !:v| Buckley. general superintendent of the Palais Roval. “1 certainly dislike the Totary turn now in foree at some in- torsections during portions of the time and I believe that there should be the | same rule at all crossings at all times. | Furthermore T am convinced that the | best thing we can do is to join in the movement for uniformity. To arbitrarily | require a stop before completing the turn, which T understand is being con- | sidered. 1s to retard fraffic unnecessarily tnless conditions are such at the time as 10 make 1t proper ta stop for safety.” Were it not. for the great safety value | of uniform rules T would faver a turn T have seen used in Atlantic City.” said superintendent of W. R. Moze: & Sons, “but, all things consid- | ered. 1 want 10 go on reeord as for the | Hogver left turn. ana T think it mmeI be applied here at all intersections When our present conflicting Tules are changed. T believe it might he well for a time to mark the lane on the pave- | ment, preceded by the words ‘Left Turn | | This Lane’ or similar legend. Further- when 1 use the term ‘Hoovew! turn’ 1 mean the turn on the green | light frem the left lane. making only, Seh S10PS AT MAY be NECeSSATY hecanse of the right of way being with the on- coming traffic ™ more, Unifarm Turn Favored. | “While T think our prezent left. furn | rules thould be changed so at ta be the same at all intersections through out the ritv and believe that the one whith should be adopted i< tn turn from ! the center of the intersection on the green light—in orher words, the Hoover | furn without modification—still I am convinced that. there i= another factor in the traffic problem which is of squal. if not. greater, importance.” said George §. De Neals. ‘zenera] superintendent. of | Kann's. “What I have in mind is a concerted effort to in:press every motor | car operator with the neeessity for con- | sideration of the rights of others. ‘Do nnio others az you would have others| do unto you' still has, or should have, | itz place 1n thiz zasoline age, and only by i3 unjversal application can there be safety in the nse of streets both for drivers and for pedestrians.” T am absolutely in favor of a change n our prezent left-turn Tule at con- ' trolled croseings, and believe we should AAop! the mathod we now prescribe for | ncontrolied intersections, which 1 un- ! derstand 1= known as the Hoover rurn, aid Mark Lansburgh of Lansburgh & Bro. "1 can see the value in the modi- fication suggested by Mr. Harland, but | 10 require a stop when fhe condition of | the traffic did not make it. necessary | aeems a needless block. Furthermore, I think that the Tule which is finally se- lected should be applied at all intersec. tions. whether controlled or not, so a o mve us uniformity, and 1 doubt if the | &lop feature rould be enforced at un- | controlled crossings. so that we soon | ‘ would have two rules again . the « adopted but one svstem for all over the | Pl Now we stop when due regard to our own and the other driver's safety de- mands 1t at uncontrolled crossings. and | T have nn reason to doubt. we would ex- | ercize the same thoughtfulness at con- | trolled intersections. Likewize adoption of the Hoover turn would do away wirh hlocking these whe want to make right turns, and that iz one of the bad fea- | tures of the rotary left turn. Rushing te Beat Light Hit. “While this enforcement campaign 1s on T wish it might. be considered pos- £1bie 10 do something about the drivers Who ‘beat the light.’ AT nearly every | lignt. change you can see some one rry- ing to get The start on the rest by mov- | ing st before the lights change. and | 1t 1= aggravating to those who are obey- ng e law 10 see others violate regula- | tion: and get away with it."" ““Certainly 1 believe there should be untformity in traffic rules in regard to | the left turn” said A. Hecht of the Hecht Co.. in expressing his surprise | that there should be any doubt on such a question. C. L. Marlow, general superintendent. of the same company. ! was equally emphatic in declaring his belief in the value of universal rules. “Give us almost anything except the rotary method we now have so long as there 12 uniformity all over the city.” sald Mr. Marlow. “Of course I prefer | the' so-called Hoover method without modification. Tt is the one we use here at all uncontrolled intersections and I have used it A great deal in Baltimore, where it i the rule all over the eity. T find it opens up the way for those | who want to make right turns at the aame crossing and. above all else, it is | standard turn.” Put, me down az favoring the Hoover turn without the modification which has been suggested.” remerked W. W. | Everett, general manager of Woodward | & Lothrop’s. “When and if the rules are changed here again there should be | city and that one. 1 believe, should be | ! the one which has been indorsed by all of the trafilc experts who drew up