Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1930, Page 2

A—2 DAYTON GETS LIFE ONPLEA OF GUILTY Slayer of Marjorie 0’Donnell 3ppears in Daze Be- fore Court. o m_Fir: 2ccept the plea and moved for imme- diate sentence, ‘The clerk asked Dayton if he wished to make the change of plea and in an almost inaudible voice the confessed slaver responded, “Yes,” with an incli- nation of the head. When Justice Gor- don had inquired of the prisoner if he had anything to say before sentence was imposed Dayton' had to be prompted by Attorney Ring to answer in the negative. Impassioned Plea for Mercy. Ring made an impassioned plea for Jeniency to the court, pointing out that for 25 years Dayton had led a blameless life up to three days before the homi- cide. when he began drinking. Then it was, said the lawyer, that he stepped out of that character and under the influence of whisky which he had con- tinued to drink for three days, he com- mitted the crime which took away the life of a 19-year-old girl. He pointed out that it was Dayton who advised the world of his erime and made no effort to escape. “As soon as his normal faculties had returned.” said the lawyer, “Dayton re- ported his crime to hotel employes. He still was so affected by the liquor he had consumed that the police deferred their examination of him for several hours. There was no evidence of pre- meditation, your honor, and I ask you to take that into consideration in im: posing sentence.” Influenced Acceptance. Justice Gordon informed counsel that his statement was the moving cause which influenced the Government to accept the plea to the lesser offense. Addressing Dayton, the court then said: “Dexter Dayton, the court sentences you to spend the rest of your natural iife in the penitentiary.” As soon as Dayton had been removed from the courtroom, Assistant United States Attorney Neil Burkinshaw asked the court to take up the case of Craw- ford, announcing that Attorney John H. ‘Wilson had reported that his client would plead guilty to second-degree murder. The Government also was willing to accept that plea, the assistant prosecutor said. Wilson asked the court not to give Crawford, an 18-year-old boy, a greater sentence than the minimum of years, but the court, after hearing the facts, decided to impose the maximum of life imprisonment. Dayton was indicted for the murder in the first degree of Miss O'Donnell. Rover considered the first indictment doubtful, however, and the case was re-presented to another grand jury, to which Attorneys Cobb and Ring filed a challenge to the array. A second in- dictment was reported and a plea in abatement filed to it was overruled by Justice Peyton Gordon. The case Was expected to come to trial next week. Dayton, by his own confession, while in a drunken stupor, on the night of October 8, last, strangled to death Marjorie Lucy O'Donnell in a small room on the eighth floor of the Roose- velt Hotel, where they had engaged in & disagreement. Police, notified of the tragedy by hotel attendants, found the body of the girl, fully dressed, on one of the twin beds in the room, with Dayton sitting by her side, sobbing, denouncing him- self for Iacking courage to end his own life with a revolver which he held in nerveless fingers, Lodged at the eighth precinct sta- tion, where a formal charge of murder was preferred against him, Dayton made a voluntary confession to police. He said that his motive had been jealousy, intensified by the quantity of whisky which he had consumed prior to the killing, and stated that he had repeatedly entreated Miss O'Donnell to promise to marry him, saying that he soon would be earning enough money to care for them both, but that she had as many times refused. Drank Heavily Before Meeting Her. Dayton told police that he had an engagement with Miss O'Donnell the day she was killed and that before meeting her he began o drink heavily and during the afternoon registered at the hotel. He previously had arranged to take the girl to dinner at a local hotel the evening of October 7, he said. After meeti the girl, he invited her to come to his room at the Roose- velt for a drink before dinner. Al- though Miss O'Donnell had never been to a hotel with him before, Dayton told investigators, she consented to ac- company him on that occasion. They had a few drinks and left the hotel, Dayton said, and then went to dinner, later returning. The prisoner told police he felt cer- tain they began to quarrel about the possibility of their marrying shortly after midnight. He said he upbraided the girl because of her reluctance to be engaged and that she replied by re- ferring to an interest in another man. Dayton said he then became so incensed that he lost control of himself and| seized the girl and that they struggled about the room, finally falling on the Awakes o Learn of Deed. He woke about noon the next day, he sald, to realize for the first time what he had done when he saw the body of the girl lying on the bed beside him. He then decided to kill himself with a revolver which he had in his possession at the hotel, but that he couldn't get H? his nerv He picked up a bottle of liquor, thinking it would steel his courage, he said, but this failed and later he lost consciousness either from sleep or intoxication, Waking up about 2:30 o'clock the next morning, he said he again de- termined to kill himself and put the revolver to his temple and pulled the trigger. Though he tried several times, according to his statement, the shells failed to explode. Then, entirely los- ing courage, he called a bell boy by telephone and told him to call police. Some time