Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1927, Page 2

e DUSE APPROVES S10000FORD.L Funds for Nurses’ Home at - Columbia in Items in Deficiency Bill, approved Dis’ | gL pPro te £50,000 in the second def bill, which wa the House t offered snate adopted by Representative n appre w wime authorized ded »pria recon fect for hte fiscal essrient s and was n a point of order t ¢ House all of care of the beth's Hos- appropriated relief . fund au- 000 re- a new site eighit-roon jarden. r payment ool teache available to enable Commissioners to have ade Lo the Highw Bridge Road Bridge New Street Authorized. Provision is made for the opening street from oriis et and for Nichols avenue between Good road and S street southe: An item of $ U is carried to en- able the architect of the Capitol to| make changes in the District Court- house for additional office rooms for ng jurors and to provide storage | cilities. | Appropriations are carried to en- able the B of Public Welfare to | supply board and care for children. One item of §13,000 is for supplying furnishings for the new wing to the District Jail and $§8600 for compen- | sation of additional guards.. Funds for Memorial. Another item is for' $14,000 to re- new the elevators in Columbia Hos- pital. vaud ot The bill carries provisigh for ex- penditure of $5,000 to be supplemented | by a contribution of $2,500-~from the jocal street compéanies for erection of a public comfors statén or public land at Seventeenth street-and Pennsylvania avenue southeast, which will include a waiting room for pa: trons of street car and bus lines. The bill also carries $50,000 for completion of the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, and $10,000 for restoration ! of Lee Mansion. Nearly $1,000,000 Added. The bill carried approximately. $64,- 000,000 for governmental activities not included in the rcgular supply bills. With its passage the House cleared | its calendar of its last appropriation measure. Nearly $1,000,000 was added to the measure by House amendments, the largest being $486,000 to carry out a treaty with the Shawnee, Oklahoma, Indians. Another added $50,000 for the middle Rio Grande conservancy in New Mexico and $12,000 was pro- vided to supply water on” the Indian reservation at Soboya, OKla. One of the most important amend- ments rejected would _have appro- priated §750,000 for controlling floods by the Colorado River In the Imperial v, California. = Proposals to ex- pend approximately $1,000,000 for re- me of ammunition from the Army depots Curtis Bay, Baltimore, and Raritan; X. J., were also rejected. HOLDS SALE OF SHIPS | BECOMES DIFFICULT U. S. Having. Trouble Disposing of | Slow, Ereighters, 0'Connor | . Tells Radio Audience. Hope s to private opera- hecoming more and more diffi- man O’'Connor of the Ship- | ard told & radio audience to . because epeed has become the In ocenn commerce rs are heing sup- 1otor shipe. ire hefng made in n countries,” hile our ke 11.° They are | trade, and Europe | ise enough to throw away | and manufacture new | «ame thing ma re put on a'paying | 1 1 ,\hllm‘ 1. selling ‘ matter. SUIT ALLEG.ES ASSAULT. Cleveland Woman Asks $500,000 Damages of George Booker, Jr. Ohio, February 26 ) lleging assault with er! filed here to- | in_common by Mrs. | V. Booke George { for | and more bloodthirsty birds, such as| » him for out of fund | son of (eorge Booker,| ent of the Stearns | oker was awarded | wath temporary alimony & pending the outcome of her divorce action, Mrs i and| | committee the | repairs | i, and | labor in- | avenue to | the widening of | |Wife Asks Divorce Because of Mate’s Love for Camels By the Associated Precs. CHICAGO, February 26.-—Mra. Anna Seruya, seeking a _divorce Ezra Seruya, told Superior abath today that her hus- band had neen obsessed by his admiration 1or the “ship of the desert.” Thir shortly after id, her hus. th A cireus, to see the lion tamers, W stood fast near the The ba k riders at- her, but Fzra remained uid he yleld to the | attra ihe wood chopping And when she finally urged o g0 to see the polar hears, 1 he charged. | T ndicated he | t | < | o Jeft 1 xoin would me and went to H the British camel JARDINE ASKS L. - SHOALS OPERATION tion of Power Problem. Ry the Assoriated Press Fafling in attempts to work out a manent solution of the Muscle oais problem, Senate and ommittees yesterday turned their at- {tention toward temporary arrange- {ments for operation of the property. Both heard proposals for temporary { Government operation, and the Sen- jate agriculture committee reported a regolution by Senator Norris, Repub- lican, Nebraska, providing for opera- tion of the nitrate plants for 10 years | by the Secretary of Agriculture and mpletion of the power units in dam 0. 