Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1931, Page 1

WEATH (. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast), Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; ‘Temperatures: Highest, day; lowest, 66, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 3. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,836. “ No. post _office, Entered as second class matter 4 ER. 88, at noon to- hington, D. FRENCH SENATORS DEBATE DEBT PLAN INHEATED SESSION Henry de Jouvenal Charges ~ Proposal Began in Berlin Before U. S. Acted. LAVAL DECLARES LIMIT OF CONCESSIONS REACHED Mellon and Edge Confer and Call Castle and Hoover—Laval Due to Tell Points Wrangled. { Br the Associated Press. The Italian government, through the Italian embassy here, today advised the State Department it was provisional- 1y suspending debts due it to- morrow by debtor nations. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, June 30.—President Hoover's | war-debt proposal and the French an- swer to it were the subject of heated de- | bate in the Senate today. Senator Lemery, a Radical Socialist, Jed off the attack on the Hoover plan | with a declaration that the United States was taking France by the throat | in an attempt to prevent France from | collecting her reparations from Ger-, many. He criticized the French government | for making a reply with what he con- sidered too much haste, and asserted that the cabinet had been “blinded by the American headlight.” Says Hitler Causes Crisis. Senator Henry De Jouvenel charged | the German crisis was not due to repa- | rations, but was caused by Hltlerlsrn] and other Nationalist movements in | Germany. He cited figures in an attempt to! prove that the credits of Germany slumped after the success of Adolf Hit- | ler’s followers in the last electicn. This success, he said, caused a weak- ening in International confidence in Germany. Avers Plan Began in Berlin. | Senator de Jouvenel declared the German negotiations with the V.’x\".:‘fl| States really started last January ! through United States Ambassador | Sackett in Berlin. After the Germans had sufficiently impressed Mr. Sackett | with the necessity of doing something, hs went home and the Germans saw that things were going,.ihe way..they wanted them to go. the Senator said. “They didn't want to resort to a mor- atorium, but preferred some such action as the Hoover proposal to come from outside of Germany,” the Senator con- tinued. Premier Laval, Foreign- Minister Briand and Finance Minister Flandin were present at the debate. The gai- leries were crowded with numerous deput’es, who abandoned their chamber to listen to the senatorial oratory. There was intense interest in the debate. Mellon and Edge Confer. Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon and Ambassador Walter E. Edge ! conferred at length today in the latter's residence, re-examining every angle o(i the Pranco-American negotiations and groping for new light on how to insure an agreement on the Hoover debt sus- pension plan. They talked during -the night by transatlantic telephone with Acting Secretary of State William R. Castle, jr., in Washington on the latest French modifications, and President Hoover himself was understood to have listened in by a special system installed in the White House. Inasmuch as he is never called direct, this device enables him to intervene in the conversations when he wishes. The Assoclated Press was informed that not only was the newspaper Ex- celsior correct in quoting Premier Laval to the effect that Prance had reached the limit of concessions, but that he made the same statement in effect in last night's conference with the Ameri- can delegates. , Limit of Compromise. He was said to have explained that the cabinet had deliberated over his policies and had formulated what they deemed the limit of compromise. He said that public opinion would not permit France to go any further and that therefore the government was obliged to stand firm, at the same time remaining cordial and convinced that an agreement could be reached. The Senate will hear late today a revelation of the points under discus- sion when Premier Laval goes before it to answer interpellations, By placing the entire matter before the body he can get complete authorization to negotiate further and conclude details looking toward a settlement. Senator Henry L'Emery of Martin- ique, scheduled to be the first inter- pellator, said: “My interpellation does not touch the financial side of the Hoover proposel but is directly on the form of the proposal. We have a knife at our throats and that’s what I deplore.” Draft Techinal Questions. The Foreign Affairs Commission of Maryland Family Escapes Death for Period of 56 Years By the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Md., June 30.