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W v sibly tomorrow; not ture Fntered as 0. post. office, 31,854, ATHER Weather Buresu Forecaat). Local thundershowers tonight and pos- much uuu-fa t A GERMANS IN PARIS T0 OPEN-PARLEY ON CONDITIONS FOR AID Bruening and Curtius Re- ceived by Laval and Briand to Begin Negotiations. FATE OF LONDON SESSION HANGS ON SUCCESS TODAY | Stimson Serves Notice U. S. Cannot Guarantee Loan, but Says Banks May. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 18.—Chancellor Hein- rich Bruening and Forelgn Minister Julius Curtius of Germany reached here this afiernoon for conferences Wwith representatives of the world powers which are considering financial aid to their country. Premier Laval, Aristide Briand, the foreign minister, minister of finance, were waiting for them on the station platform. Ambas- sador von Hoesch, Germany's repre- sentative at Paris, presented them to the visitors and, after cordial hand- shakes all around, the German staies- men were cscorted to waiting automo- biles extension of | and Plerre Flandin, | | | | | Miss Anna Case, concert soprano, and Clarence H. Mackay, chairman of the hoard of Postal Telegraph & Cable Corporation, who were married today at. St. Mary's Catholic Church, Roslyn, | Long Island. @he F l | SATURDAY, RAIL BOND OUSTING FROM LEGAL LIST} PREDICTED BY DICK I-]olders’ Group Head Warns I. C. C. Big Lines Will Fail to Earn Fixed Charges. LIQUIDATION AND PANIC ' MIGHT ENSUE, HE SAYS Analysis Shows Only 21 Roads ].'JueI to Net $1.50 or More, Hearing on Rate Raise Plea Is Told By the Associated Press. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion was told today at its hearing on freight rates that railroad bonds hav- ing & par value of $5,748,500,000 proba- bly would be removed from the legal list of seourities because of inability to earn their fixed charges. Fairman R. Dick of New York, testi- fying in the commission's hearing on | the railroads’ petition for a 15 per cent | rate increase, said an analysis of rail- | roads having gross incomes of $10,- 000,000 in 1929 showed only 21 of them, | on the basis of figures thus far this| vear, would earn their fixed charges of | $1.50 or more. Dick is chairman of hen TH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION JULY 18, News POPULATION HERE o Sfar. 558, 1M Note: Wallpaper manuf: i the Security Holders’ Committee of the Police held back a large crowd which | A had gathered at the station long befoie the train puiled in. There were many | German residents of Paris and many | ¥renchmen who sympathize with a | | licy of friendliness toward Germany. | | he police had a hard time, for all wege | | eager to see the visitors. Photographed Together, “Vive le President,” the crowd cried, but they might have been shouting for cither Dr. Bruening or M. Laval, since hoth are the heads of their respective Kovernments, A score of Germah embassy officials were inside the police line, and news- paper photographers were permitted to come cloge enough for pictures as Pre- mier Laval walked toward the street with Dr. Brusping. M. Briand was be- Curtits. liminary greetings were in Frech. “Bon jour, M. Laval,” said Dr. Curtius, French premier. The premier replied in French, expressing hope the visitors had had a pleasant journey. When the cars brought them to the German embassy they appeared to be in excellent spirits, smiling toward the crowd which waited to grect them. The 1-rge police force stationed there turned cut o be unnecessary. . At Premier’s’ Office. The German visitors leff tie embassy af.er a few minutes, Chancellor Bruen- ing to call on M. Laval and Dr. Cur- tius for the office of Aristide Briand. ‘ike Jast two talked for 15 minutes, then Dr. Curtius joined the chancellor at_the piemicr’s office. it was not to delibcrate on the affairs of Germany alone, but on the affairs of all Europe that he came to Paris, ierman chancellor declared in a wspaper interview shortly after his val. “Our plan to visit Parls was formed several weeks past and has today gained c2,” he said. it is not just a question of conversations to clear up the general situation. On the contrary, it is a question of the special economic and tinancial problems