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Evening star., 1934-05-30

having been tied to American apron
strings for many years.
The Presidents message follows
ITO the end that l may receive the
advice and consent of the Senate to
its ratification. l transmit herewith
a treaty of relations between the
United States Of America and the Re-
public of Cuba. signed at Washington
on May %. 1884.
This treaty would supersede the
treaty of relations between the United
States and Cuba signed at Havana
on May % 1903
Il publicly declared that the def
mite policy of the United States from
now on is one opposed to armed inter-
vention.' In this new treaty with
Cuba. the contractual right to inter-
vene in Cuba which had been granted
to the United States in the earlier
treaty of 1903 is abolished. and those
further rights likewise granted to the
United States in the same instrument
involving participation in the de-
termination of such domestic policies
of the Republic of Cuba as those re-
lating to finance and to sanitation,
are omitted therefrom.
Renounces Old Rights.
"Bv the conSummation Of this
treaty the government will make 1t
clear that it not only opposes the
policy of armed intervention but that
it renounces those rights of interven-
ton and interference in Cuba which
have been bestowed upon it by treaty.
Our relations with Cuba have been
end must always be especially close.
They are based not only upon geo.
graphical proximity. but likewise upon
the fact that American blood was
shed as well as Cuban blood to gain
the liberty of the Cuban people and
to establish the republic of Cuba as
an independent power in the family
of nations.
Il believe that this treaty will
further maintain those good rela-
tions upon the enduring foundation
of sovereign equality and friendship
between our two peoples and 1 con-
sequently recommend to the Senate
its ratification"
Pittman commented to newspaper
men. The other is the Monroe Doc
trine. The Monroe Doctrine was pro-
nounced for the purpose of prevent
ing South American republics from
being taken back by their former
rulers.
Sees Democracy Violated
"uouever II dpvelnDed to the D0lnt
that we decided We had to control
them to prevent some one else taking
them over. This is contrary to
democracy.
President Roosevelt at the Wilson
dinner pronounced the modern doc
trine of non-intervention.
For those who don't know it, non-
intervention doesn't mean you won't
go ashore to protect your own ma
tionalS.
Both Republicans and Democrats
were among those who expressed ap-
proval of the pact.
Senator Borah Of Idaho, ranking
Republican on the committee, said he
had favored abandoning the Platt
amendemnt for many years"
We have got to live up to 1t or
abandon it and we have been doing
neither so far" he said.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican.
OF Michigan, said the abandoning of
the Platt amendment had his whole
hearted approval" and he was ready to
help get it ratified at this session.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas.
the Democratic leader. said:
I'm for it. have conferred with
good many members of the Foreign
Relations Committee and have found
only cordial approval for the policy Of
the treaty"
Evening star., 1934-05-30
END OF 'PLATT' ERA
HAILED BY CUBANS
Three-Day Celebration to
Be Held When Treaty
Passes.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOCIATED fIeSs.
HAVANA, May 30-Cuba's young
republic, harassed for months by
violence and dissention, rejoiced today
that the Platt amendment is headed
for the scrap heap.
A three-day celebration will be held
when the United States Senate ratihes
the new treaty. which removes the
shadow of American intervention.
For 80 years many Cubans have con-
sidered the amendment, written into
the constitution when freedom was
wrested from Spain with the aid OF
the United States, "a blot on our
liberty"
Authorities hoped for a subsistence
Of anti-American outbreaks which
have embarrassed them of late. But
while Cubans were happy, some men,
bers of the American colony expressed
apprehension over effects of the step
President Carlos Mendieta, in brief
exercises at the palace, said "abroea-
tion Of the so-called permanent treaty
erases from our international relations
the pain that the Platt amendment
caused US for SO many years. What
was restriction has now come to be
sovereignty"
The U. s. S. Richmond is expected
to remain in Cuban waters indefinitely.
Cuban officials have indicated they
would offer no objection
jefferson Caffery. American Am
bassador, subject Sunday to an sSsas-
sination attempt. toasted Mendieta
and the ever cordial relations be-
tween the two countries"
TO BURY" AMENDMENT.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The text of the new Cuban treaty
sent to the Senate yesterday for rati-
fication follows:
The United States OF America and
by the desire to fortify the relations
OF friendship between the two coun-
tries and TO modify, with this purpose.
the relations established between them
by the treaty of relations signed at
Habana, MAY % 1903. have appointed.
with this intention, as their plenipo-
tentiarieS:
The President Of the United States;
Mr. COrdell Hull. Secretary of State,
and Mr.. Sumner Welles, Assistant
Secretary OF State. and
The Provisional President of the
Republic OF Cuba; Senor Dr. Manuel
Marquee Sterling. Ambassador Extra
ordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
Republic of Cuba to the United States
OF America:
Who. after having communicated to
each other their full powers which
were found to be in good and due
Ao IA AdNC aSlCCO uPOll tllC lOilONlil6 b
articles:
Article I.
The treaty Of relations which was
concluded between the two contract
ing parties on May % 1908, shall
cease TO be in force. and is abrogated.
from the date on which the present
treaty goes into effect.
Article III.
All the acts effected in Cuba by
the United States of America during
its military occupation of the island
up to May 20, 1902. the date on which
the Republic of Cuba was established
have been ratified and held as valid
and all rights legally acquired by vir-
tue OF those acts shall be maintained
and protected.
Article III.
Until the two contracting parties
agree to the modification or abroga
tion OF the Stipulations OF the agree
ment in regard to the lease to the
United States of America of lands
in Cuba for coaling and naval sta
tions signed by the President OF the
Republic of Cuba on February Is
Evening star., 1934-05-30
200 ECAPE MINE FIRE
Blaze Destroys Triple of Shaft
Near Terre Haute, Ind.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 80 Lp).-
Two hundred miners escaped through
manway some distance from the
main shaft as fire destroyed the
tipple at the High Shrikie Mine l3
miles northwest of here yesterday.
Position of nearly half the men was
precariouS for a time after the flames
broke out, when a circular wooden
stairway up which others were climb
ing to the surface gave way. Nine
carpenters hastily made repairs. how
ever, permitting all to make safe exit.
Eleven mules in the mine when the
fire started still were below ground
today. rescue efforts being halted by
damaged cage cables.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
SOCIAL WELFARE WORK
CONSIDERED BY LEAGUE
Relationship of Group to Projects
Is Discussed at Annual Ses-
sion in Toronto.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TORONTO, May 30.-What part
the Junior League of America should
play in social welfare work was one
of the subjects discussed today by
delegates to the annual convention.
Six separate groups have been ap-
pointed to threSh out the OrganiZa-
tons relation to welfare projects
and kindred subjects.
David C. Adie. commissioner Of
welfare for the State of New York.
urged the league yesterday to adopt
the newer social philosophy that
the care of all is the concern of all.
and that this care must be much
more vital than the mere provision
of ameliorative social efforts"
A report that 81 per cent of the
articles published in the Junior
League magazine are written by
Junior League members was made by
Mrs. James M. Farr, Sd, associate
editor.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
JAILED IN BOMB PLOT

