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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, FIGHTTO SUSPEND NEW YORK OPENS A—2 & D. -0, BRITAIN T0 PUSH JULY 12, 1936—PART ONE. PRESIDENT SEES PLANS FOR FLEET “Virtually” New Navy, Air Force Equal to Any to Be Developed. BACKGROUND— Within past few years Germany has built up army and naty to eflective fighting level; Russia has ceveloped land and air forces be- lieved seccnd to mome: Italy has squeezed every ounce of effort and finances into perfecting war ma- chine; Japan has been under con- ‘trol of militarists who have pushed army and navy to parity with any possible opponent; France + has ringed herself with underground Jortifications and kept army at top strength. Europe’s five major powers have more than 4,000,000 men under arms and 16,000,000 reserves are ready for any contingency. By Kadlo to The 8tar LONDON, July 1.—Sir Samuel Hoare, first lord of the admiraity, an- nounced today that Great Britain is to have “virtually a new fleet, strong encugh to go anywhere and carry out its duties in any conditions.” “This is a matter of life and death | to us” he said, because if the sea communications of the British Isles were cut off, “within six weeks we should be dead of starvation.” Hoare admitted the air-power threat | of the European Continent had turned | England, “once the most secure island orld, into the most vulnerable in Europe.” He outlined in a I speech at Southampton a building program by which Britain hopes to, produce an air force equal to any in| + Europe and a navy far superior to any | but the American. | “If our sea communications are cut,” . he said. “we have a supply of raw ma- | terials that will last our industries for | three months, but that supply would be more than we should need. for | within six wecks we should be dead of | starvation.” “Long Delay” Is Cited. “This is the overwhelming reason that makes reconstruction of our fleet . so vitally important. We have de- - layed so long in its rebuilding that we . are faced with the problem of build- ‘ ing what virtually amounts to a new | fleet, That this fleet should be built | upon the right lines is a matter of! life and death to us. | “As our life depends upon free pas-| sage through the Seven Seas of the world, our fleet must be strong enough “ to go anywhere and carry out its duties in any conditions mination to have such a fleet and to build it with the least possible delay.” Discussing the air menace, Hoare, | who was himself air minister for seven ! years, said: “The formidable fact about air power is that it has made what was once the most secure island in the world into the most vulnerable ‘society in Europe, Here, within a few | give the pup a shower. It is our deter-'* Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. PUP. MONGREL puppy, an orphaned mite, has found himself a cooler spot for the current heat wave than have most of his thoroughbred brothers. At the foot of a water cooler in a Fourteenth street filling station the smart little rascal lies all day long. Because he knows, perfectly well, that every one who has a drink from the ice-filled tank always stops a moment, smiles, then draws a little more water and splashes it down on the drowsing | little ball of fur. And the little ball of fur loves it. Just ask the filling station proprietor. And while you're at it ask him if any one has failed to stop a moment to “If anybody's missed yet I ain't seen 'em,” he'll tell you. * % ox & IMPOSSIBLE! An observant wife, it seems, al- ways has something to talk to her husband about, even at the end of a day spent doing nothing in order to escape the heat. “What's new?” asked a husband wha came home to that kind of wifc the other hot twilight. “Not much, except the Good Humor man was out of sorts to- day,” she replied. * % % % COOKS. IF‘ YOU lived in Chevy Chase, Md., and wondered what those children were finding so interesting out on the hot sidewalk Friday afternoon, we can tell you. . They were experimenting at just what moment it became hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Interesting, too, was the fact that it never did get quite hot enough. “The best we could get was a sort of frizzling around the edge of the egg.” the spokesman who called us up F YOU would know your Washing- ton thoroughly, follow C. A. Lind- strom, Department of Agriculture movie executive. Mr. Lindstrom is a man with & theory about life. It goes to the C. 1.0 UNIONS SET A. F. L. Council Ruling Is Weapon of Council Bloc Tuesday. BACKGROUND— Organized labor has embraced two main schools of thought in recent years, those of crajt union- ism and industrial unionism. Staunchest leader of latter theory has been John L. Lewis, president of United Mine Workers, while William Green, president of A. F. of L., has served as leader of craft unionists. Last Fall, Lewis led formation of © faction favoring industrial theory and group later announced intention of opening drive for or- ganization of steel industry om these lines. A. F. of L. committee recommended dissolution of Lewis organization and representatives of latter were summoned to answer charges of fostering dual unionism. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Armed with a legal opinion prepared by counsel of the American Federation of Labor to the effect that its Execu- tive Council possesses authority to sus- pend member unions without a man- date from full convention, a militant | bloc of members of the council is pre- pared to wage a knockdown fight Tues- day in favor of suspension of the 12 unions affiliated with the Committee | for Industrial Organization. Watching the pending battle royal of capital in general and the steel in- |dustry in particular, not at all dis- pleased at the prospect of the organ- ized labor movement in America being lsplu formally and conclusively. Watching with almost equal interest | are leaders of the two major political parties, those on the Democratic side ganization will mean a =plit in labor's vote, thing. C. I. 0. Refusal Debated. During five sessions in the past week, | the council debated the deflant re- fusal of the C. I. O. unions to send representatives to explain their fail- ure to dissolve the committee as ordered. At each of four sessions they had “invited” a single union to present its defense, but curt letters of refusal were the sole response. Tomorrow, two others are scheduled |end on Tuesday a final pair, but | notice already has been serv | council that there will be no repre- sentation for the defense. | Instead, a spokesman for the C.I. O. | has declared without reservation that | the member unions of that organiza- tion are completely indifferent about the eventual action of the council and would make no appeal from its deci- {sion if it should finally vote suspen- | sion of the insurgents. Within the council such a close minutes’ flight of the continent, is effect that in every phase of routine | division exists that personal bitter- gathered together a vast population . living in the conditions of the richest ~and most complicated civilization that . the world has ever known. & Vulnerable For First Time. £ “A crushing blow struck at so vul- “Herable a target might have effects, the evil results of which we cannot even imagine. A mortal blow might be struck at théheart of the empire. ‘For the first time in our history the -heart of the empire has become vul- | nerable. “Such a state of insecurity cannot be allowed to endure. I care not from | what quarter our security is chal-| lenged, our reply to the challenge must always be the same. This is “not a question of partisanship for or against this or that country in Europe. It is an established principle of Brit- ish policy. It is indeed the basic con- | resist an impulse to experiment with | “dition of British life that wherever | and whenever our security is en-| dangered it is our bounden duty to move the danger, | “It is on this account that we are| proceeding with our great program of | air reinforcement. It is with the determination to reach at the earliest | ‘possible date air parity with the «Strongest power within range of these shores that we are creating our new squadrons and producing our new machines.” Leftist Politiciaps Hit, | Striking back at the Laborites and | leftist politicians whe damned his| ‘art in the Hoare-Laval peace terms to end the Italo-Ethiopian War, the | first lord charged that, while these | opponents opposed Britain's arms | program, they had “clamored for ac-| tion that five years ago would have! involved us in a unilateral war with He estimated his prospective customer |Planned by the C. I O. Hutcheson Japan and five months ago would have | s a little girl who might be extremely | femembers equally well the physical involved us in a unilateral war with | Ttaly.” Noting it is the fashion in certain quarters to disparage the leadership of Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, Hoare defended his chief, saying, “Far better than the pacifists, he rep- resents, as no other man represents, | the forces of peace in the country. ‘Through all these difficult months, | s I know better than any one, he las been determined to prevent the conflagration of a European war. | ‘There were many months when a less steady determination te pursue the | path of peace might have plunged | Europe into one of the greatest catas- trophies in the world's history.” Admiral Sir Edward R. G. R. Evans, #peaking at Gillingham today, de- clared, “Nobody will ever pull a live lion’s tail, and if the old British lion | wakes up, stretches himself and gets his teeth and his claws put in order, I don't think we have anythi fear.” sy (Copyright. 