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a4 POWERS MAY DROP L AUSANNE EFFORTS French and Germans Weigh Possibilities of Recess Until Autumn. By the Associated Press. LAUSANNE, Switzeriand, June 27.— 4s the statesmen gathered today for resumption of the Debts and Repara- tions Conference, the French and Ger- zan delegations considered dropping | the whole thing until Autumn, fearing | that neither would be able to compro-| - because of domestic opinion in both countries | It was generally accepted that neither | Fremier Herriot nor Chancellor von! Papen wanted to delay matters, but| conferences with their respective cabi- nets over the wee kend seemed to have | brought them no closer to a basis of agreement ! Von Papen Denies Reports. The German newspapers criticized the chancellor sharply for an interview | in & Paris daily in which he was quoted | as having accepted the French claim to compensation. He said he had been misunderstood, that what he told the was that Pranze and Ger- go further through co- n through continuation of reparations. Likewise, Premier Herriot found in Paris no inclination to recede from the emand for continued psyments by_Germany { Prime Minister MacDonald of Great Britain and Dino Grandi, the Italian Tepresentative, led the forces still de- | termined upon a definite settlement of | the debts issue before this conference closes. The faction which advocates pos ponement of further negotiations sug gested creation of A committee of ex- | perts to determine upon a formula of agreement in the disputed question of | cash payments by Germany | Action Due Before December 15. This committee would assemble its data so that the powers could meet! again before a debt inst2llment to the | United States falls due on December 15. | Meanwhile the German delegation submitted a summary cf its position, based upon a double contention—first, | that che is unable to continue repara- tions payments, and second, that she is | ready to participate in any concrete plan to restore Europe’s economic sta- bility. At the same time Dino Grandi pre- gented the Italian position in favor of wiping out the reparations burden, with the understanding that a final repara- tions settlement must enteil a settle- ment of the other war debts. RAINS PREDICTED HERE BEFORE NIGHT, Thunderskowers and Westerly Winds Expected to Break Heat Wave and Humidity. ‘The heat which gripped the Capital today, accounting for at least one pros- tration—up to noon—may be broken by thundershowers this afternoon and evening, and westerly winds, due here late tcmorrow, promise to aid further, it was said at the Weather Bureau. Officer Harold Venable, 1818 D street coutheast, attached to No. 4 police precinct, was stricken as he directed trafiz at New Jersey avenue and B sireets toutheast, shortly before noon. He was treated at Emergency Hospital. A rapidly climbing thermometer thlsl morning promised that today’s high temperature may eclipse yesterday’s 91 /\J THE EVENIN | | 1 MRS. EMMA HUEY, | Wife of Pittsburgh war veteran, Who arrived here by airplane Saturday with her 9-year-old son, George Huey, jr., to join her husband at the Anacostia camp. Seventy-five families | will_leave Pittsburgh tomorrow to join | the bonus army. —Star Staff Photo. | | BLASSFORD SOUGHT FORHEADOFV.F.W. Representative Connery%ays D. C. Official Should Be National Commander. Representative Connery of Massachu- | setts, one of the stanchest friends of | the Bonus Epeditionary Force, declared today he was ready to boom Brig. Gen. | Pelham D. Glassford. superintendent of police, for national commander of the | Veterans of Foreign Wars. “If Gen. Glassford won't become a candidate, we'll draft him,” Representa- tive Connery said. Connery and Gen. Glassford fought together in the old 26th (Yankee) Divi- sion. Both are members of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars. Connery said Gen. Glassford's record and sympathetic dealing with the 20.000 ex-veterans, who marched to Washing- ton to demand the bonus, makes him the “service man’s candidate for na-| tional president.” 1 “The Veterans of Foreign Wars need a man of Gen. Glassford's personality and rare executive ability,” Connery | said. “He could be counted upon to | represent the rank and file in the or- | ganization as no other man could. He | is the man we need. | Will Start “Real Boom.” “I have already wriiten to members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Massachusetts and pretty soon we will start a reai boom for Gen. Glassford.” The general, himself, has not indica ed whether he would care to become a candidate. He says his hands are full with his present job. But Connery has talked the matter over quietly with veterans in Washington and whenever he mentions Gen. Glassford as national commander, he said there is always an enthusiastic response. The general, meanwhile, has consented to “think it over.” Representative Connery, who left to- day to attend the Democratic National Convention, was an _enlisted man in the 26th Division. He was promoted from private in Co. A of the 10lst Infantry to regimental color sergeant for meritorious service. He is a mem- ber of Lynn Post No. 240 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and also is prominent in the American Legion. Gen. Glassford was a brigadier gen- eral in the 26th Division and came out of the war with a fine record for dis- | tinguished service. An Additional Advantage. { Police Balked by Motive for Shoot- | assassin who fired a losd of buckshot unless stopped by the thundershowers. ATTACKS LAUNCHED ON ECONOMY BILL Postal Clerks