Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1931, Page 1

The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news , 77, at 11 am. at 6 am. y. service. wnl‘ht + Temperatures— today: lowest, 56, Full report on WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,152 TWO CENTS. * Star. 1931—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. #*» Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 @ ] 5 i ot sosimston bkt St NSRRI R sone s I DRSO No. 31,784, & DEBT EXAMINATION “IF WARRANTED' I . OF . CONCLUSIN Session Hete Reaffirms Its Stand of 1923 in Rome, Which Led to Dawes’ Plan. () Means Associated Press. SEVEN COUNTRIES [TWO PLANS T0 AD SIGN SUGAR EXPORT, CRIMINAL LAW ARE PLANOF AMERCAN) 0 KD BY LAWYERS Chadbourne Contract to As-|{One Would Permit Summon- sure Producers Fair Profits | ing Witnesses From Other and Protect Consumers. States in Felonies. SATURDAY, MAY 9, Entered as mecond class matt post office, Washington, WASHINGTON, GANGSTERS DEFIED AS CAPTURED BAND ISMOVED INAUTOS Officials Take Desperados, Guarded by Crack Shots, to Chicago. Broker Refuses To Pay $100 for $13,000 Lost Bonds By the Associated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn,, May 9.—Pay $100 to recover $13,000 worth of lost bonds? No, sir! Fifty dol- lars’ reward is enough. So thinks F. A. Barcus cf Mad- isonville, Ky., bond broker, who lost the negotiable securities in the wash room of a hotel here yesterday. Mr. Barcus advertised his loss and offered $50 reward. He recelved two telephone calls, saying the bonds would be re- turned if the reward were dou- led. “I'll nt pay $100,” said Mr. Barcus. But he expects to hear from his mysterious telephone correspondent again and perhaps reach a compromise. PROSEGUTOR SEE GANG REPRISAL {Wife and Children Removed' After Threats From Dia- DEFENDANT’S SILENCE COMMENT FAVORED GERMANY AND CUBA AMONG THOSE AGREEING LOOT OF OPERATIONS BELIEVED $6,000,000 BACKING GIVEN ARMS DECLARATION OF HOOVER Final Session of Institute Held Today After Ban on Firearms' Use Causes Disagreement. Russia Omitted—Peru, Spain, Italy and Others Are Ex- pected to Join. Suspected of Robbing Denver Mint of $200,000 gnd Nebraska Bank of Million. Resolution Holds Tariff Obstacles Opposed to National and World Trade. The International Chamber of Com- merce again today went on Tecord as favoring examination of the war debt question “if warranted by changed eco- nomie conditions.” The chambery in By the Associated Press. ‘Two propecsed statutes designed to aid By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, May 9.—The seven great sugar exporting ccuntries of the world | criminal law administration were ready today signed the Chadbourne interna- | for consideration by State Legislatures tional sugar contract which, they hope, | as the American Institute of Law began will assure producers fair profits and | the final session of its annual meeting By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 9.—8ix desperadoes, accused of the Nation's largest bank robbery, sped over ‘Northern Illinois highways todsy manacled and guarced taking this action, reaffirmcd its posi- tion at the Rome Congress in 1923, which is credited with having led to the Dawes plan. The chamber also backed President | Hoover on his arms reduction declara- tion made at the opening of the pres- ent Congress, and declared with regard to tariff that “every obstacle possible” should be removed. In this connection, it made reference to the flexible provi- sion of the American tariff by declaring that “the machinery provided by some countries for the adjustment of tariff inequalities should be utilized without delay.” lnyth! Rome conference of 1923 the chamber laid down the principle that “a proper factor in the adjustment of guch (war) indebtedness should be the sent_and probable future ability of 'h debtor.” It added that “in de- termining the ability of any debtor na- tion * to pay reasonable consideration should be given to the effect on its nt and future earning capacity | t may be expected from a sound national budget together with the sav- ings resulting from the reduction of excessive military expenses made pos- sible by the assurance of people's con- ditions.” *fls Reaffirming Position. In the resolution today the chamber | rea its position in these words: made definite in amount and in terms | as betwsen nations. The in ity of such obligations is nlw;}m 1 ental to the maintenance jnternational credit and to the expansion of com- merce and industry. The observance | of this essential principle, however, is | not inconsistent with an impartial ex- | amination of the effects of these obli- | gations on international trade, if war- | ranted by changed economic conditions, | such examination to be bassd on the principles laid down by the Interna- ! tional Chamber of Commerce at = connection W1|llx& 