Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1931, Page 2

PARENTS AT RADD TRACEFLYING SON Mr. and Mrs. Jones Promise Each Other Air Ride if Hop- Is Sutcess. By the Associated Press. LONG BEACH, Ind, July 9.—Keep- ing a vigll by radio in a little lakeside cottage for reports of the Seattle-Tokio nen-stop flight, & gray-haired couple, who have always shied at fiying them- | selves, looked at_each other and made | & promise: _ b “If our boy does &_good job and lands in_Tokio, we'll go up.” ) The boy tHey referred to was Harold & Jones. who, with his fellow Texas z2irman, Reg L. Robbins, is winging his | way in the. snow-white monoplane Fort Worth out fom Alaska to Siberia, | then down to Japan, in quest of a $25,- 000 prize offered by a Japanese news-: paper. 1 John_ B. Jones, rucdy. jolly and 70 years old, played the genial host to the ! crowd of mewspaper reporters, photog- | raphers and well-wishers who invaded the resort cottage. Uncertain About Age. “Hey. mother,” said he, “help me out with these questions. I know Harold isn't married, but how old 'is he? I have been giving his age all the way from 32 to 37 and these reporters say to agree on some figure.” “He is 37—no, he had a birthdag in February. He is 38 now, but—h& is still a boy." Quiet and reserved, Mrs. Jones looked away wistfully ss though she saw that man, still a boy to her, flying into far distant lands. On tebles, cpairs and floor were edi- tions of many papers. Over these browsed Harold's younger brother, Ken- neth, and his wife, Edith, and the four sons of the aviator'’s older brother, Morgan, who .is in Akron, Ohio, on business. In a conspicuous place on the living room table was & new red leather scrap book. Pasted on the front page was the first definite news the parents had of their son's proposed flight. It was a letter written Monday night just before they left Fort Worth. Urges Mother Not to Worry. ‘The ietter read: “Dear Mamma: “I suppose by now you have read in the newspapers that Robbins and I are planning to fly from Seattle to Tokio. “We expect to make it in 55 hours, but don't worry if we don’t get thare on time. We are carrying a month's supply of food and if we are forced cdown we’ll make our way to a fishery. “T'll cable you from Tokio—" “My boy will make it,” said his mother, closing the scrap book. Her blue eyes were steady and brave, yet her sensitive, slim fingers toyed with her beads and her gaze would wander out over Lake Michigan. The elder Jones came up and put his arm around her shoulder. “Sure, mother, they'll make it.” Con- fidence boomed in his voice. “And when he comes to see us we will go " she replied. softly—and then laugh, “Certainly we will, | father.” ASKS INTERPRETATION OF PUBLISHER'S WILL Black‘l:‘mother Brings Court Ac- tion as Result of Widow's Claim. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, July 9.—Proceedings to have construed provisions of the will of the late Van Lear Black, publisher and world fiyer, were instituted' today in Circuit Court. 2 The action was taken by Harry C. Black, his brother, as the result of the renunciation of the will by Van Lear Black's widow, Mrs. Jessie Gary Black, who elected to claim her statutory one | third of the estate, under Maryland law. Mrs. Black, it was revealed has made | claim to one third of 24,750 shares of stock of the A. 8. Abell Cq, publishers of the Baltimore Sun papers, which Van Lear Black bequeathed to his brother. Harry C. Black, who was named ex- ecutor, stated that the property in his hands was valued at $2,472,744. Van Lear Black was drowned last August when he fell from his yacht when off the coast of New Jersey. His aviation trips tock him. around the world from Holland to the East Indles and from London to Cape Town. Other questions laid before the court included whether the widow's denuw- ciation may cause a scaling down or in other manner affect special bequests of about $700,000 Mrs. Black's claim is that by electing to exercise dower rights she is entitled to a third of the Abell Co. stock and! also a third of special bequests. A e ROBBINS AND JONES HEAD OVER BERING EN ROUTE TO JAPAN (Continued From First Page.) wasted in making contact. The Fort ‘Worth then straightened out and| headed for Nome, accompanied by the mother plane. Just before taking off here Mattern | £°id the refueler probably would be | landed at Solomon, 35 miles east of Nome, after a refueling there to take | on more gasoline before continuing across