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Secretary Denies Canadian
Minister Has Complained
to Department.
IDAH0AN SAYS FIGHT
ORIGINATED IN U. S.
Watson Declares Dominion Vigor.
ously Has Opposed Schedule
Increase by America.

Secretary Of State Stimson and Sen
ator Borah, chairman OF the Senate
foreign relations committee, came to a
rhetorical passage at arms yesterday in
the tariff dispute. as Capitol Hill boiled
over reported Canadian threat OF re-
prisals If new American duties brought
distress to the Dominion.
Secretary Stimson vigorously denied
that Vincent Massey, the Canadian
Minister. had made any provocative
protest to him. Senator Borah had
confirmed a report that he was sum.
moned to the State Department early
in the week and acquainted with Mr..
Massey's objections to proposed Ameri-
can duties on lumber, shingles and
cattle"
Senator Borah replied yesterday in q
statement that Mr.. Stimson's statement
justified his belief "all along that these
supposed protests from Canada origi-
mated in the United States"
British Preference" Is Threat.
The two leaders in American foreign
affairs drew from Senator James E.
Watson, Republican Senate leader, a
declaration that there has been a
protest from Canada and a vigorous
protest" Senator Watson said this
Government had been given to under
stand that system of so per cent
prIfieb v,raFarapna roiohf raenN FroV,a
any new American tariff rates to
which Canada strongly objected.
Senator Watson's statement was re-
ceived with considerable interest in view
of his breakfast conference with Presi-
dent Hoover on Thursday. at which the
tariff was the subject. What tranSpired
in that conference, also attended by
Senator David A. Reed OF Pennsylvania,
another protectionist and member of the
Senate finance committee, has not been
disclosed.
With several protectionist Senators
foreign interference" in
American tariff making, rs a result of
the Canadian incident and the lodging
of complaints from IS other countries,
the Senate Republican leader made it
plain that he did not think any foreign
protest would carry much weight In the
revision Of the tariff.
State Departments Statement.
Secretary Stimson was brought into
the tariff controversy by the widespread
publication yesterday morning of reports
that Canada. through Minister Massey.
had protested to him against certain
duties, and was considering retaliatory
measures. The following was issued at
the State Department:
when his attention was called to
newspaper reports to the effect that the
Canadian Minister, Vincent Massey, re-
Gently protested to the State Depart
ment against the proposed schedules on
shingles, lumber and feeder cattle and
had intimated that If the tariff proves
too drastic the government of Great
Britain might retaliate by trying to i'm
pose a duty on American wheat, the
Secretary Of State said:
"'I wish to deny unequivocally that
any such statement was made by the
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TWO ARE INJURED
AS AUTO BURNS
Phone Company Employees
Saved by Motorists in Crash
Near Alexandria.

Charles M. Shepperson. jr., ~. of
3l2 South Washington street, Alexan-
dria, and CORTLAND Smith, jr., about
%, of 1919 Nineteenth street, Wash
ington. we're badly injured last night
when the latter's machine plunged into
a telephone pole on Seminary road, near
Alexandria, overturning and bursting
into flames.
The two men escaped burning to
death on the lonely road by the heroic
work of Lloyd johnson, two others
known only as Potts and Lionheart, all
of Bancroft. Va, and Joseph L. Lash
of Washington, a counselor in Federal
taxes. who brayed the flames to save
the two men.
Both Seriously Injured.
Shepperson and Smith sustained
fractures Of their left legs, cuts and
bruises, while Smith was badly burned
also about the legs and feet and bruised
above the right eye.
with Smith at the wheel, the two
men we're driving along the Seminary
road on their way to dinner at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles r. Hoff
on Seminary Hill, where Smith, his
wife and child are spending the Sum-
mer, when the steering gear suddenly
snapped, the car running wildly off
the road, striking telephone pole, and
overturning. The machine Immediately
caught fire.
Rushed to Hospital.
The men were taken from the burning
car by the trio from Bancroft and Lash,
who were passing in their machine.
Smith was rushed to the Alexandra.
Hospital by the Bancroft men, while
Shepperson was taken to the hospital
by Mrs. Elmer Spittle of Seminary Hill,
who heard the crash while standing on
the porch Of her home.
Both of the injured men are en-
ployes OF the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. in Washington.
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DRY AGENTS HELD
FOR MURDER TRIAL
Two of Four in Raiding Party
Must Face Court After
Double Deaths.
By the Associated Press.