and Woman’s Party See Menace in Propocals. The economy bill yesterday came under the fire of the United National| Association of Post Office Clerks and the National Woman's Party. H On behalf of the former, Thomas F. Dolan, the president, in a statement said “the problem of retrenchment, as far as the Government employes is concerned, should be indefinitely post- poned.” He added that “if prosperity is soon to be with us again, as some are pleased to suggest, the necessity for payless furlough:, the direct methods of wage reduction, or the five-day week | with its five days' pay, may become a disagreeable memor; Wives' Jobs Defended. Dolan hit in particular the leave and | retirement features and slash in night work pay. ‘The Woman's Party rapped the provi- | sion calling for dismissal of one or the other of married couples, describing this as a discrimination against married women. In this connection, Mrs. John | Walker seid she knew of four young women who have canceled plans to bs married this Summer because they fezred cismissals from the Government. The American Alliance of Civil Serv- ice Wom=n in New York vesterday ad- dressed a letter to President Hoover, declaring “there has been widespread and flagrant discrimination against women in the making of appointments from eligible lists in the United States Civil Service.” due to “misinterpreta- | tion” of a rule of 1870 based on an executive order. Equality Demanded. The alliance asks an order to the Civil Service Commission that “single eligible lists be issued and eligibles certified in the order of their standing, regardless of sex.’ MINE SHOTS KILL ONE, HURT SEVEN | Two of Wounded Victims Brought to Morgantown, W. Va., Hos- pital in Critical Condition. By the Associated Press. MORGANTOWN, W. Va, June 27.— | One man was killed and seven others | were wounded, two dangerously, in a coal mine strike shooting at the Maids- | ville mine of the Kelleys Creek Colliery Co. today. The killing was the first to occur in the Northern West Virginia mine strike that began about two weeks ago. Detalls of the incident were not given. A strike called by the United Mine Workers of America has been in prog- | ress in the Northern West Virginia coal fields for about two weeks. The union is seeking to obtain contracts with companies operating on a non-unjon ' basis. EX-MAYOR SLAIN ON PORCH OF HOME | | | ing From Ambush in Lake Wales, Fla. B the Associated Press LAKE WALES, Fla, June 27.—An | from ambush killed former Mayor Joe H. Beal at his home here Saturday G STAR. WASHINGT( D. C. MONDAX: N, JUNE 1932. Cherry Queen WILL REIGN OVER FESTIVAL AT TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. CAROLYN HAZZARD, Seventeen-year-old Ludington, Mich., high school girl, presides as queen of the national cherry festival next month at Traverse City, Mich. —A. P. Photo. CONGRESS IN WHIRL 70 CLOSE SESSION Money Bills Still in Dispute as Fiscal Year Nears End. By the Associated Pr Relief, economy and money legisla- tion were tied up today in such a con- gressional whirlwind that nobody was sure just what the storm would leave behind. The Senate, for the time being, held the key to most of tne problems in- volved. Its leaders had a sort of reserve hope of adjournment Saturday, but bent their immediate efforts toward passage of annual appropriations bills that should be laws by the beginning of the new fiscal year at midnight Thursday. Otherwise, most of the Gov- ernment departments legally will have no _money to spend. The two biggest annual money meas- ures of the Congress—those supplying nearly $2,000,000,000 for the Treasury, Post Office and independent offices— were before the Senate. Quick passage was necessary so they could be sent to conference along with six others already there for an adjustment of diffcrences between the House and Senste bills. Unemployment relief and economy measures both are in the hands of con- ferees. Meanwhile Senator Watson, the Re- | publican leader, served notice on the Senate he intended to bring up “for early consideration” the administra- tion's home loan bank bill. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, said that “When the Philip- pine bill is disposed of there will be no trouble in getting the home loan bank bill up for consideration. Senator Hawes, Democrat, of Mis- souri, told the Senate he would object to any attempt to displace the Philip- pine independence bill as the Senate's unfinished business, and claimed 78 votes for it. EVANGELINE BOOTH DENOUNCES REPEA Salvation Army Commander Say: Change Would Be Concession PES FOR HOOVER | ARMS PLAN FADE !Less Cheerful Atmosphere Marks Reports From Lau- sanne Parley. m BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. There was a less cheerful atmosphere | today in official quarters in Washington | in regard to an early acceptance of the | Hoover disarmament plan. Further- more, whatever meager news was re- | ceived from Europe about the Repara-| tion Conference at Lausanne was of a i negative character, everything pointing | out that the most that could be expect- ed is a temporary settlement of the German reparation payments, | The stumbling block which prevents a serious discussion of the Hoover plan is France. It is true that Premier | Herriot and his chief lieutenant, Paul! Boncour, had expressed themselves, pri- vately and officially, mildly in favor with the fundamental ideas of the Pres- | ident. Both French leaders, as well as | | the party they are representing, are in | | favor of disarmament, but this ques- | | tion in France is not a political, but | a national, matter. Mr. Herriot