Evening Star Newspaper, May 23, 1927, Page 1

(0.8 Weather Rhowers And rms tonight much change in t Ter tod perature -1 rer « TWEATHER. Bureau Forac probably and tomorr emperature, fighest, K0, At thunder. W, not At noon 5 a.m. today. a. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10,11 & 12 ch ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n Star. “From Pre The Star's every city block and tion is delivered to W as fast as the papers carrier | to Home Within the Hour” system covers | the regular ed [ Jashington homes are printed Saturday’s Ci day’s Cir n, 116,019 111,952 o= BRTIN No. 30, post office, Wa Entered as second class matter shington, D. . LINDBERGH HEAPED WITHHONORS IN DAY OF GLORY IN PARIS Frenchmen Take Modest Flyer to Hearts as Nation Rejoices at Feat. DECORATED BY FRANCE, BESIEGED BY CROWDS Notables Call as Messages and Of- fers Pour In—Made Distance Non-Stop Record. viated Press. | PARIS, May Lindbergh came, | was seen and has conquered the hearts of all Frenchmen. From state- 1y home to humble cottage, the feat of this daring aviator in flying alone from New York to Paris was still the rsation today, while By the pame was heard repeatedly. When today President Doumergue on Lindbergh's breast the of the Legion of Honor, the dent was in a real sense acting in the name of the whole nation. It was a day of glory for the modest ‘American Aero Club of France arranged to confer its great gold medal on him late this afternoon. Premier Poincare was to receive him jmmediately afterward. He was voted an “honorary of the high- est institution of learning in France, the Superior Normal School. Crowds gathered at the American embassy. his temporary home, and at every other point where he might pos- sibly appear, and venders along the boulevards shouted a new song Write ten over night in his honor. Congratulations Pour In. Ambassadors and other notables called to see him and messages of felicitation continued to pour in from all parts of the globe. So many tele- grams and cable messages have been received that they have mnot all been classified, and bushels of letters re- main to be opened. : A line-up of motion picture repre- gentatives and theatrical promoters have been waiting outside the embassy in an endeavor to get to him, all talk- ing in large sums. i‘igures homologated at the Aero Club show that Lindbergh not only is the first man to make an uninter- rupted flight between New York and Paris, but that he holds the long-dis- ta non-stop _record, the journey having covered 3,647 miles. t It is felt everywhere that this fine young American has done more ira few hours to promote genuine sym- pathy between the two peoples than Volumes of speeches and reams of literature. i The story of Lindbergh, his life, ambitions, flight experiences, and par- ticularly the details of his crowning achievement, fills the newspapers to | the exclusion of all else, for the sim- | ple reason that nobody wants to read sbout anything else. i Ts Bombarded With Invitations. The American embassy, the avi- ator’s temporary quarters, is crowded | with floral offerings and is being bom- |barded with invitations of a diversi- fled nature. It seems to be the am- ition of every aspiring hostess to ave him at her table, of the organ- ers of sports meetings o have him Ipreside, of scientific societies to have Vhim lecture, of vaudeville promoters to have him give performances. Lind- bergh says he would like to please | everybody, but is obliged to admit it 38 impossible to accede to even one- tenth of the reques He will be uided in acceptances by Myron T. errick, the American Ambassador, who is acting as his social adviser. Lincbergh’s first act this morning was to visit a tailor for an outfit so as to appear to advantage at the Jong series of ceremonies in store for him. The first of these is a recep- this this afternoon at the French Aero Club, the invitation to which he ac- cept before he left the United State At the club he will make the acquaintance of France’'s aerial elite and be presented with the club’s great gold medal. Having come to France with a very limited wardrobe—only his flying suit, with a toothbrush and razor tucked in a pocket—Lindbergh found himself faced with the clothes question when he arose yesterday; hence his hurried visit to the tailor. He had to wear one of Ambassador Herrick's shirts and an embassy footman was able to supply a blue suit, the fit of which deft much to be desired. Visits Nungesser's Mother. Admiration for the flver from the ‘west was heightenéd by the simple kindliness with which he sought in the hour of his triumph to bring a little hope and comfort to the sorrow- ing mother of a less fortunate broth- or pilot—Capt. Nungesse “I wanted to make my first call on the mother valiant friend, ‘Capt, Nur he told her as he twisted his hat in his hands. “I knew" _‘Charles in New York and admired his «ourage. 