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WEA (U. 8. Weather Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight, Temperatures—Highest, 49, at 2:30 lowest, 36, at 4 am. p.m. yesterday; today. Fuil report of paj ¥Closing N.Y. Stocks Q0 ¢ Sntered as seco 30,283, 1ol omce, W BLAST BURIES 50 INHINE; WRECKAGE AT MOUTH OF P BLOCKS RESCUERS No. ITHER. Bureau Forecast.) ge 9. and Bonds, Page 14 nd class matter By the Assoclated Press. Removal of Americans from the long reaches of the Yangtze River Valley _Be!ief Party Holds Out Little Hope Men Entombed by Pennsylvania Explosion Can Be Brought Out Alive. \ DISASTER AMONG WORST IN HISTORY OF STATE Two-Story Brick Building 200 Feet From Shaft in Ehrenfeld Collapses, Crushing Workers in Debris—Help Rushed From Harrisburg and Cambria County Points. SOUTH FORK, Pa, March 30 " UP).—Between 350 and 600 miners were entombed and a number of workmen on the surface were killed this afternoon when a ter- rific explosion spread death and destruction through mine No. 3 of the Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corporation at Ehrenfeld, near here. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa, March 30— More than 500 men were entombed by a terrific explosion in the Ehren- ‘feld mine of the Pennsylvania Coal & Coke Corporation this afternoon, according to reports received here. The mouth of the mine was wrecked by the blast, it was said. A United States Bureau of Mines rescue car, stationed at Derry, near Ehrenfeld, has been ordered to the scene. - All efforts to get into direct touch with the mine failed. It is Jocated i’ Cambria County, about 75 miles from Pittsburgh. George McCaa, mine rescue expert of the Federal bureau, uie he be- tieved 0. men b The explosion was of such great force when it ripped from the shaft mouth of the mine it blew down & two-story brick office building about 200 feet from the entry. Some office employes wéte injured when the structure collapsed. Min- ing men familiar with explosions said the blast was so terrific they could hold little hope for the men ti in the wrecked workings. The mouth of the mine caved in, making rescue work difficult. Rescue Crews Arrive. Volunteer rescue crews from all parts of the entire Cambria field were . organized quickly when word of the blast _spread. These men, equipped with helmets, were rushed to Ehren- feld by automobile. Within a short time they were at- tacking the mine mouth blockade, in an effort to get into the workings. With the rescue car ‘“Holmes” ‘moV¥ing toward Ehrenfeld from Derry, officers of the United States Bureau Mines here decided that the explosion was so serious they must send their directing heads to the scene. D. J. Parker, director, will head the Pittsburgh bureau experts, in- cluding J. J. Forbes, George Grove, Phil Burgesky, and George McCaa, veterans of many mine blasts. They left by automoblle during the after- noon and expected to reach Ehren- feld by 4 p.m. The rescue men were unanimous in the opinion that the explosion was one of the worst in the history of ,ming in western and central Penn- sylvania. HARRISBURG SENDS AID. . ' All State Mine Inspectors Ordered to HARRISBURG, Pa., March 30 (#).— Joseph J. Walsh of the State Depart- ment of Mines left here this afternoon for South Fork, near where 250 men were reported trapped in a mine today by an explosion. The department also ordered all State mine inspectors with- in that section to the scene. Immediately upon hearing of the ac- vcident, Senator Baumer, Cambria, went into conference with Mr. Walsh. EIGHT DEAD IN ILLINOIS. HARRISBURG, 1L, March 30 [Z2H — Eight miners are reported to have been killed In a gas explosion today in the Saline County Coal Corpora tion’s. mine No. 2 at Ledford, five miles south of here. Mine officials said gas had accumu- lated in a pocket near the entry and was touched off, presumably by an open light used by miners. The eight entrymen behind the gas and believed to have been killed are Toth, William Filber, Cleude dLynch, orge Ambrock and Cecll Reynoids, all of Ledford, and Lee Mor- ris of Carrier Mills, loaders; Simon Simates of Ledford, track la Peter Dorris of Ledford, airman b | Audie Lynch and Roscoe Rebo, shift workers, 1,600 feet from the explosion, were the first to be brought from the mine. They were hurled down by the explosion and were badly burned and injured by flying timbers. John Wunderlich, bottom boss, who was some 1,800 feet from the explosion, was knocked down and was caught un- der a flying motor, 80 great was the force of the blast. Fellow workmen removed the motor from him and in a bleeding condition he started in on the rescue work. The