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WEA' (U. 8. Weather Cloudy, probabl tomorrow; slightl colder tomorrow. est, 76, at 3:30 p,m, yesterday; lowest, 52, at 4 a.m. toda; Full report on FClosing N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 THER. Bureau Forecagt.) v Tain tonight and y warmer tonight; Temperature—High- ¥, vage 9. o, 30,303, = office, Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. Iy . MILEWIDE BREAK IN LEVEE MENACES ENTIRE RIVER BASIN Floods Expected to Sweep St. Francis Valley in Mis- souri and Arkansas. MAI MISSISSIPPI DIKE MAY GIVE WAY NEXT| | 21 Towns in Path of Onrushing Waters—Southwest Fighting to Hold Expected Rise. By the Associated Press. ME) April 19.—The entire St. Francis River basin of southeas Missouri‘and northeast Arkansas peared doomed to inundation when the £t, Johns Bayou 1 eight miles north of New M Mo., broke under the pressure floods early today. The breach in the St. Johns Bayou fevee was reported a mile wide. This would permit the overflow from the Mississippi River ‘at the Dorena Crevasse farther mnorth to| sweep toward Big Lake. The rush ing waters would sweep down into| the Little River Valley and through | that basin into the St. Francis below. rid, of Main Levee May Go. The main Mississippi River levee just below New Madrid still held to- v, but river men were dubious of its ding through the day. The St. Johns Bayou defense had prevented the overflow from enterin, the St. Francis basis‘as well as pro- | tecting New Madrid itself. The basin | had been for weeks swollen by floods which have inundated lowlands over a wide expanse and threatenad local de- fenses of many towns. Disaster was expected today to over- take many towns which have been fighting to hold their dikes against the prevailing high waters. Towns in the path of the down-rushing overflow in- clude; Lake City, Truman, Herman, Tulot, ‘Marked Tree, Tyronza, Lepanto, Deck- erville, Gilmore{ Frenchmans Bavou, Joiner, Wilson, Osceola, Marion, Har- vard, Parkin, Earl, Brickley, Nettle- ton, Forest City and Marianna. Marion, susceptible to the new St Francis flood, is but 15 miles east of | Memphis. 10,000 Already Homeless. Approximately ten thousand per- sons “were already reported horheless and - refuging before today’s new menaece became actuality.. One high k; point in the valley is at Forest City, where a hill rises sharply from the plains. Two thousand refugees had. gathered there yesterday. i The Arkansas River at Little Rock today stood at 31.2 feet, or 2.1 feet above Saturday's crest prediction, and two tenths foot above last night's predictions. The Weather Bureau of- fice said the crest apparently had been reached temporarily, but made no pre- diction as to later in the week. Reports from Fort Smith early to- @ay said the Arkansas River there was statiopary at 35.3 feet. South of New Madrid and in the path of the flood lies one of the rich- est “black land” areas in the world and one which is lacking any major drainage basin for ‘about 50 miles, Buch small streams as there are flow ®way from the Mississippi River, to which there is no access until the St. Francis joins the Big River 12 miles north of Helena. Thousands of Acres in Path. The fertile bottoms of Mississippi County are threatened by the Dorena and New Madrid overflow, and Blythe- ville to the east may suffer. The first natural drainage would be into Big Lake and Little River. Watcrs of Big Lake are carried by the Little River over a wandering route to the St. Francis at Marked Tree. A huge drainage ditch delivers Big Lake water more directly to the St Fran- cis at the lock and dam just north of Marked Tree. Truman, Tulot and communities morthward from Marked Tree toward Lake City on the St. Francis will feel | the new flood by backwater from the Bt. Francis, whose normal movement southward will be retarded by the tull- ness of the lower basin. Mayor H. J. Fitzius of Lake City told the Associated Press at Memphis by telephone today that the break above New Madrid would flood thou- sands of acres in the mile stretch between the point where the levee broke and where the water will flow into the St. Francis River. Two towns, Caraway and Black Oak, Ark., each with populations of 700, are endan- gered, he said. Towns to Prepare. Backwater covering the 30-mile area between Lake City and Little River already flooded would advance on L City, where two or three incheg of water already are standing, he said Mayor G. H. Williams Marked Tree, Ark., said today that a giant floodway carrying waters from Big .ake, Ark., to the Government lock and dam Marked Tree, Ar and a nat ridge extending from Madrid west to Sikeston, Mo. ble towns in the lower district are for the flood waters. He said the lock and dam could hold 18 inches more of v and that breaks in_ drainage leve: Tru- man and Marked Tree ad out the wat The eruisin ®ipp! River, riding hi great dikes which it to its cour rda hension from Illinois Mex