Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1930, Page 2

THE SUNDAY e e———————————— e WASH|NGTUN HOLDS| | ™ae. Taf_t in His §hxrt Sleeves 'AR, WASHINGTON, IBALL DECLARES P. C, BRAZILIAN VISITOR GREETED AT CAPITOL JUNE 15. _1930—PART _ONE. FOUR SMIASH WAY TATH GITY RANKING o San Francisco Supplants Buffalo as 11th of Major Cities. The city of Washington. with a popu- Iation of 485,716, which is an increase of 11 per cent over 1920, maintained her position as fourteenth among the cities of more than 100,000 it was shown in Census Bureau figures made public last night Only seven of the 68 cities of more than 100,000 in the 1920 census remain ynreported for 1930—New York, Phila- delphia, New Orleans, Denver, Colum. bus, St. Paul and Albany. ‘The rest of the ratings are fairly well established and the comparative table of 1930 and 1920 populations show: several changes among the notably that of Los Angeles, which jumpzd from tenth position in 1920 to fifth in 1930. For the first time Balti- more forged ahead of Boston. In 1920, three cities were ately_ahead of Washington, San Francisco and Milwaukee, in elev- enth, twelfth and thirteenth positions, yespectively. Milwaukee continues thir- teenth but San Francisco has sup- planted Buffalo. ‘Twenty-one new cities have gone scattering in between the 68 cities of 100,000 a decade ago. They are: Oklahoma City, Hollywood, San Diego, Long Beach, Tulsa, Jacksonville, Chat- tanooga, Fort Wayne, San Juan, Eliza- beth, Miami, Wichita, Tacoma, Knox- ville, Peoria, South Bend, Somerville, Utica, Lynn, El Paso, Tampa. Lowell, Mass., one of the 68 in 1920, is the lowest on the 1930 list thus far by a decrease from her 1920 population. Eight cities not yet reported had a 1920 population which would give them a chance of entering the 100,000 list in 1930. They are Duluth, Minn.; Erie, Pa.; Flint, Mich.; Waterbury, Conn.; Schenectady, N. Y.; Canton, Ohio; Savannah, Ga.; St. Joe, Mo. The comparative table follows: Cities of 100,000 or More. 1930 1920 Pop Popu- lation. lation 048 immedi~ a ing, upn: s 35 Youngstown, Ohio. .. 50 & Rapids. Mich. bt EEER PSR 1 1 1 bt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 SSEEN: bt 3343 2384353 55 123 [ 58 e 8 T33 5t {1 r 33 SS22NZINGS an Ju Eligabetn. N J Fall River, Mass Cambridge. Mase Bedigrd, Mas EREEEREESEEENEN sge 3 oems, ichita, Kans Tacoms. Wash * ilie. Ten: De 2 2SESISRS: 3T 33! @onaiug. 6 1 H E3858 leaders, | Informal Sidelights From a Reporter’s Notebook. A Corned Beef and C;bbage President BY WILLIA Few knew the human side of for- mer President Taft better than Mr. Hoster, who, as @ newspaper corre- spondent, was assigned to the White House, and who made many long trips with Mr. Taft. This is the last | of six weekly articies in which Mr. | Hoster has given many interesting | close-ups of Taft and kis adminis- tration. | 2l | T have said that William Howard { Taft was never completely happy in the | White House, His happiest hours there, I think, were on those nights when the halls of the Executive Mansion echoed the inspiring music of the Marine Band I’ nd the exhilarating medley of laugh- ter and conversation at the series of i formal functions which enliven the so- cial season in Washington. | Despite the presence of brilliant dip- |lomats from the world's great capitals, statesmen, Army and Navy officers and other high Government functionaries |eral sprinkling of the mob, and not- Buffalo, | withstanding exotic toilettes, gold lace | and military trappings, Mr. Taft con- trived to infuse into these gatherings the real spirit of democracy. He loved to meet his friends and mingle with the crowd. He patiently went through the rigor- ous procedure of receiving formally the several thousand guests who attended each of these affairs, but when the last hand been shaken Mr. Taft, unlike Col. Roosevelt, who retired to his private apartments and was seen no more for the evening, measurably ceased to be President and became one of the throng. Mingled With Guests. At one time you would find him in the center of a group of high-spirited young folk in the east room-—perhaps taking a turn on the dance floor with one of them; five minutes later he | would be discovered in the blue room in earnest conversation with an Am-| bassador. His hearty laughter would next echo from the main hall, or he would be busying himself in the state dining room, where the refreshments were | served. He had hesrty greetings for Jim,| Fred and Charley, & warming smile, an | exchange of pleasantries. My wife and | I met him on one of these occasions— it was efther the reception to Admiral Togo or his silver anniversary—as h emerged from the neaa usher's office, off the main_corridor. “Hello!” he cried. “Are you having a good time at my party?” i “Splendid, Mr. President! And you? He jerked his head sidewise and chuckled; then pointing to his neck he exclaimed: “This is my fourth collar!” A supply of neckwear had been parked in the usher’s office, and at intervals Mr. | Taft slipped in and changed a wilted collar for a fresh one. These informal sallies cropped out most unexpectedly. In the lobby of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, one night, Mr. Taft halted the procession of a Te- ception committee which was escorting him to & banquet when he caught sight of & New York lady in a crowd. ¥ “This is a long way from Broadway, he eried. “Look out! I just saw your husband at the other end of the lobby talking to a pretty girl.” Met Old Sweetheart. At North Yakima, Wash, a great crowd had assembled to listen to a for- mal declaration from the President, and 42 1he began his address, after the custo- | mary