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WEATHER. 0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today and probably tomorrow; not much ¢ Temperature: ange in temperature. Highest, 49, at 4 pm.; lowest, 34, at 6 a.m. Full report on page No. 1,153—No. 30,308, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. RISING FLOOD TOL REPORTED AS 210, secretaes of Com KNOWN DEAD AT 60 100,000 Estimated Homeless as Record Waters Sweep Toward Louisiana. SEAPLANES AID BOATS IN SAVING THOUSANDS | that every facility of the Government Every Possible Agency Utilized t Rescue Refugees Still Clinging to Housetops and Trees. 37 the 4 fed Press. M 60 person ed in r the ippi Valley flood Missis: rece there € upward drowned Those made home sands of squar water in Mississippi, Ar six other States are estimated at 100,000, the floods swept over additional Mississippi towns, including Leland, Shaw and Benoit, as w as interve ing 1 tions, the millions in prop nounting. of 1 others have been w under Louisiana Towns Warned. Warnings of flood dangers in Louisiana from the Red nd Quachita Rivers, as well as at Natchez, Baton Rouge 3 issued by the W Red Cross and F moved swiftly to or; and to evacuate rel dated towns and thos: the raging waters. Immediate concentration ather Bureau. deral anize relief work ees from inun- in the path of was on | @reenville, Miss., hardest hit of all| gy (ne Associated Press. e towns, where suffering was of both from water and food reported. shortages. Seaplanes Aid in Rescue. Naval seaplanes flying from Pensa- eola, Fla., began aiding in rescue work both in Arkansas and Missis- sippi. - Appeals went out from many dis- tricts for small boats to carry to safety hundreds marooned in tree | tops or on the roofs of barms and houses. Additional thousands of flood suf- ferers have been taken to safety, but hundreds isolated on levees on the Mississippi were in danger. 100 REPORTED DROWNED. Huge Toll Estimaged Near Greene- ville, Being Evacuated. GREENVILLE, Miss., April 23 ). —While all the women and children of Greenville and nearly all of the men were waiting for boats to take them to Vicksburg, Sergt. Henry D. Bay, in charge of metarboat rescue work, estimated _more than 100 negroes had been drowned in the im- mediate vicinity of Stop Landing break, 13 miles north of this city. The people are in dire need of bread and have requested also a supply of typhoid serum. There is plenty of meat. All homes have been deserted and the people are gathered on the Jevee of the Mississippi River in the Cowan Hotel, which was protected by a hastily constructed sand-bag dyke and some in the second stories of taller buildings. ~All business houses are closed and water is run- ning waist deep through the business streets. 3 Six thousand persons are waiting on the levee late today to be taken off in boats for Vicksburg. Fifteen hun- dred were removed today and 1.000 Jast night. There is no drinking water' except the flood water which is being boiled before using. More than 1,000 persons are ma- rooned in trees in the vicinity of the town and 30 motorboats are working to rescue them and also those in the back area. Three hundred negroes are marooned on an Indian mound about 14 miles from here. It is boped that all of the women and children will be taken off today. LOUISIANA LEVEE BREAKS. Kanker Attempts to Stop Tide Below | New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, April 23 (®).—The | _ - levee holding the waters of the Missis- | fired on from Canton by pickets. sippi on the west bank of the river at the Junius plantation, 40 miles below here, broke Jate today. The oil tanker Inspector was supposed to have rammed the levee, causing the break, but some residents of the section sald at the Inspector, I e moment the ci 1 the alarm on its i the inued on Page POLICE FIGHT BANDITS IN CHICAGO CAMPAIGN Three Running Pistol Battles Fea- ture Activities—Three Persons Are Wounded. whistle and Column 4. » Ass AGO, ociated Press. April CHIC orders of “Gi em new police chief, to drive all crir of Chicago in 90 days, pc er three tacular running today. The result tota ber wounded and capt old boy bystander probably wounded liew acciden ap enant tive. hospital suf a gunshot wound. Police one of three who attempted store holdup and shot it in automohiles Wl through streets, side by the police car “died.” Lieut. Christopher manding a police car third robber car wounded when a iga with ch raced Hughes pursuit s shot low tall in and seri police dis: a man suspected of 1 e quartet was arrested. 