Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Fair tonight much change in t Temperature p.m. yesterd: toda I*ull report on page 9. and Highest, lowest, 55, at 3 a.m. Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow emperature, 86, at 4:20 not Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 ah WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. “From Press t The Star’s carriel o Home Within the Hour” r system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,515 0, ¥ 30,33%. 10 omee We tered as second class matter shington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. 0., FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1927 — ORTY-EIGHT PAGES. s () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. LINDBERGH CROSSES | NOVA SCOTIAN COAST | LINE FLYING ON TIME “Lone Slim” Sighted Sailing Low and at High Speed on His Way to Paris. NARROWLY ES AS AIRPLANE Crowd denly ‘APES CRASHES s LEAVES GROUND | Cheer as Youthful Pilot Sud-| tarts on Adventurous Trip From Roosevelt Field. By the Associated Pre HALILL bergh, in his gr Novia Scoti on his non-stop flight from New Lindbergh crossed the Nova Mary, Digby County. napolis County. I'he Lindberg, a at 7:52 shortly Atlantic the reports. t hopping off fr be Ocean, re 10 o'clock, Easter 5 miles away. Roars Along at 100 Miles an Hour. His plane was roaring along flying low. Reported over Mcteghan, Nova, Scotia, at 1:20 o'clock, Atlantic time, the transatlantic flyer had su fully passed 200 miles of sea that lies between Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, where course on the great Arctic circle would then carry him to Newfoundland. “Lone Slim was apparently on his flight schedule. The early part of his land and fogs and mists. foundland and that weather conditions were clear while over the broad jump of the At- Ja. tic from Newfoundland to ITreland | a high pressure was causing ideal | conditions for flying. vessels ss- is and steam- =hips a z for the intrepid Am n, but are not expected to sight him until he swings his airplane ©ff the coast of Newfoundland. Arrives @ver Nova Scotia.- Lindbergh arrived over Nova Scotia at 1 i daylight time (11:25 Eastern standard time) and was reported over Springfield, Annapolis County, at 5 Atlantic davlight time (12:05 Eastern standard time). He was sighted over Milford at 2:50 o'clock, Atlantic daylight time. Lindbergh's plane was headed east My north as he passed over Milford, ‘which is 30 mil north of Hal . Instead of following the coast line, Lindbergh seemed to have decided to fly over the interior of Nova Scotia. NEAR DISASTER AT START. #Flyin' Fool” Almost s Wires Road Scraper. May | ain to the Mis but “Slim” to his buddies, set out to- day on an unmarked air trail for {Paris. The Missourian, who plays a lone hand, had no one to show him the way as he hurled his Ryan mono plane, the Spirit of St, Louis, into the lmuggy air above Roosevelt Field a ifew minutes before 8 this imorning. ! 7The “Flyin’ Fool,” as his friends f@ffectionately call him, is on his way but he just is. Five times in t [8.800 feet o the long runway over| lwhich he sped in making his take-off | fhe was close to disaster, twice by {inches. o'clock Barely Escape Crash. ‘At the very last, efore straightening out lof his course leading nor » ed by a load of 5,150 pounds cleaved a string of telegraph | A few second before it had al- st struck a road scraper as he was | tempting to get off the ground.| ree times the plane struck soft £pots and hounded into the air, alwavs | coming back to earth, and finally strajghte: out after seconds of hesitatior ich ed minutes to the fr g Hying field The s he was climbing for the start | his pl see spectator w anxious E slighest slip would have been ster, for Lindbergh knew I in ting his plan nd he tore down he finally left the r he was literally the is called a 1 had no easy off the gr Epeed yunway fearth ing Fool Wi the a he AX. Nova Scotia, May 20.—Capt. Charles coast on schedule time, shortly after 1 o'clo weather was clez o'clock this morning, was sighted next at Halifa | sponsoring the non-stop flight effort. | “et the | increased his | the | | stop_New York-to Lind- monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, reached the| ck today, | York to Paris. | Scotia coast line ncar Cape St.| He was next reported over Springfield, An-| He was flying low at great speed, according "-'iEl‘StWhile Confidence Crum- | £ rom Roosevelt Field, Long Island, | | n daylight time, heading for the | at 100 miles an hour and he was | Lindbergh’s Log 2 am.—Left New York for am.—Sighted over East Greenwich, R. I. 40 a.m.—Sighted over Hali- Mass. 12:25 p.m.—Reported Meteghan, Nova Scotia 1:05 a.m.