Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1930, Page 2

- HYETOENPLAN DROLGHT A FORUM Hoover’s Right-Hand Man in +-~ Crisis to Broadeast Ob- servations. Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agri- culture, who has besn President Hoo- ver'’s field marshal in preparing and carrying out his national drought-relief program, will give a graphic picture of the critical situation in the affected areas in the National Radio Forum. @ ranged by The Star and broadcast over the coast-to-const network of the Co- lumbia Broadcasting System at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow night. Secretary Hvde on this occasion will not only attempt to give a vivid word picture of the extent of the Orought and the amount of damage and distress resulting from the Jack of water, but he will intimately discuss the plans be- ing formulated by the President to meet this great problem. This will be the first time any one representing lhe ad- ministration has publicly revealed the inside story of the President’s activiles in marshaling the agencies of the Fed- eral Government, as well as those of the 12 States directly affected, to ex- tend the necessary relief. None Better Informe~. No other man identified with this relief program, not even President Hoover himself, is better informed re- garding this sybject than is Secretary Hyde. Mr. Hyde has been on an inspection trip in the Midwest for the purpose of eollecting first-hand information re- garding the seriousness of the drought. He was summoned back to Washington lagt Thursdiy by the President for a feport on his observations and to be on hand to assist him. Since then the Secrefary has instructed every field agent of the Department of Agriculture to keep him posted and it has_been chiefly upon these re) that Presi- dent Hoover has formed his calculations and estimates in mapping out his gen- eral relief program. Mr. Hyde has sat in on virtually every conference the President has held in connection with the drought problem and will be at his side during the conference of Governors of 12 States called by the President at the White House tomorrow. Has Prepared Drought Charts. Secretary Hyde also has been rbusy bhaving prepared various maps and charts showing the extent of the drought ‘and the nature of the damage and distress. These have been ex- tremely helpful to the President in the formulation of his relief organization work. He was asked by the President o d the week end with him at his Rapidan fishing camp to assist him I working out his plans. Mr. Hyde, who was formerly Gov- ernor of Missouri, is himself a farmer on an extensive scale and is otherwise peculiarly fitted from personal experi- ence and study to serve as a valuable adviser to the President during this @rave situation. BRITISH FORTIFY INDIAN FRONTIER Fear Beaten Tribesmen May Renew Attack in Peshawar District. By the Associnted Press. AY, August Afridi tribesmen, who for a week have engaged In an attack on Peshawar, have rélaxed their pressure in that im- mediate area, the British command is taking no ¢hances on the future, but Is strengthening garrisons all along the frontier. Considerable additions of troops, @rms and war paraphernalia are being sént to the district. There were indica- tions today that the tribesmen, al-| though beaten before Peshawar, ave far from quieted, and that further dis- m;;eme'; gn‘uy 1be expected. adi of Turangzai, frequent: leader of the anti-British ‘movements, and other leaders are reported to be raising the warlike Mohmands, whose strength may be added to that of the Afridis and Orakzais in fresh raids. CHICAGO MAKING WAR ON SEASON’S SNEEZES Health Officer to File Suits Against Owners of Lots That Produce Ragweed. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 13.— Reduction of the 1830 crop of sneezes is planned in a big way by the Chicago Health Depart- Commissioner Arnold H. Kegel an- nounced today he was ready to file 500 suits against owners of property on which ragweed, producer of hay fever, 18 allowed to grow. Pointing eut that in the pas: defend- ants have taken continuances until after the first frost had killed the weed and defeated the cases, Kegel asked the chief {mtm of the Municipal Court to estab- ish & special court to hear the ragweed cases, to be presided over by & judge who suffers from hay fever. He also promised that fines imposed on those convicted of n-gligence in cut- ting the weed be placed in a hay fever fund to be used in fighting the sneeze- producing plant. SOUTH AFRICAN DROUGHT COMES TO VIOLENT END Fifteen Lives Lost During Fierce Storm, Including Snow- fall. By the Associated Press. CAPE TOWN, South Africa, August 13.—8outh Africa's drought came to a violent end yesterday. 