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W S. Weather tonight (T Fair Temperature: p.m. yest today Full report on p: 1o ATHER. and tomorro what warmer tomorrow. Highest, Bureau Forecast.) some- 61, 49, at at 2 2:30 west, am, age 32. #Closing N.Y. Stocks and Bond tered as seco office, Wa No. 30,268. Pos Page 14 nd class matter shington, D. C. Ch WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCH WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 1 ), 1927—SIXTY-FOUR PAGES. ¢ Foening Star. e “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is Helivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. l | Yesterday's Circulation, 105,047 woO CENT () Means Associated Pre: * CHINESE OPEN FIRE | ONU. . DESTROYER: AMERICANS REPLY Machine Guns Beat Off At- tack Along Yangtse With- out Casualties. | | SHOTS GREET VESSEL ESCORTING OIL LAUNCH Cantonese Claim Occupation of | Thing in Shanghai Advance. Nanking Next Objective. By the Associated Press March ! 1 Preble was fired | on by Chinese troops Sunday near Wuhu, on the Yangtse river, while escorting a Standard Oil launch with | which the Chinese ad previously in terfered, it was learned today The bridge of the Preble was struck | twice, but there were no casualties on | board. The Americans replied to the Chinese fire with machine guns. U, voy Investigates. an destroye | she | willing to_join BRITAIN FEARS DISTURBANCES IN ARABIA, PALESTINE AND INDIA Singapore Up;isAiVné;ndVJe.iva Boycott Indi-| cate Effectiveness Propagan BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. to T.c Star and Chicazo Daily News."“Copyright, 1027 LONDON, March 15.—The fears ex- pressed a month ago by British au- thorities who wePe watching the bol- ist anti-Biitish activities in the ¥ appear to have come true earlier than even they anticipated The Chinese coolie riots at Singa pore and the hoycott of British good at Java apparently were preliminary tivities on a larger scale in the Far East. British intelligence agents now report that motorious yptian national who keep in s touch with Moscow, are visiting Ibn Soud, the Sultan of Hedj a view to inducing him to s well organized force of 50,000 Ara on a campaign against the British in Palestine and Iraq. By Cable st, Agents Very Conv Moscow agents are using ver) vincing arguments to convince Ibn Soud that this is a propitious moment | to strike for the freedom of Arabia. | They point out that certain Arab ele- | ments in Palestine are with the British mandate the Wahabite les section of the Arab | o discontented | rule that they' while a large pulation of Ir with King Peisal's The American Minister, John Van A. MacMu has instructed Frank | P. Lockhart, the cons at | Hankow, to investigate is | proved that the Nationalis ese) were responsible h the Cantonc shanghai dispatches Wedn 1 day named the destroyer Preble S ¢ one of the war vessel; nding b; Wuhu to protect the foreigne Jowing occupation of that city by Cantonese forces advancing down the | Yangtse toward Nanking. An official report the next day i the American women and children | had been transferred, with other f()l'~l indications later were given that they had been transfrredd, with otheft for eign refugees, to the Steamer Kutwo for the vovage down rive The defection of the navy at Shang- bai, in which the Yangtse squadron of 17 vessels went over in its entirety to the Cantonese, has not affected the war situation up to the present Squadron Off Woosung. The squadron, the best ships of which are two cruisers of 3,000 tons. | 30 years old, which changed masters ! whenever the master became tired of | being paymaster for the flock of obso- | lete craft, declared its “independence” | after a quarrel with the Shantungese | over the usual monthly subsidy. It is at present lying off Woosung, flying | the Kuomintang or Nationalist flag. The Nationalists boast that the ships | will be useful to cut off the retreat of the Shantung troops if they are forced to cross the Yangtse River, The Shan-| tungese are paying lfttle attention to | the incident, although it is reported that Gen, Chang Tsu i 3 commander, has ordered the still loyal squadron in the south to give battle. In the remote event that the two| squadrons clash, the spectacle would | be presented of an engagement be- tween the world's most antiquated fleets. It is pointed out, however, that | 1 it (Canton- | a protest ‘V ties | . | i { aid | | | tion. | more millions, and it i PLOTTO LIBERATE 1,200 CONVICTS BY DISONING GUARDS | Former Joliet Prisoner| Names Leopold as Qriginator of Recent Break. of Soviet