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Local thundershowers this afternoon or early tonight:” tomorrow fair and not quite so warm. Temperatures—Highest, 85, at noon vestorday:. Sam: lowest, 65, Full report on page Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 at 2 @h £ Fi Neox S H82 7 Siheror sn Entered as second class matter Washington, S, D. HOOVER DECLINES 0 DELIVER SECRET PAPERS 10 SENATE Revelation of Confidential Documents Held Against Public Interests. HALE LAUNCHES ATTACK ON TERMS OF NAVY PACT Britain Is Described as Having U. S. “Hamstrung and Hog Tied” Under Agreement. President Hoover today declined to comply with the resolution adopted by the Senate yesterday asking nim for confidential data on the London naval treaty, expiaining that to do so would be incompatible with the public interest. The President’s message, read in the Benate today, was brief and to the point. His communication in full follows: “1 have received Senate resolution 320, asking me, if not incompatible with public interest, to submit to the Senate all letters, cablegrams, minutes, memo- randa, instructions and dispatches, and all records filed, and other information touching the negotiations of the Lon- | don naval treaty. “This treaty, like all other interna- tional negotiations, has involved state- ments, reports, tentative and informal proposals as to subjects, persons and governments given to me in confidence. ‘The Executive, under the duty of guard- ing the interest of the United States; in the protection of future negotiations and in maintaining relations of comity with other nations, must not allow him- self to become guilty of a breach - of trust by betrayal of these confidences. ‘Would Violate Practices. “He must not affront representatives ©f other nations and thus make future dealings with those nations more difficult and less frank. To make public in debate or in the press such con- fidences would violate the invariable practice of nations. It would close to the United States those avenues of in- formation which are essential for future negotiations and amicable intercourse with the nations of the world. I am| sure the Senate does not wish me to| comumit such a breach of trust. “1 have no desire to withhold trom the Senate any information having even the remotest bearing upon the negotia- tion of a treaty. No Senator has becen refused an opportunity to see the con- fidential material referred to, provided only he will agree to receive and hold same in the confidence in which it has been received and held by the Execu- tive. A number of Senators have availed themselves of this opportunity. I be- lieve that no S:nator can read these documents without agreeing with me that no other course but that to insist upon the maintenance of such confi- dence is possible, Al?“dmlnht:ke this opportunity to depeal utmos. emphasis that ln’Iheu negotial there were no secrets or concealed un derstandings, promises or interpreta- tions, nor any commitments whatever | except as appeared in the treaty itself and in the interpretive exchange of notes recently suggested by your Com- mittee on Foreign Affiairs; all of which now are in the hands of the Senate. “In view of this, I believe that to further comply with the above resolu- tion would be incompatible with the public interest, 7 (Signed.) “HERBERT HOOVER.” Prior to sending the reply to the Senate, Mr. Hoover and Secretary Stim- son discussed ,the situation caused by the call for the papeis. Pending a settlzment of that differ- ence between the White House and the Senate, debate on the pact brought the renewed opposition of Hale. Ths Maine Senator, who heads the Naval Commit- tee, contended ratification would prove the United States was incapable of look- ing after its own interests. His long prepared speech recalled the one of detailed support given Tuesday by Senator Swanson of Virginia, who saw good where Hale saw evil in the pact. Again the galleries were filled. Bare Quorum Present. For the third day a bare quorum of 49 answered the first roll call. The Senator from Maine had been waiting two days to express his opposition. He spoke slowly. “The British by the terms of this treaty,” he said, “have us hamstrung and hog tide, and there they will keep us as long as limitations of armaments are fhe order of the day.” Accusing Secretary Stimson of an unwarranted attack on naval officers ‘who oppose the treaty, Hale said: “The Navy has become little more than a trading asset, armed with which the Secretary of State may ride forth to win his spurs. A treaty he must bring home. If to gel that treaty a sacrifice of national security is neces- sary, that is a_trivial matter.” Hale said, Stimson “tells us’ hthfi oul the criticisms of naval officers “should (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. BRIDGEMAN FALLS 30 FEET; MAY DIE Albert Canter, 31, Victim of Acci- dent at Arlington Memorial Span, in Hospital. While workmen looked on helplessly, Albert Canter, 31-year-old apprentice idgeman, was injured, probably fa- . at 10:30 o'clock