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¥ ¥ DEMOCRATIC CHIEF HITSFESS ANSHER Shouse Denies He Said G. 0. P. Bought 10,000,000 Cop- ies of Religious Attack. (Continued From First Page.) ceeded to make confidential disclosures to the Democratic Club in San Fran- cisco last week. Unknown to Shouse his voice was still ‘on the air’ and he has_been exposed by the newspapers in San Francisco as engaging in & con- temptible, skulking appeal to religious prejudice’ and of attempting by adroit falsehood to fasten the offense on the Republican National Committee. “Shouse stated that the Republican National Committee had purchased 10,000,000 copies for distribution of a magazine article that made reference %o the religious affiliations of John J. Raskob. This charge was a deliberate lie and its falsity must or could have been known to Shouse when he made it. “This despicable action by Mr. Shouse was exposed by the San Fran- cisco Chronicle on April 17, in an article headed “‘Shouse Charge of Creed Issue Stirs Faith Held Reason for G. O. P. Circulars.’ *‘Mistake Over “Mike” Sends “Con- mtlence” on Air.’ “The chronicle says: ‘Democratic ngues buzzed in San Prancisco yes- terday over the “religious issue” *°* * Jouett Shouse, right-hand man of Chairman Raskob, was the cause. He brought it up at the end of his pro- grammed speech at the dinner of the Democratic Chib Wednesday night. New that 1 am no longer on the air,’ Shouse said confidentially to the diners But, Mr. Shouse was mistaken. The ‘mike’ was still broadcasting his ex- tempore remarks, says the Chronicle. “The account of the meeting then pro- ceeds: ““Mr. Shouse then turned to an article on Chairman_ Raskob recently pub- lished in an Eastern magazine stating that the article was written by Robert | Cruise McManus, a newspaper man, and attacks Chairman Raskob on re- ligious, political and other grounds. “'After calling the attention of the | assembled diners to this article, Mr. | Shouse asserted that the Republican National Committee had purchased 1 000,000 copies of th: magazine for Na- tion-wide distribution, and then said: * ‘Raskob is one of the most eminent Catholics in America. If he were a| Methodist. for instance, would the Re- publican National Committee have or- dered those 10,000,000 copies?* “This published account of Mr. Shouse’s ‘confidential’ disclosures and accusation before the: San Francisco Democratic Club, when he thought he | was ‘no longer on the air,’ is conclusive | proof that foul tactics are being re- sorted to by Mr. Shouse. His statement that the Republican National Commit- tee purchased for distribution 10,000,000 / or any other number of copies of the magazine containing the article to which he referred is a brazen falsehood. Neither the Republican National Com- mittes nor any one connected with the Republican National Committee has or- dered or purchased or distributed 10.- 000,000 nor any other number of copies of the magazine or of the article to which Mr. Shouse refers. “In view of Mr. Shouse's ‘confidential smearing’ statement and my denial of his false charge, I will donate ten thou- sand dollars to Mr. Shouse’s Democratic Publicity Bureau if he can prove that at any time the Republican National committee has either ordered or pur- chased or distributed any of the mag- azines, or the article in the magazine, to which he Teferred. “The contemptible and untruthful statement made by Mr. Shouse in San Francisco should advise sl people who hear him in the future just how much reliance they can place in any state- ment of his.” Republican leaders have formulated plans for taking into the farm States 2 campaign of economic instruction which will include a vigorous defense of the tariff and the Farm Board. At a meeting of party leaders yester- day the groundwork was laid upon which will be based the Republican drive in the Middle West. Senator Dickinson of Iowa, who. as chairman of the Republican Agriculture Advisory Council, will direct that phase of the campaign, described it as ‘“economic rather than political.” | Lauds Immigration Stand. ‘There appeared to be a willingness to center the next presidential race on| economic issues rather than prohibition. Shortly after their meeting, Repre- sentative Cable, Republican, of Ohio, issued a statement praising the restric- | tive immigration stand of President | Hoover, whereas, he sald, “Congress fell | down on the