Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1926, Page 2

) PRESIDENT'S PLANS PUZILE LEADERS Opinion About Evenly Divided on Whether Coolidge Wil Seek New Term. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. After a tour of the Mildle Western| one returns to \Washington with the impression that the outstand- ing political 1 of the day is noth- ing more nor less than the question as | to whether or not President Ceolidge will stand for renomination Of course, there is a lot of talk about the wet and dry fight, but no one believes any real progress can be made toward modification of the Vol- stead act at any time in the near T f the wet Mr. Cool- | must make 18 or 20 States ahen( hand, e nest fdge, on t up mind his in ths. great many leaders of the Re- i party arve confidently of the that Mr. Coolidge will not run They explain that that is why ident is not bothering himsel | the results of the senatorial | ctions in Tilinois, Indinna, Pennsyl- nia_and other St They say the not going to 28 and therefore out granting any the polit pu! opinio is not favors mind_this tion of the ourse in failing to extend ors McKinley and Pep. ¢ whom were defeated after by the Presi- » the ding m of the old ou pat me tas M no patting this vear, he does not ex- pect to be patted two vears hence. Yet an entirely different motive is ascribed to the Whita House by those who in Mr. Coolidge would hold on to the presidency as long as he can v ply say he is making no_alliances this ve embar 1 other word with those years from now definitely at this time of his man being defs ikelihood of the T azain i subject upon 1 always call forth wide nd sentiment on | in pow t h nd run ited dent run the ning for of which you range of discussion, the subject would seem to be ahout evenly divided. If the President should run again and be successful at the polls, he would serve approxi mately 10 yvears in the White House, Jonger than any other President, and longer, some of the political leaders gay, than the people ever intended for one President to seive. Enjoys Being President. Tt 1s admitted everywhere that no man has ever liked the presidency more than Mr. Coolidge. In his own quiet, calm, cool way he is having just as “bully” & time as Roosevelt, when the latter frankly admitted he was enjoying experiences in Washing- ton to the full limit of an almost un- Umit pacity. Mr. Coolidge lfkes his position of wer. He likes the environs of the Chite House. He gets real pleasure out of his almost. daily window shop- ping tours of tha business section of Vashington. le likes the seclusion and the restfulness of Ris evldss sails down the Potomac on the Mayflower. Some of h that if the Pr the end of hi be indep mainder ¢ will have Jeast a q of his yearly his inbor tastes it is figt 1d retire at term he would the re- er of salary of § thrift and inexpensive ed the President could on the income from ch has come to ate of a nation which is regarded none too generous In its treatment of its public servants. Mr. Coolidge is comparativelv | voung man, however. In 1928 he will | be only 58 years of age. He is not likely to have disposition to quit public life. With the exception of about two ¥ Mr. Coolidge has been in public life and public office ever since he grew to man’s estate, It would seem strange to him to be idle. Maybe this will be the controlling factor in any decision he will have to make. Political eyes are on Mr. Cool- idge at the moment and the traveler from Washington has the qyestion of the Coolidge intentions put to him more often than any other. (Copyright, 1926.) PANGALOS’ SON FLEES AFTER BANISHMENT Young Officer Was Exiled by Father for Marriage—Joins Bride in Belgrade. By the Associated Prees. LONDO: May 24—A dispatch to the Daily Express from Athens says Lieut. Pangalos, a son of Gen. Pan- galos, the dictator, who was banished by his father to an island in the Aegean Sea because the father disap- proved his marriage to an engineer’s daughter, has escaped and joined the girl in Belgrade. The girl is Rita Axketarro. It is said young Pangalos intends to remain in Belgrade because his filght from Greece involves severe puniishment. Gen. . Pangalos has signed a decree removing his son's name from the navy list. Young Pan- galos, however, is declared -to be un- concerned. “If the Greek people are willing to submit to father’s dlctatorship,” the officer is quoted as Maving said, “that is their affair. I won't be dictated to. I shall marry whom I please.” INQUEST IS ORDERED INTO PATIENT'S DEATH Coroner’s Aide Says Cause Was Natural—Man Had Been Given Continuous Bath.’ Gus J. Richardson, colored, 42 years old, 1224 S street, patient in-the psy- chopathic ward at Gallinger Hospital, died Saturday night shortly after 7 o'clock, five hours after hé had been given a continuous bath to relieve him of his nervousness, Dr. Herbert E. Martyn, deputy cor- oner, performed an autopsy at the morgue yesterday and reported death was due to natural causes. Richard- son’s physical condition was bad, ac- cording to the report of the autopsy. His kidneys were badly affected and he had pneumonia. Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, coroner, made a careful examination of the body at the morgue yesterday, but found no evidences of violence. Dr. Catherine M. Barr, member of Gallin- ger Hospital staff, who ordered the contipuous bath, told Coroner Nevitt Scores at Muirfield YOUNG MACKENZIE FIRST AMERICAN TO WIN AT MUIRFIELD (Continued from Firgt Page.) spectators managed to scale the high stone wall surrounding the course and witnessed the play from that point of vantage. A few other spectators managed to get free seats on the sand dunes rting the sea Officials, however, it stsman should be against an American on 3 1 X Ulmer Loses on Putts. started out exeellently the captain of the ity team, but got in Fownes against Cowan, Edinburg Unives trouble in the Cowan (out).. Fownes (out) . Cowan (in) Fownes (in). Short putts cost Ulmer heavily in his struggle against the former champion Wethered. He failed to sink two-footers on the second and fourth greens. The cards: Wetbered (out)... Tlmes fout) Wathered (in} Tlmer (i) .. Stages Uphill Fight. The American made a fine uphill fight against the former champion, but succumbed when the last hole was halved. _ Starting__the homeward journey 3 down. Ulmer halved the tenth, eleventh and twelfth, and then took the thirteenth with a 2 by hol ing a 10-yard putt. He lost the next Wethered's hooked drive to the rough gave the American the seventeenth, bu the English won by 1 up when they halved the eighteenth in fours. Jesse Guilford of Boston defeated J. Birnie. 7 and 6. Dr. W. W. Rixey of Princeton, W. Va.. was put out by Mr. Shankland, 6 and 3. A. R. Mackenzie, fatber of Roland, was eliminated by Mr. Dobson, 6 and 5. e SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT. Senior Play Tonight, Class Fea- tures Wednesday—Closing Friday. “The Truth,” the senior class play of the Marjory Webster School of Ex- pression and Physical ucation, will be given tonight at 8 o'clock. Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock the junior and senior students will hold a competitive night; class night will be observed Wednedday at 8 o'clock; the alumnae hanquet will be Thurs- day evening at 7 o'clock. : Commencement _exercises will be held in the New York Avenue Pres- byterian Church Friday night at 8 o'clock. Rev. Joseph R. Sizoo will de- liver the class addres: e FILLING STATION ROBBED. Window of Clothing Store Smashed and Two Suits Taken. Two colored men, armed with pis- tols, held up the gas station at Sev- enth and § streets last night shortly after 11 o'clock, and forced the man- ager, Jesse Dailey, McLean, Va., to give up $60.63 of the company’s cash. A window of the clothirg s muel Livingston & Son, 908 ¢ street, was gmashed open with a brick jast night and two stlts of clothes valued at $50 were stolen. . BLUEFIELDS IS TAKEN. Capture by Troops May End Re- volt in Nicaragua. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May 21 (®). —The city of Bluefields, which has been held by the revolutionists, was captured this morning without fight- s: | Italian air e dinburgh will turn out. | FLYING BOAT OFF FOR BUENOS AIRES Argentine . Sportsman and Two Companions Hope to Make Charleston Tonight. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May —Bernardo Duggan, wenlthy Argentine sports man, and two companfons hopped off in a flying boat from Miller Field on {Staten Island at 7:04 am. Eastern standard time today for Charleston, S. O, on the first leg of a 6100 mile flisht to Buenos Alres. {1t Senor Duggan and his compan fons cannot reach Charieston tonight in one hop, they plan to stop at Hampton Roads, Va. By flying only during daylight they expected to | reach Buenos Afres in 14 days. Their tentative route includes stops at “harleston or Hampton Roads: Miami, Havane, Guantanamo. Cape Haitien, Haitl; Martinique, Trinidad, Para maribo, Para, Paranahyba, Pernam buco, Bnhia, Vietoria, Rio de Janeiro, Parto Alegro and Buenos Alres. Test Flight Made. Capt. Bduardo Olivero, one of Sen- or Duggan's companions, is also an Argentine, and was an ace in the Itallan air service. nician is Ernesto Campanelli of the wervice, The hydro-airplane was taken up for a test flight vesterday hy Capt. Olivero and Campanelli. They re rted it in perfect condition “after minutes in the air day the machine was christened Buenos Alres In a ceremony before Latin American diplomats and Ameri can Army officer Senor Duggan is the descendant of an Trish immigrant who settled in Argentina when it was under Span- sh rule. He once was champion automoblile racer of Argentina, and turned to aviation after his closest nd was kilied on a speedway. 