Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1927, Page 2

Rl CYCLE HITS GIRL, INJURIES ARE FATAL Edith Rudacilla of Brown- {own, Va., Knocked Down Near Merryfield. Miss Edith Rudacilla, 18 years old, of Browntown, Va., died at George- town University Hospital at 3 o'clock this morning from injuries sustained early last night when she was run down by a motor cycle as she was crossing the Fairfax highway at Mer- ryfleld, Va. Joseph Taylor, 18 Merryfield, operator of the motor cycle, reported the accident to Justice of the Peace J. T. Moling, who, hay- ing no official advices at the time, told the youth to hold himself in readiness for further report. Later he issued & warrant for Taylor's arrest and the young man was brought before him and bond was fixed at $2,000. Tay- lor's mother went on his hond. He will be in the custody of the justice of the peace, until the report of a coroner’s jury, which will meet in about a week. Rushed to Hospital. v brother, ¥ Mr. and M tudacilla wa Washington in her At Merrifield topped to enable the girl to walk acrcss the roadway and pay &, brief call upon a friend. As she to the highway, the motor eycle struck her. She was placed in the brother’s au- tomobile and, escorted by three Vir- inia State police, was rushed to the years old, of Howard . Miss returning The scene of the accident was fbout midway between Falls Church and Fairfax. Browntown is about 9 miles from Front Royal, Va. 1 Six Are Injured. Great Monte Carlo Planncd for Cuba By Havana Group By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 15.—A New World Monte Carlo, surpassing in magnificence its Old World proto- type, is planred for a suburb of Havana, it was announced here yesterday by John Moentee Bow- man, president of the Bowman Biltmore Hotels Corporation. Mr. Bowman outlined the plans for the vast amusement enterprise following a conference attended by Charles F. Flynn and a group of Havana financiers and husiness men who will be associated with him in the underta Upon 2,000 acre acquired, new un prise will be constructed which will form the development, together with already existing structures, such as the Casino Nacional, the Havana American Jockey Club and the Havana Biltmore Yacht and Country Club. now in course of construction. The realty action is one of the larges negotiated in Cuba, and amount of money in the will _exceed $12,000,000, to Mr. Bowman. of land, already s in the enter- SURPLUSIN S YEARS BCEDS 2BLLON Interest on Debt Reduced $105,000,000 Annually, Lord Report Says. The surplus of Federal receipts over expenditures during the five years of An 18-year-old girl was injured ghe was struck by a “hit-and-run” au- omobile, and five other persons were urt in traffic accidents occurring in wvarious sections of the city last night. Miss €ecella Drury, 200 Adams Btreet, was knocked down by an auto- mobile when she attempted to cross Rhode Island avenue at Fourth street northeast at 6:30 o'clock. After strik- ing the girl, the automobilist sped away without stopping to_render as- Bistance to his victim and Miss Drury tvas taken to her home by a passing motorist. She was treated by her fam- jly physician for cuts and bruises about the legs and body. Darrell Monteith, 34-year-old Marine, tationed at Quantico, received a roken nose, and Emerson Tukenbill, 82, attached to the Naval Air Station, guffered minor lacerations. when the gutomobile in which they were riding was struck by a machine driven by Wesley Morton, colored, 26 years old, 831 Second street southwest, at Third street and Virginia avenue southwest shortly after 7 o'clock last night. After striking the car in which the service men were riding Morton’s automobile veered into a third machine, owned and operated by Munson Hill, colored, 40 years old, 345 G street southwest. All three automobiles were damaged. Car Hits “Turtle Light.” Montieth was taken to the Naval Hospital and Tukenbill was given first aid at Emergency Hospital. Morton was arrested by the police of the fourth precinct. When the automobile in which they were riding struck a “turtle light” at the intersection of Sixteenth and U streets, Miss Nellig M. Marshall and Miss Maude Woodruff, both of 2714 Quarry road;, and Howard E. Worth- ington, 28, Mechanicsville, Md., re- ceived slight cuts and bruises. They weré tréated at Garfield Hoapital and later went to their homes. FIVE DEAD, SIX HURT IN MONTREAL BLAST Mystery Probed by Firemen After Crash Through Wall and Blaz- ing of Apartment House. By the Assoclated Press. MONTREAL, Quebec, August 15.— Five persons were killed and six in- Jured by flames, smoke and debris from an explosion which blasted its way through a wall and ignited an apartment house in Seigneurs street early today. Vinzenso Collette, 36 years old, lost his_life while searching for his wife and four children, who had escaped. Smoke entering the second-story flat asphyxiated four of the eight mem- bers of the MacDonald family who were sleeping there. Mrs. James MacDonald escaped and was discovered exhausted on an ad- Joining roof. Neighbors were re- sponsible for saving the lives of at least three members of the Mac- Donald family. Firemen today were trying to solve the mystery of the explosion. It was at first thought leaking gas may have been responsible. ONE-MAN CAR FIGHT IS EXPECTED TODAY Clayton May Present Views to Pub- lic Utilities Commission This Afternoon. ! When the Public Utilities Commis- plon holds its semiweekly meeting this afternoon William McK. layton f the Federation of Citizens' Associa- ftions is expected to protest against | pny additional one-man cars in W ington i Mr. Clayton, it is understood, takes | the view that the use of one-man | rcars on certain lines has the effect of | &iving _Xhal territory a different kind | iof service, which he holds is contrary Lo the intent of the utilities act. ! The question arises at this time on & proposal to substitute a more mod- 'rn type of one-man car for the type inow in use on the Anacostia line. VVIhe commission held a hearing some time ago on this application, but Mr. LClayton later asked permission to oresent his views to the utilities oard. <h- | FATHER OF FOUR HELD. hildren of J. C. Howell Given { Care as He Is Placed Under Bond. .fipe' al Dispatch to The Star. PPER MARLBORO, Md., August 35.