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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1932, ° AMERICANS FEAR ARMS SLASH IS PUT |[“Constitution, 2 »» AMELIA EARHART Jr.,” Launched APAN ENUNCIATES Atlantic Here FLIES 10 CAPITAL Woman Conqueror of Atlan-l tic Will Be Honored by l Hoover Tonight. (Continued From First Page) Janding. Mrs. Putnam was warmly ap- plauded by the crowd gathered to wel- come her at the airport. She apparently was in perfect health and did not seem the least tired from the ordeal of receptions and ceremonies since she completed her transatlantic hop a month ago today. She was wel- comed to the Copital by officers of the National Geographic Society and, when the photographers had finished with her. was taken by automobile, with a police escort. to the Mayflower Hotel to prepare for her visit to the White House at 12:30 p.m. Outdistances Escort. Mrs. Putnam's plane in its flight here outcistanced an aerial escort plane oc- cupied by fellow members of the Society of Woman Geographers. The escort plane, a trimotored Ludington trans- port, landed at the airport after Mrs. Putnam had left and the members of the party were taken to the Willard Hotel to be luncheon guests of the Women'’s National Press Club. Tncluded in the party were Delia Akeley, African explorer and author of many books on the subject: Lucille Sin- claire Douglas, artist and lecturer spe- cializing on the Far East; Gertrude Emerson, South American explorer and co-editor of the magazine Asia; Blair Niles, explorer and only women ever to visit the French penal colony at Devil's Island; Gertrude Mathews Shelby, ex- plorer of Dutgh Guiana, and Marjorie Trumbull, ar.walogist specializing on Mexico and Central America. Following the w3t of Mrs. Putnam to the White House, ghe was cscorted to the new building of the National Geo- graphic Society on Sixteenth street for luncheon as the guest of honor of the trustees of the society. Guests at Luncheon. 1 The reception room was especially | decorated for the luncheon with more than 50 enlargements of notable pho- tographs from the society's long series of expeditions and from photographic | surveys its staff photographers have made in remote parts of the world. In- | cluded among them were photographs taken on Admiral Byrd's Arctic and Antarctic flights, the transasia expedi- tion and on other outstanding expe- ditions Among those invited to honor Mrs Putman this luncheon were Dr. Gil- bert Grosvenor and Mrs. Grosvenor, Dr. John Oliver La Gorce and Mrs. La Gorce. John Joy Edson, Robert V. Flem- ing and Mrs. Fleming, Dr. J. Howard Gore, Judge John Barton Payne, Dr George R. Putnam. Dr. George Oti Smith and Miss Louise Coburn Smith Surzeon General Hugh S. Cummin and Mrs. Cumming. Mrs. John Greely, | Miss Rose Greely. Dr. William M. Mann | end Mrs. Mann, Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, William P. MacCracken and Mrs. Mac- Cracken, Capt. Ralph W. McDowell and Mrs. McDowell, Rev. W. Coleman Nevils, S. J.: Mrs. Raymond S. Patton. Admiral William V. Pratt and Mrs. Pratt. George | Palmer Putnam, Dr. Alexander Wetmore and Mrs. Wetmore Albert H. Bunstead and Mrs. Bun-| stead, Franklin L. Fisher and Mrs. | Fisher. L. W. Gillette and Mrs. Gillette, | Ralph A. Graves and Mrs. Graves, Mel- | ville Bell Grosvenor and Mrs. Grosvenor, J. R. Hildebrand and Mrs. Hildebrand, George W. Hutchison and Mrs. Hutchi- | son, Charles Martin, Herbert A. Poole and Mrs, Poole, Mrs. William J. Sho- r. Frederick Simpich and Mrs, faynard Owan Williams and | 2ms. | Escorted to After the luncheon taken to the Capitol on the Vice Preside: was expected to be presented to the | Senate and House. She was to visit the office of Vice President Curtis et | 2:30 o'clock and the Speaker's office at | 3 o'clock, During the afterroon Mrs. Putnam was to visit the three Federal depzr(-‘ ments which deal with aviation matters. She was to call on the Secretary of War at 3:45 o'clock, the Secretary of the| Navy at 4 o'clock and the Secretary of Commerce at 4:30 o'clock. From the Department of Commerce Mrs. Putnam was to return to the May- flower Hotel, to hold a press conference at 5 o'clock The climax of the day's honors for | the tall. slender voung pilot who has| written her name large in aviation's hall | of fame will come tonight when she i 10 Teceive the special gold medal of the | National Geographic Society from the hands of President Hoover in Constitu- tion Hall. The program is to begin at 7:30] o'clock with a concert by the Marine Band. The presentation ceremony will | begin at 8 o'clock and will be broad- | cast from 8 to 8:30 over the red net-, werk of the Naticnal Broadcasting Co., | including station WRC in Washington. Will Review Records. Dr. Grosvenor. as president of thej National Geographic Society, will pre- side and will review briefly the aviation achievements of Mrs. Putnam, which in- clude two airplane crossings of the At- lantic and a number of outstanding! American flights, including wcmen's | speed Tecords, the world autogiro alti- | tude record and the first transconti- nental flight by autogiro. President Hoover will present to her! the sixteenth special gold medal voted ! by the Naticnal Geographic Society for | unusual geographic achievements and { the second of these to be presented by | President Hoover. Just two years and | one day ago, Rear Admiral Richard E.