Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1927, Page 2

2 s == AIRPORT COST BILL IS BEING PREPARED Temporary Use oi Bolling Field Given—City Heads Want Expense Divided. Zssured of a stopping point on the projected New York-Atlanta air mail route, which will open about Novem- | ber 1, by the action yesterday of the | office 'of F. Trubce Davison, Assistant | Secretary of War for aviation, in formally permitting Pitcairn Aviation, Inc., of Philadelphia, to use Bolling Field until such time as the District can provide other landing facilities, Washington last night turned its at-| tention to a bill now before the Com- | missioners for their approval, and which would authorize that one-half the cost of establishing a municipal airport be borne by the Federal Go rnment. r. Davison’s office closed an @ it which the Com- missioners had entered into with the War Department, and which specified that if the District government took action toward securing an airport by presenting estimates to the Budget Bureau, the Army Air Corps would depart from its ironclad policy of pro- hibiting the use of military flying fields by civilian enterprises, thereby anteeing Washington a place on | mail route which, for a time, was the lack of adequate N the threatened by anding space. ; T)\\",a){x’wun(rme'm in Rapid City by Brig. n. Herbert M. Lord, di- rector of the budget, that $123,000 would be recommended to Congress | for. initial work on a municipal mr—“ port, brought Washington a step closer toward realization of an air terminal which has been vigorously urged here for the past two years. Method of Payment. The attention which the Commis- sioners’ bill will have focused on it until it is taken up on the floors of Congress is due to the diversity of | opinion among Government and civic leaders on the question of who shall pay for the airport. As far as the Budget Bureau's recommended esti- mates are concerned, the $125,000 would go in as a regular District item, and the Federal Government's share would come out of the annual lump sum appropriation toward local ex- penses. By the proposed legislation, how- ever, $150,000 would be appropriated for the first year, “chargeable one- half to the revenues of the District of Columbia and the other half to any moneys in the United States Treasury not otherwise appropriated.” As the cost of developing the area between Hunter and Gravelly Point into an airport 3,000 feet long by 3,000 feet wide would be about 5, 000, according to estimates of the United States engineer’s office, if five years is employed in the operation the burden on the taxpayers would be but $76,000 per year for the five- year period, should the cost be shared equally by the Federal and District Governments. The New York-Atlanta airway, known as contract air mail route No. 19, will not be opened before Novem- ber 1 because of the time involved in lighting the 773 miles between the two points for night flying and the selec- tion of emergency landing fields by Death Ends Service INSPECTOR C. A. EVANS, INSPECTOR EVANS FATALLY STRICKEN AT POLICE STATION (Continued from First Page.) of three men for attempted arson on January 20, 1902, and in November drew from the grand jury a tribute unique in police histc When the grand jury wrote the chief of police a special letter commending his presentation of cases before them. This was the first and only time in police annals that such commendation was given to a police officer by & rand jury. In the Fall of 1902, Prince Georges County wrote the District Government a special com- mendation of Policeman Evans for his co-operation in the solution of a murder mystery, which resulted in the arrest and conviction of a Thomas Cooper. s promoted to detective ser- geant July 1, 1903, and assigncd to duty in the detective bureau as a pawn inspector. In those days that post was regarded as extremely im- portant, since many pawnshops, flourishing here, were sources of dis- covery of stolen property whero thieves pledged or sold valuables. His work in this class of cases contiaued until 1906 when he was relieved from such duty because of eye trouble. Commended Frequently. ‘The police records from that year on contain commendation after com- mendation; in 1908 for recovery of valuable stolen property and arrest of thieves; again for recovery of $3,000 | in jewelry; they contain note of the presentation of a silver watch by citi-| zens in appreciation of his detective | work, and in 1911, it is noted, that George H. Wickersham, attorney gen- eral, thanked him for the recovery of stolen property. On February 1, 1919, Evans was promoted to lieutenant, and relieved from work in the detectiva bureau, being assigned to headquarters as as- sistant to the late Inspector Gessford, during the regime of Maj. R. W. Pull- authorities of the airways division of the eeronau- tics branch, Department of Commerce. Work Is Progressing. It was said at the department yes- terday, however, that the work is pro- gressing satisfactorily between New York and Richmond, and that con- tracts for beacons to light this divi- sion of the airway will be let in about two weeks. While more progress has been made between the foregoing two points than on the second half of the airway, the aeronautical officlals promised more developments for the territory between Richmond and At- lanta, now that one-half of their task is about to be ended. Starting at New York, an airway extension superintendent and about five assistants acquired sites at in- tervals of about every 10 miles for the subsequent erection of 24-inch re- volving beacons. At intervals of ap- proximately 30 miles, intermediate landing fields were Jeased and will be designated for emergency landings. The chain of lights runs up to within 2 few miles of the northeastern bor- der of the District, and is resumed again