Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1931, Page 7

SIAM HALS KING, | BACK FROM U. S, America Opensd His Eyes, Says Monarch as Bangkok Roars Welcome. BY ST. CLAIR McKELWAY. ] By Cable to The Star and Herald Tribune. BANGKOK, October 13.—Up the lazy tidewaters of the Menam Chao | Phaya, where specdboats vie with sampans and junks, the Siamese royal yacht Mahachakri brought King Pra- jadhipok and Queen Rambaibarni back to the temple capital of their kingdom yesterday. The sun came out for the first time n two weeks, ending the rainy season, fs the glistening gold prow of the craft nosed up at 4 o'clock to the royal land- ing, where soldiery and officials, re- splendent in uniforms, were assembled under a red and green lacquer pagoda. It was a healthier and happier ruler than the monarch who departed in March who today told Prince Svasti, his father-in-law that “his eyes had been opened, both figuratively and lterally, by his American visit: that he had recained his eyesight, thanks to the skill of American medical science, as well as practical ideas concerning governmental, industrial and scientific | matters.” The King added the kind- | heartedness of Americans of all classes | had made a lasting impression upon | himself and the Queen. Not since the King’s father, Rama V, geturned in 1897 from a tour of Eu- rope, has Bangkok so completely given itself up to hilarious celebration. When & coronation is held in Siam the people dance in the streets »nd music is heard in the far corners of the kingdom. The monarch’s birthdzy festivities also reach a magnitude undreamed of in Jess happier nations, But when the King goes forth into foreign lands and returns to his people, the effect is like that of a coronation, a birthday and a victorious war combined. * The King had ordered the govern- ment to spare the taxp>yers as far as possible in arranging the cfficlal wel- come, and the edict was carried out to some extent, but the citizenry were not curbed in their enthusiasm in any way. They decked river craft with fi:gs and flowers, tied down their whistles and sirens, and paddled cr motored to the river mouth to mest their rulers, Thcu- sands lined the great asphalt avenue leading from the landirg to the Royal Palace, waving flags and tossing flowers and festoons. Miraculously, the thousands of chil- dren who customarily play in the streets withcut clothing were gathered up and dressed and arrayed along the avenue. Every uniform in Si>m was on its owner’s back, from Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts to officers and men of the army and navy, and the streets teeming with all the colors of the trcpies under the blazing sun, literal'y dazzled the eye. Hour Set by Astrologers. Members of the royal family, govern- ment officials and foreign diplomats | and advisers were the first to greet their | majesties as the royal yacht hove along- | side the pier at the hour selected by the | royal astrologers as the most auspicious moment for arrival. Laborer’s Daughter in Opera v LNLNG ITALIAN GIRL A will make her debut with the WILL MAKE DEBUT IN NOVEMBER. NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD girl, daughter of an Itailan laboier, wiw has already made the first plunge into what may be a glamorous career, stepped off the liner Conte Grande yesterday with a five-year opera contract in her handbag. She is Serafina di Leo and in November she Chicago Civic Opera. She is shown seated (center) with her mother, Mrs. Rosa di Leo (left), and Mme. Virginia Novelli, her teacher. Her aunt, Mrs. Salemi, is in the background.—A. P. Photo. DESCENDANTSOF 76 ARRIVING FOR FETE Gen. Von Steuben of 1931 Is Among Notables Due on Visit-to Yorktown. By the Associated Press. | America extends an official welcome today to the descendants of distinguish- ed foreigners who fought in the Con- | tinental Army in the struggle for in- | dependence 150 years ago. | The State Department sent an emis- = Broglie, descendant of Col. Prince de Broglie of Rochambeau's army; Comtesse Jean de Pange, sister of the duc; Marquis de Chambrun, descend- ant of the Marquis de Lafayette and member of the French Parliament, and Marquise de Chambrun. Kosciuszko House Dies Out. ‘They will be mget by Richard South- gate, official representative of the State | Department and assistant chief of its division of international conferences. Other descendants of Frenchmen who fought for American liberty are in- cluded in the French naval and mi tary delegation to arrive in Chesapeake Bay October 15 on board the French cruisers Duquesne and Suffren. delegation is headed by Marshal Henri Petain, famous World War figure. In addition, the American Govern- ment sought to invite a member of the family of Brig. Gen. Kosciuszko of Po- | land, who served under the American colors from 1776 to 1784, but the State Department learned that this historic house seems to have died out. . 