Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1931, Page 2

JURY IN PANTAGES CASE DEADLOCKE Efihol. Out 22 Hours, Informs -«;-Judge No Hope of Agreement. By the Associated Press. US8AN DIEGO, June 18.—The jury in Hoover’s Springfield Speech Classes Abraham Lincoln Among Outstanding Men of World at Rededication of Emancipator’s Tomb. SPRINGFIELD, Ill, June 18.—Presi- dent Hoover's speech at the Lincoln tomb was as follows: . The people of Illinois have taken Just pride in the restoration and beau- tification of the tomb of their greatest citizen—Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth | the Pregident of the United States. This memorial was erected and dedicated 57 the “girl market” case seit word to|years ago. Another great citizen of Illi- Saperior Judge L. N. Turrentive today [nois—tbe eighteenth President of the that after 22 hours deliberation it was | United States, Ulysses S. Grant—made | ),/ hopelessly deadlocked. the address on that occasion. It is P r that a President of the United i Recelving the case at noon yesterday, | States should take part in its rededica- the Jurors were back in the court room [tion at this time. within & few hours announcing they were “quite in the dark” without a copy of the court's “very complicated” instructions. The copy was gives. Aft- erward persons outside the jury room heard occasional heated arguments, which imdicated a division. No verdict was reached at 10 p.m. The jurors were allowed to retire for the night. Instructs on Testimony. Judge Turrentine made two major points in his instructions. He told the Jurors that Lydia Nitto, complainin, witness; John P. Mills, who turn State’s evidence, and Helen Livingston, associate of Miss Nitto, should be re- garded as accomplices in the alleged conspiracy. Their testimony, he ad- vised, must not be considered unless corroborated by other evidence or cir- cumstances, = Secondly, he said, the defendants must be acquitted unless they found that Miss Nitto was a minor at the time of the alleged law violation. Miss Nitto testified she was 17. The defense produced six witnesses who said she told them she was 22. Mills PleAds Guilty. Mills had pleaded guilty to con- tributing to the delinquency of Misses Nitto and Livingston.. He testified that at the suggestion of Jesse H. Shreve, wealthy real estate operator, he a ranged with Oliver Clark Day and W! liam Jobelmann, alleged operators of Hollywood* girl market,” to bring the two girls here to-a hotel party last October 30. Shreve, the Day woman and Jobelmann are defendants with Pantages. Mills said he and Shreve wanted to get Pantages in a good humor about a note for $80,000 which the three had indorsed and which was about to be foreclosed. Miss ‘Nitto testified Pan- tages was intimate with her at the pur- ported party. General denials were made by Pantages and the other:de- fendants. —— KING WILL OPPOSE HIGHER AUTO TAXES Utah Senator Favors Levies on Incomes and Inheritances in District. Cenator King, Democrat, of Utah, ranking minority member of the Sen- ate District Committee, indicated to- day he would be opposed to increasing taxes on automobiles and gasoline, as proposed in the program of the special House Committee on Piscal Relations. Although reserving final judgment until he has studied the whole tax sub- Jject, Senator King said would hes! tate to raise motorists’ faxes. He re- iterated previous statements hat he iterated previous statements that he favors an income tax as a substitute for thinks there stould be a local inheri- tance tax. On these two subjects, how- ever, the Utah Senator intends to work gfit" plans of his own in the form of Senator King said his present view was that an increase in the gasoline tax and a new tax on the weight of automobiles would not be necessary. recommendation of the House Com- mittee was that the gasoline tax be doubled from 2 to 4 cents a gallon. . NEW CANADIAN ENVOY ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON W. D. Herridge Welcomed by MacNider, Lindsay and Other Diplomats. W. D. Herridge arrived today to sent his credentials to President Hoover as_the new Canadian Minister. The new Minister was welcomed by Hanford MacNider, American Minister to Canada; Sir Ronald M. Lindsay, British Ambassador, and representa- tives of the Canadian, Irish Free State and South African legations. Herrjdge is expected to initlate in- formal”conversations looking toward an agreement for the construction of the St. Lawrence waterway. THATCHER AND DAVISON NAMED ALUMNI FELLOWS Bolicitor General Thatcher and As- slstant Secretary of War Davison have been elected as alumni fellows of the Yale Corporation, according to an an- nouncement made public by the univer- sity today. President James Rowland Angell an- nounced the electfon at an alumni luncheon which followed the com- menn.fement e;erclfies, 3 er a_member of the ::l:u afl'n{‘, wr:t‘l‘: #r Davisort was 2 rom ew Have - tution in 1918. i REALTY FIRM SUED Broker Charges $40,238 Owed Him as Commiseions. uit for’ $49,238.22 in alleged com- mi was filed in District Supreme Cour today against Shannon & Luchs, w real estate firm, by Leonard L. of the Woodward Bullding. Bowen says he was employed in March, 1924, as a real estate broker. Thj defendant company; he