Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Part! p.m. yesterday; 1o today. ¥ Full report on page 9. cloudy and slishtly cooler to- night; tomorrow increasing cloudiness. Temperature—Highest, Bureau Forecast.) 88, at 3:50 owest, 66, at 5 am, Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered post o s seco! | No. 30.369. Wash nd class matter ton, D. C. @h ¢ Foening Stat. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JUN 24, 1927—FORTY- SIX PAGES. . BRITAIN T0 ACCEPT PARITY WITH UL.3. INLARGE CRUISERS Proposes, However, 10,000 Ton Class Disappear Finally Through Replacements. FORM ADVISORY GROUPS { TO STUDY LIMITATIONS : ‘Executive Committee Agrees to ¢ Name Experts—Treaty Reopen- ing to Be Considered. ociated P A, June 24.—Great Britain | with the United 1w r of 10,000-ton Bridgeman, first lord said this afternoon. on other cruis- discussion, he By the A GENE will accept States in cruisers, W. of the admir WThe question of pari | ers was still under 2dded. If the British project is agreed to Yhe 10,000-ton category would dis- appear when the time comes for re- placement of the vessels and the maximum of all would then be 7,500 tons. Advisory Groups Authorized. Formation of committees of experts to study limitation of cruisers, de- stroyers and submarines was decided on at today's meeting of the execu- tive committee of the naval confe ence. The committee also chose W. C. Bridgeman, British delegate and | first lord of the British admiralty, as its chairman, it was announced communique issued after the meeting. “The delegates met and decided to ask Mr. Bridgeman to act as cl man of the executive committee, said the communique. “They decided to ask the naval advisers to form groups to study from a teahnical view- point the que: of limitations of i destroyers and subma session produced a feel of expectation that agreement may be reached on submarines, not only yegarding size, but number and total ‘tonnage. One of the most hopeful signs was the disposition shown by the British delegates to discuss figures on total submarine tonnage, Wwhic mubject they previously had avoided. {Hope is expressed that a way may be found for the British delegates also to mccept the American tonnage pro- posals on cruisers and destroyers. ‘Will Study British Plan. The conference committee on cruis- ers will study the British scheme for jreducing the tonnage of cruisers built Ihereafter from 10,000 to 7,500 tons. |The British proposal necessarily in- molves the question of the competency lof the conference ta reopen questions {decided at the Washington conference. {The maximum_tonnage for cruisers lwas fixed at Washington at 10,000, iwhich figure the American delegation is seeking to maintain. The Associated Press was informed today that the Japanese delegation has officially notified the British group ‘that the reopening of the Washington agreements would exceed the man- dates of the present conference. It was agreed today that any for- mulas drawn up by the subcommittees of the conference will be subject to re- viey by the executive committee. More hopeful opinions were expressed unanimously by the delegates this aft- lernoon, despite the fact that divergen- cies exist on many of the points which have been brought up by the three powers. The delegates have decided to endeavor to reach accords on the subjects where there is the least dis- pute, hoping by this method to reach the paths to agreement on other mat- ters, Cruiser Reduction Defended. Reiterating that the reduction in the size of warships, outlined in the| British proposals, would mean not | only a saving for the taxpayer, but would signify a definite move toward outlawing wars, a British spokesman said that Great Britain, from the very mature of her acceptance of President Coolidge’s invitation, had a right to reopen the Washington decisions. The spokesman recalled that the accept- ance said that the British government was “prepared to consider to what ex- tent the principles adopted at V ington can be carried further either yegarding the ratio in different classes | ©of ships between various powers or in any other important way ¥; Doubts were expressed by this spokesman that the United ~Stat would be able to give convincing re: sons as to why it was necessary to | have a cruiser strength equal to that | of Great Britain. As for the claim| that cruisers were needed to protect trade routes, he declared it was gen- erally recogniz able portion of Am done | by means ¢ parity the . | nothing again |2 confirmed radis "“CHINESE TORTURE" ADMITTED BY FEDERAL DRY OFFICIAL in «ociated Press, By the NEW YORK, June A “Chinese | method of punishment,” involving the | tying of a towel about the head of a en the “third degree,” has | been used at Federal prohibition Imitted in Federal Court Heise, assistant | sinistrator for this st Indian, four former prohibition agents with whom he is on trial on charge of bribery, testified that Maj. Heise had told him if he would “come | through” with information against the | its he would not