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Y WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). Generally fair tonight and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 85, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 31,842, post_office, NEW U. S. PROPOSAL ON DEBTS GIVEN 10 FRENCH MINISTRY FOR DEFINITE REPLY Mellon Memorandum Held So Important Entire Cabinet Must Decide on Answer of Premier Laval. AGREEMENT IS FORECAST WITHIN NEXT 48 HOURS Conferences With Treasury Head and Edge to Be Resumed To- night—America Ready to Put Deliveries-in-Kind Question Up to Experts. » By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 6.—Secretary An- drew W. Mellon today gave the French negotiators a new mem- orandum summing up the entire American position regarding Pres- ident Hoover’s moratorium pro- posals. The document was regarded as 50 important that Premier Laval requested time to consult his en- tire cabinet, promising to give Mr. Mellon his answer later. The contents of the memoran- dum were not disclosed pending its consideration by the cabinet, although it was understood that the State Department at Wash- ington originally had intended to release it for publication there this afternoon. The belief was that a compromise re- garding deliveries in kind had been pro- posed and that it was of such a nature as to necessitate the approval of both governments. Wants Full Support. The suddenness with which the whole French cabinet was called into meeting on a bare half hour's notice was in- terpreted as an indication that the proposed solution was of such impor- tance that Premier Laval wants to have the backing of all his colleagues, rather than of only the four who have been taking part in the negotiations. Nothing was disclosed at the ican embassy concerning the nature of the suggested compromise, for it is now in the hands of the French min- istry. The feeling was general, how- ever, that the premier would not have called the cabinet together unless he had something concrete and serious to put before it. On the whole indications were thl!] both the French and American nego- tiators are optimistic. | Solution Is Expected. Complete accord now seems to hinge upon agreement concerning payment of reparations in kind by Germany and both sides hope a solution will be found for this problem in conformity with the spirit and scope of the Hoover lan. P The Havas News Agency understands that both sides have agreed to go on record as accepting the Hoover plan | as it stands, with the reservation that | an accord be reached concerning the methods of its application. In circles close to the American negotiators it was sald there seems to be an agreement in substance but not in form. Havas understands also that Pre- mier Laval will ask for a conference of the powers which signed the Young plan and are interested in the sus- pension of Germans payments. It is understood this decision will be made public_tonight after a meeting of the French and_ American negotiators scheduled for 7 o'clock. A cabinet minister who is not one of the negotiators, told the Associated Press today that a definite accord was n sight “within 48 hours,” perhaps to- night." Note Issued to Press. Just before the conferees went into | their second session the French thesis, on_deliveries in kind was expounded in a semi-official note issued to the press. According to this document, the French believe it would be better not to interrupt deliveries in kind “whose utility for Germany's national economy | is incontestible.” “It would be necessary, therefore,” the statement said, “to take from the amount of the unconditional annuities which Germany should pay the sums necessary for payment of deliveries in kind, and return to the Reich’s national economy only the remainder. Greater Sacrifice Seen. “The American negotiators, on the | other hand, suggest that France absorb | deliveries in kind and relend the amount realized thereby to Germany. “It can be seen that although it is of seccndary importance, the point is no less serious, since adoption of the American viewpoint would considerably augment the sacrifices to which France | already has consented. “‘However, it seems that even should this disagreement continue it could not be so serious as to cause a breakdown of the negotiations. “It would no doubt suffice for an ac- ceptable solution that both govern- ments agree to confide the problem of reparations in kind to a committee of experts delegated by all the interested nations.” ‘The note summed up the situation to ~ (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) SHIP SEEN IN FLAMES OFF DAYTONA BEACH Aid Sent to Unidentified Vessel Believed to Be an Oil Tanker. I By the Associated Press. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, July 6. —An unidentified ship, believed to be an oil tanker, was sighted in, flames' several miles off shore today. The' Coast Guard station at Flagler Beach, north of here, has sent a boat to the ‘s assistance, | Government. - suit, & blue shirt, a Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. ¢ Aromatic Golf Balls Intrigue Butterflies To Serve as Caddies By the Associated Press. GIRARD, Calif, July 6.— Whatever may be said of J. E. Priddy, a golfer, it must be ad- mitted he is original. “Tiring of depending upon caddies to find balls which I hook or slice,” sald Priddy, “and noting the numerous white butterflies flitting about the St. Andrews Golf Club grounds where I play, I determined to make use of my knowledge as a chemist. “You know ants, bees and the like are attracted by certain odors. I experimented until I found a formula which would draw these white butterflies and saturated my golf balls with it | Now when I drive one into the rough I sit down and wait until they find it for me.” NEW DEBT FORMULA 1S SENT TO MELLON Castle Says Simplified Plan| Will Offer Constructive _ | Solution to Problems. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. | “A new snd simplified formula” pro- | viding that the United States and | France agree “on certain majpr ques- tions” involved in the Hoover debt sus- | pension plan and that all technical| questions be left to a committee of | Treasury experts, has been transmitted to Secretary Mellon by the American | Government and by him to the French Government, it was announced at the | State Department today by the acting | Secretary of State, Willlam Castle, Jr. All technical questions and repara- tions in kind, which have been the lat- est stumbling block to an accord be- tween the two governments, under the | new formula would be dealt with by a committee of experts of the different powers involved in the debt suspension plan. 1t is stipulated, however, that this ‘committee should reach a solution of these questions “within the broad spiris of the President’s proposal.” Optimistic of Success. If the French government Sccepts this latést formula, it is believed here an accord may be reached within a very short time, possibly tonight. The American Government, headed by President Hocver, s anxious that the debt suspension plan shall be put into operation without further delay. The fear is expressed here that if the plan shall be held up by prolonged negotia- tions over technical points, the full benefit to the economic situaticn in the | world may be lost. The Acting Secretary of State, Mr. Castle, in his statement to the press, declared that this Government believes President’s debt suspension plan will become effective. Until this Government is further in- formed by Mr. Mellon as to the atti- tude of the French government to this | latest proposal, no further statement will be forthcoming, it is believed. Ac- | cording to dispatches from Paris, Mr. Mellon was to meet with the French | again at 1 p.m., Washington time, which is 7 pm. in Paris, and to receive the | reply of the French in all probability | at that ccnference. Castle Issues Statement. | The statement issued by the acting | Secretary of State, Mr. Castle, follows: | “We have no misgivings that the| President’s’ plan will become effective. The French government did not accept | our note of July 4,.which was pub- lished this morning, as the basis for an arrangement. They have raised sev- eral new questions which have not been hitherto discussed, many of which in- volve relations between the signatories to the Young plan to which we are not a party, and which, of course, we cannot pretend to be able to negotiate. They also ask our Government to| undertake obligations in the providing | of loans to other governments and to facilitate the floating of securities in the United States, which questions lie entirely outside of the province of our Government. These suggestions are due, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) WIDOW OF POISONED MAN FOUND IN RIVE Probe of Double Liquor Deaths Reopened After Discovery of Body. By the Associated Pres: NEW LONDON, Wis, July 6.