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WEATHER. (U. 8. Wenther Bureau Fair today, tomorro Forecast.) w increasing cloudiness and warmer; gentle to mod- erate northeast shifting ‘winds. Full report on page to southeast 13 he WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION Sundny Star, No. CAPT. NUNGESSER . HOPSOFF FORU.S. IN GIANT PLANE Thunderstorm Six Hours Be- fore Flight Fails to Deter Attempt. 1,155— No. 30,322. FRENCHMAN EXPECTS T0 LAND NEAR BOSTON | Declares He Is Not in Race for $25,000 Prize for First to Perform Feat. day) morning their long flight from Paris to New York. The White Bird, the French avia- ators’ now famous plane, with its load of more than fivé tons, got away to a splendid start, sailing fast into the air on its great trans-Atlantic ad- venture. g At 3:20 this morning the plane was brought into the field and the motor given a final tuning up. Everything was in perfect shape. 2 A huge crowd gathered to witness the departure. At 11 o'clock last night a he thunderstorm prevailed. from the coast and sca, were considered favorable. It seemed that the ill luck that had Adogged the efforts of the flyers who hoped to cross the Atlantic and has already cost the lives of four had for he moment at least disappeared. Storm Passes Awa. The machine rose gracefully in the still air and at 5:30 was lost in the gray clouds to the westward, the first ray for an instant on its white wings. Lightning flashed to the southward as the plane rose from the runway, but it was a simple last manifesta- tion of the dying local storm. Weather conditions at Le Bourget were perfect, and from predictions re- ceived by wire and handed to Capt. Nungesser a few minutes before he climbed into the cockpit of the plane, it seemed that the aviators would have even the winds in their favor on_the long jump. Their route lay over Honfleur, whence Champlain 324 years cailed for the conquest of the N World. Thence they planned to ¢ the southern coastline of England, pass over Fastnet, Ireland, and after following a great circle on their way across the North Atlantic, pick up early Monday . the Newfoundland coast. S From there, said Capt. Coli, “it is the plainest kind of sailing '—down the New England coast to Mitchel Field, where, 3! luck holds, they will come to earth some time around noon Monday. avy local Reports however, Does Mot Seek Prize. Charles Nungesser, French war ace of 50 victories, predicted as long ago as March, 1921, mnon:stop merial trips between Paris and New York, a feat that he himself is now striving to accemplish 1o add to the laurels of France. F In November, 1927, he began y\'flnn- ning a Paris-New Yok flight with the idea of estabiishing a trans-Atlantic air line using ‘the fastest ‘planes avail able, but it s not until March of this year that, it was announced defi- ‘nitely that heiand Capt. Francis Coli, noted aerial ‘navigator, would join the ranks of 'French and American aviators strivihg for the honor of be- ing the first o make the hazardous crossing between New York and Paris. Capt. ‘Nungesser, ‘whose primary object in thelflight is to set a new non-stop flighl record, is not a e testant for ti& Raymond-Orteig S 000 prize for & successful New York- Paris flight. e has not entered «his name as a contestant in accordance with the prize rules, but recently told Capt. the Associated Press that he was at-| tempting the flight simply to bring the honor to *rench aviation. The plane, gn which the are flying is o Leva raine-Dietrich t»ngine, structed at Vi/acoublav. horsepower eriincs, which, are able of develping 525 horscpowe under favorabl;' conditions. The route .;vhich Capt. mapped’ out ‘tentative rved ling, passir near_Harve, Cher and was con e, It has 4 r Coli ourf, Bray tact with lany northward to} 54 latit anc % de; rees. longitude and di of the rising sun gleaming | tors our, witha Lor- has represents a & from Honfleur, Head and Lands End. the last point of con- | Entered as second cl post office, Washing Starts Ocean Flight ss matter G, I z | | ‘ | | CAPT. CHARLES NUNGESSER. NEW ECONOMIC ERA SEEN AT GENEVA |Soviet Attitude, Seeking Col- | laboration, Held Indica- tion of Progress. | | | | By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, May That the world has moved into an im portant economic, and perhaps also political path is the general opinion in Geneva tonight—this due to two ad- dresses delivered today at the Inter- national Economic Conference by dele- gates of the Russian Soviet. At the economic conference at| Genoa