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v WEAT (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) atternoon; fair and con- Showers siderably cooler tonight; 'tomorrow fair ool and continued Highest, 89, :'.,'?:30 p.m. yesterday; low- No. 31,434 post office, NAVY PLANES BEGIN GREATEST AERIAL SHOW HELD IN EAST Squadrons Pass in Review Preceding Curtiss Marine Trophy Race. THUNDERSTORM KEEPS DIRIGIBLE IN LAKEHURST Glider Launching From ILos An- X geles by Lieut. Barnaby Is Only Program Cancellation. ‘The National Capital's greatest aero- nautic event began this afternoon with the arrival of 10 squadrons of Navy combat planes from the Battle Fleet at | 12:30 pm. The squadrons passed in review at the Anacostia Naval Air Sta- tion and began landing at I o'clock as the first event in a program leading up to the Curtiss Marine trophy races, scheduled to begin at 3 o'clock. The squadrons, under command of Capt. Kenneth Whiting, chief of staff, aircraft squadrons, Battle Fleet, left Hampton Roads Virginia Naval Air Sta- tion at 10 o'clock and met over the Indian Head naval reservation at 12:15 o'clock. On Time to Minute. On time to the minute, they passed over the Capitol at 12:30 o'clock, headed west to the Washington Monument and turned north to Chevy Chase. They then flew down the line of Connecticut avenue to the Anacostia Naval Air Sta- tion, where they passed in review before Navy offictals. The first section of the leading squad- ron landed at the Anacostia station at | 1 o'clock, followed in rapid succession by the sections and divisions of the various squadrons. Early visitors afriving at the station this morning were treated to the spec- tacle of a score of racing planes making their final warming-up flight over the 20-mile course which is the scene this afternocn of the greatest flying com- petition held in this country. Thunderstorms Halt Flight. ‘The flight of the Navy dirigible Los Angeles to participate in the show here Capital and the Naval Air Station, ehurst, N. J, where the airship is based. It had been planned to have Los and to have an airplane attached to the in it by ut. Comdr. Nicholson. Charles A. . - Hundreds. of spectators were on.hang &% the suation nelkved. that ‘they wouia A WOl have 20,000 visitars on hand for the races. Hains point and the Army War g;l!k'e aiso were crowded with specta- Porty minutes has been allowed on the program for the landing of the 10 of combat planes from the Battle Fleet. When the squadrons visit- ed the National Capital recently, 140 planes were landed and parked in 32 minutes, at the rate of nearly five planes ger minute. Such landings on a single eld call for the greatest precision and minute previous agreement. At 1:40 pm., the program listed one of the outstanding features of the day, a combat demonstration by the famous VB-1 light bombardment squad- ron from the U. S. 8. Lexington. This squadron is composed of 18 Boeing single-seater fighters led by Lieut. Comdr, John H. Chapman and is known throughout the flying world as the “Red Ripper” squadron. * Terrible Form of Attack. The squadron was prepared to demon= strated for the first time on the East Coast two of the most modern and ter- rible forms of aerial attack, developed by the Navy for use against enemy ships at sea. These are the diving bom- bardment attack and a “three-way” at- ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 5 HOOVER TAKES PARTY T0 HIS SUMMER CAMP Aczompanied by Prominent Group of Guests, He Leaves for Rapi- dan Early This Morning. Marshaling his guests at the White House at the early hour of 6:30 o'clock this morning. President Hoover set out half an hour later for another week end fishing expedition at his rustic lodge in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. It was the largest party of friends that the President has taken to his Rapidan camp this year. The group was & representative one, including members of Congress, business men and members of his official family. Included were Secretary of War Hur- ley, Senators Walcott of Connecticut, Allen of Kansas, Goldsborough of Mary- land and Hatfield of West Virginia; Representatives French of Idaho, Jones of North Carolina and Underhill of Massachusetts, Jay Cooke of Philadel- hia, Allan Fox of New York City, New- 1d Noyes, associate editor of The Star, Milton H. Esberg of San Francisco, Earle S. Kinsley of Vermont, Lamont Rowlands of Picayune, Miss, and Ed- ‘ward G. Lowry of this eity. