Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1931, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Pair and wi row: moderate Temperature: armer tonight and tomor- west or northwest winds. s—Highest, 65, at noon today: lowest, 53, at 6:30 a.n. today. Full report on page 5. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 No. 31,790. Enter post office, ed as second class matter Washington, I ). POPE BROADGASTS PLEAFOR CONCORD INLABOR DIPUTES Cites Coming -Encyclical, Holding World Economic System Must Be Rebuilt. CONDEMNS SOCIALISM AND EXTREME WEALTH 10,000 Worker Pilgrims Present at Celebration of Anniversary of Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum. 81 the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, May 15.—Speaking in Italian, Prench and German, Pope Pius XI today addressed 10,000 work- men in the court yard of San Damaso, exhorting them to industrial concord and union. The address was broadcast throughout the world through the new Vatican City radio station. He referred to a resume issued today ©f his forthcoming encyclical on labor in which he said it was necessary to re- construct the world’s economic system to insure justice to the worker, con- demned Socialism and Communism and the concentration of too great weaith dn a few hands. Many In Crowd Faint. ‘The Pope exalted work, saying that e happy habit of work multiplied the | wer for work and the noble and holy isfaction accompanying work made more desirable. The Pontiff said the spirit of sacri- Rce was needed also, and especially dis- to legiti- As the Pontiff continued his talk, Wwhich Jasted more than an hour, gest period of public speaking in which the Punfiflw engaged since he became Pope in 1922. It had been his intention to head the resume of his forthcoming encyclical, but he refrained from doing so. ‘When he had :untd“de& his 590;(]:‘2 throng knelt for the apos blessing, then the standard-bearers sur- rounded the platform as the Pontiff ved a farewell. The crowd burst into cheers as he left the platform and returned to his apart. ments. The shouting continued Imtll; the Pontiff appeared at a window and | waved ; This was the Pope's first lmporungi | radio speech in the vernscular. address cn the occasion of the inaugu- ration of the Vatican City station last February was delivered in Latin, Text of Address. Following is the text cf the address, trantlated by the Associated Press as the 3 i are welcome, beloved children, you whom the powerful voice of our im- predecessor, Leo XIII, almost re- echoing in eternal splendor, has called together in the house of common Fatber, “You are twice and thrice welcome ‘while from so many countries far and near you bring us so worthy a repre- sentation of the workers of the whole ‘world. ‘“¥ou bring us a representation actu- | ated that_happy concord and union | of rs and givers of work, of di- Tectors and workmen, which is neces- | gary for the ntage of every one. | “Our very d:ar Roman people have | ®iven you welcome, letting you partici- pate in the unforgettable demonstration of our ancestral faith toward the Mather of God in commemoration of the great couneil of Ephesus, which was celebrated 15 centurizs ago. | Booklets Carry Message. | “The Bishop of Rome is happy and ®lad to Tepresent a people so faithful | and pious. The Mother of God who gives you this welcome, beloved children, smiles her blessing from her venerable age. S “Having been able to speak in three languag:s, we would like to able to speak in others also, especially to our dear Polish. but since we have already spoken in Italian, French and German, largely understood 2l:0 by the other national gropps, and having sald th: same thing in them, we will continue in this manner. “Moreover, while some are listening, the others can read what we are saying in the booklets published for this . as you have been able o see, announce our encyclical, quad- ragesimo anno, which will appear short- 1y as a comment on the rerum novarum of Leo XIII ‘It is already in the press and will be published within a few davs ‘We have thought to make this a memorial and a reminder of the encyclical of Leo XIII. Th's we have done in our new encvelica', and in memory of this we shall give to cach a small medal depicting the subject of our two encyclicals and their author. Condensed in Three Words, “We have promised 10 give you some- thing very short and which can be put into three words all the eloquence of the rerum novarum and of the quad- ragesimo anno, for whatever the Cath- | olic program or Catholic direction, in- dividual or social “Here are the three words—prayer, n, sacrifice hey are few words, but full of sig- | 2 | By the Associated Press. has | President Alcala Zamora for mare than | officials are trying to locate other per- ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGT N, ' D. FRIDAY, Fascist Assault Follows Re- fusal to Play Anthem. |“Not Good Music,” Is His Grounds for Declining. By the Associated Press. BOLOGNA, Italy, May 15.