Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1924, Page 1

Fair tonight and tomorrow; con- tinued col Temperature ended at 2 p.m. todgy—] 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, today. Full report on page 7. 27, at 7 freesing temperature. “Jor twenty-four hours ghest, 45, at. a.m. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered No. 29,102 Pt BRITAIN ASKS U. . 10 RELEASE CREW OF SEIZED VESSEL Seeks Particulars of Taking i of Tomoka, Alleged Rum | Boat, Beyond 3-Mile Line. SCHOONER IS DECLARED OF CANADIAN REGISTRY London Officials Oppose Liquor Smuggling, But Believe Mari- time Law Should Be Upheld. P the Associated Press. LONDON, January 4.—Great Britain has asked the United States for the re- lease from ball of the British and Canadian members of the crew of the British schooner Tomoka, alleged rum runner seized last November beyond ghe three-mile limit off New York. The request for the release of the erew I8 being made through Henry G. Chilton, the charge d'affaires in Wash- ington, at the instance of the Canadian government. Further {nformation also is belng gought by the British government re- specting the circumstances attending the seizure of the Tomoka beyond the three-mile limit. Investigation by the ritish authori- ties, it is stated, showed the Tomoka to be of Canadian ownership and seized well outside the three-mile limit. While British officlals here are en- tirely out of sympathy with liguor smuggling, they feel they have no alter~ native but to protect the rights of Brit, ish-owned vessels outside the tradi= tional three-mile radius, which they say must remain the law until the new treaty extending the limit to an hour's steaming distance from th comes effective. REGISTRY QUESTIONED. e shorp be- VU. S. Investigates Tomoka Case. Boat Long Sought. Officials here have had some doubt Whether the British registry of the rum runner Tomoka was bona fide, and they have made an extensive in- vestigation into the subject, with re- sults that they are not yet ready to reveal. The Tomoka had been wanted for weeks before she was taken Into cus- tody by revenue and Treas- ury officials believe there is ample evidence that she was violating the American prohibition Jaws. Whether that fact justified her selsure at a time when she was outside the three- mile limit, however, is a question which the courts eventually may have o decide. Should the vessel prove to have been operating under a fake registry, the view here is that her capture would fall in the same category as that of the schooner Henry L. Mar- shall, also seized outside the terri- torial waters of the United States. The British government, when all the facts became known, dropped its ob- Jections to the action taken agalnst the Marshall by the Washington gov- ernment. State and Justice Department of- ficial declined to comment in any way on the British request for release of the Tomoka. The communication is understood to hold that the ship was ewned by a shipping concern in Nova Bcotia and properly registered at Nassau, Bahamas. The State Department is known, however, to have & copy of the bili of male of the ship, showing that the board of directors of the company is composed of clerks working in a ship chandler’s office at Nova Scotia. Other papers in the department's possession, it is said, tend to prove also that William S. McCoy, an American, cap- tured aboard the Tomoka, is a heavy investor in the ship, if not its actual owne! Some legal authorities examining the case belleve it an absolute paral- lel to that growing out of selzure by the British government in 1917 of the fimerlel.n ships, Genesse, Hocking and ankakee. These three- vesses were ©perated by the American Trans- Atlantic Company and were engaged when seized in carrying food ship- ments from the United States to Bcandinavian countries. Thelr case wwas placed before British prize courts, Where it was charged that although the ships nominally were American- owned. German capitalists actually ‘were financing their organization, At the Department of Justice the British request appears to be re- garded as “merely such a move as any government would make when its natfonals were involved in such a controversy” Treasury officlals ales seem confident ample basis for the #olzure is shown In reports of cus- tom and prohibition enforcement Bgents. second-class matter ° post office Washington, D. C. Feminists Score British Honors -Awarded to Men Dy the Associated Press LONDON. January 4.