Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1925, Page 2

COOLIDGE DEFENDS ECONOMIC POLGES Tells Cotton Men Tariff and Free Export Have Done Much for Industry. President Coolidge defended the giving of preference to home in- dustry as a factor in its growth and contrasted the American policy of fres export of raw materials with the discriminatory practices of some of the other countries of the world fn an address delivered last night Auring a banquet of the National Cotton Manufacturers’ Association at the Willard Hotel There wers more than 400 men and wemen gathered about the tables in the large ballroom on the tenth floor. and he was applauded frequently Auring his utterances. Mrs. Coolidge accompanied him and sat at his right at the main table. Besides making A stanch defense of the American tariff and the tariff policies of the Republican party, President Coolidge gave human touch and occasional dash of humor to his speech Remarks Stir Laughte his reference In the latter respect, to the shortness in women's affecting the textile industry voked much laughter and hand- clapping. However, there was nothing ‘in his remarks regardinz the textile industry and the tariff which would cause the manufacturers present to feel encouraged at their proposal of an increase in the schedule on manufactured cotton materials The President husiness and industrial progress. commending the expansion of the textile industry and the building up of mass production. which, he said, were eaualed in no other country. Tncidental tn these references. he midly warned industry that the Gov- arnment expected it to cenform the law and observe human and help- ful relations with its employes Vindication of Tariff. Justifying the tariff. the President Aeclared “the towering stature of our industrial structure, as we see it to- day, is the best—Is, indeed, the com- plete vindication of this polfcy.” There has been at some reviewed American times and in some quarters a disposition to | eriticize the American policy of con- serving firet opportunity in our home market for our own producers,” he said. “We can hardly expect that auch program would be with those who find themselves placed at a disadvantage in the groatest market of the world. which s the American market. But those who would charge us with selfish- ness in thus giving first thought home interests would do well to consider whether their own policies in this regard are more liberal than curs. ‘We have established here the practice of absolute free trade throughout a great continental area of 48 States besides other possessions. It is the most widely extended ap- plication of that policy that will be found anywhere. Within this do main we have an extent and variety of natural resource far bevond tho of any other country. Yet from our national beginning we have sought no advantage by reason of this primacy in natural resources. Who ever wanted them was free 1o com here and buy our raw materfals at exactly the same price as our own people. Such staples &s cobper, €ot- ton and petroleum might have been made the basis on which to build great national monopolies. Yet they have been as freely available to the industries of other countries as to our own. Under our Constitution our export trade is free of duty. Genezonity of America. “At times, when I have heard erit icism of our industrial policies, T have been tempted to wonder how many other peoples, endowed with the same natural wealth, the same possibilities of maintaining something like monopoly, would have been as generous with the rest of maakind as the Americans have been. No:i n few among us have even been in- clined to fear lest our liberality in this regard might at length leave us at a disadvantage in comparison with countries more willing to exploit their opportunities for monopoly or less liberal with their natural re- sources. “I do mot refer with any intent countries who. to these matters of criticizing the methods differ from our own. We freely concede their right to determine their economic procedures with a view to what they believe their own best interests. But it is only fair that we should keep in mind all the justifications for policies of our own which have sometimes been unfairly criticized Tells of Budget. The workings of the budzet and the vital part it is playing in the suc- -sssful operation of the Federal Gov- arnment and in the reduction of the fax burdens of the people were de- scribed by Brig. Gen. Herbert M Lord, director of the budget. The latter was loud in his praise for President Coolidge's economy pro- zram. He stated that back of the President’s continuing appeal for ~conomy is the unalterable Inten- tion of him to further reduce taxes. Gen. Lord said that, following the instructions of President Harding, made at the inception of the Budget Bureau, the constant endeavor had been to cut down the operating cost of the Government and the public ex- pense to an annual sum of $3,000,000, 000. This object, he pointed out was one that required the utmost economy and a task of extraordinary under- taking, vet in the fiscal vear of 1924 the Budget Bureau had reached within $48,000,000 of tne goal ret, thereby showing a decrease in the annual expenditures of more than $2.000,000,000 from 1921. when the ex- penditures were $5,115,927,789. said that the estimates for the cur- rent year, exclusive of debt payments, show a total of $3,062,277,407, an i crease of more than $20,000,000 over that of the last fiscal year, and $6 000,000 beyond the objective set at the beginning of the Budget Bureau's work by President Harding. Rellef of Taxpayer. “With no change in the program carried in the 1926 budget, we will end the year,” Gen. Lord said, “with a balanced budget and a surplus of $67.884,480. The President has stated that & surplus of not less than $108,- #00.000 should be our aim this vear, and the President has in mind always the rellef of the taxpaver, whose money we spend.” The dinner was presided over by Morgan Butler, president of the as- sociation. In a brief speech of wel- come to President and Mrs. Coolidge and the other guests he reviewed the werk of the association during the year. The belief was expressed by Aim that the industry would emerge from the acute business depression of the jast year and a half. Hoeover to Speak. Secretary Hoover and other offi- clals of the Department of Commerce will address a business meeting of the cotton manufacturers this after- neon at the Commerce Department. The other speakers are: A. P. Den- nis of the Tarlff Commission, Cross, A. S. Hillyer, P.'E. D. Nagle, & J. Wolfe, H. Dotterer, H. A, Butts, Jsenry Chalmers, Grosvenor Jones and A. H. Othank of “the staff of the dévartment. The meeting will be [ pro-" o] He | i) HE EVENING |CORCORAN HEADS- AWAIT ‘ACTION BY METROPOLIT AN ON CLARK ART $3,000,000 Collection Contains Real Treasures. Rembrandt and 22 Corots Among Painiings { | i That May Be Br the Asaneinted Press NEW YORK. April 7.—A meeting of the board of trustees of the politan Museum will be called soon to decide wherther the museum will ac- ~ept the $3.000,000 art collection con- ditlonally bequeathed it by of the late William ‘Andrew former United States Senator. The will provides that the museum must decide if it will accept the gift within four months sfter Mr. Clark's death. Since he died March 2, the museum trustees have until July 2 to make a decision If the Rift is accepted the museum officials must provide a gallery or salleries for tha exclusive occupancy of the collection. exhibit 1t separately and permanently maintain it as a dis- tinet unit. Aeceptance No¢ Cerfatm. Robert W. De Forest. president of the museum, said that. though the in- stitution seeks t5 co-operate with benefactors who desire their gifts to form memorials to them. there are limitations which must be observed in accepting conditional gifts. As Mr Clark's gift includes works of art of many periods in different mediume, he sald, it is a question as to whether the museum can accept it and keep it intact without threatening the bal- ance and unity of the museum as a whole. The will offers the museum cream of the collection now in Clark’s Fifth avenue mansion. Clark. the Mr. The ‘I\u(nlhm’s include Rembrandt's “Por- trait of a Man” and Sir burn's “Portrait of Daughter.” The collection ures and $2,000,000. Henry the Rae- Artist's containg 225 valued at well There are 22 Carots, 2. Cazins, Montecellis. and. in ad- dition, other paintings, water colors and drawings. The museum would also rare works of decorative art. among which are Persian carpets and TURS, many tapestries, 45 pieces of Delft, pieces of Pallissy, 91 pleces of Majolica and a large group of classical antiquitie. VALUE IS UNDISPUTED. tra ove; receiva Would Be Asset to Capital, Cor- popular | to | coran Director Says. Acceptance of the art collection of the late Willizm A. Clark by the Cor- coran Gallery of ATt would be en- tirely dependent on the action of the board of trustees of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, according to C. Powell Minnigerode, director of the Corcoran Gallery. The will of the late former Senator, which was admitted to probate at Butte, Mont.. vesterday, conditionally bequeathed his $3,000,000 art collec- tion to the Metropolitan Museum; and the trustees thereof have until July 2 to decide whether or not they will accept. If they fail to accept the gift under these conditions, the will pro- vides that the collection shall go to the Corcoran Gallery under the same | conditlon: © Vialuable, “Frior to action by the Metropolitan trustees it to forecast the action of the Corcoran rustees,” said Mr. Minnigerode to- dav. “The Clark collection is unde- niably one of great value: vears Senator Clark was an ardent art lover and an enthusiastic col- lector. If this collection should ulti- mately come to the Corcoran Gallery, t would prove a great asset to the National Capital. Charles C. Glover, president of the Corcoran board. left Washington yesterday for a trip to Europe. But there will be nothing for the trustees to act upon until the be- quest is either accepted or declined in ection Ix | New York.” Senator Clark had for years closely associated with the Corcoran Gallery. He was a trustee from 1914 until his death. For years he made a biennial gift of $5.000 to provide for the William A. Clark awards in the Corcoran’s widely known biennial exhibitions. Several gave the gallery outright an endow- ment fund of $100,000. to provide not only for these prizes, but also for the purchase of works by American artists. “EXCEEDS $10.000,000." been Exact Value of Clark Estate Un- known, Attorneys Say. DBy the Associated Press. BUTTE, Mont.. April 7.—The will of former United States Senator W. A. Clark, opened and read in probate court yesterday., bequeaths $2,500,000 to the widow, Anna E. Clark. in ad- dition to the ante-nuptial settlement in lieu of dower rights. Numerous other bequests to relatives, friends and ociates were included in the will. The former Senator's Fifth avenue home in New York and stock in the Waclark Realty Co. and $600.