Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1927, Page 1

. WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy, probably showers to- night and tomorrow; not much change in temperature. Temperature—Highest, 76, at 5:15 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 54, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as second class matter No. 30,317. [ost"omee, “Washington. 'D. 'ARMY ENGINEERS TO CONDUCT REFUG[ES MUVEU . FLOOD SURVEY FOR PRESIDENT AS H'[]Ufls BUV[R ;Report on Problems Arising From Missis- LOUISIANA TOWNS ~ siepi River o Be Made Before Convening of Congress. The only evening in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ¢ Foening Blar, === ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yg;(fl-dly'; Cirmhfion, 104,046. TWO CENTS. “CAFETERIA PLAN OF TRAFFIC FINES - DEALT DEATHBLOW Commissioners Held Power- WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1927—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. * UP) Means Associated Press. NEW NANKING NOTE ISNOT NECESSARY, - PRESIDENT HOLDS Half Dozen Parishes in Upper B | Valléy Being Inundated as | Crest Moves South. [ J | | FIGHT TO HOLD LEVEES ABOVE NEW ORLEANS Conditions Improve in Southeast- ern Arkansas and Mississippi Delta—Crevasse Is Widened. | By the Ascociated Press, NEW ORLEANS, May 3.—While| carava refugees moved to places of safety, the flood and back- waters from Mississippi and its | rushing tributaries were (nnn.lr‘\ing; the Inundation of the lowlands in half | & dozen parishes In northwestern and eastern central Louisiana today. More towns were reported under water, with other threatened, and a fleet of rescue craft was operating over the funnel-shaped area between the Red River and the Mississippi taking out the marooned and sending warn igs to many residents who have placed their reliance in the protec- tive letees surrounding some of the small towns. While these waters claim new areas the battle to hold the levee lines from below the four crevasses 25 miles south of Vidalia to New Orleans goes forward on both sides of the river. Weak spots are being bolstered and embankments raised against the com- ing of the record crest now slightly south of Vicksburg. Arkansas Conditions Improve. Improved flood conditions were re-l ported from southeastern Arkansas | and the Mississippi delta, where the worst is over and the waters are grad- ually falling as that from the Arkan- zas overflow moves into northeastern Louisiana and the flood from the Stops Landing break, above Green- ville, finds its way back to the main stream. With the flood waters from the Mississippi delta region still rushing back into the mein stream above Vicksburg, the gauge at that place showed a further rise of three-tenths of a foot to & stage of 58.5 feet early ¥ Gr’eat stretches of St. Bernard and Plaquemine Parishes are flooded to a depth of 2 to 10 feet, and State en- gineers today continued blasting at the Caernarvon crevasse, 15 m““h (v:: low here, in their effort to save Ne e inundation whey the about two weeks e N . - 1,600 Feet. The Caernarvon crevasse has been widened now to 1,800 feet and the flood waters are expected to increase it to the desired 2,000 feet within a few a The end of the break nearest New Orleans will be bulkheaded, so that the water will mot widen the opening in that direction. As further precautionary measures, the levees along Lake Pontchartrain, upon which the city borders to the north, and at Carroliton, on the up- river side of the Crescent Bend, are being raised and strengthened. Army and Stat® engineers also began an in- spection of the whole levee system protecting the city. See No Danger to City. While the level of the river here feli three-tenths of a foot during the 24 hours ended at 7 a.m., a committee of Army and State engineers reported to James P. Butler, a banker and chairman of the citizens’ flood commit- tee, that the Carroliton gauge during the next two weeks would attain a reading of approximately 21.5 feet, but added that this “should occasion no ‘concern,” as there would be no danger to New Orleans. Despite statements that the danger to New Orleans is past, hundreds of residents, particularly women and children, have departed for Gulfport, Biloxi and other Mississippi coast towns; Hammond, La., and other places. 