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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). and slightly cooler to- th Tising tem- Partly cloudy night; tomorrow fair perature, Temperatures—Highest, 83, e yesterday: lowest, 58, Full report on Clo: g N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 wi at 2:30 7 am. page No. 31,807. Entered as second class matter ppst office, Washington, D. C. - @ WASHINGTON, MUSSOLINI" ORDERS ALL NON-FASEIST CATHOLIC YOUTHS' CLUBS DISSOLVED Development Comes After Rome and Vatican Direct Editors to Discontinue At- tacks in Newspapers. SOME CIRCLES EXPECT PAPAL NUNCIO’S RECALL { obtained in all countries except Soviet Knights of Columbus Director Files Protest on Closing of Their Playgrounds and Asks That American Ambassador Pass It on to Italian Government. B the Associated Press ROME, June 1.—Dissolution of all Catholic youth associations not directly connected with the na- tional Fascist party was an- nounced by the government this evening. This development came after the Vatican had directed the edi- tor of the semi-official newspaper Observatore Romano to discon-| tinue an anti-Fascist editorial campaign and the editors of Fas- cist newspapers had been directed by Premier Mussolini to stop their anti-Catholic campaign. It was expected in some quar- ters that as a result of the dis- solution the Pope would recall the papal nuncio to Rome leaving the charge d’affaires as his represen- tative. Police prefects in the provinces | reported to the minister of the in- terior that all Catholic youth or-| ganizations in their territory hacl; been disbanded without incident.; Dzcree Signed Last Night. | The ceeree of dissolution was signed | remicr Mussolini. It made 10 T ¢ to Catholic youth clubs as such, but struck at them auto- by directing dissolution of all { ns not atiached to the Fas-| ernment showed that behind the closing of thousands of Cath- olic clubs throughout Italy which has heen in progress since Saturday. It is expected now that negotiations for res- toration of the clubs must be initiated by the Vatican. At the end of a meeting with 24 cardinals of the Curia the pontiff di- rected the editor of the newspaper Osservatore Romano to discontinue his editorial attacks on Fascist students who have participated in anti-Catholic dem- onstrations for the past week. At the same time the premier passed | the word to Fascist cditors that they weré to cease their anti-Catholic cam- paigns, at least for the time being. Meeting Lasts Two Hours. The meeting at the Vatican was vir- tually a consistory, such as is called | only on extraordinary occasions or for the creation of cardinals. For two hours the Pcntiff and the cardinals discussed the situation, thereafter the order was issucd to the Osservatore Romano and another order suspending all_religious processions in Italy. The Fope, it was understood. did} mos. of the talsing. Several oi tne; cardinals were said t have enccuraged continuance of his firm stand. It was said the Pontiff told his ad-, visors he had no desirc to break the | concordat, with Italy. but he wished the Italian government would regard that agreement not as one which could b: violated by either party. but as an in-| ternational treaty Fubject to the regu- Jations of international law. If Ttaly takes that view, it was said the Vatican will not think of renounc- ing the concordat. The evening papers of Rome tonight published a note saying they had dis- continued their anti-Catholic editorial campaigns to lcave a clear ficld for the diplomats, but that they would be rc- sumed if necessary to “clarify idcas.” K. of C. Director Protests. Another element was injected into the diplomatic phase today when Papal Count Edward Hearn, director of activi- ties for the American Knights of Co- Jumbus in Rome, filed a protest against | the closing of three playgrounds oper- ated by that organization. He asked Ambassador Garrett to pass the protest on to the Italian govern- ment and to demand an explanation for what he called “an unjustified and unjustifiable action.” He sa2id he had not been informed as to when the playgrounds would be per- | mitted to reopen and he had been; obliged to discharge 25 playground di- | rectors, | The government was reported to have | authorized the reopening of a number of the Catholic clubs after investigation | had shown their operations were satis- | factory. The Catholic-Fascisti controversy is | the result of Premier Mussolini’s inten- | tion to dissolve the Catholic Action So- clety throughout Italy. Bombings Add to Tension. The tenseness was aggravated by the explosion of four bombs near Catholic institutions in Bologna Saturday night. Though no damage was done, a cara- biniere brigadier was killed and twao persons were injured by fragments. Thirty persons were arrested, presum- ably Fascist youths opposed to the church. The Pontiff said in an address to a “AContinued on Page 4, Column 4. ey JURY GETS BANK CASE Trial of Three Men Comes to Close at Asheville, N. C. ASHEVILLE, N. C., June 1 (#).