5 se on American delegation, declared that the Americans have “never the sug- | ,::kln that any nation should net feel | to ask a re-examination of these | debts on the besis of the underlying | princivles upon which they have been | settled. H With regard to arms, the resolution said: “The international chamber has repeatedly emphasized the fact that war is the greatest barrier to soeial and economic progress and the establish- ment of higher living standards is de- pendent primarily on the maintenance ©of peace. The chamber commends the | efforts being made by the governments of the world to reduce armaments to the Jowest possible limit, and urges not only that there should be no relaxation of this effort, but rather that it should be doubled. The attainment of this ob- Jective wouid relieve the people of all nations of heavy burdens of taxation.' Tariff Obstacles Opposed. | Regarding tariffs, the resolution said ' | { that ‘national and international trade Berlin Notified of Futile Effort to|killer, the six were accused of partici-| should b> enccuraged by the removal of every obstacle possible. Tariff should not discriminate unfairly be- | tween nations. Embargos should be | exercised only against _dumping or | cther unfair practices. The machinery | provided by some countries for the ad- | justment of far{ff inequalities should be utilized without delay and all na-| tions should unite in an effort to re- mcve all unjustifiable rectrictions.” In his second to the resolution. Booth made it clear that it was th fiexible provision of the American tariff | to which it referred. The machinery of the American tariff act is an im portant step forward in ediusting in equalities in the opinion of the Ameri- can delegation, he said The resolution also called on the gov- ernments of the world to contemplate | every possible economy and avoid a burden of taxation. that will disturb | productiv- enterprise and add to un-| employment. It also Inferentially took | a stand against Government nterven- | tion into business by dec'aring thet “privete initiative and private operation of business enterpriss constitutes the most_effective instrument to insure the progress of industry and to increase goneral prosperity.” | In the preambie to its resolution the chamber said that the present depres- sion s but a repetition of condition similar to those Wwith which the d has periodically to contend. but in this time the situation is intensified by the consequences of the war. Siiver Conference Favored. ‘The Chamber of Commerce went on | record foday as favoring a world con- ference to seek a solution to the prob- lem of the low price of silver. The chamber adop'ed without debate resolution declaring a (Continued cn Page 2, Column 1) SNOW REPORTS HOLD UP JAPANESE U. S. FLIGHT Yoshihara, -Dl;\ljn_ ;l 7Nulhu. Has 800 Miles of 6,000-Mile Jour- ney From Tokio Covered. By the Assoctated Press. NAIBO, Japan, May 9.—Hzalted by ;:flom of snowstorms along the Kurile nd chain northward, Seiji Yoshinara came down here today after a_135-mile flight from Nemuro, Japan. The Japa- irman has covered 800 miles of a 6,000-mile trip to the United States, which he started at Tokio Monday. Yoshihara was held to the ground by ually weather at Nemuro two days. ?fiunday he started to fly from there to Murotan Bay on Urup Island, just north of here, but was forced back by a storm. With today's flight Yoshihara left Ja- proper. He eventually expects to Fina ot %nshm"num. where he will de- liver 2 good will message to President Hoover and the Amer people. flirmed “International obligations have been mond Mob. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK; Mey 9.—Attorney Gen- eral John J. Bennett, jr., has placed his wife and three small children in seclu- sion to protect them from threatened reprisals of racketeers. The threats followed Mr. Bennett's prosecution of Jack (Legs) Diamond and his gang in Greene County. Leav- ing Catskill, where he has been con- ducting his activities against Diamond, Mr. Bennett came here unexpectedly last night. Mrs. Bennett, whose health is good. was upset by the receipt of letters threatening her and her children with death unless her husband dropped his prosecution. The whereabouts of My. Bennett's family were undisclosed todavi A police | guard, posted at their Bay Ridgs home DIAMOND DENIED BAIL. United States Also Starts Probe .of Racketeering. ALBANY, N. Y., May 9 (#).—Supreme Court Justice Brewster today denied the application for bail of Jack (Legs) Dia- mond, charged with illegal possession of firearms. ‘The application was heard yesterday at_Schenectady. Diamond was at liberty under bail totaling $40.000 when embushed at the Aratoga Inn in the Catskills nearly two weeks ago. There was an old nar- coties charge against him, in connection with which he had been free under a $15,000 bond. Just before the shooting at the Aratoga, he had been released in $25.000 bail in the Grover Parks torture case. Parks was kidnaped in the Catskills when he refused to answer questions about a load of cider on his truck. He blamed Diamond and his gang, U. 8. Calls 50 in Probe. ALBANY, N. Y, May 9 (®.