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tHe weather River, minus I foot. Wind, JJSthwMt. rnRECAST: FAIR SUNDAY, JoDEBATE TEMPERATURE. SUNDAY MORNING Dally average gat paid elrealatton if The Register-Guard (or J Mentha ending Mareh SI, 1931: 13,101 MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU Or? CIRCULATIONS LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. EUGEXE, OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1031. PRICE: ON STREETS So; ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS B NO. 172 LongestDay IsMisnomer Say Experts "AW, JUDGE!" mxttfa VOL. f TODAY'S NEWS TODAT I0ADD JUC DUE I macduff iemoriai. PLAaisj'KEBR WOliLI 11 ITrll MTSMW5 HIUID SUSPEND DEBTS I UlsUU UIUISUIH ll four-Five Ratio Proposed , University, College Share of Cut BOARD'S OFFICE HIT gchools Fail To Replace Departing Teachers; i Load Heavier "ts " " . lolve rnr prooo-... ... fAuiiruuK i nr equivalent of $1.1S1.000 out of tli budgets for the University of Oregon. th State College and the normal ichoola in the next IS months with out wrecking things. The board at its Inst meeting ap portioned functions In such n way as to eliminate practically nil duplica tions in courses. On the- two mnjor isiues, science and business. It limited the University tn pure science and the .College applied science and en gineering; it limited the College to business methods courses such as typing, stenography and hookkecp Inland the University to the genera feonomic feld of world trade and busing nrineiples. The Four-Flve Ratio But even o the saving under thoe rtwislnn totalled onlr about .MS 1.000 without getting into the moro erious nroblems nf reducing mnior depart merits, curtailing teaching staffs and eliminating courses. Tentatively the hoard ordered the University and Oretron State to draw rip budgets showing cuts on n fonr fire ratio that Is four-ninths for the Unlrersity and five-ninths fir the Stftte rolle-re. They ordered the srhnnls each to draw two budgets, one based on spreading the entire cut of S1.1S1.Onu between them, and the second based en spreading only S1.nOO.fMVl of the eiit between tliem. The second plan prp supposes the idea of closing the ia Grande normal school which has I budget of about S17.00n. ' The four-five division virtually per petuates the old three-four division of fundi between the University and the State College because that Is nbour what the ratio was with the special appropriations for medical school nnd research In a sepnrnte division. Plan Unsatisfactory Tn any case the seriousness of the niti ran bp realized when It Is stated that the firt plan would take about J.VKi.nnrt out of the T'niveritr In the next IS months nnd nbout $000,000 ant of the State College. The smaller eat would still take about X4.".0 000 ant of the University and nbout $"0, out nf t!p Ptnte follcce. NHther sefconl Is satisfied with the dirision. Neither nre some nf the heard members satisfied with thp plan PEE EDUCATION FUNDS STORY PAGE 2 M CiRANMK. Ore., June JO(P) --Virpiuia Toney of McMinnvillc wna fleeted ernnil worthy advisor for Ore at the (irand Assembly of Kain i"w Girls hero yesterdnr. Other of ficers included: Eleanor Wright, Salem, grand (inhy associate advisor: Ilerbertn Cbindler. Hnker, grand sister of char ity; Knid Stiff. Portlnnd, grand sistpr Hope: Isabel Wn ning, Albany, irajd sisior of Faith. Mary Hanunou of Portlnnd was 'pointed grand recorder, nnd Helen htnery of 1'nrtlnnd was made grand treasurer, both appointments being made by Kliziibeth Tipton, acting su preme deputy. Miss To niv -(Appointed .Icssie Ilnl W' 0rV!,I,', choir director: Jenu Allison. Cnttnge (Jrove. Immortality; hatherinp t'olcnian, Kugeno, confi wntial observer. Rei illilLLE 61 IEW RAINBOW HEAD mration, War Debts Question Closely Linked ., By SAM BLUDSOB ."AMIINUliJ.S. June M. W is . : ' S ilovi-loijuidits here anil , """"initlin the strong, u un "Inch binds reparntions ar flnit ih.-cussiuii ret-all events tli Ime thapt.j the mo inee the ui" w"f;ti s financial iwlisestion has "'M a leiliK'tiun in uriL'inul eMi- ,7' of l'"th. althollRll the debts. 