—The eases of Wallace Davis, former presi- dent of the defunct Central Bank & Trust Co. here, and two former county . charged with conspiring to use funds t> aid the bank, were to the jury shortly after noon Judge M. V. Barnhill devoted his charge principally te outlining the points of law involved. given MACHINE GUN PLANS -SOLD TO Two Secret Drawings Are Looted From Company’s Safe by of Fingerprints Coples of two secret plans for auto- matic machine guns, the eriginals of which were purchased by the Govern- ment a few days ago, were removed by expert cracksmen from the safe of the Automatic Guns Corporation, 302 Albee Building, Robert F. Hudson, president of the corporation, reported to District police and the Departmcnt of Justice today. i The plans, it is understood, were for the manufacture of a .50-caliber mi chine gun, said to be the most power= ful ever adopted by any country and would have revolutionized this branch of ordnance in this country. Patent rights are said to have been Russia. After making a preliminary investi- | gation consisting of a superficial ex- | amination of the safe and questioning of employes of the corporation. police | declded to leave further investigation ' up to the Department of Justice. It is | luctant to talk about the robbery. U. S. STOLEN Cracksmen—Lack Puzzles Police. understood four agents from head quarters here immediately took charge of the case. The robbery is believed to have oc- curred last night. The plans, however, were not missed from the safe, Mr. Hudson said, until shortly after noon today. Officials of the company were Te- While Department of Justice agents and Sergt. John Flaherty of the Dis- trict police were questioning draughts- men employed by the company, Mr. Hudson let it be known that “two im- portant plans pertaining to development of a machine gun for the United States Government were the only articles taken from the safe.” He said that all efforts will be made to prevent the plans from being taken from this country. Police described the work as being| done by experts. The cracksmen, while probably armed with the necessary tools to forcc an entrance into the strong . opened the doors by working the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) MAYFLOWER ROTEL. MILLIONS JUGGLED, RECEIVERS CHARGE Refinancing $500,000 Debt and $3,000,000 Increase in Bonds Flayed. | | Charges of mishandling of funds and | misrepresentations In connection with | the sale of bonds were made by the temporary receivers for the Mayflower | Hotel today in their preliminary report to the District Supreme Court. The more serious charges pertain to | the manner in which the American Bond & Mortgag> Co., now under in- vestigation by the Department of Jus- tice, and the Mayflower Hotel Co., al- legedly jucgied assets of the hotel, so that tae investing public lost many | thousands of dollars which cannot now | { be accounted for. | Vouchers authorizing charges against the propeity aggregaung “many mil- lions of dollars” have disappeared, the , and _could not be found by | Thes> vouchers are es-| if the legitimacy these charges is to be established, the report | | states. | Refinancing Flayed. | The report criticizes in strong lan- | guage the refinancing of the hotel prop- erty in 1928. | ““Just prior to this refinancing.” the report says, “the books indicate the Mayflower Hotel Co. owed the Amer- | ican Bond & Mortgage Co. more than | $500.000. The books also show the hotel had an operating deficit of nearly 2,000,000 (approximately $2,000 per| day) at this time. and your receivers | can find no justification for those in | charge of the property increasing the bonded indebtedness by nearly $3,000,000. “It must have been very obvious to| the American Bond & Mortgage Co. and its officers that there was little chance | of collecting the $500,000 unless this | obligation could be. by them, transferred | to the general investing public.” | The report was submitted to Justice | Oscar R. Luhring by Thomas