affecting not only Germany, but also all Eurcpe. Hopes for Good Results. “We are all forced to make 2 common effort to find in loyal and trustful col- laberation the means to surmount the | erisis touching us all and thus to dem- cnstrate to the nations that if they show good will on all sides, they can get out of the most dificuli of situa- tion I firmly hope that we will succesd in solving the questions which recently provcked such disquietude and that we will convince the French paople of our sincere and loye! willingn - #te for the organization of peace. We want to succeed in collabo with France in complete confidence be- " (Continued on Page 3. Column 3.) MUSSOLINI ORDERS FIVE EDITORS TRIED Gronp Accused of Writing Pam- phlet, “Away With Vaticen,” to Face Tribunal. Br thie Associated Press ROME, July 18 —Premier Mussolin! today ordered trial by a special tribunal of five newspaper editors accused of writing%and distributing a pamphlet, entitled “Away With the Vatican,” which was offensive to the Holy See The defendants are Amilio Se Ottome Rosai, Bruno Rosai, Remo and Alberto Maurizio, Their pamphlet gested that the Pope be arrested tried before a tribunal for the cefense of the state. It is said the premier was particu- Jarly angry that they should have signed the pamp Fascist oath.” ait fendants have been Fascist party. im vhitt ug expelled from the extending his hand to the| OF . . MAGKAY |Families of Soprano and| Postal Head See Rites at Catholic Church. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 18.—Clarence H.! | Mackay, chairman of the board of di-| |Tectors of the Postal Telegraph & Ca- ble Corporation, and Miss Anna Case, | concert soprano and for eight years a| member of the Metropolitan Opera Co., ' were married today at St. Mary’s Cath- | (olic Church, Roslyn, Long Island. | | Only members of the immediate fam- | ilies of the oride and bridegroom were present, including the bride’s mother, | Mrs. Pcter Van Nuys Case of South| Branch, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth | O'Brien, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berll and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mackay. | Mrs. O'Brien and Mrs. Berlin are Mr. | Mackay's daughters, and John W.| Mackay is his son. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Vincent Donovan, assisted by Rev. Ed- ward C. McManus. Miss Case was con- | firmed in the Catholic Church a month ! iago by Cardinal Hayes. She formerly |was a_member of the Dutch Reformed |Clurch. Mr. and Mrs. Mackay left for |a motor trip immediately after the cere- mony. | Breakfast Follows Ceremony. The bride)s gown was of white lace.! HEAT DEATHS PASS TO N MIDOLE WEST Storms in Ohio, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania Claim Lives of 12. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 18.—Showers and storms in some sections brought relief from Summer’s blistering heat to much of the Central States area today. Heat deaths for the current wave in| the Central States exceeded 70. Wind | and electrical storms in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Tennessee claimed the lives| of 12 yesterday. Western Pennsylvania, the eastern border of the storm-stricken area, re- ported four deaths by lightning. A| violent storm, sweeping in from the| Rallrcad Emergency. Sees Disastrous Selling. e FIXED ATGI1E of so vast a volume of securities from | sald legal list upon the credit of the railroads and their future financing is apparent,” he said. | He added that out of the situation would grow the imminent danger of a' general unloading of railrcad securities | upon an already depressed market, “The disastrous consequences of such | a liquidation cannot be exaggerated,” Dick said, adding that the result might be so complete a disruption of the mar- ket as to cause a collapse of pr “comparable to the worst panic days.” Stock Value Now Halved. | “This would visit losses of millions nl‘ dollars upon beneficiaries of trust | funds, many of whom are absolutely | dependent thereon,” he said. “It would! at the same time occasion so complete | & destruction of confidence in railroad ' securities as investments as might well cause many large investors to adopt a | definite