Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1924, Page 1

/ WEATHER. Fair and somewhat cooler today; tomorrow fair; fresh westerly winds, Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: Highest, 76, at 4 p.m. Lowest, 68, at 10 p.m. Full report on page 5. No. 997.—No. 29,223 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. GERVANYS FUTURE SEEN N BALANCE N ELECTON TODAY Verdict at Polls Most Critical Since ‘War, in View of Nation’s Leaders. NATIONALISTS SUBSIDE. DAWES PLAN BIG ISSUE Fate of Latter Regarded on Same | Plane as That of Democ- racy Retention. T the Associated Press BERLIN, May men and who ha tained the will have an opportunity tomorrow to give untrammeled expression to their political preferences, and upon their verdict will depend in a large meas- wure the future of German politics and nation’s econom well as for- « million | women in ny. age of twenty, the n relations. Although Sunday stitutes the most crit man post-war electior whicli terminated tor a minimum of popular interest | the fact that twenty-thre. parties, representing no less than seventy-tive individual political units, are named on the official ballot, re- flects the degree to which internecine volitical schisms continue to keep the | jerman people in discord. alloting con- cal of the Ger- the campaign | ht stimulated | Dawes' Plan Fate Involved. While the fate of (ierman democracy | i8 heavily involved in the outcome of tomorrow’s votifig through the menace aceruing to it from a popular shift | o the right, the government and bolitical leaders are more deeply con- cerned with” the popular verdict on th question of making the Dawes’ report the instrument with which jermany may a definite ad- justment of her reparation problem. Official circles and party leaders who are king this goal are hopeful that the combined mandates, which may be captured by the Socialists, Clericals, Peoples' Party and Demo- will insu the prosecution of a parliamentary program based on a faithful effort to carry out the pro- visions of the experts proposals. These four parties commanded 346 seats in the old Reichstag. Allowing for a prospective tollective loss of 100 mandates in tomorrow’s election, the big coalition would still com- mand sufficient votes in the new Parliament to carry out the program to which the Marx-Stresemann gov- ernment has pledged Germany through its acceptance of the Dawes report as a basis for negotiations. Ralil Issue in Doubt. '\ Its majority would suffice to push through all ordinary legislation need- ed for fulfillment of the experts con- ditions except on the issue of conver- sion of the federal railways into a capitalized trust corporation, which would involve a constitutional Yamendment requiring a two-thirds majority. The streets of Berlin are littered with handbills and dodgers strewn from airplanes and motor cars.. Most of them carry the old monarchial colors and are the campaign devices used by the Nationalists, who go far afiell in the search of slogans. Prince Bismarck has been pressed into rvice as the switchman who| routes all trains to the right, while the shades of Frederick the Great and to her notional heroes have been invoked to remind tho voters of the glories of other da achieve crats Ludendorft Sure Winner. There has been a visible chill in the ferver with which the ultra- Nationalists, headed by Gen. Luden- dorff, set out to stampede the voters skortly after the general was ac- quitted in his recent treason trial at Munich, but at the same time the former quartermaster general is sure of clection because he heads the ticket as candidate-at-large. This also holds good for all the sandidates-at-nlarge of the other par- as they will automatically be elected by virtue of surplus votes in case they are defeated in the local Vdistricts where they were nominated. Therefore, while early returns will in- dicate the election of Gen. Ludendorft, Admiral Von Tirpitz, Prince Bis- marck, Count Reventlow, Chancellor Marx. Foreign Minister Stresemann @nd other party leaders, they will not ndicate the subsequent strength of euch party, as this will finally be estublished after the total vote is allocated on the basis of one mandate for each 60,000 votes. The Socialists and Communists cap- qured 12,000,000 out of 26,000,000 yotes cast in the 1920 election. ties, PR S Italian King Given Degree. NAPLES, May 3.