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T A2 s PRODUCTION LIMIT HITS AT MONOPOLY Miss Perkins Says Aim Is to Keep Rich Plants From ! Unfair Competitoin. By the Associated Press. Secretary Perkins told newspaper men today that among the changes she had suggested to the 30-hour-week bill was “a measure of control of produc- tion to eliminate unfair competition.” The Secretary of Labor, sald, how- ever, that the change she had recom- mended to the Black bill, now pending before the House Labor Committee, did | not contemplate any “Nation-wide sys- | tem of production control.” She explained it was intended only to | supplement the shorter work week bill which has already passed the Senate. The principle of the measure has ad- ministration approval and the sugges- tions Miss Perkins made to the House Comnmittee are also believed to have the | approval of the White House, ! Could Limit Hours. In the case of particular plants which are violating the “fair competition” clause suggested, the Secretary of Labor would be authorized to specify a limit BETTY COMPTON WALKER. on the total hours of operation of the offending plants. Secretary Perkins said conditions in textile industries might be cited as an example of the need for the change she has recommended in the Black bill Fifteen per cent of the textile plants, she said, might work four shifts under the Black bill, keeping their plant in operation all the time and thus render futile the efforts of the remaining tex- tile manufacturers to eliminate night work for women or to regulate their hours of production to conform to an orderly demand for their goods. Miss Perkins will be asked to appear before the committee tomorrow or next day to discuss her suggested changes in the bill, which was finally approved yesterday by the Senate. Besides the production control, Miss Perkins also has suggested inclusion of a minimum wage provision. Constitutionality Questioned. ‘The Perkins amendments also con- template two other Federal boards—one to establish and maintain minimum wages and another to see that workmen are not kept on the job more than 30 hours a week. Some committee members said the 30-hour-a-week provision would be en- forced through a ban on interstate ship- ments of goods made by employes Who worked longer than that, but that a similar tie-in was not proposed as to total production. “Consequently,” said Representative Hope. Republican of Kansas, “there arises some question of constitutionality. Before I can make up my mind to ac- cept or reject any of the new proposals, I must hear Miss Perkins’ explanation.” p—— CRACK TRAIN LEAVES RAILS, KILLING TRIO L. & N. Flamingo Limited Is Wrecked Near Cartersville, Ga.—Three Hurt. By the Associated Press. EMERSON, Ga., April 18—Three men were killed and three injured, one critically, last night when the north- bound Flamingo, Louisville & Nashville Railroad limited, piled up in a cut in the Allatoona Mountains three miles r | o ‘ | JAMES J. WALKER. WALKER, ACTRESS MARRY AT CANNES Ex-Mayor and Former Miss Compton Leave for Se- cret Honeymoon. By the Associated Press. CANNES, France, April 18 —Former Mavor James J. Walker and Betty Compton, American actress, were mar- ried today. The couple entered the City Hall here by the back door to avoid the curlous. They were married at 11:15 am. by Mayor Gazagnaire cf Cannes. Wit~ nesses for Walker were his lawyer, Al- fred Sharon, and his hotel proprietor, M. Martinez. Dr. Joseph Fisher, | Walker's physician, was witness for | Miss €ompton. | Dodge Photographers, ‘The bride's mother, an Assoclated south of Cartersville, Ga. | Press correspondent and one other The dead: G. W. Evans, 52, of At- lanta, engineer; D. A. Giles, 45, of Etowah, Tenn,, fireman, and A. H. Perry, 28, of Atlanta. The three injured were hoboes. One of them, who was not identified, was taken to an Atlanta hospital, where physicians said he was dying. Two others, identified at a Cartersville hos- pital as Paul R. Atkins, 23, of Eaton- ton, Ga., and Oscar Frank Camblin, 24, of Gray, Ga., were not hurt seriously. Trainmen sald the train was running at between 40 and 50 miles an hour when it left the rails. The engine over- turned, and the mail car, express car, baggage car and two day coaches piled up against the sides of the cut. The Pullmans did not leave the track. Both Evans and Giles are survived by widows and several children. MAXIMILIAN SURVIVOR SUCCUMBS, AGE OF 96 Mrs. Kate Kentling Escaped From Mexico When Regime Was Overthrown in 1867. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD. Mo., April 18 —Mrs. Kate Kentling, who was a member of the party of Maximilian when Napo- lean, 3d, sent him to Mexico to become emperor, died here today. She would have been 97 years old April 28. As the bride of William Helde, band- master to the Archduke Maximilian, | she went to Mexico. She also served | l” lady-in-waiting to the Empress Cal otta. o When the regime was overthrown in | 1867 and Maximilian was executed, | Heide and his young wife were among | the six court followers who reached the United States in safety. He died soon after they reached St. Louis. Three years later the young widow married Frank Kentling and went on another adventure, that of establishing | a home and business in the sparsely | settled Ozarks country. They opened the first general store at Highlandville, Mo. Mr. Kentling died 12 years ago. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS DROP DURING MARCH Commerce Department Figures, However, Show Gain in Ship- ments Over February. By the Associated Press. Exports frcm the United States dropped $46,876,000 to $108,000,000 during March as compared with the same month of 1932, while imports de- clined from $131,189,000 to $95,000,000. The excess of exports over imports was placed by the Commerce Depart- ment today at $13.000,000 as compared with $23,687,000 during March of last yeer. As compared with February, both im- ports and exports increased during March. Imports during February to- taled $83,750,000 and exports $101,530,- 000. For the three-month period ending with March exports were $330.123,000, against $458,870,000 for the same period of last year, and imports were $274,- 756,000, against $397,708,000. The excess of exports over imports during the period was $55,367,000, against $61,162,- 000. SR French Search for Lancaster. ALGIERS, Algeria, April 18 .(#).— Prench military aviators .were ordered from here today to search the desert for Capt. Willlam Lancaster, Bi lot, Who has been unreported since ‘ednesday night, while attempting an land-South Africa speed ht. n%a committee has elaborate inyita~ ritish | be: | person were the only additional spec- | tators at the ceremony. |~ Immediately afterward Mr. and Mrs. Walker ran through & group of photog- raphers and an _inquisitive crowd, | mediate plans. | The bride wore a green hat and a green tailored flannel dress. Walker Wore a navy blue suit, a blue shirt and tie to match. At the conclusion of the ceremony Mayor Gazagnaire made a brief speech in Prench, saying the city of Cannes was grateful to have both the bride and bridegroom living here. Addressing Walker, the mayor said: “I hope when you are recalled to | America to take another official posi- tion, probably as mayor of New York, you will remember Cannes pleasantly.” Leave by Automobile. ‘Walker, for whom the speech was translated, did not reply. Priends expect the couple to live at the bride's villa, Beau Geste, perched on a hill near Cannes, among flowers and mimosa trees, looking over one of the most beautiful spots on the Riviera. The bride recently expressed a hope that Walker would buy a home here since the villa does not belong to her. She said she hoped, too, that they ‘would have children. The couple jumped into an automo- Tflel.] taking an undisclosed honeymoon rail, Her Third Marriage. The marriage of Miss Compton, one- time Broadway star, and the former mayor of New York, is her third ven- ture into matrimony and his secon They ‘had been friends for five yea: As early as 1928 they were seen to- gether at night clubs, but reports link- ing their names did not become & matter of public record until Samuel Seabury’s investigation, which culmi- nated in Walker's resignation as mayor. At the hearing much was said of au “unnamed person” alleged to have re- ceived money from the accounts of Russell T. Sherwood, described by Sca- bury gs Walker's financial agent. Al- though the name of this person was guarded closely at the hearings, after- ward it became known that the person referred to was Miss Compton. Miss Compton's first marriage was to C. S. Riches of Toronto, & union that ended in divorce in 1926. In February 1931, she married Edward Duryea Dowling, a dialogue director for the movies. After a honeymoon trip to Havana, from which they returned separately, & Mexican divorce ended that marriage. Recently Walker was divorced by Mrs. Janet Allen Walker. She filed ‘suit at Miami March 9, alleging desertion, and the final decree was handed dewn on March 27. Walker is 51 years old. Miss Compton is in her twenties. PENNSYLVAN.IA PUBLISHER EXPIRES AT POTTSVILLE J. H. Zerbey, 74, Succumbs - to Heart Attack After Throat Operation. | By the Associated Press. POTTSVILLE, Pa., April 18—J. H. Zerbey, head of the J. H. Zerbey News- papers, Inc.,, and one of Pennsylvania's best-known newspaper men, died in ‘Warne Hospital here here early today of a heart attack, which followed an nmrg’t‘lon for a throat ailment. He was . He was publisher of the Pottsville Eve- ning Republican .and the Pottsville Morning Papet. - He is survived by one son, J. H. Zer- y, jr.; three daughters, Mildred, wife of Sydney Lazarus of the Bayonne (N. J) Times; Mrs. Robert Braun and Mrs. Uzal H. Martz, and two grand- children, : E escaping without disclosing their im-| THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, TARIFFS DELUSION; ROOSEVELT TAKES INFLATION IN HAND Advocates of Money Expan- sion in Congress Withdraw Farm Bill Changes. (Continued From First Page) 16-to-1 silver bill of Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana was rejected. He added that from the general dis- cussion he felt something could be worked out. Adams is a silver advocate. Meanwhile the House Rules Commit- tee approved a change in the discharge rule increasing from 145 to 218 the number of petitioners necessary to force & bill out of committee for a House vote. Chairman