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Evening star., 1934-06-29
COTTON IS WINNER
OF BRITISH OPEN
Ties Sarazen's 1892 Mark
of 283-Americans Finish
Far in Rear.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANDWICH. England, June 90
Henry Cotton, 27-year-old British
professional. today won the British
open golf championship with a 72-
hole aggregate of 283, tying the record
for the tournament created in 1882 by
Gene Sarazen.
s. F. Crews, England, shot II in
his final round to finish second, with
a total of 288 strokes, with Alf Padg-
ham, another Englishman, in third
place. with 290. Macdonald Smith
led the Americans, tying for fourth
place with 292. Joe Kirkwood, the
trick-shot artist, finished with the
same score.
Sarazen Has 302.
Denny Shute, with a final round of
rs, finished l8 strokes behind Cotton
with a total of Sol. Gene Sarazen,
1892 winner, finished with q 3o2.
After setting a record d-breaking pace
for his first two rounds, with a 81
and a 65, Cotton stuck his third
round this morning In par 72 and fall
tered on the final round, taking 79.
He missed a 3-foot putt on the final
round. taking 79. He missed g.
foot putt on the final green in his
bid to break Sarazen's record, but his
victory nevertheless ended a 10-year
winning streak by Americans.
Misses Record Putt.
On the final hole -Cotton's second
shot landed in a trap to the left Of
the green He exploded out beauti-
fully within feet of the cup and
then waited until the riotous crowd
settled down before trying for a
record-breaking putt. Amid tomblike
silence he stroked the ball, and it
rolled a few inches past the cup.
Had it gone in it would have given
him an aggregate of 282, breaking by
one stroke the record set by Gene
Sarazen in the 1882 British open.
The moment he knocked the ball
into the cup the crowd pushed onto
the green and lifted him to their
shoulders. They carried him toward
the club house while thousands fought
to get close enough to shake his hand.
He became the first Britisher to win
the title since 1928. when Arthur
Havers nosed out Walter Hagen by
one stroke.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
GERMANY'S DEBT
ACTION HIT BY j. S.
Hull Protests Moratorium in
Note and BIameS Nazi
Policies.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The United States protested today
against Germany's moratorium on
$780, 100000 in obligations held by
Americans, blaming the Reich's
financial plight on Nazi policies.
Secretary of State Hull handed the
German charge d'af1aires a note last
night which said:
The German government is no
doubt aware that its policies have
created opposition in many parts of
the world which has expressed itself
in various trade conflicts and the
probable reduction Of Germany's Ca
pacity to transfer"
1t was the first American move in
a diplomatic campaign to modify
drastic provisions in the moratorium
whereby Germany suspended interest
payments on external debts.
Hull did not mention anti-Jewish
measures which have brought boy
colts on Germany goods, but observ-
ers agreed bis note was broad enough
to include such policies.
The United States recognizes that
Germany's ability to pay has been
limited by a shortage of foreign ex-
change, Hull said, but he hinted that
if certain policies were modified trade
might increase, allowing Germany to
pay.
Other points Hull emphasized were
l. Anxieties over German policy
have led many foreign creditors to
withdraw credits from Germany.
2. Germany has repurchased Ger
man bonds in the United States at
bargain prices. Creditors insist this
money should have been used to pay
interest.
8. Germany has brought much mill
tary material out of funds available
to pay debts.
ut has generally been judged, +"
the note said, that 1t Is the obliga-
ton of a debtor government to so
direct its policies that sums required
to meet external obligations receive
priority over all but the essential
needs of the government"
The American note protested Wig
orously against any plan under which
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
Army viii Retire 800 Officers
ToMake Room for Cadet Class
Reduction of Commissioned Personnel
already Under Way-Classification
Board to Dust More.

Three hundred regular Army off,
GERS will be removed from the service
by September 80 to make way for the
1884 West Point graduating class. 1t
was learned today at the War De-
partment.
Already the process of reducing the
Office of personnel has started. A
number of retirements have been Or
dered for physical disability and
others will follow.
In addition to retirements, it is un-
derstood the War Department is de-
pending on the Classification Board
to eliminate a certain portion OF
the 300. This board. commonly
Evening star., 1934-06-29

known in Army circles as the Glass
B Board. can order separation Of Of
ficers whose service records are blem-
iShed.
The reduction in the commissioned
personnel, Army officials said. has
been required by provision in the
1885 War Department appropriation
act, which limits the number of Off
GERS to 11,750. War Department rec
ords show there were more than
$4,000 commissioned officers in the
service June last.
Although some of the officers are
slated to be dropped by action of the
Classification Board, War Department
officials said the largest proportion
Continued on Page 2. Column 50
Evening star., 1934-06-29
MAIL SACKS RIFLED
ON INDIANA TRAIN
Loot Valued at Several Hundred
Dollars Taken From
Storage Car.
By the Associate Press.