TECUMSEH, Okla, July 13-Two
members Of Federal prohibition offi-
GERS raiding party must stand trial In
State District Court for murder as an
outgrowth. Of Staying of James Harris
and Oscar Lowery, farmers and World
War veterans, 1t was ruled today at the
conclusion Of a preliminary trial before
]. j. Dutton, justice of peace.
JEFF B. Harris was bound over for
trial on a charge of numbering both
men and w. w. Snake" Thomason
was bound over on charge growing
out of James Harris death. Charges
against John williams and Tom Little,
two other members of the party, were
dismissed after little evidence had been
produced TO connect them with the
slayings.
Thomason is a commissioned Federal
prohibition enforcement agent. WASH
ington ofIicialS have denied that Harris
was a commissioned employe, but testi-
mony introduced at the hearing was
that he had represented himself as a
ing the slayings, both Of which were
attributed to him.
Held Without Bond.
No testimony was offered today by
the defendants, who were represented
by j. B. Dudley, an Oklahoma City at
torney identified with the defense OF
Gov. Henry S. Johnston, who was
impeached and removed from ONCE
last March. Both ThomaSon and Har-
ris were ordered held without bond for
their trials which probably will be held
in the Fall.
Mrs. James Harris, the 31-year-old
widow of one of the slain men, was the
chief State witness. The Harris family,
tenant farmers. lived near Tecumseh,
and both the victim and his wife were
leading members of a small community
church. Several witnesses testified they
never had known Harris to touch liquor
or to have any in his house.
With the youngest of her three chill
dren, a curly headed little girl Of three
years, playing about her feet and later
falling asleep in her arms, Mrs. Harris
related in an emotionleSs voice that
jeff Harris had killed both her hus-
band and Lowery. her brother, as they
stood unarmed and with hands uplitted.
Believed Man Drunk.
JEFF Harris came to their home on
the morning of July 4, she related, and
after preliminary search Of outbuild-
ings. started toward the house. Her
James, In the meantime had
gone into the house, she said. Mrs.
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GEN. CARRlLLO IS INJURED