before the crime was dis- covered Dayton wrote an incoherent three-page note on hotel stationery de- scribing his quarrel with her, his Jove for her and his determination to kill himself. The note said, In part: “I am going to kill my sweetheart and then myself. * * * I know I love her. "¢ Without her love T can- not live. * Now that the effect of the liquor is wearing off, I shall be- gin drinking again and get up Dutch courage to kill myself.” Dayton was employed &s & salesman by an insurance company and roomed at 1818 H street. He had known the girl for several months prior to the wragedy. Miss O'Donnell, who reside¢ with a sister in an apartment at 1821 Sixteenth street, was a native of Pitts- burgh, the daughter of a newspaper Planes Limit Trips Over City Sundays For Churches’ Sake By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C. June 19. —Commercial airplanes which have been taking passengers sightseeing over Charlotte will stay on the ground from now on during Sunday morning church hours, for the noise of their mo- tors has been disturbing church services. Following a conference of rep- resentatives of the Charlotte Min- isterial Association and Manager John E. Crowell of the local air- port, & ban has been placed on fiying over the city on Sunday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. DAYTON UNCERTAN FUFE 5 BETTER “Justice, | Guess, but Hardly Clemency,” He Says of Sentence. “Justice, I guess, but hardly clem- ency.” Dexter Dayton, back at the District Jail today after hearing a District Su- preme Court justice sentence him to life imprisonment, spoke in a listless voice, his large dark eyes gazing at a ciga- rette which dangled from nicotine- stained fingers. The 26-year-old youth appeared to have aged 10 years since that October morning when™ he summoned police to a hotel bedroom in which 19-year-old Marjorie O'Donnell lay dead. strangled by Dayton in a fit of drunken rage. ‘They gave me life—it’s a Jong fime; better, though. than the electric chair. The sentence was just. I've faced my guilt. There's been remorse as a con- stant_companion for months now. The guards here have treated me well and have done what they could to help me. I have no fault to find except with my- self, Hope He Will Be Example. “I can only hope what has happened to Marjorie and mysell may do some good. Maybe some one will take this tragedy as an example.” Dayton was dressed neatly in a light suit and an immaculate white shirt. He wore & freshly pressed necktie and shoes well shined. The pride which he apparently had taken in his appearance was strangely incongruous in one so completely uninterested in what life might hold for him. “Nothing seems to“matter except my mother. I don't know how she is going to get along. I was an only son and all she had. For months now the nervous strain has so weakened her she can scarcely work. She hasn't had & job for weeks now, and I'm afraid she needs one.” Melancholy While Talking. ‘While Dayton was talking to & news- paper man he wore an air of profound melancholy. He could scarcely be summoned from his fits of abstraction by a direct question. He seemed like man in a daze and attendants say . 18 been his condition for a long ime. Dayton's eyes wandered off from those of his interrogator who often had to repeat point-blank questions. He would recover from his reverie with a start and say: “Beg pardon?” “You want to know my mother's ad- dress?” he asked, knitting his brows. “Why she lives at—she lives at . . I don't seem to remember where she lives just now; it's on the tip of my tongue but I can't remember. Memory Is Shaken. “All sorts of intimate things have been slipping my memory of late. Some- times I sit in my cell and try to re- member my boyhood friends, but I can't seem to recall their names, although their faces sometimes recur.” Attendants at the jail say Dayton has been under a constant nervous tension for months past, a condition apparent in his every action and gesture. They believe, however, that he will show im- provement now that the shadow of the electric chair has been removed. As for Dayton himself, still trying to recall the judge's words which removed the danger of the death Kenllty. he e sentence 0IL CONSERVATION MOVES CONSIDERED Naval Aftairs Group Considers Work Along Reserve Boundaries. By the Associated Press. The vast pools of ofl held under- ground to provide the Nation's fighting ships with abundant motive power in time of emergency, and the problem of preserving them for that nurpose, to- day recelved the attention of the House naval affairs commilice. A project intended to prevent loss of oil from the naval petroieum reserves through the operations of private drill- | ers upon adjoining holdings came vp for action in executive session. Another proposal has already been approved by Congress at tuis session and a third affecting other Government oil holdings is oeing urged for passage in_the House before adjournment. The measure before the committee today would permit the purchase cf private holdings within a reserve by cash or through exchange for other re- serve holdings, wheun exploitation of the privately owned fields threatens to reduce the value of the naval reserve in_question. In addition, it would allow drilling wells_on reserve boundary lines, with the Government and the neighboring private operator to share jointly in the proceeds. This step was planned 1o preciude the necessity for driling “cff- set welis.” The bill was intendel primarily to protect the most valuable reserve cf all {=—that at Elk Hills, Calif,, famous for its connection with'the ofl scandals of the Harding administration—but is ap- plicable to all the reserves. | Chairman Britten was confident of |& favorable repor.. Extended Learings {on a bill of similar intent were held during the last Congress, but did not | | come up for consideration before ad- | journment. MOVIE PICTURE DISPUTE IS CONFERENCE TOPIC By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 19.