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—2 HOOVER WELCOMES DR. JULID PRESTES Receives President-Elect of Brazil in Historic Blue Room of White House. Gratified at the opportunity to Te- | turn the courtesies extended to him by | Brazil during his visit to Rio de Janeiro | more than a year ago, President Hoo-| ver today assumed the role of host to Dr. Julio Prestes, President-elect of Brazil. Mr. Hoover cordially received Dr. Prestes in the historic blue room of the White House, and immediately returned the call at the temporary home of the | distinguished South American guest, on Crescent place. Interpreter Is Required. Rince Mr. Hoover does not speak | #o2_guese, tne Braziimn tongue, and . Prestes does not speak English, the wervn® ' an interpreter were neces- sary at tne_interchange of felicitations. While the: White House setting for the meeting was most staid, the welcome which President Hoover extended on Behalf of the American people was quite informal and friendly. The Brazilians are sincere admirers of Uncle Sam and the President today sought to show the next President of the vast South American republic that the «dmiration is reciprocal. ~While the lavich fanfare which marked the reception in Rio de Janeiro of Mr. and Mrs, Hoover could not be duplicated by this’ conservative Nation, the Govern- ment is extending its courtesies to the limit of established custom. Guest at State Dinner. Tonight President Hoover will have | Dr. Prestes for his guest at a brilliant state dinner. in the White House, recall- ing the notable banquet tendered the Hoovers by President Luis Washington in Rio. The latter function was re- ported to be the most elaborate state dinner ever held in the beautiful Bra- zilian capital Of course Washington will have no fireworks display as did Rio. and Mr. | Hoover' will not take Dr. Prestes to| the races, but every other possible | courtesy will be repaid during the President-elect's visit here. Early this afternoon Dr. Prestes was the luncheon guest of Senor S. Gurgel do Amaral, Brazilian Ambassador. and of members of the local Brazilian colony. Places Wreath on Tomb. Ater the luncheon at the embassy Dr. Prestes went (o Mount Vernon to place a wreath on the tomb of Wash- ington—who is as much a bero in Brazil as in the United States—and on the way back the President-to-be will visit Arlington National Cemetery and lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Un- known Soldler. Tomorrow morning Dr. Prestes will €0 on a sightseeing trip about the city and at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon he will be tendered a luncheon at the Pan- American Union Building by the gov- erning board of that institution. Sec- retary pf State Stimson will entertain Dr. Prestes at dinner in the evening. The belated arrival last night of the Brazilian Executive, caused by a heavy fog in New York Harbor which de- layed docking of the Almirante Jace- quay, did not detract from the cere- EW ATTACK MADE BY SIMMONS UPON LUMP SUM FOES (Continued From First Page.) Government property and private prop- erty remained constant,” h2 said, “then a fixd percentage plan would be fair, but the private property values have increased far out of proportion to the values of Government property, so that a percentage basis that was fair to the United States and the District in 1918 | would be exceedingly unfair to the United States and decidely advania- geous to the District taxpayer in 1930.” Mr. Simmons said that a second rea- son for the adoption of the lump-sum | plan, as stated by Representative | Cramton of Michigan, who was acting chairman - of the subcommittee when that plan was adopted, is “that it en- | abled the Federal Government to pay what is considered its obligation to the Nation’s Capital and enabled likewise the District to expand and meet essen- | tial municipal development costs from its own resources. Summing up his arguments that the | House conferees have not been unfair, Representative Simmons said: | “The House conferees did not break | off the conference. The House conferees refused to vield on the issue until the | Senate conferees furnished facts which | PRESTES AT WHITE HOUSE President-elect Prestes of Brazil, photographed at the White House today when he called on President Hoover. | been no exception. Gamblers who look | American entry, to get the better of the THE EKVENMIN( —Star Staff Photo. SHARKEY FAVORED TO WHIP SCHMELING AND TAKE TITLE (Continued From First Page.) preponderance of the money that has been wagered on the fight back Sharke; The Bostonian probably will be a 1-to-2 choice when the gong sounds. Among those who tancy Sharkey's chances is Tunney, one of the donators of the Tunney-Muldoon championship troph: upon which the name of tonight's win ner will be inscribed, along with those of John L. Sullivan and all those who have followed in the heavyweight dy- nasty. Before every important contest there are rumors of chicanery. This affair has for an ace in the hole have stated that they expect Sharkey, because he is the breaks from the referee. Such unsavory rumors, no doubt, have had their source in the un: treatment accorded foreign heav: weights in previous important contest: such as the Dempsey-Firpo, Delaney- Paulino and Sharkey-Scott bouts. Chairman James A. Farley of the boxing commission wishes the public to know that the man chosen to referee will be one who will give each fighter a | with Y OSTAR, WARHTING HELEN IS QUEEN, {UNION PRINTERS KING CAROL SAYS Death of Father Before Di- vorce Automatically Ele- vated Both, He Asserts. (Continued From First Page.) succeed as King and to see Helen by his side as Queen. The royal train entered Rumania today and she is expected to arrive at Bucharest this afternoon Not all of Carol's time is occupied family matters. Juliu Maniu, former premier, told him last night that he would be unable to form a cabinet, and Carol asked Gen. Prezan, nat con- | nected with any party, to see if he could succeed. M. Maniu promised to | support Gen. Prezan, who commanded | the Rumanian troops during the Warld War. | Strange Setting for Divorce. The divorce of Prince Carol and | Princess Helen June 21, 1928, was pro- nounced in & setting as strange as any | of the unusual events which have marked the history of Rumania for the | past few years, It was pronounced in a small court room with neither Carol nor Helen present. Neither were there wit- nesses nor spectators. Dr. Rosenthal, Rumanian lawyer and | legal adviser to the American legation, | presented the indictment against Carol | in the name of Princess Helen. 1I:| charged Carol with “violation” of the | sanctity and dignity of his marriage to | the royal princess in 1921 and abandon- | ment of the child Michael Emanuel Pantasi, defending Carol, read a brief for the prince. After the | arguments the court handed down a | decree granting an absolute divorce for | Princess Helen. The action by the | princess had been presented two weeks | previously at the t'me that Carol was | in England, where it was reported he | was then planning to regain the Ru- manian throne, Helen Stricken With Sorrow. Princess Helen showed mno signs of exultation when informed that her pe- tition had been granted. She seemed instead to be stricken with sorrow and said: “I hope that now he will begin a better life and will find the happiness that he apparently failed to find with | its president, me. I can forgive, but never forget the wrongs he did to me and my child.” Several days later, Prince Carol was | quoted in Paris as saying that he hoped | some_day the divorce decree would be annulled. In a communication to his | law: Carol said he had never| abandoned hope that he .and his wife | might become reconciled. . He asserted | it was a source of grief and pain to | him to be separated fiom his son, whom | he loved dcarly. MME. LAMBRINO WAIVES CLAIMS. Morganatic Wife Declares She Knows She Naver Could Be Queen. PARIS, June 12 (P)—Mme. Zizi Lambrino, who was the morganatic wife of King Carol of Rumania before he married Princess Helen of Greece, told Excelsior today that she had no intention of attempting to establish any | legal claim on Carol, nor starting for Bucharest. “I have not the slightest intention of trying any rights either for myself or for my son,” she said. My marriage was, 1 don't cease to repeat, perfectly | legal and I have a legal certificate of | I had not at any time any | AID MEMORIAL $50 Contributed to Fund for Honoring District’s World War Dead. The Association of Veteran Union Printers, headed by John B. Dickman not only has_indorsed labor’s part in erecting the District of Columbia World War Memorial, but has made a contribution of $50 to the fund In making this announcement today, R. A. Dickson, secretary, and Fred S. Walker, treasurer of the committee of Washington Central Labor Union, in charge of the wind-up campaign to complete the memoarial fund, expressed appreciation of the contribution, and declared it stood as an example to the younger members of organized labor. Value in Indorsement. “It is not only because the money value attached to the contribution,” id Mr. Dickson, “that I am so pleased to learn of it but because of receiving the indorsement of this splendid body of men when the campaign has hardly had time to get under way. This gives to the entire executive committee ihe as- surance that our efforts will be met with the enthusiasm so characteristic of the labor movement. particularly in undertakings of this character. “It is an inspiration that the Veteran Union Printers has given to the younger generation that now composes the labor movement in Washington, and who we expect will contribute labor's share of the cost of the war memorial. I sin- cerely wish that cvery member of the Association of Veteran Union Printer: will live to see and enjoy the memorial after it is completed.” Members Aged 62 {o 87. The association, it was explained, is a body of men whoset ages range from 62 to 87 years. When a union prinfer has reached the age or 60, with contin- uous membership of 20 years, then that member is_eligible for ‘membership in the association. The organization meets reguiarly each month at Typographical Temple.' It is a voluntary organization, and while it is ®omposed wholly of union printers, it is not in the sense an active labor union The