1. HOOVER ASKS ‘This | STAR, WASHING1UN, | CLEAN-UP OF BAR Investigation Bureau Chief Flays Legal “Parasites” at Police Session. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ’ ST. PETERSBURG, Fla,, October 13. —J. Edgar Hoover, director of the United States Bureau of Investigation, called on the legal profession to “purge itself of e parasites who call them- selves attorneys, but are more proper- ly styled ‘legal technicians and - alibi framers,”” in an address today before the International Association of Police Chiefs. ‘The “alibi framers,” sluggish prose- cutions and apathetic public opinion combine to aid the gangsters and racketeers, he declared. “Swifter justice, with less glorifica- tion of the criminal as a romatic fig- ure,” Hoover sald, “is neccessary to stamp out organized banditry.” Urges Ousting Bad Officiajs. If the legal profession were “purged,” he stated, and “If the courts would func- tion more energetically and forcefully in administering justice, and eliminate the all-too-prevalent tendency toward finding technical obstructions in carry- ing out the spirit of the law,” and the public would awaken to its civic| responsibilities, including close scrutiny | of prosecuting officials and swift official demise of any officer betraying his pub. lic trust” the law enforcement woull be simplified. Hoover said it is but natural to look' { D. C, TUKSDAY for an increase of crime during any period of depression. “I feel, however,” he said, “that in spite of flaming headlines and despite widespread comment relative to specific conditions and cases, the expected de- gree of Incizase has not materialized. Praises Police Heads. “I think this lack of material in- crease in crime is due to the highly efficient work performed by the modern | police official, who, benefiting by his brcad experience and utilizing all the tools and modern alds to law enforce- ment, has succesfully combated condi- tions conducive to the development of | crime and criminals.” Director Hocver offered the services of his bureau to the police of America in the crusade on crime, calling atten- tion particularly to the 2,667,699 finger- prints available for reference et the bu- reau. He told of cases in which crimes were solved by quick recourse to finger- print records. | Hoover urged the Police Chiefs' As- | sociation to appoint a committee to as- | sist the bureau in securing more reliable | crime statistics. Convention Thanks President. One convention committee is oppos- ing discussion of a recent Wickersham Committe report whith criticized many of the police departments of the United States. However, Austin _J. Roche, police commissioner of Buffalo, N. Y., is attempting to muster sufficlent votes to place the association on record as answering the report. | Joseph A Gerk, St. Louis police chief and retiring president of the associa- tion, pleaded yesterday for co-operation between uniformed officers and secret | service divisions of police departments. | At the afternoon session yesterday | the convention sent a telegram to Presi- dent Hoover expressing appreciation for his “expression of confidence in us to cope with the present crime condition.” | Prof. Justin Miller, dean of Duke University Law School and chairman of the criminal division of the American | Bar Association, urged co-operation be- | tween police and lawyers in working out procedure to speed criminal court practice and eliminate legal technicali- ties. The assoclation authorized ap-| OCL1ublR 13 pointment of a committze to consider such action. Dean Miller urged relieving police of some minor duties. He cited traffic violations as an example of one classi- fication of offense that should be taken from their shoulders. \TALE OF WOE WINS COURT COIN FOR SOUP Panhandler Recites Such a Di tressful Story Judge Frees Him With Gift. Up for trying to “panhandle” coffee money from a pedestrian last night, Leonard Connor, 33 of Tulsa, Okla., got his whole tale told in Police Court this morning and managed to get his freedom and a quarter from Judge Isaac R. Hitt. Policeman G. Walrodt, first precinct arrested Connor on Pennsylvania ave- nue last night when he heard him ask | a pedestrian for “coffee money.” gave his address as Tu'sa, Okla. “This man has some hard luck story,” the officer told the judge. “It almost made me break down.” ‘Whereupon Connor unfolded for the He | benefit of the judge a story of starva- tion and suffering among his family in the West and his own great hunger. He finished with a verbal flourish and added “Did T beg?” he asked. “Why judge I had rather steal or starve than beg.” “Take this,” sald Judge Hit, after digging into a pocket and bringing forth a quarter, “and buy yourself a bowl of soup.” Suede Jackets for Street. Suede jackets have ventured from the sports world onto the street. Many new jackets of natural or dyed suede are worn these days with matching skirts of heavy wood, plainly fashioned. ROVER IS ASSAILED BY BISHOP GANNON |Churchman Charges Prober Is Catholic and Refuses to Let Him Appear. Leo A. Rover, United States Attorney, 1 was charged with discrimination against Bishop James Cannon, jr, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, because he is a Catholic in a statement issued yesterday by the clergyman. 