—Patent righis in the motion picture business, which have been disputed by American and Ger- man of that city. She came to work in Whanington in 1924, Smith Plea Is Considered. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover announced that he still has under con- sideration the request of Attorney E. Russel Kelly to enter a plea of second- degree murder for Franklin Ellsworth Smith, 52-year-old bank watchman, who was granted & Tew trial by the District. Court of Appeals .last Decem- ber, following his conviction of kill- ing his 19-year-old daughter Bessie. The tragedy occurred September 26, 1928, at their home, 1151 New Jersey avenue. Should the prosecutor accept the of- fer, Smith ‘will'be taken before Justice ‘William - Hits in Crimital Division 2 for sentence, man interests since the talking films appeared, will be discussed at confer- ence between Will Hays, czar of the American film industry, and German Tepresentatives. Mr. Hays, who arrived here Monday, indicated that the sessions probably will begin tomorrow. “I am here to see, hear and learn,” Mr. Hays commented. “The universal- ity of motion pictures presents many problems which must be considered on THE EVENING MANIAG SLAYER CLAIMS 3D VICTIM New York Hunt for Insane Murderer Shifts to Bronx on Basis of Note. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 19.—Several hun- dred policemen searched the byways of the Boston post road today for evidence of a third murder by the maniac blamed for two killings in Queens within a week. Search for the mad siayer shifted today to the Eastern Bronx after an all-night vigil In Queens, when & news- | paper recelved a warning in the mails purporting to come from the slayer himself, boasting that he had commit- ted another murder, naming his victim A8 “Harold Bridenbach” :nd telling Wwhere the body would be found. When Joseph Mozynski, Queens deli- catessen proprietor, was slain a week Ago last night in his motor car, parked beside a secluded road, his death was regarded as the work of a hold-up man or a jealous enemy. Letter Sent to Paper. But when Noel Sowley, young radio salesman, was killed in & similar man- ner Monday night, and when the killer escorted the girl who was with him to & transportation line which would take her to her home—just as he had taken to a subway station the young woman in the car with Mozynski—and when a note mentioning the Mozynski murdes was found in the car beside Sowley's body, police agreed that both killings were the work of the same man, ap- parently a maniac. This conclusion was supported by a letter to a New York newspaper, re- ceived, it sald. before the actua! find- ing of Sowley's body, announcing the killing and teiling where the body would be found. Corpse Not Found. ‘The killer warned in his letters that he would strike again last night in College Point, Queens, and 600 police- men blanketed the district in a search for him, but while they still scoured the vicinity early today another letter, purporting to come from the same source, reached the newspaper. It said the killing had been done, but along the Boston Post Road in the Bronx, across Long Island Sound from the Borough of Queens. “Where is X8W-9? He is already dead. He is on the Boston Post Road. His name is Harold Bridenbach. Find the woman, old man, and you've got me.” This note caused Police Commissioner Mulrooney to shift his search to the Bronx, where an all-morning hunt had failed today to reveal a corpse or any sign of a fresh killing. A mysterious explosion, not yet solved, and panicky calls from frightened citi- zens kept the officers busy last night. A youth was questioned for hours before he was set free at College Point headquarters. He was captured after he had leaped from a parked car, HOPE FOR DISTRICT FUND BILL REVIVED HOOVER FOR ACTION (Continued From First Page.) -| 50 that this annually re-occurring prob- ' lem may be eliminated. Mr. Hoover indicated his interest yesterday when the proposition was put up to him and again today during his conference with Senator Bingham. He was re) see something done to elimiuste this yearly battle over the question of the fiscal relations, but he has not com- mitted himself as to what he thinks would be a fair amount for the Federal Government to pay as its share of the city budget. May Urge Agreement. ‘The, impression gained by those who have discussed this subject with Mr. Hoover during the past 24 ‘hours is that he might urge an‘agreement upon the District appropriation bill along the line insisted upon by the House conferees, if provision is made for the appointment of a commission such as provided for in the bill introduced by Representative Moore of Virginia. At any rate, the President seems to be of the opinion that it will be far better to get the District appropriation bill enacted than to continue the fight regarding the amount of the Federal Government’s contribution, He seems to feel such a commission, if created during this session of Congress, would have thrashed out the disputed ques- tion by the time the next appropriation bill is before Congress, and tbat upon its recommendation a definite solution of the fiscal relations would be recom- mended. Senator Bingham said, lu)on leaving the White House, the