tae ' Hoover model municipal ordinance. Just ) as far as possible, there should be uniformity throughout the country in our driving rules and there is nothing in our loeal conditions which makes it | necessary that we fall short of doing | our.share along that line by making a non-essential modification of the al- most universally accepted left-turn method.” Opposes Modification, 7. A. Buete, service director of the same company, indicated his opposition | to the suggested modified #Hoover turn by saying. “T'd almost prefer to go on | a3 we are than 1o see a change made to the method fentatively suggested by the Traffic Bureau. What I would like to see is a speedy adoption of the regular , Hoover left. turn.” “It seems foolish fo me to require & . #top at the center of the intersection unless traffic conditions make it neces- sarv at the time of left turning,” said Cheston, assistant manager of Garfinckel's, in discussing the modified , are famillar t Hoover turn, which has been suggested by the Traffic Bureau as a possible substitute for the rotary left turn. {In the last few days I have talked this matter over with our drivers and me- chanies. Every one of them is against ¢ the rotary left turn and they all prefer the Hoover method, with which they using it at the the uncontrolled + “I don't like the rotary left turn.” remarked Leo Baum, manager of Gold- enl “and vou:&dlm'tgml’u;h: regular Hoover method puf effec here at all jntersections. The rotary turn blocks right turns, which is one of the reasons T am to it. I believe we na-;nd have one rule all nv'er the city, but T:.can see vantage in 8 regulation which wum us stop | the other note. Scene at christening of vesterday in an attempt to take off. Ruffelen. 9-vear-old daughter of John Miyazaki. 3-year-old daughter of the Taroma, Wi ENDURANCE FLYER KLLED N CRASH FILES TWO SUITS Crichton Dies, Haughland Hurt—Bromiey in Wreck. Robin Up Nearly 400 Hours. ‘ __(Continued- From Pirst Page.) today and send to Burbank, Calif, to be rebuilt. An examination showed that the 425- horsepower motor of the plane had not been seriously damaged. ROBIN NEAR 400-HOUR MARK. Joint Earnings of Record Flyers Reach $17,408 Total. ST. LOUIS, July 29 (&) —Forest O'Brine and Dale (Red) Jackson. champion endurance fivers, today were nearing the 400-hour mark aloft in the St. Louis Robin. At 9:17 am. they had completed 386 hours in the air and had exceeded the record of the Angeleno by 140 hours. The joint earnings of the fivers accumulating at the rate of $116 an hour amounted to $17,408 at that time. The Robin came low over the field at 6:30 a.m. as the fivers tossed out a message. The fluttering streamer at- tached to the container caught in a wing struf, however, and a few min- utes later a second confainer was tossed out and fell clear. The message, ad- dressed to “Shorty” Chaffee of the re- fueling crew, sald: “Shorty, give us 60 10 70 gallons of gas and oil. Everything going fine. O'Bie got excited and lost Red." Word that the Minnesota endurance fivers had crashed this morning was sent up to the fiyers by their wives who inclosed notes for eacn In 1ne breaktast container. ‘This morning’s refueling was the, | forty-tourtn transfer of gasoltne and ou | And the seventy-second contact between the endurance plane snd the rerueier for all purposes. So far 3,320 galions of gasoline have been transferred. | ‘The long-awaited landing -seemed to become an immediate POSSIDIILY eariy last night when a heavy bank of clouds rolled up out of the west carrying a threat of storm. A period of ground ac- tivity followed as the Robin shortened its circle and remained within view ot those on the fleld. Radio broadcasting was ordered stopped so the sound of the motor could be heard if the fivers were forced to go above the clouds. Movie men set up their cameras and reporters edged toward the telephones. By 9 pm.. however, the clouds disappeared, and the Robin winked the signal O K to the WAlchars pelow, WIFE SPARED ORDEAL. | BErsrCriohtant Biloging Breaktast: Later Than Usual. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 29 (#).— Ten minutes after Capt. P. J. Crichton, endurance fiyer, fell to his death with the endurance’ monoplane the Min- neésota today, his wife arrived at the airport with breakfsst for the two pilots. She was later than usual, un- knowinglv sparing herself the ordeal | of witnessing the tragedy. | When informed of the crash and her | husband's. death, Mrs. Crichton col- lapsed and was taken to the hospital. hysicians said she was suffering from shock. | BANDITS ATTACK TRAIN. | Mexico City Reports Express Car Robbed of $4,300. MEXICO CITY, July 28 (#)—Dis- patches fo Excelsior from Saltillo, Coahuila, said bandits attacked a mixed freight-passenger train yesterday at Herradaras, Coahuila. and carried off | 9,000 pesos (about. $4,300) from the ex- | r"luelr, The passengers were not mo- ted. The bandits halted the train by placing logs on the track and firing on the engineer. He was not injured. PLANE:IS SIGHTED. BELIZE, British Honduras, July 29 (#).