Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1930, Page 1

WEAT (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued cool tonight. morrow fair and som: Temperatures—Hig] yesterday; lowest, 62, Full repart on page 7. New York Markets Closed Today. HER. ‘To- ewhat warmer. hest, 79, at 5:30 p.m. at 5 a.m. today. ¢h ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ing Star. in W Associated service. The only evening paper shington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,022 No. "S1415 Bewet s Entered as second class matte Washington, o D. VASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, y JULY 4, 1930—EIGHTEEN PAGES. * (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT 1SSUES CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSON OF SEMATE TOCONSDERTREATY Senators Meet Monday and Ratification of Naval Pact Is Confidently Predicted Despite Minority Protest. HOUSE MEMBERS LEAVE, RETURN NEXT DECEMBER Final Day One of Victory for Ad- ministration—Hoover Gets Way on Veterans' Legislation and Obtains $250,000 for Law En- forcement Work. BY G. GOULD LINCOL) President Hoover, 12 hours after the adjournment of the second gession of the Seventy-first Con- gress, today issued a proclamation calling the Senate to meet in Washingten on Monday to con- sider the London naval treaty. The call for the special session of the Senate was expected. Rati- fication of the treaty by the Sen- ate, despite the protests of a minority, is confidently predicted. The administration forces, un- der whip and spur, wound up the legislative program of Congress last night and brought about an adjournment, sine die, soon after 10:30 p.m. Today the members of the House zre scattering to their homes, not to return to their work here until next December. The Senators, however, have only a temporary holiday. They are to return for the special session be- ginning at noon Monday. The final day of the second session of the Seventy-first Congress was one of victory for the administration all along the line. President Hoover had his way in regard to the World War veterans legislation. He obtained from Congress, too, an appropriation of $250,000 for continuing the work of his i law Enforcement Commission, which had been denied by the Senate. And the District appropriation bill, carrying a compromise between the Senate and House on_the sum appropriated by the Federal Government for the upkeep of the National Capital, was finally agreed to. President Has Way. ‘Throughout the present session of Congress the President, plus the strong Republican organization of the House, has been too strong for the Senate coalition, composed of insurgent Re- publicans and Democrats. The Presi- dent has with him a great majority of the Senate for ratification of the naval treaty negotiated in London, covering all categories of naval ships. A check- up by Republican leaders in the Senate shows that not more than 11 Senators are today prepared to vote against ratification. The text of President Hoover's procla- mation, calling the special session of the Benate. follows: “Whereas public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at 12 o'clock on the seventh day of July, next, to receive such com- munications as may be made by the Executive and in particular to consider and determine whether the advice and consent of the Senate shall be given to the ratification of a treaty for the limitation and reduction of naval armament, signed at London, April 22, 1930, by the plenipotentiaries of the President of the United States of | America, the President of the PFrench Republic, his majesty the King of Great Britain, Ireland and the British dominions beyond the seas, Emperor of India, his majesty the King of Italy and his majesty the Emperor of Japan, | transmitted to the Senate on May 1, 1930; | Extraordinary Occasion. | “Now, therefore, I, Herbert Hoover, President of the United States of America. do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States o convene at the Capitol, in the City Goal of 570 Hours Suggested to Crew Of Record Plane | Hunter Brothers Have Been in Air 548—Re- port Some Trouble. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, July 4—A goal of 570 hours in the air was suggested to the | crew of the City of Chicago todey as| the time for returning to earth with thelr new world record for endurance flying. The suggestion, which would bring John and Kenneth Hunter to land again at 9:40 am. (C. S. T.) tomorrow, was made by their two brothers—the ground crew—as . fitting record, since the 570-hour mark would »qual both the old endurance record of 420 hours made by the St. Louts Robin and also the earlier record of 150 hours estab- lished by the Army fiyers in the Ques- tion Mark. The men in (Le plan> had reported some trouble and expressed some doubt that they could .ast 600 hours. At 12:40 today the fiyers had passed | their 548th hour aloft and had taken on another supply of fuel to carry them through their 4th of July cele- bration in the clouds above Sky Harbor Alrport. Thousands at Airport. Thousands gathered early in the day hoping to have their hero worship ap- peased by a landing before sunset—— but John and Kenneth still had the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) NOTORIOUS SLAYER SOUGHT IN DETROIT Description of Man Who| Killed Two Tallies With That of Fred Burke. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich., July 4—Police to- | day said the description of the man who shot and killed two Chicago hoodlums in downtown Detroit last night while | hundreds of persons ran for cover tal- lied with that of Fred Burke, long- sought throughout the country for the slaying of seven Chicago gangsters on St. Valentine's day, 1929, the killing of a St. Joseph, Mich,, policeman last Winter and numerous other crimes. Whether it was Burke who stepped over to a parked automobile beside the La Salle Hotel, emptied his pistol and then sauntered into the hotel to dis- appear during the excitement was a matter of almost pure speculation, but officers sald the slaying had several an- lllgl to recommend it as a Burke execu- tion. Two Die, One Injured. ‘Those slain last night were Willlam Cannon and George Collins, Chicago beer racketeers. Mike Stitzel, who was with them in the car, was shot three times and wounded critically. All three ! victims had police records. At re- ceiving hospital Stitzel said he had known Cannon and Collins only a short time, but police doubted this. Officers said they believed the vic- tims had been drawn to the scene of the shooting through a telephone cal and that the manner in which the exe- cutions were carried out indicated the shooting had been planned. Stitzel, in his statement to police, said he believed it was a chance meeting. ‘The three men had just come from a “pool” game, Stitzel said, and entered the car, which was parked by the side entrance of the hotel when the as- sassin stepped to the side of the car and fired =ix shots through the open windows. All of the shots took effect. A woman, on her way to prayer meeting, was within a few feet of the slayer and was able to describe him for police. She sald he was more than 6 feet tall and weighted about 200 pounds. He wore a blue suit and Panama hat, she said. Jealousy Held Motive. The car in which the men were slain bore Illinois license plates issued to Julia Kuffel, widow of Henry Conners, who was shot to death eight months ago in the C. and O. Cafe, 509 North Clark street, Chicago. Stitzel and the woman ascribed the shooting to jeal- | ousy over attention Cannon paid her | but_ police doubted this explanation. ‘The three men in the car were un- armed, Cannon and Collins wore pseudo police badges, which strength- ened the belief that they had been of Washington, on the seventh day of ly, next, at 12 o'clock noon, of which | all persons who shall at that time be | entitled to act as members of that| body are hereby required to take notue. | “In witness whereof, I have hereinto set my hand and cause to be aflixed the | Stitzel. great seal of the United States | “Done at the City of Washington, the | in the year of our | third day of July, Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and thirty, and of the independence of the United States, the one hundred and fifty-fourth. Signed. HERBERT HOOVER.” Must Talk or Vote. fous estimates are made of the 1h of the coming Senate sess.on h nothing before the Senate but naval treaty, Lowe must ta or vote e treaty are lidely to leave the defense of the treaty to Senator Borah, “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) HOME OF CANON CITY WARDEN IS GUARDED Attempt to Rescue Fleagle From Execution in $200,000 Bank Robbery Is Feared. the By the Associated Press CANON CITY, Colo, July 4.— His family removed, a guard has been thrown around the home of Warden F. E. Crawford as part of the precaution- ary program in connection with the execution of Ralph Fleagle. Fleagle is a member of the gang convicted of the $200,000 robbery of a Lamar, Colo., bank two years ago, which led to the siaying of four men by the bandits. Authorities have expressed belief that 2wke Fleagle, fugitive brother of the condemned bandit, will make & bold, lact-minute effort tn rescue his “other, the opposi- | The supporters | engaged in hi-jacking operations, using the badges to frighten blind pig_op- erators and rum runners. Julia Kuf- fel told Chacgo police Collins end Cannon had_been running liquor and hi-jacking. She professed not to know She is held by Chicago police NGSTER CAUGHT. FOSTER G. | George Davis Makes Unsuccessful Break for Freedom in Los Angeles. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, July 4.—After hav- ing made an unsuccessful break for freedom, George Dav! “strong-arm man” in the Frankie Foster gang, was | back in jail today awaiting officers who { will_return him to Detroit to face & charge of assault with intent to kill. Davis, arrested early this week with Foster and four other Chicago gan | sters, was stopped by officers yesterd {after he had walked out of jail on a release card issued to Frank Fisher, another alleged racketeer. Police were | unable to explain how Davis obtained the card. Fisher, scheduled for release on bail, was rearrested on a charge of | alding an escape. | Foster is held pending extradition to | Chicago, where he is under indictment | for the murder of Alfred “Jake” Lingle, newspaper reporter. He has indicated | he will not fight extradition and is e: | pected to start for the Dlinois city to- morrow. | 'Marvin Hart and Herman Walters, nenchmen of Foster, were released un- der $2,000 bonds pending trial August 11 on vagrancy charges. Leo Hart, sixth member of the band, was freed without any charges being filed agninst him. Foster’s wife has been released from Jail, but is in custody of a policewoman. Rioters Wreck Shops in Wiesbaden. WIESBADEN. Germany, July 4 (P). —Two shops were wrecked and win- dows of several others, including one inewspaper office, shatteced last night during anti-separatist rioting here There were several arrests Radio i’rogr;m'n on Ege B-5 HOLIDAY PROGRAM 10 REACH CLIMAX WITH NIGHT EVENTS Parade, Fireworks and Air Attack to Feature Evening at Monument. SENATOR FESS TO GIVE PRINCIPAL TALK OF DAY Many Leave City to Take Advan- tage of Rest Period Over Week End. With their respite from work extended by the special act of Congress which made tomorrow a legal holiday also, that portion of Washington's popula- tion which resolved to remain in the city for the Fourth of July was engaged in an enthusiastic observance of the 154th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Community celebrations, combining patriotic programs with athletics and street parades, were in progress in all sections of the city. But the principal event of the city-wide celebration re- mains for this evening, when the official municipal ceremonies start at 7:30 o'clock in the Sylvan Theater, culmi- nating in a realistic aerial attack upon the city and a fireworks display that will be witnessed by thousands on the Monument grounds and which will be visable for miles around. Washington's official exercises tonight, at which the United States Marine Band will render a patriotic concert and Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio will make the Inde- pendence day oration, will be heard over a Nation-wide hook-up of Nation- al Broadcasting Company stations. ‘The National Capital, relieved tempo- rarily of the strain of a congressional session, found expression for its relief in various ways. The adjournment of Congress paved the way for a general exodus of officials, including the Presi- dent, who left late yesterday to join Mrs. Hoover in their camp on the Rapi- dan River, to remain there until Sun- day. Senators Rush Home. Many of the Senate members, seeking what rest they could get before Mon- day, when the Senate will reconvene, also beat tracks for nearby homes and holiday retreats. Tourist agencies re- ported an unusual exodus from the Capital to mountains and seashore, and probably just as many visitors to the city arrived to take the vlaces of de- parting citizens over the week end. The thousands of persons assembling on the Monument grounds this evening will be enabled to hear the entire pro- gram of speeches and the reading of the Declaration of Independence, and will take part in the oath of allegiance to the flag led by Maj. Gen. Amos A. Pries, by means of a system of amplifiers in- stalled yesterday by the United States Army Signal Corps. Special details of police will take care of the traffic congestion in and about the Monument grounds and official parking space has been reserved at the vited guests, who include most of the Government officials and members of dxlplomnlc corps, who are still in the city. There was a rush for tickets to the bleechers and reserved seats on the several thousand people will take ad- vantage of these facilities to watch the fireworks display in comparative com- fort. But the great portion of the populace will crowd the open spaces about the Monument on foot, for the rows of seats, it was announced, will not intere:re with standing room space. Parade Follows Address. E. J. Murphy, chairman of the citi- zens committee appointed by