—Delegates from he United States, Argentina, Chile, tolivia and Peru were present today #t the celebration of the Centenary of the University of Naples, which was attended by King Victor Em- anuel, who received the honorary degree of doctor of philosophy and let- sers. Coolidge Gets Bonus Bill. The soldiers’ bonus bill was sent to president Coolidge late yestérday i{rom the Capitcl, where legislative action was completed with the sign- ng of the measure by President Cum- mins of the Senate. ® S T Trade Pact With Russia, STOCKHOLM, May 3.—Parliament today adopted the cabinet’s proposal for megotiation of a commercial rreement with Soviet Russia. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. President Coolidge was credited with having gained the support of 860 delegates to the Republi- can national convention up -to Yesterday, which is 305 more than sufficient to nominate. Senator Johnson has 15 and Senator La Follette 28. Charles D. Hilles, national com- mittee man from New York esti- mates that President Coolidge will have 1,039 votes on the first roll call. The motion will then be made to make the nomination unanimous and if a bolt is con- templated by any one it will then develop. z * % % Next Tuesday the primaries will be held in California for the selec SEEK PRESIDENT’S AID IN PRICE-BOOST PLAN McNary-Haugen Bill Advocates to Send Petition to the White House. HIT BY FARM ECONOMIST Dr. William M. Jardine Says It Would Do More Harm Than Goo#. Advocates of the McNary-Haugen agricultural export bill decided yes- terday to seek the aid of President Coolidge in their fight to bring about cnactment of the measure. In the House leaders of the “farm bloc” began the circulation of peti- tions which will be transmitted to the White House early this week. They point out the need for legisla- tion along the lines of the McNary- Haugen bill, set forth that there is overwhelming sentiment in the farm- ing regions for its passage and urge that its enactment be facilitated. Seck No-Veto Assurance. Those back of the movement de- clared they not only were secking to lay their case before Mr. Coolidge, but were hoping he would give some indication that he favored passage of the bill. Reluctance of Republican leaders to give the measure right of way in the House until convinced it would not be vetoed and the upposi- tion to the measure evidenced by members from : eAstern states only served to epur the bill's friends to action. The petitions declare that the de- | pression in agricultural states is not confined to farming alome, but is gradually affecting every line of in- dustry and commerce. General Support Claimed. “Bankers, business men and farm- ers alike” the petitions continued, “are requesting un equality for all our interests. After more than two years of careful study they have ap- proved and are supporting the Mec- Nary-Haugen bill a3 amended by the agriculture committee and reportcd to the House. Our people have con- fidence that this measure will so direct economic progress as to re- store agricultural and allied inter- ests to an equality with other in- terests.” Chairman Haugen of the agricul- ture committee, joint author of the bill, intended to visit the White House yesterday to discuss its pro- visions with Mr. Coolidge, but as the committee report on the proposal, a lengthy document, had not been whippedainto final shape, he deferred his call until this week. The com- mittee chairman plang to leave with the President the report to enable him to mgake a detailed study of the bill and of the arguments for its enactment. Supporters of the measure hove to bring the bill up in the House within two weeks and to rush it to the Sen- ate in time for action by that body before adjournment. DENIES Fmim WANT BILL. Kansas Agricultural College Head Sees Disaster in Price-Fixing. Members of Congress who are sup- porting the McNary-Haugen bill, which aims at higher prices for farm products through a scheme of gov- ernment price fixing, under the im- pression that American farmers de- mand this measure are the victims of misinformation. Members of Con- gress who are supporting it in the expectation of political gain are bound to have their expectations dis- appointed. So asserts Dr. William M. Jardine, president of the Kansas State College of Agriculture, who is in Washington attending the annual meeting of the American Council of Education. “Even were I insincere enough to ~(Continued on Page 7, Column 5.) Girl Students to Exchange Places With 8 Workers Seeking Education By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 3.