Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1930, Page 2

PRINCE CAROL WINS RUMAW_THRUNEI Proclamation to Be Issued, Tonight as Result of Daring Coup. (Continued From First Page.) | word of the prince's arrival with en- thusiasm. The news spread rapidly but it was not until this morning tha’ the government issued an official com- munique stating simply that the 1lthfll of the King was in Bucharest and Lha!l the cabinet had met to- consider the: situation. The nation was quiet. It was believed here that Queen Marie, his mother, while cognizant of ¢ his intention to return, left here yes- terday for Oberammergau, ostensibly tc see the passion play, knew mnothing of his daring coup. She was supposed generally to have planned meeting her oldest son somewhere in Germany and { talking the situation over with him. Helen Not Expected to Stay. Prince Nicholas will leave Bucharest June 18 on a long European trip, and Princess Helen, mother of Michael and divorced wife of Carol, is expected not to remain. His return was the result of nego- tiations with friends and emissarles of the Peasant party government covering months. When recently he promised 10 leave Mme. Lupescu, the Liberal op- position awoke anew to its dislike of him | and fought bitterly to prevent his re- turn. ¥ 1t was said this opposition extended as far as advances to Princes Charles, | second Belgian prince, to ask him to take thé throne. Carol, hearing of the situation, thought it better to risk all| while it was not too late and decided upon his surprising and dramatic re- turn, Lands for Refueling. Garel left Munich for Bucharest yes- terday morning, first wiring Col. Precup of his departure. At Cluj, reports said, several military planes hopped off to receive the prince, who was forced .to land at Arad at 5 p.m. for refueling. Arriving at Cluj at 6 p.m., Carol donned a general's uniform and hopped off for Bucharest, where he landed at 10 p.m., being met by officers and his brother, Prince Nicholas. He then proceeded Coiroceni Palace. wln the first conference between Carol end Premier Maniu, respecting Carol's return, Carol said he had come back to Rumania because of the bad eco- nomic situation of the country. His previous renunciation, he said, had | occasioned grave uncertainty concern- ing Rumania at home and zbroad. He then told the premier that “his work would be to restore Rumania’s prestige nd welfare. A S 1t has been an open secret.for months that Carol had negotiated wih emis- saries of the present government, headed by M. Maniu and based on his leader- ship of the Peasants’ party, to return to Rumania. The negotiations were in fact 50 well known that the Liberals, always opposed to him, began an active cam- ign headed by their chief, Bentile g‘rfltllnu, to thwart their plans. Pamphlet Distributed. They distribute a pamphlet calling attention to Carol's unconditional re- nunciation of the throne. The pamphlet ‘was suppressel and confiscated by the | government, but Liberal deputies, secure in their parliamentary immunity, con- tinued to pass them among the popu- lation. Queen Marie, a few days 2go, made & special trip to Germany to consult with members of the Hohenzollern family, to which her husband, Ferdinand, belonged, with the idea of clearing up possible troubles which might arise when her son returned to Buchsrest. - WALSH ANSWERS CANNON CHARGE IN- CONTEMPT COUNT ) | (Continued From First Pa: bad declined to answer interrogations of this nature. § Cannon in his latest statement hurled a challenge at the committee witir the’ assertion that he could not be ad- judged in contempt of the Senate for refusing to answer the committee's questions and then abruptly walking out on it, because a quorum was not present at the time of his appearance. Thought Illegal. _ He thought these questions illegal and unfair, particularly after Senator Walsh had said that without a gquorum ‘the committee could not rule on the dry Jeader’s contention that it had no au- thority to investigate his political ac- tivities. “If two members of the committee eould not pass upon my objections to testifying concerning my political activ- ities and could not issue a subpoena,” Cannon said in a statement issued last night, “I do not see how two members could legally object to my withdrawal, and certainly I do not understand how I could be declared by two members of the committee to bs in contempt of the Senate by my withdrawal ” Cannon recalled his correspondence with Caraway prior to his appearance, saying he would be glad to tell the committee of the activitives of the Board of Temperance and Social Serv- ice of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,” of which he is a chairman. Then he referred to his statement questioning the jurisdiction of the committee, submitted when it at tempted to examine him on his poli cal activities. No Quorum. “I suppose that it would be ‘con- sidered by a quorum of the committee and official decision be reached . . .” he said. ‘“When ihe committee met again Wednesday morning, Chairman ‘Walsh announced that ‘there is not a quorum of the committee present, and it would be impossible for us to make any order in the premises. o Nevertheless, after admitting that a quorum of the committee had not assed upon my objections, Senator alsh warned ‘me that my refusal might become a ‘penal offense.’” He also mentioned the $48,300 spent in the Virginia anti-Smith