Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, continued night and tomorro Tempera! today. Full report on page 9. Closiig N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 w. tures—Highest, p.m. yesterday; lowest, 59, at 5:30 a.m. cool, with rain to- 77, 8t 4:15 No. 31,524. post office, Entered as second class matte Washington, D C. WASHINGTON, SIXWOMANFLYERS TAKE OFF IN DERBY FROM LOCAL FIELD Mrs. Phoebe Omlie, First to Leave, Leads Contestants Into Richmond. MISS HOPKINS IS ONLY ENTRANT FROM CAPITAL Crowd of 5,000 Watches Departure. Five Other Race Groups Converge in Chicago. Bix little planes, all tuned up and streamlined to the last strut, took off drom Washington Airport at 11 o'clock this morning and headed into the wmurky, smoke-filled skies over the Vir- ginia hills across the Potomae, in the start of the Woman's Dixie Air Derby, the finish line of which will be the Curtiss-Wright-Reynolds Airport, Chi- cago, scene of the national air races starting tomorrow and continuing all mext week. Led by Mrs. Phoebe Omlie, mother of three children down in Memphis, Tenn., in a little Monocoupe, capable of 140 miles an hour, the planes headed for Richmond, the first control point of the race and the luncheon that awaits them there. Mrs. Omile led the flyers into Rich- mond. Her time was 38 minutes. All the other five women fiyers landed at Byrd Pleld at intervals of a few minutes after Mrs. Omlie. Their time Left to righ Dixie Air Derby. D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, Mrs, Charity Langdon, Miss Laura Ingalls and Mrs. Martie Bowman, photographed at Washington Airport today just before the start of the —Star Staff Photo. from Washington was as follows: Miss Walker, 42 minutes 45 seconds; Mrs. Bowman, 47 minutes 55" seconds; Miss Hopkins, 509 minutes 8 seconds; Miss Ingalls, 1 hour 37 seconds; Mrs, Langdon, 1 hour 9 minutes 38 seconds. Miss Hopkins lost approximately 10 minutes wandering over Richmond searching for the airport. More than 5,000 air enthusiasts of ‘Washington and nearby gathered at the llrEm’t to bid their favorite fiyers, who hail from all sections of the country, God-speed on the journey that will take them through the South and up the Mississippi River Valley to the finish line at Chicago. Take Off at Minute Intervals. At one-minute intervals they took off, starting at 11 o'clock, and by the time each plane had lifted its wheels off the field the plane in front of it had vanished into the misty sky over the Virginia hills, Following Mrs. Omlie went Miss Vera Dawn Walker of Los Angeles, Calif., who almost failed fo get into the race, having run into trouble in the South on the way to Capital for the start. She was piloting. an Inland sport ship. Next went Mrs. Martie mm-a;é ELIHU ROOT WINS ANNUAL BAR MEDAL Hughes, in Address, Appeals for Better Administration of Criminal Law. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 22—Elihu Root, former Secretary of State, today re- ceived the American Bar Assoclation's annual medal “for most distinguished service to the profession during his 1fe.” \ 3 ‘The award was made by J. Weston Allen of Boston before a gathering of eminent lawyers which was presided . | over by Frank B. Kellogg, former Secre- Moth, Hopkins, only. Washington entrant, in a Kp.luy Hawk and Mrs. Charity Lang- don of Norfolk, Va, in an Avian, vorites to win the race were Mrs. ‘Walker, t Omlielndlfl-“: l:}élrgm lanes. Mrs. Oml 'l]:m &?fimflamhourmuhw '8 is not rated far below. The other contestants told race offi- cials this m they were relying on their ability to “cut corners” in naviga- tion for a showing for the $4,000 and estige for pilot and plane, which will E: the rem'dmm th: winnerh 'n: money prize pay for any plane the race and will probably mean a new ship to the winner. Observer Takes Off First. All but one of the woman pilots took the air be-goggled, helmeted and trou- sered. Not Mrs. Omlie, however. In street she went into her little closed fitting and feminine hat and went on her way. Pinal instructions to the pilots were iven at 10 o'clock this R. . Oertel, race chairman and cial observer for the National Aeronautic Assoclation, ] the race. Oertel an hour before the contestants in & big cabin monoplane u{uble of nearly 200 miles an hour. and led the way for the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) CAP THOUGHT CLUE T0 VAN LEAR BLACK Friends of Missing Baltimore Pub- lisher Asked to View Fisher- men’s Find. clothes cab By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 22.