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tomorrow fair, rising temperature, Temperature—Highest, 77, at 3:45 p.m. yesterday; today. Full repo Closing N. Y. Mark No. 30859. 1o ohmde “Wa ROUND-TRIP FLIGHT 10 PARIS 10 START WITHIN TWO DAYS PLANNED BY BYRD ‘Associate Declares Navy Fly- er’s Hop-Off Depends on Weather Conditions To- morrow Evening. FEW-HOUR STOPOVER TO PRECEDE RETURN TRIP Official Confirmation Is Lacking, but Excitement at His Hangar Is Evident — Project Pushed That Lindbergh May Be Present to Witness Beginning. By the Associated Press. {* MITCHEL FIELD, N June 14. —A man close to the flying camp of Comdr. Richard Evelyn Byrd, who “asked that his identity be shielded, told the Associated Press today that, weather permitting, Byrd will hop off either tomorrow night or Thurs- day morning for a round-trip Eu- ropean flight, stopping in Paris only a few hours. This man expressed the opinion, which he said was based on per- sonal knowledge, that the early take-off would be made so that Charles Lindbergh might be ‘present to wish luck to Byrd, just as Byrd wished him luck when he took off. The round trip, with brief stop-off, had been -decided on, he stated, be- cause it was believed Clarence Cham- berlin and Charles Levine intended to fly home from Europe, and that, therefore, a one-way flight wauld no longer have any great savor of-orig- inality. Admits Early Start. Met by an Associated Press reporter in the Lindbergh crowd yesterday, Comdr, Byrd said that he was plan- ning te leave for Paris soon, but not until after the first flush of the cele: biation for Lindbergh.. Because he is ‘scheduled to receive an honora degree from a unive Ty ersity Wedn it was supposed that the flight i sald that week, but it at could i weather was the‘only thing lowest, 58, at mnoon ft on page 9. ets, Pages 14 and 1 Entered as second class matte shington, D, C. BY GREAT NEW NEW YORK, June 14.—I never be described. There was one thing, however, pression that the millions of people, which made me feel good. As a general rule, I suppose, I am a fairly calm sort of fellow, but when the Macom reached Battery Park and I saw that crowd I admit I was deep- 1y moved. New York is a great city and only New York could have pro- duced such a welcome. Salt moisture which gat into my WASHINGTON, LINDBERGH IS OVERWHELMED YORK GREETING Terms Welcome Wonderful and Says He Never Expected Anything Like -Jt—Describes Scenes. BY CHARLES A. LINDBERGH. expected anything like it. People told me that the New York reception would be the higgest of all, but I had no idea it was going to be so much overwhelming than all the others. I simply cannot find words to describe my feclings. All I can say is that the welcome was wonderful, wonderful! : Perhaps in a few days, maybe a week, I will be able to give a clear ac- count of how I felt, but just now,-at the close of onc of the outstanding days of my life, my mind is ablaze with noise—oh, terrific noise—oceans of upturned friendly faces and an electric sort of something that can hardly which stood out during the whole day—perhaps it explains that electric feeling—and that was a distinct im- massed from the Battery to Central ark, were really friends of mine.” There was a friendly ring to their voices | An Amazing Reception. As T said in the beginning, I never dreamed of such an amazing re- ception, and now that my first day in New York has come to a close, | am_ beginning to appreciate what my flight has meant for aviation, and while this welcome was for me personally, I know it is going to help center the attention of the public upon aeronautics, and I hope to keep it there Jong enough to do a lot of permanent good. plane during my trip over on the Memphis prevented me from arriving in the Spirit of St. Louis. I was ter- ribly disappointed, for 1 had counted on flying back in the same plane in which I had taken off for Paris three weeks ago. At_the last minute T saw it would (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) DOISY ESCAPES AS PLANE BLAZES Machine Crashes Soon After Start on 4,400-Mile Trip to India. By the Associated Press. LE BOURGET, France, June 14.