this morning when he lost his balance while being hoisted by & derrick to the draw section of the Arlington Memorial Bridge and tock a 30-foot plunge to a barge below As his body struck the barge, on the west side of the draw, his head came in contact with a projection that pierced the back of his skull. Dr. A. H. Pike of Casualty Hospital, shysician for the Phoenix Bridge Co., which is doing the construction work, pad the injured man removed to Cas- Jalty, where it was said his recovery was doubtful. According to fellow workmen, Canter was standing in the big scoop With which iron ore was being hoisted for mixing eoncrete on the draw, when the scoop suddenly tilted. Canter was un- able to clutch the chain in time and was thrown out. of iron ore from the barge. The man came here from New Hamp- He resides £hire to work on the bridge. at 327 East Capitol street. The derrick was on the draw section of the bridge, and Canter had been directing the removal WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, N WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION JULY 11, [JARDINE TO TAKE DIPLOMATIC Early Change Expected for Former Secretary of Agriculture. | Appointee Was College Presi- dent Before Taking Cool- idge Appointment. William M. Jardine of Kansas, who | was Secretary of Agriculture during the last four years of the Coolidge admins- tration, has been selected by President Hoover to be Minister to Egypt. This was learned definitely at the White House today and it is believed that the Jardine assignment will foliow shortly. It was thought likely that Mr. Jardine will be shifted to some other country later on when changes in the diplomatic corps now contemplated by the administration have been effected. Already the White House has received necessary official advices from Egypt that Mr. Jardine would be persona grata at that capital. Since retiring to private life on March 4, 1929, when the Coolidge administration expired, Mr. Jardine and his family have resided in Washington. For a while he was principal executive of the Federated Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Assoclation with offices here. At the time President Coolidge ap- POST AS MINISTER TO EGYPT e INUSTNNEFOR WILLIAM M. JARDINE. pointed Mr. Jardine as head of the Department of Agriculture, he was president of the Kansas State Agricul- tural College and was a recognized authority on_agricultural matters. He is a native of Idaho, having been born in that State 51 years ago. Before he was connected with the Kansas Agri- cultural College, Mr, Jardine was assist- ant to the chief of the department of agronomy at the Agricultural College of Utah, and assistant United States cerealist in charge of dry land grain investigations. FRANCE SATISFIED BY UNION REPLIES Superiority of League of Na- tions Evident Desire of Coun- tries Making Answers. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 11.—Dissatisfaction of European countries with their war set- tlements and determination that noth- ing must impair the League of Nations’ authority today became evident as the outstanding reactions to France's pro- posal for a United States of Europe. ‘With replies sent or on the way from half of the 26 nations asked by Foreign Minister Briand to participate in dis- cussions for a. federation of European states, the French government today announced that it considered the prog- ress of negotiations as “quite satisfac- tory.” M. Briand made it known today that he expected every invited nation’s re- sponse to be in the hands of the for- eign office by July 15 and that he wculd be in a position to make a full report for the League of Nations meeting in September. No insurmountable obstacle has been raised by any responding government, it was said in official circles today. Such objections as have been mentioned in replies already received, it was ar- gued, have always been known to exist. In fact, it was because there are such difficulties that France undertopk ihe epochal plan of a federation of na- tions and for that reason M. Briand proceeded slowly &nd carefully in launching the idea, outlining the plan first and leaving details to the future. The single really disturbing factor in the preliminary exchanges has been the derhand for revision of treaties mentioned by Italy, Germany and Hun- gary especially. It is this factor which has caused the gravest concern among those who are devoted to the idea of the European federation. This allusion of the three powers to their dissatisfaction with ~post-war treaties and the economic settlements growing out of the conflict, however, were regarded as more or less to be ex- pected and as capable also of being overcome when a large majority of Eu- ropean states have indicated their de- sire to establish a union that would be helpful to all. Spain, Holland, Italy and Rumania were the only four States that actually had delivered replies to the foreign of- fice at noon today. The nature of nearly every other note, however, was known to political circles here, although the text must