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WEATHER. (0. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Showers and warmer tonight and to- morrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 61, z.m. yesterday; lowest, 54, at Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 Entered as second class matte; post office, Washington, D. No. 81,429, SEARCH FOR BAKE DEATH GUN GOES ON AS MENTAL TEST IS GIVEN T SUSPECT ‘Arfington County Police Cut- ting Weeds and Underbrush Near Culvert in Hunt for Missing Weapon. ACTION HELD UP PENDING EXAMINATION’S OUTCOME Investigation Continues in Quest of Evidence to Corroborate State- ments Made by Pvt. Harold T. ! Brewster, Suspected of Slaying @irl Navy Clerk, An intensive search for the gun used in the slaying of Mary Baker was renewed today by Arlington County officials and Washington police as Harold T. Brewster, the soldier who last week admitted that he killed the girl, later re- pudiated the statement and again reoffirmed it in part, was being subjected to a psychological ex- amination at Walter Reed Hos- pital. Early this morning Arlington County police under the direction of Sheriff Howard B. Fields be- gan cutting down the heavy un- derbrush and high weeds along the Cemetery road in the vicinity of the culvert where Miss Baker’s body was found, hoping that it would eld the long sought 'upon.yxsrewscer, in his signed confession said he threw a gun away not far from the culvert after he had disposed of the body, | the ough he steadfastly denies t.l!l"& nge fired the shots which Further to Brewster, #t was announced, will await the outcome of the sanity examination. Even then, it was said, it is_unlikely that any charge will be placed against the soldier unless some evidence is de- veloped to corroborate statements he has made to the investigators. For this reason the quest for the gun ‘The weapon 1s looked upon now as the most important key !o the solution of the crime, The investigators point out that it would be a simple process to check the bullets fired from a gun with the two removed from Miss Baker's . Neither would it be very dif- it was sald, to trace the owner Meanwhile & new version of the shooting was related by W, A. Merrell, who lives just off the “oil plant” road and directly opposite the point at which Arlington County employes and ent of Justice agents are con- ducting a search for the gun. Merrell says that his daughter-in-law, Mabelle Davis, who resides with (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) FILIPINO LEADERS REPLY TO HURLEY Befterate Their Belief That T, S. ¥s Committed to Islands’ Independence. By the Assoclated Pregs. MANILA, May 19.—Philippine lead- ers, commenting yesterday on the senti- ment of Secretary of War Hurley that there should be no diminution at pres- ent in control of the islands by the United States, reiterated their belief that America is committed to Philip- pine independence. "The administrative expression of op- position to immediate nd independ- ence took the leaders entirely by sur- prise, but they declared their intention of redoubling their efforts to obtain Secretary Hurley's sentiment was ex- l:’l letter to Chairman Bing- Mt the Senate territories com- mittee. Secretary sald he believed im- ‘The ry e dia be to at- tempt to fix a definite date for ultimate tndependence. sotary Hurley' “With all due x:.c‘:p';ct to ';h:t:p:lmn Secretary ar, our stand re- - Ilum same. We believe the Amer- jcan Government and ple are definitely committed to Philippine in- dependence. The sooner it is granted the better it will be for all concerned.” o i Pty Sendes, however, ex: eader, , ex- mmu‘w the War Secre- outspoken stand. . .m :?lkd the Secretary of War came out openly with a clear and un- mistakable " he sald, “be~ at 7 am. er C. Chicagoan Shoots Himself in Neck Without Using Gun By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 19.—Frank Tuttle shot himself in the neck last night—without & gun. There is no catch to this. He did it while in his room at the Metropole Hotel. He will recover. He tells about it. “T held a pistol cartridge in & spoon over a gas jet. I wanted luf;"m it the heat would explode It aid. NATIONAL ASPECT 15 SEEN IN RAGE OF GRUNDY AND DAVIS Involved Pennsylvania Con- test May Affect Hoover Administration. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, Staft Correspondent of The Star. PHILADELPHIA, May 19.