Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1924, Page 1

¢ WEATHER. Showers and cooler tonight; tomor- row unsettled and cool; northeast winds. moderate Temperature for 24 hours ending 2 p.m. toda: : Highest, 74, at 4:40 p.m. Yesterday: lowest, 58, at noon today. Full report on page 25. No. 29,239. Linter2d as second-clase matter post office Washington, D. C PLANS ARE PUSHED TOPAYBONUS; ADDS 4,000D.C. WORKERS Act to Be Administered as Soon as Needed Appropri- | ation Is Made. APPLICATION FORMS WILL | BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL Maximnm Payment Is Put at| $1,900—Army of Typists and Stenographers Required. Planning to increase its personnel | tn Washington by 4.000 employes, the &overnment mgchine moved into ac- tion today to place the soldier bonus n the hands of world war veterans. Enacted into law yesterday, when the Senate, by a vote of 59 to over- rode President Coolid; veto, the bonus act be administered as s00n as necessary funds can be ap- | propriated, stimates on administrative cost | were being prepared by the Navy De- partment, War Department and Vet- erans’ Bureau today for submission to | the bureau of the budget, which, as| s0on as possible, will forward the| total estimate for the first year to| Congress, with recommendations. The | mon already authorized in the | wil bonu: AMBASSADOR HANIHARA, COOLIDGE SEES TAX REDUCTION IN PERIL Veto of Revenue Bill Possible if Bonus Expense Not Met Adequately. NATIONAL DEBT INCREASED Business Will Suffer, President Is Reported to Feel. WASHINGTO HANIHARA LIKELY T0QUITU. 3. SOON, MATSUI DECLARES Admits Envoy Wants to Re- sign Post and Says Resig- nation Will Be Accepted. RESIGNATION OF WOODS ACCEPTED BY COOLIDGE | Japanese Diplomat Has Asked for Relief for Some Time, Min- ister Says. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 20 —Ambassador Hanihara may be “permitted to re- | sign” his Washington post shortly, | Foreign Minister Matsui told news- | paper men today. | The premier's statement was made |to a gathering of representatives of the Japanese press after today's cabinet meeting, at which ho ad- | mitted the subject had been discussed. | The statement was the result of in- sistent inquiries. The foreign minister stated that | there had been no formal inter- changes between the foreign office and the ambassador dealing with the matter, although Tokio officials |have known Mr. Hanihara was de- | termined not to remain in the United States after the Japanese exclusion DENIES KLAN FUNDS “A SCRAP OF PAPER. Extra Ship Ready 'HUTCHINS WILL CASE “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 t he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 98,770 * Half-Holiday Rule During Summer to * Start on June 15 Saturday half-holidays for fed- eral and District government em- ployes will.start June 15, as has been the rule for a number of years. In making this known unofficial- ly at the White House today, a spokesman for the President said that the exeeutive order of June, 1914, declaring that four hours would constitute a day’s work each Saturday between July 1 to October 1 is looked upon as a continuing order from year to year, thereby making it unnecessary for a new order to be issued each vear. The period of the half holiday, how- ever, was changed several years ago to run from June 15 to Sep- tember 15. —— GLOBE CIRCLED IN AIR AS U. S. FLYERS LAND i!uach Minato, Closing Final Gap in World Route Made by Three Countries. | PEOPLE ACCLAIM AVIATORS ; Japanese Children Learn American i Songs for Welcome. LONDON. May 20.—Lieut. Pel- letier Doissy, the French airman, Who landed at Shanghai today on his flight from Paris to Tokio. | I By the Associated Press. | TWO ° CENTS. RENTBOARDFACES NEW BLOW N CUT OF APPROPRATION D. C. Heads Reported Favor- ing $40,000 Reduction in Funds for Coming Year. COMMISSION TO GO ON IN SPITE OF IN!UNCTION | Will Handle 500 Pending Cases, But Temporarily Drop Those | Appealed to Court. Enjoined by the courts from fur- ther functioning in two cases pend- ing before it, the Rent Commissior it was learned today, may be dealt another blow by the District Com- missioners, who are planning (o cu an appropriation of $103,000 requested by the commission to continue it work under the extension law somewhere between $60,000 and 000. The Commissioners conferred at length today with officials of the budget bureau and will hold another meeting this afternoon, at which it is expected they will decide how much of the Rent Commission’s budget to approve. It is understood the Dis- trict officials take the view that the damaging his machine in coming ol down, informed Reuter's Shanghai extension period is for one year only and that such requested those for additional equipment and personnel may be dispensed with The Commissioners probably will the to may be provided eithe special act of Congress or by am ment to the deficiency bill. now pend- | . This had not been decided to- ay. Tax reduction in the United States|clause In the recently enacted im- will naturally suffer as a result of m‘;"“:”" b“\:’ “"C""‘”’l 'l’““‘“’"e' = i g % 7 oreign Minister Matsui empha- |the soldiers' bonus bill becoming | gi 09" that the ambassador's retire- law over his veto, according to an a ment, should it actually become opinion regarding the passage yes- |fact, would be purely voluntary. items as 'SUPPORTED MAYFIELD| To Rush Japanese | ENDS IN COMPROMISE | Back to U. S. Ports| ————— | s dlen The ot ited oA Four-Million-Dollar Estate to Bel abandonment, the message says, 20.