15 lives being lost during s storm that swept over the fish- B ing fleét near Cape Town. In many partst of the Union there were gaies of ain and even of snow. Property was damaged traffc disrupted and mills De deiayed. Rain fell even upon the littie Nama- qualand district of the Cape Colon: parts of which had experienced a ph nomenal drought that had lasted for five years. The unexpected rain brought great joy to the few inhabitants remain- ing there. SWIM RECORD STANDS Girls’ Mark From Tolchester to Bay Shore Unbeaten. BALTIMORE, Md., August 18 () — Lillian Cannon’s record of 5 hours 25 minutes for swimming Chesapeake Bay from Tolchéster to Bay Shove, more than 12 miles, is still safe, after four attempts to beat it. Benny Lawson, 20, Baltimore, conquered an 11-mile stretch, lchester to Pleasure Island. wind and a heavy fall of C! ] FRES TREATEN IEHGAN FORESTS 'Front Shifts to Menominee County, Where 20 Blazes Are Raging. Py the Associnted Press. NEWBERRY, Mich, August 13— Flares of new forest fires dappled the smoke-covered Upper Michigan Penin- sula todav as scores of blazes threat- ened to spread to virgin tighber. The fire front shifted from Menominee County, where 20 fires burned, to Strong, 25 miles east of here, where a new blaze toppled hardwood trees a short distance from the town. This blaze was the first reported in valuable timber Jand. More than 50 fires throughout Michigan were confined to cut-over, marsh and brush lands. Bieased by moderate winds, towns and cities were not in immediate danger, but fire wardens were frankly worried. Unless rain fell, and soon, they said, {the peninsula would be swept if the j winds hauled strong. George Grasby, 60, living near Ralph, was the first known victim of the fires, He was believed to have suffocated while carrying water to extinguish a fire near his cabin. A fire continued to smolder just out- side the city of Menominee. ~Officials said it would burn’ harmiessly for days unless a sudden west wind hurled flames into the city. veral fires burned across the line in Wisconsin. Most of them were in brush and slashings and OF FOOD IS DENIED | Federal Government to Fight Attempts to Profiteer on Drought Claims. (Continved From Pirst Page.) to happen as a result of wer ther condi- tions, there ix pienty of merchandise in the United States to take care of any and all demands, and while certain few items may be short In production and therefore reach m’ levels in price, just as soon as hi ices are asked for them the public will switch its pur- chases to some other food in the same | ciass, and the shortage is not of same consequence it would be if simi foods were not available. & Areas Not Affected. Mr. Yonker points out that the vast producing sections of Florida and the Pacific Coast are not affected by the drought and will be in position to send vast quantities of fresh fruit and vege- tables into the drought-ridden sections to compensate for the lack of produc- tion there. He believes that during the time that most canned goods are used, in the Winter months, these sections will be supplying the 'drought sections Wwith plenty of fresh edibles at prices attrac- tive enough to pull the customer from the canned goods and so kéep down the price of the canned goods, even if there is a shortage. ‘The same reasoning is applied to the situation by Isaac Jacobson, president of the District Grocery Stores chain. He finds that there is some danger of speculators getting into the canned goods market and cornering a com- modity #f there is a great rush of buying to stock up for the Winter. If the consumers take their supplies as they need them, he believes, there will be no loss entailed, the supply of canned goods will be plentiful and there will be no higher prices, He points out that a few weeks ago persons with large supplies of canned goods were begging the retallers to buy them at almost any price. The commodity market, particularly for canned goods. was at the lowest state In years a few months ago and the retailers were able to get them and sell them at very low price levels. Some of these supplies are still on the market and are being taken up in the general business of running the chain and in- dividual grocery stores. The chain stores have found no reason to become panicky about the situation and, with plentiful supplies being offered them, are anxious that the public be not frightened into making & lot of pur- chases that they might regret later in the year. Many Supplies Plentiful. Mr. Jacobson points out that & large there is no shortage. The peaand green part of this year's tomato pack-is in cans and being distributed and so far the ilar under control. Fire officials of both States agreed that conditions approxi- mated those of 1910, when heavy forest fire Josses were traced to the diought ‘and drying up of water holes, MAKES SURE OF DEATH New Jersey Man Cuts Throat Then Leaps Five Stories. NEWARK, N. J., August 13 (#).— After slashing his throat with a L‘-:m- Albert A. Kenyon, 65, of Orange, N. J., private secretary to Sidney and Gilbert Colgate of the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet Co. and tréasurer of the Tidewnter Roller Mills, leaped to his death last ight from a fifth-floor window of the Newark Athietic Club. No motive was | discovered by police. ]d‘:\mm was & charter member of the THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair tenight; lomorrow partly cloudy, rising tempera. ture, gentle east winds. :l"ll\ryl.l-mld—i‘nl.