— ‘There have been no deaths in the family of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Matthews of Cambridge in 56 years, and when the reunion was held here four generations were _represented. There are seven sons and three daughters, all of whom have be- come well known. The family claims to be the only one in the United States having seven sons who are Knights Templar. The three girls are all teachers. CAPITAL IS SILENT ON FRENCH TERMS U. S. Takes Position Debt Offer Could Have Been Agreed To or Rejected. BE OGO MINGOLYS Wi’me the Central States were most The American Government had be- | qrected, some sections of the East, fore it today for consideration the|gouth and West also suffered beneath terms of the Prench regarding inter- | coarine' temperatures. The Pacific and governmental debt suspencions as they | \yantic Coast areas for the most part, were handed Secretary Mellon and Am- | ot (a8 U g noerate weather. bassador Edge last night in Paris by | Despite local showers and cooling Al I Snoe. | breezes in many localities, the toll of What answer to these terms the ad-| geatps, attributable to the sun's ex- ministration has made or will make|yraordinary regn, exceeded 500, with was not revealed today, either at the | 230 dying within the past than White House or at th: State D:part- ‘:"::ou“_ melmti P Chicago Leads in Deaths. ndeed, the silence of the American | , gurvey revealed: DEATH TOLLTOPS 50 N 2 STATS ASHEAT HEEPS UP Deaths in Last 24 Hours Total 230 Due to Record Wave, Now in Eighth Day. GRASSHOPPERS INVADE AREA OF SEARED CROPS St. Lounis and Atlanta Mercuries Set New High Marks for June Relief Tomorrow Hinted. | By the Associated Press. With little chance of relief bafore to- | morrow, June's record heat wave stalked | for an eighth day through the Nation WASHINGTON, D. C, & e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - o SYRAERS, /c. ol NNOEA (355> S O TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1931—FORTY-SIX PAGES. 22 Foening” Star, [=== THUGS SEIZE §730, | | BEAT G. . STUDENT | Hoover. Legislators Approved Plan. The American Government has taken the position that the offer of debt post- ponement was a simple affair, to which agreement could be made or not made. Furthermore it was a p sal to which the consent of Democratic members of the Senate and House, Republican and Progressive members of those bodies gave their assent befors the President announced it. Whether tnese members of the Congress which in the end must put through ratifying legislation would look with tavor upon the agreement 25 modified by the French no one would hazard a guess. Although negotiations were at a standstill in Paris today because of the fact that the French Senate was in session and members of the Cabinet were tled up with that body, confer- ences were continued here, with Act- ing Secretary of State Castle and Act- ing Secretary of the Treasury Mills discussing further the situation with the President. Both were at the White House this morning, out both declined to comment on the situation so far as the debt suspension plan was concerned. France Appears Isolated. ‘With all the governments involved agreeing in principle to the proposal of the President for a debt suspension, as announced by the Acting Secretary of State, France appeared today to be in an isolated position. Whether the French terms as submitted by Premier Laval can b2 brought into conformity with the “principle” of the Hoover proposal is the question, and admittedly a grave question today. If France should upset the applecart by strict declination to come within the plan, the least, with the hopes of the world cast down after having been raised by the Hoover proposal. Doubtless, it is felt here, the French will weigh carefully the consequences of a breakdown in the negotiations and the failure of the President’s plan to go_through. ‘The hope was expressed that some concessions could be made which would relieve the situation and bring a suc- cessful conclusion to the present ne- {ot&nnons. If France finally determined 0 remain outsidz of the debt-suspen- sion agreement, the question arises, could or would the remainder of the nations involved carry on with the plan? Under such circumstances, France would continue to receive from Ger- many reparations payable this year, but at the same time would continue to pay to the United States and Great Britain on her own debts. The balance would be in favor of Prance, even though Germany should declare a moratorium on the eonditional payments she makes to France. For example, France is due to receive $109,000,000 in unconditional reparations from Germany during. the (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Pl TEXAS OIL TOWN SAVED Timber Fire Aided by Gusher Kept at Distance. GLADEWATER, Tex., June 30 (P).