Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1930, Page 2

- UNCLE SAM BUSY - MODERNIZING NAVY Disabled Ships Being Scrap- ped and Others Shifted in Service. Uncle Sam is getting his ships afloat into the best shape possible, weeding out the craft that have gone to seed and plucking disabled vessels off the seas, while on land the debate goes on about the reduction of naval armament, in keeping with the terms of the Lon- don treaty. Fifty-seven destroyers and light mine layers, found by inspection last Summer to have defective boil- ers, have now been replaced by an equal number of serviceable craft that have been resting in reserve on the East and West Coasts since the sign- ing of the armistice. In a further effort to keep his fight- ing ships up to scratch, the Navy has} directed the assignment of the new, 10,000-ton cruiser U. S. S. Salt Lake| City, which has just successfully passed the rigorous tests of the engineers, to operate with Light Cruiser Division 2 of the scouting fleet. Her sister ship, the U. S. S. Pensacola, siated to un- dergo her final acceptance trials today at Rockland, Me., has been tentatively assigned to Light Geuiser Division 3 of | the scouting fleet The U. S. S. Northampton, now on a Mediterranean “shakedown” cruise is scheduled to become flagship of | light cruiser divisions and Light Cruiser | Division scouting fleet. Another of the 10,000-ton light cruisers, the 8. S. Chester, which is to be placed in commission at Philadelphia about the end of this week, will likewise be sent on a “shakedown” cruise to the Mediterranean_and later is to join, Light Cruiser Division 5. The U. S. 8 Touisville, being constructed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, is to join this division following her ~commissiering and “shakedown” cruise. To Relieve Pittsburgh. Yet another of the 10,000-ton light cruisers, the U. S. S. Houston, will re- lieve the U. S. S. Pittsburgh as flagship of the commander in chief, Asiatic fleet, in the early Summer, & year from now. The Houston has just completed her preliminary acceptance trials. Navy Department officials are still undecided on the assignments for the Augusta, now under construction at the Newport News, Va. Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., and the Chicago, which is being built at the Mare Island, Calif., Navy Yard. These vessels are in the group of eight authorized by Congress on_December 18, 1924. 3 In addition to putting these ships, the last word in American naval con- struction, into the fleet, the Navy pro- poses to scrap, eventualiy, its ships that gaw sorvice in the Spanish-American War and those that are from 22 to 35 vears of age. A dozen of these hoary craft have already been sold and more are to be put on the auction block. Further, the Navy has its eve on a quartet of ancient vessels that it wants to strike from the Navy register, when it can do so. Sold for scrap fron have been the Albany, New Orleans, Salem, Charleston, Prederick, Huron, Chattanooga, Cleve land, Des Moines, Topeka, Birmingham and York—vessels of honored names that bore a part in the stirring history of the opening chapter in twentieth century life. Soon to be sold are the Huntington, Pusblo, St. Louls, Charlotte, Missoula and Seattle. Two to Be Disposed Of. The Navy proposes to dispose of the U. 8. 8. Denver and Galveston, “when their services can be spared.” Both these vessels are now with the Special Service Squadron in Central American waters. The U. S. S. Rochester and Pittsburgh are to be dis of goon as suitable reliefs can be provided.” Proposed legislation is pending in Congress to preserve the U. 8. Olympia, flagship of Admiral Dewey, as & naval relic. It is proposed to bring this famous vessel to Washing- ton, and tentative plans of Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, provide that it would be placed on public dis- play at the foot of B street. A marine museum of famous vessels has been proposed for Washington and the FOR PRESTES BY American Vice Consul at Rio| to Broadcast in Portuguese. Schenectady Stationto Carryi Message to South America. | i | By the Associated Press. The people of Brazil are to receive a radio word picture in their own lan- | guage of the official reception here next | Wednesday afternoon of their President- | clect, Dr. Julio Prestes. | Theodore A. Xanthaky, American vice | consul at Rio de Janelro, who now is in Washingion, has_been assigned by the State Depaitment to announce in | Portuguese the reception ceremonies for | the National Broadcasting - Co. The | ! description of the honors paid the | Brazilian President-elect, when he ar- rives at the Union Station at 4 p.m, will be sent by wire to the General Elec- tric Co.'s_short-wave station at Sehe- | nectady, N. Y., and will be resent from there to Brazil for rebroadcasting. | Assurance that' the people of the | South American republic will be able | to pick up the broadcast was contained in the broadcasting company’s an- | nouncement that the Schenectady sta- tion is heard regulerly in Brazil. The people of the country honoring MOB GUN PROVDER. GANGLAND VI Seller of Massacre Weapon, May Be Latest of Seven Murdered. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 9.