The Washington Post
July 15, 1929
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. y ooh » i J > ) ne ' 700 Sign Petition for’ Mayor t While: Others Assail His. Administration. “misconoucT” CHARGED New York, July 14 (NY ———— committee of 700 program of public improvements” now under be may he —— Heck- . philanthropist, With Al émith’s name on the roster, tical circtes Tammany in the ' present incumbency has tracts for a total of $26,207,500 with- out competitive bidding. . This atteck emanated from the Republican county committee, and was contained in a statement issued by William Bullock, bureau. “Yaken * compe gro — which, ¢x- cept for ms “ier instances, was. non- reply to the over- t National Broad ding ja.that he will arinounce his chooas thet vine —— CHINESE OFFICIAL GIVEN ULTIMATUM CONTINVED FROM — a mn of a scoff Chinese ~military soo of der —— white . Russian in"the backgrou and featured the following demands ahd resolutions of the ere at their warious protest meetin WE che workers of the ‘Soviet. Union dem ————— release’ of all Soviet citizens arrested. “Immediate withdrawal of Chinese troops from our frontier. “Immediate restoration of our work- * organizations. “We don’t —— war, but if attacked we will all tax one shoulder with a rifle in defense of our proletarian fatherland, &s.” Ample Resources Cited. Investia, , said, in part: Me Soviet government sums up the @vity of the situation, reminding the F hinlese authorities that the Soviet Union is in command of ample means for detense of its righte and legitimate interests.” No paper hints as to the na 4 the action contemplated in the the Chinese do not reply in three — Igvestia merely saying: * the: face of Chinese provocateurs and cease playing with fire.” The Russian note declared, “The ac- tion of the Chinese authorities con- stitutes the /clearest and grossest vlo⸗ lation.of direct and unequivocal clauses of existing agreements between the U. 8. S. R. and China. “ “The very fact of the issue by the. Tupan, (Governor Chang-Ching the Harbin district) of a one-sided. order _without agreement with the director (of the railway) and his as- eistant, a Soviet citizen, gives his act’ clearly an unlawful character, not to mention the fact that this act abso- lutely violates the principle’ of parity. established ‘by the ‘agreement. ’ system Radically Changed. “The removal of the manager of the liné and his assistant and of service chiefs, and their even temporary re- lacement by Chinese citizens, DIED CANNON—On Saturda Panera! services co ony : neral services ms will be h on ‘Mond ay 1S, ey a. m., at —* * mbers funeral ‘home, Fourtee aa Chapin streets. « Interment at go 5 tery. 12, 1929, at his son street nose GUY, beloved husband o July 13, 1929, at NORRIS CANNON. ECK2R—On Friday, idence, 4000 west, ELMER mass — a. “deaarenen Hil Cemetery. —— vited. — — V— — FUNERAL DIRECTORS - William J. Nalley bore the late ces F. Neley 6 AN ‘SCHIPPERT 2008 Pa. Ave. N.W., | West 0151 and 1569 Pp, J. SAFFELL 383 — _ Nat. t Yrs. at 1208 Hi st., Frank Geier’s Sons Co. WS federn Chapel "NATIONAL 9473 JAMES T. RYAN . SHESBEARE C0. oe 1011 7TH ST. N.W Telephone Nat. 1090 ~~ ESTABLISHED —— JOHN: R. WRIGHT CO. 1837 10th st. nw. Boviet blic opinion we rewarn the | - 3 bri to Hui of, privi _ THI * — —— io toate A PRA sienna — — —, — — Lomein British Empire would impose a 50-cent- a-bushel impost on wheat, in conneo- tion with Senator Watson's insistence that he was told. that she had, while, Senator Borah blandly accepts Seére- a heads Stimson’s statemient as evidence that all of the “protests” had origi- nated in this country. — There are several curious — “9 the situation. The most generally ac- cepted version of what happened is that Vineent Massey, Canadian Minister, haa conversations about the tariff. with Secretary Stimson, as he has had .with | Many less important personages since the tariff fight came up, and that he told Mr. Stimson what he has téid almost every one else with whom he has discussed the situation., This is that the Canadian government was saying nothing about reprisals what- ever, but that the temper of some of the Canadian newspapers over’ the pro- posed increases in the American tariff Was pretty high. One headline in a western Canadian newspaper right after proposed rates “savage.” * It is also regarded as unthinkable that Mr. Massey did not mention to Secretary Stimson: the very strong movement