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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Cloudy tonight sibly yesterday; lowest, Full report on ¥ Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 nn(_l 11 Entered as seco post office, No. 30,419. showers tomorrow; change in temperature. Temperature—Highest, 83, at 5 p.m. Washington, Bureau Forecast.) and tomorrow, pos- not much 63, at 5 a.m. today. page 2. nd class mattel D. @b WASHINGTON, ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNI NG EDITION D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1927—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. FOUR PASS TESTS GETTING PLACES IN HONOLULU FLIGHT Five More Face Trials as Death Cuts Another From Entries. PARIS-TO-U. S. AIRMEN EXPECT EARLY START Protests to Hoover Reported as Dole Contestants Complain of Severe Demands. By the Associated Press. MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OA LAND, Calif, August 13.—Naviga- tion tests remained today as the main hurdle between five airplanes entered in the James Dole $35,000 prize flight and official approval as starters in the 2,400-mile aerial derby to the Isle of Oahu, scheduled to start on Tuesday noon. Four of the nine entrants who have planes here have qualified thus far. Death crossed another entry from the list of starters yesterday when Capt. Arthur V. Rogers, flying his | tandem-engined monoplane, was killed on a trial flight at his home hangar near Los Angeles. He jumped with & parachute after his engines stopped. The parachute failed to open and Capt. Rogers fell 150 feet to the ground, landing about 200 feet from the spot where his plane nose-dived into the earth. Mrs. Rogers stood on the field with her baby in her arms and wit- nessed her husband’s death. Rogers was known as an experienced pilot, but the plane he flew was of new design. Three Smothered by Death. The tragedy brought the total flight entrants killed to three, Lieuts. George ‘W. D. Covell and R. S. Waggener hav- Ing crashed near San Diego Tuesday they were heading for San Fran- eisco Bay. ‘With this specter of death facing them, the remaining pilots and navi- gators showed no_inclination to quit the race. Instead, they complained about the severity of tests imposed by Department of Commerce inspectors, who were insistent that pilots display more than ordinary skill before being certified. The San Francisco Chronicle said protests were lodged with Secretary of Commerce Hoover, but that official refused to interfere. Individual pilots and navigators denied they had com- plained to the Commerce Secretary. The Chronicle also said Clarence M. Young, director of aeronautics of the Department of Commerce, who has been inspecting the Dole flight en- trants, left ,‘m\dnd last night for ‘Washington the complaffit had been lodged. Director Young is known to have favored a postponement of the flight with other experts on the local starting committee. Four Pilots Qualify. Lieut. Ben Wyatt, naval aviator, who is an authority on navigation and in charge of navigation tests for the entrants here, has insisted on an ac- tual demonstration of ability to fly over prescribed course without being more than 10 per cent inaccurate. Only four have passed the test. They are: 1. The Travelair monoplane Okla- homa, Bennett H. Griffin, pilot, and Al Henley, navigator. a2 2. The monoplane El Encanto of Ban Diego, Norman A. Goddard, pilot, and Lieut. J. C. Hawkins, navigator. 3. The Breese monoplane Pacific Flyer in which Livingston G. Irving of Berkeley will hop off without a navigator. 4. The monoplane Golden Eagle, entry of the San Francisco Examiner, piloted by Jack Frost with Gordon Scott_navigator. The approved starters will hop off in the order named, and those who qualify today will obtain places in the starting line in the order of qualifica- tion. The monoplane in which Miss Mil- dred Doran, 22-year-old Michigan achool teacher, will start for Hawaii stood a fair chance of winning ap- proval as the fifth starter today. J. A. Pedlar, the pilot, switched navigators yesterday, and it was expected that Lieut. Viles Knope, the new naviga- tor, would pass the test easily. Erwin Gets Navigator. Capt. William P. Erwin, flying the Dallas Spirit, was ready for his half- load tests today. He abandoned his original plan to fly alone and has en- gaged A. H. Eichwaidt, 27 -old navigator, who knows the Pacific Ocean from his experience on vessels. The City of Peoria, a tiny biplane to be flown by Charles W. Parkhurst, ‘was on the compass-testing table and plans were made for the half load tests. Ralph Lowes, navigator, has the tests of Lieut. Wyatt before him also. Capt. Frederick Giles, Bri ish Army fiyer during the World War, is the only official entrant left who has heen unable to reach the starting point. He hoped to hop from Detroit today. So confident are some of the en- trants that they will reach Honolulu, by they have sent their clothes steamer to save thems arrived in Paris and « Ernest 8Smith of San F recently completed a non the Hawaiian Islands, port here yesterday Dole planes. “Don’t you wish you were going along?” he was asked. “Not me,” he answered. enough.” OCEAN FLYERS PREPARE. “Once is Parls to U. S. Ships Made Ready as Weather Begins Clearing. PARIS, August 13 (P).