(r Jonisht: tomorrow partly cloudy, slowly rising temperature in the interior; moderate east and southeast winds. Virginia—Fair tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, rising temperature in the interior; moderate east shifting to southeast winds. West Virginia—Fair tonight, not quite 50 cool; tomorrow partly cloudy and ‘warmer, Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.m., 77; 8 pm., 72; ; 8 am, 62; noon, 76. Barometér—4 pm.. 30.19: 8 pm, 30.24; midnight, 30.27; 4 am., 30.28; 8 am., 30.33; noon, 30.28. Highest temperature, 79, occurred at 4:45 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tempeérature, 55, occurred at 5:30 am. today. bean packs are good .this year, being drought hit this section of the country. There are plentiful supplies of fruits [sit with the President tomorrow at the and other vegetal while not so bright view of the inferior quality of someé of | farm organizations, brought I do not know and I am sure| that you do not know. The writer thinks BENERAL SHORTAGE | and the outlook, | Governors' Conference and at the con< or the farmer, in |ference on Friday with the leaders of PAUL MONTGOMERY, tor, of Murphysboro, IiL, who once a non-stop flight from Dallas, Tex., to Rome, has been arrested in connection with the bombing of mining perties in the vicinity of Providence, ¥, last Monday. A. P. Photo. why such & bulletin could not be issued by_the department. President Hoover continued today to give the greater rt_of his time to consideration of the drought problem. He was busily engaged in completing the draft of his plan for organizing his relief program. Before this is put in final form, however, he will wait until his conference tomorrow with the Gov- ernors. Realizing from his overnight advices that there is ‘considerable distress and actual suffering in th> drought area, due principally to unemployment and scar- city of food and water, the President summoned John Barton Payne, chair- man of the American Red Cross, to de- termine if the latter’s organization stood ready to act at a moment’s notice. He wanted to know from Chairman Payne if the Red Cross had funds available for immediate relief work. He wanted to satisfy himself that there would be no need for delay if the sit- uation assumed Such serious propor- tions as to demand instant action. Chairman Payne assured the President that the Red Cross always stood ready for instant action and now is ready o respond. He told the President that the Red Cross has $5,000,000 available for immediate relief work. He als8 said that instructions have been given to chairmen of local chapters in the drought a: to act upon their own initiative where relief work was neces-: sary and to use their own funds for this. Call for Aid Doubted. . According to Mr. Payne's opinion, there will be no need for a call on the part of President Hoover for financial contributions from the public, at least for the present. To carry the great num- ber of destitute people throughout the Winter months, he said, will probably make it necessary to call upon the pub- lic_for assistance. tary Hyde, who, with Alexander halfrman 'of the Federal Farm Legge, taken in, for the most part, before the | Board, and Paul Bestor, chairman of the Federal Farm Loan Board, who will to the his produce in the drought area, is | White House today another batch of bright enough for the packer, distribu- | reports from field agents in the drought tor and retailer. he stated, con- aren. These reports, Heads of the other chaln groups {tinued to show that the shortage was would not be quoted on any subject with }still confined to the feed and water for of food« regard to the future suppl has been stuffs, declaring that enougl live stock. Meanwhile, an immediate 50 per cent said already by unscrupulous denlers | slash in railroad freight rates on hay, anxious to unload on, the public. They | feed, water and live stock in the drought said, however, they saw no reason for | areas stood out today as the first large- any panicky buy! Instructed {h!fi’ the public. ‘That the Government will do every- thing within its power to prevent prof- assurance given at the White House to- day following_conferences with Presi- dent Hoover by Secretary of Agricul- chief aide In working out a drought re- lief program, and prices in his city. at_the White House will profiteering phase of the wholc prob- m He gave every assurance that the in- terest of the housewives in the mat- guarded. that at the nt time there is no reason for the housewife to become panicky or to resort to food hoarding as there is no shortage in food for human consumption and that there is not likely to be any. Tield Agents Watch. 1t was added by Secretary Hyde that the Federal Government is keeping & close watch, but that up until now no reports have been received by his de- partment indicating that profiteering had commenced. His field agents have been instructed to be on the lookout Temperature same_date last year— Highest, 95; lowest, 71 ” Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 5:04 a.m. and 5:15 pm.; high tide, 10:28 am. and 11.00 pm. Tomorrow—Low_tide, 5:42 am. and 5:42 pm.; high tide, 11:05 am. and 11:38 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 5:18 A.m.; sun sets 7:06 pm. Tomorrow—Sun rises 5:20 am.; sun sets 7:05 pm Moon rises 9:14 pm.; sets 9:05 am. | Condition of the Water. Potomae, clear; Shenandoah, slightly muddy. Weather in Various Citles. WDETATITE Stations. senomores bilen Thany. Avanta, 2% S Ga [’ ear tcloudy tcloudy ear £2238IVINNWI0F, soypueveusgnagsue ey seomgw. I Orienns v York. NV Okiatioma_Ciiy Wewr San San D. ¢ FOKFIGN. (Noon, Greénwich time, today.) raturs Weatber Fart cloudy ns.) and to report upon this angle of the drought situation with the same ac- curacy and thoroughness as they have been reporting about