P. Little- | page and Joshua Evans, jr.. receivers, | and their attorney. Mrs. Mabel Walker | Wiilebrand.. Justice Luhring appointed | the reco to act in a_tcnporary | capacity wesk aftor Mrs. Wille- | brandt had filed a petition in behalf of | some of the second mortgage bond- holders asking that such action be taken. | The report makes a distinction be- tween the Mayflower Hotel Co., the | holding or owning company. and_the Mayflower Hotels Corporation of Amer- ica. the operating company. The re- | ceivers were appointed for the former. | Daniel J. O'Brien, however, is pre: dent of both. Under the original financing in 1925, | the report sets forth, first-mortgage bonds in the sum of $4.200.000 and sec- ond-mortgage bonds in the sum of $2,000,000 were issued. In this connection, the report charges that “for every $2.50 expended for con- struction on the building an additional $1 was spent for financing and carrying charges. Claims Held Unverified. ‘The land upon which the hotel stands, according to the report. was appraised for original bond sales purposes at $1,500,000. “However,” the report con- tinues, “the stock representing this land was acquired by the American Bond & Mortgage Co., or its subsidiaries, for not more than $75.000." | It is charged that the C. C. Mitchell Co., a subsidiary of the Bond & Mort- gage Co., acquired ‘assets of $2.925.100 for the assumption of “certain unveri- fied claims which are stated as aggre- gating $1,582.455.23, but for all of | which the supporting vouchers are 2b- sent fr'm the records turned over to the receivers. These supporting vouchers are ab- | solutely vital for verification. They | have been demanded, but not produced, and the receivers request the assistance of the court in obtaining them.” Land Value Hiked $1,000,000. The property, the report states, was refinanced on March 31, 1928. The $6.200.000 of old bonds wgre called in and new first and second mortgage bonds in the sum of $9,900,000 were floated. e The bonded indebtedness was in- creased in this amount, the report charges, despite the fact that an the date of refinancing the net ypetl)u_lg loss aggregated $2.011,663.14. “In an attempt to. counteract this deficit,” the report continues, “the esti- ‘mated value of the land was increased from $1,500,000 to $2,664,997.50, a total increased estimated valuation of more than $1,000,000.” - It is also alleged that certain financing costs aggregating $2,120,147.65 were placed in the building gccount as part of the building cost. ‘‘These entries," the report says, “could result only in an improper increase in the cost of the building and in the prevention of proper future charges against income.” “The holding compdny,” the report continues, “already overloaded with fixed charges, found . itself, after the refinancing, as having its bonded in- debtedness _increased by _$2.725.000, (Continued on Page 5, Column 4 | [Favors Discussion of Unem- BULLETIN Arthur M. Huddell, international president of the Union of Operating Enginecrs, died this afternoon at Sibley Memorial Hospital. Mr. Huddle, one of three union of- ficers who was in the lunch room at Tenth and K streets, May 20, when they were fired upon by an unknown assailant, had collapsed last week of shock incident to the attack. He was not injured at the time of the shooting. RITCHIE FOR DRY DEBATE AT PARLEY, ployment Also at Confer- ence of Governors. By the Assoclated Press. FRENCH LICK, Ind.. June 1.—State; executives attending the twenty-third annual Conference of Governors today displayed a disposition to discuss somc sontroversial subjects that purposely had been left off the formal program. . Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, o cratic presidential candidate next year expressed the belief it would not be amiss to discuss the problerrs of pro- hibition and unemployment. The Mary- land Governor is to preside at one of the round-table discussions. Subjects assigned to the various Gov- ernors by the Program Committee dealt only with the technique of State gov- ernment. and to Gifford Pinchot, Penn- sylvania's executive, was assigned the topic of reforestation. Instead he has prepared an address on public utilities. Executives from 24 commonwealths attended. ‘Taxation formed the general topic of the opening session, with addresses by Gov. Wilbur M. Brucker of Michigan and Gov. Harry H. Woodring of Kansas. Tax burdens, declared Gov. Brucker in his prepared addre: a mcnace (o the stab ment. He urged that th® Siates assist in the simplification and unification