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‘WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast). Mostiy cloudy tonight and tomorrow; little change Temperatures—! p.m. yesterday; lowest, day. Full report on page in temperature. 9 73, at . at 3:30 am. to- Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 Fintered as seco 31,845, 0. post office, Washington, D. nd class matter C, ROBBINS AND JONES DOWN AT SOLOMON AS FUELING FALS BEFORE OCEAN HOP Weather Prevents Fort Worth From Making Con- tact With Mother Ship After Passing Over Nome, Alaska 2,100 MILES OF JOURNEY . OVER MOUNTAINS ENDED; TMokio-Bound Flyers Convinced Hazardous Route Over Bering Sea to Japan Blocked by Ele- ments—Record Made Between Seattle and Fairbanks. By the Associated Press. SOLOMON, Alaska, July 9.—The projected Seattle-Tokio flight of Reg L. Robbins and Harold S. Jones, Texas aviators, ended here at 3:50 am. (9:50 am. Eastern standard time), when unfavorable weather forced the monoplane ¥ort Worth down, unable to make a final refueling contact for the Jong dash. Bumpy weather made it impos- sible for the two ships to estab- lish contact long enough to trans- fer enough gasoline to the tanks ©of the Fort Worth, the fiyers said. The refueling ship landed soon @fter the Fort Worth came down The flyers were convinced the weather prospect ahead on the hazardous route over Bering Sea to Tokio was bad, and for that yeason gave up the flight. FLIGHT TO NOME SUCCESSFUL. Five Refueling Contacts Made by Fort Worth on Way to Alaska. By the Associated Press. NOME, Alaska, July 9.—Refueled in the air over Nome for the fifth time since their rendezvous with their re- Tueling plane at Fairbanks, Alaska, Reg L. Robbins and Harold S. Jones, Fort Worth, Texas, aviators, headed out over Bering Sea sarly today off the last lap of their non-stop flight from Seattle 10_Tokio. The refueling here was accomplished at 3:30 am. (9:30 a.m. Eastern - ard time) and the refyeling ship, Dilotzd by Jimmie Mattern and Nicl Greener, returned to Solomon, 30 miles east of here, to take on additional gasoline for another possible contact over Eastern Siberia. The two ships, the trim white mono- plane, Fort Worth, and the large tri- motored mother ship flew ~together from Fairbanks down the Yukon River Valley. Two More Contacts. After filling the Fort Worth's fusel- age tanks over Fairbanks, two more yefueling contacts were made between Fairbanks and Olovin on Norton Sound. Th> refueling ship landed at Solomon for more gasoline, made another con- tact with the Port Worth there and both ships came here for a final re- fueling over American soil. 1t had been planned for the refueling ship to reload again and follow the Fort Worth over Bering Sea for an- cther refueling contact over Siberia be- fore bidding Robbins and Jones good- by and returning to Solomon or Nome 1o await word of the arrival of the Texans in Japan. 1f the fiyers found favorable weather they planned to skirt the Coast of Kamchatka Peninsula and then fly over the Kurile Islands to Japan. In th> event of bad weather they expected to follow around the Gulf of Anldu’l and fly toward Japan about 100 miles inland from the Siberian Coast. Robbins and Jones followed their out- lned ccurse from Seattle to Prince Greorge and Vanderhoof, British Colum- bia, along the Frazier River, but from there struck straight toward Fairbanks, not being sighted until they passed over Coffee Creck. 250 miles north of White ,Horse, Yukon Territory. Ready for Weather. ‘They were next seen at McCarty, 90 miles south of Fairbanks, where the fust refueling contact was made. From Fairbanks the Fort Worth headed di- Tectly for Nome and Solomon. After the refueling over the Bering Sea or Siberia Robbins and Jones esti- mated the fuel supply cf 435 gallons would carry them to Tokio with a mar- gin of 10 hours. This supply. they said before leaving Seattle, was ample to meet any weather conditions they may encounter. MAKES RECORD TO FAIRBANKS. Tokio-bound Plane Sets New Mark on Flight North Froja Seattle. FAIRBANKS, Al:ska, July 9 (#).