the Bering Sea to Siberia for the third and final refueling. I Weather Outlook Good. With the completion of the Seattle- Fairoanks lap, the highest mountain ' Tanges to be encountered have been flown over by the aviators. i Weather reports sald no disturbances were to be found north of Japan on the ! projected course of the Fort Worth. The flight from Puget Sound, length- ened because of the inland route over British Columbia and Yukon Territory, was completed near schedule time de- spite head winds in Eastern Alaska. Head winds and lowering ceilings lay ahead on the 250-mile hop to Nome, weather reports said. The Fort Worth encountered some head winds yesterday over Northern British Columbia and Yukon Territory. The flight of the monoplane yesterday was reported by numerous towns and cities, with White Horse and Coffee Creek, in the Yukon Territory, and Mc- Carty, 90 miles south of here, chron- icling its advance in the evening hours. Sets Speed Record. In quest of a $25,000 prize offered by a Japanese newspaper for the first non- stop flight across the Pacific, Robbins and Jones incidentally set a new speed record between Seattle and Fairbanks. The Fort Worth had flown 550 hours before taking off from Seattle and the moter had run 1,200 hours. The plane does not carry a radio and reports of 1;: :;mreu beyond the Bering Sea may ew. —— “Come to Moffat this Summer” is the message stamped on all eggs shipped &ouT$ resort city in Scotiand. | shortly before he was due to tee off. ‘Radio Crooner THE Marries Ideal RUDY'S BRIDE 1S FAY WEBB, ACTRESS. Rudy Vallee, radio crooner (left) has found his ideal girl and married Ner. She is Miss Fay Webb, screen actress ( Monday night at West Orange, N. J. By the Associated Press. who crooned himself to fame and fortune with a_ collegiate | jazz band and s megaphone, | The marriage of the 29-year-old | Yale graduate and radio idol to Miss Fay Webb, screen actress and daugh- of police. is announced. The ceremony was performed by Police Recorder Her- | bert Lighthipe of West Orange, N. J., | It was the second marriage for Vallee, who rose to popularity with such songs as_“Vagabond Lover” and riage to Leonie Cauchois McCo: daughter of a coffee merchant, was dis- solved after three months by annul- Was Vallee Radio Fan. Miss Webb was a Vallee radio fan before she met him when he went to a brown-eyed brunette, 23 years old, an accomplished dancer. planist, swim- mer and equestrienne. She played right). The ceremony was performed small screen parts with Metro-Gold- wyn-Mayer. The singer's marriage now halts many rumors of his prospective en- gagement. His name has n linked with stage beauties and debutantes. In his , ““Vagabond Dreams Come True,” in which he described his career from the time he left Westbrook, Me., to go to Yale and later to Broadway, he wrote: Reward for Labors. “The rewards for all my strivings, schemings, labors and hopes is the comfort that I will receive from the company of the girl who brings hap- piness to me. Perhaps it will be just h&r company, just her presence by my side.” ‘Theatrical and radio engagements for Vallee and his band are preventing & honeymoon trip, Mr. and Mrs. Vallee will remain at the new Vallee 14-room apartment overlooking Central Park. Mrs. Charles Vallee, the singer's mother, described. her new daughter- in-law as a “charming and very pretty girl, with whom Rudy has kept com- pany” since 1928. NE\V YORK, July 9.—Rudy Vallee, has found his ideal girl ter of the Santa Monica, Calif, chief | on Monday night. | “The Maine Stein Song.” His mar- ment in 1928. Hollywood to make a picture. She is ARMOUR TAKES 66 British Op_efi;ampion Clips Four Strokes Off Par to Take Lead. By the Associated Press. TORONTO, July 9.~Tommy Armour, | British open champion and current de- fender of the Canadian open crown, | blazed his way around the Mississagua | Country Club course today in a par- shattering 68—four strokes under per- | fect, figures—to take an early lead in | the first round of the Canadian open | golf championship. ‘ Tommy went out in 32, bagging, two | | birdies and an eagle on the journe, and | | then came home in par 36 to tie the | record for the course. | With less than a quarter of the field | in, he had a l:ad of 2 strokes over | Willie Spittal of Toronto, with George | Mclean of the Grassy Sprain Club, | Yonkers, N. Y., in third place with 71. Duncan Needs 75. | George Duncan of the British Ryder Cup team, settled down after a shaky