campaign, on which he refused to testify, and sald a “small vindictive group of Vir- ginia politicidns, for political reasons for use in future campaigns are deter- mined. if possible, to get the names of the Virginia anti-Smith workers and the amounts paid them for their work in that campaign, which information it is not my purpose to give them.” SCALDS ARE FATAL T0 CHARLES STONE Engiyneel} Fell in Path of Escaping Steam While Working as Engineer in Hospital. Charles Stone, 46 years old, of Hyatts- town, Md., died at Georgetown Uni- versity Hospital about 6 o'clock this morning as a ‘result of scalds to hi face, hands and body while working engineer in the hospital yesterday orning. It was reported by the police that Stone suffered an attack of epilersy, fell to the floor and was scalded by escaping steam. AT T A L S “How is your strength?” was the rreeting in ancient Rome, where cvery jaan was & warrior. REV. DR. WALLACE RADCLIFFE. RAISING UMBRELLA, KILLED BY TAXICAB W. W. Scott Dies in Garfield Hospital an Hour After Accident. T Struck by a taxicab as he was raising en unibrella while crossing the street early last night on the way to meet his wife, Walter W. Scott, 62 years old, 6f 1400 Fairmont street, was so badly in- Jured that he died shortly afterwards. The accident occurred in the 2600 block cf Fourteenth street at 6:15 and M. Scott lived but liitie more than an hour after removal to Garficld Hospital, The driver was Otis Busch, 21, of 2920 Ontario road. He was paroled in cus- tody of his attorney pending an inquest Monday. Mr. Scott, a native of Dover, N. H,, had been employed as paper inspector in the Government Printing Office’ the past 12 years. His wife, Mrs. Helen Scott, is ‘employed at the Capitol. It had been the custom of husband and wife to meet each afternoon at a Four- teenth street cafe, and Mr, Scott was on_his way there when injured: The driver of the cab made an effort to avoid him, but the rear fender is said to have struck Scott and hurled hini in the direction df the sidewalk. Mr, Scott, who was & member of a Masonie lodge in Dover, 'is survived by his widow, a son, Harold T. Scott, and two' grandchildren. . VETERAN FACES ASSAULT CHARGES One of Three Girls Found in! w Home Reported Criminally Attacked. Facing gharges for which the maxi- mum penalty is death, Zenas Ellithrope, 49-year-o'd World War veteran, of 3216 N street, was to be arraigned in Police Court today on two counts of attempted carnal knowledge. He had been in cus- tody at. the seventh precinct since Thursday, when information given police by a neighbor resulted.in his arrest :hue three young girls were at his!| ome. » Ellithrope, it is alleged, has for more than a'year been enticing girls ranging from 10.to 16 years of age to his home for immoral purposes. Reports of Gal- linger Hospital physician’ following their examination of the girls found at Elli- thrope’s home Thursday revealed that one had been criminally assdulted. The former soldier was placed under arrest by Policeman A. E. Smoot, Byron McClure and H. A. Reed after a woman ing in the 3200 block of N street tele- phoned police that Ellithrope had just taken three little girls into his house. The gitls, the oldest of whom is 13, l'eg turned over to'Policewomen F. M. C. Byrd and N. K. Adams at the Wom- en's Bureau for questioning, Ellithrope was taken to No. 7 precinct and held for investigation until last night, when formal charges were pre- ferred. When booked he told police he worked as a laborer after leaving the Army until a year ago, when he was forced to quit his employment because of illness. He has since been a regular patient at Mount Alto Hospital. The filing of the attempted carnal knowledge charges early last night fol- lowed receipt of the reports from Gal- linger Hospital physicians and the statements which the girls made to Po- licewomen Byrd and Adams. Police are said to’be also investigating three other similar cases against him. Ellithrope, a widower, has two chil- dren. a son and daughter, the oldest of which is 11. Both are being cared for in a foster home. The mother died HORSES AND MULES BURN ON U. S. FARM $15,000 Arlington Blaze Includes Loss of Machinery and Equipment, Six horses, four mules and a quantity of farm machinery and laboratory equipment were destroyed in 2 $15,000 blaze that early this morning razed a barn on the Government experimental farm at Arlington. The origin of the fire is unknown. The blaze was discovered shortly after 12 o'clock by J. W. Weeks, a watchman, who summoned W. E. Willis, stable fore- man, who lives nearby. At the same Ume G. Frank Allwine, chief of the Jef- ferson District Volunteer Fire Depart- ment, Virginia Highlands, Va., saw the blaze as he was crossing the Highway Bridge and turned in the alarm. Two Washington companies and the volunteer companies of Jefferson di: trict, Arlington, East Arlington, Claren- don, Ballston, Cherrydale and Halls Hil! all * Arlington _County, alarm, but found the building too f: gone to save it. They did, however, pre- ;:nl spread cf the blaze to nearby build- 2. ‘This is the second fire in a little more than a year at the experimental farm, a blaze April 11 of last year destroying one of the main buildings. According to Willis, a part of t buildiog de- stroyed this morning was the first to be erected on the place, approximately 25 years ago. Officils said the_building itself was of little value. most of the loss bein, occasicned by the destrugtion of a num- ber of electric motors and laboratory equipment. The horses and mules were not valuable animals, i* was said. Because of its intensity, the fire could be seen from many poin(s in Washing- ton and nearby Virginia and quickly at- tracted a large crowd. W DR RADCLFFE S AT ADVANCED ACE Pastor, Former Moderator of Presbyterian Church, Il Several Months. Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor emeritus of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Ohufch and former mod- erator of e Presbyterian Church of the United "States of America General Assembly, died yesterday at his home 1675 Thirty-first street, after a long illness. He was 88 years old. Dr. Radcliffe became jll several months ago and was for six weeks con- fined to a hospital. Two months ago he was removed to his home, where his condition took a turn for the worse last week. His wife, Mrs. Jessie R Radcliffe, was with him at the time of his death. ¥ Funeral services will be held in the New York Avenue Church at 2 e’clock Monday afternoon. The bodv will lie in state at the ehurch for two hours Mon- day. from 11:30 until 1:30 o'clock. ‘The Washington Presbytery will have charge of the services, with Rev. Dr. Godfrey Chobot, vice moderator, pre r!ilng. He will be assisted by Rev. Dr. Jdieph R. Sizoo, pastor of the church, and Rev. Dr. John C. Palmer. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be Rev. Joseph T. Kelly, Rev. Charles Wood, Rev. Francis J. Grimke, Rev. Parke P. Flournoy, Rev. Thomag C. Clark, Rev. George 8. Duncan, v. Hubert R. Johnson, Rev. James T. Marshal, John B Larner, George Fleming, George White and Dr. Charles Moore. Head of National Church. Active pallbearers will be Rev. Frank Niles, Rev. Irving Ketchum, Rev. Henry B. Wooding, Rev. J. H. Dunham, Rev. Walter F. Eagleson and Rev. J. Alt- father. As moderator of the General As- sembly in 1898, Dr. Radcliffe was at the head of his church in this country. He won wide commendation for his work in this_position. Dr. Redcliffe was born in Pittsburgh, Augusi 16, 1842, a son of Elias and Susanna Radcliffe. He received his clementary education in Pittsburgh and studied at Jefferson College, at the United Presbyterian Theological Semi- nary, Princeton Theological Seminary, Lafayoite College, Washington and Jefferson University and at George Washington Universit; One of his first pastorates was in Reading, Pa. Later he went to the Fort Street Presbyterian Church,_in Detroit, Mich., where he remain unti' he accepted the call from the New York Avenue Presbytérian Church in 1895. H retired in April, 1922, as pastor of the New York Avenue Church aft~r 27 years of distinguished activity in the affairs of the Preshyterian Church, both lozally and nationally. Member of Cosmos Club. Dr. Radcliffe was a member of the Washington Presbytery and of the Cosmos Club. During his long service in the church he held many important posts, the last of which was that of director of the Princeton Theological Seminary, to which he was elected at the Nationai Assembly of the Presby- terian Church held in St. Paul, Minn., last year.- Dr. Radcliffe also was the author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles on church matters. He was founder and president of the Tappan Presbyterian Association at the University of Michigan and a delegate the Pan-Presbyterian Council in London in 1888, Washington in 1899, New York in 1909, Aberdeen in 1913, Fittsburgh in 1921 and Cardiff, Wales, fn 1925, He was a member of Sigma Chi and Theta Sigma Phi Fraternities. Dr. Radcliffe on May 4, 1887, married Miss Jessie Walker, soclety belle of Detroit. Mrs. Radcliffe was very active ]‘r:lhthehwt:;‘k 'nf "kllig New York Avenue rch dur! te. have no chiiaren, Do TheY THE WEATHER District of . Columbia—Party cloudy and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair; mod- erate west winds. Maryland-—Cloudy and cooler tonight; tomorrow fair, cooler in east and cen- tral portions;fresh west winds. Virginia—Partly cloudy and cooler tonight, cooler in east portiof; fresh We&; winds, ‘est Virginia—Partly cloudy, slightl; cooler tonight; tomerrow fair \{:Xth‘fluw{ Iy rising temperature in west portion. Temperatures for 24 Hours, ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 84; 8 p.m., 68; 12 midnight, 71; ¢ a.m., 68; 8 am,, 71; noon, 74. Barometer—4 pm., 29.87; 8 pm, 29.89; 12 midnight, 29.86; 4 a.m., 29.85; 8 a.m,, 29.89; noon, 29.91. Highest temperature, 89, occurred ‘at 12:15 p.m., yesterday. Lowest temperature, 68, occurred at 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 87; lowest, 60. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 11:44 am. and 11:53 pm.; high tide, 4:56 am. and 5:22 pm. Tomorrow—Low tide 12:36 tide, 5:45 am..and 6:14 p.nt The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 4:42 a.m.; sun sets 7:31 pm. Tomorrow—sSun rises 4:42 a.m. sets 7:32 pm. Moon rises 4:09 pm.; sets 2:19 a.m. Weather in Various Cities. m.; high sun Temperature. asaury weued Stations. Weather. * gwpiasas ure g 01 weg Abilee, Tes 4bliscs, 3 Picloudy Atl G Pt.~loudy Clear Cloudy Rain 06 C} Denver, Lroit. El Pa Galveston, Helena, _Mont. Huron,' S. Dak. Indjanapolis.Ind Jacksonille Fla. 300 | Clear Pt.cloudy Pt cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Miami, Oklal Omaha, Nebr.. Philadelphia Portland, Me. .. 