iine rescue team from Eldorado rush- ed to the scene. Rescue workers were hampered by the danger of after-damp and it was of China was continued today to the accompaniment of constant firing from the shore at destroyers and other ships of refuge. Reporting on the activities in the region where conditions have been made most acute by the advance of the Cantonese Nationalist armies, Rear Admiral Willlams, commanding the American forces in China, inform- ed the Navy that the Cantonese were sending shots at the river craft from Nanking and from other points along the river. Meanwhile there was apparent un- easiness over conditions at Wuhu, in Anwei Province, where anti-foreign outbreaks, such as that which took place at Nanking, were reported to be momentarily expected. Anti-foreign agitation was reported by Consul A. G. Swaney, at Tsinanfu, as having spread also to Shantung Province, herstofore held by the Northern Chi- nese troops. Tsinanfu was quiet, but The “WASHINGTON, D. SHIPS BEARING U. S. REFUGEES FROM INTERIOR CHINA FIRED ON MacMurray Calls on Americans to Leave Kiangsu and Anhwei—Yangtze Doubted as Safe Route. the anti-foreign feeling also was in evidence there, the consul said, and precautions were being taken for their protection. Y Admiral Williams also reported the looting of the American Catholic mis- sion at Fuchow, Kwantung Province. It is believed his message reported the same incident as was recorded in State Department advices Monday, which said a_mission had been looted at Fuchow. The occupants escaped. The report indicated no serious dis- turbances in Shanghai, where Brig. Gen. Smedley Butler and 1,500 Ma- rines are ashore to protect American lives and to which point 1,500 addi- tional Marines and a number of war- ships are en route as reinforcements. The evacuation of Yangtze points was said by Admiral Williams to be proceeding “satisfactorily,” but he spoke of 47 Americans and British as having left “Nanking” while stones were being thrown at them. Spanish missionaries and one American family, a Dr. Taylor and his wife and chil- dren, declined to leave. Dispatches from China reported (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) BERLIN WOULD END VERSAILLES PACT HENRY FORD HURT IN AUTO AGCIDENT Plans to Resume Liberty of Action if Arms Limita- tion Fails. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. B Catle Jo oo oee DY GENEVA, March 30.—If Germany does not succeed in forcing disarma- ment on the members of the League of Nations, which now are discussing arms limitation here, she will consider the treaty of Versailles broken and re- sume her liberty of action. This strategy, already indicated in the public statements of Herr von Bernstorff, the German delegate, be- fore the disarmament commission, is confirmed by private advices reaching the_correspondent. Whether in case of failure of the present disarmament conference Germany would immedi- ately denounce the treaty, or awalt a more favorable occasion, and the man- ner in which she would use her mew liberty of action, are questions not yet decided by the Berlin cabinet, but it now is certain that the former allies must reckon with this strategy in Hold Treaty Is Binding. Germany, as von Bernstorff has re- peatedly insisted, s the German disarmament stipulation of the Ver- sallles treaty, with its explicit state- ment that German disarmament was a prelude to general disarmament, as an obligation legally binding on the signatory powers. The United States naturally is excluded. Germany, hav- ing fulfilled her treaty obligations and been admitted to the League of Na- tions, now demands that the other signatories fulfill their obligations. No allied delegate here has attempt- ed to dispute the juridical correctness of Von Bernstorfl’s position. Brouckere, the Belgian delegate, made an unfortunate effort to evade the question when he asserted the dele- gates were not considering other dip- lomatic instruments than those direct- ly concerning them, whereup Von Bernstorff retorted that the Versailles treaty was the instrument by virtue of which the delegates had gathered. Diplomatic circles here are fully aware that Germany is fast becoming “(Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) P s KELLOGG TAKES HAND IN WILKINS KIDNAPING Orders Sheffield to Make Represen- tations at Mexico City Foreign Office. By the Associated Press g Ambassador Sheffield at Mexico City was directed today by the State Department to make representations at the foreign office regarding the kid- naping at Guadalajara Sunday of Edgar M. Wilkins, an American citi- zen. Mexican military authorities at Guadalajara have been making efforts to obtain Wilkins' release and capture the bandits, thus far without success, so far as the Washington Government knows. Wilkins is held for $20,000. His 10- year-old son, captured with him, was relensed to take the ransome demand to Guadalajara. Apprehension is felt by officlals over the safety of Wilkins. Consul D. G. Dwyre has advised the State Department that he considers Wilkins in a “very dangerous” pre- dicament, as Mexican military authori- ties in an encounter with the bandits Monday failed to effect a rescue, the brigands escaping during the skir- mish. The Mexican commander, M. de|f Motor Magnate in Hospital After Car Plunges Down Embankment. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, March 30.—Henry Ford is in the Henry Ford Hospital for treatment of injurles received in an automobile accident last Sunday, and has undergone a minor operation, it became known today. Fred L. Black, business manager of Mr. Ford's weekly, the Dearborn Independent, confirmed previous re- ports of the accident, in a statement prepared by him and other members i of the Ford organization. Plunged Down Embankment. The statement by Black follows: “‘At 8:30 p. m. Sunday, March 27, a coupe driven by Henry Ford and oc- cupled alone by him, was forced off the South Drive of Michigan avenue a few feet East of the Rouge River Bridge and plunged down a steep em- bankment into a tree. Mr. Ford states that he was forced over the em! l ul n.fi..fi.?'.-.’!'.";fim" ' from driveway of the Ford laboratories at Dearborn. After a period of daze unconsciousness, Mr. Ford wal with difficulty several hundred fe the gatekeeper on his estate, w] moned Mrs. Ford. Dr. R. D. McClure, chie; the Henry Ford Hospitaf, was imme- diately called and remfiined with the injured man until Tyésday night, when he was removed an ambulance to Hospital, where he There s il furgeon of of the lawsuit now in and the unavoidable and un- inferences that may be drawn, facts were withheld from the lic, although communicated to the court Monday morning. Today, how- ever, it developed that the newspapers had somehow obtained information and a statement was issued. Accident Held Unintentional. YMr. Ford strongly deprecates the suggestion that the accident was the result of Intent on any one's part. “At present Mr. Ford s resting easily and no serious complications are expected. “On Sunday night Mr. Fo gone to his garage, taken ::x]t h:‘g coupe and driven alone to the Dear- born offices where only watchmen were on duty. This custom ‘of going about alone at all hours has caused concern to his friends, but no amount of counsel has availed to change it. As a result only the garage man and Mrs. !:{rfi knew that he was out, until ekeeper's alar, ¥ the Eatekeeper's alarm followirig the The small coupe which w; . turned has been used for ' sears short drives about Dearborn by Mr. Ford. It has been his custom fre- z::nfl[::{ to ldl;‘l\ée alone in the small er nightfall in returning | his Dearborn plant to his ;-::l:xi B Other Driver Speeds Away. Driving the short Dearborn to his Psllltl?m{'\‘/l(;‘e ;;:lg crossed the bridge over the Rouge, his destination being a gateway o few rods beyond the bridge. He had scarcely crossed the bridge’when the ::L.e& car ntll:u(‘k lbI:‘e light coupe, forc- over the em a ing it over the embankment, the driver The motor magnate is 64 y Although slight in \,und?‘h’,mh?flfli ways been known to have a sturdy and wiry constitution and s never known to have been seriously {ll. The last accldental injury he received previous to the automobile acoldent Sunday night was when he sprained an ankle while skating on the River Rouge seven years ago. Mr. Ford had been expgcted this week to appear as a witness in the Dwyre said, has promised to renew the pursuit at once. $1,000,000 libel suit brought i him by Aaron Sapiro, T 28NSt On Recalling Mi The executive committee of the Sev- enth-Day Adventist Foreign Mission Board will meet tomorrow morning at the conference headquarters at Ta- koma Park to decide on whether or not to call home the majority of the denomination’s missionaries in China, it was announced today. The meeting will be held as the re- sult of a communication from the State Department, addressed to all sects maintaining missionaries in China, advising that they be brought home until the present disturbed con- ditions are improved. believed several hours might elapse before they could reach the men im- yrisomed and believed dead The mine employs 350 men and was working full-handed today. While church officials said today that it s impossible to forecast what action will be taken, it is extremely Unlikely that they will consent