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WKATHF.R.
tr • *••'!>•> Wxreao NtNHti,
lambi thundershower* tonight and pos
sibly tomorrow; not much clung* in
temp«r*turr
Temperature* Highest 80. *1 4 pm
yesterday; loweet, If. at 4 am today,
full report on page 14.
Clduag N. Y. MarkcU, Ptges 9,10 &11
No. 31,854.
GERMANS IN PARIS
TO OPEN PffRLEY ON
CONDITIONS FOR AID
Bruening and Curtius Re
ceived by Laval and Briand
to Begin Negotiations.
FATE OF LONDON SESSION
HANGS ON SUCCESS TODAY
Stimson Serves Notice TJ. S. Cannot
Guarantee Loan, but Sayi
, Banks May.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 18—Chancellor Hein
rich Bruening and Foreign Minister
Julius Curtius of Germany reached here
this afternoon for conferences with
representatives of the world powers
which are considering extension of
financial aid to their country.
Premier Laval, Aristide Briand, the
foreign minister, and Pierre Flandin,
minister of finance, were waiting for
them on the station platform. Ambas
sador von Hoesch, Germany's repre
sentative at Paris, presented them to
. the visitors and, after cordial hand
shakes all around, the German states
men were escorted to waiting automo
biles.
Police held back a large crowd which
had gathered at the station long befoie
the train puiled in. There were many
German residents of Paris and many
Frenchmen who sympathize with a
policy of friendliness toward Germany.
The police had a hard time, for all we\e
Sager to see the visitors.
Photographed Together.
“Vive le President,” the crowd cried,
but they might have been shouting for
either Dr. Bruening or M. Laval, since
both are the heads of their respective
governments.
A score of German embassy officials
were inside the police line, and news
paper photographers were permitted to
come close enough for pictures as Pre
mier Laval walked toward the street
with Dr. Bruiting. M. Briand was be
side Dr. Curtius.
The* preliminary greetings were in
French. "Bonjour, M. Laval,” said Dr.
Curtius. extending his hand to the
French premier. The premier replied
in French, expressing hope the visitors
had had a pleasant journey.
When the cars brought them to the
German embassy they appeared to be
in excellent spirits, smiling toward the
crowd which waited to greet them. The
Drge police force stationed there turned
out to be unnecessary. ,
, At Premier’* Office,
The German visitors left the embassy
F.f.er a few minutes, Chancellor Bruen
ing to call on M. Laval and Dr. Cur
tius for the office of Aristide Biiand.
'the last two talked for 15 minutes,
then Dr. Curtius joined the chancellor
at the picmier’s office.
It was not to delibciate on the affairs
of Germany alone, but on the affairs
of all Europe that he came to Paris,
ih? German chancellor declared in a
newspaper interview shortly after his
arrival.
“Our plan to visit Paris was formed
several weeks past and has today gained
more importance,” he said.
"Today it is not just a question of
conversations to clear up the general
situation. On the contrary, it is a
question of the special economic and
financial problems affecting not only
Germany, but also all Europe.
Hopes for Good Results.
“We are all forced to make a common
effort to find in loyal and trustful col
laboration the means to surmount the
crisis touching us all and thus to dem
onstrate to the nations that if they
■ show good will on all sides, they can
get out of the most difficult of situa
tions. i
“I firmly hope that we will succeed in
solving the questions which recently
provoked such disquietude and that we
will convince the French people of our
sincere and loyal willingness to co-opor
etr for the organization of peace.
We want to succeed in collaborating
with France in complete confidence be
iCintinued on Page a Column 3.)
MUSSOLINI ORDERS
FIVE EDITORS TRIED
Group Accused of Writing Pam
phlet, “Away With Vatican, ’’
to Pace Tribunal.
Bv the Associated Press.
ROME. July 18—Premier Mussolini
toda.t' ordered trial by a special tribunal
of five newspaper editors accused of
writing* and distributing a pamphlet, I
entitled “Away With the Vatican,"
which was offensive to the Holy See.
The defendants are Amilio Settimclli.
Ottome Rosai. Bruno Rosai, Remo Vhili
and Alberto Maurizio.
Their pamphlet suggested that the
Pope be arrested and tried before a
tribunal for the defense of the state.