—Reported Springfield, Nova Scotia. Time given is New York day- light time. over over here. The unfavorable local weather again made the verdict a doubtful one. The rain did not last long, and, | although a heavy mist hung over the field, the weather report was studied zain and then Lindbergh suddenly said “Let’s go” to S. J. Stumpf, a fel- low Missouri Nationsl Guardsman and representative of the St. Louis group The Spirit of St. Louis, which had been carefully gone ~ver by mechanics and found in perfect condition, was wheeled from a hangar which had been barred to all except the mechanics. ‘With a truck furnishing the mo- tive power, the monoplane was towed to the west end of Roosevelt Field, where the America Transoceanic Co., owner of the America, soon to start on a flight to Paris, has a long run- way used as a speedway for heavily loaded planes to taxi along to get the tremendous start necessary to get them into the ait. Sacrifices Safety Precaution. The youngster, who has declared that he believes in his plane, which shows that he has confidence in him- self, again justified his reputation for doing the unexpected. He stopped the plan when he reached the spot where the runway begins and began u5 in the rest of .his gasoline there. In turning the nose of his plane toward the northeast he was almost on his course from the beginning, but | he sacrificed a safety precaution. If he had started the other way and failed to get off the ground, or was forced to land after getting into the air, Curtiss Field, nearby, would have been a safety zone. Traveling light, with only a week’s | ipply of Army emergency rations, Slim” has no radio and will not be heard from until he lands in Paris. He will travel the great circle course, sllowing the compass all the wa hoped as he left that he would a break” off Newfoundland, where he was anxious to be able to see land markings and get his bear- ings for his dash across the ocean to | Ireland. Always a 1 man of few words, he| had even less to say than usual be. fore he left this morning. When the plane was being fueled and then care fully wiped, he sat in an automobile nearby with B. F. Mahoney of the Ryan Air Lines, builder of the plane. He seemed impatient to be off. THe half smiled when the weather bezan to clear, and when the sun finally came out just before he crawled into the one-seated cockpit to tunc up his motor, his smile became a broad grin. Chamberlin Wishes Him Luck. Clarence D. Chamberlin, who has Hour Supply. d 448 gallons Vi Carries "he plane carr fgasoline, and the Who believes fest who travels a he 45 hours on amount of fuel. fdoes not think that he will need it, ‘for he expects to land in Paris, with Tio stops on the way, in not more ture followed He appar had no t the we ke lo There Jperat than I been Tweat efter crowd watct day. e saw most of them ‘was atti z f1o defy Feront. } V. The Thopefu ing him closely when he and ready 3,000-mile Pt Go. Suddenly Decides to mo Slim’ kept t midnight was d that inutes. The in the Atlan d for, but in pegan falling i in e proveme wa me of | nd | hoped for several weeks to get off on a hop to Paris, wished Lindbergh zood luck, as did Comdr. Richard 1. Byrd, who will follow the trail blazed by the youth in a few days. Comdr. | Byrd’s careful preparations to have | the America act as escort for the | Spirit of St. Louis finally prevented | ar | out CHARLES L and the plane, the Sp in which he hopped off todz Paris Ml PANIC GRIPS FOLK IN ACADIAN AREA t. Louis, for non- les as Quiet Bayou Be- comes Raging Torrent. 0.—P; derisiv of the residents confidence the Acadiar supp with which country for aid were received at all concentration cente and workers were sent out to save the same persons who a few days ago re- fused to leave their homes when pleaded with by rescue workers. The cause for the sudden char was disclosed when refu at the camp at La Fayette they had not been afraid when flood warnings had been broadcast, when relatives and friends farther away Bayou Teche had spread the alarm, their confidence dwindled. appea Is Raging Torrent. Rayou Teche, which flow the heart of the Acadian counte ordinarily seems to have no current, has become a r: torrent from the backwaters of the Atel va and Bayou d ses breaks, and has overflowed its banks in many places. Residents of Arnaadville said that water had just reached that town yes- terday afternoon when they left. They added that it w coming up #0 rapidly that many probably would he cut off before they could get out and would have to be faken rway in hoats, The sudden rise in the Teche found the town unprepared. All wonien and children were ordered out jmnmedi- ately, while the men stayed behind to save what they could. Trainloads of Boats. As a result of the sudden change in front on the part of the threatened area, which is 100 to 130 miles north- west of New Orleans on the west side of the river, cilities have been seriously taxed. A trainload of boats and 35 men reached Lafayette last night and a ge 4, Column 1.) 350 U. S. MARINES LAND IN NICARAGUA 500 Expected as Additional Rein- forcement—Disarmament of Na- tive Soldiers Held Satisfactory. By the Associated Press. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, May Reinforcements of United States Ma- rines to the number of 350 were land ed at Corinto yesterday from the transport Argonne. Five hundred ad- ditional Marines are expected to ar- rive within the next day or so. Brig. Gen. Logan Feland of the United States Marine Corps said to- day that the disarmament of the Nic- guan soldie proceeding sat- isfactorily in accordance with the rangement ending the ecivil war between the Liberal and Con 20. May patches from San Salvs today by Pedro Zepeda, 20 (#).—Dis reporting th pected momen tween United States ordered from Granada to Rivas and a strong Liberal column which tho Ma- rines intended to disarm. Zepeda also had word from San avador that 5000 Liberals were hiding in the mountains organizing an attack against Managua. heretofore have | viewed possibilities of a flood. Frantic | velief | DOUGHTY “LONE WOLF OF 1 1 | i | 1 | | rvative | He | ext THE SKIES” Underwood. ON WAY TO PARIS Lindbergh and his moth; ULLET NARROWLY 1SSES GOV. SORLIE |Second Shot in Three Weeks Fired Into North Dakota «Executive Mansion. .. By the Associated Press. BISMARCK, Dak., May bullet fired through a window of the executive mansion here late yesterday pwly missed striking Gov. A. € it was revealéd at his 20. o say they have no clews as to who fired the shots. It second time within three weeks that bullets have been fired into the execu tive mansion, it was made known today. The Governor had just returned home from his office at the capitol vesterday and was standing directly in front of a large plateglass window, looking into the street, when a bullet red through the window. Splinters of gla nor on the hand, aid, and his first thought was that the chandelier the room had broken, but investig: tion disclosed a round hole about an inch in diameter in the window pane A lead bullet, somew flattened found under the executive’s armch; ELUSIVE STORE BANDIT e HELPS HIMSELF TO $100| Enters Chain Grocery, Orders Two | Into Back Room, Rifles Register. Huddling two employes into a back room at the point of a revolver, the swarthy chain store bandit for whom police have been searching for several weeks early this morning rifled the cash register of the Atlantic & Pacific grocery store at Third and B streets southeast, obtaining approximately $100 Paul northe: rve; young a ar nging 7:05 o'clock 0. Davis, 3054 Vista street st manager of the store, and Simms, 16 years old, his ant, report that they were the store for the at 5 this_morning, when the dor were given | bandit entered. They say he at once ordered them into a back room. While the bandit was in the act of ting money from the cash reg- iste ccording to the employes, a woman customer came to the store, but she did not sense what was go- ing on. Both Davis and Simms gave a de- scription of the hold-up man similar to that given by other chain store vic tims. They say he wore a new straw | vather than insured it. The America i 8t | flight when the commander decide | the youngster was ready to go. He | came down to find out just when he Jd tender his_services as escort found the flying horseman s6 advanced in his preparations that was able to be off before the giant cou ne I follow. Lindbergh evinced no excitement or nervousness before the hop-off. In the r, the young trail blazer, refully over weather charts, played with a stray Kitten. He { donned his flying suit about 7:30 an., {five minutes before his motor was | started. Before boarding the plane, he smilingly remarked to Chief Abraham after poring _c lice: “When T enter that cockpit, it's like | going into the death chamber. When T get to Paris it will be like getting a pardon from the governor.” I at Garden City for the weather to | clear sufficlently to give him what he considered a_chance to make the non- " (Continued on Page 4, Column 3) » kker could get back into the air to | Skidmore” of the Nassau County po- | ndbergh, who had waited a week | | | S | Charles A. Lindbe | hop off for his gre venture gripped 1l |interest today of all Wa | During the night the word went {abroad that the young fiyer was mal inp preparations tc wnd from that time onward newspaper offices and | press ociations _were bombarded with queries from all quarter The Navy has its own Lieut. Comd: Richard E. Byrd waiting in New Yor! for a propitious time to get away f Paris, but_the daring of Lindbergh in essaying the journey alone, ard in the | face of uncertain weathe the imagination of service officers as |it did to the man on the street. All Government ships in the path of Lindbergh's flight h..e been dered to report his progress and r der aid if the young flyer should me w.th misfortune. As in tha Nungesser- | Coli_attempt, Shipping Board vessel |in the Atlantic will report by radio direct to Washington any informatipn the s obtain, JLTE