chuckle, thus: “I'm Elfl\cullfly glad that I stopped in North Yakima on this trip, because on my arrival here a while ago I came face to face with an old sweetheart.” Mr. Taft had especial fondness for travel. He liked to get away from the surcharged political ammosphere of ‘Washington and meet people, and his face beamed when they called him “BilL.” He found relaxation and relief from the cares of office in the flight of & train over the rails. He was at home in a big armchair recalling reminis- | cences of his diversified career. | At overnight stops he would have a |few of us in for midnight lunch, on which occasions he would den a gor- geous silk_kimono, the gift of the Em- peror of Japan. In this Mr. Taft bore & striking resemblance to an Indian po- and the elite of the Nation, with a lib-| M HOSTER. motor car, and cn the way we were |informed 'that the President would | ride horseback that day “with the other | cowpunchers.” This was at the time | when his weight had approached 340. A little later we narrowly escaped being run down by half a dozen of the 40 000 cattle, and our concern was awak- ened as to the safety of the President under the arranged program. When we arrived at the spot assigned /to us, the most conspicuous thing in | sight 'was a flight of three steps leading |to a small platform which stood sharply | defined at the edge of the roped in- | closure. Presently, Mr. Taft came into view. The cowboys in the outnt had |glven him a silver-mounted saddle, | which one of them dragged along. In | puttees, riding habit and sombrero, Mr. Taft was magnificent. Mr. Coolidge, even in his Indian war bonnet, would | have been envious. | Horse Staggered Under Weight. At length, saddled and ready, the mount was brought to the platform. He |was a handsome bay, fire in his eyes. ’He pranced and pawed and was aglow | with excitement. Apprehensively we | gathered about. The situation was full | of potentialities. Resolutely the Presi- dent stepped forward, and then we knew what the flight of steps was for. Nimbly mounting them to the platform, Mr. Taft took one stride forward and slid into the broad saddle as a group of cow- | punchers pulled the platform away. | . That was the critical moment. Would | the horse shy, buck, dash madly away? He did none of these. As the President took & firm seat in the saddle the ani- mal settled slowly at all four corners | under the weight of the rider. A shiver seemed to run through him, and we saw him deliberately twist his neck with a surprised stare at the man who was astride him. Then, with a deep sigh of resignation, he straightened u and strolled slowly. off. The late Bol Small, then with the Associated Press, broke the silence. “The old man’s perfectly safe” he ed. “What I'm afraid of is what's | going to happen to that, horse.” I like to dwell finally on the deep spiritual side of Mr. Taft’s nature, which lay beneath that gooa fellowship that | was one of his marked traits and was | & part of the broad human quality which | made him beloved of all his countrymen. | He was & man of high ideals, which he | strove constantly to uphold, not flam- boyantly, but with quiet insistence when | he felt that his lofty position required him to set a standard. For instance, there was a man of wealth and standing in Washington who had been the central figure In an un- savery affair aired in the divorce court. Later this man married the woman whose name had been linked with his. She was socially ambitious, and a quiet campaign was instituted to win her en- tree to the White House set. I was approached by a friend of the couple and asked if I could learn why the doors of the White House were ap- parently closed to them. I told the President of this request when I next saw him, relating it as a diverting in- cident. He smiled, but at the same time brought his fist down hard upon his desk. “Neither —— nor any other partict- pant in a divorce scandal will ever enter the White House while Mrs. Taft and I are occupants of it,” he sald. Indorses Church Campaign. And then this closing note: Following the war the services of this writer were enlisted in the promotion of a nation- wide ehurch movement, and in a letter to Mr. Taft I referred to this campaign. In an answer, dated New Haven, No- | vember 26, 1919, he wrote, in part, the following: “I am very glad to hear of the Every Name campaign. It is, as I understand it, an organized effort of the Episcopal Church in this country to enlarge its influence and usefulness and gather into dynamic form the spirit and les- sons inculcated by the late war. In that |war we faced God. We approached the judgment seat. We came to realize | that nothing was good but service. The | pomp, the vanity, the comforts and the | ambitions of material life lost their | glitter and became the dross they are {in comparison with the virtue and the | eri fentate. The kimono recalled by com- | Christian spirit and the character that parison & suit of red and white striped | these develop. pajamas Roosevelt wore once when two ‘The reaction from the war to ma- of us sat with him In & Chicago hotel | terial things has been natural, but dis- {until 3 a.m. | couraging. The hopes of many were Mr. Taft frequently picked these oc- |T8ised by the many evidences individ- | casions to drop valuable bits of news.