be | Ho replied he knew them. “Then,” Bri; continued, major called me a damned liar. T was tied hand and foot in a chair. Then they tied a towel about my head and suspected prosecuted. “the | Tied Towel and Rope Around Man's Head “Thircl Degree“ to Get Confession, He Tells Court. put a rope Heise kicked me in s e hit me o stic The witness asser another room W thrown against a when he refus Maj. Heise testifi s men to tie Br and the his head. He feature as a punishment,” and s: Briggs “that it he [ | truth T would tw He said, howeve his men that neith the rope should be they would stop cir Maj. Heise admi man had been push dow pane in a “fra a prohibition agen into confessing Three of the five (Continued on Pa und 1 to give towel “Ch the towel. Maj, 1 the stomach and n the head with a ted that 2 man as “kicked, h window and cut information ed he had ordered ' arms and t v aro ibed the towel hinese method aid he had warned o did not tell the it.” he had cautioned he the towel nor | tied so tightly that ulation. tted that another d through a win- me up” fight with | t to s e B men on trial are ge 4, Column 2.) 115005, MARINES SENTTOTIENTIN Butler Intimates More May Leave Shanghai as Na- tionalists Push North. v the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, China, June 24.—The United States transport Chaumont, carrying 1,150 Marines, sailed this aft- ernoon for Tientsin, Chihli Province. The Chaumont came here from Manila a week ago. On his arrival at Shanghal from Peking vesterday, -Brig. -Gen. Smed- ley D. Butler, in command of the American Marines in China, intimated clearly that further American Marine forces would proceed north shortly. He said: “The transport Henderson is here from Manila loaded to the gun- wales with supplies.” Prepare Against Outbreaks. Foreign forces at Peking and Tien- tsin, he said, expected that the Na- tionalists in their drive on the two cities would arrive some time between July 1 and 15. The foreign authorities are making preparations to meet any anti-foreign outbreaks. Gen. Butler said he was planning to return to the north in the near future. Co-operation of Marshal Feng Yu- Hsiang, once known as “‘the Christian general,” and Gen. Chiang-Kai-Shek, leader of the moderate Nationalists, in a drive on the north, and a break between Marshal Feng with the Com- munist element at Hankow, which has been supporting him, yesterday marked an important step for possible removal of the breach between the Hankow and Nanking regimes in South China. As a result of conferences at Su- chow between the two powerful south- ern leaders, Marshal Feng has sent an ultimatum to Hankow demanding that certain members of the Hankow regime, including the Russian, Michael Borodin, who has been acting as ad- viser, leave for abroad, and that the remaining members proceed to Nan- king immediately to join in the opera- tions against the north. Chiang Announces Drive. At the same time Marshal Feng and Gen. Chiang issued a proclamation stating that communism must go and calling upon their troops to uphold the principles of the late Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Republican Jeader, “for the cverlasting glory of China.” Gen. Criang Kai-Shek announced the immediate launching of a drive northward through the province of Shantung on Tientsin and Peking, while it was stated that Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang would begin his northward drive on July 1 from the province of Honan. It was reported that the two gen- s planned to meet in the Tientsin- Peking area and then to make a triumphal_entry into the Northern capital., Feng has returned to Cheng- chow, which he recently captured, to prepare for the launching of his drive. 1u Han-Min, executive head of the civil government at_Nanking, de- e | clared today that the Nanking regime would assume the honest obligations of the Hankow government, but that Borodin, Eugene Chen, the Hankow foreign minister, and George Hs Chien, the Hankow minister of jus- tice, must be eliminated. Hu Han- Min said that George Hsu-Chien was Al and that Eugene Chen, who played a large part in the added, f Convocation of the execu nittee mecting raised hopes th progress, however slight, had made toward co-ordination of American, British and Japanese | theses introduced at Monday’s open- | ing se: a conseque of pi i wvate conversati » chie delegate that ve com- | t some | beer any g n the n blessed thing British Ple: passio supremacy of the a local news bore the nume This personag curiosity in na His articles his Identity ha Rear Admi the British deleg an_ denied t that any of the Brit delegation tributing to the press meaning We ar whole A icle much tion, b me was con- negotiations that followed _the cap- ture of Hankow by the National s undesirable, CHAOS DEVELOPING IN CANTON. Elements Oppose Anti-Red Stand of Officials. CANTON, China, June 24 (P).