President showed great interest in the appropriation bill, but gave no indication of what he pro- posed doing. Among other things, the President asked him about this proposed commission to study the subject of fiscal relations. According to Senator Bing- {ham, the President attached great im- portance to the idea and the Connecti- cut Senator said he told the President that he favored the idea himself and felt confident that such a commission would solve the problem. Bingham Views Stated. Later on his return to the Senate, tor Bingham said the President d him to come to the White House and outline the situation regarding the local appropriation bill. It is understood that Senator Bing- ham told the President, as he has told the Senate that the Senate conferees are not insisting upon a lump sum of $12,000,000, but have been willing to Accept any reasonable compromise. Senator Bingham feels that Congress is a body of two branches, both of which should yield something in cases where the two branches take opposite posi- tions on a question. Senator Bingham expressed the be- Mef yesterday after the Senate had adopted the report of disagreement that the bill was destined to die. It was pointed out today, however, in this connection, that the vote taken by the House on Tuesday was to in- sist upon the disagreement of the House to the Senate amendment mak- ing the lump sum $12,000,000. Mem- bers of the Senate, in analyzing the situation today, took the view that the House vote therefore merely directed the House conferees not to agree on $12,000000, but would mnot prevent them from agreeing to some compro- mise under that amount. In this connection, Senator Bingham pointed out today that when the $9.- 000,000 lump sum was inaugurated five years ago it was at that time the re- sult of a compromise. 1t was brought out during a recent debate on the pend- ing bill that in 1925 the House wanted to make the lump sum $8,000,000 and the Senaw voted for $14,000,000. At that' time the House voted 307 to 16 to further insist on the $8,000,000 figure. Bubsequently, however, the compromise was reached on $9,000,000. Although. the Senate’s action yester- day released its conferees on the pend ing bill, it would not be & difficull par. lismentary task to reopen discussion of the bill'if there should appear any hope & world scale, I shall accept with great Elnlure the opportunities for s ! and exchange of views with many of those who are contributing so much and so splendidly to the development of the motion pk-:lu:’ art in Europe.” ‘The patent dispute applies especially reproducing- talkin, to apparatus- for flms, that the House would consider a com- promise, Suggests Type of Commission. Senator Bingham said he would like to see on commission members of the Senate and House, a representative f the District government, a repre- sentative of local assoclations and {1ast night by the District Fedetation | grmmed as being anxious to | Pper- Pennsyl FEDERAL WORKERS | INDORSE MEMORIAL Allied Printing Trades Coun- cil Also Approves Project. The District of Columbia World War Memorial was unanimously indorsed of Federal Employes and by the Allied | Printing Trades Council. ' ‘The Federal employes organization, which has 13,000 members, adopted a resolution urging every Federal em- ploye to contribute to the local me- morial fund as generously as possible. Action was taken following an ad- dress by E. J. Roche, a speaker from the speaker's bureau of the Central Labor Union’ memorial committee which is carrying forward a campaign for $20,000 to complete financing the me- morial, A committee, consisting of Miss Nora James, representing the District Fed- eration; Miss Gertrude McNally, repre- senting the National Federation of Fed- eral Employes, and J. P. Simpson, to work between the Federal employes’ organizations and the Central Labor Union committee, was appointed. John Ginder, president, presided over the meeting, and William Sanger was sec- retary. The Allied Printing Trades Council not only indorsed the memorial, but made an appropiation from its own treasury of $25 to the campaign. This is an unusual action of the council, to appropriate funds, as it is composed of delegates from the various printing trades; it was explained, and a large treasury s not generally maintained. ‘The council was addressed by R. A. Dickson, president of the council, who presided. He is secretary of the Cen- tral Labor Union memorial committee. DANISH NOBLE'S SON FACES EXTRADITION Eiler V. Krarup Is Accused by First Wife on Count of Non-Support. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 19.—Eiler V. Kra- rup, son of a Danish nobleman and for- mer attache of the Department of Com- merce, today faced extradition to Mich- igan because of action taken by the first of his two wives. A Michigan warrant procured by Krarup's first wife, Mrs. Mirlam Heide- man Krarup of Calumet, Mich,, for al- leged nonsupport, was served on Kra- rup today just after a bigamy charge had been dismissed because of inability of the first wife to appear as complain- ing_witness. Krarup lives here with his second wife, Mrs, Lois Damler Krarup, daugh- ter of an official of Sears, Roebuck & Co., to whom he was married, he said, under the impression that wife No. 1 had obtained a divorce. ‘The first wife, whe described Krarup as the son of Bir Jens Krarup, “one of the most renowned and wealthy men in Denmark,” was married to Krarup in Detroit in 1923. 