Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. 19 9. Weather Burcau Forecast.) Showers eloud tonight. this Temperature—Highest, p.m. yesterda: today. Full report on y afternoon; partly tonight and tomorrow; warmer 9 at 4:15 , at 5 am. ge 9. | — No. ntered Q9( ). post o BEEN 30, s second ¢ Washi Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHING . ENGLAND TO GIVE SOVIET TEN DAYS 10 QUIT COUNTRY Final Severance of Relations Awaits Only Formal Ap- proval by Commons. LABOR PARTY ACTS TO DELAY RUPTURE Proposes Thorough Probe by Spe cial Committee—Government to Publish All Facts. By the Associated Pre LONDON, May 25. note fng the British government’s words to Soviet Russia in course of drafting by abinet to: It will be handed to the Soviet m House, the as soon as day. representatives at Chesk former imperial emba possible after the House of Commons approves the government’s decision to er both diplomatic and formal trade tions with Moscow. The note, which will simultancously be dispatched to Moscow, will give th2 government's full terms regarding the Russian em jes in England. 7t is understood they will be allowed a period of grace amounting to a week or 10 days in which to pack their bag- gage. rel Note Due by Friday. 1t is expected the mote will be sent fmmediately” after totmorrow night's debate in the House of Commons. or Friday morning. The foreign aff: ministry, which Soviet break, also met tod: as numerous foreign office who at intervals were in ¢ nference with the foreign secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain Another ¢ tion of a large numbe yelating to Soviet a ities in this and other countries. These will be published in the form of a white pa- airs committee of the recommended the ay, as well binet task was the selec of documents The parliamentary Labor party to- v considered the government's de- - a and decided cision regarding Ru to submit a motion to the effect that 1o action as outlined by Premier Bald- win regarding a break with the Soviet be taken until a_ committee has in- quired into the whole matier and re- ported to the House of Commons. The motion will be submitted tomorrow by s d. R C MacDonald to Spare Himself. 7t is understood that Ramsay Mag- parliamentary Labor leader, who was taken ill during his Ameri- ean trip, was urged by his colleagues at today's meeting to spare himself as much as possible, and, that he r luc- tantly accepted their advice to avoid the strain of speaking in a big debate #0 soon after his illness. % As to the form Labor's objection to the government's action will take. it is pointed out that presentation of a vote of censure might be held to put the party in the position of open- ]y defending Soviet methods, while the course adopted puts it in the atti- tude of advising a judicial cou All the London newspape k the exception of the Labor-Socialist Jerald. agree that the government’s case against Soviet Russia, prompting the decision to break off relations, is incontestably sound. U. 8. AWARE OF FACTS. Officials Said to Have Full Informa- tion About Break. Tnformation obtained by the government in its raid on the Soviet Jiusian headquarters in London and found to be of interest to officials here js understood to be in the possession of the Washington Government. The State Departemnt today clined to comment on its matur it was understood that it concerned ities in this count azents of Soviet Ru: ber and identity of the = de- but a. The gents dis num- clos artment found no lieved htat the dej the material i cause for alarm in has ggeceived. RUSSIA SHIFTS ONUS. Peclares Blame for Break Is Entirely England’s. OW, May soviet Russi Pritain rded he complishec nce no doubt e in the minds of Sovict authorities th: Parliament will approve the British cabinet’s recommendations. ~ Officials expect the result to be the awakening _of sympathy toward the Soviet in Western Europe and the Far Fast. The break is looked upon as an effort on the part of the British government to start a conflict with the Soviet Union, which, even in the opinion of the British foreign min sstry, it is declared, would have most serious results for the peace of Europe. The onus of such a_conflict, it is declared, would be on England, since the Soviets have often declared their willingness to come to a agreement, but their efforts, re f officials say, have never received encourage-|The shock ¢ ment. SCHOONER REPORTS SIGHTING PLANE Craft Was Seen 80 Miles From' Newfoundland on Day Nun- gesser