—In- vestigation into the deaths of Lewis Hoffman, 32, and Henry Kopitzke, 46, was reopened today with fresh vigor following the discovery of the body of Mrs. Catherine Hoffman, Lewis' widow, in the Wolf River yesterday. Hoffman and Kopitzke fell dead at a barn dance three weeks ago. Toxicolo- gists claim they died from poison ad- ministered in liquor. Edward Riske, New London, was held in jall today at Waupaca without charge. Me was questioned with Mrs. Hoffman Saturday because, District At- torney Lloyd Smith said, he had been keeping company with Mrs. Hoffman for more than a year. Search for Mrs. Hoffman was started yesterday when Mrs. Elizabeth Riedl, Appleton, cousin of Mrs. Hoflman, said she left the house shortly after dawn and failed to return. Clam fishermen found the body. Flenin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1931—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. VON ELM IS LEADING BURKE ONE STROKE AT END OF 18 HOLES Californian Recovers Just Be- fore Close of First Round in Second Play-off. |LEAD SWITCHES BACK AND FORTH REPEATEDLY Virtually All Strokes Evenly Matched in Finals of Open Tournament. By the Associated Press. INVERNESS CLUB, TOLEDO, Ohio, July 6.—George Von Elm took a one- stroke lead over Billie Burke today after 18 holes of their second 36-hole play-off for the United States open-golf cham- pionship. Von Elm scored 76 and Burke . They were all square at the seven- teenth—the 125th hole they have played since the tournament began last Thurs- day—but Burke flubbed his pitch shot like an ordinary duffer on the 325-yard home hole. This cost him & 5, Von Elm getting his 4 easily after a 10-footer barely missed the cup for another of George's favorite birdies, The continuation of the record- smashipg marathon for the open crown was another ding-dong battle. Von 'Elm was off quickly to a three-stroke lead in the first three holes, but Burke drew level at the seventh, then took the lead with a birdie at the ninth. They were all square at the twelfth {and again at the fifteenth as the for- tunes of war shifted rapidly. Annoyed by Camera. Von Elm complained that the click of a camera shutter upset him as he was making a shot out of a trap on ihe thirteenth. He went clear across the green int> another sand pit and wound up with a 5. Burke picked up two strokes here, but lost them toth at the fifteenth, where he gambled with a spoon and shot off the side of a trap and pushed it away off the line, across a road and into the side of the creek band. Frcm there he went over the green and finally got down in 6. Billie's birdie at the sixteenth put him in front again, but a poor second shot on the seventeenth, into the rough, and his dubbed approach on the eighteenth, each cost him one stroke and the lead. Burke's 77 was his poorest round of the seven he has played so far in the tournament. So was Vcn Elm’s 76. ‘The sun was out bright again this " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) _ NEW TOTAL OF 483 DEAD SETS RECORD July 4 Fatalities Are Largest in Recent Years—2,408 Hurt by Fireworks. By the Associated Press. ‘The largest number of Fourth of July deaths in recent years occurred in the United States as the Nation cele- brated the 155th anniversary of birth. Close to 500 persons lost their lives | from various causes in the two-day celebration. Fatalities from fireworks | were but six, or only one-half of what | they were in 1930. | Automobile accidents and drownings | were by far rfiore numerous this year. | One hundred and sixty persons, lured {to the highways, perished in motor car | mishaps, compared to 81 last year. While drowning fatalities totaled 1181 almost three times as many per- | sons lost their lives in the water as | compared with 1930, when the total | was 57. Twenty-four died from the | heat, while 14 were killed in airplanes. Total Deaths Rise 179. The total of deaths from all causes, as shown in reports from the entire | country gathered by the Associated | Press, was 483. This was 304 more than died in the 1930 celebration. The midatlantic section of the coun- ry had the greatest loss of life, with a total of 143. The Midwest was second with 106, and the Pacific Coast States third with 91. The South was fourth, | with 57; the New England States fifth, with 44, and the Southwest sixth, with 134. The Rocky Mountain States were last, with 9. Although few persons died from fire- works, many were injured. The mid- atlantic States alone reported approxi- | mately 1,900 injured. Of these, New York City, where the sale of fireworks is forbidden, had at least 1,600. Twelve Drown in Lake. Vermont, native State of former 4, had no deaths ."y.fi.nn Fo Eleven men and a girl were drowned Saturday and Sunday in the vicinity of ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) JULY 4 IS INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR GOLFING PRISON TRUSTY | Slayer Shoots Birdie Through Penitentiary Gates, Dressed as Warden’s Son—Diets to Wear Clothes. By the Associated Press. JOLIET, Ill, July 6.