—Feminist loaders in Great Britain are dis- gruntled by the fact that their sex receivéd no recognition in the new year's honor list, and so Miss Florence Underwood, secretary of the Women's Freedom League, has written Prime Minister Baldwin to give him a plece of the organi- zation’s mind on the subect. The league, her letter says, was keenly disappointed because, al- though a large number of men were awarded peerages, baron- etcles, knighthood and various decorations, not a single woman of Britain appeared on the list, while only two were awarded a tions for service in India. think that many women of this country are as fully deserv- ing of recognition of their serv- Ices as some of the men recent list* Miss Underwood writes. GOFFIN OF PHARACH DISCOVERED WITHIN ATH GOLDEN SHRINE Tutankhamen’s Sarcophagus Elaborately Carved From Pinkish Granite. By the Associated Press. LUXOR, Egypt. January 4.—The sarcophagus of Tutankhamen has been brought to light after remaining hidden for more than 3,000 years in the tomb of the Pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings. The long-sought-for treasure of an- tiquity, carved from pinkish granite, Probably Assuan stone, lies within the fourth casket of blazing gold—a casket even more brilliant than the other shrines inclosing the sarcoph- agus, its doors covered with car- touches of the dead Pharaoh, sur- rounding a figure of the monarch. Cofin Elaborately Carved. The sarcophagus is elaborately carved and there is reason to believe it will prove to be of even greater artistic value than the pink sarcoph- agus of Harmahib or the mous alabaster coffin of Set! I, in the Soane Museum in London. Following up yesterday's discov- ery of the fourth casket the search was proceeded with, and in the pres- ence of Prof. Percy E. Newberry, the noted Egyptologist, the “other mem! of his staff, Howard Carter, in charge of the exploration, unbolt- the doors of the fourth shrine, disclosing the sarcophagus and final- 1y establishing the fact that the last resting place of Tutankhamen really had been discovered. Visitors Flock to Valley. News of the opening of the sec- ond and third shrines yesterday leds) to an exodus of visitors across the Nile this morning in the expectation that, as was the case last season, they might have the privilege of see- ing trays laden with the treasure of more into the light of day. It is unlikely, however, that these aspirations will find lrlfllhnen! for Howard Carter’s Investig: nest of shrines is_still naissance stage. It is thought prcb- able that he wishes to satisty him- self, in possible, as to whether the body of the pharaoh is Actul.ll{dx: the last case within the goldén shrines before exciting, but dismantiing shrine. RESS SETTLEMENT OF B. & 0. DISPUTE Senators Ask Issue of Park for Union Station Be Ad- justed Now. roce indispensabl completely e labor of the outer i Final settiement of the controversy | between the Baltimore and Ohio rail- | road and the goyernment over prop- erty owned by the raflroad company and desired by the government for the Union station plaza park will be pressed for at the present session of Congress, it was learned today. Senator Pepper of Pensylvania, who has recently become chairman of the SHIP ALSO DEMANDED. Counsel for McCoy Asks Return of Boat and Liquor. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, January 4. Britain’s request that the —!7‘:!‘::; Btates release from bail nine Cana: dian and British sallors of th rum- ship Tomoka, commanded by “Rum. my Bill” McCoy, was accompanied by & demand that the Tomoka and her £00 cages of cargo, impounded here, be turned back to the owners, Thomas B. Felder, counsel for McCoy, dla. fplosed today. Failure of the British to make such Gemands earlier, sald Felder, were rament's . as '".:d'donbt n itish con: d amh-cy‘% &clals had not at consldered doning. Retwure: be i condo ure, -because it ook place within _the welve-mile limit, sald Felder. Canadian government investigators recommended that “prisoners, liguor and ship be released aftsr having satisfled themselves that the Tomoka the Otsin Frading Company of Hallo ahe n 4 o d Felder. At th 1 e rips ng & coupie o s of the Tomoka under a