— Capt. Georges Pelletier Doisy, noted French. long-distance aviator, and his navigator, M. Gonin, narrowly escaped death today when their heavily loaded plane hopping off on a flight to Karachi, India, crashed about 2 miles from here and was destroyed by fire. The French. plane, heavily . loaded for: the 4,400-mile .trip by which the alr men had lioped to break the record set up by Clarence D. Chamber- on &l‘. New Yo]:::.o-ctzfrm;’n.y llanca umbia, d’*‘ *mue,l'rumuda afte _and d oo AR Jeaving 13 now delay the take-off tomorrow night or_early Thursday- morning. Grover Whalen. s telephone for Rodman Wanamaker, financial backer of the Byrd flight; declined either to deny or confirm the report of a round-trip flight. He said he could not comment on the report in any way at the time and that there ‘was no siatement to be given out con: cerning the Byrd plans just now. , Mechanics Keep Silent, At the Byrd hangar at /Roosevelt Field mechanics professed ignorance about the plans for a round-trip flight, but there seemed t0 be a feeling of excitement and ~secrecy about the hangar which suggested that some- thing unusual was in the air. ‘The tri-motored Fokker “America,” ‘which will be manned by Byrd, George Noville and Bert Acosta, who, with Chamberlin, holds the world record for endurance flying, was said to be in readiness for a hop-off whenever it should be decided to leave. James Kimball of the Weather Bureau of New York, questioned by telephone concerning atmospheric conditions, said that, as he had been given to understand that Byrd would not leave before the end of the week, he had taken no steps to compile weather charts. He had nodata, he said, concérning probable conditions for the other side of the ocean, but on this side there was stormy weather which would: not "be favorable for flying. It was learned here this afternoon that the food decided on for a trans- atlantic flight had been stowed aboard the America and that the gas tanks were filled, The light landing gear had also heen changed for the transatlan- tic wheels, indicating that no more test flving was planned before the takeoff. DEPENDS ON WEATHER. Byrd Declines to Comment on Nature of Flight Planned. NEW YORK, June 14 (f).—Com- menting on a report that he planned to0 hop off for France tomorrow night or early Thursday morning, Comdr. Richard E. Byrd ‘said this afternoon that he would not leave until the weather was propitious. He declined to comment on the report that his projected flight would be a round trip, with only a brief stop in Paris, P “STRANGLER” SUSPECT CLEARED IN SLAYINGS Held for Mental Examination, However—Search Is Continued for Murderer. Dy the Associated Press WINNEPEG, Manitoba, June 14.— The man arrested at Raeburn, Mani- toba, and brought back to Winnipeg Jast nig the “strangler” sought as the slayer of a woman and a girl in this city. He was closely In- terrogated by the police late last night, after which one of the officials stated he was not the man sought. He is held, however, pénding examina- tion of his mental condition. Meanwhile, the search for the “strangler” is being pressed by every the command of the author- He is believed not only to be ayer of Mrs. Emily Patterson, 5 Lola Cow 14, both of this city, but also to have been responsible for the deaths of a number of women 4n the United States. The search is centering particularly sbout the Hutterite settlement, 2 #hort distance from Headingly. Blood- 1 The ‘moment the platle Sl the ground the two aviators leaped from the ZAn exflnfin ng over the | followed scarcely a maoment later, The ied 40k cockpit unhurt. 5, 1i of ) . OVERGVESSTAR the sent the Atlanta amal FLOODIMPRESSIONS Drawn-Qut Problem, Re- * quiring Close Study. BY REX COLLIER. Staff Correspondent of The Star. ABOARD HQOVER _ PRIVATE CAR, EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON FROM JACKSON, Miss., June 14.— Reconstruction of the devastated Mis- sissippi Valley will be a long-drawn- out. problem, requiring months of ex- acting study and determined effort, Secretary Hoover declared today in giving to The Star's correspondent a formal resume ‘of impressions gained during his extensive inspection tour Just ending. New floods in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi = and Louisiana have balked rellef authorities in their movement for early rehabilitation and reconstruction of the flood-stricken South, and the Secretary, as a result today decided to postpone his active reconstruction survey. for about ten days or two- weeks. The trip just completed through the,four States mentioned was to have been in_be- half of reconstruction, but the June rise along the Mississippi interrupted the plans. Secretary Gives Resume. During the journey from Missouri to the Gulf, however, it was possible to map out a preliminary reconstruc- tion program, which will be put into effect as soon as the water drains off the flooded territory. “You can’t talk much about build- ing houses and rehabilitating the peo- ple while