policy of refraining from pur- | chasing them in the future.” Dick sald another factor which had tontributed to the collapse of railroad edit was the decline in railroad stock . He added that at the high peak stocks of railroads having a gross Tevenue of $10,000,000 or over had | {an aggregate market value of $10,33: 080,000. Compares German Issues. “As of June 1, 1931,” he said. “the aggregate market value of these stocks ! was $4,094.067,000." i Dick compared the railroad ecredit | collapse with that of German credit. | He said bonds of a large group of rail- roads. had fallen 32 points on June 1, while German government 5': and 7 per cent bonds hgd dropped only 17 points on that date, Later in his testimony Dick com- pared the flight of cap:tal frcm Ger- | less than 150 inha | mile. Census Bureau Figdres In- clude Nearby Territory in Metropolitan Area. “The population of the metropolitan area of Greater Washington was placed officially at 9 today by the Bureau of the Cens n a communication to the Washington Chamber of Commerce seiting forth the findings of the 1930 census The area establiched by the bureau | as the metropolitan district embraces 484.99 square miles, in the District and | nearby Maryland and Virginia. Of the total population of the “Greater Wash- ington” section, 486.869 was found to be within the limits of the City of Washington, wkile 134.190 is outside. The population figures were sent to Dorsev W. Hvde. jr. secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, by Wiiliam M. Steuart, director of the Burcau of the Census, pursuant to a plan adopted by the bureau release the figures through the various chambers of ccm- merce of the metropolitan districts of the country, whose aid was sought in establishing thes> areas. Rule of Fixing Area. The gencral rule followed in es lishing the metrepolitan areas has to follow the density of populatic the region adjacent to the In pursuing this rule, there was incind- ed with the central city all surrounding contiguous minor civil divisions, elec- tion districts, etc., having density of not tants per couare Any minor civil division of less : BALKS GAMERA MEN east in Ohlo, leveled crops in some sec- | Hons and brought death to four per-| sons. Two were killed in Tennessee by | falling trees as a windstorm of tornadic intensity uprooted a grove of trees un- She wore a white hat and carried lilies of the valley. A breakfast party at Har- | 1 bor Hill, Mr. Mackay's estate, near Ros- lyn, followed the ceremony. The bride is 42, and Mr. Mackay is | density was also included if it direc‘ly | adjoins the central city or is nearly { surrcunded by other minor civil divi- {sions that have the required dencitv. | It is pointed out in the report that | the metropolitan district has been de- many to that of capital from railroad bonds to utility, government and municipal bonds. “On June 1 the flight of capital was exactly comparable to the German . He was married in 1898 to the late | Katherine Duci, They were divorced 16 years later in Pars, and the day after the divorce was granted she married Dr. Joseph A. Blake. She died several | Years ago. Miss Case has been called “the offi- cial ‘Star Spangled Banner’ singer.” At the receptions at the City Hall for Col. | Charles ' A. Lindbergh on his return | from his New York-Paris flight and for | Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd after his transatlantic fligh: she sang the na- | tional anthem. She also sang it at the | opening of the Democratic National | Convention in New York City in 1924. | All of her training as & singer has been American, all in New York and under one teacher, She took one les- | son from a pupil of Mme. Augusta | Ohrstrom Renard. The pupil was so mpressed_tha: she took her to Mme. | Renard, who beccame her teacher., | Auditions Are Successful. ! In 1909, after she had studied for ahout a year and a half, Miss Case was | ziving 8 recital in_the Bellevue-Strat- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5) | NUN RESEMBLES ALFONSO! Mistaken for Ex-King at Convent | girls were also killed by lightning at | Coastline, but plenty of moisture in the der which a crowd, attending a road dedication program. sought refuge. Two | ‘Windsor, Ontarjo. A freak storm brought momentary| relief to Chicago yesteraay. While the sun shone brilliantly, thunder rolled| and heavy rain fell. Showers were; 1llinois, ~ Wisconsin, Southwestern Michigan, Indiana, Northern Ohio and | other States were cue for relief soon, the Weather Bureau said. Meanwhile, | inhabitants of those sections baked neath unseasonable tsmperatures, a nzw record being sct in Michigan, where| mercury reached 100 degrees. CITY FACES HOT WEEK END. Spell Shows No Sign of Breaking— Daily Showers in Prospect. With no cool weather in sight any- where along the whole Central Atlantic air, Washington today faced the pros- pect of another humid week end. Throughout the entire Ceniral and Southeastern area, the Weather Bureau situation,” he said. “Since June 1 the flight of capital from Germany has grown.” { Holds Payment Imperative. | Dick said the confidence of investors | in the past has been largely due to! belief that government regulation would | tabilize returns on their bonds. “That confidence must be maintained | if the roads are to enjoy the support ! essential to the maintcnance of an/! adequate transportation system,” he said. i Dick ,was interrupted frequently. | Answering a question by Commissioner | Lewis as to laws of States other than | New York as they affect availability for trust investments of railroad bonds, Dick said New York law was considered the standard. The New York law requires, he said. that companies on the legal list must | pay dividends of at least one-fourth; the fixed charges. gop Commissioner Eastman asked if a | road might not be in a stronger position | as to its bords if it had the earnings despite failure to pay dividends. I Dick said it was generally considered if a company failed to pay dividends| there was something wrong with it and | fined as a population district only. It may or may not carrespond with what might be regarded as the industrial dis- | trict or as the trade district of the particular city. The percentage of population in- crease in the metropolitan district of Washington in 1930 as compared with 1920 is computed by the Census Bureau | as 18.4 per cent. In the 62 square milcs comprising the city of Washington, which it was found had a population | of 7.852.7 per square mile, the number of inhabitants has increased 11.3 per cent over 1920. The increase in popu- | lation in the arca outside the city em- braced in the metropolitan district is 54.4 per cent, Maryland's share being " (Continued on Page 2. Column 6.) BANGTAILS COLLIDE, | INJURING RIDERS' One Boy Sent to Hospital, Another | and Mount Hurt at Christ- ‘ | concrete. | 1931—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. in Washington wi Associated Press news TWO CENTS. =— | DXWASHINGTONIAN > @) o - LAN'SAKES! 'I'!MPETED To that old-fashioned designs are returning to favor NAVY NAMES NEW tLord Mayor, Seeing Ball Game, Is Merely M o o ot G ETON BOARD ilk Topper at Yankee - = Park Reveals Wearer to Hoover Returned Promotions Be Haligonian Chief. | Ljst at Officials’ Request, T White House Explains. NEW YORK, July 18 (#.—Into the Yankee Stadium, where a ball game was in progress, between Cleveland and New York, there strode yesterday a man in & silk topper. The naive New York citizenry was non-plussed. | “Who can it k2" Said the peper men in the press box. a sitkk topper In a ball yard. The Navy Department today named a new medical selection board to pick seven lieutenant commanders for pro- motion to commanders to replace the seven cho:en by a previcus board whose .o | Selection were s back (o the de] I call it.” \lmenl. by President Hoover. A reporter wrote a note. 1t said: | -The name of Capt. Joel T. Boone, “Who is the mug in the plug hat?” The note was dropped over the rail- {ing to an usher, The usher, being a | polite person, thought the missive was | for the man in the topper so without reading it, handed it deferentially to ! that personage. betalf of the President that the first | The “mug in the plug hat” read it |list was sent back in response fo a | emiled, removed a card from his pocket | request from high officials of the Nav and courteously sent it to the press! The new board will meet on July 2 box. The card said: { “George E. Christie, lord may Halifax.” FALL, WITH GUN, news- | | i temporary rank of captain. was not on the list sent back by the White House yesterday. t was said at the White House in None on Previous Board. | Non: of iis members served on the prior board. The personnel of the new board follows: Capts. William H. Bell, Percival S. Rossiter. Benjamin H. Dor- sey, Harold W. Smith, James E. Gill, Noimen T. McLean and Isaac S. K. Reeves. These naval medical officors are stationed for the most part on the East Coast. Lieut. Comdr. John Har- | per. on duty in the publications office | of ‘the Bureau of Medicine and Sur- gery. Navy Department, will serve as the recorder of the board. While naval officials declined to com- | ment on President Hoover's unprece- dented action, the officers unofficially | expressed great interest in sscertain. ing_whether or not the new board will inciuds the name of Dr. Boone in the list of seven to be picked for promotion ‘The new board will go over the same list of lieutenant commanders &s was done by its predecessors. Advised that the White House had issued a statement asserting that higi- d |Police Calied After Daughter Is Struck on Leg by Piece of Concrete. By the Associated Press. | EL PASO. Tex., July 18.—Police were Isued a statement asserting : i a1 | TADK val officers had requ called to the home of Albert B. Fall|ihe returm of the selcetion boar here last night after Mrs. C. C. Chase, | port to the department, before Presi- | his daughter, had been struck by a large | dent Hoover had time to act upon it, high cfficials declined matter. Admiral William V. Praft naval operations. who w retary of the Navy toda sence of his super cuss the question of the return of ihe board's report, pleading that he did know what was in the mind of Sec v Adams, and. Members Sworn to Secrecy. Members of the selection board and its recorder are sworn to sectecy, so no .| results on their deliberations were avail- Photographers have been attempling | able. The personnel of the selecticn to get pictures of Fall as he left for the | poard, whose report President Hoover New Mexico Penitentiary at Santa Fe umed down. follows: to serve a sentence of a ye: and a Capts. Charles P. rger & day. Plans for departure were closely | dove” . Rieharas. - mescoe 55" Goed sual'dsd. Charles S. Butler, John M. Brister, PAPERS ON FALL ARRIVE. | Robert E. Hoye and John F. Murphy. — - recorder of the board Capt. Bocne, who has an illustriou war record for his vice with the Marines fighting in France, holds the to discuss the piece of concrete which she said was thrown frcm the direction of & group | of photographers near the Fall house. The police said that when they ar- rived the former Secretary of the In- terfor was sitling in a chair wita a| shotgun across his knees. ‘The missile struck rs. glancing blow on one leg, but its force was broken by small limbs of a tree and by her dress. She said she had been watering flowers. Police were un- able to find the person who threw the chief of Acting Sec- in the Chese a| DSt Eng) U. S. Marshal to Get Commitment Documents at Santa Fe. White House physician, who holds the | s re- | ab- | . would not dis- | who is absent in New | ! its credit was impaired. | i said, there would be numerous local ERCACESRIEVANER T ot | thunde:showers such as have marked | SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, July 18 (). the past week but scarccly any change —A little knot of people near the en- in temperatures. . Washington is more trance of the Convent of the Concep- | sure of having thundershcwers this tared in amazement today as a afternoon and tonight than tomorrow. | nded nun entered the place. | 1:0!” one of them gasped. and scattered. In a few minutes a near riot as the rumor soread that the former King had en‘ered the convent in disguise. B:fore the crowd could be convinced. un was brought out. It was the March ss of Menestr whose like- css to Alfonso is remarkable. QUEEN HELEN ON AFTER TEARFUL Rumania’s Royal Exile .to Lack of Ceremony By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, July 18.