11 "ieu hinre the I'ommission ''Wintoi t.i uesuiints lucra ended its "rn m V.fj;, Suuf tli. ii. inHvcver. the Yuims plan iuc.e,,, j.iuwm plan i..r . .1 r,"-natinns iavinents. riniin-. "in-rts Fiulieil with relief after! l jy m- ra '1 tliacreeinents ntteuditt a i i-r.;i.n.nr(. W1.rc (jnav reeou- in lie, i. I ;f '.li:'''l States was re(, resented .-"iria.n. i.ut the agreement t',ok ; ,v m" ""u tie of i,e Anierican ' a, "v'n " Vomis, .1. I1. M"r- I 1. 1 . . 1 I- fc- II l 1 " eai:iis Part in it f..nniibitinn. ! 'ft it p!an- P'-t'-d in 124. ; 'T;U i! ri'."1 of reparations pa.Vr I '' ir! ' They rose under a !-,., ,," r;io tn-ire than a half ' ,:::::: ir' . : 'ipy ' ""n II. loutig plan .ijo- ,m , in1 sutn lue yrarir J4 ... 1 ' t the fir-t years nf "-riLent. it litcd the definite. Sn32Q33 --0OE jEB 7S0L iltaSiiD (J1 OBESE im 3 iSl MQ t$ v i r' supervisor or , wn ugcUrco xwo years ago this w inwumam. one ot the higher peaks in the Cascade mountains, by the Eugene Obsidian club Sunday, June 28. The umica oiaies geodetic survey named the peak. M. E. CONFERENCE 79th Annual State Meet! Convenes Here For Six Days The seven ty-ninth annual session of the Oregon confer.'1 nee of the Methodist Kpiscopal church opens in Kugene Tuesday morning for a six daf program. Ministers and their wives and lay men from ItiU M. K. churches of the slate will attend the meetings. It is at this conference that the yearly appointment of ministers to various churches of the danomination are made. About 1.10 ministers are ex pected to attend the sessions and l.lt) laymen are exnected for the laymen's conference on Friday of the con ference. Bishop fcMgnr Ulake of the Indian apolis nre.i is to Ite here as the pre siding bishop anil Dr. Uoy Leslie Smith of the Kugeno !. K. church, will be eulcrtaining pastor. Bishop Blake wns bead of the l'aris, France, area fur eight years. Ail sessions of the conference are to bp held in the F.ugene M. 10. church except the laymen sessions on Fri day which will be held in the First Christian church. All interested are invited to all end. Important business before the lay men will be election of delegates to the general Methodist Kpiscopal con ference to bo held in Atlnntic City. May. 1!C.. Ministers in session will also elect a similar number ot delegatrs lor tn general conference. The Kugene ( Icemen and a con ference nmirtet will be among musical features for the conference. motif other nrominent ministers and leaders of the Methodist church will be here as guest speakers tor tne conference. Dr. hlmer liny 1 utsho II. head of the lliff school of theology at Denver, Colo., is to give an address each afternoon of the conference at 4 o'clock. Dr. J. S. Burnett, mission ary for many years in the mountains of'the south, is nnolher "f the prom inent speakers listed on the program. Bishop 1 itus l.owe. rnmunu, rei len't bishop for this district, is to be the main speaker on the program ior Fridar nislit. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, head of th Methodist board of temperance, prohibition, and morals, will be here from Washington, D. C. to give ad dresses. . , . . Dr. Arlo A. Brown, president of Drew university. Madison. New Jer sey, is another national Methodist leader to be here for addresses, r Dr. C W. Clemcs. missionary of India, is se-he.Iuled for talks, too. His father-in-law. Hev. W. B. Norton, Portland, recently had a book pub lished on church advertising. MATE WINS WASHINGTON PARK. CHI CAGO. June Ji. OP) Mate, which conquered Twenty Grand in the Prenliiiess, galloped to victory in the $,0,irfK) American derby at Washing ton Park todnr. The chestnut throe vear-old. owned by A. C. BoMwirk of Philadelphia, won in a thrilling, dm-: ins finish with pittsburgher, cnining the victory by n nose. ocriod of oS years for pajmetits and it lowered the estimated total from ,;-j.