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EPISCOPAL DIVORCE SANGTION IS ASKED iCommission Redrafts Canon on Matrimony to Provide Remarriage by Church. (Continued From First Page) form contained in the Book of Com- mon Prayer, but hc may use such spe- cial service as his :umnv‘;n&y rovide ; and pro 3 all be within the discretion of to decline to solemnize Bishop Page Hits Old Law. The present canon of the Episcopal Church, which outlaws the remarriage of divorced persons, with the sole ex- ception of the innocent party in a di- vorce for adultery, was described by Bishop Page, in a statement accom- panying the revised canon, as “often nalizing o husband or wife who is h-minded and chivalorous as com- pared with Gome other man or woman ‘who is, above all things, looking for self- tection.” pnl’)escrlbmx the removal of all grounds for divorce as one of the most striking in the proposed canon, Bishop Page states: “There was practical agreement of the commission in regard to these changes. Indeed, the suggestion came from one of the most conservative imembers of the commission. There is one outstanding reason for removing the exception for adultery, namely, that in a divorce given by the civil court for adultery it is only too often the inno- eent party that is penalized. “Many times when the wife is guilty of adultery the husband makes himself the lpg:;nt offender in the eyes of the law,” op Page continues. “More- over, in many cases where adultery is the real cause for divorce some other ground is given, such as drunkenness, cruelty or desertion. This is often done for_the sake of lnngg reputation, espe- clally for the sake the children.” Provides for Instructlon. The first and second sections of the B oared i the present Javs af the presen WS church on matrimony. They refer to observance of State laws relating to marriage and to the requirements for lup?nu u&lnm 3 and 4 of the present canon, e proposed new canon would substitute the following pro- visions: “Section 3. In every instruc- tion shall be given, both publicly and ‘privately, on the nature of Christian and the mutual forbearance and responsibilities of marriage. i of the church shall ‘W An.n. ;:c D., deairing b i ‘e, A. An 3 by n-lntbbhgnxo!fihoehunh u& say, the to | ternation law. All Thieves Fall Out In Bus and Police Take All to Jail By the Assoclated Press, HAVANA, April 25 —Three pickpockets, none recognizing the others as professionals, were rid- % the same bus. of them operating inde- dipped into the pocket rom opgoalw sides. The victim raised such an outery that two detectives riding in a back seat arrested all three. HUGHES FOR WORLD COURT OF JUSTIGE Holds Permanent Body Is “Hope” for Development of International Law. By the Assoclated Press. Chief Justice Hughes said last night the “best hope” for the development of international law lay “in the estab- lishment of a permanent court of inter- national justice.” The former Secretary of State told members of the American Society of International Law at a dinner celebrat- ing the soclety’s twenty-fifth anniver- sary that the province of the court was not to legislate, but that “the accepted principles which govern the nations must be expounded and applied.” May Not Be Justiciable. “A vast and steadily increasing num- ber of international agreements,” he said, “give rise to questions of interpre- tation, which are questions of law re- quiring judicial determination. Beyond these there lies the broad field of con- ciliation and adjustment of disputes which may not be of a justiciable sort. 2 “I'h-hls in the develo) J‘n;nt of a[enc‘iu for_these , eater play Eirm I el ma v dispos! to utilize them, that we find the most notable progress.” ‘The Chief Justice scanned the quar- ter century of the soclety's existence, a period during which he was Secretary of State and a justice of the World Court, and said progress toward extend- ing formally the content of international law, or “‘even of recording agreement as u‘: what the content now is” had been slow. He gave as an instance the failure of the recent Hague conference to reach agreement of codification of interna- tional law on nationality, territorial waters and responsibility of states. 25-Year Period Too Short. “You have a task for which a period of 25 years is altogether too short to 1d gratifying resuits,” he sald. “Instead of attempting to record the' P of international law, I should Ex fer to dwell upon the progress of ternational lawyers. Perhaps, Ishould of the students of in. ‘They multiply and i crease in learning and avidity. * * this activity holds the greatest “If little has been achieved in pro- moting the development of international law, as & definite body of law,” he con- tinued, “we have abundant reason for gratifi the promotion of insti- tutions for the peaceful settlement of international disputes.” x| SEIZED LIQUOR THOUGHT BLOSSOM FETE SUPPLY ®| Dozen Alleged Runners Taken in following rea- time of the mnmte: “Lack of free consent; failure of either party to have reached the age of puberty; impotence of either party; mental deficiency of either party suffl den't to prevent the exercise of intelli~ geni choice; insanity of either party; cCns: inity, whether of the whole or the blood within the following