—Russell, alias Frank, Thompson, often called “the armorer of gangland,” drove into a| New Miliford filling station last night, weak from a bullet wound near the | heart. He would not talk, although physi- cians said the wound might cause his death. When Sheriff Harry Baldwin of Winnebago County asked who had | shot him, Thompson's only answer was “I won't talk. You ought to be smart enough to know I won't talk.” The attack upon Thompson, discov- ery of the body of Eugene (Red) Mc- Laughlin—one of gangland's toughest characters—and the statement of offi- cers that George (Bugs) Moran and several other important names in the | gang world are missing and presumably slain were week end developments in | the gang war revival. Thompson was questioned at length during the early investigation of the Moran gang massacre of St. Valen- tine’s day, 1929. Police said he sup- plied the machine guns used in the massacre as well as other gang attacks. Driving into the filling station last night, ompson stumbled out of the car and collapsed after telling the sta- tion attendant, “I'm dying. Get a doctor.” Was Expected. Sheriff Harry Baldwin, who quest- tioned Thompson, said: “I have been expecting this for some time. Thomp- son has had a flock of enemies ever since he admitted selling the weapons used in that Chicago shooting.” ‘Thompson was identified as the pur- chaser of the machine gun by Peter Von Frantius, Chicago hardware dealer. The gun, traced to Thompson, has been identified as the one believed to have been wielded at the Moran massacre by Fred Burke, for whom a Nation-wide search is being conducted in connection with the robbery of a Wisconsin bank Olympia would form the first unit in : this collection. Of the 54 destroyers and light mine layers that replaced a similar number * of vessels with defective boilers, 19 de stroyers at Philadelphia and 34 destroy- ers at San Diego have just been placed in commission. at Philadelphia and two destroyers at San Diego were commissioned to re- . place the four light mine layers that were put out of active service due to faulty engine rooms. The Navy Department, announced | yesterday that the 54 vessels that have ! Just been placed out of commission will be surveyed for 1 by scrap- ping. Bids will likely be called for at an early date and the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Depart- ment, and the Secretary of the Navy will decide on the successful bidders. ‘The reconditioning of the ships that were tied up to docks at San Diego and at Philadelphia was accomplished solely by naval personnel, with a min- imum of delay, the Navy Department said. The department did not consider it advisable to spend money on reha- bilitating _ the destroyers that were found to have defective boilers, so these :‘:r-buut craft will be sent to the scrap ap. Tons to Be Scrapped. The Navy Department, in an official statement, explained that the 58 ships to be scrapped (the U. 8. S. Hazlewood from the twelfth naval district being decommissioned after July 1) comprise & total tonnage of 60,862. With the completion of the scrapping of these 58 ships, the Navy's destroyer and light mine layer force is disposed in this wise: In commission, destroyers, 103; light mine layers, 6; decommis- sioned destroyers, 111, and light mine layers, 6, representing 226 vessels with an aggregate tonnage of 229,442. This tonnage, the department explained, in- cluded 10 Coast Guard destroyers of 8,809 tons. Under the terms of the London naval treaty, it added, the United States is allowed to retain 150,- 000 tons of destroyers. The department announced the names of the 54 destroyers recently decom- missioned and to be listed for survey and disposal, as follows: From the Battle Fleet—McCawley, Moody, Henshaw, Doyen, Percival, John Francis Burnes, Farragut, Sommers, Willlam Jones, Zeilin, Stoddert, Reno, Farquhar, Thompson, Kennedy, Paul Hamilton, Yarborough, Lavallette, Sloat, Wood, Shirk, Kidder, Selfridge, Marcus, Mervine, Chase, Robert Smith, Mul- lany, Hull, MacDonough, Farenholt, Sumner, Corry and Melvin. From the Scouting Fleet—Sharkey, Toucey, Breck, Isherwood, Case, Lard- ner, Putnam, Worden, Flusser, Dale, Reic, Billingsley, Charles Ausburn, Os- borne, Coghlan, Preston, Lamson, Bruce and Converse, Hazelwood from 12th naval district to be decommissioned after July 1; total standard treaty tonnage, 56,754. The four light mine layers to be sur- veyed are the Mahan, Maury, Ludlon and Burns; total standard treaty ton- nage, 4,108, SWEDISH CR.UISER‘SAILS Will Take Crown Prince to Tce- landic Parliament, World's Oldest. LISBON, Portugal, June 9 (#).—The - Two light mine layers|. and the slaying of a St. Joseph, Mich., policeman. The salesman was never prosecuted for reselling the weapon to gangsters, being no provision for the prose- ‘cution under Illinois law. Body in Canal. The discovery of Eugene (Red) Mc- Laughlin’s body in the drainage canal Saturday was another instance of the effort gangster killers are making to dispose of the bodles of their victims. McLaughlin's body ‘had been weighted ‘with iron. McLaughlin has been living at an ad- dress not far from the spot on Ash- land avenue where, only a short time ago, a man was shot down and his body spirited away. Police believe Mc- Laughlin may have been that man. Half a dozen gangsters, most of them well known, are missing and, perhaps, dead. Pat Roche, special investigator for the State's attorney, believes all have been taken on gangland’s “one- way ride.” George (Bugs) Moran himself is one of the number. Some detectives believe he is hiding; others believe he “got careless” and was slain. Others who are presumed to have been executed and their bodies removed are Leo Mongoven, Moran's bodyguard; Ted Newberry, a leader who quit the Moran fold—and disappeared; Ben Ben- nett, said to have come here represent- ing & New York liquor syndicate; Harry Higgins, St. Paul racketeer, and Robert chmldl—FrL!co Dutch—a pal of Red McLaughlin’s. Two Women Sought. Detective squads combed the city for two women whose testimony may prove valuable at the McLaughlin inquest tomorrow. One was Margaret Ham- ilton, called the “Death Lily of Gang- land,” because six of her suitors, the last one McLaughlin, were cut down by gangland artillery. Investigators found the photograph of the second girl, young and attrac- tive, in riding costume, in the slain gunman's clothes. It was autographed: “I'll love you forever, Gene,” and signed: “Maria.” Robert McLaughlin, president of the Chicago Checker Cab Co., and brother of the dead gangster, announced he was planning an elaborate funeral equal in grandeur to that of Dion O'Banion, whose $20,000 casket Red McLaughlin helped carry to the grave. Aloysius “Al” Kearney, collector for the National Garage Owners' Associa- | tion, was found early today lying face down in South Troy street with bullet holes in the head and chest. Several persons heard the shots that ended Kearney's life, but the police found no witnesses. Possible motives were disgruntled | garage owners and enmity between the Natjonal Organization of Garage Owners and the now defunct Midwest Garage | Owners’ Association. WRIGHT TO GET DEGREE Ohio University to Honor Co-Inven- tor of Airplane Tomorrow COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 9 (#).