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BERLIN AND VENNA “BALK UNON FOES c&rfclusion About Reached! . :Hague Court Must Solve - Customs Dispute. - BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By-Cable to The Star. ! OENEVA, Switzerland, May 16— Afger 24 bhours of concentric assault, the Austrians, backed by the smiling Germans, are still holding out against all efforts to bully, persuade or buy them into ylelding on the customs union plan. Their adversaries are beginning to ask if their task is as easy as they thought, In memoranda presented by the: French government to its associated states it was promised definitely that | the French would prevent the customs union by all possible means. The appeal to the League of Nations Council is only the first of such means, Every one mow has about reached the con- clusion that turning the case over to ‘The Hague Court is the only possible next step. This may even occur Mon- day at the first meeting of the council. Meanwhile the British seem happy that the Germans have consented to allow the customs union to go before the League committee. This, however, the Germans explain, does not mean the Austro-German customs union, but a customs union as one of the ways of reorganizing Europe economically. Dur- ing the time the court is deliberating they intend to go ahead and make all the, needed preparations with the Al Asked what they will do if the court decides that Austria cannot legally enter into a customs union, the two Teutonic delegations answer, “We shall realize & customs union in another form which cannot be called illegal.” Seek to Buy Off Austrians. \Asked, however, what they intend to do if The Hague Court declares that the customs union is legal, the French, and stdll more h'g:‘d ‘g'echl. lfi -tnc;rez; E:lvt: uncom| eyes, since ‘been ngr:hwou:gly persuaded that it is illegal they have forgotten that the Ger- ‘mans, pefore announcing it, submitted their plan to world-famed jurists, who sdw no illegality in it. Both the French and the Czechs realize that they cannot very well mobilize their armies to prevent sny- thing which the court had declared lgb since that would constitute an i igement of the League Covenant, the Kellogg pact and the Locarno treaties_and would automatically bring Great Britain in on Germany's side. Therefore they are redoubling their financial efforts to buy off the Austrians. Unfortunately for their hopes, the bank for international settlements has llr!td{ offered to the Austrians to take over 115,000,000 schillings (about $16,- 100,000) of short-term treasury bonds which the Austrian government desires to float to reimburse itself for the money it spent in saving the Kredit- Anstalt Bank and needs only the con- sent of the Control Commission to this operation. Attempts to make this op- eration contingent on renunciation of the customs union will shatter British opposition. Offer Ridiculed By Germans, A deliberate Prench offer to place orders for an immense sum in Ger- many, if the customs union is aban- doned, was simply ridiculed by the Ger- mans, for the opponents of the plan are not united. Czech Foreign Minister Eduard Benes does not even accept the scheme of “Foreign Aristide Briand and wants preference tariffs for ‘fi,“"“‘ states, including Czechoslovakia, but Te. fuses to give any compensation to the industrial states asked to consume his The Poles do not really oppose the customs at all. ‘The I ns really hate the ides, but granting them naval parity. y"xt Great, Britain and Italy stood by France and opposed customs unity, they might buy or intimidate the Austrians,” a well known statesman told me yes- “Since they won’t, the cast must go to court. God knows what will happen afterward, but we shall have gained three precious months.” (Copyright, 1981.) CHURCH CO-OPERATION WITH CHEST PLANNED Committee to Be Named by Poole |y to Consist of Two Members From | Bach of Three Faiths. A Community Chest Committee on | OChurch Co-Operation, appointment of | which is authorized by the Chest's Ex- | ecutive Committee, is expected to pro- | vide closer co-operation between the | Chest and the churches, it was said yesterday |im The General Committee is to be ap- | pointed by John Poole, president of the Chest, and is to consist of two leaders each from the Cathclic, Protestant and Jewish clergy of the city. The commit- tee will have three subcommittees for | developing various forms of co-opera- | tion between the Chest and the religious | bod! ies. Headed by Bishop James E. Freeman | and Bishop William F. McDowell, a group cf Protestant pastors already has arranged for appointment of one or | more keymen in each church to keep in | closer touch with the work of the Chest. These committees will have nothing to | do with the solicitation of funds for |} the Chest HARVARD CLUBS ELECT OFFICERS AT ST. LOUIS Philadelphian Is Named President. Walter McCoy of Washington Is R By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, May 