MEXICO CITY, July 13 (P.-Special
dispatches from Durango today said
that the Federal Gen. Jaime Carrillo,
who gained fame by his successful de-
fense of the port of Mazatlan against
rebel troops during the recent rebellion.
was injured seriously In an automobile
accident near there.
Gen. Carrillo is expected to recover.
but one of his two staff officers probably
will die. Their automobile skidded and
turned over
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A@SHAAAAAOo
The sea Is fairly dotted with ice
bergs. Yesterday We could count them
from the deck of the Bowdoin between
here and Battle Harbor: we have passed
at least 500 icebergs, but smaller than
In previous years. Our largest was
about 200 feet above the water, which
would indicate a depth Of about 2,000
feet under water.
Though the millions of tons Of ice
the schooner Bowdoin hurried north
under sail and engine. 1t has been so
cold during the last two months that
the hull still is covered with great
patches of snow, more than I have ever
seen at this time during the last Il
years.
The signs here seem to indicate a
prosperous year for Goldfish at the pres
ent time. The coast is fairly overrun
with large Atlantic salmon and Goldfish.
Old residents have never known there
were so many. AL tubs, barrels and
boxes have been filed. There Is no
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3 cog SldS up ana down the coast.
boat to hold the catch. To hold the
surplus. they are being packed in ice
from the bergs. Undoubtedly many
will be spoiled before there is oppor-
tunity to send them south to the mar
ket
My men are all busy today on scien-
tific work. DR.. Samuel c. Palmer OF
Swarthmore College is over the hills
collecting botanical specimens.
DR.. w. c. Kendall of the Bureau OF
Fisheries Is studying specimens Of trout
and salmon brought on board by the
EskimoS. DR.. Albert Fernwald of
Harvard Dental School has been busy
every minute of the day filling the
aching teeth Of the Eskimos.
The natives here on the edge of
civilization are rapidly losing their
teeth and all are sadly in need OF Inn
mediate attention. We hope to be able
to do as much as possible for them
during our short stay here before start
ing for the Arctic circle.
All well and happy and enthusiastic
over our future vork as planned.
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MEXICAN REBELS LOSE
MEzQUITlC TO FEDERALS
War Department Reports 3S Killed
and SO Wounded in Fierce
Fighting.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, July 13.-The war
department today announced reoccu-
patton by federal forces Of the town OF
Mezquitic, Jalisco, after a three-hour
battle in which 80 rebels and five fed
erals were killed and 20 rebels and 13
federals wounded.
The official report says that although
the rebels, who were intrenched outside
the town, were 400 In number and the
federals only $50, the government troops
had attacked SO fercely that they drove
the rebels into the mountains.
Gen. Alfonso Sanchez led the federal
attack. The Velez brothers commanded
the rebel band and have held the town
for several months.
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AD0LPH MENJOU SIGNS
CONTRACT FOR TALKlES
French Actor Makes Agreement
Just Before Sailing
For France.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, July 13.-Adolph Men,
jou, film star, who told reporters that
he was going to Europe to hunt for
job just before the French liner Paris
sailed Friday night, will return to New
York within 80 days to begin work on
the first Of a series OF talking pictures
for the American Sound Recording Cor
poration of 342 West Forty-fourth street,
Alfred Walker, vice president of the con-
Germ, announced yesterday. Menjou
signed a contract to make the pictures
on co-production basis, Mr.. Walker
said, and the deal was completed Just as
the ship began to leave the dock.
All of the pictures will be made in the
ccmpany'S New York studios.
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Hungary Refuses to Free Spy.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 13 Pl:-
The Hungarian government today in
formed Czechoslovakia that its request
for release Of the Czechoslovakian rail-
way man, Pecha, arrested for spying IN
Hungary. lacked sufilcient grounds. Pc
cha confessed that he had engaged IN
spying along the Hungarian frontier.
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GANG FIGHT ON ROAD
KILLS ONE IN OHIO
Dayton Labor Dispute Believed
Cause Of Shooting-Eight
Persons Held.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, July 10
Frank Metzler, 10, Dayton, was shot
to death at Brandt, 10 miles west OF
here, on the National Highway tonight IN
by labor disputes in a Dayton factory.
Springfield police, called to the scene.
arrested eight persons on charges OF
suspicion and are holding them for the
sheriff of Miami County. Between %
and 80 persons engaged in the night,
it was reported.
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the girls basket ball team at the school.
The family explained that Marion
was now living In Allentown and
planned to enter the preparatory school,
in which he is now enrolled, in the
Fall. After being graduated from the
Allentown school he plans to study law.
When BodYner was born, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bodmer announced the birth Of a
daughter and the child was dressed in
girls clothing. "a.
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Inquiries as to why girl was ENROLL
ing at boys preparatory school
brought the admission from the parents
that Marion or Marian was really a
boy and not a girl.
Young Bodmer was graduated from
the Selinsgrove High School In 1928 as
a girl He had made good scholarship
record and, had played three years on
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ILEANA TO SHOW INCOME.
Princess Tax Protest Creates

Princess Tax Protest Creates
Sensation in ,Rumania.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, July IS CE9.
The court at JaSsy today heard q
plant on behalf Of Princess Ileana
against the tax commissioners who as
sessed the annual income Of the Prin-
cess from her estate at Poeni at
$500. The princess declares that It IL
only $4,000.
their appraisal, the court fixed date,
by which Princess ueana must back
up her statement by proofs. The case
has caused great sensation In Rue
mania.
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BANKING MEN CONVICTED.

Ex-President and Ex-Cashier of
Ohio Bank Seek New Trial.
KENTON, Ohio, July IS R).-Henry
E. Dickinson, former president of the
defunct Mount Victory State Bank, and
Joseph A.. Korns. former cashier, were
convicted tonight on charges of falsify-
ing entries to the State banking de-
partment. The men were released un-
der $1,000 bond each pending hearing
of a motion for new trial.
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MMILLAN EXPEDITION RACES
THROUGH FIELD OF ICEBERGS
Badn Land Explorers Reach Village in Labrador Without
Meeting Drift Ice.
BY DONALD MACMILLAN.
Nv Radin To The star.

