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WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and somewhat cooler tonight; tomorrow increasing somewhat warmer, followed by showers ‘Temperat p.m, yesterday; lowest, 61, tomorrow _night. est, 71, at 3:30 at 5 am. today. Full Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C ~ No. 31,783, cloudiness and tures—High- report on page 9. WESTERN HIGH BOY CHOSEN DISTRICT'S CHAMPION ORATOR, James A. Moore, 15, Selected to Represent Star Area in National Competition. LUCY FRANK, BETHESDA SPEAKER, RANKS SECOND De Atley Ridgeley of Armstrong Given Third Place Among Eleven ! in Closing Competition. | oy | James Alfred Moore, 15-year-old spokesman for Western, High School, | today won the championship of The | Evening Star’s National Oratorical Con- test area and the right to compete May 23 in the National Oratorical Con- test finals in Constitution Hall. By virtue of his victory today and his appearance in the national .finals, young Moore will journey through Furope, with all expenses paid for, two and a half months during the| coming Summer. The Star's champion spoke on “Henry Clay, the Great Unionist,” in his pre- pared oration, while his extemporaneous toplc was “Henry Clay's Part in the Missouri Compromise.” He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Moore of 2737 Devonshire place. Lucy Frank Second. Miss Lucy Frank, 15-year-old entrant from the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, who championed Maryland in the contest, won second place and posi- tion of official alternate to the cham- pion. Miss Frank is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Prank of 11 Leland street, Chevy Chase, Md. Third honors went to De Atley Ridge-| for Armstrong High Yumln ‘oun *, C. Johnson of 1918 Beventeenth street. scm;l?ok Ridgeley is the ward of Dr. and Mrs. W. ‘Young Moore's victory gives Western High ghool the distinction of provid- ing The Star’s aera’s eratical champion for two consecutive years. Last year, Edmund Gullion, son ‘of Lieut. Col. Al- len W. Gullion, U. 5. A., and Mrs. Gul- lon 1;! “svso Nm lion, following tory proceeded Mobre First on List. w)lodu, 15-year-old ern 1031 o facts both in his prepared speech and in his extempore address. It was, perhaps, in his rew eddress on & dis- cission of Henry Clay's part in the 3is- sourl _thet Moore ssemed at his best. The boy displayed a knowl- edge of history and legal interpretation | o) that was amazing to the scholarly men sitting in judgment on his efforts, He timed his* orations perfectly to close within the 6 and 4 minute limits. i Bernard White, Central High School's 17-year-old champion, ‘was the second to be heard. The judges histenczd to Central even befcre the applause being accorded Western's speaker had begun .to dim. Bernard was introduced by Dr. Harvey A. Smith, principal, and spoke on “Lin- coln and ths Constitution.” At the con- clusion of his prepared oration White was seated momentarily while Dr. Smith announced his extemporaneous topic, | “Influence of Executive Department on the Centralization of Government.” Without hesitancy, Central's orator | launched into a knowing discussion of the facts of the subject given him 4o| minutes before, John Marshall Forms Subject. Edwin Faunce, speaking for Business High School, was the third orator of the | day. His prepared oration was on “John | Marshall and the Constitution.” Faunce | spoke with a vigor which offered con- trast with the more matter-of-fact ators who preceded him. In his ex- mporanecus address Faunce discussed | “Marbury vs. Madison” with a de-| termined effort that gave evidence of | his gallant struggle with nerves. Arnving et the National Museum | from business, the judges heard first Miss Prank. who won second place. Here was the same vibrant oratory which won for Miss Frank the cham- pionship of Maryland. Speaks on Lincoln and Douglas. Immediately after her first oration | Miss Prank completed her task with | an extemporaneous speech on “The Lincoln-Douglas Debate.” In this ora- tion the Maryland champion was ex- tremely matter of fact, yet she lacked none of the poise and power of expres- sion which marked her first effort. Gordon _ Walker, Washington-Lee High School champion of Virginia, fol- Jowed Miss Prank to the stage to speak first on “America and the Con*',lwtiun."' His was a_thundering oratory which . EX-MARINE DEGREED | DEAD SEEKS ESTATE| World War Deserter Lost in For- eign Legion Battle in Sudan. { | | ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 8 (/).