says, prom- ised t> pay him 50 per cent of the earnings from business matters on which he was employed and 50 per cent of the gross comntissions and fees the com- pany received from any transaction with & client of the plaintiff. The plaintiff says he continued in the employ of the defendant company until December 31, 1929, and that the amount sued for is a balance still owing and unpaid. PEARSON RE-ELECTED Paul Pearson was re-elected g:aldent of the Washington Wholesale g Ex- [ at the annual meeting yesterday in office of the exchange’s attorney, , at Alexandria, Va. CAMP OPENS MONDAY ‘With more than 200 already enrolled, Camp Roosevelt, Boy Scout Summer camp. located on Calvert Cliffs off the Chesapeake Bay, will open Monday: A majority of the churches in Wash- Ington troops will be repre- sented at the camp, as well as | oy This, the tomb of Lincoln, is a shrine to all Americans. The stone and mar- ble of all of our great national shrines are more than physical reminders of the mighty past of our country. They are symbols of things of the spirit. ‘Through the men and they com- memorate they renew our national ideals and our aspirations. It is a re. freshment of the national soul to as- semble in these places and to direct the thoughts of our le to these occasions and to rec: e men and their deeds which builded the Republic. It is an awakening of pride in the lories of the past and an inspiration to’ aith in the future. These are the springs which replenish that most sacred stream of human emotions—patriotism. Nothing that we may say here can add to the knowledge or devotion of our people to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Nothing we may do can add to his stature in history. All that words can convey has long since been uttered by his grateful countrymen. We gather here today that we of our generation may again pay tribute to the man who not only saved the Union and gave freedom to a race, but who recreated the ideals and inspirations of American life. A nation in its whole lifetime flowers with but a few whos: names remain upon the roll of the world in after generations. Lincoln after all these years still grows, not only in the hearts of his countrymen, but in the hearts of the peoples of ‘the world. It is not new, yet it is eternally true, to state that Lincoln made a universad appes] to the minds and hearts of men. is every aspiration was for the unity and wslfare of his country. He became a triumphant force in @chieving that ideal, because he saw the problems of his time not only from the standpoint of the statesman, but of the average citizen, whose outlook he understood and whose trials and hopes he chared. No man gazss upon the tomb of Lin- colh without reflection upon his tran- scendent qualities of patience, fortitude and steadfastncss. The very greainess which history and pog:hr imaginaticn have stamp2d upon him sometim:s ob- scures somewhat the real man back of the symbol which he has become. It is not amiss to reflect that h> was a man| | | before becoming & lmbol ‘To appre- the real meaning of his ll}: we boy, the fence builder, the soldir, the country lawyer, the political candidate, legislator and the President, as wall as the symbol of *union and of human rights. Memorial Fitting. 1t is fitting that we should rededicat> hallowed resting place, that we should thus recall to every American mind and heart the contribution which Lincoln made to the greatness of our Nation. But i was Lincoln himscif whose insight and, splendid expression illuminated the true purpose of our as- legbl{ at n-t:’onfl “.‘u. It ":n he who at Gettysburg ca! upon peo- gl,e not so much to mourn the dead as honor them by a rededication of themselves to the service of their coun- gy. He said in that memorable ad- ess: “It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here * * * to the great task remaining before us.” That should be our purpose and resolve today. The six decades which have passed since Lincoln's death have written on the scroll of "history changes bewilder- ing in thelr variety, momentous in tm ve raries. years have not only yielk rich treas- ures, material and spiritusl, but they bave brought challenges to readjust- ment, both by government and indi- viduals, to a changing world. Our country has become powerful among nations. It is charged with infinitely new responsibilities, both at home and abroad. Heritage Worth Keeping. What a poet has called the endless adventure, the government of men, dis- closes new and changing human needs from generation to generation. As we scan our history even since his day, who can doubt Lincoln's own words that our national heritage is “worth the keeping.” And it was Lincoln who stated and restated in impressive terms that its keeping rests upon obedience and enforcement of law. There can be no man in our country who, either by his position or his influence, stands above the law. That the Republic can- not admit and still live. For ours is a government of laws and a soclety of ordered liberty safeguarded only by law. The eternal principles of truth, jus- tice and right, never more clearly stated than by Lincoln, rsmain the solvent for the problems and perplexi- ties of every age and of cur day. It is to those who, like Lincoln, have made there principles serve the needs of man- kind that the world pays its homage. At his shrine we light the torch of our | by, rededication to the service and ideals of the Nation which he loved and served with the last full measure of devotion. MRSt HANINOND DS AT HOME HERE Wife of Internationally Re- nowned Engineer Will Be | Buried in Brooklyn, N..Y. Mrs. John Hays Hammond, wife of | the internationally renowned engineer, | died early today at their home, 22211 Kalerama road, after an iliness of| several weeks. Death resulted from! what was described as a short, severe attack of encephalitis lethargica, or sleeping sickness. Mrs. Hammond was conscious until the end. Private funeral services are being conducted at the home late this after- noon by Rev. Ze Bamey T. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, of which she was a member. Burial will be tomorrow in Greenwood Ceme- tery, Brooklyn, N. Y., where Dr. Phil- lips also will officlate. Family Present at End. | Pre- | survives. ‘With Mrs. Hammond when she died | were her nusband and three of their | children—Harris, John Hays, jr., and Natalie Hays. Their other son, Rich- ard P. Hammond, is in Paris. A sister, Mrs, Charles Hoyle of Washington, also Two sons died in infancy. Mrs. Hammond, the former Miss Nat- alie Harris, was the daughter of the late Judge Nathaniel Harris of Vicksburg, Miss., her birthplace. She .met Mr. Hammond when zhey‘ both were students in Germany, he| taking an engineering course in Frei- burg, and she, music in Dresden. They were wedded just 50 years ago last January 1, when Hammond, then Jjust 25, was embarking on the career that was to bring fame and fortune. Fought to Free Husband. ~Throygh the adventurous years that marked their early mas life, the young wife was at her husband’s_side in far corners of the world. First, Mexico, later in South Africa, where she fought for his freedom when Ham- mond and three companions were con- demned by order of Paul Kruger, Presi- dent of the South African Republic, to die on the gallows, as an aftermath of the Jameson Raid, which grew out of the efforts of foreigners to protect theéir property against abuses by the T government. She still was his constant | _. companion, when later years brought honors. One son was an infant in Mexico; in her travail in South ‘Africa there were two youngsters to be looked after. Of this, she afterwards said: “We have suffered many hardships in common and during my early life at the mines I have known what it was to be underfed and cold. I have slept | ha with my baby on my breast under a cart in the dust' of the highroad. We have traveled together in every known sort of vehicle—bullock wagon, cape cart and private Pullman. For days at a time, my saddle has been the only pillow I have known at night. I have always been my husband’s comrade, his greatest admirer, and his best friend.” Wrote Two Graphic Works. Out of her South African experiences came two works—one a graphic ac- count of the Jameson Raid and her husband'’s imprisonment, and the other a book, “A Woman's Part in a Revolu- ticn.” Mrs. Hammond was & woman of varied interests, social, civic and philan- thropic, but the demands on her time Toing " Geepist. atiention. th- e chil: a lon chil- . John Hays, jr., has won fame as an Inventor; the daughter has come into prominence by her art, the son in Paris is a musiclan and composer Succumbs MRS. JOHN HAYS HAMMOND. poor children and later became the of- ficial agency for aiding the dependent families of volunteer sailors in the American forces. Another labor was in connection with the ‘“Children's Christmas i which sent Ohrisf gifts abroad to the children of all warring nations. Nineteen years ago she founded the Women's Titanic Memorial Association. 8he was too ill to attend, a short while ago, the unveiling of the Titanic Me- morial here which climaxed that en- deavor. Mrs. Hammond always maintained her interest in music, and friends con- sidered her voice one of her decided Mrs. Hammond first came to Wash- ington ;with her husband during the Taft administration, Mr. Hammond and the then President having been friends of many years’ standing. They returned to New. York in 1913, but came back to Washington in 1917 and settled in the estate on Kalorama road. NATION-WIDE DRIV ON BOOTLEG LEADERS TO BEGIN JULY 15 (Continued From First Page.) Bureau and in the equipment of all enforcement -organizations, and tha ber of assistant district attor~ d would be lost after the date the salaries can begin—July 1. The concentration of men for train- ing in the impromptu school rooms that will spring up quietly on that day will be roughly as follows: Thirtee: in Boston, 62 in New York, 50 in Pbila- ©2go, 28 In St. Paul, 20 in Kansas City, 11 in Denver, 14 San Prancisco and 14 in Seattl await the coming of the The Federal chief was enthusi- astic about the iber of the force thlc! will carry on the campaign to wipe out the leaders of the l%flr gangs. | “A corps of investigators his made Cxih . inquiring, ' among . other each man, , among things, whether he has ever served a . prison sentence and whether he himself and Harris, the eldest, is pursuing a bins business_career. Mrs. Hammond numbered among her friends ictoria and others of the royalty and nobility of Europe. s, i Samans T st 8 1, S AL S V in 1811 @ hostess. Linked with these social endeavors, however, always was the work in other flelds. ° She founded and was chairman of the Women's_Department of the Na- tional Civie Federation, in connection with which she was instrumental in many prison reforms. in New York in 1916, Militia of Mercy, was instrumental in com- e of infantile paralysis tment to hundreds of first. batting the and bringing Senators Given Degrees. BRUNSWICK, Me., June 18 (#).