commlttee, MY. Dickson said, had virtually completed its groundwork for the campaign. “Several contributions have been re- said Mr. Dickson, “and we. be- lieve that the results gained from the work now being done. will see us well on cur way to the realization of our quota before other plans we have in mind are perfected.” The labor cgmpaign is designed to rase the funds needed to increase the memorial fands from the $135.000 al- ready on hand to the goal of $155,000. EX-POLICEMAN ALLEN JAILED AND FINED GN CONTEMPT COUNT (Continued_From First Page.) liar and a disgrace to the State.” ‘This last statement brought an addi- tional five-day sentence and a hasty examination of the Virginia code to determine whether it were possible under the law to make it any more Finding this to be impossible, a $20 fine was added. | FIGURES IN GANGLAND KILLING Upper: Dolores Lingle and Alfred Tribune reporter. who is sought for the killing. SPEED OF 11 KNOTS IN FOG IS ADMITTED BY FAIRFAX CAPTAIN (Continued Prom First Page.) boat inspector, in an interview publisi- ed today in the Boston Herald, faced Capt. Brooks of the Fairfax at the open- ing of the Federal investigation. Lyons criticized the actions of Capt. Brooks after the accident. Lyons and his assistants were on the Fairfax many hours after its arrival yesterday, questioning officers and crew. Company officials also began an investi- gation. “Capt. Brooks admitted to me that he did not at any time send an S O S,” Lingle, jr., children of the slain Chicago Lower left: Mrs. Lingle. Lower right: Sam Hunt, alleged Capone gunman, —A. P. and P. & A. Phots POLICE COMB CITY FORLINLE SLAYER 500 Hoodlums Are Jailed and Held Despite Demands of Attorneys. By the Associated Press. MOVES 10 PUNISK, CANNON LAUNCHED Step to Ask Authority for Political Inquiry Also Is Initiated. (Continued From First Page) mittee had also inquired into attempts to elect Senators and Representatives. he added, and Presidents of the United States. In the Huston case, Blaine said, the committee inquired into his financial records. “My position,” said Blaine, “is the committee has authority to go into Bishop Cannon’s financial records to ascertain if any of the money has beer: used in lobbying activities. “T ‘maintain it is pertinent to ask questions about accounts so the com- mittee may obtain information to re quire the delivery of those account: The accounts to which Blaine re- ferred dealt with 865,300 contributed to Cannon by E. C. Jameson, New Yok capitalist, for use in the 1928 anti- Smith campaign. “The proposition of whether the questions are pertinent is a question of law,” Blaine said. He cited the case of flarty ¥. Sin- clair, wealthy ofl man, to show that a Senate committee had authority to compel & witness to answer questioms Sinclair was sent to jail for refusal to answer. The Wisconsin Senator urged that Cannon’s refusal to answer be cited by the committee to the Senate for possi- ble_contempt. proceedings. “When it does that.” he asserted, “it shall have done its duty.” Blaine then moved to cite Cannon to the Senate for contempt, but before he could press his motion, Caraway asked to make a statement. The chairman said he had expressed the opinion in Arkansas that the com- mittee had no authority to go into purely political activities. He said the statement might have been “unfortunate. “Senator Cannon” Brings Laugh. Referring to assertions he said had been made to the effect that the com- mittee had dealt differently with wit- nesses, Caraway read from the exam- ination of Henry H. Curran, president of the association against the prohibi- j tion amendment. He said the association had been en- gaged in lobbying activities. “I know honest men of deep religious and prohibition prejudices sometimes cease to tell the truth,” the Arkansan observed. He ingdvertently referred to “Senator Cannon’ at one point and laughter broke out. | " Ceraway begged the pardon of the witness. He said the committee's action in in- quiring into Huston's accounts was prompted by information that some of the money had been used in “lobbying activities” for the Tennessee River Im- | provement Association. “Everybody knows it was a lobbying account,” Caraway said. Referring to $36,100 given to Huston by the Union Carbide Co, Caraway That was a lobbying fund. There was never any question about it.” Sought Leasing of Shoals. q 1 | Ve marriage. CHICAGO, June 12.—Police “exe- v Ve mony of welcome which greeted him square deal. That means that referees e the Herald quotes Cap.; Lyons. “He | _The money was given l{?r :;f,ofi’“fi:“: ‘ here. State officials waited to receive| the third Latin American President- elect to visit Washington during the past six months, Welcomed by Officials. Secretary Stimson, Francis White, As- sistant Secretary of State; Dr. Leo S Rowe, director general of the Pan- American Union; presidential military and naval aides and other officials wel- comed Dr. Prestes at the Union Station. where he was giver an escort of Ma- rines, Cavalry and Artillery. Following brief greetings upon his ar- rival, the Brazilian President-elect went directly to the Eugene Meyer residence, placed at his disposal during his four-day stay in the Capital. There he was saluted by the Navy Band with the Brazilian national anthem. Somewhat fatigued by an arduous journey, the President-elect retired early in preparation for today’s activi- ties. The local reception was described over the radio to the Brazilian people in Portuguese by short-wave facilities of the National Broadcasting Co. An English version was broadcast over the American network of the company. ‘Theodore A. Xanthacky, American vice consul at Rio, served as the announcer in Portuguese. YALE STUDENT RACES WARSHIP TO JOIN TRIP By the Associated Press. NEW HAVEN, Conn. June 12.