to giv- ing up the work, ven temporarily, Seventh Day Adventist Board to Meet ssionaries From China although it might be advisable to with- draw the women and children. The first word was received this mornin- from Dr. J. N. Andrews, son of Charles Andrews of Takoma Park, who has been stationed in charge of a dispensary in the Szchwan province of western China, which announc:d that he had given up the work tempo- rarily and left his station for Shanghai. Mr. Andrews, a graduate of George ‘Washington University medical school, is now in his ninth year of service in China. The missionaries usually serve seven-year ‘“‘stretches” at the conclu- 'ullon of which they spend a year at ome. Radio Programs—Page 21 Foeni WITH SUNDAY 'MORNING EDITION C., CHANG APOLOGIZES AT JAPAN'S THREAT - TOUSEWARSHIPS Sends Chief-of-Staff to Ad- miral With Regrets for Nanking Incident. WEDNESDAY, 100 U. S. MISSIONARIES REFUSE TO QUIT POSTS Remain in Yangtze Valley Despite Warning to Leave—Hankow Situation More Tense. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, China, March 30.— Gen. Chang Kai-Shek, Cantonese com- mander, sent his chief-of-staff and a secretary aboard the Japanese flagship here this morning to convey his re- grets to the admiral for the Nanking affair. The Japanese admiral's representa- tive warned Chang’s emissaries that the Japanese navy, apart from the Tokio government’s attitude, would hereafter act drastically if the South- ern troops engaged in further aggres- sion or fired without cause on Japa- nese steamers. He expressed surprise at the conduct of the Cantonese troops, in whose dis- cipline the Japanese had trusted de- spite certain unlawful acts directed |against Japanese steamers, for which {the Japanese navy had never retal- iated. Judging from the Nanking affair, however, he added, it seemed that the southern commanders were unable to exercise full authority over their men. Missionaries Stay at Posts. Approximately 100 American mis- sionarfes are refusing to leave their posts In the Yangtze Valley, not- withstanding the adWice of the Amer- ican authorities to do so because of a situation that is fraught with dan- gerous possibilities, The rest of the missionaries are either en route to or will shortly leave for Shanghal, where the international settlement is affording a haven of refuge from the fury of riotous niobs in the ports and inland towns along the Yangtze River. The United States destroyer Hul- i bert called at Anking today ahd took off 47 American and British mission- aries, who will go t6 Kiukiang to await the first mérchant steamer. The members of the Spanish mission and Dr. Ernest H. Taylor of the China inland mission, with his wife and family, refused to come out. ‘The Americat Chamber of Com- merce at Hankow has asked for more i ricans there should leave instead expecting protection. /~ Distroyer Goes to Chefoo. ~'In response to a consular call for protection, the United States destroyer William B. Preston has gone to Che- foo, in Shantung. Late reports from Shantung have indicated that the anti-foreign agitation Is creeping into that province and that all the Am can missionaries in the eastern sec- tion are making their way either to Isingiao or to Chefoo, where a Japa- nese cruiser arrived Sunday. The United States destroyer Pills. bury is going up to the Yangtze River to take off any American missionaries still remaining at minor ports. Although the Americans who have lived in Shanghal and those who have sought shelter here from interior points have every confidence in the defense forces now here, they are looking for- ward to the expected arrival of the crulsers Marblehead, Richmond and Cincinnati. These vessels will consti- tute the most modern-and efficient unit in the international naval concentra- tion in Chinese waters. As the refugees continue to stream into the international settlement here, those in command of the for- eign defense forces are leaving nothing undone to assure their protection. The barriers separating the settlement from the native city are constantly :{ltspemed and protected, and any signs encroachment are quic investi- o quickly investi All Forces Co-operate. There is close collaboration between the various commanders. Maj. Gen. Duncan of the British defense force has discussed the general defense situ- ation with Capt. Uyematsu, com- mander of the Japanese marine force. The local Chinese commissioner at Changsha, on the Slang-Hiang in Hu- nan province, after a slight encounter between a number of Chinese and a party from the British gunboat Wood- cock, demanded withdrawal of the British warships at that Nationalist- controlled city. he