de- grees: (a) One may not marry his @scendant or descendant; (b) one may rot his sister; (c) one may not marry the sister or brother of his ascendant or the descendant of his sister or brother; mistake as to the other party to the marriage; existence of vene: disease; previous marriage, unless the other spouse has die or the gm\tummrm.h:. m been declared vorce n granted b il court.” astald s Would Ask Reconciliations. In connection with the working of the pioposed ecclesiastical marital court, sevtion 6 proposcs that before institut- 1ag proceedings for divorce, the offended pérty shall invoke the services of & minister of the church toward a possible xu‘:(;l‘nmluan, : It reads: ‘If one party to a marriage offend the other, let the offended party before instituting proceedings for divorce lay tae matter before a minister of the church. It ghall be the duty of such minister to labor that they may be Teconclled. If in the end they cannot Le reconciled, the minister shall report i‘u“hom']dmgs in the matter to the P Statutory Grounds 0. K.'d. Referring to section 8 of the proposed | new canon, which would lift the ban 2gainst marriage by the church of those vhe have been diverced on statutory &rounds, Bishop Page states: ‘The e BTt of the canon that will un- doubtedly cause most discussion is sec- tion 8, which permits clergymen of this church, under certain conditions, to soiemnize the marriage of men and women who have been divorced, It should be made clear, however, that the doot for remarriage of divorced people s PY no means thrown wide open. - ‘At the x'r.lhefillnl of the commission proposed canon was adopted this proposal received unani- mous acceptance by all those present, ‘who represented a majority of the com- mission. Unfortunately, several mem- bers of the commission, and those who might have been most likely to dissent, were unable to stay throughout the meeting, but the other members of the commission aimed to present in section 7 & plan on which they hoped the com- mission could agree. “A majority of the members of the commission felt that, in view of the fact that the law allows the remarriage of divorced persons and that, therefore, rew marriage relations are entered upon and new families are founded, it is de- sirable that the church should bring into these new homes every possible spiritual influence. On the other hand, there was an equally clear desire that in doing this the church should take no step which might seem to condone divoree.” Judgment Held Necessary. | West Virginia in Autos With 200 Gallons of Whisky. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. April 25— A series of raids on liquor-runners with cargoes which officers believe were in- tended for Virginia points to be made available to the apple blossom festival crowds at Winchester, Va., on May 5 and 6, has netted more than 200 gallans of whisky, confiscation of six automo- biles and arrest of a dozen alleged run- ners in the past week. Officers believe the liquor is being bought in the Hollow section of Maryland and brought into this section. Five colored men were arrested this morning. Two of them, from this city, were held under $2,000 bond each for a hearing before a United States Commissioner. The others were also held. Two cars were seized this morning, overtaken only after officers had been forced to go 70 miles an hour to keep waich on the suspects. Fifty gallons of liquor was seized in the two cars. HARRY N. DOUTHITT SEVERELY BEATEN IN HIS APARTMENT (Continued Prom First Page.) adding the fact the living room was in disorder indicated only that there had been “a terrific struggle.” Douthitt came to Washington about six years ago, and was brought into the public limelight because of his ac- tivities with the Citizens’ Service League, an organization of prominent clergymen and citizens which conducted a crusade for stricter enforcement of the prohibi- tion law. While connected with the league as secretary, Douthitt made a number of private investigations of speakeasies, and the information he gathered formed the basis for a number of raids. Critics of the league charged he was a “snooper.” After resigning from the league, Douthitt bought the Chronicle, a weekly newspaper published in Ar- lington County, Va. and conducted its affairs for several years as editor and publisher. He gold the paper to Cran- dal Mackey, prominent Arlington Coun- ty attorney, and several others. and be- gan the publication of the Bluecoat, a weekly magazine devoted to the in- terests and welfare of the police de- partment. Douthitt has a wide circle of friends in the Police Department, and numbers among them Maj. Henry G. Pratt, su- perintendent: Inspector William 8 Shelby, chief of detectives. and Capt. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the homicide squad of the Detective Bureau Several weeks ago the Policemen's Association adopted a resolution criti- Cl!lng Douthitt for the business meth- ods he is alleged to have used in so- liciting advertising for the Bluecoat Up to that time his relations with the association had been friendly Before coming to Washington Douth- itt is said to have becn emploved by the Ford Motor Co. 1in Detroit He moved into his present guarters at | the Portner about three months ago. Sage Foundation, New York: Right Rev, Paul Matthew, D. D, Bishop of New Jersey, Right Rev. William J. Scarlett, D. D, Bishop Coadjutor of Missouri; Right Rev. Cameron J. Davis, Bishop Coadjutor of Western New York; Rev. Frank H. Nelson, rector of Christ Church, Cincinnati; Very Rev. Fred- The one definite condition on which erick C. Grant, D. D, president of the the proposed changes in the canon are | Western Theological Seminary; Rev. to be considered, Bishop Page states, is | Howard C. Robbins, D. D., former dean the 1 to place the matter of Jut t in regard to all marital cases, ine both annulment and rema riage, in the hands of an ecclesiastical court or in the hands of a bishop. P of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City; Rev. Caleb R. Stetson, D. D, rector of Trinity Church, New York City; Origen 8. Seymour, chancel- lor of the diocese of Long Island; W. Wickersham, former Attor- ‘The commission EC;I::?I,Jln ;dd'l'- ”nmm Law School g of Avon. Conn., secretary: of the Russe! : Rev. Percy Roland 8. M 1l diocese of Pel George ney General the United States, and , former ow chancellor of the to Japen an ylvania. ! fairly bring men and jobs together. THE SUNDAY WAGNER JOBS BILL | T0BE PUT UP AGAIN Author Replies to President’s Veto in Speech Over Na- tional Radio Forum. Charging that President Hoover “had failed every man and woman who is out pounding the pavements in search of work,” Senator Robert F. Wagner, Democrat, New York, announced last night in the National Radio Forum, ar- ranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the Columbia System's Nation-wide hook-up, he would rein- troduce his unemployment service bill, which was vetoed by President Hoover last March, The address was broadcast locally over Station WMAL. ‘The National Radio Forum was used by Senator Wagner to reply to both President Hoover's message vetoing the measure and to Secretary of Labor Doak, who three weeks ago last night discussed in the forum the reasons for the veto in an effort, according to Mr. Wagner, “to mollify public resentment of the President's act.” Pointing out that the bill has the support of Willlam Green, president of the American Federation of Labor; Mr. Whitney, president of the Raliroad Trainmen; Sidney Hillman, resident of the American Assoclation of Clothing Workers; the American Association for Labor Legislation, business men, church- men, bankers and economists through- out the Nation, Senator Wagner as- serted that there is “not an authority on the subject upon whom Mr. Hoover can lean to sustain his veto.” Charges Doak Shifted Stand. ‘The New Yorker also asserted that Mr. Doak, as representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, privately and publicly advocated the gl!slxe of the unemployment service il and that he had I:P ed before & Senate committee which held hear- on the measure and “never uttered a w&l"‘d of disapproval.” 4 opposition _began,” Wagner charged, “only after he became a member of Mr. Hoover’s cabinet.” In explaining his plans for reintro- ducing the bill next December, the speaker said: “I shall do so because I am convinced that this country cannot discharge its full responsibility to the employers and CmElDyes of the United States without making provision for an adequate Nation-wide employment serv- ice which will quickly, efficiently and It will take the full force of an intelligent, active public opinion to pass the bill over the President's opposition.” Passage Over Veto Seen. As to the presidential opposition Mr. Wagner said: “I am certain of this, the President's veto has only delayea the achievement of the purpose em- braced in the unemployment service ‘We shall yet have an employment service of which the United States will be proud, if not with the President's approval, then without it.” Senator Wagner charged that “the cruel routine of knocking at one fac- tory gate after another in search of work s a barbarism that can be well dispensed with."” Continuing, he said: “The least that the Government can do for the man or woman who is unemployed and willing and able to work is to render them every possible assistance in finding a job. 1t is today universally Tecognized that to create a channel for the free flow of labor from the place of plenty to the place of need is a proper function of government.” Co-operative Plan Used. In explaining how the Government should discharge that function, Mr. ‘Wagner said: “The bill I introduced was hascd on the central idea that the State governments and the Federal Govern- ment should perform this necessary work co-operatively, for the simple rea- son that job-finding is both a local and interstate problem. * * * By adopt- ing such a plan for the employment service we make certain that the em- ployment exchanzes will be operated by local initiative under local manage- ment and local responsibility in accord- ence with local needs and desires, and at thc same time we provide the means of effective co-operation between the States through the agency of the Fed- eral Government.” Replying to President Hoover's state- rnent in his veto message in which he citached much emphasis to the fact that the bill would abolish the employment service now existing in the Department of Labor, Mr. Wagner