water continues to wash around them,” Mr. Hoover remarked. The water is receding rapidly toward the north, he added. Mr. Hoover's resume, dictated espe- cially for The Star, follows: “The flood s rapidly passing into the final stages. We have demob- ilized the whole of the rescue organ- ization, as the spread of the flood is now over,, except for the setback duc to the normal Spring rise. The water is rapidly draining off in the States to the north and replanting is under way. Except for Louisiana the great major- ity of the people are already at their homes. It will be another month be- foré they can return in Louisiana. Re- construction will require some months of active work. -A large amount of anjmals and stock must be replaced, furniture and homes rebuilt. Hears Mississippi Reports. “The organization of the reconstruc- tion measures is now completed in every State and I believe will carry through as successfully as the organ. ization- has carried through the two previous stages of rescue and of get- ting the people out.” Mr. Hoover compléted his “swing” COOPER SCORES 74, JONES, 76 AT GOLF Defending Title Holder Finds Varieties of Trouble in Open Championship. By the Associated Press. OAKMONT, Pa., June 14.—Finding varieties of trouble after a flashy get- away, Bobby Jones, the defending title holder, wound up with a 76, four cver par, for the first 18 holes of the 72- hole American open golf champlon- ship hunt today. Harry Cooper of Sacramento, Calif., finishing a few minutes behind Jones, scored 74, two strokes below the cham- pion. and gained a temporary lead over the field. Cooper, like Jones, needed 39 to get home after going aui_lu 35, two under par. n “eagle” 3'on the par 5 first hole but he begin finding difficulties on the fourth hole, where he ‘thres in a sand trap. ¥rom then on he had periodic lapses, particularly with ‘his approaches, and only some sensation- al putting saved him from com a higher score. - The champiol four single-putt greens on the out- ward nine and ‘two coming home, rdnging 10 to 35 feet, After making the turn even with par Jones went steadily until the fif- teenth, where he took a 6. two over par, losing another stroke to par on the sixteenth and a fourth on the home green, where he requjred three putts. Jones Starts ‘in Rain. Under leaden skies and over a course made soggy by a steady rain, Jones began the defense of his title, Setting the pace for the field on the first 18-hole« round of the 72-hole grind, Jones was the first star to get away. The champion was off brilllantly with an eagle 3 on the first hole. He shot a 225-yard brassie to the green and holed a 35-foot putt. His playing partner, George Underwood, took a par 5. The rain kept the gallery down to a mere handful. There were moro marshals than spectators. Jones missed a birdie 3 by inches on the 363-yard second, holing for a par 4. He also was down in par 4 on ping an inch wide of the cup. The Atlanta ace was banging his second shots, wood or iron, to the greens with deadly -accuracy. On the 536-yard fourth, Bobby's sec- ond shot, a brassie, found the edge of a trap just off the green. -The bail was in heavy sand and Jones struck disaster for the first time, taking threc niblick shots before excavating out of one trap,’then another and onto the green. He recovered by sinking a 15- foot putt for a 6, one aver par. This left him one under perfect figures for the four holes. Putting s Uncanny. Uncanny putting again saved Jones on the fifth, where he sank a 10-footer, after being over the green on his second. Underwood was first five holes, Bobby. P On'the sixth, after hooking His ‘iron behind a trap, Jones lofted ::is second within 10 feet of the cup and sank the putt for a par 3. After a fine pitch to the seventh green, Jones overran the cup by six feet on his first putt and missed com- ing back, taking 5, one over par. He Jrove the 253-vard eighth green and holed out for his 3 to stay even with par, The ninth hole was made in par 5. His card: Out—3, 4, 4, 6, 4, 3, 5, 3, 537, It was raining harder as Jcnes started the homeward nine. He took a b, 1 over par, for the tenth, after putting his drive in a trap, and made his par 4 on the eleventh with the aid of a seven-foot putt. Even With Par Again. The champlon got his pa. 5 on the 621-yard twelfth, although pitching short. On the short thirteenth te holed a 12-footer for a birdie 2 ‘that made him even with par ago! . Bobby had a 275-yard drive on the fourteenth and pitched to within 10 feet from the cup, but overran and took 4 Runs Into Difficulties. Jones found all kinds of ‘trouble on the fifteenth, hooking his drive to a trap, requiring two more shots to iveach, the green and taking three putts for a 6, two over par. He lost another shot to par on the 234-yard sixteenth, when his chip was 15 feet 5, 5, 4, 5, 5 for the 3 strokes back of around the flood area by hearing reports on Mississippi’s problems at a series of conferences yesterday. The situation in Mississippi remains acute, especially n the counties bor- dering_the river, he found. Repre. hounds have been sent there from Vinnipeg. ~(Contjnued on Page short. He took 4. Bobby's pitch to the seventeenth again was off the line, but he got down in the regulation 4. 