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A—2 ¥¥¥¥ - MASSIE, RELEASED, | ORDERED T0 DUTY Navy Will Not Take Disci- plinary Action Against Per- sonnel Freed Yesterday. (Continued From Pirst Page.) said, President Hoover will not be called upon to consider whether or not Lieut. Massie should be dismissed from the service. | Meanwhile, the House Judiclary Com- mittee indefinitely postponed action on bills to grant pardons te the three naval men and Mrs. Granville For- tescue, who yestercay were set free when Gov. Judd commutted their 10- year sentences for Kkilling Joseph | Kahahawal to 1 hour in detention. The committee also tock no action on the Bingham bill to prevent two hung jurles in Hawaii from operating to acquit defendants. Chairman Sumners of the committee said that the bills might be taken up later, deln?n!ha! depended upon de- velopments Honolulu. He indicated | that if no further disturbing incidents happen there that the measure might be allowed fo expire peacefully. The attitude of the committee was that the island Governor had in effect granted a pardon to the four Amer- icans convicted of slaying the Hawaiian. Since the local authorities, Sumners added, were showing a willingness to' make the proper disposition of the| cases, it was a question whether Con- gress should act directly. | One of the bills bafore the commit- tee. sponsored by Representative Crisp, Democrat, of Georgia, calls for a con- gressional pardon for the Americans, Another, by Representative Delaney, Democrat, of New York, would have the President pardon them. Sumners said the question of restor- | ing citizenship to the Americans was not discussed at length, adding that he felt the Governor could return their civil rights if he saw fit. Wants Investigation. Sumners sald he favored a thorough | investigation of conditions in Hawall | after “things quiet down.” A measure to that end is before the House Rules Committee. The Hawaiian delegate, Victor Hous- | ton, has expressed the wish that such an investigation be made, terming the recent Department of Justice inquiry 8 “star_chember” investization. Navy Department officials said it was | not known when Messie weuld lflv!l Honolulu, but since his transfer would be effective immedietely it was assumed he would deport on the liner Maldlo, sailing from Honolulu for San Fran- cisco, May 8. Under naval procedure, orders would not have to be issued from Washingtan for the two enlisted men, but they could be sent elsewhere by the admiral. Their transfer is considered most likely. While generally relieved that the four Americans had not been sub- jected to imprisonment, many Senators and Representatives showed they felt the stigma of conviction and the con- sequent loss of citizenship rights should be lifted immediately. “It shows a spirit over there that is taking care of the situation,” said Sen- ator Logan, Democret, of Kentucky, who wants a presidential pardon, “If they ere going to do anything, they ought to grant a full pardon.” said Representative Thatcher, Repub- lican, of Kentucky, spensor of a peti- tion for pardon sent to Gov. Judd. “The stigma that attaches to that sentence ought to be removed.” was the the comment of Senator McKellar, Democrat. of Tennessee. “I think a pardon is due,” came from | Benator Bingham, Republican, of Con- necticut. “The one-hour sentence should be| completely annulled by President Hoover.” said Representative Britten, Republican, of Illinois. Thinks Action Mistake. But an entirely different reaction came from Senator Reed, Republican, of Pennsylvania. “I think Gov. Judd has made a very serious mistake which will turn up to plague the luture ad-| ministration of justice in Hawail said. BSecretary Wilbur said today he thought Gov. Judd “had found an ade- quate solution to a difficult problem. The Secretary, under whose jurisdi tion the Territory of Hawall falls, add- ed that the Governor had had full | discretion in dealing with the situation | and that he had “kept out of the pic- ture as much es possible.” Dr. Wilbur talked to Gov. Judd two| ago on the telephone, but said to- subject of commuting the sen- sed “in any PARDON MOVEMENT BEGUN. Effort Made at Honolulu to Restore | Citizenship of Defendants. ted Fres ~—A move for an | P Mrs. Granville | Fortescue and_three naval men. con- victed of lynching Joseph Kahahawai, wes pressed today after the quartet hed fully satizfied the law by spending one hour in custody of the territorial high sherifl Sentenced yesterday in a surprise court session to 10 years in prison for manslaughter, they were immediately granted a commutation of semtence to one hour by Gov. Lawrence M. Judd. With the case closed, the New York soclety woman was_expected to leave Hawail s00n to join her author husbend East '3 order aleo apparently | pping retrial of ving men accused of &s- . Thalia Massie last Sep- Records Kept Clear. commutation also saved the Navy men from having their service| yecords marred by imprisenment. Capt. Ward Wortman, Massie's commander, gaid Federal action would have been | necessary to clear their records they actua been prison, even for an hour. | Harry Hewitt, attorney general, said the commutation did not constitute | a pardon and did not restore to the | feur their civil rights, Clarence Dar- | row, vete chief of defense counsel, said he thought “Federal action might | e taken to restore