Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. s (U. S Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers this afternoon and probably tonight; slightly cooler: tomorrow fair. Highest, 75, at 4 p.m. yesterday: low- est, 54, at 6 a.m. today Full report on page 2. losing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Cl No. 29,964. Entered as second class mutter post office, Washington. D C. NORGE LANDS SAFELY 50 MILES FROM NOME AFTER 3 DAYS FLIGHT Explorers Were Forced Down Thursday Night at Teller, Alaska—Flight Succgss. RADIO STATIO AFTER HOUR PICKS UP CALL OF LISTENING War Department Also Announces Find- ing of Dirigible—Inaccessibility of Landing Place Explains Silence. By a Special Correspondent of The Star NOME, Alaska, May 13.—The airship Norge landed at Teller, Alaska, on the evening of May 13, it has been fully confirmed. All members of the polar expendition are safe and in excellent condition Copsmight. 1076, by the New Yor aes and St Louis Post Dispatch The War Department announced today that the dirigible Norge was at Teller. Alaska. Communication hetween Nome and the N established at 11 p.m.. May 14, Alaska time “The office of the chief signa! officer.” said the department’s announcement, “is in receipt of a message from Nome, Alaska, to the effect that the Norge is at Teller, Alaska. “Communication hetween Nome and the Norge was estah- lished at 11 p.m., May 14, Alaska time.” rge at Teller was Enecial Dispatch o The Star NEW YORK, May 13.—The Norge is at Teller. Alaska, 350 miles north of Nome. according to morning by the North American Newspaper Alliance from it correspondent, Frederick Farp, at Fairbanks, Alaska Copstizht. 1926, by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) Ship Heard Early Today. \Mav 15 (AP).—At 6:25 this morning, ! Island Navy Radio Station heard he Army Radio Station at Nome, BREMERTON Tastern standard tim the dirigible Norge t Alaska. The following message reached the Puget Sound Navy Yard station here from the Navy radio station at Cordova, Alaska, re- gorting a message from St. Paul Island. which is in Bering Sea, 300 miles south of Nome: “Following signal heard b They regard the transpolar fiight as a complete success. | private advices received this| WASHI GTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ", SATURDAY, MAY 15, RETIEMENT BILLS STRWARM DEBATE | day Still in Doubt After Long Discussion. Liberalized retirement legislation for Government emploves is due to | pass the Senate Monday. but whether the maximum annuity will be raised to $1,000 or $1.200 remained a doubt | tul factor after several hours of lively | debate yesterday afternoon. The | House also is expected to take up re tirement legislation Monday The lower substitute, prepared by the Budget Bureau, is regarded as the one most likely to be enacted, and - = | — & | Ninety Men Surrender to Troops| | in State of Guerrero. | MEXICO CITY. May 15 U®).—It is announced that three groups of rebels. totaling 90 men, have surrendered in the state of Guerrero Government | troops have heen operating there re. cently against scattered groups of banditz commanded by the Vidales brothers l Minister ! CRLS ARELEADIG NORATORYTESTS of war Acapuleo Gen. Amarn, has Three of Five Finalists Al- ready Chosen Are of | eraft while there is a possibility the $1,200 | plan may receive the approval of the | "LBT from WXY: ‘Received all okeh. Go ahead when are ready.’” LBT is the wireless call of the Norge and WXY is that of the radio| tation of the Signal Corps of the ited States Army at Nome The St. Paul-Cordova message was received here at 9:45 this morn- ing, Eastern standard time. TRAIL NOW IMPASSABL Close Friend of Amundsen Resident of Teller at Present. BY VIRJALMUR STEFANSSON. NEW YORK, May 15.—Teller, Alaska, is about 50 miles north over- | Jand from Nome. It is the town at | Mhe chief harbor of northwest Alaska, | you .’ BYRD CARRIES HELP TOLOST TRAPPERS Flies From Kings Bay, Finds Missing Men and Drops Provisions to Them. BY WILLIAM BIRD. Correspondent of The Star on the Byrd Polar Expedition. KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, May 15.