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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Showers probable ton| morrow, not much chang ture, Temperature—Highest, esterday; lowest, 67, at 7 a.m. Full report on page 9. Cl, osing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Forecast.) ight and to- e In tempera- 78, at 3 @ ¢ Foen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION & g Star. Associa service. The only evening paper in Washington with the ted Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 94,848 No. 30,066. Entered as second class ma: post office, Wuhlnno:, D.ug WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25, 1926—TH IRTY-SIX PAGES. () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. FIND LIEUT. BETTI, SHULLFRACTURED Army Flyer to Hospital in a ! Critical Condition. CRAWLED FOR 5 1-2 HOURS TO ROAD AFTER CRASH Surgeon Rushed to Bellefonte. Recovery Expected—May Bring Officer Here. Br the Acsociatad Press. BELLEF Pa., August 25. Lieut. Cyrus K. Bettis, Army flying ace, missing since Monday, was found alive in the Seven Sister Mountains today and is now in the Centre County Hospital here in a serious, but net eritical conditjon. The officer's left leg is broken below the knee: his skull is fractured in two places, and he has severe lacerations on the face and head. The Army officer owes hfs life to his grit. Buried deep in the thick forest, where no one could find him or his wrecked plane, Lieut. Bettis crawled for five and a_half hours through the tangled underbrush until he came to & roadway, where he was later found by two State highway employes. Lost Way in Fog. Accompanied by two other plares, Lieut. Bettis was flying from the Sesquicentennial grounds, _Philadel- phia, to Helfridze Field in Michigan, when he ran into a fog on Monday afternoon approximately 20 miles southeast of Bellefonte and lost his In searching for a landmark he hed against the side of a moun- tain and fell. This was at 1:15 p.m. In falling one wing of the plane caught in a tree and the machine wrapped itself around the trunk breaking the force of the fall. Whether Lieut. Bettis was rendered unconscious in striking the ground is not yet known, as he is in no con- dition to talk. =~ What was obtained was given by him to the two highway employes who took him to_the hospital Bettis was found on the main high- vay running from Lewistown to The section of the road e lay when picked up is under reconstruction and traflic is detoured 8 or 4 miles away. He was discov- red on the road at 8:30 a.m. by the two men on their way 1o work. Feared to Leave Plance. The lieutenant was very weak from loss of blond and lack of food and water, and the highway employes did not question him at lenz h. He told them of having managed to from the preckage of his plane and for hourd calling for help. He feared to leave the plane, as it was a marker from the air for other fiyer: who might be searching for him. Bettis finally decided to help him- self instead of waiting for assistance to reach him and he began to crawl in a direction from which he casionally heard a noise. At last he reached the rc ward was found. At the hospital it in addition to his injuries Lieut. Bettis was suffering from exhaustion. The opinlon was expressed that he would recover. Wrecked Plane Sought. Lieuts. John J. Williams and Luther s stated that §. Smith, who were flying the other | two planes to Selfridge Field with Lieut. Bettis, were in Bellefonte when the injured officer was brought here. They were awaiting clear weather to ntinue their search by airplane. hey immediately left for en Mountains in search of the wrecked plane. Officers at _the Sesquicentennial grounds at Philadelphia were in com- munication with Rellefonte and re- quested the hospital to spare nothing to make Lient. The hospital authorities were told that an Army fiving surgeon i left Philadelphia and would be in Belle- fonte tonight The accident to Lieut. Bettis takes him out of the air races at Philadel- phia next month. He holds the record 9 miles an hour made in 1925 n the Pulitzer Trophy for his MAY BE RUSHED HERE. Lieut. Bettis to Be Brought to pital in Plane if Possible. Hos- Assoclated Tress dis- teiling of the finding of jeut. Cyrus K. Bettis resulted today in abandonment by the A Corps of plans for a widesp plane search for him dir the office of Maj. Gen. Patrick, Army air chief. Continued fallure to receive word from the fiver had resulted in a de- cision by Gen. Patrick