in Canada, which has been augmented and strengthened by the constant discussion :of United States tariff rates, to buy “empire, goods.” * aa * — UT when it comes to a proposed B imposition of a tariff of 50. cents a bushel on American wheat by the British Empire, that is an other thing altogether. -This is the \ weak point in the report, which is regarded pas having given. Mr. Stimson a chance to be more emphatic than he otherwise might. nators from wheat-growing States, amazed at. the idea that Britain might impose’ a duty 6f 60. cents a bushel against all wheat not grown in the em- pire, were unanimous in agreeing that it would‘make very, little practical dif- ference if she did. Undoubtedly, they yt Ral out, it would change certain nels of trade. It would mean that the British Isles, for example, would be supplied by Canadian, Australian and other empire-grown wheat exclusively. But this would not increase the amount of wheat grown in the empire. It would merely divert empire-grown wheat from some of its present markets to the Brit- ish Isles. Nonempire” wheat would be the House passed the bill called the} cept for the dislocation of ‘certain trade routes. As the present system, not being artificially hampered, is prob- ably the most economic, there would probably be a very small additional on the service of moving wheat from ucer to consumet. - > = * ¢@ ' point that perhaps such a pol icy might stimulate wheat produc- tion within the British Empire is answered by those studying the whole world wheat supply situation by saying that the British government can dq al- most anything it pleases about stimu- lating thade within the empire and buying “empire goods,” but it would not dare, in the face of the campaign promises of the Labor party, do any- thing that would increase the price of wheat or flour to the consumer in Great Britain. The point here is that the duty against. nonempire-grown wheat can be placed as high as the British gov- ernment likes, so long as it does not | Yaise the price of flour inside that tariff wall higher than the world price. That would result, it is believed here, in such a clamor that the Labor ‘govern- ment would hurry to reduce the tariff. pire tariff against American wheat may not be an effective weapon of retaliation, it was pointed out.here by those puzzling over. Secretary Stim- son's denial, there is no doubt of the irritation in Canada about the proposed imports on lumber, shin- gles, hard wood, feeder cattle, and for that matter against- butter, and the in- creases recently proclaimed by Preési- dent Hoover on milk, cream end lin- seed oil. These may be softened by develop- ments In the Senate before the tariff fight is over.) The chances, for’ ex- ample, of the House rates on shingles, hardwood and. logs remaining where they are at present are remote, accord- ing fo very astute observers of the log- rolling situation. The imposts on milk, cream and_but- ter have such substantial backing from the farm element, not only along the northern tier of States, but even far south as Tennessee, that there“ is little likelihood of their being reduced. But the ! r industry in this coun- try is far from being a unit in favor of three of the four items just men- ‘tioned in the Stimson-Borah-Watson controversy. Some very influential American lumber concerns have large holdings of Canadian timber, and they do not want any tariff ese — what- ever. So perhaps much of the — will subside before Mr. Hoover. gets a Bo while the proposed British Zm- diverted to those markets, thus leaving chance to sign or veto the bill. cally alters the system of managem of. the railway established by : agree- ment between the govesnments of the Uv. 8... 8. R. and China and fixed by “This fully unjustifiable violation is the. more atrocious since appointment and of he Officials consti- tute a prerogative - the directors and cannot be astlad'< out by the one- sided order of the Tupan.” government. enters a most resolute. and draws the attention of. the Mukden and National governments tq the * — of the situation fulness and.: te China and its sympathy with its Chi- ynesée people in their struggle for aboli- tion of hagas: ate er — and restora- tion of the sovereignty of China. -The Soviet. government w the first to conclude with C basis of equ } China’s sovereignty and to renoypncee all enjoyed by ‘foreign States. Opportunity Provided, Claim. “Therefore, if the