— Senate, those who have followed the situation believe the House will pass the measure fixing a $1,000 maximum This would put the question up to the conferees for adjustment. Stanfleld for First Bill. Supported by a number of Demo | crats, Senator Stanfield, Republican of Oregon, in charge of retirement | legisiation, vesterday defended the hill approved by the Senate civil service | committee, which raises the maximum | annuity from $720 to $1,.200 and per- mits 30-year voluntary retirement be- | fore the age of compulsory retirement | is reached. | Although he backed the more lib | eral committee bill, Senator Stanfield |called attention to the substitute | measure lying on the table, which em- bodies the plan of the Budget Bureau for a $1,000 maximum and a slightly different basis for computing the an- Gentler Sex. | For the first time in the history of | the National Oratorical Contest girls promise to predominate, the group of seven district finalists who, on June 4. will here in the national finals. it was revealed today upgn the receipt of dispatches from Louisvill Ky.. and New York City. Two girls Miss Ann Hardin and Miss Helen Bylund, were the victors .n their respective regions. A telegram from Kansas City heralded the triumph of |the first hoy in this vear's district finals. He is Joseph A. Mullarky of Augusta, Ga Herbert Wenig of Hollywood High School has been adjudged winner of the final round of the contest for the Pacific Southwest | compete Fort Clarence. Ten or it was a fairly prosperous small gold- | bergen today when he took the Jo- mining camp. There is an overland | sephine Ford on an errand of relief telephone service to Nome. A little | ¢or two trappers, who are long over- 15 vears ago | Comdr. Byrd won all hearts at Spitz-| Inasmuch as Miss Myrtle Posey. vearold Eastern High Schodl senior the finalist in the District of Colum bia, Maryland and Virginia territory, already has won her laurels as district nuity. When Democratic Senators criti- cized Senator Stanfield for filing the substitute bill prepared by Budget | Director Lord, after the civil service | LIEUT. JETER WINS CURTISS AIR RAGE Navy Flyer Makes 130.94 Miles an Hour to Set New Record. Flving at an average speed of 130.94 miles per hour, Lieut. Thomas P. Jeter of the Bureau of Aero- nautice, Navy Department. won the annual contest for the Curtiss Marine trophy which was held on the Poto- mac River vesterday afternoon—the first competition of its kind thr air- ever witnessed in the Capital His speed established a record for these races, the previous time being 116 miles per hour. Thousands of crowded Hains Point and the Naval Air Station at Anacostia for the event, including three cabinet offi- ce military high ranking officers and Navy. Teeming With Interest. to finish was and naval committees and of the Army The race from start crowded with interest. The start- ing order was so arranged that virtually every minute one of the en: tries was charging up the river, tip- ping over on the left wing and whip- ping around the home pylon—a tent- line object in the river hetween the air station and the point It was around this marker that the skill of the pilots was exhibited and each of the entrants, whether flying a big lumbering “tub”’ or a speedy Curtiss hawk, went the limit on the turns which contributes so much to- ward the final victory. The race was fraught with spirit and sharp competition on the part of the pilots flying slower craft, as four | gold wrist watches were given by The | Washingtonians | ¢ Foening Star. 1926—FORTY-SIX PAGES. b POLISH PRESIDENT AND CABINET QUIT S PARLEYS FAIL Pilsudski Takes Over Palace | and Begins Forming New Ministry. 2,000 REPORTED KILLED IN FIGHTING IN STREETS | General Strike Called Of—Army Flocking to Marshal's Banner. Warsaw Celebrates Victory. | By the Associated Press. | BERLIN, May 15.- The Polish Tel egraph Agency here announces that President Wojciechowskl of Poland and the Wites cabinet have resigned |and that a new ministry is now | heing formed | A dispatch to the Wolff Bureau | from Warsaw quotes the newspaper Kurfer Poranny of Warsaw as say [ing that President Wojciechowski has resigned and that Premier Witos also has given up office The dispatch savs {of the President and Iafter all.night parleys in Augustow, 140 miles northeast of Warsaw 4 whence the members of the new gov ornment had fled yesterday. M Rataj. president of the Chamber of Deputies, officiated mediator General Strike Off The Socialists have called off their zeneral strike, as Pilsudski is master of the situation in Warsaw The agency announced that | dent Wojciechowski had informed Rataj, president of the Chamber of| Deputies. of his resignation and| ransferring the executive powers to| M. Rataj. according to constitutional ovisions. formed M. Rataj of its joint resigna tion, which has heen accepted | VI Austria, May 15 P).—| Some Pollsh government troops are| reported to have taken up a mnew| position south of Warsaw, while | others have been dispersed by the| | forces of Marshal Joseph Pilsudski who holds the capital. Volunteers are flocking to Pilsudski's camp and War caw is reported celebrating. Pilsudski is forming a cabinet MARSHAL'S POSITION STRONG. the retirement premi ame presi. | M. | | tubes ‘showing the! The Star’ as fast as th (#) Means Associated Pre: TWO DEAD IN RENEWAL OF ITALIAN GANG FEUD Brothers Shot Down by Volley From Quartet of Pueblo Gunmen. Bystander Wounded. By the Associated Prese. PUEBLO, Colo.. May 15.