|Uals gave of being roused to a love of Thus one night, riding out of San Mankind, a sense of responsibility to Francisco, at the time when New Or- | leans was contesting with San Francisco | for the exposition to celebrate the com- pletion of the Panama Canal, he sald casually: “Before long we ghall have to negoti- ate & new general treaty with Japan I believe that if San Francisco has something to keep her occupled for a BRIBERY IS CHARGED | IN GOVERNOR’S RACE |time tnere i be ies danger ot ‘any | task of negotiating a satisfactory treaty 2 more difficult. You may use the fact Friends of Arkansas Candidate that I u\-;:: San Francisco for the ex v position when it will do the most good.’ Tried to Buy Off Foe, Behind the pomp and eircumstance Judge Charges. of Mr. Taft'’s receptions at the various $35333855558 1 decsion pending. stops there was the welcome relief of | amusing. if trivial. incidents which oc- By the Associzted Press | curred behind the scenes. During a LITTLE ROCK, Ark. June 14-—The |trip through the Yosemite Valley we threat of a grand jury tnvestigation of | W lked one morning with John Muir sensational charges against the State’s |the naturalist, from the Summit House lieutenant governor and & former gov-,down the narrow, winding, precipitous ernor, revolving about their activities|trail to the town of Yosemite, 7.000 in the Democratic gubernatorial cam- |feet below on the floor of the valley. Ppaign, stirred political circles of Arkln~I Waltad Aot Wil %o Dy, » : y n‘A !?grlxi‘w Army mafor, County Judge | When we arrived there Mr. Taft was John C. Sheffield of Helena, who is one | Wet to the skin from the exertion of four candidates for the Democratic | Of the effort, and the President, because nomination for governor, was credited | OUr baggage had been sent on ahead with hurling one of the biggest political | to the train, had to go to bed at mid- bombshells in recent history of the day in the little mountain inn while State ,éflx garments were hung in the sun to He charged in a demand to the circuit | 4rY: Judge 101 Ca_speciar moan, 9 ihe clrcuit | W Homely traits drew Mr. Tatt close to {llipps County that Lieut. Gov, Lee | the mass of the people. On long trips , former Gov. Tom J. Terral and | We used to send our Jaundry ahead and had sought through bribery to PicK it up several days later after a induce him to withdraw from the race | dozen short stops. One day the rail- in favor of another candidate, the|road official in charge of the Presidents youthful Brooks Hay of Little Rock train found in his laundry package a Both Cazort and Terral immediately White linen shirt, too large by far for issued statements of denial, the latter | him. Examining it, he found on the declaring the charges a falsehood, and neckband the initials W. H. T. The the former asserting that while he had | shirt was neatly patched in a dozen held conferences with friends of Judge | Places. Eheffield in Helena this week during| Much has been written about Mr which some of the friends ruggested |Taft’s great bulk. It was responsible Sheffield would be relmbursed for his for a diverting incident in San Antonio campaign expenses if he withdrew, he On the swing around the circle in 1909 had made no promises nor offered any | Mr. Taft took on weight to an alarm- bribe. ing_extent on that trip and half way The Phillipps County “Sheffield for | through his poundage had increased to | Governor” Club held a mass meeting [ 340. Dr. Richardson thereupon advised this_afternoon and backed up Judge|A strict diet. ‘The correspondents Eheffield’s request to Circuit Judge W.|broadcast the story. A few days before D. Davenport for a jury investigation |We were due at San Antonio Maj. Butt of his charge that he was offered $1.500 | received a dispatch from the reception in cash and a high State office, if Hays committee there. It read were elected, to withdraw from the race.| “Newspapers say President on diet Judge Davenport still was undecided | We pian customary banquet or will give tonight on the question of calling the | President corned beef and cabbage, as jury session. He planned to ascertain|he prefers. Answer.” gentiment in Phillipps County before| The repast at San acting. out to be one of the most Lucullian of Gov. Harvey Parnell and T. B. Gray the trip. The explanation came when of Batesville are the other candidates|the toastmaster arose to introduce Mr for the nomination. The former has| Taft. He narrated the circumstances not opened his campaign is not considered a contender | gram to Maj. Butt and added: Aside from the gubernatorial race political interest o far in the cam.| “Prefers Corned Beef and Cabbage.” paign for nominations in the August| “If our humble meal today 'n honor 12 primary has been in the attacks of (of the President is not strictly in ac- Tom W. Campbell of Little Rock upon | cordance with the diet which has been Senator Joe T. Robinson, whom he is | prescribed for him, the »:=son les in seeking to unseat. ~ Campbell has|the answer we recelved to our message charged Robinson with being a “tool” | from Maj. Butt. I will read it of the “power trust.’ and asserted the| «-The President prefers corned beef Senator had been in Washington 80! and cabbage. Butt. " long_he had lost sight of the needs of|" Mr. Taft led the laughter. the State. And then there was the occasion : when the President visited the ranch of his brother, Charles P. Taft, near Corpus Christi, Tex. Among the diver- sions arranged for him was a round-up of 40,000 head of cattle. We preceded him to thé scene of the festivities in a Antonio turned Dr. Julisn M. Brown has been ap- pointed medical officer for health at Stepney, at a salary of $7.500, makin the third woman in England to hol such a position. The latter | surrounding the dispatch of the tele- | | society for one’s brother and a quick- ening of the religious spirit. The reac- tion has been natural, but he would be | pessimist indeed who concluded that | the lessons of the war and the