—Eight girl students at the University of Wis- consin will don the aprons and cuffs ot eight werking girls in order that the latter may take a special summer course at the university at Madison, it was announced ut the National Student Assembly today. The ex- penses of the girls who will abandon work for study will be borne by the Florence Simms scholarship, estab- he WASHINGTON, D. C., G. 0. P. TO FORCE BREAK EARLY IF ONE PLANNED To Ask for Unanimous Nomination of Coolidge After First Ballot—Smith Picks Up Speed. . tion of delegates to the national convention, with Senator Johnson and President Coolidge closely contesting for control of the dele- gation. Indiana will also elect Tuesd: conceded to President Coolidge. That will virtually end the interest in the delegate con- test, for while other primaries are to follow, they are claimed by the Coolidge managers. * x ¥ ¥ President Coolidge is being con- gratulated by Republicans for the vigorous stand on party leader- ship which he is taking. He is not only the titular head of the party but is the militant leader, giving close attention to details He is gather t_him men of his ~(Contil 5, Column 5.) ZIHLMAN DECLARED GUILTLESS OF BRIBE Investigatin Committee Head Says Charge Has Been Found Unjustified. i | DEPLORES PRESS REPORT Burton Seeks to Do Justice Before Primary. Representative Fred N. Zihlman was exonerated of the charges of bribery against him that have been under investigation by a special House committee in a formal State- ment given out late yesterday by Representative Theodore E. Burton, Republican, of Ohio, chairman of the special investigating committee. This statement was issued in view of the fact that Representative Zihl- man's primaries for re-election come tomorrow, and the committee felt that a grave injustice had been done him through articles in a local morn- ing newspaper which led many of the voters in that district to believe that the House committee report would find the Maryland member guil Deny Newspaper Report. The statement given out last night by Representative Burton was “heartily concurred in" by Repre- sentative Fred S. Purnell of Indiana and Representative Earl C. Michener of Michigan, the other two republi- can members of the iavestigating committee. A statement given out on Friday denynig the truht of the newspaper article was concurred in unanimously by all five members of the committee. The formal report to the House on the Zihlman investigation will not be made for several days. The state- ment authorized by Chairman Burton is as follows: “The nomination for member of Congress in the sixth Maryland dis- trict is a matter for the voters of that district to decide, but in justice to Mr. Zihlman I fgel impelled to make a statement upon my own re- sponsibility as one of the members of the committee having in charge the investigation of an accusation against him that he received Im- properly a sum of money in the sum- mer of 1921. “I find no evidence to justify the conclusion that he recelved any such sum of money, and I am especially prompted to express myself because a baseless article has appeared in a newspaper that the report of the committee would contain something sensational against Mr. Zihlman and that the matter was regarded of such importance that word had been sent of the probable conclusions of the committee to the White House. “There is absolutely no foundation whatever for this article. The report will not abound in sensations, and there has been no communication by any member of the committee with the White House. The report has been detained by the fact that the testimony, which is quite voluminous, has not yet been: printed. It will be forthcoming at an early date, but in justice to the voters of the district as well as to Mr. Zihiman I am giving this statement to the press at this time.” —_— AIRMEN AT INDIA BORDER Portuguese Officers Make Landing on Way to China. LISBON, Portugal, May 3.—The Portuguese aviators, Capt. Brito Paes and Lieut. Sarmento Beiros, flying to China, have landed at the Indian frontier, according to advices re- celved haere. The Portuguese aviators wers last reported May 1 at Bushire, Persia, where they had been detained be- cause their passports had not been vised lished as a memorial to Miss' Simms, late secretary of the National Y. W. C. A. The working girls chosen are two maids, a clerk in a store, two shoe factory workers, a cafeteria waitress and two office workers. The industrial assembly of the Y. W. C. A. elected officers as follow: President, Bertha E. Pabst, Washing- ton, D. C.; vice president, Mildred Vurson, Baltimore; secretary, Isabelle Dress, New York. m * WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION g BEDLAM FOLLOWS MRS. POTTS ENTRY AT PEACE MEETING President .of Daughters of 1812 Invades Session Here With Questionnaire. HOT ARGUMENTS ENDED BY HOTEL’S EMPLOYES War Abolition Forces Refuse to Answer Queries or to Hear Gen. Fries. When Mrs. Noble Newport Potts, president of the District of Columbia Society of the United States Daugh- ters of 1812, walked into the Wash- ington Hotel last night while dele- gates to the annual convention of the International League for Peace and Freedom werediscussing the perplex- ing prblem of how to abolish war, the meek little dove of peace took her cue and began to search for a place of refuge. The bedlam of noise and turmoil that came as a sequel to Mrs. Potts’ unheralded appearance, was nough to convince the indifferent istener-in” that the peace meeting was no place for the gentle dove. Armed with a questionnaire, Mrs. Potts stood in the center aisle of the auditorium after the proceedings | had®progressed peacefully for a half an hour, and began to fire a volley of interrogations at Miss Jane Addams, international president of the league. “You are out of order,” Miss Addams countered, as she banged her gavel. Mrs. Potts Continues. Mrs. Potts continued to read quuestionnaire, and Miss Addams con- tinued to bang the gavel with more | force. Cries of “Rave on' inter- mingled with concerted hissing, rose from the audience of peace delegates. The uproar lasted for about five minutes, and when Miss Addams an- nounced that she would not answer the questions during the session Mrs. Potts left the meeting with a-deputa- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) PRESIDENT VETOES PENSION MEASURE Calls Proposed Expenditure Tax Burden in First Exercise of Power. GOES OVER TO TUESDAY Bursum Says 51-10 Sentiment, In- suring Repassing. Exercising the veto power for the first time, President Coolidge return- ed to the Senate yesterday without his approval the Bursum-Fuller om- nibus pension bill. The President in doing so informed the Senate that he objected primarily to the bill because it would entail an “unwarranted expenditure of the money of the taxpayers” at a time when “the burden on the taxpayers must not be increased, it must be decreased.” “The desire to do justice to pen- sioners, however great their merit, must be attended’ by some solicitude to do justice to taxpayers,” the Ex- ecutive said in his message. “The ad- vantage of a class can not be greater than the welfare of the nation.” Taken Up Late in’ Day. The Presidentls message reached the Senate soon after it convened, but was not taken up until late in the day. After it had been read, Scnator Bursum, Republican, New Mexico, who with Representative Fuller, Re- publican, Illinois, is author of the bill, moved that the matter be laid on she table to be taken up next Tuesday. Senator Bruce, Democrat, Maryland, proposed that the bill be taken up immediately, but the pre- siding officer ruled that Senator Bursum's motion had precedence. Senator Bursum, pointing to the vote of 51 to 10, by which the Senate passed the bill April 1, declared the measure would be passed over the President's ~veto, but Republican leaders, both in the Senate and House expressed the belief that the chief executive would be sustained in his veto. The House approved the measure without a record vote. Second Dixapproval The veto given the measure was in effect the second disapproval of the bill. A somewhat similar measure was passed by the last Congress and vetoed by President Harding on the grounds of economy, and also on the grounds that it was loosely drawn and would have put on the pension roll_almost every widow of a civil (Continued on Page 11, Column 1. and the U.S. Coast Guard BY BEN McKELWAY. The story of a thrilling week's cruise aboard the cutter Seminole, patrolling “Rum Row.” m'l"-m in The Evening Star i the | SOVIET ENVOY QUITS BERLIN AFTER RAID Returns to Moscow Following Search of Russian Trade Commission Building. POLICE DEFEND ACTION Bolshevik Ambassador Takes Pro- test to Stresemann. By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, May 3.