Evening Star Newspaper, April 16, 1927, Page 1

b WEA' (0.8 Weather Increasing cloudiness, occasfonal rain to slightly warmer to Temperature—H today; lowest, 48, at 6 a.m. Full report on' 1 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 THER. Bareau Forecrst.) followed by night or tomorrow onight. ighest, am. page ch o e e N 30,300, Entered post off eco! Wa: nd o shington. matter D. C. WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. in W, Associated service. .D. C, SATURDAY, AMERICAN WOMAN KIDNAPED IN CHINA: DESTROYEfi PREBLE SILENCES SHORE FIRE One Sailor Wounded in Fight Near Nanking—U. S. Property in Wuhu Seized. Assoviated Press. ure of an Americ the wounding of attack on nd ceizure of Am Wuhu were reported from China 1.« i= said to have fall of Chinese bandits in ing to r Dispatches glve mo el whercabouts or The U ary | in in datphia n into th Yunnar E e was fir with machine guns from the bank of the Yangtze half v tween Nanking and nghai. sailor, unnamed, suffered wound. The destroyer silenc: tackers with hor main batte . Cantonese troops a above Nunuking, seiz Hospital and other for the face of protes Continuing their Ieds from the Cantones moderates s ralds in Canton and Shanghal. One hundred radicals were or wounded in the fighting ton, | in which armored cars and gunboats | were used to back up raids on the | Red or unions, An undetermined Iaborites were Killed section of Shanghai. The general sirike ed in protest when the raid: ed several days, has been term! Gen. Pai TsungChi, cemmander of the Cantonese troops in the Shangha 1 on | north | b A flech | ed the at- | ¥ | S. Hospi Selzed. | the Amer gn property in red | ative number in the that the reds must drive would be launched a; New Note Indicated. Continuance of the military paign against the northerners by the | Cantonese, he s2id, would not be at- terupteduntil this problem was sottled. Paris reports that the ministers of the United - States, France, Great Britain, Japen and Jtaly in Psking haye recommended “that they be em- powered to draft new demands on the Cantonese for vediess for tii: Nenking, cutrages of last month. The replies-gent to the first notes by the Hankow foreign minister are rezarded hy the French a&s an attempt to divide the powers. ANOTHER PROTEST URGED. Envoys of Powers Want Chen Brought to Terms. PARIS, April 16 (#).—The represent- atives of the five powers in China have recommended to their governments that they be anthorized to draft a new ( identic note on the Nanking incident in reply to the communicetions from Eugene Chen, Cantonese foreign min- ister, which they regard as unsatis- factory. The note is expected to be ready within five or six days. It is under- stood it will make it absolutely clear that Great Britain, the United States, France, Japan and Italy are united in demanding that the lives and prop- erty rights of their nationals in China be protected, and that reparation be made for the damage suftere.. France Not Satisfled. Although Chen’s reply to was couched in different terms the those addressed to the other power: the French foreign office is under- stood to consider it unsatisfactory. asive and rather in the nature gf an attempt to divide the powers. over the Chinese situation, | is lessening day by day in | official circles, It is believed that the | Moderates are gaining ground steadily, | and that the first burst of anti-foreig feoling is giving way to soberer thought. France n Reply Reaches London. LONDO. pril 16 (®).—The Can- tonese foreign minister's reply’ to Great Britain in connection with the five-power in the Nanking incident morning. The British foreizgn office is awaiting the observations and recom- | mendations of Sir Miles Lampson, | British Minister in Pekin reply was communicated to Pre- | dwin and F 3 y n, but no action ect- | ter holiday U. S. PROPERTY OCCUPIED. American Hospital at Wuhu Sa Have Been Seize April 16 (@) from SHANGHAI less digpatch Yangtze River (nntorese trooy occupied the American hospital, premises of the Tol o Products soration and other foreig sspite protests. fiss M. I.