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WEA'’ S. Weather (u. Mostly row cloudy slightly wari ure—Highest 45, at b 11 report on pa B No.: - 30,316, Sout ome $10,000,000 FLOOD . RELIEFIS ASKEDAS \ ) HODVER REPERTS Red Cross Appeals to Nation to Double Fund for De- vastated Area. SECRETARY PRESENTS FACTS TO PRESIDENT Danger Far From Past, He Says, But Doubts Likelihood of Further Deaths. Cross today Nation to for the American Red an appeal to the its contribution stricken people in the wake of the Mississippi flood to a minimum of $10,000,000, and called upon all local chapters 1o double their original quotas. With $5,040,000 in hand this morn- ing, America’s great agency of mercy had gone “over the top” in its original | plea for five miltions, but after hear- ing & firsthand description of con- ditions in the flood zone from Secre- tary of Commerce Hoover and James L. Fieser, acting chairman of the Red Cross, who just returned today, the eentral committee concluded that at least twice that amount would be needed. President Gets Report. Mr. Hoover, who went into the water-swept area as the personal rep- resentative of President Coolidge, also visited the White House this morning and made a report to the Executive on conditions as he found them and outlined his views as to prospective * meeds. The new call will place Washing- ton's quota at $90,000 and the host of workers under the banner of the District Chapter of the Red Cross will turn at once to the task of meeting this new obligation. As the announce- ment of the increased need came from the national headquarters contribu- tions in the District of Columbia had mounted close to $40,000, according 10 an approximate calculation by Vie- tor Deyber, local treasurer. Those who attended the conference of the central committee of the Ameri- can Red Cross, at which it was de- cided to double the quota, were: Sec- retary Hoover, Mr. Fieser, George E. Scott, Cornelius Bliss and Miss Mabel T. Boardman. Hoover Gives Facts, A brief but comprehensive outline of the extent of the disaster in the Mississippi valley .was given at the “White House by Mr. "Haover,~who stated that the flood is not yet over and that no doubt there will be fur- ther breaks in the levees. He does not look for any further loss of life, however. ‘The rescue machinery of the Fed- eral Government,” he said, ‘“‘the Red Cross and the States, in the flooded area has now been established so as t0 meet any emergency in the matter of saving lives and in furnishing food, shelter and supplies to the homeless. It is utterly impossible to estimate the exact Joss of life to date, but I am satisfied that the number of persons made homele$s now exceeds a quar- ter of a million.” “Nothing on the face of the earth can be done,” Secretary Hoover con- tinued, “that the Federal Government and all the other agencies are not now doing to give aid and comfort to the sufferers.” In carrying on the relief work, the Red Cross, which is standing the en- tire expense, is depending solely upon the good will and support of the people of the United States, Mr, Hoover said iin connection with the need of additional funds. He pointed out that without reckoning the cost, the Red Cross had gone ahead with its relief work, feeling certain that the public would readily and liberally respond. He stated that the Red Cross had assumed responsibilities calling for the spending of millions of dollars and that the deficit it is now facing is tremendous. Cost Is Problematical. “‘Because breaks in the levees are st{ll going on,” Mr. IHoover said, “it is difficult to formulaate any definite idea of what the relief work is going , 1o eost. It is also impossible to formulaate any definite program to follow. However, the relief agencies are well established now, and for that reason principally, I do not expect any loss of life from now on—at least, 1o any_extent.” Secretary Hoover emphasized tlw fact that the organization program thus far has been perfected to the point where there is no dang of a plague or pestilence. He said the State Boards of Health and State sanitary officers have been placed in complete control over the sanitation in the flood districts and that they have taken effective and drastic steps 1o prevent outbreaks of disease. He added that ¥ thousands of people are being vaccinated and inoculated a8 precautionary measures and that the State guards are being used to ex- cellent advantage. It is the opinion of Secrgtary Hoover that, despite the havoc wrought by the floods, the farmers, except those in the lower section of the Mississippi River country, will be able to replant their crops this Summer. He stated that it is impossible to estimate now what will be needed in the matter of 2id during the reconstruction period. He explained that the extent of the damage and the extent of the ne sity for aid, must first be determined. Because of the uncertainty of this