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 Entered_as second class matter Washington, 4 HER. ‘Temperatures— D. C. | By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 2¢—A dispatch from Jeddah, Arabia, to the Petit Parisien to- day said that 50 Moslem pilgrims aboard the burning steamer Asia in Jeddah harbor Wednesday cut one another’s ;ll'll'o-lu rather than face death in the aze. ‘Their act, the dispatch, which pur- ports to be an eye-witness account of the | disaster, which is now said to have taken 200 lives, took place at the foot of and before the cry or “Everybody for at a sacrifice. Their bodies blocked up the exit and prevented others praying, with their faces toward Mecca, in the dining saloon finally from reaching the | i outside, causing their death, too. Fire Spreads Rapidly. ‘The fire, origin of which has not been determined, spread so rapidly that it was_possible only to lower boats on the starboard side, those on the port side blazing between the davits. Two boats lowered were sunk immediately by the pus[x:xm ‘who jumped, about 80, into each cra GRAF TRAILS COAST T0 BRAZIL CAPITAL Big Craft May Not Land at Rio Janeiro Because of Lack of Facilities. BAHIA, Brazil, May 24 (#).—The Graf Zeppelin, en route from Per- nambuco to Rio Janeiro, passed over this city at 8:15 a.m. (6:15 a.m. East- ern standard time.) It took the Graf just eight hours to travel the 385 miles from Pernam- buco. By the Associated Press. PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, May 24.— The Graf Zeppelin sailed southward to- day along one of the most beautiful use | coasts in the world on a 1,250-mile trip to Rio Janeiro, capital of Brazil, On their left passengers had the blue of the Atlantic, dotted with vessels in the coastwise trade and on their right Brazil, now mountainous and now roll- ing, but always green and sparkling in the tropic sun. ~+Departure; from here was at 11:55 pm. (9:55 pm. E. 8. T.), several hours later than the Graf's master, Dr. Hugo Eckener, had calculated, the intense heat making hazardous replenishment of 1':: lifting gas until the air had cool Almost as large a crowd as Pernam- buco has ever seen witnessed the de- parture, cheering frantically as the ship TOse fully in the air. It circled the city, with flashlights playing on its sides, and at 13:20 a.m. disappeared among the stars to the southward. Represent All Brazil. The crowd which witnessed the de- arture, as that which watched arrival re Thursday night, came from over Northeastern Brazil for the oc- lon. gassing the bag prior to its leav- ing, two workmen employed at Campo Guquia were burned slightly. At first it was belleved that they were two members of the Graf's crew, but this later was denied. At 1:25 am. (11:25 pm. E. 8. T. Fri- day) the Grat was sighted passing over Maragogy, about 75 miles south of Per- nambuco, Other cities along its route to Rio Janeiro were Maceio, Bahia and Santa Cruz. Dr. Eckener's plans were in doubt. While he might be expected to m: the trip ordinarily in about 20 ho which would bring him to Rio Janeiro at about 8 p.m. (6 p.m. Eastern Stand- ard Time) today, there was reason to believe he might continue through Sat- urday night toward Sao Paulo, inland about 300 miles, where a large number of Germans are engaged in coffee grow- ing. In that event he would return to Rio Janeiro on Sunday. Graf May Not Land. ‘There was some doubt even that a landing would be attempted at Rio Janeiro. ‘There are no facilities there for ca for the Graf as at Pefnam- buco, and in the event of high winds, which have been the rule there the past {few days, a landing would be dangerous. on his plans than that he would be back in Pernambuco Monday morning. In the event the Graf does not land at Rio Janeiro three passengers who had intended_boarding it there for the voy- (Continued Page 2, Column 8.) WESTERN WRITER DIES LOS ANGELES, May 24 (#).