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Evening star., 1934-05-28
NAMING OF COBB'S
SUCCESSOR DELAYED
Pressing Business Prevents Presi.
Dental Consideration at
Present Time.

A successor to James A. Cobb, COL
ored, whose term as Judge Of the mu-
nicipal court expired six weeks ago,
probably will not be named at any
time in the immediate future. It was
said at the White House today that
this matter will be permitted to ride"
for a little while, inasmuch as the
President has been so busy with other
matters he has not had time to give 1t
his personal attention.
It also is known that those to
whom the President has delegated
the task Of looking into the merits Of
the respective candidates for Judge
Cobb's place have been unable to
come to any decision. Judge Cobb has
received practically the unanimous
backing of members of the local bar,
including prominent Democrats.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
TAX|CAbL|Ab|L|TY
MEASURE BEATEN
General Insurance Bill and
19 Others Are Passed
by House.

The House today defeated, by q
vote Of 1877 to 129, a bill to require
taxicabs and other public vehicles to
carry liability insurance after passing
another measure to force all operators
of motor vehicles who have violated
serious traffic regulations or who have
failed to meet judgments resulting
from accidents to take out insurance
before being allowed to drive again.
Despite the defeat Of the taxicab
liability bill. the measure relating to
operators Of other vehicles also will
apply to them.
The taxicab liability bill was called
up after the House had passed, in
rapid succession and without debate,
10 Of the 2S bills on the calendar. It
was first voted down, So to 80, on a
division. In a final attempt to save
the measure from defeat. Representa-
tive Palmisano, Democrat, Of Mary
land, acting chairman of the House
District Committee, after the divi-
sion vote moved for a roll call. but
was again beaten, 1877 to 129.
Texans Lead Opposition.
Opposition to the bill was lead by
two members Of the Texas delega-
ton, Representatives Patman and
Blanton, both Democrats. They in
sisted the measure would aid only the
large taxi companies, the transit COM
pany, and "ambulances chasing law
yers."
The vote on the taxi measure was
preceded by an hour of spirited de-
bate, during which Palmisano, as
sisted by Representative Dirksen, Re
publican, of Illinois, outlined its vari-
Gus features. Both pointed out enact
ment of the bill might result in higher
taxi rates in Washington, but that, al
a result, the taxicab riding public
would be afforded protection from the
reckless and careless driver
Representative Carpenter, Democrat,
Of Kansas, made a bitter attack on
Patman for opposing the bill. He
described the Texan as "one of those
fellows who believes In spending
money for flowers instead of in
surance."
Previous to the debate on the taxi
cab bill, the House had passed In
rapid succession 10 District bills.
Representatives O'Connor, Demo-
crat, of New York, and Goss, Repub-
lican, Of Connecticut, joined Palmi-
sano in fighting for passage Of the
taxicab bill. Goss pointed out, Incl.
dentally, that II the bill was passed,
District taxicabs would be able to &C
into Maryland for passengers.
General Bill Passed.
At the outset Of the session, at the
request Of Representative Treadway,
Evening star., 1934-05-28
HOMEMADE MECHANICAL LUNG
KEEPS PATIENT ALIVE 2 YEARS

with q lever. The bladders wore out
IN three days.
Finally, q small apparatus utilizing
the city water pressure to compress
and relax a small bellows attached to
q rubber bag bound around the pa
tents chest was constructed.
The patient is almost paralyzed, be-
ing able to move only fingers and toes.
He talks little and swallows with
difficulty, but has good appetite and
Is active mentally.
DR.. Morris Fishbein, editor Of the
journal, who reprinted the case his
tory from the Lancet, English medical
magazine, said that several cases have
been recorded Of patients unable to
breath because Of infantile paralysis
or similar diseases, being kept alive for
several months, but the two-year feat
set Q record.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
0'D0NOGHUE HITS
DIVORCE SCHEMES
Rules D. c. Court Cannot
Give Relief Where Con-
nivance Is Found.

