Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, slightly warmer tonight: to- morrow fair, qontinued warm. Tem- peratures—Highest, 80, at 11 a.m. to- day; lowest, 65, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 3. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 nc_l 25 Entered as second class matter shington, 30,370. No. post . office. BRITISH DROP PLAN - TOREOPEN TREATY AT NAVAL PARLEY Abandon Move in Face of Firm American and Japa- nese Opposition. Wa STUDY OF TECHNICAL QUESTIONS IS BEGUN United States Scrapped Greatest Tonnage at Washington Confer- | emoe, Gibson Replies to Britain. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. St Chi il B3 Oue o, The, Sl ol hipaco Dal GENEVA, June 25.—The tri:power paval armament conference got down to business today under conditions which, over a period of several weeks of close technical study, promise an | ultima.e successful outcome. The negotiations opened badly, ow- ing to the anomalous nature of the British plan which, under pretext of general economy, really gave Great Britain a tremendous advantage over the United States both in capital ships and cruisers. Feeling on both sides now has quiet- ed down somewhat, and the disposi- tion to look more sympathetically on all viewpoints is beginning to prevail. The British, who have received re- ports from the British embassy at ‘Washington, seem greatly hurt at the upanimity with which the American press has been criticizing the British aims here. In any case, their whole tone has changed, and the conference consequently has been enabled to pro- ceed along the lines indicated in Presi- dent Coolidge’s invitation. Drop Reopening Treaty. In the face of firm American and Japanese opposition, the British desire to reopen here questions which were settled at the Washington confer- ence concerning capital ships, tonnage and replacement has been discreetly dropred. Out of courtesy to the Brit- ish, both the Japanese and American delegations have agreed to “ask new instructions” on this point, but this undoubtedly means the question will simply dwindle out of sight. All three powers agree on a safe- guard clause abrogating the agree- | ment in' case any non-signatory power | builds beyond a certain tonnage in the varlous categories. The Japanese and | British both object to discussing { limitation on the basis of a 5-5-3 ratio. | They prefer the.basis of aileged needs. | The United States agrees there is a minimum need for each power, under which it camnot go, but insists that above this need naval power shall be relative. Since Great Britain and Japan dis- like the word “ratio” the Americans are willing to discard it temporarily and talk in terms of tonnage figures. At the same time they reiterate in the most_distinct terms that the United States cannot accept a tonnage in- feriority to Great Britain's in any class of ships. Expect 553 Ratio. As for the Japanese, America again is making a demonstration, already elaborated at Washington, to the effect that in the eastern Pacific the ratio of three for Japaa more than equals the rate of five for the United States, owing to the greater distances American ships have to go and the inability, because of the long lines of communications, of putting more than a quarter of the American cruiser force into those waters at any given time. The fecling is that whatever terms are used, the tonnages finally agreed upon will correspond closely to the 5—6—3 ratio. Japan and the United States are decided to keep 10,000-ton cruisers with 8-nch guns. Whether another smaller category of cru say 7,000 tons with 6-nch guns, be created to meet British needs is a matter for technical study. If such cruisers can be constructed to cover the distances involved in American maval problems, and if the American relative tonnage in larger cruisers re- mains undimished, we may find our- selves able to meet the British desires in this particular. The question of maximum tonnage of destroyers is a technical one. Amer- ica may be able to accept the British plan to limit destroyers armament to 5inch guns. The British and Ameri- can figures on maximum tonnage of submarines correspond closely, at about 1,700 tons. It is understood the Japanese will not insist on their pla | of exempting submarines under 600 tons from limitation. Thus all points in the conference now are entering the phase of techni- cal discussion, and already varidus points of common agreement are dis- cernible. SAYS U. (RAPPED MOST. Gibson Replies to Statement from British €fycles. GENEVA, Switzerland, June 2 5 —Hugh . Gibson, chief American delegate, replied indirectly today a statement emanatin, from F circles that the tonnagze of scrapped by Gre: war was probably three times that scrapped by the United Si 5 Alluding to the fact that the U States at the Washington ence voluntarily sur cred b - premacy in battleships, he declared she had committed herself to the scrapping of 531,000 tons of ships well under construction and 15 old battleships with a tonnage of about 228,000, This commitment, he was actually carried out, a be