—Two United States Seantors—Dwight WI | Morrow of New Jersey and Frederick today. The |arrange her hair. | aboard and drank it too fast. wledge Y | Starr Faithfull was due to my_profes- STARR FAITHFULL - SEEN IN STATION New Angle Strengthens The- ory Girl Was _Slain to Silence Her. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 18—A woman who saw Starr Faithfull in the Grand Central Station late in the afternoon of the day she disappeared has been found, Inspector Harold K. King an- nounced today. He sald the new witness was Mrs. Jack Barr of Larchmont, N. Y., who knew the dead girl because she had been on the same ship with her on a Mediterranean cruise. She carried no handbag, Mrs. Barr said, and acted as though she were go- ing somewhere, King said the Larch- mont’ woman had not come forward sooner because she did not want to “get mixed up in the case.” Offen Went to Station. tanley E. Faithfull, stepfather of the n-‘yurgld girl whose body was found on Long Beach June 8 under circum- stances which led police to believe she might have been murdered, said his daughter often went to the station to He sald thlthrm thihmo;l:l:ll :‘f‘g:r disappearance her mother - ed m to a hair dressers at the sta- tion. Will Question Clerk. The new angle, coupled with Faith- full's reiteration that his daughter was cheerful on that day, led police to place more dependence on a murder theory. District Attorney Elvin Edwards has said the girl may have been killed to prevent her from talking. Meanwhile police said they would uestion a girl clerk in a Fifth avenue g tore when she returned from her vacation in the West. This girl is said to have lunched with Starr on the day she disappeared. Meanwhile, authorities tended to cast doubt on the story of Henrye@oldstein, a chauffeur, who sald he saw the girl the day she disappeared, with a “mil- lionaire” for whom he once worked. He knew them, he said, because he once drove them on an eight-day trip in Europe. Stanley E. Paithfull, stepfather of the dead girl, still insisted that the case was one of murder, & theory on which District Attorney Elven Edwards of Nassau County has been proceeding. The father’s statement that Starr's troubles began when a wealthy man | mistreated her in her 'teens was upheld other members of the family. Faithfull, looking very downcast and | discouraged, departed this morning from his home in Greenwich Village Io\‘l Mineola, where he said he planned to | offer any possible aid to police investi- gating his daughter’s death. Int tor Harold R. King, in charge of the police investigation, said he had received a mi e from Cunard line officials in London declaring Miss Faith- full "!ul!; premeditated suicide within the next 24 hours.” : King refused to comment on this, but it was believed the line officials based their statement on letters the girl sent to Dr. G. Jameson Carr. ship's doctor | aboard the liner Franconia and & friend of Miss Faithfull. King declared: “My mind is abso- lutely open yet in respect to either homicide or suicide in this case in view of other information we have ered.” This statement-was considered sig- | nificant because previously King had | tended to uphold the suicide theory. | ‘The belief that police still enter n, the ibility that the girl met del!hi by falling or being thrown from an ocean liner was strengthened by King| today. He said he would call for all available information on weather, wind and tidal currents on the week end of her disappearance. He declared he was sending a man to the home of Mrs. Jack Barr, in Larchmont, N. Y. Police have been told that Mrs. Barr learned from a girl named “Loretta” that Starr was seen in Grand Central Station the day of her disappearance. Dr. Carr first met Starr Faithfull when he was called to attend her in a professional capacity on an ocean Voy- age. saying the girl was 'rom liquor at the time and Dr. Carr Mvheg her against overindulgence. Afterward the girl was reported to have fallen in love with the doctor, but friends declared he did not return her affection, looking upon her merely as a highly nervous, emotional young woman who needed friendly guidance. On May 29, several days before the disappearance which ended in her| drowning, Starr visited the steamship | Franconia, on which Dr. Carr was ship’s | surgeon. She stayed aboard after the| ship sailed for England, and was taken off in a tug at the direction of the in. “%uunub chauffeur who drove her from the pier to her home in Green- wich Village sald she was intoxicated, hysterical and weeping and that she asked him when the next vessel left. Several da; told, she wrof letter to Dr. Carr in London declaring. ’Whan you receive She also apologized, police were told, for her ucuopr;l aboard the Franconia, declaring she took her own liquor is #aid to be this T him to show to & grand jury at Mineola. PHYSICIAN IS SILENT. the Cunard g to 8. 