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WEATHER. (U.S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight; tomorrow party cloudy; not much change in temperature; gentle north winds Temperatures—Highest, 78, at noon today; lowest, 58, at Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 6 am. Y. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION he Fhening Star. “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered t o Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 121,442 No. -182' vost office, W tered as second c vashi WASHINGTON, D. (., FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1932—FORTY B, 0.P. COMMITTEE HEARING DISPUTES OF STATE GROUPS Six Scuthern Delegations in Contests for Recognition in Convention. HOT WET AND DRY BATTLE ANTICIPATED BY LEADERS More Trouble Expected From Out- right Repealists Than From Strict Prohibitionists. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, June 10.—As the slnge? was being set for a titanic struggle over prohibition in the Republican| National Convention, the Republican National Committee yesterday got down to work on the claims presented by con- testing delegations Jfrcm a half-dozen Southern States. What happens in these delegate con- tests is not going to affect the presi- dential nominaticn. In all probability the decisions reached will not affect the outcome of the fight over prohibition. Nor will the contests result in Repub- lican victory .n any of these Southern Btates. They may, however, have their effect on close contests at the polls hext November in States of the North &nd East where there is a considerable colored vote. perhaps holding the bal- ance of power. The eflorts made to do_away with old G. O. P. leaders,| colored in most instances. in these States have brought the charge that the desire is for a “lily white” party in the South. So these contests filed in Georsia, Louisiana, Mississippi. South Carolina, Tennesses and Virginia, in so far as the | race issue is invclved. be follo with interest. There was a report that the Tennessee ccntests would be with- | draw Only 55 delegates all told are | invclved. and no matter how they are settied, there will be no change in l)\"k plans of the convention to renominate | President Heover. Georgia Contest First. | The first of the ccntests heard was | that of Georgia, where Mrs. George S. Williams. colored, Republican national committeewoman, is seeking to unhorse the delegates elected by the Republican State convention called by the “organi- 2ation.” Ben Davis, colored, and for | many years a power in the Republican anization in Georgia, is among the organization delegates. J. G. Lemon, colored, and one of the contesting del gates, presented the case for the Wil- liams slate cf delegates, charging that a tidal wave of lily whitelsm” had swept the State and that the colored Republicans had been ousted and that some of the so-called Republicans in power were Democrats and Klansmen. He said of the 16 delegates chosen by the organization 14 are white and only two are colored. He said that a Repub- lican white party in Georgia is an im- possibility. James W. Arnold, Republicen na- tional committeeman, white, and Davis presented the case for the organization delegates. Mr. Arnold declared that the organization wes “regular,” a continua- tion of the organization that had been in charge for vears. He said that the contestants themselves had taken part in all the pro: up to this Spring. “Then,” he was informed in a letter signed 12 members of the State Committee that nothing we had done in the last two years was regular. All of this contest is just tommy ‘Tot.” Contest “After Thought.” Ben Davis said he hoped the National Committee 1d exclude the race ques- ion in_consideration of the case. He declared the organization had been reg- r all the way through to the electicn delegates. The contest by the Wil- liams delegates, he said, was “an after thought Th nhese people.” he said, ‘“represent 1o one Georgia except their own feclings.” charge was made by Lemon that Post ter General Brown had decreed that there should be a white Republican | T in Georgia, and indeed the con- fest is part of a protest against what the Postmaster General had been doing in the way of “clzaning up” Republican organizations i the South. Some of the older national committeemen have resented this But the opinion is ex- pressed that Brown will come out on top in these contests. The committee was informed today of a settlement of the contest over seats from the third district of Vir- ginia, whereby Simeon M. Atkinson and Cyrus W. Beale will withdraw and permit the seating of Lewis S. Strauss | and George Cole Scott. All four are from Richmond. Preparing for Battle. Wet and dry leaders are as