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CITY LAWYERS FIGHT TO SAVE KIDNAP VICTIM Immigration Official Is Halted at Border With His Prisoner. WEIRD TANGLE BARED Attorneys Wage Battle for Mexican, Ordered Deported. BY BEN STERN A tale involving high courts and low courts, and their contempt, high dignita'ries of this and the Mexican government, and kidnaping of a man, convicted of moral turpitude, in an eflort to smuggle him out of the country, was unraveled here today. Russell B. Harrison, vice consul here for Mexico, and Milton Clawson told the story as they renewed their fight, in behalf of Juan Lopez, East Chicago. It began three years ago, when Juan Lopez, a Mexican school teacher, and his wife came to the United States and settled in East Chicago. Lopez could find no employment. Clawson avers, so his wife ran a hoarding house. For some reason or other, the Mexican earned the enmity of the policeman on the beat and he was arrested for operating a house of ill repute, it is said. No Defense; Convicted “Ignorant of English and the charges against him. Lopez was tried before Criminal Judge Martin J. Smith of Crown Point, and convicted. “His lawyer was a Porto Rican who made no effort to explain the charges or prepare a defense for the Mexican, and so no appeal could be taken when we learned about the case,” Clawson declared. Because of Lopez Mexican citizenship. the immigration departmen ordered him deported, the record reveals. Appeal was made to Harrison, who, with Clawson, then wrote a petition for a writ of corum nobis, on the ground that the Mexican should get anew trial because he was deprived of his constitutional guarantees of fuil knowledge of the case against him. Petition Is Barred Judge Smith, they charge, refused to permit the petition to be filed. “He said it was-simply a delay to prevent deportation, which was true,” Clawson said. “We wanted a new trial.” A petition was filed last January with the Indiana supreme court to mandate Smith to accept the filing of the. corum nobis proceedings. In February, Judge Walter Treanor wrote an opinici, concurred in by the entire supreme court, mandating Smith to permit the action. “Because the Mexican was poverty stricken, we did not personally present the petition for filing with the Lake criminal court, but sent it by registered mail,” Clawson tells. The clerk there refused to permit a mailed paper to be filed, as it had not been, presented in person by either Harrison or Clawson. Kidnaped by Officials “MeManwhile,” according to Clawson, “Immigration Inspector Goodall of Chicago had a conference with Smith and last Tuesday grabbed Lopez and rushed him to the border. kidnaped." Congressman Louts Ludlow was also asked to intervene and he took it up with the departments of commerce and labor, which, because of the question of law involved being very perplexing, referred it to the attorney-general of the United States, while Harrison presented the affair took the Mexican ambassador, Clawson said. Saturday night they were informed by Ludlow and Robe Carl White, assistant secretary of commerce. that the deportation of Lopez had been halted on yie border and he was being retux-ned to Chicago. SCORES CITY'S DRIVERS Truckmen Are Flailed by Gates, Garage Superintendent, Drivers of city trucks today were scored by J. J. Gates, municipal garage superintendent, for permitting the trucks to be damage i through lack of attention, in order to prevent loss of wages while the trucks are being repaired. Gates, in a letter to the board of works in which he asked help of the board in the matter, said many drivers “nurse” trucks needing repairs until the end of the week, in many cases trucks being damaged badly through failure to take them to the municipal garage as soon as the trouble is discovered. BANDITS STICK UP BANK Get $7,000 at Chiacgo as Scores Witness Robbery. By United Press CHICAGO. July 20.—Four bandits armed with shotguns and pistols held up the West Side Atlas National bank toady, lined up twenty employes and patrons along the wall and escaped with approximately $7,000 in cash. Scores of persons looked in the windows of the bank while the robbery was in progress. Hourly Temperatures 6 a m 75 10 g. m 78 7a. m 75 11 a. m 79 Ba. m 77 12 (noon).. 81 9a. m..... 79 Ip. m-.j.,* 83

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U.S. Navy Balloon Is Victor By United Press AKRON. 0., July 20.—The United States navy balloon, piloted by Lieutenants T. G. W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell, apparently has won the 1931 Litchfield trophy national balloon race with an unofficial distance of 215 miles. The navy ballon landed at Marilla, N. Y., early today. The Goodyear VIII, piloted by Frank Trotter and Roland Blair, was second, having flown 190 miles, landing at Stevensville. Ontario. E.