start to score 38—37 for a 75. | Albert Estony of Lockport, N. Y. | posted a 70 to tie Spittal for second | Pplace. | Aubrey Boomer of France and Ted Dpshol of Wildwood, Mass,, came in to- gether with 72s, which placed them well up. | Macdonald Smith, Canadian cham- | pion in 1926, and Abe Mitchell and | Willie Davis of the Ryder Cup t | withdrew from the tournament. Davis injured his hand in an auto- | mobile accident while Smith and Mitchell advised officials their heaith would not permit another strenuous tournament so closely after the United States open. Plays Like Real Champ. | ‘While most of the field was finding | it rather heavy going. Armour found | the course just to his liking and stroked his w along the winding Credit River like a true champion. He was getting good distance from | | the tee, but his low score was mainl: j due to his fine work around the gree: where he was deadly proaches and putting well. Moving along as smoothly as a ma- chine to the eighteenth hole. Tommy put his approach over the green and within 6 inches of the club house wall. Unable to lift the ball without penal- izing himself a stroke, Armour fiipped | it to the green from where it lay and | then almost holed a 40-foot pi the | ball just rimming the cup. He turned the first nine in 32, four under par, scoring two birdies and an eagle on a dazeling outward journey.. The esgle came at the 460-yard par 5 fifth where he was on the green with his second and holed a 35-footer. Gene Sarazen, Walter Hagen, Johnny 'Pnn‘;ell and Leo Diegel also were en- tered. George Von Elm, who lost the United States open by 1 stroke in a 72-hole play-off with Billy Burke, withdrew Von Elm's friends explained the strain of the 72-hole play-off at Toledo had soured him on competitive golf for a while and he was taking a rest. He was not in evidence on the course and it was believed he had not come on | from Toledo. MACDONALD QUITS HOUSE WITH CHILL| Rest, i Prime Minister to Take but Is Not Believed Seriously Il By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 9.—Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald was slightly il to- day with what was variously termed an “internal chill” and an attack of “nervous indigestion.” The strain or work in connection with difficulties in Parliament and the reparations situation was believed to be responsible for his indisposition. He | surrendered his place in the House of Commons to Chancellor Philip Snow- den last night and went home to rest A _consultation with his physician, Sir Thomas Horder, failed to 1n!“ statement, but it is understood that the diagnosis was not alarming and that cessation from work for the next few days was the doctor's prescription. Mr. MacDonald may ’o to his coun- try home at Chequers for a rest, but he plans to attend a peace demonstr: tion at Albert Hall Baturday. Wit Stanley Baldwin, David Lloyd George and represéntatives from other walks of life, he il issue a united call for reduction of armaments. IN CANADIAN GOLF. U. S. WILL'ACCEPT ARMS PARLEY BID, CASTLE ANNOUNCES __ (Continued From First Page) proposal for a world moratorium on governmental debts. Reiterating that “the burden of competitive armaments has contributed to bring about this | depression,” President Hoover, in an- nouncing his debt holiday plan, said that by this gxpression of ‘“desire to assist” he hoped America would con- tribute to the success of the Disarma- ment Conference. Again, in announcing agreement in principle between France and the United States on the moratorium pro- | posal, he said during the coming year the world must give thought to the causes of the depression and added: “I need not repeat that one of these causes is the burdens imposed and the fears aroused by competitive arma- ments.” OUTLOOK APPEARS BRIGHT. PARIS, July 9 (). —Prcspects for resumption of naval negotiations with Italy after the immediate questions of reparations and disarmament have been disposed of appeared bright today. The navy deparment anc the for- eign ministry have been exchanging views on the matter and it was revealed by a foreign office spokesman that the French and Italian experts have main-‘ tained their contact since the negotia- tions were interrupted last April. The spokesman. however, discounted the importance of reports that Prance had presented a new basis of compro- mise to Italy, explaining that the gov- ernment had nct had time to consider the matter. STIMSON TO SEE DUCE TODAY. ROME, July 9 (#).