'HOOVER GOES TO FLOOD AREA 0|, unconfirmed reports that|tye Red Cross n: { of Engin he thou- | R. Redden, medical advisor to the Red sas and | | | | | | na New Orleans, have been | Fighting Lull | agencies | the Nanking region between the North- | | Chiang Kai-Shek. AS U. S. SPEE ommerce, Red Cross Officials| ~ AND M'ADOD BAN and Gen. Jadwin to Rail Emergency Declared. of Commerce Hoover left morning for Memphis, the divection of President | to make a detailed surve ons along the lower M sippi, where flood waters have driven 92,000 persons from their homes. The dispatch of Mr. Hoover followed | closely the announcement yesterday at had been placed at the disposal of the Red Cross to render aid to the thou. | sands of refugees. Mr. Hoover is | chairman of the special flood relief | committee, consisting of four cabinet members, designated Friday. 1t also announced after a spe 1 meeting of the committee, that Henry M. Eaker, Red Cross directc disaster relief, had been appointed of relief activities, with head quarters in Memph James L. Fieser, ac ng ehairman of fonal organization Edgar Jadwin, chief A., and William here: Maj. Ger ers, U. Cross, accompanied Mr. Hoover. A transportation emergency in the ! | night ¢ | ot | Coolidge has | He_will_be assis he WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 192 WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sunty The Star is 60 cents Star. and service will start immediately. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at per month. Teleptione Main 5000 —114 PAGES b (®) Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS. DS RELIEF WORK | Study Conditions. flooded area was declared by the Interstate Commerce Commission yes- terday, permitting railroads to aban- | don usual requirements for routing | of freight while supplies of tents for | sheltering of the refugees were being rushed by special express trains from | several One of | these trains ved here early last om Philadelphia over the Bal- timore & Ohlo and was rerouted south to New Orleans over the South- | ern line | Secretary Hoover's party is due to arrive in Memphis at 7:45 o'clock to- | morrow morning. There they will | board a steamer and go down the | rive, to make a fivst-hand inspection | conditions. He expects to be | gone about a week. Both the Presi- | dent and Mr. Hoover are Red Cro: and are acting in that capac was explained at the White Army supply depots. it House Mr. Baker, authority to charter ver boats for the r portation of as director, will have | or commandeer ue and trans- refugees. President placed at his disposa possible Government_facility. | ed_by officials_of | every (Continued on CHINESE WAR ZONE INVADED BY CALM Is Greatest| Nation Has Enjoyed in Many Months. SHANGHAI, China, April 23.—The last 24 hours in China have been more tranquil than at any time in recent months. Only a few sporadic disorders and battles were recorded and, al- though reports from Canton told of difficulties through Red labor activi- ties, late disptches said the Moderate forces were in complete control. Firing across the Yangtze River in ern forces on the north bank and the Cantonese (Nationalist) troops in Nan- king, on the southern bank, was not so heavy as in recent days. Unconfirmed_reports were received | that two so-called Communist armies of seyeral thousand men were advanc- ing against Chiang Kai-Shek, who re- cently separated from the Nationalist regime at Hankow and set up a new government in Nanking. Thege armies were said to be marching on Nanking from Hankow, while two Southern armies were proceeding mnorthward, one from Nanking to Suchowfu and the other from Chinkiang toward Yangchow. In Shanghai rumors were about that red labor union agents were secretly recruiting native labor- ers for service in a “communist army" to launch a campaign against Gen. Sun Directing Campaign. Gen. Sun Chuan-Fang, one of the Northern commanders and original de- fender of Shanghal, is said to be at Yangshow, north of the Yangtse, di- recting plans for military activities against the Cantonese. He is report- ed to have ordered the city of Yang- chow to supply funds for the mainte- nance of the military. Foreign official quarters learned that a representative of Sun was in conference with Gen Chang Kai-Shek, ostensibly in connection with Chang's recent offer to make Sun northeastern defense commissioner for the Can- tonese, Gen. Chang's military officials in Shanghai established a censorship on | all letters and telegrams from Han- | kow, the announced purpose being to intercept communistic propaganda. A separate mail service is used by for- | eigners, and this, presumably, will not be interferred with. American warships in Chinese g= ing the point | se occurred, | drew into the bank to | ers have been fired on on 45 occasions | and six men have been injured, says | a statement issued today. List of Ships Fired