(tHi,iHjt.,U"0 to about 2,1W, tXH.MXU. . , , Kver.vbotly seemed satisfied and it was believed another year of swell ing bank accounts and smoking fat lory chimneys wns just ahead. Germany's economic iHnes has be come alarming since. In addition to the reparations burden, the has bor rowed henvilv from foreign poultries. .Most of that indebtedness is shorl term. The total private investment for eigners in ' tcriiiafiy has been esti mated at J.l.iHMt.ntsUH.o. ll'-r "(VD investments abroad are small in com parison. Mi" has millions of unem plovd. Another gloomy factor is the dec'hne in commodity tallies and the corresponding rise in the value of money. German'. recent cry th:it her bur den is intolerable, has resulted in a flurry of conferences and President Hoover ba announced that steps are being considered to help her. In Germany nnd elsewh re abroad that nrouse;, the hope or fear as the mse mm be. that there will be an other scaling-d"wn nf reparation. I in - I mediately r 'I' bt 'Lf '',f,r i,!:i"p ; in (lie fiop of frte. illation. I her ' sre linVed in the atrie way as the family budgt and tbe Uwilj aiu'J "ID eJJSH" cjnfii the Cascade national forest, whose summer. The plaque will be placed Cross Country Call Broken By Drowning Boy REVKItf.T lllrt ri i on , Lnwrenoi. Tibbett "h'a liv.-.i iMiuuKu i minutes ot suspense greater than ho ever gave his audi euces. The opera and motion picture star was seated in his hotel room in New York talking to his wife in their home here o"ikk miles nwny Wednesdav. The gay voices of 10 children attend ing a parly there reached his ears. Suddenly Mrs. Tibbett cried, "lorry's drowning!' "Drowning!" gasped Tibbntt, but there was no nnswer. Fninttv lie could hear the frantic efforts of bis wife and the children to rescue bis son. Tibbett sat waiting, waiting. At intervals he cried into the transmit ter, begging someone to tell him what was happening, but there was no re sponse. Larry, p'aying submarine, had dived under a raft in the swimming pool nnd was seized with cramps. Thp children pulled him from the pool and they and Mrs. Tibbett pressed the water from his lungs. The boy opened his eyes. .Mrs. Tibbett. ran back to the telephone. "lie's all right now, dear, she said. "He's all right." ASTORIA. Ore.. June 'JO. - (P Congressman W. C. I law ley today definitely spiked rumors that he would not be a candidate for re-election next year. "I most certainly nm a candidate for re-election and I have no dmht regarding my renominafcion or my election." Ilawley said. Congressman Hawley was here to attend the t iregon National Guard battle demonstration. Hawley said that during his 24 years in congress be had bad two ambitions: to write a tariff and to writp a model tax law for the entire Fnited States. "The first ban been aeeomplished and I am now working on the second, n law to apportion (he burden among nil taspa and those .ho pny taxes. It will assist in general co-operation between the Mates and the federal government and to n great extent eliminate double taxation. It will re tire the federal government from as many tax sources as possible and leave such sources open to the states." IN FIGHT TFGI'CIG ALPA. Honduras. June 20. (A- Heavy fighting between government foreps nnd rebels in the Inkf Vojoa region in which officials estimated the rebels lost 3n men. wns reported today. The reports to thp presidential of ricctated three sepnrate bntllen were fought at Jaral, Agun Azul nnd Dos Cnrninn. nil with heavy casualties. All I hree fights were reported to have ended in victories for the government. Fnrly Thursday morning the rebels fiercely attacked Jaral which wns de fended by a largo irovernmeiit column which resisted stubbornly all Thurs day, thrntichout the niirht and until Friilav noon, when the rebels finally withdrew. No Bodies Found In Sunken Vessel ST. NAZAIR K. France. June 20 (Pi Divers today entered the firt r-,n. salon of thp e'iirioniip St. Philibert. w Inch sank last Sitmla with a o-s of nmre than 40O lives, and found it empty. They saw no bodies and all of the furniture and cushion" had been swept away. If had been generally assumed that some 'Ji0 of the victims were in the boat. Other salons and cabins w ill be earched. The windows and floors of the firt clnis snbm had been br.