—Friends of Van Lear Black today were asked to inspect a yachting cap picked up on the beach near Point Pleasant, N. J,, in the belief it was the one worn by the Baltimore publisher when he dis- appeared from his yacht off the Jersey Coast Monday night. ‘The cap, found by two fishermen, was of expensive make and bore the insignia of the New York Yacht Club, of which Black was a member. It was turned over to Col. Arthur F. Foran, controller of the Port of New | tio York, a friend of Black, who said it appr d the size worn by the capl- talist and aviation enthusiast. There were no initials or other markings upon it. A lookout, is being kept all along the Jersey shore in the belief Black's body may have washed up. He is believed to have fallen overboard from his yacht, in ship, adjusted her close- |8d the Sabalo. tary of State and author of the Kellogg peace pact. Josiah Marvel of Wilmington, Del., was elected unanimously president of the association. He succeeds Henry Upson Sims of Birmingham, Ala. Other officers named were John H. Voorhees of Sioux Falls, 8. D., treas- urer, and William P. MacCracken, jr., of New York City, secretary. They will serve one-year terms. New members elected to the Execu- tive Committee of the association are Jefferson P. Chandler of Los Angeles, J. R. Keaton of Oklahoma City, Okla., ;In: Scott W. Loftin of Jacksonville, Hughes Makes Address. ‘The Nation's greatest need, in the opinion of its chief justice, is improve- ment in the tration of justce, especally of the crimnal law. Chiet Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the association last night warned the country’s lawyers that they could not escape” special responsibility” in bringing about this improvement. “A quickened bar, alert to its power and responsibility, can secure honest, able and fearless prosecuting officers, magistrates and judges,” he said. “Our Government is one of laws through men, and most of our problems in the tration of the criminal law could be solved by the selection of competent men, free from the corrupting in- fluences of fear and favor.” Nation Hears Address. . ‘The chief justice's address, which was a welcome to the foreign guests of the Bar Assoclation, was heard by a Nation- wide radio audience as well as the thousands who packed the Civic Opera House. ~ Mr. Hughes greeted the visitors from other countries as “colla- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) MIDGET GOLF COURSES MAY GO UNDER CANVAS Commerce Department Starts Sur- vey With View to Planning ‘Winter Protection. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The Departmeny of Commerce today a canvass with a view to put- ting the miniature golf course under “the big top” for the Winter. Each of its 31 regionsl offices was asked to take an informal census of the courses now in operation or contem- plated, together with some statement of possibilities of cold-weather opera- m. The department’s committee on new uses for cotton cloth is behind the can- vass. They béthought themselves that it probably would take a_ tremendous total of tarpaulin to cover the estimated 25,000 courses. Commerce officials sald the industry probably gave employment to 100,000 persons, besides jobs to ters, painters and plumbers who install them. FRIGATE “NIAGARA” TO SAIL BACK TO SCENE OF PERRY’S VICTORY Memorial Commission Plans Fund in Commemorating Battle of 1812. Py the Associated Press. PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio, p has been on .&‘.',?{.’.,;. at ., since 1913, when it was the waters where she sank commission, which already has % here to 1,000,000 mont ask the funds uu“-: DAUGHTER IS BORN 10 WIFE OF YORK Both Reported Doing Nicely. uiild Fourth in Succession to British Throne. By the Assoclated Press. Gl , .cotland, August 22—A new heir presumptive to the British throne rested in her cradle today at Glamis Sastle, oblivious to the commo- tion her birth caused through the length and breadth of the Empire. Both child and mother, the Duchess of York, wife of the second son of King George, were said by Dr. Davis Miles and Sir Henry Simson, royal physicians, tn be doing nicely. The little princess is the fourth grand- child of King George, her own sister, Princess Elizabeth, and Princess '8 two sons having preceded her into the world. She is fourth in succession to the throne; her uncle, the Prince of Wales; her father and Princess Eliza-~ beth all are in precedence. British dynasts had hoped the child, who had been expected for days, wonld be a boy, thus insuring & male succes- sion to the thronme, Child Born During Storm. The birth was at 2:22 p.m. during & storm which beat about the old castle in a way remindful of the tempest of Shakespeare’'s “Macbeth,” the plot of which was laid in the castle. The accouchement took place in the duchess’ childhood bed room. Besides Sir Henry Simson, who is & noted obstetriclan, and Dr. Miles, the duchess was attended by Nurse Beevors, who was with her at the time Princess Elizabeth, now 4 years old, was born. Directly