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WEATHER. (0. S. Weather Bareau Forecast.) Fair tonight and ate northwest winds. Highest, 50, at. 4:30 lowest, 42, Full report on page 7. tomorrow; much change in temperature; ‘Temperatures- p.m. at 6 a.m. today. not moder- vesterday; Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as second class matter vost_office, Washington, D. C. ARMS PARLEY CALL ILL-TIMED, FRENCH OFFICIALS ASSERT Will Not Consent to Confer- ence—Might Be Forced to Enter. OBJECTION IS BASED ON FEAR FOR SECURITY! Also Warmly Resents Alleged “De- sertion” of Allies—Last Con- ference Recalled. BY FRANK H. SIMONDS. Ry Cable to PARIS, April 1.—In the discussion at Washington of another disarma- ment conference there is at least one French fact which may be worthy of note—that that, save as a conse- quence of coercion exercised through debt question, France would ver consent to go to such a con- Even if France goes she agree to any present limi- ons of her air or submarine arms, will she consent to any discus- of land armaments whatsoever. of the French and the con- tions which are, like condemned to wrestle of security, is that the ingularly inap- he Star. is, Terence twill not ion The tinental ¥ the problem present moment view ance, with | | Cologne Buried Baby Alive With Dead Mother, Charge Against 2 By the Associated Press. DURANGO, Colo., April 1.—Mor- mon Joe, aged medicine man of the Ute Indian tribe, was arrested today at Cortez, Colo., following the death of an 18-day old girl, who, it is al- leged, was buried alive, in accord- ance with an anclent tribal rite. The Birl was the daughter of Mormon Joe's son-in-law, Plat Nae, who is being sought as an accessory to the alleged crime According to information obtained by the district attorney's office, Nae and his wife were treated during a recent illness by Mormon Joe. Soon recovery his wife died, and Nae, in carrving out the rite of burying the child with its mother, is declared by authorities to have acted on the advice of Joe. COLOGNE RELEASE EXPECTED IN FALL Foch Commission Member Fixes Tentative Date if Terms Are Met. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. PARIS, April 1.—The cvacuation of will not take place before next September or October, it was Intimated to the writer today by a member of the Foch commission, which now is making a supple- propriate to talk about limitation of | mentary report and recommendations armaments. to the council of ambassadors regard- The British at Geneva have just|ing Germany's default in complying destroyed the protocol, which for the French, the Pole! the Rumanians—indeed, states with dangerous was a promise of security. consequence, they feel to be more insecure than ever now. for all the tion Just Security Placed First. Moreover, it was accepted as basic principle of any discussion of of mentg could come up. jection of the protocol does abolish this agreement in principle. Now, at the precise moment when other important discu: the subject of security are going for- ward, but et have led to nothing decisive, the French feel it would be totally unwise, even compromising, for them or their allies to open an international debate abeut - their means of defense. 1f pending nego- tiations do have any posifive result, not as is recognized to be possible even | here, then on the basic situation thus created the problem of the rearrange- ment of military and naval strength may come up, but only then. Again, it Is necessary to recall that the French have very bitter memories of the last Washington conference. They do not blame ex-Secretary Jinghes or the United States for what happened, but they do believe that what happened did represent a tri- umph for British diplomacy at their expense. They are determined not to let themselves be put in the same difficult situation agaln. Th amount )f latent sentiment over the Wash- ington conference still surviving here fs rather impressive and must be con- sidered as a permanent factor Where France is concerned. Limitation Improbable. Nothing can be done in Europe to- day in the matter of limiting land armies. The French wili probably reduce the period of service in their army from 18 months to one vear be- fore long. This will automatically veduce the number of men under rms by about 100,000. The radical cialist government now in power is pledged to this, but it is the only itation which is even concelvable, and it is not by any means certain. Neither Poland nor Rumania, for example, both openly menaced by a holshevist attack, could be persuaded to reduce their armies by a man Speaking broadly, the situation is the same