1 still have hope for him. I ®sk you to have confidence that he ‘will yet be found—my own mother ad confidence that I would be safe at_the end of my journey.” Mme. Nungesser took him into her arms. They were in the same room where she and her son had had their \Jast meal together, only a short time before he started oh his transatlantic flight with C: f pinned i French woman #knows how to support suffering and innxx“l:\-s." When Lindbergh left, there were tears in his eyes. Phores Mother in Detroit, v Lindbergh telephoned his gmother in Detroit. When asked what t:n said to her, he replied: “Oh, 1 told er the flight went off better than I Whad expected.” To the question as to what he asked ber, he answered: “Oh, just how things {were at home. She said everything ‘svas lovely.” As Lindbergh was enjoying a 10- hour sleep in a room in the embassy, messages of congratulation and offe of all sorts were piling up, while as igoon as the city began to stir itself after an exciting night, American appeared everywhere. By order of Premier Poincare the Stars and Stripes were flown over the Louvre _Palace and the French foreign office, -Jt was the first time the American temblem was raised at the foreign office \Continued on -Page ‘5, ‘Column $) WASHINGTON, D. «( MONDAY; MAY 3, y —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. SHIP,NOT LUCK, WON LINDBERGH ASSERTS Modestly Shares Credit With Plane and Engine Builders—Tells of Hazards in Flight. BY CAPT. CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. By Cable to The Star and New York Times. PARIS, May 22—Well, here I am in the hands of American Ambassador Herrick. From what I have seen of it, I am sure I am going to like Paris. It isn't part of my plans to fly my plane back to the United States, although that doesn’t mean I have finished my flving career. If I thought that was going to be the result of my flight across the Atlantic, you may be sure I would never have under- taken it. Indeed, I hope that I will be able to do some flying over here in Europe—that is, if the souvenir hunters left enough of my plane last night. Incidentally, that reception 1| got was the most dangerous part of the whole flight. If wind and storm had handled me as vig- orously as that reception com- mittee of 50,000 I would never have reached Paris, and wouldn’t be eating a 3 o’clock-in-the-after- noon breakfast here in Uncle 1Sam’s embassy. There’s one thing T wish to get straight about this flight. They call me “Lucky,” but luck isn’t enough. As a matter of fact, I . - had what I regarded and still re- CAPT. LINDBERGH. gard as the best existing plane to make the flight from New York to Paris. I had what I regard as the best engine, and I was equipped with what were in the circumstances the best possible instruments for making such efforts. I hope I made good use of what I had. That I landed with considerable gasoline left means that I had recalled the fact that so many flights had failed because of lack of fuel, and that was one mistake I tried to avoid. Weather Almost Made Him Turn Back. All in all, T couldn’t complain of the weather. It wasn’t what was predicted. It was worse in some places and better in others. In fact, it was so bad once that for a moment there came over me the temptation to turn back. But then I figured it was prob- zln)blv just as bad behind me as in front of me, so I kept on toward aris. As you know, we (that’s my ship and I) took off rather sud- denly. We had a report somewhere around 4 o'clock in the afternoon before that the weather would be fine, so we thought we would try it. We had been told we might expect good weather mostly during the whole of the way. But we struck fog and rain over the coast not far from the start. Actually, it was comparatively easy to get to Newfoundland, but real bad weather began just about dark, after leaving Newfoundland, and continued until about four hours after daybreak. We hadn’t expected that at all, and it sort of took us by surprise, morally and physically. That was when I began to think about turning back. . In Serious Danger From a Sleet Storm. Then sleet began, and, as all aviators know, in a sleet storm one may be forced down in a very few minutes. It got worse and worse. . There, above and below me, and on both sides, was that driving storm. I made several detours trying to get out of it, but in vain. I flew as low as 10 feet above the water and then mounted up to 10,000 feet. Along toward morning the storm eased off, and I came down to a comparatively low level. I had seen one ship just before losing sight of Newfoundland, and'I saw the glow of several others afterward through the mist and storm. During the day I saw no ships until near Ireland. 