—The New Haven Register in & special dis- pateh from the U. S. S. Mississippi to- day tells of a six-mile race made yester- day by F. R. Steckel of Youngstown,|out that the Senate this year accepted Doosters, Ohio, a member of the Yale Naval| the House proposal that the tax rate in | | Washington Training Unit, to overtake the battle- they could bring back to the House to justify a Pederal gratuity of more than $9,000000 to the District. That was our position on May 26; it is our posi- tion now and will continue to be the position of the House conferees on this Replying to the four poiats cited by the Senate tonferess in their statement read to the Senate. Representative —the claim that if $9,000,000 was fair and just in 1925 when' the total of the bill was $31,000,000 then it cannot be fair and just when the total of the bill in 1931 is $45,500,000—that the error in the contention of the Senate conferees is that they assume the relationship be- tween the Federal property values and activities and District property values ana activities remain constant, but such is not the fact, he insisted. Assessments Increased, “The real and tangible personal prop- erty assessment” he argued, “had in- creased from $326,512417 in 1910 to had increased to $1,289,669,865. tangibles increased from $295,926,000 in 1918 to $410,106,186 in 1925 and $543, 188,143 1n 1930. Miscellaneous revenues of $1,036,941 in. 1910 increased to $2.- 412,861 in 1925 and $3,500,000 in 1930, so0 that while the total of the bill has increased it has only kept pace with the inereased revenues of the District. The District has expanded in its gov: ernment cost as its size has expanded. The tax rate in 1910 was $1.50 based on a supposed assessment at two-thirds value. The tax rate in 1925 was $1.40 based upon a supposed, but not actual 100 per cent assessment. The tax rat in 1930 was $1.70 based again upon supposed 100 per cent value assess- ment.” Representative Simmons here pointed should not be reduced. ship after it had sailed from New Lon- don. | Delayed in New Haven, Steckel, a! Junior, arrived at New London after the | battleship had started its 5,000-mile Summer cruise with the Yale Training | Unit. Rather than forego the cruise, | he engaged a speed boat, which' over- took the Mississippl after a six-mile chase at & speed of 35 miles an hour. | BAND CONCERTS. United States Marine Band, at 7:30 tonight, Sylvan Theater, Monument grounds. Taylor Branson, leader. Ar- thur 8. Witcomb, second ieader. | Grand march, “Hugh de Payens | Commandery . Achenbach Overture, “11 Guarany - Gomez | Characteristic, “Pan-Americana’ | | Herbert ©oret solu, “Creanonian Polka,” Weldon Second Leader Arthur 8. Witcomb. Selections from “Gypsy Love”....Lehar “Dance of the Tumblers” from “The Snow Maiden” Rimsky-Korsakow Grand scenes from “Madame But- terfly” . ....Puceint Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, at the bandstand at 5:30 o'clock John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster. Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “On the Air” .Goldman Overture, “Count of Essex”. . Mercadante Suite characteristic, andana Sketches” <o a s NI Scenes from the opera “Ls Travi- ats L Verdi Fox trot. “Miss You” .......Tobias Popular waltz song, “I'll Always Be in Love With You + 5.0 s 510 SIRAIDY Finale, “Moonbeams Kiss Her for Me” s . Woods o anner.” | ngled Concert by the Community Center Band, James E. iller, director, at Tenth and U streets northwest Priday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.: March, “Call Me Itany . .. Benter Waltz,' “Carribean”....... ... Pestalozza Selection, “Down in the Forest.” Fox trot, “Chant of the Jungle”. Brown Waltz, “Beautiful Washington”..Miller Solo, “A Cottage for Sale”......Conley Chester_Dodson. Overture, “Light Caval March, “Gloria” Mexican serenade, “El Fox trot, “Should I"......... “The Star Spangled Ban: A | nicipal “Were it not for that provision in the | District bill,” sald Mr. Simmons, “and | if the House accepted the Senate figures | of $12,000,000 then the tax rate could e Teduced from $170 next year to He referred to the second point made in the statement by saying that “ad- mitting _the increased values of the United States property they ignore the | vast increase of taxable property and | |income in the District all of Wwhich | answers this question. Third Point Reply. Regarding the third point where the Senate conferees refer to a series of pro- posed municipal improvements some of which are carried in the 1931 House and Senate bill, “many of which are not