proposition “A year and a half ago.” Cable said, | “the leaders realized further restriction | of immigration was ¥mperative. The | restrictionists in Congress, however. | could not agree on a bill, so it was| the President who indicated to the State | Department that further’restriction for | the protection of the workers of this| Nation was possible by enforcing the “likely to become a public charge’ pro- vision of the law in the light of existing economic conditions Office to Open Next Week. Cable added that no other dent has “suggested £0 many worthy modifi- | cations of our immigration and depor- tation law At their conference, Republican lead- ers discussed arrangements for the| opening of an cffice next week in Des Moines by Senator Dickinson. The Iowa | Senator announced the conferees agreed | upon a three-way program embodying discussion cf world economic conditions. | a tariff defense and “a vindication of the Farm Boar | ““We are ready to carry on a full, ag- | gressive campaign Dickinson said, | “but we hope to make it more of an economic nature than pclitical.” ! Among those who attended the con- | ference were Walter Newton, presiden- | tial secretary; Secretary of Agriculture | Hyde, Sam R. McKelvie, Farm Board | wheat member; Robert H. Lucas, ex- ecutive director of the Republican Na- | tional Ccmmittee tary of the Republican Congressional Committee, and Senator Dickinson MANN TO GO SOUTH Will Direct Formation of Anti-Hoover Group From North Carolina. By the Associated Pres Horace Mann, President Southern campaign director in 1928 sald today he would continu: the for- | mation of his Southern Republican or ganization during the ing S mer from Linville, N. C Mann said he would go there about June 15 and would keep in close touch with Southern Republican leaders Mann plans to open national head- quarters in Washington next W 1o organize the forces for the approach- ing conventfon and campaign. The purpose of the organization will be to send delegates to the convention op posed to the renomination of President | Hogver. 7The Mann organization in the South, | accdrding to its leader. is being built | on the basis of the 1928 Republican | set-up, and Mann's associates hope to unite this Southern group with anti- Hoover delegations from Northern Btates. Desplite Mann's Postmaster General Republican leaders have predicted President Hoover's renomination with the txd approval of Southern delega- ®ons. Hoover's | claims, Brown and other » | shortl Laundon $1,000, |and O. L. Earl Venable, secre- | Th | town. nowever, | Alfonso’s Exiled Aunt Dies INFANTA ISABELLA LEFT By the Associated Press. ARIS, April 23.—The Infanta Isa- bella, aunt of Alfonso of Spain, died in a hospital here this aftternoon. She was 80 years old. The death of the Infanta Isabella occurred after less than a week of exile, for the ill and feeble princess fled Spain after King Alfonso left last week The other members of the immediate royal family followed sepzrate paths into exil palace, not even telling her the throne had fallen. They knew she would not be disturbed in the confusion of that week, but the princess had seen the throne fall once before and when she heard the din out- side her wndows she demanded to know what it was all about. Then they told her what had hap- pened. Dismayed, but determined. she set about packing her bags and turned her face from Madrid Last Monday she crossed the frontier with Infanta Beatrice, sister of Queen PARMELEE HOME WILLED TO WIDOW Trust Fund of $75,000 a Year Also Established—Others Receive Gifts. (Prom the 5:20 Edition of Yes‘erday's Star.) The will of James Parmeles, friend and assoclate of former Ambassador Myron T. Herrick, who dizd April 19, was filed today for probate. The value of the estate was not disclosed. The widow, Mrs. Alice Maury Parme- lee, is given the property known as the Causeway, 3029 Klingle road, with the household effects, horses and carriages. She also is to have the cquipment at Parmelee Farm, in Mentor, Ohio, for life. On her death the ~ffects at both places are to become part of the residue of the estate. T) Unicn <tate is devised to the Cleveland and Hol- eland in trust to p of the Washington rmelee Farm durin d to pay her $7 he lives. Tr pay for the upke hom: and F emaker, during her th to Wilhelmina An son for faithful services. Portraits Bequeathed. Pa ely W. Herr! portrait of a “La of the Court, XVII Century”; Rollin A. W is to get $10,000, Nannic $5,000, Henderson B. Gregory John McNaughton $5.000, C Boutall $5,000, C. ) J. E. Krayer $2 500, Grace N. Gt $5.000, Jones M $5 emplo corporations in which deceased was | terested Employes of his Washington dence_are to have $500 each than three years employed for three t for more t the Parme! each. The Foun dow t “Young Cru: After the of John Pa Ty of Ar entitled resi- it less $750 each e Farm are to receive $500 Protest tion is Ep! en a st acer in Arr dow's de: copal Cathedral ed glass wir entitled . a bronze bu 0 go to the C sen, t by C The Pictur Endowments An endow iranted. 