CHICAGO. May 80 UP).-A woman
was convicted by jury yesterday of
conspiracy to bomb restaurants and
taverns as means of eliminating
competition. She was fined $1,000
and sentenced to serve one year in
the House of Correction.
Along with Mrs. Sophie Svirsky.
Frank Currin and George Patris were
also convicted.
Patris was former secretary of the
restaurateurs of Illinois and Mrs.
Svirsky was saloOnkeeper.
Patris and Currin were sentenced
to the penitentiary for terms OF one
t@five years.
Evening star., 1934-05-30

mercial ships. these could be con-
verted into fighting planes in a few
hours.
The suspicion is abroad in the
best quarters that some other na-
tion. perhaps France or Czecho-
SlopGkia, has captured the lions
share OF the Chaco munitions trade.
One thing about this administration
is that all advisers, from State Secre-
tary Hull on down to the Office boys
agree that quiet and polite nation
alism is the best policy. No one wants
to go out and save the world They
know very well 1t can't be done.
tcopyrisht%1934J
Evening star., 1934-05-30
ASK u. S. AID IN CASE
st. Louis Grand Jury Finds Slay.
ers Have Political Alliances.

ST. LOUIS. May 80 (P).-Asserting
an investigation indicates the slayers
OF John c. johnson, colored kidnaper
suspect. ARE possessed of political al
liances." st. Louis County grand
jury yesterday asked the Federal Gov
ernment to enter the case.
johnson, upon whose farm DR.
Isaac Kelley, St. Louis physician, was
held captive by kidnapers in 1881,
was shot and killed by machine gum
ners two weeks ago. He reputedly
had implicated others in the abduc-
tion.
Following yesterdays grand jury re-
port Prosecuting Attorney Arthur An
derson wrote Attorney General Cum
mingS, asking Federal aid.
Evening star., 1934-05-30

