Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1930, Page 2

PROPOSECONGRESS OF ALL REPUBLES Néw York Commission Offers Suggestion as Part of Bicen- ¢ tennial Celebration Here. oo oThls fs the twelfth of o seriés of asti. slet on the plans now Mln"(nlmllnel "“Mnéer the auspieés of the Federal Gov- ernment_ for the year-long, Nation-wide Georee washineion bicentehnial ceigpra; ion, which it sponsors declare will bé the greatest celebration thus far knewn 4n histors.” "It 18 not to be held In oné - Blace, but it wil center in the Natlons) Capital, whete the principhl évents o the 1932 series of programs will occur. The next article will appear tomorrow. BY DONALD A. CRAIG. An international congress of repub- MHee of the world in the National Oap- 1tal in 1932 is one of the principal pro- posals made by the George Washington ‘Bicentennial Commission of New York State, which has been organized to co- operate with the National Bicentennial Lommission, whose headquarters are in shis :l!;,. “The New York commission is in the group of the first 14 local commissions, which includes that of the District of Columbia, that were organiged, follow- ing the lead of the Federal Government when it ereated the National George ‘Washington Bicentennial Commission late in 1924. The commission of the Empire State has been very active, The Federal di- rectors of the great bicentennial here in Washington—Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 34, and Representative Sol Bloom of New York—point to its activity as an insurance of the success of the year- long_celebration to be held throughout the Nation two years hence and an ex- ‘ample to the other States. In proposing an “international con- s‘fis of the republics of the world,” the lew York commission says that the bi- centennial of George Washington eould be ‘“very properly” celebrated in that manner. Founder of Modern Republics. “In & very real gense Washington was the founder of all modern republics,” #ays the commission in its 1930 report. it 18 too early to announcé for certain what sort of & plan will be adopted by the national commissi for the participation of other countries in the celebration of Géorge Washing- jon | was completed. The snap roll fon's 200th birthday anniversary, the national directors are proceeding upon the the that they will eertainly be asked to take a large part in the 1932 programs. It might well be, in the opinion of some of those closé to the or,mmum, that the New York plan for & special participation of the republics of the world, would be_ado] L P Mt Bloom is going abroad this Sum- mer to oonsult uzncuu &In nv‘:re:lll rernments regarding n 'fi:o bieentennial. Doubtless m;'ll' plan, with special l; rangements for nations, of be formuiated Among been made f memgnll 4 pa t_tower : temple,” either # the m“ or ‘u the heights the mem¢ T aa mdseurh, &b, Albany and the oflrglo:‘of 4n impressive memorial o Washington at the entrance to New York harbor. Representative Bloom its out that, each of the other States and the “wm t the United States will do in the same ropoflbnllt:“ the . Natjon-wide character being striven for. Purthér New York State participation m is planned, including an foundation to “perpetuate genius in developing ernment”’; mdngmfinu fessorships in_col- aéflm State in the m the sducational Washington's associated; s motion re to “interpret Washing- ton as a foree in oufr national life” and the purchase ef this picture by the State, so that it may be shown on suit- able occasions in the future in all the New York schools. Plan National Partieipation. The New York commission is ds today. planning for adequate pa the State in the national program of events at the City of Washington, in co- speration with the national commisssion and sssociate directors of the bicenten- 5:. 1s also proposed that the swards givén to the winners in the Olympic ‘?fl that will be held in New York te hlwlflhfllnlhlll carry & likeness of Teorge Washington. At the head of the New York Bicen- fefinial Commission, which was created an act of the State Lefll‘llluu in , 18 Charles J. Tobin, chairman. lature has appropristed money to ray the expenses of the State com- mission in carrying forward its work of srganization. . As heretofore pointed out in this saries of articles, more than two-thirds of the States and Territories have not yet appointed local commissions, in re- nse to the invitation of the Federal mission. Since the publication of these articles began, however, there has Peen & marked activity in many quar- tars. Mr. Bloom and Col. Grant, associate ‘?«:wn of the bicentennial on behalf of the Federal Government, have put new life into the movement and are already taking steps to stir the other Btates and Territories into action. Indications that have already reached them here are sufficient to point to & successful year-long bicentennial cele- bration, not only on the national and {nternational scale that is planned, but also in every State, city and village of the land, in accordance with the par- tioular desire of the national commis- sion. e mitecaaik DISTRICT COMMITTEE AGAIN TO WEIGH MERGER Group Also to Take Up Other Pend- ing Legislation, Including Howell Dry Bill. The Senate District committee has been called to meet this afternoon in ther effort to obtain final action on street nuwl"{“mser resolution, the bill curtail power of the local courts in_reviewing Pubue utllity cases and the Howell local prohibition bill. “The meeting was scheduled to get under way at 2 o'clock if the program the Senate will enable members to attend. Chairman C: 18 hopeful of diaposing of these matters in the com- ittee at this meeting. P ‘Everybody has heard of the “Seven 1 of Ephesus,” but how many who they were, legend is t they were Christian boys };::‘gfmned to death’ for their religious Edson