Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1927, Page 1

- V‘ (U. 8. Weather Bureau Cloudy to partly cloudy toda; morrow fair; not much change in te: perature, Temperature: Highest WEATHER. Forecast. to- at 10 a.m. yesterday; lowest, 53, at 4 am. yesterday. Full réport on Page 6. No. 1,156— No. 30,329, - ARRACETOPARSS - DELAYEDBY STORM ‘FOR AT LEAST DAY Byrd’s Craft Completes Tests and Is Ready to Go With Two Others. LIKDBERGH TO FOLLOW ROUTE OF NUNGESSER ; Will Abandon Flight to Aid Miss- “'l ing Men if He Sights Any ¥ Trace of Them. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 14.—There was o longer any obstacle tonight to the first American flight from New York * to Paris being a three-cornered race, but it was not likely that race would atart until Monday any way and more probably Tuesday. Unfavorable weather, which for several days has prevented the mono- planes Spirit of St. Louls and Colum- bia from hopping off, has continued 20 long that today factory tests were campleted on the monoplane Amercia and she was turned over to the pilots. So naw, as soon as the weather man decides conditions are good—and to- night hé saw no immediate likelihood ot clearing—all three planes will be ready to rumble down the long run- ‘way at Roosevelt Field, climb into the air, and head eastward on the race | for Paris. H Search Is Continued. As final preparations for the three ‘American flights went forward today, the search continued for the two missing French flyers, Nungesser and Coli, centering along the bays of Newfoundland's wilderness where a day. No trace of the found, however, nor any indication at All of what has happened to them. ‘The day's preparations .on Long Island were featured by the turning over of the America to Comdr. Riehard E. Byrd and by a minor accident to the Spirit of St. Louis when ‘Charles Lindbergh, its pilot, awerved in Janding to avoid striking a group of photographers. The tail skid was broken, but mechanics were able to repair it quickly. Both the Spirit of St. Louis and the America were in the air during Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. REPORTED IN By the Associated Press. | ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, May 14.—The Newfoundland constabulary | tonight began investigation of a re- port that a loud explosion was heard at Whitbourne, in the interior of New- foundland, soon after the droning of an airplane engine had been noticed above the place last Monday morning. At 10 o'clock tonight Inspector Gen. Hutchings of the Colonial Constabu- lary received a message from Sergt. Dwyer, stationed at Bay Roberts on Conception Bay, informing him of this latest development in the search for the missing French fiyers, Capts. Charles Nungesser and Francols Coli. The message said that Dwyer had {heard that a man who was at Whit- {bourne Monday morning heard a noise in the clouds like a passing | |plane and shortly afterward a heavy | explosion. The name of the man was | |not stated in the telegram received Explosion Was Heard in Inland District Monday, Constabulary Sergeant ‘ Tells Officials. be NEWFOUNDLAND here. _Whitbourne is 20 miles inland from Bay Roberts. The inspector general ordered Dwyer to proceed to Whitbourne and | make a full investigation of the mat- ter. TWO SAY THEY SAW PLANE. Newfoundland Fishermen Report It Headed Northwest. By the Associated Press. HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland, May 14.—Reports that an airplane, painted white, was seen passing over Harbor Grace and the nearby tiny fishing village of Bear Cove last Mon- day morning revived today the faint hopes aroused by earlier reports that some trace might be found in New- foundland of the missing French transatlantic flyers, Capt. Nungesser and Coli. There was no confirmation of the reports beyond the word orf three ts of this section e ! " (Continued on Page 6, Column 3.) NEW LEVEE BREAKS FLOOD 5 PARISHES | 1 Hope of Saving “Sugar Bowl!” Section Vanishes as Banks Cave In. By the Asscciated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La, May 14—| Mississippi flood waters, with all the reinforcement of the Yazoo, the Black, the Red and other Southern tribu- taries, were assaulting five south- central Louisiana parishes tonight, pouring through earthen embank- ments which crumbled before their onslaught. Hope of saving the Bayou des Glaises section, a part of the “Sugar Bowl,” and the