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WEATHER. (U. §. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow: moderate to fresh’ north- erly winds. Temperatures: Highest, 85, at noon today: lowest, 60, at 6 a.m. today. Fuli report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 26 b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered us second class matter 920 702, 29,702, post office, Washington. D. C WASHINGTO PAYING TOCAPACITY 0.K. IN PARIS; ITALY! SEEKS EASY TERMS Coolidge Debt Declaration Held Fair and Just by French Authorities. ment Must Depend on By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 26.—The B ish chancellor of the exchequer, Winston Churchill, and the French finance minister, M. Caillaux, reached an agreement today in principle on the funding of the French debt to Great Britain. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 26.—Alanson B. Houghton, the American Ambassador, nference at the foreign offic v with the British foreign secre- Austen Chamberlain. Their meet- 1sed much speculation and Reu s: believed the conversation in cluded the debt negotiations now in progress, the security pact and the po- sition in China.” British offi circles are silent in | regard to the nature of the conver { tion, and in American official quarter: similar reticence is observed, ROME WANTS AGREEMENT BETTER THAN BELGIUM’S Post-War Difficulties in Italy to Be Stressed by Envoy in Negotiations. [ nce's war debt to Great Britair that the Anglo-French conver: could not reach a definite conclu | rench negotiators on the question of | D. C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. ¢ Foening TRI-PARTITE DEBT SETTLEMENT 1INCLUDING U. S. URGED IN LONDON | |Houghton Reported to Favor Plan Credited to Cail- laux in Negotiations With Churchill-—Any Settle- This Country, Is View. slon until the French debt commission visits Washington anc learns what the United States expects in the way of ‘ment of France's debt to America. 'he British cahinet was summoned this afternoon to learn from Chancel- lor Churchill the progress of his con- versations with M. Caillaux. The chancellor may ask his col- leagues for advice to govern him in his talk with M. Cafllaux this evening, but it seems unlikely that the British re prepared to make any more con- sions, even to save the meeting from failure. During the cabinet session at No. 10 Downing street a well dressed man sauntered into the street and, when |oppesite the house, produced two half |bricks from his pocket and hurled them through a window. He was ar- | restea. i The mecting at luncheon vesterday between Ambassador Houghton and | M. Caillaux regarded as an incident of the highest importance in the | neg ions over the debt of France | to Great Britain. The Ambassador Mr. Churchill and | iste Tolitical writers tod: that there can be ne settlement without the pa (Continued on F entertained the French Dboth Min- say in effect Anzlo-French icipation of Column 4.) on League Entry and Treaty Execution. By the Associated Pross. PARIS, August 26.—The French in Br the Assceiated Press | though it ed that the Amba French | dor did not discuss the question of office appears to be in en ment with President Coolid The general impression this after- o noon among persons close to Winston i mopL0n W | Churchill and M. Caillaux, British and inciple of capacity for payment as | uropean debtors. | was Wi the first quick reaction |tions to unofficial accounts of the Presi-| dent’s point of view. press dispatches received here. ! It is pointed out here that Fmanrei Minister Caillaux’s discussions with | the British chancellor of the ex-| | official but competent quarters, isi making no question of the sums due, | nor of France's desire to pay, but only | of what installments she is able to ica. 1 Hypothetical Case Cite | The French treasury in its calcula: tions of revenue unites the two ques- | to find the equivalent of $100,000.000 | more than now to apply on her debts | abroad, the treasury holds, the Enlh’e‘ amount could not in equi £o to one i tion suggests that Germany open nego- portionately. o expected to re.|tlations for a security pact based on o Callaux s ot e or the | membership In the League of Nations cabinet council set for tomorrow: execution of the treaty of Ver- ably not consider the composition of!