1 had, as I said, no trouble before I hit the storm I referred to. We had taken off at 7:55 in the morning (daylight-saving time). The field was slightly damp and soft, so the take-off was longer than it would have been otherwise. I had no trouble get- ting over the houses and trees. I kept out of the way of every obstacle and was careful not to take any unnecessary chances. As soon as I cleared everything the motor was throttled down to three-fourths and kept there during the whole flight, except when I tried to climb over the storm. Cl:eckeg His Course at Newfoundland. Soon after starting I was out of sight of land for 300 miles, from Cape Cod over the sea to Nova Scotia. The motor was act- ing perfectly and was carrying well the huge load of 451 gallons of gasoline and 20 gallons of oil, which gave my ship the greatest cruising radius of any plane of its type. 1 passed over St. John’s, Newfoundland, purposely going out of my way a few miles to check up. I went right through the narrow pass, going down so low that it could be definitely estab- lished where I was at that hour. That was the last place I saw before taking to the open sea. 1 had made preparations before I started for a forced landing if it became necessary, but after I started I never thought much about the possibility of such a landing. I was ready for it, but I saw no use thinking about it, inasmuch as one place would have been about as good or bad as another. Despite the talk about my periscope, I had no trouble in regard to visibility. The view I had on both sides was quite good enough for navigating the ocean, and the purpose of the periscope was only to enable me to see any obstacle directly in front of me. The periscope was useful in starting from New York and landing in Paris. Other than that I used it very little. I kept a map in front of me and an instrument showing practically where I was all of the time. Flew Over an Iceberg Zone. Shortly after leaving Newfoundland I began to see icebergs. There was a low fog and even through it I could make out bergs clearly. It began to get very cold, but I was well prepared for cold. " I had on ordinary flying clothing, but I was down in the cockpit, which protected me, and 1 never suffered from the weather. Within an hour after leaving the coast it became dark. Then I struck clouds and decided to try to get over them. For a while I succeeded, at a height of 10,000 feet. I flew at this height until early morning. The engine was working beautifully and I was not sleepy at all. I felt just as if I was driving a motor car over a smooth road, only it was easier. Then it began to get light and the clouds got higher. I went under some and over others. There was sleet in all of those clouds and the sleet began to cling to the plane. That worried me a great deal and I debated whether I should keep on or go back. I decided I must not think any more about coming back. 1 realized | that it was henceforth only a question of getting there. It was too far to turn back. The engine was working perfectly and that cheered me. 1 “Lucky” Lindbergh, the intrepid birdman, being cong ratulated by Ambassador Myron T. Herrick in front of the American embassy, in Paris, while a crowd of rejoicing Frenchmen stood by. This picture was taken by airplane to London and from there cabled to New York by the Bartlane process. PINEDO TAKES OFF; INDIA FLIGHT FALS Italian Aviator Leaves New- foundland—Britons Picked Up in Persian Gulf. By the Associated Press. TRESPASSY, N. F., May 23.—With the cheers of a motley and shivering little group of townspeople and news- paper men still ringing in his ears, Col. Francesco De Pinedo, Italian four-continent flyer, bade farewell to the hemisphere at dawn this morning and hopped for the Azores and home, A light west wind was blowing as the great white Santa Maria II rose slowly from the water of the harbor, circling the bay in spirals until an altitude estimated to be about 1,000 feet had been reached. Then, with a roar, De Pinedo turned his plane's nose to the southeast and spun swiftly through the morning mists and out of sight over the Atlantic Ocean. Refreshed by a long rest and ap- parently reconciled to two previous delays, which had detained him here much longer than schedule, De Pinedo was confident -when he got into his plane. An Italian assistant had put everything in perfect order, while a tug from 8t. John's T the aviator that he would bé agle.?o get his machine into proper position quickly. Fog Adds to Danger. The rcad from Rome and back, which has carried him across the broad South Atlantic, over the im- penetrable jungles of Brazil, above the stretches of Caribbean Sea and into Arizona, brought him today to one of the most perilous portions of the long adventure, since it meant that the treacheries of fog on the Grand Banks must be successfully negotiated and more. than 1,600 miles of water con- quered before victory was grasped. But the Italian aviator predicted that he would be in Casdelo Branco, Port the Azores, within 12 hours, where, according to Capt. Rocha, the Portuguese consul at St. John's, who spent yesterday here with De Pinedo, the inhabitants plan a rousing recep- tion for the fiyer. He left at 8 o'clock local time, or 3:58 Kastern Standard time. De Pinedo arrived here last week by easy stages from Montreal, after completing his North American tour, which was marked by the destruction of the original Santa Maria by fire by a careless cigarette smoker in Arizona. A second plane was rushed from Rome to New York, and the intrepid fiyer resumed his way. Originally he had hoped to reach Rome by May 24, but his revised schedule calls for the end of the tour in two day: Drops Excess Equipment. In making preparations for the hop to the Azores De Pinedo jettisoned his radio and other excess equipment, devoting