Evening Star Newspaper, June 21, 1927, Page 2

POLICE PERSONNEL CHANGES PLANNED Captain for 14th Station and| 10 Detective Sergeants to Be Named. th Appointment of a captain for the urteenth precinct station of fetropolitan Police Department 10 additional detective ser; the Headquarters Detective Bureau, | together with a number of other minot changes in the police personnel, expected to be made within the o District Commissioner it wi 1 today at the Di Building. appointments will be come effe: July 1, when the sala for the new positions become | available. The fourteenth precinct, known as substation T, has i he lieutenant eve nmand The provision for ptain to com- | vever, ca ntment of tion the appol by the Commissione careful study of the personnel with a view to giving the new positions to the officers whose records merit them a promotion. The 10 additional d tive sergeants will be selected princ ally from the ranks of the precinct detectives, although a ranking officer is expected to be elevated to the captaincy. These 10 new detective sergeants will give the Detective Bureau a personnel of 50. Will Enlarge Motor Cycle Squad. The other contemplated changes in personnel involve the enlargement of the motor cycle squad from 75 to 90. New equipment will be purchased for the additional motor cycle officers with the $5,000 increase for motor apparatus allowed the Police Depart- ment for the coming fiscal year. Maj. Hesse plans to further increase the personnel of the motor cycle squad to 125 as soon as Congress will provide the salaries. FIRING HIS REVOLVER, D. C. BANDIT GETS $41 Robber Hoids Up Delicatessen When Proprietor and Daugh- ter Are Alone. Firing a shot at his victim when he attempted to summon aid, an un- identified colored bandit last night held up Abdalla Samen, proprietor of a delicatessen at Eleventh and Lamont streets, taking $41 from the cash register and making his escape in an automobile which he had parked at the curb and left with engine run- ning while he robbed the store. Samen and his 9-year-old daughter were alone in the store. The colored man ordered two cigars and tendered a bill in payment. The storekeeper bent over the cash register to make change. He glanced up to find him- self looking into the muzzle of a wevolver. “Don't move,” commanded the bandit as he helped himself to the contents of the till. As the thief walked from the store Samen followed him and attempted to call for assist- ance, but the bandit wheeled and fired one shot at him; the bullet going wild. The little girl was made ill with fright. s 180-DAY TERM DRAWN FOR CARRYING PISTOL Detective Prevents Alleged Theft of Automobile and Arrests Two, Finding Weapon. The watchful eye of Headquarters Detective Frank M. Alligood yester- g‘B].y prevented the theft of an automo- . Robert E. Davis, colored, aroused Alligood’s suspicions as the former ‘was_sitting in an automobile parked on Fifteenth street. When Alligood asked Davis whose car it was Davis told him that it belonged to a friend in a- neighboring house, Frank E. Brown, also colored. Alligood was unconvinced that the car belonged to Brown or that Davis had permission to be in it.. He hand- cuffed the colored men together, put them in the back of the car, and started to drive to Police headquarters. As he watched his prisoners in the mirror, Alligood noticed that Brown was fumbling in his pocket, and made them hold their hands up until they had been searched. Brown was found in possession of & pistol. This morning in the United States branch of Police Court Brown i ‘was sentenced to 180 days in jail by Judge McMahon on a charge of car ing a concealed weapon. Davis was held in $1,000 bond for the action of the grand jury on a charge of joy- riding. The automobile belonged to Henry G. Bahr, apartment 24, 1440 I street. BUSINESS MEN'S GROUP T0 HOLD ANNUAL OUTING| The Northeast Business Men's Association tomorrow will hold its nual outing at Chesapeake Beach, cording to an announcement today by Frank T. Razey, chairman of the out- ing committee.” Approximately 75 members and friends of the associa- tion plan to attend the affair. The party will leave for the beach at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from | the District line. The program of the day include porting contests, the featu h will be horseshoe pitching Prizes will be awarded to the winners of the v 18 contests. The committee in charge of the out- ing is composed of Mr. Razey, ¢ man; Clarence Poston, H. P. ite, Herbert Newsom, Dr. Robert W. Me- Cullough, Dr. Walter D. Sullivan, Frank Ruppert and H. A. Garren. BAND CONCERT. Theater, Monument 7:30 o'clock tonight, by the Navy Band, Charles Sylvan Grounds, United State Benter, March, Overture, (“The G Cornet solo, “In: “Stabat Mater” . ad.”) atus, from Marche, “Slave Morceau Symph Redemption” Grand scenes “Manon” . Valse, suite of * from the M &%, _Waldteufel rhree Numbers” schaikowsky () Andante Cantabile. (b) Feuillet Dalbum, (¢) Polka De Salon. Excerpts from ““The Merry Widow" and | President | little Congregation = ROLF I wenty, theologica L it from “arleton Coll Minn., who had the ing his first sermon which included Coolidge, in_the 1 Church of Her- ak. Picture shows the cher before his pulpit. 