2 Portland Oreg Raleigh, N, C. 2 ake City. San _Antonio. Ban Diego. Cal n_Francisco is, Mo © 30.10 it 3990 2994 70 30'08 L3018 2986 208 30,00 . 2989 FOR (7 am, Greenwich time. todey.) Stations. Temperature. Weather. .3 Glear 8t. s, Glear St. Paul. Pt.cloudy enttle, Wi Cloudy Pt.cloudy Pteloudy Rain Tampa, WASH., D. It ... ol unee upden Clear ." Bpain s Clear NLACHLENNANED 0., BANKERS HEAD Blaine Mortgage Foreclosure Bill Is Opposed by Association. BY EDWARD C. STONE, Special Correspondent of The Star. ASHEVILLE, N. C., June 7.—At the closing business session of the District of Columbia Bankers' Association here today Lanier P. McLachlen, presiden: of the McLachlen Banking Corporation, was elected- president for the coming year, succeeding Wilmer J. Waller. * E. J. McQuade, vice president of the Liberty National Bank, was chosen first vice president; C. H. Pope, vice,presi- dent of the Munsey Trust Co., was made second vice president, and Albert S. Gatley, president of the Lincoln National Bank, was re-elected treasurer for the twenty-sixth time. ‘The assoclation elected George O. Vass, a vice president and cashier of the Riggs National Bank, secretary, suc- ceeding Mr. Pope. This action means that Mr. Vass Will be president of the association four years from now, as it is customary to advance the officials one step each year. 12 Committee Reports Made. In addition to the election of officers, the climax of the convention, 12 impor- tant reports were presented this fore- noon, summarizing the year's work of the standing committees. According to custom, the second vice president of the association, Edward J. McQuade, pre- sided up to the time of election of cfficers. Edson B. Olds, treasurer of the Union Trust Co., chairman of the auditing committee, made his report. Francis G. Addison, jr., vice president of the Security Savings & Commercial Bank, summed up the activities of the law and legislative committee, of which he is chairman. The chairman an- nounced that the association is opposed to Senator Blaine’s bill, No, 3489, “to regulate the foreclosure of mortgages and deeds of trust in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” and favors Senator Capper's fraud bill, No. 1332, in preference to another bill of a similar nature offered by Senator Blaine, Chairman Lanier P. McLachlen of the committee on Treasury relatiqns re- ported most harmonious relations be- tween Washington banks and the United States Treasury during the 12 months. Safeguards for Banks Urged. Frederick P. H. Siddons, secretary of | 68,266,000 of the population of the Na- the American Security & Trust Co., ;tion, will convene here on June 30 for chairman of the insurance committee, made a_most complete report. Insur- ance bills before Congress were-given close attention. It was found that many banks are shifting too much re- sponsibility upon bonding houses, con- sidering that it is the business of the bonding housz to make all necessary investigations regarding new employes, etc., without any assistance. ‘The insurance committee suggested 12 safeguards for banks and ‘recom- mended them to the association for adoption. These recommendations in- cluded: “Insistence on the part of the bank of a thorough investigation by the surety company of each new employe. “As much care to be exercised as if the institution cariied no insurance. “Frequent and thorough audits. “Interchange of employes from one department to another. “Continual supervision of any market transactions of any employes. “Checking home life and outside habits of individuals. “Giving more attention to former employers' - recommendations than to so-called character references in appli- cation blanks.” ‘Washingtonians Boost Savings. Eliot H. Thomson, chairman of the advertising committee, reported on.the sixth annual Christmas savings cam- paign. During the six weeks' drive total membership incressed 4,496 to a w high of 92,197, while the amount sumflbed increased $373,044.50, mak- ing an aggregate of $7,838,123.50—an average of $85 per member. H. F. Rawll, president of the Christmas Sav- ings Corporation, states that this is the highest average in the United States. Thirty-one Washington banks took part in the campaign. ""The committee believes this record is due to the fact that the advertising has been keyed particularly to empha- size the use of this systematic method of saving for many other purposes than the original idea of having money for Christmas gifts. =1t bas bt;nhl'gl;p;:‘d by’ many Washingtonians o - cgm;s. yThe first club in 1924 had 49,385 members, so_that the member- ship has nearly double in the six years, and the amount set aside has more than doubled. During the convention of the Finan- clal Advertisers' Association, A. Earle Bryson, the president, declared that the time is ripe for financial advertising and that banking institutions are be- ginning to appreciate that advertising is good business insurance. The public has learned to conserve resources and maintain suitable reserves in banks, he sald. The committee closed its report by favoring a co-operative advertising eampalgn by the District of Columbia Bankers' Association to develop savings snd the maintenance of compensating balances in checking accounts. Other reports pre ted include com- mercial trade activities in Washington, by the chairman, George O. Vass. Mr. Vass very briefly summed up the trade situation, the high spots of which have appeared in the newspapers during the T. yeL'!K‘he