—Col. Henry L. Stimson, American Secretary of State, had a long talk this morning with Dino di, Italian foreign minister, the first of numerous statesmen whom he will meet while he is in Europe. There was no official statement re- | garding the conference, but their talk, it was revealed, touched on the Hoover moratorium and probably included dis- cussion of the new proposals which France is understood to have made re- garding a naval accord with Italy. The conversations also prep: the grounds for Col. Stimson’s meeting with Premier Mussolini this afternoon. Will Discuss Arms. ‘That conference, it is expected, will deal primarily with disarmament con- cerning which the premier's views are said to coincide on the whole with those BROWN RESPONDS T0 DOHERTY PLEA [} Letter Declares ~ Action Against Kansas City Star Awaits Specific Complaint. Replying to a requ<st of Henry L. Doherty of the Cities Service Co., New York, that the Kansas City Star be barred from the mails because of cer- tain articles, Postmaster G<neral Brown yesterday replied that he did not have the articles before him. Doherty in his letter to the Postmas- ter General alleged that the Kansas City Star was responsible for an order forbidding the sale of certaln classifica- tions ,of Cities Service stocks in Kan- sas. In his letter Brown said: “The Post Office Department has not before it the published matter to which you make objection or any evidence with respect to the manner in which such matter has been carried in the mails. “Section 335 of title 18 of the United States code directs the Postmaster Gen- eral to exclude from the mails matter of & ‘libelous, scurrilous, defamatory or threatening character’ but only when such matter appears ‘upon the envelope or outside cover or wrapper’ of mail matter or upon ‘any postal card."” Brown explained that when “any spe- cific case of violation of postal laws is directed” to the attention of the de- partment an investigation is made. Doherty's telegram, in the opinion of the Postmaster General, contained no specific complaint of violation of the postal laws. | Officials of the department said that | unkss Mr. Doherty made a specific | complaint against the publication the question would be dropped. STAR RETAINS REED. | . KANSAS CITY, July 9 (#).—Former Senator James A. Reed of Missouri was retained today by the Kansas City Star to lead the fight of the Star against a threatened libel suit by Henry L. Doherty, head of the Cities Service Co. | Doherty has charged the Star with responsibility for the action of the Kansas banking department last week in barring from sale in that State all Cities Service curb stock, except the first preferred. In a telegram to Gov. | ‘Woodring of Kansas, Doherty called the | Governor & tool of the Star, which has | been campaigning for lower in Kansas and Missour. In addition to former Senator Reed, | the Star will be represented by its | regular counsel, the firm of Watson, $6,000,000 INSURANCE ACCOUNTING IS ASKED National Benefit Life Company Sues Several Directors and | Officers. | (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yestercay's Star.) | | The National Benefit Life Insurance Co., 609 F street, a colored organiza- | | tion, today filed suit in the District Su- preme Court for discovery, accounting {and injunction against several former | directors and others now serving, in connection with alleged improper and | reckless investments of the insurance company funds. Dividends were alleged to have beer paid illegally out of capital instead of | profits until the assets of the company, | { iisted at $6,000,000, were said to be im- periled. Among the present directors named as defendants are C. B. Lee, treasurer; Louis C. Washington, frst vice presi- dent and controller, and William New- ! man. Other defendants include Dr. Wil- liam A. Warfleld, chief surgeon at Freedmen's Hospital, who resigned June 17 as a director; R. H. Rutherford, for- mer president; 8. W. Rutherford, for- mer chairman of the board; Mortimer F. Bmith, former assistant -ecretary; | Ide Jonnson Burke, Martha Lowery, | John W. Roxborcugh, John H. Brax- | ton, Miles M. Dawson and Miles M. | Dawson & Son. | Clara Christopher, an employe of the company, who recently sued the Ruth- | erfords and Smith and attached ap- | proximately $100,000 in banks, also is| ameng the defendants. An -injunction was asked to prevent the defendants from disposing of stock until the suit has been decided. Autogiro Lan EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Following their championship contests in various sections of the country, winners in the recent national model th Executive Mansion \ Joseph Ehrhardt of St. Louls, Gordon Lamb of Othllnl,"d:;!d.y aircraft tournament called at the f.; Mr. Hoover, Klazura of Chicago and Mark L. Haas, a contest official. and were greeted by Mr. Hoover. From left to right: Emanuel Feinberg of Detrolt, sru’:vm —Star Staff Photo. 