—M. Krestinsky, | Russian soviet ambassador to Ger- many, left for Moscow tonight. His departure is a sequel to the action of the Berlin police in entering the building of the Russian trade dele- gation, and searching the house from roof to cellar for commuunist against whom a warrant had been issued. The greatest excitement prevails in Russian circles over the police search, officials of the Russian embassy stat- ing that it lasted for four hours and that the leaders of the Russian trade | mission, which is supposed to enjoy extra-territorial rights, were inter- fered with. The police made several | arrests and took the prisoners, hand- cuffed to the police prefecture. M. Krestinsky called ot the foreign office and made energetic protests, He succeeded in getting Foreign Min- ister Stresmann to order the scarch stopped at once. Call Act Unparalleled. “An unparalleled violation of extra- territorial rights,” is the way the Russian embassy regards the police action. Tt has ordered the trade mis- sion to cease its work and all com- mercial activity will be suspended. The trouble started when two Swa- bian policemen, bringing a communist | leader, Botzenhardt, wanted by the Pomeranian state's attorney for al- leged treason from Stuttgart to Star- gard, were duped into believing that the Russian trade delegation build- ing in Berlin was a restaurant where they might have lunch while making a change in trains. According to the police, Botzen- hard was surrounded by com- munists and in the shuffle his escape was made possible. The police then surrounded the building and went through with their search despite the protests of the Russlans until ordered by Dr. Stresmann to cease. It is claimed by the Berlin chief of police that a search of extra-terri- torial property is justified if the cul- prit is caught in the act and in flight. The German government has lodged a protest with the Russian embassy against the conduct of the employes of the Russian trade mission, charac- terizing the conduct of the Russians as a gross violation of German law, and pointing out that the mission does mnot enjoy diplomatic immu- nity. The German version of the trouble is that Russian employes aided in the escape of the German communist leader Botzenhardt. a OHIO MAYOR OUSTED. Canton Official and Brother Re- moved for Misconduct. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 3—C. C. Curtis, mayor of Canton, and his brother, E. E. Curtis, safety director, under his administration, were re- moved from office. today by Gov. Donahey on chdrges of malfeasance, nonfeasance, neglect to enforce pro- Libition laws, gross neglect of duty and misconduct in office. The gov- ernor recommended a grand jury in- vestigation. —_— CONFERENCE DEADLOCKED Russians and British Fail to Agree on Debt Problem. LONDON,, May 3.—The Anglo-Rus- sian conference, which began about two weeks ago in London, has reach- ed a deadlock on the question of the recognition of debts, according to J. J. O'Neill, national liberal, address- ing his conétituents at Lancaster to- day. He declared that the confer- enpe was doomed to failure unless the debt problem was solved. St SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1924.—108 PAGES. ACTIVE “AL.” TODAY’S STAR PART 1—44 Pages. General News—Local, National, For- eign. National Political Survey—Page 4. Schools and Colleges—Pages 22 and 23. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 25. Boy Scouts—Page 25. Girl Scouts—Page 26. Radio News and Gossip—Pages and 41. Army and Navy News—Page 42. Spanish War Veterans—Page 42. At the Community Centers—Page 42. Reviews of New Books—Page 43. Veterans of the Great War—Page 44. PART 2—16 Pages, Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 12. News of the Clubs—Pages 14 and 16. The Civilian Army—Page 16. D. A. R. Activities—Page 16. PART 3—12 Pages. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 5. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6 to 10. Fraternities—Page 11. Around the City—Page 12. PART 4—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART 5—8 Pages. Magazine Section—Fiction and Features. 40 PART 6—12 Pages. Classified Advertising. Serial—"“Mistress Wilding""—Page 8. Financial News—Pages 10 and 11. The National Guard—Page 12. GRAPHIC SECTION— 8 Pages. World Events In Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mr. Straphanger, Reg'lar Fellers, and Mrs., Mutt and Jeff. AIRMEN RESUME TRIP WITHOUT THEIR CHIEF U. S. Army Flying Cruisers Leave Dutch Harbor on Attempt to Circle Globe. Mr. By the Associated Press. CORDOVA, Alaska, May ‘Three United States Army air cruisers at- tempting to circle the globe, which have been at Dutch Harbor since April 19, left there at 11 a.m. today for Atka Island, 350 miles southwest- ward, according to wireless messages received here., SAW PLANE WEDNESDAY. Natives Say Aircraft Was Going “ From Chignik to Lakes. By the Associated Press. - BREMERTON, Wash., May 3.