Pou said after an executive meeting that the Rules Committee would bring the proposed change up for House action tomorrow. Speaker Rainey and Representative Byrns of Tennessee, Democratic leader, are sponsoring the tight rule in a move to prevent inflation and cash payment of the bonus legislation from being forced to a vote in the special session. Opposed by Rump Caucus. Fifty-nine insurgent Democratic Rep- resentatives in a rump caucus today went on record against the proposed change. ‘They indorsed the program of the President, but assailed Rainey and Byrns for their move to restore the rule, which was in effect during the last Re- publican House regi: ‘They said if the rule is adopted, action on inflation Jeglslation would be blocked. After resolving that their action was “not to be regarded in any way as a criticism of the administration, but to assist the administration,” the group set up & committee to petition the leaders and Rules Committee for time to discuss the proposed change in rules when the issue is brought up for House action. = This _committee included Represent- atives Howard of Nebraska—chairman of the meeting—Dies and Patman of Texas, Carpenter of Nebraska—who called the meeting—Keller of Illinois and Mrs. McCarthy of Kansas, "Resolution Adopted. ‘The meeting also adopted the follow- ing resolution offered by Patman: “The meeting commends the efforts of President Roosevelt to restore pros- perity. They have every confidence in his sincerity. They commend especially his efforts to drive powerful bankers from the Capital.” Party leaders propose to amend the rules to require 218 signatures to a peti- tion to force a bill out of committee for a House vote, instead of 145. By this means the leaders hope to block consideration of currency inflation and cash bonus legislation. While the rump caucus was in ses- sion the Rules Committee was con- sidering the proposed change. Last week the party leaders failed in a secret party caucus to bind the mem- bership to suport the tighter rules, which were in vogue during the Repub- lican control of the House. Carpenter Disillusioned. Carpenter told his colleagues that he had been “disillustioned” by coming to the House and finding that the party leaders ‘“practically ostracized” new members. . “Adoption of the 218 rules,” he said, “would mean that control of the House would be with two or three men.” “I went to the President in an ef- fort to learn his attitude “His words are that he was not for it and was not against it; but that it was something ‘you have to work out yourselves.’ " “We are never going to get out of the present economic condition until we have some inflation.” INFLATION BILLS DROPPED. Thomas and Long Proposals in Senate Withdrawn. By the Assoclated Press. The campaign to add currency in- flation to the administration farm bill as a rider apparently collapsed today in withdrawal of the sllver purchase amendment of Senator Long, Democrat, of Louisiana and the Thomas amend- ment for monetary expansion. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, without explanation withdrew Long's amendment, which sought authorize the purchase of $100,000,000 in silver, against which currency would be issued. ‘Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, withdrew his amendment himself, re- serving the right to reoffer it. Neither did he give an explanation. Long was not present when his amendment was withdrawn by Robin- son, but the Democratic leader said he was acting in behalf of the Louisianan. His office said Long was in New York. Wil Follow Roosevelt. Benators privately construed the action as indicating that, in view of President ‘Roosevelt’s wishes ' that in- flation not be added'to the farm bill. inflation advocates had decided to go along with the Chief Executive and w-fi an independent campaign later. e Senate turned to consideration of other matters and other parts of the farm bill. Senator Barbour (Republican) of New Jersey called up for debate his propasal to eliminate & section providing for taxing distributors’ stocks of the prod- ucts of commodities which would be, taxed under the bill. Democratic stalwarts and conserva- tive Republicans were expected to line up and vote the Thomas proposal down, over the ballots of independents of both parties. This wag substantially the division yesterday in the close, 43-to-33 defeat handed the amendment of Senator Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana, for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1 with gold, when inflationists amazed oppo- nents with their strength. Await Conference. Many advocates contend that action to restore silver should await the con- vening of the World Economic Confer- ence, at which time Mr. Roosevelt could oin with foreign nations in some in- rnational plan. Mr. Roosevelt and his aides today were rounding out preparations for re- ceiving leading statesmen of the world at a series of White House conferences, beginning next week end with the ar- rival of Prime Minister Ramsey -Mac- Donald of Great Britain. ‘These individual meetings will pave the way for the World Economic Con- ference at London about June 15. The world parley wilk seek means of restor- ing international prosperity through a revival of trade and will encompass a discussion of the monetary problem. Roosevelt Disapproyed. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, told the Senate in debate that only through currency expansion could com- modity prices be lifted, the depression conquered and the farmers’ income re- stored. But he said he would voté against the Wheeler amendment if President Roosevelt disapproved. It Mr. Roosevelt was against adding in- flation tothe farm bill. After - the voting some inflationists sajd that many Sensgtors were now rallying behind the proposal of Sepator Pitt, Democrat, of Nevada, calling for Government purchase -of $250,000,000 worth of silver at the market price. “Seven .and S| Farmer:! Joined" ‘Wheeler's amendment, licans and 23 Democrat ing it dowa. g llinois Man Dies After Celebrating His 100th Birthday By the'Associated Press. OLNEY, Ill, April 18.—Bene- dict Weber died here yesterday, 24 hours after the celebration of his 100th birthday anniversary. Death followed the fizst illness he had suffered in many years. The aged man left 140 de- scendants, including four phy- sician_sons—George, Frank, Neil and James, all attached to the Olney Sanitarfum. WASHINGTON MEN IN FOREST CAMP Contingent Sleeps * Under Stars When Tents Ar- rive Late at Night. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. LURAY, Va, April 18—The third contingent of tne Civillan Conservation Corps, consisting of approximately 200 ‘Washington men, arrived at their camping site in the Massnutten Moun- tains, about 6 miles from Luray, early last night. The company, commanded by Capt. Leo Donovan of the 12th In- fantry, arrived ahead of its equipment and spent the night under the stars. The tents did not arrive until after midnight. During the evening a start was made at clearing about four acres of the camp site of a thick growth of scrub pine and a kitchen was set up. This morning the men were making rapid progress in setting up tents and other- wise putting the camp in shape., It will be several days before they can start on work in the forest. In spite of their chilly experience last night, following a tiring ride over: almost impassable roads, most of the men were in good spirits and the few who complained and threatened to quit were out of juck with their comrades. The camp lies in a deep hollow of the Massanutten Mountains on a rain formed brook known as Passage Creek. The men are almost completely shut off from the outside world. The site is reached only by a winding road with many half-in curves and running along the edge of precipices. AKRON WRECKAGE _ IS BELIEVED FOUND NEAR CRASH SCENE __(Continued From First Page) designing of the Akron for purely naval service had resulted in any deviations from commercial design, as represented by the Graf Zeppelin, which affected its strength. He replied the airplane compartment in the Akron required an opening in the hull not found in pre- vious airships, but there was ample al- lowance made in the construction to {am\"de full strength, despite the open- ng. Tried to Meet Conditions. Questioned as to whether it was not the intention in construction of surface ships for the Navy to design them to meet In{“cnndtuonl of storm, Comdr. Weyerbacher replied that “was attempted.” It was pointed out that even though ships are designed to meet any kind of weather which can be foreseen they sometimes ;e" destroyed by storm. He testified the Akron was designed “to withstand any stress of the elements which can be foreseen.” Lieut. Comdr. Herbert V. Wiley, exec- utive officer and one of the three sur- vivors of the Akron, was recalled to the stand and questioned as to the ef- fectiveness of training officers and crew and whether assignment of airship of- ficers to routine sea duty with the fleet impaired their efficiency. He said he had no criticism to make of the existing policy. “Do you believe it to be a sound policy for officers attached to rigid air- | ships to take tours of sea duty on sur- face ships when the opportunity pre- sents?” he was asked by Lieut. Comdr. Ralph G. Pennoyer, judge advocate. “Yes. 1 should say at least one year in four should be spent with the fleet; tolto the special advantage of the officer himself and to the fleet and the air service,” Wiley replied. SACCO-VANZETTI JUDGE IS STRICKEN AT BOSTON Condition Is Too Critical to Per- mit Removal From Club to Home or Hospital. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, April 18—Judge Webster Thayer, presiding justice of the Sacco- Vanzetti trial, which attracted. inter- national attention, is critically ill at the University Club. The judge, who is 75, suffered & shock Friday. His physician said today that the judge’s condition was serfous and that it would be dangerous to move him to his home or a hospital. Last September the Thayer home in ‘Worchester was bombed and badly damaged by an explosive believed by police to have been set off by Sacco- Vanzetti sympathizers. NAZIS MOVE .EBERT BUST Take Likeness of First German President From City Hall. BERLIN, April 18 (#).