—Arnold | Godbey has appeared in' court here to refute & legal decree that he is dead, wtaming the Prench Foreign Legion, a RIfY bayonet and a camel stampede for his lengthy absence from home. Godbey said yesterday he was wound- ed and trampled in an engagement in the French Sudan in 1926, but recov- ered, in a French hospital and was dis- charged in 1928. His enlistment in the Legion, he said, followed descrtion from the Marine Corps, with which he served in France during the World War. Godbey said he returned to the United States three months ago, surrendered to Marine au- thorities at Brooklyn and was freed on a dishonorable discharge, which will be- come honorable at the.end of six months of good behavior. The veteran asked that his estate, GRAND JURY GETS ' tatally that he seized a rifie “without thinking’ Oratory Winner A JAMES ALFRED MOORE. | RHEEM EVIDENCE Names of Swartzell “and| Brewer Included in Pre- sentment of Charges. Evidence relating to alleged illegal | practices of three officials of the bank- | rupt Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. was lald before the District grand jury today. The officers whose names will be brought to the atterition of the jury are: Luther A. Swartzell, president; Edmund D. Rheem, first vice president, and J. Newton Brewer, second vice president. The grand jury investigation will be confined to three alleged offenses: Embezzlement, use of the mail® to de- fraud and illegal concealment of writ- ings. The nature of the charges against the three officers was set forth in the authorization of Assistant Attorney General Nugent Dodds, filed with the clerk of the Criminal Court this morn- ing. The authorization, however, did not indicate which of the TS were concerned with the individual offenses. $162,000 Notes Involved. Rheem, who has described himself | but as the executive head of the concern, already has been | spokesman for ; AL, High . School, 'flf&"- she | and left with that L L0 T . Rheem 1s al- PR leged to have placed the notes in a |inde; bank in connection with a trans- ::::l involving the estate of his er. 1t wes understood the evidence pre- sented to the grand jury today related only to the embezzlement phase of the harges. This evidence is sald to in- volve only Rheem and Brewer. The first witness called was Charles T. Malone, agent of the Bureau of In- vestigation specializing in accounting. It was Malone who discovered on the books of Swartzell,” Rheem & Hensey | Co. notations of the transactions which d in Rheem's arrest several | months ago. | Other witnesses were Alfred H. Law- | son, real estate officer of the Washing- ton Loan & Trust Co. and Charles W. Handy, dccountant for Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. . Other Phases Later. It was understood other phases of the case will be presented to the grand jury in the near future, The presentation | today was under the direction of Mr.| Dodds, Nefl Burkinshaw, special as- | sistant to the attorney general, and| Assistant United States Attorney Leo A. Rover. | The authorization filed by Mr. Dodds, after naming the three officers, savs the investigation has brought out evi- dence involving other unnamed per-| sons “assoclated” with the three. | The investigation of the company's activities was started immediately after | the concern filed with the District Su- preme Court a voluntary petition in bankruptcy. The inquiry wes instituted by United States Attorney Rover after a conference with Mr. Dodds. BOY, 12, SLAYS FATHER DURING FAMILY QUARREL ‘ Lad Says He Feared Mother's Life Was in Danger After He Threw | Ball Near Glass Hot Bed. By the Associated Press. | MUSKEGON, Mich., May 8.—Ed-| und Launstein, 12, shot and probably injured his father, William Launstein, 55, a plumber, dyring a fam- iy quarrel last night. ' He has been placed in care of his mother pending an_investigation. The boy told police that he. feared his father would kill his mother and TS | | and fired. The bullet entered - the father's chest. The quarrel started when the father reprimanded the bov for throwing a ball for his dog to chase near a g e . The father started beating the | boy, hlnd his sisters and mother went | to h! /ROYAL ORDER FAI CHAPLIN TO PLAYERS’ BENEFIT ctor Thinks Stage Appearance Would Be Badl Taste, He Tells in Interview. American A By the Associated Press. LONDON, 'May 8~—Charlie Cha lin will stick to the silver screen like to his last and not even the invitation or “command” of Britain's King and Queen will Jure him to the stage. e Even! Standard, reccrding an interview with Chaplin at Juan Les Pins, Prance, today said that he had refused a royal command invitation to appear at & benefit vaudeville perform- ance soon which their majesties will now in probate, be turned over to his mother, Mrs, Grace Godbey Mulkey. Her tastimony that she had not