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- THE EVEfi'Ii\TG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 19%. 17 PERSONS PERISH [LADY HOWARD CUTS VACATION |GOVERNOR FACES " TO PREPARE FOR MACDONALDS PARIS PRESS SEES |SHRINERS PICK TORONTO FOR NEXT CONVENTION Accused Banker IPRESIDENT TOKEEP - ’ 2 'French Contend Arms Agree- ment Should Be Basis for League Study. By the Associated Press, PARIS, Sptember 20.—Whipped inw: eaustic wordage by developments on the | subject of disarmament at the session | of the Assembly of the League of Na-, tions at Geneva, the French press to- day is practically unanimous in affirm- ing that Any arrangement beiween the United States, Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy can be merely pro- visional and must be discussed as & buls{ of work by the entire preparatory dls-‘ armament commission created by the ! League of Nations. Thus in France it would seem that to the overemphasis of the importance of any Anglo-American naval accord should now be added the further danger of overdoing the significance of even a five-power agreement for the limita- tion or reduction of navies, 1t is pointed out here that all nations | Tepresented on the commission were | urged by the commission to make her-| culean efforts to compose those differ- | ences which blocked real progress in framing the draft disarmament treaty. The big naval powers were expected to be the first to endeavor to break the deadlock. This, say the French, led to to the tentative Anglo-French naval ac- cord which failed to ‘meet the appro- bation of the United States and there- fore was dropped. Now comes the Anglo-American conversations may merge into a five-power confer- ence, but whose results, French writers insist, must be submitted to the pre- paratory commission so that_other na val powers, like Russia. Spain Greece, may examine them. URGES HASTE IN CONFERENCE. { i | Bir George Foster Supports Plan of | Britain, i GENEVA. September 20 (P).—Sir | George Foster of Canada, speaking as | “s volee from the North American Continent,” supported the British pro- posal for hastening of a general dis- | armament * conference in a vigorous | speech before the League of Nations | disarmament committee today. { The peoples of the United States and | Canada, Sir George said, have revolted . from the old idea of control by bureau- erats and dictators and insist that. human life is of more importance than | technicalities which stand ip the way | of limitation and disarmzment. Sees Changed Sentiment. which |* Thorough Investigation Could Be Made. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, September 20.—Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North America will hold their fifty-sixth annual con- vention at Toronto, Ontario next June, it was annourced here today. The announcement made by Judge Clyde 1. Webster of the Wayne County Circuit Court, who is Iimperial captain of the guard of the Imperial Council, governing body of the Shrine. Cholce of the next convention city was not made at the convention at Los Angeles because & thorough investiga- ed, Judge Webster said. BARON ANSWERS “ATTACK" ON CUBA Charge d’Affaires Calls Bar- low Case Complaints Vulgar, Calumnious. Denouncing the complaints against the brand of justice administered by the Cuban courts .as' “vulgar and caluminous,” Jose T. Baron, charge d'affaires of the Cubgn embassy, today answered the recent charges of a “reign of terror” and other implications of mis- government in the islana republic. Baron explains that his government cannot consistently, turn over to dip- lomatic arbitration matters which are | pending in the country's courts and d | have not yet come to adjudication. The statement particularly strives to lay bare the case of Joseph E. Barlow, an American citizen, who claims the Cuban government owes him_ $9,000,000 and is seeking to interest the Ameri- can Government in the collection of the_money. “The representative of the Repuolic of Cuba in Washingtpn, cannot partici- pate in polemies with the persons, whose attacks and representations, published in these days against the government of Cuba, are so vulgar and calumni- ous, that the casual reader himself will discount the necessity of explanation on his part,” says the statement of_Baron in part. i Friendship to Remain, “The Cuban republic is a most sin- cere and constant friend of the Repub- lic of the United States of America and A great change of sentiment has | Wil contiae 50, 6o be, despite the vo- taken place in recent months among ciferations of those animadverting indi- the 120,000,000 people in the United | viduals who would govern from afar a ates regarding war and armaments, | country in which they have never lived, asserted Sir George. | whose ‘institutions are to them a closed “Are we glving sufficient attention to |book and whose people they do not the sentiment of the people of that ! great Nation which has almost infinite | resources?” the Ca jan _asked the | committee, adding that in Canada 10.- 000,000 people have revolted from the | idea that human beings can be used | as pawns In settling international dis- | putes. 