4 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ) T LINDBERGH MAY GO FROM HERE IN OWN PLANETOST. LOUIS Will Take Off Friday Morning if He Decides to Leave From Capital. TUESDAY, PLANS TOUR OF CITIES IN FAMOUS MONOPLANE Flyer Reiterates Decision Not to Commercialize Achievement. Hopes to See Byrd Off. By the Ascociated Press. NEW YORK, June 14.—Whether Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will fiy his own plane back to St. Louis from Washington or Mitchel Field at the conclusion of the New York celebra- tion was still undetermined today. If he decides to hop off from Washing- ton, where the Spirit of St. Louis still awaits him, he will go to the Capital by train from this city, probably Fri- day morning. Recelving newspaper reporters in his temporary Park avenue home to- day, Col. Lindbergh said no decision had been made regarding the return trip, but that a choice between the two points of departure would be made later. Plans Tour in Plane. Lindbergh is considering a tour of many of the gities of the country in his plane. If he decides to make it the trip wiil be undertaken solely with a view to stimulating interest in avia- tion at a time when every one is talk- ing of airplanes and aviators. His itinerary for such a tour, should it be undertaken, has not even been sketch- ed, the colonel said, but he believes it might be helpful to the cause for which he made his long hop. He also said that the route of his flight to St. Louis was not yet decided on. * Asked whether he planned to accept any of the “big-money” offers that have been made him by various com- mercial interests, Lindbergh replied: “Why, I thought T had made myself clear on’that point some time ago. My decisioa still stands.” While still abroad he had announced that he was primarily .a fiver and that he would not be tempted by flat- tering contracts. Will Not Discuss. Himself. Leaning against the mahogdny the 428-yard third, his first putt stop-| ™ sideboard, with a vase of pink peonies behind him, the idolized to! his questioners with a ing, gentlemen." He was that he wore through the tumultu ous festivities of yesterda In his lapel was the ribbon of the American Flying Corps. The first question concerned his business plans, but he had “nothing definite” to say regarding them. Then some one asked how it felt to be the “most famous man in the country.” “Oh, 1 don't want to go into the personal part,” he replied, shifting a trifle uneasily as he looked his ques- tioner straight in the eye. Several times the reporters tried to get him to say something about him- self, but the answer, quick as a flash, was always, “Please, nothing person- aLr o He was a bit shy, it seemed, as the questions came, but he met all queries with crisp confidence and assurance, glancing around the green-walled room occasionally, but ever ready with an answer. “Will you go on home from here? Some one wanted to know. “St. Louis is my home,” he replied. I shall go there.” No Time for Shopping. “Did you bring back anything from Europe?”’ “No, 1 @idn't have time for much shopping.” Qi your mother fly back with YOl\Well, hardly,” was the smiling “The plane won't hold two.” What was the biggest thrill you got yesterday?” " Lindbergh~ guessed that “you fel- lows” could answer that. “What do you think of Mayor Walker and Gov. Smith?” “Oh, 1 don't care to go Into any- thing like that.” “Do you think that your reception in France was a tribute to_you or to the American people?”’ “Oh, it wasn't intended as a dem- onstration for me. ,It was a demon- stration of French friendship toward this country.” Hopes to See Byrd Off. Asked it he would see Comdr. Byrd hop off in the event that aviator de- cided to try for Europe this week. Lindbergh replied; “I should very much like to see Comdr. Byrd off. _But, of course, it isn’t possible for Him to set a definite date. The weather will settle that. A flight by Byrd would be a great step in the advancement of transatlantic fiying.” The colonel complimented Chamber- lin, who, he recalled, had run “into some pretty bad weather” and had “put his ship across under great diffi- culties.” “And, remember,” he added, broke the long-distance record.” Visits Friends at Fields. Col. Lindbergh made a flying trip— by automobile—to Mitchel and Curtiss flying fields, on Long Island, early to- day to pay an informal call on his friends, the pilots, mechanics and of- ficers who helped in_his preparations for his Néw York-to-Paris hop. Slipping out of the Park avenue apartment, where he and his mother had spent the night, Lindbergh got away about 7 o'clock, before the first newspaper reporters had arrived. He rode in the car of “‘Casey” Jones, Cur- tiss test pilot, and “Casey” himself was at the wheel. A hard rain, which later necessi- tated abandonment of the school chil- dren’s welcome celebration scheduled for Central Park this afternoon, did not prevent the colonel from carry- ing out his wish to thank ‘“the fel- lows” of the air flelds for their cour- tesies not only at the time of his taka- off, but on his arrival at Mitchel Field trom, Washington yesterday. Chats With Pilots. He paid his respects to Maj. David- son, in_ charge of operations at Mitchel Field, and then, as ‘“just an- other pilot,” he chatted with members of the operating force, all of whom “he Jones was on the edge of the eight- eenth green with his iron second shot. sentatives of relief agencies in 14 | He went 7 feet belond the cup |through whic] hurried to -luk: his hand. One of his 1 ph the funnel cougn whie been poured the JUNE 14, 1927 "4 Y Foening Slar SIN PAGES, With the Spirit of St. Louis in per- fect running order and safely tucked away under heavy guard in the 'and- plane hang: * of the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, naval aviators today were awaiting word from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh in New York as to the disposition of the plane. Un 1til noon today they had re. celved no word directly or. indirectly from < . Lindbergh on the question of whether he would call for.the plane personally and fly it to St.!Louis or whether the plane would be ~snt to New ..7k either by rail or through ;ll:: ai E: Nsvnll ul‘mgen at the untlont, ", were inc 1 T ieeh ot o2 g thae ‘Army “pursuit -plane which was placed at his disposal and make his triumphant entry into 8t MEMORIAL FUNDS ASSURED BY LABOR Unions -to Make Possibl Completion of Tribute in Original Form. Complete success in the District of Columbia War Memorial campaign was announced today by Newbold Noyes, chairman of the memorial campaign, as a result of a program adopted by organized labor ih Wash- ingto nto send the bullding fund over the top by October 1. Final action was taken by the ‘Washington Central Labor Union last night, it was reported to campaign headquarters by Frank J. Colman, sec- retary of the organization, whereby the regular machinery of the Wash- ington Central Labor Union, under the personal supervision of William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, will make possible the District memorial in its original complete form—a Doric temple in Po- tomac Park. % The campaigns last year and_this year have resulted i1 collecting $149,- 938, according to figures at campaign headquarters, and the pledge of or- ganized labor will now bring to realiza- tion the temple, by finishing the fund. No definite goal has heen set, but the enthusiasm and patriotism evident in making all plans < for the labor program led Secretary Coleman to predict confidently that the 80,000 persons In the labor movement of Washington will - furnish at least $25,000. Plans Are Approved. The Central Labor Union at'its meeting last night unanimously ap- proved the plans prepared by the executive board, as reported by Mr. Coleman. Orders have gong forward today for preparation of the folders and distinctive buttons which will be used. Within a week or ten diys now, it is expected, the movement will ‘be well. under ‘way collecting con- tributions through the local unions. The fol‘ars are to have appropriate statements co. -rning the purpose for which the contributions are to be made, the name of the local which gets credit and 100 lines on each fold- er for signatures and the amounts con- tributed. The buttons will be of dark green color, bearing a picture of the proposed mer orial in white, and the words “Washington C. L. U.” around the circumference of the face of the button. Each contributor will be pre- sented by his