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- G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15 193% SHRINERS CHOOSE | THE EVE 280 members, 1 | | tered & dele of who were under Potentate Grover E. Michael. SHRINERS ELECT D. C. MAN. GERMANYS BANKS BRITISH TAKEHAND March in Parade at Convention in Cleveland TOMEET PAY ROLLS Reparations Payments Due Today at Basel Not Ex- pected to Be Made. i ___(Conitinued From First Page.) ' beginning of the week, will be opened for psy day. i Two possibilities of transcending Im-; romnu for the pacification of Zuropel [gomed on the political horizon today. One was that on a signal from Arthur Henderson, British foreign sec- | T ., who is in Paris, Chancellcr| njng might depart hurriedly for Paris for a heart-to-heart talk with Premier Laval and possibly even for a, four-cornered conference between Sec- | retary Stimson, Laval, Henderson and | himself. ‘The other was that Prime Minhter{ MacDorald of Great Britain and Chan- cellor Bruening might start from Ber- lin immediately after their conference | in an att t to bring sabout a Franco- German understanding, which was con- sidered Indispensable for restoring peace in Europe. “The chancellor absolutely meant when, in his radio address of June 23, he pleaded for a Franco-German rap- prochement, and he is more than willing 16 meet Premier Laval on every reason- able basis,” a spokesman sald. it ] it ¥ A general view 5 of the Shriners’ parade in Cleveland, which was the outstunding display staged by them during their ntion this week. —Wide Worla Photo. Chicagoan Is New Potentate. Cities Vie for Convention. Torchlight Parade Set. | | BY the Associated Press. | CLEVELAND, July 15 —-Thomas J. | Houston, "past potentate of Medinah | Temple. Chicago. today was elected im- | perial potentate of the Ancient and | Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic | Shrine. He succeeds Esten A. Fletcher |of Damascus Temple, Rochester, N. Y. . Al dther officers were advanced to |the next highest postion. While members of the Inperial Coun- cil of Nobles were selecting a new con- | vention eity, installing the new imperial | potentate and selecting a mew member |of the outer guard, others at the Shrine convention here prepared for tonight's torchlight parade. | Houston will review the train of toreh | bearers.as they pass into the municipal stadium. Ten thousand marchers are | expected to carry their flaming lights of many colors. 40,000 See “Orfental Night.” Approximately 40.000 persons HOUSTON AS HEAD Leonard P. Steuart, Washington suto- l {mobile dealer, was elected imperial high | | priest and prophet at the annual coun- ' ¢il session in Cleveland of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, according to word received by friends here today. | His new office places him in line for the position of imperial potentate. na- | tional head of the order. to which he | will be elected in the ordinary course of | succession in 1935. | Mr. Steuart was potentate of Almas | | Temple here in 1923, when the nstional |Shrine gathering was held in this eity. | His Masonic afBliations here include membership in Washington Centennial | Lodge, No. 14, of which he is a past | master; La Fayette Chapter, Royal Arch Masons: Adoniram Council, Royal and Select Masters; Orient Commandery, Knights Templar; Albert Pike Consis- | tory. Scottish Rite: Kallipolis Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R.. and the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. He is also an_officer of the Grand e. F. A. A. M., District of Columbia. holding the position of grand pursuivant. He is senior member of the firm of L. P. Steuart & Bro., president of the Northeast Savings Bank, president of L. | P, Steuart. Ine.; president of Firestone Service Stores. Inc.: a director of the Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co.. a member of the Columbia Country Club ! and a director of the Congressional icoumrv Club. THREE COUNTRIES TO END TENSENESS Henderson in Paris to Help Solve Differences of French and Germans. BY NEGLEY FARSON. By Cabte to The Star LONDON, England. July 15.