Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1935, Page 1

(U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and continued warm tonight and tomorrow, except probably a thunder- shower tomorrow afternoon; light vari- able winds. Temperatures—Highest, 95, at 5:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 74, at 4:30 am. today. Full report on page A-3, Closing N. Y. Markets, No. 33,317. post office, Wi {ITALY PROTESTS SELASSIE - SPEECH IN PARLIAMIENT AS ~ BITTER ATTACK” Emperor Appeals to World, Charging Peace Is Being Drowned in “Blood and Tears” in Italian War. ETHIOPIA DEFENDS SELF| TO LAST MAN, HE SAYS Rome to Promote 1,000 Army Of- ficers—African Tribal Chief- tains Summon Councils to Back Ruler — Japan's Commercial Expansion Deepens Row. | BULLETIN. fi ROME, July 20 (#)—Belief that a session of the League of Nations Council on the Italo-Ethiopian dis- in authoritative circles here today. It was based on an equally au- thoritative report that the Italo- Ethiopian Conciliation Committee, which recently abandoned its ses- sion in Scheveningen, the Nether- lands. may shortly meet again. pute may be avoided was expressed I By the Associated Pr ADDIS ABABA, July 20.—The Ital- fan Minister, Count Vinci, without waiting for written instructions, to- day protested vigorously to the foreign ice against “the bitter tone of the attacks on Italy” contained in Em- peror Haile Selassie’s speech before Parliament Thursday. His protest, which was verbal, was delivered shortly after the Emperor, in an interview. appealed to the world and cried out that peace was being “drowned in the blood and tears of a war” launched by Italy. Asked whether Ethiopia would choose between concilation or war in view of the large forces already mo- bilized by Premier Mussolini on the Ethicpian borders, the Emperor de- clared his empire would “defend its territory to the last man.” “Ever since her crushing defeat by our army about 40 years ago, Italy has nourished the desire to attack us” Ethiopia’s emperor asserted. “This desire assumed today a more acute and more mepacing form which Italy has proclaimed to all the world. Conciliation Rebuffed. “All our advances for peace have | been rejected and our sincere desire for conciliation has been rebuffed. Now, 2,000 years after the Crucifixion, | is peace to be drowned in the biocd and tears of a war? | “Ethiopia, which became a Chris- | tian nation when Europe was still | plunged in paganism, still subscribes to the Ten Commandments and to| Christ's Sermon on the Mount. It| has every right to be treated in the spirit of Christian brotherhood &nd peace by Italy which claims to be an international shrine of the Christian religion. “If Ethiopia is invaded by Italy on the basis of one or two minor frontier incidents which could have been set- tled overnight, I want Italy and the world to know that this empire, with 5,000 years of proud history behind it, will defend its territory to the last man | for the preservation of our deathless record of mever having been con- | quered.” Thousands Stream to Capital. | The new patriotic association, | Amour Pour La Patrie, was attract- | ing thousands of Ethiopians, who | streamed into the capital to join with their Emperor in their readiness to lay down all for the nation’s “sacred” independence. High-ranking army officers, digni- taries of the Coptic Christian Church and other leaders are among the or- | ganizers. Even semi-independent tribal chief- tains, holding domains on the far- flung highlands, summoned councils | of war. Their action was taken as an indication they intend to stand with the Emperor in defense of Ethiopia. TEXT DISCREPANCY CHARGED. Rome Charges Talk More Hostile Than French Version. ROME, July 20 (#)—The Italian | foreign office views ‘he Ethiopian sit- uation with “great seriousness,” an authoritative source said today, fol- lowing receipt of the oificial Ethio- pian text of Emperor Haile Selassie’s speech on Thursday. This source said the original text was far more hostile to Italy in tone than the text given out in French Addis Ababa. It was considered lizely the Italian Minister in the Ethiopian capital would immediately protest the “vio- lence” of the Emperor’s words. (In the French-language version, while Selassie declared Italy was pre- paring war against his country and called on his subjects io die in battle rather than sacrifice their liberty.) Italy Pushes Preparations. Meanwhile Italy went ahead with more preparations aganst the possi- bility of war. The steamship Monte Bianco sailed from Naples for East Africa with 100 officers and men and supplies for the Italiap expeditionary forces. The (See ETHIOPIA, Page 3.) SOVIET PLANE POISED Points for Polar Non-Stop Hop to San Francisco. MOSCOW, July 20 (#).