4, resembles Georges Carpentier and is & ranch owner. Plane B in Ttaly. The Buenos Aires was built in Ttaly Senor Duggan. It is fitted with I bulkheads to insure riding moderately heavy seas. It car- ) gallons of gasoline, enoigh 700 miles and sustain flight for out ries to fly . Olivern said vesterday the is not sponsored by the Argen- tine government, but is being at- tempted purely for sport. The United ates Government, however, has as- d the Argentine government that from ces in { sur ! the aviators can count on hel | the y and Navy Air Serv | the United States and Cuba. CAPITOL CEREMONY BY G. A. R. LADIES Representative Schafer Urges Dis- trict Suffrage Before Statues of Grant and Lincoln. “In times of peace fn a renresenta- tive government, battles at the ballot hox dre just as essential to the life of the democracy ns are conflicts on the battlefleld in time of war.” Rep- resentative Schafer of Wisconsin said after making.n plea for District suf- frage in an address at memorial ex- ercises held vesterday at the siatues of Gen. Grant and President Lincoln in_the rojunda of the Capitol. The annual exercises were under the auspices of the U. &. Grant Circle, 0. 1, and Abraham Lincoin Circle, No. 3, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic. Z Mr. Schafer delivered stirring eulo gies of Grant and Lincoln—and told how they had made possible the pres- ervation of the United States. He added that increased benefits should be granted members of the Grand Army of the Republic, and that addi- tional penslons would he carrying out the policy expresad by Dresident Lin- coln in his second inaugural address. Mre. Olive C. Johnson, president of the U. §. Grant Circle, No, 1, presided at the cerémonies. Mrs. Fsther M. | Sloss and Miss Mary Helen Howe ang. Mre. Sarah E. Deeds recited “Oh, Why Ehould the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud,” by William Fox, said to have been President Lincoln's favorite poem. Rev. R. E. McBride, chaplain of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., delivered invocation and benediction. DISTRICT ATTORNEY CITED Boyles of Mobile Must Show Cause Why He Should Not Be Barred. MOBILE, Ala., May 24 UP).—Anbrey Boyles, United States district attorney whose nomination for a second term was recently rejected by the United States Senate, was today served with an order citing him to show cause why he should not be barred from the Federal Court here. , ‘The order was served on Boyles as he returned to his office this morning from Washington, and was jssued by Federal Judge Robert T. Ervin, a wit. ness against Bovles before the Senate hearing in Washington. Japanese Flyers Die in Crash. TOKIO, May 24 (P).—Two ileuten- ants of the Japanese army were killed today when their airplanes collided in ing, the government announces. This is regarded here as the end of the revolutionary movement, midair while on a practice fiight ove; Akenogahara Field near Nngo)’a,n : = D RESOL observed the progress that is being ‘WHEREAS, The speedy consu: NOW, THEREFORE, BE' IT Executive Committee of the Depar the American Legion, in meeting as: that the patient’s condition was such that it had been necessary to restrain him. Coroner Nevitt concluded to hold an inquest at the morgue tomor- Fow afternoon at 2 o'clock, L2 tributed, or who subsequent to th support of this memorial project, wi tal City another shrine dedicated to . C. American Legion Urges Supp(_);t Of Plan for Memorial to DEPARTMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA THE AMERICAN LEGION . WHEREAS, It is with feelings of gratification that the members of the Department Executive Committee of the American Legion have | "for a memorial to both the living and the dead Who represented the District of Columbia in the World War, and, highly to be desired, in order that the memorial may be completed, that we, as survivors of those whose memory is to be 86 beautifully memorialized, do hereby earnestly request all members of the American Legion resident in the District of Columbia and all others to make their personal contributions without delay, and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That we do hereby express our thanks to Mr. Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the District of Columbia Memorial Commission, and the members of that commission, as well as those who are alding them in their work, and those who have con- Soldiers UTION made in the fund raising campaign mmation of this project s a thing RESOLVED, by the Department tment of the District of Columbia, sembled this 10th day of May, 1926, is appeal, do contribute, for their | hich will give to the Nation's Capl- patriotism and good citizenship, The flight mech- | Later in the ! He | DISABLED VETERANS 10 AID MEMORIAL Pledge Support to Plans for Shrine to District War Heroes at Meeting. of the plans to rk an fmpressive who cong support erect in Potomac I memorial to Washingtonians served in the military and forces during the World War pledged Saturday by the Distr] Columbia Department of the Disabled American Veterans at a meeting in the District Building. Asserting that the wounded men “have a peculiar sentimental interest’ in_the memorial, and stating that will *“not only add to the architecturs beauty of the city but combine a practical use In the form of a place where band concerts may he con ducted,” the delegates from the five chapters of the department voted unanimously to throw their support toward the drive for $200,000 to defray cost of the edifice. Praise Undertaking. “The eligibility of American Veterans 1 members hear the nationai kervice War,” a resoluti delegs d, members have interest re, be it the Disable quives honorabie scars of during the World adopted byt nd theref our partieular senti matter: Now That w a resolved indorse this whole pre our memhers contribute ns they Ancinl te, and extend to Mr. I Noves, chair . And other members of the memorial commission our pledge of fuilest support in their commendable patriotic and public-spirited under- taking.” George W. Philllps was elected com mander of the departmen for the next year. The new leader was an ensign in tha Navy during the war, serving on the Georgia and the Amphion, and was disabled in line of duty, being honorably dlscharged from the service October 8, 1919. He succeeds George Martin, who was commander during the past vear and who ha returned as a patlent to the Veterans' Hospital {at Oteen, N. C. Other Officers Elected. The other officers elected Saturday were Robert 11. Studier, who was dis abled In the Army Alr Service, senjor viea commander; William J. Myers, formerly of the Infantry, junlor vice commander, and Zenas W. Alderman of the Quartermaster (‘¢ : urer J. R. Brown, retiring vice comman- der was chosen as the delegate from the department and will have with him at the national convention at At lanta_about 20 members from the Ace Mount Alto, Naval Hospital, Walter Reed and National University Chap- ters of this eit s The department voted to continue W Clark as the lialson officer in the region office of the Veterans' Bu. rean here The meeting reafirmed the stand of the national organization on the Tyson-Fitzgerald bill pending hefore Congress and a request for the Senate o speed action on the Johneon bill, which recently passed the House, to amend certain_sections of the laws governing the Veterans' Bureau. The Tyson-Fitzgerald bill would grant re. tirement to certain classes of perma- nently disabled emergency officers of the Army, that class being the only one of nine classes of officers in the various branches of the service now denied retirement. The \ashington contingent to the national convention at Atlanta plans to leave Washington on private cars the evening of June 18, | COOLIDGE HAS TROUBLE FILLING NEW TAX BOARD Sixteen $10,000 Jobs Must Be Dis- tributed Soon—Competition Growing Keener Daily. By the Associated Pry President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon are having their troubles in selecting the new hoard of tax ap- peals, which, under the tax law of 1926, will be composed of 16 members with appolntments up to 12 years and salaries of $10,000, The present board of 15 members expires on June 1, and the new board must be appointed and confirmed_by the Senate to take office June 2. Mr. Mellon has heen unable to settle upon a definite list of recommendations, however, and competition for the jobs steadily i3 growing keener. The present board was created two vears ago for a period of two years and with salaries of $7,500. Four of the first group of members