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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Porecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; somewhat tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, pm. yesterday; lowest, 70, today. 93, at 4:15 at 6:15 am. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. tion is delivered to “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,951 Entered post offi No. 31,481, second class W matter % shington, D, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, BLUEGE'S 4BAGGER WHIPS BOSTON, 72, IN THILERS DUEL MacFayden Strikes Outz Cronin, Harris and Judge to Retire Side. RED SOX -THREAT FAILS TO MATERIALIZE IN FIRST Victory Gives Griffmen Four Out of Five Game Series—Meet Detroit Next. WASHINGTON. AB. R. H. 1 [0 o 0 o . A 4 | ? . | Myer, | Rice, ! Cronin, s Harris, If. 2b. L 0 [ 0 [ 0 NS mw-- CREBRBUCARRA 34 Jomes ran for Harrls in the ninth. BOSTON. AB. R. H. O. Oliver, ef.. Miller, Rhyne, 3b. BY JOHN B. KELLER. BOSTON, July 10.—Ossle Bluege broke up a pretty ball game here today when he cracked out a home-run drive against the left-fisld fence in the fourth frame, scoring West ahead of him, and scored two more runs with his double in the ninth. In all, he collected a homer and two doubl The score was 7 0 2. Up to the fourth inning it was Bos- ton's game, 2 to 1. The next few in- nings saw both teams playing airtight ball, as MacFayden, Red Sox mound ace, and Irving Hadley for the Nats, treated the customers to a pitching uel. d'1"hl 7.000 fans saw some one, two. three base ball in the fourth, fifth and sixth stanzas. nings only 15 batters faced the two pitchers. MacFayden struck out Cronin, Harris and Judge in the sixth. It was the second time that Judge fanned. FIRST INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Myer singled to left. | Rice bounced to Regan. Cronin singled to left, scoring Myer. Harris flied to Oliver. Judge fouled to Heving. One run. BOSTON—Olver singled to right. | ‘Todt tripled to right, scoring Oliver. Scarritt took a third - strike. ~Webb walked. Regan walked. Miller bunted in front of the plate that Hadley scooped with one hand and threw to Spencer, forcing out Todt at the plate. Rhyne flied to West. One run. SECOND INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Secarritt came in for West's fly. Bluege flied to Scarritt. Spencer singled to center. MacFayden | tossed out Hadley. No runs. BOSTON—Heving singled to left. MacFayden bunted, forcing Heving, | Judge to Cronin. Oliver drove into L3 double play, Cronin to Myer to Judge. | No runs. THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—MacFayden knocked down Myer's hot liner and tossed him out. Rice Singled to~ “Cronin forced Rice, Miller to Rega was caught off first and was run down, MacFayden to Todt. No runs. BOSTON—Todt doubled along the right field line. Scarritt got a single on a bunt to Hadley, Todt reaching third. Webh lifted to Harris and Todt scored after the catch, Scarritt holding first. Regan singled to center, Scarritt stopping at second. Miller walked, fill- ing the bases. Myer took Rhyne's grounder and threw to cer, forcing Scarritt at the plate. ving fouled to Judge. One run. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Miller threw out Harris. Judge took a third strike. West walked. Bluege hit a homer again:t the left field fence, scoring West ahead of him and putting the Nats in front. Spencer flied to Oliver. Two Tuns. BOSTON—Macfayden took a third strike. Oliver popped to Cronin. Todt fiied to Rice. No runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Hadley popped to Todt. Myer walked. Rice drove into & double play, Regan to Rhyne to Todt. No runs. BOSTON—Scarritt flied to Harris. Webb took a third strike. Regan pop- ped to Myer. No runs. SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON — Cronin fanned. ! Harris aiso fanned. Judge took a third strike. No runs. BOSTON—Myer threw out Miller. Rhyne popped to Cronin, Heving fiied to Rice. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. | WASHINGTON—West flied deep to Webb. Bluege doubled down the left | field line. Rhyne threw out Spencer, | Bluege going to third. Regan threw out Hadley. No runs. BOSTON—Cronin tossed out Mac- Fayden. Oliver singled to center. Todt | flied to West. Oliver was caught steal- ing, Spencer 1o Myer. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON—MacFayden tossed out Myer. Rice walked. Cronin drove | into a double play, Rhyne to Regan to Tcdt. No runs. BOSTON—Myer tossed out Scarritt. ‘Webb fouled to Bluege. Regan fanned. No runs. NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Harris doubled to center. Jones ran for Harris. Judge walked. West beat out a bunt to Mac- Fayden, filling the bases. Bluege doubled 1o center, scoring Jones and Judge, West stopping at third. Rhyne threw out Spencer. Hadley singled down the left, fleld line, scoring West and Bluege. Myer flied to Oliver. Rice lined to Regan. Four runs. BOSTON—Loepp now playing left | field for Washington. Miller popped to Myer. Durst batted for Rhyne and fouled to Spencer. Sweeney batted for Heving and flied to West. No runs. BELIEF THAT BARRERE IS NEAR CITY GAINS Statements attributed to friends of | MacFayden, p 1 | Durst batt | Sweeney b, In two and a half in- - | the ship. Heving, -8R ER RS cuAmcEmB Sweeney | = for Rhyne in ninth. ted for Heving in ninth. SCORE BY INNINGS: 12345618 Washington] 0 02 0 0 0 0 Boston.....1 0 1 00 0 0 0 0. Summary: Runs Iin—Cronin, dle: batted Todt, (4. Madley e hifs—Todt. Bluege (2), Harris. hit—Todt. to s to Todt: Rhyne - to 4 out—By Hadley, 4; by n, 4. Umplires—Geisel. Connolly and Campbel JONES TURNS IN 71 IN FIRST OPEN PLAY | Champion Finishes 18 Holes One Under Par on Course at Interlachen. By the Assoclated Press. | INTERLACHEN CLUB, Minneapolis, Minn,, July 10.—Under a boiling hot sun, Bobby Jones shot a 71, one under par, for the first round of the national open golf championship and assumed the lead in defense of his crown. Bob- by was out in 34 and back in 37. Followed by a gallery of 5,000 swel- tering in over 100 degrees of heat, Bob- by shot his first nine holes in 34, 2 under par, in starting his defense of the championship. Jones, following on the heels of ‘Horton Smith, made the turn exactly even with his youthful professional rival. Each was playing sensationally and were followed by the largest gal- ’lerul of the day. Beats Smith by Stroke. Smith took another par 36 on® the second nine and scored 72, one stroke (Continued Page 2, Column 5. FRENCH FLYER FIGHTS ALIMONY TO U. S. WIFE Jean Assolant Asks Court to Can- cel Payment of $60 Monthly to Pauline Parker. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 10.—Jean Assolant, At- lantic “Yellow Bird” fiyer, today asked the court that his $60-a-month tempo- rary alimony to his American wife, the former Pauline Parker, be discontinued when her suit and his counter-suit for divorce were heard in chambers. ‘The lawyers on both sides submitted & joint set of facts so there would be no trial of the case and the judge will give his decision next week. The couple were married in June, 1929, at Old Orchard, Me, just prior to Assolant’s flight with Rene Lefevre to Europe. DIES_AS SHIP DOCKS HAVRE, France, July 10 (#).—As the French line steamship Cuba from Hous- ton and Galveston, Tex., arrived today the 19-year-old son of Bishop Quinn of Texas, died on board of typhoid fever The father, mother, two sisters and a brother of the youth were with him on The family will return to America with the body on the steam- | ship Lafayette on Saturday. Tardieu Wins Confidence Vote. PARIS, July 10 (#).—The govern- ment again today triumphed over fts Spponents in the Chamber of Deputies in an issue with the Socialists by a vote of 325 t0 259, Premier Tardieu proposed a question of confidence over alleged ex- cessive penalties imposed on leaders of the recent office strike, [ Judge; | G.0.P. LEADERS FAIL 10 ACT ON HUSTON AT FIRST SESSION Chairman Asserts Routine Matters Were Only Sub- jects Studied. : POSSIBLE RESIGNATION NOT DISCUSSED, HE SAYS “Will Have Something to Say in Writing” if Question Is Brought Up, He Asserts. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | Following a meeting of Chairman | Claudius H. Huston of the Republican National Committee with officers of the committee and the chairman of the Re- publican Congressional and Senatorial Campaign Committee at national head- quarters today, Mr. Huston stated: “The meeting discussed routine mat- | ters in connection with the coming campaign and adjourned until 2 p.m.” { Mr. Huston was asked whether the question of his resignation had been | discussed at the meeting this morning. | Statement to Be Made. “It was not,” replied the chairman with a smile. The chairman did not | have the appearance of a man whose political head had been demanded by leaders of his party. He seemed quite satisfied