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WEATHER. Weather Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; Iittle change in temperature. ature—Highest, 69.5 at 5 p.m. yester- t page 4. day; lowest, 54, Full report o Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 Entered as second «class matter !+ No. RECEDING LOWLAND WATERS ADD STRAIN ONLOUISIANA DIKES | Large Crews Busy Reinforc- ing Levees as Flood Races Toward Guif. 30,321. post ofce, Wa HIGH STAGES CONTINUE ALL ALONG MISSISSIPPI ] Quake Causes Fright in Three Southern States—Heavy Wind- storm Does Damage. By the Assoc NEW ORLEANS, N With the | rioting Mississippi rising steadily be- low Anj cause of flood waters from north rn Louisiana return- ing through the Old River, in burdens were placed tod Jevees south of New Orleans. Maj. W. H. Holcombe, chief en- | gineer of the fourth district, who is accompanying Secretary Hoover and | his party on their southward journey, | gaid the west bank defenses over that | stretch were being well maintdined, but that at_points between Baton ! Rouge and the Crescent City the east bank levees were not so sa | Large crews are capping Btrengthening the embankment over many miles and particularly at a ‘eharp turn in the river, some 15 miles above New Orleans, where the un- srecedented flood crest will exert great ‘pressure as it races to the Gulf, River Still Rising. ‘At Angola early today the river was $5.5 feet, a rise of one-tenth of a foot in 24 hours. The stage at Baton {Rouge, said a Weather Bureau bul. letin, was 46, a rise of two-tenths of |a foot over night, and at Donaldson- &\-me, still further south, the rise had | been one-tenth of a foot to 36 feet. ‘Water rushing through the 2,000- foot break at Caernarvon, south of New Orleans, had lowered the river here one-tenth of a foot to 20.3, the lowest guage recorded since the ef- fects of the flood first began to be feit near the mouth of the river. Tnereasing flood stages were report- ed along the Red and the Atchafalaya Rivers, the rise in the former at Alex- andria being two-tenths of a foot with a similar rise for the Atchafalaya at | Melville. The levees along these rivers still are holding. While a part of the State flood ma- chinery was engaged in holding the flood within its present boundaries, |rescue squads, with scores of large ‘and small craft, still were engaged in jevacuating thousands from the flood- ed area in the northeastern part of the State, d ” Refugees to Leave Homes. Besides the natural difficulties at- iteuding this work, the rescuers are meeting with stout resistance from |meny of those caught in the flood. Re- {ports today to Secretary Hoover and {8taie authorities were that many of the marooned declined to leave their |homes, preferring to take their {chances there rather than become in- {matea of refugee camps 1" Const Guard crews operating two pa- trol voats and six surf boats in the lavea north and west of St. Joseph, La., |reported today that they had brought \to Nutchez 1,360 persons taken from the ;iowlands overflowed by Lake |Brul}, just below the Winter Quar- ters | revasse. | TIvv sald they believed that mo @eat}s had resulted in that section. Sedsetary Hoover and his party ar- riva¥% at Natchez today en route to Ba‘ o Rouge. WEMPHIS FEELS QUAKE. as Tremors Also Reported by Other Flood Towns. MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 7 (#).—An ear'tRuake rocked Memphis this mo §1g and shocks also were re- ported from a half dozen towns and citics- in southeastern Missouri, Ten- imestey and Arkansas. Twe distinct tremors were felt in somp ‘towns, but no reports of dam- age’ Jave been received. Towns in iwhit I shocks were felt were: Sikes- ton ‘and Carruthersville, Mo.; Jones- {borc and Blytheville, Ark.; Paris, {T'niun- City, Dyersburg, Ripley, Cov- {ingt,v. and Memphis, Tenn. . Velt Over 100-Mile Radius. ‘lice headquarters and the com- ciz] office were besieged with flejihone calls from anxious citizens. |_ Peints south of the city had not ipeen’ communicated with. It was estimated that the shocks pere felt over a radius of 100 miles. None of the cities which meager goports named as having been sh {were inundated in the present Missis- ¢ flood, with the exception Eartll wind and rain storm struck Miss., vesterday, destroying small houses T unica, #wo churche #and flooding the streets. Communication Cut Off. A report from Clayton, near Tuica, by the storm in ous county. Comm_..ication cut off, as 1 been broke 1 window glasses | 1 section suffered the rm, but no one was wrts of ¢ with out h: A ¥ from Claytor, ner Tunica, was that barn had blown down, Kkill- several head of livestock. Roofs were ripped from several Uncontirmed