Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1936, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow generally fair and continued warm. Tem- peratures—Highest, 93, at 4:30 p.m. yes- terday; lowest, 71, at 5:45 a.m. today. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press News and Wirephoto Services. Full report on page A-12. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 130,945 (Some returns not yet received.) TWO CENTS. A.F.L HINTS MOVE ¢ Foening Star b WASHINGTON, D. C, STATE LAWMAKER Closing New York Markets, i’qe 20 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Mercury at 100 for First Time (P) Means Asso No. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936.—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. ##%% SCATTERED RAINS 33,672. YES AUNTIE, | THOUGHT IT | LOOKED BETTER NOT To HOLD . FAIL TO RELIEVE DROUGHT AREA AS " HEAT WAVE GROWS Death Toll Reaches 168 as Forecasters Say No Gen- eral Break Is Expected in Swelter Belt. SHOWERS PREDICTED IN LOCALIZED SECTIONS Rainfall Causes Drop in Grain Price—Roosevelt Calls Relief | Aides to Parley Tomorrow. Damage Estimates Rise Above Three-Billion-Dollar Mark. By tne Assoctated Press. Scattered rains brought temporary relief today to a few sections in the Nation blanketed by stifling heat. but | no general break was forecast in the | torrid weather. Deaths reached at least 168, and | blazing destruction continued to mow | crops in the fertile fields of the| Middle West. Misery, want and de- epair grew in the agricultural regions. | President Roosevelt’s last review of relief arrangements prior to his vacation was delayed today until to- morrow by a round of conferences on a variety of others subjects. The Chief Executive arranged to study the program tomorrow in a conference with Rexford G. Tugwell, resettlement administrator and Aubrey ‘Williams, assistant relief adminis- trator. Spreading East, the heat wave in- volved about half of the Nation, and temperatures in three figures were in prospect for most States from mid- continent to the eastern seaboard. Since 1934 as Two Die of Heat - All-Time Record for -Capital Threatened This A fternoqn. Reaching the 100-degree mark for | the first time in two years, the mer- | 4,ceq by he heat. A niece and sister, Temperatures cury this afternoon threatened to equal or eclipse all-time high records | for the Capital after a scorching sun both of Boston, survive. Reid, who lived at 421 Third street northeast, was stricken while at work. [Pan-American and Imperial hndmkt:lled :::npemns aod prostrated | po was dead on arrival at Casualty AS_INMY. OUNeTS. Hospital, his death apparently being The last “century” registered here cauged by a heart ailment aggravated was on July 21, 1934. The record— | by the heat. 106—was set in August, 1918, and | “nreangniie, one of the other vic- reached again in July, 1930. tims—Isabelle Taylor, 19, of 1722 Rising steadily since 7 o'clock this| Nory Carolina avenue southeast— morning, the temperature achieved | y.¢ reported in a serious condition at the 100 mark at 2 p.m., several hours Casualty with head injuries received before the day's “high” was expected. | when she fell to the floor of the Jaws dropred and eyes popped IN| ticket Iobby at Union Station after Baltimore when, as the thermometer| peing overcome. Physicians said her read 100 at 1 p.m, a snow plow Was iyl may be fractured. seen trundling down a main street. It| The third person overcome was ! was headed for a repair shop. Webster Bruel, 47, a laborer, of 1408 Weather Bureau officials foresaw | pAlabama avenue southeast. He was | no relief before Sunday, but were|yeated at Gallinger Hospital after | unable to make long-range predic- | peing stricken while working on Nay- tions in advance of then. [ lor road southeast. The first two heat victims of the| retired Post Office auditor, and George | reached its climax at 4:30 p.m. The Reid, 54, colored dishwasher at the “high” at that time was 93.4 degrees, Congressional Library cafeteria. | about three degrees shy of this year’s Mr. McCarthy, who lived at 3834 ' previous record, which occurred June 3. Garrison street, was stricken as he | Starting from 67 at 6 am yester- walked near the Congressional Li- day, the temperature rose steadily brary. He died shortly after midnight | during the afternoon and held to the in Casualty Hospital. Death was said ' low 90's until nearly sundown. This to be due to a heart attack superin- | morning’s low was 71 at 5 o'clock. AIRUNETOLINK FRENCH SOLDIERS U S ANDBRITAIN 70 OUST STRIKERS Order to Use Force Prom- ised as “Folded-Arms” Trouble Grows. | BACKGROUND— Reach Accord—To Fly Mail and Passengers. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. | The prostrations occurred as the | year were George H. McCarthy, 74.