Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1931, Page 2

A—2 ww» GREEN ADDRESSES EDITORS' SOCIETY F. L."Head Warns Press on Labor and Gag—Kent Unmasks Politicigns. A warning against identifying as| movements of organized labor the “de- structive and impossible” plans of de- signing groups was sounded before the ‘American Soclety of Newspaper Editors | today by William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor. The annual convention of the socicty opened her: yesterday. ] Th: ed.tors were urged by Mr. Green to discriminate botween labor spokes- | men and other p:rsons. “The press is sometimes deceived,” Mr. Green assert- ed, “into referring to misguided groups as labor organizations and to their r:p- resentatives as labar spokesmen. “They neither represent labor, nor do' they speak for labor. The public, how- ever, can learn the difference only through informations presented by the press,” he added. Labor, Mr. Green explained, places & great value upon public opinion and upon the powsr of newspapers to mod public opinion. He reviewed the an- tagonism encountered by organized jabor in its early efforts to improve living conditions, addirg that as lebor’s aims became b-tter known they received the commendation of the press. Scores Publicity Scekers. Other speakers at today's session werz Prnm? R. Kent of the Baltimore Sun and Albin E. Johnson, who recently was correspondent for the New York World at Geneva. Mr. Kent spoke on “Politicians and Publicity,” while Mr. Johnson’s subject was “The Press Abroad # . Viewed by an American. Mr. kent said politiclans must de- pend entirely on publicity to be suc- Ccessful and that they wanted above all other things favorable publicity. He said all politiclans were publicity scekers and that no Government of- ficlal could prove popular before the country unless he received favorable comment from the correspondents. Holds Politicians Spolled. “The dependency of politiclans upon publicity is really complete,” Mr. Kent sald. “It's no use & man being & good President, or Senator, or Representative ‘unless he can get the fact in the news- | s. p““)ghnt every public man here, from the President in the White House, down to the most obsure member of the House of tatives, publicity. There is not much use being here if he doesn't get it. Publicity is the life blood of _goau;“ Without it the game just can' L “Now it isn't just publicity the poli- b the more Public Men for Humor. “The truth is most of the politicians by fa- | BARRY MOHUN. BARRY MOHUN DIES OF HEART ATTACK Washington Lawyer Was Widely Known in Fraternal and Social Circles. Barry Mohun, for many years & prominent lawyer and member of the firm of Mohun & Elliott, with offices in the Shoreham Building, died of heart disease in Emergency Hospital last night. Mr. Mohun, who was 57, was stricken with a heart attack Wednes- day. He was widely known in legal, fraternal and social circles. Born in this city, Mr. Mohun was the son of Mrs. Martha V. Mohun and the late Francis B. Mohun, After attend- ing Lehigh University, he was grad- uated with a bachelor of laws degree tfrom Georgetown University in 18906. A year later he received his master of laws degree at Georgetown. Admiited to Bar in 1897, Mr. Mohun was sdmitted t) the bar in 1897 and practiced law with a firm in New York City until 1899. He be- | gan the practice of law in this city in 1900, continuing until his death. In addition to his regular law prae- tice he had written several authoritative articles on various phases of law. He also assisted in drafting unitorm laws relating to warehouss receipts for the Conference of Commissioners cn Uni- form State Laws and in this connec- tion was author of “Mohun on Ware- housemen, 1904 A second edition was published in 1913. Mr. Mohun also had written extensively for various legal Mr. Mohun was n; mmemm’l:zrl t(;l mtlhe Legal Advisory Boa 3 r- ing the World War, and the Food Ad- tion Board. He was 8 member of the American iation and an honorary mem: American Chamber of Com- merce in France. Mr. Mohun long had been an active member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity and also belonged to the Metropolitan, Chevy Chase, Alfalfa, Burning Tree £ Lawyers' Clubs. and Lawyers' 1 i|ed Active in Boy Scout Work. Interested fcr many years in the de- velopment of the youth of the Nation, Mr. Mohun was active in Boy Scout 1924. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nora Michener Mohun; his mother, Mrs. Martha V. Mohun; & son, Barry student at the Choate Conn., of which , and a daugh- . Coburn of Hartford, ooncer 332 Massachusets Mohun residence, 2362 chusetts noon. Rev. Dr. U. G. B. Plerce, of All Souls’ Unitarian Church, will officiate. Interment will be private. Honcrary pallbearers thus far select- are: Col. Charles A. McKenney, T. Speulding Flannery, Luke I. Wilson, George E. Elliott, George Hewitt Myers, Clarence A. Aspinwall, George E. Ham- ilton, R. M. Kauffmann, Col. E. L. Mattice, Senator Wallace H. White, Capt. Chester Wells, Benator George H. Moses, C. F. R. Ogilby and Na! C. Wyeth of this city, and John E. es of Baltimore and M. Stanley Brown of Cleveland, Ohio. Mohun, jr., & School, ‘Wt Mr. Mohun was & ter, Mrs, Robert B i Even the slightest encroachment may by | prove to be a wedge which, if un:‘;; ‘with newspapers. Received by Hoover. Following the opening session yes- terday at the National Press Club the editors were received at the White House last night by President Hoover. The visitors conferred informally with the President in his stidy for almost two hours, Tonight the editors have been invited to be guests of the Press Club at the premiere motion picture showing of “The Pront Page,” a newspaper thriller. Two showings are planned, one at 8 o'clock and another at 10 o'clock. At the opening session yesterday the editors exchanged greetings by radio, telegraph and cable with newspaper executives in 12 countries. Transmitting and recei machines were install in the assembly room and the following message was dispatched when the con- vention was called to order: “The American Soclety of Newspaj Editors, in annual convention at National Press Club, Washington, sends you, and through you to newspaper makers and readers of your country, the greetings of professional fraternity and international good-will.” Within 30 minutes after the greeting wes flashed out replies had been re- celved from editors in Europe, Canada, gih America, Hawali and the Far T Green Hits Injunctions. In his address this morning Mr. Green said there would be no compro- mise between organized labor and “de- structive, unethical and impracticable groups, many of which reccive inspl- mation’ and " financial - support from ‘Wigh regard to the freedom of the press Mr. Green said: “I am certain that it will be information to ryore- sentatives of the press when I statc wnat this very principle is involved in a very large way in the fight of the American posed, will permit further abuse of restrictive powers of equity courts. “It is but a step from the suppres- n of news circulated by hand bills, circulars and through the labor press to the hampering and hindering of the newspapers in their e: n of news relating to strikes and labor disputes. “This is a matter of very vital, mu- tual interest to the press and to labor. Our mutual interest compels labor and the press to stand firmly together in support of the freedom of the press, one great, cardinal principle upon which our Government rests.” Praises Nation's Press. In concluding, Mr. Green sald: “Labor is encouraged and heartened by the fact that more and more it becomes evident that those who con- trol the press of the Nation are being influenced by the spirit of altrulsm and consideration for the rights of those who toll and serve so faithfully in industry.” ‘The convention late yesterday heard a report from the soclety’s Committee on Schools of Journalism. It was the committee’s opinion that a journalism school should offer a two-year cultural course, followed by two years of work as "lnlenul{ practical” as possible. ‘The chief problems of the schools, the report sald, are adjusting them- selves to the newspapers and the ad- justment of ne s to themselves. Harold B. Johnson, editor of the Water- |town, N. Y., Daily Times, and chairman of the committee, submitted the report. Tells Publicity Ruses. One member, Casper 8. Yost of the Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat, dissented. Other members wers Don Anderson of Sam M. Willlams of San Fr. B iy the San Francisco ‘Will “Talk Shop” Tonight. A few large advertising agencies, Mr. Palmer said, have been persuaded by press agents to set up “public relations departments” which distribute material for free publication in the newspapers. speaker said, this same m: terial is paid advertising when it ap- pears In magasines or is broadcast. In particular Mr. Palmer described tion of Labor for the enactment|the practice of “spoon feeding” editors 2f injunction relief tion. “We have regards the injunction of some equity courts command- ing labor, under penalty of punishment, }o ts mcemh'pl::ml e | acts con industrial sf as upon the exercise of the press. @ transgression freedom of the Warns of Press Gag. “Labor views with grave concern the it of equity courts tes and | wil of women's pages with proj nda later printed free in the mfl{: of ricipes or_household hints. The editors will meet at 6:30 o’clock tonight to “talk shop.” Short addresses 1 be made by Arthur J. Sinnott, managing editor of the Newark News, and Henry Justin Smith, managing edi- :?:b::t‘h'rc Daily N&n. on the of ] Stafl’ mfmrm iscussed editor of THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, A]’RlLi 17, 1931, “Lawyer ies_| [PRESIDENT PLANS | WEEK END FISHING Expects to Leave White House Tomorrow Afternoon for Camp on Rapidan. President and Mrs. Hoover, with party of friends, will spend the coming week end at the fishing camp on the Rapidan River in the Shenandcah Mountains of Virginia. The President hopes to get away from his work short- 1y after the noon hour tomorrow and remain at the camp un'il Monday morning. Besides Mrs. Hoover and