—The com- petitors in the great race to ses who will be the first to span the North Atlantic by air in one hop were in- creasingly active today as reports were received of prospects that the ocean weather would soon become more favorable. Leon Givon's Farman Blue Bird, after slight repairs to the motor, wa to take on her supply of gasoline this afternoon, while Dieudonne Coste planned to take his Breguet biplane from Villacoublay to Le Bourget. This gave rise to reports that there would be two hop-offs early tomorrow morning. Givon has had painted on the fuselage of the Blue Bird the legend: *“Paris-New York,” which seems tQ dispose of the report that he is ¢ ,\:omm age 3, Column 7.) By the Associated Press, - LA PAZ, Bolivia, August 13.—The uprising of 80,000 Indians, which has kept white residents of the Depart- ments of Potosi, Cochambamba anl Sucre in a state of terror for several days, appears to be spreading through- out the republic. Stories of depredations are filtering in from all points and white hacienda owners are fleeing before the infurl- ated descendants of the ancient Incas to more populated centers. Active measures are being taken by the government to prevent a spread of the uprising to the Department of La Paz. There are approximately 200,0000 Indians in this department, with the whites decidedly in the minority, and fears are voiced by offi- cials that if the movement does reach La Paz it might .easily assume the nature of a catastrophe. Communist Agents Blamed. The charge has been made in Con- gress by the minister of the interlor that Communist agents are responsi- ble for the outbreak, inciting the In- dians to natin-wide rebellion to estab- lish the supremacy of their race and obtain ownership of all lands. He told the newspaper EI Diario that the re- bellion had entered a grave phase, inasmuch as many Indians had ob- SACCO CONTINUES ON HUNGER STRIKE Forcible Feeding Threat Con- sidered as Radical Reaches 28th Day of Fast. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, August 13.—The hunger strike of Nicola Sacco was unbroken today when the breakfast trays were removed from the cells. Bartolomeo Vanzetti, strengthened and prepared by the liquid foods taken yesterday after his fast, ate two frankfurters, bread, milk and coffee and suffered none of the ill effects felt previously when he suddenly broke fast. The first lull in the case in many weeks found both prisoners apparently better spirited today in their cells at Charlestown State Prison, although Sacco's continued refusal of food has alarmed some of his friends, who are considering asking Warden Hendry to frighten him into eating with a threat of forcible feeding. Twenty-Eighth Day of Fast. Sacco will have fasted 28 days today, but_has yet to show any sign of weakness. Rumors that the prisoner had col- lapsed or had gone mad brought quick denials from the prison and a declara- tion by Warden Hendry that if they persisted, he would consider refusing any further information on the condi- tion of either man. Dr. Joseph McLaughlin, the prison physician, talked with Sacco, who walked to his cell door with little ef- fort. Dr. McLaughlin does not feel any concern for Sacco’s health and let it be known that he had not yet made plans to force the condemned man to break his fast. Sacco's adversion to forcible feeding is well undersiood. Once before he at- tempted a hunger strike while in the Dedham jail. He refused food for a month, but when the authorities re- sorted to stronger methods than per- suasion Sacco’s strike came to a quick end. Vanzetti Cheered by News. Bartolomeo Vanzetti was cheered by the news that his sister, who has been detained a week in France through passport difficulties, was finally to sail. Shortly before his scheduled execu- tion last Thursday morning he ex- pressed regret that he could not see her before he died, and after being respited declared his joy at the pros- pect of a reunion before he must go to the electric chair, should the courts refuse his latest pleas. — BRITISH PAPER LAUDS SACCO PROTESTS IN U. S. Weekly Nation Holds Honor Due Americans for Endeavors to Save Condemned Men. By the Associated Press, LONDON, August 13.