—Pennsyl- vania’s primary election tomorrow, aside from control of Republican State politics, may have it bearing upon na- tional Republican politics. Victory for Senator Joseph R. Grun- dy and @& defeat for James J. Davis, Secretary of the Department of Labor in the Hoover cabinet, in the senatorisl race, will be interpreted in some quar- ters as a defeat for the administration. Victory for Francis H. Bohlen, the wet candidate for the Republican senatorial nomination, would be declared a blow at the Hoover administration, which has been supporting the eighteenth amend- ment. Both Senator Grundy and Secretary Davis have kept away from a discus- sion of the President, his policles and his administration in their campaign utterances, except that Mr. Davis has referred to his record as a member of the cabinet under the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover administrations, and has also taken his stand with the Hoover ad- ministration on the enforcement of the dry laws. Mr. Grundy has refrained entirely from discussing the policies of President, though he has made it clear that he, too, plans to go along with the administration on the prohibi- tion issue. Wants Upward Revision._ It is no secret, however, that Mr. Grundy has. not been satisfied with the way the administration has dealt with the tariff and its revision. The junior Senator from Ivania believes that the pending tariff bill does very little, if anything, for the Pennsylvania in- dutries. His —although he has not voiced it openly—is that the administration, which means the Presi- dent, has not gotten behind the de- mand for E‘m protective duties an seen that they were carried in this bill. In his speeches in the campaign now (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) BOBBY JONES WINS MAGAZINE TROPHY American Open Champion Comes From Behind to Win at Sunningdale. By the Associated Press. SUNNINGDALE, England, May 10. —Bofl,? Jones today won the gll vase of Golf Illustrated in & 36-hole medsl play competition with leading amateurs of the United States and Great Britain. ‘The American open champion re- turned a 36-hole total of 143 to win the trophy. He followed a fair 75 In the morning with a brilllant 68 in the afternoon round. The other American Walker Cup players entered in the competition also scored well. George Voigt had a total of 146, George von Elm 147 and O. F. Willing 152. Jones was accompanied on his morn- ing round by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Duke of Gloucester and Prince George, but not even the presence in his gallery of the four sons of the King could enable him to keep pace with the Hon. W. G. Brownlow and he returned a card of 75. Brown- low scored 69, a record for the course. Dr. O. F. Willing, another Walker Cup player, had a 72, which led the field until the record-smashing 69 came in. The Prince of Wales congratulated the Portland, Oreg., player and asked him how he did it. His royal highness then turned to Dr. Willing's er and :;ke&” his score. When the reply was 92, prince sald: “That is more like my golf.” George Voigt also returned a card of 72 and W Von Ilnllmhld’.'l’é aeil Hartley, R. H. Oppenheimer, N. C. Sel- way each had scores of 73 and Cyril ‘Tolley, British amateur champion, 76. Douglas Fairbanks had e VILLAGE WIPED OUT Java Mountain Mud Stream Xills 45 of 50 Inhabitants, SAMARANG, Java., May 19 (P).—A stream of mud flowing from the side of Mount Telemojo has wiped out the en- tire native village of Likasan, in the center of Java. Forty-five inhabitants were killed, only five escaping from the avalanche. L 4 ‘WITH S¥NBAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 19, 1930—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. b FIRST LEG OF HOP OF GRAF ZEPPELIN ENDED AT SEVILLE Lap on Flight to South Amer- ica Completed at 12:40 P.M. Today. WEATHER CONDITIONS ALTER COURSE OF SHIP Craft Bucks Headwind Over Ger- many and Switzerland in Flight South. SEVILLE, Spain, May 19 (®).— The dirigible Graf Zeppelin landed here today at 5:40 pm. (12:40 p.m,, E. 8. T.), completing the first lap of her flight to South America. By the Associated Prest. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, May 19.