— Chaotic conditions are developing heré connection with opposition by labor nts to the anti-red activities of uthorities. Strong military 1 the city and machine been mounted at the rail- ns and in the artificial 1d of Shameen, where the foreign Iocated. aggravated by the | inst British shipping, | as followed the closing of dquarters of the seamen’s organ »n at Hongkong by British author- Anti-British posters in support of the boycott are on display and placards signifying “running 2 and “imperialists” are making their | rance on the property of pas- Labor | patrol ns he | zatic ities. Detachments of police, fire engi and armored cars are in readiness to cope with any demonstration in Shameen. Thurston and BY JOHNN F BOSTON, June were leading the inning here this aft The score was 2 and Red of five games ston pitching for th Harriss on the slab Although the d W McNeely. thrown rris out by ¥ No runs. BOSTON—TFla; Flagstead stole was short. Haney bunted, forcing to Bluege. Regan d No runs. SECOND to Todt. Rice bunte out by Harriss. BOSTON—Todt Myer single at second.’ Speaker, both Moore flied to Rice. Myer taking third Shar ru THIRD I WASHIN! Reeves sacrificed tc ingled d ing Thurston to thi gecond. Harris fo Speaker, One run. BOSTON — Flags the pitche fouled to Speaker. Carlyle, Flagstead gan_ doubled over scoring Flagstead. Neely. One run. STORM KE FROM 0 By the Ascoriated Pres ROOSEVELT ¥ gray moth with dr lashed down on its hope of flight to still another day hy decree. Until after went forward for dawn. For two poured into the & most half the full Ic was aboard. Thous: Thousands stood hours or dozed in they might have t the great ship take adventure. Then James H. Bureau meteorolog vice Comdr. Richa his hops raised a b There Wi hi s nd in a sto over the lake reg the America’s pat along the air routc nd extending out Aircraft Bat “The flight mu ** Kimball s is too far off to p But Byrd still ha left to refuse to turned to its han; “Batten it down the engines with ti be all ready Saturs RED SOXLEADNATS, 2TOTIN 3D INNING Pitching Rivals in the Opener of Series. y was ball there were not more fans in the stands when p FIRST INNING. bunted and was thrown out by Moore. Flagstead, play, Reeves to Harris to Speaker. | WASHINGTON—Goslin Ruel bunted and was thrown out by Harriss. to center, Todt stopping Reeves threw out Harri TON — Bluege scoring Bluege McNeely sing! the Red Sox dugout. Thurston’s glove and took second on wild throw Plane‘, Menacad by Wind Out- | side Hangar, Stands Ready to Take Air. 24.—The monoplane America, a midnizht of succes, on the St. Lawrence Slim Harriss B. KELLER. The Red ats in the ernoon. to 1. 1 Sox opened their | with Hollis Thur o former and Slim for the home club. fine for base than 2,000 began. Sox third COVERNMENT WINS LINDBERCH SERVIE FORAR COMMERCE Hero Puts His Future Hands of Hoover’s Department. in WOMEN CROWD FLYER WHEREVER HE PROCEEDS Airman Calls on Kellogg and Ac- cepts Invitation to Visit Canada Next Month, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh prepared to leave Washir this afternoon with his future largely in the hands of the Commerce Department. While the famou: ver will hold no official post with the Government he will be time and service: nment’s plans for com- aviation. “Lindbergh wants to give all his time to the advancement of com- mercial aviation,” Assistant Secretary William P. MacCracken of Commerce d this afternoon after he had been with the aviator, his three St. backe Robinson, Bixby and nd Maj. Thomas G. Lan- morning, at the Carlton to the mercial close Loui Knight, phier 3 Hotel. 1 Willing to Assist. While Lindbergh has made no agree- ment to give all his time to the Com- merce Department, he ignified his willingness to pos sible way in the department’s plans, Mr. MacCracken explained. The fly er's acceptance or refusal of any posi- tion with a comm poration would not interfe . any plans the department has for 1 he said. The this morning was sulmination of a serie meetings Govern- ¢ tant Sce- Trubee Davison of War sdward P, Warner of the who were present at the conference: threw out 1w Spoake Regan bunted s | | d to left, | throw Carlyle Thurston into a_doubl walked. dre INNING. grounded d and was thrown No runs. singled to right. grounded to dvancing. ner nners , Todt after NNI o Todt, U lown the left-fie with the led to right rd. McNeely stole | uled to Todt near | Myer threw out tead singled off o first. Haney Har: taking third MceNeely he Todt flied to M EPSEYRD CEAN HOP JLD, N.: Y., June ippin runy Paris blocked for the weather man’s preparations take-off in ‘the gasoline was it tanks, until al’| sad of 1,300 gallons | o1 Stand By. | about through the | 1utomobile that he thrill of seeing the air on its high | Kimball, st on Byrd han ul achievement, ul to halt. 1id, pivot extending ind crossing h. was thick to Newfoundland to sea. g tened Down, ust not be m aid, “and Saturds redict about.” d enough optim order the ship m re- ordered irpaulins, mor “Cover nd we'll i orday, were absent from thi morning’s_meeting. It was felt that | whatever Lindbergh does for the Gov: through the Commer is com- ‘il aviation that he is chiefly in- ted in at present. ernment