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P-4 9% BALDWIN PROPOSAL DISAPPOINTS . . British Trying to Change Parley’s Entire Aspect, Washington Feels. ~ BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. While there was no official comment today in the State Dpartment regard- ing the British counter-proposals to the il Burial Tomorrow l | | | l Hoover armament reduction plan, un- | officially it as admitted that Stanley | Baldwin's statement of yesterday was | disappointing. After a careful analysis, it is sald that the British acting premier is en- deavoring to change the entire aspect of the arms parley and revert the sit- uation between Great Br United States to where it was during the Naval Conference at Geneva in 1927—a situation which nobody in this country can possibly accept. It seems that Mr. Baldwin, who has made his statement in the most Tory Parliament Britain has had in the last vars, has lost completely sight of cnt Hoover's conception of arms Twe Fundamental Yde: agree to a substantial cut in all their armaments in order to bring immediate relief to the hard-pressed treasuries; second, he wanted by an all-round re- | d duction of arms on land, in the air nn{ on the sea to minimize the dangers of her war. Bnlolt is on the assumption that the other nations understood fully the aims of the American administration that this country agreed to send an impor- tant delegation to Geneva It appears that the British, at least, ain and the | | | | HENRY A. BABCOCK. 'BABCOCK FUNERAL WILL BE TOMORROW | Clerk in Naval Department Active! | as Past Master of Pentalpha Masonic Lodge. Henry Augustu: 8 y yester- day at his home, 20 Randolph place, will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow at |the John R. Wright funeral home. | Burtul will be private. Mr. Babcock was the father of E. Claude Babcock, who this week was appointed secretary lof the United States Civil Service | Commission. Mr. Babcock, who had been il for about two weeks, was a clerk in the Nevy Department. - He was active in Masonic work, and was a past master of Pentalpha Lodge, No. 23, F. A~A. M. {He had been secretary of the lodge Bab: 0. EXPERTS RAP | BRITISH ARMS PLAN ' Spokesmen at Geneva Unite in Opposing ‘Move for 5-Power Parley. By the Assoefated Press GENEVA, Switzerland, July 8— American naval experts united today in criticizing a move for a new five-power naval parley launched from British sources yesterday. | The British plan was broached short- Iy after a set of counter-proposals to| the Hoover disarmament plan was an-| nounced in the House of Commons at | London. It was contalned in a press interview given anonymously by a high British authority. The United States, Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy would be ex- pected to join in the pariey. The British program, one of the | American critics said, was merely a re- { newal of a 10-year-old controversy in | which the British had “sought by re- ducing the size of our ships to keep our navy in home waters.” United States Needs Large Ships. “The British have naval bases all over | the world,” he explained, “and do not | want large ships, but the United States, | lncking these bases, is required to main- t | The sponsor of the parley said the | naval questions were very complex and required extensive discussions. “Pres dent Hoover,” he said, “will be the fir: to agree that naval ‘reduction cannot be accomplished by the mere mention | In! a vulgar fraction.” This reference was to the President's proposal for a | one-third reduction of world arma- ments. On the question of the necessity for | substantial reductiens the London and Washington governments are agreed, | he sald, but he emphasized that. be-| | cause of heavy British responsibilities | over the world, it was difficult for | Great Britain to make numerical re- lorge ships with a wide crulsing| _ The French submarine Promethee, which sarik off Cherbourg Harbor at point shown on map W Seven men were saved, but more than 60 went down with the ship. a trial trip on the surface. ber were 17 engineers and men of similar rating temponlrn’ SUNKEN SUB LIES 4 FEET DOWN French Fear All Lives Lost. Salvage Ships Called—Air Bubbles Seen. (Continued Prom First Page.) time and felt the abruptly under them, sprung a sudden leak. A moment later they found themselves struggling in the sea, without a suspicion of what had caused the tragedy. Naval au- thorities sald that, with no evidence of what happened inside the ship, they could not even conjecture the cause. Comdr. du Mesnil sald he was not able to explain the accident. “I heard a noise on the deck,” he sald, “and, thinking a man was overboard, I sprang up the ladder. I was dumfounded to see the deck awash and as I climbed out the hatch I felt the ship sink under me and I was thrown into the sea. It submarine sink as If it had D. C., FRIDAY, assigned to the s | ordinary accident to which submarines are liable