- 000 are left to the executors in trust for Mrs. Clark and daughter Hu- guette, only until June 10, 1928. The realty stock and $600.000 provisions are for the proper maimtenance of the home during that period. The Senator's art treasures in his New York home were bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, to be designated as the W. A. Clark collection. The bequest is pro- visional upon aceeptance within four months and agreement to maintain a gallery for the exclusive exhibi- tion of the works. - May Come to Corcoran. Should the collection not be ac- cepted, the Corcoran Gallery -of “Art in Washingten, D. C.. would be the recipient on the same terms. The exact value of the estate was not determined, but attorneys said it was “in excess of $10.000,000." The will leaves 325.000 to the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Ac- Cepted Masons of Montana, to be used in maintenance of the Masonic home at Helena, and to Deer Lodge, of which he was & charter member, the sum of $2,500 is left for chari- table purposes. For endowment -of the Paul Clark —— e devoted to a discussion of the rel: tion of cotton manufacture and the cotton industry to the business of the country. Members of the association -were shown through the elaborate techni- cal laboratories of the Bureau of Standards this morning, about 60 of the visitors making the trip. Tents Are Witmeved. They visited the leather and rub- ber laboratories. the paper, radio and metallurgical laboratories and wit- nessed the brake lining tests and color standard and dye tests, in which the bureau is co-operating with the industry in an effort to secure stand- ard and fast colors and dyes. Tomorrow, the third and final day of Spring meeting of the association, will be devoted to sight-seeing. Del gates will leave the New Willard Hotel in the morning and be taken to Mount Vernon. In the afternoon the National Cemetery at Arlington and other points of interest In the park system about Washington will be_visited. Most of the delegates will lexve for their homes tomorrow nights al- though® arrangements have ~ Dheen made for some (0 attend the mesting of the American Cofton Association in New Orleans April 10 and 11, Declined by New Yo k. Metro-| the will | would be impossible even | For many | vears ago he | | home in Butte, & memorial to a de- | ceased son:_an_endowment fund of hcoma of this fund is to be used for the higher education of children at fhe home who wish to attend coliege. The Commercial Trust Co. of New' Jersiay Is 1o be trustes of this fund as long as any present heirs survive, and then-the State of Mon- tana becomes trustee. $25.000 1o V. W. C. A, To the Young Women's Christian Association for “the Mary Clark Andrews Memorial Home In Los Angeles in bequeathed $25,000 for en- dowment. For a memorial at Clarkdale, Ariz., $100.000 is left to Charles W. Clark and Willjam A. Clazk, jf, a8 trustees To three sisters and the heirs of a fourth siater. all of Lot Angsler, I left $25.000 each Among ths personal bequests ware $10,000 each to J. H. Anderson and H. H. St. Clair of New York, private secretaries. The sum of $100,000 New is left to the York Kindergarten Association Katherine Staufter Clark Kinder- garten School No. 18 of the City of New York, a memorial to his first wife. It is provided that the custom be perpetuated of spending $100 each vear as Christmas presents for the Pupils of the school, and any surplus over administrative expenses is to provide accommodations in the country for two pupils as possible. 22 Corots in ‘Collection. The house on Fifth avenue in New York City i (o be maintained in trust as a home for Mre. Clark and the daughter, Huguette, until June 10, 1928 At the frust the art works, including 22 Corot paintings. 22 Caseins, 21 Monta- ‘cellis, 6 Bouttei de Monvels and an E. A. Abbey painting, are to go to the Métropolitan Museum of Art. The museum also is to have ita choice of 125 other paintings and drawings. 50 pieces of old laces, rugs, delft and depalissy ware tapestries, Greclan, Etruscan and Egyptian antiquities, thirteenth and siXteenth century win- |dows and furnishings, Empire furni- ture, statues and antique bronzes. The residue of the estaie not other- wise provided for is to be divided an®ng the children, Mrs. M Brabant. Charles W. Clark, Morris, Willlam A. Clark Huguette Marcelle Clark, the mercial Trust Qo. of New Jersey being named frustee for Huguette Clark. It 18 provided that investments in the United Verde Copper Co. and all other corporations and enterprises be continusd at the discretion of the executors, who are the the four slder children. LABOR ASKS BANKS' ATTITUDE ON LOANS -IN PAY BOOST FIGHT (Continued from First ‘Page.) Union “ahd the Master ' Association will discuss t ituation today. John Colpoys. of- ficial conciliator for- the Department of Labor. discussed the entire situ- ation this morning with William T. Galliher. chairman of the board of the Federal-American National Bank 4nd of .ihe Washington -fair wage committee. it is understood that the possibilities of conciliation of the Beneral situation was the subject of the conversation. i More transfer cards have been is- sued to painters leaving town and the union painters’ and per- hangers headquarters atill remained crowded with the striking craftsmen who gather each dav to sign the book indicating that they are on strike Lays