-kt-n. appar ently by paen2er" who rubel to i't nut-ide n hen a hug" enve crime along and t-"k t'e ship to fbe ...if,,o. The ocean Cft'c tip tli bodies of four tTK're richm today, Turen were nouifD sud one man. to FACULTY IS WILLING Entire Staff Would Affected As Last Resort Act Be CORVAI.US, Ore.. June '20. UP) Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of Ore on State college, announced today lie would make a definite recommend ation of salaries of instructors nt Ore gon State college when the state bonrd of higher education meets in Portland Monday. The decision to make sueb'a recom mendation. President Kerr said, was reached after a review of all c.ber possible savings revealed that it was impossible otherw iso to meet the u ccssary reductions in expcduitures without stripping instructional work of ita major luneliuns and discontin uing .vital services in the experiment staiiou and extension service. Faculty Said Willinn. Faced with this alternative. Presi dent Kerr is:i i 1. (acuity members, had expressed a willingness to take a sal ary cut rather than throw out whole department, or cripple the state serv ice by tryiir; to meet reductions made necessary by the referendum on the legislative appropriation lor the in slitulions of higher education. Reductions had already been made wherever possible by elimination of courses, increasing teaching loads, combining classes, discottt inning new faculty appoint tnents and eliminating virtually all equipment and improve ment budgets. Reduction Uniform "The college administration has re garded salary reductions us a last re sort as the faculty of a college is its greatest asset,' President Kerr said in commenting on the decision. "Sal aries at the college always have been considerably lower than Hi . . in other institutions of the same type. Vet the staff lias alwa,s sliowu a splendid spirit of eo-uperation. "There is no question about eco nomic difficult iew con routing the stnle. Dist ress in widespread and real, with unemployment general and acute. "The task of making the budgets meet the reduced income is bound to he most difficult, if the lwanl finds t tut t this w ill be imuossible without reduction of salaries, it is nsunn-d that the basin of such reduction, what ever the nmouniit may be, will be ap plied to nil members of the college stntt nriff he uniform throughout the atnte institutions of higher learning," Hope Held for Wheal Farmers MOSCOW, Idaho, June 20. OP Wheat farmers should nt 1 dis poii raged their crop is not doomed as a basic farm product. Dr. ictor, II. Florell, federal cereal expert, said today. Better farming methods, lower pro duction cost nnd other advances, be said, will bring wheat back to its old position, but until then, hp warned, improvements must go on despite economic depression. I r. Florell. assigned to the Uni versity of Idaho, is attempting to develop a particular type of wheat for the northwest. All Gas Goes Up To 20 Cents Here Kugenenns plnnnlng trips this week-end following the rainy period hnd their spirits somewhat dampened with the forecast ndvnnce In gasoline going into effect on nil brands Sat urday. , Gasoline wns generally selling at 20 cents a gallon throughout the city, following notice to nil wholesale of fices here Saturday morning of a five nnd one-half cent raise in price. The retail stations ndvancpd their five nnd one-half cent rise in price, went up. The higher price in Ku ene follow those nil along the coast, announcement being made by the nil companies in the larger cities Fri day that gasoline wns to advance. Hawley to Continue As Roseburg Backer ASTORIA. Ore.. June H). (?) Congressman C, Hawley. who vis ited Astoria today, had no definite comment to make on n resolution adopted nt Ilwaco Friday night by the Lower (.'olumbia Associatixl Chnmbcrs of f'orninerce (n which the federal government was called upon to consider the entire area within a radius of 2"0 mile of Portland in se lecting a site for the proposed branch of the national soldiers' home, Hnuey (Jid Miy, however, that be had taken n stand for Roseburp in the beginning of the controversy and that he intended to defend Ins original stand. Pair May Start , Ocean Hop Today ST. JOHN. N. B77une 20.