— Refucled and apparently running smoothly, the monoplane Fort Worth spad toward the Bering Sea today after having covered about one-third of its project:d 5,100-mile non-stop fiight from Seattle to Tokio. Reg L. Robbins and H. S. Jones, the Fort Worth's crew, were close to thelr schedule when they soared over Fair- banks at 7:33 o'clock (9:33 p.m. Pacific standard time), last night, having flown about 1,600 miles in 17 hours 36 minutes. They had estimated their time to Fair- banks at 15 to 17 hours. In its first contact with the refueling planz, flown by James J. Mattern and Nick Greener, the Fort Worth took aboard 200 gallons of gasoline soon after its arrival over Fairbanks. Refueler Takes Off. Approaching here from the South, the ‘white monoplan: was met an escort of three planes, with the refueler wait- ing on the ground until the had circled twice over the city. No messages were dropped and the refueler, with 572 gallons of gas aboard, got into the air slowly. ’ After brief maneuvering by the planes & man believed to be Jones appeared from a cockpit in the Fort Worth and seized the refueling hose. The gas was quickly transferred at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. As the contact was broken a shower of gasoline went hurtling through the air. No time was t ki ,'ggpiflimd on Em'z.'faglun'..u he WASHINGTON, LUTHER STARTS ON TOUR TO FLOAT GERMAN CREDIT Reichsbank Head Visits | London in Search of Loan. PARIS IS NEXT STOP. | Will Go to Basel Later in| Effort to Stabilize Home Industry. TR | BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. | By Cable o The Star and Chicacw vaur | | BERLIN, Germany, July 9.—Hat ln‘ hand and with an empty sack over his | shoulder, Reichsbank President Hans Luther began last night a money-hunt- | ing pilgrimage that began in London | 2nd will deal thence to Paris and Basel. His alm—on which the immediate fu- ture of Germany would seem to de- pend—is to obtain a large loan. Meanwkile the position here is bound to remain unstavie. Yesterday it was announced that the government-owned bank had opened a credit to one of the largest private banks, but the fact was immediately officially denied. This morning a new story appears, which is | that the Reich treasury is making an advance of $12,000,000 to the bankrupt North German Wollkaemmerel Co., ot which the two chief creditors are pre- | cisely the two banks that most need | help. This, too, is denied. fact remains that no banks in the world could long stand the strain HANS LUTHER. to which the large German institutions have been subjected since May 26. The Relchsbank statement, published today, shows that on July 7 the cur- rency cover was still above the legal figure. It is probably hovering on the edge at this time. But what the country needs is cred- its—and, as reported in these dis patches, the figures must be large. The Gold Discount Bank will attempt to| serve as a credit medium both for the Reichsbank and for the co-operative credit guarantor organization created yesterday to relieve pressure on indus- tries. If these funds are forthcoming, American bankers in Berlin believe that (Continued on Page 3, Column 1) BAN BY MUSSOLINI PERILS CONCORDAT Fascists Forbidden as Mem- bers of Catholic Action Organizations. | | | | By the Associated Press. ROME, July 9.—Premier Mussolini himself today placed a ban on Fascist membership in the Catholic Action or- ganizations, thereby raising the question | of virtual abrogation of the concordat | with the Vatican. | As the “Duce” or chief of the Fascist party he prohibited any of his follow- ers from belonging to the several socleties comprised in Catholic Action, branches of which were dissolved by the government May 30. ‘The Vatican is now faced with the problem of whether the Fascist party action, is equivalent to a government | action, and If so, whether the ban on | membership constitutes revocation of | authority for such bodies to exist, which is an essential part of the concordat. Further, the Pope has always main- tained that the concordat and Lateran treaty must stand or fall together, and if the concordat lapses then the Lateran treaty must lapse. Transmission of Order. ‘The premier’'s order was transmitted by Giovanni Giuriati, secretary of the Fascist perty, as follows: “Under the orders of his excellency, the chief of government and the Duce of Fascismo, it is herein declared that there is incompatibility between mem- bership in the Fascist party and mem- bership -in any organization depending upon Catholic Action.” ‘This order was sent today to all fed- eral secretaries of the party for im- mediate execution. The government attack on Catholic Action organizations of May 30, when 15,000 clubs were closed, wils limited to the youth and university clubs. This was _done indirectly by dissolving all | youth organizations which were not af- | fillated with the Fascist party. ‘Today’'s action, although technically by the Fascist party, is a direct action by Premier Mussolini, who is head of both the government #nd the party and whose attitude toward the church or- ganizations is thus made clear. The organizations placed under the party ban number about 10,000 and have an adult membership. Abrogation Is Urged. 