all over Kurope. Armies as they mow exist express the degree of danger which the respective coun- tries feel. The method of achleving reduction must be by first reducing the dangers. Interest Only Academic. It the United States, Japan and Great Britain desire to agree to limit their cruiser strength or their marine force, if they desire to put limits on their air force. such agree- ments will awaken only academic in- terest here. But France, regarding her submarine arm her sole methed of protecting her communications fith her colonies, from which she must bring troops to defend herself in Europe, regarding her air forces. her first of defense, will hear of no reduction. France is at the present moment the most pacific government in its re- cent history; it is also in its most paclfist mood since the Franco-Prus- kian War. But even In this govern- ment this mood would not be an adequate permit at present to sweep- ing agreements about French de- fense. All the people of France feel that both the United States and Great Britain have abandoned France after having promised a guarantee of security. They resent this, but they have accepted the fact. They are not now, however, willing to iisten to arguments from these nations that they reduce their own means of de- fense, following what they regard as & frank desertion. Might Be Forced In. Under compulsion, France might pearhaps be brought again to a con- ference, although I doubt it. But at a conference the French delega- tion could not be brought to con- sent to anything which would per- mit any useful achievement. A new conference would just open at a point of deadlock where the other ended. I am bound to say, too, that com- ment which I have heard as to the proposal of such a conference—com- ment in many cities from representa- tives of various nations—all is of one sort—regret that the question has Teen opened at this time, conviction that it can lead to no useful results, fear that it may have as serious con- sequences @s the last Washington opference which led to the fall of and, alienation of France from “~{Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) .t sub- | | sarmament when the subject was|military organizations broached at Geneva last Fall that the | sporting association matter of security must be disposed inf before that of limitation of arma- | Such as the organization of a general Even the re- | SIAl reserve corps apg the destruc- | | | gian ith the disarmament ciauses of the the Czechs and|treaty of Versallley. The Foch commission is overlook neighbors— | ing secondary defaults, such as the find- As a|by the interallled military mission of their situa- |rusty concealed guns. or larger quantities and rifles than are permitted under the treaty. It divides the prinoiple in- fractions of the treaty into two dis- tinct groups—one, infractions which cannot be amended, such as the mili- tary education of GGerman youths into and various ana two, those ctlons which can be amended. old airplanes, of machine guns tion of Important armaments. Cologne Last to Be Left. Germany will be asked by the coun- ons on| ¢il of ambassadors to comply at once with the recommendations of Foch's! military commission, but it is believed that everr if the Reich shows the best good will it will b& - physically impossible to fulfill ail the require-| Haynes and J. J. Britt, counsel for{planes among his New York friend: ments before next Fall. Consequently, it is expected that Cologne will be evacuated only after the Ruhr evacu- ation is completed. which will not take place before August 16. In the meantime, Premier Herriot having obtained from London an agreement to disassociate the ques- tion of evacuation” of Cologne from the security pact, views regarding the reply to be given to the German proposals continues between Paris and London. The French forelgn office seems re- luctant to open definite negotiations with Germany unless the Reich makes clear the following points: 1. Whether Germany is willing to join the League of Nations without reservations. 2. What are Germany’s intentions regarding the Czechoslovak and Po- lish frontiers, and does Germany in- tend to take Austria into the con- federation. 3. The German government must make clear what it means by “West- ern frontiers” in its memo of Feb- ruary 24, in which Germany declared u_llllngn@ss to guarantee French fron- tiers, but was silent regarding Bel- and Italian frontiers. Once Germany has made definite replies to these questions, M. Her- riot is prepared to open formal nego- tlations for conclusion of the guar- antee pact suggested by Foreign Min- ister Stressmann and indorsed by the British government and ‘public opinion. (Copyright, 1925, HOPE 6 by Chicago Daily News Co.) F SAVIN—G 38 MEN IN ENGLISH MINE IS DIM| Even With Pump of 1,000 Gallons- a-Minute Capacity Water Can- not Be Removed in Weeks. By the Associated Press NEWCASTLE, England, April 1.