thick as fleas in this c of Chicago. This means the heads of various organiza- tions for and against prohibition as well as wet and dry political leaders. y are preparing for a knock-down ag-out fight Despite the threats of ardent drys to form a third party unless they have their way with the Republican national platform. it looks as though the con- vention would take the bit in its teeth and produce a plank calling for re- submission of the eighteenth amend- ment Indeed the sentiment for a platform declaration for outright repeal of the prohibition amendment is on the in- crease, and the administration leaders here fear they wiil have more trouble with the repealists in the convention than they will have frcm the drys themselves. The hope was expressed today by some of those who are trying to steer the Republican bark between the scylla of prohibition and the charybdis of anti-prohibition that it (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) SUPPLY BILL PASSED Senate Three Minutes Acting on Agricultural Measure. By the Associated Press. The conference report on the $177, 000,000 Agriculture Department appro. priation bill was agreed to today by the Senate in three minutes without debate and without a record vote. As approved by the House, the bill carried $175,000,000, which the Senate increased approximately $2,000,000 in sending the bill to conference. —_—— Takes Poison, Shoots Self. CHICAGO, June 10 (#).—E. C. Ashby of Ladoga, Ind, committed suicide in his room at the Stevens Hotel today. He had wrapped himself in a blanket, swallowed poison and then shot himself through the heart in QT -SLX PAGES. sk UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. GIFTS OF FOOD AND CASH BUOY VETERANS SPIRIT Funds Swelled to $7,000—Police Seek Better Housing and Sanitation for Bonus Army. | | | Their spirits buoyed by gifts of food, money and even a few luxuries, the | this afternoon. irrepressible bonus expenditionary forces | I am glad to co-operate with you to were firmly esconced in their improvised | this end,” his wire said. “jungle” billets today, as officials sought | It was in reply to a telegram sent better housing and sanitation for the by the Commissioners yesterday to the growing army. Governors of 48 States asking them to A gift of $5.000 from Father Charles | use their good offices to prevent further . Coughlin of Detroit, “radio priest,” | bonus marchers from coming to Wash- swelled the mess fund to $7,000, and | ington. several tons of food, the first of a series| The most encouraging news of all of consignments, rumbled into camp |from the veterans' standpoint was an from Hoboken, N. J. announcement by Representative Con- Books, magazines and even phono- | nery. Democrat, of Massechusetts, that graphs and pitching horseshoes wcre | the American Red Cross is ready to contributed by symvathizers. | supply Farm Board wheat to the bonus Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New army, on request of lo=al charity agen- York today wired the District Commis- | cies. It was expected such a request sioners that he was sending Nels An- would be forthcoming. derson of the New York temporary | Comnery said the wheat offer was| emergency relief administration to | made by James K. McClintock, a vice | Washington to make arrangement for | chairman of the Red Cross. in response the return to New York of the Empire to an nquiry by the Representative as State members of the bonus marchers | to availability of the grain for the vet- who want to go back. | erans. The Government recently turned Gov. Roosevelt's wire said that Mr. (Continued on Page 4, Column 1. Anderson would get to the District late SENATE SPEEDING COVERNMENT ENDS JOBLESS AID BILL. MEANS TESTIMONY Controversial Relief Propos- Guggenheim Testifies Former| als Laid Aside and Early | Agent Promised Return of Passage Is Seen. Lindbergh Bahy. By the Associated Press. | The Government completed its case For the second time this session. the today in the District Supreme Court | Senate today tackled the problem of trial of Gaston B. Means, former Ju<-= Federal relief for the unemployed, as | tice Department agent, on charges of the Democratic $300,000,000 jobless aid | embezzling $104,000 from Mrs. Evalyn i bill was taken up for debate. Early approval of the measure was ransom fraud forecast by Senate leaders as the pro- gram has been approved in principle by President Hoover. Controversial relief proposals were shoved to the background in order that | baby before Mrs. McLean employed him the emergency relief measure might be speedily considered and passed. Unanimous Consent. Walsh McLean in a Lindbergh baby i ¥ ended after | The prosecution testimon: witnesses festified Means had ap- proached Col. M. Robert Guggenheim, clese friend of Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh. with propesals to recover the for the same purpose. Robert F. Fleming, Edgemoor. Md. HOUSE WILL NAME MORE CONFEREES ON ECONOMY BILL First Meeting on Federal Savings Is Scheduled This Afternoon. HOOVER GETS ASSURANCE OF FURLOUGH SUPPORT Hopeful Sign for U. S. Workers Seen in Two Bills' Approval Without 10 Per Cent Cut. With the first meeting of conferees | on the Federzl economy bill scheduled for 5 o'clock this afternoon, Speaker Garner announced today additional con- ferees would be appointed by the House, probably including several members of the Special Economy Committee. headed by Representative McDuffie, Democrat, of Alabama. This change in plans by the House leadership was due, it was said, to the fact the Senate yesterday appointed seven conferees on the legisiative appro- priation measure, to which the economy provisions are attached. Among these were several members of the Senate's Special_Eccnomy Subcommittee. Jackhe Senate desires to keep the legis- SHING DEPOSIS leaders are seeking to get separate ac- tion on the regular appropriation items Aim to Modify Decree Is In- dicated After Protest Is for the legislative establishment and | then to have the economy provisions | considered separately by & new group of conferees. Legislative Section First. The meeting of the conferees will be held in the Senate Appropriations Com- mittec room. The legislative section of the bill will be considered first, and there is believed to be little likelihood that the pay cut section will be reached | soon unless the group remains in ses- | Made by U. S. sion until late tonight .\hx:mv\‘hilebl’rr.\ld(’nl Hoover was as- sured today by Representative Snell of Socay by By the Associated Press New York, minority leader of the Houfe. 1 90 that the Republicans of that body will| SANTIAGO, Chile, June 10—There back up the conferees for a five-day Were indications this afternoon that the ;‘r":(] ‘8{&d(hfuipluugg-“nl!;]nutn-piymplan new Socialist government had rec nel 0] e President e Republicans | fic are desirons of effecting genuine eeans | Sidered its order for conficcation of all | real estate man, who followed Guggen- |omy and at the same time keeping up foreign currency on deposit in the The relief bill came up for debate | under unanimous consent on the re- guest of Senator Wagner of New York, chief sponsor. Senators Watson of Indiana and Borah of Idaho, leaders of the two Re- publican factions, agreed to its con- sideration. ‘Wagner, opening debate on the meas- ure before a crowded Senate, said he expected there would be little discus- sion because of the general agreement now that Federal aid is necessary. “Since the Costigan-La Follette bill was considered,” Wagner said, “condi- tions have become more tragic and more serious and those Who opposed Federal relief then are now convinced the Government should assume its re- cponsibility in helping the poor and needy.” Provisions of Bill The Democratic bill would authorize the Reconstruction Corporation to ad- vance $300.000.000 to the States on cer- tification of the Governors that the money is necessary. Unless the States arrange for re- payment of the money it would be de- | ducted from future Federal aid high- way appropriations beginning in 1935. Bde‘l’l?lslgnflon of the funds would be left entirely to the State Governors. Distribution Discussed. When Senator Dill, Democrat, of ‘Washington, inquired how cities in need of help would receive the relief funds, Wagner replied “that would be done through the State administrations.” Dill said he foresaw difficulties in some cases, remarking that a Governor might be unwilling to cbligate the State “for the sake of one town. ‘Wagner said he could not imagine a situation arising where a Governor would refuse to borrow if real need existed anywhere in his State. Distribution on application of the Governors, he said, was the simplest method and preferable to undertaking direct loans to thousunds of cities. Senator Borah expressed the view that the funds should be proportioned on the basis of need rather than population. ‘Wagner, in reply, pointed to “wide spread _suffering_and _unemployment’ ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2) MWLEAN RESIGNS AS POST PUBLISHER Cabled Resignation Received' on Last Day Under Agreement Made in Wife's Suit. Resignation of Edward B. McLean as publisher of the Washington Post was announced today by Julius Peyser, at- torney for McLean in the recent suit brought by his estranged wife, Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, to remove him as a trustee of his father’s estate. Under the terms of an agreement in the suit, McLean resigned as head of the Post company on condition that he remain as trustee of