—1In order to ac- was due to the accident, which National Auditor Says Senator Re- May Go in Deficiency Bill. i #h amd B streets southwest, appropriations comn S expecting to receive u of the budget estimates for vear's administration of the latter part of the week, add them then to the de- ficleney which is now being con- sidered Ly the committee This was indic: today, when it that the committ officially of the po penditures during te bures the f bonu and may was alse explained had been apprised bility of such ¢ hearings on the regular appropriation bills earlier in | It was considered more | the lon. like v the appropriation commit- tee that the bonus administration timates’ would be added to the ficiency bill than that a special bill would be drawn. This, however, de- pended somewhat on early arrival of the estimates from the bureau of the budget. Preliminary Plans Made. Preliminary administer- ing the bonus had been worked out 80 thoroughly that the three govern- ment agencies charged with that re- sponsibility virtually were ready to g0 ahead today, except for the lack of funds. The forms for application blanks for use by veterans and the many Other papers needed, up to the adjusted service certificate, which will be handed to the veteran, all have been approved by the authori- ties. Type has been set at the gov- ernment printi especially for the application b will be the first needed, to g0 on the presses the necessary money is forthcoming. Just when these application blanks will be placed in the hands of vet- erans had not been determined by the ar and Navy departments, today. They will be distributed by the Post Office Department, the _American Legion, American Red Cross and many co-operating patriotic bodies. Veterans are asked specifically not to write in to the government for these blanks, but to wait until they are distributed through the desiz- nated agen 8. The nucleus of te war-time organ- ization of the Red Cross will be put in motion to help the veterans ob- tain their compensation. At the re- quest of the \War Department, na- tional headquarters of the Red Cross announced today, instructions have Zone to the various divisions and chapters to be ready te t in Ais- tributing blank forms and ing that 1hey are properly filled out. Appros imately 5,000,000 blanks will be sent to _the various divisions. By means of the Red Cross, it was said, the huge task would be consi erably simplified and the work expe- dited. Application Covers Four Pages. ‘The application blank, it was ex- plained at the War Department today, is a four-page blank, of business let- ter size, with printing on four page The veteran is asked on this blank to answer twenty-six questions, which have beeh determined sufficient mate- rial from which the Army, Marine Corps officials can look up the official service record in the case. plans for 2s and authority Plans already are beinz made to| take on the more than 4,000 additions 10 the personnel he 10 handle the administratio; bonus. ‘At the Civil Service Commission, it was announced that preparations had been under way for some time, and that a large number of clerks have already been certified for availability, Adds 4,152 Employes. Official reports to the commission as to the number of employes which will be needed by the various agencies handling the bonus were made public, as follows: War Department, 3,30 Navy Department, 443, and Veterans' Bureau, 400, totaling 4, It will be necessary for the Civil Service Commission to hold examina- tions only for stenographers and iypists, &s, it was said, there already has been listed a sufficient number of clerks. In fact, between 6,000 and 7,000 clerks now are on the rolls. Examinations are to be held on the second Tuesday of each month in Washington and 600 other places ‘hroughout the United States to get ihe needed stenographers and typists. It was emphasized by the Civil Serv- e Commission that no examinations will be held for clerks, and none need “pply. Draw From Other Buremus. it is also proposed by the Civil Service Commission to offer positions to persons who will be dropped from he rolls of other