Evangeline country disappeared with the falling of the Kleinwood plantation levee before the attack of the waters. Other breaks at Moreauville, Bordelonville and Cotton- port still had left levee board officials with the hope that they might be able to save a part of the rich district. Four New Crevasses. the day for test flights. Lindbergh took a. mechanic uvb with }::1‘. above the . On ‘6ne of. the 5 was at 4 was taken as i« he will be the aceompany Byrd and further third ‘man George N ® 1t Acosta dows with Byrd u;‘d it the fligh 1-“! ‘:l‘:c-. two men wi in the flight above “which shattered all records for endurance flying. that he would in the Co- Bertaud’s ‘When the flyers were shown the 4 o'clock weather report today they all agreed. that any attempt within the next 24 hours was out of the question. The chart showed continu- ing fog from Coast to past Midat- lantic and’a storm was brewing off the T Coast. ‘When Charles A.. Levine, president of the company backing the Cham- Perlin-Bertaud flight, was shown the weather report he said it showed con- ditions to be worse than at any time during the past 10 days. He saw little likelthood that the flight could be begun before the middie of the week. On one of the test flights of the America, Byrd, Noville and Acosta ‘were all aboard. It was the first time Byrd had been in the plance since he broke his wrist in it during a test flight a month ago. The plane made a speed of 120 miles an hout and was pronounced to be operating perfectly. Radio tests conducted In the air with . Jand stations “ships indicated that during the Mlight the America's signals can’ be picked up 500 miles away dufing the daytime and twice that f8r at night. i;lnfiarfl to Seek Nungesser, A orowd of several thousand per- #ons thronged the field all day and be- eame so dense that police had to rope off the runways and hangars to as- sure the flyers room to work in. Prep- arations. were made to handle an even greater crowd tomorrow. Lindbergh announced today that if he should see any trace of the miss- ing French fiyers while he is racing to Paris he will go to their rescue even though it should mean failure of his attempt for the Orteig prize. Lindbergh has practically decided to follow the “Great Circle” course, the same on which Nungesser and Coli started from the other end. He sald that he would keep a close watch for the Frenchmen and if he should see them or their plane he would im- mediately come down close over the steamship lanes and cruise around until he came on a ship he could send to the rescue. As a part of this plan Lindbergh today for the first time seriously con- sidered installing a radio set on his Ipllne fo facilitate signaling to ships f he did see anything of the missing men, As the weather made it cer- tain that the flight could not be be- gun before Monday, however, he did not definitely make up his mind on this point today. BANDIT ROBS STORE. ‘Armed and Masked, Gets Little From Banitary Grocery, A white bandit, with a handker- gphief_shielding his face, held up Al- van C. Sherman, manager of the Sani- tary Grocery Store at 311 Fifteenth street southeast, at the point of a pistol in the store last night, taking less than $5 from a cash register. A small colored boy, who was in the store when the bandit entered, s#neaked out the door, ran up the street to a nelghboring store, and gave the alarm. When police of the fifth precinct, notified by a telephone ‘With the breach at Kleinwood, in the middle of Big Bend, along Bayou des Glaises, work was abondoned .along the 30-mile streteh Lrom Cotton- port to the southernmost of the bend. Four crevasses occurred today in des Glaises and another levee went out at Cottonport along Bayou Rouge. Three other breaks had oc- curred previously, one at Cottonport and two at Moreauville. ‘The affected district is approximate- 1y 160 miles northwest of New Orleans and on the opposite side of the river. In addition to the five major breaks FILIPINOS FLOCK 10 MAD “EMPEROR' Armed With Boloes, Support- ers of Intrencherado Guard Him Zealously. By the Associated Press, MANILA, May 14.