~-An improvement in radio communications with the north was noted at the Puget Sound naval station here to- day, but messages in the afternoon by the western end of the Alaska peninsula and the eastern end of the Aleutian chain of islands continued to report that Maj. Frederick L. Mar- tin, American globe flier, had not been found. From Chignik came news that while a quest of waters and islets south of the peninsula continued, a party with dog teams was going across the portage from the Chignik lakes to the Bering Sea to hunt along the northern coast of the peninsula. -“From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents * ARMS SALE T0 CUBA AUTHORIZED BY LAW Purchase Now Being Negotiated Here Specifically 0K'd in Act Passed in 1916. NO REQUEST FOR PLANES Material to Be Sold Includes Am- munition and Guns. Sale of a quantity of American war material to the government of Cuba, which is confronted with a revolu- tionary uprising, is under negotiation here. Such a transaction, unlike the re- cent sale of arms to the Obregon gov. ernment of Mexico, is specifically au- thorized under a law passed in 1916, and there is every expectation here that an arrangement for delivery to Cuba of the munitions requested will be perfected within a few days. ‘The material for which application kas been made is worth about $100,- 000 and includes 3,000,000 rounds of rifie ammunition and about thirty machine guns, all of which would be supplied from surplus materials now in Army depots. Ne Request For No request for purchase of air- planes has been made by Cuban offi- cials, and reports from Havana that a shipment of planes is on its way to the island republic were interpreted here as indicating that the Cuban government may have made such a purchase from some private concern in this country. Under the 1916 law airplanes are not included in the materials which can be sold to Cuba, but under a general clause in an appropriation bill already passed by the House and pending in the Senate, the sales to Cuba could be extended to include other war material than ordnance. ZAYAR VISITS CIENFUEGOS. lanes. President Finds Cuban Revolt City in Quiescent State. Ry the Associated Press. HAVANA, May 3.—President Zayas, the first Cuban Chief Executive ever to0 go to the scene of an armed revolt, arrived safely late today at Cien- fuegos, where, it was officially ex- plained, he desires to investigate per- sonally the anti-Zayas and anti-re- election outbreak by armed bands. The President left Havana this morning on a special train with a military guard. With him were Act- ing Secretary of War Betancourt, Sec- retary of the Interior Iturralde and Gen. Herrera, chief of staff. Coinci- dentally with the President's depar- ture came official announcement of several minor engagements between loyal and rebel forces and of the capture of nine rebels, including So- lano Romero, who was a colonel in the Cuban war of independence against Spain. Five other rebels sur- rendered and ten rifies and twelve horses were captured by government troops, but there is no word of any casualties. The entire island is quiet, the War Department stated today in its first formal communique since the out- break started Tuesday. U. S. Conwuls Report Quiet. That the remainder of the island is quiet, at least outwardly, was confirmed by .information received from the American consuls who have sent reports. Statements by Mario Garcia Velez, per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. HOUSE HAY TAKE ANOTHER WEEK T CONPLETED . BLL Measure Less Than Half Covered in Four Days—Mad- den Angry at Delay. $890,000 FROM GAS TAX FOR STREETS APPROVED | Money Made Available for Work on Trunk Highways With- out Conditions. After four d of the ninety-four pages Dis- trict of Columbia appropriation bill have been considered by the House in the committee of the whole. This measure is likely to be before the Houes on Tuesday and Thursday, and |if the numerous points of order are continued it may take up most of the week. Tomorrow is suspension and unani mous consent day, when the special business will be the motion to dis- charge the committee on interstate |and foreign service from considers |tion of the Barkley railroad labor bill, whi®i will be bitterly fought | and will occupy most of the day. | Thers is scant chance of complet | ing 11 District appropriation bill on | Tuesély. Then Wednesday is | endar Wednesday, when the call rests | with the committee on foreign affairs. | Whie Chairman Madden of the ap- | prof@iations committee is very much | incemced at the way the District bill | is being delayed, and