Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1926, Page 2

9 » KELLOGG PREPARES - TACNA-ARICA PLAN Last Attempt to Be Made . Soon to Solve Problem. 1. Details Kept Secret. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Latin American official quarters in Washington are in momentary expec- tation of the United States iove ment’s last attempt proposal 1o = the Tacna-Arica mess. Secretary Kel logg hae hean busy throughout the Eummer and Autumn on a scheme designed to do justice to both Chile and Peru 11 the Kellogg plan does not dispose of the disputed provinces along lines agreeable to the contesting tle doubt that the limit of Uncle Sam's “gaod offices” has heen reached. The ancient enemies on the weet coast of £outh America thenceforward will have ta “fight it out selves”-—peaceably. if force, if some day they No nne, either in in Chile and Peru armed clash would emicable negotiations hitherto, to lead nowhere. they by must can; an expects that if come soon continue But every parties, | Chile and Peru are to he left in no. Washington or | ar | cne who comprehends the hitterness | aroused by the old controversv is per suaded that sooner or later Chile and | Peru will resort to arms for settle ment of a feud which diplomacy and arbitrationa seem powerless to end. Plan Closely Guarded. The precise nature of Secretary Kellogg's final effort to close the Tacna-Arica incident ie strietly guard ed. Chile and Peru. whose representa tives in Washington have been fn constant contact with the State De- partnient since the plehicitary pre. ceadings were brought to an abrupt end on June 14 undoubtedly knew what Mr. Kellogg has in mind. But in diplomacy of this highly delicate sort it is not customary to make de tails public untl) the government tendering “good offices” has reason able assurance of their acceptance. The Coolidge administration. more over, has had itz fingers sufficientlv burnt in the Tacna-Arica muddle without inviting further embarrass ment. Secretary Kellogg is. therefore, looking before he leaps. All Tatin America {s awaiting the result of Washington's efforts tn justify the Tnited States’ position as the arbiter of affairs in the Weatern Hemisphere. The Monroe doctrine is not at stake. but lts prestige 18 more or less in- volved. Chile s represented to this writer A< being readv to consider any com- promise proposal that does not entire- 1v eliminate her from Tacna-Arica. She apparently will not accept any settlement that hands Tacna over to Peru and convarts Arica into nentral territory or assigns that province, under some compensatory arrange ment. 10 Bolivia. Peri’s policy 1is dominated by President Agusto Le- guia, whose uncompromiring attitude toward Chile was strengthened by the abandonment of ths plebiscite. Gen. William Lassiter of the United States Army. neutral member and president of the pleblact tary commiseion. veted with Pern against Chile for the resolution which decread that a fair ypte in Tacna- Arica was impossible. * In effect. the resolution charged Chile with responsi- bility for these econditions Chilean authorities accuss President :::::Aa of Peru n{ using Tacna-Arica campaign issue 1 himself in power. e nbiny ing befors the Persuvian Congress a | ;m',!ti'u!tionll amendment for prolongation of the side Leguia is popularizing hie personal in terest in the amendment hy opposing Any compromise that dnes nnt termi- nate the Tacna-Arica affair in an out right victory for Peru. Plebiscite Plan Dropped. There it an that had the right ta 5 Coolidge. the offictal arhitrator, againat the Lesaiter resolution providing impression Chile considerably | There {s now pend- | | nor | tine at Reston appeal” to President | Chile never | recognized the right of the plebiscitary | commigsion 10 pass such a resolution and, therefore. refused to ask for 1 reconsideration. The Chilean conten. tion is that President Coolidge has no alternative hut 1o indoree or set aside the decision bv which the commission broke up the plebiscite All this i« water over the dam now, and concerns questions of interest mainiv to those who like dabbling in 'trht fine potnts of international law he plehiscitary commission shut up £hop immediately the Lassiter resoln ton was passed. Its voluminous ar- chives hate heen gathering Aust in the State Department since Midsum mer and pe: nel—-American Chilean and Peruvian—long since scat tered to the winds 1o be anothe: ienture mination for Tacna-Ar Evervthing now zess d it Chile and Pern wi Accept the “positivel lnoge plar. South A Lorraine must sme -an efernal po: flict. Tt w a Ke: menace tha' se alleht flagration 12 eare aen of the reasons Ame: macy has endeavared with aimost un precedentad ~eal extingnith fhe Teana-Arica trouble while 1t fs stil] a epark n self.deter n 10 this ~annot farewell” Kal Als: and flicker an of no greater a world con That ~3ar