—Arthur J. Mil- ler was 1 up today on Warden Henry S. Hill of the Illinois State Peniten- | ary. And now the warden thinks he knows why it was that Miller has gone in late- ly for dieting. Up until Saturday Miller, who was committed to prison for murder from Rock Island, was a trusty, who acted as the warden’s personal barber. . Satur- day, however, he decided, to celebrate the Fourth of July by lefiring. Attired in a silk golf "3 a gray linen belt, black socks and sport shoes, Miller walked |into the prison vard. In his hands was |a golf club. Every now and then he paused to clip a dandelion head, which he did expertly. The guards, thinking he was a visitor with a penchant for golf, let him walk to freadom. The clothes Miller wore belonged to the warden’s son, Philip. “Miller used to weigh about 160 pounds, but he had been dieting for about two months. I know why he did that. He had to get this weight ‘down so that Philip’s clothes would fit him.” The warden is doing his best to put Miller 1 down again. : . its DOUTHIT' GRAFT CHARGES DROPPED Grand Jury Reports Finding! No Basis for Inquiry Into | Police “Ice Fund.” i i i | | The District grand Jury, In & special | report today, sald it “found no basis | ! existing at this time for investigation” | into remarks made by Harry N. Dout- | hitt. former police magazine editor, | criticizing the Metropolitan Police De- partment in connection with the ex\sl-‘ ing of an “ice fund” to keep things cool | for gamblers and other law violators. | The report, submitted to Justice Pey- | | ton Gordon, explained that Douthitt had appeared before the investigating body and claimed that the “ice” statements were the result of his physical condi- tion while suffering from head injuries | received when attacked in his apart- ment a short while before. i Assailants Not Identified. ‘The former editor of a non-official | police organ was beaten severely here several months ago by two men who gained entrance into his home on the | pretext that they were insurance agents. | A heavy pipe was used by one and | Douthitt was in a critical condition for weeks. | “When questioned by police shortly after the attack Douthitt said the at- teck was the result of his lc!lvi!lzs’ against gambling in Washington. He | was not able to identify his assailants | and no arrests have been made by police. Later, in talking to newspaper men, he enlarged on the statement given to police and gave the names of al- leged gamblers who contributed several thousand dollars monthly to an alleged first precinct station house “ice fund.” The grand jury report reads: “The grand jury of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia for the April term. AD., 1931, makes this spe- | cial report to the honorable court, as follows' | “That there was called to the atten- | tion of this body in the early part of May of this year the fact of certain al- | leged statements having been made by | one Harry Douthitt concerning alleged | graft in the Metropolitan Police Depart- ment of this District. Subpoena Issued May 4. “The grand jury, taking wgnxunce} of these alleged statements, on May 4, 1931, caused to be issued a subpoena to the said Harry, Douthitt for his appearance before this body to give testimony concerning these alleged statements. “The appearance of the sald Harry ! Douthitt was delayed from time to time, due to his illness, but said Harry Douthitt appeared before this body on July 3, 1931, and when interrogated in connection with the aforesaid alleged statements, said that if he made state- ments attributed to him while in the hospital, they were due to his then dis- turbed physical condition; and further told this body that he had no knowl- edge of any graft in the Metropolitan Police Department, and further had no basis for making the alleged state- ments, if they were made by him. “Wherefore, the premises considered, the grand jurors found no basis exist- ing at this time for investigation of this subject matter. “Respectfully submitted for and on behalf of the grand jurors in and for the April term, A. D., 1931." PASSENGER FLIGHT BELIEVED RECORD 13 Hours and 50 Minutes Made by Plane Between Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 6.