union official with one of the buttons. Final action by the Central Labor ULfon culminated a movement, Which has beon under way since Ma, 14, when President Green of the Amer::en Federation of Labor, telegrapted Frank B. Noyes, chairman of the memorial commission, his approval of the subject, wit1 racomm-r.dation that organized Jabo in. Washinston: “ren- d- all assistance vossible, both finan- ciall7 and morally. Indorsement Is Voted. At 'a meeting of the Central Union May 23 a Coleman that the memeorial be proved and that organized labor here take ‘up the matter of sen fund over the 5 n approved, e ecutive boal to act, were held olumn 5) | (@emtnued-on Page 2, Column 7) (Continued age 2, Column 4.) (Continued on FLAG DAY, 1927. service. () Means Associated Press. 'SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS READY FOR RETURN OF LINDBERGH {Plane That Conquered Atlantic in Perfect Running Order and Under Heavy Guard at Naval Air Station. Louis Friday. * Naval mechanics yesterday after- noon replaced the defective cam fol- lower and guide and gave the engine a thorough test. It functioned perfeet- ly and was then stowed away. under in his transatlantic plane GERMANY PLANS TOWARN RUSSIA Should Cease Propaganda Abroad, Stresemann Is Quoted as Saying. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, June 14.— German newspaper correspondents, after interviewing Foreign Minister guard for safe protection until its pilot makes known the disposition of it. The- cracked cam follower develop- ed in the engine yesterday morning as Col. Lindbergh was warming it up preparatory to flying: it to New York. By the size of the defect experienced mechanics on parts of that type-en- gine believed the crack developed in Europe while the plane was being Stresemann today, telegraphed Berlin that Germany had decided to warn Soviet Russia that it was advisable to bring to an end Communpistic pro- paganda in other countries. The German foreign minister was quoted as saying it was “a great pity” that Soviet Russia did unwise things which strengthened the hands of her enemies. He believed, however, that flown between Paris and London, or in the eclosi % the tlosing glages of the nondtop{did not wish Pa el [4TH ST. EXTENSION -~ GIVEN APPROVAL Co-ordinating Committee Will Recommend Continuation to District Line. Extension of Fourteenth street from Kalmia road to the District line was approved today by the co-ordinating committee of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and a recommendation to this effect will be sent to the District Commission- ers. The committee did not consider the question of opening the highway through the Walter Reed Hospital grounds, but pointed out that it should be a through street from Alaska ave- nue to the District line. 'This highway is now opened and graded between Alaska avenue and Kalmia road, but north of the latter street and to -the District line it is not provided for in the highway plan. The co-ordinators were of the bLelief that the increase in trafic should be provided for by another highway to llilll'flllel Sixteenth street in this sec- tion. ‘The co-ordinating committee also decided to recommend to the Com- missioners that \Wyoming avenue be- tween T street and Ridge road be eliminated from the highway plan. This stretch is about a mile and a quarter long, a large part of it lying in the Glover Parkway. Thq commit- tee was of the opinion that it would be impractical to open it as it is at present laid down on the kighway plan and that it would serve no good pur- pose. o GAME IS POSTPONED DUE TO WET WEATHER Bucky Harris Calls Off Series Final With White Sox—Nats Idle Tomorrow. Another game was added to the list of contests to be played off later this Summer when Bucky Harris called off today’s scheduled series final game with the Chicago White Sox. Rain, making the fleld too soggy for play, caused Manager Harris' decision. The Griffmen will idle tomorrow, as the ‘White Sox have a tilt scheduled | Kellogg to with Philadelphia and the date is an open one on the home club's schedule. Thursday the Nats will get back into play when the Detroit Tigers come here for their first visit of the season. ——a Herrick to Visit Capital. Myron T. Herrick, United States Ambassador to France, has been granted leave of absence to visit the United Stat He will leave Paris Lane of the Wright Aergldemand! responsible persons in other countries to break with Russia, though hotheads in some of them were ing extreme measures. DEMANDS DECLARED MET. WARSAW, June -4 (P).