Evening Star Newspaper, February 24, 1927, Page 2

2 BUSCH MURDER TRIAL NEARS END Arguments Begin After Judge Announces Granting of All Prayers. The Busch murder trial entered its st streteh in Criminal Division 2 to 1y when final arguments were begun \nd the possibility that the case would given to the jury late tomorrow appeared likely. Prior to the opening the Government, which wa Assistant United States « Attorne) James J. O'Leary, Justice William Hitz announced that he had granted all the prayers that were debated throughout the session yesterday, and that by those instructions which op- posing counsel had asked to be in- Cluded in his charge to the jury they would obtain an_indication of the court’s view of thé e. Four Decisions Possible. Hitz yesterday afternoon had threatened to deny all of the prayers and charge the jury in his own way, but this morning he an- nounced they would stand. The court ted that it thought manslaughter, \If-defense and both degrees of mur- were involved in the case; that all defendants may be found guilty as in- dicted and all not guilty as indicted: that one or more may be found guilty and one or more not guilty, “and this applies to first and second degree mur- and manslaughter. : “The position of the Government, O'Leary told the jury, “is not an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth and a life for a life, but justice to the liv- ing and,justice to the dead.” His argument dealt in the main with an application of the facts in the case to “four possible verdicts—first degree and second degree murder, man claughter and not guilty.” Assistant United States Attorney George D. Horning, ir., who prosecuted the case throughout, will close for the Govern- ment, take up the facts in detail and ask for a verdict. Cause Is Principal Issue. The cause of the shooting and how it started, OLeary said, were the prin- cipal points in the case. He mfe_lr::; to previous testimony, which stat that one of the defendants passed the word to “shoot our way out of this when Policemen Leo W. K. Busch and Frank L. Ach were walking with the four mien east on Upshur street, and en_declared: %R dn is true that before the shoot- ing an arrangement was entered into whereby they would shoot their way out, that will explain the cause of the incident. The man who instigated or caused them to shoot will be guilty of first degree murder even though he did not have a gun.” The pre- ponderance of testimony on this point, O'Leary continued, shows that John Proctor was the originator of the sug- gestion to * shoot our way out. O'Leary said the dying statement of argument of s made by Justice BYRD TO GIVE LECTURE TO GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Will Describe Flight Over Pole and Show Pictures Tomor- row Night. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, who con- quered the North Pole by airplane Jess than a vear ago, will describe the history-making flight of himselt and his companion, Floyd Bennett, in an address tomorrow evening before members of the National Geographic Society at the Washington Audi- torium. Immediately after his return to the United States last June, Comdr. Byrd was given a reception by the Na- | tional Geographic Soctety and was |presented with the Hubbard gold medal of the society hy President | Coolidge. His present appearance iwill be on the regular National Geo- graphic lecture program. Comdr. Byrd will fllustrate his address with remarkable motfon pictures taken at ithe Spitsbergen base of the expedi- |tion and in flight over the Pole area. e ARTS BODY URGES BRIDGE REMOVAL Better Approaches to New Span Will Then Be Made Possible. Removal of the old Aqueduct Bridge in Georgetown in its entirety in order to provide for adequate ap {proaches to the Francis Scott Key Bridge at both the Georgetown and Virginia ends was urged tod#y by the Commission of Fine Arts in a letter -to Representative Morin of the House military affairs committee. The let- ter follows; “The Commission of Fine Arts have received, through the United States Engineer's office, your request to be advised as to the attitude of the com- mission with regard to removing the old Aqueduct Bridge, Georgetown. “The commission strongly favor removal of the bridge in question. It has become an evesore. No part of it should be retained. On the con- trary, the emoval of this unused structure should lead to the develop- ment of an adequate approach to the Francis Scott Key Bridge at both the Georgetown and the Virginia ends. These aproaches are now entirely in. adequate for traffic and unsightly as well. A bill, already passed by the Sen ate, is now pending before the House providing authorization and an ap. propriation of $225,000 for removal of the bridge. Officlals of the engineers’ office say that removal of the bridge will begin immediately on passage by the House of the necessary authorization and appropriation. The fine arts body is hopeful that part of the money may be used for cleaning up the bridge approaches. AH Officer Busch declared that four men shot, “and that means John F. Mc- Cabe,” and that Officer Ach has testi- fied that four men shot and that at the time he was on the stand he men- tioned the four defendants by, name. Hits Self Defense Plea. «1¢ Busch and Ach are telling the truth and this whispering incident oc- curred, how can it lie in the mouth of any defendant to say he did not shoot, or that he shot in self de- fense?” asked O'Leary, and in the same breath he added: “If