On. | | The list of incidents follows: August 26: The Sacramento was September 3: The El Cano was fired on from Wuchang from the south | bank during the Southern siege of | that city. | September 4: The steamship Ileng, five miles from Hankow. September 5: The Stewart and Pope were fired on 50 miles from Hankow from the south bank and two sailors were wounded. September 10: The Palos, and Stewart were fired on at Hankang {in the Province of Hupeh and the | Stewart replied once. September 15: The Pigeon was fired on_by machine guns from Chengling. September 30: The steamship lleng was commandeered at Kweichowfu, | | | Pigeon | | | | | Bs the Associated Pre | It was not proposed to us either to | class car.” | in that region together with another | FORCED TO DEPART, PRELATES INSIST Expelled Mexican Dignitaries Also Deny Church Behind Burning of Train. | LAREDO, Texas, April 23.—Arch bishop Mora Del Rio of Mexico City and five prelates of the Catholic Church who were expelled from Mexico today flatly refuted the ex- planation of their departure from Mexico City as given by the Mexican government. The statement from government was that when faced with alternative of leaving the country or court action the dignitaries chose to ieave Mexic De also was made by the prelates of charges that the Mexican episcopate was responsible. for the robbing and burning of a passenger train in Jalisco last Tuesday night, in which many persons were killed. Prelates Tssue Statement. In a joint statement the prelates seld “The official statement from Mexico City explaining the departure of the six Mexican prelates is utterly false, the Mexican submit to a judicial verdict or Jeave the country. The minister of the in. terior at § p.m. intimated to the pre- lates that by order of President Calles, they should leave the country because the Episcopate was consid- ered an agitator of the rebellion. We refuted the charge before Minister Tejeda, assuring him that the Episco- pate has limited itself to state that the Catholics are in their right to de- fend. themselves against the tyranny that oppressed them. Escorted to Station. “At 5 o'clock that night, escorted by five secret service men, we were taken to the station and made to board a trAin departing for Laredo, where we have been treated with every courtesy by American Consul Walsh, It is to be noted that the Mexican government only paid our railroad fare in second-class coaches and we had to pay the balance, as well as for our guard, to go into the first- The prelates left for San Antonio by bus this afternoon at the invitation of Archbishop Droessaerts of San An- tonio. They will make a temporary home at the Incarnate Word Academy there. PRIEST REPORTED EXECUTED. Captured After Fighting With Fed- erals, Statement Says. MEXICO CITY, April 23 (#).—Cap- ture and execution of a Catholic priest after fighting with federal forces at Rio Del Cuale, Jalisco, and the killing of 12 rebels and the dispersal of that group is reported by the Mexican gov- ernment in a statement quoting the military commander of Jalisco state. The statement asserts that the | executed priest was identified as hav- | ing brought about the recent uprising priest. El Universal Grafico received a re- port to the effect that rebels in Juanacatlan, Jalisco, seized six local | members of the Mexican regional | federation of labor, drenched them | with oil and set them afire. The report does not state whether the victims died from the burns nor gives any motives or other details. Deny Aiding Revolution. | but later was released. one | d, | |Musical Railroad Whistles Installed To Save Coal and Stop Harsh Noise h until | by com- of short ing September 19—The pigeon hetween | Hankow and Chenling was fired on | from both Wuchang and Hanyang, | being hit about 100 times. Three sailors were wounded, but none seri. ous] The destroyer returned the 2 A Socony oil barge vas fired on from Wuchang. October ‘The destroyer John D. October 15—Shipping south of Shasi out | was fired on. Archbishop Mora was very tired after the long journey from Mexico |City and directed reporters to Arch- | bishop Ruiz, who was authorized to i for the par The latter said the six had been arrested for rebellion and arraigned before Min- ister of the Inierior Tejeda, who ques- | tioned them as to the charge. | “We have aided no revolution,” bishop Ruiz quoted Mora Del Rio as saying. “We have plotted no volution, but we do claim that the »s_of Mexico have the right (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) from | is Ey the Associated Press. | CHICAGO, April | motive whistles hav the Chicago, Byrlington and Quincy Rallroad, on its suburba service engines, the road announced toda The whistles are described as *four- toned and relatively soft in tone,™ 1 were installed to decrease the ount of offensive noise made by nd to save money. The management has demonstrated its satisfaction that it costs le uce a pleasant musical warn the hair-rajsing shrieks of locomotive, although the rst cost of the musical whistle is 3.