and The Hague, when attempts | were unsuccessfully made to bring the Soviets into the European con- cert, representatives of Russia at- tacked the western system of economy. but today Russia’s delegates held out the hand of collaboration and frankly asked for co-operation with capital. Would Cancel Debts. of all war debts, re- moval of immigration barriers and| complete disarmament on land and| sea were proposed by the Russian delegation as the indispensable means of attaining world economic restora- tion. [Eight other measures were recommended by Valerian Obolensky Ossinski, and these were foferred to in the lobbies as “The eleven Soviet commandments.” The recommendations included an increase in the wages of workers, an 8-hour day, with 6 hours in the mines; liberty of trade unionism, with the right to strike; help for the unem- ployed by increased taxation of the rich, a campaign against the raising of prices, especially by combines; abolition of protectorates and man-| dates, with recognition of the sell~‘ determination of peoples, economically and politically; cessation of military intervention in China and cessation of the boycott of the Soviet republics, with establishment of relations where- by concessions would be given for foreign- credits. Holds Capitalism Causes War. M. Obolenski Ossinski asserted that the Soviet rejects the capitalistic sys- tem, because it leads to war, but is ready to collaborate with it to pro- tect ‘the interest of the masses. Gregoire Sokolrikoff said that the Soviet union would welcome indus- al agreements with foreign coun- tries and capitalists, and that there was no reason why there could not be pacific competition between the two economic systems represented by the Soviet and other countries. In a statement to the press tonight | M. Jouhaux, French labor leader, said | that the addresses of the Soviet dele- Cancellation | iterated its warning that every pre: WASHINGTO! N, B G SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1927. —122 PAGES. The Star is and service wi! e () Means Associated Pre: RECORD FLOOD HITS, LARGE AREA NORTH OF NEW ORLEANS Weather Bureau Reiterates Warning to Protect Levees Above City. CREST OF WATERS NOW SOUTH OF VICKSBURG Rescue Work Goes Steadily For- ward as Rushing Torrents Spread Over Louisiana Towns. e Associated Press. ORLEANS Driven Iy before the f the re of the Mississippi had reached | new. high levels tonight over a stretch north of New Orleans Donaldsonville to Angola. Record &tages also were recorded at places along the Old River, which empties into the Mississippi north of | Baton Rouge, and which is rceeiving flood waters from the Red, Ouachit l | riotiou ood erest, wa tong | from | Tensas and Black Rivers as well as from the great cre and back- water lake spreading in northeastern Louisiana. In announcing this situation on the two rivers, the Weather Bureau re- se caution should be taken to guard against the stages above New Orleans with the approach of the crest, which now is south of Vicksburg, approxi- mately half way between Memphis and New Orleans. i Expects Levees to Hold. | After an inspection of the levees along the present sreatest danger | point—the 8§0-mile front on the old River and the Bayou des Glaises t the south—Gov. Simpson dec Baton Rouge that in his opinion these embankments were strong enough to hold the anticipated highest flood | stage and thus save south central| Louisiana. Maj. W. H. Holcombe, chief Army | engineer for the fourth district, who is traveling down the river with Secretary Hoover and his party, stated | at Natchez that the bank de- fenses on the lower M ippi which are yet to bear inc ed burdens from the flood, were being well main- tained. He added that the east bank defenses were not so factory at some places, but officials of the Pont- chartrain Levee Board declared these dykes were much stronger than they were when they withstood the 192 flood. Conditions here at New Orleans were considered satisfactory, the river having fallen one-tenth of a foot during the past 24 hours as a result of the increasing torrent flow- ing through the artificial crevasse made at Caernarvon, 15 miles to the South. Previous Record Exceeded. The Weather Bureau ment said the stages on or below the Old River were above the highest W three-tenths of a foot at Baton Rouge and one-tenth of a foot at Donaldsonville. The actual stages were 55,5 feet at Angola, 46 feet at Baton Rouge and 36 feet at Donald- sonville. A somewhat improved situation in northeastern Louisiana