of the new board will be appointed for six years, four for éight years, four for 10 yenrs and four for 12 years. The appointments thereafter will be for 12 years, Today in Congress Senate, The migratory bird bill is the un- finished husinees before the Senate. The Interstate Commerce com- mittes took testimony concerning iabor conditions on the Western Maryland rallroad, where the man- agement and the employes have been in disagreement for a consid- erable time. The committee is considering the resolution of Sen- ator Shipstead of Minnesota for an Investigation of the situation. The agricultural committee held a hearing on Senator Mayfield’s cottonseed ofl bill. The forest committee continued hearings on the affairs of the tarift commission. The finance committee held an executive eession on pending bills. The judiciary committee held its weekly executive session on pend- ing nominations and legislation. House. District legisiation was taken up first today in House, with a pro- gram of seven measures agreed upon. Dyer’'s subcommittee of House Jjudiciary committee continued hearing on impeachment charges by Representative Blanton against Commissioner Fenning. Rivers and harbors committee in_executive session. Ways and means committee in executlve session on French debt and other matters. Subcommittee of appropriations committee in executive session on second deficiency bill. Naval affairs committes con- tinues hearing on Binson bill for purchase of aircraft. Interstate commerce committee continues hearing on railroad con- solidation. Committee on agriculture confers on farm relief legislation. Special joint committee continues investigation of Northern Pacific land grants. Insular affairs committee in ex- ecutive .session on Philippine bill. Gibson subcommittes of House District committee ¢ontinues hear- ing on municipal administration in the caucus room of the House Office Bullding tonight .at 7:30 o'clocky herehy s treas | er Rudolph, Left to Grant, M Killeen, ch: ker V. Walke David Lyn BUDDY PUPPY DRV OPENS N CAPTAL 4,500,000 Expected to Be Sold by Sunday—D. C. 0f- ficials Get First Flowers. A total of 4500000 Buddy popples | are expected to be sold between today and May 30 in connection with the national” buddy poppy campalgn, Quartermaster Gen. Robert B. Handy | of the Disabled American Veterans| announced today. More than a million | of thess Buddy poppies have been | made at Base Hospital No. 81, New York, and comparative amounts have heen miade by disabled veterans in 14| other hospitals. | A statement {ssued today warns the | public that poppies are being dis- | tributed with the inscription “Made in France,” and buvers are urged to | ask before purchasing as to where they were made, Officials Get Popples. the District Building this morning a group of of the American Legibn headed by Mrs. Thacker decorated the coat lapels of the District with Buddy Poppies. The special order of the Commissioners gave them per- mission to seil the flowers in the huilding and authorized Chief of To- lice Edwin B. Hesse to allow the po- lice to wear them on their uniforms throughout the week. Cuno H. Rudolph, chairman of the Board of Commissfoners, was the first official to be decorated. Mrs. Walker stuck a poppy in his coat lapel as a battery of newspaper photographers “shot” the proceedings. Posts Name Representatives. The following representatives from the varlous posts of the D. A. V. will conduct the sale of Buddy popples: National Capitol Post. Ernest Wick- strand, Everett E. Miller, John Allen, Clarence P. Brower: E Walter Reed Post, Frank G. B St. Jacques, Charles Kohen: Federal Post, F. C. Lucas, George J. McDermott, W. H. O'Brien, M. B. Baldenburg; Columbia P S H Reilley, E. H. Hale, George L. Tate; Potomac Post, Bennett Lancaster, Adolf E. Columbus, Frank R. Heise; Front Line Post, Charles B. Jennings, Abe Grudd, William J. Keefe. The members of the ladies’ auxiliaries in charge are as follows: National Capitol Post, Mrs. Margaret Lidstone; Equal- ity-Walter Reed Post, Mother Steed; Federal Post, Mrs. Mary Lucas. IRIS SHOW WILL OPEN AT HOTEL TOMORROW No Admission to Be Charged at Exhibition at the Mayflower. Continues Wednesday. o first annual iris exhibition of lhgh ational Capital Dahlla and Iris S in co-operation with the n Iris Society, will open to morrow at the Mayflower )]ow} and continue through Wednesday. No ad- misston fee is charged. The hours to- morrow will ha from 2 o'clock in the afternoon until 10 in the evening and on Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 10 Roan apened members Auxiliary, V. Walker, of all officials after P-lhhe show Is expected to be par: tieularly interesting and a number of prizes “have been offered by the American Iris Soclety, the American Horticultural Soclety and a large number of private ~horticulturalists. The American Iris Soclety's silver medal -will be presented to the ex- hibitor of the most comprehensive col- ction of iris. ler:rhn.nu will be six distinct groups. e rx. Mamie Palmer Dorsey, general ¢ airman at large, memorial poppy ent, Amerie m o Anyil SOLDIER BANDITS SLAIN. | Three Mexi;ans i{vv;fl’tfld and At-| tempted to Rob Train. MEXICO CITY, May 23 (@.