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WEA' (T. 8. Weather Fair and cooler row. Temperature—Highest, 74, at noon today: lowest, 60, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 30,340, post office, FRENZIED THRONGS HAIL LINDBERGH IN PUBLIC WELCOME Flyer Given Greatest Ovation Since Wilson in Ride Along Champs Elysees. STREETS ALONG ROUTE PACKED WITH HUMANITY Aviator Is Guest of Foch and Joffre. Moved at Homage of Bel- gian Wounded. By the Associated Press, | PARIS, May 26.—Capt. Charles | Lindbergh was paraded before the | eves of the populace of Paris today to such cheers as no man has heard in this city since Woodrow Wilson made his- triumphal entry into the French capital in 1919. ! It the first opportunity that the | citizens of Paris generally have had | to see the heroic American aviator since his arrival on the Le Bourget fiving field Saturday night, for all his intervening hours have been devoted to receiving honors from persons in high places. Tens of thousands of Frenchmen had their first sight of the young Ameri- can this afternoon as he was escorted from his_country’s embassy to the Hotel de Ville. Under the trees that | border the Champs Elysees—one of the world's most magnificent boulevards— the common people of France stood in great masses. waving flags and shouting “Bravo!” as the slender and unspoiled youth from America was driven past them in a state proces- sion, Packed With Humanity. The Place De la Concorde was packed with humanity, and so was the celebrated Rue de Rivoli looking out upon the green trees of the Tuil- leries gardens, beautiful under a br liant Maytime sun. It was a day such as poets and painters have celebrated for centuries, perfect Springtime in Paris. The fiowers were in fresh bloom and the trees wore fresh foliage, while the tricolor of France and the Stars and Stripes of the United States fluttered everywhere. Republican guards mount- ed on horses lined the route, while every few feet or so stood policemen holding back the frenzied hero wor- shipers. The scene was perfect, but the procession was somewhat of a dis- appointment to the crowds, The hustle and hurry spoiled it some- what for the patient folk who had waited so long for a sight of the smil- ing face, of the man who left New York one morning and arrived in Paris the next night. The car in Which Lindbergh sat, sped through the Champs Elysee at 20 miles an hour or more. Escorted by Herrick. Tt was a few minutes after 3 o'clock this afternoon when the fiyer left the American embassy to ride to the Hotel de Ville, where the City of Paris had prepared a_municipal reception for him. M. Godin, president of the munic- jpal council, and M. Boujou, prefect of the Seine department, called for him in an open limousine. Escorted, as ever, by Ambassador Herrick, the young fiyer and the two French offi- cials drove from the American em- bassy through streets packed with cheering thousands. Fathers and mothers held their babies on their shoulders as the Ameri- can went passing by. Flowers were tossed in the path of his car and thousands of throats shouted praises at the man who has made humanity a little more proud of itself than it was last week. Fountains were vlaying halfway down the Champs Elysee and in the Place de la Concorde, adding to the beauty of the scene. In the great paved square outside the Hotel de Ville every inch of cpen space was occupied hy cheering Parisians. Inside the ancient structure that stands by the Seine, 5.000 fortunate folk had huddled together, clutching | their precious invitations to the cere- monies there. The corridors and all the open salons were packed with people, eager-eyed-and excited to the | extreme, Tribute to French Flyers. In thé midst of its almost urprece- | dented reception, the City of Paris did not forgst the men who tried and | failed. | The municipal council this after- noon sent a telegram to the children of Capt. Francois Coli saying: “At this hour, when we honor the mag- nificent hero Lindbergh, our affection- | ate thoughts turn to your father, who, | with the same valor, launched forth | with his companion, Nungesser, to| accomplish the same exploit. Despite the anguish which touches our hearts, | we maintain confidence. Dear chil-| dren, we send you, in the name of the | City of Paris, our most earnest| hopes. | At the same time Pierre Godin, | president of the council, sent a lett 10 Capt. Charles Nungesser's mother, eXpressi and (19v‘ claring hero whose | exploit we celebrate, we a other hero whom you envelope with vour waternal tenderness and whom you are so justly proud.” Guest of Foch and Joffre. Capt: Lindhergh guest today of two famous marsha of France, Foch and Joffre. He also found time in his busy day’s programn 10 make a tip to the Hotel des In- valides to greet a delegation of Bel gian war wounded who have been v iting in Paris. “Your effort was a great one, shal Foch told the flyer, “because it shows what a young man can do when he is well prepared for hix attempt &nd has the caurage to see it through.” Then the allied generalissimo