8She charges that hé deserted her and their 3-year-old daughter in Calumet. Mrs. Taft in Vienna. VIENNA, June 19 (#)—Mrs. Helen Taft, widow of the late American jurist, | today arrived in Vienna on & tour which will take her through Austria, Hun- gary, Poland and Russia. haps a Federal judge. The Senator re- called that former President Coolidge on one occasion appointed a Federal Jjudge to sit on & commission with Army and Navy officers to consider aircraft problems. While discussing this phase of the question, Senator Bingham also ex- pressed the bellef that it might be pos- sible to work out some differentiation in the matter of taxation. Dr. George C. Havenner, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions and chairman ex officio of the Citizens’ Advisory Council, called at the White House yesterday to urge President Hoover himself to appoint a commission to determine the proper division of financial responsibility. Dr. Havenner discussed his plan with Walter Newton, secretary to the President, and pointed out that the commission he proposes would be dif- ferent from the ‘one provided in the Moore bill, now mndln[ in Congress. The Moore commission, he said, would be a permanent organization, in- structed to advise Congress at regular periods on the proper portion the Federal Government should share in the District'’s expenses, whereas he thinks a permanent commission is un- necessary. ‘The make-up of the commissions also would be different. Dr. Havenner sug- gested a group of five members com- posed of the director of the Bureau of the Budget, the president of the Board of District Commibsioners, a represen- tative of civic interests, a representative nrl zommerctll interests and an econo- mis Plan in Moore Bill. ‘The Moore bill would provide a com- mission composed of the chairmen of the Senate and House District commit- tees, and the Senate and House appro- priation committees, a member of the Board of District Commissioners and three citizens to be appointed by the President. Dr. Havenner explained that the President can create the commission without legislative authority, and urged that such a step be taken as soon as is practicable in view of the present con- troversy in Congress over fiscal rela- tions. “Belief was expressed that there is little likelihood of the passage of the Moore biil at this session. Dr. Havenner went to the White House primarily to ask the President to intercede in breaking the deadlock between the House and Senate over the District’s 1931 appropriation bill. Simi- lar requests also have been made by a committee representing the Washington Board of Trade, and the Central Labor Union which sent to the White House & copy of a resolution adopted at its meeling Monday night. Might Divide Projects. Senator Bingham said today he thought it would be possible to work out some differentiation in the matter of taxation between things that are strictly Jocal and expenditures that are necesshry because this is the National Capital. He suggested, for example, that school buildings represent a local need and that there might be a school tax, just as there is a T tax and & gasoline tax for highways. 1In this way, he said, the people could deter- mine just how much they want to spend on schools. On the other hand, he said, there are other expenditures in Washington, such s for monumental bridges, develop- ment of & large municipal center, and extensive park projects on which the Federal Covernment should go 50-50 with the District. He pointed out that Washington cannot build the kind of bridges other cities would build, be- cause they would not fit in with the pearance of ‘the Capital. He de- red that the municipal center is ROINE o cost more than would be ex- pended by an ordinary city. because it will face the Federal development on STAR, WASHINGTON, BYRD TO RECEIVE D. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1930. SWORD FROM Left: Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and Mrs. Byrd. Right: Miss Sue Pollard, daughter of the Governor of Virginia, with the sword she will present to Byrd as a gift from the people of Virginia. HIS NATIVE STATE OYER RESOLUTON ISTABLED, 2104 Committee of House Acts Un« favorably on District Kep- < resentation-Plan, After a lengthy discussion in execya / tive session today, the House judiciary committee, by a vote of 12 to 4, tabled the Dyer resolution providing for ny tional representation for residents ef the District of Columbia through a constitutional amendment. ‘Those present at the committee mest- ing today really atood 11 to 5. because Chairman Graham of the committee is in favor of the Dyer resolution, but voted with the majority in favor of tabling it 80 as to be in a position at & later meeting to make the motion to reconsider this vote. ‘Those voting in favor of the Dyer resolution and in opposition to the motion to table it were Representatives Hammer, Democrat, of North Caro- lina; Moore, Republican, of Ohj Hickey, Republican, of Indiana, and Dyer, Republican, of Missouri. ‘The 12 voting to table the resolu« tion were Representatives Christopher son, Republican, of ‘Michener. Republican, La Guardia, Republiean, of New Yorl Hall, Republican, of Tilinois: Sparks, Republican, of Kansas: Swanson, Re- publican, of lowa: Sumners, Demo- crat, of Texas: Montague, Démocrat, of Virginia: Tucker, Democrat, of Vir« ! gini Browning. Democrat, of Ten- nessee; Celler, Democrat, of New Yor! and Graham, Republican, of Pennsy vania, FRENCH TO PROTEST ! —P. & A. Photo. —Wide World Photo. Inset: Paul Siple, Boy Scout on the Antarctic trip, whe will speak at Central High School Saturday morning. JONES PARS COURSE WITH 72 FOR LEAD Robson, British Contender, Takes Second—H. Smith Is Third. Page.) | chipped to within three feet and holed | the putt