with the situation. He said that at the close of the meeting this afternoon ne would give out a statement covering what the committee had done. Senator Watson, Republican leader of the Senate, who was prepared to attend the meeting today and explain the oppo- sition of a number of Republican Sen- ators to the continuance of Mr. Huston as national chairman, abandoned the plan after conferences last night with,| several of his advisers. Huston Talks at Session. While the details of the conference this morning were not revealed, it is understood that Mr. Huston, himself, did a great deal of the talking. It was not revealed whether he entered a de- fense of himself or whether he confined himself to talking merely about the coming campaign and finances. After the meeting the Republican leaders scattered and Mr. Burke, the general counsel of the National Com- mittee, Mr. Pomeroy, the vice chairman, went to the White House and conferred with President Hoover. Mr. Huston was asked if he intended to resign as chairman. ;I have rothing to say about that.: he replied. He did say, ever, “that if the question of his resignation was taken up at the meeting this afternoon he “would have something to say about it in writing.” The expectation, when the Republican leaders assembled this morning, was that the subject of Mr. Huston’s retirement as chairman would be taken up today. According to all reports, however, the conference this morning confined itself to routine matters connected with the congressional campaign. The confererice lasted for two hours. Showdown Had Been Forecast. ‘The leaders met at 10 o'clock this morning at Naticnal Committee head- quarters in the Barr Building. ‘The row in the Republican party over the national chairman reached a point yesterday where it was declared a show- down would be demanded. Representative Will Wood, chairman of the Republican Congressional Cam- paign Committee, in an interview yester- day, said that for the sake of party har- mony, although he believed Mr. Huston been maligned, he and all the other Republican members of the House held the view that Mr. Huston should resign. Senator George H. Moses, chairman of the Republican Senatorial Committee, who, like Mr. Wood, attended the meet- ing today, has taken the position that Mr. Huston should not resign. | Mr. Huston himself, when he returned | to Washington last night, flatly stated that he had no intention of resigning, | certainly at this time. Meeting with the chairman today | were Daniel E. Pomeroy of New Jersey, | vice chairman of the National Commit- | tee; J. Matt Chilton of Kentucky, who | held a proxy for Mrs. Alvin T. Hert of that State, a vice chairman; J. R. Nutt | of Cleveland, Ohio, treasurer of the Re- publican National Committee; James Francis Burke, general counsel of the Republican National Committee; Earle 8. Kinsley, Republican National Com- mitteeman for Vermont whom press dis- | patches vesterday declared had been | offered the national chairmanship by | President Hoover, a report which Mr. Kinsley denied; Senator Gearge H. Moses, chairman of the Republican Sen- atorial Committee, and Representative Will R. Wood, chairman of the Repub- lican Congressional committee. The Republican National Committee treasury is understood to have between $200,000 and $300,000 on hand. It was said that a request would be made that $100,000 be turned over to the Congres- sional Committeee and another $100,000 to the Senatorial Committee to start the campaign. Treasurer 2'utt, it was believed, would rule that he had no authority to turn this money over, whereupon a motion will be made to have the Executive Com- mittee meet here and grant the neces- sary authority. POLICEMAN DISABLED HIS Al}TO, SAYS MOTORIST, WINNING CASE Judge Dismisses Traffic Char ges and Returns §7 Collateral Deposited by Benjamin Shapiro. Benjamin Shapiro, 4601 Eighth Herman Barrere, Arlington County itinerant painter, for whom a world- wide search is being made in connec- tion with the murder of Mary Baker, Navy Department employe, that he is support when storekeepers and a pro- prietress of a boarding house in Fred- ericksburg, Va. identified photographs of the fugitive as similar to a man who spent_some time there. Arthur Rector, proprietor of a gaso- line filling station at Woodlawn, 2 miles from Fredericksburg, said that a photo- graph of the painter which was shown to him was a likeness of a man who spent more than an hour near his lunch room and