Disappeared. Dy the Associated Press ST. JOHNS, Newfo! rhe Danish yiving at airpla nt Pine on Monday, May 9, the day ( Nungesser and Coli were repor have hted near Harbor on their attempted non-stc from Paris to New Yorl he is being furthe investigated government dland, M schooner Albert, leoram, reports that was s apts. heen ~ flizht report by th | £ miles southwest Cape Pine is v experts, | | | | i i | ference underst: of secret | than any other delegations. Rupture of | Lee, endly | mo |lino and elsewhe an | 1 50 miles off Cape Heads A. F. L. Crusade WILLIAM GREEN. LABOR WILL FIGHT INJUNGTION“ABUSE President Green Says Relief Will Be Sought in Con- gress and By the Associated Pres: W YORK to protect labor the writ of injunction e courts will be gres: American Feder ent, Will May and State Leg! tion m Green, declared in | Courts. " by Federa sought in of Labol latures by 1 and —Legislation | “against the abuse of Con- | r, its an address today before the Banke: Club of New Yor! Declaring that ceed in labor, like indu mitted to organize. W court dec G Green said no nation can suc- industrial competition unles: ¢ and cap s per- labor unable to reconclle itself to recent ons upholding injunctions in labor disputes, and added that labor could not abide by yet live and function. “In such a dilemma organizations do?” what can he asked. these decisions and lahor obey these injunctions means anni- hilation, death and violate them means punishment. Labor being placed in such destruction. pe protests a position. To ecution and ainst The labor federation president as- serted that aside from tive effects which i njunctions “the destruc have upon the activities of organized labor,” they impose great financial hurdens, because they entail long and costly court proceedings. “It is the purpose of the American Federation of Labor to seek a remedy for the injunction evi shall draft and p! ing this subject pose I view 1, he said. “We lation hav- the | { | AMERICA AND SOVIET | TREATING AT GENEVA| Reported Negotiations Believed to | Hold Promise of Improved Relations. By States promising prog ports here. the Soviet and Amel to the International Negoti; rela i conomic tions British | hetween Soviet Russia and the United improved {lml\\'oen the two countries now are in s at Geneva, according to re- The reports explain t n delegations | Con- |in Sungkiang by southe and each other better |dragged the priest through the street ations at “Our delegations have had long con- n reations with the Americ ed was not revealed, but it was be-| ¢y renpy M. Robinson of Califorr chairman of the American delegation, |5 its by | g al rding the granti a to Soviet an cable dispat pparently make conce: eg Amer] Rus: ans, ¢ ng of cred| Russia,” ch, chiefly a, vorable terms for business, following our latest conflict with England. In connection with this, the trip of Tvy epresentative industrial Geneva, Henry plane fo consulting oviet Ru: J. Freyn Berlin to ountry, has ever signed acquaintances in Moscow neithe: letters or Ne gotiators are contrary, during faced the competitior New York firm and Suropean concern . from Am engineering the of big t Moscow departed - with the I contract ssibly any n_ Comm with whic heeled. O negotiatiol n of at I that of Americs n and by that other | Freyn had [ who was | here Mon ne unists -h ne- n the ns he st one seve! al Quakes Rock South Italy. ROME, M dulatory ning hquake in Naples, used co but n is re was felt snevento, nsiderable ported v 25 (P).—A strong un- | Nationals Told to” Quit Kalgan and | | Dragged by Ching i} this | Avel- e in southern Ital alarm, | terday BRITISH INCREASE HANKOW DEFENGES AS MENACE GROWS Japan Orders Its Nationals to| Evacuate Kalgan, Chikfeng and Tsinganfu. BIG TROOI; MOVEMENTS LEAD TO PRECAUTIONS Missionary Says Persecutions of : Christians Will Surpass Ravages of Boxer Rebellion. BY REGINALD SWEETLAND, Cable o The Star and € Daily | News. Copyr he Britisn | d for Hankow this afternoon, bea 10 tons of barbed i ad a million sacks for sand-| des, owing to the growing | the situation, British of. | non-committal concerning ¢ plans. from large cruiser Duchan Hankow state that troop movements which are ausing consternation. Large numbers of wounded are re- turning from the Honan front, indi-| cating the fighting north of | Hankow. there are severest hed to Front. nseripting every hing them to 1 fighting line. At the | ngements are bei run on the Cent with armed guards building _and _pro- and others from Conscripts Ru