McCabe did not shoot he canmot be found guilty unless it is proved he was a party to the plan to shoot their way out. O'Leary told the jurors that from all testimony, including that of the defendants, neither officer shot first so that it would be impossible for a defendant to claim self defense. He analyzed the testimony which concerned the identity of the man who wore the raincoat and also dis- cussed evidence about the presence of a gun in the hands of Proctor after pointing out that Nicholas Lee Eagles and Samuel Moreno both admitted possession of revolvers at the time of the shooting. Charges Second l)e‘ne.. The most charitable view that sould .be taken toward the defendant: except McCabe, O’Leary said, “is that they are guilty of murder in the second degre He explained that if there is no premeditatéon and no deliberation the Government would not ask for the first degree murder, but if those points are pres- ent then jt is first degree and a ver- dict is the statement of the fact. Taking up the first of eight counts in the indictment, which charges Eagles with firing the fatal shot, O'Leary declared that defendant is guilty of first degreem urder. He characterized Eagles as a man who betrayed his character on the stand “much more clearly than any lawyer” and added that he possessed a “snaky, slimy willingness to get out of anything. The four defendants had a strong motive to resist arrest, O'Leary said, “for to submit meant being found armed with the proofs of the Mary- land robbery on them. Self-Defense Argued. Upon the conclusion of O'Leary’s argument, Martin O'Donoghue, coun- sel for Sam Moreno, delivered his ar- gument, declaring dramatically that his client shot in self-defense, but not at Busch, and that he was not a party to any plan “to shoot their way out of arrest.” O'Donoghue, making his first ad- dress to a jury in his legal career, de- olared will stand my ground and tell you that boy fired in self-defense, and he did not enter a plan to shoot his way out “On specu vyoung attorne: ion, continued the nd on no direct evi- the rnment seeks a first- murder verdict rinst this There is no testimony that Mo- reno fired at Busch, and there is no testimony or evidence that he fired st He did fire when he was shot the lex, and he fired because he 1hought the officer wax going to take hix lifc STORE DETE&TIVE SEIZES COUPLE AFTER PURSUIT Abandoned Suit C-l?e,_ Containing Held as Evidence Baltimoreans. Apparel, Against An alleged attempt to rob a Seventh department store vesterday afternoon was frustrated by Joseph Grant detective, who captured 1 couple giving the names of George Franklin Smith, 32, and Lucille Nor man, 24, of Baltimore, by pursuing taxicab in which after dropping a Kt containing wearing apparel, they had left the store Grant o former headquarte ve, made the capture with the as istince of Policeman G. M. Patton of th first preeinet, after overtaking them in another automobile. The prisoners were taken to police head warters, where Detective Sergeant sandberg identified Smith as nuel Newman, alias Levine, who arrested in this city July 18, 1914 street store I'v Grant and the lale Detective James | mittes re-elected to the next Congress | can, Oregon, are seeking places on the A, Armstrona = L s detec- | CLEARS UP FIGHT OVER WATER MAINS Judge Brent, Arlington Court, Orders County to Issue Ex- tension Warrants. Judge Samuel G. Brent of the Cir- cuit Court of Arlington County. to- day signed an order requiring Wil liam H. Duncan, clerk of the county board of supervisors, to sign and is- sue warrants for extension of the Arlington County water system in the name of the county. The order dis- poses of a petition of mandamus filed in the name of the board of super- visors against Mr. Duncan to make the clerk of the hoard execute the water warrents as county warrants rather than as district arrants. State Sengtor Frank L. Ball, acting for the board, announced that an ap- peal from the decision of Judge Brent would not be taken. The decision of Judge Brent today came in a test case to determine whether the $750,000 raised in the county for extension of the water sys. tem throughout the three districts comprising the county area should be pooled and spent as county money or whether it should be apportioned among the three districts as needed. Mr. Duncan held that inasmuch as each of the three districts—Washing- ton, Jefferson and Arlington—voted its share of the water bond money, the money should be disbursed by each proportionately. The spending of the money had recently become an issue in Arlington County, some helieving that if the money is distributed by the county and not apportioned by districts, one or two districts may absorb it all, leav- ing nothing for the remaining district. Others held that in the interest of good administration it was desirable to spend the money as county money. B 3,500 TONS OF HAIR SHED Expert Estimates 14,600,000 Bob- bed American Heads Exist. CHICAGO, February 24 (#).—More than 3,500 tons of hair have been sheared or shingled from the heads of American women during the hob era, it is estimated by M. Eugene Suter, permanent wave specialist of London and Paris. There are 14,000 bobbed heads in the United States today, he said in a trade address, and about half that number spend $15,000,000 a year for having their locks waved. - BAND CONCERT. TODAY. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band Orchestra, at Stanley Hall, 5:45 ‘clock, John 8. M. Zimmerman, leader; Emil A. Fenstad, second leader. TOMORROW. By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, at the Marine Barracks, THE EVENING STAR, TWO SHIPS SINK GREWS ARE SAVED Schooners Scandia and Mary E. Moore Founder in Pa- cific Coast Seas. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., February 24— The 100-foot schooner Scandia of the International Fisheries Commission struck a_reef and sank early today near Kodiak, Alaska. A radio message to Dr. W. F. Thompson of Seattle, scientific direc- tor of the commission, said that all of the crew of 17 escaped hefore the ship sank. They are heing taken' to Kodiak on the steamship Admiral Watson. The steam schooner Mary . Moore was sinking after having run aground, off the coast. Her crew of 28 and her captain, Karl Rosenblad, were fescued by the motor ship Admiral Peary. Filled With Water. The Mary E. Moore struck while she s coming in to negotiate the bar in the heavy seas that have been running for several days. When the vessel ran aground the starboard shaft was pulled and the engine room and hold quickly filled with water. For more than two hours the crew refused to leave and it was not until it was seen that nothing could be done to save her that Capt. Rosen- blad ordered the men to abandon the ship. . Falled in Attempt. The steamer Ruth Alexander w the first to arrive in response (o dis tress signals and radio calls. The Alexander failed in a daring attempt to get close enough to be of assistance. The Admiral Peary arrived shortl after the Alexander and because of her lighter draft got in closer and picked up the crew. The Mary E. Moore was formerly the steamer Grace Dollar. The vessel had a capacity of about 1.000,000 feet of lumber, and when she grounded had 200 tons of freight, including a | carload of cement. She was fully | insured, her owners said. ! 103 PERSONS SAVED AS STEAMER SINKS IN CHESAPEAKE BAY (Continued fr few feet above the guard rail, was damaged. The effort to get the City of ®n. mnapolis into shallow water was fruit-| less. She filled rapidly and when the City of Richmond and the City of Baitimore drew away she went down | in 12 fathoms of water. Capt. Brooks said the Annapolin sank at 1:45 o'clock, one mile south of Smith's Point, and a few minutes later only a part of her funnel showed above water. Boat Sent te Mark Spot. 1t was then that the fifeboat was launched to mark the spot as a pro- tection to navigation. “Everybody was saved who could move, 1'am sure,” said Capt.. Brooks. “If there was loss of life it must have been of those who were hurt by the impact of the collision.” ‘The master of the City of Baltimore said the captain of the City of Rich- mond also believed that all passengers and members of the crew of the City of Annapolis were rescued. The City of Annapolis, like the City of Richmond, was 277 feet long, 53 feet wide and had accommodations for 350 passengers. She had every con- venience, incliding both hot and cold, fresh and salt funning water, electric lights, private baths and telephones in all state rooms. The City of Baltimore is owned by the same line. NAVY SHIP GOES TO AID. ' A message to the Navy Department from the steamer St. Anthony said there had been no loss of life in the collision between the City of Rich mond and the City of Annapolis off 8mith’s Point, Va., early today. It was added that the City of An napolis sank in 12 fathoms of water at 2:10 a.m., 25 minutes after the col- lision, at a point one mile northwest of Smith's Point. The superintendent of the Naval Academy, at Annapolis, notified the department that he had ordered a sub- marine chaser to the scene of the col- lision to render any possible assist- ance. . None Taken on St. Anthony. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., February 24 (#).—None of the passengers or crew of the steamship City of Annap- olis, which sank early today after a collision with the City of Richmond, was taken aboard the freight steamer St. Anthony. The freighter reached here just before 1 o'clock this after- noon. Her master refused to talk about the collision until after he had gotten in touch with the owners of his vessel. | MRS. DAVENPORZITDIES. Wife of Engineer for Federal Pow- er Commission Was 39. Mrs. Susie Alliene Davenport, 39 vears old, wife of Royal W. Daven- port. hydraulic engineer for the Federal Power Commission, died at her residence. 114 Kasi Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md., early today after a short illness. A native of Texas, Mrs. Davenport had been a resident here for about 10 years and was formerly employed as an auditor in the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue. Besides her husband, she is sur- vived by a 5-month-old son, two stepsons, Philip and John Davenport her father and mother, Mr. and M H. H. Beck; a brother and eight sisters, Kuneral services will be conducted in the Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Rev. J. H. Hollister, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be private, Barristers Dine Tonight. he annual dinner of the Barris. ters, a club composed o fthe younger members of the District bar, will be held this evening at the Cariton Hote] F¥rederick Stohlman is president of the club. Details of the dinner are being handled by a committee headed by Bertrand Emerson, jr. One of the 3:30 o'clock, Willlam H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. justices of the District Supreme Court has been asked to speak. 