Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Partly cloudy today a possibly local thunder shower: today. High p.m.” yester at 6 a.m. page 5. sterday. Forecast.) nd tomorrow, warmer temperature, 78, at 4 lowest temperature, 54, Full report on No. 1,048.—No. 29,580. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. GERMAN REPUBL FACES CRAVE TEST INELECTION TODAY Hindenburg Given Edge in Few Guesses Hazarded on Final Result. SENTIMENT BIG FACTOR IN FAVOR OF MARSHAL Marx Victory Regarded Resting Upon Small Vote—League Apprehensive. » Associated Press. BERLIN, April —The voters ughout Germany will decide to-| who shall be next President the republic. Dr. Wilhelm Marx, representing the Republican bloc, Vield Marshal Von Hindenburg, can- didate of the Nationalists, and Ernst Thaelmann, Communist party, are the nominees. Thaelmann is considered a negligible quantity so that the real} between Von Hindenburg | th morrow Unless Dr. Marx scores a lead of at least three or four million votes, the| cause of democracy In Germany will, in the opinion of the leaders of the| Jiberal parties, have suffered a severe | seth: They admit that they willl be satisfied with a safe margin in the | former chnacellor’s favor, but never- | theless, realize that a heavy poll for Von Hindenburg means definite co- crdination of pronounced anti-repub- lican sentiment, and that it will in-| evitably leave German internal politics | in a s e of turmoil and ferment for an indefinite period. | Situation in Doubt. The eve of the election finds the | situation wrapped in doubt, with | optimism more strongly entrenched in the camp of the nationalist bour-| geols bloc than in the ranks of the ‘Weimar .coalition. Von Hindenburg's campaign managers expect about 80 per cent of the voters to cast their! ballots as compared with 67 per cent | ir the first Indecisive elections !our]‘ weeks ago. poll to about 31,000,000, und their esti- | mates give the field marshal a lead | of 800,000 over Dr. Marx. They | an This would bring the total | dinars each, because the mon Lt he WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL His Election Feared MEETINGS ORDERED THROUGH BULGARIA French Bank Head Arrested on Charge of Transferring Money to Reds. By the Associated Press. SOFTA, April 25.—All political party meetings throughout Bulgaria have been forbidden until further notice by order issued by Gen. Lazareff, commander of the Sofia garrison. All newspapers and periodicals are to be censored during the period of martial law in Bulgaria. The fia director of the French Banque Generale, Kordff, has been arrested and charged with transfer- ring money to Communist conspira- tors Police Seize Money. The police state they seized 15 packages, contalning about 3,000 v was intended for Communist agents. (A dinar is about 20 cents.) Further arrests have been made reckon with defections from as a result of information obtained the right wing of the Center party|by government agents, who declare and Democrats and also assert that Marx will fail to command the un-| broken strength of the Socialist party. | The men in charge of Dr. Marx's campaign tonight decline to hazard even a modest campaign prediction; they explained that the 10,000,000 | ‘stay-at-home” voters, | e political attitude was not vet | established, constituted the outstand- | ing enigma of the campaign. i On the other hand they are confi- i dent of Marx’s ability to capture the | million votes which the Bavarian People’s party gave Dr. Held, the! Bavarian candidate on March 29, and | also claim the bulk of the Hanoverian | or Guelps vote, which is slightly in | excess of a quarter of a million. Both of these parties heretofore have been | counted among the supporters of Von Hindenberg and sponsored his nom- | ination. ! Must Muster 1,500,000. The Bavarian People’'s party com- prises the Catholic electorate of Ba- varia and in a pinch can muster 1,500, 000 votes. Advices from Munich in- dicate that Premier Held's party has let down the bars and will permit its members u free choice of cand dates Field Marshal expected t Von Hindenburg is make a strong run in the | flat country and rural district, while | Dr. Marx's chief support will come | from metropoiitan areas and indus- trial sections. That a large number of voters will ignore party lines is taken for granted, and this is one of the contributing elements to a highly obscured situation. Such defections in both party camps, it is assumed, will be largely due to religlous bias. If the managers of the People's hloc look for reinforcements from the Communists, there is no present indi- cation of such aid, as the German Reds outwardly are determined to keep the party’s vote intact for Herr Thaelmann, despite the report from Moscow that Zinovieff, chairman of the executive-committee of the Third Internationale, is strongly opposed to | «n independent Communist candidate hecause of Hindenburg's favorable at- | titude toward German Soclalists