Will Plead For District Vote In Radio Address A plea for & vote for the dis- Dis: Oolumbis Broadeasting System stations at 5:45 6'¢lock this aft- ernoon by John Joy Edson, prominent Washington banker and philanthropist. His topic is “National Represéntation fot the District of Columbia.” Mr. Edson will speak under the auspices of the National Security League. WILLIAMS SINGS NAVY SWAN SONG WITH NEW “STUNT” (Continued From First Page.) ing said that he had had no notifica- tion of Williams’ intended flight and further expressed doubt as to whether the Navy would subscribe to such a flight, characterizing it as ‘“personal publicity.” The inverted or outside falling léaf is thought to be the last aerial maneuver possible with the present-day airplané which never has been successfully pef- formed, Many pilots have accids y fallen into the first phase of the out« side falling leaf only to find themselves almost instantly in &n upside-downs spin, which in a nufiiber of cases has proved fatal. In no case, However, s0 far as i1s known, has any pilot who has arted an inverted falling leaf made ore than the first slip before he has n to spin. Williams' feat Saturday is the re- sult of many months of planning in advance, He had worked the maneuver out to its last detail mentally and by the use of a miodél airplane, Every move of the plane, every position of the control surfaces and évery movement of the pilot's controls was figured to the last detail. Taking off in the little silver plane, he roared up in a breath-taking climb, circled sharply, rolled over and was fiying along upside down. There fol- lowed a remarkable demonstration of upside-down flying, of which Lieut. Wil- liams was one of the earliest pioneers and is the most successful exponent to- day. He was “warming up.” Half an outside loop, from the inverfed Poamon, followed by & “snap roll,” als6 from the inverted position, and the warming t‘t‘x’ e upsld‘-tlgwfl position also 18 decidedly new. In this maneuver the plane rolis rapidly likeé & barrel, Normnfl’y the roll starts” and stops with thé plané right up. With Willlams it began and ended with his head hanging toward the ground. Completes Inveried Falling Leaf. ‘Then he Bégan to climb up into the blue Summer sky. At 3,000 feet or more he rolled over he the ground, the Vheeh'of Hip eels of his plane uj to the sky. The metor was throttled all the way propellér spinning lazily. A wing dmpred and the plane slid :m:wmm.?nan m'\um'l,J n\‘.her:l!:( speed. sickeningly. used, just on the vérge of the fatal fi&' T%elnvter win, began 10 raise rapidly to level an Thie 6thér wing dropped and the to the other side, checked just on_the n. Back SWOOPS the tinued, the plané falling raj , upe m down Omml:d t.hehg:‘x:th, wmglh’ w"fl- ver, témaining , 1éveled off, and, still upside-down, it bégan to shoved stick forward and T whdlow, clim 'mu”ro D.-na’ 1nt6 thé sky to t the strange and 1§ Olit a sée- ond time, he ciréled Bolling Fiela and the Navil Alr Station twice upside- mfl. ”kmlml,hl turns lll my [ AVeTa P does fflh up. Hena Gows, 16 dove towked the. Helg, Tolling over close to the and to sétting the little plané down like a feather. His career as a naval fiyer was | has at a close. Alms {6 Make Flying Safer, ool el B el st eaf 18 & par §_struggle o Lieut. Wflflm‘ to make safer. He believes that mastery of ma- neuver by pilots, especially milita; puott who must resort to acrobatics, would decrease the danger from outside or inverted spins. Baturday's display markéd the close of his 1l-year study .of inverted flying, which today looms &é & decisive factor in future militury combat operations. It is the last remaining maneuver which had not been per&n‘med from the inverted position and completed the cycle of ible acrobatics with the es motors now available, Lieut. llliams believes, There still remain two maneuvers which nevér have been performed, he sald, but these are impossible until much more powerful motors are avail- able than are found in the airplane of Born in Bronx County, N. Y., Lieut. Williams was graduated from Fordham University with his A. B. degree in 1916. mmmrrnmmxuu‘umuumd base ball and was signed up as & pitcher by the Néw York Giants, with whom he played until the outbreak of the Wotld War, when he entered the naval aviation service, Risked Life to End Spin. Only five months after recelving his wings he performed bhis first great contribution to_the progress of naval aeronautics. Students were being killed with appalling frequency in the then standard type of Navy training g‘mu because of its tendency to go into lat spins from which the students could not recover. These were the days be- fore parachutes were used and the student could do nothing but spin into the ground or water. Williams, 88 a test , puszled over the problem, working it out in his mind during leisure hours with the help of a model. He decided that the spin could be broken and, though he had no parachute, took up one of the training planes and deliberately put it into the -fm which had been fatal to & number of pliots, Mis theory worked. He broke the wlnil regained control and landed. He taught his method to the pilots on the station and that particular trouble was eliminated. ‘This achievement of williams’, Navy chiefs said, undoubtedly was the means of saving many lives and lnerunn;‘ mculla in the service. Inverted Lieut. Willilams demonstrated that an airpl be controlled while on its back, he be- gan to study out the problems of in- verted flight seriously. The result is an increase in the efficlency and useful- ness of the combat plane. Lieut. Williams is known as an exponent of high-speed flying. He was first assigned by the Navy to racing duty in 1922 and in the following year won the Pulitzer race, then the Nation’s foremost speed classic. Following the race he bl a speed record of 266.59 miles per hour, which stands to- daymu the official American speed record. Constables’ Homes Blasted. SALSBURGH, England, May 13 (#)— What appeared to have been an at- tempt to blow up & group of houses occupled by members of the Lanark- shire constabulary occurred early today. A stick of gelignite placed on the window of one house exploded and caused considerable damage. Two con- stables and their families had narrow escapes from flying bricks and stone work. All pictures in the house were smashed, &8 the of & mearhy place. . THE COLF TROPHY WON |DRY LEAGUE DENIES| BY MRS. . 