— Quesn Helen. tearfully leaving Crown Prince Michael with King Carol, was en route to London today on what may become a.trip to the land of exile. When she passed the royal castle at Sinaia on the Oricnt Express, she peered from the window in vain for a glimpse at the boy who is the only tie between her and her divorced husband. There wes not even a royal salute to signify that her long-lasting marital troubles were nearing a climax. She left last night in tears—tears that ‘were emulated by Dowager Queen Marie, her mother-in-l: ‘\.'m) wenl w0 the station w bid her WAY TO LONDON GOQD-BY TO SON Visit Mother in England. Marks Departure. |good-by. Archduke Anton. Tieana's | flance, lingering in the background. ‘ She said she would first visit her mother in London and then go to Italy | with her brother, former King George | of Greece, bef 1 turning in the Fall |to see the Crown Prince. It was ru- | mored she might settle parmanently in Switzerland and come to Rumania only {at stated int. % | As she left, the royal family was mak- |ing arrangements for the wedding of |DNeana and Anton on July 26. Carol | has given them an airplane in recogni- tion of Anton's ability as a pilot. | | Marie’s gift was a silver service, and es porceiain service. 3 So far as the Weather Bureau fore- casters can estimatz, the hot spell shows no sign of breaking for some time to come. Almost daily showers in some| part of this immediate region are the | prospect. i Today's temperature is expected to be about the same as yesterday, when a maximum of 90 degrees was reached The mercury was going up steadily during the morning, being 82 at 10; o'clock. To add to the “sticky” feel- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. EXECUTION OF POLISH OFFICER SET FOR TODAY Maj. Demkowsky Must Face Firing Squad for Treason Unless Presi- dent Extends Clemency. By the Associated Press. ‘WARSAW, Poland, July 18.—Con- victed of espicnage in behalf of Soviet ussia, Maj. Piotr Demkowsky was <heduled to be executed by shooting ioday unless President Mosicki should :xt_;hnd c!exjnenc)a 5 e major, & member of t. - eral staff, is understood to hlr: I::lx;- fied that he spied on Polish military operations because he was a Com- munist and sympathetic with the Soviet regime. The public and press were barred from the court-martial. Mme. Demkowsky previously said she ' would repudiste her husband and re- and Princess Ileana, ' that of the President of Parliament a ' sume her malden name if he was found suLy of treasem mas Stables. Passenger Trains Cut. Earlier representatives of Western railroads had presented data to show they had reduced passenger t:ain op- erations to cub expenses. . H. A. Scandrett, president of the Chi- cago. Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad. presented the data at the| (i€ outset of today’s hearing. In his previ- h‘g‘é‘:’ ;’:g;“{;dng_“d hurt one of the ous appearance before the commission | "OGER TETRIOCRY. L e e }‘;m‘l“‘d been asked to supply the in-| pioda Christmas Bowling, was giving ation. in | Fox Play a workout when he collided ?cundre(t saxdswt.;lo nussczxgmlcf:é‘; | with MeyR:q.m another race horse. be- mileage between St. Louis an {ing exercise by *Cockey” Simms, exer- in 1929 was 3,466,855, and that in 1931 | (i5 Y By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO. Md.. July 18— A “head-on” collision between two race | horses on the track of the Southern | Maryland Fair Asscciation sent one ex- ercise boy to the hospital, slightly in- | _SANTA FE, N. Mex, July 18 () — | Commitment papers for Albert B. Fall, | former Secretary of “the Interior, who | rank of lieuten2nt commander in the iNav:l Medical Corps as his permanent | status. Congress bestowed the tempo- | w1} scon begin a sentence of & year and |a day in the New Mexico State Peni- | tentiary, arrived learly today. | The papers were held pending the arrival of United States Marshal Jo- | Tary Tank of captain upon him while he i is watching the health of the President. from Washington | 2,000 HOMELESS IN FIRE It is seph_Tondre from Albuguerque. not known vet whether Tondre will ¢~ [to EL Paso to serve the papers on Fail. or whether he will meet Fall in Santa Fe. EARTH SHOCK FELT PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, July 18 (P} —Two thousand persons were made homeless at the town of Vazec when fire destroyed 