Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (D. 8. Weather Bu Partly cloudy tonight; fair, slightly warmer. Temperatures: Highest pm. vesterday; s. an Forecast.) lowest, 38, tomorrow at am 61, at 6 today 10l report on page 7 tlosing N. Y. Stucks and Bonds, Page 26 ch ¢ Foend WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as th e papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 101,726 No. 29,590. Foi'Snes *W. ond class matter ashington, D. C. WASHINGTO L WEDNESDAY. MAY 1925 —THIR 6, G300 00,0 SLASH INNEXT BUDGET IS A OF PRESIENT . Seeks to Keep Forthcoming Estimates Well Below Three-Billion Mark. $100.000.000 SURPLUS THIS YEAR IS EXPECTED $60,000,600 Reduction in Expendi- tures Seen in Retiring of Ad- ditional War Bonds. s drive for econ will re ic de expenditures substantial cut in the He hopes the reduc. great as $300,000,000 tes to be fubmit below nother Judzet = estim o the next 160,000 Congress well >resent estimates for the June 30 are for exclusive of the but including pub- ients. These have been Director Lord ton Saturday in which he carried the economy program in direct to thousands of tax Upon his return he will be drafting of the next budget srences with the President. nary estimates already have turned over to the budget by imental branches, and nal estimates are not due il _September, it has been Director d’s policy to begin the work early order to arrive at a figure h reductions can be made. e Treasury can with additional figures to probable surplus for the current vear, a surplus that now prom- ises to be about $100,000,000. It like. wise will be in a position to forecast itely the receipts that ma. budget beginning next Post require; ions already nade. urning after o tour nts hes vers S t Preli en whi T hudget he soon ply the fiscal more he vear beginning July 1. The Treasury \ready counts on a cut of about $60, 000,000 in expenditures through addi tional retirement of war bonds Will Broadcast Meeting. The question of tax reduction is in timately connected with the surplus. Unofficial estimates at the Treasury now indicate that the total volume of tax receipts may be cut by 12 per cent. The by Congress. but Secretary Melion has suggested reduction of surtaxe: and elimination of, or material reduc tion in. the rates on estate taxes. The June budget meeting to be ad- dressed by the President will provide a rather definite outline of what the administration hopes to do both as to expenses and taxation. The adminis. tion’s pronouncement probably will > conveyed to many millions of tax- payers through th emedium of a st-to-coast hook-up of radio broad- stations. RESPON;IB‘LE GUARANTEE ACCEPTABLE TO FRANCE Briand Soon to Reply to German Suggestions for Frontier Security Pact. Associated Press PARIS, May 6.—Foreign Minister sriand is putting the finishing touches s reply to Germany's suggestions ¢ a security pact. It is understood that the reply will express the will ingness of the French government to consider seriously any responsible of- fer for the guarantee of the French M. Bria reply to French nd probably will present his ext week's meeting of the cabinet before he text to the allies or forwards Berlin. tle change has been made from the general tone of the answer to the German proposal drafted by for- mer Premier Herriot, it is understood. The Briand note ask for specifications of several points suggested in the German proposal. TERRORISTS IN POLAND. Communists Are Blamed for Mur- ‘ der and Pillaging. WARSAW Poland May 6.—Ter- t activity, alleged to be organized i directed by Communists, is belng »d in Poland, m the Bialow ka Pusz rmer Russian crown forest ¥ o« murder and pillage med men who left “receip! n th pillaged houses, signed *““The A\'hite Russian Communist Party.” “'he gang killed a policeman, the head forester four others. Serious railroad accidents have oided in three different pl nd recently only by the vigilance railway workers, and the min- istry has ordered the posting of police guards and more frequent patrolling of the tracks 1. the comes by a nd of been in ACQUIT NAVAL OFFICER. Transport Commander Not Guilty of Neglect in Liquor Quiz. Associated Press NORFOLK, Va., May 6.—Comdr. D. 1"uller, commanding the naval ansport Beaufort, was acquitted of all three charges, alleging neglect of duty in onnection with the finding board his ship of 500 quarts of whisky when it docked here in February, by + court-martial at the naval base here Loday he W LOS ANGELES TAKES AIR. The dirigible Los Angeles notified e Nuvy Department that it left Mayaquez, Porto Rico, at 10:17 a'clock this morning for a flight over the Virgin Islana The dispatch said the schedule called for return to Mayaquez at 7 o'clock tonight. P 1 from | ted on from taxes in the fiscal | method will be determined | communi- | ind forest keeper and wound- | 'Houghton’s Warning Spurs Europe to Renew Peace Moves Cologne Evacuation® Dispute Regarded as First Concrete Problem Likely to Be Settled as Result of Speech. H BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago 1 LONDON, M 6.