Riame Complete n Unions. responsibility for trouble or inconvenjence that might arise as the resul’ of strikes was placed squarely on the shoulders of the unions by William T. Galliher, chairman of tha fair wage committee, at a meeting held at the City Club vesterday. “If the unions demanding an in- crease at this time ineist on their un- justified demands it is at their own peril,” declared Mr. Galliher. He said that it was the duty of the builders any | and contractors to ses that the work was continued. “Self-preservation is the law of nature, and contractors will be compelled to resort to meas- ures that best serve their interests,” declared ‘Mr. Galliher, who said that they would have to wes that construc- tion in the National Capital was not retarded by men leaving their jobs. He made it plain that there was no objection to the unions and that the only question involved was the pres- ent demand for more pay, but said that the strikers would be replaced. Opposed to Increase. Representatives of the Master Steamfitters’ and Master ' Plumbers’ Associations, who were at the meeting and whose employes have made de- mands for increased wages, made it clear that they did not faver an in- crease in wages at this time if it could be avolded. . A committee was appointed to get the Associated Contractors and the Bullders and Manufacturers' Ex- change to pledge themselves to sup- port the subcontractors if they re- fused the wage at this time. The Op- erative Bullders have given the sub- contractors assurance of full co-op- eration if they are delayed because of a strike. Herbert Shannon, president of the Operative Builders, declared hiz organization was ready to lend the master steamfitters’ and .master plumbers’ men used by his organiza- tion. The committee ‘appointed consists of: James C. Robertson, vice presi- dent of the Associated General Con- tractors of America, chairman: Ar- thur L. Smith, president of the Build- >rs and Manufacturers’ Exchange; Herbert Shannon, president of the Operative Builders' Assoclation; C. H. Gallther, general manager of the Samuel J. Prescott Company, and W. E. Mooney of the Builders’ Exchange. Will You Help ~ Us Carry On? .. The 350.000 work Salvation Army needs to carry on with its among ‘Washington's { | poor. Help us to keep open { | this Summer our Fresh Air | |- Camp for mothers and chilaren at Patuxent, Md.; to continug our Missing Friends Bureau Keep open our Employment De. partment: to help the needy in fime of trouble, and our other many activities! Please send your contribution ‘to Thomas P. Hickman, 607 E Street N.W. “Name i $350,000 ia bequeathed.. The Surplus | a permanent endowment for the; weeks of as many | expiration of the | jr.. and | widow and | TAR, WASHINGTO RST NIGHT COURT HANDLES 23 CASES 122 Autoists . Convicted _for Various Offenses—Officials Praise Efficiency. Police Court officials w ing in their praise of the fArst night court to be conducted in the District of Columbia. when the records of the Trafic Court last night convictions out of 23 cased brought before it, totaling $30 in fines. Com- mitments to jail totaled 2. Judge George H. Macdonald pre- sided, taking the bench at 5 oclock and remaining on duty. with the ex- ception of a short supper recess, until 11 o'clock. The first case was brought befora him about 5:05 o'clock and the last one at 10:25 p.m. Judge Mac- donald was assisted by J. J. McGar- raghy, asefstant corporation counsel: James Addison. deputy clerk: Rich- ard Hughes, balliff. and Robert Smith, assistant probation officer. Dyring the entire time Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding Jndge of the Police Court. remained as an inter- ested spectator. - In ‘commenting on the wbrk today Judge Sehuldr stated that: both he and' Judge Macdonald Were greatly satisfied with the work accomplished. - “I ‘was greatly pleased with the eMciency and co-operation that was displayed throughout,” Judge Schuldt stated. “It looked llke a court that had bedn operating Tor months: 1 am ‘aure that it is golng to he a wonderful thing for the Natlonsl Capltal, not only in relieving the congestion of the courts, hut fix tendency to cut down violations of the trafc laws. Thare will be 23 1ess cases to be heard today. A tioned ar to the of bringing intoxicated drivers courts (an alleged violator brought in last night) Judge Schuldt declared himself to be opposed to that plan. “In such cases” L sald, “the defendant should be kept at the precinct and not be brought in unril he is physically ready to testify in his own behalf. He cannot he tried when he is immediately. brougi: in on such a charge, and it seem reasonable to bring him in." Although the law passed by Con- &ress allows defendants in traffic | cases arrested after’ 11 o'clock at night and on Sundays to post col- Iateral, it has baen agreed upon defi- nitely that no one arrested for speed- ing shall at any time be parmitted 1o forfeit it. As a result speeders will At the best receive only temporary | Brace. The opinion of the judges that tha Night Trafc Court would relieve con- gestion was borne out today in ac- tualities. The collateral list was small, and as many on collateral have stood trial the day following, the work of the court was greatly de- creased. The courtroom ftself was less crowded. and Judge Isaac R Hitt. who presides over the Trafc Court in the morning. found his time there very short. It _enabled him tg take over some of the regular -District of Columbia routine work. when, at 11 