— Three men were killed vesterday | when members of the soldier guard | on a railway pay train revolted and | attempted to rob the train Loyal | guards subdued the would-be rob- | bers. | The train was proceeding between | the stations of Vera Cruz and San | Angustan when the robbery was at- tempted. BIG MOVIE CIRCUIT PLANNED BY STARS String of Theaters, One inf Capital, to Show “Pre-Re- | lease” of United Artists. By the Associated Press IW YORK, May 24.— Formation a new motion picture organization, | the United Artists' Theater Circuit, | Inc., was announced vesterday. It ! will' maintain 20 “pre.release’ the: aters throughout the country for the presentation of pictures by seven of the outstanding screen stars, hefore the pictures are shown in other the. aters. Mary Pickford, Douglas Fair- banks, Norma Talmadge, Gloria Swan- son. John Barrymore. Rudolph Val- entino and Buster Keaton are the . M. Schenck, Lee Shubert, idney Grauman and Miss Pickford and Mr. Fairbanks organized the com- pany, which is incorporated in Mary- land.” Pictures by the seven stars will be obtained through a 10-year contract which would be signed between the new company and the United Artists’ Corporation. Pictures produced by Samuel Gold- wyn and Morris Gest, as well as Mr. hencks output, will be shown. It is Mr. Shubert's first venture in the motion picture presentation field Mr. Grauman, who is president of the new company, owns a motion picture theater in Los Angelés, where, by se- lecting what are termed superfeature pictures, he has shown only elght films in four years. He has sold 90 per cent of his seats for §1.65 during that period. New York. Chicago, Detroit. Phila- delphia. Washington, Pittshurgh, Bos- ton, Angeles, St. Louis, Cleve. land and San Francisco are among the cities which Mr. Schenck said were heing considered for theaters in the new chain. NEW DISH INVENTED. Fried Herring Wins Prize for End- ing Monotonous Breakfasts. LONDON, May 24 (#).—A newdish to break the monotony of the usual fish, porridge and bacon and eggs break- fast menu at last has been found. The recipe has won & prize offered by a London newspaper, Take a herring and scale and bone it says the recipe. Boil an egg uitil hard and chop it while hot nto a grating of cheese. Then add a tea- spoonful of lemon juice. Spread the mixture inside the herring, tie the fish with a thread, and roll it in oat- meal and brush all over with beaten egg. Fry in bolling fat in a frying pan, basket for five or six minutes and serve hot. o S. MILLER LEFT $127,956. Stone Yard, Florida Lot and Other Property Listed in Will. In the first, which is open to all ex- hibitors, 23 exhibits have been en- tered. Special exhibits have been en- tered in the second, third and fourth classes, while the fifth class is de- Voted .to peonies. The sixth is for miscellaneous exhibits. The dahlia show will open at the Mayflower later in the week, it was announced.. CHINESE ATTACK CONSUL. British Official, Removing Com- munist Posters, Not Seriously Hurt. PEKING, May 24 (P).—While the British consui at Swatow was en- gaged in removing Communist post- from the walls of the consulate ;::tanuy seven pickets attacked him. The consiil defendéd himsel: with his cane and retired inside the compound. Then he summoned a guard from a British gunboat and informed the Chinese foreign commissioner that the guard would remain until there was an officlal apology and satis- factory assurances were forthcoming. The consul was not seriously in- Jured. DEBT FUND DEPOSITED. Poland Prepares to Pay $2,000,000 Due as Interest to U. 8. July 1. BERLIN, May 24 ().—The Berlin offices of Dillon, Read & Co. have been notified by the Polish government that it has ordered the deposit of $2,000,000 with the Bnnlfdo( l;oh;niv to ]meel l:!