Evening Star Newspaper, August 19, 1935, Page 1

WEATH (0. 8. Weather Bure Generally fair tonigh not much change in temperature; gentle east and southeast winds. Temperatures— Highest, 86, at 3:15 p.m. yesterday; low- est, 71, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on Page A-7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12, 13, 14 No. 33,347. ER. au Forecast.) t and tomorrow; Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. @h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 19, : 1935—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. STAGE SET FOR WAR IN EUROPE AS POWERS SPLIT ON ETHIOPIA; FRANCO-BRITISH UNION GROWING Italian Rift Ad'{‘League Doom Followed by War Hour of Attack | Foreseen by English Press mitted in Paris. LEAGUE TOLD TO ACT OR DIE | | Told London Sanctions to Prevent Italian March in Africa Mean Strife of Great Powers. (Copyright. 19 5. by the Assocliated Press.) | nomic concessions, in lieu of waging war in Ethiopia, hopelessly fore. shadows Italy’s withdrawal from the unless the League weakly LONDON, August 19.—Alarms of | war rang through Great Britain today | 3-Nation Parley | as its pec>'2 awzit>d Anthony Eden's | League, Ends in Total u | report on the torpedoed peace par- Sices‘eps its obligations under the 1 | i covenant. This Britain, and appar- Fallure' i n2acls ently France, is determined not to The British press commentad da kly | countenance. on the possibility of war, and in- | formed sources saw in Italy's action . geep concern over the League's ef- |a challenge the League of Nations. fectiveness in protecting lesser powers, may not survive, such as Ethiopia, the prospect was The Blitish are eager to hear from viewed as inescapable that the Coun- their minister of League affairs the cil session of September 4 must either possible consequences of Mussolini's | “make or break” the League. emphatic “no” to Anglo-French sug-' Only stern measures to prevent an By the Associated Bidael gestions for compromise. Italian invasion of Ethiopia can main- PARIS, August 19.—Europe “faces a | But, more important, they hope to | tain the League's prestige, it was erisis like that of 1914,” a high French learn from him how far France will pointed out. officlal said privately today. The back Britain in the critical League, Such stern measures, it was felt in three-power Stresa front—Great ©f Nations Council session in Geneva some quarters, must involve sanctions Britain, Italy and France—is broken, September 4 —and Sir Austen Chamberlain, for- he sadly admitted. and “France must| _Britain is now convinced that i mer foreign secretary, has given voice resign herself to losing Italy's fricnd- | Duce’s blunt rejection of any eco-! (See LEAGUE, Page 4. ship.” - — . Italy's apparent determination to econquer Ethiopia was described by one | governmental authority as a “test for the League. The League must triumph or there will be chaos.” He recalled that the “whole world went to war because Austria proposed to do to Serbia a good deal less than | Mussolini intends doing to Ethiopia.” | “The League may as well face the | situation. It did nothing when Japan : and Germany defied the League, but ' Fear Misunde, BULLETIN. ADDIS ABABA, August 19 ). —Emperor Haile Selassie was re- ported today to have placed a larze war munitions order with the Colt Patent, Fire Arms Co. of the United States. 1S OFFICIALSKEEP PRE SDENT TOHIT rstanding If Roosevelt Will Deliver Radio With small member states voicing DSCEET SLENGE RIS N SPEEH now it must stand or fall on the, issue.” Last Hold Seen Broken. Ttaly's disregard for its League obligations, officials said, if continued, will mean “there is nothing to hold any one.” France has constantly asserted heretofore that it needed Italy and would do nothing to alienate that nation, but teday, after the collapse of the tri-power peace efforts, officials &aid, “France is solidly with England.” The statesmen looked ruefully back t> another diplomatic effort to pre- vent the impending war between Italy and Ethiopia which ended today in an outburst of general criminations. Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy, who had conveyed Premier Mussolini's “no” to French and British peace proposals, told Premier Laval “au re- voir” and prepared to go back to Rome. Aathony Eden. British minister for League of Nations' affairs, told the ®French government head the same and prepared to return to London. Italy Blames England. A member of the Italian delegation blamed the breakdown of the confer- ence on “the lack of English good will and their unbending position.” A British spokesman commented: “Nothing can be done at Geneva to prevent war.” The same source said that Premier Laval had assured Eden that France was with England in this critical moment. Said an Italian sp man: “The | English are not willing to see Italy | have Ethiopia without sharing in it themselves, although I suppose we should not deny their spokesman's claims that they are upholding the ! League of Nations' idealism. ! The Italian denied a report that the conference had heard only Franco- British proposals and Mussolini's re- fusal to accept them. “The Italians | also made suggestions which were turned down, in turn. by the French | and British.” he said. An Italian delegate refused to con- firm or deny that Mussolini stood flatly for anncxation or complete political control of Ethiopia as the only acceptable grounds, stating, how- | ever. “But all economic advantages | would be abzolutely worthless without proper police guarantees.” Small Hope Held. | He gave little nope that Geneva, would succeed where thg tri-power conference had failed. stating, “The | League of Nations must adapt itself | to the march of civilization or perish. Italy will not accept that the covenant | (of the League) be interpreted as a| rigid instrument. It must be supple, | for you cannot stop the march of his- | tory. and the League must aid the | march, not impede it.” The proposals which Italy spurned would have provided for Franco- British renunciation of further eco- | nomic privileges in Ethiopia in favor of Italy: aided Italy by securing loans for developing its colonial possessicas | They Comment on Paris Breakdown. | _BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. While deeply concerned over the breakdown of the tripartite negotia- tions in Paris on the Italo-Ethiopian situation, high officials in the State Department consider it inadvisable to express officially any opinion. This attitude is necessitated by fear of misunderstanding any utterance by responsible American officials may oc- casion abroad. The lack of official comment does not mean that the American Government is not follow- ing clesely the developments, cially in Paris and in London. The British government, which has reached the conclugion that only a frank Anglo-American co-operation may possibly circumvent a world ca- tastrophe resulting from the Italo- Ethiopian conflict, is keeping the American representatives abroad fully informed of the ste | take. | l i espe- | Address to Young Demo- crats Saturday Night. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt today decided definitely to fire back at his critics next Saturday night in a radio ad- dress he will deliver from the White | House to the national convention of Young Democrats, meeting in Mil- waukee, Wis. , The speech will begin at 9 p.m. and | will probably last from 20 to 30 minutes. Definite announcement to this ef- fect was made at the White House by CHff Woodward, president of the Young Democrats, after a long con- ference with the President in the | executive office. Mr. Roosevelt had hoped to jour- | ney in person to Milwaukee to address the large gathering of young Demo- cratic men and women from all States {in the Union, but the long session of Ps it intends to | Theodore Marriner, the Amer- | ican charge d'affaires at Paris, called | on Capt. Eden in Paris and was given a detailed account of the conversa- tions between Eden, Laval and Aloisi | for transmission to the State Depart- ment. The State Department denied, however, reports from Paris that the | British government has sounded out | this Government on the possibility of official co-operation to avert the Italo- Ethiopian conflict. Ray Atherton, the American charge | | larger majority than he did before. | Congress, which necessitates his re- maining in Washington, forced him to abandon this idea. Certain of Re-election. Asked about the political outlook, Woodward at the White House said: “Mr. Roosevelt will carry Towa by a There is no doubt about the Presi- dent’s re-election in 1936." He estimated the meeting of the young Democrats would be attended by 10,000 or 15,000. Gov. Earle of Pennsylvania will talk d'affaires at London, is also being kept | to the meeting Friday night. fully informed by the foreign office. The statement of a French gover: ment spokesman, who is believed in| cance, Washington to be Pierre Laval, prime minister, to the effect that| France henceforth will have to aban- don Italy's friendship, is causing in| diplomatic quarters more concern than the impending war. Diplomats, who are accustomed to read between the lines of such state- ments, believe that this was a veiled threat at Italy and means that France will no longer hold back her ally, Yugoslavia, should she choose to take advantage of the situation and seek a | conflict with Italy. The relations between Yugoslavia and Italy have shown a marked im- provement during the last eight | months, mainly because the French | have been advising the Belgrade rulers to adopt a more conciliatory attitude toward Mussolini. The pressure brought upon Belgrade by the London and Paris foreign offices has had | satisfactory results. Now, if the French withdraw their hand. a large vista of international complications appears possible. According to information reaching ‘Washington today the British govern- ment intends to strengthen the Medi- terranean fieet by sending additional | | units from the home waters. Dr. Stephens to Naval Academy. CARLISLE, Pa. August 19 (#).