—The noted Boviet flyer, Sigmund Levanefisky, is awaiting permission, of the Canadian government and favorable weather re- ports before attempting a non-stop flight from Moscow across the North Pages 12 & 13 Entered as second class matter ashington, D. C. Ex-King Ready | | | EX-KING GEORGE OF GREECE. EXCKING AWATTS CALL TO GREECE \George Has Plane Ready in London to Fly to Claim Throne. | By the Associated Press. | LONDON, July 20—Former King George of Greece has ordered an air- | liner to stand ny at Croydon Air Field | to fly him to Athens, it was learned | today when Capt. W.lliam Ledlie, the pilot, confirmed tha’ he was awaiting | instructions. | The pilot said he had expected | ch ¢ Foem WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ng Star WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1935—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. VATICAN PROTEST OF CATHOLIC CURB 15 GIVEN T0 HITLER But Priests, Jews and War Veterans Are Harried Increasingly. STEEL HELMET GROUP ORDERED DISSOLVED Hitler's Whereabouts Unknown. Actors Attacked for Poking Fun at Officials. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 20.—German Catholie | circles were informed today that the | papal nuncio, Cesare Orsenigo, had | presented a note from the Vatican to | the government protesting the decree |of Thursday suppressing “political | catholicism.” The nuncio’s step followed a swift | series of decrees and acts, aimed at | absolute domination of Germany, by | which Nazidom harassed with increas- | ing force, Catholics, Jews and war vet- erans. The ministry of justice today ordered all state attorneys to prose- cute “political Catholicism” without regard for personal position “but with {calm determination and emphatic | vigor.” Interpreted as Warning. The order to the prosecutors, is- sued on the eve of the Sabbath, was interpreted as warning Catholic clergymen to be careful of their com- ments from the rostrum tomorrow on instructions for the Athens flight to- | the happenings of the past few weeks. morrow. It was reported that the former King was awaiting the arrival of the mayor of Athens, M. Kotzias, due late today, before making a final | decision Early today Maj. Levides. comment- ing on Athens rumors that George was returning to Athens, said: “We know nothing more than what is in the papers.” Cabinet Reshuffied. | ATHENS. July 20 () —A 24-hour | political crisis was ended without dis- | order as Greece settled down today | under a reshuffied cabinet in which | Premier Panayoti Tsaldaris and Gen. | George Kondylis again were col- | laborators. | The success of the Kondylis man- euver and his retention in the cabinet were hailed as a victory for Royalists, brightening the prospects for early restoration of the monarchy. Cabinet Inciudes Monarchist. Agitation for the 1cturn of former King George to the Greck throne has been growing since toe ill-fated revo- lution of former Premier Venizelos several months 2c0. The cabinet recenuv decided to hold a plebiscite on the r-‘urn of the mon- archy some time in September and & heated campaign encucd. The forma- tion of a new cabinei in Athens today was hailed as a victcry for the Royal- ists, inasmuch as Gen. George Kondy- lis, ardent monarchist, was retained. Republicans describzd the ministry as openly monarchist. Former Queen Elizabeth recently divorced George and thus will not join him on the throne if it is restored to him by the plebiscite. Former King George of Greece, tine, was barred from succession to the throne by the allies because of his supposed pro-Germar sympathies, when his father was deposed, in June, 1917. His younger brother Alexander was crowned. Ascended Throne in 1922. Constantine was restored in 1920, but was deposed again in 1922, and George succeeded him, Alexander hav- |ing died in the meantime. Growing republican feeling late in 1923 resulted in a demand by army and navy officers that the dynasty be deposed. George left Greece in De- cember of that year and the Assembly |in March, 1924, deposed the dynasty and exiled its members. The republic resulted. George and Queen Elizabeth