1 | By the Associated Press. The House is preparing for a flying start at the opening of the next Con- gress, in December. The leaders plan to select at this sossion the members of the new way and means, appropriations, rules, com: merce and accounts committes, so a start can be made on legislation dur- ing the Summer recess. All present members on these com will retain their posts, but a scramble House Plans Start in New Congress By Shaping Committees for Summer 1 as developed over the vacancies, Representative Sweet, Republican, New York, has been tentatively de. cided upon to take the place of Rep. resentative Mills on the ways and means, while the place now held on that committee by Representative Bix- [ler, Republican, Pennsylvania, prob- |ably wil g0 to a western Pennsylvania {member still to be selected. Several Western members, including { Representative Crumpacker, Republi- | commerce committee, Iy | hospital, {'was their desire to serve the hospital, { directed to that end. WASHINGTON Above, left: Dr. Charles L. Parsons, secretary of the American Chemical Society. Right: Harrison E. Howe, edi- tor of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Below: Dr. Atherton Seidell ;il the United States Hyglenic Labora- ory. NURSES ABANDON PLAN FOR STRIKE Emergency Hospital Em- ployes te Continue Efforts to Get Hearing Before Board. With the ot ntroversy between grad- | uate nurses of Emergency Hospital | and the management no nearer settle- ment than before, the nurses have abandoned all thought of leaving the but will continue their ef- forts to obtain a hearing of grievances by the executive committce of the hospital. A committea of the nurses today is working to reach the govern- ing board with complaints which it be- lieves will be heard. ° Members of the Emergency pital Alumnae Association met night and decided to hold another meeting tomorrow night, at which it is ‘expected they will be able to settle the whole controversy. The matter now hangs on the ability of the nurses’ committee to get their griev- ance hefore the hospital board, it was said today. Will Not Attempt Strike. Members of the nurses’ committee emphasized today that there would be no strike. They pointed out that it Hos- and that all their efforts have been As far as their own jobs are concerned, they said, they ecan always get plenty of work, ut they believe the future of kmer- gency Hospital and the training school is endangered by conditions there. The committee members declared that the worst of these conditions have not yet been told. Neither the public nor the hospital governing board has heard of them, they said. They declared that-if the board hears their complaints it will thank them for telling. them rather than censure them for “interfering.” One member of the committee said she had made several efforts vesterday to reach Woodbury Blair, chairman of the governing board, but had been un- able to see him, Refuses “Official” Hearing. Blair vesterday refused ‘“officially’ to meet the nurses, but said he would talk to any one who came to his office. The committee members said that they would continue to try to get a hearing by the executive committee, Their complaints are not selfish, they said, but have to do with dangerous .onditions in the institution. They re- iterated their belief that the executive committee would be glad to Know of these conditions. At the same time the nurses deplored the publicity given to the idea of a strike. They pointed out that they wanted to take the most effective steps to bring their complaints before the hospital authorities, and they now be- lieve that this can be accomplished by peaceful means. Today in Congress SENATE. The Senate took up the resolu- tion of Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missourl to continue the authority of the special campaign expendi- tures committee after March 4. The Boulder Canvon bill is ex- pected to come before the Senate gain as the unfinished business at o'clock, but will be temporarily laid aside at 3 o'clock for the con- sideration of the Tyson bill provid- ing retirement pay for emergency officers of the World War. Efforts may be made during the afternoon to’ displace the Boulder Canyon bill as the unfinished busi- by other legislation. nate District committee will meet at 3 o'clock to take up the police women's bill and the bill for the creation of a traffic viola tion bureau in the traffic depart- ment Agriculture committee meeting on Muscle Shoals. A judiciary subcommittee con sidered a bill relating to patent procedure. Foreign relations committee held an executive session. HOUSE. The House accepts Senate amend- ment liberalizing veteran loan legis- ation and sends bill to conference. ort held House takes up conference re appropriation bill. rman Gibson of the special investigating subcommittee on mu- nicipal administration gets permis- sion from House for subcommittee to sit during sessions of the House. House and Senate conferees on District appropriation bill reach agreement. Foreign affairs committee con- tinues hearing on erection of monu- ment to Gen. Bolivar in Panama. Interstate commerce committee conducts hearing relating to public health. Ways and means committee in executive session on New York cus- toms house. Subcommittee of ways and means committee continues hearing on under-cover appropriations for pro- hibition enforcement. Banking and currenc in executive session reserve pension bill. Committee on coinage, and measures conducts hea; medals for women who