8. LACONIA, June 18 (#)—Dr. G. on from = hlfremployen. his profession and him- self. He told the Associated Press this morning he would make no statement regarding acquaintance with Miss Faithfull until he was released by the proper authorities from his professonal obligations. . o illlnd returning e; Nemeotflkr:‘ar lex four-fold purpose,” he said, * 3 the interest of justice; second, in the interest of the Cunard Co.; third, in the interest of the medical profession, and fourth, in the interest of myself. “It must, however, be clearly under- stood that as my kno of Miss sional status as a medical officer of the Cunard Co., I must await release by the proper suthorities from my pro- fessional obligations and therefore can- not_make a Euhlu- statement.” The Laconia is due at Boston on Bunday and at New York on later, authorities were | tions GERMIANY 70 ACT ‘ONDEBTS SHORTLY, Calling of Young Plan’Bank- ers’ Committee Expected _in Near Future. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, Germany, June 13 —Signs are increasing that within a fairly short time—much earlier than anticipated-— Chancellor Heinrich Bruening may take a definite step in the reparations ques- tion. 5 In view of the fact that Germany would in this case act alone, such & step could only mean the calling of the Bankers' Committee foreseen by the Young Plan, with or without a contem- porary declaration of a transfer mora- torilum on the conditional part of the annuities. Nation Near Bankrupicy. Hitherto it has seemed virtually sur- that a final decision would not be taken until after the European visit of Secre- tary of State Henry L. Stimson. With- drawals of forelgn credit, though very small today, have during the last two and & half weeks reached such propor- tions that their continuance threatens this country with semi-bankruptcy. The German view would seem to be that since credits are being withdrawn anyway, it would be better to take the bull by the horns and n the repara- tions question, the effect of which could hardly be to worsen the already thoroughly bad situation. Do Not Want Moratorium. ‘The Germans still do not want a moratorium, .but since they are unable to find a foreign government willing to share with them the responsibility of opening the reparations problem, they are forced to take one of two cl the Young simply asking the tee to propose s rem- edy for the shattered German 3 or of making this request and accom- panying it with a declaration of a transfer maratorium, to become effective within three months. In view of the fact that reparations are generally paid on the fifteenth of the month, July 15 might seem to be an appropriate date, but it is possible that July 1 would be preferred. (Copyrieht. 1931.) PLAN ENVOYS' CONFERENCE. German Officials to Discuss Repara- tions With Ambassadors. BERLIN, June 18 (#).—Fortified by some degree of peace and confidénce on their home political front, Chancillor Bruening and Foreign Minister Curtius have made preparations for their next move in the delicate problem of achieving revision of reparations. They are getting ready for a series of conferences with the German Ambas- sadors to the creditor nations, at which the viewpoints of the various govern- ments concerned will be thoroughly surveyed. i Carl von Schubert, Ambassidcr to Italy, already is in Berlin. Leopold von Hoesch, envoy to France, arrives from Paris tomorrow and Ambassador Ven Prittwitz, Germany's representative in the United States, is expected shortly. At the foreign office, reparations ex- perts are working feverishly getting data in s] for the Ambassadorial Confer- ence: t official information on Bruen- ing's plans was extremely scare—ncr is it expected that the curtain of reti- cence will be lifted appreciably umtil after Secretary of State Stimson arrives in the middle of July. Tha highest importance is attached by the press to the visits of Secretary Stimson and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. The expectation in well in- formed circles is that Germany will invcke the moratorjum provisions of the Young plan soon after the situa- tion has been laid before these repre- sentatives of the United States—in other words, early in August. WITH MACDONALD, CALLS ON NORMAN (Continued From Pirst Page.) in the caute of debt remission is promised during Mr. Mellon's and Mr. Stimson’s European pilgrimages. (Copyright, 1031.) WILL SEEK FRENCH VIEWS. Stimson Hopes to Meet Leaders in Paris Informally, Edge Says. PARIS, June 18 (#)—When Secre- tary of State Henry L. Stimson reaches French soil in July, Ambassador Walter E. Edge has informed Foreign Minister Briand, he will want to meet leaders of the government informally to dis- cuss outstanding inf and to obtain French viewpoint. ternational ques: at first hand the He will seek the French viewpoint, | kind the Ambassador said, on all pro whether they be reparations, war debts or problems of general economics and finance. The Secretary has requested that no official series of functions be held in his honor, and French leaders will re- spect this wish. The Secretary of State will find a | had friendly atmosphere here. Frenchmen have