5,000 i given to Youngstown, Ohio town Hospit: d Memorial Ohio, 2 he $5,000 orial Hospital at Pa 000 to La Follo all the art obj which prints g the de American art cbjccts are n Gallery and to the Cle: is have Parmelee o foreign nd Museum, the Japanese also at is to be dis- ity, one-f Cleveland serve University. Protestant Cathed 15 por cent to the the expiration of named institution: n the proportior ! wue the trusteesh SUFFERS ATTACK AT TRIAL WARSAW, April 23 (#).—The trial of Gen. Jazwinski, which began here April 20, took a tragic turn today, when the gencral suffered a heart attack, fol- lowed by paralysis of the right side of his_body. He was one of four generals remain- ing loyal to President Wojclechowki when_Marshal Pilsudski forced him out of office in 1826 and is charged now with failure to report embezzlements of subordinates to the war office. 15 per , leaving Isabella in her private = SPAIN DESPITE ILLNESS. | Marie of Rumania, on the way to Paris. | She was desperately i1l and her con- | dition naturally was aggravated by the excitement through which she was | passing. She made the trip by train and at| Hendaye, the border point where pas- | sengers change for Paris, she was car- ried from one train to the other on a stretcher. Still her doughty self, che smiled wanly and chatted with the aristocrati emigres, who were at Hendaye to meet er. She and Beatrice had an otherwice uneventful journey, but when Queen Victorta left for Fontainbleau she could not go along. She had been taken to the “hospital on the day after she arrived. Isabella saw Jer mother. Queen Isa- bella, dethroned in 1873 and she went with other members of the royal family into exile during the brief life of the republic which was established then. She was married in May, 1868, to Gactan. Count de Girgenti and Prince of Bourbon. He died in November, 1871. President of Sp Will Talk on Radio To America Sunday By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. April 23.—Alcala Zamora, provisional President of the new Republic of Spain, is to address America by radio Sun- day. He will speak in Spanish for about 7 minutes over the com- bined networks of the Natfonal Broadcasting Co. His address then will be translated into Eng- lish. The talk also will be re- layed by the short-wave stations associated with KDKA and WGY. The program will last from noon to 12:30 pm. (E. 8. T.). TILSON HOPES TO GET HOUSE SPEAKERSHIP| Declares Position as Party Leader Places Him in Line for Promotion. Following the u: ancing the party be Speaker. publicans case Nicholas Longworth and by the Demo- n the case of the latc Champ Clark and as the Democrats propose to do again with Representative Johr N. Garner—House Leader John Q. Til- son expects to be clected Speaker the incoming Congress In an interview given at today, Mr. Tilson said he reach Washington Monday for confer- ences with party leaders, and probably will remain here for a week. His e pectation of being promoted to the speakership was expressed as follows “I em in line for promotion to the speakership, which is a matter usua in control of the dominant party. I was selected and am acting as majority floor leader, and this places me in line the speakership. If my party holds sent ma I have hope of be- chosen to lead the party as its T TWO WOMEN INDICTED 1 proced leader on was dor in the late New Haven expects to for its ing Spe FOR CHARGING ATTACK! Colored Man Acquitted After First Being Condemned in Norfolk. the Associated NORFOLK othy Skaggs of plainant in two Harper, colored inal as I, Ketchum against the c yesterday by a charges of per. Harper 1 = was indicted, a true bill charging him with ‘“robbery by force and from the person,” an offense which in Virginia carries the death penalty. At the first trial Harper was con- victed and sentenced to death on ti attack _ch: He was identified and was alleged to have sion to Norfolk police trial was granted on of new evidenc o the eficct that was alleged to have Norfolk Mrs. Skag North Carolina. The acquitted and aft- erward the special gr jury was called to review the en se. with particular attention to the conflict of testimeny. By a Mrs. Dor- Pcrtsmouth, Va.. com- recent trials of Willlam n charges nd Mrs nd. who red man, were indicted special grand jury on Catherine nfe new the time the taken place in was at a dance | colored man w . Luncheon Postponed. 