1UM, 1 st congregation and Mr GRAVELLY POINT SITE FAVORED AS AIRPORT FOR CAPITAL CITY st Page) (Continued from for use of Hoover fleld planes, is eq the pos: ie: In event the Army and agree to permit use of Bolling field for night landings, he offers to ex. tend use of his own field for anyday use that might be needed pending the establishment of a permaneént| airpor 3 so situated that hydroplanes could y use the site and the accessibility to the city over Highway Bridge, along routes where traffic is ligh o Pennsylvania aveune, makes it desirable for every point of view, it was said. Express Enthusiasm. Provided the Department of Agri- culture would part with a strip of its experimental farm, both Maj. Covell | and Lieut. Duke were enthusiastic over Hoover field as a permanent site, It was pointed out that the Depart- ment of Agriculture must eventually relinguish its experimental farm by the time Arlington Memorial Bridge is nearing completion. The land, it was said, belongs to the War Department and is a part of the Arlington tract. ‘Whether Secretary of Agriculture Jardine would be willing to part with even a 200-foot strip at this time. is a matter for the department to decide, With such a strip, it was believed, an additional runway could be util- ized at Hoover field, making it ade. quate for commercial uses until the farm eventually is abandoned. Site Called deal. The location of Hoover Field, right at the Virginia end of the Highway Bridge, makes it an ideal site for a permanent aitport such as Washing- ton is hopeful of securing. In addi- tion Columbia Island, alfost adjoin- ing, would provide an emergency 1 ing place, and seaplanes could tax it under the bridge, it was said. Maj. Covell has not entirely aban- doned hope of securing a strip of the experimental farm, but the outlook for this does not appear any too good to him. Accompanied by W. E. Hutton, rep- resenting interests who own the Hampton site, in Virginia, the party first made its way to that place, Lieut. Duke was familiar with it, having once made a landing there. By a short cut, going via the Seminary road, it is located exactly six miles from the District Building. Secluded From City. Except for its seclusion from the city, the inspectors were agreed that it afforded an.ideal site. The 112 acres are as flat as the top of a table and there is additional Jand on three sides that easily could be made available. The acreage is 3,500 feet long by 1,600 feet wide at one end and 1,460 feet wide at another. According to Lieut. Duke, it meets with requirements both as to size and drainage. The Alexandria-Leesburg pike, run- ning along the west end of the field, gives a cement approach connecting with the Russell road, The other ap- proach_to the fleld yia the Seminary road, however, is rough traveli partly over steep hills. It was es mated that the cost of the land alone would be about $200,000. Meets Mr. Berliner. After leaving this site, which has an elevation of 250 feet, the party met Mr. Berliner at Hoover Field and there it was decided to let Lieut. Duke pilot a plare over Gravelly Voint. Upon their return the party made it way to the Anacostia traci, the site of the old Benning race track. It was surprising to the purty that the trip there was made in 15 min- utes by auto from Twelfth and E streats. According to Lieut. Duke, the | main objection to the Benning tract lies in the danger offered by surround- ing high trees and tall smokestacks, particularly those of the Benning Power Plant. To add to the dangers of forced landings, the surrounding marshes, though they will eventually he reclaimed, would sink any plane, it is said. ~Aside from these handicaps, which it s pointed out are S field itself presents favorable possi- bilities. Lieut. Duke declared, how- it could be made no larger than B fleld, with possibly six run- ways, whereas eight run: garded as essential to the kind of air- port Washington is supposed to con- | struct. velly Point i Railroad Runs Near. The site for the hangar: said, would be along the r: the cast end of the field. would provide a straightahead run- way of about 3,000 feet, more than ample, though hanked at the far end by trees and the marshes that consti- tute the Anacostia River, some dis- tance back. Speaking of Washington's needs for a permanent airport, Lieut. Duke re- called that the Ford reltability fl which starts Monday, will take in most of the larger cities except the atiol tal. This is the third time at Washinzton has been on the “out- suitable landing field outside of Bolling. If Gravelly Point is to be considered, both he and Maj. Covell agreed, no time should be lost in tackling Con- gress with the proposition. Since the Government owns all the land, the only cost entailed outside the construc- tion of hangars would be the filling-in. Maj. Covell believes this would be comparatively cheap, considering the cost of other sites, by reason of the necessary work done each year in keeping the channel wide and deep. “Then, too, it was pointed out, the District government must make som Lehar “$tar Spangled Banner, future arrangement for an additiona municipal asif’ dump, and Gravelly. de,” he said, because of its lack of a | THE EVENIN HEALTHCAVPAG " AMINFLODDARE | Hoover Announces Systemat- ic Co-operation of State and National Officials. | Arrangements for a systematic | health program over the flood States of the Mississippi River Valley to last 3 months and to be especially di- igainst malk; were announced toda Commerce Hoover. Mr. Hoover leave Washington tomorrow for flooded districts, to be gone ahout 10 | days. The health program will be | conducted by State health officials un- | 1 ie leadership of the United will the, by contributions of pri es co-operating with th co and State and county | The sum of $§500,000 is tely from the Red s flood fund for the health promotion campaign, and the cost of the continuation campaign is estimated at $1,100,000, to be provided by the various private agencies out- side the Red Cross. The entire plan akes effect at once. Clean-Up in Each County. A clean-up campaign is to be insti- tuted in each county, supported by the Red Cross, extending over 30 dz \fter the flood recedes, in co-operation with State and County health officers. This is to be followed by the continua- tion program, to last for 18 months .cretary Hoover said vigorous th campaigns have been conducted Ly the Southern States for many o and malaria has been elim- inated by degrees as a result of these. An aftermath of the receding water authorities, available 1mmed Cross Mississipn he. | from the flood, Mr. Hoover added, has been a number of sporadic outbreaks. which it is proposed to get under con- trol at once. Estimates $200,000,000 Crop Loss. Actual damage to crops, live stock, roadways and buildings was placed at a minmum figure of $200,000,000 tod: by Mr. Hoover. The Commerce Secr tary sald that if many other tangible and intangible losses as a result of the flood were added to this total, “you could run it up to anything you He said the flood in the Mis- ppi Valley would have relatively little effect upon national prosperity, although anything that reduces the purchasing power of a large group of people necessarily has some effect on the business structures of the Nation. He could make no estimate of the possible effects of deforestation on the upper stretches of the Mississippi and its tributaries as contributing fac- tors to the flood. TNURSES PASS .G EXAMINATION {Only 2 Fail and 39 Make Grades of 90 or Over, Board Reports. Seventy-three nurses have passed the examination for registration in the District of Columbia and are now eligible to attend cases here, the nurses’ examining board announced today. Only two nurses failed to pass the examination, which was held May 3 and 4, and 39 made grades of 90 or ov Twelve nursing schools were represented. The highest mark was made by Sister Gertrude Liberata Baker of St. Joseph's Hospital, Philadelphia, with an average of 97. Miss Mary Carolyn Harris of the Army School of Nursing was second, with 96.94, and Miss Ann Cotter of Georgetown Hospital third, with 94.83, The successful nurses were: Constance Mary Allen, Sister Ger- trude Liberata Baker, Mary Lucille Baker, Lucille R. Baker, Mrs. Blanche Bedenbaugh, Charlotte E. Bucker, Anne M. Buckner, Yvette L. Caldwell, Lucille A. Carpenter, Thelma Maude Carpenter, Anna G. Carsons, Bertha V. Clarke, Minnie Bell Cline, Mary Catherine Comins, Mrs, Mary Koley Comins, Hazel Covver, Lannie C. Copenhaver, Myrtle Virginia Copen- haver, Ann Cotter, Virginia M. Crabill, ll]‘,u;;olyn E. Darr, Nannie Lucille Day- off. Imelda de Dianoris, Ethie M. de Hart, Mrs. Vurnice J. Dixon, Rachel Farly, Edith R, Edwards, Marie A. r, Vivian La _Verne Fisher, Bernice L. Fishpaw, Luella B, Fiske, Margaret E. Francis, Alice L. Garner, Ella_J. Gibson, Mary Lueille Goss, Navine Regina Gouter, Phyllis Belle Greaves, Mary Telilah’ Harloe, Mary Carolyn’ Harrls, Mary H. Howard, Helen A, Horton, Betty Erlane Jen- kins, Tennena Motel Jordan, Eleanor A. Kangas, Catherine Louise Kream- er, Elizabeth Laughrey, Alma Cath- erine McWilliams, A.” Kate Marsh, Jessie V. Mitchell, Phyllis Clair Mobus, Senorita I. Moore, Nannie B Moseley, Anne Muse, Katherine ¥ Mulliken, Ethel Newell, ottie B. Rober| Bertha Ander- on Robey, Althea C. Schafer, Agatha Schumacher, Elda J. Skinner, Cath- erine Chandler Stuart, Bess Thomp- son Sydnor, Annie Randolph Talia- ferro, Justine S. Trant, Nora Jane sson, Margaret Rose Walter, r I. Williams, Katherine E. Winand, Constance Stockton Wood, le;zifnrelrm'mlse Woolard, Jessie E. nite, Rada Franch y Claribel Ziegler, S e on, BURGLARS PLY TRADE. Wearing Apparel Valued at $310 Stolen From Tailor, ‘Wearing apparel valued at $310 was stolen from the tailoring estab- lishment of John W. Williams, 1301 T street, last night by burglars who forced an entrance into the shop through a rear door, Williams report- ed to the pol this morning. Friedman, 1010 Seventh 0 was robbed last night by who gained entrance to his v a back window and removed 14 Summer dr valued at $60. Tchitcherin Returns. SCOW, June 21 (#).