—British Foreign Minister Arthur Henderson is in Paris trying to loosen the pitless fingers of Prance from Germany's throat. ‘The British cabinet was sitting today discussing the situation, which i re- alized is of the most tense and grave importance. Minute-by-minute from Berlin, Paris and Basel are of the utmost comsequence as to what Mr. Henderson will say to French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. It has become rmingly obvious. here that Dr. Hans Luther is enga in & frantic race against time to se- cure substantial international credits to save the Relch from staggering siong the political and ‘financial precipi over which it might drag the “entire world—and that an immediate compro- mise is absolutely imperative on the FPrench demands (no matter how politely phrased). Germany must give politicat guaranties before Prance joins to give financial assistance. Officfal quarters here now make no attempt to deny that the British made Can't Make Forecast. “intimations” through diplomatic chan- “Such a meeting, however, must not be a humiliation for him—it must be a meeting of equals. I do not think this | meeting likely before Prime Mintster | MacDonald and Secretary -Henderson visit us, but in these days no forecast can be made. Mr. Henderson's visit to Paris may develop a situation whereby Chancellor Bruening will feel it his duty to depart quite suddenly.” German official circles believed they ses an inclination in Paris to forget about political conditions regarding credits, and rather to welcome a con- | ference of peers with no advance string attached. The Wilhelmstrasse has let Paris, as well as other important capi- tals, @ich as London and Washington, know that the present government can fully command the situation, providing | nntglng is done to undermine its pres- | ent_unquestioned authority. “The working class is least affccled | by the bank holiday, credit restrictions | and regulations to be promuigated | against the hoarding of foreign ex- change,” said a foreign office spokes- man. “Wages and salaries will be paid, as will also doles and benefits, so that neither the police nor the ministry of the interfor nor opposition movements | see_any signs of an alarming Com- munist” trouble. | Hitler Looks to France. “To conduct a general strike vou| need money. and the funds of the labor movement are invested in banks just like the funds of other orgamzations. There may be minor clashes and riots, but we have had plenty of them before this and they are never an occasion for worry.” So far as the Hitlerites are concerned the official feeling is that Adolf Hitler's mav give him an opportunity which th> demestic situation fails to At the same time government circles admitted that they consider the National Social- st danger greater ‘v. tiae moment than ths Communists “The Hitlerites are better paid und have more arms, but the Reichswahr— the federal defense army—and the po- lice are dependably anti-Nazm,' a gov- ernment spokesman said. Discard “Rentenmark.” In the meantime the cabin-°t, debat- | inz weys of meeting the situation with- out inflating the currency. definitely iscarded a plan to put the comestic “rentenmark” back inte circulation. on agricuiture and of gold, which was issued after the meark was stabilized in 1923 & It is domestie tender only, and it is understood the project was discarded because of objections not only 2t home, but also by bankers abroad The project now looked upon with | greatest favor is for reduction of the| Reichsbank gold coverage from 40 per cent to 30. An increase from 7 per cent to 10 in the discount rate was 1S SEEN NECESSARY Paid Today—To Be Re- loaned by B. I. S. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 15 —The Havas News Ageney sayy that contrary to some re- ports. Germany will be obliged to pay the Young plan unconditional annuity |into the Bank for International Settle: ments today In ecnformity with the Pranco-Amer- ican agreement on the Hoover plan, however, Prance has given the bank instructions to return the money to Germany immediately in the form of | a loan. | Arthur Henderson, Great Britain foreign secretary, conferred today with Aristide Briand, forelgn minister of | France. at a luncheon attended also | In Their Opposition: Hitler and Hugenberg, to Hang Himself. | BY FREDERICK OECHSNER. By Cable to The Ster BERLIN, July 15.