has| found that the French nation is not| willing to accept any disarmament, in spite of the precarious financial and | economic situation of the country, with- out a security pact or at least a con- sultative pact. Powerless to Accept. Under these circumstances, however favorably disposed the French state: men may be, they are not in position to accept any disarmament proposal. The French, it is pointed out are intensely nationalistic because they are afraid of the rising power of their neighbors, the Germans and the Italians. The Hoover disarmament proposal is not likely to be completely discarded. It will continue to simmer and will be discussed at Geneva and in Paris and London for the next few months, prob- ably until after the American presi- dential elections. It is fully expected here that the Geneva Conference which is deadlocked at the present moment will be adjourned after the end of the Lausanne Conference, “to study care- fully the American disarmament plan,” and will reconvene fsometime next Fall to discuss the various proposals differ- ent nations may have to make in the light, of the suggestions of the President of the United States. The European nations have come to the final conclusion that reparations, debts and disarmament are closely in- | terlinked. They also believe that this | theory, while not officially accepted in America, is accepted by most American political men who are not in a position to admit this relation on account of the Ipresid!ntlnl campaign. Feel Need for Delays. By postponing the settlement of these matters until after November 4 they ! fiope they have everything to gain. It| {is believed that any President the | American people will elect will have to | take into consideration the world prob- | lems of today and try and work out in co-operation with the other nations some solution satisfactory to all. The | | French and the British realize that in | order to gain America's good will it will be necessary to start with the disarm: ment question, and for this reason, a though the Hoover disarmament pro- posal is not, in its present form, ac- ceptable to either of these two nations, | their leaders have been careful not to say so too bluntly. The consensus of opinion in Europe is that if some sub- | stantial progress is made in the matte: | of disarmament the American Congress | will be less cpposed to reducing sub- | stantially the war debts. i The French have been led to believe | that if the financial and disarmament questions are out of the wey the Ameri- can Government might be induced to | {enter into a consultative pact, with no | obligation to join in any military ven- | ture. They base this belief on the electoral ! platform of the Republican party, which proposes to give ample rights to the President to attend any political or | | economic conference whenever the situ- ation may require that America should { | “Big Shot™ Desire Leads to Arrest Of Reserve Officer By the Associated Press. BOSTON, June 27 — Irving Traverse, 20, Army Reserve offi- cer and self-styled friend of President Hoover, was held on a charge of imperscnating a Fed- eral officer last night after he had admitted, lice said, that he wanted to be ig shot” among his_friends. Traverse was arrested by po- lice and Pederal agents after he told a garage owner he was an Army el in charge of a $25,000,000 dredging job in Bos- ton Harbor. “I dién't mean any harm by the bluff,” he tod police. wanted my friends to believe was a big shot in Washington Police said Traverse admitted he had told the garage owner he would need 20 used cars at $250 each and would be allowed $50 a month maintenance for each auto. JOHN CURTIS FAILS 100UST ATTORNEY Alleged Lindbergh Hoaxer Goes on Trial for Im- peding Justice. 1 By the Associated Press. FLEMINGTON, N. J.. June 27.—The prosecution won the first engagement in the trial of John H. Curtis, alleged Lindbergh case hoaxer, which opened today. A motion by the defense for removal of one of the prosecution’s at- torneys was denied by Judge Adam O. Fobbins. As court was convened by Judge Rob- bins, Curtis sat at the defense table | staring straight ahead, and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh sat at the prosecutor's table, his arms crossed and an expres- sion of close attention on his face. The two men did not look at each other. The first action after court convened was the filing of a motion by Lloyd Pisher, local defense attorney, for the removal from the prosecutor's staff of Harry Stout, elderly Flemington lawyer, appointed as special assistant to Prose- cutor Anthony M. Hauck. Retired to Chambers. Judge Robbins said he would not consider the motion in open court and thc opposing legal staffs retired with him to his chambers. The motion was based on the asser- tion that Stout had earlier been con- sidered as one of the defense attorneys and therefore had special knowledge of the defense strategy. Among other prospective witnesses in ! the court room, in addition to Col. | Lindbergh, were Bettty Gow, the mur- dered baby's nurse, and Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Wheatley the Lindberghs’ butler and housekeeper. Wearing a striped gray suit and no hat, the famous aviator arrived at the Colonial County Couri House half an hour before the trial was scheduled to begin. Colonel First Witness. He went first to the county jail, ad-| r | joining the court house, and then to| rosecutor’s office. He is lo be irst witness against the Norfolk the the shipbuilder who confessed to perpetrat- | ing a gigantic hoax on the Lind- berghs and the police and who later