about 10 miles to the southeast. The nearest beacon site to the Dis- trict limits is at the Beaver Dam Country Club at Landover, Md. The night mail plane needs no other light- ing facilities to guide it into Bolling Field from that point, as the street lights of the city will serve as an unmistakable landmark. The first beacon out of Washington, going South, is on the farm of R. F, P. Reid, adjoining the Fredericksburg Toad and about 3 miles south of Alexandria. Study of Route. The airway developers first flew over the New York-Atlanta route, Studying the terrain and the meteor- ological conditions, and determined tha best country to fly over, at the same time keeping in mind as straight & line as possible, Then they viewed the route from automobiles, studied fields that looked suitable from the air, and negotiated leases and options. They have been at work for several months, under the direction of the airways extension superintendent, Alvin Smith, The area of the District of Colum- bia, including the landing field, i ignored by the airway experts, as lighting facilities here, under the air commerce act provisions, must be provided by the city itself. As both northbound and southbound planes will Jand at Bolling Field after dark- ness, landing field flood lights will be necessary. As the Army and Navy at Anacostia have these facilities avallable, and as both departments have promised the District all the co operation within their power, it ix as- sumed that these lights will be avail- able for the planes. The south-bound plane, under the schedule adopted by the Post Office Department, will land here at 11:10 p.m., while the north- bound ship will Jand at 3:55 a.m. GOVERNOR'S ACCUSER HIT IN WISCONSIN State Senator Says Fellow Member| Is “Trying to Square Self ‘With Constituents.” , Wis.,, August 13.—Fur ion of the “slush fund man preceded adjournment today of the Wisconsin Legislature, State Senator Carroll, who preferred the charges, was termed by State Snator Blanchard “a disappointd of- fice seeker attempting to square him- self politically with his constituents. Carroll quoted Gov. Zimmerman as saying “I've signed your park bill, how mbout $50,000? The outbreak yesterday was caused through the veto of Carroll's park bill appropriating $300,000 for the pur- chase of Northern Lake Park. The governor's statement regarding |, the 350,000 was intended as a joke, | eccording ot C. C. Doring, a personal man as chief of police. He was made captain in June, 1920, and in the August following was elevated to the rank of inspector and assistant superintendent of police. ‘When Washington was in the throes of the thrill of a world series in October, 1924, it was Inspeetor Evans who handled details for car- ing for crowds, traffic and all the in- cidents for policing an overflowing city. For his work at that time he re- ceived a special commendation, and when the department was reorganized by Maj. Hesse in 1926, he was placed in charge of the entire uniformed force and of all property of the de- partment. Hesse Pays Tribute. Maj. Hesse paid a_ glowing tribute to the memory of Inspector Evans last night, “He cannot be replaced,” he said. “No one in my memory has had so much of the detail of policing Wash. ington at his finger tips and done so efficiently at the task assigned as In- spector Evans. His death creates a void that cannot be filied.” Inspector Evans married Miss Carrie Virginia Smith, here about 35 years ago, She survives him, as do also his three daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Cath. rine Cchafer, Mrs. Ruth Evans Dick, and Miss Ann M. Evans. He also is survived by two brothers, Dr. Albert Evans of the Veterans' Bureau Staff and Edward Evans Evans. The funeral will be from the resi- dence, 1212 Geranium street, with full police honors, at 2 o'clock Tuesday afterncon. Interment will be in Glen- wood Cemetery, - 12 KANSAS TOWNS FLOODED BY RAIN Dry River Beds Filled, Prop- erty and Crop Damage Will Run High, By the Associated Press, TOPEKA, Kans., August 13.—More than a dozen towns were flooded and many miles of lowlands inundated today by terrific downpours in central Kansas, usually a sun-baked section where little rain falls at this time of the year. No lives were lost, but heavy property damage was reported, The flooded area is in a rich farming helt and the high waters took a heavy toll in wheat crops, horses and tle. The Smoky Hill River, ordinarily dry in the Summer, went on a rampage near Balina, flooding the towns of Elfi!wor!h, ‘Wilson, Blackwolf, Dor. rance and Marquette. Reports from Dubuque said the water reached the second stories of homes and rescuers responded to many calls for help. Heavy rains last night ranged up to 9 inchcs at Hizer. In the Hoising- ton ion, 50,000 ai were under water. Bix inches of rain fell there last night, added to a similar down- pour the night before. The water reached a depth of 7 feet in Hoising- ton before it receded. Missouri Pa- cific tracks on three sides of that town were washed out. Renewed flood warnings were issued to residents along the Folomon River near Minneapolis, Kan., and along the Arkansas River below Great Bend, An engine and six cars of a Missourl- Pacific freight train went into a creek near Bison when a bridge there was washed out. The train crew escaped injury. ‘Water ran 4 feet deep through the streets of Hizer and reached a depth of 2 feet in the telephone exchange at Albert, 20 miles northwest of Great Bend. Russell, Kans., was cast into dark- ness when 3 feet of wa nvaded the y light plant, soaking the switch- v At ‘Great Bend several residential friends of the governor. . Jumping spiders leap on their prey om a considerable distance, streets were flooded and streets lit- tered with i torn from trees by the wind. Inut Creek, 4 miles north, was 2 miles wide, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 14, 1927—PART 1.