—The front parlor manners and lack of outbursts on the part of Adolf Hitler's Fascists and Al- fred Hugenberg's Nationalists is one of the phenomena of the present crisis in Germany. ‘The organs of both parties naturally | pick on the government, but the blare | has become an asthmatic wheeze an the real venom and brimstone of good, healthy opposition tactics are strangely lacking. Hugenberg's newspaper, the Berlin Lokal Anseiger, even sdmonishes the people to keep their heads and nerves under the existing strain and not make runs on banks—it talks, in brief, like a rim government spok=sman. PTI Was recalled today that Hugen- berg’s publishing firm owes the Danat Bank, which closed Monday, some $5,- 000.000. Since the government now has by Premier Laval, several membérs of | o00-000 S RGe T1S BOtE i rove an ex- the French cabinet and of the British | LAR el vy 7o Hugenberg to induige EEbERiyAR AT |in"the ususl whim of insulting the Included Stimson. | Bruening cabinet. Ergo, he keeps quiet. f Both Hitler and Hugenberg seem to be It was the first of a series of inter- sitting in the background, giving Chan- | eellor Bru-ning plenty of rope to hang | nimself. With appropriate and modest | hesitancy both men confess their readi- ess to step up and take the reins of government whenever Germany sends |01t the clarion eall. 5 Hugenberg even shows a_disposition | to enter the Bruening cabinct, on terms of amicable co-operation. The most | radical wing of the Nationalist party, however, continues to demand Bruen- | ing’s resignation and the establishment of an open dictatorship. Who might fll this big job does not seem to have been much pondered. . Hitler in his current statements con- | fines himself to vague generalizations | regarding his hatred of the Versailles |treaty and the reparations load and to | reiterated promises of what lovely things would happen to Germany if the Fas- | cists were given a chance. His uiter-| | ances lack individualism and cannot conceal his Jukewarm support of Chan- cellor Bruening's fight in the present emergency. national conversations which wil in- clude Henry L. Stimson, the American Secretary of State, who arrived today from Rome. His mission, it is under: stood, is concerned primarily with dis; armament. It was assumed that Mr. Henderson and the others gave particular consid- eration to the situation in Germany, and the impression is growing that th are anxious to, reach a quick decision in reference to the various projects for providing financial rellef to Germany. Prance, it is understood. still is will- ing to participate in suco relief pro- vided Germany undertakes to meet the conditions laid down by French spokes- men in the recent meeting with Dr Hens Luther, head of the Reichsbank France feels the Rhine pact well might be supplemented by a “Locarno of the East,” by, which Germany would be pledged to respect the present Polish frontier and to make no attempt to remove the Polish corridor. which gives ! Poland an outlet to the sea. Examined Problem. In the ficld of disarmament it pro- poses that Germany reconsider her g rogram for construction of vest pocket ttle cruisers. The 23,000-ton battle cruiser which the Prench Parliament has authorized may become a bargain- ing factor in negotiations with Italy as well as Germany. it is believed. At the close of the Briand-Hender- son talk a commuinque was issued, say- ing they had a long and cordial con- versation, in which they examined the | German problem | Secretary Stimson was met by French officials, Ambacsador Edge and mem- | bers of the embassy staff. ordered today by the Reichsbank. Consider “Money Czar.” By this double measure, it is esti- | (Coprright. 1931) OUCE DENOUNCES POPE'S ENCYCLICAL Joins With Fascist Directo- rate in Describing It as ! which’ 36.000,000 mated. 600,000,000 Reichsmarks would become available for circulation. a total Jarge enough to cover the midmonth pay roll, which falls due tomorrow. Appointment of & “money czar” with extracrdinary powers over the buying and selling of foreign currencies was likely to be considered by the cabi today. Hjslmar Schacht, former presi- dent of the Reichsbank, exercised such authority during the deflation period of 1923 The eabinet issued another emergency decree last night providing in effect that a draft falling due during the bank holiday cannot be collected until one fter the institutions open. It| stipulated thi the present holiday should the same legal status as| normal holidavs and that the period of | grace should not end until a week had elapsed i The cabinet's imp ssion fell on a day which prev as set for a nation-wide demonstration of ths job- | less against the recent reduction in the unemployment dole. In the interests of public safety the police have forbidden such a manifestation in Berlin, and blanket orders have been issued against it in most cities