2 There has been nothing approach- | ing an exodus, however, and business | in the city goes on as usual, with | streets crowded day and night. If| there is apprehension there are mo | outward signs of it. Ten Miles Inundated. | The water, which is pouring through | the Caernarvon crevesse at 85,000 to| 100,000 cubic feet a second, has in- | undated an area of approximately 10| mainly to the south of the The Orange Grove industrial alcohol distillery was under water to- day, but the protective levee hastily ected around the Braithewaite paper | mill was still holding. Lake Borgne was beginning to be filled, and Delaircrox, in the pic- turesque settlement of ¥rench and Spanish trappers, was _inundated. However, several scores of the trap- pers remained in the region, living in boats. North of the break the water had come within two miles of the Violet Canal and had covered the rich farm- ing lands of St. Bernard Parish and Japped about the three-story brick and granite parish courthouse, the highest of the section. cial bulletin warning from the Weather Bu here said the cre- the At the request of President Coolidge, the Engineer Corps of the Army, in co-operation with the Mississipp! River Commission, will enter immediately upon the making of a comprehensive engineering study of the problems that have arisen as a result of the Mississippi River flood, and will make a special report to the President in advance of the assembling of the next Congress. The President, evidently impressed with the need for legislation to meet the future problem in the Mississippi Basin, will make a study of this spe- clal report preparatory to making recommendations to Congress. When he is through with the report he will submit it to Congress for its study. This_survey will be started soon after Secreta of War Davis, who will accompany Secretary of Com- merce Hoover to the flood area to- morrow night, arrives on the scene and has a conferen gineering authorities in that section. The President iz not expecting at this time to make a personal ins| tion of the Mississippi country. While discussing the question with callers today he doubted very much whether such a mission on his part would be of any great value. It is questionable it he would be able to see very much of the actual flood itself, and he is in- clined to feel there is little he could learn that could not be obtained from others if he remained here in Wash- ington. The President let it be known today that he does not anticipate that it will be necessary for him to call an extra session of Congress because of the flood emergency. He is convinced, however, that huge sums of money will be needed to assist the thousands of homeless citizens in the flood area, but he is expecting lib- 000,000 minimum | das | |has just returned from the stri | district, naturally had considerable to eral response from the public to his appeal for funds for the Red Cross to carry on the relief work. He has not the slightest doubt but that the $10,- which he has ap pealed for will be quickly forthcom- ing. While discussing the subject to- v the President mentioned his faith in the American public, and reminded those to whom he was talking that the American people raised $11,000,000 for the Red Cross relief work follow- ing the most recent earthquake in Japan and he feels very certain that the people of the United States will make a corresponding response to the call for relief of their own people. The Mississippi flood was the princi- pal topic of discussion at the cabinet session today. ecretary of Commerce Hoover, who ken report, and other members of the cabi- ! | net whose departments are co-operat- with the en-|ing in the relief work advanced sug-|concerned. in sending another note | gestions and made reports. said afterward that the program in the future, in so far as the Federal Government is concerned, will be the extending of help in the matter of re- habilitation. Secretary Hoover report- ed that, in his opinion, the flood itself would not actually recede entirely within four to six weeks, but in the neantime there will be urgent need for financial and physical assistance from the National Government. In the matter of reconstruction the Tederal departments are organizing their agencies so as to co-operate as effectively and efliciently as possible during the reconstruction period. Al- ready_representatives of the Agricul- ture Department have gone to the northern section of the food area to see what can be done in assisting the agriculturists to get back on their feet again and to replant destroyed crops. CHICAGD IS FACING §8,000,000 DEFICIT Finance Chairman Warns Schools May Be Closed and Pay Roll Not Met. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 3.