By the Associate Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, June o. The
rifling of 10 sacks of parcel post mail
and some express packages destined
for Indiana cites was under investi-
cation here today by postal authori-
ties.
The loot, taken from a storage car
o.. Big -Four train "a, probably had q
value of several hundred dollars. ac-
cording to A. c. Garrigus, postal in
spector.
The car was loaded late yesterday
in Chicago. he robbery was discov-
cred early this morning. after the
train to which the car was attached
ha>. left Kankakee, Ill.
Inspector Garrigus brought the
rifled sacks to the Federal Building
here. He said it would be impossible
to determine the exact amount Of the
loot until a check had been made
with the shippers who had posted the
mail. It consisted Of a variety OF
merchandise.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
BY the Associated Press.

ISTANBUL. Turkey, June 29.-
Death caught up today with FARO
Agha, Turkeys Methuselah, who once
boasted he would live forever.
The picturesque old man. who
claimed 100 years and felt deeply hurt
when any one doubted it. died-by a
quirk of fate-in the Children's Hos
pital.
For two months Zaro Agha, whose
longevity brought him from abscurity
to world fame and Broadway when
he was past 150," had been Ill.
He was suffering from a variety OF
ailments, including bright's disease
and gland and bladder disorders. Ply
sicians said q contributing cause to
his death was worry over scientific
skepticism of his age.
Probably his proudest possession was
certificate purporting to show he
was born In l774-before the Amer.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
JOHNSON IGNORES
CUMMINGS RULING
|. IN NHARR|MAN ROW
Stands Pat on Eagle Denial
Despite Decision u. S.
Can't Prosecute.
SAYS RICHBERG HOLDS
STATUTE VIOLATED
Criminal Action Decision Alone
Up to Justice Department,
He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

Hugh S. johnson said today he
would stand by" his ruling taking
the Blue Eagle from the Hartman
Hosiery Mills despite Attorney Cen
eral Cummings decision that there
was not sufficient evidence for prose-
cution.
That won't have an effect on our
ruling" Johnson said in reply to press
conference questions.
1T is a question of judgment of
legal strategy. My own counsel aG-
vises me there is a violation ald !
am going to stand by my ruling"
Richberg Is Present.
Donald Richberg, N. r. A. general
counsel, sat beside johnson as he dis
cussed the case of the Hartman Mills.
which shut down Monday on the
grounds they could not operate with
out the Blue Eagle.
Also present were George L. Berry
and A. R. Clancy, administrators
who have participated in Hartman
negotiations.
"As far as legal prosecution on a
criminal charge is concerned, that is
up to the Department of Justice"
johnson said.
johnson also said he had a re-
port from his statistical research divi-
sion that there couldn't possibly be
any increase" in cotton textile wages.
Later in the day, N. r. A. planned
to make public details of the report
on hours and wages-the second study
promised in the recent settlement of
the threatened textile strike
9O-Hour Week Asked.
The report on machine hours hold
ing that 80 week would be neces-
Sary to meet normal consumptive de-
mands already has been filed by the
research division and made public
The Justice Department took the
view that removal of the eagle was an
administrative function. Failure to
prosecute, the department felt, did not
imply passing judgment on Johnson's
action.
Cummings told reporters he advised
johnson and the National Labor Board
June Is that the evidence pre-
sented did not warrant court action
under the recovery law. Conviction
carries a penalty of $500 for each
days violation of an N. r. A. code.
Since that letter." Cummings add
ed. additional information was filed
with us, but nothing altered the opin-
ion We expressed in that letter.
johnson Suspects Violation.
"I don't care to make any further
comment on the case, having ex-
pressed an opinion to the proper au-
thority"
After the Hartman plant closed
Monday, johnson said he had mo
doubt" the firm had violated the
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Evening star., 1934-06-29
81.YEAR-OLD WOMAN
TOO OLD FOR MARRIAGE
Judge Issues Restraining Order
at Request of Guardian
for Californian.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MODESTO, Calf, June 29.-Be-
cause the bride-to-be was too old" to
marry, the law today halted the matri-
monial plans of Mrs. Lydia A. Wright
81, and Charles S. Patterson. g.
Superior Judge j. c. Needham is
sued restraining order against the
marriage, at the request of Attorney
R. " Wilcox, guardian of Mrs Wright,
and c. H. Ramont, county welfare off,
Ger, because they said she was too old
to marry.
Indignation was expressed by Mrs.
Wright and Patterson, who had filed
notice of their intention to wed.
Il don't ee why people get so funny
about old peoples business she ex-
claimed IT love him: he loves me.
1t was love at first sight for both of
lis"
Evening star., 1934-06-29
FARO DIES At 100, LOSING
BOAST HE'D LIVE FOREVER