—M. 1, the turned toc Tchit- Soviet forelgn minister, re- ¢ from his trip to Ger- Point could be made use of in this connection. Looking to the future, Lieut. Duke id that a consolidated airport, for military and ci use, is what Washington must adopt at some time or other. With the Department of Commerce, as well as the War and Navy Departments, making greater use of aviation in the future, Gravelly Point, he claimed, could be utilized as a commercial airport pending the time when it could be expanded to meet all the military and civilian necds of the Capital. A single airport under centralized | control, he declared, would be more x HELEN WILLS VNS AFTERHARD FIGAT English Girl Gives Former Champion Close Run in Tennis Match. By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON M Helen can champion, the first round of the singles in the Wimbledon lawn tennis tournament here today, but only aft a hard struggle. She defeated Miss G. R. Sterry, a comparatively unknown English player, in three sets, 6—3, The match, which was expected to be practical a walkover for Miss Wills, proved to be one of the mc stubbornly contested in which Miss Wills has par since her after her illness of last year. Miss Wills won the first set 6—3, hard driving game. Her peclally the forehand drive, seemed even more severe than when she was last seen in Europe, in her trip of 1926. She was a great favorite with to- s spectators, who gave her more generous applause than Suzanne Lenglen received in the heydey of her popularity here. Miss Sterry fought valiantly against her renowned opponent and took the second set from Miss Wills, 6—3, while the spectators gasped. ‘William T. Tilden went into the third round of the men’s singles by defeating R. D. Poland of England in straight sets by the one-sided score of | —3, 6—0, 6—1. Hunter Defeats Kingscote. Francis T. Hunter, the only surviv- ing American besides William T. Til- den in the men’s singles of the Wim- bledon lawn tennis tournament, ad- vanced to the third round today by de- feating the veteran English player, Lieut. Col. Algernon Kingscote, in straight sets at 6—3, 6—3, 6—4. The courageous spectators who had waited more than an hour in the rain in the hope of seeing the start of the women's singles were rewarded when Mrs. Kitty McKane Godfree, British champion, took the court against Miss M. Trentham. Mrs. Godfree won easily in straight sets at 6. —2. Lacoste TIs Victorious. The rain abating, Lacoste resumed his match with Jacob, to whom he had lost the first set, and took the next three in a row, to win the match at 2—6, 6—0, 6—3, 6—4. The French star, while victorious, failed to play up to his usual form. Gerge Crole-Rees of England de- feated Louis Raymond of Africa, 2—6, 6—3, 4—6, 7—5, 6—2. Raymond is the second of the seeded players to be eliminated. o HOLDS COMMUNISTS CAUSED MASSACRE Mine Workers’ Editor Says Herrin Killings Were Aimed Against Government, By the Associated Press. FORT WAYNE, Ind, June 21.— The Herrin, Ill., massacre during the miners’ strike of 1922 was attributed to communist influence by Ellis Searles, editor of the United Mine Workers' Journal, in an address today before the Indiana State convention of Ex- change Clubs. Following a warning that “tens of thousands of well meaning men and women” have become infected with the “germ” of communism, Mr. Searles declared the United Mine Workers has had bitter experience with commun- {sm, “During the miners’ strike of 1922, said Mr. Searles, “19 paid communist organizers were sent from communist headquarters in Chicago to Herrin, Ill., and these 19 paid plotters, aided by 67 communists who lived at Herrin, fomented and were responsible for the Herrin massacre, in which more than a score of men were killed. It was all a part of the communist plot to seize the United Mine Workers’ strike and convert it into the beginning of an armed revolution against the Govern- ment. The United Mine Workers of America was not responsible for that massacre. It was purely and exclu- sively a communist affair. This is not hearsay. It is a fact that has been definitely established.” The Government is without power to investigate or check communist propaganda, Mr. Searles declared. He added that evel American citizen should seek to bring about enactment of laws that would enable the Govern- ment “to protect itself against those ‘who would undermine American insti- tutions.” By the Associated Press. DETROIT, June 21.—A woman will make the 4,000-mile national air tour starting from the Ford airport at Dearborn, near here, next Monday. She is Mrs. Frank M. Hawks of Houston, Tex., who will go as a passenger in the Ryan monoplane to be piloted by her husband. When the tour planes return to Detroit on July 2, after visiting 24 cities, Mrs. Hawks will have completed an aerial journey of about 7,000 miles, one of the longest flights ever undertaken by a woman. She joined her husband on a& cross- country flight about two weeks ago, when they flew to Washington and New York to participate in the recep- tions for Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. From there several side trips were made during the total mileage of the I’ economical, since it would involve c¢ne system of lights and one #ystem of malpnance costs, journey up to 3,000 when they landed STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1927 Five of 16 women to be presented to the Kin day, at the third court of the season to be held in Buckingham Washingtonians and are shown here: Upper, left to righ tol, wife of Real Admiral Bristol, U. 8. N.; Mrs. G J and Miss Charlotte Burrage. Admiral Burrage, U AMES jueen of England to- ace, are Mrs. Mark L. Bris- uy H. Burrage, wife of Rear and Lower, left fo right: Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, wife of the Assistant Sec- refary of the Treasury, and Mrs. F. Lamont Belin. Small Town Justice of Peace Wounds Two of Three Bandits in Running Fight By the Associated Pres PITTSBURGH, June 21.