Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1933, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTONX, D. €. MONDAY, AUGUST 14, MACHADO SEEKING SHIP SAILING DATES Apparently Prepares to Sail| for Bermuda or Europe to Meet Wife. sociated Press NASSAU. Bahamas. August 14.—Ef-| forts, largely futile. to communicate by telephone with friends and asso- ciates in Cuba and a shopping tour to replace clothing in which he fled Sat urday occupied Gerardo Machado. de- posed Cuban President. and his com- panions in exile today A wireless message was sent by the former Chief Executive to Key West for delivery to Mrs. Machado and their | family. who arrived by private yacht Machado's future plans. an associate said. depend on the answer he receives | from Mrs. Machad» and on advice from | friends in the United States and Eu- | rope TInquires on Sailings. 1 Inquiries were made on his behalf concerning transportation facilities to | da and Eurovean countries, the ailing of which is August 28 ado was accompanied here by nds. Dr. Fugenio Molinet, for- retary of agriculture; Dr. Jose o, former Havana mayor and chief of the Havana central district Cctavio Averhoff. former secretary of finance. el Mierno. personal and a Cuban aviation ed the plane in which they Cuba 1 by darkness Saturday eve- | Andros Island, in the Ba- lot William _ McCullough brought his plane down there for the | night. The party waded ashore and | started to tramn to a nearby sttlement | ther had seen from the air. but after a rt walk all decided they were too | fat'cued and turned back Nativ>s, attracted by landing. cooked h for the party and | the former President and the others | spert the night in the plane’s cramped | cabin Arriving at Nassau vesterday. the first | word from Machado was a request for | Test hamas. the plane's Very Tired. He Says. “Iam very tired.” he said. I do not | wisii to talk and I await further news from Cuba defended his administzation. de- ring "1 have been for eight years| sident of Cuba ond the good must be taken with the bad. but I think I| have given Cuba a constructive gov- ernment | “I in you to speak to my secretary . of finance who will tell you that in the lest month we had a surplus over ex- | penditures. However, I do not wish to defend myself. because I believe my record will stand by itself | “Cuba 15 a constitutional country and it has a right to a change of govern- ment i I am no longer a factor in Cuba's destiny. 2nsthing I might say would only tend to complicate the siuation. ! i stand (n m record. Most of it £ood. Some of it was bad. perhaps I gave the people of Cuba many I am willing that | whether my ad- like my enemies | wa Bu; th 1 record ation was Voen't Try to Interfere. “I am wiiling to await developments noi try to interfere. Cuba . under my rule, and I do inder eny other admini- T late its finan obli-, 10pe the new crder is suc- | i ,‘ng Cuba back to its count dearly. of my trying ant Weibel said he | dii not consider Machado's life e‘n-’ red on the island and added the | d would be relaxed today ‘ commandant said neither Ma- | chado nor members of his party had | made any rcquest for protection iid be & simple matter, he pumled' to close surveving all new comers | ‘he island | While Machado rested. members of | his party gathered in another room to ; attempt communication by radio tele- | hone wita friends and associates in | uk > . | More often than not. the operator gave them the significant report: “Your ‘;:'” is unreported; your party cannot reached Alter a series of these failures. Secre- tary Mireo looked at the telephone offi- cial. leveled his finger to his own head and said: “Ping. ping. ping.” This news only tended to depress the group. .Machado came into the | Toom and received the news quietly but gravely The stress of the last | week and the physical strain of the | flight had left him all but speechless and inert | Dr. Molient paced the floor. wringing his hands and talking excitedly. PLAN SUGAR CUT MANILA. P I. August 14 (A —Offi- cials of the Philippine Sugar Associ- ation said vesterday legislation limiting the Philippine sugar output would be pushed. regardless of the outcome of | attempts in Washington at stabilization Rafael Alunan. president of the as-| sociation, said insular sugar production ! probably would be limited to 1.286.000 | short tons. The new season’s crop has been estimated at 1486 000 tons. Pu'lr > Commuar Gets N. R, A Post. CHICAGO. August 14 (#) —The Uni- | versity of Chicago announced yesterday that S. H. Nerlove, assistant professor | of business economics. has been named ' deputy economist in the office of Gen Hugh S. Johnson. industrial recovery act_administrator at Washington | Prof. Nerlove will spend the nex: month on the code problems of the cl ing and other industries, returning m his teaching post in_the Autumi SPECIAL NOTICES. THE FIFTY-NINTH SEMI-ANNUAL dend of two and one-half per cent (:1.c ed on the preferred stock of on Ratlway & Electric Company. patable December 1. 