Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1931, Page 2

LETTERS AID PROBE FATAL POSONIG | RIOT IN VERA CRUZ Wales, 37, Still Bachelor BRITAIN ACCEPTS FAILURE TO WED. Prepart}' to- Circle : Globe i > ] ROUND-WORLD FLIGHT PLANE AND PILOTS. OF GIRLS PROBED Two ‘Dead, Two in Critical » Condition After Eating ‘ Sandwiches. By the Associated Pr 3 LEBANON, Ind., June 22.—The death of two young girls after eating chicken sandwiches thelr mother sald she pre- pared for a family reunion here yes- terday were investigated by authorities of two Indiana counties today. At- tending physicians said they believed the girls victims of poison. Coroner G. A. Owsley of Boone County awaited a report on an analysis of white powder contained in capsules 1 found in the sandwiches, The dead are Alice Jean Simmons, 10, and Virginia Simmons, 14, daughters of Joim . Simmons, 48, Hancock County farmer. Two in Critical Condition. Simmons was affected slightly, while Horace N. Jackson, 55, and his step- son, Lester Carr, 18, also of Hancock County, were in a critical condition at & local hospital early today. Mrs. Simmons told Coroner Owsley she prepared the sandwiches at thelr home near Greenfield, and that they were placed in a box and carried to Lebanon in the family automobile. The capsules were discovered when guests at the reunion helped themselves to the food which had been placed on a table. Mrs. Simmons Grilled. ‘The coroner said the only opportu- nities for capsules to be placed in the sandwiches were when the sandwiches were made, or when the family left their automobile for an hour outside the home of Isaac Pollard, a relative here. Mrs. Simmons was questioned by of- ficers at Greenfield early today. Leb- anon and Hancock County officers last night searched the Simmons home, but reperted they found nothing to aid in their investigation. Physicians expressed opinion that the suspected poison, in doses of the size of the capsules, has no medical effect, and that there would be no medical reason for its use in such containers. ‘Twenty-seven persons attended the reunicn. Mrs. Simmons denied having placed any drug or poison in the sandwiches. She said the only thing she put into the sandwiches was the pressed chick- | en which she had prepared. The vital organs of the two girls: who died and samples of the ingredi- | ents of the sandwiches were sent to| Dr. Rollo N. Harger, head of ths In- diana University Laboratories at In- dianapolis, for chemical analysis. GORDON KILLING LAID TO PAYMENT OF DEBT Confessed Driver of Death Car| Says Stein Killed Woman to Save Friend. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 22.—Harry Schlit- ten, self-confessed driver of the l\uw-i mobile in which Vivian Gordon met her | death, today accused Harry Stein of strangling the Broadway night club habitue to repay & man to whom he was indebted. Schlitten made the accusation in testi- fying as a State witness in the murder trial of Stein and Samuel Greenberg. He said Stein asked him to get the car, saying, “If I don’t put'a certain party out of the way, a friend of mine is go- ing to end up in jail” On the day after the killing, February 25, Schlitten’ testified, he gained a further clue to the identity of the man when Stein came into the Sixth avenue tea house where the witness was employed and gave him $212. “I was looking in the paper and I said, ‘There’s your friend Chowder- head’ ” Schlitten testifisd he told Stein. “Then I opened to“the picture of Rade- loff and said, ‘Who's this party here?’ Stein said: ‘There's the party we done it for, Radeloff. I owe him $1,500. He defended me in a case.’” Radeloff was not further identified by the witness. John A. Radeloff, Brooklyn attorney, was mentioned in Miss Gordon’s diary, but Schlitten gave no indication he was the man Stein re- ferred to. WOMAN JURIST TRIED IN NEW YORK PROBE Magistrate Jean Norris Charge of Attempt to Change Records. Faces By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, June 22.—Magistrate | Jean H. Norris, New York’s first woman | magistrate, went on trial today before the appellate division of the Supreme Court on removal charges made against _her by Referee Samuel Seabury, inves- tigator of lower courts, [ ‘The first matter taken up was the ease of Mary De Sena in which the referee alleged Magistrate Norris at- tempted to change official records to | eliminate on appeal “her remarks and | rulings raising questions of her own un- g:r nd unjudicial conduct at the | al ‘The first witness, Peter L. Sabbatino, ‘ attorney for Mary De Seua, tesiified | the appeals record in the case differed | from a recdrd he had <een previously. Sabbatino said his client came before | ‘Magistrate Norris on May 18, 1927, on | a charge of vagrancy. He declared that | at one point during the hearing Magis- trate Norris ordered her to take the | stand and when she demurred a court | attendant dragged her screaming to the | witness chair. { ARMY ORDERS Lieut. Col. William E. Murray, Quartermaster Corps, at Plattsburg, N. Y., will be retired October 31, on his own application, after more than 33 years' service; Maj. John S. Butler, Engineers, has been transferred from Seattle, Wash, to Omaha, Nebr.; Maj. A. R. Haivis, Field Artillery, from Fort Sheridan, to San Jose, Costa Rica, as military attach Maj. Reginald Ducat, Medical Corps, from Kelly Fleld, Tex.,, to Selfridge Field, Mich.; Capt. Thomas L. Holland, Quarter- master Corps, from Fort Mason, Calif. to the War Department; Master svm Clark L. Trumbull, Signal Corps, at the ‘War Department, has been placed on the retired list on his own application after more than 30 years’ active service. Empty bottles left in cars of an Eng- lish railway were collected and sold by the car cleaners, the fund being used to provide a hrfe radio set which just has been installed’ in the Orphanage w‘l in London. H. R. H. PRINCE OF WALES. 4 speeches to English business fien are examples, In many ways his job isn't very interesting, but he works at it like a beaver. On his father's birthday he was as busy as at any time since he came back from South America. This is what he did: Presents Troops’ Shield. He arrived in London before break- fast after a night journey from Scot- land, where he watched the final rounds of the open golf champ'cnship. He rcde with the King at the trooping of the colors in the morning. Later he presented the King's shield to the 1st Monmouth Battalion Company of the Church Lad's Brigade. In the eve- ning he unveiled a memorial and took part in the services of a war veterans’ society, making a little speech. Tom¢:rrow telegrams will come pour- ing in to St. James' Palace, his resi- dence, from corners far and near, for he is the most widely traveled of the royal family and has the gift of mak- ing friendships. s There are no special plans for the ay. has luncheon or dinner with his father and mother at Buckingham Palace, but that is all. ONDON, June 22.—The Prince of | Wales will be 37 years old to- morrow—and still & bachelor. cepted the situation as his final | decision, for there isn't even the usual crop of rumors buzzing about his blond For one thing, much of the affection which set old ladies to gossipng over their teacups and maidens a-sighing | little Princess Elizabeth. | For another, Wales has changed in| this last year from something of a| inherit the British throne to a busi- | ness ‘prince who means to help restore | Britain's lost trade. He is an older man, as well, and while even at 37 there is still some- thing boyish about him, he isn't any change as well. This year he spent| nearly four months on his South Amer- | ican trip, and its serious purpose was Since his return he has resumed his various publie appearances, but mostly | they have had a business angle. His! Impasse Reached in Attempt to Agree on Youth Clubs, By the Associated Press. ] Britain seems to have ac-| head. has been transferred from the prince to playboy prince whose main job was to ‘Works Hard After Trip. “kid” and his public life reflects this | _we\l known. POPE AND IL DUCE Vatican Official Says. By the Associated Press. ROME, June 22.—The strong wfllsi of Pope Pius XI and Premier Musso- lini were said tcday to have produced RADICALS AMBUSH CHINESE TROOPS Chiang Kai-Shek Victorious in One Engagement, but Loses Another. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, June 22.—The govern- ment was victorious today in one en- a deadlock in_their ccntroversy over |gagement with Communists, but lost the control of Itallan youth. Following the Pope's statement that an accord was not even in sight, a Vatiean authority sald, “the negotia- tions have not progressed a millimeter,” | | heavily in another. A division of President Chiang Kai- Shek's troops was ambushed by Reds, about 300,000 of whom are operating discrediting reports that the way had |throughout Southern China, and lost been opened for an amicable solution of their differences. oorBE, clash of ideas deals with 15- | which were closed by Il Duce’s order. He claimed the clubs had become | litical and the Pcpe insisted they had not. Back of that, however, is the | old quarrel between the church and the state regarding who shall educate | the youth. Mh Control of Youth Is Issue. ‘The church maintained through the clubs a week-day influence over Catho- lic young people by sports, amusement and cultural activities. At the same time, Mussolini insisted that youth be- longs to the