all available surplus weight power to fuel. Spare parts and other things _geherally regarded as neces- (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.) COOLIDGE TO VIEW U. S. FLEET IN JUNE Hundred Ships to War to Pass Before President in Hamp- ton Roads. By the Associated Press. President Coolidge will review the United States fleet from the yacht Mayflower at Hampton Roads, Va., about June 4, it was announced to- day at the Navy Department. The fleet, consisting of more than 100 vessels, will leave Newport, R. I, May 2§, and arrive off Hampton Roads June 1. The presidential re- view is expected to take place just be- fore the battleship and scouting fleets break up and leave for their regular stations. First Sight of Fleet. The review will give Mr. Coolidge his first sight of the fleet. Tess than a fortnight after the date of the review America, Great Britain and Japan will go into conference at Geneva on invitation of the President to consider means of reducing the naval armaments. The armament conference has been called for June 20, and it is the hope of Mr. Coolidge that it will outline a program for cur- tailing construction of the lighter ves- sels. Details Not Arranged. Det have not been arranged for the President’s trip, but it is believed he will go to Norfolk from here by train and there board the Mayflower, which probably will be sent down in was going along a hundred miles an hour and 1 knew that if the motor kept on turning I would get there. After that I thought advance. —_— - SLAYING OF FILIPINO SULTAN REPORTED Sa Raya Said to Have Been Shot to Death in Battle With Constabulary. By the Associated Press. MANILA, May 23 (P).—A dispatch to the Times from Dansalan, Lanao Province, today said a constabulary patrol there had killed the Sultan Sa Raya, one of the most important lead- ers in the Philippines. Sa_ Raya followers about a year ago killed eight constabulars and burned a schoolhouse, Since then they have been hunted. . NEW FLOOD TRAPS 200 IN LOUISIANA Danger to Levees Increases as Streams Rise After Torrential Rains. By the Associated Press. NEW ° ORLEANS, May 23.—Tor- rential rains, which have added to the hazard of the levee fight along the east bank of the upper Atchafala- ya, were imperiling many lives less than a 100 miles away in the lower west basin of the same river today. Sudden rises of the Vermilion River and Bayou Heche brought by five to eight inch rains, augmenting the flood waters already pouring into the streams, carried them out of their banks last night into the lowlands be- tween Lafayette and Breaux Bridge. * Between 100 and 200 persons in the bottom lands along the Vermilion were believed trapped by the sudden rise of the stream and hoats were dis- patched to their rescue. Rise Comes Suddenly. The rise of the streams came with startling suddenness: hundreds of per- sons who had delaved abandonmént of their hqmes awaiting a nearer ap- proach of ¥the flood waters rolling down the Atchafalaya basin still were in the district. Late yesterday after- noon the lowlands were dry and the streams within their ban Eight hours later they had broken from their beds and were overspreading the lowlands, blanketing them to a depth of from two to five feet. The water still was rising at the rate of a foot an_hour. Breaux Bridge was completely cut off from comunication with the rest of the world except by boat. Southern Pacific branch lines tracks in the town were two and a half feet under water. The town of Vermilion also was under rapidly rising water, 0il Fields Inundated. So swift was the current sweeping through the section that one man who was caught in the waters had most of his clothing torn away by the stream before he could struggle back to dry land. The oil fields and sa't mines of Anse la Butte were reported covered. F¥or the first time in history St. Martinsville, an old town, rich with the traditions of Acadians, was dis- appearing beneath the flood. Water already was lapping about the base of the Evangeline Oak and was ex- pected to enter the 160-year-old church. All_ women and | children were re- ported safely out of St. Martinsville. Many of them had fled to a refugee camp installed at Greenville, but the driving rains flooded the site chosen for their quarters there and they were again forced to seek shelter from the waters, removing to the concentra- tion camp at Lafayette. The’ popula- tion of the camp there already had been swollen to 15,500. Still Hope for Sugar. Bowl. The fight along the east bank levees of the upper Atchafalaya still was successful, the citizens were hopeful of saving the rich parishes of the “Sugar Bowl” from the flood. A rag- ing current was tearing fiercely at the sodden walls of mud protecting Pointe Coupee and the other four parishes between the Atchafalaya and the Mississippi Rivers, however, and a desperate fight was being main- tained. This point was about 120 miles northwest of New Orleans and on the west bank of the Mississippi. The crest of the flood had passed on the lower Mississippi, Dr. I. M. NORRIS ASKS DELAY ON GREAT FALLS Opposes Private Develop- ment Until Congress Acts on