—Followers of Flor Intrencherado, the insane Fili- pino fanatic who has proclaimed him- self “Emperor of the Philippines,” poured into Iloilo province on the island of Panay today asserting their purpose to defend the *emperor.” All were armed, most of them with boloes, the heavy sword-like knives used in Deace time to cut sugar cane and other crops. They zealously guarded the thatched palace.of the emperor. Intrencherado made a .statement that he is willing to obey the law, but his followers declared they were pre. bared to die should the authorities at- tempt to seize him for incarceration in an asylum. He has been declared insane by a court, but a decision to place him in an asylum has not been reached. b Trouble in Iloilo Province is ex- pected as Intrencherado followers are excited and threatening. naal:;. Emperor hb‘.’l ml?‘mclvm er ‘men, béing ay! 4 otey: Ho wears u‘::r‘aivn S Do o gold, a rich imperial robe diamo: rings, all’ obtained th‘%‘:flfi and contributions. His fol are variously estimated to numi 400,000 B Living peaceably in his shack at Jaro, a suburb of the city of liofio, Intrencherado has taken no t in the uprising, although his followers have! congregated close to his home. Bayou des Glaises, aviators flying over the district reported at least 15 minor crevasses through which the water was tearing. The airplane observation also re- vealed serious threats along the east bank of the 'Atchafalaya and weak spots at Morganza, 30 miles above Baton Rouge on the west side of the river. All appeared to be under con- trol, the report said. Flood Rich Farm Lands. The escaping waters tonight already had blanketed more than 250 square miles of fertile Avoyelles Parish farm- ing lands and were spreading swiftly southward to cover the crops and thickly populated settlements of four other parishes, St. Landry, 8t. Martin, Idera and St. Mary. More than 200,000 persons will be affected by the flood and another 1,000,000 acres will be added to the other millions already covered by the Mississippi in the greatest flood in the history of the valley. Before the sweeping mass of waters has reached the Gulf of Mexico it will have cut a devastating path from the northern boundary of Arkansas to the south- ern shores of Louisiana along the Gulf. A gigantic task of evacuation and relief faced the State-wide organiza- tion set up by former Gov. John M. Parker at Baton Rouge. Tonight, 50 river craft and Coast Guard cutters were searching along the crumbling levees of Bayou Des Glaises for the remaining few scores of men, who had remained in the big bend section to continue the hopeless fight to save their homes. Section Is Deserted. Many of the residents of the area already had been carried by rescue boats to Baton. Rouge, Alexandria, Torras Mansura and Marksville. A naval aviator flying over the area re- ported ‘that the section was virtually deserted. In the parishes to the south, di- (Continued on Page 4, Column 5, PINEDO AT MEMPHIS. Italian Flyer Forced Down to Re- * fuel En Route to Chicago. ST. LOUIS, May 14 (#).—Col. Fran- cesco de Pinedo, Italian four-continent flier, who waR forced down at Mem- phis late today to refuel in his flight trom New Orleans to St Louis, will remain there until tomorrow morn- formed. He said Pinedo was expected nere ing, the Italian counsel here was in-| Seizure of the municipal bufldi: at Victorias, on the Island of Xltfl’)‘: reported today, and disturbances at Silay and Lacarlota were purely local affairs, of which Intrenchardo had no knowledge: The Philippine constabu- lary suppressed them and controlled the situation. In these disturbances 1 policeman was killed, 1 wounded and 2 Intrencherados killed and 13 arrested. The Intrencherados were dispersed. 4 iy, AMERICAN FAVORED TO HEAD PARLEY British and Japanese Accord United States First Honor for Con- vocation of Conference. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, May 14.—As the United States convoked the tri- partite naval conference, the presi- dency, it Is reported, would be offered to the chief American delegate by the British and Japanese. In the meantime the makeup of the American delegation causes specu. lation, particularly on the part of the Japanese, who seem desirous for the appointment of a delegation which is certain to have weight in Congress when the time comes for ratification of the treaty, which Viscount Saito is empowered to sign at Geneva. It is believed that the Japanese already have sounded Washington on this point, being convinced that the presence of men like Charles E. Hughes, Elihu Root and Oscar Under- Wood on the American delegation at the Washington conference helped ratification of the Washington treaty, and that participation of the political leaders at the Geneva parley would have a similar effect, as they would be able personally to explain the treaty to Congress, The limitation of cruisers already looms up as one problem of the con- ference. There are indications that Japan is reluctant to scrap any of her cruisers, which outnumber by 14 the American cruisers. Japan's total cruiser tonnage is 211,000 as compared with 155,000 for the United States. | Two Young Men Rob Bank. LOS ANGELES, May 14 (®).