|mercury began a 26-degree rise that | KILLED IN CHICAGO; GANGLANDBLAMED Legalized Betting Advocate Shot in Auto After Wild Chase. PROBE INTO GAMBLING ORDERED BY POLICE Undérworld Retaliation Seen in Slaying—Pursuers Flee After Firing Gunshot. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 9.—State Repre- sentative John M. Bolton was assassi- nated early today in typical gangllnd! | style—a shotgun blast ripped through his head after he failed to distance pursuers in a mile-a-minute automo- bile chase through West Side streets. Officials, admittedly at loss for a | definite motive, pondered a theory his efforts to legalize handbook betting here had brought swift underworld re- taliation, and began a new investiga- tion into Chicago gambling. Representative from the second Chicago district since 1930 and re- nominated in the April primary elec- tion, Bolton died at the wheel of his car, wrecked when it careened into a firing the fatal charge at close quarters. The 29-year-old self-made politician, who rose to the State House after an early carcer marked by association with West Side beer runners, didn't have a chance. | Work in Gang Style. trolley post, as his killers fled after | S0 MANY BIG JOBS! JIM, DEAR,, WHO'D VE THOUGHT OF THAT BUT Yau' Resignation of Philip- pines Post Is Held The killers, whose number was un- determined, worked in the style made familiar in the gang days of prohibi- tion, as they made the relentless, careening pursuit that resulted in the one outburst of gunfire—and death. The scene of the shooting, Harrison An agreement between the Pan- American Airways and Imperial Air- | street at Washington avenue, is about | three and one-half miles west of the | | Loop. At the intersection is a small | | Defying radical leftists who would have put the brakes on Few Areas Drenched. ways, leading British air company, Rain fell spasmodically, dampening | has been reached for the organization parts of North Dakota, Minnesota, | 0f an American-British trans-Atlantic “folded arms” strikes throughout industrial France, leftists followed | up their election victories by para- | Towa, Illiois and Indiana, while | airline to carry passengers and mail some few localized areas were | between Europe and the United States. | drenched by downpours. | Details of the agreement have not | Among the latter were Effingham, been worked out definitely, but an | Ill., with 2.42 inches of rain; Devils | official announcement is expected this Lake, N. Dak., freak weather spot of | month. | the Nation, with 1.48 inches, and Kan- | Negotiations between the two lead- kakee, IIl, with 0.58 of an inch. ing airlines in Great Britain and the | Local showers were forecast for ! ynited States have been proceeding | North Dakota and Northern Minneso- | for the last six months. Col. Charles | ta, Northwestern Wisconsin and upper | Lindbergh, who has made England | Michigan tonight or tomorrow. | his residence, has been chiefly instru- Showers were indicated for this af- mental in ironing -out the difficulties ternoon or tonight in Northérn In-| which existed for the establishment | diana, Northeastern Illinois, part of of this new means of trans-Atlantic | lower Michigan and Southeastern Wis- | transport. ! consin. i tate and Commerce Depart- Grain traders in Chicago took quick | m;!;l:: iawash;ington have bee‘x’l in note of the rainfall. Torn fell more | touch with the negotiations and have | than three_ cents a bushel at the open- | tagen a hand in facilitating this | ing in Chicago, while wheat dropped | agreement. | AR, . ” Whether other European nations Records Fall in New England. | wi|| be allowed a share in this agree- | New England. enveloped by the | ment is uncertain. The United States ;pretadmg }:aemlé sa:‘ ‘165':};“‘1' x"e;ord Government is not.opposed to the vavi v elect s o i which eaused an estimated 100,000 | Carviclpation of the French and the : ’ | German air interests, but it appears damage from fires started by light-| thay the British government intends DIg: | to keep the trans-Atlantic airways an Some cooler weather in & few States | ezcjusive British-American proposi- lyzing the arteries of manufacture and commerce. They did this by the novel expedient of occupying plants, but refnsed to work or let others work. Premier Blum, a politician true to his constituents, has refused to use force to clear factories, manned but idle. €y the Assoctated Press. PARIS, July 9—An armed force will be used “with care’ to oust| French strikers who refuse appeals to | evacuate business places, Minister of | the Interior Roger Salengro said to- dav. His declaration was made to & Socialist delegation from the Chamber | of Deputies, and followed the out- | break of fresh “folded arm™ strikes in | Paris and the provinces. The strikers will be asked to leave | the factories by the mayor, then by a labor union delegate and fnally by | the local member of FParliament, Salengro