-C tached to the ¢ Anshunfu, Kwelchow captured by bandi Province, , foreign = She was_cap Yunnanfu capital of Yunnan Province, while en route to Shanghai. In travelis Shanghi om_Anshunfu it is 1 £ary 1o go south to reach the rai leading to the coast. . American Sailor Wounded. An ‘American sailor suffered a fles wound when the destroyer I fired on with machine guns yesterd from the north bank of the Y apposite Kiangyin, it was lear The Chinese persisted in their firing until the Preble turned loose her main battery of 4-nch and 3-nck s The American consul 140, wire- may develop through Cantonese agi tion. Reports have reached Tsin that 500 agitators are due from Shang hal, and, as a consequence, all ships entering the port are being searched b and | Edgewater |SALARY RAISES GRANTED 1.200 ENGRAVING BUREAU EMPLOYES Boost Outpu Bandits Reported Holding‘ Miss Mary 1. Craig of Philadelphia. ary from 55 to 69 cents 1,200 employ aving and Printing. day. was announced to ary of the Treasury Mel- Raise in hour for veau of En tive next pay day by Sec lon n also in the system of work | from 30 minutes to | miny ed 1 of the number a as to a saving o $105,000 a year. The rai . however, which effects not only cs of the numbering division, her persons in grade two of the clerical mechanical service in the bureau, it was explained is move than | the saving cffected by increased cffi- the sion nounced whereby prod was in- hout Jar: empl onal Statement. W, H Makes I or Alvin bul Lte- roin ting on the u not only a \sury conc and raices in.pay age from him In his personal to t and pr which employes, statement been estal minimums of | ment from the the hours of we but personal the employes e he referr the by pir sted out of loyalty by the In_his ra i fixed “ependid | becn mani pointed production 3rief was calculated that th From 55 to €0 Cents an Hour U.S SHIPATTACKED ~ Efitive Next Pay Day—Numbering t Increased. s of the Bu- | from ffec. | from £l v £l of the Bu-|of h announcement u(]:”: | estabiish a fixed output which would achieve. | the intention of the off ised the [upon ih | temp {or other similar increased efficigncy 1id change lost time into productive time i employe about one hour a Part of this was accomplished elimination of two 10-minute re- | and curtailing the time allowed departure at the end of the 20 minutes, Thir in the morning under the 1t starting time will be con- erted into production instead of idle. ness. The Increase in wages amounts to 40 eonts a day, or $2.40 a week: Amnounces New Basis. Director Hall of the bureau, in statement to employes, also laid down | for production. He said. ““The | acity of the individual to perform | given task efficiently and with | reasonable speed without impairment | Ith, but at the same time con- | ng a vk for da { day by for new plan | | his has mnever will be the intention | officials to he ind 1 the administrative But ex boen of t the employe, nor is it 3 to insist inment of fixed produc e where he employ | handicaps either permanent, is unable sle effort to achieve or where mechanical complications outside age 2, Column 7 adversely he at any phys ry or without unreason: ch production tiont in through (Continued on BLAST KILLS FIGuT: FOUR SHOPS RAZED Bocies Burned Beyond Rec- n After Gas Explo- sion in Chicago. ted Press | April 16.—Bight per- | ns were killed and their hodies burn- beyond recognition and four build were razed. the result of an| followed by fire West street and South Trumbull nue early today. The dead ar 5 Barnett Levin, 40 years old; wife, 40: their two scns, Albert, and Leonard, 13; Sokolsky, 40; his wife, 40: a muel, 14, and a daughter, A Folice, the coroner’s office and the fire department immediately began an investigation of the cause of the explosion, Which apparently was due to_the ignition of a gas pocket in a tailor shop operated by Leviu. The‘ Levins' had living quarters above the | shop, as did the Sokolskys' above thelr | dry goods store adjoiniug. Stil Glast Possible, | A theory that a still may have ex-| ploded in a grocery store operated by Andrew Cardenali was discarded when the grocer satisfied the police that there had heen no still in his store. The gas pocket explanation met with more general acceptancs. Chief Christ Peterman of the eighteenth battalion, said that when he arrived at the scene the fronts of the grocery and taflor shop lay in ruins on the sidewalk and in the street. Chief Peterman said there was a deep hole in the bascment of the tailor shop, which supported the gas explosion expanation, Besides the tailor shop. grocery and dry goods siore, a building believed ve been vacunt was destroyed, everal relatives of the Levin and okolsky fomilies called at the morgue durinz the morning hours, but none could identify any of the remains. _Police finallv decided it was (Continued on Page 4, Column 1, BOMB DOES $20,000 | DAMASE T0 MANSION Fashicnable Home of James Pet- te2, Cleveland Florist, Shatizred by Blast. n tod April 16.