—Arturo Toscanini, who was struck in the face last night when he refused to play the Fascist national anthem at a concert, was on the way to Milan today, having | been ordered to leave Bologna by a | Fascist official. | | Whzn the conductor arrived at the| | stege dcor of the theater a group of | requested that he play the | m because Count Ciano, under- | secretary in the ministry of th- inte- |rior and father-in-law of Premier | Mussolini’s daugiter, wzs in the audi-| | ence. | ‘Toscanini refused, as he has done before, on the ground that the comp sition is not *good The dele- gation demanded that he reconsider and | when he would not one of them struck ( him and forced him to return to his hotel. A larger group marched through the BOLOGNA FOLLO TOSCANINI ORDERED TO LEAVE WING BEATING ARTURO TOSCAN streets to the hotel where they staged a demonstration of protest end Com- mendatore Mario Ghenelli, Fascist secretary of the province, talked with Mrs. Toscanini, then ordered the conductor to leave town. It is neither obligatory nor customary in Italy to play the Fascist anthem or the royal march at a concert or opera unless a member of the royal family is " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) VATICAN OFFICIAL - GALLS ON ZAMORA ‘Believed to Have Transmit- ted Formal Protest Against Attacks on Churches. MADRID, May 15—Papal Nuncio | Federico Tedeschini conferred with an hour today and was believed to have | transmitted a Vatican protest against| the recent attacks on Catholic property. He carried & bulky roll of papers and was not accompanied by his secretary, | indicating a desire for a private inter- view. Neither would disclose the nature of their conversation. All the vatican representative would say was thaf he | had “called upon. Alcala Zamora as a dear, personal friend.” If the protest was presented, it is be- lieved President Alcals would inform | his cabinet of the details before making | it public. . Probe Communistic Reports. | Meanwhile, the government was at- tempting to determine the truth of per- sistent reports that organized Commu- nist influence was behind the depreda- tion. Foreign Communists in Spain may be deported and efforts made to keep all foreign radicals out of uu‘ country. Former King Alfonso’s private pal- aces at Santander and San Sebastian, which are both in the hands of the| government, were being inventoried and sonal property of his for seizure. The | charges against Alfonso, involving the | question as to whether to presecute him | BRIAND HAILED IS “STATESWAN' |Henderson Says He Is “Not| French Politician” at Geneva Conference. By the Assoclated Press. GENEVA, May 15.—Aristide Briand, still the French foreign minister, despite his defeat in the presidential el>ction, was hailed today, as “an international statesman, not a French politician,” as the cormission to study his plan for a pan-Eurcpean federation began its ses- slons, The foreign ministers of 20 nations | applauded as Arthur Henderson, the British representative, described Briand as the “embodiment of all that is best in the League of Nations and for the peace of the ‘world.” The commission expressed entire confidence in the French minister, adding a hope that he would continue to guide and inspire the movement fcr unity in Europe. Mr. Henderson acknowledged that M. | Briand’s status inevitably would be modified by the presidential defeat, and even forecast his possible retirement from . the ¥rench cabinet. change, he sald, would bs contrary to the desires of his European colleagues. Pledges to Continue Fight. ‘The veteran French statesman said he was deeply touched by the tribute and pledged to continue his fight for the welfare of Europe, “though perhaps | with hands not so strong as once they The Soviet and Turkish foreign min- isters are expected t> arrive later in| the day, so that the commission will | in absence, are still being considered. Observe Religious