14:3. 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Fhiones Wisconsin 4531, COlumbia 2400 PEACHES ARE RIPE AT ~ QUAINT ACRES. On_Silver Spring-Colesville Pike . only 5 miles_north _of D_C. ROOF WORK —of any nature capably performed by practical_rooters Call us for estimate. KCDNS ROOFING 933 VSt. N.W e COMPANY NOrth 4. Treasury Department fice of the Comptroller of the Currency | o Washin D. May Notice is nereby all persons who av have claims st “The Commercial | ational Bank of Washington.” District of | Columbia. that the same must be presented to Robert C Baldwin. Receiver. with the lesal proof thereof within three months from this date or they may be disallowed J. F._ T OCONNOR Comptroller of the Currency guaranteed s lo- NAT Rowe _lire | landing at Nassau Top: Carlos Manuel signed a statement dent of Cuba in five days. de Cespedes Lower the Bahamas. former secretary of the treasury, central district, A.P. CAMERAMEN HAVE CLOSE CALL Battle for Riot Pictures Al- most Cost Lives of Two Americans. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 14 —A thrilling and nearly tragic story of adventure and adversity was pieced together yes- terday from cabled bits of Havana news —the story of the heart-breaking bat- tle of Associated Press staff photc raphers to fill an “assignment” against odds of revoiuticn, bloodshed and riot- ing. As the last of a relay of pianes drop- ped to Newark Airport at noon with a realistic pictorial account of the Cuban revolt it marked the successful con- clusion of another phase of another “newspaper story” that cost many thousands of doliars and almost cost the lves of two Associated Press cam- eramen Seymour Ress. Associated Press pho- tographer. lost his camera and precious plates Saturday afternoon at the n'\nds‘ of a hysterical mob which descended upon the Pan-American Airways dock to prevent the escape of Col. Orestes Ferrara. former secretary of state. Cameraman Manhandled. As the pilot took off in a hail of bullets, with the secretary and his wife safely aboard, the infuriated mob bore down on Ress and destroved his camera and plates—which were to have gone to Miami aboard the plane. At the voint of pistols and rifles they forced him into a machine and, after handling him roughly. threw him out in the outskirts of Havana Another Associated Press cameraman Jose Garcia. who last week was dragged to safety as he was photographing the out from vaults duplicate the rioting of the week end These pictures, taken almost at the same time and places as those of Ress. wer€ prepared for delivery. Other pi tures, obtained from Haiana newspaper members of the Associated Press, were | included. No Planes Available. Despite the fact news reel camera- men and other photcgraphers were keeping films lociied in vaults for safe keeping during the rioting. the Ha- vana “A. P.” siaff at once made prep- arations to fly their second batch of pictures to Miami for distribution over the United States. But it was not until the State De- partment at Washington had interveried as government “sanction™’obtained io L -st Photos anncuncing his assumption of the office o Second frcm top: A mob raiding a bak Gerardo Machado, Cuba’s deposed Pre His party of exiles included Octavio Averhoff, and Jose Izq 'FIVE HURT an official group as he Provisional Presi- their first bread dent. just after surrounded by to ge rdo. former chief of the Havana A. P. and Wide World Photos. IN AUTO CRASHES NEAR ACCOTINK Two D. C. Men Seriously Injured in Triple Collision—Mother and Two Children Treated in Alexandria. Speciai Dispatch to The Star, ACCOTINK. Va. August 14—Five persons were injured in two automobile accidents in this vicinity over the week end. W. L. Thurston and C. C. Oliver, both of the 1000 block of T street, ton, received injuries believed serious in a triple crash near here last night. They were removed to a Washington hospital Accorcing to police. the car in which they were riding was involved in a col- lisicn with a passenger car_driven by Hawes Coleman of Welch, Va. and a tiuck operated by B. W. Hawkins of Madison. N. C. None of the occupants of the Coleman car or of the truck was injured. Ernest Stevens, his mother, Mrs. C. C. Stevens, and his sister, Anna. were treated at the Alexandria Hospital for lacerations and bruises received when their car was sideswiped by a truck which failed to stop cn the Fort Hunt road. CELEBRANTS SACK MACHADO'S ESTATE Two Ki]le:l tiago Buried—Mourners Caxry Red Flags. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO. Cuba, August 14 —For- mer President Machado's estate near Santiago was sacked today by enthusi- asts celebrating the revolutionary vic- | tory. Two persons killed in disorders inci- dental to the outburst were buried. In the funeral procession were a thousand persons who carried red flags and sang Communist songs. The general strike is not yet over Only a part of the city’s business houses opened their doors. pe'mit a plane to leave the island. And then—there were no planes. Presiden: Gerardo Machado had taken the last one in his escape. i A ship was chartered from Miami by the Associated Press. Delayed weather and head winds, it was not until late Sunday that the plane ie- rned to Miami, where the picturcs transferred to two waiting planes. s reel men reported that mor than 1000 feet of film, depicting the revolutionary events of the week end. had been destroyed by the mob tbat wrecked photogravhic piates at the Pan- American docks Ssturday. Washing- | in Disorders at San- oy | in Cuban Political Crisi OCTAVIO X ROOSEVELT'S PROGRAM EXAMPLE FOR ENGLAND By the Associated Press. BRIGHTON. England. August 14— President Roosevelt’s method of dealing with unempioyment will be held up as an example to Great Britain at the Trade Union Congress here Septem- ber 4. The Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders’ Soclety will urge the con- gress to demand action from the Brit- ish government to deal with unemploy- ment on broad and comprehensive lines similar to_those laid down by the American President to Congress. The resolution urged by these organ- izations demands withdrawal from the labor market of children under 16 years and adults over 65 vears and the re- duction of working hours in productive industry to provide for the absorption into industry of all workers between the ages of 16 and 65. E 1ZQUIERDO. | Apprehension Grows | lookout for further ! popular | on guard stord by ARMY 1S INAGTIVE DURING CUBAN RIOT | Lest More Serious Disorders Break Out. BY COL. FREDERICK PALMER, Veteran War Correspondent. By Cable to The Star HAVANA. August 14.—Apprehension is growing here lest the new methods | and surprises of this revolution in Cuba may resuit in yet another and more serious surprise due to the failure of the army to exeri its authority and prevent mass emotion from getting out of hand. There is a spirit of vengeance and “mopping up” abroad in the land. At one moment the streets are full of chat- ting groups, strolling about with some- thing of a normal holiday aspect. then suddenly the sound*of shots will hurry them to & neighboring street to applaud the killing of yet another of Macnado’s hated Porra strong men. an incident accepted in the same spirit as the kill- ing of a cobra or a man-eating tiger in &n_Indian village. The spectators move about with an air of good-natured curicsity, on the sensations. viewing with interest the scenes of recent acts of retribution such &s the execution of prominent Machadistas Crowds Warned. The army’s policy of waiting for Jubilation to spend iiself before tgntening control appears to be tend- g towaid tne resumption of orderly conditions today. the first real working day since the victory of the revolu- tionists. The picket line of army cavalry horses and the patrolling cavalry are quick to warn off crowds at the slight- st sign of further license, and this seems o assure that there will be no repetition of the scenes that occurred at dusk on that day when the soldiers like mere spectators while the houses in the rich Malecon residential district. which they were supposed to be guarding, were looted and burned One house, set gardens, was the palatial home of Miguel de Cespedes. a man who is no relation of the new President, but who is much hated for the methods by which he accumilated his