phase of the flood destruction, he said he would rather withhold his judg- nent as to what the Federal Govern- ment should do to assist during the reconstruction period. He did inti mate that he did not think it neces- ;r expedient to call an extra ses- sion of Congress at this time, Urges Stronger Levees. Speaking as an engineer, Secretary Hoover told the President that to pre- pare for the future the major problem in the Mississippi River section, in his opinion, is the building of larger, wider and stronger levees. He stated that the construction of reservoirs in the upper reaches of the Mississippi River and its tributaries, and the cutting of spillways along the river, are, accord- ing to his judgment, of minor import- ance, He declared that the first thing to do to protect that vast region is to zuard against the levees breaking in the future when the rivers are swollen, and to prevent high waters from_flowing_over the tops of the | T{(Continued on Page Z, Column 6 The flashed ease THER. Bureau Forecast.) tonight and tomor- 'mer tonight. Tem- 68, at noon today; a.m. today. ] @h Ulosing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entered as second class !lllgl.llfl' e ingto: of Mississippi BY REX COLLIER, Staft Correspondent of The Star, MEMPHIS, May 2.—A farreaching national conference of Federal, State and local authorities, with President Coolidge as the opening speaker and Secretary Hoover as presiding officer, is being proposed here as a step toward ultimate solution of the Mis- sissippl Valley’s recurring flood prob- lems, it was learned today Plans now under discussion call for a meeting in this city of outstanding business men, bankers, farmers, na- tional and State legislators, Mi: sippi River commissioners, noted flood engineers, Army engineers and representative interests, with a view to finding a means to insure the South against future disaster at the hands of the unruly Mississippi. The movement for such a confer- ence was gaining definite momentum in this flood relief hub as a result of ies of informal discussions among civic and business leaders of the devastated areas. The proposal Is in line with the suggestion of Senator K. D. McKel- lar of Tennessee that a congressional parley be held in Memphis on June 1 for the purpose of drawing legis- lative measures to provide absolute flood protection for the territory now desolated or threatened. The new plan, for which sentiment WASHING'T NATIONAL FLOOD CONFERENCE HEADED BY PRESIDENT URGED Plans Call for Gathering of Business Men, Bankers and Farmers to End Menace for All Time. was crystallizing over the week end, would go much farther in scope than that proposed by Senator McKellar, however. It is the hope of those fos- tering the movement to convene delegation of such national promi- nence that the entire country will “sit up and take notice,” and that public interest thus aroused will make certain prompt and drastic action. It is understood that Secretary Hoover will be asked to take the lead in effecting such an epochal meeting upon his return here this week. Prior to taking the matter up with the Secretary, sponsors of the proposal refuse to be directly quoted with re- gard to it. The conference would not be held until the immediate problems of res- cue, relief and rehabilitation now con- fronting the valley have been worked out. It is the idea of its proponents, however, to have the meeting called as soon after the flood emergency passes as is reasonably possible, so that public interest in the catastrophe will not have had time to turn to other matters. The psychologic moment for the States bordering the Mississippl to solve for all time the ever-present flood menace along that great meandering body of water- has ar. rived, it was pointed outs The present flood has shown to the world that the Mississippi problem "(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) NICARAGUA PARLEY SPLIT ON DIAZ SEEN Continuance as President Held Likely to Deadlock Sacasa Envoy and Stimson. | By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May Continuance in office of the Conserv tive President, Adolfo Diaz, it is un- | derstood, will be a stumbling block | in the way of a successful outcome of the peace discussions between Henry L. Stimson, representative of Presi- dent Coolidge, and the delegates of | the Liberal President, Juan S. Sacasa. | The Liberal delegates, who reached here Friday from President Sacasa's headquarters at Pureto Cabezas, are known to have been given broad in- structions as to peace terms, but it is stated that they cannot consider the proposal that Diaz remain in power until the 1928 elections. The Liberals claim that he was the brains in the Chamorro Coup D'etat against Presi- dent Solorzano last year, which led to the present trouble between the Liberal and Conservative factions, and that therefore almost anyone but Diaz is acceptable, Moncada to Be Invited. It