not forgotten that he insisted upon volunteering during the World War and that he served at the front as an artil- Here his name is linked the wants to get a picture of the present day world as France paints it, but he also wants to see his old Army friends and to visit again the battlefront where he served as a soldier. Will Tour With Pershing. His visit to the battlefields will be under the personal escort of Gen. Persh- m{nmmelt to the single week he will be here it will be necessary to crowd many things. He will be the house guest of Ambassader Edge, who will or two dinners to which Fren men will be invited, including Premier Laval and Minister Briand. He will also probably meet President Paul Doumer, who in his recent in- augural speech laid on France’s desire for international co- operation of a friendly character. WATCHMAN, ASLEEP IN COURT, FOUND AFTER CASE IS DELAYE - Warrant Tssued When Traffic Defendant Fails to Answer. Recalled and Fine Imposed. . By the Associated Press. LOS ANCELES, June 18.—Robert Carson got a parking tag. His case was set for the morning session of Trafic Court. Four times Judge Kaufman called Carson's . Four times no answer. ‘The court gave it up and issued a war- rant for Carson’s arrest. day wore through knocked off- the a5 pm. “Who are you?” a balliff inquired, A crowded | expl shaking the shoulder of a sleeping man near the court room 3 It was Carson. He had been aslec® since morning. u;el‘na bailiff recalled the judge from s, “I'm a night watchman, and used to sl in the daytime,” l:l;gdl?"wfl’t keep court | court.’ ‘The court of Siatea: [ 1o, lar stress | signed DR. FELIPE ESPIL TO SUCCEED MALBRAN AS ARGENTINE ENVOY Present @mb;&n_@- Informs Secretary Stimson of Transfer. Speculation Surrounds. His Departure in View of Recent Speech. Ambaszador of called &n’ s'wrmrym of State m-mn“ e toda inform him personall; trln.lyler to London. - o Following nearly an hour’s confer- the Seci Ambassador Argentina Tetiring bassador, who will be succeeded I:Lem Felipe Espil, former i Wi embassy, on June 26 and sail for Bumu“hmm following day from New York. Goes to Buenos Aires. He 'said his plans for staying there were only tentative, but indicated he planned to spend but a few days before proceeding to London to occupy his new post and rejoin his family. e Ambas- sador returned last night from New York, where he saw his family off for Ambassador Maibran explained his transfer was nothing out of the ordinary, but resulted from the vagrancy which occurred recently in the London mission and his selection to cccupy it. He definitely discounted speculation which has been made in some quarters that thefe may have bsen some con- nection between his transfer and the recent speech he made in New York concerning United States-Argentine trade relations and the prohibitive op- eration of United States tariffs against some of his country's products. Speech Not Questioned. It previously was known that the State Department had not questioned the envoy on his speech, which had been interpreted by some observers as highly critical of United States tariffs. The Ambassador himself is understood not to have intended his address as a criticism of the tariffs, but only a state- ment of the different points of view of the two countries with respect to that feature of their commercial relations. The retiring diplomat said he was gratified to have been chosen for the London position and looked forward with pleasure to his service there, but he felt also keen regret over leaving the United States, where he said he had enjoyed the most pl t relations both during the last six months of his service here as Ambassador for the second time and during the few months he was here in 1928. He spoke par- ticularly of the cordial relations he had e: nced with State Department officials and with officlal and social Was| as a whole. hington Dr. Espil, who is a friend of Ambas- i ki sador Malbran, is on a financial mission studying general situation. He has been nominated for the Wash- ington Post and is awaiting there final instructions following indication by the State Department of his acceptability as dE‘mm grata. There has no ine tion Dr. Espil's appointment would be objected to. It_was un now in New York the week on personal business, would come directly to Washington when his pointment has been completed formally and not return first to Argentina. He is not married. Interested in Tariff. Ambassador Malbran has taken par- ticular interest in the tariff situation as affecting Argentine products, on | which duty reductions have been asked in some instances. He was expected, therefore, to report to his government before mln’ to London on the results of his studies here and the aspect of the situation ‘eoncerning Argentine preducts. ‘The Ambassador and his family have been prominent in the activities of the diplomatic corps since their arrival last November. He was faced by a busy round of farewell calls and last-minute embassy business during the few re- maining days of his service here. Graduated from the University of Buenos Aires in 1914, Espil practiced law for several years. He entered the diplomatic service in 1918 as first secre- tary of the Washington embassy. He was_appointed counsellor a few years later and remained here until his pro- motion to be Minister to Holland in 1928. Became Banker. After less than a year in Holland, Espil resigned to enter the banking business in Buenos Aires. He was ap- pointed as Minister to Denmark last Fall. He has been on that assignment ever since. During his diplomatic career he has represented his govern- ment at various pan-American confer- ences and peace parleys. Espil is an ardent golfer. ‘UNTOUCHABLES’ HAZARD DEATH IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST CAPONE Group of Seven Young Agents Conduct Fearless Drive Among Beer Baron's _Own Confederates. Sbectal Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, June 18 (N.AN.A).