reports from {Beaver Dam station said a clubhouse nd other buildings there were demol- shed. GALE SWEEPS ALABAMA, Damage Estimated at $25,000, with Several Injured. BIRMINGH May 7 (A) rtions swept s ham at 4:30 p.m., 1s accompanied by ® driving_rain, demolished two nur- meries and several houses. A megro was Injured when a flying timber de- molished his automobile, and another was remo unconscious from his home following the collapse of the @ge estimated at Striking Birm: fhe wind, which ‘indows in all sections of the city » broken out by force of the winds scores of were de- stroyed Jumping to Calera, a village j poutheast of Birmbingham, destroyed several buildings ingss section of the town, the injured were REETOLE \d 26 miles the wind in the Bureau Forecast.) ‘Temper- a.m. today. shington, D. C. “LAND LUBBER™ Eliminating Red T BY REX COLLIER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. VICKSBURG, Miss., May 7.—"Ge results—to hell with the methods.” With this slogan as its established and announced motto, the State com- mittee in charge of transportation of refugees, food and supplies for this territory is living up to its precepts. In a little room on the sixth floor of the First National Bank, from the window of which the movement in and out of all steamers can be seen, is the nerve center of the far flung rescue system now saving lives of thousands of flood victims in Louisi- ana and Mississippi. A hard-boiled, tobacco-spitting lum- berman from the back woods of the delta is the admiral in charge of fleet operations. This sandy-haired, red- faced logger is W. A. Morgan. He volunteered his services to the gov- ernor, and the State lost no time in ch OF FLOOD AREA RESCUE BOATS W. A. Morgan. Volunteer, Gets Results by Foot of River Lowlands. WASHINGTON, D. C, HEADS FLEET ape—Knows Every he gets results, and that is what is absolutely essential now. This land- lubber admiral issues orders right and left to captains of his heroic fleet of steamers and motor boats. There is no_quibbling, no jealousy. When Morgan gives instructions to sail for a certain levee down the river and remove a group of refugees or a consignment of marooned stock, the ships get under way without wait- ing for explanations. At the outset of the relief work some difficulty was experienced in get- ting food and camp supplies because of routine red tape. Delay in many instances might have meant life or death to men and women and chil- dren. Procrastination could not be tol- erated. Here is where Adniiral Mor- gan of the backwoods stepped to the front. Rushed Food to Refugees. The Red Cross gave him carte blanche authority to go the limit in cutting red tape, so far as food and accepting them. Knows River Lowlands. Morgan has tramped by boot every inch of dry land in the sunflower basin and in the Tensas lowlands. He knows the current of every stream which drains these now flooded re- gions. He does not wear a white col- lar, nor wear a rose in his lapel. But medical supplies and camp equipment were concerned. He ordered in one breath 1,000,700 pounds of foodstuffs from local dealers and started the whole batch moving to the stricken regions. Most of it was done by tele- phone, followed up by written orders on _the Red Cross. Caught in the spirit of this tireless (Continued on Page 2, Column 7,) NICARAGUA PEACE PROGRESS CLAIMED Steps Toward Pacification of Southern Republic Re- ported by Stimson. Further progress toward the actual pacification of Nicaragua was report- ed to the State Department today by enry L. Stimson, personal represen- tative of President Coolidge. Mr. Stimson, who has presented a peace plan, based on the continuance in office for the present of President Diaz, conservative leader, and Amer- ican supervised elections in 1928, ad- vised Washington authorities today that Gen. Moncada, the Liberal com- mander, although refusing formally to accept the peace terms, had taken steps which he believed would result in a “de facto, though not a formal settlement” bet: " and his op- ponents. Liberals as Governors. Gen. Moncada has suggested to Diaz that Liberals be named as governors in six Liberal departments of Nicara- gua and Diaz has accepted the sug- gestion. Mr. Stimson construed this as evidence of the desire of Moncada and other Liberal leaders tg co-operate in the pacification and readjustment program mapped out by Diaz and ac- cepted by the Washington Govern- ment. He also reported the proclamation by Diaz of general amnesty and prepa- rations by the Managua government to raise the censorship on the press as soon as disarmament of both Lib- éeral and Conservative military forces has been completed by the turning in of weapons to the custody