repudiated that confession. Before the court was called to order Stout announced that the prosecution would take Curtis at his word that the confession was false and that he really was in contact with the kid- napers. justice by his confession, in which he stated that he knew nothing of the kidnapers. MRS, MOODY WINS N QUARTERALS She and Helen Jacobs Ad- i i land Mrs. G. Peacock of England, vance in Championships at Wimbledon. By the Associated Press irs. Helen Wills Moody continued her march toward the Wimblodon tennis championship today with a 6—0, 6—1, victory over Dorothy Round in the quarter-final round. She will play Mary Heelev, young Irish player, in the semi- finals. Mrs. Moody's victory gave the United States two semi-final representatives in the women's singles, Helen Jacobs defeating Hilda Krahwinkel of Ger- many in an earlier match, 6—2, 6—4. Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn, Wimbledon doubles champions in 1929 and 1930. continued their fine play in that departnamt to defeat Ian G. Col- lins and J. C. Gregory in a third round match, 6—4, 6—1, 6—4. Van Ryn and Allison were at the top of their form in defeating Collins and Gregory and the result was never in_doubt. Mrs. Moody had just the usual prac- tice in defeating Miss Round. She has not lost a set. or even come close to losing cne in the current title play. By her victory, Miss Jacobs not only won a berth among the last four, but gained revenge for the defeat Miss Krahwinkel handed her in the semi- final round last year, when the Ger- man girl scored an unexpected 10—8, 0—6, 6—4 victory. Miss Jacobs will play Mrs. Rene Mathieu of Prance in the semi-finals. Mrs. Mathieu defeated Betty Nuthall of England, 6—0, 6—3. Sidney B. Wood, jr. and Gregory ed the English team of C. A. Magrane and J. R. Reddal, 6—2, 7—5, 6—4 enter the fourth round. Miss Heeley caught Mrs. Eileen Ben- nett Whittingstall off her game in a quarter-final match of the upper draw and won, 3—6, 6—4, 6—0. Miss Jacobs paired with Elizabeth Ryan in women's doubles to win a | third-round match from Mrs. J. Lycett 6—2, 7—5. 'BILL ASKS $100,000 TO HELP VETERANS TO RETURN HOME __ (Continued From First Page) jor to care for them while here tem- porarily.” Police Funds Exhausted. The specter of hunger hung over the bonus encampments this afternoon as the Police Department commissary | funds were exhausted and no replenish- ment appeared in prospect. The last of $13.053 was checked out this afternoon by Capt. William G. Stott, police property officer, who has been handling the veterans’ commis- sary, and he arnounced only enough ! food was on hand to last through to- morrow. |a warning issued to the veterans last week, declared the Police Department no longer would provide for the thou- sands of veterans encamped in the mp“ll after existing supplies had run “The money is gone and unless more comes from somewhere we can't do anvihing,” Capt. Stott declared Exhaustion of the B. E. F. treasury came as veterans arrested six alleged Communists, beat two of them se- verely and transported them across the Maryland-District line. with the warn- ing not to return again. Both Members of League. The two were Herbert Young of New n this basis the State will then!p: O attempt to prove that Curtis hindered York and Joseph Vacillotti of Passaic, N. both members of th: Workers vice Men's League, a Communist | organizetion. They were “arrested” by | the veterans as thev distributed Com- WIMBLEDON, England, June 27— Mangin, American doubles pair, defeat- | Police Chief Pelham D. Glassford. in ' | | INATIONALISTS ASK | KAISER'S RETURN |Hugenberg Reveals Stand. Hitler Pleaded With to Curb Troops. BY the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 27.—Return of the Hohenzollerns to the throne of Ger- | many was caned for today by the Na- | tionalist party, in the midst of a three- cornered, continuing strife among the South German states, the Von Papen government and Adolf Hitler The restoration of the kaisers was proposed yesterday at a party caucus by Alfred Hugenberg, Nationalist leader, who declared the Nationalists favored a return of the monarchy. Four Persons Killed. | Pour more persons were killed and | many injured In political e'ashes yes- tesday. In the meantime, at a secret meeting with Chancellor von Papen and Gen. Kurt von Schleicher in Berlin, Hitler ! was reported to have been asked by the chancellor, as a personel favor, to curb the violence of his brown-shirted fol- lowers. There was an official denial that the meeting was heid. but on_reliable authority it was learned the chancell)t acked Hitler to take his uniformed fol- lowers off the streets because the con- stant fighting had camaged Germany's cause at Lausanne. Visits Hindenburg. | The chancellor also conferred with President Paul von Hindenburg. Sup- | porters of the government appeared to be quite dissatisfied with newspaper in- | terviews attributed to the chancellor at | Lausanne last week. In _Nationslist newspapers the chancellor was bitterly attacked for an interview n which he was quoted as saying: “I am among the first to admit the claim of France to compensation in connection with the liquidation of repa- arations.” DROWNS IN SEVERN AS CANOE CAPSIZES Cumberland Man Was Paddling in Rear—Attempts to Revive Him Are Futile. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md. June 27.