—The Graf Zeppelin sped today to- ward Seville, Spain, where it will stop over night before continuing across the Atlantic and the Equator to Per- nambuco and Rio Janiero, Brazil. Before returning to Friedrichshafen, three weeks or more from now, Dr. ‘Hugo Eckener, the ship’s master, hopes to traverse about 18,000 miles—a jaunt second in scope only to the Graf's circumnavigation of the globe last Fall. From Rio Janiero the craft will fly to Havans and Lakehurst, starting the return transatlantic trip from the lat- ter port. ‘The giant Zeppelin, which now has been superseded as to size by two Brit- ish craft, left here at 5:18 p.m. (11:18 a.m., Eastern standard time) Sunday under a murky sky. So heavy was the atmosphere that it was necessary to lighten the ship's load by & ton, half in water ballast and half in oil. Few Witness Take-Off. Save for friends and relatives of 22 passengers and 42 officers and crew, few witnessed the departure, Seven minutes before the ship was released into the air it poked its nose through the hangar doors. The band played “Deutschland Uber Ales,” wind from the propellors kicked up dandelion fuzz from the field, and the trip had begun. From Friedrichshafen Dr. Eckener set his course across Lake Constance to Basel, Switzerland, directly into a head wind, which cut his speed to 40 miles an hour. It was 7:45 pm. (1:45 p.m, Eastern standard time) when the Grat over the Swiss city. A light rain was falling, but the clouds (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) FAVORABLE REPORT MADE ON ROBERTS G. 0. P. Leaders Plan to Call Nomination Up in Senate by Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. A favorable report on the nomination of Owen J. Roberts of Philadelphia to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court was ordered today by the Senate Jjudiciary committee. ‘The vote was unanimous. Republican leaders planned to call the nomination up in the Senate this after- noon or tomorrow, and quick approval ‘was expected. ‘The judiciary committee voted after & subcommittee, which considered the nomination, had unanimously favored confirmation. ‘The subcommittee was com| of Senators Borah, Republican, Idaho; Overman, Democrat, North Carolina, and Herbert, Republican, Rhode Island. No protests had been filed against Roberts, and the committee acted after briet discussion. A request had been received from Normal Thomas, Soclalist leader, for the committee to investigate the opin- fons of Roburt. on public utilities and social legislation, but it was decided to take no action. Roberts was nominated by President Hoover after the Senate rejected Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina. THREE YOUNG MEN FOUND MURDERED IN NEW YORK By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 19.—Three young men were found slain in Brookiyn to- day—two on a street corner and the third in a vacant lot. Police found no link between the two cases, but attributed all three deaths to hoodlum feuds. Each of the three had been shot four times. The man found dead in a vacant lot was identified from fingerprint records as Jack Valenti, 25, known to police but never convicted of any serious charge. The other two, aj ently shot in a motor car and their bodles thrown out, one on top of the other, had not been identified. APRIL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS IN U. S. REACH $483,000,000 TOTAL Figures Announced by Lamont Are Largest of Any Month Since Last August. By the Associsted Press. Secretary Lamont announced today formed the tentative opinion that nor- mal business activity would be attained that contracts for new construction of | in all kinds let in the United States dur- ing April amounted to $483,000,000. His statement fixed that total as the largest attained during any month since last August. It was somewhat below the total let during April last year, however, In view of these and other estimates bearing upon business conditions which the Commerce Department hes gath- ered, Secretary Lamont sald he had '8 corre: d, “business opera- tions in the United States as they are variou expressed are about 6 per cent below what might be considered normal. “In 1921 at this time they were about 20 per cent below normal, and it took something like six months for them to Tecaver, But w&nvo mw %0 far w Bl ataly what wo think of as nor- ; | through the national " FennSTANA _F‘Zflncm. FLOT ny Star. in W, Associated service. Sunday's (® Means Associated Press. The only evening paper shington with the Press news Saturday’s Circulation, 113,286 Circulation, 117,519 TWO CENTS. CONCERNING “CLEAN-UP” WEEK. JOAN LOWELL HURT IN CRASH WHILE EN ROUTE TO BALTIMORE Details of Accident Are Lack- ing as Woman Author Keeps Silent. Writer in Hospital for Ob- servation, but Is Said to Be Satisfactory. Joan Lowell, author of “the Cradle of the Deep,” was slightly injured early today when she was thrown to the floor of an automobile in which she was rid- ing, following a crash near Hyatts- ville, Md. Miss Lowell was taken to the Union Memorial Hospital at Baltimore in a passing automobile and treated for a bruised right shoulder and arm and a possible wrist fracture. The writer had been visiting friends here and was