other properties of the estate. Maj. Peyser declared he received the resignation today in the form of a cable which was placed in the hands of the board of diréctors of the Post shortly before noon. Today was the last day for McLean's resignation under the agreement. The decree making the agreement final is expected to be signed early next week by Justice Bailey of the District Supreme Court. GETS DEATH PENALTY Atlantic City Man Found Guilty in Landlady's Slaying. MAYS LANDING, N. J., June 10 (®). —Louis Fine, 51, of Atlantic City, yes- terday was convicted of murder and sentenced to die in the electric chair for the slaying of his landlady, Mrs. Mattie Schaaf of Atlantic City, last March 2. Fine was convicted of strangling Mrs. Schaaf in her boarding house. He was accused of having placed the body in a trunk and sending it by express to a Philadelphia rooming house, where it was discovered. Radio Programs ea ‘l’m c3 i | ing. heim to the stand, corroborated his | story of how Means assured them he could recover the baby because of a connection with the kidnapers. The defense will go on this after- noon, but counsel for Means sald he | probably would not testify before Mon- day. Before resting its case. the prosecu- tion brought out that Means had told Col. Guggenheim he wanted to recover the kidnaped child in order io regain the reputation he lost when he was sent to the Atlanta Penitentiary some years ago. Guggenheim testified. how- ever, Means never tried to get money from him. T 1t developed. however, that Means did carry on negotiations as an intermediary | in the kidnaping case with both Col. Guggenheim and Mrs. McLean at the same time. After Mrs. McLean had | paid over to him the $100.000 ransom | money March 7. according to the testi- | mony, Means dropped his negotiations | with Col. Guggenheim. Quotes Means on Ransom. The witness said he first met Means on March 5 at the home of Flem-| in Edgemoor. He said Means told him on that occasion he was sent to jail because he refused to| “squeal” on a friend. Col. Guggenheim also related the conference Means said he had in a New York speakeasy with a former inmate of Atlanta Peniten- tiary, who asked him to participate in an unidentified kidnaping case. The colonel quoted Means as saying the man told him this case would get great pub- licity or would never reach the news- papers at all. He said Means told him he immediately connected this conver- sation with the Lindbergh baby kidnap- ing when he read newspaper accounts of that crime _Col. Guggenheim said Means wanted | him to keep the baby 48 or 72 hours, in order to give the kidnapers a chance to get away. “I asked Means what arrangements had been made about paying a ran- som.” Col. Guggenheim testified. “He said he thought it might be possible to get the baby back without payment of any ransom—that the kidnapers were becoming afraid to keep the child and were anxious to get rid of it. He told me, however, that if a ransom should be demanded. the babv was to be turn- €d over to me by him and that no! money was to be paid the kidnapers until the child had been properly identified and returned to its parents. Says Means Made Promise. “I asked him where he came into the picture, if no ransom was to be paid. He told me he had lost his good name while serving time in the penitentiary, and that he regarded this as a wonder- ful opportunity to rehabilitate himself. He also said that if he should be suc- cessful in recovering the child the re- sulting publicity would insure him of an abundance of work as investigator for the next 10 years.” Col. Guggenheim said Means prom- ised to return the baby to his home at 1539 Twenty-ninth street the following day, Sunday, March 6. He said he re- mained at home all that day, which was marked by a severe snowstorm, but that Means failed to appear. He said Means telephoned him that night and said he had been unable to get through with the baby because of the blizzard. Mrs, McLean testified that on this Sunday Means went with her to her country place in Maryland, Farview, and entered into preliminary arrange- ments for the return of the baby to her, Col. Guggenheim said Means prom- ised over the telephone Sunday night to deliver the baby to him the following | day. On that Monday night, however, he said, Mears telephoned him and said the case had taken on a new angle and that a certain Catholic priest here wanted to see him. On Friday, March 11, Col. Guggenheim said he went to Means’ home in Chevy Chase, Md. Means, he testified, told him he had experienced difficulty in getting the child through police lines and asked him to get a diplomatic car for this purpose. He said he subsequently ar- ranged for the use of the personal automobile of the Austrian Minister. Stopped Talk