—Or- ville Wright of Dayton, co-inventor of the airplane, will receive the honorary State University tomorrow. Swedish cruiser Oscar II left today for Gothenburg to pick up .Crown Prince Gustave Adolph, who will represent Sweden at the coming thousandth an- niversary of the Icelandic Parliament, the world’s oldest. \ x " The award has been approved by the board of trustees of the university. Mr. Wright will be the fourth per- son to receive an honorary degreé from BRAZIL TO HEAR RECEPTION | ot degree of doctor of science from Ohio | RADIOFROMU.S. _DR. JULIO PRESTES. the incoming Brazilian executive also will recelve a redio account of the greeting, to be given by Herluf Proven- sen, staff announcer of the broadcasting company, standing by the side of the other announcer. It was announced, also, that Presi- dent-elect Prestes had been invited to speak to the people of the United States over the national network of the same broadcasting company, although his plans for accepting the invitation were not made known. YOUTH REBUILDING WORLD, SZ00 SAYS Preshyterian Pastor Gives' G. W. U. Baccalau- reate Sermon. ‘The l’uhnp‘n% and rebuilding of the world is in_the hands of the generation ! of today, Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, told the graduating classes of | George Washington University yester- day at baccalaureate services in the church. The baccalaureate services were a part of the senior week program of the university. This afternoon the gradu- ates will be entertained at a reception at the Washington Club by President and Mrs. Cloyd Heck Marvin. Tomor- row evening class night exercises will be held, and the following evening the commencement ceremonies will take place in Constitution Hall, Taking his text from Exodus, second chapter, eleventh verse, Dr. 8iz00 urged the graduates, like Moses, to “go out unto the world and look upon its bur- dens.” The great need of the world, he said, is for men who are prepared for the responsibilities of life to look upon the world in sympathy and un- derstanding and with deep appreciation and to try to solve its problems, “America has a passion for educa- tion. It would be difficult to believe the vast expenditures of wealth gladly set aside for the maintenance of educa- tional enterprises. The most striking contribution of America to the life of the modern world is its investment in and passion for education. This means vast culture, efficient leadership and stability of government, for wherever men have thought the inroads of Com- munism need never be feared.” muteEe g REPUBLICANS PLAN STRENUOUS BATTLE IN NORTH CAROLINA (Continued From First Page.) headed by Al Smith in 1928. A very considerable majority of the Democrats in North Carolina remained regular in the presidential election, although thousands of them followed Senator Simmons in his opposition to the elec- tion of Gov. Smith. Combined with the Republicans, they gave Hoover a 000 lead over Smith in North Car- olina. Wet Runs Poor Third. Although a wet candidate for the Democratic senatorial nomination was in the field. on Saturday, he polled scarcely more than a handful of votes as compared to the others. Such wet sentiment .as there is in the State turned to Bailey, who sup- ported Al Smith, the wet Democratic candidate for President in 1928. This Wet sentiment, added to the indigna- tion of the Democrats who remained regular in the last presidential elec- tion, helped to bring about the defeat of Senator Simmcns. Bailey has been long considered a dry, despite his ad- vocacy of Al Smith in 1928. Some of his supporters insist now, however, that Mr. Bailey has an open mind on the prohibition issue. One result of the defeat of Senator Simmons in the primary Saturday is likely to be a denial of public office in North Carolina for many years to come to all Democrats who bolted the ticket two years ago. The regular Democratic organization is strongly in the saddle again, ~ ‘The rumor that Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina, whose nomination to be an assoclate justice of the Su- preme Court was recently rejected by the Senate, would be the Republican candidate for the Senate, spread around ‘Washington today. Judge Parker did not enter the primary, but it was said that this was not necessarily a handi- cap, since the nominee of that primary might be willing to retire and permit the nomination of Judge Parker in con- vention. Informed North Carolina Re- publicans here said that they did not believe Judge Parker, who is a Fed- eral judge for the fourth judicial cir- cuit, would become a candidate for the Senate. Simmons Led for 30 Years. Senator Simmons’ defeat in the primary Saturday means that he will close his 30 years' service as Senator next March. During all that time, Sen- ator Simmons was a dominant leader of the Democrats in North Carolina. He defeated in 1900 Senator Marion Butler, who had been elected as a Populist, and who later espoused the Republican cause. Senator Simmons has been a power, too, in the Senate, where he is regarded as an authority on tariff and revenue legislation. To- day he is one of the leaders of the “coalition” in the Senate which has op- sed many features of the pending tariff bill. Senator Simmons is 76 years ol The defeat of Senator Simmons has encouraged the opponents of Senator “Tom” Heflin of Alabama. Heflin like Senator Simmons, opposed the election of Al Smith. He is sceking re-election. The regular Democratic o:ganization in Alabama has denied Senator Heflin the right to participate in the Democratic