Nationali third wo! ward the Hon same time arr made to halt a Bank of Chin surrounding the hibiting depositors entering The food situation, owing to short- age, is acute and pric - rising. Reports from Chunking, above ¥ kow, state that 3 1ce general ha 40,000 troops toward Hankow purpose of isting Chiang Shek's drive Nationalist king as thei rapid advance armies are using Nan base and are making along the Pukow-Tien tsin railroad, clearing a huge area of | Vorthern troops under Sun Chuang ang and Chang Chung Chang. Small Towns Catured. ng Chow's capture by Nationalists led to the capture of smaller towns | in Kiangsu province. Large numbers of Nationalist troops are streaming across the Yangtze River at Nanking and Chinkiang, occupyinz positions on _the northern bank o er. Chinese sources report t alists have captured Sun Chuang but the report is laid to ove propagandists. JAPANESE ORDERED OUT. Chihfeng. TOKIO 5 (®).—Japan's min ister in Peking has been instructed to order all Japanese to leave Kalgan and Chihfeng, Chihli province, -and proceed to Peking. 1t has also been decided to order the suation of Japanese women and_children from Tsinganfu, capital of Shantung province, to Tsingtao, on the coast. PRIEST 1S TORTURED. e Through Streets, Missionary Reports. NEW YORK, May (P).—Perse- cutions of the Christian Church China probably will surpass ravages of the Boxer rebellion, Right tev. Logan H. Roots, Missionar Bishop of Hankow, cabled the I copal Church missionary headquarters here sterd: Private advices to the headquarter: from Right Rev. Roger: Graves, Bishop of report the capture of Rev. Koeh | Shanghai, Dr. D.. M. n troops, who the running dog of the foreign- fiddle University, 17, Bi slon schools Wusih, Sungkiang were looted and later v Chinese milita SIR ESME TO RETURN. School and Centra at Hankow, were | hop Roots said, and nd houses at | and oc Chin closed M several m Cancels Engagements on Trip Due to Illness. VANCOUVER, British Ma, (®).—Sir Esme Howard, Brit- h Ambassador to the United States, ken ill during an addi V. 1 all engage ments for the remainder of his tour of the United States and Canada, and plans to leave today for Washington. His condition was reported greatly improved. . Escaped Jaguar Slain in Cuba. TON, | | | | | | whom | the s had called on his fiancee at her apart- | ment. Bl G WEDNESDAY, “From Pres MAY 1927 —F01 Tragedy Vietims MISS VERNA M. POE. FRAN( OSTERMAN LOVERS’ QUARREL ENDS INZ DEATHS {World War Veteran Kills Fiancee and Self at Crowd- ed Corner. A “lovers’ quarrel” ally accepted expla police who investigated the double shooting that occurred late vesterday at the crowded corner of Eighth and D streets, resulting in the deaihs of was the gener- fon today by I Prancis Osteimn, SEoyedry uld, 19694 sle plac < Verna M. Poe, 25 years old, 1101 achusetts avenue. Coroner Rams evitt, sued a certificate of hom in the death of Miss Poe and suicide in the death of Osterman, said that a quar- rel undoubtedly Fnd a the young man to shoot his fiancee through the temple as she sat in his automobile outside a department store and then take his own life. Families of the two vietim: who died while being taken to Emergency Hospital, claimed the bodies today. Served in War, The man’s mother said he had undergone three since his return from Wi service in France and at times mentally irresponsible. ~ She believes he committed the act during a period of depression. Miss Poe will be buried Friday Laurel, Md., near Mr. and Mrs, 3 Poe, Services for Osterman will be held at 11 am. the same day. with burial in Arlington National Cemetery under auspices of the Ameri gion Members of Miss Poe's family were prostrate last night upon hearing the news of her death. Her two sisters, Misses Ruby and Myrtle Poe, with she resided at Wisteria Man- went to inform their mother night and were the Laurel whe tod: at sions, ! at | home today. See Couple Driv n R F the ¢ W Up. Davis of the fir uple drive up to Policen prec vear at the Bureau of Eng Printing. It roung wom led Sunday ng and learned from friends of the n that the two had quar- ¥ night, when Osterman They sat outside in his auto- and she St said into the house. red frightened, neighbors sterman drove each other afternoon. witne E apparently were enough when sharp words were heard any one realized what was happening Osterman drew a revolver and shot his fiancee twice through the temple. He then pointed the gun at his own head and fired. n until yes pleasantly 1y. Then nd befo HAVANA, M 25 (P).