Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1931, Page 4

WHEN POET CALLS Pershing Halts Work to Meet| Late Ella Wheeler Wilcox in France. HARTFORD, Conn, February 5 (NANA)—Gen, Pershing gallantly decreed that the war must stop for half ap hour so he might chat with Ella Wheeler Wilcox and a young lady who sccompanied her, so that companion, who lives in West Hartford and signs herself May Randall, writes the Hart- ford Courant. Her letter follows “In January, 1918, I went to Prance with the late Ella Wheeler Wilcox, famous writer and poet. She was very anxfous to get into some kind cf war work and was ready to give of her talents, money and time to help in any way that opened “As soon s it became known that she was in Paris, to her great surprise she found she was wanted to give talks and read her posms. Many Y. M. C. A. « secretaries called upon her and begged her to say a few words to the boys in the recreation huts “While this was an entirely new fleld, as she had never given any public talks, if this was really what was expected of her she would gladly try her hand. From then on to the time of the armis- tice that was her work. We traveled all over Feance, giving entertainments in canteens, huts and hospitals. Enthusiastically Received. “8he wrote many poems fot and about the American soldi nd was enthus! astically received everywhere. The bo; all seemed glad to meet such a distin- guished countrywoman, to get an auto- graphed poem or just to shake her hapd. I recited the poems, both the new war poems and many of the old- time favorites that were always in de- mand. One day she was kept busy autographing 350 copies of a little poem, l From the U. S. A’ had been in Paris only a short time when, one day, on arriving at our hotel after & day of work in the Grand Palals, she found & message signed by Gen. Pershing, requesting the presence of Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox at his headquarters. An orderly would call for us in half an hour. “We were certainly thrilled at this command. ‘There was just time to scramble into one of our few pretty frocks to do honor to the occasion. ‘The first thrill came when the general's own car drove up to the door. Up to then our only conveyance had been a crazy voiture with, usually, a drunken driver. “A short ride brought us to the beau- tiful house once the home of a high French official, but now the general's headquarters. We were ushered into a large, Iovely room hung with gold bro- cade and beautiful paintings. Soon | Gen. Pershing appeared with out- stretched hands in greeting and the famious Pershing smile. Praised Her Work. *‘Now," he exclaimed, ‘this war will Just have to stop for half an hour while I chat with you ladies.’ “He said he had admired her beau- tiful, helpful poems as long as he could remember, and had always hoped to meet her; so when he heard she was right there in Paris, & near neighbor, he thought that was his chance. have often wondered how yoi look,” he added laughingly, ‘and now know.! He her work among boys, said knew she gave them and was only sorTy he, too, could not be present. “During short call he chatted certainly were ored with our u I a most Ably, and we thrilled and highly hon unusual o] unity to have a real in- terview with our famous general. There were many thrills during that stirring year, but nothing quite came up to our meeting with Gen. Pershing.” (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance.) RABBI LOUIS KOPALD DIES IN JOHNS HOPKINS Noted Religious Leader Will Be Buried Friday Afternoon at 2'0'clock. By the Associated 4 BALTIMORE Md., February 5.— Rabbi Louis Joseph Kopald, 45, known for his service in synagogues in various cities of the country and for his activity in educational and philanthropic or- ganizations, died at Johns Hopl yes- terday.after a long illness. He had come to the hospital in November from Colorado . Since Beptember, 1028, he had been rabbi of the North Shore Congregation Israel, at Giencoe, Iil, and prior to t e had been rabbi of Temple Israel, Stockton, Calif., and of the ‘Temple Beth Zion, Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. Kopald, who had been afliated w.th the liberal reformed wing of th® J:wish faith, in 1916 founded the In- ternational Committee for Thanksgiv- inz Service at Buffalo and served as its chairman for five years. A native of Cracow, Austris, Rabbi Kopald was brought to the United States in his infancy. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Elsa Rhein- strom of Cineinnatti; his mother, two brothers and two sisters. Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise of New York 1s expected to come here to conduct fu- neral services at the temple of the Baltimore congregation Friday at 2 p.m. b i POISONER OF WOMAN FREE AFTER 12 YEARS| Deputies Guard Her Following| Threats Against Life of Asylum Inmate, 8 —Ruth By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., Februi Garrison, 30, who poisoned l?;-a Douglas Storrs, because of her love for the vie- tign's husband, was granted her liberty from the criminal insane ward of the State penitentiary in Superior Cecurt here last night. Threats that Miss Garrison, if given her freedom, would never leave the court -room alive, caused four deputies to_guard her Miss Garrison was sent to the ward for the insane 12 years ago, after she was found not gullty of & murder charge by reuon of insanity. She testified Mrs. Storrs had refused to ohtain a divorce. AUTOIST FOILS HOLD-UP Thomas B. Montgomery Tells Po- lice of Encounter With Two. By haiting W man, Thomas B. Montgomery, 623 I street northeast, foiled an at- tempted hold-up on Benning road near enty-eighth street northeast at about 10 o'clock last night. Montgemery told police a man step- ped ahead of his car, causing bim to put on his byakes to avold hitting him. A ‘sécond man approached the car as it slowed down, brandishing a pistol Ag the armed man stepped on the run- | forces, but regard that as secondary to the | Prance and also for those yet to come. | | solely for training for a My Experiences in the World French and British Press for Amalgamation of American Troops With Their Armies. CLEMENCEAU GOES DIRECTLY TO BAKER | End of Year Finds Only | 180,000 Men in France When Ten Divisions Should Have Arrived. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, —By— Gen. John J. Pershing Commander in Chlgjvof,the American Expeditionary Forces CHAPTER XXV. ETURNING to my headquarters at Chaumcnt Dacember 31, 1917, I was not surprised to roceive the following _cable from Secretary of War Baker, in view of the numerous suggestions | that had come to me regarding various plans for training cur troops with the | French and British: | “Both English and Prench lro:fiu-‘ ing upon the President their desires to have your forces amalgamated With theirs by regiments and companies, | and both express the belief in impend- ing heavy drive by Germans somewhere along the lines of the Western mnt.’ ‘We do nct desire loss of identity of our | the meeting of any critical situation by the most helpful use possible of the troops at your command. The difficulty | of course is to determine where the drive or drives of the enemy will take place; and In advance of some knowl- edge on that question any redistribu- tion of your forces would be difficult. “The President, however, desires yo to have full authority to use the forces at your command as you deem wise in | consultation with the French and Brit- ish commanders in chief. It is sug- gested for your consideration that pos- sibly places might be selected for your forces nearer the junction of the Brit- ish and French lines, which would en- able you to throw strength in which- ever direction seemed most necessary. “This suggestion is not, however, | ressed beyond whatever merit it has your judgment, the President’s sole purpose being to acquaint you with the | representations made here and to au- thorize you to act with entire freedom | to accomplish the main purposes mind. It is hoped that complete unity | and co-ordination of action can be se- | cured in this matter by any confer- ences you may have with Prench and | British commanders and line of action | that may be upon.” | Wanted Immediate Assignment. y my visit with Gen, Petain at WDWH o few days befcre this we had taken up anew the question of | training for our divisions then in & pow- ;fl the tern front he said we must be pre- w?ed to utilize all possible resources, Ecludlng the Americans, & s?.lmfla> to which I readily agreed as a mattef &I course. Instead of following the plan then in operation as to training progressively, beginning with the smaller units, he | wanted to take a quicker method and | have each of the four infantry regi- | ments of each of our divisions, together | with the p rtion of the artil- lery, e tn ‘t‘mm' m:vgl“ as- ed to & Prench division at once. u.l‘\,lur two or three months of service these would be reassembled under their own divisional officers and take their places in line. It was not account of the imminence of 3{“«1 offensive by the Germans simply for instruction in quiet sectors | that these units were to be used, but for whatever service that might fall to the | lot of the Prench divisions to which were assigned. the; is, of course, virtually meant the | bullding up of French divisions by | American regiments and carried with it the probability that we should not be able to get them back without act- ually reducing the Prench divisions to a point where they would be much crippled for further line service. Again, the training of our higher officers nng mr.f.