Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. s potsibly l;o\::ea B showers: ot much “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star's exclusive carrier service. Phone National §000 to start immediate delivery. = The tar WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION No. 1,319—No. "31,470. CONTROL OF BOLIVIA SEIZED BY REBEL MILITARY - GOUNCIL Siles, Former President, and Family Take Refuge in Brazilian Legation. + CIVILIANS ARE KILLED IN LA PAZ FIGHTING Vice President and Other Leaders Prepare to Return From Exile in Buenos Aires, By the Associated Press. LA PAZ, June 28.—Former President | Siles of Bolivia and his family were| refugees tonight in the Brazilian lega- tion and the government of the coun- try now is in the hands of a military board, over which presides Gen. Carlos Blanco Galindo. Three colonels and two lieutenant colonels are the other members. Except for the tenseness caused by the recent political upheaval and the entrance of revolutionary forces into the city, La Paz was leading its normal life tonight. Soldiers Invade Provinces. Several prominent politicians allied with Siles, have fled or sought protec- tion in other legations. Soldiers have been sent to the provinces to capture some of the leaders of the old ministry. The Siles family has been treated with every consideration by the insur- gents. Several civilians were killed as the revolutionary army captured the capi- ' tal yesterday afternoon, but the exact number of casualties is not known. ‘There was much shooting. The revolutionists promptly sur- rounded the homes of President Siles and his ministers, but the Chief Execu- tive and most of his cabinet advisers already had fled to safety. 31 Cadets Are Captured. | Some cadets of the National Military Academy defended the presidential mansion for a while, and were joined by many civilians. In this skirmish, a large part of the casualties among civil- red as second class matter post office, Washington, B. C. E St. Louiis “Robin” By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 29.—Drawing ever closer to the world refueling endurance record, John and Kenneth Hunter in their monoplane the City of Chicago passed their 418th hour in the air at 1:40 am. central daylight time today and had only four more hours to go to break the mark of the St. Louis Robin. The fiyers made four contacts with the refueling plane Big Ben tonight. On one of these they took on 100 gal- lons of gasoline and on the others they received oll, food and battery service. Casey Jones, an official of the Wright Co., sald there had been no motor trouble. “The motor has been functioning perfectly,” Jones asserted. “If there had been any trouble, the pilots would have told of it in thelr notes, and they have not mentioned any difficulties.” Kenneth found relief from a severe toothache tonight after medicine had been sent up to him. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 29,. 1¥30—112 PAGES. NDURANCE PLANE NEAR " RECORD OF 420 HOURS Hunter Brothers Are Expectéd to Pass Mark Early Today in “City of Chicago.” ‘The mother of the young record- tonight. The elderly woman—a widow for 18 years—planned to sit up all night, confident her sons will attain their goal. She told new:z:permen she had opposed the boys taking up fiying, and said that the townspeople of Sparta had looked upon their flying exploits unfavorably as “a lot of foolishness.” Now, though, she is happy that the pair have done so well. Mrs. Albert Hunter, wife of one of the brothers who have done the re- fueling, also came from Sparta tonight to see the finish of the flight. She watched with interest as the contacts were made and showed some anxjety when told that disaster might result if a downward current were encountered | as the ships flew o close together. Wilson Herren of Barrington, IIl, backer of the flight, told the Associated Press he had no idea how much the flight, if successful, would be worth in but that, whatever it might be nts the fiyers to get it.” _“I entered this as a_sporting propo- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) NEW PENION BILL FIGHT T0 FIX DATE FOR ADJOURNMENT {Walsh and Connally to Open Battle by Demand for Increase. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, World War veterans' legislation, the District appropriation bill and adjourn- ment of the present session of Congress, BIGGEST AIRPLANE INU. 5. WILL BRING PILOTS TO CAPITAL | Kingsford-Smith and Aides to Fly to City in 32-Passenger Fokker Craft. By the Ascociated Press. | NEW YORK, June 28.