pre- sgented Lindbergh with his picture “It isn’t the picture of a pretty girl,” he remarked, “but it is the pic- ture of a friend.” Given Tumultuous Greeting. A halt hour before he was sched- uled to arrive at Marshal Foch's home & hig crowd had gathered there, and Lindbergh received a tumultuous greeting he drove up. In response to the usual demands, ¥och accompanied his guest to the Steps of the house, where they were photographed together, the marshai holding the aviator's hand. Tindbergh's visit to Joffre was more iess impromptu. The old hero of Marne threw his arms around airman and give him the acco a kiss on each cheek—about the ®ontniued on Page 5, Column 49 of 'Glories and Decline ' Told in Long-Lost was the honor or | expended for refugees up to the pres- THER. Bureau Forecast.) tonight and tomor- Entered as second class matter Washington, OUTSIDE LOOP, GOAL OF FLYERS, IS MADE BY LIEUT. DOOLITTLE i 6C Reaches 280-Mile Speed in 2,000-Foot Drop Before : Upturn. Bloodshot Eyes and Other Evidences Indicate Ter- rific Strain. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, May 26.—Lieut. James A. Doolittle, McCook Field, to- day held the record of having per- formed an “outside loop,” the goal of aviators since it was first tried in 1912 with the result that two men lost their lives Flying over Davton yvesterday at an altitude of 8,000 feet, Lieut. Doolittle turned the nose of his plane down- ward and described a huge circle, | 2,000 feet in diameter, and returned | o level out at his original height. The ver was on the ‘“‘outside of the | circle” throughout and was held in his seat only by straps. At the low- | est point of the circle he was directly | under the plane, flying at a speed of 230 miles an_ hour. As he climbed back the speed of the ship was retard- ed to the approximate 150 miles an hour he was making when he went | into the loop. ¥ | When Lieut. Doolittle landed his eves were bloodshot and he gave evi- @ WASHINGTON, . oy £ LIEUT. J. A. DOOLITTLE. dence otherwise of the severe strain of the feat. Today, however, he declared he had suffered no ill effect: Doolittle used a PB-1 Curtiss pur- 1t plane with a regulation Curtiss 2 ‘engine of 420 horsepower. He flew with a specially constructed safe- ty beit strapped about him, the usual safety belt being deemed insufficient to afford protection against the ex- treme pull at the bottom of the loop. RESIDENTS IGNORE FLOOD WARNINGS Cling to Homes in Pointe Coupee Parish—Many Be- lieved Cut Off. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, May 26.—Al though continued warnings have been issued by relief organization heads and levee engineers, residents of Pointe Coupee Parish still clung to their homes today. Many residents of the danger area had either left or were preparing to move as the waters began to encroach on their lands, but reiief authorities feared that a great number already had been cut off as a result of their delay. ‘Waters from the crevasse at Mec- Crea, estimated as being 2.000 feet wide late last night, were believed to have spread over 200 square miles early today. A report that many cases of small- pox had broken out in the refugee camp at Harrisonburg was denied by Maj. Frank Green, Red Cross officer in charge of the camps at Harrison- burg, Sicily 1sland avnd Rhinehardt. Maj. Green said early today that the only cases of smallpox in the camp were the ones which had been isolated some time ago and that health condi- tions in the three camps were good. Residents along the Vermilion from Lafayette at Abbeville, 25 miles south of there and about 100 miles north- west of New Orleans, were warned yesterday by Capt. Frech of the Army engineers to keep a close watch on the flood sitvation and prepare for any emergency. Backwaters Threaten Broussard. The flood waters from the Teche have begun to flow through the smaller bayous, and rellef authorities are anxiously watching the results. Broussard, already cut off by high- way from Lafayette by the high waters of the Vermilion, became alarmed when backwaters threatened to isolate the town. Relief authorities, however, said that there was no im- mediate danger for the town and ample preparation had been made to evacuate the residents in case of neces- sity. At the Lafayette camp 17.540 re-| fugees had been registered late yes- terday. HOOVER AGAIN AT FLOOD AREA. Reconstruction Staff to Be Established | at New Orleans. BATON ROUGE, La., May 26 (#).— Secretary of Commerce Hoover today returned here to the “fighting line” of the flood. ‘With him came from Memphis the entire Red Cross headquarters in| charge of disaster which will be sta- tioned at New Orleans until the relief and reconstruction work of the inunda- tion has been completed. Mr. Hover leaves late today for New Orleans. The Red Cross is operating at a min- imum of expense, the Secretary said. Overhead expenditures are less than 1 per cent of the $14,000,000 being raised for relief work. In Arkansas alone, $300,000 has been | later and four Boy Handicapped By Artificial Legs Pitches to Victory By the Associated Press. NEW' YORK, May 26.