greatly augment the number of searchers en- gaged in the task of locating him. The first officfal report on the finding of the aviator reached Gen. Patrick shortly before noon. The message was from Lieut. J. J. Wil- Receipt potches llams, at Bellefonte, and said Lieut. | |Valentino's Native Village in Mourning, But Elders Hold His Egrpple Was Bad ad on Rettis would live, a badly smasheq to a broken leg Maj. Gen. Ireland. Surgeon General of the Army, ordered an Army sur- geon to proceed from Carlisle Bar racks, Pa. to Rellefonte. If the surgeon finds it possible, after an examination, Lieut. Bettis will be brought in a hospital plane to Wal- ter Reed Hospital here. although face, in he addi TES'l: 7PLANE DbV}NED. Becond of Three Seeking Non-Stop Record Forced to Land. PARIS, August 25 (P).—One of the airplanes which started vesterday from the Le Hourget airdrome, near Paris, in an attempt to make new world non-stop records, heen forced to land near Linz This plane was piloted by Pollen and Van Gaudenberg and was headed for Bender Abbas. Persia. The plane piloted by Lieut. Charles and Capt. Wetzer was last reported to be in the air. It was bound for Karachi, India The third plane had to descend shortly after it rose at Le Bourget. SAVED BY HIS GRIT Take information | crawl | oc- | d and some time after- | to ! |QUEEN MARIE FIGHTS CABINET OBJECTION TO HER U. §. VISIT Ministers Reported Opposed to Trio First on Ground of Great Expense. Fear Also Declared Evident That Impetuous Monarch May Talk Too Freely. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily New LONDON, August 25.—Queen Marie of Rumania i fighting a bitter battle against Premier Averescu and other members of the Rumanian who are trying to prevent her from visiting the' United States. Ever since the end of the Queen Marie has desived to vi America. Americans like Col. Ander- son of Virginia, formerly head of the American Red Cross in Rumania, and Charles Vopicka. former Minister in the Balkans, with whom she came in contact in Rumania and abroad, strongly urged her to come to the United States, assuring her of a warm reception. Trip Long Prevented. Political and other circumstances however, did not permit a start on this much desired trip until this vear, when she decided finally to proceed with her visit to friends in America. The Rumanian government, how- aver, now is opposing the trip strong- Iy on the official ground that Ru- mania’s currency is so low that the Queen’s trip would unbalance the year’s budget. The writer is reliably informed that the Queen replied she was prepared to pay her expenses out of her own funds. But, despite this offer, the cabinet still is adamant, fearing the highly impulsive and | cabinet | war | PREMIER ..\ RESCU. clever Queen may talk too much and make some irreparable blunders. So far. Queen Marie's pleadings that she would be able to raise large funds for charity organizations, and eventually pave the way for advan- tageous loans to Rumania, have been of no avail. Gently, but firmly, Pre- mier Averescu refuses to vield to the Queen’s pressure, and in order to make things more difficult has decided to postpone appointment of a Ru- manian Ministef to Washington for a few months, Is Expected to Win Point. The Queen has not surrendered yet and her frie ate she will be able to leave after King Ferdinand, who at present is taking the cure in! France, returns to Buchare: Her | friends are so far convinced that the cabinet will be forced to yield that they already have started discussing with various shipping lines terms for (Continued on Page 4, Column 3. | KELLOGG RECEIVES {Envoy Furnishes Secretary i With First-Hand Data on Mexican Matters. | By the Associated Press. Mexico’s present troubles, particu- larly her dispute with the United States over the new land and oil law: were discussed today at a conference between Secretary Kellogg and Am- bassador Sheffield, just home from the { Mexican capital | The Ambassador brought with him |to the State Department many first- {hand details of the religious contro- versy in the southern republic and exact information about the attitude of the Calles government on this and other questions now disturhing Mex- ico City official Sees President Coolidge Later. ominally in the United States on vacation, Mr. Sheffield made his, re- port to the State Department his first duty. Later he probably President Coolidge at the | White House at Paul Smiths, N. Y. The Ambassador’s call here was made the occaslon for a repetition of the oft-stated view of the Washington Government that the religious issue domestic to that count calling for no diplomatic_ intervention Washington. The only concern here | is that the rights of American citizens | be safeguarded. ) | It was apparent that the outstand- ing diplomatic issue under considers ltion at the conference was the land {and oil controversy, for months a | subject of official correspondence. A ireply to the latest American note of ! protest is awaited as the next step {in the exchange, but meantime Mr | Sheffield was ahle to give Secretary Kellogg the general attitude of Calles and his | cabinet toward Washington. 