Chinese aifthorities have ‘any claims regarding the regime. established on the railroad, actions of individual Soviet representatives, or —_ affecting treaty rights established nts down to reduction of tion, these a vepiat hed full theta er provided by agree- gig to present any claim to the U. U. B. After reiterating the Soviet deter- rmination of friendly regulation of any controversy, the nete proceeded: “The DIED ALCORN—Suddenly, Sunder. duly 14, 1929, —— * Db. ce —— — res sconce, 67 BETH (nee — oved wife of ral Shereatte Ph of the Peay bing r ANE—On Sunda 4, 1929, ‘ PY Btanton Pa —— — daughter of of Mrs. Puneral from her — —— Ig X mages. northeast ne where ‘nih forthe mass 9 the repose of Interment at | e Relatives and friends in 2 aay 14, — at her ae th s t north- — beloved, wife of the late gh o* Hysonge’s funeral] home, et —— on Tuesday, 16 “at 2: Interment at (Dover, Del, — uly ik. at — 1 \ enly, on, Sasardey. EN — —— — — a ae | es RICHARDSO fe ts July 1929. at —* ated: July 3s. * of * = ee Daten wer. LA James — cy Hospital July abt 928. at * » July 14, 1929, ANNIE , et her late residence, - —— — — on Interment ent | present Chinese authorities, evidently It was then declared ‘that the Soviet]. nt | ness. inclined to regard the above policy of friendly and peaceful settlement. of disputes and respect for the. sovereign rights of China (which represents a complete ren lation of the principles of the imperiplist policy of capitalist states) not as a policy connected with the very nature of Soviet power, vt as a manifestation of its weakness. 4 Abuse Is Alleged. “Apparently that is the reason why Chinese authorities have allowed them- selves to take a series of y vio- lent and provocative actions against the U. S. 5. R., abusing its peaceful- “The Soviet government is therefore compelled to remind the Chinese au- thorities that it possesses sufficient méans to safeguard the lawful rights of its people against any violent. in- fringements.” The note then stated that despite provocative action by China. the Soviet government was still willing to enter negotiations which, however, were only possible in event of immediate release of arrested Soviet citizens and cancel- lation of all inese illegal orders by Chinese authorities. The. three re- quirements were then laid down. Frontier Is Blockaded. Tokyo (Monday), July~15 (AP.).—A Harbin dispatch to the newspaper Asahi today says that international railway traffic across the Manchurila-Soviet border has stopped and that the fron- tier is in a state of blockade. Red troops were said to be concentrating near the border and activity ¢ of Soviet air forces was Foperted rted, Official Washington last night was not looking for actual hostilities be- tween China and Russia as a result.of the seizure of the Chinese Eastern Rail- way by Nationalist soldiers and the dismissal of various Russian officials of the railroad. ‘The three-day tltimatum of. the Moscow. government is belieyed to be more for the purpose of giving Chinese Nationalist leadersefood for thought than an actual threat of war. How- ever, it is reluctantly conceded that failure to.comply with the ultimatum might easily lead to grave complica- tions, . On acount of the extensive interests of Japan in Manchuria, any serious trouble ‘between the Chinese National- ist government and the Moscow regime would be almost certain to drag in Japan, Tokyo’s excuse -would be the necessity for protecting Japanese in- terests. Japan's active intervention, Russia’s.expense. That the Chinese Eastern Railway is of vital economic importance fo Russia is conceded. «It connects with the Transsiberian ~ Railway —* reaches warm water ports in the Far. East, re- ducing the time between Moscow and the coast by two days as com- pared with Viadivostok, which, cidentally, is -iceblécked about’ five months of the’ year.. |S. $. Howard * Aid |" While Off Maine Coast Portland, Me., July 14 (AP.)