SR, wudacious tlantic ad insm and ngton | 442 hpog he mank Lindbergh‘s Great Adventure Grips Enthusiasm and Interest of Capital Although many of the Government’s ships are now plowing through the north Atlantic, some officials expressed doubt that these ships would get a glimpse of him if he veered to the Far North route chosen by Nungesser and Coli. Few vessels were believed to be in that lane because of the jce prevalent there at this time of the year. Directions to Shipping Board ves sels were to report any pertinent in- formation about the flight, such as the time when the plane might be sighted, its longitude and latitude, its apparent altitude and speed. In addi- tion, any news which might be of in- terest was ordered. Lindbergh's nonchalant jump from coast to coast with one stop convinced aviation experts here that he was to be reckoned with in any transatlantic air race. Today, on learning that he had started, the whole attitude of Washington could be summed up in the oft-heard expressio 1 A \-. + | unde home | is the | struck the Gover- | DOCTORS CONSIDER - DISEASE OF HEART rious Cosmetics Also Dis- cussed at Meetings. { The problems of heart | whieh annually causes one-fifth of all | deaths in ‘the United ates; of the nourished child, and of the in- | jurious effects of cosmetics held the attention of members of the American Medical Association in scientific | tion meetings today Most of the physicians will be out {of town tonight and many already have been called home to attend to busy practices. Mothers often are {o blame for the serious ailment, largely psychological, known as anoresia, in which children refuse to eat, Dr. €. Anderson Ald | vich of Winnetka, IiL. told the di ses of children’ section early t | afternoon Hunger Is Defined. Hunger, as defined by Dr. Aldrich, s the uncomfortable sensation caused by the contraction of the walls of an sec- | cal. “Appetite is the psycholog ment of recognition, by lon | tion of the two, that food in the stom- ch relieves the uncomfortable feel- something may happen upt the association be- tween the physical and p: {elements of the process nourishment. Aldrich gave directions for avoiding this unfortunate condition, vhich serlously interferes with the th of children. It is less com- mon in adults, but sometimes occurs. Above all' things, he sald, mothers shoulds avoid the “neighborhood baby race,” the attempt to make one child in we t faster than the child next door Children never should he made to eat more than they take willingly, he said. Often the first sign of anorexia, he explained, comes with the onset of a cold when the haby has some failing | in appetite and refuses to take all of hottle. He said a serious psycholo- 1 disassociation may result if it is sed on him Discusses Infant Feeding. All infants should be fed from the bottle oc: tinued, change s to avoid the sudden in methods of food-taking which comes _with the inevitable weaning. Small does of crange juice nd cod liver oil should be given from birth, so that the child will be accus- tomed to them when larger amounts are necessary. The baby’s food aliowance should never be increased, he added, when he i ning in weight, just because he appears hungry. Slightly older chil- dren should be left alone as much as possible at mealtime, and there should be no talk about food.a Advises Reading Books. Tivery mother, as soon as she is able. should reading books on _child psycholog: Aldrich said. When there is a choice of two foods the child should be given the one he likes, and fights at the table always should be avoided. The malnourished child w: ject of a per before the 5 tion by Dr. L. W. Sauer of Evanston, 1iL, who gave a model diet, consisting of nine feedings a day, for children 10 per cent or more under weight. In discussing Dr, Sauer’s paper, Dr. John A. Foote of Washington said: “Food-fighting is a condition of childhood which has come about as a penalty of our national prosperity. It exists to some degree in probably one- fourth of all children from 2 to 6 years lot age seen in private practice. It ch children are really ill the situa- tion may become desperate. “The vicious circle may be formed hy the child's refusal to eat, which must be broken in some way in order to effect the cure or even save life. When_these children were well they “(Continued on Page 2, Column 2. | Undernourished Child, Inju-| disease, | asionally from birth, he con- | 1 | JAIL FOR SINGLAIR - AND FINE OF $300 ORDERED BY COURT | Magnate Appeals From Sen- | tence, Including 3-Month Imprisonment. \UPPER COURT HEARING | | RESTS WITH DEFENSE | e | | Next Step in Case May Not Be| Heard Before January, if Sum- mer Rule Intervenes. Harry F. Sinclair, oil magnate of | New York, was sentenced today by | | Justice William Hitz of the District | | Supreme Court to pay a fine of $500 | and to serve three months in the Dis- | trict jail for contempt of the United