16—Dwight P. Robinson, class of '90, Philadelpnia, to- | night was elected president of the As-| soclated Harvard Clubs, which are hoid- ing their thirty-third meeting here. Robinson succeeds Joseph L. Valentine %98, Chicago. Nathan Pereles, jr, and Mackey | Wells, both of Milwaukee, were re-| elected secretary and treasurer, respec- tively. The following new vice presi-| den were elected: Edward A. Taft, Boston; Reginald T. Wheeler, Buffalo; | Albert L. Cox, Raleigh, N. C.; Edwin C. Brown, Minneapolis; H. P. Corbett, | Portland, Oreg.; Charles E. Perkins, | Santa Barbara, Calif Walter 1. McCoy, Washington, D. C.; Elliott C. Cutler, Cleveland; Charles E. Dunbar, jr, New Orleans; George T. Moore, St.” Louis; S. B. Trainer, Toronto; James Hazen Hyde, Paris, and F. S. Chien, Pelping, were re-elected vice presidents. President Lowell was u}‘ehpnncxpn speaker at a dinner last nl L. CIVITAN DISTRICT ELECTS ‘William Sellers of Norfolk Is Named Governor. | NORFOLK, Va, May 16 -Willlam Sellers, vice president of the Norfolk | Club, “was ‘elected governor of the! Chesapeake Civitan district at the Spring convention yesterday. H. C. Laird of Norfolk was elected secretary. Pifty delegates from Richmond, Wash- ington, Baltimore, Annapolis and other cities in “the “Chesapeake district at- fended. Norfolk again won the golf rophy. / ained as Director. ) | Winner, Fort Myer's Pe: n's Lad; fa. THE EVENING South Dakota. G HORSE SHOW FIvAL FVENTS ARE HELD Largest Crowd Expected t03 Witness Finest of 1 Spring Meet. \ Idea! weather and a list of spectacu-, _ lar jumping and saddle competitions| promised a record-breaking attendance this afternoon at the final day of the | National Capital Horse Show's Spring | meet at Bradley Farms. | ‘The hunter class, postponed last night on account of darkness, was run off this morning, preliminary to nine juve- nile events ‘This latter list of classes drew a large audience and more than 50 chil- dren, put ponies through their paces. ‘The largest prize yesterday, offered in | ! the $500 stake for three-gaited saddle horses, was won by Brown Man, owned by J. U. Kuhns of Greensburg, Pa. | Other awards in this event went to Love Token, second, owned by Mrs. | Allen Potts of Gordonsville, Va.; Vi Danna, third, owned by Mrs. R. W. Butterworth of Paterson, N. J., and | Glenn Allen, fourth, owned by Bell-ho Stables at Ho-Ho-Kus, N. J. i ‘Weather conditions were ideal yes- | terday and the crowd was treated to a gay spectacle. Another mullr event was the handy hupter cl in which 25 horses, running against time, were sent over difficult jumps. Officials of the show said today that this year's meet was the most success- ful yet held. There also will be an award for the best-appointed’ stable, judging from neatness of tack rooms, stalls and sur- roundings, as well as from the dress and manner of the atendants. summaries follow: Class 45 dicap Jump _(performance only to count)—Winner, Foxchaser Farm's Precaution; second, Percy M. Neipold's Gold Foyle: third, Fort Myer's Miss Clebourne; fourtn, Fort Myer's Sir Knig Clas: pen saddle class—Winner. enry L. Ponda's Americana . Bell Ho Stabies' Fiappy De T. “Harrington's “The, Kansas ity fourth, Bell-Ho Stables' Plashing Throush Polo' mounts (mare or gelding. 15.2 hands or under, suitab become polo moun ace Girl; secon X third, Ma). G. Mrs s fourth, s (mares. any uhns’ Una Wood- rn M Dare Bayly's = eutenant Mansfield Peaen; fourth, Roser horse class—J econd, Mrs Woo! i Patterson’s Eminence lass 14: Open saddle Brown Man. 5 Love Token. third. Mis. R. W. B vorth's Vi fourth, Bell-Ho Stable Glenn Alien Class 50: Officers’ chargers (trophy pre- sented by Mai. George 8_ Patton) —Winner. Col rry N Coote: second i third, Tass Kuhns' 5 aj. W. M. Grimes’ Ms)' F. Gilbreath's Zephyr Cigss 30: Model hunter (the National Capl. tal Trophy, presented in 1939 by Mr. Karl W. Corby)—Winner, Rolling Rock Farms' Royal Earn; second. E L_Redman's Port- ! ird, E. M. Woolf's Lieutenant Mans- Mrs. Stmon Petterson's Class” 48: Handy hunter ciass—Winner, Egoizt; second, Fort Myer's Temptation hird, Donnelly’ Stables th, Neipold's G lass 33 3500) —Winner. second. Mrs. Allen Potts Mrs. R W. Butterworthy Diana; fourth Bell able: nn_Allen. Class 43: Hack and hunter —Winner, Don- nelly Stables’ Campanile; second, Miss Dor- Tis Blondell's Blunderbuss; third, Tril- lora Farm's Tyrone; fourth, E. L. Redmon's Your Way. Class 53: Polo pony (any weight. to be shown equipped to play)—Winner. Maj. G, B. Patton d Eagle: second Gordon RO [ Eager's on's Wichi Wichi MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO ATTEND CEREMONY Judg® Luhring Will Be Initiated Into Iota Chapter of Gamma d, Maj Patt Eta Gamma Tonight. | Members of Congress will be guests of honor at the installation of a chap- ter of the Gamma Eta Gamma Na tional Legal Fraternity at Catholic Uni- versity tonight in ceremonies at Ward- | man Park Hotel. At the same time, | Judge Oscar Luhring of the Supreme | Court of the District of Columbia will | be initiated into the Iota Chapter of Georgetown University. The guests include Senator Porter H. Dale of Vermont, Senator Thomas Walsh of Montana, Senator Felix Hebert of Rhode Island, Senator Sam- | uel M. Shertridge of California, Rep- resentative James O'Connor of Louisi- ana and Representative Ernest Gibson of Vermont. Leo A. Rover, United States attorney for the District of Co- lumbia, also will be a guest. Plans for the function were arranged | by & committee under Howard F. prh of Iota Chapter. Nine 0il Wells Brought In. LONGVIEW, Tex., May 16 (#).