filling station. M. R. Joblin and two women who saw the individual corroborated the identifica- jon. —_— ‘Rndio Programs on Pses D.3 street, in Police Court today charged Policeman B. R. Torrence of the eighth precinct with disconnecting the dis- tributor of his automobile because he parked it so as to obstruct a cross-walk, and Judge Gus Schuldt dismissed the serfes of traffic charges that had been preferred against him, and returned $7 collateral he was required to put up yesterday afternoon at the eighth pre- cinct station. According to Shapiro’s testimony, he parked his car yesterday afternoon at Eighteenth and Biltmore streets, and returning a half hour later found = large crowd gathered. On the wind- shield he found a ticket ‘charging him with obstruction of a cross-walk. He got nto the machine and stepped on the starter but the motor failed to run. An Army officer among the bystanders, he said, told him that a policeman had re- moved the distributor wires, -mnivn sald he m-ni—m ntn » nearby apartment house to telephone a complaint to Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of police, and before h could spin the dial he was “pulled out of the telephone booth by a policeman and taken to a patrol box Later & patrol wagon carried him to the station house, he declared, where he found two new charges awaiting him, in addition to the one of ob- structing the crosswalk, The addi- tional charges were those of parking more than six inches from the curb #nd failing to change the address on his_ driver’s permit Policeman Torrence admitted in | and the appointment of Mr. Proctor {lower bench is known 11904, BULLETIN uNaé‘SAM o To IMPROVE GOWG 1© FROM ON — JULY 10, 1930 ~FORTY THE HQPE -EIGHT PAGES. ¥%¥x (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. | PROCTOR IS SLATED 10° SUCCEED HITZ | Supreme Court Justice Re-' ported Destined for Court of Appeals. President Hoover is understood to have decided to appoint James M. Proctor, prominent Washington attor- | ney, to the District Supreme Court, to succeed Justice Willlam Hitz, who is | said to be slated for elevation to the Court of Appeals of the District. | This was learned from an authorita- | tive source at the White House this afternoon, but there were no indica- tions that these appointments would be | sent to the Senate today. There is some likelihood that Mr. Hoover would wait a few days before officially making the nominations. By elevating Justice Hitz to the high- er court, President Hoover will fill one of the two places on the Court of Ap- peals created recently by. Congress. The President was represented today as not having made up his mind yet regarding the filling of the second of these two places, but it is believed the latter will not remain vacant very long. He is understood to be awaiting recommenda- tions from the Attorney General. It was upon the recommendations of the latter that the President is un- derstood to have made his decisions regarding the elevation of Justice Hitz to the lower court. The task of looking | over the fleld of available material for the bench was delegated to the Attorney General by the President. Attorney | General Mitchell is known to have withheld making any recommendations until he had gone very carefully into the requirements and’ the individual records and abilities of the names be- fore him. Promotion Not Surprise. | The promotion for Justice Hitz will come as no surprise. It is known that | he was offered the chief justiceship of | the Supreme Court when the time came | for Mr. Hoover to select a successor to| Walter 1. McCoy upon his retirement last December, but for reasons of his| own preferred to remain as an assoclate | justice. Justice Hitz's record on the| to have been especially appealing to the Attorney | General and the President. Mr. Proctor’s selection will come as considerable of a surprise inasmuch as his name has not been mentioned pub- licly 1n the speculation during the con- sideration of aspirants for these bench | appointments. The White House is understood to have reasons to feel that his appointment will be a highly popu- | lar one not only becayse of his recog- | nized ability, but because of his wide | acquaintance and his personal charac- teristics. Besides an_enviable record in the city as a lawyer Mr. Proctor has a war rec- ord, obtained as an officer of the line in France, of which he has every cause | to be justly proud. Mr. Proctor was recommended for this judicial