Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Buresu Forecast.) Partly cloudy and slightly warmer, followed by local thundershowers, today and probably tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 87, at 7 p.m,, yesterday: lowest, 65, 4 am, yester- day. Full report on page 5. “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 5000 to start immediate delivery. he Sunty WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION (#) Means Associated Press. 1,320—No. 31,477. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. WASHINGTON, D. @, SUNDXY MORNING, JULY 6, 1930—104 PAGES. FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS TEN CENTS FELSEWHERE m— me—— KILLING OF SAILOR ADDSNEW TROUBLE FORU. 5. IN CHINA Brooklyn Man Victim Bandits” Fire, Which Gunboat Silences. of PROTEST ALREADY MADE IN MISSIONARY PERIL British Also Attacked on Yangtse River—Arbitration Treaty Recently Signed.- Br th Asseciated Press. Difficulties with revolution - torn China, already climaxed by a State De- partment protest, were augmented yes- terday by a radio report to the Navy Department that an American blue- jacket had been killed in a battle with | bandits. The seaman was Samuel Elkins of Brooklyn, N. Y., attached to the United States Gunboat Guam. He was struck by a bandit rifle ball during a short encounter at Yochow, Hunan, China, when brigands turned from looting the city to fire upon the ship. A news report from Shanghai said three British gunboats had been fired upon at the same time and two sailors wounded before the British and Amer- ican seamen silenced the bandit rifle- men. A report of the encounter sent to Sec- retary Adams by Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay, commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet, said: U Ship Fired Upon. “U. S. Ship Guam reports she was heavily fired upon by communists at about 1 pm., July 4, while convoying the Neihing past’ Yochow. Fire was silenced by 26 rounds 3-inch and 1,200 rounds machine guns. “Seaman (first-class) Samuel Elkins was killed by rifle bullet. “No sign of foreigners in Yochow.” The next of kin of Elkins was listed by the Navy as Mrs. Rose Teitlebaum, his grandmother, Coney Island. Two days ago, the State Department instructed the American legation at Peiping that “urgent protests” were to be made against the mistreatment of American citizens in China. Report on Missionaries. ‘This action followed a report from Frank P. Lockhart, consul general at Hankow, that he had received reliable advices that American missionaries at Suiping, Honan, China, had been driven through the street with sticks. State Department officials said yester- | day no reply had been received irom ! the protest, and they probably would not get one for at least a week. In- structions had been to deliver one pro- test to the highest military authorities now in control of Suiping. but because of difficulties of communication, officials #aid the protest could not be delivered for some time. Lockhart's report to the department #aid Rev. Thomas I. Lee of Minneapolis | and Deaconess Thonea Sandland of | Grygla, Minn, had been paraded | through the stteets of Suiping and roughly handled by a local political organization. New Treaty Signed. Late last month a treaty of arbitra- tion between the United States and the Republic of China was signed by Secre- tary Stimson and the Chinese Minister in Washington. But even if the treaty had been ratified and placed in effect by the two governments, it was not known today whether it would apply to the situations now causing international difficulties in China. Information regarding another en- counter between the British ship Teal and a band of Communists was also transmitted to the Navy yesterday by Admiral McVay. His message said one man had been seriously wounded in an engagement at Cheng Ling on the | Yangste River, RECKLESS DRIVING CHARGED TO BOX| Texas Representative Pleads Im-| munity From Arrest on Way Home. By the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 5.—Repre- sentative John C. Box of Jacksonville, ‘Tex., was on his way home today after being detained here on a reckless driv- ing charge preferred by officers of a nearby county at the request of a New York tourist. The Representative was stopped here by a motor cycle officer. Chief of Po- lice Haynes said he released Box when the latter pleaded his constitutional rights as a Congressman. The Constitution provides that Sena- tors and Representatives shall not be subject to arrest on misdemeanor charges “while attending sessions of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same.” ‘The chief of police said Representa- tive Box told him he “side-swiped” a New York automobile as he passed it about 30 miles from Knoxville, while en ;nuu from Washington to his home in exas. Box told the officer he had talked to the tourist and “never suspected he would bring charges.” ‘The police chief took the name of the firm insuring the Congressman’s car. The name of the tourist was not learned. MINER WHO WORKED DESPITE STRIKE IS SHOT Bullet From Ambush May Be Fatal—Wounded While Chop- ping Wood at Home. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, Ky., July 5.—Joseph Brambley, a coal miner who had re- turned to work in the Diamond Co. mine, where a sirike had been in prog- ress. was shot from ambush and sc- - As he chopped wood in his back aPyullet was fired from rby. | It penetrated his lungs. His assallant Was not seen., IBARREL RIDER GOES TO DEATH., NIAGARA DASHES HOPE OF FAME Searchers Fail to Find Trace of Ton Craft or Body of Chef Who Dared Fury of Falls’ Maelstrom. By the Associated Press. h}\1 the lnlxr. faltered for an instant and NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. July 5.— | then fell straight down. " 7 “Stathakis' barrel broke up,” Hill Niagara's thundering horseshoe C!f-lrltl% said. “I knew from the start he would ended another dream of fame and for-| never make it. The cask 1s caught tune today as it took the life of George | back there in the rocks and surely is a L. Stathakis, 46-year-old Buffalo chef, | mlAS‘S of l":l'l'l;.k‘ e h the ter Si akis e fatal plunge, e O e hTSR une | the Mald of the Mist made two trips up IsTTom i s barze | to the foot of the falls. The crew re- construction, | ported they saw nothing of the barrel. Thousands saw the barrel of wood| Stathakis said he was the author of and steel plunge over the cataract. “'f‘llle rflrs\wmui A \;“L !:lfd fi:u::::'g e o eMmACSREGIYRWAR IR irip, o, record in a’ book s 3 | o the William (Red) Hill, veteran river- | Much as he did the chance to re man, engaged by Stathakis to haul him | Monetary harvest he believed awaited out after the irip. gave up hope to- | & successful conciusion of the stunt. night of finding the body and left the| Stathakis barrel was the heaviest river bank. |craft in which any seeker after fame Hill had predicted the trip would | and fortune has yet attempted to make end in flcuth.D He :\'en had a: under- | the plunge over Niagara Falls, It taker on hand. | welghed about & ton, was 10 feet long The huge cask rode well as the strong | and almost 5 feet in diameter, wae current carried it toward the cataract. | constructed of oak staves, 1h ’nfh? It bounded high, then was submerged | thick, held in place by heavy hoops o by the heavy waves. As it neared the | steel. At each end were strong steel Falls brink 1t just missed an old sub- | projections, cx;s‘l:; th;h:fim;ng:‘l v was a s sing. Tk s s caumoonedten (RS S0 Stathakis was strapped A diverting current caught the barrel | o ® spring mattress for the plunge. and carried it away from the marooned | The strange craf was fitted with air boat and it sped on toward the Falls | chambers. brink. 1t passed over the crest at a | Stathakis lived in Buffalo for several point that was very high and some be- | months. He formerly llved in St. lieved it had hit a rock as it rose high | Louis, Mo. HUNTED SLAYERS IGANGSTER KILLERS ELUDE SEARCHERS| SHOOT DOWN FOUR Possemen Abandon Chase, Believing Quartet Escaped Into Mississippi. mains in Hiding, Fearing New Ambush Attempt. By the Associated Press. By the Associated Press. EMELEE, Ala, July 5.—Convinced| CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 5—The fa- that their quarry had escaped, posse- | miliar staccato of gangland was heard men late today abandoned their search | for the second time within two wecks for four colored men wanted for the | late today and Joe er;llm llttstdm;ve- I | land bootleg sugar baron, and Sam :::,fix‘ ,::::g:’ym °th:':e:(:"f” Mg | Tilocea, his fhrst Heutenant, are dead, | Porelio, who is said to have gained colored men, one of them being lynched. | his wealth and high position in “the Possemen seeking the slayers of trade” not without the irritation and Grover Boyd and Charles Marrs said | APPrehension of numerous competitors, this afternoon it was apparent the quar- | was shot while near the door in the restaurant of Frank Milano. Tilocca tet had eluded them and escaped into lelll,nlsl}ne mimdd)uu :)ul‘sld;.n' bostisg | rello gained control of the M‘;fi:“”i- Quiet was restored tonight. | ¢ o3r" business when gangiand Kilied colored men slain were John | “Big Joo~ and John Lonarco In Octo- Fobeertson, shot down resising & pose | ber, 1027, Porello and his six brothers % ) combined with Sam “Black Jack” To- e e b e o gitoipolice) Iynched by a mob Iast night. | " In 1928 Todaro was slain. For his The colored men, Tom Robertson and | death "BIg Joe's” son. Angelo, and his sons, brothers’ of the tonreq Sid | Dominic Suspirato recently Were sen- time, Esau, Ollie and