—Two young and well dressed men held up and robbed the Lorena and Whittier boulevard branch of the Bank of by 7 am. and would immediately re- fuel and continue to Chicago. Ttaly of between $14,000 and $15,000 today. Tired Business Man In Balloon Trips, By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 14—A week end spent in a balloon up in the air is worth more to a tired business man than three weeks in the mountains or at the seaside, in the opinion of Dr. R. Halben, amateur balloonist, who has been selected as one of the three German contenders for the Gordon Bennett prize which will be contested from Denver in September. Dr. Haben, who is a practicing call from the latter store, arrived on the scene, the bandit had gone. Detectives Mansfield and Walsh in vestigated the case. oculist in Berlin, is about 50 years |old and has been interested in flying | balloons for almost 20 years., “Busy people comglun,in‘ that they Can Fin& Rest Says German Doctor have no time for an extended vacas tion should go on a balloon excut- sion,” Dr. Halben told a correspond- ent for the Associated Press. ‘“That will fix them up better than three weeks’ vacation. One feels new-born after soaring to the clouds and re- turns to earth with a feeling of well- being. I am sorry ‘'my colleagues in the medical profession have not caught on to the fact that there is no better cure for neurathenics or convalescents than a cross-coun flight in a balloon.” A : Dr.' H'llge? thinks flyh;,g in .Il:id. oon is infinitely preferrable to ng in aa sirplane, AL . | e wndin WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION GELLAR OF SOVIET HOUSE IS PITTED WITH HIDDEN SAFES London Police Believed Searching Raided Offices | for State Document. VALUED BRITISH PAPER MISSING FOR MONTHS Many Days to Be Required to De- code Tons of Notes Seized From Russians. By the Associated Press, 1 LONDON, May 14.—The Soviet| House was still in the hands of the | police tonight; they will be working there continually over the week end. The search of the premises is far from complete, for the whole base- ment is honeycombed with secret | drawers and small but strong inner stael safes. Some of the documents removed, and there were tons of these, were | tonight under investigation at an im- | portant conference at the home office, in which representatives of the war and foreign offices particpiated in ad- dition to Sir William Horwood, com- missioner of metropolitan police; Sir Wyndham Childs and other heads of the detective force. Decoding to Take Many Days. No_information as to the nature of the documents is likely to be made public_before Monday, when Sir Wil- liam Joynson-Hicks, home secretary, will make another statement in Par- liament, and even then it is doubtful if much will be forthcoming, because the work of translating and decoding the seized documents will occupy many days. A new turn was given the affair today by a circumstantial statement that the raid was made with the hope of discovering an important state doc- ument, which has been missing for several months from the governs ment’s office, and which the most ex- haustive searches have failed to dis- cover. The police seem to have ob- tained information, or supposed that the missing document has found its way to the Arcos premises, but it was stated ‘tonight that the document had not been found. Immunity Question Raised. It is now evident that the raid be- comes a basis for a problem in diplo- matic immunity anpd that it also raised the question of the advantages of coordination between the various government departments, . The Russian contention is t dip- lomatic immunity should have pro- tected the trade delegation from such treatment, while on behalf of the British government it is contended that diplomatic immunity covers only individuals and that in the Soviet house it was difficult to define where the Arcos’ premises ended and the trade delegation’s habitat began. Opposition Is