| While convinced an agreement is the French debt commission to the possible, the French emphasized that United States, as had been expected. | the treaty of Versalilles must not be Foreign Minister Briand has returned | (i pared with. WANTS EASY TERMS. League of Nations is the only solid | basis for mutual guarantee and a Eu- | ropean accord,” the notes say: A Havas agenoy dispatch says that in Negotiati 4 e {ton, the American Ambassador to ROME, August 26 UP.—Although |Great Britain, when he called at the the reports recelved here of Presi-| g itie, Bl " Tohaon oduy, hand: dent Coolidge's statement regarding |oq pusten Chamberlain, British foreign extremely meager, enough of his gen- | prance’s ‘answer to Germany on the eral viewpoint hat reached Italian of- | propgied security pact. ficialdom to create an impression. el This first impression is.favorable, in | Caillaux Asked to Parley. LONDON, August 26 (P).—After a PARIS, August The o nd just rule to apply to Amer-| oy as outlined in | chequer in London turned almost ex- | T clusively upon France's capacity tol pay. M. Caillaux, it is declared in un- | ‘ transmit yearly to England and Amer- | tions. If, for example, France is able | 3 | note to Berlin on the security ques- creditor, but should be divided pro- hence the meeting, if held, will prob. | sallles. tion in southern France.| “..The entrance of Germany into the Italy to Stress Post-War Difficulties |it is believed that Alanson B. Hough- the Belgian debt settlement still are | acretary, a communication regarding that authoritative Ttalians see in it | an opportunity to seek even he.nerfcon\'ermlion this afternoon with Alan- terms than were accorded Belgium. | SOMVEFSIHON L0 Al e n Am. In this sense they are ulad of the |y, qqor, Austen Chamberlain, British President’s opinion that the Belgian | foreign secretary telephones Joseph settlement does not set a precedent | cyijayx, French finance minister, and for the refunding agreements still to |, req him to call at the foreign office, be worked out with France and “8'3"~ | where the two ministers had a con- If the details of the Pre:‘ldenls\&re"ce. statement develop any hint that the | terms to be granted Italy will be| heavier than those for Belgium, then | the Italian attitude is likely to be-‘ come muore reserved | Loath to Express Opinion. i VON HOETZENDORF, Loait 10 Express onnien. . WAR LEADER, DEAD press, but it _has been made clear all | Baron Was Field Marshal and along that Italy expects to pa_\'l!g her full capacity in conformity wit Commnded Aantoan Troop: in World Conflict. an equitable appraisal of both her | moral and human contributions to the | common cause and her present and{ future economic powers. | When all the phases of her na | By the Associated Press tional problems are given due consid-| "G o A yzust 26.—Field Marshal O |chief of staff of the Austrian armies udging her capacity to pay. | . t a T Was to amass arguments in proof |In the World War, and later com- that this capacity was low that Am- |mander-in-chief on the Italian front, bassador De Martino returned from |died today at Mergentheim, in Wurt- Washington for his extensive confer- temperg, German: ences with the Rome government. | the, Justnens of_the aebi Tialy wii | Franz Conrad von Hoetzendort, born instruct Signor De Martino to assume ;in Penzing, i;_fuhurh ?",,,} “}'";.“.;ff'\;’,' a tractable attitude when he returns |Vember 11, 1§52, was chief of s{aff of 10 the United States, the Itallan gov- \thg Aufi:.rmn Iarmée;fl\\;:en oy.rxl-.& “iov.rl’ie ernment, according to those in a posi- | War began. '1In the Trat monff of the tion to know, will expect him to make |War he commanded jbe AuStrich he utmost of Italy's post-war difficul- |forces on the Russlan front, but los oot A |prestige_owing to the Russian vic: " will E i {tories. 1In 1915 he was credited wit AyatRBxpiain Mandicaps: | miving planned the strategic prepara- He will emphasize her lack of |{jons for the Austro-German attack, natural resources and raw materials, | which swept (%ilicia virtually clear of her contribution In man power to the | FaIEY SHINE SO CE 1l was promoted allied cause in the World War, and |go® GeSTa0 "0 e Tamborg in that her_overpopulation, with emigration |earpaign. When Italy entered the to_the United States restricted. leonfilct he was given command of It is understiod that he will be [Qubtrin's forces on the Italian front. further instructed to make lucid com- | fa gerved on that front until July, parisons between Italy’s situation in |ja]g. when successive failures led to some of these respects with those of |nig replacement by Field Marchal von France and Belgium. o The feeling here is that Italy has | points in her favor which should more than offset any sentimental feeling that might prevail in favor of Belgium FRENCH MAY DELAY LOAN. and France, as the nations which bore | ——— the brunt of the German invasion. | caijjaux Planning Prolong STUDY IS DELAYED. Period of Gold Issue. PARIS, August 26 (P).