—The weekly Nation, discussing the Sacco-Vanzetti case, 1ooks upon the stir in the United States caused by the case as to the honor of the American people. The Nation says: se from routine miscarriages of which occur in other countries, notably in Italy and Russia, is entirely creditable to the United States. It is the passlon for justice and amazing dauntlessness in the pursuit of justice of that body of American citizens who have taken up the case for the 80,000 INDIANS KILL WHITES AS BOLIVIA UPRISING SPREADS Government Fears 200,000 in La Paz Will Join Revolt—Hacienda Owners Flee in Terror—Communists Blamed. tained firearms, in the use of which they were famed. In Tomoya an alleged Communist, Luis Navarrro, has been taken into custody, accused of arousing the Indians to lawless acts, and mea also have been taken against a ver, Hilario Fernandez, charged with distributing Communist propagand White inhabitants of the three de- partments, where the disturbances started, have been slain and their homes burned by the Indian who armed for the most part with clubs | and slingshots, are reported to be out to destroy every vestige of the white man’s civilization. Sanguinary Clashes Occur. A number of sanguinary clashes have taken place between the Indians and soldiers sent to quell them with modern war material. The city of Sucre, nominally the capital of the republic, although the governmental departments function at La Paz, is in the center of the disturbed region. Indians comprise about 70 per cent of Bolivia’s population. Those who are engaging in the present outbreak speak the Inca tongue. Their war garb consists of red blankets, curious ear coverings made of cloth and small hats which they have perched on the front part of their heads. Women carrying babies on their backs are to be seen at the rear of the marauding sures .| defense * * * the force which keeps them (Sacco and Vanzetti) alive so far and may, we hope, still secure thelr release is a force which a Communist normally sneers at as ‘bourgeols ideology.’ But the stir which the case has caused will be to the lasting honor of the American people.” $500,000 LOST IN FIRE. Main Building of Teachers College at Chico, Calif., Destroyed. CHICO, Calif., August 13 (P).—The main building of the State Teachers College of Chico was destroyed by fire said to have started with an ex- plosion last night. The loss was estimated at $500,000. Mrs. L. G. Faulkner, who lives across the strect from the school, said the flames burst out about 8 o'clock, following an explosion. No further clues to the cause of the blaze were reported. - Plan Sacco Demonstration. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 13 (#).—Labor organizations are plan- ning & monster meeting for August 21, the day before the date set for the executlon of Sacco and Vangetth bands. PRESIDENT SHOT AT IN PORTUGAL COUP Carmona Grapples With Army Officer, Who Also Fires on Ministers. By the Associated Press. LISBON, Portugal, August 13.—An- other attempted coup d'etat in Portu- gal has been quelled after dramatic, in- cidents, in one of which President Car- mona and members of the cabinet were under fire. The President grappled with one of the assailants, disarming him. The movement, instituted by a mill- tary group displeased with recent cab- inet changes, was begun yesterday morning with the object of placing Naval Comdr. Filomeno Da Camara in power. Three officers forced their way into the ministerial council chamber in the President’s house and handed Gen Carmona a letter couched jin.strong terms, -demanding the resignation of the government. Opens Fire on Ministers. One of the officers, Lieut. Moraes Sarmento, attempted to give the views of the army on the political situation. The minister of war, who was present, refused to enter into a discussion, ac- cused Lieut. Sarmento of printing in- sulting statements and ordered his arrest. Lieut. Sarmento backed to the wall, drew a revolver and fired repeatedly at the group of ministers. One shot wounded the secretary of the finance minister and another punctured the clothing of the minister of justice. President Carmona threw himself upon the lieutenant while the latter was firing, but Sarmento escaped. Later he was apprehended. Two other officers, accompanied by Prof. Fidelino de Figueiredo, director of the National Library, attempted to force publication in the official ga- zette of a decree announcing the res- ignation of the government and the appointment of Comdr. da Camara as dictator. Prof. de Figueiredo and a number of others were arrested. Government Forces Concentrated. Previous to this action, army offi- cers attempted to visit various regi- ments of the Lisbon garrison to inciie the troops to rebellion, but were pre- vented from entering the barracks. ‘Today perfect order was reported to exist in the entire country, but the government was concentrating forces at the Amadora aviation camp for emergencies. It is stated that all the garrisons in Portugal have sen: mes. sages of loyalty to the government. s WIFE, 19, FOUND DEAD IN GAS-FILLED ROOM Notes Indicate Mrs. Hortense Wyatt Intended to Take Her Own Life. ‘With three gas burners open in her room, Mrs. Hortense Wyatt, 19 years old, was found dead shortly before noon at 714 Sixth street, where she and her husband had roomed for the past three weeks. Penciled notes found in the room indicated that the girl intended to take her own life. Miss Eleanor Gates, another roomer in the house, detected the odor of gas and upon investigation discovered the tragedy. She summoned Park Police- man E. B. Cullender, who was forced to break down the door to get into the gas-filled room. Dr. S. S. Hoech- stetter stated that she had been dead for probably two hours, Policemen Houch and Saunders of No. 6 precinct notified Dr. Nevitt, the coroner. The girl's husband was at work and was prostrated when he was summoned to his wife's bedside, ANTI-RED ACT SIGNED. Brazilian President Puts 0. K. on Communist Repression. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, August 13 (#).—The law designed to repress Communism was_given presidential approval today. The measure makes all strikes fllegal. Municipal President Mauricio La- cerda, who has been strongly opposed to the act. asked the Muncipal Coun- cil to fly the city's flag at half-mast as a protest against the “Decree of _essation of civil and proletarian liberties.” Paraguay Fixes Cattle Duty. ASUNCION, Paraguay, August 13 (#P).—A decree was issued today for PUBLIC CONTROLS PRIVATE RIGHTS, 'ADOO DECLARES Liberty Must Be Defined by Community, He Says, at Charlottesville. GOV. RITCHIE OPPOSES FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY Holds Industries Have Nothing to Fear in Strong States to War- rant National Control. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., August 13.—“There cannot be private rights in any proper sense of the term ex- cept as they are defined and de- termined by the community acting through its appropriate organs,” Wil- liam G. McAdoo, former Secretary of the Treasury, declared here today in an address on “Private Rights and Public Authority” at the University of Virginia's Institute of Public Af- fairs. “Whenever a question arises, for example, concerning the relation of public utilities, the prevention of fraudulent security issues, the pro- tection of the health of women and children, or the control of traffic in habit-forming drugs and beverages, the first and greatest obstacle to be overcome is almost sure to be argu- ment that whatever might otherwise be a valid exercise of the state's po- lice power is a wrongful invasion of private rights. Constitution Opposed. The former Secretary stated that in the past this argument has been commonly used only against legisla- tive bodies and not against consti- tutional provisions, it being assumed that the scope of private rights could extend no further than the terms of constitutional guarantees. Now, however, he said, it is being frankly contended, “under the in- fluence, chiefly of a dislike for one of the recent amendments to the Constitution,” that there are rights which are sacred from interference by society even when acting in its constitution-making capacity. This he characterized as a modern re- version to the medieval national rights doctrine which vanished along with the theory of the divine right of kings. Referring to the great goals of gov- ernment as described in the time-hon- ored worde life, liberty and property, or, more broadly, the pursuit of happi- ness, he said that these individual in- terests could not be considered as rights in any legal sense. He pointed out how the criminal may become so dangerous that his life is taken by so- clety legally. Lawless freedom is not liberty, he added, but anarchy, and all liberty must be restrained to the point whenever it is compatible with the liberty of all. In regard to property, he points to an illustration where property rights conflict, such as an employer's interest endangering the health of his employe, or an attempt of a property owner to erect a slaugh- ter house in a residence section. Rights Belong to Community. Jefferson, continually appealed to as an exponent of private rights, believed in inherent natural rights, he said, as belonging to communities or societies, but “not to private individuals against the community of which they are a part.” “The strongest, because it is the soundest, argument against govern- ment regulation, is not the doctrine of natural rights,” he safd, “but the ar- gument that the government is unfit to discharge the duties which it is pro- posed to confide in it, and that private rights are not safe in its hands.” When corrupt political machines were first exposed “they shocked the conscience of the Nation, and for more than a generation an untiring struggle was waged by good citizenship of the country to break their power,” he said. “A number of years ago it seemed that the old battle was won. In con- sequence public vigilance was relaxed and the last few years have witnessed a revival and resurgence of the influ- ence of corrupt machine poltics.” Ritchie Gives Talk. Industrialism has nothing to fear from strong States and strong States need not be afraid of industrialism, Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland, said in a speech last night. His topic was “The Relations of State Rights to the Industrialization