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W (T 8. Weather Rain this aftern night; minimum t degrees. Tomorro Temperature—1 pan. yesterday; lowest, today. Full repor "ATHER. Bureau Foracast.) noon; much colder to- emperature about 24 w fair and colder. {lghest, 71, at 2:15 3, at 8 am, t on page 9. Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered post offi No. 30,243. second class matter Washington, A D C b WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1927—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. ¢ Foening Sfar. * service. (®) Means Associated Press. ARMY RETREATING BEFORE CANTONESE IMPERILS SHANGHA Powers Prepare for Possible Fight for City or Looting by Beaten Troops. MORE BRITISH COMING AND MARINES ON WAY Capture of Hangchow Gives South Big Advantage—Manchurian Re- lief Drive Again Reported By s Assoctated Press Nationalist forces of the Cantonese government in China are drawing in closer around Shanghai. They are in full possession of the key of 1angchow, only 118 miles from Shang- hial, and enormously importar a base, having its own outlet to the sea and to the Grand Canal Defeated troops of Marshal Suan Chuan-Fang, defender of Shanghai, @re in full retreat toward Shanghai, with no indication that any further stand will be made in Cheklang Prov- nee, of which Hangkow is the capital. Sun’s troops looted and partially burned Hangchow before retreating. Ningpo, a treaty port, 80 miles east of Hangchow and only 100 miles from Shanghal, has been taken by the Na- tlonalists. Its Northern defenders re- treated to Shanghai. Hangchow Wires Down. Telegraphic communication between Ehanghai and Hangchow is inter- rupted. Foreign powers continue to strengthen their forces at Shanghal &s the threat of battle increases. The American transport Chaumont, cairy: Ing 1,200 marines, has been diverted from Guam direct to Shanghai. An- other British battalion is on its way from Hongkong to Shanghai. The British government contiaves hopeful that the negotiations with For- eign Minister Chen-of the Cantonese government regarding the status of Hankow will succeed. New instruc- tions were forwarded to China after Jast night's cabinet meeting in Lon- don, RETREAT TOWARD SH!! Defented Army May Imperil City by Looting or Rioting. SHANGHAT, February 18 (#).—The defeated Northern army of Marshal Sun Chuanfang was in full retreat toward Shanghal today, while the vic- torious Cantonese war machine rolled into Hangchow, picturesque key city fo the defense Eystem of the lower Yangtze Valley, without resistance. All communication between Shang- hal and Hangchow has been severed. At present there are 10,000 of Marshal gun’s troops at various points on the Hangchow-Shanghai rallway between Kashing and Sungklang, indicating the Shanghai war lord will make no further stand in Chekiang Province, of which Hangechow is thet cnpxuu.d ment of 800 of Sup’s de- fu:iegflts:g:)ps passed through here today enroute to Nanking, capital of this (Kiangsu) province, and 135 wounded men Etopped here on the way to Nanking. Sun’s Officials Seek Refuge. b Sun’s local officials have u;’:\n‘:’i‘fup in the international settlement of Shanghai. Dr. V. K. Ting, minister of Shanghsi, was re- ported to have gome to Japan “‘for medical treatment.” ) Marshal Sun's censorship on the Jocal press has broken down and news of the Hangchow defeat was published by the vernacular newspapers. “Local Kuomintang (Nationalist) sym- pathigers openly rejoiced at the vic- tory and predicted Southern troops would be in Shanghai within a week. Al missionaries at Hangchow were reported safe, the majority of the 125 there and the 65 at Ningpo, 80 miles east of Hangchow, having been sent to Shanghai previously, leaving only & handful in both cities. Reinforcements Too Late. General Chang Hsunchang, Shan- tung commander, had started rein- forcements from Shantung and Honan provinces down through Anhwei pro- vince to aid Marshal Sun, but this move undoubtedly is too late to save any portion of Chekiang province for the Northerners. Reliable estimates give the number of Cantonese troops in Chekiang as 50,000, The capture of Ningpo was blood- less and the Nationalists are in com- plete control there and malntaining order. Already a section of the Can- tonese army which captured Ningpo has moved westward to join the Hang- chow victors in the anticipated march on Shanghai. Capture of Jlangchow by the tonese gives them a great age in their struggle toward Shanghal. It gives the Natlonallsts control of the southern terminus of the Grand