-M-1 Otto Hillig. Liberty, N. Y., plmtog rnpher nnd his pilot, Holger lloiriis, who will attempt a flight to Denmark, were st dl on the ground at an air port here late t.dny. There wa litlle p'"-Mbitty thev would t:ike off Jn their RellMfn ni'oi itpinil" 'l,il"'t.v." .pe. i;itlv eont ril' t- fi by ILlhg for the Atlituli'- eroding, b- fore ejirij louiorruw, weather jot- State College Head Urge Reduction at . Board Meet PORTLAND, Ore., June 20. C4) Although June 21 is generally re garded as the longest day of the year, the total possible sunshine for western Oregon for Friday, today and Sunday is equal, the government weather bureau here announced. The sun will not stop its southward movement until 1 :$ a. ni. Monday nnd the sunshine period for June 10. JO and J1 is lfi hours and 48 minutes, tables worked out over a long period of time showed. In most parts of Oregon the sun took advantage- of the full 15 hours and 4$. minutes today. Summer time weather wns begin ning to romp on again Saturday In Kugene following the week of show ers, the maximum going the highest for the week to 7$. Sunday is fore cast to bp fair. Predictions, however, are for nn settled weather, the official forecast saying proltnble showers for the com ing week. Wind was reported in thp southwest. The Willamette mor con tinues at miuus one foot nt the local gauge. SUES REJECTED Chamber of Commerce In Mass Meeting Protests Russell Speech Rt SKBL'RG. Ore.. June 20. (Pt The Roseburg chamber of commerce, in mass meeting here last night took vigorous exception to alleged "mis represent n I ion and misstatement of facts" by T. O. Russell, Fugene engi neer, in connection with the northwest national soldiers' home site contro versy. The chamber particularly criticized statements credited to Russell to the effect Roseburg sites had been re jected three times by the federal hos pitalization Itonrd; that Roseburg lacked proper facilities nnd that Rose burg did not have sufficient churches for the welfare of the veterans, and could not provide entertninuieut and diversion for the veterans. . ' "Roseburg never has been rejected nn a site for the northwest branch of t he national soldiers' home, nnd. ill fact, is the leading contender tftli the only other site being offered aft n second choiee. Dr. K. B. Stewart, formerly stnto commander of the American L :ion. told the chamber. 1 r. Stewart said ft wns know n definitely, even before the matter came befotp congress, that should "such A home 1e designated for the northwest, there wns no renson., phys ical or otherwise, why Roseburg should not be chosen as a location for the home." Referring to n statement attributed to Roseburg. Fugene did not realize the size nnd nature of the proposed institution, for which SI.Odrt.iKM) has been appropriated for the first con struction. Dr. Stewart said that ap parently this was the underlying mo tive for Kugenp's present action. Dr. Stewart said Roseburg herself did not realize the magnitude of the proposed construction at the time she first solicited help in obtaining the home but that "we do not believe that been use the magnitude of the project is nbove our original expectation is any reason why Fugene should not keep its pledce." I r. Alexander Muirden. pastor of the First Presbyterian church, criti cized statements attributed to Russell relntivo to Roseburg church fnciliies. "Roseburg." he said, "has some thing that F.ugene does not have. I enlnre to snv that if our chamber of commerce gave an indorsement ns Fugene gave to Uoseburg. that every business man in this city would stand by that indorsement with civic pride. "Regarding our churches we hnve every denomination that Fugene has, and are apparently doing more effec tive work ns evidenced by the trust worthiness of our pledged word.'' AS HEAT RAGES f By The Associated Press) Spring, with only two das to go, launched a double barreled attack on high temperatures and abnormal hu midity yesterday, the second of its seige of t he 1 'mted Slates, exacting heavy toll in prostrations and a num ber of lives. The niidwpsl had 2-1 deaths in the two-day wave, 12 by drowning, the rest, directly due to the excessive heat. .New York City bad two deaths, both in Brook lj n. ni Jl prostrations. 