| Byrd, fresh from his conquest of the South Pole, stood in the presence of his hardy Antarctic crew and received | a similar medal from the hands of President Hoover. Mrs. Putnam's medal will bear the| simple inscription, “Awarded by the Na- tional Geographic Society to Amelia Capitol. Mrs. Putnam was | where she called | t and Speaker and | Conqueror of Amelia Earhart Putnam, only woman to fly the Atlantic alone, is shown as she "was welcomed at Washington- Hoover Airport today by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, right, and Dr. John Oliver La Gorce. president and vice president of the Nationsl Geographic Society. Be- low is Mrs. Stanislaus Felix Hausner, who stopped at the airport just before the arrival of Mrs. Putnam. Mrs. Hausner is en route from New York to Miami to mect her husband, who was rescued after floating eight days at sea in an unsuccessful effort to fly the Atlantic. STINSONPROTESTS CUSTONS SEZURE Tells Japanese Ambassador Pu-Yi Plan Will Violate Nine-Power Treaty. By the Associated Press TOKIO, June 21.—Seizure of the Chinese maritime customs in Man- churia by the new government of Henry Pu-Yi would constitute a violation of the spirit of the nine-power treaty, it was understood today Secretary of State Stimson has represented to Japan. The representations of the Secretary of State were made in the form of a' written communication to Ambassador Debuchi at Washington and the Secre- tary evidently expected an early reply, it was stated on good authority The forelgn ofiice has received the note and was carefully studying today, but puzzled how to re) cause of the complexity of the factors involved. It was understood the communica- tion called attention in strong terms to reports that the Pu-Yi government planned to establish a customs auto omy, with its own collection service, under a Japanese inspector general. Secretary Stimson_intimated such a step would destroy the integrity of the Chinese maritime customs and vio- late the spirit of the nine-power treaty, in the maintenance of which the American Government is vitally interested. NANKING WITHHOLDS FUNDS. No Further Contributions to Be Made to Canton to Suppress Bandits. HANGKOW, China, June 21 —The National government at Nanking to- day announced it would discontinue financial contributions to Canton for use in putting down bandit uprisings As a result of the recent occupation of Tongkawan by the Cantonese, the veteran politician Tang Shao-Yi, who is a member of the southwest political council and magistrate of the_district in which former President Sun Yat-Sen was born, has resigned, complaining the Cantonese soldiers impressed labor- ers into service at Shekki and billeted themselves in the schools. 40 OVERCOME BY GAS Victims Stretched O;I-t Along N. Y. C. Railroad Tracks. NEW YORK, June 21 (#).—Chlorine gas, escaping from a tank car on a siding at the Mount Vernon city line, today felled 40 workmen, four of whom were removed to hospitals. Police, firemen and gas company crews were called with pulmotors to resuscitate 30 men who were stretched out where they dropped on the grass along the New York Central Railroad tracks. The heavy atmosphere pre- vented the gas from clearing quickly. Vatican City to Have Own Elec- trical System. Earhart, first woman to achieve solo transatlantic flight, May 20-21, 1932.” Though hers_ will be the sixteenth medal awarded, she is the thirteenth! person to be so honored by the Na- tional Geographic Society. Two of the medals were awarded to Admiral Peary, | two to Admiral Byrd and two to Capt. Roald Amundsen. Mrs. Putnam is the first woman to be so honored. { Mrs. Putnam in her speech of accept- | ance is expected to tell of her experi- ence during the transatlantic flight. ! Tickets Are Exhausted. Award of the National Geographic Society medal, considered the highest American award for geographic achieve- | ments, places Mrs. Putnam’s name on | a mnotable roster of explorers, amon; whom are Byrd, Lindbergh, Peary, Stef- ansson, Amundsen and Eckener. Requests by Washington members of the National Geographic Society for seats in Constitution Hall tonight far exceed the capacity of the hall and many hundreds of requests have had to be refused Tickets, which were | limited to two to each member of the society, were exhausted days ago. Dr, John Oliver LaGorce, vice president of the society, is in charge of arrange- ments for tonight's ceremony. | Legislation authorizing President Hoo- ver to present a Distinguished Service Medal to Mrs. Putnam for her trans- | VATICAN CITY, June 21 (#).