Agents’ da Drive. | would welcome the Tbn Soud as a lib- rator if he chose to march against “that British official. The 1dd that the Turks, who have just signed a new treaty with Moscew, will do their utmost to help Ibn Soud and that Moscow is willing | to finance the Sultan |~ Great Britain, the is spending $5,000,000 troops in Shanghai, and will not bhe able to put up a succes to Ibn Soud’s troops should they tack soon the mandated territories. Officials Are Apprehensive. How successful the arguments of the agents has heen is not known here at present, but the war, colonial and India offices, while not ud very seriously, are nervous about ctivities. It is stated that a small | air force, the local troops and a few battalions from Igypt will be more than sufficient to cope with the situ But even such a restricted cam- paign would cost the treasury a few doubiful wheth- wsury can stand the strain. ish are confident they can casily defend the mandated territorie: Yet even a slight initial success for 1bn Soud would have a great repercu sion in Afghanistan and India, where ents argue, NOW month on her FUGITIVES PLANfiED i TO LIVE IN MEXICO| { . . ‘Were to Have Resided in Luxury at Palos Verdes, Paroled Man Tells Police. hi 3 [ By the Associated Press CHICAGO, March | empty Joliet Penitentia inmates by the whol poisoining of the guar vealed to prison authorities and Chi- ago police by a paroled convict The plot, set for execution next Sat urday, is the third of a series, behind | all of which now looms the figure of i Nathan Leopold, jr., plotter and co executor of the murder in Chicago of { little Bobbie Franks. plot to er the tre The Bri LEAGUE PROPOSES “THREAT" POLICY Air Demonstrations to Be| Used to Curb Warlike Activities in Future. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, March 1 Acrial demonstrations, like naval, will Menceforth be a weapon of the League of Nations against any coun- try which threatens to start war without awaiting arbitration proceed- ings. After a long discussion today the League Council committee appointed to strengthen the operation of the covenant for staving off war agreed to a text whereby, if a recalcitrant state persists ih hostile preparations, warning measures may be taken by those states which arq members of the council. e Not only may maval demonstrations be employed, the committee says; but “4¢ is possible that aerial demonstra- tions can be used in the ' future, within reasonable limits.” ARMS LIMIT BLOCKED. Increased Expenditures Curb At It was »pold, the officers have | °n told -onceived the original | onbreak in men | there is superficial quiet, but where activities of nationalist or bolshevist (Continued on Page 4, Column 1. scaped after killing a deputy warden, | 1 {only to have six of the seven recap- | tured and sentenced to hang for mur-} ! der. | | | | Named in Other Plot. Leopold, too, said the detailed s sver which the office | who financed y e vom the Joliet jail—a break in | 0 f .| which three of the siX recaptured in| Justice Hitz Also Rules Five|ihe first escape reached freedom and | | shot to death a_policeman. Two later | i W were recaptured. Senate Committee Ques Leopold s not linked directly with | . . i the latest escape plot as told to offi-| tions Pertinent. | cers by Leo Delgoda, paroled convict, | | but it was Leopold's original plotting, —_ | Delgoda related, that inspired the | heme to evacuate the penitentiary | The Sinclair contempt trial entered | ¥ /lgoT THE IDER FROM MOLLER INDISCREET BUTNOT DISHONEST, LIGHT PROBERS SAY Complete Exoneration Fol- lows Efficiency Bureau In- quiry Into “Scandal.” | REINSTATEMENT, THEN RESIGNATION, SUGGESTED Report to Be Made to District Com- missioners Will Show No Evidence of Corruption. i N 1| N Complete exoneration of Col. I. (. Moller of any wrongdoing in* his ad- ministration as assistant to M. 0. El- dridge, director of traffic, and recom mendation. for Moller's reinstatement to the office from which he was sus pended by the District Commission- ers as the result of revelations befol | the Gibson House subcommittee inves | tigating District affairs, will be em- | bodied in the finding of the Bureau of | iclency, which has been conducting n investigation of the Traffic Bureau, it was stated officially today. The RE TIRENENT BOARD OF NINE IS PLANNED President, Senate and House to Name Three Each Un- der Proposed Plan. BY WILL P. KEN® its closing stages today, when Justice | Willlam Hitz, presiding over Criminal Division 2, cleared away the maze of | ne: xt Saturday by killing the guards with arsenie, to be put in their cof- fee One of the first acts of the Seven: tieth Congress, when it meets in De {cember, is expected to be authoriza legal difficulties which had gripped the | proceedings for several days by deny- | ing the motion of the defense for a | directed verdict and holding “as mat- | ter of law” that the five questions ! propounded by the Senate oil com-' mittee March 22, 1924, to Harry F.