‘:'; ntl:flt was entirely ored under plan. 1[!; spoke of that as an objection and also mentioned the difference in lan- guage as being an insuperable barrier to any idea of active service under an as- signment that might become perma. nent. further stated that in my | opinion the adoption of such a plan might lead practically to the abandon- | ment of the idea of ever having an | American army as such. Rejects Petain's Plan. It seemed to me better, if such 8| course became necessary, that we should amalgamate with the British, who were also making overtures for the use of our troops. French did not then offer any objection to our sending troops to the British and it looked as though there was an understanding be- tween them, especially in view of Sec- retary Baker's cable. In ‘my formal reply to a communica- tion from Petain embracing his pro- posal, I declined to permit our re ments to be as *d as he had s gested, but said that I should be | to attach them to Prench divisions period of one month in a quiet ssctor provided that opportunity should also be given our officers to learn how to handle larger | units by actually exercising their proper | functions. \ In the meantime, the following cable was received from Washin which showed the determination of the Prench 1o carry their point: “The French Ambassador called on the Secretary of War today and read him a dispatch from M. Clemenceau to the effect that Gen. Pershing and QGen. Petain had conferred as to the wisdom of seasoning American troops by attaching their regimental units to French divisions before committing » part of the line to an American division made up ot troops not (sic) accustomed to actusl front conditions, | “M. Clemenceau’s cablegram stated ! that Qen. Pershing had reported him- | self and G°n. Petain in substantial | agreement after conference on the sub- | Jeet, but Gen. Petain conveyed to M. Clemencrau the opposite opinion. Ap- parently some misunderstanding has arisen which the Becretary of War will be glad to have Gen. Pershing endeavor todnrupby&hcln.hmmrmm- munication with M. Clemenceau and the result of the interview. ‘The French urge action as outlined bove as being safer for American troops than it would be to give them at once an independent place in the line, and urge very strongly that the Becre- tary of War here accent their view and ecmmend it t) yeu. This the Secretary of Wer is not willing to do, desiring to lesve ths' matter whollv within your discretion after full con<ideration of the | imnortant el'ments of the matter. “The Fr-nch Ambassador hes bee | ning-board of his car y stgpped on the g‘: throwing the man to'the roadway. Police are investigating the report. To care for the expected growth in shipbutlding, Norwegian ship banks gl M—umm told that the S cretary of War would | lay the matter before you and would communicate to him your conclusions when they are arrived at.” Pershing’s Reply to Baker. ‘The following extract from my cable copveys of January the main points of | at Washington e 3% Preach have not been D._C ar Secretary of War Baker at his desk in Washington during the days of the war. entirely frank, as unofficial information indicates they really want to incorporate our regiments into their divisions for | such servic: in the trenches as they desire. As to our instruction, a certain amount of work with French is beneficial and this we are having and expect to have * * * Have expressed a willingness to aid in any way in an emergency, but do not think good reason yit exists for us to break up our divi- sions and scatter regiments for service among French and British, especially under the guise of inctruction.” It thus appeared quite clear that the Fronch were £o intent on their plan that Prime Minister Clemenceau pre- sumed to cable Washington as to how our units were to be handled. Upon the receipt of the cabl: from Washing- ton about the disagreement between Petain and myself, I wrots at once t0 M. Clem'nceau quoting the cable and 8 ‘May I not suggest t6 you, Mr. President, the inexpediency of com- munieating such matters to Washington by cable, These questions must all be in | settied h:re, eventually, on their merits, througzh friendly conference between Gen. Petain and myself, and cables of this sort are very likely, I f-ar, to con- vey the impression of serious d'sagree- ment between us when such is not the | case o oo Clemenceau’s Letter. M. Olemenceau's reply, English, follows: y Dear General: “I hasten, without losing a moment, to reply