—A explosion early fashionable 0-room on of Mr. and Mr: and caused damage es No onc bomb the terious ttered James Pette timated at | jured. The homb, detectives believe, was| | placed under ndow directly be- | the bedroom occupied by Mr was in- | neath Pet on deteetives was thrown & estigation %) | ound the es- has failed M:s, fe nor Pet- | e theory Pettee ihat the bombers mistook his house for that of some 'SUN SMILES ON FETE |HOME REPORTED CHOSEN artival of police a cordon of | considerable numl to | ket, |it could | ried on one else. A number of valuable paint- = ruined. ings Fig Tree John Dies; Noted Indian Guide Claimed -to Be 130 By the Associated Pre BANNING, Calif. Capt. Juani azon Tuba, ( known to ( 1Ml Tree John Reservation, n had claimed he ‘w He was the man who guided a detachment of United States troops under Col. Stephen W. Kearny on the latter's march in 1846, from santa Fe to California to play a part in the war with Mexico, Fig Tree John was buried at the Reservation. Only one white man was permitted at the service. Doubt that he was 130 years old had been expressed by residents of the re. gion, but they conceded that he was at least 110, April 16, Agua Delce a, better calif. He OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS First Annual Festival to Begin Hains Point at 3 This Afternoon. With clear skies banishing previous | fears that rain would interfere with | its outdoor presentation, Washing- ton's first annual Cherry Blossom Fes- tival was scheduled to begin at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Halns Point. In spite of the failure of the blos. soms at that particular section of Hains Point to appear in their fullest glory, the trees have brought forth sufficient bloom to give the pageant a colorful setting, The allegory is woven about the theme of international friendship which the gift of the trees to the United States by Japan sym- bolizes. Headed by the Ambassador from Japan and Mme. Matsudaira, and Mrs. William Howard 'aft, in whose honor the festival is being held, a dis- tinguished list of guests has reserved boxes for the fete, These include the Secretgry of State and Mrs. Kellogs, diplomatic representatives of many nations and high Government officials. Viscount Matsudnira, who accom- panied Prince Chichibu from Europe Japan after the death of the late mperor, arrived in Washington to- ¢ en route back to Europe, and will ruest of the Ambassador at the geant. The pageant was Alice Rogers Hager, sented by the National Memorial Foundation, under the direction of Mrs. Elise Marsteller Mulliken. The includes trained dancers from children of diplomatic s and Washington chil- written by Mrs. and is being pre- FOR CANADIAN LEGATION otiations are nearin r AT the Canadian g0 ‘manent home for its Washington for which an appropriation s learned today, for the purchase Thursda Minister Ma completion, the purchase rnment of s looked over a of priv. T itles of purchase, not been car- on the Washington but the forma is understood by the song clo: today the choice had settied the heme of Mis, Wichfeld at 1746 Massachusetts avenue, one of the most bhoautiful and prefentious houses in this scction of fina homes This report could not be the temporary ¥ said ion on onfirmed at h Torture” Cult Ends 3-Day Ritual| |Of Pain With Crucifixion to Expiate Sins 16 es, eccentric which had of the Peniter flesh torturers,” in I ed inficted the scal en a thre unishment. a y New Mesico the Penitentes Wednesday este Assemblin of the cult from northel nd southern Arizona, aders started the vitual in preparation for the climax day—Good Irid n ented by a cult | s lie | with the crosses of the Penitentes. the middle | eSpurgated by physical suffering. AY | posing such t.rture is the survivors | the end of which is made of a | | 1a risto” | { the cere: | erucifixion st hond ible for 16 chosen one is tied to a cross and remains there for (wo hours or more, | after which he is taken vn for a general celebration, 1 “ of | dered the | preser Penitente, | mon; The hill tops of | of "l Cristo” took place, northern New Mexico are studded the creed of this at sin can be Fundamental in sect is the bellef tl The method of im- se of a tus, I This is used as whip, with which hes himself altern: shoulder, meanwhile d cross fashioned of w takes on immense increase the