Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1927, Page 1

e e e} WEATHER. (U, S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy change in temp ture—Highest, 57, lowest, 37 ull report on tonight; minimum temperature about 34 degrees; tomor- row increasing cloudines not much Tempera- esterday; perature. at ne page 9. Closing N. ¥. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. With k anc carrier vered to Was as fast as the papers are printed. “From Press to Home in the Hour” system covers 1 the regular edi- ington homes Yesterday's Circulation, 104,703 Entered_ post _offic o. 30,298, Wi second class matter ashington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. ( ) THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1927 SIXTY-FOUR PAGES ** (#) Means Associated Press. v WO CENTS. [, FLYERS, INAR HOURS, BREAK ORLD'S RECORD " Acosta and Chamberlin Go Far Beyond 45-Hour Mark of French Aviators. FLIGHT IS PRELIMINARY TO ATLANTIC ATTEMPT Have Flown Far Enough to Cross Ocean Three Times, Plane Experts Estimate. By the . MIN April 14.—Bert Acosta e D. Chamberlin, civilian aviators, landed at 4 o'clock after setting a new record for urance flying by remaining in the air for 51 hours 12 minutes. For the half hour before the land tng the plane hung above the field at an altitude of about 3,000 feet, cours- ing slowly backward and forward. At 12:35 it dropped toward the earth and the spectators cheered as they thought a landing was about to be made. The ane banked off, however, and climb- in, rep is performance ond time before the actual land- ing was made. The record-breaking performance eclipsed by six hours the previous world record of 45 hours, 11 minutes and 59 seconds By the time of the land had swelled to thousands in check by ropes stretck runway and by police 1 out when the throngs be ageablé. At noon the crowd suddenly fell silent as it was realized that a landing must be made very shortly be- cause the supply of oline W known to be running low. At 10:30 only 10 gallons were left in the plane’s tank and up to that time close to 7 gallons an hour had been used in the flight. The 10 gallons lasted for 2 hours and 12 min- utes, and observers on the field felt sure that the flyers had remained in the air until the tank was absolute- Ty a As soon as the plane landed the cheering crowd broke through police lines and swarmed about the recor breaking plane and the two aviators, who had been in the air for well over two days. Crowd Breaks Restraint. As Chamberlain and Acosta shoved their heads from the cabin after the plane came to a stop, they were seized and drawn out by the crowd and carviefsabout . thesfield shoulders of the people close to capture them. Chamberlin, frail, blond and ap- parently very tired, was drawn out first and was followed a few seconds Jater by Acosta, also in the hands of the cheering mob, which threw all restraint to the wind. Both aviators were smiling happily as they faced a greater danger from v injury at the hands of their friends than that to which they bad keen exposed in_the air. Among the first of the crowd to reach the flyers were the two avi- ators’ wives, who ran along with the throng as their husbands were car- ried about on the shoulders of the en- thusiastic spectators. As soon as the fiyers could be extricated from their admirers they entered a limousine with their wives and drove away, their tired faces wreathed in smiles as they waved from the windows. The little car in which Mrs. Chamberlin had driven to the field was left be- hind. When she arrived she express- ed the opinion that after the long trip n the air her husband might not care for the jolting ride home with Ber in the small car. Former Record Made in 1925. The former world record was estab- fished by the French fliers Drouhin {and Landry at Etamps, France, in HAugust, 1925. It was the third record ishattered by the weary aviators since hey started on their endurance fiight over Long Island at 9:30:40 o'clock Tuesday morning. They re- mained in_ the air in an effort to Yeach the 50-hour mark they had set for themselves, A sleepy group of aviation authori- tles and newspapermen numbering mhout 100. were the only persons on hand as the powerful Wright-Bal- Janca monoplane streaked its way passed the old record and vanished in the gray horizon of early day. The “May was clear and the plane was fly- ing at an altitude of about 1,500 feet. The flight, in addition to an attempt to set a new world’s endurance record, was in the nature of a test prior proposed non-stop New York to + flight in competition for the $ prize offered by Raymond Ort Two Other Marks § Announcement of the new world record was made by Carl S. Schory socretary of th tional