Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (T S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight. followed by showers late to- night and tomorrow; cooler tomorrow “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- night and Thursday. Highest, 58, at 2 P vesterday: lowest, 39, at 6 a.m. v. Full report on Page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢h Fintered as sec post ofti 33,300 000 FISCAL BILL FOR DISTRICT PASSES CONFEREES Amount Is $200.,000 More Than Provided in Measure Approved by Congress. 29,946. WATER RATE INCREASE LIMITED TO 12 1-2 PCT. Restriction on School, Flat and En- gine House Land Is Kept—Com- promise on Park Sites. 4 total of approximately the important yi o 0 with s of water rates wnd tion on part promised, 1 bill for the next uy today hy The p per cent advan was reduced to 1 the present rute of The limitation of the assessed value on the price id for land remains in effect school sites, the acquisition of land miming Anacostia flats and on the site for an engine house, rd to purchase: ing the park system, the 25 per cent limitation will apply to £450,000 of th 1 allotment. of $500,000 made avail ~ble for the Nutional Capital Park and \perty com- spriations waus agreed and House and sch Distri fiseal th in the price of water 1. per cent above ‘Washington, r extend- | ond class matter D. C. Pinedo to Start On ‘Round World’ Flight in Summer By the Associated Press. ROME, April 27.—Comdr. Fran- vesco de Pinedo, the Italian flyer Who made a round-trip flight to Tokio last year, plans to leave the latter half of July on his newly projected flight which will carry him around the world, according to Giornale d'Italia. His itinerary, the paper says, will be from Italy’ to Western Africa, crossing from Dakar to South America, along the west coast of the two American continents to Alaska, across the Bering Straits to Sibe thence to Philippines, Borneo, dfa. Aden on the Arabia, and then of the Red Sea and the Med iterranean. e CLAIMS DECISION EVOKES HOT ROW | | | | | 1 the Timita- | ;U. S. Envoy Disputes Legality of Ruling in Favor of Mexico in Case. By the Associated Press. MEXICOCITY, Apri ~The claim lof the United States Government for | indemnification for the killing of 1 American mining _engineers by Villa {bundits at Santa Ysabel in January, 1916, has been decided adversely. Dr. Rodrigo Octavio of Brazil, iding judge of the Mex { neutral pes | fean-Ameri | sion, and Fernando G the | 500 said today ‘,\\Hh Mr. Fenning as a witness. n Special Claims Commis- | g §. Roa, Mexican || WASHINGTON, D. HOUSE VETERANS' ' GROUP WILL HEAR - FENNING DEFENGE | Commissioner to ]cst}fy on| Guardianships “Tomorrow _Mgrning. UNDERTAKER DENIES | " REFUSING WARD'S CASE !Bond Company Official Says Dis- | trict Officer Received 25 Per Cent on Sales. | Conunissioner I'rederick A. Fenning ! will appear before the House World War Veterans' legl on committee { tomorrow morning at 10 o k to| answer statements that have been nde before that body by witnes ud the members themselves, accord ing to un agrecment reached toduy letween Chairman Johnson, Republi South Dakota, and Representa. Gibson, Republican, Vermont, rman of the House District sub. ommittee, hefore which Mr. Fenning will conclude his testimony tonight. The House District subcommittee, dhering to its original plan to hold iight sessions, did not meet toda. will convene ‘at 7:30 o'clock in the House caucus room. Chairman Gib- he expects to conclude | | | iive Only two witnesses were heard to- the veterans' committee—N. Tabler, funeral director, who de- C., TUESDAY, THE HE APRIL 27, 1926—THIRTY- LPING HHAND (MODERN VI EIGHT EXIGAN CHURCHES LOS ANGELES IN AIR. | Leaves Lakehurst for Philndelphinl on Test Cruise. ’ LAKEHURST, N. J.. April 27 &), | ATOLAWCHANGE (P) Means Associ Town Would Beat Sobriety Into- Rum Users With Lash Special Dispateh fo The Star. HAGERSTOWN. Md., April 27.— The town council of Hancock, where bottle., jugs and other moon- shine accessories were outlawed recently, will have before it at its next meeting a request of some of Hancock’s citizens that sobriety be beaten into the town’s drunkards, if any, at a public whipping post. Tt will be pointed out to the coun cil that fines are easily paid by lquor law violators, and that their habits of intemperance recur s though they had never been pun- ished. A few stinging lashes with a cat o'nine-tafls would serve to make drunkenness unpopular, the citt zens believe. The lashes would be prorated ac cording to the seriousness of the case, or perhaps, the number drinks imbibed. SENATE APPROVES TWO MORE PACTS Latvian and Esthonian Debt Settlements Ratified—Only Two Now Left. The Latvian debt settiement