— A new pump, with a capacity of 1,000 gallons a minute, was taken to the Montague colliery, Scobwood, today. but the crews attempting to rescue 38 miners trapped by a flood in the pit Monday believe that even with this machine it may take severel weeks to pump out the water. Parties coming out of the mine this morning said the continued in- rush of water had halted every effort to penetrate the workings where the men and boys were trapped. Hope of a rescue was virtually abandoned yesterday, but the rescue parties, nev- ertheless, are continuing their work fevorishly. WOODLOCK | Recess S SWORN IN. Appointee to Commerce Commission Takes Oath. Thomas F. Woodlock, given a Interstate Commerce Commission by President Coolidge, took the oath of office today. The Senate failed to act upon Mr. Woodlock's last regular and special sessions, but under his appointment he can serve until the end of the next regular ses- sion of Congress. who was MEXICAN GENERAL SLAIN. Two Wounded by Stray Shots by Army Officers. By the Associated Press. ) MEXICO CITY, April 1.—Gen. Abe- lardo Acosta was shot dead by three men, said to have been identified as army officers, while he was entering the war department last night. Two persons were wounded by stray shots. The assassins escaped. Radio Programs—Page 38. an exchange of | recess appointment to the | nomination at both the | e Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, DRY UNIT PLACED UNDER NEW HEAD - INTREASURY SHIFT | | | Andrews and Gregg Installed | as Assistant Secretary and Solicitor. FORMER TO TAKE OVER PROHIBITION DIRECTION | i Officials Refuse to Elaborate onm | Mere Announcement That Change ¥s Minor. Important changes in control over { Treasury bureaus, including the pro- { hibition unit, took place today coinci- dent with the installation of two new officlals—Assistant Secretary { Lincoln C. Andrews of New York suc- ceeding Eliot Wadsworth, resigned, and Solicitor of the Internal Revenue | Bureau Alexander W. Gregg succeéd- ing Nelson T. Hartson, resigned The internal rearrangement “does not effect any change in the polley | of handling matters within the de- | partment,” said a statement by Act- | | ing Secretary Winston, “and the pro- hibition unit will continue to act as | heretofore through the Commissioner | of Internal Revenue, as provided by law.” i Dry Bureau Chapged. i |, In the realignment of functions | among - Secretary Mellon's advisers, however, it was noted that the pro- hibition unit has been moved from the jurisdiction of Assistant Secre- | tary Moss and placed with the cus- | toms service and Coast Guard under the control of the new Assistant| | Secretary, Andrews, who thus obtains jurisdiction over the three principal branches of the department charged | with prohibition matters. Gen. Andrews is a graduate of West Polnt, commanded a brigade and was deputy | provost marshal general in the| A E. F. i ! At the same time the Bureau of | { Internal Revenue i= retained underi Mr. Moss. This apparent separation of | {the prohibition unit from its parent, | the Bureau of Internal Revenue, how- | ever, is not to be actual, according | to Mr. Winston's statement, who in- sisted that the prohibition would continue to function tofore through the Commissioner of | | Internal Revenue, as provided by! law.” | Officials Are Silent. | Commissioner of Internal Revenue | Blair, Prohibition ~ Commissioner | | unit | s here-| the prohibition unit, were among the large group of officials representing all branches of the Treasury present jat the ceremonies at which Gen. Andrews took his oath of office. Buf | high officials when asked for anyi { further amplification of the an- { nouncement concerning Treasury | | shifts replied_that there was nothing| (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) PARIS-BERLIN TRADE PACT AGAIN IN GRAVE PERIL Germans Said to Have Made Res- ervations Making Negotiations Appear Futile to French. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April 1.