dipla. WILL TAKE OATH. Taden to Be Sworn In as Citizens' a6 | Advisory Council Head. James G. Taden president of the Federa zens’ Associations of oiice as chairman =x o Citizen's Advisor o'clock Friday morning in of Commissioner Proctor 1 erty. The oath will he ad by Danfel E Garges. sec: Board of Commissianers Mr. Yaden became ofcio af the A tue of hie aley eration newi ton of Cin the oath rio of the 1030 will tare Couneil at Doug d A™\ 1o the chairman ex i by vir the fed Cov Verdiet of Suicide. A certificate of suicide was gi by Coroner Nevitt vesterdar afrarnoorn in the death of Samue! Kerrig. ! mate of Soldiers’ Home. whose had: was found in the river near the dack ot Washington Barrack Dr. Nev was told that Kernig. recently return ed from a vacation in New Tor in feeble health and that h probably had become weakenad. The body was turned over tn authori'ies at Soldiers’ Home. Seek to Cut Phone Bill. The District Commissio: today to cut down the annual phone bll of the municipal gov ment ¥In a special order tn depart | stroked and th 'vet Thare i< not ikely | among them- | ALBERT Photographed at Wardm: 'HLB0Y AND ‘00T ARRIVE AT THE 200 Large Crowd of Spectators on Hand to Greet Two Giraffes. Hi-Boy and Dot arrived at the Zoo this morning. Refore a large crowd of spectators | the two giraffes began to strut their | &tuff as soon as they were released from their crates inio the big, ‘airy | cage that has heen made for them at the north end of the hird house. Hi-Boy was released first. He is a perfect little gentleman of a giraffe, cansiderably smaller than Dot, who will be his lifelong companion in the big cage. Nervous at First. The pair were slightly nervous at first. Hi-Bov, in fact, took a viclous kick at the keeper who first went into the cage with them. PRut his aim was poor and when Head Keeper William H. Blackburn got into the cage they regained confidence. They are heautiful animals—prob- ably the most graceful creatures in | 1dleness, |ESTATE GIVE.N TO FRANCE | G i CNDEF WO D { | tain B. FAl Park Hotel. sus, will be taken out of the crates at | ince and the others will he removed | during the afternoon. | Resides the giraffes and the ante- | lopes. the collection of wart hoge also | arvived today. All the apimals cap. | nred by the expedition are now in| Washington. but only a few are on exhihition as yet. | 38 BOYS GO ON STRIKE, PUT 800 OUT OF WORK Protest Against Extra Duties Ties Up Hot Mill at McKeesport Tin Plate Plant. By the Assaciated Press. PITTSRURGH. November 9. — Fight hundred workers in tha hot mill department of the McKeesport Tin Plate Co. were idle today, hecause of a walk-out of 38 hoys as a protest against what they termed ‘extra work.” The trouble started last night | when eight boys left the mills. Later | other boys joined them. and the mill workers, dependent upon the boys to fill regulation crews, were forced into Company officials said there was no disagr “rment hetween the men and the compa. They added that other departments of the plant continued fn operation with 2,800 workers on the job, animal creation. They move with a sort of canter, but a prancing pony | i= clumey in comparison. Tt would | seem as if they dance as they move | over the floor. | They hecame quiet and posed for | their pictures when Saidi and James, | the two African natives hrought hack | hy Dr. William M. Mann, superin- tendent af the Zoa got into the cage | with them v seemed 1o recog- | nize old frisnds Two Menths on Way. The palr have heen on the way for | more than twa monthe including 45 day at sea and two weeks In quaran- Rut they seem none| the close confinement | the worse for andured most of this which they hav time. Their coate are sleek and clean Mont important of all. their e are bright. Dullness of the eves is one of the first signe of sickness in a giraffe. They began to nibble at hay | 3% moon as they were et loose, and | then they ruhbed necks These two are. says “very eensihle animais’ They are| exceptionally tame. They show littie likelihand of hecoming nervous—one | of the worst handicape in rearing a| giraffe away from it native land. Thev like to have their long necks ¢ will lick Dr. Mann's Dr. Mann. | | hand. | The next wee atory. Dr. Mann or so will tell the says. If they start| sating regularly and show no decline in health. ft wiil be almost certain| that they will survive for vears. As! thev are only hahies. Roth of {hem have six or seven feet tn grow | hefare maturity. It will he at least | five veare hefore there are anv gi-| raffe children 1o sladden their cage. Come in Special Car. They arrived from Boston last night |In a special automobile express car e. | af armed con ' | he highest of all closed ratlroad con- | vevanres. There was a considerahle | group of children peering through the | fance at the raliroad vard when they | were nnlnaded | Getting the great