— Amba Houghton'’s Pilgrim dinner with its polite but forceful warning that the continued help of the United urope depends upon the disappearance of destructive meth- has put new life into negot tiens which have dragzed lamentably the last few months. nces of opinion between France and England over terms of [ the note to Germany regarding dis- armament and evacuation of the Cc logne area now are cleared away, and it is hoped that within a very short time this note will be handed to Ber- lin, explaining exactly where the tates for speech, | the military of Versailles meeting under treaty method of Reich defaulted clauses of the and suggesting the requirements eat Britain has insisted since the beginning of this year that the Ger. man government was entitled to a clear-cut explanation of her defaults, and how she could make good. and! thereby secure withdrawal of British ! wops from a portion of the occupled | aves Numerous objections to this course have been offered by other allies, principally France, where 1 strong | sive remained to demand complete | fulfillment of ev clause of the treaty, including several which admit- tedly’ are bevond the range of pos sibility. With Mr. Houghton’s warn (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) 1 | | | | | 54 BOATS MASSED ~ TRADE COMMISSION INRUM OFFENSIVE 13 Seaplanes Aiding Inform- ers to Get Part of Fines and Seizure Proceeds. appro- | ¥ the Assoc NEW heavil, with 13 greatest iated Press YORK, May 6. —Sixty-four armed ast Guar seaplanes as auxiliaries, dry armada in history, patrolled this section of the Atlantic | President Coolidge over the question " the second of the war | of Coast against w. today the modern pirates of Eighteen more craft steamed out of | not unlike the controve: the Clifton Bay, Staten Island. Coast | Mr. Coolidge and the Tariff Board | Guard base. to join the the offensive vesterds fleet of 25 craft had joined York fleet from Boston and { New England points. 1 that opened Barlier the New a Pay for Informers. Citizens who inform the Federal thorities of liquor smuggling activ ities leading to the con: leggers under the customs law receive > per cent of the fine posed and of the money through the sale of seized boats, | ward Barnes, assistant solicitor to the collector of the port, announced today Operations of the entire fleet u will im- 4 rum | ence. other | tion of boot- | obtained | con Ed- | Commi 0. | at are | husines CURB OPENS FIGT Conflict With President Over Powers of Nation-Wide Importance. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Another independent | establishment boats. | of the Government created by Con the | gress the Federal Trade Commission | —has come into direct conflict with jurisdiction and Executive influ- | I the latest outbreak is sies between nd the Shipping Board, where a minority insists that Congress did not intend that the President should exercise any vower directly or indirectly in guiding the affairs of these boards. The In | terstate Commerce Commission is Dpointed to as an example of how free from Executive interference a com- | mission can be principle Importance Is Nat The fundamentals oversy in the Federal Trade n are of nation-wide impor- | tance, because, after a period of sev | eral years of activity, the brakes are last being applied to what some men have regarded as med- being directed by means of code wire- | dling by the Government in business. | from Washington {the Coast ard cutter which, by refison of her | speedy, powerful engines and {less mes: and of e W to | Mr Mojave, | that he is glad Congress is not in 70 men, has been made the flagship | lof the armada. . Reserves are Mobilized. In addition a dozen more boats a being held in reserve for emergency or relief use, while 22 more have been similarly mobilized at Atlantic City Coast Guard heads still maintained secrecy concerning their movements. But it was reported that the aeri rum pursurers would be used in mak ing photographs of all the rum ga leons, in addition to doing scout worl in the detection of shore boats at- and | Coolidge has just let it be known | s sion, so that business can have a rest from legislative processes. He is therefore, deeply interested in the dis- pute, which has come to a climax at t over the true powers of the Fed al Trade Commission Urged By Rooseveit. Out of the whole thing may come | a large political issue, for it was ' Theodore Roosevelt who, in 1912 came out for a Federal trade board that would prevent unfair practice monopoly and keep a watchful | eve on business. The Democratic | platform of that same vear approved the idea and the commission was final- tempting to make their way to or ||y established under a Democratic ad eighted ships. to this port boats added | from the liquor; The Mojave returned today to convoy the 18 from the local base. Her captain re ported there had been no activity on the row last night, that the contra band iers T shore, and that the new blockade. which is the