8ir George pleaded earnestly that technieal difficulties not be allowed to delay & movement for a general agree- ment on limitations and reductions. Describing himself as a voice from the North American Continent, he ex- pressed belief that he reflected fairly the sentiments of between 150.000.000 and 180,000,000 people, representing “the not most backward folk on the Britain Wins Support. Great Britain’s proposal for reopen- ing the question of limiting trained | army reserves received support from Norway today when the discussion of the question was resumed. “If the present rivairy in armaments | eontinues another 10 years we shall | be on fair way toward war” said | Christian Lange, Norwegian spokesman. He said his government had instructed | him to express regret that the ques- tion of limiting trained reserves had been eliminated from the program of the preparatory commission. ‘The Polish delegation ranged itself with the French in opposition to Lord Cecil's resolution. M. Sokal of Poland announced that he was unwilling at this stage to give fresh instructions to the preparatory commission. He advised waiting for the outcome of the five-power naval conference. Dr. P, Munch of Denmark expressed hearty approval of the British propo- . He declared that the disarmament conference should be hastened even at the risk of failure in search for a gen- eral settlement. Public opinion, Dr. Munch told the committee, was more advanced for expediting a meeting of the general conference than was the opinion in the preparatory commission, JAPAN ACCEPTS PARLEY BID, Ambassader in Lenden Expected to Start Negotiations. TOKIO, September 20 (#).—Although official confirmation is not obtainable, 1t was learned from a usually reliable source today that the Japanese foreign office has received a formal invitation from the British government to open preliminary disarmament negotiations similar to the Anglo-American conver- sations prior to the convening of a five- power conference. It was learned from the same source that the question was discussed at this morning’s meeting of the cabinet, at which it was decided to aceept the invitation. It is therefore expected that pre- liminary negotiations will begin in Lon- don as soon as Ambassador Matsudaira has received instructions from Tokio. Reports published in the Japanese press of the discussion at this morn- ing’s cabinet meeting state that it was decided that unless invitations to a fiye-power conference are received by the end of October Japan must request that the opening meeting be delayed for at le: three months in order to make necessary preparations. It was sald that the government proposed to Ilgor'- London and Washington to this. effect. It also was reported that the cabinet decided Japan may be forced 'to recon- sider her attitude toward the question of disarmament if the coming confer- enee does not result in an actual reduc- tion of armaments, as she is unwilling ts be & party to any agreement result- ing In the expansion of armaments. BAND CONCERT., By the United States Army Band, Ourtis D. Alway, captain Infantry, com- manding; William J. Stannard, leader; ‘Thomas F. Datcy, second leader: at the United States Capitol this evening, 7:30 o'elock. March, “Spirit of the West” Overture, “Orpheus” ..., Solo for Cornet, “Spanish “Celebre Vidalita™:. ... Selection 1 n’ Love, Sulte, “Ballet of the Flowers, )::m:“ March, “150th Regiment California Na- tional Guard” .............Buglione ““The Star Spangled Banner.’ Swiss President to Retire. BERNE, Switzerland, September 20 (#).—~President Haab of the Swiss Con- federation today announced his inten- tion of .mmu:'. thtdlu;ermllhm,fle'fl .l“I: retiring at end of . = [1) old and has spent 30 years know. “The government of President ‘Ma- chado, on coming into power in May, 1925, found that a number of claims were being prosecuted through diplomatic channels by citizens of the United States of America. Careful consider tion was given to these claims. It was | found that they lacked merit, and they | were decided upon adversely. However, in view of the intimate cordial relations existing beiween the two countries, the Cuban government econsented to the petition _of the Government of the United States that two of the claims, which had already passed through the Cuban courts and for whieh- no further | Jjudicial consideration was possible, be submitted to arbitration. These were the Smith and Harrah claims. As re- spects to others of the claims, the gov- ernment of Cuba could not consent to yield jurisdiction over them to diplo-. matic “settiemend without violating the constitution of the republic and without establishing a dangerous precedent which might on occasions be taken ad- | vantage of by whoever should devise a plan of extortion against the Cuban government and should conjure to his support the moral force of a great na- tion. One of the latter was the Barlow cas “This individual acquired certain liti- gious credits in some land in the pos- session of other foreigners, who, appar- ently are its owners, and brought suit against them before Cuban courts. As vet a final decision has not been handed down. It is not the province of the government of Cuba to Intervene in a matter which is exclusively within the jurisdiction of the court of justice. “ * * Barlow's manifest intention is to withd the case from the judiciai arena, where it is following its normal course, in order to carry it to the field of diplomatic pressure. ‘in the hope of obtaining indemnification not counte- nanced morally or legally by Cuba nor in harmony with Cuban public inter- ests, Complaint by Cuban. “The detention imposed on Barlow recently has no connection with the disputed land, but was the consequence of a complaint lodged against him by Mrs. Vicenta Garcia, a Cuban citizen. This woman, who is in straitened cir. cumstances, has purchased from Bar- | low with her savings a lot in the sub- division Colombia, and, according to the records, when she demanded deliv- ery