— The menace of a timber fire which threatened to destroy this ofl-boom town has passed today. A 20-acre tract of woods at the out- skirts, thoroughly sprayed last week by a wild ol gusher, was fired yesterday and flames sprang through the under- brush toward the heart of the city. Concentration of fire-fighting equip- ment confined the fire to the timber. Government today was even greater | s 'r%-rx‘ than it has been on any day since u"*cs”‘"" n}mm. u]ug? President’s proposal was- put forward. | SHCAEC couiivier "0 18 % Edward Buckley, 'Ex-Foot The finality of the statement made in | }Minnesota and Dakotas. it H Paris by Premier Laval as reported in |Ohio .. G H ul Ball Star, Is-Lured by the press dispatches when he stated | Resivels . 2 Bl that these terms had been handed to | }Ichi®an 2 | Fake Phone Call. Mr. Mellon for transmission to Wash- | Mis ] 01 ington did not give great hope of further | Okl 3 S| N | concessions. On the other hand, the'e ¢ 2 -;! Robbed and beaten by hold-up mn are matters in the French answer pennsylvani z 12 for the second time within 18 months handed Mr. Mellon which do not ac- | West, Virsinia H 1} Edward Buckley, 28, a student in cord, it is sald, with the principles of | Georgia .. 1 2| Georgetown University Law School and | e 2 the ‘original offer made by President |Tennessee i 1!former Central High School foot ball |” These figures incluie both prostra- |star, lost $730 to two thugs early today | | tions and drownings. lafter he had put up strong resistance | Grasshoppers Add Plague. to their attack. | The wave, disastrcus = it lu u: xlx;an; Four men were arrested late today in | kind, likewise was taking its toll of ! . I e e isuis Towarand | o Eotm with the assault and robbery | . e asis | were reported | by headquarters detectives assigned to the case. They were questioned at| dropping dead in the fields. Towa t;&mersthv\;eu ‘;lbchlnlm:‘"::!d"]enmh at police headquarters and will | heavy hearts as their grain crops | brown nd the corn leaves shriveled, | B¢ Guestioned again tenight. | Other Middle West farmers were out- | Buckley was set upon in the base- | witting the sun by working in their iment of his father's home at 1218 New fields ‘at night. And, as taough the | Hampshire avenue, after he had en- blistering temperature were not enough, | teged _the unoccupied house to obtain farmers in Nebraska and. South Dakota {$1,000 in cash in answer to a fake call | fought armies of grasshoppers along a | for bond recefved at his home, 3724 300-mile strip. There was some opti- | Windom place, at 5:45 am. today. M. the situation would be difficult to say | mism, however, among in ers, who claim th= unusually hot weather is beneficial to the corn crop. Relief Tomorrow Hinted. C. A. Donnel, forecaster of the Chi- cago Weather Bureau, declined to fore- cast definitely the end of the sweltering spell, but intimated a remote disturb- ance over the Rocky Mountain region might bring relief to the Central States by tomorrow night. He predicted a hot- ter day than ever for today. A lake breeze lowered Chicago’s tem- perature temporarily yes.erday. while local storms in Indlana and parts of Kentucky reduced the blister of the heat materially. Louisville’s storm was ac- companied by a 65-mile gale. Still Air Blamed. The death toll continued mounting in_the Midwest. Many of the deaths attributed to the " (Continued on Column 7.) PRESIDENT OFFERS LEWIS MINE AID U. S. Ready to Lend All Help Possible to Industry, Union Leader Told. The administration is desirous of lending every possible assistance to any constructive program put forward by coal operators and miners, President Hoover stated today in a telegram to John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, at Indlanap- olis, Ind. ‘The President’s telegram was in re- sponse to a request from the Executive Council of the Mine Workers that a conference of coal operators and miners be convened by the Government. The President stated also he has re- ferred the matter to the Secretaries of Commerce and Labor and has asked these officials to advise