-—The S. S. Harvard was reported in need of assistance, off the Maine coast tonight. She asked that a Coast Guard cutter tow her into port, and it was expected one woul be sent froni Boston. | The position given was latitude 42:15 north, longitude 67:5 west. This is be- 3 Bar Harbor, Me., and Yarmouth, . & 9 * | Cardinal-Elect Vows | Fealty to Italian King San Rossore, Italy, July 14 (AP.) — King Emmanuel first . fmpor- prelate to _ this oath — — naebs —9J - Pe ae i | * —— ve INGTON . PRN Sen ge Glover — Reasons Why Piane-Borne. Letters Some- times Are Slower. CITES EARLY RAIL DAYS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1. if could perform all the functiong that & stage coach could and more. The airplane is not likely, so far as we can vision today, to ever supplant the rall · road. Each has a distinct field of use- fulness... The usefulness of the airplane, tor the present. at_least, is confined to'the transportation of light loads, such as mail and passengers, over long dis- tances, It can not hope to compete vith the railroad on short hops. The tune gained in the air over ground transportation is lost between flying ficids and business centers and will continue to be a handicap to the air-: ship. until some means is found for landings in uptown areas. Of course, the failure to have found Such @ means up to this time might be construed as a point for construc- tive criticism, yet I can not agree that it is one. Annapolis Test Analyzed. The fallacy of The Post test can be found ‘very close to home. Two of the letters were mailed from Annapolis, Md., just a. hop, to end jump from Washington. That city has no air mail service, the nearest being Balti- more, with Washington less than a idogzen miles further away. Needless to jsay, both of the letters mailed from Annapolis traveled by rail. The same was. probably true of those mailed from Dover, Del; Richmond, Va.; Charleston, Ww. Va., and — Raleigh, N. C., and Harrisburg, Pa (The Whshington Post. did not receive any letters from West Vir- . Its letter ,to Charleston either miscarried or the request contained in it was ignored— Editor’s Note.) Richmond is the only one of these cities located on an air mall line. The northbound plane, however, leaves Richmond at 2 o’clock in the morrung and since many trains run daily be- tweeh that city and Washington, it would be foolish to expect a letter mailed without reference to the time of plane departure to beat one by train. In any event, the air mail letter would not be delivered until the first morning delivery, giving the train let- ter ample time to catch it. Trains More Frequent. 4 ’ This situation, is largely true of the ye of the State capitals within 1,000 miles of Washington. There is train service every few hours and plane service only once daily or twice at the most. Mail by air arrives at night.and is not delivered until the following morning, giving the train ample time te catch up with it when dispatched from virtually any point within ‘the thousand-mile radius. The air mail service does not func- tion 100 per cent perfect, nor does the Post. Office Department attempt to claim such a performance for it. Nefther is any other transportation sys- tem immune from delays and perform- ance failures. The air mail may be and frequently is delayed by fog and - crippled for weeks W washed out by floods. I can not nelp but recall that during the great Mis- sissippi flood of 1927 the airplane was virtually tise only means of communui- cation, and in some instances of trans- portation of food and medical supplies to the fiood sufferers in a great many inundated towns. Storm Delayed 3 Letters. Of the nine instances in The Post. test where the rail mail was delivered ahead of the air mail, three of them are ascribed to bad weather. These three letters, originatin * in Connecti- cut, Massachusetts New Hamp- shire, were in a deine which left Bos- ton at 6:15 p. m., June 28, and was for down at ‘Hartford by heavy rain, low clouds and fog. ‘The mail was trained when weather conditions no si of abating. vagy 4 —52 that of the two letters mailed from Tallahassee, Pia., in which case the air letter was de- livered 24 -hours later than the rail letter, can be ascribed only to some su tural agency, ‘since the rail .et- ter is credited with having arrived in Washington several hours ahead of the ‘very best. train schedule between the t * Post tabulation shows both let-. ters were mailed in Tallahassee at 11 | dep Divorces, Even in reset (By Associated Press.) The number of marriage vows taken in Nevada last year far ex- ceeded the matrimonial knots sever- ed in divorce courts. Even in Washoe County, In which Reno is located, marriages took the. lead over divorces. Reports to the Department of Commerce show that 4,168 marriages were performed in 1928 while 2,595 divorces were granted. These figures compare with 2,308 martiages in 1927 and 1,953 divorces. In Washoe