be scrutinized in each case before the Government could determine the degree, of enthusiasm that would be developed in Europe for the projected union. The British note was less well known than any of the others. But whatever observation it may make, there was no (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) - . WILL BE BURIED AT, SEA TU. 8. Midshipman Killed Himself July 1 in Paris. Midshipman Francis H. Worthington, who killed himself in Paris July 1, will be buried at sea from the battleship Utah off Cherbourg, France, on July 31, In a letter, he asked that he be buried at sea, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Worthington of Grover, Colo., as]k;;d the Navy to comply with his wish. Due to the keen interest fields. Detroit, Cleveland, St. July 30. Follow 'the Nationals on The Star’s Electric Scoreboard In line with its policy to give fans the best and most complete service possible, The Star will reproduce all games played by the Nationals while on the road on its electric ! scoreboard, on the Eleventh street side of the Star Building, beginning with the double-header at Detroit tomorrow. club, now established as a real pennant contender, The Star believes Washington fans will welcome the opportunity of “seeing” the team perform during its sojourn on foreign ited in that order before its return to Clark Griffith Stadium By means of a direct wire from the field, manned by The Star’s'traveling base ball expert, every play made—every ball pitched—will be depicted in graphic style. INCREASED WATER RATES ANNOUNCED Department Will Launch! Five-Year Improvement Program. New increased water rates to be charged District consumers were an- nounced in an order issued by the Dis- trict Commissioners today. The increased rates were authorized in the appropriation act for the current fiscal year in order to allow the Water Department to launch a five-year pro- gram of major improvements in the distributor system to be financed en- tirely out of water rates. The increases are all in the neighborhood of 36 per cent over the present rates. The de- tailed statement of the new rates fol- lows: $8.75 Is Minimum. The minimum rate for all consum- ers will be $8.756 per annum, payabigin advance. This will entitle them to 7,500 cubic feet of water. Any ad- ditional consumption will cost 7 cents per 100 cubic feet. The old rate was $6.36 minimum and 6 cents per 100 cubic feet extra. For unmetered service the rate.is charged according to the number of stories in the building and the number of front feet in the lot. On all tene- ments two stories high or less, with a front width of 16 feet or less, the rate is $9.85 per annum in advance., For each additional front foot or fraction thereof 62 cents is added and for each additional story or fraction one-third of the charges as computed above is added. Unmetered Construction Rates. Water supplied for building construc- tion purposes unmetered will be 6 cents per 1,000 brick and 3 cents per cubic yard of concrete, with a mintmum charge of $1 for each separate building project. The assessment per front foot for connecting houses with water is in- creased from $2 to $3. Rates for metered commercial services are increased proportionately with the domestic increases. MAN COMMITS SUICIDE BECAUSE OF WEATHER John R. Ringwalt, 73, Retired In- surance Dealer, Tells Wife He Cannot Stand Heat. By the.Assoclated Press. OMAHA, July 11.—John R. Ringwalt, 73, retired insurance man and father of Arthur Ringwalt, American vice consul at Shanghai, committed suicille today after informing his wife that he “couldn’t stand another day of such ‘weather.” Ringwalt, with a bullet through his heart and a revolver clutched in his hand, was found in the basement of his home by a son, Jack, who yesterday returned from the Missouri Valley tennis tournament at Des Moines with his bride of a week. Another son, Joseph, lives in New York. . Murderer Is Hanged. WALLA WALLA, Wash, July 11 ().—Preston R. Clark was hanged at the State Penitentiary today for murder of A. L. Bidwell, Walla Waila, whom he poisoned in December, 1927, with the ald of Bidwell's wife. Mrs, Bidwell, convicted of second-degree murder, is in an insane asylum. manifest in Walter Johnson’s Louis =nd Chicago will be vis- ESPNOSA CRACKS T4 TOTAL SEORE Gene Sarazen Also Blows Up to Take 78 After Round- ing Turn in Par. CLEVELAND GOLFER TAKES LEAD WITH 72 Jones Faces Finish Fight With Armour and Mac Smith, Who Get 37 on Out Trip. By the Assoclated Press. INTERLACHEN CLUB, MINNEAPO- LIS, July 11.