—Two men Pete and Tony Ganna, are dead here in what police declare is a renewal of warfare between Italian factions in Pueblo that have resulted in nearly a score of deaths in the last four vears Pete Ganna died in a hospital last night, five hours after his brother Tony died from wounds received wien the two were shot down in business district by a quartet of gun men who fired upon them from an automobile and then fled A third man. a bystander, slightly wounded by the volle shots. Police today are seeking slayers, belleved to be located coal camp near Walsenburg. was of the in a LONDON'S MILLIONS AGAINRIDE 01085 AFTER BIG STRKE Railroads Hope for Normal Services by Monday—Some Still Defiant. By the Asso~ated Pre LONDON, May 15.—lohn Bull having first had a good fight to re- lleve his surplus energy, went hack work today with a grin—albeit somewhat rueful one a If he was sore of muscle and per- | haps changed {in spirit, still he tackled his duties with dogged Brit- ish determination. resolved to do the hest he could until his hurts disap- peared He wasn't talking much about the fight or doing any boasting either. for like Davy Crockett he figuredl that when lusty blows have heen given and taken. hoth sides should shake hands and let that he the | end of it John's offspring didn't walk to work this morning as they had heen forced to do for the last 11 d while the head of the family wa having his scrap. Millions Now Riding. London’s millions of wheels bhegan | again—trams, busses and paces in bring- 1y to business. men and other affected by the turning ing the people sma Most of the railwa transport workers Pueblo’s | members of the congressional ! President Reported Opening Parleys| zeneral strike ‘:;rede\'pec'ed to bhe " back at work Monday. VIS FIRGERE One big raflway svstem has an- PARIS, May 15 (®).—The Polishi nounced normal services for tomor telegraph agency in a dispatch from | row, and it is believed Monday may e aw savs that DPresident Woicie:| see 'a pretty general resumption of . who has gone to the suburbs | passenger traffic on all lines, though of the city with the majority of mem-| ¢ is thought freight traffic will be bers of the Witos cabinet, today sent|jonger in reaching normal S representative to open negotiations| Hope is expressed that the negoti- with Marshal Pilsudski | ations for a resumption of work by A direct communication to the As-| he dockers and transport men. Whose scciated Press from Warsaw this| position is still unsettled, will lead morning, saving the indications were| i, a satisfactory agreement during that a majority of the Polish troops|the week end. had taken up the cause of Marshal! Following the recent weighty legal Pilsudski, shows that the marshal's|opinions that the general strike was | position is sufficiently established to illegal and that the employers are en- allow the sending of dispatches. |titled to sue for compensation those That his position is a strong one is| persons responsible, it is now declared confirmed by news from other centers. | that members of trades unions who including Vienna. which say that the|lost their employment through being provincial garrisons which Premier| compelled to obey the alleged illegal Witos called to his aid have rallied to | strike order can recover damages the marshal's forces. | against their leaders. This is the view Gen. Haller, who organized the Pol- | ish Legion in the United States dur-| ing the World War, and Gen. Sikorski are named as siding with Pilsudski.| a high legal authoritv” printed anonymously in the Daily Mail today. Work Hard for Peace. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,116 TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE PLEADS FORSTATES' RIGHTS ~ ATWILLIAMSBURG | Surrender of Duties to Fed- | eral Government Deplored i in Old Virginia Town. | LOCAL BACKING OF LAWS OF NATION IS DEMANDED | | President's Speech Feature of Ses- quicentennial Observance of Vote for Independence. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG Sta#f Correspondent of The Star. WILLIAMSBURG, Va.. May 15.