of the Reich. Forces Kept Ready. Nevertheless. strong forces of uni- formed men were being held in readi- ness to quell incipient disorders. A | forewarning of trouble was seen in & riot vesterday at Dortmund where thousands of jobless stormed the com- munity welfare hesdquarters and had to be beaten off with police batons The government is well aware that the discontent of the jobiess 1 as | the general tension since the collapse of the Darmstaedter und National Bank have created a tempting situation for radical elements of the extreme left and At the railroad station he told cer- respondents he had come to listen. not the office of Foreign Minister Briand. Memorandum Expected. Prom there he went to Premier Laval's office, and later he went beck to the American embassy to wait for a call by Britizh Foreign Secretary Hen- derson. Now that he has talked with French government officials it is expected that the long-awalted French memorandum of disarmament which was approved by the eabinet several days ago will be made public within 48 hours. It is understood that Mr. Henderson and Mr. Stimson will get copies of it to- night or tomorrow. U. S. TO MAKE SURVEY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS Toward Governmental to Be Object of School Research. Feeling Bervie By the Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS, July 15.—Plans for an extensive survey of the attitude of college students in the United States toward governmental service were an- nounced yvesterday by Dr. J. O'Rourke, Washington. D. C.. director of research of the United States Civil Service Commission Representative colleges and univer- sities in every part of the count:y will be chosen for the ressarch. which will be undertaken by President Hoover's Commission on Personeil appointed right and s prepared resolutely and in- stantly to resort to any measures nec- essary to preserve internal peace—even extent of martial law. ver, the facs that the “Iren Chancellor” is prepsted to take ex- treme action if need be is not believed | ©n» mean that he actually expects to have to. for Germany s mervous and gloomy but with all quiet f PAYMENTS CALLED OFF. Germany’s Refund to B. 1. S. to Be Returned Immediately as Lean. By the Associated Press } The American Government has been advised officially that the Bank for In-| ternational Settlements, under the| Hoover plan, has received notices from Great tain, Prance and Italy ‘hat' they do not expect July 15 reparations payments which otherwise would oe| due Some of the unconditional payments, last April. and which may be financed by a private foundation, Dr. O'Rourke said. He will direct it A prelimirary survey has been con- ducted at the University of Minnesota. where the announcement was made in connecion with the Conference on University Training for the National Service which opened vesterday ANOTHER DIES IN RIOTS ; OF HINDUS AND MOSLEMS | Communal Strife Spreads in Kash- mir With 16 Killed, 85 Hurt Since Monday. By the Assoc! Press SRINIGAR. Kashmir, July 15.—One man was killed and two seriously wounded today in renewed disorders to talk, and an hour later he was in it was sald at the White House, wil followirg upsn serious fighting last be made to the Internat@nal Bank by Mondev when a band of Mohamme- Germany, but they will be loaned back 'dans stormed the eity jail to rescue to Germany immediately. |ene of their co-religionists imprisoned Great Britain. officially advised the|on charges of sedition bank some days ago that she would| Bitter communal strife is spreading not expect todsy's peyments. but other cities and both Hind France and Italy had not heretofore Mosiem communities have app announced their “intentions. | the government for protectio: The advices were received by the latest casualty list in Monday White Mouse thfough the usual diplo- ing places the number of dea: matc 4eannels and of wougded at 65, at 16 Mendotes Collection of “Lies.” By the Associaled Preas. | ROME, July Premier Mussolin! |and the Pascist directorate today d:- nounced the Pope's recent encyclical young Pascism as a collection of | 'The Vatican and Masonry have com- | bined to “common hostility toward the | Pascist state.” they charged, and to “defame” Balilla, a Fascist organization | ‘al Boys. |_In"a statement, the directorate an?, | nounced that the membership of the | Pascist party, 873,000 aduits and 642.