Canal which runs the full length of Kiangsu Province and 1,000 miles northward to Tientsin. It also gives the South. erners a stronghold only 113 miles away, and a sea outlet near to Shang hai. GHAL ‘an- Report City Looted. Cantonese sources at lHangchow reported the city had been looted and partly burned by the retreating northerners. The retreat of Sun's troops seemed (o gather momentum tonight, when 4,000 men arrived in Shanghai and quartered at the main raflway sta- tion, on the border of the int tional settlement. Streams of gees also were arriving here Control of Hangchow enables the southerners to transport by water troops, artillery and supplies that formerly were brought over moun- tain roads and trails by human power. Sun’s routed troops have concen- trated in Kashing and in Sungkang, resigtance. Kashing is 72 miles from here and 41 miles from Hangchow. Sungkiang 1s 28 miles from Shanghs With the increasing threat of a ba ile for possession of Shanghai, forelgn powers continue to augment their forces. temporarily at Hongkong, left Shanghai this morning ‘ The American fransport Chaumont tnued on Page 1, Cllu the A battalion of the 2d Suffolk Regiment, which was stationed for FRENCH ATTITUDE STRENGTHENS 'BATTLE LINES OVER 3 CRUISERS | | j HOHSC Conferees BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Conferees on the naval appropria- tion bill are to hold their first confer- ence this afternoon in the light of Fr reply to President Coolidge's proposal for a five-power naval limita- tion agreement at Geneva. Notwithstanding the unfavorable at- titude of France toward the Presi- dent’s proposal, the House conferees are prepared to continua strongly in opposition to the Senate amendment for beginning construction of threa new scout eruisers, authorized in 1924, The Senate conferees, on the cther { hand. believe that the turn of affalvs s been such as to strenglhen the Senate's position greatly. Further- more, they belleve there will be a shift of votes in the House itself, if the cruiser appropriation is put up to | that body again. The cruiser appro- | priation was defeated in the ifouse by 21 votes only, and there were 98 members absent and not voting. There is little hope, it was sald to- day, that the conferees would com- plete their work on the Navy bill at this afternoon’s meeting. Not un- naturally the supporters of the cruiser-building program feel that if the vote in the House on the crulsers is postponed until further replies have been raceived from the powers, and those replies should also cast cold Continue Attacks Today, but Senators Believe Arms Status Will Split Opposition. water on the naval limitation plan of the President, the cruiser appropri- ation may have greater support. This is the first meeting of the con- ferees since last week, due largely to the illness of Senator Pepper of Penn- sylvania, a member of the conference committee. It remains to be seen, however, how long a flnal agreement on the naval bill can be put off with- out endangering the passage of the bill. The session ends at noon two weeks from today. Already some of the leaders are becoming restive over defay on the naval bill. While the opponents of the cruiser appropriation in the House admit that the reply of France to the President's naval limitation suggestion mav have helped the big Navy group in Con- gress, they are unwiliing to admit that there is no hope that eventually a naval limitation agreement may be worked out at Geneva. They point out that the conference on limitation of armaments is still to continue at Geneva under the auspices of the League of Nations. They see Great Britain and Japan as favorable to the President’s plan, and they sees those powers, with the United States, in far better shape to enter upon a naval building race than France or Italy, if such a race is forced upon the world. They feel that thers still is a chance that France may be brought to a rec- (Continued on Page 2, Cojumn 8.) MEXICO QUESTIONS KELLOGG'S REPORT Challenges Accuracy of His Statement to Senate on 0il Situation. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, February 18.—The Mexican department of commerce and industry challenges the accuracy of Secretary Kellogg's recent report to the American Senate on the Mexican oil situation In a declaration published today. ‘While the department’s statement is made, it says, with the intention of “rectifying errors in press dispatches from the United States, originating” perhaps from vicious in- formation spread by a group of in- terests opposed to tite Mexican laws," the main points deait with are these made in Secretary Kellogg's report. 