chief feature of | far bloodless w effective to date. i DRY LEADER PLEASED. | Wheeler Approves New War, in { With Coolidge. | The Coast Guard is meeting great success in its battle a the rum fleets, according to W | B. Wheeler, attorney for the Saloon League. Talk with nst vne During a conference with President | Wheeler ex- approval he Coolidge today Mr. Ipressed the hearty | found throughout the country on his | recent trip, of the activities of the | Coast Guard and of the administra- | tion’s program of co-ordinating law | enforcement activities Mr. Wheeler said afterward that Ihe is of the opinion if polities is | @ivorced from prohibition enforce- | ment and the various branches of the | Government indulge in real | work, as is planned, prohibition en- | forcement will be speeded up tre. | nuendously this year. He said he told eived no visits from | {he commission of men who were in the so | r, was 100 per cent | | | Anti- | team | !the President that the dry forces are | their efforts to get the States to do_their share of law en- | forcement New York, Maryland and | Nevada are codeless, and, therefore, {the' Federal Government must do | practically all the enforcement |these States, the dry leader | plained. EXTENDS TO GREAT LAK { renewing ex- | Coast Fight on Rum Runners Taking Wide Scope. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, May | | 6.—The Detroit fight against rum runners which has been started on the New England coast will be extended to the Great Lakes, with the Detroit territory as the center of activity. ““The department at Cleveland, from which the Detroit dry navy is oper- ated, is carefully guarding recently formulated prohibition _enforcement plans, which it is expected soon will be put into operation,” the Free Press said, basing its story on statements of Thomas E. Stone of Cleveland, tenth district prohibition director. A fleet of 10 ships now under construe- tion at Bay City is nearing comple- tion, and, according to Coast Guard authorities, will be available this Sum- mer. Another fleet is under construc- tion at Port Clinton, Ohlo. “Assignment of vessels on the Great Lakes thus far includes Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, Niagara, Charlotte, Sacketts Harbor and Oswego. The revenue cutters the Morrell, with headquarters at Detroit, and the Tus- carora, with headquarters at Milwau- kee, also will be engaged in the pro- posed rum drive, it was said. The Tuscarora mow is en route to Balti- more shipyards, where it will be re- conditioned for the servige,” ; in | Free Press last night said that the| | of a building in which they were fight- ministration. When the Republicans came into power in 1920 it was de- | cided to shear the commission of as many powers as possible by making | them dead letters. This was to be accomplished by the appointment to sympathy min; with the Republican ad SIX FIREMEN DEAD IN ATLANTA BLAZE Floor Falls, Sending Ava- lanche of Cotton Bales on Fighters. | [ | | | 6.—Six city | firemen were killed and four injured | By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga.. May here early today when the upper floo: ing fire collapsed, the men being buried beneath bales of cotton that had been stored on the second floor. Police believed at least three more bodies were in the ruins. The fire damage was confined to the one building and a nearby structure, The entire city fire-fighting apparatus was called and extra police placed around the area to keep back the crowds. The burned building was the prop- erty of the firm of Harrison & Tyler. Cotton was stored on the second floor and miscellaneous articles on the first. The firemen were fighting the flames from the ground floor when the upper floor and the front wall of the building collapsed, burying them underneath. Rescue Efforts Futile. Police and citizen volunteers were unable to rescue.the entr. before they perished. . Pped men The building was a two-story brick structure, used for cotton storage. The firemen were fighting the biage from the ground floor when the roof and upper floor fell in, sending them | beneath an avalanche of cotton bales. Capt. C. O. Bone, Lieut. R. L. Dennard, Firemen F. ¥. Wilson, L. M. Smith, E. S. Konkle and C. C. King were killed. Assistant Fire Chiefs Joe Anderson and R. H. Pres. ley and Firemen W. T. Holt and Berry Johnson were injured. The fire was confined to the one building. When the upper floor collapsed, calls were sent for help and the entire city fire fighting apparatus responded. It was necessary to dig in the debris to re. cover the dead and injured and it was some time after the fire was out before all of the missing firemen had been accounted for. About 150 bales stored in the Luildi nf cotton were | rectly | larged i severe criticism | forc | the delegate from Abys: 'BORAH STATEMENT ON FORGE AROUSES ARMS SALE PARLEY Idaho Senator’s Observa- tions on French War Debt Causes Comment. BURTON ON CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE Receives Highest Number of Votes for Body—France Paves Way for German. By the Associated Press GENEVA, May 6.