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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
MINNIGER0DE PASSES
FOREIGN SERVICE TESTS

II. Gordon Minnigerode, a. years old
the son Of G. Powell Minnigerode, direc-
tor Of the corcoran Art Gallery, 4 one
Of 10 persons who were announced b.
the State Department today to have
passed the recent foreign service en-
trance examinations.
Mr.. Minnigerode resides with his
parents at 1877 @ street. He Is q grad.
uate Of Brown University. For several
months prior to taking the examine
tons, Mr.. Minnigerode was q member
Of the reportorial star OF The star,
with other successful candidates. he
now viii receive rating Of ''unclaSsi-
fied" foreign service oficer. One woman
q In tn group, Miss Constance n.
Harvey, q Buffalo, N. y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
WAY STILL OPEN, BRAND SAYS.
Foreign Minister Tells Senate Of Posi-
bilitY Of Solution.

bility Of Solution.
PARIS, March IS R.-ForeiRn Min
lister BRAND told the Senate today that
the way was still open for Q naval re-
duction agreement.
IT have not been able so far to OBJ
tain what I wish for France" he said
during discussion Of the foreign affairs
budget, "but the conversations have not
closed. I have not given up hope of
seeing the problem again taken I'D. with
the possibility Of solution"
The foreign minister touched briefly
on the Franco-Italian dispute over
parity.
"At the moment I am preparing 10 re-
turn to the conference" he said. eve
would like to be able to give satisfaction
to o neighborly and friendly country.
We would not mark any difference be-
tween US. But 1t Is necessary to be ON
guard against certain words which do
not correspond to reality.
"One must not create a theory OF
equality which In reality Translates It.
self into dangerous inequality. such
is our attitude and We win persevere
in It."
Rewriting to his idea of q pact Of mu.
tnal security that would permit France
to make real reduction In ornaments.
M. BRAND said:
1.-THE pact Of Paris is one means for
hating war, but It Is insufficient to de-
nounce crime; 1t is necessary to prevent
It,"
He declared that France was ready
immediately ito establish q general &c.
curly from which all win profit"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
ATLANTIC ZEPPELIN
LINE IS ORGANIZED
National City Bank Heads
List of Corporations Which
Finance Service.
nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March IS CP.-Dr.
Hugo Eckener, commander Of the dirig-
ible Graf Zeppelin, announced today
that visa the backing Of group OF
large industrial and banking concerns.
organization OF the International Yep
pelin Transport Co., for transatlantic
airship service, has been effected.
He said that the capital had been
fully subscribed and that by the end
of the year studies preparatory to
actual operation would be completed.
The companies interested In the
project include the National City Bank,
the United Aircraft 81 Transport Cor
poration, the Union Carbide Co., the
Aluminium Co. of America and the
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation OF
Akron.
LitchfieId Is President.
p w. Litchfeld, head Of the Good
year Co., Is president Of the Zeppelin
Transport Co., which was incorporated
in Delaware last October.
DR.. Eckener said that airshtpS larger
than the Graf Zeppelin and more than
twice the size Of the United States
Navy dirigible Los Angeles will be
built in both the United States and
Germany for the service.
He said he favored Seville, Spain, as
O site for the European airport for the
dirigibles, and some point near Balti-
more or further south for the American
terminal. Studies of weather condi-
lions along the America coast, he said,
had indicated that it would be useless
to seek a site north of Baltimore.
Starting Date Is Unset.
Neither DR. Eckener nor Charles e.
Mitchell, chairman Of the National
City Bank, with whom he conferred be-
fore making his announcement would
say when the transatlantic service
would be begun. -
DR.. Eckeper, who has made six cross
ings of the Atlantic in the Graf Yep
pelin and a "trip around the world, plans
to return TO Germany April IS to re-
sumo supervision Of the construction
of a new hangar and plant at Fried
richshafen, which he described as large
enough TO build any airship the future
may need"
The United Aircraft & Transport
Corporation operates subsidiary. air.
plalSc transport lines from Canada TO
Mexico and from San Francisco to
Cleveland. e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
BY PAUL SCOTT MowRER.