For that reason England and Italy
may not interfere. although the alli-
ance leaves Mussolini out on a limb
by himself, and does not help John
Bull.
The japanese situation is driving
us closer and closer to Great Britain
in the backstage alignments.
Nothing has been put on paper yet
and probably nothing will be. but
there is good ground for believing
that we have already reached the in
cipient basis of a personal gentle
mans agreement with Britain about
japanese possibilities.
II Japan should seize a Pacific
stronghold OF either party, for in
stance, it is highly improbable that
our fleet lOouid run into the British
fleet, eUen il there t0aS a jog.
What keeps these things from being
as exciting as they sound is the fact
that no one seems to be ready to
throw the first brick.
All the nations are strengthening
their defenses. making alliances and
talking about what they will do. but
IlIc IlSlut SIludLlOll Is SUCH lIldl any
one who starts the fight is almost
certain to get the worst of it.
Two Bad Boys.
Japan and Germany are supposed
to be the two bad boys who might
start trouble Japan has been out
jockeyed by Russian diplomacy during
the last six months Germany really
has no intention of fighting until she
RECEIVERS strength enough to make
fighting worth while.
Therefore, at least half the trouble
seems to be diplomatic rather than
pugiliStic
Two of the Presidents best advisers
did not agree with his original in
tentions regarding the arms embargo
resolution. They thought it unwise
for us to move without the Johnson
amendment requiring the embargo to
be applied to all warning nations.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
Curb on Spending
bv Fraternities Is
Urged by Dean
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, Mo, May 80
The University of Missouri pro-
poses to place restraining hand
on spending by its Greek letter
organizations.
Bankers have foreclosed. or
threatened to. on many preten-
tious chapter houses, erected dur
ing a million dollar building spree
in the pre-depression days.
Albert K Heckel, dean of men.
wants a board to control the
business operations of the fra
ternities and sororities.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
Detention Of Man Climaxes Six
Months Probe.

Detention Of Man Climaxes Six
Months Probe.
Ell PASO. Tex, May 80 LP).-Ar-
thur c. Wilson, %. believed to have
been the man detained in George
town, British Guiana. today, has been
charged with the brutal Staying of
Mrs. Irene Debolt, 81, attractive
Cleveland widow, slain near Van
Horn, Tex. last November S.
He will be returned to El Paso
for trial His detention climaxed
six months of intensive investigation
by Chris P. Fox, sheriff, and police
of more than 100 cities in the United
States and Canada, started when the
widows nude body was found on the
desert.
Family Friend Gave Tip.
Sheriff Fox obtained information
as to the whereabouts of Wilson
through "A tip from a friend Of Mrs.
Debolts family The sheriff met the
man in Chicago three weeks ago.
The man told the sheriff he be-
lieved Wilson was working under the
name OF Robert Jones on a steamship
of the Canadian National Steamship
Co. Fox said he learned Wilson fled
TO Canada in December and obtained
a job on the Lady Nelson as stew
ard. The sheriff obtained an in
formant on the same vessel with
Wilson.
MY informant made q trip to
Georgetown with Wilson and satisfied
himself that he was the man We
wanted Fox said
The Cleveland widows body was
found November on the desert. 8
miles from Van Horn, l26 miles east
OF El Paso. A piece of heavy cord
was knotted tightly about her neck
Her face and head had been battered
and bruised by a blunt instrument
Clothes had been torn from her
body.
A warrant for Wilson's arrest was
issued after Pecos, Tex, tourist
camp operator reported that a man
who acted queerly had stopped there
until = am. the night the woman
was slain A scrap OF paper bearing
the name OF Arthur G. Wilson and a
Cleveland address and blood
stained iron were found in the man s
cabin.
Investigation in Cleveland showed
that Mrs. Debolt had left three weeks
before with Wilson for the Chicago
Worlds Fair and Los Angeles.
The body was identified by Mrs.
Debolt's sister, Mrs. Blanche Cheske
Cleveland.
Wilson's mother is Mrs Alice NJ
Wilson. 279 Wheeler street. Akron,
Ohio.
Evening star., 1934-05-30