returning to Baltimore when an automobile, police say, swerved in front of her automobile. Miss Lowell, who in private life is Mrs. Thompson Buchanan, was placed in a ward at the hospital for observa- tion. Physicians there say her cond! tion is “very satisfactory.” She prol ably will be released from the institu- tion late today. Detalls of the accident were lacking. Miss Lowell declined to see newspaper men at the hospital. Police at the JOAN LOWELL, point where the accident occurred knew | nothing at all about it. 1t is understood that State Policeman F. C. McCormick of Brooklandville, Md., drove Miss Lowell to the Baltimore city limits, where she took a taxicab to the hospital. No report of the accident was made at the Maryland State Police station at Laurel, Md. CONFEREE LIBERTY ON TARIFF LIKELY Watson Predicts Debenture and Flexibe Amendments to Be Adjusted. By the Assoclated Press. Republican Leader Watson predicted today that the Senate would give its conferees a free hand to adjust the differences over the debenture and legislative flexible amendments to the tariff bill and thereby pave the way for a final vote on the measure. The majority chieftain said defeat of the Republican regulars on either of the propositions would tie the hands of its conferees and kill the tariff bill. He expressed confidence, however, that the Smoot resolution to free the con- AT o Y e my.u lxm would be approved Democratic lea xtrems active in an eflor‘tug n'h"gm t.hon- lfle:’- Jorjties for the debenture and flexible provision withdrawing presidential pow- uv‘;&hl&l: %'fibllun inde dents they carried the Norris debenz:-:I pro posal last October 19 by a vote of 42 to 34, and the Simmons-Norris legis- lative flexible amendment Octol by 47 to 42. e Smoot Resolution Up. ‘With the life of the tariff bill hang- ing in the balance, the Senate took up the Smoot resolution shortly after meeting. A' close vote ocontinued to be fore- cast. After explaining the conference situa- tion, Senator Smoot, chairman of the Senate conference committee, said if his resolution was defeated and the House maintained its position “a dead- lock necessarily arises and the future of the measure is greatly impaired if not blocked.” Senator Simmons, Democrat, North Carolina, asserted that if the Senate conferees receded at any time on their promise, “there is no doubt that the essential provisions of the House would have been accepted.” “They know if they are relieved now,” continued the Dei in this bill by the Senate will quick order be eliminated.” Hoover Is Blamed, Senator McKellar, Democrat, Ten- nessee, last night issued a statement headquarters of his party asserting that President Hoo- ver is responsible for the “muddled” tariff situation. He charged the Chief Executive with lack of leadership. At the same time the National Grange made public an open letter to the Sen- ate urging that it stand by the deben- ture proposal as “the only provision in the bill that will enable the to go ‘ burden ro- | PO CONFEREES GIVEN DISTRICT FUND BILL Garner Says 75 Per Cent of House Democrats Oppose $9,000,000 Lump Sum. The House today sent the District appropriation bill to conference and named the entire subcommittee as con- ferees. The members are Representa- tives Simmons, Nebraska; Holaday, Illi- nols; Thatcher, Kentucky; Cannon, Mo, and Collins, Miss. When Chairman Simmons made the motion in the House today, Minority Leader Garner insisted that 75 per cent of the membership on the Demo- cratic side is opposed to the Senate amendment for increasing the Federal contribution of $9,000,000 and asked that before the conferees conceded on this amendment they should come back for & vote in the House. resentative Garner said: “I would like ask the disposition of the con- ferees with reference to the amendment placed on by the Senate, increasing the obligation of the Government to sup- rt the District of Columbia in excess of $9,000,000. From conversations with the membership of the minority side of the House, it is my opinion that 75 per cent of the membership on the minority side is opposed to accepting the Senate amendment. I am conser- vative in that statement. I think it is nearer 90 per cent of the membership on the minorlty side. I would not be disposed to l};ermlt this bill to go to conference the conferees did not agree to the Senate amendment until the House has had an opportunity to express itself.” House Will Not Yield. Representative Simmons replied that he belleved Mr. Garner understands his own views, “which I think are shared by the members of the subcom- mittee who will bably be named as conferees,” he