—The Pope today approved construction of a new power station to make the papal state self-sufficient, so far as electricity is concerned. The plant will be housed in a new building at the northern end of Vatican quarters. ___—Star Staff Photos. SENATE CONTINUES PROBE OF STOCKS Votes $50,000 Additional Funds tg Continue Inquiry During Recess. By the Assoclated Press. The Sepate today authorized con- tinuation until next March 4 of its Banking Committee’s stock market in- vestigation. Without a record vote. it approved a resolution for $50,000 additional funds to carry on the inquiry through the liie of the present Congress. It re- jected an amendment cutting the fund to $25.000 Chairman Norbeck of the Banking Committee said the group did not plan to hold hearings during the Summer, but wanted to keep its investigators by Hearings will be resumed in December. Norbeck told the Senate Committee members felt their work so far “has only touched the borders.” and that President Whitney of the New York Stock Exchange “has admitted 25.000.- 000 people were caught in the Fall of 1929 and lost $50.000.000.000." “Teapot Dome looks small in com- parison with that.”” Norbeck continued. “So many officers betray their irust, sell short in their own stocks, and get out from under. all of which ought to be_looked into fully.” Evidence so far developed. he added. shows “much tax evasions, particularly in the Fox Film case.” He referred to a charge by William Gray. committee counsel, that William Fox had lost $4.- 000,000 and had it taken over by ihe film company, but charged it off on his personal income tax return. Fox checked out of his hotel here | yesterday and is believed to have re- turned to New York, although he etill is under subpoena to testify in the stock inquiry. He has pleaded illness during each of his five days here. | " "Norbeck cited the Continental Shares case of Cleveland and told the Senate |it should by all means go fully into market operations. He stressed the possibility of the in- quiry leading to suits to recover taxes, and explained he believed $2,000.000 | in taxes had been evaded by the Con- | tinental Shares Co. through transfer- ing stocks to Canada. L Senator Johnson, Republican, of Caiifornia ascerted “no higher duty | can be performed by the Senate than | to investigate the men who brought on the cataclysmic, horrible disaster of the past two years,” adding: “The individuals who are responsible | ought to be held up to public obloquy and scorn.” Senator Robinson, Republican, of In- | diana sald the Government “should | prosecute” when the committee found | indication of tax evasion. | —— e | Married at Leonardtown. | LEONARDTOWN, Md., June 21 (Spe- cial) —Laurent A. Pepin, 34, of St. | Eustache, Province of Quebec,’ Canada, and Miss Elizabeth English, 23, of Old- | ham, Va, were married here by the ! City. originally intended for employes’ | Rev. Lloyd L. Krug, rector of the St. ! Paul's M. E. Church, Leonardtown, URSE SAYS AIMEE’S HUSBAND WAS DRINKER AND GREAT LOVER | Young Woman Seeks $200,000 From David Hutton for Breach of Promise. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, June 21.— Myrtle Joan St. Pierre, attractive 30-year-old nurse who seeks $200,000 from David Hutton for alleged breach of promise, testified that the husband of Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist, was a| great lover and also drank whisky. “When he first met me at a dinner | “When he saw my little bungalow he {said: ‘Tll move in any time you say,’” the nurse testified. Miss St. Pierre was to continue her story of her alleged betrayal under promise of marriage when court sessions were resumed today. Hutton, a choir singer at Angelus astor, | Temple, of which his wife is the 3 is at- muttered “Bunk! All bunk!” to atlantic flight was passed last night party, he asked the hostess, ‘Where did | torneys as Miss St. Plerre testified. by the House and returned to the Senate with an amendment. The reso- | lution was called up by Chairman Mec- Swain of the Committee on Military | Affairs. As originally passed by the Senate, the measure provided the award | of a Distinguished Flying Cross. The House substituted the service medal. Presentation of the Government medal, provided the bill goes through confer- ence and is signed by the President, went ta her home where they had & few. | that might be o drinks, 3 trial, ,{m take place later, o) you keep this gorgeous creature all the :{me Miss St. Plerre testified yes- erday. ““He kept putting his hand over mine whenever I passed the bread, kept call- ing me a ‘lovely girl' and he said: ‘TI'm | not going to get very far frcm you, now after I've found you!'” After the dinner party, Miss St. Plerre said she, Hutton and another couple Later he said: “I'm_not a bit worried about this trial. I'm worried about my poor little wife, lying out there in a sanitarium. | She's all that matters.” Mrs. Hutton is suffering from neuras- | thenla and an illness contracted on a | recent tour of Central America. She | has been told that the trial was post- | poned to protect her from excitement ca details of DANCERS N GHLE Ambassador Culbertson Asks Protection for U. S. Lives and Property. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO; Chile, June 21.