fortune While the soldiers are pa‘ro streets where houses have alr wre ked. reports ketp ¢ ing further burnings an the siburbs and other Out there members of th il fear that the Machadistas plotting in hidine in beautiful tropical Scek to Save Lives. no Meachadista is now. so many Mac eager to appear partisans regime in order to save skins The ever increasingly b recollec- tion of all that was suffered under Machado's rule feeds the flame of po lar Jicense. The not active agents in passive observers are in sympathy But friend: soldiers. if executions s individua with popular feeling There has been comparatively little drunkenness. due to the Cuban's climatic habit of moderation. Still the open grog s and the fraternizing of people and soldiers have inevitably led to considerable drinking President De Cespedes. his house thronged lke that of an American President-clect. faces the serious prob- lem of stopping the strike and prevent- ing the successful mass revolution from becoming too revolutionary Meanwhile Col. Sanguily. in of the army. has a trying task taining_discipline now that has joined the people .on terms of brotherhood. The situation is an ex- traordinary test of military morale. If drastic measures were used n dis- dispersing the crowds it might only bring a new crisis they charge in main- the army A. B. C. Cause for Concern. One new cause for concern may be found n the attitude of the A. B. C the secret society which has fought Machado for eight years. The A B. C has no authoritative leader, but con- sists of secular groups All its mem- bers are young. most i their 30s. some in their 20s and 40s. They are drawn from the intelligentsia. Many are law- vers and all are men of force and de- termination The society has both & radical and conservative wing. They do not think of themselves as Fascists at all Lately their voices have been raised demand- ing & hearing for their opinions and. as some of them are armed. their voices have a sharply commanding note Just now as I came from the region to the capital I had an Hiustration of the mood of the hour when I saw a group of tropical white shirts and trou- sers racing past eager not to miss the rumored attempt of the A. B. C. Society members to sturm the ,ail where the army had just imprisoned two police officers whom they believed to be facing death. Advocates Fresh Start. ‘ Juan Literas, an able lawyer member {of the A. B. C. Society. said to me as spokesman for his party that youth must be served. He added with fire in his voice that it was time to end the farce of the old regime and the old con- stitution which was only a form and. instead of a stop-gap government. there should be an entirely fresh start with a new order of practical government espe- cially adapted to Cuba’s needs. He de- clared that there must be no amnesty for political crimes as in the past; ail such criminals should be punished The young officers in the army. whose promotions are stagnant. are restless and. it is reported, sympathetic with the attitude of the A. B. C.’s. So. in the course of the general “mopping up.” many rumors full of possible com- plications are going the rounds. and they do much to increase the suspense. | Telephones in the American embassy and the homes of prominent Americans are ringing constantly. anxious Machadistas begging protection. ; The rights of Americans and their property have been respected every- | where. ~ The popular fury is concen- trated entirely on the Machadistas. In case the reports of the looting and de- The Situation in Cuba Machado, in Exile, Forecasts Early Stabxllty—FnI- lowers Hunted Relentlessly—Car Men Promise to Re Dr. De Cespedes (pronounced Sess- Pay-Dess) was 62 vears old, Saturday. His father participated in the first revolution against Spain in 1868. Edu- cated in Europe, he speaks six lan- guages. In 1898 he was a colonel of tha insurrectionists, and afterward became | chief of the general staff. From 1914 until 1922 he was the Minister to the United States. On his return he was named secretary of state. In 1926 he was sent to Paris as_Minister. The Provisional President has high hopes for the future “The plan of my government” he told the Associated Press, “is fulfill- ment of the patriotic and representative desires of the entire Cuban people— restoration of normal conditions in every order of affairs throughout the country and establishment of moral peace everywhere in order that the free pecple