—Henry Wallace Phillips, 60, writer of Western stories, died here yesterday after an {ll- ness of six months. Phillips was born in New York City January 11, 1869. He recelved inspira- tion for his Western stories from ranch life jn the Dakotas. Phillips married Louise Millspaugh, in Richmond, N. Y., in 1898 and was di- vorced here in 1914, a son, Wallace He is survive Chandler Phillips of New York. NAVAL DISARMAMENT IS BLAMED FOR MANY CITIES’ CENSUS LOSSES Reduced Personnel in Training Stations and Decreased Civilian Employe Figures Are Cited. By the Associated Press. The much-discussed subject of naval disarmament even shows up in the cen- sus. Newport, R. I, accounting for a 9.3 per cent loss in the past 10 years, pointed to the loss in personnel at the naval training station, and to the decrease in civilian employes at the naval torpedo station, the city's principal industrial count, in part, for percentage decreases. Portsmouth, Va., which fell from 54,- 387 in 1920 to 45,353 in 1930, a 6 per cent decrease, lost heavily in navy yard personnel. In 1920, the Navy had 7,638 men at Portsmouth. The present num- ber is 3,504. b Dr. Eckener made no further comment | ¢ Foeni WITH SUNBAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1930—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. * PILGRIMS KILL EACH OTHER RATHER THAN DIE IN FIRE Moslem Passengers on Burning Ship Block Exit With Bodies and Cut Off Others’ Escape. Most of these were picked up by boats from eight ships in the harbor, which Approac] as near the blazing vessel as was possible. Capt. Marchiando and the =hip's doctor were said to have remained aboard an hour after giving the order for everybody to save himself, and then thsms:l;.:’ plun; l;\lo thflc sea. usf ore they jumped passengers in nearby boats could hea?rethelr shouted conversation: “They have drawn their daggers.” A moment after it was added: “They are praying in the dining saloon. ‘They won't jump.” Back Into Flames. ‘When finally it was thought nothing remained alive aboard the vessel a boat from the British steamer Arabistan heard cries, and, approaching, its crew saw figures right at the ship's bow. They called to them to jump, but instead they backed into the flames. Two young British officers scrambled aboard, seized the pilgrims, and passed them down to the boat. They were the last five per- sons to be saved. Eye-witnesses reckoned the toll at 200 de-da ‘Thirteen hundred believers were saved. SMOOT DISCOUNT TARIFF THREAT Says Upholding Point of Or- der Would Restrict Action to Disputed Item. By the Associated Press. In the opinion of Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, there is no prospect of the entire tariff bill being opened to change by points of order raised against rates, Opponents of the bill plan to raise points of order against the rates on cherries, cheese, rayon and watches, contending that the tariff bill con- ferees exceeded their authority in fix- ing these rates. Fears have been ex- pressed that reopening of the bill to change in conference would jeopardize | 1ts enactment, | Smoot, * chairman of the Senate finance committee, said today that the upholding of a point of order would restrict the conferees to act on the single item in dispute. Prepare for Eventuality. ‘The - argument also has that return of the bill to would permit of a separate vote in the House on the lumber duty, which the House once turned down. Republican House leaders were preparing for that eventuality. They pointed out that in order to get this separate vote the rlemmhl conference report embracing lumber and send it back to conference with instructions. This defeat was hardly possible, they contended. Describing the bill finally agreed upon as a “splendid” one. Smoot expressed the opinion today that its provis are in n‘n“:;um President Hoover's limited re- AL program. The text of the new fl:xmmhm all | 88 made public today no_ sub- stantial change from the rough draft proved yesterday, except that it les Commi rec- ommendation for change in a statutory rate within the 60-day period laid down the commission rates becomes effective. PUBLISHERS REDUCE NOVELS PRICE TO 50C War With Paper-Bound Books, By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 24.