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J. Hill and Arthur Schlosser, piloting the WJR entry, were third with 111 miles, having landed near Erie, Pa. Army No. 1 was fourth, landing at Custards, Pa., eighty miles distant. Del-Mar-Va landed at Ravenna, 0., after drifting twenty miles. Army S-30 landed near Sandy Lake, 0., only fourteen miles from the starting field. Van Orman Is Entry The navy balloon and the Goodyear VIII qualified for the Gordon Bennett international race by virtue of winning first and second places. Ward T. Van Orman, winner of last year’s Gordon Bennett race, is the third United States entry. All pilots were handicapped by intermittent rains and winds that beat the big bags about. The rain soaked the fabric, forcing them out of higher altitudes. All of the balloons were forced down by the severe storms encountered. Farmers near Manila, N. Y., where the winning navy bag landed, reported trees uprooted by the wind that accompanied the thunderstorms during the night. Settle Reports Storm Lieutenant Settle reported to the navy offices the most severe electrical disj *iy and accompanying storms he ever had witnessed as a balloon pilot. Settle said the navy entry was dodging between storms all through the night. “It was the greatest display of sky fireworks I ever witnessed,” Settle said. Blair and Trotter followed* the same course as that flown by the navy bag until wind currents forced them over Lake Erie near Erie, Pa. The soaking rain and winds nearly forced theem into the lake, they reported. All of their ballast was exhausted when they finally landed.

BLACKTOP ‘PUZZLE' EVEN TO STATE ROAD CHIEF

BY SHELDON KEY Openly admitting that he does not “clearly understand” the state highway commission’s secifica tions for “blacktop" roads, John J. Brown, state highway director .testified today in circuit court regarding road paving contracts . “Hesitating to testify regarding specifications in blacktop contracts, Brown declared, "I arn not an expert in such matters and I leave that t omy engineer.” Brown and other state highway officials who testified in the court trial, by which Robert O’Connor, Ft. Wayne contractor, seeks to restrain the commission from letting contracts on three types of materials,

TOW-IN A PROBLEM Injunction Suit’s Status Is Questionable. Status of the injunction suit against the city's new traffic law and its morning downtown parking ban, was questionable today with Superior Judge Joseph R. Williams out of the city on a vacation. Tonight the city council is to act on amendments to the ordinance, among which will be one reducing the area in which the 7 to 9:15 a. m. parking ban is effective. Last week Williams threatened to issue an injunction against enforcement of the law, asserting his belief that it was "arbitrary and unreasonable.” Last Thursday an agreement was reached whereby the city halted tow-in of autos and Williams said he would not act until Tuesday, giving thp council an opportunity to amend the law.

Kindness Pays—s34,ooo to Man Now Jobless By United Press YORK, Pa.. July 20.—An act of kindness six years ago brought $34,000 dividends today to William S. Martin, 40, residing near here, out of work for three months and hard pressed to keep himself and his 10-year-old daughter from want. Six years ago Martin assisted an aged woman who had slipped on an icy pavement at Norristown, Pa. The woman fell into the gutter. Martin picked her up and carried her into her home. He hati forgotten the incident. Today Martin was informed that he is the beneficiary to the of $34,000 under the will of Mrs. Mary Ann Weaver, 78. the woman he had so kindly assisted.