—An 18. year-old boy, handicapped with artificial legs, who pitched to vie- tory his base ball team of the Brooklyn Preparatory School to- day was the idol of his school- mates, John Dollar, jr., of Far Rocka- way, the victorious twirler, went into the game when the odds were against his team. The youth, who wasrun over bya train four years ago, has been active in school ath- letics despite the loss of his feet and the lower portion of his legs. - The Rockaway Chamber of Com- merce officially commended him S D, 3 AT INNORFOLK STORM Landis Es_capes Injury When Wind Wrecks Virginia League.Grands_tand. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., May 26.—Six men are dead today and more than 30 are injured as a result of the windstorm which yesterday struck the Norfolk Portsmouth section, Two of the dead and most of the injured were among the 2,000 fans who had crowded ‘nto ‘he Portsmouth Virginia League base ball park for a game, at which Kene- faw Mountain Landis, high commis- sioner of base ball, was a guest of honor. A section of the roof of the grandstand was blown off and fell within a few feet of Commissioner Landis, but he escaped uninjured and today was on his way to New York. ‘William Barker of Craddock died to- day as a result of injuries sustained at the ball park, bringing the death list there to two, Richard P. McWii- ilams of Portsmouth having died in a hospital soon after the tragedy. Three negroes were killed, one di others were injured when the roof of a warehouse near the Norfolk Union Station was ripped off and dashed upon them. Others Expected to Live. Tt appears today that all of the in- jured remaining in hospitals would recover, H. C. Everheart, president of the Suffolk Arhusement Co., was badly in- Jured, but this morning was pro- nounced by physicians as virtually out of danger. ; Frightened by the sudden storm. fans rushed out the runway from the grandstand just as a large sign was blown over striking several persons. Ship Is Damaged. Great confusion followed the crash of the stand. The crowd w in the park in honor of “Landis day.” While women screamed and fainted, a big | part of the crowd in the undamaged sections rushed to the tangled mass of humans, timber and roofing and, in a blinding rain, sought to rescue those pinned beneath At the Norfolk N ent Mr. Hoover estimated the expendi- ociate this | tures by the Federal Government in | the mast at the top. its various flood services and with iis supplies of tents, medicine and other necessities as approximately $5,000,000. crane was blown against the mast of the destroyer Whipple, and hroke oft No one was injured. but the ship was unable to make its scheduled sailing today, pending repairs. | ssociated Press. 1CO CITY, May 26.—The lories and the decline of the city | ot Tula, capital of the ancient Toltec pire (661 A. D.), are told of in a long-lost epic poem, composed more |than a thousand years ago, which has |inst been translated by John H. | Cornyn, master of the Aztec lan- | guage, and for many years professor {of literature at the Mexican Na- tional University. Mr. Cornyn, who {is an American, now is acting as a | newspaper correspondent in Mexico City | “The Song to Quetzalcoatl,” as the |poem 1s known, was handed from | generation to generation by word of inmulh and was inherited by the | Aztecs when their empire succeeded | that of the Toltecs. It was put into | written form by the great Spanish | historian, Sahagun, at the time of the Cortez conquest. The historian rned to write Aztec with the man alphabet. Since then until discovered by Mr. Cornyn, the docu- ment #sested wnidentified among | of Toltec Empire Epic. Just Translated ,masses of ancient manuscript in the National Library. ‘The poem pictures the splendors of the city of Tula in its golden age, which ‘was the timc preceding the orman conquest of England. Tula located, some think, on a site near the pyramids of Teotihuacan, not far from Mexico City. It is des- cribed as a place of boundless wealth and magnificent temples and palaces and great Toltec armies, which con- quered all other tribes. As told by the poem, rivalry de- veloped between Quetzalcoatl, chief priest of the Toltecs, and Titlacauan great Toltec magician. Titlacauan finally by means of necromancy de- stroyed Tula in order to destroy Quetzalcoatl. But instead of being destroved, Quetzalcoatl became “the fair god,” whom the Toltecs, and the | Aztecs after them, worshiped, and | whose legend assisted Cortez to con- quer the Aztecs because when Cortez ‘rived. many thought he was “the fair god” returning in fulfillment of Fpening S WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. €, SOVIET DOCUMENTS NAMING AMERICANS ARE MADE PUBLIC Britain Issues “White Paper” to Show Hostile Activities of International. PARLIAMENT MEMBERS ARE REPORTED IF LIST Letter Taken in Raid Asks Work- ers’ Party of America About Industrial Conditions. By the Associated Prese. LONDON, May 26.