It is said the premier was particu
larly angry that they should have
signed the pamphlet "faithful to the
Fascist oath." although two of the de
fendants have been expelled from the
Fascist party.
QUEEN HELEN ON WAY TO LONDON
AFTER TEARFUL GOOD-BY TO SON
•
Rumania’s Royal Exile .to Visit Mother in England.
Lack of Ceremony Marks Departure.
By tht Associated Press. .
BUCHAREST. Rumania. July 18.—
Queen Helen, tearfully leaving Crown
Prince Michael with King Carol, was
en route to London today on what may
become a.trip to the land of exile.
When she passed the royal castle at
Sinaia on the Orient Express, she
peered from the window in vain for a
glimpse at the boy who is the only tie
between her and her divorced husband.
There was not even a royal salute to
signify that her long-lasting marital
troubles were nearing a climax.
She left last night in tears—tears that
were emulated by Dowager Queen Marie,
her mother-in-law. and Princess Ileana.
v. ho went to the station to bid her
Kntered a* second claan matter
poiet <>m< e. Washington. i». C.
I Financier Weds Opera Star
\ ’ -HK ?> —V" ; " f
Miss Anna Case, concert soprano, and \Jj%Bra§Bßßß»aMlißßllMßir
Clarence H Mackay, chairman of the
board of Postal Telegraph & Cable ***&*
Corporation, who were married today at t ■
3t. Mary’s Catholic Church. Roslyn,
Long Island. •/ ' 1 ’dsy YHafc •"7
i
ANNA CASE BRIDE
OF t. H. MACKAY
Families of Soprano and
Postal Head See Rites
at Catholic Church.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 18.—Clarence H.
Mackay, chairman of the board of di
rectors of the Postal Telegraph & Ca
ble Corporation, and Miss Anna Case,
concert soprano and for eight years a
member of the Metropolitan Opera Co.,
were married today at St. Mary’s Cath
olic Church, Roslyn, Long Island.
Only members of the immediate fam
ilies cf the oride and bridegroom were
present, including the bride’s mother, j
Mrs. Peter Van Nuys Case of South 1
Branch, N. J.; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth !
O'Brien. Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin |
and Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mackay.
Mrs. O'Brien and Mrs. Berlin are Mr.
Mackay's daughters, and John W.
Mackay is his son.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Vincent Donovan, assisted by Rev. Ed
ward C. McManus. Miss Case was con
firmed in the Catholic Church a month
i ago by Cardinal Hayes. She formerly
was a member of the Dutch Reformed
Cl urch. Mr. and Mrs. Mackay left for
a motor trip immediately after the cere
mony.
Breakfast Follows Ceremony.
The bride> gown was of white lace.'
She wore a white hat and carried lilies
of the valley. A breakfast party at Har- j
1 bor Hill. Mr. Mackay's estate, near Ros
lyn. followed the ceremony.
The bride is 42. and Mr. Mackay is ;
1 57. He was married in 1808 to the late !
Katherine Duu. They were divorced 16
years later in Paris, and the day after j
the divorce was granted she married |
j Dr. Joseph A. Blake. She died several
: years ago.
Mi c s Case has been called “the offl- j
cial 'Star Spangled Banner’ singer." At |
the receptions at the City Hall for Col. !
Charles A. Lindbergh on his return !
from his New York-Paris flight and for j
Rear Admiral Richard E. B.vrd after his j
transatlantic flight she sang the na- 1
tional anthem. She also sang it at the i
opening of the Democratic National |
Convention in New’ York City in 1924. i
All of her training as a singer has j
been American, all in New York and j
under one teacher. She took one les- j
son from a pupil of Mme. Augusta 1
Ohrstrom Renard. The pupil was so
impressed that she took her to Mme. l
Renard. who became her teacher.
i
Auditions Are Successful.
In 1909. after she had studied for ,
about a year and a half, Miss Case was I
giving a recital Jn the Bellevue-Strat- ■
(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) j
NUN RESEMBLES ALFONSO I
Mistaken for Ex-King at Convent
and Creates Near Riot.
SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain. July 18 (/Pi.
—A little knot of people near the en
trance of the Convent of the Concep- }
cion stared in amazement today as a
black-hc'dpd nun entered the place.
"Alfonso!" one of them gasped, and
the group scattered. In a few minutes
; there was a near riot as the rumor •
soread that the former King had
entered the convent in disguise.