of Ameri- can Marines. Moncado has left Ma- nagua to join his Liberal army, and urge the troops to turn in their arms, the message said. Other Conciliatory Steps. In connection with the agreement between Diaz and Moncada for the appointment of the six Liberal gov- ernors, Stimson’s message said, “Other conciliatory steps were under consid- eration.” ; The government troops have vir- tually all been withdrawn south of the line of the Tipatapa River, which is being held by the American forces, while the Liberals are in their former positions to the north of the river line, the message said. That the armed conflict in Nica. ragua was about to be ended was ad- mitted today by Dr. T. 8. Vaca, rep- resentative here of Juan B. Sacasa, the Liberal chief, who set up the movement against Diaz. “By dictite of the President of the United States the Liberal forces have been ordered to disarm,” he said, “and at this moment the Marines are moving toward headquarters of the Liberal armies. Likened to Crepe. “The end of the Nicaraguan episode leaves in the hands of the Central American nations a life and death problem they can no longer pretend to ignore. The buffer state of Nica- ragua is like crepe hanging at the doors of the Caribbean nations. The next act belongs to the big loans, the bank, the railroad and othker conces- sions. The Liberals may be disarm- ed and put down by force, but they have not and cannot recognize the fictitious legality of Diaz, upheld only by the naval force of the United he proposed plan for settling the Nicaraguan trouble was made known last night. timson’s report, as outlined by the State Department, stipulated eight cardinal points which he belleved would effect a conclusion of hostilities, NORTHERN CHINESE APTIRE ANING Chang Kai-Shek Is Victor in Fight at Yangchow, Shanghai Reports. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 7.—Shanghal ad- vices reaching the Exchange Tele- graph Co. today said that the North- ern Chinese troops had captured Anking, in Anhwel Province, about 100 miles up the Yangtze from Nan- king, while Gen. Chang Kai-Shek, the moderate Nationalist (Southern) com- mander, had captured Yangchow, on the north bank of the Yangtze east of Nanking. . These advices also said that in an- ticipation of its occupation by troops of the Northern commander, Gen. Sun Chun-Fang, Chinkiang had been evac- uated and 20,000 Southerners- were concentrated on Golden Island and as far west as a point opposite Shikerhwei. MEN SENT FROM FRANCE. Republic’s Colonies Unable to Supply Enough for China Quotas. PARIS, May 7 (®).—France is sending such heavy reinforcements to China that the colonies are unable to supply the required number of men, and troops are going from France. Two of the battalions are of white troops, from France; the third is Algerian and the fourth Senegalese. BORODIN LAUGHS AT POWERS. Calls Vessels Off Hankow “Interna- tional Junkyard.” LONDON, May 7 (#).—Michael Boro- din, Russian adviser to the Chinese nationalist government at Hankow, is quoted in a dispatch to the Daily Ex- press today as saying that a blockade of Hankow could have no effect what- ever. ““We have an abundance of food all around us,” he said. “We laugh at the presence of the international junk- yard in the river, which will rot with rust before it makes the slightest im- pression on the great movement which this government leads.” The correspondent says that despite statements to the contrary, Borodin is “virtual dictator of southern China.” Borodin proposed that the powers should assist in stabilizing the Han- kow government, asserting that if they belleve they have a new hope iy Chang’s Nanking outfit, they are doomed to bitter disappointment. He insisted he was not in the em- ploy of Russia and that he did not receive one penny from Moscow. u.s. BORDE!; GUARDED AGAINST YAQUI TRIBES Indians Reported Crossing Line After Skirmishes With Mexican Federals. By the Associated Press. NOGALES, Ariz, May 7.—Reports that large numbers of Yaqui Indians have crossed from Mexico to this country, following skirmishes with Mexican federal troops, has caused tightening of the United States border patrol. A detachment of soldiers from Camp Stephen D. Little was ordered out last night to patrol the international bor- der when a band of Yaqui tribesmen was said to be headed for Bear Valley. Approach of the Indians was report- ed to Col. Faulken, commanding of- ficer at Camp Little, by American alr- (Continued on Page 4, Column 4. planes assigned to border patrol duty. | President Coolidge Is considering extending an extra month of Satur- day half holidays to Federal em- ployes. This was suggested to the Presi- dent today by a small group of labor