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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington hcmes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Parily cloudy and slightly cooler to. day. tomorrow fair, rising tempera- ture: moderate north and northwest winds. Temperatures: Highest, 77, at Lntered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. No. 1,104—No. 29,965. NORGE FINDS NO NEW LAND IN FLIGHT NEARL BY ICE RIPPING GAS BAG Airship Near Disaster in Arctic as Propellers Hurl Frozen Chunks Through Its Sides. DANGER ONLY ONE OVERLOOKED BY EXPLORERS IN PLANNING TRIP Torn Fabric Patched So (—);ten Supplies Run Out Off Alaskan Coast With torm Rapidly Approaching. BY LINCOLN ELLSWORTH. Amecrican Leader of Amundsen-Ellsworth-Noble Trans-polar Expedition. WITH NORGE AT TELLER, Alaska, May 14 (via Nome, May 15).—The Norge landed on Thursday, May 13, at 8 o’clock in the evening, Alaska time, (2 a.m. Friday Eastern standard time), at Teller, 50 miles west of Nome, after 71 hours of flight (from Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, and across the North Pole). The pro- gram of the expedition was thus realized. The Norge will be demounted here. All the crew are safe. Copsright, 1926, by the New York Times Co. and St. Louis Globe Democrat BY FREDERIK RAMM. « Special Correspondent of The Star Aboard The Norge. WITH THE NORGE AT TELLER, Alaska, May 14 (via Nome, May 15.—The Norge left Kings Bay Tuesday at 8:55 p.m., with a total load of 12 tons, including gasoline. Before leaving Amsterdam Island the course was set due north, following the meridian, by land bearings and sun compass. The King Bay wireless station was used for the later radio geonometer control. The sun was shining brightly, except during the last hour before the Pole was reached. This part of the flight was not of | especial interest, as this territory already had been explored by the Admunsen-Ellsworth expedition in 1925. The course was continually checked by the radio geonometer, and longitude ob- servations taken when the sun was in a favorable position. The speed of the ship was controlled by direct measures, and latitude | observations of the sun's position proved favorable in ascertain- | ing the arrival at the Pole at 2:30 o’clock the following morning. Here we descended to a low level and slowed down the engines. Flags of Three Nations Dropped. | Amundsen, Ellsworth and Nobile dropped their countries’ flags, mounted banner-like on pointed steel rods. Thus the rods wer steered vertically into the ice and remained standing. The mem- bers of the crew stood with their caps off during the ceremony. It was a beautiful sight, to see the flags circling the Pole, glittering against the snow. As we set the course for Point Barrow, all were gazing for 2,000 kilometers over land ahead never before seen by human eyes. | At 7 o'clock in the morning, the ice pole, or pole of inaccesibility, | was reached. FEverybody shook hands warmly, all with bright smiles. There was plenty of fog further on, obliging us to go very high. Frequent openings, however, allowed us to observe a wide area ahead, and also sideways. There was no land. There were thick clouds overhead which later merged with the fog. We were compelled to proceed through the gathering fog underneath. Find Snowstorm Down Low. Our excitement began. We went down low, but it was snowing. We tried a higher level, but the hoar frost began to settle and outside metal parts and ropes were thickly incrusted with ice. The fog was too high to pass over without too much loss of gas. Therefore we tried different heights. The meterologist was always watching the temperature and the formation of ice on the ship. We found no height without this danger, but finally chose the least dangerous one. The ice formed on the engine gondolas and rigging, dropped off in pieces and was then caught by the propellers and shot through the ship, together with pieces of ice formed on the pro- he WASHINGTON, D. C, Y ENDED AMUNDSEN WINS LASTING LAURELS - INEAPLORATIONS Flight of Norge Adds to His| i WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION SUNDAY PILSUDSKI SELECTS CABINET OF “LEFT" TOGOVERN POLAND Marshal Has War Portfolio in New Ministry With Full Power. MORNING, MAY 16, 1926.—124 PAGES. G 1'315\)‘(.‘» X 1T F 5 o P GOVERNMENT WILL SERVE, ONLY PENDING ELECTION : Former President and Aides Out of | Capital After Brief But Discovery of South Pole and Other Successes. | i By the Associated Prese. | J W YORK, May 15.