would have resulted in dam- age enough to sink the boat “Since it is reported that the hatches were open, and it is usual for sub- marines running on the surface to have all interior doogg open. it is extremely likely that the boat was flooded from end to end when she went under and that the men inside had slight chance | of closing any of the doors or of seal- ing themselves up in an undamaged compartment. “It is probable, therefore, that the entire crew inside the boat were drowned immediately.” LACK MEANS OF ESCAPE. French Submarines Not Equipped With Lung Apparatus, French submarines are not equipped with escape apparatus, such as the American “lung,” it was said in naval circles here today. Submarine experts of the U. S. Navy held little hope for the crew of the disabled Promethee, in view of reports | that strong currents were running in the vicinity of Cape Levi, where the vessel disappeared. Salvage efforts are difficult even under the most favor- | able conditions of tide and weather, it was pointed out. It was understood here that the French navy has meager salvage equipment. France did not avail herself of the opportunity afforded foreign govern- ments for equipping their submarines JULY 8, 1932. hile she was maki Among that n ubmersible. —A. P. Pho BONUS PARADERS ARE THREATENED AS DEMONSTRATION FAILS (Continued Prom First Page.) at Pifteenth street and Constitution avenue to take part in the parade at 10 o'clock. Instead of being “red,” the gathering had all the earmarks of a pale pink affair, with only a handful | of the many thousand veterans quar- tered here taking part The group carried two American flags and a number of banners denouncing President Hoover, Wall Street and the failure of Congress to provide for the former soldiers. Inspector E. W. Brown, assistant perintendent of police assigned to pervise the parade, requested the lead- ers to start marching immediately after they arrived at 10 am, Because only a few had showed up, the commanders requested postponement until 11 o'clock Another delay followed, and the parade finally was abandoned at noon. While the “left wing” veterans were bickering over their demonstration, the staff of National Comdr. Waters was making frantic efforts to preserve har- mony within the B. E. F. ranks. Two hundred veterans from the original Oregon contingent broke with Waters 1 {Jast night and later moved from their billets at Eighth and I streets south- ALL BOXING BOUTS MAY BE PRONBITED Arlington Board Chairman Will Oppose Ordinance to Permit Meets. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT KARN LEADS TEA 10 BRIDGE VICTORY “Four Horsemen™” Defend Auction Title With Final Rush. CLEVELAND, July 8 (#).—Led by the | Spectacular playing of Willard Karn, & | revised Mne-up of the “Four Horse- {men” from the Deal, N. J., Bridge Club, |last night successfully defended their | all-American team-of-four champion- | ship in auction bridge. | The winning team was composed of | Karn, P, Hal Sims, David Burstine and Waldemar von Zedwitz, the latter sub- stituting for Howard Schenken, who | was unable to remain for the close of the American Whist League's annual congress. Finish With Rush. | | After taking 8 out of 12 matches | yesterday afternoon, the horsemen came forward with a rush in the eve- ning round, winning 101, out of 12 for & final score of 18'% The previous night, with Schenken in the line-up, the team won the all- | American team-of-four championship in contract. Second place in the auction tourna- ment was won by the Western Re- serve Club of Cleveland, composed of E. J. Baker, A. L. Segal, O. S. Emrich and 8. B. Fink. They scored 15%4. The third place was awarded to Walter J. Pray of Indianapolis, and G. W. Parratt, R. E. Hernberger and S. RMI“AWCU' all of Cleveland, with a score 5. *Wins for Eighth Time. Last night's victory was the eighth time in nine sessions of the congress "i:im Karn was seated on the winning side. Beginning championship bridge play only ea little more than a year ago, Karn since has won at least one event | in every tournament in which he par- ticipated Members of the league were still talking today about the superb defense of Karn and Sims in Wednesday's con- tract battles 2 : of the | ductions. i ible to explain how it hap- | hove o lunderstood the American aims, | since 1825, and was chairman dueTE [ g g o e - | Lo HOUSE, Va, July 8—Failure of the District Grand Lodge Committee on| In the General Commission of the Mr. Baldwin, it is said in well-in- is endeavoring to sep- Masonic Education. d rom the naval and air problems, and while perfunc- torily he says thit all bombing from the air of regions where civilians live must be prohibited, he lays stress, through his spokesman at Geneva, on the importance of holding another naval conference precursory to the gen- eral arms conference to be held after th adjournment of the present one. Not in U. S. Scheme. This does not enter into the scheme