commissioner demande that the British sallors involved in 1eg clash be turned over to the Chinese authorities in order that ‘“drastic action” might be taken against them When _extra-territorial rights further were withdrawn from all Britishers in Changsa, the British authorities or- dered the evacuation of their na. tionals from that cly. The Japanese consul, who p today from Nanking, where he nad o narrow escape from death last week, saidsthat armed woman Communists led the Cantonese soldiers who looted the Japanese consulate, The consul agreed with other reports made- here by refugees that the looting and out- rages were carried on systematically with the apparent object of inflaming anti-foreign feelings. Hankow Evacuation Proceeds. The evacuation of Hankow by foreigners is proceeding rapidly. To- day the steamer Suiwo arrived here with 285 refugees, all but one of whom were Americans. Most of them were members of the Scandinavian-Amer- {ican Mission from the interior. The Americans still remaining in Hankow, it was said, numbered 139, including 30 women and 17 children. With the situation in Hankow described as disturbing 350 Americans left the city between Thursday and Sunday, most of them coming from the interior. Those remaining will be evacuated as soon as possible, ‘Reports from Peking say that all the American members of the staff of Peking Union Medical College, alarmed by the Nanking incident, are planning to leave for home immediate- ly. The police in Peking, which is the capital of. the Northern government, are actively engaged in a hunt for Nationalist agitators there. A telegram from a Japanese source MARCH 30, 1927 —FORTY-EIGHT ng Sfaf. PAGES. service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Auqciated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,503 TWO CENTS. ARLINGTON NG CONMISSN BL GOES O EOVERNOR Measure Providing Means for Orderly Development of County Is Passed. UTILITIES FRANCHISE PLAN IS INTRODUCED “City” Proposition Faces Defeat as News Note: Senator Borah declafés that should Gov. Al Smith be the Democratic presidential nominee he will declare for dry law enforcement. WOMAN TESTIFIES INBRIBERY GASE Charges MilliGnaire Gave Her $1,000 for Dry Data in 1922. Mrs. Della H. Evans, star witness for the Government in the trial of Daniel J. Shields, brewer and politi- cian of Johnstown, Pa., for bribery, testified before Justice Hoehling to- day in Criminal Division 1, that in Feb- ruary, 1922 Shields paid her $1,000 for information, concerning prohibition reports on Pennsylvania breweries. Mrs. Evans, who was then Miss Dal- la M. Hayes, said she was introduced to Shields while she was employed as a clerk in the office of the chief of the prohibition agents by a former Representative from Pennsylvania, in January, 1922, The net night he took her to dinner and a theater. Then followed several other engagements and on February 26, 1922, Shields ‘asked her how she would like to have $1,000 a week. She said she didn't want it. The next week he came and took (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) S— LISTENERS ASSAIL RADIO CONGESTION Want Only 230 of 733 Broad- casting Stations, Com- mission Told. The great army of radio listeners had their day in court before the Fed- eral Radio Commission today. Out of a mass of expert, technical testimony on the subject of closer separation of broadcasting stations in the United States, came a clear, con cise declaration of opinion on behalf of more than 450,000 broadcast lis- teners in Towa, and abstractly on be- half of all radio listeners in the United States. Francis St. Austell, president of the Jowa Listeners’ League, with a mem- bership of 458,000 persons in the State, declared that congestion on the broadcasting wave lengths is now so severe that even with the most ex- pensive recelving set located in Des Moines, Towa, he cannot get more than eight station programs “without inter- ference.” Interspersing his remarks with forceful language by way of em- phasts, Mr. Austell cautioned broad- casters to get together in the interest of the listening public, to eliminate the “jealousy” between them and to remedy the ‘‘mess intd which broad- casting has fallen.” Calls Most Stations Unwanted. “Out of 733 broadcasting stations on the air today there are but 230 that the 1listener wants,” Mr. St. Austell sald. “You shoulq forget your fre- quencies, forget your little Jealousies and get together for the benefit of the listening gublic. Radio has gotten into such a m®ss because of jealousy be- tween broadcasters that the situation is now almost hopeless. Find 50 broad- casters and you will find 50 fighters. “Giet together