0. RHYNE Mrs. Ora Emge Is Stroke Behind in Tourney at Indian Spring. Mrs. J. O, Rhyne of thé Bannockburn Golt Club this afterfioon won the an- nual eompetition for The Evening Star golf trophy, with & net score of 159 for two founds on the course of the Spring Golf Club. Playing with a han- diedp of 16 strokes for each of the two rounds of the 36-hole tournament, Mrs. Rhyne registéred a score of 100 for the opening round yestérday and turned in 4 91 today to win the tournament by a single stroke. The outstanding feature of her final round was the eagle 4 on the par 6 fifteenth hole, a hole of 451 yards. Her third shot was within 5 feet of the cup and she sank the putt for the eagle. With the aid of a birdie 4 on the second hole she was out in 44 and came back in 47 over the difficult last nifie for her winning score. In second place was Mrs. Ora Emge of the Beaver Dam Country Club, whose neét total of 160 was in the lead until early this aftérnoon, when Mrs. Rhyne, one of the late starters, turned in the winning scoté. Mrs. Emge hac 3 yes- térday and 97 today for & gross total of 190, less 30 hai . &rrl:e for the two days’ event went to . Jotin Hodges of the Army, N’vy and Marine Country Club, hold- er of the Middle Atlantic Women's champlonship, who scored 87—82— 169. Mrs. Hodges finished in fourth place in the net event, with a net score of 165. Bcotes of the leaders follow: Mrs. J. O. Rhyne, Banfiockburn, 100—91— 191 (32)—189; Mrs. Ora Emge, Beaver Dam, 93—97—190 (30)—160; Mrs. H. B. Shipley, Beaver Dam, 99—100—199 (36)—163; Mrs, John N. Hodges, Army, Navy and Marine, 87—82—169 (4)— 165; Mrs. Betty P. Meckley, Beaver Dam, 88—84—172 (6)—166; Mrs. Perry B. Hoover, Indian Spring, 87—88 (8)— 167; Mrs.’ J. F. Gross, Indian Spring, 100—90 (22)—168; Mrs. Alma von Steinner, Beaver Dam, 90—92 (14)— 168—Mrs. . R. Bush, Congres- sional, 106—100 (36)—170; Mrs. G. M. Brunes, unattached, 93—05 '(18) —170; Mrs. Willlam E. Hall, Wash- (24)—170; Mrs. Me- Chevy Chase, 97—94¢ (20)—171; Mrs. Harrison Brand, jr., Chevy Chase, 95—92 (16)—171; Mrs. Hume Wrong, Ohevy Chase, 90—07 (16)—171; Miss Susan Hacker, Chevy Chase, 88—98 (12)—172; Mrs. J. W. Beller, 94—02 (14)—172; Mrs, Everett Eynon, Columbia, 93—80 (10)—173. Prizés were presented at the oon- of the tournament by Mrs. Frank R. Keefer, sident o6f the to | Women's District Golf Association. WIFE OF AMBASSADOR FROM PERU IS DEAD Mrs. Betty Freyre Santander Re- ported Deceased While in London. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, May 13.—Private advices recéived today said that Mrs. Betty Santander, wife of Manuel Freyre Santander, Peruvian Ambassa- dor w;;:flvmw States, died in Lon- don Ay, sez{or &n(md«r is newly appointed to the Washington post, succeeding Hernan Velarde, retired. BRITAIN IN THROES OF COMPLEX TiMES AND HARD PROBLEMS (Continued From - First Page.) nasty mood, Accusing the Zionists of influenced Lord Passfleld (Sid- ney Webb), eolonial secretary, yielding to their “just demands.” Position Precarious. ‘While the expression, “the whole East is ablaze,” may be too strong, there is no doubt that the position of Great Britain in the Middle East is extremely precarious, and the Labor government, which has made the cause of subject raoes one of the most important points in the party's program, may bé forced to take against these races as drastic menstres as any Tory government would be in order to preserve—to use Prime Minister Macdonald’s own words— “that great inheritance, the empire.” ‘The situation within the United Kingdom 18 very serious, t00. The num- ber of unemployed has increased sub- stantially since last year. There are more than 1,800,000 dole recipients in this country, ‘and there seems to be no immediate means of reducing the figure. ‘The troublés in India have virtually ruined the cotton industry. Todsy the Department of Commerce publishes trade returns indicating that there hud b’een the :vou‘:‘ -lulmu mle:; ports and imports in the last eigi and a half years. There been & fall in rts, compared with last oflffll. of $22,500,000, and & fall of $52.- 0,000 in British exports. The fall in imports is very significant because it that the country is using few- er raw materials than last year. Imports of cotton have fallen lzy $15,000,000 and wool by $21,000,000, while imports of manufactured articles snd foodstuffs have increased substan- tally. Exports Decrease. Exports of the world-famous British steel, cotton and woolen products have fallen considerably since last year, as l'llustuua by the Board of Trade re- urns, Compared with the period in 1929, Great Britain ported so far this year 85,000,000 less of iron and steel, $21,000,000 less in cotton and $4,500,000 less of woolens, while in every one of the 40 main classifications into which the official returns are divided, British exports show a decline. ‘What and whether anything at all can be done to improve this situation 1s a matter that keeps the labor min- isters worried. are able to ex- plain to the rank and file of the party that there is s serious depression throughout the world, which neither the United States nor Germany has been able to avold, but that is only slight consolation for the chancellor of the exchequer, who is faced