may continue to follow the pur- sult of life and happiness in their ordi- nary walks. Hopes for Satisfactory Relations. “I sincerely hope that we will be able to establish economic relations satis- factory and beneficial to both Cuba and the United States. “I intend to carry out the program (for political reforms drawn up as part of Ambassador Welles' mediation ef- forts) in order that political parties may organize snd go to the polls with a sense of safety. “We are now receiving the congratu- lations of ¢!l parties and are just be- ginning Tie government will be one of national concentration “The Cuban people are very grateful to the United States for aid in our War of Independence, and this gratitude is renewed today because of the attitude of the people and the Government of the United States toward our people and our sovereigoty The Deposed President. Gerardo Machado took to political exile 1 Nassau, the Bahamas, with a group of close friends “My love is for Cuba’ he said after he arrived, tired and without baggage, at a hotel “History has shown that my work has been good. Cuba is constitutional If it is the people’s will that I go, I ob:y. There wall soon be stab: Cub: Police guarded the plane in which he flew from Havana Saturday after- noon. Patrols were established about his hotel in Nassau. Those with him included Dr. Octavio Averheff, former Lreasury secretary. and Evgenio Molinet former secrelary of agriculture and lab “The Cuban people always acknow- ledge debts” Machado said. I have been for eight years President of Cuba and the good must be ken with the bad but 1 think I have piven Cuba a constructive government Launched Works Program. The veteran commander of Cuban revoluntionary f rces in Cuba from 18! 10 1898 was elecied Piesident in 192 He launched an extensive public works program. The three parties. Liberal Conservative and Popular. al' advocated his re-election four years later. Dis- satisfaction grew in several quovters subsequently. however. involving stu- dents in Havana University, suy:t PRICE OF SUGAR CAUSED STRIFE Cuban Adversity Was Started by Drop From 221/, Cents to 1 Cent a Pound. By the Assoc.ated Press NEW YORK. August 14—The story of strife-torn Cuba in world economics is mirrored in the price of sugar. The lttle West Indian country is dependent for its prosperity to a large degree upon the price of this staple. Eighty per cent of Cuba’s production is sugar end it is the country’s boast that it can produce one-fifth of all the sugar necessary for the world Thirteen years 0 Cuba was happy and rich beyond its dreams as the price ocketed. Rav sugar sold 5 z a pourd in New York May 19. 1920. Ten years later it had fallen to around a cent a pound acd Cuba was stricken by zdversity. The law of supply and demand exacted its tribute Great financial interests of the United States then became masters of the Cuban sugar iudustry. Scores of planters who had lived a placid rural life. like the aristocrats of Colonial Virgivia. found themselves working for wages on their plantations. Two thou- sand ingenios. or sugar mills. were re- duced to around 200 as the new owners sought to restore prosperity Today it is estimated that two-thirds of the sugar industry is owned by American investors. They have a stake in excess of $1.000.000.000 in the island exclusive of holdings of government. state end municipal bonds which, al the end of 1930, were around $200,- 000.000. Aided by the Clatbourne plan— sporsored by Thomas Lincoln Chad- bourne, New York lawyer—and as the result of certain tariff regulations, sugar prices are coming back. Satur- day sugar was worth 3!, cents a pound in New York. struction should sound exaggerated. I may say that things have been no worse than what I saw in Pekin and Tientsin committed by Enropean sol- diers during the Boxer Rebellion. (Copyright. 