—Chicago's pock- etbook is flat, with the probability that the city will be nearly eight million dollars “in the red” by the end of the year, Mayor Thompson has informed the city council. -~ Reduction of teachers’ galapies even the closing of the schools for a month, together with possible failure to meet the city’s pay roll, were pictured hy Alderman John Clark, chairman of the finance committee, unless more money was forthcoming. Bonding Status Also Serious. One large business firm has threat- ened to stop filling orders for city sup- plies, he said, because the payment of bills has been held up. Controller Charles C. Fitzmorris re- ported to the mayor that the city’s bonding status is equally serious. None of the bonds voted at the April elec- tion can be sold, he said, and 16 pre- vious issues will be indefinitely de- layed because the city has virtually reached the limit of its bonding pow- ers. Near Debt-Incurring Limit. ‘The city has a debt-incurring power, the controller said, of $94,000,000, and its debts nmow total more than $92,000,000, leaving an unexpended margin of less than $2,000,000 for $40,000,000 in authorized bond issues. Under-assessment of big property owners was given as one reason for the present state of affairs. A confer- ence of the mayor, his cabinet and the finance and tax organizations of the city government has been called for later in the week. 24 ARE KNOWN DEAD IN MINE DISASTER Rescne Workers Expect to Reach 70 Missing Men at Everett- ville by Tonight. By the Associated Press. FAIRMONT, W. Va., May 3.—The bodies of six additional victims of the Everettville mine disaster were lo- cated by rescue workers at noon today, making the total known dead 24. The rescuers continued their search for 70 miners still missing. Led by Robert Lambie, chief of the West Virginia mining ~department, and George McCaa of the United States Bureau of Mines, fresh rescu- ers went into the working today to review the progress made during the night_in the fight against fire and as. While the rescuers had little to say, it was the general belief that they would conquer the gas during the . and would reach the point where the 70 missing men will be found before night. vasses below Natchez, Miss.,, would cause the river at that point to change very little for several days, but added Flood Waters to Return. “Crevasse waters now entering the sas Basin will soon begin to re- rn through Old River, and every aution should be continued against previously forecast for the Atchafalaya and the Missississpi be- | low Old River.” | There was a further drop of three- | tenths of a foot in the river gauge at | New Orleans, but the Weather Bu-| reau said the river there would “fall | slowly or change but little for several | days.” ew Orleans stage now is 20.4 feet, | Army and State engineers have rned that it probably will go to 21.5 feet at the crest, or three feet lower than the record stage forecast before the main levee at Caernarvon, 15 miles below here, was broken last week. At Melville, La, the Atchafalaya went up_ two-tenths of a foot to 44.4 feet, and at Monroe, La., the rise of | the Ouachita was two-tenths of a foot | 10 48.1 feet. The Red showed a fall of ene foot at Shreveport, but at Alex- | andria it had risen three-tenths of a | foot 10 41.3 feet despite the crevesse | at Vick, 20 miles east. | A rescue fleet, headed by the ¥lad | “Wkntinued on U7ge b Column 3¢ SUZUKI GOMPANY REPORTED ENDED Cables Say Many Subsidi- aries Are Being Absorbed or Liquidated. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 3.—Suzeki & Co., Japan’s great importing and export- ing firm, is reported in an exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tokio to have completely disintegrated, its few subsidiaries which aré still oper- ating being absorbed by mfim bishi Mitsi firm. About 8 p#s nt of the Suzuki dependent companies are said to be liquidating and its ‘world- ‘wide agencies are reported to be shut. ting down. | In 1926 the Suzuki firm was credited with conducting one-quarter of the entire trade of Japan. (Suzuki & Co., Ltd., whose head is Mme. Ione Suzuki, said to be one of the world's richest women, announced a temporary suspension early in April. The company controlled from 60 to 70 large subsidiaries and its suspension affected the stock market and caused the yen to drop on the. exchange, The Bank of Formosa (Bank of Tal wan), the largest of the many banks in Japan which encountered difficul- ties recently, is one of the creditors of the Suzuki firm.) SEPARATE RELIEF PLANNED. Japan May Make Advance to Bank to Aid in Trouble. TOKIO, May 3 (P).—A separate measure for the relief of the Bank of Taiwarwr, in addition to the one now pending, calling for an advance of 200,000,000 yen to the bank, with tire government’'s guarantee against loss, will be introduced soon, Finance Minis er Takashashi said today. he present government measure is solely for the relief of the general financial situation in Formosa,” the finance minister said. ‘A separate bill for the relief and readjustment of the Bank of Taiwan is being drafted and the government intends to con- voke another special session of the Diet to consider this bill as soon as it is completed.” The finance minister also said that opposition leaders whom the govern- ment has taken into its confidence | regarding its general proposal for financial relief among Japanese banks which have been under heavy strain, appeared to be satisfled with the measures proposed. PAYS 5,000,000 MARKS. Prussia’s Last Installment of 15,- 000,000 Marks to Hohenzollerns. BERLIN, May 3 (#).