—Squadron | Leader Charles Kingsford-Smith and his ocean fiyers will go to Washington seekers joined the crowd of spectators | iy DISTRIGT IN ARK ASTO MONEY BIL WITH CRISS NEAR Within Less Than Two Days Capital Will Be Penniless Unless Change Comes. CITY OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, MAINTAIN OPTIMISM Simmons States He Has Not De- cided Whether to Call Up Continuing Resolution. With the fiscal year to die and all its appropriations for running the Dis- trict of Columbia to lapse within 48 hours of last midnight, the fate of Dis- trict appropriations carrying new money for the new fiscal year 1931 was as much in doubt last night as it has been since the Senate and House con- ferees originally disagreed over the amount of the lump sum weeks ago. If anybody in Washington last night knew whether the bill would die or be passed in the final hours of the session drawing to a close; whether a continu- ing resolution would be made to serve the purpose of maintaining District activities for a few months in lieu of the regular bill; whether the Senate would try to keep the House in session until it agrees to the Senate's proposals for compromise; whether the President has actually requested members of Congress to pass the District bill or in what form the request was made—he was keeping his information to himself. Refuse to Become Excited. Despite the fact that if Congress does not act on District appropriations in | { some form tomorrow, the District gov- | ernment, beginning Tuesday morning, | will be operating on faith alone and | with nothing on paper to guarantee | payment of salaries, responsible persons | If the Proposal to Print Cartoons a HOW LONG 4 HAS THIS THING BEEN / nd Comic Strips in the Congressional Recor: d Ts Accepted. CHEVY CHASE “G DEPICTED AS GE Sabotage of Animals by Inoculation Al- leged in Affdavits for Damages. In an innocent-looking house in the quiet and dignified residential section near the Chevy Chase Country Club were hatched millions of disease germs ERM FACTORY" {TTAOKG pOVATE RMAN WAR PLOT ‘ yesterday to the Mixed Claims Commis- | | sion by ‘counsel for the United States. | The suits grow out of such alleged acts | of German sabotege as the Black Tom | By the Associated Press. Supporting Claims La Guardia Declares Hoover Enforcement Commission Decision lilegal. FIVE CENTS 1 IN_ WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS - LAW STUDY FUND explosion and the Kingsland fire in New | President Hoover's decision to use P ‘ TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE ci BAKER GUN STOLEN FROM EMPLOYER O VETERAN- SUSPELT Mysteriously Appears Later in Desk Drawer in Business Office. BARERRE TRAIL COLD, NEW ORLEANS SAYS Hunted Man Arrested Two Dly-l After Girl's Murder for Alleged Virginia Thefts. ‘The gun used in the slaying of Mary E. Baker was stolen from a former em- ployer of Herman H. Barerre, itinerant painter and World War veteran for whom an international search is now being made by the Bures tion of the Department of Justice and the Washington police. ‘This was made known last night as a sequel to a series of sensationai dis- closures of recent developments in the investigation of the crime, developments which the authorities confidently pre- dict will result in the capture and con- viction of the murderer. The gun, it was revealed, was re- covered under most extraordinary cir- cumstances. It was not found, as first reported, in & thicket in Arlington County, but in a desk drawer in the office of the man from whom it was stolen. Appearance s Mystery. | When last seen by the owner before | the theft, the revolver was in his home | in the place where he always kept it. | How it turned up later in the desk in | his business office is just another ele- | ment of mystery in the already mystery- | ridden case. The owner, however, bes came suspicious, and turned it over to | to meet President Hoover on Monday in the biggest plane in America. They originally planned to fly to thc Capital in the Southern Cross, tri- | motored ship in which Kingsford-Smith has crossed both Atlantic and Pacific hung in the balance when the Senate and House quit work yesterday afternoon. Much will depend upon what the Senate does with the new veterans’ bill jans occurred. The revolutionists cap- tured 31 cadets and put them u-.',o“ ing the President's veto of the Rankin | bilL. | prison. Communication with the outside world was cut off. The insurgents cut | some telegraph wires and established a | strict censorship. No new dispatches ‘were sent from La Paz until tonight. Officers serving on the military board with Gen. Galindo are Gol. Os- car Marica Pando, Col. Roberto Osorio and Col. Jose Lanza, and Lieut. Col. Emilio Gonzales Quinto and Lieut. Col. Bernardino Bilbao. Kundt Reported Slain. TIMA, Jeru, June 28 (#).