and | labor leaders during the past week, who have sought to induce the Ger- man Communist party “to abandon their rigid theory for the benefit of practical politics” on this occasoin. Sentiment Big Factor. Much of the non-partisan support sccruing to Von Hindenburg has been ctuated by the slogan “he has been nominated, and therefore pust be spared the humiliation of defeat.” This apparently is meeting with wide- spread response, and is a further in- dication of the ‘extent to which senti- ment mingled with hero worship in- 'fluences the psychology of a large body of voters. ¥ Straw votes or a census of the man in the street fail to adduce tangible evidence of the German political temp- er on the eve of the election, and the outcome will remain in doubt until survey of the early returns shows he drift of the vote. The polls will close at 6 o'clock in the evening. FRENCH WATCH RESULT. . Think Marx Lesser of Two Evils| in German Race. | ms the Assoclated Press. #ARIS, April 25-—The French in- terest in the German presidential efec- tion was very keen until some days ago. Dr. Wilhelm Marx, candidate of the Centrist, Democratic and Soclalist pgrties, came out for union with Austria in his keymote speech. Up 1o that time a desire for the election of Dr. Marx was manifest in the news- papers and political circles. E The election of Field Marshal Von Yiindenburg, candidate of the con- servative-nationalist bloc, is regarded French circles as more dangerous than success for Dr. Marx, becau the marshal is considered here as more susceptible to maneuvering by tht £ that leaders of the Left Wing Peas- ants’ party were to form a new Bul- garian ministry after a revolution. It is stated that Capt. Attanasoff was to be minister of war and Pertrini the new premier. OBJECTS TO INCREASE. Greek Premier Puts Case Before Allied Diplomats. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, April .—Premier Michalakopoulos today registered ob- jection even to the temporary increase of the Bulgarian army when he was handed the text of the decision of the Council of Ambassadors permitting additional militia to be enlisted by the Sofia authorities. The premier outlined the Greek view of the Balkan situation to the British, French and Italian diplomatic representatives here when they offi- clally conveyed to him the decision of the allied envoys in Paris. He was assured that the increase was only temporary measure. REDS PLAY SMALL PART. Bulgar Troubles Largely Due to Angry Tenants. By Radio to The Star and New York World. ROME, April 25.—Refugees from Sofia continue to pour into Belgrade and also to cross the Greek frontier. They agree that Premier Tzankoff's statement implicating Moscow in the recent Bulgarian outrages is much exaggerated. Communists are a very small part of the insurgents and of the 5,000,000 inhabitants 75 per cent are discontented peasants, most of whom have been deprived of land by | the present government to please its war profiteering supporters who are anxious to give their families the im- portance and prestige of the large landed proprietor. None believe King Boris can weather the storm. Pale, thin, fragile, studious, with Latin black hair in. herited from his Bourbon mother, he is ever looked on @s a foreigner by the burly Bulgar, who cannot forget he was christened a member of the Roman Catholic Church and only be- came Orthodox because of his father's ambitions. Is Lorfely Figure. Borls from early vouth has been a lonely figure, lacking an. intimate friend and treated contemptuously by his ambitious father, Ferdinand. He speaks Bulgarian . with a strong forelgn accent, but is at home in his mother’s native Italian. He has never -been in touch with the Bul- gars and utterly has failed to live up to their expectations would lend a strong hand in the re. that he | construction of his country, beaten and ruined in the World War. “~(Continued on Page 3, Colunm 6.) Miller Seeks to Mobilize Millions Of Veterans for League of Nations By.Cabls to The Star and New York World. GENEVA, April 25.—Initial steps of several million -former service men of nine allied countries for active co-operation with the ue of Nations are being taken by a committee of three, headed by Col. T. W. Miller, former United States allen property custodian, who have arrived in Geneva to work out a progran. Lieut. Col. George Crosfield, head of the Brit- ish Legion, and P. V. Stoughton, adjutant of the Paris headquarters of the Interallied Veterans' Associ- ations, are with Miller. They are conducting, an ex- haustive study of the League In ternational Labor Bureau's activi- ties and will report at ‘the next COURT 1S WORLDS GREATPEACEHOPE, FL08S ASSERTS Tells International Lawyers U. S. Failure to Enter “|s Strange.” SAYS WORLD WAR GREW FROM LACK OF TRIBUNAL H. W. Anderson Disputes View | _of Secretary in Later Address. Characterizing international “the greatest instrumentali peace,” Secretary of State Kellogg declared himself last night “heartily in favor of the establishment of a judicial tribunal to which nations could present their disputes for ad- judication” in an address before the annual dinner of the American So-| ciety of International Law in the ‘Willard Hotel. 