About Baby. At this time Means had already ac- cepted $100,000 from Mrs. McLean to return the baby to her, acccrding to testimony already given. Col. Guggenheim said his last con- versation with Means resulted in ar- rangement being made to have the Austrian Minister's car available at a moment’s notice. He said Means never talked with him again about the baby. Cross-examined by Defense Attorney T. Morris Wampler, the witness denied any special interest in the case. Wampe (Continued on Page 3, Column 33 ! the proper standard of wags, and for banks. that reason they favor the' furlough — rmmediately after the order was pian and the five-day week Another hopeful sign for Govern- | Promulgated yesterday the foreign diplo- ment workers was seen in the action matic representatives, including the of the Senate in abandoning their 10| American Ambassador, filed protests ver cent supply bill policy in the agri- Today a representative of a Europea: culture bill and the Army bills. Fol-| bank informed his Ambassador that he lowing on tre heels of approval of the had learned the government intended Army bill yesterday without the 10 per | to modify its decree. cent cut the Senate today passed the| At any rate the order has not yet conference report on the argriculture|been enforced, and members of the bill, to which it had added $2,000,000. | diplomatic corps expected thet the | modifications in prospect would leave Appeinimente Bue: Soex. | forelgn_ depositors, at least, immune to The conferees appointed yesterday by | confiscation. the House are Representatives Sandlin.| United States Ambassador William S. Louisiana, and Ludlow, Indiana, Demo- | Culbertson presented the first of the crats, and Hardy, Colorado, Republican. | protests in benalf of the National City The Senate conferces are Chairman | Bank of New York. although he said Jones of the Appropriitions Committee, | he had not been requested to do so. fi;nalors BB“"O“;.‘I %‘momzi o; {lew\ Former President Juan Esteban Mon Mexico; Broussard, Democrat, of Lou- | tero, who ves istana; Hale, Republican, of Maine }}f;;o s A and Smoot, Republican, of Utah. | President Carlos Ibancz also is livi Speaker Garner said the additional | in exile was turned back by b:fi House conferees would be appointed weather last night. He planned to soon. make another start today. It is hoped that by keeping the bill intact as it is, much wrangling will be HONDURAS REVOLT SPREADS. eliminated which weuld result if con- | ferees brought the economy proposals back into the House for approval. There seemed to be a growing senti- Territory Lost Tuesday. ment in the House in favor of a(‘rep(-‘ GUATEMALA CITY, June 10 (#)— ing the President's furlough plan as' purther revolutionary outbreaks in approved by the Senate. However, Mc- Doie. why ‘was the original sponsor | Honduras were reported in dispatches received here today. of the flat 10 per cent cut. may en- | The dispatches said rebel troops deavor to get consideration of that under the command of Filiberto Diaz alternative in the ccnference. There is a strong sentiment among House lead- | zejava leader of the Nationalist party attacked federal forces in the Depart- ers for an exemption of at least $1.500 before the application of & flat cut in | mant of Gopan. | The federals were driven back, the salaries. Group Fights Any Cut. | report saéda and were massir;:z for a | concentrated drive to retake the terri- A small but determined group also IS | {ory “near the place where more than waging a fight against any reduction in threescore were reported slain in a salaries, but their only influence prob- battle Tuesday. ably will be toward getting a compro- | E inise on the question of exemption. | = 2 = - One objection among House members PANAMA UPRISING ENDS. to the furlough plan is that a rumor has been spread that there is a likeli- hood, if the furlough system is adopt- ed, of superimposing upon that a flat Federals Mass for Drive to Recapture Revolt of San Blas Indians Quelled With Little Trouble. COLON, Panama, June 10 (#).—Re- salary cut in addition. 5 Since the action by the Senate on the | POrts reaching here from various wage cut proposals, the pressure on sources, indicated the flare of revolt House members to seek higher exemp- among the San Blas Indians apparently tions and to diminish the amount of < L . salary reductions has been intensified. | Nad been quelled without serious con- Not only are members receiving count- | sequences. less letters and telegrams from their | The Indians were reported on the home district, but delegations reprc- | orpath bécause the candidate they senting the 'National Federation of | Qiiforied had been beaten in the na Federal Employes and other groups of | tiona] presidential elections. Federal workers including the big four Comdr. Alva D. Bernhard of the organizations of postal service employes | ynjted States fleet air base at Coco and the American Federation of Labor | 5olo made an unofficial test fiight over are again canvassing all members of the | the San Blas country east of here, and House. reported no sign of trouble. TRUANT BOYS HELD Ann Nichols’ Son and Companion 500 ON DRIFTING FLOE Plane and Steamer Try Rescue of Fishermen Off Siberia. MOSCOW, June 10 (P).