15 SYSTHALONE AMERICAN OWNED Government Seeks to Justify | Sinking in Reply to Canada’s Claims. By the Associated Press. | The United States in & formal reply | Canada’s contention in the cele- | prove that the rum runner was Ameri- can owned. In replying to Canada's contentions, | George Wharton Pepper, the American agent in the arbitration, clalmed that the theory of “hot pursuit” existed in the sinking. This had been questioned by Canada since the I'm Alone was ' sunk by another vessel than that which | first hailed it off the Louisiana coast. | Claims Sinking Justified. | ‘The American answer also claimed that the sinking of the vessel was. justi- fled since it refused to stop when hailed. If an American Coast Guard vessel sights & rum runner inside American waters and closely pursues it outside tbe prescribed one hour's sailing dis- tance from shore, it may, under inter- naticnal agreements, continue the pur- sult without regard to the distance from shore limitations. During the negotiations in the case the American Government has en- deavored to prove that the vessel was American owned and that the Canadian registry existed with a view to making the rum runner immune to seizure. | Text Publication Refused. The State Department declined to make public the text of the reply. | The rum runner was sunk in March, | 1929, in the Gulf of Mexicc by a Coast Guard cutter. A PFrenchman on the I'm Alone lost his life when the ves- sel_sank. Canada, protested the sinking after it was found the boat was of Canadian registry. Unable to settle their differ- ences through diplomatic channels the case was referred to arbitration Some months ago Canada submitted ! & formal summary of its contentions to | the arbitral body. i to Sl PR Lame Man Missing. Garnett H. Curtis, 25, has been miss- irg from his home at Falls Church, Va. since Monday morning. His disap pearance was reported to the Fairfax | County and local police authorities by his brother, D. L. Curtis, also a resi- dent of Falls Church. The missing man, who is lame in one leg, went away in an automobile. . ds at Capitol of the United States If a Franco-Italian accord should develop from resumption of negatiations between France and Italy this would be an important step in the direction of disarmament, and_Col. Stimson and the premier, it is thought. are likely to discuss the effects of such an_accord on next year's disarmament vonference. “Italian-American Day.” At a luncheon after their morn! conference Signor Grandi descril 1. Stimson’s visit at markin, A great day for international relations. He called this occasion “Italian- American day,” and expressed his pleasure at renewing his acquaintance wit ‘a_great friend of mine, a great friend of peace and one of the world's most far-sighted statesmen.” President Hoover’s moraiorium pro- Eoul, he said, “will be memorable in istory. I am convinced that all Na. tions must consder other lons not as potential enemies, but as friends. Italy and America are working llons that line. President Hoover starte: the great work and all the Nations must follow him. 7 Views Found to Vary. Last March a tri-partite naval accord between France, Italy and Great Britain was announced, but in May it | developed that there had been differ: ences of interpretation regarding some phases of the agreement which France considered of paramount importance. The stumbling block was the variance in views regarding French replacement of over-age tonnage. Originally the British and the Italians contended that no replacement tonnage would be lmid down between 1934 and 1936, except for vessels actually reaching the age limit between 1937 and 1939. It was conceded that France should retain her over-age vessels conference in 1935, it cided to what extent ugl_:umnu. e last French proposal was that she should not construction be- fore the 1935 conference, but she in- sisted on her right to a free hand shouid that conference fail to reach an_agreement, The British counter received support