Allan Hoover, ths younger of the two Hoover ‘boys, who is home from college on a Vi cation, the perty will include Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and Mrs. Hyde, As- sociate Justice and Mrs. Stone, Solicitor General Thatc] and Mrs. Thatcher, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Heath, Lawrence Richie and Walter Newton, two of .the President’s secre- tarles; Capt. Joel T. Boone, President’s physician, and Mark Sullivan, author and newspaper writer. is will be the President's first visit to his mountain retreat since it was clossd for the Winter. The trout season has been open since the first of the month, and he is hoping he will arrive in time to indulge in some fishing. Greets Throngs From Portico. President Hoover is still using the south portico cf the White House for his daily greetings to the public, and judg- ing from the popularity of this cus‘om, which was inaugurated by the President only a few weeks ago, they will be con- tinued for some time to come. Each day on his way from the execu- tive office to e White House for luncheon Mr. Hoover goes to the rail- ing around the south portico, where for a moment or so he calls a greeting to the visitors gathered below in the grounds. Mrs. Hoover usually stands beside her husband and joins in with the exchange of salutations. Grounds Are Opened. At the beginning of the Easter sea- son, when the flood of tourists began to arrive in Washington and the White House was one of the most widely visited points of interest in the Capital, the President and Mrs. Hoover decided to pennmit visitors to roam about the grounds and about the lower floors of the White House. On the first day this plan was inaugurated, Mr. and Mrs. Hoover went to the rear portico and called to the two or three hundred peo- ple on the ground below that they were glad to see them and hoped they en- joyed their visit. This brought forth cheers and waves from the crowd. Each day this has been continued. Some days the growd is large and others small, but the average has been about 300 people. SNAKES TO BE USED IN FIGHTING VENOM Trail Club to Demonstrate Toni: "t at Columbia Heights Com- mumty Center. Live snakes will be used to demon- strate how poisonous snakes bite and how the wounds can be effectively treat- ed, during a lecture to be given under auspices of the mac A chian Trail Club by R. H. Hutchinson and I. D. George of the Autivenin Institute, Philadelphia, at the Columbia Heights Community ~Center, Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, this evening at 8 o'clock. ‘The lecture will be illustrated by mo- tion pictures showing methods used in capturing and handling poisonous snakes and in extracting their venom. Mr. George will explain with the aid of his live snakes the character of the fangs and how these effective hypoder- mic instruments inject poison. He will then show the value of antivenin in neutralizing venom. Members of the Trall Club are vitally interested in the subject of the lecture because they want to protect themselves as tho hly as possible on their ex- tensive hikes. ‘The speaker declares many old rem- edies long regarded as effective have been marked for the discard. It is stated that this applies not only to charms and talismans of Indian or Negro folk lore, to horse hair ropes, split chicken, plant poutlicles and decorations of various kinds, to kerosene, turpentine, gun powder, cauterization and the like, but even to potassium anganate. It has been variously estimated that there are in the United States any- ‘where from 1,000 to 3,000 cases of snaie bite poisoning each year and a death rate of from 10 to 15 per cent. e MODEL PLANE JUDGES “YOTING” ON ENTRIES Winners in Aircraft League’s Con- test May Be Announced Tomorrow. Winners in the scale model contest sponsored by the District of Columbia Model Afreraft League probably will be announced tomorrow. ‘The contest now is in 88 at the National Museum, where nearly 200 in- tricate models, of every type of airplane manufactured, are on exhibition in the first-floor rotunda. The contest judges were in consulta- tion today in ‘an effort to select the winning models. Miss Sibyl Baker of the Community Center Department is directing the contest. The miniature planes are attracting wide interest among visitors as well as Capital enthusiasts. Most of the planes have automatically Tegulated wing and tail movement. They range widely in size. Winners of the contest will be pre- sented with tools for the manufacture of model planes. The first-place win- ner will be given a bronze tablet on which will be inscribed the winner's name and the contest in which he was victorious. SPECIFICATIONS FILED FOR $225,000 APARTMENT ; | Monroe and Hugh Warren Plan 5- Story Structure at Rhode Island and Third Street Northeast. Specifications for a five-story apart- ment building to be erected at a cost of $225,000 at Rhode Island avenue and Third street northeast, were filed with the Office of the District Building In- spector today by Monroe and Hugh Warren, bullders. Excavation plans, calling for