Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1931, Page 5

MEXICAN CLAIMS + LEFT UNSETTLED Nearly Billion Involved—Joint Commission Due for Continuance. Claims totalling almost a billion dol- lars were left unsettled when the gen- eral Mexican-American Claims Com- | mision went out of existence yesterday. A special commission, also engaged in deciding the claims, had expired Au- gust 17. Negotiations are in progress between | the two governments for extension of | both commissions, but no agreement has been announced, although offictals | here are optimistic that the conven- tions covering the commissions will be renewed. Reperts that a lump-sum settlement would be attempted have been met with the announcement that such out- | side settlement had not been considered | in the present discussions and had not | been suggested by the State Depart- ment. Adjourned Here in June. The General Commissicn adjourned | its last sessions here in June, with ape | proximately 100 cases before it. The | cases had been briefed and submitted for hearing. Unsettled claims filed by American citizens total about $758,640.- 000 and an additional $244.680,000 represented by unsettled claims filed with the General Commission by Mex- | ican citizens. Under the 1923 convention, which has been renewed twice, 137 American | claims, representing £6.360.000 as orig- | inally filed, have been decided, in add:- | tion to 9 Mexican claims, representing originally $320,000. | The 137 American claims were award- | ed $2,600,000, on which the interest to ;date amounts to approximately $740.- | 000. As awarded, the Mexican claims | totaled $39,000. Nelther group of claims | has been paid. 2 Approximately 1,700 cases originally were filled with both commissions, 800 of them being claims brought to the :)ne&enl Commission by Mexican claim- Some Date Back to 1868. Unsettled American claims filed un- der both conventions aggregated $667.- 315,000, of which $408.675,000 came be- fore the special commission. Unsettled Mexican claims of $244,400,000 pushed | the total claims before both bodies to £911.995,000, as represented by original | filings. The general convention covered mis- esllaneous claims from both countries dating back to 1863, and the special agreement took In claims by Americans | for revolutionary damages between 1910 and 1920. The special commission, which lact | met in Mexico last April. has decided 18 claims, all by Americans, 17 of which were included in the Santa Isabel case. They were decided against the United States. Approximately 150 claims were on | the special commission's calendar when | its convention expired. The total orig- | inally filed with the special commission, | elimirating duplicates with the general group, was about 3,000 claims. | MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL BLAMED BY COLEMAN | Failure to Act Friday May Delay Post Office Work, Says De- partment Official. By the Associated Press, i Assistant Pestmaster General Arch | Coleman, a former Minneapolis post- master. said today the delay in con- structing the new Minneapolis Post Of- fice was at'ributable to the City Goun- cil. He issued a stc‘~ment saying the failure of the C v Cruncil to act last Friday was respo. ible for a possible year's postponement of construction. He | sald Walter Newton, former Minnesota Representative and now secretary to President Hoover, was responsible more than any other individual for such suc- cess as the project has had. Removal of a spur street car track, Coleman said, was necessary before building operations could commence. He denied that a quarrel between New ton and street railway offictals had o casioned this delay. JUDGE HOUSTON DIES Former Representative of Tennes- see for 14 Years Succumbs. 1 WOODBURY, Tenn., August 31 (#)— | Judge William' Cannon Houstcn, | who voluntarily retired as Represen tive of the fifth Tennessee district in Congress in 1920 after 14 years' service, died at his country estate in Cannon County last night. Two of Judge Houston's sons rcse to distinction in the banking world. They are Frank K. Houston, vice president of | the Chemical National Bank, New York | City, and Willlam C. Houston, Jr., vice | president of the Federal Land Bank at | Louisville, Ky. Four other sons, one | daughter and his widow survive. | CLAFLIN Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 u . Enhance the beauty increase its value by ha stunning modern-art cet wonderfully stylish cettin, America’s Oldest Credit Jewelers 1004 F St. N.W. | who already is stationed at Hawali. 