of local political units so they will be- come more responsive to the public will Real tax relief, in the opinion of Gov. Woodring. must be sought through a reduction in local taxes. He sug- pested States should adopt a policy of limiting the maximum tix levy or maximum per capita expenditure of local units. Too much State control. he said in his prepared speech, was re- | sponsible in many Instances for high local taxes. He expresscd the belief that within prescribed limitations the local unit should be permitted to work out its own salvation. Gov. Franklin D. Rooscvelt of New York. also considered a Democratic pos- sibility in 1932, will address the con- ference on land utilization. Gov. Case presided at this morning'’s session and Gov. Harry G. Leslie wel- comed the visiting executives. Another speaker listed on today's program was Gov. O. Max Gardiner of North Caro- lina, who was to have described the new road program of this State. The North Carolina Governor had not reached here today, however. NOTED FACULTY MEMBER AT JOHNS HOPKINS DIES By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, June 1.—Dr. Carroll Gideon Bull, 47, professor of immun- ology st the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene, died here yesterday after an illness of more than a year. Born in Knoxville, Tenn, Dr. Bull was educated at Peabody College, Nash- ville, and at Chicago, Michigan and Harvard Universities. He taught later at Lincoln Memorial Institute and at Nelson Morris Insti- tute and was connected with the Rocke- feller_Institute from 1913 to 1917 at New York. After service as a major in the Medical Corps in the World War, 1]2‘: became connected with Johns Hop- ns. His widow, who was Miss Zelma Smith of Atlanta. Ga., survives. The funeral will be held here late today. - GRENADE KILLS 4 BOYS Hand Petard Hurts Other Youths in Army Practice Field. KASCHAU, Czechoslovakia, June 1 (). —Sixteen boys descrted the cattle they were tending today and crawled under a bagbed wire fence into a field markad by army eauthorities for hand grenade practice. One of them picked up a grenade and showed it to his companions. It exploded. He was Kkilled instantly. Three others were wounded mortally and several more were injured seriously. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION B, Gy NOBLE COLLAPSES AS JUDGE ORDERS ACQUITTAL VERDICT Fire Rescue Squad Revives Defendant as Court Holds Evidence Insufficient. CIVIL ACTION AGAINST CALHOUNS RUMORED All Accused of Attempt to Black- mail Memorial Promoters Are Given Freedom. Holding the evidence insufficient, Jus- tice Jesse C. Adkins of District Supreme Court today directed the acquittal of four persons charged with conspiring to extort blackmail from Capt. and Mrs. Clarence C. Calhoun. ‘The defendants were W. Clark Noble, nationally known sculptor: James F. Bird, a lawyer; Mrs. Anna Hillenbrand, a nurse, and Stephen A. Armstrong, Jr., a financial agent. Dazed by the suddenness of the deci- sion, Mr. Noble fainted just as Justice Adkins left the bench. The 72-year-old defendant was standing beside his wife when he collapsed to the floor. The fire rescue squad was summoned and revived the patient by administering oxygen. Bailiffs Hunt Doctor. Fellow defendants, members of the jurys, court attaches and spectators rushed to the aid of Mr. Noble vwhen! he collapsed. Bailiffs were dispatched through the bullding to search for a doctor. They were unsuccessful, how- ever. Meanwhile, Mrs. Noble took command of the situation, holding her husband's head in her hands and beckoning & y the crowd which had gathered about! him. She was aided by Mrs. Hillen- brand and Mrs. L. R. Maddux of de- fense counsel. Soon after the defendants were freed, there were rumors of civil suits. The Nobles already have instituted action against the Calhouns in an effort to collect a quarter of a million dollars in damages for their alleged failure to pay Noble for his services as official sculptor of the Womans' Universal Al- liance, of which Mrs. Calhoun was president. The organization was form- ed to erect a $12,000,000 memorial to motherhood in Washington. Judge Addresses Jury. The trial opened almost a month ago. Mrs. Noble, originally one of the de- fendants, wen a directed verdict of not gullty some 10 days ago when the Gov- ernment closed its case. The motion was renewed in behalf of the other de- fendants after the defense case was | closed Friday. Justice Adkins had had the motion under advisement over the | week end. Immediately after court convened, Justice Adkins turned to the jury and | announced he had decided the de- tendants should be found not guilty. “The testimony given by the defend- ants,” he said, “changed the aspects of the case. So far as Mr. Noble is con- cerned, the testimony indicated his in- nocence as much as his guilt. The tes- timony also showed that Mr. Bird and Mrs. Hillenbrand were at direct odds with each other, So the jury will bring in a verdict of not guilty as to each of the defendants.” Juror Gets Autographs. 