—Sixteen docu- ments. including a list of addresses >f many persons in the United States, anada and Centra} and South Amer- ican countries, found in the raid on Soviet House were issued by British government today as a white paper to illustrate the “hostile activ- ities” of the Soviet government and the Third International against Great Britain. It was stated in official circles this afternoon that the names of hun- dreds of persons in Great Britain, in- cluding a number of members of Parliament, as well as persons more or less known in America and other parts of the world, in addition to those published in today's white paper, have come to the hands of the government during its investi- gation of alleged Soviet activities. World Center of Espionage. A Government spokesman said to- day that, in six vears, the Soviet had succeeded in making London the world center of an espionage and propaganda stem which operated extensively, Premier Baldwin stated in the House of Commons, in the United States, Mexico, South America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The spokesman alleged also that. with London as the center and Chesham House (the Soviet legation) having diplomatic immunity, it was an easy matter to carry on com- munications with various parts of the world, the Russians having postal, cable and telephone facilities at their command. He attributed several Australian shipping strikes in the last two years solely to Soviet agents who, he said, went to that country to spread propaganca, stic up trouble and further Moscow's aims. Among the letters in the white paper showing the documents seized in the Arcos raid is one from M. Jusefovitch, general secretary of the revolutionary leather worker: international com- mittee of propaganda and action, to ‘Comrade Bixby, New Yo 4 “The letter, dated Moscow, April 26, 1927, acknowledges receipt of a letter from Bixby, and says: “We are glad to note your agreement to accept a mandate as member of the interna- tional committee of propaganda and action of the revolutionary workers, and to participate in its activities.” Addressed to Workers’ Party. Although the letter wus addressed to Bixby, it was enclosed in an en- velope inscribed: “To the Workers’ Party of the United States, New York."” The letter asks Bixby for full infor- mation about conditions in the eather trade n America, says “Ford systems” are being introduced in the large scale and modern plants of the American boot and shoe indus- try, and expresses desire to know the position of ‘he workers under these conditions, as “that is a question thaot directly concerns us.” Bixby is urged to strengthen the left wing in the trade unions of work- ers in the boot and shoe, harness, saddle, glove and kindred ‘rades. ynes Asks Fair Trial. Speaking for the Laborites, J. R. Clynes t8ld the House of Commons today that Soviet Russia “must not be condemned without trial.” ‘lynes faced a packed. floor and wlon he rose, amid labor <, to place his motion before the House. The government, he said, had reversed its former position that British trade and the future peace of Europe would be injured by sever- ance of relations with Russia. He undersiood the government position now to be that Russia was in the dock. SEVERAL NAMES WELL KNOWN. Chicago Communists in List Include Noted Radicals. CHICAGO, May 2 (#).—Several Chicago Communists named in a note- book found in Seviet House, London, and made public, are well known here. Lydia Gibson is a radical artist and wife of the American cartoonist, Rob- ert Minor. ~She herself was once a cartoonist for a Communist paper here. For some time she has been in Russia with her husband, who is rep- vesentative there of the Workers® Party of America. Minor is the son of a former Texas judge. Anna David, a leader in the cloth Anna David, a leader in the Cloth, Hat. Cap and Millinery Workers' In: ternational Union. The hat company named in the address listed for her | reported she had not been in its em- ploy for at least two years. Joseph R. Bordsky i8 known in rad- ical circles as an attorney of Russian origin. Maurice Specter s a Canadian writer and_a frequent contributer to the Daily Worker, a Communist daily, which was formerly published here in New York. Max_Bedacht is a writer for the Daily Worker, and since the death of Charles E. Ruthenberg, who is also listed, has heen acting secretary of the Workers' Party. OFFICIALS HERE SILENT. | “White Paper” Adds Little to Infor- mation at Hand. By the Associated Press. Publication of the British “white book” in connection with the raid on Soviet House in London failed to oke any official comment from ‘Washington officials, who are under- stood to have previously been placed in possession of any information which might interest the American Government. It had been explained unofficially that Department of Justice agents had a close watch on all persons sus- pected of any activities which might be considered harmful to the Amer- ican government and that the London prophecy and feared not to receive hide information added little to the infor- mation aiready at hand. ” THURSDAY, the | MAY 26, 1927—FIFT DISTRICT LOSES IMPORTANT