—Joseph C. Howell, automobile me- ichanic, arrested last night at his home in Washington, charged by Ross Pyles ot near Camp Springs, Md., with hav- ing stolen property valued at $200, is 2t liberty on $500 bond. An additional ibond of $200 requires Howell to keep ithe peace on complaint of Mrs. Ross vles. Howell will be given a hearing .on the theft cha before Justice of jthe Peace H. W. Gore here Friday. ! Four motherless children were taken from the Howell home after the larence, 5; Raymond, 7, and ken in charge by 4 of the Catholic Children’s ‘Bureau, and removed temporarily to ithe District House of Detention, Melen, 14, was sent to the home of ‘Washington relatives. She had taken control by the budget system has amounted to the huge total of $2,392,- 909,074.38, Director Lord of the Bu- reau of the Budget stated in his an- nual report, published today. This amount has been applied to the reduction of the public debt, thereby reducing the present annual interest charges by approximately $105,000,000. Each fiscal year under budget con- trol, Gen. Lord said, had closed with a substantial surplus of receipts over expenditures, despite “the normal growth of Federal business.” Credited to President. This was attributed by the bureau in large measure to the program of the President. “The practical ratification by Con- gress of .the President's budget esti- mate,” said the report, “the continued executive pressure for economy and efficiency in the business operations of the Government, the co-ordination of the Government’s business through the chief co-ordinator, the area co-ordina- tors, the co-ordinating boards and the Federal business associations and the general co-operation by the heads of departments and independent estab- lishments in carrying into effect the financial program of the President are factors which, notwithstanding the normal growth of Federal business, are largely responsible for keeping expend- itures down and for closing each fis- cal vear since the inauguration of the budget system with a substantial sur- plus of receipts over expenditures. The fiscal year 1927 was closed with a surplus of $635,809,921.70, as com- pared with a surplus of $377,767,816.64 for 1926. “The co-ordinating machinery,” ‘the report said, “has been of inwpluable assistance in knitting together the many activities of the Federal Gov- ernment for the purpose of promoting economy and efficiency in‘the public service."” Will Continue Economies. Reports of the single departments and independent bureaus, it added, “bear witness to the zeal and interest displayed by public officials” for econemy and efficiency. “No let up is contemplated in the effort to make everything count for economy,” the report continued, “and the happy_ condition in which we now find ourselves is no warrant for dis. continuance of the war against waste, no reason for relaxing our effort for better administration, no excuse for failure to preserve and hold what we have gained.” . MAJ. SAVAGE ASSIGNED. Will Be Assistant to Chief of War Department Press Bureau. Maj. Emmert W. Savage, United States Infantry, recently detailed to the General Staff Corps, has been assigned to duty in the Press Bureau of the War Department, as an assist- ant to Maj. Charles F. Thompson, United States Infantry, chief of the office. Maj. Savage is from Ohio and served in the World War as a lieutenant colonel in the National Army. He entered the Regular Army in December, 1906, and reached the grade of major in July, 1920. Graduating from the General Staff Schaol in 1923 and from the Army War College in 1926, he has been recently stationed at Governots’ Island, N. Y., headquarters Second Corps Area. GETS AIR CORPS DETAIL. Maj. Milling to Be Member of the Aeronautical’ Board. Maj. Thomas Dew Milling, Army Air Corps, attached to the office of the Chief of the Air Corps, Munitions Building, has been detailed as a mem- ber of the Aeronautical Board, vice Capt. Robert Oldys, Air Corps, re. lieved. Capt. Chilton F. Wheeler, Air Corps, has been relieved from duty at Bolling Fleld, Anacostia, and assigned to duty in the office of the Chief of the Air Corps, effective August 31, | WARRANT OFFICERS SHIFT Hugh A. Allen and Michael Suren- sus Relieved Here. Warrant Officers Hugh A. Allen and Michael Surensus have been relieved from their present dutles in this city and ordered to other stations. The former, who 1s an assistant of the con- strucing quartermaster here, goes to Nagasaki, Japan, for duty in the office of the Army quartermaster, and the latter, now in the office of the assistant property auditor, Munitions Building, goes to Seattle, Wash., for duty in | the office of the local finance officer. = BAND CONCERT. TONIGHT. By the United States Army Band, at Meridian Hill Park, 7:30 o'clock: March, “. | Overture, Mexican Waltz, “B Martinez Two Popular Hits— (a) *“Rosy Cheek e () *Me and My Shadow"....Jolso Selections From “The Sunshine Girl" Rubens Characteristic, “On Tiptoe” ... Hosmer Air de Ballet, “Polka Caprice” Perlet Novelty, “Maryland” (With varfations for different instru- er mother’s place in caring