appointment by the Dis- | trict Bar Association as well as a large | number of prominent attorneys and by | the local Republican organization. | Native of Washington, He is a native of this city, having | been born here 47 years ago. After | graduating from the public: schools he | studied law at George Washington Uni- versity, from which he graduated in| He was at once admitted to the | District bar where he has since prac- ticed. He served as an assistant United States attorney for this District from 1906 to 1913 and during four years of that period he was chief assistant United States attorney. Leaving the | District attorney's office in 1913, Mr. Proctor has _successfully engaged in | the private practice of law in this city and is at present engaged as a special | assistant to the Attorney General in | litigation growing out of riparian rights in this city. When the United States entered the World War Mr. Proctor was married and the father of two small boys; there was no probability of his being called to military service: he was enjoying a very lucrative practice in his profes- sion: nevertheless, he immediately en- tered the first officers’ training camp at Fort Myer, Va., and in May, 1917, | was commissioned a lieutentant of In- fantry. Among those who are known to be under consideration for the remain- ing Court of Appeals judgeship are Paul Sleman of Chevy Chase, Md.. who has been strongly ‘recommended to the President by Senator Goldsborough of (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) court that he had tampered with Shapiro’s machine and “disabled it.” In_dismissing the charges, Judge Schuldt declared it was not. his duty to comment on police methods. Shapiro announced he had com- plained to Maj. Pratt about the affair, and intended to follow it with a formal Fire Destroys Lumber Yard. LOUISVILLE, July 10 (#).—Eighteen carloads of lumber and three sheds at the Anderson Manufacturing Co.'’s planing mill and lumber yard were destroyed by fire here today, with loss estimated at $100,000. Two men were injured in a collision between a fire truck and an automohjle truck, Above: James M. Proctor, who is | undersiood to have been selected b, President Hoover for the District Su- preme Court bench. He will succeed Justice William Hitz (below), who is expected to be appointed to the Court of Appeal HEAT IN MIDWEST CAUSES 20 DEATHS Temperatures of Over 100 Found as Far North as Montana and Dakota. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 10.—Middle America wilts under a merciless sun. Twenty have died. The grain fields —save for corn—suffer. Farm work falters, the baking sun a checkrein to man and beast. Indeed, two of the heat deaths oc- curred in the felds. An Iowa farmer, prostrated by a temperature high in the nineties. feli dead at his plow. A Nebraska farmer died the same way. There were temperatures of 100 d grees or hotter as far north as Mon tana and North Dakota and south (o SEVen Weeks at the Massachusetts Gen- | the new home of the dej Louisiana and Alabama. The hottest spot officially was Miles City, Mont., with 108 degrees. Huron, Fahrenheit heat went also to three fig- ures in Omaha, Kansas City, City, Towa; St. Louis, Mo.; Evansville, Ind.; Nashville, Tenn.; Shreveport, La Emporia, Kans,, and Birmingham, Al to name a few widely separated places. ‘There were unofficial readings of 108 degrees in Mitchell, S. Dak., and Sioux Falls, Wheat, oals, rye, barley and flax have begun to show the efiect of the hot weather. A South Dakota crop bulletin also called attention to the ef- | fect the heat was having upon farm work. Chicago, surrounded by heat, bene- fitted by its Lake Michigan location, a northeast breeze fanning thankful thousands. Milwaukee and other lake shore cities also enjoyed comparative isolation from the heat blanket. But_even beneath bengficent breezes the lake cities perspired. ' Two Chicago deaths resulted in falls, one from a win- W to which a man had gone for a ath of air, the other through a sk; | light through which toppled a woman who sought heat relief on the roof, ‘The 20 odd miles of Chicago beaches, a carnival of colored beach pajamas, robes, parasols and bathing suits, had two drownings. Forecasters offered little relief. did venture that it would be “not quite 50 warm” in the Northwest tomorrow, but Tllinois and some other Middle Western sections were warned to pre- ==we for even warmer weather, .