John, were sought | ténced to life imprisonment. t throughout last night by between 200 | More and more evident in recen and 300 armed men aiter T o0 | weeks did it become that trouble was beaten up Clarence Boyd nephew of brewing in the corn sugar business. Grover, Who was siain vs he conent oy | Three Porellos were arrested on con- ald hll;'l | cealed weapon and liquor charges. ] Then last week Leo Iasar, king of the No Indication of Probe. | :kran Sl‘;gsl;‘ lr}:de. ‘lbdlcntcd })rca:sn Al bl | he feared the Porellos. He said that o 'l,f_g“?,’m“{:.f‘::{or‘;"f“’n'_l‘:g‘ Cleveland corn sugar dealers had told came to their death at the “hands of | Dim to get out of Akron or be “put on party or parties unknown.” Officials | the SPOt. had made no indication that an investi- gation would be conducted, Jim Ayres, white, was suffering cheek wound received in a battle with the |1 colored men last night, and Clarence | SIU8S- Boyd, nephew of Grover, was injured | TWO ARE MURDERED IN DETROIT. severely about the head with a bottle | eld by a colored man. - First reports of the trouble were ex- | U™ aggerated, the death list being given as | high as eight. 4 Dead and 2 Wounded. Sheriff W. D. Secales, who took charge of the search last night and attempted to control the unruly mob of 200 to 300 men, today checked the casualties and found four dead and two wounded. Reports that two colored men had | been burned to death also were proved unfounded by a search of the ruins of John Robertson’s home. The trouble started late yesterday when Clarence Boyd met Esau Robert- son and demanded payment for a stor- age battery he had sold him. The colored man said he did not have the money, and Boyd seized the battery. Later Robertson called Boyd outside the store in which they were standing and he found the colored man’s brother Oliver and his father there. The three were said to have jumped on Boyd and | beat him. | Grover Boyd, uncle of Clarence, and Carl Scales went to Clarence’s assist- ance and one of the colored men fired four bullets into Grover Boyd's back, | killing him. Scales and others seized Esau, but the other two disappeared. Taken to Woods and Hanged. Esau was held by the crowd which formed and last night was taken to the | woods and hanged. In the meantime, ! Sheriff Scales and his deputies arrived and search for the two other colored men was started. When the posse called at the home of John Robertson, brother of Tom, he met them with gun- fire and in turn was slain. Later, it was discovered that Marrs had been shot and Ayres wounded. Enraged, the mob fired the house. Sheriff' Scales said reports that a race riot was in progress were untrue and that colored persons not implicated in the shooting had not been molested. PIPING ROCK CLUB MEMBERS MISS FIREWORKS AS PILOT GOES ASTRAY Aviator Errs in Cue and Shoots Off Cargo Several Miles From Designated Site. taurant, Charles Velotta, 28, alleged gangster and “muscle man,” was slain | last week, his body riddled by shotgun cover Man and Alleged Bootlegger Are Shot Down. DETROIT, July 5 (#).—The second gangster assassination in 36 hours today | sent a Hamtramck prohibition investi- | gator and an alleged bootlegger to their deaths, bringing the total number of gun victims here this week to four. The investigator, Barney Roth, was shot down in the kitchen of his home by one of two men who entered at breakfast time. The other man shot, Johnny Mietz, who was to have been arraigned in Federal Court today on a beer making charge. Mietz had been sitting on Roth's front porch waiting for the latter to go to court with him. After an all-day investigation by police of Hamtramck, a suburban city which is surrounded on all sides by parts of Detroit, Charles T. Winegar, commis- sioner of public safety, said that he be- liver.” Mietz, he said, apparently was “promised liver.” Meitz, he sal CARNERA DISPLEASES; FANS GET REFUND South Bend Promoters Return Half of Ticket Purchase Price. By the Assocofated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 5—A crowd of fight fans, dissatisfied with an exhibition boxing contest, featuring Primo Carnera, the ambling Alp, were refunded half of the purchase price of their tickets by promoters here tonight. Special Dispatch to The Star. e NEW YORK, July 5.