Before the crowd could be convinced. 1
the nun was brought out. It was the
Marchioness of Menestrosa. whose like
ness to Alfonso is remarkable.
i good-by. Archduke Anton. Tleana'a
fiance, lingering in the background.
She said she would first visit her
mother in London and then go to Italy
with her brother, former King George
of Greece, before r turning in the Pall
to see the Crown Prince. It was ru
mored she might settle permanently in
Switzerland and come to Rumania only
at stated int.rvals.
As she left, the royal family was mak
ing arrangements for the wedding of
Ileana and Anton on July 28. Carol
has given them an airplane in recogni
tion of Anton’s ability as a pilot
Marie's gift was a silver service, and
that of the President of Parliament a
Sevres porcelain service.
J
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©he lotting iikf.
WASHINGTON, D. €., SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1931—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. **
du l
HEAT DEATHS PASS
TO IN MIDDLE WEST;
I
i
Storms in Ohio, Tennessee
and Pennsylvania Claim
• Lives of 12.
i
i By th# Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 18.—Showers and
storms In some sections brought relief
from Summer s blistering heat to much
of the Central States area today.
Heat deaths for the current wave in
the Central States exceeded 70. Wind
and electrical storms in Pennsylvania, j
Ohio and Tennessee claimed the lives
of 12 yesterday.
Western Pennsylvania, the eastern
border of the storm-stricken area, re- j
ported four deaths by lightning. A
violent storm, sweeping in from the
east in Ohio, leveled crops in some sec
j tiens and brought death to four per
, sons. Two were killed in Tennessee by
1 falling trees as a windstorm of tornadic
intensity uprooted a grove ot trees un
der which a crowd, attending a road
dedication program, sought refuge. Two
i girls were also killed by lightning at
Windsor, Ontario.
A freak storm brought momentary]
relief to Chicago yesterday. While the
: sun shone brilliantly, thunder rolled
j and heavy rain fell. Showers were
.bringing lelief to paits of Michigan,]
: Western lowa, Middle Missouri, Wiscon-!
I sin, Minnesota. North Dakota, Colorado
and other Western points.
Illinois, Wisconsin, Southwestern
! Michigan, Indiana, Northern Ohio and
j other States were due lor relief soon,
the Weather Bureau said. Meanwhile,
j inhabitants of those sections baked be
! neath unseasonable temperatures, a new
i record being set in Michigan, where
mercury reached 100 degrees.
CITY FACES HOT WEEK END.
Spell Shows No Sign of Breaking—
Daily Showers in Prospect.
With no cool weather in sight any-
I where along the whole Central Atlantic
j Coastline, but plenty of moisture in the
i air, Washington today faced the pros
pect of another humid week end.
Throughout the entire Central and j
Southeastern area, the Weather Bureau j
said, there w'ould be numerous local
thundershowers such as have marked
the past week but scarcely any change
in temperatures. Washington is more
| sure of having thundershowers this
afternoon and tonight than tomorrow.
So far as the Weather Bureau fore
casters can estimate, the hot spell showy
no sign of breaking for some time to
come. Almost daily showers in some
pait of this immediate region are the
prospect.
Today s temperature is expected to
be about the same as yesterday, when a
maximum of 90 degrees was reached.
The mercury was going up steadily
during the morning, being 82 at lb j
o’clock. To add to the_"sticky" feel
t Continued on Page 2. Column 3.) ~
EXECUTION OF POLISH
OFFICER SET FOR TODAY
Maj. Demkowsky Must Face Firing
Squad for Treason Unless Presi
dent Extends Clemency.
Bj the Associated Press.
WAB6AW. Poland. July 18 —Con
••icted of espionage in behalf of Soviet
Russia, Maj. Piotr Demkowsky was
cheduled to be executed bv shooting
iOday unless President Mosicki should
extend clemency.
The major, a member of the gen
eral staff, is understood to have testi
fied that he spied on Polish military
operations because he was a Com
munist and sympathetic with the
Soviet regime. The public and press
were barred from the court-ms rtial
Mme. Demkowsky previously said she
would repudiate her husband and re
sume her maiden name if he was found
gumy of trease*
RAIL BOND OUSTING
FROM LEGAL LIST
PREDICTED BY DICK
Holders’ Group Head Warns
I. C. C. Big Lines Will Fail
to Earn Fixed Charges.
