Evening Star Newspaper, December 3, 1926, Page 2

2 ®» - ARCHITECTS STUDY NEEDS OF CAPITAL Handbook Planned to Outline Reauirements for Making City More Beautiful. ‘The story of what Washington still meeds to make it the foremost capital in the world will be circulated throughout the nation by the Ameri- can Institute of Architects. The directors of the institute, who today are closing a two-day session | at the Octagon House, authorized the committee on the plan of Wash- ington and environs to prepare @& series of articles or a handbook, painting a picture, not of the Na- tional Capital as it is, but of its present requirements and future pos- aibilities. The committee, headed by Horace W. Peaslee of this city, may arrange to have some well known writer pre- pare the series, and efforts will be made to have the handboc™ placed in publie schools throughuut the country. Members of the committee emphasized that they do not con- template making it a mere guide book, but a publication dealing with the further improvement of the na- tion's capital. Will Keep Congress Advised. The directors also authorized the committee on Washington to do the following other things. f To keep the profession allve to its responsibilities to Washington. To keep Congress informed as to the sentiment of the professional con-| stituency at large on the National Capital. 2 The question of directing private constructior in Washington along proper architectural lines was brought to the notice of the directors of the institute and they adopted ai resolution commending the action of the local architects several years ago in forming an advisory council, which seeks to accomplish this result by vol- untary operation with those who erect private structures, The resolution follows: : “Resolved, That the board of di- rectors of the American Institute of Architects expresses its appreciation of the public service of the Washins: ton architects in the institution and maintenance of the Architects’ Ad- visory Council, organized for the bet-! terment of private buildings in the Natlonal Capital. It recognizes the possibilities in the work, the opportu- nity to contribute largely to the de- velopment of the Capital and to sup- plement the work of the Fine Arts and Planning Commissions, and it urges upon the individual architect a full realization of the opportunity and of the responsibility.” Opinions Are Advisory. The advisory council has no authority to make mandatory rulings, but merely expresses its opinion as to | the possibility for improvement in the plans that are submitted volun- tarily to it. The council meets at frequent intervals in the office of Capt. Whitehurst, executive officer of the Zoning Commission. In discussing the probable nature of the proposed handbook on future Washington, one member of the com- mittee pointed out, for illustration, | that the architects at this time are anxious to see a proper development of the areas surrounding the Capitol | and the White House. The Capitol's surroundings, they feel, wiil be greatly embellished by the proposed United States Supreme Court build- ing and a new House office building. They are in sympathy, this member wid, with the contemplated develop- ment of the Pennsylvania avenue triangle for other public building: and they believe that the squares surrounding Lafayette Park also should be properly developed, The directors of the American In- stitute at the sessions yesterday and | today heard reports from a score of | other committees dealing with na- tional problems in which architects are interested, but Milton B. Medar: jr.. president of the institute, e plained that action on these reporf will not be taken until the directors meet in Atlanta, Ga., December 7. The conferences here were merely to | nform the directors of the work of | vhe various committees, in prepara- tion for the discussions to be held in | Atlanta. BRIAND SEES PEACE IN LEAGUE COUNCIL Matters of Mutual Interest With Britain Are Agreed On, He Says, Before Meeting Chamberlain By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 3.—“We have al- ready agreed on all essential points, sald Forelgn Minister Briand today when questioned regarding the matter of mutual interest between France| and Great Britain likely to come up| et the approaching session8 of the council_of the League of Nations in, Geneva. These questions are to be discussed here by him and Sir Austen Chamber- | lain, the British foreign secretary. | “And we shall’not fall to come to| an agreement on secondary qu tions | which remain to be settled,” M.| Briand added. The agreement will be helped by what the French call “communicative warmth banquets. As a prelude to the meetings between Sir Austen and | M. Briand the French foreign mini: ter invited Sir Austen and Lady Chamberlain to be his honor guests at a luncheon today. He also extend- ed invitations to Premier Polincare and Minister of Education Herrfot and thelr wives and to the British, Ger- man and Italian Ambassadors. PRESIDENT IS QUERIED ON U. S. AIM IN CHINA Harry F. Ward Announces Send- ing of Letter Concerning Status, Asking Marines' Withdrawal. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 3.—Harry F. Ward of Union Theoogical Semi- nary, chairman of the American Com- inittee for Justice to China. announced today that & committee had sent « letter to President Coolidge concern ing American participation in naval demonstrations m China. The letter u s that the marines he withdrawn if already landed, and that “American naval forces be re strained from joint action with the for- gn naval units in what can only seem u threat of joint use of force to (nterfere in the conduct of civil war in China. ¥ Information also is requested as ‘0 exactly why destrovers are being ent up the Yangtze River, why ma Tines are being assembled and “whose territory is to be policed and why, B‘Ak; CO*CEET TOMORROW. | Ito near Elkton, Md., but did not see | States. | which _they | Ma, SIR ALAN COBHAM REACHES CAPITAL Arrives for Lecture Here in| Tiny Plane With Wife. Forced Down at Bel Air. Like a butterfly, with bright red body and shiny silver wings, a De Haviland moth airplane landed at Boll: ing Field at 11:20 o'clock this morning, bringing Sir Alan and Lady Cobham, i British air enthuslasts and explorers, from Philadelphia to Washington. Sir Alan and Lady Cobham hopped out of the plane with cold noses and smiling faces. The first thing Sir Alan said was, “We should have been here an hour sooner, but we talked to the mayor of Philadelphia too long. Also there was a 45-mila wind blow- ing against us and we used up all our petrol, so we were forced to land on a farm near Bel Air, Md., for replenish- ment of our fuel. There was a man in an auto there, but he had no pe- trol on the farm, so we had to go to the town and secure fuel and return to the plane. We were there an hour."” Lady Cobham said, “The weather was terrille yesterday. It was simply freezing. Today it was not so bad, but we traveled at 2,000 feet the en- tire distance.” Presented to President. The distinguished British fiver and his wife were received at Bolling Field by Lieut. L. J. Maitland, representing F. Trubee Davidson, Assistant Secre- tary of War for Aviation; Comdr. B. G. Layton, representing E. P. Warner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Avintion; Maj. G. E. Lovell, acting commanding officer at Bolling Field, representing, Gen. M. M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Corps; Capt. C. F. Wheeler, operations officer Bolling Field; John Oliver La Gorce, vice pres- ident of the National Geographic Soclety; Franklin Fisher, chief of the fllustrations division of the National Geographic Soclety; George w. Hutchison, assoclate secretary of the society; Wing Comdr. T. G. Hether- ington, air attache of the British Em- bassy, and J. B. Pond, in charge of Sir Alan’'s lecture tour. Sir Alan and Lady Cobham left Boll- ing Field in the company of Comdr. Hetherington for the White House, where thev were presented to Presi- dent Coolidge at 12 o'clock. At 1 o'clock today Sir Alan was entertained at a luncheon given by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Soclety, and the members of the board of trustees, at the Cosmos Club. Lady Cobham was tendered a luncheon by Mrs. Gil- bert Grosvenor at her home. Sir Alan will lecture before the Natlonal Geographic Soclety this eve- ning on his flight from London to Cape Town. Members of staff of the British embassy and high officials of the United States Army and Navy will be guests at the lecture. The Britisher's first attempted flight in this country with the moth plane on Thanksgiving day was un- successful. He planned to fly from Quarantine to the Battery at New York, but it was impossible to start the engjne_and the plane had to be towed in by n tug. Sir Alan had planned to demonstrate a plan for speeding up the mails by transferring them from liners at Quarantine to alrplanes. Sir Alan brought two packages of mail with him in the plane today. One was from New York and the| other from Philadelphia. Both were addressed to Dr. Edward C. Worden of the Air Service, in the Munitions Bullding. Leaving Philadelphia at 8:10 o'clock this morning, Sir Alan and Lady Cob- ham were expected at Bolling Field about 10 o'clock. Maj. M. F. Har- mon and Capt. E. G. Reinartz went up in an_observation plane and flew the moth, which arrived an hour and 20 minutes later. The De Haviland moth plane, piloted by 8ir Alan, is the first of its | kind to be brought to the United! 