- ' 1000 youths, would mobilize shortly on | the Piave battlefields of Northern Italy | to demonstrate that Fascism is a mili- | tary unit “that has achieved a revolu- | tion and has the imperative duty of! | defending it against whomsoever.” { | “The directorate of the party pro- against the lies” the statement “and denounces the afirmations note of Vatican origin the strong pride and future of the Fascist regimse. It de- clares that no cne should be allowed to defame the great organization.” The Pope's criticism of the Fascist oath came in for strong objection. “Black Shirts have demonstrated that they know how to renounce bread. career and even life,” said the state- ment. “when it is necessary for the country and for [Fascist revolution The Fascist party spurns, therefore the grave attempls by which it is sought to depreciate its ‘aith, already proved by sacrifices. “The directorate is vigilant to pre- vent any of the old remnants of the Masonic and Liber: sys from resum- ing any activities, even on the edges of the regime. But, this having been stated, the directorate calls attention to the unheard-of allisnce between the Vatican and Masonry. which are bound together in & common hostility toward the Fascist state.” the hundreds of Mobilization _of thousands of Mascist members on 48 hours notice 15 regarded 2s a moie to display the strength of the premicr's eohorts, and the whole icne of the declaration by the party dirsctorate is interpreted generally as an indication | that the premier is ready to defend his ' regime. i | tests | said, | in the fore: | against Baitlla, DREDGE GETS LADDER Capacity Increased at $18,000 Cost for Work on Potomae. A new dredging ladder will be in- stalied tomorrow at a cost of $18000 aboard the dredge Talcott of the United States Engineer Office at the Washing- ton Navy Yard, to qive it greater ca- ' pacity for maintenance operations on the Potomac River and its branches. The Talcott has been engaged in work | at Smith Creek. Md.. near Point Look- cut and the entrance to the Potomac. | Tt will be taken in tow by the U. 8. 8. READY TO AID LOAN Report Says Annuity Must Be' Giving Chancellor Rope 'Question of Proportion of Credit. to Germany Re- mains to Be Settled. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. ‘While Frence and Great Britain are considering the request of Dr. Hans Luther, president of the German Reichs- bank, that the Bank for Internmational | Settlements facilitate a long-term credit | | of $300.000.000 to Germany, the Federal Reserve Bank, in accordance with va | ous official stztements, is willing to co- operate with leading European bankers | if a satisfactory basis is found for grant- ing that credit. When Dr. Luther approached the di- rectors of the International Bank at Basel. Clement Moret, governor of the Bank of France, and Montagu Norm: governor of the Bank of England, w unable to sccept at once and reserved answer. Mr. Norman is reported to have found the sum asked by Germany too large. and the British government is now in- vestigating how and when the German government would be able to repay this |* new credit. France's delegate has re- | ferred the matter to his government. | which is more interested in the political | guaranties Germany can give than mn any other thing. $150,000.000 From U. S. The American Government is not di- rectly interested, and neither has lhe\ State Department been officially in- { formed yet of the German request, but | it is reported that the Federal Reserve | Bank Fas been notifled that France | and Great Britain expect it to contri- | bute some $150,000,000 in case the Ger- mzn demand is found acceptable. It is | not certain, however, whether the Fed- eral Reserve Bank would be willing to take such a large share as is said to be allotted to it by the European bankers. In diplomatic circles in Washington, much importance is attributed to the | conversations taking place today be- | tween Arthur Henderson, British for- | eign minister, and the principal mem- | bers of the French cabinet. It is said | here trat these conversations are likely | to decide the political and the financial | fate of Germany. | ‘Today the importance of the Hoover lan stands out more than ever before. | ‘?t is explajned in officlal quarters here that had President Hoover not Initiated the debt and reparations holiday, !u-; rope would have faced today a most | scrious crisis. ] Because the creditor netions have ac- cepted_the principle of the President’s plan Germany has to pay today only 42,000,000 