of said lot found that Barlow had sold it to another person. Naturally, following this charge of larceny, and in view of the proofs presented in support of it. the court ordered the prosecution of Barlow and issued the warrant for his arrest. When Barlow arrived in Cuba the police, by order of the proper court, arrested him. His incarceration lasted but a few hours, as he was out on bail shortly after his arrest. During the time he was in jail Barlow was given every considera- tion. He, howe: continuing his policy of msrepresentation and calumny against the Cuban government, and pre- sumably with the object of inciting public opinion in the United States in his behalf and thereby securing the intervention of the public authorities of his country in his claim, declared that he had been locked up in an un- hygienic fortress together with lepers and maniacs, which statement is ab- solutely untrue. * * * The American colony of Cuba is against these three or four individuals of dubious morality and could add to this statement.” - IN DETROIT FIRE {Fifty Others Injured When Blaze Sweeps Place, Throw- ing Patrons Into Panig. List of Fire Victims DETROIT, September 20 (#). —The list of dead in the fire which destroyed the Study Club, a night club, here early today: Mrs, Parker. ~ John J. Kaufman, 30, Detroit. Lawrence Luther, 40, Highland Park, Mich. Derrick S. Brown, 35, Detroit. ! Walter Krueger, 30, 732 Ines avenue, Grand Rapids. Manning, 33, Grand_Rapids. H. B. Smith, 45, address un- determined. 1 D D. Tedford, Detroit. | Waverly Green, 36, Detroit, Ruby Emery, 34, determined. Bertha Kelley, 25, restroom at- tendent, Detroit. Two unidentified men. ' ‘Three unidentified women. of | ___«Continued From “Pirst Page.) | after the outbreak of the fire. Other | hospitals in the city cared for other in- | jured. Nurses, internes and physicians | were sent to Receiving Hospital to aid lin treating the Injured. Many with |slight burns and superficial injuries ! were given first aid and sent home. Die on Way to Hespital. Some of the victims were dead on ar- rival at the hospitals. Most of the fa- | talities, physicians said, resulted from stffocati Identification of the dead was difficult because of the badly burn- | ed clothing and the disfigurement which follows suffocation. State and city fire commissioners in- vestigating the blaze with the police de- iclared this morning that they could find no evidence that the fire was of in- cendiary origin. Draperies and light, flimsy decorations, they said, accounted for the rapid spread of the flames. Ven- tilating fans and the architecture of the building sped the flames on their mission of death and devastation. ‘The bodies of five women lie in the |county morgue unidentified. Their | clothing was burned off and the charred | | and blackened condition of their bodies | will make identification difficult. | Of the men who were killed seven have been identified. | The body-of a woman, at first iden- tified as that of Bubbles Parker, later was found to have been erroneously identified when Miss Parker was found in St. Mary's Hospital in a serious con- | dition, Miss Parker's mother, Mrs, | Florence Parker, however, lost her life |in the fire. Both are from Utica, N. Y., | where it is said that Mra. Parker's hua- band, Frank, is an instructor at the Conservatory of Music. ‘ Some of the patrons of the establish- ment found their way to the roof of the |rear section of the building and were | carried down by firemen, or. becoming | panicky, jumped to the ground. Many suffered broken legs. | _'The building is three stories high in | the front and & two-story addition had been built on the rear. The main din- ing room occupied most of the second floor. The kitchen was on the first floor. Business at Its Height. | ‘The fire came at the peak of the | night's business. Patrons who had dropped in for a luncheon after the the- | ater had just settled themselves to the enjoyment of the entertainment which was offered by the club when the dread {ery of “Fire!” came. In the struggle to escape the flames and smoke clothing was torn from men and women. preventing immediate iden- tification of some of those taken to the morgue. Investigations Under Way, Three investigations Into the cause of the blaze were under way early today | One was begun by Gabe 8. ledwnuni fire marshal, who expressed the opinion that the conflagration was accidental The other investigations were under the direction of Paxton Mendelssohn of the | Fire Prevention Bureau of the Board of | | Commerce and R. J. | State fire marshal. | finldwnter. after sa Morris, deputy an investigation, can find no violation of the fire |laws and I cannot see that this was & | set fire. It was not caused by a bomb. | T have gone over the building carefully |and think that the fire was caused by some careless smoker, whose match or | cigarette was thrown into the light deco- | ration on the walls. There are big | fans in the place, designed to blov: the | cigarette_and cigar smoke out of the |room. ~These caught the fire and Iwhhk!d it about the room like a flash. “If a bomb had started this there | would be broken. timbers or cut,timbers omewhere, but I eannot findany of During the early part of the fire In- | vestigation of the affair centered on | the possibility that the flames might | have resulted from a gasoline bomb. |GEDDES COMES TO U. S. TO ESCAPE HOT SPELL Cool Weather ¥Found by Former Ambassador Almost Immediate- 1y on Boarding Ship. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September ~0.