—Nazis re- moved ‘a bust of Priedrich Ebert, the first President of Germany, from the Berlin City Hall today. Berlin Greets Rescued Flyer. BERLIN, April 18 (A —Hans Ber- tram, German flyer who was rescued after being lost 53 days off the coast of Australia, arrived in Berlin by gir yesterday, completing & non-stop flight from Athens. He was greeted by a holiday crowd gathered at Tempelhof Afrdrome to witness stunt flying. REV. A RYAN SAYS Tells Catholie Delegates In- fant Industries Do Not Exist in U. S. Now. Tariffs with but a few minor excep- tlons are not the protection they are supposed to be, rather they are a delu- sion, Rev. John A. Ryan, professor of economics at Catholic iversity, told the seventh annual conference of the Catholic Association for International Peace, at Catholic University this morn- ing !x'hg session was devoted to the inter- nationdl economic reconstruction which was _d! in a paper by Rev. John La Farge, 8. J., and & joint study from international ethics and Economjc Re- lations Committees presented by Rev. R. A. McGowan and a World Court sym- tum, Dr. Ryan attacked the presumption which he accrediated to protectionists that our infant industries need pro- tection. “Our infant industries do not exist,” he said, “they have all grown up and there is not the need for the tariff that there was when they were infant industries. “The fact that all the nations of the world now have high tariffs means nothing—except that the nations have all gone temporarily crazy. Tariffs, generally speaking, are immoral.” Urges Settiement. © | At the international dinner last| night at the Mayflower, Father Ryan advpcated immediate settlement of war debts for any amount the debtor na- tions would agree to pay. This would remove, he said, the war | debt sore, which threatens the peace of the world. He said the debtor nations no longer have a moral obligation to y, for to pay would cause their col- pse. He declared that it is impcs- sible for them to pay in gold and the United States will not accept payment in_goods. He urged that the whole war debts question be removed from the interna- tional scene, thus clarifying the rela- tions of cther countries with this coun- try and paving the way for more secure establishment of peace throughout the world. ‘Wants Stronger Pact. Parker T. Moon of Columbia Univer- sity, president of the assoclation, saw bright spots on the international horizon as the result of President Roosevelt's attitude toward tariffs and other economic problems. The Presi- dent, he sald, can go far toward quick- ening the siuggish pulse of interna- tionel trade. He -saw war threats in the Man- churian situation and decried the policies of the Hitler regime in Ger- many. He declared that the Kellogg pact” keeps nations from declaring war, but does not keep them from fighting, and advocated a more binding | tie to bar hcstilities. “Catholicism,” said Most Rev. John M. McNama! auxiliarz bishop of Baltimore, * unite and a desire for peace will sweep the world.” Michael Francis Doyle, well known international lawyer, presided at the! dinner. PUBLISHER DENIES PROTEST FOR LONG| Col. James M. Thomson Says He Has Not Objected to Peti- tions Against Senator. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, April Bolling Field MRS. ASHLYN L. C. Mrs. Ashlyn Lowe Cannon, widow of Ross Cannon, of Concord, N. C., was | Officer Weds 'ANNON IS BRIDE. | married Saturday afternoon to Capt. Willlam Avery Andrews, Army Air Corps, operations officer at Bolling Field. The wedding tock place in the apartmegt of the bride's sister-in-law, Mrs. David Hunt Blair, wife of the former commissioner of internal revenue, at Wardman Park Hote), with Rev. A. R. Bird, pastor of the Church of the Pilgrims, officiating. Lieut. Col. Frank M. Andrews, Army Air Corps, was best man for his brother. Capt. and Mrs. Andrews will be at home after May 1 at 2540 Massachusetts ave nue. —Hessler-Henderson Photo. [, A R, CONVENTION ATTENDED BY 30 Allied Patriotic Societies Pre- | sent Greetings at Open- ing Session. t Nearly 300 young people from evexy} State gathered in the National Red Cross Building this morning for the opening of the thirty-eighth &nnual| convention of the National Society, Children of the American Revolution. ‘There were greetings by heads of | allied patriotic _societies, and Mrs. | Josiah A. Van Orsdel, national presi- dent, delivered her message to the con- vention. Delegates represent 13,000 children and range in age from 4 to 21 years, | At future sessions the children will play | the principal roles. Urges American Principles. Mrs. Van Orsdel exhorted the chil- | dren “to stand more firmly for the principles of the early American lead- ' ers.” “It becomes more necessary,” she | said, “as time goes on and the sacri- | fices and hardships of our forcfathers | Lecome more remote, to stand more firmly for the principles which, in their wisdom and foresight, they established, | and from which we are today reaping | the benefits.” | She congratulated the ‘soclety on its | flourishing condition, despite the preva- | lent financial stress. She reviewed on | the society’s_projects, mentioning the Tamassee School scholarships, the Ellis | Island. kindergarten, the Harriet M. | Lothrop memorial building fund, the restoration of the Mary Ball Washing- | | slon recently by Harry