the drought itself. There is no occasion at this time for boosting prices of canned vegetables, according to Mr. Hyde. Of course, if there is any great rush on the part of individuals to lay in large supplies, ing there is to be a shortage, or an at- tempt on the part of individuals to create a “corner” in canred goods, the old question of supply and demand quite naturally would bring about & rise in these commodities, actording to the viewpoint of administration officials. Mr. Hyde said there is some little shortage in garden crops, described on the local markets as green vegetables, but there will be no general shortage, inasmuch as_ other sections of the country not affected by the drought will be able to meet the situation. Increase in New York. Representative La Guardia, following his conference with the President, dur- ing which time he advised the latter that profiteering already was making itself 1elt in New York City, asked for Federal assistance to put a stop to it at the very beginning. He said prices on green vegetables during the past few days have experienced a 20 to 25 per cent increase. He said also that there is no occasion for inflicting war-time profiteering methods just because of & due to the drought. La Guardia told newspaper men that s & check upon pricé hoosting he sug- gested to the President that he direct the Department of Agriculture to issue & daily bulletin showing the amount of fresh vegetables being shipped into New York, and showing also the price being paid for the same to the farmers. This step. he declared, would make it possible for the housewife to see just how much the food commodity she was purchasing had be'n boosted since it lefl the farm. profiteer was suggested by him for New York City, but. he added, it could be made available for other large con- suming centers, He told the President that the con- sumer is_sympathetic to the plight of the agriculturist in the drought- stricken area and stands ready to give |every assistance, but he personally could see no reason why the consumer should be made the victim of unneces- sary profiteering. Mr. La Guardia sald he was not In a position to say what the President’s 1e- Action was to his call, explaining that he :‘fl'u]dh‘l:“hf’r have the President speak for himself. He difl say, however, that the Présidént Appeared. P e stated he stw no reason This plan of his for showing up the | iteering in food commodities was the | before proceeding Representative La | Moines for Washington, Guardia of New York City, who was |immediate aid to the farmers in need, aroused over the sudden rises in food | togetuer with arrangements, Secretary Hyde has stated that the | planting and nnnm-ln, general relief program being drafted |a transfer of grains fr include the | tions to the drought areas. | ing of goods, and have] scale action for relief of parched agri- employes to so adviseé | cultural lands, the Government relief plans marking time until tomorrow’s conference of Governors. President Hoo- ver wants their suggestions and plans with any broad reliel measures. An idea of what line the Governors’ réecommendations may take came in dispatches from capitals of ture Hyde, who has been the former's | some of the affected States. leaving Des he favored Gov. Hammill of Iowa, through the Farm Board, for seed for next year's by the board of om surplus sec- Tax Underwriling Planned. In Kentucky the agricultural branch of the State Bankers' Association for- ter of food prices would be closely | mulated, with Gov. Sampson, a plan based on underwriting the tax bills of He said in this connection, however, | drought-suffering farmers through Fed- eral istance. Expectations of relief continued con- centrated on Government agencies, as weather forecasts, although indicating showers for parts of the dry area, prom- 5ed no soaking rains. The railroad rate cuts have been worked out between the roads and the Department of Agriculture, with a safe- guarding arrangement by which farm- ers’ applications for special rates will be certified to raillroad officials by county agricultural agents. “This was done in hope of preventing speculative use of the emergency schedules. The low rate is to go into effect im- mediately on roads operating to and from drought areas north of the Ohio and East of the Mississippi Rivers. Within a day or two they are expected to be extended to the remainder of the dry regions. President Hoover's continuing close attention and active leadership in the relief movement was assured meanwhile by his announcement yesterday that his hoped-for Western vacation had been sacrified to the exigencies of the situa- tlon. Apart from the apparently growing need of many farmers for assistance to tide them over the Winter, considerable study was being given to the set-up of machinery for giving the sufférers a new start next Spring, with feed, sup- plies and the necessary financing to carry them through the growing season. GOOD RAINS REPORTED. Forecast Is for Showers Soon in Corn Belt of West. The weather showed signs of co-oper- ating with the Hoover drought confer- ence arranged tomorrow, good rains in the last 24 hours being reported from Missouri, with showers forecast in the corn belt tonight and tomorrow. Locally no rain was predicted, but a continua- distressed condition in about 12 States | tion of cool weather