cages into the | | bird houses was an engineering feat is one | in itself. It was necessary fo trim away the | hranches from several frees and tn tear down the areaway of the huild-| Ing in order tn get the crates into positian sn that the giraffess could | he released. | Hi-hov and Dot her at ance strangers to caress | They are by no since they have in the same cage a! Roston ard alen were together in the Sudan The two voungsters are greatly at- hegan | tached 1n each ather electad | the ‘ofre | | | group ment heads, the Commissioners paint- | al ed out that the appropriatioh for ephone service probably will be ex hausted before the close of the current fiecal vear, and that no parsonal mee sages or calls outside nf ihe District ghould be sent through the feipal Bullding switchboard. Other Guests Arrive. While the glraffes ware the most notable af the collection 1o arrive this morning. some of the other hanfed creatiures represent among the most valuahle captures of the expedition and thelr safs arrival removed a load af worry from Dr. Mann's shouiders. Among these athers was the impalla the mast gracetul of all antsiopes. | hich can fake an & or 10 fant leap | without_the slightest apparent effort The giMfte is graceful. compared to the horse. hut pared to the im iraffe irself 1= a very clum his ie one of the few palias have heen hronght alive. They are very ag 2 rule se food la which arrived today flv and does not sesm e val (ndav was the hahy rorne are barely the next few | grow out 4 or § feet antelope has the finest of anv animal living hers ars also three haby gnu— heardad animale of the antelope fami < will he kept in one pen in | to develop a happy family | Eland Kiceae Dr. Maun, thai Kissed ast Pre. It prom tame and affe regularly. The onlv ses t onate and animal to show any signs | | of kicking up a rumpus was one of 1 | the | like | a the gnu. which tossed about in crate and made noises strangels the sound of a tin horn blown by child > [ keep of the grounds. Americans Also Provide for Upkeep of Historic Place. Novemher 3 (#).—The Em- phine’s mansion. Rols Preau, has heen given to the French nation hy Mr. and Mrs Tuck of | ew York. The estate embraces 40 | acres of park lands. A sinking fund of 500,000 france is given for the up. PARIS press Jor Edward Rois Prean adioine Malmaison where Jasephine, first wife of Napo- | leon, lived for many vears Loses Suit for $8.000. | CHICAGO, L Mrs orinne Hanna lost her Faderal court it the remaining $8.000 | unpaid from Mai Mark Hanna's war when a jury today de- tarmined that the Federal Gavern ment properly should direct the re- maining pavments tn Thomas Hanna of Ruthven. lown, the slain Army of- ficer's father. Navember 1o collect riek insurance, HI-BOY This picture, posed by Hi-Boy and Dot especially for the benefit of the The gnu, seeming!y the most nerv-|arrival of the couple at the Zoo this morning. S | ring with Gen. Andrews and is still on | collector of customa at Savannah and | | co-ordinator | aince September, 1825. | Autumn session of Parliament, open- STAR. WASHINGTON ARMY MAN TOHEAD DRY FORCES HERE Maj. Herbert H. White Seems Certain to Be Chosen Budnitz’s Successor. Maj. Herbert H. White, retired Army officer, probably will ha appoint ed prohibition administrator for a section of the East, including the Dis trics of Columbia. This was indicated today as a group of prohibition chiefs from several im partant poste in the Fast and Middle weet conferred with Assistant Secr tary of the Treasury Andrews. Out of the conference Gen. Andrews will| gather sufficient data to make final decision on a redistricting of prohibi tion authority. Maj. White, who appears to he cer- to get the post, probably will succeed, nominally at least, Edmund Budnitz, who resigned Saturday, and whose territory has been Maryland, Delaware and the District of Co. Tumbia. Former Texaa District Head. Maj. White was formerly prohibi- tion "adminlstrator for the Texas. Oklahoma distriet, hut was recently relleved of that post and : ucceeded by Frank Victor Wright. Maj. White was in Waahington laat week confer. the prohibition pay roll. Among the prohibition chiefs called into conference today were Mr. Bud nitz, Col. Tra 1. Reeves, deputy ad- ministrator at Newark, N. i T. J. Cavanaugh, administrator at Phila- delphia; R. A. Fulwiler, administrator Roanoke for Virginia and West Ren (. Sharp, administrator totte for North Carolina. South Carolina and Georgla; John . Pen- | nington, administrator at Pittsburgh for weatern and middle Pennsylvania: | W. H. Walker, deputy admlnistrator at Columbug, Ohio; M. O. Dunning, for prohibition in the Southeast, and Col. A. J. Hanlon, zone anpervisor for the Great Lakes area. Among First Named. Maj. White was one of the first of | the prohibition administrators ap. pointed by Gen. Andrews and had/ merved in his post at Fort Worth Maj. White