—Excelsior says that finance Minister Caillaux is likely to prolong the period of issue of the new gold loan until the end of September, partially on account of the strike of bank employes, which has hampered the sale, but more on account of subscriptions from the country, which in a large measure to i ment Takes Up Debts After Christmas. Belgian Pa Belgium, August 26 (P).—Parliament’s discussion of the Belgo-American debt cord, recently reached in Washington, now is set for after the Christmas vacation, al- though the agreement will be laid be- = ek | depended on the harvest returns. fore the November session of the | ““FNC"(pinet will decide at Thurs- Chamber of Deputles. . | day’s meeting whether the extension The newspapers are alming consid- | gpa)) be put into effect. Under the erable criticism at the Belglan official | original program the subscription note concerninz the outcome of the | pocks were to close September 5. Suggests Negotiations Based | D.C. CUARD PROBES Officers Seek to Learn if Or- der Against Klan Demon- stration Was Ignored. BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY, Staft Correspondent of The Star. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., August 26.—The wheels of military investiga- tion started turning early today to fix the responsibility for the burning of a fiery cross on private property just acro: the border line of the camp last night and to determine whether the act was a direct violation of the verbal orders passed through the 121st Regiment of Engineers last week against the staging of any such demonstration by the Ku Klux Klan. Following a report to him some time after midnight that a cross was burned, Col. John W. Oehmann, com- manding the regiment, issued. instruc- tiens to Lieut. Col. Harry E. Glad- man, executive officer, to institute mn |hl\nlndhlte and thorough investigation and to make a prompt report. Permission Is Necessary. ctions Col. Oehmann _informed aper men that he would have no n to a demonstration by the members of the Klan, but they must obtain permission. He recognized the right of this order to hold meetings in the same manner that other {raternal orders hold meetings, he said. Pitch darkness, accentuated by low- over the area, wiping the District Na- tional Guard camp and its khaki-clad ters, but about a guarter of a mile great tongue of flame that swept sk: ward, shooting out horizontally in two directions, its burning rays announc- ing to the camp that the Klan was signaling to its members. In its flaming light were reflected the shadows of moving figures with left arms upraised in Klan greeting, their bodies covered in white, which investigation showed were mnot the formal robes of the order, but those improvised from nettings used over the cots of troops to protect them from the onslaught of mosquitos, ac- cording to eyewitnesses of the dis- play. Spectators had no doubt that they were troops, because of their hobnailed shoes and khaki wrapped leggings of enlisted men, showing he- neath the folds of white. The guard on the boundary post sounded the alarm a few seconds after the first tongue of flame leaped skyward, and Regimental Sergt. Maj. Coffman rush- ed for the scene. Klan outer guards apparently gave the alarm, for the figures went scampering for the fields and woods. Cross on Private Property. Observers, however, said that the cross was_ brought up the road by troops and the klan ritual started when it was interrupted by the rush of men from regimental headquarters, who, when they saw there was no one around and that the cross was on private property took no further steps. It was more than an hour and a half before the last burning ember died away. Still_chafiing under the efforts of prohibition authorities to stamp the District engineer troops as a bootleg agency. members of the command. proud of their record and shouldering the full responsibility of their caths, have worked incessantly to ferret out in the guard as spies at this camp. Suspicion has pointed to one man of the regiment, now recognized as an agent and stool pigeon of Washing- ton’s former vice squad, and a man who made many of its cases for it. Since the discovery he has found hard living, troops threatening violence if he appeared in any of their quarters. It has been noticeable to the troops that the suspect has failed to perform which he has been assigned, but has been quite active in snooping around all the company streets and mess (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Washington nesotlations, _declaring | the terms of the communique too optimistic. THIRTY HURT IN CRASH. Trolley and City Ash Truck Collide in New York. NEW YORK, August 26 (P).