The Washington Post
July 28, 1930

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— Weather — Generally fair and continued warm. Temperature yester- daytHighest, 98; low- est, 81. Details on page 12. 7 ~ NO. WASHINGTON: MONDAY. JULY 28, 1930. co BY THE WASHINGTON POSIT OO. PYRIGHT.. 1930, THREE CENTS, GUP AS TILDEN AND LOTT LOot Cochet and Borotra Are Victorious and Retain Tennis Trophy. TOURNAMENT ENDS _ WITH SCORE 4 TO 1 Tense Crowd of 10,000 Wild. With Delight at Result. TWO MASTERS PLAN TO QUIT MATCH PLAY Youngsters to Have Field in Famous Event Next Year, They Say. By SMITH REAVIS. Auteuil, France, July 27 (AP.).— America’s third attempt in as many years to regain the Davis Cup from ‘tennis musketeers of France founder- ed today upon the granite-like de- fenses of those veteran French aces, Henri Cochet and Jean Borotra. Capturing both of the final day’s singles matches, France retained the cup she/first won in 1927 by the de- Ccisive margin of four victories to one. Leading, two to one, after the first two days af play in the challenge round, France clinched the cup wher Borotra conquered George Lott, youthful star from. Chicago, 5—7, 6—3, 2—6, 6—2, 8—6...Cochet put the finishing touches on France's third successful defense of the cup by whipping hig.old rival, Big Bill Til- den, in easy fashion, 4—6, 6—3, 6—1, —5. : ‘ Tilden Won Lone Victory. oie Fase ee. Amer a's. ixvie · tory of the challenge round on Fri- “day when he defeated Borotra in four sets. Lott fell before Cochet in straight sets on the opening day and the crack American team of Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn were beat- en by Cochet and Jacques Brugnon in four sets yesterday. An intensely partisan and intense- ly sporting crowd of 10,000, gener- ous to the losers but wild with de- light over the winners, saw the 1930 series come to a close, Throughout the first match of the day, Lott against Borotra, they had sat in an atmosphere so charged with tension that the cry of a child brought .on near hysteria. . Tilden’s defeat at Cochet’s hands was almost | @® releif from the emotional over- charge of the earlier battle. Two Masters Will Retire. Today’s play, while it marked re- tention of the cup by France for another year, at least, also signaled the passing from this international competition of the two masters, ‘Til- den and Borotra. Both told the As- sociated Press they never would play for the Davis Cup again. “We must requisition Rene La- coste next year,” said Borotra, “be- cause I never want to play such a Davis Cup match again. ‘1 didn’t Play very well. I don’t want to say I played ‘rotten.’” Next year, then, it will be a year for the youngster. One of them today showed his metal. Lott fought Borotra to the very last stroke of their five-set match and lost, it seemed, only because of the greater tournament experience of the veteran Basque. There wasn’t a time until the last stroke was played that Lott wasn’t dangerously threatening. The Chicagoan jumped into his best form from the first game. He won it on service and broke through Borotra for the next at love. Borotra decided to come to the net in the third game and won it only to lose the next two to the ac- curate placing and long line drives that the American sent sizzling down the sidelines. Two more games went Continued on Page 9, Column 2. ~ STUDIO IS OCCUPIED A unique studio apartment in Riggs Court was without a tenant until a small ad an- nouncing the yacancy ap- peared in The Post’s Classi- fied Section, The “first thing in the a — new lessor arran Or occupancy through the offices of Weaver Bros., Inc., 809 15th: St. N.W. WATCHMAN S BOUND Says: eral Treasury. penditures and show a large longs to the President. deficit. 