Sarcastic. ‘With regard to the government's position, the Liberal and Labor news- Papers are sarcastic at the expense of a government where the foreign office professes complete ignorance of what the home o is doing In a matter certain to invelve the most awkward diplomatic contentions. Taking the government’s state- ments at their face value, it seems that the home office acted without any attempt to consult with or in- form the foreign or other ministerial departments. The reply of Sir Aus- ten Chamberlain, foreign secretary, to the Russian charge's protest at the raid is being drafted and it is ex- pected to be chiefly directed at an exposition of the exact diplomatic status of M. Khinchuk, head of the Soviet trade delegation, according to the government'’s interpretation of the trade agreement concluded by the late Labor government. Strong Protest Expected. ‘The note will also contend that Ar- cos as a trading company has no more privileges than any other trading firm. A strong protest is expected from the Moscow government, and it is possible that Sir Austen will await receipt of this before replying to the note of M. Rosengolz, the Soviet charge in London. The Soviet em- bassy’s press bureau tonight issued a statement relating the difficulties First Secretary Bogomoloff had in get- ting into touch with the British for- eign secretary, and also pointing out that the manner in which the raid ‘was conducted afforded no guarantee that documents and materials which the police might have alleged to have found on the premises were really there before the raid was made. TROOPS GUARD BRITISH MISSION, Moscow Demonstrators Barred From Legation Quarter. MOSCOW, May 14 (P).—Russian political police and Red army troops, on foot and in motor lorries, guarded the streets leading to the Pritish and Polish missions this afternoon, while anti-British demonstartors, bearing denunciatory banners, paraded. The demonstrators _carried huge joluted caricatures of Sir Austen Chamberlain, British foreign secretary. The marchers were not permitted to approach the quarter containing the missions, before which special guards were posted. Late in the afternoon a fleet of 20 planes swooped in formation and cir- eled low over the routes to the mission buildings. . SMALL TORNADO VISITS ‘ NORTH CAPITOL REGION A miniature tornado playfully de- scended in the eighth police precinct territory last night, swept along in whirling dervish fashion for a few blocks, in the vicinity of North Capitol . WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 15 1927—126 PAGES. DRONE OF PLANE, THEN BLAST, WHISKERY VICTOR * INTHRILLING RAGE Displays Wonderful Stamina in Overtaking Field to Win Derby. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 14—With black storm clouds scudding over- head, a dark brown cloud came thun- dering down the stretch at Churchill Downs today and new American derby history was written when Whiskery, handsome, but somewhat contrary son of Broomstick 2d and of Prudery caught Osmond tiring in that last courage-testing sixteenth of a mile and won by the shortest of heads the fifty-third ‘renewal of the blue ribbon classi¢ of the American turf. Astride of Osmond was Earl Sande. the super jockey. The crowd was yelling like mad as it always yells when Sande is in the saddle. ‘“ ;}no on Sande! Come on you Sande! Ride him boy!” ‘When Sande rides, it is always Sande the crowd calls for. If there is just an ordinary boy at the reins, the crowd calls the name of the horse. That is a great tribute to Sande. Sande’s Great Effort Vain. And Sande rode today as he seldom has ridden before. He took the last fraction of«an ouhce out of the tiring Osmand. He lashed the bay colt with whip and spur. He helped him forward as only Sande can help a horse, But Whiskery was not to be denied. He came out of the pack of horses which had been trailing Sande and the Startling colt, Jock, from the stable of Ned McLean of Washington. Jock had given the record Derby crowd the thrill of its life. Going down the back stretch this son of the immortal Colin opened up a gap of 5 or 6 lengths, and it looked for all the world as if he was going to provide one of the biggest upsets in Derby history. All this time, however, Sande was lying snug in second place nursing his mount, Osmand, in front of the pack. The Harry Payne Whit. ney horses, Bostonian and Whiskery, were lost in the fleld of 13 trailing the leaders. At