spent their exile quietly in Rumania, Paris and London. The former King and Queen had been separated for e time when Elizabeth filed her applica- tion for divorce last Spring. George was on a tiger hunting ex- pedition in India at the time of the Venizelos revolution, but returned to London immediately, anticipating a call to the throne. MINT WORKERS UNPAID DENVER, July 20 (#)—In a build- ing crammed to the eaves with gold bars and gold coins, the employes are going payless. For five days 200 employes of the United States mint in Denver—where more gold is stored than anywhere else in the Nation—have waited vainly for their pay checks to arrive. The work- ers were unable to explain the delay. eldest son of the late King Constan- | | Catholic congregations throughout the | country have been awaiting Sunday for a guiding word from the priests as to their conduct. A Stettin police official outlawed the | confessional in Catholic youth groups. | Participation by a priest, he ruled, ex- posed the young people to counsel | detrimental to the Nazi state. Catho- lic newspapers were confiscated and ! suppressed. The governor of Baden issued a po- lice order against Jews “wrying to martyr themselves in the eyes of the world.” He accused them of insti- | gating outbreaks and ordered members | of the National Socialist party to sup- | press the demonstrations or suffer ex- | pulsion. Steel Helmets Attacked. | Reichsfuehrer Hitler added reac- tionaries, as represented by the Steel | Helmets, to race and religion as foes of the Nazi state, with the dissolution | of divisions of that organization in | Thuringia and parts of Silesia. | In the racial question, Naziism has met with scant opposition. But the church is fighting back, with protests heard in the Catholic strongholds of Bavaria, the Rhineland and Silesia. | Hitler is indebted largely to the Steel Helmets for his rise to power. In June, 1934, he decided the organi- zation must continue and forbade the Storm Troops to spread propaganda against it, similar to the sort that preceded today’s action. No friendship existed, however, be- tween the two formal allies, who had joined forces only to overthrow the republic. A year ago Franz von Papen, then vice chancellor, took a strong hand in repairing the rift between the | two warring factions, which was one of the forerunners of the June purge. Steel Helmets Perturbed. Similarly today the Steel Helmeters were badly perturbed over recurring references to them as “reacticnaries.” This they interpret as a possible signal for the stirring of an anti-monarchial feeling, as several members of the House of Hohenzollern are also Steel Helmeters. The suppression of the sectional divisions of the organization, confis- cation of members’ property in Silesia and Dessau and the arrest of Steel Helmet leaders in Thuringia naturally increased the tension. Investigations have been ordered by Franz Seldte, leader and founder of the Steel Helmeters and minister of labor in Hitler's cabinet. This amounts to a protest action, but so far has falled to clarify the situation. Hitler’s Location Unknown. Apprehension is heightened by the absence of Hitler, whose whereabouts is undisclosed. It could not be learned whether he planned to restrain his followers once more or to pursue the radical course which would mean the wiping out of the Steel Helmets. Hermann Wilhelm Gering, minister of aviation in Hitler’s cabinet, is an box:t')rnry member of the Steel Hel- mets. The three international organiza- tions of artists—Cabaret, vaudeville and circus—also.felt the heavy hand of Nazidom. The secret police dis- solved the groups because “subversive elements are active” in them. The three organizations’ common public- cation, The Program, was banned. The “subversive tendencies” are understood to be the poking of fun at prominent persons. in the grip of the present heat wave through of thundershowers to afford relief, the Weather Bureau forecast showed The entire Nation, with & few iso- Pole to San Francisco. b "The reply is expected at any td. Heat Wave Here Till Monday, With Slight Chance of Rain Washington is expected to remain the atmosphere and no prospects of any general change in sight through the early part of next week. Since July 1 Washington has a total excess temperature of degrees, or an average daily excess of 2% degrees. The maximum temperatures have not been far but the had 49 & B -3 THINK 1LL BE GETTIN' NATS GET