for a par 3. Jones overshot the 482-yard elg:nh with his iron second but chipped back and holed a 10-foot birdie for a birdie 4. He had to hole another long gutt for his par at the ninth. At the tenth, “the Alps,” Bob's tee shot was slightly off line in sand. He sent a gentle niblick pitch to within five feet of the cup and holed the putt He played the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth In par and bagged & birdie 4 on the fourteenth. Horton Smith had one of the sound- est starts of all the early morning starters with three 4s and & 3. e missed a 4-footer at the fifth and took 5. Barnes Gets 77 for 148. “Long Jim"” Barnes, who scored a 71 yesterday, started out with a par 4 at the first hole, although the American | veteran was a bit disturbed by his gal- | - |CAPITAL ARRANGES lery, which included a party of chat- tering women, who seemed to thi they were at a garden party. 3 Macdonald Smith, whose great 70 yes- terday enabled him to tie Bobby Jones and Henry Cotton for the lead, started out with a par 4 at the first hole, roll- ing a long approach dead. He also matched par figures with a 4 at the second. At the third he found rough with his second and took three from back of the green for 6 where par is 5. At the short fourth, his putt for a 2 lipped the cup and he was down in par 3. He matched perfect figures with a 4 at the fifth. He rounded the turn with 40 after running into a series of difficulties that cost him a stroke to par at each of the last three holes. Mac Smith was troubled today as was Jones yesterday with long putts just slipping past the cup or hanging on the edge, At half a dozen holes his putts seemed to be about to drop, but re- mained out. However, he came in with 37, for a 77 and total of 147, Auguste Boyer turned in a card of 77 for a 36-hole total of 150. R. A. Whitcombe of England reached the same total with a par equaling 73. Maj. C. O. Hezlet needed 82 strokes today and apparently was completely out of the running with 161. Len Hol- land scored 78 for a total of 153 and 1Al‘nlm! Massey of France had 81 for 59. F. C. Btevens, jr., Los Angeles, scored 78 in the second round for a 36-hole total of 158. Cyril Tolley turned in a score of 71, the best of the day at the time he fin- ished. However, he needed 84 yesterday and had a 36-hole total of 155. Diegel played almost perfect golf for the firdt nine holes, making only two bad shots and getting to the turn in 36 strokes. He started home with a string of 3s and 4s, and then took two 6s by driving to rough, placing a sec- ond short and in rough and a third to rough behind the green. He reached the two holes in 4 strokes, and 2 putts at each left him with 6s to ruin his chance to claim at least undisputed possession of third place. Dies of Heart Failure. A spectator, Clem Todd, a 70-year-old resident of Sheffleld, dropped dead of heart failure during play in the second round of the British open golf cham- pionship trophy. Death was attributed to heart failure caused by the intense heat, Scores at the end of the second round follow: Archie Compston, England, 74—73— 47. Auguste Boyer, France, 73—177—150. sgu A. Whitcombe, England, 78—-72— Len Holland, England, 756—78-—153. Arnaud Massey, France, 78—81-—159. ©. O. Mezlet, England, 79—82-—161. Macdonald Smith, New York, 70—77— 4 147, Horton Smith, New York, 712—73—145. Jim Barnes, New York, 71—7 3 Henry Cotton, England, 70—79—149. (X)F. C. Stevens, jr, Los Angeles, 8078 -158. * Robert T. Jones, jr., Atlanta, 70-72 —142. Leo Diegel, Mexico, 74-73—147. * Cyril J, H. Tolley, England, 84-71 —155. Fred Robson, England, 71—72-—-143, Don Moe, Portland, Oreg., 74—73— 7 47. Percy Alliss, Germany, 75— 74—149. Bert Hodgson, England, 74—77— 151 Marcel Dallemagne, France, 78—72 —151, Charles Mcllvenny, Australia, 76—75 —151. ‘Tom Barber, England, 75—76—151. Norman Sutton, England, 72—80— 152. Abe Mitchell, England, 75—78—153, *R. M. Oppenheimer, England, 77— 78157, *George Von Detroit, 81—79— 160 George Duncan, England, 85—76— 161, Lo lnbriel Cionzales, Spain, 84—78— P. H. Rodgers, England, T4—73—147. Charles Whitcombe, England, 74—175 ~—149. ‘Ted Ra; &nlhnd. 18—75—153, N MRS, LLOYD BERKNER, wife of the assistant radio operator on the Byrd expedition, who is visiting her and Mrs. Osear Fulks, in band, who is returning here tomorrow with the Byrd expedition. ~—Clinedinst Photo. PROGRAM FOR BYRD AND PARTY TOMORROW (Continued Prom First Pag | National_ Geographic_ Soctety from the time of the arrival. An escort will con- duct the group from the atation to the Willard Hotel, where a rest period will ensue until noon. Hoover to Meet Explorers Twice. President Hoover will meet the ex- plorers twice durll‘l{l the day—first at i 12:30 o'clock, when he will receive them | at the White House, and again on the platform of the Washington Auditorium | in the evening, when he will decorate | Admiral Byrd with the special gold | medal of honor of the National Geo- graphic Soclety. From the White House the party will go back to.the Willard Hotel for & luncheon at 1:30 o'clock, given by the trustees of the Geographic Soclety. A number of official dignitaries will be at_the luncheon. ‘The Navy's most active retired officer will gly an official call on Secretary of the Navy Adams at 3 o'clock. Although Byrd has been a retired naval officer since March 15, 1916, there have been only two months when he was not on active naval duty. During thaw | period he has been frequently on the | “hop,” having flown over the North and | South Poles and across the Atlantic Ocean, among other things. During his visit to the Navy Depart- | ment the admiral may