—A printed by Geneva newspap ing Senator Rorah of Idaho as h: declared that only force remained to be employed if France fails to take steps to pay her war debts was one of the chief to of conversation today among the delegates to the con ference for the control of traffic in arms. The statement attributed to Senator Borah caused so wwuch com ment that it is understood an effort will be made to determine officially whether the ldaho Senator w quoted here. France made iermany at the of the statement s quot ving cor friendly opening a gesture to of today’s when M session conference, | Paul Bongour moved that the steering »mmittee of the conference he en from seven to nine members 11 sections of the world might ented, particularly non-mem bers of the League of Nations. Ger many, chiefly a result of th motion. now is represented on the | committee. Representative Theodore I3 r | ton. head of the American delegation. ! received the highest | for numbe a place on the committee. Henrich von Eckhardt was the Ger man member chosen. of votes Convention Criticized. Wher side day the conference began its con ration of the draft convention to- the document was subjected to by M. Dendramis of proposed convention would powers in a worse s ent. He said that the sus tion would react against League of tions principle, for 1 countries would inevitably be d to manufacture their own arms, thus increasing the world's suppl He said his country was prepared to sign a just convention for the controi of arms traffic Gen. Casimir Sosnowski of the Po- lish delegation expressed his keen re gret that Soviet Russia was not rep- resented at the arms conference, and said that Poland would necessarily have to take into consideration the Soviet refusal to rticipate. Brazil Wants Equality. the Gre that the put minor than at pre gested regul the si Br: ing equality between countries which manufacture arms and those that do not. The idea of dependence, the Brazilian spokesman_explained, must be eliminated, for Brazil could not dhere to a system that would oblige 1 non-producing cou to apply of- ficially to producing government for the weapons nec ary for se- curity. “The fundamental League of Nations is the equality of all states, and this must be safe- upllrtlvtl for it is the very security of countries which do not manufac. ture arms that is at st declared nia, an Eth opian general clad in flowing black robes. fr. Burton departed vesterday from (Cont & olumn 4.) EIGHT ARE KILLED IN BLASTED HOMES Blackhand Bomb Theory Probe Is on in Pittsburgh Tragedy. Bs the Associated Press PITTSBURGH, May 6.—Firemen, searching the ruins of three Swiss- vale buildings, destroyed by an ex plosion shortly after midnight, re- covered two additional bodies shortly before noon today, making the total death list eight. Thrge men and their wives, a fourth woman and a child were listed as dead by the police. Carl Baldus and his wife and Richard, 6, a son, were among the dead. Helen, 10, a daugh- ter, was in a hospital suffering from @ broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Keglar, Mr. and Mrs. Clement Jeremias and Marie Kohlte were also listed as dead. A number of persons were injured |and two children taken to hospitals were believed to have been fatall; hurt. Several adjoining buildings were damaged before the fire was brought under control. Two Explosions. Fire Marshal Thomas L. Pfarr ex- pressed the opinion that the blast had been caused by a bomb. Eye wit- nesses told police there were two ex- plosions in quick succession in the fruit store of Thomas Pusatera fol- lowed by a sheet of flame and the col- lapse of the walls of an adjoining bullding. Police were investigating a report that Pusatera had received threatening letters from a ‘“black- hand” society. They were unable 75 locate the man, who was reported to be absent from the city. Dr. L. H. Smith of Wilkinsburg, a nearby suburb, was aroused by the blast.. Jumping into an automobile he drove to the scene and upon arriv- ing found the two children lying in the street unconscious. One was iden- tified as Helen Baldus. The name of the other was not known. Both were taken to a hospital. Tony Rocco drove his automobile close to one of the burning buildings and four persons jumped to the top of the car from a second-story window. One suffered a broken leg, uation | zil wants a convention establish- | principle of the | 'Y-EIGHT PAGE TWO CENTS. L SHIVER i ’MY : = TIMBERS © | | i i | | 4 | THE RACESSUERENDS QUNQUENNIAL HERE Segregation of Seats for Col- | ored Starts Fight—White House Lunch in Discord. | Two issues, colored segregation and White House tea invitations for Amer. ican patrons, disrupted the peace of the International Council of W holding its quinquennial convention at the Washington Auditorium The first, which was started when 00 colored jubilee refused to nger: h | ppear in the American music festival t night because they alleged there had been discrimination