committee on standing banking forms, Frederick H. Cox, chairman, of- fered many new forms for adoption by the banks. The protective committee reported through the chairman, E. J. McQuade; the taxation report, H. H. McKee, chairman, was followed by the publicity committee report, . B Schreiner, chairman, and the credit bureau report, H. G. Hoskinson, chair- man, this new service having proved most useful to the banks. ADMIRAL BUTLE Naval Officer Joins Big Craft to Cruise Through Canal to Pacific. Rear Admiral H. V. Butler, retiring commander of the aircraft squadrons, | battle fleet, who will “haul down his flag” in Pacific waters toward the end of B.hln:. left the National Capital by | air this morning to board the U. S. S. Saratoga, which was to weigh anchor immediately and leave for San Diego, Calif, via the Panama Canal Admiral Butler was flown from the Anacostia Naval Air Station in a Loen- ing OL-8 amphibian, piloted by Lieut. T P. Jeier, former flag officer of the aircraft squadrons. Jeter was to land Admiral Butler_ on the flight deck of the Saratoga and return to the Capital this afterroon. - All of the combat squadrons of the Saratoga, which have been engaged in joint Army-Navy coast defense maneu- vers in Long Island Sound, have been taken aboard for the cruise to home waters except VT-2B torpedo and bombardment squadron, which has been left behind to be outfitted with new planes. The officers and men of the squadron (Noon, Greetiwich ‘time (Gurrent observat) Morta (Fayel), Azores.... 65 amilton. Berm! B o, Havana, Cubs Col tydey.) Part cloudy Part cloudy Part cloudy ear Cloudy will go to Cleveland, where they are to take delivery of 18 new type TG-1 Great Lakes torpedo planes before July 1 and fly them to San Diego to rejoin the carrier. Capt. Charles Kin THE E\'E.\'IING, STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1930. ford-Smith and three companions are awaiting favorable weather to Ireland, in the veteran plane, Scuthern Cross, in an attempt to fly across the Atlantic to New Yo JUNIOR GITIZENS take off from Curragh, K. —A.P. Photo. STATE XECUTVES TONEET N UTA Thirty Governors Will Attend Important Sessions, Be-, ginning June 30. | Special Dispatch to The Star. SALT LIKE CITY, Utah, June 7.— Governors from more than 30 States of the United States, and representing the twenty-second annual National Conference of Governors. In both the number of governors who will attend and in the number of citizens represent- ed by them this will be the biggest meeting of its kind ever held in the country. Tgrlcs of far-reaching importance are | scheduled for discusion during the three days of the conference here, following which the executives will recess to Zion National Park, where on the morning of July 4 the new Zion-Mount Carmel highway will be dedicated to public use, Later that day the governors will reach the Grand Canyon, where, fol- lowing dinner at the Union Pacific Grand Canyon Lodge, the concluding events of the official program will take place. ;- ‘While all the details of the program have not been completed, it is expected that Gov. Harry S. Caulfield of Mis- sourl will discuss the Hawes-Cooper bill; Gov. Willlam G. Conley of West Virginia will discuss “Sales Tax"; Gov. [ M. Reed of Kansas, “Taxation of National Banks”; Gov. Franklin D. | Roosevelt of New York, “Old Age Pensions,” and Gov. Frank C. Emerson of Wyoming, “Public Lands.” The sub- Ject of “unemployment” also is to be covered, but the assignment of topic has not yet been announced. ‘The opening conference sessions will be held in the House of Representatives at the Utah State Capitol in this city. Opportunities for sightseeing in and about Salt Lake City are also provided | on the program and on the evening of | June 30 the visiting governors and other dignitaries will be the guests of the Utah Society of Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution at a banquet. Following a program of entertain- ment on the last day of the conference in Salt Lake City the entire delegation, traveling on a special Union Pacific train as the guests of the State of Utah, will leave on a tour of the na- tional parks of Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. President Hoover by telegraph, na- tional park officials and members of Congress, in addition to the visiting governors will have a part in the his | toric ceremony set for the morning of | the Nation's national holiday, the locale being in one of America’'s out- standing national parks. JUDGE WHEAT TAKES |SUPREME COURT OATH Friends. Gather in Chamber as Jus-| tice Siddons Administers Oath to New Chief Justice. Alfred A. Wheat is now the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia. In the same court room where but little over a year ago he | was sworn in as an associate justice of | the court he took the oath as cnfef | justice this morning. Justice Frederick | L. Siddons, who has been acting as chief justice since the resignation last De- cember of former Chief Justice Walter I. McCoy, administered the oath. The court room was filled this morn- lnfl with lawyers, court attaches and other friends of the new chief justice, and.following the adjournment of the special meeting of the court in general term they extended their felicitations to Chief Justice Wheat. Among those pres- ent were the retired chief justice and Jesse C. Adkins, who has been named to 1l the vacancy due to the promotion of Justice Wheat. { Justice Siddons announced that Hhe had the agreeable duty to announce the appointment of Justice Wheat to be chief justice and rising, recited the ju- dicial oath, section by section, to the new official. Chief Justice Wheat then left his former chair at the extreme left of the chief justice and took the place in the middle of the bench. He dismissed the assemblage with the remark that the purpose of the meeting had been speedily and satisfactorily per- formed. DIES IN PLANE CRASH Air Corps Mechanic Victim “Spin” in Califronia. RIVERSIDE, Calif, June 7 (#).