enlisted in the Regular | Army from lowa bhefore he as 21 years old and saw service nverseas. His home, prior 1o appointment in the prohibition army, was San Antonio. LECTURE |S.POSTPONED. Carnegie Institution Address Goes Over One Week. The lecture that was announced to be delivered at the Carnegie Institu- tion this evening hy a memher of the institution staff will not he presented until next Tuesday. it was announced today. The lecture to he given in the Ad- ministration Bullding, Sixteenth and | P streets, by Dr. F, A Lowe, associate | | in paleography. on ancient Bible texts. tomorrow evening will he delivered according to schedule, however. BRITISH M. E’.'S GATHER. LONDON, Novemher 8 (). T ing today. promises {o he an excep tionally husy Christmas Several domestic measnres of a highly one until | controversial Mature will come up for | discusaion. | Tt is likely that some parliamentary | actlon may he necessary in connec- | tion with the coal strike BAND CONCERT | TODAY. | Ry the United States Soldiers’ Homa | Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 5:45 | . John S, M. Zimmermann, leader. ‘enstad, second leader, AND DOT ARE HERE ! | territory, the commission saya: | mitted to drift at the mercy {of | dilapidated; | heer | with i D. €. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. 1926. arnaroRn auaaTich An area within a radius of 20 miles of Washington, includi Commission today as the area In which the city must grow in the future, and is defin Fairfax and The area within ) miles is shown by the outer circle. — p CHESAPEAKE B Rockvllle, I outlined by the Fine Arta ed as the “Metropolitan area.” ARTS BODY URGES CAPITAL TO CLING TO L’ENFANT PLAN| | (Continued from First Page.) | | ways of Washington and surrounding “Both the plan, the and the incentive have fur- nished, but ihe city has heen per of ex- | loiters, who have taken advantage | the adventitions grogth occa- sloned by increased governmental ac- tivities. For want of initiation and regulation the great thoroughfare. Pennsylvania avenue, has hecome great areas of the ity have heen covered with bulldings little hetter than tents; the com- manding hills have bheen leveled to fill the lovely valleys to A monoton- mig plane: and the opportunities for mall parks and for parkwaye have n loat. rom 20 to 30 of the old and heau- titul valley roads leading inte Rock Cresk Park have heen sacrificed de- liherately hecause they interfered the highway plan designed to| nbtain the maximum of square feet on which to build the most disorder- array of honger the mind of the speculative huflder could concaive under the impelling forces of a de- sire for originality. “In vain the attentinn of the pow- erx that he has heen called nver and over again to this outrage on the National - Capital. Now that the’ damage has heen done. public senti ment haw heen arousad. hut it is oo late. Reauties of nature that would have made the residence portions of Washington notable have heen oh- literated. Ti ' only here and there that an isolated example of what opportunity, | heen T LAST! | might | along the upper and the low | of the Potomac. in the areas at hoth | building. but | draws people to Waahington and th | makes poseible profita in | Ave vears. chitdren of Washington. was takan after y heen has heen preserved: and these rare survivals in time| probably will vield to the restless- | ness of the age and the consuming dexire for gain. “The one and only hope for the fu- ture ia te go into the as yet unepoiled reglons in the country contiguous to Washington and there by intelligent and well directed planning to lay out subdivisions under rigorous control as to types of dwellings, streets and ave- nuex adapted to the natural topog- raphy and houlevards connecting with | the city itaelf. There are such reglonx | - course ends of Massachusetts avenue in Maryland and along Sligo Creek, but with the prevalling growth of the city these opportunities will not much longer remain. “What i lackig today is the Na- tional Capital apirit to overcome and, If need he, 1o override the individual- istic impulse to exploit Washington for private gain. If plans would have accomplished this result Washington would be all that one dreams, for the plans have heen made and duly racorded. hut there has heen no com- pelling force behind the plana. States” Help Sought. “The hope for the future lies in the co.operation of the Authorities In Maryland and Virginia with those in the Distriet of Columbia, in order to make the pians and fo spend the money necessary fo accomplish re- sults. Such expenditures hring the largeat returns both financially and in those satisfactions of living which are hevond computation. but they must he administered by the community. not left to individual Initiative and % aatate operators have been exploiters. Some notably have striven Aucceesfully