against mem bers of their race in the distribution of seats, received new impetus at an indignation meeting of the American Federation of Colored Women in their clubhouse, at 1115 Rhode Island ave- nue. The White House tea controversy came into the limelight this afternoon when a last-minute check-up of in vitations to the tea this afternoon showed it was impossible to extend them to all the American patrons of the quinquennial. As the result, in- men. | SHADE | | vitations were issued to foreign dele- zates, it may be possible to give one single patron from each State. It is understood that a committee of Amer ican women visited the White House !in protest over this arrangement and as @ result it was announced that President and Mrs. Coolidge extended « special invitation to all the American women attending the convention to a reception tomorrow afternoon. The American patrons are those who con- tributed $100 or more to the expenses of the guinquennial The American Federation of Col ored Women, which claims to repre- sent 12,000,000 colored women, not only supported the stand of the jubilee singers Jast night but voted to ban |their scheduled appearance at the Howard Theater this afternoon. an- nounced by Hallie Q. Brown of Wilber- force University, wo had arranged for an entertainment for the benefit of foreign delegates. Patrons Left Out. The White House tea issue threat- ens to create even greater discord. | There are now in Washington 103 women from the various States who { have contributed $100 or more to the {expenses of the quinquennial. The | supply of cards to, the White House | tea given by President and Mrs. Cool- |idge was found to be insufiicient to | provide for all the women in at- j tendance, | “It_was absolutely provide for the foreign delegates,” sald Mrs. Swiggert. “We also have | provided tickets for the State chair- men. But if we must leave out a | single one of these patrons we must |leave out all. “I understand that some of the pa- trons are very angry. In fact, I Ihave been told that some of them have threatened to leave town. This is very different from the attitude of the 20 American women who are ac- {tual delegates and altenates to the | quingennial. These women are en- {titled to tickets, but have refused |them in order to have them go as | far as possible among our guests. See Added Insult. “We consider an appearance at the Howard Theater as segregation just as much as a separate block of seats in the Auditorium,” said Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, first president of the American _ Federation and member of the District of Columbia School Board. “If these negro singers appear in any manner before the quin- quennial, it will be expressly against our orders and in deliberate rebellion.” “It is hard to imagine a greater insult to the colored people of the world,” said Mrs. Mary McLeod Berthune, national president of the |organization. “It was a disgrace to the United States in the presence of | these women from all over the world. It was a deliberate violation of the constitution of the International Council. That organization is based |upon absolute racial and religious tolerance. That is the ideal which, I presume, the majority of its members all over the world are working for. ‘We have not heard the last of this. The foreign delegates, to whom American segregation of colored people is a strange, incomprehensible thing, are very angry over it. Have Paid Dues. “The American Federation of Colored Women will not withdraw from the International Council. We have paid our dues. We have com- plied with all the requirements. Our fight is not with the council. This {(Continued on Page 3, Column 3) Radio Programs—Page 25, necessary to former | American State chairmen, and | to a; { | | | | 1 | / la e e Scientists | Jersey OF JOHN PAUL Seek City of the Jinns In Depths of Sea By Cable - and ¢ PARIS, M Dispatches from Tunis announce that archeologists which are accompanying Sir Deni son director of the Oriental School of Archeology, hope to dis cover the ruins of the city refe, 10 in Arab folk songs as the resi dence of Jinns, Sirens and other evil geniuses An Arab sponge fisherman re turned to Tunis with a very rare antique vase, and his story had it that when diving for sponges near the Island of Djerba he perceived the ruins of an ancient city. Arche ologists, who at first were skeptical of the yarns of the fisherman, de cided o take a trip to the island, and they returned to Tunis Tues day and reported that they were about to make an archeological dis covery of the highest importance. They perceived through the wa- ters, which were very clear, traces of streets and vestiges of ancient monuments. An expedition is be- ing organized now for the very dif ficult work. Not only will divers be used, but also alrplanes, since from great heights one can see far under the sea, A (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co. TETRAETHYL LEAD DANGERS ARE TOLD Specialist Who Treated Men Poisoned by It