of the South.” The danger to both lies in not recog- nizing that there is too much power being given our central government and in not recognizing the political results of doing so, the governor said. He charged there was a distinct and dangerous decline ‘and a weakening of our traditional ideas of self-govern- ment and the place of the States in the Federal system. So_strong was the federalistic com- plex,” he said, that any one who ad- vocates State rights is assumed to be opposed to all progressive movements. “Because some of us think, for in- stance, that by putting prohibition into the Constitution the States sur- rendered a great fundamental right and an even greater opportunity to solve one of the most difficult prob- lems of mankind, we are assumed to be opposed to all efforts to stop the drink evil or to promote temperance,” he said. “Because some of us are opposed to giving Congress control of child labor or education and believe that control of such domestic affairs and relations should be left to the States, we are assumed to be opposed to all progressive efforts of legislation in those matters.” Points to { Gov. Ritchie po; of the Federal dep: and asked whethe wanted its industrial these “bureaucrats.” “Every time the States abdicate one of their powers,” the governor said, “or yield to the cry of some militant minority for nation-wide action, a new bureau is born, and a new regiment is added to the army of tax-fed office- holder Speaking on “Dictatorship or De- mocracy,” Adamantios Polyzoides, edi- tor of the Atlantis Greek daily, fol- lowed Gov. Ritchie with a detailed dis- cussian of the two forms of govern- ment assigned to him for treatment. Round table conferences were held at both the forenoon and afternoon aucracy.” to the growth ental activities e new South ture shaped by the payment of a duty of 100 pesos on each head of foreign cattle enter- ing Paraguay. sessions yesterday, with Gov. Ritchie also addressing the gathering in the morning. 3 CHANG FORECASTS PEAGE FOR CHINESE Foreign Friendships to Be Respected and Debts Paid, Says Generalissimo. BY JAMES L. BUTTS. Star and Chicago Daily ‘opyright, 1027. PEKING, August 13.—Outlining his general policy, Generalissimo Chang Tso-Lin has issued a statement ex- pladning that first of all he wishes to end internal strife and believes an era of peace is near at hand. Peace achieved, he hopes to improve the lot of the Chinese people and improve conditions so that China will assume her rightful place among nations and enjoy the respect and friendship of foreign nations. “The people’s birthright of content- ment and well being have been denied hem recently,” the statement says, ‘through hostile influences which I have been obliged to use military force to suppress. But I believe the time is nearing when our people will obtain from life everything to which they are entitled. “Race Superiority Ended.” “The day of race superiority here, however, is ended and it is regrettable that this is not more widely under- stood.” Chang Tso-Lin stated that he wished to see taxes reduced and trade and in- dustry encouraged. He summoned the forelgn policy up as ‘“open di- plomacy, without camouflage.” China, he said, would “play squarely with ivery nation that plays squarely with er.” Regarding foreign indebtedness Chang declared China would liquidate at the earliest possible moment: “We hold national honor above all,” he de- clared, “but we cannot do everything toward liquidation as quickly as we wish. Civil war is costly. Great sums are needed to eradicate the red blight that threatened the countr; But this expenditure, as shortly will be seen, has been a highly profitable inv ment, inasmuch as it definitely will end chaos'and disorder and enable the people to resume peaceful, industrial existence.” Chang emphasized that the Chinese attitude toward foreigners was entire- ly friendly, pointing out their uninter- rupted security in all areas under con- trol of the Northern forces, in contrast with the incidents in the South. All lawfully occupied foreigners are de- clared to be welcome, as is their friendly advice, but they must not at- tempt to be dictatorial. Also, Chang Tso-Lin declared, the day is ended when foreign investors can enter Chi- nese markets and make exorbitant profits through the people's ignorance. They must be satisfied with a fair and reasonable profit. Industrialists must pay a living wage and encourage mu- tual good will and understanding. Then trade inevitably will flourish. Warning to Missionaries. Concerning missionaries, some of whom are beginning to return to the interior of North China, the state- ment sounds a mild warning. “or- eign missionaries in my territory never needed worry regarding my attitude,” Chang Tso-Lin declared. “I hgve always protected them. In my opinion religion is a matter of personal conviction or tradition. For- eign missionaries coming to China best can help themselves and those they seek to convert, through con- fining their activities to religious conversion, or, better, to humani- tarian work. But if they meddle in Chinese politics, or seek to mix re- ligion and politics, they exceed their sphere and if they meet difficulties they have only themselves to blame.” Following further Northern suc- cesses in the Pengpu area, reliable sources indicate the Fengtféners plan 1 strong drive against Feng Yu-Hsiang along the Peking-Hankow Railway. New armored trains are arriving, while fresh Manchurian troops are proceeding to Southwestern Chihli. It is expected Sun Chuan-Fang's and Chang Tsung-Chang's victorious forces will co-operate by attempting to enter Honan along the Lunghai Railway. CHIANG MAY RESIGN, By Cable to Th =00 Nows. SHANGHAI, August 13 (#).