he do Prepares to Leave. Just what the Government will want Lindbergh to do has not been decided upon, There are many phases of commercial aviation that would benefit by his experience and it was chiefly to learn whether he would be illing to help the Government that Mr. McCracken asked him to come to Washingtorr. The Assistant Secre- 1 offers Lind- had not heen dis- t length since they would not matel affect his useful- ness to the Government. Lindberch prepared to leave Secre- tary Hoover's house e: y this after- noon for Bolling KField to hop off for w York in_the Curtiss P-1 pursuit plane he used in flying from Dayton here vesterday. Just before he left the field yesterday Lindbe sked that the gas line be looked over, as it was not functioning well on the last part of his trip, and so here is a pos bility that he may have to use another plane, ed Calls on Kellogg. Before the meeting at the Carlton, Lindbergh called at the State Depart- ment to pay his respects to Secreta Kellogg, and through the secreta cepted invitation which had been extended to him to visit Ottawa, Canada, next month. Col. Lindbergh went from the Carl- ton to the Post Office Department, where he talked for about half an hour with Postmaster General New and Assistant P er General Glover, who is in charge of air mail. In the building he was again the tar. zet for hundreds of curious eyes, and crowd lined his path from the steps of the building to his This was the first time Lindbergh had had an obportunity to converse at any length with the Postmaster General since his flight. om the Post Office Department rty returned to the house of Secretary Hoover for luncheon. Slave of Fame. Lindbergh is the slave of his fame. where he goes he has to fight way through a mob of admirers and he never a moment of pri- vacy except when he is closeted in a room with the doors guarded. But through it all he remains serene and He takes it as a phi- of his persistent ad- ar men and they push by hody to his side. ey not only want to see him, but h him left Secretary Hoover's he spent the night, after 9 o'clock this morning. ccompanied by Maj. Lan- s St. Louis backers and As- nt ary MacCracken, who uarded him like a hen with a pet chicken. They went straight to the tate Department, Lindbergh passed through the streets Imost unrecognized and reached Sec ary Kellogg' office without being turbed, but word soon got about that he was there and there was a stampede from all over the building n the direction of the room where he was. Several hundred women packed he corridors, pushed against doors shortly He w: vhier, 1 D. C. THREATENED WITH ELIMINATION ON AIR MAIL LINE | Postal Official Sends Out Warning to City to Select Landing Field Soon. MOONEY MAKES PROTEST ON GRAVELLY POINT Baltimore Will Be Chosen if Action Is Not Taken in Time, Glover Says. Contronted with a heated di over the selection of a District Assistant Postmaster General Warren 1. Glover curtly warned Washington today that unless a site is selected soon that meets with the approval of the Department of Commerce, he will wash his hands of the whole affair and designate Baltimore as a landing place for air mail between New York and Atlanta. Upon receipt of a sharp protest today from Postmaster William M. Mooney against the tentative selection of Gravelly Point, Mr. Glover de- clared the Post Office Department did not care where the airport was located just so it met with the approval of the proper authorities. “The Post Office Department 1s look- ing at Washington just as it looks at El Paso, Tex., or any other place,” ho told The Star after receiving Post- master Mooney's protest. “Washi | ton can locate the airport at Point or Benning, or anywher makes no difference to us, provided the Bureau of Aeronautics approves Place Is in Danger. Washington has got to re- member is this: If the question isn't sottled in time, we will entrain mail here for Baltimore : se that ity as a landing place. When we get n O. K. on a site here, the Post Office Department will be ready to go. Otherwise hington will lose its place on the schedule.” Postmaster Mooney, who feels that al officials should be given more C0! deration in the selection of an \ir mail landing place, wrote the A ant Postmaster Genel protesting inst Gravelly Point, chiefly on ai count of fogs and delays in getting mail into Washington after ival at the proposed field. He favored, in- stead, the selection of the Benning tr which Lieut. Donald Duke, ir Corps, reported is a ‘some- angerous landing field” after making a number of actual tests with a light Army pursuit plane. Commissioners Disappointed. Disappointment was expressed by the District Commissioners today when it was learned that it would be virtually impossible for Col. Lind- bergh to make a flight, before hi parture, ove the various airport si under consideration he Duke was unable to fulfill his w to take Lindbergh for a half hour flight. When he arrived here vesterday Col. Lindbergh had expected to remain un- til Saturday, which would have given him an