—A jaguar, which escaped from a circus in Santi- zo about a vear ago, has heen shot and killed in nillo, about 90 miles west of & The beast w fter seve armer his live stock on Soviet Believed Responsible By the Associated Press. ONDON, May statement in t | win Premier he Hou Bald e of Com- | mons that Michael Borodin acted in | China under direct orders from the | | Moscow government, and his quot m supporting this ¢ have provoked much discussion, and | Chang Lin’s raid on the Soviet embassy com |of a telegra strengthen reports Peking m which upon pound in documents British raid London, The premier read ovember 12, 1926 from the commissar 8 in Mu cow to that v have pr encouraged a purporting iat of fore the Soviet tion aim, | luced 1 the oviet louse in telegram dated to be n repr af- sertative in Peking containing these Documents Confiscated in Peking Tso- | for London Raid rodin is to take orders direct from | Moscow, 'Second, the Far Eastern Bureau is | to be informed that all its d {and meusures regarding questions of | general policy of the Kuomintang ist political organization in ) and of military and political must be agreed upon with Com- de Borodin In the event of differ nces of opinion arising on those ques tions, they must he r invest ar Kastern s repr |informed of all d with regard to these questions. | “Third, Comrade Borodin ippoint- ment as official Soviet representative in Canton is considered inadvisable. Jorodin is to remain (in charge) of the work in the provinces under Canton [ odin and must in Peking moves | rule, and an offi eferred to Mos- | keep Undergoes Operation. Mrs. Anna M. Osterman, mother of the younz man, today that since his return from France he had heen operated on at _Georgetown 1l and twice at Walter Reed the last operation being nths ago. e suftered she explained, and ¢ fainting in his contly, told her he was afr losinz his mind d he wa KELLY IS CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER One to Ten Years in Jail. | By the Associated Prese ANGELES, May convicted of mansla today for the killing of Ray Raymond, and of Dorothy Macl ve, Kelly actress friend, in a fist attack in Ray- mond’'s Hollvwood home. The conviction carries a penalty of one to ten years, Superior Judge Charles Burnell set outheast, and his fiancee, | [ was seen suddenly to | i They did | | | the couple | utomobile re- | Dorothy Mackaye's “Friend"” Faces | = (#) Means Associated Press. RTY-TWO PAGES. | | LINDBERGH DODGES FETES T0 PREPARE FORBRUSSELSHOP First Hours of Play in Paris | Come as He Tinkers With His “Boat.” | LUNCHES WITH BLERIOT, FIRST OF SEA FLYERS Presented to Chamber of Deputies | by Herrick as New “Ambassa- dor of America.” i g | By the Acsociated Pt | PARIS, May —Capt. Charles Lindbergh had his first hours of play today since he flew to Iavis from New York and he spent them working on his “boat” at Le Bourget flying field. The lone cagle, in the press of re- ceptions and enthusiastic greetings of | the French, still had his mind on the | plane that brought him safely over | the Atlantic, and he asked to be al-| lowed to look over the Spirit of St.| Louis to get it in readiness for his flight to Brussels. | Lindbergh expressed a wis excused for a couple of hours from | the continual dress parade with com- mittees and dignitaries, to be alone to tinker with his ship. The young aviator made a careful inspection of ying craft and then talked with the French mechanicians, telling them exactly what he wished done, but finally he let temptation overcome him, and, putting on a pair of ovel alls, Lindbergh took a screwdriver and wrench and in a few minutes was I nappily at work putting things in shape. h to be Inspects Flying Field. After this pleasureful toil was c cluded, Lindbergh !'by Capt. Lhopital, € [the Americal 1 | Richard White, | of Le Bourget ¥ | spection of the big | fAying field itself. | looked over some civil planes t {make their headquarters at the field | He took the keenest interest in his | tour of inspection, lightly leaping | | the picket fences without the slight- effort, while the rather portl | Capt. Lhopital made heavy work ¢ the job, having to be a | the fences. The young hero had } | his_hardest of homage yester- {dmy and was permitted to leave the |ambassy cercmonials last nigit 1o 1get another gool sleen. He . turned in while the was still crowded with the cre: | the Parisian world that pulied st o get themselyes invited to the after dinner receptions where they