4 : e . Calvin Coolidge When the country needs a little encourage- — it can look at the condition of the Fed- Since —— 1919, the National debt has been re- duced over ten billion dollars and now stands at a little over sixteen billions. The interest charge has been prac- tically cut in two but is still over six hundred millions. In the meantime we have had five reductions of taxes which give the people direct relief of about two billion ‘dollars yearly and indirect relief to an amount that it is impossible to estimate. Nevertheless expanding busi- ness brought sufficient revenue to meet increased ex- ‘The credit for the original draft of tax bills and issuing “new securities so as to cut the average interest rate well below 4 per cent belongs to the Secretary of the Treas- ury. The credit for a policy of economy that produced a surplus, reduced taxes and increased prosperity be- He has been aided by the Budget Bureau, the departments and the Congress. It is a wonderful record. But because of decreased busi- ness there must now be some rigid economy: to prevent a (Copyright, 1930.) zi wa yearly surplus. BY LAUNDRY THIEVES Five Thugs Enter Office of Plant, but Fail to Open Two Safes. AN EXPLOSIVE IS TRIED After binding and gagging the watchman, five thieves who early yes. terday entered the plant of the Wash- ington Laundry, at 2627 KE street northwest, were frightened away be- fore their attempts on the safe were successful. Two of the men — John H. Lyle, 74 years old, of 1114 Twenty- fifth street northwest, the watch- man, who was sitting in front of the building. They seiged and bound him and leocked«him'in a lavatory in the building. Three other men then drove DAB SB feines. the Pb The men apparently drilled one safé, but the ¢rill broke/off before the combination was wrecked. Then the yeggs turned their efforts to an- other strongbox. They discharged one blast of. some explosive on this, but the safe was not completely opened, and they did not gain entry. At this point, either because their supply of tools was exhausted or they had no more explosive, or because they became frightened, the men fled. Lyles, after freeing himself from his bonds, called police. The watchman said that the men worked on the two safes for about an hour. John Voorkis, 101, Eludes Keporters Tammany’s Grand ——— Reiterates Opposition to Prohibition. White Plains, N. Y., July 27 (N-Y. W.N.S.)-—Bécause. for the last few years he has allowed the public to fete him. on his birthday, and because it wag Sunday, and because he is taking extra precautions for his health during the very hot weather, John R. Voorhis, New York’s most famous centenarian, today slipped away from his friends and well- wishers, eluded an inquisitive press, and spent the 10lst anniversary of his birth with just a few members of his family at the home of his youngest daughter, Mrs. William H. Newell, in her apartment here. When a reporter finally located him, the grand sachem of Tammany Hall and president of the board of elections, seemed vastly pleased at] the little trick he had put over on the newspapers, — To the reporter who found him he gave a brief interview, reiterating his opposition to prohibition until such times “as all people want it—if that time ever comes.” {Woman Kills Taxi Man, DENTAL SPECIALIST POTOMAC VICTIM John W. Hogshead, 32, Strikes Head on Obstruc- tion as He Dives. POLICE RECOVER BODY John. W. Hogshead, 32 years old, head of a well known dental labora- tory in the Medical Science Building, was drowned late yesterday afternoon while swimming in the Potomac river at Hains Point. He is believed to have been knocked unconscious by strik- ing a submerged obstacle upon div- ing. The drowning occurred while Mr Hogshead was in swimming trom a small launch anchored a short dis- ‘tance off the point dm company with Thomas Halley, owner of the craft, Lanham, Md.; George Hurlebaus, of 3823 Fourteenth street northwest. and F. A. Parks, of the Glyde Apart- ments, 1124 Tenth street. northwest. After numerous dives from the boat, lying im less than 8 feet of water, Hogshead took a plunge alone from the side of the craft while his companions splashed in. the water néarby. His failure to reappear on the surface several moments later stirred their anxiety, but their ef- forts to discover his whereabouts in the water proved futile. ‘“ Harbor police retrieved the body from a spot near the point where he had made his fatal plunge after ef- forts lasting more than a half hour, during which time hundreds of mo- torists parked at the waterside rendezvous to view the grappling op- erations. Resuscitation efforts carried on for more than a half hour by physicians of Emergency Hospital and the Fire Rescue Squad