ican Colonies declared war on Great
Britain.
Faro had buried 10 wives and No.
IL got angry six years ago when her
aged husband decided he wanted a
twelfth wife-one young and pretty
and refused to come home after
playing around in New York and
London.
The number of children? Faro
boasted that at SO his thirty-sixth off,
spring was born.
His death ended the possibility
that scientific tests might be made to
determine his age. Specialists had
urged him to submit to examinations
but zaro demurred. He was popu-
larry credited with being the worlds
oldest man.
Turkeys old man had been lots OF
places and seen lots Of things. Al
103. he claimed, he entered the Bul1
(Continued on Pare 3. Column ~
Evening star., 1934-06-29
WAR INCENTIVE HIT
BY BISHOP FREEMAN
Rotary International Advised to
Press Fight on NUM-
ton Makers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 29.-Bishop James
e. Freeman of Washington, D. c.,
urged Rotary International today to
do everything within its power to pro-
mote world peace and remove the
causes of war.
He proposed particularly, in an ad-
dress to the organizations interna-
tional convention, that no quarter be
given in an attack on munition makers
who ply their trade and increase their
profits through well-conceived
propaganda OF fear and suspicion"
''They are as guilty of malign con-
spiracy against all that has to do with
human interests as was Judas Iscariot
who basely sold his Lord for 80 paltry
pieces of silver" Bishop Freeman said.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
u. s. SILVER ORDER
N|PS SPECULATION
License System to Limit
Exports Is Started by
Morgenthau.
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury has nipped in the bud
any plans silver spectators may have
had to CLEAN large profits by shipping
the metal abroad
Secretary Morgenthau ordered an
embargo last night on exports of the
metal. A special license now will be
necessary to send silver abroad.
officials indicated silver had started
to leave the country in considerable
quantities since the President signed
a bill directing the Treasury to buy
sufficient silver to make it eventually
a quarter of all the Nations metallic
monetary stock.
Some SPECTATORS were said to ex-
pect silver prices abroad to rise to
such a point that more money could
be made by selling there than by TAX
ing the so cents an ounce top price
authorized for Treasury purchases
here.
Some Types Exempted.
Fabricated silver, ore and metals
containing small amounts of the
metal and foreign silver coins are ex-
empted from the embargo.
American silver exports have in
creased in recent months, but have
been more than offset by imports
totaling S13,934,0O0 from January
through May.
To bring silver monetary stocks to
the directed point, it has been esti-
mated that purchase OF s3,4o0 ,o00, 900
worth might be necessary.
Special conditions we're set forth
for the issuance of licenses. They
will be granted by Secretary Morgen-
thau when he is satisfied that the
silver to be exported:
"(A) Is required to fulfill an obliga.
tion to deliver such silver outside OF
the continental United States, incurred
or assumed by the applicant on or
before the date of this order;
Bank Owned Metal Free.
"(B) Has been owned on and con-
tinuously after the date of this order
by a recognized foreign government
foreign central bank, or the Bank for
International Settlements;
"(C) Was imported for prompt re.
export. or was imported in silver bear
ing materials under an agreement to
refine such materials and export the
silver so refined;
"D) Is of fineness of 08 or less; or
"(E) With the approval of the Presi-
dent, for other purposes not incon-
sistent with the purposes of the silver
purchase act of 1884.
From the foregoing it was apparent
that special license must be had for
each shipment of silver and that no
system of licensing exporters to deal
in the metal at will was contemplated
The Treasury announcement made
no mention of what further moves in
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-06-29
KIDNAPER SENTENCED
ON PLEA OF GUILTY
Latest Prisoner Captured in
Hackett Case Gets 35 Years
at Chicago.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. June 29.-Exactly a
half hour after he had been indicted,
Edward Wagner, alias Edward Dorow,
Yesterday was sentenced to 35 years
imprisonment for participation in the
kidnapping of James Hackett.
Wagner, who pleaded guilty after
brief hearing, was the last to be cap
tured OF the band Of gangsters who
twice seized Hackett. a Blue Island
gambler. Hackett was reputed to
have paid $150,o00 ransom to the
gang which spirited him away in 1881
and 81, 500 IN 1888.
Gail Swolley and Frank Souder
we're sent to prison for the second
crime. julius (Babe) Jones, who
turned States witness, remains to be
tried. Handsome Jack" Klutas. coll
lege-bred leader Of the gang, was slain
In a battle with police.
Wagner. driver of the kidnap car.
recently was arrested in Kansas City.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
PRISONERS IN CHINESE
JAIL DROWN IN FLOOD
Hundreds of Persons Perish in
Toishan District, One of
China's "Show Places"
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CANTON, June 29-F1oodwaters
submerged the Jail at Toishan, city
near Canton, today and before the
panicky guards were able to release
the prisoners scores were drowned.
Floods have been general through
out South China.
One hundred are dead, It Is esti-
mated. in the Toishan district, which
is one of South China's show places" /"
1t was developed largely with money
sent home by natives Of the section
now In the United States.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SANTA BARBARA, Calf, June
20. - Marie. Dressler, 62-year
actress, passed major crisis in her
illness early today after doctors had
abandoned hope that she would live to
see dawn. Miss Dressler rallied so
strongly that physicians announced
the threat of death had passed at
least until noon today.
Her amazing vitality held out
against a complication Of heart and
kidney ailments.
She was resting more comfortably
at 8 am. today, and reports from the
bedside were that death was not now
believed imminent.
At 8 o'clock last night she sank so
low that her features turned blue
Her heart almost stopped. BY mid
night her heart action was normal
There was no fever
How long she may linger on was
questionable, but the impression was
left that death was near.
Through the day and night tele-
Evening star., 1934-06-29
BRIDGES, RAILWAYS
BOMBED IN AUSTRIA
Terrorism Continues With De.
struction of Valuable Public
and Private Property.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
VIENNA, June 29.-BombS contin-
ued to pop throughout Austria today
as terrorists carried on without a
sign of abatement destruction OF
bridges, power lines and railways.
Railroad tracks were torn up by
dynamite blast between Leikendorf
and Hirtenberg. south of Vienna. An
other railway line was blasted be-
tween Neuberg and MuerzZuschlag.
south of the popular mountain resort
of Semmering.
Near Seeboden, in Carinthia, an ex-
plosion ripped out highway bridge.
In Vellach, also In Carinthia, the
home of a pro- government political
leader was bombed and one man was
injured seriously.
Terrorists dropped charges into two
water reservoirs in Tyrol, and in the
same province three masts supporting
high-tension electric lines were blown
up.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
Bridge Is Blasted,