spirit | engendered by it did not furnish an opportunity for the church and a foun- | dation on which to build. “For that reason I welcome in every | church the effort to extend its influ- ence, to bring within its organization the indifferent and the inert laity and | all associated with them, and to stir to a ;Dn;clv\;sness of the good they can therefore of the go e good they ought If Mr. Taft had been called upon to leave a parting message to his pro-unw countrymen, I do not believe he would have preferred any to this, (Copyright, 1930, by North Paper Alllanc ‘REVEILLE BOY SET"S | TRACK RECORD TO i WIN AMERICAN DERBY (Continued From Pirst Page.) American News- starting gate. He :; the far outside ere, getting a oy getting away When the Reveille Boy w Jo}:‘ke)‘ Fronk Whip and pressing his face cl Reveille Boy's neck, rushed him acr the track to rail As the field straightened out for the dash down the back stretch, Gallant finally was taken and started from last in the fleld barrier was sprung as off like a champion. to oss Join the others near the Knight, the favorite, sailed into the | lead, pulling out to ‘an advantage of ;‘;\_rnr lengths. It looked like it was all Then all of a sudden there was a flash of red and white moving up on the extreme outside. It was Jockey Fronk aboard Reveille Boy. 8 As the field hit the lower bend Reveille Boy had moved up from last place to a position where he was run- ning head and head with Gallant Knight for the lead. Had Only $300 Left. As the fleld bounded into the last turn for the drive to the wire, Reveille | He | Boy was going like a champion. shot into the lead at the head of the stretch, raced Gallant Knight into submission, and widened his margin, until Fronk was sure he had the vic- tory won. When old Johnny Best landed at Washington Park with his pride and joy he had just $800 in his pocket. He gambled away $500 as a starting fee in the Derby, leaving him with $300. He was so nearly broke that he did not dare risk even a $2 bet on Reveille Boy. Best is an old-timer in the horse racing game, having been in it for the | last 30 years. He was a proud old man oor man, he called himself—as he strode down to the judges’ stand to re- ‘cel\‘e a trophy presented him by Gov. | Louils L. Emmerson of Illinois. ‘ Just that instant the mutuel price of $113.08 to $2 was flashed on the board across the track. Best gazed at the price, also at the tinle and blurted out: “Past time, Il sqy it is. His | mammy gave Reveille Boy his speed. He spanking him with hh‘ " HE 15 BONE DRY Virginia Candidate for Con- gress Avers He Is Only One in Race. | By the Associated Press. LEESBURG, Va, June 14—Frank L. Ball, State Senator frem Arlington County and candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for Congress in the eighth Virginia district, in a campalgn address here tonight asserted he was “«he only candidate for the nomina- tion who has been consistently dry.” Four others are opposing him in the primary: Former Judge Howard Smith of Alexandria, Capt. Crandall Mackey, Alexandria; E. H. De Jarnette, Orange, and Thomas R. Keith, Fairfax. ‘The Republican nominee is F. M. Brooks, Fairfax. R. Walton Moore, Democratic incumbent, announced sev- eral months ago that he would retire at the end of his current term, “I have now and always have been dry; publicly and privately, personally and politically,” said Ball. “I am the only candidate for the nomination who has been consistently dry. Conditions under prohibition are certainly a vast improvement over the old days of the licensed saloon and I am opposed to taking any backward steps. I believe in a fair and impartial enforcement of tall laws, treating rich and poor alike, and in cultivating in my own life a sincere respect for the Constitution and statute law of my country Senator Ball stated that he, of all the primary candidates, has had the most legisiative experience, pointing to his service in the Upper Branch of the Legislature since 1924. Turning to_the tariff, Ball sald he favored development of co-operative marketing associations and ‘“breaking down the great monopolies that have shackled our land with industrial chains of greed.” He pald a tribute to the retiring Representative Moore. PRESIbENT GREETS PRESTES AT DINNER, LAUDING FRIENDSHIP (Continued From Pirst Page) of the world they are animated by a desire to maintain amity and, through loyal efforts, to further the cause of ace. “In other respects also, sir, your na- tion is viewed with sympathetic ad- miration by my countrymen. Your peo- ple are conquering the wilderness and are bringing to the markets of the world the fruits of their labor. The inex- haustible riches of your great country, which are contributing so effectively to the comfort and progress of mankind, offer a marvelous field of activity to the industry of your people. One need not be a prophet to say that the future of Brazil is one of unlimited possibilities. “To the life of this great nation, sir, you have been for many years contrib- uting your patriotic endeavors. Your fleld of activity has been broad and comprehensive, earning thereby the con- fidence and affection of the Brazilian nation, which has rewarded you with the supreme honor that a republic can bestow on one of its sons. In your long and honorable public career you have served in the legislatures of your native state and of the federal government, and you have discharged the duties of chief executivs of the great State of Sao Paulo. The Wide experience you have gained will contribute greatly to the Reference to His Visit. “I eannot, Mr. President-elect, per- mit this opportunity to pass without re- ferring to