written and bona-fide contract because he had ex- periencé In ‘the business and knew the ropes. The Tomoka and her crew were cap- tured by & coast guard cutter outside the mile limit. MeCoy had about $60,000 on kil person when taken in custody, but declared it was personal ¥ “funds and not the proceeds of rum § sales on that trip. : time of sels- Senate committee on library, and Sen- ator Fernald of Maine, chairman of the public bulldings and grounds com: mittee, are interested in haviog th! matter finally arranged. Tae Baltl more and Ohlo has been unwilling to accept the price offered by ho gov- ernment and has offered.the property for sale. The matter has bsen un- settled for a number of years. ‘When the United -Siates entered the world - war, the government hotels for women employes of the government were constructed on art of ‘the wrea Intended for a_park etween the Capitol and Unlon tation. These hotels are still there. ‘While it is the purpose of Senator Sovaipmment. of m orament hots na to ast s possible with is will not ood it 3 'k, the gov- be dim 53 Benator gnr also has - tak much interest in the extension of the botanic garden, and it lerstodd that he will propose legislation to carry on '» plan for a greater bo- tanio ‘.uflm to the south of thé Capitol. BOYS DROWN IN CREEK. Raft Capsizes, Two Unable to CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jantary 4.— Herbert Schults, twelve, and Joseph Miller, fourteen, schoolboys, ware drowned in the backwater of Mill creek here yesterday, when a raft capsized, n which they were playing T ‘bodis ere recovered. LA m gation of the | 0 0 ral theories which wil be fol- to the 1ess| pe {nvestigated. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1924— HUNT BOOTLEGGERS IN'KENNY MURDER Falls Church Man Possible Victim of Enemies in Rum Traffic. Special Dispateh to The Star. | FALLS CHURCH, Va., January 4.— { Falrfax county authorities now are working on the theory that Daniel Kenny, who was found Monday In a woods near Paynes Corners with a gunshot wound in his head and sev- entoen stab wounds in his body, may have been murdered by moonshiners and bootleggers. Thelr theory is that a combination of revenge and precau- tion may have constituted the motive for the crime. One alleged {llicit distiller recently was arrestad information said to have been fur- nished by Kenny, and there i reports ed to have been a bitter fued between the murdered man and others en- gaged in the rum traffic. Coromer’s Jury Verdict. After two days devoted to hearing testimony, the coroner’s jury last | evening returned a verdict that Ken- ny came to his death at the hands of parties unknown. The body, which had been held at a local undertaking the elghteenth dynasty brought once | establishment, was buried today at | Oaklawn cemetery. That Kenny was the victim of oonshiners and bootleggers is one lowed up by county authorities under direction of the commonwealth’s at- torney. Robbery and jealousy are two other possible motives which will Thomas Maroc father-in-law of the slain man, t fled at the inguest that Kenny had $100 last Monday morning. Only $3 was In his pockets when the was found. The possibility that jeal- ousy figured in the crime lles in a re- ported quarrel between Kenny and another man on account of attentions to Kenny's wife, from whom he was separated. Employs Two Attorneys. Marocker, who served a jail sen- tence for having stabbed Kenny a year ago, had two attorneys to rep- resent him at the inquest yesterday, and upon their advice he refused to answer most of the questions put to him. The attorneys were said to have been retained by two men whose names figured in the hearing as ene- | mies of Kenny. Medical testimony was to the effect that the stab wounds in Kenny's body had been inflicted from behind, as if some one had held him and reached over his shoulder with the knife. It also was testified that the shot which inflicted a wound in the back of his head had been fired from a distance of not more than ten feet. A small dog belonging to Kenny was responsible for finding of the body, leading a hunter to the spot. But the animal showed fight when any orle attempted to touch the body, and for eol time kept a deputy sheriff and others at bay. SIX KILLED IN BLAST AT WELSH COLLIERY Explosives Used by Miners Ignited. Buildings Shaken by Force of-Explosion. By the Assoclated Press. SWANSEA, Wales, January 4—Six men were blown to pleces and another man died in & hospital todsy as a Te- sult of an explosion at midnight on RUMANIA TO OPPOSE "~ BIG LOAN TO HUNGARY BUCHAREST, January 4.