—Sir Auckland Geddes, former British Am- | bassador to Washington, has & new way for finding relief from heat. It was extremely warm earlier in the week in England, he sald on his arrival today, so he boarded the liner Maure- tania for a voyage to the United States, Almost immediately he ran tato cool weather, 8ir Auckland had not been in Amer- iea_for two years. He plans to return to England next Wednesday after visit- ing friends here. 300-POUND TURTLE CAUGHT This 300-peund turtle, believed to be more than 100 years old, was eaught in a met off Cape Henry, Va,, last Tuesday. The sea monster almost destroyed the heavy net before it was landed. John Thomas, employe of a- fish market at 604 Pennsylvania avenue, is shown with the large turtle and a smaller one, which is about nermal sise. ~—Star Staff Photo. Wife of Ambassador Makes Ready for Premier and Daughter. Prime Minister to.Be Last Ranking Guest in Oid Brit- ish Embassy. By the Associated Pres: Cutting & scanty vacation short, Lady Isabells Howard will return from Bar Harbor, Me., Monday to prepare the proud old British embassy for the last of its long line of official guests of high- est eminence—Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter, Ishbel. and others counted among England's greatest of modern times have stepped through those massive, doors opening into Connecticut avenue, have climbed that famous stairway and have added their tradition to England's own house- hold in the United States. Coming as prime minister and thus hatthring all precedent, Ramsay. Mac- | Donald will enter the embassy with Miss Ishbel October 4. Perhaps he may be egarded as the most remarksble guest of all. Assuredly, he will have no suc- cessor of comparative prestige, for the old embassy will be closed and the new embassy on Massachusetts avenue open- ed in February. Prepare for Visit. Already servants have been at work cleaning, polishing, freshening the place, making ready for the MacDonald visit, but the matters of real moment will be left to Lady Isabella. She will ’nh!:l the room in which Miss Ishbel | Will sleep during her stay and will make it especially comfortable for her. She will plan the introduction to social | Washington; she will consider the menus and the table intments: she will choose appropriste ers for the various rooms and for each occasion | from Washington's wealth of late hardy | outdoor blooms as well as from the florists. At the British embassy one question is, How much honor can be heaped upon Miss Ishbel MacDonald? The daughter of the prime minister, sprung Coastal Liness Appear as Toy BY T. ™. GILL, ABOARD LINDBERGH'S PLANF ™ “OUTE TO HAVANA, Sep- tember 20 (A via radio).—A 9:40 a.m. Col. Lindbergh was leaving the Florida Straits to Cuba. Mrs. Lindbergh is keep- ing a diary of the trip. Altitude, 1.500 feet; water passage smooth. All pas- sengers enjoying scenery over Florida Keys. Lindberg held the controls as the plane roared toward Cubs at an average air speed of 100 miles an hour. The course lay along the overseas railway to the strait, but th® plane will fiy some miles to the east of Key West. e sky is clear as crystal. Steamers Seem Like Toys. At 10:15 Co-pllot Bd Musick sighted Key West 15 miles to the west, passing the last bit of land in United States. | Lindbergh pointed the nose of the | plane M:'-":LC‘I :M Caribbean. Mrs. | Trippe 'wo_steamers ahead 3,000 feet below. They are making good speed at 12 knots. but .we are making 100 miles an hour on a direct ‘ine to Havana. At 10:40 o'clock we sighted Cuba. The water hop from the mainland was fine and enjoyed by all of us de- spite the heat, which we can feel at altitude ranges of from 1.200 to 3,500 feet. A good tall wind aided our prog- ress. Mrs. Lindbergh has filled several pages of hér diary aiready. I cannot see Lindbergh in the pilot’s eabin from where I am seated. Visibility 4% only { numerous scattered clouds, but the motors are singing sweetly and the air is smooth. Sallors “Loek Us Uver.” At 1054 o'clock, we sailed leisurely through the clear sky, rapidly getting nearer the end of this beautiful hop cross the straits and the miles of water that separate Cuba from fhe out- posts of the ida Keys. From the A. P & steamer and 2. | pointed the plane toward the ship. ! Then we passed over her and it looked like a toy boat such as children play | with in the bathtub. The crew and passengers were on deck looking us over. Col. Lindbergh arrived at Havana at 11:18 this morning, completing the leg_of his 7,000-mile journey. The plane took off from Havana at 12:15 for Camaguey, Cuba, the second stop on the flight to South America. The party spent an hour in Havana, where an official welcome was give Plane Dodges Squalis. 12:37 pm.—We are now passing Santa Cruz headed toward the sea fol- lowing radio directions to escape gath- ering squalls on the starboard. The weather is clear to port. Air currents over the coastline a bit bumpy. r plane going through fine. J. W, Tarafa, Cuban capitalist, took the seat '"m by Glenn H. Curtiss at Havana will go’to Camaguey. Curtiss had not planned going beyond Havai 12:40 p.m.—Encountered g head winds. Left Cuban coast to fiy north- east over water to avoid rainstorms in the 'southeast. Visibility good. We are heading_out over the water. Motors good. Probably circle back to follow the coast line when ‘we get'out of this storm, which is passing between us and the land. All well. 1:22 p.m. La Grande. It looks clear ahead now. Lunch served while off shore. It's smooth sailing at present and steward just asked Lind- bergh if he wanted io eat now. We successfully, skirted the storm of which we received warnings from Pan-Amerl- can ~up. Take-Off Is Perfeet. PAN-AMERICAN AIRPORT, MIAMI, Fla., September 20 (#).