could | meet at least see at close ranee, |the young man who has 4,000,000 | friends in Paris ( Lindbergh found him: morning wearing borrowed euff links, s0 there was rin some nishing | n the telephone to obtain the neces- links. Lindberzh is not onl getting most of the things he asl for, but a lot he may neither need nor want. Many Seek Autograph. al attache, nd Comdr. Renvoise d, in a minute in- hang: and the | Lindbergh also emba n of { ¢ this Tt appears that about budding |author and even the achieved fame have her latest book to the eml la request for the flyer's autogra One of the embas: will be the militar American embassy at London. who ‘omes to present personally Ambassa- | sudor Houghton's invitation to Capt. Lindbergh to make the embassy his |homa while in England. Both the | Danish and Dutch ministers at Pari called at the Ameriean embassy in the course of the morning with offi- cial reque: that the aviator visit their countries. It is regarded as Ilikely that he will accept at least one of these invitations. Lindbergh had luncheon today with Louis Bleriot, the first man t fly over water. Lindbergh crossec | the At in hours and on, half, _and companion at lunch- | eon, a flew ove | the Engli in minute | with a motor that had never run more | than 15 minutes without stopping for | | some reason or other. It wa disti that Bleriot honor to the of the most Charles Font to greet Bl Eingland afte Channel War Minister There. ntic his | hed company | mbled to do| aviator. One ing there was ne, who was the firs ot ‘when he landed in | his flight over Among those who attended the Juncheon were Paul Painlev minister of war; Maurice Bokanowski, former minister of the navy, and now minis- ter of public works; Louis Barthou, minister of justice; on T. Herrick | the American Ambassador, and hi son, Parmely Herrick, and his wife; | the American 1 Richard Whit aviator; Marquise de and many great French av cluding Pelletier Dofsy, Bossou | Weiss and many technical men, such | as Louis Rreguet, Louis Renault and Birkist Nic: Lindbergh cheering rec | | i given the usual| stion by the crowd when his motor car drew up with Ambassa- dor Herrick's dog Jack barking vigor ous acknowledgments from beside the chauffeur. During owd Kept ac 0 o'clock in the after persons were vociferow d nding a sight of the hero. o in- sistent were his admirers that the | American aviator consented to o to| the balcony on the fifth floor, where Bleriot had his apartment. the entire luncheon hour | umulating, so that | oon nearly 2000 de Wild Demonstration Follows. Tle was accompanied by Bleriot, Ministers Painleve and Barthou and others. His appearance was a signal for a wild demonstrtion. The crowd and guests were in high good humor and a facetious Parisian drew joyous applause when, prentending to ignore the avi . he shouted, “Viva Pain- leve! Viva Barthou! The members of the cabinet retired, blushing, and the men and women in the street below had Lindbergh to themselves. Borrowed dress clothes were worn by Lindbergh last night. He had all kinds of street clothes, striking tan choes and a splendid array of neck- wear, but he had nothing for evening wear. ¥ When Ambassador Herrick an- | soned diplomat trained in the v { made FLOOD ADVANCING the |, HEARTS OF FRENCHMEN WON BY FLYER'S MODESTY AND TACT ;Lindbergh's Good Nature Proves Unfailing as He Meets All Situations Without Once Making Mistake. as he listens to what to him must be s to all alike and By the Associated Press. o PARIS, May America's aviator- | sillv questions; he re envoy, Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh, | With untiring patience has won universal admiration and | 804 matute. aroused unparalleled enthusiasm, but | AROLREr BoR0T 0 e fiver to by his modesty and tact, displaved | qay—the honorary diploma of the high in the face of unprecedented atten-|er mormal school, one of the greatest tions, he has won even greater honor —the respect of all classes of French- men. It was commented on everywhere today that never for one moment had the young American, who bounded so suddenly from comparative obscurity to world fame, lost his head or prov- ed unequal to a situation in which he found himself thrust without prep- aration. Alw as b circumstances proved difficult world. Its class lists are simply a roll of honor of the French litera litical worlds of the scientific and po was a diploma, althouzh an honor one, ever better earned than by Li bergh's “thesis in the conquest o Atlanti Will