16, Not 40, Companies There. “It has been stated,” -onme of the reports says, “that out of 40 American companies owning oil lands in Mexico only four have applied for confirma- tory concessions in accordance with the law. There are 16, not 40, such proprietary companies, of which half have solicited confirmations. “At the end of 1926, 147 oil com- panies were operating in Mexico, of which 125—a great majority—ac- cepted the new legislation. “It is said that the Penn-Mex and Texas oil companies are not carrying on actual production. Neither of these companies has ceased to pro- duce petroleum. The total production of both companies during the last six months was between 200,000 and 250,000 barrels monthly.” “It is affirmed,” the statement con- tinues, “that the East Coast and New England Oil Cos. have no property titles. The first owns land and the second does not, but even so it must be remembered that in Mexico, as In all oll countries, companies only ex- ceptionally purchase the land on which they drill or intend to drill their wells, and in the majority of cases they acquire titles of diverse nature, such as leases, ‘concessions, etc. Companies That Balked. “Among the companies refusing to Bccept the new legislation the follow- ing are especially cited: Atlantic Refin- ing Co., Atlantic Gulf Ofl Corporation, Humble Oil & Refining Co., Island Oil & Transport Corporation, Stand- ard Oil of California, Standard Oll of New Jersey, Mexican Co., Anglo-Mex- jcan Petroleum Co., Royal Dutch Shell and Leopold Newborg, W. L. Hern- stadt and Malcolm Anderson, “Of the mentioned names, the fol- lowing are totally unknown, and are not or never have been registered in the petroleum department: Newborg and Hernstadt. ce 1917 has not figured in the official records as affecting oil operations. No notice Was had of the Humble Co. operating in Mexico either directly or by sub- sidiary, though it is known that it is affiliated with the Standard Oil of New Jersey, this perhaps being the reason interest in our petroleum affalrs. The Atlantic Refining and Atlantic Gulf and Mexican Petroleum, through their afliliated companies in Mexico, do remain opposed to the law. The | other companies either totally or par- tially have accepted the law. Thus, of the Island Oil Co., one subsidiar: has accepted and two have rejected the Jaw. TIts refinery has been closed Standard Oil Accepted. “The Standard Oil of” California, through its only known subsidiary, the Richmond Petroleum, fully ac' ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) 25 160 NORE TROOPS SENT TONCARAGIA 1,200 Marines From Quan- tico in Group Go as Battle at Matagalpa Nears. By the Associated Press. Anticipating that an impending clash between Diaz and Sacasa armies at Matagalpa will jeopardize American lives and property, the United States is concentrating additional forces in Nicaragua. A force of 1,600 Marines is being dis- patched from four bases to the Central American republic to be placed under -the command of Rear AdmiralJulian L. Latimer, in charge of the specialservice squadron In Nicaraguan waters. Their arrival will augment the Marine troops in that country to 2,000 men, a de- tachment of 400 already being on duty at Managua, the capital. 1,200 From Quantico. Among the units ordered is a full regiment, 1,200 strong, from the Quan- tico, Va., Marine base, and 200 from Parris Island, S. C., while another 200 are to be taken on the cruiser Trenton from Guantanamo, Cuba. The trans- port Henderson, which is expected to sail today from Philadelphia for Ne port, R. I, where 800 bluejacket re- cruits for the fleet at Guantanamo will be taken aboard, will embark the Quantico and Parris Island units on her southern vovage. Under previous orders 200 Marines and a division of six airplanes are to be sent from San Diego. The American Government is understood to regard the Matagalpa impenting battle as a critical situ- ation, not only & possible danger to its citizens in Nicaragua, but also an important crux in the civil war now raging in that Central American country. Leaders Out of Hand. Latest advices here indicate that Dr. Juan B, Bacasa, Liberal claim- ant for the presidency, probably is unable to avert the impending con- flict, even if Sacasa might wish to stop the battle preparatory to enter- ing peace negotiations with President Adolfo Dlaz. It is an impression among officlals here his military leaders have usurped whatever authority over