ONE HIT WHITE SOX WIN, 10 Carl Fischer Pitches Eight Hitless Innings—Bluege Ruins Perfect Record. BY FRANCIS E. STAN. | Chicago defeated Washington in the | first game of their double-header at | Griffith Stadium this afternoon. Carl Pischer held the Nats hitless until the ninth inning, when Bluege singled, to spoil his perfect record. ‘The score was 1 to 0. FIRST INNING. | CHICAGO — Rad:liff singled off Hadley's glove. Piet walked. Haas sacrificed, Hadley (» Kress. Bonura | struck out. - Simmons struck out. No runs. WASHINGTON — Bluege flied to Simmons. Stone fuu'ed to Sewell. Myer was called out on strikes, No runs. ‘Washington, 0: Chicsgo, 0. SECOND INNING. CHICAGO—Appling walked. Dykes third. Sewell hi% iio a double play, Bluege to Myer to Kress, Appling scoring. Fisher lined to Myer. One run. ‘WASHINGTON—Schulte fouled to Sewell. Travis flied to Simmons. Fisher threw out Powell. No runs. ‘Washington, 0; Chicago, 1. THIRD INNING. CHICAGO—Radcliff grounded out to Kress. Travis made a nice stop and throw to retirz Piet Haas walked. Bonura flied to Stone. No runs. WASHINGTON—H¢]brook | Kress fouled to Haus, Holbrook going to third after the catch. Hadley popped to Piet, wno aropped the ball, and Hadley was safe at first. Hol- brook held third on tne error. Bluege hit into a double play. Dykes o Piet to Bonura. No runs. ‘Washington, 9; Chcago, 1. FOURTH INNING. CHICAGO—Simmons flied to Stone. Myer threw out Appling. Dykes singled to center. Sewell flied to Powell. No runs. WASHINGTON—Stone flied to Simmons. Myer flied to Haas. Schulte lined to Simmons. No runs. ‘Washington, 0; Chicago, 1. FIFTH INNING. CHICAGO—Pischer took 8 third strike. Myer threw out Radcliff. Piet flied to Schulte. No runs. WASHINGTON—Travis fanned. Powell flied to Radcliff. Holbrook walked. Kress fanned. No runs. ‘Washington, 0; Chicago, 1. SIXTH INNING. CHICAGO—Haas lined to Powell. Bonura flied to Powell. Simmons also flied to Powell. No runs. ‘WASHINGTON—Hadley struck out. Bluege flied to Haas. Haas backed against the right-field fence, stood on his toes and made a one-handed catch of Stone’s drive. No runs. ‘Washington, 0; Chicago, 1. SEVENTH/ INNING. CHICAGO.—Appling singled to center. Dykes attempting to sacri- fice, popped to Hadley and Appling was doubled at first, Hadley to Kress. Sewell beat out a bunt in front of the plate. Fischer rolled to Travis. No runs. WASHINGTON.—Myer popped to Dykes. Schulte fouled to Sewell. Travis flied to Simmons. No runs. ‘Washington, 0; Chicago, 1. EIGHTH INNING. CHICAGO—Radcliff singled to cen- bled at first, Kress to Myer, who cov- ered first. Haas fouled to Travis. No Radcliff. Appling threw out Holbrook. Kress popped to Piet. No runs. ‘Washington, 0; Chicago, 1. NINTH INNING. singled to center, Appling going to | walked. | | Holbrook took second on a wild pitch. | To THMAINLAND! '| Box Score FIRST GAME. CHICAGO. | AB. B H. O. | c 3 | A. | Bonura, 1b___4 | Simmons, cf__ 4 Appling, ss. | Dykes, 3b_ | Sewell, ¢ ! Pischer, p__._3 30 ¥ TRT 4 WASHINGTON. ~- O m=o2e=2 rleccecccrmem TAX BILL T0 FAGE OVER L0BBY PROBE NEXT Committee to Inquire Into Activity Against Other New Deal Plans. By the Associated Press. Senate lobby investigators, who have hardly made a dent in their $50,000 | | expense fund, said today they would | delve into activities against the ad-| ministration’s new tax bill and other New Deal measures. Chairmen Black announced, how- R. H. 0. Bluege, ss. o Stone, rf | Myer, 2b. | Schulte, If Secoceoccecce Scccocevo00o~ Compurmpun CoORNm=OORONCS ~p 28 0 127 9 O | Manush batted for Hadley in 9th. r Bluete in 9th. SCORE BY INNINGS. Chicago 010 000 000~ 1 ‘Washington_. 000 000 000-— O SUMMARY. ted in—Sewell. e—Haas. plays—Bluege to Myer to Kress: kes to Plet to Bonura; Hadley to Kress to Mye ases—Chicas Washingte lis—Oft Fise Struck out—By Fischer, 4; by Hadley. 4. | wild piteb—Fischer. | Umpires—Messrs. Kolls, Dinneen. BUDGE CONOUERS HENKEL IN4 SETS Californian Registers First Triumph for U. S. in Davis Cup Series. By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, July 20.