1 Both Working Harmoniously. officials insisted that indications of a dis- Department despite surface greement, the Ambassador and the | Secretary were working in perfect .hmmnny toward solution of the oil {and land problem. Mr. Sheffield has {indicated that he favors a strong | stand for ~protection of Americar i rights, but he had no public word of | eriticism today for the conciliatory | tone which has characterized the | American notes delivered by him, on orders from Washington, to the Mexi- can foreign office. ir| When his attention was called to " |reports that he was preparing to re- sign. Mr. Sheffield referred to the statement issued by Mr. Kellogg after his recent conference with the President at Paul Smiths. In that statement the Secretary declared the ambassador would keep his post, and that no change was desired either by | him or the State Department. {7“1f that statement was made | Ambassador Sheffleld, “it must be true.” - SHEFFIELD REPORT in Mexico must be regarded as purely | from | an igtimate picture of the | Bettis _comfortable. | probabilities of the situation and of | ceomed to he under 30. FASCISTI GUARD VALENTINO'S BODY Streets Littered With Shoes and Clothing as Throngs of Women Battle. i By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August —The body of Rudolph Valentino, great | lover of the screen, today was guarded by police and black-shirted Fascisti be- cause of the pressing throngs that have tried to view it, resulting in scores of injuries. Police estimated that 50,000 persons, mostly women and girls, blocked Broadway. in front of the undertak- ing establishment where the star's body lies in state, and that more than 100 were injured in the crush yesterday. Two plate-glass windows Iwere shattered and several times | { mounted policemen were driven back by the crowd. TReserves were called out, and 135 patrolmen and 10 mounted policemen were required to keep order. “The crowd. had the true mob spirit.”” said Police Capt. Hammill. *I never saw anything like it.in 20 years on the force. So many of them were morbidly curious that they wouldn't go home.” Clothing Litters Streets. | Johanna Berg, who fainted and was taken to a doctor’s office, said, “I had heen there so long and had come so . 1 decided I would not give up, rain or no rain. I struggled with the others to get in. but could not make [it. Then T fainted.” | The streets were littered with bat- |tered hats and other wearing apparel | after some er was restored. Po- {lice picked up 28 shoes, | Many of the injured were given first |aid_treatment in the undertaking es- tablishment. Most of the | women in_ the crowd Some of the men were clothed or had their hair dressed in imitation of Valentino. At times there was an air of hilarity in the crowd Great crowds today thronged Broad- way during the forenoon and passed slowly before his bier. The crowds | were ‘more order v, None was allowed to linger before the body and | only a fleeting glance could be had. One hundred and twetve patrolmen, 20 mounted policemen, 12 sergeants and 4 lieutenants were necessary to | keep the crowd in line. | 5,000 Wait in Rain | More than 5000 were waiting to | he admitted to see the body when a | heavy rainfall started. The crowd | pressed against doorways and win- dows, and mounted police backed | their horses into the crowd to break it up. Women ran screaming and clawing at each other. * Ambulances were called and &everal women were treated. The casket containing the body was placed on the second floor to force spectators to pass single file by climbing a stairway. All portable (Continued on Page 3, Column 5. | | | | ! | | | | i By BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL 0 to The Star and Chicago Daily News STELLANETA, Province of Turanto, Italy, August This vi lage, where Rudolph Valentino was born 31 years ago, today is in mourn- ing. When a newspaper from the neigh- boring city of Bari arrived in the ! village about sunset on Monday, it was glanced at by a group of sleepy card players who -were sipping beer. ing Valentino's death. The card game was forgotten. Nostro Rudolfo morto!