—The | “untouchables” have accomplished their mission. Now, after writing a number of the voluminous s that are always so necessary in Government ess, rohibition enforcement men, Assistant Chief Special Agent Eliot Ness, will go back to routine tasks— unless their superiors at Washington give them more “special jobs” on the basis of their original Chicago success. “Go out and actually prove that Al Capcne is at the head of this liquor conspiracy,” this special group of Fed- eral agents was ordered. So its mem- bers, most of them urrylnf on other regular duties, “proceeded quietly to re- move the aura of immunity that had been placed upon the dark brow of “Scarface Al” Capone by his gangland followers. Presence Made Known. Tt wasn't long before Chicago’s hood- Jum world became aware of the per- sistently annoying activity of the seven men. ey to be known among the gangsters by extremely undignified and unprintable names. But Agent Ness, now 28 years old— six years removed from his commence- ment day at the University of Chica, had studied history during his college days. He also is possessed of a sense of hi . He rfemembered that the appellations employed to describe his p had been used in the chaste his- of India to describe the “untouch- - | ables.” So “untouchables” it was. And now that word has come to designate the of Government _agent, grown up out of prohibition enforce- ment, who cannot be “touched” by the bribes of gangsters and liquor syndi- cal tes. This little group of men, headed by Agent Ness, had 'n banded together with the ultimate purpose of showing conclusively how & one-time Brooklynite CO! “to commit offenses against th: peace and dignity of the United States.” Had Previous Experience. All of them comparatively thful, two or three of the “untous seven” had having been with the prohibition forces almost since the ratification of the eighteenth amendment. But it was in the sweeping raid two and a half years ago on the suburb of Chicago Heights, haven for scores of Capone “alky cookers,” that Ness and his men got their first taste of practical investigative work as a unit. Before that time the chief of the group had capped a year's t-college experience as an insurance investigaf by entrance into the prohibition serv- . He was assigned to E. C. Yellowley, then administrator for the Chicago district. ‘Then came George (Hard-boiled) Golding to Chicago, and Ness was as- to his squad. For! Ness never took tor | hea alcohol had been produced within a year. Somewhere beh'nd these disclosures, reasoned District Attorney Johnson, was the influence and maneuvering of Al Capone. The threads ‘vere extremely thin, but there were sensitive men on 5ix | the trail. ready to entwine those threads into strands that some day would be strong enough to support an indictment. And it was the links with the larger breweries of the city that proved Ca- pone’s undoing. ‘What of the offers of bribes and the threats of death that came the wa; of Eliot Ness and his youthful assist- ants? Ness is reluctant to talk about them. He calls them side incidents in the larger task of doing & job and do- ing it well. Narrow Escape Told. ‘There was the time, his fellow agents say, when Ness and Agent A. M. Nabors were calling on witnesses in the Chi- cago Heights conspiracy case. One jeutenant of Capone man- aged to be at the home of the witnesses and with him was the usual “gorilla.” After some conversation the * P glowered at Ness and then looked in- quiringly at his chief, “Shall T let him have it?” the gang “executioner” almost pleaded. But Nabors had been busy, too. He was eyeing the “gorilla” closely. In his pocket his bt hand gripped a re- volver. The m apparently was A few days later, on a similar visit, Mike Picchi, one of the Chicago Heights’ gunmen, got in Ness' way. He had followed the agent’s car to a lonely s in the suburb. Covered in time, Pi 's car was searched and in it was found a revolver loaded with dum-dum bul- lets. gunman was arrested and taken back to Chicago. During the Chicago Heights' investi- gation it was necessary for the special agents to pose as crooked prohibition men. Often when they went into con- {:‘nn(‘:’e‘d with the hoodlum chieftains, touchables” were on the pay roll of the Chicago Heights' syndicate at $1,000 a month. Later, in Calumet COCity, a nearby suburb, they were paid $100 in cash for each still they reported to “alky cookers.” That bribe money later proved to be embarrassing to its givers. . Two Capone Raids. Now the “untouchables” were ntung into the “home stretch” of their and they moved back closer to the city. ‘There Xo!blg:lnd two successive raids ola the staff of | make some valuable memoranda that was added to the vast material mfl:nnhnleduumcnpanemdhhnn(- And the time had come to turn the ‘The “untouchables” ‘wait 1 the i are iting for A sigs e 8 El 4 (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance, Inc.) —_— PROTEST TO HOOVER LONG BEACH, Calif., June 18 N eral RESOUNDING TITLE SCRAPPED BY SPAIN Republic Without Captains- General for First Time Since America Was Found. By the Associated Press. MADRID, Jure 18.