Holiday. ! Madrid cbserved another religious holiday today—that of San Isidor patron saint of the city—and the churches were filled with worshipers. Picnickers gathered in fields near the city and the situation generally was tranquil. Martial law still was in effect here and in Malaga, Seville, Cordoba and other cities where incendiarism oc- curred, but there apparently was no need ! for the -rilitary. The government was Wers hopeful that two days without violence | meant the end of the anti-religious scrious movement. Police Chief Removed. Carles Borrero, chief of police of Madrid, was removed from office today by government order, charged with laxity in putting down disorders which culminated this week in the burning of 10 churches and church buildings here. | Ricardo Herraiz was named in his stead. | The minister of interior, Mi‘u!l‘ Maura, placed in charge of suppression of the disorder, stated after a pro- tracted cabinet meeting last night that | the government was “highly pleased™ with the resumption of order through- out Spain and that the cabinet did not consider it necessary to meet a consider the situation until Mol 14 Communists Arrested. Meeting in an unauthorized assembly last night led to arrest of 14 Com- munisis by police, who said that they found a large quantity of arms and am- munition and many documents which | indicated widespread activity by the organization. The group resisted ar- | rest, but the police were not forced to | fire’ their pistols, which they held | drawn. | NON-STOP FLIGHT OFF ‘ Honduran ;vh!or Ordered Home to Head Air Forces. be able to attack its problems tomor- row with the participation of these non-members of the League. Promises Full Discussion. M. Briand promised a full discussion of the Austr:-German project and out- lined partially the FPrench counter- proposals for the relief of distressed agriculture in the countries of Central and Southeastern Europe. Conflicting | rumors sald variously that the German and Austrian delegates were ready to abandon their scheme and that they| determined to stand firmly by it.| Econcmic depression is the most threat to European accord, | Briand declared. The crisis is espectally serious in the | agriculiural countries of Southeastern | Europe, he said, and to those countries the commission will try to give prompt relief, both by preferential rates on cereals and by ,long-term agricultural credits The commission adourned until to- morrow after adopting a plan of or- ganization. It was believed in informed quarters that M. Briand would continue as the chairman of the present session, but would return to Paris before the end of the League Council session next GNATION SEEN. Friends Say Success at Geneva Will| Not Change His Mind. PARIS, M2y 15 () —Aristide Briand, | now in Geneva for meetings of the Pan- European Commission, has left in _she | minds of his friends here the corivic- | tion that he will insist upon resigning s foreign minister when he gets back. (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) OHIO STEEL STRIKERS | ' REFUSE ALL PAY CUTS| federal ! | who had Leen a customer at the bank, | ance. WILMINGTON, Del., ‘May 15 (#).— Lovse are the spiritual words of the Cath activities—words which also > forth on o many of your beauti- fui Lonners; giorious, r:verent words vords which we have judged righ’eous and honorable for people of great minds; words which signify on these flags your faith, your ardor and your action and are emblems of your sacri- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Capt. Lisandro Garay of Honduras, who panncd a non-siop fiight from New York to his native country, late this month, has b2'n ordersd home, offic’als of the Bellanca Alsgraft Corporation were advised today. Capt. Garay was ordergd back, it was anderstood, to take charge of the coun- try's air forces. | Pi(EDIC’i' S "SKY C6PS” TO ASSIGN AIRPLANES TO PROPER LEVELS Head of Air Service Tells New Jersey Bankers s-i-lom Transcontinental Hops Will Be Possible. 1 By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 15—A day when the air will be so filled with {to make regular transcontinental hops | | in_eight hours. He said there was a likelihood it could | ‘Wo;)m's Demand Return to Pre- vious W>ge Scale Before Slash ‘Was Announced. By the Assoclated P MANSFIELD, Ohio, May 15.