—Informa- tion obtainable from Bolivia today in- dicated that the revolutionary move- ment in that republic had been suc- eessful. One dispatch, sent to the Associated Press from Arica, said that Gen. Hans Xundt was dead. Gen. Kundt, a Ger- man who is commander in chief of the Bolivian army, had been the principal target Zor the opposition since the re- ‘'volt started a week ago and was ac- cused of attempting to place Dr. Her- nando Siles back in the presidency. Dr. Siles resigned as chief executive last month and it was charged then that the resignation merely was a sub- terfuge that would enable him to cap- ture the presidency later in violation of the constitution. Meanwhile, from Buenos Aires came | ‘word that Abdonsa Avedra, the Bolivian vice president, and a group of political leaders who have been living in the Argentine capital after being exiled by Siles had started for La Paz by train. Although the Bolivian political situa- $ion is much tangled, it is understood that Saavedra had the right to become President automatically when Siles re- + signed. He is doubtful of being so ac- claimed on his return, it is sald, but ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) $10,000,000 IS LEFT FOR PLANT RESEARCH Late William Boyce Thompson En- | dowed Institute—Predicted Soviet Would Endure. By the Associated Press. YONKERS, N. Y. June 28.—Col. ‘Willlam Boyce Thompson, copper mag: nate and philanthropist, who died at his home here late last night, had set sside $10,000,000 to endow the Boyce ‘Thompson Institute for plant research in_Yonkers, friends announced today. The Institute was founded six years ago by Col. Thompson and has become known over the world for its experi- ll;wnu in studying the diseases of plant fe. Puneral services will be held tomor- row at the home. Burial will take place in Tarrytown. Col. Thompson's neighbors today dis- cussed several hitherto little known hases of his life. It was related that Ee prided himself on having the bolshevik government in Russia ‘would endure. The prediction was made to President Wilson and ently passed by th % R Byfithe sHouse, follow- | = . Givietiringea tiisimon Rt ks | decided today to leave the old ship in | the hands of mechanics grooming it for at the District Building yesterday re- |with which German agents tnoculated fused to become excited over the pros- | cattle shipped to the allies, prior to pect, and Indlcated thelr SpUmISHc B¢ | America's entry into the World War, It was pointed out, moreover, that not | according to afidavits filed by the until July g.c'lvhen k;'»e“ fl‘l;s T)'mfl!lr{wnmd States in behalf of American of the new fiscal year falls due, is t! | firms which are pressing a $25,000,000 ’ poss lysis | 1009, o unicioar Tunctong e """ | sabotage ciatm aguinst Germany. On the House side, Representative | Additional details of the alloged Simmons of Nebraska, chairman of the | wholesale inoculations effected at the Jersey in 1916 and 1917. | One of the new afdavits, to which is | attached the name of Paul G. L. Hil- en, is designed to’ corroborate stat ments by a former German agent (o the | }eflecz that entire shiploads of mules | infected wtih anthrax and other | cultivated in the Chevy Chsse | “factory.” | | The “factory,” according to the affi- | germs | bacillus | W ‘The measure is to be called up in the Senate tomorrow. Senator Watson, the blican leader, who reported the measure favorably from the finance committee yesterday, asked unanimous consent to have the bill taken up to- morrow after the morning hour, but objection being made by Senator Norris of Nebraska, he gave notice he would move to take up the bill at the earliest opportunity Monday. Hoover's Approval Expected. ‘There seems no doubt but that the President will approve the bill if i goes to him in the shape it was reported yesterday from the Senate finance com- mittee. With a few minor amendments. the bill remained the same as when it passed the House. ‘The big fight in the Senate will come over a proposal, sponsored by twc Democratic Senators, Waish of Massa- chusetts and Connally of Texas, both members of the flnance committee, tc increase the rates of compensation tc be pald the disabled veterans to cor- respond with the rates allowed under the recently enacted Spanish War vet- erans’ act. Under the pending World War vet- erans’ bill the maximum payment would be $40 a month and the minimum $12, as compared to $60 and $20 in the Spanish War veterans’ act. President Hoover, who vetoed the Spanish War | veterans’ bill only to have it passed over the veto, is understood to be strongly opposed to the