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d THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1931 % A3 T T I R I I R I I A A T I N R R I R I I —— R R R T IR ———— | BIG BREMEN BANK Hundreds of Depositors Line Up at Windows of Berlin Savings Institutions. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, Germany, July 20.—The banking firm of Schroeder, which has capital and reserves of $7,000,000, today closed its doors. This, the largest local bank of the City of Bremen, was the bank of the North German Liloyd Co. and was in- strumental in bringing about an agree- ment between the Lloyd and the Ham- burg-American shipping lines and in securing for Lloyd control of the Ham- burg South American line. The Schroeder Bank was known as an investment bank, with few deposi- tors. It suffered some losses by the bankruptcy of the North German Wollkaemmerei Co. two weeks ago by foreign credit withdrawals. As a specu- lative bflnk“il Was ba‘gly hit by the slump in shipping stocks. No"’able is the fact that the free State ©of Bremen was obliged to call on the natfonal treasury for money to pay its employes at the end of last week The personal carcers of two of Ger- many’s greatest expansionist bankers, Jakob Goldschmidt of the Danat (Darmstaedter and National) and I. F. Schroeder, have been cut short at virtually the same moment. Both began small and rose rapidly by riding the expansionist-prosperity-borrowing wave. Both have fallen with the ebb tide. (Copyright, 1931.) NO LINK WITH U. S. FIRM. Bank With Similar Name Disavows Connection With Bremen House. NEW YORK, July 20 (#).—At the offices of J. Henry Schroeder Banking Corporation today, it was stated that the firm hds no connection either finan- cial or personal with the J. F. Schroe- der Bank in Bremen, Germany, which yesterday announced it had suspended payments for one week, nor was the Bremen bank any connection with the J. Henry Schroeder interests in New York and London. HUNDREDS BESIEGE BANKS. Depositors Line Up at Windows of Berlin Institutions. BERLIN, July 20 () —Resumption of bank payments to depositors in lim- ited amounts today brought hundreds 1o the tellers’ windows at the municipal savings banks to take out the five dol- lars permitted savings depositors or the $25 which may be withdrawn from checking accounts At noon there still was a long line in front of the Central Savings Bank, but the number was nowhere near so large as that which stormed the Darm- steedter und National Bank a week ago. Business in department stores con- tinued brisk and it appeared that many of those who are withdrawing their sav- s are putting th> money into cloth- end those articles of food which be kert indefinitely against the Sibility of currency inflation which ny of the people still fear. he cafes were crowded through the y by those who felt the need of talk- ing over developments with their neigh- bors. Some of the newspapers were late in coming out today and one of them. the Montag Morgen, issued only a handbill, in which the editors announced they had suspended publication temporarily because it was against their policy to “keep alarming facts from the people” under a policy of government censor- ship. LONDON TRADERS WAIT. Stock Exchange Session Dull and Price Movements Narrow. LONDON, July 20 London was quietly optimistic over the German situation in view of the seven- power conference meeting today, but Ppending the outcome of the delibrations the Stock Exchange and Foreign Ex- change were operating on a small scale. Price movements on the Stock Ex- change were narrow, gilt-edge securi- ties and transatlantics being steady at : In‘flt'ion higher and German bonds up point. CLEARED OF TAKING YACHT One-Legged Newsboy Found Sea- sick Aboard Abandoned Craft. 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LONDON, England, July 20.—The presence of Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson and Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon as fully accredited, responsible American dele- gates to the seven-power conference opening in London today is doing more to advance American good will in Europe—perhaps to revive willingness to buy American goods—than anything since President Wilson set sail on his ill-starred mission to play the part of world mediator at the Versailles con- ference. “America is the one natiorable now to get Europe out of its present rut,” says public opinion here. “In times of emergency America is a country capable of the most magnifi- cent and most noble acts. What needed now is spiritual lead and America can give this—a wave of 1dealism which will sweep away the materialism clogging the road to better times. “Why is it not possible for the French proposal of a five-year political mora- torjum to be paralleled by something like a five-year debt moratorium? “Under such a proposal the Germans could agree for a time to