compared with 1} of projec battleships warships—411,000 tons in e ally scrapped by Great Britain, Firm on 10,000-Ton Cruisers. Information from tne American delegation indic reval of a belief that any ag reduce s from 10,000 tons, &s de; ¥ t Britain, would be another surrender on a type of v;arship which the Americans hold jlecessary in their national defense; hence their determination to make no_concessions on this point It also is remarked that Great Pritain, with the Nelson and Rod- ney, each of 35,000 tons, has two more powerful capital ships than the American navy—ve: which em- body the lessons taus 3 tle of Jutland. Thus, acceptance of should tonage 19 old D. C. Imprisoned Paris Royalist Leader Is Released by Hoax By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 25.—Leon Daudet, royalist leader, who was imprison- ed June 13, to serve a term for libel, was mysteriously released from prison this afternoon as the result, it is stated, of a hoax on the prison director. Daude ociate, M. Delest, and Secretary General Semard of the Communist party, also were re- leased. DRY HEAD MOVED, ADE 15 SUSPENDED Mills Transferred From New York Office—Assistant Faces Dismissal. By the Associated Press. nsfer of Chester P. Mills, pro- hibition administrator for New York, and the suspension of August Heise, assistant administrator, was an- nounced today by Commissioner Do- ran, who indicated the changes were made because of dissatisfaction with enforcement methods in New York. Mills will take the position of zone supervisor for the Eastern States and his exact territory will be determined later. Maurice Campbell, former zone su- pervisor for the Eastern and Middle Western States, will take Mills’' place July 1 The suspension of the assistant ad- ministrator was caused by disclosures of third degree methods in New York enforcement. “Heise’s suspension is effective at once,” Doran said. *“If reports that he allowed agents to use third degree methods on persons are found to be true he will be dismissed. There is no place in the Prohibition Bureau for such methods, nor for any man who will use ‘hem. The sooner prohibition enforcement agencies are rid of such methods the better it will be for all concerned.” Mills had become embroiled in a number of controversies, officials of the bureau said, and his usefulness has been affected adversely. PERSHING OUTLINES MONUMENT PLANS Two Classes to Be Erected on French Battlefields by Americans. Plans for the construction of a sys- tem of American battlefield monu- ments in France comprising two classes of general memorials in addi- tion to individual markers, all to be completed within two years, were out- lined this morning by Gen. John J. Pershing, who returned last week from a three-month visit to France in his official capacity as chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commis- sion. Gen. Pershing stated that the gen- eral memorials will be divided into two classes. One class, which will perpetuate the major operations in which the American forces took part, will be represented by three large memorials. One of these will be located at Chateau Thierry and will be erected on a hill overlooking the Marne River, commemorating the di- visions which battled in the Marne salient. Another will be erected at Montiec. In its general style of archi- tecture it will resemble somewhat the Lincoln Memorial. Of Classic Design. All of the memorials will be of classic design drawn up by American architects and maintaining an air of simple dignity. The third great memorial will take the form of a shaft and will be erected on the top of a hill at Montfaucon. The hill itself will be cared for as a permanent memorial by the French. In telling of the memorials which will mark for all time the sites of the major operations in which the American forces engaged, Gen, Per- shing laid especial emphasis upon the memorial to be erected at Chateau Thier The general referred to the operations between September 26 and November 11, 1918, which finally broke the Hindenburg line, as the greatest of the operations in which the American troops participated. MARINES BEI.N_G RECALLED 500 to Leave Nicaragua in Line With U. S. Plan. Immediate recall of 500 Marines from Nicaragua in line with the plan for withdrawal of the American ex- peditiona force there was ordered yesterday by the Navy Department. The submarine tender Argonne will bring the contingent to the Quantico, v Marine base. The vessel is sched- uled to return to Nicaragua imme- diately, and, if conditions then war- rent it, a second force of 400 men will be taken to San Diego, Calif. If Nicaraguan conditions are still favorable a third withdrawal of 600 Marines to Haiti and Quantico is con- templated. This would reduce the number of Marines in Nicaragua to about 1,500 men. By the Associated Press. Although fame is fleeting, Babe Ruth seems to be determined that it will not fiit away from him while he sits idly by. The base ball celebrity, in a tax ap- peal filed at the Treasury, has dis- closed that during the year 1924 he “expended the sum of $9,000 for the purpose of establishing and maintain- ing good will to the extent of enter- the British proposal to_cut the ton- ntinued on Page 2, Column 59 taining sports writers, jyess agents, and others similarly situated in order ah WASHINGTON, POINGARE FAVORS PERPETUAL PEACE TREATY WITHU.S. Declares Amity Between Na- tions Warrants Adoption of Briand Plan. PACT ALREADY ‘SIGNED’ IN HISTORY, HE SAYS Proposal for American-Japanese Agreement Expected to Be Made by Saito, By the Associated Pre PARIS, June 25.