just below the Arkansas line was reported, the back- waters apparently having their crest at Mer Rouge, Bonita and Oak Grove. At Rayville the water had come to a standstill, with from two to three feet of flood in some parts of the town. Further South, however, crevasse waters from the Mississippi were spreading, with a rise of the water in St. Joseph, Newellton and Tal- | lulah. Jonesville also was well under water and all wires to that important lumber milling center were down. Rescue work went steadily for- announce- | previous crest by on® foot at Angola, | 1 | | | | PANAMA PROTESTS | | .3 STATEMENT Holds Treasury Remarks on Federalship Seizure Are “Offensive.” By the Associated Press. A protest against a Tre: - state- | ment issued a week ago regarding the seizure of the steamer Federalship | was presented to the ate Depart-| ment yesterday by Minister Alfaro of Panam; The note d the state- ment was “offensive” to the Panama government. Three additional notes concerning | the Federalship case were presented at the same time, including one in- forming the State Department that| proceedings had been instituted by the Panama government to deprive the ship of its Panama registry. The Federalship was recently seiz- ed in the Pacific as a rum runner, but was released after her seizure had been held illegal. The Panama protest took exception to two passages in the Treasury statement. These were that before| | the seizure the Panama government | | had been given “ample time” to apply |ite law withdrawing registry from | | ships habitually engaged in smuggling | and’ the expression of Treasury sur- at Panama’s protest under the | cumstances, The Treasury added | that the treaty with Panama “was not | designed to be invoked to protect Canadian or American bootleggers.” Yesterday's note said that Panama had not been able to apply its regist law to the Federalship before it was seized, since only after its seizure was reached | the first detailed information regard-|y, W. C. |ing its activities State Department. SMITH COMMENT BANNED BY POPE received from the | | ward over that section, and after a | trip of inspection, Gov. Simpson said abandoned the idea of a world com- munistic revolution. He believed the world would accept the Soviet offer to collaborate, provided the offer was sincere, Loucheur of France advocated doption in Europe of American industrial methods and the organiza- tion of an international combine. HOOVER NOT TO RUN IN 1928, CALDER SAYS theu goes slightly d to drop toward Cape | nd Hallfa <, reach-ng the United | Former Senator Declares Secretary ates coast nelghborhood of Bostor In order t} the aviators ‘.n the weight p their depar s beer esscn excess Accided to d Janding gear 4t the mon.ent o ture. The hufi of the pline b constructed s¢ that it will fl in the event df o forced de the sea. i No Wireless: Cat No mechan carried, the d for the st ent upos reles Sharp Cut in Irish Linen Prices Is Seen Capt. Nungedker ey he would not ¥ rushed into the fligh and that he whuld act st con ditions were ;uLsolutely fo the trip. Capt. Cal Paris-New eptember intended been k fight for 25, his plane, flight 1o 1425 tHor a Pt rwas married t iss Consuel : Hatmaker, in New Yorkand Paris 023 at venr. Tnited States the interests society, i ptain has been to th M of {in Page 8 P)-—Nu an attempt , Column 6.) NEW (Continu at easily | 7 al scar JMme Vears. [ casereh hed in an accident. | prominent | >aris, 4hey were divorced last . Will Not Be Presidential Candidate. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 7.—In a state- to the New York Herald Tribune tonight, William M. Calder, president | of the National Republican Club and former United States Senator, | that Herbert Hoover, Secreta Commerce, will not be a candidate for the Republican homination for Presi- dent in 1928. Mr. Calder, who Washington today is information in a with Mr. Hoover, who had told that he was doing all he could renor on and re-election ident Coolidge. ) returned. from said he received personal inter. gates meant that Soviet Russia had | refugee relief was progressing satis- torily with no great hardship among the refugees as far as and shelter was concerned | MORE THAN 338,000 AIDED. Total of 330,000 Expected—Water Sur- rounds Refuge Camp. Ten May — aid from the { Red Cross in the s es affected [ by the disastrous Mississippi Valley | inundations, numbered 338,000 tonight, | with the Loulsiana figures still incom- | plete. | | n... °w evacuations are going forward and the list of the needy is exy to reach 350,000 soon. The figures in- clude more than 180,000 persons who are refugees in the 64 concentration | camps, four mew camps having been | added 'since the last figures were is- | sued. The remainder are receiving | food and other help in their flooded s, upper floors of store bulidings d places where they elected to seek fuge until the waters recede. 