1936. by New Yo, 5 Fribune Tk Herald. | i 1PIGEON 4 YEARS LATE Bird Freed in New York in '32 Arrives at Massachusetts Home. BRYANTVILLE, Mass., July 11 (), =A homing pigeon set free in Herki- mer, N. Y., in a homeward flight con- test four years ago returned to its owher today. A. Evrandall, the pigeon’s owner, said a tag on the bird's leg identified ;L’ ;25 the one he set free in September, PESCTRR = S S BOTANIST STILL SOUGHT ‘WOODS HOLE, Mass., July 11 (A).— Search continued tonight in the dreary dunes of Cape Cod for William G. Marquette, jr., 22-year-old Pleasant- ville, N. Y., botanist. A member of the staff of the Ma- rine Botanical Laboratories here, i | living. men tend to channelize them- thinking harden, so to speak, by do- ing a thing always the same way. His theory is most conspicuous in his driving. He never comes to town same route on consecutive days, The Journeys. In fact, the route heitravels tomorrow may not be used again for a couple of months. You can argue with him about it, but it will just be a waste of vour time and his. He is that set upon not getting set in his ways. * ok % x TACT—IN BULK. O E of Wesley Heights' nicest little girls is typical of her age and sex to the extent that she cannot different flavored ice creams. She dropped into her favorite store b U | the other day with a nickel and a | make such preparations as will re-| yen for something she had not had| before. On the list of flavors she saw one that was entirely new; so new, indeed, that she was not sure about the wisdom of trying it. “What.” she finally asked the clerk, “does bulk ice cream taste like?” Did the clerk laugh? He did not. sensitive about such things. “I'm quite sure you wouldn't like it.” he said, recommending something else. ' * ¥ % X CATTERY. Do you know what a “cattery” is? An operative who specializes in knowing such things would like to tell Wayside readers that a cattery is @ cat laundry. Don’t be fooled by the word laundry, either; for if you donm't want your cat wet washed, you can have it dry cleaned. The existence of such establish- ments sort of casts a shadow upon the rather universal theory that cats keep themselves clean. * % ok % ALTITUDE. . ISITORS to Washington who are unaccustomed to the Capital's Summer temperatures may symp- athize with the Louisiana Cajun who found himself a bit away from his home climate. He is immortalized in the true story brought back from that State by a Government oil official, who likes to tell the story these days. Rodessa, La., up in the Northwest corner next the Texas line, has been a roaring new oil town since the discovery well was brought in last Fall. It is about 200 feet above sea level. 3 The Cajun left his swampland home for a job in the ofl feld, joining & friend who had preceded him. In a day or two be complained he was not feeling so well. “Of course you don't,” said the sec- ond Cajun. “I didn't, either. It's the high altitude up here. 17-POUND BOY BORN Andover, N. B.,, Mother and Child Doing Well, Says Doctor. FORT FAIRFIELD, Me., July 11 (#)—Dr. A. F. McIntosh sald today & 17-pound baby boy had been born to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Pinnemore of Andover, New Brunswick, 4 miles from this town. The doctor said mother and child were -doing well. The Finnemores have five -other ness has become evident as those for | selves, to let the arteries of their | and against suspension seek to swing | & few members not yet committed. And so close is this division that | major importance is being attached to the parliamentary question of | from his northwest suburb by the! Whether absent members of the coun- !cil may be allowed to cast a ballot. | same thing applies to his :return | David Dubinsky, president of the In- ternational Ladies’ Garment Workers, 3 C. I. O, union, cabled the commit- tee from Europe last week that he desired to vote against suspension. \ W. D. Mahon, president of the Street | and Electrical Railway Employes, ill | in Detroit, has requested permission to vote by mail. His sentiments are not known for certain, but it is be- ! lieved he also would vote against the