o'clock, Judge Schuldt took up jury trials Only Judge John P. McMahon, pre- siding 1n the United States cases. saw his docket unchanged. showed Specders M When aqu nian into i Many Amusing Inclden Many amusing scenes occurred mt the first night session. Sweethearts were forced to walt a long time for their Romeos and” Dapper Dans. For many atepped on the gas & much and the police took hold. In- stead of leading them by some old familiar precinct, where they might { get off on their personal recognizance for hearing today, the officers firmiy escorted them to court. which many only had heard of and feared before Some had only the requisite cash for a motion picture show and mayhe | for a soda afterward. called for more than this, the voung swains had to waft until a hurry call or SOS could b sent out. William F. Murray, arrested overtime parking, was lucky was brought in and found his pocket- book in a rather depleted stats. He happened to spy an old turned out to be Mr. McGarraghy. the assistant corporation counsei. “Lend me five, Mac,” he said, and “Mac” did. Some swains had their “most wonderful girls in the world” with them at the time of their arrest and looked as if their income tax returns had heen published when pocketbooks _refused to yield enough ready money for up i 1 H Lists of Fines. Those who were fined before Judge Macdonald last night were John J. Lar- | combe, jr., $10: Rene 1. Dagneaux, $10; | Theodore Myers, $10: Albert Lubore, $10: Albert Moonahan, $10; Warren C. Claffin, $16: Willlam F. Tydings. $10; James P. O'Neill, $5: Oscar 1. Wilmare, $5: Lloyd Sloan, $5: William F. Murra; M. Newman, $&; CI ter M. Atwood, $2: Charles E. Anadale. 31 Robert D. Heriot, $15: Leo J. Clears. $15; B. Guy Purds, $25: Roy A. Un- swarth, $25; Joseph Edwards. $25. and Donald C. Jonee, $30. Jullus D. Scheer was raleased on his personal bonds Carl F. Gunnell, found guilty of a second offense of speeding, was given a 30-day sentence, but was released when he moved for= new trial. Roy A. Unswarth, fined $25, was unable to pay his fine and was forced to go to jail for the time beins. BOWIE -ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY ; FIRRT Clafming: purse, $1.200; 2 sear-olds tHair Dresser Guinea Gold. Rotte Virgini *Nereid ... Alro_eligibi Herbert ... *tLady Chilton §Phe $Freds D. 1. P. Jonew entry. Zero entry. R. W. Carter eatrs. SECOND RACE—C! Aunt Aggie Dream of Valley. 114 *; 108 FOURTH RACE—The Princeton Handirsp: 31.500; 3-vear-olds and up: 1 mite and yard Reparation, FIFTH RACEThe Mt. Vernon Claiming Handleap; 31.200; S-yearolds and up: Ife miles. 3 The Roll 100 Prince TV Tii.... X 104 Rrunelt 1 Eleanor 8... Bive Hill. 107 Quotation SIXTH RACE—Clhaiming;: yearoids; 1 mile and 70 yards. White Marsh..... 110 Wi T Wi Waratah . 105 *Bad Lnck... Huey <. 108 *Gypsy Fiyer. SEVENTH RACE-~C Inll\\g: purse, 3-sear-olds and up; ixy miles. . . 108 *Doodles .. 101 *Warren Lyach. 81 Rose Tees 108 St. Germaine. tice allownnce clnimed, - “clear; track fast_ - ree, $1,200; 8- unstint- | does not | iittie too | As the fines | He | friend, who | their | N, D RUMOR OF MURDER IS COUPLED WITH ATTACK ON WOMAN (Continued from First Page.) e e {10 the (being ransacked cellar while the house w Nothing missing.” | The intensive, secret investization {of the vpolice which led to the |exhumation of Mr. Thoman's body at |Cedar Hill Cemetery this afternoon {began formally with the probe of the C street attack, although it is un- derstood word of the rumors about the manner of Mr. Thoman's Jeath |had reached previously the ears of ion» headquarters detective. the will Ram- The body was removed to District morgue, where a jury | be sworn over it by Coroner J {say Nevitt, who izssued the | ment order An autopsy | performed immediately It evidence substantiating the re- porta that Mr. Thoman was polconed is found, the polica are prepared to make an Immediate arrest srand jury proceedings will naxt insti- tured Records at Casualty Hospital show that Mrs. Thoman was taken thare in afi ambulance on November 22 last and treated for | poison. ' She was | November 27 | Was Il for Two Months, | Mr. Thoman. who wes 48 years old, {died. the Health Department’s records | disclose, afier suffering with grip for & period of two months. The last two days his {llness was complicated by heart failure, it is recorded. The will be be discharged on Hari of 2156 F street. There an- parentiy-was no doubt thrown on the cause of Mr. Thoman's demise at that time. He was interrad at Cedar Hill Cem- ctery, just aeross the District line on | the road fo Suitland. Md. with Ma sonic rites- conducied under auspice of Mr. Thoman's lodge—Nayal Lodge No. 4, F. A. A. M. He was buried In a plat of ground reserved by the Metropolitan Presbyterian Church. Fourth and B streets southeast. Member of Gavel Clu Mr. Thoman was a member of the Gavel Club. He had been a resident of Washington since 1911 At the time of his death he had been for three years an emplove of the Bureau | of Standardx, and prior te that for 10 years was connected with the | Washington Steel & Ordnance Co He was survived by his widow, three daughters—Mrs. Motherweli, Miss Juanita Thoman ard Miss Pa- tricia Thoman of this city: two, sis- tef$-—-Mrs Fred Johnson of Chicago and Mrs Jokn Snyder of Franklin. Pa.. &nd four brothers—Walter Tho- | man of Youngmown. Pa.; Harry Tho- man of Qnantico. Va: Todd Thoman of< this ejiv. and John Thoman of | Ashland, X 110 WILL DASH TO POLE IN SMALL AIRSHIP | Icelander, Heading