2 | | pe While the Senate committee was ering this proposal, Secretary e of the Agriculture Depart- | ment appeared before the House mili- tary committee and is understood to have recommended operation of Muscle Shoals for 10 years for fertilizer manu- ‘ture and the holding of dam No. 2 by the Government until the digcovery of & nitrogen fixation process hetter than the cyanamid method. for which ,Muscle Shoals was constructed. Favors Sale of Power. He aleo is said.to have recommended sale of power by the Government, the | proceeds 1o be used for experimenta- | tion into fertilizer manufacture to de- termine what kind is best suited for particular crops. The House committee took no action on the Secretary's proposal, but de- cided to call Secretary Davis of the War Department to testify tomorrow. Before the Senate committee took up the Norris resolution it heard Gov. Graves, head of the Ala- bama Muscle Shoals delegation, argue the State’s claim to title to the bed of the Tennessee River. After hear- ing the governor for an hour Chair- man McNary shut off the argument of 'the other members of the commit- ige s being .irrelevant and ordered the committe into executive session. Alabama Claim Ignored. By the.committee's vote on the Norrfs resofution, the claim of the Alabamans was ignored. The Nor- ris resalution carried an amendment which would require the equitable distribution of power in States within transmission distance of Muscle Shoa - After the report was submitted: to the Senate, Senator Tyson, Demo- crat, Tennessee, offered an amndment stipulating that nothing in the resolu- tion would be construed to mean that the Federal Water Power Commission would be prevented from granting temporary permits along the Tennes- see River and its tributaries. HOPE IS REVIVED FOR HALIBUT SHIPS Improvement in North Pacific Weather May Save 1,000 Fishers’ Lives. By the Associated Pr: SEWARD, Alaska., February 26.— Hope for the safety of the 1,000 fisher- men aboard 150 vessels of the North Pacific halibut fleet, who were .im- periled when a furfous sub-Aretic storm overtook them in the Gulf of Alaska last night, grew today when | | the weather began to moderate. The blizzard violence of the gale and the which accompanied it gave | rise to the fear that many of the ves- sels might never reach port, but im proved weather conditions today were regarded by navigators as insuring the safety of the fleet. Many small coves and harbors have been used by the fishermen in weath- ering past storms, and it was believed many had escaped th safe havens. A week or more may elapse before { the actual toll of the storm is revealed, |as many of the vessels may continue | operations on the fishing banks 200 | miles affshore when the gale has sub sided, without returning to Seward or other inhabited places. No communication with the fish- ing fleet was possible as most of the hoat« are small and carry no trans. mitting wireless apparatus. The storm was so._severe that -the pas- senger liner Admiral Watson had to leave the inner harbor at Seward and seek rafety in the open water. The mafl and passenger steamer was to within 50 feet of shore. Three gale- hattered boaté have arrived here after a run through mountainous waves > House | THE SUNDAY STAR., WASHINGTON. PATTERSON TRACT | PURCHASE WANTED Conferees to Notify Park Commission Acquisition of Land Was Intended. Although the District appropriation | bill as it came from conference and | was agreed to In the Senate yesterday | | does not”make it mandatory upon the | National Capital Park and Planning | Commission to acquire the Patterson | tract, it was learned last night that| | the conferees intend to notify the com. mission they 00,000 Senator P’hipps of Colorado, chair- {man of the Disiriet subcommittee of {the Senate appropriations committee, id “it is the expectation and desire | | of the conferees” to indicate to the | Park Commission that the park pur. | chase item was increased to the ex-| |tent of $300,000 above the usual |amount with & view to putting the commission in a position to negotiate | for the Patterson site. House Action Needed. All that remains to he done to com plete congressional action on the ap- propriation bill is for the House to adopt the conference report, and Rep resentative Funk of Illinois plans to call it up in the House early to- morrow. 