HoPEDAIE Labrador July
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BOY DROPS LIFE MASQUERADE
AS GIRL AT 10 TO TAKE UP LAW
Pennsylvania Youth, Only Child, Went Through High
School in Feminine Attire.
By the Associated Press.

Of Burgess g. A.
donned mannsh
and preparing to profession This revealed here today
~ that vons Bodrner Allentown
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TODAY'S STAR

PART ONE-2S PAGES.
General News-Local, National ana
Foreign.
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PART TWO-8 PAGES.
Editorial Section-Editorials and Ed1-
torial Features.
Review of New Books-Page 4.
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PART THREE-12 PAGES


PART THREE-12 PAGES.
Society.
Clmbwomen of the Nation-Page Z.
parent. Teacher ActivitieS-Page Z.
News of the Clubs-Page 3.
y. w. C. A. Activities-Page 9.
At Community Centers-Page 3.
Army-Navy News-Page 10.
w. C. T. U. Activities-Page IL.
PART FOUR-1A PAGES.
Amusement Section-Theater, Screen
In the Motor world-Pases 4, 5. 6
Aviation Activities-Pases and 0.
fredericksburg 10.
District Of Columbia Naval Reserve
District National Guard-Page II.
Organized Reserves-Page IL.
Veterans of Great War--Page Ia.
Spanish War Veterans-Page IL.
Marine Corps Notes-Page IL.
Radio News-Page IS.
Serial Story, "The Treasure House OF
Martin Hews"-Page IA.
PART FIvE--1O PAGES.
Sports and Financial.
PART SIX-S PAGES.
CLASSIFIED Advertising.
PART SEYEN--2A PAGES.
Magazine Section.
Crossword Puzzle-Page 40.
GRAVURE SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events In Pictures.
COLOR SECTIONS PAGES.
Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jcn; Reg lar
FelIers; Mr.. and Mrs; orphan Annie;
Betty: Somebody's Stenog; High
Lights Of History. -
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Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Regular
Fellers; Mr.. and Mrs; Orphan Annie;
Betty: Somebody's Stenog; High
Lights Of History.
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coT,oR SECTIONS PAGES

GRAVURE SECTIONS PAGES.
World Events In Pictures.
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Feeling of Mystery Apparent
as Messages Fail to TEN
Direction in Which Ships
Travel on Ocean Hop.
IDzIK0WSKI AND KUBALA
MAY BE FORCED DOWN
Coste Doesn't Tell Reason Why
Question Mark Gave Up Flight
to New York, But France Be.
lieves Adverse Weather Caused
Emergency Change in Plans.

LIE BOURGET, July IA Cp.-
Capt. Coste notified aviation
headquarters here at 8:35
O'Clock this morning that he
would land at Villacoublay.
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Magazine Section.
Crossword Puzzle-Page 40.
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WEATHER.