LIQUIDATION AND PANIC
MIGHT ENSUE, HE SAYS
Analysis Shows Only 21 Roads Due
to Net $1.50 or More, Hearing
on Rate Raise Plea Is Told
By the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion was told today at its hearing on
freight rates that railroad bonds hav
j lng a par value of $5,748,500,000 proba
bly would be removed from the legal
list of securities because of Inability to
earn their fixed charges.
Fairman R. Dick of New York, testi
fying in the commission's hearing on
the railroad?* petition for a 15 per cent
rate increase, said an analysis of rail
roads having gross incomes of $lO,-
000,000 in 1929 showed only 21 of them,
on the basis of figures thus far this
year, would earn their fixed charges of
$1.50 or more. Dick is chairman of
the Security Holders’ Committee of the
j Railroad Emergency.
Sees Disastrous Selling.
"The disastrous effect of the removal
of so vast a volume of securities from
said legal list upon the credit of the
railroads and their future financing is
apparent,” he said.
He added that out of the situation
would grow the imminent danger of a
general unloading x>f railroad securities
upon an already depressed market.
"The disastrous consequences of such'
a liquidation cannot be exaggerated," j
Dick said, adding that the result might
be so complete a disruption of the mar- ;
ket as to cause a collapse of prices,
“comparable to the worst panic days.” i
Stock Value Now Halved.
"This would visit losses of millions of j
i dollars upon beneficiaries of trust i
j funds, many of whom are absolutely!
dependent thereon," he raid. “It w-ould'
j at the same time occasion so complete'
| a destruction of confidence in railroad
securities as investments as might well
cause many large investors to adopt a
definite policy of refraining from pur- j
chasing them in the future.”
Dick said another factor which had
Contributed to the collapse of railroad
credit was the decline in railroad stock
j values. He added that at the high peak
lof 1929 stocks of railroads having a
gross revenue of 510,000,000 or over had j
: an aggregate market value of $10,331,-
| 080,000.
I Compares German Issues.
“As of June 1, 1931,” lie said, “the
; aggregate market value of these stocks
| Was $4,094,067,000."
Dick compared the railroad credit
collapse with that of German credit,
j He said bonds of a large group of rail
-1 roads, had fallen 32 points on June 1,
! while German government s'j and 7
| per cent bands hqd dropped only 17
; points on that date,
j Later in his testimony Dick com
pared the flight of capital from Ger
i many to that of capital from railroad
bonds to utility, government and
municipal bonds.
“On June 1 the flight of capital was
exactly comparable to the German
situation,” he said. “Since June 1 the
; flight of capital from Germany has
grown.” I
Holds Payment Imperative. ,
D:ck said the confidence of investors j
i in the past has been largely due to
j belief that government regulation would
: stabilize returns on their bonds.
I "That confidence must be maintained j
: if the roads are to enjoy the support !
j essential to the maintenance of an 1
I adequate transportation system,” he ;
' said.
Dick , was interrupted frequently. |
j Answering a question by Commissioner |
j Lewis as to laws of States other than ;
i New York as they affect availability for
I trust investments of railroad bonds,
Dick said New York law was considered
the standard.
The New York law requires, he said,
that companies on the legal list must
pay dividends of at least one-fourth,
the fixed charges.
Commissioner Eastman asked if a |
road might not be in a Stronger position :
as to its bonds if it had the earnings j
despite failure to pay dividends.
Dick said it was generally considered j
if a company failed to pay dividends i
j there was something wrong with it and |
• its credit was impaired.
Passenger Trains Cut.
Earlier representatives of Western
railroads had presented data to show,
they had reduced passenger tiain op-j
erations to cut expenses.
H. A. Scandrett, president of the Chi- j
cago, Milwaukee. St. Paul & Pacific j
Railroad, presented the data at the |
outset of today's hearing. In his previ
ous appearance before the commission |
he had been asked to supply the in- |
formation.
Scandrett said total passenger train ,
mileage between St. Louis and Chicago ;
in 1929 was 3.466,855, and that in 1931 i
it would be reduced to 3.131,878. He j
said mileage between Chicago and
i Kansas City in 1931 would be 4.473,527,
as compared to 5,147,879 in 1929.
Describes Situation.