British Expedi- i | tion, Hopes to Beat Amundsen | to Top of World. | By the Acsncinted Pross | LONDO! April 7. Giving details of the plans for the RBritish North Pole aerial expedition on which he {intends to start next month | Algarsson. a voung Icelander.. says lin the Daily Express today that the final dash will be made in a small non-rigid airship. The ship will be 150 feet long and {especially designed to withstand polar conditions. It will carry four passengers. & 30-day food supply, special cooking stoves and spare gasoline as ballast. It alse will take A small light sledge. on which. in case of accident, enough food can be packed to last until the crew find their way back to the base ship or reach the Alaskan coast. Algarsson is eager. to beat pt. Amundsen. Norwegian explorer, who {plans to make a similar expedition. |also to start in May. Ship Getting Under Way. Algarsson’'s - expeditionary ship. = small sailer, now is being equipped at Falmouth, whence it will sail for Liverpool this week. A specially de- signed deck has been added to sc- commodate the airship. The expedi- tion will leave Liverpool for north on May 1. Algarsson, who hopes among other things to prove that the water t | the pole is shallow and that perhaps there s land there, describes the last dash as follows: Final Dash P “When ice stops the vessel's prog- ress we will inflate the gax bag of | the &hip from hydrogen cylinders and take off. We ought to reach the pole in 12 hours as the airship's eruising speed is 50 miles an hour. We will imake a brief landing at the scientific obsérvations, the being brought into the wind for this purpose and slowed down until it is possible for us to climb down a rope iadder. Then we intend to head straight for Nome, Alaska. We will carry radio apparatus with which to keep in touch with our base.” . | Fountain to Operate. The display fountain in the reflect- ing basin At the Lincoln Memorial will be operated from 3 to § o'clock | next Sunday afternoon. —_— NOON-DAY LENTEN SERVICES . . HOLY WEEK " B. F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 O’Clock * SPEAKER Bishop James E. Freeman SPECIAL MUSIC EACH DAY disinter- | self-administered | attending physician was Dr. James W.| Grettir Roald | the | S. S, Saratoga, which took the water today at the yards of the New )York Shiph J. Secretary Wilbur and other Navy ofiefals took part im the christening exercisen. [CAPITAL LEVY BILL A | OFFERED IN PARIS: DEBATE TOMORROW \ (Continued from Pirst Page.) =2 2 cording to his m or constraint.” | was the way M. de Monzie putit. “If | the French capitalists understand.the | | system and patriotically respond to the | | call of the government it will work | without the slizhtest annoyance or in- terference in private affairs. ~ On the | contrary, if they make constraint necessary it will be resorted to.” | Declarations for the income tax| will be taken as a basis for obliga- tory subscriptions to the forced loa in cases where the capitalists fai {10 come forward voluntarily. Sub-!| equently these declarations will he verified if there are reasons fo sus- pect their exactiude Contributions to the forced loan may be spread over a pariod of five years and the contributors will ceive 3 per cent perpetual rentas Hopes Foree Not Needed. “Tha principles at the bottom of the whole scheme,” &aid M. de Manzie ‘are the maximum of option on the pArt of capitalists &nd a minimum of constraint. If a capitalist so desires he can, previous to his subseription, make a declaration of his fortune, which will make any intervention on the part of the government to aseer- tain his wealth unnecessary.” The minister made it understood that pressure would be resorted to only in flagrant of dodzing by a capitalist of obligations under the new law Although the agreed on the measure wnd on plan to raise the limit of the ban | Pill iscua by the Bank of Frence |10 45.000.000,000 francs, and increas- ing the limit of the advances by the | hank to the state by 4,000,000,000| | frace. its majority in the Chamber | is divided. Most of the radical left | Eroup. presided over by M. Loucheur. will fight both measures, M. Loucheur announced this morning. The Socialists will ask for consid- eration of a counter-proposition. pro- iding for a straight capital levy of 10 per cent | The Bank of France it was said in official circles today, has already | | exceeded the legal 1imit of its eir |1ation by more than 1.500.000.000 | francs, g0 that it became imperative to regularize the situation by in- creasing this limit by the law for regulating the financial position of the country. which the Rovernment proposed to Parliament this afternoon The weekly statement of the Bank of France last Thursday showed a cirenlation of $6.000.000 francs under the limit of 41.000.000.000 francs, but % the portfeuille (bills and accept- | ances) showed a sudden increase of over 1,000,000.000 france, and it ix de clared this, with other accounts. was | uged to mask the situation | {Bxactly what are the hank's ad- VAnces o the state is not said. They were given last week as 100.000.000 franes under the limit of 22,000.000.