Bring Plane Home. ked today whetier he would take the plane back to America, he re | plied “Certainly. Then he vouchsafed the information that when be from a French port. ‘France was the first country came to,” he =aid, “and it will be the last one T leave on my way home." A s Good Natured. n ealled upon to act in which would have for a ruler or life mistaki with the and never once has he He accepts ne manly dignity of public a ments ready | nd there are many | insfitutions of higher education in the 11 that is greatest in ast century. The direetors of the.school feel that never he did go home it would 1 Within the Hour” ‘The Star's carrier system cov every city block and the regular tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,154 TWO CENTS. CAPITAL INVITES AIR HERDIN GABLE SENT BYCOMMISSIONERS Lindbergh Congratulated on Great Feat and Urged to Visit City. ELABORATE RECEPTION PLANNED IF HE COMES President Expected to Take Prom- inent Part in Welcome to Be Given Fyler. The District Commissioners today ea- bled their congratulations to Capt. Charles Lindbergh, Atlantic flight hero, and invited him to visit Washing. yton upon his return from Europe, ilt is expected he will leave France in about 10 day DRY GROUP OPENS ON“SUGAR BOWL" Inhabitants Prepare to Move Property Following New Levee Break. Secretary of Enforce- ment Body. dquarters of the Citizens' Serv Association for Law and Order, organized Thursday to assist the Police 25.—The waters of 2 May slow spread of the muddy the Atchafalaya River, through k more than 1,000 feet wide at McCrea, today brousht real- | tion to the inhabitants of Lou ablished and opened today at s “sugar_bowl” of what “the|M street, and Harry N. Douthitt, areatest flood in the history of the | mer Federal prohibition agent, and Mississippi” means | leading spirit in the formation of the The levee at McCrea broke early |association, took over the reins of fie vesterday when the current of the |sceretary. Immediately Douthitt, Atchafalaya swept aside the barriers | gisted by several “undercover men.' 2,000 men had been laboring weeks 0 | wno are paid by the Diste hold and burst in upon the fertile | " ®to BFEC R L T victions fields of the Alaya basin. | . ? The M approximately | lauor cases, began investigation 130 miles northwest of New Orleans. | the existence of “blind pigs.” Prepare for Flight. Inhabitants of the “sugar who saw the flood of 1912 go by leave them unharmed, and watched whils othes the waters in 1922, today wer ing prepurations o yemove their prop- erty, which was movable before the | waters swept over the area. The evacuation of the sugar par n the west bank of the Mis- | headquarters at the M street esippi and Eastern Atchafalaya Basin | immediately. Plans also were was proceeding in an orderly manner. | for a hig law enforcement mass meet ome of the panic which has char-|ing to be held at the Calvary Baptis actorized the last minute rushes in|Church Sunday afternoon, June other soctions was though clock. Dr. Everett M. Ellison, relief workers f there | gecretary of the association, was ap- might be a rush failed to heed the first warning. Tief: | arrange the details of the program. ugEes Wefe el con e e it Constitution Ts Amended. Toombs, called from Lafayette when Dr. ison, as offi the break at McCrea occurred, arrived | for the organization, late last night to take charge of the | today that the preamble of the e evacuation work. | stitution had_been amended t " 0 1s follows: “The purpose of 1 Evacuation Almost Complete. |y pizagion shall be to afford a medium From the west, Lafayette reported | for the organized co-operation that the evacuation of the St. Martin | patriotic peopl prohibition laws here, were formally es i | by individuals throughout the city. he hoard of directors of the asso- on held an executive meeting ty Club yestel afte howl,” and | Who | tha Univer: mak- | acting as a field secr “hanged from tary” o “ficld secreta title had been conferred upon him a the organization meeting. At tha ddres: 1 ed that total of 1 refugees were reported | of law and order, cular in Lafayette last night, and the con-|enforcement of the eig estion at the camp necessitated the i ment of the Constitution; to publish formulation of plans for the transfer | facts concerning the status of 4 of 6.000 of the refugees to a new | questions and to stress camp at Crowle | high ideals of patriotic citizenship. The rapid rising of Bayou Vermil-| Explaining the clause “to publish jon had cut