1 Secretary Kellogg made a strong | plea for the employment of legal| recourses in the arbitration of interna- tional disputes, as opposed to the use | of arms, and expressed the belief that opposition raised to American par- ticipation in a world court was pred- icated on misunderstanding of the function of such a court. "It strikes me as strange,” the Sec- | retary said, “that the United States, in this advanced age! is not already a member of some international court, | especially in view of the fact that we | always have led in arbitration.” | Explains Court Function. Mr. Kellogg explained that a world court would have as its chief function the settlement of all “justiceable” questions subimtted to it by nations of the world. He expressed the opinion that at present the world | court idea had not fuly progressed, but announced his hope that before long such a tribunal would be em-| powered to adjudicate the interna-| tional problems presented by coun- | tries of the world, greatly eliminating causes for war. Secretary Kellogg cited the World War as one outstanding instance of | what may result from lack of a judi- clal tribunal. Had there been such a court in existence when the first rumblings resulting from the murder of an archduke began to reverberate over Europe, he said, the great con- flict that enmeshed virtually the whole world might have been avoided. “The same thing happens when a nation takes the law into its own hands as when an Individual under- takes to do so,” the speaker pointed out. | Urges Wider Instruction. | Wider instruction in international law in American colleges was advo- cated as an insurance of peace. Sir Esme Howard, the British Am- bassador, who followed Secretary Kellogg, announced his belief that there will be no need for force in the world when all nations support the World Court. He said he hoped that some day the court will become of such im- portance in the world that its pre- siding officer will be looked to by all nations as the supreme judicial au- | thority of the world. Dr. A. C. D. de Graef, Minister of the Netherlands, pointed to his own country as one of the early advocates | of international arbitration, and ce- | " (Continued on Page § Column 3) DENIES PEARY FOUND NORTH POLE IN 1909 Canadian Says Position of Sun at Time Defied Accurate Loca- tion of Position. By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, April 25—The Mon- treal Standard today quoted Capt. J. E. Bernler, Canadian Arctic explorer, s asserting in an interview in Que. bec, that the late Rear Admiral Robert Peary, U. 8. N., did not actually dis- cover the North Pole in his expedition of 1909, as the latter belleved. Capt. Bernier quoted from records in his possession to show that in April, 1809, when the discovery was supposed to have taken place, Admiral Peary could not accurately have ascer- talned his position, as the maximum height of the sun was only 65 de- grees above the horizon and on many days the sky was entirely obscured. The veteran explorer also said that he had an official communication from Sir Clement Markham, at that time president of the Royal' Geographical Socfety of London, which stated that the society awarded a medal to the admiral “for his work in the Arctic, but not for. discovery of the Pole. Sir Clement, according to _Capt. Bernier, stated in the communication that .the society could arrive at no decision as o th: discevery of the 'ole, even after the rece studied in detail. e Capt. Bernier asserted he had not made public his beliefs previously, as he wished to avoid a controversy Rome September rangements will be attempt whereby several million forpm:?‘ fighters will help put public opin- fon behind the league in its peace 10, when ar- 000 American Leagionnaires; field 500,000 Britishers. smu‘m 1s temporary delegate for French, Italian, Polish, Rumanian, Serbian, Czechoslovakian and Belglan vet. erans. The movement is regarded as one of the most important under way for marshaling public opinion for the league, as its proponents aim to conduct a vigorous cam- | paign, including the sending of x veterans to Geneva and incorpor: tion of the veterans of former en. emy countries intG their wo (Coprrisht, 192 DETROIT OFFICIALS AGGUSED OF GRAFT {Warrants for 19 Men Urged After Probe—Thousands of Dollars Involved. By the Associated Pre DETROIT, Mich., April 25.