after the birth of the child it was taken by Nurse Beevors to John R. Clynes, British home secretary, who has been heré for several days in order to attest birth of a royal heir, as re- quired by custom. Mr. Clynes took the royal child in his arms and directly wired the lord mayor of London, the home office at London and the :llr omrce‘ whose duty it is to arrange firing of an artillery salvo in & first salute to the babe. King Leaving for Glamis. The first to be notified were King George and Queen Mary, in the Sum- mer palace at Sandringham. Both re- turned their congratulations and will leave Sandringham today for Glamis. They will arrive here Saturday to see !h;\r new ‘grl";:dchllm ews of e birth uickl about the countryside ehllrn% ‘Ifelli pealed louder than at any time since the armistice was signed. Natives called to one another, “A” daughter.” After an ancient custom a huge bonfire will be lighted on top of a nearby hill to- night as official notification of the event, Scots i % ret,uwhlch 15 a CO! name. is the first royal child £ he bore Wit in the bounds of the Hi hlang dom in 300 years. i _Tiny Princess Elizabeth, Tecovering (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) POLICE TO PREVENT MEETING OF RADICALS Memorial for Sacco and Vanzetti, Executed in 1927, Scheduled for Boston Tonight. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 22.—Police officlals intend to prevent, by force if necessary, & memorial meeting for Sacco and Van- zettl, whose execution in 1927 stirred radicals throughout. the world. The meeting is scheduled to be held on Bos- ton Common tonight despite refusal of Mayor James M. Curley to issue a permit. m’vnr!'fil:lflmllt Labor Defense ap- plied permit. Harry J. Can ‘Communist for as HOPECFCONTINUNG TAX CUT NEXT YEAR RAISED BY MILLS Undersecretary of Treasury Announces Probable Action After White House Visit. ISSUANCE OF STATEMENT LATER IS PROMISED Development Is Surprise in View of Pessimistic Outlook Ex- pressed Yesterday. By the Associated Press. Ogden Mills, Undersecretary of the Treasury, said after a call on Presi- dent Hoover today there was a “possi- bility and even a probability” that the emergency 1 per cent tax cut on normal incomes this year might be continued next year. Mr. Mills would not go into detail at the White House, but hurried back to the Treasury, where he sald a state- ment would be issued later. Mr, Mills' statement came somewhat as & surprise, in view of word at the Treasury yesterday that slight hope was held for continuing the 1 per cent cut made by Congress on 1929 incomes a5 an emergency measure last Winter. Officials there had come to feel that way after a preliminary survey of 1930 returns. Unless Congress acts, the higher tax would maintain in the next tax returns, since the 1 per cent reduction was made applicable for only the one year. BLAST IN TUNNEL KILLS 3 WORKMEN Inquiry Launched Into Aqueduct Explosion Which Injures Several Men. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 22.—With three workmen dead and three more in a se- rious congdition from injuries in an ex- plosion 640 feet underground in the new Yonkers-Long Island Aqueduct, the district attorney of Bronx County ‘egan an inquiry today in the accident. The official said he would sk a grand jury to look into a series of ac- cldents which have occurred in econ- struction of the aqueduct and would seek to determine whether there was criminal or other liability in the ex- plosion early today—the worst of the series. ‘The three men killed were Earl Quick, 19; Willis Case and Dennis Har- ley, 44, all of New York. ‘The explosion was indicated by an early investigation to have been caused by the boring of an air drill, operated by one of the workmen killed, into an unexploded charge of dynamite which remained after blasting operations had been finished several hours earlier. The new aqueduct, still some months from completion, runs through Yonkers and beneath the East River to South Brooklyn, to which it is designed pri- marily to supply water from the vast city reservoirs upstate. TURKS FRAME REPLY TO PERSIA ON KURDS Rebellious Tribesmen, Surrounded on Mount Ararat, Attempt to Escape Cold. By the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, August 22.