—The negotiations {for a Franco-German commercial treaty seemed this morning to be again on the verge of a rupture. The German delegation, which had agreed | jto extend the most favored mation | clause to French exports, with the ex- lception of “a very limited number of |articles,” presented a proposition to | Iplace outside this category products | | that amounted to 50 per cent of the |French trade with Germany, the | French negotiators reported. The French delegates thereupon withdrew, declaring it was useless to continue negotiations which always |came back to a deadlock after a seem- ing accord. Minister of Commerce Raynaldy arranged to meet the head of the German delegation this after- noon in an effort to patch up the new | differences. GIRL MATRICIDE PASSES 17TH BIRTHDAY IN COURT Dorothy Ellingson's Counsel Deny She Wants to Plead Guilty. Sanity Jury Picked. By the Associnted Press. SAN FRANCISCO, April 1.—Dorothy Ellingson, accused of matricide, ob- served her seventeenth birthday an- niversary here today by appearing in court preceedings held to determine whether she was insane when she shot and killed her mother, Mrs. Anva Ellingson, last January. |" The jury which will pass on her sanity was sworn in last night. It is composed of three women and nine men. | The prosecution last night denied [ that it had obtained a signed state- {.ment from the voung defendant in which she sald she was sane and | wanted to plead gullty of a charge of having killed her mother, with a full realization of the seriousness of this admission. The defense was just as emphati- cally positive in denying the truth of vague reports that their client had repudlated her attorneys and cen- sured them for their alleged failure to consult her before demanding her itrial on a charge of Insanity. HEAR TROTSKY HAS FLED, Soviet Officials Scoff at Dispatches From Riga. BERLIN, April 1.—Dispatches from Riga report that former War Minister Trotsky has fled from Suchum, in the Caucasus, where he was staying for his health, together with the Communists Katz and Nikolenko, who had been sta- tioned there to “observe him.” The Soviet embassy here today char- lacterized the dispatches as “nonsense, adding: “We have just received a telegram reporting that M. Trotsky’s health is greatly improved. Only recently he de- livered a public address. He is busy with his literary work at Suchum.” | tors, inave arrived at Tromsoe AUTO BRAKE TEST {AMUNDSEN AND U. S. EXPLORER LEAVE ON FIRST LAP FOR POLE SR T | Expedition Now Ready to Go to Spitzbergen Lager in Week. Sea Folk Predict Cold Summer for Flight. Experts Disagree. BY BJORN BUNKHOLDT. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. OSLO. April 1.—Capt. Roald Amund- sen and Lincoln Ellsworth, the wealthy American explorer, left here last night en route to the North Pole. Mr. Ellsworth arrived here Mon- day, and the Norwegian Aero Asso- clation gave a dinner in his honor that night. The president ‘of the association, in a speech thanking Mr. Ellsworth for having raised $80,000 for the cofistruction of the two air- said he had not only taken the great- est step but also the first step to make the polar flight possible. All of the members of the expedi- tion now have left Oslo. The avia- Halmar Riiser-Larsen and Lief Dietrichson, Norwegian naval lieu- tenants, with other members, already one of the northern harbors of Norway. The expedition will leave Tromsoe later in the week for Kings Bay. Spitzbergen,| RULE CONSDERED Eldridge May Make Regula- tion Part of New Traffic Code. Police inspection of automobile brakes as a means of preventing ac- cldents is being considered as a fea- ture of the District's new traffic code, Director M. O. Eldridge announced today The present plan of the director is to have a regulation requiring a mo- torist to keep his brakes in such con- dition as to be able to stop his car within a given number of feet while going at a specified rate of speed. Mr. Eldridge contemplates having at least two traffic officers take a course of training in brake testing at the Bureau of Standards, after which they would be sent out on the streets to inspect cars. s The director said that for service brakes the rule probably will be that the car must be brought to a stop within 50 feet while going at 20 miles an hour. For emergency brakes a greater distance would be allowed. - Simple Deviee Used. There is a device for testing brakes which the policeman would carry when getting into a car, and which would show at the end of a short ride whether the brakes were effiicient. It would take only a few minutes, Mr. Eldridge sald, for an officer to test a car. “I do not belleve a man should be arrested the first time his brakes are found to be ineficient,” sald the di- rector. “My idea would be to have the officer instruct him to have the brakes repaired and meet the po- liceman a day or so later for a sec- ond test. When the brakes are found to comply with the regulation a seal could be placed on the car, which would be good untll another test is made.” Mr. Eldridge said it might be a good plan to have these policemen examine the brakes on cars after they have been involved in acci- dent, but at other times these officers should be at liberty, he said, to halt a motorist on the street and test the brakes. Boulevards Not Chosen. As made known in an interview in The Star immediately after his ap- ! 