0 the defendant, W. Clark Noble,” said Willlams F. Lemon, the clerk, “Yoy are directed to return a ver- dict of not 'guilty, and it is so ordered.” As the defendants stood at their counsel table, Mr. Lemon then went through the routine of freeing Mrs. Hillenbrand, Bird and Armstrong. When the excilement over Mr. Noble's coliapsc had subsided, the eight men and four wemesn, who had comprised the jury, gathered about the defendants and voiced congratulations. The youngest (Continued on Page 2, Golumn 3.) “As | ARGENTINE REVOLT PLOT IS UNCOVERED Irigoyen Sympathizers Working for Return Are Seized in Police Raids. By Cable to The Star. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, June 1.— Another counter-revolutionary plot against Provisioinal President Jose Francisco Urlburu by sympathizers of former President Hipolito Irigoyen has been announced by the Argentine po- lice. They also announced raids on a sanatorium and several residences, and the arrest of persons implicated in the plot, including Jose Abalos, minister of public works in President Irigoyen's cabinet, who is alleged to be the ring- Icader. The police communique indicates that the plot is merely a continuation of the counter-revolutionary project of Gen. Toranzo which the police had un- covered several months ago. Senor Abalos and his fellow plotters are al- leged to be working in conjunction with former members of the Irigoyen cabi- net and other high officials of the de- posed regime, who now are in Monte- video. (Copyright. 1931.) CUSTOMS PARLEY SET Austro-German Pact to Go Before Court July 15 to 20. GENEVA, June 1 ().—A special session of the world court for public hearings on the proposed Austro-Ger- man customs accord will be held be- tween July 15 and 20, word from the Hague said today. g BAN ON GUINAN STICKS French Ministry Declares Decision Remains Unchanged. PARIS, June 1 ().—Officials of the ministry of interior said today that the decision barring Texas Gui and her troupe of showgirls from France re- mained unchanged. Radio Programs on PI.‘! c8 MONDAY, JUNE 1, member of the jury. Miss| !/ 2\ R r", 14 1931 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. r’ i alh' Il ¢ Foening Star. Ll L g “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carri every city block and the regular edi- n is.delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. er _system covers Circulation,. 105,335 Circulation, 121.821 (#) Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. | 5800 000000 BOND Treasury Makes Offering, inj Face of Deficit, to Retire Short-Term Notes. By the Associated Press | A long-term bond issue totaling | $800,000,000 will be offered to the public June 15 by the Treasury. The | proceeds will be used to retire short- | term securities. As Secretary Mellon announced. this | move in Government financing yester- day in spite of a $1,000,000,000 Treas- ury deficit, the Commerce Department reported that business conditions gen- erally in April showed improvement. April was described by the Com- merce Department as “the third c secutive month in which the volume I business in the United States, aficr allowing for normal seasonal trends. showed furtber slight expansion from the low levels established in January while toe seasonal decline occurring in early May has been slightly larger than usual.” | i | Mature in 1949, ‘The new Treasury bonds will mature in 1949. They will bear 3's per cent interest and will be redeemabie after June 15, 1946. Replacing $589,000.- 000 in certificates of indebtedness, they will reduce the short-term debt to about $2,900,000,000. The balance will be used to pay interest cn the public debt and to meet other obligations. The issue will help the Treasury simplify its short-term debt problem, but will have slight effect on the deficit this fiscal year, ending June 30. Treasury officials expect an expendi- ture of $4,435,000,000 by then, with the total income amounting to but $3,000.