state and that while re- ligicn is necessary it should not be al- lowed to broaden its scope into con- flict with Fascism's complete .control of youth outside the church and home. ‘The Pope described the youth clubs in dozens of addresses as things vital to the church and dearest to his heart. In his notes to the government he | protested the closing of the clubs on the grounds that it was a violation of the concordat. Law of 1926 Invoked. Mussolini replied through Foreign | Minister Grandi that the clubs by mix- ing in politics had become illegal. His method of dissolution was to apply the law of 1926 which forbids any youth | organizations except the Fascist youth movement, Mussolinl did not act against the central bedy of the Catholic Action or even against the adult branches, clos- ing only those societies comprising 600,- 000 Catholic youths. - ‘Youth is the fetish of Fascism, and in the Pontiff’'s word it also is the “most exquisite part of the church.” His Holiness said in striking at it Mus- solini had struck at the heart of the Pope.” v 0. E. S. Meets Tonight. Temple Chapter, No. 13, O. E. 8, will hold its final meeting before the Sum- mer recess, at 7:30 o'clock tonight, in Masonic Temple. A short business ses- sion will be followed by entertainment, refreshments and dancing. Membe of the Matrons and Patrons’ Associa tion of 1931 and all grand officers, pres- Catholic Action subsidiary clubs | ent and past, have been invited to at- tend 10,000 rifles, 100 trench mortars and 30 machine guns to the bandits. Casualties were not mentioned in dis- patches, but were believed to have been heavy. The 19th Army, commanded by Gen. Chen Ming-Shu, former governor of Canton, surrounded reinforcements being hurried against Chiang Kai-Shek'’s troops and severely defeated the Com. munists, inflicting heavy losses President Chiang was en route to Nanchang, Kiangsi, today to take per- | sonal command of his troops in the campaign against the Communists. Chiang boarded a gunboat at Nanking yesterday for the journey to Nanchang. Meanwhile developments in the breach between the Nationalist government and the newll established Canton govern- ment wére comparatively few. War materials for the Cantonese were being halted at Hongkong, British outpost, since Great Britain does not recognize the Southern government. Both Canton and Nanking were ex- erting every effort to definitely win the support of Gen. Chen Ming-Shu. Al- though Southern insurgent leaders offi- clally consider him neutral, there seems little doubt that he soon will attack his former capital, Canton. CANTON LEADER QUITS. Gen. Hsu Shung-Chi's Action Is First Sign of Discord. HONGKONG, June 22 (#).—The first sign of internal trouble appeared in the new Canton government today with the resignation of Gen. Hsu Shung-Chi, veteran Southern military leader, from the Canton Military Council. Observers' said Hsu quit because he was dissatisfled with the distribution of all remunerative civil posts to the fol- lowers of Koo Ying-Fan. The Canton leaders apparently were not disturbed by the resignation. Gen. Chan Chai-Tong, head of the Canton military forces, was sald to have a firm grip on the Canton situa- tion and that, although the politicians were the most frequently heard from, the government really was in the hands of the military. The Leftists were de- scribed as being In the “hopeless mi- nority.” l s {LOUIS BULLDOZES RODEO CROWD AND LOSES EXHIBIT CONTRACT Bovine Goes Loco, Scares Elephant, Attacks Autos, Mauls Two and Chases Scores to Cover. By the Assoclated Prs KANSAS CITY, June 22.—Leaping Louls, 1,600-pound white Brahma bull, chewed a reminiscent cud today in a pasture within seeing distance of his greatest public triumph. Louis fur- nished the thrills of a rodeo at the amusement resort yesterday, injuring two persons and giving I , an ele- phant, the worst case of nervous hys- teria she has had since she got stuck in the mud several weeks ago. The rampage start‘d when the bull unseated John Pacey, Rawlins, Wy cowboy. Spectators scurried for trees, the lake and the open spaces as the ani c down a six-foot wire fence. T. N. Chipley, a farm hand, was mauled by the bull. Miss Helen Cor- bett of Kansas City suffered abrasions of her right leg. Cowboys . Louis ripped a tail light from a motor car and tore the spare tire from another. Louis led the horsemen in a 440-yard dash down the highway. Louis won and several hundred employes of a life in- surance company &r:dpimely conceds him a reward in shade and grass a picnic grove. The bull was calm when the cow- boys arrived. He evinced no interest in an announcement of Frank Winn, own'r of tl that his con! as to be caneeled. Sometimes, however, the prince | IN BEAUTY'S DEATH Ship ‘Surgeon Who Received Faithfull Girl’s Notes Will Testify. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, June 22.—Three letters from the late Starr ¥aithtull to Dr. G. Jameson Carr, surgeon of the Cunard liner Franconia, commanded attention today from Nassau County officlals investigating the beauty’s mys- terious death. As a voluntary witness with what he considers vital information, Dr. Carr has come from England with the letters. He arrived at Boston yester- day on the steamship Laconia and con- tinued on the same boat to New York. He said he would not reveal the let- ters before submitting them to the au- thorities. One excerpt, as published, has had the girl predicting her death. Sorry for Drinking. Inspector Harold King, chief of Nassau detectives, today gave cut a letter written by Miss Faitnfull to Dr. Carr on June 2 on Hotel Pennsylvania stationary. How King obtained the letter was unexplained. It follows: “Dear Dr. Carr: “I want to apologize and tell you how deeply I regret my conduct on the Franconia last Friday. I have come down hoping to renew our oc- quaintance, but, instead, I only made a fool of myself, and that was very di ble for you. “I had brought some drinks on the boat with me and drank them too fast. I b:icome intensely irrational when I drink and I want you to know how deeply sorry I am for the embarrass- ment I must have caused you. “Very Sincerely Yours, “STARR FAITHFULL." Miss Faithfull visited the Franconia | May 29 and was taken off intoxicated | after the liner left her pler. Her body | was washed ashore at Long Beach, Long Island, on June 7. She was repol missing June 5. . | Confers With Officers. rted | Western shippers protesting a proposed Dr. Carr is expect<d to be a witness when the grand jury resumes investi- gation of the mystery at Mineola to-| morrow. County authorities arranged | & conference with him on his arrival | from Boston this afternoon. { “I wouldn’t waste my well earned teave if I did not feel I could aid the | gmnd jury and help clear up the 72| ours before Starr Faithfull's death,” he_said. The doctor explained he first met the girl in 1927 when she was a pluengeri on the steamship Aurania on a cruise | from Montreal to New York. i He treated her professionally three times and had seen her on several other occasions. He described her as, beautiful, int<lligent and alert of mind. | LOSS IN MILLIONS AS WHARVES BURN| CoRE ey ) | Harbor Facilities at West St. John Wiped Out and Fire Spreads to Warehouses. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, June 22. | —A fire of conflagration proportions swept the West St. John waterfront | today, causing damage which officials feared would mount into millions. Prac- tically the whole harbor commission fa- |cllities at West St. John were wiped | lout. Several warehouses and a grain elevator were destroyed. An unconfirmed report at noon said | the Canadian Pacific coastal steamship Empress was ablaze. Estimates of the | damage by those at the scene ranged as | high as $10,000,000, but there was no |immediate opportunity of checking | these. The government immigration build- ings stood mn the way of the onrushing | flames, but the wind was blowing away ! from the upper town and 1t was believed safe. ‘The fire consumed seven sheds, an old wooden elevator and the Canadian Pacific baggags shed as well as many of the wharves. ‘The Canadian Pacific Railroad grain elevator at Sand Point was caught by the flames and was being destroyed. A newer concrete one, lso owned by the Canadian Pacific Rallroad, was in danger. Thick black smoke rolled over the harbor and lower town, shutting out the sun until some sections of the city were as dark as night. Every fireman in the city struggled to combat the blaze with all the apparatus that could be mustered, but their bat- tle appeared to be a losing one. Water- front tugs attacked the conflagration from the harbor, Red Slain in Polish Riot. ‘WARSAW, Poland, June 22 (#)— One Communist was killed and 10 critically wounded during a riot today in the Jewish quarter. Police opened |slon refused to reopen the grain rate | |the Department of Agriculture shows | | been reduced by $2,800,000, | the President had | of Congress. fire when. they were pelted with rocks. Sets Rail Speéd Record W ILEY POST (left) and Harold Gatty are shown in front of their plane, the Winne Mae of Oklahoma, in | which they hope to circle the world in less than eight days. New York as they concluded preparations for the flight. They were photographed at Rposevelt Field, —A. P. Photo. ! CAPPER PROTESTS FREIGHT RATE HIKE: “Middle West Conditions Call for Decrease Instead,” Letter Says. By the Associated Pr TOPEKA, Kans, June 22.