asserted that Mr. Hcover “would have the public believe that instead of creating an employment sirvice the purpose of my bill was to de- stroy one.” “Obviously,” he continued, “that is not the fact. The existing service is abolished and simultaneously there is erected in its place a new service, bigger, better and more amply financed with greater powers and wider opportunities to serve the employers and employes of the Nation.” Corrects President. Serator Wagner explained that he, was Teluctant to correct a statement of fact made by Mr. Hoover, but “I must, nevertheless, insist that when the Pres- ident announced that ‘the existing Fed- eral employment service is today finding rlaces of employment for men and women at the rate of 1,300,000 per an- num,’ he was confusing the facts. “It is the State and local agencies, ancd not the Federal Government, that nave found these jobs. When he goss further and gives the impression that my bill would suspend the operation of the agencies that found these 1,300,000 jobs, T feel it again my duty to make public correction. The bill I introduced would not abolish the State agencies tional appropriations and fortified by e assistance of a larger and more ade- | nonpolitical, Federal employment | service.” | ‘The full text of Senator Wagner's ad- +5 s published in the editorial sec- tion in today's Star CLOCKS ARE TURNED | AHEAD FOR SUMMER Daylight Saving Time Is Adopted| in 483 Communities in U. S. and Canada, By the Associated Press Four hundred and eighty-three cities and towns in the United States and| Canada went on daylight saving time at 2 o'clock a.m. today. At that hour, theoretically at least, clocks and watches were moved ahead to 3 am., to remain one hour fast until the same time on the last Sunday in September. ew York City and most of the larger cities in New York State and New Jer- sey are now on daylight time. Syracuse and Rochester did not change, however, and in East Orange, N. J.,, clocks won't be turned ahead until Monday afternoon because the eity council forgot to adopt a resolution approving the change. Connecticut has a State law prohibit- ing the public dliflny of clocks showing daylight time, but banks, offices, stores Benator | Corps. | partment and factories in 33 towns will operate on_daylight time anyway. Forty-seven communities in Canada chi to the new time y. , except those commuters, will remain fc part on standard time. STAR, WASHIN BUTLER ‘IMAGINES HAITI FORT EXPLOIT Says He Was “Third in Hole” in Incident Involved in Diplomatic Tangle. GTON, (Continued From First P: The communication was promptly for-" warded to the State Department, which promised an investigation. Granted No Interview., ‘When the incident was called to his attention, Bellegarde had this to say: “I granted no interview on Gen. But- ler to any one. And certainly I did not make any personal attacks upon the Marine officer or the Marine Corps. It is regrettable that such a misunder- standing has resulted from published parts of my conversation with the Wash- ington Herald reporter. “It was not my intention to cast doubt upon the merit of the award of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Gen. Butler, Neither was it my inten- tion to say that no such battle as that said to have taken place at Fort Riviera had ever occurred. What I did say to the reporter was that I had no personal knowledge that there had ever been & Fort Riviera. And neither had any one else in Haiti, as far as I can learn. ‘There may have been such a fort, but as far as I am personally concerned, I do not_know of it nor of its location. My understanding is that after its cap- ture it was blown up by Gen. Butler. ““As a matter of fact, my first definite knowledge that the fort existed from official records came to me within the past few days, when I received a copy of a hearing before the Senate Subcommit- tee on Foreign Relations held on Feb- ruary 25 and 26 in 1925. Senator Ship- stead was chairman of the committee which was investigating the responsibil- ity of the United States Government for financial arrangements between American_citizens and foreign govern- ments. During the hearing Ernest Gruening, editor of the Portland, Me., News, appeared and testified on condi- tions in Haiti and the strict censure imposed on the press of that country under the administration of the Marine . Mr. Gruening sent me the copy of the hearings. “In those hearings Mr. Gruening re- ferred to the capture of Fort Riviera by a force led by Butler, then a major. Fifty-one poorly equipped Haitlans were killed and there were no survivors left to tell of the battle. The fort later was blown up. That was the first time that I have ever read an official record of the fight. The papers and people in Haitl never spoke of the hattle. Censorship was too strict. was any mention of it there and I knew nothing of it until I learned of Gen. Butler’s decoration for his victory in it. If such a fort existed the Haitians knew nothing about it and with the strict censorship of the newspapers could learn nothing of it except from Haitlans who took part in the fight. And all of those men were killed by Butler's force. Had No Ammunition. “And according to Mr. Gruening's testimony, the men to fight whom Gen. Butler and