opportunity to inspect the various sites in dispute. His opinion from the practical viewpoint of an air mail pilot was desired and it was thought that his opinion would help iron out some of the difficulties now confronting District officials in connec- tion with the half-dozen sites proposed. Situation Is Muddled. The objections of Postmaster Mooney muddles the situation, hinging over the selection of Gravelly Point more than eve Licut. Duke has proposed a_compromise plan whereby Bolling Field could be used as a night landing ficld for the mail planes, with their hangar at the uth end of the field near the steel plant at Gies Point. This would not interfere with crations on Bolling Field, he be- lieves, and should remove the obje tions of the War Department to the temporary use of the Army field. In the meanwhile he and j. W. B. R. Covell, Assistant District Engineer Commissioner, believes Gravelly Point should be constructed into a perma- nent airport. Postmaster Mooney’s letter to Mr. Glover points out that the Benning tract could be made available in a short time, is more convenient to the post office than Gravelly Point, and could be used free of rental until a permanent site is_selected, regardles of whether the Benning tract ulti mately is designated as an airport. Holds Distance Too Great. His letter sald, in part, as follows: “I wish to go on record as oppcsed to Gravelly Point from a post office standpoint. It has many objections in comparison with the Benning tract, the latter providing every facility and at the same time advan of surer and speedier mail facilities and con- neetions, and in the end the expedi- tious dispatch and receipt of mail and the meeting of schedules should be the principal thought in the minds of the committee, “On the 224 instant T visited the site of Gravelly Point, as near as it could be located, which is at the east end of the railrond and south of the south end of the railrond bridge. Gravelly Point can be reached by an open highway through a culvert un- derneath the railroad and about 1 mile south of the bridge, on the way to Alexandria, Va. The distance to the post office via Peace Monument, Maryland avenue and B street sout “Wha (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 2, Commander Byrd Wiil Tell of His Great Adventure in oro | | night | hostess when he greeted them this every cit (UP) Means Associated Press. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers very 7 block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,312 TWO CENTS. NON-STOP FLIGHT TO HAWAII IN JULY AUTHORIZED BY ARMY Lieuts. Maitland and Hegenberger to Hop Off on 2407-Mile Attempt, Secre- tary Davis ated Press. ancisco-to-Hawati non- It by the Army Air Corps was d today by Secretary Davis The 2,407-mile hop will be attempted by Lieuts. Lester J. Maitland and Al- bert F. Hegenberger, now at San Diego with the threemotored Fokker espe- clally equipped for the trip. The time of departure has not yet been selected, but is expected to be some tinie in Jul cretary Davis sanctioned the It after a conference with Assis ant Secretary Davison, in charge of Air Col activities, who reported that final tests conducted by the two pilots at San Diego had been satisfactor: Present plans are that the flight will start from the airport near Oakland, where a special runway is now being constructed. Maj. Gen' Patrick, chief of the Army Air Corps, is en route to San F co where, upon his arri- val next Sunday, he will make a_final check up of navigation tests being given the plane. The monoplane will GEN. WOOD PLANS TORETURN TO POST Will Go Back to Manila if Health Permits—Chats at Black Hills. By the Assoc be ready for BY J. RUSSELL YOU Staff Correspondent of The § . STATE GAME LODGE, BLACK HILLS, §. Dak., June 24.—Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philippines, who, with Mrs. Wood, made a brief visit with the President and Mrs. Coolidge at the Summer White House, and whose weakened condition when he arrived yesterday s such as to shock those who W appeared stronger this morning. The general rested well during the and informed his host and morning that he felt much better. He and the President chatted on the front porch while awaiting breakfast and later posed on the steps of the lodge for the news photographers and the motion picture men. During the taking of the pictures, although he leaned against one of the pillars of the porch, Gen, Wood appeared in good humor and made a noble effort at conversation, and told one or two little stories, at which he and the President laughed heartily. The general did not accompany President Coolidge, who left for his office in Rapid City shortly afterward. The general sought a large armchair at the shady corner of the porch, and during the latter part of the morning remained there. ixpects to Keep Post. Mrs, Coolidge and Mrs. Wood had taken a long stroll about the grounds, during which the former pointed out the objects of interest and various beauty spots, as well as the animals that were roaming about