Davis, repre- SOLLTION SOUGHT IN BUS REROUTING Commission Orders Parleys on Sixteenth Street Line Protest. Plans for a possible rerouting of the Sixteenth and Buchanan street line | of the Washington Rapid Transit Co. | were considered yesterday by the Pub- lic Utilities Commission after a peti- | tion from residents in the neighbor- hood of Fifteenth and Allison streets. The commission directed members of its staff to cansult with the bus | company and with residents of the neighborhood to see if a solution might be found. Protests against the noise caused by the buses and the requests for some change in the route came from residents along Allison street, be- | tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets and those on Fifteenth street, between Allison and Buchanan streets. Taxi Study Ordered. | The petition filed with the commis- | sentative of the Independent Taxi Op- erators’ Association, asking for the es- | tablishment of a uniform system of zones for flat-rate taxicabs and for a uniform system of fares, was referred | to_the commission counsel for report. | The commission decided that the | Washington City Orphan Asylum, Ne- braska avenue and Van Ness street, was not eligible for a residential power rate, which is lower than the commer- cial rates now charged the institution by ‘the Potomac Electric Power Co. e institution had been asked to be placed on the lower rates, since it is located in a residential district. The 18.—James | ton room at Wakefield and the erection | commission found, however. that the of a shrine 2t the grave of the U M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item and Tribune that have supported Senator Huey P. Long's ad- ministration for more than a year, to- Mrs. Russell William Magna, presi- day denied in a statement that he had | dent generel of the Daughters of the sent a telegram to Vice President Gar- | American Revoluticn, was scheduled to ner protesting the filing of petitions | be present, but was unable to attend. | known Soldier of the Revolutiona War. Mrs. Magna Absent. | | with ‘the United States Senate urging ejection of Senator Long from the Senate on various charges. | ~Col. Thomson had been quoted in | Washington dispatches (nct Associated | Press) that he “protests against the | attack on Senator Long by disgruntled | citizens of Louisiapa.” His statement follows: “I notice in certain press dispatches the statement that 1 sent & telegram to Vice President Garner relating to the recent attack on Senator Long. The Item and Tribune have expressed | editorially no opinion one way or the other on this subject. and I have sent no telegram to Washington relating to this matter. E. J. SULLIVAN DIES Internationally Known Artist Was 64 Years Old. LONDON, April 18 (#)—Edmund J. Sullivan. internationally known black and white artist, died today at the age of 64. His work is permanently rep- resented in galleries in various parts of the world, Including New York. Mr. Sullivan illustrated such books as “Tom Brown's Schcoldays,” Car- lyle's “French Revolution.” “The Vicar of Wakefleld” and “Omar Khayyam.” o WILL DODGE GERMANY Bo(afi International Head Leaves on Two-Month "Trip Abroad. ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex., April 18 (#) —Clinton P. Anderson, New Mexico State Treasurer and president of Rotary International, left Albuquerque last night for a two months’ trip to Europe. Antagonism of Adolf Hitler, German Chancellor, toward all international or- ganizations may make it im| le to visit Germany, Anderson said. Fire Destroys Saw Mill. HERTFORD, N. C. April 18 (#).— Fire destroyed the Major-Loomis saw mill here early today, throwing 150 men out of work and doing damage esti- mated by mill officials at $75,000 to $100,000. PORTRAITS OF SISTIE AND BUZZIE ARE PAINTED BY NEW YORK ARTIST Dall Children Pose for Miss Edith McCartney While Playing at White House. By the Assoclated Press. Posing as they played ‘indoors at the ‘White House, or out upon its lawn, Sis- tie, aged 6, and Buzzie Dall, 23, the President’s grandchildren, have had their portraits painted. Miss Edith McCartney, the New York child artist, who in the past year has made pastel studies of some 40 “chil- dren, exhibiting both here and in New York, found them interesting subjects Active Sistie, Miss McCartney said, “loved, the idea of having her portrait done, but had no thought of sitting still even for a moment.” Sistle confided she “likes to play and ad oxum-%m-m swing gazed upon artist, she “climbed Tight up the ropes” “I tired telling her the story of Goldi- locks and the bears,” the me on the text several times she re- know that i Her greetings, however, were presented to_the society. Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. 