POLICE TOW IN CAR SENT ON RESCUE JOB Repair Man’s Auto Seized Before He Can Halt Spread of Gas, WOMAN IS OVERCOME Delay of Hour Caused by ‘Extra-Efficient’ Work of Coppers. BY EDWARD C. FL'LKE Indianapolis’ new tow-in law committed its first grave blunder today. Asa result a woman narrowly escaped suffocation in a downtown restaurant and an emergency workman, called to fix a threatening leak in a refrigeration plant, was forced to stand helpless because his car was towed in. Mrs. Mary Curry, 38, of 4050 East Sixteenth street, hostess at Ye Olde Boarding House, 38 North Pennsylvania street, is recovering from*the effects of gas inhaled in a dressing room as she prepared to go on duty today. She escaped possible serious lung injuries, when her screams attracted workers to the store as she fought for breath in the basement of the restaurant. Repair Truck Towed In While Jack Line, manager of the store, braved the gas to remove Mrs. Curry from the basement, P. E. Wright, 518 North I>aSalle street, owner, hastily summoned repairmen. C. J. Granger, 811 Linwood avenue, an employe of the Banquet Ice Cream and Milk Company, was sent hurriedly to the downtown store. Granger double parked in front of the restaurant, and, grabbing a wrench from a tool Mt, hurried to the basement. He said he examined the leak, and returned at once to the emergency car for more tools . It was gone. The car had been towed In. Delayed for Hour For almost an hour. Granger waited at the restaurant' while an assistant sought to find the car, a coupe, and return with special tools. The choking sulphur dioxide gas, meanwhile, drove patrons and employes from the store, gasping for breath. Eleven waitresses and six men, employes of the store, were being treated by physicians when repair tools finally were returned from the car. “It’s peculiar that the two-in law functioned so perfectly just at this time,’’ Wright said. “The repairman had been here only a minute,” he declared. “Any other time, I coifld go out and find you all the double-parked cars you want, and they’d still be there,” Wright said indignantly.

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all blacktop, exhibited meager knowledge of road specifications. Confused visibly by attorney’s l questions, Director Brown changed his testimony while on the witness stand, when prompted by Chairman Albert J. Wedeking of the highway commission, who sat in court as- a spectator and nodded his head “yes” and “no” as cues to Brown’s replies. He stated that rock asphalt was specified in contracts, which the commission allowed, later denying this assertion when he * caught Wedeking’s "signals.” O'Connor and other contractors are claiming the commission is letting contracts for only one type of pavement in the court suit before Judge Harry O. Chamberlin. The highway commission was represented in court by Merrill Walker, attorney for the "blacktop” material interests. A large crowd of cement, gravel, and other road material interests representatives were present in court. JOGS TO BE ELIMINATED Works Board Approves Project in New York Street Improvement. Resolution for relocating and paving East New York street between State and Randolph streets, through property recently acquired by condemnation, was approved by the works board tpday. A hearing will be held later. Estimated cost of the improvement is $17,447. It will eliminate two dangerous right angle turns. Roadway will be forty-eight feet wide, as part of the plan for a wide through street from the business section to the east side.

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Opera Stars’ Baby is Kept in Incubator

By United Press CHICAGO. July 20.—Rosa Raisa, leading soprano of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, said today she is convinced that her infant daughter, who has been named Rosa

Guiletta, will be “just a wonderful singer”' “Why, she is only t h i r teen days old,” the opera star said, “and already she can cry louder than any other baby I ever heard. I’ve listened to her every day since she was bom, and every day her voice is better.” The baby weighed five and

one-fourth pounds at birth and has been kept in an incubator ever since. Rosa Raisa and her husband, Giacamo Rimini, also a member of the Civic Opera company, watch the baby for hours every day through the glass doors of the incubator.

