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—ee e WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow; much change in temperature. Temperature—Highest, 68, at noon “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes not today; lowest, 53, at § Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 50,360, post _office. at 5 a.m. today. ah Entered as second class matter ‘Washington, D. C LEAGUE MAY WARN “RUSSIA AS 2 WARS - THREATEN EUROPE ‘British-Polish-Soviet and Ju- goslav - Albanian Crises Alarm Geneva Council. . STATESMEN CONVINCED ACTION IS IMPERATIVE (Germany Joins Group of Powers Favoring Stern Representa- tions to Moscow. By the Associated P G witzerland, June 15.— Statesmen attending the League of Nations Council meeting here are re- ported increasingly convinced that the mperatively arrived to take “preventive steps to avert an outbreak of war in Europe. *Fear of such an eventuality is main- 1y inspired by the reported attitude | of Soviet Russia, following the break- ing of diplomatic relations by Great Britain and the assassination of the Soviet Minister to Poland. In South- ern Europe another situation pre- sents itself through the break of re- Jations between Jugoslavia and Al bania. Germany Favors Warning. he Associated Press learns that Ge;rmany has virtually been brought ver to the camp of those powers who avor warning Russia against continu- dnce of her alleged propaganda abroad terrorism at home. "5& this warning is delivered jointly By the powers, which is a possibility, # will not be worded as a menace to the Soviet system, but will be drafted from the viewpoint that Europe can- ! Mot risk another war and that the Powers are united in the sense that &by aggressor is the enemy of all. "Reports of a possible international ebnference to consider the Russian problem, with Soviet delegates invited attend, are unconfirmed, but a Ger- 33... spokesman said this morning that another meeting of the Locarno ty powers between now and the | September session of the League As- senbly was within the range of prob- ablity, provided today’s second meet- n%‘of the foreign ministers did not athin a complete agreement. © situation to Be Reviewed. #he object of this special meeting wéild be another and more general } w of the European political situ- atl N A | As Vabunt Ishii of Japan is par- | ticlgating in the discussions, it is be- | lievéd the examination of the situation includes consideration of the reper- cusiion of the alleged communistic ities of the Far Bast. cign Minister Stresemann of | Gerpany 1s profoundly anxious to avoll any appearance of “forging a hostlle ring of steel around Russia,” land| will presumably only promise | German support to a general anti-war | moyement. E % Germany has a special national in- | terest in preventing any armed out- | break between the European powers | and Russia. '” She subscribed to the Locarno pact on the understanding that German ®oil would mnot be utilized for the passage of troops moving against Rus- sia, but as a member of the League of Nations she would find herself greatly embarrassed in preventing the operation of military penalties against any state which refused arbitration and resorted to hostilities. . S. Attitude Watched. Dr. Sresemann apparently is at- tempting to draw a distinction be- tween the propaganda of the Third Internationale and the Moscow gov- ernment of the Soviet Union. In view of the recent speech by Myron T. Herrick, American Ambas- sador to France, in which he scored communistic propaganda, it is asked here whether the United States would join any movement toward meeting what the European statesmen refer to as the “communistic danger.” ALBANIAN ENVOY LEAVES. Requests and Receives Passport From Jugoslavia. oslavia. June 15 P).—Albani: er to Jugoslavia, Tsena Bey, has requested and received his passports, and, with his legation staff, is leaving the country today. It is reported here that Italy may demand indemnity from Albania for the killing of four Italian engineers, allegedly by Albanian tribesmen, at | Puka, on Albanian territory. Jugo- slavian sources hint that Italy may intervene in Albania if the case is not settled promptly. X The departure of the Albanian Min- jster completes the severance of diplomatic relations between Jugo- slavia and Albania, which was begun with the withdrawal of the Jugoslavia Jegation from Tirana on June 4. The trouble arose through the arrest of y 12 ation > of the con- troversy in_a communication to the Yeague of Natlons, with the request that it be forwarded to the members of the League Council. Geneva dis- patches at the time mean that the dispute hefore the present session council. The Jugoslavia-Albanian situation came to the fore with the signing last November of the tr of Tirana b tween Italy and Albania. Jugoslavia charged, in the face of Italian denials, that the pact contained secret military clauses, that under its terms Italy was able to exercise undue influence on the smaller country and that the pact was aimed at Jugoslavia. would come of the WARRANT SETS DEATH. ! Jackson Execution Jfily 1 Between 10 AM. The death war! gon, colored, and 2 P.M. nt of Philip convicted of the Welling in the g v, was trai ted from Criminal Division 2 to ke of the District i 2 p.m. This is the first execution scheduled to take place in the elec. trie chair which ha posing the eath penalty in Wash- d this might |8 ack- been installed in | place of the scaffold as a means of im- By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 15.