forget their desires to regain the Polish corridor, and in the face of such relief for Ger- many the Hitlerites and the Hugen- bergers would be unable to throw Chan- cellor Bruening out, and under such beneficial auspices of a guaranteed Euro- pean peace a real disarmament confer- ence could be heid. British Wanted Wider Scope. It is true that considerable shine is taken off American participation by the | news from Paris that the French have already won the first round and have excluded all tali of disarmament and limited the conference strictly to get- ting Germany out of its present hole ‘The fact that the Americans also prol ably welcome such limitation, as it pre- vents discussions of debts, is causing disappointment here. 1t is no secret that the British wanted the conference to have a much wider scope. going to the roots of the world { trouble, of which debts, reparations, failure to disarm and high tariffs are belleved to be the basic causes. The London Times says that it is not often or easily that so representative & gathering of statesmen is collected in one place and, saying that it is hard to believe that their discussions will not go beyond financial relief for Germany, which experts alone would have no diffi- culty in producing, hints that conversa- tions of an important nature might and should take place offstage. The British, in fact, hope—despite the fact that the French have apparent- ly succeeded in screwing the lid down— that today’s conference is going to be a sort of Aladdin's lamp, from which, once it is rubbed, all sorts of good things might result. The basis of this belief is, perhaps, largely the presence in the background of the conference of the dramatic figure of Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England—probably the ablest financier in Europe. and the man who worked out the details of Great Britain's 1922 debt-funding agreement with the United States. Important Proposals Forecast. Mr. Norman, I believe, will produce conference gets through. It is no secret that it was Mr. Norman's urgent con- Donald last Wednesdsy night that caused the prime minister to send out an S O S call for a minister's meet- ing in London. And not the least of Mr. Norman's arguments was the ex- finances in case desperate Germany actually should declare a moratorium. It is even said in this morning’s Daily Herald, semigovernment organ, that it was seriously discussed that Great Britain would also have had to declare a moratorium in such a case, and that “never since the fateful days of August, 1914, when peace or war nearer a crash and calamity than dur- ing the last seven days.” Yesterday's issue of the Referee, in a remarkable article from its diplo- matic correspondent, makes the open declaration that Montagu Norman - is working for no less than direct revision of the financial clauses of the treaty of Versailles, a challenging statement which finds no denial in today’s British press. In the opinion of this correspondent, the figures to watch at this conference are Montagu Norman, Andrew W. Mel- lon and Dr. Hjalmar Schadt. Dr. Schacht. Dr. Schacht has just been appointed financial adviser to the Ger- man government and remains in Ber- lin, but he is a gigantic figure in the background of all German efforts— and Dr. Schacht is revisionist and anti- Young plan of the strongest sort. Fourfold Aim Is Seen. The scope of the conference, so far as can be gauged by the proceedings in Paris, includes: 1. Harmonization of the Hoover moratorium with the Young plan. 2. Granting Germany long - term credits, to be followed by a public loan issue. 3. Financial and economic guaran- ties required of Germany as security for such credits and loans. 4. Granting credits to smaller allied and former enemy States. Today's session, opening at 6 p.m., in the prime minister's room in the House of Commons, is not likely to do more than fix the agenda for tomorrow's session, which will take place in the cabinet room of the British foreign office, with Mr. MacDonald as chair- man. America can be said to be represented by an all-star team. . as foreign minister, with_ the lessons learned at last year's London Naval Conference, when the French prevented a five-power pact fresh in his mind— Secretary Mellon, the financial genius responsible for the details of the debt funding of 1926 between France, Italy and the United States—Gen. Charles G. Dawes of the Dawes' plan, is hasten- ing across the Atlantic as an expert— Ambassador Hugh 8. Gibson has been an American expert observer at the chief European conferences of the last five years. Germany sends Chancellor Heinrich Bruening, perhaps the foremost states- man of Europe. A man who was Will Rogers SANTA MONICA, Calif.