is promised for tonight and tomorrow. A 55-degree minimum was reported at 9:30 o'clock this morning. A high of 80 degrees is expected during the early aftérnoon. Other light rains gave some relief in the northern part of the Mississippt Valley, but the dry weather still pre- vails over most of the 12 States which will_be represented at the governors’ meeting tomorrow. R. H. Weightman, Weather Bureau orecaster, sald some very good rains had fallen in_Missourl, including pre- cipitation_at Springfield of .32 inches. Kansas City, 1 ineh: St. Joseph, 1.30 inches, and Columbia, 82 inches. Will Relp Area. Other rains were réported in Michi- gan and Minnesota. ‘The rains in Northérn and Central Missouri were terméd by Weightman s the best that territory has had for some time, and he said they would help materially. Showers were forecast today for Lower Michigan, llinois Western Irf- d'ana, portions of Upper Michigan, Wiscensin, Eastern Jowa and Eastern and Central Missouri. The Ohio Valley had showers in prospect tomorrow in Western Ohilo and !v’r‘ u;:um and hs:;orrow in éx- treme Nor! cky. They were o bo tight. ulating & surplus through | 4 PRESIDENT HOPES | FOR WESTERN TRIP Parks Visits Cancellation Has Not Erased Need for Vacation. | = By the Assoclated Press. | ‘While President Hoover definitely has abandoned plans for a trip this Sum- mer to the national parks of the Rocky Mountains, the idea of a Western trip before Congress convenes in December has not vanished entirely from his mind. In announcing cancellation of the trip because of his intention to direct drought relief, the Chief Executive left the door open for a visit to this section should conditions permit. “I do not propose to go West,” he said, adding: “At least not for the next month or two.” Promised Texas Visit. Mr. Hoover had promised Texas he would visit there, if.possible, this year, and under the initial itinenary mapped out he had planned to go to that State. In addition, he and his visers are anxious he shall have an extended vacation before undertaking the strain of another session of Con- gress. However, all his plans are contingent upon the conditions surrounding his administration, including the drought. He has been urged for months to abandon his trip West and substitute a fishing jaunt off the Northern Atlan- tic coast, and it is expected these in- vitations now will be pressed with addi- tional strength. " The President already has two definite trips before him, and these must be considered in making plans for any vacation. For October 7 he A SET NEW AIR MARK DALE JACKSON (léft) and FOREST O’BRINE. | | situation” at the Institute of 145 DEAD IN CHINA INSHP TRAGEDIES Collision Reported Fatal to has accepted an invitation to attend the Kings Mountain battle anniversary :sd in the same week has agreed to dress the American Legion Conven- tion in Boston. Caribbean Trip Possible. He has before him also the possibility of a Caribbean trip that would include Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. While the limited time he can be away from Washington has made this visit uplikely, the Mexican and Cuban governments are still hope- ful he will come. It was sald lay at the White House that this trip had not been entirely eliminated. RUMANIAN OFFICIAL ESCAPES ASSASSIN Anti-Semitic Fight Is Blamed for Attack on Chief of Secret Police. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, August 13.—The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports an attempt was made in Rumania Monday to assassinate Victor Cadere, chief of secret police, assigned by King Carol to investigate the causes of recent anti-Semitic agitation. While Cadere was sitting in a rail- way dining car a government employe named Junescu fired several shots at him from a revolver. All the bullets missed him. Junescu was arrested. The reasons for the with it. Several weeks ago Dr. Constantine Angelescu, | assistant minister of the interior, was shot by George Beza, an anti-Semitic student. Threats against the lives of other high government officials have been made recently by anti-Semitic agitators. State rallway officials today an- nounced that five attempts were made yesterday to derail trains on various lines- in old Rumania. There were no | | | | damaged. GETS SURGEON’S POST Lieut. Col. Bastion Succeeds Col. Hartsock in 8d Corps Area. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August 13.—Lieut. Col. Joseph E. Bastion, Medical Corps, U. S. A, was yesterday Announced as corps area surgeon, 3rd Corps Area, vice Col. . M Hartsock, transferred to the United States Soldlers’ Home, Wash- ington, D. C., for duty. Col. Bastion was born in Pittsfield, Massn He graduated from Georgétown University in 1906g and is on the gen- eral staff corps. eligible list. He is graduate of the Army War College, of the Command and General Staff | School, of the Army Medical School and of the Medical Peld *Service School. During the recent command post ex- gv‘llscanul'brt George G. Meade, Md., ._Bastion was the surgeon of the III Blue Corps, 17 STOWAWAYS HELD Immigration Officials Start Investigation in Case. BALTIMORE, August 13 (4).