sald. ‘“There is no dis- gflflon on our part to yield to the nate on that proposition.” Representative Simmons then made a brief statement to the House on the effect of the Senate bill, as follows: “The Senate has accepted the proviso )l in the bill by the House that ixes shall not be reduced in the Dis- trict of Columbia during the next fiscal yeer; so that the proposal of the Sen- ate to increase the Federal contribution from $9,000,000 to $12,000,000 will have no . beneficial effect upon the taxpay- ers’ bill next year. That is out of the question. The bill, as it passed the House, carries an appropriation of $45,- 330,000. The Senate reduced that to $44,420,000. The net payments out of general revenue, taki into consid- eration the reduction 'on account of water revenues and gas tax revenue, will be $41,663,000 as carried in the House bill and $40,667,000 as amended by the Benate. “We oarried over into the fiscal year 1 it ed lus ARKANGAS FLOODS TAKE HEAVY TOLL 17 Known Dead, Many Hurt and 3,000 Homeless From High Waters and Winds. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May 19.—One section of Arkansas was overrun with flood waters today, with an estimated 3,000 persons homeless and heavy prop- erty damage, and another section was recovering from a tornado which killed at least 17 colored people and injured a hundred or more, Flood waters spread over an area of 50 square miles in the South Arkansas oil fields, inundating many ofl field camps and three or four small towns. The Red River Bottoms of Southwest Arkansas rapidly were being submerged as hundreds of residents evacuated, Mississippl River, killing 17, inji a hundred and creating a missing list six others. A million dollars’ worth of damage the oil industry was estimated by Stand- ard Oil Co. of Louisiana officials to have resulted from the overflow of Smackover Creek. The high water sent the Red Cross and National Guard troops into the area with medical sup- plies, tents, cots and blankets to care for the homeless. Refugee camps were established at Smackover, 10 miles north of Eldorado. While Red Cross officials grappled with the situation at Smackover, the swirling waters of Red River further west reached the top of levees and fur- S High® water cé?m:m highway e water disru traffic generally over the State and in- terrupted rail traffic in South Arkansas. In addition to the Red River and Smackover Creek, the Ouachita River was overflowing lowlands, with much higher stages predicted for Camden and Arkadelphia. The ado at Elaine and_ vicinity demolished tenant houses on the plan- tation of G. B. Lambert of St. Louis. Most of the houses situated near a levee protecting the plantation from the Mississippi River were swept into an adjacent swamp, and with them the bodies of several victims. The men who escaped said they were playing cards when the tornado ag- E:‘red. ‘They said the storm lifted the use from over their heads, leaving them seated at their card table. Af! they fled the floor and table were swept into the swamp by a second part of the tornado. MEASLES HITS CAMP. Call for Serum for That Disease and Typhold Sent Out. SMACKOVER, Ark, May 19 (A).— Measles broke out in the crowded ref- ugee camps, filled with flood sufferers, here last night as doctors and nurses sent out pleas for serum for both that disease and typhoid fever. The camps were being swelled hourly by the added influx of homeless from the inundated areas. FLOODS STRIKE TEXAS, Four Lives Lost in Waters Menacing Cities and Farm Lands. DALLAS, Tex., May 19 (#).—Swirling flood waters today advanced threaten- ingly toward citles and farm lands in Central and Northeastern Texas and Southwestern Arkansas in the wake of lashing storms that have taken a toll of four lives. Although clearing skies added some encouragement, the Red, Trinity, Bra- 206, Colorado and the Guadalupe Rivers were experiencing sharp rises. Sudden rises in the Brazos River and its_tributary, the Bosque, _yesterds) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ADVERTISING MAN'S TASK 1S DEFENDED IN CONCLAVE TALK Younggreen Scores Critics in Sounding Keynote at Willard Today. LAUDS HOOVER POLICIES AS PROSPERITY GUIDES New York Times’ Business Man- ager Sees Classified Advertising as Real News Medium. Organized advertising as a construc- tive force in the economic world has “nothing to apologize for,” Chatles C. Younggreen of Milwaukee, president of the Advertising Federation of America, declared today in sounding the keynote at the opening of the twenty-sixth an- nual convention of the federation at the Willard Hotel. Approximately 1,500 