them. We are sat- isfied G Tae four were convicted last Priday after a long trial maxed by Mas testimony he s g with four other men sault upon his wife. The the five ended in a fury | disagreement and the group was - ing a new trial when Kahahawal was slain Darrow znnounced he would advise Mrs. Massie not to proceed in the re- trial and en authoritative source dis- | closed that the territory probably would not bring up the case again. Without Mrs. Massie, the complaining witness, the.prosecution could not proceed. Coming on the fifth day after a racially mixed jury had convicted the| four and recommended leniency, the commutation put an end to a case which had threatened to drsg along in | the courts for months or perhaps years. Darrow had been mapping an peal. Over In One Hour. The whole thing was over one hour after the defendants had been called| into court. With Darrow and George S. Leisure of the defense and Public Prosecutor John C. Keiley present, Judge Charles 8. Davis propounced the sentences In each case the sentence, as re- quired by law, was not more than 10 years at hard labor in Oshu Isiand torneys, knew Pleads for THE EVENING STAR. Fatherland FORMER PRINCE TELLS GERMANY'S PLIGHT. FRIEDERICH WILHELM BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER. | (Copyrigat, 1932. by the Associated Press) | ERLIN, May 5—Friederich Wil- helm von Hohenzollern. Ger- many's former Crown Prince, in the first interview he has| granted since his return from exile in 1923, issued an animated ap- | peal to the American people today to “understand” Germany. Tomorrow is the Crown Prince's 50th birthday anniversary. In the first| stages of the 40-minute chat, he sat nanchalantly on a sofa, puffed leisurely | on a cigarette and talked of sports and mechanics, his two non-political hobbies But his face hardened and his voice became vibrant as he turned the con- versation to the subject nearest his heart, the condition of Germany. Feel- | ings pent up during almost nine years| of silence seemed to surge within him.| Denies German Guilt. | “When you ask me, in connection with my 50th birthday anniversary to make & statement,” he said, “1 cannot| avoid hitting straight from the shoul- der and telling you what is at stake in my Fatherland today. “1 cannot close my eyes fo our ap- palling misery, to the constantly grow- | "’fi despair which everybody who is willing to see and hear encounters on every side, to the evidences of pro- gressive destruction which day after , with merciless fatefulness, vic- timizes both small and large economic undertakings, built up and developed !h;gugh years of painstaking, tenacious T, “Claims made about Germany's guilt for the outbreak of the war are untrue and have, besides, long been disproved. {‘What about the thesis with which the United States in 1917 entered the war against Germany—the thesis con- | cerning the necessity of fighting in be- | half of the liberty of small nations? | What a preposterous, fatal mistake! “What about the celebrated 14 points of President Wilson which Germany ac- | cepted and whose fulfillment Germany has a right to expect, even today? | They were thrown in the discard at Paris. . | Versailles Responsible. “Have you proud and free Americans any inkling of what it means to make a proud people submit to special laws and regulations? Is it necessary to point out what it means to take the right of determining its national self- defense from & people with a history of centuries and with boundaries exposed on all sides? “This dictate of Versailles, from which | the whole world is suffering, and the spirit from which it emanated, are, in the last analysis, responsible for all the disaster of today. True enough, you Americans did not sign it, but—and you will pardon me for seying this—you have made it gosuble and you continue to tolerate the impossible conditions created by it “Is it really necessary to emphasize that Europe’s recovery can be brought about only if in the hearts of this con- tinent there is a German people at VON HOHENZOLLERN. peace and at work? That only such a Germany will be able, through practical co-operative effort attacking the prob- lems upon which depends the restitution of a sane order in this world, also to assist in lifting your American burden?” The Crown Prince had talked himself into a pitch of excitement. He paused a moment to let his feelings subside “If I were to be successful,” he went on, “in eatching the ear of the people across the Atlantic with what I have told you, and if thereby I should be able, at least in a certain measure. to help my suffering people, 1 should regard this as my most beautiful birthday present.” Would Like to See U. S. When he talked of sports at the opening of the interview, the Crown Prince wished especially that he could visit the United States for the coming Olympic Games at Los Angeles. ] told me f the wonders of Co"I he said, and I have so stceped myself in Jack London's novels that I am yearning for your West Coast.” He also spoke of his son. Louis Fer- dinand, who is working at the Ford automobile factory at Detroit. he said, “he chose this field of activity of his own free will because the love for things mechanical is in his very blood as an inheritance from my own love for technics. of “In the case of my other boys, too, | T'm glad to see an active interest in things mechanical developing. And