—All France would rejolce at the signature of a pact of perpetual amity between France and the United States, such as that pro- posed by Foreign Minister Briand, Premier Poincare, told the American Club of Paris today at a luncheon at which he was the guest of honor. But such a pact, the premier re- marked, would only be a restatement of the deep sentiment of friendship that has existed between the two peo- ples from the American Revolution down to the World War and which was again revealed in France's wel- come to Col. Lindbergh. Called Fact Already. “That pact has already been signed in the history of the two peopl premier continued. “Our two have built up in the space of a cen- tury and a half souvenirs of friend- ship that nothing can ever efface.” Myron T. Herrick, the American Ambassador, who sailed Wednesday aboard the Tle de France for the United States, left word expressing regret at being unable to attend the luncheon and greet “his friend of all the years.” “Pouches of Good Will.” “Tell him,” he added, “that I am taking to the United States pouches of good will from France that Lind. bergh, in his hurry to hop off, left be- hind. " I hope the Tle de France is big enough to carry them.” Paris dispatches on Wednesday said Ambassador Herrick was taking with him a memorandum containing sug- gestions by the French government as to how negotiations might be open- ed for the pact to outlaw war between the two countries, which was fist suggested by Foreign Minister Briand on April 6. U. S-JAPANESE PACT SEEN. Observers at Geneva Believe Saito Will Propose Plan. GENEVA, Switzerland, June 25 (). —Overtures by Japan with a view to the signing of a perpetual peace pact with the United States are expected in authoritative circles of the tripartite naval conference. Notwithstanding denials by both the Japanese delegates and Hugh S. Gib- son, head of the American delegation, that any such suggestion has been made, competent observers persisted in the belief today that when he had assurance that the overtures would have a chance of being favorably con- sidered, Admiral Viscount Saito, the Japanese spokesman, possibly would propose a treaty outlawing war be- tween his country and the United States. PACT HINTS STIR CAPITAL. Officials Believe United States Would Welcomie Tokio Overtures. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The need for peace treaties to sup- plement, indeed, to strengthen, the agreements on the limitation of naval armament has been recognized by Japan, and while officlally no word is spoken as to the desire of Tokio for a treaty of perpetual friendship with the United States, the hints thrown out by the Japanese at the Geneva conference have caused a mild sensa- tion here. The United States Government would not only welcome a perpetual peace treaty with Japan, but would do everything possible to bring about such an understanding without delay. If the Geneva armament conference results in a treaty which shall in ef- fect outlaw war between the United States and Japan, there is no doubt that the Government here will regard it as of much if not more importance than the limitation of armament. The important thing is that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ROCKENBACH SHIFTED. Will Command Cavalry Brigade at Fort Bliss, Tex. Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach, commander of the District of Wash- ington, has been relieved from his post here and assigned to command a Cavalry brigade at Fort Bliss, Tex., the War Department announced today. Gen. Rockenbach has heen granted two months’ leave of absence before reporting to his new assignment. He will be succeeded here by Brig. Gen. George C. Bernhardt, just pro- moted from colonel ¢ the fth United States Cavalry at Fort Ogelthorpe. Gen. Bernhardt has been ordered to proceed here at once to take over his new duties. Mexico Pays $747,827 on Debt. MEXICO CITY, June 25 (A).—It ¢ Foeni ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION s C, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, SOUTH DAKOTA LAWMAKERS RECESS TO VISIT PRESIDENT Official Welcome From State’s Entire Legislature Extended to Executive and Mrs. Coolidge in Black Hills. By the Associated Press. RAPID CITY, S. Dak., June 25.