to your letter dated January 8, 1018. I found myself in the position of cabling to the Ambassador of France because of two contra- dictory responses which I from Gen. Petain and f on me, obliged me, in the interests of the common cause, to se¢k an arbitra- non{ between the two commanders in chief. “I need not conceal that I placed full confidence in the American Govern- ment with regard to this. However, it was not to the American Government that I addressed myself. I cabled to the Ambassador of France, which was my right and my duty, in order to give him directions for the conver- sations which might take place either ith etary of War or with the President of the United States. “It might very well have happened that later on I should have addressed the American Government, but I in- sist, on this point, that I have done nothing of the sort. I had not author- ized the Ambassador of France to read all or part of mv dispatsh to the Secre- ry of War. 1 regret that he did so. but I do not disavow anything that I wrote. “1 am giving you here the explanation which I owe you and 1 am going to exercise all the patience of which I am capable in awaiting the good news that the American commander and the French commander have finally ‘eed on a question which may be vital to the outcome of the wi As the Prench were dead set on get- ting our troops under their control it is more than probable that the prime minister, feeling that their plans were not working out, sought to create some ¢ | 93d distrust in the minds of our Adminis tration at Washington against my mat agement of things, in order to pave the way for insisting that we were entirely m: in not consenting to amalgama- Settled Amicably. However, at later meetings with | Clemenceau and Petain the alleged dif- ferences were scemingiy led ami- cably, as indicated in my cable of Jan- uary 14, which follows: “For Chief of Staff: “Have now definite understanding with | French satisfactory to them and to me that our divisions now in France shall | complete their training as already be- | | gun. In the future, divisions arriving in zone of Prench armies are to have pe- | | riod of training with French, each reg- iment in a French division. When suf- | ficlently experienced by training in a quiet sector with French, our divisions | are to be united under their own com- | mander and will be placed in the line | in our own sector.” | My meeting with Petain January 11| had been gratifying in its results. The details of the assignment of our di- visions for training with the French were entirely settied as t9 time and place, and it was agreed that our gen- eral officers and their staffs shon'd have every opportunity to learn their duties. | It was also understood that toward April or May a place on the front | translated into | Should be taken over as the American |duced in the face of the most urgent |sector. With reference to the smn!ln-i mation of American troops with the British, which had been proposed, Gen. Petain saw no objections, but regretted | | that it could not be done with the | | French also. | _To mect the needed replacements in | thelr units, I had consented to send temporarily to the French four eolored | Infantry Regiments pertaining to the | Divislon which had atrived or | were en route without the brigade or | divisional organization. One regiment | was to go to esch of four divisions, with | ! the understanding that they were to be returned for the formation of an | American division when called for. Un- fortunately this did not turn dut as we | expected, for there was no opportuaity |to assemble them as a division, and very much to my regret these regi- ments never served with us, although their services as soldiers while with | the French were highly commended. Our first seven months in France had been actively employed in working out basic plans and in completing our organization so that we should be ready | to assign units to their areas and | uties a8 fast as they arrived and begin |or continue their training as might be required. Each of the supply and staff | departments had been broadened n scope and new services created and their relation to each other under the | new conditions definitely fixed. | Supply Departments Failed, Our situation as to numbers of troops, | supplies and construction at the close of the year was not what we had every reason o expect after having been at war since the previous April. We had | mot yet been able to get full service from the limited amount of tonnage thus far made available for military use. | ington had failed to provide sufficient material for the construction at ports, |take the greater part of the blame for |should be observed that the present