from after 1935, but only to the extent and Failing an confe@nce, France bound to tonnage &8 provided in, the treatge | conference in W' which ly, was that ' the Prench could build new tonnage | ME first landing' of a heaVier-than-ajr eraft on the Capitol Plaza in an a Bingham of Connecticut, president of ly him to the Burning Tree Golf Club. ) ranged as a demonstration of the ability of the “fiyi at the rate to be agreed upon at the 'in and take off from small areas in the heart of a city. Senalor Bingham was on the links at the Burning He lost time on the way, he sald, because Ray circled made today by James G. Ray tion, and fl; the take-off from the Capit Tree Club, 12 miles a reconstruct. the Washington Monument and th ind the show the point on the south hvn“:lh‘;'r‘o“h.eml“mud ‘l} L with the awarding of the Collies, Trophy, last, Spring. < SENATOR FLIES FROM OFFICE TO LINKS. was utogiro to pick up Senator Hiram tional Aeronautic Associa- g o Ghub, The fiight was ar- leven minutes after grounds to ‘White House u in connection Phota, | last year, FORMER REPRESENTATIVE R. L. HENRY, EX-HOUSE MEMBER R. L. Henry of Texas District‘ Shot Self Accidentally, Doctor Says. By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, July 9.—Former Repre- sentative R. L. Henry, 67, died tod: of & bullet wound in the head after he was found wounded at his home. A pistcl with one bullet discharged Jay on the floor beside Henry, an at torney. Dr. M. L. Graves, the family phy- sician, said the snooting was accidental. The bullet entered the right temple and ranged upward in the head. Henry campaigned unsuccessfully in the last election for the Democratic nomination to the United States Sen- ate. For many years he was Represent- ative from the eleventh Texas district, which includes Waco. SERVED TEN TERMS Henry was elected to Congress in 1897, Served Until 1917. Mr. Henry, a Democrat, was elected to the Pifty-fifth Congress in 1807 and served in nine succeeding Congresses, returning to Texas in 1917 to practice law in Waco. Five years later he moved to_Houston. He served as assistant attorney gen- eral of Texas from 1891 up to the time he was elected to Congress. He was graduated from the Southwest Univer- sity of Texas before being admitted to the bar at Texarkana in 1886. He later was graduated from the University of Texas. COURT CONSIDERS PLEA TO SUSPEND SENTENCE OF FALL e (Continuéd From_ first Page.) leged 1ll health” and was examined by flazy;lulu during his trial in October, He said physicians et that time con- tended serious ences might re- sult- from a continuance of the trial a week or 10 days. Pomerene added he did not impugn the integrity or ability of the physicians who had examined the former cabinet officer, but said he lost some faith in their “prognosis” be- cause of the fact that Fall now was apparently in as good health as at the tln;ll olmhll conviction. @ said the trial in 1920 proceeded at the request of Fall. Justice asked the prosecutor if he had submitted the report of the Army physicians to othe: iy cou: pass upon these matters without expert assistance,” Justice Balley said. Pomerene replied he would have the report submitted to physicians if Jus- tice Bailey wished, but said he thought Simdavits by the psSiciane. Hogan sibe a Pl ogan sul mitted would show that Fall was able to come to Wasl to hegin his sentence. Suggests El Paso Jail. Ponerene is present the Y » ist memonngum "-5‘4 Fall m{d sentence in the El Paso jail. t to the city some time Three Rivers, in he AES German Jobless Cut. ERLIN, July 9 (#).—The number of in Germany on June 30 was 3,962,000, an announcement of cf- ficial statistics disclosed y. This represents a drop of 38,000 in two , 88 com| with a seasonal de- cline of enly 5,000 in the same period | ian e o MEXICO PROTESTS ARREST OF CONSUL Formal Note Filed With U. S. by Ambassador—Chicago Inquiry On. | BY the Associated Press Ambassador Tellez of Mexico, on in- structions of his government, filed a formal protest at the State Department today against the imprisonment in Chi. cago of Adolfo ominguez, acting consul. Dominguez was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for contempt of | court, but was released under habeas .;o{’pul proceedings after two hours in | Jall. The protest was contained in a for- mal note delivered to the State De- partment. : INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY: Judge Expresses Regret and Explains Ifmunity. | CHICAGO, July 9 (#).