Aeronautical ssociation, who was the official ol ver at the flight. the crowd ned along the ame unn ast enougl Two records had been smashed b At 9:35 o'clock JJast night Ac and Chamberlin assed the American continuous flving record of 36 hours, 4 minute nd 34 onds ed by Oakley Kelly and J ady four years ago. The dural 1t record of a plar refueled in the air broken at 10.45 o'clock last 1 s the iators | passed the mark held by Lieuts. Smiith and Richter, A rmen, who stayed aloft 37 hours 15 minutes and 14 sec ond: 1 Roosevelt lin ing mark: over th Curtis: the aviatol enough to Field estab Chan ier Intere: ar rout 1 and g Island long « velt, fields i been in t had flown almost three times across the Atlantic, on the time bz cock-Brown from 1o Ireland in 1919, Both Are V They had also trave ! the distance York to San Francisco A supply ¢ carried at the diminishing Tily morni ut with the hour the lightened allowed nent and retu ns of gas the throu ckened rvation of fu every - move: fr fue pp cle to completion _of nd was held | jClaims Non-Stop Record for Boat | After 42-Day Tripi e Associated Press. PEDRO, Calif., April 14.— Capt. Olat Lie, master of the Nor- weglan tanker Nordanger, believes his ship establisifed a world’s non- stop record for an oil carrier upon arrival here yesterday from Bom- bay. The log of the Nordanger shows that the vessel negotiated 10,168 miles on the trip here without once stopping her powerful motors. | Forty-two days were required for | and the tanker main- average speed of 11.1 tained knots an hour. NANKING MENACED an AS ARMIES BATILE Northerners Threaten Rail-| way to Shanghai—U. S. | Destroyer Fired On. azo Daily By Cabls to The Star and Ch News. Copyright, 1 SHANGHAIT, April 14.—Reports re- ceived here by the Navy wireless an- nounce that a battle is now in prog- r between the Northerners, with their base at Pukow, and the South- erners at Hslakwan, a river suburb of Nanking. The firing of big guns and rifles js heard. According to local Chinese connect- ed with the Kuomintan<, Nanking is gents of their troops have crossed the |river farther down, where they threaten the railway connection with shanghai rom Nanking itself the little news leaks out over the naval wireless says that the Nationalist flag was hoisted on Lion Hill and that no other flags are displayed in all Nanking. U. S. Destroyer Fired On. » was no movement of soldiers yesterday across the Yangtze River The United States destroyer Noa wa fired on by northern soldiers, who used The luding Chinese all passing vessels, The snipers and Japanese steamers. Chang Kai-Shek has been in Nanking for some days and there is a gather- ing of the anti-Communists in the Kuomintang party. Hsi and Gen. Chow Feng-Chi have gone there together with others who g_e likewise opposed to the Borodin- fankow outfit. One conclusion drawn from this anti- Bolshevist convention at a time when the outposts of the northerners are di- rectly across the river is that the non- Communist Kuomintang members are trying to reach an understanding with the north, which has been anti-Soviet all along. Alliance Held Possible. There {s a belief in Shanghai that the lpng-talked-of alliance between Chang Kaishek and Chang Tso-lin may emerge from the Nanking con- ference, providing for the holding of eastern China _jointly, with ~the Yangtze as the dividing line, If the North_and South could thus settle their differences, it would afford an opportunity to expel communism from China. What they would do with Shanghal is a puzzie. As for the rest of the lower Yangtze Valley, Chinkiang terday was almost denuded of troops. Not more than 500 men remain there, as the others have been distributed thence to Tanyan and down the rail- way to other points, It is reported that 10,000 men are at Lienyutal, about three miles from Chinkiang. Northern troops are ex- pected to attack across the river on the lines from Shiharwei to Kwachow, places which are northwest of Chin’ kiang. Two thousand men of the Tth Na- tionalist Division have crossed to Wuhu, which is believed to be ex- tremely antiforeign, and so it is inad- visable for foreigners to go ashore there. Hankow is quiet, but uneasy. 130 Foreigners Leave, The steamer Lungwo has left there with 130 foreigners for S| British gunboat Verity 27 TRAPPED IN MINE BY FLOOD ARE SAFE m: loans to corporations has not be but the Government wi | Workers Escape to Higher Level | as Bed of Creek Over ‘; Shaft Gives Way. | | | | | ted Press STTA, Okla. April Tywenty-seven miners trapped | O1a Wise, or Cato coal mine near here | today by flood waters of McDonald { | Creek escaped death when they sough refuge on a level above the water. | of the men had been rescued before | noon and it was believed their panions were not in dange Communication had been 14 | in_the | com stablished with the 21 _men still under ground. | - | The were 70 feet beneath the sur- |face at a point three-quarters of | mile northwest of the mine's ope! > shaft was flooded when the b McDonald Creek gave under | the load of flood . Water in the shaft w reported to have l'v'uhw!