—Scath- Ingly denouncing conditions of graft, corruption and extravagances which he said he found in city departments, and which cost Detroit taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, Judge Frank Murphy of Recorders Court, reporting the findings of his one-man grand jury inquiry into city affairs tonight recommended the issu- ance of warrants for 19 persons, rang- ing from conspiracy and embezzle- ment to larceny. A letter to Prosecuting Attorney Robert Toms accompanying the re- port directed the prosecutor to pre- pare the warrants. Those for whom Judge Murphy directed that warrants be issued, and the suggested. charges | includea: Bart Manning, vice president of the Union Trust Co., conspiracy to de- fraud; John A. Mercier, wealthy pav- ing contractor, conspiracy; John J. Knight, former superintendent of street and alley cleaning, malfeasahce in office; George Garner, former head of the. city sidewalk division, mal- feasance in office; Werner Helmholdt, former superintendent of motor trans- port, and John Naz, foreman in the city garage, conspiracy to extort and accept money on agreement to act in a particular way in their employ- ment. Helmholdt also is chargeé with malfeasance in office in the report. Administration Is Hit. Helmholdt's administration -was | characterized in Judge Murphy's let- ter to the prosecutor as having been “base and sordid.”” A review of Helm- holdt's activities “discloses a situation startling as to improper practices and wasteful neglect,” the report said. Graft and corruption were found in the board of education, the depart- ment of public works, the motor transportation division, the parks and boulevard department, the water board and also In connection with the pur- chase of a county morgue site, the re- port sald. Favoritism in awarding contracts was the charge made in_connection with the water board, which Judge Murphy saild was dominated by D&~ vate contracting concerns. 3 The alleged irregularities parks and boulevards dej report said, were the connection of Commissfoner Edward G. Heckel and Leonafd G. Forrester, foreman, with the*Dart Aircraft Co. Private work for the company was done at the parks and boulevards garage, the report found. Heckel was not listed among the 19 men for whom warrants were asked, but Forrester was named, with larceny the charge. { Action to Be Delayed. The investigation of Judge Murphy was started last Fall following the disclosure of alleged firregularities in Anr the nt, the ult_of the ithe dealings of the department of public works. It was charged that John J. Knight, superintendent of the department, signed vouchers for the receipt of cinders, purchased from William F. Garner, although the cin- ders had not beeri delivered. Wil- liam Garner is @ brother of George Garner, former head of the city side- walk division. Prosecuting Attorney Toms said tonight that issuance of warrants as requested by Judge Murphy would be delayed until he has time to study the lengthy report. DELUGE ENDS DROUGHT HOUSES WASHED AWAY | Texas Miniature Cloudbursts Do Heavy Damage, But Crops Get Needed Rain. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., April 25.—The drought which has prevailed over north Texas for several weeks was broken today, the precipitation rang- ing from heavy showers to minature cloudbursts. The downpour was heaviest at Le- tot, a village near here. Bulildings were washed from their foundations or flooded and automobiles were swept from highways and wrecked. No one ‘was reported hurt. Property damage probably will be heavy. The Trinity River is rising and may reach flood stage by morning, the Weather Bureau reported. The rain is expected to prove of WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION 26, TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—38 PAGES. General News—Local, Foreign. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page D. A. R. News—Page 17. Y. W. C. A. News—Page 17 Community Centers—Page 18. News of the Clubs—Pages 20 and 21. Schools and Colleges—Page 22. Current News Event ge Civilian Army News—Page . District National Guard—Pige 26. Boy Scouts—Page 27. Veterans of the Great War—Page 28 Around the City—Page 28. Girl Scouts—Page 29. Radio News and Programs—Pages 30 and 31. Financial News—Pages 33, 31’and 35. PART TWO—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial’ Features. ‘Washington and Other Spclety. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Spring Books—Page 4. Serial, “The Seven Sleepers’—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 13. National and 17, PART THREE~—I12 PAGES, Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. Fraternal News—Page 11. Army and Navy News—Page 11. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—10 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Financial News—Pages 9, 10 and 11. GRAPHIC SECTION—S PAGES. ‘World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 PAGES. Mr. Straphanger; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. - ONE FINALS NEA N GRATORY TEST 136 to Compete for 6 Chances to Appear in Contest Here on May 8. During the week the National Oratorical Contest, participated in by approximately 1,400,000 secondary school pupils throughout the country, passes into its dramatic phase, in the broadly national sense. In 36 competitions held simultane- ously on Friday in the various clear- ing _centers for the contest, the con- testants who are to speak in the zone finals were selected. On next Friday those' zone finalists will compete. in groups of six each in New York, Philadlephia, Nashville, Chicsgo, Kansas City and Los Angeles. The issue in the case of each zone con- test will be the right to a place in the national finals, to be held in the ‘Washington Auditorium May 8, with President Coolidge to open the meét< ing and the distribution of .