—Jchn Brennan, 24, of Cumberland, but work- ing in Baltimore, drowned in the Severn River late vesterday when a canoe in which he and three friends were riding capsized. Leaving the Greenbury Pcint Club with Edwin C. Pond and Misses Char- lotte Stevens and Alma Costen of Bal- timore, the group had passed around Greenbury Point, beyond the mouth of Mill Creek, when tbe accident occurred. Brennan was paddling in the rear. Soon after the accident, Charles Markham of Chevy Chase dived and located the body. With the assistance of W. H. Rhoades and Dan Jones of Washington, the body was brought te shore, where the West Annapolis Fire Company first-aid corps made a futile effort to restore life. Dr. Walton H. Hopkins gave a verdict of accidental drowning. 89 TO BE ARRESTED IN CLUB LOCKER RAID Chicago Dry Official Bares Prom- inent Persons Charged With Liquor Law Violations. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 27.—Deputy Prohi- bition Administrator A. E. Aman said | munist papers attackis | -5 i eaderahD of yesterday he would demand the arrest |the B. E. F. and attributing the resig- be_represented. whizh have heen hitting on all sides of the District but as yet have missed it. | The humidity has done its bit toward | making the weather uncomfortable. it | was pointed out, but tomorrow’s fore- | cast_indicates this will be alleviated by | winde The thermometer still has some climb to reach the 1931 maximum of 99 de- grees, established on June 20 last year. HOUSE APPROVES CONFERENCE REPORT CN D. C. SUPPLY BILL | (Continued From First Page) ing the facts, and Holadey admitted he | did not have any exact figures on which | he based his statements Both La Guardia and Representative | Snell. minority leader, explained that | the Community Chest was not an or- ganization to afford immediate relief | | Confers With Stimson Following As a candidate for national president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, he would have the additional advantage of being & high-ranking officer. “What we need is a fighting man at the head of the organization, one that will speak for the enlisted men just as stoutly as he would for the officers,” said Connery. | PRESIDENT RESTED AFTER WEEK END TRIP Early Morning Drive From Rapidan Camp. By the Associated Press Afrer a quick trip from his fishing | ‘COBLENTZ A for transients and others growing nuzl‘cnmp in the Virginia mountains, Presi- of the emergency situation, but was simply an agency to collect at one time | all the funds needed for the 65 mem- | ber organizations in the Chest. They | charged Holaday with unfairness in | criticizing the payment of salaries to employes, when the Chest has such or- ganizations under it as hospitals, edu- cational institutions and ~ the like. rich must be administered La Guardia and Byrne both claimed the £350,000 would be paid out of the District revenues in the same way that other cities are contributing to emer- gency relief f discussion over the Federal contribution was raised by Michigan committee relations of | the special tigated fiscal Mapes Demands Action. Manes said the House provision for $6.500000 was recommended because | the House earlier had adopted the five for increasing the tax bur- | District. These bills, he de en held up in the Senate, | d be done about them | sion. He protested that Congress uld not adjourn until they had been ve Simmons of Nebraska, declared the House ct bill had urged | e the necessity of pass- tax bills at this session. | ms of the gasoline tax of 2 hich would be increased to 4 one of the bills, was voiced presentative Davis of Tennessee. also criticized the $1 automobile license fee too small Chairman Byrns met with no diffi-| cuity, however, in securing final adop- tion of the conference report, and ap- proval of the five amendments, some of which are of a minor nature, which 20 back to the Senate for con- ce. He said afterward that the | ould be sent to the President n the next few dx | PSR T STRIKE MOVE PLANNED | EXICO CVITYi June 27 ®) #epartment of communications announceo that airpianes may be u has 3 | House shor dent Hoover today turned to the na- tional and international tasks he left behind him last Saturday. Arising shortly after dawn today, the Chief Executive left his mountain re- treat at 6 am He reached the White y after his usual time for beginning work when remaining in the Capital The President had Secretary of Agri- culture Hyde 2s a guest last night. The Sacretary motored to the camp, arriving before Mrs. Hoover and Herbert Hoover, jr. departed by automobile for the White House Mr. Hoover sat at his desk only a few minutes this morning before Sec- retary of State Stimson entered his private office. Aithough the Secretary would not comment upon his visit, it was assumed he informed the President of the developments since yesterday in the international situation surrounding the Hoover proposal for a one-third slash in the armaments of the world The President appeared rested after three-hour drive from the moun- tains. et TWO WOMEN DISAPPEAR Police Asked to Search for Mother and Daughter on Auto Trip. Police aid was asked today in a search for Mrs. Allen Shores, 60, and her daughter, Venila Shores, 35 route from Tallahassee, Fla, to donvile, Vt to arrive. The woman and her daugh- Lyn- | ter were last heard from on June 12, visited the Congressivnai when they Library here, police say. Police here were requested by the chief of police at Lyndenville to seek the two women. THREE FUGITIVES HELD NEW YORK. June 27 tives, vanted in Chicago for pa:tici- tion in an alleged collection agency swindie, said to have netted its oper- ators $100,000, left here yesterday in custody of two detectives. The men were Stephen Kersh, alias v en where they have failed| | complete confidence. | night. He was shot at close range while | reading on his