—Rumors of a new terror in Russia, with numerous summary executions, wholesale ar- rests, drastic military preparations, an impending declaration of martial law and crowds of foreigners fleeing from Moscow, are current in London. They emanate from Warsaw, Riga and other centers which are notori- ously given to circulating anti-Soviet reports, and whether they are based on facts could not be substantiated today from any independent reliable source, 1t is said that a strict censorship im- posed on all telegrams from Russia accounts for the inability to confirm the sensational stories, which tell, among other things, of “mass execu- tions” in many parts of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, includ- ing Viadivostok, the Caspian region, the republics of South Russia and Mosoow and Leningrad. The G. P. U. (political police) are represented as having been given a free hand with the power of life or death over citizens and as making liberal use of those powers, which, it NATIONALIST ARMY WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Fpening Shar. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 1927—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. MASS EXECUTIONS BY SOVIET CHARGED IN “REIGN OF TERROR™ Declaration of Martial Law Due to Follow Wholesale Arrests, According to Reports Reaching London. is declared, is in accordance with Soviet law. The population of Moscow is de- scribed as panic-stricken, with re- servists being called to the colors. According to a Warsaw dispatch to the Daily Mail, the Ukraine army alone will be increased by many thou- sands. This report says that boys and girls are being taught rifle shooting and that the workers are being com- pelled to devote their evenings to military training. The dispatch sug- gests these preparations are due to “expected war with Poland.” Among other reports of alleged terror is one from Helsingfors, Fin- land, which asserts that the Finnish Gen. Elvengren, one of the 20 whose execution was announced officially at Moscow several days ago, after the assassination at Warsaw of the Rus- sian envoy Voikoff, was actually put to death some time ago after under- going a series of tortures, from which he became insane. It is impos- sible to obtain verification of this and similar stories. A dispatch from Riga to the Dally Mail tells of the shooting at Moscow of 28 former officers of the Czar's , (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) BYRD MAY CIRCLE ENCIRCLES HANKOW Shanghai Reports Contrary to Rumored Defeat of Yang Sen. BY PAUL WRIGHT. By Cable $o The Star and Chicaro Daily SHANGHAL June 15.—Both,k Wu Chang and Hankow are reported to have been surrounded by troops of the 14th Nationalist Division, under Hsia Tou-Ying in the North, and under Yang Sen's soldiers from Sze- Chuan in the South. This is entirely contrary to the tenor of recent accounts from Hankow, which represented Yang Sen as withdrawing after a defeat. It is, however, in keeping with what many observers have been expect- ing in Hankow, where rumors have persisted for months that the Com- munist group there is due to be wer. thrown out of po all important orted that gou“nx:lgt leaders have left Han- troops are armed labor- dispatches say, are badly 0 ers who, ‘o strong re- trained and incapable sistance. CHIANG TROOPS IN SHANTUNG. Compromise Between Leaders Still Seems Possible. PEKING, June 15 P).- compromise peace betwee! South China still appears Dos Moderate Nationalist troop: ot Chiang Kal-Shek today weré enterln: the province of Shantung, while the Northern forces concentrated at Chucheng, about 50 miles west of the impor} port of Tsingtao. Honanese “red spears,” who ‘have been opposing the Northern militar- jats, were reported to be harassing the Northerners' communications in the vicinity of Shuntehfu, in the Prov- ince of Chihli, about 100 miles ‘west of Tsinan. A Japanese semi-official statement today indicated that negotiations be- tween Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, leader of the North- ern alliance, and Yen Hsi-Shen, gov- ernor of the province of Shansi, were progressing and that a compromise seemed possible. Compromise Held Necessary. Chang Tso-Lin was reported to have stated in an interview with the Jap- anese general, Yananashi, that ft went without saying that a compromise was necessary. “But,” Chang was quoted ng, “I cannot agree to hoist the Nationalist flag or rename my army as part of the Nationalist revo- lutionary forces, although there is room for the consideration of other matters. Both of these demands were made upon Chang by the Moderate National- ists in the negotiations for peace which have been going on. (Gen. Yananashi is a former Japa- nese minister of war and was sent to Peking, it is understood, with a mis- sion from the Japanese premier to try to restore peace in China.) High officials of the Northern head- quarters at Peking state that a de- jon to settle their poliical problems as soon as possible was reached-at a conference between Chang Tso-Lin, Chang Tsung-Chang and ‘Sun Chag- Fang, the latter two being the for- mer defenders of Shanghai. Leaders Exchange Views. These officials said that the North- ern leaders are now exchanging views ng Kai-Shek through an in- but that no decision had been reached as yet. A wireless message from Hankow, ters of the radical wing of ng-Chi, commander-in-ichief of Han- kow, has returned to that city from the province of Honan, leaving Gen. Feng Yu-Hsiang, formerly known as the Christian general, in command of the Hankow government forces. MRS. CHURCHILL HURT. Wife of British Chancellor of’ Exchequer Injured in Auto. LONDON, June 15 (#).