—A new salient was established in the book price war today with announcement by Albert & Charles Boni, Inc., that they would publish new novels in paper covers to retail at 50 cents a copy. The declaration was made after rep- resentatives of 10 of the older publish- ing houses announced an agreement to |adhere to traditional methods and prices in book production and not take part in the price-slashing war which was begun by four houses that said they planned to cut their retail price on novels from $2.50 to $1.50 and $1. Albert Boni, president of Albert & Charles Bonl, said his firm had en- tered the price war reluctantly, and added: “There is no point in half meas- ures. If books are to find a mass public they must meet magezine prices.” Charles Bonl, who has had some ex- pe‘réence in low-priced book production, said: “I am not sure that these reductions are good for the book business. I'm not sure the book business can stand it. I think it probably cannot.” o GIANT BRIDGE DEDICATED Structure Over St. Lawrence Cost Nearly $20,000,000. MONTREAL, May 2¢ (A—W. L. Mackenzie mx;.. rime minister of Can- ada, pressed a button in the Parlia- ment buildings in Ottawa today and unveiled a bronze plaque here to for- glll;y open the new Montreal Harbor ridge. His voice, coming by tehzhone and broadcast through loudspeakers, dedi- cated the latest and most costly of the few highway bridges spanning the St. Lawrence River. sl T, £, Py ,000,000, is two m high above the water, so that the larg- | Charleston, S. C., decreasing from 67,- ely beneath. The has 957 to 62,123, dropped from 2,168 to 502 | open to traffic since May 14. men in her navy yard. ——— Man Missing, Women Hurt. lejo, Calif, decreased from 4,227 in the decade which brought a loss Island ‘Navy Yard at Val- 7,840 to bt . Y., May 24 (®).—One ' THACA, N. establishment. Newport lost 2825 in-| of 46,98 per cent to Vallejo. The de- 1ssing unidentified habitants. The naval t ing station | crease was from 21,107 infibmnu in r:;r:e;“u:lml injured today in an d%‘;:ul::tdh fromuz,lz}l, mcl’t'tle“‘l o 19;& wvxva,a"oo in ulsn explosion that %pfllne c.ylcht coasts, other s, looking ‘est’s naval m4 dropped Playma: pleces yuga Shalr Navy establishments, could ac-|423 0{1 130, 5 te' %8 House would have to defeat the sup- | be JRNSON ANSHERS HODVERS WARN ON NAVAL TREATY Declares People Will “Repu- diate” Pact if Given Time for Understanding. CONCEDE RATIFICATION VOTES ARE IN SENATE State Department Looks Toward Exchange of Notes With Japan and Great Britain. By the Assoclated Press. Answering the demand of President Hoover for immediate consideration of the London naval limitations treaty, Senator Johnson, Republican, Califor- nia, said today the American people would “overwhelmingly repudiate” the pact if given time to understand it thoroughly. His statement read: “I think the sponsors of the treaty are entirely right, from their viewpoint, in rushing the treaty, for if time be given the Amer- ican people to thoroughly understand it, it will be overwhelmingly repudiated.” Senate leaders were generally agreed, however, that the notice given yester- day by President Hoover that he would call a special Senate session for dis- position of the treaty if it were not acted upon before adjournment meant an early decision. It is generally conceded, even by the foes, that the votes are in the Senate for ratification. Look Toward Exchange of Notes. | Tatham, Meanwhile the State Department has initiated discussion looking toward an exchange of notes between the United States, Great PBritain and Japan to clarify the controverted ship replace- ment clause of the pact. Ambassador Dawes in London has taken up with the British foreign office the filuuon of an interpretation of the cle. arti While treaty proponents contend that any possible ambigiiity in the section is not vital since it is protected by another clause in the treaty, officials feel a defi- nite understanding should be reached on the meaning of the clause. ‘Witnesses before the Senate commit- tees now investigating the treaty have acknowledged that under the clause Great Britain might be construed to be able to replace 6-inch-gun cruisers when they come of age with 8-inch- gun_cruisers. ‘While Japan is not directly concerned, the Far Eastern empire, as a signatory of the London agreement, will be to any exchange of notes. A Republican conference on Monday will decide whether the treaty will be taken up in the regular session or de- ferred for the special meeting which the President is ready to call. Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader, believes the pact can of before adjournment. Chairman Borah of the foreign relations (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) BYRD SHIP DRIFTS; HEAT IS INTENSE Bolling Cut Loose, Navy Refuses Tug to Tow City of New York. By the Assoclated Press. PANAMA CITY, May 24.