—Re- fusal to accept any wage reduction was voted by 1,600 striking employes of the Empire Steel Corporation at a mass meeting here last night. The men walked out early this week when asked to take a 15 per cent pay cut, and the vote was on the company's compromise offer of 10 per cent reduction. . Besides rejecting the company's pro- posal, the workers decided to form their own union, and sent to the management a list of demands to be mect beforesthey will return to their jobs. ‘The demands provided, among other things, that the company must return to the wage scale in effect prior to May 1 before the present cut was an- nounced; common labor must be paid mirplanes that “sky cops” will assign |be done with flying equipment that |not less than 40 cents per hour; wages craft of various weights to different levels was predicted by Maj. R. L. Crop- ;c)'. president of Newark Air Service, nc. 8 in s symposium entitled ‘l’mmt of New Jersey in 1950.” he told the New Jersey Bankers' Associa- §i6p Be also believed it would be possible would travel at 30,000 or 40,000 feet alti- tudy, taking advantage of strong winds high above the earth. “Hermetically sealed cabins, fed with the r amount of oxygen, heated and '.m. at & eoxuu': fi-uu.flvcul% permit passerigers ve] withou! physical discomforts,” he -l‘. must be figured in a bimonthiy slid- ing scale d on selling prices of steel; no crew shall work more than 10 hours & day or 12 at night, and no workmen shall be called to the plant ¥ \lcamwiie, ‘e plang. i eanwhile, plant remained idle with pickets at all entrances, EFFORT BY HAYNES 10 RECOUP LOSSES EXPLAINED AT TRIAL Bank Examiner Testifies of Finding Excess Loans to Investing Depositor. RESIGNATION FOLLOWED NIGHT BOARD MEETING Signature on Bank Records Iden- tified by Witnesses at Trizl of Former Bank President. Harry V. Haynes resigned as presi- dent of the Farmers and Mechanics' National Bank after admitting to the directors that certain of his operations were designed to recoup losses sus- tained by Mrs. Louise T. Chambers, who acted on his advice, it was testi- fied today at Haynes' trial on a charge of misappropriating funds of the bank. William P. Folger, who is now chief | national bank examiner, detailed the account of Haynes' resignation at a meeting of the directors which Folger said he himself had called on Septem- ber 12, 1928, following an examination of the bank's records two days pre- viously. The meeting, which started at 11 p.m., lasted until 3 o'clock in the morn- ing and broke up only after Mr. Haynes had submitted his resignation. Mrs. Chambers, in a sult against Haynes, has charged he “dissipated” her fortune, putting her loss at $280,000. Examiner Tells Story. Folger followed to the stand Paul C. Ramsdell, a national bank exam- iner, who visited the bank in July of 1928. At that time, he said, he found two “cash items” representing cashier's checks for $29,050 and for 09 sent to W. B. Hibbs & Co., local brokers, for the account of Louise T. Chambers. | He sald they created excessive loans | to Mrs. Chambers, and that in dis- | cussing the matter with Haynes that the bank president sald that it was “only a temporary matter and would be_adjusted.” Ramsdell said in answer to ques- tioning that a limit to a loan should have been $60,200, which would be 10 per cent of the bank's capital and surplus. Ramsdell said that he dis- cussed the matter with Haynes because “it was irregular.” ‘When Folger took the stand he de- | clared in response to a query by United States Attorney Leo A. , who 15 prosecuting the case, that he visited the bank on September 10, 1928, in re- sponse to “certain information.” The nature of this inf tion was not brought out. Folger that he asked the cashier to see the “cash items” and | that they were brought from a paying | teller. Among them, hé said, he found & ticket for $29,050 on which there was 2 pencil notation “for Mrs. Louise T.! Chambers, credit Hibbs & Co.” This| was signed “Harry V. Haynes,” and was ted June 15, three months previously. Also Found $33,000 Draft. It had been brought out in previous | uestioning of both Folger and Rams- | { 11 that such items should not remain | in the cages more than two or three| days. Folger added that he found a draft for $33,000 drawn by Mr. Haynes on Hibbs & 'Co. This was not dated, but a notation on it indicated it had been placed there Scptember 7. He also found, he said, that Mr. Haynes' account | >n the individual ledger, marked “Syndi- | cate Account” (one of th: accoynts | which it has been brought out Haynes| carricd at the bank), had received a credit of $33,000, this deposit covering an overdraft. Folger :aid that he did not say any- thing to Haynes about it on that day, but that two davs later he himself | called the meeting of the directors at which Haynes app-ared. When these matters were brought up, Haynes was | quoted as saying that Mrs. cmmbers,' had “lost considerable money acting on | his advice aund that the proceeds of those items had been used to recoup her losses.” Folger declared that Haynes then said he would resign, left the room and came back with his Tesignation as president and director of the Farmers' and Me- chanics’ Bank. Identifies Handwriting. H. Winship Wheatley of counsel for the defense questioned Folger as to if | he “knows what handwriting” was on the ticket for $29,050 “Mr. Haynes'" the witness said. Rover questioned Folger as to whether certain “cash items,” which he enumer- ated, would be irregular, and drew from the witness the statement that such hypothetical cases as Rover propounded would be frregular and unusual. Rover asked the witness, “Supposing the president of a bank draws a check for | $33,000 against his account, creating an overdraft, and puts a cash item in to cover it, would that be irregular?” The witness sald that it would be. Rover asked again if he repeated the action with the same amount invclved would that also constitute an irregu- larity, and the witness agreed that it would. Again Rover asked if he did the same thing with a $28,000 item, would the procedure be viewed askance by Government banking officials, and drew the same reply. After the bonk examiner's testimony | ! had been completed. James C. Elgin, sudit.-r of W. B. Hibbs & Co.. who began his testimony yesterday, was re- called to the stand to continue with Fis identification of records in stock transactions in which Haynes is reputed to have figured. Seven other Hibbs employes followed Flgin to the stand for identification of these records. They were Paul P. Rod- ler, cashier; W. C. Smith, customers’ man; James J. Madden, teiler; J. Carl Perry, bookkeeper; Albert Haas, secur- itles clerk; Frank Kane, chief telegra- pher, and Leo A. Herer, telegrapher. After these witnesses had testified, Jus- tice Gordon took an adjournment until Monday morning. It is not thought that the prosecution will complete presenta- tion of its case before Thursday. Bennett Takes Stand. George Willard Bennett, who went MAY k A | favor of other St | effort. | to Lorten more than a year ago to begin serving a nine-year sentence for embezzlement of $104,000 at the Far- mers & Mechanics’, where he was first paying and receiving teller, took the stand yesterday afternoon to identify bank records. The questioning of Bennett did not extend beyond the records. Like other witnesses who held posi- tions in the bank under Haynes, Ben- nett was asked who supervised' his work. He said.no. one, ~ 15, 1931—FIFTY: . SIX g Shar, The Star's every carri “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ier system covers very city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 117,723 PAGES. #¥» RHEEM 1S SHIELDED FROM FINANCE QUIZ Questions on Personal Hold- | ings of Firm Vice President Are Barred. An effort to ascertain the penonn]‘ holdings of Edmund D. Rheem, vice president of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co., was cut short today at a meeting of creditors of the bankrupt concern. Referee Fred J. Eden refused to per- | mit counsel to pursue this line of ques- | tioning after Rheem had told him he | did not hold any property of the bank- rupt estate. | ‘The question was asked by Attorney Marcus Borchardt, who previously had | attempted to show money received through the release of a trust on the nts had been used in wartzell, Rheem & Hen- sey Co. properties. Questions Barred. Rheem's attorney, Leon Tobriner, ob- Jected to any questions leading to s dise closure of his client’s personal financial status. The referee then asked the! witness whether he held any property of the bankrupt. Upon receiving a nega- tive answer, he informed Borchardt he | would not permit further questions along this line. rights here, as | “Mr. Rheem has some well as the noteholders” Eden stated. | He offered to permit the attorney to | conduct an examination along this line | under section 21-A of the bankruptcy act it he desired to do fo. The hearing today resulted in several clashes between Tobriner and Borchardt, the attorneys alternately accusing each other of attempting