—TIr | the midst of what he so happily re | terred to as hallowed and historic sur | roundings. rich in the records of the | past, President Coolidge. in an addr here today. made an ardent appeal to | the States to maintain their individual | coverefgnty and not surrender the | management of their affairs to the | Federal Governmient The President declared that if the | States properly dishcarge their func | tions there can be no fear of encroach ment on the part of the National Gov ernment: if the States safeguard their rights and do their duty faithfully | there will follow a contraction, rather | than an extenston, of the authority of {the Federal Government, he ampli | fied The President's speech was made hefore a large gathering, and was made all the more impressive because the occasion was incident to the cele bration of the 130th anniversary of adoption by the Virginia convention. meeting in this evenerable town.of res | olutions declaring for the independ | ence of the American colonies from | British rule, and directing Virginia's epresentatives in the Continental Con gress to support a movement having | independence as its objective. Praised by Governor. o President was welcomed to Vir by Gov. Byrd. who paid high tribute to the Chief Executive for h | public_ service, declaring Mr. Coolidge | has the respect of American ci {zens for his “effic dignity com n sense.” Besides his significant reference to hts and his appeal for Y. the President em { phasized the necessity of making the political action of the Federal Gover { ment harmonize with the principle national unity. He warned against | sectional divisions and geographical ! , saying that this country should he done with such things. He regret ted that direct primaries and direct | elections bring to bear upon the politi- {cal fortunes of public officials the greatly disproportionate influence of organized minorities “Artificial propaganda. paid agita- tors. selfish interests.” the President added in this connection, “all impinge upon members of legislative bodies to | force them to represent special ele- | ments rather than the great body of thefr constituency.’ General Good Put First. | In deploring this condition the Presi- | dent reminded his auditors that “not | only is this one country, but we must keep all its different parts n harmony | by refusing to adopt legislation which |is not for the general welfare." | " The President referred to the reso- Iutions of independence adopted by the | Virginia Convention, as providing for the principle of States’ rights. Quot ing from those resolutions the Presi an earlier in the vear dog teams go : | : & 162mS E0|due here and for whom the gravest finalist, this makes three out of the |Star 1o the winners of ‘the various| The Polish general staff is said to| The people are working hard to give across the neck of land to Nome in a few hours, but that is probably im- possible now for the rivers break- ing up and the snow is partly gone The land all about is now a great reindeer country with herds agsregat- ing tens of thousands of animals be Jonging chiefly to Eskimos and to the Toman Reindeer and Trading Corpora tion. The head of this family is Judze G. J. Loman of the Federal Court whe formerly was the Norweigian consul at Nome. The Loman family are Amundsen’s personal representa tives in Nome, so that if the report of he Norge's arrival at Teller true Amundsen may be said to be at home when he gets in their territory (Conrrizht, 1928 by North American News. vpaper Alliance ) NOME'S WAIT IN VA Speculation Last 2 Fate Keen NOME, Alaska, May 15 (@). two days and nights Nome had waited | for the guests of honor at her big party. But the airship Norge, sched: uled to bring them here, failed to put | in her appearance over the Northern horizon | Bunting, which adorns the main street, has faded in the rain and snow. Flags wave listlessly in the chill winds. The strain of two sleepless nights began to tell on faithful watchers, and many went to bed last night. Others preferred to stay awake. Around iron stoves they talked about Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian who left in the Norge from Kings Bay, Spitz- bergen. to flv here They told Intimate tales of the great | exvlorer, discussed the previous dar ing attempts to penetrate the mys. terles of the Arctic. Speculation con. cerning the fate of the Norge seemed an endless topic of conversation. As the little groups broke up after annther night and those who were in business wended their way up Front street it was clear that there was no unanimity of opinion regarding the ship's whereabouts. Some believed it was drifting in the Arctic, carefully mapping land which they may have sighted. Others held that they stopped at Wainwright, northeast of here, for gasoline, left there on a previous expedition, and which would enable them to make further exploration of the icy wastes. A third group maintained that Amundsen was purposely