— Thirty passengers were injured in a collision today at 109th street and Third avenue between a trolley and a heavily loaded city ash truck. The im- pact derailed the car, shattering win- " dows and creating a panic among the passengers, including many women. Seven passengers were taken to hos- pitals but only two remained there for further treatment, By the Associated Press. VICTORIA, British Columbia, August 26.—'"The roof leaks—good- byer Thus ended a note found yester- day with the badly decomposed bodies of Peter Ackerman and George Willlams, trappers, who went more than a year ago into the wilds of northern British Columbia in quest of fur-bearing animals. They found them, and obtained P v “The Roof Leaks—Good-Bye,” Says Note Left by Dying Trappers With $2,000 Furs the furs and cached them. Then in a little hut they were overcome by sickness and the note of fare- well was written to tell an only son of Willlams, residing in Edmonton, where the furs, valued at $2,000, - might be found. The cabin in which the bodies were discovered was littered with furs whiéh the trappers had failed to hide. They had been scattered all about the room by wild animals which had entered the hut through the open doorway, BURNING OF CROSS Following the issuance of these in- | hanging rain clouds, had just settled | inhabitants from view, when, directly | in line with the regimental headquar- | distant, there shot from the ground a| the agents alleged to have been placed | regular duty with the organization to | DISTRICT TONEED 645,300 T0 WIDEN (2 MAINHIGHWAYS Property Owners Must Pay Virtually Half of Sum if Plans Carry. M. & M. ASKS MEMBERS TO APPROVE PROPOSALS Connecticut Avenue Improvement, Largest Single Item, Will Cost $110,000. i | Wideninz of 12 of the main thor | | oughfares of Washington located in | the downtown section of the city will | cost approximately $645,900, under es | timates already made by the Engineer Department, submitted today to En gineer Commissioner Bell for consid- | eration. The program of street widen- | ing, if all the items suggested are ap- proved by the Commissioners, will | cost the abutting property owners ap- proximately half this sum, less the cost of widening streets on which | Government-owned buildings are lo- | cated. | The street widening proposals, | grouped into 14 separate projects though they invelve but 12 thorouzh will be considered by the Com- | | missioners at a public hearing at the | | rict building at 10 o'clock, Thurs- | ! 2 September While Commissioner Bell had be- | fore him figures indicating a cout of street widening of nearly $650.000, the Merchants and Manufacturer Asso- ciation, many of whose membership | conduct places of business along the thoroughfares affected in the plan, announced its support of the project and urged those of its members af | fected to attend the public “It is an axiom of good business that | | wide streets and reasonably narrow | j sidewalks are best for business,” an | announcement by the association’ said. | Project to Cost $110,000. | || Most expensive of the street widen- | ing projects for which estimates | were made today is the one involving | widening of Connecticut avenue from | K hearing. | to Dupont Circle. This is one of | the most pretentlous street widening | projects ever undertaken in Washing- ton; will cost $110,000 and will involve | the’ construction of two 20-foot road. | ways where the sidewalk is now lo- cated between the trees along the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) BIG LINER, AGROUND, ASKS AID BY RADIO | World Tour Steamer Hits Shoal Off Nantucket—Is Reported in | No Danger. ; By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 26.—The Dollar Line steamship President Garfield was | aground on Half Moon Shoal off the Island of Nantucket today, radio dis- patches to Coast Guard headquarters | here stated. The Coast Guard cutter Acushnet was proceeding from Woods | Hole to her assistance. { The steamer, which was being navi-| |gated by a coastwise pilot, ran {aground In the fog at daybreak, offi-| cials in the line's Boston office said.