1943, by North American News- paper Alliance. Inc.. World Rights Reserved.) U. S. Destroyer Cruising Havana Waters turn to Work. producers’ whose sales dropped. persons whose relatives were mysteriously killed, | and exiles to other countries. Only when most of the military forces withdrew their support Friday and achieved a coup d'etat did Machado change his expressed desire to stay to the end His wife. Senora Elivira Machado, several members of her family, and a group of servants were reported 'to have | left Cuba on a gunboat for Key West Major Events In Machado's Fall. August 3—Havana street car workers joined the :.rike of bus and taxi driv- ers, thereby giving an impetus to a walkout in nearly all industries and & passive revolution. August_7—Mediators, including Am- basador Welles. asked Machado to re- sign. The President orderca the army to occupy the capital Disorders en- sued in which 21 were killed and about 150 hurt August 8- Machado 1<jected proposal that he take a leave sence. August 9—Machado declared a state of war. President Roosevell warned Cuba to abandon politica! warfare August 10—Members of Machado's Liberal party condemned efforts August violence. August 12—Machado_asked a leave of absence and fled. Provizional gov- ernment started August 13—Dr. augurated. Welles' of ab- 11—Army revolted without De Cespedes in- Violence. Machadistas were relentlessly vesterday. It was estimated that a score of persons were killed in Havana One man was killed in Santiago. Two were wounded in Camaguey. Thirty houses and business places were sacked in Manzanillo. Three were killed in Santa Clara. The army took steps today. howsver to enforce Jaw and order. and viclence waned. The Stud nts’ Institule Joned other groups in urging a return to tranquillity. Students in the clesed Havana University were expected to issue an appeal for peace One unverificd report ristas were given guns and them<elves Among those killed was Col leader of the secret police O ystanders. soidiers. Porris of celebrating crowds and Machado. Jminez Wwere mem owers of The Strike. Strzet men promised to ret work &t noon today. The Urited R ways was expected to send its first trair in days into the interior this morning Other unions, it was belie wouid follow the lead quickly and bring to a t end the paral i has caused many Cubars to go hu for days A del gation which organized De Cespedes and ernment wou their requ were recognition of the of all strikers sted during the two weeks and putting into effect a 48-hour week recently voted by gress Strikers' headquirters said taxi ers might resume operaticrs Havana merchants moved their stores. s told the concede t Am ng driv- soon INUTE YSTERY Call ou, 501 :V]I.cf Calling “Squad Car 1B.” BY H. A. RIPLEY. HE kidnapings and stickups dur- ing the last month having got Inspector Kelley's goat. he asked Fordney to ride a squad car with As the professor himself was aroused by the recent crime wave. he_assented With Sergt. Reynolds driving. the three set out from headquarters at 11 pm. with rain swirling from every direction by the shifting wind — Lightning flashed thunder call to repeated ree times, was Car 1B investigate & robbeiy. first- . floor apartment at 086 boulevard. WPPJ." Reynolds ped on it and with siron shrieking the | car speeded through the stormy night. scene, two excited one blond. the other were found. While Fordney questioned the blond. Kelley gated the brunette. The blond stated she was a collector for an ice cream company and that she had visited a number of stores and had collected for ice cream delivered during the day. They both said that as they drew up in front of the apartment. where the blond lived and where the brunette was her guest and who had been rid- ing witk her that night. that two men jumped on either running board of the sedan and jammed guns in their ribs demanding the collected money. The brunett> handed it over. Fordney learned that the last collec- | tion. and their last stop, was made about a mile away He noticed the two on the left hand of the blond and said, “I'm afraid. girls. we'll have to take you to headquarters.” WHY DID FORDNEY THINK THE ALLEGED ROBBERY WAS FAKED? (For Solution, See Page A-4.) Arriving at young women. brunette, the large diamonds Perhaps vou have a story or prob- lem you would like to submit 18 Prof Fordney. If so. send it to him. care of this paper. He will be delighted to Teceive it. Seven Hurt in Crash. PAW PAW. Mich. August Mrs. Charles W. Marquis, suffered a possible spinal fracture and broken leg when the car of George W Marquis, Chicago. collided with another | car near here late Saturday Marcus Walsh. Chicago, was less seri- |ously hurt Five in the other car were injured, 4-year-old Larry Bartlett, Grand Rapids. possibly fatally. DON'T GET BIT GET The United States destroyer Claxton, one of the two dispatched by President Roosevelt to Havana to protect Amtr-l ican citizens in Cuba’s political turmoil, The third destroyer, acting under the same orders from the President, was sent to