back porch and died | instantly. Police are baffled regarding the mo- | tive. Beal served as mayor for the last two years. His term expired June 1 and he did not seek re-election. DMITS SIGNING PAPERS | USED BY RAICHLE ! ___(Continued Prom Pirst Page.) ney James O. Moore attempted to show | Coblentz had been “intimidated” by the Justice Department after an in-| vestigation of the spurious authoriza- tions had peen stirted. After bringing out that Coblentz made several trips| to the Justice Department, where he | was questioned by Assistant Attorney, General Nugent Dodds and Neil Burk- | inshaw, a special assistant, Moore asked | the witness if, on January 18, 1931, he wrote the following in his diary: “The manner in which Mr. Dodds ap- proached me impressed me with the idea they were trying to intimidate me.” Coblentz said he rould not remember having made such 2n entry and that if | he had done so it was only a con-| clusion on his part. He said that when | he first went to the Justice Department | on January 18 Mr. Dodds advised him to engage a lawyer in whom ne had | Kept Record of Parley. After bringing out the fact Coblentz had telephoned Raichle on January 20 1931, Moore asked the witness if Mr. Burkinshaw had told him to have two disinterested persons listen in on the telephone conversation. Coblentz said | Burkinshaw had made some such sug- gestion. Coblentz said he had his own stenographer and a business associate listen in. The stenographer made an exact copy of the conversation between | Raichle and himself, which was for- | warded to the Justite Department. Moore then asked him if he met Edwards in Dodds’ office on January Coblentz replied he had. Did Mr. Dodd and Mr. Burkinshaw | leave the room when you started to talk to Edwards, and then listen in to! your conversation on a dictaphone?” Moore inquired. Coblentz replied he had heard indi- rectiy that they had done so and that he was glad of it. NEW QUAKE HITS CITY MEXICO CITY, June 27 (#)—A dis. patch today from Colima, which was (®).—~Three -G w nandle mail and passengers be- | Keller, 36; Edward Cox, alias Baker, 35, tween Guadalajara and Nogales, Sonora, if the Southern Pac Railway strike, scheduled for today materializes. ‘The department said the Central i..nna Morris Shapiro, alias Sachs, 31. rest, they are accused of Ogden Corporation. Ker With four other men now under ar- rating the . Cox and Mexican Airways, which proposes to | Shapiro fled to New York after the Chi- open & line from Mexico Ci to El cago office was raided and opened an- ity Paso on July 1, had offered use of four other agency, the Standard Adjustment Corporation. tri-metor hit by a tidal wave last week. said the city was shaken yestrrday by three more fairly sharp earthshocks. They were accompanied by low subterranean rumblings which terrified the people Belated reports said1 that the towns of Cihuatlan and Camotlan de Mira- flores were destroyed by last week's quakes. No lives were reported lost. . Gov. Salvador Seucedo of Cel'ma to- | day appealed to the Rad Cross for food | and medicinal supp’ies. Italian Tenor to Sing. L?N%AM. ll‘l‘diujl"me 27 pre'd‘:lilll).— Mario l, ian tenor, sing tonight :mnuum M. E. Church here at 8 o'clock. There will be no slon’ :h-m‘ but & free-will col will be | i ! geline Booth of the Sal to Underworld. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 27-—Comdr. Evan- tion Army, who today delivered the Democratic convention invocation, rally. . “If you wish to bring the criminal law into contempt, repeal the eighteenth amendment,” rhe said “Repeal would be & concession to the underworld. “Repeal gives notice to every gangster, every racketeer, every kidnaper of the innocent babe, that he has only to threaten society and society will hold up its hands and pay blackmail to an organized rebellion against God and man " Comdr. Booth's audience was well sprinkled with Salvation Army lassies, in uniforms of darker hue than hers of smart gray with rose-lined cape. She was often interrupted by applause. last night de-| nounced prohibition repeal at & dry | The recent close co-operation of the American Government with the me! bers of the League of Nations in !l Sino-Japanese conflict is he!d as a typi: cal example of America’s preparedness to consult with the rest of the world to avoid wa 250 WILL GET WORK | Buffalo Plant of American Radi- ator Co. to Reopen. BUFFALO, N. Y., June 27 (/) —The American Radiator Co. announced to- day that it would reopen its plant here | tomorrow, after a shutdown of more than two months, and would recall| more than 250 employes. | Several hundred workers returned to | the Dupont rayon plant when it re-! | sumed operations last week after being | | shut down for several months. | The Wickwire Spencer Steel Co. also | | announced that it would reopen this | week an open-hearth furnace which Stout said the confession would be | !offered for what it might be wort but would not be played as the State’s| trump. Court Room Filled. By the time Col. Lindbergh arrived every seat open to the public in the court room had been occupied. In the center of the room was a block of seats roped off for the 63 veniremen of the special panel from' which the jury will be selected. Hauck and Stout, for the prosecution, and Fisher of Flemingion and W. Pender of Norfolk, Va., for Curtis, all arrived early and then withdrew tem- porarily from the court room for sepa- ate conferences. Constance Curtis, 11-year-old daugh- ter of the defendant, was in court with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Carney of Ports- mouth, Va. George and Sandusky Curtis, broth- ers of the defendant, sat at the defense counsel table. The defense announced | that Glenn Anderson, a Newark attor- ney, would aid in the defense. Move For Dismissal. of 89 members of the Swedish Club in ‘When she had finished denouncing liquor a bouquet of pink roses wac handed over the footlights to her. Among other speakers were Patrick Callahan of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Edwin C. Dinwiddie delivered the benediction. BANDITS ROB TWO had been inactive for several months. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band | this evening at Dupont circle at 7:30 oclock. William Stannard, leader; Thomas Darcy, second le March, “Captain Osterma . Boyer | Overture, “Four Ages of Man,” Lachner After secret argument on the Stout motion was completed the judge and attorneys returned to the court room and the prospective jurors were taken from the room. The defense then be- gan public argument on motions for dismissal of the indictment and for a bill of particulars on the charges against Curtis. The motion for quashing the in- !enth and M streets they assaulted him AFTER SEIZING THEM Pedestrians Forced Into Cars by Hold-up Men—Taxi Driver Also Is Victimized. Police today were investigating at- tacks and robbery of two pedestrians! yesterday, and the hold-up of a taxicab ' driver early this morning. Two men in an automobile were be- lieved to have been the assailants in both of yesterday’s cases. Lawrence| Dixon, 27, of the 1900 block of Connec- ticut avenue, told police he was strol- ling around ‘Dupont Circle early yes- terday when he was forced into a car occupied by the two. At Twenty-sev- and robbed him of $1. he said Harold McGrady, Takoma Park, Md., reported that two men forced him into a car at Chestnut and Cedar streets lest night about 10 o'clock and took $124 from him before putting him out of the car at Fifth and Peabody streets. A colored bandit, armed with a pistol, robbed Wendell E. Cooper, taxicab driver, of the 400 block of Tenth street northeast, of $12 about 3:30 a.m. today police were told. . WASHINGTON MAN HURT AS TAXICAB IS DITCHED By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA. Va. June 27.—When a taxi he had hired in Washington to take a Sunday afternoon drive was forced mnto a ditch to avoid hitting a other car on the Richmond Highway 2 miles south of here yesterday after- noon, George Wentworth, 86, of 1819 G street. Washington, received a frac- tured jaw, face lacerations and possible injury to his neck when thrown out of the machine. He is under treatment at the Mound;i':' tal e ighter, who was riding the taxi driver, were both His Him Fox trot, “A Day in y «...... Lewis and King “Carmen”. -Bizet “Prayer at Eventide” . .Elie Suite romantique, “A Waltz, “Danube Waves" .. March, “A Great America .B “The Star Spangled Banner. By the United States Marine Band this evening at the Marine Barracks at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; | Arthur Witcomb, second leader. Overture, “Mignon”.. Two_characteristic numbers: Saxophone solo serenade, lions d'Arlequin .. sesne Musician, Kenneth Douse. Grend scenes from “Samson and Delilah”. ..........Saint-Saens Valse caprice, “Espana”.... Waldteufel “I, Too, Was Born in Arcady” from “Three Quotations™. .. Sous: March, “The Liberty Bell" ..Sousa Obbligato, “Memorial Chimes”...Sousa Musician, Wilbur D. Kieffer. “Dance of the Hours” from ‘“La Gloconda”................Ponchielli “Reminiscences of the Plantation,” Chambers Marines’ hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band this evening at the United States Capi- tol at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, Jeader; Alexander Morris, assistant. March, “Up the Street” Morse Overture, “Oberon”. .. Cornet solo, "Culver Polka,” Steinhauser Musician, Birley Gardner, Grand scenes from the opera “Al y in Venice,” | dictment was presented by Pender, who vague as to detall and placed Curtis in double jeopardy. NAZIS HIT AT JEWS :Prcperty Confiscation Voted at Diet Session. | BERLIN, June 27 4P.—In the early % 1ours of Sunday morning, when the | House was almost empty, the Prussian | Dist passed a national Socialist taxation ! bill, which provides, among other things, for the confiscation of the propertv of all Jews who immigrated from the East after 1914. The measure is simply a recommenda- | tion to the federal government and has no binding effect. | The confiscation is justified, in the o |Jangnage of the bill on the grounds that the property involved was acquired | “by a rapacious. non-productive race,” and hence constituted “immoral acqui- | sition.” \GEN. F. E. BAMFORD DIES | Hero of Battle of Cantigny Was Praised by Pershing in Book. CHARLES TOWN, W. Va. June 27 (#)—Gen. F. E. Bamford, 69, hero of the Battle of Cantigny with the Amer- ican Expeditionsry Forces during the | World War, died suddenly today. | "~ Gen. Jahn J. Pershing paid high trib- ute to Gen. Bamford in his book on the war. Gen. Bamford was retired from the Army and for the past 10 years lived in West Virginia. He is a native of Maryland. His widow, formerly Martha Byrd of Richmond, Va., survives. . Joliet Warden to Leave. JOLIET, I, June 27 (A).