Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1931, Page 2

i | | A—Z ¥a% . | | Give Out Press In- formation. dent Hoover, members of his househeld ! or the White House iteelf except whea guch material is given to the press by rule just laid down to Washingion pewspaper men at the White House. | Anncuncement of this policy was President Hocver's s:cretaries. It fol- lowed the revelation that an invtslrzn-l tion of Secret Service men and news uncertaken to determine how a number of so-called personal storles. aout the | President and his household had “leak- The incident bas caused a consider- | able stir among the large corps of news. paper men in the Capital. news corps are strongly reminded of | the stirring days in V/ashington follow- ! ing the White' House leaks during the | present attitude of the White House toward publicity is regarded by the ! newspaper men as unprecedented. While the newspaper men as an attempt t censorship, Secretary Joslin refuses to see it that way and insists that he has | President Annoyed. Mr. Josiin, in response to questions as to the reasons which prompted the | Mr. Hoover's determination to find out who is the news “leak,” and not be- cause of his annoyance at the nature | It was added today by Secretary Joslin _that while the White House Wwanted news of the Whitc House to White House had no objection to the ! newspaper questioning any cmploye of the White House in their search for ! and get any information.’ When pressed for an udmission by | newspaper men that this meant that! hructed to anewer mo questions from | writers, Mr. Joslin replied that he knew | of no uch instructions. | today that thus far the iavesiigation | {nfo the White Houss news “leaks” has | failed to produce results. However, it | has not completed its invest'gation and that it will be continued until lhoer1 guilty of talking have been relieved Secret Service Suspected. n this respect it is known that when H. Moran, chief of the United to the White House vesterday and) given instructions by one of the Presi- | dent’s intimate associates to find out| fairs, he was given to understand that, the President suspected members of the Secret Service and that if the results would not hesitate in having the whole Secret Service force at the White House transferred elsewhere. House Secret Service, selected because | of their rare experience and looked upon as the cream of the service, and, fact that they are being investigated. Guests Eager Talkers. It has been pointed out, in this con- were not known by any member of the secret service until they were seen in | print. It has also been suggested that visitors do quite a little talking after their visits. Some of them have no hesitancy in repeating interesting in- source of news leaks has been taken into consideration by the White House in its investigation of the secret service. Yerk _Times iast Monday, describing how President Hoover left his Rapidan Camp and rushed back to Washington Tesponsible for the White House in- vestigdtion and the subsequent an-| nounced policy that news must come | Other Stories Probed. | This is essentially true, but mot wholly correct. It is common knowl- | ous nature dealing with the President and his houschold, have been investi- | gated. ball throwing with some of his intimate | friends at the White House, was in- | vestigated as was A later story about “medicine ball cabinet” being toppled | over by a swiftly traveling ball thrown by Mr. Justice Stone. of a story that Mrs. Hoover on a motor ride from Washington to Richmond did her own chauffering. The fact that out the country as t> have more than a dozen turkeys sent to him from all sections for his first Thanksgiving din- the part of the Secret Service men to discover its source. It was learned, in | this instance, that the President saw sent to him was cf interest to the public. The same point of view was expressed concemning a story that a joor it 9 4ol “Stated Official Sources” to . Nothing shall b> written about Presi- “stated cfficial sourc:s,” according to a amade by Theodore G. Joslin, cne of | writers at the White Hous: had been ed” into print recently. Some of the older members of the Wilson administration. Otherwise the the new rule has been interpreted by no intention of censoring news. inquiry, replied that it was because of | of the stories themselves. come frem “stated official ources,” the | news, but he added, with a smile, “try | the White House employcs had been in- | 1t was stated also by Seretary Joslin | was made plain that the White House | from the White House detail. States Secret Service, Was summoned Wwho was discussing White House af-| of the investigation warranted it he There are nine men in the White as might be expected. they resent the nection, that most of the “leak” stories many of the President's guests and | cidents. It is thought doubtful if this A news story appearing in the New Jast Sunday afternoon. is said to be | from “stated officials circles.” edge that various other stories of vari- The first story about his medicine . one of the members of the President's Inquiries were made to find the source the President was so popular through- ner prompted another assignment on no reeson Why the number of turkeys rtion of the top of ‘the Whitz ouse was being remodeled into a modern nursery for the Hocver grand- children. Friend Gives News. Publication of the President’s work of transforming his library on the sec- ond floor of the White House into the “Lincoln room” by installing furniture, pictures and desk articles formerly used | by the Civil War President was respon- sible for some more quiet investigating. | In this instance, as in the case of oth- ers, the news source was one of the President’s personal friends to whom