this year with increased unforeseen expenditures and a fall in revenue. e MAN, 55, KILLS SELF Earl P. Hopkins Shoots Himself Through Heart. Earl P. Hopkins, 55 ;el:fl old, was found shot to death in his apartments at the Cathedral Mansions, 3100 Con- necticut avenue, shortly after noon to- day. Police said that it was a case of *"They saia they found a note sa ound & near the body in which it was stated that the writer had been in ill- some time and that he “hoped it sl Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt said he would issue a suicide certificate. Headquarters Detective B, W. Thomp- son, who was assigned to the case, said ins shot himself through the le alone in the apartment. He it instantly. [ER— It is estimated that to suj the world's needs of ivory the tus of nearly 40,000 elephants are required every yeas, ex- Wl heart died al KV Exing Indian | Se; The low Sross | ;. ding SIAR, WA REFERENDA LEGAL McBride Tells Lobby Probers of Efforts to Influence Appointments. (Continued From Pirst Page.) Illinois, who was impeached by the House, but resigned before trial by the nate. “I did not ask any man to vote for or against him,” he said. “I was in- terested only in seeing that he got a square deal.” The witness said English was his per- sonal friend and had been “associated in the prohibition cause.” “He had been one of our dry leaders in the Illinois Legislature,” he added. Senator Blaine asked whether he had told Wayne B. Wheeler to get some one to object in the House to a vote of im- peachment. Mr. Blaine said former Representative Blanton of Texas did object. “Mr. Wheeler managed his own af- fairs,” was the reply. He added that he had discussed the English case with Mr. Wheeler, but could not recall details of the conversation. He sfid he did not “want to see English driven off the bench, because ‘was & good judge. Mr. McBride said in some States the national headquarters paid the salaries of_the league's State superintendents. He named these “mission States” as New Meéxico, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Denies League Paid Cannon. The witneas denied that Bishop James Oannon, jr, had been pald by the Anti-Saloon League. He added that Bishop Cannon was a member of the léague's executive com- mittee. Mr. MacBride said he would not feel badly if “you make me out to have done lobbying.” He #ald a number of churches con- tributéed t6 the league, including the Northern _and Southern =Methodist Churches, Northern and Southern Bap- tist, Presbyterian, United Presbyterian, Evangelical and many of the Lutheran Churches. ‘The fmoney 15 sent éithet to State or national headquatters. In the discussion €oncerning Judge English, Senator Blaine inquired whether the witness recalled “that after the House voted articles of impeach- mer:lt. Judge English resigned?” yes” “Which was tantamount to & oen- fession,” Mr. Blaine added. “I don’t agree with that,” Mr. Mc- Bride said. Mr. McBride said he had investi the record of Judge English and found that he been a ‘‘very aggressive judge and had been rather sevére on bootleggers.” “He had abbut the worst bootleggers to deal with in the East St. Louis dis- trict as any judge could have,” he said. “I found he had been very severe and that the people who had made com- plaints had suffered at his hands.” Blaine Reads From Minutes. Senator Blaine read from minutes of the meeung of the exécutive committee in May, 1927, a statement that Presi- dent Coolidge and Secretary Mellon “be respéctively reminded of the unmis- takable understanding that was had” in passing the prohibition reorganiza- tion bill. “I was not in on any Such agree- ment,” said Mr. Blaine. Under the reorganization bill, Roy A. Haynes was inted prohibition com- missioner. r. McBride said he was unable to say whether Mr. Wheeler had any ugeement. "It the minutes say 80, T should say that he did,” he added. ‘The “agreement” purported to call for the &) tment of & commissioner in sympathy with thé prohibition law. Senator Blainé read from a report made by Mr. McBride, containing & statement that most of the duties of the Washington office “have to do with securing the right kind of appointees.” The leagué official said “the ap- pointees” related to “all officers having 1o do with prohibition enforcement.” He testified information concerning prospective Appointees had been trans- mitted to Federal officials who had charge of the appointments. Threats Denied by McBride. Mr. McBride said a large percentage of his time was spent outside of Wash- ington in making speeches and looking after the interests of the league. “You collected money?” asked Mr. Blaine. “I got all T eould.” Chairman Caraway asked Mr. Me- Bride if he had sald recently in New Jersey that “unless it Morrow is dry the league will beat him.” “There was no threat in any state- ment given out,” Mr. McBride said. He said_the statement was given Dr, Bhields, State rintendent. Mr. McBride said & resolution was adopted which sald the league would do its best to have a candidate in the fleld “for whom we could conscientiously vote in New Jersey.” “If that gets in Morrow’s way it is not our fault,” he added. he was surprised 10" Teceive_Teports. nas Re receive at presentative Fort was of entering the New Jersey Republican senatorial primary. Senator Caraway asked he had read Representative Fort’s speech in the House which said people could ie- gally make beer and light wine in their homes. Praises Forl's Speech. “It was & good speech,” Mr. MeBride sald, adding that there was a difference of opinion on whether this could be done. Mr. McBride said that “under certain conditions” liquor might legally be made in the home. He added: The witness said he had seen ry little drinking in Congress.” “I'think Senators and Representatives | a8 & class are of as high & type as any other class,” he observed. Blaine asked if the league were in- terested in Congressmen Wi “trunks were found to be & little leaky” and if it had supportéed “those whose trunks were not water-proof.” “Name the man, and I'll answer the question,” McBride said. Blaine told list of the 6 him to Let £ members of the Iilinois delegation in- dorsed by the league. McBride imme- diately gave him a list, but it was not read. The committee then adjourned until next Tuesday. BISHOP FAILS TO ELABORATE. DALLAS, Tex., May 13 (#).