—Nine new wells, adding an estimated poten- tial daily production of 155,000 barrels of oll to the output of the Lathrop | pool in East Texas, were brought in | during the 24-hour period ending at noon yesterday. The producers are | owned by various oil companies and in- dividuals. Three other wells were near | completion. v UTZON BORGLUM, sculptor, and his superintendent shown inspecting the gigantic head of George Washington which is part of the national monument being carved on Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of Heads of Jefferson. Lincoln and Roosevelt will com- plete the group. Head shown here is 60 feet from chin to top of head. | of thece experiences will undoubtedly | days ago: “The day when it is under- P. Photo. LEAGUF EXISTENCE S SEEN AT STAKE Prestige Held Dependent on Amicable Settlement of Customs Fight. _(Continued From First Page) Finland over the Aaland Islands, that of Poland and Lithuania over Vilna, of Poland and Germany over Upper Si- | lesia, of Albania and Jugosiavia over their boundaries, of Italy and Greece over the bombardment of Corfu, of Greece and Bulgaria over the invasion of the latter by the former, and of | Turkey and Great Britain over Mosul and the Irak boundary. The technique acquired in the course give the league confidence in taking up the present Franco-German dis- | pute. The moment nevertheless is crucial if only because the greater part of Europe f<r one reason or another will now be tempted to take sides and would tend to interpret the defeat of its own side as a betrayal of justice by the League. Opposing Views Outlined. A considerable element of German opinion seems to hold that unless the German cause is vindicated, pro-f will have been given that the League is | dominated by France and is a mere | instrument, for carrying out the French | interpretation of the peacc treatles and that to expect justice from such an organism is vain. The French Parliament, by its de- feat of Aristide Briand in the presi- dential election, betrays a similar na- | tionalistic train of reasoning. A grow- ing element cf French opinion seems to believe that unless the French cause is vindicated, proof will have been given of the League’s impotence to conserve the moral and juridical beses of peace and of its helplessness in the face of an accomplished fact. In Great Britain the opinion is be- ing increasingly put forward that Great Britain's commitments under the League covenant go much too far, that Great Britain’s real interests lie’ with the Dominions and the United States, that all the League can do is to in- volve Great Britain against its will in | continental disputes, and that under these circumstances Great Britain's best course would be to withdraw al- together. 1t is highly dubious if any of these | threats of withdrawal will ever be ex- | ecuted. Yet the increasing strength of this type of opinicn and its possible reaction, accordingly as the League | now handles the Pranco-German dis- pute well or ill, must certainly be taken | into account ¥ » Looking deeper, it appears that all of the five great European powers, the Soviet Union, Germany, Great Britain, Ttaly and France, find themselves more and more obliged to live and work co- | operatively together, yet resent this necessity and resist it to the best of their ability. All want peace and tran- quillity, but each wants it on its own terms. The form their resistance takes, however, appears to be singularly significant and is indirectly an admis- sion of the necessity of co-operation. Five Countries Adamant. The Soviet Union declares: “You may not like us or our ways, but you cannot crganize Europe without us. Conse- | quently, you are obliged to consider | our views." Germany declares: “W t me cannot organize Europe | as it stands today intolerable. Conse- | quently, until you allow treaty revision along lines acceptable to me, T will re- fuse to co-operate Great Britain says: “I am not much | interested in continental affairs. My interests are world-wide, and elsewhere. Yet I warn you, you will have to reckon | with me whenever I consider that my interests are at stake. If you have any doubts, you will soon find that you will | not be able to organize Europe without i m]laly says: “I am now a very great power. Every one must understand that Ttaly hereafter intends to have a voice in everything important that hap- pens