—Roald Amundsen’s transpolar flight | him fn the front rank of the worl sreat explorers. Already noted for his | | discovery of the South Pole, his e ploration of the North Magnetic Pole and circumnavigation of the Arctic| archipelago_through both the North- east and Northwest passages, the hardy Norseman's latest exploit will add much to the geographical knowl- edge he already has contributed to | the world. | At the highest moment of Amund- sen’s adventurous career, it is recalled with interest that his father, a Nor- weglan seu captain and shipbuilder, sent the boy Roald to the University of Christiania to be trained for the comparatively ®rosaic existence of u physician. His wanderer’s blood, the heritage of a long line of Viking ancestors, as- | serted itself after a year's study, how- ever, and Amundsen ran away to sea, shipping on a Norwegian whaler. For six years he chased Mobey Dick, read and studied about that friend of all seamen, Polarls, and naturally came to wonder about the lands or waters beneath the North Star. In 1897 he had his first experience as an | explorer when he shipped as first | |officer in Gerlach's Antarctic expedi- | tion. That trip raised his ambitions | to know more about the Arctic re- glons, particula the long-sought | Bloody Fighting. By the Associated Press. | WARSAW, May 15.—A new cabinet, | headed by Prof. Charles Bartel as, rime minister, was formed tonight. | August Zaleski, former aml o Rome, was named tempor: ister of foreign affairs. Marshal Pil sudski took over the portfolio of min ister of war. Prime Minister Bartel announced that the government | would remain in office until the elec- tion of a new president for the re. public. Other cabinet members are: Gabriel Gzochwicz, minister of finance; Prot. Waclaw Makowski, min- | ister of justice; Prof. Bronewski, min- | ister of public works; Jurkowicz Cults | Lowski-Pomorski, minister of labor;| Prof. Lodlianowski, minister of the | Interior, and Joseph Raczynski, minis- | ter of agriculture. The new cabinet will be sworn In to- morrow. | Marshal Pilsudski had already made the announcement tonight that he did not intend to participate in the new government, but would co-operate | with M. Rataj, president of the Cham- | ber of Deputies, and Prof. Bartel of | tho radical peasants, in the work of | forming a ministry composed of patriots. A program of natfonal concentra- tion and a ministry comprising dele- gates of the Left partles and experts was Pllsudski’'s plan. He proposes to “stabilize” the army and carry out ick 7 n‘ £ ot SQUASH Swvday Star, * THEYRE TAKIN' A DoG:GONE CENTER COMMENTS ON FARM VIRGINIANS HAIL C0OLIDGE SPEECH President Strikes Happy Chord When He Upholds States’ Rights. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. TODAY’S STAR | | | T ONE—56 PAGES. | General News--Local, National | Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 26 and 2 irl Scout News—Page 34. Y. W. C. A.—Page 36. Spanish War Veterans—Page 37 Sons of Union Veterans—Page 37 | Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 39. Boy Scouts—Page 39. At the Community Centers—Page 40. Financial News—Pages 41, 42 and 43. Civillan Army News—Page 46. District National Guard—Page 48. Serial, “The Law of the Talon"— Page 49. Radio News and Programs—Page 52. Veterans of the Great War—Page 53. and Northwest passage. | his measures in a constitutional wa. Sailed North of America. It is understood he will retain only I garri troops in Warsaw Raising $30,000, to which he con. | SUiclent & .1,';2?ashu Sounter-revoln. Staft Correspondent of The Star. WILLIAMSBURG, Va., May 15.— in his attack here today on the tend- Around the City—Page 53. PART TWO0—14 PAGES. | for their turn to testif; | Northwest passage. tributed practicaily all of his owrn | slender savings, Amundsen in 1901 | purchased the Gjoa, a small whaling ship, and started out to navigate the | By 1903 he had | reached King William Land after ! having sailed around the north end of | North America_from east to west. | The Gjoa was then frozen in for two | Magnetic North Pole and charted th coast of Victorla Land as far as 7 degrees north. It was not until Jul: e | 1906, that the Gjoa broke from the: crip of the ice and a month later sailed into the Pacific Ocean by way | of Bering Strait, the first vessel in | the history of the world to accomplish | the passage. | He immediately planned a conquest | of the North Pole. The ship Fram | was fitted out and had gone as far | as the Madeira Islands when he sud- | denly changed plans and made a ! dash for the South Pole, finding it in | the midst of 2 great ice plateau 10500 | feet above sea level, 34 days before the arrival of the British Antarctic ' party, headed by Capt. R. F. Seott. | He left the Norwegian flag at the bottom of the earth on December 14, | 1911. The expeditions of three other nations, Germany, Australta and | Japan, were also in that race but | | fatled. | Spent 3 Days There. | Amundsen epent three days at the | ‘South Pole taking hundreds of ob- | servations and charting the territory. | With him were five men, four sledges | and 52 dogs. He named the South | Pole Plateau “King Haakon Plateau” | in_honor of his soverign. Fired with enthusiasm South Polar discoveries, Amundsen planned several expeditions in the polar regions. His first serious at-| tempt to achieve the North Pole, how- ever, was not until 1918, nine vears | after Admiral Robert E. Peary had| planted the Stars and Stripes there.