—Mrs. Spencer Churchill, wife of the British chancellor of the exchequer, was in- Jjured in a motor accident in the Ken- sington district of London today. She received a number of brulses and suffered from shock, but it was stated at the Churchill home this aft- ernoon that she was progressing sat- isfactorily, Ferdinand Is Better. BUCHAREST, Rumania, June 15 (#).—King Ferdinand’s heaith has im- proved the last few days, announce- -| ments from the palace say. It is ex- pected he will go to Sinaia, the Sum- mer capital, in the mountains 70 miles from Bucharest, the 1! GLOBE ON FLIGHT New York Paper Says Elastic Plans Provide for Sev- eral Goals. By the Associated Pre: NEW YORK, June 15.—The New York Evening Post says today that Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, who is ex- pected to hop-off soon for a trans- atlantic flight, has such elastic plans for guiding his Fokker monoplane after it leaves American shores that he may even cross Europe and the Pacific Ocean before he ends his trip. Byrd, the paper says it was inform- ed by him, “will not consider his task ended when he lands at Le Bourget. He may hop across South America and thence back to the United States, or make a series of flights across Eu- rope and Asia to Tokio, flying the Pa- cific with a pause at Honolulu. “All these plans, however,” the pa- per says, ""are subject to the approval of Rodman Wanamaker.” Mr. Wana- e READY TO START. Plane Prepared to Leave on Flight at JEnd of Week, By the Asfociated Pre ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., June 15 (®.—Comdr. Richard E. Byrd’s tri- motored monoplane -America was ready today to take-off at short notice on its non-stop flight to Paris, but in- dications were that it would be the end of this week before the start could be made. All preparatory tests on the huge Fokker have been completed and the plane has been loaded with necessary food supplies as well as emergency equipment. The only thing that re- mains is to fill the tanks with enough fuel for the non-stop crossing. Comdr. Byrd has announced that he would wait until the reception here to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was over take advantage of the first good “break” in the weather to hop off. He said that it has not been de- cided whether the America will make a return flight from Europe to the United States. HONORED AT V. M. I. Alma Mater Gives Byrd Engineering Degree. LEXINGTON, Va,, June 15 (®).— Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, hero of the first North polar flight, who is now preparing for a transatlantic airplane voyage, returned today to Virginia Military Institute, his alma mater, to receive the honorary degree of civil engineer. he famous aviator arrived at 7 o'clock after an all-night trip from Roosevelt Field, N. Y., where he is preparing his triple-motored Fokker plane for the flight to Europe. The commander had no comment on the proposed flight, spending the morning with Gen. and Mrs. William H. Cocke of V. M. L, and his brothers, Gov. Harry F. Byrd and Thomas Byrd. Gov. Byrd will make the commence- ment address and deliver the degree to his brother in behalf of the insti- tution. Degrees and reserve officers’ com- missions will be conferred on 96 grad- uates in Jackson Memorial Hall later in the day. In the absence of Gen. Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War, who is participating in the Lindbergh celebration, the R. O. T. C. commis- sions will be presented by 8. D. Kochendack of the class of 1889, com- mander of the District of Washing- WILD WEST'GREETS PRESIDENT GOING INTO SOUTH DAKOTA Executive Sits With Mrs. Coolidge on Rear Platform Passing Through Prairies. CROWDS WAVE WELCOME AS TOWNS FLIT BY Air Mail From Washington Over- takes Party at Madison, Wis.,, and Is Taken On. By the Associated Press. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S SP! CIAL TRAL N ROUTE TO BLACK HILLS, 8. Dak., June 15.