proved unavailing and he was pronounced dead after two injections of adrenalin failed to re⸗ vive a spark of life. A gaping hole near his left eye led to the belief that he had received a terrific blow in striking a hidden object beneath the surface of the river. Hogshead had maintained offices in the Medical Science Building for more than five years, after having been in business for himself for a similar length of time in another building in the same block. He had performed dental labora- tory work for numerous dentists in this city and in this section since moving here about ten years ago from a small town in Virginia. ‘Then Commits Suicide Charleston, W. Va., July 27 (A.P.).— Marty Ford, a cab driver, said to have come here from Chicago, tonight was shot and killed while seated in his cab at a street stand by Norma Clay, who then killed herself. Police knew of no motive for the , |shooting. Guns That Killed Buckley Believed Seized in Foray ' Near Detroit; Five Sixty Detectives and Patrolmen Raid Hangout of Gang Weapons Found Under Floors. Men Are Arrested; Detroit, July 27 (A.P.).—Sixty de- Quik, stone sontihie ings here. Detroit detectives, Michi- gan State police and Grosse. Pointe police and firemen took part in the raid, after a leaned from the at sets in the slaying politi- station WMEBEC, shot to death last Wednesday. Bullets from a German Luger revolver and an unidentified .38-caliber weapon were ‘found in Buckley’s body A German Luger with the barre] miss- ing was found in the place raided to- day. Those arrested were Joseph Cat- lonetti, Dageo Bonvante, Elmer Mack- lin, Joe Locano and Joseph Amico. All and found po weapons they called the Grosse Pointe fire department. | Ploor boards were torn up in the attic, and five revolvers were found DAN ON ott T DUMPED GOODS URGED BY REED Senator, in Mellon Letter, Raps Lumber Imports and Hard Coal. FAVORS APPLICATION OF TARIFF PROVISION Convict-Made Products in U. S. Employment Menace, Opinion. EMBARGO BY HOOVER IS CITED AS REMEDY Quotes Chairman Broussard of Tariff Commission on “Unfair Methods.” (Associated Press.) Application of the new tariff act’s exclusion provisions against imports of Russian lumber and anthracite produced by convict labor or “dumped” into the United States at low prices was urged yesterday by Senator Reed (Republican), Pennsyl- vania, in a letter to Secretary Mellon. Senator Reed, whose State is a big hard coal producer, expressed the opinion that such commodities could be barred either by Treasury regula- tion under the. section prohibiting entry of convict-made goods or by presidential embargo under the pro- vision dealing with unfair competi- tion. “As you are doubtless aware,” he wrote, “a serious situation has arisen as a result of importation of lum- ber, anthracite and the threat- ened importation of other commodi- ties produced of supposed to be pro- duced by convict labor at prices much below’the cost of producing similar commodities in the United States. Sides With Woll. “This competition, unless checked by the exclusion of foreign goods so produced, not only will prove ruin- ous, but..im. making a bad situation worse, will contribute to the ufrest and unemployment in our own coun- try. This would be particularly plegsing to the Communistic regime in Russia, and encourage the spread of radicalism in the United States.” Taking the same position as Matthew Woll, president of the wage earners’ protective conference, the Pennsylvania senator said the lan- guage of the new law was sufficiently broad to permit the American gov- ernment to place the burden of proof on the importer. The Treasury already has issued an antidumping order against Russian matches and barred shipments of pulp wood from that country under the convict labor clause and customs Officials are giving serious study to the protests from lumber and coal interests. Sees Danger of Delay. In his letter to Mr. Mellon, Senator Reed quoted Chairman Broussard of the Tariff Commission as saying there was some question whether the “Rus- sian. coal situation” might not be considered under the unfair compe- tition provisions. “It seems to me,” M. Broussard was quoted as saying, “that if unfair methods of competition or unfair acte in the importation or sale of aTAEET LEVEL MERGURY HITS 10 READING Fair and Continued Warm Forecast for Today; Humidity Up. OFFICIAL REPORT 10 DEGREES LOWER Moisture in Atmosphere Adds, in Big Measure, to Discomfort. PRISONER IN CELL IS VICTIM OF HEAT Midwest and East Swelter as Six Deaths Are Laid to Weather. > New All-Time Records Set by Temperature (Associated Press.) Temperatures soared to new sea- son levels and in some cases set new all-time records yesterday as the Nation remained in the clutches of its heat wave. Some of the temperatures: Mount Carmel, Ill .......