I am doubly glad that with them, as with me, this interest is not limited purely to the mechanism of technical labor, but that they are constantly searching for the bridge that must be constructed from technique over to the spiritual and economic phases of life, for this, as far as I can judge, con- stitutes one of the most difficult prob- lemss of our time.” The prince began the interview in German, then changed to English, which he speaks like an Oxford scholar, and finally, as he grew more animated. lapsed back again into German, en- livened by undiluted Berlin slang. VETERANS TOLD TO FIGHT. Steel Helmet Organization Observes Second Founders’ Day. MAGDEBURG, Germany May 5 (#)—Hundreds of German war vet- erans, gathered here for the second an- nual Founders' day of the Steel Helmet organization, today heard impressive appeals to fight for the Fatherland in these times of peace as courageously as they did during the war. Germany, one of their officers told them, must rely upon her own re- sources to improve her economic po- | sition. “Neither the Russlan example nor the American is a solution for us.” he said. “On the contrary, in America, with her vast resources and uncounted unemployed, there are indications that something is out of order with capi- talistic leadership.” of the move and there was no police guard. RELATIVES PLEASED. Maj. Granville Fortescue and rs. Grace Bell Give Up Trip to Hawail CHICAGO, May 5 (#).—The father of | Mrs. Thalia Massie and the mother of | Mrs. Granville Fortescue were speeding back East today. jubilant over the order | commuting the sentences of the four| principals in the Massie-Fortescue | | m:nslaughter case News of the commutation reached | Maj, Granville Fortescue and Mis. Grace Bell as they arrived here last night en route to Honolulu. They im-| mediately decided to return East in- stead of going on to Hawail. “This case shows that justice has a humane as well as legal side,” said Maj. | Fortescue. “* * * 1 am very proud of Lieut. Thomas H. Massie as & son- in-law. I believe the Navy is proud of him and =0, I believe, are the people of America.” Mrs. Bell, his mother-in-law, nearly eollapsed, said it was “simply superb.” | Her home 1is in Washington, Maj. For-| tescue's in New York. Rejected Suitor Kills Self, Girl Thinking It Joke By the Associated Press. DETROIT, May 5—Miss Nora Daniels, 18, considered it a dramatic gesture and nothing more when Burton Roberts, her 20-year-old suitor, draiced & bot- tle of what he sald was poison after she had refused to marry him. They walked on together for five blocks in_suburban Lincoln Park. Then Roberis fell to the sidewalk. Police took the youth to the home of a physician, who pro- nounced him dead. TWO ARE ON TRIAL WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, FAIRFAX WILL STOP WORK ON HIGHWAYS County Manager to Cease Operations June 30 on Board's Order. Spoelal Dispatel to The Star. FATRFAX, Va, May 5-—~The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors yesterday ordered County Manager F. to discontinue all work on the county ronds June 30, Larkin reported that | the State has offered to buy the county's | rond machinery and trucks, valued at between $35,000 and $40,000, for $9.- 343 and that the State has refused to ern equipment depot and road camp. Larkin and Wilson Farr sald they visited the State Highway Department in Richmond Saturday for information on the State's plans. Offer Temporarily Declined. any county machinery or equipment prior to Au it 9, as referendum peti- tions are being circulated. In response to & request from the Herndon Chamber of Commerce the board pointed out that its own building program called for a reduction in road taxes of la cents a year for the next five years, and thereafter no road tax A delegation from the Herndon and Falls Church banks appeared to ask the board to rescind its recent action requiring banks in which county sink- cent interest beginning September 1. Chairman W. F. P. Reid appointed Supervisors G. W. Carper, W. H. Ell- more and C H. Powell to confer with Judge McCarthy and a committee of the bankers. Jail Rules Adopted. In response to a complaint from Vie- tor B. Harding of Ashburn to Judge Walter McCarthy that prisoners in the Fairfax Jail held a “kangaroo court” in which three Loudoun County men had | been beaten by other prisoners and re- quired to pay into a prisoners’ fund, the board adopted rules making it unlawful | for any inmate of the jail to haze or | mistreat any other inmate, throw any- |thing in the plumbing, destroy any property or use indecent languege, mak- !iny, violations punishable by fines of not | less than $2.50 nor more then $50 or by | confinement in the jail up to 30 days or both Traffic Officer Lewis L. Finks was de- | tailed to assist in the traffic survey be- !ing conducted by the Bureau of Public Roads, beginning May 11. A raport of Larkin approving opening a new road | from Baileys Cross Roads to the new {Lee Boulevard was filed pending the | referendum August 9. \GASTON B. MEANS HELD IN $100,000 LINDBERGH PLOT (Continued From First Page) | p-rted pest affiliation with the German | secret_service, In 1917 Means wes indicted in Salis- bury, N. C. for the murder of Mrs Maude A. King, widow of a Chicago philanthre; employed relatives to “investigate.” He was tried and acquitted. William J. Burns appointed Means a special agent of