1 Dispateh to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., April The bridge lunchesn planned by Acacia Chapter, Eastern Star, for tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. W. Rucker, has been indefinitely postponed because of the illness of tha hostess. « crim- | testified | by | i JAIL PUBLISHER FOR BOW STORIES Federal Officers Arrest Coast Editor on Obscenitv Charge. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, April 23—Arrested on Federal indictment charging him with sending obscene articles about Clara Bow through the mails, Fred H. | Girnau, weekly newspaper publisher, was held in the county jail today in default of $10,000 bail Rex Bell, the actress’ officers two men known to him only as Jordan and Rockwell, prior to publication of the articles had present- ed a plan to him whereby the storles could have been suppressed. Wanted Hush Money. Bell said Jordan and Rockwell had suggested that Girnau's paper, ths Coast Reporter, could be bought for $25000 and that they (Jordon and Rockwell), would put up $15,062 toward the purchase if Bell would raise ine other $10,000 The ariicles about Miss Bow raa in four issues and were preceded by pub- lication of a purported afidavit bearing the signature of Daisy De Boe, saying she had agreed to give Girnau a “true and honest story.” Miss De Boc. who was convicted of stealing an $825 coat from the actres denied through her attorney she had made an afidavit in writing to Girnau, although she said she had given him legal authority ‘o publish a story of her life with Clara Bow, Girnau Makes Denial. Miss De Boe was given 18 months' ion jail sentence and is now at under bond pending action on her_appeal. i Girnau denied knowing anything about the asserted proposal of Jordan and Rockwell, who are sought for ques- tioning. Officials at where Miss Bow is employ 1nau had called there = with a demand that | from motion pictures, 'BRITISH WARSHIP ON MYSTERY TRIP Cruiser Curlew Believed En Route to Scene of Portuguese Revolt. friend told, the Paramount Studios, d, said Gir- al weeks ago he be withdrawn i By the Associated Press | GIBRALTAR, April 23.—The British cruiser Curlew steamed westward at full specd this morning under orders which | were not disclosed. Her destination was thought to e the, Portuguese island of Madeira, where a rebel junta has been in control for more than a fortnight. British Admiralty Silent. the admiralty office today said they were not at liberty to disciose the des- tination of the cruiser Curlew, which salled westward from Gibraltar, nor could they give the reasons for its de- parture. Portuguese Troops Sail. LISBON, Portugal, April 23 (#) —The Correia, and a force of 600 Portugues troops were off to the wars today |into a transport. Their destination is Funchal, Ma- deira, where the admiral said every effort would be made to force bloodless | surrender of rebels holding the port. | Failing in this, he wiil initiate military | measures which may involve bombard- ment of the little island city A band played the national anthem as Corriera and members of the cabinet boarded the transport. The cabinet, after wishing him godspeed in his mis- | sion, went back ashore. The transport also’ carries one hydro-airplane, which can be used to drop both government | propaganda and _bombs The colonial office announced an in- | significant revolt had broken out in the garrison in Portuguese Guinea (presum- Bolama). but that it had been sup- { pressed immeatately by the governor, Maj. Lrite Majalhaes. Most of the troops there were said to be loyal. PAPER MILLS IN MAINE INDICATE PRICE SLASH| Great Northern Informs Customers Tompetitive Position in Mar- ket Will Be Maintained. e Assoctated Press NEW YORK, April 23 —Following an announced reducticn newsprint by everal cturers, the G v a . which has milis at Millinocket, Me.. notified its customers yesterday that it would maintain iis competitive position” in the market. Canadian !By i manufacturers announced LONDON, April 23 (#).