my delightful visit to your country; particularly do I wish to men- tion the cordiality of the reception that was accorded to me in your beautiful capital. I was particularly impressed, sir, with the spontaneity of that recep- tion and the evidences of sincere and unaffected friendship for the United States which greeted me on every side. It is no exaggeration to say that the impression of that friendship which I carried away with me will always re- main in my memory as a living ev dence of the sentiments which the peo- ple of Brazil cherish toward the people of the United States, and which I hard- ly need assure your excellency are sin- cerely and heartily reciprocated by them. “As T have said, Mr. President-elect, it is a great pleasure for me to extend to you a most cordial and hearfelt wel- come on the part of the Government and the people of the United States. It is my earnest hope that your visit here will ‘be as pleasant as was my own visit to Brazil, and I should be most happy if you felt when you leave us some measure of the satisfaction with which T myself look back on my experi- ence in your country. Nothing con- tributes 50 much to better understand- ing between peoples and a closer co- operation between nations which have common ideals and common purposes as personal contacts and friendships be- tween individuals, and it i« peculiarly gratifying to us that we have this op- portunity to have you with us. Mrs. Hoover, who is greatly disappointed thi she has not been able to have the pleas ure of welcoming you here, joins me in extending to you our best wishes for your personal welfare and happiness and for the success of your administra- tion. Permit me also to express the hope that Senhora Prestes will soon be fully restored to health. It was a keen disappointment to us that she was un- able to accompany your excellency here. “I am personally very happy, Mr. Ambassador, to have been able to en- Jjoy your hospitality this evening, and I |‘appreciate deeply the courtesy which LT R | would have given Gallant Fox or any of them a battle, I'm telling you. And | look at that price. Me with $300 in my pockets and not a nickel on him. But | T have more money than I ever dreamed | of having.” | Best, now nearly 60 years old, stood there with his arms filled with roses. | He had on no vest, his collar was wilted, one of his suspenders was threat- | ening 'to snap in two. He called for | his old friend, Johnny Paul, trairer of his horse. Paul elbowed his way into | the scene and embraced Best. The two pals were silent for an instant. Then Best_said: “When a man has dough it makes no difference about his suspenders Come on Johnny, bring your wife. Get Bill Fronk and his wife. It is his fourth wedding anniversary. Tonight all of us- will have chicken and gravy and plenty t. “What's the difference, Johnny, asked of his gray-haired trainer. or poor, we are always the same, and always together as we have been for years.” Paul's heavy frame shook with emo- tion. Then his face broke into a smile | that was still that way when the two | strolled arm-in-arm across the track take a look at Reveille Boy in his stall. Previous to today Reveille Boy had never amounted to much as a money winner. The most notable achievement was finishing second to Gallant Knight in the Fairmount Derby. but & week ago he finished sixth, absolutely last, in the Cleveland Derby. But old man Best had faith in him— Justifiable faith, he called it. Old man Best bred Reveille Boy from Last Reveille and Little Ann. Up until the time Reveille Boy was foaled Little Ann was Best's only horse, his complete racing stable. She dropped dead in a race a year ago and then Best began racing Reveille Boy, preparing him for this victery. welfare and prosperity of your country. ' stren, to frlana ‘When the President-elect of Brazil the United States. met Vice President Curtis yesterday: Robbins of the White House staff; Dr. Prestes, Vice President Curtis and S. Gurgel do Amaral, Brazilian Ambassador to Front row, left to right—Warren Delano —Harris & Ewing Photo. . S-BRAZILTRADE STUATIONSHAPPY Highest Tariff Bill Fails to Impair Relations With Rio De Janeiro. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Amid the pleasantries which have marked the visit to Washington of President-clect Dr. Julio Prestes of Brazil, the unique character of Brazil- ian-American trade came in for special consideration at the very moment Dr. Prestes was the Nation's guest in the Capital. Congress was enacting the highest American tariff law ever adopted. But the Hawley-Smoot bill leaves unaffected the circumstance that no less than 95 per cent, or practically the whole of Brazil's exports to the United States, enters this country free of duty. The statesman from Rio de Janeiro | was in Washington while the hue and cry about America’s harsh treatment | of foreign produce were making the political welkin ring. Dr. Prestes was | able, like Ajax, to defy all lightning of that sort and to point to the square deal which Brazil's coffee, hides and skins, Cacao and rubber encounter when they reach Yankee customs houses. The President-elect was able to refleet. the Senate finally approved the pro- posed revenue law, that the tariff is no barrier to his country's vast trade with the colossus of the North. The steadfast friendship that has character- ized Brazilian-American relations since their inception finds a gratifying counterpart in the wholesome con- stancy which marks the expansion of commercial intercourse between the two nations. | Coffee Market Constant. | Rightfully referred to as the coffee center of the world, Brazil finds a constant market