his men crawled through a drain pipe were armed only with machetes and old guns, for which their ammunition would not fit. “As far as the interview which is protested by Gen. Butler is concerned I was absolutely unaware that any part of my talk with the reporter had been printed until I received today’s news- papers. “The reporter called and we con- versed upon social events and numerous other matters. Unfortunately, I do not speak English fluently. Equally un- fortunate was the fact that the reporter did not speak a word of French. As| a result we were compelled to ex- change our views in the poor medium of my broken English. “In_the course of our conversation, Gen. Butler's memoirs were brought up. I drew from my desk a copy of one of the issues of the paper in which they were appearing. It cited the capture of Fort Riviera. The reporter asked me of the incident and I informed him that I was absolutely unaware that such a fort had ever existed. I also told him that no one else in Haiti from whom I had inquired knew anything of such a fort. But certainly I did not say that such a fort had never been captured. I never said that such a battle did not take place. All I said was that I per- sonally and all other Haitians that Y knew had never heard of it. The con- ditions prevailing with regard to news in Haiti at that time would naturally prevent us from knowing of such a battle. “The State Department has not as yet asked me for an explanation of this reported interview. If it does, I shall tell them exactly what I have just stated.” Attest Fort's Existence. ‘The impression gathered in the ab- sence of official comment was that the minister’s indication that he considered himself misquoted might serve to avoid & _delicate diplomatic incident. Meanwhile, the existence of Fort Ri- viere was attested by Gov. Roosevelt of New York, who was assistant secretary of the Navy when the fort was captured. In a statement at Albany he said he was in Haiti at the time and took sev~ eral photographs of it. Word of the incident was recelved with surprise among Marine veterans of the 1915 campaign in Haiti. Sergt. Maj. Cartler, who served under Gen. Butler, said he remembered the fort well, and added that Joel T. Boone, now personal physician to President Hoover, aided in | its capture. Butler's protest was based upon a copyrighted interview with Bellegarde printed recently in the Washington Herald. He was quoted as saying of | Butler and the capture of Fort Ri- viere: “We in Haiti have always wondered about that. For there is no Fort Riviere. There never was. We looked all over our island and there is no such thing. “However, for taking Fort Riviere, he got the Congressional Medal of Honor the second time. He is the only man in the United States to get it twice—fghting Marine!” Honored by Haiti. Unofficially, naval officers at the de- busied themselves with digging up Butler's citations and dis- covered that in addition to receiving the Congressional Medal, he was honored by the Haitian government itself for capturing Fort Riviere. In the files of the department there was found the original citation, signed in 1920 by the then President of Haitl, saying the Haitian Medaille Militaire was being conferred upon the Marine officer “for the great service he rendered to this country (Haitl) in pacifyin the capture of Fort Riviere, the last stronghold of the Cacos.” Butler's protest asked the Navy' De- partment what it proposed to do if the statements attributed to Minister Belle- garde were found to have been madé by him. Butler said he felt these statements were a reflection upon him- self and the entire Marine Corps. RECALLS FORT WELL., Semgt. Maj. Cartier, Who Served in Campaign, Tells of Stronghold. PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, April 25 (®)—Reports fron Washington that the Haitian Minister = there had questioned the existence of Fort Riviere, for- whose capture Gen. Smedley D. Butler was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, surprised Marine Corps veterans of the 1915 campaign. Bergt. Gen. Cartier, who served un- en. Butler, said he remembered der It stood on & 3,000-foot peak 1t well. ‘There never | the North, particularly for| D. C, 'APRIL 26, 1981—PART ON E. Fort Riviere in Haiti Really Captured THRILLING EXPLOIT OF GEN. BUTLER WON MEDAL. /CAP-HAITIEN Limee® ACUL DU NORD MILOTq QPLAISANCE . OMARMELADE ST MICHEL O€ L'ATALAYEQ LD Fort Riviere stood out prom- inently on the afternoon of November 16, 1915. On the| west slope leading to this gar- | rison, built by the French some time before 1800 and long before “King” Henry Christophe erected his famous Citadel of LaFerriere at the cost of 30,000 lives, a detachment of Ma- | | rines had deployed for an attack. Also on the north slope, a company of blue- Jjackets from the battleship Connecticut was preparing for action. The Marines and sailors had for sev- | eral weeks been chasing bandits in| Northern Haitl. They had heard of Fort | | Riviere many times since they had| landed on the island, but up until this afternoon they had been unable to unravel its mysterious location. They | had been piloted there by a captured | bandit. Well, any way, there it sat on the slope of one of the Black Moun- talns and just filled with