— President and Mrs. Coolidge had be- fore them today an experience shared with few, if any, White House oc- cupants—an official welcome from an entire State Legislature. The party came from Pierre, the capital of the State, where the South Dakota Legislature recessed a special session to pay its respects to the State's distinguished visitors. Scheduled to arrive shortly before noon from their 200-mile trip in a special train, the legislators, many with their families, planned to motor directly to Camp Galena, one mile from the Summer White House, and after an outdoor luncheon, were to be received by the President and Mrs. Coolidge. Only Few Stay Away. The party was headed by Lieut. Gov. 8. E. Covey as president of the Senate and Ray Willilamson, speaker of the House, and included all but a handful of members, who were unable to attend because of pressing engage- ments, The occasion marked the second large delegation Mr. and Mrs. Cool- idge have received in this way. Last urday several hundred small- city editors, comprising delegates to the National Editorial Association's convention, paid a mass call on South Dakota’s vacation guests. The South Dakota Legislature voted earlier this week to recess and the members are making the trip at their own ex- pense. ‘While the call ftself is unusual, the circumstances which made it possible are equally so. The Legis- lature was called into speclal session by Gov. Bulow in order to reframe the commonwealth’s appropriation bill, which he vetoed at the regular session this Spring. The governor held that the appro- priations exceeded State's reve- nues, and in vetoing the whole bill be- cause under the law he was not pe mitted to veto separate items, prob bly established a precedent for giibe natorial disapprov: Hoped to See Wood. Although the State legislators’ pri- mary purpose in coming to the Black Hills was to welcome the President and Mrs. Coolidge, there was a note of regret that Gov. Gen. Leonard Wood of the Philippines, who left the Summer White House last night, was | absent. Had he been here today, the situation would have pleasant remind- ers, no doubt, since many of the legis- lators voted in the South Dakota pri- mary of 1924 for Gen. Wood for Presi- dent and Mr. Coolidge for Vice Presi- dent. President and Mrs. Coolidge last night got their first view of the Needles, peculiar rock formations in the Black Hills, about 6,200 feet from sea level. Leaving the State game lodge im- mediately after dinner, they drove into this region, which is famous for its spirelike rocks. They drove through a rock tunnel, which was barely wide enough to permit the entry of the new open car which has been placed at their disposal. LEGALITY OF a00 WEDDINGS DOUBTED Bishop Holds Elkton, Md., “Marrying Parson” Has No Church Orders. By the Associated Press. ELKTON, Md.,, June 25.—The le- gality of marriage ceremonies, esti- mated at 500, performed since January 1 by Rev. Richard P. Westien, “marry- ing parson” of this Gretna Green, has been brought into question through the declaration of Supt. J. W. Colona of the ~Wilmington “district “of ~ the’ Methodist Episcopal Conference that Mr. Westien is without orders of that church and, therefore, unqualified to solemnize marriages. State’s Attorney Henry L. Constable announced he was investigating the case and would seek an indictment against Mr. Westien if he finds he is not a regularly ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For the second time, also, Dr. Co- lona has requested State's Attorney Constable to halt Mr. Westien's ac- tivities. On the first occasion, Mr. Constable obtained copies of Westien's orders and forwarded them to the superintendent. Dr. Colona, in turn, sent the papers to Bishop William F. McDowell of Washington, in charge of the area. Bishop Renders Opinion. Bishop McDowell is said to have de- livered an opinion that, as a result of Mr. Westien's conviction by a jury of clergymen, in 1921, on charges of “high impudence and commercializing the solemn office of marriage,” when his orders were canceled, the orders became the property of the church, leaving Mr. Westein without standing as a Methodist Episcopal minister. At the time of his trial, Mr. Westien, upon advice of coundel, declined to surrender his orders. He retired, how- ever, to his farm near here. Believed Automatically Barred. Mr. Westien said he received elder’s orders as a local preacher from the Upper Towa Conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal Church in 1908, with Bishop Lewis presiding. He is said to have been dropped from the iMontana Conference roll in 1917 for failing to report to the conference; this failure automatically excluding him from the active ministry in any State. From 1921 until the beginning of this year Westien remained on his Maryland farm. Then, upon the re- moval to Philadelphia of Rev. Earnest Weaver, who had been the “marrying parson,” Westien took up quarters in the home Mr. Weaver had occupied, and again began marrying many of the couples who flock here for hasty weddings per:nitted by Cecil County’s lenient marriage laws. 21 AUTOS STOLEN. Police Fire as Four Suspects Near One Car Flee. Twenty-one automobiles were stolen here yesterday and last night, accord- ing to reports received by the police for the 24-hour period. Three of the ;nachlnes were recovered this morn- ng. Two bullets, fired by Policeman Rodgers of the eighth precinct, failed to stop four men whom the officer discovered near a parked car at Sec- ond and U streets early this morning. They sped away in another machine. LINDBERGH PLANS - PASSENGER LINE Sees Possibility for Greatest Service in Air Transport Business. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh hopped off from Bolling Field for New York late yesterday leaving word that he plans the early establishment of a passen- ger-carrying air transport line that will be national in scope. The an- nouncement was made just before Lindbergh took off and followed .a serfes of conferences with aviation chiefs here during wbich Lindbergh promised to ald the Government's plans for commercial aviation, Lindbergh's venture is in direct line with the Department of Commerce's aims for the development of commer- cal aviation, Assistant Secretary Wil- liam P. MacCracken said after the fly- er had left. Lindbergh came here on the invitation of Mr. MacCracken to discuss these aims and after confer- ences with him and Assistant Secre- taries Davison of War and Warner of the Navy, agreed to devote his future to the advancement of commercial aviation in accordance with the Com- merce Department's plans. Most Use in Commerce. ‘While Lindbergh will help both the Army and Navy in their air.develop- ment, it was felt that he could be of most use to the Commerce Depart- ment. The establishment of an air line such as he plans will be in sc- cord with the Commerce Department’s aims, and at the same time Lindbergh will hold himself in readiness to co- operate in any other way that may be desired. Considerable progress already has been made in the discussion of gen- eral principles, Col. Lindbergh said. “Committees have been appointed to prepare the detailed plans of organ- ization and the routes to be estab- lished,” he said. “I hope to be able to make a further announcement con- cerning these plans some time during the next few weeks.” Lindbergh’s Place Not Clear. Lindbergh’s place in the organiza- tion was not made clear. He discussed his plans with Paul Henderson, head of the National Air Transport, Inc., which has the largest contracts for transporting air maijl; Howard Coffin, airplane designer; Harry H. Knight, Harold Bixby and Willlam B. Robert- son, St. Louis backers of his trans- atlantic flight; Willlam B. Mayo, chiet engineer of the Ford Co.'s aviation plant; Chester Cuthell, a lawyer of this city and New York, and Casey Jones, a test pilot, of New York. Mr. MacCracken said the Commerce Department will do all it can to help Lindbergh’s venture. The department is in favor of the plan, he said, and believes that it is the best way Lind- bergh can assist in the advancement of commercial aviation, to which he to devote all his_time. Lindbergh will be ready to co-oper- ate with the Commerce Department at all times, Mr. MacCracken said. His connection with the proposed company not only will not interfere with his usetulness to the Government, but it is considered the way he can be of most value to it, since the Commerce Department’s function in aviation is to co-operate with private undertak- ings. ilndbergh went to New York for further conferences. He was preceded by his St. Louls backers, who, with Assistant Secretary of War MacNider (Continuea on Page 3, Column 2) was officlally announced today that Mexico has delivered to the Interna- tional Bankers' Committee, New York, $747,827 as part payment of the forcign debt service for the first half of the present year. Ruth Spent $9.000 to Spread Own Fame In 1924, Batsman's Tax Fight Shows to constantly keep himself before the public.” This item, more than most base ball players receive in a year, Ruth wants deducted from the deficlency assess- ment placed on his earnings of 1924, which were given as $66,215.34, Counsel for the famous batsman de- clared the case had heen “tentatively disposed of,” but it was said at the board of tax appeals that it was recorded as still at issue, Radio Program—Page 34 T Commander Byrd Will Tell of His Great Adventure in Crossing the Atlantic by Airplane In a Series of Signed Articles Appear Exclusively in Washington in THE EVENING STAR and THE SUNDAY STAR to . 1927 —THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. THREATENED L0SS OF AIRPORT BRINGS CRY FOR HARMONY Efforts Being Made to Settle Differences Over Sites Mentioned Here. WARNING TO END DISPUTE SOUNDED BY FANCIULLI Controversy Over Location Likely to Put Damper on Public Enthusiasm, He Says. Threatened with possible elimina- tion of Washington as a stop-over point on the New York-Atlanta air mail route, efforts were being made today to harmonize differences grow- ing out of the selection of a tempor- ary or permanent airport site in the District. Jerome Fanciulli, chairman of the special Chamber of Commerce com- mittee, warned today that the dis- pute, which was brought to a head vesterday by the objections voiced by City Postmaster William M. Mooney to the proposed site at Gravelly Point, would likely put a damper on the spirit of the movement before the public meeting Tuesday. ‘While