—Seven- teen stowaways, taken from the British steamship Mistley Hall, were in the custody of immigration officials today, and an investigation was started to determine who cared for the men on the voyage from South America. The 17, believed to have slipped aboard at Rio de Janeiro or Trinidad, were found in & ballast tank. Ship’s officers said had the ship run into rough weather the tank would have been filled witn water to trim ship. “01d Cap,” War H;r; Is Dead. WARE, Mass., August 13 (#).—A hero {ot the wars is dead. Old Cap, 15- | year-old wire-haired Griffon, wounded and gassed while serving at’the front with the French Red Cross, has been Iaid to rest with honors. Brought here 11 years ago by an American Army officer, Cap had only one rrnrfnotmfl: could lure him near A& barbed-wi fence. Baltimore the use of a new pumping station and four emergency connections with the District water system, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission today further lifted its restrictions against sprinkling by granting all residents of | the Maryland metropolitan area per-. mission to use hose for watering shrubs, flowers and other ornamental | plants. Lawn Sprinkling Barred. Deputy Chief Engineer Harry R. Hall points cut that the new order spe- cifically prohibits sprinkling of lawns and still restricts the use of water to refresh flowers only during certain hours of certain days. ‘The commission yesterday stopped pumping water from the Burnt Mills Reservolr and succeeded in drawing about 3,900,00 gallons from the District system. This total may reach 4,500,000 gallons when the new connections are attempted | assassination have not been ascertained, | but Cadere's fight against anti-Semitism | is believed to have had something to do | injuries, but a number of cars were 75—Pirates Blamed for Launch Blast. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, August 13.—Seventy-nine persons, passengers and créw, were missing &s & result of a collision be- tween the Chinese steamers Tung On and Lien Hsiang in a heavy fog off the tip of the Shantung Peninsula (China), Rengo News Agéncy dis- patches from Dairen said today. ‘The Tung On, & twin-scfew steamer of British registry, sank immediately after.the collision. All passengsrs and crew were believed lost. The Lien | Hsiang was disabled in the crash. ‘The Tung On was bound from Tsing- tao to Newchwang. She was 225 feet long, 42 beet abeam and was built in 1924 at Hongkong. Available shipping records list & steamer Lienhsing, but no Lien Hsiang. | Lioyd's registery of shipping said the Lienhsing, of Chinese regist: 250 feet long and 36 feet abeam. EXPLOSION TAKES 70 LIVES. River Pirales Blamed for Disaster to Launch in China, CANTON, China, August 13 (®).— | Seventy persons, most of them women, | were drowned Monday evening when a large Chinese launch, proceeding from Hongkong to Kongmoon, on the Sikiang Estuary, was blown up by & mine. The | outrage was believed to have been com- | mitt by river pirates who had been refused protection fees by the river Iaunch owners. BILLINGS' PARDON GASE CONTINUES Hearing Goes on Despite Jus- tice’s Move for Immediate Adjournment. By the Associnted Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 13.—With three justices insisting they were wasting their time, members of the State Surpeme Court continued with their hearing today on the application of Warren K. Billings, convicted Pre- paredness day bomber, for & pardon. day of bitter cross-examination and clashes between Billings' attorney and the bench was climaxed yesterday when Associate Justice Preston said he had heard enough and moved for an immediate adjournment. “Testimony has reached the ‘corned beef hash’ stage,” he said. “I am ready to takz a vote the court conclude this hearing right now.” Associates Curtis and Richards were in accord with Preston, Chief Justice ‘Waste announced. ¥ Only the intervention of Associafe Justice Bhenk, who said he found the testimony ‘“very enlightening,” pre- vented the vote on adjournment. The interruption was one of a dozen during the day which enlivened the at- tempt of Edwin V. McKenzie, Billings’ counsel, to show prosecution witnesses perjured themselves in identifying Biliings and Thomas J. Mooney as the Preparedness day bombers. Each is serving a life term for the bombing, I‘hic,h killed 10 persons and injursd 40 in 1916, DOROTHY LOVELAND WEDS RODEO STAR |DUKE OF YORK HUNTS WHILE AWAITING EVENT| ( P | Rambles Far Afleld as ‘Little | Duchess” Expects Birth of Récond Child. By the Associated Press. GLAMIS, Scotland, August 13.—The opening of the grouse shooting season | yesterday took the Duke of York far afleld from Glamis Castle, where his young wife, “the Little Duchess,” was momentarily expecting the birth of her second child. King George's second son spent seven hours today with his father-in-law, Earl Strathmore, on the moors. They returned with a fair bag. The duchess and little Princess Eliza- beth spent the day quietly in the castle, where all preparations have been made for weeks for the great event. PLAN CURB ON MILKMEN Town Authorities in Mové Against “Early Morning Racket.” EVANSTON, 111, August 13 (#).