bandits! Maj. Smedley D. Butler, in command, called a conference. After looking over | the terrain he decided that at 8 o'clock the following morning he would blow | | his whistle twice and the battle would | | start—that is, 1f the bandits should not | attempt a retreat during the night. In that case he would fire his service pis- | tol twice at the fort, of course, and blow his whistle afterward. All of that was in 1915. Maj. Butler was then, and he is now as a major general of Marines, as slim as the pro- | verbial sliver. The night passed quletly. | At daybreak the small American forces | began to stir. Marines and sailors alike cleaned their rifles. They understood that if this attack was successful the days of terrorism of the Cacos, the na- Mv; name for bandits, would be at an end. Walls of Fort Thick. Surveying the fort, the Americans dis- covered that it was bullt of rock with | loop-holed masonry walls several feet thick. There was no roof overhead. If there ever was one, it had long since disappeared. Thick brush, vines and trees almost hid the north wall, and the original arched entrance near the northeast corner was blocked up with dirt years ago. Old trees, taller than the archway, were growing in the trail. It was going to be a tough job to get over the wall . But, look! . . . That's a bit of luck; The Cacos had knocked out the masonry at the lowest part of the west wall, because they were a little too lazy to climb over the high wall, and making this hole the only entrance to the fort. The gap was too narrow for two men to go through abreast. A slim fellow could make it, however, without touching either side. | The tropical sun rose and its heat began to bear down on the Americans. Maj. Butler grew impatient. He looked at his watch. It was 7:30 o'clock, and he reached for his whistle. Two blasts were heard, and hardly had their echoes dwd before the Marines were under way. Well, from this point let Maj. Thomas E. Thrasher, jr., United States Marine Corps, tell it.. He was there alongside of Butler, and in the February, 1931, issue of the Marine Corps Gazette he | wrote a very vivid account of “The | Taking of Fort Riviere.” | “Our columns advanced on the fort all according to our plans. We could see Capt. Low's line of skirmishers ad- "QUO GOE RIVIERE DU NORD T gv!Alinl 'olfCRII OST RAPHAEL ORANQUITTE A view of Fort Riviere, Haitl (top) Lower left: Gen. Butler. that his remarks had been misquoted. Gen. Smedley Butler of the Marine Corps against a pul Minister Bellegarde of Haiti that he had never heard of the fort for the capture of which Gen. Butler received the Navy Congressional Medal of Honor. photograph was furnished by the Marine Corps Gazette. Center map, prepared by the Marine Corps, shows where the fort was located. The walls were destroyed by ?fi“g"" men after the capture. i Lower rig] OVALLIERE , about which centers a protest by Maj. blished quotation from ‘The Minister Bellegarde, who declared varcing over their rolling plain as we rushed down the hillside. The Cacos| were completely surprised and our line £0', up to the wall without firing & shot; the only firing I heard was our own machine guns. Enemy Fire Ineffective. “They did fire a few shots at Capt. Low’s line, but there were no casualties among the attackers. Cacos tried to escapc by jumping off the south wall | and were killed by our machine gun fire; some tried to escape to the west, but they were stopped by Capt. Low's men. They say that a few of the Cacos jumped off that high north wall, but Zome took time to climb down the trees. All must have been surprised a few minutes later when they bumped into McCaughey's column down the trail. Capt. Low’s route to the fort was much the shortest and was practically level going. Most of his men used the break in the wall to get inside. “Maj. Butler was one of the first to go through the gap. Lieut. Stowell, who is, not of the thin, wiry type, wedged himself through, but not before the Cacos had taken several shots at him while his shirt was caught in the sharp edges. With the gap open again, men from Capt. Low's company were soon swarming into all the interior compartments. They were up on the walls, they were rushing through the high grass and brush, there was yelling and shouting by Marines and Cacos. “Hand-to-hand fighting, even with rocks, was going on. It was Sergt. Grimm, I believe, who exchanged rock | for rock with some unknown Caco. The | two of them pitching big stones at each | other over a wall gave a comical twist ! to the otherwise confused melee of bayonets and machetes. As our com- pany arrived at the foot of the south wall we saw Marines on top and heard the cursing of the mix-up inside, so most of us went around to the gap and entered just as the battle was over. The entire fracas took less than 20 minutes; not a Marine was killed and only a few were bruised and scratched. Over 80 Cacos, including two or three of their ‘gros chefs,’ were killed. battle of Fort Riviere broke the back- bone of the bandit activities in North- ern Haitl. Goes After Dynamite. “Maj. Butler took & squad of our men that night, tramped down to the rail- road, got a push car, and went into Cape Haitien for a dozen or mare cases of dynamite. They pushed it back up the railroad, passed