the United States Bureau of Investigation iIn creating a stcrm of protest. Burns then changed Means' status to that of “confi- | deptial egept” to Burns, Means was a prominent figure during | the hearings by the Senate on the of- ficlal conduct of Harry Daugherty, for- | mer Attorney General. Daugherty. it | was reported, had ordered Burns to dis- | miss Means from the Bureau of Investi- tion, but Burns defended Means be- | tore the Senate Committee, asserting the former agent was “one of the best in- ‘\(‘fl ators 1 ever knew." | Last November Means again entered ! the spotlight when he was arrested on charges of assauiting a police officer and disorderly conduct. following an al- lged row at his home. Police. were called to the house by Mrs. Means, who claimed her life was in danger. Means is alleged to have assaulted one df the | officers when they attempted to settle the controversy. Police officers at that time declared they had peen called to quell disturb- : at the Means home on prior oc- casions. CURTIS IS HOPEFUL. Norfolk Intermcditary Refuses to Di- vulge Informaton on Search. By the Associated Press NORFOLK, Va., May 5—The yacht rcon, carrying negotiators for the M | return of the Lindbergh baby on an- | other of its mysterious cruises, sailed from its The cruise was planned for today ¢ John Hughes Curtis, principal ne- ator, after his return last night from his fifth trip by water. Early this morning Lieut. George L. Richard, naval officer working wich the Norfolk boat builder, conferred | with Very Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock, an- other intermediar: N. Larkin | consider purchase of the county’s mod- | The board refused to ell the State | ing funds are deposited to pay 4 per | . whom Means had beeng 1921, | th today at the naval base. | JAPAN AND CHINA SIGN PEACE PACT Spokesmen Affix Signatures While Sitting Up in Bed at Hospital. BY REGINALD SWEETLAN By Cable to The Star SHANGHAI, May 5—S8itting up in thelr hospital beds, Japanese Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu, Gen. Kenkichi | Uyeda and Quo Tai-Chi, the latter representing the Nanking foreign of- fice, today pul their signetures to the treaty bringing Shanghal's undeclared war to an end The peace pact consists of five ar- ticles and three annexes in addition to two Chinese statements of amplifica- tion. The first Chinese statement de- cleres it s understood that nothing in the sgreement implies any permanent restriction of Chinese troop movements in Chinese territory. The other de- clares it is the Chinese understanding that all municipal functions, including policing in the Japanese militarized zone, despite 1its temporary use by the Japansse, will not in any way hamper the work of the greater Shanghal mu- nicipal government. Briefly, the treaty provides: Article I—Both sides shall dulge in hostile acts. Article II—Chinese troops shall re- main in their present positions pending later arrangements. Article III—Japanese troops will with- draw to the International Scttiement and extra-settlement roads in the Hong- kew Park district as before January 28. It is understood that, in view of the numbers of Japanese troops to be ac- commodated, some will be temporarily statloned in localities adjacent to these areas. Article IV—A joint commission, in- cluding members of participating friend- 1y powers, will be established to certify | the mutual withdrawal. This commis- | sion will also collaborate in arranging | the transfer of the evacuating Japanese | forces when th. incoming Chinese po- | lice take over the evacuated territory. | In accordance with the League of Na- | tions Assembly resolution of March 4, the commission will be composed of 12 members, a civilian and a military rep- resntative irom each of the Chinese, | Japanese, American. British, French |and Ttalian governments. ) | Article V—The egreement will be ef- fective from the date it is signed. The American members of the joint commission are Consul General Edwn S. Cunningham and Col. Walter 8 Drysdale, acting military attache here CHINESE REBELS BEATEN. not in- HARBIN, Manchuria, May § (®)— The vanguard of Gen. Nakamura's Japanese force battling Chinese rebels in North and Northeastern Manchuria, clashed with a force of 600 Chinese to- day at Nantienmen, 10 miles west of | Fangcheng. | e rebels Japanese lost, wounded. A defection of a body of the regular troops of Henry Pu-Yi's new govern- ment in the Antu district, 50 miles southeast of Tunhua in Eastern Kirin Province, swelled the rebel ranks in that erea to about 8,000 As a result of this defection a body of Japanese reinforcements set out hastily for Tunhu SPEEDBOAT CAPTURED AFTER SEAMAN IS SHOT Victim of Coast Guards During Chase of Alleged Rum Craft Expected to Die. By the Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn., May 5—The speed boat Scipio of Bridgeport, an al- leged rum runner, was captured off fled. leaving 24 dead. The one killed and three Ficher's Island after one of her crew | had been wounded severely by a ma- chine gun bullet from a Coast Guard beat. The wounded man is expected to die. Coast Guardsmen. who brought the 400 cases of liquor. Officials said the service vessel re- sorted to machine gun fire after the Scivlo had ignored several warning “shou from a one-pounder. 'BACKERS PLAN TO OPEN " GARNER HEADQUARTERS Campaign to Be Waged From New York and Chicago in Be- half of Texan. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, May 5.—Cheered by his success in California, leaders of the Garner-for-President movement an- fnounced yesterday they would shortly | cpen headquarters in New York and Chicago in behalf of Speaker John N Garner, Silliman Evans of Fort Worth, Tex., said “the California victory marks the beginning of a very definite campaign for his ncmination and election. We brigade, which is part of the | Scipio to New London, said she carried i | | "“After the visit, which Dean Dobson | confidently believe he is the choice of MAY 1932. | | tior the ba of L | years old ginta horse sh La | Disarmament, Settlement and Restored Silver Urged in Senate. | __ (Continued From First Page.) methods by which the | larger and greater loans He asserted that the only policies » proposed, not only in this country but in foreign lands as well, are to “in- crease taxes and provide larger loans to_the people.” He tracked the silver problem back | to 1925, when, he caid, the effort was tarted to force the gold standard on ilver-using countries Beginning in India, | It began, he said, in India when | Great Britain began to establish the gold standard there. | Borah recalled that Gov. Strong of | the New York Federzl Reserve Board had advised against this move and pre- dicted it would have a bad effect on business and possibly the gold standard. “I cannot understand why it would be unsafe or unsound to restore con- ditions as they were before 1925. It would not attack the gold standard. “We have vast wealth, but Rome had as much wealth when it fell as when | it was at the height of its power. It ! was not poverty that caused her fall. It was a defect in the administration of wealth “China has the greatest undeveloped 21 wealth in the world. It does nify much to have thz mort 1 wealth when it is not ac¢min- to bring about reasonable pros- people can get Fe:it: “Hcw are you golng to restore pros- perity to tha pesple of the United es. the Orient of the world gen- crally on the monetary base we are now using? Purchasing Power Essential. “The Reconst-uction Corporation has the purpose to extend credit. But what ] is here which will reach out ve a tendency to restore the g power of the masses?” charged that although the | Senate last year unanimously requested | the Presitient to call an international silver conference “the United States has made no real sincere effort” to bring one about. “And that's the very trouble of the situation,” he thundered, “the timidity of governme: to take hold of the auestion which is sinking the people into utter degradation “There isn't leading man in Eu- rope who doesn't knmow that unless armament is reduced the people will sink under the burden.” Referring to an international silver conference, Borah exclaimed, “The Senator from Utah (Senator Smoct) says Prance and England wouldn't agree to it. “I ask the Senator from Utah to pre- sent the facts which show they wouldn't agree to it." Borah asserted that if the United State “threw its influence behind a movement to give silver the same place it had before 1925," it would be success- ful. “We have no leadership,” he roared. Borah begdn his address by saying i | I Competes in Pony Classes DEMI-TASSE TO APPEAR AT BRADLEY FARMS. MONG entries received for the excellent pony classes planned by the Na- 1 Capital Horse Show Committee for its exhibition at Bradley Farm mare Demi-Tasse, shown g will send here. *The p: 2 t year she was a consis sws at Richmond, Orange, Gloucester, W ve in action, which v stands 14.11. hands nt winner Vir- BORAH PROPOSES ARMY PAY OPPOSED, F0LD PROGRAM FORD.C OFFIZALS Reparations War Supply Bill Provides for = Choice Between Two Salaries. Three District officials—Maj Herbert B. Crosby, Commissioner; Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, and Brig. Gen, Pelham D, ford, police chief—would be prevented from draw- ing their retired Army pay in addition to their civilian salaries, under the War Department appropriations bill report- ed to the House today by its Appropri- ations Committee. The biil prohibits any person hold- ing a civil office in the Federal or Dis- | trict Government from drawing both civil and retired pay when the total exceeds $3.000 per year. Each may choose which salary he prefers, how- ever, under the bill. Another limitation is said to be aimed at the military aide to Secre- tary Stimson and provides that no money shall be avzilable “to pay any officer detailed s a military aide to any civil officer of the United States outside of the War Department, except to the President.” The bill caitics a total of $717,000 for the United States Soldiers’ Home here. This is gn increase of $13,000 The bill carries $8,500 for the Army Medical Museum gnd $19,500 for the library of the surgeon general's office. For_continuing the establishment of the Fredericksburg and Spottsylvania County Battlefields'’ Memorial, $14,700 is recommended in the bill. ARMY SUPPLY BILL, SLASHED MILLIGNS, IS SENT TO HOUSE (Continued From First Page.) tery training was cut to $3.007.611. £3.624.090 less than the budget and :JD.I: 750,000 below current cutlavs. while the Organized Reserves were given $4,244.