—Regret for the | arrest of Adolpho Dominguez, acting Mexican consul in Chicago, was ex- | pressed todasy by Chief Justice John H. Sonsteby of the Municipal Court. | 'Commenting on the jailing last | Tuesday of the acting consul by order | of Municipal Judge iomas A. Green | for contempt of court because he al- | legedly created a disturbance in court, Sonsteby declared: nsuls and vice consuls are grant- ed immunity egainst proceedings in State courts, which immunity is grant- ed as a matter of policy and not be- cause of any treaty. Mr. Dominguez is entitlgd to this immunity. I am having & full investigation made and | feel quite sure that I can adjust the | matter to the satisfaction of all | parties.” Dominguez was released on his own recognizance. Meanwhile United States |and Mexican diplomatic circles were marking time pending completion of | an investigstion by Gov. Louls L. Em- | merson. The Governor was asked to | make the inquiry by the State Depart- | ment at Washington. | . | | Paper Attacks U. §. Judge. | _MEXICO CITY, July 9 | Prensa editorially attacked Thomas Green of the Chicago Municipal Court today as saying he believes a Mexican, “when he is not working, is |a public charge.” The editorial was on the case of Adolfo Domingue¥, acting | Mexican consul in Chicago, whom Ju Green ordered detained in jail for con- tempt of court. ‘Writing on good will with the United States, La Prensa says that if the Mexi- can eonxl had no right to defend his | countrynf®n, then less right has a Rep- | resentative in Texas to try to defend W. J. Meers, an American under death | sentence at’ Chihuahua City for the | slaying of a Mexican waiter. |STORY OF HOOVER'S | TRIP FROM RAPIDAN | OPENS INVESTIGATION (Continued Prom First Page.) from the White House detail to the New York branch of the Secret Service has nothing to do with the investiga- tion now under way, it was explained at_the White House. Fitagerald's orders were issued long before the incidents leading to the in- vestigation occurred, it was pointed ut. Fitzgerald, during the latter part of was a bodyguard for ) ige. His transfer becomes effective today. He has on leave for the last ‘month. Mr. Pitzgerald was one of the veterans of the White House secret service corps which he joined in.1915 after fleld serv- ice at the Pittsburgh, Pa., branch office. It was at his own request that he was transferred to the New York office. | 'Bacause of his long service the time is not far distant when he will be in line for chief of a district office of the secret service and it was with, the view to pre- paring himself for this ‘that he wanted more exreneneg in “the fleld” work of the service. He selected the New York field not only because of the wider field for operation and experience, but be- cause that city is his original home, During his White House assignment, Mr. Pitzgerald , accompanied President ‘Wilson, on his two journeys to Paris and on every other trip the wartime Presi. dent made. He aiso accompanied Presi- dents 3 their various trips. and_Hoover on MUSSOLINI FORBIDS FASCIST MEMBERS * 'IN CATHOLIC CLUBS e b st CONFRONTS HODVER President Against Tariff De« bate—Works on Plan for Debt Disposal. Stimulated by the remarkable response which President Hoover's war debt pro- posal evoked, there have been all sorts of su for a follow-up step of some d either in domestic or foreign policy which should improve public psychology and establish confidence in th’rmb\ulnnls future. suggestions range all the wa: from the legalizing of sales of alcoholie Jeverages to the formation of large cred- it corporations backed by the Govern- ment to handle the second mortgage problem of the country and revive resi- dence building. The politicians are ex- changing publicity thrusts on the sub- Ject of the tariff.” Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Democratic leader, thinks the President would do well to announce & revision of the tariff, but Senator 8moot, Republican, chairman of the :Irl:‘::lel Ovmmwt:e. wants, a bill of s as w oy ow the tariff should . Smoot has in mind is fire from the opposition zo specific schedules are named : B cn it e e woul by revision downward. 