1925—-FIFTY PAGES. q Tincotn Ellxworth, noted American traveler and explorer, who will be one of the obmer the Pole flight. from which point the planes will fiy | to the Danish Islands near the end of April or early in May. Sea folk predict a cold Sum-| mer, with unfavorable weather for the flight. The Meteorological Insti- tute experts declare, however, that there are no indications that the! Spring and Summer will not be as mild as the Winter has been {Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Dally DODGE BROS. SALE TODAY IS LOOMING! Purchaser Not Known, But $100,000,000 Is Re- ported Involved. News Co.) By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 1.—Negotiatio: for the sale of Dodge Bros., Inc, to a buyer or group of buyers whose identity has not heen learned, are now in progress here, and an an- nouncenient may be expected late to- dar, A. C. Schwartz, local representa- tive of Dillon-Read & Co., New York banking firm, told newspaper men this morning. Schwartz, E. G. Wilmer and S. W. Howland, all connected with Dillon- Read & Co. were in conference at a local hotel at the time Schwartz made the statement that negotiations were underway. Others were attend- tng the conference but newspaper men could not learn whom they represented. [ Clarence Dillon of the New York firm was In Detroit last week, it was learned today. Merger Is Denled. One rumor that had gained head- way was splked today, when Alvan Macaulay, president of the Packard Motor Car Co., denied that his com- pany was invoived in any merger with_the Hudson Motor Car Co. and the Briggs Body Corporation for the purchase of Dodge Bros., Inc. Another rumor to the effect that the General Motors Corporation would purchase the Dodge: interests was given point blank denial several days ago by officials of the General Mo- tors and Dodge Bros., Inc. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. was named in still another rumor current_today as being the firm for which Dillon, Read & Co. is acting. Confirmation of this and other ru- mors was lacking. It has been generally understood that the heirs of John F. and Horace E. Dodge, founders of the corpora- tion, have for some time been de- sirous of disposing of their automo- Lile company holdings. The corpora- tion since the deaths of the brothers has been operated under a trustee- ship created by their wills. Mr. Wilmer in discussing the nego- tiations sais “Dillon, Read & Co. expect to fssue pointment 10 days ago, Mr. Eldridge is proceeding with plans for arterial highways and higher speed limits on the outlying sections of such arteries. The director sald today, however, that no definite decision has yet been reached as to the delection of these main highways or the exact speed limits to be applied to them. Col. I. C. Moller, engineering as- sistant to the director, sald today that he plans to make some hurried traffic_counts, beginning about April before night a formal statement an- nouncing that it has purchased Dodge Bros., Inc., from the heirs of John F. and Horace E. Dodge foy a sum of ap- proximately $100,000,000. “The transaction has been com- pleted but for a number of details, which probably will not be ironed out before night. “Among.the details not. yet entirely agreed on Is the manner of financing the transaction. We cannot say yet whether this will be an entirely cash (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) | The path hs N FRAT ROW CLIMAX | EXPECTED TODAY School Board Clears Way for Issue at Session This Afternoon. The revolt of the W school students against the anti- fraternity ruling occupies the pos tion of importance on the Board of Education’s calendar for its meeting this afternoon in the Franklin School been cleared for a sharp struggle on the question Capt. Julius 1. Peyser, behind whom the fraternities bave rallied, is pre- pared to start the battle which will either spell deatlt or a renewed and more vigorous life for the board's ruling banning the secret organiza- tions in the high schools. A motion to abrogate the anti-fraternity ruling will be Capt. Peyser's first move. If it is adopted the plan is to have the entire subject sent to a_committee of the board for fresh study and report. Vietory Ix Doubted. in close touch with however. still maintain