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Wells, DO-X HOP DISCUSSED Officers Consider Plan to Fly to Cleveland Air Races. NEW YORK, August 31 () —Officers of the German flying boat DO-X, which | arrived last week after a 10-month flight by waysof the South Atlantic and South America, held a conference to- day to decide whether or not to fly to ! Cleveland for the national air races now in_progress. The DO-X was anchored in Bowery Bay on public view, and careful check of plane and motors had indicated that the great ship was in condition for con- tinued flight if its officers decided that such a course was advisable. When the plane arrived here Clarence Schild- hauer. the American pilot, said that the | officers were anxious to fly to Cleveland | i possible. LAST OPPORTUNITY WIRE YOUR HOUSE Main Hall: Chein Pendant snd Acorn i g switen. Living Room: _ 3-Light Shower: Switch: 1 Plug. Dining Room: . 3-Light Shower: Switeh. Kitchen: Celling Unit; Switeh. 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Heinemann of | ‘Washington. The tournament is in| charge of John H. Willlams, model air- | craft director of the Community Center Department and of the local Model Alrcraft League. ‘The entries this morning were judged for duration of flight and each con- l?sllnl. wasallowed to fiy his model three times. Awards to winriers of the tournament | es for ts are Lieut. Robert K. Giovannoll, U. 8. A., and Lieut. T. J. Hedding, U. 8. N, CALIFORNIA BULLFIGHT IS NO-DECISION DRAW By the Assoctated Press. SAN PABLO, Calif., August 31.—Six bulls and 20 toreadors, picadors and matadors met in the Plaza Del Toro here yesterday and the final result was: Six bulls and 20 bullfighters all out of breath. It was a Portuguese style bullfight. ‘The fighters were not permitted to use banderillas or other weapons, but the bulls were allowed to use their horns. ‘The toreacors registered no hits but made several runs. The bulls were credited with an errorless afternoon. Instead of banderillas, the matadors were armed with sticks to which short lengths of rope had been attached. Under the rules, & bull technically was dead when the matador succeeded in planting the plece of rope on his neck. But when it was all over not a bull was even technically dead. HURT BY FALLING BOXES Transfer Employe Is Pinned Be- neath Crates on Truck. Lot's Steward, colored, 56. of 120 P street, »n_employe of the Merchants' Transfc © Co., was severely injured to- day, wr-n boxes and cases in the rear of a truck in which he was working will be made at the annual model air- craft Juncheon at 1 o'clock Friday in| Macfarland Community Center, where | the final indoor events will he held. | In addition to championship an committee cups, point winners in all| classes this year will receive wrist fell on him. He was admitted to Emergency Hospital, where his condi- tion was undetermined. Members of the fire rescue squad said | Steward was pinned under the boxes n the truck when its brakes rlipped and it rolled across the alley in the PLANS FOR CHURCH REUNION REVEALED Anglican Communion Negotiates With 01d Catholic Communion for Joining Forces. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 31.—Steps toward the reunion of the Anglican Com- munion of Churches and the Old Catholic Churches were taken by representatives of both organizations at & meeting at Bonn in July, it was dis- closed in a report issued y. A joint commission conducted nego- tiations and agreed on the following points: “Each communion recognizes the catholicity and independence of the other and maintains its own. “Each communion agrees to admit members of the other communion to participate in sacraments. “Intercommunjon does not require from either communion acceptance of all doctrinal opinion, sacramental de- votion or liturgical practice character- istic of the other but implies that each believes the other to hold all the essentials of the Christian faith.” An agreement will be submitted for ratification to the Synod of the Old Catholic Churches and to the Convoca- tions and Synods of the Churches of Anglican Communion. The Old Catholic Communion is a group of eight Autonomous churches, seven in Europe and one in Chieago and vicinity, whose center of unity is the Ancient See of Utrecht. Hr e As an expression of thanks of the British navy for the wonderful recep- tion accorded British bluejackets at watches, model-building tools and sup- rear of the Washington Post Building, | Kiel. Germany, a hundred Kiel school ply kits. It was announced that each | entrant scoring one or more points in' hitting & wall. He is believed to have suffered a crushed chest. | children were given a gala day on the | eruiser Norfolk. Washington’s Finest Men’s Wear Store Begins Its Semi-Annual Pre-Inventory Clearance Every odd lot, broken assortment, etc., has been dras- tically reduced to effect an immediate and final clear- ance. prices in yea limited and s S L please note . . ubject to prior sale. 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