STATE CROPS . SAVEDBYRAIN Farmers, City Residents Welcome Relief. Indiana crops valued at millions of dollars have been saved by rain Saturday and Sunday that broke a week’s wave of heat and dryness. From all parts of the state today i came optimistic reports from farmers who had feared ruin of the crops, due to the drought. They said in many places corn had begun to wither, but that the weather break will save the crop. Outlook for more rain today here and in the south part of the state gave a brighter prospect. Rising to 94 Saturday afternoon, a sudden wind and rain storm brought the mercury down to a minimum of 70 during the night. The sun was hot early Sunday and the temperature had risen to 89 before afternoon rains broke its rise. Minimum in the last twenty-four hours was 73. Rain that fell early today boosted the week-end precipitation aggreI gate to .98 inch. i Rains ranging from a few hundredths to 2.52 inches in various parts of the state have dampened thoroughly the upper surfaces of farmlands. “The crop situation in the state has been relie\ r ed by the rains,” J. ! H. Armington, weather bureau chief, j declared. “Many crops, including j corn, had begun to wither and the ! precipitation will save them.” TWO U. S. ARMY PILOTS KILLED IN COLLISION Two Others Saved by Parachutes as Plan* Lock Wings. | By United Press NEWINGTON, Conn., July 20. Two army aviators were killed and tw r o others jumped to safety with parachutes today when two planes of the fifth United States observation squadron en route from Mitchel Field, N. Y., to East Hartford locked wings, reportedly in attempting to avoid a civilian plane. Second Lieutenant Benjamin Lowery of the reserve corps and ! Corporal Harold Strosnyder of the : regular army were killed instantly | when their plane crashed in flames a few hundred yards from Cedarcrest sanitarium. Lieutenant F. X. Kelly and his mechanic, Sergeant David Spicer, jumped safely with their parachutes. CITY GIRL LEADS IN GOLF QUALIFICATION Miss Elizabeth Fires 81 in Start of State Title Play. Perfect weather greeted approximately 100 Hoosier feminine golfers today as they battled in the eight-een-hole qualifying round of the women’s state tournament over the tricky Avalon County Club links. With less than half the field reported, Miss Elizabeth Abbott, Indianapolis, was far in front with an 81, which included a 37 on the incoming nine. JOur strokes behind was Miss Dorothy Gustafson, 18-year-old South Bend star. Miss Elizabeth Dunn, Inidanapolis title holder, slipped far down with a 92. Mrs. A. E. Bulson of Ft. Wayne, defending champion, automatically qualified for No. 1 position and did not take part in today’s action. | STAND FALLS; 15 HURT Downpour Drives Crowd to Bandstand; Weight Causes Crash. I By United Press CHICAGO. July 20.—More than fifteen persons were injured, one critically, when a downpour of rain drove 300 dancers and merrymakers on to a bandstand at Celtic Grove I Sunday night and the stand coli lapsed. About 1,000 persons, most of them j members of Irish-American Young i People's Society, were in the park i when the storm broke. The young | people raced for the bandstand, | only shelter in the park. Many crawled beneath it to get out of the rain and the stand collapsed with a crash. Bus Line Petition Set Public hearing on the petition of Willie Schenk to operate a bus line from the Union bus station to Drexel Gardens, southwest of the city, will be held before the public service

GIRL DROWNED IN WATERS OF 30-FOOT PIT Lucille Smith, 15, Slips Off Ledge Into Deep Pool; Down 45 Minutes. RESCUE EFFORT FUTILE Five Hours Are Spent in Artificial Respiration by Lifesavers. Failing to attend Sunday afternoon religious services for the first time in weeks. Miss Lucille Smith, 15. of 209 Eastern avenue, was drowned while swimming with a party in an abandoned gravel pit on the Hamlen farm, two miles east of New Bethel. Shortly after her arrival at the pit, Miss Smith, who didn’t know