keeping the world on' edge and would pounce | down upon Nome without warning. He is known as a man of surprises and those who adhered to the latter opinion based their belief on that fact. No one would venture the opinion that the Norge had met with disaster. The town was provided with a break in the monotonous waiting last night when a report from the United | States said the dirigible had arrived here. Newspaper correspondents hur- “ied to the radio station and cable | offiee to deny it W af the vill; were glven i subiect upon which te | jest and all enjoyed a laugh. | minutes. |an appeal apprehension has been entertained. His flight was postponed yesterday on account of windy weather. But today was fine and clear. Byrd, Ben- nett, Vanderveer, the cameraman, and The S correspondent went up shortly after 4 o'clock. Comdr. Byrd took along Smith Meyer, man- ager of the Spitzbergen coal mine, and A' friend of the lost men. Numbers of the missing trappers, gathered around with words of appreciation, including the Governor of Spitzbergen. who ar- rived a few days ago to bid Amund- sen good-bye. also Small Plane Is Escort. The plane was escorted from the | bay by the Oriole, Comdr. Byrd's small auxiliary plane. It bore westward over the mountains, toward Foreland Sound, which was reached in a few 1t then followed the sound southward amid a gorgeous panorama of gigantic crags, swept bare by the winds, thrusting through the limitless snow and glaciers crumbling in crushed blocks along the shore. All eves were strained for traces of the missing men, who were supposed to have traplines all along the sound, but nothing but the vastly beautiful waste could be seen. ~ Concern over the men's fate was intense when Miller Point came into view. where it was hoped the men would he found In the far distance the first signs of life appeared when three big brown dogs leaped out and ran madly toward the plane. appar- ently barking. A moment later a hu- man form emerged. and then two more, all waving their arms excitedly. Bennett drove past them and then circled back at an altitude of about 500 feet, while Comdr. Byrd opened a trapdoor and dropped several tins of pemmican to which a note was at tached by Smith Myer. He suggesied that if assistance was needed they try to get a man through to King's Bay. Both Parties Surprised. Peder Pederson had been gone since October 14, while two others who went to bring him back had been gone three weeks, although expected to re- turn within a week. It must have been astonishing to them to see the glant plane suddenly burst through the Artic stiliness, unbroken since last Summer as the foreland sound has been blocked by ice since then. It was almost as strange to those on board to realize that they had made a con- tact in less than an hour with men whom otherwise they couldn't. have reached except by two or three days’ hard dog-sledding. The Josephine circled back and forth several times, watching to see | if the men made any signs expressing for help. Nothing, how- ever, hut greetings were waved. Those on board waved greetings from the windows of the plane and. with Tyrd piloting the plane rveturned to townspeople, also friends of the! committee had approved a more lib- eral plan, Senator Stanfield asserted he was not in favor of the substitute and hoped the committee bill would pass. At this stage of the discus- sion, Senator Smoot, chairman of the finance committee, and one of the Republican leaders in the Senate, an $1,000 substitute bill. Lower Cost Cited. In his opening explanation of the two propositions, Senator Stanfield emphasized the point that the modified plan of Gen. Lord would cost the Government less than the existing law by $29,300. He said “We have spoken of this amend- ment proposed to the existing law as a liberalization of retirement, all having in mind. 1 think, that the Government would contribute to that liberalization. Under the proposals made by the director of the budget to the President of the United States the bill does not work out as a liber- alization of the present law except- ing as the emploves contribute to the fund to liberalize the law for the henefit of those employes who have been retired or who may hereafter retire. Those who retired under the act in 1920, and about that time, never contributed to the fund. Their annuity was entirely in the form of a pension paid by the Government. By adopting the provisions. if they shall be adopted, as proposed by the director of the budget, the cost to the Government would be IP!s!l'wd $29,300 a vear: the increased annuity would be borne by the contributio of the present and future employes, which would be increased