—A pas- senger plane of the Pittsburgh Airways landed here at 9:20 am. (E. D. T.) to- day from Los Angeles with passengers aboard, but officials of the company were cautious about claiming that the flying time of 13 hours and 50 minutes constituted a record for & plane in reg- e e ship, piloted by C. . Vinet, left Los Angeles at 3:30 a.m. (P. 8. T.) yes- terday. ngers from the coast, Rob- S, Piforriss of Dayton, oni, 84 Mrs, Alice Dunlap, Los Angeles left the plane at Indianapolis las :{l when bad weather delaged the fiig A. C. McGraw, - h-old daughter, Nancy 8-mont] Oi% fiight today, how- ntinue in the same when weather per- ert Mrs. her 1 ever. ship to New York mits, . Radio Tos Angeles, and | be Catholics Ordered [ To Shun Festivities | | In Mexican Conflict i By the Assoclated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 6—Right Rev. Rafael Guizar, Bishop of Vera Cruz, has instructed Catho- Jics in that state to abstain from attending dances, theaters and similar festivities until the con- flict between the church and the state over the recently enacted law limiting the number of priests to 11 is ended. The bishop also has instructed his priests to keep their churches open even if the state forbids services conducted by priests. | ENCYCLICAL MAKES CRISIS MORE ACUTE Negotiations Almost Useless | for Present, Believed : Government View. | By the Associated Press. ROME, July 6.—Issuance of the week end papal encyclical “concerning Cath- | olic Action,” the Italian government is understood to feel, has made the situa- | tion between the church and state so | difficult as 1o render negotiations al- | most useless for the moment. | The government is maintaining sl-‘\ lence, but there is a prospect of a re- | newed editorial campaign by xmun; newspapers against the Vatican, and it | was learned today that in a forthcom- | ing note of reply the government will | inform the Vatican that the encyclical | has created an unfortunate impression. | Whatever course of action the gov- ernment takes will be determined at a cabinet council Thursday. No Precipitate Action. Tt has been learned on good authority that both sides to the dispute will re- frain from anv precipitate action, al- | |though Premier Mussolini is not be- |lieved to have retreated from his posi- tion and the Pope still maintains that the church is “suffering persecution.” The Pontiff, it is said, is not at this time considering recalling the papal nuncio to Rome, an action which some believed he was on the verge of taking. The encyclical letter *‘concerning Catholic Action” was delivered to Paris by messenger and published abroad on Saturday, 12 hours before it appeared here in the newspaper Osservatore Romano. Yesterday 150,000 copies of | the letter were distributed in the churches of Rome and additional coples are being printed for distribution in the provinces. The government regards the encycll-] cal as an attack on PFascism, and the | Pontiff is said to consider it as merely a defense of the church. Actual Situation Unchanged. The actual situation has not been changed, for Catholic Action remains in dissolution. Considerable unrest is reported among the people and some of it is attributed to that part of the encyclical which suggests a mental reservation in favor of the church by those taking the Fascist oath of allegiance. The premier, however, is reported as undisturbed and confident of his power. Whether the government will take any action will be determined at & meeting of the council of ministers on Thursday. Meantime the Dino Grandi, the foreign minister, are expected to examine all aspects of the controversy. MEETING TO BE PICKETED Miner Union to Protest Industry “Trustification.” PITTSBURGH, ‘July' 6 (#).—Officials of the National Miners’ Union conduct- ing a-strike.of coal miners in this dis- trict, today announced their intention to picket the conference of miners and coal operators to be held in W: July 9 under Government lp:.hm‘wnnmm The picketing, said, will be in protest of what they called the Govern- ment’s attempt to “trustify” the bitum- inuos coal industry. '’ Dominions: -Plan - Tract: Pact. CANBERRA, Australia, July 6 (£).