—A dispatch | from Irkutsk, Siberia, dated June 7, | published here today, said 500 fisher- men were carried away on a drifting ice Sought to “Conquer World.” ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., June 10 (#).—Henry Nichols, jr., 13, and Russell Wade Fishbeck, two Los Angeles lads who ie{ out to “conquer the wor]dé" were held by police here yesterday pend- ing the arrival of Nichols' mother, Ann | floe in Lake Baikal May 28. Nichols, author of “Abie’s Irish Rose.” An airplane sent by the Eastern Si- The boys left home in an automobile | berian air fleet located the floe June 2 with $23° and two revolvers. By the|on the northern part of the lake, the time they arrived here they were with- | dispatch said, after which ‘& Soviet out funds. They were headed for Jemez, | steamer was sent to the rescue. There N. Mcx.. where they planned to seek | was no indication whether the steamer work cn'a dude ranch. reached them. TRUCK RUNNING WILD DOWN HILL DEMOLISHES THREE BUILDINGS Vehicle, Stopped by Wall of Home, Bursts Into Flames—Three Persons Killed, Five Injured. By the Associated Press. JOHNSTOWN, Pa, June 10.—Three men were killed today by a truck that plunged down Frankstown hill at terrific speed and wrecked three buildings. The dead: Harry Kessler, 57, of Philadelphit Norman Ballard, 22, colored, of Phila delphia, and Mike Hudak, Johnstown. The wildly careening vehicle splintered a meat market and barber shop and came to rest in figmes within the wall é Five persons were hurt, none of them ritically. 5 Kess]e’} was the owner and Ballard the driver of the truck. Hudak was walking along the street. The truck descended upon him so suddenly he was unable to flee. He was picked up by the truck and hurled with it into the buildings. His crushed body was found in the wreckage. Fire broke out in the debris when the truck’s gasoline exploded. flames threatened complete -destruction ofa endoza, Argentina, where former | | of the home of John Hammerle, but pemhn.nel 11928 at the neighbering Royal OH, SO TEMPTING! GENE SARAZEN. SARAZEN VICTOR IN BRITISH OPEN Breaks Record With 283, Two Under Jones’ 1927 Total. Armour Shoots 302. By the Assoclated Press. SANDWICH, England, June 10— Gene Sarazen, long-hitting American golf star, today won the British Open golf championship with a record score | of 283 to carry on an American golfing sweep, in the event unbroken since 1923. The 1922 American Open champion scored his 283, two strokes under Bobby Jones' winning total of 1923, early in the afternoon and then watched those who had a chance to catch him. fade | away under the pressure of having to shoot sub-par golf. Sarazen has been well up in the British Open field for several years, finishing :econd to Walter Hagen in St. Georges course for his best effort up tg today. Eleventh American Victory. It was the eleventh American victory in 12 successive years of the blue rib- bon event of golf. the only break being Arthur Havers' victory in 1923, when Hagen finished second. It was Havers who was the threat to Sarazen as he shot a 68 on his third round to pull up within four strokes of the flying American. The British pro faltered on his final nine, however, made the turn in 37 to lose two more strokes to Gene and when he started home 4—4—4—5 his last chance was gone. It appeared the best he could possibly do was a 73, which would leave him three strokes behind. Tommy Armour, the defending cham- pion from Detroit, faded badly on the final round with his hopes of victory gone, and finished with an 83 for a! 72-hole total of 302. Beats U. S. Open’s Best. Sarazen's score bettered not only the British record, but was three strokes better than the best winning total in the American open, Charles (Chick) Evans' 286 at Minneapolis in 1916. MacDonald Smith, other member of the American “big three,” had the heartbreaking experience Of SCOTing a 288 for a total good enough to have won all but the current British cham- plonship and the 1927 event. Smith, a native of Carnoustie, Scotland, has been striving for years to win the British title and although always up in the running has always been just a little off. Armour couldn’t do anything right on (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) SPAIN SETTLES ROW Mexico and Peru Aided in Negotia- tions by Madrid. MADRID, June 10 (#).