1t is consigned to K. B. Wal- ton of Bristol, Pa. It is a two-seated | plane, having a four-in-line cylinder | engine, air cooled, with dual ignition. It also has dual control, a hand starter in the cockpit, a luggage com- partment and the wings can be folded in and the machine run into a garage. Its range of flight is 31 hours and it goes 20 miles to the gallon of gaso- line; also, its speed range is from 40 to 90 miles an hour. The De Haviland moth won the King's Cup race this vear, an annual event in England. In this race it ran 1,480 miles at 90.4 miles per hour, with the throttle wide open for 16 hours 22 minutes and 40 seconds. Sir Alan and Lady Cobham are flight enthusiasts and one of the ob- jects of thelr trip is to promote avia- tion in every line of transportation work, according to friends who have talked with them since their arrival in the United States. They plan tq return to New York tomorrow, going as far as Bristol, Pa., la the plane, will leave at the Huff Daland airport, continuing from there on the train. Those invited to the luncheon included: Porter Adams, president Natijonal Aeronautic Association; Senator Hiram Bingham of Con- necticut, Willlam D. Boutwell, Ed- ward T. Clark, secretary to Presi- dent Coolidge: Comdr. Joel T. Boone, Gen. C. E. C. G.Charlton, mili- attache, British embassy; Henry Chilton, charge d'affaires, embassy; Rear Admivai | Colby M. Chester, Dr. Frederick V. Coville, F. Stuart Crawford, Secre- tary of War Davis, John Joy Edson, cranklin L. Fisher, Dr. John Foote, r. J. Howard Gore, Ralph Graves, Gen. A. W. Greely, Melville Gros armon, chief in- tar Tetty British nor, Maj. H. R. formation section, Army Air Corps; Wing Comdr. G. Hetherington, Capt. Arthur Hepbu chief naval in- telligence; J. R. Hildebrand, George W. Hutchison, Rudolph Kauffmann, McFall Kerbey, Maj. Waltér G. Kil- ner, Army Air Corps; Mr. La Gorce, Capt. Emory O. Land, Maj. Lowell; William P. MacCracken, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aviation; Assistant Secretary of War Mac- Nider, Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffett, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics; Maj. Gen. Patrick, Mr. Pond, Dr. George R. Putnam, Worth . Shoults, Dr. Willlam J. Showalter, Lieut. Comdr. John T. G. Stapler, U. S. Dr. O H Tittman, E P. Warner, As- sistant Secretary of the Navy for Aviation; Reinald Werrenrath, Sec- retary of Navy Wilbur. Score Hurt in Baltimore Crash. BALTIMORE, December 3 (#).— More than a score of persons were injured, five seriously and one prob- ably fatally, in & collision between a transfer truck and a street car at Sharp and Hill streets, South Baltimore, today. A majority of the victims are negro laborers who were on the truck. Several of the pas- sengers on the street car were slightly hurt. o s pe it Parishioners at South Mimms, Eng- land, started to raise funds to buy a horse for 4 wedding gift to the Arch- bishop of Hamstead, but have changed their minds and will give the popular the United States Soldiers’ Home Bl’n,d Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 5:45 sclock, John S. M. Zimmermann, eader; Emil A. Fenstad, second leader. clergyman an automobile instead, if the funds continue to roll in as they have been doing, pper: “The Moth,” which carried Alan J. Cobham and Lady Cob- ham, British explorers (below), here from Philadelphia today, completing their flight began yesterday in New York. Sir Alan will lecture tonight be- fore the National Geographic Society. CONGRESS MAY FIX POLICE COURT SITE Action Considered Likely as Conference Fails to Agree on Location. d Congress may be asked to consider the location of the new Police Court building, it developed today when the Commission of Fine Arts an- nounced it had arrived at no decision at conferences yesterday with Chief Justice McCoy of the District Su- preme Court and Judge Schuldt of Police Court. > The District committees of the Sen- ate and House may come into the consideration of location of the al- ready authorized Police Court struc- ture, in view of a tangled situation which finds a location not yet fixed and the whole matter mixed up, with the possibility that a building to house both the office of recorder of deeds and Police Court may develop. Another factor—the possibility that the District government may have to acquire land south of the present Municipal Building to house expand- ing activities in a new structure came before the meeting of the com- mission with the judges yesterda adding a new angle to an alread. complicated discussion. Consideration Postponed. Out of the discussion came the de- cision by the commission to b pone its consideration of the location of the Police Curt until its January meeting and the statement by Chair- man More that “the commission fa vors a Police court building near the present District Supreme Court Build- ing.” The fine arts body has already proposed that the million-dollar Police Court structure be of simple desizn to harmonize with the present judi- ciary structure in Judiciary Square. The commission gave its indorse- ment to a plan for bringing the end| of the Arlington Memorial Bridge nearer the Potomac River, to keep it as far as pssible from Arlington Ceme- n approved the greate Arlington project, which already h hdorsement of Secretary of W ;. Under this plan the area be tween the Arlington