Laying down an important modifica-
ton of the so-called foreign divorce
rule here, Justice Daniel w. ODono-
ghue held in District Supreme Court
today that wife who connives with
her husband in obtaining q foreign
divorce cannot later come into this
court and ask that it be set aside.
The opinion was rendered in q suit
for absolute divorce brought here by
Mrs. Frances M. Curry Of Berwyn,
Nd, against Spencer B. Curry, former
president of the Great National In
surance Co.
The evidence showed that Mr.. and
Mrs. Curry were married in 1912, liv-
ing together until 1929. In July, 1890.
they entered into a separation agree
ment whereby the husband promised
to pay her $3.50 q month, to give her
their household furniture and deed
her their home after she had obtained
q final decree Of divorce in Reno, New.
Husband Bought Ticket.
The wife went to Reno, her hus-
band buying the railroad ticket. and
obtained q decree there in Novem-
ber, 1890. This decree provided for
the monthly payment OF the $3.50 and
the deciding of the home.
r. tho h1teho nd q
insurance company went into receiver
ship and he paid his divorced wife
only half of the $50, contending his
reduced financial circumstances did
not permit him to make the full pay
ments. On February 5, 1881, the
husband remarked here.
The wife filed suit in Municipal
Court for arrears in maintenance and
obtained a judgment for $525. Then,
on October IL, 1882, she filed suit in
this court for absolote divorce. nam
ing the second wife as correspondent
on the theory that the Reno divorce
was void because the, court there did
not have Jurisdiction to hear her suit.
Pointing out that Mrs. Curry knew
her husband intended to remarry
when SLe WcuC W ktcllO 1UI IICk u4>
vorce, and that she was In no way
forced to take this step, Justice
O'Donoghue made the following find-
ings:
Knew Of Remarriage Intent.
That the Reno decree was procured
by the wife with knowledge Of her
husbands intent to remarry, which
this court holds was connivance on
the part of the plaintiff and that she
cannot now be heard to complain as
q result thereof.
That the plaintiff is estopped in
this court from impeaching the Reno
decree on the ground Of her own fraud
and collusion upon this court.
That this court should not and
cannot give any relief to her.
Justice O'Donoghue, at the request
Of Austin F. Canheld and Henry I.
quinn. attorneys for the husband.
said he would dismiss the hrst Mrs.
CurTyS suit.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
SUSPECTS IN KIDNAPPING
OF THREE BOYS HELD
Hitch -Hiker and Trio Detained in
Woods All Day Yesterday
Near Elk City, Okla.