—Officials of | Portuguese minister of marine, Admiral | aboard the Carvalho Araujo, converted | 'HAWKS BAGS ANOTHER RECORD; PARIS-LONDON IN 59 MINUTES Dizzy Over Alps, Flyer Reveals Discussing Rome Flight-—Craft Haywire in Italy, English Spea ated Press. . England, April 23.—Capt Frank Hawks, with two new speed rec- ords to his credit. climbed out of his red monoplane here this afternoon just 59 minutes after he had left Le Bourget rport, outside Paris, He had covered the minutes faster than any had ever flown it. Comdr. Glenn Kidston's record of 96 min from Le Borget to Croydon was just another mark the Texan had knocked over In two days he has halved two im- portant flying records, cutting the time to Rome to 5 hours and 20 minutes and Jeaving European aviators in a daze over his mark for the Channel distance 37 other man cald, with a wide grin after he had shaken hands all around, “those Alps make our Rocky Moun- tains lool e little bumps. We pulled through all right, but I still don't know how.” He was talking about flight t> Rome, during which to climb 23,000 feet without an tank yesterday's he had ygen Between Thin Air and Crags. “I pulled up to 21,000," he said, “and I knew I had to go hight With every fool I got dizzier and I couldn't move in the cockpit for fear of passing out “Down below all T could see through the fog was show on the top of moun- tains and crags. Over my head nothing but_thin air—mighty thin. “I don't know how I made it but I got over and headed for Rome in a driving rain. To dodge the storm I hit for the Italian coast.” that, effective May 1, newsprint would | be $57 a ton delivered in New Ycrk. | The present price is $62 Cu e Canada Power & | Paper Corporation also were informed | the full reduction of $5 a ton wculd be | retroactive from January 1. Other Ca- | nadian manufacturers have set $3 a |ton as the retroactive figure from the | first of the year The Great Northern Paper Co. told custome cu will hear from us lat mably as to what their new scale wonld be. | | Spanish Envoy COMING HERE TO SUCCEED AMBASSADOR PADILLA. ALVADOR DE MADARIAGA, Spanish writer and scholar and former League of Nations official, who was ap- pointed Ambassador of Spain in the United States by the republican gov- ernment’s minister of state, Alejandro | Lerroux. He will replace Ambassador Alejandro Padilla y Bell, who resigned upon the fall of the monarchist gov- ernment in Spain recently, —A. P. Photo. | victims of a holdup eariy Friday BALTIMORE HOLD-UP SUSPECT IDENTIFED Half of $50,000 Jewels Found on Arrested Man—Com- panion Sought. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md. Peggy Stewart, one of 23.—Miss debut@nte in a party of homeward bound opera goers was stripped of $50,000 in jewels, today identified a suspect as one of the bandit pair and said gems valued at $25,000 he had were part of the loot The suspect, Leo Navarro, 26, was ar- rested yesterday at his home. He said he was a tin cutter. Police said they were on the trail of another man. Two diamond bracelets and a diamond studded watch found in Navarro's pos- session were identified os her own by Miss Stewart, and a diamond pin was said to telcng to Miss Nancy Miller, an- debutante d he found the jewels in rk. He is to be given a formal hear- ing Saturday. Other members of the party Tobbed at the entrance to the suburban home of C. Wilber Miller, a manufacturer, were Mr. and Mrs. Miller and two other daughters. With the arrest of Dale Lambert, 18 police were confident today they had solved another major crime here of the last few d: Lambert confessed, they announced, that he was one of the pair who, in an attempt Monday to rob John Anderson, 42, a milk col- lector, A search for the man he named as April the which his companion was centered today in | New York shot and fatally wounded him. | kers Lacking. | The small crowd which stood around listening to him bubbled with laughter when he began to tell about the return trip. “I got off all right at Rome.” he said, | and along about Pisa something went haywire in the fuel line. I came down to fix ft “I don't speak Italian and at the Pisa field there was nobody who could speak English. I tried to make them under- stand