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WEATHER s we ir and tomorrow ¥ continued ir; Highest, at v am her Bureau Forecast.) ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 3 cool tonizhy; rising temperature. | at noon today; lowest, e 8 today Full report on page 9. l —_—— - g Entered as sec post office No. 30,008. Washington Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 nd class matter D WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JUNE 28,1 RED SOX BEAT NATS 14,000 Women Raid China Silk Plants COAL MERCHANTS _THIRTY-TWO Star. service. Saturda; Sunday The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news 93,062 105,220 s Circulation, PAGES. * () Means Associated Press. Liner Kills Whale, Impact Causing Big TWO CENTS. FESS FARM RELIEF In Labor Wrangle! Ve o Temie JEASIRE CANNG BYSCOREQFGT02 | ™ tabor Wrangle IN SERIES OPENER Ogden Is Rounded Freely by Beantown Club in Early Innings. GRIFF BATSMEN FIND WILTSE TROUBLESOME Barely 2,000 Fans in A!tendance‘ as Harrismen Open Three-Game Engagement. BY JOHN B. KE ROSTON, 28— mtopped the Na inn trernoon ore was & ta ° the fourth time this yea pitched Red Sox At the start of the Nationals’ ER. | Red Sox reak here irley June ©zden against the riss hera ( en has scored over 4 Sox in three zames. His slah of ponent was Harola Wiltse Not mor than 2,000 were in the stands, while good ba ball weather prevailed. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Rice walked. Sha ner scrambled up the bank in left tield | tan Harvis’ loft. Goslin walked Harris drove into a double play, Herrera to Rezan to Todt. No runs. Herrera sacrificed, Ogden to Judge. Todt doubled over first base, scoring Flagstead. Stan Harris th out | Jacobson, Todt went to third. Regan fanned. One run. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON—Judge let a third strike go by, threw out | Bluege. Peck wa Peck stole ~econd and took third on Stokes’ wild | threw. Ruel doubled down the left- fisld line, scoring Peck. Ogden flied ; 0 Jacobson in deep right. One run. ROSTON — Shaner grounded to | Jud: Rigney singled to_ right. Rigney was causht stealing, Ruel to 1okes walked. Wiltse forced Stan Harris to Peck. o! THIRD INNING. | WASHINGTON—Regan threw out Rive. Stan Harris flied to Flagstead. [ Goslin singled to center. Joe Ha! walked. Judge flied to Jacobson. runs. i ROSTON —Flagstead lined a single ; to left. Herrera bunted and a double play followed, Judge to Peck to S Harris. Ogden threw out Todt. No | runs. | FOURTH INNING. i WASHINGTON—Bluege fouled to Peck flied to Shaner. Rigney threw out Ruel. No runs. BOSTON—Jacobson walked. Regan | Arove into a double play, Peck to Stan Harris to Judge. Shaner singled telaft. Rigney flied to Rice. No runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON —Ogden fanned. Nezan threw out Rice. Rezan also threw out Bucky Harris. No runs. No ! ROSTON—Stokes _doubled the left-field banl rizht, scoring Stok hled to right, W Prck went hack of second for Her- rara’s bounder and threw him out. Wiltse scored and Flagstead reached third. len threw out Todt, Flag- stead holding third. Flagstead scored : on a wild pitch. Jacobson singled to | center. Rezan singled to center and Jacobson stopped at second. Shaner | s hit by a pitched b filling the | hasex. Rizney popped to Bluege. Three runs, SINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Regan threw out | Goslin. Wiltse threw ont Joe Harris. Judge lined to Regan. No runs. i against Flagstead dou- —Peck threw out Stokes. ahout 1 a.m., but apparently nobody ! She had been missing from a lodging unded to Bluege. Flagstead | v a pitched hall. Herrera | hounded a single past Bluege. Flag- stead takinz third. Todt doubled down the vizht-field line. scoring Fla stead and sending Herrera to third, Jacobson fouled to Ruel. One run 3 NG. ok a walked. So did batted for Ogden. Wiltse threw out Jeanes, hoth run- dvancing. Wiltse tossed out Rice. No runs. | WASHI third strike. Ruel. Jeanes Peck Palmero now pitching | Regan walked. Sha. | double play. Stan Harris to Peck to Judge. Bluege | threw out Rigney. No runs. EIGHTH INNING. 