—The milkmen’s racket (old definition) is réceiving the attention of Evanston’s city fathers. At the suggestion of Alderman Charles B. Fullerton, the Judiciary | Committee of the ecity council is seek- ing’ ways and means of curbing the early morning_clatter of the milkmen. With other things, they are looking into the legality of a proposed ordinance to require rubber tires on all milk wagons. $6,906,400 PEACH CROP Georgia Bureau Estimates Value of ~" Year's Products. { ATLANTA, Ga, August 13 (#). Georgla’s peach crop thi# year brought over $6,906.400, it was estimated yester- day by A. D. Jones, director of the State Bureau of Markets, A total of 8633 cars was shipped, gach car bringing an average of $800 f.0.b. The watergelon shipments this year were the largest in the history of the State, Mr. Jones said. Already more than 23,000 cars have been moved and shipments still are being made, as com- pared with 21,000 cars handled last season. DOCTOR DENIED NEW TRIAL Chicago Physician, Thrice Convict- ed of Tllegal Operation, Sentenced. CHICAGO, Auguit 13 (P).—Dr. Amante Rongetti, denied a new trial from his third conviction on a charge of causing the death of Loretta Enders through &n illegal operation, was sen- tenced to 1 to 14 years in prison yes- terday by Judge Daniel P. Trude. A stay of 60 days was granted for an appeal to the Supreme Court, during which Rongetti will be at liberty under $25.000 bond. fixed at death by the jury in the first case, but he was granted a new trial. He was found guiity of mansiaughter in I';h!d second trial, appealed and won & third. SERVICE TO TRAVELERS FENS Postal Telegraph-Cable Announces New Program. fully adjusted, Engineer Hall said. Con- sumption in the Maryland suburbs re- mained at about 3,250,000. The hours during which residents are germnwgl to water their flowers with 0se e are same as were publishéd when the fon granted permis: to water A A new service to the traveling public has been inaugurated by the Postal Telegraph-Cable Co., it was announced today by Supt. T, P. vd. This dis- Company | y Well Known Here, Is Honeymoon at Ranch in Wyoming. Bride, Spending (Prom Yesterday's 5:30 Star.) By the Associated Press. SHERIDAN, Wyoming, August 13.— The marriage of Miss Dorothy Love- land of Washington, D. C., to Doff Aber, rancher and rodeo performer, was announced here yesterday. Mrs. Aber is the daughter of Mrs. George H. Harries of Washington, who is a guest at a dude ranch near here. with her husband, Maj. Gen. George H. Harries, retired. 1and, Colo., August 2, an announcement by Mrs Harries stated. Mr. and Mrs. of the bridegroom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Aber, Laramie, Wyo. BRIDE IS WELL KNOWN HERE. Mrs. Aber is well known in Washing- ton, having visited here several times during the past few years, friends of the family said today. Gen. Harries was prominently asso- ciated with journalistic, military and civic circles of Washington for many years, He retired from newspaper work as associate editor of The Evening Star. Other important positions he filled during his residence here were presi- dent of the old Metropolitan Railway, now organized as the Washington Rail- way & Electric Co.; secretary of the Board of Trade and membership on the Board of Education. Prior to the Spanish-American War, appointed by President McKinley, Gen. arries succeeded Gen. Albert Ordway as commander of the District National Guard. He commanded the First Dis- trict of Columbia Volunteers, United States Infantry, throughout the entire Cuban campaign. FALL OF NANKING FEARED AS BANDS OF REDS APPEAR (Continued From Firs! Shiuchow, Northern Kwangtung Prov- ince, today en route to Canton. Bishop O'Shea, &n American, and several other Catholic ecclesiastics re- mained at Kanchow, although that city was not considered safe. BISHOP IN SERIOUS PLIGHT. American Consul Seeks Protection for Jeopardized Missionary. Red forces surrounding Kanchow, China, recently abandoned by Na- tionalist & , were believéd _today to have gl in e dange J. A. O'Shea of the Catholic mission there. He is said to bé thé only American remaining in the city. The bishop, who is from St. Vincent Seminary, Germantown, Pa., terday to be in a serious plight, together with a few other foreigners still there, Some 20 or 30 Americans who had been in the city when the threat of Rongetti’s sentence was |invesion developed were reported safe. | Efforts were being made by Dougla: Jenkins, American consul at Canton, to secure protection for the prelate. Through Rev. Danlel McGillicuddy of the Vincentian Order Jenkins was informed of the safe arrival at Shio Chow, Northern Kwangtung of eight Sisters of Charity and threé priests from Kanchow. The sisters were unnamed, while the priests were identified as Rev. . J. Corbett, Boston: Rev. William Joseph McClimont of St. Vincent's and Bishop Dumont, address not_given. Bishop O'Shea, a native of Deep River, Conn., was consecrated bishop about two years and placed in in trict, key districts of mmg:lh&l:l s h 8 has B B ago charge e _Vincentian Mission China. He has fi ey il who weré 8o word BRITISHER DEFENDS APAN NAVY VIEWS Replies to Castle Statement Against 10—7 Ratio at Conference. By the Associated Press. < WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass, August 13. —Views of Japan's demands fof &'10—7 naval ratio were at variance in the general conference on the “Far Esstérn Politics today. . - William R. Castle, Assistant- Secre- tary of State, in a paper réad at the conference in his absence, stated that in his stay in Japan as American Am- bassador during the London Naval Con- ference he was told that the 10—7 ratio gave Japan “a fighting chance” against the American fleet in the West- érn Pacific, while the