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—e gt \WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) tonight and tomorrow; rising | Fair temperature; gentle sout eratures —Highest, at 6:10 am. lowest, 39, on page h_winds. | 60, at noon Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Eintered as se post oftice, No. 29,954 TROOPS READY TO ACT, S ASSURED; ENGLAND 1 DISORDERS Warships ’I\‘Ifi'é! Botia Sides F 1 Washin class matter gton, D. C. INCREASING 1 to Vital Points. irm—Attacks Growing Bolder. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BARRED WHILE GENERAL STRIKE LASTS More Trains Operated, But Trade Is Stagnant—Liners Sail on Time. Food Plentiful. 1ated Press, LONDON, May on labor today that the vital ser depends for sustenance will be forces of the nation have to be Announcement to this effect, by Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the outstanding features of the strike. Both sides held firm today. general public as well settled dow long. hard war. General attacks on trams anc h government served notice | es on which the population | maintained, even if the armed used. made in the House of Commons the home minister, was one of second day of the great general The contending forces and the vn for what it seemed might be a 1 buses run by volunteer workers in Glasgow, Leeds and other provincial centers were the only sen- sational developments of the d Warships Placed That the government was pr the Clyde side was indicated by ships were in the rive Warspite and the Cruiser Comus The government will not negotiate for a settlement of the | coal miners’ dispute as long as tl Birkenhead declared in the Hous Reports that negotiations fc been reopened were categoricall this afternoon and by the secret. “The nation remains calm and con- | in the face of the national an official spokesman for the ment informed the press at 6:30 o'clock tonight. Food and fuel supplies “sufficient for many weeks” we assured, he declared. | The secretary of the National Sailors | and Firemen's Union today told the | Associated Press that he had cabled | New York directing members of the | union aboard British ships there to carry on for the presént. Future ac- tion will depend cn_the ballot on the | strike question, which will not be | known until the end of the week | | Crowds Growing Rougher. Crowds in the various rougher sec- tions of London were beginning to show a.menacing attitude, especially | toward police, this afternoon. | In the Limehouse district, which fs | one of the roughest districts in the | city, taxicabs were driven off and other demonstrations were held. At King's Cross the unfriendly crowds were o large that many of the big hops closed. A crowd at Southwalk chased three mounted policemen, who were forced to flee. | Sir William in his speech in the House of Commons said the govern- ment was empowered to call on the crown forces to assist in maintaining any serv that the government deemed vital. He designated such services as elec tricity, maintenance of the electrical and mechanical plant and machinery of the port of London, the transport of motor fuel and continuance of the railway services. Cheers Greet Declaration. | His pronouncement was greeted with loud cheers from the conservative ma Jority. The home minister said great bulk of the electric light 1 ughout London were wor! mirably, the government en:ployin: naval ratings and voluntee tions regarding the railways were im- proving. ir William said he proposed to- night to ask the community as a whole to enroll as special cons les in much larger numbers. The original specials were already on duty, and 3.025 more had been sworn in during the last two days. Parade Is Forbidden. i In view of the danger that would arise, he had directed the police not to allow a projected mass procession tonight into the heart of London under the auspices of the Deptford | branch of the Communist party and the mnational unemployed workers' committee, He wa: the 1i country ainst alarmmst There had been rumors of riots here and there. The minister said there was one s 11 riot last night in Pop- lar. one of the London suburbs. “I want the countr a whole to stand firm in this grave crisis and not be excited or worried by rumors,” | he said. He did not mention whether he | had heard ghe lutest reports of dis- | turbances in Glasgow and Leeds. | The home minister asked the House to ratify the royal proclamation, de- claring a state of emergency. This| is already effec'ee, but will lapse | seven days from date unless ratified. | The emergency was declared for a month. Sir William said, and he hoped it would not he nec 'y to extend it Former Premier Lloyd George re- | marked that he did not take the view that the