—A mail plane of the Pan-Ameri- | can Alrways, missig for almost 21 hours, was believed located last eve- ning on the water of Punta Herrera. Mexico. The aviator who sighted it from the air said the crew waved (o' him, so it was thought all was well. ! before_completing the turn when the | way was clear of oncoming traffic.” “IL seems to me that & rule which | has been indorsed by the leading traffic | authoritfes of the country should be the | correct one and certainly we should have the same méthod all over town." concluded Joseph King of King's Palace. “If an unnecessary stop is going to be insisted on, why hold vehicles in the | center? They might just as well be over at the right as is done in the | rotary turn, except for unblocking those i i who want. to make right turns. Count me for uniformity. and for the. regular Hoover left turn without modification,” | corridor. "HE EVENT PLANE CRASHED eut. Bromley's Tokio plane, which was wrecked Left to right: Bromley: Clasina er. and Evelyn representative in Lieut. flight hac consular Ruffelen, Japanes ARRESTED AUTOIST Joseph E. Wildman Charges Conspiracy Against Binger and Parran. James Edward Binger of Halls Sta- tion, Prince Georges County, Md., and J. Frank Parran, State’s attorney for that county, were sued today in the Dis- trict Supreme Court for $50,000 dam- ages by Joseph E. Wildman, jr., 4209 ' Thirty-eighth street, on charges of con- spiracy to cause him to be unlawfully sted and imprisoned Wildman telis the court that August 11 last his automobile and a towed ma- chine being steered by Binger collided {and his vehicle was damaged (o the ex- tent of $250, for which amount he sued Binger in the Circuit Court of Prince Georges Count charging negligence. During pendency of the civil suit and with intention to make him drop that proceeding, Wildman says, Binger de- termined (o swear out warrants against him for reckless driving and failing ‘o stop after collision to give neme and assistance. Binger, it 13 alleged, consulted with Parran as (o the best method of carry- ing out his determination, and was ad- vised by the State's attorney that Wild- man could not be arrested in the Dis- trict and taken back to Maryland on traffic charges, but cduld be 0 removed on a warrant charging an assault Kill Following what Wildman says, he was arrested on A warrant charging an assault to kill Oc- tober 3 and after being held here for several hours was taken to Maryland oefore Retta D. Morris, a justice of the peace, who released him in bond of 5400. After several postponements, he de- clares. he appeared, but Parran did not appear and Binger failed to prosecuts the charge, which was dropped. CHOICE LIQUOR FOUND ABOARD SEIZED YACHT By the Associaied Prews. Assistant Secretary Lowman an | nouncd foday that customs authorities had found 30 or 35 cases of choice liquors concealed in the $500,000 yacht Margo, chartered by Lewis Mendelsohn, seized ‘at Detroit Saturday. Mendelsohn had chartered the yacht from its Chicago owner, and after visit- ing Canada docked at Detroit. Cus- toms inspectors were reported to have discovered the liquor in the bathroom and in & hidden compartment under a Lowman said the evidence had been turned over to the United States attorney at Detroit, who would proceed against the yachi and Mendel- sohn as sgainst ordinary rum runners. The yacht is the largest vessel of its kind to be seized since the Treasury began ils drive to stop smuggling from Canadian points between Lakes Ere and Huron. The liquor seized was suid to be the choicest vintage, including Prench brandies and champpgne. Koger Q. Wilhams and Lewis A. Yancey, transatiantic. fiy er; Daspite the fact that it was Sund shows the fivers and their wives they attended servi he terms a conspiracy, | —— 10 CRUISERS HELD ‘NEEDED FOR PARITY Necessary Under Any Agree- ment With British, U. S. Experts Hold. { By the Associated Press. The final outcome of the naval lim- Htation discussions now advancing into | a highly technical phase in London is | expected by American experts to leave | | at least two-thirds of the 15-cruiser| program intact. As they see it. at least 10 of the contemplated 10,000-ton vessels will huve to be built under any arrange- ment which may be reached in carry- |ing out the agreement between the | United states and Great Britain on | the principle of absolute equality in| | the fighting strength of their navies| will all kinds of craft considered. | In postponing the laying of the keel | of three cruisers which were to have | been put down in navy yards next. Fall, it is recalled, President Hoover himself | remarked that “generally speaking, the | | British cruiser strength considerably | | exceeds American strength at the pres- ent time and the actual construction of | these three cruisers would not be likely in (hemselves to produce inequality in | the final resul | | Problem of Methods Up. | | Construction of 10 of the 15 cruisers. 