- {000 francs, which the government now proposes shall be raized by 4,000,000,000 francs al m m ba a e T cases his in has | b the government th 3 M bu in vi Bank Governor Concerned. e The sitnation has given | Robineau of the Bank of and the bank regents the | concern Although there Gov France ravest na hi er Is w no official state- ment on the sub, the continental | edition of ¢ Daily Mail of Lendon | said today that M. Robineau and the | regents have jnfofmed the govern- ment that thes, will refuss te. sign this week's statement dniess the truth is_told to the countfy. Confused” and “Uncertain” were the words used to describe the pelitical- | finaneial - situation in France | Political observers, however, are &on- | vinced that the administration of Pre | mier Herriot is doomed to disappear,| but when and how they hesitate to sayr| M. Herriott still seems to retain a | certain amount of confidence. Shortly | after midnight. after a conference | with the leader of hix majority | groups, he said: “There ix no reason | in m hour. The storm burst simply be-| use a man displaved a resolution to settle the situation without re- gard to the interests with which he [ might come Into conflict. You know | | What the remedies are. We are still | hesitating between a perpetnal loan and a lottery loan at low interest.| Being extremely anxious to spare the | state finances, I am firm partisan of the latter form of loan.” | Changes Vatican Policy. The government measures, says a wemi-official communication issued this morning, were completed by M. de Monzis after an all-night session with his experts, except for a single detall—whether the capital lev should bear 3% or 4 per cent in- terest. | To please some of his supporters Premier Herriot has again modified [ his views on the Vatican embas: He agreed last night that the role of the French representative at the Vat- ican should be limited to the religions questions for which France assumed responsibility under the Versailles treaty and whh‘h concern Alsace- Lorraine, Togoland and Cameroon The charge would have no authority to enter into conversation with the Holy See regarding French interna- tional affairs. This change is likely to furnish ma- terial for lively debate in the Senate Altogether the sitting _ tomorrow ought to be of first importance, for: { M. Poincare, by arrangement with M.' | Herriot, is expected to maky a speech | | on France's foreign polley ‘xhich he | | nas been preparing for sofye thge. It | | i8 understood that he will oppose very | | strongly every form of guiXantee pact which has been propoxed”thus far. ‘ 1 CADET LEAV West Point Freshmen Now Al lowed Week End Freedom:.. ° WEST POINT, N. Y., April 7—Week E RESTORED. | | | \ | end leave for first-class cadets, sus: | pended for the last four weeks at: | wae learned yesterday. Maj. H. B. | Lewis, adjutant at West Point, con firmed the restoration, but declined to disclose the reason for suspension.. vent the cadets from attending social affairs at the academy, several first- | class men declined, while the dispute | with the authoritits was on, to g0 td 1t was rumored that before the sus. pension was put Into effect the ac authorities had demanded Javery member of the class take a West Point, has been restored. it.f While the restriction did not pre- Saturday night hops at Cullum Han. | pledge to abstain from liquor, to the fleen would require substantial | 2ddition to the shora -faciliti ably dollars—hut addition to fhe present facilities quirs that the personnel of the Navy | be about doubled and the annual ap- propriations increased by about $100,- 000,000 pansion gram the say | mental but the suggestion illustrates the im- plications addition to the naval air fores.’ 180,600 horsepower combir:ed rated output of the fix elec- | trig-driven capital ships now in com- mission, West Virginia. of 33 knotx an hour &nd a fiving deck reaching from stem (o stern huge electric moters, She will carry of size for 33,000 tons. rew naval supplying city of the Bureau the has ever been projected in any marine | installation, of motive power vessel Janmex Young, during the Revolution- ary ender 177 part in the early tory for the first Saratoga foundered wome- hastily served 1842, and served the country for many vears, |tical School, tiago. the name Saratoga. craft Saratoga for a time after it was built African Tribesmen Appeal for In- | tribesmen, | revolted, have petitioned the {of Ni s |to exaggerate the difculties of the |l NAUIENS 10 Make holr | trict the next mandate commission FISHING FUNDGETS - PRAISE OF HOOVER kTidaI Basin Ideal Place for i Adults and Children to | Angle, He Holds. Secretary Herbert Hoover of the T partment of ardent | angler ax well s ervationist, has { given his hearty indorsement to the fish- | ing funa campaign by Star “1 am heartily in favor of stocking the Tidal Basin, firet of all because it will be an ideal place for the vouth of Washingion to learn the angler ery man wants his children and his children’s children 1o learn to fish. 1o enjor the sama privileges that wa hava had. and to bring this about there better place than the Tidal Basin witr its beautiful shade trees and surround ings. 1 ferl confident that the fund will 360n be aversubreribed when the fathers a0d mothers of the children of Washing ton reaiize that the hasin | future; will he the scens of their pisca- torial activities and aiso for their chil- dren.” Wants Commerce, an inaugurated IRCRAFT CARRIER, SARATOGA, IN WATER; TO HAVE 72 PLANES . (Continued from First «, prob e cost of a billion suhstantial To re- | not equal in value to 1 0f the carriers—that at least a is Some Restrictions. an these 91 ships would also Mr. Hoover s some rectrictio uch as a small fee for an annval license 1o. fish In the basin, and a limit on the number of fich | | | to be taken in any one day's fishing, id - that “After this hasty ation, the witness, who believed in »th a surface Navy and in the exe of the naval afrcraft pro- answered that he would prefer 1,000 hombing planes. *1 do not have correctly portra¥ed the | operations of this witness mental &pproxi-| ;54 was very strong in his opinic some sort of closed season should had to allow the fish to mature Mr. Hoover also indorsed the mo ment to have a closed n upper Potomac for the mouth bass A number af the subscr fund have offered their help solicit and collect Thoxe who desire 10 do so can form clubs, collect the mones over te the cashier nr they should zet the contributors in order t acknowledged that B season the ihars to this [ subxeriptions involved in a substantiat | G «t Electric Ship. 1 and The turn it but The Saratoga is 874 fesf lang. with | S beam of 105 feei. Her electric vwer plant is designed 1o develop | Kreater than the Store Ix Contrib he Atlas Sporting Goods D xtreet forwarded its check Store the New Mexico,” Uallfornia, | 927 ennessee. Maryland. Colorado and |25 this morning with the state- She will have a speed | ment thet it was ready and willing {to coniribute more if called upon. It |also offered to collect money from by | fishermen and to aid the Burean of the power be- | Fisheries. If needed, in transferring 1% Renerated by turbines operated | fish to the basin vy s=team from 18 oil-fired boilers.| Subscriptions follow B-inch rifes, the 1imit | Previously acknowledged ships of her tvpe under| R. P. Harringion ne treaty, and will weigh more than | . C. The power plant of the| R. M giant would be capable of | T. D, the elactrical neads of a| George of nearly 1,000.000 inhabltants. | F. T ifMin, former chief| Tuther of Engineering, =aid| Simon would represent “the| H. € horsepower per shaft that| K. C. F. E. Parks James G. Strong G. Gordon Bailey D T. Garrettson George E. Strobel The Saratoga will be driven $134 K Mec, E 1 2 Seotr D. .o Rupert Atlas Byerly Rear Admiral Saratoga reaterst irrespective of the e | el of Name. 1 Saratoga is the sixth naval to-have that name. The first | as a small ship commanded by Capt Sixth Veasel The Total $220 'ROAD REPAIR GANGS GET 20 EXTRA MEN War, ived ngress It was built In 1750 and its name through an aet of to commemorate the sur- Burgovne at Saratoga in re Jittle boat had an active American naval his- but itx end fs & naval mvstery, Holes in Suburban Highways. Fol- lowing Snow Damage, Are Being Patched. 20 men have 1 1o the gangs here off the Middie ith all hands aboard The second Saratoga was builr] during the War of 1812, and as flagship for Commodore acDonongh in the bartls of Platts- UTK. It was setL on fire twice dur-| & the battle, but managed to sur-| Approximately Ve Tt was sold fn 1524 [addea:yince Aprit 1 1o 1 & work on.repairs to suburhan reads Third Saratega Bullt In 1842 © | 0 Tnade known todav by L. R. Grabill The third ratoga was Dbuilt in | superintendent of that division This makes the total force on suburban road- work about 120 Atlantic coasf finally being wused as the holar ship for the Pennsylvania Nau- | " ar Grabill said the additional men at which Capi. Hartley. | were aiready in, the Districr service, bt »w master of the Leviathan, received | ntil a few days ago they had been R DEaC mueslow .| signed to grading for new streets The fourth was the armored cruls-| “ g/ o ® o g8 (0 B e «u New York, now the Rochester.|ricon of many ontlying highways. RBe- h was Sampson's flagship at San- | o0 0 NG TN T the enginesr de. For a number of years it bore | puriment will continue the task of fron- ing out rhe holes and ruts with the lim ited balance in the appropriation for the current fiscal vear When the new appropriation hecomes available July 1 it is planned te in- crease. the amount of suburban read. amount of patching materials on han to last until July 1 and that he wil Keep the present repair gangs at work steadily. B The Genesee, at present an auxiliary | of, the navy. was known as the 1307 at Philadelphia dependence. = April The Fehoboth | 3 z % residents of former Ger-| Lient. Dowdall Ordered Here. Africa, who recently z 2 £ First Lieut. Harry G. Dowdall, T League | i eounmrgu® | Infantry, stationed in the Hawaiian has been assigned fo a | Department, L T8 815~ | duty in the office of the chief of siaff Africa which for.|©f the Army at the War Depart- of the n.||\u|"‘""- GENEVA, an southwest S 0 make under nion of South arded the petition ) Geneva 3 The petition wiilbe cansidered at | is A wirsless station is meeting W the Dermanent | by the goverament of desia. to he erected Southern Rho- An Easter Referendum Now in Progress QUESTION: " Do you favor the support of our city- wide, non-sectarian ASSOCIATED CHARITIES for the restorative care and relief of families in real need, with special regard to the welfare of their children? : 3,727 Washingtonians, . Men and women, have voted “YES” to noon today by sending a contributi bershi; the’ ASSOCIATED CHARITIE! ";? T::’ ;:;’xp":,o:; voted, you are ghrnesdy r.equested to do so today by cutting out, signing and mailing the form printed below with echeck represcating the membership class you de- on this question up re.. Yo 10,000. Members Our Goal! ASSOCIATED CHARITIES .. “.(Including Gitizens' Relief Association) Ord Preston, Treasurer, 3 Joint Finance Committee, _ .7 1022 Eleventh Street N.W. Inclosed.find § (Indicate Membership or Contribution) «Memberships: * Associate ..3 2.00 «. Active ..... 5.00 - Special .... 10.00 Supporting . 25.00