was agreed at vesterday's dis- cussions that Gen. Jose Maria Mon- cada, secretary of war and chief mili- tary commander for Sacasa, should be represented in the conference. Consequently a mission, accompanied by United States officers, will proceed through the Liberal and Conservative battle lines to invite oncada to meet the Liberals near ipitapi to give his opinion as to the best means for establishing peace. Leonardo Arguello, Sacasa’s mi- nister of foreign affairs, who is one of the delegates, said after yesterday's meetin “I have received pression of Mr. Stimson. frank discussion of our troubles in Nicaragua has impressed us greatly and will be a great help in arriving at a friendly understanding, and, 1 hope, ultimate peace. I believe Mr. Stimson is the finest man possible for the mission, and that justice will be given the Nicaraguan people through his efforts, due to his open, unbiased and understanding attitude. Willing for Sacrifice. “The Liberals are willing to make an equal sacrifice with the Conserva- tives for the purpose of peace. We believe dissemination of the true facts as gathered by Mr. Stimson in the i vestigation will greatly aid the Nic: raguan cause in the United States, many false reports of the true situa- | tion have been given.” There was fighting in the vicinity of Teustepe vesterday without de. sive result. The Liberals on Satur- v night_entered Nagarotte, on the railroad hetween Chinandega and Managua, killing 14 Conseratives and gathering scores of rifles and much food before retreating. Conservative reinforcements proceeded to that place yesterday. American marines are stationed at Nagarotte. Reports have been re- ceived from the front that Conserva- tives advancing toward Teustepe from Boaco were forced to retreat when their ammunition was exhausted. Los Angeles Pigeon Found. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 2 (P).—An exhausted homing ~pigeon, released from the U. S. S. Los Angeles when it passed over Savannah last was picked up here yesterda identification tag read: “U. § Angele 0915-24 April 1927 nah, ., en route to Pensacola. Test Produces Live F o an excellent im- His open, By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 2.—The Herald and Oxaminer today said that two Uni- versity of Chicago sclentists had been successful in experiments to produce living organisms by ultra-violet rays. A live fish was produced, the news. paper said, by placing a fish egg under powerful ultra-violet rays for 5 to 10 minutes. In this manner, the ac- count added, Dr. Ralph Lillie and Dr. M. A. Hinrichs, who conducted the tests, created life. “We placed the eggs of the sea urchin under the rays of the ultra- violet light machine for from 6 to 10 minutes and the egg became a swim- ming fish larva,” I D¢ Hinrichs said. *This eliminated thsbl_e egurply* U.S. CHINA POLICY DETERS POWERS Situation Declared to Hinge on Parleys in Tokio, Lon- don and Washington. BY THOMAS F. MILLARD. By Cable to T Star and the New York World. SHANGYTI, May 2.—The situation | continues obscure on all any effective moves tow: deadlock and starting to stabilize either international domestic af- fairs in China. It appears now that the immediate outcome of the inter- national situation depends on confer- ences in Washington, London and Tokio rather than on events in China. That probably is fortunate, as a majority of diplomats and consular agents in China and the municipal officials in Shanghal are too closely involved in events to make calm judg- ments. The difficulty of Washington's deciding upon a course of action is greatly increased because of complete divergence of the American Minister and consuls of China with the present attitude of President Coolidge and the traditional policy of the United States. Joint Action Urged. It is evident that Minister McMur- ray at Peking and the United States consuls at Shanghai, Hankow and elsewhere are insistent in their urging Washington to join the other powers in strong punitive measures. These measures would amount to occupation of the entire valley of the Yangtze River, perhaps leading into broader interventio; Until_this week the opinion of fo eign officials and of the populace wa that the powers would send an ult matum with a short time limit. Mil tary action to enforce these demands was expected, but these hopes have been dashed. It is difficult to make the people of America understand the intensity of feelings aroused here by these ques- tions. The reluctance of Washington to partake in further military action is thought®to be deterring strong action by other powers and again blocks long-laid plans to impose for- eign control on China. The leading British newspaper here acks the American policy, implying betrayal of the interests of other white nations. It blames “silly altruism” and the S} of American domestic policy for the stop- ping of every rational plan for bring- ing about order