ALLEY - DWELLINGS GASE | Court of Appeals Holds Light Law Applies to Passage and Not to Houses. CONDEMNATION OF OLD BUILDINGS PROVIDED Review by U. S. Supreme Bench Possible, but Definite Decision Is Delayed. The District of Columbia lost an important round in its legal fight to prevent the erection or maintenance of dwellings in alleys today when the | District Court of Appeals, in an opin ion by Justice Van Orsdel, held that the restrictions applying to sewers, water mains and gas or electric light, as contained in the act of September , 1914, applied to the alleys them- selves and not to the houses erected therein. Justice Van Orsdel affirmed the action of Judge Gus A. Schuldt of the Police Court in quashing an informa- tion against Franklin P. Nash, Wilbur I. Nash and Jane Nash for an alleged violation of the act, The case was heard on an agreed statement of facts which showed the | house, 239 Bassett's alley, to be on | y less than 50 feet wide, not | running through the square, but sup plied with sewer, water mains and gas. The premises are connected with water main and sewer, but have not gas or electric light. Not Subject to Condemnation. “It will be observed,” says Justice Van Orsdel, who rendered the opinion, “that the statute does not undertake to prohibit under any circumstances the habitation of dwell- ing houses fronting on an alley. It is in the nature of a building restriction, a prohibition against the future erec: tion or repair of dwelling houses lo- cated upon an alley described. It also provides that where a building has de- preciated more than one-half of its original value it shall be condemned and regnoved under the law. “From the agreed statement of facts it is apparent that the house in question a dwelling located on the alley described, which is in good repair and not subject to condemnation un- der the statute. The charge of the information is that the building is not supplied with gas or electric lights. There is nothing in the statute which provides that buildings located upon alleys shall be supplied either with gas or electric lights, “The provision relating to the alley ig that it (the alley) must be lighted either by gas or electricity. In this case it is stipulated that the alley is supplied with sewer and water mains and is lighted by gas, which complies with the requirements of the statute., It follows that upon no theory can the present information be sustained, for the reason that it does not charge an offense cognizahble under the statute. The motion to quash, therefore, was properly sus- tained.” Only One Means Open. Assistant Corporation Counsel E. . Thomas, who, with Corporation Counsel Stephens represented the District, said that under this decision the only course by which the ecity could close the alley dwellings would be under that clause of the law pro- viding that alley dwellings shall not be repaired or made habitable after they have depreciated more than 50 oer cent. There is another old statute under which the District condemns such buildings. The District still has the oppor- tunity of seeking to have the law re- viewed by the United States Supreme Court, but officials of the city’'s legal department said that the question would have to be taken up with the Commissioners, The first attack on the validity of | the alley dwelling law was made some years ago in the District Supreme Court by an injunction proceeding, in which that tribunal also held that the restrictions as to sewer, water and lights referred to the alleys and not to the dwellings. The District of Co- lumbia appealed from an injunction granted by that court and the Court of Appeals held that the District authorities could not be enjoined until a criminal proceeding had been instituted for an alleged violation of the law. The information was then filed in the Police Court and when the trial judge granted the motion to quash, at the request of counsel for the owners, a writ of error was asked by the corporation counsel, which was decided today. A Decision Far-Reaching. The act of 1914 provides: “It shall be unlawful in the District of Co- lumbia to erect, place or construct any dwelling on any lot or parcel of ground fronting on an alley where such alley is less than 30 feet wide throughout its e e length and which does not run straight to and open on ' two of the streets bordering the square and is not supplied with sewer, water mains and gas or electric light. Any dwelling now fronting an alley less than 30 feet wide and not extend- ig to the streets and provided with sewer, water mains and light as afore- said which has depreciated or been damaged more than one-half its origi- nal value, shall not be repaired or re constructed as a dwelling or for nuse as such and no permit shall be issued for the alteration, repair or recon- struction of such a building, when the plans indicate any provision for dwell- ing purposes.” Lawyers in the corporation coun- sel’s office also interpreted the decision as meaning, in effect, that the restric- tions as to an alley being 30 feet wide, running straight through a block and being provided with sewer, water and light, was intended to apply to dwellings erected in alleys in fu- ture. Since nearly all of the alley dwell- ings were built before the law was enacted the decision becomes a tar- reaching one under the view taken by counsel for the District, from what they had learned of the ruling today. Byrd Would Wait. ROQSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., May 26 (#).