the turn into the stretch-Sande let Osmand have his head, and the big bay colt hosked it with Jock. Finally the two were neck and neck, and then Sande took the lead. All down the stretch it seemed that Sande and Os- mand must win. The 80,000 men and women in the Derby crowd were wildly excited. Sande always gets a big “play.” He has won two Derbies. It looked for a time as if he would tie the record by winning three. But coming far to the outside was Whiskery. . Whiskery Outgames Field. The light blue jacket and the brown cap of his jockey could be seen creep- ing up and up. Sande heard the thundering steps at his side. The goal was but a short distance ahead. If he could only lift Osmand home. But it was not to be. Whiskery, game to the core, came stronger and stronger. His head was Osmand’s saddle girth. Osmand was tired, oh so tired, but Sande would not let him quit. Os- mand gave his best. It was not enough. Whiskery crept up stride by stride. A few yards before the finish- ing wire was reached little McAtee, a veteran of the saddle, but never a popular hero, gave the colt a lunge and he was in front. Earl Sande knew his race was run. In the last stride he eased Osmand and it was Whisk- | ery who came back to the judge's stand to receive the floral horseshoe and to catch the plaudits of the lovers of a good game horse, The Whitney entry was favorite in the betting, but it was Bostonian, the winner of the Preakness at Pimlico last Monday, that caught the fancy of the turfmen. Bostonian is a beau- tiful black colt. When he paraded to | dinner at the Ma: TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—54 PAGES. General News—Local, National and Foreign. Schools and Colléges—Page 22. News of the Clubs—Page 23. Prince Georges County, third of a series of articles on interesting near- Ly communities—Page 35. Y. W. C. A. Notes—Page 38. D. A. R. Activities—Page 39. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 40. Around the City—Page 40. Army and Navy News—Page 40. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 41. Radio News and Programs—Pages 42 and 43. At the Community Centers—Page 43. Serial, “Red Head"—Page 46. Veterans of the Great War—Page 47. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 47. Financial News—Pages 48, 49 and 50. W. C. T. U. Notes—Page 52. PART TWO0—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Spring Books—Page 4. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 14. PART THREE—16 PAGES. play, Music—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages §, and 8. Fraternal News—Page 11. District National Guard—Page 12. Clvillan Army News—Page 12. PART FOUR—4 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Fea- tures, The Rambler—Page 3. Boy Scout News—Page 8. Girl Scouts—Page 3. PART SIX—12 PAGES. Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr, and Mrs.; High Lights of History. s ] SENSATIONAL LAW TRIALS ARE FLAYED American Legal Institute Hears Plea for “Business- like” Jurisprudence. Purely “businesslike” non-spectacu- lar administration of the criminal law in America was warmly advocated by Owen J. Roberts of the Philadelphia bar at the American Law Institute vflower last night. The Government counsel in the Fed- eral oil litigation dealt sledge hammer blows at the tendency of judges, law- yers, juries and newspapers to con- vert criminal trials into “melodramas.” Mr. Roberts declared that until the various elements that come into play on such occasion learn to view them purely and simply as “business,” the administration of criminal justice would continue to fall into decay and disrepute. Jury Service Issue. “Our so-called better class citizens,” the Philadelphia lawyer said, “must not indulge in the luxury of escaping jury service. When men and women do go into the jury box they must sit there not as spectators at a drama, but as intensive searchers after facts and the truth. Judges on their part, must see to it that the dramatic note, when trials. are in progress, is sup- pressed to the end that exclusively the cause of justice and truth may be for combat and the sharp play of wit. the post he was audibly admired by the throng. 