—The Prussian government today paid to the house of Hohenzollern 5,000,000 = marks, the third and last instalment of a cash settlement of 15,000,000 marks agreed to in the recent compromise settle- ment between Prussia and the former ruling house. . The cash payment was in addition to valuable lands, castles and art trea ures returned fo former Emperor Wi jam. %Chip on f(ellogg's | Shoulder Knocked Off by Hoover By the Associated Press. - Secretary Kellogg went to the cabinet meeting today with a chip on his shoulder, but it was knock- ed off by Secretary Hoover with- out a clash. The chip, or small piece of pa- per, was spotted first by Senator King of Utah, who had called at the White House to protest against Mr. Kellogg's Turkish policies. After greeting the Secretary of State, he shouted to Mr. Kellogg, who was walking toward the cabi. net room: “You had bette your shoulder.” Whereupon Secretary Hoover hurriedly removed the chip, and the cabinet meeting proceeded. R Radio Programs —Page 45. r take that chip oft W {Flyer Will Endeavor | { | “Hello, central, give me earth. I speak with Secretary This will be the tenor of the con- versation at noon tomorrow of an aviator flying thousands of feet above Washington, who will make an effort to speak with the Commerce Sec- retary, seated at his desk at Nine- teenth street and Pennsylvania ave- nue, in the first attempt on record of actual two-way communication of this nature. The flyer will be one of the civilian pilots attached to the division of aeronautics of the Depart- ment of Commerce, and the experi- ment will be put through over the wires of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. From the cockpit of his plane, high in the air above the Capital, the avia- tor will pick up a radiophone head- set and transmit his voice through the air to the Commerce Department adio station at College Park, M operatsd in conpection with the de It was | p?&’:fi Tomorrow in 2-Way Radiophone Test | Coclidge Sees No Advantage in Renewing Demands on Cantonese. REPORTED RESIGNATIO OF MACMURRAY DENIED | | American Minister to China Not Considering Such Action, Stated | at White House. ‘ to the Cantonese government of China, upon which demands were | made by the powers after the Nan- king outrages. While America is ready to consider any suggestions from the other powers in relation to further cor- respondence. with the Chinese gov-| ernment, it was said today at lhe‘ White House that there has been no information that these governments desired to send another note. It also was denied at the White House that John Van A. MacMurray, American Minister to China, was considering resigning. Accompany ing the denial was a word of wari ing that reports oviginating abroad respecting _this Nation’s attitude in foreign affairs should be regarded with suspicion. Mr. Coolidge has seen reports emanating from foreign sources which were entirely with- out foundation, it was explained. ‘While it is considered possible that the representatives of the powers in Peking may have agreed upon a new note, Mr Coolidge does not un- derstand that this note has been ap- proved by the various governments there. Kellogg Tssues Flat Denial. Secretary Kellogg also authorized a flat denial of reports that MacMur- ray had resigned, and it was added at the State Department that there had been no intimatino in any official dispatches that Mr. MacMurray was contemplating such action. Reiterated reports from various foreign sources of disagreement be- tween MacMurray and the Washing- ton administration on the question of the action to be taken in regard to the Nanking demands were ascribed by some Washington officials either to misunderstanding or lack of infor- mation or to an effort to create the rance of “difficulties for the ington Government in its han: % ‘g‘( the situation. i s Department a recommendaifon for further identic action by the. powers to press thé Nanking demands, but no action has yet been taken hera due to the split in the Nationalist jarty and fhe uncertainty of the present po- g;lml situation at Hankow and Nan. ng. MACMURRAY OUT, REPORT SAYS. | | | By the Associated Press. | President Coolidge sees mo advan- tage, so far as the United States is Envoy Declared Not in Agreement ‘With Officials Here. LONDON, May 3 (#).