from 2% to 313 per cent. or 40 per cent. The average increase of the annuity will be 39 per cent and the employes' con- tribution will be increased 40 per cent, so they will recetve the dif- ference in the ratio of 39 to 40: that is, the employes will pay that much more, which, if the provisions pro- posed by the director of the budget | shall be accepted, will lessen the total cost to the Government $29,300 annuall Answering questions put by Sena- tor Willis, Republican, of Ohio, Sen- ator Stanfield explained the cost to the Government under the Lord sub- stitute would be $17,786,598, and under the $1,200 committee bill it would be $24,187.919, or approxi- mately $7,000.000 more. Payment Time Argued. Since the original retirement law was enacted the contributions of the employes have been ample to meet annuities, and the debate yesterday developed a wide difference of opin- jon as to how soon the Government would have to begin actually put- ting up its share. Senator Stanfield said it would be from 20 to 30 years before the fund built up by the workers would have to be augmented by the Govern ment's contribution, bhut Senator Smant _insisted the Government (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) 1 v 3 (Continued on Page 5, Column 6. nounced that he would sponsor the | four district finalists so far deter- | mined young ladies. | Girl Wins in Louisville. Further evidence that the present will be a big year for the fair sex in the oratory contest was seen in the results of the Loulsville finals. There were but two girls out of seven com petitors, and vet they were accorded | first and second honors. Miss Hardin. | the winner from that territory, repre sents the Louisville Girls' High | School, and she scored last night on her sixteenth birthday. Her father is superintendent of the Kentucky School for Boys. and the family has lived in the bluegrass region all of ther live Miss Hardin was coached by Miss Eleanor Huber, a 1924 district finalist, who is now on the staff of the Louis- ville Courier-Journal and aiding in conducting the oratorical contest. It is believed that Miss Huber's assist- ance greatly aided Miss Hardin and will also help her in the national com- petition. Miss Huber was a popular speaker_here_in 1924, vew York's Girl Victor. Miss Bylund, the New York district finalist, also promises Miss Posey, the local winner, stiff competition in the national finals. Miss Bylund is presi- dent of the Students’ General Organi- zation of the Wadleigh High School, recognized as the largest all-girls’ high school in the world. The enroll- ment is between 4,000 and 5,000 girls. As the prime mover in the drafting of an honor code to be observed by Wad- leigh girls, Miss Bylund came into na- tional prominence a few months ago. Mullarky will represent the Atlanta Constitution. He also will represent one of the oldest schools in the coun- try, the Richmond County Academy of Augusta, which is the first private school to win representation in the national finals. In the first two vears of the oratori- cal contest there haev ben two girls among the seven district finalists who have competed here for national honors Another innovation in the contest this year will be the variety of sub- jects which the speakers will use. In previous vears all of the district final- ists have spoke on the same subject. Each Subject Different. Each of the four district finalists already decided has a different sub- ject. "Miss Posey's subject is the latest authorized by the oratorical contest committee, ‘‘America’s Con- tribution to Constitutional Govern- ment”: Miss Hardin's is ‘“Jefferson and the Constitution”; Mullarky's is “The Constitution,” while Miss By- lund’s is “Lincoln and the Constitu- tion.” Envoy Rushes to Warsaw. LEBOURGET, France, May 15 (®)—John B. Stetson, jr.. United States Minister to Poland. left here ! this morning in = special airplane | for Warsaw. Hr will travel by way | of Nuremburg, Prague and Breslau. 