— Pvt. Stephen Yazza, a mechanic in the Ailr Corps at March Field here, was killed Thursday when an airplane pilot- ed by Lieut. J. R. Glasscock went into a spin. lem enlisted from Fort Defiance. Ariz, The officer said he jumped at an altitude of 1,000 feet and alighted with- out injury with the aid of his para- chute. Yazza did not jump, despite in- structions to do so, Lieut. Glasscock said. of R L Death Laid to Fright. CHICAGO, June 7 (#).—Five men who displayed no weapons, but kept their hands menacingly' in their coat pockets, robbed John Romansky of his automobile early, today. Romansky died 8 few minutes later. Death was as- cribed to a heart attack, presumably brought on by fright. CAPT. REILLY DIES Police Official Dead CAPT. MARTIN REILLY. . AFTER OPERATION Funeral Services of Veteran Police Officer to Be Monday ‘Morning. Capt. Martin Reilly, commander of the sixth police precinct, died yester: day afternoon at Georgetown University | Hospital, where he underwent an op-| eration several weeks ago. ’ Funeral services will be held at the home, 2528 Wisconsin avenue, at 8:30 o'clock Monday morning, followed by requiem mass at Holy Trinity Church at 9 o'clock. Interment will be in Mount Oliver Cemetery. Capt. Rellly, a native of Ireland, was born March 23, 1871, and resided in| Pittsburgh before coming to this city. He was in traction service prior to his appointment to a position on the police force April 4, 1901. July 1, 1911, he was made sergeant and seven years later was made lieutenant. On Febru- ary 15, 1922, he became captain. Capt. Rellly had served the depart ment in numerous capacities in pre- | cincts and at headquarters, and eight recommendations for meritorious serv- ice are shown ine his record. Part of his service was performed in No. 11 precinct, where he was a mounted officer. » He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Johanna Reilly, and seven children. The children are Mrs. Elizabeth R | Manning, Misses Margaret, Helen and | Catherine Reilly and Joseph M., James F. and John A. Reilly. BLAZING TRUCK DRIVEN FROM FIRE ___(Continued From First Page) three minutes. He drove the truck a | block down H street, with the flaming piping dragging along the asphalt, won- dering every second if the truck would explode. He didn't wait to see, but the fire died out. Bouncing from the seat at I street Markowitz returned to the building on the run and when firemen arrived on the scene he was fighting the flames with the two men caught in the | building: Then he went to Casualty Hospital. | Not Burned Seriously. | Charles O. Shinsky of the Mozart | apartments, 1630 Fuller street, and S. | S. Shomo, 642 H street northeast, both nursing badly singed face and-arms, went to the same hospital later. | None of the three was thought to be | burned seriously. The fire wWas ex- tinguished in a few minutes, only minor damage resulting. Shomo said the fire started in a vul- canizing machine installed in a com- partment adjoining the room housing the underground gasoline tank. “I don't know how it started,” he sald. “We hadn't been smoking. The kerosene must have exploded. I turned around to meet a blast of flame, and Shinsky and I were almost forced through the docr by the force of it. I'm darned glad we put it out before it got to the tanks. And I take off my hat to Markowitz, He moved fast.” Describe Heroic Act. Markowitz didn't see anything un- usu-g about his action. The men in the building didn’t know his first name and when they had calmed down Markowitz had left. Firemen joined in praising him and passersby who witnessed the exploit, gathered on the street corner to describe how the lit- tle man made hi§ truck like a half- back going off right tackle, Markowitz is about. 35 years old and resides at 528 Colurbia road, it Was said at Casualty Hospital. He was taken to the x-ray Inboratories for ex- amination Shomo and Shinsky were treated for minor burns. ¢ 5 5) | Yancey Has Malaria. A COLON, Canal Zone, June 7 (#).— Capt. Lewis A. Yancey, who intends to make a good-will flight through South America, suffered a recurrent attack of malaria yesterday, and will not be able to leave for Talara, Peru, until Sunday morning. | but the D:mocrati CLOSE VOTE SEEN ON TARF B Senate Leaders Speculating on How Vice President Curtis Will Ballot. By the Associated Press. Leaders in the Senate's tariff fight counted votes anxiously today and Jooked forward to a final roll call on the much-disputed Smoot-Hawley m: ure within a week. So close does the outcome promise to oe that some Senators have been spec- ulating on how Vice President Curtis would vote in case of a tie. The regu- lar Republicans claim a slight margin, Independent Re- publican coalition, opposing the bill, is not ready to admit defeat. Senator Reed Held “Doubtful.” Both sides kept an eye today