27,000 Refugees Vaccinated. The total of vaceinations reached 119,000 persons for smallpox 108,000. pox vaccination lagged behind the typhoid was not explained, but it was said_that _ample supplies of serum (Continued on Page 4 with those Column 7.) As Super-Flax Seed Nears Perfection the Associated Press. BELFAST, Ireland, May 7.—Super- 1x seed, which, it is said, may make linen as cheap cotton goods, r | nearing perfection in experiments | conducted by the Ulster Linen Association, _co-operating with the British and Ulster govern- ments, The new double the The tow als me sticky substance . i the present expensive hand s in preparing the raw material . sily be worked as is 1 se-1 now Tuces tow n s said, thus eliminat g numbers of hand now engaged. thousand acres I ct in Somerset, ed to the new seed this preparations ares under way Ulster and i ) introduce it in the IX! {1 Ingland, will be | year to Kotas and some lof the Western American States, to how it flourish there. Negotiations have been going on for ome time with agricultural officials | of Oregon. They are said to be much interested and to have promised to the seed a thorough test. The new offspring of flax is known as J. W. S. seed, being named for John W. Steward, County Antrim agri- culturist, who conceived the idea and developed it. James G, Crawford, director of the great York street mill in Belfast and one of the best known flax experts in | the kingdom, says reports of the ex- periments reaching him are most en- | couraging, indicating surely the pro- | duction of cheaper linen. Linen manufacturers generally are | hopeful and firmly convinced that the day of cheaper linen is soon coming. | They will profit’ accordingly, they be- | lieve, owing to the greater demand | wich will follow, for typhoid | Why the small- | | |Cardinal Gasparri Tells Apostolic Delegate Vatican Is Aloof in Question. food | | | | . May Xo person in the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, or having the slightest direct or indirect contact with it, is author- ized to express officially or unofficially the views of the Holy See on the recent letter of Gov. Alfred E. Smith | of New York on the church and state question, the Associated Press is offi cially informed by the Vatican. Categorical denial was made that| any official, unofficial or any other| kind of statement, purporting to ex- press the Vatican's views on this sub- ject has been made. Moreover, the Vatican revealed that xpress order warning against such ' statements was issued imme- | diately after it learned of Gov. Smith’s letter. Such Rreat importance was attached to this order that Cardinal G i 1 secretary of state, age concerniag it to Mgr. masoni Biondi, apostolic delegate at hington. rdinal Gasparri. who in the name | | of the pontiff is the supreme con-| troller of the church’s political affairs | throughout the world, declared in his | to the apostolic delegate that | See maintains itself com- pletely extraneous from any interfer | ence in the present campaign for the| | presidential elections in the United | States, just as the Holy See always keeps itself outside of any intern tional questions of purely political | charaeter in any other country of the world. THREE DEAD, 20 ILL FROM POISON LIQUOR By the Assoclated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y, May 7.—Three deaths and 20 new cases was the week's record in the city's latest out- break of liquor-poisoning cases, city hospital records show. Patients dis- charged as cured, physicians said, would be able to return to normal activities, but in no instance was the victim restored to his former state of health. Fourteen days has been the | |F W | verted TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—52 PAGES. National General News—Local, and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page Civillan Army News—Page At the Community Centers—Page 38. D AR 2 s—Page 39 Fa Va. second of a series of articles on interesting and historic nearby communities—Page. 42 Around the City—Page 43. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 45 otrl | Radio News and Programs—Page 48. PART TWO0—16 PAGES. torials and Editorial Features. hington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Reviews of Spring Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folks—Page 9. News of the Clubs—Page 11. PART THREE=12 PAGES. ;\n\lusements—]‘healers and the Photo- play. Music Motors and 8. Veterans of the Great War—Page 9. Fraternal News—Page 10. Army and Navy News—Page 11. Spanish War Veterans—Page 12. Page 5 and Motoring—Pages 6, PART FOUR—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures, The Rambler—Page 3 12 PAS Classified Advertising. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 10. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 10. erial, “Red Head”—Page 11. . A. News—Page 11. VES. GRAPHIC SECTION—11 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff: Reg'lar Fellers; and Mrs; High Lights of Hi: VETERANS FACE L0SS OF BILLIONS | [ Mr, ory. Insurance Must Be Convert- ed or Reinstated Before Midnight of July 2. Billions of dollars of insurance will slip through the fingers of veterans of the World War unless they take advantage of the opportunity to re- instate or convert it before midnight of July 2 Although the exact total of the amount still outstanding and avail- able for reinstatement or conversion is not known at the Veterans’ Bureau, figures on May 1 show that it may run into many billions. Total $10,544,000,000. For instance, the total amount of insurance applied for by veterans was $40,544,000,000. Figures show that $36,000,000,000 of this lapsed and 4,06 was con into other forms of Govern ment insurance. Most of this $36,- 000,000,000 still can be renawed, Claims have been awarded under the war risk, or term insurance, In the amount of $1,481,324,144, and claims on converted policles have heen awarded in the sum of $41,566,788." There is still in force $766,618,603 in term insurance, which must be rein- stated into the new five-year level premjum term insurance, or converted into one of the six other kinds of policies. The total amount of Gov- ernment insurance now in force is $2,777,026,426. Veterans have been urged from time to time to pick up their Government insurance before it is too late, but ac- cording to the figures, apparently a minority have taken advantage of the opportunity. Time Expires July 2. Officials at the bureau say they have no idea how. many thousands of men there are living who could reinstate or convert their insurance, or exactly how many billions would be added to the insurance in the bureau, should all of them take advantage of the op- average length of their stay in the hospital. Twenty-five cents a pint is the standard price forfthe grade of liquor filling the ue:oh(‘ wards, portunity. Under an act of Congress, veterans have only until midnight of July 2 to take the necessary steps. After that their opportunity will be goner ... | lington | daity SHRINES HONORED BY PAN-AMERICANS Delegates Lay Wreaths on Tombs of Washington and Unknown Soldier. To Washington, founder of the American Republic, and the Unknown Soldier, defender of world democracy, tribute was paid yesterday on behalf | of 20 sister republics by visiting dele- gates to the Pan-American Commer- cial Conference. Placing a wreath on the sarcophagus of Washington, at Mount Vernon, Dr. F. A. Guzman Alfaro of Venezuela declared that Washington's public life, | “always ruled by the purest principles, is an example to all republican people: Earlier in the day a similar scene was enacted at the tomb of the Un- known Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, Senor Allan Lindo of Salvador paid a tribute to “these brave men to whom we owe the wel- fare of the world today.” Delegates Make Pilgrimage. About 120 visiting Latin-American delegates made the pilgrimage to Ar- and Mount Vernon as the guests of The Evening Star, stopping off in historic Alexandria before proceeding to the home of Washing- ton for a noonday dinner at the George Mason Hotel. The delegates last night were guests of the Na- tional Press Club at dinner and later of the Washington Times-Herald at a Keith Theater party. Arlington, the shrine of America's Unknown Soldier and preservers of the Union, was the first destination of the Latin-American pilgrims. After placing a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier Senor Lindo made the following brief address: “It is indeed difficult for me to find words to express the real significance that this act involves, when my fel- low delegates tp the Third Pan-Amer- ican Commercial Conference have ap- pointed me to render