authorized and for which appropriations could not be made,” said Mr. Simmons, his reply was as follow: “In my judgment the suggested mu- | in Washington | nicipal improvements can be met from curren’ revenues with- out unduly burdening the people of Washington with taxes, Certainly the taxpayer of Washington is under more obligation to meet (ha% cost than the taxpayer of the United States. For mu- developments _the Washington should look to their own resources rather than ask the Unite States to carry their burden.” The Senate’s fourth out, raises the propositicn first that the | rty | District would still be a swamp on the Government by purchasing proj and removing it from the tax column |banks of the Potomac. {5 depriving the city of revenues and |in the United States has gone through that the exemption of this class of |the last 10 years without compensating_rev- | or great business depressions. In an | city has an assured income that will attempt to refute this, Mr. Simmons re- | fail only when the United States Gov- ferred to a statement prepared by the | ernment fails. District assessor which he had had in- | thro i serted in the Congressional Record on |or drought, famine ,or over-production He emphasized three points| No other city knows better than Wash- | | property calls for | enues from the United States. April 4. as follows | in better pieces of property. in business locations from one place t0| not ask any contribution another may thereby even add to the | Government, value of the business. “Second, the wealth of the city does not depend on its area or amount of ground covered by either business or ceyves from the location here of the residences. “Third, the real estate wealth of a vides a Federal gratuity of contribu- community is directly proportional to |tion, call it what you will, to the Na- the number of individuals so that if the | tion's Capital. Simmons said regarding. the first point | $919,603,137 in 1025 and again in 1930 | people of | d | int, he pointed | fact that here is located the business st, that purchases of property by | the United States are generally at a figure that enables the owners to Invest | of the type that handled the contests mentioned above will be given no con- | sideration. Four referees will be at the | ringside, but the one who will work in the fight will not be known to any one, except the commissioners, until the preliminaries are out of the way. Jacobs Will Act as Secand. The possibility that Schmellng might b2 forced to fight without the services of his manager, Joe Jacobs, as chief second, was 1emoved when the commis- sion yesterday gave Jacobs, Who is un- | der a life suspension in this State, per- | mission to work in the German's corner. |~ Both boxers have come through their | weeks of training without mishaps, and neither will have any alibi to offer on | the score of physical condition. Sharkey will have a considerable ad- vantage in weight, perhaps 15 pounds The difference in poundage lies mainly below the waistline, the German's slim | legs being in contrast to the bulkier un- | { derpinning of the American champion Those who like Sharkey's chances point to his greater experience, heavier | poundage and superior all-around box- ing_skill. On the other hand, Schmeling’s ad- mirers advance as reasons for going along with him his youth, his ring in- telligence, his coolness under fire and his terrific right-hand punch. The two big “ifs” of this affair have to do with Sharkey's state of mind and the question whether Schmeling can| stand up under heavy punishment | Many of those who pick Schmeling are banking heavily on another one of | | those Sharkey brainstorms such as he | | had in_the Scott bout, when he fought | with the lack of balance of a prelim- inary boxer after he had been hit on | the jaw by the Briton. If Sharkey goes | | wild’ agajn tonight, say the Schmeling | he will be knocked out. (Copyright, 1030.) * Delaware Society to Picnic. The Delaware State Society will hold its annual basket picnic at Hains Point | | saturday, June 14. Entertainment will | Include base ball and other games. Senate conferees regarding exemption: of various classes of property here, Rep- | resentative Simmons said: | “Washington probably has more ex-, empt property from taxation than any 1(1()’ in the United States—but it does not follow that exemption is detriment- | al to the people of Washington. Here | | there are no inheritance taxes. Do- mestic_and foreign corporation taxes | | are small by comparison with the States. Here there is an exemption of $1,000 to the heads of families on| household goods, exempting from taxa- tion practically all the homes of Wash- ington, There is no poll tax, no gen- | | eral franchise tax on corporations | which receive special franchises or| | privileges.” | | Answering the statement that Wash- | | mgton has no large business industry | | to which it may look for revenue, Rep- | resentative Simmons said: “Here is located the greatest business in the worid—an ever expanding busi- ness—that of the Government of the ‘Were it not for the | United States. | establishment of the United States the No other city ank failures No other No other city goes h the years unaffected by flood | mgton its financial future Shouldn't Give More. In emphasizing that other cities in The shift| which there are Federal buildings do | from the Mr. Simmons said, “Washington admits no obligation to the United States capital in return for the many and great benefi's it re- | f | Natfon's Capital. The House bill pro- It is fair, just, gen- ambition. Being Rumanian I knew per- fectly well that 1 could not be a queen, but is it equitable to prevent my son from having a father? “It is unrue that I am leaving for Bucharest next July as every year I go to Moldavie, where I have property, remaining there during my son’s school vacation. But the trip has no connec- tion with present events.” 