—Told that his telegram to the Senate lobby com- mittee in regard to the distribution of funds of antisSmith Democrats in Vir- glnh in the 1928 presidential campaign ad been found “difficult to interpret,” Bishop James Cannon, jr., of Washis ton, D, C., said that he had “nothing to add” to his telegram. Chairman Cara of the lobby com- mittee had said t the committee would be interested in recelving his ex- gllnlnon of the telegram, which said e personally recelved and disbursed Grutu’:llly the anti-Smith funds in 8, irginia. “My telegras said Bishop Cannon, nd | “speaks for itself. i i Fire Destroys Spalding Plant. CHICOPEE, Mass,, May 18 (#).—The r.efllr;lry building of the A. G. (lm: ros. sporting goods manufacturing plant was destroyed by fire today. Highly explosive material used in the manufacture of golf balls caused the flames to spread rapidly and at one time the entire plant was. threatened. Unofficial estimates of damage ranged from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, ted | normit “any light e, law is not 100 per cent perfect tary " | solete, the 8-inch N, D, C, TULNDAY MAY 13, 1930. Ofeinls of the Board of Lady Managers, in charge of a reception and open house at Casualiy Hospiial yesterday, shown above, are (left to right) Mrs. Willlam J. Brewer, treasurer; Mrs. W. T, Carmichael, recording secretaty, and Mrs. M. J. Vaughan, president. STIMSON EXPLAINS NEW CRUISERS WILL NOT ABOLISH BATTLESHIPS (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) building operations of & fourth power. “As far as the United States, Great Britain and Japan are concerned there was no need of such & clause,” said Sec- retary Stimson. “But Great Britain was faced with the fact that no com- plete naval limitation agreement has yet been reached with France and Italy. Manifestly, it was unfair to Great Britain to provide for limitation unless some adjustment was permitted in the event that an outside power should be- gin large naval building operations.” Mr. Stimson said that the United States would be free to build just as Great Britain or Japan would be free under this clause if the United States should determine that its security was threaténed by an increase in the navy of some outside power. He said that public opinion, which has sanctioned the naval limitation treaty would not breaking of the treaty under this clause.” Each Nation Defermines. “Bach nation will detérmine for itself whether it build further under this clause then,” said Senator Borah. Mr. Stimson said that was correct. Senator Swanson of Virginia asked Mr, Stimson if he knew of any intended bufldg‘ng P ms by France or Italy which would iorm Britain in the near future to make use of the so-called “escape clause.’” Secretary Stimson said that he did not, although he would rather discuss the matter in exeéctiuve session than in & public hearing. Earlier in the hearing today Senator Swansoh interrupted Mr. Stimson to ask whether the American delegation in arriving at parity with Great Britain HKad taken into consideration only the combat purposes of the two fleéts or had also considered the need of pro- tecting American commerce. Considered Both Phases. Sectetary Stimson replied that the |6t delegation had estimated the combat wers of the two navies, but that it d also considered the protection to commerce. Senator Robinson of Arkansas de- | ¢a; clared that the protection of commerce was inséparable from the consideration of the use of the Navy in war. 1t was at this point that Senator Rob- inson ef Indiana, raised the question as to whether there has beén any consid- eration in Arriving at parity between Great Britain and the United States, the superiority of Great Britain in mer- chant marine had béen given attention. Senator Robinson of Arkansas turned to his colleague from Indiana and asked if he was suggesting that in or- der to have parity the United States must have & larger Navy than Great Britaln, Robinsons in Tilt. “If s0,” asked Senator Robinson of Arkansas, “just how many Crulsers would we need to offset the merchant marine superiority of the British?” “1 do mot know,” replied Senator Robinson of Indiana. “Then, I suggest you make that cal- culation,” sald Senator Robinson of out by | Arkansas. “I have made it,” sald Senator Rob- inson of Indiana. The interchange between the iwo ended there and Secretary Stimson went ahead with his discussion of the mm{.. taking up each category of naval vessels and showing how the American and British navies would be on & par under the treaty. Treaty Provisions. Mr. Stimeon pointed out that the treaty provides for 18 10,000-ton, 8-inch-gun _ctuisers for the United States and 15 for Great Britain. This, he said, was almost the same ratio for cruisers of this type provided for under the legislative program of both coun- tries without the naval limitation treaty. He pointed out that the United States program had called for 23 such cruisers and the British for 19. “There has been a tendency in some quarters to say that the United States wants only cruisers carrying 8-inch guhs and of 10,000 tons,” continued Secre- Stimson. “Yet, in 1916, when there was no restriction on naval construction and the World War was on, we chose to d 10 cruisers carrying 6-inch guns.” Arrived at by Action. Mr. Stimson said that the 8-inch g;m cruiser had really