— Three automobile bandits met up with a small town justice of the peace on the outskirts of Pittsburgh today and when the smoke of the battle had cleared two of the bandits had been shot and wounded seriously. The justice, Albert T. Lerch of Al- lison Park, was notified that the bandits, traveling in a stolen automo- bile, had slugged a gasoline station attendant at Butler and escaped with $300. Lerch went out into the road seeking the machine. When he spied the license number on the car he or- dered the men to halt. They opened fire. Lerch returned the fire. He picked one -of the bandits off the running board and wounded another who sat beside the driver. The third AID IS ADVOCATED FOR PAROLED MEN State-wide Organization of Char- itable Folk Urged by North Cafolina Pastor. By the Associated Press, CHARLOTTE, N. C., June 21.—The stigma of imprisonment which follows a man after gaining parole from peni- tentiaries, particularly as it affects his obtaining employment, is the problem Dr. Albert Sidney Johnson would solve through the creation of a State-wide organization of charitable men, which would serve as a medium for finding jobs for paroled prisoners. Johnson, pastor of the First Edwin B. Bridges, State commissioner of pardons, anent the matter. A capa- ble. man should be employed, Dr Johnson thinks, to go about the State seeking openings into which former prisoners could be placed, thus giving them their ‘“chance,” and saving them the embarrassment of having to be shunned wherever they go seeking employment. Asked to enlarge upon his plan, Dr. Johnson said: “In several States such a plan has been inaugurated, and found to be not only workable and practical, but most effective in obtain- ing employment for men who have proven deserving and whe might have found hard going had not the organization come to their aid. “When a man is paroled, it means he has merit, from the viewpoint of the prison authorities.” SEAGRAVE MAY REPEAT. Auto Speedster Expected to “De- fénd Title” on Florida Beach. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 21 (®).—Maj. H. O. D. Seagrave, daring Englishman who established a world's speed record on the beach speedway here, probably will compete in the twenty-fifth revival of hard-beach rac- ing early next year, the Chamber of Commerce has been informed. Seagrave has written Frank Pier- son, secretary, promising to_defend his title against the world. He also mentioned the likelihood that Mal- colm Campbell, holder of the English record, would compete. J Ralph de Palma has announced his intention of attempting to lower the Seagrace record. The American Automobile Associa- tion has promised its sanction, Pler- son said. Woman to Fly as Passenger in Air Tour Starting From Dearborn Next Monday and Monday are expected to bring the total number of participating air- planes to at least 25. The cities on the itinerary and the dates they will be visited are as fol- lows, an overnight stop to be made at each except where otherwise desig- nated: Buffalo, N. Y., June 27; Geneva (midday stop) and Schenectady, N. Y., June 28; Boston, June 29; New York, June 30; Philadelphia (midday) and Baltimore, July 1; Pittsburgh, July 2; Cleveland, July 3; Kalamazoo, Mich. (midday), and Dayton, Ohio, July 4; Columbus (midday) and Cincinnati, July 5; Louisville, Ky., July 6; Mem- phis, Tenn., July 7; Pine Bluff, Ark. (midday), and Dallas, Tex., July 8; Oklahoma City (midday) and Tulsa, Okla., July 9; Wichita, Kans. (midday), and Omaha, Nebr., July 10; Moline, 1. (midday), and Lake View, IIL. (Ghicago stop), July 11; Grand Rapids, in Detroit. Additional arrivals between ,now ich. (midday), @nd back to Detroit, ly 12. Lerch put the wounded men in a machine and brought them to Pitts- burgh. They were later taken to a hospital at Butler. Prior to their battle with Lerch the bandits had been stopped by Brady Paul, a motor cycle policeman. They got the drop on the officer, disarmed him, crippled his motor cycle and placed him in the automobile. Then Lerch appeared. The bandits sought to escape, but Lerch, driving his ma- chine at high speed with one hand, used his automatic pistol with the other., He shot one of the men in the spine and the other in the shoulder. The bandits’ car halted and before Lerch could stop the third man escaped. A stolen automobile was used by the holdup me STORM PREVENTS BYRD’S TAKING OFF BEFORE TOMORROW (Continued from First Page.) the Pole he brought Balchen back to this country with him. Balchen became a flying member of the Fokker airplane staff at Teter- boro and it was he who made the final tests on