suspension. After more than an hour of debate Priday on this issue of ab- sentee voting, the question was passed over until Tuesday. Pressure for Suspension. Meanwhile, tremendous pressure for suspension is being directed at the council by John P. Frey, heading a large metal trades department of the federation, and by William L. Hutcheson, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Join- ers. The latter is a member of the council, while Frey has been allowed to address that body twice to urge immediate punitive action against the C. Lo Frey's department numbers nearly 600,000 A. F. of L. members, while Hutcheson's union has an enrollment of more than 200,000. Frey realizes that C. I O. organization of the steel | | industry on industrial rather than craft lines would brush many workers | eligible for metal trades unions into | the iron, steel and tin workers, as | { | clash with John L. Lewis, chairman of | the C. I. O. at the Atlantic City con- | vention last year. Antagonistic to | Lewis, both have powerful arguments in their leadership of large factions of the federation. Facing them within the council, however, are several who would pre- fer any reconciliation rather than suspension action. A leader in this group is Daniel Tobin of the Team- sters’ Union, who has raised the issue of legal authority of the council to suspend members. Tobin suggested Friday, for instance, that a court might uphold an appeal from such council action and thus enable the C. I. O. unions to enter the November convention of the federation at Tampa and block expulsion by mustering more than the necessary one-third ob- Jecting vote. Opinion to Be Introduced. Counsel’s opinion that the council has authority to suspend and thus withhold voting privileges at a full convention probably will be introduced at the Tuesday session by those fight- ing for the suspension. While this factienal crisis thus was with intense interest are the forces | being fearful that a split in labor’s or- | and those on the Republican | side being hopeful of exactly the same | ed on the | | Settlement of a violence-marked strike §64,000000 SPAN Greatest Public Works Proj- ect Yet Completed Is Dedicated. By the Associated Press.. NEW YORK, July 11.—Officials of the city, State and Nation, headed by President Roosevelt, joined today in the dedication of the greatest Public ‘Works project yet completed, the $64,- 000,000 system of bridges and ele- vated highways connecting the Bor- oughs of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. Immediately after the ceremonies, the great modern artery, known swm- ply as the Triborough Bridge, was opened for public use and continuous streams of traffic started flowing back and forth among the three boroughs. The 2,000 invited guests who sat in the sweltering heat at the dedication heard President Roosevelt refer to the project as a symbol of changing hu- man needs which call for ¥an up-to- date Government in place of anti- quated Government.” Surrounded by Notables. Surrounded by many nptables, in- cluding Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, Mayor F. H. LaGuardia, James A. Farley and Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, the President said: “There are & few among us who still, consciously or unconsciously, live in a state of constant protest against the daily processes of meeting modern | needs. Most of us are willing to rec- ognize change and give it reasonable and constant help.” The ceremonies brought together for the first time Secretary Ickes and Robert Moses, New York City Park Commissioner and executive officer of the Triborough Bridge Authority, and brought from Moses a reference to | their controversy of several months ago. The dispute arose when Ickes issued an order that no P. W. A.'official should hold another job. Moses re. fused to resign as park commissioner. Moses Offers Friendship. “The reason for any further com- | ment on this subject is gone.” Moses | said, “now that the public works ad- ministrator and I have met face to | face and have found that neither one | of us has horns, hoots and a tail 5 This is no day to harbor ill-will, and | | it is far too hot to warm up ancient | | grudges * * *. I trust that this meet ing will be the beginning of a real | friendship based on mutual respect | ! and regard.” Ickes did not refer to the con- troversy. P “Mr. President.” he said, “it is my pleasure to report that this great and | monumental project has been built i not only well, but honestly and effi- | ciently. The public interest, Federal, State and local, has at all times been | | safeguarded.” | President