he had revealed his plans for the “Lincoln room.” More recent stories which have | provoked energy on the part of the ‘White House to run down the news sources were those stating that a patched lace curtein and a ragged cur- tain shade were hanging in front win- dows of the White House, the biting of a Marine at the Rapidan camp by Mrs. Hoover's pet Irish wolf hound, Sham- rock, and that the Fresident hed ‘“de- clared a moratorium” on noise when he was prevented from taking & nap be- | cause of the hammering of a carpenter in a nearby room. H No one of these storics came from a member of the Secret Service. Th2 patched lace curtain and ragged shade were glaring and could be readily seen by any passerby. As for the biting dog ; and the “nofse moratorium,” friends of | the presidential family were understood ! to_have been responsible. ‘The present investigation of the Secret Service, however, is not the first time they have been investigated by the White House. Another instance was during the first Summer Mr, Hoover was President. He had decided to re- main in Washington for the Summer. ‘The first warm weather prompted the President to seek the open. With Mrs. Hoover and a few friends he motored to a fishing preserve which had been purchased by Lawrence Richey, one of his secretaries. at Catoctin Furnace, in the mountains near Frederick, Md. Newspaper correspondents wsre per- mitted to follow him to a point where L\cfih’m trail to the mq‘ camp itime and the rest of the time set on | at th> end of the road. The newspaper Wolfhound Loses White House Berth For Biting Marine By the Asscc'ated Press. Shamrock will bite no more Marines at Presldent Hoover's camp on the Rapidan in Virginia. ‘The big Irish wolfhound, after the recent attack on a leither- k's leg at the camp. hes lost place at the exciusive White Houre kennels. To whom he was given was not made known. 7IONISTS URGED 10 RE-ELECT HEAD British and German Delega- | tions for Weizmann at Congress in Basel. his By the Associated Press. BASEL, July 10.—Leaders of the ritish and German delegations to the tonist Congress today renewed their demand for re-election of Dr. Chaim Weizmann es president of the World Zionist Organization, asserting their be- lief that he would agree to be a can- didate. Meantime the Jewish Telegraphic Agency repotts the political commission remained deadlocked on a resolution regarding a Jewish majority in Pales- ine. As a compromise the general Zion- sts have offered a resolution to the ef- fect that “the mandatory power shall not hinder the Jewish work leading to a Jewish majority.” For Modified Resolution. ‘The agency says the Labor delegates and Dr. Weizmann would support a modified form of that resolution, but the revicionists, supported by part of the American delegation, oppose it. Creation of economic corporations, to be established in every country to stimu- Iate investments in Palestine. was ap- proved at today's plenary session. The congress voted for separaticn of economic from political affairs and re- moval of Palestine economic work from the control of the Zionist executive, an idea first advanced 10 years 2go by Justice Leuis D. Brandels. Israel Brodie, chairman of the Eco- nomic Committee of the Zionist Organ- ization of America, presented the American point of view that a soundly conveived program of economic devel- opment in Palestine, planned to attain definite objectives within a limited number cf years, can best be carried out by private or semi-privats institu- tions such as the Palestine Electric Corporation, Palestine Potash, Ltd., and the Palestine Economic Corporation. GERMAN RADICALS PLAN DEBT ATTACK | B Mass Forces to Oppose Holiday in Belief That It Bulwarks Versailles Treaty. By the Assoeiated Press. BERLIN, July 10.—Germany's radi¢al | elements are massing their forces for | an attack on the Hoover debt plan in | the belief that it bulwarks the treaty | of Versailles, Delegates of all parties cpposed to Chancellor Bruening's government met last night to consider ways and means of combating what they termed “the attempt of those now in power to con-} tinue the policy of fulfillment cf the Versallles treaty under veiled forms.” Adolf Hitler, leader of the National Socialists, and Alfred Hugenberg, Na- tionalist chieftain, both of whom have expressed skepticism that the debt holi- day would aid Germany, dominated the deliberations. Prince August Wilhelm, fcurth son of | the former Kaiser, told a Nationalist | meeting in Hanover that he would have | approved the Hoover offer if it had sub- scribed to these conditions: First, if immediately after its pub- lication the terrible emergency decrees which are bleeding the German people had been ebolished, and second, if the | plan had been headed “This is the be- ginning of the end of the shameful| treaty of Versailles.” | The Hitler and Hugenberg press were | cold toward the Hoover holiday when first announced, some papers asserting it would not materially aflect the eco- nomic status cf the Reich and others saying it would only postpone the evil day of collapse. o Moo R SIS S left the main highway. Mr. Hoover fished with boots on in a stream, caught | a number of trout and had an enjoyable | time in every particular. Mrs. Hoover and the other ladies of the party hiked over the mountains part of the the banks of the stream admiring the fishing prowess of the men of the party. Fishing Details Surprise. It was a glorious momeni. The President was away from the| turmoil of the Capital and was relaxing | in the open while removed from the prying eyes of the public and the snoop- ing of reporters. Peculiarly enough he | was represented as being astounded when he read a complgte detailed ac- count of his fishing and¥ther activities | of the camp visit in the newspapers the | following day. These news storles had the exact number and size of the fish he caught; the fact that he plowed through the stream in hip boots in his quest for the trout. At once he suspected the Secret Service, but investigation brought no results. The truth about the news source was that one of the natives, who was permitted to join th> party, and who left the camp before the President- ial party, very readily told the whole | story to the waiting newspaper men | | By the Associated Press. !the Senator to get back on more solid | the Senate in making a nomination and {to invite from THE EVENING MITCHELL SCORES SCHALL IN SPEECH Attorney General, at St. Paul, | Praises All Nominations Made by Hoover. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 10.—Attorney General Mitchell returned to his hom: Stats t:day to prsise the manner in i which President Hoover has dealt witn | the Senate In making 48 Republican | and 10 Democratic appointments to the Federal judiclary. In an address before the annual meet- | ing of the Minneoti State Bar Asso- ation, he made no direct mention of th? bitter contrcversy betwesn himself and Senator Schall, Republican, Minne- sota, over the appointment of & Federal judge in that State. Indirectly, however, the only Demo- cratic cabinet officer criticised the blind Senator for his oppcsition to the ad- ministr:tion. Speaks in Third Person. During Jast Winter's word battle, Schall issued numerous statements at- tacking Mitchell personaily and urging | the appoiniment of Ernest A. Michel to the vacant judicial post. Thz Attorne; General replied publiciy that Schail s-ught to pay & E’olmul debt by his in- dorsement. President Hcover finally en- tered the argument, backing Mitchell in naming Gunnar H. Nordbye for the Fosition. “If & Senator from a State in which a district judge is to be appointed,” Mitchell s2id today, “suggests the name of cne man and insists on his selecticn for months after being advised that he is not to be appointd, and the Senator, though nvit-1 to do so, refuses to make other _suggesticns, himself then informally submits to the Senator a list which the Senator re- fuses to consider, a_nomination then made without the Senator’s advance approval raises no real issue as to the | functions or privileges of Senators and does nct present any question of so- called senatorial courtesy.” Says Tradition Is Satisfied. ‘The Attorney General continued speaking in the third person, asserting the President in this case had “satis- fied all tradition.” He said that “short of abdicating entirely his constitutional powers” Mr. Hoover could do no less than make the appointment he did. “In such a case.” he said, “where the President has shown the utmost pa- tience and consideration, with the Sen- ate about to adjourn and a selection by the President made and ready for nomination, a last-minute attempt of i i | ground by hurriedly presenting a list of his own the consideration of which would defer tne nomination to the next session, cannot alter the situation.” Traces Appointment History. Mitchell made no further reference to the incident which attracted Nation- wide attention and caused considerable political speculation. Quoting liberally from the Constitu- tion and from history, the Attorney General traced the system of judicial appointments. He said that legally the President was not required to consult that the “advice and consent of the Senate” applied to the appointment and not the nomination. He quoted President Roosevelt ing that “of course, the common way is to confer together and try to come to an agreement.” Sees Issue Lacking. “During this administration,” Mitchell said, “there has not been, and so far as I can see there is not likely to be. any issue between the Executive and the Senate as to thelr respective functions in the matter of appointment to judi- cial office. “The President does not fail in any ! case to confer with interested Senators | in advance of making nominations and | them suggestions and recommendations.” $12,000,000 ASKED IN DOHERTY’S SUIT FOR LIBEL DAMAGE' (Continued From First Page) received nor does he now receive any | salary or other income out of or by reason of the sald charges for said services nor does this plaintiff, nor has he for many years received any salary as president of the Cities Service Co. or from any of ‘its affiliated companies.” Charges-Rival Promotion. The suit alleges that the Star and its officers had attempted to organize a competitive company to furnish natural gas in the Kansas City ter- ritory “in order to make them appear as the champions of the people and in order to injure and destroy” Doherty's ncerns. wMt. Adams declined to identify the company, but said he expected to bring cut facts concerning it at the trial. The Star has retained James A. Reed, former United States Senator, in addi- tion to its regular counsel, to defend the suit. With denial last week of a request by Gov. Woodring for a reduction of 10 cents in the city gas rate of 40 cents per 1,000 cubic feet charged local utili- ties, the Kansas State Securities De- partment withdrew approval of all curb stocks of the Cities Service Co. except the first preferred. The stocks were ordered barred from sale in Kansas until reapproved. A temporary injunction against execution of the order was issued by the Shawnee County District Court. A hearing is set for July 13 in Topeka. Probes Pipe Line Company. Doherty retaliated with a telegram in which he asserted Gov. Woodring was a “tool” of the Star and announced that he would file suit against the news- paper for its “vicious” editorial attack. men on this occasion, when they rned that the Secret Service men! vere being investigated. told enough without revealing the identity