1t developed further vesterday that the full amount of $500,000 for park acquisitions is to be “available im- | mediately™ upon the approval of the | bill by the President, instead of on July 1, thus enabling the commission to_expedite park purchases this yvear. Refore the District supply bill was sent to conference the Senate wrote in a specific item of $600,000 for, the Patterson project, in addition to the usual lump sum of $600,000 fog ex- tending the park ayatem. \While the conferees decided to increase the park purchase fund by only $300,000, or half of the Senate increase, it does not mean the commission would be limited to $300,000 in any effort it may make to get the Patterson tract. In other words, the commission would he free to use also a part of the $600,000. Teeway Is Allowed. Of the $600,000 item, §$150,000 may bhe spent without regard to the price limitation of 25 per cent ahove as- sessed value. This same leeway was| allowed in the current appropriation act. The remainder of the $600,000 and all of the extra $300,000 is subject to the price limitation.” Members of the Senate who handle District affairs do not believe, however, that the price restriction will make it impossible to negotiate for the Patterson tract. In his tesimony before the Phipps subcommittee recently, Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3rd, director of public buildings and parks, testified: “The Park Commission feels that the hilly part of that tract should be saved for park purposes, and it feels that the flat part is now the only available piece left for playground purposes in that section of the city.” Contains 80 Acres. The Patterson tract consists of ap- proximately 80 acres extending north- ward from 4Florida avenue, hetween the railroad viaduct and the Columbia Institute for the Deaf. The flat por- tion, referred -to as being desirable for playground purposes, is near Florida avenue, with.the wooded knoll in the background. While the tract was_ belng:.used as a camp durin the war a swimming pool was con- structed there. One suggestion advanced at the hearings was that the park commis- sion might leave from 6 to 10 acres of the flat ground at the west end of the tract to be developed for commer- clal purposes, if it should be found im- practicable to acquire the entire estate. If this were done the eastern portion of the level ground would be used as a playground with the forested hill in back of it for park purposes, In addition to the statement of Sen- ator Phipps that the conferees hadl the Patterson project in mind in increas- ing the funds of the park commission, Chairman Capper of the Senate D trict committee plans to report favor- ably from the committee tomorrow the bill introduced several weeks ago by Senator Jones, directly authorizing purchase of the Patterson site, Teacher Item Dropped. A similar bill sponsored by Repre- sentative Bloom of New York, has been favorably reported in the House. These legislative measures provide that any unexpended balance in the District’s old surplus revenue fund! would be available toward acquiring | the tract, When the conference report on the District bill was first called up by Senator * Phipps Friday afternoon, Senator Harrison of Mississippi asked that it be delayed until he eould dis- cuss the action of the conferees in striking out his amendment, which would have given the school authori- ties half of the 74 additional teachers they testified were needed. When the bill was being considered in the Sen- ate originally Senator Harrison made | a strong plea for the allowance of at | least half of the teaching force asked | for by the school hoard. Senator Phipps told Senator Harrison Friday that the Senate conferees held out until the last moment for the reten- tion of his amendment, but that the House managers would not yield, ! The teacher item was not debated when Senator Phipps called up the conference agreement yesterday and it was approved without delay. The bill carries a total of $36,282,385. PRI L SchoolhouseMWhere Walt Whitman Was Teacher Brings $18 By the Associated Press. WOODBURY, N. Y., February 26.