8. A, retired, president of the District Chap- ter of the Sons of the American Revo- | lution, told the convention their ideals | must prevail and they must rule the | future America to prevent inimical principles from overthrowing the gov- | ernment. | Dr. Thomas E. Green, president of | the District Chapter, Sons of the Rev- | olution, and director of the speaking | service of the National Red Cress, wel- comed the delegates. Mrs. Harry Colfax Grove, District State regent, D. A. R, described the C. A. R. as the fundamental foundation of the national defense and said 236 members were transferred during the past year to the D. A. R. _ Frederick W. ‘Millspagh, president | general, National Soclety, Sons of the American Revolution, brought greetings | from that organization. Banner to Be Awarded. ‘Thomas W. Williams, a member :of the Executive Committee of the Sons of the American Revolution, presented a traveling banner to the society, which | will be awarded annually to the State |the organizations transferring the largest number of young men to the adult patriotic body. Mrs. Van Orsdel called the meeting to order and Rev. Dr. William 8. Aber- nethy delivered the invocation. Music | W: througnout the morning was provided by the United States Marine Band. ‘William Tyler Page, 3d., grandson of the former clerk of the House, re- cited “The American's Creed,” written by his grandfather. ‘The conduct of the D. A. R. School at Tamassee was described from a child’s point of view by Mary Chapman, & student there. residential rate is applicable only to | private homes and apartment houses. Lower Rate Proposed. The utilities commission will pro- | pose to the power company a lower schedule of charges to be made to con- sumers in cases where extensions of | conduits have to be made to the prop- | erty of the new customer. Where such conduits do not now exist the first ap- plicant for service is assessed $3.25 | a foot for the extension of underground conduits after the first 35 feet of ex- | tension, which is given free, and 40 | cents a foot for extension of overhead lines beyond the first 250 feet. The power company is asked to reply to the proposals of the commissior. —_— ROOSEVELT SEEKS CLOSE-KNIT GROUP ON PUBLIC WORKS| (Continued From First Page.) present strength of the Army is 177,- 000 enlisted men and 12,000 officers. All departments of the Army are slated to feel the pinch of the retrench- ment program. Chiefs of the various bureaus indi- cated that elimination of 2,000 to 3,000 officers is to be determined according to ratings in efficiency worked out with | combination of age and physical condition generally. This weeding out | process will apply to all officers of all ranks, including many superannuated officers who entered the Quartermaster Co‘r;ls from the ranks during the World Would Cut Allowances. One plan provides that the retiring officers would receive regularly three- fourths of their pay. By this means, the Government would save consider- able each year by elimination of sul sistence and other allowances for quar- ters and travel when on duty. Exactly how the reduction will hit the A Delaware State flag was presented Army Air Corps has not been fully de- termined.. “Army officers said. however, it appears inevitable that the fying time of pilots would be cut materially. One proposal is to reduce time in the air from 200 hours annually to 30. Re- : z Dro- cession of 23 State flags into the audi. torium opened the morning session. Two five-month old infants were presented to the convention as new members. They were Willlam Harris Mondell, jr., whose grandmother, Mrs. Frank W. Mondell, is honorary presi- dent of the C. A. R. and AWdams Stratton McAllister, jr. son of the assistant director of the Bureau of Standards, and of the regent of Living- stone, Manor Chapter, D. A. R. Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard, the last member of the Washington family born at Mount Vernon, presided. PIONEER U. S. AVIATOR _DIES IN PERU HOSPITAL Wayne L. Carleton Received One | directo of First Pilot Licenses Issued by Navy. By the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, April 18—Wayne Le Roy Carleton, 44, former. officer and fiyer of the United States Navy, died came Peru again in 1927, when he joined * the Peruvian naval aviation force -organized al er _officer Harold B. Grow. s Carletori was one ‘of the first ‘pilots to fiy over the Peruvian jungles, i Serve officers’ time would be cut from | 30 hours a year to 12 or 14. Secretary Dern and Budget Director Douglas had expected to talk with President Roosevelt at 3 o'clock yes- terday, but their conference was de- layed because of the President talking at length with Secretary of State HuM. Defn and Douglas were in the Presi- dent’s office only a few minutes and when they emerged said the discussions | would be continued today at the Budget ' Bureau. At Douglas’ office this morning was reported that Dern, Gen. Dougla MacArthur, chief of staff, and Maj. Gen. Lytle Brown, chief of Army e gineers, and other ranking Army of- ficers were in conference with the T, Should the $144,000,000 War De- partment reduction be approved, it was estimated the total savings as the re- sult of reorganization of the Govern- ment and the curtailment of veterans’ expenditures will be $1,050,000,000. E— WOMAN RESCUES DOG Wrong Credit Given in Caption Published in The Star. Lines beneath a photograph pub- lished yesterday in illustration of “Be Kind to Animals week” saild that the dog in the picture was saved by the Animal Rescue League. Sheppy, the dog in the jllustration, was saved from CUMMINGS WEIHS AGENT'S REMDVAL Attorney General Unadvised of Dalrymple Change