Millions of acres of land h: tnundated, according to esti to the backwaters, breaks and over flowed tribu while thousands have been driv m their homes. A score or y died in the flood property has not New br reported las tinued to mount to un A break in the wall of the River near Keats Crossing undating a vast area for around today. The break oc yesterday, English, Altheir Keo, Ark. are in the path break Missis- the fine ed_appre. to the Guif of ve been ites, due heen estimated. ecorded heights. Arkansas Arkansas Hardest Hit. Arkansas is believed to be suffering e extensively from the flood than ony other one State, due to overflow in tributaries of the Mis West- ern Arkansas was gi fighting (Continued on Page 2, 39 The damage to | of that | Lured by Sunshine, Judge Holds Court In Judiciary Square Justice William Hitz held a “syl- van” court today. The bright sun- shine, the beautiful green grass and the budding follage in Ju- diciary Square Jured the justice from his stuffy chambers in the District Supreme Court Building, and with his secretary he occupied a bench in the park. Lawyers having formal papers and orders of court to be signed sought the justice on the park bench. There he perused the docy- ments and signed the necessary papers. The court earlier in the day had a few criminal matters to dispose of, but these required all the law's formalities, and we€re held in the courtroom, with the justice clothed in his silken robe.” When these matters had been settled the gown was hung in the closet, and the Jjustice, going Into the park, found a bench in the bright sunshine | | CHANG DISHISSED: ORDERED ARRESTED Feng, Christian General, Is Named Successor and Sent to Attack Him. By the Aseociated Press. HANGHAIL April 19.—A mandate dismissing Gen. Chang Kai Shek as commander-inchief of the Cantonese armies and ordering his arrest and punishment has been issued hy the Cantonese government at Hankow. News of this development was re- ceived in messages. from Hankow to- day. Two other mandates were is- sued, as follows: Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang, formerly known as the “Christian general,” is named Chang's successor, with Gen. Tang Seng-Chi, military governor of Honan, as assoclate commander-in- chief. The third mandate announces sever- ance of relations with Nanking and Shanghal. Gen. Tang is ordered to move his troops, toward Nafiking and attack Chang Kai-Shek. Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang's appoint- ment dissipates the hopes of the right- wingers in the Kuomingtang or Can- tonese political party that he would not join the Hankow faction. Chang Forms Government. Establishment of a new government Kai-Shek by authovita- Tive Chinass souneon guimugmm was started by a great mass meeting at ‘lchl o hcnfi-n notables spoke, including Chang. Chang el%phu‘lud three points: First. That the spirit of the revolu- tion started by the late Sun ¥at Sen against the Manchurian regime must continue to_inspire the people. Second. Nanking must be the capi- tal for many reasons, including the fact that Sun Yat Sen’'s mausoleum was there and also because the peo- ple must be shown that, despite recent events, the leaders were not afraid to establish the seat of government | there. Third. The people must never be governed by military cliques or for- eign oppression. Outrages Growing. The Asiatic Petroleum Co. has re- ceived letters from its agents at Kiu- kiang, in Kiangsi Province, reporting that the situation is “steadily becom- ing worse since the province passed from the control of Chang Kaishek and fell into the hands of extremists. These extremists, one letter states, “drag through.the streets all those they dislike, “many victims having their ankles tied with rope.” The extremists are circulating photo- graphs. pf all sorts of indignities to which they subject their victims, as a means, the letters say, of intimidat- ing others. Owing to poor communication, news from Hankow. was meager. Vernac- ular newspaper reports said Chang’s opponents were preparing for a shew- down, consolidating troops at stra- tegic points in the belief that the only solution could be a military one, Says Reds Paved Way. Michael Borodin, adviser to the Cantonese government, and others aver that Chang owes his position entirely to %the left wing members of the Kuomintang winning the way to the Yangtse with a minimum of fighting, the path being paved by propaganda. Borodin is quoted as asserting that without the principles established by the co-called ‘“reds, the Nationalists would have bheen no different from Chang Tso-Lin’s fol- lowers in the north and the Cantonese revolution would have ceased to be a revolution, becoming nothing more another campaign by oy ith exalted ideas of himself.’ learned that at the Nanking meeting T. V. Soong, ationalist finance minister, and Sun-Fo, mem- of the central executive com- {mittee of the Kuomintang, were d | missed by the committee. Soong is |a_brother-in-law of the late Dr. Sun | Yat Sen, first president of the Chinese | Republ It is known that both |men were unpopular with Chang ‘l\':uv.