——The little gra schoolhouse where Walt Whitman taught at the age of 17 went under the auction hammer today for $18, as junk. Frank Velsor, a_carpenter, was the purchaser. A New York broker in the bidding dropped out when the price reached $12. A repre. sentative of an antique firm in New York went to $17 and Velsor was untopped at the sale price. New Flight Cage for Hundred Zoo Birds Being Built to Save Young of Rare Species A new flight cage, 60 feet long by 30 feet wide, which will hold about 100 birds, is being constructed at the Zoo just below the main flight cage. In this cage will be placed the gulls. ter ibises, spoonbilis and other smaller birds 8o that they will be able to raise their young in peace. The larger cage will be left to the bigger the pelicans. The pelicans in the past have dis- aved a strong appetite for the young of the smaller birds, killing many of them as soon as they were hatched. This provd expensive, for the young of such birds as the sacred ibis and the silver-backed gull were very valu- able, either for sale or exchange. A single pair of lmnrbu. o5 instance, would almost meet the cost of the new cage and these birds have shown a tendency to breed in captivity if un- molested. There will be a 20-foot swimming pool In the center of the new cage. The cage itself is about 25 feet high, | giving the birds plenty of oppor- tunity to exercise their wings. In the new cage will go some of the rare birds brought back by the Smith- sonian-Chrysler expedition. | Just ahove the bird cages a road is being made for the new bird house, bids on which will be opened in a few days and construction of which is expected to start almost at once. This will have the effect of opening { They were equipped FLYERS IN FATAL CRASH, COMPANIONS AND , left to right: Maj. Herbert in command, ut. John , who was killed, and Capt. Ira (. Eaker. Lower, left to right: Capt. C. F. Woolsey, 0 was killed; Lieut. B. S. Thompson and Lieut. E. C. Whiteheail. indicates com- pleted portion of trip. Dotted line shows Incompleted por- tion of route. D O, OVILE TRP VAS HALF INSHE Air Argosy Was Beset From First With Difficulties. Dargue Taught Patrick. By the Associated Press SAN ANTONIO, Tex., February 26. he Pan-American good will flvers had completed about half their 20,000- mile journey, which started from San Antonio December 21, when disaster overtook the New York and the De- troit near Buenos Aires today. The flight of the five amphibian planes and their crews of 10 officers was beset with difficulty from the out- get, They were delayed a day in hopping off from Duncan Field here by rain and fog. ‘Then at Tampico, Mexico, the planes became separated. On the hop-off from Tampico.four of the ships turned pack because of engine trouble, but wne continued the flight to Vera Cruz, being joined later by the other four. Other Mishaps Occurred. Other mishps occurred as the flyers continued southward, but the aviators surmounted obstacles in their path and there were no casualties until today. The planes had both wheels and hul They were built with a view to carrying a maximum weight at a maximum speed. A safety feature of each was an automatic fire extinguisher under the engine hood, constructed so as to spray the engine with a chemical in case of a blaze. 'All the planes were powered with 12-cylinder inverted Liberty motors. A dual purpose was involved in the fiight to the 70 cities of Central and South America. The cementing of closer relations between the United States and those countries was the first. The second was to offer a severe test of the abil- ity of the amphibian planes to stand up under the rigorous conditions re- quired for service among the island possessions of _the United States. The planes, f;fllcer! :\eu:'\;‘ im::lr: ; ed for use in 2 ideally suited = ctr{)' ‘Iufll' efe soline for a flight of aimost I!MY)‘(; :rflvl‘ as well as 250 pounds of luggage and suppli Served in Mexico. i erhert A. Dargue, pilot o lhyatn';l;) New York, which collided with the Detroit, is one of the most experienced aviators in the United tes Army. Su;“ was a pilot with Pershing on the punitive expedition into Mexico fin 1916. While reconnoitering with Capt. R. H. Willis below Parral one day his airplane crashed in rough mountainous country. Both the fiyers were slightly injured and they wandered for 45 hours without food and water until they reached