for her rothers since the latter's death more n a year ago, o < ent March, “Sagamgge” ......G0ldman “The Star Bpangled Banuer, .Simmons | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. . TRADEBALANE S AT SR O I0 $40,000,000 in Bootleg Liquor, Hoover Says. By the Associated Press. A balance sheet of Ameri cign husiness for 1926, issued today ! the Commerce Department, indicated that the Nation took from abroad val- ues greater by $509,000,000 than those exported. Not only was the “visible” trade of the country taken into consideration in compiling the statistics, but also sums involved in “invisibie” trade aris- ing from such sources as expenditures of American tourists abroad, prices paid for smuggled liquor and freight and insurance payments collected by foreign vessels in American ports. Summing up the figures, the conclu sion was reached that the United States exported “visibly” and “in ibly™ in 1926 values to a total of 8 033,000,000, while imports, in the same fashion, were valued at $8,642,000,000. Foreign Debt Increased. The net result of all transactions was to leave foreign balances in Amer- sed by $3 retary Hoover rd, that during he world abroad increased v its debt to the United States. ear 1926 seems to have s ible items of trade,” he said, “in private investments abroad, tourist expenditures and the yield of our foreign investments. During the ly 370,000 Americans made in non-contiguous lands, and jcan tourist expeditions in Can- ada also broke all records. The Na: tion seems to have done more travel- ing and lending than ever before. “On December 31, 1926, foreigners had on deposit in American banks about $1,443,000.000—ample proof that we are now a great short-time debtor Nation along with our position as a zreat creditor in long-time investments. Moreover, foreigners had on deposit with American agents and trustees American stocks and bonds amounting to about $1,878,000,000. Our net growth a9 a creditor nation for the year was only $557,000,000. This sum, it may be noted, would be much smaller if one should consider the increase in de- posits of foreigners in American banks as a deduction.” $40,000,000 in Bootleg. The 1926 merchandise exchange, gave the United States a favorable balance of $337,000,000, it was report- ed, the year's exports having been $4,800,000,000 and imports $4,431,000,- 000. Offsetting this, the statement gave the world a $40,000,000 credit as having “invisibly"” exported to the United States that much in bootleg liquors. This figure is the same as that found in previous years, and was based upon confidential reports fur- nished by the customs services and the Coast Guard. The account reckoned 1926 tourist expenditures abroad at $761,000,000, while it said that foreigners traveling here spent but. $115,000,000, so that the United States incurred a net debt of $646,000,000. On this item private foreign investments of American cit- izens earned ‘Interest and dividends Juring 1926 totaling $678,000,000, which represented a national credit, the re- port said, while the war debts of the Goverriment itself earned $195,000,000 in interest and principal payments for the same period. o $322,000,000 Sent Abroad. Another item going into the calcu- lation was $322,000,000, . remitted by immigrants residing here to their home countries, which sum was treated as a charge against the United States in international accounting. - Foreign vessels earned $175,000,000 in carrying American freight. New American investments abroad for the year were calculated at $1,332,- 000,000, while in the ebb and flow of exchange fluctuations, it was figured that American securities had been sold abroad with a total value of $636,000,- 000, and Amerjcan stocks and bonds had been brought back from abroad to a total of $309,000,000. Touching the complicated movement of capital, as represented by the stock and bond transactions, coupled with debt ma- turities and redemptions, the state- ment concluded”that the Nation had imported total values of $1,981,000,000 and exported $1,424,000,000, leaving the balance of $557,000,000 mentioned by Secretary Hoover as the year’s net growth of foreign investment. New Low Established. Foreign trade @uring July fell to lower totals than had been encoun- tered in any month since 1925, the Commerce Department also reporting the total value of July exports at $343, 000,600 and imports $327,000,000, leav- ing a favorable balance of $16,000,000. For July, 1926, exports amounted to $368,317,000 and imports to $338,000,000. A part of the export drop in July was explained by department trade experts as due to a $7,000,000 decrease in cotton shipments from the June total, but the chief reason for the shrinkage was said to be the price declines which have been noted in a large number of commodities of re- cent months. v Gold movements for July were likewise small as compared with those of previous months. The country im- ported in July $10.373,000 in gold and exported $1,803,000, thus adding & gain of $8,570,000 to its total stock of the metal. In July, 1926, gold imports were $19,820,000, and exports were 5,069,000, July silver exports amount- ed to $6,614,000 and imports to $4. 