that motion will not be ority of the mem- shington high Those school affairs, Capt. Peyser” supported by a ma bers of the board. It was pointed out that only two of the nine members have committed themselves as favor- ing the repeal or modification of the fraternity ban. As the time for the first skirmish over the fraternity rule neared. school administrative authorities de- clined to unloose any comment on the board's prospective action. They take the position that it is their duty to enforce as far as possible any rule put on the board's statute books. As to the enforcement of the anti- fraternity rule thus far, school offi- cials say they have been unusually " (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) SOVIETS FORCE OUT FORMER LAND OWNERS Making Peasants Depend on Them Again, Believed Cause of Government Action. By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News, BERLIN, April 1.—The Soviet gov- ernment has issued a decree expell- ing former large land owners who are still living on their estates and forcing them to migrate to other parts of Russia. The reason given is that these own- ers have, in some cases, managed to make the peasants depend on them again and to exert their influence in favor of an anti-soviet conspirac 1t is admitted that the decree works an injustice in some cases, but it is considered necessary for reasons of state. (Copyright, 1825, by Chicago Daily News Co.} —— Forbes Shows Improvement. BOSTON, April 1.—Col. Charles R. Forbes, former head of the United States Veterans’ Bureau, who sus- tained a shock last Friday, was rest- ing comfortably today and his condi- tion showed slight improvement. “From Press to Home The Star” every city bl tion is delive: as fast as th * Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- red to Washington homes e papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,572 France May Boost * TWO ' CENTS. race My ey OHIF SALE ROW DUE Five Billion Francs By the Associated Ires PARIS, April 1.—An increase in the circulation from forty-one bil- lion to forty-six billion francs is one of several measures being considered by the government to relieve the embarrassment of the treasury and furnish an increased amount of ready money for com- mercial needs, it was said at the ministry of finance this arternoon Among other propositions being studied, it was stated, are & heavy increase in the tax on alcohol and alcoholic beverages; a direct con- tribution by capital to be pald in one levy; a general increase in all direct taxes and a lottery measure. BRIDGE BULDERS T0 MOVE POTONAC Plans for Memorial Structure Call for Changing-Chan- nel of River. Reconstruction of the shore line of Columbia Island in the Georgetown channel of the Potomac River op- posite West Potomac Park will made in connection with the for the construction of the Arlington Memorial Bridge, day. The construction of the bridge also will make necessary, it is said, the aiversion of the present channel of the Potomac River, so that it will be made to come in the center of the proposed bridge, where the draw is lo- cated. The matter of reconstructing the shore line of the island and version of the channel was under discussion for a long time today, with Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, executive officer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, and Maj. O'Con- nor, United States engineer officer in charge of river and harbor improve- ments for this engineer district, par- ticipating. Proposed Changes Discussed. “The two officials discussed the pro- posed plans for the changes involved, which will necessitate considerable dredging. While no decisiol was reached at the conference, it is prob- able that the two officials will work in conjunction with each other in the | in connection | interests of economy with the construction Maj. O'Connor’s office has an appro- priation with which to dredge the Georgetown channel and he will co- operate in every possible way with the officials in charge of the con- struction of the Memorial Bridge When it is decided what will be done it is probable that the work can be inaugurated within a couple of months, Before the actual dredging is started it will be necessary to do considerable work on Columbia Is- land to change the original plans made by the engineers for this provement Island on Virginia Side. Columbia Island is on the Virginia side of the Potomac below Analostan Island and was built from silt pump- ed from the river bottom at various times in connection with dredging operations to maintain the depth of the Georgetown channel for navigation purposes. The change, it was