departments which are reducing their personnel. The work of the War Department on' ihe bonus, which will be under direction of Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, adjutant general, will take place to a very large es the Iy designated near uge bullding design " hetr ~ (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) d at the Capitol | y and | terday of this measure cxpressed to- | |day by President Coolidga to callers | with whem he discussed this subject. The DPresident is represented as {having said that his opinion of the various features of the bill and h reasons for opposing it are | known by now, were published in his message to Con- gress and in the special message sent several days ago accompanying his veto. The President said the bonus law will affect tax reduction some- | what this year and more and more in years to come. | Increases National Debt. | He pointed out that to lift the tax | burden from the shoulders of the public and from business it would be necessary | to pay off the national debt, but with the national debt being increased, as it will be as a result of this extra load | brought about by the bonus law, tax reduction must pay the penalty. | President Coolidge is said to have ex- | pressed himself as feeling that aside from the disappointment to millions of | people who were anticipating a material reduction in taxes, that business, speak- ing generally, will also suffer. The President, however, made it plain that Lis first and special desire was to re- lieve the people and then to help busi- ness In his opinion the bonus law will work in just the opposite direction from what he thought the people wanted. It | will take just so much more from the production’of the people to meet the ex- | tra taes. May Veto Revenue Bill. | Veto of the revenue bill now in con- | terence was forecast at the Capi- tol today in view of previous indica- | tions by administration spokesmen | that enactment of the bonus bill | would necessitate disapproval of the tax-reduction measure by President Coolidge. It was recalled that Secre- {tary Mellon in announcing his tax {reduction plan declared the proposed cut would be impossible if the bonus was allowed. It was also indicated that the action of the Senate yester- |day in repassing the bonus bill over | the presidential veto also may have | some effect on the action of conferees, who today complete the first week of work on the measure. The President has been informed by tffose cabinet officers whose de- | partments will have a direct rela- | tionship with the enforcement of the | bonus law that steps were taken to- {day in their respective departments to make ready to meet the demands created by this legislation —_— LANGLEY LOSING GROUND. Condition Today Described as Less Promising. The condition John W. Langley of Kentucky was {described as less promising today after his physician, Dr. Everett M. Ellison, examined him. The patient spent a restless night, it was stated, and today his heart action was ir- regular and his temperature, pulse and blood pressure below normal, while no improvement was noted in his diabetic condition. Friends of the congressman were pleased at what appeared to be a dis- tinct improvement in Mr. Langley's condition yesterday afternoon. He has Dbeen suffering Irom cerebral hemorrhage and general nervous col- lapse since his recent veturn from Covington, Ky., where ho was con- victed on' charges of conspiracy in connection with liquor withdrawals. WILL FLY SHENANDOAH. Crew to Take Dirigible Up {or First Time Since Accident. LAKEHURST, N. J., May 30.—The dirigible Shenandoah will be givén a short post-repair flight tomorrow, her first flight since the night in January when she battled a storm over New Jersey and Staten Island after belng torn from her mooring mast in a sev- enty-mile gale. ‘The Shenandoah has been lightened to the extent of 3,000 pounds, which will allow an additional supply of seven hours' fuel. Snow in New York State. BROCTON, N. Y., May 20.—Light snow fell here toda: The film of white .remained on "the ground and house roofs for some time. Residents believe it to be the first time in fifteen Joate thit snow has fallen so late in May. well | inasmuch as they | of Representative | MATSUI PRAISES WOODS. | Says Envoy's Resignation Due to Disappointment. | By the Associated Press. TOKIO, May 20.