BY wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1880.
LONDON, England, March 25.-The
United States is ready to consider max
ing a consultative five-power security
pact here, now, on two conditions
first, that Great Britain VIII then be
ready to make a Mediterranean pact
with France and Italy; second, that on
the basis of these two pacts, France will
consent to real naval reductions, there
by enabling large reductions all around.
This means that the conference is
in a fair way to begin al over again,
this time on sound political basis in
stead Of on futile discussions Of figures
divorced from politics.
American conversations with Great
Britain on the one hand and France on
the other on this new plan are already
well started. The French reaction Is
favorable. Indeed, It appears that the
French have already informed our dele
gates that they will in this case make
reductions which will enable the United
States to urge Great Britain to make
corresponding reductions even well be-
low the Rapidan figures.
they would make q Mediterranean pact
II the United States would make q con-
sultative pact. What they have OBJ
jected to was the increasing Of their
own obligations while the worlds
strongest and safest power-namely, the
United StateS-stood aside reserving its
strength and refusing to say what it In
tended to do In case trouble arose.
Pacific Pact Would Be Model.
Naturally q fiye-power consultative
pact will not bind the United States to
anything in advance. It would be mod
eled more or less on the four-power
Pacific pact. It's advantage would be
that It would insure Great Britain of
full and complete consultation with US
before Great Britain was obliged to
take blockade action under the covenant
Of the League Of Nations, the LOcarno
pact or the new Mediterranean pact.
The American delegates have all per-
sonally favored such q consultative pact
from the beginning. So has President
Hoover, it is said. There have been
some divergences between them regard
ing how it would be worded, but none
on the main point Of its desirability.
Our reluctance to make this pact here
now seems to have been due, first, to
the idea that it would be q bad thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
EUROPA WINS SPEED
CROWN FROM BREMEN
BY 18-MINUTE MARGIN

Continued From First Page.)
Bremen revoive outward. The speed Of
the EuropaS turbines also Is greater
than those of the Bremen.
Another change is device on the
two squat tunnels designed to force
the smoke upward, thus eliminating the
danger of it being blown upon the decks
to the. inconvenience Of the pas
sengers.
Decorations Are Different.
To the layman, however, the chief
difference between the two liners win
be observed in their interior decoration.
The extreme modernistic note Of the
Bremen has not been followed In the
Europa. The main. decoration scheme
of the Europa contains representations
of the neurological Princess Of Asia
after which the continent Of Europe
and the Europa were named. In some
places the figure of Europa and the
bull, are treated pictorially and in others
the figures are In sculpture.
The ship has an overall Of 936 feet
and q breadth of 101 feet. She has
accommodate for 2.200 passengers
and q crew of 9T5 men, On her maiden
voyage. however, she carried only 1910
passengers. Her Hfeboats are all
motorized and equipped with radio APP
paratus. They can accommodate 4, 100
persons, IS per cent more than the
combined number of passengers and
crew.
Among The features Is the swimming
strikingly decorated with bright colored
mosaics along the walls Of the room.
Other features are her restaurants. q
separate library for each class and q
shooting gallery that presents the effect
OF forest with moving game.
Name Is In Lights.
An unusual feature is that the name
Of the ship can be shown In electric
lights on both sides over the sun deck.
The letters are of glass, 8 feet high.
The commander Is Capt. Nicolaus
Johnson, commodore of the Lloyd feet.
He has been In the service Of the COM
pany for more than 80 years and until
recently commanded the Columbus. He
Is 81 years old and went to sea when 1e.
Won Prittwitz Boards Liner.
A heavy fog settled over the lower
bay Just before the Europa drove past
Ambrose Lightship. At Quarantine, the
German Ambassador Baron F.. w. Won
Prtttwitz und Grafton, DR.. Karl Won
Lewinski German consul general, and
North German Lloyd officials boarded
the liner from the customs cutter.
The Ambassador went Immediately to
the bridge and shook hands with Com
modore johnson, and then they retired
to the chart room where broadcastine
station had been set up. Commodore
johnson said the ship had lived up to
all expectations. They spoke over the
radio both in German and English.
There was little greeting from har-
Dor craft as the Europa felt her way
through the fog, partly due to the fact
that few vessels could sight or identify
her, until almost alongside.
Passengers aboard the ship said that
the last days run must have been made
alta faster clip. than those before as
the big ship shook from stem to stern.
Passing Ambrose Lightship, the vibra-
ton, which had been constant from yes.
terday noon, ceased, they said. The
average speed Of the last days run was
not Immediately ascertained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
AMERICA DECLARED READY TO
CONSIDER CONSULTATIVE PACT
British Action on Mediterranean Treaty
and French Tonnage Reduction Are
Made Conditions.