—Gen. Chiang Kal-Shek, commander-in-chief of the Nanking Nationalist forces,ar- rived here today from Nanking, his arrival coinciding with rumors that his resignation is imminent. . Many rumors about the situation at Nanking are current in Shanghai, but cannot be verified because of a strict censorship. (Until recent weeks Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, who has had unusual suc- cess in commanding the Nationalist armies, was making a strong sweep to the north of Peking, but of late there have been reports of Nationalist re- verses which brought the Northern armies into a position threatening Nanking itself) e 5 5 C, ('3 AND SOME SAY BEE STINGS ARE lNCg&B\L& =5y R Britishers Decide Twelve-Foot Boat Cannot Cross Sea By the Associated Pre DOVER, England, August 13.— Admitting that the idea of “pedal propelling” across the Atlantic is a failure, Edward Tlerney and Dick Hayman of Lancashire are under- stood to be ready to sell the strange craft in which they planned such a venture. Tierney tested the boat, called the “Carrie,” in the harbor here vesterday and was dismayed to find she refused to function, had a bad list and leaked badly. The Carrie, a 12-foot steel boat built like a submarine, was de- signed to obtain power mainly through the force of wind against a small windmill driving a screw propeller. -— CURTISS FIELD SOLD TO AIR FIRM HEAD Richard Reynolds Says He Plans to Establish One of Best Airports in East. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 13.—The New York Evening Post today says Curtiss Field, Long Island, where the Lind- bergh and Chamberlin planes were berthed before they flew the Atlantic this Summer, has been purchased by Richard Reynolds, young millionaire president of the Reynolds Airways, who proposes to transform it into one of the best airports in the East. Mr. Reynolds, who is the son of the president of the R. J. Reynolds To- bacco Co., said he purchased the fleld, which comprises 100 acres, to save it from being cut up into building lots. Although the purchase price was not given, it was said the field previously changed hands for $700,000. The land was bought from the Curtiss Gar- dens Co., a real estate firm, which had purchased the property from the Cur- tiss Airplane & Motor Co. ‘Although Mr. Reynolds' plans are tentative, he said he proposes to re- place the present old hangars with new ones and to improve the landing fleld. TURKISH RUMOR DENIED. Capital Not to Go Back to Constan- tinople, Says Newspaper. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 13 (@), —Rumors that Constantinople again might become the capital of Turkey, which have been current here since the arrival from Angora of President Mustapha Kemal Pasha, have reached such a pitch that the official organ Milliet yesterday devoted an editorial of denial to them. The editorial says that all the political aspirations of Turkey demand that the capital remain at Angora, to which it was transferred in November, 1922, after the revolution which drove out the Sultan. BANDITS FREE PIRIE. 200 Pesos Ransom Paid to Mex- icans for American. Release by Mexican bandits of Rob- ert Edward Pirie, American rancher, on payment of 200 pesos ransom was reported to the State Department to- day by the consulate at Durango. Pirie was kidnapped by the bandits two days ago and the American consul went to investigate the case, asking the Mexican authorities not to send troops until he had had an opportunity to do so because of the possible danger to_Pirie, Details of arrangements for Pirle’s release were not included in the tele- graphic report. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. ¢ Toening Star, [=7= Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,326 (P) Means Associated Press. BOSHI y/ ENT /77 HAVENTS M, = REQUEST ASSURES MAILSTOPFORD.C. Budget Director Recom- mends $125,000 for First Year to President. ; Announcement in Rapid City, S. Dak., by Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the Budget Bureau, that he has recommended an appropria- tion of $125,000 to be applied toward the first year's work of establishing an airport for the District, brought positive assurance to Washington to- day of the use of Bolling Field as a stop on the projected air mail line be- tween New York and Atlanta, Ga. At the same time the announce- ment raised questions at the District building as to whether the citizens of Washington would have to pay all of the $765,000, an amount which is estimated as necessary to develop the airport in a period of five years. This situation was cleared up some- what when it was learned that the Commissioners have before them a re- vised bill for submission to the Budget Bureau and Congress calling for an expenditure the first year of $150,000, one-half of which is to be paid by the District and the other by the Govern- ment. The bill is in the nature of an enabling act, authorizing the project, and it was held that before any money could be appropriated for construction of the proposed airport authority first would have to be granted. Based on Memorandum. The $125,000 recommendation of Gen. Lord was explained as being due to the fact that the Budget Bureau asked the Commissioners to present, in memorandum form, a list of prob- able supplemental or deficiency esti- mates it would submit for 1928. To this request the Commissioners re- plied, as a matter of information, and included an entry, “For municipal air- port, $150,000.” This was reduced $25,000 by Gen. Lord. Therefore, it was explained, Gen. Lord’s recommendation was based on the memorandum which in no sense was an estimate and no_question of division of payment was brought into the matter. The action of the Com- missioners was taken in anticipation of legislation being enacted for the airport as a result of the agitation on the subject for more than two years. Mail Stop Papers Drawn. As soon as the office of F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation, learned of Gen. Lord’s de- cision, the necessary papers, giving the Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., operators by contract of the proposed air mail line, permission to use Boliing Field as a stop on the route, were drawn up. It was said at the Air Secretary’s office that the terms of the agreement en- tered into with the Commissioncrs would be carried out to the letter. This agreement was to the effect that the War Departmert would depart from its policy of prohibiting commer- clal aerial operations from military flelds in Washington's case, provided the Commissioners took some tangible action toward obtaining an airport. This the Commissioners did in de- ciding on the Gravelly Point site and transmitting to the Budget Bureau its statement that an appropriation for development of the site, now under water, would be asked for. Further, the Commissioners, in approving the report of Maj. W. E. R. Covell, Assis- tant Engineer Commissioner, which recommended Gravelly Point, approv- ed the draft of a bill which was con- tained in the report and which called for an appropriation of $150,000 for the first year's work, on a 50-50 bas%. The report of Maj. Covell also in- cluded the recomendation that this bill be transmitted to the Budget Bu- reau for submission to Congress, but this, as yet, has not been done. The bill, as it appeared in the ap- proved report of Maj. Covell, provided that: “There be established in the District of Columbia at or about the vicinity of the Gravelly Point section (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Lindbergh Guarded Against Radicals Seeking By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 13.—A guard of police was detailed today to prevent Chicago radicals from questioning Col. Charles A. Lindbergh on his Sacco- Vanzetti views during his official visit as the guest of Chicago. When informed that radical leaders had made known their plans to obtain the flyer's own sentiments inasmuch as the good will his transatlantic flight had created was purported to have been destroyed by the Sacco-Vanzetti case, Chief of Police Michael Hughes said: “Let them try it! ‘'We'll bounce them away in a hurry.” Joseph Gigantt, acting secretary of the Chmo,"gternuuonal Labor De-! tomorrow so that he may rest. Views on Sacco-Vanzetti Case fense League, said the radicals con- sidered it appropriate for Lindbergh to express his views. When asked how they intended to obtain his sentiments, the leaders replied: “Never mind. We are going to do it.” Col. Lindbergh was to make his first official appearance in a series of stunts over Soldiers’ Field, arriving at 1:45 pm. From there his schedule took him to the municipal airport for land- ing, followed by a reception. He then was to return by automobile to Sol- diers’ Field, where a program of speeches, including one by himself, was prepared. A banquet tonight ends the official program. The flyer has asked that he be free! TWO CENTS. TENTATIVE BUDGET §125,000,000 ABOVE PRESIDENT'S MARK Special Appropriations, In- cluding Cruiser Funds, Boost Estimates. LORD GIVES EXECUTIVE PRELIMINARY FIGURES Little Effect Seen on Possible Tax Cut in View of $600,000,000 Surplus. By the Associated Press, RAPID CITY, S. Dak., August 13.