'I firee bent deaths were reported In New Fnghiud. and nine drownings. In Ithaca, N. X.. 50 persons were overcome at a music festival at Cor nell urmersily. There were lit pros trations nt lmg Branch, New Jersey, t -tity the wpst escaped with mild weather while in western Canada tem peratures two degrees leow freezing were registered. Sever electrical storms In the Pittsburgh nrcfl late today caused the deaths of two persons and injury to two others, Damage to trees and property was reported. Three deaths and five prostrations were attributed to the pKl degree temperatures in Washington. D. C New nrk experienced 1t'i degrees heat, with a humidity of 41. TAKES COMMAND VAN'KI.Mi. Chinn. June 21. (Snndnyt tPi President Chiantr Kni-Sliek departed todar fur Nan elinii?. Kii, itr 1 province, nlfinrd the Bunbont iinrMlt t, a.. time perKonnl rnmniand "f nali'Miali.t fnree. nppo. in? i-r,nimt,it firtu.lt throughout outh.ro LhioA. "Haw y l? fli "Vagrancy and disorderly conduct ten dayal" "Half-Pint," a Juve- nuo ucnoquooi or wflsningion, tooK the sentence without a murmur, and when this picture was taken he was on hit way to aerve his time In tha District pound for biting 7-year-old Catherine Alsop. "Half-Pint" waa not represented by counsel at the hearing, or It might have been brought out that he is still on a milk diet because hit teeth are to tiny. However, hundreds of capital residents have sprung to hit de fense with promlset of the $2 ball and a good home when tht puppy hat paid hit debt to toclety. Many Want To Ride With Ruth Nichols NKW YORK. June 20. OP) If Ruth Nichols took the ndviep her mail box gives her, she never would fly to Europe alone. In fact, with the added weight of all the passengers who want to ride to fame with her over the Lindbergh route, she'd never get tlipro nt nil. Whatever the steamship companies may nay, there are a lot of women who want to go to Kuropo this sum mer, but. their travel eyes are turned sky-ward. One of them writ ing to Miss Nichols, nskiug a ride across the Atlnntic, argues that if it would be a novelty for one woman to make such a. flight, how much morn notable for two. Nor are the men holding buck. A lot of them want to go too. But Miss Nichols won't consider taking n com panion. If she is successful and Colonel Clarence Chamberlin. who knows a thing or two nbout trans At Ian tic flights, says she has a 1'" per cent chnnce she'll toil on wo men's side of the avintion, ledger the sntne shining mark Lindbergh wrote for the men. By ALFXANPFR R. CFOKUK (fVinvri-ht, Ilk'II, Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 20. From the silver-producing nnd orient trading states of the west comes the most, insistent demands for "resusci tation" of the. white metal. Kleven stntos of t he w est nnd southwest have indorsed the senate's proposal for an international confer ence on silver stabilization. The price decline of the metal Is described as particularly calamitous to such mining stntes ns 1'tah ami Nevada. Business nnd political lead ers in the Pacific roast nlso ponrdnin of a great falling off of lumber ex ports nnd other commodities to China whose buying power has been par alysed. Governor Pern of I'tnh points out. however, the west renli7.es It would he futile to demand stabilizat ion solely from the standpoint of relief for the silver-producing stales. Senator Pitt man, nf Nevnda. in similar vein, savs "eastern members of congress might cry with us but they would not vote for us." STOCKTON, Cal., June 20. W) John 8chopflin, -1, today confessed to the murder