the hillside. Upon their return to the lodge they chatted with the general. Maj. B. Y. Reed, the general's aide, d Capt. Lindsay Fletcher, his physician, who accompanied the general to the Black Hills and who also are guests at the Summer White House, and Col. Win- ship, the President’s aide, sat in the group. Despite conflicting reports about Gen, Wood returning to this country for the purpose of returning to private life, it was stated by some of those who are in a position to speak with authority that the general intends to return to Manila in September if his health will permit him to do so. The general suffers from injuries which he received aboard ship coming to the States and from an automobile acci- dent in Manila, as well as from the effects from the surgical operation performed some weeks ago. He will he 67 years of age next October. However, the general has expressed a determination to keep on with his duties in the Philippines and has ex- pressed confidence that he will be suf- ficiently recovered to make the trip back to the islands by Fall. Chats About Reported Friction. The general is represented as hav- ing chatted good naturedly about the reports received in this country of the - friction between him and the Philippine Legislature. The principal difficulty of the Philippines, he was represented as saying to a friend this morning, was that the natives are becoming Americanized in the respect that they want to spend more money than they have. He in effect answered Col. Carmi Thompson’s report to the President on the condition in the Philippines, that Gen. Wood's admin- tration has too much military at- mosphere. By reason of his sur- rounding himself with so many _as- sistants who are Army officers, Gen. Wood was represented as answering by saying that civilians now are oc- cupying 99 per cent of the offices of the Philippine government. He be- lieves, however, that the American Government ought not to permit a situation to be created in the Philip- pines which would lead the United States into a position of responsibility without authority. He contends that there is too much at stake to make such an error. Gen., Wood was represented as say- ing that although the Philippines are progressing and are growing more friendly, they still need a guiding and helping hand. He agreed in effect with Col. Thompson that there is a great field for capital investment in the islands, explaining that the islands offer vast resources and geographical advantages, but are sorely in need of outside capltal for development. The understanding is that Gen. and | approved Announces. the take-off as soon as weather condi tions permit. Sect sized, however, t ta prepara_fons for the flight. A War Department statement said t while the Army is anxious tc make the hop to Honolulu, it is not attempting the project solely with the idea that an Army plane should be the first to make the flight. 1t was emphasized that the Army is not attempting to compete with civilian airmen who will contest for prizes offered for a tran: flight and that under mo cir s would Lieuts. Maitland and berger be permitted to accept prize money. WIRELI at care would t any BEAM TO GUIDE. Plans Go Ahead for Smith Dash to Hawaii. By the Associated Pres SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.—Set to resist any attempt that may be made | Was to | to_delay the independent flight (Continued on Page olun ARCATECTS ASKED TOSTUDN TRANCLE Consultants’ Board Urged to Survey Plans With View to Future Needs. The Board of Architectural Con- sultants has been asked by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon to conduct preliminary studies of all proposed buildings in the great triangle south | of Pennsylvania avenue with a view to having a complete and comprehen- sive plan for presentation to the new |ing Congress in Decem! te avoid any rush in last-minute | | | | | | | | i | | tas per cent ir | The | | 000, 13 PCT. TAX BOOST, WITH §1.70 RATE, ORDERED FOR CITY { Commissioners Vote 10-Cent ary Davis empha- | Cut in Levy, Based on Higher Assessments. HELD CDMPWSE WITH TRADE GROUPS Expected to Yield $20,334,000 for Next Fiscal Year, as Against $20,034,780 Required. A tax levy full value of $1.70 on each $100 of sment of taxable real nal property fo vear beginning July today by the estate coming fi red Commissioners, 1 District ord t for the current fi ar, but due to the increase in real estate as- ssments bill actuaily averagi ) per cent, will show about a 13 rease over those for the the present year. Commissioners fixed the $1.70 rate on the recommendation of Auditor Daniel J. Donovan and in doin they acted over the protest of a Trade, of Commerce and the chants and Manufa against a levy higk the Commissioner tativ ded to se the $1.70 levy promise with the t 20,331,000 Yield Ex wally had ten- rate of $1.75, Donov as n estimates, will yvield'$ ainst the required sum 2! 