Bridge and the Key Bridge will be improved and pro- vision made for the Mount Vernon Boulevard from the west end of the Arlington Bridge to Mount Vernan Acquisition of additional land for the Fort Stevens park project in Brightwood was approved by the com mission and the fine arts body also vision made for the Mount Verncr house in the Zoological Park. Widening of Connecticut avenue near N street and provision for a proper street setting for the Long- fellow and Witherspoon Statues was approved. Confer With Burgess. Earlier in the day the commission considered a suggestion that it have control over private building plans which might conflict with projected parks or parkways and decided to take up the matter with the National Capital Park and Planning Commis sion. Yesterday afternoon commission members conferred with Dr. George K. Burgess, director of the Bureau of Standards, on proposed changes in the depth of the reds and blues in the American flag. H. Siddons Mowbray, a painter skilled in color technique and a member of the commission, remained at the bureau most of the afternoon while his associates conferred with the judges on a Police Court location. Reds and blues that are more complementary to ch other “and that will not appear in shade or half tones under unfavorable weath- er conditions are desired for the flag, Mr. Mowbray explained. At the same time the commission is examin- ing into color resistance to fading and color permanence, Nancy Leiter, 10. Washington people of the future may skate to and from work on motor roller skates, speeding along on streets arranged in lavers, rising three decks above the earth. This was oned by Dr. William Mather ident of George Washing- niversity, to illustrate his belief that the engineer of today must have the vision to plan for the problems of tomor: speaking at the Highw: M the Highway Research Board, which will adjourn the conclusion of a technical prog afternoon. The automotive tendency is toward the manufacture of cars, taking up comparativel pai pace, Dr. Lewis is he added, th ng possible, go to work on motor roller solving the parking problem by ing the skates on hook: Streets may be built in lavers, he Research dinner last night at the Hotel Washing The dinner served as respite for dele- | | zates to the sixth annual meeting of declared, enabling merchants to have ! SKATING TO WORK ABOVE LEVEL OF STREETS, VISION OF FUTURE Traffic Forecast Made by William Mather Lewis to Highway Engineers—Con- vention Ends Today. ral show windows and furnishing flic lanes at the difffferent levels. Such a vision is not as fan c as it may appear to be, Dr. Lew ke Johnson, Washington sentative of the National i ated. repre- Chamber of Commerce, spoke on traf- fic problems, and Dy son A. N. John- of Maryland, of the Unives ded. roblems of highway finance, main- tenance and inspection constituted | the topics of general discussions technical papers at the final today. T. H. MacDonald of t! | reau of Public Roads, presided session this morning and seve mittee reports, dealing with taxation and maintenance problems, were pre- Brosseau, president of Inc., will be the pre- siding officer at the final session th afternoon, which will include a di on of methods and possibilities of d soil investigation After the general session the execu- tive committee and representatives of member organizations will hold a. bus ness meeting. UM SHIP EXPEGTED 0 LAND CAPTIVES Schooner That Kidnaped Dry Agent and Petty Officer Awaited in Havana. By the Associated Press. MOBILE, Ala., December 3.—The French schooner Arsene J., with two kidnaped United States liquor sleuths aboard, in the opinion of officers here, nd her two captives in Havana or tomorrow. Officials here ex- d this opinion today after the el had not been heard from since HARR (S 5 ERIEN year-old daughter of Mrs. Joseph Lelter, president of the board of Children's Country Home, yesterday staged a *hot dog” party at the home for a group of youngsters from St. John's Orphanage. Miss Nancy is actively working for the home’s Christmas at the Mayflower Hotel, night ball to be taged this year tion administrator at New Orleans, and Chief Machinist’s Mate Handley of the Coast Guard base at Biloxi are aboard the French-flag-flying schooner. They were placed aboard as guards after the schooner had been seized 45 miles from shore and the patrol boat which engineered the seizure had put back to base for fuel. Members of the crew of the CG-302, which had the Arsene J. in tow after her capture, and which parted tow when the former vessel's fuel supply gave out, are quoted as saying that the skipper of the Arsene J. is F. Woods, who was commander of the Honduran schooner Jose Luis, seized early this year and brought to Mobile. Matthews has had a colorful career. Born in Kentucky some 60 years ago, he been in different branches of government service more than 40 yeal He served in the T7th Cavalry of the United States Army 8§ years. At the end of that period he obtained employmient as a “revenooer' in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee. Later he drew many hard assignments as a_special agent of the Department of Justice in Washing- ton during the World War and achieved a reputation of being a man who does not know the meaning of fear. SEAS SCOURED FOR SHIP. No Trace Found of Schooner or Kidnaped Men. W ORLEANS, December 3 (£).