$5,000 in cash awards to close it. In addition to the six zone cham- pions, representing the Northeastern, the Eastern, the Southern, the Central, the Midwestern and the Pacific States, there will be a seventh finalist in the meeting of May 8, the champion of the District of Columbia. See Washington Year. Statistically inclined local “fans™ of the national oratorical eontést (which, by the way, s becoming a . rival to base ball in the intense popular in. terest which it arouses) are already claiming that 1925 will be a “Wash- ington year” in oratory. = Furthe more, they make out a rather good case for themselves and the National Capital. 2 They point, first, of course, to the fact that Washington has the ad- vantage of having its representative as the first speaker on the ‘program —considered by far the most desirable position in a contest of this character. The first speaker will, inevitably, set a kind of standard by .which the Jjudges will evaluate the others. The mere fact of being, thé standard is in itself a big advantage, according to those who have followed the con- Sty Star, “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The.Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately 1925—ONE HUNDRED PAGES. MERGER EXPERTS 10 CANVASS PUBLIG Viéws on Existirig Street Car Service and Ways of Bet- terment Sought. When the proposed survey of trans- portation conditions in Washington gets under way virtually every person in the city who is emploved will be asked to furnish information as to how he or she gets to and from work. Maj. W. E. R. Covell, assistant to the Public Utilities Commission, who will work with the private engineering firm supervising the survey, last night . public & complete outline of the ‘information to be collected. Thig program indicates that nothing is to be overlooked that would throw light on the questfon of How trans- portation facilities could be improved or of the possibilities of a merger of existing lines. Four Forms to Be Used. In seeking information from the riding public, four different forms will be distributed. . The first will go to all Government employes, workers in private offices, stores, banks and all others who use transportation facili- ties during rush hours. The second blank will go to teachers and pypils oLf realize the dream schools and colleges. The third blapk will be designed to gather dgta g to mon-rush hour travel and will bé dis- tributed to passengers gh cgf§ and busses at those hours.- The€ fourth form will be used to gathst-data from | persons who congre; M special places, such as thefiters and ball games, 2 -~ Maj. Covell expfessed the hope that the public wilfco-operate in making the transposeition survey a success by giving#he desired information. The _fiiquiry is expected to get undgr way this_week, with the ar- Figl Trom New York of agents of the fifm of McClellan & Junkersfeld, Inc.. engaged to make the survey. Seek Data on Traffic. The program to be followed in con- ducting the survey is given, in brief, as follows: One study will provide data as to place of residence, place of business, time of departure and arrival and method of travel for the bulk of rush- hour traffic. Similar data will be gathered of the non-rush or casual traffic. This data will form the basis for the districting of the city by traffic characteristics for study of present traffic flow and tfansportation fa- cilities; the study of existing traffic habits; the study of the possibilities of varying the hours of opening and closing places of business and amuse- ment to relieve congestion. The second study will be of the pres- ent traffic flow on cars and busses. This data will be the basis for study of average distance traveled and pos- sibilities of changes in transfer points, routing, car stops, etc.; the study of prescribed service standards and the cause of deviations therefrom; the study of best routes and best methods of transportation to lessen cost, time, tl:onge!lion. danger and inconven- ence.~ Survey of Equipment. ‘The third study will be of present traffic facilitles, consisting of a regis- ter of equipment, showing principal physical characteristics. This data will form the basis for a study of the present limitations of and appropri- ate exrznsion of street car and motor bus facilities and study of the econo- mies possible through the merger of existing transportation systems. The fourth will be a study of trends. This will include a record of poppla- tion from 1900 to 1924, inclusive, (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) * FIVE CENTS. Chaperoning Rum IntoU.S.TooDead.