0. The tqtal the District of mount appropriated by sropriation act for the 1928 fiscal 185. trom which is deducted appropriations ar This program, it was learned today, | will not slow up progress on the thre buildings in the triangle for which |ing to $3 appropriated | to be paid frc | D Congress already has funds, but will provide for completing in more detail the new unified archi- tectural plan for the area. Wants Plan for Future. In his letter to the board of con- sultants, who are located in seve cities throughout the country, and meeét here at the call of the Secretary, Mr. Mellon pointed out that practical progress on the building plans of the three buildings already chosen for construction, could go ahead, but it | red to have a comprehensive | §32; was_de: study also of the whole triangle, and buildings needed far in the future. Under the present program, Treasury will proceed to construct buildings, three of which are inside the triangle, and in all probability will not _ask Congress at the next session in December for ¢ on funds for other buildings in the triangle. Sufficient funds already are on hand to go ahead for some time with the Department of Commerce, the Inter- the | plemental ixg year 1 chargeable to the water fund, amount- to $1.591.210; appropriations eable to the gasoline tax fund, ounting $1.456,500, ppro- ations cha to the rplus svenue fund of the District, amount- the amount | the revenues of the striet, including the contribution of 000,000 by the Fec al Go nment, i mount must be added the <penditures for refunding paid taxes, the penditures under condem- extension of h the plan em of high- stimated expenditures revenues for the pay- jons to retired members of the Pol nd Fire Departments 5.000; deficiencies in appropriations for the fiseal year 1927 and prior fis- cal y and estimated sup- ions for the fiscal estimatec erroneously stimated e | nation proceedings for streets in acrordance w | for the permanent sy: | ways, $100,000; | from " Distric ment of pe < The seve! up the to mounts indicated make 1 definite and estimated ap- propriation charges against the rev- enues of rict for the vear ending June 30, 1928, $36 Supplemental Funds Asked. The principal items making up the nal Revenue Bureau and the Archives | Probable supplemental appropriations Buildings, inside the triangle, and the | Of ne Liberty Loan, the Government Print- ing Office and Department of Agri- culture projects, off the triangle, ac- cording to Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Dewey, in charge of the pro- gram in this More funds than are appropriated at present will be | needed to complete the projects. But the program already undertaken is so pretentious, according to present in- dications, that the Treasury is not likely to ask that construction of other buildings, in addition to the above named, be appropriated for imme- diately. May Seck More Land. Among the first things to be pre- se 3 , it was in- dicated today, will be detailed plans for the completed project for unified treatment of the triangle, which have been adopted in pdeliminary form by the Public Buildings Commission, and by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. The bill which authorized purchase of the Jand in the entire triangle, bounded by Pennsylvania avenue Fifteenth street and B street also will be reintroduced, and acquisition of ad- ditional land may be asked. Already several tracts are under condemna- tion proceedings, in the hands of the Department of Justice, including a site for the Supreme Court of the United States immediately north of the Con- gressional Library. Congress already has appropriated $400,000 for the administration build- ing of the Department of Agriculture and authorized this to cost not more than $2,000,000; appropriated $1.: 000 toward a site and an extensible building south of B street southwest for the Department of Agricuiture, and authorized this project to cost not more than $5,750,000; appropriated §1,000,000 toward the archives build- ing and site and authorized it to cost not more than $6,900,000; appropriated $600,000 for the Department of Com- merce building, and authorized it to cost not more than $10,000,000. The House increased the _total authorization for the Commerce Build- ing to $13,000,000 in the public build- ings bill which failed of enactment in the Senate. $1,700,000 Appropriated. Appropriations for the Internal Revenue Building already total $1.