of the| news source, to exoncrate the Secret! Service men under suspicion. | fike other Presidents, Mr. Hoover has endeavored to keep his private life in the White House as much as possible | from the public gaze. He is by no, means an exception in resenting the| | | publication of what he considers inti- mate stories regarding his private life in the White House or at his fishing camp. The only exception to this form of re- sentment in recent years was President Coolidge. who while he marveled at the way in which certain White House # cidents found their way into print, was more generally amused and invariably xpressed interest over the tactics used by the reporters to get them. Draft News Rules. Newspaper men in Washinaton teday are naturelly puzzicd in theis endeavor to learn just how far the presont White | House investication of so-called news leaks is to be followed and just what will be the outcume. Rec mittee of the White House co e ents met with Presiceat Houver to dis cuss the possibility rules governing the Pres: es 50 as 1O make| to the President| as weil as to themscives. On this occasion the President was most gracious and showed a willingness to agree to anything within reason. Since then the Newspaper Commit- tee's draft of sugg>sted changes in the press conference :ules have been placed pefore the President. He has not, as yet. indicated whether they are ac- ceptable , Roland Boynton, Kansas attorney general, has asked the Public Service Commission for information as to the relationship of the Cities Service Pipe Line Co. and the local distributing companies. He said a State law pro- vided for receivership for corporations which abused their privileges. Star Comments on Suit. Commenting upon the suit, the Star said, in part: “It is common tactics to bring libel suits in order to bluff off aggressive newspapeis that are fighting the pub- lic’s battles. The purpose is by in-}) timidation to divert attention from the real issues. “In the controversy with the Doherty gas interests the Star has just one pur- pose. That is to get fair gas rates for domestic consumecis in the cities of Kansas and Missouri. “Doherty’s insinuation that the Star or any of its executives has any finan- cial interest in some competing com- pany is preposterous and untrue.” DAYTON PILOT KILLED 1 4 Flying School Operator Victim of Crash at Low Altitude. DAYTON, Ohio, July 10 (#).—Lisle Mo 47, pilot, was injured fatally last ht when a single-seat mcnoplane . crashed at the Dayton Moraine Air- fleld. Mocore, who operated a flying scheol at the field, ettempted to level the plane at an altitude of 100 feet And went into a nose dive, He died of & fractured skulh A and the President| STAR; WASHINGT The arrest of Adolfo Dominguez (above), acting Mexican consul in Chi- cago, became an international affair when the consul general asked Gov. Leuls L. Emmerson to investigate tne case. Dominguez was held in jail four hours after he had been sentenced for contempt of court. —A. P. Photo. U. S. MAY APOLOGIZE IN CONSUL’S JAILING BY CHICAGO JUDGE (Continued Prom First Page.) zens which have attracted international attention recently. The first was th fatal shooting at Ardmore, Okla., early last month of two Mexican students, one a relative of President Ortiz Rubio of Mexico Deputy William E. Guess was recently acquitted on charges of killing one of them, and the State Department is awaiting from Gov. Murray a record of the trial that it may finish a report | promised the Mexican embassy. More recently attention was attracted to the fatal shooting at San Diego, Calif, of a Mexican citizen, Ruben C. Pardo, by two Federal immigration in- spectors. cluded that criminal action against the officers not warranted, but a full re- port is awaited by the Immigration Bureau here which has promised a The local investigation con- | O, D €. PRIDAY. 2} ROBINSON 10 FGHT FOR TARRF CJT Senator Watson Given An- swer by Democratic Leader in Senate. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 10— Senator Robinson of Arkansas, Demo- cratic leader, sald in a statement today an effort will be made when Congress reconvenes to reduce tariff rates. His statement’ was in answer to one issued yesterday by Se¢nator Watson of Indiana, Republican leader, challeng- ing the Arkansas Democrat to assume leadership in a fight to make a “serious lr»\‘xsion" in the Hawley-Smoot tariff aw. “I feel justified in replying that when the Congress convenes an earnest ef- fort will b2 made to reduce tariff rates, which, in the sound judgment of busi- ness men and economists, have tended to restriet foreign markets for Amer- ican products and to inspire retaliatory measures on the part of forsign coun- tries,” Senator Robinson said. Resentment Is Recalled. “Has the Senator from Indiana for- gotten the resentment which _the Smoot-Hawley traiff act of 1930 aroused in certain countries numbered among the principal customers for American-made goods? “Does not the Sanator realize that the true test of the value of the pres- ent tariff s not whether it has ‘slaughtered export or import trade,’ but rather whether it has tended to diminish the demand for American- made products and the purcrasing power of the consumers of such prod- ucts. ‘This I believe to be true as to | both foreign and domestic consumers and is exactly why present tariff rates, {many of which are substantially pro- — | hibitive, are important factors in caus- ing existing depression.” Prediction of Prosperity. Senator Robinson said Senator Wat- {son “is the same Republican { who, on the floor of the Senate just | before the Smoot-Hawley bill passed, | declared that its enactment would cause | the return of prosperity to the United | States within 30 days. “Surely the country will not place |its