1it is reasoned, would give the United States only the 18 of this class regarded | | by high naval officers as essential to a | balanced fighting fleet necessary to pro- vide adequate sea defense and protect American trade lanes and prestige. The United Stales then would have in the cruiser category, besides the 10,000-ton vessels, 10 of 7,500 tons, classed as first- line snips, and 19 of varying tonnage in | the second line, many of which, if present Navy Department studies indi- cate the desirability of such action, probably will be sold or otherwise dis- posed of. Those considerations undoubtedly will | enter directly or indirectly into the new | phase of the London discussions, which, | having passed the point of agreement | on general British-American naval par- | ity, were turned today to the problem of | determining axactly how that is to be | attained. This was the reason for {he return {o London of Hugh S. Gibson, American Ambassador to Belgium, who has head of this Government's delegation to the league of Nations Preparatory Dis- armament Commission proposed in Apiil that the powers formlate a new “yardstick” for measuring the compara- tive strength of navies as a whole. He has been kept in close fouch with the conversations be‘ween Prime Min- istey MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes ever since he was firsi called upon to take part in their discussions some time | 8go. &nd his return to London was Te- | quested after the parity agreement had made 1t Lecessary (o begin consideration of means of applying the “yardstick” idea, Problem Is Complex. Whereas heretofore naval comparisons have been based largely on relative ton- nages. the American desire is to bring into consideration such vital elements of speed. age and gun power of ships and other factors, The complexity of that problem is expected fo occupy the Brit- ish prime minister and the two Amer- ican Ambassadors ior some days: but the adjournment of Parliament, reliev- ing MacDonald of some of his activities, is weicomed as facilitating their dis- cussions. Under the tonnage method of com- parison, which prevailed when the 192 arms limitation treaty established Bril- ish-American parity as to capital ships and mircraft carriers, the disparity in the cruiser strength of the two gov- ernments is wo great that informed opinion here expects that, no matter vhat new factors are brought into cal- culations, American construction will have to go forward while the British slop bullging or scrap a number of vese<el. n though President Hoover h announced a posiponement in the la ing of the keels of three cruisers to be iilt in navy yards, no order has been sued to stop work on guns and armor for_these ships These guns, which could be used on any of the 10.000-ton cruisers, are being built in navy yards at a normal rate of speed. fitting.in to the schedle of other work at hand, and their con- {stauction has not caused any marked increase in employment. FUNERAL SEFiVICES HELD | FORLIEUT. C. H. VENABLE Retired Naval Officer Was Injured Fatally in Fall Down Steps at Home. Puneral services for Lieut. Charles H. Venable, United States Navy, retired,: who died at his home, 1833 California street, Friday, from injuries sustained when' he fell down a flight of steps, were conducted at the residence this afternoon. Rev. Jobn C. Palmer offici- ated. Interment was in Arlington Ceme~ tery. Representutives of the various organi- zations of which Lieut. Venable was a | member attended the services. He was & vice president of the Association of Oildest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, and & member of the Loyal Legion. American Legion, District of Columbia Society of Natives, the Na- tional Press Club and the Masons. Lieut. Venable, who was 82 years old, was retired from the Navy many years g0, due (o disability, resuiting from in- juries sustalned aboard ship when a | porthole cover was blown off. (eenter group) being cheered after leaving St. Patrick’s c-v./hel [ - | Dr. John Randolph, | Tom P. Jimison of Charlotte and Le€o | conferences returned ta New York on the liner Republic yesterday. the fivers were given a rousing welcome by an official welcoming party. Phoie G STAR., ‘WASHINGTON, *D. .. MONDAY, JULY 929. 1998 STRIKERS TO SEEK | CHANGE OF VENUE Indictments Against 23 Held in Gastonia Slaying Are Given to Grand Jury. By the Associated Press. GASTONIA, N. C. July 20.