'Although Whiskery had run third to Bostonian in the Preak- ness, he was all but overlooked by the | & crowd. Yet there were plent: experts who thought Whiskery s have won the Preakness. Mr, Whit: expected his horses to run one, in the Derby. Lt of and U streets, and, after slicing the |! top off a tree'and ripping the top on | I an automobile, disappeared into the upper reaches near First street and :M Rhode Island avenue. Reports to the eighth ' precinct station house from persons in the nel;hb:“rhoo{i mh:flflmd" 0 as a funnel of & cloud that twirled itself along little path, d no ser age, ‘and :&":-éun‘ ing: the Then directing his thought, as his distinguished fellow lawyers présent to sensational reporting of the * Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- “From Press to Home - 60 cents ¢ ELLOWSTONE. PARK! DESTROYED TREES 10 BE REPLACED %Lanham Gives Positive As- surance Planting Will Be Done in Fall. trees destroyed by the street widen- |ing program now under way would |be replaced early in the Fall was | Positive assurance that all shade | The Star is delivered Sunday morning to Wi per month. Tel and service will start immediately. () Means Associated Press. Within the Hour” every evening and FIVE CENTS. MEDCAL NEETHG OPEHS TOMORRON: 0000 ATTEND Elaborate Plans Completed for Reception and Enter- tainment of Delegates. LOCAL HOSPITALS WILL HOLD CLINICS Visiting Physicians Will Pay Tribute to Noted Deceased Members of Profession. The seventy-eighth annual session | of the American Medical Association | convenes here tomorrow. Approximately 10,000 physiclans | will attend. They are arriving today by train and automobile from ail parts of the United States. It is 30 years since the association last met in Washington and the return here is somewhat in the nature of a home- coming to a city' where a great dedl of American medical history has beent made. The convention will begin with the convocation of the house of delegates of the association in the auditorium at 10 a.m. During the morning there will be diagnostic clinics at the vark ous local hospitals where the most re- cent developments in medical science will be discussed and demonstrated. Special sectlons, into which the body. is divided for convenience in scien- fific meetings, will lunch at different downtown hotels. To Honor Noted Doctors. During the afternoon wreaths will be placed on the statues of distin. guished medical men in the parks and public buildings. Dr. Charles Maye of Rochester, Minn.,, will place & wreath at the base of the statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long, the Georgian. considered by many the first to use ether as an anesthetic, which was P s o b s last of s State. Dr. Charles W. Richardson of given yesterday by Clifford L. Lan- ham, superintendent of trees and parkings of the District. Already about 70 trees have fallen victims thus. far this year to the street-widening activities on Fif- teenth street on the west side of Mc- Pherson Square and at least 150 more have been condemned to die this week {o make way for the of Connecticut avenue, 'ween Du- pont Circlée and Florida avenue, Thir- teenth street between I street and street between Pennsylvania avenue and E street. Siiver Maplés Go. A majority of the trees already fell- ed as well as some of those to be de- stroyed this week Mr. Lanham re- gards as excellent specimens. There are among them, however, a number of the silver maples, which the super- intendent of trees and parkings has for years been trying to replace be- cause of the brittle nature of their wood. At one time silver maples ex- isted in greater numbers, than any other variety, but their planting was discontinued, and a systematic plan adopted to plant in their stead hard wooded and longer lived trees. Some of these silver maples line that section of Connecticut. avenue which is to be widened. In their place will be planted either red or pin oaks. Norway maples will replace the tre cut down on the other streets. It will be 10 or 12 years, however, accord- ing to Mr. Lanham, for these renew- als to provide any great amount of shade. | Acting as Executioner. I Severe criticism has been leveled at | Mr. Lanham for the destruction of the shade trees, but he explained that he is merely the executioner, as the orders for their cutting are issued by the District Commissioners. Mr. Lan- ham said he is just as sentimental about- Washington's shade trees as his_critics. Capt. C. Whitehurst, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, who has supervision over the street widening activities, also regrets the destruc- tion of the trees, but pointed out that such action is absolutely