| Hartwell Retires I'y Cable to The Star and New York World | LONDON, April sir Brod- | erick Hartwell, notorious British rum-running baronet, is through with the liquor-smuggling business as a result of the seizure-of his last and seventh cazs® by United States authorities: “At least that is what he €id today to one who had_paffe profitable investments in twD of his earlier shipments. Ad- mitting to this subscriber that the seventh shipment met with disas ter, Sir Broderick confessed he thought rum-running dead as & | safe, profitable busine: He revealed, however, that he 1s contemplating a new and different sort of venture for the near future, for which he is likely ‘lloex:zl;"};xls s to subscribe capital. ol D ient, 19%5.) MIMEDIATE START ORDERED ON NEW D. AR, AUDITORIUM Officers Empowered to Raise Adjourn Congress. In the atmosphere of enthu co-operation that marked its entire course, the thirty-fourth Continental| Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution adjourned sine die shortly after 6 o'clock last night It considered in many ways the largest and most constructive ns tional meeting in the history of the society. In the short week of its sessions the congress conducted business not only of great importance to itself an organization, but to the whole Nation in general and Washington in | particular. And one of its last ¢ ficial acts was to empower it dent general, Mrs. Anthony Wavne Cook, and the national board of man- agement to go ahead with plans for financing the new 000,000 audi- torium immediately. Power to Float Bonds. Under the terms of a resolution passed without a dissenting vote, Mrs Cook and 'the board are authorized and presi- tiate on behalf of the society not.“exceeding $1,825,000 from financial institution, and, If necessary even to borrow money for struction of the auditorium by mort gaging any real estate owned by the Daughters of the American Revolu tion in this city. In addition, the resolution direc the same officers “to do all acts an thipgs” necessary or convenient to carry osit the program for completion of the auditorium “within a reasonable time.” It gives the national officers 61l power to proceed immediately to of the Daughter: for several years—the creation of great hall, capable of caring for the needs of the society for all time, matching in architectural beauty the famous Memorial Continental Hall. ‘When the proposed building is com- pleted, it will be a veritable “Hall of the Nation,” expressing in exquisite marble and rich paintings the story of the history of Americ: Memorial Continental Hall is a history in stone of the war for independence, so the new auditorium will be an en: during monument to the whole history of the Nation, from its beginning to the present. ymbolical Marble Columns. At each of the three main entrances, | it is proposed, there will be 13 gi- gantic marble columns, each symbolic of one of the original 13 Stat In niches at either side of these entrances will be symbolical staturing, reveal- ing some out-standing chapte history of this Nation. Each foyer will be rich in symbolical beauty, and as the visitor passes through he will read a continuous story of the history of the Nation. Entering the main auditorium visi- tors will find themselves in a huge in- door “amphitheater.” The larger por- tion of the floor, occupying the center dGown to the stage, will be perfectly flat. Rising in graceful tiers, shaped something like a straightened out horseshoe, on the three sides will be additional seats. In the place of the 48 big boxes, each representing a State in_the Union. During sessions of the society or at meetings for which the hall may be rented the large flat space in the cen- ter will be occupied by, regular seats that may, however, be detached when (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) HEAT KILLS AT GRAVE. Father Went to Devorate Child's Resting Place. PITTSBURGH, Pa., April Michael Alexis, 50, walked miles under a blazing sun yesterday when Pittsburgh was sweltering in a sudden heat wave, to a cemetery where his child is buried. He told friends he was going to decorate the grave. After an all-night search, members of his family found him to- day dead, his body lying across the grave. The coroner sald death was due to heat prostration Real Champagne Used to Christen U. S. Mail Plane Creates Gotham Stir By the Associated Press. NEWYORK, April25.