—President Coolidge was welcomed into South Dakota today soon after he crossed the State line on the journey to his Summer residence in the Black Hills. As the special train sped into the State & crowd waved its greeting to the President from Elkton, first sta- tion in South Dakota. Similar greet- ings were awaiting at the other small towns, and shortly after breakfast Senator Norbeck of South Dakota and a delegation of more than 30 cit- izens from the eastern part of the State boarded the train to extend the first official welcome. Arising earlier than usual, both the President and Mrs. Coolidge were out on the rear platform to meet the crowds as the train left the last of the Minnesota cities on the route. At Huron the first extended stop was made, and here again the station was jammed by those of the city and nearby countryside who wished to see the President. Gets Touch of West. A touch of the prairies and the old- time West unfolded itself to Presi- dent Coolidge. He sat with Mrs. Coolidge in the rear car of his long special train and saw stretching into the far-off horizon rolling fields sown recently in wheat and corn. Toward the end of the day the ranges where steers and buffaloes graze were in store. . The President was traveling through the heart of that country where the folks he saw and the folks who came to see him- were those whose desire for fafm relief were embodied in the vetoed McNary-Haugen bill. Shortly after sunrise the President's train entered the State which will be host this Summer and at noon he was to receive an official welcome at its capital, Plerre, from Gov. Bulow and otl'are‘x‘- tate officials. & their large party expected to detrain lt:!:hmc:o;“ta brief tour l.}f.!h. city an [ ol grof was a hint :m Ibmethlnm on w reg- ular program might be walting—per- haps a lusty wild West greeting from cowboys and Indians, To Finish Trip by Motor. After the reception at Pierre, the 200-mile trip to Rapid City lay ahead. then a drive by motor to the State game lodge, which will be the Presi- dent’s Summer residence. Traveling at a steady, rapid pace, the President’s train passed during the night through the southwestern corner of Wisconsin and the greater portion of Minnesota. Before dark- ness fell last night large crowds came to see the President, and frequently he and Mrs. Coolidge waved hurried greetings as the train sped along. Occasionally Rob Roy and Prudence Prim, the White House collies, perch- ed their paws upon the sills of the observation car’'s windows and barked at the smiling and waving groups. After dinner in the dining car with other members of their party, the President and Mrs. Coolidge retired to their quarters and saw a motion picture program, which included views of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s recep- tion in New York and Washington. AIR MAIL REACHES TRAIN. Presidential Party Makes Short Stop at Madison, Wis. MADISON, Wis., June 15 (#).—The special train bearing President and Mrs. Coolidge to their Summer vaca- tion home in the Black Hills of South Dakota made a short stop here last night while mail was loaded aboard for the Executive. The mail was dis- patched here from Washington by .airplane. After a change of engines the train continued on its journey, one hour behind schedule. More than 3,000 persons gathered in hopes of seeing the Executive. The presidential car was darkened for a moving picture show. None of the party made an appearance, The dining car of President Cool- idge’s special train presents a picture in democracy, with all members of the party sharing menu cards with Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge. A table near the center is reserved for the President and Mrs. Coolidge and they are usually joined at meal times by other members of the party at surrounding tables, including the able White House staff, household employes, photographers and news- paper men. A new dining car was attached to the train at Chicago. It was named “The President,” and Mr. and Mrs. ton. o LABORITE ORDERED OUT OF HOUSE OF COMMONS Buchanan Leaves After Calling Statement “Lie” and Refusing to Withdraw Remark. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 15.—George Buchan- an, Laborite member of the House of Commons, was ordered by the 'speaker to leave the House today for refusing to withdraw his exclamation “What a lie,” made in the course of an address by Godfree Locker-Lamp- son, undersecretary of state for for- eign affairs. The scene occurred when the remark was hurled across the floor after Locker-Lampson, in reply to a ques- tion whether the British mission in Russia had employed any spies, said, “Certainly not.” Loud cries of ‘“withdraw” came from the government benches and the speaker ordered Buchanan to with- dm‘;’hls M ks. Buchanan refused Coolidge were the first to be served in it. Poking into lower Wisconsin after leaving Illinois early last night, the special was met by larger crowds who were free from the day’s work to go to the rallroad stations to see the President. At the few stops made both the President and Mrs. Coolidge appeared on the rear platform to wave a greeting. o TROOPS FOR OIL WELLS. Illegal Drilling Reported by Mexi- can Authorities. MEXICO CITY, June 15 (#).—Fed- eral troops are to be used to prevent exploitation of oil wells drilled by certain oil companies despite cancella- tion of their permits. The department of commerce and industry asked the war department today to place troops at the disposal of the Tampico petroleum agency be- cause, it stated, certain oil companies had been illegally drilling and exploit- ing wells, although permits had been denied. When such wells were discovered, the department says, it locked the valves, but the locks were broken and LINDBERGH TO FLY HERE FRIDAY AND THENTOST.LOUIS Plans Call for Hop to Capital After Receiving $25,000 Orteig Prize. COLONEL SLEEPS LATE AFTER STRENUOUS NIGHT Boyhood Playmates From Little Falls, Minn.,, Waiting to See Him When He Arises. By the Associated P MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., June 15.