—Our two finest race horses seem to have taken up the same racket as our prize fighters and wrestlers. “You . win this time, cabinet meeting nowadays, he would have to hold it in Europe. He is the only mem- ber in the U. S. If we had just donated to 'em the price of our long-distance telephone and cable calls, they wouldn’t have needed any more help. ,Clarence made enough on i prima proposals of epic magnitude before this | versations with Prime Minister Mac- | tremely precarious position of British hung in the balance, was this country uf stoned in East Prussia because he was courageous enough to tell his own peo- ple the truth—and who is courageous enough now to accept any compromise he considers best for Germany's ulti- mate good. France sends Premier Pierre Laval, | unknown & year ago and now fast gain. iing = reputation as the suavest states. man of the old world, and Foreign Minister Aristide Briand, 12 times Premier of France and innumerable times foreign minister, whose avowed lifelong ambition has been Franco- German amity. Ttaly sends Foreign Minister Dino Grandi, dashing 37-year-old Fascist ace decorated in the World War for personal courage, but pushing peace and disarmament now—perhaps be- cause Italy's purse is too lean to pur- is | chase parity with France Great Britain’s colors are borne by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreijgn Minister Arthur Henderson, two outstanding statesmen devoted to disarmament and world peace—with perhaps the sinister realism of Montagu Norman in the background, who might not see eye to eye with his colleagues on some points. Behind which trio stands Philip Snowden, Great Britain's iron chancellor of the exchequer, whose slogan is “Great Britain is going to make no further sacrifices that a de- termined man can prevent.” Secretary Stimson visited Prime Minister MacDonald this morning, after which a full cabinet meeting was held to discuss the British situation. Mr. Stimson is giving out a communique at 3 o'clock this afternoon. (Copyright, 1931.) LONDO;I OPTIMISTIC AS STATESMEN CONFER ON GERMAN SITUATION (Continued From First Page.) Stimson and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. The Secretary of State, who arrived at the prime minister's residence at 10 am., remained closeted with Mr. MacDonald for some time. Meanwhile some of Mr. MacDonald’s own mini- sters, reporting for a special cabinet session, were kept waiting. The preliminary talks took place in an atmosphere of much more optimism that a solution to the crisis would be found than had been thought likely when the seven-power meeting was called last week. Overnight developments in Paris, where it was announced France and Germany henceforth would seek to col- laborate in the flelds of politics and economics, were looked upon as making easier the task of the powers of render- ing aid to Germany and preventing tl:> spread of her economic troubles to t rest of Europe. Cabinet in Special Session. As Mr. Stimson left with Ray Ather- | ton, American charge d' affairs, after | his conference with the prime minister, | the special cabinet meeting began with every available minister present for dis- | cussion of the terms of the agenda to | be placed before the delegates of the seven powers at their meeting. Mr. MacDonald went to the cabinet meeting from an abbreviated week end at Chequers, where his visitors included Montagu Normen, governor of the Bank of England, and Sir Frederick Leith- Ross, deputy controller of finance to the treasury. Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Henderson, and | J. H. Woods, representing Chancellor ! Snowden, will meet the Belgian dele- gation arriving at about 5 o'clock and will remain 1t the railway station until the group from Paris come in half an hour later. Stimson Cordial But Cautlous. At the end of their conference Mr.| MacDonald had luncheon with Mr. | Stimson and Mr. Mellon, but before the luncheon the Americal delegates met the press correspondents for a few min- | tes. Mr. Stimson was cordial but cautious and declined to answer questions as to the program of this evening’s confer- ence. Mr. Mellon had even less to say. Both were particularly reticent in commenting on that part of last night's French communique which mentioned “political -Fpensemem" as a proviso for financial relief to Germas “Just use the phrase anyw ‘Mr. Mellon, *“nobody will kno means and it will be all right. The statesmen of seven great powers here for the conference were charged with the task of reconciling conflicting naticnal interests into a program of rescue capable of pulling Germany free of economic catastrophe, and, at the same time, of lessening financial stress throughout the world. Results Seen This Week. Britain prepared for the meeting simply. For the first assemblage of the statesmen, no elaborate ceremonial was planned. Business first was the order of the day. An atmosphere of optimism was such that in diplomatic circles it was pre- dicted the conference would finish its Job this week . ‘This conference was in large