~ ALEXANDRIA PLANT T0 MAKE AIRGRAFT H. A. Berliner of This City to Occupy Property There in a Few Weeks. Establishment of an_aircraft fac- tory in the old Blake Blam elevator plant on the Alexandria, Va., water front and plans for manufacturing about 100 planes during the coming year were announced last night by Henry A. Berlinger of this city, presi- dent of the Berliner Aircraft Com- pany, which operates the Potomac Flying Service,. Inc., at Hoover Field. At the same time Mr. Berliner an- nounced plans for establishing a branch of his fiylng service at Gettys- burg, Pa., where two modern air- planes, now being bulit, will be placed into flight for tours over the historic battiefield. Now at College Park. Mr. Berlinger said he hopes to be able to occupy the Alexandria prop- erty in about three weeks. At present he is utilizing several old wooden hangars at College Park, Md., which were built back in 1912 when the Gov- ernment carried on its experiments with flying machines. In these hangars he already has constructed the big cabin monoplane, which was designed by Edward P. Warner, as- sistant secretary of the Navy for aeronautics, and also a two-seated training plane, which he will use for instruction purposes. A third plane designed to carry two passengers and a pilot and for use with the flying service, i8 nearing completion, and it is this craft which Mr. Berliner plans to put into pro- duction. It is designed to carry the Curtiss OX-5 engine or the newly developed fourcylinder air-cooled Fairchild Gaminez engine. With this new plane, Mr. Berliner will become a competitor of the builders of Waco, now used by the service, the Eagle- rock, Laird, Travelair, Pitcairn and other well known light passenger planes. Estimates of Demand. The new plane, known as the pro- duction model, is a monoplane. Mr. Berliner said his goal for the rext year's work—100 ships of this type— is not a high figure, but to the con- trary he has been informed by manu- facturers of planes not regarded as competitive that his figure is too small in view of the national enthusiasm over flying. The Alexandria site wil give Berliner factory about 25, syuare feet of floor space. Originally, Mr. Berliner had planned to use the Lig stone ha ‘gar at Hoover Field, when he acqui.od that site, but rince he inanguratcd his service, owing to the demands for aircraft, he has found it to be too small. the e LAWYERS ADVOCATE UNIFORM STATUTES Bar Association to Consider Matter at Annual Convention. ——is By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 13.—Uniformity of State laws as a means of solving the maze of legal intricacies that exist to- day in the enforcing of conflicting laws between various States is strong- ly advocated in the committee reports of the American Bar Association, to be presented to the mational conven- tion at Buffalo, N. Y., August 31 to September 2, made public today. The reports pleaded for time to test e soundness of nmew laws, lcu- arly concerning aviation and radlo, before the introduction of additional legislation. The convention will be addressed this year by Willlam Howard Taft, Chief Justice of the United States; Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York, Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and Lord Hewart, lord chief justice of England. Favors Executive Regulation. In to radio, the association committee said that it was more in favor of an executive Government de- partment for radio regulation than the present commission form. It be- lleved that State laws regarding avi- ation must be uniform, but were un- necessary now because of -efficient ! Federal regulations, except for State laws covering interstate flying, which the Federal laws did not include. Various changes in the revenue act are recommended asking that the Gov- ernment bear the burden of proof in an issue of fraud, instead of the tax- payer. The committee said that in- terest on refunds should be to the date of actual payment and on credits to the date of application for credit, Uniform state laws to clarify and improve bankruptcy and commerce law proceedings are recommended, The committee on commerce hit the Sherman trust Jaw as economically unsound, and said amendments to the anti-trust laws were necessary to make it fully effective. It also rec- ommended that The Hague rules re- lating to international bills of lading for the carriage of goods at sea be put into effect by legislation rather than by treaty. Its action was based on the assumption that a treaty would take precedence over statutory laws. Sensationalism Attacked. The application of insurance com- panfes for a larger fleld for invest- ments was approved in a committee draft. The draft of the committee, it enacted into law, would provide ade- quate regulation of insurance com- panies of all kinds, the report stated. One association committes espe- clally attacked sensationalism in news- paper accounts of court proceedings, blaming judges and lawyers for the situation. Publicity-seeking prosecu- tion and defense lawyers were largely responsible, the report said, adding that the solution of the problem was not In criticism of editors, but in set- ting up right standards in courts. A committee on jurisprudence and law reform reported that a re-ar- rangement of the Circuit Court s) tem of the United States and incr ing the number of courts to 10 was necessary to relieve congestion and speed up litigation. The committee on legal aid work concurred with the United States De- partment of Labor in stating that a sreat evil existed in the failure of employers to pay employes promised salaries and that ordinary civil proc- essos to collect wages were often in. adequate, UGHT. Proposals for New Orleans Branch to Be Opened Thursday. ATLANTA, G August 13 (®), --Opening of contract proposals for the extension of the New York-Atlanta air mafl route via Birmingham and Mobile to New Orleans has been set for next Thursday, it was @ipnounced today by local men intere in the projegs NATIONAL AERO ASSOCIATION TO OBSERVE FIFTH BIRTHDAY Organization Fostered by Coffin and Hartney Has Aided Aviation. Movement Now Numbers 91 Chapters and Still Grows. In another month the National Aero- nautic Association will celebrate its fifth birthday anniversary. Five years ago, at the organization meeting in Detroit, held in conjunction with the 1922 mational air races, the banmer, “Make America First in the Alr,” was raised and a small, but cheering group of optimistic airmen fell in behind and began a march up and down the Jand. Converts were hard to.get, because there was little for the “air zaieswmen” the public in the way of a zl::;; '?uturc!