| Sinclair were pertinent to inquiry be- | fore the committee. The statutes un. | der which Sinclair was indicted pro- | vide that any person refusing to an- | swer questions pertinent to an in-| quiry of a congressional committee | shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Justice Hifz, as a result of his ruling, | in which he refused to Instruct the; jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty for the defendant, told the 12 men in his charge, however, that the ques- tions were pertinent to the inquiry, and it is for them to find whether Sin- clair was summoned to appear, if he | Robert Torres, “Leopold planned the original peni- tentiary escape,” Delgoda said in a story printed today in the Herald and miner. rom his friends outside he obtained $8,000 which was to finance the flight of himself and his picked associates first to thence to Canada and finally Mexico.” {tion of a commission of nine mem- bers—three from the House, three from the Senate and three appointed |by the President—to investigate the & | subject of civil service retirement Detroits | und_the operation and administration Olof the law, to see how it should be ! improved. : | Until this proposed commission >alos Verdes, Mexico, was the place | makes its study and reports to Con- picked as the refuge for those who | gress there is likely to be no further ped, siid Delgoda, who obtained | jiberalization of the retirement law, ed, upon io tranalate. The plans pro: it stands financially on this impo vided that the men who escaped were | fund- 4 it to live in luxury in the Mexican town| The resolution authorizing the cre: with funds furnished by Leopold’s|ation of this commission has the in- Chicago friends. | dorsement of President Coolidge, 1s in Delgoda said the original plot pro-|line with the recommendations in the vided for the escape, besides x,eopum.lfl""“"' report of the Board of ‘h'“- of Bernardo Roa, Gregorio Rizzo and |aries on Civil Service Retirement, has the three Moxicams | the unanimous report of the House Planned to Live in Luxury. | |State Department H on His Way to With Serator King of Utah under- stood to be on his way to Santo Do- mingo, it was reported today that the Haitlan government, standing on its rights as a * republic, has issued orders for his immediate arrest should he endeavor to cross the bor- der into that country. State Department officials would like to consider the exclusion of Senator King as_a closed incident if they could. Recognizing, however, that President Borno apparently hoids the trump card, and considering as irrev- ocable his refusal to permit Senator King to enter Haiti, officials expressed the hope today that the Senator would not deliberately put himself in the position of being arrested and deported as an ‘‘undesirable.” So far as the State Department is concerned, it feels it can do no more than alrealy has been -donerthrough John H. Russel, the American high commissioner to Haiti, who asked ad- mission to that country for the Sen- ator. Senator King, it was pointed out, has been notified of President Borno's refusal to admit him and if he persists PRESIDENT BORNO ORDERS KING " ARRESTED IF HE LANDS IN HAITI el Avoid Indignity of Deportation-Now bureau report will be made public shortly. 2 ‘The bureau, it is understood authen tically, will say that Moller was only ‘indiscreet,” and that there is no im i plication of dishonesty in his dealing | with the Crouse Hinds Co., from which | the District purchased the traffic sig- nal lights about which the Moller case tor Will | revolved. | “Would Let Him Resign. | But because the Bureau of Efficiency feels convinced, after its investigation, that Col. Moller was so Indiscreet and | displayed a certain amount of inef- | ficiency and poor judgment in the pur- | chase of traffic lights, in recommend- | ing his reinstatement the bureau prob- {ably will recommend also that he be permitted to resign shortly thereafter :'forllh‘ehg(md of the service.” aocord- ing to the term generally use e reported that Senator King | Government in cases of this )gn‘d“. 