- 000, or $2.109.000 less than the budget and $2203,000 less than for this year For the Military Academy at West Point. $2,363,000 was set aside, a cut of $197.000 and $303,000 less than for this r. Among important items in the non- military activity section, was the $11,- 146,000 allotment for the ! Canel, a cut of $3,576,000, and $151,280 for the Wachington-A'acka cab'e. “The Summer of 1932, in my opinion, | Among proposed restrictions are that Army bands will te limited to 83; that retircd officers holding civilian positions shall not receive more 1 $3.000 a vear; that no additional outlays be made for pilgrimages of gold star mothers to France because more than $1,000.000 remains unused from last year, and that subsistence traveling e penses of personnel be reduced from 86 to 85 a day. Before approving the measure, as presented by a_subcommittee, the full Appropriations Committee struck out al- lowances of $1£9,000 to Army officers under the rank of major who supply their own horses, 13 GENERALS WOULD RETIRE. Proposed Army Reduction Also Would | Gen Panama | MRS. MASSIE GRATEFUL. IN POLICE ASSAULT T | Peacock said was to give him a report | the majority of Democrats in the Na- Officer Bacon Says He Was Too of the work, the clergyman would not | ton.” will be of humanity. moment very great to Eliminate 86 Colonels. Mother of Lieutenant Happy at Out come f Hawailan Case. i WINCHESTER, Mey 5 (#)—| “We are too happy to say anything." | Mrs. W. 5. Massle taid last night when | informed her son, Lieut. Thomas Mas- sie, had received a commutation of sentence at Honolulu Miss Dorothy Massle, the naval offi- of the release of her son and three others convicted of elaying a Hawalian. | “Are you sure?” Mrs. Massie asked | Busy to Notice if Defendant Was Sober. Defense efforts to prove John Ken- drick was sober whan he scuffied with Thomas D. Bacon, first precinct had | cer's sister, was at home when Mrs. | liceman, last February, received no help ported that the Marcon was seen late | committed to Massle was notified by a newspaper man | today from Bacon. Kendrick and Harry Yudelevit are on trial in District Supreme Court on po- | divulge any information concerning the | | progress of their work. | ' ‘We are still hoping for the best,” he | replied when asked if they were en- | couraged. . It was reported that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, absent from his New Jersey home for a number of days, is here aiding in the negotiations. | | The Ledger-Dispatch said it was re- | Ask Public’s Help In Hope of Saving Flowering Dogwood | The Wildflower Preservation Soclety and the National Capital Committee of the Garden Club of America have renewed their plea to the public for preservation of the flowering dogwood. yesterday in the Norfolk-Beaufort in- | land waterway near Great Bridge, about | 12 miles from Norfolk, and that a con- ‘ tact was made with another yacht, 1fl(cm,dlx uhcg 1:.oh‘l of he;t 5101(1'5 {;;:cnargcs of assault with intent to kill' which later disappeared south on the | case. Assure was a certainty, it wi | waterway, leading into Currituck | officer's mother sald: “I am exuem”yeflaffln and assault with dangerous | Eand )An obePrvger, who dasined tnl grateful to evety one for their kind- | Weapon. The policeman was shot in | give his name, was quoted as saying he | The groups expressed apprecia- tion to the public for its co-op- eration and said it Is believed the public is becoming more appre- “It wiil either mark the beginning of economic recovery or it will denote greater distress than we have yet ex- perienced. hoarding in this country. “You might just as well against the law of self-defense inveigh as tions | “We are advised again and again that the difficulty lies in a lack of courage and confidence. Time for Doctor. “Complaint is still being made ageinst | against hoarding under present condi- Four major generals and nine briga- dier genersls are slated for forced re- tirement if Congress approves the Tec- ommendation of the House Military Affairs Committee today for the elimi- nation of 2,000 regular officers of the Army e the officers who are to be re- tired are selected according to age, an examination of Army records points to the eliminations of Maj. Gen. Edwin B Winans, commander of the 8th Corps IHOOVER PEACE IDEA “ALL-TIME POLICY” Castle in Address Intimates Doctrine Bars Forced Re- spect for Pacts. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The “Hoover doctrine” of peace, ac- cording to the Acting Secretary of State, Willlam Castle, jr., is to enforce peace by peaceful methods and not by means which might lead this country into a war Mr. Castle indicated this poliey of the present administration in a speech made before the American Conference jon International Justice and pointed out the chief reascns why this country cannot easily join the League of Na- tions, nor can it sympathize with the idea expressed by the leading pacifists in this country of inforcing the Kellogg pact, if necessary by a boycott. The members of the League, Acting Secretary Castle stated, are gound by the | covenant, which recognizes the use of force to keep peace. Vhen President ‘Hac\'er assumed office, he found the { United States bound together with the other nations of the world. by the terms the Kellogg-Briand pact t Considered Weak by Many. Many people | weak. thing must be done to enable the m tions to put_more reliance in th: Kel- .bagz pact. The only constructive ideas Prc_ugm th to “put teeth into the 'aris "e:‘s ideas of military in- considered The policy of the administr: expressed in the noté sent m-.