—Spain has succeeded in restoring diplomatic rela- tions between Mexico and Peru, it was learned today from a reliable source. ‘The two Latin-American countries severed relations last month when the Mexican Minister was accused of hav- ing associated with a fugitive whose arrest the government sought for polit- ical offenses. It was said that the of the diplomatic missions kg, hoth -~ DENT PLEADS FIVE ARMED MEN ROB BANK OF $9.031 INDARINGHOLD-UP Six Employes Are Herded Into Rear Room of Georgia Avenue Branch. THREE BANDITS VAULT RAIL WITH DRAWN GUNS Woman Patron and Little Girl Guarded by Leader—$20,000 in Cash Overlooked. Forcing five men and one woman em- ploje of the Washington Mechanics' Saving Bank, 3608 Georgia avenue, to lie on their faces, five armed bandits robbed the bank of £9,031 in a daring daylight hold-up about 11:30 o'clock this morning. Rushing into the bank from a car they parked outside with moter run- ning. the bandits vaulted over the rail of the tellers' cage and with drawn guns herded all the employes into a rear room, As cne man stood guard over the prisoners and another at the door, three rifled the tills in the tellers' cages, $20,000 Is Overlooked. Lloyd W. Davis, 6214 Fifth street, as- | Sistant cashier, who was in charge of | the bank, said ‘they overlooked approxi. | mately $20,000, $5,000 of which was in charge. Praiscs Progress of Colored People at Howard Univer- sity Commencement. Declaring that education and the op- portunities for advancement of the progress of mankind are a natural right of every citizen of a republic, President | Hcover today in an address on the | campus of Howard University con- | gratulated the graduating class of that | institution upon completing their studies | with credit. | The Presicent also congratulated the | | entire colored race uvoon its efforts to prepare itself for leadership in its de- | | development. Saving that it was an inspiration for | him to be present on this occasion, the | President stated that nothing that the Federal Government had done reflects more credit upon it for the mesting of | an cbligation than Howard University “to bring to a great segment of our | vopulation the means of overcoming a | handicap for which they were not re- 1sible and of leveling upward for |th'm an ecual ovportunity to share in the full measure of citizenship with their brethren of other races.” Mrs. Hoover Present. | The President spoke from a platform | erected in the open quadrangle on the ' The entire holdup was over in less than 5 minutes, and the robbers made @ dash for their car and escaped, west on Otis place to New Hampshire ave- uue, where they turned south t. rd the center of the city. The car bore Maryland license tags. A woman and a little girl were the only patrons in the bank when the hold-up occurred. They were held near the front door by the apparent leader of the gang, who stood on guard, and directed the activitics of the others. Enter With Drawn Guns. Thomas E. Elgin, 1401 Fairmont street, teller, whose cage is nearest the door, said the robbers had guns in their bands as they entered the door. “Stick 'em up and keep quiet,” he Together with Mr. Davis end Samuel Fingerhut, who were in the lobby of the bank with him, Elgin raised his hands above his head. “Then three of the men jumped over the railing.” he explained, “and shoved guns against our ribs. They herded us into the back room with the three others who were already there, and made us lie flat on our faces on the floor. One man stood over us with a z&r} in his hand and warned us to lie stiiL” | quoted one of them as saying Wear Working Clothes. The other employes who were forced to ite on the floor besides Elgin, Davis and Fingerhut, were Mrs. Maude H. Clarke, 1838 Sixteenth street; Richard S. Sanderson. 4925 Kansas avenue, and L. J. Lann, 210 Taylor street ; Jhe open Four of the robbers were described as Howard University campus. On the P < platform with him in the execull\s!;mgg sbodt oy o R ot parly were Mrs. Hoover, Secretary of | Tedium size. Ti th, the leader, Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur, unde) (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) LINDBERGH CALLED | BY CURTIS DEFENSE! Move of Attorneys for Alleged Kidnap Hoax Negotiator Is T | Unexplained. | By the Associated Press FLEMINGTON, N. J, June 10—A/! subpoena has been issued calling on Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to testify in | defense of John Hughes Curtis, alleged | | hoax negotiator in the kidnaping| | mystery. The defense move in obtaining the | subpoena was unexplained. Col. Lind- |bergh has been quoted as saying he | “would be ready at any time" to testify against Curtis. | | (\ Fleisher Hearing Delayed. DETROIT, June 10 (#).