him as to the present attitude of those directly con- cerned in the industry as to the man- ner in which the Government might contribute helpfully in any movement designed to advance the well-being of operators and mine workers as well as others interested in the bituminous coal situation. The President stated further in his communication to Mr. Lewis that the many intricate economic problems and competitive conditions existing in a majority of the bituminous districts of the country are of general knowl- edge and that it s realized that the d lties of the industrv have been the subject of exhaustive investigation and study by Federal and State agencies with the object of aiding the industry. the Senate met under the chairmanship of Victor Berad to draw up a series of questions on the chief technical points which would be submitted to the gov- ernment. ‘There was a feeling of apprehension that Washington may give too little importance to France's latest counter- roposals. _The French delegates clear- ?y expect President Hoover to take into account Premier Laval's rigid mandate from the Chamber, which is likely to be reinforced by vhe more conservative Senate. An unnamed minister of the gov- ernment was quoted in the press as say- ing: “The word is now up to Washing- ton. Talking across the ocean takes time. We must say also that the Ger- mans are not facilitating our efforts. Nevertheless we remain optimistic as to the final results of the conversation.” Refusal May Lead to Rupture. Apprehension was frankly voiced in the lobbies of the Chamber of Depu- ties today that the refusal of Wash- ington to accept the French viewpoint on the questions remaining at issue ‘might lead to a rupture of the Franco- (Continued on Page ¢, Column 1. HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS MINT TO BECOME A FEDERAL PRISON Building Once Used by Confederacy Is Turned Over to Justice Department to Be Remodeled. The historic Mint at New Orleans, a man was hung on the front portico which figured prominently as the source of coinage at varicus times for Loth the United States and the Confederacy, today was turned over to the Depart- ment of Justice for a Federal prison. ‘The place will be completely reno- vated and made ready as soon as pos- sible for the incarceration cof prisoners. Fronting on Esplanade street, the picturesque old structure of typically Southern classical architecture, has figured prominently in the life of New Orleans and was the scéne of . great excitemen for hauling down the Unicn flag. Seized by the Confederacy from the United States, the mint was used by the South for a short time to manu- facture their own coinage, but there was no distingtion in the product, as the South used the United States dies. The coinage of the United States was made there from 1838 to 1861, was re- sumed in 1879, to continue until 1909, when the place was turned into an assay office of the Bureau of the Mint, Treasury Department. This assay office today was moved into the New Orleans Customs .House. . The old place, ever, continues to be t Quring the Oivi) dar, when | Mint, _ E. Buckley, the youth's father, is a | local bondsman, ~ and _the younger | Buckley is associated with him in the | business. Used Friends' Names. The man who made the telephone call posed as a friend of parties known | to his father, Buckley said, and re-| quested that the $1,000 be brought im- | | mediately to No. 12 precinct Ior two| imen supposed to be held there under | $500 bond each. “If you aren't here by 7 or 7:30| {we will have to go over in the van,” |the man told him, Buckley continued. | | Consequently he dressed at once and | hurried to his father’s house, which is empty during the owner's absence on a vacation, to get the money from a safe there. He reached the house at about 6:15 and entered through a basement door, | leaving the door open after him, Buck- ley said. He went into a small office where the safe is kept, opened it and | took out the money, turned out the light and started to leave. “'Somebody shoved a gun in my ribs and said ‘Stick 'em up’ just after I switched off the light,” Buckley said. “I sald, ‘Wait a minute, let’s talk this | thing over. " Swung Heavy Stick. One of the men opened the discussion ! by swinging on Buckley’s forehead with a heavy stick, which later was found on the basement floor. As the three men struggled, Buckley managed to keep his feet and hold his hand over the money in his pocket, until the taller of the two robbers struck him on the head with a pistol butt. He fell un- conscious and the