Manzanilio, Cutg. mediation ! hunted | was that P r-| told to kill | Leopolda step- | interro- | 14— ! Chicago, | night. | WELLES EMERGES NATIONALLY KNOWN, 'Cuban Strife Seen as Bnnr'~ | ing Young Diplomat Into Public Eye. | P By the Associated Press Climaxing the turbulence of Cuba | recent political life is not only a ehange of administrations for the island repub- \lic. but also the emergence of a young ;rnreer dipiomat as a nationally known figure in this country. Although 41-year-old Ambassador | Sumner Welles had, previous to his ap- | pointment to Cuba, spent a number of |vears in the diplomatic service, filled with considerable achievements. he was Iittle known outside diplomatic circles | before his success in mediating the com- | plex Cuban situation, which has now ‘Lmugh! him squarely into the public eye 1 Listed as Marylander. | Although his nomination as Ambas- { sador listed him as a Marylander. mem- | bers of that State's congressional dele gation for the most part and Mal landers generally did not know him 1 The best-known directories of nationally i prominent men do not list him | At the time the administration was | secking a man for the difficult Havana post. Senator Tydings and Maryland's : Hcuse delegation recommended another | Marylander, Francis White of Balti- more, then serving as Assistant Secre- jtery of State President Roosevelt decided upon Welles, whom he had known since his days as Assistant Secretarv of the Navy and in whom he apparently had suffi- nt confidence to intrust the delicate {Cuban situation !~ Selection of a man to handle the Is- lland problems was regarded as of vital Mxpm.,nu not only as it concerned this country’s relations with Cuba, but [ with all of Latin America as well, since !the American attitude ‘n Cuba was cer- tain to be regarded as a kev to the new administration’s policy toward much of South and Central America Welles' has an estate overlooking the Potomac just bevond the Maryiand boundary line of the District of Colum- ibia Flowers being his hobby. the es- tate contains a garden blooming with tulips and rare South American Mathilde Townsend wife of former Senator » Island The Ambassador entered the dipio- matic service following his graduation from Hariard After a brief apprenti ship at he was transferred to Buenos All In the Harding admin- istration. under Charles Evans Hughes. cretary of State. he became As- te in charge of Keuoq Sought Reward. he Central American treaty of pea ¢ amity in this period and as ar i Secretary Kellogg. Hughes successor, suggested & ministership for him—to Guatemala or Honduras. Presi- dent Coolidge. however. held him to be | too vour such a post In elles left the service of Government. but his nome was a dipiomatic establish- eral of the Latin Amer- s in Washington developed the habit of going there to discuss mat- ters with Welles. who seemed to have a grasp of Latin American affairs and an unders of the working of the | Latin in Washington of- ficiald Tho! re never active in Americar { politics. Welles is said to have been i cla to Mr. Roosevelt in last Pall's | campaign and to have gone over some of the campaign speeches. Shortly after Mr. Roosevelt took office Welles was made an Assistant Secretary of State and then shifted to the Havana post {U. S. INVESTMENTS IN CUBA ARE HEAVY “Stake™ in Island Estimated at Bil- lion and Half, Much of It in Sugar. By ‘he Associsted Press NEW YORK. August 14—Close stu- dents of financial relations between the United Sta‘es and Cuba estimate this countr: stake” in the island at between $1.250.000.000 and $1.500,000.- 000 The figures represent holdings of Ameticans in institutions and corpora- niestments. Much of the money ) sugar interests, calculated 375.000,000 ext to this industry. sment of Americans was reported as being 1n Cuban bonds. and totaling about $200.000.000. of which $100,000.- 000 was lent under President Machado's highway building program and $20,- 000.000 for his new Capitol Building American power interests were saic ty have poured about $125.000.000 into the island republic. a large part of which is represented by properties of American & Foreign Power Corpora- tion International Telephone & Tele- graph. American Telephone & Tele- graph and other American communi- | cation companies are estimated to have | about $15.000.000 in properties there. the major in- ‘ REDUCED BRIEF PRICES BYRON S. 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