War Department general staff as re- | B The supply departments in Wash- | N which was still very much behind. Only a part of the rallroad rolling stock had been sent, although frequent- ly requested. In routing transparts, the avy, until recently, instead of sending them to different ports had bmu:ht most of them to St. Nazaire for dis- charge, at times causing considerable congestion there, ‘There were only 180,000 men In France, including abou. 100,000 in four combat divisions in various stages of | organization and training, while there should have been at least 10 divisions of combat troops with other forces in proportion. It was a very unsatisfac- tory state of affairs that confront>d us, with little promise of tmprovement. At home we had 45 divisions actually organized and part of their onnel had been assembled and sta in training. It would, of course, tal A to get them all into shape, but at least the first séven or eight regular divi- sions, which had a large nucleus of trained personnel, could have been sent over to complete their training in France with liitle extra effort if Wash- ington had really been alive to the dan- ger of the situation. It need hardly be recorded that we were occasioned much embariassment | in facing the allies with such a poor showing of accomplishment. Notwith- standing the lack of plans and experi- ence at home in the beginning, it has always been difficult for me to under- stand why no greater results were pro- appeals. It becomes more inexplicable in view of the very material increase in American tonnage made available from commercial soutces ‘l\m three months later when the aetual crisis was upon us, One is forced to the conclusion that the War Department, at least during this period, ‘was inefficient and alert, or that it did not appreciate the urgency of the situation. In either case, the War Department general staff must lack of organization and co-operation. Never Well Directed. The fact of the matter is that we had never had & properly constituted War Department general staff, and although, broadly speaking, eom d of a capable lot of officers, unfortu- nately limited in numbers, it had never been wel! directed, and its chiefs of sections lacked both authority and in- | itiative. It should be pointed out that the re- nsibility for the want of success of e War Department general stafl was | partly due to limitations imposed by Congress and to the attitude of certain bureau chiefs who consistently opposed any control of thelr activities by the general staff. They were determined not to work in the great team in which co-operation is essential to success. It organized 1s, and will continue to be, efficient so long as it follows the prin- ciples devel in the peditionary organization is based. Tomorrow: Pershing bans hard lquor | for trooj of Army immorality. (Copyright. North Amerie: Nrrv:fuer Alllavee. World rights Téserved, ineluding the Seandinavian Rvagmau:uon in whole or in part prohib- 1ted. ZIONIST CONFEREES TO GATHER IN D, C. Passfield White Paper and Simpson Report Will Be Discussed First Time. ‘The National Zionist Conference, consisting of 180 of the leading Zion- ists throughout the country, wiil meet &t the Jewish Community Center, Satur- fll% evemn,, and Bund‘{ morning. 'he gatherings, will' be the first since the last tional Zionist Con- vention at Cleveland in June. The National Couneil will meet in joint session with the Executive Com- mittee of the Zionist anization of Amerios, of which Israel B. Brodie, of Baltimore and New York, is chair- man. The political relations between the British government and the Jewish people as regards Palestine will be dis- cussed. i Sotn Bimpson Teport on. Falatine ohn 8im) T on stine, which lfmllmfld-filfle Jewish pro- test, they were issued last October, will be considered for the first time AL & national American Zionist gather- ing. Another subject that is to be dircussed are the nsgotiations now go- ing on in London between repreenta- tives of the Jewith le and the British government regare lnr the re- vision of the Passfield White Paper. Among the 180 members of the National Council . are the _following residents of thlzzwn and Baltimore: Lewis Spiegier. of WaGhingion; J0eeph Ip! T, of 3 Allen, Dr. Edgsr Friedenwald, Adolph Hemmerman, , Lawrence 3 Kellman, Mrs. Israel Shapiro and Israel Silberstine, of Baltimore. — COIN TOSS HELD LEGAL Chicago Judge Rules Flip Was De- elsive in Marital Split. CHICAGO, February 5 (#).—The flip of a coin, by which Mrs. Anna Vintus said sh» won the household furniture she and her former husband once used, was approved as a manner for deter- mining owne ‘The ruling Judge Ha: e fasued & het former % up, Bull and Cattle Add To Hazards of Golf On Links in Pasture By the Assoclated Press. LIBERTY, Mo., February 5.