of the American Government. Secre- tary Stimson has stated that this coun- try will not sacrifice a single ship un- | less there is a decision for a Z?Ili‘l'flli reduction of armaments. Furthermore, the British plan does not propose the reduction of the fighting | wvalue of the navies. It mer wants & reduction of the size of the capital ships and cruisers and the abolition of sub- marines. The proposal of reducing the | size of the battleships does not entail any immediate savings, as President | Hoover had suggested. In accordance ‘with the London naval treaty, the ques- tion of battleships will come up again only in 1936, when the leading naval powers will contemplate resuming the construction of that type of vessel. A reduction of the present tonnage of 30,000 tons to the proposed 22,000 tons and a reduction of the caliber of the guns from 15 or 16 inches to 11 inches cannot be put into force before 1936, Consequently the British proposal, from that point of view of saving, is merely a gesture which might have its value four years hence, but not today. ‘when the world needs immediate financial relief. The reduction in the size and the armament of c’l;uisers tis equally un- ceptable to this country. u!vgfr since the question of the Anglo- ‘American naval rivalry became an in- ternational issue, the British admiralty has been endeavoring to obtain our con- sent to reduce the size of that type of We have opposed it be- covers as n, and the point of view of the various American edministrations has been that this trade must be adequately protected by 2 navy. . Since the United ess any naval bases and ave them scattered all over the world, the Amereican Government has agreed with the American n: experts that only vessels with a gre: uising radius are useful to this coun a reduc- tion of the American from 10,- 000 tons to 6.060 t. ceptable to the Uni te! 1t was hoped in administration circles| that this entire controversy regarding the type of ships best fitted for the individual needs of each country had been finally buried when the London naval agreement of signed and ratified. It is now a matter of serious disappok in official quarters that t! n should be revived of the British government. President S. Lacks Naval Bases. States does mot e British | Hoover suggested an h i h in ‘The British pr certain reductions in tant future f needed immedi; Thought Proposal Untimely. Certain Americar end abroad, President’s concrete per cent arms slas som 14 before ine of the inevitable bound to occur when each power begins to present to the world its ewn point of view, the Hoover proposals will even- tually form the basis of future disarma- ment discussions. TWO ADDRESS MEDICS Baltimore Doctors Speak Before Prince Georges Society. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 8—Drs. J. H. M. Knox, jr, and Maurics C. Pincoffs of Baltimore addressed the mrly meeting of the Prince Georges ty Medical Society at the Lord this afternoon. Both jects. - Dr. W. H. 1930 had been | | dispute between France and Germany | arms of | Born in Lapeer, Mich., in May, 1869 | Mr, Babcock was educated in that State |and practiced law there before coming {to Washington in the service in 1903. Besides his son, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. Cynthia Ann Bab- cock of Port Huron, Mich.; his widow | Mrs. Mary A. Babcock; a daughter, Mrs, Velma Welden of Detroit; three sistérs, Mrs. Clark Whitcomb of Ann Arbor, Mich.; Mrs. Willis Pace of Port Huron and Mrs. Benjamin Le Val- |leaux of Arizona, and two brothers, Noel and Denton Babcock, both of | Sandusky, Mich, 'REPARATIONS PARED TO 750 MILLIONS; WAR GUILT IGNORED| (Continued From First Page) | (Continuad Frons FHs drew up the legal machinery for is- ! suance of the bond, in which the bank will play a predominant role. The agreement reached at Lausanne ' to put an end to reparations by accept- | ing three-quarters of a billion dollars | from Germany es final payment closes another chapter in the history of the World War. The reparations debt, originally cap- italized at $64,000,000,000, was admit- tedly worth not more than $1,000,000,- | 000 when the Lausanne conference began. Long before that, however, the first Reparations Committee pared the total down from $64,000,000,000 to $31,500,- 000,000, but in 1922 Germany asked for moratorium and out of that request came the Dawes Committee. In 1924 that committee scaled down the payments to $595,000,000 a year, but that was only a temporary solu- tion and four years later the Young commission was formed to determine how much and how long Germany should have to pay. “A Final Settlement.” The Young plan, called a “final settlement,” subtracted another $6,000,- 00,000 from the total and accepted a | ystem of spreading $26,500,000,000 over 60 years, all accounts to be settled by 1938 But the Young commission, like everybody else, could hot foresee the world the next major step in the form of | President Hoover's moratorium post- | poning all intergovernmental debt pay- | ments for cne year. ‘That year's respite ended on June 30 this year, but before then it became | obvious that even that would not be enough. The result was the conference at_Lausanne. | _ Meantime there was an interminable as to how much actually had been paid in reparations. | 000,000,000 The s showed paymen complicat: United S 600,000,000 $11,000,000,000 i the World of $16,000,000,000: rs further, the hat only $1,- on more than s due her from S. PROPOSALS. .