26 TOWNS WILL GREET SEAPLANES ON TOUR| Great Lakes Air-Water Cruise August 8 to 17 to Touch 6 States and Ontario. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Micl June 12.—Twenty- six towns and cities in six States and | | the Province of Ontario will be visited | by the seaplanes of the Great Lakes | air-water cruise August 8 to 17. | The route was announced today by | Wayne J. Sheldon, cruise commander, who said that thé trip, sponsored by | by Allen when he | Woodyard complied, seating the the Detroit Flying Club, will be the first of the sort ever attempted in this | country. The “cruise will start at Detroit and will visit the following cities: Toledo, Conneaut, Ohio; Erie, Pa. Buffalo; Hamilton, Toronto, Barrie and | Little Current, Ontario; St. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie and Munsing, Mich; Port Arthur, Ontario; Duluth, Minn.; | Houghton and Marquette, Mich.; Green | Bay, Sheboygan, Milwaukee and Racine, | Wis.; Chicago; Muskegon, Traverse City, | Petoskey, Alpena, Bay City and Port Huron, Mich., and return to Detroit. Allen Ordered Seized. Further difficulties were encountered aid to the court: “When Gloth gets through, you won't have anything to say. He's doing all the_talking.” The judge then ordered him seized by an officer, and Deputy Sheriff Harry risoner and managing after considerable diffi- culty to keep him quiet. After all of this had been accom- plished, the judge assessed a $10 fine which amounted to $19.25 with the costs, cn the tax charge. Fearing that Allen may have sought to be placed in jail, where he could communicate with Brewster, as he had made such a request yesterday, Sheriff Howard B. Flelds and Gloth arranged {to have him confined in the woman's compartment which is sufficlently re- moved from the man's cell block to make communication impossible. MEXICAN PLOT DENIED Foreign Minister Tells Ex-Presi- dent Gil That Morones Erred. MEXICO CITY, June 12 (#).—Gen. Estrada, foreign minister, today directed a letter to former President Portes Gil | saying that Luis Morones, former min- ister of labor, was mistaken in his re- cent assertion that the Mexican con- sulatz in Los Angeles. was involved in any way in & plot against President Ortiz Rublio. Minister Estrada occupies a post car- ried over from the Portes Gil admin's- tration and was acting foreign minister at the time the plot was said by Mo- rones to have been framed Former Policeman Robert J. Allen, number of inhabitants grow even while | erous contribution—made on behalf of purchaises are being made the value o the community will grow in the proportion.” Referring to the statement of th f | the people of the United States to this me | city. If I sense correctly the sentiment of the House it both should not and will not give more.” A | EX-OFFICER ALLEN GOES TO JAIL 1oh et who conducted a single-handed Investi- gation into the death of Virginia McPherson and brought about difficulties which the Arlinglon County Jail. temp}, of court, into custody in the court room, ventually ended in his dismissal from the Washington police force, entering He was sentenced to 10 da; On the left is Deputy Sherift Harry Woodyard, who took Allen this morning for con- —=Star Staff Photo. & also admitted that no attempt was made to get Coast Guard stations for ald or for_those overboard.” Capt. Brooks, R. D. McNeil, vice president of the Merchants and Miners company, who was aboard the Fairfax, and other officers and passenger sur- | gators. Capt, investigation. With none of the crew of 19 surviv- ing, the fll-fated tanker Pinihis will be represented by Capt. Fred Gower of the Fall River Oil Co. The Fairfax, with 71 passengers aboard, bound for Norfolk, Va. and Baltimore, collided with the tanker in & dense fog Tuesday night off the Scitu- ate shore, 25 miles from this port. Lyons will direct the |fire and exploded, minutes. sinking within 20 Oil Burnied All Day. The Fairfax was engulfed in flaming oil_with fire starting on the top deck and one side. The clothing of several passengers and members of the crew Oil on the surface of the ocean burned all day yesterday off the Scituate shore, a grim memorial of the tragedy. Although the radio antenna was soon melted and burned away, the set was repaired and & few hours later the Gloucester, a sister ship of the com- pany, came up and took the passengers off.” 