anywhere, but especially in Europe. And unless T am duly heeded, | I will prevent everything.” Council Meeting to Be Test. | Finally comes France, one of whose new political leaders declared a few stood in Rome, and especially in Ber- lin, that no solution is possible of the economic crisis and that no European union is ible without an agreement ith Par d that no agreement is possible with Paris except on the basis of respect for the treaties, on that day a decisive step will have been taken toward international peace and under- standing.” Thus all five powers apparently are saying the same thing. namely, “unless I have my way, I won't play.” Monday's council meeting will be the test. Two spirits are affronting one another—one, the spirit of national egolsm and international sabotage, the other a spirit of conciliation and un- derstanding in the common interest The whole world seemingly wjll be af- fected by the result, [ by members of the Fort Myer Band WILLIAMSON HEADS| V.M. ALUMNI BODY District Chapter Meets at Fort Myer on Anniversary of Famous Battle. Col. Sidney Willlamson, senior civilian engineer of the Nicaraguan Canal Com- mission, and division engineer of the Panama Canal, was elected president of the Washington Chapter of the Vir- ginia Military Institute Alumni Associa- tion at the annual meeting at Port Myer, Va. The meeting, an informal smoker, commemorated the sixty- seventh anniversary of the Battle of New Market. Col. Harry N. Cootes, commanding officer of the Cavalry post, and president of the local alumni pre- slded. James F. Greene was re-elected vice president and Joseph C. Nosll again chosen secretary-treasurer. Names of the cadets of V. M. I. who were killed in the historic engagement of the Civil War were called to which designated men of the association answered “Died on the Field of Honor.” Dead Are Honored. ‘The names of the assoclation's mem- bers who died during the past year also were honored. They were Gen. N. D. Hawkins, Confederate graduate of the institute; Col. Montgomery Course. secretary of the general alumni; Hugo Miller, 'Maj. A. H. Erck and Kirby King. Dr. Larkin W, cipal speaker. Glazebrook was prin- He is the oldest living grandson of Gen. Francis H. Smith, | founder ¢f V. M. I, and son of Rev Dr. Otis A. Glazebrook, who before his death a few weeks ago was the Jast surviving New Market cadet. Dr. Glazebrook paid tribute to the memory of his grandfather and father He praised also the part played by Bob Price, colored servant of the first head of V. M. I, during Hunter's raid on the institute during the Civil War. In extolling the life of his father, Dr Glazebrook spoke of his 50 years in the ministry and his successive appoint- ments ‘as United States consul to Jerusalem and Nice Other speakers included Charles P. Light, Maj. John Magruder, Dr. Thomas H. Tallaferro and Col. Morris Locke. Soldiers Entertain. Entertainment features were headed by George O'Connor and Matt Horne. A program supplied by Lieut. A. G. Stone included Pvt. Willlam O. Cor- rigan, F Troop, 3d_Cavalry; Sergt. samuel H. Guyon, B. Battery, 16th Ficld Artillery, and the Agony Quartet comprising Corpl. Alva Diehl and Pvis Jsoeph Audreachip, Howard McBevins and Al Sequin. Music was furnished under the direction of Sergt. Karl Rob- inson. Col. Cootes ended the meeting with a swan song which he accom- panied himself on a guitar. 1t was announced that the luncheons held on the first Monday of each month at 12:30 o'clock, would be continued by the association at the Army and Navy Club. The committee on arrangements in- cluded G. Adams Howard, chairman: Col. Morris Locke, Ccl. Aristides Moreno, Stuart B. Marshall, Willlam A. Roberts, Lieut, E. H. Daniels and J. C. Noell. 0. U.LAW STUDENTS RECORDS CLEARED Kelly Writes Dean Police! Have Nothing on Five Seized in Jaynes Case. Informed that the recent arrest of the five Georgetown University Law School students in connection with the | investigation of the hold-up of the Garden T Shoppe, at 1835 Columbia road, when Mrs. Elizabeth Jaynes, cashier, was fatally shot, might jeop- ardize their opporfunity to take s bar examination, Capt.’Edward J. Kelly of the Detective Bureau, today sent s let- ter to Hugh J. Fegan, assistant dean of the law school, declaring the men had no connection whatever with the crime. The letter is not an apology fcr the arrest of students. It was written for | | the specific purpose of removing any | P possibility of their disqualification for a bar examination. Capt. Kelly was told that an arrest on the records of a candidate for a bar examination 15 sometimes used to disqualify him. Probe of Arrest Ordered. In the meantime, Maj. Henry G.