heard from Godbey for many months caused Rim to be declared legally dead a year ago J attend. “I don't appear in public that way,” Chaplin. “The the newspal qi last thing in the world I want to do is to make a stage appearance. It would be bad. taste.” Evening Standard said that s b WASHINGT AMERICAN PLANS FOR DEBT PAYMENT GROUNDED ON SNAG Military Expenditure in War Loan Settlements Upheld by Foreign Delegates. NATIONAL SECURITY BASIS FOR DISAPPROVAL Rejection, in View of Hoover's Speech Before-Commerce Group, Has Profound Significance. An American proposal that in any reconsideration of the capacity of a debtor nation to pay its debts, military expenditures should be excluded from consideration, has been definitely re- Jjected by the leading foreign delegations attending the sessions of the Inter- national Chamber of Commerce here. In view of the speech of President Hoover at the opening of the sessions, in which he laid special stress on the bearing of military expenditures on the general economics of all nations, the known American position on the ques- tion of debts and reparations in general, and the relationship between military expenditures and world peace, the re- jection of this proposal has a profound significance. In substance, the resolution proposed by the American delegates in the private negotiations between the delegations which have been going on the past few days is as follows: Text of Resolution. “The settlements of debts and repara- tions having been based on the then estimated capacity of the debtor nations to pay, if any change of situation pre- vents paymentfs, then the ed should not hesitate to ask a re- >xamination, but in such re-examination any military expenditures should be ex- cluded from consideration.” t the deliberations of the sessions of the International Chamber this week the question of debts and reparations, and their bearing on the g:‘amo world-wide economic depression, been the chief tople of conversation behind the scenes. Privately, the bulk of the argument of the business men has been favorable to a cancellation, a reduction or a for debts and rations; to raise these pro- conversations nation affect- tions, with the Am:rican delegates in- formed as to the proposal, but not actually participating in the fornula- tion of the posed resolution itself. tion of the American its first real appear- Rejection Disappointing. Rejection of the American proposal transeends the pale of mere disappoint. ment on the part of the American dele- gates. - While none of the delegations in Washington can purport to represent their governments officially, the fact that business men are unwilling to take a position on the question of exorbitant military expenditures while, at the same time, taking a position on the ques- tion of debts and reparations growing ~(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) GAS TRUCK EXPLODES, KILLING ONE; 2 HURT ‘Cnsh of Train Followed by Blast| Hurling Flames Over Locomo- tive at Toledo. By the Associated Press. TOLEDO, Ohio, May 8.—One man was killed and two others injured prob- ably, fatally when a gasoline truck ex- ploded after collision with a New York Central passenger train near here to- day. The train was bounti for Jackson, Mich. Melvin McCormick, 23, Sylvania, Ohio, died at the wheel of the truck. Jesse E. Mann, engineer of the trail and E. W. Ingold, fireman, both Toledo, wcre taken to a hospital suf- fering from burns recelved when the truck’s 1,000 gallons of gasoline splashed flames over the locomotive. Mann and Ingold jumped from their cab through the curtain of fire_while the train was sliding to a halt. Every- thing inflammable in the cab was bu;_r;‘ed. e train's passengers were uninjured although the paint on several of, the steel coaches was blistered by the heat. John Blaisdell, express messenger, was burned on the hands when he opened the door of the express car. He closed the door to escape further injury. ¢ The truck driver had made a stop at the crossing before he drove upon it, but apparently falled to see the ap- proaching train. n. of LS TO BRING - Chaplin was sending a check to the Toyal commitie ot sped masSussnied for vaudeville artists. R Most actors regard the invitations to appear at command performances, which receive their name from the wording of the invitations, as, feathers in their caps and there have been very few refusals. It is not certain that either King George or Queen Mary ex- pressed a wish to see Chaplin in per- son at the performance, although this may have been the case. Imchn" plin "n'm?""'" enhed h‘;‘; He h&l Faprese as regar the life of the British country gentleman as his ideal. He was given ‘l"‘ tumultuous re- ¢ Foen * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ON, D ©, ‘&" Y. % W ILLINoS Y F HOOVER 10 STUDY | EXPENSE OF ARMY {War Department Heads to Meet With President at | Camp During Week End. | Amid the rugged beauty and quiet | of his fishing camp on the Rapidan River in Virginia President Hoover this | week end will hold the first of & num- ber of conferences with executives ol‘ | the various departments of the Govern- | | ment. The War Department and its prob- lems will be the subject of this first Rapidan conference. The White House has stated that this conference with ‘War Department heads is not the result of Mr. Hoover's recent speech before 'the International Chambér of Com- | merce, in which he attacked armaments ping down expenses , but virtually every ‘The fact that the President has asked { Representative Will R. Wood of In- | diana, ehairman of the House Commit- tee on_Appropriations, is looked upon = | an indication that Army nses will not be ignored on this oceas Others in this week end conference | party will be Secretary of War Hurley and Mrs. Hurley, Assistant Secretary of War Payne and Mrs. Payne, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff of the Army; Maj. Gen. Mosely, assistant Idflet of staff: Maj. Gen. Brown, chief of Army Engineers, and Mrs. Brown; Maj. Gen. De Witt, quartermaster gen- eral, and Mrs. De Witt; Earle Kinsley, l‘}cpuhlli-n r:‘lnl&nn committeeman for ‘ermont, an: rs. Kinsley; Lawrence Richey and Theodore Joslin, secretaries g; flwll’rfs!gannlbo and Mrs. Joslin, and ‘apt. Joel T. ne, physician President. e e May Not Fish. ‘The President and Mrs. Hoover will | leave for the camp shortly after 8 lo'clock tomorrow morning. Although | they will reach the camp probably be- fore mnoon, it i= not considered likely that the President will have an oppor- tunity to indulge in any trout fishing. |1t is expected that he will get right down to business with those of guests who are to sit-in on this confer- ence. His plan is to return to Wash- lngan about dark Sunday nlfhl. ring_the latter part of last Sum- mer the President inaugurated the plan of holding conferepces with depart- mental executives )during week end parties at his camp. These turned ‘out so satisfactorily that he will renew the plan. He is represented as expecting to |take up a different department each week end he spends at the camp. DO-X READY FOR HOP ‘Big Seaplane Prepares for Brazilian Journey From Bolama. BOLAMO, Portuguese Guinea, May 8 (P).—The big German seaplane DO-X, which taxied across the Jeba Delta yes- terday to Bubaque Island, was prepared to take off for Natal, Brazil, today. She came here last Sunday from the | Rio de Oro. whence she had flown from Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. iebellion Crushed ifioroeoo. TANGIER, Morocco, May 8 ().— Word from Soukelarba, where a body of Spanish Leflonnl!m mutinied, said foday the rebellion had been put down. Regular troops surrounded the muti- neers, closed in on them and disarmed them without bloodshed, | MYSTERY! ' ACTION! LOVE! In This Thrilling Story. "ROBBERS' ROOST" By Zane Grey. Beginning on Page D—7 of “TODAY'S STAR |Coun;y mining regions. Pennsy Plans Train From N. Y. to D. C. In "S'/z Hours’ Time Electrification of Line Ex- pected Completc:i in Two Years—Will FizhtPlanes. BY REX COLLIER. A three-and-a-half-hour electric pas- senger line service between Washington | and New York is the answer the Penn- sylvania Railroad proposes to make to the challenging competition of inter- city air transportation. Fle=t electrically-driven trains capable of & top speed of nearly 100 miles an | hour, but held to a safety margin lower than that, are expected to cut the run- ning time to New York by an hour, it | was learned here today. ‘The first step in the ambitious pro- gram will be replacement of the pres- ent rails between here and the Penn- sylvania station in New. York by the sturdiest type of rails ever manufac- tured. Seventy-flve per cent stronger than the exising.i3:pound Tails used. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) 2 MINE WAR LEADERS IN PEACE PARLEY Kentucky Militia Commander Reports Satisfactory Results. By the Assoclated Press. EVARTS, Ky., May 8.