—Radio messages received during the night from the bark City of New York, last of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition ves- sels still at sea, said that those aboard suffered severely yesterday with the Albert and Charles Boni Join Price! peat. At about the same time another radiogram received from the Navy De- partment at Washington refused Rear Admiral Byrd's request, made through Rear Admiral Blakely, to have the naval tug Sciota proceed from the canal to bring the bark to port. ‘The City of New York, which was in tow of the Eleanor Bolling, was cut loose several days ago to allow the Eleanor Bolling to proceed to port and refuel. Since then it has drifted almost helplessly, taking advantage of what wind was available, awaiting return of the Eleanor Bolling or another tow- craft. At 9 pm. the bark notified Rear Admiral Byrd that she was 772 miles from Balboa, drifting in calm water, Admiral Blakely’s request for use of the tug was made yesterday morning, but the ver we- not received until last night. suggested that Admiral Byrd mak. "ngements with the Panama Jan. . the marine superi. dent. It was belleved 4. iral Byrd would revert to his original plans and send the Eleanor Bolling back out after the City of New York as soon as it had completed coaling. The ship arrived here only yesterday. NAVY DEPARTMENT EXPLAINS., 2 vessel supplied by Refused Byrd Tug Because Expedition ‘Was “Commercial Venture.” The Navy Department said today that r Admiral Byrd's request for & tug to tow his bark, the City of New York, into the Canal Zone was refused be- cause the Antarctic expedition was a “‘commercial venture.” Officials said that Byrd's bark was of the same classification as any pri- vately owned ship, and that there were “commercial tugs ama which would tow him into port at the regular steamers on the br:’v:.t! may mu- i rates.” They added that unless a ship were in distress, the Navy never pro- vl?!cd “free tug service for private ves- sels.” A message from the explorer saying that he would be unable to keep ap- pointments in New York unless the bark were towed into Panama was received today by the Navy. PRIMATE NEAR DEATH Archbishop Lord Davidson Lapses Into Unconsciousness. LONDON, May 24 (#).—Archbishop Lord Davidson, 82, former Archbishop s0f Can and primate of the Church of m‘hnd. la] umw uneo?l-l and is not . “From Press ever; tion to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers city block and the regular e delivered to Wi as fast as the papers Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,821 hington homes e printed. (A Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. NATIONAL ORATORS 10 MEET TONIGHT ‘FORCHAMPIONHIP Five Boys and Two Girls Are Resting Today Before Final Test. News Note: Mr. Pinchot is going home and indulge in his favorite sport of fishing. BRITISH DISTILLER SAYSNOT GUILTY Wealthy Distiller, Said to Plan Selling Uncut Stock to Wealthy. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 24.—Edward Ta- tham, a blonde and debonaire young Englishman charged with having | planned to establish himself here as a rich man's bootlegger, pleaded not guilty in Federal Court today. He was admitted to bail of $10,000. Tall, well dressed and affable, he| chatted after his arraignment and smiled when asked if he was an Oxford | graduate, “I'm afraid not,” he said, “I'm really rather dull.” “Perhaps you're a Cambridge man, “No, I'm afraid I'm just ordinary, a very ordinary fellow even this morning.” Sought Yacht Trade, Charge. Assistant United States Attorney Rob- | ert Watts declared Tatham had planned | to have wealthy yacht owners bring | their own liquor into the country, get- | ting it from rum boats outside the ter- ritorial limits. ‘Watts said he had evidence that Ta- tham had made contacts with various | yacht clubs which he declined to name. | ‘Tatham was arrested last night in a drawing room aboard the Toronto limited just before the train pulled out of the Grand Central Station.. Federal authorities said he was en route to England by way of Montreal to put the conspiracy into operation. The ar- rest was made under a secret indict- ment returned against Tatham and the Justerini & Brooks Co. by a Federal grand jury. It charged conspiracy to violate the prohibition law. Robert B. Watts, assistant United States attorney in charge of prohibi. tion prosecutions, said information garding the conspiracy had been gath. ered by undercover agents working in this country and abroad. Customs Lists Seized. A traveling bag seized among Tat- ham’s luggage, Watts said, contained & quantity of documents relating to the plans