By the Associated Press.
ELK CITY, Okla, May 28.-Two
men suspected of kidnapping three
Bristow, Okla, boys and Spokane,
Wash, hitch-hiker after stealing the
boys car in Northeastern Oklahoma
yesterday were held at Sayre today.
The four victims were released un-
harmed after being held in a woods
all day yesterday near Elk City.
The boys. B. G. Butler, Tommy
Dyson and Glenn Williams, all about
II years old, and the hitch-hiker. o.
J. Harrington. telephoned officers
after the hoodlums released them.
The two suspects were arrested in
Sayre.
The boys and Harrington said the
two kidnapers spoke often of Cairo.
Ill, and Paducah, KY.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
five GIRLS ARE BORN
TO ONTARIO MOTHER
Doctor Reports Mrs. Olivia Dionne
and Family Are Healthy
and "Chirping."
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORTH BAY, Ontario, May "a
Mrs. Olivia Dionne gave birth to i've
girls at her home, q few miles from
Callander, 8 miles south of here, to-
day. All are healthy and "chirping.
DR.. A. r. Dafoe of Collander, the at
tending physician, said. Mrs. Dionne
is 26 years old and has six older chill
dren.
TORONTO, May 28 R.-Dr. r. c.
Routley, general secretary Of the
Canadian Medical Association, said to-
day that the birth Of i've daughters
to Mrs. Olivia Dionne, near Collander,
Ontario, Is the first qmntuple birth in
Canada 50 far as he knows.
IF It Is not q world record, 1t Is q
Canadian record, so far as can tell. %
said DR.. Routley. "At any rate, I
would say congratulations to the
mother and father"
Evening star., 1934-05-28
UnabletoM Make
Repairs in
Air.
MAY CONTINUE
FLIGHT LATER
ROssi and COdOs
Conquer "Grave-
yard" of Flyers.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BROOKLYN, N. Y, May 28.-
The French flyers, Rossi and Codos,
brought their transatlantic plane,
Joseph LIE Brix, to a safe landing at
Floyd Bennett Field at 1888 pm,
Eastern standard time
They appeared over the field from
the northeast at 1882 pm, and cir
cled the airport three times. dump
ing gasoline in preparation for their
landing.
They came down in a long, graceful
glide and rolled their big plane for a
considerable distance before bringing
it to stop.
A crowd of several hundred per-
sons had gathered at the field in
preparation for the landing which
the flyers had said they would make
in messages picked up during their
trip down the New England Coast.
In these wireless reports they asked
that field officials be advised of their
intention to land to make repairs of
some minor trouble" to their ship.
Take 3SIa Hours.
A large detail of police was on hand
at the field to cope with the crowds.
Deputy Chief Inspector Edward A.
Bracken was in charge, with so foot
patrolmen, 20 mounted policemen and
20 motor cycle police. Deputy Com
missioner of Docks John Mckenzie
was there representing the mayors
office, and. Lieut.. Comdr. Robert
Hickey, in command of the naval air
base at the field, also was on hand.
Rossi and Codos no sooner stopped
their motor and its propeller than a
crowd of officials and mechanics and
others numbering about 1000 sur
rounded the plane.
Imediately motor cycle escort
was rushed to the plane to pick the
flyers up as soon as they alighted and
escort them to a hangar for a little
rest while the repairs were being
made.
When they brought their plane to
land. Rossi and Codos had been IN the
air SO hours and 20 minutes since
their takeoff from Lebourget Field,
Paris. and had covered a distance of
o,tOO VI IllS4
projected flight to the West Coast.
Rossi Steps Out First.
Rossi, who was at the controls when
the Joseph Lebrix landed on Ameri-
can soil, was the first to get out. He
was in the full uniform of a French
officer.
Codos followed him smiling broadly
and appearing comfortable in his shirt
sleeves. Both men looked very tired
particularly Rossi.
The crowd, which screamed a well
come to the French aces, burst
through police lines and surrounded
both men and the plane.
With motor cicyle officers pushing
. way through the mob, the men were
Continued on Page 2, Column So
Evening star., 1934-05-28
|NSULL FUNDS USE
LAID TO De PRIEST
Election Money Given to
CoIored Leader, Trade
Body Is Told.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
Testimony that Schuyler & wein-
field, Chicago law firm, spent q
lot of money" received from insult
utility interests to help Oscar De
Priest, before he became a Represent
ative from Illinois, Zine up the black
vote" in local political campaigns was
received today by the Trade Commis-
sion in its utilities investigation.
A. M. McDermott, a Trade Com
mission investigator, produced records
of private hearings before the Internal
Revenue Bureau in February. 1920,
relating to funds allegedly not dis
closed by Schuyler g. Weinfeld in an
income tax return.
Statements Related.
Charles Weinfeld Of the law firm,
on the stand today, testified he had
no recollection of the specific state
ments made at the internal revenue
hearings. but that he assumed the
internal revenue transcript was cor
rect.
At the 1920 revenue hearing, the
transcript quoted Weinfeld Is testi-
flying:
I'm 1916 we were one of the main
springs in the Harry Miller campaign
for States attorney and we spent an
enormous lot Of money in the differ
ent newspapers in Chicago.
Senator Barr was candidate for
attorney general He called me his
local manager. We gave him a lot Of
money in connection with it. should
(say) he got between 5000 and
$4,000, part Of which was from our
selves and part of it from others.
Lined Up Black Vote"
"In addition to that, we gave Oscar
with campaigns. He would line up
the black vote in connection with
some special candidate that we hap.
pened to be interested in.
I'VE gave him money in connec-
ton with the peoples movement that
is run as charitable organizations for
the advancing Of the colored people
and indirectly 1t was political. Some
Of De Priests fights have cost a. much
as $4,000 or $4,000 perhaps"
De Priest is the only colored men,
Der Of Congress.
No Gifts Since 1920.
w. T. Chantland, commission coun-
sci, sought to ascertain If any polit-
ical contributions were made by the
law firm after 1920. Weinfield said
the firms records. going back only to
1921 or 1922, disclosed none.
McDermott noted that De Priest
was first elected to Congress In 1928.
McDermott said Weinfeld was asked
In the revenue hearing If any of the
money spent ever came back to him.
to which Weinfeld replied, Mot q
scent piece"
When the Revenue Bureau asked
Weinfeld as to the source Of these
funds, Weinfeld replied:
MY motion is that practically all
of it. or say at least 95 per cent,
came from the Commonwealth Edison
Co." That was an insult concern.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
HUNDREDS LAID OFF BY BROKERS
HIT BY STOCK TRADE DULLNESS

rious Offices. This number has been
reduced by several thousand, however.
While the situation varies In va
rious houses, it is estimated in several
quarters in Wall Street that an average
turnover Of 100000 shares q day is
needed for the larger commission
houses to earn their expenses, and
with trading recently averaging sub
stantially less than 1000, 900 shares q
day. several methods Of trimming
overhead are under consideration.
Most firms, however, have been re-
luctant to make drastic slaShes In per.
sonnel In the hope that trading would
pick up once various factors making
for uncertainty. particularly the Stock
Exchange control bill. received definite
action.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
RIDING TEACHER JAILED
Former Russian Charged With
Attacking Proprietor.