—The members of the exclusive Piping Rock 13" Phiantiropiets on. ndependcacs philant ists on lence day, it was revealed today, and paid an airplane oilot to shoot ive fireworks into the evening sky for the enjoyment of the countryside several miles from the club's polo field. But the club members fanning them- selves on the cluh veranda, waited far into the night for the fireworks display which had been arranged for their own delectation. The serial roman candles for which each member presumably had were not visible they sat. It was a geographical miscaiculation by Althean Brooks, chief pilot for the Eastern Aeronautical Newark, which deprived and their guests of an evening of fun. Brooks had been engaged several days previously to fly over the club grounds and touch off fireworks from his plane. He didn’t know where the club but a groundkeeper was to have tratned a searchlight from the polo field across the airplane's course, When Brooks saw the light he was to start shooting. His unfamiliarity in the Long Island terrain brought him swooping downward at several points and at each swoop groundlings pilloried his ship with auto- mobile searchlights, * Soon there were so many search- lights playing from so many points that Brooks lost hope of spotting the one he had been engaged to look for, He shot off his cargo anyhow. It turned out today that the point he chose was some 2 miles from the Piping Rock Club and on the side of toward which the disap- looking. xlo fleld i Tt “Bugs” Moran Leader Re-: Only a square from the Milano Tes- | START OF BATILE OVERLONDON PACT HANGS N QUDRUM Debate on Treaty, Expected to Be Bitter, Is Due to Open Tomorrow. SWANSON_WILL START FOR FRIENDS OF MOVE Johnson Attacks Proposed Conven- tion in Preparing for Fight to Finish, BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The long-awaited debate of the Lon- don naval treaty is due to open in the Senate tomorrow, Wwhen the Senate meets in special sesson at the call of President Hoover. Final disposition of the treaty de- pends upon the ability of the Senate leaders to maintain a quorum in Wash- Ington and upon the lung-power of the opponents. When the debate ends the Senate will | proceed to a vote on the naval pact,| provided there is a quorum of the Sen- | ate there to act. Senator Watson of | Indiana, Republican leader of the Sen- | ate, declared his belief yesterday that | It would be possible to maintain the | necessary quorum. He admitted that | !some of the Senators who will come back to Washington for the treaty de- bate had begged off for tomorrow, but | he still expressed the hope that a quo- | rum would be developed when the ses- | sion opens at noon. If a quorum is not present at tomorrow's session it will be necessary to adjourn until Tuesday. Probable Length Estimated. Various estimates have been made of the probable length of the session. The opposition is saying little, but is grimly | | determined to stave off the vote as long as possible. The opposition, as well as | the supporters of the treaty, realize that | once the roll is called the treaty will r |be ratified by more than the nec- | essary two-thirds vote. Doubtless the | opponents of the treaty hope by their | arguments during the debate to win | |over other Senators. But generally | speaking. the lines are well set already | | in_this treaty fight, i | _ The treaty will be called up in the | | Senate by Senator Borah of Idaho, |chairman of the Foreign _Relations | Committee. While Senator Borah ex- | | pects to spzak ou the treaty, he will not | | start the debate for the proponents of | |the pact. he mdicated yesterday. That | {duty will fall to Senator Swanson of | | Virginia, the ranking Democratic mem- | ber of the Foreign Relations Commit- {tee. Senator Borah is supporting the | treaty and believes that it should be | | ratified. He has made no secret, how- | ever, of his disappointment that the | treaty does not bring about further re- | duction in armament, Swanson Prepares Statement. Senator_Swanson, who is not only ! | ranking Democratic member of the { Foreign Relations Committee, but also | ranking Democratic member of the | Committee on Naval Affairs, has pre. pared an exhaustive statement of all the facts and .factors connected with | { the naval treaty, which he will deliver | In the Senate tomorrow, if a quorum is | | established. Otherwise he will speak on Tuesday. Both Senator Reed of Penn- | sylvania and Senator Robinson of Ar- | kansas, the Democratic leader of the Senate, who were members of the Amer- ican delegation in London which nego- tiated the treaty, are expected to speak | at length in support of the pact. The | supporters of the treaty are prepared to | leave the battle on the floor largely to these champions, though there will be & number of other speakers advocating ratification. Senator Johnson of California, who is | g-nerally recognized as a leader of the! opposition to the treaty, said yesterday that he expected the opening of the de- bate would be with the proponents of the pact. He will not speak on the treaty in all probabllity until after the | advocates have made out their case. But_then he will open fire and continue to fire as long as the debate continues. | In a statement issued last night, Sen- ator Johnson declared that the treaty was the “first step under the guise