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21, of 1110 East Washington street; Charles Link, 33 North State avenue, and Wallace Malone, 1526 Hoyt avenue. Watched from Bank Refusing to go into the water because he has lost seven members of his family by drowning, Link sat on the bank while the others splashed in shallow water on the six-foot ledge. Malone overstepped the ledge and turned back to find Miss Smith had followed him and was struggling in the deep water. Twice he almost lost his life in attempts to save her when she grabbed him in death grips. The third time he grasped her, he nearly had the girl to shore, when he slipped as she tried to gain a held on his -shoulders. Try to Form Chain Link, overcoming his fear of the water, plunged in and aided Malone and Miss Anderson in forming a chain to reach the girl, but her body had slipped down the bank. Mrs. Orvid Smith, mother of the girl, said she and her daughter had been weekly attenders at Cadle tabernacle since E. Howard Cadle started his campaign to regain control of the tabernacle. Sunday she told the girl she was too tired to attend and her daughter went swimming. Lew Stanley, fireman at Engine House 16, dived several times for the body and Charles Lahrman, £OS Ashland avenue, bailiff in superior court three, finally succeeded in locating it. Work for Five Hour* Stanley administered artificial respiration until arrival of Francis Hodges, Red Cross swimming instructor, and nio brothers, Fletcher and Bradford, who worked with the girl for five hours. At one time they believed she would recover. Although the pit has been used for years as a swimming place, persons in the vicinity told deputy sheriffs that warning signs have been posted numerous times, but have been ignored or torn down. Miss Smith was to attend' high school this fall. She is survived by her parents and a sister, Mrs. Edward Eaton of Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. KILLERS’ PLEA DENIED Former Sheriff’s Petition in Oklahoma Is Turned Down. By Urfited Press ARDMORE, Okla.. July 20.—Petitions of William A. Guess and Cecil Crosby, former deputy sheriffs, asking dismissal of murder charges pending against them in connection with the fatal shooting of two Mexican students, were denied today in district court here. Judge Asa Walden ruled both of the former officers must go to trial at the fall term of court. Their cases probably will be called in September or October. CRASH KILLS HOOSIER Lafayette Man Dies of Injuries in Michigan Accident. By United Press MONROE, Mich.. July 20.—Monroe Truman, 35, of Lafayette, Ind., died here today of a fractured skull suffered when the machine he was driving collided with a highway bus. Truman’s mother, Mrs. Jennie Truman, 65, received a possible skull fracture and Mrs. Florence Bass, 56, also af Lafayette, suffered a broken ankle and other injuries. Occupants of the bus were uninjured. STEEL MAGNATE QUITS Cyrus S. Eaton Resigns as Director of Sheet and Tube. By United Press YOUNGSTOWN, 0.. July 20. Cyrus S. Eaton, who conducted the successful fight to block the billiondollar merger of Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, today resigned as a director and member of the executive committee of Sheet and Tube,

There was no more enthusiastic 1 £ member of the band that amused Meridian Hills Country Club jf *" members at a swimming exhibi- f* tion on the club's anniversary * than 5-year-old Major Willis, who *'>• • at that early age is renowned here as a swimmer and diver. Here is a photograph of Major. peering inquisitively at a camera 0^ just before executing a perfect dtk. , jack-knife dive from the ten- §P'foot diving board erected for the vJHb occasion. * Major is the son of Mr. and iflr Mrs. R. C. Willis. ipf Mrs. Willis, formerly Miss Thel- U ma Darby, was a Hoosier Athletic / Club aquatic star. 4

There was no more enthusiastic member of the band that amused Meridian Hills Country Club members at a swimming exhibition on the club’s anniversary than 5-year-old Major Willis, who at that early age is renowned here as a swimmer and diver. Here is a photograph of Major, peering inquisitively at a camera just before executing a perfect jack-knife dive from the tenfoot diving board erected for the occasion. Major is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Willis. Mrs. Willis, formerly Miss Thelma Darby, was a Hoosier Athletic Club aquatic star.

how to swim, slipped from the ledge into thirty feet of water in the pit. The body was taken from the water fort y-fi v e minutes after the girl went down, and artificial respiration was applied for five hours without avail. The girl had gone to the pit with friends, Miss Doris Anderson,