approyed by the Senate today after a debate of less than_an hour and a walf. The vote was 80 to 18. After half an hour's debate the Sen- ate then approved the Ksthonian agreement, funding a total of $13,- 530,000, ed Press. TWO CENTS. GERMAN ECONOMIC PLEDGE T0 RUSSIA ALARMING FRANGE Conflict Between Terms of Treaty and Covenant of League Feared. EXPLANATION MAY BE ASKED BEFORE ENTRY | No Obstacle Because Council Vote Must Be Unanimous, Berlin Government Says. By the Associated Press. PARIS, April The Russo-Ger man treaty, received in officlal form a the French foreign office this morning. created a most unfavorable impres sion. The foreign office experts will care fully examine the text before any de cision is taken as to what steps mu be necessary. It is said that German i likely to be asked to explain the ap parent contlict between the terms of the treaty and article 16 of the League { of Natlons covenant before she is ad mitted to the league in September. Two Policies Seen. A foreign office spokesman said the treaty text sounded as though it had been drawn to please the reactionary elements in Germany, indicating t the Berlin government was trying to follow two opposing policies, one of which tended to support the Russian attacks on the league, while the Both will now be effective when the Commission. This means| member of th ecommission, ruled yes- | nied the statement made in the House \dent affixes his signature. The | iat the perk-icommission will iave [ e Sy 0 e g Dl S i o > o o e o thou; | terday that Mexico was not liable toseveral days ugo by Representative $150,000 which it may spend W | damages. ‘The- claims, Blanton, Democrat, Texas, that he The dirigible Los Angeles was re- | leased from her mooring mast shortly before noon and started toward Phil- | other kept the league door open for | Germany's entrance. - DECISION DELAYED s now remaining restriction as to assessed value of the land to be bousht $1.000,000 for Street Work. The conferees were especially liber: with street and highway work, leav ng in the bill the increase of §100,000 inserted by the Senate in sum for resurfacing nd worn-ont pavements. This makes lump sum of $1,000.00 resurfacing in addition to Hst of specit named hill for paving As to these particular street-paving ms, the ¢ \nferecs left in the bill stically all of the streets that had sen voted on by both the House and Sepate. \s passed by the two branches Congress, the bill calis for a total, in round numbers, of $33,700.000, so that adjustments made by the con- 1 increased the total by about s This amount, however, is il $135,000 under the recommenda- ion of the Bureau of the Budget us transmitted to Congress. mmenting on the results of the epence, Senator Phipps of Colo- chairman of the Senate subcom- ttee, said: 1 believa this is one of the hest bills for the District of Co- Tumbia that has ever been reported to Congress.” Goes to Senate Today. a the lou | I'he report of the conferees prob- ably will be submitted to the Senate for concurrence this afternoon, and tative Funk, chairman of the District subcommittee, is ex- pected to present the agreement to the House at an early opportunity. The conferees restored two of the <chool building items that had been <liminated by the Senate, namely, for construction of combined gym and assembly hall at the Pet- schools, totaling s the effect of re- 20,000 from the amount ng to only the school which was taken nmilding program. One of the conferees stated today that the other amounts left out of the school building prosram were taken from projects where the car- rying out of the school building de velopment scheme would not suffer by deferring these amounts until next . In one case $2! ed from the amount for a build- ing where it was felt the sum already available for that building would v the work through the coming al year. Zoo Building. he item of $49,000 for a new Juilding for the exhibition of bird at the Zoo was retained by the con- -es us inserted by the Senate. The House conferees also accepted the Senate amendment calling for « reduction of 871z per cent in the Jate heretotore established by law for electric current used for street light- Jurposes New ng T nferees also accepted the Nenate amendment making the 59,000,000 from the Federal Govern- ment toward the expenses of the District avilable on the first day of the fiscal year. The purpose of this ~tipulati is to assist the District in carryin gress, to begin in 1927 operating on . cash basis by leing able to meet its expenses monthiy as th i The Commissioners iz out of the ax rate a surplus of 3,000,000 to be used as a cash work- ng fund. The vurious civic organizations of city have been awaiting