- terest and sinking fund requirement due July 1 in jon with the American loan to Pol Samuel Miller, who died May 2, owned real estate in excess of $50,000 and had securities and other personal property estimated at $77,956.73, ac- cording to the petiton of his widow, Mrs. Loulse M. Miller, and W. F. Stickle and Samuel 8. Clark, the executors named in his will. The real estate included a stone yard in northeast Washington as- sessed at $32.480. in which he owned a half interest; lot 32, square 2657, as- sessed at $11,000, and property at Avon Park, Fla., valued at $15,000. Besides his widow, Mr. Miller is survived by a sister, Elizabeth Christ of Philadelphia. Attorneys Cromelin & Laws appear for the executors. PLANES HOP OF gThree Amphibians Leave San Diego—Task May Take Four Years. fated Press DIl mpt SAN Three lemploved nay Ame opped off from hers e iKetehikan | arer virman, popy committee; M and Comi FSHEAPECTS AL VEISIRETOPASS Calls on President to Stress Need of Action at This Session of Congress. "here will be some coal legisla thi; of « prediction House by York, cession the the White Fish of New who is a strong advocate of legisla- | tion that will give the Executive and the Federal Government authority to properly protect the public’s interest in the event of strikes or other emer- zencies The New York Representative said | he realizes that there is considerabie pressure being brought to bear upon | members of Congress to block this legi tion, but confident that Congress will respond | to the demands of the coal-consum’ public and the request of the Presi dent by enacting legislation of tical and helpful nature. during cord Stresses Question’s Importance. Mr. Fish contends that the coal question is a far more important one to the public than the average mem- ber of Congress realizes. e is of the opinion that it is going to have a significant effect upon the outcome | in the elections next November it Congress fails to give the public the relief and protection it is seeking. During his talk with the President regarding coal legislation Mr.| touched upon the political | aspect. He said afterward that he warned the latter that if Congress! continued to ignore the interests of the public in this vital matter it would he disastrous for the Repub- lican party in New York State in the Just what reply the President muds to this viewpoint Mr. Iish did not say. Nor would he say whether o not he gathered the impression that the President is going to be insistent that, Congress act upon this legisla- tion before it adjourns. He explained that he could not repeat for publica- tion what the President said to him. He did say, however, that he was go- ing back to the itol feeling hope- ful regarding the prospects for coal legislation this session. Delay Urged to Aid Industry. The President was told several d: ago by Representatives Wyantof Penn- sylvania and Merritt of Connecticut, members of the interstate commerce committee, which has been handling the varfous coal bills in the House, that the coal regions are in a serious plight as a result of the recent long strike and that they are making a desperate effort to revive and get back on a substantial basis, and therefore should not be retarded by the enactment of coal legislation. They pointed out to the President that any legislation at this time, whether it be drastic or very mild in its scope, would have a serious psychological effect upon the coal in- dustry in its present effort rehabilitation. They urged the Presi- dent not to insist upon enactment of legislation at this session. | heen despite this he feelsif westwa | quired JULITO CASE MYSTERY. Capital Officials Know Nothing of Towing Seized Ship to Sea. Government officlals here are ‘“in the dark,” they said today, regarding the towing of the Honduran ship Julito, seized as a rum runner, out to sea again by the Coast Guard. Investigation of the izure had been left in the hands of the district attorney at Norfolk, and although the ship was mysteriously towed out of port Saturday, no report has vet Leen received here by the Department of Justice on status of the case, . Coal Ship Grounded. QUEBEC, May 24 (®).