the America and flew it from New Jersey to Roosevelt Field, where it was officially turned over to Byrd. During the month of preparation here Balchen has been constantly about the hangar, aiding in many ways. Byrd said today that Balchen would probably be called on during the flight to act as navigator while he takes his turn at the controls to re- lieve Bert Acosta, the flight pilot. It was also believed that he might be of great assistance to George Noyville, the flight engineer, because of his long experience with airplane engines. Balchen recently took out first citi- zenship papers. Will Carry Mail Officially. The first official transatlantic air mail will be carried by the America. Grover A. Whalen, vice president of the America Transoceanic Co., spon- sors of the flight, announced that Postmaster General New has desig- n‘ated the plane as an official mail car- rier. Ceremonies at which Postmaster John iKely of New York offered a mail pilot’s license to Comdr. Byrd were arranged for this afternoon. The America’s mail closed at 10 o'clock: last night. Chamberlin Carried Pouch., Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine, respectively pilot and pas- senger in the transatlantic flight of the Bellanca monoplane Columbia, car- ried mail across the ocean, although the move did not have the sanction of the Post Office Department. The stamps were canceled by the Hempstead, Long Island, postmaster. Postmaster General New later called upon the Hempstead postmaster for explanation of ihe transaction, and a gemilcd report was sent to Washing- on. “It doesn’t look so good now,” Me- teorologist Kimball said shortly before noon, “‘as it did before we got the de- tailed reports of the later morning. There is a storm that has been mov- ing northeast from Hatteras since Sunday night that makes a departure tonight or in $he morning impossible. “That storm is now east of Nan- tucket and south of Halifax. It is of considerable intensity. There were winds of 48 miles an hour last night oft Nantucket, and that was not at the center of the disturbance. The piospect for an ocean flight any time tomorrow {s not as bright as it was before we got the latest reports on the movements of this storm center, which is heading directly for the Grand Banks. Predicts Passenger Service. In his enthusiasm at his appoint- ment as fourth member of the “Amer- Ica” crew Balchen told newspaper men at the hangar that he had no slightest doubt of the success of the Byrd flight. “And in three or four years,” he pre- dicted, “I believe there will be regu- lar transatlantic air service, large planes making the journey in about 36 hours with stops between New York and Paris at Newfoundland, Ireland and London. The cost will probably be about $600 for each passenger at the start” o Held for Beating Man to Death. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 21 (P).—After a girl student nurse had told how he had beaten a 76-year-old patient to death, Herbert W. Weir, 28, formerly of the United States con- ] [0 NDUIT ROAD FOLK HITONE MAN GARS Utilities Body Gets Petition, Signed by 400, Rapping Association Move. Declaring that the action of the Conduit Road Citiz'ns' Association in indorsing one-man street cars does not represent the views of the community, a petition signed by 400 residents of the Conduit road section was sub- mitted to the Public Utilities Commi sion today, expressing vehement op: position to the one-man cars. The association’s indorsement of the one-man cars, the petition declared, “reflects on the integrity and intelli- gence of our people, and we are ap- pending our signatures hereto to con- vince the commission that the action of the citizens’ association does not carry the approval of practically all of our people, who are opposed to the operation of one-man cars. Want Better Service. The petitioners said they were op- posed to one-man cars because they slow up vehicular and street car traffic and are dangerous because of the inefficient operation by a man who devotes one-half of his time to the transaction of busipess. “We want better service in the future than we have had in the past.” the petition read. “We do not want to move backwards. one-man cars or a horse cars. We do not want to be abused by an excited, nervous, overworked, con- ductor-motorman who is essentially a combination of a circus ticket seller, a railroad crab, an information bureau, a radio announcer with everybody standing by, an official bouncer for the the raflway company and a general nuisance to the public.” Merger Holds Solution. The solution of the one-man car problem, the petition pointed out, lies in the merger of the transportation companies. A letter signed by O. L. Helsey, 5729 Potomac avenue, which accompanied the petition, said that “97 per cent of our people canvassed are opposed to one-man cars and have signed the pe- tition. The other 3 per cent is made up of employes of the street railway company and their relatives and friends, who, in some instances, ver- bally indorsed the petition, but re- luctantly refrained from signing, ‘in order to keep peace in the family,’ as they explained.” ROUND-TRIP FLIGHT TO NEW YORK PLAN OF BRITISH