leaders headed by Willlam Green, president of the American Federa- tion of Labor. Others in the group were Luther C. Steward, president of the Federation of Federal Employes; | |James O'Connell, president of the | Metal Trades Department of the A. I". of L, and N. P. Alifas, represent- District 44, Machinists Union. It was suggested by this group that the President issue an executive or- der granting Saturday half-holidays to Government workers, not ogly in Waghington, bus mwhtxt <o ‘Extra Month of { .turday Half—Holidays |For U. S. Workers Considered by President mencing with the first Saturday in June and ending with the last one in September. Heretofore, the Sat- urday half-holidays have commenced on thp first Saturday following June 15 and _ending with the first Satur- day following September 15. The President was told by these labor leaders that because of the heat in Washington the Saturday half holi- days should be started earlier and con- :inued later in the Summer. The Presi- dent was reminded that commercial astablishments are more liberal in the matter of Saturday half holidays. President Green said after his dis- cussion that he felt very hopeful of the President granting this request. He stated that the Executive mani- WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION RUSSIANS OFFER ECONOMIC AT 10 OTHER NATIONS Delegates to International Parley Cheer Soviet Rep- resentative’s Speech. CO-OPERATION IS HELD KEY TO WORLD PEACE Sokolnikoff Declares Results Jus- tify System of Industry Used by Moscow. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, May 7.—Soviet Russia today officially offered the olive branch of peaceful economic collaboration to the capitalistic countries. Addressing the International Eco- nomic Conference, Gregoire Sokolni- Koff said the Soviet Union would wel- come industrial agreements with for- eign countries and capitalists, and that there was no “eason why the world could not have pacific competi- tion between the two economic Sys- tems represented by the Soviet and the other countries. Scores of delegates left their benches and grouped themselves around the rostrum, better to hear the address. At its conclusion M. So- kolnikoft was applauded. Repudiates Red Charge. The Soviet delegate repudiated as ridiculous the accusation that the Moscow government was imperialistic- ally red. The Soviet placed nothing higher than the general peace, and was con- vinced that if co-operation was achieved with the capitalistic nations it would help maintain world peace. He emphasized that the Soviets were ready to give concessions to foreigners. Arguing that the Soviet state mo- nopoly of industry will benefit foreign commerce by increasing Russia’s pro- ductive powers, M. Sokolnikoff de- clared the constantly improving eco- nomic situation has entirely justified the Soviet doctrine, and disproved the prediction of some foreigners that the Soviet government was certain to col- lapse unless it submitted itself to the control of international capitalists. The problems of farmers, including American farmers, received the atten- tion of the conference yesterday when President Demichelis of the Interna- tional Institute of Agriculture de- clared that in all countries farmers were receiving less for their products than before the war. Warns of Calamity. M. Demichelis warned the confer- ence that if the farmers “ultimately learn the trick of producing as little as possible at the highest price, it would cause & calamity . with_which the present sit s an_Eldorado.” The speaker made an appeal for justice to farmers. In the course of a reference to the question of interallied debts, W. T. Layton, English economist, urged the American delegation at the conference to make clear the role that the United States probably would play in world commerce during the next decade. Henry M. Robinson, head of the American delegation, after delivering an address, in which he outlined eco- nomic conditions in the United States, departed from his text to refer to the question of rubber. He took up a statement by Sir Max Muspratt, Brit- ish delegate, that the British restric- tions on the output of rubber did not constitute discrimination in favor of Great Britain. Mr. Robinson said that he won- dered whether the fact that more than 75 per cent of the rubber output was consumed ‘in_a nonproducing country (the United States), while the country controlling the restrictions consumed only 7 per cent of the total supply, “might not be looked upon as dis- $2,000,000 LAW SUITS AGAINST FORD ENDED Contractor's Litigation Is Settled SATURDAY, MAY STRHOUR FIGHT FOR BREATH FAILS Farm Boy Whose Lungs Col- lapsed During Operation Succumbs at Roanoke. By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va., May 7.