necessary to provide adequate traffic arteries. Aside from those streets. already listed for widening, no other widen- ing projects are contemplated by the Commissioners, except perhaps a small_section of €onnecticut avenue from Dupont Circle south to N street. ‘When the widening is completed on Connecticut _avenue from Dupont circle and Florida avenue, it will leave only one narrow gap, that be- tween N street and Dupont circle, but the widening of this section will not be undertaken this year. Wide Arteries Needed. ‘Wide north and south arteries are badly needed, Capt. Whitehurst said, to meet Washington’s peculiar traffic situation. For this reason the street widening program this vear as well as those of the past several years have been confined almost exclusively to north and south bound streets. Only two east and west streets have been widened—E street between Fifth and Thirteenth streets to provide an adequate highway from the business section to Union Station, and M street through Georgetown, which was made necessary - by the increased traffic through that section to the Key OPPOSES REMOVAL OF TREES. Resolution Unanimously Adopted by Daughters of 1812, s the 1 ot ireescin the District’s streetwidon: 1 program was unanimously adopted widening m' Massachusetts avenue and . Twellth | éral Washington will decorate the statue of Dr. Benjamin Rush, surgeon gen- eral of the central division of the Revolutionary Army and one of ths signers of the Declaration of Inde. pendence, This statue is in front of the Naval Hospital. Dr. Edward Map, tin will deliver the address. ? Dr. Charles S. White of Yashing. ton -ill deliver the address at of Dr, Samuel Gross, dlug: q hed medical teacher, e surgeon general’s m;gy on the Mall. Dr. Jabez 4““1& ‘Kansas City will place the wreai S b Edward R. will plice the wrea of Dr, William C. Gorgas, of the Parama Canal, and Robert E. Noble of the Army Corps will deliver the address. The bust of Walter Reed, erer of the cause of yellow be decorated by n - Cumming - the ‘The address will delivered by Col. Jpseph M. the Army Medical' Corps. busts are in the surgeon library at Seventh and B streets. . the same building is a painting of Dr, .!ol'mu 8. }?o“-l; designer of J 3 Hopkin: address will ‘ol. 3 Garrison of the Army Medical gm 9 Ship to Be Inspected. During the afterncon special ar- range:aents will be made for visitors at the surgeon general's library, at the Army Medical Museum,, at ter Reed Hospital and at the medical center, which is maintaf in connection with the latter institu. during the afternoon, there ' will be an inspection of the Navy hospital ship Relief, now at the Navy Yard. This ship is designed to bring the best hospital facilities to United States soldiers and Marines, wherever they are stationed. It is in command of Capt. Robert A. Dawes, with Comdr. C. B. medical officer. pe! sists of 252 men, of which 110 members of the Navy Hospital ., The, Relief will be open for inspee- tion until Friday. It is a vessel 3 9,750 tons with a capacity of 2 beds. It always accompanies the fleet and is equipped to care for any sort of case. N A delegation of physicians will' to Mount Vernon by automobile boat Monday afternoon and place‘a wreath on the tomb of George ‘Washington. Many visitors are ex~ pected to attend this ceremony. ‘v ' The golfers of the association will begin a tournament at the Columbia Country Club tomorrow morning. . Tuesday morning will ba devoted to a meeting of the House of Delé= ates and visits to St. Elizabeth's ospital at Congress Heights, for which special arrangements have been made. St. Elizabeth’s, in many respects, leads the world in later = developments of the sclence of psychiatry and is one of the fe most attractions in' Washington the medical men interested in this rapidly developing subject. Exercises at Arlington. In the afternoon there will he = exercises in Arlington Cemetery in . honor of the medical men who their lives in the World Wa total of 500 medical officers died uniform. * It is not generally kno that the first American 80 killed in France were members Army Medical Corps stationed at ti base hospital at Dannes-C; . which was bombed by enemy planes September 4, 1917.° The American soldier wounded in act was a physician, Capt. Lo Ganella, who became a casulty 14, 1917, a Dr. Wendell Phillips, p ing . Jesterday of the District gwe-orin Haehtors of 1815 st b i lard Hotel. - mhgnlmma.