'The Gloucester brought them here and the Fairfax, with a gaping hole in her bow, and her port side burned a: scarred by the flames, came to port se eral hours later. Tales of heroism, vivid descriptions of the exploding tanker and the flam- ing fire hurled aboard the Fairfax, ac- counts of rescue work and aid for the injured by nurses and volunteers, and charges of cowardice against membe were told by passengers on their re- turn to this port. ‘This morning the sea cast up the first material proof that the Tanker which was rammed by the Fairfax was the Fall River Pinthis. Hull police found on Green Hill Beach near Nantasket. about 12 miles from the spot where the tanker went down, a warped and twisted lifeboat, right side up, but empty, and bearing the name Pinthis on its scorched bow. tanker must have been the Pinthis, but no wreckage was found and it had been feared that the sea of burning oil had destroyed all traces. discovery of the lifeboat today lobster fishermen In this section of the bay are keeping a sharp lookout for bodies of the Pinthis crew. ORDERS NAVAL INQUEST. Mulvanity and Mate Walker. Lieut. (junior grade) Augustus Shea Mulvanity, U. S. N, was killea, and Pharmacist's Mate (second class) Walker, U. S. N, “was seen to fall steamer Fairfax _disaster, the mandant of the first naval district to- | day notified the Navy Department George Mulvanity, brother of the dead officer, last night left 1727 Q street | to proceed to New Hampshire to make funeral arrangements. The Navy Department was advised that the commandant of the first naval district has ordered a board of inquest in_both cases. Lieut. Mulvanity was born in Nashua N. J. January 16, 1901, and was ap- pointed a Midshipman from his native State in June, 1919, being commissioned an ensign four years later. He was under orders from the Navy | Yard at Norfolk, Va.. and was preparing |to report for duty there, following & month's leave, when he boarded the | Fairfax and went to his death. | Pharmacist's Mate Walker was at- tached to the U. S. S. Chaumont, and his home was in New Hope, Ala. Jenny D‘ai]y Wins $80,000. LE TOUQUET, France, June 12 (#).—- Jenny Dolly, American dancer, had a run of luck at & new barrarat table in the Casino today, carrying off winnings which other players estimated at 2,000,000 francs, or about $80,000. She left at dawn after an all-night session at the table, and took her bank notes with her. Laden with gasoline, the Pinthis caught | caught fire and some leaped overboard. | of the crew in the hours after the crash | All the evidence yesterday showed the | Spurred by the | Probe to Be Made Into Deaths of Lieut. | overboard, body mnot recovered,” in the | com- | cution squads,” each captained by an officer courage in fighting i whose ask any one in Boston to go and search | gangsters was attested by notches on | % | his revolver, combed Chicago today for |the man who killed Alfred (Jake, | Lingle, Tribune reporter. By last midnight 500’ hoodlums, dere- vivors will appear before the investi- | licts and suspicious characters were in |jargely by unanimous consent, | jall. Lawyers flocked to detective | headquarters demanding the release of | their clients, but no releases were made. 1‘ Willlam Russell, police commissioner, and John Stege, his chief of detec- | tives, were spurred to action not only by the crime itself and their own close friendship for the slamn newspaperman, but a rising flood of hostile public ‘s!nnmrnt that gained expression in front-page editorfals and in statoments |of clvic leaders. There was talk unofficially among business and civic groups of the pos- | sibliity of martial law to supercede the | police and drive the gangster once and |for all from the city. One American | Legion post offered the services of its | members to take up arms, under proper authority, against the gangsters. Editorlal Excorlates Police. The Herald and Examiner, which has joined the Tribune and the Evening Post in offering a total reward of $55,- 000 for arrest and conviction of the man who shot Lingle dead las. Monday in the crowded Randolph strect sub- way, excoriate the police deparfment in a front-page editorial. It referred to the department's “miserable inefi- ciency,” and added: “Chicago is disgust:d with its head- less, footless city administration, so streaked with men in it, think ng of their daily bread. | keep their mouths shut and their eyes closed.” The “execution squads” of the police were so called because their command- | ers have shown in previous gangster hunts that they are unafraid to shoot down the outlaws. “Lieut. Frank Reynolds, in charge of one squad, has kill’d 11 criminals,’ Chief Stege said. killed six, Lieut. Walter Storms has killed five, Lieut. William Gusack, four: Lieut. Pat O'Connell, 5, and Lieut. Andy Barry, six.” These were special squads, with orders to enter any place where they thought criminals might be quartered without the need of search warrants or legal red | tape. In addition there were the regu- lar cruising squads of detectives and a special foot detail that combed the | 100p. Denies Resignation Request. Frank J. Loesch, the aged head of the Chicago crime commission, denied published statem:nts that he had de- Chief Stege resign “What I say is