11 Messaggero, regarded as Rome's most conservative newspaper, asserted today that the only solution to the diffi- culties between the Vatican and the Italian government is abrogation of the latern concordat. “Dissolution,” said the editorial, “is necessary for the dignity of the nation| and the sincerity of Fascism, which does nct submit to anyone under any pressure nor any threat.” ‘Whatever the consequences of abro-| gation might be, it asserts, Fascism is| able to face them before Italy and the world, and also has the right to deny responsibility for the conflict with the church. % In government circles it was said ths editorial was a corréct representation of the feeling of the Italian people. DUCE'S BROTHER FOR TERMS. Deplores Fascist Violence Chyreh Clubs. MILAN, Italy, July 9 ().—Arhaldo Mussolini, brother of Il Duce, continued his editorials in Popolo D'Italia today with & plea for peaceable settiement of (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) Against GIBSON 1S NAMED Will Represent U. S. at Debt Experts’ Session, Aided by Frederick Livesey. By the Associated Press. President Hoover today designated Hugh S. Gibson, American Ambassador | to Belgium, as American representative on the Experts Committee which will work out details of the intergovern- mental debt moratortum. Acting Secretary Castle of the State Department in announcing the desig- nation said the Ambassador would serve as_an observer. Frederick Livesey, reparations expert of the State Department, will be sent to London to astist Gibson. Castle expressed the opinion a satis- factory arrangement would be found for the suspension of Germany's con- ditional reparations payments due July 15 so that nation would not be consid- ered technically in default of its debts. The Acting Secretary said he had | made it clear in his discussions with diplomatic 1epresentatives of the other nations that the United States consid- ered President Hoover’s one-year mora- torium plan morally in force and that Germany would not be required to | make July 15 payments. France and the United States mu- tually understood, he added, that the provision for suspension of intergovern- | mental debts as of July 1 in the Franco- | American agreement was effective. |AUSTRALIAN LABORITE 1 WOULD CANCEL DEBT | Eldridge Proposes Measure to Re- lieve Burden of Overseas Obligations. | By the Associated Press. CANBERRA, Australia, July 9.— Cancellation of the entire overseas debt of Australia was proposed today in the House of Representatives by the | Laborite Eldridge, one of those who | have broken with Labor government of Prime Minister James Scullin, “The time has come for the govern- ment to open negotiations with a view | to cancellation of the overseas debt, or failing that, a reduction in the rate of | interest or else extension of the condi- tions of payment—or such other action as would enable Australia to be relieved | of her crushing burden,” he declared. |U. S. ATTACHE AND FAMILY ARE RESCUED FROM BOAT Brazilian Consul and Family in Party Saved by Tug After Sea Crash. By the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, July 9.—Julian Gillespie, American commercial attache, of Balti- more, Mrs. Gillespie and their child, and the Brazilian consul and his wife and child were rescued by a Turkish tug boat from a sinking American embassy motor boat off Seraglio Point Tuesday night. The motor boat hit the hulk of a wrecked ship lying off the point and began to fill. A hazardous current in the Bosporus at the entrance of the Sea of Marmora made the situation perilous. After a 20-minute wait, the tug boat heard their calls of distress and rescued all the occupants. A few seconds later the motor boat sank. STORY OF HOOVER’S FAST TRIP FROM RAPIDAN BRINGS PROBE Secret Service Men and Reporters Asked to Tell How