—Walter L. Boothe lost his battle with death at 6 o'clock this morning. The end came 378 hours after his lungs collapsed while he was being operated upon for a dislocated vertebra and two score of his friends were called upon to force the breath of life into his body by artificial respiration. The 18-year-old Botetourts County farmer had become resigned to his fate by the more than 15 and a half days of suffering and submitted peace- fully when the grim specter lowered over his worn body. Several days ago Boothe was placed upon an operating table under great difficulties and an attempt was made to adjust the vertebra which seemed to Bave given the trouble. Thereafter a slight improvement was noted, but the rally was only temporary, and by yesterday afternoon all hope for his recovery was relinquished. As death stalked before him, the lad smiled and encouraged his compan- fons, who, with heroic fidelity, had stood by his bedside as human pul- motors, and now and then he spoke to his family of the mysteries of the life after death which he felt were fast drawing their curtains about him. Out of Court, His Attor- ney Declares. By the Associated Pres DETROIT, May 7.—Settlement out of court of lawsuits involving $2,000, 000 brought by John M. Blair, con- tractor, against the Ford Motor Co., was announced today by Edward N. Barnard, counsel for Blair. Terms of the settlement were not made known. The suit involved seven contracts covering construction work, payment upon which Blair alleged had been re- fused by the Ford Co. after the work had been completed. Barnard also_announced that a criminal action brought against Blair by €. Sorenson, an official of the Ford Co., would be dropped. The criminal action was based on allegations of at- tempted bribery of Ford employes. The latter case, however, had reached only preliminary stage in Justice Court. Barnard said an agreement had been reached on five of the seven contracts in the civil suits and the other two would be adjusted by arbi- tration. . TOKIO COUNCIL CENSURED Blame for Financial Crisis Put on Leaders by Diet Majority. TOKIO, May 7 (#).—The lower house of the Diet today adopted by a j solution holding council responsible _for causing the Japanese financial crisis by vetoing the proposals of the late government under Premier Wakat- Suki on April 17 for the relief of the Bank of Talwan (Formosa). Such action against the privy council_has never before been taken in the Diet. The vote on the resolu- tion was 210 to 194. . Mexico Pays on Rail Debt. MEXICO CITY, May 7 (#).—Pay- ment of $6,349,617 by the Mexican government to the international bankers for the Mexican railway ob- ligations for the year 1923 was an- fested a_ keen interest in the comfort and welfare of the Goyernment work- prgy T P M KRS nounced today. The payments will be continued annually until the total 257, 7 debt is covered, it ’t( stateds %'~ foreign buyers, Injured Last May., Boothe was injured in an automo- bile accident in May, 1926. He and some companions were in ‘a small coupe when the machine turned over. At first it was' thought his injuries were only slight, but several days afterward he became seriously ill. He recovered, however, and went back to work in a canning factory near his mountain home. On day last August he slipped and fell while carrying a heavy article, and later he took a long truck ride. Both of these incidents tended to make his condition worse, and in December he was forced to his bed with paralysis. Later he was brought to a hospital here for an examination and physi- cians found he had suffered a fracture- dislocation of the vertebrae near the base of the skull. The doctors said an operation was his only hope. The boy welcomed the suggestion. Operation After Six Weeks. Boothe was in the hospital for about six weeks before the operation was undertaken. On April 21 he was placed on the operating table, and while the surgeons were working on him his lungs collapsed. The opera- tion was immediately abandoned and an emergency call sent out for his friends to hurry to his bedside to ad- minister artificial respiration by the raising and lowering of the youth's arms. Since then the youth had been kept alive by this method. Numerous times during the more than two weeks he suffered sinking spells from which physiclans and attendants thought he would not rally, but.each time the boy came through to the amazement of all. Early yesterday he went into one of these spells and his weakened conditfon would not permit a rally. He fought on with his old determination, but the con- stant flexion of his arms day and night had sapped so much of his re- maining strength that he gradually grew weaker to the end. Booth is believed to have set a record for liv- ing by artificial respiration. - PULMOTOR PATIENT DIES. Second Failure Marks Artificial Res- piration in Chicago. CHICAGO, May 7 (#).