—Warden the State | | ration of Commander i | in Chiel Walter O, e private lockers his men found | W. Waters to “rank-and-file” action. The dissension-torn national head- quarters of the B. E. F. late denied responsibility for the action taken by individual members sgainst the Communists, and said national of- ficers could not be blamed for what to stir up trouble in the bonus army. George Kleinholz, acting as national { commander in the abcence of Thomas Kelly, who replaced Water pending an . | election, denied the national organiza- | tion had any knowledge of the action { against Young, Vacillotti and the others, Louis P. Walcher, no address; Thomas W. Plunkett, colored, 905 I street, | league headguarters: William Odlen, a | Russian, of Philadelphia; William Melt- zer, New York, and Clarence Boyington, Buffalo, N. Y. A successor to Waters is to be chosen by the “rank and file” at a national convention of the B. E. F.. tentatively scheduled to begin July 4, according to W. S. Keyser, Cleveland veteran and ment Committee. today | might happen if the “Reds” continued | chairman of the Convention Arrange-| wine and liquors. 5 Aman, who led the raiding party in its Saturday night sortie on the 63- year-old club, the membership of which includes many prominent Chicagoans. asserted each of the 89 would be charged with illegal transportation and possession. Dr. O. C. Nylund, president of the club, whose $175,000 worth of paintings, rugs and costiy furnishings the prohibi- tion enforcers announced they would ! attempt to have confiscated, said the organization’s attorney would fight such an attemct and would oppose padlock roccedings. United States District _Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, successful prose= cutor of “Al” Capone, listed as a mem- ber of the c’ub along with State's At torney John A. Swanson, said he would have to see the raiders’ report before he would move to padlock the club. 'DRIVER IS KILLED Some 500 delegates |in this endeavor,” from every State in the Union will be| chosen by all veterans camped nere.| { They will select a national com- mander. | Seek to Draft Waters. Efforts to draft Waters were being| ! made by his supporters, but & counter- | movement to defeat him and place either George Almati, another Oregon veteran, or Mike Thomas, camp com- argued the indictment deprived the de-| mander at Anacostia, in the post, was fendant of his Constitutional rights was| being made by the more radical ele- BY a Staff Correcponcent of The Star. ment. To forestall an attempt by Alman. twice deposed officer of the B. E. F. to organize a parade for tomorrow afternoon, Acting National Comdr. Kelly issued an “order” to camp and regimental commander advising that the national headquarters “is not spon- soring any parade or demonstration to take place éither Monday or Tuesday.” and “no member of the B. E. F. saould participate in any such parade or demonstration.” As funds reached a low level, delega- | tions totaling more than 300 arrived to swell the depleted ranks of veterans. Nearly 200 came in this morning from San Francisco and were sent to Camp Bartlett on Alabama avenue southeast. One hundrea others arrived from Brooklyn, N. Y. yesterday, almost at the same time as 54 came in from Sagi- naw, Mich., and East St. Louis, Ill. A reserve fund of $1,000, which Glass- ford had been holding out as insurance against damage to Army and National Guard equipment loaned the veterans, was released by him yesterday. Still endeavoring to evacuate the vet- erans, Gen., Glassford yesterday sent letters to several Congressmen, outlin- ing his plans for returning the men home over the railroads, which have agreed to carry them at a rate of 1 cent\a mile. He asked the Represen- tatives to “render a wholehearted effort and was rewarded early today by a check for $72 from Representative Frank Murphy of Ohio to pay the return fare of 18 Steubenville veterans Glassford hoves the American Legion, | Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and other civic and patriotic organizations thrcughout the country will donate funds for the trans- portation of the veterans io their own cities. As a tribute to Father Francis J.: Duffy, wartime chaplain of the “Fight- ing 69th"” Division, flags at Camp Mark= and other camps were ordered at half staff today. Iliinois is the area. ) twenty-third State in ON WINCHESTER PIKE Loses Control of Machine and Auto Hits Pole—Three Others Are Uninjured. | ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 27—Losing control of his machine while driving on | the Winchester pike last Saturday | night, Edward W. Petherbridge, 24, of | 5014 Towa avenue, Washington, was in- ‘smmlv killed when the car crashed into a telephone pole at Legato, Va., 2 miles | west of Fairfax. His neck was broken ' by the crash. | Three passengers of the machine escaped with slight injuries. Miss Mary Layman of Frostburg, Md., a University | of Maryland student, sustained a badly | wrenched back and is still under treat- ment at the Alexandria Hospital. She |was riding in the front seat with | Petherbridge. | Miss Dorcthy Howard of 814 K street | northeast, Washington, and Chatles Norris of Leon-rdtown, Md.. occupants of the rear seat of the car, escaped with cnts and bruices. 'U. 5. LENDS $13,600,000 TO NEW YORK CENTRAL I C. C. Approves of Reconstrue- tion Loan to Pay Taxes and Interest. By the Associated Press. Tie Interstate Commerce Commission loday authorized 8 = Reconstruction Finance ration loan of $13, to the New Fork Central nai‘lm'aoo'm The loan, for three years, is to e used for interest and taxes June {30, £4,805,037; due July 1, .%g",. -"'gh'l" lAug)\]x-t 1. naul'l.u’l, R s is the secons loan recern the road. In April the commhn:‘;\d.': proved a $4399.000 loan for wark 5. ready uncer way in New York City. VInd;l ‘Wreck Tombstones. DESSAU, Germany, June 27 (#).—A group of ywn.s.hoodlums entered + cemetery here Saturday night and molished some 60 headstones, it learned today. Forty of the slones were 30 the form, of e Grogh