Evening Star Newspaper, June 26, 1930, Page 23

STEEL ROW HINGES - ON PROXY STATUS Leaders of Industry Expected to Be Called in Youngs- town Inquiry. By the Associsted Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June 26—A procession of witnesses which may ex- tend through three weeks before legal- ity of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation- Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. merger is tested was scheduled to begin in Com- mon Pleas Court today. Former Secretary of War Newton D. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSPAY, JUNE 26, REST FOR IS X NOT BEFORE JULY 3% Despite Illness, Pontiff to! Carry on Until After the Public Consistory. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 26.— Well informed | diminished. ecclesiastics In Rome and Vatican City today believed that Pope Pius XI would not allow himself a needed rest until after the public consistory July 3. The pontiff has been reliably reported as 1930. recently gained freedom to spend the remainder of the Summer outside the | Vatican. | Amon: the phou menuoned for the papal Summer palace | at anl Oflndnlfo aboard a yacht. or in the wlfltllll retreat of the mother | house of the Benedictine order on the | wol hel[hh 0( )lm!u Casino. that the semi-offi- cll»l d!nlll Of fll! pontlfls illness issued yesterday really denied nothing and did not convince the well informed that their anxiety of the last few days has been groundless. Information is that the Pope is suffering from an old blad- der disorder and that physicians have discussed advisability of an operation. ‘The communique did not deny these reports, but carried the strenuous schedule of the pontiff of the last few | days as evidence that his vigor was un- | grounds to success _ for bondonl mlrrhle rate has been ris- ing since 1 operate a dynamo. innovation is reported to have heen [ the windmill has “creaked” once during the services. Windmill for Cathedral. Because the electric power plant has | proved inadequate, the authorities of the Cathedral of the Isles of Millport, Scotland, have erected a windmill ln the ICE CREAM Fresh Peucll and Pineapple-Mint DRIVE OUT TO McKeever Bros. Kensington, Md. not Save—and Be Safe From Financial Worry! At the most unexpected times can you fully appreciate a_sub- stantial savings account! Don't take a chance with such serious matters, Start with $1—youll Wi be adding more eagerly— and recelving generous interest on the pflndp . soon laimed for America the world record for its type. With Clarence O. Prest (above) at wheel, it sped zh':ehr‘ll"i g}‘;‘:fi'l:fi.lel an hour at Los Angeles, Calif. It was built by Prest, and supports a 40-horsepower motor, and.can climb to altitude of 10,000 feet. Former record was held by a German aviator. —P. & A. Photo. Baker, chief counsel for Sheet & Tube, was prepared to finish his opening statement defending the billion-dollar merger in a short time_today. Then attorneys for Myron C. Wick, jr. and the International Shares Cor- poration, stockholders seeking & perma- nent injunction enjoining the merger, were to call their first witnesses to sup- port claims that the consolidation was fraudulently and illegally voted. Leaders to Be Called. ‘The names of witnesses were not an- nounced, but before the hearing is com- pleted most of the steel magnates in- volved whose wealth and resources total high in the millions are expected to be called. They include Cyrus S. Eaton, the Cleveland capitalist who has bitterly combated the merger; Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the Bethlehem board; Eugene C. Grace, president of Bethlehem; Frank Purnell, president of Sheet & Tube, and James C. Campbell, chairman of Sheet & Tube. One of the vital questions to be fought out which may affect every cor- poration in the country is whether a Em can be voted validly at a stock- olde‘n meeting if the stock is sold be- tween the date of record set by the + directors and the stockholders’ meeting. Holds Proxies Void. Luther P. Day of Cleveland, leader of the array of attorneys arguing against ‘the merger, in his opening statement iyesterday asserted such proxies are “vold and that on this basis approxi- nately 250,000 shares of Sheet & be common stock were fll%:‘m voted the pro-merger forces. merger I‘gprnved by 58,000 shares more ired two-thirds majority. B.ktr r!ulhud with the assertion that voting of such proxies is legal upder Ohio statutes and that if this Wrere not the case, elections at stock- Holders' meetings would be impossible. Baker nl.u? charged that Eaton, the o suffering from uremic poisoning and seriously i1l By carrying on until July 3, it was pointed out, he would round out the ceremonies of his jubilee year, ending June 30. It was believed generally that the Pope's trusted advisers would urge him to take a long rest immediately after July 3, ibly profiting by his 9 to Satuvads Vintt Woon INATIONAL | | PERMANENT | pnl Court yesterday with the remark,|Then we ate cream puffs. On the way DRUNK? NO, YOUR HONOR, |7, oi'y cram pums SRR e CREAM PUFFS THE CAUSE| Hines and Mrs. Pauline Holbrook of she fell out. I was helping her when Hollywood won a dismissal of intoxica- Johnny Hines, Film Comedian, and ORGANIZED 1890 | 949 NINTH ST.NW. Just Below N. Y. Avenue Under U. S. Government Supervision Bridge Bids to Be Asked. LYNCHBURG, Va, June 26—The city manager's office here is about to I.mlment the officers came.” tion charges. They were arrested May 29 by policemen, who found Hines help- Woman Get Dismissal of Intox- |IN§Nis companion into his automoblle CI AFI IN R —— charges were true. 4 - “e“’" gl oo police hosptal surgeons satd 1t sk for bids for 4 reinforosd concrete Optician—Optometrist By the Assoclated Press. r] a e approacl irginia LOS ANGELES, June 26—Johnny | youaVs, SUended & inner party.” Hines | Episcopal School. ‘The bridge is to be 922 14th St. N.W. cocl Hines, il mcomedian, left the Munici- | before dinner. 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