proposed in- | crease. ! Move Beaten in Committee. In the finance committee yesterday the Walsh-Connally proposal to in- | crease the rates of pay under the bill was defeated, 11 to One Democrat, King of Utah, voted against the Walsh- Connally amendment, while one Repub- lican, La Follette of Wisconsin, voted for it. The amendment will be offered from the floor of the Senate and last night there was doubt as to what would be the result of the vote there. If a substantial number of the Republican progressives shculd line up with Sen- | ator La Follette and the Democrats, the amendment may carry. If it does, and the House should concur in the amendment, it might bring another presidential veto. Senator Watson, the Republican leader, in charge of the bill, said he believed that he would have | sufficlent votes to put the measure | through as it was reported to the Sen- ate. If he suoceeds, the House may agree to the minor Senate amendments (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) SHIP SENDS AID CALL Freighter Disabled and Drifting Toward California Beach. SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 (#).—The steel freighter Onondaga wirelessed to the Coast Guard here late today for ald, saying she was disabled and was drifting rapidly toward the beach, 23 miles north of Point Arena, which is 75 miles north of San Francisco. The Coast Guard cutter Tahoe was sent to the freigater’s aid. A second sald the vessel had lost her jcan Red Cross the downfall of the Czar’s government propeller. The Onondaga, owned by the Ford Motor Co., is of 2,310 gross tonnage. DIVER, LIFELINE FOULED, SPENDS FEARFUL HALF HOUR UNDER WATER Rescuer Collapses Afher Success Following Several Futile Descents Into Sunken Dirill Boat. iward Boucher, also of the flight to Oakland, Calif,, whicl probably will begin on Wednes« ind which may be non-stop or may be in- terrupted by a gop at Chle;lo. Anthony H. G. Fokker, &‘a‘s"..‘:&"“am..w the 32 - 's e 32-passenger plane of the same make, the largest air transport in the country. It was not announced whether the ocean fiyer ‘would Bflot the air giant himself, but it was belleved he would take the controls for at leait a part of the journey. Kingsfo.d-Smith returned today by by short-wave radio with his mother and other relatives and friends 10,000 miles away in Australia. He told his mother that he was through flying over oceans, but thst he intended to fiy home from London in order to get back more quickly to her and to his flancee with whom he talked by telephone from this city last night. ‘There were reports today that Kings- ford-Smith’s crew, Evert Van Dyk, J Patrick Saul and John Stannage, were planning to fly back across the Atlantic but the flyers themselves denied that they had any such intention. All will g0 to England by steamer, leaving be- hind them their famous plane, which will be soid after it reaches Oakland completing its two-year journey arounc the world. WILLIAMS IS DELAYED ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., June 29 (#).—At the hour he had set with his projected non-stop flight to Bermuda, Roger Q. Williams had failed to appear at the field, and efforts of attaches to locate him were uncuccessful. He had announced he would take off 2 am. (Eastern standard time) on an attempt- ed round-trip flight. The plane was fueled and ready for the take-off. Texan Ends Life in France. LOURDES, France, June 28 (P).— Marshal Jacob Kieffer. registered here as from San Antonio, Tex., threw him- self out of the window of his hotel last night and died from injuries received in the fall. He was 31 years old and is supposed to kave been suffering from neurasthenia. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—24 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. PART TWO—8 PAGES. Editorial _Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Peatures. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 6. PART THREE—12 PAGES. Society Section. News of the Clubs—Page 10. D. A. R. Actifities—Page 10. W. C. T. U. Activities—] 10. Army and Navy News—Page 7. PART FOUR—I12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, Screen and Music. In the Motor World—Page 5. Aviation Activities—Page 8. News of the Praternities—] Veterans of the Great War- 9. Y. W. C. A. News—| 9. , “Ask No Questions"— Serial Story, Page 10. Organized Reserve Notes—Page 10. District National Guard—Page 10. Radio News—Page 11. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—12 PAGES. News and Classified Adver- The Home 11, m‘h Wl?.m 13. Corps Notes—Page 132. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Section. of the New Books—Page 18. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—S PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—$ PAGES. Hi~“tights of History. e lesigner of placed at Kings- { be air from Schenectady, where he talked | tinuing tions, said last night that, no. anticipating any further confer- District bill, the doors are “He proposal—that the $9,000,000 lump sum be continued in the District bill and the conferees meet again next November or December to thresh the matter out-- is still under consideration. Mr. S/mmons also said that he hopes to see the bill passed and has nol de- cided whether he will call up his con- resolution tomorrow. He was apparently on the point of calling it up yesterday, but decided not to do it. ‘There was some gossip in the cloak rooms of the House yesterday LhLat the bill would pass and that the reported efforts;30f the President to intercede in the Interest of its passage might re- sult in & different story, should the House be again asked to vote on the matfer. On the Senate side. however, there was no evidence of a change in the at- titude over what was shown late Fri- day afternoon, when doubts were raised that the Senate would consider the con- tinuing resolution if it were sent over from the House. ‘The Senate quit early yesterday after- noon, after getting the veterans’ bill reported out, and the only mention of District legislation was made by Sen- ator Black of Alabama, who called the attention of the Senate to the fact that Muscle Shoals legislation had been held up by the House just as effectively as the House had held up legislation for 1 the District of Columbia. Senate Conferees’ Attitude. ‘The Senate conferees were repre- tented last night as feeling that they were extremely reasonable in their last compromise offer to come down from $12,000,000 to $10.000,000 in the Federal | contribution, but they have had no word from the House group since it was made. Senator _Bingham, _Republican _of Column 2) (Continued on Page FIVE-YEAR TERM GIVEN IN KILLING OF WOMAN | Charles Wesley Rucker Sentenced in Death Resulting From Auto- mobile Accident. Charres Wesley Rucker, 30 years old, of 2118 Pennsylvania avenue, was sen- tenced to serve five years in jail by Judge William ' R. Hitz in Criminal Court yesterday on a charge of man- slaughter growing out of an automobile accident in which Mrs. Mary Ready, 55, of 1134 Twenty-fifth street, was killed on October 5. Mrs. Ready was crossing Pennsylvania avenue not far from her home when Rucker’s machine struck her. Police Te) that the automobile skidded 50 feet before n.rikmiI the woman and 16 feet further after hitting her. Mrs. Ready was carried to Emergency Hos- pital, where she was pronounced dead. | docks in Norfolk and Newport News are | davits, was operated by two brothers in | contained in new affidavits submitted | 1m - (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BIG SOVIET GAINS NEW TRALS OPEN CLAIMEDBY STALIN, INLINGLE SLAYIG ‘But Chicago Officials Guard Secret if Solution Has Been Found. Communist Congress Roused to Fervor in Moscow—Sees Capitalism Waning. BY JAMES A. MILLS. By the Associated Press. private funds for the Law Enforcement Commission’s investigation was attacked as lllegal in the House yesterday while a plan was being formulated to restore |and horses destined for Europe were & $250,000 item to the deficlency bill tomorrow for the continuation of the ork. Representative La Guardia, Republic- an, New York, on whose point of order the item for expenses of the commission during the next fiscal year was stricken in the House, charged that the law pro- hibited acczptance of private funds for the operation of a Government agency. Almost at the same time Represent- ative Mead, Democrat, New York, in- troduced a resolution to require the President or Chairman George W. Wickersham of the commission to re- port to the clerk of the House the amount of contributions and their con- tributors. In the meantime, the House and Sen- ate conferees, considering the second deficiency bill, calling for an outlay of $80,000,000 to cover contingencies in Government departments, deferred ac- tion until tomorrow. The measure in- cludes the $50,000 placed in the bill by the Senate for s study of prohibition, instead of the general survey of law enforcement which the President wishes. MOSCOW, June 28.—In the ornate | | CHICAGO, June 28.—Chicago's united | National Opera House, where once |law enforcement agencies tonight con- Russia’s emperors and nobles sat in | tinued to follow numerous trails in an glittering gol¢ and velvet boxes, Joseph |effort to solve the assassination of Al- Stalin today was hailed as the strong | fred (Jake) Lingle, Tribune crime re- | man of the Communist party. |porter, and to run down resultant Stalin has been h:ad of the party, |charges of an alliance between crime | but ¢here have been recent rumors that |and politics. his rule might be nearing an end.