5 Santo Domingo. |in carrying out his intention to enter Haiti the responsibility will rest on his own shoulder: It wa: has notified Mr. Russel that he has | sailed for Santo Domingo. Before sail- | ing, according to Associated Press di patches, Senator King made this an: nouncement H “President Borno does what Russel says. If Russel wants me to enter Haiti, Borno will say the word.” Senator King Is said to blame Rus- | sel for the barriers which have been thrown up against him, stressing that the Haitian President would have con- | sented to his admission if Russel had pressed the matter sufficiently. At the | State Department, however, it was | claimed today that Mr. Russel had| done everything within reason to per- | suade the Haitian President that it | would be better to permit Senator | King to land. President Borno has informed ‘the Associated Press correspondent at Port_au Prince that the decision of :’l]\e Haitian government is irrevoca- . Should Senator King cross the bor- | (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) The authority for this information intimated also that the bureau's re- port may possibly . recommend Col. Moller’s reinstatement in the service without the understanding that he resign, but because of the fact that the public of Washington may have, to a large extent, lost confidence in the administration of the Traflfic Bu- reau, it is held doubtful if this will be recommended. However, it has | not _been definitely determined. Also, it is pointed out that the in- discreet manner in which Col. Moller handled the contract and purchases for the traffic lights and signals shows clearly his lack of business experi- ence and capacity for administrative office and that it would be best for the District government, in the opin- ion of the Bureau of Efficiency, if some one else should serve in his place. Three Courses Considered. ‘When these points of recommenda- tion have been settled definitely, { which will be very shortly, the bu- appeared, If the questions were pro-|who broke from the Joliet jail Inst |Civil service committee, was favorably i hitherto money and not guns almost invariably have decided Chinese naval | issues. | .(‘hnnx: Claims Successes. | The headquarters of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war lord, claims further successes near Chengchow, in | northern Honan, which city is about | to be attacked by Chang'’s forces pre- | paratory to launching a drive south- | ard toward Hankow, held by antonese. the | ms to ve inflicted | s on the semi-independent | Honan forces of Gen. Chin Yun-Ao, | forcing them to retreat to Cheng chow. Chang's air force, which is co- | operating in the advance of the northerners, hombed Chin’s head- | quarters. CANTON E CLAIM VICTORY. Occupation of Ihing, 100 Miles From hanghai, Reported. SHANGHAI, China, March ~The occupation of Ihing the western side of Lake miles west of this city, is ¢ the Cantonese, but lacks tion, Responsibl that the C: close to 15 (@), | port on | aihu, 100 | rimed by | confirma authorities here believe | ntonese, who u getting | anking from the north, are making a big effort to capture that city or to isolate it by cutting the | railway to the north and south. | Arrangements have been completed for evacuation of the foreign women und children from Nanking if neces sary, Local industr Fifteen thous: wre strikin ture continues tnent places. P With the next expected at N; ments assumed in both Hankow and Peking Belated advices from Har teived by the Associated Pres: w bitter internal fight in the tang, or Cantonese Republ lutionary party, whose cent tive committee now in there. Despite reports that had been declared by the factions, there seems little ubt that the dissension is adversely affecting | the prospects of the southerners and | has reached a pitch where reconcilia tion is highly doubtful | At the same time the Peking gov ernment made plain that it is still do ing its b to induce the powers to! negotiate the treaty question with Peking. Wellington Koo, acting pre mier, explaining the position of the northern government to the foreigr correspondents, asserted that whole of China was united in its op position, not to igners, but to spe vial privile for for s and that therefore « igements entered into for vision of e-sided tr would be accepted and respected by the whole of China 4 ol | \d co ur continu on mill. worke matory litera posted in prom itical Tension Grows. rious fighting now nking, political develop 1 important aspect told of Kuomin can revo al execu- | session is a truce contending Murder Theory Pro Working on the theory that he murdered, polic death of Sergt. J United States Marine Corp body was found today in the poo River. Sergt. Mont ive of Virginia, scrved in the ) Corps for many years and was with the forces that arrive m San 1iego on the transport Chaumont The 1tonese it H ane Involving fundamental between e Wontinued on 17ag was split is iy Column almost Debate « | the | hamlet on “th aties | tempts to Halt Race. to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927. ENEVA, March 15.