of Knid Marriott, IfJ-year-old school teacher, in Wiggins, Colo,, November 17, 1!t:io, Rchopflin made a signed confession in which h admitted shooting the school teacher and throwing her body in a creek lecsue she had "gnssiped nbout him." accord in a to police. Rchopflin was arrested here last night after a rrs.h in a stolen car. Sehopflfn admitted the charge and was held to answer to the superior court. While Iwtng grilled In regard to local holdups, he confessed the murder of the school teacher. He also admitted a ImMup here in WJS. implicntine hi" brother, now in the army in the Philippine Islands. Althoutrh Identified hv Mrs. Cath erine Wilt as the youth nh p-i'kcd her up in hti ear nnd i-rhniiiallv at. suited her AprU 3, i-choufhu dnie" the accusation. Mussolini Charged With Circulating False Information HOME, Juno m.-OO-A deel.r., linn by the pope Hint no teeord i in Bight with I'remler Mussolini', sorern- ment made 11 dark picture today of mini i iib government yesterday de erihed as a fairly optimialio .ilualion. The popa said thnt "odious" .pyinit, persecution,, accusation, and "con tinual menaces" Imre been reported by the bishop, of Italy. II. EaT. a much different view of hit neotla tinns with tlio government than the one coming from government source.. Tlie pope resumed his policy of say-l'l't- won alum Mussolini, p.-rsecution" of him, of the church niul of Catholic youth. To a group of seinniiiriiins he declared that not only Catholics, hut nearly the whole world was "will, nnd behind the pope" in his "bitter .orrow." As for the negotiations with the K"crm il, he declared they are not even really started. To this govern ment officials replied only thai the exchange of notes was proceeding nor mally. Seml-officlnl estimates are thnt 15.. Im of the J.-..IMKI Catholic clubs In Italy were closed by Mussolini's order. These nveraire -10 members to the club and so the activities of nillill youths, w hom I he 'pnpo described ns "the most rrnuisite part of the church," were hailed. These "dissolved" clubs. Ilis I loll ness said, are not allowed to meet silently and them Is espionage nnd "conl inued menaces." Referring to the Fascists without naming them, the pope declared they "appear to be trying to hnve it he lleved. especially abroad. Hint things nre not so very crave, that the Inci dents have hi'cn Insignificant nnd sporndle. that all is passed and tran quility restored. "l-:xnelly the contrary Is true - the truth lies in the contrary of nil thnt Kiev seek to hnve believed even In their country. We are not on the wny to an accord nnd the negotintionn aro not even Itcgiin. Not only have we not entered a state of traiuiuility. but ever.vlhiit!; possible hns been done to maintain Hie menacing horizon." Debt Suspension Plan Stimulates Confidence TW nnWARD .T. DPFFT WASHINGTON. June L'O. () The Cnited Htntea proposal for a year's suspension of inter-govern-mental payments went forth tonight to a world already made joyful by the prospect of a tonic for its economic ailments from this side of the At lnntic. F.ver since word yesterday that President Hoover was conferring with prominent republicans and democrats In congress on ihe dc Lieut situation of international finance, the announce, ment of his plan hnd been awaited eagerly. After the first surge nf enthusiasm, it w ns soon apparent that a new confidence wns threading ita wny into hi rpslleAnes which nf late hns been a dit urbitift factor in in ternational affairs. Not for many a day has there been HUi-h s distinct change in the diplo matic and financial atmosphere over night, Where early yesterday the doubts and questions that had seem ingly become taken for granted per-sisti-d. a fresh hope now is discernible. There It yet no telling, of Course, as t the full effect nf the president's forthcoming plan for helping tlernnny espeeiiiM v. But n I ready it is beinx heralded as promising a means by wbirn Oermaa bujiug powtr U1 be FDR ONE YEAH President Offers World Plan to Hold Up All Payments GERMANY TO BENEFIT Congressional Approval would Follow That Of Europe By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON WASHINGTON, June 20. OR President Hoover tonight announced an offer to the world for a one year', suspension of all Intergovernmental debts. 