—Fear that American lives and property in Chile might be endangered by anti- foreign reaction in the Davila junta was indicted today. United States Ambassador Willlam 8. Culbertson last night formally re- quested the Government to protect American lives and property at Ran- cagua, near where the American-owned Braden copper mines are located. Mines Fear Trouble. ‘The Ambassador said the copper com- pany had informed him there had been anti-foreign agitation there and trouble in the streets which it was feared might spread to the mines. He indicated he belleved the police forces were not able to cope with disorder if it broke out. His request was made in a note sent to the minister of interior and foreign affairs. It was understood the govern- ment was sympathetic toward the re- quest and that troops would be sent to Rancagua immediately. Although martial law was proclaimed by the new government last night be- cause, it was explained, “anarchy created by the former government” wi exercising an ‘“unsettling influence, Santiago was so quiet that Davila him- self retired early. The Braden mines at Teniente, near Rancagua, are owned by the Guggen- heim interests and are valued at $100,- 000,000, ‘Teniente is 50 miles south of Santiago. Many Americans, with their families, live there. The junta said a “ferment of anar- chy” created by the former short-lived government of Col. Marmaduke Grove and his junta “continues to exercise an unsettling influence.” Five Reported Killed. Reports from Valparaiso today said probably five persons had been killed in street clashes between Communists trying to start a general strike and caribineros reinforced by sailors. The seamen came from destroyers of the battle squadron anchored in Val- paraiso harbor. They entered the town during the night to help preserve order. After several street clashes it was re- | ported the strike efforts had not suc- ceeded as yet. Reports circulated abroad that 25 persons had been killed in rioting here | were without confirmation today after !the most careful investigation. Many | were injured, some probably critically, however, in street clashes. 'USE OF AMBER LIGHT IS SCORED BY GIVEN| |Judge Would Leave Traffic Control | to Only Green and Red Signals. Declaring the three-light system of | intersection control is & menace to | traffic, Judge Ralph Given in Police | Court today advocated that the amber, light be taken from all intersections in ! the District. The judge made the statement after | | several” persons had appeared before ! him o1 charges of passing red lights. ! | In each Inctance the defendant explain- | ed he had started across on the amber | | light. EAticr ordering the dismissal of one | case. the judge said: “I am of the opinion that the amber | light should be done away with at every | intersection that has a light. It only | creates a tendency for the motorist ‘o try to sneak through, no matter | whether it is with the red or green. I {have frequently stood and watched a I street intersection and I think it has been shown to my satisfaction that the amber light could be readily discarded.” When Assistant Corporation Counsel Raymond Sparks reminded that the light changing from green to red may ! catch the motorist in tie midale of the intersection, the judge said that the | motorist caught in a changing light would reach the intersection before the motorist starts in the opposite direction. | Judge Given recently was injured in a bus crash at Rhode Island avenue and Seventeenth street, in which three per- sons lost their lives. Evidence at the inquest showed that the amber lignt was on when the twp busses crashed. MRS. HAUSNER EN ROUTE BY AIR TO MEET HUSBAND | Passes Through Capital on Way to Miami to Welcome Ocean Flyer. Mrs. Stanislaus Felix Hausner, wife of | the pilot rescued 10 days ago at sea | after drifting 8 days in a disabled land (plane forced down on an attempted | transatlantic flight, passed through the | Capital today on her way to Miami, Fla., | to meet her husband. Hausner was rescued by a freight | steamer bound from Europe to New Orleans and is to be put ashore at Miami Thursday. Mrs. Hausner is making the trip from New York to Miami as & | passenger on the Eastern Air Transport | Line. She was accompanied by Rev. Paul Knappek, family pastor, ‘who main- tained the long vigil with her during the days when the world believed Haus- ner had given his life in the attempted Atlantic flight. — e BAND CONCERT. By the United States Navy Band, this evening at Lincoln Park, at 7:30( o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Alex- ander Morris, assistant ieader. March triumphal, “The Conquerors,” im; Overture, “Hungarisn Comedy.” Keler-Bela Solo for cornet, “Swiss Song”....Hoch Musician, Birley Gardner. “South American”.....Valverde “Como Le Va.” “Carnatlons.” Characteristic, “Turkey in the Straw,” Guion A fancy dance, iumbine” ... ‘Favorites of 1931 Arranged by Koelkebeck Descriptive fantasia, “Evolution of Dixie” .Lake March, “Boy “Anchor’s igh. “Thne Star Sphngled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, this evening at the bandstand, at 5:30 o'clock. John Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Bay State