‘ 1 depth of 45 feet Ly early date is expected to b an im- portant factor in the political situ- Sees Effort to Bribe Jury. | ation, for the main criticism of the | flames 4 ’ | administration heretofore has been g INDIANAPOLIS, April 14 (P.—A |that by vetojng the McNary-Haugen | motion to dismiss the Marion County [ bill it acted in a negative way and | . grand jury because of alleged efforts | did not actually use its power and| ' to brite one of the jurors was filed | to get an alternative bill in Ci al Court today by Will H 1t would accomplish the 1!51 m uting attorney of Maria tives. The test of the ad- County rand jury recently re- | ation plan is whether it will do sumed investigation ‘Into charges of [ what the McNary-Haugen bill set out | 1. volitical corruption in the State. [to do, and administration leaders are | 1S | confident that it will do this and Mine Tipple Burned. i BARNESVILLE, Ohlo, April 14 (®). | The tipple of the Moonshine Mine three miles west of here, was destroy- re toda e mine, which em- | 0 men, is the only non-union } tion in Belmont Count nd one | two in the entire east Ohio | ploys NEW FARM RELIEF in a serious position in a military way, inasmuch as Pukow is in the The conference between President hands of the Northerners, and contin- | Coolidge and Senator McNary of Oregon was one of the first steps ous; rifles. The destroyer returned the|gisiress and panic which keeps a price fire with m:\(‘_hlne guns. T?_! Same | from falling, and that agency must northern soldiers had been firing onpave sufficient funds to back up its Gen, Pai Chung- | gtabilization boards or corporations would be set up. These would not be in any way appointed by or created by the Government. But the Govern- ment would not lend its money to such a corporation unless it is set up with certain types of men in it, namely an | such ed pr | PLAN BEING MADE BY ADMINISTRATION | — | Loans to Regional Stabiliza-i tion Corporations by Gov- | ernment Proposed. | OVERWHELMING FAVOR IN CONGRESS EXPECTED | President’s Conference With Me- Nary Was One of First Steps in Problem. BY DAVID LAWR The Coolidge administ termined on a plan to solve the prob lem of farm relief. Details are not vet ready for announcement, but are being worked out in conferences be tween the Secretary of Agriculture, William M. Jardine, and the leaders in the agricultural industry. Instead of being forced to take the defensive with respect to the McNary- Haugen bill, the administration is preparing to submit its alternative plan and to win support for the idea between now and next December so that the measure as finally proposed will go through the.Senate and House by overwhelming votes, © wtion has de- | Curtis-Crisp Bill Involved. taken, and while the first published reports ‘spoke of a ‘“compromise” being worked cut, the truth is th the plan now being taken up seri- by the administration involves some of the best features of the Curtis-Crisp bill, as_well as some of the ideas of the McNary-Haugen bill. But in essence it is an_altogether different _solution from what hereto- fore has been suggested: In brief, the idea is to get at the whole agricultural problem by means of credit. It is the readiness of some agency to buy a crop at a moment of decision. The Government itself can- not enter into the business of fixing Regional Boards Planned. In other words, several regional experienced banker, an experienced merchandiser of the crop in question and representatives of the farmers who know how to deal with the co- operative organizations and inde- pendents. In the case of cotton, for instance, there might be only one stabilization corporation. As for wheat, three dif- ferent corporations might be set up to take care of the different phases of wheat production in different sections. These regional corporations would be in the nature of the holding com- panies that have characterized the op- erations of big business in recent years, in that they would act for groups of organizations and compa- nies engaged ifn agriculture. It is suggested that these stabilization cor- porations need have only a small amount of capital, but it would have to be furnished by private citizens. Would Lend at Proper Time. Then at the proper time whenever a price was falling and it was necessary to begin to buy the farmer’s crop and hold it as against a falling market, the