in China. . Caustic Stories Printed. This newspaper publishes even move caustic stories from its correspondent in Peking. It advocates casting the United tSat ide and banding Gr Britain, France and Italy to proc together. The tenor of these criticism gives the impression that Washington previously agreed to follow the first Nanking note with military action, but now refuses. This Jatter charge is very probubly untrue, but the whole matter shows the difficulty of trying to e out an American policy joint- Iy with policies having other motives and objectives. Even extreme advocates vention . seem to realize that the eventual position of Japan probably will decide whether intervention is pract Tokio believed to he adverse to intervention for broad reasons, and especially against a con- cert of Buropean powers presuming to meddle in the internal affairs of China. Japan's presumed attitude woul®he logicaily due to fear that such med- dling would revive Europe’s diplomatic hegemony in Eastern Asi; On this issue Japan's policy is al- most identical with that of V ton, therefore Europe (Continued on Page sides, without rd ending the or of inter- , Column 3.) ish in Ten Minutes As Ultra-Violet Rays Are Turned on Egg The same experiment was per- formed on starfish and a number of lower animals. Curious deformities were produced by placing the embr: chicken under the ultra-violet radia- tion. The chick grew to have one eye and a heart broken up into several pieces, each of which we found to be pulsating independently. These de- formities all werg caused by the powerful effects oféthe ra The experiments were most success- ful “in the fertilization of the sea urchin and starfish,” Dr. Hinrichs said. In a quest for the origin of life started 30 years ago by the late Jacques Loeb, then at the University of Chicago, experiments finally pro- duced the fertilization of an egg in a §, hemigal molutions . ON, D HOOVER WARNING ON UNPRODUCTIVE LOANS DELIVERED Pan-American Conference Hears New Call for World Stabilization. C., MONDAY, SECRETARY DENOUNCES MILITARY BORROWING Reminds Delegates Latin Republics Must Look to United States for Credit Facilities. y of Commerce Hoover new call for world stabiliza- in addressing the opening the third Pan-American Commercial Conference by solemnly warning against further international loans extept for productive purposes. In vigorous language, Mr. Hoover denounced *the policy of nations bor- rowing money for military purposes, balancing of budgets and other un- economic measures that tend to re- tard natural development and to keep down the standards of living. Falls With Hush. The significance of Mr. Hoover's condemnation of such policies of bor- rowing for non-productive purposes fell with a hush on the delegates of the 21 Pan-American republics bled in the Hall of the Americas. Hoover a little earlier had reminded the Latin American delegates that it is to the United States to which they must look largely for future loans. This point was emphasized when the Commerce Secretary declared that during the last eight years Latin American countries had been able to obtain from Europe loans amounting to only $200,000,000. Contrasting the situation of the United States as the center of world finance of the Western Hemisphere, Mr. Hoover said this country had been able to supply more than $1,200,000,000 in capital to its sister republics. Secretary Stresses Need. Stressing the need of halting the tendency of foreign loans, Mr. Hoover declared “No ion should itself, or permit citizens, to borrow money from for- eign countries, and no nation should allow its citizens to loan to foreign countries except for productive pur- poses. Secretary of State Kellogg as chai man ex officio of the governing board of the Pan-American Union and D Enrique Ilaya, Minister from Co- lombia, as vice chairman, preceded Mr. Hoover in giving the addresses of ‘welcome to the conference. They ap- pealed for unity of the Americas and stressed the need of furthering co- operative policy. Refers to Credits. Referring to the question of credits Mr. Hoover predicted that each Amei ican State will in turn at some time begin to produce that surplus which will, when conyerted into capital, soon relieve it of the necessity of external borrowing. There could be no greater step taken in the prevention of war itself, Mr. Hoover said, than the re- fusal of loans to he devoted to ron- productive purposes. “Out of the wealth and the higher rds of living created from en- itself must come the ability v the capital together with the n to the borrowing country,” . Hoover’ said. *“Any other course ction creates obligations impossi- f “epayment except by a direct i.ion’ from the standards of the borrowing country and the impoverishment of their people. Number of Blessings. “In fact, if this principle could be adopted between the matlons of the waorld, that is, if nations would refuse to allow