in the United States | for her chief product. Of her total exports to the world, coffee accounts for approximately 71 per cent. Of her | exports to the United States, this product assumes even greater signifi- cance, accounting for 85 per cent of the total. By liberal estimate, this would provide each inhabitant of the continental United States with more | than 250 cups of coffee annually. Cof- fee is the one product responsible for Brazil's visible favorable halance of | trade with the world sincc 1921 and for her continuous favorable balance with the United States. Brazilian per capita imports from this country dur- ing 1929 were approximately $2.78. Compared with coffee, other items of Brazilian export to the United States are small in relative importance, the closest being hides, skins and cacao, each of which accounted for 3.8 per cent of the 1928 total. Others more important than their volumes imply are rubber, dried skins and manganese, two of which are products indispen- sable to American industry and which must be wholly purchased abroad Relatively, the United States occupies the first position mn Brazil's foreign trade. Not since 1923 has Great Brit- ain, our nearest competitor, surpassed this country in merchandise sold to Brazil, while our position as Brazil's best customer antedates the present century. Chief of the commodities purchased from the United States are: _Auto- mobiles, petroleum products, machinery, iron and steel products, and foodstuffs. Automobiles and parts, both passenger and commercial, account for approxi- mately 25 per cent of the total and petroleum products for 18 per cent. | The present time finds Brazil in a state of relative economic depression. | As foreign trade in general is now in| decline throughout the rest of the world, it is likewise in Brazil. The break of the world coffee market i the latter part of 1920 was the largest local | contributive factor responsible for the present situation. Trade data for the {first_four months of 193% when com- |pared with those for t.@ eorrespond- | ing period of 1929, show American ex-| ports to Brazil as having declined 53 per cent and imports into the United States lower by 35 per cent. These are decreases in value, accounted for in part by the lower price levels now in effect. Compared with other nations, the United States is maintaining her rela- tive position. | American Investments Significant. Significant, also, in American-Brazil- ian commercial relations are the in- creased investments of American capi- tal in Brazilian enterprise. These investments have entered Bra- 2il, both through the medium of loans | and of private industrial undertakings. | ®| This latter field at present is of great importance. Chief of these undertak- ings are those engaged in the construc- tion and operation of public utilities, such as electric light and power, trans- portation and communication organiza- tions. Symbolical of the constant hening of Brazillan-American | hip and expanding commercial interchange was the recent inauguration of air mail and passenger services by American capital, which now place Rio States. It is another evidence of the faith held for the future of Brazillan- American commerce. (Copyright, 1930.) Sl;:nmh Has 84,718, | SAVANNAH, Ga. June 14 () —The 1930 population of Savannah is 84,- 718, an increase of 1,466 over the 1920 figures of 83,252, according to an- nouncement today by Frank R. Durden. census superyisor. This ia a gain of 1.75 per cent! Sereen Stars Wed BEBE DANTELS. PR A Lo NANKING ARMIES LOSE ON2FRONTS President Chiang Kai-Shek, in Personal Command, Is Forced Back. By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAIL June government armies were reported de- feated and in retreat today on two wide- ly separated battleflelds in the civil war that threatens the government's ex- istence. The Kwangsl Province rebel armies smashed the government forces 40 miles south of Wuchang, in Hupeh Province. said dispatches from the battlefield, and hurled them back toward the tri-cities of Wichang, Hankow and Hanyang on the Yangtze River. Simultaneously, 50,000 Northern Alli- ance rebels forced their way across the Yellow River, in Shantung_Province, and began marching upon Tsinan, 50 miles southwest. It was said by Jap- anese dispatches that “only a miracle will enable the Nationalists to retain Tsinan.” Irt a third area, the Nationalists met with some success, according to u dis Hankow heaaquar- Government forces 100 miles south of Chengchow, in Honan Province, crippled the Northern offensive when Nationalist aviators bombed rebel mili- tary trains, destroying five supply trains and two armored cars, Personally commanding his 70,000 troops, President Chiang Kai-shek was defeated and forced to fall back to- ward the Yangtze, where he may be supported by Nationalist gunboats. . American and British gunboats, ly- ing in the Yangtse, were prepared to protect the foreigners in Hankow, Wu- chang and Hanyang, whose Chinese population numbers 1,500,000. Two Hurt in Train Wreck. PAULDING, Ohio, June 14 (#).—The locomotive and two coaches of passenger train 21 on_the Wabash railroad were derailed at Emmet, Ohio, near here, at noon today when ‘the train struck an open switch. The engineer, Robert Dev- lin, Toledo, was hurt slightly when the ;:.fisxm overturned. Passengers escaped ury. 14.—Nationalist | 20 STARS ATTEND - HOVIE WEDDIG | Bpecial Dissaten 10 The Star. FROMFAIRFAX AL Prisoners Use Iron Railing to Make Hole in Wall of Rear Corridor. > FAIRPAX, Va, June 14.