primary, which is to be held in Ala- bama in August. He is planning to run as an independent against the Demo- cratic nominee. Senator Simmons today is the oldest Senator in point of service, Sergt. East Graduates. | staff Sergt. Charles S. East, of Headquarters Company, 29th Division, | of Washington, was among the 45 non- commissioned officers to graduate from the National Guard the univérsity since it revived such | grants last year after 34 years, Enlisted Specialists g, Ga., Thursday. class at Fort | CHINESE CIVIL WAR | OHNSON PROTESTS KNOTS DIPLOMAGY| LACK OF PACT DATA State Department Is Facing Delicate Situation Over Representation. The State Department is facing a delicate diplomatic situation in China. ‘The Nanking government has been rec- ognized by the principal governments as the ruling regime, but there is a growing military activity of the so- called Northern coalition against the forces of the Nanking government. Advance of the Northern troops southward and the coalition establish- ment at Peiping (Peking) of a diplo- matic mission, has created a delicate situation for the foreign envoys. Nelson T. Johnson, the American Minister, and his colleagues of the di| lomatic corps, according to dispatches reaching the State Department here, are spending much of their time in Nanking — the seat of the Southern government—to keep from dealing di- rectly with the Northern diplomatic representatives in the old capital of China. Outcome Entangles Course. ‘With the ever present possibility that the current siruggle may establish a new regime in China, the diplomats are loath to completely ignore a Northern representative if they are in residence in Peiping On the other hand, their governments have recognized the South- ern regime, and they must continue to deal with it as long as it maintains responsible control of so large a part of China as it now does. ‘This latest civil war is being waged over a concentration area with Tsinan as its center, more than 1,000,000 troops being potentially available. The North- ern strength has come about through an alliance of the old-time crusader Gen. Feng Yu-Hslang, the so-called Christian general, and Gen. Yen Hsi- Shan, war yord of the prosperous Shansi Province. The Southern troops are being led by Gen. Chiang Kal- 8hek, nominal President of China. Northern Official Gives View. ‘The Northern diplomatic representa- tive, a commissioner in rank, has al- ready publicly indicated he expects the new Northern government to organize fully in the old capital and has deliv- ered to the foreign missions in Peiping a statement by Gen. Yen that he will be completely responsible for the pro- | tection of foreign lives and property in the area. Records of the State De- partment tonight showed there are 2,617 Americans in the areas affected by the military campaigns. In some of these areas American consular agents and representatives are urging citizens of the United States to leave for places of safety. Minister Wu of China told the Asso- clated Press yesterday he had complete confidence in the ability of the South- ern government to withstand the North- ern onslaught. Students of Chinese affairs described the Yen-Feng campaign as not one looking toward the overthrow of the Chinese Nationalist movement insti- tuted by the Nanking government, but one to gain control of the latter and conduct its policles on different lines. It was generally admitted that the presence in the Northern coalition of | both conservatives and radicals may present Gen. Yen with a serious prob- lem internally which might seriously embarrass his military activitics, SOUCEK SHATTERS ALTITUDE RECORD ON “FAILURE” TRIAL | (Continued From First Page.) mum of 126 milimeters and Capt. Gray's barograph showed a minimum of 122, Eleventh Record to Come to U. S. Soucek’s flight gives to the United States its eleventh world record since January 1. His record is more im- portant than any of the others in the public eye however, as it is one of the four major world records: Speed, alti- tude, duration and distance. Aithough he has smashed the record by a comfortable margin, it is possible that Soucck will make another effort to better his own record this week. He believes that a new propeller setting will enable him to gain even more altitude than the combination he used Wednes- day and has been waiting only for clear weather to make another try. Soucek’s success in establishing a new major world’s record is the result of a year of intensive work, followed by one of the most gallant struggles ever made in an altitude flight. After his defeat by Neuenhofen a year ago, Sou- cek set to work to improve the little Wesp-engined Wright Apache plane used by himself and Lieut. C. C. Cham- plon before him for altitude fiying. Supercharger Was Changed. He supervised changes in the super- charger system, oil cooling system and the method of supplying oxygen to the pilot. With his brother, Lieut. Zeus Soucek, formerly of the Philadelphia Naval Aircraft Factory and himself the holder of two world’s records for sea- planes, he devised a pair of electrically- heated goggles to overcome the danger of frosted goggles which almost spoiled his first attempts. The wings of the plane were recovered and long study was made of propellers. Wednesday's flight required only 2 hours and 7 minutes and of this time, Soucek spent more than 20 minutes at the maximum altitude the plarte could reach, struggling in the thin and kill- ingly cold air to add a few more feet to his climb. Persistently he drove the little plane up until the propeller no longer could get a hold on the thin air and the plane would fall off on the verge of a spin, only to be skillfully checked and driven up once more. Finally. only after he had convinced himself there was nothing more to be done, he turned back and returned for a landing. He learned enough, how- ever, to convince him that a sharper pitch on the setting of the propeller blades or the use of & propeller with a larger surface might give him more altitude. Racing