GAINESVILLE, Ohio, May % OP.-
Described by police as a one-time rid
ing master in the Russian Imperial
Armies, George Prujan, formerly Of
Quincy, ILL.,, this afternoon will be
arraigned on charge of attempting
to kill or attempting to wound" Ad-
olson B. Murphy, proprietor of riding
academy near here.
The warrant for the arrest of Prujan,
who Is held In the Lake County Jail,
was sworn out by Murphy last Friday
after the latter was treated for wounds
which, he said, were incurred when
Prujan attacked him during an argu-
ment.
Prujan was employed as riding in
structor at Murphy's academy.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
GENEVA FARLEY PLANNED.

PARIS, May 20 R.-What France
and Great Britain propose to- do about
their war debts to the United States
will be discussed in q three-eornered
chat at Geneva.
To participate In the conference
are Louis Barthou, French foreign
minister; Norman H. Davis, United
States Ambassador at Large, and Sir
John Simon, British foreign secre-
tary. All three are now in Geneva
to attend sessions of the World Dis
armament Conference.
Barthou reported to the cabinet
-(Continued on PAGE Q. CoIumn 6.l
Evening star., 1934-05-28
FAIR ATTENDANCE UP

CHICAGO. May % LR-World's
fair attendance was 63,1l1 above last
years parallel days, figures for the
first two days attendance disclosed.
Saturdays crowd this year was
154,663, compared with 1855 year
ago, and Sundays, S0,So7 against
52,684 a year ago.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
SESSION MAY END
BEFORE Debt DAY
President Wants Congress
to Adjourn Before Pay
ments Are Due.
By the Associated Press.

0y tnO AaSOClAteo fTeSS.
President Roosevelt has passed
word to Capitol Hill that he wants
Congress to adjourn before the war
debt payment day in mid-June.
Democratic leaders conceded pri-
vately that Mr.. Roosevelt wants Con-
gress TO enact all the prime admins
tration legislation and adjourn by
June . II possible, and by no means
later than June Is, when the in
stallment on war debts becomes due.
Several Democratic Senators pri-
.vately have discussed delaying the
session. to learn what the administra-
ton plans to do about the war debts
on and Immediately after the pay
ment day, but thus far no conclusions
have been reached.
The President plans to send three
messages to the Capitol this week,
reporting on the war debt situation,
disclosing his plan to improve inland
waterways and dealing with the re-
Gently enacted tax ON Philippine CO.
conut oil.
Reports on Capitol Hill were to the
effect that he might possibly with
hold sending up the war debt COM
munication until shortly before ad-
journment.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May 2S.-Several hun
dred employees Of New York Stock Ex-
change firms have been laid OF during
recent weeks as o result Of the ex-
tremely dull trading in the stock
market. q canvass of leading commis-
zion houses indicated today.
No accurate estimates as to the
number laid of we're available. how
ever. Various firms are meeting the
problem with various methods. Some
have been giving their employees two
week vacations without pay. known In
Wall Street as Scotch holidays"
During the extremely heavy trading
. year ago it was estimated that some
$4,000 persons were employed by the
Stock Exchange houses in their va
Evening star., 1934-05-28
u. S. Embassy Car Stopped
By -Four Cunr,en IN Hauana
attack Seen as Threat to
First Secretary, Not
in Auto.
BULLETIN.