merely this, that if Russell and Stege ca! solution to this crime they shoyld give place to some one who can.” Russell replied to published criticism with ‘the declaration that he had not sought the police commissioncrship and had not wanted it; but that he was not a “quitter” and had no intention of resigning. Stege said he had consistently done his best, and that his continued services as chief of detectives was a matter for his superior—the commis- sioner—to decide. Commissioner Russell himself was one of the pallbearers today atgthe funeral of Lingle. Services were td b> held at he said, at 11 a.m. The funeral The procession plans were impressive. was to be headed by mounted policemen, followed by a band which in turn was to be followed by several units of policemen on foot. This was in tribute to Lingle’s wide acquaint- anceship cmong members of the force. Next in line were to be bandsmen from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station where Lingle served during the World War, being_attached to the intelligence division, Detachments of Naval Re- serves, city firemcn, members of four American Legion Posts and a bugle corps were to be in the procession. A firing squad from Great Takes was to fire a salute at Mount Carme! Cemetery, and a bugler blow taps. rottenness that honest | “Lieut. Al Booth has | “Joe | manded that Commissioner Russell and | find the | Onr Lady of Sorrows' Catholic Church | Tcnnescee essociation leasing of Muscle Shoals to the 4 Cynamid Co. | “Wherever there has been lobbving in cennection with political activities, there is no question about the nuthority | of the committée,” Caraway said. | The chairman said the .committee { heretofore had conducted its affairs ul “from now on the decisions will be an- | nounced as a majority.” He said if a majority voted against Blaine's resolution it would not be re- | ported, but that would not prevent Blaine from carrying it to the Senate. Robmson, upon leaving the hearing, said he wanted to be recorded as voting against Blaine's motion. Walsh remarked he believed the com- mittee. had no right to go into “purely political activities” but he thought Can~ RoN's activities were not “purely po- tical.” Maintains Work Is Linked. The Montana Senator maintained | Cannon’s political activities had been inextricably associated” with his other | work before Congress and said that int was the only difference between im and Caraway, The chairman referred to an ob- | jection made by Walsh to the examina- tion of John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic national committee “There was no evidence that Mr. | Raskob ever had evidence in lobbying actlvity,” Walsh said and Calaway agreed. Blaine said the churchman had been a member of many organizations which had engaged in lobbying activities, and that the Methodist temperance board, of which he is chairman, also had lob- ied. He added Cannon had been connect- ed with more lobbying associations than any other witness, and said $5,000 given | the witness by Dr. Clarence True Wil- | son of the Methodist Episcopal Church $65.300 by Jameson and $17.000 from ources in Atlanta, Ga.” might have been used for lcbbying and that the committee should go into his records. Cites Duties of Witness. “I contend it is not within the prov- | ince of a witness to determine whether | & fund is political or lobbying,” Blaine | continued. “It is the province of a | witness to give facts. If it was learned the fund was purely political the com- | mittee would not go into it.” Walsh then proposed to substitute for Blaine's motion one to ask specific political activities Blaine's motion would call for Te- porting to the Senate the “willful de- fault” of Cannon in refusing to answer questions and in walking out on the committee “without permission.” He also moved that Caraway report to the Senate a list of the questions Cannon | refused to answer, | The Walsh motion would ecall | reporting to the Senate the questions Cannon " declined to answer and “s» much of the testimony to show their relevancy.” Nonme Will Comment. Senator Robinson previously had «a ¢ | he was opposed to asking the S-: specific authority to investigate political | activities, How the other members would votr was uncertain and none would com- | ment. for Cannon Is “Silent” Witness. Bishop Cannon was a “silent” wit- ness today. The only words he uttered were to tell Caraway the position held by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secretary of the Board of Temperance of -the Methodist | Episcopal Chuic-, At the end of the session Cannon tol¢ the chairman he would have to leave Washington Monday for. Nashville, Caraway replied the committee’s de- cision would be reached by that time. Later the afternoon meeting was an- nounced. Asama Volcano Again Quiet. ‘TOKIO, June 12 (#).—Eruption Asama Volcano, near Karuizawa, whlc‘g startled the countryside yesterday an- threatened considerable damage, ceased early today, and the forest fires, started by the flowing lava on the lower slopes of the mountain were brought under control. Official observers said- the total loss would be small. | authority of the Senate to investigate , ' f .