— | Twenty ships scoured the seas to in rch of the botleg buccane who have kidnaped a Federal prohi- ;hitlun agent and a Coast Guardsman. Only conjecture can be advanced as \to what happened when the French schooner Arsene J. escaped from the cutter CG-802 with two of the rum chaser’s crew who had been left aboard to guard the schooner’s cargo of liquor. One belief is that the Arsene J.'s crew fell on their guards and clapped them into irons and then headed out into the gulf under full sail for the ! Baham: |~ J. B. Matthews, assistant prohibition | administrator of New Orleans, and Petty Officer Handley are the kidnaped men. The negro commander of the schoon- er, F. Woods, is described as a clever seaman and a daring smuggler. Fugitive Ordered to Prison NEW YORK, December 3 (#).— Sverett A. Hutchings, wanted in California as a fugitive from justice, will have to go back to that State to complete a sentence of seven and one half years in St. Quentin Prison, the appellate division of "'the Supreme Court ruled today, Automobile | {death was due to natural c: FATHER DREAMED OF GRAVE OF GIRL Lost Daughter’s Body Found Just as He Described I. Suitor Still Sought. By the Associated Press. PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis, De- cember 3.—The sinister dream of Christ Olson that his daughter Clara was dead has become reality. “I've seen Clara,” the tobacco planter had declared long before the body of the pretty 22-yearfold girl was found in a shallow grave on Bat- tle Ridge near Rising Sun, a quarter of a mile from the home of Erdman Olson, who has been charged with the slaying. “I've seen her in a dream,” he told neighbors. “I know she is dead, I saw her buried on her face on a hill near- Rising Sun.” That dream of tragedy and death which came true to the letter, forti- fying his suspicipn of his daughter’s fate, led Christ Olson to swear out a murder warrant for young Olson “upon information and belief” sev- eral days ago, although there was then no direct evidence that the girl was dead. Shallow Grave Found. That evidence was supplied ves- terday when a searching party, combing the picturesque Kickapoo Valley, stumbled upon a barely filled grave in which the missing girl was lying—face downward. The search- ers gathered at the spot and in awed whispers told one another that Christ Olson's dream had come true. Today the body lay in a morgue in a plain wooden coffin awaiting an autopsy by C. H. Bunting of Madison, State pathologist, and a coroner’s in- quest, to determine how death came to the girl, who was an expectant mother. A superficial eramination revealed no bullet wound+or bruise from a blow, with officials discussing a polson theory as a possibility Meanwhile search was pushed for s 18-year-old sweetheart, Srdman, Gale College student, who ppeared September 27, 17 days after Clara left her home in the eve. ning “to get a breath of fresh air,” and never returned. Sheriff Sherwood of Crawford County planned to go to Dwight, Tll, today to interview a youth held there answering the de- scription of Erdman. The suspect gave his name as Walter M. Christen- son, 22, and his home as Porter, Minn., and maintained that he knew nothing of the c Clara’s body was ldentified by the father, who fainted after he had pointed through the cracked clay to the black silk dress which Clara, had hought just before she went away and which she had said was to have heen her bridal garment for her mar- riage with Erdman. Youth Left College. Erdman is a son of Albert Olson, unrelated to Christ. He left college a day after Christ had visited him and demanded the return of his daughter. A letter the youth wrote to his parents at the time of his disappear- ance W made public last night. In the missive he told of the visit of Christ Olson and said: “I am leaving for some place where no one knows. * * * You will never see me again unless it is in a coffin * * * These people (Christ Olson) cannot prove anything definite.” “l1 have failed as a son,” he wrote in closing, “but no one will ever know me by that name (Olson) again.” Rewards of $300 have been posted for word of the youth's whereabouts and his description has been broad- t to police. Chicago police were earching for the youth spurred by a report he had been seen in a res- taurant. Violence or Poison Suspected. Discounting the possibility that Ses, au- thorities held the opinion that violence or poison would be found as the cause of the girl's death. A small roadster in which Olson and the girl went to many dances during their year’s