1 WASHINGTON—Stan Harris sin- mled to right. It was the third hit of the game off Wiltse. On Wiltse's ad throw to first Stan Harris reached second. Goslin was hit on the arm ! by a pitched ball. Joe Harris flied to Jacobson in the right-field corner. | Stan Harris and Goslin advancing after the catch. Rigney threw out Judge, Stan Harris scoring and Gos. | lin 1aking third. Herrera threw out Bluege. One run. | ROSTON—Stokes doubled off the | Jeft-field fence. Wiltse walked. Flag- | stead singled to left, filling the base: Hererra drove into a double play, Rluege to Ruel to Judge. Todt walked, | filling the base cohson singled to Jeft, scoring Wiltse. Flagstead tried 1o score, but was out, Goslin to Ruel. One run. NINTH INNIN WASHINGTON - Herrera threw out Peck. Ruel flied to Shaner. Teeves hatted for Palmero and pop- ped to Tadt. No runs. ped 1o T B BOSTON for Washinzton. nen drove into a URELY, there are 100,000 - Washingtonians who will gladly send one dollar or more to honor the living and the dead of the 26,000 from the District of Columbia who served their country in the armed forces in_the Great W Send to_John Poole, urer, District of Colum- bia Memorial Commission, Feéderal-American National Bank. i | sands of dollars + Schuman and Police Chauffeur Leroy Wiltse singled to ' crushed with an ax which was found Y lou- | nearby. | tse stopping at third. |and the fourth, Lena Rowell, 16, died | 10 their By Cable to The Star and the Chicazo Daily News. SHANGHAL June 28.—Ten silk filatures were wrecked. the office of the silk employes' union was | damaged and four woman union “ officials were injured when 14,000 | Chinese women. armed with chop | pers. iron bars and scissors. raided the union premises in the native | city here last Saturday. | The women first visited the I nnion offices, which they wrecked and then pelleted missiles at the [ Police and marched upon the fila tures, followed by mobs. Heavy rains eventually cooled the temy of the Amazons after they ha demolished property worth thou- The trouble started over char that a womin labor leader had ac cepted bribes fiom the manager of the mills, (Copyrisht 1026, b Chicage Daily News ) NEGRO SHOT DEAD AFTER WOUNDING 8 . Baltimore. Man's Victims In-. clude Five Policemen and Small Girl. the Aseociated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., June 28.—Run- ning amuck with a shotgun and two vevolvers, Vance Lee. 35-year-old negro, wounded eight persons, five of them policemen, before he was shot to death on Argyle avenue, Northwest Baltimore, today. Hospital physicians said Police Clerk Thomas Dillon, shot in the stomach, might die. He was in an automobile with Patrolman Webster By Lentz, both of whom also were seri- | ously wounded. | Patrolman Ignatius Benesch was shot in the hip and head and Patrol- man John R. Colfins in the hamd. Dr. ! William Kanuner and Calvin Howard, | negro, were wounded in the legs and | an’ unidentified 6-year-old negro child | was shot through the stomach. All except Pagrolman - Collins were re- ported 1n a serious condition. A nesro woman. said by spectators to have fallen before Lee's guns, was not found Lee had terrorized the neighborhood | for 20 minutes when a police car, with Schuman, Lentz and Dillon in it, hove in sight, cruising for him. He fired point blank and got them all. He previously had shot the two other policemen. Spectators said Schuman, | though seriously hurt, shot the negro to death. The physician and negro man and girl who were hit were bystanders. FOUR OF FAMILY SLAIN | MYSTERIOUSLY WITH AX | ot | Neighbors Find Bodies in Home at | Tampa, Fla., After Noises . | in Early Morning. By the Ascociated Prees. TAMPA, Fla., June 28.—Four mem- | bers of the Rowell family were killed in their home here today, their heads Three were dead when found, | before she could explain the attack. | Bee Rowell, 45, a carpenter; his | mother and 1Ira Rowell 30, her nephiew, are the other victims. Lena | Rowell was a niece of Mrs. Rowell, The bodies were discovered by Miss tuby Silner, who went to the home this morning, accompanied by her father, to go with Lena Rowell in search of work. Getting no response knocks the zirl looked in a side window and saw the bodies. Police could find no cause for the crime, and a coroner’s jury that was called adjourned until Wednesday. | Senate | government and is abhorrent to the |instincts of every American,” he de- | | sued for Wallace D. Blick, but was * BOOKS T0 SENATE. Refuse to Obey Subpoenas Served on Order of D. C. Committee. | INSIST NO RIGHT'EX|STS | TO COMPEL TESTIMONY ‘Declare Cost of Preparing Data { Should Not Be Charged to Them. Five Scheduled to Appear. ! Five Washington coal merchants jon whom subpoenas were served last | week to produce a number of hooks |and records of their business ‘or the | inspection of the Senate District com- | mittee today declined to comply with the order. Through their attorney, Roger J. Whiteford, the merchants declared the surrender of their books would pre | vent them from doing business; they {deny that any power or authority is vested in the Senate or any of its committees to compel testimony or | the production of documents when the is acting In its legislative capacity. Such a demand, Mr. White- | ford said, on the part of the com- mittee, is a_deprivation of the con- stitutional rights against unreason- able search and seizure and the (ak- | DECLINE TO SUBMIT: ing of property without due process of law. “It is a forcible intrusion into their private affairs and papers without judicial process or in the course of judicial proceedings, which is contrary to the principles of a free | clared.