—FPlying as regular al passengers and the Col. Charles A. = ’ect.:d‘o"fmk :‘l:ll flight to South -m mAmrlu and around the Caribbean cir- cle. After guiding the huge tri-motored Fokki ) S riect tll:-flg on s journey consul 20 days and will retrace his voyage of a i nd a half ago. ’“P’er?ect -wuflm‘ conditions favored the start of the flight, and radio reports from the Pan-American’s network of stationg in the West Indies indicated no that will | | jmmmtmmtgmm- avis- The Prince of Wales, Lord Balfour | Making 7,000-Mile Cruise fair at present, for we are penetrating | about 20 miles off shore now and still W LADY ISABELLA HOWARD —Underwood Photo. from a Scottish cottage and swept to eminence on the crest of the Labor movement, will be accorded the highest possible rank by Lady Isabella, daughter of an earl and wife of the British Am- bassador to the United States. - In England wives and daughters of cabinet members, including prime min- isters, have no rank or precedence. Whatever social honors fall to them is througiw courtesy, and Ishbel MacDon- ald, who has served as her father's hostess since the death of her mother. takes the same rating as a cabinet member's wife. With the British nobility, on the other hand, precedence is mathemat- leally wmguud by a point system. Lady Isabella chances to rank even higher than eminent husband, since she benefits not only by his rating, but also by that of her father. - But in America Ishbel MacDonald will be honored as the daughter of a prime ministe® come to visit a Presi- dent in the interest of peace. The rigid rules of rank and the rules of | simple courtesy will be made to blend Wherever they might conflict. All efforts will be centered on mak- ing a final glorious memory in the old | embassy, and in future years, if its |ataircase and fireplaces are used for motion picture sets, as now is planned, the old embassy may perhaps be a re- | minder of the workaday present be- | come a romantic. quaint past buried behind a veil of changing years. FLYING WITH LINDBERGH to Party of Seven Passengers Opening New Mail Route, tion expert; two newspapermen, and a cameraman, comprise the others in the passenger list. the party é:?ecu to arrive Saturd afternoon, Col. Lindbergh will tal | amphibian plane and extend the United States air mail to Paramaribo. Dutch | Guiana. Lindbergh today carried 135 | pounds of special air mail destined for the eastern coast of South America. At San Juan an additional load of | frst-flight mail has accumulated to be | taken to South America. | Leaving S8an Juan, Lindbergh will as- | sume more fully the role of technical | adviser to the Pan-American Airways, | as the trip is designed to work out prob- lems of future traffic to the Latin American countries, which Mr. Trippe said would demand faster and larger equipment. Eleven persons in all made the flight today. Lindbergh and three other mem- | bers of the crew, not being listed as /| passengers. Ed Musick, chief pilot for the Pan-American. went as co-pilot. A radio operator and a steward comprised the rest of the crew. UPSETS FEATURE | . INVITATION GOLF McCarthy and Pendergast; Eliminated in First Round at Bannockburn, | Two distinct upsets marked the- initial round of match play in the first flight of the Bannockburn Golf Club invita- | tion golf tournament today. In the first | of these Martin)F. McCarthy of Beaver | Dam, who tied for low qualifying score and was looked upon as a possible win- ner of the tourney, was beaten by C. S. | Runswick of Beaver Dam on the eighteenth hole. The second upset | found John W. Hacker of Bannockburn | defeating W. L. Pendergast, also of Ban- | nockburn. 3 | Pendergast is & former club champion | and is one of the steadiest golfers of the Bannockburn Club, but he-lost 2 and 1 to Hacker. Other first flight results follow: Page Hufty, Congressional, defeated Charles R. Morrow, Indian Spring, 3 and 2: Erwin_ P, Hair, Washington, d-feated Owens, Columbia, 1 up; Comdr. Popham, Annapolis, defeated Joseph O’Hare, Bannockburn, 7 and 6; John C. Shorey, Bannockburn, de- feated Jesse Baggett, Beaver Dam, 4 and 3; John R. Miller, Beaver Dam, defeated Leo F. Pass, Bannockburn, 1 up in 19 holes. Second flight results were as follows J. Abrahams, Beaver Dam, defeated E Y. Johnson. Bannockburn, 3 and 2: Luther Florine, Bannockburn, defeated R. G. Kimball, Bannockburn, 5 and 4; Masj. E. Montgomery, Congressional, de- feated C. Johnson, Bannockburn, 5 and 3: P. Gerardi, Beaver Dam, defeated illiam A. ‘Torre; d 1: Dr. W. W. Marr, Bannockburn, de- feated Pred Rade, Manor, 3 and 1: Nor- man J. Hall. Bannockburn, defeated C.| P. Gilmore, Congressional, 2 up; W. White. Beaver Dam, defeated W. Baldwin, Manor, by default. | Twe 20-Hole Matches. | | Two 20-hole matches featuring the | results in the third flight. Third flight results—Dr. T. J. W. Brown, Bannockburn, defeated Larry nors, C. F. Buck, Bannockburn, defeated R. G. Shorter, Bannockburn, 3 and 2: C. G. Billard, Bannockburn, defeated A. J. Hendley, Beaver Dam, 1 up, in 20 holes; I. W. Bernheim. Baltimore, de- feated A. H. Kerley, Bannockburn, 2 and 1; Ma/ H. Robb, Bannockburn, ; E. J. Doyle, Bannockburn, d Lee Moffett, Bannockburn, OFFICER DIES IN CRASH. NORFOLK, Va., Ssptember 20 glfl.mrllfllm ‘a plane crash at Langley . He had been p returning from a and were approach- ¢ they were compelled From San Juan, Porto Rico, where | | Argyle, 1 up, in 20 holes; |' | TRIL N OCTOBER en Others Charged With Accepting Gifts. By the Assoclated Press. FRANKFORT, Ky., Seplember 20.