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AL6EBT FALL GOESTOPRISON Ex-Cabinet Member Making Trip in Ambulance. By United Press THREE RIVERS, N. M., July 20. —Albert B. Fall was back today on the trail he traveled in quest of gold as a penniless prospector years ago, whence was young with high hopes. The trail is a highway now, leading up into the mountains to the Santa Fe penitentiary, through the gates of which the former secretary of interior is expected to pass before night. Fall has changed, too, since the days when he followed the trail. He is 69 and his health is broken. He carries the stigma of a jury’s verdict that he betrayed the public trust. His hope has turned to despair. Fall’s trip to the pentientiary to serve a year and a day for acceptting a bribe while he was in the Harding cabinet was started in an ambulance at El Paso Saturday night. Mrs. Fall was at her husband’s side today, as were his two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Chase and Mrs. Jouett Elliott, and his granddaughter, Martha Fall, 17, high school beauty contest winner.

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Grim Stork By United Press LONG BEACH, Cal., July 20. —A group of friends and relatives were gathered in the home of Ralf Shafer. Happily they offered their congratulations over the birth of Shafer’s newest son. Shafer sat apart, apparently uninterested in the ex ’tement over the new boy. Now and then his glance wandered to the cupboard, which only he knew was empty, and which even his children did not realize he could not fill again. While the friends and relatives crowded happily about the bed upon which lay Mrs. Shafer and her newborn son, the father slipped quietly from the house. An older child, missing him. went to investigate, and returned screaming in terror, to the house. The father’s body was found on the garage floor. He had shot himself through the head.

Picks Up Bike Not His; No Pickup;’ Is Picked Up A bicycle not built for two sent Charles Meyers, 24, of 1218 Bates streeet, to the state farm for six months today. Meyers was arrested by detectives after they found him wheeling along the 500 block Willard street Sunday with Ewing Hudgin,23, of 4016 V* East Washington street, astride the handlebars. Seeing the police, Meyers attempted to get way, but he hadn't ridden a wheel for several years, and was slow on the pickup. Before Municipal Judge William H. Sheaffer, Meyers today took the blame, absolving Hudgin, who was discharged. Meyers admitted theft of the bicycle as it stood near the Garfield park pool Sunday afternoon. It was the property of Robert Stewart, 14, of 1028 Churcnman avenue. Meyers told Sheaffer he stole it because he ’‘didn't want to walk three miles home.” “I think you’ll prefer to walk a little from now on,” the judge said, after imposing the sentence. Meyers walked from court to the turnkey’s office, where his walk changed to a totter and he slumped into a faint. He was rerived in time to prepare for his trip to the state farm.

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Civic Leaders File Suit to Have Club Lease Ruled Invalid. Years-old battle of north side taxpayers for possession of the Woodstock Country Club property, Thirty-eighth street and Northwestern avenue, was taken to court today by civic leaders who have led the fight. Injunction suit was filed in superior court two against the club and the park board, alleging the property has been leased to the club by the board while it originally was purchased for park use. The complaint also sets out that taxpayers have been ordered from the property. An exclusive club, use of the grounds always has been limited to members or their friends. Detalis Are Sot Out Details of the lease whereby the club retains the ground by paying the city enough to cover interest on bonded indebtedness are set out in the case. Original lease facts and others relating to renewal of the title until it now extends to 1940 also are set out. For many years, residents of the north and northwest sides have sought the park board to cancel the lease and to devote the tract and buildings to park use. They claim this section of the city is without park facilities. The suit asked the court to enjoin further operation of the lease, declaring it invalid. Complicated Legal Problem Trial of the case will bring up one of the most complicated property legal questions in years. Plaintiffs will show, they say, the city is paying taxes to maintain the land, that public taxes paid for the tract and that the park board has deviated entirely from the purchase purpose. Plaintiffs in the suit, all of whom have been active in the civic league battle before the park board, are Gustav G. Schmidt, James R. Cox, Herman Abel and Ross S. Ludlow. LIST MINE PROBLEMS Dissension and Economic Troubles Cited as Two Factors. By United Press NEW YORK. July 20. The United Mine Workers of America, as an organization, “faces a twofold problem: Dissension, with some traces of Communistic agitation as a third party fn the conflict, and the economic problem of the industry as a whole,” a study of the soft coal fields of Illinois released by the Russell Sage Foundation today said.