ates Senate in refusing to answer four questions propounded to him dur- ing the oil investigation in 1024. He | noted an appeal to the District Court of Appeals gave bail of $3,000 | | vending a in the appel .nci | tribunal. United States Attorney Peyton Gor- | don moved for sentence at the con- vening of court and Attorney Martin | Littleton of w York, of defense | counsel, made a short tement, de- | claring that he had advised M n- air that the law stood i Congress had no power to compel t attendance of witnesses. This view »f the faw, he pointed out, was adopt- led by Judge Cochran in Ohio when he dismissed the service of the § 1te subpoena on Mal Daugherty United States Supreme Court, ton® said, wrestled with the p tion for more than two vear: reaching the decision uphol power of Congress Little- | posi. | before | the g Appeal Is Nofed The lawyer pointed out that s no moral turpitude involved the refusal of his client, on advice, to answer the Senate tions, nd that the m which Sinelair had been a technical violation of “mere irregularity He court not to impose a sentence that | would bring the blush of shame l!y‘: Sinclair and be a reflection on his family. Attorney ( there | in his ques- P. Hoover, when asked by the court if he wanted to supplement the remarks of Col. Litt ton, declared he had nothing to say. Sinclair was then cdlled on by the court and said he had nothing further to add. He remained standing while the court referved briefly o the d cision in the Mal Daugherty c binding on him. and announced the sentence of $500 fine and imprison- ment for three months. Attorney Hoover gave notice of the appead, aud, the bail bond being ar- ranged, the parties left the courtroom. Sentence Is Surprise. The question of when the case will be heard in the Court of Appeals will depend entirely on counsel for the defer They have 20 days in which to prepare the record on appeal and 90 days in which to docket the case in the appellate tribunal. Should they desire to expedite the hearing by de- clining to take advantage of the Sum- mer rule of the court, the case might be prepared for hearing by the Novem- ber term. Under the Summer rule counsel could delay filing their brief until October, in which event a hear- ing prior to next January would be unlikely. The sentence caused some surprise at’ the Courthouse, where it was generally regarded that the term of imprisonment would not be made to exceed the minimum of one month which had been imposed in the ¢ Chapman, the 1 sentenced for con- ite in 1896. The fine { $300 was the general guess about the building, but the predictions as to the term of imprisonment varied from one month to four months, ing Mr. Sinclair to court- 1, representative of the air oil companies in Mexico, who scently left that country. he four questions which Sincl: on advice of Martin W. Littleton, his counsel in the trial and also at the time of his appe: before the Senate comumitte ch 22, 1924, refused to answer, and as they ap peared in the indictment, each being embodied in a_count, are: “Senator Walsh—Mr. Sinclair, T to interrogate you about a ing which the com- knowledge of or reliable information at the time when you had heretofore appeared before the com mittee and with respect to which you must then have had knowledge, I| refer to the testimony given by Mr. Bonfils concerning a contract that you made with him touching the pot Dome. I wish you would tell | hout that. 'Senator Walsh—Since you were on stand last, John C. Shaffer told us about an agreement between your- selt and Secretary Fall, under which Mr. Shaffer was to receive from you a portion of the tel (Continued on Page 4, Calumn LONDON IS SILENT ON MISSING PAPER War Secretary Declines to Enlight- en Laborite in Commons on Soviet Raid Cause. rt | | | By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 20.— Laming ‘Worthington-Evans, secretary of state for war, added a new mystery angle today to the raid of a week ago on Soviet House in London, headquarters of the Soviet trade delegation and Arcos, Ltd., the Russian commercial organization. Replying to a question by Arthur Ponsonby, Laborite, in the House of Commons this morning, Sir Laming announced that it would not be in the public_interest to discuss the missing state document which caused Scotland Yard to make the raid. Mr. Ponsonby had asked the war secretary to “state what step has been taken to investigate the alleged theft from the war office of a secret document said to have been taken to the Arcos offices; whether any official in the war7 office has been found guilty of ndgligence or connivance, tle over prohibition enforcement and | | the | tion enforcement. Mob Holding Storm Due to Wireless Set,‘ Raid Owner’s Home By the Associated Press. DANZIG, Poland, May with knives and (he inhabitants of village near Danzig broke house of a wealthy lan named Zy nski, inter kill him and de a receiv set which they believed w responsible v viol thunderstorm that raged th out the night Hearing the appr mob, which number Zyrezemski and the his family and servants floor, pretending they were struck htning. Viewing the ap- | ¢ dead bodies, the peasants | n and fled TS I 0.