| Gratified at Compromise Reached by Lausanne Conferees. Department officials said today ted States will gladly receive proposals which European debtors of this country may care to make for reconsideration of war debts settle- ments. Department officials are gratified that Lausa Conference has finally ched a definite compromise on the tangled problem of reparati It was said this Government now tands ready to fulfill its promise t would consider a revision of the debi rrangements as soon as European powers reached an agreement on the reparations problem No formal arrangements have been made by the State Department for tion of proposals for debt revision the department adheres to its plan t the European nations must submit proposals individually and not as policy of the United States has always been to consider the claims of | each of its 15 European debtors sepa- | rately. The funded indebtedness of 15 Euro- pean Nations to the United States ex- ceeds $11,000,000,000. About 90 per cent is due from Great Britain, France nd Italy Should Europe propose that debts to country be scaled down in the 53 proportion as German repara- tions are cut under the new Lausanne sgreement, the United States probably would not be offered more than $1,000,- 000,000, me IVERSAL SETTLEMENT.” Phrase Used to Cover Owed to U. S. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star. LAUSANNE, July 8—A full agree- ment is now expected here before mid- night between the allled powers and Germany over the question of repara- tions and war debts. There will be no direct reference to the United States or to the American war debts, but these will be implied under the term “univer- sal settlement,” :;1 which the Lausanne War Debts Government | | economic crisis which brought | France said she and | the other allies had received only $5,- | German _bookkeep- | | derson, county agricultural agent, and { instruction of 4-H Club members of the ’ co | and was conducted by the president of |ACTION IS EXPECTED the | Disarmament Conference, however, | sentiment was accumulating among | the smaller natlons for the Hoover | plan. Among those who praised it were the representatives of Belgium, Brazil, Turkey, Cuba, Austria, Norway, the Dominican Republic, Finland and Canada. Simon Circulates Draft. Sir John Simon, head of the British delegation, circulated among the other delegates his draft of the declaration for closing the first phase of the con- ference. It probably will be presented early next week The Americans were pleased to find that it gives a codial welcome to Pres- ident Hoover's proposat. and accepts the principle of armaments reduction. It does not, however, mention Mr. Hoover's one-third cut. The Germans, who apparently had withdrawn their demand for recognition of the equality of the right to arm, ap- pear now to favor that principle in the Geneva convention and if possible in Sir John's declaration. JAPAN IN OPPOSITION. Against British Plan for Capital Ship Reduction. TOKIO, July 8 (#).—A spokesman for the navy office, commenting on Stanley Baldwin's counter proposals to the Hoover disarmament plan today, said | Japan favors réduction of tonnage of capital ships and cruisers but that she is opposed to the British suggestions for | capital ship reduction and requires time to consider the figures for eruisers. The Japanese navy heartily indorses the proposed reduction of aircraft car- riers, he said, and would welcome their total abolition, but it is opposed to a one-third reduction of destroyer ton- | nage and to the abolition of submarines. 'MANY WILL ATTEND 4-H SHORT COURSE Class Will Be Held in College Park August 4 to 9—Delegate of Montgomery Named. Spectal Dispateh to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 8—A large number of members of Montgomery County 4-H Agricultural Clubs will at- tend the annual 4-H Club short course at College Park, August 4-9, it was re- vealed at a meeting of the Montgomery County Federation of 4-H Agricultural Clubs in the office of the county agri- cultural agent here. John Stiles was named delegate and Ridgely Howes and | George Stiles alternates, to represent the county in group discussions during short-course week. Members of the various 4-H clubs decidéd to send the pick of their Hol- stein and Jersey calves to the various | agricultural fairs of Maryland and nearby States in the late Summer and ecarly Fall, and