that I was all right, but they wanted 54 lire for a landing fee “I didn't have any lire and they didn’t have eny change for your Eng-| lish pound sterling. fun.” We had a lot of Going to Try Again. When the captain started out yester- day his idea was to have lunch in Rome and come back here for dinner last night with the Aero Club, but his fucl ran out and he landed at Poilly-Les- Gien, about 85 miles south of Paris. He stayed there overnight and this morning hopped into Paris in 24 min- utes. The French fiyers at Le Bourget had just received word of his take-off when he dropped down on the field. He didn't make his one-day round trip, but_he’s going to try again before he goes home. Mrs. Hawks was waiting for him here and she broke into a smile when the familiar monoplane came into sight. “I know Frank is able to take care of himself.” she said, “But I'm never really happy until 1 sce h's wheels on the ground. Ho takes great delight in these flights and this one is his way of spending part of his vacation in Eng- land.” The air line distance from Le Bour- get to Heston s 229 miles. Hawks' 59- minute flight covered the distance at a speed of close to 233 miles an hour. |ABORITES OBJECT 10 ALFONSO'S VISIT “What About Trotsky?’ They Shout During Ques- tioning in Commons. By the Associated Press. LONDON. April 23.—~The method by which Alfonso of Spain entersd Eng- land and his right to remain were the subject of pertinent questions today by Laborite members in the House of Commons. R. Morley asked whether any appli- cation had been received from Alfonso to reside here and was answered by Home Secretary Ciyncs with a curt “No,” But a numbcr of Labcrites were not_satisfied “May I ask whether ex- has_had country,” queried A. F. Brockway. Mr. Clynes replied that, so far as he knew, Alfonso was visiting Great Britain under conditions c:rresponding to those always prevailing for royal visits. “Will the government now consider the possibility of giving permission to other distinguished exiles to reside in this country?” again asked Mr. Morley. “What about Trotsky?” shouted sev- eral of his colleaguss. The speaker and Mr. Clynes attempt- ed to quiet the House and were aided by Ernest Brown, Liberai, who said “Isn't it a good British principle not | to hit a man when he is down?" Meanwhile little groups waited out- | side Alfonso’s hotel, ready to greet him whenever he appeared. ng Alfonso Malinoff Given Free Hand. SOFIA, Bulgarla, April 23 (@) — | King Boris today gave former Premier | Malie = a free hand to form a coali- a visa granted to enter this | DEMOCRATS PLAN Upper: General view of the wrecked steel frame of the Rcosevelt High School Auditorium. Lower: Close-up of one of the hea horizontal beams, which was bad! twisted and driven far into the ground -—Star Staff Photo. 1 | | | {Robb said the loss would not exceed $10,000, while John A. McDonald, presi- dent of the National Construction Co., Inc., believed a final check may reduce | that figure to “three or four thousand.” Mr. McDonald said that not more | than two days will be lost through the collapse. “We are right on the job there now.” he said, “and we will have that stuff cleared away and work resumed in no time. We shan't be delayed more than two days by the whole business.” Acked who would suffer the loss, he replied that was a matter for the Le- high concern to shoulder. “The Lehigh has the steel contract and it's up to them to get it up there If they give the erection contract to another firm. as they did in this case, it is up to them to see the material is put up,” Mr. McDonald declared. Heron Todd of the firm which bears his name could not be reached. George R. Taylor, an engineer for Mr. Todd, however said no statements would be made publicly concerning the collapse. Specialists at Work. ‘The Di ct investigation is being made by two steel specialists of Build- ing Inspector John W. Oehman's office at the request of Albert L. Harris, runicipal architect, who designed the school. A preliminary survey also is being made by S. B. Walsh. assistant municipal architect, and H. M. Marsh, | structural engineer of Mr. Harris' of- fice. Neith:r Mr. Walsh nor Mr. Marsh would make any statement, explaining :hey would report at the District Build- ng. The steel which collapsed appeared extremely top-heavy, and. in the opin | fon of Maj. Robb, would have required substantial guying to hold it in place