Cuunty there were 2,977 marriages last year and 2,103 divorces, compared with 1,538 mar- tlages and 1,603 divorces in 1927, In addition 43 annulments were granted in 1928 as compared with 39 im 3927. The increase in marriages over 1927 was attributed by tlie Com- merce ‘Department largely to the change in the marriage law of Cali- fornia requiring three days notice before issuance of a license. To avoid the delay many Californ- lans journeyed across the Nevada State line to take their vows, oe _ a. m. Jume 29. .The rail letter was delivered, according to the table, at 10 a. m., June 30. No train service could havé accomplished this feat. The best ble time would heave gotten the letter in Washington at 4:45 p. m., June 30, and since that day was Sun- day, it would not have been delivered until the following morning, at: the same time the air letter was delivered. Florida Letter £xplained. Tracing. the, course of the air ietter from Tallahassee, it would have left that city by train with the rail letter at 2:30 p. m., both due in Jacksonville at 8:10 p. m., not quite four hours after the daily plane had left for Washing- ton. Rather than subject it to a twenty-hour delay waiting for the next plane, it is probable that the letter was trained, which should have brought it into Washington at the same time as the train letter, 3:45 p. m., for delivery the following morning. (Mr. Glover's statement was pre- ‘pared from a‘rough proof of The Post article’ furnished the Postof- fice Department, so that a reply might be had for publication to- Revision and recheck showed train. mail letter from reached Washington, June 30, at 10 p. m., an hour well within the realm of possibility. The Post. regrets that Mr. Glover was led into error.—Editor’s note.) In four of the remaining cases the pauses of delay to the air letters are not so easily explainable. That the pos tal service was at fault is admissible; that the air service is to blame can not be proved without an intensive inves- tigation. Exhaustive Inquiry Needed. Two of these letters, one from Az- kansas and the other from. Wisconsin. according to flight reports, arrived at Hadley Field, the New York terminal, at 3:30 o'clock Sunday morning, June 80, There is no plane service to Wash- ington on Sunday mornjngs, but the letters, under ordinary procedure, would have been trained at Hadley and should Nave arrived here by 1 p. m. and deliv- ered with- other mail received by The Washington Post Sunday night. Two other letters, one from Missouri and. one from Kansas, arrived at Boll- ing Field, Washington, one from the North at 11:10 o'clock Saturday night, and the other from the South at 3:35 o'clock Sunday morning, according to | Might reports. Both of these letters should have been delivered with the other mail for The Post Sunday morn- / ing instead of Monday morning when The Post tabulations show them to have been received. Until an exhaus~ tive investigation can be made it would be impossible to determine the cause of this delay. The ninth and last case cited in which the rail mail beat the air is that ‘24-hour delay over the rail mail. of the 24 hours were lost in Atlan where the letter was held to await the arture of the regular northbound Plane. It should, however, have ar- rived In time to have been delivered simultaneously with .the rail letter. Responsibility for the additional delay, as in the other two cases, can not be determined without an investigation,: which can not be accomplished in the limited time permitted. - Purpose of Post’s Test. The Postoffice Department is not averse’ to constructive criticism and welcomes anything that will call atten- tion to a service that can be improved. Summed up, The Post test reveals that out of nine possible failures, three can be ascribed to weather conditions, four to arrivals at destination on Sun- day, when there are no mail deliveries and when the working force is reduced to the least possible minimum, one in- WM able prices. Seventh St. Closed Saturdays in July and August Known Values When you select furniture, you should choose that of distin- guished makers, such as Lifetime Furniture which possesses dignity elegance and comfort at reason- MAYER & CO. Bet. D and E — — French Lower Chamber Cer- tain to Ratify Agreement Soon, Diplomats Aserst. Paris, July 14 (A.P.) —Most of the politicians and diplomats who remained in the capital over the hot week-eend that marked