GRAZ. Austria, June 20 (R.-Res-
idents of this Syrian capital this
morning were awakened by a dyna-
mite blast which blew up the stone
bridge on Elizabeth street.
Rocks were hurled great distances
and hundreds of windows of nearby
buildings were shattered. Damage tC
the bridge was extensive.
Police attributed destruction of this
and other brides to Austrian Nazis.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
President Raps Die-Hards
and Calamity Prophets
in Radio Address.
CHALLENGES CRITICS
TO REFUTE BENEFITS
Asks Listeners to Determine
Whether Price for Recovery
Program Is Too High.
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt's lashing of
"die-hards" and pledge of vaster
new deal promised today to resound
in the campaigns for the Fall elec-
tons
Friend and foe alike studied the
latest report to the Nation" in which
the President claimed substantial
gains" laughed at prophets of
calamity" and again stressed his fu-
ture program for "the security Of the
men, women and children of the Ma
ton
Sitting in the oval room Of the
White House, the President gave
radio talk last night in which he:
/. Praised Congress as the most un-
partisan since the time ''of President
Washington himself"
2. Cited statistics to show gains In
wages, employment, farm prices and
consuming power.
8. Struck at plausible self-seekers
and theoretical die-hards" who tell
you of loss of individual liberty"
4. Declared the most vociferous of
the doubling Thomases" are those
who seek special political or financial
privileges.
5. Said the toes Of harmful self
seekers ARE being stepped on and
are going to be stepped on"
Backs Brain Trust
6. Reaffirmed his faith in what has
come to be known as the brain
trust"
Z. Promised protection against
chiselers and unfair skyrocketing" of
prices in N. r. AS process of evolu-
ton
8. Again emphasized his huge,
three-fold plan for security" through
providing better homes, planning land
and water resources and social insur-
ance.
The President said:
"A few timid people, who fear prog
ress, will try to give you new and
strange names for what we are do
ing Sometimes they will call 1t 'Fas-
cism, sometimes Communism some
times 'regimentation,' sometimes So
cialism.'
But, in so ding, they are trying to
make very complex and theoretical
something that is really very simple
and very practical.
Il believe in practical explanations
and in practical policies. I believe
that what we are going today is a
necessary fulfillment of what Ameri-
cans have always been doing-a full
fillment of old and tested American
ideals"
Illustrates Point.
To illustrate, he told how the White
House Office Building would be en-
larged and modernized while he was
away on his sea trip.
But the structural lines of the old
mair1," he said
The artistic lines of the White
House buildings were the creations of
master builders when our Republic
was young. The simplicity and
strength of the structure remain in
the face of every modern test. But
within this magnificent pattern. the
necessities of modern Government
business require constant reorganiza-
ton and rebuilding
IF I were to listen to the argu-
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Evening star., 1934-06-29
Polish Brothers
Off OUer Ocean,
Warsa,U-BOund
Heavily Laden Airplane
Quits HarbOr Grace
on Long Hop.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland,
June 29.-Benjamin and Joseph
Adamowicz, aviation's adventurous
brothers, swung into the eastern sky
shortly after dawn on their projected
transatlantic flight to Warsaw, Poland
their ancestral home.
The wind was light and from the
west, and the weather clear as they
hoped from Harbor Grace Airport at
3:58 a. m, Eastern standard time.
Ahead, along the North Atlantic
Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star., 1934-06-29
Grid Star of 9Os Insane.