of the organization. These in- cluded lists of prospective customers and lists of agents with their addresses. “There are indications,” Watts said, “that a financially strong American syndicate was backing the scheme.” Federal authorities said that Tatham and his associates planned to have their own fleet of vessels, with an auxiliary of fast power boats to land the liquor in this country, where it would be de- livered uncut and unadulterated to a select clientele through a system of distributors. Orders Sought by Mall One of the overt acts charged against the accused firm and individuals was the sending of a letter to Samuel ‘Thorne of Harrison, N. Y., soliciting an order. Watts sald it was a personal letter on fine stationery and had noth- ing of the appearance of a circular. Watts sald that the actual importa- tion of liquor had not yet been begun by the syndicate, which had been in the process of organization since Janu- ary, 1929. ‘Tatham was described as an Oxford graduate, with a wide circle of friends of soclal prominence in this country. He has been shadowed by Federal operatives since he arrived in New York from Miami on May 19. Federal Judge Francis G. Gaffey fixed bail at $20,000 in advance of his arrest. ‘The case is sald by officials to be the first in which a foreign corporation has been indicted for, violation of the pro- hibition laws. A fine is the penalty for conviction and can be collected only if the corporation has property in this country. TATHAM'S CONCERN MYSTIFIED. London Liguor Merchants Deny Plans for American Trade Development. LONDON, May 24 (#).—Mystification was expressed today by officers of Justerini & Brooks, wine and spirit merchants of Pall Mall, over the arrest of their director, Edward Tatham, in the United States on a liquor charge. “We are at a loss to know the reason s arrest.” said a mem- ber of the firm. “He has been a director of this firm for about five years. He went to the United States on a holiday about five weeks ago. “He is certainly not there on business for the firm. We have not done any ness with firms or persons in Amer- ica since prohibition came into force in He didn’t mention any- thing regarding business or that he was likely to be arrested. “We simply cannot understand it and Tt e S A et & single man London.” , Fracture of Skull Results From Blow Of Hammer on Shin By the Associated Press. SPEARFISH, S. Dak., May 24. —William Huff hit himself on the shin with a hammer yesterday and awoke in a hospital with a fractured skull. He was pounding on a wall in Spearfish Canyon, when the ham- mer slipped, missed its target and smacked him in the shin. Huff, who is 18, fainted, rolled down an 8-foot bank and struck his head on a lead pipe. His condition is serious. MEETING PLANNED ON POLIGE PAY BILL !Leaders Confer With Sim- mons in Effort to Prevent Filibuster. With another conference planned for today between House Leader Tilson, Chairman Simmons of the subcommit- tee on District appropriations and Rep- resentatives of the House District com- mittee, in_an effort to prevent Mr. Simmons leading a filibuster against the police and firemen's pay increase bill on Monday, the House District committee today instructed Acting Chairman McLeod not to yleld further to Mr. Simmons' demand. Mr. McLeod explained that the prin- cipal remaining difference is that Mr. Simmons insists on a deferred payment step-up plan for the increase in the bill for privates in the Police and Fire Departments, limiting their increase to $100 a year. Representative Palmer of Missouri and other members of the eommittee, after questioning Mr. McLeod on whether these in the higher salary ranges in the Police and Fire Depart- ments were to be similarly treated on a deferred payment basis and being told that the Simmons proposal ap- plied only to privates, instructed Mr. McLeod to insist that the low-salaried men get an increase as well as the high-salaried men. If Mr. Simmons was not willing to yield to this they declared their will- ingness to fight out the proposition with him on the floor next Monday. LABOR OFFICER’S HOME BOMBED SECOND TIME Sheridan, Chicago Teamsters’ Sec- retary and 3 Children, Tossed From Bed, but Uninjured. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 24.