Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1930, Page 2

BLOCKEDBY BORNG Council Adjourned, President Says, to Prevent Thwarting of U. S. Agreement. By the Assoclated Press. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 14. =FElection of a new Haitian President, which the Hoover investigating commit- tee, leaving a few weeks ago, arranged to take place today, was, through the action of the incumbent chief executive, President Borno, postponed indefinitely. Pleading that his action was to pre- wvent election of some one else rather than Eugene Roy, whom the Hoover committee arranged would succeed M. Borno, the President adjourned the council of state, in which the elective power is vested. But if the adjournment prevented election of an opponent, probably Gen. Emanuel Thezan, who has a powerful peasant following, it also prevented election of Roy. President Borno was warned Friday by the American State Department that no one other than Roy would be recognized as temporary Presi- dent. In Government quarters it was indi- cated that the action was taken as a Tesult of reliable reports that a majority of the council of 21 planned to go back on their agreement to support the new overnment plan given Haiti by the oover commission. It was said the President preferred to put off the elec- tion of Roy rather than to force the issue in the < buncil, which recently has become restive under his control. As the situation now stands, President Borno_constitutionally will be out of office May 15, when his term ends, and his successor must be elected before that date. If the present council continues recalcitrant, he can appoint enough new members to assure Roy's election. SITUATION CLOSELY WATCHED. Acting Secretary Cotton Thinks Haiti ‘Will Carry Out Agreement. The closeness with which the Wash- ington Government is watching the Haitian_situation was attested at the State Dcpnr:genn today by Acting cretary Cotton. &He said he belleved the United States would be able to persuade Haitl to carry out its promised election of Eugene Roy as provisional President but that he did not know how long this would take. The action by the Council of State has been deferred by President Borno until next Monday, he added. Mr. Cotton said he wanted the plan as 1aid down by the Fletcher Commission to be carried out to the fullest extent. Dispatches from Port Au Prince, tell- ing of President Borno's action in de- ferring the election by the council of state, were being scanned carefully by the State Department. ARMY SURGEON HELD IN WIFE SLAYING Evidence Collected Upon Which to Ask Indictment of Maj. Shepard at Topeka, Kans. Ry the Associated Press. TOPEKA, Kahs., April 14—Evidence upon which the Government will ask the indictment of Maj. Charles A. Shepard, 69-vear-old Army surgeon, on & charge of first-degree murder for the alleged poisen killing of hir wife at Fort Riley, Kans,, last July, was ready for presentation to a Federal grand jury convening here today. United States district attorney sald the Shepard case probably will not be reached until tomorrow, although wit- nesses were summoned to appear here today. Thye Army officer, held in jail at Den- ver since his arrest last month on a murder charge filed here, has denied responsibility for his wife's death. Among those reported subpoenaed is Maj. Paul R. Hawley, Army medical offi- cer, now stationed at Managua, Nica- raugua, who attended Mrs. Shepard during her fatal illness at Fort Riley and performed an autopsy which re- sulted in a Government investigation of her death. pesemem————— The engagement of Princess Beatrice, elder daughter- of King Alfonso of Spain, to the Duke of Spoleto of Italy has been rumored in Madrid. 3. & 0. T0 DRP FARECUTREQLEST Drastic Reduction in Capital- to-New York Rates Falls Through on Protest. By the Associated Press. Following a protest by the Pennsyl- vania Railroad, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has notified the Interstate Commerce Commission that it will with- draw its proposed drastic cut in pas- senger rates between New York, Wash- ington, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh to compete with bus service. Under the new scale presented last month, to become effective April 20, by the Baltimore & Ohio, the New York- to-Washington rate would have been reduced from $8.14 to $5.50, with cor- responding reductions between Balti- more and Philadelphia. The fare be- tween Pittsburgh and Philadelphia would have been cut from $12.58 to $8 and between Washington and Pittsburgh from $10.90 to $7. In attacking the reduction, the Penn- sylvania said the busses would not “tamely” submit to competition by rail lines, but would cut their fares in order to maintain the differential. “Such competitive action,” the com- mission added, “on the part of the busses would leave the rail carriers in the same position as now obtains, but with a reduced basis of fares, which would imperil the passenger structure.” The Pennsylvania said that the de- clared reason of the Baltimore & Ohio for establishing the proposed reduced fares is to enable it to compete with bus operations in which the Pennsyl- vania Railroad has an interest, but that the action goes much farther than a mere meeting of co-ordinated rail-bus service and undertakes to compete with straight bus operations entirely apart from any co-ordination with rail service, MINE LEADER RESIGNS John Walker Quits Illinois Group to Aid Insurgents. SPRINGFIELD, 1N, April 14 (#).