—Foreign Minister | Matsul told Japanese newspapers to- |day in his opinion the fundamental | reason for Ambassador Woods' resig- | |nation was disappointment over | | Congress' passing the Japanese ex-| j clusion measure. Matsui said that “the ambassador | has the most profound sympathy of | the Japanese nation, whose gratitude toward him will always be fresh.” The Asahi reviews Woods' earth- quake relief work and pays a tribute | to his “filial piety” for insisting upon | his resignation for the sake of his mother-in-law’s health. The news- | paper declares that Woods' resig- | nation Indicates disappointment. ! Even the jingo press is joining in | the national tribute to Woods, the ex- pressions of regret over his resignation | being unanimous. | The Yoro, one of the most outspoken | of the vernaculars immigration | editorials, voices its sorrow at the| determination of Mr. Woods to quit his | post, and sympathizes with the difficuit | position in which America's exclusion | legislation has placed him. | Friend to Japan. The Yamato states that the Japanese believe that such a good friend of Japan as Mr. Woods has proved him- self to be can help them when he| returns to America, otherwise the nation would start a movement appeal- ing to President Coolidge and Woods himself to reconsider the resignation. The ambassador, in a statement to the Associated Press, said: “Since the immigration question is virtually settied and the crisis which it engendered ended I feel that 1 am free to yleld to family reasons, which make it’ imperative for me to resign my, st in Japan. Yfhe iliness of Mrs. Marchand, my mother-in-law, renders ~essential the departure of myself and my family for America as soon as possible. ‘I leave Japan with genuine re- grot, especially since it is necessary for me to give up my work here at a_difficult and critical period in the history of the relations between Japan and my country. Comfident of Future. “We are entering a period of re- adjustment in which many factors in the intercourse between Japan and America are undergoing changes. 1 am not apprehensive of the nature of these changes in the long run. “I have found among the leaders of this empire, with whom I have been in close contact, and among whom I have found sagacious, far- sighted statesmen, a real desire to continue in cordial friendship, with America, and realization that co- operation between the two nations in maintaining peace in the Pacific and solving the great problems of | the far east is essential to the wel- fare of both. “I may say that T have found on the part of the officials of the Japa- nese government, especially Foreign Minister Matsul, an appreciation of the difficulty of my position and a willingness to relieve me of embar- rassment. “I consider that In this crisis the government and people of Japan have acted with dignity and self- restraint, which promises well, better indeed than might have been ex- pected, for the continuation of friendship between Japan and Amer- ca. ACCEPTS RESIGNATION. Coolidge Has Several in Mind for ‘Woods’ Post. The resignation of Cyrus E. Woods as ambassador to Japan has been ac- cepted by President Coolidge. The President has made no selec- tioh, but has several persons in mind for the post. e Dawes Plan Approval Seen. BERLIN, May 20.—According to the Hamburg correspondent of the Deutsche Zeitung, the Association of Shipowners learns that the govern- ment lm?ds to approve the Dawes committeé report on reparation im- mediately, without awaiting the de- cision of the Reichstag. Refuse to Drop Johnson. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., May 20.—The South Dakota delegation to the Re- publican national convention will cast its votes for Hiram Johnson for Pres- ident, regardless of the senator’s ac. tion, Senator Peter Norbeck, head of the state delegation, declared im message today. 1 lg:lion department, ceived No Financial Aid at Elections. | APPEARS BEFORE COMMITTEE | However, Admits One Local Spent $6 for Postage. Charges of heavy campaign con- tributions by the Ku Klux Klan to | secure the election of Senator May- field in Texas in 1922 were formally denied on behalf of the Klan today, Dbefore the special Senate committee investigating the contest brought against Mayfield by Peddy. J. E. McQuinn, national auditor of the Klan, told the committee his books did not show the expenditure of a cent by the Klan either in the senatorial primary or tlection, which resulted in the choice of Senator: Mayfield. Seconded by other Klan of- ficials, he spread on the committee table a great mass of officlal records which he id would support com- pletely his statement. During his examination counsel for the senator declared they were pre- pared to prove by other witnesses that no Klan organization contributed to the Mayfield campaign fund, al- though one local in Texas spent $6 for postage in connection with the election. Tells of Klan Work. Jett of White Path, Ga., called to stand by coungel for Peddy, told of his former employment by the Klan and was questioned at length about the attitude of its offi- cials. At the request of the Peddy coursel Klan officers who were pres- ent to testify later retired from the committee room during Jett's testi- mony. The witness said he was in the employ of the Klan from its