part based upon the elimination from the program of the troublesome question of political guarantees asked by France from Germany in exchange for her par- ticipation in financial aid. Tt was based, too, upon the knowledge that the ministers taking part in the deliberations were aware of the neces- what it sity of prompt action to relieve all Europe. A third factor was the Franco-Ger- man agreement, reached at preliminary negotiations in Paris, that both France and Germany would do everything they could to create conditions favorable to effective collaboration between them in both the political and economic fields. ‘The nations taking part in the con- ference are the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Bel- gium and Japan. Mr. Mellon and Mr. Stimson arrived in London from Paris yesterday. Hugh Gibson, Ambassador to Belgium and the third member of the American dele- gation, was at the station to meet them. Envoy Represents Japan. ‘The French delegation, headed by Premier Laval; the Germans, headed by Chancellor Bruening; Foreign Mini- ster Grandi_of Italy and Premier Renkin of Belgium reached London shortly before the opening of the meet- ing. Japan is being represented by her Ambassador in London. Although such problems as the pro- posed Austro-German Customs Union, disarmament d Germany's “‘vest pocket - battleship” program were un- derstood to have been barred from the agenda, it was expected that they would be talked over informally by the participants, and that important re- sults ilyfl]g‘telollovl from that discussion. Onl ministers were invited to the, opening session, but when the full lerence meets tomorrow morning at the foreign office the financial experts will be called in. These experts have been in London since last week, when they met to find a formula to reconcile the Young plan and President Hoover war debt plan. Their meeting was superseded by the ministerial conference. Although reports from Paris declare that Herr Bruening, in his talk with French statesmen, did not mention the amount of credit he wants for Ger- many without delay, it was believed in London that about $500,000,000 would be found sufficient for immediate needs. This would be approximately me-hhllk:r’r the ‘”‘“flllz of :h(at‘-uhr: credif m Germany during few weeks. U. 5. ENVOYS GIVEN Stimson and Mellon to Take Decidedly ‘Important Part at London. Secretary of State Stimson and Secretary of the Treasury Mellon are expected here to play a decidedly im- portant part in the conference starting today in London, according to the As- soclated Press, which quotes a igh authority” as explaining that hey are to give fully of their advice as to the way out of Europe's financial troubles. They are to have wide dis- cretion.” It is declared also that President Hoover and his advisers do not view the London gathering as “just another conference,” citing in ssupport of this the careful preparation, tbe distin- guished caliber of the American dele- gates and the constant international exchanges by telephone. Finance Comes First. Primarily, the meeting of the seven powers is to consider the economic plight of Germany and her Central European neighbors. Secondarily, it is expected to take congnizance of cer- tain problems related to the political peace and security of Europe. Neither of these two subjects is at all new. But both have assumed aspects which impelled the United States to send two cabinet officials who will sit at the counsel table in their own proper persons and according to their own high rank. Although the administration has made no detailed statement of its purposes at London, President Hoover himself has disclosed something”of what he has in mind. In his recent public utterances he has touched on two fundamental tenets of the American foreign policy. They are these: ‘The United States is a great indus- trial Nation, increasingly interested in economic stability. The United States is devoted to the cause of world peace, toward the organization of which four successive American Presidents have made notable prcposals to the great powers. Sees World Problem. Even before the beginning of the moratorium negotiations, Mr. Hoover was telling his fellow-countrymen that the depression was a world problem and that a real and lasting recovery would have to be world recovery. Dur- ing those negotiations he stated re- peatedly that his concern for the world economic situation centered about the desperate plight of Germany. These statements were but freshly uttered when he decided on a full-fledged rep- resentation at the London Conference. On the broader question of world peace itself, he has not spoken 50 spe- cifically, although in his moratorium proposal he did express a hope that it would contribute both to peace and prosperity. When he later announced what the American representation at London would be the ever-watchful eye of