— Farmers are forgetting the drought, taxes and 60-cent wheat in free competition over a 6- hole golf course out at Will Bevier’s place. 1t's really a cow pasture game, a gallery cf roving cattle adding to the natural harzards of the clay _countfy terrain. Scofes of the first day, ranging from 25 to 39 for the short course, refiect | | the contemptuous stare of the herd bull. | [ HUNT FOR MISSING CHILD Police Break Down Doors to Va- cant Flats in Search for @irl, 10. NEW YORK, February 5 ().—Police axes crashed vesterday against barred doors of vacant flats and rookeries as the low hunted for & 10-year-old girl, or her body. Rose Yasso has been missing since Bunday. She lived with her father 1 And gother and four brothers and sis- | ters. " Their home is in a ne.ghborhood jteeming with men from ships of the Mediterrancan and the South Seac— the riff-raff of the seven scas. That was why police pushed their hunt with greater energy. The neighborhood, made up of fam- ilies of Latin descent, was in & fer- ment of excitement. Many mothers es- corted their children to school and called for them when school was over. ‘The British life saving service saved 365 lives from shipwreck last year. Regular Delivery Over 100,000 families read The Star every day. The great ma- jority have the paper deliveres regularly every evening and Sun- day morning &t & cost of 1l cents dally and 5 cents Sunday. b r:fu are not taking m:‘::ln- w 8 gm rate, Ni now and service will start tomorrow. | not | 5 Chic: American ex- orces, upon which its re- | ps and denles stories at home | i 87 1931, in all conntries by the THURSDAY, FEiRUARY 5. 1931 PEARL BUSINESS ENTERED BY U.S. Farm Set Up in Hawaii After Beds Yield Great Riches to Traders. Thousands of oysters have been put to work making pearls for Uncle Sam in the first pearl farm established in United States waters, the Bureau of Fisheries has announced. The farm, which had been estab- lished experimentally at Pearl and Hermes Reefs, has been transplanted 1,200 miles away in Kaneohe Bay, Isiand of Oahu, Hawalian group, it was announced. ‘Ten years will pass, experts say, be- fore there egain can be a commercial garnering from these pearl beds, which alrendy are believed to have brought and exploited them in secret. But the Hawallan beds were pro- tentially rich by Dr. Paul 8. tsoff, head of the shell fish di- vision of the Fisheries Bureau, who spent six weeks at Pearl and 8 Reefs, supervising the transplanting process. Dr. QGaltsoff reported opening 150 oysters in his investigation to ascer- tain their worth and of extracting from them 50 Bearie of varying grades end weight. percentag> of yield, much higher than in any other pearl fishery. First intimation of the discovery in 1927 of the pearis camre through thefr appearance on the New York ard Paris markets, where scme brought very high prices because of their unusual luster. Investigations by the territorial government of the islands disclosed the existence of the beds and the Bureau Fisheries was called in consultation. Lack of harbor anchorage and re- moteness of the beds made them diffi- cult of protection and of harvesting. Dr. QGaltsoff undertook to transplant them to the more convenient location of Kaneohe Bay, where he had found 17 specimens of pear] oysters, indicating it was a favorable habitat for them. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and not 50 cold tonight, minimum temperature out 34 degrees, tomorrow partly cloudy |and slightly warmer, moderate south |and souhwest winds. | Maryland—Fair and warmer tonight, |tomorrow increasing cloudiness and | warmer, variable winds tonight becom- |ing fresh southwest tomorrow. | Virginla—Fair tonight, not so cold in | extreme west portion, tomorrow partly cloudy with rising temperature, mod- | erate north winds becoming variable. West Virginia—Partly cloudy and | warmer tonight, tomofrow increasing | cloudiness and warmer. Record for 24 Hours. ‘Thermomaier—4 pm., 48; 8 p.m., 40; 12 midnight, 33; 4 am, 28; 8 am, 2 noon, 38. Barometer—4 pm. 30.02; 20.05; 12 midnight, 30.08; 4 a.m., 30.12; 8 a.m, 30.13; noon, 30.11. Highest temperature, 51, occurred at 1:30 pm. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 27, occurred at ’I'#) a.m. :od-y. emperature same date las - jHIghefl!, 44; lowest, 36. o Tide Tables. United States Coast eodetic Survey, Today—+Fow tide, 4:19 a 44 .0d; high tide, 9:56 m. ::g re=Low -tide, 5:05 a.m. high tide, 10:47 am. | Furnished and 29 111:13 pim. The Sun and Moon. Today—8un rose 7:12 a.m.; sun sets 33 p.m. Tomorrow—§un rises 7:11 a.m.; sun s 524 p.m. Moon rises 9:02 p.m.; sets 8:58 a.m. Automobile lam, - half hour after -5:.:: ot Weather in Varlous Cities. | e Stations, Abilene,” fex | Albany. N, Y, Atlanta. e - g 8SSSuesessgansy S23RIRSINIRRSIVRSIzLIRER Gaj Helena, Huron, S8ENBE: Los Anzeles’ 233 b} ot tprtas ¢ semanstay 83! - San Ani Giant British Service Craft Falls| Into Plymouth Sound With Crew on Board. By the Assoctated Press PLYMOUTH, England, February Nine men in the erew of a Royal At sa FOREIGN. (1 w.m., Greenwich time, tod Force seaplane were feared lost yester- | Pari day when the ship went into a dive; while maneuvering over Plymouth | Sound, struck the water with great| force and was wrecked by an explo- | sion. As she struck she heeled over on one side d sank immediately. When rescuers went out in small boats they picked up two officers and one of the | Col crew, all injured. Comdr. Tucker, Fly- ing Officer Wood and seven enlisted men were missing. Divers recovered one of the bodies this afternoon. The cause of the acci- dent was not immediately determined. Some of those who saw the accident sald it look>d as though the nilot, pre- Vie: Berlin, Brest." P o enota. Swi'zerland Stockholm, Sweden Gibraltar. Spain. i (Noon. Greenwich' time. Horta (Fayal, Arore 80 today.) Part cloudy Part eloudy udy jear Cloudy Greece Drops Trade Agreement. SOFIA, Bulgaria, February 5 () — Gresce has renounced the existing trade convention with Bulgatia and ordered ' immediate application of maximum tar- paring for a landing. thought ha was higher than h actually was and struck | the water at too gr A speed, iffs on Bu'garian products, causing con- ' sterneiion in Bulgarian trade circles. Thete is a wide, popular demand for Bulgarian e A Long Trip by Auto Becomes Quite Tiresome if You Are by Yourself or if You Must Drive All the Way! Why not take some one with you who can do part of the driv- ing the and share the expense of trip? You can find such a party by placing an ad in the MOTOR TRAVEL classifica- tion of The Star, great riches to traders who discovered | f is, he said, was a very high | 8 pm,! Sheriff, Challenged To Fight, Falls and Fractures His Skull Political Adversary Taunts Officer to Remove Badge and Get Beating. By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Miss., February 5.—Ac- cepting the challenge af & political ad. versary to take off his badge and & beating “all over the court house, Bheriff Tom Moore of Hinds County, resterday eng in & fist fight with enneth D. Klinker and slipped and fractured his skull. Physicians today said they belleved the sheriff would racover. formal charge. Sherifl's escorted from the building by the of- cers. Obtaining permission to return and apologize, inksr went back into the Klinker's face was bruised. BANOUET 10 HONOR CRANTON PLANED States to Pay Tribute to Re- tiring Michigan Man. Representative Louls O. Cramton, who arose to & question of personal privilege in the House the other day to Senator Caraway, but not by name, plain unadulterated liar” nection with the plans of the G Washington Bicentennial Commission to give him a $10,000 job as associate director, is to be given a testimonial dinner. Members of Congress from public lands States, appreciative of the in- terest taken by Mr. Cramton as chair- man of the subcommittee on appropri- ation, having in charge the appropri- ations for the various activities of the Interior Department in the develop- ment of the resources of the West dur- ing his 18 years in Congress, have made plans for a dinner to Mr. and Mrs. Cramtcn at the Shoreham Hotel Pri- day, Pebruary 20, at 7 o'clock. The Secretary of the Interler and Mrs. Wilbur, with other high officials in |the Interior Department. accompanied con- Speaker and Mrs. Longworth. In addition to the Western members of Congress, members of the Mich'gan delegation and members of the com- | mittees on appropriations, public lands, irrigation and rec'amation with thel wives will be at the dinner, Representative Addison T. Smith of Idaho is chairman of the Committee on | Arrangements, the other members being Representatives Swing, California Arentz, Nevada; Calton, Utah; Taylor, Colorado, and Leavitt, Montana. Near Death. The condition of Representative J. {“inccin Newhall of Covington, * Ky, suffering from pneumonia in his suite at the Winston Hotel, 116 First street, was described this morning as very crit- ical. Although some doubt was ex- pressed last night @s to his living through the night, he was said this morning to be resting somewhat better, with the general condition unchanged. Mr. Newhall complained of feeling ill when he returned from his office last Saturday evening, and his condition has become worse steadily. A World War veteran, he was elected to the Seventy-first Congress