the Dis- trict Commissioners to arrange for the Independence day ceremonies, will pre- side at the exercises. A parade of patriotic and military organizations will take place after Senator Fess has con- cluded. Under brilliant flood lights the marchers will proceed between long rows of flaming red torches from the base theater and there take the oath of allegiance to the United States. The standards of the United States and vari- ous organizations will be carried in the parade and the drum and bugle corps of Costello Post, No. 15, and Victory Post, No. 4, and the band of the Vete- rans of Foreign Wars will take part, When the oath has been repeated, the Marine Rand will lead the march- ers and the public in the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner.” After the singing, Rev. Francis J. Hurpey will deliver a benediction and the marchers again will parade between the red torches around the base of the Monument The torchlight procession will close the formal exercises, and as the march- ers finish a lone Army plane will en- gage the District of Columbia National Guard in an aerial battle. Lieut. W. A. R. Robertson of Bolling Field will simulate an attack over the Monument grounds, and it will be the job of the gunners to spot his plane with power- ful searchlights and pick him off with the batteries. Members of the 260th Coast Guard Artillery will man the gun positions. At & few minutes past 9 o'clock this spectacle will be concluded and fireworks display on the north side of the Monument will begin, opening with |2 giant salute of 21 nine-inch aerial | maroons and a prismatic {llumination of ‘lht' grounds with 50 national colored | lights changing with superb effect. To Enter From Fourteenth St. Citizens’ Committee, that color bearers and color guards participating in the Sylvan Theater ceremonies are to enter the Monument Grounds from Four- teenth street at the roadway just north of the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing ard are to find parking space for their wutomobiles at the west sids of | the_Monument. They are to form for " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) s S MILLS TALKS WITH EDGE Under!ecrflm'y‘uf Treasury Stops in Paris on Vacation. PARIS, July 4 (/). —Ogden Mills, Un- dersecretary of the Treasury, arrived here yesterday on his way to a vacation on the Mediterranean, and today dis- cussed with Ambassador Edge the gen- eral situation in France, Mr. Mills is remaining here only to- day which generally is accep‘ed as dis- gnnnx of the suggestion that he carme ere to make an investigation of the tariff and double taxation matters for T 't Foover Sylvan Theater for the especially in-| north side of the Monument, where ! of the Monument to the stage of the | the | It was announced on behalf of the | INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1930! REPORT MELLONS SEEKING 51 BANKS Pittsburgh Hears of Plans to| Acquire Institutions in West Pennsylvania. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 4—Plans for the acquisition of 75 or more banks in Western Pennsylvania, in anticipa- tion of moves to legalize branch bank- ing, are understood to have been made by the Mellon and Hillman banking | interests here. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this | morning said it had learned the Mellon banking group, the largest in Pitts. burgh, seeks to acquire a controlling interest in some 50 banks in Western Pennsylvania. The Hillman interests, headed by J. H. Hillman, are said to be working similarly in banks of Pittsburgh and its immediate vicinity Though the groups are acting inde- pendently, there was said to have been no conflict between them. An interest already has bsen acquired | by the Mellon group in the Butler County National Bank & Trust Co. Butler, Pa., it was revealed. The Hill- man interests in recent months have taken over the First National and Cen- tral National Banks in Wilkinsburg Pittsburgh suburb, and the East En( Savings & Trust Co. here. Negotiations for the Mellon group are being made by the Mellbank Corpora- tion. formed by the Mellons in 1929 as an investment company. Hillman activities are in the name of the Peoples-Pittsburgh Trust Co. here, though the Post-Gazette said it under- stood the Hillman interests planned formation of a new securities compan) apart from the Pennsylvania Bank | Bhares & Securities Corporation they now control. PORTUGAL TO RAISE TARIFF TO MEET U, S. Duties on American Imports Ex-| pected to Be Increased as Reprisal. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, July 4.