| coal mine. Sioux | They | MINE BLAST KILLS [44 N GERMANY Many Injured Among 49, Rescued as Fumes Sweep Wencelaus Shaft. By the Associated Press. NEURODE, Germany, July 10.—At least 144 persons lost t| lives yester- | support of their demand for a $2 in- | decision reached last night by members Couple in Plunge Escape Auto Thirty Feet Under Water By the Associated Press. OCEAN CITY, N. J., July 10— After plunging nearly 100 feet from a bridge a young couple to- day extricated themselves from their automobile 30 feet under water and escaped only slightly injured. The two, Willlam A. Lorells- worth, 24, of Haddon Heights, N. J., and Miss Mildred Lindsay, 22, of Yeadon, Pa. were crossing over the Ocean City-Somers Point Bridge when their auto- mobile gol out of control, crashed through the railing and dropped into the river. Lorellsworth and Miss Lindsay succeeded in opening a door only after the car had come to rest at the bottom of the channel. They shot to the surface and swam to a nearby trolley line bridge, where they were pulled ashore by a mo- torman. OTHER CRAFTSMEN REPLAGE LATHERS Employing Plasterers Refuse to Grant Wage Increase Demanded by Strikers. A new development in the strike of union lathers, who quit work on six large building projects here July 1 in crease in wages, came today when a spokesman for the contractors an- nounced that some of the employers had called in other bullding tradesmen to supplant those on strike. This action was reported to have | been taken today by a number of the | contractors affected, following formal of the Employing Plasterers’ Association not to grant the demanded wage boost. It was revealed today also that em- ploying contractors previously had in- formed officials of the striking union organization that the wage boost would not be granted and had laid day in an explosion at the Wenceslaus | Eighty-one bodies have been | recovered, most of them burned badly. No hope is held for those remaining in | the shaft, when a large gas pocket was suddenly | tapped during blasting late yesterday. The fumes spread through the shafts for any one to escape. Rescue Work Hazardous. Rescue work' proved increasingly hazardous and finally was abandoned at about midnight after a number of the crew, fitted with gas masks, had been overcome or injured. It was possible to save only 49 per- sons of the 193 in the mine before breaking off the rescue work. All of these, although badly burned, are ex- pected to recover. The disaster took | both men and officials completely off their guard, in view of the periodical gas survey having been completed only Sunday. Greatest Toll in Years. It was by far the greatest mine disaster Germany has known in years In 1912 117 died in the Bochum mine disaster and in 1925 the death toll in the Dortmund mine reached 135. Rescuers found the dead miners still with tools in their hands, wagen men beside their wagons, and the electro- motive pilot lifeless at his controls. | _Three years ago a smiliar explosion | in the. Wenc mine took seven | lives. That explosion earned the shaft & reputation as “unlucky” among the miners of Sile: ——— BUYS PLANES TO STOP PORTO RICAN SMUGGLING | The explosion in the mine occurred | so quickly that there was little chance | down the ultimatum that unless the union lathers returned to work yester- day, other building tradesmen would be called in to carry on the work. Lathers Continue Strike. Reports yesterday from spokesmen for the employers indicated that the union lathers had not returned to work and were continuing to ask for an im- mediate increase in wages from $12 to $13 per day and a further increase from $13 to $14 per day, effective October 1. Cyrus Murray, a member of the com- mittee representing the Plasterers’ Association, confirmed today the reports that substitute lathers had | been engaged by some of the affected contractors in order to proceed with work on some of the six projects, halted by the strike. Mr. Murray, however, said he had not yet learned on which projects the new lathers had been employed. This phase of the construction of the huge new home of the Department of Commerce, it was ascertained later, had not been renewed at noon today. The substitute lathers were reported as being “union men of trades other than the lathing who had been out of work.” It could not be learned whether any non-union building tradesmen had been or would be employed in the %h of the striking members of Local No. Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' Inter- national Union. Comparatively Few Out. While comparatively few union work- ers are out on strike, due to the fact that but a half dozen large projects here are in the lathing stage, the halting of this phase of construction of the several large bulldings, the calling of the strike and the reported substi- tution of other building tradesmen was being closely watched by both labor and contracting interests here. Officials of the striking union could not be reached today for a statemen: explaining their side of the controversy | and to explain the need for the wage increase, which the employers had | claimed is unjustified under current | By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich, July 10.—Hayden L. Moore, collector of customs for Porto Rico is here arranging for the | purchase of airplanes to be used by the border patiol in preventiny smug: gling into the island. Mr. Moore said that not only liquor | but also many articles on which th!'ret is high tariff are handled by smugglers and that he expects to do effective work with planes equipped with pontoons. While here, the collector also con- ferred with Willlam A. Albertson, chief of the border patrol who has been ordered to Porto Rico to take a similar position. | GEN. AMES OPERATED ON | | | Oldest West Point Graduate, 94, Reported Showing Energy. LOWELL, Mass.,, July 10 (#).—Gen. | Adelbert Ames, 94, only surviving rank- | ing officer of the Civil War and the | oldest living graduate of West Point, | underwent his second operation in | | eral Hospital in Boston on Tuesday, it became known here today. The ven- | | erable * soldier exhibited remarkable | | 8. Dak. had # reading of 102, while the | #1eT8Y after the operation, it was | Bullding, the National Christian Church | | learned. | —— | Labor Retains Seat. | AYLSHAM, England, July 10 (#) | Labor retained its seat for North N | folk at yesterday’s by-election neces- sitated by the elevation of Noel Buxton | ' the peerage, Lady Noel Buxton, wife | of the Laborite being elected. | Master Builders' conditions in the building industry Clarence Young, secretary of the | Washington Building Trades Council, declined to say what action, if any, the council has taken or contemplates. The atter, he indicated, rests between the athers' union and the employing con- ! | tractors. Secretary Denies Reports. Mr. Young, however, denied reports | | published _ this morning that the | Building Trades Council had declined | | to lend assistance to the lathers’ union | in negotiations for the increase in | wages, which the union was reported to have sought from the council, with | | which it is affiliated. Mr. Young also | declined to say if the council had taken | or contemplated taking any active steps | to assist the union in its negotiations. The refusal of the Employing Plasters’ | Assoclation to grant the increase in | wages has been ‘indorsed by the local | Association, an or. ganization of contractors, it was an- nounced today by an official of that| body. It was reported yesterday that the| strike had tied up lathing work on the new Department of Commerce Building, partment store of Julius Garfinckel & Co. the new | addition to the store building of Prank | R. Jellefl, Inc.; the Holy Name College | and the Sacred Heart Convent on Park ! road. l Reds Release Kelly. | CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 10 (#).— | | George Kelly, first bascman of the | Cincinnati Reds for the last three years, was released unconditionally today by Manager Dan Howley. | | { Utah Legislator and Wife W By the Associated Press. i The first of the returning honeymoon- | Ing Senators, Senator Reed Smoot of | Utah, arrived in the Capital today to participate in the consideration of the | London naval treaty. ceived at the President guests they will be while here. The mgmm on the second floor SENATOR SMOOT AND BRIDE HERE | ON INTERRUPTED HONEYMOON Attends Treaty Session. hite House Guests as Former of the White House will be the bridal uite. g Mr. and Mrs. Smoot were honor guests at a breakfast party given by Mr. and Mrs. Hoover. About 12 others were | | NAVAL PACT FOES USE NEW TAGTS N DELAYING VOTE Senator Copeland Attacks Provisions of Treaty in Debate on Secrecy. COMES DURING THIRD DAY OF LATTER FIGHT Problem of Keeping Quorum on Hand to Wear Out Opposition Worries Leaders. By the Associated Press. The opposition began hammering the London naval treaty itself today through Senator Copeland. Senator