'The American government pro poses," aunounced the president, "the postponement during one year of all payments on intergovernmental debt., reparations and relief debt., both principal and interest, of course not including obligation, of goyemraentf held by private parties." The announcement wa. glren at the "hlte House after receipt of Infor mal report, from the European gov ernments and there is a confidence at the capital thnt France, Great Britain and the other allies will join in the move nd forego collection of their reparations from Germany. Unless thnt occur., congressional approvu of the proposal is not expected. Would Avoid Crlala Mr. Hoover coupled with his an nouncement a hope that by this ex pression of "desire to assist," Amer ica will bare contributed to the suc cess of the forthcoming land disarm ament conference in Europe. lie re iterated "the burden of competitive nrmnments ha. contributed to brtaf abottt this depression." The step to aid in avoiding .a European financial crisis was taken only after the president bad consult ed with all congressional leadera whom h could reach. He announced thnt 21 senators and 18 representa tives, Including both republican, and democrats, bad approved the pro posal. , , By this action, America irlll forega, collection next year of more than $245,000,000 in war debts. America expects the allies, in turn, not to collect the $425,000,000 in repara tions owed them by Germany in the coming year. Leadera Pledge Aid "The purpose of this action," said the president, "is to give the forth coming year to the economic recovery of the world and to help free the re cuperative forcea already in motion In the United Stntes from retarding influence, from abroad." Congressional action will be re quired to approve a suspension. While congress does not meet until December, none of the war payment. Is due until Dec. 15. For this reason and for the reason so many leaders have pledged cooperation, the presi dent does not regard an extra session necessary. Secretary Mellon, who la In Lon don, plnyed a leading role in the ne gotintiona which brought about the understanding. Mr. Hoover dealt SEE DEBT SUSPENSION STORY PAGE 13 E SAFE FRUSTRATED What appears to have been an attempted safe robbery was frus trated by a nlghtwatchmsn at Cot tnge Grove Friday night, accord ing to a report reaching the sheriff's office here. The nightwatchman surprised two men who hnd removed the back door from the J. C. Penney store. When the pair became alarmed and ran. the officer fired two shots. I lie robbers. In running, dropped their tools, and these were found to comprise an outfit for safe breaking, indicating that merchandise waa not the goal of (he pair in breaking into the Penney at ore. bulwarked, thereby benefittlnf worM markets. Keporta from abroad evidenced the engerness with which the peoples and their leaders had been waiting for a palliative move from the United States. The encouragement drawn from Mr. Hoover's activity waa re fleeted not only in upswings of the exchange markets here and In Kur ope, but in optimistic expressions' from governmental and press quarters as well, The word In Berlin was that the cabinet, with a happy spirit that had been missing for weeks, spent to day's session discussing the floorer stntement of intention to help and nothing else. Press dispatches from there, possibly reflecting the riewi of the foreign office, eipressed gratifi cation that a "change- of opinion has come In Washington" aa to Germany's situation. The importance attached In for eign rapitnla to Secretary Mellon! conferences with leadera In Great Britain's government and financial affnira hat not escaped notice here. There was an assumption In Lon don that he cabled Mr, Hoover whal Prime Minister MacDonald and nth TtS0&BT COM.M.ENT StORY