recognizing the strength of Postmaster Mooney’s arguments in connection with a temporary site for the handling of air mail, Mr. Fanciulli declared today that other factors, equally as important, enter into the selection of a permanent airport site. Harmony Is Demanded. “Without the hearty backing of the citizenry of Washington,” he said, “we cannot hope to reach a satisfactory agreement or push this matter to a conclusion, If We are drawn into an open dispute now, the public will be inclined to withdraw. It is important that harmony prevail so that all ques- tions affecting the various sites under consideration might be threshed out at the meeting next Tuesday in the City Club.” Mr. Fanciulli made it clear today that the Chamber of Commerce has not committed itself to any particular site fer an airport and that it believes those who use the airport and the Government officials are the proper ones to determine the relative values. “We are trying to co-operate in find- ing a site that will meet with all the requirements, and do mot set up our- selves as experts,” he said on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce com. mittee. The selection of a site at this time, he believes, should be with a view merely to a temporary location, as the matter cannot be finally deter- mined until Congress convenes next December. Committee Meets Monday. Mr. Fanciulli said that the tract on the Anacostia near Eastern High School, which the committee has been investigating, offers fewer obstacles to flying than the Benning tract, favored by Postmaster Mooney. He let it be understood, however, that the Chamber of Commerce has not gone on record in favor of the Ana- costia site. His committee will meet Monday to prepare a report on its investigations. The primary purpose of the com- mittee, he explained, was to deter- mine the values of the various sites and the points in favor of each. “There is no proposal to purchase a site at this time,” he said. The controversy over the Benning tract, he declared, was {ll timed and beside ¢the point. Lieut. Donald Duke, Army Air Corps, who is assisting Maj. W.E.R. Covell, Assistant District ~Engineer Commissioner, in selecting a site, whether permanent or temporary, has approached the matter entirely from the viewpoint of safe flying and the advantages to be derived by commer- cial aviation, which a permanent air- port is sought here. Repcrt Being Prepared. He is preparing the report which will be submitted to the District Com- missioners, after having gone over the various sites under consideration. Lieut. Duke let it be known today that he is as anxious as any one to avold any public dispute. So far as known, he still believes the temporary use of Bolling Field as a landing and taking-off place for air mail planes is the best solution of the question. This would necessitate the construction of a hangar and buildings at Giesboro Point. It was emphasized today at the War Department that the Navy is using Bolling Field by permission of the Army and has no actual voice in deter- mining whether the field shall or shall not be used temporarily by mali planes. From this it would appear that the sanction of the War Depart- ment alone is necessary to carry out the proposal involved. Since the immediate need is a tem- porary fiield, those interested in the project of a municipal airport believe the question of a permanent site at this time should not be allowed to make an issue. There would be ample time before and after Congress con- venes, it was said, to thresh out any controversy arising over the selection of a permanent site. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. * UP) Means Associated Pre: Sixty Air Craft Added by Soviet To Fighting Force By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, June —An in- crease of more than 60 airplanes in the aerial forces of the Soviet Union is announced as the result of a country-wide campaign con- ducted under the watchword, “Our answer to Chamberlain.” (This refers to the breaking of diplomatic relations with Russia by Great Britain. _Sir Austen Cham- berlain is the British foreign sec- retary.) Reports from 23 provincial cities published here announce the inten- tion of various unions in those places to construct from 1 to 12 airplanes each. Leningrad leads in the building program. BUREAU WOMEN GET PAY FIGHT AID Labor Takes Up Battle of 200 Workers in Engrav- ing Wetting Division. Organized labor today téok up the battle in behalf of 200 woman work- ers in the wetting division of the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing whose appeal for pay Increase has been flatly denied by the personnel classification board. A meeting will be called at Typo- graphical Temple Tuesday afternoon or evening by Federal Employes’ Un- ion, 105, including the women of the bureau. Meeting Set for Tuesday. ‘What steps may be taken to cor- rect what the women claim is an in- justice will be decided upon at the meeting. An appeal to Congress when it convenes appeared likely to- day as one of the steps, or according to Miss Gertrude