confidence in such leadership!” GANGSTER FOILED INVADING HOSPITAL JULY leader | 10, 1931. _—— Injured Racer Goes Home SPEEDBOAT PILOT | stretcher as she was leaving the N. Y., in the Eastern intcreolleg. ORETTA TURNBULL, young outboard mctor boat racer, is shown on a her home in California. She was injured in a race on Lake Skaneateles, ‘nte outboard regatta. HURT IN REGATTA. hospital at Auburn, N. Y., to return to —A. P. Photo, THREE BOYS HELD INROBBERYSERES 'One Caught After 15-Mile Chase—Large Amount of | Loot on Display. ‘Twelfth precinct police today opened a small store of goods to have each ar- | placed formal charges egainst three Washington young men arrested yester- day. C. W. Handley of the Handley Motor Co. identified an automobile seized in possession of William Anthony Reed, 119, of 1313 I street northeast. Clothing and other articles reported to have been | taken from homes in the northeast sec- BANEZ REVAMPS * CHLEAN CABIT Garces Appointed to Form, New Regime After Min- isters Quit. SANTIAGO, Chile, Julyv 10 (. — The resignation of Premier Rudailo today as a political move of the first| significance. IHITRUN AUTOIST GIVEN 15 MONTHS ' Motorist, Arrested on Speed- ing Charges, Confesses He Struck Boy. (Prom the 5:30 Edition of resterdar's Star) Charles E. Derby, confessed hit-and- run driver of the autemobile that struck and killed William R. Settle, 7, on Naylor road ncar Thirtieth street, June 16, as the yourgsicr was returning from school with a czmpanion, William von Garrel, was swnicnced today by District Supreme Court Justice Perton Gordon to serve 15 months in the penitentiarv. Derby pleaded guilty to an Inarct- ment charging manslaughter. He clared he had nothing to asked if he knew any reason sentence should not be imposed, Arrested as Speeder. Derby, who lives in the 4000 blork of Firct street southeast. was arr Policeman Thomas Hayes of precinct and held at that district sta- tion on a charge of speeding and failure to exhibit a registration card. The arrest took place shortly after the time at whicn young Von Garrel sid his companion " was struck by “a large car with yellow wheels,” but Derby was not linked with the traffic fatality until a dent was noticed in the fender of the car brought with him to eleventh precinct. Later Derby confessed to Detective Willlam Wright that he had struck the Settle child when the two youths, walk- ing down the middl= of the road toward him, suddenly separated. Car Was Borrowed. He claimed that he swerved to avoid I\’rm Garrel and his fender hit the Set- tle youngster. tossing his body into some buches by the roadside, where it was found several hours later after the dead youth’s companion had abandoned search and gone kome to report the incident. The car which Derby was driving at the time of the accident was owned by | ticle identified before they said they Jaramillo and his cabinet was regarded | Irving Lumpkin of 125 Atlantic street zoutheast, who said he had loaned it to Derby earlier in the afternoon. | President Carlos Ibanez called an ex- traordinary session of ministers last| night and all resigned immediately. He appointed Francisco Garces, president of the Central Bank of Chile, to form| a new cabinet, refusing to accept the | resignations of Minister of War Char-| : menacing complete investigation. RELATIONS HELD MENACED. El Nacional Deplores “Existing Senti- ment” in United States. f 7 By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 10 (#).—El Na- | 57 h* Aseor cional, usually considered a governmeni! NEW YORK. July 10.—An attempt organ, editorialiy deplored today “the;bv a gangster foe to reach Anthony dangerous existing sentiment which 15, Mignogna as he lay wounded in Trinity the good will existing be- H Bodyguards and Scream of Nurse. Wounded Foe Saved by Battle of. ! mitted to have participated in .several tion were being looked over by alleged pin and Minister of Marine Marchant. | victims this afternoon. | :m.z ;lep virtunllyd1< unprecedentsd | under the present administration and Caught After Chase. was understood to have long been con- Reed's arrest followed that of Harry sidered as a means of revamping the| Lee Stewart, 18, of 219 Twelfth street work of the government and placing nertheest. According to Detective C. it in the hands of outstanding men in A. Berry, Stewart is said to have their respective lines. i Senor Garces expects to present a | robberies. He named Reed and Joseph | tentative list of his ministers to the | Haas of 1225 I street northeast as his | Presidert today. It is learned on good | companions. i authority that Carlos Davila, Ambas- | From information gathered tween the United Siates and Mexico.” | The newspaper says “diplomatic or-| gans of Mexico in the United States should act efficiently” to remove this | sentiment. “The Government of the United States s not responsible for acts of Judicial jurisdiction or conduct of locai ! inferfor _ suthorities,” the newspaper says. “The desire of the Mexican peo- ple, and undoubtedly of the American people in generai, is that good relations between Mexico and the United States shall continue. Mexico asks nothing but | justice and correction, which are, and | should be, the basis of international | harmony.” TWO SHIPS GROUND OFF NEW ENGLAND, Liner President Hayes znd British' | Freighter Hit Shoals in Fog. By the Associated Press. | PROVINCETOWN, Mass. July 10— | Two_steamers, the freighter Crandon and the passenger liner President Haves, grounded on Cape Cod Shoals today during a dense foz. oth went around on flood tide and wer: hecld fast by the sand as the tide receded The British frejghter Crandon, which came to grief near the tip of the cape. rossed the outer Peaked Hill Bar and her position was a difficult one. | ‘The President Hayes was stranded