Continued From First PageD
committee at the station. the flyers
visited the station barber shop and
reversed the order of Union Station
receptions to visiting celebrities by
looking over the crowds instead of
having the crowds look them over
They observed with some interest the
large groups of Washingtonians leav-
ing on variety of excursions and
then decided that. since no reception
committee appeared to be coming to
them, they had better go in search
of reception committee They
hailed a taxicab and left for the
embassy.
Breakfast at Embassy.
Meeting with the Reception Com
mittee en- route. they arrived at the
embassy with somewhat more of a
show of formality and were warmly
welcomed by Andre de Laboulaye the
French Ambassador. who showed
them to the breakfast room. where
they enjoyed a typical French break
fast with the Ambassador family
and members of his staff.
So unexpected was their trip to
Washington that their arrival at the
embassy attracted no outside atten-
ton. There were no bystanders to
watch them arrive and. except for a
handful of newspaper men and pho
tographers no one to see them
leave.
From the embassy they were taken
to Arlington National Cemetery to
lay wreath on the tomb of the I'm
known Soldier as their part in the
Memorial day observance
In charge of the Ambas ssador they
were taken to the White House to be
presented to the President. 1t was
said at the French embassy that they
would be taken early this afternoon
to Boiling Field to fly back to New
York in an Army plane.
Evening star., 1934-05-30

Students Invite Public to Funeral
Orgy"
HAVANA. May 80 P).-Cuban
University students planned to bury"
the Platt amendment today.
This obituary notice was placed by
them in all morning newspapers:
Rest in peace; Mrs Platt amend
ment of the constitution. who died
after the extraction OF her appendix.
Relatives invite friends to attend the
cremation of her depauperized re-
mains. which will be done in the
midst OF an orgy and party at the
stadium. Please do not send wreaths
or police radio cars"
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Continued From First PageD
we were 400 TO 500 miles from New
foundland Sabelli crawled back and
clipped of the tops Of two tanks
then punched holes into the battle
plate separating them. BY that time
the engine was damaged, although the
trouble was not fully developed until
We were 500 miles from Ireland"
For some hours it had been neces-
sary to cut down the speed from l25
miles to rs miles an hour Despite the
reduced air speed. we had enough gas
Oline to reach Rome ttheir goaD, or
at least Southern France. but the en-
gine was too badly damaged"
The airplane is now undergoing a
complete overhauling at Heston Air
Field.
When the work is completed. Pond
and SabelH plan to fly to Rome and
then make return flight to New
York. he said.
The flyers have not decided whether
to enter the London Melbourne race
in October but may decide to do so
before the deadline Friday.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
ISLANDS CONTROL
ORDERED SHIFT TED
Roosevelt Orders Puerto
Rico Affairs Moved to
Interior Unit.

President Roosevelt yesterday took
step to transfer the administration Of
the affairs of the government OF
Puerto Rico from the Bureau of In
sular Affairs, War Department, to the
Interior Department. when he sent to
Congress an executive order efIecting
this transfer
In this executive order the Presi-
dent establishes In the Interior De-
partment a division Of territories and
island possessions and directs that this
new division take over the admlEistra
ton of the government of Puerto Rico.
He directed also that all the functions
of the Bureau of Insular Affairs of the
War Department, together with its
personnel. records. equipment and so
forth. as well as its unexpended bal
ances of appropriations, be transferred
to the newly established division in
the Interior Department.
The Presidents executive order was
issued in pursuance Of the provisions
of the reorganization act of March 3,
1888.
Text Of Executive Order.
The executive order in full follows:
''WheIeaS section l6 Of the act OF
March 3, 1888, provides for reOrgani-
cations within the executive branch
of the Government, requires the Pres
ldent to investigate and determine
what reorganizations are necessary to
accomplish the purposes therein stat
ed and authorizes the President to
make such reOrganizations by execu-
tive order; and
Whereas after investigation ! find
and declare that the establishment OF
a division OF territories and island
possessions in the Department of the
Interior and the transfer thereto OF
the functions Of the Bureau Of 1nSular
Affairs, War Department. pertaining
TO the administration of the govern
ment of Puerto Rico. is necessary TO
etfectuate the purposes Of the said
section l6:
Now, therefore. by virtue OF and
pursuant to the authority vested in
me by the aforesaid section l6 of the
act Of March 3. 1888. it is ordered
that a division. which shall be known
as the Division OF Territories and
Island Possessions. be- and is hereby
established in the Department of the
Interior,
Personnel Transferred.
And it is further ordered that all
of the functions OF the Bureau of
Insular Affairs. Department OF War
together with its personnel. records
supplies. equipment. and property OF
every kind. and uneXpended balances
OF appropriations and allotments in
Washington and elsewhere. pertain
ing to or connected with the admin
istration OF the Government Of Puerto
Rico. be, and they are hereby. trans
ferred from the Department Of War
to the Division of Territories and Is
land Possessions, Department Of In
terror. to be administered under the
supervision OF the Secretary Of the
Interior
This order shall become effective
in accordance with the provisions Of
March 20, 1893; provided. that in case
it shall appear to the President that
the interests OF economy require that
the transfer be delayed beyond the
date this order becomes effective he
may, in his discretion. fix a later
date therefore, and he may. for like
cause. further defer such date from
time to time"
Evening star., 1934-05-30
School Buys Paintings.