—With an im- posing array of National Guardsmen on duty here to prevent further outbreaks in the coal flelds, conferences toward a permanent settlement of the difficulties went on, and at Harlan the special grand jury resumed its inquiry into the lawlessness that cost five lives. E. B. Childers, superintendent of the Black Mountain Mine near here, re- ported that a number of men had gon® back to work. He declined to state how many, but said they were workers who had feared to go to the mines during the disorders. One report came during is [ the night of trouble expected at the Yancy Mine, near Pansy, in another part of Harlen County, but deputy sheriffs, instead of soldiers, went there. ‘They reported no disorder. Since the arrival of more than 300 troops yesterday Evarts has been quiet. There were no disturbances reported last night, and families that previously fled their homes fearing violence re- turned. Schools will be reopened Mon- day. They were closed because parents feared to send their children during the troubled times. Peace Conference Held. Col. Dan M. Carrell, commanding the Guards, conferred with mine work- ers and operators with a view to ending definitely the d]lnrfi in the Harlan He said he has had satisfac conferences with tory both factions, but declined to discuss| their nature. He said any announce- ment concerning them would come from Gov. Flem D. Sampson. At Prankfort last night Gov. Samp- son sald first conference was har- monious. and he looked for settlement of all differences. Col. Carrell reported to.him, he said, that his object was to provide work for the unemployed. Full- | been est co-operation, he sald, has pledged by all factions. ; In beginning the patrolling of Evarts, Col. Carrell explained, it was solely for " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) MISS—IEJNARIES ROBBED Chinese Bandits Take Hospital Sup- plies From Two New York Women. CHUNGKING, China, May 8 (#).— opera island of the Women's Forel clety of the Mel Church. ‘The missionaries were en route Ka from Chungking to Chengtu after v Mexican ($2,100) for the Methodist Hospital at Chengtu, 'nug ‘were not harmed. and Teturned to Chungking. :s Radio Programs - on Page C-7) by | riage ny Star. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1931—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. ¥ OEHMANN'S OFFIGE ‘Building Inspector Ordered | to Supervise Construction of All Future Structures. wals today instructed Bullding In- | spector John W. Oehmann to make in- spections of the plans and periodical | inspections of construction work on all | municipal buildings to be built here- after. These buildings are now inspected by inspectors appointed by and responsible to the municipal architeet, ‘who has been subject to no control from the building inspector’s’ office.. The ‘order issued’ today was nct an’ order Board of Commissioners, b:‘. ‘:nonl 3 continue i in force. Plaps for Four Studied. Plans for four new w-ae simul- taneously forwarded L %Ielmnn office. fou |for a check by his schools which will inaugurate the new check and double-check system are'the ddition at Carleton street venue northeast; the B. T. y tion between Forty-first and Forty-second streets; the Benjamin Stoddert, a new !'m-;tos school to be built at Fortieth and Calvert streets, and the Phoebe Hearst, another new two-story structure at Thirty-seventh and Tilden streets. The aspects of the plans and con- struction ‘to which the building in- spector's office was ordered to direct special attention are safety of con- struction methods and suitability of ‘materials. The examination to be made by the building inspector's office of the roof of the McKinley High School, at Second and T streets northeast, will be under- taken on Monday, starting at about 10:30 o'clock. The blueprints for this building were turned over yesterday to Heron Todd, the steel contractor, W) volunteered the charge that the roof of the school bullding was unsafe, a charge which he later publicly retracted aft:r measurement_of the steel members of the roof by his own employes. These measurements were not the most accu- rate that could be made, however, and the building inspector was ordered to make the measurements with high-pre- cision leveling instruments. Newman in Charge of Test. Mr. Todd was asked to mark with an “X" or “X's” the spot or spots where he thought the roof or its supporting steel work showed signs of weakness. These places will be carefully measured and the results reported to the Com- missioners. ‘The man in charge of the work will be Willlam Newman, an inspector in Col. Ochmann’s_office, for whom Mr. Todd is said to have worked as an ap- prentice boy many years ago when Mr. Newman was in the contracting busi- ness. The Board of Inquiry appointed by the Commissioners to report on the safety of the present type of steel con- struction used in Washington schools both during erection and after comple- tion of the buildings is expected to make its report shortly, but Engineer Commissioner Gotwals said this morn: ing that it would not be in before Assistant Engineer Comm! sloner Donald A. Davison is the chal men of this board. | | | | | German Inventor Dies. MUNICH, Bavaria, Germany, May 8 (P).