—The Polish newspapers, commenting upon Russia’s demands upon Poland grow- ing out of the assassination of Peter Voikoff, Soviet minister in Warsaw, are unanimous in taking the position yesterday that Poland has done every- thing possible 10 meet the assassina- tion situation properly. The papers declare that Russia's demand that Poland expel anti-Soviet refugees should be conditional upon Russia’s expelling the Third Interna- tionale, whose activities are described as anti-Polish. As for the Soviet charges of British anti-Soviet activities contained in Russia’s original note, Poland cannot allow. herself to be drawn into a controversy with Russia concerning actions of the British government, the papers declare, adding that the best way of not adding fuel to the fire is to refrain from a useless dispute leading nowhere. STALIN REGIME ANXIOUS. By Radio _to The Star and Chicago Daily News, Copyright, 1927 PARIS, June 14.—The French gov- ernment is informed that the interior situation in Russia once more is causing great anxiety to the Stalin regime. It is declared the separation movements in the Ukraine and the Caucasus are still active, that the peasants are generally discontented and that Trotsky, Zeinoviev and | other leaders of the minority move- ment are gaining ground. Stalin heretofore has been consid- ered a moderating influence among | the bolshevists. His abrupt resort to warfare propagnnda, wholesale execu- tions and the open support of the Third Internationale’s permanent con- spiracy for world revolution is believed to be due to a-desire to create diver- sion from interior troubles and unify the country by the classic method of “exciting Xenophobia. Some observers think Stalin has lost his head completely since the Anglo-Russian rupture. The French public, which delights in paradoxes, observes with irony that the world's only anti-capitalist state has been try- ing vainly for years to obtain support from foreign capital and that the country which maintains a great active permanent conspiracy against all countries now indignantly demands that Poland expel the reactionary HOPE FOR NUNGESSER AND COLI IS REVIVED Distress Signals in Form of Flares Reported Seen in North- ern Quebec. By the Associated Press. QUEBEC, June 14.—The possibility that Capts. Charles Nungesser and Francois Coll, missing French trans- atlantic aviators, may be stranded in the north of the Province of Quebec was raised today by receipt of a tele- gram at the Parliament Building from a forestry employe at St. Germain township, north of the Saguenay River, The man stated that for half an hour on Sunday night, beginning at about 8 o'clock standard time, distress signals in the form of flares, sent up at intervals of about three minutes, were seen in the mountains north of June 22. During his vacation he will 'come ‘here and eonhruxlth Secretary Dproj n made to_him rl-!—!l! by Sad aimity! botwoen France and tse 34 the township. The flares were seen by four persons. The flares used were modern ones, or trappers in that region would light only fires in case of distress. The Quebec government is exerting cnryM nflm to obum'ln more informa- on ma as as e s The only eveninq in Washington with the Associated Press news paper Yesterday’s Circulation, 104,645 TWO CENTS. ANERCHS FUTUE RESTS ON PEORL, PRESDENTHOLDS Declares in Hammond, Ind., Speech Country Lags Be- hind Proper Schedule. POINTS OUT FAILINGS, HOPING FOR REMEDY Chief Executive Leaves Vacation Train to Dedicate Park to War Dead. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. HAMMOND, Ind., June 14 —Warm- ly praising the citizens of America for their loyalty and patriotism and their contriqutions to the wonderful - ad- vancement of the United States, Presi- dent Coolidge, in an address before a huge gathering near here today, de- clared that the security of the future of this Nation depends upon the in- dustry, the devotion and the character of the people themselves. The occasion of the President’s ad- dréss today was the dedication of Wicker Park, about six miles from this city, in the heart of the famous Calumet industrial district. This park, which was dedicated as a memorial to the World War veterans of Ham- mond, East Chicago. and Whiting, is intended to be a future playground for the people of these three thriving cities, which are situated so closely together as to strongly suggest that they are all one big city. The Presi- dent’'s motor_ride from the railroad station at Hammond carried him through these cities before the scene of the dedication was reached. More than 10 miles was covered during