— An increase in Government expendi- tures next year ahove first estimates was put up to President Coolidge to- day by Director Lord of the Budget who came into the Black Hills last night with a tentative budget. Various special items have contrib- uted to swell the tentative estimate $125,000,000 above the limit of $3,300,- 000,000 set by the President last June for Government expenditures in the coming year. Whatever comes of these special ap- propriations, which are before the President, Gen. Lord gave assurance that next year’s budget would carry funds for the first year's work on the additional cruisers authorized by Con- gress. Little Effect on Taxes. A year ago the budget director and the President proposed to withhold money for starting work on three of the eight crui. vhich had been au- thorized b; but after a bit- ter fight Congress overruled the ad- ministration and insisted upon appro- priating money for these other three, for which plans are now being drafted. 1t is not considered likely that even if the President does approve the $125,000,000 in extra appropriations for next yvear that it will have a ma- terial effect on the prospective tax reduction. The Treasury closed its books last flscal year with a surplus of about $600,000,000, which, in the opening of the President, leaves an ample margin for a tax slash. ‘While Director Lord did not men- tion what items went to make up the additonal $125,000,000 asked by the departments, it is presumed that some of this would be for flood relief in the Mississippi River area. Receives Farm Report. Mr. Coolidge also was interested today in receiving a report on farm conditions in the Far West and Mid- dle West, which was presented to him by Eugene Meyer, newly ap- pointed chairman of the Federal Farm Loan Board. Mr. Meyer has been on a trip through the West and he gave the President an intimate picture of the situation out there. With Secretary Jardine working hard on a new farm bill which aims to set up a $300,000,000 fund to be loaned to farmers, Mr. Coolidge is anxious to rn more the exact wishes of the ‘mers and he listened intently to Mr. Meyer. Business of the country Is calculated as fair at the Summer White House, where President Coolidge received & report of conditions yesterday from Secretary Davis of the Labor Depart- ment. Situation Ts Satisfactory. Mr. Coolidge considers the labor sit- uation very satisfactory and believes wages are on a very liberal basis. He realizes there is some unemployment in certain lines, but nothing more than the usual lagging behind which pre- vails in one industry or another at some time. Secretary Davis also brought with him a recommendation that Congress be asked to make permanent the pres ent regulations governing entry of aliens from Canada who work in this country, but live in Canada. He said a satisfactory arrangement had been worked out with Canada whereby tem- porary passports were being given the 2,500 aliens who must pass in and out of the country daily in work and he wants this made permanent. Like the host of other administra- tion officials and members of Congress who have come to the Black Hills this week, Mr. Davis expressed regret at the declaration of Mr. Coolidge that he did not choose to . .1n for President in 1928. He added he thought the President had no intention of continu- ing in office. Mr. Davis did say that officials of the Labor Department had conducted an impersonal and unofficial survey on their own behalf and had reported that abor generally regretted the an- nouncement of the President, but again, like the other Summer White House guests, he had no candidate to offer to succeed Mr. Coolidge, UNITED FRUIT COMPANY STEAMSHIP SEIZED BY U.S. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, August 13.— United States marshals seized the United Fruit Co. steamship Abangarez under Federal court admiralty proc- esses yesterday upon the arrival of the ship in port from Havana. Libels for $336,583.15 were brought against the vessel and the company by the United States Government as a result of the sinking of the sub- marine USS 05 in Limon Bay, Pan- ama, October 28, 1923, when three members of the submarine’s crew wers killed. Incompetence on the part of the steamer's officers, failure to maintain a lookout, megligence, improper con- duct and improper navigation were charged as causes of the accident. The Abangarez was alleged to have crossed the path of the 0-5 in maneu- vering . about' Limon Bay without sounding the proper whistle signals. . BOARDING HOUSE BOMBED Six Occupants Escape Injury in Blast at Coal Mine. WASHINGTON, Pa., August 13 (#). —A boarding house at the open-shop Tyler mine of the Washington Gas Coal Co. was bombed early today. Five negro occupants, all non-union miners, and the proprietress, a negress, es- caped injury. Windows in several nearby houses were broken by the bomb, which was placed on the front porch. Police were without a clue. Radig Progr;ms—Page 28