the ad- vanced lines of the Pershing forces. Maj. Dargue is credited with being the first man to receive a radio mes- sage in an airplane. He taught Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, to fly. He is zfl years old and is a graduate of West Point. All the fiyers involved in the crash were married. Capt. Woolsey's widow was reported to be here visit- ing relatives in Belgium. Mrs. Ben- ton was sald to be at Crissey Field, Calif. . Maj. Dargue's wife was belisyed to he in Washington or with refatives in New York State and Mrs. White- head was reported to be in Dayton, Ohio. YOUTH NOW AND IN PAST DECLARED PRETENDERS Former Generation Posed as Much Better Than They Were—To- day’s as Much Worse. Special Dispateh to The Star. PROSTON. Mass,, February 26.— The principal _difference between young people today and those of yesterday is that young folks of the last generation were hypocrites and pretended to be much better than they were. While the young people of today are brava- dos ‘who pretend to be much worse than they are, declares Graydon Stetson, trustee of Boston University, speaking before the students of Boston University College of practical arts and letters. “It should be pointed out, however, that the constant pretense of being better was likely to have the effect of improving the character as adult age was reached. The effect of pretending they are worse than they really are is likely to be an evil one in later years. Moderation in everything is the goal that youth should set fdr itself,” he assrted. T Prince Edward Island was named up to the public a little-explored sec- tion of the DATke ;i for the Duke of Kent, father of Queen Vidaciae Sees * - wesp >N FEBRUARY 27, 1927—PART 1. MAP OF ROUTE ARMY AIR OFFICERS SHOCKED AT FATAL CRASH IN ARGENTINA Leaders Here Were Rejoicing That Worst Obstacle. the Andes, Had Becn Crossed Without Mishap. News of the collision and crash of the New York and Detroit near Buenos Alres yesterday reached air- men here at a time when they were rejoicing over the fact that the one obstacle to the success of the flight— the Andes, which had just been crossed by four of the five planes with the fifth ready to attempt the hazardous jump—was now definitely out of the way. With the appearance of the flight on the Atlantic coast of South America, military airmen here breathed a sigh of relief and settled down for the homeward journey of the “good will" expedition. Shocked and stunned as Army Alr Corps officials were, they recovered sufficiently to say that the flight would continue. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chief of the corps, who declared the crash was a “terrible tragedy” was not in receipt of official reports from Maj. Dargue last night and until they are in hand, it could not be learned just what form of organization the flight would take. Only Three Planes Left. The expedition now has been shorn of two of its best pllots and two of its planes, leaving two amphibians on the Atlantic side and one on the Pa- cific, which suffered a delay due to a burned-out thrust bearing at Tu- maco, Colombia, shortly after the sec- ond division was begun at Panama. By the delay that plane, the San An- tonio, is 1,800 miles behind schedule, but at the time of the crash was gain- ing rapidly on the other four. It was held probable here last night that the two. remaining amphibians would await the arrival of the San Antonio and then it would be decided whether Maj. Dargue and Lieut. ‘Whitehead, or either one, would re- place one or two of the remaining six pilots, or return home by boat. Capt. Woolsey was born August 20, 1894, at Northport, Mich., and attend ed Valparaiso College for three vears. He was graduated from the School of Military ~ Aeronautics, Austin, Tex., April 13, 1918, and received his flying training _at Kelly Fleld, Tex., after having been transferred to the Air Corps from the Field Artillery. He served overseas in the Pursuit Flying School at the Third Aviation Instruc- tion Center, Issoudun, France. Commanded Various Squadrons. Upon his return to ‘the United States he was assigned to duty at the Primary Flying School at Carlstrom Field, Arcadia, Fla., where he served as engineer and operations officer and as commanding officer of various squadrons. He was transferred to the Primary Flying School at Brooks Field, Tex., assigned to command the Air Service Pilot School