—L. Charles Cox of the Cox Klemin Aircraft Corporation, builders and designers of the new air mall plane, Night : Hawk, sald tonight that real pre- war champaigne was used in chris- tening the plane at Curtiss Fileld "by Miss Anne Morgan this after- noon.. The liquor, he said, was taken to the fleld without a trans. portation permit from prohibition authorities. .Mr. Cox would not say ‘where he got the champagne. In the absence of R. Q. Merrick, enforcement chief for New York and northern New Jersey, one of his agents verified the fact that no permit to transport the liquor had Sl an unofficial visitor at tne christen- ing, sald he had been told cham. pagne was to be used and advised against it. Seltzer water was Vordered used as a substitute, he said. Miss Anne Morgan, who is a sister of J. P. Morgan, wielded the bottle, which was decorated with red, white and blue ribbons and carried a label dated 1924. Neither the Army nor the mail service, it was pointed out, had anything to do officially with the christening, which was arranged by Mr. Cox and the American ‘Women Association, of which Miss Morgan is treasurer. Miss Morgan said it was the first time she had accepted one of the many invitations made to her to take patt in | - | District | with the wi: Up to $1,825,000 by Bonds. { plan of - | t the con- | el or in the | usual unsightly galleries there will be | several | BALLOU WILL SEEK 0000 FOR SITES OFFUTURE SCAOOLS | Detroit’s Forehanded Policy Effects Huge Saving, He.Finds. MICHIGAN CITY BUYS IN ADVANCE OF NEEDS Investigators Returning Home With Economy Ideas Gleaned in West BY JAMES E. I OIT cnINy policy ¢ ties in acquirinz nce of the: Ballc superi et public schools cation upon hing to include t for the next fisca for $500,000 for the pur on wl school sites far in need, Dr. Frank W tendent of the Dist n h to loc De ideas ing in search of new Detroit has forcibl ton's short-sighted architec Dr. to Bal trip, served neconomi new school is projected be | policy out pr mu: Pick Site Early. Jus avs in 1t subdivide ties pl-k out between § and demn it division facilities those w the school # s the sub. i the need for school Wa When the ulation s erected from time on the prop communit | 500, a perm and extensi to time accomm made and for ations increases. out the vast suburhb nnexed by the Cit are: |Cody took | Holm an rchitect, tod Dr. Cody wor with the deca; | garden or to nounce laconically “There's another school site we've |just acquired. The nearest house is labout a half mile from here, but De {troit, you know, is growing fast, and | we probably will have to build a school jthere in a few y 2 Dr. Ballou assistant and Osgood munici; few miles field covered s of a truck sture and an In other sections closer to the city . where home developments z vay, colonies of portable sch were observed. “They are temporary Supt. Cod would re; Ve will build a n school there this Fall.’ Getting Cheaper Schools. Ballou and me Mr. Holmes are route tonight convinced Detroit has well planned and artistis ally attractive school buildings, far su- { perior to those which Washington car | build for the same price. “It is per. { fectly obvious to me,” said Dr. Ballou | “that Detroit is cheaper school | construction than we are in Washing- ton.” Dr. Ballou s | of Detroit’s en i he observed that all new elementary schools of the two-stor type, without basements. “This the type | schools which we will continue to de- | velop in Washington,” he declared. The architectural finish put on De. | troit’s schools, Mr. Holmes said, made | the deepest impression on him. “We | could not put such architectural treat- {ment on the schools in Washington | he explained, “because it would in | crease the uitimate cost of buildin | materially.” | | | PLAY JURY’S VERDICTS | DISSATISFY PROSECUTOR Clean Bill of Health Given Three | | { Shows Brings System Into | Disuse in New York. | By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April | system, under juries drawn in the district attorney’s office from a selected list of playgoers re viewed productions which were com plained of as immoral, apparently has lapsed into disuse after giving a clean Dill of purity to three productions al | leged to be obscene, it was learned tode District Attorney Banton, who prophesied failure for the experiment is believed to have been dissatisfied with the results. tem a trial that the pla the only escape from sorship.” Mr. Banton today asserted that his attitude toward ]rxrudm‘lhm which he regards as a violation of the law has never changed, and that if he is given evidence now which he regards as proving immorality within the meaning of the law, he will place the matter before a grand jury, regard | less of the verdict of a play jury. 1 MINERS FREE ON BOND. | Fourteen Accused of Injunction Violation Are Released. WHEELING, W. Va., April 25.— Fourteen members of the Ohfo and eastern Ohio miners’ organizations were released from the Ohio County jail tonight under bonds of $2,000 each. They were arrested today for alleged violation of a Federal court injunction which restrained activities of the union in this district, where a | coal strike was called recently -ank | Ledvinka, president; William Roberts, | secretary of the Eastern Ohio miners, yand William Roy. vice president of the Ohio miners, gave bond for $6,000 each, having been arrested on three