Commandery,” Burrell Overture, “Euryanthe”.....Von Weber Plece de concert, “Alpine Fantasia,” ‘Tobani from comic opera, “The Grand Duchess” .........Offenbach Ancient dance, “Amaryllis’ .Ghys Waltz sulte, “Over the Waves”. Rosas Finale, “The Banner of Freedom,” TTar Fa “The Star Spangled Banner.” | cancellation of debts. | cancellation of all war debts, because | ing that pending a final decision, pos- m | eral Reserve System. Strong made the SR . AHEAD OF DEBT CUT: Gibson Tells Herriot America Will Not Act Unless Out- lay Is Reduced. __ (Continued From First Page) global cut in the arms budgets but that he does not consider that this would be adequate as the result of the pres- ent disarmament conference. GIBSON WITHOUT POWER. Ambassador Not Authorized to Commit U. S., Regardless of Reports. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. - According to high officials in Wash- ington, there is no truth in reports from abroad that Ambassador Hugh Gibson had indicated to Edouard Herriot that this country was prepared to discuss war debts if the Euroean nations agreed to a drastic reduction of armaments. No such pledges can be given by the American delegation at the Disarma- ment Conference, whose authority is confined solely to see that some actual result is achieved at Geneva regardless of what is happening at the raparations parley at Lausanne. Members of the Senate who have been acquainted with the reports coming out of Lausanne doubted that the President had authorized Ambassador Gibson to give any definite pledges regarding the linking of the European replrnnons' problem with the debt cancellation problem. Sees Misinterpretation. Senator David Reed. Republican, of Pennsylvania stated that the interpre- tation of whatever statement Mr. Gib- son may have made must have been | made in & positive form of what Gibson | said negatively. It is possible, s2id the Senator from Pennylvania, that Mr.| Gibeon in his conversation with the | French and the British representatives should have mentiored the fact that | unless some drastic reductions were | made in the overburdened armament budgets of the principal European na- tions, this eountry would not consider any reduction in the wir debts. Senator Borah would not comment upon these foreign reports, but seemed to think that before any one would even consider taking up finy proposi- tion of reducing or canceling the for- eign debts, a clean slate must be made first of the entire reparations question. and armament expenditure should be cut'to the bone. Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten- nessee stated that he was “unalter-| ably opposed” to cancellation of war, debts. “We have taxed our people | encugh already. without further taxing them for the benefit of Europe.” Senator Hirsm Johnson, Republican, of California said: “The cancellation of debts rests with the Congress of| the United States. Whatever commit- ments may be made by any represent- | spectators when tk ative of ours must ultimatey be passed upon by Congress.” Senator Moses, Republican, of New Hampshire, zaid, “Let them talk ther we shall have to do the principal talk- ing here.” Senat stated: Smogpt. Republican, of Utah. | am leOlu!_kly opposed to the | Dickinson for Cancellation. The only opinion favorable to a can- | cellation was that of Senator Dickinscz, | Republican, of Towa. He said. “I hav been preaching for vears that if we can get the leading nations of the world committed to a reduction of armaments | we can afford such a gesture as the | it will bring about world amity The concensus in well informed quar- ters in Washington is that President Hoover has not instructed the head of the American delegaticn at the arms conference to make any pledges or even vague promises regarding the cancella- | tion of debts. The only thing that Mr. Gibson may have been authorized to say to the for- elgn prime ministers is that if they | have in the back of their minds to sug- | gest sometime during this year to the United States a reduction of war debts, their plea would not have any chance of being heard. either by the President or by the United States Congress, un- less some positive reduction in the arms expenditure of Europe was made. Con- sequently, it is reliably stated, Mr. Gib- son has urged the concerned powers to | do their utmost and proceed with the | disarmament conference in such a man- ner as to give some positive results both in the reduction of manpower and in their respective budgets. SENATE SPEEDS VOTE ON RELIEF BILL IN PLAN TO ADJOURN ___(Continued From First Page) next six months you will be sending | Federal troops to Chicago.” Cermak discussed the court rortect over Chicago tax assessments, explain- sibly from the United States Supreme Court, it was impossible to collect suffi- cient funds tQ run the city government. “We ask you to amend these relief bills so that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation may loan money to munic- ipalities.” Cermak said. “We raised $10,000.000 from the citizens to support our relief stations and then sold §13,- 000.000 in bonds. “These funds