231,000, w DRY FORCES FIGHT ILLICIT BREWERIES MAKING REAL BEER (Continued from First Page) 78 degrees, instead of 100, the more alcohol in the beer is indicated. This little machine has been ‘found to be very rellable and useful in the Gov- ernment’s campalgn _against illicit beer as well as giving protection to the legitimate producer, according to Dr. Doran. & Detalled figures on the present pro- duction of near beer are not available Dr. Doran said, but he estimated that the business had enjoyed somewhat of an increase during the past year. The legitimate brewers, he emphasized, are anxious to have the Government put ocut of business the “wildcatter.” Towels Covered Kegs. While Commissioner Doran was in Chicago prohibition agents discovered a wildcat brewery hidden in an old meat house in the Chicago stock yards., where they set up a brewery estimated by Dr. Doran to have cost not less than $75,000. The smell of the stock yards was so strong it killed all odors from the brewery. The place was operated as a towel ex- ~hange and when trucks were sent out he kegs were covered with towels. The price of real beer, Dr. Doran said, was going up, indicating the growing scarcity of supply. He under- stood that whereas beer used to sell for about $30:a barrel in Chiéago, it was now going from $65 tq-$70 a bar- rel and the retailers were getting 25 cents a glass, The wildgfit beer, he sald, had about 4 or Eger cent alcobol “Invisible” Imports Include’ C.. MONDAY, NINE PLANES READY FOR HAWAI RAGE Pilots Expect to Get Away Tomorrow in First Long Aerial Contest. By the Associated Press. MUNICIPAL ATRPORT, Oakla Calif., August tance aerial derby in history, over a transoceanic course 2.400 miles out in the Pacific, will get under way at noon tomorrow when nine planes will swing into the alrways for Oatu, main island in the Hawalian group. Seventeen men and one woman— Miss Mildred Doran, 22-year-old Mich- igan school teacher—will travel to- ward Wheeler Field, near Honolulu, for a $25,000 first prize and a $10,000 second award, the gifts of James Dole of Hawail. Early today only one plane lacked official approval. The Dallas Spirit, plloted by Capt. William Erwin, dis- tinguished wartime flyer, which ar- rived here a few days ago, was ready for navigation tests and expected to qualify befors noon, the deadline for Federal certification of official entries to the Dole starting committee. Capt. Erwin’s plane had passed the Department of Commerce tests and confidence was expressed in A. H. Eichwaldt, navigator, who will ac- company the Dallas Spirit, to pass the tests. The Dallas Spirit will be the ninth starter, eight having qualified previously. Ton of Gasoline for Each. The planes will carry nine tons of gasoline, averaging a ton of fuel to each plane. They will dash down a take-off runway permitting only one plane to get into the air at a time. The difference between the first start- er and the last was originally figured at 16 minutes, but as post time ap- proached it was estimated that at least 10 minutes would elapse between take- ofts. 'The list of starters in the order of take-off is as follows: 1—The monoplane Oklahoma, piloted by Bennett Griffin; Al Henley, naviga- tor. 2—Normal Goddard, San Diego, pilot of the monoplane El Encanto, with Lieut. K. C. Hawkins, San Diego, in the navigator’s cabin. 3—Livingston G. Irving, war ace, flying alone in a Breese monoplane. . 4—Jack Frost, piloting the San Fran- co Examiner's Golden Eagle, navi- gated by Gordon Scott of Santa Monica. 5—J. Auggy Pedlar of Detroit, pilot; Lieut. V. R. Knorpe, San Diego, navi- gator, carrying Miss Mildred Doran, 22-year-old Michigan school teacher, as ‘passenger. N 6—Charles W. Parkhurst’s Air King, hacked by the citizens of Peorla, IIL, and navigated by Ralph C. Lowes, jr., Peoria. The plane is the smallest in the race. 7—Martin Jensen, 26-year-old flyer trom the Hawaiian Islands, carrying Paul Schulter, master mariner in the navigator’s cabin. They will fly a new Breese monoplane, purchased by citi- zens of Honolulu. _8—Arthur Goebel, Hollywood stunt fiyer, piloting a monoplane, navigated by Lieut. William C. Davis, U. 8. N. 9—Capt. Willlam Erwin, piloting the Dallas Spirit, navigated by A. H. Eich- waldt. Plan Hop in 22 Hours. The airmen expect to be in Honolulu 22 hours after they leave this airport, providing the navigators are able to map out a course over the great cir- cle which will strike the Isle of Oahu, a thin target in the Pacific. Originally there were 15 entrants in the race. Two failed to find planes, three planes crashed en route to the take-off place, resulting in three deaths, and one has been unable to get away from his home hangar with his new plane. Today the airport was a stream of dust from the roar of motors going through their final paces before post time tomorrow. The pilots and navi- gators were cleaning up final details incident to their departure, the most important of which was sending ward- robes to Honolulu by steamer, for they all feel certain of landing on Wheeler Field shortly after dawn Wednesday morning. - Take-Offs Carefully Planned. Afrport officials and pilots realize the take-off is one of the most danger- ous parts of the trip and all arrange- ments centered on preparing for the worst—a smashup of a loaded plane, if it overturned and exploded with a ton of gasoline in its tanks, within the view of thousands. The pilot must show all his skill to get his loaded plane into the air. If he misjudges the moment when his plane has sufficient speed to go off the ground and tries a take-off, it will be difficult to avoid a crash, for the loaded plane is almost certain to over- turn. The Oakland Airport runway is 7,000 feet in length, and ends within a mile of San Francisco Bay, where the flvers will head through the Golden Gate. NAVY TO GUARD FLIGHT. Seven Destroyers to Be in Line, Two Ready for Emergency. By the Associated Pres: Seven destroyers will be in the line of flight to render any emergency as- sistance when the Dole prize Honolulu fiyers take off from the Oakland air- port at noon tomorrow. The aircraft carrier Langley and the alreraft tender Aroostook also will he held in readiness should their help be required. Rear Admiral Washington, com- mandant of the 12th naval district at San Francisco, notified the Navy De- partment that the destroyers Hazel- wood, Meyer and Sumner would be stationed 100, 200 and 400 miles, re- spectively, from San Francisco light- ship on the great circle course from the lightship to the Island of Maui to provide protection for the first part of the flight. Four destroyers, headed by the Me- Donough, with Admiral Jackson, com- mander-in-chief of the battls fleet, on board, sailed from Honolulu fdr Seat- tle on Saturday. Army Nurse Is Retired. Second Lieut. Emma Haefner, Army Nurse Corps, has been placed on the retired list of the Army under the pro- visions of an act of Congress approved May 13, 1926, Log of Attempted Flights of German | Planes to America By the Associated Press. SUNDAY. 