—Decrees raising duties on American imports in proportion to the higher rates at Amer- | ican ports on imports from Portugal | are expected to be issued here shortly. It was understood today that there would be no official protest against the | rates under the Hawley-Smoot tariff | measure, although the government has | been strongly urged to take this step. | John Glover South, American Minis- ter here, is discussing the situation with the government with the hope of avert- ing the threatened reprisals against the | Hawley-Smoot tariff schedules. CUBS TAKE LEAD Whip Pirates, While Dodgers Lose to Giants. Defeating Pittsburgh, 10 to 1, while the Giants were whipping Brooklyn in 11 innings, 5 to 4, the Chicago Cubs this morning went into the National | League lead. Gilbert and Herman cracked out homers for Brooklyn, while Hogan hit one for New York. Only one morning game was sched- uled in the American League, Detroit beating Cleveland, 5-4, in 10 innings. | through the 'downtown section of the VISITORS SWARM CITY | last two days James H. Collins Takes Off Early | Hoover Takes Walk And Gives Medicine Ball Cabinet Rest Strolls in Downtown Sec- tion Prior to Leaving for Rapidan. President Hoover gave his medicine ball cabinet a holiday today, and to occupy his time at that early hour of the morning when medicine ball is usu- ally played in the rear grounds of the White House, he went for a stroll city. Mr. Hoover was accompanied only several secret service men, and he was away from the White House for more than an hour. He walked along F street as far as Ninth, then turned south to Pennsylvania avenue, and then turned his steps homeward, but not failing to stop to gaze at the huge Commerce Department Building, which is rapidly nearing completion. ‘The President not only enjoyed the exercise afforded by this walk, but seemed to derive considerable pleasure window shopping. He made long stops in front of the several motion picture theaters along the way and studied rather minutely the billboards and a companying photographs on the fronts of these amusement houses. ‘The President returned to the White House in time for his usual breakfast hour. He was busily engaged in the morning with matters of business, which required his attention before leaving Washington for the Rapidan Caénp, where he will spend this week end. Mr. Hoover is looking forward to much pleasure in the rest and recrea- tion he will find at his mountain re- treat. He will have as his guests at the camp Assistant Secretary of War Ingalls and Mrs. Ingalls, Mark Sul- livan, newspaper editor and corre- spondent, and Mrs. Sullivan; Walter H. Newton, one of his secretaries, and Mrs. Newton and John Marshall Newton, 12- year-old_son. The President expects to return to Washington late Sunday afternoon and it is understood that Mrs. Hoover, who has been at the camp for a month re- cuperating from the effects of the in- juries she received by a fall in her room several months ago, will return with him. FOR HOLIDAY SEASON Tourists in Capital for Inclepen(l-3 ence Day Set at 25,000. The National Capital in holiday at- tire attracted thousands of visitors from | all sections of the country today. Con- servative estimates by = authoritative commentators on the ebb and flow of tourists placed the number of visitors at_25,000 The railroads summed up their holi- day activity in terms of 20,000 travelers, that number having walked along the broad concourse of Union Station in the | Extra cars accommodat- | ing excursionists and regular trains in two sections brought visitors from many cities throughout the East, South and Middle West Virtually all the hotels were reported to be “comfortably filled.” Several of the hostelries had reservations for this week end as early as May. In another sector—the Washington tourist camp in East Potomac Park— accommodations were in demand. Three hundred automobiles were registered at the camp last night along with 1,050 persons who augmented the throng of sightseers. Officials at the camp said that by tonight the place would be | “overflowing.” | AVIATOR TO ATTEMPT | CROSS-COUNTRY RECORD PRIEST HELD BY REDS | Spanish Mission Worker in China in Hands of Gangsters. | SHANGHAL July 4 (#).—Father | Emilio Fernandez, 60, Spanish priest of the Changteh, Hunan, Mission, was cap- tured by Communists today, advices re- | celved at the mission’s local headquar- | ters revealed. Father Fernandez has | served in China since 1902. Previously he served in Manila for eight years. Gemnny'lrhrgent Plane in Air. DESSAU, Germany, July 4 ().—The D-2000 Germany's largest land air- plane, took off today for Cologne to take part in the Rhineland liberation flight of German planes tomorrow. The Gral Zeppellin will crylse along the | ously injured they were not expected to | survive. Rhine on Sunday. Today on Flight From Pa- cific to Atlantie. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, July 4.-—James H.