—Senator | Arthur Capper of Kansas has taken up | the cudgels in behalf of the Middle | 15 per cent increase in railroad freight rates. | In a letter yesterday to Chairman Brainerd of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Kansas Senator urged the commission to deny the railroads’ application for a higher tariff. He characterized the carriers’ move as “as- tounding, short-sighted and most in- | opportune.” In his letter Senator Capper said con- | ditions in the Middle Western agri-| cultural area “call for a decrease in| freight rates, not an increase.” He re- called that “only a few months ago,” the commission ordered a decrease in grain rates. “May I point out to you,” the letter states, “that at the time your commis- case, the railroad executives issued a | statement that their income had been reduced by $400,000,000. The report of that the income of the farmers of this countary during the same fi{lod had LA GUARDIA ASSAILS PRESIDENT'S ACTION Declares Hoover “Double-Crossed” Congress in “Usurping” Legis- lative Functions. By the KAssociated Press. NEW YORK, June 22.—Represent- ative Fiorello H. La Guardia, independ- | ent Republican, of New York, in a state- ment yesterday declared President Hoo- ver's proposal to postpone payment of | foreign debts for one year was “execu- | tive double-crossing.” I ‘The statement ald Congress 1 “hit_below the bel Pl by the offer and | usurped unto him- rpe * the legislative functions self Representative La Guardia's state- ' ment. in part, follows: ‘The President of the United States having made an official offer to the n: tions of the world, Congress will ratify that promise by enactment of necessary legislat.on. “It is only fair to say, however, that seldom has the American Congress been subjected to such executive double- crossing. “The President admits his proposal requires congressional action. That be- ing so, he had no right to pledge the American p'.ngle before proper congres- | sional action had been taken. “In our democracy, national expres- sion is authoritative only when the representatives of the psople have taken proper action. “With the exception of Senators Borah of Idaho and Wagner of New York, there was not a Progressive consulted. The President gathered unto him a group of Republican ‘yes men’' to satisfy his constitutional conscience. * * * | “Foreign governments will no doubty| adjust themselves to the President's offer, and Congress will not victimize | 31‘"" because of our presidential fol- | e, PROPELLER CAR BEATS PLANE SCHEDULE. Kruckenburg's “Zeppelin on wheels.” By the Associated Pres: BERLIN, June 32 —Franz Krucken- “Zeppelin heels” today held o med:o:donnflln(l!fl 6 minutes, shortly um{t:“m a?(‘nb“;uet an sverage al 106 miles an hour. fig was four minutes better than that of the regular Lufthansa passenger plane between the e "ruckenburg, his wife, Willy Biack, the pllot, and three assistants pal the | that the trial was made to railroad’ made the trip, pronounced smooth and uneventful except for short stretches of fog. The test was held and the line was of :mrnm 1 all ‘The inventor said his coach was of even greater velocity and te the capaeity to stick to a mhk and urrypp‘:-tc’nnnm | show an average range of $19.827 in Woman Stricken Sihging in Church In Duet-and Dies Py.the Associated Pre KANSAS CITY, June 22.—Miss Inez Evelyn Anderson, 25 years old, died while singing in a duet at the Calvary Baptist Church here yesterday, the words of an ished hymn on her lips. Physicians attributed death to heart disease. The victim, appearing with a cousin, Ruth Johnson collapsed as she sang the hymn. “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say.” WASHINGTONIANS SPEND AVERAGE OF $681 YEARLY TO LEAD COUNTRY (Continued From First Page.) low with a minimum purchase of $172 per capita, while New York and Cali- | fornia are high with $575 per capita. | The sales by stores for the States South Carolina, which is low, to $39,- 715 in Michigan, which is high. ‘While the District purchaser holds | the undisputed right at the top for !he' whole country, the great margin which | local establishments show over those of the States in bulk sales is said prob- ably to be due to the fact that in the| States as a whole so many rural estab- | lishments have to be counted, while| here the population is entirely metro-| politan. The statement covers all stores, res- taurants, Milling stations and other re- | tail establishments, except strictly serv- | ice businesses. | {ment as Mayor Ker's anti-prohibition | gratitude to their host, the French gov- | MAYOR KEY CALLS CRIFCS “NIT WITS" Declares Dry Law Corrupts! People and Government on Tour Return. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 22.