said, involves moving the sea wall on the river side of the of the bridge templated in the original plans, so as to make it possible to divert the | present channel so that it will come under the center of the bridge. The plan to have the work done by the engineer officer in charge of this district will result in economy because the dredging operations will have to be carried on anyway in order to keep the channel open at its mean depth. Boring Operations Needed. Maj. O'Connor’s office also will have charge of the boring operations, which will be instituted for the pur- pose of finding the character of the earth and rock under the bridge right of way so that it can be definitely determined what nature of masonry will be needed to support the bridge piers. This work is necessary so that the Government can inform con- tractors what they will have to do in order that they may bld intelligently on the work involved. The necessary machinery is now being assembled in the vicinity of the Lincoln Memorial, where the first hole will be sunk, and it was sald today that the boring will be started Friday morning. VILLAGE IS RAZED BY FIRE By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. VIENNA, April 1.—The prosperous Hungarian farming village of Gyoer- fyszeg, near the Jugoslay burned Tuesday night. Only 10 of the several hundred houses in the village remain. The inhabitants found shelter in Jugoslavia. (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co, ITH’S $300 PLANE WRECKED, B HE DOESN’T STOP FOR THAT Starts Rebuilding at Scene of Crash, W here Mother Had Watched for His Descent and He Nearly Lost His Life—‘‘Happens to the Best,”” He Says. Exemplifying the spirit of perse- verance that characterized the pio- neers of aviation, Willard A. Dris- gers,' a 20-year-old aviator, of 1530 Olive street, Kenilworth, today is try- ing to recondition his wrecked plane in a fleld at Benning, D. C., where he crashed yesterday evening and narrowly escaped with his life. Dressed in unifon-alls, smeared with grease and busily engaged with a pair of pliers, the youth looked up from his_task when he was asked what were his plans for the future. “I'm going to rebuild it,” he declared. “This happens to the best of them. You can't let a thing like this hold you down in this game or you never will get anywhere.” To make the plane airworthy again, Diggers will have to get a new set of landing gear, new propeller, an upper right wing panel and a new rudder. Further, he will have to crash and was concerned with the shortest possible time in which he could get the plane in the air again. Mother Awaited Landing. Driggers was preparing to land in a nearby field about twilight, he said, and his mother was on the ground waiting for him. “There is a big hole right over there,” he sald, point- ing a few hundred yards to the east, “and 1 hit it as I was coming down, I pulled back on the stick to haul her nose up, but she didn’t respond, and the first thing I knew 1 heard a heavy thump. Over we went on our back and 1 hung downward by my safety belt and right leg, which had been jammed up against the cockpit by the rudder bar. I tugged and pulied and finally got loose. It's :ufluy lucky the thing didn't catch re. £ ‘My mother thought T had fallen in the swamp and—well, you know how women are on things like this.” place his rotary motor's cylinders in line and straighten out a couple of Fods. He had forgotten all about the The plane came to rest on the edge of & plowed fleld in the rear of Will be | plans | it was learned to-| the di- | im- | mean | tsjland | somewhat farther back than was con- | frontler, | 10 FLARE IN NEXT ONGRESS DEBATES iOpponents Planning Appeal on Board’s Award of Five Vessels to Dollar Line. | PACIFIC MAIL ASSERTS | ITS BID BEST FOR U. S. | Vote of 4 to 3 F‘avoring Former | Company Strongly Defended and T Attacked by Officials. With velopment in every . prospect of the de- of & serious controversy which Congress may be asked to take a hand and which may be car ried to the President, arrangements for the sale of five ships operating out of San Francisco to the Far East by the Shipping Board to the Dollar Steamship Co., going forward today. | By a vote of 4 i | | were to 3 the Shipping Board yesterday decided to accept the bid of the Dollar company for these ships, which have been oper- ated for some time by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. the bid of that company being ignored Charges that the Dollar compan seeking” a monopoly of shipping the Pacific: that the price to be pa | for the ships, $5,625,000, is far too jlow in view of fact that the ships are now being