— John H. Walker, secretary-treasurer of the Insurgent ‘“reorganized” United Mine Workers of America, has resigned as president of the Illinois Federation. He had served as head of the State ory I}:flflun l‘dorhw yeius.d e er sal e resignes ote his entire time to the =cf.lvmu o:v!.he new mine union, organized March 10. The new union seeks to wrest control from the faction which has the support of the American Federation of Labor. — The death of Maj. Shepard’s first wife in California in 1913 recently entered into the Government's Iinvestigation, after District Attorney Brewster re- ceived a_report from her brother in Needles, Calif., asserting that the woman died “under mysterious circumstances. WETS WILL BE HEARD ‘Wet rebuttal testimony to be heard Wednesday by the House judiciary com- mittee on measures to repeal the eight- eenth amendment has been postponed by Chairman Graham until April 23 in order to give his group time in whicl to_consider other business. Representative Linthicum, Democrat, Maryland, in chnrfi of the wet wit- B pont o Whimington, el indus: 8. du Pont ington, L, - trial magnate, as one of the principal repeal advocates. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES ST RACE-—Purse, $1,200; maiden 3- year-old fillies; 6% furlo: b: 112 Lillabelle g:gs‘l'#fl 112 Vacate .... & Finita 112 a George D. Widener entry. Purse, $1,200; The Albe- g s e “turions. {| UNUSUAL KIND OF LIQUOR RACKET i A 113 Totem . s Dixians and C. T. Grayson; bRancocas Stable; cH. P. Whitney. BACE_Purge. $1.200; THIRD 4-year-olds and up; claiming; 6 furloni Y p 110 perfect S Fon ik wio od: § RACKLPUN: o0 mleadd T yards. Star O 188 Stimsdird 107 : : SEVENTE BAT i cmns 209, Sl {58 ey ‘Torrence 2 | presence of British naval COUNT HURT IN WRECK Relative of French Pretender In- jured in Race Car. CASABLANCA, Morocco, April 14 (). —Count Bruno D'Harcourt, son-in-law of the Duc de Guise, pretender to the throne of Prance, lay in a hospital last night suffering from serious injuries in- curred while testing a racing automo- bile Saturday. He was to have competed in the Grand Prix of Morocco. While testing his machine Saturday over the wet track, he lost control of it. h | The machine skidded and capsized, hurling the count into the roadway. MARCONI GETS BOMBAY —_— Radio Telephone Also Connects With Cape Town From Yacht. GENOA, TItaly, April 14 (#).—Sen- | toda: ator Guglielmo Marconi today succeed- ed in establishing radio telephone com- munication with Bombay and Cape Town from his yacht, Electra. In the experiment, conducted in the officers from the squadron off Rapallo, Senator Mar- conl conversed clearly with Sir Drum- t of the South 'an Radio Co., at Cape Town, and Count Iabia, the Italian consul. Mar- coni used apparatus of only 500 watts. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. _MONDAYE APRIL 14, 1930. CAPPER INDORSES | [_cumen soumeen wimu wovor | IAPRIL 72 NOW SET PRESIDENT STARTS LONDON NAVY PACT Senator lssues Statement Declaring Treaty Will Stop Armament Rivalry. By the Associated Press. Indorsement of the agreement reached BhvenSokisy by’ Senatar Gapper, Bepub: iven toda: i y - s i m;:t:umber of the foreign ati co! e. After reviewing son;e geum ::u u}: three-power agreement, Capper was rep:retubls that “France and Italy ':a unable at umeume to enter into e same agreement.” “But we must remember,” he con- tinued, “that their problems are differ- ent, their background of international relations of more somber and tragic hue, than ours. Viewpoint Is Broadeast. Senator Capper’s declaration, the first expression from the Senate on the pro- posed three-power pact, was broadcast. While expecting opposition to the treaty in the Senate, the Kansan rre- dicted that “if the mlta com\nq rom the London Conference is what it now appears to be,” the people of the Unitcd States would indorse it “and that in- g:;u;:em be registered by the ate.” While the treaty details continued to recelve attention from members of the Senate, Acting Secretary Cotton said the London agreement promised to check rivalry in naval armament. Cotton Issues Statement. In a statement issued by the State Department he said: “The outcome of the conference is, of course, most satisfactory to this depart- ment and the results