Would Bar Its Use. icago Daily News ed Manufacture of “‘ethyl gasoline” for commercial use should be permanently abandoned as a result of the deadly effect tetraethyl lead, its “kick” pro- ducing ingredient, has had upon large numbers of persons who handled it, Dr Charles L. Dana, widely known nerve specialist, told the American Neurological Association which is meeting here today in conjunction with the Congress of American Phy- sicians and Surgeons. Although no evidence has vet been produced to show that the new gaso- line has stricken service station and garage employes, Dr. Dana pointed out that it has not been on the market for a great length of time and declared that the automotive industry should find a substitute for tetraethyl lead which would have the same effect on gasoline engines and yet not offer such deadly possibilities to human beings. Tells of Deaths. Dr. Dana was called in to attend most of the cases of tetraethyl poi-| that occurred in the New laboratories where the ma- terial was being manufactured last Fall. About 40 persons were made dangerously ill by the fluid, he said, soining and none of these has vet recovered, | although he believes that the ma- jority will eventually be restored to complete physical and mental health. Fifteen died in a state of delirious frenzy. The speaker declared that the poi- son attacks not only those who in- hale it or get it into their mouths, but even those whose skin comes in = JONES! ANNAPOLIS TO HAVE | | ful Surprise to Service Backers. t avy Naval aviati st tivities of the ernoon was placed w the have existed Secretar the courses vesterday n an equal footing that arms of the sea se since its organization Wilbur issued orde; establishment avia at the United States demy. and specified that cafter will be trained as airplane pilots and observers before going out into the | Announcement of the order came as a distinct surprise to the Bureau of Aeronautics, which charged with the duty of establishing the course and training the midshipmen Nothing since the organization the bureau has created such com ment and the entire personnel of naval av in Washington today were jubilant beyvond bounds. directing on Naval Ac is Air Service Pleased. In the Army Air Service same feeiing existed and throughout the office of the chief of the Air Service the aviators made no pretext to conceal their rejoicing. Everywhere the sentin was ex pressed that it was the greatest vic. tory aviation has yet achieved nd the Navy was lauded for making the | farthest stride in the history of American aeronautics. Speaking for his bureau. Rear Admiral William A. Moffett declared “I think it is one of the finest things that has ever happened in the Nav It will make aviation an integral part of the service and will zive every body a working knowledge of the subject. It is proof of the importance and value the Navy Department has placed in aviation.” The Navy's action follows mendations of a special board {ed at the request of the P late last yvear to study the values of battleships and among the various naval The board began its work soon after inception of the controversy over the superiority of the airplane or the bat- tleship, but some time before Col William Mitchell, former assistant chief of the Army Air Service, began his fight for a unified air department. In issuing the order, Secretary Wil bur said aviation and its development |must be “kept close to the depart- ment."”" Scheme to Be Rushed. No time was lost today in making ‘xll‘epflruliflns for the task of training |the midshipmen. Lieut. Benjamin R. Holcombe of the bureau was ordered to report to Admiral L. M. Nulton, superintendent of the Naval Academy, Monday, and work out the entire scheme of operation. The first move will be to take one- half of the 300 midshipmen who are to leave on their final cruise in June and give them a thorough ground training during the Summer. Those who spend the next three or four months at sea will be brought back and trained at the ground school with 150 more midshipmen next year. Five or six instructors will be sent to An- napolis to handle the first ground hool cla and later planes for actual fiying will be sent to the Aca/.m; The question of practical flyin‘ train ing will have to be worked cat later. t00. the recom- ppoint- sident relative aircraft weapons. “(Continued on Page 2, Columa 4.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) “Taps” Sounds as Noted Garden Passes; Saw Victory, Defeat, Joy and Death% By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 6.