—Pifty persons were under subpoena today to appear before United States Attorney George Z. Medalis in New York Monday to tell what they know of “Legs” Dia- mond’'s racketeering activities in the Catskills. Medalie also will have all records which have been complled by State in- vestigators which might have a bearing on violation of Federal laws, including liquor traffic ard failure to pay income taxes. LOAD BALKS DO-X HOP OVER ATLANTIC Take Off From Portuguese Guinea for Brazil. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 9. The National. Telegraph today an- | nounced receipt of a message from | j Rooney, Chicago labor leader, the German seaplane DO-X that she had tried to take off near Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, at 4 a.m., but was nable to get away because of her heavy load. | She was taken to Orango kllnd,‘! “The accusations against the six were| where she will attempt to start later today 1t is 1,580 miles from Buba, or Bu- baque, not far from Bolama, capital of Portuguese Guinea, to Fernando Do Noronhz, and it i5 to Natal, outermost point on the South | anq Marengo, Ill, and Walworth and | decided American mainland. If a cruising | speed excecding 75 miles per- hour is | | assumed the plane might be expected | Roche, “scattered throughout at Fernando Do Noronha in about 21 hours from the time of take-off, or sometime_this forenoon. The German plane taxied across from Bolama to Bubaque Thursday in expectation of taking off Friday forenoon on the longest and most haz- |ardous lap of its long-delayed trans- | atlantic journey. Several hours would { be required for a speed boat to reach | Bolama with word of a take-off on the long flight and this, and possible wire- less failure, were offered as a possible explanation of the ship's silence. l CO-PILOT TO MEET DO-X. conference | yiou(. Shildhauer Prepares for Trip | | to Brazil. PHILADELPHIA, May 9 (#).—Lieut. Ciarence H. Shilghauer, co-pilot of the Do-X, was preparing at his home here today to start for Natal Brazil, where he intends joining the flying boat. Schildhauer said he will aid in bring- ing the seaplane to this country and will fly over established airways. FOUL PLAY FEARED {Police Probe Man in Syracuse Foundry Yard. SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 9 () —Offi- clals today were investigating the pos- sibility of foul play in the death of William G. Anderson, 24, of Toledo, Ohlo, reported missing from a New York Central train and found dead in the yards of the Syracuse Foundry here last night. Passports on his perscn indicated he was to sail today for Dun- dee, Scotland. There was a gash on one of his legs when the body was found. Radio P;;nn; ‘o‘| Vl’nfigo B-16 not | | since the letters were received, was | | withdrawn. Death of Missing| by a large foree of State police. Headed for Sterling, TIl., where they were to be served with warrants charg- ing them with th> $2,800,000 robbery of the Lincoln, Nebr., Natfonal Bank last vear, were Tommy Hayes, Thomas | O'Connor. Jack Britt, Howard Lee, E. | Hawks end Willam McQuillan, ar- rested at East St. Louts, IIL, last night | by & combined squad of Federal, State and local police. The motor caravan headed north from Springfield after spending the night | | there. Seven cars carried the six pris- | oners and highway policemen selected for their marksmanship. State Police Chief Walter Moody said | !the heavily armed guard which he| | headed was composed of ex-service men | | who “know when to shoot and how to shoot.” Defles Rescue Attempt. “I'm going tb take them to Sterling over the main highways of the State” he said. “If their pals want to attempt to rescue them, let them try At Sterling six warrants were sworn | out charging “robbery with a gun” of the Lincoln bank and the men were to be given a hearing immediately after their arrival. Five warrants, sworn out | by Oliver Kempster, sergeant ‘nl the State pofice, named “John Doe.” The other was i-suéd for Tommy Pat Connrr. The warrants charged robbery of | |$25,000 in cash and securities worth | $2,500.,000. In Chicago, Attorney Emory Smith, representing Nebraska authorities, said | | the Lincoln robbery was “the largest | ever perpetrated in the United States.” | The Joot amounted to $2,800.000, he| said. Previous estimates had been/ about_$1,000,000. Bankers Co-operate.< ™ Although the men were said by their captors to be suspects in many other | bank robberies and numerous kidnap-/ ings and killings, the Lincoln robbery charge was the first to be brou'hti against them. | ‘;‘lllflou ‘Bankers' Association officials, | co-operating with Nebraska authorities, went to Sterling w:d?