to see it linked with a naval treaty:
second, that we expected, in case OF
no five-power naval treaty, to get 9
three-power naval treaty. which would
answer our purposes Just as well.
The resistance Prime Minister Mac
donald has encountered in his own
cabinet to the idea Of q three-power
naval treaty brought US suddenly to the
realization that II no f1ve-power treaty
were renewed there might be no treaty
at all.
Opinion Not Hostile.
Press and other reactions in the
United States further indicate that
opinion is not hostile to a consultative
pact. Therefore, rather than see the
conference fail completely our delegates
seem to have switched Saturday or Sun
day to the belief that this whole po-
litical question should be thoroughly
explored before the conference drifted
q moment further toward futile diSso-
luton.
Another reason why, as one American
remarked today, the conference is now
going "full spead ahead on a five-powe1
treaty Is the status of the American
Japanese negotiations.
The Japanese counter-proposals have
LlOb QcCu OIQElHuy presented 10 the
American delegation, but they now are
known there and are entirely inaccept-
able to us. Indeed, it is declared that
II the Japanese delegation does actually
present these counter-proposals, we may
end the conversations temporarily, fol
we shall have no further compromises
to suggest, having already reached the
limit Of our concessions.
Change in Attitude Expected.
General belief is, however, that Japan
to some extent has been specializing on
the Franco-British difficulties and that
as soon as it appears that Great Brit
ain, the United States and France have
actually agreed On security pacts and
reductions Japan viii be much more
conciliatory, as will also be Italy.
The fundamental deadlock, of the
conference has been between France
and Great Britain, or, indeed, between
the French idea Of peace organization
and the American idea-one represented
by the League covenant, the other by
the Kellogg pact. Great Britain, caught
between the two systems, would like to
see them linked in some practical way
which would, without entangling In the
United States, tend to remove our pres
ent implied veto through Great Britain
over the Leagues essential activities.
AriStride BRAND, French foreign min
lister, is expected TO return to the Lon
don Conference tomorrow or Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
JAPANESE MODIFY
NAVY COMPROMISE
Counter Proposal Understood
to AlIot America IS
Large Cruisers.
BY b. w. FLEIsHER.

BY wireless TO The Star and Chicago Billy
News. Copyright, 1890.
TOXIC, Japan, March rs. -.Iapap's
draft of instructions to its delegation at
the London Naval Conference, in reply
70 the latest American compromise pro-
poSals. Is sort Of counter proposal al
lotting the United States fifteen ln.,hs,
ton cruisers, which constitutes re-
cession by the navy department from
its previous firm position for 10 Der
cent global ratio to the American and
British naval strengths, according to re-
liable information.
In the event the United States, ac-
cepttng the plan, should desire to con-
Struct three more such vessels, this
additional tonnage should be taken
from the light cruiser and DESTROYER
categortes, it is provided.
Instructions Approved.
A high military council comprising
sen1ro army and navy officers yester-
day approved the draft Of instructions
which had been prepared by the navy
department and submitted to the
foreign ONCE Saturday for study. A
cabinet council Is to be called later to
give final approval.
# the United States has IS large
cruiserS-according to the plan-Japan
wants to shift 1900 tons from her
light cruiser and destroyer allotment
and apply 1t to construction of two new
cruisers. A similar proposal, it is un-
derstood, Is to be made regarding sub
marines, permitting the shifting Of light
cruiser and destroyer tonnage to the
submarine class. The navy department
Is also reported to be prepared to re-
duce its demands for submarine ton
mage from $4,000 tons to approximately
$1,000 tons.
Government Expects to Win.
It Is an open secret that the navy
department and the foreign ONCE have
been at odds as to whether the latest
American proposals should be accepted
or not. While the navy department
has made known its firm opposition, the
cabinet Is understood to favor the ac-
ceptance Of the American proposal with
only slight notifications.
The peculiar position of the cabinet,
whose navy portfolio must Of necessity
be held by an admiral and the army
ministry by a general, necessitates some
considerable negotiations In which the
government, however, Is expected to
emerge with the upper hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
HOUSE O. KS AWARD
TO NOTED SURGEONS
Approves Decorations rendered by
France to Drs. WEIGH and Thayer
Of Johns Hopkins.