Hale had been expected to deliver the first speech against the pact, but Copeland jumped into the debate on she McKellar resolution demanding from President Hoover the diplomatic docu- ments exchanged prior to the London parley. Thus prospects for an early vote on the McKellar resolution diminished, , threatening more delay on the vote on ratification. Sees Taxation Raise. Copeland, a New York Democrat, argued the treaty would continue the burden of taxation and defeat parity between the United States and Great Britain. Informed by Senator Reed, Republi- can, Pe'nnaylvnnll, a delegate to Lon- don, at the status of Pacific fortifications under the 1922 arms treaty had not been changed, he said, “It seems to me that whatever we have in the Pacific is at the mercy of Japan.” The New Yorker contended the pact f;" parity between American and Brit- h Navies “only so long as Great Brit- ain does not take advantage of the N Thareloes. tao. treat d erefore the treaty doesn’t m anything, he said. . o Bare Majority Present. Again, a bare majority of 49 answer- ed the roll call. Senator Johnson, Republican, Cali- fornia, a treaty opponent, upheld the McKellar resolution seeking the papers, He refused to accept the statements of Senator Robinson, Democrat, Arkan- sas, & delegate to London, and others that -the letters and cablegrams were irrelevant and amusing. Explosive Matter Hinted. “I am perfectly will cede,” the Californian sald, Em‘ffl pers may have contained a an». and be so excruciatingly funny as to con- vu’lu us -ll.’um mlyhmmn personal references rom Tha) a pper; Ambassador irom " the Ponited” States that would cause a world-wide explo- There have been intimations that the papers have been withheld because of manners of expression employed by Ambassador Dawes in communications with the State Department. Johnson also contended the Senate should know what took place at the (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. RUM RUNNERS BATTLE POLICE ON HIGHWAY Motor Cycle Officer, Wounded in 22-Mile Running Gun Fight, May Die. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 10—Two motor cycle policemen and two rum runners with an automobile load of alcohol engaged in a spectacular running fight along 22 miles of State highway bee tween Joliet and Aurora, suburban cities, early today. The affray ended on the outskirts of Aurora with the perhaps fatal wounding of one of the" officers, Henry Schelling. Officer Willlam Burke stopped to aid Schelling and the rum runners escaped. The officers confiscated the bootleg~ gers' sedan and the intoxicants. The shooting started on the outskirts of Joliet when the pair in the sedan opened fire on the officers without warning. The motor cycle policemen reutrned the fire and the battle con- tinued as the sedan and cycle sped up to 88 miles an hour at times. e shot from the patrolmen pierced a tire of the sedan on the outskirts of Aurora and the runners left their machine. Thev continued the attack afoot, but fled when Schelling fell with bullet wounds in the neck and shoulder. PRICE WAR SHOVES GAS DOWN TO FJVE CENTS Low California Price Includes 3- Cent State Tax—Bottom Reached in Fresno. | By tiie Assoclated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, July 10.—Gaso- line retailed as low as 5 cents llon, :m.-,ludmr a 3-cent State tax as R‘\- price-cufting war raged on JFPacific Coa. IQ:‘; Predictions lmi ';’Jd#ly made the priec would be pounded down to the State tax of 3 cents in'California. ‘The price reached the 5-eent level in #resno yestercay. One large distributing company in TaAcoma, which had been selling at 77; cents retail, planned to shade (hat quotation by 1 cent a gallon. Another 'firn'" announced a wholesale price of 41: cents in Tacoma. The lowest retail price in Los Angeles was 84 centy including the 3-cent tax. Seattle motorists were paying 912 to 11 cents, including a 3-cent tax. Portland retail prices ranged from 10 to 13'; cents, including a 4-cent tax. HARVEST BY MOONLIGHT Heat Causes Kansas Wheat Hands to Idle by Day. resent. psen-wr Smoot was summoned back by Senator Baird of New Jersey. who | was on his wedding trip abroad, also hand, is returning. KANSAS CITY, July 10 (#).—Unable to work in the blazing sun, crews have He and his bride of a week were re- | President Hoover just before he was to| begun to harvest wheat by moonlight parts of Kansas. Ole Olson, 45, a Bean Lake, Mo., farm died’ from the heat yesterdav while plowing corn.