—The home of John Sheridan, secretary of the Chicago Teamsters and Helpers Union, was bombed early today for the second time in nine months. Sheridan, his infant son and two daughters were tossed from bed and showered with plaster. Mrs. Sheridan, who was absent at the time, became hysterical when she returned to find the lower front of the dwelling wrecked and all windows shattered. The front door, at which the bomb had been placed, was blown to pleces. Splinters from it were found in the kitchen, 30 feet away. The property damage, Sheridan estimated, was $5.000. The bomb was made of dynamite and was so powerful as to shake the entire south side neighborhood. Sheri- dan sald he had received no threats and that he knew of no union trouble erty damage MOODY-RYAN TEAM WINS TENNIS TITLE Singles Champion Finds Per- fect Partner to Defeat Frenchwomen. By the Associated Press. AUTEUIL, France, May 24.—The powerful American combination of Helen Wills Moody =and Elizabeth Ryan captured the French women's doubles tennis championship today, de- feating Mme. Simone Mathieu and Mille. Barbler of France in the final at 6—3, 6—1. | The Californians won the title with- | out loss of a single set. Through a | bye and default they had to, play only | three matches and won them all in short order. Queen Helen, paired with one. of the finest doubles players in the world, thus added a second French title to HALL WILL BE OPENED TO PUBLIC AFTER 7:50 Contestants Are Tendered Full Pro- gram of Sightseeing and Enter- tainment While in Capital. ‘The Nation's seven outstanding high school orators entered on a day of rest this morning in preparation for the National Oratorical Contest finals to- night which will determine the cham- plonship of the United States. The vic- tor will face the picked representatives |oX Europe and South America in the international contest in the Fall. The winners of the first three places will broadcast their speeches at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon over the Columbia Broadcasting System. All tickets for the oratorical test, to be held in Constitution Hall, have been exhausted and numerous requests received which contest headquarters here could not satisfy. The doors of the hall will open at 7:15 o'clock this eve- ning, and at 7:50 all tickets, with the exception of reserved boxes, will be disregarded and the public allowed to enter at will until the doors are closed shortly after 8 o'clock. This year only the boxes are reserved, in contrast to previous years, when admittance cards called for a specific seat. Girls Together on Program. The contestants will speak in the follpwing order: Vernon Lawrence Withuhn of Seattle, ‘V‘Iuh: Edmond Benard, Springfield, Mass.; und Gullion of n(h]l city, The Star’s repre- sentative; Willlam Carlos Turner, Louis- ville. Ky.; Seymour Peyser, New York City; Gloria Gulager, Muskogee, Okls., and Lourene Mokstad, Chi . By chance the only two girls on the pro- gram fell together in the speaking or- der, which was determined by lot draw- ing' made by Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times. Randolph Leigh, director general of the contest, learned yesterday that Nicholes Longworth, Speaker of the Hcuse of tatives, who was to be a judge tonight, will be unable to be | present, reducing the number of judges to_eight. | _The winner will be required to have five first in order to be selected the singles crown which she is now defending. Mrs. Moody and Elizabeth Ryan re- ceived a great ovation as they took the court. hAbd:m 2,000 spectators were in the stands. Although Helen has captured singles honors easily for the last two years she has been unsuccessful hitherto in doubles. In the veteran Californian, who has England lived in for many years, she lound the perfect partner. A master of doubles court tactics, the famous chop-stroke artist fitted in perfectly with Helen's strong driving and serv- ing game. Bill Tilden and Wilbur Coen, Ameri- ca’s representatives in the men’s doubles championship chase, were eliminated in the quarter-finals by the French team of Jean Borotra and Rene Debuzelet. The scores were 6—2, 8—10, 57, 6—3, 7—S5. L CANNON SUMMONED TO TESTIFY JUNE 3 Bishop Agrees to Date in Exchange of Telegrams With Caraway. By the Associated Press. Bishop James Cannon, jr., will ap- pear before the Senate lobby committee on June 3 for questioning concerning his prohibition activities. ‘This date was agreed upon today after an exchange of telegrams between Chairman Caraway of the committee and Cannon, who is attending the quadrennial meeting of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Dallas. Cannon is chairman of the South- ern Methodist Board of Temperance and Social Service and the committee plans to inquire into the activities of that organization. ‘The bishop also will be questioned concerning a contribution of $65,300 made to him by E. C. Jameson, New York capitalist, for use in the 1928 Virginia anti-Smith campaign. Wind Rips Michigan Area. e o Saoniged bk PIaces ton and damay ess e day lay in zmmw-mue swath cut through Northeastern Michigan by & windstorm late yesterday. The prop- has been estimated at that might have prompted the attack.