on Pacific Coast. By the Associated Press. Attorney General Cummings said to- day that he had not been advised be- forehand of the action of A. V. Dal- rymple, prohibition director, in asking the resignation of William G. Walker as Pacific Coast prohibition administzator and the appointment of John L. Consi- dine, a San Francisco newspaperman, as his successor. The Attorney General was out of town over the week end when the shift in administrators was made known by Dalrymple. Walker, who has civil service status of many years’ standing, has declined to resign, but Dalrymple has given no indication whether any charges would be filed against him. Cummings said customarily he would expect to know. about major appoint- ments- in his department. Must Be Treated Seriously. “The usual process where agents have been unsatisfactory on thelrgrec- ords in some localities is to shift them to another locality without filing formal charges. “I have no disposition to remove from the service or discharge men who are rendering service to the Gevernment of | the United States. “This whole business is a serior and must be treated seriously e My purpose is to see that the serv- ice is improved and plaps in that I intend to follow.” { s Mr. Cummings said He had not talked to Dalrymple since return! - mcmn last night. oo ummings said today he would im- mediately begin an investigation into conditions surrounding the granting of '2?," fe{hmm r:o breweries over the coun- y. With particular reference - uation in New Jersey. e Five Brewers Summoned. Talking to newspaper men fo first. time eince the controversia) tua: tlon was precipitated in New Jersey by the Kkilling of a well known gangster, Wwho had obtained a brewing permit, the Attorney General said he would !aée a#and"in the situation.” ve New Jersey brewers wi - dered today by Dr. James M. Doran commissioner of industrial alcohol, to appear and show cause why their licenses should not be revoked. Dr. Doran said some licenses had been issued ugcn the request of Dal- rymple that there be no delay. Cummings said he would not per- el qfavor granting permits to 0wn offenders or pers o o persons of criminal _“T belteve the decent and law-abi citizens of the couniry. want the Lk industry handled by “decent and re- sponsible people and in a manner free from corruption and graft. The De- partment of Justice is behind this- form of regulation in every respect.” AR NS CHICAGO TEACHERS MAY MARCH HERE Unpaid School Workers Plan to Lay Predicament Before T. 8. Officials. By the Associated Press. Another march on Washington by a section of the disgruntled populace— Chicago school teachers this time—is being tentatively planned for next week, according to representatives of the long unpaid teachers who are now in Washington to lay their troubles before Federal officials. A delegation called at the White House yesterday and interviewed Mar- vin H. Mclntyre, secretal President. o ORMOND GERALD SMITH, PUBLISHER, DIES AT 72 Founder of Many Popular Maga- zines Is Said to Have Dis- covered O. Henry. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 18.— Ormond Gerald Smith, 72. founder of a host of popular magazines and “discoverer” of many noted writers, died suddenly last night of a stroke. Smith was president of the Street & Smith Publishing Co. He founded such magazines as Alnslee’s, Popular, Peo- ple’s, Smith's, Top Notch and Picture Play. One of the important discoveries attributed to Smith was O. Henry, whose work first appeared in Smith magazines. Born. in New York but educated in | France, Smith devoted much energy to promoting amity between the United States and France. He was chairman of the French Chamber of Commer Inc., and a philanthropist of note. Su: viving is a son, Gerald Hewitt Smith, now a Princeton student. ADMIT COUNTERFEITING Two of 11 Accused at Cincinnati Plead Guilty. CINCINNATI, April 18 (£ —Two of eleven accused men pleaded guilty yes- terday to charges of complicity in an allegedly widespread counterfeiting roxgig operating throughout Southern . The guilty pleas were entered by Ccndon Meyers of Chillicothe, Ohio, and Harry B. Meyers, Columbus. Sen- tences were deferred, however, while trials were set to begin next week for six’ others, who declared themselves in- nocent of the charges. Three others indicted in the case have not been ap- prehended. HUNT MISSING FLYER Italian Unreported in England to Australia Hop. CALCUTTA, India, April 18 (®).— Four airplanes were sent from Dum- dum Airdrome in search of the miss- ing Itajjan fiyer, L. Robiano, unre- ported since Friday, when he started from here for Burma in an attempt to set a speed record for a flight from England to Australia. A search also was being made in the Chittagong area, where a wrecked ym believed to be Robiano's, was GOLD OUTFLOW APPROVED Federal Reserve Bank Licenses Two Shipments to. France. NEW YORK, April 18 (#).—Three shipments of gold to France were licensed yesterday by the Federal Re- serve Bank. The amount of the ship- ments was not disclosed. . starvation about a year by Miss Virginia W. Sargent, presi tm Animal Relief and Humane Ed League. ‘ - ’ o gfi d the export of $599, ‘made c, an ex] 0! 000 to Bamd was permitted Thursday.