for heauty and amenity. even in inexpensive their modest achieve. | ments serve only to bring int6 high | relief the brutalizing fendencies of the | conepicuons majority. What these | promoters ara capitalizing {s the| heauty of the Lincoln Memorial and | its landscape setting. the sttractive nesa of the Library of Congress. the spaciousness of the Potomac Park. the charm of nature to be found in Rook Creek Park and the certainty that. In se far as the Government fs concerned, the future will equal the past. idea. L physically. that ia the Narional Cwpital mocially. mentally. | sctate. It in the community that provides the advantages. and the community should | e to it that along with the profit shall g0 that measure of control nec eseary to make private Washington | correspond to public Washington.” ! Turning_to the Rock Creek and | Potomac Parkway, the commission | declares the mont erious obstacles to the development of the PArkw. roads were caused by two mistakes— firat, permits given to Aump earth into’ the valley At cerrain places; and second, carrying Massachusetts | avenue across Rock Creek on a viaduct instead of on a bridge. “Such a lack of foresight and deter- mination on the part of the au- thorities for the time heing aiwaye entail unnecessary costs at the end, but the price must he paid sooner or later,” it say “For the present, the Massachu- setts avenue problem can be solved hy carrving a roadway (at & grade above ordinary high water in the creek) through the archwav and cloaing the road in times of freshet. as the forde in Rock Creek Park are | now closed.” Of the proposed Fort commission say the Civil fenses of Washington. occupying strategic positions, “are capable of heing turned into small parks of high | excellencs and avallability and a con- necting boulevard would have an add- oric interest.” Purchases to e the Klingle Ford Parkwa manaton Drive, the commia- sfon says, cannot he postponed with out material damage to the project. The commission urges the advisabil- ity of carrying out the projected Ana- costia Water Park plan and the plan for a national arboretum. and lists among the Important projects for out- er park development the treatment of the area north of Alaska avenue along Sixteenth street to the District line. Fine View of White House. “Advantage should be taken.' the report says, “of the last grest height along Sixteenth street to develop there A great circle commending a view of the Whtie House, the Washington Monument, the Potomac River and the Virginia hills.” The plan sub- mittad provides for a great portal to the city, with a roadway extending from the circle into Rock Creek Park on the west and the Army Medical Center on the east. Preferably Six- teenth street should be widened. Turning te public buildings and grounds, the commission says that “‘at last the long decades of inadequately and_inconveniently housed executive departments are drawing to a close. ““The present Congress.”” the report says. “has adopted the recommenda- tions of President Coolidge to provi for a huilding program invelving the expenditure of $10.000.000 & vear for T'nder this program 1 bulldings at least can b’-rfl-a on eimultaneously, since the Govern- Drive, the War de- | neen to h | school ment dees not apend more than $1.- 060,000 a vear on any one building. “The principle that. as the Capitol should be surrounded by buildings devoted to leginlative funetions, the White House should be surrounded by the exacutive departments needs no argument. (Congre recognized this principle in the location of the Treasury and the State, War and Navy Buildings. In modified fashion the principle was applied also in the purchase in 1910 of the squares south of Pennavivania avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth atreets as! sites for the Departments of .Justice. of Commerce and Labor (then united.) and of State. lLack of space in the purchased area forced the Depart- ment of State south of B street into the Mounment grounds. a lochtion al- most _unanimously condemned on grounds of Inconvenience to all con- cerned. he public bulldings act recently passed by Congress limita tha takings of 1and to the south side of Penna vania avenue: hut the action of one Congreas does not bind the acta of future Congresses and the plan of 1901 is %0 logical and so convincing that ultimately It in almost certain to be carried out. tation tands to hasten the time of ac- complishment by its tendency to re Auce the area surrounding Lafayette Square to a condition aimilar to that avenie has | to which Pennsyivania now heen réduced and which Congress is striving to remedy,” Declaring that the Caplitol hould he surrounded by buildings related 1o the legislative work of the Government, ! the commission says. tha Supreme Court, having been Jodged in the Capi- | should con.