—It is un- deratood here that the Rumanian 4 egates to the Belgrade conference of the little entente have been instructed ongly to oppose the loan to Hun- ing arranged by the league of 12 Hi I‘Ig insists upon re| an : tor the ‘-nhn‘nu-io‘: o of Hungary in 19 or it 1 invasion Biantan roparats ity over- Defendant Called In Court Hanged Four Years Ago When George Henry Terry's name was called today for ar- ralgnment before Justice Hoehl- ing, in Criminal Division 2, to an- swer an indictment charging him with an assault with a dangerous weapon, Attorney Edmund Car- rington advised the court that Terry had been hanged in Balt- more four years ago. The justice directed that the case be marked “closed.” ‘The indictment had been pending for several years, and came to light during the clearing up of the docket, and as the ‘accused was supposed to be on bond, the case was set down for arralgnment today IOBODES REMAM INPEKIN, L, RUNS By the Associated Preas. PEKIN, 111, January a score of bodies the ruins of part of the plant of the Corn Products Company here, where an explosion early yesterday caused the deaths of upward of forty em- ployes and serious injuries to twenty- eight more. Rescuers, working In the fee-covered debris of the wrecked buildings are in constant danger from tottering walls and it may take days to recover all the bodi One bullding of the $20,000,000 plant collapsed and two adjoining buildings were partly wrecked and swept by fire, which still was belng fought early today. Streams of water di- rected at the smoldering ruins cov- ered them with a thick sheet of ice, which adds to the difficulties of the searchers. A turther check is being made to identify the men missing from their Most of the bodies when re- covered are expected to be’unreco nizable. Supt. H. B. Lawton of the company sald it would be impossible definitely to fix the number of the dead until all the bodies were recov- ered, as no check was made of the men leaving the plant after the blast. Women Walt in' Cold. Throughout the night, while search- ers dug into the wreckage, knots of | watching women walted in zero weather outside the ‘steel fence. sid- ing the plant. They are being cared for by the Salvation Army, the Red Croas and local relief organizations. Several explanations of the ex- ‘Plosion are offered.: A spark from.s drive wheel igniting dust from starch was the c:;‘xll& ‘l‘:’h- e opinion of R. 8. sn-"mfmnnflc. Sambe Ton ot "acoumulated dust stmitar fo récent ' explosions in- plants of the same company ‘at Argo, IIL, and Des Molnes, Iowa. » Every’ Precaution Taken. Every precaution had been taken Supt. Lawton’ said. Men constantly were employed in‘sweeping’ out the dust, Dut there “was no’ méchanical means for drawing it out of the work- rooms. Officials of the company sald the bulldings had bun_lnn-:nd ::— \ e. . The ‘“‘“ and Dmoflf:l‘ “occu: 3 ‘where 30 manufactt starch lnjnr‘:é ‘were em- irig partly wrecked. d .III wers Ameri- f themr | pany. Cross. . The .plant, .wl twenty acres, employed thm"lhm.. U. 8. TO PROBE BLAST. ;760 men in arzive at ‘Pekin noon. They are David J. has long i g—hu: . Bdwards. requested i I o e WITH SUNDAY ‘MORNING EDITION | | Ice and Tottering Walls Slowl_:ae Toras | yong som Fan fo'n x N \ PERFIDY CHARGED IN SCHOOL FIGHT Education Board Called to Act in Dispute With Commissioners. The bomb, which was thrown ipto the board of education when the Com- missioners made several important changes in the teachers’ salary bill exploded this afternoon when Capt' Julius I. Peyser and Ernest Green- wood called a special -conference of the school board' tomorrow afternoon to determine what school officials and members of the board had been in se- cret conference with the Commission- ers and approved the provision which calls for the wmppolfitment of the school. boagd._personane! by the Com- missioners instead of the District Su- “It wad &' tredcherous trick, de- signed to throw Mr. Greenwood and me out of the school board, and we determined to find out who these lals were,” declared Capt. Peyser. e have been regarded as thorns in the aide of the