—Efforts to settle recent tension between Turkey and Persia over the incursions of re- bellious Kurds along the border are now in progress, and it is hoped the problem will be solved amicably by diplomatic - important meetn held An meeting was held yes- terday, under the chairmanship of President Mustapha Kemal, to study the recent reply of the Persian government refusing to co-operate by military ac- tivities against the Kurds in Persian territory. The Turkish reply, the terms of which are not yet known, will be transmitted shortly to Teheran. Because of cold and snow the re- bellious Kurds surrounded on Mount Ararat have come down about 500 yards and are continuing efforts to slip through the besieging troops. The Per- sians, meanwhile, are reinforcing con- tingents in the neighborhood of Mount Ararat to deal with Kurdish tribes which have been trying to bring aid to their surrounded tribesmen. Persian quarters today denied reports that & revolt had broken out against Persla, declaring that Persian mili- tary movements were simply precau- tionary measures against nomadic tribes. SHOWERS PREDICTED FOR CAPITAL TODAY Rain Expected for Tonight and Tomorrow Along Atlantic Coast. Another break in the protracted drought in Washington and vicinity was forecast today with the prediction of showers this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow by the Weather Bureau. Northeast winds, which are bringing the clouds over the National Capital, also are expected to take them over other sections along the Atlantic Coast. Rain promised for Vi North o.rnlh‘x'n. New Jersey, m"fl’:.%. East- ern New York, along the southern part of New England and on the of Northern New England. 7 == 7 o Star, 1930—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. ME THERE'S ARE NEW PARTY INW) PENNSYLVANIAL service. (#) Means Asseciated Press. News Note: Naturalists are puzzled over a Pittsburgh cat that looks like a rabbit, with a tail like a rat. MARINES AT RAPIDAN TO SING HYMNS AT SUNDAY SERVICES Chaplain and Portable Organ Assigned to President’s Camp—Hoovers Expected to Attend. During President Hoover's visit this week end to his Rapidan fishing camp in the Virginia mountains regular Sun- day religious services will be inaugurated for the 100 or more Marines on guard duty there. This initial Sabbath service for the presidential Marine guards is scheduled for Sunday morning and will be con- ducted by a regular assigned chaplain. It will be featured with the singing of hymns by the Marines to the accom- paniment of a portable church organ. Both President and Mrs. Hoover are known to be greatly interested in this innovation for the Marine camp, which is located about.s quarter a mile up’ the side of the mountain from their own camp, and it is understood that they and members of their week end will attend the initial service ‘This, however, could not be ‘The organ to be used for these serv- ices at the Marines’ camp was obtained from the Washington Y. M. C. A. and was transported to the camp in a Ma- rine truck yesterday. It could not be learned what chaplain has been as- signed to conduct these Sabbath services. President Hoover will not leave Wash- ington until after 4 o'clock this after- noon for his brief vacation at his moun- tain retreat and his present intention is to not return to the White House until the forenoon Monday. He pro- poses to follow his regular week end custom by mixing business with play and rest. The principal business to be discussed on this vacation concerns in- land waterways problems, Judging from the personnel of the guests he has invited to be with him on this occasien, President Hoover in- tends to go very thoroughly into the whole scheme of waterways, as well as the subject of the Government's prog- ress in flood-control projects. Among his guests are Governmental (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) AVIATOR BELIEVED HEADING FORU. . Capt. Gronau, German Flyer, Takes Off From Iceland on Early Flight. By the Associated Press. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, August 32.— ‘The German aviator Capt. Gronau took off from Reykjavik Harbor at 6:35 o'clock this morning (2:35 am. East- ern standard time) and his course in- dicated that he was heading for the United States. ‘When he reached Reykjavik this week #t was reported that he intended flying to America. Later, however, both he and the German government denied this, saying the fiyer would head back toward the Faroe Islands and then 80 to Scotland or Norway. An hour and 35 minutes after he took off this morning Capt. Gronau radioed Reykjavik that his position was 65.50 north and 26.20 west. That ced him as veling west, about nhn.