—The second failure here in recent weeks of artifi- cial respiration to save a life, after sustaining it over a period of several days, came last night in the death of Harry O. Thompson, 52, after he had been kept alive 66 hours by pulmotor treatment. Several weeks ago' Albert Frick, suffering from Landry's disease, died after friends, working in relays, had kept him alive nearly 100 hours by maintaining his respiration through pressure on his chest. Thompson, ill with pneumonia, would have died Tuesday, his physicians said, had not firemen, using a pulmotor, administer- ed oxygen at half-hour intervals, ITALIAN CREDITS FAVORED Exporters of Native Products As- sured of Guarantees. ROME, May 7 (#).—The Italian cabinet yesterday approved a decree granting government guarantees for long-term credits to exporters of vari ous important Italian products. The guaranty will cover 65 per cent of the credits extended by Italian firms to WL o T RRRN ¢ Fpening Star. 7, 19271—FORTY PAGES. Elephant’s Skull More Than 1,000,000 Years Old Found By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1927. MOSCOW, May 7.—An elephant’s cranium, which, according to scien- tists, has been preserved in mineral oil for more than a million years, has been discovered at the village of Solenayabalka, near Grozni, on the Caspian side of the Caucasian Isthmus, by Prof. Varvil Ark- hangelsky. The zoologists say the possessor of the skull belonged to a species. that wandered the earth for 30 or 40 million years, until it became ex- tinct a million years ago, leaving the mammoth mastodons as their paltry progeny. Ot DEMOCRAT WOMEN ORM NEW GROUP Law Enforcement League Opposes Smith—Would Keep Two-Thirds Rule. With a declaration of open war on all wet Democratic aspirants for the Presidency, aimed at Gov. Al Smith of New York in particular, a new or- ganization of Democratic women dedi- cated to law enforcement threw its hat into the political ring today. This new National Woman’s Demo- cratic Law Enforcoment League, which may prove a thorn in the side of the national Democratic committee, adopted as its principal plank a mo- tion opposing abrogation of_the two- thirds rule at the next Democratic national convention. Mrs. Nicholson Elected. Following up its attack yesterday on Gov. Smith and other wet candi- dates, the new league organized itself today by launching a vigorous fight for strict law enforcement and adher- ence to the Constitution in the next presidential campaign. Mrs. Jessie W. Nicholson, Chevy Chase, Md., was elected national president of the new organization which has members in most of the prohibition strongholds of the South and West. Other officers chosen to- day were Miss Belle Kearney, State Senator of Mississippl, first vice presi- dent; Mrs. Katherine W. McCuliough of Illinois, second vice president; Mrs. Anna P. Olson of Minnesota, third Vice president; Mrs. Jenifer Broaddus of Virginia, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Edward T. Smith of St. Louls, Treasurer, and Mrs. John Claybrook of Texas, recording secretary. ‘Will Oppose “Lawlessness." Declaring their faith in the su- premacy of the Constitution, the new league proclaimed in its platform that any attempt to revise or modify it in other manner than that provided in the Constitution for so doing is “‘revo- lutionary.” The platform further de- clares “the letter and the spirit of our organic laws are binding on the of- ficers of each State in the Union who have taken the oath to support the Constitution of the United States. “While we declare our firm allegi- ance to the preservation of every right of individual liberty under the Jaw,” the platform added, “we declare that public peace and public order are absolute and essential conditions of free government, and we, therefore, will oppose with our utmost power the forces of disorder and lawlessness from whatever source they may ema- nate. “All movements seeking by decep- tion, political manipulation, threats or organized popular clamor to over- throw or supplant these guarantees of the rights, liberty and happiness of all the people are attempts to destroy the American system of representative government organized and established by the Constitution.” Would Unite Women of Party. The Democratic Women in the pre- amble to their newly adopted consti- tution declare that it is the purpose of the organization to unite the efforts of all woman Democrats to the end that “more effective support ‘can