ran out June 1. more than $5.000.000 bonds were sold. last until August 1, we'll do then. “We now owe three and one-half mentks’ salary to all city employes. We owe five months' salary to the school teachers, amounting to $17,000,000 this year. “We have reduced our budget from $167,000,000 to $125.000,000. We have had less crime in the last year than we have had in the last 10 and are proud of it. “But if cug relief stations close Au- gust’1, just what will happen, gentle- men, I am unable to say to ycu.” Situation Held Bad. Representatives Goldsborough, Demo- crat, of Maryland, and Strong, Repub- lican, of Kansas, insisted that Chicago banks have large reserves with the Fed- Then of additional | This is sufficient to | I don't know what | direct charge that these banks are “hoarding eligible paper.” “Then all I can say is that if these' banks have any eligible paper they had better take it out of Chicago,” Cermak shot back. “The situation is bad, so bad that we're here today, so bad that if there is another parade in Chicago it will be all over.” Cermak said several times that he| thought the banks had about all the | municipal paper they can hold and meet examiner’s requirements. He opposed the population basis of lending ta States the $300,000,000 pro- vided in the Wagner bill, saying, “That ‘wouldn't help us.” “We're spending $3,000,000 a month on direct rellef,” Cermak said. “That money should be distributed on the basis of need.” He said he had no particular objec- tion to having the Federal loans made through State governments, but pre- ferred the direct method. Argentina’s Trade Balance. BUENOS AIRES, June 21 (A)— Argentina’s favorable trade balance for the first five month§ of 1932 exceeded $77,000,000, it was announced today. Exports amounted to $166,720,000; im- SEA SCOUTS AND NAVAL OFFICIALS ASS| Mrs. Eleanor Craun, daughter of Capt. James A. Callan, builder, christening the model yesterday while Comdr. Louis J. Capt. Callan and Comdr. Henry Hartley look on. PECTATORS fell to with a hearty good will yesterday and assisted the Constitution. Jr., down the ways into the Eastern Branch, when a large working model of the famous old frigate lodged short of the water during launching ceremonies The 47-foot model was converted from an old motor saile- into a full- rigged reproducticn of Old Ironsides by Capt. James A. Callan. He spent most of last Fall and Winter fashioning \the many sails and ropes in the cellar of his residence at 1415 Montague street While news cameras clicked and sound appar us recorded the ceremony. the daughter of Capt. Callan, Mrs. Eleanor Callan Craun, slammed & bottle of | grape juice against the wooden bow of the model, and the ship was released on _the runway. Sea Scouts of the District. who had helped rig the model. wer: assicted b; ship stuck and h o be tugged slowly into the water GARFIELD CHARGES TRIAL WAS UNFAR Attorney, Testifying Beforc Senators, Attacks Mort- gage Co. Convictions. By the Assoclated Press. ‘The opinion that three pfficials of the defunct Union Mortgage Co. of Cleve- land, who have been convicted in Ohio State Courts in connection with the company’s failure, have not had a fair trizl was expressed to a Senate Com- mittee today by James R. Garfield Cleveland attorney. Garfield referred to the conviction of S. Chester Crobaugh, president, and D. D. Kimmel and W. A. Casler. When Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Montana, asked whether he thought the_convictions were the result of an “inflamed public mind” resulting from widespread financial losses, Garfield re- plied “I do not believe those men have had the kind of trial vou and I would feel was a fair trial under all the circum- stances. Sees Public Prejudice. “I think that when many persons have lost money because of a change in vaiues. the public feels somebody ought to pay. Garfield, chairman of the Resolutions Committee of the Republican National Convention and son of the late Presi- dent Garfield, told the committe> he thought a “gross injustice” had been done Crobaugh in indicting him alone m the Federal Couit His testimony was given in the Sen- ate investigation called for by Senator Bulkley, Democrat. of Ohio. of the Justicz Department’s handling of the case against the Union Mortgage Co., psrticularly with reference to dismis- sal of the indictment against Crobaugh for alleged use of the mails to defraud and the failure to obtain Federai in- dictments against other officials of the company. Material Not Examined. Garfield testified he asked the Justice Depariment to investigate the matter after Assistant United States Attorney Charles I. Russo, at Cleveland, had told him he had “dumped” the Crobaugh evidence on to the grand jury table without any recommendation. The witness said Russo told him that when he joined the United States at- torney’'s office he found such a mass of material accumulated by his predeces- sor that he had no chance to exam- ine it. “I stated” sald Garfleld, “that I thought it wes a very gross injustice to any citizen for a prosecuting officer to de2l in that fashion with any