Against Time. As soon as a larger surfaced wooden propeller could be installed he tried again, on Thursday afternoon, but re- turned after flying to only 32,000 feet, when he had satisfled himself that the propeller would not do and that the clouds were too thick to justify any further climbing. He landed and made arrangements to increase the setting of the propeller used for Wednesday's flight. He has been waiting since time for good weather. The drama of his new world record flight is increased by the fact that Licut. Soucck was married just a week before and also by the fact that he was racing against time, since he has been ordered to sea duty aboard the U. 8. S. Lexington, aircraft carrier. as| a pilot in one of the Navy's fighter| squadrons, beginning June 16. His | squadron will be VF-38, known as the “Screaming Eagle” Squadron from its insignia of & diving eagle, screaming defiance as it files. Lieut. Soucek is a native of Oklahoma and early this year was awarded the Spartan Medal by the Chamber of Commerce of his State as Oklahoma's outstanding aviator. Yanes Given Higher Post. CARACAS, Venezuela, June 9 (#).— Dr. Don Francisco Gerardo Yanes, for many years counselor of the Venezuelan legation at Washington, has been ap- pointed Venezuelan Minister to Argen- tina, Chile and Uruguay. Demands Hoover Divulge Treaty Negotiations to Senate Group. By the Associated Press 'Vigorous protest was made before the foreign relations committee today by Senator Johnson of California against the decision of President Hoover to withhold from the commiitee the con-~ fidential notes exchanged among the powers leading up to the London naval parley. Johnson's action provoked a discus- sion which blocked any consideration of the naval treaty. Chairman Borah called another meet- ing for tomorrow and announced he would have daily sessions until the pact was acled upon. He believed the com- mittee would report the treaty to the Senate this week. Supporters of the pact expected a fa- vorable report before the end of the | week. With a report adopted, the Senate will be in a position to begin its con- sideration of the pact at any time, but Senator Watson of Indiana, the Repub- lican leader, is standing by the original program of debating it at a special ses- sion to be called immediately upon ad- journment by President Hoover. Johnson last night issued a state- ment criticizing the cruiser provisions of the treaty. Under the pact, he as- serted, “Great Britain builds as she pleases; the United States builds as Great Britain permits.” The contro- versy aroused by his request that the State Department make confidential documents pertaining to the negotia- tions of the pact available to the com- mittee is believed to have been ended by the administration’s blunt refusal. In his statement, Johnson said the American Navy needs 8-inch-gun cruisers and Great Britain cruisers car- rying 6-inch armaments. He complained against the limitation of eighteen 8-inch-gun cruisers imposed upon America by the treaty. “Great Britain in the long course of negotiations suggested a total ton- nage in cruisers of 339,000. Th's was accepted. The American Navy desired that Great Britain should build cruisers as she wished and the United States should build such cruisers as we deemed appropriate. Great Britain has con- sistently and pertinaciously declined to permit the two nat'ons to build within the limits of the tonnage such cruisers as each thought necessary.” ———— I7 SOCIAL SCIENGE STUDENTS HONORED Awarded Brookings Institu- tion Fellowship for Re- search Activity. Because of marked aptitude in social science research work, 17 students in this specialized field have been awarded fellowships by the Brookings Institution here. Under the fellowships the desig- nated students will be enabled to con- tinue their researches. The fellowships were made possible by the generosity of George Eastman of Rochester, N. Y. They go only to those who have recelved the degree of doctor of philosophy, to students in the later stages of graduate work, or 10 persons without extensive academic training, who have shown competence to do re- cearch work. Recipients of the awards and subjects to be pursued follow: G. Lyle Belsley, Pomona College, gov- ernment administration: Julian 8. Dun- can, Bryn Mawr College, transporta- tion; Raimund Goldschmidt, University of Berlin, financial organizailon; A. C. Hill, jr., London School of Economics, labor; ‘Susumu Kobe, University of Michigan, transportation: Yau Sing Leong, Columbia University, financial organization; Martin L. Lindahl, Uni- versity of Michigan, industrial organi- zation; M. V. McDougal, Johns Hopkins University, agriculture; Otto Nathan, Berlin, statistics; Charles Norman, Stanford University, the technique of propaganda; Eleanor Poland, Radcliffe College, international economic rela- tions; B. S. Sanders, Columbia Univer- sity, invention and social progress; Car- roll K. Shaw, University of Illinois, government administration; J. C. Smit, Amsterdam University, Holland, finan- cial organization; H. J. Wadleigh, Ox~ ford University, England, industrial or- ganization; M. L. Wadleigh, University of New Zealand, New Zealand, financial organization, and K. O. Warner, Uni- versity of ~Washington, government administration. GALLAUDET WILL GiVE 20 STUDENTS DEGREES Dr. Abram Simon to Speak—Ad- dress to Be Interpreted Into sSign Language. Twenty students of Gallaudet College, | including a native of India, will receive their dipiomas at graduating exercises at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the college chapel. Dr. Abram Simon of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, will make the principal address, and his re- marks will be interpreted to the students by sign language. With a professor at the college serving as an interpreter, two students, Howard Hosfsteater and Adel: Jensen, will ad- dress the audience. Two honorary mas- ter degrees will be conferred during the exercises on Rev. S. M. Freeman of Georgla and Willlam