—The Gaston County grand jury this morning | received indictments accusing 15 mem- bers of the National Textile Workers' Union and amliated organizations with murder in connection with fatal shoot- | ing of O. F. Aderholt, Gastonia police chief, at the Loray Mill strikers’ tent colony. Indictments against eight others on charges of assault to kill were also handed the jury by Solicitor John G. Carpenter. All motions awalted return of the in- dictments. Following completion of its | work by the grand jury, the prisoners ! were to be arraigned. The defense is then expected to present its motion for & change on venue. The defense at- torneys had planned a long brief, claim- ing the chances of & fair trial in Gas- ton County are nil. Berlin Unionists Protest Trial. A cablegram from Berlin, signed “Zentral Vorstand Rote Hilfe Deutsch-| land.” protesting the trial, was x'!('fl\'edg by Solicitor Carpenter as court con- ! vened. i The cablegram, addressed to “th President of the Court of Justic translated, reads as follows: “We protest in the name of 600,000 | workmen against the industrial and po- | lice terrorism and class justice of the | textile workers.” (Signed) “Central Committes of Red Rellef of Germanv.” When the jury panel was polled, the court, on motion of Solicitor Carpentier , excused Arthur M. Dixon, president of | the Cotton Manufacturers’ Association | of America; W. F. Baltis, council man and cotton mill owner: George Tucker. a mill machinery manufacturer, and George B. Cocker, a mill man. The solicitor told Judge Barnhill he wanted | all persons connected with mills to be | excused. Conspiracy Angle Is Stressed, Judge Barnhill, charging the grand jury, outlined its duties. He especially | charged the jury as to conspiracy to | Naval commit felonies. Most of the defend- Gone Into in Detail With ants in the Loray tent colony shooting | ses accused of murder, are held as | British Premier. Waldo Waterman of Los gen appara DAVES D GIBSON TO VT WOONAL pirators rather than actual slayers. | In closing. the judge turned to the specific business of the court. “There | has been much speculation as to what | we are fo try at this session of the court.” he said. | “This is & criminal court set up by society to try any cases of violation of | LONDON. July 29. — Ambassador thelaws of the State. There is only | Dawes and Hugh S. Gibson, Ambassa- one issue, Are the defendants guilty as { dor at Brussels, continued their conver- charged? This must be determined in a | sations on naval reduction this morn- quiet and orderly manner. It must not | ing and expected to see Ramsay Mac- be clouded by ‘any other issues. All! Dopald, British premier, this afternoon come into this court on a basis of land go into the subject in detail with equality.” him Three members of the defense counscl. | The conference of the two Ambassa- Knoxville, Tenn.. | dors was in line with previous similar since the disarmament question has become paramount here i was said at the American embassy. MAJ. HUGH R. FRENCH SUCCUMBS IN LONDON Sportsman and British Veteran of World War Pneumonia Vie- tim, as Was Wife. Maj. Hugh Ronald French of the British Army, World War veteran snd wealthy sporisman, died in London Saturday of pneumonia, the disease | that cost the life of his wife. Mrs. Ida Wynne French, at the Hotel Mayfiower here last February. Mrs. French was the daughter of the late Robert J. Wynne. at one time Postmaster Gen- oral. Friends and relatives here have | ot received word about funeral | rangemen| By = coincidence both Mai. nd his wife died soon after a return to their home lands. Mrs. French caught a heavy cold on the steamship during & rough crossing and Maj. | French was stricken soon after his re- turn to England from British army service in Africa. One child, a daugh- ter, survives, Maj., then Capt. French and Miss Wynne met and were married iff Lon- don while Mr. Wynne, her father, wa serving there as consul general. A few years later thev were separated During the World War they were re- united, when Mrs. Fren who re- ! twned to Englend (o serve as & nurse, again met her lformer husband while’ both were serving in France. She was on a visit to Washington when she died at the Mayflower Hotel after an illness in England, a drench- ing on board ship, and exposure while attending a reunion of the Wynne fam- !1ly at the Congressional Club. Both Mrs. French and her sister! Ruth, now Mrs. Wynne Everard. with whom she was presented at court in London, were among the celebrated peauties of both capital Maj. French, a relative of Field Marshal Sir John French, had a long By (he Associaled Press. Josephson of Trenton, N. J.. said five men approached them on the street and advised them Lo leave Gastonia. i Aderholt was_wounded fatally the night of June 7 when he, with four other officers, went 1o the tent encamp- ment of the Loray Mill strikers to in- vestigate reports of fighting there. All were wounded, but the others recovercd The officers said they were fired upon with no warning other than a brief challenge Those charged with murder include Fred Erwin Beal, Soufhern organizer for the National Textile Worke Union, and three women, Sophie vin, field worker for the Communist Youth League; Amy Schecher, sgent of the Workers' International Relief, and Era Buch, representative of tne National Workers' Union. “SURVIVOR” OF CZAR ASKS FOR DEPOSITS Mme. Tschaikowsky, Calling Her- self Grand Duchess, Advertises Notice to Banks. French By the Associaled Press. NEW YORK, July 29.