| Pratt, superintendent of police, direct- | ed Capt. Kelly to make an investiga- tion of the circumstances surrounding the arrest of the five students to de- termine whether such action was justi- fied. Maj. Pratt pointed out that an arrest of & person on a technical charge of investigation, pending & check up, is not unusual, but he wants to know whether the facts in this case warranted such action. Capt. Kelly's letter to Dean Fegan follows “With reference to thé five students of your university who were taken into custody by members of this bureau on May 14, and held for investigation in connection with the holdup of the Gar- den T Shoppe, 1835 Columbia road northwest, on the night of April 3, 1931, when Mrs. Elizabeth S. Jaynes, cashier. | was fatally shot, and from which| wounds she died on April 5, you are| advised that the officers assigned to! this case made a conplete and thor-| ough investigation, and find that the young men mentioned herein had no connection whatsoever with this crime. Line-Up Results Pointed Out. “As you are aware, these five young men were in & line-up at the Detective Bureau on the night of March 14 at 8:15 o'clock, at which time several em- ployes of the Garden T Bhoppe sa them and stated positively that none of these men was in the Garden T Shoppe on the night before or on the night the crime was committed. “As far as the five young men re-| ferred to cre concerned, 1 desire to| state that there is nothing against | them, nor any record pertaining to them on filc with this department.” 600 HOUSES IN JAPAN RAZED BY FIRE FRIDAY Flames Sweep Atika in Fourth Big Fire in Empire Recently. Fear Heavy Casualties. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 16—Fire which de- stroyed 600 houses in the town of Atika Friday night is believed to have caused & large number of casualties. Driven by & SUfT wind the flames swept through the town for several hours, leaving nothing in their wake but smoldering embers. It was the fourth big fire in Japan within the last few days. STAR, WASHINGTON, | was 10 SATURDAY, MAY- 16, 1931, Mayors to Attend Exposition SAIL AS GUESTS OF FRENCH REPUBLIC. ing mayor of San Francisco. and Mrs. Andriano. 'WOBBLE PUMPS AND GREASE GUNS| FACTORS IN NATIONAL DEFENSE Official Observers of Air Maneuvers De-1 HAY'ADAMS NmES layed at Middletown Because of Antiquated Gas Tanks. BY JOSEPH 8. EDGERTON. 2 COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 16—Greasy | mechanics, armed with wobble pumps | and grease guns, riding on humble gaso- line trucks, are likely to form an im- | portant second line of National defense if the beginning of maneuvers by 672 Army Air Corps planes at Dayton to- day are any criterion. ‘The business of concentrating the fighting planes of the Army from all | parts of the country revealed that an air force can travel no faster than its gasoline supplies and that, as an army | marches on its stomach, an aerial army | files on its gasoline trucks. | Rushing Gasoline Business. | Because of an overflow of business at the Middletown Air Depot, big. Army base ncar Harrisburg, Pa., at least one planeload of newspaper men and offi- cial observers missed the start of the war at Dayton today. Whooping head winds over the Alleghenies boomed the | gasoline business at Middletown, more | than 75 Army planes bound for the battle front being forced to drop in un- expectedly for more fuel before going on over the mountains. | For a time the second line of defense at Middletown functioned nobly. old -time gasoline trucks rushed around as if with new glands and pour- | ed gasoline into 55 of the vultlng‘ planes in less than two hours. Then they began to weaken and when three | big transports came in from New York | carrying the correspondents and ob- servers, under command of Hans Adam- son, bustling assistant to F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics, they were forced to walt and walt for the wheezing old trucks to do their part in pushing on the war. The old trucks carried their supplies of fuel to the planes in steel drums |and the gas had to be pumped from | the drums into the planes by soldiers armed with wabble pumps. For tre little fighters with their smaller tanks the system was all right, but these transports swallowed fuel in 300-gallon lots and the operation consumed $o much time that the war had to get going today without its official ob- servers. Among the warriors stopping off at Middletown yesterday so that his faith- ful steed might guzzle gasoline was Col. Arturo Merino, commander of the Chilean air force, in a fast transport flown by Maj. James H. Doolittle, fa- mous former Army flyer. ‘When Col. Merino gets back to Chile he is going to carry pearls of wisdom concerning gasoline trucks. See Conscription of Trucks. Columbus, placid capital of a placid State, was all abuzz yesterday afternoon as more than 155 planes, mostly ob- servation ships from Mitchel Field, N. Y., and the New England National Guard squadrons, passed through en route o the war. ‘The 'big leescn of the war to the offi- cial observers so far, however, is that one of the first governmental acts fol- lowing the declaration of war most likely will be the conscription of all the gasoline trucks and the drafting of | gasoline station