| He left Oslo in the steamship Maud, | after his | bed; is | tion which it has been reported ng organized at Posen by Gen: ller and Sikorski. Former Cabinet Fled. | Confronted with sanguinary civil| strife, the disruption of the army and the possible invasion of the Polish | frontiers, President Wojclechowski Hal vears during which time the young |, me in making up his mind |and he was | explorer made o sledging trip to the | 10t Jittle time 1y Ay to resign from office. %nd his ministry alos resigned and followed the president in fiight Friday night. ‘A hastily called session of the min- | istry debated the question of further resistance to Marshal Pilsudski, who already held control of Warsaw and who had occupied the principal public bulldings. The President of the re- public finally confronted the premier and his fellow members in the cabinet with the choice between opposition | to the victorious marshal or surrender. A communique issued by Premier Witos announced that the President and cabinet unanimously voted in favor of surrender. President Wojcie- chowski then made his way out of the city, proceeding to Wilanow, a few miles away. CONFLICT SHORT-LIVED. dski Now Master of Situation, ‘With Policles Unknown. PARIS, May 15 (#).—The President of the Polish republic and the cabinet, Pilsu | ylelding to the coup d'etat, have hand- od their resignations to Marshal Pil- sudski, Europe's new dictator, thus ending immediate danger of civil war. The fight for political supremacy in Poland was short and sharp. Many of the victims were burled today and a still greater number are being cared for in the Warsaw hospitals under the direction of an American nurse, Miss Helen Bridge, of the Warsaw Nursing School. Counter offenses against Marshal Premier Witos | audience for the most part was made ency toward bureaucracy in govern- ment, the encroachment on the part of the Federal Government upon the rights and authorities of the States, and rule by minorities, President Coolidge struck a happy chord. The response to the President’s sig- nificant utterances was tremendous, loudly cheered. His ! up by those who are imbued with the | State rights principles of Jefferson {and Madison, and his appeal to the | States to maintain their individual sovereignty and not to surrender the | management of their affairs to the | National Government was to their |liking. Especially was this so when | he asserted the ideals of the patriots {ot 150 years ago should be the ideals for our Government today. This address of President Coolldge {was afterward acclaimed by many who were present as probably the | ablest, most impressive, speech he | has made since he has been Presi- dent. It was delivered amid inspiring surroundings, picturesque and rich in | American history. The occasion it- | self was alone sufficient to fill the hreast of every true American with pride—the 150th anniversary of the | adoption of resolutions by the Vir- {ginia Convention meeting in Wil- llamsburg_ directing its representa- tives in the Continental Congress to support a declaration of independence from the rule and domination of Eng- imd. Wears Cap and Gown. The President wore the cap and gown of a doctor of law as he ad- dressed his patriotic gathering. It was the same cap and gown he wore upon his graduation from Ambherst, and which he has since donned on those occasions when he received hon- orary degrees. Shortly after the anhi- versary exercises today the President Editorials and Editorial Features. ‘Washington and Other Soclety. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of the Newest Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 11. D. A. R. Activities—Page 11. | nesses from St. Elizabeth' (®) Means Associated Press. No Laws and service will start immediately. FIVE CENTS. CUT IN ANNUITIES FORD. L. TEACHERS ASKED IN REPORT Acceding to Demand of Bud- get Bureau, City Heads Set $1,050 Maximum. [DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION TO BE $15 PER YEAR Payment Over 30-Year Period to Yield $450 Annually—Teachers’ Shares to Produce $600. The District Commissioners vester day dealt a stunning blow at legisla tion pending in Congress to provide | aenerous annuities to retired public school teachers. Acting on the advice of the Burea:: »f the Budget, the Commissioners sent to the chalrmen of the Senate and House District committees a report RELIEF. WITHDR. ELDRIDGE: Subcommittee in Overheated Session Over Affairs at | ! imum pension fs § St. Elizabeth’s. While Engineer Commissioner Franklin Bell, C. M. Towers, District collector of taxes, and A. L. Harris. municipal architect, waited patient! three wit- Hospital oc- cupied the witness chair last night at the hearing before the Gibson sub- | committee of the House District com- mittee investigating administration of News of the Clubs—Pages 12 and 13. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Music in Washington—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5, 6, T and Army and Navy News—Page 11. Fraternal News—Pages 12 and 13. PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Page 3. PART SIX—12 PAG Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION—4 PAGES. Betty; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeff. e HINDEI;BURG ASKS MARX TO BECOME CHANCELLOR Gessler's Failure to Pick Cabinet Brings About. Invitation to Centrist Leader. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 15.—President von Hindenburg has requested Dr. Wil | Pilsudski, the Soclalist leader, failed to litending to steam as far as the fcc | Pilsudskl, the Soclalist Jeteeh TS (0 | had conferred upon him the degree of | helm Marx to resume the post of chan- d:ctor of law, and it was for this pur-| cellor at the head of the present pellers themselves. During some very exciting hours the crew was continuously Fatchmg up holes in the fabric covering the keel and all the air halloons. this eventuality, but anyhow we The gas bags fortunately had been strengthened for could not know what happened. Therefore our intent watching of the ice pack below was no longer platonic, but was mingled with speculations of what we would walk on if we descended. At last conditions bettered and we found we could pass under the clouds. The course kept by the magnetic compasses was continually changing as the variation altered. Now and then the sun shone through, allowing Compass Becomes Mass of Ice. The sun compass, mounted outside, had become a solid block of ice and was useless. At last the sun gave us a position on a line pointing nearly nerth and south, crossing Alaska close to Point Barrow. Our exact latitude was_uncertain, as measurements in the fog, at a high speed were difficult and doubtful and our height above the ice could not be checked for the neces- sary factor in observation. Therefore we set our position along the line to ward Point Barrow. We spotted land ahead 46 hours after leaving Kings Bay. At 8:15 oclock we made out Point Barrow on the port bow, and following the coast line, with an in- creasing wind behind, our speed was increased, but visibility was very bad. At last entering difficulties as the snow hid the contours of the land, we went up through the fog, hoping to an observation. find_better conditions as we moved south. The hope was in vain. Finally we had decided to descend through the fog—although fearing collision with the Alaskan Mountains —but we maneuvered on astronomical observations until the sun gave us a favorable position on a line pointing out over Bering Straits, clear of any land. We set our course along this line and came down over the ice. The freezing of the ice on the ship began again, and it was now critical, as all material for patching had been used. There was no more glue left. The broken ice, drifting southward with a very strong wind, indicated that we were far south, and at rather a long distance from land. Orders were given to the navigator to steer toward land, wherever and whenever lz appeared, in the quickest possible time. i w_ Yo Tl Cony i ine B Lo% Brobe Democrat: " 60,000-Mile Area Under Amundsen’s Party’s Scrutiny During Polar Flight The conquest of the pole of in- wceessibility has been considered the areatest achievement left for the ex- Dloring since Admiral Peary. discov- ered the North and Capt. Amundsen the South Pole. The pole of inaccessibility is the epproximate center of the polar ice cap. The North Pole is not near the center of this Arctic ice continent. The Gulf Stream keeps melting the odge of the polar ice cap on the At- lantic side. Steamérs can approach to & point about 600 miles from the Pole on the Atlantic side. North of Alaska stemgaers can barel: reach a) (Continued on Puge 4, Column 6.) [wife, Princess Louise, In New York. point about 1,200 miles from the Pole. ‘The center of the ice cap, or the ice pole, is about 400 miles from the | North Pole, in the direction of Point Barrow. It was almost in a direct line between the Pole and Point Bar- row, so that the navigators reached it without going out of their course. This 1s also the pole of inaccessibil- ity because it is approximately the most distant point on earth from the most northerly positions which ex- plorers had achleved. In reaching the North Pole, Admiral Peary came A past the North Pole, hoping to obtain | valuable knowledge of the polar cur- rent. i Two years later he established Win- | ter quarters far up on the coast of | Asia, but an accident to the Maud the | next year caused him to abandon the quest and go to Seattle, Wash. He spent the next four years in an un- successful effort to_reach the North | Pole by airplane. In 1922 he safled again from Seattle, but an impene- trable ice pack prevented the Maud from getting through far enough for airplanes to be of any use. Ellsworth Lends Aid. In 1924 he ordered three