‘ Commercial uviation at that time was confined, almost wholly, to pay hops and wing-walking stunts at country fairs, while the o tary services jumped about with war- time planes and war-time engines. Slowly the little group expanded un- Gl today there are 91 chapters throughout the United States. The “NAA,” as it is popularly known, stands for civilian thought and action in American aeronautics, and it has played a major part-in molding public opinion, both consciously and uncon- sciously, on air affairs. The organization has but one object —"“to b home to the American people the vital importance of aero- nautics.” From that objective scores of methods designed to accomplish the desired end, branch out. The NAA as yet has not occupied the role of a lob- byist in Congress or a disseminaior of propaganda, but it has chosen the more thorough means of first irterest- ing the individual and then educating him in the possibilities of flying. Once a convert is obtained by this method, he is never lost, as the pres- ent public attitude toward flying tes- tifies, according to the association. Even though the American people, in the opinion of the NAA officials, have reached an unbelievable peak of enthusiasm over flying at the pres- ent moment, there is still much *“‘mis- sionary” work to be accomplished in this field. The association authorities are frank to admit that some of the chap- ters are more active than others and it follows that the more active ones have accomplished more. If each chapter would assume an offensive campaign for aeronautic development in its particular community—such a campaign to include a municipal air- port, a place on an air mail or air transport alrway and active local fly- ing on bhehalf of the citizens, the ef- forts of the national headquarters would be directed to some other field, it is held. Coffin and Hartney. The National Aeronautic Associa- tion came into being largely through the efforts of Howard E. Coffin, ehair- man of the Aircraft Production Board during the war and a member President Coolidge’s Aircraft Board. Col. Harold E. Hartney, now in civil- ian life, but during the war, com- mander of the famous 1st Pursuit Group in France, was the advance agent, who, from an office in the Mills Building, called upon his former war comrades to assemble at Detroit in the early Fall of 1922 and formally organize the association. Mr. Cofin w chosen the first president, and national headquarters were opened here, where they have remained ever since. It is an estab- lished fact that Mr. Coffin bore a large share of the expenses of the first year of the association and then he stepped out in favor of Fred B. Pa‘terson of Dayton. Godfrey L. Cabot of Massachusetts, a pioneer in aergnautics, succeeded Mr. Patterson and was re-elected for a second term. In Philadelphia last September he retired after completing two years in office and Porter Adams of Boston, who had served as Mr. Cabot's as. #istant here for a year, was chosen president over a movement to make Col. William Mitchell the head of the Vhilo Ms. Ad r. lams has not com- mitted himself on his desires for the next 12 months, it is believed that when the association holds its an. nual convention in St. Joseph, Mo., September 19 and 20, he will accept another term if it is offered to him. The convention has been arranged for the foregoing two days to enable the members to journey out to Spokane, Wash., for the opening of the national air races and also for the finish of the transcontinenta] derby and that from San Francisco. - Bucceeded Aero Club, e association’s contest co; - tee, headed by Orville Wright ofml;:i;- ton, is an organization before which all airmen seeking official records must perform. Without the contest committee’s presence no aerial per. formance, no matter how startling, :;:umlg receive the coveted “official’ When the association was forme it took over all the. activities of thae. old Aero Club of America, which, from 1920 to 1922, was inactive. Included in these activities was the authority to enforce regulations of and contests heid under the regulations of the Fed- eration Aeronautique Internationale, the world governing body-for aircrafi performances. The F, A. 1. i ap international organization, with perma- nent headquarters in Paris, com. posed of 27 national aeronautica) clubs or associations, each of which is, an integral part of the ‘whole, Therefore, in America, the contest committee of the association is the national governing body for afrcraft fianlem of every recognized descrip- on. Before a pilot can participate in a competition for a world’s record, he must hold a pilot's certificate issued by the F. A. 1. and also the annual license of the assoclation. This certifies that he is an airman in &ood ;u‘nd{n: '-monf,i ".lrmen and has suf- iclent flying ability to undertaks e task before him. ¥ s Official observers of the N. A. A. are present for the event. If it be a non-stop transatlantic or transpacific flight, the