with the legis- lative appropriation bill awaiting ac- tion, he is not inclined to ask thut calendar Wednesday be set aside. Gas Tax For Streets. The two |in the bill yesterday were: | Prowision for street improvement« | to the extent of 890,000, which had not previously been included in the bill, anf\ to be paid for by the rev enues ttom the gasoline tax bill re cently massed to bring about re- ciprocity on auto licenses between the District and Maryland. Thi | an®ndment was offered by Represen- tative Cramton, “to keep faith witn | the District,” because he was the author of the amendment to the gas oline tax bill which provided that the revenues be spent on street improve- ments. The item of $6.000 for rent for the recorder of deeds offic. was increased to $14,400, which provides that the entire building shall be taken over by the recorder of deeds. This amendment was offered by Repre- sentative Charles R. Davis, chair- man of the subcommittee that draft ed the bill. Street Repairs Listed. The street improvements provided for in the Cramton amendment, to bhe paid for entirelg from the gasoline tax fund, are all'on arterial highway< and of general benefit to all mo- torists. Tess than forty-four in the important changes mud Approved by Bell. This program of improvement has been approved by Maj. Bell, the En; neer Commissioner of the District other District autherities and the, committee in charge of the appro- priation bill, Representative Cramton said. This Cramton street improvement amendment, including the streets thus benefited, is as follows: For paving, repaving, grading and |otherwise improving streets, avenues. suburban roads and suburban streets respectively, including personal serv- ices and the maintenance of motor vehicles used in this work, as fol- lows, to be paid from the special fund created by section 1 of the act en- titled, “An act to provide for a tax on motor vehicle fuels sold within the District of Colum and for other purposes,” April 2 1924 Northwest and southwest—For pav- ing 14th street, B street south to C strect north, fifty and seventy feet wide, $30,000. Southeast—For paving 11th street Pennsylvania avenue to the Ana- costia bridge, present width, $75,000. Northwest—For paving 20th street, E street to Virginia avenue, thirty- two feet wide, $10,000. Northeast—For paving Central ave nue, ning road to District line. $78,000. Northeast—For paving 15th street, B street to I street, thirty-two feet wide, $38,000. Southeast B street to wide, $38,000 Northwest—For paving Butternut street, 5th street to Blair road, forty- five feet wide, $10,000. Northwest—For paving 41st street Davenport street to Livingston street, thirty feet wide, $49,000. Northwest—For paving Georgla avenue, Military road to Fern street, sixty feet wide, $112,000. a, approved For paving 15th street street, thirty-two feet (Continued on Page 11, Column 4.) (Continued on Page 2, Column Fights Sharks 23 Hours With Knife, Melancholy Sailor Rescued Unhurt By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 3.—To the list of plain men made heroes by caprice of the sea was added today the name of Clarence L. Staden, erstwhile able sea- man on the tanker Frederick W. Weller, which arrived this morning from Panama. Staden, adrift in a life belt in the Guif of Panama, alone except for sharks, fought the man-eaters for twenty-three houre with the long blade of a saflor's jack, until the steamer Dorset picked him up. He had eaten no food and had had no sleep. He was rescued unscratched. Staden’s shipmates and officers said he was inclined to be melancholy, which they assumed was the reason he jumped overboard. Their belief was that once adrift fear of the eharks dethroned any other thought he may have had and he desperately slashed and stabbed at the encircling fins. The story was told by Capt. Purdy. South®ast—For paving Nichols ave- nue, Portland street to 4th stre fifty-six feet wide, $25,000. Northeast—For paving Bladensbury road, end of conerete to District Line, forty-five and sixty feet wide, $55,000. Northwest—For paving Wisconsin avenue, Massachusetts uvenue to River road, sixty feet wide, including necessary relocation of street car tracks and water mains, sixty feet ‘wide, refund to be obtained from the street railway company so far as pro- vided under existing law, $350,000. Southeast—For repairing and re- flooring the Pennsylvania Avenue bridge, $20,000., In all, $890,000, to be disbursed and accounted for as “Gasoline Tax Road and &r_ee( Improvements” and for niinued on Page 2, Column 7.)