se wars of United States, Committee on ugriculture con- ducts hearing on agriculture exten- sion work in_colloges. | | committee on Federal weights ng on ved in Judiciary committee in executive session on Judge Cooper impeachs ment case. Committee on_elections of Presi dent and Vice President conduets hearing on legislation to amend the penal code. FEBRUARY ITALIAN MONARCH LAUDS 3 CHEMISTS Washingtonians Get Honor Conferred for Friendliness to King’s People. The King of Italy, ian Ambassador de Martino, ferred the Order of Officer Crown of Italy upon three members of the American Chemical Society, all residents of the District of Columbia. They are Dr. Atherton the United States Hyglenic Labora- v, Dr. Charles L. Parsons, secre- of the society, and Harrison E editor of Industrial and Engi- ing Chemistry, the society's offi- cial journal. They were decorated “in recognition of their friendliness toward the Ital- ian people and their activities in pro moting internationai good will through the medium of chemistry Active in Co-operation. Dr. Seidell has been active in bring- ing about closer relations hetween scientists of " the continent and the United States. In connection with his work in the United States Hy- glenic Laboratory, with which he has been associated since 1906, he has been pursuing research at the Pasteur Institute in Pari Dr. Seidell was born in Hartwell, in 1878, and received his bach- degree from the University of Georgia. He took the M. S. from George Washington University, and the Ph. D. from Johns Hopki “He Wi ssistant chemist in the Bureau of Soils, Department of Agriculture, from 1900 to and during 1905-06 was in the United States Bureau of Chemistry, Dr. Parsons w boro, Mas graduated through Ital- has con- of the Seidell of born in New Marl- and was rom Cornell University in 1888 with the degree of hachelor of science. He received the degree of doctor of sclence from the University of Maine in 1911 and doctor of chem. istry from the University of Pitts- burgh in 1914, Honor Legion Officer. Dr. Parsons was chief chemist of the United States Bureau of Mines during 1911-1919, and was awarded the Nichols medal in 1904 for research on the atomic weight of beryillum. He is & member of numerous learned societies and other organizations, in- |cluding the Society of Colonial Wars, Mayflower Descendants and Colonial Governors, He is also a member of the Nitrate Commission and of the Advisory Board on Gas Warfare. Hé was made an officer of the Legion of Honor of France in 1922 Since 1907 he has been secretary of the American Chem- ical Society Mr. Howe was horn in Georgetown, K in 1881 He spent one vear at Earlham College, Ind., and then en- tered the University of Michigan, from which he received the degree of B. S, Later he won the M. S. degree from the University of Rochester. He has been active in industrial chemistry, Mr. Howe has heen editor of the offi- cial journal of the American Chemical | Society and director of the society news Service since 1921. He is a mem. her of the National Research Council and is treasurer of the American Engi- neering Council. on which he repre. sents the American Institute of Chem- ical Engineers. VOTE ON CRUISERS DUE IN HOUSE TODAY AFTER THREE HOURS (Continued from First Page.) Navy Department and by the Navy Department to the director of the budge Refers to Budget Bureau, The director of the budget, he said. had informed the Navy Department that it was against the financial | program of the administration to e tend the authorization for the three cruisers. The budgét, he said. w of the extension of this tion in December, but January. Mr. Vincent insisted that the adop- tion of the Senate amendment for the three-cruiser appropriation would not be a slap at the President, but, on the contrary, would enable him to carry on the negotiations for naval limitation in Geneva with more chance of success. Representative Ayres, Democrat, of Kansas, addressed the House in op- position to the Senate amendment, in- sisting that the House should disagree to it Andrews for Amendment. Representative A. Piatt Andrews of Massachusetts urged the adoption of the Senate amendment. “The question .rtuu us today. Is " < in faver autho against it in leading | 24, 1927, BRITAIN THREATEN BREAK WITH SOVIET Propaganda Must Cease, As- serts Sharp Note Sent to Moscow. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Februai 24. — Great Britain threatens to sever diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia unless the “flagrant violations of the solemn agreements hetween the two countries cease” and the Soviet authorities call a halt to bolshevist propaganda. A note to this effect has been sent to the t government through its emissary in London. = The note is couched in vigorous language. It is described as one of the most hutspoken diplomatic docu ments ever formulated by the British foreign office. Sir Austen Chamberlain, the British foreign secretary, makes the blunt ement that the relations between British government and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics “continue notoriously of an unsatis- factory nature fle declares thut “there are lmits beyond which it is dangerous to drive public opinion in Great Britain” and that a continuance of the breaches of the ugreement sooner or later will cause a break be- tween the two countries Defamation Is Urged. “Despite the Soviet government's public protestations of _friendship,” says the note, “the highest officials defame