- 000,000, due to decreases in income tax and customs receipts. | In its survey cf current business the Commerce Department said the output | of manufactures in April, was larger | than in March, “owing chiefly to| greater than seasonal improvement in the food products, automobile, Jeather, shoe, cement and tobacco industric: while iron, steel and non-ferrus metal | production was smaller than in the | preceding month.” - | Production Increases. | “Industrial production,” the depart- ment_said, “as measured by the Fed- | eral Reserve Board's seasonally adjusted indcx, registered another increase in April, and in that month was 9 per cent ‘above the December level. Out- | put of manufacturers wes larger than in March, owing chiefly to greater than seasonal improvement in the food products, automobile, leather, shoe, ce- | ment and tobacco industries, while iron and_steel and non-ferrous metal pro- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) JAPANESE SETS U. S. HOP Yoshihara to Make New Attemptq at Ocean Flight June 25. TOKIO, June 1 (A).—The newspaper Hochi Shimbun today announced Seiji Yoshihara, Japancse aviator, would re- sume his flight to America June 25 with a new plane, following the same route he took in his recent attempt. Yoshihara, flying under the auspices of the newspaper, discontinued his in- itial attempt May 14 after making a forced landing in the Kurile Islands and damaging his plane. As before, he will undertake the flight in short hops, following the Kurile and Aleutian Is- land chains. I | ———— | I Fain and Warmer The weather tomorrow | promises good business in the stores. | TLocal merchants are now offering Summer merchan- dise that is most unusual in quality and price appeal. Yesterday’s Advertising (Local Display) es. The Sunday Star. . . 70,544 2d Newspaper. . .. ...28,793 3d Newspaper. . ... .27,927 Total Gapers’ 56,720 papers Stat’s excess, 13,834 Yesterday's edition of The Sunday Star was 5211 greater than Sunday a year ago. ) WILSON DEATH PLOT AT PARIS BARED BY FORMER CODE CHIEF | i ISSUE A“]S DEBTSMa] Yardlc;figfigxt's Fatal I11-! ness, Begun at Peace Conference, Was Planned by Powers. Startling revelations of activities of “Black Chamber,” or Cipher- Decoding Bureau, including the story of an alleged plot to assassinate Pre dent Wilson in Paris, contained in a book by Maj. Herbert O. Yardley, war-time cryptographic chief, just pub- lished by Bobbs-Merrill Co. Among other discicsures of special interest here was that a Washington | society woman served as a 't agent for the Government in securing code information from foreign diplom-tic scurces. ved in Taris. on ti Message Rece HARRAGES HERE Court of Appeals Declares Absence of Specific Ban Validates Unions. Common-law marriages are valid in the District of Columbia, the District Court of Appeals ruled today in an opinion by Justice D. Laurence Groner, reversing the action of the District Supreme Court. The latter had granted an injunction gainst Robert J. Hoage, deputy commissioner of the United States Employes’ Compensation Com- mission, awarding compensation to the surviving common-law wife of Turner Sutton, who died while in the employ of Murch Brothers Construction Co. The company and its surcty brought suit to prevent the award being carricd out, and the lower court granted the injunction on the ground that even if the facts supported Hoage's finding, it could not be enforced because “the re- Iationship of common-law marriage does not exist in the District of Columbia.” Hoage appealed. Justice Gives Opinion. In holding common law marriages legal, Justice Groner said: “We think it cannot now be controverted that an agreement between a man and woman to be husband and wife, consummated by cohabitation as husband and wife, constitutes a valid marriage unless there be in existence in the State in which the agreement is made, a statute declaring the marriage to be invalid un- less solemnized in a prescribed manner. “We think it equally true that the rule now generally recognized is that statutes requiring a marriage to be preceded by a license or to be solemn- ized by a religious ceremony without words of nullity as to marriages con- tracted otherwise are directory merely and failure to procure the license or to go through a religious ceremony does not invalidate the marriage.” Justice Groner reviewed at length the marriage laws of the District which he said must furnish the guide as © the existence of the common law right in this District. He reached the con- clusion that since they fail to show a legislative intent to abrogate the com- mon law