{ddv.ny between Iceland and Green- Gronau on Training Flight. Capt. Gronau is a student of the| German government aviation school at ‘Warnemuende, and early this week left the Island of Sylt, on the German North Ses coast, in a training flight to Iceland. After the aviator had landed at Reykjavik on Wednesday he was quoted as saying that he was going to America by way of Frederiksdal, Greenland, where a supply of fuel had been assem- bled for him. Government officials in Berlin sald they were unaware of Gronau's inten- tions to fiy to the North American Con- tinent u:: l-g:t they expected him to return rmany soon. Shortly afterward the aviator himself sald he would turn back in the direction of Faroes today, after the German boat Meteor had returned to the therland. WOMAN SHOT AT WORK Man, Believed Drunk, Fires as He Passes Her in Garden. BAKERSVILLE, N. C,, August 32 (#). prowabiy fataily.” yesierday, "by Gari y_fatally,” yes , by Carl Dunn, 30, who fired at her without warning as he walked down & road past a garden where she was working. Of- ficers said Dunn was intoxicated. He is held without bond ng the out- come of Mrs, Honeycutt's wound. o MILITARISTS WIN Bill Suspending Compulsory Train- ing Loses in New Zealand. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, August ~The govern; T fense legis dmen in lative council. MOSES GOES WEST 10 AID INSURGENTS Will Cross “Boundary” Into Land of “Sons of Wild Jack- asses” to Help Them. BY WILLIAM HARD. United States Senator George Hig- gins Moses of New Hampshire, chair- man of the Republican Senatorial Cam- paign Committee and author of the epithet, “Sons of the wild jackass” which he tossed at the Republican Northwestern insurgents, visited Wash- ington Thursday, informed President Hoover optimistically as to Republican senatorial prospects, wisecracked the |N¢ newspaper correspondents as to the in- variable optimism of all campaign chairmen, and departed on & tour which will take him west of the Mis: sissippi to render all possible assistance to virtually all such “sons of the wild Jjackass” as may have been renominated for & return to their Republican cribs in the next Senate and in the next Republican allocation of rooms and rugs in the Senate Office Bullding. Steiwer Treaty Disappears. Thus disappears the widely heralded treaty whereby Senator Moses was to confine his campaign endeavors, as chairman of the Republican Senatorial O&mm:n&e, to s}t)atumu& of the Mis- sissippi River, while e_progressive and “jackasinine” territory West of that stream the effort to win Republican senatorial victories would be supervised by the sympathetically Western brain and brawn of Senator Prederick Steiwer of Oregon. It now develops that Sen- ator Moses in the early days of Sep- tember will intrepidly cross the rubicon which separates his treaty domain from that of Senator Steiwer and will ad- vance into the pastures of the “sons of the wild jackass” and politely ac- <commodate them in general with their accustomed running quarters in- the official traces of the Republican sena- torial chariot. It further develops that Senator Steiwer will not resist or repel the invader from New Hampshire, but will affectionately welcome him to the head- quarters which he is about to open for the transmississippi region of Repub- Meanism in the city of Denver, Colo. The two Senators will then in a com- radely manner proceed to patrol the transmississippi territory in a joint tour of approximately unified sympathy and support for all Republican senatorial candidates, irrespective of their precise, parentage in human evolution, It finally develops that some of (Continued on Page 2, Coluran STIMSON AND AIDES AWAY Solicitor of Department Acting Secretary of Stafe. For the first time in the solicitor of the State acting Secre from ton Radio Programs on' Page A-12 fi'.':",:}.'"""""‘m"' esind o the IARCTIC BALLOON BODIES ARE FOUND Discovery Ends 33-Year Mys- tery of Disappearance of August Andree. By the Assoclated Press. OBSLO, Norway, August 22.—A 33-year mystery of the Arctic has been solved by the finding on White Island, Fridt- jof Nansen Land, of the body of the Sweedish balloonist explorer August Andree by a Norwegian sclentific expe- dition. Andree took off in a balloon from Danes Island, Spitzbergen, in July, 1897, intending to fly to the North Pole. The only even in Washington I:fm Associated Press news Yesterday's Circulation, 106,612 TWO CENTS. SYMPATHY STRIKE 10 BACK MUSICIANS MAY CLOSE MOVIES Projectors and Sound Engi- neers Threaten Move If Deadlock Remains. OWNERS GIVEN NOTICE ALSO BY STAGE HANDS Negotiations Continue in Hope of Agreement Renewing Musio Contracts, The prospect of no motion plcture entertailnment in Washington theaters after September 1 loomed today, with the threat of projeétion machine ope erators and electric sound apparatus engineers to walk out in sympathy with the musiclans if no agreement is reached between the Musicians’ Pro- tective Union and the Motion Picture ‘Theater Owners' Association, A. Julian Brylawski, president of the owners' assoclation, said today that the Moving Picture Machine Operators local, acting under instructions from union headquarters, in New York, ad- vised him Tuesday that unless agree- ment was reached with the musicians over contract renewals by August 31, their services would be “regretfully de- clined” after that