have exceeded our expectations. “The real test of the treaty is, Will it work to check rivalry in naval armament? There is every promise that 1t will, “1 emphasize the point that the three nations, with a full comprehension that naval needs are relative, not absolute, have agreed on their complete naval programs for a period of years openly and with reference to each other.” COTTON PROSE BILL PASSED BY SENATE Suggesitons for Regulating Future Trading on Exchanges Heard. By the Associated Press. Cotton and its ailments came promi- nently before Congress today, the Sen- ate passing a measure authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to investigate the cause of declines in the price of the staple, whils committees heard Ig- fn”m‘“ for regulation of future trad- g on exchasiges. ‘The She{‘?)ard bill, passed by the Senate, wrtuld authorize an investiga- tion centering around the period from 'I:I&B t0 1929. The measure now goes ouse. A suggestion made in a bill pending before the Senate iculture commit- tee that future tr cotton excha too drastic and would upset present marketing machinery. On the House side the views of an- other Farm Board member, Cari Wil- liams, who represents cotton, that “wide supervision” over the cotton futures ex- changes was needed were presented to iculture committee. lams wrote the committee, which is considering a bill to put exchanges under Fed: regulation, that he thm‘:fht the Department of Agriculture should be given the power for control and supervision over the cotton ex- changes that it now has over the grain exchanges. He added that he felt that the de- partment should have the added power of pitiless publicity concerning the operations of s} traders, including s statement of their position and the volume of their trades. PRESIDENT RESUMES WORK IN FORMER OFFICE By the Assoclated Press. President Hoover's workshop was lo- cated today in the convenient and comfortable west wing of the White House for the first time since the dis- astrous fire of Christmas eve. For three months he has used tem- ;on offices in the State Department uilding just across the street while the executive offices were being repaired. They have been completely renovate mi as fire-proof as possible an ipped with a ventilating system de- signed to keep temperature and humid- ity at constant an ints. Over the week end, the presidential files were tunugr&?e from ttlhnlro m- porary quarters executive 3 and every preparation made for the President to resume his occupancy there Y. Mexican Mayor Mimics Nero. MEXICO, CITY, April 14 (#).—Dis- patches from Tampico yesterday said that Mayor C. de la Garza of Panuco had been charged with emulating the Roman Emperor Nero by setting fire to the neighboring town of Mendez last Monday. Thab w;:zw‘:; burned. The charge was brou Cruz state deputy. IS TRIED ONCE TOO OFTEN HERE Intended Victim Had Heard Story of Promise of Rum for Auto Repair Funds. Washington's latest liquor racket is both unusual and successful, that is, it has been successful until todsy. The (T only trouble with it is that it was tried once too often, The modus operandi is about like this: The creator of the system ascertains 19 | the make of a car driven by his pros- operator ot the “T left the automobile agency for a better job with the Government. fact it was a much better job and I was able to buy a small car myself, but now T have gotten trouble or expect I wili get into trouble it 1 don't get help. I should go to'a lawyer, bul l'h:ve thought it over' you. bed to umpt-uo’: 7&’:2’-«';:““& cum took some of my savings and went to ht 20 4 s Suira beliE T - § e i ¢ .Eia! g EE BB § g B 8 o] £ ga ] & i g8 g 58 5 B3EEEEER e} B § Ex g g § 2 i Efig % i s Vera ! Paul Gillisple, New York aviator, N. Y, in a powered glider. prepared to take off from Roosevelt Field, The craft is equipped with a two-cylinder 30-horse- power motor and capable of flying with motor operating at 80 miles an hour and landing at 20, Below: The glider Stimson Sees In flight over New York. —Associated Press Photo. Achievement Goal of Disarmament to Be Reached by Steps, Declares Head of United States Delegation to London. The text of Secretary Stimson's ad- dress, which was delivered yesterday in London and broadcast in this country over the Columbia Broadcasting System, was made public by the State Depart- ment, as follows: “Almost three months ago the Ameri- can delegation landed in England to take part in the London Naval Con- ference. In order to understand its purpose and to appraise the results which have been accomplished it is nec- essary to view the background and his- wm( which it is a part. Naval limi- tat has formed a part of the or- anized efforts of the world to limit ternational suspicions and promote relations. It is a new effort and grown gradually. At the first e conference, in 1899, the subject of limitation