—Four pris- | oners sseaped from the Fairfax County | Jail tonight by smashing a hole in & rear corridor wall with a section of iron railing torn from s stairway. Twenty- six other men in the crowded bullding made no effort Lo get away, As soom as the delivery was discov- ered arrangemer‘s were made to search for the men + h bloodhounds from the District Wockhouse at Occoquan. ‘The four were Belleved to have escaped on foot without outside assistance. Among those Involved in the break for liberty were Nick Breeden, a mu- sician arrested in Washington recently on a charge of attacking a girl at Bull , Run, and Taylor Edwards, under in dictment on three charges of assaulting members of his family. Breeden was to have been tried in September, while , Edwards was tried recently on one of three counts, a mistrial resulting. ‘The jail has been taxed to capacity since the conclusion of a recent term of the Pairfax County Circuit Court. For this reason the inmates had been given greater freedom recently than usual. They had not been locked in their cells for the night when the out- break was discovered. IN RAIDS ON TWELVE ALLEGED SPEAKEASIES (Continued Prom First Page) no one at home st the hour set for the raids, the squad assigned to the place re) Several doors away Myrtle E. Phillips, 35, of 1134 Abbey Fllc. northeast, was arrested and held for lilegal possession of 116 bottles of home br Booked for Possession. Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon Married in Impressive Ceremony. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 14— Before nearly two hundred motion picture stars, Bebe Daniels, one of filmdom’s luminaries, and Ben Lyon, juvenile lover of the screen, were married here tonight. | . Miss Daniels, who is 29, became a bride for the first time. Likewise, it was the first marriage of her 31-year- old husband. Among the guests were Douglas Fair- banks and Mary Pickford, Norma T | madge, Richard Dix, Irving Berlin, Clara Bow, Corinne Griffith, Colleen Moore, Rod La Rocque, Vilma Banky, |Bessie Love, William Haines, Lionel | Barrymore, Estelle Taylor, Jack Demp- | sey, Dolores del Rio, Gloria Swansén and May McAvoy. The bride wore an ivory satin gown and a flowing veil covered with orange blossoms. A sparkling diamond neck- Iace, the bridegroom’s wedding gift, was | about_her neck. A honeymoon to Europe will follow | later this SBummer after the couple has | concluded some film work. FATHER PROPHESIES SUCCESS. Ben Lyon, Sr, Optimistic Over Mar- | riage of Son. | __HIGH POINT, N. C, June 14 (#).— Hollywood is slated to see a new sort of married life shortly, with Ben Lyon, jr., and Bebe Daniels, who were married ‘ tonight, in the leading roles, Ben Lyon, | sr., father of the bridegroom, said here | tonight in forwarding a fat check as a wedding present, along with an invita- tion to spend their honeymoon with him at his home here. “Bebe's _dfferent,” “She’s a fine girl and we are all fond of her. Their romance, backed by years’ courtship, is bound to last. They love each other dearly, so why should their romance go on the rocks? Neither has been married before. Each is 29 | years old, and I predict for them & last- ing marriage packed with happiness. Mrs, Ben Lyon, sr., attended the wed- ding, but the bridegroom’s father was unable to make the trip on account of business. He is manager of the local | branch of a bedding company. TROOPS IN BOMBAY ' PREVENT PICKETING By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, India. June 14.—One thousand fully armed troops tonight 1 vested this city as the government’s threat to deal summarily with violators of Viceroy Lord Irwin's ordinance against picketing by followers of Ma- hatma Ghandi Picketing today earnestly became a criminal offense punishable by six months' imprisonment, with violence | certain to provoke immediate activity by the soldiery. Mr. Lyon said. . | booked for Miss Barbara Walker, 25 years old, of 826 Fourteenth , was booked for possession of one-half gallon of alleged ‘whisky, 155 bottles of beer, 10 gallons of mash and sale of 1 pint of whisky after the residence was searched. Discovery of one-half llon of gin and the purchase of one pint of gin re- sulted in the arrest of Mrs. May Perry,, 24, and Mrs. Ruth Gill, 23, when offi- cers raided their home, at 1022 Ver- mont avenue. The two women were held at the ninth precinct station in de- ~ fault of bail, both on sale and possession rges. Edward Cornell and Herman Myers of 424 Pifteenth street northeast were charged with possession of 102 bottles of beer, }; gallon of alcohol and 11 pints of gin, Joseph Carr of 12 Fifth Booked R pmunln‘fi“ !‘lr;"ulf ":3 o lons home brew and 85 bottles of gn‘. Possession charges were filed against Edward Moore & search of his home, 1650 Lamont street, netted 120 bottles of home brew and gallon of wine. Joseph George of 1017 K street was charged with possession of 82 bot- tles of beer. In the only unsuccessful raid on the e mapped out by Letterman and | Blandford, one police squad entered & home on the list to be searched and found that it had been vacant for some time, Three Early Raids. Earlier in the day Letterman's vice squad executed three other raids, among them an alleged speakeasy “fronted” by a paper bag establishment in the first block of H street northeast, where arrests were made and 72 bottles of home brew and one pint of whisky taken after battering in a rear door to gain access. Thirty-five patrons were permitted to irt. Anthony di Genaro, 27 years old, of 32 Todd street northeast, sald by police to be the rietor of the place, broke through the police cordon when the raiders entered and dashed for freedom. , He gained the top of the rear fence, but was hauled from there by Pvt. Mostyn after & brief struggle. He was charged | with