marks ($9.758.000 at par) of ($8.568.000) will be immediztely reloaned to her. Had this plan not been in force. Germany would have hed to pay today no lese than 136,000,000 marks. and the entire sum would have remained in the Bank of International Settlements to be distrib- uted among the creditor nations. Couldn't Have Paid. Germany could not have possibly paid that sum today. The events now being witnessed prove this. The result of her failure to meet her obligations would | have undoubtedly caused an interna- tional complication of the first magni- tude There is no doubt in the mind of the administration here that as a result cf | the Young plan some of the creditor | tions would have taken it upon them- | selves to exact from Germany, by force | if necessary, guarantees that Germany's | debts wouid eventually be pald. The | fact that the Hoover plan has been | accepted and enforced changes the| situation materially. 1Instead of being | contronted with an extremely critical | international politicai and economic | situation, the world is confronted todly! merely with & difficult financial erisss ' in Germany. Such a crisis, it ‘s ad- mitted, s dangerous and unpleasant,! but it is by no means beyond repair. | It Germany is willing to help the other | nations which are so anxious to help her | she can solve the situation within a | few da It is hoped here that the concerted | friendly advice all the Interested na- | tions are giving now to the German | government will bear fruit shortly. In | responsible quarters in Washington it | is believed that Chancellor Heinrich | Bruenirg must realize that a continually | stuoborn attirude will lead not only to | his downfail, bui to a dangerous cha- | otic situation in Germany. Under | these circumstances it is believed that | the German chancellor will see his way to make the necessary concessions asked | of him and also to give adequate guar- | Antees that the money which will even- | tually be given Germany will be used in A more constructive manner than heretofore. | Copyright. 1931 THIRD GROUP ENTERS SALVATION ARMY CAMP 100 Mctzers and Children to Spend 10 Days at Patuxent, | Md. A group of 100 mo'hers and children -2ft Washington yesterday for a 10-day ‘acation at Camp Heppyland, the Sal- vation Army camn a. Patuxent, Md. I'he party travel:d by truck under the | supervision of En:ign Gilbert Decker, "-eung for Ma'. Asher. who eommands e local division of the army. GERMAN PAYNENT. ot B EEDERAL RESERVE DRY INVESTIGATOR ;SCURE ‘Kress Resigns After Making ' Sweeping Charges — Re- fused to Work in Gotham. | By the Associated Press. ; Prohibition officials said todsy that Charles W. Kress, prohibition tnvesti- gator in Central New York State, had submitted his resignation to the bu- reau.after making a serles of sweeping charges against dry law enforcement conditions there. Howard T. Jones, acting prohibition administrator, explained, however, that Kress had not resigned because of the | conditions of which he complained, but because he did not desire to work under Andrew McCampbell, sdministrator for the New York district. Kress resigned, he said, rather than accept a transfer to New York City. Complained tp Woodcock. | Jones said he did not know detals of the charges made by Kress. “T do know.” he said. “that Kress per- sonally complained to Col. Woodcock (the prohibition administrator) shortly before he left for Porto Rico, and I am ! inclined to think that he also pre- | sented his charges in writing. “I personally have no indication that the wriiten statement mentioned 1he names of pelitically prominent officials in New Yark, but I don't know for sure. What he complained of was enforce- ment conditions in Central New York State.” Resigned on July 4. Kress submitted his resignation to the Prohibition Buieau on July 4. His charges were flled with Administrator Woodcock some time after the middle of June, Jones said today that. Woodeock had had little time to investigate the mat- ter- before his departure on the Porto Rico inspection trip, but that an inves- tigation ‘was under way and a report wonld be laid before the administrator upon his return. He expects to land i New York July 20. SEEKS ADMINISTRATION OF FATHER'S PROPERTY Frederick P. H. Biddons, secretarv of the American Security & Trust Co., asked Distriet Supreme Court today to appoint him as administrator of the estate of his father, Frederick L. Sid- | dons, justice of the District Supreme | Court, who died June 19. | Mr. Siddons informed the court his father owned no real estate and that| the bulk of his personal property, in- cluding his life insurance, was payable | to his widow and forms no part of his estate. Only & few items need to be_administered, he said. Justiee Siddons is survived hy his widow, Mrs. Harrlet C. V. Siddons, the ughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Sid. Attorney Woodson P.