the Horseshoe Bend, loaded it onto burros, climbed the mountain and got it safely to the fort before daylight. Just before dawn Haitien women carrying food, evidently the Caco Commissary Department, came shuffing up the trail to the gap. ‘They had not heard that we had taken the fort the day before, and when they saw a Marine sentry in the gap in the walls, they uttered one scream, dropped their rice and beans and fled. The dynamite was used to blow many gaps in the walls of Fort Riviere. What was left of the old fort was abandoned and ‘was never again used either by Caco or Marine.” Well, it looks from Maj. Thrasher’s description that there is no dispute about the existence of Fort Riviere up until Maj. Butler arrived on the scene. For his bravery displayed in action Maj. Butler was awarded one of the two Congressional Medals of Honor he now Ppossesses. about 30 miles south of Cape Haitian and was generally believed to have been built by the French under Capt. Gen. Leclerc sometime before 1800. It was of solid masonry in the form of a square with walls from 8 to 12 feet thick and from 12 to 25 feet high. ‘The French used it as & link in the chain of outposts and later the black King Cristophe occupled it. In 1915 its existance was not widely known, for it had not been used in many years and was well hidden by the jungle growth. In that year the Cacos occupied it! and it was discovered accidentally by a Marine patrol on September 27, 1915. On November 17 it was stdrmed and captured by the combined forces of the Navy and Marine Corps, commanded by Gen. Butler, then a major. Dr. Joel T. Boone, now personal physician to President Hoover, participated in the engagement. ‘The fall of Fort Riviere broke the spirit of the Caco uprising in Northern Haiti for the time being. The day| after it capitulated the walls were | dynamited. COLONEL BLEW UP FORT. I | Marine Officer Tells of Gen. Butler'’s Entry Into Haitian Stronghold. SAN DIEGO, Calif, April 25 (P).— “Fort Riviere is not in Haiti any more because I blew it up after we took it, but it was certainly there in 1915,” Lieut. Col. Chandler Campbell, Marine Corps executive officer of base troops here, declared today. Col. Campbell's statement followed reports of remarks made by Minister Bellegarde of Haiti to the effect that the fort for whose capture Maj. Gen. Smed- ley D. Butler was given a Congressional Medal of Honor, “is not known in 15 engagement, in zommand with the which_he shar Col. Campbell, whose memory of the | action was clear. “We attacked Fort Riviere in four columns,” the colonel said. “Butler had command of one of them and I had the other three. The towns of Bahon, San Raphael, Dondou and Menjewel, which formed a rough square about the fort, were our starting points. Butler's col- umn started from San Raphael. “There was an opening on his side of the square fort, so he went through while we were scaling the wall. I was busy during the 20-minute attack, but 1t was established that Butler and Sergt. Dan Daley were the first through the aperture. Both received congressional medals. Blew Up Walls. “Our only casualty was a man who was struck in the face with a rock and lost two teeth. We were fighting a peo- ple who did not know what sights were for, and in a tight sg)l they threw away their rifles and reached for rocks. “After the engagement we buried about 60 Haitians in the center of the fort, and then I blew up the walls with 40 'cases of dynamite so that we wouldn’t have to take it again. Fort Riviere was the only masonry fort in Haiti, and was located on Monte Noir.” MEXICO HOL.DS FUGITIVE Suspect in Slaying of Texas Girl Must Await Extradition. AUSTIN, Tex, April 25 (#).-~Cov. Sterling today received a telcgram from F. Castellanos, ir., governor of Tamau- | lipas, Mexico, stating that Alberto San- chez, Jjr., llleycd slayer of a Texas scheolgirl, would be held in custody in Neuvo Laredo pending the arrival of extradition papers. Gov. Sterling asked Henry L. Stim- son, Secretary of State, to use his in- flery Butler, unfalteringly from CAPITAL ARRANGES PROGRAM FOR VISIT OF SIAMESE KING (Continued From First Page.) ington to place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and Fort Myer military reservation, where the King will receive a 21-gun royal salute. They also will visit Mount Vernon to place a wreath on Washington's tomb. ‘Wednesday will be closed by a state dinner at the White House, followed by a musicale. Thursday the King will receive the degree of doctor of laws from George Washington University and greetings from seven other univer- sities at the Pan-American Union. After this ceremony the King will go by automobile to Baltimore for an ex- amination by Dr. Willlam Holland ‘Wilmer, an eye specialist. Upon his return to Washington the King and Queen again will meet Presi- | dent and Mrs. Hoover at a tea at the Larz Anderson home, their residence during their visit to Washington. They will depart for New York Friday at 10 am. After the visit to Washington the King will be operated on by Dr. John Wheeler, New York eye specialist, for cataract. KILLS BABY, THEN SELF Estranged Husband Gives Poison to 1§-Month-0ld thild. DALLAS, Tex., April 25 (). J. Cook, 25, estranged from hi went to her home today, inis! fatal dose of poison to their 18-mor omas fluence in having Sanchez returned to Texas. old baby and §hen took his own life swall g the remainder of the poti three | the State Department on the WARNS OIL FIRMS - OF PLOT BY REDS Ranger Captain’s Letter In« forms Operators of Plan to Blow Up Refineries. By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., April 25.