* Mr. Whiteford added that the Sen- ate District committee has not the authority to impose the expense of preparing statements, accounts and | records on the parties subpoenaed. Due to Appear Today. The merchants on whom subpoenas | were served are Fred Hessick of \W. H. Hessick & Son, W. W. Griffith of the Griffith Coal Corporation, Miss M. C. Grace of R. J. and M. C. Grace, | A. P. Woodson of the A. P. Woodson Co. and M. A. Coughlan of the J. | Maury Dove Co. A subpoena was not served because of his absence from the ci With the exception of Miss Grace, all_of the men on " (Continued on Page 4, Column 3. WOMAN SUICIDE FOUND LOCKED IN CLOSED CAR Note Indicates She Shot Self When ; Scorned by Filli.g Sta- tion Employe. By the Associated Prees. MIAMI, Fla, June 28.—Police to- day identified the body of a woman found locked in an automobile here yesterday as that of Mrs. T. G, Lamb, of Tuscaloosa, Ala. The body, shot through the heart, was found in an | expensive coupe in the rear of a vacant estate on fashionable Brickell avenue hy a caretaker. Police found a pistol and a handbag on the seat, the latier containing $40 in cash and a brief note addressed to “‘George,” which intimated intention of suicide because of unrequited love. George Shackelford, filling station employe, admitted to police that he | was the “George” mentioned in the note and declared he had known the | woman a short time. He said he had refused to see her after he learned | she was suffering from an incurable malady. Shackelford was released. The condition of the body indicated Neighbors told of hearing a commo- tion and loud voices in the house investigated at the time. | BOX SCORE | WASHINGTON AB. Rice, cf. S. Harris. 2b. Gioslin. If J. Harris. rf, Judge. Ib .. Bluege. 3b Peckinpaugh, ss Ruel. c. Ogden, p. . Palmero, p.. Jeanes .. Reeves . Totals . S W N e 28 anes batted for Ogden in the s eventh inning. Reeves katted for Palmero in the BOST . AB. Flagstead, cf .......... Herrera, 3b . Todt, 1b. Jacobson, rf Regan, 2b Shaner, If Rigney, ss Stokes, ¢ Wiltse, p. . Totals........ SCORE BY 1 o 1 Washington......ccoeeeeeices Boston........... Two-base * hits=~Todt (2), Ruel, Stokes, 'T-n':-m e Stolen” buse—Peck. ‘rificen—Herrera, J. Harris. Double_plays—>ierrera to Rezan to Todt. Judge to Peck to S. Harris, Peck to S Harris in dudge, 8. Harris to Peck fo andge, Rlwsze to Ruel to Judze. Tt on hases—Washington 7 Boston, 1.0 O SUMMARY that the woman had been locked tight in the automobile for several days. house here since last Thursday. R. 0 1 0 0 0 o0 1 0 ninth inning. I_.;_.....g..-,_,;.; 15 INNIN 3 [ as 4 B 00 0o 3 L] R. ¢ 1 [ o 0 1 0 2 140" g 6 Bases on balls—Of Ogden, 2: off Palmero, 3; off Wiltse, 3. by Wiltse, 3. Struck_out—Hy Ogden, in 6 innin; Hits—Off Ogden, 1 .. Hit by piteher—By Ogden” (Shaser: Flag- stend) : by Wiltse (Goslin). Wild Pitehe—Ogden. Umpires—3essrs, Connolly, Evars, Rewtand and | Attor LT onGRESSIMRECDR) (0 PECCHES FARM RELIEF HANDLING OUTLINED William B. Wright Tells Sen- ate Primary Probers He Gets $8,000 and Expenses. Br the Associated * More information about the §130,000 law enforcement fund of ania Women's Christian Tem ign funds commit- m B, Wright of the State, was the Chairman Reed first called orge W. Woodruff. the State v General, but Wright report ed that he had been unable to locate him. He went to the Harvard-Yale boat race last Satunday, the deputy said, amd had not returned to Harris- urg. “You don’t think scull and kept gener: witne: for he get in pthat going?" asked Reed ! with a smile. Attending Class Reunion. Wright explained that Woodruft went back for a reunion “I hope he has not suffered a re lapse,” 'said Reed Wright,,whose home is ajd he undertook dry law enfs ment work in Pennsylvania in Fel ary, 1923, at the request of Gov Pinchot, and that he received $6.000 a year and expenses. This Wright said, his salary was increase: $8,000, but the only expenses allowe were traveling and telephone telegraph expenses. The witne: id that up to Au 1, 1923, his salary was paid out State appropriations, but that e ! it had come out of the W. C. T. fund. assistant’ to Wright from . December. 