—Increased military _expenditures in _Europe, actual or planned, are blocking the efforts of the League of Nations and the United States to limit armaments. This became evident Monday night when Italy and Japan, aided by the British, side-tracked an effort of Hugh Gibson of the American delegation to force a provision for complete pub- licity concerning arms manufacture through the League commission in the private manufacture of arms. Mr. Gibson, acting formally on be- If of his Government, bluntly pro- that all arms statistics—not only of private firms, but also of govern: ment arsenals—be published. Although TItaly's and Japan’s ob- jections were based on technical grounds, they make no secret of the fact that they regard the demand for publicity on the uctivities of their government arsenals as unwarranted. Italy Increases Expenditures. Italy in the past four years has dcubled her naval expenditures and quadrupled her aviation ex- It is known that all her vies are working to the By Cable pos penditures. munition limit. France, naturally, feels obliged to keep pace. The impression is gaining ground here that these nations, and perhaps others, are engaged in a real arma ment race, making the League's efforts at limitation futile. “CONFERENCE IS FAVORED. in House of Commons Ap- proves President’s Plan. LONDON, March 15 (®).—Russia is making greater preparatfons for pos- sible chemical warfare than any other nation in the world, the House of Com- mons was told today by Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, secretary of state for war. neral id navi was exp! pproval of President Cool limitation conference plan (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) sed last night during a long - i pounded to him and if he declined to | Saturday. Of this trio, Roa is still at answer. large. ~ Charles Shader, . Charles | Admits Part of Hearings. | Duschowski and Walter 'Stalesky— | The court, in denyig the defense |hré® men who were under sentence: motion, permitted the admission of | i | portions of the printed oil committee | hearings for the cause of the defense, | This included the colloquy of Senators | P T L SENATOR DILL WEDS ‘GEN.” ROSALIE JONES whether he should be asked questions | | (Continued on Page 6 Column 3.) relating to the oil ieases, 1 pro-| ceedings against which already had | been filed in the courts by the Gov- | . | | (Continued on Page 6, Column 2) .an “Mussolini Hamlet Defeated After Reign of 33 Years ted Press March 15 33 eign of “Mayor nk Mussolini” of this little voof of the Common- ended today < he held on the Dem tie ticket, collected $ annually for his duties and ruled Peru with an iron hand, but today he was in only of the job of tax col nd minority selectman. He ted for moderator He tied for tax collector, | Two rivals lectmen | which means he will appointive | offic By the Assoc PERU, Ms ar political vn offics decided his politi- annual town meet- vesterday. There was evidence of the approaching downfall before ! the meeting ended, when the opposi- | tion declined to accept his hospitality, | which for 20 3 has consisted of a | luncheon to the vote | Creamer blamed his defeat on his enemies” and their “whispering cam- paign . His rivals declared it 3 voter the 12 was his fail " of Little Massachusetts nd town | ernment, and the declaration of Sen- : ator Walsh of Montana. that”it . | Nationally Known Suffrage Leader could not examine the witness about i} e Genses: e haa mo “questions to| Wil Keep Her Own Name for sk. Efforts to prevent Sinclair from | ; | being sublected to questions along the Business Purposes. oilJease linc were voted down. = el Sinclair's prepared statement, which D : he read to the committee a8 he took | NEW YORK, March 15 (P).—Miss the stand, also was admitted ax de- | Rosalie ( I rdiner Jon fense evidenbe, In the statement hel ..o ..