Information By the Associated Press. * Secret Service men and newspaper men covering the White House wre un- der investigation today a result of stories published of President Hoover's sudden departure from Rapidan.Camp Sunday. ‘Who ordered the investigation could not be learned definitely, but several re- rs and all the Secret Service men ve been as to where the facts came . *Chief Moran of the Becret Service was in conference with ‘White House officials several hours yes- terda: ‘Th: stories dealt with the fact that the Chief Executive did not wait for his Sunday dinner, to which Attorney General Mitchell beep invited. Se- cret Service men were forg@ihto run from their quarters but their shirts . v Leaked Out. in order to catch up with the e-;h of ‘hiso President. e ere also was said to be objection to reports of the fact that the lolo-mlle trip from the camp to Wi , some of it over. dangerous dirt road, had been made in two hours and a half. ‘The White House Secret Service been called on to explain how newspa- per men become apprised of the facts Five reporters who regularly cover the White House and were staying in the vicinity of the camp were told that the President would leave at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. He left at 1:25 o'clock, and the reporters, who usually keep him in sight during the automo- bile trip, were 40 minutes behind him when he arrived in Washintgon. | _The transfer of John J. Fitzgerald | ”(Continued o Page 2, Colump J2 . I enin ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION .0, S WILL ACCERT JARMS PARLEY B, CASTLE ANNOUNCES League Invitation Will Be Taken Up as Part of Prosperity Drive. WORLD DISARMAMENT AND DEBTS HELD LINKED America Also Will Participate in London Experts’ Conference on Suspension Details. | B the Associated Press. (cept within the next few days the i invitation® of the League of “Nations to participate in the world disarma- i ment conference in Geneva next Feb- | ruary. Acting Secretary Castle of the State Department made the announcement of the Government's plans late yesterday when the invitation was received. The acceptance will be wholehearted, the administration, urged by President Hoover, being strongly in favor of re- ducing armaments to relieve economic stress. The announcement came shortly after the Hoover administration re- affirmed its adherence to the integrity | of the inter-allied war debt agreements. President Hoover's plan for a year's moratorium on inter-governmental pay- ments was definitely described by Castle as contemplating no revision of the war debt agreements. Arms Costs Deter Prosperity. Later Undersecretary Castle described inter-governmental debts as only one of the deterrents to renewed prosperity and declared ‘“‘unproductive expendi- tures on armaments” even more im- portant. Speaking over the National Broad- casting System, the Undersecretary forecast the moratorium would bring about general economic recovery and expressed the hope that this would lead to success next year at the Geneva dis- armament parley. He predicted that recovery would come “if the people of this country will stand strongly back of the Govern- ment in optimism and in that determin- ation to carry through which is one of the characteristics of the American people.” “We hope,” Castle said, “that by this temporary relief from intergovernmental debts, such good feeling, such a sense of loyal responsibility to each - other, may be engendered among the nations that all may enter the disarmament conference next year determined to Eucceed.” Must Discount Rumeors. Castle sald it was impossible to put into action at once all the forces of re- cuperation, but added the President felt that the moratorium methd of reliel “might well open the door of hope and thus ad to general economic re- “There are, of course, and will be umors of all kinds which must be ccyrageously discounted. The President canpot alone carry out this economic upbuilding. That is the duty of all ihe people of all nations, who must attack their problems with courage and op- timism. “%There are many such problems still to be wcorked out in Europe, and they can oly be worked out if attacked con- I structively and courageously. We must all seek for economy in all departments of the Governmeht today, as next year we must fearlessly attack the problem of waste thrcugh armament. Goed