&e'l:'d lhenl‘\clr{n[t. claim e 's loot | Authorities eclai su’mf u;y‘ illions, including $200,000 taken 1in | 5‘112 Denver Mint hold-up of 1922. Their | proceeds were estimated by their ac- | cusers at $6,000,000, of which $1,000,000 was fixed as ransom money, in kidnap- Ings. P he six were caught in a spectacular raid on what officers described as A “gangster flat” in downtown East St. Louis, I, late yesteraay. - Remnants of Notorious Gang. Said by police to be remnants of ¢ Cuckoo and Shelton gangs of Seuthern | Tllinots and to have also been afliated with the “mob” of Pred Burke, notorious ! pation in more than 60 bank robberles |in Tlinois, Towa, Wisconsin and Ne- braska, including the theft of $1,000,- | {000 from the Lincoln Bank on Sep- | tember 17, 1930. In addition to these crimes the offi-| cers attributed to the gang the slaying | |of Mrs. Cora Garrison, wif> of Clyd®| | Garrison, Peoria, Il gambler. killed October 17, 1030; the killing of Thomas | March | |19."1931, and the kidnaping of Fred J. | | Blumer, Monroe, Wis., near-beer brewer, | |and James Hackstt, Blue Island, Il | | gambler, who sald he paid $150,000, or his entire, fortune, for his release. Others Still at Large. ! made by Roy McWhorter and Pat- | rick Roche, chief investigator for the| | State's attorney’s office. Among the | bank robberies attributed to the gang | were hold-ups committed at Mundelein, | + said | Mid- | Bristol, Wis. “There were plenty of othe | west and beyond this territo | The captures ended a Nation-wide search and more than eight months of 'intensive investigation, initiated by the | Postal Dcpartment, McWhorter, a Chi- ago postal inspector, said. Information | cbtained by Federal officials was sup- plemented by th: Chicago and State| | highway police, as well as by the “Secret | | 8ix," an ‘anti-crime busin:ss men's er- ganization, which is reported to have | received tips from within the State prison at Joliet and the Federal peni- tentiary at Leavenworth, Kans. Killing Led to Exposure. Chicago police got thei first intima- tion of the activities of th> gang when Detective Sergt. Roy Steffens and| | Charlcs Touzinsky, were working for { solution of a gang killing in suburban | Cicero, TIl. They went to East St. Louis and helpsd make the arrests. Telephone calls, overheard by investi- gators, made b-tween members of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) CAPT. DOLLAh SUFFERS { RELAPSE AS FEVER SOARS | Physicians Say Shipping Man's Condition Serious—Ill Two Months. By the Associated Press SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May siclans became Ityprrh.‘mh‘e today over the condition of Capt. Robert Dollar, 87, veteran shipping man, after he had suffered a relapse. They sald his tem- perature was 104. A bulletin issued by Dr. Rafael G. 9.—Phy- PIVLICO JAMMED | FOR CLASSIC RACE Twenty Grand Is Likely to| Face Barrier 7-5 Choice in Preakness. BALTIMORE, May 8 (#).—The starting field for the $50,000 Preak- ness was reduced to eight today when Walter M. Jeffords scratched Aegis. Although James Rowe, the trainer, announced he would start only two of the Greentree Stable trio, Twenty Grand, Surf Board and An- chors Aweigh were still eligible two hours and a half before post time for the first race. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, May 9.—The fortieth 1unning of the 450,000 Preakness over the mile and threP-sixteenths route at Pimlico track makes today the day of days of twe Maryland racing season Other important races have been run, more. are to be decided, but, to all Mary- land, the Preakness ranks first. Out at the track the mutuel depart- ment set up_additional booths to handle | the extra thousands of dollars expected | to be wagered through the machines. | Every available reserve seat was grab- | bed up days 2go. - With the infield thrown open, the Maryland Jockey Club is prepared to handle a crowd of from 30,000 to 40.000. Nine of the East's best thoroughbreds were groomed for the battle for the purse of $50.200. The winner’s purse | will fall nearly $10,000 short of the | $60,000 won by Victorian in 1928. Fast Track Likely. | The course is expected to be dried out and fast by the time the field is sent away by Starter Jim Milton at about 5 p.m., Eastern standard time. James Rowe, trainer of Mrs. Pavne Whitney's Greentree Stable’s three nominations, was in good humor this morning as he saw the prospect of a track just to Twenty Grand's liking. On a fast track. and with Surfboard as his running mate, Twenty Grand is ex- pected to go to the post .the 7-to-5 | favorite. In event another rain falls, Anchors Aweigh probably will replace Surfboard C. V. Whitney's Equipoise, a colt Maryland fans cannot forget for his game victory over Twenty Grand and A. C. Bortwick’s Mate