Comparing through train service with
branch and local passenger service, the ,
railroad executive said, if the Milwau
kee road reduced its passenger service !
between Chicago and Minneapolis, Chi
cago and Omaha, and Chicago and j
Kansas City to a minimum of one ,
train daily It would save only 8 per
cent in the passenger mileage of the \
system.
He added that through passenger,
trains for the Milwaukee system ac- |
counted for only 34.5 per cent of the
total passenger mileage of the Mil- |
waukce road in April. 1931, but that j
this produced 62.7 per cent of the total ,
passenger train revenues for the month.
The total passenger train mileage for
his own railroad was given as 16.219,-
840 for 1929 and 15,407.492.
Quake Rocks Crusoes Island.
SANTIAGO. Chile. July 18 UP).— A |
storm has wrought havoc on Rcbmson i
Crusoes Island. Four persons were j
killed and landslides buried several
homes along the shore of Juan Fernan
dez, where Friday left his footprints.
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News Note: Wallpaper manufacturers sav that old-fashioned designs are returning to favor.
POPULATION HERE]
FIXED AT 621,059
Census Bureau Figures In
clude Nearby Territory in
*
Metropolitan Area.
'The population of the metropolitan
1 area of Greater Washington was placed
: officially at 621,059 today by the Bureau i
of the Census, in a communication to
the Washington Chamber of Commerce
i settint forth the findings of the 1930
i census.
i The area established by the bureau
! as the metropolitan district embraces
i 484.99 square miles, in the District and
j nearby Maryland and Virginia. Os the
total population of the "Greater Wash
ington" section, 486.869 was found to
! be within the limits of the City of
j Washington, while 134.190 is outside, j
The population figures were sent to |
Dorscv W. Hvde. jr., secretary of the
■ Chamber of Commerce, by William M.
1 Steuart, director of the Bureau of the !
| Census, pursuant to a plan adopted by j
i the bureau to release the figure; 1
j through the various chambers of ccm
j merce of the metropolitan districts of j
! the country, whose aid was sought in
establishing these areas.
Rule of Fixing Area,
j The general rule followed in e.-uab- ,
i lishing the metropolitan areas has been i
| to follow the density of population in 1
the region adjacent to the central city.
In pursuing this rule, there was includ
ed with the central city all surrounding
contiguous minor civil divisions, elec
i tion districts, etc., having density of not
| less than 159 Inhabitants per square
| mile. Any minor civil division of less
i density was also included if it directly
i adjoins the central city or Is nearly
surrounded by other miner civil divi
i sions that have the required den«itv.
| It is pointed out in the report that
i the metropolitan district has been de
fined as a population district only. It j
may or may not correspond with what
I might be regarded as the industrial dis- j
. trict or as the trade district of the
! particular city.
The percentage of population in
; crease in the metropolitan district of
j Washington in 1930 as compared with
j 1920 is computed by the Census Bureau |
las 18.4 per cent. In the 62 square miles ;
! comprising the city of Washington.
! which it was found had a population;
, of 7.852.7 per square mile, the number
i of inhabitants has increased 11.3 per;
, cent over 1920. The increase in popu- j
lation in the area outside the city cm- !
braced in the metropolitan district is j
54 4 per cent, Maryland's share being I
(Continued on Page 2. Column 6.)
|
BANGTAILS COLLIDE,
| INJURING RIDERS
| One Boy Sent to Hospital. Another
and Mount Hurt at Christ
mas Stables.
|
By » Staff Correspondent of The Star,
j UPPER MARLBORO. Md , July 18
A "head-on" collision between two race
j horses on the track of the Southern,
i Maryland Fair Association sent one ex
( ercise boy to the hospital, slightly in-
I jured another and hurt one of the
. horses here today.
Wilton Thair, exercise boy for Mrs.
I Rlroda Christmas Bowling, was giving
i Fox Play a workout when he collided
j with Me Ran, another race horse, be
i in? exercise by "Cockey" Simms, exer
cise boy for Yancy Christmas, Mrs.
I Bowling's brother.
Thair sustained a fractured jaw and
was taken to Providence Hospital by
Richard Christmas, another brother.
It was said at the track that both
riders apparently saw each other at the
same time and pulled away from the rail
. simultaneously, forcing their mounts
: together.
! Simms was slightly injured about the
legs. Fox PJay was also hurt.