—Warned of an alleged Communist plot to blow up refineries, pipe lines and storage tanks, several oil companies operating in the Midcontinent Field disclosed tonight that extra precautions had been taken to guard their properties. Frank HameT, Texas Ranger captain, issued the warn: recently in a con- fidential letter sent to executives of 38 companies operating in Texas. His letter was passed on to officials and oil companies in Oklahoma and Kansas, becoming public teday. ‘The ranger captain refused to divulge the source of his information concern- ing the alleged plot and expressed in=- dignation that his confidential letter had been given out. In the letter he said a large quantity of nitroglycerin had been stolen from store houses in the oil flelds and apparently was in the hands of the asserted plotters. Guards Increased. E. E. Plumly, superintendent of re- fineries for the Magnolia Petroleum Co. and head of the Beaumont Refinery, said he had increased guards on the companies properties. Advices from Houston said at least one ship channel refinery had strength- ened the night guard around its plant. Jake Sims, chief of police at Semi- to “common thieves” attempting to rob the magazine and expressed the belief that Communists were not involved. reliable and believed it of “such import- ance I deem it my duty to notify the different companies in Texas to instruct their agents and all employes that can be trusted to be very alert in wateh- ing all movements, as nearly as - ble, as to activities of the Reds all of the ofl fields of T .~ —_—e HAITIAN MINISTER OPPOSES U. S. AID Bellegarde Long Known Fight on Occupation of Island. for By the Associated Press. Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler's pro- test against statements attributed to Minister Bellegarde of Haitl involves the Washington representative af the new Vincent government who long has been known for his tion to United | States occupation of the island blic, The tall, Prenchamuhnfi who came to Washington from his post as Minister to Fran h{:mlm :gltnmt he; t:“ :’h‘nfl 1 s re or “Haitianization and dis-Americaniza~ tion™ of his country. continue to exist among us.” Bellegarde returned early this month from conferences with his government at Port au Prince, insistent for further changes in the United States poliey toward Haiti beyond the indication give in through the adoption of the 1930 Forbes Committee report by President Hoover that the Marines would be withdrawn by 1936, or the date of ex- piration of the 1915 treaty with Haitl. He sald he had no instructions for negotiations with United States officials at this time and that any developments in Washington in the Haitian campaign to obtain revision of United States- Haitian relations would depend upon the outcome of negotiations between Haitian officials and Minister Munro at_Port au_Prince. Munro visited Washington _recently to rt_on the situation which has occupied him since last November, but no announcement has been made by s of the negotiations. Minister Munro said he merely was going over the situation generally. Minister Bellegarde, who 1is 53, served twice as Minister in Paris and during the first assignment was ac- credited, also, to the Holy See. He was a delegate to the League of Nations in 1922, 1925 and 1930, and in 1924-25 was & member of the League's umponrgficommlmim on slavery and forced labor. He attended the third Pan-American Commercial Conference in Washington in 1927 as a delegate of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce. From 1918 to 1920 Bellegarde was secretary of public instruction in Haiti, and later taught law and economics at the National University. ‘The Haitian Minister holds the decoration of commander of the French Legion of Honor. A son, Auguste, is a student at Ohlo State University. MRS. SOPHIE.RICHARDSON DIES IN HOSPITAL HERE | Daughter of Late Col. aad Mrs. Welby Carter to Be Buried at Upperville, Va. Mrs. Sophle Carter Richardson, 58, wife utu Malbo‘rlll G. mch;fimn of Coroto- man, Upperville, Va., yesterday at Garfield Hospital here. The daughter of the late Col. and Mrs. Welby Carter, Mrs. Richardson is survived by her husband and five sis- ters, Mrs. H. Gordon Moore of Lynch- burg, Va.; Mrs. Mackenzie Tabb and | Mrs. A. C. Marshall of Middleburg, Va.; Mrs. Paul Whitin of North Bridge, Mass., and Mrs. Peter Wood of Baltimore. Funeral services will be conducted at Trinity Church in Upperville, Va., at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon by Rev. Ed- ward Burwell. Burial will be in Crednal, Upperville, FRANK B. NOYES SAILS Publisher and Wife Will Visit England and France. NEW YORK, April 25 (#).—Frank B. Noyes, president of the Associated Press and publisher of The Washing- ton Star, sailed on the Ile de France today with Mrs. Noyes for two months® motoring in m|l:dndb;nd5kmnne:. The; were accompan and Lady ‘Willmott Le wife, | Hart.