in th> 1930 Fu- turity, was held at 8 to 5 in the early- morning betting. The big son of Pennant—Swinging not only will be at- tempting a comeback following a recent illness, but will have in the saddle Raymond “Sonny” Workman, riding his firet big race since breaking his leg at Miami last Winter Mate Is Third Choice. Mate, the horse that beat both Twenty Grand and Equipoise last year, is the third choice to take today's classic. The Bostwick speedster has not been trained hard, but his owner and | trainer, Big Jim Healy, says he was | never in beiter condition. | ‘The remaining five starters are rated 270 miles from there | Clearing, Elmhurst, Lafayette, Neponset | strictiy as outsiders, and it will be a upset if either Morton L. Schwartz’s Clock Tower, Walter Sal- mon’'s Ladder, the Seagram Stable’s Sol Gills or Walter Jefford's Aegis show the way home to the Whitney horses or Mate. | BANDIT BREAKS JAIL | Awaiting Further Arraignment. HASTINGS. Nebr., May 9 (&) —James Thomas of Amarilio, Tex., convicted here May 5 in connection with the $27,000 robbery of the Hastinge National Bank, February 25, escaped from the | Adams County Jail early today. Thomas, Sheriff Ray Crosson said. was to have been arraigned today for sentence. Charges of shooting with in- tent to kill and kidnaping were pending against him. The sheriff said Thomas sawed his way out of a solitary confinement cell. B “Prospectors” Find Soray Dirt” Screening Chicago Beach Sand By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 9.—Chicago has never been noted for its mining activities, but pay dirt was found here yesterday. ‘Two huge tractors which were run over the sand of a beach along Lake Michigan in prepa- ration for the Summer swimming season, brought about the dis- covery. A ‘group of unemployed who happened to be present found that by screening the sand loosened by the tractors, around $3 can be found in four hours, mostly in nickels and dimes. “And that's not counting such things as vanity cases and rings,” one prospector said. PLOTTO MURDER CARDL S FEARD Bucharest Police Spread Dragnet in Round-up of All Suspected Persons. Bs Cable to The Star. VIENNA, Austria, May 9.—A police dragnet has been thrown around Bucharest in an attempt to round up a group of active terrorists of either the Communist or Anarchist organiza- |tion who plan to assassinate King today's reports from the Ru-| Carol, manian capital state. Sunday being the anniversary of the | coronation of King Carol I. is Ru- mania’s greatest national holiday. In view of the fact that this year the holi- day falls on a Sunday and since this is the first year since the present Carol became King, a most impressive cele- bration is planned, the feature of which will be a military parade. Lengthy grandstands have been erected next to the royal reviewing stand. Armed Man Found. While patrolling this area last eve- ning detectives discovered a man near the stand. He was seized, and an ex- amination disclosed that he ried a loaded revolver as well as a supply of focdstuffs. The police suspect him of intending to shoot King Carol from his hiding place All persons known or suspected to have had any prisoner were jailed last night and an investigation is under way to as- certain how far flung the possible ter- ror organiaztion is. From Belgrade it is reported that | King Alexander today christened one of Jugoslavia's crack regiments the “Carol regiment” in honor of the Ru- manian King. (Copyright, WOMAN LOST OFF SHIP Pacific Liner ;p?ru German Army Officer's Widow Missing. SAN DIEGO, Calif, May 9 (#.— Officers of the Panama Pacific liner Pennsylvania, which arrived here yes- terday from New York, reported Mrs. ‘Therese Goerke, 46, widow of a German Ax‘m)‘5 officer, had been lost overboard ay 5. AT | M Convicted of Bank Hold-up, was | 1931) | Mrs. Goerke was not missed until she failed to appear for breakfast May 6. A sister, Mrs. P. Rosenthal, lives |at 21 Bennett avenue, New York. Youngstown Strike Settled. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 9 (#).— Union carpenters, electricians and plumbers will return to work Monday | under agreements signed this week in- | | volving a cut of $1 a day in the wage |scale. Other unions are expected 1o sign_similar agreements. The agree- ments all contain a clause pledging both sides to arbitraticn in future wage | disputes. IGGEST SOLDIER, WHO QUIT FOR FIGHT GAME, BACK IN ARMY Man 6 Feet 7 Inches Tall Gets Regulations Changed So He Can Return to Where Food is Plentiful. By the gssoclated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 9—George Washington Craig, 26, ox feet seven inches tall, is going back to the Army again to become Uncle Sam’s biggest soldier, but the Army had to break its own regulations to let him in. Craig sought and received a discharge last July g0 he might try the fight Dufficy, stated Capt. Dollar