— A preferential trade threat between Canada and Australia was over the week end and is ted simi premier and | 7. FALL'S JAIL TERM START T0 BE ASKED Medical Report Fails to Re- veal Inability to Make the Trip. By Lhe Associated Pres: Government counsel will appear be- | fore Justice Bailey in the District of Columbia Supreme Court tomorrow morning to ask that Albert B. Fall, for- mer Secretary of the Interior, | brought here at once to begin his jail | the White Hou sentence. United State’s Attorney Rover said | that on the basis of a report on Fail's Mansion. physical condition made by Army physi- cians in Texas the Government felt the { former cabinet officer was able to come | here from E! Paso to begin serving his | sentence of a year. Balley te Get Report. Rover sajd the report would be pre- | sented to Justice Bailey tomorrow morn- ing and that he could suspend the | prison sentence. The report by the Army physicians at William Beaumont Hospital in Texas made no recommendation, but stmply summed up the results of their exami- nation. Rover said the Government believes after a perusal of this report that Fall is able to come immediately to Wash- | ington. Fall's private physicians have said | that he could not stand the trip to ‘Washington. Confers With Rover. Atlee Pomerene, special prosecutor in the ofl scandals, conferred today with Rover and will probably ask that Fall begin his sentence_as soon as possible. Frank Hogan, Fall's attorney, will | appear in court and may object to the Government's request. ~ Justice Hitz, who presided at the trial which re- | sulted in Fall's conviction, said at that time that he would suspend the jail | sentence if it were to be executed then because of Fall's physical condition. Fall was convicted of receiving = bribe of $100,000 from Edward L. Doheny, wealthy oil man, in connection | with _the lease of the Elk Hills, Cali naval ol reserve to a Doheny company. In addition to the sentence of a vear in the District of Columbia Jail he was fined $100,000. His appeal to the Supreme Court failed early in June. R S FRANCE MAY EXPEL ‘U. S. DEPORTEE, BERKMAN Emma Goldman of 1919 in American Activity Given Stay During Probe. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 6.—Alexander Berkman, deported from the United States with Emma Goldman in 1919 for radical ac- tivities, faces expulsion from France after three months. The government has issued an order for his deportation, but has granted him a suspension in order to investigate his conduct more thoroughly. He has been living in Montparnasse for some time, while his former associate has been staying on the French Riviera. He denied he had been dabbling in political affairs and insisted France had no reason to order him from the coun- Companion “When any French government feels it is about to fall,” he said, “they re- new my crder of suspensicn. Now that Plerre Laval's cabinet seems destined to stay I am likely to stay, too. Why should France behg{;“ of an inter- national literary gl 5 Berkman has been ordered- deported from France three times. He was sent to Belgium in 1930, but was allowed to return on the strength of friends’ inter- vention and took up the translation and revision of manuscripts. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is detivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Circulation, 101,294 Circulation, 117,356 (#) Means Associated Press. TWO PRESDENTEXTENDS NATIONS PLAUDIS TO PLST AND GATTY Flyers, Bashful at Ceremony, « Fail to Respond to Hoo- ver’s Welcome. CANCEL FLIGHT PLANS AS FOG COVERS COAST Trade and Air Group Banquet Tonight to Climax 'Stay in Capital. Led by President Hoover, the national | tribute to two embarrassed aviators who circled the world in less than nine days | began with a luncheon at the White | House this afternoon. In response to addresses of welcome, | including one by the President, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty made not a word of reply. They had arrived here | by train shortly after noon, bad weather | canceling their plans to fly in their | famous plane, Winnie Mae. President Hoover, standing in the | rose garden of the White House, with | a distinguished group of the Nation's| leaders at his back, warmly congratu- | lated the two aviators, while their wives | stood at one side beaming proudly. President Congratulates Them. “I am happy personally to congratu- late you on your achievement of fiying | around the “world in the remarkable | | time of less than nine days,” the Presi- | | dent said. “The first flight around the world was made only seven years ago when | officers of the United States spent 15 | days and 6 hours in the air, but be- | cause of many delays and mishaps re- | quired 175 days for the entire journey. | Your accomplishment is striking testi- mony of the advancement which has | been made during the last few years by American pilots and American engi- neers. 