™ claimed. nts trudging in from work tant farms passed by the caf a glass of heady Calabrian red wine and heard the news. On thefr way to their homes—pretty stone and plaster huts scattered over the | rocky Calabrian hills, parched in the | Summer sun—they spread the news. Within a half hour a village execu- tive committee, numbering dozens of they ex- | | | self-appointed executives, had gath- | ) Some one saw the bulletin announc- | |ered in the main plaza to discuss the news. Should the village declare itself officially in mourning? Or Is the spontaneous grief of his for- mer hoy playmates and schoolgirl sweethearts a more appropriate tribute? Official mourning has not vet been decided upon—at least until the provincial prefect gives his assent. “Our Rudolfo was a wild youth, said the elders, shaking their heads. |“His example was bad for the i vounger generation. He was not con- | tent to work and save like an honest | villager. He was always discon- {tented. He went to Bari and then {to France, where he spent the money his father had saved for him.” | But the younger generation, which { even in this little village dances jazz tunes and wears short skirts for Sunday. replied: “Yes. but he succeeded. He was a millionaire.” | Thus two generations are at | swords’_points,_attempting to draw (Continued on Page 3, Column.2) RAILROADS AGREE WITH TRAINMEN 10 ARBITRATE DISPUTE Demand for Increased Pay to Be Settled Under Rules of Watson-Parker Law. FUTURE OF SYSTEM SAID TG HANG ON THE RESULT IBrotherhoods Have Not Received Due Consideration in Past, Says Head—Ready for Tryout. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 25.—An agree- ment to arbitrate the demand for in- creased pay for conductors, brakemen and switchmen on railroads east of Chicago and north of the Ohio River was signed today by representatives of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men and of the railroads. The demand is the first to go to ar- bitration under the provisions of the recently enacted Watson-Parker bill, which provides for a board of media- tion for the settlement of wage dis- putes between the railroads and the brotherhoods. The agreement to submit the wage dispute to arbitration was signed at a final conference of the brotherhood leaders and the railroad representa- tives, and followed a series of meet- ings held during the past few months by the Federal board of mediation with both sides. Other Demands Pending. Although today's agreement merely provides for the arbitration of de mands as affecting roads east of Chi- cago and north of the Ohio River, sim- ilar wage increase demands have been submitted in other sections of the country. These demands are still pending. 1 W. G. Lee, president of the Brother- hood of Railread Trainmen, who head- ed the brotherhood delegation at the conference, declared: “Future arbitra- tion by the trainmen will depend largely on the degree of justice we re- celve by this agreement to arbitrate. Sacuel E. Winslow, chairman of the board of mediation, issued the fol- lowing statement: “After frank, friendly and thorough consideration of the questions in- volved, it appeared that the discus- slons could not be settled through mediation. Al parties _interested willingly agreed, at the request of the board of mediation, to arbitration proceedings as provided by law. Ar- bitration proceedings will be in New York at a time and place to be here- after determined.” Will Give Law Try-Out. xplaining the trainmen’ decision to agree to arbitration, Mr. Lee said: “We feel we have not in the past received the consideration due our demands when left to arbitration, but we supported the new law while be- fore Congress, and as good citizens we will go the limit to give it a try-out. “We know the Bastern railroads are prospering and we believe our men are entitled to a portion of such prosperity. The agreement provides for six arbitrators—two appointed by the railroads, two appointed by the conductors and trainmen and two neutral or public representatives. The names of the persons appointed will be made public when selected.” Mr. Lee declared the brotherhood request had been for $1 a day more than the present rates, which, he sald, were $6.44 a day of eight hours for conductors in_ frelght service and $4.84 per day of eight hours for brake- men. 300-POUND STONE AX FOUND ON GEORGIA FARM Giant Weapon Believed to Have Belonged to Ancient Creek Chieftain. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, August A stone battle ax, weighing more than 300 pounds and measuring 29 inches in length, is on display in the office of Secretary of State S. G. McClendon. The ax was brought here by L. R. Walker, on whose Oconee River farm, in Putnam County, Ga., it was found more than a century ago. Believed at first to be a freak of nature, geologists found that the stone had been shaped and the i groove for the handle cut by human hands. Mr. Waller said he helieved the weapon to have been made by Creek [ndians who once lived in the vicinity of the Waller farm. Creek Indian legend has it that the ax was the ¢ of a powerful chieftain. ARKANSAS HAS SNOW. Fall Lasting an Hour Reported After Sudden Temperature Drop. WINSLOW, Ark., August 25 (#).— A light snow was reported to have fallen here for about an hour late Monday night, accompanied by strong northwest winds. The temperature, which was ranging around 72 degrees, took a sudden drop to about 50 de. grees. melted as saon as they hit the ground. Valentino The Immigrant Boy ‘Who Died Like a King The amazing life story of the young Italian who gained fame and fortune in a period of 13 years begins Today on Page 3 And will continue daily in five installments. The flakes were said to have | il | BANK BOMBER GOES UNNAMED TO DEATH Police Unable to Identify Pittsbl_lrgh Blast Author. 2 Dead, 24 Hurt. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., August | The fanatic who brought death to him- self and a policeman and injury to more than a score when he exploded a bomb in the Farmers’ Deposit Savings Bank carried the secret of his identity into the grave as far as police could learn today. One identification, regarded as al- most certain—that the man was a ntaniac escaped from a local hospital for the insane—was discarded when relatives declared the bomber was not of their family. They viewed the bad- Iy mangled body at the city morgue, where hundreds have visited in a vain attempt to identify the man. Belt Buckle Is Clue. A belt buckle, on” which was en- graved the letter “L,” was the sngle bit of evidence police had upon which to work. The bomber, a man of foreign ap- pearance dressed in working clothes, entered the bank yesterday and pre- sented a demand for $2,000 “or I'll blow up the bank.” When George C. Ortmann, a special bank policeman, approached to arrest him, he placeda black satchel upon the floor and gave it a kick. A violent explosion followed The bomber was instantly killed and Ortmann so badly injured he died soon after he was taken to a hospital. Scenes of wild confusion followed the blast. Heavy plecds of marble, torn from the ceiling of the banking rooms, crashed down while windows were shattered, showering pedestrians and those inside the building with fly- ing glass. Inside the structure tellers and clerks, bleeding from cuts, worked frantically to gather up piles of money which had been blown about. Thousands Gather Quickly. Outside, all was in a turmoil. Thou- sands, pouring out from nearby office buildings and theaters, quickly gath- ered at the scenes and ambulances and fire apparatus found difficulty in approaching the building. Tt was not until the arrival of police reserves that order was restored. Quickly the reserves blocked oft the streets and placed a heavy guard around the bank to prevent looting. The injured, some of them lying in the streets, were taken to hospitals. Six of the 24 hurt severely enough to require hospital treatment reported in a serious condition. “Bank officials, after an Investigation, fixed the -damage to the 24-story build- ing at more than $150,000. Repairs were being made early today and it was announced the bank would do business as usual today. Bomber's Note Is Found. While searching the clothing taken from Ortmann’s body, Lieut. of Detec- tives Peter Connors found the note in which the homber made his demand | and threat. Written on plain writing paper, in pencil, in good handwriting, the note said: “Sir: You are held up for $2,000 with 50 sticks of dynamite. The dy- namite is in the grip, the>one I hold in my hand. It will discharge when the handle is out of my hand. If you or any one else fires the gun at me, | there will be no cage