“hr'k | Fire Across River. The Northern Chinese armies at Pukow, on the morth bank of the Yangtze River, shelled the Cantonese on the southern bank, vesterday, says a wireless dispatch from Nanking today. The Cantonese runs replied, but no details are given as to the outcome of the firing. The guns at Pukow are reported to have | { | ve that opium smuggling - is | openly up and down the | River, especially at Nanking. reports say that in recent months the fic has increased so that at the present time it is.enormous. They describe how boats bring the drug | from the ports and sampans come alongside to make purchases. The average price is said to be §2 an ounce. Most of the opium comes to Shang- | hai, where local consumption is wide- | spread. Shanghai also serves as the ze export trade. Danger In Hankow. st organs point out that | Hankow is peaceful at the present | time, foreign observers believe that a | dangerous situs s. It has been | reported by foreigners that when they | “(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) . Radio Programs—3Page 34 ch at Nanking by the adherents of Chang | April 19 (®).—Although | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, ‘D.' C., TUESDAY, BODY OF KOPPER IS FOUND IN RIVER; MISSING 2 WEEKS Former Army Officer Had Been Sought Since His Disappearance April 5. NO MARKS OF VIOLENCE NOTICED ON DISCOVERY Inquest to Be Held Shortly—Hat, Coats and Auto Had Been Picked Up by Searchers. The body of Capt. Frederick Kopper, jr., who disappeared from his machine shop at 1008 C street. Tuesday, April 5, was found in the Potomac at the dam at Great Falls, Md., this after- noon, not far from the. spot where his overcoat and coat neatly folded, had been left on the bank. The body was found about 1 o’clock this afterncon by C. E. Sullivan, tender of the gates to the Washing- ton aqueduct and a special deputy marshal for that section, Discovery of the body brings to a tragic termination a search which has heen prosecuted for the two weeks that he had been missing by relatives of the deceased and by members of the American Legion. Sullivan brought the body to shore in a boat and left it there while he notified Montgomery County authori- ties. He identifiad the body from the accurate description given by the searchers. He was unable to deter- mine whether there were any marks of violence on the hody, Montgomery County authorities, with Policeman Joseph Oldfield of the county force, were moving toward the customary proceedings early this aft- ernoon. An inquest is to be held at the earliest possible moment to detes- mine, if possible, the cause of death and the circumstances' surrounding it —whether it was accidental, suicidal or homicidal. Capt. Kopper's disappearance be- came alarming to his friends Thurs- day night, April 7, when his automo- bile, careftilly locked, but with .a punctured rear tire, was found on Conduit road, approximately a quar- ter of a mile from the Great Falls terminus of the road. The following day a searching party from Costello Rost, American” Legion, scoured the woods near Great Falls, without success and bloodhounds from Occoquan were put on the cold trail without success. Coats Believed Missed. Capt..Jdeppers-hat, it became Enown on the Friday after his disappeatr- ance, had béen located in the front yard of Robert Jenkins, not far from the site where. the automobile had been abandoned, and cn the following Sunday a searching party found his coat and overcoat, mud-stained on the back as though from a fall, on the banks of the Potomac just above the point where the water flws into the gates of the new Washington aque- duct. The evidence of the yellowed grass beneath the coats led to the belief that the searchers had missed them on previous days in the vieinity, al- though William F. Franklin, adju- tant of Costello Post, and others stated that they previously had been at ‘the very spot where they were found and yet failed to see them. Motives for any suicide were dis- counted by members of the family of Stuart Capen, whose wife is the sister of the deceased, and who lived with Capt. Kopper at 4 West Irving street, 3 v Chase, Md., at the outset of the igation into kis disappearance, On the dav following his disappear- ance Capt, Kopper had been scheduled to be in New York at the offices of Davis, Polk, Wardwell, Gardner and Brewster, attorneys; for the settlement of matters concerning a wealthy estate in which he was interested. Friends of Capt. Kopper stated that he had been drinking just prior to his disappearance, but that he wa: able .to drive his automobile away from the shop on the afternoon of, April 5. Edward Rowley, one of the employes, in another automobile, fol- lowed him to the W. R. & E. car barns at Twenty-second and P streets on that night, found that he was ap- parently driving