official and political Washington scanned his statement carefully without finding at all the word “economic.” He merely said the Americans were going to discuss the present “emergency” in Central Europe. Watchful Senators who had helped defeat the League of Nations treaty were quick to say publicly that they hoped and understood the two Secre- taries would have nothing to do with the political problems of Europe. Stimson Is Cautioned. A high administration official dis- closed that a cautionary word on that subject had been said to Secretary Stimson by the President, but the State Department denied that what di- plomacy calls “instructions” had gone forward. It is now the expectation in official circics that Messrs Stimson and Mellon will keep away from political subjects. although repeated emphasis is placed upon the wide discretion reposed in thera by the President. Whatever they do will be watched with keenest in- terest by all parties to the old contro- versy over the proper relationship of the United States to the problems of Europe. And it goes without saying that what- ever they do will be done in the light of a very full understanding of what is in the mind of the President. Man’s False Teeth Play Him False in Police Questioning Dental Plates Lead to Uncovery of Second Fraud Charge. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. July 20.—Edward A. Chis- holm’s false teeth played him falsely. Arrested under the name of Edward M. Pearson, as the passer of a worth- less check for $3,500 for the purchase of an automobile in Bcston, Chisholm was being questioned by police when Sergts. John T. Kelly and George Q. Tucker noticed his teeth chattered loudly. “George,” whispered Sergt. Kelly, “look up the circulars and see if any one is wanted with locse upper and lower plates.” When Sergt. Tucker reported there was an alleged embezzler with false teeth missing from Los Angeles. Sergt. Kelly took the prisoner's uppers and lowers from him. “Now,” said the sergeant, “I'm go- ing to keep these plates until the owner for_them. They belong to & man pamed Edward Chisholm and if he doesn't call for them I am to throw them out of the window.” At this point the accused man made sounds which the police interpreted as admitting that he was Edward Chis- holm, wanted for embezzling $10,000 from the Aero Corporation of California at Los Angeles. His teeth were retruned to him. o Veteran Chicago Broker Dies. CHICAGO, July 20 (P).—Walter G. Twitty, 78, oldest member of the Chi- cago Board of Trade, died of a heart attack yesterday. He had the reputa- tion of having handled more transac- tions than an n on the exchange. “See Etz and See Better” Don't mar your vacstion by not taking slong two pairs of glasses. Protect your eyes by having an ex- amination at least twice a year. ETZ Optometrists 1217 G St. N.W. Threatened HEIRESS GETS DEATH NOTE ON WEDDING DAY. MRS. DAVID PENNISTONE SCOBIE. A death threat against the former Miss Florence Yates, $20,000,000 Beloit, Wis., helress, was revealed as police set |a tfap to catch the extortionists the | night she sped eastward on her honey- moon with David Pennistone Scobie, young Chicago broker. The notes de- manded $15,000 or death for the heiress, one of the richest women in Wisconsin. —A. P. Photo. QUAKERCITY MAKES Delegation Urges Convention Advantages at Meeting With Fess. Phuldelrhh today made formal ap- plication for the Republican National | Convention in 1932, Appearing before Chairman Fess of the Republican National Committee, a Philadelphia delegation urged its hame town as a convention city at a hearing in the Senate Office Building. Particular stress was laid by the Philadelphians on the fact that next year is the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of George Washington snd that Philadeiphia, which saw the birth of the Nation, should be given prefer- ence in the matter of the Republican National Convention. ‘The delegation, which, accompanied by Senator James J. Davis, Republi- can, of Pennsylvania, was headed by Mayor Mackey, who made the principal | FORMAL G. 0. P. BID statement for the delegation. New Large Auditorium. A new auditorium capable of seating | 15.000 persons is being built within a | mile and an eighth of the heart of the | city and will be completed by next February. In this auditorium in addi- tion to the Convention Hall there will{ be 23 rooms available for use of com- | mittees, seating from 50 to 5,000. | Representatives of the railroads, the | hotels and the financial institutions of Philadelphia were on hand to tell the | National Committee that every neces- sary facility for the National Conven- tion could and would be provided. No financial bid was made by the, delegation today, but the Philadelphians said that when the National Committee , reached a conclusion regarding the | amount of money that would be neces- | sary, the city would be ready