until the rivets were driven. Steel workers who examined the twisted metal expressed the belief that | virtually all of the girders will have |to be condemned. They believed, how- ever, th collapse was in no way at- tributable to faulty material or incor- | rect design. but soley to the lack of | proper guys. The watchman said he had just passed the frame when the cras came. He said h2 saw no swaying. Mr. Harris, municipal arcnitect, said the collapse was “just one of those acts of God” which neither design nor ma- terial caused. ‘While most of the twistcd metal was a tangled mass within the foundations of the auditorium itself, several large beams had fallen outward. One of these was driven four or five feet into the earth while its length, which re- | mained above the surface, was twistad | like a ribbon. Children had been plav- ing near the structural work during | the afterncon. * PROBES COLLAPSE OF SCHOOL FRAME DURING GALE HERE! ___ (Continued From First Page) Reaches 53 Tre gale attaine a velecity of miles an hour shortly after it began. Several trces were uprooted or snapped Off in various parts of the District and In nearby Marylana and Virginia, but no one was reported injured. Two of the trees blown dcwn were on M street, one of them between Six teenth and Seventeenth strects and th: other between Thirteenth and Four- teenth. While a pair of willows in Potomac | Park were uprocted, the gale did little | -Mile Velocity. 55 | Committee, T0 RASE 510000 Shouse, After Conference With Raskob and Smith, Says Debt Will Be Funded. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 23.—Jouett Shouse came out of a huddle with Alfred E. Smith and John J. Raskob on Demo- cratic party finances yesterday and said their immediate objective would be to raise approximately $1.000,000 The conference between Mr. Shouse, National Executive Committee chair- man; Mr. Raskob, National Committee chairman, and former Gov. Smith, the party’s presidential candidate in 1928, also” was attended by the head of an organization which Wil assist in the campaign. Mr. Shouse came here from the Pa- cific Coast to confer with Mr. Raskob, who will sail for Europe tomorrow. Mr. Raskob will nct return until July 1. Finances Sole Subject. said finances was the only subject discussed at the meeting. The National Committee, he related, was empowered at its recent Washing- ton meeting to proceed with the rais- ing of funds A campaign proposal with a goal of between $5,000.000 and $6,000.000 was submitted at that time by the Jones organization. Such an estimate, how- ever, Mr. Shouse said yesterday, was based on the entire financing for 1632, and the party leaders at this time will only concern themselves with the ras- ing of $1,000,000. This_amount, Mr. Shouse said, would be sufficient to fund the present party debt, approximately 50,000 carry on the organization's work until the 1932 convention and leave a balance for the new National which will come into be- Mr. Shouse ing_then Mr. Shouse said he was well pleased with the result of his tour of the far West and that he found mounting sen- timent favorable to the Democratic party San Francisco Mentioned. While Cleveland has been the only city thus far formally to_ invite the party’s 1932 convention, Mr. Shouse said_he understood a bid would be made by San Francisco. However, he said he had not discussed the matter with any members of the National Committee. He said he had pleasant memories of the 1920 convention at San Prancisco, but the name of that city had been mentioned as a possible site for the 1932 Republican convention and if it were chosen as such he did not suppose the Democrats would want to meet in the same city. The money raising campalgn, Mr. Shouse said, will be national in scope. “We expect to obtain a great deal of this outside New York,” h said. He did not disclose details of the drive, but said the Jones organization would be helpful in making surveys and outlining its course. “We want to give the next National Committee a balance and also the ma chinery for raising additional fund: Mr. Shouse said. Earlier in the day Mr. Raskob re- terated he had no intention of resign- ing his chairmanship. He said persons asking his rctirement were dry Demo- crats not connected with the National Committce and “not one national com- mitteeman or committeewoman has written or asked my resignation.” Mr. Rackob listed the thre= to