— Officers at the Army air field made known today that New Yorkers will probably not see Charles Lindbergh’s plane, the Spirit of St. Louls, before the flyer returns home. They said that present plans call for Lindbergh to leave here for Washing- ton in an Army pursuit plane Friday morning immediately after receiving the $25,000 Orteig prize at a presenta- tion breakfast in New York. At Washington he will transfer to the “Spirit” and then fly to St. Louis, arriving there late Friday afternoon, according to schedule. STAYS LATE ABE Lindbergh Sleeps All Morning After Strenuous Night. NEW YORK, June 15 (#).—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh took a morning off in bed today. He slept soundly after a busy night of entertainment that included the city's official banquet in his honor and a speclal Winter Garden perform- ance given by the Quiet Birdmen, an organization of famous pilots of the afr. ‘\Vhén the colonel reurned to the Harry Frazee apartment, on Pari ave- nue, where he and his mother are staying, the early June dawn was just over the housetops, and he hopped into bed. His friends did not c.1l him until noon, or just in time for him to prepare for the luncheon given for him at the Hotel Astor by the New York State Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants' As- sociation. Boyhood Playmates Call. Waiting to see the aviator when he arose was a delegation of four boy- hood playmates from Little Falls, Minn., the town in which he grew up. These friends, who call him “Charlie,” were A. L. Grimes, mayor of the Western City; Kenneth T. Martin, J. 8. Tevis and Dr. C. H. ley. party motored East in an "old home town” car, and plans to stay in New York until the colonel leaves, probably on Friday. Mrs. Lindbergh planned to return to Detroit on a 5 o'clock train this afternoon. She, too, spent the morn. ing quietly, and had no engagements prior fo her departure. Lindbergh's late afternoon schedule had not been determined, but he had approved of the arrangements made in_his behalf for the evening. ‘These called for his presence at the boxing bouts at the Polo Grounds, at a special theatrical performance and at a benefit show to be given for Nungesser and Coli, the lost bird- men of France. City Continues Tribute. Lindbergh buried his thoughts of his plane, in the hands of strangers in a strange hangar at Bolling Field, while the city continued its shower of honors upon him last night. While he escaped the thundering cheers of street crowds when he secretly visited Mitchel Field early in the morning, the roars at the dinner and at athea- ter party that followed were propor- tionately equal to the unprecedented gemonuunuon ‘when he arrived Mon- ay. He was Introduced at the dinner by Mayor Walker as ‘“‘the outstanding figure in the civilized world.” He sat with Gov. Smith, Charles Evans Hughes, Cardinal Hayes, Bishop Man- ning and other dignitaries of almost every calling, while thousands in the streets outside the hotel, in the lobby and in the three ballrooms where the ;Ilnner was served yelled their greet- ngs. Long ovations preceded and followed the typically brief address—devoted entirely to aviation—of the young hero. He pleaded for the establishment of airports in order that passenger plane service might be developed. Sees Multi-Motored Planes. Lindbergh said that the next big step in transatlantic communication by air would be that of multi-motored pilanes. “I believe they will start to demonstrate their possibilities in a very short time,” he. declared, “al- though regular communication by air will not start until years of develop- ment and research have passed.” Cheering guests climbed chairs and tables as the youth ended his address. “What a speaker!” was one remark by a guest. The governor and Mr. Hughes ad- dressed the gathering. “You have found a place,” sald the governor, fac- ing the colonel, “I should say the first place, in the heart of America, as typi- fying the youth, the spirit and the courage of the great country you rep- resent.” Mr. Hughes added a tribute to Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh in his praise of her son. “America is picturing to her- self youth with the highest aims, with courage unsurpassed, science victo- rious,” he said. “Last and not least, motherhood, with her loveliest crown.” Lindbergh and the speakers were seated on a dals so built that when the colonel took his seat he appeared to be sitting in the cockpit of a giant monoplane, with its wings stretching away on either side. A huge ergine and propellers extended out toward the diners. Shielded From Enthusiasts. At one point during the dinner a miniature reproduction of the Spirit ot St. Louis suddenly took wing near a model of the Statue of Liberty and cruised across the ballroom toa model of the Eiffel Tower. Two policemen were seated in front of the flyer to shield him from en- thusiastic guests and autograph seek- er In the lobby 100 policemen di- rected traffic while 400 officers on foot and on horseback controlled milling ;lh«:u]nndl in the streets outside the otel. One thousand guests were seated in adjoin! rooms and corridors where they could neither see the colonel or other sp rs._This, the