— Donald Budge, California redhead, registered the first triumph for the United States in the interzone Davis Cup tennis series with Germany to- day by overcoming Heiner Henkel, | youthful Teuton, in a four-set strug- gle. The scores were 7—5, 11—9, Budge, showing the effects of an over-night touch of illness and ob- viously feeling the strain of his Davis Cub debut on foreign turf, finished strong as he polished off his German rival in the fourth set. Both were highly erratic during most of the match. Two dozen service breaks were scored. The 19-year-old American’s victory gave the United States a flying start in its bid to qualify for the challenge round against England, although Baron Gottfried von Cramm, the German ace, was favored to square accounts in the day’s second match against Wilmer Allison, veteran Texan. A hard rain started to fall & few minutes after the opening match and workmen quickly spread the tarpaulin over the center court. The weather threatened to delay the second singles battle indefinitely. Readers’ Guide | Miles ra | oul Dyl Kre; Lert | Base | 8 Donnelly and | Amusements B-l4 Church News ..... coccocoocoeM | ever, that for the time being the| | committee would stick on the trail | of lobbying against the Wheeler-Ray- | burn utility bill. In fighting this | measure, the Lobby Committee was | | told, the Associated Gas and Electric | Co. spent $700,000, more than $100,000 on telegraphic protests to members of Congress. Yesterday the investigators, ques- | tioning an attorney for A. G. E., drew admissions that A. G. E. stockholders | or consumers eventually would bear | | the expense of the fight. | To Resume Next Week. The committee will resume its in- quiry next week. Black indicated | that eventually J. I. Mange, presi- | dent and chairman of the board, and | | H. C. Hopson, senior vice president | of Associated Ges, may be called for | examination as to how the money | was spent and to what account it was charged. They also will be asked, if called, whether they gave any orders to subordinates to destroy records in 26 | States bearing on the lnn-utflity‘ bill drive, he said. | Black said Senator Hastings, Re-| publican, of Delaware, had turned over to him for inspection a series of form letters he had received pro- testing against the Roosevelt tax measure. Black added he would in- vestigate the source of the protests. Suspects “Higher Ups.” Reviewing the committee testimony thus far, Black said he was satisfied, but probably could not develop it, that persons “higher up” than U. E. Beach of Ithaca, N. Y., manager of the securities department of A. G. E,, or- dered the destruction of the utility (See LOBBY, Page 2.) {D. C. PAIR’S RELEASE IN MURDER ASKED Couple Prove They Are Not Sus- pects Wanted in Swamp Death. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 20.—Local author- ities today requested the release of a man and woman held in Eau Claire, ‘Wis., on suspicion that they were Mrs. Evelyn Smith, 35, and Harry Jung, 30, sought in the “swamp murder” of Ervin Lang. Lieut. Thomas Kelly said investiga- tion had established that the two prisoners were L. D. Gamaro and Helen Whitlow, both of Washington, D. C. Gamaro, Kelly said, was & chauffeur for Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York when La Guardia was in Congress. The two were taken from a bus last night after Eau Claire police had been tipped they resembled Mrs. Smith and Jung, Mrs. Smith's Chinese hus- band. The Washington couple carried $1,400 in postal money-order checks, | an Eau Claire detective said, explain- ing it was to cover the cost of a trip to the Philippine Islands by way of Vancouver, British Columbia. Lang’s mother-in-law, Mrs. Blanche Dunkel, told police that Lang was The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Yesterday’s Circulation, 120,916 Some Returns Not Yet Received FHH (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. 1. . CLAIMS RIGHT NEW DEAL PUSHES 10 CONDENN LAND FOR HOUSING HERE Answers Action Against Slum Clearance Project in Southwest Washington. CONGRESS IS DECLARED TO HAVE POLICE POWER BILLS TO BAR SUITS ON TAX AND GOLD Amendment to Allow Action by Actual Losers Wins. PRESIDENT UPHOLDS PRINCIPLE OF BANS Senate Amendment to A.A A. Bill Would Outlaw Court Moves by Some Processors. Government to Push Program in D. C. Despite Contrary Rul- ing in Kentucky. Determined to go forward with its | By the Associated Press. $3,000,000 slum clearance project in Despite a partial setback and threats Southwest Washington, the Federal | of more trouble to come, the Roosevelt Government today told the District administration drove ahead today with Supreme Court it has power to con- | its attempts to prohibit certain suits demn land in this city to eradicate against the Government slums, even though it may not have such authority in