men snatched a handful of the bills, ran out the base- ment door and fled up New Hampshire avenue. Buckley said he managed to claw one of the men across the face during the fight*and was sure he had marked him, because he found pieces of flesh under his fingernails when he regained con- sclousness. At one point in the battle Buckley knocksd off a straw hat worn by one of the attackers and trred to kick it into a corner, hoping to get it |later for evidence, he said, but tie robber recovered it before elcaping. When he had regained his feet again, Buckley waked out in front of the house, where he was found in a dazed condition by a passing acquaintance, (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) . MINERS AND FAMILIES | TREK TO PITTSBURGH Thousands From Striking Areas Mobilize to Protest Alleged T1l-Treatment. | By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, June 30.—Crowds of men, women and children from mining communities of the Allegheny aud Monongahela River Valleys came to Pittgburgh today on foot and in trucks and automobiles for a mass demonstra- tion designed as a protest against al- leged ill treatment of striking miners and to obtain aid for the needy. Lines of marchers, some groups composed of 400 or 500 persons, came from towns several miles away. While Pittsburgh police had an- nounced they would permit the march- ers to travel only along - specified streets, the order was revised and no attempt was made to disperse the groups as they marched to West Park, the gathering place designated by the Police Department.. Between 4,000 and 5,000 persons were in_ West Park early this afternoon part in the demonstration, spon- sored by the National Miners’ Union. groups arrived, red Yo to|1,000 feet from the top. A lfghtning Ship Is Dynamited On Floor of Ocean For Cargo of Gold By the Associated Press. BREST, France, June 30.— After 10 days of successful opera- tlons, divers from the salvage ship Artiglio II, who are seeking | | to recover a shipment of gold from the sunken Oriental liner Egypt, were forced to abandon their work temporarily today by strong tides. They planned to continue their work tomorrow. 1 By dynamiting the Egypt's superstructure, the divers said, they had reached the upper deck, which has been clearcd for 60 | | feet. They hope to reach the | | treasure in the hold before the end of the year. { Breaches have already been made in the upper deck which it | | is intended should develop into | | a well to the treasure room. The Egypt went down off the | | coast of France in 1922. { | NEXCANS PROTEST GUESS ACQUTTAL National U. Students Publish Article of Rebuke as 200 March in Pachuca. By the Associated Press. | MEXICO CITY, June 30.—The Nl-; tional University student body published | a strongly worded protest in today's | newspapers concerning the acquiital of | Deputy Sheriff W. E. Guess at Ard- | more, Okla., in the killing of two Mex- | ican students. “In the name of universal justice, we energetically protest sgainst the lack of equity or spirit of honesty shown by the jury of Ardmore.” th: protest said. “Once again Yankee imperialism, with the impunity of the strcpg and forgst- ting the sacred duty of hcspitality which falls on civilized countries, has drenched American soil with nobl> Mex- ican blood to satisfy a racial assion. “Mexican students call to the atten- tion of the werld this farce committed by a pseudo justice. and unanimously protest against this offense to their country.” Foreign Minister Genaro Estrada, in commenting last night on Guess' ac- quittal, said it would bring reproval nct only in Mexico but also in American public opinion. He said Mexico could not consider the incident closed. Two hundred students paraded in Pachuca yesterday in protest against the acquittal. The demonstrators stopped befcre the offices of the Amer- ican-owned Real Del Monte Mining Co., and their leaders delivered speeches suggesting a nation-wide protest move- ment. MEXICO WILL STUDY CASE. U. S. to Supply Full Information on Guess’ Acquittal in Slaying. By the Associated Press. ‘The State Department is preparing to supply the Mexicen governmen’ with full information on the fata! shooting of two Mexican students at Ardmore, Okla., and the acquittal of former Deputy William E Guess. ‘The department has 1equested a rec- ord of the trial throuzh Gov. Muiray of Oklahoma and will report to the Mexican officials all avaiiable informa- tion. This was promised thortly after the shooting, after the embassy re- quested the departmen: to make a thorcugh investigation. FOUR ALPINISTS