the army formerly exercised. The new Marine forces probably are destined to be landed at Corinto on the West Coast, approximately 75 miles from Managua, the capital. They are expected mnlnl{ to be used for precautionary protection of Amer- ican interests, while their duties may include the establishment of neutral zones in the Matagalpa section and keeping open for traffic the Corinto- Managua raflroad. TWO SHIPS DIVERTED. Vessels On Way to Maneuvers Ordered To Nicaragua. SAN DIEGO, Calif., February 18 (#). —Movements of warships out of San Diego for the Atlantic Coast maneu- vers, which began yesterday with the salling of the tender Holland and part of her brood of submarines, was com- plicated by rush orders from the Navy Department to divert two of the de- stroyer tenders, the Melville and Al- tair, to Corinto, Nicaragua, with a Marine expeditionary force. The Altair had sailed, but it had got less than 26 miles off Point Loma when it was recalled by radio and or- dered to assist the Melville in loading a squadron of six Marine Corps planes and equipment for Corinto. The Nicaraguan expeditionary aviation | (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) TORNADOES KILL 31 AND SPREAD RUIN N TWO DIXIE STATES Scores Reported Injured as Storms Sweep Louisiana and Mississippi. BY IMPASSABLE ROADS Heaviest Toll of Dead Taken on Plantations—Fourteen Lose Lives in Single Parish. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEA February 18 Tornadoes that swept through parts of Lousiana and Mississippi last night killed at least 31 persons and injured scores, as well as leaving a trail of heavy damage. The heaviest toll of dead was taken at plantations south of Newellton, in Tensas Parish, La. where sons were reported kiled and at least two-score injured, with pros- pects of the total fatalities being in- creased as other neighboring planta- tions were heard from. Nine persons lost their lives and 18 were badly hurt near Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, La. and eight others were killed and several others injured near Rose Hill, Miss. Fury of Storm Increases. The storm apparently swept into Louisiana, near Shreveport and trav- eled eastward across the Northern section of Louisiana and Mississippi. High winds and heavy rains were accompanied by the storm as it moved eastward with increasing fury, strik- ing near Pleasant Hill before night- fall. Rescue workers were busy searching through the ruins of dwell- ings when darkness come. Many of the injured there were taken to hos- pitals at Schreveport. A doctor who visited the scene of the storm at Newellton returned to Tallulah with the statement that he had dressed the wounds of 35 persons. The storm struck without warning, he said, and many houses in the section were destroyed. One family of white persons barely made their way to a storm cellar before their house was carried away by the wind. Some Injured May Die. The list of identified dead at Pleas- ant Hill included Mrs. V. D. Hicks, 60; Kews Hicks, 83: Mrs, Oscar Ashby, 40; Opal Ashby, 16; Charles, Warren and Willard Ashby, small_boys; Mrs. J. J. Birdwell and Annie Birdwell Thres injured are belleved to be dying at Pleasant Hill and 25 or more were injured there. The known dead at Rose Hill, Miss., included Mr. and Mrs. M. Boyd and five children and John Lewis, jr. Two other Boyd children were seri- ously hurt and the three remaining children less dangerously hurt. John Lewis, sr., also was injured. Most of the dead in other places were plantation negroes. Impeded by almost impassable roads, rescue workers today were checking the toll of the tornadoes. ‘The storm struck first near Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, on the Louisiana- Texas boundary. Pleasant Hill, which is in a newly discovered oil field, re- ported 11 known dead, 1 missing and 2 expected to die, with more than a score injured. The storm next was reported near St. Joseph, Tensas Parish, on the line between Louisiana and Mississippi. Seven negroes were killed on planta- tions at Lake Bruin and scores in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) AMERICA AND TURKEY 70 RENEW RELATIONS Trade Pact to Stand for One Year. Ambassador May Be Ap- pointed. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 18. —Re-establishment of diplomatic rela- tions and the exchange of Ministers 1s provided for under accords signed by the American-high commissioner, Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, and the ‘Turkish forelgn minister, Tewtik Rushdi Bey. The accords renew the provisional commerclal agreement between the two countries for one vear. American trade is to receive the same privileges of nations which ratified the Lausanne treaty. The accord with Turkey, renewed today for another year, is merely a diplomatio stop-gap to take the piace of the rejected Lausanne treaty, and does not require Senate approvai. ‘Presumably, however, the provision for renewal of pre-war diplomatic re- lations will require congressional ac- tion. It is the understanding here that a diplomat with the rank of Am- bassador will be sent to Turkey, and such appointments require confirma- tion by the Senate. Rear Admiral Bristol is himselt one of those mentioned for the ambassa- dorship. Another is Joseph C now Undersecretary of State. Countess Until Mon By the Associated Press. KEARNY, N. J., February 1 irene Hanska, 13, who for eight day masqueraded a Marle Ladjeff,” Russian seat in the eighth grade of the Lin coln School toda For elght days Franeis Hotel, guests with e lived at the St to converse In varlous languages. ‘' French with a woman. n, and f French ex- Radio Programs, Pages 38 §& 39. va the “Countess Irene exile and intimate acquaintance of Prince Carol whera they are preparing centers of | o Rumania, was back in her usual Newark, and amazed vivid descriptions of her “escape” from Russia, her knowledge of political intrigues and her ability displayefh an accurate Girl, 13, Masquerades as Exiled Russian ey Runs Out in Jersey knowledge of the French royalty and of the events leading up to the French revolution. During the conversation she mentioned that she was somewhat despondent at hotel life, as it lacked and palaces. -| summoned Newark detectives. persuaded them that .| countess. The girl's money ran low and she wrote her mother, informing her of her whereabouts and saying she was ready to go home. She was taken home after her mother paid $30 due on the “royal suit Trene she was a “or over an hour she gonversed in |PINEDO SHIFTS The woman told the manager, who | & i Pra; BASE FOR FLIGHT TO BRAZIL Start Will Be Made From Cape Verde Islands Instead of Portuguese Guinea. By the Associated Pres BOLAMA, Portuguese Guinea, the glamour and splendor of castles| February 18.—Comdr. Francesco de Pinedo has decided to start his tran tlantic hop to Brazil from Porto va, Cape Verde Islands, instead of from Bolama, he announced today. The Itallan ace, who is engaged in a four-continent race against time, sald he found conditions here too unfavorable for getting his seaplane | into the air with the great load of fuel necessary for the long sustained fiight over the water. necessary to change his plans. Attempts to geg the plane into the air failed on tw ceessive days. 14 per-| COMMISSION HEARS PARK AREA PLANS Establishment of Neighbor- hood Centers Seen as Solu- tion of Difficulty. Establishment of neighborhood cen- ters in small park areas throughout the District of Columbia might furnish the answer to the delay and difficul- ties in expanding the school and branch library facilities of the Capi tal, it was indicated to the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion, which began a two-day session here today to dis:cuss problems affect- ing the future plan for the National Capital. ‘The morning session was given over almost entirely to a discussion of a re- port of Charles W. Elliot, 3rd, on the neighborhood development. The re- port did not present any details for the location of such centers in Wash- ington, but was presented as a basis on which the commission might decide upon a comprehensive scheme. ‘The report was the result of a direction given at the December meet ing of the commisison to make a study of conditions here, following the deci- sion of the commission that a number of small bathing pools should be pro- vided for the District instead of the two large ones planned originally. Avenue Change Approved. Before taking up the report, how- ever, the commission approved the proposed change in the line of Poto- mac or CHff Drive, for a distance of one-haif mile, between Nebraska ave- nue and Weaver place. The effect of this change, which already has been approved by the District Commis- sloners, is to move this nearer the cliffs Potomac River. Studies In Other Cities. Mr. Elliot's report, in addition to in- dicating that he had discussed the question of co-operation in the estab- lishment of neighborhood centers be- tween the park, school and library au- thorities, showed that he had also stud- fed conditions in other cities which wera attempting to put