sale, possession and maintaining a nuisance. John Petrello, 25 years old, of the H street address, and Earl A. Brown, 35, of 1910 First street, were charged with possession and maintaining & nuisance Whisky containers were smashed while police were breaking into the place, the viee squad members said. Twenty-eight quarts of whisky were reported confiscated by the vice squads in two apartments at 1235-37 C street northeast, both of which were said by lice to be occupied by William igers, 27 years old, who was charged with sale and two counts of possession. Police reported finding apparatus for mixing and bottling in one of the apartments, while a bar 10om was dis-’ covered in the other with 11 patrons lining the rail. The patrons were per- mitted to depart. Ethel Nash, 20 years old, of 1210 Four-and-a-half street southwest, was taken into custody for sale and pos- session of 279 bottles of home brew and 30 gallons of beer mash in a raid upon her home. Police found six men sit- tin, tables drinking beer from ordi- ni tin cans when they gained en- trance, they said. Four Other Arrests, The climax of the eivil resistance sit- uation was expected to mark Sunday's| activities of congress volunteers of whom | several thousand already had been de-| | tafled to stations in front of cloth and| | liquor shops. With the 4th and 5th Mahrattas' from Poona already encamped here, the Manchester Regiment from Secund Erabad was held in readiness to entrain for Bombay at the moment the authori- | ties should prove unable to cope with the situation. Various other troop de- | tachments likewise were held in readi- | ness. Gov. Sir Frederick Sykes, after con- fering with prominent Bombay citizens, | concluded the necessity of drastic ac- tion. The conference followed open de- fiance of 25,000 congress volunteers who earlier this week had assembled, shriek- ing their deflance of the police. | Sholapur was quiet today. The p-iie| yesterday prevented 100 volunteers bear- ing the Nationalist flag from entering the city. Eighteen were sent to prison | for nine months and fined as leaders. Rioting developed near Agra, a hith- erto quiet city. Shops were looted when | the demonstrators ‘seized a suburban| LAN HOOVER OF BRAZILIAN AL Is Guest at Pan-American Union Dinner Given by Southern Republic Envoy for Father. By the Associated Press. Allan Hoover, youngest son of the de Janeiro within six days of the United | President, met and welcomed to this | country yesterday Fernando Prestes, son of the President-elect of Brazil. Arriving in the Capital to spend the |He will work the remainder of the Small quantity of whisky. week end at the White House, the President’s son called informally upon | the Brazilian youth at the home of |School of Business Eugene Meyer, where the Latin Ameri- can party is living. Last night he was a guest at the dinner given by the Brazilian Ambas- sador at the Pan-American Union in | honor of President Hoover and today will go with his father to bid farewell WELCOMES SON PRESIDENT-ELECT| to President-ek | nando. Allan Hoover plans to to ;preslden!lnl camp in erfln'lon tomor- | Tow to spend most of the week with | his mother, who is convalescing there. | lect Prestes and Fer- | the | Summer for the American Radiator | Co., before rc(.umlui to the Harvard | @migistration for | his senior year, This i8 required by the #hool, to| supply practical business experience between his junior and senior, years. Allan has been given a place by @lar- | nce, ML AVoolisey, an old friend of the | Presiden - Ninety-seven quarts of alleged whisky were seized and four persons arrested by Policemen William R. Laf- lin and flllam McEwan, prohibition officers at No. 8 station ' Thelr biggest haul was 72 quarts of whisky which they said they found in a machine occupied by Benny Kine, 30, of 1129 Tenth street, and Fred W. Till- . man, 30, of 219 Ninth street, when they * ordered them to stop their car at New Jersey avenue and S street on a “hunch.” Both occupants were charged with transportation and possession. A raid on 1817 Oregon avenue was rewarded with the seizure of 23 quarts of alleged whisky and the arrest of Fred D. Wilson, colored, 34 years old, of the Oregon avenue address, on & charge of possession. ihe other two quarts credited to Laflin and McEwen were found on Law- rence Dyer, colored, 28 years old, of 10 Logan's court, after a chase of three blocks on foot through alleys snd va- cant colored dwellings. ‘The officers approached the man at First and Plerce streets and the laiter took to his heels. He hurled one jar into the street, but a one-half galion container was found on him when over- taken. Dyer was charged with break- ing glass in the street, transporiation and possession mguudly caught unloading whisky in an alley at the rear of the 1400 block of Irving street, Joseph Lee Gray, 20 years old, of 1524 Wisconsin avenue was arrested for transporting 12 one- half gallons in his machine and pos session of 84 quarts. The arrest wi made by Sergt. N. O. Holmes and Pvt: A. M. Tolson, W. 8. Smoot and D. E. Donahue of No. 10 station. The same officers found 5 one-half gallons and 23 pints of whisky in an un- occupied dwelling in the 1800 block of Calvert street and then arrested Made- line Martin, colored, 28, of 611 Falr- mont street. in a raid on the .atter's , home where they said they found a She was charged with sale and ssion, while! three colored men in the house at the ;lm; were arrested for disorderly con- luct. Pearls are produced by the mel a (speckled) oyster only, the products of the !::h!rt brlnd‘!n of oysters being’ de- clared nof Tmine by a recent decree in the Prenc‘:fl courts. i