—For the first time since Columbus discovered Amer- ica, Spain has no captains-general. 7t is like an Ireland without fairies, a Japan without kimonos, a China with- out temples and a Christmas without Santa Claus. ‘The republic has abolished the re- sounding title that for so many cen- turies carried romance and respect ,:hmver Spain had power and in- uence. The immortal Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordova swept through Italy as a con- quering Spanish captain-general. Fer- nando Cortez, a captain-general, climb- ed up to Montezuma's stronghold in Mexico from what is now Vera Cruz and toppled the Astec empire. Pizzaro, who conquered the Andes, was also a_captain-general of Spain. The first Duke of Alba, in Flanders and Portugal under Philip II, Castanos, who fought against Napoleon, Marquez de Santa Cruz at the battle of Lepanto, and the great. Charles V himself in Flanders and France, all bore nobly on many bloody fields the highest military title that Spain had to bestow. The Duke of Wellington was made an honorary captain-general after he defeated Napoleon. Wellington was the only foreigner ever given this highest Spanish military honor, now abolished by the Republicans. Weyler of Cuban fame, who died last year, was the last active field figure of the captains-general. Around the barracks of Madrid last night the soldiers were saying: “Poor old Weyler must be turning over in his grave if he knows what has happened.” Former King Alfonso XIII, now in exile in Paris, was a captain-general s long as he was King. e i N HOOVER TO STAND ON ISSUES DEFINED IN CENTRAL STATES (Continued From First Page.) to improve conditions he will have the satisfaction of knowing that the people can be depended on to help; that the self reliance of the people will be one of the leading factors in carrying the country through this dark period. Also the President saw busy people as he - traveled througn the great Mid- Western plain. He saw growing crops which in themselves were heartening. m xi“l:ues and towns seemed cheerful Y. It may be true, as is claimed by many political observers, that because of straitened economic conditions the Mid- West is in the grip of a wide-spread political disaffection. It can not be denied that in every State visited by the President the Democrats last year gained important local and State vic- tories. But of how they voted in 1930 and may vote in 1932 the people cf the Mid-West turned out to see ir President and they were friendly in their greetings. Some observers are attributing much significance to the fact that nowhere was there .a tumultuous quality to the ;‘eleom. h'l'hey cite, the l_-c'!. that 1‘:. ndianapelis, a Republican stronghol the President traveled several miles of lined streets that ‘marked- 1y restrained in their applause. Not of “Rabble Rising” Type. That was true. It was also true of the other places the President visited. It has always been true of the Presl- dent. The same happened in the 1928 cnmp.isln. Nowhere “throughout that contest did he ever receive a popu- lar tion that anywhere near ap- proached the pitch of enthusiasm dis- played for his Democratic opponent. President Hoover simply does not lend himself to that sort of thing. He bly would like to, but it is not in im. He is not of the rabble-rising™ type to use a political colloguialism. ‘The Democrats and his other op- ponents are making much over the fact and deriving considerable political sat- isfaction. Republican leaders insist matter is less and offer explanations. Time alone will givg As far as numbers are con particularly women, there m dence of lack of interest in the eld, Il 25,060 st there were as many more on the gh which he passed. VIOLATES DEPORTMENT. Shakes Hands With Half Dosen Whe “Crash” Gate at Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, June 18 (#).—Presie Jjoined them. He came out on the rear platform of his coach, leaned over the rail and Following that, he stood about and talked informally with his visitors re- garding his speech here Monday night Soton of the® Harding Mamorial 8¢ cation of & “m Ox::e.ll B. Hodges, military aide of the President, had a in the unbending of presidential formality by - him to meet several Indianapolis lends. “You know you are violating all the Tules,” the President said smilingly to his_aide. President Hoover, continuing his in- formal conversation, expressed great asure over the reception the people id given him at Indianapolis, Marion, Ohio, and Springfield, Iil. Mrs. Hoover was presented with a basket of Indiana wild flowers and grasses. TALKS WITH PROSECUTOR. R A "'y Man Who Directed Capone Probe Says President Was “Kind.” Fisher Waves,” Ivanovici Waltz suite, “Danube Finale, “A Blaze of G “The