acquaintance was held here by the sheriff, whose attention was attracted to a dark brown spot which he may have analyzed. Capt. John Sullivan, private detective of Milwaukee, employed by the girl's father, was inclined to doubt that any worthwhile clue will be disclosed by nalysis of the spot, which some thought might be a deadly poisonous v or other substance. learned today that young exonerated several years eath of a young boy with ving “‘wild West.” accidentally with a plant spr: It W Erdman ago of the whom he was pl; He shot the bo: revolver. Prairie du Chien has become the center of the investigation. It is the largest town in Crawford County, with 3.500 population. To the north- east in the valley of the Kickapoo River, which parallels the Mississippi on the West, lie the communities of Seneca and Rising Sun. Clara, one of a family of eight children, lived on the farm home of her parents near Seneca. Thirteen miles north at Rising Sun, the high- est point in this region, lived Albert Olson with his wife and two sons, Erdman and Orvid. GRAND JURY IGNORED CHARGES AGAINST 23 Omission of Lead Line Caused The Star to State Erroneously They Were Indicted. The grand jury vesterday ignored charges against the following persons whose names were by mistake includ- ed among those indicted in vesterday's report of the grand jury proccedings in The Star. These persons were not indicted and were exonerated of the charges against them: Carroll Nelson, alias George Elmer Rawlings, forgery; Louis L. Watkins and George L. Fentress, robbery: Samuel George Lynn, Preston Nich- olas Donnelly and Faye Behrens, vio- lation national prohibition act; James C. Bissell, embezzlement; Edgar P. Williams, setting up gaming table; John Alexander, assault with danger- ous weapon: Eddie Killeen, setting up gaming table; Adelle A. Johnson, alias Adeliade Johnson, assault with dan- gerous weapon; Richard Clay Bundy and Horace Newton, joyriding: Bettie McDowell, grand larceny; Willlam G. Davis, alias Billy Madden; Charles Edwin Evans, James Hickey, Marie Frazier and Robert Tyson, alias “Shorty,” violating Harrison narcotic act; Elmer K. Altizer, grand larceny; R. B. Kelso, violating posfal laws; Edward W. Daniels, seduction; Alice Hall, grand larceny. ‘The error was caused by the accl- dental omission of the lead line “The following cases were ignored” in as- sembling the copy. In the body of the article it was stated that 22 per- sons were indicted, while 23, includ- ing those enumerated above, were exonerated, thelr names being given in a separate paragraph. — all silver and black fox Pmmcauf furs used in the United States are from fox farms, “Bucky” Harris Has Name in 1927 Social Register “Bucky” Harris, who broke into the big league in 1919 and pro- ceeded to win undying fame by leading the Washington base ball club to a_world title and two Ameriean League championships, has broken into the 1927 social register. “Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley R. (M. Elizabeth Sutherland)” is the dignified manner in which the entry of the Washington man- ager is noted in the exclusive directory of the soclally elect. It recalls the romance of the dia- mond star, which culminated last October when her married Miss Elizabeth Sutherland, who has been in the Social Register as the daughter of the alien property custodian, Howard Sutherland. CANTONESE ARMIES TAKE FOOCHOW AND CONTINUE ADVANCE (Continued from First Page.) tions in his own following, postponed the day. In the meantime Dr. Sun died; but his party has continued to foster the plan to dominate all of China, gain- ing strength from year to year as the northern government centering in Peking became weaker and more and more exhausted financially. In the north, where authoritative government has long ago ceased to exist and where the makeshift so- called Peking governments have been the creatures of first one and then another military dictator, an organiza- fessed to have patriotic motives, similar in some respects to those enunciated by the Kuomintang. This was the army of Gen. Feng Yuhsiang, known as the “Christlan general. His organization he called the Kuomin. chun, or: people’s army. It was gen- |erally regarded throughout China as the most efficient fighting organiza- tion in the country. For a brief period Gen. Feng con- trolled the capital and in his turn he reorganized the ‘“government’to suit himself. Eventually he was driven out by superior forces under Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, dictator of Manchuria; Gen. Chang Tsung-Chang, governor Shantung Province, and Gen. Wu Pei- with a checkered career. Feng was forced back into the sparsely settled reglons of the Far Northwest and ap- peared for the time being to be out of the picture, notwithstanding he re- tired in good order and with most of his equipment. With the war against Feng engag- ing all attention in the north, little concern was felt ahout the northern advance of the