~~Musical loco- been installed road | seven times that of the ordinary one, which costs from $10 to $12. So many | complaints resulted from the old-fas | ioned whistle, that something had to be done, officials said. | The new musical whistle is designed ‘nln!l;; the ideas incorporated in the | automobile horns on some smart cars. A person can expel enough air from s lungs to make it sound. The rail- road has figured that it requires more than 14 pounds of coal to blow the ordinary whistlea one minute while the new one can make music for a | minute for the cost of 5 pounds of | conl. | "1t the whistle works in service as DEMOCRATIC DOOM FORECAST IN SMITH tions Might Ruin Party, Edwards Declares. GLASS DENIES REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL MOVE Leaders in Washington Would Be Glad to See 0ld Opponents Out of Race. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Efforts to “ease” Gov. Al § ew York out of the presidential race, along with William Gibbs Mc- Adoo, his old opponent, give promise of meeting strong resistance. sisted in at this stage they may re- sult in a bitter row which will ruin the Democratic party long before the national convention next year. This was indicated last night by Senator Edwards of New Jers militant wet. In a statement brist- ling with resentment because of re- ports from New York that a “group of Democratic leaders from the South and the West were considering a round robin requesting both Smith and McAdoo to withdraw from the race for the Democratic nomination the New Jer: Senator predicted that dire results would follow any such move. “For our Southern Demc attempt to ‘round robin' Gov. E. Smith out of the 1 race is a species of political fi acy to Alfred den | for which, it successtul, the party of | Jefferson will pay the death penalty, id Senator Edwards. Glass Flatly Denies. Glass of Virginia, who was mentioned in the reports from New York as one of those who would undertake to ri quest Smith and McAdoo to retire from the race, flatly denied the truth of the report. Senator Glass insisted he had never suggested such a movement to retir Smith and McAdoo, that such a sug- gestion had never been made to him, any one to withdraw. Other Democratic leaders in Wash- ington, while declining to be quoted, said that although it was true that many Democrats would be glad to see both old opponents at Madison Square Garden in 1924 out of the 1928 race, such a movement as now sug- sted ‘was premature to say the least. ne of these Democrats, who has béen prominent in pafty councils for years, sald: “Only if sentiment for the with- drawdl of Gov. Smith and Mr. Mc- Adoo should become pronounced among the rank and file of the party would a request to them to withdraw be justifiable or wise. If sentiment for their withdrawal became so gen- eral, then both Gov. Smith and M McAdoo would be well aware of i and doubtless would withdraw with- out being requested to do so.” Seen as Leader. At present, this Democratic leader #aid, no such sentiment had developed strongly, and Gov. Smith must be considered one of the leading candi- dates, if not the leading candidate, for the nomination. In the past this Democrat opposed the nomination of Smith and doubtless would do so again, Senator Edwards in his statement pictured Gov. Smith as the ‘“savior of the Democratic party” and said that if the Republicans nominate President Coolidge next year on Smith could hope to defeat him. “There is no other star above the political horizon which shines more brightly than that of the New York governor,” said Senator Edwards, “yet there are Democrats who would serv and pander to intolerance and bigot in order that a loud-mouthed but im- pertinent minority might be assauged. “Who is there in the Democratic party today who even approximat Smith’s strength as an administrator and vote-getter? “Not a remote prospect can be men- tioned, and yet our so-called political mentors and monitors—self-appointed spokesmen of Jacksonian democracy —cry out for the crucifixion of its only savior. Servant of People. “Gov. Smith’s answer to Marshall, in which he made a whole-hearted confession of faith, and forever stilled intelligent prejudice against this faith, brands him as an unmistakable servant of the people. This faith in God conceived in_the religion in which he was born and reared, marks him as an exponent of democracy unex- celled