McNally, who is secretary of both-the local union and the National Federation of Federal Employes, the fight may go direct to President Coolidge. The meeting Tuesday will be pre- sided over by Belle Trueland, presi- dent of the local, and will be attended also by Luther Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Employes. Protests against the action of the Classification Board also will be formally registered by the State Federation of Labor representing organized labor in Maryland and the District of Columbia. This protest was authorized by a resolution adopted yesterday at a regular meeting of the board of the State Federation. The protest will be made to the Classification. Board by Frank Coleman, secretary of the State Federation. Increase Is Refused. The Classification Board refused to grant an increase in pay to the 200 women employes by declining to re- allocate them from Grade 1 to Grade 2 of the clerical and mechanical service. The range of salaries in Grade 1 is from 45 to 50 cents an hour, while salarfes in Grade 2 is from 55 to 60 cents an hour. The girls claim they are entitled to the new classification and an immediate increase. Senator Smoot of the Senate appro- priations committee is interested in some kind of readjustment of the rates of pay in the classification act affecting the bureau employes and held a conference prior to the ad- journment of Congress last Fall with representatives of the Government and employes’ unions. One matter discussed at the con- ference was the gap between grade 1 and grade 2, with no rates of pay cov- ered between 50 and 55 cents. TICKET FRAUD CHARGED. New York Theatrical Firm and Of- ficials Indicted. NEW YORK, June 25 (#).—The Federal grand jury yesterday handed down an indictment charging the Alexander Theater Ticket Office, Inc., Oscar Alexander, the president, and Edward Alexander, secretary-treas- urer, with “wilfully attempting to evade and defeat the revenue act of There are 13 counts in the in- dictment charging false returns for every month from March, 1926, to March, 1927, The indictment grows out of the re- cent investigation of 12 ticket agencies by United States Attorney Tuttle. As- sistant United States Attorney Leisure said it would be made a test case, and would be brought to trial not later than July 11. g Two Drown When Canoe Upsets. WAYNESBORO, Pa., June 25 (#).— Richard Martin, 17, of Fountaindale, and Clark Shockey, 17, of Rouserville, employes at the Maryland State mili- tary reservation near here, drowned today in Lake Royer when thelr canoe upset. Vernon Warren, a companion, saved himself by clinging to the upturned canoe. Anti-Bolshevik Condemned, MOSCOW, June 25 (#).—M. Butirin, who was an officer in the anti-Bolshe- vik forces of the late Admiral Kol- chak, has been sentenced to death on account of his former activities in the Perm district. Cross of Sacrifice to Honor Americans Who Joined Canada’s Army in World War Erection of a ‘“cross of sacrifice” by the Canadian government in Arlington Cemetery as a tribute to the Ameri- can citizens who served in the Cana- dian forces in the World War will take place during the early Fall, it was announced at the Canadian lega- tion today. The memorial will be unveiled at ceremonies details of which have not as yet been worked out, but which will be in dignified form to memorial- ize the international significance of the occasion. The memorial is to be in Canadian granite and of a type which has been adopted for erection in cemeteries in all parts of the British Empire in honor of the World War dead. Of simple, impressive and distinctive de- sign the S8 rises 24 feet in height from a which at the base is 15% feet broad. Superimposed upon the white granite cross at the inter- section will be a bronze sword, known as “The Sword of Valor,” 10 feet long. The inscription for the memorial has not yet been definitely determined. The memorial was authorized by act of the Canadlan Parliament to cost $10,000. The site for the international me- morial in Arlington Cemetery will be selected by American authorities fol- lowing a recent recommendation of three possible sites. The recommenda- tion was made after a survey by Canadian and American representa- tives, including Canadian Minister Vincent Massey; Col. H. C. Osborne of the Imperial War Graves Commis- sion; E. H. Scammell, deputy minister of the department of soldiers’ civil re-establishment; Merchant Mahoney, Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,334 TWO CENTS. SEEK INJUNCTIONS 10 CLOSE PLACES FLOUTING DRY LAW Night Clubs Included in Pro- ceedings Planned by Citi- zens’ Service Group. BUSINESS MAN OFFERS LIST OF BOOTLEGGERS 150 to 200 Alleged Violators to Be Investigated, Secretary of Association Says. A bootlegging establi ating in Washi being pre. pared for the C s' Service Akso ciation for Law and Order, it was de. clared today by Dr. E. M. Ellison, sece retary of the association, Injunction proceedings are being sought against a score of places floute ing the prohibition law, including a number of night clubs, he added. “Attempts of