500 houses, the church and the school building FIVE-AN 10 K: i railroad executive said. if the Milwau- in 1920 was 3466853, and Lrat Mo ‘e | Cise bov for Yancy Christmas, Mrs. i said mileage between Chicago and nsas City in 1931 would be 4.473,527, as compared to 5,147, in 1929, Describes Situation. Comparing through train service with branch and local passenger service, the kee road reduced its passenger service | between Chicego and Minneapolis, Chi- cago and Omaha, and Chicago and Kansas City to a minimum of one train daily it would save only 8 per | cent in the passenger mileage of the He added that through passenger trains for the Milwaukee system ac- counted for only 3‘;.5 per fc“tl.;e“‘);hxle total passenger mileage O - ‘waukee l’oldnin April, 1931, but that this producegd 62.7 per cent of the total | passenger train revenues for the month. The total passenger train mileage for | his own railroad was given as 16,219,- 840 for 1929 snd 15,407,492, Quake Rocks Crusoes Island. SANTIAGO. Chile, July 18 (®—A storm has wrought_havoc on Robinson Crusoes Island. = Four persons were Killed and landslides buried several homes along the shore of Juan Fernan- der, wicre Friday left his footprints. Bowling’s brother. Thair sustained a fractured jaw and was taken to Providence Hospital by Richard Christmas, another brother. It was said at the track that both riders apparently saw each other at the same time and pulled away from the rail simultaneously, forcing their mounts together. Simms was slightly injured about the | legs. Fox Play was also hurt. | STOCK TRADING SLUMPS | Volume of Sales Near Lowest in| Five Years. | NEW YORK, July 18 (F)—Ths stock | S0 far as is known, no one was in- | market all but vanished todsy, in the dullest trading cxperienced recent years. Price changes were narrow and with-| Madrid is in the center of an eartn- |Of Sebastian S. Kresge, said her daugh- nover was 300,000 out definite irond. The tur reported at approximately shares. The Exchange has not experienced & small>rturnover than 300,000 shares since May 8, 1926. traded on Saturday, August 2, 1930. Radio Progr;m; ;;;l:p B-7 IN MISSOURI AREA pi:tinct Quake Shakes Buildings at New Madrid, but No Serious Damage Resulted. IN ST. GEORG Kresge’s Daughter Marries By the Associated Press. By the A: : NEW MADRID, Mo., July 18.—A dis- | * paor merned Pre NEW YORK, July 18.—The marriage tinet earthquake shook buildings, rat- on July 8 of Miss Catherine Harriet | tled windows and swayed telephone | gresge, daughter of the 5 and 10 cent poles and trees here at 8:52 a.m. today. | store magnate, to Carl Carlson Wijk, WINGING TO CUBK: FORNEW RECORD {James G. Hall, Former War Aviator, Tries to Best Hawks’ Mark. MUST DO 1,400 MILES WITHIN NINE HOURS | | | L ‘ | Will Follow Atlantic Coast Line in Low-Wing, High-Speed Lockheed Plane. By the Associated Prese ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y. July 18. —james Goodwin Hall, former Wash- | ington war aviator, holder of the Can- ada-Mexico speed record, hopped off at | 4:38 am., Eastern stanaard time, to- | day on a non-stop flight to Havana, | Cuba, in an attempt to shatter the rec- | ord held by Capt. Frank Hawks. Hall's Lockheed-Orion plane, the Crusader, rolled down the field for a short distance and gracefully took the air. He circled the field once and started off. | He said he would refuel on reaching Havana and start back for New York within a few minute: His route would take him along ‘he TCastern coastline to Miami and over ev West to Cuba. | Hall's plane. an especially constructed |low-wing craft, has a speeding range of 200 miles an hour. He has a vari- able pitch propeller and folaing wheeis, which gives the plane increased speed. His plane is yellow, blue and white and is numbered NR79V. | " Capt. Hawks, -holder of the present | New York-to-Havana hop record. made the 1,400 miles non-stop in 9 hours 21 minutes on November 7, 1930. His re- turn trip was made in 8 hours 44 min- utes, although he stopped to refuel at Miami and Charlotte, N. C. MOTHER CONFIDENT. Hall Expects Son to Reach Havana, Mrs. James G. Hall of 2440 Sizteenth streei, the mother of James Goodwin Hall, said today she had faith in her | son’s ability to reach any