— and vielded to Italy political privileges | Dr. George R. Stephens, associate pro- in the appointment of technical a | fessor of English literature at Dickin- visers and department heads of | son College since 1929, has resigned customs. | to take a similar position at the United Complete Control Asked. | States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Il Duce’s answer, telephoned to | critics | sent $10,000 to Lyman. The President’s radio speech un- questionably will be of great signifi- especially from a political the | point of view. Already friends of the administration, as well as opposition are beginning to speculate upon its content. Mr. Roosevelt has " (See PRESIDENT, Page 4.) THELMA TODD THREAT IS CHARGED BY U, S. Apartment House Superintendent; Alleged to Have Demanded Sums in Letters. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 19.—Harry Schminsky, a Queens apartment house superintendent, was held by Depart- ment of Justice agents today on a charge that he attempted to extort sums ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 through a series of threatening letters to Thelma Todd, motion picture actress, and Abe Lyman, orchestra leader. The agents said Miss Todd received the first letter last February. It threatened her with death unless she A few days later Lyman received a letter demand- ing $10,000. Soon afterward both received letters and the sum de- manded was raised to $20,000. The later letters, the Department of Justice announced, directed that the money be sent to a fictitious per- son at 31-18 Newton avenue, Long Island City. Aloisi, was said by a spokesman close | to the British delegation to have been | accompanied by what amounted to a | demand for complete political control of the Ethiopian empire. French observers hopefully suggested the possibilty that London might call another conference before the League Council meets, but the British spokes- man toppled that hope by saying “we went to the absolute limit and the only thing left now is the League.” French observers saw their country’s position at Geneva extremely precari- ous. Some painted a gloomy picture of the League’s collapse or weakened to the point of uselessness if Italy withdraws. In that event they saw France standing alone faced with a renewed threat of the Austro-German | have been forced as a result of the union. 5 Children Burned to Death. EDMUNDSTON, New Brunswick, August 19 (#).—Five children of Mr. end Mrs. Victor Morneault were burned to death yesterday in their farm home. Five others in the house Ethiopia Doffs Old Disdain .~ For World as Clouds Gather By the Associated Press. | pects for imminent war in East Africa not only have brought evidence of na- }tlonnl unification heretofore non-e: | istent in highly individualistic Eth- | iopia, but today finds the natives | world news-conscious. Until recently the Ethiopians were indifferent and highly disdainful re- garding events outside their borders. | But the limelight into which they | controversy with Italy is rapidly changing their viewpoints and literary taste. Where formerly news of the great- est world importance hardly caused a ripple of concern in the capital, crowds now gather around every avail- able bulletin board and radio ampli- escaped. A I fier to learn of the latest-develop- i ADDIS ABABA, August 19.—Pros- ments in the dispute with Italy. » Because of the high illiteracy rate, those who are able to read are as- suming something of the nature of prophets. Many of the literate Eth- iopians, taking advantage of their su- perior knowledge, assume the leader- ship in loud and lengthy interpreta- tions of incoming news dispatches. The arrival of scores of foreign “war” correspondents, coming from all parts of the world, contribute to the increasing feeling of *self-impor- tance in Ethiopians, which is matched only by their concern to keep peace with developments in London, Paris, Geneva, Rome and Washington. The natives, though poorly equipped to meet their potential enemies, are unaffected by any inferiority complex and are confident they will be able to turn back the invaders and preserve their centuries-old treedom. 