—Because New Jersey State police and Federal officials | want to question Harry Fleisher re- | garding the Lindbergh baby kidnaping | | case. the gangster, who surrendered yes- | terday to Detroit police, will not be ar- raigned until Monday on a year-old murder charge. Fleisher was to have been arraigned today as one of four men who killed ! three companions in the Collingwood Avenue Apartments last year. The ar- raignment was postponed by Prosecutor Harry S. Toy to permit questioning re- garding the gangster's knowledge of the Lindbergh case. Fleisher’s attorney, Ed- |ward H. Kennedy. jr, repeatedly has | denied his client had anything to do with the kidnaping. | | | CHICAGOAN KILLS SELF SOON AFTER MARRIAGE | Royal C. Vilas, Former Manafac- turer, Leaves Note for Third Bride, Wed Nine Days Ago. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, June 10—Royal C. Vilas, 52, socially prominent former manu- facturer. shot and killed himself yester- day in his suburban home. A letter addressed to his third wife, whom he married nine days ago, was said by the coroner to have described financial difficulties. Last year Vilas resigned as chairman of the Pyle Na- tional Co., railroad equipment manu- who was about 35 years old, was con- siderably larger than the others. Two were dressed in coveralls and the others wore rough clothes. “Tre whole thing was over so guick- Iy," declared Mr. Davis, “We hardly realized what was happening. No one made any attempt to appose them, and they did not offer any violence.” The section of Georgia avenue where the bank is located is a busy com- mercial community, with numerous small stores lining the streets for blocks in_either direction Police were able to obtain descrip- tions of the robbers and their automo- bile from several persons in the vicinity, who saw them make their getaway. President Is Called. A. Scott Offutt. vice president of the bank, the main office of which is located at Eighth and G streets southeast, was summened immediately after the held- up and began a check of the bank’s funds to determine the exact amcunt stolen. A representative of the Globe Indemnity Co. arrived sho after- ward arnd said he stood readv to write out a check for the loss as soon as the exact figures were arrived at Capt. Bernard Thompson of the De- tective Bureau, who is investigating the hold-up. said the tatgs on the roobers | automobile are listed to a taxicab com- pany in Cumberland, Md. The car, however, bore no signs to indicate that it was a taxicab. The Washington Mechanics & Sav- ings Bank branch at Ninth and East Capitol streets was held up the after- noon of January 15 last by bandits using an automobile equipped with four machine guns. On that occasion the bandits escaped | with $14.135 after herding four clerks, a janitor and three customers into a rear room in the bank. 'HOME LOAN BANKING BILL BEING RUSHED House Expects to Send Measure to Senate Before Night—Has Wide Support. By the Associated Press. The House took up President Hoo- ver's home loan bank bill today amid expectations that it would be rushed to_the Senate before nightfall. ‘This final item in the economic re- lief program of the Chief Executive is designed to give financial support to existing home-financing, thrift and savings institutions through a system of 12 to 18 home loan discount banks. The objective is to save home owners facturers. His brother, Ward A. Vilas, died in 1920 from an overdose of a sleeping potion while being sued for divorce. Vilas' first wife, who divorced him in 1920, hanged herself six years later. His second wife was Mrs. Edna Vance of Houston, Tex., whose recent divorce was not disclosed until Vilas married his former secretary, Miss Myrtle P. Hoglund, 26. Among the survivors are two chil- dren by his first wife, Royal C., 22, and Virginia, prominent golfer. Father Dies as 5 Are Saved. BALTIMORE, June 10 (#).—John Niemozyk, 50, was burned to death, but his five children safely lea from a second-story window into the arms of neighbors when fire destroyed their from threatened foreclosures and make possible much residential construction in_underbuilt sections of the country. With wide sup=ryt in both chambers, Senate leaders were already counting upon House approval in time for them to take it up Monday. The Senate Banking Committee was so confident that yesterday it substituted the House measure for the one introduced by Sen- ator Watson, the Republican leader. NEW JERSEY TO VOTE TRENTON, N. J.. June 10 (#).—Gov. A. Harry Moore today signed a meas- ure providing for a referendum for repeal of the State prohibition en- forcement act. The measure is to be submitted at the November election and, should the voters approve, State enforcement ac- llm‘?ll 6ca08 Recember & »