Will Mobilized. “What the President's proposal has so far accomplished is the mobilization of the forces of gocd will and good un- derstanding and determination to bring back prosperity. It has opened the gates to a return of prosperity which will affect every citizen of the counlry. “It is up to us to hcld the gates open in order that relief may come to the farmers of the Nation, in order that | the growth of trade which must follow {an improvement in conditions abrcad | may bring employment to all those who are willing to work.” In a formal statement, Castle said that President Hoover had at no time proposed or considered any permanent revision of the foreign debt seitlements in proposing his moratorium plan which bas been considered,” he said, *“'solely in the aspect of relief to temporary condi- | tions created by world-wide depression. The integrity of all agreements has been constantly upheld durlog the entire negptiations.” ‘Will Join in Conference. The State Department made known also that the United States wculd be represented at the London meeting of experts designated to work out the de- talls of the Hoover debt payment holi- day plan. Reduction in armaments has been linked by the Chief Executive with his (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) MAYOR WALKER’S NEPHEW SUMMONED IN INQUIRY to -~ Legislative Committee Seeks Determine it Relatives of Po- litical Leaders Get Jobs. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 9.—The Legisla- tive Committee investigating the mu- nicipal government y directed its efforts in discovering if companies doing business with the city employed rela- tives of politically powerful men in others. pn(er:nm move in that direction, As Samuel Seabury, counsel to the com- ittee, has subpoenaed Willlam H. ralker, jr., nephew of Mayor Walker, {and Donald Byrne. f John H. McCooey, for stioning. Mr. miss! inspector buildings, B |+ 3150.000, aithough his salary was $3,120 a year. —_—————— THURSDAY, JUL The American Government will ac- | 9, 193i—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES,. K3k ok The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. ns Associated Press news = TWO CENTS. NEW CRUISER PLANS Press. {10 STAND DESPITE COURT CONSIDERS | Justice Bailey Takes Matter Under Advisement After U. S. Opposes Freedom. By the Associated Press. Justice Bailey, in the District cf Co- lumbia Supreme Court, took under ad- visement today the Government's re- quest that Albert B. Fall be immedi- ately ordered to jail. Justice Balley also had before him a motion by Frank Hogan, Fall's attor- ney, that the prison scntence be sus- pended because of Fall's physical ccn- dition. Atlee Pomerene, special prosecutor in i the case, read & memorandum from As- sistant Attorney General Youngquist which expressed the opinion thai Fall could be committed to some cther jail than the one in the District of Co- lumbia. Asks for Authoritles. ! Hogan replied that it seemed man- datory that Fall be brought here to serve unless the sentence were suspend- Justice Bailey asked counsel to cite him authorities on whether he had the power to amend the sentence to send Fall to another jail, and whether he had the power to suspend the sentence without Fall's presence. District Attorney Rover asked Hogan if he would consent to have the sen- tence amended and Fall's counsel re- his client. i physicians at Williem Beaumont Hos- pital, in El Paso, on Fall's physical con- the basis of the report it would be dangerous for Fall to be brought here to serve the year in jail. Fall. among other things, is suffering from chronic tuberculosis, but the disease is now latent, Cites Hitz's Statement. ‘Hogan sald there was a strong possi- bility that the humid climate of Wash- ington would cause Fall's tuberculosis to become active. He pointed out that Justice William Hitz, who piesided at to be executed immediately, in view of condition. Hogan ended his plea for suspension of sentence by saying there was no principle involved which requiled in- humanity from the law. Pomerene in his reply said he did not believe suspension was justified. He said during the criminal trial following the oil leases Fall had been granted eral_continuances because of “his (Continued on Page 2, Column 6. s e ity CAPONE TO PUT MONEY IN RACING BUSINESS Chicago Paper Says Gang Leader, on Eve of Sentence, Plans Shift From Dog Tracks. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 9.—The Chicago Herald nn% lxnnlx;ler said mdul a’ llt-nl:t Alphonse Caj as gone in e horse racing miuu on the eve of his departure for the Government pe: ne tiary at Leavenworth, Kans. ‘The papers sald that m-mbers of Ca- pone’s organization admitted they pro- to convert their legally banned dog racing tracks in this territory to law-protected tracks for horse racing. Capone recently pl:aded guilty in Federal Court to charges of violating the liquor and income tax laws, but was allowed 30 days to put his affairs into shape before receiving the séntence. A VIVID STORY OF THE Colorful French Quarter of Old New Orleans "MOON OF DELIGHT" BY Margaret Bell Houston Starts in Today's Star ©On Page C-2. plied that he would have to consult | dition and accompanied it by afdavits | of other pysicians which said that on | Fall's trial in 1929, sald then that he| would suspend the sentence if it were| the former cabinet officer’s physical| ‘Tourists Trapped When Guide Nears |Protective Device Slams | Doors and Calls Police | [ Automatically. | | By the Associated Press. | | COPENHAGEN, July 9.—The fate of those who tamper with the crown jew- | els of Denmark was revealed today to a party of foreign tourists. | While inspecting the collection in the Castle of Rosenborg their guide got too | |close to the treasure and accidentally sct off a device installed to protect it. | | There was a deafening outburst of howling sirens and jangling bells. The | | cabinet sank through the floor and all | doors automatically closed. | An attendant drew his revolver lndl | commanded every one to stand where he | was. Car loads of police, who had been | summoned immediately, rushed up in | fast cars and surrounded the castle. Explanations finally resulted in the party being released and the tourists departed with respect for the efficient system of guarding the country's treas~ | ures. SEIZED PROPERTY * OF TS ENIONED Justice Bailey Impounds Trunks and Box in Fed- eral Custody. Hogan presented the report of Army | Justice Jennings Bailey: of the Dis- | trict Supreme Court today granted an | | injunction, pending further order ofi | the court, preventing any use of the property seized in a private vault at West Palm_Beach, Fla., belonging to| | G. Bryan Pitts, former head of the F. H. Smith Co. The injunction order named Nugent | Dodds, Assistant United States Attorney General; Neil Burkinshaw, special as- sistant; Leo A. Rover, United States dis- trict attorney: Edgar C. Snyder, United | States marshal, and Frank E. Cunning- | ham, clerk of the District Supreme Court. Property is Impounded. The court directed that the seven | trunks and one box seized by agents of the Internal Revenue Bureau, on charges that Pitts and his wife failed to make proper income tax returns, shall be impounded in the custody of the United States marshal. When As- sistant United States Attorney William A. Gallagher, for the defendants, point- ed out to the court that the property had been returned to the custody of the United States Revenue Bureau, the court said the order would direct the marshal to_repossess the goods. “If the Revenue Bureau,” said the court, “wants to intervene it would pre- sent a matter for further consideration by the court. As the record stands, I| think the seizure was illegal.” Question of Appeal. Mr. Gallagher sald he will consider whether the defendant can appeal from the temporary injunction. Amceng the contents of the trunks were two typewriters, which were shown to the grand jury, on which Pitts was alleged to have fabricated the 145 au- thorizations which formed the basis of the perjury indictment returned sgainst him and four others last Monday. Pitts was represented at the hearing by Attorneys Leon Tobriner and Dogler A. De Vane. MINERS ARE ROUTED FALL SUSPENGIQN Dvish CrownGems AT WHITE HOUSE Banners Taken Away Fro Picketers as Operators Talk to Lamont. m A group of members of the Na- tional Miners' Union appeared in front of the White House today bearing banners which were taken away from them by the police. The police said they did mot in- tend to make any arrests, but or- dered the crowd te keep moving. In the meantime, Frank Borich, sec- retary of the National Miners' Union, appeared at the White House execu- tive offices to present a petition protesting against