left. We will all be blowing up to pieces. If you are | willing to come through with two thou- sand be quiet and keep off from the alarm. The help won't do you no good. If they come, they come for their death: it not. make all the noise you like. I will help you with the noise that whole Pittsburgh will hear. If vou want to see the death machine, ask for, otherwise absolute silence. Death or $2,000—either you like,” The note was unsigned. The note, handed to a teller by the bomber, was turned over to Ortmann, a special bank policeman. Ortmann, after reading it, placed the missive in his pocket’ and stepped toward the man. As he did so the homber kicked the grip and the blast occurred. MCKINLEY IN HOSPITAL. Senator Removed From D. C. as Health Fails to Improve. Senator McKinley of Tlinois, who | has been seriously ill for three months with sciatic rheumatism, has been ! moved ville, Ind. His physician felt it desirable to get /him away from the Capital because ! climatic_conditions here were regard- ed as against him. to a sanitarium at Martins- | Radio Programs—Page 30. ' Two Drown in Vat Of Mash, Second in | Attempt at Rescue By the Associatcd Press. BENTON HARBOR, Mich., Au- gust 25.—Two illicit distillers were drowned in one of their own giant vats yesterday. They were the Dimaria brothers, Frank, 27, who was married, and Sam, 17, single. Relatives, said Sam had climbed to the top of the vat. when he fell in, his cries for help bringing Frank, who also tumbled into the vat, which had a capacity of 75 barrels. Both drowned before the vat could be tipped over and their bodies recovered. The coroner believes the fumes of the fermenting liquor overcame them. WARSHIPS ORDERED SENT TO NICARAGUA Two U. S. Destroyers Will! Guard American Interests in Rebellion. By the Associated Press Two American destr@vers will be sent to the Nicaraguan ports of Blue- fields and Corinto because of the revo- lutionary outbreak in that country. The step was described here as a. pre- cautionary measure, for protection of American interests. Dispatch of the two warships was decided on after the State Department had received additional reports from American diplomatic representatives at Bluefields and at Managua, the capital. The substance of the reports was not disclosed, but presumably they indicated that existing safeguards for foreign life and property in Blue- figlds and Corinto are inadequate. The revolutionary movement de- veloped a week ago, and advices reaching Washington have led State Department officials to believe that trouble is likely to continue for some time before the situation clarifies. The Nicaraguan legation, on the other hand, declared several days ago that the revolution had been put down. REBELS ROUTED IN FIGHT. | Zapata, Leader, Said to Be Seriously Hurt; 17 Dead. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, August 25 (#).—Government officials report that the revolutionary leader Krisanto Za- pata, with 200 men, was routed after a brisk fight in which of the rebels were killed and %0 wounded. apata himself, it was said, was severely wounded. The government reports its own losses light. ‘W. J. Crampton, customs collector at Bluefields, reports that the rebels have captured the Rio Grande head- quarters of the Cuyamel Fruit Co. American aviators employed by the government are equipping planes with machine guns and bombs for use against gun runners on the Pacific coast. Aviators report a Mexican boat hovering off Corinto, waiting to land arms. | Gen. Markely Dies. ALTON, I, August 25 (®).—Brig. Gen.” Alfred C. Markely, retired, 83| years old, died today. He served in | | the Civil and Spanish American Wars land was commander of Fort William McKinley at Manila, P. I, when he was retired in 1907. Burial will be at Radenor, Pa. | lekation as S TAXREFUD IPT0 ONGRESS Corporation Counsel Gives Opinion on Ruling by McCarl. Action of Congress will be neces- sary before any Government depart- ment can obtain a refund from the District government of gasoline tax money under the ruling of Controller General McCarl, in the opinion of Cor- poration Counsel Francis H. Stephens. Mr. Stephens sald the gasoline tax law requires the money to be de- posited in the United States Treasus to the credif of the District of Co- lumbia, and that it can only be taken out of the Treasury by congressional appropriation, and then for the specific purpose of paving roadways. There is a section of the gasoline tax law which provides for rebates to purchasers of gasoline for airplanes, stationary engines and dyeing and cleaning establishments, but the cor- poration counsel pointed out that this clause states specifically that the tax shall be paid on all gasoline used in all motor vehicles propelled over the | highways of the District of Columbia. In the opinion of Mr, Stephens, no District official would have the right out any of the gasoline tax , ag a refund to the Government without Congressional approval BRITAIN TO PROTECT MINERS WITH POLICE Reports of Intimidation of Return- ing Workers Believed Ex- aggerated, However. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August intimidation of miners seeking veturn to work in the coal fields, while believed to be exaggerated in many cases, are understood to have caused the British home office to make preparations to move consider- able bodies of police from London and other areas to the affected districts. A large number of ex police al- ready have been moved into the Mansfleld district. It is the home secretary’s determination that utmost protection be provided for any of the workers desiring to return to the mines, it was said by a high official at the home office today. There is no_question, however, of the employ- ment of any other forces than the police. U. S. PROTESTS REVENUE SURPLUS USE IN CHINA Assignment as Security for Loan Instead of to Obligations to Americans Opposed. 2. -Reports of By the Associated Press. PEKING, August States Legation today lodged with the Foreign Office an emphatic protest against the proposed use by the Chi- nese government of the customs rev- enue surplus, soon to become avail- able, as security for a ninth-year domestic loan to American creditors. The protest names 21 American con- cerns whose Chinese accounts are in arrears and reminds the government of its obligation toward them. The rts that the proposed ac- tion means further failure to observe good faith in its transactions with Americans. The customs surplus referred to be- comes available in 1927 through the extinguishment of the nine-year do- mestic loan. —The United Without Senate, Bec By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 25.—| Mexico's hectic congressional politics | may result in the new Congress which | Until recently, declares the news- {paper, it appeared probable that | | there would be two rival Chambers | | of Deputies, each claiming the right to function. At present this difficulty | seems to have been smoothed over, | altHough the electoral college is still | attempting to decide contests over seats arising out of the July 4 ele | amserts that the sena-| tons. —ll= to have been elected in The tors dec! Mexican Chamber May Meet am‘i Work ause of Election Row 13 of Mexico's 27 accepted by the minority parties in the Senate composing the “revolu- tionary democratic bloc,” and that | convenes September 1, being without | this will prevent a two-thirds quorum | a senate, says El Universal Grafico. in the upper chamber, without which | the Senate can not meet. deputies have to meet without a Senate until President Calles calls special state elections for the chgos- ing of new senators. 2 Campillo Seyde, president of the permanent congressional commission, said today that the Chamber of Depu- ties would convene September 1, and function regardless of whether the Senate meets o5 aet. the detriment of | | states will ‘not be | The news- | paper adds ,that in this event the | TAX SLASH BEFORE 198 IMPOSSIBLE, MADDEN BELIEVES Present Revenue Act’s Ei- fect Still Unknown, He Says. at White Pine. GETS PRESIDENT’S VIEWS ON RIGID ECONOMY NEED Thinks Further Cut Should Await Debt Pact 0. K.—Hits Treasury Policy. BY J. RUSSELL YOUN Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, N. Y., Au gust 25.—It is possible there will bey further tax reduction in 1928, but not before then, according to views expressed here by Representativ Martin B. Madden of Illinois, chair- man of the House appropriations committee, who is a guest at the President’'s camp. Mr. Madden is very positive in his belief that no effort will be made at the next session of Congress to again lighten the tax burden of the tion, He looks for the next revision of the revenue act some time rly in the long session, which will begin a year from next December. Praises Economy Program. Mr. Madden, who was invited to White Pine Camp to confer with the President cn the preparation of bud get estimates and to discuss other fiscal matters, in addition to pred