of arms was one of the purposes for which the conference was called, but all that resulted was a reso- lution favoring restriction as a desirable end. At the second l-rlaue conference, in 1907, it was considered too dangerous . Naval =&guzont.hznmcrlm & was on unchecked in oc; days, as it had been in one shape or another for centuries. ular competitive naval buildl: ad be- gun. This later one included the United States. For the first time in our history ‘we found ourselves facing the irritations and {ll-will arising from naval competi- tion. Neither the experiences of the war nor the exhaustion which it caused prevented the world from resuming e | naval competition, and we found our- selves entangled in it. Moral Standards Changed. “Under these circumstances President Harding called the Washington confer- ence and Mr. Hughes made his historic . They were historic because ey changed the moral standards of the world. Before those proposals were made human experience seemed to in- dicate that naval competition was in- evitable. Since that day the consclence of the world has insisted that naval limitation by mutual agreement shall take the place of competition. The ‘Washington conference achieved enough to prove that what the conscience of the world demanded was a practical possibility. From the date of ratifica- tion of the Washi n treaty not & battleship has been down by any nation in the world. “But though the success of that con- lerence was great, it was not complete. Only two kinds of warships were lim- ited. Cruisers, destroyers and subma- H;:’u wet: not, :&?!m the conference adjourned competitive began in those types—competition egfch bade fair to become dangerous. The Prepar- atory Commission of the League of Na- tions tried again and again to agree upon methods of limitation, but failed. In 1927 President Coolidge called the three-power conference at Geneva, but that conference failed to reach an agreement. Yet the work of these meet- ings was not entirely lost, for each one g:va h.nflb!e evidence that the world lieved in the principle of limitation and agreement., But each failure showed the ary and | Was to lay the u(lz'chndmn of naval competition, began show their heads At the very time when the worl d_economically, of the Great War the navies of the world lwere bdexl.nnlnl to hrglld up l!I: expensive and = dangerous . again to halt this was time to process. The other naval powers - ted that Great Britain and the ited States should see if they could get close enough together in their fig- to give assurance that the failui limitation held by Great Britain and Japan that they made no such effort. “ principal objective when we came here was to extend the principle of limitation by agreement, so that it should cover all the elements of the fleet, and thus complete what had been left undone at Washington, at the League and at Geneva. So far as the fleets of Great Britain, Japan and the United States are concerned, that pur- pose has been achleved. There can now be no competition between us. The relation of the feets is fixed. “Furthermore, the habit of mutual agreement has received one more suc- cessful precedent. cessful practice. At the first meeting of the conference, in January, I made this statement, Naval limitation is a continuous process. We regard dis- armament as a to be reached by successive steps, by frequent revision and improvement. Affairs Believed Improving, Human affairs are not static, but are moving, and, we believe, 3 » * ° For that reason we feel that the sound and obvious course is to reach such agreements as may be possible now, with the knowledge that they are open to revision at appropriate . By our 'nt agreement the favorable at- titude of the world is made stronger than ever. The benefit of this momen- tum will not be limited to the three wers who have actually reached a is of mutual agreement, but will ex- tend also to the offorts of our friends, the French and the Italians, to achieve that goal in the future. Limitation, to be effective, must be made willingly and with confidence. We have every hoj that France and Italy will eventual join in a litmitation of their fleets simi- ar to that which we have attained, but that is a result which, to be effective, must come only when each count ;gg'ru!m the advantages which wi “As I have thus pointed out, the main puropse for which this conference was called was to stop the dangers of competition in armaments and to estab- lish the mutual confidence and good- will which come with agreement. It is this purpose which connects the con- ference with the great movement for world peace. Reduction in expenditures, 1imj nt as it is to reach each indi- vidual nation, is merely a by-product of the other and primary purpose. More- over, reduction is a benefit which will be increasingly realized as the nations of the world progress in_the