12:21 p.m.—Bremen hopped from Dessau, Germany. hopped oft oft au. 2:10 p.m.—Both planes sighted at Bremen, Germany. uropa forced by en- gine trouble to land at Bremen. 7:40 p.m.—Plane presumably the Bremen sighted over \Wake- fleld, England. 11:15 p.m.—Plane believed the Bremen flew over Kingston, near Dublin, Ireland. MONDAY. 5:00 a.m.—Monoplane of reported Dremen type reported over Pul- ham, England, flying southeast. 5:15 a.m.—Hanover, Germany wireless station reports Bremen at 53.26 north latitude; 1:14 east longitude, off the Norfolk coast of England flying east-southeast. (Planc believed to be returning to Germany account of bad weather.) 10:20 a.m.—The Bremen returned to Dessau. |EAGUE OF WORLD CHURCHES URGED Dr. Peter Ainslee of Baltimore Proposes Formation at Lausanne. By the Associated Press, LAUSANNE, Switzerland, August 15.—A league of churches, following the idea if not the policy of the League of Nations, was suggested this morn- ing to the World Conference on Faith and Order by Rev. Dr. Peter Ainslie of Baltimore, representing the Church of Disciples of Christ in North Ameri- ca. Dr. Alnslie is one of the leaders of the church unity movement in the United States. # “Is it not high time,” he asked, “that the churches should form a league, each church holding to all it has and seeking to. .contribute, :something to that divine life th#® has been released for the growth of mankind toward God?” “The covenant,” he continued, “need be no more binding than this conference, but it would afford oppor- tunity for a larger understanding by fu- ture conferences and a co-operative effort making possible the way for growth into unity which can never come £o long as we remain isolated from and indifferent to the causes of others.” A great multitude, he asserted, was turning away from the church be- cause of its unbrotherly traditions. The Most Rev. Dr. Nathan Soder- blom, Archbishop of Upsala, Sweden, appealed to the conference to back up its flood of words with some con- structive action. Christians, he added, ought to show unity by showing their Christianity. .. ’ NEW FREIGHT RECORD SET BY U. S. RAILROADS Carriers Handled Greatest Volume on Record During First Half of 1927. American railroads during the first six months of the current year, handl- ed the greatest freight traffic on rec- ord, the Bureau of Railway Economics declared today. During the period ended June 30, the roads handled 233,794,568,000 net tons miles of freight, an_increase of 6,821,980,000 net ton miles, ‘This represented an increase of three per cent over the corresponding period of last year, which the bureau said marked the previous high record. The western district showed an in- crease of 3.9 per cent over the same period of 1926; the eastern district 3.5 per cent, and the southern dis- trict nine-tenths of one per cent. Freight traffic for June, the bureau said, showed a drop of two per cent below that in June last year. WASHINGTON TEACHER ELECTED BY FEDERATION Miss Selma Borchardt, a teacher of this city, was elected a member of the Board of the World Federation Edu- cation Association at the third biennial convention at Toronto, Canada, last Saturday, according to word received here tody. Miss Borchardt, who is connected with the American Federation of teachers here was a delegate to the convention and acted as secretary of the social adjustment section, which discussed the “Relation of Schools to the Community."” Two other women were also elected to membership on the board. The convention was attended by delegates from all parts of the world. Son of Minister, Knocked Out, to Study for Pulpit By the Assoclated Pre BEULAH, Mich, August 15.— With a knockout at the hands of Dana Haswell, Beulah boxer, as his record in a bout Saturday aft- ernoon, Billy Lamance, 20, son of Rev. W. M. Lamance, Methodist minister, today prepared to make good a promise that he would study for the ministry if he failed in Saturday's contest. Young Lamance, Central A. A. U. boxing champion, after arranging with his father to serve as his manager for the fight, made an agreement to take up prize fighting as a profession If he was success- ful and to enter the ministry if unsuccessful. Rev. Mr. Lamance arranged for & license for the fight. Haswell tapped Lamance for the count in the thi 'AUGUST 15, 1927. BREMEN RETURNS TO DESSAU; MEETS ATLANTIC STORMS (Continued from First Page. fyers had progressed well out over the North Sea. Then motor trouble de- veloped which the pilots unsuccess- fully tried to remedy. Their difficulties increased. when the Europa ran into a dense fogbank. It was then that they decided it would be hopeless to continue, and reluctantly turned back toward land. So dense ‘was the fog, Edzard said, that he could not see his hand before his eyes. In his opinion it would have been crimi- nally foolhardy to continue, Sees Lights With Difficulty. ‘The airmen were able to discern the