n interest the decision of the con- ferees on the water rate and land purchase limit Water Rate Compromise. of the city had pro- tested against the action of the House in voting to ase the price of water 25 per cent, and in recognition of these objections the Senate struck sut the increase entirely by following ihe redommendation of the Commis- sioners and the Citizens' Advisory ‘ouncil that a portion of the expense of maintaining the water supply sys- lem be taken out of general revenues instead of placing it all on the pri- vate consumer. Tho Senate conferees succeeded in having the House group agree to split the proposed increase to 12% per cent. Local or tions also had ob- ccted strenuously to the limitation on ho amount that may be puid for a park or school site, fearing that it wonld v it dificult for the au. ities to buy locations most desir- with =uch striction in effect. While the re of the conferees {ains this restriction to a consider- cxtent it leaves the Park Com- on with a portion of its appro- on which may be used without per cent limit above assessed The vesident ——— Radio Programs—Page 31. of | the lump repairing 0 for repairs and in the of | 0,000 was de- | out the mandate of Con-| withe totaling $1.-| regarded as a test case | s American llves in ! | 225,000, were for loss of vario Mexico. H | _Judge Ernest B. Perry, the United | States commissioner, and Attorney 11 | A. Bashany adviser to the Americar embassy, disputed the legality of the | | decision 'and requested another hear- | {ing. Dr. Octavio set September 2 as the date for a hearing at Tampico. Perry Presence Uncertain. | Judge Perry said it was uncertain | | whether he would attend the meeting {at Tampico, as his action would de- | pend on the attitude of the State De- partment. British, German afd other diplo- mats attended yesterday's session of the commission,- considering that the | | decision would afford a precedent pos- | |sibly affecting thousands of claims | from varfous countries against Mex- | ico. When the sesslon began yesterday Judge Perry at first refused to par- ticipate. Later, however, he entered into a vigorous argument with the other commissioners, charging that he | { had not been consulted In formulating | | the deciston, of which he knew noth- | ling. He charged that the presiding | | commissioner’s opinlon had been in | {the hands of the Mexican delegate for some time and asked Senor Ron if it were not true. The Mexican replied | that he did not know. | | Dr. Octavio eaid that he had sent | nis opinion to Judge Perry. who re- | torted that he had never seen it.! { When adjournment was taken until | | the afternoon, Judge Perry said he would not enter into any conferencs | with the presiding commission unl it was made a matter of record that they had arrived at no decision and | that they. were ready to discuss the | facts and law before coming to a conclusion. Attends Later Session. | The American commissioner, howi ever, was present when the afternoon session opened. Immediately after | the members seated themselves. Dr. | Octavio and Senor Roa began officlal- | |1y signing the decision. i The Americans massacred by the | Mexican_bandits were taken from a | | Mexico-Northwestern train, robbed, | { stitpped and killed. Judge Perry in presenting his ar-: gument refused to accept the judg- ment of Dr. Octavio and Senor Roa that Francisco Villa was a bandit | on January 10, 1916, the date of the massacre at Santa Ysabel. Dr. Octavio declared that until | Junuary 1, 1916, Villa was a revolu- tionist and the Mexican government { would have been responsible if he had | killed the Americans before that { date, Lut after January 1 Villa be- ! jcame a bandit and the government | {was not responsible. | i Judge Perry read documents pur | porting to prove that the government | | continued after January 1 to recog: !nize Villa as a revolutionist. Further- | more, he insisted that the government |was responsible whether Villa was a |bandit or not. It had, he.asserted, specifically promised safe conduct to the Americans. Charges Date Changing. In addition the Mexican-United States convention, creating the claims com- mission definitely fixed the dates of the revolutionary period, which he {charged tlie commission now was at- |tempting to change. The Octavio-Roa decision. as given |out’'by the Mexican foreign office last | ! night, points out that the United States | recognized Villa as a bandit, It fur- jther denies there was proof that Villa had been present at or was responsible | {for the Santa Ysabel massacre, for| | which possibly other bandits were re- | sponsible. It denies that the passports | given to the Americans constituted guarantees of protection by the Mexi. can government, because they were sued by the border immigration offi- cials. Mexico has recognized her moral ob- ligations to pay the revolutionary lamages, it says, but in this case she s under no obligation, because it is not proved that the massacre was not perpetrated by unlawful elements be- yond the control of the Mexican gov. ernment, and because responsibility for unlawful elements is specificall exempted in the claims convention. BANDIT'S FATE IN DOUBT. | Jury Trying for Murder Delayed in Reaching Verdict. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 27 OP).— The fate of Richard Reese Whitte- more, New York bandit, accused of murdering two bank guards here last October, still was in doubt today. The jury deliberated until 1:45 a.n. and then went to their hotel. They re- turned to the jury room shortly before | 9 o'clock and at 10 o’clock, the regular hour for the opening of court, there was no indication that a verdict had Been agreed upon. 0 | | | ! ! | | eastern Henry had refused to ept the body. of one of Mr. Fenning's wards for burial use of its condition, and«Charles assistant manager, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., who testified Mr. Fenning has been an gent for that organization since 1920, nd has received 25 per cent commis jons on all bonds he sold. Gould on Stand. The committee convened again at 1:30 o'clock this afterncon with Wal- ter R. Gould, regional guardiunship officer of the District, on the stand. Most of the morning session’s time was given over to a &iscussion among the members as to when the investi- gation should be concluded. Chair- man Johnson “opened the floodgates™ of argument when he announced: “If any legislation is to be reported at this session of Congress to correct conditions among World War vet- erans in the District it should be done in a very short time. Personally T am willing to conduct these hear- ings until the day the House adjourns, but 1 am opposed to taking such ac- tion as will not make possible legis- lation to hat the chairman age 4, Column 2 1 'WOMEN’S JURY BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Measure Providing Optional Serv- ice for Sex Is Approved With- out Opposition. The House today passed the bill allowing women to sit on juries in the District of Columbia. The meas- ure was called up by Chairman Zinl- man of the House District commit- teo as unfinished business and passed without objection. 1t was approved in the committee of the whole yester- day, but when called up in the House Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas demanded that the engrossed copy be read, and as the engrossed copy had net been prepared, final ac- tion was delayed until today. Jury service for women is made op- tional under the bill. g W TENNESSEE MOONSHINE SLAYING IS UNSOLVED Sheriff Defies Illicit Still Operators When They Threaten Seven With Death. By the Associated Prese. PARIS, Tenn., April 27.—After de- fying the moonshining clan of north- County vesterday and iaking a fruitless trip into the section to investigate the slaving of Thomas Fvans on April 18, Sheriff T. P. Cald- well continued his investigation here today. 3 Of the seven men who fled the dis- triot when the moonshiners sent out Word that apprehension of any one for Maying Evans would result in the kill- ing of seven other men in the neigh- hothood, mone had returned today. The men with Evans were members of a vigilante committee that was con- ducting a drive against the moonshin- | | ers. | Sheriff Caldwell on his return re- ported the district quiet and expressed the opinion that there would be no further disturbance. Officers are silent in regard to the plans for a drive on illicit distilling in the neighborhood. Judge 7McCamunt Resigns. PORTLAND, Oreg., April 27 (P).— Judge Wallace McCamant of the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Ap- peals has resigned effective next Mon- day. He has been serving under a re- cess appointment by President Cool- idge, which the Senate refused to con- firm several weeks ago. Coolidge Opposes Independent Bure To Have Control Over Radio Field President Coolidge does not favor creation of an independent bureau to have control over radio. It was made known at the White House toda the President generally favors provisions of the White radio bill now pending in the House, which would under existing government_agencies and is opposed place radio control to the setting up of another inde- pendent establishment. The President was represented as believing that such an independent commission would be of the very essence of bureaucracy, and would add another to the various that the GVENULTIHATON Government to Seize Catholic Properties if They Do Not Open in 10 Days. By the Associated Press. 