to stifie the pro- ceedings and with “playing to the pub- he.” ‘Mention Howar. The name of A. Joseph Howar, with whom Swartzell, Rheem & Hensy ne- gotiated several transactions, was again brought into the testimony. Borchardt brought out that Swartzell, Rheem & Hensy Co. had mace an over- | payment, of several hundred ihousand dollars to Howar. Rheem testificd this overpayment vwas not secured by any collateral other than Howar's ability to ay. P2Yt the outset of the hearing, Bor- chardt said he expected to show an ‘n- terlocking - connection between Rheem and Harry Wardman with regard to | business deals. After ascertaining that | Rhem met Howar through a Wardman | employe, however, he abandcned this HERRMAN CAPTURES SEMI-FINAL MATCH Sinks 20-Foot Putt to Beat Eynon at Chevy Chase Club—Will | Meet Burrows. ]‘ James D. Herrman of the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club sank a | 20-foot putt on the eighteenth green | this afternoon to defeat Everett Eynen | of Columbia and enter the final round of the invitation golf tournament of the Chevy Chase Club. Herrman thl!l afternoon plays Bradley H. Burrows, | unattached player and municipal links champlon of the District of Columbia. Burrows won his semi-final match from Richard Lunn of Burning Tree by a 3- and-2 margin. i Herrman is an attorney for one of the committees cf the House of Rep- resentatives. His home is in Dayton, Ohio. Burrows won the District mu- nicipal links title last year, and went to the fourth round in the national public links champfonship in August. Herrfnan was runner-up in the Wood- mont Country Club tournament last week. Results in the other flights follow: Second flight: James G. Drain, Wash- ington, defeated George S. Lyon, To- ronto, 2 and 1; Richard P. Davidson, Chevy Chase, defeated Thomas §. Pitt, Argyle, 1 up. * ird flight: Comdr. A. H. Douglas, Columbia, defeated Franklin Parks, Congressional, 5 and 4;.T. M. Belshe, Indian Sprirg, defeated Roger Hall, Baltimote, 7 and 6. Fourth flight: Maj. E. A. Noyes, Army and Navy, defeated W. G. Brantley, Chevy Chase, 2 up; Dorsey Hines, Bal- [irg timore; defeat:d B. ington, 4 and 3. Explorer's Wife Gets Divorce. PARIS, May 15 (#).—A divorce was nted todsy between Mrs. Joan Allen ivingston of Pelham Manor, N. Y, and Paris and the explorer, Goodhue Liv- ingston, jr. C. Brown, Wash- (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. SENATOR HIRAM BINGHAM. BINGHAM T0 OPEN ORATORIGAL FIVALS Constitution Hall to Be Scene | of Competition for Na- tional Title. Hiram Bingham, Senator from Con- necticut, explorer, lecturer, educator and author, will deliver the opening ad- dress at th: National Oratorical Con- | test finals in Constitution Hall a week | from tomorrow night. James A. Moore, Western High School's spokesman for | The Star’s contest area, will compete in | the field of seven finalists for the high | school * oratory championship of the | United States and the right to repre- | sent this country in the international | contest next Fall. | Senator Bingham's educational back- ground fits him admirably as the open- ing speaker on the contest program of competitive orations designed to in- crease interest in and respect for the | Constitution of the United States. Hold- | ing degrees of bachelor of arts from | Yale, master of arts from the Univer- | sity ‘of California and from Harvard, doctor of philosophy from Harvard and doctor of literature from_the Univer- | sity of Cuzco, Senator Bingham for | years taught Latin American history at | Yale. He also lectured at that insti- | tution on South American history and | geography and was the Albert Shaw lecturer on diplomatic history at Johns Hopkins_University. Mr. Bingham explored the route Bolivar followed across Venezuela and Columbia, tracing much of the terri- tory which the National Oratorical Contest party toured two years ago on its Summer prize trip. He also ex- | plored the ruins of Machu Picchu and the Spanish trade Toute from Buenos Aires to Lima and located Vitcos, the last Inca capital. | This year the finalists in the oratory | contest will enjoy & 2'z-month_tour | of Europe. Jimmy Moore, The Star's | champion, and the six other regional champions who are being chosen to- night and tomorrow night in various regional centers of the country, will | clinch their right to the tour when | they speak in the national finals. Their regional victories give them first claim to the prize tour, but they must appear in the United Staies finals to finally obtain them. RUTH NICHaLS IS GIVEN WOMAN’S SPEED TITLE Air Mark Set at Detroit in April, 181 Miles Per Hour, Recognized Here and Sent to Federation. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 15.—Ruth Nichols, who is planning a solo flight to Paris, received official recogniticn today from the National Aeronautic Association a: holder of the world speed record fo women. Flying at Detroit April 13 in the monoplane in which she will attempt fly across the Atlantic, she attained a speed of 210 miles an hour. The g:evlmu record, 181 miles an hour, was 1d by Amelia Earhart. ‘The record will be forwarded to Paris nautique Internationale. Miss Nichols also holds the woman's altitude record. T, VERNON SALE 10 U S. FOUGHT Woman Restorers of Wash-| ington’s Home Resisting Federal Purchase. BY REX COLLIER. Pired with a patriotic zeal born of long devotion to the lofty ideals of its founder, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ As- sociation of the Union, little publicized organization, credited with saving Wash- ington's home for a national shrine, is prepared to fight the recurring proposal to federalize Mount Vernon. ‘With the approach of the Washington Bicentennial year, agitation cropped out anew in the last Congress for Gov- ernment acquisition of the shrine, .but those who propose Federal ownership must reckon with the determined oppo- | sition of & remarkable group of women of flung influence. Having “rescued” Mount {from decay after the Federal Govern |ment and the Commonwealth of Vir- [rlnh had refused to purchase it, the | inspired followers of Ann Pamela Cun- | ningham, founder of the protective as- sociation, do not intend to permit so sacred a spot to be threatened withr “politics.” This was made clear today by Mrs. Alice H. Richards of Newcastle, Me., regent of the association, in an inter- view between sessions of the annual | meeting of .the group in the historic| mansion on the Potomac. Free From Commercialism. DIPLOMATS GIVEN POOR PROTECTION, DR. LEIVA CHARGES Salvadorean Charge d’Af- faires Fears His Life Is in Danger. LEGATION WAS ENTERED FOUR TIMES RECENTLY Two More Jailed in Police Probe of Hijacking At- tempt. Declaring his life is in danger be- cause of inadequate police protection accorded him in Washington, Dr. Don Carlos Leiva, charge d'affaires of the Salvadorean legation, who was badly beaten by liquor thieves in the legation Iast Tuesday night, announced today he had made a formal report of the in- cident to his own government. His face covered with cuts received in a desperate hand-to-hand fight with the intruder, Dr. Leiva characterized as “ridiculous” State Department ane nouncement that the local police were giving ample protection to embassies and legations in Washington. From his bed in Emergency Hospital, where he is confined with a fracture of the skull, the 51-year-old diplomat told a reporter from The Star that his le- gation at 2601 Connecticut avenue has been visited by burglars four times in the past two months. Wife Is in Danger. Under existing conditions, he said. he would be unwilling to let his wife stay in the legation over night and he is certain she would never consent to do so. “Less than two weeks ago,” he said, “I came home at night and found the front door of the legation had been forced open. I called police and we searched the place together. The in- truders had departed, but there was evidence that they had been there. The officers assured me at that time that I would be given ampje protection in the future. Then this happens. What kind of protection do you call that?” Dr. Leiva said he had his.first ex- wishing to incur publicity, I made no report of the incident. A short later, however, the legati entered. This time I found some was stolen. Temoved from been only a short “About that time I to be an- noyed b hone at night. When I 1 the receiver, however, the 1o the telephone company for help in tracing the calls, but they refused to do anything, saying that unless the call came from a private phone it would be impossible to trace the person making it. inally they offered to cut out night calls and for a while I was able to get some sleep. “Two nights before the attack my “We believe it 1s best for Mount Ver- non that it remain in the custody and | loving care of our association,” Mrs. | Richards said. “Our organization has | preserved and restored the shrine with- | out profit. Mount Vernon is free from | commercialism and politics.” The association is co-operating whole- | heartedly with the Government. in plans | for the celebration next year of the 200th | EMERGENCY TARIFF PLANNED BY TORIES Aim of Party Whe: It Returns to Power Told in Address by Stanley Baldwin. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, May 15.—Stanley Baldwin, | leader of the Conservative party, told | an audience of more than 5,000 women | in Albert Hall today that his party in- tended to adopt an emergency tariff | as soon as it returned to power. In an address to delegates from many parts of the country attending the conference of the Unionist party wom- organizatiens, he declared: | ‘The time is gone when we can leave our country open and free for the dumping of goods, produced under in- ferfor conditions, from foreign coun- tries, or as a surplus of mass produc- tion from any country in the world.” Such a tariff, he said, is the “only measure by which our people can en- joy equal conditions of competition phone rang at midnight. I decided not to answer it, and after a while the phone stopped ringing. The next night another call came through. I didn't answer it, and I guess that was a big mistake. Apparently the person calling concluded the legation was unoccupied and decided to burglarize it the follow- ing night. At any rate, they were there when I got home. You know what Dr. Leiva said he did not care wheth- er the State Department replaced the liquor taken by the thieves. “The liquor and other stuff stolen is purely incidental,” he said. “I am ccn- cerned about my wife's and my own safety.” ‘The diplomat said he did not believe any employe of the legaticn was ‘in- volved in the burglaries. “They have been with me a long time,” he asserted, “and I have every reason to trust them.” He sald he did not contemplate (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) LEOPOLD HUFFER,BANKER, DIES AT PARIS HOME One of Founders of American Hos- pital at Neuilly Was Born in New York. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, May 15.—Leopold Huffer, vet- eran American banker, died at his home today. He was 74. Mr. Huffer was born in New York, but had resided in Paris since 1869. He was one of the founders of the American Hospital at Neuilly and was prominent on American philanthropic activities in France. H2> is said to have been well known in Philadelphia, Baltimore, | happened after that.” with the world.” Washington and Richmond, Va. |EXPLORER GAVE LIFE TO SAVE for recognition by the Federation Aero- | e, COMPANIONS | By the Assoclated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May 15— Dr. Albert Wegener's skis have been | found in Greenland 180 kilometers from | the western station of the German ex- ploration expedition, dispatches re- ceived here today said. They were in an upright position, in- dicating he left them on purpose be m:lu they were of no further use m‘ Prof. Alfred Wegener, who headed a ! German expedition ints> Greenland Jast | year, has not been heard from since No- | vember 1 when he left the central base | of his expedition and started for the west coast of Greenland. He Wi p up for lost when a relief | the central base and of his dep! took provisions “gr only three Tel {Radio Programe -on Page- C-10 < s, and if he were e he should We reached the west cofigt Jong ago. ;. re Is & bility that ‘fl. ve in somewhere o8 FROM STARVING |Left Central Station for West Greenland Coast Before Relief Expedition Arrived. cap, but leaders of the relief efydnion said that possibility was scant. ANN ARBOR, Mich,, May 15 (P).— Prof. Willam Herbert Hobbs, Univer- sity of Michigan geologist and explorer, believes that Alfred Wegener, Germa: scientist, died voluntarily in the Arctic wastes of Greenland to save his com- panions from starvation. “The rescue of Dr. Wegener's com- panions in the central station on the ice of Greeland is one of the most drai ic ineidents in the long hist of ar exploration,” Dr. Hobbs “Never before has such a hazardous project been entered upon as to leave scientists throughout the long polar Winter in the isolation of the remote center of the Greenland ice cap.” Dr. Hobbs pointed out that Wegener, a vetsran of polar exploration, encoun- tered severe storms on his last trip to the middie of Greenland wltw&l: for the central party of the e: Most of his Eskimo ,helpers deserted; and he reached the station afier having to throw away part of the suppliss m