detachment, then as commanding officer of the 46th School Squadron and finally as chiet test pilot. He has flown many different of foreign planes considered one of the outstanding pllots in the Air Corps. At the time of his selection for the Pan-American flight he was on duty at McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio. Lieut. Benton was born November 27, 1896, at Manton, Calif., and was graduated from the University of that State in 1918. In the same year he was graduated from the School of Mili- tary Aeéronautics at Berkeley, Calif., and entered the air branch, serving at Rockwell Field, San Diego: Dallas, Tex.; Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio: Gerstner Field, La., and finally back to Rockwell Field, where he was on duty as flying instructor in primary pursuit and scout planes until Feb. 1uary 4, 1919, when he was dischargea from the service at his owp request. The lure of flving soon called Lieut. Benton back into the harness and he reappointed in the Air Service a year later, and assigned to duty at March Field, Riverside, Calif. From there he went to Kelly Field, Tex., then to Crissy Field, San Franeisco, and to the Panama Canal Zone. He was on duty at Crissy Field when se- lected to participate in the flight be- cause of his unusual abilit; % President Signs Tent Bill. President Coolidge vesterday signed & bill authorizing the loan of Army tents and camp equipment to the re- union of the United Confederate Vet- erans, to be held at Tampa, Fla., in April next. Do You Buy Safe Butter? The Milk Law of the District of Columbia insures a first-class supply, in this city, of Milk and Cream, but it does not guard against infected Butter made of un- pasteurized Cream. We advise householders when buying uch which is made of pasteurized Cream and if possible has it so marked on the container. Butter to ask for The Department of Agriculture has positive proofs that when Butter is made of raw cream from infected Milk containing disease germs, like typhoid or tuberculosis, these germs remain alive and virulent in the butter for a number of months. * Such butter is dan, Nobody knows how much disease has in the past been caused by infected butter. A Telephone Main 992 Fho Aove paid for the adove dullstin (leoel @otice). BYRD DISCLOSES ANTARCIC PLANG Hopes to Spend Winter of 1927-28 on Great Ice Barrier Exploring. Further plans for his projected flight over the South Pole to view a | continent twice as large as the United Btates were revealed by Comdr. Rich- ard E. Byrd, hero of the epochal North Pole fiight, at a dinner tendered him | at the Metropolitan Club laet night by Col. E. Lester Jones, director of tl.e Coast and Geodetic Survey. Although | ComdAr. Byrd aaid several days ago he | hoped to make the proposed Antarctic | flight, his plans were amplified I night before a distinguished group of members of Congress and chiefs of | more than a dozen Government bu- reaus in Washington. ennett (Floyd Bennett, his com- nion on the North Pole flight) and have not yet announced there,” Comdr. Byrd sald. to go, and we are planning to, but we are not vet certain of it. If we ever &et under way, we will leave Wash ington in September, leave New Zea- land about November and arrive at the great ice barrier in December. Vi will then spend the Winter on the fce barrier, a stretch of ice 400 miles wide, | 400 miles long and 200 feet thick, be- | ginning a thousand milea from the | Plans Base Series. Comdr. Byrd said he does not plan | to make one long serial dash to the South Pole as he did at the northern extremity of the earth. Instead, he said he plans to put down bases every 200 miles, supplied with gasoline and ofl, 1and at these bases in flight if nec- essary, and use them as bases for any land exploration that may be made. ““We hope to be able to fly over the Antaretic continent and over the pole 10,000 feet above sea level. To do this We must Cross ranges 12.000 feet high.”” Comdr. Byrd said the party to g0 into the Antartic will consist of | about 100 men, including many scien- | tific men, who will investigate the | flora and fauna pecullar only to the Antarctic continent and ice barrier surrounding it. ‘The trip to the ice barrier will be made by ship, the vessel to be sent ; back to the States as soon as a perma- nent base is set up, because she might be caught in the ice and broken up it kept in the Antarctic during the