of | a fictitious limitation of armaments and in the holy name of peace, to take the United States into the international adventures which our people abhor.” “Ought to Be Rejected.” “The objections to this treaty are so many.” said Senator Johnson, “it is so iniquitous and inequitable for our coun- try that it ought to be rejected. These TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—I18 PAGES. General News—Local, National Forelgn. PART TWO—10 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Army and Navy News—Page 5, Fraternities—Page 8. Organized Reserved—Page 8. PART THREE—I12 PAGES. Society Section. District National Guard—Page 9. District Naval Reserve—Page 10. Spanish War Veterans—Page 10. Marine Corps Notes—Page 10. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 10. Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 10. PART FOUR—10 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theaters, Screen and Music. News of the Clubs—Page 4. D. A. R Activities—Page 4. In the Motor World—Page 5. Aviation—Page 7. Radio—Page 9. PART FIVE—4 PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Pln‘:nclll News and Classified Adver- tising. The Home Gardener—Page 9. Serial Story, “Ask No Questions"— Page 9. : Veterans of the Great War—Page 9. PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Reviews of the New Books—Page 16. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 23. GRAPHIC SECTION—S$ PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—S PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar nd Mrs.;) Lit and tle han 's gtul::u: ONE DEAD, T7HURT, IN AUTO CRASHES Another May Not Recover From Injuries Received in Collision Near T B, Md. One man was killed, another is dying and five other persons suffered injuries in a collision involving three automo- biles on_the Southern Maryland pike, | near T B, shortly before midnight la<t night. | The dead man is George L. Portrast, 38 years old, of 19 P street northeast, and the critically injured, Fred Odeli Randolph, 19 years old, 706 Sixth street southeast, Others injured in the accident were: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Drake of the 1100 block Bladensburg road northeast, cuts and_bruises. Miss Rose McCullough, 46, of 19 P street northeast, lacerations. William Kesterson, 18 years old. 766 Eleventh street southeast, lacerations. John Abel, 20 years old, 513 Fiith street southeast, lacerations of the scalp and back. Cars Turn Over. According to the police of Washing- ton and Maryland. who investigated the crash. the automobile occupied by Kes- terson, Abel and Randolph, was trav- eling toward T. B. when it brushed the fender of a roadster driven by J. R Mowatt of 411 K street northeast, znd occupied by C. H. Greaver of the 500 block of F street northeast, and then crashed head-on into_the 'automobile driven by Portrast. The force of the second collision turned over both the Portrast car and the car carrying the three youths. throwing both of them into ravines on the roadside. As soon as the collision accurred Mo- watt stopped his machine, picked up the dead man and two of the injured and brought them to Casualty Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Drake were riding wi Mr. Portrast and Miss McCullough and were taken to Providence Hospital, where their injuries were pronounced not serious. Mowatt and Greaver were uninjured. Eleven Others Injured. | Eleven other persons, including three children, were admitted to hospitals | here yesterday afternoon and last night as the result of six automobile crashes. Norman T. Beaton, 27, of 62 K street, was seriously hurt when the automobile | in which he was riding with a_man companion plunged off the South Maryland pike near Clinton and crashed into an electric light pole, cut- ting off the lights for an hour. Beaton | was rushed to Casualty Hospital nere. where he was found to have received fracture of the jaw and chin, and pos- sible fractures of the skull and pelvis, | with concussion of the brain, lacera- tions and bruises. Car Forced From Road. Harold E. McCarthy, 34, of apartment 104 at 1300 Taylor street, driver of the car, received a fractured knee cap, | shock and lacerations. State Police- | man Willlam T. Booker, who investi-| gated the crash, said he was told that | McCarthy's automobile was forced off | the road by another car approaching | from the opposite direction which failed to halt after the crash. The other traffic victims received slight injuries when the car in which they were riding struck a fire plug at Sixteenth and Kennedy streets, when it was swerved by its operator, Carroll B. Knott of York, Pa. to avoid colliding with another machine. Knott's auto- mobile turned over, tumbling its occu- ous minor cuts and bruises. fured were: Mrs. Helen Parker, 27; James