it was stated that three carloads would make the circuit. It was announced that Otto W. An-| his assistant, Albert A. Ady, next week will begin a series of group meetings for unty in judging cattle. The meeting was largely attended the federation, Charles Hines. | ON TWO DISTRICT BILLS | Street-Closing and Parole Board | Measures May Be Called Up Tomorrow. | Acting Chairman Palmisano of the | House District Committee hopes to g favorable action in the House to day or tomorrow on two District bills. Th are, those providing general authority for the District Commissioners to close | streets and alleys and for the estab- lishment of a board of indeterminate sentence and parole. Representative Palmisano pointed out that these are the only two remaining District measures which the city au- thorities are particularly anxious to have enacted during the present ses- sfon of Congress, and he has received | assurances from the House leadership | that he will be recognized to call them | up. | | plenary session tomorrow to the accord. | Generally speaking, Germany has lost its fight for specific political concessions here and now, though the reparations chapter of the treaty of Versailles, and with it the war-guilt clause, will doubt- less tacitly disappear from the inter- national arena. It is believed that one reason why the French refused to go further to meet the Germans in ti respect is the traditional reluctance of the French left governments to smooth the path for German right governments. However, it is generally felt that the Germans’ demands Wwere misplaced here and now. Nobody has been quite able to understand why Germany should ask for political compensations before financial concessions or why the sum Germany pays should have in fluence on the abrogation of the war- guilt cnun.( register pened " Violent Currents Prevail. Violent currents prevailing around the spot made salvage operations difficult in the extreme. The spot is nearly exactly opposite the place where the British Navy labored last January for days in a fruitless effort to rescue the crew of the submarine M-2 when it sank as suddenly as the Prcmethee disappeared yesterday. The Promethee had been in service only two years. It had not been work- ing well and a number of civillan ex- perts were aboard yesterday when it set out to make diving trials. It was estimated 49 members of the crew and 17 others, including engineers and workmen, went down with the ship. The correspondent of the Paris news- paper Le Matin, however, estimated the number at 70. All the rescue operations, hope of the navy that at least some of and the | | with the “lung,” an American inven- tion tendered to the world by the U. S. Navy in the interest of submarine safety. The “lung,” two of which are avalable for each member of the crew of American submarines, enables men | to breathe under water after emergence from a stricken boat. It is the inven- tion of three naval experts, Frank Hob- son, civilian engineer at the Navy De- partment; Lieut. C. B. Momsen and Chief Gunner C. L. Tibbals, U. 8. N., retired. Great Britaln, Ttaly and Norway are believed to be the only other natlons with escape devices for submarine crews. Great Britain has a breathing | apparatus similar to the “lung” Italy has equipment of like design. Norway uses Americen “lungs.” Several other navies have been experimenting with the American device, or with inventions | of their own. TWO TRAINMEN SCALDED the men might have survived within the ship, were based upon the theory that they might have found time to close the water-tight hatches before the seas rushed into the hole, after which the ship sank like a flash. If the compartments were closed and there were no serious break in the hull, they said, it was reasonable to expect the crew ran no immediate danger of death. Lying in Cherbourg Harbor is France's special floating dock, bulit especially for the raising of submarines. The rescue of the seven was due largely to the nearness of the fishing trawler Yette II, which was lying near | the spot, watching the submarine and letting out its nets. A number of men standing on the submarine’s deck seemed to be flung | The fishing | into the air, they said. boat immediately cut its nets and started full speed for the spot, where the skipper, by climbing aloft, saw seven heads bobbing in the sea. ‘There was a belief that others of the crew were on deck at the time, too, but were dragged down by the suction caused by the sinking hull. The seven survivors were in the water an hour before they were dragged out. Nothing to Be Withheld. Minister of Marine Leygues promised the French people that nothing, how- ever sad, will be hidden from the public concerning the tragedy. “The truth will be told,” M. Leygues said, “for the public has a right to know. “One of our biggest and heaviest sub- marines has gone to the bottom. Un- happily, there exists in France no ap- paratus sufficiently powerful