Kuomintang, who, al- legedly with a stiffening of active participation of Russian instructors and with Russian equipment, were making rapid strides toward the Yangtse River, which divides China into more or less equal parts. Prac- | tically no resistance was encountered until they were at the gates of Hankow, the principal mid-Yangtse city, which they have since made their own. With conclusion of the campalgn against Feng, Gen. Wu Pei-Fu led his troops southward to oppose the southern_invaders and fought them around Wuchang, a city lying just across the river from Hankow. His erstwhile allies, Chang Tso-Lin and Chang_Tsung-Chang, appear to have given him little assistance, due, it is generally belleved, to mistrust and jealousy, and Gen. Wu was forced to abandon both Wunchang and Hankow to the enemy and retire into Honan province, to the northward. Renorts appear to indicate that the Christian _general, rehabilitated al- legedly by supplies and munitions from Siberia, is on the southward to join hands with the Kuomintang. This, if accomplished, would present formidable fighting front and would constitute a bona fide civil war be- tween the north and south, in place of the factional and interprovincial conflicts which have been recurrent during the last several years. FORCES FOR PROTECTION. American naval forces in Chinese waters are available strictly for pro- tection of American lives and prop- erty, it was reiterated today at the | State Department. They will not be used, it was indicated, to maintain the present customs administrations |at Hankow or elsewhere, as the col- lection of customs is regarded as a function of the Chinese government. The customs treatles apply, it was said, only to rates of duty. | While the situation at Hankow is being closely watched and additional warcraft have been sent theve, the hope is entertained that with the ar- rival of the Canton government head- quarters at Wuchang, across the river, the activities of the unions in Hankow will be crushed. If neces- sary, however, Americans will be evacuated. There is no American concession at Hankow for the pro- tection of which a naval force could be set ashore. Most American r dents are quartered in the British, French or other concessions, which can be protected under the terms of the treaties of those countries with China. Indications are that apprehension over the status of the customhouse at Hankow originated through an ef fort to unionize customs employes. Press advices do not show, however, that the movement has been complete- Iy successful, and Washington offi- s are inclined to believe that Can- tonese authorities, when they arrive at Wuchang, will prove anxious to | keep the Hankow customhouse open | and doing business. Despite frequent | disturbances in connection with the | maritime customs at Canton, the cus- | tomhouse there is, and has been, per- | forming its functions without inter- ference from the Cantonese govern- | ment. A surtax, not provided for under the various customs treaties, has been collected by the Cantonese on com- merce movirg through the port, but its collection has been made at a sec- ondary customs frontier. It has been the subject of representations to the | Cantonese government by the Ameri- | can and other consular officials at Canton. PEACE PROSPECTS POOR. AMOY, China, December 3 (A).— Arrival at Foochow of the United States gunboat Hart, under Lieut. Comdr. Herbert W. Underwood, was reported last night. The American ship cast anchor alongside the fighting craft of other foreign powers that have come to the part to allay the perturbance of their nationals, alarmed by the proximity of civil war and the anit-foreign feel- ings manifest since the approach of the invading army of the Canton gov- ernment. Some of the mission schools at Foohcow are being closed, the au- thorities anticipating organized stu- dent participation in the turbulent politics now rife in the city. Radicals have effected the release of the student-union prisoners arrest- ed throughout recent years, and red propaganda is increasing among stu- dents and the employe ciass. Prospects for peace and order in Foochow seem, unfavorable here, ) tion sprang into existence which pro- | Fu, & military genius of central China | to the northern forces a long and | ANDREWSINPARLEY - ON DRY LAWISSUES Holds Conference With En- forcement Leaders on New Legislative Program. Behind closed doors Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury Lincoln C. Andrews, in charge of prohibition, went through a long and earnest conference with representatives of the principal dry forces of the country at a meeting today of the national | legislative conference at the Ralelgh | Hotel. | Gen. Andrews explained, it was understood, the administration's pro- gram for new legislative proposals, particularly the one which would | set up a private corporation to pur | chase, distill and distribute all whisky in the future. Questioned From