- | ol from the beginning. tinue to be associatad with the legis- lative group. Supreme Court's Need. ‘Construction of a buiflding for the ' Supreme Court has hacome a need so pressing that action must rake place in the fmmediate future. The sug- gested site is the =quare facing the | Capitol Grounds north of the squa occupled by the Library of Congress, the report declares. For a decade the antrance to the Capitel has heen an evesore. the ra- port asserts. while the present Con- grese has taken up the matter of ac- quiring the othar half of the lands needed to carry out the original plan . of extension of the Capitol grounds and “‘complation of the acquikition is | A foregone concluson. With ragard 1o an additional office Building for the House of Representa tives, the commission sava it should | ba constructed with a view to futur needs snd “care shoiuld he taken no: te hlock or impair the vista of the dome along South Capitol street The report goes at length into develop- | ment of the Mall plan, and says that | hereafter all new work done in the Mall area should he dene only in ac- corfance with the Mall plan. The commission has aiready Announced op- | position to placing of & huilding for an executive department on the Mall Turning to additional apace for the Presjdent's offices. the commission Points out that twice since 1902 need ed storage space has heen added to the executive offices, although the 4dd ad apace har not kept pace with the | volume of husiness. Buildings for Distriet. While bufldings erected by the Dis- trict of Columbia, on the design of which the commission is consulted, have resulted satisfactorily in appear- nfertunately.” the commission there ia a point bevond which omy becomes positiva waste. “This point has been pssaed in rhe construction of achools generaily. Owing to scrimping in the detalis of the buildings, the cost of repaire is excessive; and as a result deteriora tion and bad sanitary conditions pre- vail. “Morsover achool playgrounds have to he restricted and there ia almont no opportunity for landscape As a rule modern factories are attractive than public achoois, manutacturers have discov- sred the commercial value of heauty. “The time to buy adequate school sites in the out! & portions of the Distriet is now, while still the land is not unreasonably expensive and some trees remain. “This particular phase came up in | discussing the extension to the TWeat- srn FHigh Scheol, where the question presented to the Commiasioners was as 10 whether fi ew building should he built in front of or bhehind the old one. The commission thought that the existing fine open space was need- ed by hoth the sehool and the public, sspeciallv in that crowded area. 80 ft wan decided, and the decision is now bean a wise one. This needs an adequate athletic fleld. Advice on School Plans. “The commission has given ad as to plans for the following school buildings: Extension to the John Eaton School, Cleveland Park. Buchanan Scheol, Mott School. addition to Deanwood School, Wheatley School, Bell School. proposed elementary school. Linecoln Park: Smothers School. approach of Eastern High 8chool. including de- sign for fagpole: the Langley and the Mactariand Junior High Scheels. the John Burroughs School at Brookland, ] no-| l TIME SAVING Indeed. the very limi. | treat- | PLANES T0 SPEED NATION'S EXPRESS Contract Signed Provides for Two Routes Between New York and Dallas. By the Associated Press. EW YORK. November 9. In a network of airplane express routas machines will fly night and day to speed delivery of packages once car risd by the pony expreas of pionesr Aays. The National Alr Transport, Inea, hes signed a contract with the Amer- ican Railwav Fxpress to begin deliv ery by April 15, 1927, of packages hy air between New York and Dallsa, via Chicago and intermodiate peints, Robert E. M. Cowle, president of tha express company, AnNOUNCes. The Natfonal Afr Transport alreadr has heen transporting mall for the government on these and other routes since May. It is cdontemplatad that express packages sometimes will he shipped in the same planes with air mail. It is expected that an entire day may be saved in package dalivery on sach of the two rout Two Routes to Re Operated. The contract calls for operation of two alr express routes, the first be- tween New Tork and Chicago. with atops Rellefonte, Pa.. Claveland and Bryan, Ohio, and the second he tween Chicago and Dallas. with ateps at Moline, I11.; St. Joseph. and Kansar City. Mo; Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. In the early days of the pony ex- press, father of. the modern rallway system that was unified during the war, the riders were limited to the speed of their horses and were in con atant danger from Tndians and high But of the commercial alr aysi ar teated by the air mafl Howard Coffin. president of tha Na tional Air Transpert, Inc.. says “Cn the 1st of May this vear the first link of the svstem was insugu rated. carrying the alr mafl hetwaen Chlcego and Dallas. The vecord of this line has been very satisfactory tn us. 1t has flown approximately 330 000 miler without an accident. Tt has completed 98% per cent of itk sched uled mileage. It has maintained fit« time schedules 92 per cent . Has Lost No Mall. “It has lost no mafl and fnjured no people. It has had only one mechan lcal forced landing for each 85.000 miles of flying and its total damage to its alrcraft through such forced landings has been less than $600. ! Among the officers and stockholders lof the air transport companv are C | M. Keyn, president of the Curtise Air | plane and Motors Co.: Charles T.. Law | rence. president of the Wright Asro nautical Corporation: Clarence Dillon. |Glenn H. Curtiss. William A. Rocke | feller of New York. Marshall Fleld and Philip K. Wrigley of Chicago. " Commenting on the naw develop- I mient. Paul Henderson. general man ager of the National Air Transport, Inc., sald in Chicago: “Paswenger transportation hy air lon a practical commercial hasis will | come next.” | SEEN. !(iwlllvvm Department Officials Pre- diet Success, By the Associated Pr | Inatallation of alrplane expreas serv ice hy the American Rallway FExpress . demonatrates the readiness of auh | atantial groups to proceed with the development of ajr transpert along lines which promise to make avallable the speediest of all forme of frans portation_to the industrial and husi neas needs of the ceuntry. in the opinion of the Commerce Department Investigatian of the possibilities of aerial expreas made hy the Aepart ment- has indicated great passibilities of time saving and entry into the fiald of laige corporations associated In | the express enterprise ls beliaved tn | have avery praspect of success Commerce operators could make a profit in an air service where the Post Office Department. confinad to mall carriage solely, has sustained a loas | department_experts held the Ingleside Terrace Schonl Ruilding the Armstrong Manual ‘Training School addition and the MeKinle: Manual Tralning High School. The commission reported on pian< for Gallinger Hospital, declaring that A quarter of A century age cond tione at the Municipal Hoapital he came intolerable. and on improie ments in the strest lighting syatam of Washington. Taking up the George Washington bicentennial calebration in 1932, the commission says the birthplace of George Washington should he re stored and the construction of the Mount Varnon houlevard esxpedited T'he latter project has a gond chanee of accomplishment. The entire area in Virginia that as a portion of the original Distriet of Columbia.” the report says, “has had A haphazard development. with roadways 100 NArrow te accommodais the traMc that has grown up along \l‘l'h them. Matters have gone ao far | that now the most drastic maeasure | will be necessary tn open adeqiare highwava info the rapidiv Alling hark country.” arious Projects Discusaed. The report goes at grast detail intn the tus of the construction work on the Arlington Memoris] Bridge and the steps leading up to the heginning of construction; takes np in much de 1ail plans for Arlington National Cem etery and the Tomh of the I'nknown Soldler and diacusser monuments, atatues and portraits. with a spacial chapter devoted 1o the Roosevelt Ae. morial and the Navy and Marine Me. morial On completion of the Tomb af the Unknown Soldier. the commission says. “the American Leglon. which regards the tomh s Ita most repre- sentative monument of the World War, is hgeoming restive ov the multiplicity of coun sels which pro. duce no resuits.” Treea Noble in Habit. Roads leading to Arlington shonld be made safe and adequate, and the well astablished policy of planting of durable trees, noble in habit of growth. to produce an affect of scat terad shads over grassland. should he carried out. “Formality of planting in rows should be avoided exeept along Arive horders and In the ap. proaches to special features.” Of the National Gallery of Art. pro- posed to be constructed on the north side of the Mall between Seventh atreet and the National Museum, the commission savs “it {s within the probabilities that the §10,008.000 necessary to construet the buildin, will ba given by a private individual.” Plans for the development of Howard University in connection with the park system of the eity have hean transmitted to the university authori. thea. The commission reported at length {on the District of Columbia World War Memorial. the Meade and Firi son Memormis and other monuments, statues ana portraits in Washington, and devoied a chapter of the report ta designs (0. nittle monuments and me- morfals i American cemeteries in | Fran considerad in conjunction (‘""h 'lhl'tmtrietn Battle Monmiments nmmiseion, headed on. Ji 3 Pershiag. T