additional work costing $2,000 also were flled with the specifications. The bullding to be of con crete, brick and hollow tile construction, is planned on the basis of an “H” lay- out, vm.h‘ ‘lu tr:m on Rtode Island ave- nue, resting, however, at right angles with Third street. The lot on which the structure will be bullt has a frontage of 183 feet and a depth of 169 feet. The bullding will be 137 feet by 107 feet, rising 65 feet above the street. The apartment structure is being de- Harvy P. Baxter, mmml work will be as soon | the Zon- Marines’ Hymn ! ine “The “The Dies in Capital NATHANIEL BACON STEWART. —Harris-Ewing Photo. N. B. STEWART, &0, DIPLOMAT, DIES Consul General at Barcelona, Il Here for Several Months, to Be Buried in Georgia. Nathaniel Bacon Stewart, American consul general at Barcelona, Spain, since January 7, 1926, died today at the hume of Charles S. Pearce, 1503 Newton street, where he and his wife, Mrs. Lucy Taylor Stewart, had been staying for the last three months. Mr. Stewart, who was 60, left Barce- lona last November, when his health be- came impaired. Accompanied by his wife, he came to Washington and en- tered a hospital. He joined his wife at Mr. Pearce’s residence, following his discharge from the institution. Native of Georgia. Born in Taylor County, Ga., Mr. Stewart was graduated from the Uni- versity of Georgia in 1893, coming to this city and attending the George Washington University Law School un- til 1897, B ‘While a student at the law school, he eritered the Civil Service, working as a clerk in the Navy Department. In 1897 he was transferred to the War Depart- ment, where he served in a similar ca- pacity for two years. From 1899 to 1901, Mr. Stewart was chief of the divisicn of accounts of the engineer department in Havana. In 1902, after a year's service as pay- master of the same department he came provincial treasurer of the Philip pine Islands, where he remained until 1907. ‘Was Censul in Italy. Leaving the Philippines, Mr. Stewart was appointed consul at Castellamare di Stabia, Italy, holding that post for a ear. i At the end of that period, he became consul at Madras, India, where he was staticned for two years. He held the same position in Durban, Natal, from 1910 to 1913 and in Milan, Italy, from 1913 to 1914, It was while he was consul at Durban that Mr. Stewart married Miss Lucy Cobb Taylor of Americus, Ga. On July 17, 1914, Mr. Stewart was named consul general at large, and six years later he became consul gen- eral at Mexico City, where he spent a year, Served in Yokohama. From 1921 to 1923, Mr. Stewart was chief of consular personnel in the State | Department. In September, 1923, he went to Yokohama, Japan, where he served as consul general until the fol- lowing December. From Yokohama, Mr. Stewart was transferred to Tokio, where he stayed two years. While still in the Japanese capital, he was appointed a first-class foreign service officer. His appointment to_the consul generalship at Barcelona followed. Mrs. Stewart will leave for her home in Americus with her husband's body tonight. Arrangements for the funeral, which will be held in the Georgia town, have not been completed. DEPRESSION IS BLAMED FOR 4 PER CENT DROP IN FOOD CONSUMPTION (Continued From Pirst Page) an acre and a half of wheat or toma- toes, two or three acres if he lived on milk alone and 12 to 16 acres if he lived wholly on beef and veal. It now re- quires more than two acres to feed the average American, but only one acre to feed the average German and a half acre to feed the average Chinese. “The decrease in the United States since the war in consumption of cereal foods has reduced the area of these crops needed per person about one- twelfth of an acre, while the increase in consumfimn of milk, vegetables and fruit has increased the area per per- son needed to produce these products by about a quarter of an acre.” Meanwhile, Dr. Baker said, the pop- ulation has increased about 25,000,000, which would indicate the need of about 50,000,000 more acres in cultivation, while actually there are approximately only 6,000,000 more. Tleis due partly, he explained, to the decline in horses and mules requiring grain. The land has been released to feed milk and meat animals. It also is due, he pointed out, to the increased efficiency of agricul- ture, so the average cow produces 25 per ‘cent more milk tham before the war, and a shift from less productive to_more productive crops. The economic depression, he said, has caused a decline of about 4 per cent in meat consumption, 2 or 3 per cent in dalry products and a large decline in sugar. e MARY PICKFORD TO SAIL Plans to Join Douglas Fairbanks, Hunting in India. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 17 (#).— Mary Plckford, film star, said last night she planned to leave in two weeks for New York and London to join her husband, Douglas Fairbanks, screen star, who has been hunting big game in_India. Fairbanks now 1s in Europe, Miss Pickford said. “I expect him to call me by tele- phone and s soon as I have heard from him I will make definite plans to join him,” Miss Pickford said. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band, this afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the Audi- torium, Marine Barracks; Taylor Bra: son, leader; Arthur 8. Witcomb, second leader. “Overture in F Minor,” Ray “March of the Dwarfs" ‘Tone 'm, “The Bells"” Colombian waltz, “Secref “Tone picture, “Love’s Spring”. Halls of Montezuma.® Star Spangled Banner.” IMPERIAL COUPLE INSPECTS ACADEMY Prince Dons Uniform of Naval Lieutenant for Trip—Will Be Dinner Guests Tonight. i ued' From Virst Page) dinner in their honor at his residence, 2221 R street. ‘Walks Down. in Monument. ‘The prince put one over on formalits and schedule yesterday afternoon when he quit the famed cherry blossoms for the top of the Washingion Monument and then led a smilingly indulgent troop of aides, including a mighty weary Ambassador Debuchi, down the long, winding stairs. Not only that, but the young Japanese lieutenant upset the schedule a second time by visiting the Lincoln Memorial on the same out- ing, when he was not supposed to have seen that shrine until tomorrow morn- ing. Prince and Princess Takamatsu had gone to the Tidal Basin to view the cherry trees presented by Toklo to. the United States 19 years ago. While they posed at the beck and call of new: peper and motion picture photographers in the center of a milling throng of Americans bent on glimpsing an Ori- ental imperial honeymoon couple, the prince became fascinated by the stately shaft of the monument, which was mir- rored in the Tidal Basin. He stood it as long as he could and then whispered to an aide that he would like to see the Capital from the top. The whisper was adequate. Wanted to See Stone. The party climbed into its cars and wes whisked away to the base of the shaft for the elevator ride aloft. Once in the top Prince Takamatsu got the idea he’d like to inspect the stone sent by his nation for placement in the mon- ument wall. The ony way to do that, he was told, was to walk down. And s0 the princess 'vas bundled into the elevator for the return trip, while her royal husband, smiling mischievously at the men who remained behind, started down the long stairs. Ambas- sador Debuchi, being a good diplomat and a generous host to his young prince, grinned and started after him. Approximately half-way down, the party halted while Prince Takamatsu read the Japanese inscription of his country's gift to the Monument. Con- tinuing the long downward walk, the prince emerged from the base of the shaft a trilumphant tourist who had “done” what he had wanted. 2,000 ATTEND RECEPTION. All Ranks of Washington Society Rep- resented at Presentations. ‘Washington society to the number of more than 2,000 met Prince and Prin- cess Takamatsu at the reception at the Mayflower Hotel last evening with the Ambassador of Japan and Mme. De- buchi as hosts. ‘The usual ceremony observed at any formal reception in America obtained, even to the dainty Princess having her hand wrung in true American fashion more than 2,000 times. Chief Justice Received Privately. The guests were presented withcut unusual formality, the presentations be- ing made to the Ambassador, who in turn presented them to Prince and Princess Takamatsu, Madame Debuchi standing at the left of the Princess. Just back of them stood Mme. Takako Ockiai, lady-in-waiting to her imperial highness, while the master of cere- menies of the Prince’s suite, Comdr. Takeo Yamagata, stood nearby. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Hughes were re- ceived before the general reception opened. Many of the foreign guests carried out the European form of bowing low before the imperial guests, others sim- ply bowed, and almost without excep- tion the American guests shook hands. This matter of greeting has been the topic of conversation in drawing rooms for several days, so it was looked upon with great interest and curiosity, and the overfatigued hosts could not have breathed a deeper sigh of satisfaction when it was all over than did the thou- sands of guests who had not been duly coached. In the Chinese room, where the re- ceiving line stood, were quantities of palms, baskets and tall standards of Toses, snapdragons, delphinium and other Spring flowers, but a great scar- city of cherry blossoms. Visitors Sign Volume. Following their custom of 'taking their visitor register with then from city to city, 0510 handsomely bound volume lay on a table but a felw feet from the hosts, and almost without ex- ception the guests inscribed their names either as they entered or left the chamber. The table in the ball room, where high standards of Spring flowers were ranged with soldierly preeision, with low pleces interspersing, was of gigantic size, Indeed, a diplomat re- marked that it was almost as big as Japan. It was laden with refreshments, while two tables at the lower end of the room were used for serving punchi ‘The Minister of the Irish Free State and Mrs. MacWhite, who entertained at dinner in honor of the Secretary of ‘War and Mys. Hurley, arrived late with their guests, and