—Mayor James L. Key of Atlanta, Ga., returning today with 18 other mayors from a month's good will tour of France, characterized as “hair-brained nitwits” his opponents at home who have criticized his utterances on prohibition and started a move for his recall. “They are trying,” he said, “to lift themselves out of the obscurity in which they belong.” Says Nation Corrupted. “Prohibition is corrupting the people and the Government of the United States from top to bottom.,” he added. Mayor John Porter of Los Angeles, whose refusal {o drink champagne while in France caused almost as much com- remarks, observed that “if the French people want drink, that's their business, and if I don’t that's my business.” Most of the other mayors had little to say beyond a formal statement of | ernment. Mayor Danlel W. Hoan of Milwaukee said he thought the beer in France was excellent, but not so good as the beer that used to be made in Dr. McFall's Statement. | Milwaukee, and Judge Frank M. Pad- Dr. Robert J. McFall, chief statisti- don, representing the City of Chicago, clan for distribution, Bureau of the remarked that he'd seen less drunken- Census, under whose supervision the|ness in France than in the United census of distributicn is being conduct- | ed, issued this statement: | | _ “Retall sales tatals, announced by the | | Bureau of the Census today, afford the | first quantitative measurement of re- | tail-store business in the UniteG States. For the first time we now know the | number of retail stores in the United | | States: the average sales of such stores, | and the per capita retail-store pur- chases of American people, as well as total sales of retail stores. | “Distribution figures show that the | total sales of retail stores amounted to | | more than $50,000,000,000 in 1929, which | | was undoubtedly a typical business year. | | “This summary and the detailed re- | ports of the retail and wholesale trade | in the various cities and communities | | in the United States will be productive | of many far-reaching changes in our | national distribution system. Business | men ncw have knowledge instead of | guesses concerning retail trade as a re- | sult of the current census of distribu- tion, the first of its kind ever compiled | in this or any other country. “The Bureau of the Census is engaged in the compilation of valuable informa- tion regarding merchandising costs and | methods. All this census of distribu- | tion information is invaluable to magu- facturers and others selling through re- tallers, as a means of adjusting their | sales quotas and improving their sales | policies. “The retall store figures of over $50,- 000,000,000 announced today do not in- clude strictly service businesses, such as laundries, cleaners, barber shops and the like. Neither do they include the retail sales made by wholesalers, al- though they do include some wholesale sales made by retailers and the sales of restaurants.- Businesses Classified. A considerable business in supplies and equipment, though sold to the ulti- mate consumer for utilization rather than for resale, and not appearing again in_commerce, is not included here, but will appear in the wholesale totals to be _issued later. The supplies and equipment classifi- cations include such merchandise as hotel supplies, factory, mine and store supplies; cash registers and other store equipmeént, dentists and physicians’ sup- plies. In addition to sales through re- tail stores there are sales at retail by within the scope of retail store opera tion. There are also considerable sales to ultimate consumers of products of ing mills and various other manu- dining rooms or cafes of European plan hotels are not shown in the retail fig- . The volume of some of these kinds of businesses which are not in- cluded are known, but others must be estimated. CAPT. JOHN SMITH HONORED IN ENGLAND U. 8. Joins in Memorial Service on 300th Anniversary of Colon- ist’s Death. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, June 22.—Three centuries after his death England and the United States yesterday honored the memory of Capt. John Smith. ‘The services were held in the quiet litt'e church.to which he belonged and where the gallant adventurer's body has rested since he died on June 21 in 1631—8t. Sepulchre’s Church on busy Holborn street. Besides the sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Winchester, there was music by the choir of St. Nicholas’ College and a special anthem com- posed by Dr. 8. H. Nicholson, organ- ist_emeritus of Westminster Abbey. Vi la’s historical society was repre- sent ml Fairfax l?,ml M. t:. Glasgow, w] d a wreath upon the _The service was sponsored by Union. ¥ To , Capt. John Smith ts a whole chapter in the na- tional life—an era of restless, ad- venturing men. Besides the story of Pocahontas there was another romance in his life The d is that a lovely and wealthy maiden fell in love with hile he was in elavery and sent him to her brother for safe leeping until States. 