W. Parker, 31, and Jerry Parker, 2, all of Seven Oaks, Md.; Miss Ruth Castle, 23. of 2515 Holmead place; Miss Edna P. Castle, 21; Evelyn Parker, 7, and Knott, himself, all of York. They were taken first to Walter Reed Hospital and later were transferred to Emergency Hosplital. Police Seeking “Victims.” A third automobile crash may have produced other injuries, although police late last night still were looking for the “victims.” "An automobile crashed into 1 tree at Fourteenth street and Massa- chusetts avenue southeast, and eye-wit- nesses told police they saw two young (Continved on Page 2, Column 4.) $250,000 LOUISIANA FIRE CHECKED BY RAIL ENGINE [ney Three Blocks Destroyed in Center of Cotton Valley and Whole Town Threatened. COTTON VALLEY, La, July 5 (P). —Three blocks of the business section of Cotton Valley were destroyed by fire late today with damage estimated at $250,000. A total of 21 buildings, 3 of which ‘were residences, met destruction, and others were damaged. A Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad engine probably saved the entire town from destruction, c-rrxlng ‘water from a rallroad pond outside the corporate limits to the firefighters, Watson Declines Hoover Camp Bid To See Yanks Lose By the Associated Press Senator Watson of Indiana, the Republican leader, s a real base ball fan. He begged off from an invita- tion by President Hoover to go to the Rapidan camp on the Fourth of July in order t» see the double-header between Wash- ington and the New York Yankee: *He also got out to yesterday's 2ame to see Washington make it three straight. but he has agreed to go to the Rapidan today. Watson played base ball cn the De Pauw University nine when he was in school SUAN GRLFOUND INAUTOWTHNOTE Jersey Police Trying to Ascer- tain if Deed Is Maniac Killer’s Work. BUTLER, N. J., July 5.—The body of a young woman, shot twice, was found in an automobile on the Mariontown road, about 5 miles northwest of here late today. In the car was a note say- ing, “You will find the other bodies along the road.” ‘The note telling of other victims was unsigned. Handwriting experts will compare the writing with that on the notes written by the “3-X" murderer of Queens, on the theory that the slayer is the maniac who has terrorized the New York borough and committed two murders there. Discovery of the body and the note | started State troopers, under the com- mand of Sergt. Simpson of the Pomp- ton Lakes station, on a hunt along lonely roads of the surrounding terri- tory for other victims mentioned in the note. The Mariontown road is a deserted thoroughfare sometimes used as a short cut between Butler and West Milford The coupe was noticed along the road throughout the day. Passersby tonight looked in and saw the body slumped on the floor with two bullet wounds in her head. It is believed that the murder took place some time during the night of the Fourth. HEAT SWEEPS WEST Oklahoma and Missouri Suffer Under Sun. KANSAS CITY, July 5 (A).—It was abnormally hot in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma today, with some points registering the highest temperatures of the year. Manhattan and Salina, Kans., ex- perienced their hottest days so far this season with readings of 104 and 103 de- grees, respectively. Oklahoma City and Kansas City ran a dead heat, the official high mark in each city being 97. In St. Joseph, Mo.. it was a degree hotter. No relief to- morrow was promised by the Weather Bureau. Kansas, THREE AR KILLED INFAGTORY BLAST | Others Are Seriously Hurt as Fire Follows Ex- plosion. By the Associated Press. NEPTUNE, N. J,, July 5—Three per- sons were killed, two of them children; another child is missing and three | adults wese seriously injured in the ex- | plosion of a fireworks factory on the outskirts of the city late today. Three blasts, following each other in quick " succession, razed the factory, | owned and managed by Frank Cimino, and his story-and-a-half home, which stood on_the lot. Consiglio Cimino, 70, father of Frank Cimino; Millie Cimino, 9. daughter of Frank; Dolores Renna, 2, 321 Nevins street, Brooklyn. | The seriously injured: Mrs. Mary Cimino, wife of Frank: Mrs. Nancy Renna, mother of Dolores; Alfred Del Fiore, an employe. Optometrist Witnesses Tragedy. Dr. M. Gould, a Perth Amboy, N. J., optometrist, was sitting in his automo- | bile a few feet from the Cimino home with J. L. Coddington, also of Perth | Amboy. when the blast occurred. _Dr. Gould said the elder Cimino was sitting on an upper porch of the factory building. Mrs. Renna, her daughter, Dolores, and Millie Cimino were stand- ing in the yard. HUSTONSHONDONN EXPETED AT AP ASCHEFS CONER Republicans to Undertake Reorganization of Forces for Fall Campaign. PRESIDENT SUMMONS WATSON, FESS, McNARY Ohioan, as Possible Choice for New Chairman, Faces Opposition of Moses—Treaty Prospects. The summoning vesterday of three Senators to the presidential camp on the Rapidan was construed last night to foreshadow imminent developments in the deliberations to remove Claudius H. Huston as Republican national chair- man and reorganize the party cam- paign machinery for the Fall elections. Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, Republican leader of the Senate and one of the old-line veterans of the party, admitted, after a telephone talk with the President’s camp, that the party reorganization plan, as well as the outlook for the ratification of th London naval treaty, was to be dis- cussed among_the President, Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon and him- self, Republican leaders had divulged dur- ing the day that the proposal to make Senator Fess the new national chair- man, even if only for the present year, had ‘run_into opposition from Senatos George H. Moses of New Hampshire, chairman of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. Senator Moses was quoted as having served notice privately that he “could not get along with” the Ohio Senator. Co-ordination Proposed. The reorganization plans contemplate a co-ordination of the efforts the National, Senatorial and Congres Campaign Committees of ‘he p which would mean that Senators and Moses and Representative Will R, Wood of Indiana, as heads of thes three organizations, respectively, would work together. In recent years the national committee has been comparatively unimportan{ in the by-elections, but President Hoover 1s anxious to utilize the full capacity of all three organizations. The fact that the national committee has made little or no preparation for the campaigns, and that contributions are lagging, has spurred the party leaders to consum- mate the reorganization without fur- ther delay, now that Congress has ad- Journed. The first step in the reorganization is to make the national chairmanship vacant. The President is in full sym- pathy with the move to have Mr. Huston Tesign, according to administration leaders, but is not expected to ask him to resign. No fewer than 30 party leaders have made it clear to Mr. Hus- ton that his involvement with the Senate Lobby Investigating Committee has, in their’ judgment, impaired his value as national chairman, but he has refused to surrender the post, short of a request by the President personally. Mr. Huston testified before the Senate Then the afternoon quiet was shat- tered by a blast. which was quickly fol- | lowed by two others, and almost imme- | diately the house and factory, which stood side by side, were enveloped in | flames. | Dr. Gould said he saw Mrs. Renne, | her clotehs blazing, pick up the two | children, one under each arm, and start | toward the street. Before she gained | safety another blast knocked her to the | ground and hurled the baby from her arms. Both children were killed. Mrs. Renna was taken to a hospital at | Spring Lake, but was not expected to| ve. Frank Cimino, 9, is missing, l The factory specializes in mammoth fireworks dispalys and the two frame | buildings apparently were laden with | high explosives, the’ cellar of the home | | being used as a store room. Little was | left of either, pleces of the dwelling | being blown hundreds of feet away. First Serious Explosion. Cimino has operated the factory for | 18 years and this was the first serious | explosion. The factory was located on a sandy road, about two blocks west of the main | highway running through Neptune. | Fire tricks from neighboring towns had | | difficulty negotiating the sand. | Neptune, a little town of about 700 | | population, is in Monmouth County, | ! not far from Asbury Park, and a few miles inland from the Atlantic coast. | 60-YEAR ROMANCE ENDS Ohio Couple Secure License to Wed Next Week. TIFFIN. Ohio, July 5 (P).—A romance which began 60 years ago dur- |ing their childhood will be culminated | by the marriage here next week of Mrs. Mary J. Caldwell and George C. Mc- Fereen, both 77. Spouses of both died several years ago. A recent meeting re- sulted in a trip today to the court house for a marriage license. BIG BUSINESS STI AND LITERATURE, SAYS DREISER| Representative Government America, Asserts Novelist. Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, July 5.—Theodore Dreiser has returned from his voyage of exploration through the United States more a pessimist than ever. This morning he fumbled silently with the papers on his desk for 10 minutes be- fore he suddenly rose, drew himself to full height and exclaimed: “All newspaper interviews are stupid. For years 1 have not seen one that is worth anything. 