| She sailed from Boston for New York | last night with 70 passengers aboard. | | The liner, officials said, is in no im-| | mediate danger and it is expected that { she will get off the shoal at high water | this afternoon. | Among those on board the grounded {vessel is Capt. Robert Dollar. the! | president of the Dollar Line Steam- | ship Co. The other passengers are | {all New Yorkers, most of whom will end a three-month world cruise when the liner docks in New York. The President Garfield. a 21,000-ton vessel, built in 1920 in Philadelphia, carries a crew of 95 officers and men. | The sea off Half Moon Shoal this| morning was smooth, Coast Guard |authorities said and weather condi- tions also were ideal for floating the liner. |GALE UPSETS STEEPLE, FALLING DEBRIS KILLS 3| Hungarian Storm Wrecks 500 Bath Houses—Bathers Lose Their Clothing. By the Associated Press. SZABADKA, Hungary, August 26. —Three persons were killed today when a storm blew down a church tower here. Six men who were boat- | ing are missing. Hundreds of bathers were compelled to return home in their swimming cos- | tumes after the storm had wrecked | 509 bathing cabins on the water front. Szabadka, also known as Maria- Theresiopel, is an important town of southern Hungary, with a population of 82,000 TWO EIE IN DOCK RIOT. ‘Workers Shot Besieging Police Sta- tion in Shanghai—4 Hurt. SHANGHAI August 26 (®.—Two persons were killed when Chinese po- lice today fired into a crowd of dock- yard workers besieging the police sta- tion and demanding the release of four arrested workmen. Four be- slegers were wounded. The workmen held by the police had been arrested for assaulting a coolie. The crowd which gathered about, the police station numbered about 1,300. The first efforts of the police to disperse the gathering were greeted with cries of derision. Shots fired Into the/air failed to intimidate the dock workers, whereupon the po- !lice turned thefr guns against the ron’ ranks. Seeing their comrades all, the remainder of the demon- strants fled. Radio Progfnms—l_’age 22, | caped. ito THE 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 the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 92,409 P Means Asscciated Pross. TWO CENTS. LAN'SAKES, IF { CouLD Jus,TTG§T T'oTHI O‘iw«sux_ BADLY BUNKERED GOLFERETTE. TONG BULLETS FIN Chinese Restaurant Keeper Is Shot Five Times—Nine Cities Now Involved. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md. August 26.— | Loute Kwong, proprietor of a Chinese staurant in Druid Hill avenue, was shot and fatally wounded by two un identified Chinese today. Kwong died jen route to Maryland General Hospi- tal. His assailants escaped. Five bullets had entered Kwong's body. Six Chinese, including George Chan, proprietor of a laundry next door to Kwong's restaurant, are under arrest. Police were unable to say whether Kwong had been 2 member of the On Leong or Hip Sing tong, and declined to divulge what had been learned from three Chinese, reported tong leaders, who were closeted with Police Capt. Charles Lastner. ape in Auto. Two negro patrons were in_the restaurant when Kwong's believed as- sassins entered. They told of two Chi- | nese who held a prolonged parley with Kwong and Charlie Lee, the restau- rant cook. They left before the con- ference was ended, but the shots rang out as they reached the street. The two Chinese visitors ran out of the | door, the witnesses said, leaped into a sedan at the curb and fled. Police of the western district seized a sedan which they believed to have been that in which the slayers es. It was registered in the name of San Lee, who is among the prison- ers. Police also were trying to deci- pher scrawled chalk markings over the door of Kwong's restaurant. EIGHT CITIES ON GUARD. Deportation Likely ‘as Move to Halt War of Tongs. ‘ NEW YORK, August 26 (#).