operated at gain and not a loss, and cost the Government $30,000,000, have been ade. Representatives of the Dollar pany are here to complete the | sale contract and representatives | the Pacific Mail Co. are consideri: further steps in protest of the aw. of the majority of the § Board. the pe | Ship Executives Here. R. Stanley Dollar, vice president « | the Dollar Lines, expects to ren here until the end of the week in con- nection with drawing up the sale contract. Gale H. Carter, presiden: | of the Pacific Mall Company. is als | here to determine what shall be the course of his company in regard t the matter. The sale was ordered yesterday by {a majority of the Shipping Boar: only after strenuous objection on the part of its members. Chairman O'Connor and Commis sioners Lissner, Haney and Hill voted for the sale, while Vice Chairman Plummer_and Commissioners Thomp- son and Benson voted against it and Incorporated in the board's minutes a that the ships were being sold ,000,000 less than their orig- cost and $15.000,000 less than would cost to build them at this time. Climax of Long Fight The sale came as the climax to a long fight and a series of conferences and hearings punctuated with sensa- tional charges. There were intima- tions that the Pacific Mail Steamsh Co., which has been operatin the ships for the board as the Cal fornia-Orient Line and which had bid for their purchase, might take steps opposing consummation of the deal and possibly bring the matter before Congre at the Winter session. Through the sale, which disposes of the complete California-Orient Line service, the Pacific Mail would find itself restricted on the Pacific coast to Central American and Atlan tic business, but it was indicated tha it would not rest content to abandon the orient fleld, in which it has ope- rated _continuously since 1867, without an effort to restore its service there. Statements of Pacific Mail repre- sentatives on this possibility, how- were withheld here last nigh while Mr. Carter also declined to dis- cuss the question. Benson Motion Refected. The vote on accepting the Dollar bid was preceded by a vote on a mo- tion by Commissioner Benson to re- ject both the Dollar and Pacific Mail bids. This was seconded by Commis- | sioner Thompson and was rejected 3to 4 Commissioner ever, Lissner, who chairman of the ship sales commit- tee of the board, which favored the Dollar bid, then moved to adopt the committee’s report and accept t Dollar bid. Commissioner Haney of the ship sales committee seconded the motion, which was adopted, 4 to 3. The third member of the com- mittee, Commissioner Hill, and Chair- man O'Connor of the board support- ed this motion. In both votes the line-up was the same. Chairman O'Connor in casting his vote declared Congress had directed the Shipping Board to develop and maintain a merchant madrine and had directed the board to sell ships to Americans who will keep the ships going. The Dollar bid, he asserted, was “clear cut,” while the Pacific Mail bid was “uncertain.” Elaborates His Views. O'Connor added in a Chairman statement s “Congrese has directed the United States Shipping Board to develop and maintain a merchant marine and has authorized and directed the board to i sell ships to Americans who will keep the ships going. The ships in ques- tion were duiy advertised. Two bids have been received. For thes»_ same ships the board had asked $1,500,000 ! per_ship. 4 | " “The Stanley Dollar bid is clear- | cut. He ofters to buy five vesse at $1,125,000 per ship; one-third in cash, the balance secured by first mortgage, with interest at 41, per cent per annum, guaranty of opera- tion, and in all respects he legally binds himself to comply with the terme of sale imposed by the board "The Pacific Mail bid is uncertatn. They offer to organize a corporation; to pay into the treasury of such corpora- flon $1,250,000 for the purchase of com- mon stock, and that corporation for the five ships would then turn over to the Shipping Board the $1,250,000 in cash and all of the preferred shares of stock at par value of $5.500,000, and that if there be profits during the first three years beyond 4% per cent on preferred atock and after § per cent dividends have been paid on the common stock held by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., the balance would be used for the re- placement of ships, and after the first three years 50 per cent of such balance would be set aside as a bullding fund and 50 per cent used for the redemption K. the board accepted the Pacific Mail Steamship Co.’s bid it would be in ~(Contlnued on Page 2, Column 8.) (Continued on Page 2, Column B.) s