—With a full cargo of bituminous coal from Sydney, Nova Scotia, the steamship Manches: ter Civilian, under charter by _the Dominion Coal Co., today was ashore at Pointe Seche. eight miles west of Fame Point. Efforts to refloat her were begun immediately. The ship was resting on a rocky botton in an exposed position. Card Game Guests Robbed by 2 Armed Bandits Who Get $250 and $500 Ring A card game in the apartment of Earle Q. McCoy, on_the first floor of the Carlisle Courts, Fourteenth street and Columbia road, was rudely ter- minated early yesterday morning by two armed hold-up men, who obtained a diamond ring valued at $500 and $250 in cash. McCoy, who is engagsd in the real estate business here, de- slined to reveal the names of his guests when he reported the hold-up to the police. The ring was {aken from a:guest, while all of the party contributed to the bandit’s cash collection. McCoy said he saved a $500 ring by slipping it from his finger and dropping it while raising his hands at the com- mand of the bandits, and one of the guests. saved $35 by drofialn; the money. a phonograpl The hold-up ocurred about 1:30 o'clock. Responding to a knock on the apartment door, McCoy was con- fronted by two drawn pistols as the bandits brushed by him and, entering the room, commanded all present to hold up their hands and face the wall, ‘When the bandits had conclufed their search, according to the repars made to Detectives Weber and Talley and Precinct Detective Gilfoyle, they seemed disappointed at the size of the haul and roundly cursed the victims and invited the card players to take a good look at them. The police thus were furnished with a good description of the bandits. Mrs. McCoy, who had retired for the night, awakened by the commotion in the roomd, went to the door but ‘was prompti to stay out. assigned 1 the rom the Orezor the Ketch at Sar planes Alert F neisco to €T will act ship of Humbolt tior the expe under Yard nd a labo the Gannet from } ikan, ther her Alaskan coast as the espedition prc coeds. Territory Is Dangerous. The territory tremely danger mountainous by tory rton to Ketek nped is ex ors. Tt coast lands are ords, tidewater of ‘which are in the range in the western portion of the region are a h valcant ks, the f which, nt Re 400 feet, while to the Kodiak Island is the thy voleano of the group, to be i T northernmo: doubi. rises 1 4« most notewc Mon It is Dbelieved be mated time the planes can hefore unfavorabl the that at lea 3 K to complete the n the entire Alaskan Penin S8 ot The evtt in 'FIRE PROTECTION MEETING TONIGHT Chevy Chase-Bethesda Citizens As- semble at School Tonight to Start Drive. A mass meeting by the citizens of southern Montgomery County, Md., to devise means for raising funds for the purchase of fire apparatus will he held under the auspices of the Mont gomery County Civic Federation, at the Bethesda School, tonight at 8 o'clock meeting is under the direct ze of the committea on fire and ce protection of the federation lliam W. Bride, chairman. Postmaster General Harry S. Nerw, Georga S. Watson, chief of the Dis. trict of Columbia Fire Department: Oliver Owen Kuhn, president of the Civic Federation, and R. B. Lawrence, secretary, and Francis T. Hewitt are to speak. Several others also are ex- pected to deliver short addresses on the fmportance of having fire appara- tus, a question in which much inter- est' has been shown by the citizens of this section. PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY TO ADJOURN TOMORROW Cumberland Meeting Conducts Me- morial Services for Ministers and Elders. By tha Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Miss,, May 24.—With several memorials, resolutions and committee reports awaiting action, the General Assembly of the Cumber- land Presbyterian Church today re- sumed its task with adjournment in sight for tomorrow night. Upon the recommendation of a com- mittee the body conducted memorial services today for the 17 ministers and several elders who died during the past 12 months. Rev. R. L. Lay man of Medill, Mo., delivered the memorial sermon. STUDENT IS ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF GIRL, 18 Held in Rockville, Young Man Denies Story—Girl Taken to Emergency Hospital. William Thomas Wyatt, 24 years old, a law student and automobile salesman, was arrested in his room at 276 Vine street, Takoma Park. about 2:30 o'clock this morning, by Detectives Talley and Weber, on com- plaint of Miss Anna Burke, 18 years old, of 7 Myrtle street, Takoma Park, ‘He was turned over to E. H. Burdine, v County, Md., policeman, iken to Rockville to answer a charge of having felonlously ns- saulted Miss Burke, who is employed as a marker in a local laund Miss Burke alleges that Wyatt at- tacked her Saturday night while on an_automobfle ride. Detectives Weber and Talley first learned of the affair about 1 o'clock this morning, when Miss Burke, hav- ing made a statement *o her sister, was taken to Emergency lospital. From the hospital she was taken to the House of Detention and cared for until she could be accompanied to Rockville to make her complaint. Wyatt admitted belng on ah automo- bile ride with Miss Burke Saturday mhi. but denied that he attacked