—Wide- spread precautions were being taken | today by police in nearly every large city of the East and Middle West in an’attempt to cut short a new Chinese tong war which four Chinese have been killed and three wounded in the last 24 hours. Extra detalls of police guarded the Chinatowns of cight cities. More than 100 Chilese have been arrested, some being held in connection with the murders and others on suspicion. The death toll score seems to stand four to nothing in favor of the Hip Sing Tongmen. Police here learned that 75 telegrams to this effect were sent out from New York and Boston Chinese leaders all over the country. On Leong Tongmen have | been murdered in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh, one in each city while a former Hip Sing king in Chinatown in St. Louis has been wounded. Deportations Threatened. Seventy-five Chinese were rounded up in Philadelphia on orders from Gen. | Butler, 15 being detained for further investigation. After telephone conver- i sations with Washington immigration authorities, Gen. Butler intimated that all Chinese without Government cre- dentials would be deported. Thirty were rounded up in Newark. Minne- apolis police were ordered to disarm all Chinese in anticipation of trouble during the national Hip Sing meeting there next month. Efforts to trans- fer the convention to Cleveland were described by Tom Chan Poy, secretary of the Cleveland On Leongs, as an ex- cuse to import gunmen to fight the On Leongs. TOKIO DELUGED BY RAIN. City Flooded by 36-Hour Contin- uous Downpour. TOKIO, August 26 (#).—Tokio was flooded today. As a result of almost 36 hours continuous rainfall, electric light, telephone and street car service is impaired. Honjo, the lower section of the city, in inundated and thousands of homes have been flooded. Few casualties have been reported, but heavy damage is expected. Medals for Dog Team Drivers. Gold medals will be awarded the 10 drivers of the dog teams which oar- ried antitoxin to Nome. Alaska, last March when an epidemic of diphtheria was raging. Gov. Parks will bestow the medals at Juneau to the 10 drivers, who include Jackscrew, Gunnar Kas- sen, Tonnie Papsey, Dan Green, Henry Pitka, Sam Joseph, William Shannon, Henry Idanoff, Leonard Fettala and Charles Olson. ; o Movies Yie - KNEW DEATH SHI BOILER WA LEAKY Mackinac’s Engineer, Near Collapse, Declares He Thought It Not Unsafe. | Br the Associated Press | CASPER, Wyo. August | Motion plcture patrons at two of | Casper's larzest movie houses yes | terday witnessed the unusual spec tacle’of two pictures being project- ed on the same screen at the same time and of rival ticket sellers at the doors. Fight for possession of the theaters started over a con- troversy involving the lease. | Officers of the investment com- | pany that leased the theaters to a Denver motion picture concern ap- peared at the theaters with the an- | nounced intention of taking them | over because of failure of the | lessees to pay the monthly rent in | advance. Managers of the houses protested, and the double projec- tion and double ticket selling ensued. SCHOOLS WILL ASK BIGGERALLOWANCE More Money Needed to Buy | Up Available Property, Commissioners Say. By the Associated Prees. PROVIDENCE, R. L. August 26.— Declaring the responsibility for the boiler explosion, with the loss of 50 | lives, on the excursion steamer Macki- | mac, in Newport Harbor last Tuesday “must be placed on somebody,” John Grant, chief engineer of the vessel, | testified at a Federal hearing today | that he “was willing to bear the blame with whoever is guilty with me. “I am satisfied to go through,” he said. “Whatever happens to me, I won't stretch the truth.” Grant seemed on the verge of col- lapse as he testified. “I found & lot of pinholes in the drum,” he said. “They looked like a trifling job to me, so I telephoned the Wholey boiler works. I told their man to ook at the boiler and see if the job could be done. “He told me he thought the job could be done, but later he came back and said he did not believe he could do it because of the moisture. onsidering the smalness of the teck, 1 considered the boiler safe. I told him the leak was so small we would make the trip by dropping the pressure to 40 pounds, so we decided to make the trip. The explosion was | 3 in the mud drum. T had examined the | A considerable increase in the|drum by electric light and had found amount of appropriations asked for |only a pin hole. | purchase of school and playground | serious sites will be incorporated in the sup- | e plemental estimates now being pre- | pared by the District Commissioners| ACMILLAN VESSELS and Auditor Daniel J. Donovan for | submission to the Budget Bureau, to- gether with the regular final budget | PROCEEDING SOUTH for the 1927 fiscal year due September | e 15, it was indicated at the District | e Bilaing loat? Peary Forced by Blinding Snow- | storm to Anchor in Lee ‘While budget estimates cannot be made public, both Commissioners Ru- | 5 dolph and Bell declared today that it | of Conical Rock. was essential that larger