-..110 Omaha, Nebr og 60s bbeeeocc eae Peoria, Hil *eetee — TTI TTTreE? i. Pipestone, Minm ..oseceeess-107 Des Moines, Iowa .. ««+-++-.106 Evansville, Ind ....ccccess+-106 St. Louis, Mo evescecocacces nee Keokuk, Towa ....ceseceess+ 106 Caro, Til se eaee sosecedds ceases Davenport, Iowa ....-eee+s.-104 Kansas City, Mo ...eece0«--104 Little Rock, Ark ...eseeeee+-104 Sioux City, Towa ..sseese0ee+-104 Fort Worth, Tex ...ceccese+- 102 Shreveport, L® sececwsceense+ 102 Gloomingtem, M1 ...+..++0.--100 Washington, D. C ..cccceess 99 So far as the Weather Bureau's of- ficial report is concerned, yesterday went on the records asa break in the stretch of superwarm days with tem- peratures above 100 degreés. The highest temperature reported by the bureau was 99, shortly after 3 o’clock. At the same time, however, the groups that congregated all day around the Pennsylvania avenue kiosk were gazing in awe at a reading of 109 degrees on the shady side of the kiosk. The discrepancy between its two sets of instruments was explained by the Weather Bureau with the fact that whereas cooling zephyrs were curling around the bureau’s laboratory, not @ breath of air was to be felt at the kiosk, which thus bore the full brunt of the sun’s scathing rays. A few minutes before 4 o’clock a cloud sailed past the face of the sun, with the result that the temperature dropped 3 degrees immediately and did not again rise. Relative Humidity High. The relative humidity did much to add to the discomfort of those who were unable to get away from the Capital for the week-end. Whereas the humidity on Saturday was down around 18 per cent, yesterday it climbed up to above 60 during the morning, and even in the hea i Continued on Page 2, Column 6. Continued on ‘Page 3, Column 3. Germans in Orkneys On Flight to America Aviators End Second Lap and Face Next Hop to Iceland. Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, July 27 (A.P.).—The German airmen, Wol- fram Hirth and Oscar Weller, who are flying to America by the north- ern route, arrived here at 6:55 p. m. today from Hanworth Airdrome, near London, London, July 27 (A.P.)--Qn the second lap of their flight from Ger- many to America via Iceland and Greenland, Wolfram Hirth and Oscar Weller. today took off from Hanworth Airdrome for Kirkwall in the Orkney aviators hoped to make a nonstop flight to the Ork- neys, but expected to land at Turn- house, near Edinburgh, in event of bad weather, since their plane has no wireless set. The aviators will rely on weather reports from the German ‘admiralty, the British air ministry and the United States Weather Bu- reau, which will be wirelessed to the points where they land en route. Hirth said he expected their great- est difficulty in the fog belt over- hanging the ice on the east coast of Greenland. He hopes, however, to avoid trouble by steering inland over | Continued: on Page 3 Columm 3, | Waldsien: uuletti, Aeecleamy ektaane.. | Leaders, Through Christian CAMPBELL WILL ASK HABEAS CORPUS WRIT — UNLESS FREED SOON Virginian Sends Rum Letter to Sir Ronald Counsel of Baker Case suspect Lays Plans for Legal Action. Protests Use of Liquor in Embassy as Derogatory to U. S. Dignity. Special to The Washington Post. Charlottesville, Va. July 27— Samuel B. Woods, former mayor of Charlottesville, but now a leading farmer of Albemarle County, has written a letter to Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Ambassador at Washington, protesting against the use of liquor in the embassy building. “You have been willing to take advantage of a technicality and of the immunity of your office to do yourself what would be a crime for a citizen