obesrver presonally installs a barograph and seals it. Upon com- pletion of the flight, the observer, in all cases except altitude attempts, per- PORTER ADAMS, sonally inspects the instrument which would reveal any landings which should not have been made. Where altitude records are involved, the offi- cial observer carries the barographs intact to the Bureau of Standards for official calibration. Standard Contest Rules. All aircraft contests in this country are conducted exactly on the same standards as they are in the 26 other membership countries of the F. A. I. and if the international regulations are complied with, and it is found that a certain performance exceeds that of the world record then in exist- ence, the F. A. 1. does not hesitate to declare it a new world record. ‘When a new performance in this country supersedes a previous one, the contest committee may declare it an American record and forward a report of the flight to the F. A. L for homologation as a world's record. Frequently technicalities, some of them major and some very small, are not complied with and experience has shown that the Paris body is not prone to overlook such exceptions to the gen- eral rules. A most recent example is the bal- loon flight of Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray, Army Air Corps of Scott Field, Wwho, about three months ago, ascended to an altitude of 42,470 fect, the highest officially calibrated aititude any man has ever reached. On the descent, Capt. Gray's balloon fell too rapidly to insure a safe landing for him when the earth and basket met. Plunging downward at a terrific speed, the bal- loon showed no inclination of slowing down, so Capt. Gray jumped with his parachute and finished the flight in that manner. The barograph wzs not damaged and was calibrated to the foregoing figure, The F. A. L regulations, however, specify that the pilot in balloon flights must be in personal possession of the balloon and his instruments on com- pleting the flight, and for that reason, inppua'emly. the record has not been al- owed. Will Fight for Record. However, the matter comes up to- morrow at Zurich, Switzerland, where the annual confercnce of the federa. tion opens for a four-day session. Mr. Cabot, vice president of the F, As 1. and a delegate from America, will fight for the record. Also he will urge a revision of the regulations which give an official record to the nation in which the flight was made. By this present rule Italy was deprived of credit for the world’s maximum sea- lane speed record of 258 miles an r, made at Hampton Roads, Va., last November by Maj. Mario de Ber- nardi, winner of the Schneider Inter- national Seaplane Trophy a few days before. The United States is officially credited with the record, but the as- sociation, carrying out the traditional American sportsmanship, has refused to consider it when totaling up the number of reécords held by American airmen. The Aero Club of Italy like- wise has protested the regulation, and it is believed the conference will bring about the desired change. In addition to Mr. Wright, the fol- lowing compose the contest commit tee: Dr. George W. Lewis, vice chair- man, director of research of the Na- tional Advisory Committee for Aero- nautics; Maj. Clarence M. Young, di- rector of aeronautics of the Depart- ment of Commerce; Brig. Gen. W, E. Gllimore, chief of the materiel divi- sion, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio; Brig. Gen. ¥, P. Lahm, chief of the training section, Kelly ¥Field, San Antonio, Tex.; C. T. Luddington of Philadelphia, aircraft operator; Glenn Martin, pioneer aircraft manufacturer of Cleveland; C. G. Peterson of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Pat- erson, N. J.; B. Russell 8haw of the aeronautical branch, Ford Motor C Edward P. Warner, Assistant Sec: tary of the Navy in charge of aero- nautics; Comdr. N, H. White, chief of the plans division, Bureau of Aero- nautics, and Carl F. Schory of this city, secretary. ‘With the exception of the St. Joseph, Mo., chapter, the largest in the country, the District of Columbia chapter has contributed as much, if not more, to the advancement of civil- ian aeronautics among the citizens of the community, according to national headquarters of the association. The work it now is engaged in is pointed to as an example for many other chap- ters to follow in making the commu- nity “air minded.” Work for D. C. Airport. As president of the District cl: ter, Henry A. Berliner, son of the noted inventor, Emile Berliner, has assumed leadership in the movement for estab- lishing a permanent airport between Hunter and Gravelly Point on the Vir- ginia side of the Potomac and south- west from Hains’ Point. He also placed the facilities of Hoover Field, of which he has possession, at the dis- posal of the District for use as a tem- porary landing port for the projected air mail service which Washington ‘will have soon. Since the first week in April, when the Potomac Flying Service, of which Mr. Berliner is president, took over the operation of Hoover Fleld, about 11,500 persons have been given flights over the city. The majority of these persons were on their first trips, and, as far as employes of the field can determine, every passenger was elated with the new experience. The company now has three Waco biplanes of two-passenger capacity in service and one cabin monoplane pow- ered with a Wright Whirlwind engine. Four more planes are on order and will be delivered shortly. They are three of the Waco type and one Fair- child cabin monoplane with a Whirl- wind engine. Siamese Fighting Fish Is Poor Husband, But Takes Excellent Care of His Brood The Siamese fighting fish is a mean husband, but an excellent father, The pair of these curious creatures at the Zoo a week ago became the parents of a family of 20 or 30 