Roosevelt conferred with Gov. Lehman and Mayor La Guardia at his home before driving with them over the new span to the dedication | exercises on Randalls Island | | There was some speculation over | the President’s conference with the | Mayor, who was elected in 1933 on | a Fusion ticket with Republican sup- port. It was recalled that Farley said a few days ago that he believed | La Guardia would aid the President | in his campaign for re-election. Mr. Roosevelt and the Mayor ex- | changed compliments in their | speeches. In introducing the President, Guardia said: “We are fortunate in having with | us today the chief engineer, the mas- | ter builder, leader of this great march | of the American people, the President | of the United States.” Governor Lehman expressed grati- | fication that the Federal Works pro- | gram had made possible the comple- | tion of the bridge. and said: “Its eco- nomic and social consequences cannot be overestimate La board charged that a plant “fiying squadron” committed the assults on & union official and upon workers who had joined the union. (4) The Labor Department reported progress in settling the Remington- Rand strike. The company has been charged by the Labor Relations Board with numerous violations of the la- bor relations act. STEEL STRIKE ENDED. PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, July 11 (#.— at the Wheeling Steel Corp.’s Ports- | mouth works today appeared to pave the way for a drive by labor to union- ize the steel industry. John L. Lewis' Committee on In- dustrial Organization participated ac- tively in negotiations leading to an agreement between members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers and company offi- clals. Richard Evans, chairman of the Amalgamated's joint committee which directed the strike, announced late tonight after a long conference with the 15 members of the committee that terms of the agreement for ending the dispute were: 1. Full recognition of the union by the company. 2. Agreement by the company to enter into negotiations with the union within 14 days after reopening of the plant to bargain and settle the im- portant questions of wages, hours and conditions of employment. 3. Denial by the company of a statement to the effect that the com- pany considered certain members of the union guilty of planning the kill- ing (of a company guard slain in a battle June 23). 4. Re-employment of all employes on the pay roll of the company at the time the strike was called. 5. Verbal promises by both sides heading for some sort of a solution within the next 60 hours, other de- velopments important to labor and in- dustry were recorded yesterday. They follow: (1) An agreement was reached to end the seven-week strike at the Portsmouth, Ohio, plant of the Wheeling Steel Corp. C. I O. officials directing the steel organizing drive have considered the Portsmouth dis- pute a focal point for the entire cam- paign. Although full details of the settlement have not yet been made public, it was declared a major vic- tory for labor. (2) Following intervention of the Labor Department, the International ‘Longshoremen's Association agreed to postpone for at least two weeks a strike in all ports from Wilmington, N. C., to Fla. The strike was sched- {uled to begin tomorrow; instead nego- tiations will begin for a permanent agreement. (3) The National Labor Relations H in three ‘Board charged the {Rubber Co. with complicity jassaults on organisers for the United ‘Rubber Workers in Gadsden, Als. The K - that each will earnestly endeavor to establish and maintain entirely friend- ly relations between the management and their employes. At the same time Earl Kalb, chair- man of the Works Counci], announced that the 17 departmental councils of the steel corporation organized locally among the employes, will continue to be dealt with in collective bargaining. From his statement it appeared that the first item of the settlement terms referred only to recognition of the union as it applied to its members employed by the steel plant. Evans said those at the Pittsburgh conference on Thursday, at which the agreement was reached, included Earl P. Reed, attorney for the steel cor- poration; Parker F. Wilson, assistant to the president of the corporation; Federal Conciliators James F. Dewey and Robert M. Pilkington, and a com- in all would be resumed | cooling rain. | has been our President Opens Huge Bridge President Roosevelt as he dedicated New Y ork’s $65,000,000 Tri-borough project. MRS, OWENARR Roosevelts Hosts at Supper at Val Kill Cottage After Ceremony. BY the Associated