—An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tokio says that dispatches from Peking state that Join Van A. MacMurray, Ameri- can Minister to China, has resigned. The dispatch, which deals with the relations of the powers growing out of their attitude to China, is as fol- lows: “Opinion in Japan is puzzled by reports from Peking indicating that the ‘United States has completely withdrawn from co-operating with the powers in China and will follow an’ entirely independent course. “Dispatches from Peking state that American Minister MacMurray has resigned. indicating that he is not in (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) . FIRST STEPS TAKEN TO OPEN NEW STREET Road From Ball Park to Ninth Is Planned to Relieve Traffic Jams. The District Commissioners today Lok steps to relieve the traffic jam in the vicinity of Griffith Stadium. They began condemnation proceedings for the opening of a new street 80 feet wide from a point opposite the ball park on Georgia avenue west to Ninth street. Motorists now are compelled to spend 15 to 45 minutes in getting away from the park after a ball game, Many have to drive four blocks north before being able to make a left-hand turn to get back to town. Four two-story houses on Georgia avenue, two on the east side of Eighth street and three on the west side of that street and a brick ‘church on Ninth' stréet stand in the way of the improvement and will have to be bought by the District in addition to the unimproved property included in the area. The project has been mooted for a I]ong time and the Commissioners tell the court that the proceeding should igo forward at once. to Talk to Hoover partment flying fleld there. A con- nection will be made through ground telephone wires with Main 5060, the Commerce Department number, and put through to Secretary Hoover, As- sistant Secretary for Aeronautics Me- Cracken and other department officials. ‘While two-way radiophone com- munication has been established many times 'between planes in the air and observers on the ground, tomorrow’s experiment will be the first between an aviator in the air and a man seated in an office many miles re- moved from the receiving set. Alleged Liquor Ship Seized. NEW YORK, v 8 (#).—The Brit- ish steam trawler Grabriella, alleged to have a liquor cargo valued at $200,000, was seized and 13 men ar- rested ag the vessel was entering port todaye gl | N AD FISKE DESCRIBES NEW BUSINESS ERA Tells Chamber of Commerce | Capital-Labor Alliance Means Better Times. New alliances hetween capital and labor have brought about a new era in American business, Haley Fiske, | president of the Metropolitan Life In- surance Co. of New York, told the first general session of the convention of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States here today. Recogni- tion of this new alliance and confl- dence in the future prosperity of business featured the discussions at the session. “Business has had to steer a cau. tious course between the Scylla of competition and the Charybdis of Gov- ernment stone-wall regulation and anti-trust legislation,” Mr. Fiske said. “Jt has had rather a hard time of 4t during ‘the last generation,” he Business men have survived by casting overboard traditioral rivalries and forming new alliances with each other, with the public and with labor, | he asserted. Workingmen have be- come capitalists in this new era, he stated, adding that labor has taken a new attitude toward its emplovers. “It seems to me there are increasing | signs of bétter understanding between | employer and the employes,” he con tinued. “There is much evidence that | business men are regarding the human | element in labor relationship. On the other hand the trade unions are recog- nizing that peace and prosperity can be promoted by understanding, by co- | operation, by recognition of a common interest in industry. “There is every evidence that organ- ized labor is recognizing the responi- bilities of capital and the representa- tives of capital. As a matter of fact the working people are not only becom- ing capitalists through saving, inves ments and life insurance, but they are forming corporations with large capi- tal. Business men should sympathize with this new attitude of labor, and should lend a helping hand and co- operation.” It self-regulation of business had be- gun 25 years ago there would be fewer laws in restraint of trade today, John W. O'Leary, president of the cham- ber, d red in his annual address. It was because business refused to| recognize its responsibilities and regu- late itself that these laws were passed, | he said. | Mr. O'Leary expressed optimism for the future of industry. As business comes more and more to regulate its own affairs it will find increasingly less interference from the Gover ment, he said. He pointed out the con- tinuous efforts being made by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and its allied chambers to bring about a better understanding among business men and between business men and their employes, and expressed confidence in continued harmony be- tween capital and labor. Mr. O'Leary announced that the building for the United States Cham- ber of Commerce here had been com- pletely paid for. Group Luncheons Held. Following the geneéral session, the delegates divided into several groups for luncheons devoted to special in- terests. Luncheons were held by the agriculture section at the Mayfower, ! the civic and development section and the