have time to con- | fer with officlals regarding his future | naval duty. When he has completed his work on the Antarctic expedition he will be subject to naval orders, unless 1t is decided to return him to the inac- tive list. Received Diploma In 1912. Byrd was graduated from the Naval was retired from active duty because war had made it necessary that he be | recalled to duty, and he became instruc- tor-inspector of Rhode Island's militia. When he made his Arctic Polar flight he was a retired lieutenant commander, recalled to active duty but on leave. He still holds that status, his present leave expiring when his work on the Antarc: tic_expedition has been completed. Rear Admiral William Moffett, chief of the Aeronautics Bureau, to which Bryd is attached, said orders for Byrd's future assignment would not be issued until he had completed his Antarctic work. “His orders will not be issued until we consult him and see what he wishes to do.” Admiral Moffett said. From the Navy Department Admiral Byrd and his men will motor to Arling- ton Cemetery, where they will honor the memory of three notable explorers, Admiral Robert E. Peary. discoverer of the North Pole; Admiral Charles Wilkes, ! reputed discoverer of the Antarctic { tinent nearly & century ago, and Floyd | Hennett, who plloted’ Byrd over Lhe North Pole, Tour of City Planned. After the Arlington visit the party will make an_extensive automobile tour of | the city for the benefit of members of | been here. The remainder of the after- | noon will be reserved for rest. The ceremonies in the auditorium will be attended by a notable company of dignitaries, with Dr. Gilbert Grosve- nor, president of the National Geo- graphic _Society, The pro- gram, which wiil will be broadcast by Nation-wide radio { network of the Columbia and National | broadcasting systems. Against backdrop of the Stars and Stripes and flags of the Navy, the Na- tional Geographic Soclety and the Byrd Antarctic expedition, President Hoover will present to Byrd the gold medal of honor specially designed by the society to commemorate the South Pole flight. ‘The special medal was necessary be- cause “Admiral Byrd already has re- ceived “the soriety’s coveted Hubbard award. The new medal is the work of Laura Gerdin Fraser, sculptress, Academy in 1912, and four years later | of an injured ankle. Within two months | | the command who have not previously | ROARING WELCOME RECEIVED BY BYRD Explorer Lands in New York After 20 Months in Antarctic Region. -_‘Continued From Pirst Page,) | added their deep-throated salutes. Fire boats played streams of water into the air, their thin white spray, touched by | the sun, making & backdrop of rain- | bows, ¥ | As the Macom nosed into Pier A the crowd on the shore added its volce to | that of the harbor craft. The admiral stepped ashore at 10:40. A moment later he and his party were in aufomobiles and swung out of Bate tery place, preceded by bands and a | military and police escort, into the canyon of lower Broadway. As far up the street as the eye could | see & solid wall of people closed in, leaving only & narrow passageway. Awaiting the admiral at City Hall were three who had a personal interest in the proceedings. They were Richard E. Byrd, jr, and the admiral's two little daughters, Evelyn and Katherine, They | were fairly dancing with excitement. Police Form Living Wall, As the open car oarrying Admiral | Byrd swung around Bowling Green Park | and into Broadway the ticker tape, | which had been floating down in small streamers for several minutes, came down in a regular paper.snow storm. Police, arms locked together, made & living wall barely wide enough for the cars to creep through. Like a great wave rolling in from the sea, & continuous roar of cheering swept through the massed thousands in the street as the admiral's car rolled up the “Glory Trail” to City Hall. As the admiral's car turned into City Hall Park, surrounding office buildings were almost hidden by the storm of l:;‘rn paper and ticker tape which floated wn. ‘The Richmond, Va., Light Infantry Blues, which had arrived a moment before, drew up in a guard of honor in front of the southern grandstand and facing the steps of City rall, Admiral Byrd, escorted by Grover ‘Whalen, climbed out of the car and ascended the steps to where Mayor ,Wllld(er ‘was waiting with outstretched | hand. “Hello, Dick,” said the mayor. “Hello, Jimmy,” the adm! sponded. Admiral Byrd's *kizsmen and kins- women who participated in the welcoms included his brother, former Gov. Harry F. Byrd; Mrs, Byrd. anc their daughter, Westwood, and their son, Harry F., jr.; | Thomas Byrd, another brother, and his | daughter, Margaret, and George Bolling Lee, a distant cousin. ‘The legisiative commission appointed | by Virginia to meet Admiral Byrd was | headed by Lieut. Gov. James H. Price, J. Sinclair Brown, Speaker of the House; Senater Dick Wright, and. Rep- resentatives Daniel L. Porter and Joseph Denny. re- Escorted to Stand. Mayor Walker escorted Admiral Byrd to the front of the reception stand, erected on the steps of the hall. As the crowd recognized the admiral, conspicuous in his white duck uniform |and its golden epaulets, it let out a great cheer, ‘The mayor hailed him as a great \;rionbm and a still greater human be- | ing. | “Yours is a great scientific’ achieve- ment,” he said, “but your humanitarism in the care of your men was even greater. You are one of the finest hu- man beings alive in the world today. Welcome home forever.” “I stand here as a spokesman for 70 odd men,” Admiral Byrd said in reply. “I wish to give to you our sincere grati~ tude for this greeting. I know of no other man who could make me feel 50 graclously welcome as Mayor Walker." Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown of New York University then conferred on Admiral Byrd the honorary degree of doctor of engineering. When he ad- dressed him as “Dr, Byrd” the crowd | roared. ‘The ceremonies over, the admiral was escorted back 1o his automobile and left {for the New York Advertising Club. on |Park avenue, for a welcome home { luncheon. Mrs. Byrd was waiting at Pier A and greeted her husband there. They had time for only a word and then were parted, the admiral entering one car and Mrs. Byrd another. Recelves Greeting From Wife. Long before officials and the public claimed him, Admiral Byrd received one reeting. While the bark City of New ork. groping in the fog off the harbor yesterday trying to pick up & pilot, Mrs, Byrd, wife of the explorer, went out on & tug. She was only able to Wave & greeting &8 the rough sea made an attempt to board the City of New York too hazardous. After put- ting & health officer aboard the tug re- turned to Quarantine, while the City of Nex Yor" lay off Ambrose Light Ship untll a puot could be put aboard. < AMERICAN TARIFF ) Committee of Customs of Chamber Prepare Draft on New Schedules. By_the Alsociated Press. PARIS, June 19.—The committee on customs of the French Chamber of Deputies decided this arternoon to draw up & protest to the United States against the new tariff schedules of the United States, deeming it injurious to Prench interests, Several members of the committee sald they thought a clause should be in~ serted in the protest declaring that the French customs committee should be {ree to discuss and to adopt such meas- ures of reprisal as seemed to the comp mittee to be necessary. Todl}(‘l newspapers continued to re- gard the situation as serious. Skeptical editors questioned an official note {ssued at the American embassy by Ambassa. dor Edge that the new tariff measure would bring an increase of only 3.35 per cent in duties to France on 98 per cent of her exports to Ameriea. Edouard Herriot, in a long article pub- lished in Ere Nouvelle, calied the situa- tion & “question of life and death.” PR, BILL GIVING CAPITAL 4 NEW JUDGES SIGNED Court of Appeals and Supreme Tribunal of Distriet Will Get Two Each. President Hoover today signed the bl!ll_ flvinlg t’:w Capital (oufivl n;am Judges. 'wo of these judges wi to the Court of ADSAII of the m& which now only has three, and two will be assigned to the District Su) 4 Court, raising the total in' that al from seven members to nine. ‘These additional judges for the Dis- trict of Columbia were recommended by the Attorney General for the Presi- dent. it being explained at the time that the business of -these two local courts had increased so that it was im; ible for the present judges to handle it. . MUST STAND TRIAL 5 BUFFALO, N. Y., June 19 (® —Lils Jimerson, Cayuga Indian woman, must stand trial a second time for the mur- der of Mrs. Clotilde Marchand, wife of the artist, Henri Marchand, or sbide by her plea of gulity to second-degres murder- charge, Supreme Court Justice Harris ruled today. The woman's first trial, on s first- degree murder charge was terminated when she oollapsed in court and was removed to a hml)l!nl, where she was treated for several weeks for tubercu< losis. While there she pleaded guflty to the reduced charge, Upon discharge from the hospital she Was taken ‘into court for formal se tence, but appeared with new attorneys, who contended that the trial judge ex- ceeded his authorjty in declaring a mis~ trial after Lila's collapse and argued that dismissal of the jury in the ab- sence of the defendani was illegal. 12 GET COMMISSIONS ‘Twelve residents of the District of Columbia_today were commiasioned ‘by the War Department as second lieuten- ants of Infantry in the Reserve Corps of the Army. They are: John 8. Arm- stead, 811 First street; Philip T. Ate kins, 810 C street southéast; Willlam G, Black, 1431 Q street; Donald P, Car . Box 281, Eastern avenue northe east; Martin V. B. Cotton, 331 Elm street: Roy F. Greenwood, 1210 Kenyon street; Hayden C. Johnson, 1842 Vers mont avenue; James E. Jones, 1248 Twenty-first street; Herbert R. Orr, 728 Girard street: Thomas T. Robinsony 1720 U street; Robert Sharp, 1800 G street, and Charles A. Shorter, 1909 L, street. v Store Manager Honored. Harry I. Graceman, manager of J. B, Cunningham Co,, at 314-316 Seventh street, was given a surprise party yes terday by emploves of the stors npén the occasion of his completion »f his third year as manager, Returning from a trip to New York, Mr, Graceman was invited to a dinher a% Commonwealth Farm, Colesville, Md. On arriving, he was greeted bv ap- proximately 40 fellow workers, who pre= sented him with a fountain pen. BURGLARS ROB STORE Breaking the glass in the rear window of the Sauitary Grocery Co's stores at 2725 Seventh sireet northeast last night burglars stole 120 pounds of meat,, 16 dozen epgs and 24 pounds of flour in & wholesale raid on the stores supplies, The loot was valued at $35 by James Sweeney, manager of the store. BAND CONCERT. B{.lhu United Btates Boldiers’ Military: Band this evening, at band stand, at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M, Zimmerman, leader; Anton Pointney assistant leader. March, “Arms and Honor' . Grabef Overture Hungarian, “Csczk Y, Keler-Belg Suite de ballet from "mmundek,l Schul Q@rand scenes from opera “Tannbau- e ... Wagney Let It Rain, Let It Pour,” Dona Valse petite, Finale, “Lonely Little Bluebird, “The Star Spangled Banner,” i ser” | Fox trot, “Poupee Valsant,