Press. HYDE PARK, N. Y. July 11— While President Roosevelt beamed his approval, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, United States Minister to Denmark, was married today to Capt. Boerge Rohde, a gentleman in waiting to Denmark’s King Christian X The blue-aged captain stooped gal- lantly at one point in the ceremony and picked up a handkerchief Mrs, + Owen dropped. Between 70 and 80 guests were pres- ent in James' Chapel, the Roosevelt's family church, when Rev. Samuel Shoemaker, pastor of Calvary Episco- pal Church in New York, read the brief service. Capt. Rohde clasped the hand of his bride, who is the daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan and the United States’ first woman envoy, and kissed her at the end of the ceremony. Mrs. Pranklin D. Roosevelt, in flow- ered blue chiffon and a big hat, greeted ;many of the guests at the door and told them “Sit where you please.” Hosts at Supper. Later she and the President were | hosts at a wedding supper at the Val Bridge, a P. W. A. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. Roosevelt (Continued Prom First Page) | n New York City, where thousands ' ned the streets to cheer him as he drove from the station to the family home on East Sixty-fifth street. From there he went to the dedication of the great Triborough Bridge and thence to | his trgin in the Bronx. | It ¢oncluded with a short drive from the church to the family estate just in time to reap the benefits of ‘Temperatures had hov: ered close to the century mark all dav. Speaking to the crowd spread over | the lawn of the Smith Cottage, the President compared the $64,000,000 Triborough Bridge which he dedicated | earlier in the day with much smaller projects undertaken by the Federal Government, and said, while the for- mer represented a great achievement, it was not always the big things that | counted. | He told of a Midwestern commu- | nity of 400 which thanked the admin- | istration for helping it build a new | school house, and said, those people | “feel just as proud of that little school house as the seven million | people in New York City feel about | the Triborough Bridge.” Local Interest Cited. “Where communities take the greatest interest,” he said. “in those places the work is most valuable, per- manent and satisfactory.” He asserted local interest in and understanding of Government Wwas being revived on a scale comparable with old Colonial town meetings in New England, and that this repre- sented one of the “greatest contribu- tions of the four years of the depres- sion followed by the three years of | the revival.” “I can’t help feeling.” he said, “that | an understanding heart goes with equal strength with the understanding of the problem itself.” Speaking extemporaneously, the President went on to say that ‘“‘more and more people are looking on the social needs of our land.” “Personal security of the masses ideal during these years,” he added. “It will continue to be in the next few years, and the country is going to insist on mainte- nance of that ideal and on action looking toward its accomplishment.” Refers to Wedding. Then, noting the time was at hand for the wedding at the Roosevelt fam- ily church, the President brought laugh from the crowd by concluding: “Time, tide and brides wait for no man.” Mrs. Roosevelt was presented with a basket of flowers on behalf of the Home Club by Mrs. Smith. “Speech, speech,” the crowd de-| manded, whereupon the President’s wife declared: “Oh, no, I don't make | speech | Recalling this later on the President | smiled at his wife and told the crowd | he had found out something he had | wanted to know for a long while. “My wife says she never makes a speech,” he said, adding, after a pause: “Live and Learn.” Hopes for “Fog.” The President sald he would now | look forward to two or three weeks of “freedom from the cares of. office, Bridal Couple at Roosevelt Reception | Capt. and Mrs. Boerge Mhdc,ltM former Mrs. Ru them at H; Park yes and L day shorti their £ T orae . Rocscnel: and Caprand dirs. except for the signing of a bucketful of mail—unless I get caught in the fog off the Maine coast.” He said he was “praying for fog.” Monday night he will leave for Rockland, Me, to board the 56-foot schooner Sewanna for a two-week sail- | ing cruise with three of his sons, | James, Franklin, jr, and John. | Relating his conference with Harry | L. Hopkins and Aubrey Williams of the Federal Relief Administration he said people in the East could realize the extent of the drought suffering if they considered the fact that New | York had 62 counties, and that 275 Western and Southern counties, the verage being twice the size of a New York county, were affected by the heat and dust storms. He gaid from 1.000,000 to 1.500.000 persons were involved—people who “probably have no clear idea what the future has in store for them.” e ITALY REFUSES BID TO LOCARNO PARLEY Preparatory Discussion Held Barred by Mediterranean As- sistance Accord. By the Associated Press. ROME, July 11.