and misrepresent Great Britain." The foreign secretary quotes speeches of M. Tchitcherin, the Soviet foreign minister, and other officials and extracts from bolshevik newspapers and manifestos. Sii Tuten declares there has heen frequent violation of the undertaking of the Soviet not to support, financial- Iv or otherwise, any movement de- signed to foment discontent or rebel- lion in the British empire. In coa- clusion the note says: ““The British Government trusts that this protest and warning will be re- ceived by the U"nion of Soviet Soclalist Republics. with the attention they re- auire, and that no further cause for complaint may he given." British Resent Strike Aid. For two years there has been in- creasing dissatisfaction in Great Bri- tain over Anglo-Soviet relations, with political leaders calling upon the gov- ernment efther to send a strong protest to the Soviet or to break off relations. There was particularly bitter feeling when during the miners’ and general strike of last year large sums of money came from Moscow to support the movement. When the situation in China became acute certain quarters here charged that the holshevists were hehind the anti-British agitation. Lord Birken- head. Winston Churchill and Ultra- conservative ministers demanded that relations with Russia be broken off. The protest, which is the sixth in a series, nowhere is expected to affect the conditions over which complaint ix made. The attitude of newspaper commentators, except among the ex- tremists of either side, is mostly “What's the use?" The next development probably will come in the House of Commons, where the government is likelv to be sub- jected to a rain of questions with at- tacks of extremists of both sides. It is believed the Laborites will demand a debate on the note and that the gov- ernment will accept the challenge. DE PINEDO LANDS AT PORT NATAL Italian Flyer Reaches Main- land After 125-Mile Hop From Island. Sov ¢ the Associated Py PERNAMBUCO, Brazil, February 24.—Commander de Pinedo, Italy's long-distance flying ace, arrived at Port Natal this morning from the Is- land of Fernando Noronha, complet- ing the southern transatlantic stage of his flight to the Americas, _Port Natal is on the northeastern tip of the Brazilian mainland. about 150 miles North of Pernambuco. The ] from Fernando Noronha to atal is aproxi ¢ 125 miles. Commander De who first ved international notice with his record-breaking flight from Rome to Tokio. and return, began his present venture at Cagliari, Sardina, on Feb- ruary 13. Will Visit U. S. From Port Natal he will fiy south to Buenos Aires. After a possible side trip to Valdiria, Chile, dependent upon weather conditions, he will turn north from Buenos Aires through central South the W leans. His route through the United S is not definitely fixed. but he plan: return to Europe hy way of New York, Newfoundland and the Azore Larre-Borges Delayed. CASABLANCA. Morocco. Februar: 24 (). —Necessity of repairing the wireless apparatus on his plane today caused Maj. Badeo Larre-Borges, Ur- uguayan aviator, to postpone contin uance of his flight from Italy to Uru- guay until tomorrow. t Indies, thence to New Or- Building Purchase Gets 0.K. A site and building in use of the United S s appraiser of merchandise was approved today b, the House ways and means committee. bill to authorize purchase of a New York City for clear and clean-cut,”” he said: “it is whether or not we onfirm the abandonment of the 5-3-3 ratio adopted at the Washington conference.” Agrees to Report. Without a record vote the House earljer ~ in -~ the afternoon agreed to the conference report on the bill, and on motion of Mr. French concurred in the Senate amendment providing sthat no part of the money carried in the bill should be available to pay any premiums or honus to any employe in the Navy Yard in addition to his regular wages. Mr. French then moved that the House disagree to the Senate amend- ment appropriating for the construc- tion of three new scout cruisers and asked for a conference. Representative Butler vania, chairman of the louse naval affairs committee, promptly offered a preferentiul motion, that the House recede from its opposition to the Sen- ate amendment and concur with an amendment. Mr. Butler described his proposed amendment as the ““Tilson amendment.” It would reduce the ap- propriation for beginning work on the three ers from_$1,200,000, Inserted by tHe Senate, to $450,000. When the hill Was under consideration in the Hous# the $450.000 appropriation w favofed by Majority Leader Tilson. of Pennsyl- merica to British Guiana and | | {'I‘on bill to be considered MACHADO’S U. S. TRIP POSTPONED TO MARCH 1 President of Cuba Confined to His Bed With In- fluenza. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, February 24.—President Machado's proposed trip to the United States has been postponed to March Lot terday. The President is confined to his hed with {nfluenza and the attending phy siclans have assured him that i I remains quietly in bed he may expect to be in good enough physical condi tion by next Tuesday to make the trip northward. TWOFAGED SOVIET POLICY IS EXPOSED Stirred German Communists te'Rebel and Sold Arms Used to Shoot Them. | BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. By Cable to The Newn. Copyright. 