right “which may not be pre- “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | shock 1 received as I deciphered a | telegram which reported an entente plot to assassinate President Wilson | | cither by administering a slow poiso | or by giving him the influenza in ice.’ the author said. “Our informant. in | whom we had the greatest confidence, begged the authorities to inform the esident. | “I have no way of knowing whether this plot had any truth in fact. and, if it had, whether it succeeded. But there are thes: undeniable facts: President Wilson's first sign of iliness occurred while he wes in Paris and he was soon to di® a lingering death.” | The so-called “Black Chamber” was | a room in the State, War and Navy| Euiliing. overlooking the White House, end bohind its doors was employed 8 | tafl of profesional “puzzle fans.” bent on solving the most intricate cod:s of rot messagas. “How a_beautiful Washington society (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) NINNESOTA PRESS * LAW HELD INVALD Supreme Court, in 5-to-4] Decision, Declares Sup- pression Act Void. By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court today. by a 5 to 4 decision, held invalid the Minne-| sota law under which the Saturday' Press. Minneapolis weekly. was sup-| pressed | Chief Justice Hughes, in delivering, the majority opinion, said the anc-l sota law was in effect & censorship| and that sufficient protection for the| public from libelous or untrue articles| was provided in the libel Jaws 1 Justice Butler delivered a dissenting | opinfon in which Justices Van De-| vanter, McReynolds and Sutheriand joined. | The liberty of the press, the Chief| Justice continued, prohibited restmaint | | upon publication but made publishers | liable for what is printed. The free- dom of the press meant an unrestrain- | ed press, he added. and would not per- mit censorship in times of peace. 1t was sufficient for the protection of the public to make the publication of scandalous -and _defamatory articles punishable under the libel laws, he said. The constitutionality of the law was challenged by J. M. Near, one of the publishers of the suppressed paper. He contended the statute deprived him of the liberty guaranteed to the press by the Federal and State Constitutions. The case atiracted widespread attén- tion. Numerous influential newspapers commented editorially on the Minnesota law, regarding it as an encroachment upon the traditional freedom of the press. The statute was upheld by the State | Supreme Court. The Governor of the | State recommended its repeal. Nurses Save 500 in Fire. TOKIO. June 1 (#).—Five hundred patients were transferred to safety by nurses today when the Kanazawa Hos- ' pital was partly destroyed by fire. Two firemen were killed and two injured in fighting the flames. STORE BURGLARS TAKE 15 GUNS AND $100 WORTH OF AMMUNITION ‘Best Arms in Avenue Shop Taken by Thieves—Police _Hunt for Fingerprints. the recent ‘butbreak of Spurred b?' shootings, poliée today were seeking the burglars who raided a store at 617 Pennsylvania avenue southeast last night and made off with enough arms and am- muition to stock a small arsenal. The intruders selected 15 of the best revolvers and automatics in stock, took $100 worth of German, Remington and ‘Winchester ammunition for ghe weapons and a number of holsters. ‘The robbery was discovered this moming when Ignatius Settimor Tamorra opened the shop for business. ‘Tamorra estimated the loss at $250. Entrance was gained by removing a glass from the rear door. The loot consisted of three .38-caliber blue steel revolvers, ten revolvers-of smajler caliber and miscellancous makes, together with two automatics, one of German and the other of Spanish muke. ‘The robbers also stole $14.50 in change from the cash register. Head- FALL BRIBE APPEAL REVIEW IS REJECTED BY SUPREME COURT Hope to Escape One-Year Jail Term and $100,000 Fine Lost. DECISION CLIMAXES LONG FIGHT IN OIL CASES Aged Defendant in Ili Health. Reluctant to Carry Trial On. B the Asgociated Press The Supreme Court today refused to review the conviction of Albert B. Fall on charges of accepting a bribe in con- nection with the naval oil reserve leases as Secretary of the Interior uncer Pres- ident Harding. ‘The Circuit Court of Appeals will probably be officially informed that the i Supreme Court has denied Fall's peti- tion for review tomorrow. The Court of Appeals is expected. under ordinary legal procedure, to hand down its mandate for execution of the sentence to the District of Columbia Supreme Court immediately afterward, probably the same day. Then, the lat- ter court will summon Fall to appear for commitment. setting a date. Under the action of the court Fall must report at once for commitment under his sentence of one year in the penitentiary and payment of a fine of $100.000. The former cabinet official was eon- victed in October. 