PILOT (Continued from First Page.) return to the taking off from Calshot, he will fly to Valentia, Ireland, refuel, and hop off for Newfoundland. He will stop at Newfoundland long enough to fill his gas tanks and then proceed to New York. He expects to remain in New York three or four days only, no long- er than will the commercial transat- lantic air liners of the future, then re- turn to Newfoundland and back to Southampton without further stop. The commander of the British trans- atlantic flight is one of the most com- manding figures in the air world. He learned to fly before the World War. He is credited with having more flying hours than any cotemporary English air man. Sir Sefton Brancker, air minister, has classed him as second only to Sir Alan Cobham, the British ace. During the war he served with distinction, establishing a reputation for daring and high character. Once, when determined to get published the fact that a certain type of plane being sent to the British war pilots was kill- ing more men than the Germans, he tried fruitlessly to get himself court- martialed. A militry tril would have given him the opportunity to speak. In spite of his best efforts, which fell short only of bodily assault, no superior officer ever put him under arrest. Tested Dangerous Planes. Since the war he has attracted wide- spread attention as a test pilot, par- ticularly for his ability to handle deli- cate and untried machines. He flew the Cierva Autogyro windmill plane, once deliberately risking his neck to prove that the vanes on one machine were structurally weak. “They’ll come off,”” he told his asso- ciates. They scoffed at the idea. “I'll show you,” he said. Hopping into the machine, he took it off and was maneuvering it, when the horrifled spectators saw it crash. The ambu- lance streaked to the spot where it landed. Out of the wreckage came Courtney unscatched. “There,” he said triumphantly. “I told you those vanes would come off.” Capt. Courtney is 33 years old and married. TEnglish airmen look upon him as a flyer pre-eminently equipped to regain a measure of Britain's lost air - prestige by accomplishing what Lindbergh and Chamberlin have done, this time over the more difficult west- ward course and back. (Copyright, 1927, in Great Britain by Westminster Gazette: in all othe - countries by North American Newspaper Alliance.) -— LINDBERGH MAY RETURN TO CAPITAL ON BUSINESS TRIP (Continued from First Page.) after his flight here from New York last Friday. Col. Lindbergh has shown interest in the proposed airplane manufactur- ing company, although Thompson does not expect the aviator to make a decision at this time to go into the enterprise, personally. One of the many things Col. Lind- bergh expects to do within the next day or two is to make arrangements for the placing in the Missouri His- torical Society rooms for safekeeping and exhibition of the medals con- ferred upon him in Europe and the United States, in recognition of his valorous flight. - Breckinridge Jones, vice president of the society, said that because of the great value of the medals and trophies, unusual provis- ions must be made for their protec- tion and safe exhibition. Col. Lindbergh has made a partial inventory of his gifts and probably will decide today on which of them he intends to turn over to the historical soclety. Contributions to the fund for the three-day reception for the flyer, which ended Sunday, aggregate $29.- 935.30, according to W. Frank Carter, chairman of the finance committee. That amount, however, does not in- clude receipts from sale of seats in the reviewing stand, erected in the busi- ness section, from which about $3,500 wasg received. The total receipts, Car- ter said, would about pay the expenses of the reception. Out of the funds raised $900 went for the gold hand-carved box that was the gift of the city to thp aviator; $2,000 for medals to commemorate the New York-to-Paris flight, and three other gold medals, for Lindbergh, President Coolidge and the flyer's sular service and lately an orderly in the Philaderphia Gemeral Hospital changed his plea to gullty of second degres murder hero yosterday. The patient, Henry Wetzel, was in the psychopathio ward. Weil will be sen- tenced later. S mother. Two motor car dealers also presented the flying colonel with two hi, riced machines. Mrs. Evangeline L. Lindbergh, mother of the flyer, left for her home "in Detrolt late yesterday in a private car attached{l a Peansylvania train. ‘We do not want | D. C. HEADS PLAN STUDY OF BUDGET Estimates for 1928-29 to Be Taken Up Tomorrow for Consideration. Preparation of the District's tenta tive budget for the 1928-1920 fiscul year will be started tomorrow by the Commissioners. Daily meetings proh. ably will be held until the task is com pleted. The appropriation requests of the department heads, calling for § 543, will be used by the Commiss as a basis for formulating the budget, although this figure will be reduced materially. While the total of the tentative budget has mot vet been determined, it is not likely to exceed $42,000,000. As a result, cuts will have to be made in the appropria tions requested by virtually all of the department