Floor. | Gen. Andrews was asked many | questions from the floor. At the opening of the conference it was the rule that all questions should be submitted in writing, but so many were the queries and so long did the questioning of Gen. Andrews con- | tinue that it was understood the notepaper edict was aholished. | Although it is known that among some of the dry leaders there exists considerable opposition to the Gov | ernment’s proposal to start the dis | tilleries very shortly under a new | private corporation, indications which | came from the conference before it losed werd agreed that there had been no heckling of the Government's | prohibition czar. | Important Queries in Abeyance. | Intimations were apparent, how leaders who were more thar to ask the general some sharp questions, and what rather | would happen before the conference came to an end was a matter of keen conjecture on the outside. Gen. An drews was understood also to have | sketched briefly to the conference the | Treasury's proposal to tighten up the Jovernment's enfor ent pro | gram through the Goff bill. He spent most of his time, however, it was |learned, on the new whisky-handling | proposal. Andrews Wins Point. Although the seal of secrecy was clamped tight upon the conference this morning it was understood that Gen. Andrews had won some of the opposition among the minority who were not In accord with the Govern- ment’'s program to distill whisky. Questions flew thick and fast at Gen. Andrews after he personally | had 1ifted the ban on oral questions and the Assistant Secretary was kept at the conference for almost two hours. Chief among the general's ques- tioners was understood to be Clin ton Howard, chairman of the united committee for prohibition enforce- ment. So anxlous were members of the conference to prevent any word of what went on from leaking out to |the public and the press that, it was understood, all those if attend- ance were asked to raise their right hand and pledge that nothing would be divulged. EXTRA SHOPPING TIME URGED FOR WORKERS Head of Women's Club Federation Asks Rudolph to Seek Em- ployers’ Aid. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph to day was in receipt of a suggestion from Mrs. Virginia White Speel, presi dent of the District of Columbia Fed eration of Women'’s Club, urging that | he use his influence to induce employ | ers in Washington to this year con sider more carefully the shopping needs of their employes—particularly | the women. | Mrs. Speel, in her letter to Commlis- sioner Rudolph, pointed out that in every city employers generally allow time’ before Christmas for their em- ployes to do their necessary extra Christmas shopping. She adds, how- ever, that In past years it has been customary for the employer to neglect to do this until the Christmas shop- ping rush Is well under way | "“As a result,” Mrs. Speel writes, any women employes have not been given an opportunity to do their shop- ping until late December. If the em ployer is to allow them time off for this, why not do it this year early in | December instead of waiting until the | stores are so packed with holiday | crowds that shopping is anything but | & pleasure? “Our Washington this vear showing their Christmas wares earlier than usual and the women who do not have an early op- portunity to make their gift selections will be at a real disadvantage,” Mrs. Speel continues. “Those who, by the thoughtfulness of their employers, are permitted to do their shopping now will have a much more satisfactory op- portunity to complete their lists than those who are prevented from doing their Christmas buying until the last minute. s “It seems to me Mr. Commissioner, that if you would call the attention of employers In our city, who, as a rule, are most fair, to this situation, they could just as easily allow their em- ployes the necessary time right now, when stocks are fresh and clerks are able to deal with them pleasantly and efficiently. It will take no more time from work now than it will later in the month. 1 believe it would only be necessary for you to bring this point to the attention of our people in this clty, through our newspapers, and for that reason I am addressing this letter to you.” MORSE CASE GIVEN TO JURY IN NEW YORK Three Sons of Ship Magnate and Three Others Accused of Misuse of Mails. merchants are By the Associated Press. NEW YORK., December 3.—The case of Benjamin W.,, Erwin A. and Harry F. Morse, sons of Charles W. Morse |and three others indicted for misuse |of the malls in connection with sales of stock of shipping and other com- | panies In which they were interested, went to the jury in Federal Court this afternoon. The other defendants were George A. Burdett, Rupert M. Much and Henry E. Boughton. Twenty-five per sons were indicted, but the charges against all but six were gradually dropped. : e R Nearly 25,000,000 bushels of corn grown in the United States In 1936 is being shipped to other countries,