| Collins, New York aviator, took Off from United Airport. Burbank, Calif., at 1:33 am. in an effort to better the Los Angeles-to-New York speed record of 14 | hours 45 minutes set last Easter by Col. and Mre. Charles A. Lindbergh. = Like the Lindberghs, Collins plans a single | stop at Wichita, Kans. BLAST KILLS SEVEN CASTLEFORD, England, July 4 (#).— Exploding chemicals killed seven persons | instantly and wrecked the plant of the Hickson & Parsons Chemical Works here this afternoon. More than a score HOOVER APPROVES. PAY INCREASE ACT Brookhart Amendment on Civilian Workers’ Salaries Signed by President. President Hoover last night signed the Brookhart amendment, which cor- rects salary inequalities resulting from interpretations of the Welch amend- ment of two years ago to the act pro- viding for the classification of civilian positions of the Federal Government. Now that this amendment has been written into the classification law those employes who, by reason of an unex- pected interpretation of the Welch amendment, did not move up two steps in the salary grades and therefore did not receive the increases in salaries as was intended, will be taken care of. Increases Up to $200. Under the Welch amendment those employes who moved up two grades re- ceived salary increases of $120 or $200 annually. Those who were moved up only one step received only $60 or $100 in salary increases. Under the Brookhart amendment the latter employes will move up a grade, and will receive salary increases of $60 or $100, thereby receiving what they were intended to have received at the time the Welch amendment was written and passed. Of course, this boost in pay will not be given to those who, since the Welch amendment became a law, have recelved promotions. Will Cost $1,500,000. It is estimated that to bring about the classifications and salary increases provided by the Brookhart amendment will cost $1,500,000 annually. ‘The amendment also calls for the r organization of the Federal classifica- tion Board and restores to it the au- thority of personnel reclassification and to review allocations of positions, thongh the latter is subject to the ap- proval of the President. RIVERS AND HARBORS MEASURE IS SIGNED Construction of More Than 170 Projects at Cost of $144,881,902 Authorized. President Hoover today afixed his signature to the rivers and harbors bill authorizing the construction of more than 170 projects, principally in the Mississippi Basin and on the inter- costal waterways and harbors at a cost of $144.881,902. ‘The authorization includes approx- imately $30,000,000 of the $60,000,000 carried in the annual War Department supply bill which became available on July 1 to be used in connection with carrving out these projects, the re- mainder to be used in connection with flood control work on the Mississippi River, In this bill provision is made also for the Federal Government to take over the operation of the Erie and Oswego Canal in New York State and of the Illinols waterway connecting tne Great Lakes with the Gulf by the Mississippi River. These will be re- tained as barge canals &t an #nnual operations and maintenance cost of $2,500,000. Editor Herbert Jeans Dies. LONDON, July 4 (#).—Herbert Jeans, chief editor of Reuter's News Agency. died today of a heart attack in his residence at Putney. What Congress Did For District in Last Hours of Business What Corgress did for the Dis- trict of Columbia in the closing hours last night: Put through t priation law. carrying approxi- mately $45,781,000, with the Fed- eral contribution raised from $9,- 000,000 to $9,500.000. Enacted the defici>ncy appropri- ation act, carrying £1.000,000 to begin the Cramton park program and a number of cther additional sums for the local government. The Senate passed the joint resolution to provide for payment of the increased salaries recently fixed for policemen and firemen. Senate confirmed Oscar Luhring to be an assoctate jus tice of the District Supreme Court. House authorized a special com- mittee of House members to stuay fiscal ralation: REFUSAL OF VOTE 10 D. C. ASSAILED Contrary to Principle of Lib- erty, Colladay Tells Oldest Inhabitants. = District appro- e Declaring “liberty and equality” to be the heart of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, whose 154th birthday is cele- | brated today, Edward F. Colladay de- clared before the Association of Oldest | Inhabitants today that this principle | “will not be honored as a whole truth applying to all Americans until we of the District of Columbia are accorded the right to participate in the making of the laws which we are called upon to obey, and in the election at least of | the President and Vice President.” | Speaking at the annual patriotic exer- cises of the