1923, and was pe the special dry fund. Walter ler, formerly connected with the De partment of Justice here, succeeded him Wright was taken over a list of the assistants who have served with him from time to time, and the amounts of their salaries. ced what com- jon he held, Wright replied: was not commissioned. I ial counsel to_the govern id vou take any pledge?” asked Reed. “It has been said here that the governor exacted a pledge from offi- cers to uphold the Constitution, his administration and the eighteenth amendment.” “I took no pledge of that kind. “You have heard of such a pledge “No, sir, 1 have not.” Two Aides Commissioned. Of the half dozen assistants named by Wright, only Louis E. Graham and Willlam ' Knauer were commissioned. They were made special deputy at- torneys general. “Who had charge under the gov- ernor of enforcing the prohibition laws?” Reed asked. “I suppose the attorney general, but practically it was enforced out of this fund s “You had charge of legal enforc: ment?” “Yes.” Reed wanted the names of other employes, but Wright said he had one “under-cover” man whose name he would disclose in_executive session. *This committee does not believe in nment “under cover,” Reed as don't either,” Wright replied. “This man was with me in the war and he goes around getting the facts as to where improvements in condi- tions should be made.” Had 12 Assistants. There were 12 of these assistants, the witness said, including Lawrence M. Knox, at $175 a month and ex- penses; J. J. Benkus, at $6 a day and traveling expenses, and J. A. Tatro, who got $250 salary a month and ex- penses and went after “the denatured alcohol bootleg aristocracy in Phila- delphla.” Wright also hired two Bos- ton policemen for special work. The “under-cover” man was desig- nated as “Mr, X.” He joined up in August, 1923,/at $200 a month and ex- penses, including the purchase price of liquor he might find it necessary to buy. His salary was increased to $250 the first of this year. He had (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) Joseph Henry Foster Dies. PAWTUCKET, R. I, June 28 (8).— Joseph Henry Foster, 79, retired in- ventor and well known State his- tosian, died today. He was identified with the tool and machine business for more than 60 years and invented a large number of tools and machines for makinz and repairing textile spin- R ¥pindies, the | deputy attorney first | in Baltimore, | 2,484-Mile Fli i ght By Brothers Held Non-Stop Record | | By the Associated Press PARIS, June ~A new record for mon-stop flight is claimed for Ludovic Arracha With brother Paul he started from Le Bourget flying field near Paris day, flying by way of Stras and ward India The ¥ cable mess; aviat had | on tae Persian world in an Capt h Const ‘ airplane | | | : is i, after ering a ers or ab chart used a 330 re, carr line whic THOUSANDS PRAIE HINE MODEL HOMES | AN Constant Stream of Visitors to The Star’s Demon- stration Houses. FFrom % oclock ye { until 10 o'clock la of keern ested in and out of the ni erected f be! stration sored by The Star. every house from Maryland to 1 and from northeast to north- those in charge were kept bi howing the visitors - through residences explaining every tail uct! Every evidence was manifested 1 the visitors that The Star is spons | ir an undertaking of linterest to the people of the National { Capital. ons and the com- ments indicated that there are hun- ireds anxious to become home owners nd who only needed such a demon tration to encourage them in takinz | the forward step, and to educate them | as to what they must look for in ng a house, | bu, | Many Visit All Prospects. Many inspected all the houses indicated by note books in which had made elaborate comment: and comparisons of the various pro; ect: Scores already own their home: and were anxious to obtain new ides for_improvements rom the row houses to the la detached residences the visitors found improvements and innovations that were not revolutionary or impossible in ordinary residences, but are novel and helpful and the result of the com- bined stydy of the more than 35 ex- H who had a part in producing the structurally finished projects. The one house of which the land- scaping and interior decorating are finished attracted more than 3.000 persons. This residence, whicl is fully completed, is at Thirteenth street and Alasl avenue. The spacious rooms, the unusually attractive exteriors and the bathrooms in the row houses also drew consider- able attention. The utiliaztion of every particle of space and the sound con- truction were appreciated by the vis. itors. The