—Armed pons, Polish the ywner to wireless other small w 1 for h- | ch the d about 1,000 members of ell to the ANDREWS T0 QUIT N DRY SHAKE-UP EXPECTED TODAY Appointment of Doran as|: Successor to Haynes Also Anticipated. The resignation of Assistant Secre ta of the Treasury Andrews, the dropping of Acting Prohibition Com- missioner Roy A. Haynes and appoint- ment of Dr. James M. Doran prohibition commissioner probably will be announced late today b of the Treasury Mellon. This sweep ing chan: 1 enforcement, the most aching since Gen. Andrews took hold two vears cgoein April, 1925 was confidently expected to be made lay by the administration, following long-drawn-out and sational bat- Haynes in particular. | tary Mellon attended a cabinet meeting this morning at the White House, where it was thought probable | he laid his entire program before the | President and his advisors The expected r tion Andrews, an Arm: perience, it wa ciause an even gre the final disi petrel, R Job for Haynes Reported. Haynes, it was reported in authentic cles today, probably will be offered well paid job in_the AntiSawon League, which has been his faithful friend and most ardent supporter since the beginning, in spite of alms unanimous opposition from ever other source Whether sSecretary Mellon would name a successor to Gen. Andrews today. was not clear prior to his fo mal announcement, et for 4 o'cloc The effective date of Gen. Andrews resignation was the subject of specu- ion, but it was generally believed t it would be very shortly. The resignation uf Assistant Secre- Andrews and the ousting of were for widely different rea- sons. Gen. Andrews, from the begin- ning of his administration as co-ordi- nator of the Government agencies in- terested in prohibition enforcement, has _enjoyed the entire respect and confidence of Secretary’ Mellon and President Coolidge. Resignation Long Predicted. 1t was belieted his resignation, long predicted, was largely for personal reasons, and it was known that he felt that his mission of reorganizing the Treasury enforcement branches virtually had been completed. Gen. Andrews succ . with the support of the admin! ), in_establishing new Bureau of Prohibition and the Bureau of Customs and the set- ting up of a coordination between these two bureaus and the United States Coast Guard for enforcement purposes. Haynes, on the other hand, received a final blow from the administratio which four times before had tried to drop him, but had been prevented by the Anti-S8aloon League, according to documentary evidence recently d closed. Haynes' methods prov troublesome and unsatisfactory not | only to his superiors but to a great | majority of his immediate associates the administration feel White for Assistant. Haynes had been holding the job of acting prohibition commissioner of the new prohibition unit created by but in reality he was listed on the roll tant prohibition com- | ioner. This position. it is under stood, will be given to Maj. Herbert H. White, brought into the service by Gen. Andrews. Maj. White, who at one time was prohibition adminis- trator for the District of Columbia and Maryland, has had long experience not only in the Army but in prohibi- of Gen f long ex- anticipated. would sensation than of that stormy The two deputy prohibition com- missioners, it is understood, will be| those now holding the positions, James | Jones, for prohibition, and Col. L. Nutt, for narcotics. 1 Haynes has been prohibition com- missioner for several years, having headed the prohibition unit which preceded the Prohibition Bureau. NINE SENTENCED TO DIE. Penalty for Mistreatment of Peas- ants in Asiatic Russic. BOKHARA, Asiatic Russia, May 20 (P).—Nine persons were sentenced to death today in connection with the mistreatment of peasants here. One of the condemned men is Meutdin Max- um, a former Soviet official. About 20 sthers were convicted, receiving prison sentences ranging from three to eight years, (The arrest of many police officials in the Bokhara region was reported some time ago. They were charged with gross abuse of thelr authori torturing and even killing persons ar- rested.) HOP OFF FOR INDIA. Two British Flyers Attempting Non-Stop Trip. "RANLEY. gland, May 20 (P).