was “ge:- ting worse” and his condition was “very serious.” Capt. Dollar has been ill since an operation two months ago. me. The receipts, however, were in- sufficient to buy enough ham and eggs to keep his big frame in condition, so he applied for pez:luton to re-enlist. He was six feet five and a half inches |tall when he first entered the service. | The height limit for the Army is six feet six, which ordinarily would dis- qualify him, since he is now over the | limit, “but the local recruiting officer im\md his service record was excellent |and fixed it all up. Now Craig will go back to Fort Ben- l_ylmi.n Harrison, Ind., to his old unit, |the 3d Field Artillery, where he can | eat regularly, and again be the first |man in the company line, connection with the | SHINNEDBY BRAND Refuses’ to Be stampededk Into Declaring Self for Of- fice He Can Easily Get. | By the Assoctated Press. | PARIS, May 9.—-Aristide Briand,| | whose foreign policies were vindicated | by & smashing vote in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, today declined to te stampeded into declering himself a candidate for presidency of the re- public. Shertly after noon he received a dele- gation from the chamber, which asked that he make a formal declaration of | his candidacy, but he declined for the | time being to make any statement of his position. It was understood that he told the delegation considerations. of courtesy made it necessary that he await the acticn of various groups in the Senate which will not meet before Monday. ‘The presidential election is on Wed- nesday. Radicals Give Support. ‘The radicals lefts in the chamber ap- pointed a delegation headed by Louis Loucheur to call on M. Briand, but a formal conference was postponed. Louis Barthou, a member cf the Senate, au- thorized the delegation to use his name in urging Briand to run. but he de- clined an invitation to join it because | his Senate group has not yet met. Some of Briand's friends believe he may not make a formal declaration of his candidacy at all. They think he' wants the support of the right and center. grcups as well as of the left, so that his election, if jt should come, would be a real expression of the will of all the people. . By a vote of 450 to 32 the Chamber of Deputies last night recorded em- phatic approval of Briand's foreign policies after a fiery debate in which | a few of M. Briand’s enemies made a determined but futile stend in cpposi- tion to him. Cenvincing Testimonial. It was convincing a testimonial of popularity as any Prench statesman has had in many years, and in the chamber lobbies there remained little doubt that the man to whom it was meted may have the highest office of the French republic in succession t> Gaston Doumergue if he wishes. The only other candidate who has | put_his foot forward is the president | of the Senate, Paul Doumer, who prob- ably will be elected if M. Briand turns down his opportunity through a pref- erence to ecntinue in the foreign office. The vote of confidence sends M. Briand to the forthcoming meeting of the Council of the League of Nations at Geneva with a full indorsement of his efforts to effect international treaties which he claimed in debate yesterday had made war more difficult than at any time in history. Herriot Indorses Policies. It wes an indorsement also of the foreign minister’s attitude toward the | projected Austro-German economic | uniom, which he is expected to oppose in the Geneva deliberations. In the course of yesterday's debate Edouard Herriot, mayor of Lyons and former premier, announced his com- plete indorsement of the Briand foreign policies, a move which was accepted as a bid for the foreign office portfclio if M. Briand elects to stand for the pres- idency. CURTIUS PLANS ANSWER. | | i | i i | | | | German Foreign Minister to Reply Today to Briand’s Speech. BERLIN, May 9 (#).—Julius Curtius, Germany's foreign minister, probably will reply tonight to Aristide Briand's speech yesterday in the French Cham- ber of Deputies when he addresses the Foreign Press Associaticn. ‘The foreign office, while hesitating to anticipate what he may say, indicated that official Germany regards the French minister’s declaration as a brave assertion of belief in his own policles of peace and, so far as the Austro-German customs accord is con- cerned, a moderate expression of French opposition to that arrangement. Briand’s contention that the accord must be submitted to the League of Na- tion’s Coumcil and possibly The Hague Court coincides with Germany's Wwill- ingness to accede to that suggestion, it was asserted. RUMANIJA SEEKS TREATY VIENNA, May 9 (#).