since Jefferson and Jackson. “I am not a Catholic. My life of 64 years has been directed through channels utterly divorced _from Catholic beliefs and dogmas. Yet I can see no hindrance between worship of God according to Papal En- cyclicals and worship of God through the teachings of Luther or Calvin, as far as one's patriotism s concerned. “It is reported that leaders of the Democratic party are demanding the withdrawal of both Smith and Mc- Adoo from the convention of 1928. McAdoo has been non est these man months and every one in America know it_except himselt. “Gov. Smith has taken the oath of | public office 19 times and for an cqual number of times he has sworn under oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and to administer the civic affairs of the United States, ac- cording to the fath~rs and not accord- Ing to any religion or creed. His rec- ord speaks for itself. Out of a State cabinet of some 16 members, 13 are Protestants, one is a Jew and ‘10 other professes no religious creed. If subservience to Rome or the Pope can be interpreted from Smith’s offi- cial family, then the governor is a partisan Catholic. Patronage for South. “Under the late Woodrow Wilson the South was surfeited with Federal patronage and practically controlled the Congress. Under ‘Al’ Smith the South would undoubtedly fare with equal prominence. “The Democratic party cannot de- feat somebody with nobody. There is a determined effort now on foot to force the renomination of Calvin Coal- idge in spite of the fact that the third term bogie is starting the G. O. P. in the face. President Coolidge can be beaten before the convention of 1928, | in tests, it will be installed on all ' Burlington trains, officials said, but not in convestion. H# is a pow- (Continued on Page 5, 3) At the same time, Senator Carter | and that he had no intention of asking | | {Curb on Presidential Aspira-f i y f il 1t il s 1! iy N 1t per- | 1) < W | 0 10 75000 REFUCes i (oM THE FLOOD WHO 88 MUST BE CARED FOR /] BY THE RED CROSS. THE SITUATION 1S INDEED Wl GRAVE. [ AM (oNDENT | lik l THAT, AS ALWAYS IN The PasT | i THE PEOPLE WILL SyPPORT | THE REDCROSS IN ITS HUMANE TASK. C+ G M ml,-‘v" RN RN LRI CROWD AT DEBATE - HISSES WHEELER ‘Wels Enliven Dry Law Dis- cussion With Darrow—No Decision Given. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April Wheeler, general counsel for the An oon_ league, defending prohibition in a debate with Clarence Darrow, |eriminal lawyer, tonight, was booed and although many of his were applauded. ile_demonstration followed a statement that prohibition had been achieved by a vote of the majority. interrupted with several loud What of the soldiers who were at which elaborate preparations had been made for handling a capacity audience, was but a quarter filled. Mayor Walker. chairman of the debate, arrived late. The debate was sponsored by the American Forum, a non-partisan group. “Every one knows I'm a ‘wet',” de clared Mayor Walker, adding that for the occasion he would have to secrete “with solemnity” his deciston. Raises Negro Question. Darrow boldly championed ‘“the right to drink” in defiance of the law, and challenged Mr. Wheeler who de- to go among his Southern supporters and tell them to give the negro the rights guaranteed him by the Gon- stitution.. Wheeler entered the debate under the handicap of a cold, and the first part of his prepared argument was read by another. There was no official decision and a decision by vote of newspapermen, taken as soon as the debate closed, | was not announced. After the debate a crowd rushed to the platform to shake hands with Darrow. | Darrow, declaring it a minority | measure, and legal tyranny, said pro- hibition was a failu that it could ot and had He ) BANDIT ROBS CLERK AS CROWDS PASS CAR Gets $325 From Sanitary Grocery Employe on Bank Trip—$50 Store Robbery. Stepping into the automobile John Settle, clerk of the Sanitary Grocery Co. at 418 Randolph street, a bandit forced him to drive down | Georgia avenue from Princeton place last night, while he robbed him of |$325, receipts from sales, which Settle s taking to a bank. Settle had just parked at Georgia avenue and Princeton place shortly before 8 o'clock when the bandit ap- peared. Saturday night crowds were entering a motion picture house at the corner and passing on the street at the time. Quietly, just as Settle | was making ready to ‘descend from the car, the bandit flashed a pistol at him and ordered him back to his seat, telling him to drive away Settle drove south on Georgia ave- nue, with the pistol at his side, while unsuspecting motorists passed along the street and pedestrians walked along the sidewalk, noting nothing out of the ordinary. The bandit, during the trip, re- moved the wallet containing the money from Settle’s pocket, and also took a gold watch. As W street was reached the bandit ordered a stop, jumped out of the automobile and disappeared. Settle lives at 1885 Calvert street. He was on his way to a branch of the Washington Mechanics' Savings Bank. —_— ICED FROGS GO TO JAPAN. Will Be Used on Breeding Farm at Yokohama. HOUSTON, Tex., April 23 (®).