the States As suits to recover processing taxes | piled up 1n the courts to the number Using P. W. A. funds, the Govern- | of 359, the Senate adopted yesterdav ment already has instituted proceed- & compromise amendment on the ings to condemn 13 acres of land in | A. A. A. bill permitting legal steps the Southwest section of the city. It | against the United States by processors is proposed to eliminate houses now Who bore the tax burden themselves in that area and construct low-cost | instead of passing it on to consumers, homes to improve living conditions of | Passing up its Saturday holiday, the residents of that section. | Senate today struggled on with other The Government's contention that| A. A. A. amendments, delayed by long it has authority to condemn the land debate was contained in its answer to a re- The Senate today cent assertion by Miss Minnie Keyes, reaffirmed its decision who owns property in the condemned Posing a compensat on rayon area, that her land cannot be taken and other competitors of cotton by by the Government because the slum | rejecting, 62 to 15, a motion to re- clearance project is mot of a public | consider the question nature, Opponents of the rayon tax had She relied on & recent decision of | denounced it ‘”‘”““{" el the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,| 304 85 8 “surrender to the silk in- which held invalld & similar Federal| 3uStV." Senator Wagner, Democrat, condemnation project in Kentucky. | stronger comipetitor to rayon Absolute Power Claimed. | than rayon is to cotton In its answer. however, the Govern- Senator Russell, Democrat, of Geor- ment differentiated between its au- gia made the motion to reconsider thority in a State and in the District.| the vote by which the Senate Thurs- “Whatever doubt may be cast upon | day rejected the A. A. A. amendment the constituticr:al power of the United | applying a tax on rayon equal to 125 States to conuemn land for low-cost per cent of the processing tax on housing and slum-clearance projects cotton. in the several States,” the answer said,| Majority Leader Robinson said a “there can be no question as to the vote on the bill would not come until right of the national Government to| next week. He discounted a report use its power of eminent domain for | that a possible motion from some un- these purposes in the District of Co- announced source would send the lumbia.” measure back to commitiee. It was poirted out the Constitution Rogsevelt's Views. gives Congress authority to take the Regarding lifigation against the action under the police power con- Government President Roosevelt at ferred on it as the legislative body for his semi-weekly press conference yes- the District, as well as by eminent terday declared every Government in domain. The answer also definitely | the world exercises the right of sover- took the position that there is a grave | eignty to determine whether it will be housing shortege in Washington. | sued. Referring to its power of condemn-| He was speaking specifically about ing property, it was stated: the pending bill to ban litigation “This fundamental and essential against the Government as a result of power, existing at all times, is brought | dollar devaluation. into relief by the catastrophic depres-! The Senate A. A. A. compromise, sion, which, in the District, has prac- | adopted 61 to 23, made a major tically stopped all house building, pre- | change in the amendments the admin- vented the normal growth of dwelling | istration is backing. The original A. accommodations commensurate With| A A. proposal would have barred suits the growth in population, created a| both by processors who could prove housing shortage in the face of a|they bore the taxes themselves, and by overwhelmingly against im- rapid and sharp increase in the num- The al- ber of inhabitants, placed a poorer sort of tenant in a position of greater dependence, and created a condition of virtual monopoly. Condition of Emergency. “The condition of emergency in this District created by the depres- sion is substantially like the condi- shortage. The former condition was met and dealt with by the exercise of police power.” The Government also asked the court to hold that the question of the use to be made of the condemned land is relatively unimportant. In this connection, it was said: “Having the authority to use its priating upon just compensation the land necessary for the accomplish- ment