C. Ritter of Vir- ginla. The native of India, Kalidas Bhatta- charjee, formerly of the Calcutta Nor- mal School, will receive his B. A. degree with five other graduates of the normal department. HOOVER BACK EARLY FROM WEEK END TRIP President Hoover was back at his desk before 9 o'clock this morning, after a restful week end at his fishing camp on the Rapidan River. The President returned with his 15 guests about 7 o'clock last night, leaving Mrs. Hoover, who went to the camp last Thursday, to continue her convalescence in that serene Tt is thought likely Mrs. Hoover will remain at the camp for two or three weeks. Allan Hoover, the younger of the two Hoover sons, will arrive in Washington within a few days from Cambridge, where he is studying busi- ness administration. It is thought he will join his mother at the camp. GROVER GETS DEGREE Washington Man Gets Honorary Recognition From U. of Maine. ORONO, Me., June 9 (#).—Honorary degrees awarded today at the University of Maine commencement included Al- lan C. Hardinson of Santa Paula, Calif., doctor of law: Admiral Charles F. Hughes, doetor of laws: Nathan C. Grover of Washington, D. C., doetor of ¢ Chamber of Commerce. Col. Charles A. receive the medal. Julio Kilyoni, New York sculptor, putting finis! which will be presented to Rear Admiral Richard hing touches on a gold medal yrd by the Aeromautical Lindbergh is the only other aviator to —Associated Press Photo. SUMMONS LIKELY FORBISHOP CANNON Caraway Indicates Open| Mind on Question Before Probe Committee. By the Associated Press. A possibility that Bishop James Can- non may be subpoenaed before the Sen- | ate lobby committee developed today soon after Chairman Caraway returned to Washington. Caraway said he stood by his dec- laration in Arkansas that the com- mittee had no right to ask the ques-| tions Cannon refused to answer, but | he indicated an open mind as to the | issuance of & subpoena. When he walked out on the com-| mittee last week, Cannon said he was | through as a voluntary witness, but | could be found at his office if a legal summons were issued. ‘The committee chairman, on a visit to Arkansas, followed developments through the newspapers and indicated just before he left for Washington that he did not favor a subpoena. Today he conferred informally with commit- | tee members and was not so sure. No action will be taken before tomor- row or Wednesday. The committee me>ts Wednesday and a prorflul is expected to be made to | discipline the deflant churchman. HOUSE CONFEREES’ POSITION ON FISCAL ITEM HELD UNFAIR! | (Continued_From First Page.) | District of Columbia appropriations for ! the fiscal year 1925 amounted to $31,- 183,152.28. In the opinion of the Sen- | ate conferees, in all fairness, this ques- | tion resolves itself into a problem of simple proportion. If $9.000,000 was fair and just of $31,183,152.28 appropriations | for the fiscal year 1925, what amount | would be fair and just of approximately | $43,500.000 appropriations for the fiscal | year 19312 “2 If $9.000,000 was fair and just for the fiscal vear 1925, would the same | amount be fair and fust for 1931. The | value of the property of the United States having increased many millions of dollars since the fAscal year 1925? Projects of Improvement, “3. There are also to be considered in connection with the justification for an increase in the Federal contribu- tion certain projects of improvement which will run into many more millions of dollars. For instance, the municipal center, the municipal airport, an armory for the National Guard, new Center Market, Children's Tuberculosis Sani- tarium, new bridges. including the re- placement of the Calvert Street Bridge, new jail buildings. extension of the Supreme Court Bullding, additional buildings for Gallinger Hospital, sewage treatment work, improvement of the water front along the Washington Channel of the Potomac River, build- ings for the National Zoological Park, branch library sites and buldings, and others. All of these improvements have been recommended to the Commission- ers during the past vear or two, and some of them are already authorized by law. At a very rough estimate, these improvements would cost between $35,000.000 and $40,000,000. The ques- tion arices, where is all this money coming from? The action of the Sen- ate in increasing the Federal contribu- tion for the fiscal vear 1931 from | $9,000.000 to $12,000,000 is & partial answer.” Deprived of Revenues. [ “4 Since the limits of the District are forever fixed, it follows that each vear the building operations and the condemnation of private holdings force an expansion into Virginia and Mary- | Jand, and this results in finally depriv- | ing the District of certain sources, of | revenues. “The exemptions of various classes | of property, including the holdings of | the United States, are so great th they point to some compensating_rev- enue from the United States. Their value, based on a fair estimate, shows that they are far in excess of the usual needs of exempt property in an ordi- nary_city. “The chief means of livelihood of a majority of the population is depend- ent on, the pay roll of the United States Goveriment, and it will naturally follow that an excess in taxation will have & depressing effect on these employes of the United States, who are forced to | contribute to the support of & National | City. “The Capital's development shou\d} not be confined to certain_sections or narrow limits, but should be extended with great uniformity over the entire District. For Beautiful Capital. “President Coolidge, in one of his messages to Congress, thus expressed his feelings regarding the Capital City: | “‘If our country wishes to compete with others, let it not be in the support | of armaments, but in the making of a| beautiful Capital City. Let us express | the soul of America. Whenever an American is at the seat of his Govern- ment, however traveled and cultured he may be, he ought to find a city of stately proportion, symmetrically laid out and adorned with the best that there is in architecture, which would arouse his imagination' and stir his patriotic pride. In the coming years Washington should be not only the art center of our own country, but the art center of the world. Around it should center all that is best in science, in learning, in letters and in art.’ “This ideal condition can be accom- plished only by the fostering care of Congress (Signed) SENATOR HIRAM BINGHAM SENATOR CARTER GLASS SENATOR ARTHUR CAPPER SENATOR LAWRENCE C. PHIPPS SENATOR JOHN B. KENDRICK.” S Spain will help financially in the eon- struction of hydroelectrie projects in the country. | committee | Princess Tiean: HUSTON EXPECTED TOQUTE.D.PPOST Hoover Reported Interested in Discussions Over Successor. Claudius Huston, whose name was brought into the Senate lobby hearings, is expected to retire soon as chairman of the Republican national committee. Party leaders already are casting about for a new chairman, according to reliable reports in circulation here today. Huston’s friends look for him to vacate the chairmanship some time after Congress adjourns. Several names have come up for dis- cussion in conferences looking to selec- tion of a successor, and it is known interest in the discussions. Mr. Huston got into difficulties when his testimony before the Senate lobby showed he had solicited funds as president of the Tennessee River Improvement Association in be- half of Muscle Shoals legislative activ- ity and used these funds in his broker- age account before turning them over to_the association. However, the national chairman at a recent conference of party leaders flatly refused to resign while under the fire of the lobby committee. Just how his retirement wou'd come about is un- known. It 1s known that President goovtr has not asked for his resigna- jon. ‘Walter Newton, executive secretary to President Hoover, and Walter F. Brown the Postmaster General, are among those most frequently mentioned in the discussion over a successor to Huston. However, there is no indication of any choice. The two veteran party leaders in Congress, Senators Watson of Indiana, and Moses of New Hamp- shire, are mentioned. The appcarance at the White House last week of William G. Skelly, na. tional committeeman for Okiahoma, hi brought Ais name into the discussion also. Skelly was one of the original Hoover supporters iri that State. An early meeting of the executive committee of the national committee is expected to be called to select a sec- retary in the place of Representative Franklin Fort of New Jersey, who re- signed last Winter, and many believe when the executive committee is called it will consider the whole party situa- tion and the possible choice of a suc- cessor to Huston. HELEN TO FORGIVE CAROL, BUCHAREST. CIRCLES FORECAST (Continued From First Page.) that the decree of banishment of Jan- uary 4, 1926, was a monstrosity. “It was wrung from the late King Ferdinand. the victim of intrigues,” he said, “by Carol's enemies, and signed by the King with trembling hands and tear-filled eyes,” he exclaimed. “The act was also {llegal because the prince could not renounce the succession, which had not yet been opened. To- day, reparation is due Carol. It is also due Rumania for the fate of the coun- try and the dynasty.” Carol went to a balcony and made a short speech of acceptance, interrupted frequently by the applause. In it he declared: “I come today with uplifted heart into the midst of my people without the least trace of resentment, even toward those who by their unthinking action sought! to break the indissoluble bonds which | unite me and all those who feel them- | selves to be true Rumanians.” Carol's triumph was not witnessed by | his mother, Queen Marie, who is at glhe!'lmmergau to witness the Passion | ay. | There are indications, however, that Carol's escapades, the more recent| trcuble with the headstrong younger | son, Nicholas, and the flurry caused by | the recent engagement of her daughter, with Count Alexander von Hochberg, and breaking of the be- | trothal, have hurt her deeply, and that | the coup d'etat of the week end, carried out as it was without her knowledge and participation, added ancther blow to the many of the past few years. Queen Marie, from Oberammergau, this morning telegraphed her congratu- lations to Carol on the assumption of the throne and expressed pleasure that Prince Nicholas is supporting him. | Carol was said to be preparing a ‘wonderful 1eception for his mother upon | her return here June 14, and to be pay- ing particular attention to the part which she will play in his coronation | ceremony, which probably will take ! place next October. ! RETURN IS HELD LEGAL. PARIS, June 9 (#).—Paul Negulesco, professor’ of constitutional law at the University of Bucharest, who now is in | Paris, today said that Carol's return' to the throne of Rumania was entirely | legel under Rumanian law. | The professor contended that Carol had always remained heir to the throne, | which he never had occupied, and | needed only to take the oath to satisfy the legal requirements. MME. LUPESCU GRIEVES. LONDON, June 9 (/).