in the neigh- borhood center jdea. As & result, he said, he was of the opinion that the neighborhood center should be at no greater distance than one-half or one-quarter of a mile from any section of the neighborhood it was intended to serve. Experience has in- dicated that neither children nor adults will come from greater dis- tances to participate in such facilities. The report said that neighborhood highway overlooking the verage about Column 1) AVIATORS MISSING: PLANE WING FOUND Lieut. Harris and Pilot Gray Fail to Reach Langley Field From New York. By the Associated Press. MITCHEL FIELD, February 1;,75 Lieut. Willard J. Harris and Dirigible Pilot William A. Gray, both of Lang- { ley_ Fleld, were missing today atter loaving here by air for their home e sterday, and the likelihood was being investigated that the airplane wing found by Coast Guards at Forked was a shattered remnant Rlvur,‘N. il.. f their plan > xflr;un PHarris, an Army airplane pilot, and Lieut. Gray, pilot of the dirigible TC-5, left in a plane plloted b s at 2 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon. After their departure aerol gists reported that a flying “ceiling’ had settled over the ocean because of dense fog. s The plnrg did not arrive at Langley Field during the night, and when in- formation was received from Forked River that an airplane wing marked with an Army insignia had been found In the water an investigation was im- iately begun. m:)ducsru at Mitchel Field said that although the red and blue markings on the shatteredl wing showed the wrecked plane to have been an Army machine the No. 11 on the wing meant nothing here. Tt was suggested that | as the plane flown by Lieut. Harrls ho!on‘J at Langley Field identifica- | tion ht be patched to ‘Foi gate. Cave-Trapped Dog Dies of Pneumonia Soon After Rescue By the Associated Press. WOODRUFF, §. C., February 18 Ring, Vandy Kelly's valuable fox hound. that spent nearly a week trapped in a cave, where he had followed and killad kis quarry, died today of pneumonia, contracted while scores of workmen labored night and day to reach his tomb. The hound had scampered into the cave during a fox hunt Thurs- day night and was trapped there by a fall of rock. Two rescue crews began drilling and blasting Saturday and succeeded in rescuing him yesterday morning. During the rescue operations, which were carried on at a cost of more than, $500, the workers were encouraged by occasional whines from the dog. Wednesday the fox that had led Ring into its den, was found dead. with marks of the dog's teeth on its throat. , Lt EAGLES CONFESSES LYING IN COURT Admits Testimony Given Yes- terday, Naming McCabe as Slayer, Was False. Admitting that many of his state- ments on the witness stand yesterday were “lies” and his consofence hed hurt him for several days and that his mother appeared before him in a vision and said, “Son, you're lying," Nicholas Lea Eagles, one of four de- defendants in the Busch murder trial, today absolved John F. McCabe of any participation in the Petworth shooting and Maryland hold-ups, but was just as emphatio in stating that John Proctor, another defendant, fired on Policeman Leo W. K. Busch. Eagles' had maintained steadfastly since the shooting September 25 that McCabo was the leader of the gang and that he was the one who fired at Busch, although Samuel Moreno and Proctor had previously testified that McCabe had no gun on that occasion and did not shoot. His testimony yesterday lald the shooting directly at the hands of McCabe and Moreno and when asked today why his con- science hurt him he replied, “I didn’t want to turn in an innocent man.” Blames “Man in Raincoat.” Following Eagles' cross-examination MoCabe took the stand and in a straightforward manner related the events as he could then recollect them, but when he reached the point of the shooting his recollection only served him with the fact that a man " (Continued on Page 7, Column 5. The only evening ashington wi Associated Press news per the Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,670 TWO CENTS. IFARMBILL PASSED WHITE || HOUSE §2.213000 ASKED TOBEGIN BUILDINGS Budget Bureau Recommends $8,550,000 Increase in Projects for Capital. Appropriations totaling $2 ,000 to start the $50,000,000 public bullding program in Washington, with an in- crease of $8,550,000 over previous recommendations for Washington projects specifically named heretofore, are recgmmended in the Budget Bu- reau's report to Congress today for inclusion in the Second deficiency ap- propriation bill. These