this humble | tribute to the memory of those who so gloriously and unselfishly rendered their lives for humanity. Pays Tribute to Heroes. “It is to these brave men that we owe the welfare of the world today. and it would be selfish of us to deny them a thought in these moments ut the closing of the Pan-American Conference, where we have met - in an effort to unite our continent com- mercially by disclosing the barriers and obstacles that may exist in our transactions. “In the name of all the countries represented by us here and in the name of the Pan-Americanism that we are striving to achieve, I beg you, gentlemen, a thought and a prayer for the heroes who gloriously spared their lives for our well-being and that of future generations.” Inspect Mount Vernon. Leaving behind them early in the afternoon the scenes in Alexandria so intimately associated with the Wash- ington family, the delegates followed the historic route to Mount Vernon. There they inspected the stately co- lonial mansion, the garden of Martha ashington and trod the paths that Washington trod in his wanderings over his Virginia estate. The ceremonies at the tomb of Washington were si sive. The delegates in silent rveverence as Dr. Alfaro placed a wreath on the tomb of the man who won the first stroke for independence in the Western world. In doing so, Dr. Alfaro said: “A curent of noble Ideas swept across Europe and America in the last quarter of the eighteenth cen- tury and the first quarter of the nine- (Continued on Page 6, Column 3.) Boy High Jumpers Break Left Wrists In Similar Falls By the Associated Press. RAWLINS, Wyo., May 7.—Prac- ticing the high jump preparatory to entering a track meet here to. day, Robert Anderson and Fern Hudley, local high school boys, fell and broke their left wrists. Both cleared the bar at 5 feet. Anderson jumped first, snapping a hon: in his wrist in the drop, and Hudley met a similar accident im- mediately afterward. CITIZENS' COUNCIL WINS IN BATILE |Moves to Restrict Actions and Allow Trade Repre- sentation Defeated. The movement designed to restrict the activities of the Citizens’ Ad- visory Council and to give represen- |tation on it to the trade and labor organizations of the District, were definitely and most vigorously killed last night by the Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations. Moreover, the | federation placed an interpretation on | the council’'s organic act which im- | poses in it, not only the power to act | in an advisory capacity to the District | Commissioners, but “full authority to | perform any other acts” in general | harmony with the purpose for which | it was created. Bitter arguments, involving person- alities and many parliamentary maneuvers preceded the federation’s final action, which is regarded as a complete answer to those who have criticized the council and sought to circumseribe its work. Votes Are Overwhelming. ‘With overwhelming votes, the fede- ration rejected an amendment to the organic act of the council, proposed by Willlam McK. Clayton, which would have placed on it representa- tives of the Washington Board of Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Mer- chants’ and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion and the Central Labor Union, and an amendment which originated in the West End Citizens' Association, intended to preclude the council from doing anything except advising the Commissioners upon matters affecting the municipal government. It also voted down another amendment, which it had previously indorsed, stipulating that the actions of the council shall not be construed as ex- pressive of the views of the federa- tion, and adopted as a substitute, a resolution, laudatory in the defense of the council, and approving the gen- eral scope of the work it has under- taken, The substitute was introduced and engineered through the federation by Jesse C. Suter, its former president. It encountered many obstacles in the form of proposed amendments, and provoked heated debate, chiéfly ha- tween Mr. Suter and Mr. Clayton. In adopted form, however, the resolution was substantially as presented, it hav- ing lost only one minor paragraph, which was objected to by Charles I. Stengle because he said it cast a re- flection on the law and legislation com- mittee, of which he is chairman. Resolution in Full. The resolution, in full, follows: “Whereas certain amendments pro- posed to the organic act creating the Citizens’ Advistory Council clearly in- dicate a misconception of the funda- mental