5 s Tariff Cut Unlikely. & matter of fact no tariff re- vision by Congress is contemplated. The Democrats will plead for it, know- ing full well that the Republicans will not permit it. President Hoover is known to hold the view that nothing could unsettle business more than to reopen the tariff question in Congress, He thinks the Tariff Commission should be entrusted with such changes as have become necessary through the variation in costs of production. His answer to campaign speeches on the 'r:;:lfl WI'H be that the commission as set up can correct N qu-l:uu. o ut for the moment the Democrat are insistent in their clamor .for uflfl" revision and it may even extend to the introduction of bills in the Decem- ber Congress to change certain sched- ules especially sugar. The White House has been flooded with schemes and proposals of all kinds to stabilize busi- ness ever since the depression started. The war debt suspension was forced by the emergency in Germany. It was under consideration for many months, but the President did met think he could command public sup- port if he took the initiative last may. i Encouraged by Reaction. couraged by the reception which his action was given Mf.p Hoover is now of course deeply involved in the whole war debt problem, which will take the better part of a year for discussion and negotiation and it is confidently belleved some major plan ‘I:r“:hle l;:lnbd'llnl of all the war debts ely to roposed before debt holiday cn%-nes to an end. S t is assumed here that the plan will involve a commercullnm théy that It' the Re) of the governmental debt so that will be distributed in the hands of th public very much as were the prlv-'z debts incurred by the governments dur- ’“%."rhf early mylxni of the war. lous suggestions along this have been made during the last dec:-ldne.. notably one by Bernard M. Baruch of New York, who was in charge of the negotiations of the original economic clauses of the Versailles treaty. Mr. Baruch thought that first of all the war debts had to be scaled down and then they could be floated at low interest Tates especially A el the governments o tal e pres L e R present cash value Expect Hoover to Lead. This means that instead of waiting & half century for the principal-to be paid and collecting interest throughout successive generations, each govern- ment would make up its mind as to how much it would take in cash for the amounts owing to it. In this way total amount of reparations and war debts would be reduced, the tax burdens of all countries would be diminished and the war debts would be converted into bonds held by the public. but guaran- Mg‘l bg all the governments concerned. uch a move would notj be accom- plished in one fell swoop as the security markets of the world could not absorb the entire amount at once. Probably $1,000,000,000 worth of war debt bonds would be distributed throughout the world at intervals of six mon‘hs under : :A:ut‘l'z;by!t.:‘e‘ ‘securmes could be ou ocating m m-rq_::u;mh- Llg % the money of International Settle- ments in Switzerland provides the ma- chinery for the execution of such a plan. Indeed most of the experts on Treparation matters have felt that sooner or later the war debts would be com- mercialized and it is only a question of whether Mr. Hoover on behaif of the United States Government can assume the leadership in such ia’ gigantic op- eration. It is one of number of things being discussed in the hope of putting the economic situation of the world on a more stable basis. (Copyright, 1931.) FRANK B. NOYES RETURNS Publisher Spent Two Months in Tour of Europe. NEW YORK, July 9 (#).—Frank Noyes. president of the Assoclated Pr: and publisher of The Washington Star, returned h Mrs. Noyes yesterday from a two-month European tour. They motored through England and E\“u of France, stopping for a time the Pyrenees. During their jowrney through Inndmnl:ey were acsompanied -in-law _and daughter, Sir Will and Lady Lewis. oy o 2,500 in Papal City. VATICAN CITY (#).—A new census, shows 2,578 people under the furisdic- tion of the Papal State, but only abouf 600 are actually citizens. The other are residents of 18 establishments, i cluding monasferies and colleges. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band this evening st the bandstand at 5:30 o'clock. John Zimmermann, band~ master; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Bunker Hill” a “A Little Story”. “An African Smile” En Be'ezx:'nhy from the ppera “Madame But- cini Tango, “La Seduction +.....Clique Waltz de concert, “The Flower of Italy” . agee .Stefano Finale, “The Spirit of Youth,” Goldman “The Star Spangled Banner.” ude itiful Musician, K 3 “Invitation to the Dance,” ‘Weingartner-Weber “Rienzi «..Wagneg mnkm;:l—'mum' & -