—Hermann Anschuetz, 59, in- ventor of the gyrocom) and auto- matic steering wheel, died yesterday of eart disease. 10 WATCH SCHOOLS = Engineer Commissioner John C. Got- | ho | cut in the roof. The Star's “From Press to Home Within the Hour” § carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,386 «. TWO. CENTS. CROWLEY AND PAL INDIGTED IN TWO DEATHS IN REGORD Nassau Grand Jury Acts | Against Slayer of Policeman in 26 Minutes. DURINGER IS CHARGED WITH BRONX MURDER ‘; Capture in Upper New York Apart- ment With Girl Effected After Battle. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 8—The law, shooting back with both hands just as Prancis Crowley boasted of shooting with two guns, returned fast indict- ments for murder against him and his pal, Rudolph Duringer, today. A Nassau County grand jury at Mineola fired the first shot, indicting Crowley for the first degree murder charge of shooting Patrolman Frederick Hirsch last Monday. The proceedings required exactly 26 minutes, a record for speed in a murder indictment. ‘Three hours later, in the Bronx, Dur- inger was indicted for the slaying of young Virginia Brannen, a girl from e who became a New York dance Ball “hostess.” Moved From Hospital ‘While Duringer was awaiting arraign- ment on the murder charge, scheduled | for Jater in the day, Crowley, who was wounded in the sensational stand that he, Du r and their girl companion, Helen Walsh, made against 200 police- men late_yesterday, was moved from Bellevue Hospital to Mineola. ‘Witnesses who testified before the grand jury in the Duringer indictment included Mrs. Mildred Armstrong (Moore) and Robert Le Claire, who, | with Crowley, were companions of Duringer in the automobile in which the Brannen girl was killed. Mrs. Armstrong fainted when shown the clothing of the murdered girl from | Maine. In the battle Crowley was wounded in one wrist and the legs by police bul- lets, which had poured thi h walls . Hunmdadr:\;ll’film fired. Tear gas bombs also were used. The battle lasted three hours or more. Pistols in Trousers Legs. Crowley was taken prisoner with a hidden under each trouser leg. tters. Crowley and the girl had been sought since Monday, tor the killing of Patrol- rick Hirsch of the Nassau errick, Long Island. The policeman went t0 & ked car r | and asked Crowley for his nse. The shot. answer was & Slayings Are Confessed. Police said Crowley had confessed he killed both Hirsch and Virginia Bran- utomol ago. Duringer also confessed he killed the Brannen girl, saying he was jealous. s‘:.lce ‘were inclined to believe Durniger it. ‘Crowley also eonfessed he shot and wounded a New York detective and had participated in several robberies. In the siege of the apartment ma- chine gun bullets ricocheted from gran- jte walls and pistol fire penetrated win- dows and doors as 200 policemen, under Commissioner Mulrooney, fired. Five isiols used by the besieged trio were found after thelr capture. None of the police was hit. Firemen were called and holes were ‘When police threw tear bombs into the room Crowley tossed them out into the street. He yielded, he sald, because his ammunition was gone. Near Riverside Drive. ‘The well-to-do neighborhood at Nine- tieth street between Riverside Drive and Broadway was the battle sector. As the firing stopped, a dozen detectives walked into the building and came out with Durniger and the girl. An ambulance surgeon and two policemen brought Crowley out on a stretcher. The prison- ers and their captors were suffering from the tear gas. The girl was sent to_the Nassau County Jail. True to his name, “Two-gun” Crowley —his real name is Francis—had two guns on his person when captured, al- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) et ol ol B STATE DEFENSE COURT NECESSARY, DUCE SAYS Mussolini Il_;ldl Special Tribunal Vital to Italian and Euro- pean Peace. By the Associated Press. ROME, May 8.—Premier Mussolini in a report to the Chamber of Deputies today justified maintenance of the spe- cial tribunal for defense of the state as “necessary .not only for the peace of the country but even for the peace of Europe.” He asserted that “frontier incidents.” | interpreted as a reference to recent dif- ficulties along the Jugoslavian border, must be suppressed or they would be- come sparks which might be fanned into the flames of war. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, May 8.