school board and thiese persons employed that method to get us'oft” ° Capt. Peyser said lie and Mr. Green- wood, who is vice president of the bokrd, had called fhe conference at sid Lthe Franklin School for 4 o'clock to- i1l _"’:;':‘;h‘l:-mom- afternoon and had invited the other members to attend. Hits City-Head Plan. The clause transferring the power of appointing the board of education from the justices of the District Su- preme Court to the Commissioners, has been written Into the teachers’ salary bill, it ‘was definitely learned today and news to that effect brought statements of indignation from sev- eral members of the board of educa- tion. _ Mr. Greenwood, vice president of the Board and Capt. Peyser, pointed out today that the measure had been submitted to the Commissioners with the generml understanding that if any of it did not meet with their approval it would be returned with a notice to that effect. Mr. Lioyd #aid that neither he nor any other members of the board had been of- ficlally notified of any change in the construction of the bill and he indi- cated that when the budget holds a hearing on the bill th ard ‘will insist on the original draft. Cause of Old Fight. The clause giving the Commission- ers power to appoint the board of education has been a bone of conten- tion for some time, the Commission- ers upholding and the board opposing | this change. It is expected that the recommendation for the different method of naming the: school board will provoke a lvely discussion at the Capitol. In previous years it ha been proposed that the President name the board with the consent of the Senate. Others have advocated that the people elect the school board. Mr. Lioyd characte: to an. explo- board would do_anything to Raoquate alary BT for The temchers WOMEN FAINT AT TRIAL OF NEGRO FOR MURDER At One Time Six Were Laid Out Unconscious in Room Across Hall. By the Asmociaied Press, - SAVANNAH, Ga.,” January 4.—~Sev- eral wonien; pressed into'the crowded couft. room, fainted last night at the trial of Caesar Eugee, negro, charged With’ muéring ' Mrs. = Agnes ' Mudie and her little girl’several weeks ago. At. one time there were: six women spectators ‘1ald out’ unconsclous ‘on the floor of & room across the hall from the courtroom. . None wae se- rlously affected, reviving when :they reached fresh air. The jury, which, began its delibera- other tions this morning, ‘had ‘not -reached | ATnd a verdict two:hours later. Mrs. Mudie and her daughter were hacked to death by snx. ness yesterday declared ‘that follow- “Dll‘r: 1€, - Daddy ‘aia” m-lmmp-l&(l crasyy” b FORTY PAGES. ONE-MAN CONTROL OF U. 5. MARINE 1§ GOOLIDGE DECISION Leigh Palmer Named Head of Fleet Corporation to Di- rect All Vessels. SHIP BOARD WILL HAVE REVIEWING AUTHORITY ! ? | {Harmony in Counsels of Govern- i ment Officials Over Problem Seen | Nearer in Move. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. One-man control has won a victory over the board or commission rethod of management. The shipping problem is at last on its way to a business solu- tlon. More harmony prevails today In the counsels of the governmert as to the handling of the American mer- chant marine than at any time since the Harding plan for a ship subsidy forced the administration to seek al- ternatives of policy. And the evolution which has been taking place Is exactly what occurred during the war, when efficfency com- Delled the delegation of power to one man rather than a group, in order to end wranglings and disputes and prevent serious delays. Board Has Review Power. The new plan for the handling of the ship problem means that the United States Shipping Board will hereafter assume a place in the gov- ernmental scheme of things not un- like the Interstate Commerce Com- | mision. What the latter i3 to rall- |roads and land transportation, the Shipping Board will be to ships and ocean traffic. The regulation of rates and the su- pervision, not only of government owned ships but American vessels op- erated by private companies, will be the principal tasks of the United States Shipping Board. Operation of the government-own- ed fleet will be directly under the Emergency Fleet Corporation, of which former Rear Admiral Leigh Palmer is to be president. He will have the same powers and authority as the president of any corporation has in private