microscopic infants, no more than little black specks in the water of the aquarium. The mother was taken out immediatel Her duty is done when the eggs are hatched and from then on the care of the family is the exclusive prerogative of the father. If she remained in the cage he would eat her. The young fish rest on the top of the water in a bubble nest. The father blows up an air bubble around each infant to hold it in place. Now nest night and day. The young fish continually are falling out and dropping to the bottom. When this happens he dives, crowds four or five of them into his mouth and then carries them the surface and blows them back into the nes! No creature could be more solicit- ous than he for the welfare of its progeny. This is a rather selfish in- teres however, and not exactly paternal in its nature. He was look- ing forward to a good juicy dinner on his mate. Disappointed in this the old male now is smacking his chops at the prospect of a feast on his sons and dpughters, once they get big enou, to make a good mouthful. He E 192815 BAFFLING NEW YORK CHIEFS State Factions Split Over Native Sons and Hoover, Inquiry Shows. BY WILLIAM HA Special Dispatch 1o The Star. NEW YORK, August 13.—A visit of inquiry to the Lmpire State and fo the metropolitan city reveals to the inquirer that our imperial and metro- politan political minds of the Republi- can party are divided in the first place between three favorite sons of New York and in the second place between the favorite-son idea on the one hand and the Herbert Hoover idea on the other. The three favorite sons who bask in the established of our largest and mightiest and richest State are the distinguished but re- luctant jurist, Charles Evans Hughes; the able and courageous but indolent and casual ex-Senator and near-boss, James W. Wadsworth, and the limit- lessly energetic but also daringly wet president of Columbia University, Nicholas Murray Butler. “Big Business” Favorable. “Big business” in New York has become thoroughly accustomed to all three of these names and would not be at all afraid to confide the White House to the ownership of any one of them. Eastern “big business,” as usual, looks for an arrived personality, an established characted, & familiar name, a safe sound. Eastern “big business” had to have William Mec- Kinley forcibly thrust upon it by Mark Hanna. It had to have Warren Gamaliel Harding forcibly thrust upon it by Mr. Harding’s circle of friends in the United States Senate. Nothing is falser than to imagine “big busi- ness” engaged in bringing out a can- didate. It never does it. It isn't doing it now. It now would be charmed if the name of Coolidge could somehow be conjured back into political presiden- tial existence for four years more by the next Republican national conven- tion; and in moments when that hope grows dim, it for the most part re- peats to itself simply the nearest and least strange and least alarming great names: Hughes, Wadsworth, Butler. No! The country need not have the least fear that Wall Street is conspiring to “put across its man.” It has not any man. The “corn belt” is a much better “conspirer.” It has Mr. Lowden. Wall Street as Wall Street concertedly, has nobody. Politicians at Sea. In the meantime the Republican politicians of the Empire State are most of them just as lost as the eminent bankers and heads of “trusts.” They cannot but remember the dis- astrous management that Mr. Hughes #ave to his presidential campaign of 1916. They cannot but remember the carelessness with which Mr. Wads- worth, when Senator, attended to his local political fences and the defeat which was thereupon imposed upon him by the Democratic candidate for the Senate, Robert Wagner. And, finally, particularly if they come from ‘‘up state” they fear that Mr. Butler's characteristically aggressive attacks upon the Federal prohibition amend- ment might prove to be highly danger- ous to party unity if New York should give him any further great national political prominence. Yet they greatly and justly admire these local celebrities of theirs and their national political vision does not €0 much beyond them; and in their present mood they might well go to the next Republican national cor.ven- tion with a split delegation and with three hooks—Hughes and Wadsworth and Butler—on their presidential poli- tical line, just to see what they could then get by the only political art they know, which is still fishing with standard store bait. Hoover Has Following. On the other hand, there is now in New York, presicentially speaking, a new rare phenomenon. What might be called, “little business” has a can- didate. It is Mr. Hoover. New York is polka dotted with young engineers, young lawyers, young business executives who are followers of Mr. Hoover's business leadership. ~Many of them have worked with Mr. Hoover in one or more of his muititudinous scientific or humanitarian enterprises. They are zealots for the mew twists which Mr. Hoover has given to the Depart- ment of Commerce in the service of “little business.” They see in Mr. Hoover no enemy to any business that is big; but they see in him a great special friend to the business that is realtively small and that is striving to climb the hill. They point to the way in which Mr. Hoover has tried to develop “trade assoclations” which will distribute to all the firms in any given industry the statistical information regarding trade conditions which till recently could be secured only by the statisti- cal staffs of our largest “trusts.” They point to the way in which Mr. Hoover has favored and stimulated research laboratories, both Federal and private, which would make free and open everybody the industrial scientific de- velopment which so often has been the exclusive possession of the research laboratories of our largest and richest corporations. They