of the purpose, it becomes really unnecessary to consider to what uses it may apply the land so acquired. Congress may get rid of a slum in the City of Washington whether it uses the land acquired for a park, for new houses or for whatever purpose.” An indication that an appeal is be- ing prepared from the decision in the Kentucky case was'seen in the state- ment that “it is not to be inferred that we concede the soundness of the majority opinion in that case with respect to the lack of power of the United States to condemn for such purposes outside the limits of the seat of government.” Contrary to Other Rulings. It was pointed out the opinion in the Kentucky case is contrary to rul- ings made by four other Federal judges. “While entitled to respect,” the an- swer stated, “the opinion of that court has only such persuasive effect as is warranted by the soundaess of its reasoning. No court in this district is bound to accept it as law.” ‘The answer was filed by Henry H. Glassie, special assistant to the At- torney General, and Alexander H. Bell, jr, special assistant to the United States attoroey. FAMED SHIP ON REEF Historic Polar Bear Is Reported Aground on Island. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, July 20—Rammed on & reef at Dry Spruce Island in Kuprea- noft Strait, the historic Alaskan motor strangled to death by Mrs. Smith and that Jung aided her in hiding Lang’s body. Quezon Hits Export Taxes. MANILA, Philippine Islands, July 20 (#).—The recent congressional taxation and restriction of Philippino solemn covenant ” he said. tual violation of, ship Polar Bear, formerly the Marg- nita, today waited the arrival of the Coast Guard cutter Calysto from the Southwest. The Calysto, with one of her two engines crippled, reported to the Coast Guard station here she expected to reach the Polar Bear possibly before widely known Alaskan Coast, having par- Pather Bernard H. Hubbard, the glacier W. and two companions ot Katmal, & tion created by the post-war housing | power of eminent domain by expro- | those who passed them on tered measure now merely prohibits suits by the latter class. This was an indicat on to some ob- | servers of what tne Senate attitude may be on the goid clause question, | The Supreme Couri already has indi- cated the door tc ti:ts in the gold securities cases was closed to those who could not shyw asmages There are indications that the Sen- ate Banking Commiftee is almost evenly divided on the Presidents | recommendation fcr leeislation to ban | the gold clause suits. | Republican membcrs, together with | & powerful Democraiic faction led by Senators Glass, Democ at, of Virginia | and McAdoo, Democrat. of California, former Treasury Sccretaries, bitterly opposed the legisiation, describing it as “repudiation.” Leaders Are Hopeful. Leaders of the administration, while | still hopeful, were not encouraged by the Senate vote on the processing | taxes. | The tax compromise was denounced (See SUITS, Page 4.) 'DROWNS IN FALL OFF FISHING BOAT Baltimore Sheet Metal Worker Victim of Accident in Pa- tuxent River. Special Dispatch to The Star. | BENEDICT, Md., July 20.—George Donnelly, 44, Baltimore sheet metal worker, drowned in the Patuxent River, off Benedict, early this morn- ing, when, according to his com- panions, he slipped off the deck of a fishing boat. Five other members of the fishing | party, all Washingtonians and co- workers of Donnelly, were searching | for his body this afternoon. All the men are employed by a Washington air-conditioning concern, Donnelly having made week end trips to his home, at 901 Caton avenue, Baltimore, where his wife and son Walter live. Members of the family recalled that a brother, Will Donnelly, fell from a boat and was drowned about four years ago. George Donneily fell into the water about 3:40 a.m,, his friends told police. Handicaped by darkness they began an immediate search for the body without success. C. E. Thomas of Washington, one of those on the boat, said Donnelly was on the rear deck and started forward, but slipped and fell overboard. Others in the party were identified as Tim Readon, Albert Deaconett and D. Black. Thomas said he did not know the name of the fifth mechanic with them. SRR R Widow Spider Bite Fat: CUMBY, Tex., July 20 (#).—Vic Lamb, 25-year-old Miller Grove farm- er, died today from effects of a black widow spider bite a week ago. His right arm was amputated in an effort to save his $fe.