—Mme. Magda Lupescu, former companion of Carol during his exile in France, is reported by the Interluke correspondent of the Sunday Chronicle as taking her parting from Carol very much to heart. “Ours is a union of love,” the cor- respondent quoted her as saying. “There | is deep pain in every thought of final separation from him. I am an exile, an ity T Bereow outcast, extirpated from the land of my AT A e e birth, the land I love. Carol is my only | suite, “Cleopatra” ... Demie happiness. And now T shall see him no “In Cleopatra's Barg more. My grief is almost too much for me to bear.” President Hoover 15 taking an active | 'SEARH OF FALSE Commerce Department May asked the Commerce Department radio sages which disrupted a chain broad- cast Saturday night by former Sena- tor James A. Reed Of Miwmwe: Gag Woman and 3 Men, Rob Safe. bound and gagged a woman and three men today and escaped with between $6,000 and $7,800 from the safe of the Krause Mortgage & Bond Co., West Chicago avenue. Orchestra, this evening at the Marine Barracks at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Witcomb, second leader, Grand march, “Song of the Marching MRDRE v ae o “Hadley Overture, “John and Sam”. ... Ansell “Elsa’s ' Wedding Pr from Lohengrin™ Wagner Cornet solo, “Hungarl o Bach Musician Winfred Kemp. Excerpts from “Rio Rita" .. Tierncy “Dance of the Tumblers” from “The Snow Malden,” Rimsky-iKorsakow Southern rhapsody, “Vir Reminiscences of Tschaikowsky. Marines’ Orchestra, this evening at the C: al leader: March, ‘March of the Bull Pight San Miguel Overture, “The Flying Dutchman.” Wagner Solo for xylophone: “Mac and Mac" .......... Alford “Andante Cantabile,” from ‘The Fifth U. S. AWAITS FORMAL WORD. | gycerpts from the musical comedy ' S “Sweet Adeline” ... -Kearn By the Associated Press. Valse, “Voices of Spring’ ....Strauss The State Department today was|“Wotan's Farewell and Firecharm awaiting formal word from the Ru- Musi¢,” trom ‘The Valkyries.' manian governm-nt of the pro~loma- ‘Wagner tion of Carol as King in_ order that Rhapscdy, “Spanish’ Farroni recognition may be extended the new ruler. $ 0'S DEMANDED Seek Sender Who Inter- rupted Reed. The Federal Radio Commission today’ division to investigate the S O 8 me In the Senate, Diil of Washington, charged the SOS call was intended top the broadcast. ‘Senator Reed was beginning an h Senator Ashurst, Arizona, suggested in the Senate that Senator Reed be mVI‘l{ed to redeliver his speech within a week. Dill read to the Senate that part of Reed’s speech dealing with the “radio trust” and inserted the entire speech in the Record. He M. L. Ayles worth, president of the Radio Corpor: tion of America, had offered to have Reed redeliver his speech over the National Broadcasting chains and had expresscd regret to him over the incident. Reed's speech was being broadeast from Sedalia, Mo, and the interruption came as he was denouncing what he termed the “radio trust.” The Washington Senator declared that conditions surrounding the mes- sage were “peculiar, if not suspicious.” Perpetrator Liable, He added, however, that he believed that the message, if not bona fide, was sent by “some enthusiast for Radio Cor- poration of America,” rather than “with the sanction of official W. B. Terrell, chief of the division, was asked to make a complete survey / through the department’s supervisors at Baltimore and New York. He is to as- certain which broadcasting stations closed down and the origin of the 8 O 8, if possible. The radio act provides a maximum punishment of $5,000 fine or a five-year prison m or both for circulating & fraudulent S O S. An official_explanation was issued today at the Navy Department, follow- ing an investigation. The department’s statement follows “At 8:22 p.m., Saturday, June 7, & telephone call was received at the Naval Radio Station, New York City. from the supervisor at the Radlo Marine Office of the Western Union at New York, stating that he had just had a report from the supervisor at the Radio Cor- ’| paration’s station at Tuckerton, N. J., that an SOS had been heard at Tuckerton. No further information relative to the name of this ship or its position was at that time available. Proceeded as Usu: “In accordance with the usual pro- cedure, the supervisor at the United States Naval Radio Station at New York immediately silenced all broad- cast and other traffic in the vicinity of 500 kilocycles and started searching that band for further distress signals. Nothing being heard, at 8:40 p.m. the supervisor at the naval radio station tzlephoned the marine office at the Western Union, New York, and was in- formed that Tuckerton had heard nothing further. At 8:43 p.m. the naval supervisor called WNY (Borough of Brooklyn) and was informed thai they had heard no distress signals. At 8:45 p.m. the naval supervisor ca'led W3l (Radio Marine Station, New York City) and was informed that they had heard nothing. “At 8:48 a.m., nothing further hav- ing been heard, the naval sup~riisor issued orders to resyme; faflic, but to keep a close watch for possible dis ress signals. The total lapse of time, 2§ minutes, 18 not excessive for expecied distress calls,” FRIENDS PROBE CALL. Associates of Senator Reed Make Examine Interruption of Talk. KANSAS CITY, June 9.—Friends of James A. Reed yesterday scught to learn more of a mysterious S O 8 call* which Saturday night resulted in the halting of broedcast along the Eastern Coast of an address by the former Sen- ator in which he attacked what he termed_the “radio monopoly.” Mr. Reed, who returned to his home here after making the address at a rally of Missouri Democrats at Sedalia, said last night that news dispatches contained all the information he knew concerning the incident. After the Eastern broadcast was halt- ed for 26 minutes naval communica- tions permitted its resumption of the speech, which was carried over a Na= tion-wide hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting System. All efforts to lo- :ale the source of the S O S call were utile, “A short time after I had finished my speech a friend in New York telephoned * that my speech had been cut off the air there,” the former Senator said. He said that it appeared to be deliberate. “I received also a report from Chi- cago that there was much interference with my speech. “If there an S O S call put out in good faith, it was perfectly all right to shut off my speech. However, if soma persons had enough influence to cut off my poor speech they would not stop at anything " CHICAGO, June 9 (#).—Four robbers 1700 BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band Hayden Wood Godfrey hymn, Halls of Montezuma ™ “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band o Bene: lea e “The t 7:30 o'clock. Charles Charles Wise, assistant Bandmaster Louis J. Goucher. nthony's Love Song.’ gyptian Dance."” leopatra’s Death.” . ‘Anchor’sAwcigh. “Star Spangled Banner.” ~