regard Mr. Hoover’s whole policy in the Depart. ment of Commerce as just so much promotion work for little business’ legitimate aspirations. Aided by Secretary. Here in New York, where there is 80 much foreign trade, they especially appreciate this policy in the matter of the activities displayed in Mr. Hoov- er’s Department of Commerce by his foreign commerce bureau. That bu. reau, as now organized and operated, they see as giving them the same expert knowledge of the foreign field that is given to the hig “trust” by its “export department.” Of course, Mr. Hoover has his own straight-away political friends here such as ex-Gov. Miller and many others; but the general line-up for the control of the Empire State’s massive pivotal delegation to the next Repub- lican national convention may still be stated to be as follows: , On the one hand, the “higher-ups” Who are following the regular New York habit of clinging to great and| brilliant local names. On the other hand, the “newer ele- ment,” who are all on edge to, “get going™ as soon as Mr. Hoover will let tgem, and who think they have the numbers and the energy to make a local revolution and, as they ex- press it, to cause New York State to go to & Republican national conven- tion for once with a new gospel and a fresh candidate. ‘What the outcome may be is un- predictable, but such is the clash. CAR KILLS WOMAN. Hit-and-Run Autoist Drives Of After Fatal Accident. Louise Toton, colored, 40 years old, of Oxon Hill, Md., was knocked down by an automobile whose driver was IBRUTAL MURDER CHIANG TO RESIGN ASHEAD OF ARMY Li Lieh-Chun Reported to Be Named Generalissimo by Nanking Forces. By the Associated Press. SHANGHALI, China, August 13.—It was stated tonight that Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek tomorrow will issue a mani- festo announcing his resignation as generalissimo of the Nanking Army and appointing Gen. Li Lieh-Chun, former governor of Canton, as his successor. Observers say that if Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek does resign it will be due partly to the military disasters which his army has suffered recently, but that the immediate cause is said to be the disloyalty of his generals, and a long telegram from Gen. Tang Seng- Chi of Hankow denouncing him. Gen. Tang Seng-Chi in his message declared that Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek is the principal protagonist of the Com- munist regime and the chief cause of the internecine warfare which is ruining the country. - BRITISH-U. . PACT FIXES WAR CLAIMS Trading-With-Enemy Acts of 1_'wo Countries Are Harmonized. By the Associated Prese. Under agreement with the London foreign office, the State Department made public last night the text of a reciprocal understanding negotiated last February under which the prac- tice of the two governments in re- leasing certain classes of property sefzed under war-time trading-with- the enemy acts is brought into har- mony. About 300 American claims against the British administrator of German property, ranging from $1,000 to $25,000, are involved, the extent of the British equivalent claims against the alien property custodian not being disclosed. The agreement has been in effect by the respective administrators of alien property in each country since it was negotiated. Four classes of property subject to release under certain condi- tions are involved. The first is the “married women’ cases, covering American or Britis' women who lost their citizenship through marriage to an Austrian or German, but later reacquired it through the death of the husband or otherwise. The effect of the recip- rocal agreement is to extend up to June 1, 1926, the period within which citizenship might be reacquired. In the case of American claimants, how- ever, property already liquidated or credited to an ex-enemy power by the British government is excepted from this extension of time. The second category involves debt claims by the nationals of each coun- try against German assets held by each government. American creditors have equal footing with British cred- itors in the case of assets held in Great Britain, British creditors bein given similar status in the Unite States. The third class covers release of stock purchased by German banks and held in each country for the account of claimants. Difficulty as to identi- fication of the stock certificates in such cases has arisen. The agree- ment makes it unnecessary that the claimant shall state the serial num- bers of the stock certificates to which he makes claim. The fourth category covers the dif- ference between British and American law in defining enemy corporations for purposes of seizure, British prac- tice having been to accept the place of incorporation as determining na- tionality, while the United States act- ed on the strength of the nationality of stock ownership. - DOCTOR TWICE SAVES MAN FROM SUICIDE P e Shell-Shocked War Veteran ported Resting After Being Overcome by Gas. Dr. R. F. Osborne, 706 K street north- east, yesterday afternoon thwarted two efforts by Sigmund G. Boerstein, 49 years old, shell-shocked World War veteran living at 3006 Twenty-fifth street, northeast, to end his life. Summoned to Boerstein's home, Dr. Osborne found him unconsciocs from the effect of iiiluminating gas. He ap- plied resuscitating methods for about an hour, but, as Boerstein revived, the patient ran into another room and grabbing a pistol, began loading it, announcing he was going to shoot him- self. Dr. Osborne was close on the veteran's heels and wrested the weapon away. Occupants of the Twenty-fifth street house detected the odor of gas and traced it to the bathroom. Entering, they found Boerstein unconscious on the floor and a gas tube nearby at- Re- CHARGED T0 GANG Man Who Talked Too Much Forced to Run Gantlet of Machine-Gun Fire. By the Associated Press. MARION, 1L, August 13.