19 BERLIN, February 24 sian government is unow vealed as carrying out in Germuny almost the greatest example of per- fidious double policy on record. With one hand the Russians have egged on the German Commumists to rebellion, and with the other have sold to the German Reichswehr munitions with which the Communists were shot down. The fact, first revealed last Autumn by the Manchester Guardian, repeated by Herr Schefdemann in the Reichs- tag, and denied by the Russians and the German Communists, was admit- ted Wednesday by Reichswehr Minis. ter Gessler before a secret session of the Reichstag committee on foreign affairs. Hints of this session were published in today’'s press, and addi- tional details have come to the knowl- edge of this correspondent. Opposed Public Discussion. At the explicit request of the Rus- sian Ambassador, Chancellor Marx strenuously opposed any public dis- cussion of the munitions sales. At the beginning of Wednesday's secret committee session the Communists and superpatriots again asked public discussion, and were voted down, the Social Democrats being for some mys- terious reason opposed. Herr Hilferding, for the Social Democrats, led the attack, repeating the charges against Russia in em- phatic form. Former Chancellor Wirth made a long, somewhat vague appeal on the nece: of Germany main- taining good reiations with the “Far Fast,” and accepted full responsibility for the arrangements which was made while he was chancellor. Herr Gessler then admitted Germany had received munitions from Russia, but sald he saw no reason why this should cause comment. since Germany had received munitions from other countries also (the writer believes the reference was to Finland, Sweden and Italy). To- day Herr Gessler said the transactions are over and will not he renewed. Two-edged German Policy. State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Schubert defined the German policy as two-edged, viz., the Locarno agree- ments and the League of Nations with the west, and friendship with Russia. The Social Democrats then declared they, too, were for friendship with Russia, but were Interested primarily in tax reduction. Tkey consider tha too much money is being spent on the army and navy. Thereupon the debate was and will not be reopened publicly less the Social Democrats, contrary to the wishes of the cabinet, return to the topic in the Reichstag when the military budget is debated. The fact remains that the Russian government stands convicted of dou- ble-crossing the German Communists and that Germany intends to hold to Russian friendsh at almost price. The Rus. offici; [MAN HELD ON CHARGE OF STEALING CLOTHES Captured After Chase When Seen Leaving Store Early in ' Morning. | Discovering a man leaving the { entrance of the store of David Resen- thal, at 905 I street, about 2:30 this morning, Policeman U. M. Gaile of the | first precinct gave chase and captured the man after cornering him_ in a blind alley between Eighth and Ninth I and K streets. The prisoner. a young colored man said his name was Richard Lee anft he lived at 314 R street. He was taken to the first precinct, where he was | charged with housebreaking and grand larceny. The officer reported he found a num- ber of articles of clothing dropped by the man during the pursuit and that additional garments were found secreted In the areaway of a house on Tenth street. | The Rosenthal store. police found had been entered through a window the glass pane of which had been taken out. Gaile charges that Lee | made one successful trip to the store creting the loot in the areaway, and was returning for a second visit, when the policeman sighted him CONFEREES AGREE ON DISTRICT BILL; PARK FUND RAISED (Continued from Kirst Page) munity in that vicinity, which now de- pends on wells, and at the same time water to the District tree t Fort Dupont. Paving Ttems Retained. It is understood that nearly all of the street paving items inserted by both branches of Congress were r tained by tne conferees. Conferees decided to widen Connec- tient_avenue between Dupont Circle and Florida avenue, but to pestpone until next year the widening south of Dupont Circle to Eighteenth street in order to give the planning authorities time to decide how this project will affect the two small park areas on Connecticut avenue in which statues have been erected. All that remains to complete the enactment of the District appropria- tion bill is to have the conference agreement ratified by the Senate and House, which probably will be done within the next few days. 1t was learned that the House con. ferees expressed approval of the action taken by the Senate subcommittee in 1 ‘was announced at the palace yl!ll~j ar sud Chicaso Daily | any | | committee. | “Little U.S.NOW CONTROLS 100 BROADCASTERS President Signs Measure to End Confusion—Commis- sion Named Soon. By the Associated Press. The 700-0d0 American radio broad- sters, who dafly and nightly fill the ether with an admixture of jazz, health nd Bible talks, speeches, travels operas and hedtime stories, are at last under the guiding hand of the Federal Government. President Coolidge late fixed his signature to the bill which establishes Government control aver all channels of interstate and foreign radio tranemission, and there remains only the selection of the fiveman com mission provided in the measure and Senate approval of it make-up hefore Aactual supervision of the air hegins. Select Commission Soon. Several hundred names of men from every section of the country have heen suggesied to the President for the commission and this list is W being studled with the hope of finding five men who will, in the President’s opinion, stand the best chance of con- firmation The names are expected to be sent to the Senate within the next few dayvs Among those vesterday | proposed in the few dayx are Representative Scott, Re publican, Michigan, whose term ex pires in March, and who is supported by the entire Michigan delegation; George Walker Georgia, Thad deus Brown of Columbus, former Sec retary of State of Ohio: Judge K. 0, Sykes of Jackson, Miss.: John ¥. Dil 1on, radio supervisor at San Francisco; Samuel Pickard of the Agricultural Department and Lambdin Kay, radio announcer of Atlanta. 