among yourselves and you could easily improve the situa- tion. We don’t want 733 broadcasters, but we do want good music, uninter- rupted by interference. If you don't get together you will make the work of the commission very hard, and if You do get together you will make it much easier.” Closing Gaps Suggested. Mr. St. Austell's declaration came after several suggestions had been made by prominent radio engineers for improving the broadcasting situa- tion by closing the gaps between sta- tions. Two of them, R. H. Langley of the Crosley Radio Corporation of Cincinnati and Prof. Alfred N. Gold- smithk of the National Broadcasting Co., were not in agreement as to the possible deviation from assigned wave lengths of broadcasters to prevent interference. Virtually all the engineers agreed that kilocycle frequencies ending in 6s rather than zeros are preferable to prevent second harmonic in- terference on frequencies below the original signal. Mr. Langley ventured the view that a frequency deviation of 21 Kiiéeycies would not cause much interference. His view was sharply challenged by Dr. Goldsmith and Dr. “(Continued on Page 4, Column 29 | (Contiaued on Pags b Goluma & | salding And Planes; Bug Rides Alone Remain By the Ascociated Press. WACO, Tex., March 30.—The horse and buggy was the fastest transportation available today to Baylor University students who would take co-eds riding. With use of automobiles for- bidden, students discovered the faculty failed to ban airplanes. Hoping to solve locomotion prob- lems with planes, which a Prince- ton student found successful, the young men turned to nearby avia- tion flelds. President S. P. Brooks promptly added airplanes to the faculty mandate. S25.0000 ASKED FOR BONUS LOANS Hines Seeks Permissiqn to Borrow for Demand Due to Start Friday. Hoping to be able to meet demands of veterans who may begin applying for loans on their veterans' bonus next Friday, in more adequate fashion, Director Frank T. Hines has asked Controller General McCarl if $25,000,000 may be borrowed from the adjusted service certificate fund to be used as loan on bonuses. A decision on the question is expected shortly. ___ e Geén. Hines explained today the bureau was all ready to go ahead with its original program of lending from funds paid in as premiums on converted insurance at ‘the rate of about $3,000,000 a month. The new request to McCarl had nothing to do with the original plan, said the direc- tor, denying that a negative answer to his question to McCarl would tie up the entire program of lending to the holders of adjusted service certi- ficates Friday. All Arrangements Made. Already the Veterans' Bureau has substantive law authorizing it to make such loans direct, and arrange- ments have been made through all the suboffices of the bureau tgrough- out the United States to begin on Fri- day morning to handle applications. This substantive law was passed fol- lowing nation-wide difficulty expe- rlenced by veterans in obtaining loans from banks. But should the $25,000,000 loan from the adjusted service fund, or bonus fund, as it is better known, be author- ized by the controller general, a much more extensive and adequate financing would be avallable to the bureau to handle the applications. The ameunt of funds which will be ’uvnllnhle. regardless of the forthcom ing McCarl decision on the new ques- tion, Gen. Hines sald, would be about $3,000,000 on Friday. This problem was the latest submit- ted to McCarl following failure of the second deficiency bill, which tied up any number of projects here and throughout the country. As a result of a decision yesterday to the Secre- tary of the Interlor, in which McCarl denied to St. Elizabeth’s. Hospital the use of funds deducted from pay for retirement purposes, the District of Co- lumbia authorjties will be requested to ask McCarl for authority to pay funds i for the “proper care and feeding of indigent patients” committed to St. Elizabeth's fromsthis city. McCarl had been asked by Monle Sanger, assistant to the superintend- BIGFUND FORPARKS NEAR D.C. GERTAN Maryland Senate 0. K.’s $100,000 Gift—$1,160,000 Montgomery Bond Issues. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ANNAPOLIS, March 30.