—Comdr. Richard E. Byrd today sald that he was “in favor of waiting until Capt. Lindbergh comes back” before taking off on a Paris flight in the America. Any final decision as to a hop-off, however, he said, would rest with odman Wa | | Troth, | arch of the hills of | has jssued warrants for both of these | to Rapid City. Y-TWO PAGES. * |JUDGE ANNOUNCES DECISION BEFORE AUTO TAG TRIAL OPENS 1 Washingtonian Is Haled Be- fore “Bar of Justice” in “Hot Dog” Stand. Oscar Underwood Being Sought for Hearing at Same Tribunal. Former Senator Oscar W. Under- | wood of Alabama, owner of histori Woodlawn, in Fairfax County, V: and Dr. Ashby Frankland, acting as. sistant surgeon, U. 8. Public Health | Service, must put Virginia tags on their automobiles or subject them- selves to justice as she is dispensed, along with “hot dogs” and pop, in George Washington's own magisterial | district. Justice of the Peace Frank .| venerable white-haired patri- Mount Vernon, prominent personages on charges of violating Virginia automobile i cense laws, and he wants the worid to know that the warrants he issues are not to be smirked at. Warrant Finally Served. ~ Numerous attempts to obtain ser ice on the former Senator and presi- | fof. The only ev service. ening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,100 | (/) Means Associated Press. JUDGE FRANK W. TROTH. | nt have gone | so far, dential nomination aspi down to ignominious ut Dr. Frankland to his bar of justice, in Louis Gibson’s hot dog stand and soft drink emporium at the intersection of the Mount Vernon and Fredericksburg roads. Judge Troth, with a cigar and “hot- dog” counter as his “bar,” drink customers as spectators, set to fine Dr. Kland fo (Continued on Page 2, Column ! and soft | was al COOLIDGE TO LEAVE JUNE 13 FOR WEST Will Dedicate Hammond War Memorial on Way to Black Hills. President Coolidge iz expected to leave Washington June 13 for his! Summer vacation in the Black Hills | of South Dakota. The time of the President’'s depart- ure was revealed in an official an- nouncement made at the White House today that he had accepted an invita tion of the Wicker Park memorial | committee of Hammond, Ind., to de- liver an address at that place incident to the dedication of & memorial park the afternoon of June 14. Associates | of the President in explanation of the | President's acceptance of the speak- ! ing date said that it was the Presi dent’s intention to make this stop at Hammond en route to South Dakota. | This is taken as an assurance that dent has made up his mind definitely regarding the establithment of a Summer White House in the Black Hills, although the Executive has not authorized a statement to this effect. When L: announced Tues- day that he had tentatively selected the Black Hills for his outing he said it was his intention to conduct a further investigation as fo the ac- commodations and other facilities be- fore reaching a final decision. Preparations Under Way. Despite any announcement from the President " :at he has definitely dscided uvpon the Black Hills assist ants of the President already are busily engaged handling the prelimi- naries incident to moving the White House from the Capital to the Black Hills for the Summer. There is every indication that definite arrange- ments for the transportation of the President and Mrs. Coolidga and those of their party are underway. It i< also known that the matter of estah- lishing teiegraph and telephone wires which are to be used by the President | and the executive force and the small | army of newspaper correspondents | who will “cover” the President’s v. cation already '.as been taken up with the proper authorities. One of the problems that has con- fronted the President and those who have been assisting him in working out the selection of a vacation place was the question of the location of offices for Mr. Coolidge and his secre- tarles and the stenographers and clerks who will be taken along. It was learned today that it has been virtually decided to establish the office at Rapid City. which is the principal town of any size in the vicinity of the Presdent’s vacation spot, although it is 32 miles distant from the Game Lodge, which will be used as a home by the President and Mrs. Coolidge. Rapid City, which has a population of | less than 8,000, is an important rail- | road point in that section. | 5 Besides | serving as a place for the Executive Office it will be used as a_base of sup- plies for the Summer White House and as a central point for the corre- spondents for sending out their dis- patches. Confers With Norbeck. That these arrangemets are being | made in