asserted. If these three ap- peals fail, the government will resort to force, he declared. | bloc author of a bill at the last neighborhood business district. The neighborhood is mainly residential, and about a mile west of the “bloody | twentieth” ward, part of which is in- | | cluded in Bolton's legislative district. | | Leader of Chicago Bloc. Bolton was a leader of the Chicago in the State Legislature ang session | which would have enabled the city to | license handbook betting. | The bill was approved by both Houses, but was stopped short of en- actment by Gov. Henry Horner's veto. Many operators of so-called wild- cat handbooks were reported to have feared the law, in the belief that lim- itation of the number of licenses is- | sued would have resulted in a “freeze- out” of their business. | in Abeyance. Py the Associated Press Frank Murphy submitted his resig- nation as high commissioner to the Philipine Islands today in a letter to President Roosevelt saying he had de- cided to be a candidate for Governor of Michigan. The President, in a letter of reply. said he would hold Murphy's resigna- tion in atevance with the understand- ing that he would have a leave of ab- sence of two months without pay be- ginning September 5. This would leave final action on tha resignation until after the November election and permit Murphy to resume his Philippine post if he should not be chosen Governor. The former Detroit mayor submitted his resignation in a personally de- livered letter to the President an- nouncing his plan to run for Governor in accordance with the wishes of ‘Prcsldent Roosevelt’s campaign man- | agers. Murphy told the President he had decided to make himself available for the Democratic gubernatorial \. PUSTMASTER RENERALSHIP ‘Murphy Gets Leave to Enter Michigan Gubernatorial Race 3 PRESIDENT AGREES 10 FIX BOUNDARY Will Serve as Umpire in Border Arbitration by Peru and Ecuador. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Roosevelt formally agreed today to serve as arbitrator in the long-standing dispute between Peru and Ecuador. The President accepted this office during a call by Ambassador Manuel de Freyre Santander of Peru and Min- | ister Colon Eloy Alfaro of Ecuador. Shown leaving the White House after announcing his resignation, ~—A. P. Photo. | arce of the old leadership and the success of the Democratic patty in the coming State and national elections are of first importance to the people | (8ee MURPHY, Page 3. ‘They were accompanied to the White House by Sumner Welles, Assistant Secretary of State. In assuming the responsibility for this arbitration, Mr. Roosevelt is com- plying with an agreement made in bruary, 1934. that in the event Peru and Ecuador could not come to terms over the boundary, they should bring the matter to him for his arbitral de- cision. The President has been advised that the countries have reached agreement on all but two or three points. The State Department believes also that these disputes will be easily settled by the peaceful means proposed. This Bolton's brother, Joseph (Red) Bol- | nomination, “believing that continu-' | is particularly gratifying to the Pres- ner. There were three other brothers, | including James, who died several | vears ago; Robert and William, The killing was witnessed by Harry Blanford, 42, who was riding in his car when Bolton's automobile roared past, followed by one in which, Blanford said, “several men leaned out, firing guns.” “I stopped my car, fearing we would | be struck by some of the hullets,” the B S TONANT FARMERS GALL OFF STRIKE | policy in the interests of peace, and because a peaceful solution at this |tlmc would do much to insure the | success of BUFFALD EDITOR PUBLICITY CHIEF the forthcoming Inter- American Peace Conference. The first session of the armitration negotiations will be held at the White House September 30. In announcing it, President Roosevelt made the fol- lowing explanatory statement: “On February 6, 1934, I consented to | ident because of his friendly neighbor | TOWARD TRUCE IN FACTIONAL STRIFE Executive Council Desirous of “Healing Breach,” Green Asserts. LEWIS AGAIN ASSURES PRESIDENT OF SUPPORT Calls at White House as His U, M. W. Group Ignores Labor Meeting. BACKGROUND— For years organized labor has been divided on issue of indus- trial vs. craft unionization. William Green and balance of power in A. F. of L. have favored latter; most powerful of advocates of former have been John L. Lewis and United Mine Workers. Last Fail, on heels of convention fight over issue, Lewis led forma=- tion of Committee for Industrial Organization. Recentiy committee announced drive to organize em- ployes of steel industry. Green then ordered C. I. O. rep= . resentatives to explain actions be- fore federation’s Exzecutive Council this week. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Prospects of a reconciliation—or at least postponement of the threatened sharp cleavage—between the factions of the American Federation of Labor ppeared today for the first time as iam Green, president of the A. F. of L., announced that the Executive Council “is maintaining an open mind and is desirous of healing the breach which nas already developed in the federation, if such is humanly pos- sible.” At the same time. John L. Lewfs, chairman of the Committee for In- dustrial Organization, cemented the good relations between his faction and the administration by calling on Prese ident Roosevelt to assure the latter of a ‘“great mass movement among laboring men throughout the country for his re-election.” Green’s pronouncement followed ad- journment of the morning session of the council, at which time Lewis and his United Mine Workers “defaulted” by failing to appear to explain their connection with the C. I. O. Coming from the White House con- i ference, Lewis insisted he had not dis- | cussed the factional split in the labor { ranks, but had reported to the Chief | Executive that the work of the Labor | Non-Partisan League on behalf of his | re-election “is perfectly amazing.” | Cites Support of President. | “It is well known,” Lewis said upon | leaving the conference, “that I per- sonally, and the organizations I am icentified with, are behind the Presi- dent in his campaign for re-election and that we have pledged our resources and influence in his behalf.” Green's somewhat conciliatory statement on the factional fight was prefaced by the explanation that the council will meet twice daily until well into next week and that no ex- pression of the council’s opinion on the dispute will be made until the ap- | Large Plants Occupied. Sharecroppers Claim Vic- A. H. Kirchhofer Named by serve as arbitrator in the boundary was seen by J. R. Lloyd, forecaster at | tion. witness related. the Chicago weather station, but he| warned that tomorrow would find all the affected area back in the near- record column. | Adrian, Mich., started early toward | & new heat mark with a reading of | 105.5 degrees at midmorning. Reports from New York State indi- | cated new heat records would be set, while Connecticut, New Jersey and | Michigan foresaw continued high | marks. | No appreciable beneficial effect was | seen for the drought belt. South Da- | kota’s only rain was a trace at Rapid | City. Light sprinkles at North Platte end David City constituted Nebraska's | rainfall, and it had no effect on| drought conditions. Chicago had only light showers, with less than a tenth of an inch of rain, (See DROUGHT, Pagi WILLIAM A. PETTIS SUICIDE BY HANGING Tile Contractor Takes Own Life| Before Going to Institution for Nerve Disorder. William Alexander Pettis, 63, a tile contractor and native of the District, hanged himself early today in the basement of his home, 3308 Reservoir road, shortly before he was to have gone to an institution to be treated for a nervous disorder. Mrs. Pettis missed her husband about 4 o'clock this morning. She found him suspended from a sash cord looped about his neck. Mrs. Pettis freed him and called Dr. Matthew Donohoe. The fire rescue squad also was summoned, but efforts to revive Pettis were futile. Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald, Dis- trict coroner, issued a certificate of suicide. In addition to his wife, Pettis is survived by a son. U. S. INQUIRY ASKED Probe of Black Legion Is Urged by International Labor Defense. NEW YORK, July 9 (#).—The In- ternational Labor Defense disclosed today that it has petitioned United States Attorney General Homer S. Cummings to order a Department of Justice investigation into terroristic activities of the Black Legion. ‘The International Labor Defense, in 2 letter to Cummings, contended that the Government could prosecute under Federal statutes against night riding, kidnaping, threatening communica- tions, flight from the State to avoid prosecution for a felony, interference ‘with the Federal Relief Administra- tion, and fraudulently obtaining Fed- eral aid. | been mentioned as the terminus in | Europe for the new line. While the operation of the airliners | will be in the hands of the two private | companies, the governments are in- | terested inasmuch as they have the | power of granting mail transport priv- “ ileges and subsidies to the companies to aid in successful operation of their liners. Portsmouth, one of the most im- portant military posts in England, has | BAN ON PHOTOGRAPHERS | AT MILL IS REPORTED | Pair Forbidden to Take Pictures at Pennsylvania Steel Plant, They Assert. By the Asscciatea Press. ‘Three large plants were occupied at | Strasbourg when the employers tried | to cut down working time because oII reduced business and ordered the dis- | charge of several workers. The man- | agements immediately asked the gov- ernment to force evacuation. | In Paris leather workers and In | Pantin a small group of butchers oc- cupied their shops. New strikes were also reported in Bischwiller. In most cases the employers immediately asked the authorities to compel the work- ers to surrender their positions. Besides the new strikes, the occupa- tion of the naval shipyards by 10,000 workers at St. Nazaire continued un- broken. The employers evacuated before arbitration was begun. The workers refused to accept those terms. Blum Calls Cabinet. In the capital, Premier Leon Blum called his cabinet into session for to- morrow to decide how to keep the gov- McKEESPORT, Pa, July 9.