Proposed U. S. Project. The Federal Power Commission was requested today by Senator Norris of Nebraska to postpone action on any application for private development of the waterpower of Great Falls until Congress gives further consideration to the long-pending proposal to have the Government harness this nearby waterfall. In a letter to the commission from Waupaca, Wis., where he is passing the Summer, Senator Norris tells the Federal power agency that Congress already has expended large sums of public funds on suverys and plans for development of Great Falls by govern- mental action, and announced his in- tention of bringing the question once more to the attention. of the legisla- tors as soon as Congress returns in December. The question of utilizing the falls for power purposes in Washington and vicinity has been before Congress and local organizations periodically for many years without reaching the stage of final action, and the issue has been dormant during the past few years. Back in Limelight. It was brought back into the lime- light 10 days ago, when the Potomac River Corporation of Wilmington, Del., applied to the power commission for a preliminary permit to develop a powerful hydro-electric plant at the falls, with additional facilities at Charles Town and Harpers Ferry, W. Va. The letter sent to the commission today by Senator Norris is the first definite indication that the filing of this recent application is likely to revive congressional discussion of the Great Falls project next Winter. It was learned today that letters urging postponement of action on the pending application for development of water power at Great Falls until Congress meets also have been writ- ten to the commission by Senators Dill of Washington, Johnson of Cali- fornia and Senator-elect Blaine of ‘Wisconsin, Senator Dill suggested that a few months of delay would not be serious, even if it is to be developed finally by private interests. Sees Object Lesson. Senator Johnson said it has been regarded by some that in view of its location the development of Great Falls would serve as an object lesson for the Nation, and concluded by recommending postponement of action until December. Under its rules the commission waits eight weeks before taking up an ap- plication for a preliminary report, and it was said today that an even longer time may elapse before the staff of the commission is ready to lay the pending application before the com- mission itself. A preliminary permit would not be authority to proceed on the project, but serves to give a priority to the permitee. The letters of the Senators will be laid before othe commission when the entire matter of the application is taken up. Senator Norris, who has been an active advocate in Congress of har- nessing Great Falls, wrote the com- mission as follows: “From newspaper reports I learn that the Federal Power Commission has under consideration a request for a permit to develop hydro-electric power at Great Falls. I desire to call the attention of the commission to the fact that the Federal Government has spent many thousands of dollars in in- vestigating the possibilities of the hydro-electric power at Great Falls. Congress has appropriated public funds and several investigations have been made. Langfitt Report Cited. “Since T have been in Congress we have had the report of Col. Langfitt. He spent_$20,000 of public funds in (Continued on.Page 2, Column 7.) Navy Pilot Saves Self and Mechanic By Sailing Plane Into Anacostia River Obeying the rule of the fleld to land straight ahead should the engine fail Cline meteorologist at the New Or.[on the take-off instead of attempting leans Weather Bureau, belleved, and [to tyrn bak, Chief Petty Officer F. the river will continue to fall between | H. Bushing of the naval air station the mouth of Old River and New |sailed into the water with a DH land Orleans. The fall will be slow, however, he sald, since some of the flood waters | from the Tensas sin still are find- ing their way ck into the muin stream through Old River. The real crest of the flood, he said, has not yet passed out of the Tensas Basin, but the greater part of this overflow_is passing down the Atcha- falaya - Basin ' through 'the breaks! ued o T plane shortly before noon today when his motor ceased to function as he was taking off from Bolling Field for a short test flight. Pilot Bushing and A. V. Cobb, avia- tion machinist’s mater, second class, who occupied “back seat” of the DH, were uninfured. Just as -they§ had gotten off the ground and wi climbing out of the field .the L engine quit. I SBhshing® any Seias Do -wouid (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. Two Rum Runners Leap to Death to | Escape Caplurel By the Associated Press WESTFIELD, N. Y., May 23.