advance of a definite an- nouncement by the President was in- dicated today following another con- ference hetween the President and Senator Norbeck of South Dakota. If the President leaves Hammond, Ind., later the afternoon of June 14, it | is expected that he will arrive in the | Black Hills late on the afternoon of | June 16. It has not been announced | what railroad the President will use | in making the trip. It is thought | likely that he will travel on the Chi- ago and Northwestern from Chicago | From that point the | remainder of the journey will be made | in automobiles. | | { The new size is approximately that | northwest of the Azores. | PAPERNONEY I WLLBE REDUCED Mellon Authorizes One-Third Smaller Bills, Beginning With One Dollar. | Reduction in the size of paper money by about one-third, beginning with the dollar bill, was authorized today by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. The first new dollar bill of smaller size will probably be turned out at the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing within a few months, but a supply will not be released to the public until enough have accumulated and aged to permit a general distribution in about 12 months. This sweeping change in the paper | ivil War, will re- | projects, TWO CEN STREET WIDENING RESUMED, EXCEPT ONTHIRTEENTH ST, Connecticut Avenue and 12th Street Affected by Com- missioners’ Order. TREES TO BE REPLACED BY BETTER VARIETIES Temporary Delay in One Case Will Give Congress Chance to Act. The District Commissioners today temporarily eliminated Thirteenth street between I street and Ma - setts avenue from the 1927 street widening program, but ordered re sumption of the work on the othet which involve Connectic avenue from Dupont Circle to Florida venue and Twelfth street from Penn- vivania avenue to E street. Action was taken at a special meeting, which was attended by Traffic Director Wil- |liam H. Harland and officials of t highway department. The widening program was sus- pended temporarily last week as & result of a storm of public protes against the accompanying destructon of the shade trees. Since that time the Commissioners have seriously con- sidered whether to continue the work or hold it in abeyance until Congress convenes in December. Their ultimate conclusion was that Congress directed the work and its orders should be obeyed. Others Regarded Urgent. The widening of Thirteenth street | was not regarded as so urgent as the other and for this reason the Com- missioners decided to postpone this project so that Congress may affirm or further defer the work. A statement issued by Engineer Commissioner J. Franklin Bell, follow- ing the special meeting, outlined the position of the Commissioners with respect to the street widening pro- gram. It follows: “The widening of Connecticut ave- nue from Dupont Circle to Florida avenue and of Thirteenth street from I street to Massachusetts avenue were inserted in the appropriation act for the fiscal year 1928 by Congress, these items not having been included in the estimates submitted by the Commis sioners. The Commission of Fine |Arts about a year ago recommended that the widening of Connecticut ave- duce in size all hills, with the excep- tion of the national bank notes, Sec- retary Mellon announced. The pro- gram ‘will'be gradual, however, startsi” ing first with the one dollar and working up to and including the largest, $10,000. New Dimensions Given. The size of the bills will be reduced from the present dimensions of 7 7-16 by 3'3 inches to 61§ by 2% inches. of the Philippine currency, which by long experience, Mr. Mellon said, has proven itself more convenient than the size mow in use in the United States. Action by the Secretary was taken in_approving the recommendations submitted to him by Charles S. Dewey, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of fiscal offices. Mellon Displays Samples. In making his announcement today, Secretary Mellon displayed specimens of the proposed new dollar bill pre- pared by a special process, mot an engraving. Several reasons actuated the change, Secretary Mellon explained. These in- clude: Convenience to the public, a saving of almost one-third in the cost, | solution of the production difficulties | of the Bureau of Engraving and Print- ing, additional protection against | counterfeiting and need for more | paper money to meet the demand of | growing industry in the country. | At the bureau, it was announced by Mr. Dewey, a program has been au- thorized to start the new dollar bill in process. It will be followed by es to produce all except (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) PINEDO STILL AT SEA, ITALIAN SHIP RADIOS Plane Reported in Tow at Point 100 Miles Northwest of Azore Islands. By the Associated Press. HORTA, Azores, May 26.