of the United States to do,” says Mr. Woods. “Whether you in- tend it or not, you show disrespect for the Constitution and contempt for the laws of our nation to which you have been accredited as a diplomat. “You have not followed the noble example of General Foch when in our country; you are doing much to weaken the friendship of the United States for Great Britain, which Bir Esme Howard and the recent action Ww STATE AND DEFENSE FIND NEW EVIDENCE Gloth Expects to Prove Realty Man and Girl Were Acquainted. MAY ALSO PUT CAR NEAR DEATH CULVERT; Lawyer for Captive Says New Witnesses Will Sustain Alibi. Legal proceedings will be instituted to free Herbert M. Campbell from the Arlington Ccunty Jail where he is held, charged with the murder of Harris & Ewing. SIR RONALD LINDSAY. of Canada have strengthened. You are wounding and estranging Eng- land’s Mary E. Baker, unless he is released this week. Charles H. Smith, his at- torney, will seek a writ of habeas corpus, through which he expects that his client will be released. On the other hand, Commonwealth's best friends and delighting Continued on Page 3, Column 6. OTAND OF MORROW ASOAILED BY UVa Herald, Pledge War on Wet Candidates. DENY LOSS OF LIBERTY New York, July 27—Leaders of the prohibition movement, hitting ‘‘mis- representations” aimed to make the eighteenth amendment “appear as of- fensive sumptuary legislation,” today issued through the Christian Herald a long pronunciamento against the dry repear stand of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, candidate for United States Senator from New Jersey. The group signed and released a document pledging themselves to the elimination of traffic intoxicants to the support of candidates sharing the same views, to the enactment of State enforcement legislation and to making enforcement generally more efficient. : It was announced that The Chris- tian Herald shortly will publish articles by Henry Ford and Senator Borah supporting the movement. The signers are Mrs. Lenna Lowe Yost, Raymond Robbins, 8. E. Nichol- son, Dr. E. C. Dinwiddie, Oliver W. Stewart, Dr. Daniel A. Poling, Bishop William F. McDowell, FP. Scott Mc- Bride, Fred B. Smith, Mrs. Ella A. Boole, P. H. Callahan and Dr. Arthur J. Barton. The signers declare that “personal habits and the conduct of the home life in the field of private morals.” “These,” they continue, “should not be touched by the hand of the law unless they cross their boundaries, and then only by due process of law.” They intend to “continue to seek to influence both individuals and the home through moral and religious in- struction and by educational programs and processes.” The statement continues: “The paramount purpose of the eighteenth amendment is to destroy traffic in intoxicating beverages. The amendment itself prohibits the manu- facture, sale, transportation, importa- tion and exportation of such bever- 04,000 LEAD GAINED BY Mo. FEnGUOOh Texas 284 votes had been unofficially tabu- Continued on Page 2, Column 1. Attorney William C. Gloth has un- covered witnesses through whom he hopes to place Campbell’s automobile near the culvert where the slain girl’s body was found. Purther, he expects to prove that the Arlington County real estate dealer and the Baker girl were acquainted. Both the defense and the prosecu- tion have become enthusiastic as @ result of the witnesses they have found for their respective cases. Mr. Smith today will present to Mr. Gloth and Lieut, Edward J. Kelly the names of three witnesses: who, he says, will substantiate Campbell's story of his whereabouts on the night of the slay- ing. Proves Fourth of Hoover Southern States to Reenter Fold. STERLING RUNS SECOND Ample Time to Be Allowed. Dallas, Tex. July 27 (A-P.)