2 not revealed | Seen Near in Rome. ILDUCEIGNORES PARLEY BREAK Exhorts Troops to Victory When Test Comes. By the Associated Press. ROME. August 19—The ominous moment when the Fascist military might will be unleashed against Em- peror Haile Selassie’s barefoot Ethi- opian troops is not far distant, in- formed quarters forecast today. This opinion gained adherents hourly as the nation primed for war and read somewhat disdainfully of the suspension of the Paris nego- | tiations of the three powers. The news of the parley's collapse came as no surprise to most Italians. Tllustrative of the feeling that the conference was foredoomed was | Mussolini’s departure from Rome for | the week end to exhort the troops ' | in training in Southern Italy to prove helr mettle in the nation's “solemn | J t hour.” The single hope for a diplomatic settlement of the East African con- | | troversy remains with the League of | Nations Council which meets Sep- tember 4. Informed circles, how- ever, regard this as likely to present | an even feebler obstacle to the Italian military plans than the tri-power | parleys. Session Is Significant. But the forthcoming meeting at Geneva is viewed as of prime sig- Europe’s collective peace. Addressing the 28th of October Division, Il Duce, even before it was public news that the Paris parley had failed, urged the troops to “forget diplomatic polemies.” “This hour,” he told the Black- shirts, “is solemn for you and decisive | for the nation. Discourse must be abolished. You have your orders in the name of your division. You will march over every obstacle until you have reached the goal which will be | pointed out to you.” | Press Sounds War Drums. ‘The Italian press echoed Mussolin | Statement that the “nation will keep {in its heart the great deeds the | Blackshirt legions are about to ac- | complish in East Africa.” They also | repeated his demand to them to “march ahead toward your goal.” | The temper of the nation regarding | war is accepted as well summed up in & speech by Carlo Delcroix, president of the War Blinded, who said: “It is not true that war degrades and besmirches humanity. Instead it illumines and exalts it. We all know | ourselves to be better men because of it, even though our hands were stained with blood.” With Italian military action in Ethiopia impending, the official | Gazette today anounced the suppres- sion of commodity exchange markets in 10 cities. Rome Control Seen. The Gazette announced that a royal decree suppressed the commod- ity exchanges of Bologna, Florence, Fiume, Genoa, Milan, Naples, Padua, Turin, Trieste and Venice. The decree said the action was taken because the exchanges “no longer respondde to the needs of the market.” It was move to bring the dealings in me chandise more closely under the con- trol of the government. The necessity of exercising this con- trol with increasing rigidity has re- sulted from the vast exchanges of goods occasioned by preparations for the East African military campaign. PROMOTED BY POPE Msgr. Vagnozzi Auditor of Dele- gation to Washington. CASTEL GANDOLFO, August 19 (#).—Msgr. Egidio Vagnozzi, secretary of the Apostolic delegation to Wash- ington, was promoted today by Pope Pius to the rank of auditor of the delegation. The newly created auditor will sail on the S. S. Rex next Thursday for the United States. The Pope au- thorized him to carry the pontifical blessing to the forthcoming Eucha- ristic Congress in Cleveland. 100 Rescued .in Boat Fire. SKEGNESS, Lincolnshire, England, August 19 (#).—Craft from the shore today rescued more than 100 passen- gers from the pleasure cruiser Eliza- beth Allen when fire broke out on her two miles at sea. Later the fire was extinguished. Readers’ Guide Amusements Cross-word Puzzle 1 Features Washington Wayside_____A-8 nificance for what it may augur for | interpreted as s | 1 NEVER BELIEVED 1 COULD BE SO ¥ SYMPATHETIC "I!ifi‘r 4/ Will Not Be Fixed Although some one has persuaded Congress to authorize $16,000 for en- tertainment for a national encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Re- public here in 1936, the oszanization has not yet decided where it will hold Its next year's meeting And its local department doesn't want the meeting in Washington. In the face of such a perplexing | situation, the old soldiers have ap-| pealed to the District Commissioners | for aid and advice. A conference be- | | tween the District heads and Depart- | | ment Comdr. John M. Kline and Mrs. | K P. McElroy of the Women's Relief | Board has been aranged for 10:30 a.m. ocal Department Feels It Cannot E tertain Old Soldiers, and Anyway Sit Congress Votes G. A. R. $16,000;]’RU]’H UNWANTED For