semi-detached houses with their built-in porches that are really part of the structures and serve as extra rooms, the unusually attractiv architecture and the spacious interior planning were particularly noted. Nearby Houses Aftractive. The Maryland and Virginia model homes had their share of visitors as well as all three of the detached houses within the District. From the comments it was learned that the demonstration tas a complete suc- cess. While only one of the houses is furnished so far, the interior deco- ration of several others will be con- cluded this week. The Maryland house will be fully furnished by July 11. The furnished residence at Thir- teenth street and Alaska-avenue, de- signed by Victor Mindeleff of the ‘American Institute of Architects and built by L. E. Breuninger & Sons, was particularly attractive. The wall paper represented replicas of early colonial and old French pat- terns of the eighteenth and nine- teenth centuries. The furniture was of the best. Every care has been taken to have the inferior décorations conform to the architectural design. The kitchen equipment, with its cabi nets, electric _dishwasher in morning thousands ons flowed e model houses homes demon- the de- i (Coninued on % [ nendous | XPECT CONGRESS 10 END THIS WEEK Leaders Believe Adjournment . Will Be Voted—No Serious Bars Are Seen. By the Associated Pres LONDON, June 28 ntic liner Berer whale at sea yesterday. Six whales crossed the bows of the steamer but one turned back and the liner struck it. The mpact caused the hig vessel to tremble from stem to stern. A man in the bow was near Iy thrown overboard. The whale was killed i The tran ria killed a antly steam- | appeared AR EAST SHAKEN BY NEW QUAKES N VAST DISTURBANCE Village Destroyed on Isle of \‘ | 1 I Rhodes by Three Series of Earth Shocks. By the Associated Press. BATAVIA. Java, June 23.—The halitants of Central Sumatra thrown into panic this morning by a heavy earthquake. No casual have been reported. The governor's re-idence andang and the homes of man iropeans were badly dam- gaed SINGAPO! seconds ench were recorded this morning. They are said to have been the most severe experienced in Singapore for years. RHODES HARD HIT. Thousands of Buildings on Island | Destroyed by Quakes. June 28 (P).—The v ROM ge of | Arkhangelo was wiped ot President Coolidge has received ad- ies over the week end which ave ended to raise his hopes for an ad- virnment of Congress by the end of his week. When the Senat farm relief hattle rday ad- Y journed until foday, the spec ation wis to the effect that the present se sion would very likely -be prolonged yme of the t reports ise were pre- Id not middle of nidst of its | | But in the me | produced the fact éa | dent and |the Capitol that ev | wound up and the C: n the next f Willis Is Hopeful. the Presi- today . whose prevented the |w | stand at shelving of the ndment for agricultural relief, which has the sup- port of the Preside | Senator Wil | believes the | obetacles to a bring about a | session next Fi stated that tors, who helieve the he firmiy emove the ment in time to 1g of the current v or Saturday. He ser of other Sena- would not have wre today of f getting away this week To accomplish an adjournment thi week it will be necessary to ¢ pose mot only of the Iess amend- ment and the entire agricultural re- bject itself, but the rivers and Dill. which was rushed h the House. White House h is that the Fess a support. In the event the succeeds in passing this through the i Senate little difficulty is anticipated jin the House. Probably not than a will be necessary for the well organized machinery in the lat- ter chamber to dispose of it. If the | Fess amendment fails in the Senate, the President has been advised that | the agricultural relief legislation will be dropped for the time being. May Delay Rivers Bill. 1t is understood that the rivers and harbors bill is not going Qjournment stumbling block, as was at first feared. Proponents of this legislation in the House and Sena have agreed to remove their insist- ency for immediate consideration of this legislation in the Senate at this time if the Senate leadership will agree to the naming of a date for its consideration almost immediately after the next s on of Congress convenes in December. The White House is= understood to have been received tod ment have been virtually accepted by all concerned, thereby the waterswd bill as a block and making it possible to adjourn before the week end. What would have developed into a bitter struggle and a long-drawn. out debate has been removed by the maneuvering on the part of the Sen- ate and House leaderships which has brought about an azreement among fight to lay aside their cudgels until next December. With the farm legislation and the rivers and harbors bills out of the way all other pending matters in the House can be jammed through quick- ing a clear track for adjouynment. President Coolidge has withheld deciding upon a date for his de- parture from Washington for his Summer vacation in the Adirondack Mountains, but if Congress does get away next Friday or Saturday, it is thought likely that the President will start on his vacation the following ‘Wednesday. o SEEK I;ERMANENT EASTER GENEVA, June 28 (#®.