—Without a dissentnig voice, the Senate of the Maryland General Assembly last night passed the State debt bill containing a provision for an appropriation of $100,000 “for the use of the proposed Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission in developing the metropolitan district of the Na- tional Capital in Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. There was strong opposition to the provision when the bill was in the amendment stage, but this was ap- parently dissipated when it came up for final passage. However, an effort will be made to blockit in the House of Delegates, to which the bill now goes. Delegate Danfel C. Joseph of the fourth legislative disrtict of Baltimore said that he would make an effort to knock out the provision when the measure gets to the lower house and that he would speak against it, al- though he conceded that he had little hope of making his motion prevail. Mr. Joseph said that he realized that there was a strong sentiment in the lower house for the improvement. With this little fanfare of opposition from Baltimore, which is openly jeal: ous of the improvement of the border of the National Capital, the appropria- tion, which becomes available in two equal sums in 1928, is assured. Bond Issues Approved. The Senate last night also adopted favorable reports from the select com- mittee headed by Senator Kugene Jones of Kensington, Montgomery County, with Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer of Upper Marlboro, Prince Georges County, and Senator W. Earle Withgott of Easton, Talbott County, as additional members on the House bill providing for bond issues in Mont- gomery County to the grand total of $1,160,000 for various public improve- ments, and passed and sent to the governor for signature 10 other bills of importance to Montgomery County, many of them providing for steps in the direction of a municipality, includ- ing several bond issues. The favorable reports on the House bills providing for bond issues were adopted by the Senate and ordered printed for a third reading. They were reported ‘without amendments. This procedure now assures the pas- sage of the measures within the next three days. These bills provide for a $50,000 bond issue for the construction of a new county jail at Rockville; a $60,000 'bond issue for the construction of two police _stations, to be regularly manned, one to be located at Be- thesda and one at Silver Spring, the buildings also to provide offices for the county commissioners for the fourth and fifth districts and offices for the Washington Suburban San- itary Commission and the proposed Maryland Park and Planning Commis- sion; authorizing the Montgomery Commissioners to issue bonds to the limit of $800,000 for the reconstruc- tion and improvement of existing pub- lic roads and bridges within the county, and a $250,000 bond issue for rebuildnig the courthouse and mak- ing it thoroughly modern, particularly providing for fireproof vaults for the protection of the county records. Another House bill favorably report- ed abolishes the fee system for the sheriff of 'Montgomery County and turns all of the fees into the general county fund. It makes the sheriff (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) Bitter Fight Develops in Virginia Legislature. BY REX COLLIER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 30.—The Ball zoning bill, stepping stone to Arlington County’s orderly develop- ater Washing- passed the House of Delegates without a dissenting vote. Hav- ing already passed the Senate, the measure riow goes to the governor for signature. Taking the final legislative barrier one day ahead of schedule, the bill was rushed through the lower houso this morning in easy fashion. It was sponsored in the House by Delegate Charles T. Jesse. The new law, which it is understood Gov. Byrd will sign this afternoon, creates an Arlington County Zoning Commission, under the existing Board of Supervisors, with wide power for the regulation and restriction of build- | ing and property in the county. Backed by @fficials. The bill was introduced in the Senate last week by Senator Frank L. Ball. It has the unanimous indor: ment of county civic bodies, the Vir- ginia Park and Planning Commission, the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission and the Fine Arts Commission. Sentiment for introduction of the bill at the special session was crys- talized recently as a result of a con- troversy over the proposed location in Arlington County of an abatto.r. At that time it was brought out that the county was virtually devoid of authority to control building. Under the zoning law the board of supervisors . of Arlington County is given full authority “to regulate the use of land and of buildings or other structures and the beight thereof and also to establish building lines and to regulate and restrict the construction and location of buildings and other structures.” Hearings Provided For. Zoning of the county into certain areas in which restrictions will be made on the erection, reconstruction, alteration, repair or use of