ing a possible tax reduction in 1928 praised the financial program of the Coolidge administration, defended th Republican protective tariff and ad vocated further development of terways. While declining to talk about the case of Col. Frank R. Smith, Repub can nominee for Senator in Tllinois Madden, one of the leaders in hi ate, is expected to give Mr Coolidge a full account of recent de velopments there. Mr. Smith was broughts under fire by the Reed eam paign fund investigating committee. In discussing further tax cuts, Mr. Madden said: “I pointed out in an ar ticle published some months ago that we probably could cut taxes some thing like $360,000,000. One of the jtems which would make this possi ble, as I said at that time, would be to stop buying for retirement about $150,000,000 worth of Liberty bonds a year. This now is being done by the Treasury without warrant of law." Mr. Madden, like the President i other officlals, feels that the effects of the present revenue act must be before it will be wise or ta consider further reduc- Furthermore, since 1927 is sidered the crucial year in the ad ministration program, Mr. Madden will be called upon by the President to help keep appropriations to the bone in the next session of Congress. An outgoing Congress, composed of many members who no longer will be held accountable politically,, usually inclined to be profligate in expend: tures. Of course, the President has the veto power over an appropriation bill, but that is looked upon as a dan gerous course be i in such delay that of the new incoming L have to be called. This is sometl which Mr. Coolidge wants to avoid Madden Is Counted Upon. The way to handle such matters then, is through the leaders in Con gress, and Mr. Madden is the per- sonification of the unrelenting type | \when it comes to stony hearted ability ito turn a deaf ear to requests for ap { propriations. The President ~relies upon him to resist proposals for ap propriations that would increase e penditures and thereby possibly cause a deficit or reduce the prospective slender surplus which is forecast now for the current fiscal vear ending June 30, 1927. On the question of tax reduction, Mr. Madden is in agreement with Mr. Coolidge and undoubtedly will be with Mr. Mellon. Last Summer, however, the chatrman of the appropriations ! committee and Secretary Mellon were at odds over the amount of tax reduc [ tion as well as Mr. Madden's plan for an automatic tax reduction. Now there is prospect of further | conflict between the two over Mr. Mad- |den’s suggestion that the Treasury | | cease buying $150,000,000 worth of Liberty bonds out of surplus each vear for retirement, because the Treasury will insist upon this proce- dure, which is held to be sound and prudent financing. One of the items understood to be discussed by the President and Mr. Madden is whether it will be possible to get through the session without making a special appropriation for aircraft development in the Army and Navy. The President’s view is that funds for this purpose should come mainly out of the current moneys of the two departments. The depart- ments can be whipped into line by the President if he wants to do it that way, but Congress is not so easily con- trolled, so the President's policy on this important item may depend upon the information he receives from Mr. Madden. Wants Debt Pact 0.K.d. Besides Insisting that he has no thought of tax reduction next Winter, Mr. Madden said today it will be well to postporie action toward that end until most of the debt agreements | have been ratified. The French agreement is the last important one not approved. Mr. Madden expects it wiil be ratified here and in Paris, but adds that Congress should wait until this is accomplished before at- tempting to make any important change of fiscal policy such as would be_involved in another tax cut. Mr. Madden called attention to the economy program of the administra- tion, which, he said, has made pos- sible tax reductions of $1,750,000,000: expenditure of $3,000,000,000 in behalf of disabled veterans and application of $500,000,000 a year toward the | sinking fund to pay off the national | debt. | There have been occasional criti | cisms of the Republican tariff policy, he asserted, but the best evidence of its wisdom is the annual receipt of $585,000,000, a quarter of a billion more than_any previous tariff act produced. In addition, it is assuris (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) ‘ i .9 {