3XICO CITY, April 27.—The gov- ernment, it is officially announced, will glve those Catholic churches in the state of Michoacan which closed in protest against the government's re ligious policy 10 days in which to reopen. If they are not reopened, it is stated, they will be seized under the constitu- tional provision making churches na- tional properties, and will be devoted to educational purposes. Reports gained currency today that Risht Rev. George J. Caruana, apos- tolic delegate to Mexico, had been or- dered deported, but Bishop Caruana denied having received such orders. He is a citizen of the United States. Pastoral letters opposing the re- ligious clauses of the Mexican consti- tution have resulted in orders for the arrest of another Roman Catholic bishop. It was officlally announced today that the district attorney of | Pachuca has ordered the arrest of Bishop Zarate of Huejutla as a re- sult of his recent pastoral letter. A week ago Bishop Lara Torres of Tacambaro was arrested as the re- sult of a memorial he sent to Presi- dent Calles and the state authorities of Michoacan. He was released shortly afterward under bond. | The language used in Bishop | Zarate's pastoral letter and Bishop Torres' memorial is considered a vio- lation of the provisions of the consti- tution. BISHOP SCOFFS REPORT. Declares American Committee Was Hoodwinked by Calles Aides. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 27 (). —Statements by an investigating com- mittee of 17 which recently spent 10 days in Mexico that conditions under the Calles administration are satisfac- tory and that religlous persecution is not being practiced have been criti- cized by Bishop Drossaerts of the Ro- man Catholic diocese of San Antonio. “It i quite clear what happened to these ‘innocents abroad.’” Bishop Drossaerts declared. “They were hoodwinked by the wiles of Calles, Mo- rones, Tejada and other worthies'who surround the throne of his red ma- Jesty in Mexico.” The bishop asked if the committee had seen the “deplorable, devastating results of Mexican sovietization.” “There is ruln where once the land ran over with milk and honey,” he sald. “Mexico, the richest country under the sun, today is importing its food or else must starve.” PR, FOREST FIRES RAGING IN NORTHWEST W00DS Hunting Lodges and Farm Houses Menaced in Manitoba—250 Acres Lost in Oregon. | By the Assoctated Press. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 27. Forest fires are raging north of Pop- lar Point, Manitoba, in the marshes by Lake Winnipeg and menacing hunting lodges and farmhouses. Heavy winds swept the blazes eastward. Large fire-fighting crews were dispatched to several widely scattered points. GRANT'S PASS, Oreg., April 27 (®).—A forest fire In the Siskyou National Forest near Galice, on the lower Rogue River, is reported to have burned over an area of 250 acres. au independent agencies which are re- sponsible to no one and over whom only the Executive has authority. | The President was represented us believing that this general -provision does not apply to the courts or to the Interstate Commerce Commission, which necessarily has judicial powers over the railroads In rates and schedule making. The President made no direct com- ment on the situation caused by the delphia_on u test crulse. Capt.| W. Steele, jr., in charge of | the ship, planned to return to the hangar early this afterncon. Weather | conditions were good. { FARM RELIEF BILLS READYFORHOLGE Agriculture Committee to Submit Three Measures. Haugen Proposal First. By the Associated Prees. In agreement after weeks of de- liberation on only one point—that the farmer should be given relief in carry- ing his surplus crop burden—the House agriculture committee today had completed the preliminary steps toward placing the question of how to do it squarely up to the House as a whole. The House will tackle the problens later this week or early next week. Three different bills, none of which has majority indorsement from the committee, will provide the basis for its_effort to find a solution. Reports on the measures were pre- pared by Chairman laugen, Repre- sentative Tincher, Republican, Kan- sas, and Representative Aswell, Demo- crat, Louisiana, the leading propo- nents of the three differing viewpoints in the committee. Under the pro- cedure adopted by the committee, the Haugen bill will ba called up on the floor, with the otbers in order as substitutes. In this way opportunity will be provided to vote on all three. The Tincher bill, indorsed by Sec- retary Jardine, would appropriate $100,000,000 as a loan fund for farm- ers’ co-operative associations. The Haugen bill would authorize a revolv- ing fund of $375,000,000 to maintain the prices of basic commodities— wheat, cotton, corn, cattle, swine and butter—at the world market quota- tion plus the import taviff on each. The other, known as the Curtis-Aswell bill, would set up a National Farm Marketing Association, elected and controlled by the farmers, to handle crops through Interstate Zone Co- operative Marketing Assoclations. The appropriation would be confined to a loan of $10,000,000 for adminis- trative purposes. AIRPLANE ABLE TO FLY T0 MOON, SAYS INVENTOR Italian Claims Craft Would Go on Indefinitely After Leaving Earth’s Atmosphere. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ROME, April 27.—An airplane which its inventor claims can fly to the moon has been designed by an engineer named Gussalli at Brescia. The principle involved is entirely dif- ferent from that of the air propeller. Gussalli's machine will make use of exhaust gas exploded violently against the fans of a. turbine revolving 16,000 times per minute. The reac- tion against this explosion is calcu- lated to make the plane move inde- pendently of a propeller. “When the plane, moving at a terrific rate, passes'beyond the earth's atmosphere,” says Signor Clerici, writ- ing in the Corriere della Sera, “it would continue ‘through the ether by its own momentum an indefinite dis- tance and would hit the moon if atmed accurately enough.” But no pilots have as vet volun- teered for the trip to the moon. (Copyright. 1920, by Chicago Daily News Co.) "REDS ATTACK FASCISTS. Official Ts Arrested on Charge' of | Instigating Liege Fight. LIEGE, Belgium, April 27 (). Communists attacked Fascists after a Fascist meeting heré today and a free fight ensued. During the melee Gen. Graff, father of the Lieut. Graff, who was killed by the Germans during the {occupation of Aix-la-Chapelle, was struck with a bottle and seriously in- Jured. Provincial Coun | | ilor Lahaut, a Com- decision of a Chicago judge, holding that “pirating” of wave lengths by broadcasters was not illeg: o munist, has been arrested as the in-! stigator of the distu expo: Eldridge and Hesse Propose Stricter Rules—Arrests Show Big Drop. The District Commissioners, in semi- weekly board meéting today, again jeferred action on the joint recom- mendations of Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge and Chief of Police Edwin B. Hesse, which were drafted with a view to condensing the traffic code and re- during the arrests of motorists, which were made at an unprecedented rate | for the first two months of the year. In the meantime a survey by The Star today disclosed a sudden falling { | off in arrests for traffic violations dur- ing April. Maj. Hesse explained this drop by “increased co-operation of the motoring public,” but it was interest- | ing to note at the same time that this falling oft followed the suggestion of the Commissioners that traffic regula- tions be reduced because so many per- sons were being arrested for their via- lation. The combined report of Maj. Hesse and Mr. Eldridge was made pub- lic by the Commissioners. It revealed that instead of cutting the code, these two officers made recommendations which would add to it. Numerous amedments and new par- agraphs also were suggested for inclu- sion in the code, some of which were designed to simplify and clarify exist- ing regulations. Parking Is Liberalized. The two additions suggested would prohibit parking in front of foreign embasssies and legations and forbid automobiles to pass street cars on either side of a one-way street when the cars have stopped to load or dis- charge passengers. The chief modification suggested would liberalize parking materially in the downtown congested zone dur- ing rush hours. In some cases, two- hour parking would be permitted on streets where it is now prohibited or limited to one hour. stablishment of three new one- way streets in Georgetown was recom- mended. One would make P street from Twenty-eighth to Thirty-sixth a one-way thoroughfare for west. bound iraffic. The other would make ™ | O street from Thirty-fifth street to Wisconsin avenue a one-way thor- oughfare for eastbound traffic. The third one-way street would be Twenty- (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) RS RAISING OF S-51 EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED SOON Submarine to Be Taken to Brooklyn Navy Yard for Removal of Bodles of Victims. . By the Associated Press. NEW LONDON, Conn., April 2 With a fleet of boats carryihg expert naval nien and salvaging material ar- riving off this port, the Navy again took up its task today of attempting to raise from its ocean grave\ the sub- marine S-51, sunk off Block Island last September after being rammed by the steamer City of Rome. The weather was the determining factor in the salvaging work, officlals at the submarine base here said, but with the approach of warm days the Navy expects to bring the sunken vessel to the surface soon. Capt. E. J. King, commandant of the submarine -base here, in charge of the salvaging work, transferred his headquarters to the scene of the disaster today. When the submarine is raised it will be towed to the Brook- Iyn Navy Yard, where it will be opened and the bodies of the men lost in the crash at sea removed ¥ two agree to be acted on by the Senate are those for Rumania and Czechoslovakia. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, a member of the Debt Commission, opened the debate for the Latvian settlement, and the brunt of the op- sition fight again was taken by Senator Reed, Democrat, Missourl, who declared the pending agreement not only wasteful, but “idiotic.” xplains Latvian Debt. Senator Smoot explained the $6. 000,000 Latvian settlement in detail. Taking cognizance of remarks con- cerning Latvia’s payment of her debts to France and to Norway, thé Utah Senator said that both had been paid in depreciated currency. The French debt of 11,811,372 francs was liquidated at a cost of less than $400,- 000, he said, and the Norweglan in- debtedness of 6,738,127 kronen was discharged by paying $700,000. Two Problems Eliminated. With approval of the Belgian agree- ment by a decisive vote late yesterday on the heels of its ratification of the Italian pact, the Senate cleared its calendar of the two settlements which have aroused the most vigorous objections thus far. Senate action on the Belgian debt, as was the case with the Italian agree- ment, advanced them to the point where only the President’s signature was necessary to put them into effect. His approval was a foregone conclu sion, and the Brussels and Rome gov- ments already have ratified the agreements. The House had acted on all of them before they were sent to the Senate. Negotiations for settlement of the $4,000,000,000 French debt apparently hinged chiefly on the outcome of Ambassador Berenger's request to his government for further instructions. The situation was given consideration vesterday by Premier Briand and his advisers, with indications that little or no delay was to be expected. ‘Waiting on Berenger. rance’s plan to start payments at $25,000,000 a year appeared to be the main stumbling block encountered by the American Debt Commission in | considering the Ambasador’s proposal The Caillaux mission last Summer offered to begin the annual Instal ments at $40,000,000, and the Ambassa- dor was asked to revise the new pro- gram along lines more acceptable to the Americans, who, meanwhile, turned their attention to renewed negotiations with Jugoslavian com missfon. Ambassador Berenger immediately communicated with his government. and the likelihood of fresh instruc- tions was disclosed in Paris last night after a conference between Premier Briand and the finance committee of the chamber of deputies. With the idea of linking French payments and German reparations virtually elimi- j nated by the unwillingness of the American commission to accept such a plan, the exchange pmhl:m has come to the front to concern the depu- ties. They were informed by the premier that means were being sought to maintain payments to be made to Great Britain and the United States in harmony with France’s capacity to pay. g Mellon in Conference. The American Commission brief session L today and decided not to meet again until Ambassador Berenger has received further in- structfons from Paris. Meanwhile, Secretary Mellon conferred with a representative of the Jugoslay mis- slon which is endeavoring to reach an agreement on that country’s war debt. Although Ambassador Berenger has been given full authority by France to negotiate a funding agreement, it was indlcated today by Secretary Mellon that some new elements had entered into the discussions which probably would require the Ambassa- dor to confer further with his gov- ernment. Norseman Sails for America in 40-Foot Vessel Patterned BY BJORN BUNKHOLDT. By Cable to The Star and Chicago baily News OSLO, April 27.