1 “Gasoline in U. §.” | “They drink good stuff in France,” he | added. “In the United States they | drink gasqlien,” Mayor Key said he did not fevor re- peal of the prohibition amendment “be- cause that would merely b2 destructive.” “What I am in favor of,” he said, “is to call upon those who are not in- | terested in politics, those who are sober, level-headed and have common sensc, | to form a constructive program to build up a law that will bring about whole- | some life among the people. “Of course you can't compare condi- tions in France, where the people al- ways drunk wine, with those in the United States, where the taste is for | stronger stuff. I had a talk with the | ENDS WITH 5 DEAD Slain Priest’s Funeral Brings Demonstration and Row as Police Interfere. By the Associated Press. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, June 22.—The killing of the chief of police, two of his officers and- three civilians in the town of Huatusco Saturday night, during a riot over a priest's funeral, was revealed today. The police attempted to break up a demonstration protesting the slaying of the priest from ambush. They were at- tacked with stones, clubs and other weapons and were beaten badly. Many persons were injured. Dispatches said all was quiet today and authorities had the town under control. Reports that troops had been dispatched there were not verified. Thirty priests were sald to have telegraphed Paval Nuncio Ruiz y Flores in Mexico City denying that Catholics participating in the funeral had instigated the attack. Mayor’s Life Threatened. Word from the town of Totula sald that the first attempt to eject a priest from his church in accordance with the new law had resulted in a threat to lynch Mayor Alcade, and that he had gone to Jalapa to confer with Gov. Tejeda. When it became known that the mayor had received orders to enforce the measure, limiting the number of priests in the state to 11, a crowd of several hundred persoms went to his home and warned him that if he at- tempted to carry out his order he and his family would be hanged. Sabbath Quiet Elsewhere. Before leaving for Jalapa, he was re- ported to have sald he would call armed Agrarians to support him, and the lead- ers replied they would defend the priest with their lives. ‘With the exception of these two inei- dents, the first Sunday on which the law has been in effect passed quietly in the principal cities of the state, and services which attracted unusually large numbers were held in all churches. Judge Manuel Bartlett of the Second District Court disclosed he had issued temporary injunctions permitting serv- ices Sunday, but said he had not fixed a date for hearing petitions for perma- nent writs filed by priests in Vera Cruz, Cordoba and Orizaba. Appeal to Orfiz Rubio. He rejected a petition lodged by the Catholic community of Amatlan main- taining that the Legislature had failed correctly to interpret the religious needs of the people. He ruled that the legis- lators were elected by the people and ought to be informed of their wants. Acting Sceretary of the Interior Oc- tavio Mendoza Gonzales was reported to have received a protest signed by & group of leading Catholics alleging that the measure was unconstitutional. A committee of Catholic women tele- graphed President Ortiz Rubio to re- quest an audience and were told he would receive them as soon as he re- covered from a slight illness. FALLIERES, FRENCH EX-PRESIDENT, DIES One of Founders of Third Republie Was Friend of Many Kings. By the Associated Press. MEZIN, France, June 22.—Armand Fallieres, former President of France, died suddenly today. M. Fallieres w=s 90 years old. He was President of the third French Re- public from 1906 until 1913, Previously he was President of the Senate and & chief of police in Paris. He told me | minister in several cabinets. 'h | French fiyers, Lucien Boussoutrot and ! him | but President only than his records showed very little crime traceable to wine drinking. They have, | he sald, crimes that result from drink- | ing strong liquor, but not so much as | we have.” { Denies Bodyguard Request: Mayor Key was acked about a re- port that his secretary had requested | police protection for him while he was | n New York. | “I don't need a bodyguard in New York, Atlanta or any other place” he said.’ “Nobody is going to harm an in- | dividual who expresses himself cour- ageously about 8 la ‘ Mayor Richard L. Metcalfe of Omaha, who was elected chairman of the group | on the return voyage, acted as kaas.i man. “The delegates tourned France in a ! very serious mood,” he said. “The truth is that we were all so busy from | day to day that there was no time for any of the night life of Paris. I didn't see a single show while in France. i “What really interested us most of | all was, not the French wine, but the amazing things France is doing to pre- | vent unemployment. Out of a nation of 40,000,000 people there are only 45,000 unemployed.” | | TO BEAT U. S. RECORD Take-Off for Non-Fueling Endur-| ano Flight With Hopes of | Staying Aloft 90 Hours. By the Associated Press. ISTRES, France, June 22.—The Emil Rossi, took off at 6:15 am. today | in an effort to regain the non-fueling duration flying record now held by the Americans, Walter Lees and Frederick Brossy. Flying between Etampes and Chartes, the French fiyers h to remain aloft 80 hours. The present record of the Americans, who bettered the pre- | vious mark of Boussoutrot and Rossi, is 84 hours and 33 minutes. It was estgblished at Jacksonville Beach, Fla., last month. The French plane carried more than 1,800 gallons of gasoline. INDIA FINANCE OFFICIAL PRAISES DEBT SCHEME Sir George Schuster Terms' Delay New Hope for All Nations and Lauds Hoover. By the Associated Press. SIMLA, India, June 22.—'President Hoover has given a lead to whick the world ought to respond with gratitude and new_hope,” Sir George Schuster, eminent finance member of the govern- ment of India, declared today in com- mu:nlr: on thed gtru(dcnt‘s grnpoul to postpone war del yments. Although India wfil- be affected only xndlreeu& the news frcm Washington is _excellent, Sir sald. “It means t':nth lAmeflcl, wlta }m' unique power elp wnd despite her tem) to remain detached, has international the prosperity of the rruperlt of all, eaid. VIt s ulv’w talk along these lines, Hoover was perh:!rs the in the world with. effcctive power to act. has and He message meens buriness. Let the whole world thank him for this magnificent gesture.” . | Philhower, He was a confidante of the late Ki Edward of England, the Prince of Wales, now King George V; King Haakon of Norway and most of the crowned heads of Europe. He was one of the few surviving founders of the third republic. His career incompassed the entire period from the Franco-Prussian War until 1913, when the rumblings of the World ‘War already were being heard in the Continental capitals. Fallieres was elected Deputy in 1876, the first really Republican Parliament after Marshal MacMahon was forced to abandon power. ‘When he was elected to the presie dency, succeeding Emile Loubet, he marked himself as a strict observer of constitutional prerogatives and presi- dential tradition and contributed con- siderable to the establishment of the entente cordiale with Great Britain and hel?!d to develop that into the triple alliance with Russia. LINER BREAKS RECORD France-to-Canada Trip Several Hours Under Previous Mark. ONTREAL, June 22 (#).—The Ca- nadMn Pacific liner Empress of Britain today completed the fastest Atlantic crossing from Cherbourg to Father Point on record, sailing the distance in 4 days 12 hours and 30 minutes. She clipped ceveral hours off the rec- ord made on her maiden voyage and _ bettered by nearly five hours the rec- ord from Cherbourg to Ambrcse Light, held by the Europa. The liner took the morthern route through the straits of Belle Isle. Cab Co. P‘r;poses New 10-Cent Mile Rate for District Would /Replace Flat Charge by Meters Wednesday. The Public Utilities Commission was asked today by the Paramount Cab Co. for authority to abandon the flat rates ncw charged by the zone system and substitute therefor a meter charge. ‘The request stated that all of the company's cabs either had been equip- d with meters or that meters are ing put in, and that the new rate will,go into effect, if allowed, Wed- nesday. The D d rate is 20 cents for the first unit of two miles and 5 cents + for each additional half mile, an ave- rage of 10 cents per mile. The letter pointed cut that under this system fare from the congested section to points as Union Station, Sixteenth U streets, Connecticut and FXK avenues, Wisconsin avenue and street, will be 20 or 25 cents. fare from col section Chevy Chase Circle will be 60 ce: and to Walter Reed Hospital. 55 3 ‘The new rate, as elplllldu = r_e*‘ representing Corpen, is an effort to compete with flat w ¥ cabs jwhile at the same time sic: ating” numerous complaints - incidentxl to flat rate operation. He said that one company avefaged 50 complaints per day because of alleged overcharges under the zone system. ‘The prcposed rates are claimed to be the lowest in the United States.