—The League of Nations comniission of experts on reform of the calendar has decided to recommend that the second Sunday in April be the fixed date for Easter. The decision is subject to an agree- m=nt with the Holy See, which_ was ne -1 mt the last meeting of The information | ndment is gain- | administration | more | to be the | | nounced the resignation of the gov | Commons this afternoon. advised that the terms of this agree- | Byng had removing | those on both sides of the waterways | | His ly or else brushed aside, thereby giv- | eral other towns on the Rhodes were. seriously damaged Saturday’s earthquake which wa throughout the Mediterranean between Asia Minor, Southern I and North Africa. As far as is known only one person killed. Several were injured. Greater loss of life was prevented by the flight of the panic-gtricken popula tion as soon as the fi rtimation of the approach of the dreaded earth tremor was felt The quake la nds > min 50 sec- places Even ted only from to 2 es in various d repeated itself three times: e upper stories of the houses were cleared of their inhabitants, however, before the walls besan to crumble. 600 Structures Fall at Rhodes. The severest damage was wrought on the Island of Rhodes, where sev- eral thousand he The towr Not a s left standing at Arkhangelo, 600 structures tumbled down at nage also was anto, shock was Cyrenaica, Tripoli Calabria, Apula and § prevalent in the sc 1bria and ‘in_ No ‘ge part of the population in these lived t h the devastating 1908 in the vicinity of the anic island Stromboli Seismographic instruments at Rome reported the epicenter of the auake a listance of 1 ilometers. The deli- | trument at Faenza recorded an | enormous movement of 18 inches. Ea CANADIAN CABINET OUTOVERCLSTONS Premier King Says Refusal ! to Dissolve Parliament Caused Resignation. By the Ascociated OTTAWA, Ontario. June Premier Mackenzie King today a ernment. Premier Kinz made his announce- ment at the opening of the House of The action followed the recent heated debate in the House on the report of the par- tamentary customs investigating com- mittee. The premier said Governor General refused his request that | Parliament be dissolved and that he | had decided to resign. It is expected that Arthur Meighen, leader of the Conservative party, the principal op- | position group, will be invited to form | a new ministry. The House immediately adjourned, amid Conservative cheers. Premier King, in announcing his decision, said: “Public_interest demands dissolution of this House. “As prime minister I so advised k excellency shortly after noon today. excellency having declined to zrant dissolution, I thereupon tendered the resignation of the government, which his excellency was pleased to accept.” CAPT. H. M. BERRY _PICKED FOR CROSS-OCEAN FLIGHT | ! ' Associated Pres: | W YORK, June 28.—Capt. Homer | M. Berry of this city was announced ' yvesterday as the American pilot who will accompany Capt. Rene Fonck, French ace, on the non-stop New York-to-Paris flight, he will attempt this Summer. Capt. Fonck made the announce. ment before leaving with Col. Harold Hartney for McCook Field, Dayton. | Ohio, where they will study the latest aerial navjgation instruments and se- lect those 'which Capt. Fonck will use on his flight. By | “Battalion of Death” | vote on the farm bill. a } Sen: i operative 1 Capt. Berry flew overseas during the war and is now an Army reserve aviator. Lieut, Allan P. Snody, U. 5. will be nu\'lga(gr on the flight. ! protective sy SUPPORTERS HOLD Fassage of Bill Would Give - Administration Great Boost With Voters. JARDINE MAKES VISIT TO SENATORS' OFFICES Opposing Measure, ..owever, Insisting on Equalization Fee. GOULD LINCOLN Fess bill, BY G the administration relief measure, has gained n the Senate over the week ers of the measure said ate prepared for:the of the contest over farm of its the Fess bill supporters insist, >wed by its passage in the House. The enactment of the bill w would be a real victory for olidge