The House yesterday voted to permit
Drs. william H. WEIGH and William s
Thayer of Johns Hopkins University, to
accept the French Legion of Honor
decorations awarded them several years
ago by France.
The two noted surgeons were omitted
inadvertently from a list Of American
citizens given authority by Congress last
year to accept decorations from foreign
governments. The bill passed yesterday
was introduced by Representative
Linthicum Of Maryland to correct the
error.
DR.. WEIGH is to be honored by his col.
leagues with demonstration in Con-
stitutton Hall here on his eightieth
birthday anniversary, April 8. President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
Europa's Log

BY the Associated Press.
eastern Standard T1me.)
THURSDAY, March 20.-Left Cher
bourg breakwater, 1880 pm.
FRIDAY, March al am. Travelled
$50 miles in first 10 hours and IL min
utes, average of ats knots. Stiff head
winds and heavy swell.
SATURDAY, March 22.--7 am. Cow
cred 70S miles in first full days sailing,
average Of 28I5 knots. Strong head
winds and heavy swell.
SUNDAY, March 23.-7 am. Made
701 miles In second full days run, aver
age of 28.04 knots. Fine Gulf Stream
weather, but adverse currents. Head
winds and rough sea.
MONDAY, March 24.-7 am. Made
704 miles in third days run, average OF
28l6 knots. Extremely strong head
winds.
MONDAY, March 24.-te:50 pm
Passed Nantucket Lightship, 1913 miles
from Ambrose Lightship.
TUESDAY, March. 25.--5:54 am
Sighted passing Ambrose Lightship
establishing crossing record Of 4 days
II hours and 6 minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
TARIFF PLAN FALLS
SHORT OF OBJECTIVE
BY the Associated Press.

GENEVA, March 25.-The diplomatic
conference called by the League Of Ma
tons to consider proposals for an in
ternational tariff truce adjourned last
night after adopting d twofold scheme
that falls considerably short of the
original objective.
One part Of the scheme agreed upon
was a convention embodying engage
mentS to undertake q limited program
OF economic cooperation for the con-
SolidatioE Of customs duties. Repre-
sentatives Of II countries signed this
last night.
The second part was O protocol pro-
viding for further negotiations among
the countries, including a preparatory
study Of the economic needs Of each
state and the interrelation Of these
needs The delegates Of IS states signed
this.
The tariff consolidation scheme in
substance amounted to this:
The signatories agreed not to de-
nounce existing commercial agreements
between parties to this convention be-
fore April l, 1881. The convention will
be open for ratification Of signatures
until next November /. If not de-
nounced by any contracting party be-
fore that date, the convention will &c
into force until the succeeding April
Then, II there be no denunciations, ii
viii be In force for another six months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
FREE FARES FAVORED.
House Members Sympathetic to Noonan
Proposal.

Proposal.
Sympathy with John J. Noonan's mo-
poSal for free street car fares for school
children was expressed by members of
the House District subcommittee at the
merger hearing which was held In the
House once Building last night.
Representative Lampert Of WiSccn-
sin expressed wholehearted indorse-
ment Of the Noonan plan after the lat
ter had advocated It at length, and
Acting Chairman Bowman Of West Vir.
gtnia also indicated his interest In the
free fare fight.
Large Mass Of Data Presented.
Noonan presented to the committee
large mass Of data concerning con-
dttions among the poor In washington
as an argument why fares for school
children should be reduced or made
free. He told Of homes he had visited
where there were large families exist
ing on meager incomes and pointed
out that free fares would be Q BID boon
to them.
I'm the principal States represented
by you gentlemen" Noonan said. eft il
matter OF proud record that the chill
oren In the rural communities are
furnished free transportation to and
from school. 1t Is true, too, that these
cnndren are amply nouriShed, with
plenty OF milk, vegetables, fruit, etc.
so essential 70 health and DEVELOPMENT
OF children. Contrast those advan-
tages In your own States with the con-
oltlonS ana handicapS under which
ing up.
How can the richest capital in the
world be so brutally discriminate? It
Is fair play that prompts US to ask free
car fares Tor the children Of WASH
ington.''
Noonan offered reports and figures
OF health authorities and others In
support Of his contention that many
school children are anemic and UNDER
nourished and that they should be
transported to school free. Their saw.
ings IN fare then could be utilized to
buy soup and milk, he said.
Approves Patrlck's Proposal.
In reply to a question by Representa-
tice Lampert, the witness said he ap-
proved Of the proposal Of Mai. Gen.
Mason M. Patrick, chairman Of the
Public Utilities Commission, that the
taxpayers and not the street car eoHn-
panies be made to pay for the lowered
or free school fares. He said he had no
interest in the merger plan except a.
It affects free fares for school chill
dren.
G. T.. Reigel, representing the Con-
Sumers' League, fatty opposed the
merger on the grounds that It was "juSt
Q hypothetical plan that would take
away from Congress authority to help
in the formulation Of merger details"
He said the consumers would obtain no
benefit from the Public Utilities Com
missions proposal.
you don't seem to think 80 much Of
the Public Utilities Commission" Acting
Chairman Bowman interjected.
IT think its integrity Is all right" the
witness replied, but It Is Just typical
progressive"
The hearings win be continued tn-
night ct 8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
Goat, Coat, Who's
Got Coat Cry at
Congressional Club
Mrs. Hadley Is Latest Vic
tim of Neutrality-suspicious.
Accompany Tea Bids.