date. The projec tionists and stage hands are union members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Hands. Mr. Bry- lawski said he received two letters Tues~ day, one from the operators and one from the stage hands, advising the own« ers’ association of their intention to walk out in sympathy with 1s settled K end of the month, our services and the services of all organized union theatrical employes would not be available in District theaters,” Mr. Stevens said. “It's union rules,” he asserted, “and He and his two companions never | agers had been seen or heard of again. The expedition which found Andree’s body reported also finding the body of | the one of his companions, Both were fully dressed and well preserved. The explorer, born in Grenna October 18, 1854, is belleved to have ed within a very short time after the take- off for the north. His companions, K. Frankel and N. Strindberg, doubtlessly perished with him, but today's dis- patches, coming from tion aboard the steamer Brattvaag, did not say which was found with him. For years there have been perlodic rumors that the balloon had m in Siberia, or that messages p to_be from Andree had been washed ashore upon northern coasts. At least two of the victims of the ?'rlm North got down safely to earth rom which the expedition is bringing back were found in the remains of a camp which the aeronauts had made on White Island. In 1895 Andree elaborated a plan for crossing the North Pole region with a balloon, which should be in some de- gree a dirigible, equipped with salls and trailing ropes. After an unsuccessful effort in 1896, when he was driven back by contrary winds, Andree and his two compani took off from Danes Island, Spitzbergen, July 11, 1897, and were swallowed up in the North country. Several expeditions were sent in search of them. The first started in November, 1897, when a report was re- celved of cries of distress heard by shipwrecked sailors at Spitzbergen. In 1898 and 1899 parties searc! the forth Asiatic Coast and the New Siberia Island, and in May, 1899, Dr. Nathorst headed an expedition to Eastern Green- land. None of these was successful. Fridtjof Nansen Land was formerly: Franz Josef Land, an Arctic archi lying east of Spitzbergen, many of the islands being promontories rising from 400 to 700 feet. Many explorers have ventured into the large group of islands, but there is still much to learn of their nature. SHIP HAS NEW CATAPULT BREMERHAVEN, Germany, August 22 (A .—The steamship Europa sailed for New York today with a new cata- flult. similar to that on the Bremen, f¢ unching airplanes. Just before the Europa's departure the Heinkel plane, christened Bremen, made a flight with a heavy load, mostly postal material. . When or | enough "fl:-r‘go ‘would mean the darkening of all local theaters. ‘The operators met yesterday with Motion Picture Theater Owners’ tion to discuss terms for renewal of w&mmm 'Ah’thtel e,nu ng'lh’t: m , August 31 Mr, said this morning that the musicians' situation did :ofih:'nwr into the 13-hour contract. The time phase of the con- e ‘commitegs replesenting.the tas col represen carry the l!%l the Andree balloon, for the bodies | bodies (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SMUGGLING BLAMED FOR PESO’S DECLINE $100,000 Gold Daily Crosses Bor- der From Mexico, in View of Bank Official. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 32.—Alberto Mascarenas, general manager of the Bank of Mexico, in a statement today, claimed that the fall of the Mexican silver peso in value was due to smug- gling operations, which took Mexican gold into the United States. Mascarenss estimated that $100,000 inrolfl was smuggled across the border %ll ly between Nz.:‘:vothu:flo lndl:lednl jegras. Removal of gold, brought the value of the silver down. the exchange was would reappear m and be rurchne the 3 "'He termed the ol Eonee e e smugglers to their country. o FRENCH WAR MOTHER’S WREATH PUT ON UNKNOWN HERO’S TOMB Quaint Heather Tribute Is Brought From France by Member of Gold Star Pilgrimage. A quaint red, white and blue wreath, hand-fashioned of leather leaves, rests today on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldjer at Arlington—the tribute of an obseure French war mother to the “nfost beloved American soldier.” ‘The unusual wreath was brought to this country by an American Gold Star Mother, to whom'its maker intrusted it with a painstakingly worded letter re- questing that it be placed on the grave of the “son, forever blessed, of our dear Mother.” The letter wreath was in French and was signed Raveau, Rochefort, France.” The letter saild: “To the American Unknown Soldier. You, who remain ways living in the memory of the ful ‘which are hose the the 3 i : j H Eg'eégi 2 i 1571 g? g ¥ E 5