been arrived at action. At the time of the Wash- ington Naval Conference, he said, the British were building four cruisers with 7%-inch guns. The British wished to revent these cruisers from being out- lawed by the Washington treaty and at their instance cruisers were limited in the Washington treaty to 8-inch guns and 10,000 tons. Up to that time of all the modern cruisers none of them carried guns over 6 inches in caliber. Senator Fess of Ohio asked if that was a matter of choice. “Rather a matter of evolution,” re- plied Mr. Stimson. “That was 14 years l&." remarked Senator Robinson of Indiana, referring to a decision of the United States at that time to bulld ten 6-inch-gun cruisers. He added that now since the battleships had practically become ob- n cruiders of 10,000 tons were expected to take their place. Battleships Not Obsolete. Secretary Stimson flatly dened that the battlesh: &ma become obsolete. He denied, too, that the 8-inch-gun cruiser could take the {hl.:ce of the battleship. He pointed out that the Navy Board of the United States placed its faith in battleships, Senator Robinson of Indiana inter- rul further: “Isn't it 80 that we need 8-inch cruisers and do not need 6-inch cruisers?” Mr, Stimson sald he would come to . Mr, Stimson said that it was un- pe! United States began 8 gun cruisers. He said that the battleship was designed to stand pounding. The 8-inch gun cruiser, wver, he id, was easily vulnerable to 6-inch guns and depended only on speed. He said gun sun that it was not the unanimous view of the American naval experts that this country needed 8-inch gun cruisers and did not need 6-inch gun cruisers. Made Exhaustive Study. “Our delegation made an exhaustive study of this cruiser problem.” said Secretary Stimson, “and we reached the conclusion that it would not be wise for America to put all her eggs in one basket. ‘The 8-inch cruiser has never been tested in battle. Theré are dif- ferent naval problems which ean better oe handled by cruisers armed with 6-inch guns and other probléms which can better be handled with 8-inch-gun cruisers. We felt that in agreeing to ractically equal tonnage totals for -inch-gun _cruisers and 6-inch-gun Icralms we had reached the safety so- ution.” Mr. Stimson told the committee that under the treaty the United States had not only obtained parity with Great Britain, but that it obtained some superiority in the 10,000-ton eight-inch gun cruiseér. In the 6-inch-gun cruisers the present ratio with Great Britain, he sald, ws 10 to 26. By the treaty this ratio was changed to 10 to 13, which marked @ great improvement for the American Navy, 4 Mr, 8timson, in taking up the point that the United States because of sear- city of naval bases, requires cruisers with a wider sailing raditis, pointed out that America is frée to build 10,000-ton cruisers armed with 6-inch guns if it chooses to do so. He said that the Amefican delegation had insisted upon this right for the American Navy. In Fivorable Position, Under the treaty, Mr. Stimson said, the relative gun power of the United States and Great Britain showed the United States in & favurable position. America, he said, would have 164 8- inch guns, while Great Britain would have 116 8-inch guns, “This 18 a pretty heavy percentage big_gun power,” said Mr. Stimson. He added that the American ratio in 6-in¢h guns comes very much nearer the British ratio than the British ratio in 8-inch guns approaches the Ameri- . “The American delegation” declared Mr. Stimson, “felt no doubt that it had obtained parity in naval strength with Great Britain. It reserved ;puon. however, to parallel the British leet, i it wished to do s0. And that no idle matter. I feel strongly that the 8-inch cruiser is & very much over-rated ship. We may yet find our- selves impelled to build other types.” Discusses Japan. Tak| up the relation between the navies of the United States and Japan, Mr. Stimson pointed out that in the ‘Washington treaty the battleship ratio for the two was fixed at 10—6 and Also in the aircraft carriers the ratio was the same. “But Japan never agreed that this 10—6 ratio should be extended to aux- iliary craft” sald Mr. Stimson. 1927, at the Geneva conference, Japanese government asked for 65 per cent ratio of surface craft and equality in submarines. The British put for- ward a proposal which substantially agreed to that of Japan, and this pro- posal was not rejected by our delg,nua at the Geneva conference. In 1027 Ja- ¥ln put forward very nearly a demand for a 10-7 ratio for all three classes of auxiliary ships. “At the time the London Conference began, we had two B8-inch gun cruisers in the water; one such crulser nearly ready to launch, and five more on which some work had been done. Japan at the same time had eight 8-inch gun cruisers in she water and four others more nearly completed than any of ours. “Japan had also 98,000 tons of 6- inch-gun cruisers and we had only 70,- 000 tons.” Holiday Will Save. Secretary Stimson sald that there would be & big saving to this country in the battleship holiday. He said that without this holiday the United States would lay down 10 new battleships, 5 of which would be completed by 1936. These battleships, he said, would total 350,000 tons and cost $400,000,000. In regard to the cruiser strength of the United Btates, the treaty calls for a decrease of 50,000 tons of 8-inch gun cruisers from the present program and an increase of 73,000 tons of 6- inch gun cruisers, or & net increase in cruiser tonnage of 23,000 tons. The United States, he said, has 290,- 000 tons of destroyers. Under the treaty, it will have 150,000 tons of destroyers, & reduction of 140,000 tons. Below Hughes Proposal. The United States has 85,000 tons of submarines. Under the treaty it will have 52,700 tons, & reduction of more than 32,000 tons. Comparing the London treaty with the proposal made by the then Secretary of State Hughes, at the Washington Naval Conference, for auxiliary naval craft, Mr. Stimson said that the Lon- don treaty goes below the Hughes' pro- posal by 13,800 tons. Comparing the London treaty with the best British offer in 1927, the London treaty shows a reduction of 211,000 tons for the auxillary fleet of the United States. For all three navies it shows & reduction of 521,000 tons in auxiliary craft below thé™proposal at Geneva in 1927. As the three fleets stand today, Mr. Stimson said, including ships bullt, building, appropriated for and authorized the London treaty chose a reduction for the United States of 175,000 tons and a reduction of 434,000 tons in the combined fleets of the United States, Great Britain and Japan. Melville G. Baker Dies. PHILADELPHIA, May 13 (#).