delegates from all parts of the United States have come here, Mr. Younggreen said, “as the wielders of a tremendous force to plan ways and means by which that force may be better utilized in the’service of mankind.” Earlier in the day the delegation had visited the White House, where Presi- dent Hoover officially opened their four-day convention and received assur- ances from their spokesman of support in the administration’s endeavors to maintain business prosperity. Answers Criticism. In his address at the opening lunch- eon session, President Younggreen replied to criticism of advertising by “pseudo-economists” and “others of their peculiar quality of mentality. “They are plausible and take the easy road of demagogue in appealing to the passions of people who are ignorant of the real facts,” he said. “Unfounded as these attacks are, they have not failed to create some annoy- ance, but ld\;!l’tisln‘ IB'I whole has no for embarrassment.” c.%e time has come for advertising to pay heed, Mr. Younggreen warned, to revise its estimates of the “legend of the 15-year mentality of the great pub- c"‘lc is no longer unfashionable to know things,” he said. “It is no longer| g " questionable to be a student. Today the student who leads his class is no less honored than the student who leads his team—and this particular sentiment is growing.” Senator Allen Speaks. Taking_friendly issue with the eon- vention theme, “Advertising, the Serv- ant of the Consumer,” Senator Willlam J. Allen of Kansas, editor and pub- g, Sl 1 Bty e Peo uurmuy, oun ‘manufacturer, the = S ona the State. the church, the city 3 mwfih' Allen said that the tremen- dous force which advertisers have in motion has become “a molder gl the taste of the peoples of the world.’ If the American people today enjoy the highest standard of living in the world, Senator Allen declared, it is be- cause of the service advertisers have rendered in educating them to the fact that only the best is good enough. “Thus has consumer demand been stimulated so that our factories, paying the highest wages ever known in the history of mankind, are kept with their furnaces roaring and their wheels hum- ming in order to satisfy the appetites which your forward looking work has set on edge.” Sees International Benefits. i In the fleld of international rela- tions, Senator Allen stressed, advertis- ing, too, has played its part effectively. “By the wondering fostering of in- ternational trade relations you have done more, perhaps, than any other agency to bring about that impulse toward brotherhood and friendly co- operation,” he said. “This impulse finds its ripest fruit in our common move- ment toward the limitation of arma- ments, the reduction of navies and the hope of world peace. g‘:. Luther H. Reichelderfer, of the Board of mflig Cmml&si:rcmr:i and Ernest S. Johnston, preside: the Advertising Club of Washington, (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) CASE AGAINST CENSUS OPPONENT POSTPONED Hearing Against Patrick Gallagher Delayed Pending Observation of Mentality. The Police Court hearing of the Dis- rettod Jor failing o answer census for answe: uestions was postponed indefinitely to- y while the cipal, Patrick Gal lagher, 1410 M street, was sent to Gt linger Hospital for mental observation. Gallagher, who has been locked up since his arrest early Saturday, appear- ed before Judge Gus A. Schultz and delivered a long statement regarding his views on the census. Judge Schultz continued the case, although there was no testimony. “The tu::;e said that he ordered Gal- lagher observed in the interest of pub- lic safety,” said J. Sterling Moran, su- pervisor of the census, upon whose re- quest the man was arrested. president ARMY CUTS RED TAPE FOR MOTHER TO VISIT GRAVE OF SON IN FRANCE Lass of Citizenship Papers in Fire Had Threatened Her Participation in Pilgrimage. The War Department cut reams of red tape quickly today in order that Mrs. Thora Holt of Hackensack, N. J., might visit her son’s grave in France. Because her citizenship papers were burned with her home in Dumont, N. J, Mrs. Holt faced a prospect of re- maining belynd when 12 other Gold Star mothers in her home county left for France. Their pllgrimage is planned for July 23. Advised of Mrs. Holt’s predicament, aster general of the Army will | be_able to sall with the July., courts to make the necessary ar- mwu for Mrs. Molt to make the trip. | Mrs. Holt supports a crippled son through work as & trained nurse. An- other son, Carl Theodore Holt, joined the United States Army at the age of 22, and was killed at Chateau Thierry. tances of Mrs. Holt, interested