—A dispatch from Bucharest today said that the Rumanian jovernment had proposed to the German government that interrupted negotia- tions for a trade treaty be resumed. It was said that the German govern- ment had expressed itself as satisfied with the explanation given for the inci- dent which interrupted the negotiations, 2 German delegation for the purpose be- ing refused admission to Bucharest. Y. e 1 PRESIDENTIAL RAGE at the same time guard the consumer against unduly high prices. Germany, Pcland, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Hungary, Java and Cuba | signed the agreement, which Thomas L. Chadbourne of New York brought to successful conclusion after years of | effort. ‘It is his own plan for saving the world sugar industry from the evils of over-production by Testricting exportation, With the pact at last an accom-| plished fact he turned cver its oper- ation to FPrancis Powell, another American, who_has long been engzged in business in Europe and is the inter- national sugar counsel at The Hague. Rigid Export Restriction. The plan calls fcr rigid restriction of exportation by the signatory nations and will result in an increase of the price of sugar to a point which fllll make export profitable. The present surplus stock cf 2,500,- 000 tons will be segregated and if the price goes too high part of it will be released to world markets, thus bring- ing the price down for both producers and consumers. Mr. Powell was authorized to begin functioning immediately. One of his first duties will be to open negotiations with a view to bringing into the inter- | national group Peru, Spain, Italy, Rumania and the Dominican Republic. Mr. Chadbourne characterized today's event as the opening of a new chapter in post-war economic history. “We have set in motion a unique expedition into a new field of world economics,” he said at a luncheon which followed the signing. Senatcr Boudoun of Belgium, chair- man of the conference, paid tribute to President Machado of Cuba as the first_executive to see the value of the Chadbourne plan. Ommiission of Rassia, - - Mr. Chadbourne took cognizance of the fact that Russia is not included in the pact, but he expressed a be|>f that there is no great danger in th.j omis- sion. “So far,” he said, “the menace of Russian sugar dumping diminishes with close examination of that coun- try's international position. 1 Russia may export a certain amount of sugar, the inevitable increase in its own consumpticn plus its inability to manufacture sugar and sell it abroad at current world prices without great loss, is expected to minimize the possibility of wholesale dumping.” He said he hoped cther industries might follow the lead of the sugar tional co-operative agreements, _thus moving. closer to the “as yet illusive econcmic recovery.” ‘The Chadbourne plan assigns export quotas to each of the signatory coun- tries, and provides that when the price of sugar.reaches 2 cents a 'pound f.0.b. Cuba the quotas would be increased by 5 per cent. This would mean about 225,000 tons in the aggregate for the seven signatories. A permanent ~ international sugar council is created which has an option, whenever the price reaches 24 cents, to increase the export quota by an addi- tional 2': per cent. If the price of sugar reaches 2': cents after the Con- trol Committee has availed itself of that increase option, the export quota shall be_increased another 2!> per cent. If, however, the committee had not made the increase when the price reached 214 cents it shall be required, when the price reaches 212 cents, to in- crease the export quota a full 5 per cent. No other increases are to be obligatory during any one vear of the five years for which the contract is made. Other releases of additional export quotas are to be left to the option of the commit- tee, but at a price lower than 21; cents no export quota increases other than those specified are to be made. STIMSON TO DISCUSS NAVY ARMS IN FORUM | Secretary of State to Include Analysis of London Parley in Radio Talk Tonight. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson will speak tonight in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Star and broadcast over a coast-to-coast net- work of the Columbia Broadeasting System. Measures taken recently to reduce naval armament will be discussed by Secretary Stimson, who, as head of the Department of State, is an authority on the subject. Analysis of the accomplishments of the London Conference for Limitation of Naval Armament will, it is under- stood, be included in the address, which will begin at 8:30. The negotiations now under way be- tween France and TItaly also will be discussed, as will the operation of the Kellogg-Briand pact and its effect on the peace of the world. For the first time the public will be initiated into the werkings of the State Department, which plays an important part in maintaining peace between the | United States and other nations. Spain Names Miguel Gomez Acebo, Formerly at Embassy in Berlin. MADKID, May 9 (#).