Goat, coat, who's got the coat" is
the cry coming from the Congressional
Club, where the exchange of coats go
ing on all Winter at social events seems
to have struck.
This time Mrs Lindley H. Hadley,
wife of Representative Hadley of Wash
ington State and former president Of
the club, is the unfortunate.
The coats are both black, both have
baby lamb collars and trimmings, but
there is a difference in size and Mrs.
Hadley is too large for the garment left
her.
Going out with notices from the Con-
gressional Club for their tea on Friday
Of this week is a slip inclosed, which
reads:
did you or any one Of your guests
inadvertently wear the wrong coat
away from the Congressional Club on
Friday afternoon, March FL? If so,
please return it to the club"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
$50, 900 GEMS STOLEN
FROM MARINE OFFICER
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
sHAVERFORD, Pa, March 25.-The
theft of jewels valued at $4,000 from
the home of Maj. David 8. Barry, jr.,
United States Marine Corps and socially
prominent here, were reported to the
police last night.
Mrs, Barry said she discovered the
theft yesterday when she opened for the
first time In SO hours a Jewel case she
kept in drawer of q dresser in her
boudoir. The case was empty, but a
rope Of pearls valued at $4,000, which
she had laid on top Of the dresser, was
undisturbed.
Among the articles stolen were rope
Of pearls valued at $4,000 and bracelets
and rings valued at $4,000. Police
were unable to find any evidence that
the house had been entered forcibly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25
ALTITUDE MARK OFFICIAL

FREEPORT, N. Y. March Is Dr.
Elinor Smith, aviatrix, yesterday said
she had received word from the United
States Department Of Commerce that
she established a new onicial altitude
record for women on March 10.
The Bureau Of Standards of the de-
partment wrote her that her Paragraph
showed she had attained q height Of
2T,41e feet, breaking the previous rec
ord Of 23,9l6 feet held by Marvel Cros-
son, who was killed on August 20, 1929,
during the women's air derby.
Miss Smith made her altitude Night
at Roosevelt Field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25

and also Is known as o splendid pilot.
He IS famed for his maScots, having
carried flying squirrel and other pets
In his plane. Whether he carried q
mascot last night has not been learned.
When MerTills flying squirrel went
A. w. o. L. last Fall several friends and
admirers decided to make good the
loss. Merrill hung up stocking in
the Richmond airmail ONCE Christmas
eve and found six flying squarrelS there
by another friend, shared Richmond
apartment with Merrill and other pilots
on the line. He has had alligatorS,
chameleons and other pets given him
from time to time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-25

The strange man" whom Miss Eliza
beth johnson, ~ years old, feared al
she was returning home shortly after
midnight this morning, put in his ap-
pearailce in the person of Policeman
g. D. Cunningham Of the Traf1c Blu
reau, who escorted the girl to the eighth
precinct and charged her driving al
"a miles an hour.
Today in. Trafic Court, Judge Gus A
Ectnuldt fiI1ed Miss johnston 90.
Miss Johnston pleaded guilty; there