organi- zation until last April. Asked what he knew of the connections of H. W. Fvans, T. J. McKinnon and John D. Maher, he 'said Mahers activities were largely to find_out about the purposes of Gaston B. Means, who was investigating the Klan. Inquiry Is Limited. W. F. Zumbrunn, counsel for May- field, objected to an investigation of the Klan generally and Chairman Spencer ruled that the inquiry into the Klan would be confined to its activities in Texas in the election of 1422 when Senator Mayfield was a candidate, The interest of the Klan in Senator Mayfleld's campaign, the witness said, Wwas “to have a senator who knew the Klan" would be of value “from a propa- ganda standpoint.” Referring to a_conversation between Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler and E. Y. Clark, Jett said that Clark toid her that the Klan “could afford to give $100,000 for propaganda” toward the election of a senator, and that Texas seemed to be the only place where they could at the time elect one. Salary Was $40 Week. There was a meeting of Klan officials at the office of H. S. Savage, an officer of the Klan, in October, 1922, the wit- ness said, at which the Mayfleld cam- Ppaign was discussed. Parenthetically, he remarked that he was on a salary of $40 a week and ex- penses, but made from $500 to $1,000 a week. Senator Neely, Democrat, West Virginia, said he must have been “graft- ing,” and Jett replied that “all the way down" people connected with the Klan were “stealing.” The witness sald $25,000 was given N. N. Furney, cashier of the Klan, to be used in aiding the Mayfield cam- paign. The money was to be largely used, he asserted, in educating the Klan to write Mayfleld's name upon the ballot. The money was given to’ Furney by _Evans, he said. Jett was excused temporarily and J. E. Quinn, auditor and assistant cashicr of the Imperial Palace of the Klan, was called to the stand. He covered a part of a large table with cashier’s books of the organization. In reply to an inquiry by Luther Nickels, counsel for Peddy, he assured the committee there had been no ad- justment after the auditing of the Klan books to balance the accounts. Witness Explains Items, Ites upon the books which indi- cated “an adjustment” under the re- port of the auditors were explained by the witness as being merely for the purpose of showing the real lia- bilities of the organization by noting interest items. 5 McQuinn replied in the negative when asked if he had not been in- structed by officials of the Klan to retyain from corresponding with lo- cal Klan lodges over the country with regard to &ccounts receivable and notes payable. . In this connection, thirty-seven letters had been sent out to straighten out the accounts be- tween the Imperial Palace and the locals. ¢ ‘The income of the national organi- zation was derived, McQuinn said, rom commissions ‘froth the ‘“propa- money_received J commodate the great numbers of Japanese residents of America who wish to return to the United States before the exclusion law becomes effective, July 1. the Nippon Yusen Kaisha line has announced that it s diverting one of its Kuropean liners, the Mishama Maru, from its Suez run and sending her on a special transpacific trip. The Toyo Kisen Kaisha also is altering the schedule of the Korea Maru to permit her to reach San Francisco before Julv 1. It is be- lieved these two steamships will be sufficient to take care of the Japanese unable to obtain passage on the regular liners. \WILL PRESENT PRIZE George E. B.| TO ORATORY WINNE! G. A. Lyon, Associate Editor of The Star, to Hand $300 to Miss Ruth Newburn. ASSEMBLY AT CENTRAL HIGH Ceremony to Take Place Before Student Body. Preparations were completed today for the presentation at § o'clock to- morrow morning of The Star's grand prize of $300 to Miss Ruth Newburn, senior at the Central High School who will represent the District of Columbia in the national oratorical contest, June 6, at Memorial Con- tinental Hall. The presentation will be made in the presence of the entire student body, and will take place in the rvdi- torium at Central High School Principal Stephen E. Kramer will preside. Miss Newburn will give her oration, | “The Constitution,” with which she won first honors in the local zone of the national contest, having been se- lected last week by the board of Judges, Justices McCoy, Siddons and Robb, as premier secondary school orator in the National Capital. Presentation of Prize, Formal presentation of the grand prize will be made by G. A. Lyon, as- sociate editor of The Evening Star. Randolph Leigh, national director of the contest, who arrived here yester- day from New York, will tell briefly the national aspects of the contest. Invitations have been sent out to the other sevem local contestants, the faculties and students schools which competed in the local