airplanes in Italy, but his various expeditions, had so drained his resources that he was unable to pay- for them and went into bankruptcy. He was ussisted financially by Lincoln Ellswcrth, an American, who agreed to join him in an airplane dash to the pole. Last year their party left Spitz- bergen in two flying boats for the North Pole. They were gone 28 days before the party returned in one airplane, after having landed 60 odd miles from the North Pole and losing one machine. Only through extraor- dinary efforts were they able to re- turn to civilization with the other airplane. Angundsen then planned the transpolar flight of the Norge. Amundsen is a big, blond Norseman with plercing eves. He is only 54 years old, having been born at Sarpsburgh, Norway, July 16, 1872. | He has been face to face with death { many times, but his indomitable cour- 1 age has always pulled him through to safety. SOLBERT AIDE TO PRINCE. President Coolidge's former military aide, Col. Oscar N. Solbert of Chicago, has been called to active duty by the ‘War Devpartment and detailed to act as aide te Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus o: Sweden during his visit to the United States. Col. Solbert, then a major, resigned from the Army when he left the White House assignment, but took out a Re- serve commission. His new duties commence May 27, coincident with the arrival of the Crown Prince and his would permit him and then to drift | ma uation. How the po- master of the 0, Column 1) (Continued of MEXICO DEMANDS PAPAL LEGATE GO Order for Deportation of American Citizen Comes as Climax to Religious Drive. By the Assoctated Press. MEXICO CITY, May 15.—The Mex- jean government tonight ordered the deportation of Rev. George J. Caru- ana, papal representative in Mexico, an American citizen, .on the ground that he had improperly entered Mex- jca by concealing his {identity and mission. Mgr. Caruana denied the charge, but said he would leave for the United States tomorrow. Hé declined to comment on the Mexican government's action. Neither would the American embassy issue any statement. The entry of the papal nuncio into Mexico by way of Juarez caused the dismissal of the Mexican immigration chief at that city. He had been warned, according to reports, not to permit Mgr. Caruana to enter. Mgr. Caruana’s deportation is the climax of the present phase of the re- ligious situation due to the enforce- ment of the constitutional regulation regarding the clergy and represents the latest development in the move- ment which began more than half a century ago to curb the power of tl Catholic church in Mexico and estab- lish Mexican control of all Mexican religion. He is the second apostolic delegate to encounter difficulties in Mexico, the first being Mgr. Cerrano, who left during President Obregon's adminis- tration. The papal representative at one time was secretary to Cardinal Dougherty at Philadelphia. Mgr. Caruana is the archbishop of Porto Rico and the Antilles. He is a for- mer Bmuk)n, N. Y., priest. s pose that he donned the cap and gown just before the ceremonies commenced. This was the first time he has re- | celved a degree since becoming Presi- |dent. Several times offers have been { made, but he declined. President Coolidge was apparently in a most happy frame of mind as he drove along Duke of Gloucester street, the main thoroughfare of this vener. able town, and smiled and bowed in recognition of the friendly greetings along the way, and later as he stood before the large gathering on the col- lege grounds and addressed it. The reception he and Mrs. Coolidge re- celved from the moment they set foot upon the Virginia soil was such that he could not have failed to have been (Continued on Page 3, Colus 2] TOMORROW’S PROGRAM IN HOUSE IS DISRUPTED Lehlback and Veterans’ Bureau Measures, Slated for Action, ‘Will Be Reconsidered. The tentative program of the House leaders regarding what legislation is to be acted upon tomorrow is knocked all askew, A week ago it was agreed that the new Lehlbach civil service retirement bill, which embodies the Budget Bu- reau plan, would be brought up to- morrow under suspension of the rules, but the leaders decided last night to wait until the Senate has acted on this measure. The Veterans’ Bureau bill also was agreed upon for action in the House tomorrow, but last night the leaders decided that there are some provisions of that measure to be looked into ‘more closely before it is allowed to come up on the floor. House Leader ‘Tilson and other Re- publican leaders will- study the vet- erans’ bill over Sunday and confer minority cabinet. The president’s ap- peal to the former chancellor, who holds the portfolio of justiee, was brought about by Dr. Otto Gessler’s failure to find suitable candidates for his proposed ministry. ““As there is no prospect of solving the parliamentary crisis within ap- preciable time, I permit myself to ask you as senior member of the