—Madison Square Garden, for three decades the scene of big sporting events and public assembiage, has sung it= swan song. A turbulent throng of 11,000 last night watched Sid Terris, youthful New York lightweight, outpoint the veteran Johnny Dun- dee in the building's farewell ath- letic event. The statue of Diana atop the Garden tower will be lowered to- day as wreckers begin to tear down the structure to make way for an office building. A new Madison Square Garden will be built by Tex Rickard several score blocks from Madison Square. There was a roar of disapproval against the decision for Terris, as Dundee's plucky stand won him the favor of the audience. Fight fans left the famous old building as a parting ‘“taps” was played by a veteran Army sergeant. The Garden treated New York to many a thrill. Among the knights of the roped square who traded punches under its roof were Sullivan, Fitzsimmons, Gans, Cor- bett, Mitchell, Sharkey, Jeannette, Donovan, Dixon, Langford, Cross and Atteil, as well as the later-day crop of Leonard, Britton, Wills, Dempsey, Firpo, Walker, Jackson and Dundee. The songs of Patti had echoed from its walls, and into its distant corridors had rung the speeches of ‘Willlam Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. Here were given annually for years the horseshow, the circus and the six-day bicycle race. It was in the Garden that Stanford White, its architect, was shot and killed by Harry K. Thaw. It was in the Garden that the Democratic convention broke the record for deadlocks and Alabama and its votes for Underwood became fa- mous. of BALL WOULD UNITE U.S.EMPLOYES T0 iDeclares Financing of Or- | ganization of Kind Would Not Be Difficult. |WOULD TAKE HOUSING i FROM HANDS OF OTHERS Lays Proposal Before President Thinks It Only Solution of Problem. 1 | | proper e © houst Se n em Rent Commission situation Was} Ball of Delaw | of the District v Senato; with t of the builde operator i ato, 1 war Ball Preside De who t Artme build ort at S 1d be ne gregation with some. He | ernment here, through provided them W at this time, he had infc it would amount e Cites Earnings of Workers | Disct tion of { Ball cited trict today employe: | less than than 23, less than $1,500 These people, he said. cannot aff to pay the high rents demand at the same time to live u factory cond necessary efficient workers of th “I have frequently b T am taking an intere: roblem in Washington a atorial term has expired, ator Ball today ““There reply to that inqu —my the future of the ci i believe ever moral responsibility ditions of its employes. States Government is the big, ness in the world. The sponsibility becomes gre: of any private corporatic Unless employes are fairly able and not continually living expenses they in their work For the living conditions employes must be fairly the a.h iilding the fact tt there are of the Government receivins 2,100 a year and that 1 00 of these employes receive v ir terest business * the living cc troubled ¢ Government satisfacte Suggests Rent Budget I do not believe it the employes to quarter of thei out its beco: them “We have living in Columbia nearly 4 the Government $2,100 a year. More than one-half this num Ler receive less than $1,500 a year “For proper living conditions it be necessary for these employes priced apartments 1 have been formed by and owners ir | Washington that under present cond | tions it is impossible to build apart | ments that can rent for less than $45 | & month a »m with bath 1 “The t of building in Washing ton, or rather the prices asked T | buildings recently constructed. | unreasonably high. There is | great a spread between what shot | be the cost of that building and the | selling price, and all rentals in city are fixed on the values placed b the owners or builders and owners | Sees No Other Soluti | “The solution of the problem ‘HS 1 am able to determine at this tir is either through a finance corp | tion or a building and loan assoc tion that would be willing to finance | the erection of a number of apa: | ment houses and moderate sized dwell | ings in outlying parts of the city Government employes. “If this were done, these employes | would at least be able to get rentals at real cost. | *“As the government emploves { vitally interested in the solutior the problem, an organization effected | by them and assisted by a properly financed separate organization 4o seems the most feasible plan. 1If this organization of the employes should | be effected, then every effort will be | made to assist it in carrying out t plan outlined. Senator Ball made it clear lever, that the success of any undertaking would depend upon |interest manifested in it by the ployes themselves. He laid stress on the fact that it is the lower paid Government employes that constitute the real problem in Washington along with the people in private em- |ployment at small salaries and wages He does not look for a general in | crease in rents in the District. He i maintains that the rents now charged for moderate-sized and modest apart- ments and homes are too high for the | Government employes to meet. | Will Confer With Coolidge. Before the expiration of the life of the Rent Commission Senator Ball hopes to whip his proposal intc definite' shape. He will hold further conference with both the President and Secretary Hoover It is expected that “(Continued on ble han one for rent with hardship upon m, salarie: ing a the District of employes less than receiving of how " the Column