to bring these recently launched submarines to the surface. “To the glery of the French navy, it should be sald that France has had fewer submarine accidents than any other country possessing this type of craft. “The question is: Were the water- tight compartments of the Promethee closed in time? Perhaps the mechanism failed to work. In this event France must deplore the death of more than 60 men.” Joseph Goasgoen, one of the sub- marine’s men, told his story of the sinking. in less than 30 . “Five of us were on the top side, and we went off into the water when the ship went out from under our feet “Lieut. du Mesnil was down below when there was a noise like a shrill hiss. He jumped up a ladder as fast as he could to see what was wrong and got out just as tne ship went | down. “He tried to reach the telephone | buoy, which was tled to the ship on a 100-yard cord, but things were moving fast and we all swam to a salvage buoy where I hung on for an hour and 15 minutes with four other fel- lows and the skipper. “One of the men was pretty lucky. He was cown below where you can't smoke and had just come up for a drag on a cigarette. He had no sooner got it lit than the ship went down.” All the men who were saved will be required to testify before a board of inquiry which already has begun an investigation. Comdr. Edward Ellsburg, U. B. N, | retired, who was awarded the Distin- guished Service Medal and promoted | by special act of Congress for his work in raising the American submarines S-4 and S-51, said yesterday at West- field, N. J, that, as far as could be| meager facts, the | ascertained from the most probable cause the Promethee was plosion. of the sinking of an internal ex- “The scarcity of facts,” he said, “makes me hesitate at this point to give a definite opinion as to the cause of the accident or the possibility of | the crew being saved. “But considering the circumstances— that is, a submarine operating on the surface with her hatches open and her | commander and others on deck and showing no intention of submerging— the most probable cause of sinking is an internal explosion. “All submarines give off an odor- less gas, hydrogen, when charging bat- terfes, and this gas when mixed, even in small proportions, with air forms an extremely powerful explosive mixture, which might be ignited from a number of causes inside the boat. “The resulting explosion might easily have so damaged the hull as to sink the submarine immediately. In our own Navy there have been two cases of such hydrogenic explosions wreck- ing the boats and killing & large num- ber of men. “It 1s hardly probable that any other AS ENGINE TURNS OVER Scuthern Railway Train Wrecked When It Hits Defective Switch Near Harrisonburg, Va. Special Dispatch to The Star. | HARRISONBURG, Va., July 8.—Run- ning into a defective switch, a Southern Railway passenger train, leaving Harri- sonburg at 5:30 o'clock this morning, was wrecked at Daphna and Engineer Robert Good and Fireman Coon were severely scalded by bursting steam pipes. { Good and Coon were taken to the hos- pital at Harrisonburg, where it is stated they will recover, There were no pas- sengers on the train. The engine and tender were turned over on their sides. The combination | mail and two passenger coaches were | not overturned, though thrown from the | rails. The crossties for 200 feet were literally torn into splinters and the heavy steel ralls were twisted. The heavy engine plowed through the road | bed for 120 feet. Two steel rails were | driven through the tender. When the engire turned over on its ‘slde the steam pipes were broken and | the whole countryside was awakened at Daphna by the roar of esceping steam. | T T T A POPE VOICES FAITH IN EARLY RECOVERY | United States Especially to Be Af- fected by Returnidg Pros- perity, Two Bishops Told. By Cable to The Star. ROME, July 8.—Pope Plus XI today again expressed his faith in world re- covery and the return of prosperity, es- peciaily in the United States, when he | granted a private audience for half an | hour to Bishop Joseph Schrembs of | Cleveland and Bishop Michael Galla- | gher of Detroit, who had come to Rome | after attending the Eucharistic Con- gress in Dublin. |~ More than ever before, the Pope told | his visitors, the concentration of the | | people today on earthly possessions | alone had proved futile. Christians, he | said, must tumn to prayer for explation | | and relief. (Oopyright, 1932) PRINCE MICHAEL READY ‘ " TO LEARN AVIATION | | Special Dispatch to The Star. VIENNA, July 8.—Prince Michael of | Rumania, who eventually will su(‘recd‘ | his father on the throne which hls‘ | father took away from him, is preparing | | to study to Le an airplane pilot, it is | reported from Bucharest today. Prince Michael’s flying tutor will be | Capt. Otris, the Rumanian army pilot who flew King Carol to Rumania two years ago when Carol became King The airplane being used belongs to Caral's exiled brcther, Prince Nicholas. Prince Michael, though only 10 years old, is now a competent automobile | driver. King Carol's sister, Princess Ileana, wife of Archduke Anton of Hapsburg, is in a hospital near Vienna awaiting | the birth of her first child (Copyright, 1932 POLICE GAIN PRAISE Sons of Confederacy Send Thanks for Aid in Parade. Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby, who has immediate supervision of the Police Department, has received a letter from | J. Nelson Anderson, adjutant of Bull Run Camp, Sons of the Confederacy, thanking the police for their services on the occasion of the recent parade of Confederate veterans in this city. Ad- jutant Anderson commended the police who were detailed along the line of | march and especially commended Po- |liceman B. T. Chew for his efficient service, splendid co-operation and | gemlrmmly conduct while serving as is alde. Samoa Gets New Governor. PAGOPAGO, Tutuila, July 8 (@ .— Capt. George B. Landenberger, chief of staff of the 15th Naval District, will relieve Capt. Gatewood S. Lincoln as governor of American Samoa today. Native dancers will perform at the in- Capt. Lincoln has auguration. \pt. been governor since August, 1929. ‘The split came when foes of Waters deposed Arthur M. Taylor as area com- mander and demanded the resignation of Waters himself. Their action was a result of demands from within the ranks of “more direct action” on the part of Waters and his staff Taylor Successor Elected. Ray Petrie, Portland veteran, was elected in Taylor's place. The 200 vet- erans who moved out this morning were still loyal to Waters, and established quarters on Thirteenth street southwest between B and C streets. Waters or- dered last night that the “rebels,” num- bering about 250, no longer be recog- nized as members of the B. E. F., but | permitted them to continue to draw rations from the national crganization. National Supply Officer F. A. Ross | announced today there was no food in | the commiss | til tomorrow. ry and none expected un- Most of the men were expected to go without food today. A few still are being supplied with food from home. A truckload of beans, sugar, flour and bread left New York today for Washington, and tomorrow several additional trucks are expected to bring in meat, potatoes, fish, bread an?! coffee. ‘Waters and his chief of staff, Doak E. Carter, called on Vice President Curtis at the Capitol this morning. They de- clined to comment on the interview, ex- cept to say they had been “courtecusly received and attentively heard.” They w understood to have discussed with the Vice President the situation with regard to food, housing and other mat- | ters affecting the veterans. The Vice President told newspaper men afterward that the veterans’ com- mandant did not discuss the $100,000 appropriation, awalting the President’s for sending the marchers Sum Quickly Authorized. | The $100,000 appropriation requested by PresiZent Hoover was quickly au- | thorized resterday by the House and Senate. “Both Houses passed it the same afternoon and with practically no debate. Under the bill railroad fare and sub- sistence costs, at the rate of 75 cents a day per man, will be advanced by the Veterans' Administration as a loan against adjusted service certificates. If not repaid before maturity of the cer- tificates the money will be deduc fore the compensation is paid. No in- terest is to be charged. ‘ Comdr. Waters said he would not op- pose “any man taking advantage of such a loan, but I don’t think man; of them will go home. won't solve their problem: In anticipation of final enactment of | the bill authorizing transportation of the veterans to their homes, Veterans' Administrator Frank T. Hines an nounced today arrangements already | had been completed to “give immediate | service” to all veterans wishing to go| y | go home | home. Personnel Given Duty. | Because the pending bill does not | permit issuance of transportation after midnight of July 14, Gen. Hines has ordered personnel on duty from 8 a.m. | until midnight on that date to assist| veterans in filling out applications and | determine their indentity and eligi- bility to be granted transportation. Applications Wil be received at Room 132, Veterans' Administration | Building, Vermont avenue and H street. Veterans were requested. by Gen, Hines to present all available identification data when applying for transportation in order to facilitate determination of their eligibility, “In order- that none may be ex- cluded from this privilege by reason of expiration of the time limit, veterans desiring to receive transportation should | apply for it as promptly as possible,” said a statement issued today at the Veterans' Administration. The veterans’ administrator re-em- phasized today that his organization and the Labor Department are continu- ing their “efforts to obtain employment | for. veterans in all communities where Jeterans’ Adminis®ation activities ex- t or where the Department of Labor | Iegxflgymem offices have been estab- ed. | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 8.