1 congratulate you for your courage, determination, technical abil- | ity and’ skill.” Despite changes in plans for their ‘(l‘lp here today, and uncertainty as to the path they were to follow going to . Pennsylvania avenue | was crowded with spectators Wwho cheered the two fiyers on their way | from Union Station to the Executive They also received a round of ap- | plause from White House attaches as they entered through the executive offices. ‘The schedule for this afternoon called for their arrival at the Willard Hotel following the White House luncheon at about 2:45 o'clock. There will be a press conference at 3:15, Guests of Press Club. They are to leave the hotel by the F street door at 3:45 for the Washing- ton Auditorium, where a reception in their honor will be held by the National Press Club. Leaving the Auditorium shortly after 4:30, they are to be taken to RKO-Keith's Theater to view a num- ber of reels of news pictures of their | flight. Then they will return to their hotel for a brief rest before tonight's testimonial dinner. One of the first penalties of fame was imposed upon them when, as a “safety measure.” they were argued out of fiying to the Capital from New York. Fog Envelops Coast. Fog and thick weather closed in on the Atlantic coast this morning before | caybreak, disrupting air mail sched- ules Though the fiyers were willing | to take a chance on breaking through, they finally were induced to give up the flight and at 4 o'clock this morn- | ing it was dqcided they should come by rain. Leaving the Winnie Mae. swift blue and white monoplane in which they defeated the bad weather of the North Atlantic, Post and Gatty, with their wives and a small official party, climbed |into a special car at the Pennsylvania terminal in New York at 7 o'clock. The car was brought here by a Washington | express and arrived shortly after noon. | _In addition t> Post and Gatty and " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. 'SCOTTISH LABORITE | FIGHTS SPEECH BAN| Suspended House Member Kept From Speaking on Glasgow | ; Green by Police. | — | By the Associated Press. | GLASGOW, Scotland, July 6.—John McGovern, Independent Laborite mem- | ber of the House of Commons for | Shettleston, Glasgow, is continuing his fight for the right to speak on Glasgow Green. McGovern was suspended from the House last week after he repeatedly tried to question the secretary of state for Scotland in connection with the imprisonment of lay preachers who had been speaking on the green, where, ‘meetings are forbidden. | McGovern attempted yesterday to | speak on the green. As soon as hel arose a policeman demanded to see his | permit for the meeting. McGovern had none. The inspector took his name and those of & dozen supporters. “If we are prosecuted and fined, the fines will not be paid by me or any- body on my behalf,” McGovern de- clared. He asserted he was obtaining legal opinion of the action of the Speaker of the House in failure to give | him protection. D. C. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE RECORDS SHARPLY DECLINE 288 Fewer Unions in Last Year Than Before, While 22 Per Cent Drop Is marriages and & marked de- in divorce during last year were el the Dis- Shown in Decrees. peak in 1922, when 5.760 ceremonies were performed and 161 couples were separated by the courts. There were 21 marriages annulled in 3 1830 a2 compared with 27 the year ore. On the basis of an estimated popula- tion of 488,000, the number of mar- riages in the District per 1.000 of th2 mpuhtlon was 11.0 in 1930 and 11.7 1929, and the numl of divorces i was 0.15 as against 0.24 /1924, COBLENTZ, PITTS AND 3 INDICTED ON PERIURY CHARGE Miss Schneider, Hart and Edwards Also Accused by Grand Jury. FRAUD ALLEGEI;N TRIAL OF THREE OFFICIALS Government Holds Papers Were Fraudulently Drawn Up by Defense. Emory L. Coblentz, prominent Mary- land politiclan and banker, was in- dicted here today for “alding in the commission of perjury” at the recent F. H. Smith Co. conspiracy-embeazle- ment trial in District Supreme Court. The grand jury also returned similar indictments against G. Bryan Pitts, former head of the Smith Co.; Miss Helen L. Schneider, his personal sec- retary; John H. Edwards, jr., a former vice president of the concern, and Henry O. Hart, an accountant who ap- peared for the