United States believed & 10—6 ratio to be fair. He pointed out that in Japan the United States alone was blamed for refusal to agree fo the Jipanese terms, “although it was perfectly clear that Great Britain would not agree to the 10—7 ratio in large cruisers, whatever we might do.” Admiral Richmond Takes Exception. l:xcepQ: to these statements was taken by ‘Admiral Sir Herbert Rich- mond, former president of the British Imperial Defense College. Concerning Japan's demands for a 10—7 ratio, he called attention to Japan's vulnerabil- ity in its need to maintain food lines with the mainland. With reference to Castle's statement that a 10—6 ratio would be fair and give Japan adequate security, Admiral Richmond suggested that “Japan is as good & judge as Cas- tle in this matter.” “Does he or we know whether she is safe if she is secure in her home waters?” he asked. Japanese Asks Liberality. Yusuke Tsurumi, former member of the Japanese Imperial Diet, ‘stated that the balance of power in the Western The marriage took place in Love-, Aber are honeymooning at the ranch It r Bithop Excerpts from “The brothers, both [ “March, “Pomp and Circumstance.” Pacific will only be maintained by fare seeing policy of the two leading powars of the West, England and America, by reuguz\ns the aspirations and needs of the Eastern peoples, and by taking s liberal attitude toward those nations in the matter of economic opportunity. Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, chief of staff of the United States Fleet, said that Japanese fear of America had been based on America's policy in Chini while fear of Japan in erica ht been based on Japan’s policy toward the Philippines. In each country he said, | the people had picked a “bogey.” Col. Lingbergh Speaks. Col. Charles .A. Lindbergh yesterday outlined some of his ideas for the facilitation of international aviation before the General Conference ‘3 Aerial Navigation at the Institute Politics. With the growth of experience and the improvement of aircraft, Col. Lipd- mergh said, “we find that this - try’s interest is not alone in communi= cation between the various States by air, but that one of our most important interests is better communication with other countries, at this time, partic- ularly, I think, with Mexico and Ceritral and South America. . ‘There are still great opportunities to make the carrying of passengers and express a great deal more valuablé, & great deal faster than at the present t‘me,” gn‘nnrununu!d, "fl.we can obtain A stan of ), a simpler hémf‘bl 1:5 to be m in internationel transport, and if we can prevail upon the various countries which are served by the United States airlines to co-operate, with an idea | toward the future and what these lines | will bring to them in the future.” Col. Llndbergh sald that the private international flver “requires the most assistance,” because he has no - tion to advise him in advance of forms and reports to be prepared, weather | conditions, routes, restrictions and rég- ulations. D. O. Baudouy, New York agent of the Compagnie e, said that m South America, whére French, German and American aviation interests are in competition, the rela- tions mainteined are friendly. He ex- plained that each feels it can learn from the othérs, . MORROW OBEYS ORDER TO TAKE COMPLETE REST Ambassador Feels Well, but Will Rémain Idle on Advice of Mex- ican Physician. By the Associated Press. CUERNAVACA, Mexico, Auguct 18.— Ambassador Morrow gasmflly told the Associated Press that he was feeling well, but would remain here away from his | duties for a few days, since his physician in Mexico City had prescril a com- plete rest. The Ambassador was up and about and entirely ‘cheerful. It was expected he would remain at Cuérnavaca, where he has a country place, about 8 week. ‘His indisposition had its ning in an attack of indigestion, w] kept him in bed for two days last BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Marine Band Qrchestra, this evening at the east front of the Capitol, at 7:30 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur Witcomb, sec- ond leader: ..Renelle Dinrch of_the Moujtks®. .. elude to “Die Meistersinger”. . er of the ...Clarke emp. Cornet solo, “From the Shores Leoncavallo Mighty Pacific”... Musician Winfred Ki Scenes from “Pugliacci” Descriptive, “Hush!”. Cream picture, “The . Myddleton engrin,” ‘Vagner ?Imphomc poem, “Ultava”....Smetana arch from third movement, - thetic Symphony,” Opus 74, ‘Tschaikowsky | “The Star Spangled Banner.” | By the United States Army Band Orchestra, this evening at the Syl- yan Theater, Wuhmxwamal‘nn ent Grounds, at 7:30 o'clock. m 8t leader; Thomak Dafcy, Sécon ‘The King Excerpts from “Chimes of Norman| Pllbg'et Descriptive, “The Mill in the For Eilenberg ‘Waltz, “Danube Waves”. Ivamovici Selection from “The Desert Song.” Romberg | March, --ug-;a Out”. ‘McCoy “The r Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band Orchestra, this evening, at the Navy Yard bandstand, at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, second leader: March, “Naval Aviation’ Overture, “Marinarella’ Solo for cornet, “Dream of Love”.. Musician Birley G: dner. Fantasia, “By the Swanee River,” Myddleton Grand scenes fromn the opera “Sam- son and Delilah”. .. Saint-Saens Valse, “Southern Roses” . Xylophone sola. . ..... s Musician Louis. Goucher. udent