—Miguel Gomez | tonight at which Ada | University of Pen) at the Mayflower Hotel today. One proposal would allow the sum- moning of a material witness from an- other State if the distance were not more than 1,000 miles. The other would give the judge, prosecuting attorney and defense attorney the right to com- ment on the fact that the defendant dl% 'l‘l:t testify. greement on a third proposed statute defining the right of an officer to kill or wound in making ah arrest caused it to be sent back to a specia! group for further study. Seeks to Clarify Law. ‘The institute is engaged in clarifica- tion and simplification of virtually the entire field of common law, but crim- inal law js the only branch where it has drawn statutes with the view to their adoption by State Legislatures. Restatements of the law in torts, con- tracts and trusts were presented to the institufe for consideration today. The meeting will end with a banquet Comstock, dean of Radcliffe College and member of the Wickersham Commission; Solicitor Gen- eral Thatched and Eugene A. Gilmore, former acting Governor General of the Philippine Islands, will be ers. The attitude of Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler, U. 8. M. C., as director of public safety in Philadelphia six years ago was used yesterday as an argument for the propesal to limit the right of officers to use their revolvers in making arrests. The gun battle which ed the capture of Francis Crowley and Rudolph in New York Thurs- day was used to cite contentions against the proposal. Hits Butler Attitude. As drawn, the proposed statute wotld prevent an_ officer from killing or wounding an offender attempting to es- cape except in cases invol certain felonies. Prof. Edwin R. K of the vania, who with Prof. William E. = the same \mlvel'flzd !x;‘med i, Gen. Butler encoura e use of revolvers by offi- cers in Philadelphia. = “In my opini attitude hurt law.” Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War under Woodrow Wilson, replied that he did not feel action should '&‘ekm that wm‘x‘led officers in t) George W. Wickersham, chairman of the Law Enforcement Commission, told the institute council that cl | business and make similar interna- | should be made extending the right of the officer to use force and that State Legislatures should be given op- portunity to add to the list of crimes named in the statute. Pomerene Expresses View. Most of the members pating Wickersham. The propacal oy Keedy er: . e Keedy and Mikell was defended, however, by Judge Floyd E. Thompson of . Atlee Pomerene, former Ohio Senator and later prosecutor in the naval oil lease cases, said he did not believe fn giving officers the right to kill or wound in making arrests in all cases of felonies. He cited the case of 2 woman in Michigan, who was sent to prison for life upon conviction of violating the prohibition laws for the fourth time. If the proposed law were sufficiently broad, Pomerene said, an officer would have had the right to shoot the woman if she had attempted to escape. Baker also objected to the language in the proposed law on summoning witnesses. He said the 1,000-mile re- striction should be stricken out, cif as an illustration the case of Henry M. Blackmer, Colorado ‘oil man, who re- fused to return from PFrance to testify in the oil lease cases. e J:mpmd statutes adopted are intended for enactment by State Legis- latures. The “right to shoot,” probably will not be taken up until the institut> meeting next year. THREE STUDENTS HELD AFTER FIGHTING POLICE Dry Law Violation Charged to Men—Two Deputies Are Beaten. By the Assoctated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 9 —Three University of Michigan medical stu- dents are in th® Washtenawa County Jail today, two of them charged with resisting officers and violation of the prohibition law. The students are Lyman A. Brewer, 23, of Toledo, Ohio, a third-year stu- dent; Gordon Lamb, 23, of Alma, Mic! and John P! Ottaway, 24, Port Huro: Mich. The students’ car collided with & truck shortly before 3 a.m. today be- tween Ann Arbor and Jackson. Chief Deputy Sheriff John Osborn and Dep- uty William Daily sald Brewer and Lamb had been drinking and when the officers started to question them they began fighting. ‘The officers reported they were forced to use blackjacks to subdue the students. Deputy Osborn received a fractured nose and discol- ored eye and Daily was bruised. They said they found three bottles of liquor in the car. JACKSON, Miss., May 9 (#).—Two bandits held :fl employes of the Deposit Guaranty Bank & Trust Co. before the ‘wpenm””lg hour today and escaped with bandits entered the bank by a back door. As employes reported for Acebo, former chancellor of the Span- ish. embassy at Berlin, has % a filflhed to_a similar in em! at Washirgton, e ao.r: u:hey ?re forced to ugn; up. n employes were gree y_an armed blnmglG the Mn{rdm as they entered. s