security obtained by agreement. It is only as mutual confidence develops with in- creasing experience that nations reduce more and more drastically their mili- tary protection. Thus experience under the Washington treaty in regard battleships has been such that the na- tions are eager to reduce the battleship fleets more rapi Possibie 5 ) gapldly than was thought Reductions and Economies. “Nevertheless, it is proper for to o BT S our o Sch—— great econom:; hic) shall achieve is not a reduyct;n ;’utw: holiday or pongqnemem of construc- tion of ships. Under the schedules of the Washin p n tlrs!ly lh:‘gmd States wn 10 new d to complete 5 of them during Lh?n‘;n six years. Under our present arrange- ment none of these vessels will be laid down. This means that approximately $300,000,000 which would otherwise lly | have been spent during the next six years will not be spent. Furthermore, this holiday will, we believe, pave the way for further economies in battleship construction. There is a strong move- ment under way for a reduction either in the number or_the size of our exist- ing battleships. But there is a differ- ence of opinion among the nations con- cerned as to which of these methods will furnish the best avenue for such reduction. This holiday gives an op- portunity to settle this questions and to ime | decide upon the method for this further Difficulty of Problem. “The lem which faced the Amer- ican dcmnon here was difficult and mguuud Since the Washington treaty the United States has laid down no battleships, no aircraft carriers and wot&ya three sub- marines. cruiser con- struction of other nations, our Con- g‘rlul had instituted a cruiser program, it only two ships of that program were in the water. Our N“Lwn - ‘The end of the battleship g “and ot of economy. “In estimating the actual reduction which will result from the present con- ference you have doubtless read many varying sets ences have occurred because of the dif- ferent methods emJ)lom by the writers. Some have counted average ships which happen still to be in commission, while others did not. Some others have counted ships authorized though not yet built, while others have not. And there have n mx;g other variations. I will, however, e you two compari- leships, cruisers, destroyers which I think wil we have of Lim . _“The first is to compare the limita- tions which we have fixed with the low- est limitations at the unsuccessful conference in Ge- neva in 1927. In 1927 the lowest ton- 'h Great Britain would ipon _ref un! 1936 25 pe: u] taining til T cent of average tonnage. As it icture. to EHCI\II FOR PACT SIGNING American Delegates May Be Able to Sail for Home on Leviathan. (Continued From First Page.) audience yesterday. It was delivered in this country over the Columbia Broad- casting System, locally from Station ‘WMAL. ‘So far as the fleets of Great Britain, Japan and the United States are con- cerned,” he said, “that purpose has been achieved. Furthermore, the habit of mutual agreement has received one more successful precedent. The ciple of limitation is strengthened by its suc- cessful practice. “We have every hope that France and Italy will eventually ioin in a limita- tion of their fleets r to that which we have attained.” He gave the following figures in ton- nage reductions: Battleships: Nine existing ships ag- gregating 230,130 tons, to be scrapped and not replaced. Destroyers: A total of 205,000 tons in existing destroyers to be scrapped, or nearly 40 per cent more destroyer ton- nage than any of the three fieets will have in 1936. Submarines: A total of 68,000 tons to be scrapped, or nearly 16,000 tons of the three fleets will in American cruiser tonnage “due to the fact that we have been idle in cruiser building for nearly 10 years.” British agreement to reduce cruiser tonnage by 20 ships and Japan's undertaking not to increase her cruiser fleet, however, represents an aggregate reduction in cruiser tonnage, bullt, building and ap- propriated for, of 460,000 tons. on-fighting naval vessels: A total of 220,000 tons in existing ships of this class not to be replaced when scrapped, as they reached the agreed age of ob- solescense. Mr. Stimson sald a “strong move- ment” had developed at London for further reduction in battleship fleets, but that a difference of opinion had been disclosed as to the method to be followed. The Secretary added that under the Washington treaty the United States would have laid down 10 new battle- ships and com’fxle'od five of them dur- ing the next years at an approxi- mate cost during that period of $300,~ 000,000. “Under our present arrangement lhmne fflr these vessels will be laid down,” e said. under our present agreement will be 541,700 tons, a reduction of 48,300 tons. Jsgln has agreed to a reduction of 17,- 950. In addition to this reduction, Great Britain has agreed to scrap immediately 133,900 