goal he et ior himself. He informed her by telegraph early today of his take-off for Havana, but did not say if he planned a round trip. “Am I worried?” laughed Mrs. Hall. “Frankly. no. 1'd be a mighty poor mother 1o worry or try to hold him | back. I believe he can do what he sets out to do." Hall lived here for & short time fol- |lowing the return of the American trcops from France. He was born in Atlanta, Ga. and was a student at Georgia Toech when the World War broke out. He left school to enter war emergency cmployment and enlisted from Wilmington, Del., after the United States- entered the confiict. PLAN WORLD HOP TODAY. Mrs. Herndon and Pangborn Will Make Second Attempt at Record. NEW YORK. July 18 () —Hugh Herndon. jr.. and Clyde Pangborn hope 1o make another start this afternoon or tonight on a flight around the world They weie unpertiibed by their narrow escape in an attempt to take off yes- terday. | Their ambition is to beat the round- the-world record set by Wiley Post and | Harold Getty. | _Herndon was married on June 14 to Miss Mary Ellen Farlev of Albany, N. Y., who was at Roosevelt Field veserday to see him off. She was introduced to most persons as his flancec. Their route has been revised to take them from New York to Harbor Grace, Newfoundland; thence to either Croy- don. England: Berlin or Moscow. They hope to circle the globe in four or fiv~ stops and beat the record of Pos: and Gatty. LINDY ORDERS DANISH FUEL. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, July 18 P —At the request of Col. Charles A Lindbe'gh, the Danish government has deposited supply of gasoline at God- thaab on the western coast of Green- land for his forthcoming flight to the Far East. It was not known here whether the American airman intended to take ad- vantage of this fuel depot on an east- erlv trip to the Orlent via the North Atlantic and Europe or whether he was | planning to use it for the final stages of a westerly circuit of the world. Chicagoan in Europe Hop. LE BOURGET. France. July 18 (#) eorge F. Harding of Chicago left for | Croydon, England. today in his private |airplane, piloted by William S. Brock of Detroit. He was on his way to the internztional foot race meet at OxXford. LONDON GAS PRICE CUT LONDON. July 18 (#).—With An- other reduction of 2 cents & gallon gasoiine is now selling here at & new low price. The actual price from to- day is 17 cents, to which must be added 12 cents & gallon tax, makin | the price to the c 29 ts. R. White was | D-TEN HEIRESS MAkaEb 7 E’S CHURCH RITES Carl C. Wijk, Son of Lady Reginald Barnes—Spend Honeymoon in Antibes, France. jchildren. Including Mrs. Wijk, received $5,000600. Mr. Kresge has since remarried | twice. His second wife was Mrs. Doric | Mercer Harden. His third, Mrs. Clara | K. Swaine of Cresco, Pa. jured and no serious damage resulted. | Old residents said the shock was the | most severe of any recent years. New }qujke region. About 115 years ago a severe shock leveled buildings and hills | and flattened out the entire countryside. { _Dr. James B. MacElwane, St. Louis | University seismologist, sald shocks had A The smallest ¢ay’s| bezn felt in the new Madrid region |at the ceremony. The 22-year-old bride business since then was 366,000 shares nearly every year since the great series and her husband are now honeymoon- of quakes in the Winter of 1811-12, | but the number and severity had been | decreasing. Two shocks were felt last é naturalized British citi nan- iiced e MARRIAGE CONFIRMED. = H — . Mrs. Anna Harvey Kresge, first wife Ceremony Performed July 8 at St George's Chureh. LONDON, July 18 (#) —Announce- ment in New York of the marriage of Catherine Harriet Kresge. 5 and 10 cent store heiress, to_Carl Wijk was eon- firmed today at St. George’s Church in Hanover Square The ceremony was performed on July 8 {ter had Deen married in St. George's, | Hanover Square, London. Wijk is a son | of Lady Reginald Barnes. | 'Mrs. Kresge and her two other d aughters, Ruth and Ann, were present ing at Antibes, France. | "Ruth Kresge, on the dissolution of ~ The bride’s mother and sister and her marriage received a trust asettle- the bridegroom's brother Olof were .ment of $10,000.000. Each of her five . wilncsses. |