-Mrs./ ample time will be given the inves- Miriam A. “Ma” Ferguson, former | tigators to sift the stories of the de- governor, and Ross 5. Sterling, fense witnesses. If no move is made to free Ris client, Mr. Smith has indi- cated that he will petition for the writ which will result in a hearing of the evidence against Campbell, Arrayed against the friends of Campbell are three new State wit- nesses. One of these is a man friend of the slain girl, who it is said will tell Lieut. Kelly and Mr. Gloth that the girl mentioned Campbell’s name to him on two occasions before the murder, This witness was arrested earlier in the investigation. He was released when he proved to authorities that he was confined to bed on the day of the murder. Police will not reveal his name. He first met the girl in February and had been in her com- pany on several occasions until he became ill shortly before the murder. Interview Scheduled fpday. The Navy Department clerk twice told him that she was acquainted with Campbell, it is claimed. Today Mr. Gloth and Lieut. Kelly expect to interview this man to secure, if possible, a more definite link between the suspect and the murdered girl. Another State witness to be inter- rogated today is a retired Army of- ~ ficer who is said to have been in Campbell’s company about April 10 or 11 in a drug store near Dupont Circle. On this occasion Campbelr and the witness tried top obtain the use of an apartment to hold a party. Inspector William S8S. Shelby re- ceived this information over the week-end and detectives located the Officer late yesterday. Nothing of particular significance is expected to result from this interrogation. De- tectives are inclined to believe that the officer may have been in come- pany with a mah mamed Campbell, but not the one under suspicion. Sedan Seen Near Gate. Mr. Gloth’s third witness, ,whose wealthy Houston publisher, tonight appeared certain of places in the run-off for the Democratic nomina- tion for governor. Based on the report of 65 counties complete, the Texas election bureau estimated a vote in yesterday’s pri- mary of 780,000, Of that total, 663,- lated. The figures which represented at least partial returns from 241 of the State’s 253 counties were: Mrs. Fergu- son, 194,018; Sterling, 139,501; Clint C. Small, 103,876; Thomas B. Love, 66,427; Jim Young, 63,093; Barry Mil- ler, 43,063; Earle B. Mayfield, 42.- 709: C. C. Moody, 3,702; Paul Loven, 2,360; Frank Putnam, 2,350, and C. E. Walker, 2,185. Gov. Dan Moody, who four years ago defeated Mrs. Ferguson for re- nomination, said tonight he would support “anyone who goes into the run-off against the Fergusons.” Mrs. Ferguson entered the lists this year when her husband, James E. “Farmer Jim” Ferguson, also former governor, was denied permission to place his name on the ballot. Permission was denied because of his impeachment while in office. Run-off primary elections are held in Texas between the two high can- didates for nomination when no can- didate has a majority. Democratic nomination generally is considered equivalent to election. Senator Love, one of the defeated candidates, who led the successful Democratic bolt. in Texas from Al- fred E. Smith in the 1928 presiden- tial race, pledged his support to Sterling and said he would do aill in his power to prevent the return of “Fergusonism” to the State capi- tol, United States Senator Morris Shep- pard, dry, was renominated in the Continued on Page 2, Column 5. America to Police World, Sir Oliver Lodge Asserts identity he refuses to reveal, is Be=- lieved to be a resident of Virginia Highlands who saw a large sedan - parked near Sheridan Gate at & Index to Today's Issue. Destiny of Earth Lies in Physicist Though It Hardly Realizes Its Future, British Page. i—France Keeps Davis Cup. Ban on Soviet Goods Urged. British Embassy Rum Protested, Campbell to Demand Freedom. Hands of United States, Declares. New York, July 27 (N.Y.WNS.) — Making his first address to the Ameri- can people in ten years, Sir Oliver Lodge, British physicist, in a radio address today over the Columbia Broadcasting System, declared that in due time the police force of the world will be in the hands of America. His subject was “The Destiny of America.” Sir Oliver’s address, broadcast from the studios of the British Broadcast- ing Co. in London, consumed fifteen minutes and was heard distinctly. He said, in part: “Thee United States of America probably hardly yet realize the part they are to play in human progress. They have several advantages. They have partitioned themselves off from atthmnpting 6 ent to Unites States. their ancestral lineage. ae Dental Specialist Drowns. 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