' STOCK TRADING SLUMPS
' Volume of Sales Near Lowest in
Five Years.
j NEW YORK. July 18 UP).—Ths stock
! market all but vanished today, in the ;
dullest trading experienced in recent:
' years.
Price changes were narrow and with-,
out definite trend. The turnover was
reported at approximately 300,000 1
shares.
The Exchange has not experienced a |
smaller turnover than 300.000 shares :
I since May 8. 1926. The smallest day's
business since then was 366,000 shares
[ traded on Saturday. August 2. 1930.
Radio Programs on Page B-7
Lord Mayor, Seeing
Ball Game, Is Merely
"Mug in Plug Hat*’
j n -
Silk Topper at Yankee
Park Reveals Wearer to
Be Haligonian Chief.
, - --
NEW YORK. July 18 (/Pi— Into the
Yankee Stadium, where a ball game
was in progress, between Cleveland and
New York, there strode yesterday a
man in a silk topper. The naive New
York citizenry was non-plussed.
i "Who can it be?" Said the news- ;
i psper men in the press box. "Imagine j
a silk topper In a ball yard. Odd, we j
1 call It."
A reporter wrote a note. It said:
"Who is the mug in the plug hat?”
The note was dropped over the rail
ing to an usher. The usher, being a
polite person, thought the missive was
for the man in the topper so without
reading it, handed it deferentially to
that personage.
The "mug in the plug hat" read it, ,
( smiled, removed a card from hi* pocket, !
and courteously sent it to the press
box. The rard said:
"George E. Christie, lord mayor of |
Halifax."
FAEL. WITH EON.
BALKS CAMERA MEN
Police Called After Daughter
Is Struck on Leg by i
Piece of Concrete.
By the Associated Press.
EL PASO. Tex., July 18. —Police were j
called to the home of Albert B. Fall
1 here last night after Mrs. C. C. Chase,
his daughter, had been struck by a large !
| piece of concrete which she said was
j thrown from the direction of a group i
. of photographers near the Fall house. j
The police said that when they ar- j
■ rived the former Secretary of the In
; terior was sitting in a chair with a
! shotgun across his knees.
The missile struck Mrs. Chase a
' glgncing blow on one leg, but its force
| was broken by small limbs of a tree
| and by her dress. She said she had
j been watering flowers. Police were un
able to find the person who threw the
i concrete.
- Photographers have been attempting
j to get pictures of Fall as he left for the
New Mexico Penitentiary at Santa Fe
; to serve a sentence of a year and a
j day. Plans for departure were closely
guarded.
PAPERS OS FALL ARRIVE.
U. S. Marshal to Get Commitment
Documents at Santa Fe.
SANTA FE, N, Mex., July 18 UP).—
Commitment papers for Albert B. Fall,
former Secretary of the Interior, who
wllj scon begin a sentence of a year and
a day in the New Mexico State Peni
tentiary. arrived from Washington
early today.
The papers were held pending the
arrival of United States Marshal -Jo
seph Tondre from Albuquerque. It is
not known yet whether Tondre will go
to El Paso to serve the papers on Fail,
cr whether he will meet Fall in
Santa Fe.
EARTH SHOCK FELT
IN MISSOURI AREA
Distinct Quake Shake* Buildings
at New Madrid, but No Serious
Damage Resulted.
By the Associated Press.
NEW MADRID, Mo., July 18.—A dis
tinct earthquake shook buildings, rat
tled windows and swayed telephone
poles and trees here at 8:52 a m. today.!
So far as is known, no one was in- j
| jured and no serious damage resulted. I
Old residents said the shock w r as the {
most severe of any recent years. New |
Madrid is in the center of an earth- ,
quake region. About 115 years ago a ;
’ severe shock leveled buildings and hills
‘ and flattened out the entire countryside.
Dr. James B. MacElwane. St. Louis
! University seismologist, said shocks had
been felt In the new Madrid region
nearly every year since the great series
of quakes in the Winter of 1811-12,
| but the number and severity had been
1 decreasing. Two shocks wera felt last,
year.
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NAVY NAMES NEW
SELECTION BOARD
Hoover Returned Promotions
List at Officials’ Request,
White House Explains.