the lending of money for the balancing of budgets for purposes of military equipment for war purpose or even that type of public works which do not bring' some direct or indirect productive return, a great number of blessings would follow to the entire world.” This declaration was received by a round of applause from the more than 100 delegates. “There could be no_question as to the ability to repay,” Mr. Hoover con tinued. “With this increasing secur- ity, would become steadily . The dangers to national and individual independence in attempts of the lender to collect his defaulted debt would he avoided; there would be definite increase in the stan of living and the comfort and prosperity of the borrower. Prevention of War. “There could be no greater siep taken in the prevention of war itself,” he declared. “I do not propose that these are matters than can be regu- lated by law. > matters that can be regu ely by the commercial and financial sentiments of each of our countries, and if this body may be able to develop the firm conviction, to develop the understanding that the financial transaction between the cit- us of nations must be built upon the prim foundation that money transferred s for reproductive pur- poses, it will have contributed to the future of the Western Hemisphere in a degree seldom opened to a confer- ence of this character.” When Secretary Hoover made his appearance, having come specially to attend the conference from the zone of the Mississippi flood area, he was given a rousing welcome by the dele- gates. He was introduced by Lewis E. Pierson, newly elected chairman of the conference, as a doctor to human- ity who has just returned from an- other humanitarian mission. Foreign Trade Taking up the general ques commercial relations advancing them, M ed the conference that from an eco- nomic point of view, foreign trade ex- pands simply in relation to the in- ternal prosperity of each of the 21 Latin American countries, Hoover went into the question of tariffs and economic barriers to in- ternational trade, but declared that he regarded “these forms of domestic as a secondary question in the o prosperity Secrets sounded tion today session of srowth. ion of and the need for Hoover remind- of each of our countries. “There are other issues’than these in the influence of trade relations,” he said. “There are many things upon which we need a_larger understand- (Continued on Page 5, Column 4.) ¢ Foening Star. With The Star’s as fast as the paper: “From Press to Home in the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes s are printed. I Circul Saturday Sunday's culation, 100,963 ation, 111,71 9 MAY 1927 —-FORTY WGRK OF RESCUE RESUMED N MINE 77 Still Entombed Believed Dead as Fire Rages in Tunnels. By the Associated Press. FAIRMONT, W. Va.,, May 2.—De- layed 24 hours by a fire in the inner | recesses of the Everettville Mine, rescue workers today resumed explo tion of the blast-torn tunnels intent upon determining the fate of 77 workers entombed since Saturday aft- ernoon. These rescue experts generally were agreed that it was almost certain that when reached those trapped would be added officially to the 16 known dead, 2 of whom were removed from the mine and the other 4 killed on the tipple. A _seore of rescue men comprised the crews making the advance into the wrecked tunnels. They were led by George McCaa, veteran of the United Bureau of Mines, and J. V. Berry, chief safety engineer of the Bethlekem Mines Corporation. Equipped with oxygen tanks, "hel- mets and other emergency apparatus the rescue men started to work for- ward at a point 3,000 feet in the mine where a halt was called Sunday when tests of the air showing a mixture of gases revealed that a fire was raging farther back. 700 Feet From Blast Scene. It was believed by rescue workers only 700.more feet had to be penetrated before reaching the aréa where the men were thought to have been work- ing at ‘the time of the blast, Meanwhile the Red Cross and Salva- tion Army aided the stricken families and fed both rescue workers and watchers. Two companjes of the West Vir- ginia Natfonal Guard were encamped near the mine, assisting in rescue work and aiding a sguad of 25 State policemen to maintain order. -Two more companies of guardsmen were ordered to report at the mine today. Rescue work, directed by W. TL Forbes of the United States Bureau of Mines and R. M. Lambie, head of the West Virginia Department of Mines, was temporarily suspended during part of the night to permit rescue crews to fortify their positions 3,000 feet from the mine entrance. The 3,000 feet represented the promress r;mdv: in penetrating the mine yester- day. Hope to Smother Flamen, Ifforts were made, to divert ventila- tion from the section believed to em- brace the fire and the arca also was sealed in the hope of smothering the flames. The explosion, mine officials thought, was of gaseous origin, rather