enemies of the asso- ciation to ridicule our work have served only to win us more friends,” Dr. Ellison stated. “Without intens sive effort our membership has grown to about 4,000, and in July we will launch a formal membership drive with a view to enlisting all law-abid- ing citizens of the National Capital in our war for law observanc Dr. Ellison sai§ that the list of bootleggers had been offered to the organization by a Washington busi- ness man who had learned of their headquarters in the course of his business activities. The places desig- nated, Dr. Ellison was informed, have been conducting their activities with- out molestation by the police. Gordon Proffers Co-operation. “This business man told me that these establishments have been plying their trade for months without police interference,” Dr. Ellison said. “\Vhen the list he is preparing is completed, we intend to investigate each place and turn over to the police any in- formation we may obtain in sub- stantiation of the charge that the prohibition law is being flagrantly violated.” Two conferences have been held with District Attorney Peyton Gordon, he said, and the full co-operation of that official has been proffered the association in its campaign for law and order. Maj. Gordon has advised the association that July 1 he will assign an _assistant to take special charge of all prohibition prosecutions, instead of dividing these cases among several officers. Dr. Ellison said the conferences with Maj. Gordon were held after it had been said on behalf of the police that convictions in liquor cases were ex- tremely diflicult to obtain in the local courts, He found the district attor- ney “very sympathetic,” he sated, and willing to institute injunction proceed- ist of from 150 to 200 alleged aments now oper- ings wherever evidence warranted. Claims 190 Arrests Already. The secretary declared that adout 190 arrests for violation of the ptohi- bition act already have resulted from the act'vities of the associaton. He said he did not believe this ngure to be exaggerated, despite reperts that police officials were inclined to dis agree with the claim. The organization has the co-opera- tion of the Police Department and it is taking care not to encroach on the duties of that department, he said. There is no overlapping of activity, the association serving only to ad- vise with and assist the police in their work, it was pointed out. Reports that law violators are join- ing the ranks of the law and order group in order to escape investigation by agents of the association are un- founded, Dr. Ellison stated. “The members of ' the association are, we believe, law-abiding citizens,” he said. “Persons of other inclina- tions also may have gotten in, how- ever. The mere fact that the latter are members of the association does not make them immune from our drive against law offenders. Association Is Criticized. The news bureau of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment today issued statements by Senator Bruce of Maryland and J. Miller Ken- yon, president of the Washington Law- yers' Club, criticizing the association. “The efforts now being made in ‘Washington,” Senator Bruce said, “to set 10,000 busy-bodies to spying on their neighbors for the purpose of aid- ing in the enforcement of the unen- forceable Volstead act, is but one of the morbid sequels which always follow in the wake of an irrational and tyran- nical law; whether it be a law, as of old, to crush out religious liberty, or a law to impose puritanical restrictions on the freedom of human spirit. “The direct tendency of such organ. ized espionage, of course, would be simply to create discord and hatred and to curdle the milk of human kind- ness in the breasts of human beings who might otherwise be friendly neighbors. My advice to the citizens of Washington is to treat all such’ fanatics or notoriety-seekers as mere mischievous strife-makers and to single them out in every legitimate manner as proper marks for social and business retaliation. The man or woman who proposes to go up and down a block in a city, eying and sniffing for the purpose of telling tales on his or her next-door neigh- bors, that would in most cases be based on lies or loose hearsay, or on private motives of personal rancor or revenge, deserves to have brought home to him or her in just reprisals a due sense of the contemptible na- ture of such a petty and mean-spirited business. “If the Volstead act and the eight- eenth amendment had any true moral sanction behind them the ordinary agencies of the law would amply suf- fice to assure their_enforcement an (Continued on Page 2, Column 4. Pope Receives Dr. Butler. ROME, June 25 (#).—President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbla University was received in private au- dience by Pope Pius today. Dr. But- ler was accompanied by his wife and daughter. Artist Found Dead. PARIS, June 25 (#).—The body of Laurence Murphy, 26, an American artist, was found today in his gas- filled apartment in the Latin quarter. 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