1 groups. Lieut. Jeter. in addition to winning the trophy, also wins a watch for being first in the fighting plane group. He flew a Curtiss Hawk, sin- gle-seater, fitted with a 450-horsepower motor. and his competitor in the same type ship was Lieut. James D. Barner of the Naval Air Station, who aver 98 miles per hour for the course. Other Winners Announced. The winner of the 5L _twin-en gined flying boat class was Lieut. L. W. Curtain of the Bureau of Aeronau- tics, who piloted the two-starred plane of Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the bureau. Chief Boatswain Walter C. Fitzpatrick of the Naval Afr Sta- tion lead the H-16 twin-engined flying hoat group, and Lieut. F. H. Conant of the bureau came in first in his clas: fication. These four airmen will re. ceive the watches at appropriate cere- monfes now being arranged. There was only one incident to mar the race. Lieut. F. A. Davis of Hamp- ton Roads Air Station, who was paired off with Boatswain Fitzpatrick, was forced to land in the water between the point and Alexandria, when one of his two motors became disabled. He was later picked up by a boat from the air station and towed into the hangars. All Planes Cover Course. Every plane covered the course, which at the last minute was remeas- ured and found to total 731 miles in- stead of 80, with wide open motors. While the speeds recorded were far from those established by the Army and Navy trim little $100,000 racers, nevertheless the race demon strated the maximum speed perform- ance of the various types of planes in the naval service today performing military duty. Each one was grabbed out of the routine of flying and put in the race and no special grooming, such as the removal of necessary ob. structions or installation of high speed engines, was made. Prior to the event, the air force from Brown Field, Quantico, Va., in- cluding six tiny Boeing pursuit planes with a straight-away speed of 180 miles per hour, gave an exhibition of its knowledge of flying. The flights of the Boeings by far carried away the honors, as these neat little ships dived down on Bolling Field from sev- eral thousand feet with a nerve. shocking roar emitting from their 450- horsepower engines. In these dives the Boeings made at least 250 miles per hour. The only criticism to be offered the demonstration was that the naval authorities confined it to the field, instead ‘of branching it out over the point for the benefit of the spectators. Lieut. Simard Off First. Promptly at 4 o'clock the entrants, who had been milling around in the air for positions, lined up for the start. The first plane to dash over the sta- tion and swing around the home pyion ~(Continued on Page 4, Column ) | have placed itself at the disposal of | |'the leader of the revolt. Master of Railwa; | The position of the marshal is| strengthened by his being master of the | strategic rallways, and thus being able to prevent the arrival of reinforce | ments for the government. Vienna | { has received advices to the effect that | | the military opposition to Pilsudski is | | gaining strength in the provinces |~ Several high officials in the prov |inces are reported to have been ar-| | rested for refusing to support Pilsud ski. The marshal has taken over the Saxony Palace in Warsaw as his head quarters. It is said that there have been 2,000 | victims of the heavy fighting, which has been going on since Wednesday. | and which culminated in the capture by the Pilsudski forces of the Belve- dere Palace, the stronghold of Presi- dent Wojcieghowski and his ministers, and the flight of the chief executive and his immediate followers by air- planes and automobiles to some un- known destination, but probably Posen. Among those who fled was M. Wi- tos. Considerable material damage has been done in Warsaw. The Church St. Savior is reported to have been destroyed. Fresh Recruits for Marshal. One report is that the ranks of Pil- sudski have been increased by a num- ber of fresh recruits, and that he has obtained the support of the Social Democratic. People’s and Radical parties. The latter demand the resig- nation of the President as well as the cabinet. Both sides to the controversy are applying a most rigorous censorship the doings in_Poland, which_is olumn 4) ‘ontinued on Page 2, C effect to Premier Baldwin's statement in the House of Commons vesterday. ““The supreme necessity of the coun- try requires that the largest body of men possible be brought back to work (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) THREE COAST GUARD OFFICERS INDICTED Commanders of Vessels Believed to Be Involved in Rum Running Plot in Northwest. By the Associated Press SEATTLE, Wash,, May 15—The Post-Intelligencer said this morning that at least three commanders of United States Coast Guard vessels are mentioned in Federal grand in- dictments. They are believed to be involved in a_rum-running conspiracy in the Pacific Northwest. which Federal prohibition officials declared was broken up when a grand jury here this week returned 37 indictments naming nearly 200 persons Those arrested yesterday and Thursday included a Seattle police captain, a county sheriff. two deputy sheriffs, a customa broker, a man who is reputed to be Pacific North- west agent for a British Columbia liquor exporting firm. and Roy Olm- sted, a former Seattle police lisuten- ant, who is under four vears' sen tence with 20 others for heing head of an international liquor conspiracy. Hat, Size 20753, Sent By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, May 15.