cabinet municipal affairs, in the caucus room of the House Office Bulding. W. H. Hayden, a record clerk at the | hospital, employed there for 31 years. testified that Commissioner Frederick A. Fenning had free access to records of commitments and discharges which showed finances of patients that he had protested three times to Dr. Willlam A. White, superintendent of that institution; that he had seen Frank M. Finotti, former chief clerk receive checks from Mr. Fenning, and frequently called Mr. Fenning up to give him information about new pa- tients, Dr. W. W. Eldridge, who had repeated verbal clashes with Representative Blanton to such an extent that Chairman Gib- son several times warned him that he must answer questions respect- fully. Urges Inquiry Into Finances. Chairman Gibson urged that an in- vestigation of St. Elizabeth's should be made by the controller general be- cause of the fact that $1,160,000 last year and $1,000,000 in the current ap- propriation bill is allotted for indigent insane in St. Elizabeth's, many of whom are floaters and translents who should not be charged against District funds—based on a report from District Auditor Donovan con- firming facts protested against by Jesse C. Suter, chairman ex-officio of the Citizens' Advisory Council. It was agreed that the Gibson subcom- mittee should seek the support of the full District committee in asking the House judiclary committee to take favorable action upon the Blanton resolution now pending before it di- recting such investigation by the con- troller general. Dr. Eldridge testified that he has been a physician for 16 years and is a graduate of George Washington University. He and Mr. Blanton hasd a running fire of bickering until after Chairman Gibson had twice warned the witness. In reply to questions by to accept the post of chancellor at the head of the present cabinet,” Presi- dent von Hindenburg writes in a per- sonal letter to the Centrist leader, who was his opponent in the race for the presidency. The president - de- clared that a protracted parliamentary deadlock is incompatible with the economic interest of Gefmany. Dr. Marx will inform the president of his decision tomorrow. Mr. Blanton, Dr. Eldridge testified in regard to a list of 252 patients who died during the past two years, in 226 of which cases Dr. Eldridge was the attending physictan. Thus far this yvear there have been 142 deaths and in only 13 of these were doctors other than Dr. Eldridge in attendance. When Dr. Eldridge replied “bump- (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) Dance by Hopi Indians Before Capitol Is Prayer for Rain—and It Pours ‘When the Hopi Indians from Arizona gave an exhibition of their tribal dances before members of Congress and a crowd of several thousand ‘Washingtonians in front of the Capi- tol yesterday, they included a dance which to them is a prayer for rain— and before darkness descended on the city last night it rained, one of the very few and heavlest in a month. In arranging the event, Senator Cameron of Arizona did not have in mind relieving Washington from a drought. He merely wanted to give his colleagues an opportunity to wit- ness the anclent and picturesque cere- monials of the tribe, rendered with all solemnity and pomp observed on the reservation. But whether it was an answer to the: Indians’ prayer or an ordinary visitation of the elements, Washing- ton got the rain. To the audience of palefaces that crowded around the platform and ered down from every vantage point unanimous consernt. pe upon it, with a possibility still re-in the Capitol, the queer costumes and maining that it may be brought up|masks worn by the brawny Indians tomorrow. Last night, however, it| may have appeared grotesque, but the looked as if neither the retirement|spokesman who interpreted the rit- bill or the veterans' bill would be dis-| uals emphasized the point that to the posed of tomorrow. Indians every dance rendered was a In that event a large number of|form of prayer for some particular minor bills will have a chance under P\IW re warning to other tribes; the buffalo dance, a prayer for snow, and, as a clr- max, the Hopi snake dance. In this ceremonial the leader of the band of five Indians extracted an Arizona des- ert snake from a box and pranced in a circle around the platform with the snake uplifted in his hands, while one of his comrades beat a monotonous tune on a tom-tom and the others Joined in a weird chant. This performance was repeated un- til half a dozen squirming serpents had been lifted from the box and car- ried through the dance. The names of the actors added color to the exotic scene: Chief Kol- Chov-Te-Wah, or Rope Out of a Bear Hide; Sol-Lof-To-Chee, or Evergreen Shoes, chief of all snake priests of the tribe, there being six in every generation; Pon-Ya, or Displayed on the Sacred Altar, voungest priest of the tribe; See-Tal-La, or Water- Flower, last surviving member of the ancient