be given to those candidates, both for the nomination and election,” who will best advance the principles of prohibi- tion and law enforcement. It was decided to hold the first na- tional convention in Washington next January on Jackson day, the purpose being to arouse Nationwide: effort on the part of Democratic women to op- pose abrogation of the two-thirds rule at the next Democratic national co: ntion. Without mentioning Gov. mith, this was regarded as a direct thrust at the aim of Smith's support- || ers to control the convention. The two-day The only ew: service. in Washington wil Associated Press news ening paper the Yesterday's Circulation, 103,534 (®) Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. LATIN AMERICANS VISIT U. 3. SHRINES Delegates Go to Arlington and Mount Vernon as Guests of Star. Pilgrimages to two of America’s greatest shrines—Mount Vernon and Arlington National Cemetery—were made today by the visiting Latin Americans as guests of The Evening Star. There wreaths were placed by distinguished representatives on the sarcophagus of George Washington and the tomb of the Unknown Soldler, in token of the inherent love of democracy and freedom which binds the 21 nations of the Pan-American Union. The delegates last night were the guests of John L. Merrill, president of All-America Cables, Inc., and presi- dent also of the Pan-American Sqciety of the United States, at a dinner in the Carlton Hotel. About 120 of the Latin Amerlcan delegaf to the recent Commercial Conference made today's trip in busses, thé Willard Hotel at 10 o'cl . Arlington Cemetery, with its green hills and stately Lee Man- ion, was the first objective of the pilgrims. Winding their way through the graves of thousands who laid down their lives for the preservation of the Union, the visiting delegates made their way to the tomb where the Unknown Soldier lies. ‘Wreath Placed on Tomb. Allen Lindo Salvador, a delegate from Salvador and representative of the Chamber of Commerce and In- dustry, placed a wreath on the tomb which represents America’s sacrifices in the World War. At Arlington, the plans for the memorial bridge which will link the Lincoln Memorial by a splendid parkway to the cemetery were explained to the delegates. From Arlington, the delegates were conveyed to Alexandria, historic for its early associations with the Wash- ington family. There the visitors were served an old-fashioned Vir- ginia noonday dinner at the George Mason Hotel. C. Fred Cook of the Evening Star, who was master of ceremonies on this occasion, gave a brief addres of welcome. The re- sponse was made by Dr. Angel Mo- rales, representative of the Domini- can Republic. There was music by the Meyer Goldman Orchestra and a program by Fred East, baritone; Wil- liam Raymond, tenor; Miss Agnes ‘Whelan, soprano and George H. Wil- son, pianist. Dinner at Club Tonight. ‘Winding through the beautiful Vir. ginia hills to Mount Vernon, the dele- gates were shown through the home of George Washington, which im- pressed them with its air of simple stateliness. Then they made their way down the winding brick walks to the tomb of George and Martha Washing- ton, where wreaths were placed on them by Senor F. A. Guzman Alfaro, a delegate of Venezuela and a repre- sentative of the Venezuelan govern- I ession of the league will close tonight with a dinner at the +F(Contipued ;3 Page 4, Column b) * ment. In addition to the delegates from Latin America, those making the trip were Dr. L. S. Rowe, Dr. Constan‘ine E. McGuire, Franklin Adams, Dr. Wil- llam Manger, Langworthy Marchant, Dr. Guillermo B. Sherwell, Don A tonio Alonso and Don Enrique Coro- nado. This evening at 7:30 o'clock the vis. iting delegates will be the dinner guests of the National Press Club. Henry L. Sweinhart, on behalf of the board of governors, will give the ad- dress of welcome. The response will be made by Jaime Puig Arosemena of Guayaquil, Ecuador, a representative of the Chamber of Commerce and Ag- riculture. Then the delegates will be the guests of the Washington Times.Her- ald at a sheater party at Keith's. In welcoming the visiting delegates at the dinner last night, Mr. Merrill declared that he had been ‘but one of (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Fairfax County Virginia Has figured largely in the | history of the United States. | { It has had a glorious past. Its future will be more so. A Star staff correspondent has written interestingly of its past, present and glimpses of the future in a full-page article which will appear tomorrow in The Sunday Star 1 e | it [ i OVERSEA FLYERS WAIT DAWN TO HOP OFF FOR NEW YORK | Nungesser and Coli Ready for Paris Start if Weather Improves. “WHITE BIRD” DECLARED IN PERFECT FLYING TRIM French Aviation Circles Still Hold Hopes for Capt. Roman, Miss- ing for Two Days. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 7.—Capts. Nunge and Coli are ready to take air tomorrow before dawn Paris-to-New York flight, pected improvement in w ditions over the Atlantic firmed by final assembla orological data at midnight. Their plane, the White Bird, 1s in readiness at the Le Bourget fI fleld, with the last gallon of gasc in the tanks. Running Gear Reinforced. Somewhat reinforced running gear for the take-off was substituted t morning to make certain of rryi the tremendous load of fuel properiy. The departure is tentatively set for between 3 and 4 a.m “he flyers, builders and mechanics are satisfied that everything is in per- tect order, and no further tests ar planned. Consequently the attempt waits only on the weatherman’s nal. Although more th: elapsed since Capt. Saint Roman left West Africa in an attempt to fl the Brazilian coast, French av circles were hopeful t There was a possit pointed out, that Saint ¥ flight companion, Comdr. had been picked up by some pass ship without wireless, or landed on a lonely spot on the Brazilian coast. It was recognized, however, that the chances were remote, since the course they followed was off the beaten track of shipping. Doubt Midsea Landing. The possibllity of their having alighted on St. Paul's Rocks, in mid- ocean, or the Island of Fernando do Noronha, off the Brazilian coast, was not seriously considered, for the rocks afford no likely landing place and the Fernando do Noronha ground is so broken that a machine lacking pon- toons, as is the case with the Saint Roman plane, could not land without being wrecked. The airmen’s friends insisted it was foolhardy for them to discard pon- toons, and were inclined to blame (e lack of pontoons for their non-arrival at Pernambuco. ANXIETY IN BRAZIL. to 1 con- k the ex two days had n it was man and his Mouneyres Some Hope, However, Expressed for Capt. Roman. RIO JANEIRO, Brazil, May 7 (#).— Anxiety gripped the populace of Rio Janeiro today as the hours passed without word of the whereabouts of Capt. Saint Roman, French aviator, and his companion, Comdr, Mou- neyres, who left & Louis, West Africa, early Thursday morning in an attempt to fly across the Atlantic to Pernambuco. ‘There was not a complete absence of faith, however, that the flyers would appear or be heard from, ticularly in view of the recent “dis- appearance” in the Brazilian jungle of Comdr. de Pinedo, the Italian avia- tor, who was cut off from the outside world for many hours. One rumor had it that the aviators passed over Fernando do oronha Island, 125 miles off the PErazilian coast, at 11 o'clock Thursday night, flying in the direction of the mainland. On the basis of this the Brazilian a thorities ordered a combined land and sea search. The anxiety was intensified by the fact that the plane left without beir equipped with pontoons, having only gear for alighti on land. CORONER HITS POLICE IN LIQUOR CAR DEATH Delays Inquest in Shooting of W. F. Dement, Holding Report “Insufficiently Illuminating.” Declining to accept the police report as “Insufficiently illuminating” on the case of Willlam Frank Dement, 29 years old, of 1354 Spring road, who died yesterday at Casualty Hospital as the result of a bullet wound in the head, inflicted April 13, as he was being pursued by the liquor squad, Coroner Ramsay Nevitt after a con- sultation at the morgue with Dr. Joseph B. Rogers, superintendent of the hospital, and Assistant I Attorney Raymond Neudecker, poned the inquest until Monday morn- ing at 11:30 o'clock Tt ated that th of the case made r shot wounds or nam and was unsigned. Poli e Deyo and W. A. Schotter have been suspended from the force pend disposition of the case, as is custc ary in such instances. Dement's death f. ed a de perate effort by Dr. Charles White to remove pieces of the let which had scattered in his brain When shot, Dement, in company with Austin Jarboe, 30 years old. of post- | 408 Twelfth street,” was drivin r, laden with 100 quarts of corn whisky, at a high rate of speed along Fifteenth street southeast. The wound caused Dement to lose control of the car, which crashed into the premises at 5631, Fifteenth s with slight damage resulting. Jarboe. who was only slishtly injured, was charged with operating a smoke screen. They were apprehended by Sergt. George Little, Policemen Georga De- yoe, W. A. Schotter and W. H. Schultz. Calles’ Wife Off for U. S. MEXICO CITY, May 7 (#).—Se- nora_Plutarco El alles, wife of the President, with other members of the family, left by train last night for a visit to Los Angeles. Radio Programs—Page 32