|$100,000, but only two injuries have ‘The previous bombing was in August, 1929, and is unsolved. BOY SAVED FROM DEATH TWICE WITHIN ONE WEEK Second Rescue of Thomas Me- Guigan Made After Bottom Drops Out of Rescuer’s Boat. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 24.—Young Thomas McGuigan is pretty lucky. Twice this week he has been saved from death in Lake Michigan, the second time Coast Guardsmen rescued McGuigan, have been reported. The greatest fury of the storm broke over Clare, Gladwin and Ogemaw Counties. ns national champion without consulta- {tion of the judges. In case a lesser | number of the judges place him first | they must confer on the three best con- | testants and fix their ranking. | Rules Are Explained. Mr. Leigh received all the contestants in his office upon their arrival yester- day and the day before and explained to them the rules of the national con- test. In contrast to some of the semi- finals, the time limit of 6 minutes for the prepared speech and 4 minutes for the extemporaneous speech will be en- forced ly. and the contestant re- juired to speaking promptly when ame is called. Otherwise he wifl auto- matically be ranked last. Both the pared and extem- poraneous s es of the national win- ner and of The Star’s champion, in case he should not emerge from the { contest victorious, will be published in A short-hand stenographer all the impromrw addresses. Yesterday, the first lull day any of the contestants spent in Washington, was_devoted to rest in the morning (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) MALT PLANT RAIDS NET $55,000 GOODS Wisconsin Dry Officials Seize Beer- Making Materials in Commer- cial Factories. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 24— W. Frank Cunningham, deputy prohibi- tion administrator for the Eastern Wis- consin district, today suj in- voicing malt and beer-making supplies valued at $55,000 seized in the first raids in Wisconsin on malt supply houses. Libel eedings will be started at once through the legal department of the Chicago prohibition office, Cun- ningham said, to confiscate products and equipment held as the result of raids on the Kuality Products Co. and the National Beverage Distributing Co. yesterday. said his agents raided the places after purchasing articles at the stores for the explained purpose of making beer. No arrests were made. Actress Weds Son of 0il Magnate. LOS ANGELES, May 24 (#).— Dor- othy Dwan, screen actress, and Phillip N. Boggs, ir, of Beverly Hills, were married here yesterday. Mrs. Boggs is the widow of Larry Semon, film come- dian. _She retired from pictures a year ago. is the son of the vice presi- dent of the Union Oil Co. and is an employe of the same organization. “SWELL HEAD,” NEW DISEASE, IS ATTRIBUTED TO HOME BREW e Oklahoma Physician Says Malady Cripples Upper Instead of Lower Portion of Body. by & By the Associated Press. woman and under trying circumstances. | gy AHOMA CITY, Okls., May 24.— | lea 16 years old, from a patched-up sail- “Swell head,” a new disease attributed another ashore. Rndiorng'-oul’m&fi i by Dr. Walter H. Miles, Oklahoma City € | health director, to kidney trouble caused by drinking home brew, has arisen here to plague further intoxicant consumers. Hundreds of persons already are suf- ering here and in other parts of the Southwest from “jake paralysis,” a dis- ease which crippies the legs of the pa- tient. “Jake paralysis” at first was re- ported by persons who had used Jamaica ginger as a beverage. Consumers of al- cohol in other forms also have been in- clp;clhhd. presumably from a form of ing the first few “swell head” said the It also is known neck. Pirst s, of “swell head” iven P of the face and mn.ck infection came from con in which is brewed. Remedies to be used by erers have formulated, “Jake” vic-