amounts are to be made im- mediately avallable for starting the Government structures in Washing- ton. The Jargest individual recommenda- tion in the Budget Bureau's report is to increase from $10,000,000 to $16,000,- 000 as the total cost for the new De- partment of Commerce Building, which is to b located between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets and betweéen B street and the new Department of Justice Building. The latter is to stand at Pennsylvania avenue and Fifteenth street. It is also proposed to increase the total cost of the Internal Revenue Building by $2,650,000, making the eventual cost $10,500,000 for this build- ing, which is to be located between Tenth and Twelfth, B and C streets. The specific items of appropriations to be included in the second deficiency bill for starting work on the desig- nated projects in Washington are: Department of Agriculture, Admin- istration Building, $100,000; extensible office building, $500,000. The Department of Building, $500,000. Government Printing Office exten- sion, $250.000. Internal Revenue Bureau, $300,000. Liberty Loan Building, $125,000. Immediate appropriation of §70,000 for a combination customs houss and (Continued on Page 6, Column 7.) Commerce Constable Shoots Self Through Foot, ButDropsFugitive By the Associsted Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 18. —Constable E. J. Ernst, who is resting today in a hospital, is se- rene in the knowledge that e got gitdmag, "Ho\\‘evor, the policeman red & bullet through hi: fred gh his own foot Ernst was attempting to arrest Charles Lawson last night on a minor charge, and when Lawson resisted the officer was knocked down. The prone policeman then drew his revolver and fired. The bullet struck Lawson in the leg and felled him, but the missile traveled first through the foot of Ernst, which projected him and his opponent. o ARCTIC GALE SWEEPS SIX MEN 300 MILES IN Starving and Nearly AN OPEN CANOE Frozen, They Reach Alaska From Siberia—Two Com- panions Die in Storm. By the Assoctated Press. St. Lawrence Island, 18 (via radio WXY Swept in an open skin canoe for 300 miles across the Bering Sea from Siberia to this island under the lash of an Arctic storm, six sur- vivors of a party of eight walrus hunters today were recounting a story of hardship, peril, suffering and traglc disaster. Their arms and legs frozen, their eyes distended and swollen, and their scanty clothing in tatters, the six men finally reached the Eskimo vil- lage of Gambell, on the northern part of the island, from: where the of their ill-fated battle with ements has reached Sevoonga by radio. S Hunt for Food. Driven’ roaching starvation to seek % "':lll, d"m‘mcn lm near shore, the part kayak was caught b, ot:rr‘l Ar;u'r‘, gale. er being lashed about o Wwaters for several days, the hx?ntg:»: pulled their canoe onto a floating ice pack. There, suffering, cold and without food and fire, the little band spent the fourth night while the storm raged unabated about them. Carried to Island. The next day the drifting ice carried them to shore on gSl. L:.l:: rence Island, although they did no know their location. Camping on the northern shore of the wind-swept island, the hunters dug their beds for the night in, the snow. The next morning two of the party went for- aging for food and failed to return. Th;‘y l\n{a ';‘\ot since been seen. ve of e starving group finall; straggled into Onmball.‘ . 74 in the frail the full fury tion maintains a school for the Eskimos. After a search, headed by Samuel P. Troutman, government teacher at Gambell, the sixth member of the \party was foundgmearly - |rett of BY HOUSE, Z14-178 GOES TO PRESIDENT Veto Possibility Causes Wide Speculation—Measure Like That in Senate. MORE G. 0. P. MEMBERS FOR IT THAN DEMOCRATS Nine Hours of Feverish Debate Precedes Action—Repassage by Congress Donbted. By the Associated Pres. The McNary-Haugen farm reilaf bill today is squarely up to President Coolidgs. Three years from fts inception in ’the halls of Congress, the measure, | with its widely debated equulization | fee provision for price stabilization. now must be passed upon by the Nation’s Chlef Executive. Final action at the Capitol came last night when the House, by & vote of 214 to 178, approved the bill in exactly the form it passed tho Senate, and sent it to the White Houss for either enactment into law or flat rejection. Previously approved by the Senate, 47 to 89, 8 votes to the good, the House gave the bill a margin of only 36 votes more than needed, and chief- tains