sufferi el gash is cut houlder biade Although grent cauiion Is used to e secrecy regarding the cere- several persons claimed to have witnessed parts of the ritual. Many left for Alcalde, N. Mex., last night, most common braided rope of soap weed or of cactus needles. the tely penitente over each ing a heavy DO which often proportions. To a large cross- ctween the | sippi’s tributaries | threatened | sidered by APRIL 16, 1927 —FORT Y-FOUR PAGES. » (#) Means Associated Pri Yesterday's Circulation, 104,967 The only evening paper shington with the Press news TWO CENTS. GRENTEST BATIE ON R FLOODS 5 BENG FOUGHT Thousands Oppose Menace From Southern Illinois to New Orleans. RIVER 25 MILES WiDE AT UNPROTECTED POINTS| Engineers Feel Greatest Danger Isi at Hickman, Ky.—Situation \ Worse in Lower Valley. S B v Associated Press. MEMPHIS n sands of m recruit available , today tired bodies to the end of endurar the greatest battle man has eve with the M ippl River. From southarn Ilinois to New Or leans the flood menace grew to gigan tic proportions today. Continued rains hout almost all of the vall the headiands of the Mi promised no sur | cease from the gradually mounting tide. | Columbus, Ky., where the levee in front of the town gave way during the weel, registered rapidly rising water in its str Only a few residents ned in their homes and those in The remainder of the fon had movad out to the hills the town when the breach April 4 from were throwing e i made 16.—Thou ) every rouree, n Fear for Hickny Ky. At Hickman, Ky., the flood was con engineers more dangerous than at any other one point. The con- tour of the river at Hickman throws the weight of the headland waters flush upon the Government dikes, which turn them westward for a dis tance. On the Missouri side Cape Girardeau and othe, preparing for any eventu no immediate danger from breaks in levees was reported The Mississippi, normally about one and one-half miles wide at the widest point, has spread out in many places to 10, 12 and 15 miles wide. In some places where there are no bulwarks to hold the waters, the river is re- ported to be as high as 25 miles wide. Armed guards at Tunica County, Miss., were walking (lhe levee 24 hours a day to prevent a recurrence of a recent dynamiting attempt there. The levea was believed able to with- stand the water irf sight at the point where the dynamite blast occurred. Only slight damage was done. Tributaries flowing through Arkan- sas have risen to gigantlc proportions in many places and a number of levee breaks, together with further. rains have causedl serious trouble in several places, with at least three lives lost. The situation gradually Is growing worse south to Vicksburg, Natchez and on t ard New Orleans. New Orleans and Memphis felt the encroachment of the rising waters, ew Orleans Streets Flooded. More than hours of almost con- tinuous rains had flooded parts of the Canal street business section and resi- dential district of New Orleans; and driving 20 families from their homes in_the northern outskirts of Memphis. Traffic was impeded by the swirling overflow and it was found difficult to maintain lines of communication in c-rtain parts of New Orleans. A burst of water through a broken section of the Bayou St. John levee had covered the surrounding residen- tial section to depth of more than a foot. Thirty blocks on St. Charles avenue, one of the city's principal residential streets, were inundatsd and dotted with stalled automobiles. All street car service had been sus- pended. Business houses of Lower Canal street felt the water seep in as it overflowed the curb. WESTERN STATES RELIEVED. of the river, towns were Weather Ends s and cCI'Y. W Fair Tornzadoes, | Floods. | April 16 (®).— | ther brought relief outhwest States to- a sieze of tornadoes, blizzards and flcods. Streams draining Southern Kansas receded from hizh water marks as- suring Oklahoma and Arkansas resi- dents that the danger of further floods had passed. Bl bated in Wyomi nd Colorado yesterday to permit partial restoration of traf fic blocked for several days. While receding waters loft thous- ands of acres of fertile land in Kansas nd Northern Oklahoma covered with silt and debris, scores of persons still | rooned in estreme E 1 and Northwestern Al Southwestern Missouri ined inundated. nted houses at Roc springs, Tex., vi ¢ wiped out by a tornado that left upward of &0 d and_scores inju (Continued on JARDINE 0. K’S PLANS FOR AGRICULTURE WING Con:t:"_\c‘,ion‘ \:JC;;:CCHH'.