—With a number of the stars staggering and others fading o the fringes .ot the picture altogether. the second round of the battle for the National Open golf champignship today found the field battling a brisk wind as well as the heat. The big fleld got well under way. Temporary leadership was held by a youthful Cleveland pro, Bob Shave, who stepped out early to shoot a fine 72, even par, and post a 36-hole total of 148, ‘Two veterans of the golf wars, Al Espinosa and Gene Sarazen, each blew up on the incoming nine after good starts. They finished with 78 apiece and 36-hole figures of 154 that left them little chance tomorrow in the final 36 holes. Each Gets Away Good. Espinosa, out in a fine 35, needed 43 to come in. Sarazen, even par to the turn in 36, required 42 strokes for the homeward journey. The wind seemed to affect the game of both veterans. Meanwhile, the first-round _pace- setters began a battle of their own for the real leadership of the day. ‘Tommy Armour, the Black Scot, who shared the top rung yesterday with Mac Smith at an even 70, two under par, was out in 37. Smith also reached the turn in 37, both the same as yesterday. Close on their heels was Walter Hagen, who shot a birdie on the ninth to make the turn in 35 and draw level with the two Scots for 27 holes. Hagen had a 12 yesterday. Jones in Late Starters. Bobby Jones, the defending cham- pion, who shot 71 yesterday, was among the late starters, further delayed by complications setting back the playing schedule. Another late starter was “Wiffy” Cox, the Brooklyn pro, who also had a 71 yesterday, and Horton Smith, who had & 72 in the bank. Among the early finishers, Willle Klein of the New York contingent add- ed & 77 to his 75 for a total of 152. The second round began today with the clubhouse thermometer registering 98 at 9 am. and with every prospect that the players again faced & blistering tussle for leadership. The big parade started off with the leading favorites well bunched as the with Tommy Armour and MacDonald Smith tied at 70, Bobby Jones and Wil- fred Cox deadlocked at 71, Horton Smith, Harry Cooper and Walter Hagen in the next group at 72. There were 25 with scores of 74 or better, including 6 at 73 and 10 at 74. Only 60 and Ties to Stay. From today’s melee only the low 60 and tles were to be permitted to play the final 36 holes tomorrow. Chick Evans of Chicago, the vet- eran former champion, who had an 81 yesterday, was among the first to tee ‘off, taking 4—5—4, two over par, on the first three holes. Evans reached the turn in 39 and played the . last nine in 36 for a 75 and 36-hole total of 156. He barely got to the first tee in time to play. Chick did not have his com- petitor's badge and was held up at the gate. Armour Gets Poor Start. ‘Tommy Armour, the “Black Scot,” who helped blaze the way with a great 70 yesterday, got away to a poor start on his second 18-hole round. He was in the deep rough on the left with his first and second, and required a 5 for the first 478-yard hole, par 4. He also took 5 on the par 4 second. Tommy's ershot _the green. d BOMBAY IS GUARDED IN FEAR OF CLASH Procession of Congress Committee War Council Planned Despite Order Against It. By the Associated Press. BOMBAY, India, July 11.—The police today made elaborate preparations for possible trouble at a prohibited proces- sion of the Bombay Congress Commit- tee War Council tonight in sympathy with Gharwal soldiers imprisoned for disturbances at Peshawar. The committee announced its deter- mination to defy the prohibition order. All routes to the Maidan Esplanade were guarded by militia_and mounted police, with lorries of British troops standing by in case of need. WASP WRECKS AU_TO, INJURING MRS. HOHMAN Husband, at Wheel, Attacked, Driving Machine Off Pike Near Marlboro. While attempting to ward off the at- tack of a wasp, John Hohman of 1430 H street northeast lost control of his car today on the Marlboro pike near Marlboro, the car plunging off the road ;‘nd resulting in serious injury to Mrs, innie Hohman, who was seated be- side her husband. She was taken to Every game played abroad, daily and Sunday, will be depicted beginning with the twin bill at Detroit tomorrow, whlch gets under way at 1:30 o'clock. Casualty Hospital by a passing motorist, Mrs. Ida R. Groover of uzg Vermont avenue was “treated for a severely lacerated face and severed arm muscles, Mr. Hohman also suffered lacerations to his right arm. Radio Programs on Page B-2 result of an opening round concluded ! “Star. 1930—THIRTY PAGES. FHB The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. (#) Means Associated Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,908 TWO CENTS. Press. MCLENNY SUSPECT 1S GIVEN FREEDOM Young Woman Found Not to Be Missing Debutante of Richmond. A fair-haired young woman, at first believed to have been Mary Frances McClenny, was released by the police this afternoon after an investigation satisfied them that she was not the missing debutante of Richmeond, Va. The woman, who bore a general resemblance to the Richmond debutante, was taken into custody earlier in the day with a male companion. Both were held on the technical charge of in- vestigation, while the police made a careful check on their identities. The womian was detained at the House of Detention and her companion was held at the first precinct station. He alsq was rele&sed when it was definitely established that the woman was not Miss McClenny. ‘The two were taken this morning by Detective Sergts William Messer and Chester C. Stepp as the girl and her companion were circling