finance section at the Hotel ‘Washington and the insurance and ! manufacturing sections at the Wil-| lard. At the civic and development | luncheon Maj. Henry Curran, coun- sel for the New York City Club, de- clared that New York's tall buildings | and the deep street canyons they form remind one of so many “lively bowls of human spaghetti wriggling through crowded streets and sub- ways,” and the speaker bemoaned he facl that nearly every other large American city is following New York's example. Harvey Wiley Corbett, contended, however, that scrapers have made New greatest city in the world. } “In modern business,” he said, | “concentra®on is all-important, be- architect, cause, in the final analysis, all busi- ness deals, no matter how vast or how complicated, are based on the simple law of barter and sale. ~Any- thing that helps to consummate a real quickly and with the least waste of motion is a boon in this day and age.” 'Blocks Track, Flags. Passenger Train to By the Associated Press. PEORIA, I, May 3.—Dave Buchanan, former brakeman on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad, was arrested here last night after he had flagged a pas- senger train just before it crashed into a pile of rocks. Buchanan told police after his arrest he placed the rocks on the track in an effort to regain his position with the railroad by saving the train. Officials said a serious wreck might have occurred had his plans gone astray, as the rocks were placed at a dangerous curve. WILL NAME CIVILIAN TAFFCDRECTOR 1D.C5 Commissioners Not Ex- | pected to Select Army Of- ficer, Despite Ruling. The position of traffic director of the Distriet probably will be given to a civilian, despite the ruling of Con- troller General McCarl that in his opinion no statutory prohibition |exists which would preclude the ap- pointment of a retired Army officer, it was indicated today at the Dis- trict Building. Mr. McCarl's opinion was sought by the Commissioners several weeks ago, when they had offered the post to Brig. Gen. Henry Jervey, a re- tired Army Engineer officer. The reply did not come until late yesterday and in the meantime Gen. Jervey withdrew his name, forcing the Commissioners to resume search for a traffic directo The Commissioners are now consi ering the names of about 50 appli- cants from which an appointment is expected ‘to be made within the next week, The Commissioners, however, it was reported, have abandoned all intention of giving the post to a re- tired Army officer. Asked About Retired Pay. The specific question asked Mr. McCarl was whether an Army officer, getired after 30 years of service at his own request, could, on the approval of the War Department, be appointed to the position of director of traffic without sacrificing his retirement pay. The Controller said in his decision that “the question of appointing a re- tired officer of the Army to a civilian position is one to which there have been a number of decisions.. The question with relation to such an appointment under the District of Columbia has not been so frequent as with respect to appointments under the United States in a civilian place. The examination I have made of the matter constrains me to say that I find no clear statutory prohibition upon the appointment you suggest.” Reinstatement Considered. The Commissioners also asked Mr., McCarl whether, assuming the ap- pointment could not be made, a re- tired officer of the Army who accept- ed appointment to the position of traf- fic director and waved his retired pay during the period of his incumbency in that office, could be reinstated as an officer drawing retired pay upon his ceasing to hold the office as direc- tor of traffic. To this request thé Controller Gen- eral replied that the question did not require an answer. But he added: “I think it well, notwithstanding, to say that it may be answered by a statement of the general principle that pay of any officer of the Army, which must include retired pay, may not be waved.” {Pacifist Argument Stops Broadcasting Of Speech Praising Channel Swimmer e Associated Press. W YORK, May 3.—Broadcasting of an after-dinner speech by Mrs. Mary H. Ford in praise of Millie Gade Corson was interrupted wlen the He contended the skyscraper meets these demands. City Boundaries Disappearing. City planning and building is rapid- ly erasing the imaginary corporate boundaries, taid Robert Kingery, sec- retary and assistant treasurer of the (,;hlcuo Regional Planning 8 tion. “The region, whether it be for a| few riles around a small comm or 50 or 60 miles around a metropoli- speaker launched into a pacifist argu- ment, Charles Isaacson, studi> mana- gers at Sation WGL, explained today, Talking last night at farewell din- ner of the All Nations Association at the Hotel Majestic, Mrs. Ford praised Mrs. Corson, who will go to England to start training on her atteiupt to swim the English