—A preliminary step in an effort to obtain the fortune of the executed Czar Nicholas II of Russia was taken today bv Mme. Tschai- kowsky, who calls herself the Grand Duchess Anastasia and insisis she is the only surviving child. The Romanoff fortune is reputed to amount to more than $100.000,000 scatlered among vari- ous countries, An advertised legal notive demanded that all banks, corporations and individ uals report the existence of any funi they may hold that belong to tite Czar’s The order issued at the Mme. Tschaiskowsky Is residing with Miss Anne Burr Jennings, whose Long Island estate adjoins that of Mrs. Wil- jam B. Leeds. the former Princess Xenfa of Russia, who brought Mme. Tschaikowsky from abroad. It was denied that Mrs. Leeds had | repudiated the grand duchess, but seores of other relatives of the Czar are pre- | gnd distinguished Army record. pared to resist the plea that Anastasia| John S. Wynne, manager of Hoover is next of kin or any kin at all. ! Field, and Charles Wynne of the River- B {side Apartments are brothers-in-law of Two in Foreign Service Transferred | M} French. i Recent changes in the U. S, Foreign | Service include the transfer of William | W. Andrews, Ohio, first secretary, from | Lisbon, Portugal, to Oslo, Norway, lnd‘ the transfer of Gerald A. Mokma, Towa, vice consul, from Cologne to | Lelpzig, Germany. | PRESIDENT'S ARMY | CUTTING PROGRAM SOON TO BE STARTED, (Contivued From First Page.) s | ’onwrumm for all of the party ta lim- ber up and do a_little muascie building | was afforded when the President started | | work on the construction of another | crude @am 1 another of the nearby creeks for the purpose of forming a | trout pool. The amusements of the members of the party included walks over the mountain trails, horseback rid- ing and horseshoe pitching. The President himself did not indulge in the latter sport as was the case dur- | ing the Jast week end, and was an en- husiastic spectator and rooter during | ihe progress of what was referred to as | tne camp tournament. The latter was | reported to have been won by the team | consisting of Secrelary of War Good | and Lieut. Commander Boone. They nosed out their nearest opponents, Sec retary of Interior Wilbur and Col. E.| W. Starling of the White House Secret | Service by a score of 21—19, Last| week's tournament was captured by | | Lawrence Richey, one of the President’s | secretaries, and Allan Hoover, one of | the President’s sons. | { -While all this was going on the | Marines who have been assigned to guard the presidential camp were en- | gaged in a horseshoe tournament of their own. | The - President unexpectedly an- | bounced his Intentions to return to | ‘Washiogton yesterday tead of wait- | ing until this morning as was his | {original plan. He arrived back at the | | White House shortly after 5 o'clock | {aud was in bed by 10. | The President appeared at his desk by 9 o'clock this morning, giving out- ward evidence that he was greatly benefited physically by this week end in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He made no engagements for the forenoon, but kept himself busy with routine matters. | This afternoon he was ready to confer | with the committee appoinied for the | 1 pu of making plans for the child | ihn h and protection conference to be | held here within the next nine months. Fifth avenue, where Sacretary of Interior Wilbur is uhflh} Disarmament to Be' B the Associafed , Overture, SEEKS ALTITUDE RECORD ngeles, Calif., shown beside the tri-motored plane h which he hopes to set a new commercial altitude mark. s which he will use on reac piled behind him represent the pay load of He is holding the ing rarified air. The sand bags 00 pounds he will carry on the -Associated Press Photo. MONGOL INVASION OF CHINA REPORTED Neutral Zone Created at Bor-‘ der, Other Manchuli Advices Say. Precs LONDON. July 26 —Rumors in Tokio of a Mongol invasion of China as a counter movement io Chinese seizure of the Chinese Eastern Railwav in Manchuria today disquieted London international circles hoping for peaceful settlement, of the controversy betwecn Russia and China Mongolia's_connection with the Na- tionalist Chinese government at Nan- &ing has been strained from the king government's inception and Soviet actions apparently have presumed upon alliznce of Mongolia in any move- ment against China. The Communist spirit is strong in the vesi province, which is a buffer between China proper and Siberia. The rumors were accepted in some circles as the reason for other advices from Manchuli, at the western end of the Chinese Eastern Railway, that th armies had withdrawn to within miles of