— On the charge that they accepted “un- lawfully” gifts of .2 “gre number of common .school text books” from com- panies submitting bids on books to be used in Kentueky public schools. oov.l Flem D. Sampson, ex-officio chairman, | and geven other members of the State | Text Book Commission were under in- dictment today. Y Trial of Gov. Sampson was set for Octoer 2 by Circuit Judge Ben G. Wil- llams today. ‘The indictments were returned yes- terday by the Franklin County grand jury, which for three weeks has been investigating the affairs of the commis- sion and various State departments. The charge’ made is a misdemeanor, punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than $1,000 or a jail sentence of not more than six months, or both. Duty Toward Schosks. ‘The commission is charged under the | statute regulating its functions with making an adoption of uniform texts for the schools of the State. Repre- sentatives of the more than 50 pub- lishers submitting bids are known to HAYNES INDICTED FOR ALLEGED FALSE BANKING ENTRIES _ (Continued From Pirst Page.) previously held the offices of secretary and of first and second vice presidents. He served on many of the associa- tion's important committees and was honored by his fellow bankers with election to several of the leading com- mittes of the American Bankers Asso- ciation. He attended and took an active part in every annual convention of the lccal association for several have provided sample copies, the num- ["years and rarely missed the national bers running into the hundreds, to the nl’):_flnn of the parent association. commission members, and two of those indicted admitted to reporters that they sold their coples after examining them. ‘The seven indicted with the governor were Frank V. McChesney, Danville; . R. Cummins, Princeton: Sam Walker, Richmond; W. R. McCoy. Inez; Miss Delphia Evans, Bowling Green; Robert J. Nichel, Morehead, and Mrs. George R. Smith, Lexington. Four other members, including W. C. Bell, super- intendent of public instruction and ex- | officio secretary, were not indicted. Matter of Politics, | Mrs. Smith said that “it’s all just a matter of politics.” She said she had | | sold a number of the books submitted |to her to a second-hand dealer of Chicago for $325. Mr. McChesney said he received more than 1,500 copies of textbooks and sold most of them to a | Chicago icern. He said he still had | about 600 in his office. “There was no | question in my mind that we should | receive the books or that we could not | dispose of them as we saw t.” he said. Other members declined to comment or could not. be reached. The act creat- ing the commission provides that bid- ders are to file specimen coples with the department of education, but fails to mention whether copies are to be filed with commission members. Gov. Samp- | son was charged with having accepted a “great number” of text books from Ginn & Co. The list of witnesses against the company, and the governor himself. | Gov. Sampeon was before the grand | M. Walte jury a total of five and one-half hours. He is the first Kentucky governor to be indicted while in office. On & platform, the principal plank of which was free text books, Sampson, a Republican, was elected two years ago over J. C. W. Beckham, Democrat, who twice had been governor. ROYAL BETROTHAL' RUMOR GIVEN COLOR T, | Pope Accords Lengthy Audience to, Nungios, of Italy and Belgium After King's Visit, Report. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, September 20.—Be- lated announcement this afternoon that Pope Pius had accorded a lengthy audi- ence to Mgr. Borgongini Duca, papal nuncio to Italy, and to Mgr. Mecar, nuncio to Belgium, immediately after- ward, lent color to the hypothesis in dip- lomatic circles that the visit of Albert, King of the Belgians, was to lead the way to announcement of the engage- ment of his daughter, Princess Marie Jose, to Crown Prince Umberto of Italy. His holiness subsequently received Count Devecchi di Italian Ambassador to the holy see. RS S CHEF FOR NOVELIST WINS FINAL DIVORCE DECREE Blas Reyes Charges Wife Was' Married at Time of His Wedding in 19135, Justice Stafford'in Equity Court today signed & final decree awarding Blas | Reyes, chet for Mrs. Mary Roberts Rinehart, the novelist, an annulment of his marriage on March 18, 1915, to Mrs. Ada Sinclair Carson, on the that her first husband was liv] and undivorced at the time of the ceremony with: Reyes, a native of Porta Rico. Reyes charged thal on August 18 1909, his wife had married Charles Car- son and concealed the fact of the mar- riage from him. The license for the ceremony with Carson was issued from Fairfax County courthouse to Mrs. Reyes under the name of Ada Small- wood, according to the annulment suit. | Attorneys Raymond Neudecker and William C. Ashford appeared on behalf of the husband. INDIANAPOLIS AIRMEN. AGAIN TRY FOR RECORD Flamingo Takes Off on Second At- tempt to Set Refueling Mark for Planes. By the Associated Press. four years Mr. Haynes was chair- man ol the Washington Clearing House Association, the most important finan- cial organization in the city, since it is made up of and controlled by the member banks. The officers are elected each year, his re-election for a fourth term having taken place shortly before he left the Jocal banking field. Some vears ago Mr. Haynes was very active in the affairs of Washington Chapter, American Institute of Bank- ing, which devotes its efforts to the training of young bankers for higher in" the