—The city of Alexandria late yesterday furnished Real Estate Loans (D. C. Property Only) 6% No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to pay off your loans wihout the ex- pense of renewing. $1,000 for $10 per month, including interest and principal. Larger or smaller loans at proportjonate rates, Perpetual Building Association Established 1881 Largest in Washington Assets Over $28,000,000 Surplus, $1,250,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. ok YA e Gary amateur boxing act to distinguish between bouts conducted by schools, civic organizations or charitable or- ganizations and those by private in- dividuals and corporations may result in the refusal of the county board to permit any boxing in the county, it was learned today. Chairman Harry A. Fellows an- nounced definitely that he will oppose | the passage of an ordinance to permit | boxing under the act, which authorizes four-round bouts of three minutes each, | but makes it unlawful to compensate | the participants. The act is State- | wide, but can become effective only | upon approval of local governing | bodies. Fellows stated today that he would | not have objected to amateur boxing bouts conducted for the benefit of the | American Legion, fire departments, school athletic associations or welfare | organizations, the money so raised to | be used for civic purposes, but will op- pose any measure that would permit | commercialization of the sport. | In referring to the application by the | | Washington-Hoover Airport for lprh mit to hold matches at Hoover Field, Chairman Fellows said he understands | that it is planned to build a lnrg: sta- dium there for out-of-door xing. This would, in his opinion, require un- | usually vigilant police supervision and possibly create a situation that would be damaging to the county as & whole. At the request of the board, Com. monwealth’s Attorney Lawrence W. Douglas has prepared an ordinance to permit box] in the county, but has stated that there is no way under the law that the board can permit matches by the American Legion and like organ- ations, but prohibit them as commer- al enterprises. The ordinance is to be considered at a special meeting of the board tonight. | | Key in Hallway Aids Robber. A key hanging in the hallway was| used by an unidentified individual to | gain entrance to the apartment of Melissa Boyer, 1024 Vermont avenue, in | the absence of the occupant in the last | few days. Police were told that jewelry | and apparel valued at $145 were !wlm.l the necessary trucks to transport a | group of 50 bonus marchers from St.| | Louis, who had arrived in the city | learner in the day and encamped near | | the plant of the Mutual JIce Co. | ‘This was the largest group of bonus | marchers that has attempted to estab-| lish itself here, but members readily | accepted the invitation for transporta- | tion to Washington. Included in the | group were two women, both dressed in men’s ciothing. They were taken to the bonus camp at Maryland avenue and Thirteenth street southwest. ELEVEN MARKETS KIDWELL'’S MARKETS, Inc. Raise Your Pay Chec MOVE TO PROTECT AIR DERBY PILOTS Civic Leaders Join Aviation Offi- cials Urging Removal of Pow Wires Near Capital Port. In an effort to safeguard pilots and planes which are expected to take off from the Capital August 21 in the Trans- | start of the Atlantic wing of the continental Sweepstakes Air Derby for the Cord Trophy, local civic leaders today planned to join officials of Wash- ington-Hoover Airport in seeking re- moval of high-tension lines from the eastern boundary of the On behalf of the Wi gton Air Derby Committee, which was created to make arrangements for the start of the derby and for a four-day aviation show in connection with the event, Chester H. Warrington, general chair- man, today, is writing to the District Commissioners and the various public utilities companies requesting that the wires be removed. The power companies which main- tain the lines along the airport bound- ary were asked recently by the Public Utilities Commissfon to bury the wires. They agreed to do s6 provided air- port officials would pay half the cost. The negotiations, however, have been held up because of efforts of the Fed- eral Government h‘a gl;: grmnhlm to a tract of 46 acres o & area, which includes a part of the right of way of the power lines. All work of improvement at the airport has been brought to a halt pending settlement of the claim. Ocean City, Md. Return ALL-EXPENSE TRIP 10 Including transportation, roem Saturday night and 3 meals at modern Hotel Majestic. Lv. 12th & New York Ave. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9; returning 1v. Ocean City 2:30 p.m. Sunday, July 10 W.B. & A.E.R.R. 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