—A carload of half-frozen, live bullfrogs is en route to San Francisco for ship- ment to a bullfrog breeding farm at Yokahama, Japan, the Southern Pa- cific Railroad announced here today. The frogs are in 200 wood cases, packed in a refrigerator car. Train attendants were instructed to ice the car frequently. enough to keep the frogs in a semi-comatose state. T'l'he shipment came from Loulsville, ex. —Wayne B. | | manded obedience to the Constitution, | of | lions upon millions of dollars in pred- | reallys! MACHADO IS GUEST ATCOOLIDGEDINNER Activ- | | TODAY’S STAR | | PART ONE—41 PAC General News—Local, Foreign Schools and Colleges—Pagi Around the City—Page 3 D. A. R. and_ ParentT | _ities—Page 35. W A. Aectivitie ubwomen of News— National and nd her ¢ —Page 3 tion—Page ) and 41. Cuban Executive Seeks to Present Military Decora- tion to President. Y PART TWO0—16 PAGES. | Bditorials and Editorial Features. | | Washington and Other Society | | Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Spring Books—Page 4. l 39. | 4 The Presidents of two nations sat | down to dinner together last night in PART THREE—11 PAGES. | the National Capital. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo-| President Gerardo Machado of Cuba play. | dined at the temporary White House, Music- 115 Dupont circle, as the guest of auine 7| President Coolidge, and for the fourth Featedritios—Page'd time within two days the two execu- Serlal, “Red Head | tives chatted with each other through Community Servi the medium of interpreters. | Army and vy Upon his arrival here Friday after- News—Page | noon President Machado called on | War Veterans | President Coolidge, who returned the visit shortly afterward. Yesterday { morning the distinguished visitor paid |an informal visit at the White House jand spent nearly an hour with Amer- ica’s President, discussing problems of interest between the United States and | the island republic. PAGES. | Wanted to Decorate Coolidge. Prior to the informal meeting it was learned that President Machado de- sired_to decorate Mr. Coolidge with | the Cuban * r of Military Merit,” | but he did not do so on finding that | without specific congressional author- ity the President of the United States is' not permitted to accept foreign deco- rations, The decoration will be deposited to- | morrow with the State Department, so that the President can accept it when he relinquishes office if congressional authority is not granted meanwhile. Among the guests at last night's dinner were Chairman Borah of the Senate foreign relations committee, Porter of the House foreign affairs committee and Senator Swanson of Virginia and Representative Linthi- cum, ranking Democrats of the two bodies. Their presence was taken by some to indicate the intention of the administration personally to acquaint ranking congressional members with President Machado in order to have | sympathetic support in | the nex sion for legislative forms regarding Cuba. Musical Follows Dinner. Coolidge personally supervised | efforts to decorate the temporary | White House with plants, flowers and devices comprising the Cuban colors. Afte dinner the usual White House musical was held. ident Machado rested yester- day afternoon except for an hour’s conference with the Ambassador, Senor Don Orestes Ferrara, with whom he reviewed the results of his conversations with President Cool- idge, S Kellogg, Stokeley Morgan, chief of the Latin American Tt 5 division of the State Department, and | ucts of the United States, was dis- | Sihor nfeiale | cussed by the National Capital Park | ‘m\d Planning Commission yesterday | |and will be continued today. It was | | the first three-day session which the | commission has found it necessary to | hold since its organization, in order to | handle the great volume of business | which has come before it | The commission paused for several | hours in_the afternoon_to attend a luncheon at the Cosmos Club, tendered by Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, ex- | ecutive officer of the commission, and | which was attended by officials of the | Federal and District of Columbia go | ernments, and editors of local new: papers, as well as members of Con- | gress. There the general plans for | the development of the National Cap- | the blg Hall