—Paul Peters and Alfred Eisenstadt, who identified themselves as a reporter and photographer for the magazines For- tune and Time, New York, said today they were forbidden to take pictures of workers leaving a steel mill under a | city ordinance prohibiting “the solicit- ing and canvassing of photographs without a permit.” Police Chief Whelan of McKeesport said the two were “attracting a crowd and we'd had complaints.” He did not | identify the complainants. | Peters said they were taking pictures of workers leaving the National Tube Co., a subsidiary of the United States Steel Corp., when taken to police head- quarters for questioning. | | (See FRENCH, Page 4. SEWANNA UPS ANCHOR Presidential Schooner Goes On After Night Spent in Harbor. TENANTS HARBOR, Me., July 9 (#).—The presidential-leased schooner Sewanna was en route to Rockland today after spending the night in this picturesque Maine harbor. With three sons of President Roose- velt aboard, the 56-foot schooner an- chored here late last night after a leisurely sail up the Maine coast. The party remained aboard overnight. Dionne Son Is Born on Farm Made Famous by Quintuplets Py the Associated Press. CALLANDER, Ontario, July 9.—A son was born today to Mrs. Olivia Dionne, mother of the quintuplets. Dr. J. E. I Joyal officiated. He was assisted by Mike Charette, a nurse of Callander. Both Mrs. Dionne and the boy were described by Dr. Joyal as in “excep- tionally good condition.” As in the case of the quintuplets, now housed in their ultra-modern pri- vate hospital, the newest Dionne baby was born in the farm house. The birth of quintuplets to obscure Oliva and Elzire Dionne May 28, 1934, in an old farm house near Callander, Ontario, catapulted them into world attention. Said the father, “I'm the kind of & fellow they should put in jail.” Five new daughters were to him five additional mouths to feed and Oliva Dionne worried about the hard work of the farm and the mortgage on the old homestead. , ~ Almost ignored was Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, an unknown country doctor, who had as his task what few men in medical history have faced. The chances they would be born at all were 4,500,000 to 1. The chances they would live were not calculable. Drop by drop, he fed them a mix- ture of corn sirup and milk and water. Ounce by ounce, they gained weight and added strength. Only by chance did the world know immediately of the biological miracle. The grandfather slyly asked the editor of the Callander newspaper whether he would have to pay five times the regular rate for a birth an- nouncement. The editor gasped. Within minutes the world received the first of millions of words in stories about the quin- tuplets. Names presented a dilemma. All were called Marie. But they were “Just then the car being shot at crashed into a trolley | pole.” Gun Pushed Near Door. Police said an examination of Bol- ton's automobile indicated the killers | had thrust the muzzle of the shotgun almost through a front door window, which bore powder marks. Several bullet holes were found in the rear of the car. Bolton, married and the foster father of two children, was a lifelong resident of the district he represented. His wife, Marie; the two children and his mother, Mrs. Michael Bolton, were at a Summer home at Bass Lake, Ind. Chief of Detectives Walter Storms declined to say whetner he linked the (See KILLING, Page 3.) o CADMAN IN RELAPSE; HOPE IS ABANDONED Radio ' Clergyman “Unconscious Most of Time and Much Weaker.” By the Asscciated Press. PLATTSBURGH, N. Y., July 9.— Dr. 8. Parkes Cadman, internationally known radio preacher, lapsed into unconsciousness and delirium today. Dr. Cadman is ill of peritonitis and a ruptured appendix in Champlain Valley Hospital here. Dr. Lyman G. Barton, jr., attend- ing surgeon, said the famous clergy- man is “unconscious most of the time, delirious and much weaker.” “We have practically abandoned hope now.” Dr. Barton said that a transfusion for which the noted Brooklyn clergy- man’s daughter, Marie, gave her blood, was “merely of temporary benefit.” RESEARCH CENTERS GOAL OF MME. JOLIOT-CURIE Forms Committee to Aid Foreign Scientists as First Official Act. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 9.