business. e e technically be responsible to the Ufiited States Shipping Board, but only until such time as new legis- lation can give him and the Fleet Corporation a separate status. Can Delegate Authority. The Shippiug Board under the pres- ent law can delegate its power and autherity to .operate ehips, and the board after a conference with Presi- dent Coolidge last night agreed to give the new president of the Fleet Corporation the necessary power under the law. Ultimately new legis- lation will have to be passed, but for the present the plan can be carried into operation without it and valu- able time saved which might other- wise be taken up in controversial debate in Congress. ‘What the President finally has ome to realize about the shipping oblefn is that it has two parts— the operation of the fleet inherited from the war and the regulation of water transportation. Controversies within the Shipping Board itselt have delayed progress. The whole thing is reminiscent of what happened dur- ing the war. All sorts of boards and commissions were created, but it became apparent to President Wil- son that progress was being ham- pered and he began to give more power to the chairmen of the various boards and commissions. . For example, the War Industries Board was drifting along withou getting very far and Mr. Wilson re- organized it and put B. M. Baruch in contfol, with power to decide things instantly. President Harding gave A. D. Lasker almost unlimited power in handling the Shipping Board. Mr. Lasker's influence with Mr. Harding Was 80 great that the board members fell in line with what was propos because' they owed their appoint- ments to Qir. Harding or would de- pend upon him for reappointment. Friction in Board. ~But the one-man method did pro- duce antagonisms inside the board. That was inevitable. And the quar- rels inside thq board in recent weeks, ‘which led to the resignation of Chair- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) POLICEMAN SHOOTS MAN FLEEING IN AUTO Several Cars Hit and Trafic Sig- nals Disregarded in Chase . Through City. After an exciting chase of several blocks through the congested area of the ecity, Jack Watkins, colored, 220 G street, sald to have been driving a ear recklessly through the 3 o'clock morning office crowds, was brought to a halt when Policeman L. W. Revercomb of the third precinct, who waa following, shot at him, wounding him slightly on the forehead, Aoccording to police reports, Wa kins was joyriding in a car from the Mount Vernon Garage, 1206 D street, Where he was employed, and the po- Tics wers on. the lookout for him. e he ran a traffic signal, and when told to back up careened into another car and then started out Pennsylvania avenue at & rapid rate. Policeman Revercomb commandeered the auto- mobile of Ernest Kendrick, 3624 Con- necticut avenue, and foflowed. At ssing the policeman whistled to-have the fleeing man stopped, but he tore by each cornmer, hitting two K cars en route, those of I B. es, 610 G street southeast, and A. P. Webb, 416 11th street northeast, and was only brought to a halt whi shot at 20th and I streets. Watkl; el Spas hel ar. Picked as Fleet Head LEIGH C. PALMER, Who has been selected by President Coolidge as president of the Emer- semcy Fleet Corporation. FOUR ARMY FLYERS CHOSEN T0 CIRCLE WORLD IN PLANES Maj. Martin, Lieuts. Smith, Wade and Nelson Win Coveted Honors. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief |of the air service, anounced today the names of four officers who will !endeavor to circle the globe in air- planes next summer. They are: Maj. Frederick L. Martin, comanding, who also is serving as commanding officer of Chanute Field, Rantoul, Tll; Lieut. Leigh Wade of Bolling Field, Anacostia, D. C.; Lieut. Erik H. Nelson of McCock Field, Day- ton, Ohio, and Lieut. Lowell H. Smith of Crissey Fleid, Calif. = Lieut. Leslie P. Arnold, photograph officer of Bolling Field, and Lieut. Le- Claire D. Schulze will serve as alter- nates. Maj. Martin is a native of Indiana. During the world war he was. de- talled to the aviation service and served here and overseas. He re- celved his flying training at Bolling Field and in Florida. ‘Wade From Michl Lieut. Wade Is a native of Michigan and entered the aviation section, Signal Corps, in December, 1917. He served overseas and upon his return was detalled as test pllot at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, being transferred to the local Army field in October. Lieut.’ Nelson was born in Sweden and by profession was an aeronau- tical motor expert. He took up fiying during the war and has participated in many notable flights, including the Alaskan expedition in 1920 and the Porto Rican filght of last year. Lieut. S8mith is better known as a member of the famous refueling-in- flight team of Richter and Smith. Thelr latest achievement was to fly from Canada to Mexico without a stop, refueling while in flight He 1s a native of California, and has been fiying since 1917. Plans Under Comsideration, Detailed plans for the flight are being worked out by a committee working under the direction of the chief of the training and war plans division, office of the chief of air sorvice. The committee is composed of Capt. Willlam F. Volandt, trans- portation and finance; Lieut. St. Clair Streett, route, maps, general organ- ization and Information; Lieut. Rob- ert J. Brown, jr., chairman, organiza- tion and co-ordination; Lieut. Nelson, equipment and engineering; Lieut. Clarence B. Crumrine, equipment, en- sineering and route, advance officer, and Lieut. Elmer E. Adler, supply. The officers, flying Douglas trans- ports, will leave Washington about the middle of March and proceed to Seattle, Wash., where they will hop off about the 1st of April, flying northward along the coast of Can- ada and southerri Alaska; across the Aleutian Islands, down through the possessions of Japan; along the shores of China, French Indo-China, Siam and Burma; across Indla, up the Persian gulf, across Turkey and Europe to England; thence north through the Faroe Islands to Ice- land; thencé to Greenland and southward along the eastern shore of the continent to Cape Farewell, Greenland, from which point a direct filght will ‘be.made. to Hamilton inlet, on the Labrador coast; thence south- ward along the Canadian shore and up the St. Lawrence river to Quebec and Montreal, from:. which peint the fiight will proceed south to Wash. ington, parture. The purposes of the proposed flight, sald the announcement'today, afe to galn for the air service added ex-’ perience in long-distance fying, and particularly in the supply problems connected therewith, to complete an airplane fiight around the world in the shortest practicable time; to demonstrate the feasibility of estab- lishine an airway around the world, d, “incidentally, to secure for the :!’l‘lltod States, the bi lace of gero- nautics, the honor of being the first country to encircle the world entire- y by air Much Teatabls |nfor;..h.. 8 13 be obtained. The officers who were selected for the flight are envied by every pllot in .the air seryice. From the. it ‘was announced. the Army would attempt a circumnavigation of the globe there was a hustle and bustle throughqut the entire personnel for uxac‘:ftn’ for the trip. ‘The task of selecting these officers was one of the most difficult ever placed before the chief-of the air service, for out of several hundred experienced and 7 I excellent pilots four had to be chosen, the original point of de- | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes As fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’ s Circulation, 96,668 TWO CENTS. CONMITTEE HOLD GAS TAXBILLOVER 70 AN 9 MEETING Columbus Asks for Month’s Delay and Compromise Comes on Objection. RATHBONE AND ZIHLMAN TAKE VIEW OF DISTRICT Hammer and Underhill Voice Op- position to Exemption Clause. The so-called automobile reciproc- ity measure before the House District committee went over until the next regular meeting on January 9 on mo- tion of Representative Frederick X Zihlman of Maryland, by a formal Vvote today, after Charles J. Columbus, secretary of the Merchants and Man- ufacturers’ Association had asked the committee to delay. for at least a month {n order that the business in- terests of Washington might make a careful study of the proposed legis- lation. Representative Rathbone, republican, of Ilinoils, moved that the delay be granted, basing his argument on the actf that if the committee desires to ac- complish anything worth while for the people of the District of Columbia it should go before the House united and not split as it now Is over the gasolinc tax measure, ana as it has been split