1929. of having ac- cepled a $100.000 bribe from Edward L. Doheny. The money was alleged to have been brought to Washington by Doheny’s son in the famous “little black bag." Bribe Called Loan. The Government contended the money was given to influence Fall in leasing the Elk Hills naval oil reserve in Cali- fornia to the Pan-American Petroleum Co., which Doheny represented. Fall argued the sum was a loan from one old friend to another. The Federal grand jury in the Dis- trict of Columbia in June, 1924, in- dicted Fall on the bribery charge. In May, 1925, Fall and Doheny were in- dicted for conspiracy based on the passing of the $100.000. Doheny and Fall were acquitted of lhzs conspiracy charge in December, ‘The District Court of Appeals <us- tained Fall's conviction on the bribery indictment Counsel “for Fall in asking & review insisted the Supreme Court should set aside the conviction because Fall never had authority to make the leases and contracts, and. therefore. under a line of court decisions could not be held guilty under the bribery statute. Ask Charges Dismissal. They insisted the indictment mus be dismissed because persons not a thorized by law were in the grand jury room when it was returned. The trial judge's instructions to the jury with regard to its right to recom- mend clemency was also attacked, as was the judge's reference to the failure cf Fall to take the witness stand. After the Court of Appeals had sus- tained his conviction. Fall announoed that because of lack of funds he would not seek a Supreme Court review, but would depend on his friends to obtain executive clemency. Later he instructed his counsel to ask a review. TWO GIVEN FINES IN EXTORTION TRY Indictments Against Third Are Dismissed on Motion of Prosecutor. By the Accoriated Pre. LAREDO, Tex.. June 1.—Chai against C. C. Julian. Oklahoma oil operator, and C. C. Boren and Clay Mann in connection with an alleged at- tempt to abduct Lamar S. Bolling, San Antonio business man, were disposed of in District Court today, when Julian and Boren were assessed fines totaling $5.000 and indictments against Mann were dismissed. Bolling, a former business associate of Julian, had alleged the men at- tempted to abduct him from a hotel here April 2 at the point of a pistol in an effort to extort money from him. Kidnaping and conspiracy indict- ments pending against the three men were dismissed upon motion of Dis- trict Attorney John A. Valls, after fines had been assessed in the other cases. Julian and Boren were fined $1,000 each on charges of aggravated assault with' firearms, similar amounts on ag- gravated assault charges and $500 each on_charges of stmple assault. The actual trial required only about 15 minutes. HOMEMADE KNIFE TAKEN FROM CROWLEY IN CELL Slayer, Sentenced to Chair, Found Carrying Blade in Sing Sing Death House. By the Associated Press. OSSINING, N. Y., June 1.—A knife three and one-half inches long. fash- joned out of the handle of a spoon, was found on Prancis Crowley as he was searched in the Sing Sing Death House today. Crowley was sentenced today by County Judge Smith at Mineola to be executed the weck of July 5 for the murder of Policcman Frederick Hirsch. ‘The State’s case against Rudolph C. Duringer. on trial in the Bronx for the killing of his 20-year-old aweetheart, Virginia Brannen, was closed today when District Attorney Charles V. Mc- Laughlin had Duringsr's confession {;;‘d into the record tor the second e. In the confession Duringer said he killed the girl because sne had told him <he no longer loved him and was to marry another man. The defendant. also said that he made up his mind to kill her about 5 minutes before he fired the fatal shot. Duringer's attorney is expected to base the defense on the contenticn that Duringer was too intox- icated to premeditate murder. s D;n'ce: 200 Hours. BERLIN, Junz 1 (#.—Alfredo Fern- ando claimed a new non-stop dancing quarters detectives and fifth precinct police made a careful search ‘of the nemuu for fingerprints or other clues. veral impressions were photographed. K record today at th> end of 200 hours in which he changed partners 2,000 times. He finished ths in good