the conference being held today between Secretary Lamont and a group of coal ep- erators. By the Associated Press. Bituminous coal mine operators in conference today with Secretary Lamont expressed the belief that little could be accomplished toward betterment of the industry by a general conference of all clements interested. The conference, attended by 14 repre- sentatives of operators, Secretaries Doak and Lamont and representatives of the Bureau of Mines ended this afternoon without any further meeting being called. None cf the operators would discuss the situation when they came from the conference room. Lamont Silent. Secretary Lamont said no decision could be announced at this time as to any possible further conferences. Additional police protection W thrown around the White House today when two truck loads of miners and their families from Pitisburgh and other Pennsylvania cities parked behind the executive mansion. The truckloads of miners came to ‘Washington this morning with the an- nounced intention of picketing the con- ference between coal operators and Government officials, headed by Secre- tary of Commerce Lamont and Secre- tary of Labor Doak. Unable to find four other trucks which had started with them from Pittsburgh, the mine leaders ordered the two trucks to proceed out of town | shortly before noon. Trucks Plan te Return. Police were told that they planned to return 8s soon As their companions were found and leaders emphasized they would attempt to be heard at the coi ference at the Department of Com- | merce. The group of miners, with their ‘wives and children, arrived in the Capi- tal about the time the conference started. "The secretaries were endeavoring to! ascertain the attitude of the principal operators toward & general conference with labor to solve their economic troubles. Attending Conference. Among the operators present from | Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Virginia flelds were F. H. Taplin and W. L. Robison of Clzvelal Howard Showalter, Fairmont, W. P. N. Snyder, Mount Hope, W. Va.; R. Lyon and W. W. Stevenson, New York: C. E. Bokus, New York: J. D. Morrow, Pittsburgh, and C. P. Richard- son, Sturgis, Ky. Others invited who sent regrets in- cluded Walter Barmen of New York; Ira Clemens of Pittsburgh, and H. T. Debardeleben of Birmingham. C. P. White, chief economist of the Bureau of Mines, was called into the conference. BALTIMORE, July 9.—Baltimore’s “Siamese” twins, severed by an opera- tion ealled unparalleled in local medi- cal history, were alive and apparently recovering today. Physiclans at Mercy Hospital, the operation was performed yeste.day, said the sisters, who weighed 4!: pounds each, had a good chance to pull through. However, other operations are in prospect, as they had only a single colon., Dr. Kyle W. Solley, Dr. Edward P. Smith and Dr. Daniel J. Pessagno were g‘onm of the birth and the opera- ‘The bables were joined by a thick, fleshly legament, said Dr. Collery. “It was n to operate to save the mother, nin cut the ligament, TWINS, JOINED TOGETHER, LIVING AFTER SURGEON SEPARATES THEM “We found the babies had a colon in common, contained in the flesh which joined them. We called in Dr. Pes- sagno, a surgeon, and he continued the operation on the babies. “It was necessary to remove all but an inch of colon from each, but it is possible to live without a colon. Dr. Pessagno was forced to repair breaks in the abdominal walls, sewing parts of vital organs to the walls and replac- ing them in the abdomen. “The other operations are less diffi- cult than the first,” he said. A Johns Hopkins obstetrics authority, author of a text book, said Siamese twins occurred about once in 50,000 births. “In most cases an operation is REVEALED DEFECTS Cracked Stern Post Castings ‘Found on Five of Uatest Navy Ships. DESIGN IS DIFFERENT, DEPARTMENT DECLARES Cost of Correcting Flaws in Con- struetion Estimated $20,000 Each. The discovery of cracked stern posts in five of the Navys newest light cruisers will not cause & change in plans for seven cruisers now under con- struction. A department announcement today said the ships now being built were of somewhat different design and were believed stronger. Five of the seven are being built by contractors that turned out the defec- tive ships, but Rear Admiral George H. Rock, chief of the Bureau of Construc- tion, said he expected no repetition of the trouble, X-Ray Showed Defect. Defects in the sternpost castings have been uncovered, with the aid of the new X-ray process, which looks into the in- terior of the castings, aboard the U. 8. S. Northampton, Chester, Louisville, Chicago and Augusta. No trouble has been experienced, however, ,on the Houston of the same design, nor on the Pensacola and Salt Lake City, which have som at different designs astern. Navy Department officials made light of the uncovering of the defects, ex- plaining that ships are still able to operate afloat and that something is bound to show up as a flaw in a $17.