six months’ Winter. “Our object will not be simply to v over the Pole.” Comdr. Byrd said. | “It will also be to shed light on the physical phenomena in the Antarctic and to bring back valuable scientific information from this unexplored area twice the size of the United States.” Use Three Planes. He explained that three planes would be used in the Antarctic dash, | from which a tremendous terrritory | “never before viewed by man” could | be seen and mapped. “We expect to find no life at the | Pole,” he added. | Comdr. Byrd pald tribute to the heroism of Roald Amundsen, and par- ticularly to Scott, who reached the Pole to find the Norwegian flag placed there by Amundsen. “Scott took a | picture of the flag and the area sur- rounding the Pole to make certain | proof that Amundsen had been there | before him,” ne said. Col. Jones predicted that two years | from last night the same company that attended the dinner would gather | to pay tribute to Comdr. Byrd as the | man who had flown over both ends of the earth. Comdr. Byrd was pictured as the man who has the greatest opportunity | of any young American by Comdr. Fitzhugh Green, famous writer of Arctic stories. ‘““He is the only ex- | plorer who has remained human through all his giory,” he said. Ginss Lands Byrd. Senator Glass of Virginia made a short address of tribute to Comdr.| Byrd, declaring that he has been characterized by a dauntless apirit | and “should be content to let well enough alone.” 5 “‘His reatless spirit and audacity | will lead him to take on added enter- | prise,” he sald. Guests at the dinner wers: Dr. Plerce Penhallow, Dr. Charles Henry Butler, Mr. Compton, Miller Kenyon, Comdr. Green, J. H. Van| Wagenen, Comdr. Adams, Steuart, Henry O'Malley, F. V. Co- ville, H. N. Graves, Lieut. Col. U. S. | Grant, 34, George O. Vass, Thom: Byrd, Cmdr. Byrd, Semator Glass, Representatives lontague, Moore, ‘Temple, White, Harrison, and Drewry,| Dr. J. C. Merriam, Dr. Julius Kilein, | Dr. G. K. Burgess, Scott Turn Thomas E. Robertson, George Otis Smith, D. B. Carson, Capt. R. L. Faris, H. M. Albright, Gilbert H.| Grosvenor and Dr. Gregg Birdsall. Drunks ?ew N;)w, So Chicago Night Court Is Doomed By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 26.—Two or three drunks a week are not enough to keep Chicago’s once famous Night Court busy, municipal judges have decided, 8o the relic of former days has been doomed as a part of a plan to modernize the municipal court system. Less drunkenness and the old Night Court’s impractical nature South Pole."” i rous for children, invalids and all those whose resistance is reduced by lack of proper care. iation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis were blamed the judges for its relegation today. Before - the Volstead law was passed the Night Court was kept busy from dusk till dawn, but in later davs only an occasional case :epdl !?Q docket from being hidden v dust. 1022 11th Street N.W. | 81,000 TREE MUTILATIONS BRING §1,000 FINE W. R. T. Employe Pleads Guilty on 84 Counts, Record in D. C. Characterizing the cutting of trees as n act of vandalism and most outrageous,” Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly fined Clarence S. Putnam, :x; perintendent of equipment of Washington Rapid Transit Company, when he pleaded gullty in Police Court yesterday afternoon on 84 separate counts. The informations to which Putnam pleaded gulity charged him on Jan- uary 26 with mutilating 84 trees on Allisen, Harvard and Thirteenth streets. The filing of so many sepa- rate charges against one man con- stituted a record in Police Court. The case had been continted several times, and at the time of fts first continuance last month only four charges were made out. Admits Issuing Orders. Putnam stated that while he had not personally trimmed the trees so as to allow free passage for the double-decked busses, it was done under his orders and instruction. He voluntarily surrendered himself to Capt. Fred Cornwell of the Tenth pre- cinct the following day. . H. Lanham, superintendent of trees and planting, appeared for the Government and testified as to the nature of the cutting. He stated that the trees were badly mutilated and would have been differantly trimmed had the work been done un- der his department. Bays He Sought Safety. H. M. Welch represented Putnam and stated before the court that the cutting had been done to safeguard passengers