appropria- | tions for the purchase of available sites for schools and playgrounds than have been possible to make under the regular budget of $36,000,000 set by | Budget Director Lord ould be pro- vided for the next fiscal year. The city virtually has lost great sums of money, the Commissioners said, by not being able to purchase sites for schools and playgrounds un- til money was available for construc- tion of buildings or establishment of the playgroun “It is a_costly proceedure,” Com- missioner Bell declared, “to have to condemn improved property.” Commissioner Bell declared it would even be a mon saving practice for the city to delay construction of needed school buildings and ask for appropriations for land for many more schools and playgrounds, which must be obtained in the near future, at reasonable prices. For the present fiseal vear Con- gress made appropriations amounting to approximately $500,000. A great- er increase for 1927 is essential, city heads balieve. Commissioner Bell declared unless a great number of sites were obtained now, the city would have to pay high- ly-inflated prices for the same needed space within a few years. Commissioner Bell yesterday after- noon inspected available sites for playgrounds and schools. The de- velopment in the last few weeks on what had been vacant land available for municipal purposes was convine- ing argument for the obtaining of land now, he said. The Bowdoin and the Peary, Mac- Millan Arctic expedition ships, have left Murchison Sound, Greenlard's westernmost major harbor and their refuge for the past few days from bad-weather conditions, and have pro- ceeded southward toward the scene of their further explorations in Greenland and Labrador, according to message to the National Geo- graphic Society tod: 1t gives the ships' time of leaving Murchison Sound as Monday, and yesterday morning they anchored at the foot of Bell Rock, Fitzclarence Island, in Booth Sound, because of head winds and fog. Later vesterday both ships left at 8 o'clock for a rendezvous at Aktahni, but in order to conserve fuel Bowdoin anchored in the lee of ders Island while the Peary plowed on throukh heavy seas, fog and snow, and last night was anchored in the lee of Conical Rock, 5 miles from Parker Snow Point, its immediate objective. The Peary was forced to seek shel- ter in the lee of this rock because of a blinding snowstorm which per- mitted visibility of only 100 yards. Dr. Walter N. Koelz, ichthyologist of the expedition. and Maynard Owen Williams, correspondent and photog- rapher for the National Geographic Soclety, transferred to the Peary for this_portion of the downward trip, so that they might visit the famous bird clff at Aktahni, home of the murres. the { Unemployment Mounts in Britain. LONDON, August 26 (#).—The number of unemployed persons in Great Britain continues to mount. The increase last week, according to figures issued today was 29,000, bring- ing the total to 1,298,000. . Steck Gains 52 Votes. A further gain of 52 votes for Dan- iel F. Steck, Democrat, over Brook- hart, was made today in the Senate recount for Taylor and Union Coun- ties in the Iowa senatorial contest. ;l‘hl;flbruught his net gain to date o 855. Union Workers Swear They Won’t Cuss; Public Is Asked Not to Make Them Mad By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, August 26.—The modest claim of the “‘well bred cap- tain of the Pinafore” that ‘“bad language or abuse I never, never use,” shortly may be the proud boast of the workmen of the Mon- treal Light, Heat and Power Co., if the efforts of R. Blanchett and W. P. Lavertue, president and sec- retary, respectibely, of the Elec- triclans’ Union, are successful. x a4 communication to the com- pany they announce that their union has resolved to place a ban on the use of bad language by its members ‘“‘while on the job,” and they ask that the company co-oper- ate’ in the enforcement of their resolution. This has been promised. The public is being asked by the union to assist in the carrying out of its endeavors by not causing such irritation to the workmen a# might lead them to use forbidden “‘cuss words.' ( 1 did not consider it | renewed | Saun- | FOUR NAVAL BASES MAY BE ABANDONED INBUDGET CUTTING Boston, Charleston, Brook- lyn and Hampton Roads Due to Be Closed. SLASH OF $40,000,000 DEMANDED BY BUREAU | Aviation Schemes to Be Given Up and Army Men Dropped, Ac- cording to Plans. | By the Associated Pr Budget | nd its possible re- quirements as to a curtailed program is engaging