The Navy Department today named
a new medical selection board to pick
j seven lieutenant commanders for pro
j motion to commanders to replace the
; seven cho-en by a previous board whose
I selection were sent back to the depart*
i ment by President Hoover.
| The name of Capt. Joel T. Boone,
: White House physician, who holds the
temporary rank of captain, was not
on the list sent back by the White
House yesterday.
It was said at the White House in
behalf of the President that the first
! list was sent back in response to a
request from high officials of the Navy.
The new' board will meet on July 27.
None on Previous Board.
Non* of Its members served on the
1 prior board. The personnel of the new
beard follows: Capts. William H. Bell,
Percival S. Rossiter. Beniamin H. Dor
! sey, Harold W. Smith, James E. Gill,
Normsn T. McLean and Isaac S. K.
Reeves. These naval medical officers
are stationed for the most part- on the
East Coast. Lieut. Comdr. John Har
per. on duty in the publications office
of the Bureau of Medicine and Sur
gery. Navy Department, will serve as
the recorder of the board.
While naval officials declined to com
ment on President Hoover's unprece
dented action, the officers unofficially
expressed great interest in ascertain
ing whether or not the new’ board will i
include the name of Dr. Boone in the i
list of seven to be picked for promotion.
The new r board will go over the same :
list of lieutenant commanders as was
done by its predecessors.
Advised that the White House had
issued a statement asserting that high
ranking naval officers had requested
the return of the selection board’s re
port to the department, before Presi
dent Hoover had time to act upon it.
high officials declined to discuss the
matter.
| Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of
' naval operation'!, who was Acting Sec
| retary of the Navy today in the nb- ;
sence of his superiors, would not dis- |
cuss the question of the return of the
board's report, pleading that he did i
net know what was in the mind of Sec j
retary Adams, who is absent in New
England.
Members Sworn to Secrecy.
Members of the selection board and
! its recorder are sworn to secrecy, so no
! results on their deliberations were avail
j able. The personnel of the selection
I board, whose report President Hoover
turned down, follows:
Capts. Charles P. Kindleberger, Theo
dore V/. Rirhards, Eugene J. Grow,
Charles S. Butler, John M. Blister,
Robert E. Hoyt and John P. Murphy.
Lieut. Comdr. John R. 'White was
recorder of the board.
Capt. Bocne, who has an illustrious
war record for his service with the
Marines fighting in France, holds the
rank of lieutenant commander in the
Naval Medical Corps as his permanent
status. Congress bestowed the tempo
rary rank of captain upon him while he
is watching the health of the President.
2,000 HOMELESS IN FIRE
PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, July 18 (/Pi.
—Two thousand persons were made
homeless at the town of Vazec when
fire destroyed 500 houses, the church
and the school building.
FIVE-AND-TEN HEIRESS MARRIED
IN ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH RITES
Kresge’s Daughter Marries Carl C. Wijk, Son of Lady
Reginald Barnes—Spend Honeymoon in Antibes, France.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 18—The marriage \
on July 8 of Miss Catherine Harriet |
I Kresge, daughter of the 5 and 10 cent
| store magnate, to Carl Carlson Wijic.
I naturalized British citizen, has been an
j nounced. .
I Mrs. Anna Harvey Kresge, first wife
| of Sebastian S. Kresge. said her daugh
| ter had Been married in St. George'.*.
Hanover Square. London. Wijk is a son
| of Lady Reginald Barnes.
Mrs. Kresge ar.d her, two other
daughters, Ruth and Ann. were present i
at the ceremony. The 22-year-old bride
and her husband are now honeymoon
ing at Antibes, France.
Ruth Kresge. on the dissolution of
her marriage received a trust settle
ment of (10.003.000. Each of her five
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TWO (ENTS.
EX-WASHINGTONIAN
WINGING 10 CUBA*
FOR NEW RECORD
James G. Hall, Former War
Aviator, Tries to Best
Hawks’ Mark.
■
MUST DO 1.400 MILES
WITHIN NINE HOURS
Will Follow Atlantic Coast Line
in Low-Wing. High-Speed
Lockheed Plane.
By the Associated Pies*.
ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y . July IR.
—james Goodwin Hall, former Wash
ington war aviator, holder of the Can
acia-Mexico speed record, hopped off at
4:38 am., Eastern standard time. To
day on a non-stop flight to Havana.
Cuba, in an attempt to shatter the rec
ord held by Capt. Frank Hawks.