upon Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl- vania, whose vote was classed in the “doubtful” column. Reed was in Lon- don as a delcgate to the Arms Con- ference while much of the tariff debate was taking place. He took/a copy of the conference bill and a bulky brief case full of related documents to his home for a week end of study. Although the conference report was placed beiore the Senate in two sections, an agreement has been reached under which both will be voted upon at a single roll call. Sent back to conference for its fourth revision, the measure was ready today for final submission to the two houses of Congress, except for one provision which presented some temporary diffi- culty. The conferees deferred until Monday & final meeting at which they expect to reach an agreement upon this clause, that affecting the duties on watch jewels. Democrats Raise Points of Order. ‘This section was one of four against which points of order w raised from the Democratic side of the chamber. The three other clauses to which such exception was taken—cheese, cherries and rayon—were patched up by the | conferees yesterday. Because the section of the conference report containing these provisions had already been approved by the House, that branch of Congress will have to vote upon it again, before the bill can be sent to President Hoover. Senate leaders are confident of a vote by next Friday and expect the House action to follow shortly afterward. SEAT DENIED HILL AND PALMISANO | House Committee Settles Election Dispute in Third Mary- land District. By the Associated Press. A decision that neither Vincent L. Palmisano, Democrat, nor John Philip Hill, Republican, was entitled to the seat in the House from the third Mary- land district was reached late yesterday by a House elections committee. In taking the unusual course of deny- ing the claims of both contestants and thus, in effect, recommending that the seat be declared vacant, the commit- tee came to the conclusion that “Hill was not elected and that Palmisano was not._entitled to be. seated.” The vote in both cases was 5 to 3. Representative Perkins, Republican, New Jersey, acting chairman of the committee, gained consent of the House for a week in which to submit the re: port. Representative Tarver, Democrat, Georgia, will file a dissenting minority report. reason the majority decided that Palmisano was not entitled to the seat,” Perkins said, s because of the fraudulent voting. registration and the entire disregard of the election laws in counting ballots in Palmisano's home precinet, in the third ward of Balti- more. “We decided that Hill was not elect- ed,” he continued, and that Palmisano | was not entitled to be seated.’, Perkins added that there was “greaf evidence of fraud in Palmisano's precinet” and that the majority of the committee “does not believe that Hill was elected.” Three Democrats' and two Repubn-) cans voted against seating Hill, while three Republicans voted to seat him, Perkins explained. Five Republicans voted against seating Palmisano and three Democrats voted to seat him, the New Jersey member said. Indications are that there will be a vigorous contest in. the House over the committee’s decision. However, if the conclusion is sustained by the House the seat will be declared vacant and a spe- cial_election will have to be held to fill ft. NAMES OF FOUR NEW CRUISERS ANNOUNCED, Names assigned to four light cruisers now under construction were announced today by Secretary Adams. Light cruiser No. 32, under construction at the New York Navy Yard, will be called the New Orleans. Light cruiser No. 33, under construction at Quincy, Mass., {will be called the Portland for the Maine city. Light cruiser No. 34, being constructed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, will be called the Astoria, while light ‘cruiser No. 36, being built at the Philadelpbia Navy Yard, will be called the Minneapolis. Previously the Secretary had named the cruiser under construction at Cam- den, N. J,, the Indianapolis. " OPEN VOTE FIGHT Young Professional Group to - Work for National Repre- sentation Here. Pledging themselves to aid in the campaign for national representation for the District of Columbia, ‘about 30 young professional men and women iaunched the Junior Citizens' Alliance last night at an organization meeting in the auditorium of the Board of Trade in The Evening Star Building. George J. Adams, jr., organizer of the group, expiained that the alliance has a twofold purpose—that of project- ing the national representation cam- paign among the younger people in the National Capital, and participating in activities calculated to “have a good time and further our success in the social and business world.” This program was indorsed by two speakers, Jesse C. Suter of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Repre- sentation, which is sponsoring the new group, and Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal Court, who emphasized the value of advertising one’s self. Principles Outlined. Mr. Suter outlined the principles on which the campaign for national repre- sentation for the District is'based, and gave his auditors an illuminating dis- cussion of the basic reasons for efforts of the joint committee. Judge O'Tcole said she did not know why she was for national representa- tion any more than she knew why she was for woman's suffrage, a cause in which she has been interested for