Potomac Park in an automobile. The d&etectives acted on a tip that a girl answering the de- scription of the Richmond girl was in the habit of breakfasting with a man each morning in a lunch room near the Navy Department. On visiting the lunch room the officers learned that the couple had just left. They began a search of the vicinity and came upon the two in a car bearing Vir- ginia tags and a Richmond license plate. Both prisoners denied any con- nection with the McClenny case. Clothing Is Similar. ‘The woman, who said she was single and 28, gave an address on Pennsylvania avenue, where detectives learned she had rented a room about a week ago ‘The officers said they saw in her room several articles of clothing somewhat like those described in police circulars. The man did not answer the descrip- tion of a man sought by Richmond police in connection with the alleged abduction, At the House of Detention the girl was_questioned by Mrs, Mina C. Van Winkle and a private detective em- ployed by parents of the McClenny girl. Both indicated their conviction that the prisoner was not Miss McClenny. It was pointed out that the weight of the young woman does not cor- respond with that given by the Virginia authorities and there is a marked dif- ference in the appearance of the growth of hair over the prisoner's forehead. Other discrepancies also were noted. In other respects, however, _the tinued on Page 2, Column 1.) LIGHTNING HITS PALACE ROME, July 11 (#).—Lightning struck the Chigi Palace, seat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during a terrific electrical storm today and set fire to elevator motors in the basement. Another bolt chipped the marble column of Marcus Aurelius in the Piazza Colonna, showering bits of stone all_about. The thunderstorm b the city at mid-forenoon. The Chigi Palace blaze was quickly extinguished and the monument was not serlously damaged. Summer Shopping While it is excessively hot throughout ‘the coun- try, Washington shoppers are enjoying this pleasant Summer weather. The stores are full of attractive merchandise, most of which is described in the adver- tising in The Star. suddenly over Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) Lines. TheStar. ... .- ...00444 2d Newspaper.....17,614 3d Newspaper..... 8,766 4th Newspaper. ... 4,072 5th Newspaper.... 3,139 Total other four Newspapers. . .33,591 Advertising plays a lead- ing part in every household. The Star is the great mar- ket place for buyer and seller in over 100,000 of the best homes. Turrets Replace Exhibits on Tariff In Treaty Battle By the Assoclated Press. . The corner of the Senate ‘Chamber where during the tariff debate was installed what Sena- tor Norris called “Grundy’s store” was taken over today by oppo- nents of the naval treaty, who moved in two bright yellow mizi- ature gun turrets. One mounted two “6-inchers” and a larger one carried thres 8-inch guns. * Opponents of the London pact are using the wood models to support their contention of the superiority of the 8-inch gun cruiser for America’s needs, but if the page boys don't stop play- ing with them some new ones might have to be ordered. BROWN T0 SEEK HIGHER POSTAGE Officials Are ‘Convinced In- crease Is Only Way to Avoid Continued Deficit. By the Associated Press. rates is the only feasible way of lifting the world's biggest public utility “out of the red,” postal officials are preparing to press their advocacy of a higher charge for carrying first-class mail. ‘When Postmaster General Brown submits his annual report to Congrcss in December, the enactment of legisla- tion authorizing the increase is to be nis most urgent recommendation. The Postmaster believes a rate of 21 cents an ounce on first-class mail would bal- ance the department’s budget for the present. Assistant Postmaster General Tilton, generally regarded as the financial ex- pert of the department, sald today an increase in the rate on letter mail is the only solution of the deficit problem. ‘We see no other way out,” Tilton said. ‘If the public or Congress sees one, we shall be glad to have them point it out.” Last year's postal deficit amounted to $50,000,000. Tilton estiinates it will run over $60,000,000 this year. The present loss in handling the mails is now a charge against the genzral funds of the Treasury. Brown and Tilton are of the opinion the Post Office Department, as a public utility should be self-support- g, the coct of operation to be borne by those it serves rather than the tax- paying public. The preseni rate cn first-class mail has been in effect since 1885, a situation without parallel, Tilton said, in y other line of business. If postage rates had been increased to the average level of commodities, Brown explained, the first-class rate today would be 314 cents an ounce. If the increase were in the same ratio as wages, the letter rate today weuld be 7 cents, he said. Meanwhile, the world’s biggest single business is growing at a tremendous rate. Last year it handled more than 27,000,000,000 articles, and the increase in the number of articles every yeer 1s more than a billion. Australian Tariff Rise Opposed. SYDNEY, Australia, July 11 (@).