Hall's Lockhecd-Orion plane, the
Crusader, rolled down the field for a
short distance Hnd gracefully took the
air. He circled the field once and
started off.
I He said he would refuel on reaching
Havana and start back for New York
within a few minutes.
His route would take him along the
Eastern coastline to Miami and over
: Key West to Cuba.
Hall's plane, an especially constructed
| low-wing craft, has a speeding range
|of 200 miles an hour. He has a vari
able pitch propeller and folaing wheels,
which gives the plane increased speed. %
His plane is yellow, blue and white
and Is numbered NR79V.
Capt. Hawks, holder of the present
New York-to-Ha\ana hop record, made
the 1.400 miles non-stop in 9 hours 21
minutes on November 7, 1930. His re
turn trip was made in 8 hours 44 min
; utes, although he stopped to refuel at
Miami and Charlotte, N. C.
MOTHER CONFIDENT.
Mrs. Hall Expects Son to jtearh
Havana.
I
Mrs. James G. Hall of 2440 Sixteenth
I street, the mother of James Goodwin
Hall, said today she had faith in her
I son's ability to reach any goal he set
lor himself.
He informed her by telegraph early
today of his take-off for Havana, but
i did not say if he planned a round trip.
'Am I worried?” laughed Mrs. Hall,
i “Frankly, no. I'd be a mighty poor
mother to worry or try to hold him
! back. I believe he can do what he sets
: out to do.”
| Hall lived here for a short time fol
lowing the return of the American
treops from Fiance. He was born Jn
Atlanta. Ga.. and was a student nt
I Georgia Tech when the World War
broke out. He left school to enter wax
emergency employment and enlisted
from Wilmington. Del., after the United
States- entered the conflict.
PLAN WORLD HOP TODAY.
Herndon and Pang born Will Make
Second Attempt at Record.
NEW YORK. July 18 (AY—Hugh
Herndon, jr.. and Clyde Pangbom hope
| to make another start this afternoon or
! tonight on a flight around the world.
| They weie unpertuibed by (heir narrow
| escape in an attempt to take off yea
; lerdav.
Their ambition is to beat, the round
the-world record set by Wiley Post and
Harold Getty.
Herndon was married on June 14 to
Miss Mary Ellen Farley of Albany. N. Y„
who was at Roosevelt Field yes erdav
to see him off. She was introduced to
most persons as his fiancee.
Their route has been revised to take
them from New York to Harbor Grace,
Newfoundland; thence to either Croy
don. England: Berlin or Moscow. They
I hope to rircle the globe in four or fix'
, stops and beat the record of Pos;, and
. Gatty.
LINDY ORDERS DANISH FUEL.
(
I COPENHAGEN, Denmark. July 18
! OP<.—At the request of Col. Charles A
Lindbe gh. the Danish government has
deposited a supply of gasoline at God
thaab on the western coast of Green
land for his forthcoming flight to the
| Far East.
It was not known here whether the
American airman Intended to take ad
vantage of this fuel depot on an east
erly trip to the Orient via the North
Atlantic and Europe or whether he was
planning to use it for the final stagrs
of a westerly circuit of the world.
Chicagoan in Europe Hop.
LE BOURGET. France. July 18 UP). —
George F. Harding of Chicago left for
Croydon, England, today in his private
airplane, piloted by William S. Brock
of Detroit. He was on his way to the
international foot race meet at Oxford.
LONDON GAS PRICE CUT
LONDON. July 18 OP:.—With An
other reduction of 2 rents a gallon
gasoline is now selling here at a new
j low price The actual price from fco
dav is 17 cents, to which must be
added 12 cents a gallon tax. making
I the price to the consumer 29 cents
; children. Including Mrs. Wijk, received
$5 000«600.
Mr. Kresge has since remarried
twice. His second wife was Mrs. Doric.
; Mercer Harden. His third, Mrs. Clara
K. Swaine of Cresco, Pa.
MARRIAGE CONFIRMED.
Ceremony Performed July 8 at St.
George's Church.
LONDON. July 18 UPV—Announce
ment in New York of the marriage of
Catherine Harriet Kresge. 5 and 10 cent
store heiress, to Carl Wijk was con
firmed today at St. George s Church in
Hanover Square The ceremony was
■ performed on July 8
The bride's mother and amor and
the bridegroom's brother Olof were
witnessed.
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