Channel again, and then, I of sald, began a pacifist s her approach the fact Regain Lost Job BIG PAN-AMERIAN AIR LINE 1S URGED MacCracken Sees Project for Commerce Aid to Peace and Prosperity. i \ | | I Establishment of a great inter- American transport line feeding all the main arteries of commerce be- tween the 21 republics of the Western hemisphere was held out as a project likely to see early fruition by William P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Secre- tary of Commerce for Aeronautics, in an address today before the third Pan- American Commercial Conference. Such a service, Mr. MacCracken de- clared, would “see the heavens over this hemisphere filled with commerce, bearing not only prosperity but peace to our peoples.” “Transportation and Inter-American Commerce,” the general topic of to- day’s session, was approached from the anglé of aerial, ocean and highway communication, Roy D, Chapin of De- troit, president of the National Auto- mobilé Chamber of Commerce, struck the second significant note before the |conference when he expressed the hope that the day is close at hand when' the proposed Pan-American Highway ‘‘visualized by all of us as |a new road to friendship between our countries shall no longer be an ideal, but a reality.” : Extension to Mexico. Others who stressed the importance of developing communication both commercial and social. were Joseph P. Grace, president of W. R. Grace & Co. of New York, and Frank C. Munson, president of the Munson Steamship Co. of New York. elegates to the confer invited to make a tour of the sreat industrial centers of the country, fol- lowing the close of the sessions, by H. H. Rice of Detroit, on behalf of the Highway Education Board. This trip will last about two weeks and will :nable the delegates to see the great centers of Pittsburgh, Akron, Ohio, Chicago, Detroit and other cities. The air lanes which terminate at South American cities, Mr. Mac- Cracken declared. offer a real oppor- tunity for establishment of routes to Latin America from the United States |for the transportation of mail und merchandise. Specifically he named San Diego, Calif.; Miami, Fla., and Galveston or Brownsville, Tex. . “There i3 a serious proposal pend- ing.” he said, “to extend the Chicago- Dallas route southward to the Gulf of Mexico or some point on the Mexi- can border, and added there was every reason to believe that with assumption of service between New York and At- lanta, the route to Miami soon would be resumed. 13,059 Airway Miles. “It is equally to the advantage of your countrymen and mine that such service should be inaugurated and maintained. An air_transport line from Florida south, branehing west- ward to Central America, and_east- ward along the eastern coast of South America; one from Galveston or Brownsville, Tex., south along the Gulf Coast, ard one from San Diego south along the West Coast, would serve not only as arteries of com- merce, but also as bonds to strength- en the ties of friendship between the members of the Pan-American U There are 13,059 miles of airwa. operation in 'this hemisphere, he pointed out, and many more are con- tracted for or projected, but only order that navigation may “it is necessary international air develop,” he said, that the members of the Pan American Union should come to some agreement which will form the basis for permitting com- mercial aircsaft to fly from one State to_another."” Realizing the necessity for this, he (Continued on Page 4, Column 2 country, had been pacifistic during the war. ‘When she reached this point, Mr. Isaacson said, he cut out the micro- phone through which she was speak- ing and substituted one in the studio though which an orchestral selection ‘was broadcast. ‘'We believe in free speech and I have always been willing to extend the use of ‘our station ‘to-‘any ‘one'to ex- less to Give Autoists Right to Pay or Go to Trial. EIGHT PLANS TO END COURT CONGESTION URGED New Building, Additional Judges and Prosecutors and Other Pro- posals Made After Study. The proposed ‘“cafeteria” plan of | fining violators of minor trafic regu. lations was dealt a death blow today, | when a special committee, appcinted {by the Commissioners, held that the city officials were powerless to initi- ate such a system without the ex- press authority of Congress. Under the proposal as already in ef- fect in some cities offenders would be given the option of paying a fixed schedule of fines in lieu of going to trial. This would have alleviated to a great extent the present congestion in Police Court. The committee, composed of Ring- gold Hart, assistant corporation coun- sel; Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superin. tendent of police, and M. O. Eldridge, acting director of traffic, in a compre- hensive report based on a study of the Police Court congestion and po- tential methods of relief, held that the Commissioners are powerless to initiate a system whereby forfeiture of N:lluter&l would constitute punish- ment. Eight Recommendations Made. Eight recommendations were made by the committee, however, for reliev- ing the crowded condition of the court. 