of Nations by the gov- ital into the greatest capital of the | erning board. The hall draped | world were discussed and there was a | with the flags of all the Latin Ameri- | | mutual exchange of ideas among the | can countries and the United States | |officials _and citizens presaging a rine Band played during the meal. | unanimity of support in the move-| President Machado's address at the | ment to guide the Capital's improve- | luncheon given yesterday i (Continued on Page 2, Column 6 (Continued on Page 3, Column 3. Does Not Recall Calling British Ogres, Borah Says, Declining Trip Invitation 1 ] 4 | | d ¥ and Motoring—Pages 6, -Page 10. —Page 11 and Boy Scout ities—Page 14, PART FOUR—I PAGES. Pink Sports Section. ! PART FIVE—8 PAGES. | Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- | ture The Rambler—! PART § Classified Advertising. | Financial News—Pages and 12, GRAPHIC SECTION—12 World Events in Pictures 9, 10, 11 PAGES. | COLOR SECTION—1 PAGES. | Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. | | and Mrs.; High Lights of History. PLANS FOR GROWTH OF GAPITAL STUDIED i i |Broad Development of City Discussed Before Plan- ning Commission. re- | \ | | | | Broad development of the National Capital to meet the expected h growth in its population, and at the |same time handling the tremendous | | business which must pass through it | JI)('&':\IL of its strategic position as the | sateway between the North and the | | South, through which passes annu- | |ally, and in inereasing volume, mil- Faces Another Busy Day. President M. busy chado faces another day today, when he will lunch with Baron de Cartier de Marchienne, the Belgian Ambassador and dean of | the diplomatic corps, and who also is accredited to Cul He then will make a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon and on returning to Washington will vlace a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington. To- night he will attend a dinner at the embassy and tomorrow he will leave the city The visitor expressed himself | highly impressed with elaboratene of yesterday's luncheon at the Pan- | American Union, which was given in M By the Associated Press. Senatqr Borah doesn’t recall that he ever classified the British as “ogres” and therefore has declined an inyita. tion from Lord Derby to visit England and be convinced that the British are not “‘ogres.” . Replying yesterday to a cablegra: the London Evening News, which said Lord Derby believed Bdrah had so described the British, the Sen- ator declared: : “I have never said anything of that kind and never thought anything of that kind- the opposite, I should like t@ know upon what Lord Derby based fhis desire to enlighten me upon thiff particular subject. [ appreciate his missionary spirit but “I have no doubt there are millions in England just as anxious for indus- trial peace ‘and for world peace as Lord Derby indicates. 1 have no doubt their enlightened conception of industrial justice and international Justice are quite as exalted as Lord Derby Indicates.” I trust they will, to- gether with Lord Derby, exert their influence along these lines on their government in the Chinese affair. “I would really like to visit Eng- land and hope I may find an oppor- tunity to do -o. My mission, how- ever, will not be that of hunting wild game, such as ogres, but to see and to know better a people whose high- est encomium is that of always hav- in; been loyal to their own flag, an attribute which prevails rather INCREASED POWER FOR CIVIC COUNCL - UPTOGTY HEADS Commissioners Must tive | Final Decision on Scepe of i Advisory Body. FEDERATION EXPECTED | 1 TO VOTE ON SATURDAY Dilemma for District Officials Seen if Resolution Removing Presest Restrictions Is Adopted. BY BEN McKELWAY. special g called for Saturd; night, nsibly to the most important busin before it—the future status of Citizens' Advisory Council—the Federation of Citizens' Associations may vote to adopt the resolution en- larging the council's power reported at its last meeting from the law and | legislation committes. The sense of | this resolution was approved by the | tederation. 