defense at the trial. The indictment, which is in 37 counts, is based on the defense made by Pitts, Edwards and C. Elbert Ana- dale, another Smith Co. officer, when they were on trial for an alieged con- spiracy to embezzle $5,000,000 of the company’s funds and to destroy certain records which. it was charged, would have tended to incriminate them., Charge Papers Were Frauds. Pitts was on trial for embezzling cer- tain specified sums of mcney at various times between May 1, 1927, and Jan- uary 10, 1930. To meet these charges, the defense introduced 145 authorizations, drawn on the Beverly Bullding Co. and the Montelair Corporation, subsidiaries of the Smith Co. These suthorizations, all of which were signed by Pitts or Cob- lentz, purported to warrant Pitts in taking the various sums of money which X'r:d ‘Government claimed were embes- ‘Today’s indictment charges authorizations were hluflulfll{ lnd‘:::: prepared at Pitts’ home in Filorida shortly before the trial opened to “fraudulently obstruct justice.” mzlx’:t "ll’?ngrfi Sksueuunh otth:h- indict- charged as i offender, while mmm ar Loy of aiding d abetting him. Under the District . however, all must be tried as principals. Conspiracy Alleged. The thirty-seventh count charges all of them with & conspiracy to obstruct Justice by the introduction of false documentary evidence. Coblentz, now a Maryland State Sen- ator, has long been a prominent politi~ cal figure in that Stafe. At one time he was widely mentioned as a candidate for the governorship. He is president of the Central Trust Co. of Frederick. Md.. where he live and is well known in Washington finan- clal circles. He was associated with Harry Wardman in several building projects here. and when the Wardman properties were refinanced in 1928, Col lentz was given $2,225,000 in junior d bentures for his equities in the prop- erties involved. Called as a defense witness at the Smith Co. conspiracy-embezzlement trial, Coblentz identified his signature on 31 of the authorizations. He sald he could not remember when he signed them. These authorizations were drawn on the Beverly Building Co., of which Coblentz was vice president. The re- maining authorizations were signed by Pitts personally, and were drawn on tie Montclair Corporation. Charge Acid Was Used. The Goverment claims the authori- zations were prepared in Florida late in 1930, and then dated back to the time the sums of money were taken. After the documents had been typed, it was charged, they were treated with acid to give them an aged appearance. Among the witnesses called before the grand jury during the purfury in- vestigation were John R. Thomas, Pitts’ brother-in-law; Coblentz, Ed- wards, Anadale, Charles T. Malone and Louis Loebl, special agents of the Bu- reaus of Investigation, Department of Justice, and Frank G. Raichle, Wilton J. Lambert and George D. Horning, jr., counsel for the defendants at the con- spiracy trial. Thomas is understood to have teld the grand jury he signed a number of the authorizations for Pitts, but that he later got them back and destroyed them. Found at Pitts’ Home. Much of the material, including typewriters, fcrming the basis of the perjury indictments was taken by In- ternal Revenue agents when they went into Pitts’ Florida home during an in- come tax investigation. ' At the conspiracy trial, the Govern- ment said several documents pertaining to the alleged embezzlements had dis- appeared. It was understood many of these have now been recovered. Assistant Attorney General Nugent Dodds and Neil Burkinshaw, special as- sistant, said the indictment returned today would be tried before any of the other pending Smith company indict- ments. Pitts was convicted at the conspiracy trial and sentenced to 14 years impris- onment. He is now in the District jail pending appeal. Edwards, also con- victed, is serving a three-year sentence. “{STIMSON IS WELCOMED ON ARRIVAL IN ITALY Remains on Boat for Naples After Cordial Reception Accorded Him at Palermo. By the Associated Press. PALERMO, Italy, July 6.—Secretary of State Stimson arrived here today aboard the Conte Grande for a visit to European capitals. He will leave aboard the same ship tonight for Naples. ‘The city authorities and Howard XK. Travers, the American consul, gave Secretary Stimson an enthusiastic wel- come. This is not the first time he has been in Italy, Mr. Stimson told them with a smile, for 35 .years ago, when he was touring in Switzerland, he ran a few feet across the Italian border j et Toat, an Xt