—TItaly refused to- night to attend the ‘“preparatory” session of the Locarno Conference on | the ground the Mediterranean mutual assistance accord against Italy still hinders her collaboration. | At the same time, the Italian reply | to the invitation to the Locarno dis- cussions in Brussels next week—which will consider Germany's denunciation | of that treaty in remilitarizing the | Rhineland—said the Reich should be invited to the preliminary meeting The absence of Germany—an orig- inal signer of the pact along with Great Britain, France, Belgium and Italy—would “complicate instead of clarify the situation.” said the Italian | answer to the invitation of Premier | Paul Van Zeeland of Belgium. However, the Italian announcement | stated, Italy is willing to work for peace at all times if obstacles—spe- | cifically the Mediterranean agreement —are removed. | | SPANISH STRIKERS ORDERED TO WORK Minister of Labor in New Social- ist Government Brings Showdown. By the Associated Press. MADRID, July 11.—A showdown | between the government and striking | construction workers approached to- night as Minister of Labor Liuhi or- dered the strikers back to work Mon. day. ;’( they refuse, he said, the govern- ment would annul its proposals for set- tlement and thus withdraw its protec- tion from the workers. . Should the strike continue. observers pointed out. it was likely to precipitate a serious political situation, as it would represent a split between the govern- ment and its Socialist adherents. threatening the unity of the popular front. ¢ | unidentified gunman, | harbor, & | traffic accident NESE SOLDIERS oy PR ON APANESE Tientsin Incident Causes | Uneasiness—Both Sides Deny Casualties. By the Ascociated Pr 11.—Chinese and pened fire on each east of Tientsin, Both sides denied there were casual- ties, but the incident created the ! decpest uneasiness. | A detachment of Chinese troops was ! occupying a public park in the village. Japanese detachment arrived and its officers announced they intended to hold target practice on the rifle range. The Chinese objected. rcunds were fired | Officials immediately opened nego- tiations for settling the conflict The incident was regarded by ob- servers as the more dangerous be- cause followed the killing of a/ Japanese civilian Thursday in Shang- hai The death of the civilian, shot by an | resulted in a conference by Japanese civil, military and naval authorities on “better means of protecting Japanese life and prop- erty in Shanghai.” | Vice Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, com- mander of the 3rd Japanese Fleet. or- dered the flagship Joumo to remain in 2h it"was to have sailed for Formosa today. i At the same time, Vice Admiral Eijiro Kondo, commandant of the Shanghai detachment of the Japan- warned the Chinese “naval may be compelled to take Several rifle KILLING STIRS JAPANESE. _ | Better Shanghai Protection Is Sought in Conference. SHANGHALI, Julv 11 (#.—Japanese civil, military and naval authorities conferred today on the killing of a countryman and “better means of pro- tecting Japanese life and property in Shanghai.” | The Japanese consulate notified Chinese authorities of a demand for “immediate apprehension” of the slayer of Kosaku Kayau, employe of a Nip- ponese trading company. (Kayau died vesterday of wounds received Thursday night while walking in the northern section of the city.) Two Japanese Marines injured in & | while searching for Kayau's slayer, were recovering in a hospital, where they were expected to remain for a month. The marines, riding a motor cycle and side car equipped with a machine | gun, crashed head-on with an auto-| mobile driven by a man who police| said was C. N. Brooke, a British subject. British police releasedsBrooke after & preliminary investigation of the erash, despite Japanese demands for his detention. | elor. th Bryan Owen, at a reception given Lefjt to right: Fannie Hurst, author Rohde. ‘opyright, A, P. Wirephoto. 