off highway communica-| facts concerning the status of mor; tion between Lafayette and Brossard, | questions,” Dr. Ellison Abbeville and ceveral-other points. | of directors had sui Along the Teche the evact s reported to be complete. At St. | publications of insville, in the heart of the Evan- | no definite prop: ine country, the waters of the|ted to the b rou were reported to be spreading | ~(Continued on Page " PAYNE WHITNEY DIES s progress, but that 1 had been subm ion # .).l‘l Column 8 there had feet in the waters there since STRIKE HALTS SHIPPING. New South Wales, | £ d i sta 3 Soand interstal® Brother of Famous Horseman Di- shipping Lere has come to a stand- } rector of Westchester Rac- a result of a strike by the on demanded an extra ing Association. hilling an hour for trimming vessels arrying henzine. Later the trimmers sted @ compromise of six pence . but then demanded an increase for_the time lost in the negotiations. The owners refused this and the rike resulted. | By the Associated Press. W YC May Whitney, brother of Harry Whitney, died at his hom | hasset, Long Island, today. | a airector of the First National Bank. | of the Great Northern Paper Co. and |of the Westchester Racing Associa- | tion. Mr. Whitney was a graduate of le in the class of 1898, In 1902, he married Helen Hay, daughter of the etary of State, John Hay president of the Whit- Co., Northern Finance trustee of the United vice president of the 5.—~Payne Payne Man- in Crowh(g‘i}ar Shops To Lindbergh, So He Buys ‘at Home’ By the Associated Press. o PARIS, May Lindbergh like the king, summons merchants, who come running to his service.. He doesn't dare go shopping yet, for he is too popula Streets are blocked whenever he appears. Any shop in Paris would welcome him but probably not for long, for his presence would pretty likely he dangerous to the windoy from the pre: throng. The flving captain, therefore, has the store sortments to him. His selections so far have met the approval of Paris and he 1o0ks well in his new habiliments. Railroads Ri_val Record of Stockyards, Where Everything But Squeal Is Utilized bide cans are now converted into tin buckets, old broom handles into signal Corporation, States Trust Co Society of New T tee of the New York Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. First news of his death v cated at the Belmont 1 this afternoon, when Harry Payne Whitne: tched two horses in the Withers stakes, Valorous and Whis |ery, the latter the winner of the Kentucky Derby. the entri of the ¢ owned by Mrs. Payne so were scratched and the flag place at half-staff. wa By the Associated Press CHICAGO, May -2, Tailroad rec- lamation departments apparently are out to beat the record of the Chicago stockyards, where “everything but the squeal is utilized.” A Refuse which formerly was noth- ing but “junk” to the railroads is now being reprocessed at substantial sav- ings into all kinds of railway mate- rials by mel described today at the eonvent: of the purchases and and even old hose is being used for the manufacture of baggage mats. Broken leaves from springs are made into elliptic springs, boiler flues are flattened and made into washers. And the nearest approach to a util- ization of the “squeal” is the process by which oily, dirty waste from the journal boxes is cleaned, re-oiled and used again. into hammers, NEW OFFICES HERE Douthitt Takes Reins as Field Pouring | phepartment in the enforcement of the | 't govern- | of which { had been reported to the association The former | meeting it also was agreed to establish made at | pected until the: imong those who | pointed chairman of the committee to | makes the affair offici 1 spokesman also announced of with the legally con- had been virtually completed. Alstituted authorities in the maintenance i v in the chteenth amend- 3 s | people generally w ofer tion | of keeping the public iformed tHroUEH | S B i R mpreler IN MANHASSET HOME He was | flag staffs, scrap locomotive tire steel | It Lindbergh accepts the Invitation an official committee will be appointed jan his honor, Invitation Is Extended. slegram follows: “The Commissioners of the District lumbia extend their hearty con- ulations to you, and on behalf of ens of the National Cap| they extend a cordial invitation that you visit Washington on your return to your native land, in order that the people may do honor to their fellow countryman who has so signally ex- emplified the courage and spirit of | American manhood in the remarkable