from the eixth Kentacky district on the b- lican " ticket. clection last November, SPELLERS HOLD MATCH Capital City‘(}l‘t‘xh Practices to Meet Baltimoreans. ‘The Capital City Spelling Club held a practice match last m;ac at_Mount Pleasant Branch of the Public in preparation for a match with the Baltimore Spelling Club April 17 at Baltimore. ore between the two clubs in their semi-annual matches now stands 2 to 2, and the match on April 17 is to break this tie. ‘The monthly contest will be held by the club February 18, according to El- mer C. Helm, president. Strength In banking, strength represents the degree of service to the public. Strength is not indi- cated alone by size, but by the character of assets. Therefore the bank’s loans and investments must be selected, not with a view of making the greatest portion of its deposits work to the Kiinker, a railroad engineer, was ar- | rested by ceputles and held without | sident of the National Aeronautic As- court house and the fiet fight resulted. | Members From Public Land: | Sergievsky, test | organization at Bridgeport, Conn., for NEWHALL CRITICALLY ILL| House Member Cuffers Pneumonia, | He was defeated for re- | deputies said Klinker had the women's some words with Moore over an old | miles an hou political campaign argument and was | the women's altitude record, 27,418 feet: BINGHAM AWARDS AVIATION RECORDS Aero Club Sponsors Ball for Giving of F. A. 1. Titles to Holders. Tribute to the famous American avie ators of 1930 was paid before & distine guished group of mernonautical leaders last night at the New Willard HMotel at a reception and ball given by the Aero, Club of Washington. Certificates from the Federation Aeronautique Ine ternationale, international aviation gove | erning body, were presented by Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, pre- soclation, to Miss Amelia Earhart, for peed record of 181.157 Miss Elinor Smith, for Paul Clough, altitude record in light airplanes of the fourth class, of 10.525 feet; John and Kenneth Hunter, world refueling endurance record of 553 hours 41 minutes and 30 seconds, and Leland F. Shoenhair, who received five certificates for five world records in- volving speed with specified loads over fixed courses. Proxy for Soucek. An award was presented by proxy to Lieut. Apollo Soucek, U. 8. N., now with the fleet, for his world record altitude flight to 43,166 feet above the National Capital last Spring. Th: certificate was received by Capt. John H. Towers, U. 8. N., asistant chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics ‘Three certificates were presented to Comdr. E. E. Wilson, proxy for Boris flot for the Sikorsiky three world altitude records with load. Sergievaky is flying in South America. e other flve American flyers who established world records in 1930 were not present, two of them being in Eu- rope. They are Dwight S. Zimmer] altitude for light airplanes, class $§; Wi J. Fleming, speed with a load of more than 4.400 pounds; Leroy Man- ning, who bettered Flemin, with the same load, and Prest, speed for light planes. Bingham Pays Tribute. 's record rence O. | | by their wives, will attend, as will also| Among the ts of honor were Brig. Gen. B. D. Foulols, Army Air Corps, first military Pflot: Capt. Towers, Lieut. | Alford J. Williams, jr.; Maj. James H. Doolittle, Miss Ruth Nichols, | Ralph 8. Barnaby, first American glider | pllot; Col. Harry H. Blee, director of | aeronautic development, Department of Commerce, and Clarence M. Young, As- sistant ' Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics. Senator Bingham pald warm tribute to the pilots who established mnew records. The ball was held under direction of Adolf K. Barta, president of the Aero Club, arrangements be f:’x]nmnm composed of | ton, George ‘W. and Dr. W. Q. Brombacher. | Georgia Post Office Robbed by Two. BARNESVILLE, Ga., Pebruary 5 (#). —Two young white men last night forced two postal clerks and the buiid- ing custodian in the vault of the Barnesville Post Office, took more than $3,000 in stamps and cash and a mail pouch and escaped in an automobi! FOOTER’S Quality Cleaners Home F:rnish ngs | Clothing, Gloves Leather Coats Blankets Rebound Coats Relined Furs Dyed and Repaired New Low Prices on All Garments FOOTER'S America’s Quality Cleaners & Dyers 1332 G St. N.W. Phone Dist. 2343 1784 Col. Rd. Phone Col. 0720 | 3009 14th St. N.W. | highest per cent of re- turns, but with the cer- tainty that such em- ployment be with the least degree of risk. This, in short, defines the policy of operation at the Lincoln Na- tional. For conservative management, this bank has a record which in- spires confidgnée. 7th & D Sta. coln National Bank ! 17th & H Sta.