zone to attend the presentation to- morrow. Principal Hart of the Fastern High School and Miss Ruth Greenwood of that institution, who was selected by the judges as alternate to Miss New- burn, will attend the ceremonies at the Central School. Other partici- pating schools are making plans to- day to send representatives. The Washington Chamber of Com- merce has invited Principal Kramer of the Central High School and Miss Newburn to attend the meeting of the chamber tonight at the New Wil- lard Hotel. In the name of the cham- ber President Isaac Gans invited the sixteen-year-old prize winner to be the guest of the evening. Assembly at Eastern. In honor of Miss Greenwood the six- teen-year-old alternate. who stands ready to “fill in” at the national con- test in’ case of need, an assembly was held today at the Eastern High School. A basket of flowers was presented to Miss Greenwood, who is the daugh- ter of Representative Greenwood of Indtana, on behalf of the Home and School Association and the alumni of the school. The presentation was made by Dr. Raymond A. Fisher, pres- ident of the association. Short talks of congratulation were made by rep- resentatives of the teaching staff, the alumni and other contestants at Eastern. Application for tickets to the na- tional contest at $:15 o'clock p.m., June 6, at Memorial Continental Hall, when President Coolidge will speak, should be made to Grant Allen, locai contest editor, room 440, The Star building. The demand. for seats is growing daily, as-the time for the final contest draws heaf. ‘Not only high school teachers and pupils want seats, but the interest has extended to all ranks here. Mr. Leigh took up with D. A. officials the use of the Memorial Con. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6., I (Continued on Page -5, Column 3.) of the other | Divided Equally Among | Four Heirs. :REAL ESTATE TO BE SOLD Judge's Decision to Delay Believed to Have Caused Settlement. | ar litigation over the | $4 former Washington publisher, | died in April. 1912, ended today Wit | @ compromise agreement between th. widow, Mrs. Rose Keeling Hutchins; | the sons, Walter S. Hutchins and Lee | Hutchins, and the granddaughter, Mildred Rogers Penn, wife of Ramon A. Penn of Boston, granddaughter of | the deceased. All the litigants with- | drew their opposition to the admis- sion to probate of the will of Mr. Hutchins, dated in 1908, and letters of administration were granted by | Justice Frederick L. Siddons to | Thomas M. Gittings, Charles H. Mer- illat and Myer Cohen and their bond | was fixed at $10,000, | 4 ording to the terms of the com- | promise which are gathered from a deed to the real estate which was re- corded from the widow and heirs to | the administrators as trustees, Mrs. | Hutchins is to receive one-fourth of the estate and a like amount is to go to ch of the sons and to the grand- daughter. It is estimated that each sha will be slightly in_excess of £1,000,000, to take posscssion of v and make sales as quickly as sible and to distribute the pro- s in proportions named, among four beneficiaries. The personal ate will be distributed at once in like manner, it was stated. The compromise was agreed b Attorneys William G. Johnson, Myer w Hutchins; by Charles H. Merillat for Walter S. Hutchins, and by Thomas M. Gittings and George P. Hoover for the widow. The first trial of the contest of the Hutchins estate established a record for a civil proceeding in the District court, occupying the total of months. The will of 1910 was set | aside and on appeal a new trial was granted. N Hutchins then offered the 1908 will and opposition devel- oped to that. Justice Siddons a few weeks ago declined to hear the second contest before the summer recess and postponed it until October. This is supposed to have expedited the agreement among the beneficiaries to settle their differences. INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS IS DISTURBING FRANCE Multitude Turned Back at Ellis Island Seek Entry—Oppose Southern Europeans. Radio to The Star and_ Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1924, PARIS, May 20.