- 700,000 and the total cost authorized, $7,950,000, while the House had in- creased the total in the unenacted bill to_$10,500,000. For the Government Printing Office office building and site there is already appropriated $100,000, and authorized a total cost of $1,250,000. To construct the additional two stories on the Liberty Loan Building, adjacent to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Congress appropriated $250,000 and authorized $375,000. The | | | | for unpaid y $1,700,000 for 1928, follow Additional chers for the publie schools, $4 opening of a_ new reet from avenue to Ninth street in the vicinity of the base ball park, widening of Nichols avenue from Good Hope road to § street southeast, and the widening of First street tween G and Myrtle streets northe: suburban streets, $185,000: completing the Domestic Service Building and ward building at the Gallinger Muni- al Hospital, $520,000; supp wne, $100,000; pall firemen’s pensions, $150,000, and con- struction of * home at Colum- bia_Hospital for $400,000. The estimated supplemental apr priations do not take into conside tion any probable appropria the establishment of por hment of a I or Central ) et, the development of the plan for a proposed group of municipal buildings or the payment of awards and expenses in connection with the extension Fourteenth street. The estimated revenues for the Di trict for the coming fiscal year cording to Auditor Donovan follows: Contribution by the States, $9,00 on personal property 10,000; the earnings of pul tions, banks, buildi ete., $2,000,000 tions, ' including licenses, fees, fines, ete, $1,25 These several items tots and leaves $20,034,280 to the application of a tax on the full °d value of taxable real estate and tangible personal p he estimated total tion of taxable real estate f vear is $1.150,000,000 tangible personal property, $ 000, making a total estimated ation for both purposes of $1, 000. The application of a tax rate of $1.70 on each $100 of the full value sessment of real estate and tangible personal property with an allowance taxes, Au or Donovan believes, will produce estimated venue collection of $20.334.000, as the required sum of $20,- istrict in: of $2, c service ¢ tax on pora- $2800000. $16.000,000 sed by recommendation for a $1.70 tax rate with a report outlining in detail the operation of the $1.50 tax levy in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, and a resume of the condition of the cash fund required to be raised by the District under the provisions ;sf the appropriation act of June 29, 92 The operation of the $1.50 tax rate, the auditor pointed out, produced to- tal revenue collections amounting to $25,041,394, which was derived from the tax on real estate taxes on tangible and intangible personal property taxes, paid by public utilities, banks and Mrs. Wood will leave the Summer framework has been completed, but %te House this afternoon for Now |the outside walls are not yet up. Yoriee °™ | Bids for this work probably will be the supremacy when they battles Amerleans | Remarking that it the | #surrendered the Washington parley in N building associations and so forth, and collections from miscellaneous sources of revenue. To this total of $25,041.- b ey w ¢ | Crossing the Atlantic by Airplane get them some time.” B o] News of the postponeme Anti-Japanese Feeling Rises. We ot FOOCHOW, China, June 24 (#).— nt spread i ¢ In a Series of Signed Articles asked \gented to scrap numero: “Admiral B” assec that cans have done little warship con- struction since the conference, cspe- elally because they find difficulty in obtaining crews for new vessels. This, he declares, 18 one of the main rvea sons for. the American suggestion of Jow limits on auxiliary warship ton nage. 1t England accepted p ‘Americans in bo dngton aniral BY it v Comtinued the ity with the mn 53 Ad- | Strong anti-Japanese feeling has en here following the landing of | | nese troops at Tsingtao. Chinese marines are guarding the Japanese | consulate. . " Electrocuted. Nebr,, June 24 (A.— rter, Omaha “sniper ban- was _electrocuted in the ska Penintentiary today for INCOLN, | Neh ol Li. A. R, Bearles. ) slowly among the hour after it wa still slept blissfu biles unconscious comfort was to go The rainstorm aw h at 10 o'cloc] time to do real da poised high on the trembled and wav and only the quic dem- that o “Ad-| in clinging to its side and anchoring English | {he murder at Omaha 18 months ago | it with hawsers saved it from possible spectators and nnounced hundr in their automo- that all their dis- for naught. i set the fiel Kk threatened fo mage to the runway. The ship red in the wind tion of handiers plane Appear Exclusively in Washington THE EVENING STAR and THE SUNDAY STAR e 'REDS SEE ROYAL PLOT. Reports to Paper hy‘!‘lvo win Die—=Seven Jailed. MOSCOW, June 24 (#).—Special received from, Viadivostok b: the m" say that flvz ve been 1 death k ¥ . condemned to T for, soon. ‘With this program on its hands, the Treasury now is progressing steadily, under the advice of the board of tectural consultants, and, fol- lowing the adoption recently of the new unit plan. the first buildings to be put under construction will be the 394 the auditor added the cash credit of $254,476 derived from unexpended bal- ances of lapsed appropriations and the contribution by the Federal Gov- ernment of $9,000,000. These several items, the report showed, make the total revenue credits of the District Department of Agriculture, the Bu- reau of Internal Revenue and the De- partment of Commerce. | Programs—Page 30 for the closing fiscal year $34,295,870. “The total obligations of the Dis- trict of Columbia represented by ap- propriation and other charges for the flscal year ending June .30, 1927, W“.