NEW YORK, May 80 P.-The
University of Nebraska yesterday pur-
chased two paintings from the Fer
argyll Galleries. Roadmenders' Camp"
by John Stuart Curry, and Arrange
ment in White" by Luigi Lucioni."
Evening star., 1934-05-30
Lovers Quarrel Fatal.

LITCHFIELD. ILL.,. May 80 lP).-
Russell Perry. %, Hillsboro, son Of a
former mine manager. last night shot
and critically wounded Miss Kath-
crime McDavid, %, also of Hillsboro
and then killed himself apparently in
q lovers quarrel.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
STRIKE TIES UP PLANT

Several Hundred Men Affected In
West Virginia.
MARTINSBURG. w. Va, May 30
(SpeciaD Operations at Standard
Lime g. Stone Co. plant here were
at a minimum this morning as a re-
suit of a walkout of workers aud pick
citing of roads.
The management would make no
statement. The picketing became ef-
fective at 6 o'clock. Workers indi-
Gated the action was primarily in pro-
test against a mine foreman against
whom compliant had been made pre-
viously. The plant employs several
hundred meR.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
Assume Spiritual Attitude.

lie StdltSulcH SOl lllclISclNeS III
the proper spiritual attitude for such
an armed love-feast when they agreed
that the Russo-JapaneSe situation
would not be thought Of at the con-
ference
1t would be just as easy to eliminate
oxygen from the sir in Geneva. 1t is
similarly difficult for the Franco
German situation not to be considered
in actions, If not in words.
France aud Germany are briS-
Ting so much luith iUQr talk that q
teW days ago, lOheH the French
moued tWo army corps to the
AlSdtian border, numerous resi-
dents OF to,Dn abandoned their
homes and slept the night in the
moods. They thought the shooting
might start any minute.
Somewhat the same underlying
| temper Of the people was manifest
when the Hitlerites raided an anti
Hitler society headquarters in the
Saar and confScated the names OF
society members, apparently for use
in determining who should vote in
the Saar plebeScite next year. Feel
ingS like those cannot be suppressed
by agreement.
The United States diplomats will
never say SO publicly, but they are
pleased to see France and Russia NOV
ing toward a defensive alliance. Such
an alliance would do more to prolong
European peace than dozen dis
armament conferences in the existing
situation.
The alliance is gentle hint to
Hitler that he cannot fight France
until he is strong enough to whip
Russia at the same time 1t will be
a long time before Hitler becomes
that strong.
Evening star., 1934-05-30
TRIO IS CONVICTED
U. s. Jury Finds Them Guilty of
Passing Spurious Bills.

Passing Spurious Bills.
PITTSBURGH, May 80 tPi.-A
jury in Federal Court convicted Frank
Joseph Valenti, %; Peter Albenzo. %.
and Morcellean Williams. 20. of con-
Spiracy to pass counterfeit $40 bills.
Secret service agents testified the
three passed spurious notes during
the last Christmas season in Pitts
burgh Baltimore and Cleveland.
They will be sentenced later.
Evening star., 1934-05-30

Our officials are amused at Britain's
action In suddenly taking the lead for
an international embargo on arms to
the Chaco. Britain has been permit
ting the sale of its own airplanes to
Germany. Although Rstensibly COM
Evening star., 1934-05-30
|SLAYING SUSPECT
| HELD IN GUIANA
Ship Steward Is Detained
as Woman's Killer in
Texas Last Year.
BY the Associated Press.

BY The ASSOcIated Press.
GEORGETOWN. British Guiana,
May 30.-Police today detained Robert
Jones, steward on the Canadian liner
Lady Nelson. saying they were salts
fed he answered the description of
Arthur c. Wilson of Cleveland,
charged with the murder of Mrs.
Irene Debolt Of Cleveland, whose nude
body was found November S, 1888, on
the desert near Van Horn, Tex.
Jones was taken into custody while
the police await further information
WOMAN SLAIN LAST NOVEMBER,
Evening star., 1934-05-30
FRANCE TESTS DEFENSES
Land, Sea and Air Forces Engage
in Mock Warfare.

in Mock warfare.
LORIENT, France. May 80 R.-
The might of Frances land, sea and
air forces engaged in mock warfare
today.
Entrenched on the Rhuis Peninsula,
the blue army defended the Atlantic
Coast against the invasion of red
fleet Seaplanes attacked the fleet
while army airmen supported the Land
forces.