in the McNary-Haugen camp made no effort to deny the contention of opponents that strength, at least in the House chamber, would be lacking to, muster the two-thirds necessary to pass the bill over a presidential veto Speculate About Veto. Congressional oplnion was divided in the closing hours of debate over what position Mr. Coolidge would take. In the absence of any definite expression, each member held his own oconviction and forecasts and predic- | tiohs ran rife. Some time today a copy of the meas- ure bearing the signatures of Vice Presideyt Dawes, as presiding officer of the Senate, and Speaker Long- worth of the House, is expected to be transmitted by messenger to the ‘White House. No more formality in this procedurs is planned than If it lware any ordinary bill. Under the Constitution the Presi- { dent has 10 days in which to either veto or sign the measure. Should he do mneither, it would automatically become a law. take™ with Mr. Coolidge undoubtedly will no action until he has conferred Secretary Jardine and probably other members of his cabinet. Bécause of this, several days are expected io elapse before a pronouncement, if any, is made. Opposition Beaten Down. Final action by Congress came last night after nine hours of feverish dis- cussion in the House, during which the bill's supporters in steam roller fashion crushed more than 100 at- tempts to change it. ith Chairman Haugen of the agri- culture committee, one of the meas- ure's co-authors, in charge, the Mc- Nary-Haugen group held a majority on the floor from start to finish, and at the outset of the day's proceedings disposed of the bill's chief legislative contenders—the Aswell and the Curtis- Crisp farm measures. The Aswell bill firet suffered defeat, 160 to 144, and several hours later re- ceived another rebuff when the House went on record, 214 to 175, against the proposal. The Curtis-Crisp bill went down, 177 to 156. Two other farm re- llef plans offered as substitutes were rejected without record votes. Ons was @ debenture credit plan, spon- sored by Representative Jones, Demo- | crat, Texas, and the other, the Curtis- Aswell commodity marketing bill of ast year, revived by Representative | Hill, Republican, Maryland. Work to Block Changes. Having cleared the fleld of these barriers, supporters of the McNary- Haugen plan set out to keep the bill intact as passed by the Senate, se it could go immediately to the President and avert a possible fliibuster should a conference with the Senate become necessary by the adoption of amend- s. g rites of “Vote, vote,” met the sub- sequent flood of amendme: and ons and all were sent into the legislative discard. In these contests the Mc- Nary-Haugen bill drew support and fire from both sides of the chamber, and the vote on, final passage is indica- tive of the strength it mustered throughout. 'I‘lm‘ final lineup found 113 Repub- licans, 97 Democrats, 2 Farmer-Labor, one independent and one Socialist joined in support of the measurs against 108 Republicans and 70 Demo- crats. As the day drew to a close and lights were turned on, Representative Tilson of Connecticut, the Republican leader, led an unsuccesstul fight to carry over a final vote until today. He first car- Yied, 153 to 150, a motion to adjourn, but reluctant to relinquish ‘whip hand, the measure supporters manded & roll call vote and on this reversed the previous count, 198 to 170. Democratic_Chlef Against Bill. _° L —_ Mr. Tilson and Representative Gar- Tennessee, the Democratic leader, both assailed the measure, and described it as ‘“vicious legislation™ that threatened to bring onmly troubls to the farmer, while its supporters held it woujd bolster the price that he now receives for his products, The bill's purpose is to provide for orderly marketing of six v gl cultural commodities—wheat, corn, swine, cotton, tobacco and rice. It would create a Federal farm board empowered to use a $250,000,000 re- volving fund, to be obtained from the Treasury, for purchase of the lus of any or all of the basic c ties above that required for home coms, sumption. 'rr?u surplus would be distributed in world markets in an effort to main- tain a relatively high domestic price. To reimburse this revolving fund an equalization fee would be levied upon producers in an amount equal to the loss sustained in marketing surpluses abroad. Board Could Make Loans. The board also would be empowersd to make loans to agriculturs co-opera- tive -nmtb{: lr: the hope ".: strengthen em to mrm ‘work. 'l'hmft members the board be o by the President