attendants, so that the Army Alr Corps, tied to earth by lines of gasoline hose, may go places and do things. POLICE ROUT MOB IN SPANISH TOWN {Seventeen Arrests Made in Attempt to Burn Church at Trebujena. (Continued From First Page) having destroyed the convent at Santa | Fe, and they gathered on the outskirts of the village to repel them | They attempted to stop an_sutomo- | bile filled with men coming from_the | direction of Santa Fe, firing at it. Those in the car fired back at them, killing three of the townsmen as the car careened off to the side and ran into a wall. The chauffeur was killed. ‘Those riding in the automobile told authorities investigating the affair that they had had nothing .0 do with the attack on the Santa Fe convent, which was damaged, but not destroyed, and | that they had fired at the townsmen, | thinking them to be Communists. | There were several arrests and the | police do not entirely credit their story. | The anti-church disturbances through- | WMakes Protest st Hanging by Clothes From Cowcatcher, out Spain have greatly excited this dis- trict and many peasants have armed | themselves to repel any band which | may attack ecclesiastical buildings. EX-KING DENIES HUGE WEALTH. Tpain Speeds Over Trestle | Alfonso Says He Dug Deeply Into Own Pocket to Pay Expenses. PARIS, May 16 (. —The continental edition of the London Daily Mail in & dispatch from Fontainebleau today rep- resented former King Alfonso as greatly annoyed at reports from Madrid that he had used his royal office to augment his personal fortunes. He is said to contend that the bulk of his personal fortune was derived across a high trestle, Elias McWhorter, | from economies made years ago by the g5.year-old farmer, was rescued by | late Queen Mother, Maria Cristina. was said to be not more than 30,000,000 geutu (present exchange value, $3, 00), which, when Alfonso left Spain invested principally in Spanish utilities. ‘These probably since have depreciated | in value because of threats of confisca- tion. Far from being able to put money | aside, Alfonso for several years past was | sald to have paid out large sums from his own pocket for charities and enter- tainments in the interest of the state.| SHOW ;NIND;)W SMASHED IN $950 FUR ROBBERY‘ Special Patrolman Discovers Four Bandits Leaving Capital Shop ‘ in Automobile. | Smashing a show window at the Cap- itol Fur Shop, 1208 G street, early to- | day, four men stole furs valued at $950 | and escaped in an automobile from which the rear license tag had been re- moved. Special Policeman W. H. Miller saw the thieves drive off. Miller notified police headquarters, | Rail Victim Saved After Wreck Tosses Man on Engine. By the Associated Press. CLARKSBURG, W. Va, May 16.— Hanging by his clothing to the cow= catcher of a locomotive as it roared trainmen yesterday, after & passenger train had crashed into his farm wagon - and killed his two horses. Today he was in a serious condition suffering from broken legs and internal hurts. McWhorter failed to hear the ap- proach of the train. He was tossed into he air by the crash and landed on the cowcatcher. His clothing became fast- ened in the cowcatcher and there he hung until the train could be brought & stop at the other end of the trestle. WHISPER IN NOISE CLASS, SCIENCE SAYS ANN ARBOR, Mich. (#).—It is sclen- whisper “noise,” if about it. The word is defined sefentifically for you feel that way of America, which decides: “Noise is any undesired sound.” This is one of 160 definitions of ROUP of mayors, or their representatives and wives, pictured in New York before sailing for Paris to attend the Intercolonial Exposition 8s guests of the French republic. Kirk MacKinney, representing mayor Indianapolis; Omaha, Nebr.; R. B. Marvin, Syracuse, N. Y.. Standing, left to right: Victor J. Miller, St. Louis; R. E. Themason of El Paso, Tex.: Danfel W. Hoan, Milwaukee, and Sylvester Andriano, represent- Seated: Mrs. Miller, Mrs. MacKinney, Mrs. Thomason, Mrs. Metcalfe, Mrs. Hoan A Richard L. Metcalfe, P. Photo. MOVE 10 PROTECT | Investors Empower Attorney to Form New Company Under Delaware Laws. Noteholders under a Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co. trust for $650,000, se- cured by a 99-year lease on the Hay- Adams House, met last night to consider means of protecting their holdings, which are in danger of being wiped out. Approximately 300 noteholders gath- ered in the offices of the bankrupt mort- gage concern and voted to empower Walter B. Guy, local attorney, to form a new corporation under the laws of Delaware to protect their interests. Noteholders representing about $180,000 of the notes outstanding approved the move, which is conditional upon the signed approval of holders aggregating $300,000. Guy pointed out the notes are liable to forfeiture at any time as the Wash- ington Loan & Trust Co., lessor, already has advanced about $60,000 for tax purposes. It was also pointed out a suit for foreclosure, under the terms of a chattel mortgage on the furnishings and equip- ment, has been filed in District Supreme Court. According to Guy, if this suit, brought by Trustees Hugh O'Bear and Edmund D. Campbell, is successful, all the furniture is subject to removal and the hotel would be put out of business. This suit will be heard Monday. | The pian, as outlined last night, is |to form the Hay-Adams House, Inc., and issue 6,500 shares of common stock, assigning one share for each $100 of notes. The $650,000 first trust loan then would be foreclosed, wiping out all equity in a $400,000 second trust. Thlst was said to be worthless in any even Under the proposed salvage plan, Guy estimated noteholders might be | saved two-thirds of their investment. 