—Disputes arising in Washington over the Japanese exclusion provision in the immigra- tion bill call the attention of France to her own immigration problem, which resembles in some ways that of the United States. Multitudes of foreigners turned back at'Ellis Island are trying to come here to settle. Certan critics speak with alarm of a_ veritable Mediterranean invasion of settlers. In all frontier provinces the situation is regarded as disquieting. France rcalizes that she’ needs immigrants, but she wishes to choose Petween candidates rather than ac- Zept an indiscriminate flood of new- comers. Moreover, she objects to the principle “once a Roman, always a Roman.” She wishes to absorb foreign. settlers as fast as possible. In certain regions, notably Tunis, Italians try to conserve their original nationality, and thus avoid service in the.French army. By Temperance Order to Meet. John C. Daley Council, independent Order Sons of Jonadab, will hold an open meeting Saturday night at its lodge roofn, 643 Louisiana avenue, commencing at 8 o'clock. Grand Chief John C. Foster, the executive head of the Grand Council of the order, will be present and will speak. Several well known temperance speakers will also make addresses. Copeland Execution Delayed. Justice Hitz, in Criminal Division 1, has postponed the execution of Herbert L. Copeland, colored, until October 25 to await 'the decision of the District Court of Appeals of an appeal noted by counsel for the pris- oner from his conviction of murder in the first degree. Copeland was convieted of killing Police Lieut. Ds vid Dunigan in May, 1918, 70,000 estate of Stilson Hutchins. | Under the deed the trus- | the | Cohen and Frank J. Hogan for Lee | five | damaged the engine and propeller as well as the tail of the plane By the Aesociated Press. | MINATO, Japan. May 20.—The| | American aviators fiying around the world overcame highly adverse con- | ditions today in completing the man's | conquest of the air by fiying from | | Yetorofu Island, in the Kuriles, to| this little town in northern Japan. Foggy weather, which at first seemed | likely .to prevent them from ac- complishing the flight, later cleared omewhat. They took off somewhat later in the day than their flights usually have commenced, driving tarough to their objective Whole World Traversed. The flight to this place, compiet- | ing a passage of the Pacific by air, closed the last gap in man's aerial| navigation around the world, Ameri- cans, British and Portuguese having flown over the Atlantic; British aviators having flown from England to Singapore, and Itallans having flown across southern Asia and up the China coast to Japan, while Brit- ish and Japanese flvers have traversed | | the entire stretches of their own | countries. | The arrival of the Americans came | as a surprise to many, early reports | that the weather was not suitable for fiying having received general | circulation. This village has been in a state of | tense expectancy awaiting the ar-; rival of the American Army fivers For the last three weeks the vil- | lagers have been elaborately prepar- {ing for the reception of the airmen. They even assisted in placing buo |in the bay to aid the aviators {landing. The mavor and city elders, many | | of whom are grizzled fishermen, had | everything ready to receive the visi- | tors when it was reported that the | flyers were ready to hop off for this| in | Learn American Somgs. | In homor of the Americans the school children have learned to sing “America” and “Columbia, the Gem of | the Ocean.” The English words | these songs were received from Tokio | month. The governor of Aomori prefecture, |in which Minato is situated, has | planned a ‘dinner for the aviators. | The curious countryside is thrilled by | the approaching visit of the birdmen, and great crowds are flocking toward | Minato. to Next Jump Is 350 Miles. ¥rom Minato, where the Americans | are expected to stop but briefly, (hl“ next leg of the trip is about 350 miles down the Pacific coast of Japan's main island to Kasumigaura, where the Japanese navy has its principal | aviation station. Kasumigaura is| about fifty miles from Tokio, and the | aviators are expected to make the | railway trip to the capital. The next hop is about 350 miles to Kushimoto, next to the last stopping | place in Japan. The last stop of the flyers in Nippon is on the southern island of Kyushu, at Kago shima. | From this point, the airmen will at- tempt the 500-mile journey to Shang- hai. FOG BALEED START. By thie Associated Press. | TOKIO, May 20.—A report forward- ed by the destroyer Pope from Yeto- rofu Island today indicated that the | flight of the American round-the- | world aviators from Yetorofu, in the | Kuriles, to Minato, in northern Ja- pan, was accomplished after one vain effort had been made. The report from Lieut. Lowell H. Smith, flight commander, dealt only with the un- successful effort. It said: “Tried to fly this morning, but found it impossible owing to fog. Will attempt tomorrow. Outlook for tomorrow unpromising.” (Apparent- ly the fiying conditions improved lat- er in the day, as the flyers hopped from Yetorofu to Minato success- fully.) Dispatches from Kasumigaura, the next landing place, state that the town is filling up with great crowds coming from all parts of central and northern Japan to welcome the Americans. At Kasumigaura, where the Japa- nese navy has its principal aviation (Continued or. Page 2, Column 4.) Back Sunday Law Here. By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., May 20.