committee hi(Continued on Page 2, Colump 3 3 WOMAN 70 YEARS ON FARM HAS FIRST VIEW OF CAPITAL Mrs. Warfield, Who Saw Rockville Skyscrapers, Dazed by Sights. Monument, Capitol and the Movies Hard to Realize. Farming Found Scarce. For nearly 70 years Mrs. Frances Leanna Warfleld lived on a little farm near Damascus, Md., and never left it but twice. Yesterday she came to Washington for the first time, and she had “the time of her life.” Mrs, Warfleld was born within a stone’s throw of the house in which she now lives. Twenty-five years ago she drove to Rockville in a buggy, and that was her first trip to the “city.” About a month ago her home was robbed and she had to take an- other trip to Rockville to prosecute the robber. She was so impressed with the tall buildings and the auto- mobiles that she decided she would have to see Washington, and so, ac- companied by Mrs. W. E. Offutt and Officer W. H. Merson of the Mont- gomery County police, she came here to see the sights. She had never seen a statue, a big building, an elevator, a typewriter, a moving picture or a “flapper.” Yes- terday she saw them all. She also paid her first visit to the “5-and-10” and carried back a bag full of souve- nirs to her three grandchildren JOHNSTON SETS GOLF PACE AGAIN Card of 147 for 36 Holes Is One Stroke Better Than That of Sarazen. By the Associated Press. OAKMONT, Pa., June 15.—Harri- son R. Johnston, Minneapolis entry for the National open golf crown, con- tinued to set the pace this afternoon in the chase for Bobby Jones' {itle. ‘With some 20 of the contestants hav- ing finished the 36 holes, including 18 esterday and a like number today, the Minneapolis player, with a card of 147, was one stroke better than Gene Sara- zen, who shot a 39 on his first nine and par 35 coming in for a total 148, Hampton Has 151 Total. Hampton hdd a 78 today, for & to- tal of 151. The early afternoon rank: ing found Fred Baroni, Crafton, Pa., with 152, and Archie Compston, Great Britain, with 153. All other scores of the first 20 were over 160. A warm sunshine flooded the course today, in contrast to yesterday’s con- stant rain. As the day wore on, the greens became faster and the fairway less troublesome. Much was expected of the defending champion. He got away early in the afternoon, and the first few holes in- dicated Jones would not be bothered by the sand traps, as he was yester- day. Bobby was away to a flying start, shooting a birdie on the first and par 4 on the second. Jones was hole high with his mashie fron on the 428-yard line. His putt from 20 feet curled slightly off the line at the cup and he took another par four. The gallery assumed such swarming proportions that it took several min- utes on each hole to clear the fair- ways. Crowd Cheers Champlon. Steering clear of the trap on the edge of the fourth green in which he took three shots yesterday, Bobby found the rough with his brassle and pitched .short. He was down in two putts for his par 5. The champion recovered sensational- 1y to make a par 4 on the fifth. His drive found a trap to the right of the fairway, half buried in sand, and his explosion shot failed. Still in the trap, he lifted his third shot 125 yards to the green and sank a 30-foot putt while the crowd roared. A hooked iron on the short sixth proved costly and the champion lost a stroke to par, taking 4. Bobby got down in the regulation 4 on the seventh, but was short both on his mashie approach and first putt. On the 253-yard eighth Jones was hole high, off the green, but his chip failed to take the roll of the green, trickling backward. He took three putts and a damaging 5. Jones found a trap just off the green with his brassie, chipped 25 feet beyond the pin and holed out in wgmr(lng the inward journey, Jones lost another stroke to par when his chip fell short and left.him an eight- footer he failed to make. Again, on the eleventh, Bobby was oft the line, his mashie pitch landing in a trap over the green. He missed his 10-foot putt for a par and took 5. This left him 4 under par altogether After clubbing his drive off the top of a mound on the 621-yard twelfth, the champlon banged to the green but ran his approach putt 6 feet past the cup, missed coming back and took 6, another par. The gallery was stampeding after nearly every shot and seemed to be bothering the Georgian, but he rallied to get his par 3 on the short thirteenth. Bobby got his par 4 on the four- teenth and the same figure on the fifteenth as he steadied his game. He was straight as a die on both, but needed perfect figures to get a 77. A beautiful tee shot, hole high, on the 234-yard sixteenth, clinched a par 3 for Jopes. His drive on the 302-yard seventeenth hit a spectator 25 yards short of the green, from where he chipped 12 feet short and holed out in par 4. Gene Sarazen, with his good card of 74 yest nine today. But at he found much trouble in reaching the green and was 2 over par, with a 6. gc'uomndd e a bit of temper by break- a clul Gene recovered and shot a birdie on the seventeenth. He had on_the (com_lnued on Page 3, Column 5.) * (/) Means Associated Pri IRS. FRANCES L. WARFIELD. Stella, Norman and Lester Runkles. She has taken care of the three chil- dren since their mother died 12 years ago. Stella is 16, Norman 14 and Lester 