| Ho pears for the petitiones § GONDITIONS H at- tended the shrine pageant. “A Night in | the Orient,” 1ast night. which was a combination circus, Russian ballet ll"Adi fireworks display. As the divan met to select the con- | vention city San Francisco appeared to | be favored by the offictals. Chicagc was & strong contender at the opening of the convention, but San Francisco ' was making a determined fight. Islam Temple, San Francisco, began distributing the golden poppy, Cali- fornia's official flower, as the opening of the fight to obtain the 1932 conven- | tion for Ban Prancisco. - Chicago, how- ever. is expected to win out. By the Associnted Press. The Imperial Council held its fir sessiop vesibrday. but ook mo action on| VONDON. July 15. — France, ltaly any matters before it. | end Japan have accepted Great Brit- Twenty Patrols Drill. ain’s invitation to a econference of France, Italy and Japan to Meet’ With England on Young Plan. Other events today included drills by 20 patrols from visiting temples, band concerts, circus acts and boat rides. Under a huge tent, 600 members of the Imperial Council of the Ancient and Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine sat down to feasting and merr: making at the pageant last night. while Young plan experts which will meet | on Friday to consider that plan in| relation to application of the Hoover debt suspension plan. | These are the principal signatories to the Young plan. and Belgtum is ex- | pected to accept within a day or so. The United States Government already has | the thousands watched from the atundl“nnwnced that Hugh 8. Gibson, Am | of the Municipal Stadium. bassador to Belgium, will attend as an The feasting was preliminary to the ' observer. pageant, which opened with a three-: This will be a business conference Ting Circus and dancing by a oullet of | without the formalities which usually sirls of the caliph's harem. {attend international meetings. Sir Daylight Parade Held. :F,:edel:kk Leith Ross probably will be 4 | the chairman and it is said the confer- Sl 5::,:‘,‘,;:3",\',’,‘;,g;f:":‘:,fi"'{ff,{,‘; | ence will have no definite program, but Nobles from 33 temples formed a pa- : I‘lhll consider in T general way all the rade three miles long yesterday morn-: Phases of adapting the Hoover pro- ing. Twenty bands biared, and bright- | Posal to the stipulations of the Young Iv_costumed patrols executed intricate | P!AD. drills as the line of march swung| Outstanding among these is the through the downtown section to th- stadium. _Police estimated that 300,000 persons ‘viewed the parade. At the end of the davlight parade |in”the stadium the convention was offl cially opencd with a praver and Aad- dresses of welcome by Gov. George White of Ohio and Imperial Poientate | Esten A. Fletcher of Rochester. N. Y. At the council's business session yes- terday 8 proposal to abolish State ju- risdictional lines was made. It is ex- | pected the proposal. advocated by No- ble mes Sanderson of Chattanooga, Tenn., will be approved. | Houston Long Prominent. | The new imperial potentate is 54 vears old and for years has been prom- |inent in various orders of Masonry. He began his ascension to the highest of- fice in Shrinedom when he was elected imperial outer guard at the Des Moines meeting of .the Imperial Temple in 1821. He became potentate of Medi- nah Temple in 1918. | He is the second member of the Me- | dinah Temple to reach the office of | imperial potentate. A business . man, | he believes a business administration is ione of the important factors in fra- ternal success. Aside from his Masonic activities, | Housion is well known in_Chicago, where he has spent his life, as an in- surance broker. an active clubman, for- mer Illinols superintendent of insur- ance, a major in the Officers’ Reserve Corps and a leader in athletics. For 25 years he has acted as one of the judges of the Western Conference track mests and for the Amateur Athlktic Union For the third successive time, Illustri- I ous Noble Lou B: Windsor of Saladin Temple, Grand Rapids, Mich., was re- elected of the Royal Order of Jesters, an organization within the Shrine. New officers chosen were D Harry Sharrar of Hammond, Ind., royal property man, and Dr. Fred F. Wit- | comb of Omaha, Neb, royal charter | man. Alf the Ghan Temple of Cumberland, Md., by temple” of Shrinedom, mus. Washington's Popular Sports Headquarters ]F ore look at this big special . . . Just $25 Sets of ! 