20. s. Weather Bureau Forecast.)
Partly cloudy and warmer. followed
by local thunderShowers this afternoon,
slightly cooler tonight: tomorrow gen.
orally fair. Highest. 81, at 4 pm. yes
terday; lowest, 81. at am. yesterday.
Full report on page Z.
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LIE BOURGET, France, July IA
(Sunday).-A report received
by way of Rochefort that Capt.
Dieudonne Coste again was
over France brought a sigh of
relief to those who waited all
night in greatest anxiety for
the safety of the flyers.
So far Paris has not learned
what caused the flyers to turn
back.
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PART FOUR--lA PAGES.
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PART SIX--S PAGES.
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shots In the Big Ten, brilliant defense
man and a clever passer. He may be
shifted to guard to prevent recur-
renee of his injury.
Defeat for Purdue would leave Mich
igan and Wisconsin deadlocked for
first place, providing they win their
games tomorrow night against Mime
sofa and Indiana, respectively. Michi-
gan is expected to hand Minnesota its
seventh straight defeat, but Wisconsin
may be upset by the Hoosiers, who
have been losing all their games by l.,
2 and point margins.
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several decisions over Paavo Nurmi at
1900 meters, the metric equivalent of
the mile.
Nurmi and Leo Lermond, Boston A.
A distance ace, are entered in the
5000 meters and invitations have been
extended, as we'll, to Edwin Wide of
Sweden and Willie Ritola of Finland.
Frank Brennan, director of the
games, has also announced that he
hopes to persuade Lloyd Hahn, former
Boston A. A. flyer, to reconsider his re-
tirement and enter the mile event
Hahn won this event last year, defeat
ing Conger and Dr. Otto Peltzer of
Germany and also in 1927, beating
Wide Both times Hahn just missed
the world indoor record for the dis
lance. In 1927 he covered the eight
furlongs in ABS is, fifth of second
back of the record. Last year his time
| in a sensational battle was Alb.
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When he went to Boston University
he won the intercollegiate quarter mile
two years in succession and the next
year, 1899, while at Harvard, he ran
away with the intercollegiate half mile.
He was the national Amateur Athletic
Union quarter-mile title holder from
'95 to '97, capturing the event in the
middle year in the remarkable time of
40 As seconds.
He held the worlds record for 900
yards at / minute and IL seconds. a
feat that stood unsurpassed for IA years
until Mel Shepard lowered it by mere
fifth of second.
Burke was So years old. For a time
he practiced law, but his health failed
him. In 1906 he was track coach at
Mercersburg Academy In Pennsylvania
and later was sports writer on several
Boston newspapers.
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HALL IN GOLF FINAL.

PALM BEACH, Fla, February Is
Clarence Hall of the Chevy Chase Club,
Washington, D. c., won his semi-final
round match in the annual South Flo
rida championship golf tournament yes
terday, defeating j. johnson of New
York City, UP and to play.
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TWO INTERNATIONAL
RACES ON MEET LIST
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February 1.-two in
ternational races, one at mile and
the other at 5000 meters, are on the
program for the annual knights of
Columbus games at Madison Square
Garden March 16.
In the mile, Ray Conger, Phil Ed
wards, Sam Martin and Galen Elliott
already have entered and the entry
blank of Elmo Purje, young Finnish
star. is expected soon. Purje holds
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NORTHWESTERN FIVE
HURDLE FOR PURDUE

CHICAGO, February Is P).-North-
Westerns Wildcats, who tumbled Michi-
gan from undisputed possession of first
place in the Big Ten basket ball cham
pionship race, may throw their full
strength against Purdue in the headline
battle of the five-game card tomorrow
night.
"Rut" Walter, who has been out of
the game for several weeks because of
leg injury, has returned to practice
and If needed will be used against the
Boilermakers. Walter is one of the best
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HOWARD U. BASKETERS
VICTORS AT PETERSBURG

PETERSBURG, Va, February Is
Howard University basketers of Wash
ington scored their second win in as
they triumphed over Virginia State
College, "a to 81. last night.
Williams. with IL points, was the
scoring ace for Howard.
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D. c. WOMAN GOLFERS LOSE.

MIAMI, Fla, February 15.-Mrs.
Monroe E. Miller and Mrs. Houston
Harper of Washington, D. c., were elm
mated in the semi-final round of match
play in the annual Miami women's
championship golf tournament yester-
dqv
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BURKE, ONCE YANKEE
OLYMPIC STAR, DIES
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, February 15.--One Of the
greatest middle distance men of all time,
Thomas E. Burke, who won the 100 and
the 400 meter races at the first of the
modern Olympic games at Athens in
1896 is dead from a shock suffered last
Saturday.
He started his remarkable career as a
schoolboy when as representative of
English High School of Boston in the
early COS he hung up a record for the
indoor schoolboy 600-yard dash that
stood for many years.
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SAM MATED FOUR WINS.

DEL MONTE, Calf, February Is Up.
Stellar work by Arthur Perkins and
splendid team play won the low goal
polo game at Del Monte for the San
Mateo Reds, who defeated the Tigers,
10 to z,
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DANCE FOR BALL TEAM.

For the benefit of Beymer A. c. base
ball team a dance will be held tonight
at the Arcadia.