\ yi o leade ] fense evidenbe, In the statement he nationally known leader in the wom- T stioned stating he already had |en’s suffrage movement, and United appeared five times before that body, | States Senator Clarence C. Dill of had frecly and fully testified and thal | washington were married today at the matter they desired to question | b s Bl 5 him about alfeady was in court, |St. John’s Episcopal Church, Cold where he would meet everybody. pring Harbor, Long Island. The i . ceremony was private. Sy Colod k. [ ™"A reception will be held later today The jury, which had not heard any- | at the Hotel Gotham, in this cit thing of the proceedings for seve The Rev. Henry Barrett, rector of while the legal tangle v the church, officiated. The bride was | wound and unwound, finally | unattended and no invitations were is- | into the box after the court’s de ! sued for the wedding. and Martin W. Littleton of defense | The couple fitst met in 1924, when | vead the admitted excerpts ' she visited Washington as a delegate | from the hearings. Littleton's oral |to,a peace movement, and, with the | | testimony, given Thursday with the tor, it was a case of “love at first jury sight.”” At that meeting she ‘‘raked the reasons why him over the coals” for his evasive not to answer the qu nswers of the women's questions, ed to him, was not permitted to reach |and when he tried to make her an. the 12 men by the court. er she left his office in a huff. He Arguments on the motion of the de- | eeded later in locating her, and fense for a directed verdict were cor were formally introduced by pleted yesterday afternoon afte George P. Hoover of defense counsel | Through the wedding the Lucy Stone nd Littleton had fought the author- | Lea tion of married ity of the committee to summon and | women who retain their maiden swear Sinclair. Owen J. Roberts, spe- | names, gained another recruit, as the ol Government counsel, entered the | bride announced recently that she re cuse for the first time, although he | fused “to become an echo” to her had been “sitting in” on the proceed- | husband. While she will be known as : | Mrs. Dl soefally, she said she would | continue to be Mis: in the con- | duct of her husiness interests. | range from suffrage to conducting a | chicken farm, and include managing | a $5.000,000 estate left her and two Drothers by their father;, Dr. Oliver Livingston Jones, ! They will maintain residences in | New York, Spokane and Washington. | | ure in his capacity of road superin- | ” S | tendent to dig them out of the Win- | 2 ot o ana e personat 1ow | President Flees, "\\Illl the telephone company that | caused the community to lose its tele- aaane ! Load of Lumber , A | Hoisted Over Head | | Creamer is | years old. He has run the general store for 38 years and |is reputed to have made a small for- | tune T | railroad, trolley, al. ' Its Critnis e | gas, electricity or chool for two pupils costs free from paupers ce in the treas Workmen who are taking the roof off the White House forced President Coolidge to scurry for safety today as they continued hoisting lumber over his head while he was inspecting the work. The President was standing un- der the big crane in front of the house at noon when he suddenly discovered a pile of lumber was be- ing lifted directly above him. With- out waiting for the warning of se- cret service men, Mr. Coolldge beat a hasty retreat to a safe spot. i’roér A It has 113 inhabitants and’ all but two voters went to the polls. Creamer succeeded in squeezing back into the offices of selectman and tax collector by the margin of a single vote in each case. For the various other offices he was defeated by dif- ferent persons by small majorities. No one of those elected stands out as a successor to Creamer in domination of the town's affairs, as the upset was {due to combination of ~his on-1 poqiey iponents, ams—Page S0 considered by the House rules commit- tee, is favored by the United States Bureau of Efficiency, has the approval of Chairman Madden of the House ap- propriations committee and _other House leaders and is sponsored by the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes. Fathered by Hudson. epresentative Hudson of Michigan, a member of the civil service commit- tee, is fathering the resolution with the whole-hearted support of Chair- an Lehlbach of the committee, who declares that it is absolutely unbusi- nesslike for Congress to go further in amending or liberalizing the reti ment act until an exact study has been made, and especially with a view of determining what the Govern- ment’s financial obligation is, so that regular appropriations can be made to at least meet the current cost Approximately 395,000 Federal em- ployes are affected by this proposal. President Coolidge told Mr. Hudson that his only condition would be that he should be left free-handed to select