safely, and left him. Seen Tuesday Night. | The next believed to have been | seen of Capt. Kopper was during the | heavy rain Tuegcay night shortly after 10 o'clock when a knock came to the door of the home of Robert Jenkins, not far from where the auto- mobile was found, and where the hat of Capt. Kopper was later found. The man at the door that night asked for directions to a telephone. C. E. Sullivan, jr,, son of the man who found the body today, who was passing in an automobile over Conduit road that night, saw Kopper, it is believed, alone in his automobile on he roadside near the place the auto- mobile was found, and others in the neighborhood 0 reported seeing a single automobile, later identified as | the Kopper car, in the vicinit | Al agreed upon the statement that {the man at the wheel of the automo- bile w unaccompanied. During the period of the search, be- lef that Capt. Kopper might still be alive was founded upon a statement by L. M. Gawler of Wheaton, Md., a friend of the missing man, that he had seen him in his automobile and talked to him at Connecticut avenue and Tilden street Thursday, April 7, two days after his disappearance. It reported on the Saturday night following, April 9, that a man answering Kopper's description had been in, a restaurant in Temporary Building No. 1, at Eighteenth and D rects, Soth these reports encouraged nds and searchers to the belief that the missing man was roaming about mentally deranged, and spurred on search to North Water Gap, Pa., where Capt. Kopper had a Summer home, and to New York City, where he was a frequent visitor. Neither place yielded a clue. AIR MAIL SETS RECORD. ;Flylng Time From Los Angeles to Chicago Reduced. | CHICAGO, April 19 (P).—A letter that left Los Angeles Sunday morn- | ing at 7:30 o'clock was in the Chicago post office at 7 o'clock last night, es- tablishing a new record for air mail service between these two points. The flying time of 21 hours and 50 mjn- utes reduced the previous low-running time by an hour and 10 minutes, ¢ Foening Sfar APRIL - 19, 1927 —FIFTY PAGES. SMITH REPLY HELD AID T0 CANDIDAGY Commended by Democrats| and Republicans, but Criticized by Foes. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Gov. Alfred E. Smith's emphatic declaration ' that his membership in| the Catholic® Church in no way can interfere with his support of the Con- stitution and the laws of the United States has aided .his candida for the presidential nomination materiaily, in the opinion of political circles, both Demgcratic-and Republican, in Wash- ington. The governor's reply to Charles C. Marshall's open letter to him in the Atlantic Monthly was the subject of much commendation, in which mems bers of both. parties copcurred. On the other hand, Senator Hefiin of Ala- bama, an opponent of the nomination of Gov. Smith by the Democrats and an open critic of the governor and of the Catholic Church, was prompt to come forward with a statement that the Smith reply was evasive and unconvineing. Upon the following which Senator Heflin and others who are traditionally opposed to the elec- tion of .a Catholic to the presidency may have will depend in large part the fate of the Smith candidacy. Aid to Klan Held Possible. Gov. Smith has made a strong ef- fort to take the religious issue out of politics, to remove it from the corning campaign. But the Heflin statement is proof that he has not succeeded en- tirely. It is early yet to say what may be the measure of his success in this attempt. The stronger Gov. Smith's candl- dacy becomes, the more determined will be prejudiced opposition, Here and there the comment is heard today that nothing could operate to revive and add to the strength of the Ku Klux Klan more effectively than the probability of the nomination of a Catholic for President on the national ticket of one of the great political parties, The 'Interjection of the religious issue into a national campaign is re garded with_disfavor and reluctance by many Protestants as well as Catholics. They believe it has no place in a political contest in the United States. But it is already in the preconvention campaign of the | Democrats, and bids fair to be in-| jected into the general election cam- paign if Gov. Smith is the nominee | of the Democrats next. year. Commended at Capitol. Cominendations of Gov. statement _have been mad tor Norrls of Nebraska, Senator Borah of Idaho and Semator Curtis of Kansas, Republicans, and by Senator Walsh ‘of Montana, Senator Bayard of Delaware, Democrats; hy Repre- sentative Fish of New York, Repre- sentative Knutson of Minnesota, Re- publicans, . and_ by Representative Bloom of New York and Representa- tive Howard of Georgia, Democrats. Some of ‘these Democrats frankly say that they are opposed to the nomina: tion of Gov. Smith, while at the same time giving praise to the governor's reply to Mr, Marshall. Sooner or later the religious issue as it applied to his nomination for President had to be met