CHICAGO, June 20 R).-Clarence
B. Herschberger, foot ball hero at
the University of Chicago in the COS
yesterday was adjudged insane and
committed &C a hospital for treat
ment.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
SPANISH FLEET SAILS

GIBRALTAR, June 20 @.-The
Spanish fleet sailed today after wireless
instructions from Madrid to proceed
Immediately to Valencia where 1t was
wanted in case an emergency devel-
oped.
Evening star., 1934-06-29
THREE DIE IN WRECK
Three Others Injured as Car Hits
Truck.

CHICAGO. June 20 R.-Two men
and a woman were killed and three
other persons injured today, when an
automobile from Warren, Ohio. COL
lided with a produce truck in sub
urban Harvey.
The dead: e. F. Moss, truck owner,
OF Chicago: Mrs. l. B. Reid, Oak
Park, ILL.,. and Edward Peck, Warren,
Ohio.
Evening star., 1934-06-29

Today was the hottest June day
in Washington since 1874. The
temperature stood at l01 degrees
at 3 pm. The highest June tenn
perature recorded prior to this was
on June 9, 1874. when the mercury
touched 102.
Evening star., 1934-06-29

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Evening star., 1934-06-29
WEATHER.

%. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast0
Fair and continued warm tonight and
tomorrow; cooler Sunday; gentle va
riable winds.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 96, at noon
today; lowest, n, at am. today.
Full report on page AT.
Evening star., 1934-06-29

CONTINUED on Page 5, Column ID
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Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-11-14
BRITISH POPULATION 1, DROPS IS FORECAST, IN MEDICAL JOURNAL

LONDON, Nov. 14-There will be Il ,OOO,0 fewer people in Great Britain in 1876, according to "The Lancet" g. leading British medical journal
 A steady fall in the birth rate during the last 50 years, together with the prolongation of the span of average life, has resulted in fewer young and more old people ins the country than formerly, it is declared.
 "The old people will begin to die in increasing number in the near future" The Lancet says. When this happens, the death rate will rise above the birth rate, and the population will, apart from the ef- fects of migration, begin to de- cline"
 When the population has fallen to 28.656,600, the journal predicts frantic efforts to arrest the de- cline. The methods adopted, it says, will embrace free medical services for children, maternity leave for married wage-earning women, and striking change in the social att titudes towards unmarried mothers.