CLIMB MOUNTAIN IN STORM German Woman and Three Male Companions First to Ascend Cascades Peak. By the Assoclated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, June 2)—A hitherto unaccomplished - ascent of Mount Baker, 10,750 feet high, from the rorth side, has been made by Milana Jank of Munich, Germany, a foremost woman skier. and three man companions. The peak is in the Cas- 'ude Mountains in Northern Washing- fon. The party made the climb Sunday, overcoming sleet, snow and the rigors of a mountain storm, and returned here yesterday. Members of the Seattle Ski Club—Bob Hayes, Dr. Otto Strizek and Ben Thompson—accompanied the Ger- man Alpinist. ‘The climbers left Mount Baker Lodge at 12:30 o’clock Sunday morning. They reached the summit at 1 pm. after cutting ice steps in an ice wall almost ::rm was encountered on the return P. % e senc | Radio Programs an Page C4 R i Committee. | tien. | half million dollars appropriated for WICKERSHAM CRIVE GROLP ENDS TODAY Only Report of Activities to Hoover Remains for | | By the Associated Press. | One of President Hoover's commis- | slons, once the highest focal point of interest in the Nation, today dissolved | quietly into its 11 component parts. ‘The President’s National Commission | on Lew Observance and Enforcement, | more often called the Wickersham Ccm- | mission, does not reach the end of its| allotted span until midnight tonight, | when the remainder of its $500,000 ap- | propriation reverts to the Government. But the commission’s cnce immaculate | offices and equipment today were in the | hands of the movers. All its members | save two have departed. And prospects | were that after tonight Chalrman Wickersham alone would remain in the | Capital. Departure Is Quiet. Commission chservers bad expected a fin2l meeting and some brief cere- mony a3 the time came for its dissolu- But as each member completed | his part in the 25-months’ long inves- tigation of crime he, or she, departed quietly and with none of the excite- ment that marked their first ccming to the Capital. Here is the commission’s record: Ten reports have been delivered to the Gov- ernment printer or deposited at the ‘White House; four others, one of them the still-contrcverted study of prohibi- | tion, have been made public. Of the this work, approximately $20,000 can | be returned to the Treasury, Task Not Done. _ Even with the cempletion of this work, the stripping cf the commission's offices and the departure of the mem- bers. its task is not yet formally done. At commission headquarters the view was expressed that only when a final history of the commission’s activities and expenditures is written and accept- ed with a “well done” by President Hoover, will the commission actually cease to exist. It was not created by law but by executive command. In order to attain this end a tem- porary commission heagjuarters has been established near the White House, equipped to accommodate only Chair- man Wickersham and a small staff. There the fifteenth report will be writ- ten. Silent on Financing. Both chairman and commission members have remdined silent, how- ever, as to how this task is to be financed. It was sald authoritatively that funds for its maintenance could not be taken from the expiring appro- priation. But whether they will come from the pocket of some member, from outside sources or from the President himself has not been disclosed. During its final days the commission has enjoyed a quiet that seldom was allowed it during its long prohibition study. Then, with much of the coun- try waiting to obtain the thought of the 11 members about the dry law, rumors surrounded it so thickly that every possibility was envisaged. In this quiet since Midwinter the commission has completed reports upon the deportation of aliens, “lawlessness in law enforcement,” crime among the foreign born, juvenile delinquency, the work of the police, prisons, probation and parole, the costs and causes of crime and a “progress report” upon the work of the courts, to be carried on by private agencies. Report Discussion Seen. Although none of the commissioners would be quoted, several have pointed to the forthcoming report upon the deportation of aliens as one most likely to arouse public discussion. When one of the expert's reports to |be attached to this document was sub- mitted to the Labor Department, Secre- tary Doak became so incensed that he wrote a lengthy letter of protest to the commission. Members said this letter was_before them when the commis- slon’s report was drawn up. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news RE service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 112,000 TWO CENTS. POST, GATTY BELIEVED SIGHTED ABOVE YUKON ON HOP OVER CANADA World Flyers Take Off From Fairbanks for Edmon- ton, Alberta. ONE NARROWLY MISSES DEATH BY “WINNIE MAE’S” PROPELLER UP) Means Associated Pre Pair Continues on After Stormy 2,409 Mile Flight From Khaba- rovsk, Siberia. by the Assoeiated Press. WHITE HORSE, Yukon, June 30 (#.—A plane believed e that of Wiley Post and Harold Gatty passed%ver Carmacks‘:ozgfi miles north of here, at 7:15 a.m. today. It is almost certain that it was the ship of the world flyers, as neither of the Treadwell- Yukon Co.’s planes were in the vicinity at the time. The plane was flying south. Carmacks is on the Yukon River. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, June 30.—Wiley Post and Harold Gatty t off here at 3:24 am. (8:24 am,, E. 8. T.) today for Edmonton, Al‘gex?toal,{ 1,450 miles I\;r;ay. X ¢ ue to the heavy load of gasoline, Post was unable t Winrl;se Mae into the air on the first trip dcwn the field. i i ?{':e;hti;xnlng lback lodsésrl, t::; Ok]lahcman “gunned” the motor slowly moved down the field, risi i = wo;gs{“f bly; {l:W é’f’n ng just in time to clear circle e field to gain altitude. As the flyers soared over the hangar where eight mechanics had worked all ymght to condi- tion the ship, they waved and then turned due south. Weather Conditions Ideal at Take-off. "As the Winnie Mae disappeared from sight she was i i gaining alti- tude and speed. Ideal weather conditions prevail i and;\% ntl‘ong the mube]:o ‘t‘he Canadizn city.p A e flyers were at the field at 2:30 a.m. i finish- ing touches of servicing the plane. S SUDCOHIeEaRe i s Both appeared more tired than when they went to bed last night g;rle(&:so. They ate sparingly of the breakfast which had been" pre- Although the plane lifted with some difficulty, d gallons of gasoline, once in the air she responded r}é'adi‘ll; t%)ot;k;ecg:? trols. As Post climbed into the ship he turned to one of the mechanics and said: straight.” Their rest here was one of the they left New York a week ago. “Boy, when I get to New York i'm going to sleep 48 hours longest the airmen have had since Gatty’s arm, hurt in an accidnt, was paining him some, but he insisted it was all ri or two.” BELGIUM CITES DEBT RESERVATIONS Retains “Right to Repara-| tions for War Damage She Unjustly Suffered.” | [ By the Associated Prezs. | BRUSSELS, June 30.—The text of | the Belgian reply to Presicen: Hoover's | war debt proposal, made public teday, | accepts in principle out mekes reserva- | tions for the application of the plan to | Belgium, il “The Belgian governmcn® welcomes | the proposal of the Tresident of the | United States as an act of the highest | importance,” the reply says. “It sees in it the beginning of a great | undertaking of international solidarity tending toward the recovery of general economie conditions, the mere prospect of which has already given birth on| every hand to a feeling of confidence | and hope. “Grave difficulties of the moment can | only be overcome if the nations realize their common interests, thrust behind them all motives for unrest and dis- cord, and unite their efforts in a wide spirit of co-operat'on and mutual helo. “The Belgian nation sincerely wishes | for the success of the American pro- | posal. “The nation, however, is unanimous in recalling that Belgium retains an imprescriptible right to reparations for war damag:s which she unjustly suf- fered. “That right was consecrated both by solemn pronouncements of the govern- ments and by the agreement concluded between them. It was never contested, and it earned for Belgium in settlement of reparations and war debts spacial treatment which there is no reason for abrogating. “In these ccnditions it would obvious- ly be inadmissible that the proposed mutual aid should impose on Belgium particularly onerous consequences and should expose her to grave financial difficulties. “Under the reserve of these consider- ations, the Belgian government adheres very sincerely to the principles of the proposal, being convinced that the United States Government will appre- ciate the necessity of determining methods of execution in such a manner as to reconcile the projected scheme with the special situation with the rights of Belgium.” = Gen. Jackson Pallbearer Dies. MOUNT GILEAD, N. C, June 30 (#)—Col. John A. Liske, 91 years old, Confederate veteran, who was one of the pallbearers at the funeral of Stone- wall Jackson ant later hel carry the