tons of her battleship fleet. We are to m:&‘xmmeaunu 69,900 tons of our battleship fleet and Japan 26,330 tons. If you add the total difference for the three fleets of these three nations between the Geneva proposals and our present agreement, there is an e gate reduction of 340,000 tons. this is without counting the 25 pe'r‘gndt X e n which I sug- gest is between the three fleets as they stand today, includ: ships built and bulldi.n&rlnd appropriated for, and the same three fleets as they will stand in 1936 under our ent. Taking these three fleets together, there will be nine battleships scrapped and not replaced. Their combined tonnage is 230,130 tons. Thelr numbers are the same as the numbers of Japan's total fleet of bat- tleships under the treaty. “Next there will be a reduction of 205,000 tons in the destro; of the three powers. That amounfs to nearly 40 Fr cent more destroyer tonnage than wuu?cm.m in any of the three fleets n A Reduction in Submarines. “There will be a reduction of 68,000 tons in submarines, and that is nearly 16,000 tons more than will be allowed to any of three countries in 1936. “In American cruisers there will be an actual increase under the new agree- ment. But this is due solely to the fact that we have been idle in cruiser building for nearly 10 years and now find ourselves with less than a quarter of the normal proportion of cruisers which we should have in respect to the rest of our fleet. Therefore, in order to create a smaller but better-balanced fleet than we now have and to achieve parity with Great Britain it is neces- sary for us to increase our cruiser tonnage. This increase is comparative- ly small, because the British have agreed not to increase the number of cruisers in order to meet us, and for that same purpose the Japanese have agreed not tto increase the number of their cruisers. As a result the total net reductions in the three fleets built, building and appropriated for is in the neighborhood of 460,000 tons. That reduction alone is greater than the total present Italian fleet. “Thus far T have been speaking only of fighting ships. There are also, as you doubtless know, many service ships in the Navy which are not classed as combatant, but in discussing economy these ships very properly enter into the In the three fleets of Great pan and the United States there are 220,000 tons of these ships which under our present agreement will not be replaced after they are retired for age. This means ultimately a re- duction of 220,000 tons and a cor- responding reduction in expenses. Lowest Level Reached. “In our present ent we have reached the lowest level of limitation that I have ever heard seriousl; cussed before. We have reached a lower level than any of us on any dele- gation felt confident could be attained when we came here. “Furthermore, this conference has achieved certain great moral advan- The experience of our negotia- | sociaf tions has made it clear that naval rivalry between the United States and These differ- |1y QGreat Britain is definitel g:n: d. dial and than and cort and saf those we have had Mmflu;h delegation. The same applies to our re- lations with the Japanese delegation. ‘They have shown a readiness to join in the great aims of the conference which is beyond praise. great im- provement in the tween the United States and Ja) which followed the Washington Confer- ence will certainly be intensified and continued by this conference. As our naval problems do not reach those of France and Italy we have not directly plmgflwd in the negotiations of those countries, but our contacts with their delegations have been uniformly friend- and we believe that we have con- tributed to the present spirit of good will which makes it their own fleets to our present treaty. “And now a word about our own dele- Eve ice has been disc me‘x’nuge‘rnbe!m it was taken, an such decision has been irest of the reduc- lceolxuul:ud. technical the were entertained | weeks ago vantage of the wisdol the loyal and capable staff of the utmol san:': and the Am ‘embassy L “We helhg we have e have been entrusted by our country.” i 4 COUNTESS VERA VON BISSING, One of Germany's newest fiyers re- cruited from nobility. She secured her full pilot’s license recently. —Associated Press Photo. PARKER NOMINATION GETS SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVAL IN SENATE (Continued From First Page.) the determination of those opposed to Judge Parker's confirmation were ac- centuated today by three distinct de- velopments which set Washington to wondering if a repetition of the bitter battle that attended the nomination of Charles Evt Hughes as Chief Justice is in prospect. From the White House there came last night a statement, prepared by the Justice Department, defending Judge Parker against the criticlsm of the American Federation of Labor, which simultaneously issued a