—Sinclair Lewis, whose zeal in gathering ma- terial for his next novel—which is to be a satire on the ministry—has stir- red up the ire of what H. L. Mencken calls the “mail order belt,” yesterday was made the butt of a practical joke by a Main street jeweler. L. J. Ryer, the jeweler, sent the decliner of a Pulitzer prize a mam- moth straw hat, size 207%, with the accompanying card: “To Mr. Lewis, since recent develop- ments indicate the brain of children, Mr. Kennicott, Babbit, Arrowsmith and Elmer Flaugh, may occupy enlarged quarters, herewit . is an adequate roof for the ‘super’ structure. Mr. Ryer saw the hat, a sample, in a downtown window. He was struck | suddenly with an idea and paid $27.50 ‘ for the zigantie covering. He called a | - to Sinclair Lewis By Main Street Jeweler, Coldly Rejected transfer wagon and had it carted out to the novelist's apartment. The word got around town some way and a huge crowd accompanied the gift. At the apartment the hat had to be turned on edge to get it through the doorway. Mr. Lewis, in pajamas, was pound- ing away on a typwriter. He looked up, surprised, and, when he discovered what had been sent him, sank back in his chair. For the first time since his arrival here, he had nothing to say. Finally Lewis ordered the gift taken away. He refused to be photographed, in, by or under the hat. Movie camera- men who hastened to the scene “shot” Mr. Ryer and justified the ex- pense by saying they probably could rent the film for private showings at R Club_meetin; Radio Programs—Page 46. - | dent said “they provide that the regu- lation of the internal concerns of each colony be left to respective legisla- tures.” He interpreted this as being a plain declaration of unassailable fact | that the States “are the sheet anchors | of our institutions.” In his opinion the Federal Govern- ment could g0 out of existence and the common run of people would not detect the difference in the affairs of | their daily life for a considerable Ilength of time, but if the authority of the States were struck down disorder approaching chaos would be rampant | in 24 hours. Liberty and Local Rule. i | The President amplified his opinion | regarding the authority and the func [ tions of the States by declaring that | no method of procedure has ever been devised by which liberty could be di- |vorced from local self-government. | And. repeating his warning against | the dangers incident to the Federal ! Government usurping the functions |and powers of the States, he stated that no plan of centralization has ever | been adopted which did not result in bureaucracy. tyranny, inflexibility, re- action and decline. Volcing_his opposition to govern- ment by bureaus, the President sald | that of all forms of government those administered by bureaus are about the least satisfactory to an enlightened {and progressive people, because they {are irresponsible, and are therefore au- jlocratic. Being autocratic they resist |all development, he said. In his | opinion. bureaucracy, unless resisted, would break down representative gov- ernment and would overwhelm democ- raey. He plainly described bureau cracy as being the one element in our | institutions that sets up the pretense {of having authority over everybody | and being responsible to nobody. Also in his appeal to the States, Mr. Coolidge declared that they should not | be induced by coercion or by favor to | surrender the management of their af fairs and that the Federal Govern ment ought to resist the tendency to be loaded up with duties which the States should perform. “It does not !follow." he added. “that because some- | thing ought to be done the National | Government ought to do it.” Does Not Depreciate Union. He explained this idea further by saying that there is ample reason to glory in the Union, and that it should {be remembered that it is from this source the States derive their chief title to fame, but it must be recog- nized that the national administration is not and cannot be adjusted to the needs of local government. The for- mer is too far away to be informed of {local needs, too inaccessible to be re- | sponsive to local conditions, he added. While insisting that the National Government should not be called upon to perform duties rightfully belonging to the States, the President does be- lieve that when the great body of pub- lic opinion of the Nation requires ac- tion the States ought to understand that are responsive to (Continued on Page 8, Column 8) i |