12 Genuine Five Matched Irons JEFF-CORYDON GOLF Popular five matched irons shafts . chromit Special Thursday . 15 Leather Golf Bags that sold to $30 Schd leather with hoods high-grade CLUBS . stoed I :2;50 with steel s mm plated. half price. $9.95 and shoe pockets guarantee fund which Prance would be obliged to deposit with the world bank if Germany should declare a moratorium under the Young plan at the expiration. of the Hoover year. Of equal importance is the problem of | German payments in kind. Sir Frederick is a deputy controiler at the treasury. | It is not expected Philip Snowden will part in the conference. Officials still are maintaining an at- | titude of watchful anxiety with regard {to events in Germany, but it is not. felt |that an immediate political crisis is | likely. i : . e | When the mail steamer Princess { Maud ran aground in the Irish Channel near Larne. Ireland. during a dense fog recently. 300 passengers were trans- ferred to land in row_boats that Chancellor take an active Painters are’ bu: work To make their b g00d at SCL HER carpenters, translorming our store nels in Berlin two weeks ago that Ger- many should make such gestures as | voluntarily announcing gomxmemem of work on the Ersatz Lothringen until after the disarmament oconference and that the Austro-German customs union ‘g:rl would be handled by future all- irope economic conferences. | It s felt that the German fiat re- fusal to realize at that crucial moment the tremendous psvchological impor- tance of such a gesture deliberately per- mitted the question to assume politieal importance of the first rate magnitude. It may be too late now for the Ger- | mans unreservedly to accept, as it might | mean the fall of the Bruening govern- | ment—even the resignation of President Paul von Hindenburg—and civil war (Copyright, 1931.) “IDAHO” CANNOT DEFEND GUNNERY CONTEST PRIZE ‘The battleship Idaho todav came into possession of a trophy she will be un- able to defend. The ship captured from the New Mex- ico the bronze plaque awarded an- nually as a gunnery trophy. In addi- tion 820 of prize money goes io each enlisted man on the ship along with & letter of commendation to Capt. H L. Wyman and other officers and another trophy from the Soclety of the Sons of the Revolution in Massachu- sotts ‘The Idaho will not be eligible to com- pete for continued possession of the gunnery trophy as on October 1 she ix to undergo modernization, which_will take aboul two years. scheduled Easy to Pay Monthly Amt.of Deposit Note For 12 Monthe $10 s1s $20 $25 $30 $45 $100 $500 $120 S180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $1,200 electricians, angers Beroph EVE PUT #iness as good ar ours. i 48 e’reremodeling And because our store is a upset, we're holding a SALE to com- pensate our customers for any slight little AREAL inconvenience . . . AND WHAT A TIME FOR SAVING. ... just when you need “things” to take with you S-A-L-E All other officers were re-elected. | om your vacation! A “Hot” Special in “Cool” Clothes SUITS #5s wne sor Our Regular $35 and $40 SUITS 23¢ $2 and $2.50 STIFF STRAWS 80c 'Plain and FANCY HOSE $]45 29c 4 for 81 Regular $1 Il GOLF HOSE 696 | 3 for $2 $.95 86 Pull-over 'l SWEATERS TROPICAL WORSTED $ This was the third group to be sent to the eamp by the Salvation Army th's Summer. The first group consisted solely of boys, and the second encamp- ment was devoted to girls. The balance | of the season will be given over to underprivileged mothers and children. , The mothers and children who are sent 10 camp for these 10-day periods are selected by the Family Welfare Di- | vision of the Salvation Army, the degree of their needs. e Open Saturday Night ’til 10 Phone MEt. 6608 .50 Values 16% Our Regular $2 and $2.50 SHIRTS S E Three For 34 49 2 for 95¢c $1.29 3 for $3.78 69c 3 for $2 UITS 696 3 for 82 Here Are Some of the Specials 78¢ and $1.00 SHIRTS AND SHORTS $2.00 and $2.50 PAJAMAS $1.00 Grade SILK NECKWEAR $1.26 Value UNION S SHIRT SALE Now in Progress SoL HERZOG s F Street ar Qth