lights of the Bremen Airdrome only with great difficulty, and circled around a half hour trying to find the landing place. Eventually they made a bumpy landing. The tail of the ma- chine went into a ditch and the under- carriage and propeller were damaged. None of the three men, Risticz, Ed- zard and Hubert R. Knickerbocker, representing the New York American, was injured. Edzard, although greatly disap- pointed, said this morning that he was resigned to the inevitable. He thought the Bremen must have met with the same weather as did the !?:ropa, which he described as “ter- rible.” His troublegy ke said, began between Oldenberg and Emden, near the Ger- man coast, with a severe thunder- storm. . “Soon after we passed over Bremen,” he continued, “the weather thickened. We were just able to dis- cern the lights of the Island of Nor- dernéy (southwest of Heligoland) and were trying to shape our course to- ward Hull (England) when we got a severe shaking up from a thunder- storm. Visibility Becomes Worse. *“The visibility became worse every moment. We dodged this way end that trying to find better conditions, but in vain. Then Risticz suggested we fly back and go overland across Holland, but the weather became steadily worse. ““We faced the alternative of return- ing or forcing our way through at full speed with the grave risk of hav- ing to make a forced landing in the PRESIDENT HOLDS TAX SLASH KEY Low Surplus Estimates May Preclude Possibility of Cut This Year. BY J. R ELL YOUNG. Staff Correspoiudent of The Star. STATE GAME LODGE, S. Dak.| August 15.—Since the announcement | here Saturday following the confer- ence between President Coolidge and Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the budget, that the estimated surplus of the budget for the next fiscal year s considerably under the amount which administration leaders have hoped to reduce taxes, there is considerable speculation whether these hopes for further reduction will | be defeated. 1t is realized that much depends upon the decision of the President, | and he has made no expression since the Summer White House revealed that the next year’s budget which | was approved Saturday estimates a | surplus of only $214,000,000. Deficit Is Dreaded. ‘What adds to the belief that the prospects for another tax slash next year are not as bright as they were before this revelation of such a sur- prisingly small surplus, is the known fact that President Coolidge probably dreads nothing more than he does a deficit or a threatened deficit. In fact, he has always made it evident when discussing surpluses that he has a horror of even running dangerously near the wrong side of the margin. Just what the President thinks about these prospects is not known. He has never said at any time that he would recommend a further tax reducticn to the incoming Congress. He has, indeed, been very careful not to commit himself. He has listened attentively to what many of the party leaders have had to say on the subject, but he has withheld his own decision. He is known, however, to have warned others that it must be kept in mind in figuring on the possibility of another tax revis that the revenue law cannot be wi ten from the standpoint of a single year. Would Confer With Green. Although he has not committed himself in the matter, those who are close to the President sald today that while he has not conceded that hopes to cut taxes in the next Con- gress will have to be abandoned he would prefer to let a surplus ac- cumulate for use in debt reduction rather than apply them for the pur- pose of tax reduction if there is any apparent danger of bringing about a deficit in the national Treasury. It is known that President Coolidge prefers to await until he has conferred with Representative Green of Iowa, chairman of the House ways and means committee, before attempting to figure out whether another tax cut will be possible next year. He has been advised by Mr. Green that he is mzking a close study of the financial situation confronting the incoming Congress. It is the President’s under- standing that Mr. Green will come to the Summer White House for a long italk before the latter heads back for | ' Washington: While recently at the Summer White House, Senator Smoot, chair- man of the Senate finance committee, and in whose judgment the President is_known to have great confidence, said that it would be possible to make another_slash of $300,000,000 in the taxes. Representative John Q. Tilson of Connecticut, Republican leader of the House, while here a fortnight ago was of the same opinion about another reduction, and Representative Timber- lake of Colorado, member of the ways and means committes, who was a recent visitor, thought a reduction of at least $450,000,000 would be possible. Estimated Surplus Too Small. But if the surplus of $214,000,000 for next year has been correctly esti- mated, it is thought obvious by asso- ciates of the President that there is little hope for reducing the tax burden as has been planned by Republican Atlantic through insufficient fuel. I think we did the right thing in choos- ing the former, although with extreme regret. “We also found our motor working irregularly, and that decided us. Owing to the heavy load we carrled, ‘we broke our landing gear and tail of the machine when we came down, but the body and cabin were not damaged. Of course, I want to have another try as soon as possible.” After examination of the Europa, experts sald it was so badly damaged as to preclude all hope of continuing the transoceanic flight. They expressed the opinion that it would take weeks to repair the machine. CEMENT MAGNATE _ DIES IN NEW YORK Richard Hardy, Ex-Mayor of Chat- tanooga, Was 50 Years Old. Formed Merger. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 15.—Richard Hardy, former mayor of Chatta- nooga, Tenn., and chairman of the board of the Penn Dixie Cement Co., died of heart disease yesterday at Roosevelt Hospital. Hardy was born at Pentwater, Mich,, June 29, 1868, and after gradu- ating from the University of Michi- gan served as superintendent of schools at Escanaba and Ishpeming, Mich. Later he became a director of the New York Life Insurance Co. at_Pittsburgh. He helped form the Dixie Portland Cement Co. at Chattanooga in 1907, taking the office of secretary. Politi- cally he was a Republican and in 1923 he was elected mayor of Chat- tanooga, serving until last April, Last year he brought about a merger of the Dixie Portland Cement Co., of which he was then president, with other large concerns in the East. At the time it was reported the firm: represented a capital of $40,000,000. o LEAK IN FLYING BOAT AGAIN DELAYS COURTNEY By the Associated Press. SOUTHAMPTON, England, Au- gust 15.—A further postponement of Capt. F. T. Courtney’s projected trans- atlantic flight until tomorrow, and possibly Wednesday, was announced last night as the result of the discovery of a leak in the hull of the flylng boat ‘Whale, ‘The Whale, instead of being put into her shed last night, was left to ride at anchor in Southampton water. This proved to be fatal. During the night there was a violent storm, and although the Whale weathered it, Capt. Court- ney this morning found that a leak- age had admitted a foot of water. it was found necessary to summon en- gineers and put the machine in dry dock. R Messenger Drops Dead. Dennis W. Whitehead, aged 61 years, a colored messenger employed in the Adjutant General's Office, dropped dead there today of heart disease. Whitehead, who lived at 478 O street, formerly had been a messenger in the Navy and Treasury Departments, leaders. It is pointed out that the $214,000,000 estimated surplus is not only too small in {tself to permit much of a slash in the taxes, but it would not be able to stand up under drafts Con- gress will undoubtedly make upon it, which have not been accounted for in the budget of estimates. For in- stance, there is the farm relief bill the administration leaders are said to have prepared, which calls for a $300,000,000 revofving fund; Secretary Hoover's flood-control plan would call for at least $15,000,000 annually for D. C. GUARDS BEGIN CAMP WITH VIGOR Engineers to Build Large Span Bridge in 2 Weeks - at Fort Humphreys. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. FORT HUMPHREYS, Va., August 15.—Into the woods and morasses of this Army engineer post some 400 citizen soldiers, composing the 121at tegiment of Engimeers of the Na- tional Guard of the District, marched today, to transform the almost im- penetrable area into orderly lanes for the movement of a theoretical arms In the short space of 24 hours clerks, sclentists, office men of all kinds, used to cooling electric fans in Washington, stood shoulder to shoulder with chauffeurs, mechanics, laborers and the like in the burning sun and were transformed into wood- men, bridge builders and trench dig- gers. 5 They went at it with a fichting spirit this morning after they had Leen turn- ed out of their bunks at 5:30. It was their first work day in the camp. What | the day has in store will be told when Maj. George J. Allen, commanding the medical detachment, holds sick call to- morrow morning. To manicused, whitened, tender hands were in duced axes. cross-cut s hamm and long spikes, all preliminary to tha construction of a great ar bridge, Which will require two weeks in tha making. Squads of men with saws and glistening axes were sent into the heavily timbered area of the post to cut down many tadl trees and dress them for the supports of the bridge, which is being erected in the vicinit of the pig farm, located a considerable distance away from the main part of the post and the barracks where the District troops are quartered for their two weeks' stay. Weeds Are Barbered. Even the Medical Corps, which is in camp to minister to the casualties sus- tained by their comrades in arms, was put in a more sympathetic mood when Maj. Allen turned it out of the hospital shack where its members were placing bottles of pills and gal- lons of iodine on the shelves, and handed them implements for cutting down the four-foot weeds that almost obscured the hospital. ; "The usual amount of “soldiering” appeared at the first sick call today, being particularly prevalent among the old timers. But Maj. Allen weeded them out and sent them back to duty in time to go into the field with the main body of troops, leaving no one on the sick list. 3 The two battalions composing the regiment were sent into the field to- day under their battalion commanders, Maj. Julian S. Oliff and Maj. Ralph W. Childs, the latter taking his first tour of duty in the field as a battalion commander. Both are working in the same area, one outfit being engaged in bridge building and the other in laying out and digging the line of trenches preparatory to a mimic bat- tle to be held later in the encampment. What was particularly pleasing to the troops was the prompt function- ing of the food supply organization, which began immediately upon arrival of the citizen troops into camp. They were served a_complete noon meal when they reached their mess shacks after the trip from Washington in busses. Bus Movement Satisfactory. Col. John W. Oehman, command- ing the regiment, said that the bus movement was the most satisfactory method of travel that he had ever had for his command. The troops were moved from Washington to the camp in one hour and