on Shoveful Shoal. near Chatham. She was resting easily on her starboard #ide and her skipper declined assistanc> from the Coast Guard, expressing the conviction that he could get her off ul:do.' her own power on the evening tide. ‘The President Hayes was bound from New York to Boston. She carried no passengers and only a small amount of cargo. The Grandon was bound for Plymouth with a cargo of sisal from Mexico. ‘The waters where both went aground are extremely treacherous snd many vessels have met similar fate there, not a few becoming totd wrecks. The fog began to lift toward noon under a light ' southeast wind, but a rea was kicking | up. Heavy weather might have serious | consequences for both vessels, | Chief Boatswain’s Mate John L. Paton, with four men from the Mo- nomy Point Coast Guard Station went out to the President Hayes in a surf, boat. He reported her resting easily | in about 24 feet of water, except where shs bore upon a sand spit. Although o uneasiness was exprese- | ed by the captain and crew of 165, a Coest QGuard patrol boat remained | standing by. Captain and crew of 27 of the Cran- don also refused to b2 taken off. The freighter was resting easily on a sandy bottom and appeared in no immediate danger. The Coast Guard cutter Kick- apoo was dispatched to her assistance. The cutter Mojave, patrol boat Marion, | and destroyers Badger and Shaw, were sent to aid the President Hayes. HEFLIN ASKS SENATE TO VOID ELECTION' Ex-Member Holds Bankhead Nom- ination Illegal—Says He Should Be Seated. | | By the Associated Press. The Senate Elections Committee was scked today by J. Thomas Heflin, for- mer Senator from Alabama, to declare void the Democratic primary in Ala- bama which nominated John H. Bank- head, Senator-clect. Horace C. Wilkinson presented the lengthy argument for Heflin before the committee, which is considering Heflin’s contest against Bankhead's election. Wi'kinson contended the aciion of the Democratic State Central Com- miltee in barfing Heflin from the 1930 Democratic senatorial primary for his feilure to support the candidacy of Alfred E. Smith for President, was in violation of the Alabama law and there- fors vold. As a result, Wilkinson insisted that Rankhezd’s nomination was illegal and therefore Heflin was the only legal can- didate in the last election, Horpital, Brooklyn, today, was foliled, police sald. by Mignogna's henchmen | who were guarding the hospital. Just before dawn nurses heard a by of pistol fire outside the hospital gates and from the windows saw one man, apparently pursued by four others, rush up the steps and enter the building where Mignogna is being treated for wounds suffercd last Tuesday when he was fired upon. As the men, all of whom carried drawn pistols, sprang up the stairs to the floor on which Mignogna, known in underworld and police circles as Tony Mongno, lay helpless in bed. a nurse screamed and the pursuing four turned |and fled. The other, however, ran up and down the corridor, looking into rooms in evident search of his quarry. As the police were being called two of the four who had left re-entered the hospital, grabbed the fifth man from behind and carried him bodily to the street. There, with the assistance of th» other two, they hurled their prisoner into Mignogna's own automobile, which had been standing at the curb since he was driven to the hospital in it, and drove away. The police theory was that the man first to_enter the hospital had come to finish the work Mignogna's enemies had failed in when they opened fire on him Tuesday from a passing car. The four other men, police believed, were hench- men of Mignogna stationed at the gates to prevent just such an attack. AIR TOUR LEAVES FOR SKY HARBOR, Only Nine of Original Starters, Remain, With Russell Set- ting Pace. By the Associnted Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 10.—Paced by Joe Meehan, planes competing in the national air tour left here at 10 a.m. today for Sky Harbor airport, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. Only nine of the original starters re- mained in the flight as the planes left Knoxville. George Dickson, piloting a tiny 30- horsepower motored plane, had been|Thomas G. Berrien, U. S. N., died in | oOperators and the United Mine Work- allowed by the starters to leave at 9:30 Following Meehan at one-minute in- tervals, the remaining planes hopped off. Lee Gehlbach was second in the air. He was followed by Eddie Stinson, Lowell Bayles, Harry Russell, Capt. William Lancaster, Jack Story and James H. Smart. As the contestants took off, Russell was leading the field in elapsed time, Smart was holding second place, with Bayles third. Three of the contestants, who en- countered trouble yesterday in crossing the Cumberland Mountains nesr Mid- dlesboro, Ky., were left behind. Eddie Schneider, 19, holder of the %unlnr transcontinental record, was down by engine trouble near Middles- boro and teleptoned to Knoxville today that he had withdrawn. Harvey Mum- mert, who crashed his plane in a forced landing near Middlesboro, also with- rew. d‘éapt. ‘Walter Henderson sent word to officials of the tour that he planned to leave Huntington, W. Va. today and overtake the other planes at Memphis tonight. s e Taft Spends “Fair” Night. 1E, Ind., July 10 (/).—Lorado T:&‘t}”e’lgcmxuuhm American sculptor, who' is {1l in a hospital here, spent & fair night, his physicians said in a bul- Jetin issued today. The Chicago sculp- tor was stricken last Tuesday night while delivering a lecture here. His illness has been diagnosed as heart disease with gastro-intestinal compli- catfons. Indictments Charge Fraud. NEW YORK, July 10 (®).