buildings therein, or use of land, is provided for. Public hearings must be held before such areas are mapped out and restricted. The board of supervisors will appoint a special zoning commis- sion of not more than five members which commission will be charged with investigating and recommend- ing various zoning ordinances and orders. The board of supervisors is pre- vented from acting without the recom- mendation of the zoning commission. The Circuit Court of Arlington County is authorized to appoint a special board of zoning appeals, to which property owners will have re- course in the event of dissatisfaction. The board of appeals will be com- posed of five members, serving terms of three years each. Further appeal to the Circuit Court from decisions of the appeals board is sanctioned. The board of supervisors is given power to appoint an administrative officer and fix salaries of the various zoning officials or emplgyes. Utilities Bill Introduced. The Legislature today was pre- sented with another bill of special interest to Arlington County Wwhen Senator Ball introduced a measure to enable the board of supervisors to ex- ercise authority over public service corporations in Arlington County. The bill is designed to give to the county the same rights of franchise with regard to the use of public prop- erty as are now enjoyed by cities and towns of the commonwealth. The franchise bill provides that pub- lic service corporations make con- tracts with the county for the use of public lands in connection with their business. The measure is designed to take care of a situation which has arisen in connection with laying of water mains. The water board has discovered that the county has no rec- ord of gas, electric, and other lines laid undreground along county roads and therefore is seriously handicapped in using ditch-digging machines for the laying of the new water pipes. City” Bill Faces Defeat. Meanwhile, with the zoning legisla- tion virtually out of the way, the battle between the Arlington County Better Government Commission and Delegate Charles T. Jesse over the latter’'s announced intention of de- feating the “City of Arlington” bill went merrily on today, with both sides launching verbal barrages against each other. Behind the smoke of the war- fare, the bill, introduced in the Senate by State Senator Frank L. Ball, was going forward to almost certain death in the House. Members of that body point out that a local bill stands no chance of passage at the special session in the face of opposi- tion from the locality’s own repre- sentative in the Legislature. “Let him rave. I have no fear of Suéccssor to Buckner Expected to End | Dry Raids on Broadway Night Clubs By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 30.—Spectac- ular prohibition raids on Broadway night clubs by the United States at- torney’s office are expected to become a thing of the past with the advent of Charles H. Tuttle as United States attorney for the southern district of New York. Mr. Tuttle was appointed yesterday by President Coolidge as successor to Emory R. Buckner and expects to assume his new duties within a few days. . That Mr. T will abandon the gredecessor indicated by a statement he issued last night, in_which he stresses that the United States attorney's office is a “law office and was not and is not intended to supersede or replace other departments and bureaus of the Gov- in the exercise of their proper functions.” Mr. Tuttle, his friends say, is a total abstainer from alcoholic liqtiors. The raiding and padlock policies of Mr. Buckner brought him Nation-wide publicity. It had been the custom for oung assistant prosecutors in Mr. uckner's , office to personally visit night clubd and obtain evidence which later was used for raids and prosecu- his being able to fool the people of Arlington County,” Mr. Jesse said to- day in response to attacks leveled at him by Arthur Orr, prime mover in the city referendum movement and member of the Better Government Commission, who came here yesterday to carry the fight to the delegate’s own camp. Sees Issue “Beclouded.” Orr issued a statement last night declaring that “the real issue is be- ing beclouded” and that “the question to be decided at this time is not whether it is wise to incorporate Arlington County as a city, but whether the people of the county ‘shall be given the right to decide that question for: themselves.” The commission member came here, he said, for the purpose of verifying Delegate Jesse's published figures as to the amount of State aid received by Arlington County for roads. Mr. sse _had stated, he said, that the (Continued on Page 5, Column 4. N\ @