feat you have performed.” message was signed b missioners Proctor L. Dougherty, Bell and Sidney F. Tali J. ident Coolidge is known to have dvised regarding the invitation the District Commissioners contem- plated ling to Capt. Lindbergh and to have given approval. He is unde | stood to intimated, when the matter of appropriate reception to the flyer in Washington was | brought to his attention that he’ con- sidered the movement a worthy on that the Commissioners’ invita- | tion was well advised. been n a Favors Huge Ovati Although the President has not made known whether or not he per- | sonally will set in motion the national ption of an official nature for the | young flyer in Washington, it known that he has the matter under t | consideration. It is the impression of those close to him that the Presi- n struggled with | noon, at which Douthitt's status was | dent would be pleased to have the National Capital aceord Capt. Lind bergh - large welcome befitting, his t | accomplishment. t| For the President to sponsor per- sonally the movement or personally s | to invite Capt. Lindbergh to Wash- ington, the matter becomes conside involved, according to the P'res lvisers. A decision is not ex- e involved questions have been studied thoroughly. Whether or not the Presid 1, it is felt ce n that numerous high Feieral offi- , besides members of Congress and hers, will co-operate with the Dis- trict Commissioners and the citizens of the Capital in making this pro- | posed ~ demonstration a tremendous suceess. Besides co-operation on the part of | Federal officers, there is reason to | know that the Commissioners will | have the assistance of officers of the great Geographical and other scientific societies ‘and patriotic bodies and leaders in the field of aviation and other activities. There are assurances | that all of these will join in the move- | ment and will lend every aid in mak- |ing the occasion a memorable one. Advantages Pointed Out. There is a feeling that the American » have Capt. Lindbergh, who is now receiv- ing the homage of the world, given i oming reception in the N: | tional Capital than in some other city | It is pointed out by those who have | studied the subject that the people at large share the feeling that \Washing- ton is the correct, place to extend to the young flyer the official tribute of | hi tion. = Besides this, it is be- lieved that every citizen of the { country must feel that he or she would be part of the demonstration | if it were held in the Capital, and for that reason the reaction following the launching of the movement to re- ceive Capt. Lindbergh formally is understood to have been so favorable. Another reason why Washington been advanced as the proper place to welcome the return of the over- seas’ flyer is because several of the | National organizations 3 | _ | ab t | dent nt it | (Continued o IBANEZ REFORMS CHILEAN CABINET | New President Names Rios-Gallar- do as Minister of For- eign Affairs. | | ing his election I | dent of Chile, G | reconstructed hi: Premier and minister of the inte- | vior, Enrique Balmaceda-Toro, son of 1 former president of Chile and min- lister of war in the Alessandri admin- | istration. Foreign minister, Conrado Rios-Gal- lardo. Minister of finance, Pablo Ramirez. Minister of national defense (cre- ated as a consolidation of the war and navy departments). Capt. Carlos Frod- den. Minister of justice and education, Aquiles Vergara. Minister of work, trade and com- m_nications, Juan Emilio Ortiz-Vega. of health, Jose Santos s follow: of agriculture, = Arturo Alemparte. As now constituted, the Ibanez gov- erament shows only two actual re- placements and two consolidated min- istries. Isaac Hevia, health minister, land Julio Velasco, minister of worl | were not reappointed, while Senor O | tiz-Vesa, the minister of war, was put {at the head of the three-in-one port- | folio, and Capt. Frodden, in addition stores divisjdh of the American Rail- |to heading the nav. new also as- , representative to government is tu be ac- of Cape Rac southeastern tip of Newfoundland. Bell m is on the | formal dinner, with' recep- way Associion. . . Old ms roofing and empty car- “PFirst. until a Soviet regresentative |the Canton Tuesday, Ma: sumgg charge of the country's war offi i “Newfoundiand const near St. Tierre. e appointed 10 Pek ingr, Jghmrac le 39- counted (sis)." 3jas the date for im aposiug Kelly’ tence, “{Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Radio Prgg;am Page 18 { (-