by Gov. Smith. When the letter of Mr. Mar- shall, a New York attorney and mem- ber of the Episcopal Church, challeng- ing the governor to state his views of the relations of his church and the State was published a, few weeks ago in the Atlantic Monthly, Gov. Smith promptly accepted the opportunity to deal with the matter in the open. The questions propounded by Mr. Mar. shall, given wide publicity in this country, were such as demanded an answer it Gov. Smith was to continue a presidential possibility. ~ Norris Pralses Reply. Senator Norris of Nebraska, Repub, lican, volced the sertment of manf men ‘in public as well as private life in his ¢omment on the Smith letter “Gov. Smith's statement 18 a vigor. ous, straightforwiurd declaration of principles which should help many to dispose of the religious issue in the Democratic party,” he said. I believe it is possible for & man in public office to separate himself from his religious beliefs, and to some extent Gov. Smith has done that as exemplified by his appointments in New York.” CGov. Smith's record as Governor of New York is looked upon by his supporters here as an answer to. the Marshall questions no less important Smith's by Sena- Monkey Takes Ride On St. Bernard Dog And Upsets Women By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 19.—A mon key with a St. Bernard dog as his steed urged his charger about a Bowery subway station so vigor- ously last night that it knocked down several women and caused great confusidn, Joseph Downey, subway guard, told Magistrate Renaud in Night Court. The magistrate warned Spirto Savanchuk, owper of the animals, that never again must he try to take his pets for a subway ride. CHANCE QUITS POS OVER DRY A PLAN Assalls Proposed “Spying™ i e Resigning as Bible Class Treasurer. SIS AR Declaring he did not approve of a movement being sponsored by the Or- ganized Bible Class Association to assist the local police in the enforce- ment of the prohibition laws, Merritt | 0. Chance, former city postmaster and treasurer of the association, has re- signed his office, it learned today. In a letter to The Evening Star, Mr Chance said: “On my return to the city after an | days, one of my newspapers absence- of sev 1 friends stated that the have been publishing an account of the campaign of the Organized Bible Class Association to appoint in each block a representative of this organi- zation to report to the police or legal authorities any stead act, thereby constituting a sort of spy system on their neighbors, and that among the officers of the organi- zation my name was mentioned as treasurer Denounces Proposed “Spying.” “The plan proposed by this asso- clation did not come to my attention until it was published in the news- papers, he organization, 1 consider, is a very fine one, if it sticks to its knit- ting, but I do not believe it was ever organized to do any spying on the neighbors of its members. do not approve of such action, and I therefore immediately tendered my resignation as treasur Page McK. Etchison, executive sec- ary of the Organized Bible Class Association, who received the resig- nation this afternoon, is holding a conference with Mr. Chance in an ef- fort to have him withdraw the resig- nation, Mr. Chance Mr. Etchison, “doesn’t _unde! what it's all about and he’s got it all balled up. Denies Spy System. Mr. Etchison, who is deeply inter- ested in the movement, stated he knew. of no “spy system,” and, in fact, knows nothing about the procedure of the Church Service Assoclation, which is being formed to undertake the law observance movement. He stated the Organized Bible Class Association, at a4 meeting, which Mr. Chance did not attend, approved the idea in principle of forming the association to co-oper- ate with the police in closing-up speakeasies and reporting evidence of prohibition law violatipns. Mr. Etchison further declared the plans for the Church Service Asso- clation’s work were left with Horace L. Stevenson, a trustee of the Beth 3y t Church, and Harry Douth- , a former prohibition agent. These two are working up a plan of pro- cedure, hut it will not be put into effect until the Bible Class Associa- tion has had an opportunity to study the plans and approve them Seek 15,000 Members. According to Mr. Douthitt, the ob. ject of the Church Service .