— Two members of the crew of a rum-running boat were drowned in Lake Erie near here today when | they leaped overboard after the craft had been captured by State and local pol The boat was being towed into Barcelona Harbor. TRIANGLE DESIGN Newly Created Board of | Architectural Consultants | Begins Sessions. | The architectural design to be adapted to the entire big triangle bounded by Pennsylvania avenue, Fif- teenth street and B street, was taken under advisement today by the newly appoint>d boéard of architectural con- sultants, meeting at the Treasury De- partment. All problems in the various pro- posals sent forward for the different kinds of development for the triangle were understood to be before the board. Although no official announcement was forthcoming early today, as the architects were still in session, it' was undestood that the Treasury had hopes of obtaining recommendations from this meeting. Big Problem Considered. The problem over which there seems to be most difference of opinion so far, and involving the greatest change in the present plan of the triangle development in the public building program, is whether the buildings should all be connected or separated. The Public Buildings Commission has already approved a plan for sep- arate buildings, but a proposal has been brought forward, fashioned some- what along the lines of the famous Louvre i Paris, for connecting all the buildings in the triangle together in one facade and arching over the necessary cross streets. The new pro- posal would provide, also, it is under- stood, for a huge court in the middle of the triangle. Were this new plan adopted considerable change in the tentative plans for buildings selected for the triangle would have to be made. Considerable more agreement ap- pears to exist over the new proposal for treatment of the west end of the triangle, another question before the board today. The new plan for this end would eliminate the Department of Justice Building, on the southeast corner of Fifteenth and Pennsylvania avenue, so as to provide a great park- way or plaza running almost to D street. Plans Lack Approval. Theuyplaza prcpos:l h;\ls not been formal appro! y the Treasury or the Publgv *filflmgs Commission, but is has received very generally much favorable comment, and accord- ing to present indications will prob- ably be adopted unless the Board of Architectural Consultants today should advise against it. The Department of Justice Building. planned for the Poli Theater corner. ‘would necessarily have to be located elsewhere under the plaza plan, which would turn the Poli site into a great open space for parkway treatment and additional traffic arteries. Secretary Mellon is heartily in favor of the plaza plan as improving the old system both from the standpoints of appearance and traffic. The board in the Treasury today had before it a great array of maps, sketches and colored designs, setting forth the various proposals in graphic display. Members of Board. Members of the board are E. H. Bennett of Chicago, special architec- tural adviser to Secretary Mellon; Louis Ayres of New York City, mem- ber of the firm of York & Sawyer, which has contracts for sketches and plans for the Department of Com- merce Building on the west end of the triangle; Arthur Brown, jr, of San Francisco; Milton B. Medary, jr., of Philadelphia, member of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion and president of the American Institute of Architects; William A. Delano of New York City, member of the Fine Arts Commission, and Louis A. Simon, superintendent of the archi- tectural division, supervising archi- tect’s office of the Treasury Depart- ment. This imposing array of talent which the Government has been able to call to its assistance in solving some of the greatest city-planning problems presented since the d of George ‘Washington, were in their first session today. and it was hoped by the Treas- ury that some concrete result might be forthcoming. Virtually every associated Govern- ment body interested in the building program was represented on the board of architectural consultants. . TRIP BENEFITS COOLIDGE. The presidential yacht Mayflower, upon which President and Mrs. Cool- idge, with a small company of friends, took a week end cruise down the Potomac River, arrived back at lts moorings in the Washington Navy Yard early this morning. The Presi- dent appeared greatly refreshed from this trip and went directly from the boat to his desk at the executive office. The yacht was out of sight of land at no time since it left Washington, Saturday afternoon. Saturday night it _anchored Chapel Point, Md., and la was anchored off Hains Point. have to land straight ahead into’ the water, 8o he gracefully floated the big- observation ship over the sea wall and into the river. The naval air station’s launch shoved off immediately and brought the Lartially wet airmen back to. the station. The plane was slightly dam- aged by the immersion and probably can be saved. Officers at l’:e station lauded the quick-thinking ‘of Pilot Bushing and his decision to risk a. dousing rather than attempt a turn with a plane whose flying speed was close to a stall. They pointed out that with such little flying speed a turn would haye meant and nru:_u. T to the | Scripti 1, T0 AUTHORIZE REPLENISHING OF MEDICINAL WHISKY Gen. Andrews Announces 3,- 000,000 Gallons May Be Made Annually. TREASURY WILL ISSUE PERMITS TO DISTILLERS Doran Makes Request—Planning to Comply With Anti- Trust