| For almost three weeks the authori- | Today, however, he devoted seven hours | ties have followed one trail after an- | the ™ auating oratory and at the endlother without success. The tracks have | congress of the All-Union Communist |Crossed and recrossed until tonight party rose to their feet for a tremendous | they have become a virtual labyrinth. ovation. | If any tangible progress toward the It was a strange scene. Every one solution of the tangled mess has oeen | of the 96 nationalities within the |made, the authorities have guarded | Soviet Union was represented—there | their secrets well. Daily new clues | was every conceivable type of face, male |have been reported, many of them un- | {and female, and all stylcs of dress ap- |officially. but none has developed con- peared to be represented in the vast |crete evidence. andience which in its variety resembicd R “Promotion Ring.” | & great ethnological museum. | Looking surprisingly well and vigorous Investigators for the State's attorney sald they were examining reports of a despite his recent iliness and enormous | ~ (Continued on Page ) | “promotion ring” in the Police Depa Seek to Broaden Study. Representative Tilson of Connecticut, | the Republican leader, announced wi Arlington County authorities. | Herbert Campbell of Oak Crest, Va., | who employed Barerre to paint his house and had him arrested on a larceny charge, declared last night that no weapon was among the articles the painter took from his home. Campbell | said he owned only one gun, an auto- | matic revolver which has never been |out of his possession, whereas the Ar- | lington County authorities have the | weapon which killed Miss Baker. | Two days after the murder Barerre | was arrested on complaint of Campbell | who charged him with the theft of | clothing and toilet articles. He did not report the loss of a gun. Barerre was subsequently released when Campbell withdrew the charge. He remained in Washington fof several weeks afterward and then disappeared. Prisoner During Search. During the early search for Miss Baker's slayer the painter was locked up in the Arlington County Jail, and was there when the authorities qu | tioned two salesmen from the Nort | Neck of Virginia who were arrested as | suspects and freed when it was defin- |itely determined they had no conmec- | tion with the crime. At that time, however, Barerre was not regarded as a suspect i the mur- | der case. Now the authorities consider {him a factor, and believe ‘hat in his | capture they may clear up some of the important angles in the investigation. ‘While Barerre was in the employment of Campbell he camped out in a tent in | | | the House that before considering the | Arlington County in the vicinity of Oak | conference report it would be possible | Crest, where Campbel lives. His hume for it to appropriate the $250,000 recom- | is in Washington and his wife live: merded by Mr. Hoover, but that the | here, and she was one of the first to |fund could not be raised by the con- | come to his ald when he was arrasted | ferees above the $50,000 allowed by the 'on the larceny charge. | Senate. |~ Campbell <aid the articles Barerre re- While the administration leaders moved from his house ould not have were reluctant to discuss their plans, it | been of any value to him, and he wa® at was learned efforts also were to be|a loss to understand why he had taken made by dry leaders to broaden the | them. Among them, Campbell said, was scope of inquiry to all law enforcement | & suit of his clothes, his wife's dress, & | instead of only prohibition. dress belonging to his daughter, an |ing than he knows about the law of | the land, and I would most respectfully | suggest to President Hoover that be-| In questioning the right of the Presi- dent to have the investigation made with private funds, La Guardia said that if the President made the state- ment that he would take that course, “then he knows more about engineer- fore he makes any statement or any plans about using or asking for pri- vate funds to finance a public commis- alarm clock and a jar ef cold cream. Arrest Expected Soon. ‘While the whereabouts of Barerre is apparently unknown the Department of Justice is confident that he wil' be apprehended before long. Every branch (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) MOB OF 200 FORMS ment. They have been informed that | Sion. he familiarize himself with the | two leading politicians of the thirtieth Revised Statutes of the United States. ward—Lingle’s ward—had practical | control of police promotions with Lingle | as the “man behind the scenes.” | MOOT REFUSES TO TALK ON MARRIAGE REPORTS #s the "man beh regular scale of fees " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | S s Families of Senator and Rumored - | Wife-to-Be Decline to Dis- 1BROKEN PROPEELEH i cuss Stories. | | HALTS COAST VESSEL Cutters Tow the Governor Dingley Into Port With 360 Passengers. | By the Associated Press. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 28.— Arriving home today from Washington, Senator Reed Smoot of Utah declined to comment on reports of his forth- coming marriage. « It has been rumored here for several days that the Senator and Mrs. Alice ‘Taylor Sheets are to be married before “But_these commissioners are not " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) WASH INGTON DEMOCRATS | ADOPT A WET PLANK State Convention Votes for Repeal Amendment and Local Control. By the Associated Press. CENTRALIA, Wash., June 28.—The Democratic State convention adopted a | wet plank for their platform here today | by a vote of 250 to 116. AROUND TEXAS JAIL Rifle and Guard Machine Gun Patrols Attack Suspect at Beaumont. By the Assoclated Press, BEAUMONT, Tex., June 28.—A state of high tension reigned here tonight in the vicinity of the county jail, where officers .guarded with rifles and a ma- chine gun a colored man accused of criminally assaulting a number of white women near Port Arthur. Shortly before midnight reports were received by Sheriff W. W. Covington The plank urged repeal of the eight- | that four automobile loads of men de- eenth amendment and return to State | termined to take the prisoner, Rainey Smoot leaves for a rest at Honolulu, but families of both the Senator and Mrs. Sheets have refused to discuss it. Senator Smoot was met by a number of political and personal friends. RABIES-STRICKEN FOX CHASES MRS. McCORMICK'S SON HOME Drive Against All Reynards and Wolves Is Planned—Her Farm Maniger Asks - cheral il HEEE% 1 frestid £ Hunters. By the Associated Press. EASTPORT, Me., June 28.—The Gov- ernor Dingley of the Eastern steamsnip lines was towed toward” this port to- night by the Coast Guard cutter Kickapoo after she had been forced to lnchnl;" Lr\l“lkmb :lr:;d'h!n her propel struck subm wreckage and became useless. The Governor Dingley was bound from Boston to Eastport and New Brunswick points with 360 passengers. The accident occurred early this morning in a fog. The Dingley’s anchor was dropped immediately and radio calls for ald sent out. Capt. J. V. Ingalls said that she was in no danger, however, and needed only a tow. mnd a responded. ngers showed little excite- ment, some of them being unaware that anything was amiss until they came on deck later in the morning. Eastern lines officials here control of liquor. ‘The action of the Democrats placed | the two major political parties of this State, dry since 1916, on record against present national prohibition laws, since the Republicans, in their recent State convention, went on rec- ord as favoring modification of prohibi- tion laws. In a separate resolution, the Demo. | crats indorsed ir members in Congress, Senator C. C. Dill and Rep- resentative Samuel Hill, bcth drys. | Williams, 39. from the death cell on | the second floor of the jail, were on | their way from Port Arthur to Beau- | mont. | Earlier in the evening five Port Arthur men approached the sheriff from the | midst of a milling group of men before | the jail and demanded that Willlams be turned over to them, but the sheriff refused them, saying the law would be | allowed to take its course. Shortly after midnight the crowd be- fore the jail had grown to at least 200, BILL ASKS TO A FOR SLAVES F | By the Associated Press. ‘The long quiescent claims of persons | whose slaves were freed by Lincoln's emancipation proclamation for property losses sustained under it might be brought before the Court of Claims under a bill intsoduced yesterday by Representative Larsen, Democrat, In introducing the measure, Larsen said that he had no monetary interest { i DJUST CLAiMS REED BY LINCOLN LRWufin Larsen of Georgia Introduces Measure in Behalf of Citizens All Over Nation. 1 in the proposal, that his parents “never | owned a slave or resided in the South iunul after the Civil War.” | The measure would confer jurisdic- | tion upon the court to pass upon the | claims. Under it American citizens who were to | owners of slaves be required present proof of the value of their slaves “without reference to loyalty | “(Continued on Page 2, Column