body of the famous Southern soldiers’ wife to her grave, is dead here. ght and would be completely healed “within a day 1 3,000 Miles From End. | Triumphant over the wild Northern | Pacific Ozean as well &s the Atlantic ;nnd still one up on Father Time. |Post ana Gaity sailed into Fair- | banks last night and got within about 13.000 miles of the end of their 15,000~ | mile dash around the world. | Post and Gatty sieered their mono- plane Winnie Mae about 2,500 miles across the Pacific from Khabarovsk, Siberia. to Solomon, near Nome, yes- terday, and then 500 miles to Fairbanks before calling it a day. The second hop was completed in a little less than three hours. The glebe girdlers leit Khabarovsk at 4 am. (Easiern standard time) Mcn- day and dashed into Solomon at 2.45 p.m. Western Alaska time (8:45 p.m. Eastern standard time), averaging about 150 miles an hour, for the first non- stop eastward crossing of the Pacific in that area. The landing at Solomon in the place of Nome, their intended destination, indicated they had erred slightly in reckoning their p:sition, but they missed their mark only 36 miles. Tzking less than three hours at Solo- mon, they hopped for Fairbanks at 5:30 pm. (11:30 p.m. Eastern standard time) after surviving two minor ecci- dents, and arrived shere at 9:25 p.m. ;::25 a.m. Eastern standard time) Tues- ay. ’ Propeller Hits Gatty. In the first mishap Gatty was struck on the chest and arm when, in crank- ing the motor, he was struci by the propeller. He fell to the gr.-und, safe- ly away from the whirling blade, an- nounced he had been only bruised and clambered into the plane. On zn attempted take-off thé plane nosed over, due to the rough ground, and stopped with its propeller bent. Post seized a hammer and wrench and pounded it int> shape and they were off. The flight to Fairbanks was un- eventful. The flyers arranged to have their piane serviced whilz they slept and announced they wowld leave fur Edmonton, at cawn today. Despite iwo long delays in Siberia, the flyers still were ahead of their 10- day schedule upon landing here. They had covered roughly 12,000 miles in 6 days 22 hcurs and 29 minutes and had about three aays left in which to cover the approximately 3.000 miles to New York, the starting and stopping point. Place With Southern Cross. With its crossing of the Northern Pa- ciiic the Winnie Mae takes a place alongside the famous monoplane South- ern Cross for the distinction of having flown across both oceans in long hops. The Southern Cross flew from Oak- land, Calif., to Australia in three long Jjumps—Honolulu and Suva being inter- mediate sto] in 1928 and later flew from Ireland to Newfoundland with its same pilot, Wing Comdr. Charles Kings- ford Smith. The Winnie Mae made no ocean flight comparable to the memorable dash of the Southern Cross from Hawali to Suva, 3,138 miles, but hopped over some 2,000 miles of the North Pa- cific yesterday. Numerous planes have flown from Alaska to Siberia and back in the vicinity of Bering Straits, and the Army round-the-world flyers nego- tiated the Northern ocean in several jumps by way of the Kurile and Aleu- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) ELECTRIC CURRENT IS PASSED THROUGH BODY Artificial Fever Produces Relief in All but Few Cases, Chicago Clinic Held by Dr. S. M. Feinberg Reveals. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 30.—Artificial fever, produced by electricity, is being used for the treatment of bronchial asthma patients in Chicago. ‘This was ‘announced Dr. Samuel M. Feinberg at a clinic being conducted at the county hospital by Chicago uwmh Jnade during the past - IN ASTHMA CURE have brdught relief in all but one or two cases, Dr. Feinberg said. He de- clined to say whether he expected per- manent relief could be effected, since the experiments had been under way for such a short time. The patients are treated by raising their temperatures by means of electric currents passed through their bodies by STEWART WILSON DIES Head of Third Civil Service District Seized by Heart Attack. Stewart Wilson, manager of the third Civil Service district, with head- quarters at Philadelphia, died today at Reading, Pa., from a heart attack, ac- cording to word received here. ~Mr. Wilson was there in connection with a next year to the Civil Service district as a clerk. He was made manager of the district in 1913 and held t position until his death. Dr. John T. Doyle, secretary of the diaf 3 i R ber 50 as to retain the heat. sent the rmhflon at the funel Civil Service Commission, will repre- plm a 4