—A story of the brutal slaying of a gangster “who talked too much” to rival gangsters and was compelled to “take a ride” and subsequently run a gantlet of machine-gun and pistol bullets, was unfolded here today by Sheriff Oren Coleman of Williamson County. Fred “Butch” Thomasson and Joe Booker, alleged Birger gangsters, arc being held on murder charges for the death of Lyle *S8kag” Worsham Charles Birger, southern Illinois gang chief, who is sentenced to be hanged for the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City, Ill., and several of his henchmen, some serving prison sen- tences and fome now dead, were m- plicated by the sheriff’s story of the killing. Told to “Run for Life.” Harvey Dungy, Birgerite in prison for robbery, was charged with the pair held. Worsham is alleged to have been picked up at Zeigler, I1L, the night of last September 17, by members of the Birger band and taken before Birger, where Dungy charged the youth with talking too much to Carl Shelton, leader of a rival gang. Protesting his innocence, the youth was taken in a motor car occupied also by Dungy, Thomasson and Book- er. Birger's large sedan accompanied them. With a curse, Worsham was order- ed out of the car and told to “run for your life,” the sheriff declared. Shot With Machine Gun. Up the road flooded with the auto- mobile lights, Worsham zigzagged to avoid the stream of pistol fire which followed him. As he started to stum- ble, machine-gun fire from the Birger car cut him down, the sheriff con- tinued. Birger, who was in the car with the machine gunners, repri- manded the men for using machine guns, saying the sounds would be a “give-away,” because other people didn’t use machine guns.” The body was then thrown into weeds at the roadside and later burn- ed in a house in Willlamson County. The story will be told to a jury, Coleman said, by three gangsters who sald they were along on the ride. The sheriff asserted gangsters had re-enacted the alleged murder scene for him. TROOPS BATTLE INCAS AS UPRISING SPREADS First Division of Bolivian Amy Mobilized to Suppress Rebel- lion of 80,000 Indians, By the Associated Press, LA PAZ, Bolivia, Augy/t 13.— Bolivian troops today we/engaged in battles in variqus sections with Indians forming part of the uprising of some 80,000 Incas in several parts of the country. Meantime reports reaching La Paz from the interior of the republic said that the revolt con- tinued to spread. The first division of the army has been mobilized to stamp out the re- bellion. Thus far tranquility prevails in the department of La Paz, where there are about 200,000 Indians, but the government is making every prep- aration to avoid a possible crisis. The newspaper El Pals, organ of the government, charges in an edi- torial that communists are respon- sible for the uprising. The paper as- serts that the communists have pre- cipitated a racial struggle in order fo plant the seeds of anarchy in the country. Reports have been received here that In some instances the Indians have practiced barbaric cruelty in their warfare. One account has it that they killed and ate a prisoner several days ago, but this has not been confirmed. Nevertheless, it is known that cannibal habits still pre- vall among the natives in some re- PRESIDENT READY TO PLACATE SIOUX Rival Indian Factions Claim Sole Right to Make Executive a Chieftain. By the Associated Press. RAPID CITY, 8. Dak., August 13.— Not to be outdone by the Sioux chiefs who took President Coolidge into their tribe at Deadwood, the rulers at the Pine Ridge Indian reservation also have decided to take the President into their council. There is a suggestion in the Black Hills that a bit of jealousy has sprung up among groups of the Indian lead- ers, directed especially toward Chief Chauncey Yellow Robe, who, with Chief Crazy Horse, manipulated things at Deadwood in a grand way. Yellow Robe, however, waves this suggestion aside as he does the al- legation of Chief Short Bull at Edge- mont, 8. Dak., that he had no au- thority to conduct the Deadwood coronation. He reminds that he is a direct descendant of Chief Sitting Bull, the famous Sioux ruler, and remarks with a trace of sarcasm that “Short Bull likes to make trouble.” But President Coolidge has let it be known that he has no objection to becoming a chief in severms groups of the Sioux, and accordingfy plans are going forward to again crown him with eagle feathers at Pine Ridge August 17. POLICE NAB 2 MEN TRAPPED IN STORE _ AFTER HOT CHASE (Continued from First Page.) picked out from the crowd, and locked up at the first precinct, when he could not give a satisfactory account of tached to an open jet. Last night Boerstein was reported to be resting comfortably. Relatives refused him hospital treatment, accord- ing to the police. not identified on the road near her home last night, and died soon after- ward in Providence Hospital, where she was taken in a passing automo- le. ‘When Arthur Jenkins, 28 years old, colored, of Oxon Hill later visited the hospital to inquire about her condi- be lifted out before tion the police took him into custody E. L. Irey Commissioned. Elmer L, Irey, head of the special intelligence section of the Internal Revenue Bureau, has been commis- sioned by the War Department a major in Military _Intelligence Bureau of Reserve Corps of the Army. The appointment was an- himself. Later, Policeman E. S. Graves of the first precinct went to the store for examination of the premises and found that the burglars had gained entry by prying out the rear grating He also found the bar and jimmy used in the opening. Sinclair and LeFoe have just been on foot patrol duty for a few days, having been relieved from an e ment in the downtown district to check up on overtime parkers. Depreciation on_a cow Is estima q \