principles involved in the erection of this unofficial city council and a further lack of understanding of the complete adequacy of the pro- visions of the said organic act, and; “Whereas both the Federation of Citizens® Associations and the Citizens’ Advisory Council suffer in their pres- tige by reason of such misconceptions, it is fitting that a clear statement be adopted by this federation and spread in full on the journal, “Therefore, be it resolved, by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations in regular meeting mbled this seventh day of M: that we do (Continued on Page 5, Column FLEES FROM HOSPITAL. Delirious Woman Jumps Out of | Window and Walks Off. Allie Ridgely, 27 vears old, jumped | out of a window.in the contagious dis- ease ward at Garfield Hospital last night and was taken into custody while walking on Eleventh street be- tween Florida avenue and U streets. Noticing the young woman attired in hospital clothes with a blanket over her shoulders, Alfred Mendelson, 219 First street, notified the police of the eighth precinct, resulting in her re- turn to the hospital. Police: were in- formed that the young woman was in a delirious condition following a siege of scarlet fever. $70,000 FOR STUDENTS. Scholarship Award to Resuit in Exchange With Scandinavia. NEW YORK, May 7 (#.—The American-Scandinavian Foundation to- day announced the award of $70,000 in scholarships for an exchange of stu- dents between America and the Scan- | dinavian countries of Europe. Nine American students will g ibroad and more than 30 Scandinaviana will come to the United States in the largest exchange of students ever made at one time between America and the northern European countries, Dr. Henry Goddard Leach, president of the foundation, said. Mrs. Martin, First Woman Candidate fo; Pres BRIGHTON, England, May 7 (#).— Mrs. Victoria Claflin Woodhull Mar- tin, the first woman candidate for the Presidéency of the United States—in 1872—and long a fighter for equal suffrage, belleves that 25 is plenty young enough for men and women to obtain the franchise. In 1872 Mrs. Martin carrfed the banner of equal suffrage in Maine and California as presidential candidate of the Equal Rights party, and at 88 she is still interested in promoting the emancipation of women. “I want wom to have the vote as soon as the; fit to use it,"” Mrs. porrespondeat for the ugg e soxes §0 o3 ident, Favors 25 as Voting Age Mrs. Martin was seated with her daughter, Miss Virginia Woodhull, in their apartment. Time has not dimmed the eyes of this spirited woman, who, with her sister, the- late Lady Cook, formerly Tennessee Claf- lin, was the first woman broker in New York, and lectured in support of equal suffrage and eugenics before they both came to England. The interviewer asked: “But what of yourself at 21 “I was making history when I was 21," Mrs. Martin replied, “but I was a wife when little more than a child. My son was born when I was very. ng. i “But what about your daughter?" Mrs. Martin was asked, “surely she “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ delwwered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 1l start immediately. FIVE CENTS. GREATER CAPITAL 10 BE ADVANCED ~ BYCITY PLANNERS | Conference to Open Three- Day Session Tomorrow to Discuss Problems. | ARCHITECTS’ INSTITUTE MEETING WILL FOLLOW Contemporaneous Development of Maryland and Virginia Suburbs to Be Debated. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. This National Capital, which is now experiencing the period of great- est development in the century and a quarter of its history, with at least $200,000,000 of Federal and District money to be spent during the next 10 years in permanent capital im- provements, is to take another long step during this week toward ac- complishment of a most pretentious program of building. The nineteenth national conference on city planning will be in session Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the co-operating and allied sixteenth convention of the American Institute of Architects will be in session for three days, starting Wednesday. Leaders in city planning work from all over the country, men who have done the biggest things in municipal and regional development, beautifi- cation, embellishment and properly laying out the growth of the greatest cities on this hemisphere, experts on particular phases such as landscaping, architecture, regional planning, zon- ing and traffic problems are here for the conference. One entire session is to be devoted