reiteration of its opposition. In addition, it was learned that Chairman Norris of the Senate judiclary committee has decided to oppose confirmation and might Joined by Senator Borah. Judge’s Action Upheld. Judge Parker’s action in upholding an injunction preventing the United Mine Workers from organizing the em- ployes of the Red Jacket Consolidated Coal & Coke Co. was the subject of the statements of both the Justice Depart- ment and the labor organization. The former contended that Judge Parker had no freedom of action in the case in question, that in his decision he followed a previous decision of the Supreme Court, which, the statement said, he was bound to do. ‘The statement of the Federation, signed by William Green, its president, sald “it"is inconceivable that a man who hn&elhov;lnn sm:hl jug.\thi:l bias against working people of coun- try can be elevated to the highest ju- dicial tribunal of the land.” The dispute over the injunction case involves the so-called “Yellow Dog contract” under which the Red Jacket employes were aggndnz. binding them not to join a labor union while work- ing for the company, The Justics De- partment maintained that Parker had relied upon the Supreme Court decision in the Hitchman case, which denied the right of unions to persuade employes to break such contracts. “There does not seem to be a point decided in the Red Jacket case,” the department memorandum said, ‘“on which Judge Parker assumed to exercise any independent judgment or opinion. ¢ ¢ * He was bound by the decisions of the Supreme Court, which he could not refuse to follow.” Asserting that the Red Jacket decision forced “a condition bordering on in- dustrial servitude” upon the miners of West Virginia, Green called upon the Senate to reject the nomination. He declared that Parker would carry to the Supreme bench views and opinions “hos- tile to labor” and “destructive to human rights as shown in the Red Jacket de- cision.” o WOUNDS MAYOR, DIES Tragedy at Wyanet, Ill., Follows Attempt to Compose Domestic Row. WYANET, IIl, April 14 (#)—Mayor Buhl Hudson of Wyanet was shot and seriously wounded yesterday by Jean Olds, 40-year-old laborer, who ended his own lif e. Authorities said Mayor Hudson had ne to the Olds home to arbitrate some h?‘ma;ic difficulty between Olds and . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Ohio State Society of Wash- ington, Carlton Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Northeast Citizens' Associa- tion, Ludlow School, Sixth and G streets northeast, 8 p.m. Meeting, Connecticut Avenue Oit- izens' Association, All Souls’ Episcopal | Church, Cathedral avenue and Woodley place, 8 pm. Meeting, Brookland Citizens' Associa- tion, Masonic Hall, Twelfth and Mon- roe streets northeast, 8 p.m. ¢ | sociation, Hamline The very friendly relations be- | Meeting, Anthropological Society, Na- tional Museum, room 42-43, 4:45 p.m. Meeting, Council of Social Agencies, )Yi gz C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, :30 p.m. GAME AT 3 TODAY Marberry Faces MacFayden in Season’s Opener With Red Sox. (Continued From First Page.) Natlon's dignitaries, were the hu citizenry who make base ball memg}: business it is and vie with each other to send rumbling cries of “Come on, reverberating across the field. Early this morning long lines of base ball enthuslasts gathered at the stadium to gather in the coveted tickets that en- title them to a place in the stadium to watch the Nats open the season. Their Opponents are the downtrodden Boston Red Sox, foot balls of the league last season, but considerably strengthened in several positions this year. Backing Marberry was a veteran Washington team, changed in but one position since the end of last season. In Ossie Bluege at third base, the Na- tionals will have on hand a player who performed at that position regularly be- fore he was incapacitated by a leg in- jury last August. Newcomers in the Red Sox line-up are Bill Sweeney, for- mer Detroit player, at first base, and Tom Oliver, a graduate of the Southern Association, in center fleld. In case rain forces a postponement of the opene ing game the ceremonies will be de- ferred until April 20, when the Wash- ington club will return from a road trip. Gates to Griffith Stadium opened at noon and early arrivals were not with- out entertainment. A band was at hand to offer a tuneful program and at 2:30 o'clock the Army Band made its musical contribution to the gayety of the occasion. President Hoover was expected to reach the ball park at 2:45 and immediately after his arrival the parade to the staff in center field for the hoisting of the colors was to begin. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley was to head the flag-raising proces- slon. Following the lofting of the national emblem the field will be cleared of all but players and the 1930 started. be | National pastime The line-up: EARL WEBB PROCURED. Reds Paid $5,000 by Nationals; Out- fielder to Report Tomorrow. Earl Webb, outfielder, has been pro- cured from the Cincinnat! club by the Nationals and will report to themydur- ing their three-day stay in Boston starting tomorrow. The Washington club is paying the Reds $5000 for Webb's contract, the sum Cincinnati lp)]na)?eHs Ang!er}e.s P“'hsefi’ 1t _drafted the Tom the Pac o c Coast League Webb, who bats left-handed, but throws right-handed, is in his thirty- first year. He is a rangv athlete, being 6 feet 1% inches tall ard weighing 190 pounds. He played for the Cubs in the National League before going to Los Angeles. Last year he hit .357 for the Angels. According to President Clark Griffith of the Washington club, no player will be sent out at present hecause of the purchase of Webb. Roy Spencer, catcher, als> at last has come to terms with the Nationals. He visited the ball club's offie< this morn- ing and signed a contract ‘o this sea- |son, accepting terms oriznally offered by President Clark Griffith, Spencer refused to report to training camp this Spring and was suspended for insubordination. However, he has been in training for three weeks with the South Atlantic League club at Au- gusta, Ga., his home, and now seem- ingly is in good playing condition. President Griffith states Spencer is not to be used as trading material, for the club needs another catcher, but he says Spencer will not be put on the pay roll | until the player satisfies Manager Wal- ter Johnson he is in trim to go behind the bat for the Nationals. IMPERSONATING D. C. OFFICER CHARGED Seattle Prisoner Said to Have Claimed He Was “Lieut. Garity of Homicide Squad.” A young man who introduced him- self as “Lieut. Garity, chief of the homicide squad of the Washington, D. C.,, Police Department,” was arrested as an imposter today by police of Se= attle, Wash., whose hospitality the visitor had enjoyed for several weeks. ‘The Western authorities, becoming suspicious, queried the local department by telegram last night and were in- formed that there was no such officer on the homicide squad or on the rolls of the force. The youth was quoted as having ad- mitted he was an imposter. He said his real name was Harold Gibbs, for- merly employed at a department store ere. At the store it was said Gibbs had been discharged after references he gave could not be verified. He lived in the 700 block of Seventeenth street and came here from Newton, Mass. While Seattle authorities were deciding to hold Gibbs for further investigation, lo- cal officis attempted to learn how many Gibbs received during his sojourn in the West. Meeting, Edgewood Citizens® Associa- tion, 2336 Second street northeast, 8 pm. Lecture, Rev. Bernard Huss, R. M. M., McMsahon Hall, Catholic University, 8 pm. Meeting, Takoma Park Citizens’ As- tion, Takoma Park Library, 7:30 pm. Meeting, Piney Branch Citizens’ As- M. E. Church, Six- teenth and Allison streets, 8 p.m. Meeting, Stanton Park Citizens’ As- sociation, Peabody School, Fifth and C streets northeast, 8 p.m. Meeun%nxllonml Citizens’ Associa- tion, Jol Quincy Adams School, ineteenth and California streets, 8 pm. Meeting, Lincoln Woman's Relief Corps, No. 6, G. A. R. Hall, 1412 Pennsylvania avenue, 8 p.m. Motor Fee Appeal Lost. The Susremc Court today refused to recon::’ ler llti:fl:cer‘n decLlon ul\ll- taining the val of those of '.h: California “motor vehicle act s BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home B e 0 ek, ot 8. . :30 o'c] . M. s bandmaster; Anton Point- .Kerns McHugh World ..Ball MEMBER OF DUNBAR FACULTY SUCCUMBS Neval H. Thomas, Head of Colored Welfare Organization, Had Been Il Year. Neval H. Thomas, 56 years old, fac ulty member of Dunbar High School, president of the District branch of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People and a director of the national body, died yesterday at the residence of his sister, Mrs. D. A. Willis- ton, 1122 Fairmont street. Serious ll- ness had forced him to abandon class- room duties for more than a year. Funeral services, with Rev. R. W. Brooks officiating, will be held tomor- row afternoon at 4 o'clock in the Rankin chapel at Howard University. Interment will be in Springfield, Ohio, the birthplace of Mr. Thomas. — TIGER-CAT SLAIN BY MAN AFTER IT KILLS INFANT Paraguayan Laborer Dispatches Animal With Machete After Des- perate Battle in House. By the Assoclated Press. Th:!UNOXON, P.lrl-mm:.rlo”mulr‘d.n— newspaper y published a dispatch from &:l'on. in the Palomares district, ducrlbmgn a battle in which a laborer killed with a machete a large tiger cat which had :mfied the man's home and slain his The dispatch said the baby’s cries roused the family, and the father guc- ceeded in driving off the animal, but rot, however, in time to save the child's g.:e.w eu':;dth’e ‘r uc”n nturnagfl !:r 'y loug] man unf e K T {