in the past on important measures affecting the District of Columbia. His motion was seconded by Represen: l‘ilx:: Gasque, democrat, of South Caro- Protesting that such action would be death by slow poisoning, while declar- ing that he is opposed to the bill and expects to see it killed, Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas, offered an amendment to Representative Rath- bone's motion postponing action until Wednesday, January 16. The substi- tute motion by Representative Zihlman was carried by a viva voce vote. Ziklman Opens Discussion. Representative Zihlman opened dis- cussion on the blll by stating that survey made at his Instigation by the assessor, tax collector, licenss com- missfoner and auditor for the District of Columbia showed that five-sixths of all the automobiles in the Distri were assessed at less than $1,000. argued that if an exemption of $1,000 on autos, the same as on household furniture up to 31,000, fs allowed on personal property ‘taxation, the Dis- trict would collect 000 on the cars assessed at over $1,000, while an exemption amounting ' to $417,000 would be allowed on the small cars. Representative Underhill objected on the ground that no exemption should be made. He said that he wanted to go on record as willing to vote practically any sum “well up in the millions” for improvement of the National Capital, but said that | the citizens of this city “who enjoy 50 many privileg ought to co- operate with the government” He said he observed *a lack of civic spirit in Washington and that the people have gotten into the habit of expecting Congress to do everything.” Keller Defends District. Representative Keller, republican, of Minnesota, injected the comment that Congress is the only place that the District people can go for action. Representative Zihiman gave a lit- tle lecture, saying that whenever any question concerning the , District comes up in the District committee there is a discussion of the old sys- tem and policy which has been in operation for more than fifty years by act of Congress. “If the system is wrong, it is within the power of Congress to_change it.” he said, “but we should not think that we must always discuss that gquestion when any particular bill for the District is before us." Representative Underhill here was an_ opportunity to raise a half million dollars for much needed street improvements. Representative Zihlman replied that the Commission- ers have besought Congress regularly for these strect improvements, but Congress refuses to authorize them. He sald that the people of the Dis- trict are willing tu pay more taxes, but that Congress will not make the appropriations, and tkat there i8 no need of collecting another half mil- lfon when already there is nine mil- lion dollars surplus to the credit of the District in the federal Treasury. Representative Hammer of North | Carolina. democrat, questioned the | constitutionality of the reciproeity bill on the personal tax exemption feature and urged that the corpora- tion counsel be asked for an opinion. “Ho drew the bill,” replied Repre- sentative Zihlman. Representative Roy G. Fitagerald, republican, of Ohio again reminded the committee that no_gquestion of (Contlnued on Page 2, Column 7.) ARRESTS MAY LEAD TO TRAIN BANDITS Two Held in Baltimore Expected to Know Something About N. & W. Robbery. sald that Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., January 4.—In jthe arrest here this morning of a man whose name they refuse to make public and Miss Rose Dutton, a pretty twenty-five-year-old brunette, police believe they will be able to round up the band that is Implicated in the $37,000 train robbery at Petersburg. Va., December 6. The two messen- gers in the express car of the “Can- nonball Express” of the Norfolk and ‘Western rallroad were found bound and gagged and the safe rified when the train pulled into Petersburg. The bandits boarded the train ut Ivor, Va., when it stopped for water, overpowered the messengers, robbed the car and then left the train. The man, detectives say, Is & mem- ber of the band but not the leader, whom they are seeking here. Policc believe they will be able to obtain information from the woman, who also is known as Mrs. Hog will result in & complete round-up of possible the re- mpl the gang greater part of the loot, and make covery of the