‘J Por- tion Exzpected to Commence Witkin Two Months. 4, Column 4.) Architectural plans for the central wing of the Department of Agri- culture were approved today hy Sec- retary of Agriculture Jardine, and the construction work is expected to com- mence within the next two months | This announced tods |ant See of the Treas | who i3 in charge of the publi ings work of that department, and who has had charge of the prelim- inary work incident to starting the new public building program. Dewey took the plans to Sec- ardine and the latter readily signature of approval. The drawn by Rankin & Crane delphia, and they call for a wing with a colonnade fin- stead of a Pantheonic dome as was originally intended. With the con- struction of this wing, the two orlg- inal seetions of the mew Agricultural Department Building, which were bullt a number of years ago, will finally be joined. The public buildings program for Washington calls for not omly the construction of this central wing for the Department of Agriculture, but an additional building which will be huge in size and will be erected upon plans we of Phils central where it was reported the crucifixion | thinking that a site to the rear of the present wings, EAUTIFUL, Al:";‘HOUGH SOME UGLY BLOSSOM SEASON IN BEAUTIFUL WASHINGTON CITY MAKES READY FOR GALA EASTER WITH RECORD THRON Capital Welcomes Greatest Seasonal Crow GS With Elaborate Church and Outdoor Attractions. With unprecedented crowds arriv ing hourly to aug ent the throngs of visitors already here, Washin: made ready today to observ church- in the out-of-doors, Easter Sundhy noteworthy in its his tory. The prin tal v :re thronged day with alm streams of men, wom —converging from s points by rail or automobi Approximately 30 spee ains from the East and even Canada will have emptied their passengers at Washing- ton terminal by nightfall, counting the dozen “Easter specials” which ar- rived at the station yesterday. Transportation offigials. attributed the remarkable ¢.owds this year to a combination of factors, including not only the attraction of spending Easter in the Nation's Capital, but the appeal of the big cherry blossom festival this on t or an and to incomins n tant yesterday dy attere afternoon, and the White House egg- | rolling festivities Monday. not to tion the D. A. R. Convention week. The weather man, in the meantime, is doing his best to find a basis for a fair-weather forecast for tomorrow, with yuestionable succe: Increasing cloudiness will bring showers tonight or tomorrow, he announced, but there is a possibility that the precipitation ien- next al gateways to the Capi- | ! will end in time for the annual Easter parade feminine fashions in the |afternoon Sunrise Services. Impressiv | herald the daw sunrise will 1 of Easter morn tc [morrow, and throughout the day ere will be special and elaborate s in the churches i dent and Mrs. Coolidge will | lead th llow citizens in ‘the re. { ligious celebration of the Risen Christ | by attending the servicss of the First | Congregational Church in the Wash- | ington _Aucitorium. Rev. Dr. Jason | Noble Pierce, the President's pastor. will officiate. The 6,000 seats in the great assembly hall are expected to be filled with a colorfully dressed body Plans of Cabinet. The President ang Mrs. Coolidge then plan to pass the rest of the day quietly at home. Secretary Kellogg has dropped the' cares of the Chinese and other foreign questions and departed for Hot Springs, Va., where he will rest over the Eastertide. X Others of the Pr jent's advisers, Secretaries Jardine, Dwight Davis, mes J. Davis and Wilbur and Post- aster General New and Attorney General Sargent, will remain here and attend services at various churches. Secretar: after returning from _his (Continued on Page 4, ( trip _to olumn 1.) POLIGEMEN HAZY ABOUT“STOP' SIGNS Survey Shows More Than Half Ignorant on Boulevard Right of Way. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. Washington policemen, upon whom falls the responsibility for enforce- ment of the boulevard-stop provision of the traffic code, one of the most fundament, the city's motor vastly different regulations, have conceptions of the meaning of the law. This fact has heen emph y revealed to investigator for The Star in a cit survey. veling in a license that the car plate, bore a investi- . as a_visitor to the city, queried | 1 numer of patrolmen concerning the proper construction of the regulation, ind found hat an average of three in every five were decidedly hazy the law, violation of which consti- tutes one of the most serious traffi menaces In the city today. ¥ of Mistak With these flgures revealing that the law is enforced differently in dif. Possibi n_might who was in th ult that . justice o when th tried That this might happen is easily po sible with the policeman ia the c the man on the r had_the right of way over boulevard traffic provided he had come to a stop Lefore entering the more important thoroughfare. That many patrolmen would take this position was mude quite clear in thelr answers to the investigator and those assisting him Another illustration of the a ing ignorance of the boulev regulation by some patrolmen found in a near crash which involved a_prominent local resident. This in- cident occurred at one of the inter- sections which has been found to be particularly bad and almost resuited in_a disastrous collision, Knowing that a patrolman who was stunding on the corner witnessed the.| incident, the driver who was on the bouleévard stopped and asked him why he had done nothing about the other man's violation of the law. Blames Wrong Driver. “Ile didn't violate the law,” said the officer. “You did, He stopped before he’tried to cross the street. He was on_your right and that gave him th right of way after he had stopped “But that isn't the proper interpre- tation of the regulation,” protested the motorist. hat's the court’s .nterpretation of “(Continued on Page 4, Column would not onish- rd stop and flagrantly flouted of | s 1o he | 0 AR MAY ADMIT 1,000 AS MEMBERS | Vice Presidents General to Be Luncheon Hostesses Tcday to Mrs. Brosseau. e | | | | | | Upward of 1,000 women are expected to be admitted to membership in the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, which begins its thirty-sixth Continental Congress Monday in the Washington Audito- rium, by the national board of man- ment now in executive session in emorial Continental Hall. Mrs. Al- d J. Brosseau, as president gen- al of the society, is presiding over | the meeting, which rted at 10 | o'clock this morninz and will continue | throughout the dag This conferenc one of the most important D, A. R. activities of the year. While periodi- al meetings of the hoard are held luring the year for the purpose of act- splications for membershi 1 ciety and to transact any | other business that may come before the body, today's meeting has the larg- est attendance of the year due to the | presence here, in connection with the annual congiess, of all national offi- e regents, who comprise oard of management, N. Luncheon for President General. In keeping with D. A. R. traditions, h general act a ncheon today follow- the morning recess in honor of the general, Mrs. Alfred J. Bros Greenwich, The 21 general are: Mis: a Lang, Oregon; Mr: William Magna, Massa- Hoval A. Smith, Ari- gan & Gillentine, Ten- Paul Duane Kitt, Mis- s, Thomas W. Spence, Wis- Miss Amy E. Gilbert, Towa; . Robert J. Reed, West Virginia; Walter Ambrose Robinson, Ala’ Ars. §. A Dickson, Louisiana; . HL. H. McClimtock, Oklahoms . John Hamilton Hanley, Illinols Mrs. George M. Young, North Dakota: Mrs. L. Vieter Seydel, Michigan; Mrs. Julius Y. Talmadge, Georgia; Mrs. Charles Read Banks, New Jersey; Mrs. Bugene H. Ray, Kentucky; Mrs. John Brown Heror., Pennsylvania: Mrs. W. 0. Spencer, North Carolina; Mrs. Ly man B. Stookey. California. and Mrs. Conn nessee Mrs Mellon also will be here | > is considered to be | PRESIDENT WANTS 2. SOUND FARM PLAN Hopes Measure Can Be Worked Out for Action of Next Congress. President Coolidge 1s hopeful that the next session of Congress will | produce something in the way of farm relief that will be both sensi- ble and practical. but at the present time he is not actively supporting any definite idea or particular plan. While discu the subject at the White Hou esterday afternoon he indlcated clearly that he welcomes the study being made of the subject by Senator McNary of Oregon, chair- iian of the Senate committee on agriculture, as well as the one by a special committee headed by Charles Nagel of Missouri, former Secretary of Commerce, but declared he is not backing any plan or individual ‘The ‘President has repeatedly signi- fled his desire to extend help to the agriculturists of the country, hut he has insisted that this aid must he of & sound nature. He is still of the same opinion. He has indicated that he has