1f the resolution as reported passed by the federation, the problem f determining the exact scope of the dvisory Council will then leave the hands of the federation to come be- { W 3 mes now the fore the Commissioners for decision. And while the present controversy | over the status of the Advisory Coun- |cil may be considered in some quar- ters as a tempest in a teapot, it Is no | small tempest and no small teapot. ‘Tm; question should be of paramount |interest in Washington. It involve: |on the one hand , what virtual |amounts to the creation of a new | body, sanctioned by the Commis- | sioners, which undoubtedly will come |to be regarded as the city’s mouth- | piece. On the other hand, it may | mean the curtailment of the present | Advisory Council’s powers to such an | extent that it will become a useless | piece of machinery, cluttering up the works. Commissioners Must Approve. The time has come when the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations wishes formally to recognize, and have the Commissioners recognize, the new and important duties assumed by the Ad- visory ‘Council. The federation must originate any move in this direction. But as the Advisory Council was formed with the sanction of the Com- missioners “to act as an advisory body to the Commissioners,” the Com- missioners must approve any change, especially any enlargement of its powers. The text of the resolution report-: from the law and legislation commit- tee of the federation on Saturday a week ago follows: _“The council shall act as an ad- visory body upon matters affecting | the District of Columbia, but it shali | not in any way restrict the activities, or abridge the rights, of the federa- | tions hereinafter mentioned or of their respective member bodies, and its ac- tion thereon shall not be gonstrued as expressive of the views of the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Assoclations or of the Federation of Civic Associations.” Would Remove Barriers. This resolution would remove the | barriers already removed, informally, | by the Advisory Council itselt. In- stead of continuing the Advisory Council as a body to advise the Com- missioners, it places no limit upon the council regarding whom it may ad- | vise. ‘It may advise the Commission- ers, the committees of Congr: , the superintendent of police, the fire mar- shal, the director of the Budget or | the President of the United States, so long as the matters upon which it offers its advice concern the District of Columbia. It may advise the Com- sioners upon the appointees to offices, and, presumably, it m se the Commissioners of its | disapproval of such appointees. Fur- | thermore, in_offering its advice, it may do so independently of the Com- ssioners, and its acts will be the of the council and not neces. ¢ express the views of the fed- s. The federation continues its control over the council by its power of elec- tion of its members. If a member | repeatedly gets oft on the wrong foot or otherwise displeases the federa- tion, in due course of events he will not be re-elected. So, while not nec- essarily expressing the views of the | tederation or of the citizens' associa- | tions, the council remains, under the resolution proposed, responsible to the federation and fo its constituent bodes. | Commissioners in Dilemma. Should this resolution be passed as | reported and referred to the Commis- sioners, the Commisisoners will find themselves in a rather embarrassing predicament. If they confine their action to approval or disapproval, the Commissioners must offend either the council's foes or its friends. They must approve a council set up as | representing the citizens of the Dis triet, with advisory powers, and there- by offend those who claim the council has no right to be the mouthpiece of the citizens of the District, or they must disapprove the council's en- larged powers, and thereby deal to its prestige a blow which will be feit by the federation and the constituent members of the federation, many of whom now feel that the people of the District, through this council, have come nearer than ever before to set- ting up a representative, elective body, with a semi-official standing. In adopting this resolution, there- fore, the federation will be putting the council’s neck on the chopping block and handing the ax to the Commis- sloners. The Commissioners may not wield the ax, but that is not the point. It is an open question with some whether it is advisable to place one’'s neck on anybody's chopping block. Other Resolutions Opposed. Two other resolutions were intro- duced at the last meeting of the fed- eration bearing on the powers of the council. *They probably will be voted on at the meeting next week, but neither is expected to pass. One of them, offered by Dr. George C. Havenner, from Anacostla, pro:- posed that the president of the federa- tion ask the presidents of the Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce and Merchants’ and Manufacturers' Asso- ciation each to appoint committees to confer with committees of the feds eration and the council with a view to creating a liaison agency to co- do %ot feel in need of his strongly in the Unjted States and, I nlightenment, think, worth presed¥ing.” ordinate the activiti of the organ “(Continued on Page 13, Columa 1}