\ssoc tion is to obtain a membership, o about 15,000 persons, whose duty it would be to report to a central head- quarters, evidence of violations of the dry law. Mr. Douthift has stated it as his idea to have at least tne member of the Church Service Asso- clation in each block who would he unknown to wilful violators of the law and who would report the extont of violation to him. If, on further investigation by him or his assistan! it developed there was a flagrant than the letter written by the Gov- ernor and made public yesterday. They point out that during his long service as chief executive of the em- pire State there has been no charge made against him that he favored Lhis church or the members of his church in appointments or in matters otnl:gllhtlon. : violation of the law, the police would be notifled and would take action ac- cordingly. e B Mr. Chance stated verbally today interesting ‘where- that the idea of a religlous tion or a g of ves in law e as it fs a duty of the Federal and violation of the Vol-| PRESDENT LAUDS * HOOVER ABLITY | Statement at White House Is Made in Effort to Check Gossip. President Coolidge today, in an ef- fort to check the gossip and specula- | tion that arose following his state- ment Friday that in the event Secre- |tary of State Kellogg retired from of- | fice he woutd not appoint Sécretary | of Commerce Hpover to succeed him, { took pccaston to show his;conftence in | the latter and to express his.apprecia- tion of his public service andshis abil- ity The Presient. authorized ‘it to be said today that when he made that flat pronouneement that he would not appaint Mr. mu‘ ta the ftblmt t was nof ntention, ipFession that he' Al ROL-ANE Mr. Hoover was capable of serving as Secretary of State. He added, through his spokesman, that at the time he made that state- ment about Mr. Hoover, he assumed that the mewspaper correspondents | whom he was addressing at the time, { would understand. I Did Not Expect Interpretation. He did not think for a moment that the newspaper men would assume that the President was questioning or belittling Mr. Hoover's abilitles when he made the unqualified declaration that he would not appoint him to suc- ceed Mr. Kellogs. 3 Following this explanation “of' his remark of last week the President endeavored to speak adequately, but briefly, of his opinion of Mr. Hoover's | eharacter and ability. He authorized it | to be said that Secretary Hoover has 1 international reputation for his ability as an executive and to achieve | big_things. The President realizes that this reputation of Secretary Hoover's is so well established throughout the world that he is convinced nothing he could say about Mr. Hoover would shake that reputation or the confidence in which Mr. Hoover is held everywhere. Even it he had been so lacking in appreciation of all that Mr. Hoover has done as to deliberately attempt to give the inference’ that the Secretary of’ Commerce was not possessed of the necessary ability to be Secretary of State he doubts it he could have been able to make others think so. Holds Hoover Talented. On the contrary, the President looks upon the Secretary of Commerce as |an exceptionally talented and able | Government official—one competent to fill any position in the cabinet. Although the, President appeared especially anxious to correct the im- pression that reacted following his un- explained declaration regarding Mr. Hoover, he made no attempt today to explain his statement that Mr. Hoover would not be appointed Secretary of State, It was taken by those to whom the President addressed himself today ¢nat when he said Mr. Hoover woula not he Secretary of State, he meant that his serviees as head of the De- partment of Commerce are too val- uable at this time to make any change. This opinion was based upon the President’s saying today that he considered Secretary Hoover's present position in the cabinet as being one of great importance. He pointed cut that through the ability and officiancy of Mr. Hoover the foreign and domes- tic commercial activities of the Gov- ernnient had been greatly irereased and that the future of that depart- ment promises to grow. Treaty Extended Today. TOKIO, April 19 (#).—The Sino- apanese commercial treaty, due to expire tomorrow, was extended today for three months. service. * The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news " Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,942 (#) Means Associated Pres: TWO CENTS. Leaps to Death After Dynamite And Knife Fail By the Associated Pross. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., April 19.— A man who attempted suicide by knife and dynamite accomplished his purpose in- a leap from the fourth floor of Memorial Hospital here, He was Mike Valentine, 38, of Ralphton, Pa., who leaped from the window last night, when, it is thought, he learned that Ralphton officials were to take him back to that place to answer for the stab- bing of Alphonse Zandrie, on April 10. Following that affray, Valen- tine slashed his own throat, and Placed dynamite near a stove so that hot ashes would fall upon the sticks. $1,000,000 Bond Issue Over subscribed and $453,499 Collected by D. A. R. building to be erected in Washington by the Daughters of the American Revolution to honor the founders of the Federal Government, “has ceased to be a dream and is rapidly taking on the semblance of actual propor- tion,” delegates to the Thirty-sixth Continental Congress were told today. With the $1,000,000 bond tssued oversubscribed and a total of $453, 499.21 collected to date in cash and