— The Sydney Chamber of Commerce to- day a resolution protesting against the increase in customs tariff and internal taxation announced in the budget. The resolution urged the fed- | eral government to consult leading busi- ness men and financiers before proceed- ing with further legislation along these lines. Convinced that an increase in postage | HUSTON CONTINUES AS HEAD OF PARTY Foes of G. 0. P. Chairman Interpret Statement Mean- ing He Plans to Resign. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Despite the threatened move on Capitol Hill to bring about the elimina- tion of Claudius H. Huston as chair- man of the Republican National Com- mittee, Mr. Huston -today continues as head of the G. O. P. organization, At the conclusion of a meeting yes- terday of Mr. Huston with other officers of the national dommittee, and with the chairmen of the Republican Con- gressional and Senatorial Campaign Committees, Mr. Huston issued the following statement in regard to the chairmanship: “Certainly the matter of ’ hairman- ship was discussed but what have to say on that subject will be withheld until after the adjournment of the Senate.” And as far as can be learned today, that is just as far as Mr. Huston went to the other officers of the committee mmthe matter of a pledge to get out of office. Resignation Expected. The impression left upon those who wish Mr. Huston to resign as chairman is that he will resign. Why should he say that he will discuss the matter of the chairmanship “after the adjourn- ment of the Senate” unless he intends to resign, they point out today. Perhaps the wish that Mr. Huston will resign is {i:\)t,her to the impression that he will s0. There are others who do not wish Mr. Huston to resign who admit that Mr. Huston's statement leaves them with no impression that he is any way pledged to resign or planning to 3 Mr. Huston himself said following meeting at national headquarters in the Barr Building yesterday that he had made no promise to resign. He also de- clared that no demand had been made upon him for his resignation, and he added that he had brought up himself at the meeting the question of the chairmanship. ‘The “impression” that Mr. Huston intended to resign was carried to the ‘White House and to the Capitol. That much was learned today. Foes Remain Quiet. ‘There seems to be little doubt that Mr. Huston dominated the meeting yes- terday and that if other Republican leaders went there with blood in their eye, they were quiet enough at the meeting. The truth of the matter is tha® many of the Republicans who are anxious to have Mr, Huston resign us chairman of the National Committee because they believe that his availability as national leader has been impaired also desire to make the manner of his going out of office as easy as possible. Many of them believe that he has been unfairly treatec by the Senate Lobby Committee and by the press. In some quarters today it was declared that Mr. Huston was taking advantage of this softness. on their part. In other quar- ters, however, 1t was declared Mr. Hus- ton haa his fighting clothes or and if any effort were actually made .o throw nim out of office he would make things hot. Mr. Huston, whatever else may be said, has apparently postponed the date of his going out of office, if he goes, until after the Senate adjourns, which (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) — Senor de Freyre to Return. LONDON, July 11 (#).—Senor Don Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Peru- vian Ambassador to the United States, will leave London tomorrow for Wash- ington. \ Bruise, Cut Lips, Possibly Danny OIliff, 21;-year-old son of Wil- mont. Oliff, 150 T street northeast, escaped serfous injury early today when he fell 30 feet from a second-story win- dow in the rear of his home to a con- gre!e driveway level with the basement loor. o Dr. L. O. Fox, who treated the boy at Sibley Hospital, said he had a large bruise on the forehead, cut lips and a possible fracture of the right arm, but that he had never lost consclousness and was expected to recover. The boy ‘was taken to the hospital in an auto- mobile by Elmer Downs, 144 T street northeast. Danny, relatives said this morning, ‘was playing while two of his aunts, Miss | CHILD ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY IN 30-FOOT FALL ONTO CONCRETE Broken Arm Result When Danny Oliff Drops From Second Floor. Ida OUff and Miss Thelma OIliff, were in the room with him, and in some way unhooked the wire screen. Before his aunts realized he was in danger he climbed to the window, pushed against the screen and fell. N “It all happened so quickly that no one had time to get near him before he fell. He had in some way unhooked the screen,” said Mrs. W. H. Oliff, an- other aunt, who was in an adjoining room at the time of the accident and rushed with other relatives to the drive- way below when the boy fell. Danny lives