who rode on top of the busses. He stated that requests had been made to Mr. Lanham to cut the trees, but that nothing had been done. Mr. Lanham denied this statement. In imposing the fi which was recommended by Frank Madigan, as- sistant corporation counsel, Judge tingly stated: 'he fact that the cutting wasdons in the dead of night, by ; showed that the action was that of vandalism. Man can destroy trees, but only God can make a tre ————— TWO U. S. AVIATORS KILLED AS PLANES FALL IN ARGENTINA ntinued from First Page.) 1,400 feet. I thought the New York was the plane most damaged, and from my position in the air, thought the two who had escaped were the Detroit's crew. “On landing 1 found that Maj. Dargue and Lieut. Whitehead had been saved by the parachutes. ‘“‘Lieut. Benton fell without a ‘chute’ and Capt. Woolsey remaine® yn the front cockpit of the Detroit.” The Detroit was completely Burned. Witnesses Differ on Cause. Maj. Dargue and Lieut. Whitehead, when they had unfastened their parachutes, ran to the Detroit and attempted to dash into the flames to save the two men they thought were in the wreckage. A touching scene ocourred when tha others of the squadron learned of the tragedy which befell their comrades. They showed great grief and carried the fes of Capt. Woolsey and Lieut. Benton tenderly to a resting place. Eyewitnesses of the crash and Ar- gentine air experts who also saw the affair differ in their opinions as to how it happened. Some believe that the planes wefe flying too closely to- gether; others say that a slight devia- tion in the course of one of the am- phiblans was the cause of the acel- dent. It was originally arranged for the planes to proceed to Palomar on Sun- day. The flying men were invited to make the trip to the fleld in automo- biles, but they declined, for they did not wish to leave their craft until they were safely tied up. Buenos Aires Mourns. The Argentine capital tonight is tricken with grief for the dead aviators. First inkling of the catastrophe came from a man atop a skyseraper here who through a telescope was watching the progress of the fiight to El Palomar flying field. News of the crash spread with the speed of lightning throughout the city. News- paper offices were asked to confirm the news, but were at first disin- clined to belleve it. Later when con- firmation came in long accounts from their reporters the entire press in its columns joined in the grief shown by the public. La Nacion says: “We bow In grief before two heroes who so Inti- mately linked the sentiment which moves the hearts not only in the United States but inall of Americas.” ‘The American embassy announced this evening that the Pan-American flight will be resumed Tuesd: ‘The bodies of Capt. Woolsey and Lieut. Benton will lie in state in the Officers’ Club until Monday. when a memorial service will be held in the Anglican Cathedral. They will then be taken aboard the liner Vauban, :Mih sails the same day for New ork. FAVORS CARRYING ON. Davison Says Tradition of Air Corps Should Be Upheld. DAYTON, Ohlo, February 26 (#).— Although he believes it is too early to dstermine the future course of the pan-American flight, Asaistant Secre- tary of War F. Trubee Davison, in a_ statement here tonight said it Is his opinion that the three remaining airplanes should carry on the mission of the flight. Mr. Davison left Day- ton tonight after spending two days Inspecting local fiying flelds. 'he Assistant Secretary said he would awalt full detalls of the tragedy from official channels befors he would comment further. “It will hurt, of course, when the fiyers return, to ses a gap in the formation which never can filled.’ he said, t 1 feel that the tradi- tion of the air corps—to carry on, no matter what the handicap—should not be set aside.” HEWITT ASHES BURIED. The ashes of Arthur W. Hewitt, who died June 24, were buried yes- terday afternoon in Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Mr. Hewitt was salesmanager for the Capitol Cemetery Co., owners of Fort Lincoln. He was a native of England, but has lived in this coun- try most of his life.” Interment was delayed pending a search for relatives in England. He is survived by one brother, F. W. Hewitt, near Lancaster, England. Postmasters Nominated. President Coolidge yesterday nom- inated William R. Toller to be post- ‘master 1 , W. Va., and Wil e B, Sathald to be posimaster &% ! ( i