Unwanted D. C. Convention n- e Until September. tomorrow by James G. Yaden, presi- dent of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, who is president of the G. A. R. Memorial Day Association. Yaden told the Commissioners, in his request for an interview, that the | Department of the Potomac knew | nothing of the joint resolution until | after it was passed. and that it does | not feel capable of entertaining the encampment The resolution authorizes an appro- | priation of $15.000 for “public order” | during the encampment, apparently ! assuming the meeting certainly will be held here. “I am reliably informed that the (See G. A. R., Page 3.) CONFEREES N TAX NAKENDPROGRESS 'House and Senate Groupl Will Meet Again This After- noon and Tonight. i BY JOHN C. HENRY. | Three more hours and no more progress was the word given out when | House and Senate conferees on the | | $254,000,000 administration tax bill | disbar.ded at noon today “We have not reached a final de- | cision on any of the major provisions | | of the bll” Senator Harrison, Demo- crat, of Mississippi. and head of the Senate group, said as the conference | broke up. “The same conferees will | meet this afternoon and again to- | night,” he caid, “to take up both tk alcohol control bill and the tax bil Look Belies Description. Although one of the members re- marked that the conferees were just “one big, happy family,” look of some of them belied the scription. Meanwhile, two rumors circulated Ge- | being that the White House is re- maining insistent upon inclusion of a schedule of inheritance taxes in the new bill, and the other that the con- ference report, when and if agreed upon, will be held up until virtually all other items on the latest version of the “must” calendar have been dis- posed of in Senate and House. Fight Seen in Senate. ‘With regard to the first rumor, it is agreed that such insistence would lead to complications in the Senate when the conferees report back to that body. Refusing to include an in- heritance tax section in the bill as they passed it, the Senate is known to contain a powerful faction that would fight this provision if an at- tempt is made to write it in in con- ference. This circumstance, however. in- creases the likelihood of truth in the second rumor, namely, that the tax bill may be saved for the closing piece of business. May Reach Compromise. In that event, a last-minute figh® might succeed in jamming it through in the form desired by the White House, or a makeshift compromise might be reached. Compromises were expected on sev- eral major differences, namely the graduation range of corporation in- come taxes and of excess profits taxes, the starting point for increased (See TAXES, Page 3.) S NEWS ADS INCREASE Advertising Age Reports 4.5 Per Cent Jump Over Last July. CHICAGO, August 19 (#).—News- paper advertising in 84 cities increased 5,488,000 lines, or 4.5 per cent, in July over July. last year, Advertising Age per cent, the magazine said; classified advertising climbed 11.4 per cent; financial advertising, 10.2 per cent, and retail advertising about 3 per sent. Automotive advertising declined 8.8 the glum | about with regards to the bill, one| per cent. PRESIDENT SPURS CONGRESS DRIVE Adjournment Program Is Agreed Upon at White House Conference. (Copyright. 1935. by the Associated Press.) After a conference with President Roosevelt, Democratic leaders in Congress plunged today into a final legislative drive of tremendous scope. Their aim was to obtain action on all or most of an 11-point legushmei program, including compromises on the $250,000,000 tax bill and the util- ities measure, and then adjourn by Saturday night. Measures to Be Pressed. Although the program was consid- ered subject to change as the eleventh- hour situation developed further, authoritative sources stressed these | measures as those on which action will be sought especially: The utilities bill. the tax measure. the Guffey coal stabilization bill, the ban against damage suits against the | Government because of its gold policy. alcohol control, Tennessee Valley Au- thority act amendments, a bill to im- | pose N. R. A ernment, rivers and harbors legisla- tion, the third deficiency bill, the oil | regulation measure to ratify State compacts made at Dallas, railroad re- | organization legislation. After the conference, in which the leaders sat with the President until late last night, Senator Robinson, majority leader in his branch, de- clared he believed “the work of the session will be completed this week.” The leaders did not publicly an-| nounce the 11-point program, and the authoritative sources who disclosed it emphasized that it might be subject to later change, through addition or