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FRENCH VIEW STILL BLOCKS GERMAN LOAN World Powers, Meeting at London, Seek to Solve Finance Crisis. U. S. PLAN IS LIKELY! Paris Envoys Intimate They Won’t Budge From Stand. BY VVEBB MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent LONDON. July 20.—The scene of the statesmen's conference on the European crisis growing out of Germany's economic ills shifted to London today after preliminary conversations at Paris over the week-end. Representatives of seven world powers assembled at the House of Commons for the conference for what is perhaps the greatest effort at international co-operation, ever made. The Paris conference resulted in an exchange of views and an outline of the positions of Prance and Germany—the two nations chiefly involved. Germany wants a longterm loan of $300,000,000 or more, and the French insist Germany make certain political concessions. Dr. Curtius Hopeful Tlie statesmen of the seven na* tions —che United States, Francq, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Ja* pan and Belgium—met with varying degrees of enthusiasm. High hopes were held by Dr. Julius Curtius, German foreigp minister, who in a statement at Paris said: “I can say we are in general ac* cord on most of the international subjects involved. We can hope, I feel sure, through the new ‘chequers spirit’ for the highest results.” Dr. Curtius said the Paris parley was concerned chiefly with the betterment of Franco-German relations, and that they left the entire practical question of financial aid to Germany up to the London sessions. French Are Adamant Premier Laval of France, who met with Chancellor Heinrich Bruening and Dr. Curtius in Paris, insisted, that a short-term credit, if granted at this juncture, as favored by some as a breathing spell” pending the long term loan, should be guaranteed on the same conditions as a long-term credit. The Germans objected to this, as they had objected to the French political demands in the first place. France demanded Germany abandon the proposed customs union with Austria and also that she susr pend construction of any more "pocket battleships.” One was launched recently, the first of five planned. Despite Bruening’s arguments at Paris, the French indicated they would not be inclined to cede* this point to her. although they met with opposition both from the British and Americans. U. S. Plan Possible It was disclosed that the United States delegation may present to the conference a plan for rehabilitating Germany’s finances directly opposed to the French plan. Thd French want to grant Germany 8 $500,000,000 long-term loan subject : to certain political concessions. Americans contend it is useless t<s j loan money to Germany until confidence in Germany is restored abroad and the withdrawal of foreign money from Berlin ceases. Stimson, speaking at Paris Sunday, was reported to have said: “There is no use pouring mord water into a fcaky tub. The firss thing to do is to plug the leak.” Thus Stimson and Mellon may be expected to make definite proposals to repair the weak spots in Germany’s financial structure, after which they will be ready to discuss a loan. Bremen Bank Closes By United Press BERLIN, July 20.—The Bremen banking house of Schroeder has suspended payments for one week, the Telegraph Union News Agency reported today. Other Bremen banking groups were attempting to consolidate, the dispatch said. GLIDES OVER ISLANDS U. S. Army Pilot Remains Aloffc Four Hours Near Honolulu. By United Press HONOLULU, July 20.—Lieutenant William A. Cocke. United States army pilot, today successfully completed the first glider flight started from wind-swept Nuuanu Pali. Lieutenant Cocke remained aloft four hours over the ialand of Oahu, most of the time at an elevation of 5,000 feet. He had hoped to establish anew glider record, but came down far short of the mark. PARIS SPURNS MARKS German Tourists Stranded by Refusal of Exchange. By United Press PARIS, July 20.—Several thousand German tourists were strand* ed in Paris today as a result of difficulties in getting marks changed into francs or other foreign currency. It was explained that the majority brought marks with them and only changed enough ever/ few days to pay expenses while touring. Hotels now refuse to accept marks in payment of bills, and many tourist agencies and banks are not exmb n~ r*

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