Law. Manufacture of gallons of whisky annually will be authorized by the Tieasury Depart- ment soon, with a view to replenishing the fastfailing medicinal liquor sup- ply, it was announced tod Assistant Secretary Andrews. Treasury decisions, based on the concentration act and the Willis- Campbell act, virtually have been com- pleted and soon will be signed, setting up the authority and machinery for issuing permits to four or five groups for the manufacture of rye and bourbon. The first proposal, which was taken up at a conference of whisky dis- tillers and owners with the T Department some time ago, c: only two groups, but an ar had arisen, it was learned today, as to the dangers ssible violation of the Sherman . After negotiating for some time, the two- group plan was abandoned, Gen. Andrews said today, in favor of a larger number of corporations, which could be authorized by permit to operate safely, it is believed, within the anti-trust law. Competition Is Maintained. The new plan, Gen. Andrews ex- plained, will include enough corpora- tions to maintain full and free compe- tition, Gen. Andrews di sed the matter today with the new commisisoner of prohibition, Dr. James M. Doran, and 1t was understood they were virtually agreed as to the provisions of the two Treasury decisions to be issued soon. Representatives of the whisky dis- tillers and owners will be called here within the next few days, Gen. An- drews said, for a conference. Will Make Two Kinds. Although the so-called whisky bill, which would have authorized b: cific act the setting up of a lent monopoly” for the repleni: of America’s medicinal liquor supply, failed in the last session of Congress, the Government, Gen. Andrews ex- plained, hopes to be able to accom- plish something aiong the same line under existing law. Only two kinds of, medicinal Tiquor will be authorized at first—rye and bourbon. The demand for gin and brandy for medicinal purposes, Gen. Andrews said, was insufficient now to justify its replenishment as medicinal liquor. Under the terms of the Treas- ury decision, he explained, it would be possible later on, if found necessary, to permit new gin and brandy to be made. abe 2.000,000 Doran Makes Survey. The new prohibition commissioner, Dr. Doran, was the official who, fol- lowing a survey of the country’'s sup- ply, formally asked the Treasury to resume manufacture, and he has fol- lowed closely the movement which is now about to start again the r ery in the distilleries of the c There is no doubt, Gen. Andrews in- dicated, that the Fall crop of grain can be utilized. Reaction from the recent reorgani- zation of prohibition headquarters, in- cluding the dismissal of Roy Haynes, former commissioner. had been backed by the Anti-Saloon League, continues to find expression from varlous quarters. ‘Writes to Mellon. William H. retary of the Alliance; Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti-Saloon League, Representative Britten, Republican, Illinois, and Dr. Arthur J. Barton, chairman of the Anti-Saloon Leogue's executive com- mittee, figured in a barrage of state- ments on the dry question made pub- lic today. “Now that it is over, so that there can be no accusation of meddling in the controv respecting Maj. Haynes,” said Mr. Andersonina let- ter to Secretary Mellon, “I wish to put on record for your information the general principles underlying the at- titude of the Protestant church the United States respecting questions.” Would Not Dictate. He said a large majority of such churches believe it is their proper function to “marshal an informed, earnest, moral sentiment” to support officials in enforcing the dry law and to protest against failure until con- ditions gre remedied, but that it is outside their legitimate province to “dictate the appointment of any ad- ministrative official whom they can- not remove from office, over whom they have no legal control and for whose official activity they are not legally responsible.” He declared the Ameri Alliance was a new and Anders general sec- Protestant not merel to protect prohibition, which is incidental, but primarily for Protestant self-defense against the forces behind Al Smith and Tam- many.” He described it as a ional movement which will start operations in Texas and Alabama within a month. ‘Wheeler denied that the Anti-Saloon League's executive committee had de- cided to raise $600,000 “to defeat wat candidates for President.” He sa!d the plan was to make a special appeal for $300,000 a year more for the next two years “for all the work of ihe league,” including $50,000 for political action, “to be raised and expended as pro- * vided in the Federal election laws.” Will Fight All Wets. “It wili be used against wet Demo- crats and wet Republicans alike,” he added. He further explained that the com- mittee opposed repeal of “all limita- tions to prevent the diversion of medi. cinal whisky to rage purposes,’ and appointed a committee to confer with the legislative committee of the American Medical Association on “what restrictions are necessary and reasonable.” “‘are against unlimited pre- ®_of whisk: which__would on Page oluma 2