—A radio message received by the Italian steamer Fust from the Italian steamer Euperga says that the lat- ter encountered Capt. Francesco de Pinedo in latitude 40, degrees 7 min- utes and longitude 30 degrees 3 min- utes. The point at which Comdr de Pinedo’s plane was reported encoun- tered is approximately 100 miles Court Awards Alimony to Executor Of Deceased Wi The estate of Alonzo O. Bliss, who | died recently in Florida, must pay fo | the American Security & Trust Co., | executor under the will of his first wife, Mrs. Emma C. Bliss, $29,152.40, with interest on $25,000 of that sum from January 25, 1923, according to a decision of the District Court of Appeals, rendered today by Chief Justice Martin. The money represents accrued alimony due the wife at the time of her death, January 25, 1922. The first Mrs. Bliss secured a di- vorce from Alonzo O. Bliss in the District $upreme Court in 1904 with an alimony allowance of §1,000 per month. Bliss kept up the payments until 1917, when he represented to his wife that his income had diminished and thereafter paid her only $500 per month. Th accepted the pay- ments, but i§ February, 1919, applied to the court §p require her husband to pay her the¥balance due under the court order, eclaring that his income, instead of Weing less, has greatly in- fe of Late A. O. Bliss creased. The court granted her peti- tion and ordered Bliss to pay $7.500 then accrued and to keep up the pay- ments at $1,000. Mrs. Bliss died, January 25, ‘The e« $29, decree to amount. .40 and gave an unconditional the executor for tha was represented by his administrator, the Biscayne Trust Co. The extensive real estate holdings of Mr. Bliss in Washington are han dled by a corporation known as the Bliss Properties, but he died intestate as to his property in Florida, and an administrator had to be appointed in that jurisdiction. Radio Progr.am Page 34 1922, and the trust company as executor filed a bill of revivor, setting forth that the court’s order had been dis- regarded and that Bliss had continued to give his wife only $500 per month. ourt found-the sum due to be Bliss appealed and during the pendency of the appeal died and nue be carried as far as Florids e Florida ave Will Replace Trees, P & widéning of Connectic nue will provide more .rxequatuet Buste uess and trafic conditions, and the replacement of the present trees by those of a better variety will create a finer tree system in the not distant future. It is manifest that to devots 80 feet of the 130 feet street width te sidewalks s not a wellbalanced utilization ‘of the public space. This widéning authorized by Congress will be carried out this season. “The widening of Thirteenth street is not so urgent. The work will be postponed until the latter part of the fiscal year, so that Congress may afirm or postpone the work au- thorized.” ‘The only other profect in the street- widening ~ program was _ Fifteenth street on the west side of McPherson Square between ‘T street and Massa- chusetts avenue. The widening ac- tivities on this strest were not sus- pended when the temporary halt was ordered last week, because the trees which lined it already had been destroyed. . W. F. HITT’S CHAUFFEUR SENTENCED IN FAIRFAX Fined $100 and Ordered to Work Roads Three Months—Limousine to Be Confiscated. Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va, May 26.—James Chisholm, chauffeur for William F, Hitt of Washington and Middleburg, Va., has been fined $100 and costs and sentenced to serve three months in the County Jail, to work on the. public roads as a member of the State, convict road force, in a sentence passed by the Circuit Court now in session here. Chisholm was arrestefl March 13, when he wrecked the. limousine belonging to Mr. Hitt en the Little River Turnpike, opporite the home of Commonwealth’s Attorney Wilson Farr. Chisholm, who was traveling at an unlawful rate of speed, h(llt an electric light pole as he round. ed a curve, putting the villa, of. Fairfax in darkness, n He was returning to Middleburg from Alexandria, where he had taken Mr. Hitt to board a train for New York. In the back of the car were found two cases of gin addressed to Mr. Hitt at Middleburg. Chisholm was injured, and after having his wounds dressed at the Alexandria Hospital had been out on bail. The limousine belonging to Mr. Hitt was declared forfeited to the comman- wealth because of its illegal use for transportation of liquor. Chishelm pleaded guilty in court when arraigned before Judge Brent. GOLD FOR FRANCE. Mystery Surrounding Purchases in London Cleared Up. LONDON, May 26 (#).—Recent pur- chases of gold in London, which have mystified the money market, it was officiallv _announced today, were for the account of the Bank of France. The statement added the belief that similar purchases on a larger scale were being made in New York. These transactions, it was declared, appear to form part of the monetary program now in the course of execution in, France. 1 t Beach Conviction Affirmed. ST. LOUIS, May 26 (#).—The United States Circuit Court of Ap peals today affirmed the conviction of Maj. Alfred Beach, a former official in the United States Veterans' Bu- reau, who was “>und guilty at Minne. apolis November 20, 1924, on a charge of accepting a bribe of $300 to speed the claim of Percy J. Cuff, a disabled veterane n