pledges, Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, president general, and Mrs. Russell William Magna, chairman of' the CONSTITUTION HALL PROGRESS SHOWN Constitution Hall, the monumental | PRESIDENT 10 CALL BIG; MARINE FORCE FROM NICARAGUA Victories of Conservatives Lead Him to Plan 10 Reduce Number. COMPLETE EVACUATION IS NOT CONSIDERED NOW | PR LA | Executive Hopes to Remove A} Troops Eventually, However. Silent on Stimson. By the Associated Pres With increasing reports of con- ervative victories in the Nicaraguan civil war, President Coolidge is pre- paring for withdrawal of a substan- tial part of the force of American marines now on duty in that country. From official communications and | press accounts telling of a serles of victories of the troops of President | Diaz over the Liberals under Juan Sacasa, the President has drawn the conclusion that hostilities are proaching an end and that it soon will be possible to reduce greatly the number of marines ashore. Jitimate complete removal of the Marines remains the goal of the ad- | ministration, it was said at the White House today, but that question must await later decision. The last time that American troops were landed in | agua it was necessary to keep | them there for mnearly 15 vears and President Coolidge hopes that that situation will not be repeated. ap- | |finance committee, assured the 4000 delegates that “a long stride will bring the building fund nearer to the half million mark by the end of this seek.” Reaflirms Faith in Bible, The reports on Constitution Hall, following the adoption of resolutions, including one in which the D. A. R. went on record/as reaffirming its faith in the Bible and in furthering its use in the public schools, were Tecelved with acclaim at the general session, devoted largely to business matters, this. morning in the Washing ton Auditorium. Mrs. Brosseau expressed great sat- Istaction at the fact that the delegates had subscribed in full to the $1,000.- 000 bond issue and referred to the fact that nearly’ $500,000 of this amount had been actually collected as signifying the hgmlo lt lx;l!erol! of the 'y ‘as a whole in the project for Constitution Hall. p - Nivs. Allce Touiss SrcBiHs of Kala- mazoo, Mich., it was anounced, has been appointed general secretary of the Constitution Hall committee, “The work will go forth on a sure and cer- tain basis gratifying to the entire membership of the society,” Mrs. Brosseau d¥clared. Asks More Active Aid. Urging even more active support, the president general declared it was the duty of all Daughters to respond to the call so that the project might be completed in 1928. In connection with revised plans for plained that one of the finest genealog- ical libraries in the country will be a part of the building, and she also de- seribed rearrangements planned for committee rooms. Reporting on the finances, Magna pointed out that eve has responded to the call, chapters in the Philippines, China, Paris, London, Cuba, and Panama. The actual shares subscribed for by members of the society was 2,380 to date, leaving only 1,620 shares available. A total of 70 cubic feet of foundation also has been taken in subscriptions New Jersey 100 Per Cent. New Jersey is the first and only State to report a share in the name of every chapter, Mrs. Magna said. Shares likewise have been taken by the American International College at Springfield, Mass.; by the National Society of Patriotic Women of Amer- ica and a share and box by the Na- tional Officers’ Club. Mrs. Magna pointed out that the finance campaign has been greatly aided due to the fact that the Com- missioner. of Internal Revenue has notified the ‘society” that all gifts of money to the fund would he exempt from payment of income tax. “Let me urge with all my heart that those members who can contrib- ute outright,” she said. “We have expanded, become a very pulse in the Nation’s life. We built Memorial Continental Hall and the Administra- tion Building on gifts. Let us re- dedicate ourselves to the new hall, the new library and the expansion of the museum. § Since October 1 M Magna has traveled 17,700 miles in visiting 18 States on behalf of the work, she ex- plained, receiving encouragement from Daughters and ‘chapters everywhere, | Following Mrs. Magna's report, a number of pledges for chairs in the | new hall were taken by delegates on the floor. The State regent of New Jersey, Mrs. William A. Becker, pledged $1,000 for chairs from her State. In appreciation of her work, Mrs. Magna was presented with a small wooden chair decorated with | flowers. The session this morning opened with the usual formalities and Mrs. Brousseau immediately took up the business left over from yesterday. This included the regular report to | (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) Mrs. ¢ State including By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 19.