13. Whisked to the top of the Wash- ington Monument in 65 seconds, Mrs. Warfleld couldn’t quite “take it all in)” She insisted she hadn’t moved off the ground. When she looked out of the windows and saw how high she was she admitted she might be wrong, but still she couldn’t under- stand just how she got so high. After looking out of the windows for a few minutes Mrs. Warfield opined that “anybody'd be a fool to (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ASKS TREE-SAVING as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,986 TWO CENTS. PLANS FOR AIRPORT RUSHEDTO SAVEAIR MAILSTOP FORCITY Capital Warned Baltimore Will Get Station Unless Field Is Provided. COVELL WILL SEEK USE OF BENNING RACE TRACK Mooney, Meanwhile, to Ask Army for Right to Stop Planes at Bolling Field. W Agitation for the establishment in the District of a municipal airport for commercial aviation was renewed vigorously today at a conference be- tween the District Commissioners and City Postmaster Willlam M. Mooney and Assistant Postmaster W. H. Haycock. Bearing a letter from Second As- sistant Postmaster General W. Irve ing Glover warning that unless some assurance is given that an airport would be established, Baltimore in- stead of Washington would be made a relay point on the new air mail route to be put into operation be- tween New York and Atlanta in Au- gust, the postal officials so impressed the Commissioners that they desig- nated Maj. W. E. R. Covell, senior Assistant Engineer Commissioner, to start immediately to co-ordinate the various agencies interested in the AND WIDE STREETS Arts Commission Wants Plan to Preserve Beauty and Aid Traffic. . BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Emphatic protest against “wanton” destruction of shade trees and insist- ence that replanting of trees must be an integral part of the street-widen- ing program, with the suggestion that the time has come for the Capital City to retake in certain sections, for relief of traffic, the street areas that have for many years been used as front yards, and that a particular study should be made along Massachusetts | City to Atlanta avenue from Union Station to Four- teenth street, was laid before the Na- Cor ’lfl? today by th e mmission y the Commission of Fine Arts. " This 18 thé first step in a co-opera- tive campaign by all agencies con- nected with the many phases of Capi- tal development and embellishment to present to the incoming Congress a comprehensive program of work and legislation which will co-ordinate ap- propriations and the various projects. The highest officials of the Govern- ment concerned with Capital building will thus support the District officials in the heéarings before the appropria- tions committees. A letter sent today by Charles Moore, chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts, to Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, executive and disbursing officer of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, was prompted by one from Mrs. Frank B. Noyes, representing the Garden Clubs of America, who was a leader in hav- ing the legislation passed in the last session of Congress, directing the es- tablishment of a National Arboretum on the Mount Hamilton tract, under the direction of the Department of Agriculture. The program of shade- tree planting, outlined to the Park Commission today by the Fine Arts Con;(ml‘ulogn, edmphaslle! some of the worl 0 be done by the project National Arboretum. 4 Rt Protest Is Nation-wide. Mr. Moore called attention to the fact that Mrs. Noyes, on behalf of the men and women throughout the entire United States who are active- ly interested in the Garden Clubs movement, “protests strongly against the seeming wanton destruction of trees for the purpose of widening Washington streets for commercial and traffic purpose: He stresses the fact that Mrs. Noyes' letter to the Commission of Fine Arts brings up forcibly a matter “which should be studied and conclusions reached by ‘the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. When the city of Washington was 1aid out in 1792, streets were planned on a generous scale, Mr. Moore re- minds the City Planning Commission. In those days it was the custom to build solidly up to the building line, and this was true of city residences as ‘well as stores, hotels and other struc- tures. Exemplifying this, Mr. Moore points to the historic “six buildings” on Pennsylvania avenue, the resi- dgnces George Washington built on North Capitol street for members of Congress, the houses of Thomas Porter on K street and of John Law on New Jersey avenue—all of which show that style of city building. He offers a reminder also that President Jefterson had Lombardy poplars planted in Pennsylvania avenue, Paved After Civil War. The streets of Washington were project. Mr. Mooney told the Commissioners that the abandoned Benning race track appeared to be the most satis- factory site for the proposed airport, and Maj. Covell announced that he would endeavor to get permission from the owner to use it for that pur- pose until Congress appropriates funds for its purchase. Pending these negotiations che city post- master said that the War De- partment would be prevailed upon to give the air mail planes authority to stop at Bolling