case.” AT CHRISTENING. —Star Staff Photo. ver of the U. S. S. Constitution, | * few hundred yards east of the Eleventh | Strect Bridge. * i Capt. Callan and Comdr. Louis J. Gulliver of the U. §. S. Constitution, | whose masts could be seen as the | frigate lay at the navy yard, half a| mile away. made speeches, in which | Callan described the little ship id Comdr. Gulliver wished her good fortune. apt. Callan said the vessel wo under her own canvas, although he had instalied a small motor to aid bringing her to raze or in cac> | of emergency. He plans several cruises on which Sea Scouts be shipped | as seamen to reward them for their| labor Later. cF Capt. Callan hopes to exhibit at_historic ceremonies along | apeake Bay. A former non-com- | ioned officer in the Navy, Capt.! 5 built five other models of n. which he launched West Indies, Call nal and Atlantic ports. REPUBLIGANWET BEATEN N MANE Tepresentative Bcedy, Ar-/ dent Dry, Sweeps Th-ough Repeal Forces. | the-Assoc i FORTLAND. Me, June 21.—Maine' Republicans, five of e representa- | tives to the rational convention at Chi- | €azo last week voted for a plank favor-| ing repeal of the eighteenth amend- | ment. turned down a p2alist” in the first congressional dietrict with more | 3-to-2 vote, in yesterday's pri- | By Toll L. Beedy of a member of the and an ardent dry,!| forces of Edwerd E. abeth, who had grom- | < for repeal of the amend- The vote, with nearly all pre- ;‘gpx ed, was: Beedy, 25,355 swept throu Chase, Ca ised to wor ment cincts Chase. faces another “wet-dry” fight | in Fall clection when he goes up | against Joseph E. F. Connolly. former | Superior Court judge, who ran unop- | posed in the Democratic primary and who favors some form of Government control of liquor. Brewster Also Wins. Former Gov. Ralph t also ran as a dry in as five-corner fight for the Ropublican nomination o the third district, had an apparently unsurmountable lead over Clarence C. Stetson of Bangor. The vote, with 36 of the 274 precincts unreported, was Brewster, 13,511; Stetson. 11.673. Brewster's ‘victory was the more un- sual in that, after two terms as gov- cinor, he was defeated in two attempts at election to the United States Sen- ate . He lost in 1028 to Senator Fred- erick Hale and again ni ? Walace White. b Stetson also was considered a “d while Benjamin Blanchard. former Mayor of Bangor. was the only out- and-out anti-prohibitionist in the five- cornered contes Blanchard ran fourth. Wet Democrats Chosen. Burleigh Martin of Augusta, president of the State Senate, apparently had a safe lead over his nearest opponent, Lewis O. Barrows of Newport, in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Louis J. Brann _or Lewiston, who came out for repeal a few days before the election, won the Democratic nomi- nation for Governor when his home city gave him a majority of more than 4.000 over two of the other four con- testants who had been pushing him hard. POLICE GUARD FRESH MEADOWS GOLF COURSE AFTER THREATS ' Racketeers Reported Ready to Destroy Greens for Club’s Ban on Gambling Machines During Open. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 21.—Racket men shook their fists at the fresh Meadow Country Club today and muttered under their breath, “Foiled!” Policemen guarding each green at the club and patroling the boundaries of the club itself thwarted whatever intentions the racketeers may have had to destroy the greens with acid and thus | prevent play, starting Thursday, in the naticnal open tournament. Forty cfficers watched outside the links, 18 were assigned to the greens and 17 others were distributed abeut the course last night. Officers of the club decided upon the elaborate policing after being told of a plot to wreck the greens because of the club's refusal to permit installation of pari-mutuel ma- chines on the club grounds. A man nsmed Smith, cl to represeint a Boston gambiing Aynaicste, approached Milton Hertz, chairman of the Championship Committee, three weeks ago with a propositicn to place the gambling machines in a tent on the club grounds during the tournament. He offered the club a percentage of each day's profits. Hertz refused. A few days ago a man named O'Neill called on Hertz and sesid the greens would be destroyed by acid unless the club permitted the syndicate the privi- lege of operating gambling machines there. O'Nelll asked for mcney in re- turn for exposing the plot. Hertz asked him to return the following t Smith hiseler” tried to “shake down” the club, at the syndicate itself was “on the and would operate outside the club’s property. Nct quite certain whether O'Neill or smith was telling the truth, the club ake no Sances an out the police, # e $1.778.256,766.2 period of the 'MONROE DOCTRINE' Viscount Ishii Warns Grew U. S. Must Not Try to Dominate Asia. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 21.