—A joint indictment, charging seven men, contractors and a city employe, with conspiracy to defraud the city in con- nection with contracts awarded by the Board of Education in the Bronx, was returned yesterday by the Bronx June grand jury The names of the men indicted were not revealed. e bt Lai bers of fish are reported dying rxlen rl‘gflans streams as a result of the dry weather and lack of food. six | | Stewart, Dotective Berry went to Vir- ginia Beach, taking Stewart along for identification purposes. said they found Reed in a large closed sutomobile. He fled in the car, but was overtaken after a 15-mile chase over | Virginia roeds. | Captured in Woods. ! Reed abandoned the automobile be- { fore he was finally captured in a woods, whers he had ran afoul of briar bushes and was caught by the brambles. They returned to Virginia Beach, where Haas was taken into custody as he strolled along the resort’s boardwalk. Handley identified the automobile after much difficulty, police &aid. for its appearance had been altered. Window awnings and much new equipment had been added tq the car's make-up. FRIENDS SOUGHT IN WIDOW'S DEATH Finding of Mrs. Berrien's Charred Body Stirs Gotham | Probe. l By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 10.—Police and fire marshals today were seeking mc- rien, widow of a Navy officer, whose charred body was found in her fire- swept home in Forest Hills, Queens, yes- terday. Found Radio Playing. Mrs. Berrien, a former “Follies™ girl, was missing Tuesday, when fire de- stroyed her beautiful home. Chief Fire Marshal Brophy asked police to ar: rest her, believing the fire was prob. ably incendiary. Police who went to guard the ruins stumbled on the body under a wicker porch set. The radio was playing when firemen answered the alarm. Police desired to question two men who took Mrs. Berrien home from a night club last week and another man who frequently was seen with her and ! advised her on business matters. Mother Benefits by Will. Mrs. Berrien was in the “Follies” in 1915. Her husband, Lieut. Comdr. ! | Boston last yeer after an operation. Mrs. Berrien's will left all- her es- tate to her mother, Mrs. Julia Day of | Brooklyn. {WOMAN LABOR ORGANIZER IS SENTENCED IN ATTACK Appeals 30-Day Term Imposed When Grace Period to Leave Town Expires. | By the Associeted Press. CENTRAL FALLS, R. I. July 10.— Anna Burlack, organizer for the Nation- 2l Textile Workers' Union, 8 Communist organization, today was sentenced to 30 days in jail on a charge of sssauiting a forewoman of the General Fabrics Corporation two weeks ago. A riot occurred yesterday at the plant, where a strike is in progress. She appealed and posted bond for eppearance in court next October. Several weeks ago, when trouble was brewing at the plant, Miss Burlack was alleged to have thrown pepper in the woman's eyes as she entered the plant. Shé was given two weeks to leave the city. The two wecks expired yesterday. Yesterday strikers broke nearly cvery window in the plant and rescued sev- eral prisoners from polics, who fought the mob with fire hoses and tear bombs. DIFFERENT AT HOME Otto Matiesen of Film.Romances Is Nagger, Wife Claims. LOS ANGELES, July 10 (#).—Otto iesen, veteran film actor of ro- mantic roles, is characterized as & nag- ger in real life in.a divorce complaint aled here yesterday by Isabelle Ma- lesen. ‘They married March 7, 1927. and separated last February 14, according to the petition, which sets forth that Matiesen threatened physical violence in the presence of guests, and devel- oped a habit of faul overbearing.” i thnding and was [ quaintances of Mrs. Marion Day Ber- | considered for posts. The country is faced with acute eco- The detective nomic and financial problems, requiring | ¥ the best brains available, and. the grav- ity of the situation is' understood to have led President Ibanez to summon | Senor Garces to take over the premier- | ship in two-fisted fashion and surround | himself with his own choice. | MINE UNION CHIEFS CALLED TO PARLEY | AS STRIKERS PARADE! (Continued From First Page.) lexd in an effort to ascertain what couold be one to better economic con- | ditions. Strikers Here to Protest. The disturbed conditions in the bi- tuminous ccal industry in four States | w2s brought to the attention of the, Federal Governm:nt and more graph- | ica'ly to the attention of the White House by a protest from a 100 repre- | sentatives of the National Miners' | Union, a left wing organization op- | posed to the conference. | During the pariey with the Commerce | and Labor Secretarles. a line of miners and their fami'ies, who came here yes- terday in trucks from the mincs, pa- raded in front of the White House gates on Pennsylvania avenue, only to ave their banrers and plecards seized by the District police. Th> miners | were not molest>d and no attempts were made to arrest their loaders. They were cautionsd to keep moving and not to make a disturbance. Charges Strike Breaking. It became known that tae operators | and the two cabinet officers had failed to agrez on a general coal conference of all elements of the industry when Secretary Lamont announced later that little could be accomplished” at this time. When the parley had concluded. the leader of the pickating forces of miners, | Frank Borich, secretary of the union, | went into th> White Houce exscutive | offices and presented to Theodore Jos- {1in, on2 of th> President’s sscretaries. a formal protest egainst the confersnce tween the two cabinet officers and e mining operators, | He handed Mr. Joslin & petiticn | | which said the union wished to “protest | | ngainst this conference as a conspiracy of the Hoover-Mellon government, the | | |ers of America to break the present strike of miners in Pennsvlvania, West Virginla, Kentucky and Illinois.” Mr. Joslin told the miners' leader that the | petition would be given to President Hoover. After