many who tarried on at the opera came in after the prince and.princess and their suite and Mme. Debuchi left the reception roon, the Ahmbmndor standing alone to receive them. Princess Takamatsu, the lovely 19- year-old bride of the brother of the Emperor, presented a picture that will saw her. Attired in White Gown. Her exquisite Parisian gown of chalk white chiffon was elaborately studded in a bird design of tiny brilliants and crystals in silver and white. The frock was fashioned with a stiff little peplum below a narrow girdle of blue, rose and silver, the only color note in her cos: tume, The shoulder straps were of sparkling brilliants and the skirt, fall- ing to the floor, made a fan-shaped short train at the back. She wore her smooth black hair low on the neck, with small diamond ornaments at the sides; a handsome necklace of diamonds about her throat and several diamond bracelets. Princess Takamatsu brought with her many suggestions of new fashion fads to the younger mem- bers of society in Washingtdn and last evening undoubtedly set a new mark for formal evening wear when she ap- Eenred without long kid gloves, which ave been the rage in the Capital for some months. Even though one canno® picture a native of the Land of the Rising Sun without a fan, the carry- ing of a sweeping white feather fan by the royal princess will undoubtedly bring out many fans which have for some time been somewhat in oblivion. Mme. Debuchi, petite wife of the Japanese Ambassador, was in a strik; ing gown of rose-petal chiffon lavishly covered in a rose design with beads of a darker hue than the material. The gown was cut in a deep V in the back and fell to the floor. She wore long white kid gloves and pearl orna- ments. Wears Cloud-Blue Chiffon. ‘Mme. Ochiai, lady-in-waiting, wore a gown of cloud-blue chiffon and lace nd long white kid gloves. ‘Washington rarely handsome gowns, jewels and accessories in one setting as at last night's fete. The ball room was fairly glittering with diamonds and for the most part the gowns were of Spring hues and Senora de Tellez, wife of the dean of a picturesque 's egg blue and bodice trimmed linger in the memory of those who | o] has | Magnolia Tree Is Moved TO BE TRANSPLANTED IN ANACOSTIA PARK. LARGE magnolia tree, in full bloom, Square yesterday to be transplanted in the new park now under develop- Several other tIees also are to be transplanted in ment in Anacostia. the new park. was removed from McPherson —Star Staff Photo. - with old-fashioned fluting and liny cape sleeves. The skirt was designed with a peplum which was outlined with fluting of blue. Countess Szechenyi, wife of the Hun- garian Minister, wore a charming gown of pear white chiffon, encrusted with tiny white crystals. The skirt fell into a graceful train at the back. Countess Alice Szechenyi, who accompanied her parents, was in a gown of scarlet chiffon, made on- a molded-to-the- figure style. Mrs. Davis in Old Rose. Mrs. Davis, wife of Senator James J. Davis, arrived after attending part of the opera. Mrs. Davis was in a gown of old rose and gold lace, the design in a band effect, the colors alternating. Besides the cabinet and other high officials of the Government, with but few exceptions the entire diplomatic branches of the military service, others ‘Thomas I. Walsh, Senator and Mrs. Morris Sheppard, Representative Ruth Bryan Owen, Representative and Mrs. Fred A. Britten, former Senator and Mrs. Guy D. Goff, former Senator and Mrs. Royal 8. Copeland, Senator and Mrs. Henry Wilder Keyes, Representa- tive and Mrs. Sol Bloom, Miss Vera Blocm, the Bishop of Washington, Right Rev. James E. Freeman, and Mrs. Pree- man; the Commissioner of the District and Mrs. Luther H. Reichelderfer, the former Commissioner and Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro, Mr. and Mrs. Viector Kauffmann, Mr. Carlos del Mar and his ! bride, the former Mme. Paul Lessinoft; Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president general of the D. A. R.; Mrs. Robert W. Imbrie, Rev. Mead2 Bolton MacBryde, Mr and Mrs. Frederic Willlam Wile, Mrs. Char'es S. Deneen, Miss Bina Day Deneen, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Sidney A. Cloman, Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh, Mrs. John Allan Doughefly. Mrs. Robert Love Taylor, Mrs. Samuel Beverly Willlamson, Representative and Mrs. James M. Beck, Mr. R. M. Kauft- mann, Capt. and Mrs. Emory S. Land, the surgeon general of public heaith and Mrs. Hugh 8. Cumming, Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Miss Anne Randolph, Miss Mary Randolph, Mrs. M. de Clare Berry, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Rogers, Miss Mabel Boardman, Judge and Mrs. C. C. McChord, Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman, Mrs. Cabat Stevens, Miss Laura Walcott Tuckerman, Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, Col. and Mrs. George C. Thorpe, the Misses Patten, Col. and Mrs. M. Robert Gu heim, Mr. Wade H. Coover, Dr. Stanley Horn- beck, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam H. Beck, Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury, Mr. and Mrs. Pzul Weir, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock, Mrs. Robert Hinckly and Mr. and Mrs. Harmer S. Reeside. Guests at Dinner. Preceding the reception the Ambas- sador and Mme. Debuchi entertained the royal visitors at dinner, the table being set in the large ball room and bearing the same decorations as those used at the reception later. Those of the cabinet who were at the dinner left just before the reception opened. Guests besides the Prince and Prin- cess Takamatsu were the Secretary of State and Mrs. Henry L. Stimson, Mrs. ‘William D. Mitchell, wife of the At- torney General; the Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Charles F. Adams, the Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Ar- thur M. Hyde, the Secretary of Labor and Mrs. William N. Doak, the Under- Castle, jr.; the chief of staff, Gen. Douglas MacArthur; the chief of naval rations and Mrs. Willlam V. Pratt, the commandant of the Marine Corps and Mrs. Benjamin Hebard Fuller, the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr, the Assistant Secre- tary of State and Mrs. Francis White, the Assistant Secretary of State and Mrs. James Grafton Rogers, the As- Ernest Lee Jahncke; the Alsistant Sec- retary of the Navy and Mrs. David 8. Ingalls, Real Admiral and Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Maj. Gen. Willlam D. Connor, commandant of the Army War College; the former Ambassador.to Japan and Mrs. Roland S. Morris, Dr. Stanley F. Hornbeck, Mr. John Barton Payne, Mr. {and Mrs. John Kenneth! Caldwell, Ransford S. Miller, Col. and Mrs. fred T. Smith, Capt. and Mrs. C. P, Snyder, Capt. and Mrs. Charles Train, Capt. and Mrs. H. R. Stark, Capt. and Mrs. W. Baggaley, Lieut. Col. Campbell B. Hodges, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. Ellis Mark Zacharias, Miss Mabel Boardman, Mr. and Mrs. Max- well Hamilton, Mr. Charles A. Page, Maj. and Mrs. Willlam Carey Crane, Mr. .{ T;nklln ){cmn. honorary consul of Japan af del an Dr. Prederic Bancroft, i Members of their imperial highnesses’ suite present were Comdr. Takeo Yama- gata, master of ceremonies; His Ex- cellency Iwakichi Ishikawa, controller of the household; Mme. Takako Ochiai, lady in waiting to her imperial high- ness; Dr. Tseneo Sakamato, physician to the household, and Lieut. Comdr. Kyosuke Mizuno, aide de camp to his imperial highness. « From the embassy staff were the counselor and Mme. Kato; the naval attache, Capt. S. Shimomura; the mili- tary attache, (hhhshnhnl ‘Washizu, sees as many | Second T, The consul general of Japan to New York, Mr., K. Ferinouchi, also was a guest. — Silk ribbons exported from Switzer- land last year were valued at npearly $2,500,000. corps and ranking officers of all in the notable throng included Senator | Mrs. Prederick H. Gillette, Senator and | The secretary of State and Mrs. William R. | had STIMSON LIMITS U.5. IN NIGARAGUA Americans Warned Protec- tion Will Not Be General Due to Banditry. (Continued From First Page.) killed on April 11 and 12 in the dis- trict northwest of Puerto Cabezas. The cruiser Memphis arrived at Puerto Cabezas early today and within an hour the gunboat Asheville left that port for Cape Gracias a Dios, some miles up the coast. The gunboat Sacra- mento is due in Bluefields later today. cruiser Rochester was approach- ing Balboa, in the Canal Zone, en rouf to the Nica: n east _coast. e As these defense efforts Representative Hamilton Pish, jr., Re- publican, of New York, attacked the ition’s attitude toward Nica- ragua as a “hit-and-run” policy which “It is interesting to compare the results of this policy, where nine Amer- ican lives have been lost, to that of Theodore Roosevelt in far-off Morocco of ‘Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead,’” lew Yorker contended the Ma- rines either should be withdras mediately or used to protect both American lives and property. ‘This criticism followed a restatement in high official quarters here that the administration’s new policy in Nica- :l:guxa was Ilz‘ued cn a determination to orce when necessary to save Amer- ican life, but to mpl;’y armed for safe property only in most exceptional circumstances. No statement was made as to whether the present situation was “exceptional.” No Change in Plans. The State Dej ent announced that despite inl\lrlmcflvlly and the Managuan earthquake no change had in its plans to have all Marines out of Nicaragua by the - ning of 1933. Secretary Stimson has officially approved plans to withdraw ;ll ccmbatant made last Pel that the last group of men be evacuated after the 1932 elections. Three Senators joined also in eriti- cism of the Nicaraguan policy. Senator Swanson, Demccrat, of Virginia, said k‘l'eu lwu "axcr: LR:n Hrt;over administration prof erican property and American citizens.” % Senators Brookhart, Republican, of Iowa, and King, Democrat, of Utah, re- iterated their demands that the Marines be brought back home. “It was a mistake to send the Marines to Nicaragua and it’s still a mistake to keep them there,” said King. SIAMESE ROYALTY ARRIVE IN CANADA Il King Avoids Victoria Greetings—Liner Sets Rec- ord Time on Crossing. By the Associated Press. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 17-—Traveling incognito and looking more like wealthy tourists than reigning sovereigns of one of the last absolute monarchies in the world, the King and Queen of Siam arrived here today. They are on their way to Baltimore, where the King is to undergo an operation for the removal of a cataract in his left eye. By the Associated Press. VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 17.—King Prajadhipok of Siam, suffer- ing from an indisposition which ship's physicians described as a slight attack of bronchitis and malaria, was toward Vancouver, British Columbia, today for a visit to the United States. ‘The liner Empress of Japan m him and his Queen across the in record time, arriving here last night. The King is en route to Baltimore, 'vllohere he will undergo an eye opera- n. ‘The monarch canceled all official en- gagements here, but the royal party was received by Dominion and province officials aboard the vessel. They were met by Queen Rambaibarni and Prince and Princess Svasti. The Queen and her escort faced a battery of cameras and newspaper men. The Queen was presented a basket of roses from “the Rose City of Vie- toria,” and received the delegation with & speech. J. A. Lemaire, clerk of the Pri g:unc:l spoke on behal nnett. Prince Amoradat Kridakara, Siamese Minister at Washington, D. C., presented the Canadian party. The royal party will leave for New York at midnight tonight from Van- couver on & train, which will enter the ited States at Portal, N. Dak, early Monday. royal party will be welcomed by American officials at Portal. The journey East includes stops at Minneapolis and Chlc:fi. From York the regal party go to Wash- ington, where it will stay two days. In ‘Washington the incognito under which the King and Queen are now traveling will be dropped and they will be en- titled to the recognition accorded rulers. MRS. CAROLINE J. WOOD, 75, DIES AT HOME HERE Native of Baltimore Was Promi- nent in Capital’s Church and Social Activities. Mrs. Caroline Jewell Wood, 75, for many years a well known and social worker here, i , died her home, 233 Eighth east. She had besn home for several years. Born in Balf street confined 8 4 28" e Henry Sf Louise Wt both of this tevens Wi rood, also leaves & sister, Mrs. N. D. Philadel] night at 7 o'clock. Col. | tommacems st st uu:':mvflg made on the after-dinner Nelson Anderson will “dwou- g, and various instrumental solos be presented. Miss Hope Rose will play for the community for dancing will be by the De Luke Orchestra. —_—— ATTACHES TO SEE TACTICS Military attaches of Secretary Stimson declined to discuss | F¢ the purpose of a 45-minute confersnce held yesterday with Presid:nt Hoover, explaining théy had talked about the “beauties of Spring.” Tension at Puerto Cabezas was some- Wwhat relaxed today, since no insurgents been seen in the vicinity for 48 hours. Nearly all American women and children, however, have been evacuated. The steamer Cefalu has left with 30 American refugees for New Orleans. Forty-five miles north of Puerto Cabezas a band of insurgents swooped down on Cape Garclas a Dios and looted the town. They retired up the river with their plunder. American Ma- rine aviators dropped 14 bombs on the Attack Reports Erroneous. sistant Secretary of the Navy, Mr.|band. Mar Ricardo Miro, Joaquin Planell, leave here Sunday morning. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES and %o and To_yar 08 Tardy Miss...... 110 American Consul Rowe at Bluefields | {0 reported to the State Department that | S previous reports of an insurgent attack on Rama, 65 miles northwest of Blue- |Foll fields, were erroneous. He said, however, small bandit groups had been reported in the area. ‘The reported attack on Rama was the principal reason for ordering the Sac- ramento to Bluefields. Rowe reported one error in the list b Middlebu; entry. cB. 108 a Mapleton ' Stud _entry. Stable & Willlam Ziegler, Jr., & W. H. Labrot entry. of eight American civilians reported | Siiis; Phnea® &t April 11 and 13 northwest of rto Cabezas. He said Herbert H. Wilson was one of | T the victims and not Hubert O. Wilson of Wichita, Kans., as previously reported. The State Department had no record of | Golden any Herbert H. Wilson having gone to Central America. Rowe said all other Americans at Puerto Cabezas were accounted for and none had been injured. FEARS RELATIVES SLAIN. NEW ORLEANS, April 17 (#).—Fred C. Fagot, former Nicaraguan merchan yesterday said he feared his father a: mother and 10 other relatives had been slain by bandits in the raid Wednesday | mil on C Graclas Adios. He been advised by Secre of State Stimson and it Assistant of the Navy Jahncke that the State De- | 5 partment and the le Department Tere siziving o larn the fate of his t said he had been driven out of Nicaragua ho had threatened to the Towee . Bright Bird,. & P. H. Paulconer entry. 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