subtraction. Stand on Utility Bill It was said that during the con- ference the President expressed strong | feeling in favor of the utility bill | clause calling for mandatory abolition | holding companies | of “unnecessary” by 1942. This is the provision which was passed by the Senate and rejected by the House and which has led to a long deadlock in Senate-House con- ference. | Congressional leaders, it was said, informed the President that it would | be impossible to get this pmvuloni through Congress. Whereupon it was | decided that Senator Barkley, Demo- crat, of Kentucky would seek today to get the conferees to agree on a compromise and failing that, Repre- sentative Rayburn, Democrat, of (See CONGRESS, Page 4 FIVE BANDITS SLAIN Chinese Move to Avenge Death of British Journalist. LONDON, August 19 ().—A Reu- ters (British) News Agency dispatch from Peiping today said Chinese gen- darmes killed five bandits to avenge the murder of Gareth Jones, British journalist, found dead near Poachang last Friday. Jones was seized for ransom July 29 near Kalgan, Chahar Province, inner The only in Washington wit Associated evening paper E the Press News and Wirephoto Services. SATURDAY' Cireulation, 'S 114,981 SUNDAY'S Circulation. 128,732 Some Returns Not Yet Received. ¢ Foening Star FH¥P (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. GUFFEY MEASURE PASSES HOUSE BY VOTE OF 194-168 Senate Now to Act on Bill Creating Little N. R. A. in Coal. NEW COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER CODE New Dealers, Much Relieved by Success, Though Action in Up- per Branch Uncertain. ATLOBBY PROBERS By the Associated Press. The House early this afternoon | passed the Guffey bill to establish a “little N. R. A" for the bituminous | coal industry. The vote was 194 ayes, 168 nays and | 2 voting present 1 The New Deal leadership sighed with relief once the count was certain to send the disputed measure to the Senate. ‘Throughout much of the roll call enemies of the legislation had been in the lead but the final count showed them outnumbered by 26. Senate Action Uncertain. What the Senate will do is prob- lematical. Although the President included the measure among those he wanted enact- J ed before adjournment, there has been rough sledding after the tax legisla- tion is concluded Adjournment sentiment is believed by some to be too strong to make it possible to keep both branches in ses- sion. once a good part of the pending matters is cleared up. Under the measure, a new national bituminous coal commission would be set up to administer a wage, hour, Defies Committee, Refuses trade practice and price-fixing code for the soft coal industry. It levies a 15 per cent tax on the | “argue” | warned that he would be cited to the | labor standards on| firms which contract with the Gov- | to Withdraw Charge— | and Doesn’t. BY JAMES E. CHINN. ! Howard C. Hopson. reputed czar of the Associated Gas & Electric Co., | cefied the Senate Lobby Committee today by flatly refusing to withdraw | a statement at the demand of Chair- | man Black. | Earlier the utilities magnate had | been rebuked by Black for trying to with the committee and Senate if he continued such tactics. A contempt citation already has been | served on him for failing to respond | to a Senate subpoena on time, but it has net been pressed. | Hopson shouted his defiance when | the committee undertook to examine | him about his connection with the | Jones Operating & Financial Co. of New York, headed by Edward J. Cheney—a concern which he privately financed with an operating capital of $5.000 and from which he drew out in profits nearly $500,000 in a 13-year period. Asserts Truth Is Not Wanted. Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Washington endeavored to get Hop- son to admit he shielded his identity ! with that company to keep the in- formation away from Associated stock- holders. When the utilities baron attempted to go into a detailed ex- | | planation of his business arrangement | with Cheney and was abruptly halted, he shouted: “All right, you don’t want the whole | | truth.” ! “You will have to withdraw that statement,” demanded Chairman Black. " “I'm not going to withdraw it,” | shouted Hopson. And he didn't. | | Chairman Black. however, warned | | him for the second time that he was | not going to be permitted to start an | | argument. | “You've been accustomed to making speeches at other places,” said Black, | “but you're not going to do it here.” Witness' Smile Gone. The first flare-up came shortly after Hopson took the witness stand after | a brief week end respite from the | questioning of the House and Senate | Lobby Committees. He appeared to be refreshed from the rest, but ob- | | viously was in a more belligerent | tonnage. value of coal at the mine shaft, allow- ing a 90 per cent “drawback” on .hat tax to those producers who abide vy the code. Strikes Twice Forestalled. Sought by President Roosevelt to better conditions in the coal industry, the possibility that it would pass Con- gress has at least twice forestalled strikes in the soft coal fields. It was bitterly opposed by many members, however, on the ground that it was unconstitutional. Those who took that attitude held that coal min- ing was strictly an intrastate opera- tion and that under the N. R. A.