32,000,000 STEAL LAID TO EX-BARBER |Chicago Man Specifically Charged With Swindling Brit- ish Firm of $2,500,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 16.—A former bas ber was sought today by American agents and detectives for the British government in connection with an al- leged stock swindle in England, which may involve a total close to $5,000,000. John Factor, known as “Jake the barber” when he conducted a cut-rate barber shop in Halsted street, was the man. The officers were also seeking his companion, Harry Green, also known as | Geen. The men were accused of fleec- ing thousands of middle-class investors . England through high-pressure sales- manship of fraudulent stock shares. A third man, alleged to have been in- volied with them, was reported under arrest in New York. His name was given as Harry Kline. ‘The specific complaints against Facter alleged that he and his associates de- frauded the firm of the Broad Street | Press, Ltd., of approximately $2,500,000. American agents reported that Factor and Green had fled. “Jake the barber” is reputed to have | had a spectacular career abroad. On | one occasion he was the banker, the | agents said, at a Chemin de Fer session in Prance at which the Prince of Wales | was the losing plaver. They also said his wife “broke the bank” at a Le| | Toquet casino last year. Duting Fac- | tor's stay abroad he became a power in a syndicate that controlled casinos at | Monte Carlo, Deauville, Cannes and Le | ‘Torquet. On his return from Europe to Chi- cago six months ago he established himself in a suite of office rooms on the near North Side. CAMPUS CLUB APPEARS IN “ROMEO AND JULIET” | American U. Thespians Present | Play Under Direction of Prof. | ‘Will Hutchins. |\ inas asmariden roniveas Daimtiel | Club presented its annual Shakespeare | production last night, “Romeo and Jullet,” at the um on the campus under direction of Will Hutch- , professor of art. After the Shakespearean manner, the :humlm'm not used in the show until e last. The title roles were played by Helen Tucker and James Elmer Swan. Leonel | tifically good form now to call even a | Dick appeared as Mercutio, Beatrice | Adam as nurse and John Houston as | Peter, a servant. H Others in the cast were: Chester | | the first time by the Acoustical Soclety | Carter as Tybalt, Blake Espey as Friar | Laurenoe, @ar! Levin as Prince of Ve- HOOVER IS SILENT ON WAGE CUTTING Warning of Strikes by Green Watched for Reactio:s by President. By the Assoctated Press Despite official silence on labor's warning that wage cuts may result in strikes, the Administration apparently has not abandoned its belief in the soundness of efforts to maintain pres- ent living standards. President Hoover is watching closely reactions to the statement by Presider William Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor that workers be fully justified in resisting attempts to reduce wages, even to the extent of striking.” ‘The Administration believes. how- ever, wage levcls generally have not de- clined, alt.ough hours of work have been shortened in some industries. Sig- nificance has been attached to reports that President Green discussed the question with Government officials be- fore issuing his strike dictum. Mellon Speech Recalled. Among the last officlal statements from the Administration was a speech by Secretary Mellon on May 5 before banker delegates to the International Chamber of Commerce Conj . He sald then that the “standard of living must be maintained at all costs” and that “certainly the present is no time to undertake drastic and doubtful ex- periments.” The Treasury Secretary added his opinion that the “ultimate solution of ihe world's difficulties would seem to be in the possibility of building up a higher standard." The President’s interest in the ques- tion first became known shortly after the stock market drop in 1929, In De- cember of that year he called a confer- ence of industrial and labor leaders and obtained rssurance that wages would b maintained. Labor, for its part, prom- ised no strikes if pay were not cut. Wage Cuts Charged. ‘The contention of the ILahor Federa- tion, through its executive council, is that some employers have not lived up to that agreement. A cabinet