“soe“rr: tary Stimson to the Japanese and Chinese governments on January 8 and in the letter addressed to Senator Borah February 23 indicates clearly | that the United States intends to apply only peaceful sanctions to any nations "l?:a‘ b:f_akhw)lllullly any international | treaty it has ly j oy % solemnly promised to Thought Net Original. The Stimson note of January 8 whereby the Secretary of State draws to the attention of the Chinese and Jaja- nese governments that “it (the Ameri- can Government) does not intend to recognize any situation, treaty or agree- ment entered into by those governments in violation of the covenants of treaties Which affected the rights of our citizens in China and the Kellogg pact,” is not an original thought. On May 11, 1915, ‘Svcre_tnxy Willlam J. Bryan instructed | Mr. Guthrie, the American Ambassador at Tokio, to draw the attention of the imperial Japanese government that the Government of the United States can- not recognize any agreement or under- taking entered into between the govern- ments of China and Japan impairing the treaty rights of the United States and its citizens In China, the political and territorial integrity of the republic of Chma or the international pz telative to China commonly known as the open-door pol At the time wh- wes sent to Toklo and N: ng .t W thought that refreshing the me 0y the Japanese statesmen that A has vital inters: in the Fer would have the desired effoct, Japenes> paid no heed, howe American "warning. When the Shangha! incident oc the pacifist e’ements this “coun began urging the administration to clare a boycott aga‘nst realizing such a meascre mount to a declaration of war, Boycott Dangerous. Secretary Castle made the situation clear in his speech last night, explain- ing why the President was so muc op- posed to such a step. The idea of & ;b'ymu draws its inspiration from the | Covenant of the League of Nations, Mr. Casile stated. “This idea is also op- posed by the administration primarily because an official boycott is an act which wculd almost surely lead to | war.” Mr. Castle went on to say that “To make it effective it must be prac- tically a universal agreement, and such unanimity is hard to achleve unless you have something like a super-authority which must be obeyed. If the United States alone declared a hoycott, beside | being useless, it would almost certainly be considered as an act of war." For these reasons it is obylous that unless flagrantly provoked the policy of the administration will continue to | be one of preservation of peace at any price. In certain circles it is believed that Mr. Castle’s statement means this country would be reluctant to join in any drastic step taken by the other nations to enforce the respect of in- ternational treaties. The “Hoover doc- | trine” which it is expected will be | transmitted to posterity and will form | the basis of America’s policy as much as the Monroe doctrine, is to seek peace | by peaceful methods. to remind peace | breakers of their wrongdoings and let time heal whatever wounds any jingo- | Istie nation may inflict upon ot%u nations. The administration is con- vinced that eventually nations will find out, from sad experience, that wars don't -pay. YOUTH MOVEMENTS FPRAISED. Will Do Much to Aid Peace, Dr. Rowe | Tells Conference. Youth movements will do much to help maintain world peace, Dr. L. 8. Rowe, director general of the Pan- American Union, told the American | Conference on Institutions for the Es- | tablishment of International Justice to- | day in the United States Chamber of Commerce. | “It is in this great field of national Area at San Antonio, Tex.; Maj. Gen.| endeavor,” he said “that we must look Ewing E. Booth, commander of the Philippine Department; Maj. Gen Bryant H. Wells, commander of the Hawalian Department, and Maj “It 15 well to have courage and con- | fidence, but when a man is lying on his bed with a broken leg and gangrene is setting in, he needs a doctor.” Gen. | nesses during the past several months We are too happy to say anything else now.” : HYATTSVILLE WOMAN |: DIES IN AUTO CRASH Mrs. I K. Gruber Loses Life When | Car Skids and Overturns in Virginia. FEaee [ FAIRFAX, Va, May 5—When an automobile reported to have been| driven by her husband skidded and overturned after leaving the Little River pike. near Chantulley, west of| here. today, Mrs. I K. Gruber of| Hyst'sville, Md., was killed, and three| other occupants of the car were injured Oruber was bruised and Miss Eliza- zeth Cage, 17, of Brentwood, Md., suf- fered a fractured shoulder. Miss | Elizabeth Gruber, 18, daughter of the dead woman, also was bruised A young son of the Gruber's is re-| ported by witnesses to have ran from the scene, apparently in a dazed con- dition, and was still being sought. The injured were treate.! Dr. Shull of Herndon and then taken %o the Alexandria Hospital, ihe right foot and in the hip. Eacon told Harry T. Whelan of de- fense counsel he did not remember whether Kendick had an odor of alcohol h. Under re-direct exami- Julian I. Richards, zn as- | v, he said | defending his life to breath | to break down the Governmeni’s comtention that either | Kendrick or Yuldevit pulled the po- | liceman’s revolver from its holster dur- | ing the scufle and attempted to shoot Whelan sought | him_with it | “Did he pull your gun out of its hol- | ster?” Whelan asked Bacon | “He must have,” the policeman re- | plied. *“The holster was 5o torn I had | to have it sewed up. I found my gun in the street later.” DUNCAN | NDICTMENT Judge Walter T. McCarthy Will Listen to Argume=nt on Legal- ity Tomorrow Morning. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT | HOUSE, Va., May 5-—The attack on the legality of the indictment of former County Clerk Willlam H. Duncan, who is alleged by State auditors to be short Judge Walter T. in Court tomorrow e was no demonstration. None be- | Ford Swetnam ~” Pairfax and Dr. E. C.|in his accounts, will be argued before uthorities, defendants, Circuit men and a few | recognized one of the men aboard as| | ciative of the ornamental tree. Col. Lindbergh. CRARRARANDRGED o Are You Like That? You know the story of the lazy Arkansas farmer and his leaky barn roof? Some one asked him why he did not fix it. He drawled lazily, “When it's nice the hole in the roof bother me and when it rains I can't don’t fix it.” How about vour roof? Is it leaking? Have yvou put off painting it? A coat of paint prevents the danger of springing leaks which are troublesome and costly. There is no better time than the present to attend to such things. Dollars buy more in the way of repairs than they have done in a long time What is more, dollars spent siow help some one turn from enforced idlencss to work. It gives vou assurance of keeping your job or improving your business. HY NOT DO LT NO W1 e i W In response to a question from Sena- tor Fletcher, Democrat, Florida, Borah said he did not believe the Goldsborough bill recently passed by the House to in- crease tne level of wholsale commodity prices would provide the needed rlief. Snator Norris, Republican, Nebraska, ed that “unequal distribution ¢f wealih must be remedied before the purchasing power of the masses can be restored.” Snator Howell, Republican, Nebraska, spoke for the Goldsborough bill to stabilize the value of the dollar. Sena- tor Thomas, Democrat, Oklahoma, ad- vocated it or the bonus. SWANSON BRANDS SUBS. Underwater Fighters “Assassins of the | Sea,” He Says. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 5.—United States Sen- tor Claude A. Swanson, branding the bmarine as “the assassin of the sea.” renewed his attack on those craft as aggressive weapons of warfare in today's | meeting of the Disarmament Confer- ence Naval Commission. Senator Swanson would abolish the submarine, but his thesis was opposed :{ll‘l: taday by the Japanese represent- In the course of the morning the commission completed its discussion of offensive arms and the conflicting view- points were referred to the secretary, who will attempt to conciliate them be- fore filing this report with the com- | wether Walker, Preston Brown, commander at Panama. Gen. Winans ordinarily would reach the retirement age of 64 on October 31. 1933; Gen. Booth on February 28, 193¢; Gen. Wells December 5, 1935, and Gen Brown, January 2, 1936. The nine brigadier generals, seniors on the list, who are undoubtedly slated for immediate retirement, together with the year they otherwise would retire, are, William S. McNair, September 18, 1932; Paul A. Wolf, December 30, 1932; Samuel D. Rockenbach, in 1933; Meri- in 1933; George H. Jamerson, 1933: Joseph C. Castner, 1934, and John F. Madden, Walter C. Short and Howard L. Laubach. 1934. The reduction of 2,000 officers also | would provide for the elimination of 86 colonels, 104 lieutenant-colonels, majors, 628 captains and 855 lieutena! In addition to these, it would be neces sary to provide additional eliminations to take care of the graduating class of West Point in June, 1933. SR, INDIA STORM KILLS 20 East Bengal Tornado Wipes Out Crops and Villages. CALCUTTA, India, May 5 34 P).— Twenty persons were reported to have | ized f | been killed' and more than 100 injured today_when a tornado swept through East Bengal, wiping out whole villages and leveling acres of forests. Crops destroyed and many hun- dreds of were killed, to the youth of our land and to tne ‘)’Du()\ of other lands to lay the fous | dation of international understanding. Edward C. Wynne of the State De- | partment discussed the work of Amer- | fea’s diplomats. ‘The idea that the cable and the transoceanic telephone have raade an ! Ambassador, a Minieter or a comsu. | general a sort of glorified errand bov for the Deparument of State is ner-ie | carrect. The diplomatic cfficer or the | consul officer who presents a firm note of his government to a foreign govern- ment on a delicats question must do so with tact and skill “As former Ambassador Jusserand so aptly put it, he must be able to ‘bring ! home the bacon without spilling the beans.' ™ Removal of restrictions on immigr tion in so far as they affect foreigners who wish to teach in this country and students from abroad was urged by Dr. Stephen P. Duggan, director of the Institute of International Education. . 12 TRAINS DISCONTINUED :Wheelin‘ ; I-.;x:r,-m Curtails Ohio Service. COLUMBUS, Obio, May § (®).— Abandonment of all passenger service on the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad in Ohio, effective June 1, was suthor- today by the Ohio Public Utilies i Commission. The abandonment will leave the rail- passenger trains. sroad with only two Twelve will be discontinued. The com- pany claimed the - ceeded the rlnmu?wn S e