—Mary Lewis, Metropolitan Opera 'soprano, and Michael Bohnen, her_husband of five days, were honeymooning on the high seas today due to a last minute decision by - Miss Lewis, who had ts | Planned to remain behind to fulfill concert. ements. _ Miss Lewis had gone to the pler to bid good-by to her husband, also a ‘Metropolitan singer, who was sail- ing :fl ‘the -American liner R to’ @ppear in concerts in the . it of made a hurried t. packed Mary Lewis Bids Husband Good-By, Changes Her Mind and Sails With Him back to the ship, arriving five minutes before sailing time. The hurried juggling of the trunks apparently was facilitated by Bohnen, | who is known as the “strong man” of the Metropolitan Opera. Associates tell of his impromptu feats of strength performed backstage, his specialty being the lifting of a telephone booth with-a' man inside. *“We ‘are too much in love to think being separated,” Miss Lewis said. “My engagements will have to cancel themselves. I didn't have tim. The couple, however, were unable to pbtain the bridal suite. That had been given by the company wed- ding gift to Mr. and Mrs. Enaest Schmidt of Boonton, N. J., who had engaged a more modest cabin. Mrs. Mt'wum:u: " to one of the EN the new building, Mrs, Brosseau ex- | Stimson Not Mentioned. | _The mission in Nicaragua of Henr | Stimson of New York, former Sec | tary of War, as the President's spe- al representative, was not mentioned at_the White House. No machinery has been set in mo- tion at the Navy Department for the withdrawal of the Marine forces in Nicaragua, it was stated at the of- fice of Secretary Wilbur this after- noon. No official word had been re- ceived from the White House by the Navy Department in regard to the | President’s opinion today, but it' was indicated that it would be forthcom- |ing shortly. STIMSON | | | | EES DIAZ. Latimer Orders Neutral Zone in City of Matagalpa. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 19 (#). —Rear Admiral Julian Latimer, com- mander of the American naval forces in Nicaraguan waters, yesterday order- ed the inland city of Matagalpa made a neutral zone, Fighting within 2,000 yards of the boundary of the zone and the presence of armed troops within the area are forbidden. Admiral Latimer's action was the result of the threat of fighting in Matagalpa, the Liberals having ap- peared to attack the eity and the Con- servatives having concentrated on the borders outside the city to meet the attatk. The Liberal force in the vicinity of Matagaipa is believed be a detachment under Gen. doval, which®escaped the Conser encircling movement of recent weel 325 Marines Remain. A detachment of 325 Marines will remain_in Matagalpa. where about 100 Americans and 100 other foreigr | ers reside. Ninety Marines . tioned at Ciudad Dario, nearby. Fight ing has been reported north of Boaco with the Conservatives claiming the advantage. | Henry L. Stimson, former Secretart | of War, who arrived here Sunday «1 a mission for President Coolidge 11 study the true state of affairs i1 Nicaragua, conferred yesterday witi President Adoifo Diaz the Conser tive executive, but did not make publtg the purpose of his visit nor the re- sult. | | | Will Be Impartial. Mr. Stimson, who arrived in Corinto Sunday morning on the cruiser Tren- ton, told a correspondent for the Asso- ciated Press that he planned to study the entire situation from an impartial standpoint and to listen to expressions and suggestions from any responsible persons, whether 'members of the Liberal or_ Conservative factions. I Dr. Juan asa, the. Liberal president or Gen. Moncada, the chief Liberal commander, desired to com- municate or visit him, Mr. Stimson said that he was ready to receive them but that he was not suggesting such a step. AUTO FIRE BURNS SIX. Victims Trapped in €ar When Blaze Blast Follows. AUGUSTA, ( pril 19 (#).—Six unidentified negroes, trapped - behind locked: doors of their automobile, were severely burned when fire, following an explosion, destroyed the car in a filling station here last night. Intense heat prevented persons from approaching the machine. ‘Firemen beat open the doors with axes and removed the negroes, none of whom is thought to have a chance for life, Three were small children. The explosion could not. be account- ed for. Tort Smith Isolated for Time, but Escapes Tornado. OKLAHOMA CITY, April 19 (#).— Communication was re-established Wwith Fort Smith, Ark., which was eut off this morning. A local rewspaper alked with the weather observer there by long distance telephone. High winds had blown down wires ahout the Arkansas city causing rumors that it had been struck by a tonada. ., These were denied by the weather observer, PLANE KILLS FLYER. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 19 (P) —His leap to safety checked when his parachute caught in the tail of his’ plane, Lieut. Raney, jr., of Beauford, 8. C, student pilot, was pulled down to an instant death when the ship In which' he rode alone crashed in a patch about three miles south of felly Field, near here, this morn- : ;o