many years. “Each is right as a matter of principle,” she said. “and I think that ;,so why any thinking person favors th.” ‘The Junior Citizens’ Alliance has the indorsement of the Chamber of Com- merce and the Board of Trade. While one of its chief purposes is to spread the arguments for national representa- tion among the young people. a com- panion object is to encourage the study of civic affairs and the cultivation of social relations. Mr. Adams presided at the meeting, and was elected provi- sional president of the new organization for a term of six months, during which time organization and the obtaining of members will be emphasized, as the group plans several activities. Members’ Essay Contest. Chief among these activities is an essay contest, which is to be open to the members, the subject being “Na- tional Representation. for the District of Columb.a. Cash prizes totaling $300 will he awarded on the basis of merit for es- {says on any one of the four selected | subjects having to do with some phasg of the national representation appeal, The judges are to be Paul E. Lesh, Jllfise O'Toole and Frederic Willlam e. ‘The situation confronting the Dis- trict in connection with the pending appropriation bill in Congress and the announced disinciination of Represent- ative Simmons of Nebraska, chairman of House appropriations subcommittee having charge of the District supply bill, to sanction an appropriation of more than $9,000.000 was touched on by Mr. Suter in his statement on na- tional representation. Pointing out that the District had paid into the Federal Treasury in taxes in the last fiscal year $17,094.000, which, translated in other terms, meant, | a per capita tax of $30, while the coun-’ try at large was paxng $24, Mi. Suter { emphasized that Representative: Sim- mons' own State paid a total of on $6,000,000, in round numbers, or a per capita tax of about $4. D. C. Capita Tax Righ. “The income and miscellaneous taxes paid by the District made a sum greater than paid by-each of 25 States he “slld,. “and more than a block of 10 | States combined.” He made this com parison in support of the assertion that the contribution of District taxpayers is deserving of a voice in the conduct | of their affairs. The chief request in connection with the appeal for natfonal representation, he said, is that the District be repre | sented in the House and Senate, and that the citizens be permitted to sue and be sued in the Federal courts, a privilege now denied them. i “The citizens of the District have borne every obligation borne by all other citizens, In war as well as in peace,” he declared. He told Mis audi- ence that many national orgenizations, including the American Federation of Labor and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, have indorsed the campaign waged by the citizens' joint committee. In this connection he paid tribute to Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the committee, whom he described as having initiated the cam- | paign in 1888 and to have “preserved an unflagging interest in its success.” Mr. Suter explained that Senate com- mittees twice have reperted favorably to the Senate bills which would enable a constitutional amendment to be sub- mitted to the pecple on the subject, but that the House judiciary committee, to which several bills on the subject have been referred from time to time, thus far has not made a favorab: “We are hopeful,” he said, “that the House judiciary committee will grant a favorable report soon.” A proposed constitutional amendment 1s now pend- ing in House and Senate. Organization Program Commended. Judge O'Toole commended the pro- gram of the Junior Citizens' Alliance to her audience and emphasized that the contacts formed in the work would prove valueble. She and Mr. Suter paid tribute to Mr. Adams and his {wife, who is associated with him in organizing the group. “I am con- vinced,” sald Mr. Suter, “that Mr. and« Mrs. Adams are sincerely desirous of performing a constructive service in this work. We are deeply gratified that this movement has been started.” Organization of a drama group and an orchestra are among the activities planned by the new alliance, and plans for these will be discussed among the members before the next meeting, which will be held on the call of Mr, Adams. DR. BUTLER Again Heads Carnegie Endowment | | i RE-ELECTED for International Peace. NEW YORK, June 7 (#).—Dr. Nich- olas Murray But'er, president of Colum~ bia University, was re-clected president , cf the Carnegie Endowment for In- ternational Peace at is annual meeting Thursday. Other officers also were re- elected. Elihu Root resigned from the execu= tive committee, but remains as a trus- tee. His place was taken by James R. Sheffield, former Ambassador to Mexico, Charles S. Hamlin of Washington, D. C., & member of the Federal Reserve Beard, serves in Mr. Sheflield’s place cn the finance committee, BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers' Home Military Band this evening at the band stand at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zim- mermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, ass'stant March, “Alhambra” .... Overture; “Crown Diamonds"” Entr'acte— “Buenos Aires Tango “Bregeiro” -, Excerpts from the Deck" Y Fox trot, “My Melancholy Baby,” Burtnett Waliz sulte, “Danubs Waves".. Ivanoviei Finale. “My Oh!o Home". ...Donaldso: “The Star Spangled Banner.”