discussed the subject very re- cently with Senator McNary, and that he is sympathetic to the studies the Oregon Senator is to make in an ef- fort to solve the farm problem. Compromise May Result. Although the President makes it plain_that he is withholding his sup- | port from any particular plan, he has | glven intimations that he might agree to a compromise measure if it could be worked out by the next Congress. He understands that such a compro mise already is being planned by such leaders as Senators McNary, Capper of Kansas and Fess of Ohio, with the view to having something definite ready for presentation to Congress when it convenes next December, but the Fresident is ignorant of the de- tails of the plan in its present form. During discussions recently with Sen- ators Fess and McNary the President assured them that he is anxious to remedy the farm situation, but tnat he would agree to no compromise uniess the eaualization fee principle containcd in the ill-fated MeNary-Haugen bill, which he vetoed during the last ses. | sion, is entirely eliminated The President is represented as having expressed himself candidly to Senator MeNary, who has been advo- cating an equalization fee as the basis for farm relief, during their recent conference, but at the same time told him he was happy to have him cairy on a comprehensive study of the subject. 01d Bills to Be Studied. The President was represented further, while talking about this con- ference saying that Sen- ator McNary informed him that in his study of the subject he would look |over all of the various farm relief | bills introduced in Congress during the past year or so. the principal ones being the McNary-Faugen, the Curtis- Crips and the Aswell bills, which measures are looked upon as embody- ing virtually all of the main prin- ciples of farm relief proposals. After making his own position known to the Oregon Senator, the President assured him that the severa] departments of the Government would gladly assist him in makifg his study and that the department would co- operate with him in the matter of providing information dealing with the subject. Senator Fess, who, during the past | two sessions of Congress, has served |as the President's chief lieutenant in | the Senate in the matter of farm re- | lief legisiation. and who haz been In conference with the President fre- quently during the past several weeks, is confident that something will be ked out hetween now and next Winter that will make it possible to |enact a compromise bill that will be i satisfactory to all concerned. WILL TEST BOOK BAN. Publishers to Institute Case to De- termine Police Powers. BOSTON, April 16 (#).—The book suppression war took a new turn with the arrival here today of Arthur Gar- fleld Hays, New York attorney for Boni & Liveright, publishers of Theodore ‘Dreiser's “American Trag- edy,” and the announcement that he would fnstitute a test case to de- termine police rights to ban the | volume. " (Continued on Page 2. Column 5.) . U. S. Flyers Off for Haiti. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re- public, April 16.(P).—The Pan-Ameri- can squadroff’ of the United States Army feft Hére at 10 o'clock this morning for #ort ou Prince, Haiti, about 200 milés westward. Eight Miners Die Near Mons. MONS, Belgium, April 16 (P).—Eight miners were killed in an explosion of fire-damp today in the Levant de Mons mine at Estinnes, 10 miles from Mons. Twelve men were seriously hurt, Radio i’rograms—Page 34 ¢ f > GABINET NOT SPLIT: 'HOOVER IS BARRED - FROM KELLOGG 108 House Spokesman Brands Talk of Shake-up Baseless. | White | | | | | Chinese Policy Held by Observers i to Be Cause of Reputed Administration Rift. NUMBER OF RUMORS FOLLOW STATEMENT cabinet, I spokesman e T lhe laid ghost Secretary Kell, rom oflice is the was going to retire and that the cabinet was over the administration’s polic rumor it te his announcement, the sman added that even were Mz LLii0BE to reti ecretary Hoover, whose name had been linked with the | State Department post in Capital gos | sip, would not be appointed the | place. Food for Conjecture, Although it was added at the Whits House that Mr. Hoover was a warm suporter of the administration's Ch nese policies, those who dote on con Jecture and speculation seized imme diately on this bit of information as something offering great possibilitics for flights of political fancy Mr. Hoover's name has persistently been thrust forward by amateur and