association at Epiphany Church parish house, Mr. Colladay tied up the observance of the birthday of the Nation, eloquently with the local demand for national = representation. He paid tribute to the Declaration of | Independence as an “inspiration.” Hi idzclnrtd for an “adequate Na expressed the bellef that the “vast m: jority of our people” want the Senate to ratify the London Naval Treaty. The speaker's references to national representation were enthusiastically re- celved by the association. Half Million Deprived of Rights. “While we of Washington celebrate the Declaration of Independence and join with all other Americans in giving praise to its framers and to the spirit and truths which it represenis, it is imost unthinkable,” he said, “that in our own city, the seat of Government, founded on that Declaration and grown to greatness by adherence to its prin- ciples, we, & people of approximately one-half million, should be deprived of one of the rights intended to be as- sured by it. “Liberty and equality of all men were said by Lincoln to be the ‘electric’ cord in the Declaration, but that docu- ment also contained the solemn an- nouncement that governments are in- stituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the gov- erned, and you and I know that the principle thus stated will not be non- ored as a whole truth applying to all Americans until we of the District of Columbia are accorded the right to participate in the making of the laws which we are called upon to obey and in the election at least of the President and Vice President, who, under the Constitution, are charged with the ad- ministration of those laws. “We have no desire,” said Mr. Col- laday, “to change the fundamental form of our local government. We do not take issue with those who say that the National Capital should be under Fed- eral control, but what we do say 1s that we should be permitted, by duly elected representatives in the House and the Senate, to participate in the making of laws which govern us, and we should not be denied that inalienable right which is intended to be conferred upon all citizens by the declaration which we are here to commemorate. The campaign for national representation goes on. It is founded upon principles which are in accord with fundamental doctrines of our country. The principle |of no taxation without representa- |Hon is as strong today as it was | when first uttered in the House of | Burgesses of Virginia. The campaign | must succeed. It may be long drawn out. There will be many obstacles to | overcome, particularly the difficulty of interesting the citizens of the various States in our great.cause, which may | seem to them to be a local problem | \Co’n(lnur’dr on Page 3, Column 2.) CHINESE BANDITS HOLD TWO WOMEN CAPTIVES | Missionaries Used as Nurses While | Demand for $100,000 Ran- som Is Made. | B the Associnted Press. PEIPING, China, July 4.—Bandits captured Miss Nettleton and Miss Har- | rison of the Church Missionary Society | and are holding them ty act as nurses for their sick and for $100.000 ransom. | The two were traveling from Chungan to Kienningfu, in Fukien, when they were taken. Consular Aide H‘e];l. | MEXICO CITY, July 4 (P —Gilberto | Gonzalez Arcos, 'an employe of the Mexican consulate general at San Diego, LUMP SUM' RAISED 500,00 BY HOUSE AS DISTRICT FUND BILL IS APPROVED Hoover Signs Appropriation Measure After Senate Con- ferees Win Federal Con- tribution of $9,500,000. GROUP TO MAKE STUDY Simmons Yields on 1931 Bill, bus Asserts Future Policy Not Decid- ed by Act—Measure Made Retro- active to Cover 3-Day Period of “Fundless” Activity. Washington today is on the eve of a year of exceptional municipal progress, with an appropriation act carrying approximately $45,= 781,000, toward which Uncle Sam will contribute $9,500,000—the first time in more than five years that the House has agreed to increase the Federal Government's share. As the bill was being rescued from deadlock in the closing hours of the session yesterday evening, the House conferees finally ac- cepted the contention of the Sen= ate conferees that the dispute be- tween them over the amount of the lump sum should be compro- mised on some figure between the $9,000,000 advocated by the House and the $12,000,000 proposed by the Senate. Once the main stumbling block had been pushed aside in the spirit of compromise, the local supply bill went speeding through the final stages of its legislative journey, and at 10 o'clock last night, President Hoover, waiting in & room just off the Senate floor, made it a law with his signature, Fiscal Study Proposal Approved. Coincident with the passage of the bill, Representative Simmons of Nebraska, head of the House conferees, had the House adopt a resolution