—Mrs, Peggy Prior Von Eltz, known on the screen as Margaret Abbott, has defended in Superior Court her belfef in trial mar- for “mature, well balanced Mrs. Von Eltz was called krdl{ in a hearing at which lnryh- Theodore Von Elts, film actor, asked custody of their children, Lori, 8, and Theodore, 6, who were awarded her mfiernnlnhrhqmqmolamn. ¥ ACTRESS URGES TRIAL MARRIAGE FOR MATURE AND SOUND PEOPLE Husband Divorces Scfeen Worker Who Pleads in Court for Own Rules of Life. couldn’t be trusted to make the test as a matter of principle. I can answer only for myself. I am honest in saying g‘t that the only way I can find ess. “Young persons should live -mresn‘[ to conven! . Only a mature, well balanced person ‘make his own rules of life.” Mrs. Von Eltz explained Joseph Mon- cur March, a writer, with whom Von Elts accused her of ennmg‘w a trial marriage, believed as she did. 1f the test 15 successful, marry him when her dit final. . 2 LAW LEADERS HIT PROPOSED BAN ON | DRY AGENTS' GUNS | Baker and Wickersham Hold Change in Code Would Tie Officers’ Hands. TWO PROFESSORS DENY LIMIT WOULD HINDER Keedy Declares Killing by Police Have Hampered Justice and Bred Lawless Spirit. Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, and George W. Wickersham, chairman of the Law Enforcement Commission, today disagreed with recommedations of two University of Pennsylvania law professors that the right of an officer to kill or wound in making an arrest should be limited to & series of specified serious offenses. The professors, Willlam E. Mikell and Edwin R. Keedy, had been delegated by the American Law Institute to draw proposed statutes for adoption by State Legislatures in criminal law adminis- tration. Their recommendations came before the institute today at its ninth annual meeting at the Mayflower Hotel. Urges Greater Powers. The council of the institute of which Mr. Baker is a member proposed that the right of an officer to kill or wound in making an arrest be extended beyond the limits laid down by the professors. Mr. Wickersham said he felt this was “no time” to tle the hands of peace officers, and, if anything, they should be strengthened. His commission, of which Baker is a member, has engaged In a two-year study of law enforcement. Baker said he agreed with Wicker- ;lh:m‘ ‘who is president of the institute. ing” instead of putting its provision in the negative torm. affecting the right to making an arrest 1is peace officers have hindered the ministration of the law and have bred a spirit of lawlessness.” The reporters and advisers were in agreement on the terms of the restate- ment with the exception of Mr. Mikeil, who held the right to kill or wound should be limited to capital offenses, and John B. Waite of the University of Michigan Law School, who expressed the belief it should be extended to include all offenses. ‘Would Limit Powers. As the law stands now in most Jurisdictions, an officer is justified in killing or wounding to effect an arrest for every felony, which includes certain violations of the prohibition amend- ment. Under the p restate- ment, however, the law on the subject would read: “A peace officer is not justified in killing or wounding a person with & firearm or other deadly weapon in order to effect his arrest or prevent his escape from arrest unless: The arrest is lawful. “2. The officer reasonably believes that the arrest cannot be otherwise effected or the escape prevented. “3. The officer reasonably believes the person to be arrested is aware that an arrest is attempted. “4. The offense for which the arrest is” being made or attempted is s (Continued on Page 2, Column REPORT ON LYNCHING GETS SCRIBE JAILED Memphis Reporter Held on Bond in Mississippi for Race Riot Article. WATER VALLEY, Miss., May 8 (). —Gerald Kelley, a reporter for the Memphis, Tenn. Press-Scimitar, was free under $1,000 bond today on a charge of criminal libel for reporting that a lynching mob had formed here Wednesday. Sheriff C. T. Doyle, who arrested Kelley at Greenwood, Miss., denied & mob had sought to lynch Sam Green, Negro house servant, accused of slay- ing Mr. and Mr- W. B. Wagner of Water Valley * 1 an ax Monday night. Kelley caid he believed his res port accurate. Littleton Upshur, editor of the Green- wood Commonwealih, and Sam Mont- gomery, Greenwood business ‘man, posted Kelley’s bond. Green, whom officers, said. confessed, was held in an undisclosed jail. James Joyce, managing editor of the Press-Scimitar, said the p:gr stand by Kelley, as he had always been a reliable reporter. ——— WIFE SLAYER GETS LIFE Rafe F. King, South Carolina Farm- er, Indifferent at Verdict. 8. C. May 8 (@). F. of his wife, Faye Wilson % uary 29, 1929, today was sentenced to life imprisonment. 8 The Sharon farmer was sentenced the defe nnfw‘:m That he: woud ense, t not ask Judge C. C. Featherstone, . t0 order an exantination of mental condition. to_determine his . indifferent as sentence A King a) w »