sun_ clan of the tribe, and Quana-Quat-Te-Wa, or The Designer, ahrnember of the hieroglyphic artist clan. M. W. Billingsley of Phoenix, Ariz., whose ranch adjoins the Hopi reser tion, explained that the dances had never heen performed before off the reservation and that the tribe prayd " PA ‘was the vietory war dance, athrough dancing. is in | | charge of the medical service at St. | Eltzabeth's, {on the two Identical teacher retire { ment bills before each committee, en: bodying several amendments seeking | to reduce the Government's contribu- tion as now provided In these meas ures from $600 to $450 a year and «t the same time cut down the maximum on from $1,200 to $1,050 annual These reductions were suggested by the Budget Bureau, it was em- phasized, on the ground that any with the gram. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor. as previously recommended, as a substitute to the annuities in the Congressional bills, a scale which would make the G rnment’s contri bution §540 a vear, with a maximum pension of §1,140. Under the present law the contribution from the District amounts to $300 a year, and the max 0. President’s financial pro Propose 30-Year Limit. The maximum annuity payable to « ilehcher under existing law is based 3 upon 30 years of service, the teacher contributing $430, or 60 per cent, and the District $300 or 40 per cent | Under the two congressional bills the maximum annuity based on 30 years service would be $1,200, the teacher contributing $600 and the District $600. Auditor Donovan's substitute would provide a maximum annuity for 30 years' service of $1,140, the teacher “contributing $600 or 53 per cent, and the District $540, or 47 per cent. The substitute amendment approved by the Budget Bureau would make the maximum annuity for 30 vears serv ice, $1,050, the teacher contributing $600, or 57 per cent, and the District $450, or 43 per cent. Also, after 30 vears' service, the District would no longer contribute to the annuity of a teacher, but the teacher’s contribu- tion will continue until retirement. The increase in the amount of the annuity after 30 years is, therefore, the increase represented solely by the teacher’s continued contributions. Donovan Plan Opposed. Another modification sought by the Commissioners would change the existing practice of appropriating for teacher’s retirement annuities from vear to year so as to have the ap- propriations made to the fund each | year that will liquidate on a given time the District’s accrued liability, plus an additional appropriation for | each year to take care of the Dis- trict’s’ normal contribution. This change is necessary, the Commission- ers pointed out, if the teachers' re tirement fund is to be placed on a sound financial basis. The Commissioners also explained that Herbert D. Brown, chief of the United States Bureau of Efficiency. s well as members of the Board of Fducation, Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou and representatives | of the teachers, were in complete ac cord with Mr. Donovan's substitute scale. “The director of the Bureau {of the Budget. however,” the Com- missioners declared, ‘“has informed the Commissioners that the govern- ment’s (District) contribution of $18 { @ vear for each year of teaching serv- ice, but not exceeding 30 years, must be reduced to §15 a year for not ex ceeding 30 vears, sa s not to be in conflict with the financial program of the President.’ R TROOPS WILL SUPPRESS CUBAN STRIKE VIOLENCE Martial Law Virtually in Effect in Two Provinces Where Rail- men Were Attacked. By the Associated P HAVANA, May —A presidential decree issued today because of as- sults on strike-breakers in Camaguey and Oriente provinces virtually places the two provinces under martial law. The president’s decree, it is an- nounced, was necessitated by dis- orders in connection with the strike on the Cuba railroad. It authorizes the use of the army in the territory affected by the strike for the protection of property and persons in_the city and country. The effect of the decree will be {extension of army service to the streets of the citles or towns in which disorders have occurred. Shops, stations and moving trains were already under military protec- tion. The United Railway of Havana, which has suffered a strike recently, has succeeded in bringing its service back to almost normal. Traffic on the Cuba raflroad is still badly in- terrupted. s e SHIP CALLS FOR HELP. 235 Passengers Aboard Liner With ‘Water in Hold. MIAMI, Fla., May 15 (®).—The Clyde line Seneca was off Miami bar tonight taking water in her hold through a leak which was detected when the vessel was off Hollywood on her way from Miami to New York. sa- cording to repeated radio mesmapes from Capt. W. B. Leake, her com- mander. The vessel had 235 pas- sengers aboard. The captain radioed for a tug after the Seneca had turned back to Miami. Later message urged that a tug b sent to the rescue immediately.