in her case, brought it to the attention of authorities with the result that her wish to see the final resting place of her son is to be fulfilled: War Department officials said today that similar cases had been considered L-vnnbly. snduv.;m h:‘ Mrs. Holt's e;‘un 88 represented she undoubtedly delegation in [} FRIENDS OF NAVAL TREATY IN SENATE EXPECT APPROVAL Hearings Indicate Purposé of Winding Up Testimony Within Few Days. set | to make it clear that RESERVATIONS LIKELY, FROM HALE COMMITTEE Swanson Will Seek Exchange With Britain for Interpretation of Replacement Section. By the Asgciated Press. Confident they have the votes to ratify the London naval treaty Senate leaders moved today to hasten toward a conclusion the public hearings begun a week ago. While Rear Admirals Bristol and Jones were reiterating their objections in the course of a technical discussion of 8-inch and 6-inch guns, both the foreign relations and naval committees indicated a purpose to finish with re- maining witnesses within the next few days and get the treaty before the Senate. Reservations probably will be - ed from the nnenl comymltlee‘ m‘L ator Swanson of Virginia, ranking Democrat on both committees, said to- day he would ask for a diplomatic ex- change with Great Britain to clear up s disputed interpretation of the replace- ment section. The administration lead- ers do not e the opposition, how- ever, to threaten or seriously menace ratification. Jones Letter Submitted. Before the foreign relations commit- tee today Senator Reed of Pennsyl- vania, one of the delegates at London, sought to show that Admiral Jones had expressed an opinion a year ago con- trary to the stand he now is taking. Recalling that Jones had told Senators he was opposed to the treaty provision for both 8-inch and 6-inch gun cruis- ers, d presented a letter written by the admiral last June, saying: ; “There are instances when inch gun '}u- an advantage over the “Is that your opinion?” demanded d. “With certain modifications that is still my opinion,” said Jones. “T would like to add that letter to a yardstick.” e British would not be able to replace 186,000 tons 6-inch cruisers with 8-inch shi Admiral Jones has expressed zflm- ion that the replacement provision in the treaty leaves such a loophole. * Asked by Johnson if it was “ ll-g to negotiate such a treaty,” Bristol said: “It was not, in my opinion, but I am not speaking as chairman of the board now.” “Why not?” asked Senator Black, Democrat, Alabama. “I believed that since we had not built up our Navy since the Wi con- ference we were not in a good position to go into a conference.” “Do you regard it in your province to determine when a treaty shall be negotiated?” demanded Robinson of Arkansas. “No, I do not.” “Then why do you ”'"m"lf“ the question of when a treaty sl be ne- gotiated?” thundered Robinson. “As an individual I feel I not only have a right but I feel it is my duty to do everything I can to have a fleef which is ‘the fleet we need for the United States,” the admiral said. Reed Presents Statistics. Senator Reed presented statistics showing the cruiser strength of the Brit- ish and Japanese navies at the time the London Conference opened. “You don't suppose that they would have quit building to let us catch up (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) FOUR HURT IN BOILER EXPLOSION ON TUG Engineer and Cook, Blown Inte Midst of Flaming 0Oil, Are Seriously Injured. By the Associated Press. CHESTERTOWN, Md., May 19.—Four men were burned, two seriously, here today in the explosion of the boiler of the tug Rinahan. One of the injured, Howard Hudson, 35, Upper Darby, Ps., engineer of the tug, was not expected to live. He and the cook, Dan Still, 80, of Milford, Del, who was blown ito the midst of flaming ofl in the Chester River, were taken to the Easton Emer- gency Hospital at Easton. The other men injured were % J. F. Hussey, 40, of Fredericktown, . and Ralph Jester of Frederica, Del., mate. Both were burhed about the hands in putting out the flames. The cause of the explosion was not imme- diately determined. The tug had been towing a tanker and was tied up at & wharf of the Chestertown Electric Light - & Power Co. CYCLIST IS.CANDIDATE Frank L. Kramer to Run to Sue- ceed Representative Fort. EAST ORANGE, N. J, I(l.{ 19 (A)— Prank L. Kramer, idol of bicyele ing fans of years past, mlwuneednh’c candidacy today for Republican nomination .as Representative of the ninth” congressional district. The post is now held by Franklin W. Fort, candi- date for the United States senatorial nmomination. Radio Programs en Page £-3 ' ‘v -