the national holiday seemed to be of the opinion that Pre- mier Raymond Poincare will obtain ratification of the Mellon Berenger ac- cord on debt settlements without reser- vations in the lower ehamber before Priday. Ratifications without reservations by the senate later is acknowledged by even the most bitter opponents of this method of wiping out the war debts of nce to the United States. e premier will not oppose the chamber voting reservations of budget- ary orders, purely internal, after the text of the unreserved ratification is sent to Washington. He is prepared, however, to stake the life of his gov- ernment upon “ratification without reservations in text.” M. Poincare will resume at 10 a. m. on Tuesday his plea for ratification interrupted on Priday evening after occupying for two days the speaker's rostrum in the chamber. The premier is reconciled to the fact that the ratification debate has veered to essentially internal political motives. He is relying upon his usual majority of from 30 to 40 votes which have al- ways been faithful to him when distinctions have been clearly defined. Opinion is gaining ground that the government will support a separate bul drawn up by Deputy Daligne. This reads: “The chamber, believing France will not be able to find the means necessary for execution of the Mellon- Berenger and Churchill, Caillaux ac- cords except in regular fulfillment of German obligations as expressed in the Young plan, solemnly declares that it is in this spirit that it authofizes rati- fication of thé said accords and invites the government to look to regular re- ceipt by means of the international organisms instituted by the Young lan of German annuities destined by he said plan for payment of our e terior debts.” While this is approved by the gov- ernment, it is likely to be op the finance committee, but the premier is prepared to permit the chamber to decide on this question. explicable without investigation, and another in which the complaint is faulty. (The fairness of the test con- ducted by The Washington Post remains at issue. The capitals of the various States were selected as key /dities. The accompanying let- ter™ asked only that the inclosed letters, one with a. 2-cent stamp the other with an air-mail stamp, pe. mailed simultaneously. They in many instances have been —* led so as to fit in with the schedule of air mail. The Post- office Department in Its appeals to the pF age has not differentiated, Glover does, as to where ae mail may or may not be used te. the best advantage. The Wash- ington Post endeavored only to simulate as well as it could | i- tions Which would confront every — patron of air mall.—Editor’s note “ og m7 ae | BY FRIDAY FORECAST!) , SENATE SANCTION IS SEEN} 2012 11th STREET ee | ——— ee * ie LEU AERTS, ERIN ——— Joa ——— We solve y your Parking Problem while shop- ping here by taking charge of your car. W. OMEN are finding. values through- out this store now they certainly had not thought possible in goods of this quali- ty and style. Our sales now are in all truth remarkable, for the goods are the best made and our prices in many instances are what such — ordinarily cost us. will certainly buy-here with enthusiasm if You you shop 1 in this store today. ON SALE NOW for Women men and Misses DRESSES FOR EVERY OCCASION SPORTS AND DRESS COATS ENSEMBLES UNDERWEAR HOSIERY, BAGS, UMBRELLAS HANDKERCHIEFS CHILDREN’S AND INFANTS’ APPAREL F ‘STREET Corner.oe5™ New Phone Number—District 0916 | P SILVER PLATED TABLEWARE AS ILLUST sari 5 EACH | Excellent Quality, Heavily Silver Plated I.Harris © Co. F Street at llth Jewelers and Diamond Merchants for Over Half’ a Century ~ a“ — Former Vatican Official Here Receives Felicitation Vatican City, July 14 (A.P.).—Cardi-' nal Bonaventura Cerretti, for more than eight years auditor of the Apestolic delegation in Washington, D. C., and who revisited America in 1928 on his return from the eucharistic congress in Sydney, Australia, today received congratulations from Catholics all over the world, on the feast of his patfon. saint. He was named for St. Bonktelaiane of Bagnoregio, a learned Francisca who died in 1274 and was as a doctor of the church. serviceé were held at the saint's church on the Palatine Hill, and” i the basillica of the Holy pee : the center of Rome. —* Post, Classified Ads will bevet <p — your purse. oe DECATUR 1400
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