- | Schechter case decision the Federal | Government had no control over operations which did not cross State lines. Amendments Thwarted. House consideration of the bill was completed Saturday. Supporters were able to muster strength to beat off a flood of amendments. This show of power encouraged them to forecast eventual victory by at least 25 votes. | A high Republican has said privately the Senate also would approve the bill. One amendment was adopted Satur- day, which some members viewed as a possible point of controversy. Of- fered by Representative Griswold, Democrat, of Indiana, it was designed to give small mine operators a larger voice in the affairs of the 23 district board which will administer the codes Selection of Boards. Originally the bill would have let district boards be selected by opera- tors within a district on the basis of Griswold contended _this (See GUFFEY, Page 3.) i SENATE PROPOSES ARLINGTON BURIAL Rogers-Post Resolution Provides Hero Honors If Families Agree. By the Associated Press. Burial of Will Rogers and Wiley Post in Arlington National Cemetery here, burial ground of the Nation's ood than any time since the twa | heroes, would be permitted under a 'tr;mmllleun s:;’md to question him | Tesolution adopted today by the Sen- about his activities in connection with | & the campaign against the Wheeler-| Offered by Senator McAdoo, Dem- f i ocrat, of California, a friend of e o o I e the semliition, woulA faikiice™ e s h;fp:"m s | ize the Secretary of War to allow i i ack as ques- | Y ‘?:‘;:ng];:h‘?h::;‘m:;mtl&ly :bout | burial at Arlington in event families e e e advertising | Of the airplane crash victims wished and publicity campaign against the "'At R bill. = Finally, Chairman Black, obviously | CUrTed in & minor House amendment angerediby) HopR s StHEIde, NaIed | anas hill anthorhing puichase hy him if he made any further attempts | 1 : - o to argue with the committee he would | the Federal Government for $25, be cited to the Senmie: {for the Post 'round-the-world plane, Miami Telegrams Recalled. iwinnie Mae, for p!ncemen! in the Smithsonian Institution. Chairman Black read into the record | and questioned Hopson about a score | or more telegrams he shot out of Miami, Fla, while he was there in the Spring to various officials of the company, directing the campaign against the bill. He also was ques- | tioned about his protests to news- | | papers and press associations about | certain stories which originated in | ‘Washington about the utilities bill. | Hopson also admitted that part of | the company’s campaign against the bill was aimed to appeal to the pub- lic's emotion by calling attention to the “injuries” the law would inflict | on widows and orphans. | Hopson said also that the Associated | had adopted a policy of sending con- | gratulatory telegrams to members of | (See LOBBY, Page 5. Wedding 107-Year-0ld Record. LOUDOYN, N. H., August 19 (#).— The first wedding in 107 years in the village church here took place today. Founded in 1828 the Loudon Village Congregational Church has never had a marriage ceremony performed within its doors, according to town records and the oldest residents. ‘The couple married today were Miss Jean Elizabeth Flagg of Loudon and Mongolia. [d Albert Hardy of Boscawen, a nearby village. ~ 4 The McAdoo resolution has yet to be approved by the House. KILLED BY FLAMES Man Burns to Death as Summer Cottages Are Destroyed. NILES, Mich.,, August 19 (P).— Henry L. Heckell of New Orleans was burned to death and six other persons narrowly escaped a similar fate when fire destroyed two Summer cottages at Barron Lake here early today. Robert Alvaredo, also of New Or- leans, was burned about the face in a futile effort to rescue Heckell. John Bye, Anderson, Ill, and Wayne D. Fawley, Fort Wayne, Ind., were un- hurt. 19 DIE OF POISONING ‘TREBIZOND, Turkey, August 19 (#).—Nineteen persons died and two were taken to a hospital suffering food poisoning following a gay picnic party yesterday. ‘The victims, eight women, six chil- dren and five men, were believed to have been poisoned because the food for the picnic was cooked I un- sanitary utensils, fa