than iuged by coal dust. Two sections of the mine were known to have been slightly gaseous, but not regarded as dangerously so, they said. Bodies recovered from the mine were badly burned and mangled, sig- nificant of the force of the blast. The four bodies identified were: Virgil Stralght, 23, of Arnettsville; T. L. Davis, 18, of Edgemont; Ed Allen of Everettsville and Orval Leach ' of Phillipi. J. J. McSweeny of Baltimore, vice president in charge of mjnes for the New BEngland Fuel &/ Transporta- tion Co., Is at the Iverettsville Mine, aiding other officials in the emergency. Henry Lyons of Boston, another com- y vice president, was due to ar- ve today. Third Son Likely To Be Made Heir To Spanish Throne By the Associated Press LONDON, May 2—Plans for al- tering the succession rights to the Spanish throne are reported in a. Gibraltar dispatch to the Dally Ex- s said that Prine Juan, the s third son, will be declared successor to the King when he eaches the age of 17, his two brothers, Prince Alfonso, heir ap- parent at the present time, and Prince Jaime, second son,'abdicat- ing their claims owing to ill health. Last Summer the Express printed a similar report from Hendaye, on the Franco-Spanish frontier. This said that the condition of the crown prince, in delicate health since birth-because of a spinal dis- ease, had taken a sudden turn for the worse, causing fears to be ex- pressed for his life. Prince Jaime in recent years has undergone a number of operatiol for deafn: and jmpe nt in IX (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. EXCEED) PROPOSIL, HoT oy TESTIMo, | | | | | AU gt = M Z Z ONLY BEy, UE"’Y Women to Attend !“CIOud Luncheon” In Airplane Here Mrs. Henry A. Berliner, wife of the Potomac Flying Service presi- dent and aeronautical expert, will be the hostess at a “cloud lunch- eon” to be given tomorrow shortly before noon to a group of Wash- ington women flying above = the city in the huge three-engined Ford monoplane. The luncheon has been arranged as one of the features of the all- America aircraft display, which opens at Bolling Field this after- noon. Mrs. Berliner will have as her guests Baroness von Undern, Mrs. Benjamin Cain, jr.; Miss Hazel Priest and Mrs. Harvey B. S. Bur- well, wife of the commandant of Bolling Field. Present plans call for the plane’s take-off from Bolling Field, and after it has achieved an altitude of 3,000 feet and settled down for a cruise over the city, the funcheon will be served and, it is predicted, eaten. BUS FARE HEARING RENEWAL IS ASKED Rapid Transit Co. Petitions Utilities Body on 10-Cent- Straight Question. The Washington Rapid Transit Co, petitioned thé Public Utilities Commis- sion today to resume hearings on its application for authority to charge a straight 10-cent cash fare on its motor bus lines in the District. The hearings were halted abruptly last Fall, when the legality ‘of the company’s owner- ship by the North American Co. of New York was questioned by Williar MeK. lic utilities committee of the Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations. The petition was signed by Merrill, president and general ager of the bus company. out that the present rate of fare of 10 cents cash, or six tokenms for G0 cents, is not producing a return to meet operating expens that as a result the company erating at a loss. Rate Temporarily Set. Merrill also explained that the ting rate of fare was established originally for an experimental period of three months on January 1, 1926, and that it was later extended to six months, but that it ill remains in effect. The deficit which has cumu- lated in the meantime has hampered the company in providing adequate transportation facilities and made the need for financial relief more urgent. The coinm jon did not propose to resume the hearings until the legal technicali injected by Mr. Clayton had been removed. The company, how- ever, has not taken any steps to adjust the legal tangle Would Buy Stock. Harley P. Wilson, a member of the hoard of directors of the North Amer- iean Co., it is understood, has advised John W, Childress, chairman of the commission, that he would buy, in his {own name, the stock held in the Wash- |inston Rapid Transit Co., by the New York investment firm in order to vali- date the company’s ownership. The commission has referrel the company’s petition to Ralph B. Fle- harty, peoples counsel, for an opinion as to whether the commission should resume the hearings. b5 n D. n- and is op- Mr. layton, chairman of the pub- | It pointed | sufficient | GOODWILFLYERS DUE HERE TODAY Eight Pan-American Aviators to Be Honored on Arrival at Bolling Field. I ! The eight Pan-American fiyers, | the threshold of completing their 1 | 524-mile flight from San Antonio, Te: | to Washington by way of Central and South America and the West Indies, | wint ve Langley Field, Hampton, {\il. whera they arrived Friday, at & o'clock this afternoon for Field, where the highest representa- tive: the world’s nations will for- mally welcome them home. on men will stretch the ordinary one hour and a half flight from the Vir- ginia. base to Anacostia to nearly two hours, and, barring unforeseen devel- opments, will be ready to touch their wheels down on a speclally assigned area in front of the presidential stand and Hangar . 