1 will bet you $10 that you cannot get into your paper the things that I am going to say.” The wager was taken up and Mr. Dreiser _enthusiastically discussed the ills of the universe for an hour and a half Since modern business and finan- cial development have made American citizens into nothing but “trudging asses” there is no great contemporary American literature, he said. If there is to be any future it will have to take the form of satire or expressions of de- spair, he added. “The Constitutional Government of America is abdicated. In ever¥l State in the Unilon,there is no such thing as representa government,” he said. “America L9 controlled by trusts that 8s They have the FLES INITIATIVE Is Dead, as Trusts Control | power to tax, which is the power to | destroy. “The mental capacity of our school teachers is practically nullified by busi- ness authorities dictating what they may teach. They must denounce bol- shevism and keep their mouths shut on Darwinism ‘The great educational thing, they are told, is the flag and it is the duty of every citizen to be 100 per cent American—in other wort a damn fool.” .-e sald that big business movements of all sorts are making it impossible for men to_express themselves as individ- uals. Because they cannot hope to succeed in small, private enterprises, American citizens have lost their initi- ative and their power to think. There is hardly any such thing as an indi- vidual left in America, he said. When asked if these things would kill American literature, he rose from his chair in excitement. he “Just name me a single great And supposing there . were one, committee that lobby funds of the Ten- nessee River Improvement Association were deposited to his brokerage account in Wall Street, although later paid to the association's account, Senator Moses is among a few of Mr, Huston's intimates who are thought to know his plans. At least twice during the last 10 days Chairman Huston has conferred at length with Senator Moses in the latter's office. But the New Hampshire Senator has not divulged— at least for publication—what has transpired. He has said that plans for the campaign were being furthered Meantime a group of Senators was making soundings of their colleagues as the availability of Senator Fess, the Ohioan himself, at first bran ing ‘he idea as “preposterous,” has been b. zht almost to the point of saying he uuld take the chairmanship if con- vinced that the party leaders wanted him, and Moses’ Objection. The word that Senator Moses respond- ed to this canvass by objecting to Sena- tor Fess comes from one of those most active in the movement. This informant was of tke opinion that Senator Moses' objection would not be permitted to prevail, unless it should be found to have substantial support from others, The New Hampshire Senator, one of the “original Hoover men” in the 1928 pre-convention campaign, is not nearly 5o close to the administration as might appear, and his “sons of the wild Jackasses” incident of last Fall did not improve his relations with Western Republicans Senator Watson confirmed the fact that Robert H. Lucas, Internal Revenue Commissioner, was being considered for the chairmanship of the executive com- mittee. His job would correspond to Jouett Shouse’s in the Democratic campaign organization, Then, if Senator Fess should be the choice 'for national chairman and persists 1. his determination to serve no longer than in the forthcoming campaign, Mr. Lucas subsequently might be clevated (o the national chairman- ship. It was reported last night that Mr, Huston also had been summoned to the President’s camp for tomorrow's conference, which would indicate that the showdown was to come there, but this could not be confirmed. LEGATION GUESTS ROBBED OF CASH AND JEWELRY Thief Takes Suit Cases Containing Valuables From Automobile of Atlanta Woman, Guests of the Nicaraguan legation last night lost clothing, money arti jewelry valued at $1,225 when a thief took an automobile in which they had stored their suit cases. The automobile, which belongs to Mrs, Laura Mitchell of Atlanta, Ga., was standing in front of the legation of Honduras, 1622 Rhode Island avenue, when it was stolen. One of the suit cases belonged to Senora Josepha Morales and her daughter, Senorita Hayve Morales, both of Nicaragua, who are guests at the Nicaraguan legation. Anofher guest, Emillano Gallo, a stu- dent at Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., owned the other suit case. The Morales lost clothing and jewelry valued at $625, while Gallo's suit case contained cloth- ing and jewelry valued at $400 and certified checks for $200 ‘The ocoupants of the car were paying what chance would he hayve of being ular? PoPWhat do_the books concern_them- (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) a call on tne Honduran legation when th: car was stolen. Miss Morales was Miss Nicaragua in the recent beauty contest at Miami, Fla,