profession. Several times he has presented, for the Clea ing House iation. the annual prize offered excellence in scholar- ship. During the World War Congress char- tered the Balleau Wood Memorial As- sociation and Mr. Haynes was made treasurer of this organization. Active in civic and business affairs. he is a member of the National Press Clul City Club, Board of Trade and Cham ber of Commerce. Born in Philaledphia, June 21, 1878, he obtained his early education in the Quiker City. He came here in 1900. ‘While president of the bank in Georgetown Mr. Haynes was aiso chair- man of the boa:d, the other members of which included Willlam M. Beall, J. McKenney Berry, Charles H. Cragin. Joseph H. Cranford, Henry W. Pish William C. Gwynn, William King, J¢ | him includes Mr. Bell, four agents of | 3¢Ph H. Le¢, G. L. Nicholson, J. Wilbur Sherwood, Thomas J. Stanton, Julian Robert D. Weaver and Ray- mond J. Wise. { Two years ago directors of the Farm- ers & Mechanics applied for and ob- tained a charter for the oper tion of a branch bank on Wisconsin avenue in Priendship. The bank erected its own building. At the time the Riggs Bank took over the Farmers & Mechanics Bank and the Priendship branch Mr. Haynes was chairman of the protective com- { mittee of the District Bankers' Asso- clation. | George Willard Bennett, teller at the bank. was arrested in July and funds. False Entry in Report. In the fifth count of the indictment the grand jury alleges that Haynes on December 31, 1927, was responsible for the quarterly report of the bank going to_the controller with “a certain false entry. to wit, ‘Cash in vault and amount due from national banks (C schedule No. 2), $251.103.97," " when, the grand jury contends, Haynes knew the true resources were only $228034.24. The bank’s $251.103.97 included three cash item: ‘which, “in fact, did not constitute casl but were mere written memorandum. in the bank by direction of Haynes, one for $12500, another for to *he cash account of said member bank.” The sixth count alleges that on Janu- ary 24. 1928, Haynes "misapplied cer- tain of the moneys, funds and credits of the bank to the amount of $29.050.” In this count Haynes is accused of “applying & credit in the amount of $20.050 to the account of W. B. Hibbs & Co., and that the credit entitled the Hibbs Co. to withdraw and use the funds for their own purposes. Instead of securing the repayment by him of the $20,050 to the bank. Haynes, without the knowledge of said W. B. Hibbs & Co., is said to have caused the sum to be charged to the ban The seventh Haynes with having converted to his own use 200 shares of the Houston Oil Co. of Texas, valued at $30,000. Each count specifies a 100-share lot. valued at $15,000, and the stock is said to have ‘been used on March 10 and 12, 1928. ZEPPELIN STOWAWAY GIVEN THREE WEEKS lIllun'iummem for “Disturbing the Peace” Follows Return to Germany From U. S. By the Assoclated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Sep- tember 20.—Albert Buschko, the Ger- ! man youth who stowed away on the Graf Zeppelin on its last flight to the United States, today was sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment for “disturb- ing the peace.” Sentence was imposed by the District Court at Tettnang, near here, but Buschko was released because he had served the time pending his ywrence | hearing. plane flight by refueling. l%ne first flight of the Flamingo ended Tuesday morning, when an all- night struggle with storms and fog, lack of fuel forced a landing Knights- town, Ind The plane been aloft more than 78 hours. sh Adninl_l)iu. Bri STOCKBRIDGE, Hampshire, HI{[ land, September 20 (#).—Admiral Si Hedworth Meux, noted British naval of- ficer, died at Danebury near here today at the age of 73. 8ir Hedworth entered the navy in 1870, commanded a naval the siege of Alfoniso and Queen Return. MADRID, September 20 (#).—King Alfonso and Victoria arrived here today from San ", returning to the’ capital after their Summer vacation. . ‘When found on the dirigible Buschko was taken into custody and isolated on the ship. He was held by American suthorities and sent back to Germany, still in custody, of steamship authorities. TYPHOON IN PHILIPPINES TAKES TOLL OF 26 LIVES | By the Associated Press. MANILA, September 20.—The Philip- pine Executive Bureau reported today that 26 persons had perished in the typhoon which struck the southern part of Luzon Island last Tuesday and Wed- nesday. The casualties referred to were on the Islands of Cataduanes and t the some charged with embezzling $104,000 of the | indictment explains that' the sum of | $6.369.39. and another for $4.200.34. and | “which represented improper charges | and eighth counts charge | HANDS OFF TARIFF Senator Watsbn Says Non- Interference Policy Will Be Observed. By the Associated Press. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- | publican leader, said in the Senate to- day that President Hoover would take no | part in tariff making 5o long as the new ! bill was in its legisintive stage. | He asserted he would use his influ- ence to keep Mr. Hoover out of the tariff controversy, adding that the Presi- !ident previously had stated he. would not interfere with legislation pending in | Congress. Denies Press Report. Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho. in- | terrupted Watson to say he was glad to hear Watson's statement because “you were quoted by the newspapers as ha: ing said over the radio that the Presi dent would rign the tariff bill.” i “I never made such a statement | Watson replied. There had been alt | gether too much confusion. he adde: over the House bill, and the measure as it was reported by the Senate finance committee. Speed-up Decided on. The tarfl situation in the Senate wa$ altered somewhat today by the decision of the Republicans to speed up the legisiative machinery in an effort to pass the bill before December. Spurred by Senator Watson the party regulars purposs to put the Senate to work an hour earlier, begin- ning Monday. If the additional hour of labor proves insufficient for the speeding-up process. they will take up a proposal for night sessions, or even earlier day meetings. Some concern still was felt. however, over the attitude of the Republican independents. The majority of the Independents; including Borah and Norris of Nebraska, did not attend the party conference, which agreed on the program for the acceleration, but some of the far Northwestern Senators, who also have been causing worry, were there. Lumber Duties Demanded. | This group. which includes Jones of | washington, Steiwer of Or-gon, and Oddie of Nevada. are d-manding duties on lumber. shingles and other products of their States. Not long after the decision to speed 1 up was reached. copies of a resolution | adopted by the Republican Business | Women Inc.. protesting increases in rates, came_to the desks of the Re- publicans.. It urged “only such changes in tariff rates as will give relief to busi- ness, but“will mot effect a greater in- crease in living costs.” At the other end. of Pennsylvania avenue, meanwhile. the. Treasury De- partment was hard at work collecting rns of 325 corporations requested by - Demo- eratic members of the finance commit- tee. While no announcement was made at the department, it was said the work would take some time. ¥he Italian Ambassador, in a memo- randum transmitted to the Senate fin- ance committee today, said that “it was bevond dispute” the present tariff bill's rates would act to seriously dimin- ish his nailon’s purchases of agricul- tural products and other raw materials | from the United States. Such a_condition, the ambassador said, would lead eventually to a “weakening of the economic relations between the two. countries.” “Small Percentage” Discussed. “Such a small percentage” it con- tinued. “hardly justifies any claim of unbearable competition, especially if one remembers that the prices of the Italian products are always higher than those of the domestic products.” The memorandum mentioned spe- cifically the proposed increased rates on Cheese, canned tomatoes, tomato paste. lemons, chemical products, fur felt, ! trimmed straw hats and hemp as in- volving a threat of reduction in Italian shipments to the United States. | 'RITES FOR DR. GROVE SET FOR TOMORROW Funeral Services for Physician Who Committed Suicide to Be “Held at Residence. Funeral services for Dr. George H. | Grove, who shot and killed himself at | his home, 2021 Massachusetts avenue. Wednesday night, will be held tomor- row at his late residence at 1. o'clock. Interment will be in Hagerstown, Md. Dr. Grove, a graduate of the Univer- sity of Virginia and Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, came to Washington and opened his office here about five years ago. Two | callers at his home discovered his body | Wednesday night and a small caliber { automatic revolver lying on the floor nearby. Rev. F. Bland Tucker of St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown, will of- ficiate at the funeral tomorrow. Rear ! Admiral William A. Moffett, U. S. N.: Drs. B. L. Hardin, William Sims and iJohn H. Lyons of Washington. Dr. Thomas Brown of Baltimore and Dr. Frank Hedges of Frederick, Md. will act as honorary pallbearers. The active pallbearers listed are Hume . Wrong, first. secretary of the Canadian lega- tion; Thomas Archibald Stone. third secretary of the Canadian legation: J. ‘Theodore Marriner, Eldridge Rand and Robert Scotten, all of the Department | of State; Charles Stone, Drew Pearson and Henry Suydam. Dr. Grove is survived by his mother, Mrs. Clinton Grove: a sister, Mrs. Emmons Smith, and an uncle, Dr. Prank Hedges. WIFE ANSWERS SUIT OF FILIPINO HUSBAND Hermenelgildo Morales, a Filipino. of 1221 Fairmont street, is a fast worker in love, his wife, Mrs. Alite ‘Marie Morales, of 3044 Monroe street north- east, conceded todav in her answer to his suit for a limited divorce and filed in District Supreme Court, but she denies that they were married one week after being_introduced. She advises the court, Morales proposed marriage the first night they were introduced, conceding that her mother brought them together. They were married, she says, one month after the introduction. Mrs. Morales denies that her husband was ordered to leave the residence of her mother and she informs the court that he “continually expressed his dis- satisfaction with conditions” in the home. She also denies that Morales gave her $485 after the marriage. . Mrs. Morales had a warrant issued for her husband, the court is told, “bea. cause the plaintiff threatened her life with a sharp envelope opener.” The Equity Court is asked to restrain Morales from interfering with her, that she be granted a sufficient sum for sup= ! port and maintenance during the pendency of the litigation, for attorneys’ fees and medical and dental treatment. T TR R Night Marshal Kills Man. AUGUSTA, Ark., September 20 (#).— | Tillman Wilkerson, about 65, a farmer living near At ta, was shot to death on Main street here early today by Bed- ford Montague, night marshal, Mg~ tague said the shooting resulted 1 Wilkerson resisting arrest on a minor charge. |