recelving this assurance, Borich returned 'to the street, reported on the | White House visit and the parade mcved ahead. | _Earlier in the day the delegation of | the National Miners’ Union had been expected at the Commerce Department, where the conference of operators was |in progress, but they falled to appear. | Additional police guards were thrown about the White Hcuse grounds in an- | ticipation of a disturbance that failed to materialize. A crowd of spectators | gathered on the Avenue as the picket- | ing of the White House was in progress. After thelr banners had been confiscated | by police, the line moved slowly back |and forth along the block. Some stocd {in small groups about the corners, but there were no scenes of disorder. Although the operators who attended | the conference declined to discuss the ?raceelflnl Secretary Lamont, in & ormal statement, said “many cf the operators held the view that little could be accomplished of advantage to the public, the industry or the workers en- gaged in it by the summoning of a na- tional coal conference at this time.” g Say Starvation Looms. He added, howover, that “no final decisions were arrived at in regard to this matter.” The object of the gathering was to elicit a “free and frank interchange of opinion and data,” he said, and ti bearing of freight rates on coal ma keting, the variance between scales of wages current in various parts of the country, unemgloymfn‘ and other con- ditions were ssed. In the miners’ petition to the Presi- dent reference was made to th: acute condition of distress existing among the workers themselyes and their families. This condition, th> petition stated, ap- | | currently with the 1 | secured $120 from th: Mount Pleasant { Pharmacy. 3146 Mount Fleasant street, Derby was held for the grand jury following a coroner's inquest into the Settle youth's death. 'HATLESS BANDITS GET 10 YEARS EACH Three Who Confessed Robbing Stores Also Plead Guilty to Joy-Riding. (Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star) The “hatless trio,” members of a from ' rador to Washington, is among those| Newark. N. J. gang who admitted rob- bing two drug stores and a grocery here last month, were sentenced today to 10 ears in_the penitentiary by Jnstice Peyion Gordon in District Supreme Court, The trio, Peter Sala, Nicholas Vasi- lion and John M. Ross, were charged by police at the time of their arrest to have participated in the robbery of the Garden T Shop, Columbia road and | Mintwood place, when Mrs. Elizabeth Jeynes, cashier, was shot death. Later, however, they proved their in- nocence of this charge Sala and Vasilion also pleaded guilty to a joy-riding charge and wers given three vears. the sente to run con- The three bandits, drug and grocery stores with a revolv 5 June 2: $80 from the Whittlescy Store, Connecticut avenue and Porter street, June 8, and 333 from Lecn Bauman's grocery, 1452 D street northeast, May 30. STATE POLICE HEAD IN MARYLAND QUITS Capt. Harry C. Butler Resigns, to Take Effect July 31—Confined to Hospital. By the Associated BALTIMORE, Md. July 10.—Capt. Harry C. Butler today resigned com- mand of the Maryland State police. severing a connection of almost four vears. Capt. Butler is under treatment at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington for injuries received several months ago to his back and leg. His resignation is to take effect July 31 and. in the meantime, Capt. Butler plans to go to Virginia for a rest. Oliver C. Short. employment com- missioner, will hold competitive exam- inations fo fill the vacancy. Capt. Butler is the holder of the dis- tinguished service cross for valor in action during the World War. He 1= a former member of the Maryland Leg- islature He became head of the State police force on July 18, 1927. EDUCATIONAL FILM EXPERIMENT ENDS AS TEACHERS B0O _(Continued From First Page.) aided efforts of the Fox representatives to speed up work so that ennounce- ment of prize winners—two boys and iwo girls—could be made at the chil- dren’s final luncheon today. Will Mail Resuits. In spite of the boos, however, the film men went ahead with the work of picking the winners, and they were announced. David H. Turner. ir.. of Montgomery, Ala. and Jane Dickinson of Keene, N. H., won first-prize wrist watches. Second-prize wrist watches were awarded to Lester Schade of Dorches- ter. Wis, and Gretchen Robertson of Stillwater, Minn,, for having the high- est_score at the end cf the tests. The tests were designed to show how much a child viewing" the pictures had learned in addition to his formal edu- cation. Sample questions released by the examiners today showed that a child was expected to distinguish the truth or falsity of a list of statements. Must Spot Fault. For instance, an sssertion given the children was, “When a toad breathes, you can see his baggy throat constant- 1y.” This sentence was preceded by the letters “T" and “F” and if the child belicved the statement he was to eircle the “T,” whereas if he thought it un- tiue. he was to circle the “F.” ‘The questions thus given the children tested their knowledge of biology, nat- ural science and geography. In the midst of the teachers’ protests against the award of the prizes today, they took the time to adopt unani- mously & resolution in which they in- dorsed the experiment conducted joint- proximates starvation. Last night the miners assembled gllfl-ll at & hall on the 1300 block of street. They were joinsd by other groups, #nd after an hour’s m-etin: climbed into their trucks and sta for home. 11' by the office of education and the lm company and to express the hope that this work with educational work with films will b2 continued. ‘The 94 out-of-town children wiil leave for their homes in 47 States to- night. t