HAVANA, May 2s (P.-Ambas-
sador Jefferson Gallery Of the
United States revealed today, in
connection with the shooting at
his home yesterday and the at
tack on the automobile of H. Free
man Matthews. first secretary OF
the embassy. today, that the Am
bassador's residence was fired on
about three weeks ago, late at
night. It was the first public in
timation of such an occurrence.
By the Associated Press.
HAVANA, May 28.-while the
Cuban National Police searched fol
the gunmen who yesterday shot ur
the residence Of Jefferson Caffery
United States Ambassador, a group oi
gunner waylaid the automobile of H
Freeman Matthews, first secretary oi
the American embassy, and smashed
its windshield.
Matthews was not in the car at thu
Evening star., 1934-05-28
American and British Repre-.
sentatives Hold Heroic
Action Is Needed.
ITALY RUMORED READY
TO BOLT CONFERENCE
Unprecedented Confusion and
Tenseness Prevail-England
Silent on Rescue Steps.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, May 28.-Representatives
Of the United States and Great Brit
ain, emerging from a long conference,
indicated today that the Disarma-
ment Conference was in a grave situ-
alton and that its collapse Is fore
shadowed unless some nation can
take heroic action to save it.
The Anglo-American conferees were
Norman Davis, Ambassador at Large,
and Hugh Wilson, Minister to Swift
zerland, for the United States, and
Sir John Simon, foreign secretary,
and Capt. Anthony Eden, lord privy
seal, for Great Britain.
1t was understood Sir John gave no
inkling that Great Britain would pro-
pose concrete steps to save the con-
ference.
Barthou Delivers Plea.
A last-minute plea not to let the
conference fail was delivered to the
conference Steering Committee by
Louis Barthou, French foreign min
lister.
There can be no question Of clos
ing the conference" declared Barthou
at a committee session which ap-
proved the action of the chairman,
Arthur Henderson, in calling the par
ley for tomorrow.
Henderson warned the committee
members that the conference has
reached a critical stage and demand
ed that the spirit of defeatism be
suppressed.
Tenseness Prevails.
Never has international conclave
been accompanied by such tenseness
and such confusion.
Premier Mussolini's speech in
Rome, referring to the possibility OF
war, served to increase the pesSimism
It was rumored Italy might bolt the
conference.
The economic rivalries which Mus
solini mentioned are also regarded
here as increasing the difficulties Of
leaders who seek to push on to a dis
armament agreement.
France Wants Showdown.
France wants q public showdown
In the conference itself and is ready
to discuss . European pact Of mutua
assistance which Maxim Ltvinod
Russian foreign commissar, probably
will recommend.
A French spokesman said: "A pact
Of guarantees will depend for its sue
cess largely on the attitude of Russis
and the United States, who are the
great producers Of raw material"
The French authority added that
assurances from the United States
that it would not insist upon neu.
trality rights, even in the event ol
an aggressive war. would do q great
deal for the tranquility of Europe.
May Recall 1882 Doctrine.
Davis. it was said, probably woult
refer to the American doctrine enun.
ciated In 1882, that the United State,
will do nothing to impede collective
action against an aggressor provided
it agrees with other nations as t.
the identity Of that aggressor. Il
was regarded as likely that the
United States would not annul thi.
doctrine, but that, likewise, it wa!
not planning to particularize Of
Evening star., 1934-05-28
FRENCH FLYERS LAND
AT FIELD In BROOKLYN:
FORCED DOWN BY MOTOR
Log of Rossi-C -Codos Flight

Associated
Eastern standard)
Saturday-Lef Bourget Field,
900 sunday-Passed TOO miles Of
Southampton. o
pm-Reached position Cape
soopmAsked wireless station bearings reporting
navigation through fog difficult.
HOO said plane heading for Nova
Scotia missing Newfoundland.
ESQ Monday-Planes signals wireless
APO am-Shp position latitude
degrees
9am.-Repoted Eastport
trouble" developed.
Would land there in afternoon.
10 am.-Sghted Harbor
1920
am-Reported Manchester, N H.
1888 pm.-Landed at Floyd Bennett Field
Evening star., 1934-05-28
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 2s.-A 63-year-old
Englishman has been kept alive for
two years by q homemade machine for
artificial breathing, setting q record
for such treatment, the journal Of the
American Medical Association re-
ported in its current issue.
The patient was the victim Of pro-
gressive wasting by the muscles, which
eventually paralyzed those controlling
breathing. He was at first kept alive
by continuous relays Of nurses and
relatives who used various methods OF
stimulating respiration.
A friend devised q method Of BAN
dagtng . foot ball bladder to his chest,
connecting it through tube to an
other bladder placed between two
hinged boards which were worked
Evening star., 1934-05-28
Two Murder Suspects Taken.

CHICAGO, May 28 (P.-Leonard
Hyatt, 81, and George Stickler, "a,
wanted by New York State Troopers
for questioning concerning the muir
der of Gregory johnson, Gloversville.
N. Y, April S, were found in a
Cottage Grove avenue rooming house
today.
Evening star., 1934-05-28
SENATE APPROVES BILL
Sends Measure Providing Addi-
tional Judge to House.

The Senate today passed and sent
to the House the Austin bill, provid-
ing for an additional justice Of the
Court of Appeals of the District Of
Columbia.
Senator Austin CRepublican) Of
Vermont, author of the bill, later en-
tered the chamber and moved re-
consideration of passage Of the ad-
ditional Judge measure.
He said the cause for the bill" had
passed.