—The bill pending in the Senate regulating Sabbath observance and work in the | District of Columbia was indorsed the Cumberland Presbyterian Gen- leral Assembly today. | to the courts and have | Mrs | ceed with commission's allowance vide simply for the salaries of essary clerks and executives It was generally conceded toda: that Justice Stafford’s action yester day in temporarily enjoining the com- mission from proceeding in two ca: now before it is virtuall deat blow to that body, provided, of course the higher courts do not reverse Jus tice Stafford’s ruling. Will Continue Work. The Rent Commission will eontinus to hear and dispose of the 500 odd cases waiting on its docket until prevented by further court orders, or until its permanent status is mad. clear, it was learned at the comm sion's offices today, although it was made plain at the same time that the commission had not had a meeting to consider the latest phase in tho rent regulation situation here. Oliver Metzerott, one of the com missioners, gave a8 his personal opin- ion today that the body must go right ahead, regardless of the decision «f the courts. Congress has passed law_extending the life of the com mission for one year. and the Presi- dent yesterday reappointed the five commissioners to carry out this law The commissioners are sworn to carry it out, it was emphasized, and there is nothing e to do, but go _ahead. There are about 500 cases now pend- ing, and more are coming it was stated. BEach sidered on its merits as haretofore. =hould any of the litigants take the c; the comi enjoined. the body will ce case and go ahead with the others. the meantime the cases under whicl the commission is enjoined will their way to the United States Court nee Stafford Signx Presidert Coolidge vesterday named the five present commissioners for other term. They are Richard S. Whales, Clara Sears Taylor, F. Gude, Oliver Metzerott E Peeney. a little while before Justics Stafford signed injunctions restraining the commission from proceeding in the Warren and Norment cz Chapin Brown, attorney for the Rent Commission, was surnrised today when he reached the courthouse to lexrn that the injunctions had been signed yester- day by Justice Stafford. Mr. Brown declared that he did not expect {lie orders to be signed until today. when it was his intention to file certain ex- ceptions to the finding of the court d to note in gpen court an appeal on hehalf of the Rent Commission to the District Court of Appeal The lawyer stated that he will pro- an appeal, but under the rules of court will now have to serve a citation on counsel for the plaintiffs to appear in court on a specified day when' he will then note the formai Injunction. liam and Thor the Court of Appeals agree to advance the case for argu- ment, it is not considered likely, in view of the crowded condition of the appellate docket and the approach of the summer vacation, that the cass be heard before next October o mber. The Rent Commission was tempora enjoined yesterday afternoon hy Justice Stafford of the District Su preme Court from proceeding with i quiries into the rentals of properi owned by Bates Warren at 1868 Cr lumbia_road and of premises on New Hampshire avenue owned by Hurr Norment and Charles Linkins. The court decided to restrain commission in both cases, although « a previous hearing it had deferred tion on the Norment-Linkins case. The plaintiff in each case was 1 cou | quired to give a bond of $500 under th: provisions of the Clayton tion to the usual undertaking of $5.000 required by the court in ing injur tions. This undertaking with a_suret guarantees to make good any 10ss o damage sustained by the members « the commission or the tenant in th Norment case by reason of the issuance of the injunctions. The tenants Warren case were not made part] Bansed on Supreme Court Ruling. As he feels about the situation i view of the decision of the Unitec States Supreme Court. Justice St. ford declares that he felt compelic. to issue an injunction in these case and in “every other case of a simil:v character that may be presented 1. , in add me. The form of injunction signed by ti. court in the Warren case rea *“Th cause coming to be heard upon, ti bill and exhibits filed herein, and rule to show cause issued herein, : the answers of the defendants and cx hibits to their answers to the said rul. to show cause, and after consideration of the said bill, exhibits, affidavits, an- swers and other evidence offered, and after argument by counsel for the re- spective parties, both plaintiff and de- fendants, and the court beipg of the opinion that an injunction pendente lite should be issued herein, as prayed, en- joining the Rent Commission of the District of Columbia from further pro- ceeding with or considering causes 7 58, now pending before the saf on Page o, Columnogy