2 ) Kill Cottage on the Roosevelts' Hyde Park estate. The bells pealed in the steeple of the little ivy-covered stone church when Capt. Rohde and his bride lefy | the church. ‘The late afternoon sun glinted on [ the Danish Life Guard's dress uniform | of sky-blue and scarlet. He held his plumed hat in his hand. His bride, who will continue her ca« reer in the diplomatic service under the name of Ruth Bryan Owen, smiled radiantly at a crowd of Hyde Parx residents, who stood applauding at the entrance. The woman Minister was married in a blue chiffon afternoon gown that matched the blue in the eaptain’s uni- form She wore a big blue hat. and carried bouquet of small roses and garden owers. Mrs. O'Day Present. Among the guests were Otto Wal- sted, Minister from Denmark to the United States; Lady Redding, widow of the former British Ambassador; Lawrence A. Steinhardt, United States Minister to Sweden, and Mr:s. Caro- line O'Day, Representative from New York. The bride and the presidential party had arrived at the church in a fl B | separate cars about half an hour after the time set for the ceremony. Mrs. Owen's party underestimated the time required for the drive from Port Chester, N. Y. where they lunched. The President was held up longer than planned for the ceremon- ies at the opening of the Triborough Bridge in New York, where he spoke earlier in the day. The church, wershiping place of the President's family for generations, was simply decorated with flowers from the Roosevelt estate. Two-Ring Ceremony. The traditional Episcopal service, with two rings, was used, and the cere- mony lasted but 10 minutes. Danish music was played before the arrival of the bride. The only attendanis were Fannie Hurst, the novelist, and Mrs. Owen’s son-in-law, Robert Lehman, a cousin of Gov. Herbert Lehman. The wedding raised s question, which was reported already under study by the State Department at Washington. as to whether Mrs. Owen could become a citizen of two coun- tries. Danish law was understood to pro- s vide that the wife of a Danish sub- ject automatically becomes a citizen of Denmark. Under United States laws. an Amer- ican woman citizen can elect to re- tain her citizenship after marrying a foreigner, which Mrs. Owen has said she intended to do. The question of whether a ministgr of the United States Government could have dual citizenship was caus- ing some concern as the State De- partment officials sought to learn whether Denmark’s law was inflexible Informal Wedding. “I want the wedding to be simple and informal” Mrs. Owen said. I was. She had invited her friends by telegram, saying, “My marriage to Kammerjunker Captain Boerge Rohde will take place at 5 p.m. Sat- urday in St. James' Church. I would be so happy if you would come.” The only music was two Scandi- navian songs she learned and liked in Denmark, played on the organ in the little gallery The organist in the little chapel never had seen the songs until todav and practiced softly while the first guests arrived. “I De Lyse Naetter” which means “Light Nights.” and “Tonerna,” Dan- ish word for “The Tones,” were the two airs. Garden flowers from the Roosevelts' Hyde Park estate, phlox and double pink hollyhocks, stood in baskets near the candle-lit altar where the Epis- copal service was read. They were arranged by the Roose- velts’ aged gardener. Miss Hurst wore the hat in which she dazzled the Democratic National Convention—a black velvet with a glass brim—and a long black frock under a short white crepe coat. The President wore a gray suit and sat with Mrs. Roosevelt in their fam- ily pew near a Gothic window in- scribed with his late father’s name. The narrow little red-carpeted chapel with its vaulted ceiling is the one in which he was christened. In that church his deughter, Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, married her first husband, Curtis Dall. Mrs. Owen now is & kammerjunk- erinde—wife of a Danish gentleman in waiting. She has announced that she will campaign for President Roosevelt's re-election before returning with Capt. Rohde to Denmark. Capt. Rohde is 42, and was a bach- Mrs. Owen is 50, and has been married twice previously. She has four children. In keeping with the informal wed- ding, the reception and wedding sup- per was changed from the Hyde Park house of the Roosevelts to the Val Kill cottage where the President and his wife often stay. Capt. Rohde and his bride, with President and Mrs. Roosevelt, received a small group of friends on the ter- raced lawn near the stone oottage and swimming pool, and a buffet sup- per was served. Among other guests at the wedding were Mrs. Henry L. Doherty, whose daughter, the former Helen Lee Do- herty, went to Denmark to assist the country’s first woman envoy, and Mise Mary Dewson, vice chairman of the . Democratic National Committee, .