to meet it Senator Fess of Ohio, the chairman of the National Republican Committee, was the only member Jresemt at the | hearing today, although a number of officials of the committee attended. Afterward Senator Fess said the in- vitations from Philadelphia would of course be taken up for consideration, but that no decision would be reached until the December meeting of the National Committee in Washington, which will be called for selecting a con- vention city. Fess Reserves Opinion. “Philadelphia has ably presented its claim for the national convention next year,” the Senator said. *“What the National Committee will decide I am now unable to say, nor can I at this time express by own opinion, regarding the invitation. A number of other cities have indicated that they will issue invitations to the Republican National Convention. Among them are Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Los Angeles and Atlantic City. None has asked for a hearing, but 1t is expected they all will be represented and submit proposals when the Republican National Com- mittee meets in December. Philadelphia had not had a national convention of the Republican party since 1900. In that year the Republic- ans renominated President Willlam Mc- Kinley and chose as his running mat the late Theodore Roosevelt, who suc- ceeded McKinley when he was assassi- nated. While there has been no crystaliza- tion yet of sentiment regarding selection of the convention city for the Republic- an party next year there has been an impression that the convention in all probability would go to a city in the Middle West. Such a city, it is argued, would be more accessible to the delegates gen- | urged the need of taking erally speaking. Mayor Mackey in his statement at _—_- m — —_—__——————_—_—-—— -— - w-—_— C DIPLOMATS ARRIVE FOR RELIEF PARLEY Conferences Are Held on Boat During Trip From French Capital. (Continued From First Page.) ministeys’ conference deal with them from a’ political viewpoint. The German delegation felt that to decide what shall happen after the Hoover holiday year is over was some- thing for which a conference must be summoned considerably later, probably in the Winter. Germany looks 1o Presi- dent Hoover to summon such a con- ference. Wreathed in Smiles. The diplomats were wreathed in smiles as they left Paris. Despite the fact that their train went at the early hour—for diplomats—of 10 am, the entire staffs of the Paris em- bassies of Germany, Belgium and Italy, as well as high functionaries of the French foreign office, crowded the North Station platform. Several thousand commoners were lined up in the station. ‘The principals in the party were Premier Laval and Forel Minister Briand of Prance, Chancellor Bruening Forel Minister Curtius of Ger- o o= Minister Grandi of Taly, and Horeign Minister l-lymlmi and Emil Pranqui, finance expert and diplomat of Belglum. Despite their arduous negotiations in Paris, they all seemed in good shape. To please news photographers, M. Laval appeal at & car window with Herr Bruening and then with Signor Grandi, while Dr. Curtius poked his head out another windo ‘There were Cl of ive Lax “Vive la France,” “Vive Bruening” as the statesmen showed themselves. “Upon leaving France for the Lon- don Conference the minister of foreign affairs and myself want to declare how much we have been touched by the amiable and warm reception received in France from the French government and all Prench authorities,” sald Herr Bruening. “We are hgz,py to have been able to exchange opinions in all frankness with our French colleagues, and we are con- vinced this direct contact will have happy effects for more and more fruit- ful development of Franco-German collaboration, to which we are always sincerely bound.” ‘The Franco-German conversations in Paris, while they accomplished “impor- tant moral progress,” did not complete- ly realize the hope they had raised, says the leading article in Le Temps tonight. Large Crowd at Station. ‘The Belgian premier, aged and feeble, | arrived a few minutes before the others. He walked down the platform with Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Henderson and drove to the Belgian embassy. . ‘The rest of the delegates came in special cars attached to the boat train, the French smiling and confident, the Germans quiet. Dino Grandi, the Italian foreign minister, was a striking figure with his black beard, in odd cor.