— “light Lieuts. C. R. Carr and L. S. M. illman of the Royal Air Force started at 10:42 o'clock this morning in an attempt to make a non-stop flight to India. They are using a special Hawker-Horsley plane and hope to cover the distance, about 4,000 miles, in 48 hours. G | Board | stint | teachers | ready during th FUND OF §13.431.93 SOUGHT FOR 1228-29 BY SCHOOL BOARD Commissioners Get Budget, Showing Slight Drop from 1926 Request. NEED FOR ADDITIONAL TEACHERS AGAIN CITED $4,791,900 Asked to Provide Items in Five-Year Program—Repair Provisions Greater. timates for the needs of the pub- lic school system and carrying on of the five-vear school building program during the filscal year of 19 N totaling $15,431,943, were transmitted to the District Commissioners this afternoon by the Board of tion. The estimates are slightly less than those for the fiscal year of 1 . which aggregated $1; 3 more than the $11998, ppropriated by Congress last estimates reveal the of Education and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, fecl they need the additional which they requested last vear, but which were eliminated by the House District appropriations subcommittee, whose members were confused by erroneous information furnished them from outside sources $15,700 For New Teachers. An item of $4; arried in the estimates for the needed additional Dr. Ballou explains that additional teachers were ar, only about 50 ad- e requested at this ct that the Gordon Garnet Junior High Schools, which were scheduled for opening dur- i the next fiscal year, will not be t tin A total of $4.791.900 is asked for in the estimates to cover items in the five-year program. is ap- proxima $2 than 9 0 actual m in the last that F progr ation. It is noted that clude items of $49 be necessary to out school build- ing _improvements recommended by | the Health Department, and $58,350 to carry out improvements recommended by the Fire Department. These ftems are in addition to the usual item to cover repairs and improvements to buildings and grounds, which amounts to §$564 in the current estimates, or $14,775 more than the item in the preceding estimates Increases are carried in all but 12 of the items included in the estimates. A major reason, however, why the estimates are slightly loewer than they were last vear is that last year an item of $100,000 was carried for fire- proof curtains at the Central and Dun- bar High Schools. Another sizable decrease is in the estimate for text books and supplies, which drops from 000 last year to $125,000 for 1929. American, community center, night and vacation schools will* be carried on the same high plane as in the past. eases in the estimates are carried I three of these items. Carries Salary Increase. An increase of $326,379 is carried | for salaries of teachers and librarians, Jue to the increased salar uthor- The appropriation during the £ 3 2 was $5.662,640, while the appropriation in the cur- rent estimates is $5,989,019. Needed additional salaries for em- ployes in the department of school at- ance and work permits is carried in the tes. Th i te for “(Con on Page 2, Column 17.) chool appropri- the estimates fin- 402, which would 'HESSE PLANS NEW POLICE PRECINCT Proposal to Cover Portion of Elev- enth District Territory East of Anacostia River Considered. Establishment of a new police pre- cinet to cover a portion of the terri- tory now served by the eleventh precinet, which patrols the section of the District lying east of the Ana- costia River is being considered by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police. Maj. Hesse believes that the eleventh precinct is entirely too large and should be divided. Its present boundaries are 11 miles long and 4 miles wide. The new precinct, which would be known as fifteen, should, in Maj. Hesse's opinion, be located in the vicinity of Benning. He would di- vide the boundaries between this new precinct and the eleventh pre- inet, at Pennsylvania avenue. A recommendation for establish- ment of the new precinct probably will be made to th: Commissioners within the next few dwys, together with requests for subtiantial in- creases in motor cycle ané “flivver” patrols, Maj. Hesse indicated. He wants the motor cycle patrol in- creased from 75 to 90, and auto- mobilc ; added to his “flivver” patrol. There are now nine automobiles used for patrol work, exclusively in the outlying sections. Maj. Hesse said that with six additional “flivvers" he would be able to use some of these machines for patrol work in the thickly settled residential sections. CABINET TAKES OFFICE. Few Changes Made Since April Elections in Austria. VIENNA, May 20 (#).—Chancellor Seipel's fifth cabinet took office last night. Only two changes were made in the ministry as constituted before the parliamentry elections of April 24, in which the chancellor obtained a majority of 23 seats. Dr. Franz Dinshoefer, vice chancellor in the previous cabinet, is minister without portfolio, and Karl Hartleb of the Agrarian party is vice chancellor. In the speech outlining his pro- gram Chancellor Seipel foreshadowed efforts to put industry and agrisulture ind whetherfany disciplinary ion - will be v.akz in this connection. Radio Programs_Page 41 on their feet, reduce taxation and improve commercial arrangements with _neighboring States. ™