Field temporarily in order to forestall the likelihood of the establishment of an air mail stop in Baltimore, which is providing & municipal aviation fleld. Mr. Glower's letter follows: “As Postmaster of the City of Washing- ton you, of course, are familiar with the contract which was awarded to Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., of Philadel- phia, under date of February 28, 1927, for carrying air mail from New York via Philadelphia, Washington, Richmond, Greensboro and Spartanburg. “You will alse remember that. under the provisions of this contrast. the route is to be night operated. Schedules; Held Up. »For some time the contract air mail division of the office of Second Assistant Postmaster General has been working on schedules to be established when the contracting company is ready to operate and these schedules are now held up due entirely to the fact that we are col fronted with the situation that the city of Washington has no municipal airport, “For me to have to call your atten- tion to this is regrettable because I am sure that you, as well as all of the mailing public of the city of Washington, are interested in se- curing air mail service, which, of course, canngt be accomplished with- out a proper landing fleld for the con- tractor to land on. “Am writing vou at this time to find out if you have any assurances from the District Commi oners that a municipal airport will be provided at Washington for air mail purposes on or before August 1 and at the latest September 1, at which time, I am told, the Lepartment of Com- merce will have the way completely lighted from New York City to At- lanta, Baltimore in Line. “The Post Office Department is in-| terested in knowing whether these facilities will be provided at the re- quired time, and your early word re- garding this important question to the city of Washington will be sin- cerely appreciated. “If, within a very short while, we cannot have the assurance that facili- ties will be provided for air mail into Washington, it will be necessary for us to make the City of Baltimore, which is providing a municipal field, the point of contact for the city of Washington for air mail. In this event the department will arrange its railway mail schedule so that air mail will be transported from the clty of ‘Washington by train to Baltimore to make connections for the north and south bound plane at that point.” The Department of Comme; at present arranging for lighting the new airway, which will blaze the first night air mail trail through this part of the country. The route as planned lies from Hadley Field, near Brunswick, N. J., through Phi phia, Washington, Richmond, G boro and - Spartanburg, to Atlanta. The tentative schedule calls for a nine-hour trip each way between the termini, each night. Postal officials point out that with Washington on this route, letters malled in the Capital would reach the Pacific Coast in about 33 hours—the not paved until after the Civil War, save in a few instances, and then for a few blocks only, he reminds the city planne When the city of ‘Washington entered upon the proj- ect of paving on a large scale in the 708 the city authorities devised the plan of narrowing the paving area by loaning to the residents of the city the space between the building lines and the sidewalks, to be used as front yards subject to the ownership and control by Congre: “The essential feature of the change ‘was the tree planting in the parking space done under the broad-minded and’ far-seeing commission, consisting of Willlam B. Smith, superintendent of the Botanic Garden; John Saul, horticulturist, and Willlam. Saunders of the Department of Agriculture,” said Mr. Moore. “The time has now come,” he tells the city planners, “when the increased burden of traffic upon the streets calls for an increase in the traffic space and in n cases a restoration of the front yard areas to public use.” Meanwhile the trees, planted along time it took Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh to make his memorable trans- atlantic flight. Air mail would be transshipped at Hadley Field to the transcontinental system, Richmond Gets Busy. Richmond, which was threatened with loss of its place on_the New York-Atlanta route, got busy, the postal men say, and provided a munic- ipal airport, and will now retain it position. The examples of Greensboro and Spartanburg are also cited in establishing their own landing flelds. Postal authorities, while pointing out that by making Baltimore a point on the projected route, the line to Richmond would be considerably shortened by flying across southern Maryland, declare that it would be deplorable to have the Nation's Capi- tal left out of the reckoning. When the New York-Atlanta serv- ice gets into full swing it will link up with that to Boston and later it is planned to extend the route to Havana. Officials Jooking into the future say that establishment of an air mail route is but the forerunner the streets and in the so-called park- ing areas of Washington, have be- come the chief beauty of the city, testifies this expert, who for 28 Fase 3 polumn to an accompanying passenger and freight service and emphasize the import of this to Washington. Tl Pitcairn _ Aviation C: l‘_.q?&md on Page 3, Column 3)