present emergency would pass away easily. use -and the rumors. Henderson Gives Warning. as home | donald’s Arthur Henderson, secretary in Ramsay ) Jabor cabinet, charged that the government had not heen prepared to find means for settlement of the industrial crisis. “If that is goinz to continue to be | the attitude of this government,” he | sald, “then the position of this country in the next few days is going to be such as to baffle imagination. At this there was conservative | criges of: “Oh!” Henderson retorted: “Let those who said ‘oh’ say they are prepared to go through the ex- perience.” “Don't threaten,” cried the conservatives. The Laborite replied mnot threatened He w " (Continued on Paze &, Column who w | that he had | Two other |biggest in the British nav. | —Extra police, including a large num- up to midafternoon. for Emergencies. epared for any emergency along the news that three large war- r. The giant battle cruiser Hood joined the | moved up the river to Glasgow. he general strike continues, Lord e of Lords today. r settiement of the strike had y denied at labor headquarters ary to Premier Baldy PASSENGERS HURT Rowdies Concentrate tacks on Busses in Various ah WASHINGTON, British Cities. By the Assbciated Press. LONDON, May 5.—Fighting occur- red in the Sheperds Bush district of London this afternoon. When a tramear, running under police pro- tection, broke down, a crowd gathered and began flinging missiles through the windows. A motor bus was also stoned and finally overturned. Then a free fight broke out, in which women partici- pated. Many were injured by the broken glass. The police used their clubs freel; Rowdies Injure Several. _ STOKE ON TRENT, England, May 5 (#).—Five persons were arrested and | several injured in a fight between police and 700 rowdies here growing out of an attempt to run motor busses today. The bus windows were smash- ed and police were forced to use their clubs vigorously to break up the mob. Two Policemen Hurt. LIVERPOOL, May 5.—Hooligans at- tacked busses manned by volunteers in Wallasey, a suburb of Liverpool, this afternoon. injured. The drivers and conductors of the busses were roughly handled. Tram Manager Blocked. DUNDEE, Scotland, May 5 (#).— The manager of the Dundee Tram Line, endeavoring to resume the gerv- ice halted by the strike, took the con- troller of a car himself today. He had not gone far, however, before the line was blocked by workers, and he was forced to abandon the car. ATTACKS IN GLASGOW. Train Inspector Dragged Off Car and Injured. GLASGOW, Scotland, May 5 (#).— Disorders in connection with the gen- eral strike were resumed in Glasgow today. There were numerous attacks on busses. In the center of the city a tramway Inspector was hauled off 1 car and so roughly handled that he was taken to a hospital. | second. Two policemen were | | singled_to Teft, i leaving the bases filled. In the town of Parkhead the out. look was so alarming that mounted police were called out. Gangs of youths smashed the win. dows of one tramcar, but the passen- gers escaped. So great was the | hostility toward the omnibus service that hundreds of cars awn. One bus in the Renfrewshire dis- trict was overturned and smashed. big vehicles were badly damaged and in many other cases the busses were forced to speed up to escape pursuing gangs. The battle cruiser Hood, one of the | arrived today in the lower Clyde River and dropped anchor peside the bhattle- | ship Warspite. The cruiser Comus | has proceeded up the river to this city. POLICE PROTECT JITNEYS, were with. | Extra Force Put on in Newcastle to Patrol Streets. NEWCASTLE, England, May 5 (#). ber of volunteers, patrolled the streets of this mining center today to pro- tect the jitney drivers, some of whom were attacked by gangs. A number of non-union motor driv- | ers who were aiding in the transpor- : . ers in the aheence of , Column 8) ! f ued on I ze | Four r | Fowler. | took a third strike. NATIONALS BLANK |———goxscore | WASHINGTON RED SOX IN SERIES, TAKING:FINAL, 110 Washington Club Impressive at Bat——Coveleskie in His OId Form. B. KELLER. BOSTON, May 5.—The Nats made a clean-sweep of the series with victory over the Red Sox here this afternoon. The score was 11 to 0. The Nationals used BY JOHN their veteran | spit-baller, Stanley Coveleskie. BY ANGRY STRIKERS, At- | Manager Fohl depended upon the right-hand pitching of Fred Wingfield, a former member of the champions. Cold weather held the attendance down to 2,500. McNeely started things In the fifst inning with a single, a steal and a score on Rice's sacrifice and Goslin's fy. The Nats got to Wingfield for four runs in the second and added three more to the total in the third. Two more were added in the sixth and the game assumed the propor tions of a rout. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—McNeely singled to center. S. Harris grounded to Rigney, | whose throtv to Herrera failed to get McNeely at second and both runner: were safe. Rice sacrificed, Fowler to Todt. Goslin flied to Carlyle, McNeely | scoring and S. Harris taking third after the catch. Judge hoisted to Flag- stead. One run. BOSTON—Flagstead singled to cen- ter. Rigney sacrificed, Judge to S. Harris. Coveleskie threw out Carlyle, Flagstead going to third. Todt walked. S. Harris threw out Jenkins. No runs. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—BIuege singled to left center. Herrera threw out Peck. Bluege taking second. Ruel lifted to Jenkins. Herrera tossed out Covel- eskie. No runs. BOSTON—Peck threw out Fowles | Herrera doubled to left center. Bjuege threw out Bischoff, Herrera .Molding Coveleskie tossed ot Wing- field. No runs. - THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON — McNeely popped to Rigney, ,8.” Harris walked. Rice Lt Harris stopping at -ond.~Goslin flied to Jenkins. Judge ritcked a single past Rigney, filling the bases. Fowler let Bluege's drive go through, S. Harris scoring and It was an error for Fowler. Peck singled down the third base line, scoring Rice and Judge and sending Bluege to third. Ruel flied to Flagstead. Three runs. BOSTON—Peck threw out Flag- stead. S. Harris went back to right field for Rigney's loop. S. Harris threw out Carlyle. No runs. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Coveleskle singled to right center. McNeely sacrificed, Wingfield to, Herrera. S. Harris dou- Dbled down the left field line, scoring Coveleskie. Rice doubled to left cen- ter, scoring S. Harris. Goslin singled to ‘center, scoring Rice. Welzer re- lieved Wingfield for Boston. Herrera went back of first for Judge's high one. Goslin stole second. Bluege walked. The fourth ball was a wild pitch and Goslin reached third. On a double steal Goslin scored and Bluege took second. Peck lifted to Jenkins. ns, BOSTON—Todt grounded to Judge. So did Jenkins. S. Harris tossed out Nothing ac FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Ruel walked. Wel- zer threw out Coveleskie, Ruel taking second. McNeely fouled to Bischoff. Fowler threw out S. Harris. No runs, BOSTON—Herrera walked. Bischoft Welzer flied to So did Flagstead. No runs, SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Rice smashed a single by Herrera. Goslin beat out a bunt down the third base line, Rice ¢ Goslin. | stopping at second. Judge grounded to Fowler, forcing Rice. Rigney let " Bluege's grounder go through him, Goslin scoring and Judge stopping at second. Peck flied to Jenkins. Ruel singled to left, scoring Judge, Bluege stopping at second. Rigney threw out Coveleskie. Two runs. BOSTON—Peck threw out Carlyle grounded to S. F ol ris threw out Todt. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON — McNeely hoisted to Carlyle. Welzer tossed out S. Har- ris. Rice singled to left. Rice stole second. e went back to the stands for Goslin’s fiy. No runs. BOSTON—Myer now playing short Rigney. S. Har- ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, | McNeely, cf .. Harris, 2b f.... Goslin, If .. Judge, 1b . Bluege, 3b. Peckinpaugh, ss . | Myer, ss | Ruel, c. Coveleskie, p . MAY 5, 3 | R. Totals .... | Flagstead, cf | Rigney, ss Carlyle, rf. Todt, 1b.. Jenkins, If.. Fowler, 3b | Herrera, 2b.. Bischoff, c. Wingfield, p. Welzer, p.. .. Russell, p... ... Rosenthal | i [ o0 Washington...... Boston o | Two-bose hits—Herrara, §. Harrls (2), Rice, | denkins. 1 Stolen bases—Goslin (2), Bluege (2). Riee, dudge. Sacrifices—Rice (2). Goalln, Rignes, Me- Neelr. Left on bases—Washington, 11: Boston. 8. Ku2 SO=TURN e 27 4 6 3 2 0 o o 3 4 o 0 [ 0 SUMMARY Bases on balls—Of Coveleskie, 4: off Wing- feld."1: of Walzer, %: of Risell L ©, Struck out—By Coveieskie, 1; by g HitaOff Wingfleld. 0 In' 314 Innings: off elzer, 5 in 3% ionigs. wild nl'rl\—“!lz‘ 3 allin and Geisel. - M’L‘hlcn:o— [DETROIT...... 0 O CHICAGO 1 0 Batteries—Holloway and Bassler; At Cleveland— 1 3 4 ST. LOUIS [ o CLEVELAND . O 0 AMER 2 3 4 2 [ o 3 2 o 4 [ o 2 [ o At Phila.— NEW YORK .. PHILA 1 0 1 3 4 At Pittsburgh— 1 2 BOSTON. 0 0 ‘0 0 PITTSBURGH. 1 0 ©0 © Batteries—Smith and Taylor; Me [ OTHER MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES | ICAN 5 6 Thomas and Schalk. 5 6 L 8 9 R. Batteries—Falk and Hargrave; Buckeye and Sewell. 7 8 5 (U [ Batteries—Pennock and Collins; Gray and Perkins. NATIONAL 5 6 [ 1 adows and Smith. for Washington. Jenkins doubled to left. Bluege threw out Fowler, Jen- kins holding second. Herrera lined to Rice. Bischoff walked. Rosenthal batted for Welzer. He forced Bischoff, Judge to Myer. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON — Judge scratched a single past Herrera. Bluege scratch- ed a single past Rigney, Judge stop- ping at secorr)m. Myer fanned. On a double steal Judge took third and Bluege second. Ruel walked, filling | the bases. Coveleskie looked at a third strike. McNeely forced Bluege with a grounder to Fowler. No runs. BOSTON—Bluege threw out Flag- stead. - Rigney fouled to Judge. Car- lyle sent a long fly to Rice. Nothing across, NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—S. Harris bounced | a double off the left fleld fence. Rice sacrified, butting to Todt. Goslin shot a single pass Herrera, scoring S. Har- !ris. Judge forced Goslin, Herrera to | Rigney. Bluege singled through deep { short, sending Judge to third. Myer {lined to Flagstead. One run. BOSTON—Todt grounded to Judge. Jenkins walked. Fowler was thrown { out by Voveleskie, Jenkins taking sec- ond. Herrera singled to left, Jenkins stopping at third. Bischoff forced Her- rera, Bluege to S. Harris. No runs. Judge Accepts College Post. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, May 5 (). —Former United States District Judge Peter J. Hamilton of Mobile, Ala,, who was appointed by President. Wilson, today announced that ha has accepted the deanship of the i1« college of the Southern Methodist [’niversity at Dallas, Tex. He will tnke over his work September 1, 3 VOIGT IS LEADING AT INDIAN SPRING Five-stroke Margin Over Brawner at End of First Qualifying Round. Has George J. Voigt of the Bannockburn Golf Club, holder of the District amateur championship, led a fleld of nearly 70 entrants in the first qualifying round today of the Indian Spring Club Spring golf touna- ment. Voigt had a card of 77, out in 39 and back in 38, to lead John ¥. Brawner of Columbia by 5 shots. Brawner’s card of 82 was second to that of Voigt's late this afternoon. Walter R. Tuckerman of Burning Tree, a former District amateur champion, was tied at 85 with H. J. Cornwell of Columbia. Other scores low: ‘O‘J‘.) W. Brawner, Columbia, 86; M. J. David, Indian Spring, 8§ T. A Kelleher, unattached, 95; Harry, A. Grant, Indian Spring, 95. BELGIAN MINISTER OUT. Interior Official Quits—Cabinet Crisis Held Imminent. BRUSSELS, May 5 (#).—Baron Edouard Rolin-Jacquemyne resigned today as minister of interior. There are rumors that a ministerial crisis is imminent. Henri Carton, minister of colonies, also has resigned, \ | | y Star. 1926 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. VETERANS' GROUP WITHHOLDS ACTION * * IN FENNING CASE Will Study Other Matters Un- | til Judiciary Move Is Disposed Of. | - WHITE SAYS PATIENTS ARE “MENTALLY ILL” Declares He Testified in Loeb-Leos pold Trial to “‘Put Psychiatry on Map.” The House World War veterans' legislation committee will ignore that phase of its investization into guard- ianships of mentally incompetent vet- erans in the District and throughout the country which involve the name of Commissioner Frederick A. Fen- ning until the House acts on the reso lution reported yesterday by the judi- ciary committee directing and giving it power to investigate against Mr. Fenning. Chairman Johnson, South Dakota, nouncement following an executive session of the committee of one hour's | action | duration. The committee's was unanimous, Chalrman Johnson said, and the procedure agreed to was to continue with Dr. William A. White, superintendent of St. Eliza- heth’s Hospital, who occupied the stand, and then call Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans' Bu reau. By the time Gen. Hines has been cross-examined the committee fcels the Fenning matter will have been disposed of one way or the | other by the House. Representative (Ve ! opinion that no person could be called | insane” unless so adjudged by a court | and those persons under his care | Dr. White on Stand. Dr. White, who took the stand yes- erday afternoon, was cross-examined throughout the morning session by Rankin, Democrat, Mississippi. Mr. Rankin centered his questioning around Mr. Fenning's guardianships of veterans at the hos pital and aiso the procedure for com- mitting and discharging patients. Vir- tually all of Dr. White's testimony d Leen covered by him during his four, appearances before the subcom- mittee of the House District com- mittee. In the course of his cross-examina- tion Dr. White emphatically denied that there were any persons at St. charges | Republican, | today made this an- | service. Yesterday's (#) Means Associated Press. [ “Pjece of the Pole” | Asked of Byrd by | | House Members was asked by tw members of Congress today to bring back from the Arctic “a piece of the Pole, so we can see what it looks like.” The message was sent jointly by | Represental v of Califor- nia_and Drew; irginia. “California and_Virginia unite hing you and your crew suc- it said. | mr. WATSON 1S VIGTOR ININDIANA RACE Robinson Also Apparent Win- ner in Primary, Which Runs True to Form. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The expected happened yesterday in Indiana. Senator “Jim" Watson, | veteran and victor in many a contest in Hoosierdom, was renominated by | the Republicans for the Senate, de- feating his opponent Claris Adams, by an estimated 150,000 votes. Furthermore, Senator Arthur R. Robinson, now serving under appoint- | ment by the governor to fill tempo- rarily the vacancy caused by the | | death of Senator Ralston, is, on the face of present returns, nominated to | succeed himself. He must have a | majority over his four opponents when all the votes are in, or the nom- ination will go to the Republican | State convention, to be settled there. The victory of Senator Watson and the apparent victory of Senator Rob- inson is a victory for two anti-World Court Senators. However, the World Court issue did not come before the voters in the primary campaign. Mr. Adams announced that he would have Voted as did Senator Watson—against | | the World Court—had he been in the Senate. The sentiment in Indiana, according to reports from that State at the time of the vote in the Senate on the World Court and since, is_overwhelmingly against _American_a Therence_to_the LAND HONT TODAY Elizabeth’s Hospital who either were | not “mentally ill” or had not been adjudged insane by courts of com- | petent jurisdiction. For the benefit of the committee he declared in his i without this denomination wers classi- fled as “mentally ill.”" “Aren't you supposed to give all vour time to the institution?" asked Mr. Rankin. “Put Psychiatry on Map.” “That is stated in the law,” replied the witness, “but it also says that I am to provide the trpe of | treatment for the insane. That means I cannot _spend all my time running around the wards, but to develop an organization to give this care.” “How did it help St. Elizabeth’s for vou to go to Chicago, and testify in the Leopold and Loeb trial?” asked Mr. Rankin. “In the first place,” said Dr. White, “the Leopold and a trial—it was a hearing. Now we fellows who testified felt it was a ma; nificent opportunity to put psychiatr on the map. That was the spirit with which we went there.” The witness added he spent many hours with the | two vouths, declared they were not | only “mentally sick” but “both were serious social liabilities.” Dr. White denied emphatically that | Fenning to | he.ever authorized Mr. write petitions in which the St. Eliza- beth’s head recommended him as com- mittee; that he ever had an ‘‘undei standing” with Mr. Fenning in which | the latter would be appointed guard- | | ian, or that he ever authorized the Commissioner to sign his name. Cites Veteran's Cases. The witness explained that many | cases came to his attention where the Veterans' Bureau or War Risk In- surance Bureau had_appointed Mr. Fenning guardian of World War vet- erans. ‘“There were many times where Mr. Fenning was appointed guardian without ocur knowing it,” said the doctor. When it appeared to the interest of the patient to have a guardian ap- pointed, and when there was no one else forthcoming to assume the re- sponsibility, Dr. White declared he recommended Mr. Fenning “as a‘suit- able person, because he had served excellently in the field.” Action on the Blanton resolution reported to the House yesterday by Chairman Graham of ths judiciary committee authorizing the judiciary committee to investigate District Com- missioner nning to determine whether he ‘“has been guilty of any acts which in the contemplation of the Constitution, the statute laws and the precedents of Congress are high crimes and misdemeanors requiring the interposition of the constitutional powers of the House,” has been de- ferred until tomorrow under the rules of the House. Luce Held up Action. Action was prevented yesterday by Representative Luce, Republican, of Massachusetts. Mr. Luce stated yesterday that he | might desire to speak upon this reso- lution when there was a full attend- ance of the House and in order to prevent a roll call at a late hour yes- terday action was postponed. This is calendar Wednesday, with the military affairs committee having an opportunity to present measures, and in order not to interfere with the rights of the committee. the reso- lution went over until tomorrow. This was emphasized at the opening of the session today when Mr. Rankin, active in the Fenning investigation as a member of the veterans' com- mittee, asked when a vote would be taken on it. Representative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, author of the resolution, re- ceived unanimous consent from the House to extend his remarks in the | Congressional Record by printing a certificate prepared by Chief Justice McCoy_of the Supreme Court of the | ntinued on Page 2, Column 2. Radio Programs—Page 34 Loeh case wasn't | Will Cruise 400 Miles North of Barrow in Search for New Territory. By the Associated Preee. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 5— Capt. George H. Wilkins, leader of the Detroit Arctic expedition, plans 10 leave here today on his final search for land in the Arctic wastes. He will use the Alaskan, a single- | engine airplane piloted by Carl B. Eielson. ‘The first hop will be to Point Barrow. The aviators will fly north of Barrow, cruise east and | west over the Arctic for 200 miles, | and return to Barrow. A radio out- fit will be carried, Wilkins said. The | Alaskan is equipped with an extra oil reservoir, which, with gasoline stores in a freight compartment. | gives it a cruising radius of over ! 1,500 and probable 2,000 miles. The Alaskan's engine, a 400-horse- power Liberty, is in good condition. Gasoline .previous voyages will be used to complete the flight. The aviators | declared they were unconcerned over the possibility of being forced to | Jand in the unexplored Arctic. Pre- vious scouting expeditions showed suitable landing places. It is largely on stories and legends | of Eskimos who live on the fringe | of the Arctic that Wilkins bases his hopes of finding land there. The natives repeatedly have de- clared that migratory birds fly | north from Alaska and return with | their young, which could not pos- sibly have hatched on ice, in the ; opinion of bird experts. Eskimos told Wilkins on his last trip to Point Barrow that white foxes annually migrate out over the ice pack into the north. Wilkins says that if he finds land he will claim it for the United States and name it Harris Land, in honor of an American scientist named Harris who first advanced a theory that such land existed. TRIP DELAYED YESTERDAY. 400 miles BY FREDERICK LEWIS EARP. The Star and North Soeal Gt ewspaver” Allance: FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 5.—Un- willing to fly North to the Aretic | coast for a trip out over the sea ice | until the radio generator on the plane is functioning properly, Capt. George H. Wilkins, commander of the De- troit Arctic expedition, decided at noon yesterday to postpone his hop- off for Point Barrow. Weather conditions for the flight were excellent locally yesterday morn- ing, but as the day wore on a haze developed to the northward that in- dicated thick weather in the vicinity | of the Endicott Mountains. “Another day's delay doesn’'t mat- ter so much,” saild Capt. Wilkins, ! “when the question of radio communi- | cation is so vital.” Weather advices | were obtained Monday evening from | Point Barrow. Robert Wasky, the | expedition’s radio man there, said he | hoped to be in his new wireless shack | by today. He was informed at noon yesterday by Chief Radio Man Howard | Mason at the airdrome here of the postponement of Capt. Wilkins' fourth | flight to Barrow. { The repaired propeller, which brought the Alaskan safely back from | the third round trip, is doing duty | again. Brass strips in the wood rein- force it, and the aviation experts of the party say it is as stanch as ever. The new propeller, tried out Monday, could not lift the Fokker } off the ground even when the cargo was taken out. “If the old propeller holds out we | will make a trip out over the ice be fore returning to Fairbanks,” the | commander said expect no trouble on the mountain flight, and I think we will have some interesting experi- | ences to relate within a few days.” (Copsright. (1026 by the North American ewspaper Alliance.) aken to the supply base on | p, The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Circulation, 101,920 TWO CENTS. RETIREMENT FIGHT SETTLED; ANNUITY LIMITED 0 §1.00( Both Plans Modified Under Agreement of Coolidge and Congress Leaders. MEASURE IS EXPECTED TO BE PASSED QUICKLY Divisor of 45 Will Be Used in Com- puting Pensions—Cost to Be Little More Than Now. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. An agreement has been reached by President Coolidge and advocates in the House and Senate of legislation to liberalize the retirement act for Federal employ: ‘This is interpreted to indicate th: this legislation ean be put through Congress without ans difficulty during the remainder of this session, This agreement has been reached through a compromise made by those who have been proposing plans for a more liberal retirement act, and the feeling at the White House today is that this legislation, practically along the lines as originally approved by the President, will be enacted, in asmuch as the White House and those Senators and Representatives who have been sponsoring liberalization legislation are now known to be in accord regarding the terms. Inas much as this is the first time since the movement for a more liberal re tirement measure was started that the administration and congressional 1dvocates have struck a happy agree. ment, apparently satisfactory to all concerned, it is believed that the ces for enactment have been greatly enhanced. Lord Plan Modifled. It is thought now that the matter is merely one of getting action on the fl!‘(:r_u( t Senate and House. This legislation was the subject of talks which the President had at the White House today, first with Brig Lord, director of the budget, wi prepared a complete plan for liberalization along the lines sugge: (‘l‘! by the President, and then w Senator Stanfield of Oregon, sponsor of the liber n legislation in the | Senate, and lastly with Representative Lehlbach of New Jersey, chairman of the House civil service committee. It was learned afterward from an authoritative source that, at the sug gestion of President Coolidge, Gen Lord has modified his plan so as to embody @ divisor of 45 instead of 4% to be used in computing annuities Under this modified plan the cost to the Govérnment would be almost ex- actly the same as under the present law, which is £17,500,000; in fact, there is & possibility of its being a trifle in excess of this amount. Annuity Cut to §1,000. Other compromises included an agreement on the part of Mr. Lehl- bach to modify his bill, which recently was reported to the House by the civil service committee, so as to re- duce the maximum annuity from 1,200, as provided in his bill, to $1,000 1s proposed in Gen. Lord's plan. He also will use the divisor 45 for com- puting annuities instead of 40, as originally provided in his bill, and will eliminate certain features of that sec- tion of his bill providing for voluntary retirement, so as to conform as nearly | as possible to the wishes of the Presi- nator Stanfield, whose bill y the same as Mr. Lehl- was informed by the Presi- dent that the plan for amending the law proposed by Gen. Lord will be submitted to Congress with his ap- proval when the time comes for the Senate to consider amending the re- tirement act. Stanfleld Likes Plan. Senator tanfield stated that the new administration plan would come more nearly within the ideas held by members of his committee as to what should be done in the matter of liberalizing the act. He declined. however, to say whether he would accept the Lord proposal in its en- tirety or in part and embody the ideas in his bill, until he has made a more complete study of the matter. It was explained by Mr. Lehlbach that while the Lord plan for liberali- zatlon is not quite as liberal as the employes of the Government would like it to be, and is lower than he personally believes it should be, he is of the opinion that it would be infinitely better to obtain liberaliza- is | tion to this extent at this time rather | than none at all. | that he was ready to accept the ad- His attitude was ministration’s viewpoint rather than | see the whole proposition defeated. The annuities to be pald employes receiving salaries under $1,600 would, under the Lord plan as it has been changed at the suggestion of the President, be increased about 6 per cent over the 48 divisor plan, while those receiving a salary of $1,600 and over would receive the same annuity as under the 48 divisor schedule. Original Plan Cheaper. It was explained that the principal reason for this change is that the figures compiled by the Government actuaries estimating the cost on the plan submitted by Gen. Lord have revealed that that proposal would cost the Government about $200,000 less annually than is the cost under the present law, which administration leaders realize would make it diffi- cult to convince employes that they were getting any liberalization under this plan. The amended administration plan would set the maximum salary on which annuity computations could be made at $1,500 instead of the orig- inal $1,600. This would make it pos- sible for an employe who had been recelving $1,500 annually and had served in the Government service for 30 years to receive the $1,000 max- imum annuity, while under the 48 divisor he would only have received about $940. Senator Stanfield was of the opin- ion that there will be no great diffi- culty experienced when the retire- ment legislation comes before the Senate for discussion and he felt very sure that some form of retirement liberalization will be passed. Mr. Lehlbach, while very hopeful of the outcome, did not express himself quite so optimistically.