5 _A_79 know why “it has been mphubg that Assistant District Attorney Wilson' (In charge of the Cannon investiga< tion) “is a Republican Protestant. It the district attorney himself is a Re- | the district attroney himself is & Re- | publican Roman Catholic. Neither |{?’t‘:‘t should have anything to do with “But. it does show that the dema: twice made to the At al that he request that I be investigated | by the grand jury and twice denied by bim, and the ‘charges filed against me I’Jelo'r:‘méc 1::: Commmxee ‘were made by essman from a Romal Catholic district of Boston and lh.ll: d by a grand j before which Roman Catholic dla“:?ict attorney bl: fl:file}; "fy‘_th le'o ‘;ecmmend that I be | e , althougl similar cases ,under investigation have been m? e glving strong support to its ! France 1s agriculture. A Federal grand jury now has under | investigation charges that Bishop Can- |non failed to report to Congress all the campaign fund expenditures he handled in his 1928 anti-Smith fight. Referring to his political enemy, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, as “the vindictive Senator Glass,” Bishop Cannon contended the Virginia Senator bad been allied with Rome for the past three years. “I have written three separate times to the district attorney stating to him that I desired to appear before the grand jury which is investigating my actions at this time, waiving all im | munity.” Bishop Cannon said. “I gave the district attorney the names of three other parties whose testimony I believe absolutely essential, only one of which three has been sum- monsed. I, myself, have never been | asked to appear, although I have three times expressed my desire to do so. I have asked the district attorney on what grounds the discrimination has been made in failing to ask me to ap- pear when other parties have appeared under similar circumstances, but have received no reply. | Bishop Cannon added he did not One-Day Excursion Pittsi;urgh Saturday, October 17 Lv. Washington 11:10 p.m. See Flyers Consult Agents ALL STEEL EQUIPMENT Pennsylvania Railroad ‘The kingship spirt in this country is | sary to New York to greet six visitors, | erhaps the strongest in the world. | A%V greet . Tite first glimpse of the slim, uniformed | f0Ur from France and two from Ger- | SCHOOLS WILL OPEN | many, who will be guests of the Nation | figure cn deck brought tears to the g, "sorefathers helped to create | The occasion that brings them hera, is the celebration at Yorktown, Va., bes ginning next Friday, of the sesqui- centennial anniversary of the surrender of the British army under Lord Corn- wallis. ’ Gen. Von Steuben Arriving. Arriving on the Europa, scheduled to dock this afternoon, are Gen. Cuno von Steuben, present head of the fami- | ly to which belonged Maj. Gen. Baron | von Steuben of the Continental Army. | He will be accompanied by his wife. Aboard the Aquitania, expected to | dock early this evening, are the Duc | eyes of the court attendants, while the princes and officials strained for a bet- ter view of their majesties. For an in- terval, until the King was formally wel- comed in a speech by the Prince Regent, not a sound came from the great gath- ering, all standing stiffly at attention. Outside the circle of the royal guards, gorgeously appareled, were thousands of the royal subjects, some of whom had been standing there since dawn, but no sound came from them until the greet- ings of his own family, which public enthusiasm might never disturb, were concluded. But when these greetings were over and the King had spoken graciously to each diplomat and cab- | inet officer and had left the landing to step into his automobile, the pent-up ! enthusiasm of the crowds burst forth in & deafening roar. Expression of Feeling. In that reverent silence and in that roar of gladness is & preclous expres- | sion of the Siamese people’s feeling for kingship. As a young student just back ! from Europe remarked to this corre- | spondent_afterward, “You see, to the Siamese nothing much matters except ' the King.” | From the Janding their majesties pro- | ceeded to the Temple of the Emerald | Buddha, where they paid homage to the six late august Chakri rulers, and then worshiped the sacred relics in the palaces and temples. After these cere- | monials they proceeded to the Throne Hall through ranks of cheering people | and passed the evening in an intimate family gathering. For the rest of the populace it was a night filled with celebrations and en- tertainments in honor of the returning monarchs. (Copyright, 1931.) FARM LEADER’S PARLEY TO BE CALLED BY M’NARY Oregon Senator Hopes to Obtaln | Unit Support of Single Program for Agricultural Aid. 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