this ride, and the President was enthusias- tically greeted along the wa; At the conclusion of the President’s speech he hurried to his special train and resumed his journey to the Black Hills, where he is to spend the Sum- mer. Text of Speech. The text of the President’s speech follows: “This section represents a phase of life which. is typically American. A few short years ago it was an unin- habited area of sand and plain. To- day it is a great industrial metropolis. ‘The people of this region have been creating one of the most fascinating epics. The fame of it, reaching to al- most every quarter of the globe, has drawn hither the energetic pioneer spirits of many “races, alf eager to contribute their share and to recsive in return the -abundant re- wards which advancing enterprise can sive. “When your eminent Representative in Congress, Will R. Wood, who has long served this district with so much ability and fidelity, supported by your two distinguiched Senators, called upon me with a company of nearly %0 of your promiment citizens to invite me to be present at the dedication of ‘Wicker \ Memorial Park, the appeal which this occasion made became irre- sistible. Here are communities in- spired with a strong civic spirit mev- ing majestically forward, serving themselves and their fellow men. Here ig life and light and liberty. Here is a common purpose—working, organizing, thinking, building for eternity. “While the North Township of Lake County, Ind., may not pay tribute to antiquity, it has a freshness and a vigor that makes it all the more in- spiring. When the Puritan and cava- lier were settling on the Atlantic sea- board, laying the foundations of our Republio, this region was almost un- known. A few venturesome explorers passing over it had left it to remain the haunt the wild life and the savage tribes of the midcontinent. For a long period it was claimed as a part of the French dominions. It was not until the treaty of Paris in 1763 brought to a close the Seve Years” War that it passed under Eng- lish rule, Northwest Territory. “For a century and a quarter it remained almost virgin wilderne: til Congress organized the No; Territory by the act of Pottawatomie Indians occupied locality until they were removed be- yond the Mississippi in 1836. While white settlers began to arrive early in the nineteenth century, and as early as 1833 a stage route ran along the bank of Lake Michigan from De- troit to ClJcago, this immediate local- ity remaihed sufficiently unoccupied, S0 that becween 1855 and 1860 several thousand acres of land were bought for §1.25 an acre, and sufficiently wild o that it is related that as late as 1884 one trapper caught as many as 1,500 muskrat and mink along the banks of the Calumet River. When & large plant was bullt in Whiting for the refiffing and storage of petroleum in 1889 not more than half a dozen small houses were located there. When George H. Hammond started a packing plant in the town which hears his name, about 1873, the place had few inhabitants. There wers only 1,200 people in East Chicago when it was incorporated in 1893, “From these meager beginnings these three cities, which, with the vil- lages of Munster and Highland, make up the North Township, now have a population of more than 130,00¢ They have hecome a great manufacturing center of steel products, railroad equipment, motor trucks, machinery, refined oil and chemicals. Thelr as- sessed valuation is nearing $200,000,- 000. The value of improvements com- vleted within the last year, now under way and projected amounts to more than $325,000,000. To the east is the city of Gary, with its immense steel plants and a population thought to exceed 100,000 people and an annual pay roll of scores of millions of dol- lars. Such a rapid development, now rivaling many of our oldest cities, is dificult to comprehend. It is lacon- celvable that it could take place in any land but America. Intellectual Development. “Along with the growth of the ma- terial side of life has gone the growth of the intellectual side of community life. While factories have been build- ing, schools and libraries have fol- lowed. It is reported that a scientific survey made of one of these cities to determine what improvements could be suggested found the standards and negotla- | and it is pointed out that the Indians | dministration of the public school system so admirable that there ap- peared to be nothing to criticize. & ition has been of considerable importance in this development. This area_lies at the southern extremity of itinued op Page 4, Column