the three members of the commission at large, not restricted by any require- ment that one should be an insurance expert or one should be a member of civil service organization. i The present law governing civil service retirement has been in opera- tion for seven years, but up to date there is no one who knows with any degree of certainty what its actual cost to the Govermment is. “All cost figures are little better than guess work,” Chairman Lehl- bach has repeatedly emphasized, and Chairman Madden of the appropria- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) AVIATOR BELIEVED LOST IN ALASKA 'Ed Young May Have Been Forced Down on Tundra in Arctic Gale. By the Associated Press. McGRATH, Alaska, March Grave fears were felt here last night that 1d Young, veteran Alaska avia- tor had been forced down alone and Without shelter, on the desolate wastes o Uninhabited tundra which stretch for miles on_either side of the lower Kuskokwin River. Young, inaugurating a passenger and frieght service to the isolated vil- lages of southwestern ~Alaska. left re on ;:furnvy to Bethel at noon yesterday. At the time of his departure the ther- mometer stood at 25 below zero and a G5mile gale was howling out of the north. The hop to Bethel should have been made in three hours, but he had not arrived late last night. The plane was last seen over the summit of the Tacoina Mountain, 50 miles west of 15— ! here, a half hour after leaving Mec- Grath. Young, in flying from Anchorage to McGrath last week, had the distinc- tion of being the first aviator to cross the Alaskan range of mountains at its highest point, near Mount McKinley. On returning to Anchorage after the present trip he was to proceed to Fairbanks to join the Detroit News- Wilkins Arctic expedition, which will soon begin its attempts to find lands .in- the Arctic north of Alaska. the last leg of his 500-mile | BOULEVARD “STOP" SIGNS DISREGARDED Officials, Considering Drastic Enforcement, Cite Perils Due to Selfish Drivers. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. As a result of either willful dis- obedience or ignorance of the provision of the traffic code which gives arterial highway traffic absolute and unmodi- fled right of way in Washington, scarcely a day passes that is not marked by an accident or a narrowly averted serious crash, judging by the scores of complaints against this particularly pernicious practice by hundreds of local motorists. No provision of the local traffic code is more flagrantly, dangerously and persistently violated than that which summarily demands that cross- street traffic come to a full halt at boulevards and wait until it has an opportunity to proceed without im- peding vehicles on the ‘“‘through” thoroughfare. And violation that is due to ignorance is no less hazardous and little more reasonable, in the opinion of those who believe that tic enforcement of this part of code has become imperatively ry in the interest of safety. Most Called Willful. The more emphatic critics of this se of driver declare the violations are willful because the utter simplicity of the law makes it im- possible that the driver of average intelligence should misunderstand its phraseology or purpose. The text of the provision is cited in substantlation of this point. It reads as follow: “Vehicles traveling within the legal designated speed limit upon such high- ways shall have the right of way over vehicles approaching from inte secting streets, alleys or driveways. (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) “Sound Auction Bridge , By ~ WILBUR C."WHITEHEAD the world's greatest authority A series of daily articles of special interest to bridge fans. Beginning in Today's Star On'Page 56 GIRL, SHOT BY BOY. * MAINTAINS STORY Insists Revolver Accidentally While They Planned Fishing Trip. Refusing to alter her story in any particular, Nancy Randolph, 17-year- old Central High School senigr, suffer- ing at Garfield Hospital froni a_bullet lodged in her back, today steadfastly maintained that she was shot acci- dentally Friday morning by Byron “Joe” Simms while they were in the latter's apartment at 2715 Fourteenth street preparatory to going on a fish- ing_expedition. The condition of the girl was de- scribed as “good” this morning, phy- sicians stating that they did not be- lieve they would have to remove the bullet for some time. Boy Sought for Questioning. While Miss Randolph lies at Garfield Hospital, four headquarters detectives, Springmann, Cullinane, O'Dea and Trammell, are scouring the city and | its environs for young Simms. Refus- |ing