—Mel- ville G. Baker, president of the Union League and president of the Penn Na- tional Bank, dipd suddenly today from » heart attack. He was 54. Mr. Baker had many interests in the city and was treasurer of thtw “.l;‘o: noongm:‘tz; sup Senator p) o Immnlm States Senate in the present campaign. CASUALTY'S FUND DRIVE DISCUSSED $50,000 to Be Sought for Hospital Building and Equipment. Plans for opening a $50,000 eam- ign for ths building and equipment und of Casualty Hospitdl were dais- cussed today at a joint meeting of the executive and special gifts committees. An open house and recéption, the first affair of its nature in the new building, was héld yesterday and last night in obseérvation of National Hos- pital day. The institution was in- spected by 558 visitors. A linen shower resulted in 300 pieces of linen being added to the hospital supplies. Floral offerings were disttibuted mogf numerous patients by bert Bowdler and Alexander Garden. Among those who received flowers were three alleged automobile thieves injured in an accident Sunday, Osear Hibbard, who shot himself ahd seériously wounded his wife recently, and several ill childfen. Officers of the board of lady man- agers in charge included Mrs. M. J. Vaughan, president; Mrs. Thoinas Cal- ver, first vice president; Mrs. Willlam J. Brewer, treasurer; Mrs. W. T. Car- michael, recording secretary; Mrs. Hugh Smith, corresponding secretary, and Mrs. E. J. Wilson, assistant correspond- ing sectetary. WESTERN INVITATIONS POUR IN ON HOOVER President Is Determined to Spend Only 80 Days.on Trip, It Is ‘Understood. Sinee the announcement that Presi- denit Hoover would make & trip West to cover more thar 6,000 miles, the White House has been deluged with invitations from vatious eities and sections of the country through which he will probably Kumherwanroflfmnvimww ke advantage of the fishing facilities in those places. If the President was in- clined to accept éven a small portion of the invitations to fish in that section of SEVEN AMERICANS WININTHIRD ROUND Glenna Collett to Meet Eng- lish Champion in Fourth Match. By the Assoelated Press. FORMBY, England, May 13-—Séven Americans survived today in the British women’s golf champlonship when the field was reduced to 32. The survivors are: Miss Glenna Col- lett, Miss Maureen Orcutt, Miss Helen Hicks, Mise Virginia Van Wie, Miss Edith Quier, Mrs. Leo Federman and Mrs. Stewart Hanley. Molly Gourlay, the English native champion, won her third round match from Mrs. Wallace Williamson, 4 up and 3 to play, and will oppose Glenna Col« lett in ths fourth reund tomorrow. Enid Wilton, former English native champion, won into the fourth in her second match of the day when she de- feated Sylvia Dampney, § up and 4 to play. Miss Beard Worries Miss Collett. Miss Orcutt advanced to the fourth round whén she defeated Mrs. P, Cautley of Thanet, 3 up and 2 to play. Miss Orcutt advanced to the fouth round with & victory over Miss Betty Slade, 6 up and 4 to play. Miss Orcutt defeated Miss A. N. Holm, 3 and 3, in the second round play. Mrs. G. E. C. Rudgard of New York eliminated Mrs. O. 8. Hill, Kansas City, in the third round, .5 up and 4 to play, after Mrs. Hill had beaten Mrs. A. C. Johnston, 4 and 2, in the second round. Miss Collett was somewhat by Miss Mary Beard, who played a much better game than that con- tributed yesterday by her sister Kitty. Miss Beatd, however, falled on critical holeable putts. Mrs. Hanley defeated Miss Doris Park, 1 up, in her third-round match. Hicks won her way to the fourth round by defeating Mrs. J. A. Hardicker, 7 up and 5 to play. It was Miss Hicks® second victory of the day by the same score, as she defeated Barbara Park in the se¢ond round. Miss Van Wie defeated Marjerie Juta, 5 up and 4 to play, to take her place in the foufth round. Mrs. Pederman defeated Mrs. J. B, ‘Walker, 2 up and 1 to piay. In the second-round matches this morning results were as follows: Dorothy Pearson, another formidable British entrant, beaten by a fellow countrywoman, Mrs, Garon, 5 and 3. Kathleen Garnham defeated Mrs. E. r Ler::nan. Pasadena, Calif, 2 up and to 5 mrm'Quln conquered Mrs. H. O, Etgr{eu-welu‘ and 1. via Balley won from Margaret Lockhart, Montreal, 7 up and 5 to play. Wattles, Buffalo, N. Y., de- feated by Disns Tishwick, Englsh star, Fritel_ Stitel - of Wneell%. w. Va. beaten Mrs. Walter Pa; of En h’:’%ufi?'mu fice of Youngato 1 ce of Youngstown, OQhi eliminated by Marjorie l’;wa of gnl’: land, 1 up. . NANSEN, EXPLORER . AND HUMANITARIAN, IS DEAD IN NORWAY, _(Continued From First Page and upon memgfi the settlement of Godthaab were to spen Winter there. ‘The d 1n 1 % B o P B St i i¢ of Siberia and drift k. His ‘Wwas that 4 drift current set across t from Bering S ¢ regions tralt and the neighbor- Siberia Islands to- ward the plan, although adversely orit ceeded. The expedition Fram, June 24, 1803. In September the Fram was made fast to a floé in ‘l.! def 50 minutes, m)fl.hr thlmd]a. ly rward she and the long drift began. 