the study of naval heads as well as the War Department Acting at the request of the Budget { Bureau to reduce its program for the | fiscal vear 1927, the Navy Depart ment has slashed its original esti- |mates by more than $40,000,000 by ar- ranging to curtail activities all along the line, and perhaps abandon a num- ber of Eastern Shore stations. W Department officials at the same time fear that the Army’s budget, although there has been no authoritative indi- cation of what the bureau's recom- mendations may be, will be limited to a figure that will necessitate drop- ing from 7,000 to 10,000 enlisted men and possibly 1,00 to 2,000 officers. Yards to Be Closed. Where $353,000,000 was originally asked, the naval program is now un- i derstood to represent an outlay for |(ho next fiscal vear of approximately £310,000,000. This compares with an appropriation of $323,000,000 for the present fiscal vear. Inasmuch as officers regard $300,- 000,000 as about the minimum nec- essary for maintenance and operation purposes, it has been necessary in meeting Ludget requirements to cut |into plans for new construction as well as aviation development, in ad- {dition to curtailing the shore stations | While conferences have not been conducted at the Navy Department on the situation, it is understood the re. vised estimates provide for the closing { of the Boston navy yard, the Charles. . navy yvard, the supply base lat Brooklyn, N. Y., and elther the | Great Lakes or the' Hampton Roads I naval training station. In taking this |stand, it is pointed out that recom- | mendations of the board headed by Rear Admiral Rodman three years ago on the shore establishment situation are being followed. Urge Center in Pacific. The move also would be in line with the general trend of recent years in basing naval activities in the Pacific, thereby eliminating the necessity of so many stations on the east coast The present strength of 85,000 en- |listed men is expected to be main- | tained, but the original plan to utilize $47,000,000 toward new construction, much of which was authorized last vear by Congress in new cruisers and | other craft, but not appropriated for | beyond an amount sufficient merely to | begin construction, faces the prospect | of sharp revision While $14,000,000 is regarded as the | minimum requirement for the Bureau of Aviation, $33,000,000 had been re quested to expand the activities of this branch of the service. This figure, too, is now faced with the probability of a considerable reduction Although some considers {to have been given to closir e station at Lakehurst, N. J., and plac- ing the dirigibles Los Angeles and Shenandoah out of commission, uniess the former were leased to a private company for commercial operations, | indications now are that this step will '7 not be taken. | BANDITS WITH AMERICAN ELUDE CHINESE TROOPS | | | 1 | | id | Dr. Howard Carried 250 Miles Up 1 | River From Fuchin by Man- { churian Brigands. | By the Associated Press. HARBIN, Manchuria, August 26.— The Manchurian bandits who are hold- ing Dr. Harvey J. Howard, American eve specialist of the Peking Union Medical College, for ransom. have evaded the Chinese troops who had surrounded them and have taken their prisoner by boat up the Hwachwan | River to a point 250 miles from Fu- {chin, in the Manchurian province of | Holungkiang. { This information was received here | today in a telegram from Roger S Greene, general manager in China for |the Rockefeller Institute, who added that Manchurian troops of the Ho | lungkiang forces are pursuing the bandits. FRENCH POST CAPTURED. | Druse Tribesmen Take Garrison in Important Syrian City. LONDON, August 26 (#).—An Ex- change Telegraph message from Cairo reports that the French garrison at Delr-ez-Zor, an important city of | Syria, on the right bank of the Euphrates River, has been captured ! by the rebellious Jebel Druse tribes- men. The message says that the re- | bellion of the Druse tribesmen against the French regimeé in Syria is spreading. DOG STARTS BUS STRIKE. 600 Employes Walk Out When Con- ductor Is Dismisesd. LONDON, August 26 (#).—Because the conductor of one of the East Sur- rey Traction Co. busses refused to carry a dog belonging to a woman passenger, the company’s rural service is tied up by a strike of 600 conductors and drivers. The other men went out in sym- pthy when the offending conductor was dismissed. He told the company officials_he objected to admitting the | dog to his bus because it was apt to spread disease. A ‘