member, however, held yesterday that there has been no general wage cut. Only one or two automobile manufacturers, he said, and none of the public utilitiss have lowered salaries. Officially, however, silence prevailed on the subject, as well as upon the pro- posal Thursday of the American Legion that Preeident Hoover call a new eco- nomic conference to foster employment. Secretary of Labor Doak, a former head of the Railroad Brotherhood. was out of the city. President Green of the Federation also had departed for Texas. Meanwhile, Mr. Hoover announced there had been 3,550 more departures of aliens than arrivals during each of the past three months. He said Acting Sec- retary White of the Labor Department had informed him these departures were of “large importance” in the labor situation. WAGE-CUT STRIKERS RETURN. ‘Walk-out of 1,600 Steel Workers Ended by Pay Increase. MANSFIELD, Ohio, May 16 (P — The strike of 1,600 employes of the Empire Steel Corporation was over to- day and company officials said the plant would be in full operation by nightfall. The_ employes agreed to go back to work late yesterday after the company rescinded wage cuts amounting to 15 per cent announced since April 30. The walk-out started last Tuesday when the company announced & cut of 5 per cent in addition to a previous 10 per cent. The last cut was can- celed at once, but the workmen refused to return to their posts until the former scale was restored. The men accepted a scale of 36 cents an hour, 4 cents higher than the old rate, but 4 cents less than they had demanded, for unskilled laborers. Other questions are yet to be settled. Carl Henkel, president of the corpo- ration, said: “In restoring the wage scale of April 30, the corporation ex- pects to profit by a higher degree of efficiency form the men. There is no doubt that contented employes are bet- ter workers.” OPPOSE PAY SLASHES. Furniture Makers Vote to Uphold Wage Seale of Industry. GREENSBORO, N. C, May 15 (#).— The Southern Furniture Manufacturing Assoclation adopted a resolution today pledging its members to maintain “as far as possible existing wage scales in the industry,” at the closing sessicn of its semi-annual convention. ‘The convention was attended by more than 50 representatives of furniture in- dustry throughout the South. Reports said the business of the in- dustry was about 10 per cent below the level for this time last year, but the D&nmn was expressed that a turm for the better was to be expected. Among other actions taken was a re- affirmation of the position taken at the last previous meeting opposing the pres- ent practice of holding two furniture markets a year. The assoclation favors the holding of only one market. BALL IS ARRANGED Bicentennial Dance to Be at Shore- ham Hotel. Plans for the Colonial ball, to be held February 322, 1932, as part of the George ‘Washington Bicentennial celebration, were discussed last night at a meeting of the All States Officers’ Soclety. Edward J. Lang, chairman of the General Committee, reported he had arranged for use of the ball room at the New Shoreham Hotel. Purther de- tails of the ball will be arranged by Lang’s committee during the coming month and a report made at the June moating of the soclety, which will be attended by members of the Bicenten- nial Commission. Ralph Boyer, 701 Nineteenth street, was named chairman of the Member~ ship Committee. W. E. Hoffheins, first vice president, presided, in the absence of the soclety’s president. CIGARETTE PRICES FALL NEW YORK, May 16(#).—The New York Times says that after a truce of little more than a month the cigarette price war will be renewed on Monday, when the popular brands will sell for 13 cents a package or two packages for 25 cents in the United Cigar Stores and the Schulte chain. Since April 10 both these chains have been selling the popular brands for 15 cents or two for 27 cents. Michael Kohen, president of the In- dependent Retail Tobacconists’ Associa~ tion, said the cut would cause serious loss to thousands of independent tobac- co men. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers' Home Band this evening, at the bandstand, at 5:30 o'clock; John 8. M. Zi ann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant, Progr: March, “The Adventurer” Overture, “At the Well” Suite, “A Day in Venice" igh! Excerpts from comic opera, “The rons, Carlton rs as Paris, Ellsworth Tompkins as gue and Henry and an unsuccessful search was made | acoustical terms made by a committee | Backenstoss as Capul for_the men. David Silverman, proprietor of the | stor and a fur coat were stolen. ! appointed by the soclety in 1929 to standardize the words. Dr. F. A. Fire- sald seven silver fox neckpleces|stone of the University of Michigan ui:;ge manager, and Orrel chairman of the eammittee, sting _Prof. e E. Lytle, Claflin, | _The student staff Hutchins was headed by iness manader. Bohemian Glrl”.. : Fox trot, “Happy Days Are Here gain < “The Star Spangled Banner,”