—Mme. Irene Joliot- Curie, taking her first official action as undersecretary of state for scientific research, today formed a committee to provide facilities for foreign scientists to pursue researches in France. She announced she would ask special appropriation to finance well-equipped research centers. “The time is past,” said the daughter of the discoverers of radium, “when great discoveries could be made with rudimentary equipment by scientists who built their apparatus with their own hands and made all calculations tory, but Employers Deny They Accomplished Aim. By the Asscciated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., July “general strike” among tenant farm- ers, sharecroppers and day laborers in East Arkansas was ended today by declaration of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union. H. L. Itchell, secretary of the union, said the strike had been successful in forcing “higher wages for thousands 9.—The | dispute between the Republic of Ecua- | dor and the Republic of Peru in ac- | cordance with the terms of the Ponce- Huntley, | Castro Oyangueren protocol concluded between those two countries in 1924, BY WILL P. KENNEDY. | which provided that if the two govern- Alfred H. Kirchhofer, for the past ments were unable to fix a definite line nine years managing editor of the through direct negotiation, the zone Buffalo Evening News, has bcen se- . | Jected by John Hamilton, manager of | Should be submitted to the arbitral de- the Landon-Knox campaign and |cision of the President of the United | chairman of the Republican National | States. } Committee, to be director of publicity | “I have been particularly glad to re- | for the Republican organization, ac- | ceive today the visit of the Ambassa- cording to a personal telegram received | dor of Peru and of the Minister of Hamilton to Replace | upon which they could not agree | pointed time has passed for each C. I. O. union to appear. “The council wishes to avoid dis- cord.” he said, “and not until the last straw has been removed and the last opportunity gone for a settlement will | the council act. Any other course | would be unfair and premature.” Green, who visited the White House vesterday afternoon, declined to admit today that he had discussed the fac- tional isssue with the President. It is believed, however, that the President may have urged the two labor leaders i to shelve their differences for the of day laborers,” and in demonstrating | from tme Chicago headquarters last | Ecuador, who have officially advised time being. A permanent break be- “that Negro and white workers in the ;night. He has accepted the position K me that the nature of the arbitration tween them might split the labor vote cotton fields have become aware of | o/ win' i cceed Theodore A. Huntley, | has now been agreed upon by the two | in November. as well as reduce effec- to get together and fight for them.” Farmers Deny Statement. Farmers and officers in Cross, Crit- which the strike was called, insisted the strike has never been effective, that labor has been plentiful at 75 cents a day and that the calling off of the strike was “just another publicity gag.” The strike reached a climax a few weeks ago when Miss Willie Sue Blagden, Memphis social worker, and Rev. Claude Williams of Little Rock charged they were flogged by a band of men near Earle, Ark. They went there seeking proof of the reported death from a “beating” of Frank Weems, 40, colored share- cropper. Says Weems is Alive. Sheriff Howard Curlin has declared Weems is still alive and that he will produce him soon. *‘Over a wide area,” said the state- ment of the union's Executive Coun- cil, “we won an average wage of $1 a day for day labor. In some coun- ties we woa $1.25 for a 10-hour day. For the first time in the history of the union, a number of union con- tracts were signed with smaller land- owners.” A conference of union attorneys was held here recently to discuss possible action with reference to the alleged floggings, but attorneys declined to say how they would proceed unless through civil suits. Sheriff Curlin invited the alleged victims to lay their charges before him, but this was never done. Report Is Awaited. Sam Whitaker, a special assistant to the United States Attorney General, took statements from Miss Blagden and Williams. His formal report is awaited. Mitchell claims the “new scale of pay in most cases represents increases of 25 per cent,” and demonstrates “to the most exploited of all workers that their salvation lies in their own united effort.” He added that the strikers “refused to resort to violence to protect them- selves against the violence of the planters and their political aides.” “The strike,” said the announce- ment, “is only the beginning of the struggle of the disinherited to come (See DIONNES, Page ‘.; : connected with