with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Oliff, at the T street address. His father, Wilmont Oliff, is employed at the Storm-Sher- wood Dairy. CARPENTER SLAIN BY SON, 15, AFTER THREAT TO MOTHER John Alt, 55, Stabbed to Death With Butcher Knife as He Leaves Home. YOUTHFUL SLAYER CALM AS HE WAITS FOR POLICE Victim Believed to Have Been Drinking on Eve of Domes- tic Tragedy. John Alt, 55 years old, a carpenter, was stabbed to death by his 15-year-old son Henry at his home, 414 K street, shortly after noon today. ‘The boy, who remained calmly in the house until his sister, who works sev- eral blocks away, had arrived and called the police, declared that he killed his father with a carving knife as he walked out of their home with & revolver, saying that he intended to kill the boy's mother. Apparently Drinking. From Henry and his sister Frieda, & bookkeeper for the Central Auto Works, who several months ago aided the police in a “plant” to capture two men who were accused of a plot to steal the auto works' pay roll, the police learned that the elder Alt apparently had been drinking all day and had threatened members of his family. The mother told police that her hus- band had abused Henry and herself early this morning and had accused the boy of loafing and making no ef< fort to get a job. She said that her husband was driking and threatened ta kill both her and the boy. Shortly afterward, she said, she left home to visit a neighbor, At this point the boy picked up the thread of the story and calmly told the police that he saw his father about to leave the house with a revolver in his pocket, shouting that he intended to kill his mother. Grabbing up a small carving knife from the kitchen table, he rushed out mf fl'gnt dog: juit as his father was going down the sf and plunged the knife into his thron?.8 he nlg. i ‘Waited for Police. The elder Alt fell in the doorway and the boy walked back inside. Netxibm telephoned Freida, who worked several blqcks away, and she rushed home just as her father died. The boy, mean- While, sat inside the home and awaited the arrival of the police. Detectives C. E. Mansfleld and Van D. Hughes, who responded, gluu the boy under arrest and brought him to the Central Detective Busgau, where he readily told the story of the events leading up to the murder, Coroner Nevitt’s office was first ad- Vised of the tragedy by a telephane call that there had been a suicide at the K street address. He notified the sixth precinct police station, and the police who responded found headquarters de- tectives had just left with the Alt youth. :c .I;t:ltcem.n Was put on guard at the HIGH FLIGHT RULING IS HELD AIR MENACE Aviation Threatened by Decree Ordering Planes to Stay Above 500 Feet Near Field, Leader Says. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, July 11.—A Federal Court ruling setting 500 feet as the minimum at which airplanes may fly over property adjacent to airports was described today by Maj. Louis G. Meister, Cleveland mana; of the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service, as a “menace to aviation.” The ruling was given by Federal Judge George P. Hahn at Toledo. Maj. Meister assertzd that more than 3,500 feet of ground space are needed for pilots to bring their planes down from an altitude of 500 feet and that very few airports in the country are larg> enough for this. Judge Hahn’s ruling was in_connec- tion with the suit brought by Raymond L. and Frederick H. Swetland seeking to have the airport at Richmond Heights Village, adjoining their estate, be declared a nuisance. Judge Hahn refused to declare the airport a nuls:ncet, flbut stipulated that planes must not fly over the Swetland rt; at less than 500 feet altitude. gt Maj. Meister announced that the air- port would b: closed August 1 as a result of the ruling and his company’s activities removed to another base. LIPTO!G KEPT INDOORS, NURSING SLIGHT COLD Famed Yatchsman Takes No Chances With Health on Eve of American Races. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 11.—Sir Thomas Lip- ton, noted British trader and sports- man. has developed a slight eold and is staying indoors. The trouble is “nothing serious,” it was stated to ine quirers this morning, but in view of his forthcoming visit to the United States for the America races he is not taking any risks, Because of Sir Thomas’ indisposition a dinner by the British Sportsmen's Club Monday next has been postponed. Ambassador Dawes was to have been -present and the Earl of Birkenhead was down to propose Sir Thomas' health, FALLS FROM STEAMER NORFOLK, Va, July 11 (#).—Over- come by illness as he Jescended a ladder over the side of the British steamer Cortona, off Cape Henry about 4:30 a.m. today, Capt. Zach Wherritt, veteran gllot of the Maryland Association, lost i, footing and plunged overboard. When his body was drawn from the wa- ter a few seconds later by an apprentice pilot named Shinnick, one of two wait- ing in a yawl boat to transfer him to the pilot t, he was dead. It is be- lieved he died before he entered the water.