a half. The early part of yesterday af! noon, following the noon meal, was given over by the troops to getting their barracks ready for an early re- tirement. The officers began theit military instruction course yesterday afternoon when they listened to lec tures by Maj. Finch, commandant of this Engineer post, and Capt Weaver, also attached to the Regu- lar Army contingent here. Reports to headquarters toda: showed there were in camp 405 en listed men, 34 commissioned officert and ome warrant officer. These fizures accordiing to officers, showed that the Fegiment was only 11 men below peact strength and represents the lar; number of men that the regiment hat taken into camp since it was organ- ized. There were 126 men on the rolls of the regiment who did not report for camp duty. Company A, Capt. Buchler, com- manding, was given the first tour of guard duty around the barracks while Company B, Capt. Mushake, com- mander, took up the duty today. The troops are quartered in the old, dilap- jdated war-built barracks which they have occupied for several years. the next few years; the Boulder Dam and the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence seaway system will eat heavily into the Treasury, as well as other appro- priations which are likely to be made by Conzress which are not included in the budget. Associates of the President while discussing the subject today thought it likely that it it is possible to bring about a modified plan for reduction, the corporation tax would receive preference. It was explained that this is the one income tax that was raised in the last revenue bill, and it is held by some tax experts that a reduction of this tax would not reduce revenue to the same extent that similar cuts in other taxes would. It was added, In explanation of this, that when sur- taxes were reduced in 1926 the Treas- ury profited by the reduction. Three Cuts Would Eat Surplus. According to Senator Smoot, when he was visiting the President, if the corporation tax is reduced from its present maximum of 1332 per cent to 12 per cent the cut would amount to about $150,000,000. It was pointed out that if that cut is actually made, there would be only $64,000,000 remaining of the $214,000.- 000 surplus for 1929. If the proposal to cut to half the tax on passenger automobiles should be carrfed out also, that would take $50,000,000 more from off the surplus, which would leave only $14,000,000. Moreover, if the nuisance taxes are to be eliminated, as i8 proposed, there would be another cut of $37,000,000, which would make a deficit without taking into account any of the ex- traordinary appropriations Congress might see fit to make regardless of the budget. John Coolidge Welcomed. When John Coolidge arrived at Rapid City last night. he received a reception and ovation that would have done justice to the President himself. There were about 1,000 persons gathered about the little station to witness the arrival of the son of Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge. It was notice- able, too, that there were more young women than young men in the crowd of greeters. A shout of “Hooray for Coolidge,” went up as the tall, good- looking youth alighted from his train and stroce over to the automobile in which his mother was awaiting him. Mrs. Cooiidge was all smiles at the demonstration. As her boy reached her she threw her arms about him and gave him several kisses. Many surged about the car. Some one said to John, “You received almost as big a reception as your father did.” The smiling boy replied quickly, “That's because mother is here.” ‘When asked what he was going to TWO FLYERS KILLED BY DIVE INTO RIVER Blazing Plane Descends After Ex- plosion—Victims Strapped to Seats. By the Associated Presa. PITTSBURGH, August 15.—Two men were killed when their airplane fell into the Ohio River at Legionville, Beaver County, late yesterday. One of the victims, the pilot of the plane, was Identiflel as George W. Roth of Monaca. Witnesses said the plane had ex- ploded in midair and then nose-dived into the Ohio at Dam, No. 4, Legion- ville. The explosion, they said, ripped away the plane’s wings. A moment later the plane, afire. hurtled down- ward several hundred feet into the river. Carl Collhardt, lockmaster at Dam, No. 4, ordered out the towboat Kittan- ning, which was in the lock, a derrick boat and two yawls. The plane was found in 7 feet of water. The two victims were found strapped to their seats. Neither apparently had had time*to free himself. The second victim later was identi- fled as Kenneth B. Hercules, 23, of Martins Ferry, a bricklayer employed at Ambridge, Pa. . Driver Cleared in Killing. A coroner’s jury today exonerated Ernest H. Campbell, 34 years old, 1430 Belmont street, in the death of Mi Frnestine Wilson, aged 45, of 8153 I street southeast, who died Saturday from injuries sustained August 10 when she was run down by Camp- bell's automobile at Sixth and H streets. s Battlefield Markers Planned. Maj. Dwight F. Johns, Corps of Engineers, stationed in this city, has been detailed to additional duty as & member of the Army board appointed to make a study and investigation of battlefields in the United States en- titled and suitable for commemoration as national military parks. —————————itee enter the senior class at Amherst in the Fall. President Coolidge was standing at the foot of the porch steps at the game lodge when the car with Mrs. do out here, John replied that he in- tended to haye a good rest. He has just complef a Summer course at the University of Vermont. He will Coolidge and John pulled up after making its 32-mile ride from Rapid City. The President and his son * greeted each other affectionately.