their afihflnfi-" (Bee amnlcmfl’T Page 3, | their common interests and are Willing | woy_known Washington newspaper | 8overnments through a further proto- | man who has been serving the Re- | ol signed on July 6 last, which also publican National Committee for provides that the delegations of the several months. respective countries will commence tenden and St. Francis Counties, in | In seeking to fill this important posi- | tion for the coming campaigan the Re- the field and sought advice from many | prominet in newspaper and other pub- | licity fields, including Col. Frank Knox, vice presidential nominee, who is a veteran newspaper man and publisher. The idea of having an editorial and | publican organization has canvassed | | their final negotiations in Washington on September 30, next. “This decision of these two great | republics to hasten the peaceful ad- judication of the long-continuing con- | tiveness of the present organizing campaign in the steel industry. Textile Workers Called. The United Textile Workers were called for this afternoon's session of the council, but. like the U. M. W, had informed the council they would | not appear. Current sessions of the council be- | troversy will be regarded as a motive | gan vesterday aftcrnoon with & two- | for encouragement and gratitude bY | our'meeting which failed to reach the | 2 | dispute now threatening the whole | the success of the deliberations of the | labor movement. Principal business | public relations council headed by & |5)" aAmerican republics at the ap- ipromi‘lent advertising man was se- riously considered. Already Well Known. Kirchhofer is already well known in national politics, and has been an active leader for years in conferences of editors and publishers. He was a | Washington correspondent for the Buffalo Evening News for six years— 1921 to 1927, and during the Hoover campaign in 1928 was associate direc- tor of publicity, with William Allen (See EDITOR, Page 4.) i proaching Inter-American Peace Con- ference.” . Fire Destroys Armory. OLATHE, Kans, July 9 (#).—The | National Guard Armory, including four cannon, seven trucks and 5,000 rounds | of ammunition, was destroyed today by | a $336,000 fire that also razed the post office and two stores. Firemen en- countered little danger from the ex- ploding ammunition, as the bullets were caught by walls. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 9.—Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, American Minister to Denmark and daughter of the late ‘William Jennings Bryan, welcomed to America today tall, blue-eyed Danish Capt. Boerge Rohde, whom she will shortly marry. “Neither the time nor the place of our marriage have definitely been set- tled upon,” Mrs. Owen said. “Every- thing depends on the plans of people whom we want to be present, and until we communicate with these people and discuss the matter we won't know.” Capt. Rohde, who is a member of the Life Guards of King Christian the Tenth of Denmark—Mrs. Owen said he is really a “gentleman in waiting”—arrived in New York on the Swedish American liner Drottning- holm. He boarded a smail white cabin cruiser. at Quarantine and was husried away over the sunlit waters Fiance Welcomed to America By Minister Ruth Bryan Owen to the East River, thence down Long Island Sound to the Sands Point es- tate of Mrs. Owen'’s son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leh- man, with whom she was been staying. Mrs. Owen herself had gone down the bay on the cruiser to meet her fiance. They walked down the long white pier to the estate together, the cap- tain wearing a gray suit, gray hat and gray tie, Mrs. Owen clad in & black and white print dress, a green felt hat and black pumps. The cap- tain jauntily swung a walking stick. They posed together for photo- graphs, smiling and occasionally talk- ing to each other in Danish. The place of the wedding, Mrs. Owen said, mattered little to her. “It's easy to fly from one place to another,” she said. Fannje Hurst, the novelist, and Mrs. (See OWEN, Page 4.) | transacted was a council vote to grant | a charter to the American Newspaper Guild, contingent upon a conference between Green and represeatatives of (See STEEL, Page 4.) TWO ARE BEHEADED | TRIER, Germany, July 9 (#).—Two | persons were beheaded today and ons | was sentenced to life imprisonment | on murder charges. Apollonia Schu, 51, was executed for the killing of the three illegitimate children of her daughter Anna. The death sentence pronounced on the daughter, who is 25, was com- muted to life imprisonment. Josef Breuer, 19, was beheaded after con- viction on a charge of murdering and robbing his grandmother. Readers’ Guide Answers to Questions Death Notices Editorial Financial -A-18-19-20-21 Lost and Found News Comment Features A-11 Radio Serial Story Short Story Sports ____ Washington Wayside Woman’s Page