- trast to his youthful face. Outside Victoria Station police held back a large crowd as the visitors drove away. The French and German repre- sentatives are staying at the same hotel. Some of the crowd cheered and some of them jeered. A group of brown- shirted German Fascists shouted, “Down with Bruening! Up with Hitler!” as the car bearirg the German statesman rolled awa the hearing today said that perhaps it was unfortunate that Pennsylvania was s0 generally set down as Republican beyond any doubt in election contests. He said some of the Republican leaders the National Convention to a supposedly weak point in the Republican structure. He de- clared he did not belleve that holding a national convention in a particular State or city necessarily helped the party in the campalgn which followed. However, he said, if there was an; to that argument, it would do no harm to take the next Republican National Convention to Philadelphia for Pennsyl- vannia Republicans might need help in the next national campaign. The delegation called on Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania at his office in the Capitol after the hearing. Senator Reed has assured them of his support for their invitation to the Re- publican National Convention. Traveling Cost Item. The traveling ex of delegates may have a8 material effect on the final selection of a_convention city. California, President Hoover's home State, is expected to make a strong bid for the convention, either to be held in Los Angeles or San Francisco. A great deal is likely to depend on the attitude of the President himself when it comes to selecting the convention city. Purthermore, it may be the de- termination of the Republican leadcrs that it would be wise to take the ccn- | vention into a State and a section of | the country where the Republican party. might benefit particularly from the| holding of the convention there. ‘The Middle West may be one of thei most important battlegrounds_in the coming national campaign. Pennsyl- vania is always reckoned a strongly Republican State, no matter what the rest of the country may be doing po- litically. .|British Party OOl And you ean eonverse without shouting on our popular afternoon train to Philadelphia and New York, the air-conditioned COLUMBIAN Windows are closed to keep the cars always cool, clean, and quiet. Yet there’s a complete change of air in each car every two minutes. D. L. Moonuax, Ass't Gen'l Pass. Agent, Woedward Bldg; 15th & H Sts., N.W. Phone District 3500 BALTIMORE & OHIo Faces Death CHINESE DEMANDING DOCTOR’'S DEATH. ‘The execution of Dr. Francis Tucker bove), treasurer of a mission hospital at Techow, Shantung, was demanded by the Nationalist party as penalty for the death of a native whom Dr. Tucker shot, belleving he was a robber. Photo. RUSSIAN LUMBER SLAVERY DISPUTED Ends Three Weeks’ Investigation in Northern Sections. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 20.— Members of & | British trade delegation, which spent | hree weeks inspecting the lJumber cen- rs of Nerthern Russla, returned to | Moscow today with the statement they had found no evidence to support | charges that forced labor is used in the Russian lumber industry. Three mei. representing the Timber Trades Federation of the United King- dom made the tour for the British lum- ber trade, which is Russia’s largest soft- | wood customer. They used their own interpreters and selected their own itinerary, so that it would not be k_’x;l‘zlwn in advance vhere they were to visit. E. P. Tetsall, chairm:n of the group, sald they had visited Leningrad, Kem, Scroka, Onega, Keret and Archangel a: presentative lumber ports. Ve found the entire industry con- ducted under the best conditions of the Russian trade unions,” he said; | “the workers as a whole were con- | tented end energetic, seemingly satis- | fled and happy. The only standard of comparison, of course, is that of | pre-war Russia, for wages and living | standards are not to be compared with | those of England and America. “There is not the slightest doubt, however, that conditions have been wonderfully improved under the direc- | tion of the Russlan organization in | charge of Jumber exports.” | HOOVER, MORROW AND DAWES CONFER Castle Also Called to White House—London Parley Aides Assigned. By the Associated Press. Ambassador Dawes and Senator Mor- row conferred with President Hoover today concerning the German financial situation and the conferences growing out of it. Dawes and Morrow were awaiting the President when he arrived early today from his Rapidan camp. Both are guests at the White House, Ambassador Dawes will sail for Great Britain on July 22, but it was said at the White House that Senator Mor- row will remain here for several days. The New Jersey Senator has been in frequent touch with the President dui- ing the negotiations over his mora- torium proposal. Acting Secretary Castle of the State Department was' summoned to the conference shortly after the President arrived. Coming from the conference later Secretary Castle said the President had talked by telephone to Secretary Stim- son in London, but there had been no overnight developments of any conse- janesce; SR e sal e expected to hear again from Secretary Stimson after adjourn- ment of the conference this afternoon. 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