—Viscount Kikujiro Ishii, former Ambassador to the United States, enunciated a sort of Monrce Doctrine for Asia tonight at a dinner for Joseph C. Grew, the new United States Ambassador to Japan Giving an address of welcome to Mr. Grew before the America-Japan Society, the Japenese spokesman asserted that a grave situation would be created if the United States ever attempted to dofilnalz the Asiatic continent r. Grew. in his first speech as Am- bassador, told the audience, which was composed of distinguished Japanese leaders. that America always and every- where will uphold the structure of in- ternational peace. “If T were asked,” Mr. Grew said, “to which subject in the past 15 years Americans have given the most thought and discussion, I unhesitatingly would say the efforts of the nations to build a durable structure of international peace.” Refers to War Predictions. He spoke directly after M. Ishii had referred to various predictions of a con- flict between the United States and Japan and had given his belief that an armed clash was possible only in two extremely improbable contingencies. First,” M. Ishii outlined, “if Japan were foolish enough to attempt to 1n- duly interfere in the wes hemis- phere—then w ould be inevitable. Second. if America attempted to dome | inate Asia. “But I am convinced,” he went “that America’s concern in the Orient is only the maintenance of peace in re- spect to her treaties. Therefore, the American intervention alluded to above is as highly improbable as Japanese interference in the western hemisphere.” M. Ishii predicated his references to conflict upon this assertion “A grave situation would be created if the United States ever attempted to dominate the Asiatic Continent and prevented Japan from her pacific and natural expension in this part of the world.” He added that he believed that such an attempt was highly improbable. The vast majority of intelligent Americans and Japanese Ishii con- cluded. “know perfectly well the bound- on, | aries of their respective spheres of ac- tivity beyond which common sense for- bids seeking for futile and vain pui Ppose: President Roosevelt denounced &s fantastic any American attempt to interfere (with Japanese expansion in Korea and Manchuria).” Grew Insists on Grew's address tone, but nterest was He said “The United States is interested in a * confined to the so-called in- 2l classes * * t one ihat s from the highest officials to the laborer, ‘peace) is universal and funda- while the memory of t ays of 1914-1918 may gradually become less acute, the experiences ithose ars have instilled into the people of the United States will serve io both in spirit and fact the international peace. which neither nor_circumstance can ever ch “It would be foolish to & Peace. was entirely insisted that in a durable | important problems beset recognize that th | exist best to solve them. Many cor problems with which we zre fazed to- day urgently need settlem within the next few months. * * * “Few if any problems today concarn CORPORATION SUES FOX FOR $5,000,000 Theater Firm Declares Ex-President Made “Large and Frandu- lent Gains.” By the Associated MINNEOLA. N. Y. June 21.-—Suit for recovery of more than $5.000.000, was filed in Nassau County Supreme Couit today against William Fox and six others. The action was started by Henry A. Uterhart, attorney. on be- balf of the Fox Theater Corporation, of which Fox was the president until | 193¢, The suit slleg>s that Fox and the others, alleged relatives and friends, ob- tained large gains “of fraudulent and secret nature” during the period that Fox was in complete voting control of the_company. The other defendants are Jack Leo, Eva Fox, John Zanft. Jacob F. Ruben- stein, Bessie Livingstone and Caroline Lea 'Tauszig. The latter is Fox's daughter. OCHS AND WILBUR GET DARTMOUTH DEGREES Publisher and Cabinet Made Doctors of Laws at Col- Member lege Commencement. By the Associated Press. HANOVER, N. H. June 21—Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times and Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secre- tary of the Interior and president of Stanford University, were among the 12 to receive honorary degrees at the 163d commencement of Dartmouth College today. Secretary Wilbur and Mr. Ochs re- ceived degrees of doctor of laws. Other degrees conferred included: Doctor of Letters. Walter Lippman, newspaperman of New York. Doctor of Science: Samuel Prentiss Baldwin, Gates Mills, Ohio, founder and director of the Balwin Bird Re- search laboratory. Doctor of Divinity: David Ernest Adams, Marietta, Ohio, professor or re- ligion in Marietta College. Doctory of Pedagogy: Frank Wal- worth Booth, Omaha, Neb., superin- tendent of the Nebraska State School for the Deaf. INCOME TAX RECEIPTS DROP MORE THAN HALF Figures on Third Day of Second Quarter Collection Total $21,243,202. By the Associated Press. Income tax receipts on June 18, the third day of second quarter collections, amounted to $21,243.202.58, or less than half the $47,819906.75 recelved on the same date last year. Collections so far this month have amounted to $139.252,783.69, as com- pared with $213,627,884.73 for the cor- responding pericd of last year. For the fiscal year to date these col- lections have aggregated $1,035.231 42 95, which compares with collectiol for the corresponding 1 previous year, of