each other being & “no man’s Jand" each promised to respect. The entire situation. however, re- mained obscure. Moscow maintained a deep silence, with papers there re- iterating stories of “atrocities” against Soviet. citizens in Mgnchuria and deny ing negotiations between the two coun- tries for settlement of their differences were under wayv. It was reiterated also that Chinese troops in the neighborhood of Harbin had mutinied. LONDON DROUGHT BROKEN Real Rain Ends Longest Dry Spell Experienced There. LONDON, July 29 (4 of heaven were efgain opened on parched Great Britain today, a real 1ain putiing a sudden and unexpected end to a long and costly drought. The rain which began vesterday and is expected to continue, broke what has been the longest. drought ever ex- perienced in London. Thousands of agriculturists and the water supply authorities of the innum- erable fowns were relieved from weeks of anxiety. Many of the large cities and towns had cut down their water supplies to & minimum and arranged for emergency supplies from other points, sometimes hundreds of miles distant. BAND CONCERTS. the United States Army Band, Curtis D. Alway. ~eaptain, Infantr commanding; William J. Stanna band leader; Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, conducting; at Boroughs Recre- ation Center, Otis and Quincy streeis northeast, this evening at 7:30 o'clock Spanish march, “Pepe_Conde ive “The Magic Flute”. .. Mozart “Honey" . Simons of the from La e .".....Ponchielli Pasodoble Andaluz, “Guitaneria An- daluz” . ..Gambronero Selection from the opera ““Wonder- land” . B Herbert Characteristic, “Jauba Dance’.....Dett Pascallo Andaluy, “Boqueron de Plata.” Gambronero “The Star Spangled Banner. By the United States Marine Band, at the Marine Barracks, this evening af 8 oclock; Taylor Branson, leader; tour & Witcomb, second leader. Mareh, “Parade of the Gendarmes,” Yake = ome: and Po- Pellegrin of Pen- % % .Sullivan treliita”. ... Ponce “Lucia di Lammermoor,” Donizetti iite “The Nut- Tchaikowsky By Fox trot, Dance Gioconda Hour: Overture, “1l Guarany’ Solo for clarinet, “Andante lonaise” . Selections from zance” . Serenade, Sextet from “The Pirat ‘Mintature Overture. "Danse Russe Trepak,” "Reed Pipe Dance,” “Chinese Dance. “Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. 14" . .Liszt ‘The Marines’ Hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.’ “The Star Spangled Banner.” “By the United tes Navy Band, at (he Capitol, this evening, 7:30 o'clock; Charles Benter, leader; | assistant leader. March, “Lorraine” ....Ganne Overture, *“The Roman Carni Berlioz Solo for cornet, “The Holy City,” Adams io, “Espagnol” Rimsky-Korsakaw Iborada “Variazione,” “Alborada,” Scene e Canto Gitano,” ‘Fandango Asturiano.” Suite— 4 “Souvenir’ - Kol-Nidre,” Hebrew melody “The Two Guitars” Rhadpsodie, “Second Hungaria) Valse, “Music and Flowers”. Capr Drdla Bruch ‘Tone poem, “Finlandia”. .. v “Anchors Aweighi' “The Star Spangled Banner. . .. Sibelius Amel metal office: fixtures have been %’i:‘d‘um into France. the ground between | The windows | Charles Wise. | ICHURCHMEN DENY GAMPAIGN CHARGES | | |Bishop Cannon and Dr. Craw- lford Resent Accusation Re- lating to Anti-Smith Combine. Bishop James Cannon, jr.. chairman, and Dr. E. L. Crawford, secretary, Boa-d i of Temperance and Social Service of | M. E. Church South, issued today the following statement: The Lynchburg News of July 24 pub- { lished, top of front page, a communiea- ion_from Dr. Rembert G. Smith of | Washington, Ga.. which accuses the | Board of Temperance and Social Serv- ! ice of two trespasses on the right of the church. Dr. Smith states: “The first i one of these trespasses consisted in the lending of the money of the board for use in the recent political campaign. The money thus loaned was used to i bring_about the election of Hoover tn |the presidency * * * the fact that | money was thus lent has been admitted to the writer by Bishop James Cannon, jr, chairman of the board.” This communication has been repnh- lished in several newspapers, notably 'he Washington Herald, the Washington | Times and_Baltimore Sun, in which papers and amazing and absolutely false statement is aiso made that “the rec- ords show that Bishop Cannon made 1wo loans of $5.000 each to the ani- Smith Democrats of Virginia." ere papers have been informed that “the | records” must be produced or full re- traction made. Many papers have print- ed press agency bulletins and editorial comments, P Charge Declared Withont Basi This charge by Dr. Smith. the mak- {ing of which at this particular time in Senator Glass’ Lynchburg newspaper. 