administration. The ad- ministration would be in a position point out that at last the farm relief problem had been successfully tackled; that a law had been put throug. which was both sound eco- aomically and helpful to the farmers. e passage of the Fess bill in the e would be a distinct feather in ident Coolidge = cap, there is n« e: n about that Battle Not Yet Won. While additional strength for th istration bill is in sight a effort will be made to line h Republicans to carry the bil i . administration Senat« mitted that the battle was ieans yet won. They lool nxiously to the Democratic side oi he chamber, for in all probability the ctory or defeat of the Fess bill wils e deter there. The politics of the situation, it was mitted. is against any considerahle imber of the Democrats supportins bill which the Republican admini< iation is now backing so strong! pecially in a year when a c ional campaizn 1s on Secretary Jardine of the Depart ment of Agriculture was a visitor at A number of the Senate offices t day. It is understond that he stronz ly urged them to support the admin ation bill. 1t has been the con- tention of Secretary Jardine for som. time that Congress should not ad- journ without passing farm relief leg- islation. The Fess bill represents the extent to which the administration been willing to go in this matter. Strong Pressure Exerted. ssure is being exerteq upon Senators to line up with the ad m ration. There is a “battalion of death,” however, on the Repub lican side of the chamber which can ot be shaken in its position that it will agree to nothing which does not ain the principle of the McNary- n bil. Trimmed down to its strength this “battalion of death” still appears to number not less than 15 Senators and it may go higher when the vote is taken. That being the case at least eight Demo crats must vote for the Fess bill to enable it to pass. When the Senate met at noon to- day debate on the bill for the amend. ment of the World War veterans ct was resumed, with an understand- hat a reasonable amount of time would be given to dispose of that measure before the Senate would take up_the farm bill again. Some of the Senators said they saw no reason why a vote on the Fess farm relief bill should nut be reached today, but others expressed the opin- ion that no vote would be had before tomorrow. The longer the delay, the greater the opportunity for the admin- istration bill to gain strength, it was pointed out. Debate Is Limited. The demand for an early adjourn- ment of Congress, however, is having its effect and will help to hurry a final ‘There is still mitation of debate on the farm re- ef bill, with Senators allowed 30 min- utes on the bill and 15 minutes on amendments. Some of the Senators already have exhausted their time on the bill. Efforts are about being made to bring adjournment of Congress not | later than Saturday. 1f the Fess bill wins in the Senate s an amendment to the bill creating division of co-operative marketing in the Department of Agriculture, it will to the House immediately. The for the co-operative marketing di- vision, which is now pending in the Senate as its unfinished business, has Iready passed the House. If it is re- turned to the House with the Fess bill s an amendment a motion will be made promptly to concur in the Sen- ate amendment. If such a motion carries then the bill will go to the President for his approval, with the Fess amendment included. If it fails in the House then the fight for the Fess bill will be at an end. Whether the Fess bill passes the te as an amendment to the co- keting division bill or not Senators are hoping for an ad- Journment at the end of the week. G. 0. P. BLAMED BY FARMERS Towa Farm Bureau Head Says Voters Resent Makeshift Proposals. DES MOINES, June 28 (#).—Presi- dent Charles E. Hearst of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation today, in- formed President Coolidge that farm- ers of the Midwest charged the ad- ministration *“with full responsibility for failure to keep the promise made to our people” in 1924 when the Re- publican party pledged itself to eco- nomic equality of agriculture and in- dustry. In a telegram sent to the President and a statement issued here, Mr. Hearst described farm relief, proposals still pending in Congress as/ make- shifts and provosals “to hahd the farmers legislation that will be inade- quate and in no way. meet the re- quirements of the greatest present day national problem.” He charged defeat of the McNary-Haugen prin- ciple to a group which he said ‘was now enjoying the advantages of the tem and Wi willing “(Continued on Page 3, Column 4}