Federal Stabilization Corporation in Washington would lend money to the regional _stabilization _corporation: This credit would extend over two ol three vears—long enough to enable a particular crop to work out its carry- over problem. The Federal Government would not actually buy any crop, but would*lend the money just as a banker would. Part of the funds, in fact 65 per cent, would be supplied by the Federal in- sermediate banking system, which is vided by the new Federal lendin machinery. Whether the present War ice Corporation will be converted into a huge Agricultural Finance Corporation or whether the Fedes arm Loan Board will be reorganiz that a separate division can intained for the purpose of ma the regional stabi work be ing ation ed out, probably two or to take care of issue bonds three years' maturi loans as were made abilization companies. ates of or cer to the Psychological Factor Seen. . Itis estimated that the total revoly-| ing fund that might be used would | not exceed 0,000,000, but the | 1eadiness of the Government to lend the contributing to the decline. The new plan really does not differ in principle from that which is in vozue in the Federal Reserve bank- | ing system, which in effect stabilizes | , the price of money through its con- | trol of gold reserves and rates of |y, rediscount | sy day sity. new ments homeless by the fire. the most disa trous in the histor: ur firemen W of the where ed by two policemen, but CANADA T0 HAVE §500.000 LEGATION Premier Supports Plan for Permanent Building in Washington. of 500,000 By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, priation Dbuilding in W Canadian legation was voted by the House of Commons early today. Efforts of Hugh Guthrie, Conserva- tive leader, to reduce the appropria- tion to $25,000 falled by a vote of 90 Ont., April 14.—Appro- to purchas a shington to house the lie hidden behind the river bank a mile | prices or buying crops. That bas or_two above Pukow. been the stumbling block all along. | to 54. While this is the military status of | But there is no objection to the same Mr. Guthrie questioned why Canada Nanking, the real significance of the |thing done by private corporations |should purchase an embassy at Jull may be that political ententes of | with funds borrowed from the Govern- | Washington, when, he said, reports in- great importance are being arranged. {ment. Adited Db siowly ‘ppointed. Tnitsd States representative to Canada would occupy merely office quarters and re- side in a private dwelling. Cites Latin American Legations. Premier Mackenzie-King, ing the $500,000 appropriation, sald that purchase of a building at Wash- ington would give a note of perma- nence to the legation and also provide greater accessibility during day and night hours. He pointed to the expenditures of various South and Central American countries in their Washington lega- tions as justifying appropriation of an_amount sufficient to purchase a building. support: Will Announce Plans. At the Canadian legation here to- was said plans for the building would be made at a later date. is occupying quarters at 1757 N street. MORGANTOWN HIT BY §1 00000 FIRE TIieater, Jewelry Store and Other Places Razed. announcement of The legation now Firemen Hurt. ent Store, t discov other injuries. Gaining headway with , the fire de: isser Theater Bullding e submis: il pla E | The submission of the plan at an| gy minutes, more. They assert it is a permanent solution with all the flexibility of the | Federal Reserve banking system and 11l the advantages that have prevent- nics in the banking world (Covyright, 19 = Programs—Page 54 Radio roperty was reported to haygy given Mrs, Car- rington $100,000. ‘ By the Associated Press. MORGANTOWN, W. Va., April 14. —An entire business block here was wiped out by fire earl today, causing already authorized by law to make | damage variously mated at be- 5uf-h loans. tween $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. A th The other 40 per cent would be pro- | ater jewelry store, hardware store, music store and other buildings were razed. For a time the bl whole business district of this college town, home of West Virginia Univer- Only the fact that a building at the south end of the block was torn down last week to ma structure adjoining bloc] Many Made Homeless. 