unofficial cabinet makers for the posi tion of Secretary of State, should Mr. Kellogg retire. Several times in the past few weeks President Coolidge | found it necessary to deny that Mr. Kellogg had any such intention, | Nevertheless, rumor and speculation | have continued especially since the | Chinese situation developed serious aspects, and one of the bases for push ing Mr. Hoover's name forward rests on the fact that he has had long ex perience among the Chinese, having resided in that country when he was a consulting engineer, Gossip Still Persists. Those close to Mr. Hoover denied repeatedly that he had any differences with his cabinet colleagues over the Chinese policies, but these denials have not sufficed to stay the gossip, and the President aparently has been nettled that it keqps going. The latest flood of rumor was let loose several. days ago by hints ped. by officlals whe jciaim to be on the “inside” politically The hint quickly grew to such propor tions that the President was deter mined that something ought to be said officlally. The added thought of the White Hous: spokesman In saying who would not be appointed to a certain post, however, was something new and has resulted in the political guessers dropping one line of com | Jecture and picking up another. Recent Resignation Reports. The necessity of denying cabinet shake-ups is part of the presidentiul job. Washington is always full of rumors and cabinets are made und unmade overnight by the politic soothsayers. Sometimes they guess right, sometimes partly right and sometimes all wrong, but the guessing process goes along Recent reports have had Secretary Mellon, Sccretary Wilbur, Secretary Hoover, Secretary Kellogg and others ready to step out and their successors selected. Maybe one or all of these will some day leave, but there is no authoritative indication of which or when. HOOVER HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM. President Regards Him Too Valuable In Post to Transfer. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge holds in highest esteem Herbert Hoover, Sec retary of Commerce, and the definite statement authorized at the White House on Friday to the effect that if Mr. Kellogg resigned as Secreary of State, under no circumstances would Mr. Hoover be appointed, means merely that the President feels lawyer should be Secretary of State. First of all the President feels that Mr. Hoover has become the mast valuable ary of Commerce any administration ever had and that it would be a mistake to transfer Mr. Hoover to any other Cabinet post so long as his services are avallable to the Governmeri. This was the view point expicssed when the President had other vacancies in the Cabinet to Al and it is unchanged today., Secondly, the President hds been impressed with the fact that during and since the World War the office of Secretary of State, under this and preceding administrations, has seemed to call for the services of a trained lawyer. So many of the problems be tween the United States Government and Europe, on the one hand, and with Central and South America on the other hand, involve legal rights that he thinks a lawyer is indls pensable Insists Kellogg Will Stay. But the President wants it made clear that Mr. Kellogg s not going to resign. His only interest in letting it be known that Mr. Hoover was not going to be appointed was to dis- courage those who have been em barrassing both Mr. Kellogg and Mr. Hoover by constantly talking about appointment of the latter to the secretaryship of state. Mr. Kellogg has consulted the Prest dent on every Important step taken in the Chinese crisis and the cabinet has been unanimous in its action. Mr. Coolidge took occasion to deny thai Mr. Hoover had favored separate ac tion in China, when, as a matter of fact, Mr. Hoover urged that joint ac- tion' be taken, lest the Chinese inter pret any other policy as a sign of dis senslon among the foreign powers. Now Influences Foreign Policy. So far as foreign policy is concerned, Mr. Hoover has every opportunity to influence the administration's course, because as the head of the department which is most concerned with forelgn trade, he is constantly watchful to see that effects on trade be kept in mind. He Is, moreover, on terms of intim- ate friendship with the Secretary of State, Mr. Kellogg, so that the De- partment of Commerce s constantly consulted when its interests are in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4)