to a broad-gauged consideration of the development of the National Capital and its environs. Visioning City’s Future, This means laying plans and work- ing on a program for the “Greater Washington,” which will encompas contemporaneous development of the Maryland and Virginia suburbs—the spreading out of Washington City— making it more than ever a meeting place for all the people of these United States and one of the out- standing cities of the world, peerless in physical attractiveness, because it has carried forward on a definite plan started by Washington with the co- operation of Maj. L'Enfant. It means visioning Washington's future and enlarging the city with the best talent of all the country focused on this Capital, which President Cool- idge described as “a soul city.” Only a few years since, Washington irked and worried.along under a suc- cession of Congresses that narrow- mindedly and tight-fistedly grudging- ly gave the Capital City scant finances for mere current costs of existencs, ignoring necessary improvements for the future that it might continue to command world attention as the most beautiful capital, a visual representa- tion of the wealth, power, taste and patriotism of the greatest nativn in | the world. Gradually a better feeling has been promoted in ‘Congress, as the lawmakers have come to realize the growing love of all the peopla for their Capltal and their willingness and eagerness to contribute towards its embellishment. The coming here this week of these leaders in civie development, from all over the coun- try, and their concentrating upon “the development of the National Capital and its environs,” will mean that a better knowledge of what is being done here will be taken back to the people in all parts of the United States by men who are recognized as speaking with authority, as experts, and the result must be to greatly in- crease the national interest in the steady improvement of Washington. Organized in Capital. The National Conference on City Planning was organized 19 years ago —here in Washington. It is now con- ing back here to plan for the future of a Greater Washington after having met in 18 of the most important cities throughout the country. It is coming here on invitation of the committee of one hundred on the Federal city of the American Civic Association, of which Frederic A. Delano is chairman as well as president of the American Civic Association. John Nolen, presi. dent of the National Conference on City Planning, will preside at the ses- sions which are to be held in the Wardman Park Hotel, and an intes esting feature will be “Round Tabl discussions at breakfast, luncheon an‘ dinner. Washington's appeal to the Natiom is visualized in an extensive exhibit, which is conspicuous among the hane some displays of other large cities i the west lobby of the Wardman Park Hotel. The outstanding attraction in the District section is a painting of the new Arlington Memorial Bridge as it will appear when completed. Charles Moore, chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, and for more than a quarter of a century & devoted worker for consistent carry- ing out of the Washington L’Enfant plan, will speak tomorrow evening on “The Planning of a Capital City as | Tllustrated by Washington.” Speeches on Tuesday. - The Greater Washington session ig scheduled for Tuesday evening, with Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, presiding. The speeches at this meeting will be as follows: “The Development of the Plan of Washington,” Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, executive officer, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, illus~ trated with lantern slides. “The Part of the Municipal Authori. ties,” Lieut. Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer District Commissioner. ’ The Nation's Interest in the Na= tion's Capital.”” Frederick A. Delang, president of the American Civic A clation and member of the National C‘ll‘ll“l Park and Planning 'Commi sion. “The Public: Buildings Program,® Edivard H. Bennett, consulting archi-, tect to the Secretary of the Treasury.. —illustrated with plans and draw. ings. “The Aesthetic Value of City Plan<" ning in the National Capital, Milton B. Medary, jr. president of the Amer~ Ibe:n lr‘ull:‘ul gt Architects and mema r of the National Capital Pa and Planing Cornmln!on.p E'A “The Importance of Community. Recreation Centers in Connection Wi Park Development,” Frederic Law Olmy. sted, former member of M Commission of 1901, ex. (Continued on Page