0. H. Caldwell. editor of Radin Re. | tafling, of New York, also is helieved to be on the list. He called at the White House yesterday. Salary $10,000 Per Year. The commission’s members will re- ceive $10.000 for the vear that it will have complete control over all radio matters and $30 a day thereafter for every day it works fo pass.on con- troversies submitted to it by the Secre- tary of Commerce, wha takes over ad- ministration of the act after the first year of the law's operation, which will be February 23, 1928, BORAH GIVEN JOLT ON NICARAGUA AND MEXICO TOUR PLAN (Continued from First Page.) last British subjects ich protection as may be‘possible and proper under the circumstances. American Minist Eberhardt at Managua and the Nicaraguan Govern- ment officials have heen advised by the British charge in the Nicaraguan capital that a cruiser would he sent i to Nicaragua. | The telegram of Mr. received yesterday, follows: The following has today heen re- ceived from Mr. Paterson, the Brit- ish charge d'affaires in Managua “‘I have the honor to inform your excellency -that, in the absence of guarantees from the Nicaraguan and United States Governments for the protection of the lives and nroperties of British subjects in tne event of further street fighting, incendiarism and pillage in the threatened districts of this republic, his Britannic majes- ty's government are reluctantly con- templating the dispatch of a man-uf- war to the western coast of Nica- ragua. ““If is with pleasure that [ am in- structed to inform wr excelleney that his majesty’s government thanks the Government of the ['nited States once more for its continues to rely First Asked Nicaragua. | “In view of the practical state of anarchy,” Managua dispatches quoted the British charge as saying. “Presi- dent Diaz wi#s asked on Januar whether he could give guarantees for the protection of British lives and property, and he replied that lLe | could not, owing to the continued |support extended to the Liberals by [ Mexico and without immediate ma- | terial aid from the United States.” { The charge then w: d to have called upon the American Minister, informed_him of his interview with an® sought, without result, as- surances of adequate protection for British subjects. Commenting on the new ‘urn the situation. Secretary Kellogg in a formal statement declared that “Ad miral Latimer has been instructed from the heginning to protect fo as well as American lives and erty and is doing everything he o _do o." State Department officials declined to discuss the proposed British move further. but the announcement drew sarcastic comment from Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations Eberhardt, in Nfcaragua, 600,000 maintain its duly eclected his statement began. It ix already surrounded by a naval force ufficient to reduce it to ruins over night. In_addition, we are informed that the British navy may move t the scene of conflict. Thera are a few Italians there. 1 suppose the Italian navy will cease its watch upon the people, trying t Presiden | Mediterranean and move to Caribbean water: Italians Also Protest. The Senator quoted from = letter he sald he had received from an Amer- ican business man resident in Nica- ragua for 15 years, which said no Americans there had any just cause for complaint and that the “only Amer cans who are complaining are « few who secured certain concessions on hogany lands from Chamorro and z and which they will loxe it the z rule falls.” “It will fall,” the letter added, “un- less held up by our money, for the people are against Diaz.’ Latest dispatches from the troubled Central American country ca the information that Itallan natlonals are protesting against the destruction of their property, including $40,000 loss as a result of recent fighting and fire at Chinandega. American marines, under command of Capt. H. M. Coffenberg, hava taken over Fortress Loma overlooking Ma- nagva and hoisted the American flag on its commanding position, while Ad miral Latimer, in command of Ameri- can naval forces in the Nicaraguan area, reports that his men will guard additional points along the Corinto- Managua Raiiroad, including Ceniro, La Paz, Quezalguaque and Chichi- galpa. S P QUIZZED IN STORE THEFT. asking the Bureau of Efficlency to make a complete survey of the public gchool system and report 1o Congress in_December. Senator Phipps has gone on record to the effect that if the swrvey sup- ports the request of the Roard of Fducation for additional school teach- ers, steps will be taken to provide for them in the first deficiency appropria- Congress Brought here for investigation in counection with the robbery of Erle. bacher's storg, 1210 F street, Walton | Hereles, 117 West Forty-first street, New York. Is under investigntion by local authorities. Hercles was arrested by New York police and was brought hers by De. tective NRlly of local headquarters.