be decided in 1932 as prohibition, the tariff and the establishment of an eco- nomic balance H.. said business was picking up, but that he did not beli-ve the improvem=nt would benefit Republican chances, for that party “is shot to pleces.” YOUNG PEOPLE’S GUILD TO OBSERVE BIRTHDAY A communion breakfast will be held by the Dowling Guild of Hsly Name Church Sunday in the parish hall, West Virginia avenue and Morse street north- east, in celebration of the first anni- versary of the founding of the young people’s society. About 200 are expected to attend the breakfast, which will be held imme- diately after the 8 o'clock mass in the church. Rev. Thomas A. Calnan of Silver Spring, Md.. former moderator of the society, will be honor guest and principal speaker at the breakfast . Ralph Meyer is chairman of the Act- ing Committee, with John Irving, Miss Helen Ccgan, Norman Kirby and Miss Mary Turner as istants. Rev. P. J. Dougherty, assistant pastor and mod- erator of tre guild, is adviser to the committee in charge. WILL PRESENT PLAY Pierce Hall Players to Offer Span- ish Comedy. “The Romantic Young Lady" will be offered as the third presentation of the scason by the Plerce Hall Players on May 1 and 2. The threc-act comedy, oy G Martinez, Spanish dramatist, was first presented in 1918 in Madrid. The play is directed by Catherine Palmer Mitchell. The cast includes Laura Stockton Voorhees, Roy Gezelius, Edward _ Northrup. Arthur Rohrer, Dulan Sellers, Emily Toombs, Anne Kondrup, Willlam _Carrigan, Felix Schwarz and Naomi Trotter. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES For Priday. £1.200: » firlons: the Sunview; ldnmnge to the cherry blossoms, accord- ing to park police. | | Bicoms on the single-blossom trees around the Tidal Basin were strewn about the landscaps, but, as the police pointed out, “they were about done for, | } | anyway,” and even a wind of consider- | ably less velocity probably would have spelled their doom. As for the double- bicssom blcoms on Hains Point, they came through the gale virtually un- scathed, the police said. Velocities Differ. The wind reached its peak shortly after 3 pm. yesterday, when the 55- mile-an-hour velocity was recorded at Hoover Airport | At the Weather Bureau, however, the | highest velocity was only 43 miles an | hour, attained at 8:30 this morning. | | Yesterday's peak, according to the bu- | reau’s figures, 39 miles an_hour, recorded at 3 o'clock. Its speed soon diminished, however, hovering around | the 35-mile-an-hour mark during most | | of last night. After reaching the 43-mile-an-hour mark this morning, it again diminished, and, according to officials of the Weath- er Bureau, will continue to do so | throughout tonight and tomorrow. Slightly calder weather, with a mini- mum_ temperature of about 37 degrees, is forecast for tonight, followed by fair weather, with slowly rising temperatures, tomorrow. ~ Winds, described by the Weather Bureau as “moderate north- west,” will diminish. THEATER BURNS ‘Businesx Section of Town Threat-| . ened by Bl-ze. CRISFIBLD, Md,, Ap | Crisfield business dist | by firg early today whe | discovered in the Arcade Th: Glasgow’s dog population s dwindling | tion cabinet and the Democratic leader |ing on Central Main street. as the result of the depression in Scot- | sald he would begin conferences with | Department saved the building, which land. ~n cabinet candidates immediately. is the largest in town. Jolly Kinz. *Isostasy Peier Peter 3 5 Society 8 Anubis 8 Sabastaposl 13 ayson-D. C. Sands entry. SECOND RACE—Pu: $1.200; olds; 6 furlon e claiming; slope 105 104 105 Purse. $1.200: the miration; 3-vear-ol fillies: 5 furlongs. Sapohire St 108 Avenser Measure 108 Ameri Polly Play I 113 Bobby Tnusual 106 Just Amelia 103 FOURTH RACE—Purse. Green; 3-year-olds and 100 E 102 Rideaway 102 Solace FIFTH RACE -Purse. $1.200; claiming; vear-olds and up: 1. miles. . 111 B 108 ~Pun 108 +Cq 108 *Bocaratone A 103 Visionary 2 Miss Lads Run THIRD RACE widdie. 108 108 106 . 108 Fol Belie m £1.400: the Long 1/ miles. . 108 102 108 b Hillsboroueh . 108 105 108 105 . 110 hariton . Kingbird Madcap Marv B! *Harry Carroll Dawn Also_eligible— “Curator Guilford s Lew Black *Astron .... Tang | Bill 'Seth SEVENTH RACEZ—Purse. $1.200; elaiming; Sias and up: 1 mile and a furlong. © Neison’ ] *Dadd: *Reform id il Roprentice allowancs el im Roprentice allow aimed. Weather cleat, frack fast, T o0 i