1. Erection of a new Police Court building. 2. Appointment of at least two additional judges. 3. Appointment of at least two addi- tional assistants to the corporation counsel at the court for the purpose of prosecution. 4. That the amount of collateral required for the appearance of any offender in the court should be left discretionally with the commanding officers of the police precincts, to issue attachments to. compel attend- ance when the circumstances de- mand. 5. That the assistants to the cor- g:;auon counsel at the court be not nd by order, concerning the mini- mum collateral to be ited in any given case, but that they be Nl;: m.‘ some discretion as " 6. That the force be officially may use discretion in arrests for minor raffic regul ns, should not tolerate by the same individ cumstance. 7. The adoption of a collatersl no- tice slip to be given offenders for pro- tection in court at the.time of placing collateral. 8. The utilization, of the benches in the District of Columbia branch of the Police Court for prisoners await- ing trial. No Action Taken. The report was submitted to the Commissioners by Mr. Hart, chairman of the committee. It was given con- sideration at the semi-weekly board meeting of the Commigsioners, but no action was taken. 4 The committee was appointed for the specific purpose of considering a communication from Gus A. Schuldt, presiding judge of the Police Cour making suggestions for relief in the court, and also to consider establish- ing a system of collatgrals for minor cases of infractions of the traffic regulations to be on a schedule of first, second and consequent offenses, whereby the commanding office 1 each police station would be permitted to require such collateral as a punish- ment for such minor offenses, in lieu of a security to enforce the appear- ance of the offender at the Folice Court. Reporting upon thée suggestion of a system of collaterals as a system of punishment for minor offenses, the committee said: “When collateral is placed in ac- cordance with the provisions of sec- | tion 48 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia, it is for the ap- pearance of the offender in court.” The depositing of collateral is discre- tionary with the person arrested. Should he elect not to deposit collat eral, he may be detained and pre: sented in court at the next session thereof. In cases involving traffic vio- lation, he may be taken to court forth« with and the traffic act so intended. In many instances, however, no collat- eral is demanded, but the practice is to notify the offender at the time of the arrest to meet the arresting offi- cer in court at a time then fixed. Forfeiture up to Court. In other cases the offender is given the choice of leaving collateral or meeting the officer in court. If the offender fails to com piy, a warrant is secured for his arrest. When' collateral is deposited for appearance and the offender fails to answer to his name when called, it is discre- tionary the trial judge to issue am attachment to compel his attendence. It is only in exceptional cases, how- ever, that the latter action is takenm. The usual procedure is to declare the collateral forfeited. The court may not only declare a collateral forfeited but may at the same time require the appearance of the offender by attachment. “The police court is the: tribunal fixed by law, for the hearing and disposing of violations of the police regulations, and of various acts of Congress in the nature of police reg- ulations. It is not within the power of the commanding officers of the various police stations to require collateral a punishment in lieu of security to enforce the appearance of an offender at the police court. “The depositing of collateral for ap- pearance is a privilege, accorded the offender. The amount of collateral is determined by the commanding officers of the various police stations and should be:fixed in a sum com- mensurate with the offense com- mitted. In no case should it be an amount. les sthan the minimum fine which would be imposed for a viola. | | | | that they question of of_the " tHdt ‘they violstions ‘under any cir- press their view: Isaacson said, *but_there are certain things which are dictated by good taste. This was not the time nor the occasion for such a speech. He sald that within 15 minutes of the switch in programs, 20 messages of approval had arrived at the station, tion of that particular regulation. “In. the - absence of expressed authority from Congress it is the opinion of your committee that the Commissioners are without authority to arrange for forfeiture of collateral Continued. o Fag. T Comm %