- 000,000 job, when it is first given rigid battle condition tests. The cost of re- casting and installing new sternposts in h vessel is put at $20,000 as an aver- While the U. S. S. Houston, con- structed at the Newport News Ship- building & Dry Dock Corporation plant at Newport News, Va. has developed no flaw, the U. 8. S. Augusta, bullt in the same yard, has experienced trouble. The Chester, which was constructad at the yard of the New York Shipbuilding Co. at Camden, N. J. has been re- paired at & cost of about $18.000 and this work was done at the Norfolk, Va., Navy Yard by the service, at the re- quest of the contractor, officials here said today. She has now been operat- mlmn isfactorily for more than a mo; at Source Explained. ‘The Navy Department today ex- { plained the stern post castings were not made in the shipyards where the vessels were built. The department stated that the three private concerns obtained their stern post castings from jone subcontractor, while the castings for the two vessels built in navy yards were obtained from other sources. Of these seven new cruisers, the New Orleans is being built at the New York Navy Yard, the Astoria at the Puget Sound (Wash.), Navy Yard: the In- dianapolis at the New York Shipbuild- ing Co. plant at Camden, N. J.; the Minneapolis at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the Tuscaloosa at the New York Shipbuilding Co.’s plant, the San Fran- { cisco at the Mare Island (Calif.). Navy Yard, and the Portland at the Bethle- hem Shipbuilding Co. plant at Fore | River, Mass. CHINESE CONSULATE IN KOREA ATTACKED | Mob Reported to Have Injured 500 ‘Who Sought Refuge on Prem- ises at Seoul. | By the Associated Pre: PEIPING, China, July 9.—The Chin- ese consulate at Seoul, Korea, was re- | ported attacked today by a Korean | mob, which inflicted injuries on at i least 500 Chinese who bad taken refuge on the consuiar premises. Chang Wei Cheng, Chinese consul general at Seoul, was reported to have fled to the palace of the Korean gov- ernment. These reports were uncon- firmed, but were contained in Chinese dispatches from Korea. MAN HELD FOR MURDER EIGHT YEARS AGO IS SLAIN Carmelo Leconti Found in New York Hotel With Throat Cut and Noose Around Neck. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 9.—Carmelo Le- contl, who eight years ago was arrested i for the murder of Biagio Giordino, but exonerated, was found dead in a hotel room today with his throat cut and & noose arcund his neck. Leconti, giving the name of W. Har- | ris, registered yesterday with a man who said he was G. Grossman of Bridgeport, Conn. They were given ad- joining rooms. Grossman had left be- fore his companion's body was found. Leconti was identified by his finger prints. Earlier in the day Michael Arogano of Los Angeles was found with his throat slashed in another hotel. He was take® to a hospital ifi a serious Children Apparently Recovering Following Unparalleled|condition. =~ ier teconts Operation at Baltimore. was arrested in 1923, was killed by shot- gun fire as he sat at the open window of his Brooklyn home. MOVIE RIVALRY KEEN Panama Wants Patrons Barred From Canal Zone Theaters. PANAMA CITY, July 9 (#—In- creasingly keen competition between Canal e and Panama movie theaters has resulted in a decision by Secretary of the Treasury Jimenez to request zone officials to bar persons not employed in the zone from zone theaters. Canal Zone movies are cheaper than those of Panama. As a result they are attended by American residents of Panama City and also Panam: * impossible. When it is possible, and condition held responsible for the clos- one is performed, the chances are 10 ing of two theaters in the capital re- to 1 that the bables will die,” he sald. oenuy.‘