4, exactly at 5 o'clock. Owing to the latcness of the hour at which the airmen will land, it is ex- pected that a crowd numbering sev- eral thousand persons will be on hand to welcome the birdmen who were charged with using the airplane to spread a feeling of good-will between the northern republic and the .nations south of the Riv Grande. .. Planes to Escort Flyers. Although they will be accompanied a score of airlpanes from Field, including planes carry- |ing tant Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison and Maj. Gen. Mason | M. Pafrick, chief of the Army Air| | Corps, the Pan-American fiyers will | | stand out in a separate and distine- tive formation as they arrive over the field, for the escorting ships will have received the signal to draw to one side. | Only the aerial messengers' of good | | will and Mr. n and Gen. Patrick | will glide to a landing in froni of | the President, more than 1,000 | tinguished guests of Secretary of W | Davis and the general public. | escorting planes will have made prep: tions to land on the south end olling Fleld. Then, according {plans for the reception, Mr. Davi will present the airmen to Secret | Xellogg and Davis of the War Depar who in turn will introduce them ident Coolidge. irmen at Langley Field were sday by Mr. Davison, who to the Virginia base by | J. Maitland, his aide. | Mr. Davison yas accompanied by the | 14-year-old sdh of Maj. Gerald C. Brandt, executive officer in Secreta Davis' office. Progri a | visited was flown | Lieut. Lester Ea of persons were o | pected by officers at the field as early jas 2 rk for those early a ivals it was not to he a question of waiting for three hours with nothing to do. As k the all-American aircraft disp participated in by the | leading members of the aeronautics industry, formally opened its “still exhibits in two hangars, revealing for the, first time anywhere in this coun- {try’ the accessories necessary to fly ing. from minute engine and airplane parts to models of airports and land- ing fields. Shortly after 4 o'clock the United States Army Band, under the direc- tion of Capt. W. J. Stannard, will | givea concert, which has been timed | to conclude about 4:30 o'clock, when | President and Mrs. Coolidge are due | to arrive. Their a 1 on the field | will be greeteg Dby the presidential | salute of 21 guns by a battery of Field llery from Fort Myer. ireé pilots on duty here and three airmen from Langley Field, Va., fly- ing fast Curtiss pursuit planes, have arrangegd a special demonstration of more than 20 minutes th ( for y Arrivals. arge numbers {Clemency Shown by Argued 1 By the Associated Press. The Supreme Court closed oral argu- ments until October today with the hearing of a case arising from clem- ency shown by Chief Justice Taft when he was President to a man con- victed of murder. Vuco Perovich, sentenced to death for murder in Alaska in 1905, was given a commuted sentence of life im- prisonment by President Taft in 1909. On the strength of a lower court rul- ing, he is segking absolute freedom on the ground® that the President had no right tojchange the nature of the séntenge wifhout his consent. Fox A Taft as President n Case Before Supreme Court rather be dead than confined in prison for the rest of his days. The case comes before the Supreme Court on submission by the Circuit Court of Appeals for the eighth circuit. The fssues are whether the President had authority to commute the sen- tence; if not, whether the pardon could be considered a conditional par don, and, if so, whether express ac ceptance by Perovich was necessary to its validity. The Supreme Court announced to- day it would adjourn the present term on June 6. It will be in session for the delivery of opimions on May 16 and 31, and June 6, but will receive motions for adi ;%m‘m only oY - | street, . | teenth street and Bolling | Flying at reduced throttle, the air- | | between LINKED BUILDINGS PROPOSED IN NEW TRIANGLE PROGRAM |Arts Commission Suggests Structures Connected by Upper Passageways. |HUGE PLAZAV PLA—NNED AT 15TH AND AVENUE Project Would Turn Affected East and West Streets Into Courtways. PI from triangle d the Capitol Arts today of the Treasury d the st be as a radieal departure ested treatment of the ween Pennsylvania ave- reets, Fiftee h street the Commission laid before Sec y Mellon an entirely new concept of the Government building program, providing for a practically continuous line of build- ings from the Capitol teenth street, connected by arched passage- ways on the upper sto The plan