5 families, occupying apar above imperiled the e room for a ved property in -an the stores, were ma of Morgantown. e trapped in the Orr Bros.” Dep the flames we money and the readiness of the ned. Two of them were ovel stabilization corporations to buy the | come, Later they iwere serious! | erop at prices that will in rpa °s | hurned when enguifed by a sheet of anticipate a higher return later on | flame while fighting the blaze from {are expected to be psycholo atop the City Hall. factors in keeping the farme Help was summoned from surround dumping his product suddenly ing towns when the fire raged beyond control of the local firemen Several Slight] vy Hurt. firemen suffered mi eat rapl royed the old six-stor n less than When the walls of the structure crumbled they wrecked the | front of a building untouched by the The fire was checked after a four- battle. & undetermined. The origin of the blaze | MRS. EARRINGTON WINS. Granted Divorce—Settlement Reported $100,000. CHICAGO, April 14 (). Walsh Snyder grandmother and ex-a was granted a divorce from Col. Mrs. Anna Carrington of New ctress, r rrington, on grounds of settlement agreement Oregon Gold Rush ‘Rushed’ in Silence Till Claims Taken By the Associated Pr KLAMATH FALLS, Oveg., April he Sprague River gold rush was nothing to speak of—until it 1 ove rague River is a Jumber settle- ment near here. Last week C. W. Ebbetts, former mining man, made the strike. Specimens were quietly sent to an assay office and were re- ported worth $22 to $25 a ton in gold and $10 to $31 in platinum. The entire community joined in a secrecy pact until all claims were | staked out. he noiseloss gold rush ended last night, when it was announced that between 40 and 50 claims had been 9 OF 186 DRIVERS FLOUT STOP SIGNS Three Tallies Taken Show Wide Disregard of Boule- vard Warnings. BY WILLIAM ULLMA Indifference to the boulevard stop ns, a traffic violation fraught with grave and constant danger to the tens of thousands of vehicles concentrated on the arterial highways, is practiced taken. to an appalling extent in the National Capital, a study of conditions by an igator for The Star reveals. ures developed by an actual survey of conditions doubtless will prove startling even to those who are EVEE G S w conscious that this provision of the traffic code js flagrantly and con- Actual count of the motorists who 1 | choose to ignore this vital part of the code or who violate it through igno- rance of its tremendous importance to traffic safety reveals a situation that ng. In three tallies only 90 of came to a stop. When, un- der certain circumstances, one-half of the motorists viclate this regulation, which depends upon the complete ob- servance of all drivers for its safety. one can see the tremendous actual or potential danger that exists at all times on the important highways of | the National Capil Exodus to Hills Ordered as Flood Reaches Busi- ness District. By the Associated Press CAIRO, 1L, April 14 o 3 Count Made at Crossing. at Columbus, Ky., which has b ing for the past two weeks, v The method followed by an investi- into the river over a length of 75 feet | sator for The Star in determining just today. Residents of the town and vol- | to_What Extent the bnu]‘p\'flr‘d_ stop vor] r t v v H ns are flouted o station himse! unteer workers from other towns, who | 358 B0 SR CH TS 6% 0 "Count. the have been fighting to keep out the |nymper of machines that passed, rising waters, gave up the task and | checking the number that failed to began cutting the levee at the lower | heed the regulations requiring them end. to stop and wait until the way was A new levee thrown up hastily in an | absolutely clear before venturing attempt to suport the old embank- | the arterial highwa! ment, would not hold more than a day vation of conditions or two, it was decided, so the cut wa made to permit water to back up into the town and prevent the full sweep of the river through the village. ‘The entire business district would be flooded to a depth of seven to ten feet before night, it was estimated. A ses the Obs question whether more than one-half of the drivers of District have a clear concept of what the regulation mea It was emphatically apparent that a large proportion of local motorists think they have complied with the law eral exodus to the hills was «rder>d | when they come to a stop in the vicin- and stocks of store and furniture were | ity of the sign. H@ving stopped, they moved to houses and barns on farms | seemed to assume that thej behind the town. ARKANSAS LEVEES BREAK. their relation on the more important thoroughfare. It was equally clear that another large number try to get around the and intent of the regulation 3 ting slowly into the intersec- tion, coming to a virtual but not actual top, and then threading their way across the arterial highw In round numbers, about 50 per cent showed a real knowledge of the regu- lation and made an intellizent effort to abide by its provisions requiring a complete stap and a wait until the im- portant highway was absolutely clear. “Coaster” Chief Violator. Unquestionably the “coaster” is the chief violator of the stop requirement. He was to be found in astonishingly large number at every intersection } where The Star's investigator made a tions. The “coaster” is no particular type. Women were | proportionately as guilty as men, al- though middle age showed both sexes rather more inclined to obedience to the law, at least, to a greater meas- ure of caution than was displayed by more rivers The the d, Families Forced to Flee at Tulot and | Crawford County. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April Reports of three levee breaks added 14 P).— flood conditions in the Mississippi and while con- tinued heavy rains swelled the volume of waters moving toward the gulf. A quarter-mile section of Vo el against the Arkan: Rive awfocd County, Ark. swept away early toda ng many families to flce Other cs wers marooned while the flood spread over thousanls of acres. 'm oV of to the the val Missouri tributaries today the { count of the viol North § id2 of the Ark,, e on the ancis River Truman break and its zens 1ushed to chec to_be inevitalle floo Marked Tree, atened, benefited b; which will cause the to flow east Columbus the cit red | ng of the town. to the south, already the breach, 55 waters violations, because are made at relativel slower spe seem to be less flag) those of th r who w the intersection with 1 1 or the trafic on the more nt highw While they do not n to be £o grave a menace in the individual case, in tha te they undobutedly comprise one now eng e with the Fi 4 ce considered as the pital of the United Stat a ible city, it now cd to a fishing village of some] import dl persons ious dangers existing on the Serlous Flood Feared: | ¢ the Natianal Capital tcday. | coaster” is continually cut- lower Mississippi Valley was | ting into the avenus, foreing its traffic ed today floods in the held b ment ik wa to swerve dangerously, stop suddenly or tie itself into the ever-dangerous knot of congestion. One of the most flagrant obse:v: tions noted during the several day study of conditions occured at the intersection of Harrison street and Connecticut avenue. The car involved was that owned by a high District official. Harrison street as it ap- proaches Connecticut avenue takes a slight dip, sufficient to give the car considerable momentum that makes stopping more difficult. No Effort to Stop. The machine in question, traveling at a speed of easily 25 miles an hour, made no effort to stop at all, although the sign is visible for fully a block away. Instead, it whirled into the avenue at undiminished speed. cut the corner sharply and turned north. Only the facility of the drivers of three cars proceeding in the same divection on Conneggigut avenue pre- vented a serious apllision. All three were forced to sWerve dangerously by one of the worst history of that sectiom | only by the gre s built along its winding | Continuing rains caused tribu streams to pour inc g wa- ters into the main artery to the Guif, while thousands of of normally v becoming the destructive tide. guards patrolled the river prevent recurrence of dy- namiting attempts such as occurred vesterday at Pettyville, on the St rancis River. No appreciable. dam age was done in the dynamite at- tempt, but an exchange of shots be- tween levee guards and the dyna- miter was reported Backwater was gradually flooding the residential section of Van Buren, Ark., while Fort Smith, Fort Gibson and other river points were endan- gered by the continuous rise. Red Cross workers along the Black River in lower Concordia parish, Louisiana, reported that those trav- eling on the river by boat must main- immersed under Armed levs to tain a constant watch against snakes, | close to the curb allow the power- which_have been driven to the trees|ful official car to Make the sweeping (Continued on Page 3, Column 2J ! (Continued E Page 4, Column 2) had the | right to proceed with no regard for | [llinois’ Oldest : Courthouse to Be | Moved for 3d Time | By the Associated P: EAST ST, LOU nols’ oldest courthouse, which has traveled more than 900 miles in 33 vears, will be moved from Chic: to its original site in Cahokia Vil- lage, 6 miles south of here. Built of logs, the nomadic struc- ture has been torn to pieces and reassembled three times in the course of its wanderings between here and Chicago. It will be re- turned to its original site in time for the Northwest Territory centennial Exposition, to be he Cahokia next year. lhe structure was first taken to the Columbian Exposition in Chi- cago in 1894, It was then taken down, log by log, and in St. Louis for the Lou chase Exposition in 1904, NEW BILL PLANNED | TOAID D. G, HEADS Measure to Broaden Powers | Will Be Revamped for Coming Congress. April 14—l | | | The bill to broaden the powers of the District Commissioners which died in the House District subcommittee in the last session of Congress will be revamped for introduction in the new Congress, it was announced today by Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Board of Commissloners. The Commissioners instructed Mr. Garges to revise the measure after conferring with various department heads of the municipal government. A number of its provisions are ex- pected to be deleted completely and modifications will be made in others. Minor Powers Planned. The bill as _originally drafted by Corporation Counsel Francis H. Stephens, Auditor Dainel J. Donovan and Mr. Garges, would extend the powers and jurisdiction of the Com- missioners in a broad way and com- mit to them greater authority to deal with local questions. In accordance with the wishes of the present Board of Commissioners, the re-draft will be designed to confer on the Commissioners only such minor powers that would relieve Congress of such duty and responsibility. 01d Bill's Provisions. The old bill contains 17 sections. Its chief provisions would give the Commissieners _authority to appoint the judges of the Police and Juvenile Courts, the recorder of deeds, the Board of Education and all other offi- cers and boards exercising munieipal functions merely; to regulate the amount and character of license fees, to compromise all claims against the District and to appoint civil employes of the District as special policemen for the protection of public property. The provisions which would give the Commissioners authority to ap- point members of the school board and adjust claims are expected to be among those removed in the process of revision. SEARCH FOR KOPPER WIDER, BUT IN VAIN Montgomery County Police and Washington Detectives Co- operating in Hunt. With local detectivea and Montgom- ery County police cg-operating in the search for Capt. Frederick Kopper, ir., who disappeared from his machine shop at 1008 C street nine days ago and whose coat, overcoat and automo- bile later were found abandoned near Great Falls, Md., the scope of the hunt was broadened today to include North Water Gap, Pa., where Capt. Kopper had a Summer home, and New York City where he was a fre- quentvisitor. No definite clue to his whereabouts had been uncovered at noon by De- tectives Keck and Thompson headquarters, who were a the case by Inspector Henry G. Pratt. Policeman Joseph Oldfield of the Montgomery County force also had failed to unearth any indication of his whereabouts, BISHOP MURRAY MAKES APPEAL FOR NEAR EAST Episcopal Churches Urged to Con- tribute Tomorrow to Church in Jerusalem. An appeal is made to the members of the Episcopal churches throughout the United States by Right Rev. John Gardner Murray, presiding Bishop of the copal Church in the United States, for offerings to be taken to- morrow, Good Friday, for the benefit of the work of the American Church in Jerusalem and the Near East. The Ame; iscopal Church has been aiding and in work | in the Holy Land since 1841, it is stated. The principal features of the work carried on by the combined mission of the Church of England and the E al Church in the United 5 onsists of the operation of schools for boys and girls, a hospital nd churches in Palestine and the Near East, it Is stated. Valued at $300,000,000. SHANGHAI, China, April 14 (#).— The report of the commissioners of revenue of the international settlement in Shanghai estimates the actual value of the land and buildings within the settlement at more than 600,000,000 taels, or about $300,000,000. The out- standing municipal loans total over 50,000,000 taels. U. S. Flyers Start On. SAN JUAN. Porto Rico, April 14 (). —The United States Army Pan- American flyers left here at 8:20 o'clock this morning for Santo Do- mingos i AL R N Polish Official Slain. WARSAW, Poland, April 14 (#).— President Cynarski of the City of of our co-op souri, said, Lodz was stabbed to death today while [ 1214 replied as follo THIRD-TERM TALK DANCER MINIIZED BY C.0.P. LEADERS Answers to Star’s Query Declare Coolidge Is Logi- cal Candidate. 14 NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPLY AS ONE Reports From Every Section of Country Give Reasons for Opinions on 1928. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN Realizing the public interest possible candidacy of President Coo idge to succeed himself, The Star has addressed to all members of the T publican national committee, men and women the following questio in the I In your opinion would anothe term of office for President Coolidge constitute a “third term s 3 phrase is generally understc 2. In your oplnion wo called “third term” issue be a obstacle either to the nomination or re election of President Coolidge in 19287 3. In your opinion is President Cool idge the logical candidate of the Re publican party for President in 19287 First Answers To The first group of answers to the questions is published tod: Other answers will be published from time to time. President Coolidge is the logic: didate for the Republicans for P dent In 1928, and the party will dc mand his renomination in the opinion of national committeemen and comrait tee women of 14 States and the Dis trict of Columbia. KEvery section of the country is included in the 14 States from which replies are today pub- lished. They stretch from Vermont to California and from Michigan to Texas. The same members of lican natio: committee y that there is third term” issue, as the Ily understood, in the ction of President Cool- unanimous in their opinion, too, that the “third term” is- sue will not be a serious obstacle either to the renomination or re-elec- tion of President Coolidge. Some Ontline Reasons. The States from which replies are published today, in addition to the Dis- trict of Columbia, are: Alaba Arle zona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, Mi souri, New Jersey, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia While many of the answers were cat- egorical “yes” and “no,” some of the national committeemen and committee- women give their reasons for declaring there is no third-term issue and that the President is the logical choice of his party next year. One or two of the committee members say that doubtless opponents of the President will undertake to make as much as they can of the third-term issue, but add they do not think that it will prove a “serious obstacle” to his renomina- tion and re-election. Clarence C. Hamlin, Colorado, said in his rey “In my opinion the r ing the third-term tradit apply to three elective te sequently another te Coolidge would not ¢ term as understood by Indeed, in the light of history a view of the tottering of thrones b pping of crowns during pa: few years, the argument agai 1 third term lost much of its or inal potency. I do not think that third-term issue would be obstacle to either the the re-election of Pr 1928, and in my opinion he logical candidate of the Republic party for the presidential nomination in that y the = the Repub- member for ons und n can_only ‘ms, and con- for President tute a third the fathers d In and the “I am firmly tonvinced that | have the momination for ind that unless there is a ange in induserial condi tween now and November, will be-absolutely no doubt of tion. In Colorado, no one thought of.” Hamilton F. Kean, member for New Jersey, said: the the else Most of the people that T see would not consider Calvin Coolidge running for another term third term. I do mnot think it would be a se obstacle to the nomination and re- election of President Coolidge in 1923 Among the business men, among the mechanics and among the laborers the hold that Calvin Coolidge has on the hearts of the people is still unshaken There 1S no_question, in my opinion, that if he wishes it he can receive the Republican nomination for the presi- ney in June, 1928, and the people will confirm_that nomination at the polls in the November election of that year."” Cites Tallk With Roosevelt. L. Remmel, member for A said: n 190 ton by ¥ with him 7 T was called to Wi sident Rooseveit to the auestion of his cessor in the President’s ted to him at the time should be his own successor; not think the question of n entered into it at all replied that on the eve of his elec he had stated he would not be a car didate to succeed himselr. “I feel the same way today the question of a third tern I do not think that it will stand in ti way whatever if President Cooli announces his intention of being a candidate, He has given the countr a splendid administration and, to my mind, is as popular today as he was in 1924, His veto of the McN: Haugen bill, of course, was a gr suc- office, that that third But he T he T abe disappointment to a large number of farmers in the corn belt and to some ative associations com- posed of cotton planters in the South, but it Mr. Coolidge should be nomi- nated T believe the present oppositior would be overcome by the time of the election in November, 1928." Dr. E. B. Clements, member for Mis . after answering the f wo questions “no” and the third es “In my judgment, if President Cool- ldge is a candidate he will be nomi nated practically unanimously and re. elected States. President of the United From the President’s native State, Vermont, Farle S. Kinsley of Rut- leaving his home. An investigation was immediately ordered. James M. Beck, in answer to the (Continued on Page 4, Column 4)