creat- ing a special committee of seven of its members with authority to study the fiscal relations question. In working out their differences in the details of the bill, the Senate agreed to restore a number of projects that had been stricken out, among the more important of which are: For continuing purchase of the ares between Third and Sixth streets, Penn- sylvania and Louisiana avenues, for the municipal center, $3,000,000 is appro- priated as advocated by the House. To meet the expansion program of the Water Department, the increased water rates proposed by the House were adopted, raising the minimum rate for metered service from $6.36 to $8.75 a year, with accompanying raises for other classes of consumers. Senate Yields on Salaries. ‘The Senate yielded by leaving out the salary increases scattered through the bill on the theory that the B: hart law signed by the President today will result in some salary adjustments in the District Building. The House ylelded by leaving in $250,000 to build a subway at or near Fern street to abolish the Chestnut street grade crossing. The Senate agreed to put back the $135,000 to rebuild and widen the Monroe street viaduct in Brookland near the Mich- igan avenue grade crossing. The controversy over kindergarten teachers was worked out on a com- promise basis. The House sought to transfer a large number of kindergarten teachers to grade schools instead of making new appointments in the grade schools. The Senate had cut out this restriction entirely. In the final bill the school authorities were given optional authority to transfer kinder- garten teachers. The conferees had the understanding that 25 children should be the limit for one teacher, that if the number approched 50, two teachers would be assigned to the class and that children under 5 years would not be taken into the kindergarten, A compromise also was reached by providing for 11 additional policemen to make possible the establishment of a police training school, instead of 25 as approved by the Senate. A number of other differences in detail were quickly ironed out at the last moment. After two days of constant work the conferees yesterday afternoon reached agreements on all these detail items and then turned their attention once more to the main battle which has tied up the bill for nearly six weeks, namely, the size of the Federal con- tribution. It had been reported during the past two days that a compromire might be reached on $9,000,000, wit. an additional million appropriated bu held in trust until the President or commission should decide whether moi than $9,000,000 was justified. Late Proposals Not Disclosed. ‘The conferees did not disclose just what proposals were made back and forth in the final hour of conference, but the agreement ultimately reached | Calif.. today was arrested on his arrival in Mexico City, charged with misu!si lof funds of his office. Fourth Consecutive Victory By the Associated Press. ‘WIMBLEDON, England, July 4 —Mrs. Helen Wills Moody won the British women's singles championship today for the fourth successive year, defeat- ing her fellow-Californian, Miss Eliza- beth Ryan, in the final. Mrs. Moody won from Miss Ryan by scores of 6—2, 6—2. Despite stubborn opposition from her veteran opponent, Mrs. Moody captured the Wimbledon title this year with as were taken to hospitals, some so seri- ‘much ease as she had done in preced- ing seasonsfwhen her final round op- ponents were Senorita Elia de Alvarez HELEN WILLS MOODY AGAIN WINS [FIVE ] BRITISH SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP DROWNED IN PLUNGE in English Play Leaves Cali- fornian With Three Major Titles. [of Spain on two occasions and Miss| Helen Jacobs once. Mrs. Moody now has successfully de- fended both her French and British | titles and still holds the three major crowns of the feminine tennis world, | including the United States champion- | ship. | .y’:nmn_v Doeg and George Lott cele- brated the Fourth by defeating the great French doubles combination of | Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnan in | the_semi-finals of the ehamplonships, 8—6, 3—6, 63, 6—1. gives the District $500,000 in_addition (Continued on Page 5, Column 32.) N RESCUE PARTY Car TFalls Over Embankment Where First Auto Had Gone in River. By the Associated Pres: MURRAY BAY, Quebec, July 4— Hastening to the scene of an accident in which an automobile plunged over an embankment into the Murray River, & car containing seven men went over the embankment at the same spot and five of the men were drowned last night. The dead are Ovila Trembla; Napoleon Trembl; R ay, brothers; D'Asylva, Elias D'Asylva and El?l‘r;:; Acselin. Rene and Luclenne Trem- blay, brothers of the two who were drowned, swam to shore.