provides ment of a great plaza at the inte section of Fifteenth street and Penn- vivania avenue, “‘as one of the great features of the city,” and removal of the street car tracks from Fifteenth street to Fourteenth street, thence to New York avenue, Another unusual feature plan aas outlined by the fine arts body ast and west streets in the triangle may be disregarded as open streets and become simply court- ways of street width between the t group of Government buildings se upper floors will be connected 1geways. Based on Louvre Plan. The Fine Arts Commission has iin mind a conception somewhat similar | to that of the Louvre and Palais Royal in Paris, great French government buildings, 1,500 feet or more in length, It suggests that the area between B Pennsylvania avenue, Four- fteenth street, be treated as a unit; and that there be no separation along D street of the buildinigs_intended for the Depart- ment of Justice and the Department of Commerce, the buildings/to be con- nected by passageways over D street, Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the American Civic Association; Frederic Law Olmsted and Milton B. Medary have been appointed members of a special committee to take up and con- sider the plans outlined by the Fine Arts Commission with Secretary Mel- lon. Legislation touching on development of the Mall area, the Fine Arts Com- mission believes, involves virtual ex- tension of the Mall to Pennsylvan: avenue, so the great central composi- tion of Washington shall have har- monious treatment throughout the entire area. The north side of Penn- Ivania avenue, the commission be- lieves, at least as far east as Seventh street, cannot now be changed in essential characteristics. Plan as Submitted. The plan of the commission, as submitted to Secretary Mellon by Charles Moore, chairman of the fine arts committee, follow: “1. The purpose of Congr shown in the debates for the p vears or more, has been not only to clean up the South side of Pennsy vania avenue, but also to develop tween that avenue and the Mall a series of notable buildings, which, while housing Government activities shall represent the dignity power of the Nation. It wa this end in view that Congress pro- vided, in legislating for a Memorial Bridge, a great thoroughfare to begin at the Capitol itself and extend through the city of Washington to the Potomac and the Lincoln Memo- rial nue ind Fine establish- of the Another important step has beem taken by the purchase of the grounds the Capitol and the Union ation and provision for a broad ave- nue connecting those grounds with Pennsylvania avenue. “All of this legi n 1 extension of the Mall to Penn- sylvania avenue, so that the great cen- tral composition of Washington shall have a harmonious treatment through- out the entire area. This purpose be subserved by the erection I Pennsylvania avenue and B str buildings of the highest pc le char an be car 1 out ssfully by consid- as well as the ars chitecture, Nobility in huild in- volves due relation to the spaces they dominate, Special Treatment Required. “2. Your own id expres the discussions of the general ter of the buildings to be er dicate that you have this tr: mind. 2 question then is as to how this o clearly expressed by Congress, representing the legislative department, and you as the representis f the executive department of Government, shall be attained. . It has always been recogn that the north side of Pennsylvania avenue, at least so far as Seventh cannot now be changed in its 1 character ce to he by pri build- the nature ¥ , the “hitecture of these buildings will continue to b erogeneous. It be expected, 1 all of this ar the height established. “The south side of the Avenue, the other ha requires a special treatment so as to differentiate it from the north side. In the opinion of the “ommisston of Fine Arts, the line of Pennsylvania avenue on the south side should clearly mark the diagonal of the Avenue. This can best be attained by heavy planting of large trees, giving the effect of continuity 50 far down eventh street. There the Mall treatment asserts itself. From Seventh to Third street the buildings will front both Avenue and Mall. In this connection this commis- sion recommends that the services of a landscape architect be secured to assist in the plan for the triangle. 4. The Commission of Fine Arts recommends that there be a strong end to Pennsylvania avenue at Fif- teenth street. The dignity of the avenue requiring some adequate dem- onstration at this point. This denionstration should not be under- taken in a feeble manner, but should be studied as one of the great features of the city. Today this space is con- gested to a high degree, and with the development of B street as the great thoroughfare from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and the Memorial Bridge, into which_city etreets are “{Continyed on Page 12, Columa &)~ - built up te it ‘ 5