to minimize the shooting of the | Randolph girl, the police are deter- ! mined to question Simms concerning his version of the affair. Capt. J. B. Simms, commander of ) No. 3 engine compan; visited head- quarters today and volunteered to aid in the search for his son. He said that he had been at home last night, but was shielded from the police by his mother. He said he believed that the police search had scared his son. First intimation of the shooting came to the police yesterday afternoon from a private source. As a result of the untoward delay, the police are | (o 6, Column 1) BRITISH SHIP IN MEXICO. Cruiser, Sent to Nicaragua, Calls nued on Page Was Fired| { ovan, auditor of the District, wh | cording to Moller before the subcom- ! mended. | make this compromise in reau will transmit the report and | recommendation to the Commission- | ers. | these points, the bureau is consider- In reaching a conclusion on ing the following three courses: An indefinite suspension, which was given him by the District Com- missioners, converted into dismissal from the service. Reinstatement to office, with a statement that his purchases indi- cated indiscretion, but not dishon- esty or corruption. Lastly, reinstatement with exonera- tion from all personal charges, but with the understanding that he be permitted to gracefully resign soon tafterward. Although these three courses are being considered by the bureau at this time, it is felt by those who are in a position to know that the last course will be the one finally recom- It is explained in this con- nection that the bureau is anxi;}u! to ordes to {do full justice to Col. Moiler and at the saume time not to embarrass the Traffic Bureau or the District govern- ment. Report to Give Details. This report necessarily will deal with the various detalls of the revela- tions laid before the Gibson subcom- {mittee and will therefore report re- ! garding the responsibility of Traffic Director Eldridge and Maj. E. J. Don- , ac- mittee, had knowledge of his prepara- tion of his specifications for the pur- chase of traffic signals as well as the {alleged irregularities incident to the signing of pay vouchers for the ma- |terial received from the contractors. No intimation was given as to the probable report the bureau will make regarding the extent of the responsi- bility of Eldridge and Donovan. This report will not be made pub- lic by the bureau when it is trans- mitted to the District Commission- ers. The advisability of publicity will be left entirely to the discretion of the latter. Prompt Action=Assured. Definite assurance was given at the District Building today that prompt action would be taken by the Com- missioners in determining the fate of Col. Moller upon the receipt of the report of the bureau of efficiency. The Commissioners, it was indicated, would be guided in their action by Mr. Brown's recommendations. Although Moller linked the names of Traffic Director Eldridge and Auditor Daniel J. Donovan in the case, no ac- tion was taken by the Commissioners in respect to these two officials. Ever since the Gibson committee completed its inquiry into the Traffic | Department, the Commissioners, in co- operation with the bureau of efficiency, have been quietly probing deeper into the case. The Commissioners, however, have . been reticent regarding any turther developments, and promised that when the efliciency bureau sub- mitted its report they would “fix re sponsibility” and take whatever action was necessary in the interest of the public. at Vera Cruz. VERA CRUZ, Mexico. March 15 (#).—The British cruiser Colombo, re- cently sent to Nicaraguan waters for possible use as a refuge for British subjects, has arrived here. The usual courtesy calls were exchanged by Capt. Lecky and the local Mexican authorities. Today Capt. Lecky and 10 officers will go to Mexico City to pay their respects to President Calles LATVIAN PRESIDENT DEAD. i Head of Parliament to Assume Of- fice Pending Election. The President of Latvia, Janis Y. Chakste (or Pschakpse), died at 8:45 last night, it was reported to the VDRI S Mine Unity by Radio Planned. BELLEAIR, Ohio, March 15 (#).— A radio station would be used in an attempt to organize mon-union miners of the West Virginia coal flelds, under State Department today from Riga. |the terms of a resolution introduced Paul Kalmin, president of the|at the convention here of the Eastern Parliament, will assume the presi-|Ohio Miners’ Union. The proj dency, it was said, pending the elec-{station, to be erected here, would cost tlon Of @ successor. $§200,000.