heads. Time Limit on Budget Report. Brig. Gen. Herhert Lord, fgasacr of the Bureau of the Budget, has given the Commissioners until July 15 to submit their estimates. The Commis- sioners, however, aim to have the buds get in his hands before that time. The pruning of the estimates of the department heads, the Comm! have indicated, will be done as fa possible in accordance with the recom- Counc Trade, the Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants’ and Manufacturers Association, which were given copies of the appropriation requests of the department heads for study. Board of Trade submitted its recom- mendation today, and the council is planning to meet tomorrow night to frame its report for the Commis- sioners. The council, at the outset of its con- sideration of the budget estimates of the department heads, adopted tenta- tively as its recommendation, a budget of approximately $41,000.000, p-~di cated on a tax rate of $1.80 on $10u of assesed valuation on real and persoral property. Report Supposed Unchanged. ‘Whether any change has been made in this tentative recommendation, t council has not yet revealed. Before framing the budget for the 1928-1929 flscal year thg Commi - ers had planned to fix a tax levy for the coming fiscal year beginning July 1, but a delay on the part of Auditor Daniel J. Donovan in making his recommendation for a tax rate has necessarily caused action to be de- ferred. The auditor has promised to submit his recommendation for the considera- tion of the Board of Commissioners at their semi-weekly meeting Friday morning. According to reliable report a rate of $1.75, a reduction of 5 cen under the levy for the current fiscal year, will be recommended. PRESIDENT 'I:O BACK PLANS TO LOCATE AIRPORT IN CAPITAL it _Tage.) (Continued from Fi Coolidge seemed to like his stories. q “Calvin Coolidge will carry South Dakota in 1928 against Frank Lowden or any one else.. The shoe is on the other foot now from the 1924 affair and oh, the licking we'll hand them it they oppose a straight Coolidge delegation. “Of course, I was anxious to know whether the President was going to he a candidate, but he didn’t mention ihe matter, and neither did I, but i you want my opinion, I think he will. Furthermore, I think he will be nom- lrglsted by acclamation in June of 1928.” Visits Natfonal Guard. On his ride back to the lodge the President visited the State National Guard, which is camped in the hills a few miles ouiside of this city. He was received by Col. W. A. Hazle, commanding officer of the outfit, and stood with him in front of his tent while the two regiments of citizen sol- diers passed in review. The State Gu-rd consists of one regiment of artiilery and one of en- gineers, and what especially interested the President was that virtually every one of the officers of the two regiments had served in the A. E. F. during the World War. The annual round-up to be held at Belle Fourche, Dak., about 90 miles north of t'e President's Sum- mer home, July 4, 5 and 6, is to have the President and Mrs. Coolidse as spectators. The President gave this promise today to a delegation from that town headed by Representative Dan Williamson of this State. President Coolidge said today to callers that he would be very happy to hava Gov. Gen. Wood of the Philippines visit him in the Black Hills “while he is in this country this Summer. He added that he realized much depended upon the state of the general’s health as to whether or not he would be able to ma%e this visit. The President said he has received wor' from Mr. Sheffleld, United States Ambassador to Mexico, that he and Mrs. Sheffield will visit the President’s lodge some time after June 30. ROBERT E. LEWIS HURT, AS STREET CAR HITS HIM Sustains Severe Injury on Penn- sylvania Avenue—Treated at Emergency. Robert E. Lewis, 73 vears old, 1631 § street, a clerk in the Interstate Com- merce Commission during the past 39 vears, was severely injured when he was hit by a westbound Capital Trac- tion car, at Pennsylvania avenue and E.!ghtten(h street, shortly before 12:30 o'clock today. Physicians at Emergency Hospital, where hé was taken, decided to use the X-ray to,determine the extent of his injuries. Mr. Lewis had*left his place of em- ployment for the lunch period and was crossing to the north side of Pennsylvania avenue when the E dent occurred as the car passed over tracks undergoing repairs. Witnesses questioned by the pollce iffered as to the circumstances under Which the injurles were received. Some witnesses told the police he stumbled and fell against the car, while others declared the car struck and knocked him down. MISS LYDIA E. HILL DIES. Funeral Services to Be Conducted Thursday Afternoon. Miss Lydia E. Hill, 74 years old, life- long resident of Washington and past matron of Naomi Chapter of the Or- der of the Eastern Star, died in-her home, 1444 Harvard street, yesterday after n short fliness. Funeral services will. be conducted at the residence. Thursday. afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will'be in Con- gressional Cemetery. g ° Miss Hill is survived by a.sister, Mrs. Jane Patton; five nieces and four nephews, all of Yonkers, N. X,