1= | In itself quite significant. has nn hazi | whatever in fact further than the fol- lowing paragraph contained in the fei- | ter to Bishop Cannon. chairman of fhe board. dated October 10, 1928. in reply !0 a letter received from Dr. Smith in the height of the Jast political campaign. in which letter Dr. Smith demanded tn know whether any of the funds of the | board had been used to aid in defrav- |ing the expenses of the anti-Smith campaign. Bishop Cannon wrote: “Now as to the question of any use | of the board's funds for the anti-Smith | brogram or campaign: In accordance | with the custom of the board for, many { years 1. as chairman. atiended both he national conventions and stated the po- sition of our church an the prohibition Question and insisted that. both parties should insert law enforcement. planks in their platform: and this was secured. Not president of our board, but as an individual citizen, albeit a Methodist preacher. I joined with Dr. Barton in the call for the Ashvilie conference. Had 1 not been a signer of the call T should have thought it my duty to attend & meeting of that description in order that I might be able to estimate prop- erlv what is the duty of our board in view of the action of that conference. The call for that conference was pre- pared by myself immediatelv after the adjournment, of our board at Lake Juna- luska and was sent out from there. and the cost of the typing. addressing, mail- ing, eic.. were paid by Dr. Crawford, as I did not happen to have the monev with me. and he had funds of the board which he had brought 1o pay the ex- k. ses incident upon the meeting of the board. At the Ashville conference he delegates there made subscriptions sufficient to pav all the expenses inei- dent n that conference and the money which Dr. Crawford had ad- nced me from the funds of the hoard were returned to him. No funds of the board have been used or will be used to i promote the anti-Smith movement. None of my traveling expenses have been paid by our board, but. have been paid by contributions made for that purpose by anti-Smith Democrats. Dr. Crawford as secretarv of the board | keeps himself thoroughly posted as tn conditions pertaining to the prohibition iation in the Southern States and as | secretary of the board he should take such trips as in his judgment seem Ssary to give him that informa- .. Cannon Denial Emphatie. This extract from this leiter is the only basis which Dr. Smith has far making his charge that Bishop Cannon i has admitted that funds of the hoard had been loaned, “in order i about the election of Hoover fo the presidency.” Bishop Cannon admiticd nothing of the kind. He stated that. he, | &S an_individual, had borrowed money from Dr. Crawford, the treasurer of the board. in order to pay some incidental expenses of postage, mailing. etc., of a statement seiting forth the aims of tne Ashville conference and inviting certain persons 1o attend that conference to determine what course to pursue ‘o prevent the betrayal of prohibition by the leaders of the Democratic parir. This money was borrowed before the Ashville conference was held and be- fore the anti-Smith organization was | formed. The money could have nren borrowed from the superintendent of the Southern Assembly or the proprieior | of the Terrace Hotel at Lake Junalusks, { but it was more convenient to borow if fiom Dr. Crawford. The monev was paid back and the incident was so trivial and unimportant. that it seems amazing that even Dr. Smith and Sen- ator Glass’ Lynchburg News would ever have considered it as furnishing an op- portunity for newspaper publicity Concerning the second charge made by Dr. Smith as {p the impropriety or legality of the board's action on .Julv |4 the general public can determine | whether when the chairman of a board 118, attacked it is proper for the board to declare “its confidence in the leader- ship of said chairman.” INSULL CUTS MELON " FOR STOCKHOLDERS $63,000,000 Is to Be Distributed | in Sweeping Stock Re- | capitalization, Ar- | | By the Associated Press | CHICAGO, July 20 —Plans for | sweeping recapitalization of the Middle | West Utilities Co.. one of the largest | holding coneerns in the publie ntilities | field, were announced Iast night hy the { directors. The company is an Ineull | organization. The plan involves a $63.000.000 “melon” for stockholders in the form | of stock-purchasing rights and a stock split-up. The recapitalization plan will he submitted to the stockholders st | meeting in September, when their par- mission will be sought for revision of | the charter in accordance with the new scheme. Principal are: Liguidation of all funded debts. Privilege of stockholders to buy one new share of common stock for $200 for each four shares of all classes of stock now held. Issuance of rights to holders of prior {lien and preferred stocks, which will be jcalled in, to purchase $55000,000 in new 6 per cent preferred stock on which dividends will be paid In cash or com- | mon stock. A split_on a 10-to-1 basis of eom- mon stock paving dividends in stork at the rate of 8 per ceni. apnually on the number of shares held, after fors., going rights have been exercised. features of the progrsm o hring *