—-A new viking voy- age across the Atlantic has been started by Capt. Folgeroe of ‘Sand- nessjoen, who, after careful studies, built a viking ship, which is a copy in every respect of the viking ships of old—from beautiful curved stern and stem to_ exquisitely carved drag- ons’ heads alongside. The ship is 40 feet Jong and 13 feet widg Capt. Folgeroe's aim is “to fly the colors of Norway at the Philadelphin on.” The hearty send-off he After Viking’s Boat jwas given shows that he is backed by the entire nation, although eco. momic conditions prevented official representation of Norway at the Phil- adelphia Sesquicentennial. Capt. Folgeroe plans to follow the route north of Scotland, then directly south ‘across the Bay of Biscay and along the Portuguese coast to 28 de- grees north. Then he will head for the Bermudas, and thence set a straight course for Philadelph! The total sailing distance is about 6,000 miles. (Covyright, 107 Ly Chicago Daily News Co.) The document is skillfully worded he added, and gives the impression of having heen closely studied with & view to explaining away objections b league members. The spirit of ft however, appeared to French minds as in direct contradiction to the. spirit of the league covenant that it in volved the forestalling by Germany of any eventual decision by the league council as to an international confilet in which Russia might be involved No Secret Clauses. German Ambassador von Hoesch who has had several conversations with Premfer Briand concerning the treaty, gav surance that there were no secret clauses, and explained that the German government viewed the text as wholly compatible with the league covenant. As soon as a careful study of the text is completed here the French gov ernment will probably exchange views with other league members. Article 16 of the league covenun: binds the members of the league mu tually to support one another in an financial and ecomomic measures which may be taken against u cove nant-breaking state. Art £ the Russo-German treaty, as given out In Berlin, sets forth that should a co tion be formed with the obj posing an economic or finan cott against one of the two sig! of the present treaty, the other wili not join in such a coalition Would Bias Vote in League. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New < PARIS, April 27.—Publication of the text of the new Russo-German treaty has created consternatior among French statesmen. Careful obserers knew that Germany had been playing Russia against wester: Europe, and vice versa, since the war and that she hoped to continue these advantageous tactics, but few im agined she would go to such lengths s in the new treaty. The question is even raised whethe: Germany now can be properly admit | ted to the League of Nations in Sep- tember. There is no objection to the pro- vision that Russia and Germany henceforth will consult one anothe { on all questions of foreign policy, but | the provisions that if one is attacked | the other will remain neutral and that {if one is subjected to an internationai | boycott the other will refuse to joir in the boycott seem to prejudice Ger- many’s future action as a member of the league council in case of diffi- culties between the league and Rus- sia. ! Vote Pledged in Advance. ‘The German government somewhat cynically explains in an accompany ing letter that the treaty is no obsta cle to Germany's entering the league. because the league council can act only unanimously, and no action against Russla would be possible with out Germany's vote. It is doubtful, however, whether the league members can accept the proposal that one fu ture member of the council should thus pledge its vote to Russia perma nently in advance. The French and British foreign ministries are consulting to determine what action is to be taken in view of this treaty, which in a way is as sen satlonal as the Rapallo treaty, signed during the Genoa conference. (Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co. GERMANY APPROVES TREATY. Papers Favor Pact, But From Diverse Motives. BERLIN, April 27 (#).—The Berlin press today unanimously indorses the Russo-German treaty, although fron diverse motives. The organs of the governmental oalition parties, such as Germanis d the Taegliche Rund schau (Peoples Party), hail the treaty as constructing a bridge between th: East and West. of the Right welcome ; us “repairing the trunk line to Russia” but they severely criticize the government for restat ing that it adheres to the Locarno poliey, Socialist on will conclude similay treaties with the other powers, espe- 1ly England, this dually ap- proaching the League of Natlons. The Communist Rote 4 as a symbol of the asants of German ping each other's and Russia hand. Whether the treaty, which is given the appellation “The treaty of Ber Jin,” will be submitted to the Reichs tag, is still undecided. Under the constitution treaties which neither constitute an alliance ior touch on constitutional matters do not need rat- ification, the President’s signature be ing sufficient. There is a growing tendency, howeve 1 render all treuties doubly secure by parlia- went ratitication.