1895, the ship had reached 84 degress the country, it would take far more | north, and Dr. Nansen decided to make than for this expedition. The President is ufiderstood to be de- termined on pllnnln# to be away from ‘Whashington only 30 days—the whole month of August. . PRESIDENT APPROVES DISMISSAL OF OFFICER ‘The President has approved the sen- tence of dismissal imposed by & gen- eral court-martial convened at Gov- ernors Isiand, New York, in the case of Maj. Edwin H. Chase, Ordnance Corps, convicted of the general chnr‘e of violation of the ninety-fifth article of war in connection with alleged finan- cial irregularities, while stationed at Pig Point Arsenal, Portsmouth, Va,, in April, 1929. Maj. Chase is a native of Ken- tucky and was appointed to the Ord« nance Corps, lar Army, from the District of Columbia, in July, 1920, fol- lowing service as a major in the Na- tional Army during the World War, TERRAPIN TRAVELS AFAR TULSA, Okla., May 13 —A ter- rapin believed released h"(l:) 36 years ago by Walter Mineheirt, now dead, after he had carved his name, address and the date upon his back, was re- turned here by a motorist who said he found it near Memphis, Tenn., nearly 500 miles away. Mrs. Char] wrie, the former Mrs. Mineheirt, to whom the terrapin was returned, said today she was with Mineheirt when he made the inscription. 'BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers' Home Military Band, this evening at the bandstand at 5:30 o’clock; John 8. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster. March, “The American mn"“;.‘:k J Overture, “Athalia”. ......Mendelssohn Suite characteristic, “At the Movies,” “The Serenaders. “The Crafty Villain.” “Balance All and Swing Your artners.” Bousa Scenes from the musical comedy “The Blue Mazurka” Lehar Fox_trot, “Down Amon “Auf Wiedersehen” (re- quest) cesneses .Greenberg Finale, “Don't Cry, Baby" . Fiorito “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band at Chevy Chase Circle (opening concert of Summer season) at 7:30 o'clock; Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant o , “University of Pennsylvania Band” .Belts Overture, Fuclk Solo for cornet, “Inflammatus,” from “Stabat Mater” Bandmaster G. De Giorglo. Suite: (a) “Flight of the Bumble Bee,” Rimsky-Korsakow (b) “Romance” ...... Svendsen (c) “Caprice Hongrolse”... Excerpts from “The Desert Song, Rombe; Valse, “Espana”............Waldteufel Popular: (®) tein Song of University of Maine” .. Fenstad (b) “Strike Up the ! Bh(c) “Chlsnt x?hhm Jung! apsody, “Spa i March, !01‘ ator's Farewell.” Blankenberg r's Aweigh.” e "&'he&'u' “Bpangled 1) League of Nations relief activities. the same time the N Keterer | reliet nation ershwin | the ten .Brown | in 1886, he was awarded the de, of Ferroni | doctor of philosophy by cnmumfim- ::flrln ‘K. to nui c and geogra an hon e versity, Scotland,’ the month he has allowed himself'| an expedition nofthward on foot. Ac- companied by Frederick-Hjalmar Jo- hansen, a lieutenant of the Norwegian Army_who had shipped as fireman on the Fram, Dr. Nansen on April 8 reached 86 degrees, 14 minutes, north, the highest latitude reached by to that time. Won Geographieal Society Medal. From that point they turned back and eventually reached Frederick Jack- son 1sland in s Joseph Land, where they were compelled to spend the Win- ter, from August, 1898, to y lived in & little stone hut and their only food was raw polar bear meat. After resuming their jour- ney in May, the two explorers fell in with the Jackson-Harmsworth expedl- tion in June, 1896, and returned to Norway with it, reaching home August 13 e Fram followed into port safe- 1y & week later. For this achievement Dr. Nansen re- ceived a special medal from the Na- tional Geographical Society and hon- egrees from Oxford and Cam- bridge Universities. Dr. Nansen entered politics in 1905 in connection with the crisis between Norway and Sweden, which was fol- lowed by separation of the two king- doms, During the crisis he issued & manifesto and many articles in which he adopted the attitude as indicated by the last words in a brief work pub- lished later: “Any union in which one le 18 restrained in exercising its is and will remain & danger.” With the establishment of Norway as & monarchy Nansen was appointed min- ister to England in 1906. He was creat- ed a knight d cross of the Royal Victorian . After representing his country two years in the British gapital he resigned and became pro- oceanogra) University. iphy at Christianis Represented Norway in League, With the organisation of of Nations, Dr. Nansen heamm mf WAy'S representative in that body and as such was aided in the relief work in which he interested himself during the war. In recognition of his work in be- half of the welfare of prisoners of war he was appointed by the League high commissioner for their repatriation. 1921 with the institution of schemes for the relief of the starving millions in g‘u-m he hvslr I’ppolnud a ‘merl:ber of e commission in charge of t| - ect and interetsed himself in the ?vr:i'k of relleving the peoples of other eoun- tries who become distressed by the war, Accepting the Nobel Peace Prise, which had been awarded to him for 1921-22, Dr. Nansen delivered an ad- dress in which he said. what the world needed was a return of brotherhood and charity among men along the lines of Nobel’s idea. He raised America’s relief rem May, 1806, work under Herbert Hoover and used for (.hA: obel award commit- that Dr. Nansen had his new award would be ced tee annount been ted by Christian Erichsen of Soommn another award equal to the Wh&mrwmo‘hfi Dr. Nansen had written extensively on zoological and scientific works I’ many volumes rat lorations in is papers, e Central Nervous System,” writf merous scien- ical societies and was of 8t. Andrew's Uni= ' y. 0Fary rect