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i | { { ! * midnight, Eastern standard time, fig- f : WEA' (U. 8. Weather Mostly cloudy row; somewhat cooler tonight. Temperature: Highest, 89, at 3:15 lowest, 68, at 5:50 a.m. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Entered as second class matter I No. 30,445. [3st"omes, Was TWO LONG OVERDUE IN CARLING PLANE; OLD GLORY SEARCH CONTINUED AT SEA British Scan Coast for Tully 1 and Medcalf, Scheduled to Have Landed at Croydon Field Early Today. HOPE FOR ROME FLYERS’ SAFETY RAPIDLY WANES No Trace Found in More Than 24 Hours—Three Ships Still Plough North Atlantic—Lost Monoplane Carried Sufficient Fuel to Last Until Tonight. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, Ireland, September 8—At 6 o'clock this evening, British Summer time, which was understood here to be the limit of the time that the Sir John Carling’s gas supply would last, no record whatever had been received as to the whereabouts of the air- plane, carrying Capt. Terry Tully and Lieut. James Medcalf. Re- ports from vraious points in Ire- land said that in view of weather conditions there were grave fears for the safety of the plane. By the Associated Press. NEW . YORK, September 8— Through wind-whipped, high-run- ning seas and cold rain squalls, three ships-today continued to plough over the North Atlantic in search of the moneplane Old Glory. Despite reports from two other steamers, which gave up their search fast night, that there was little hope for survival of the three occupants ‘of the plane, the liners Nova Scou'a, American Merchant and California swept a stretch of hundreds of miles off Newfoundland for a clue to the fate of the plane and its occupants, Pilots Lloyd Bertaud and JaxlIzs_p. Hill and their passenger, Philip P"’l{"‘;‘: steamers ‘Transylvania and Carmania, among the first to hear the distrese calls; after vainly. searching the ocean at the position where the lane was estimated to have come own, resumed their courses. Fuel for 56 Hours Carried. gasoline supply of the Old Gl?‘r; as estimated was sufficient to permit her to remain in the air until $:23 (Eastern standard time) tonight. The plane carried 1,270 gallons of line, which Bertaud and Hill esti- “mated would keep them aloft for 56 ‘hours and give them a cruising range of 5,000 miles, 700 miles more than their ed course from New York to Rome. ‘The plane left Old Orchard, Me., at 12:23 p.m., Eastern standard time. ‘Wiillam Randolph Hearst, the pub- lisher, backer of the Old Glory flight, today offered a reward of $25,000 to the captain and crew of the ship that finds the missing occupants. His an- mouncement follows: “I know that no reward is neces- sary to stimulate the search for Old Glory-and its occupants, but I will gladly give $25,000 to the captain and crew of the ship which finds them merely as an expression of my gratitude.” Due t Bordeaux at Midnight. 0ld Glory should have arrived over Bordeaux, France, before Wednesday uring from the fact that she was sighted 350 miles east of St. Johns, Newfoundland, at 11:57 o'clock East- ern standard time, Tuesday night and that she had been making about 100 miles an hour. From St. Johns to Bordeaux is approximately 2,500 miles. Twenty-four hours had elapsed at 8:30 o’clock this morning since the lin- ers ploughing their regular transat- lantic lanes in the darkness of the early hours of Wednesday picked up the despairing distress call: “WRHP—SO0S. Five hours out of Newfoundland, east.” “WRHP"” was the plane’s radio call. Its owner is W. R. Hearst. Search of the tumbling wastes of the Atlantic 500 miles off the New- fcundland coast had brought no sign either of the plane or of the little rub- ber boat with which the flyers were equipped against just such an emer- gency as seems to have befallen, Searchers See Little Hope. Capt. David W. Bone of the Cunard Anchor Liner Transylvania, the vessel nearest the spot, who raced his ship more than 80 miles to the estimated last position of the plane, reported regretfully last night: “Have searched area without re- gult. Feel little hope of survival in view of rough sea at time of cosualty.” He was proceeding on his voyage, he 1 F. G. Brown of the Carmania ; rain squalls and rough nd, like Capt. Bone, I was _“little chancy of survival of collapsible boat under present condition During the search for Old Glory, out over the Atiantic, where the Rome- bound plane was last heard from, where Nungesser and Coli, the brave Frenchmen, are believed to have gone down, and into whose spaces the Brit- ish St. Raphael, with Princess Lowen- stein-Wertheim aboard, vanished a week ago, another plane was winging its way to the east, unequipped with & radio with which to summon ald in case of emergency. Carling Plane Now Overdue. John Carling, manned by y Tully, pilot, and Lieut. i, ator, which left uy morning, the At , 30 miles ¥ arbor Grace Wedne was last seen } Jantic from Cay away. When they started Tully and Med- calf were ignorant of the plight of ©Old Glory, but the local authorities THER. Bureau Forecast.)___ tonight and tomor- hington, D. C. Disappearance of 18 By the Associated Press. % NEW YORK, September 8.—An in- ternational demand for a check on spectacular stunt flights followed to- day in the wake of the disappearance within the last year of 18 trans- oceanic flyers and the death of seven men in overseas flight preparations, Statements of aviation authorities in this country and in Italy and press comment in England and Germany deprecated the feasibility of long-dis- tance overwater hops and contained nst allowing aviators to nto “foolhardy” adventures. The reaction against spectacular flying became evident when six men and one woman were lost in the Dole fic derby and was empha- sized with the disappearance of the monoplane Old Glory in the North At- lantic yesterda. CHECK ON OVERSEAS FLIGHTS - DEMANDED IN U. S. AND EUROPE of 7 Preparing to Hop Declared Toll of “Foolhardy“ Stunts. Protests have been heard from the Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, weather authorities here and in England, newspapers in some of the leading cities of the world, from William Randolph Hearst, backer of the Old Glory flight and of the Golden Eagle, in which two men disappeared in the Dole Derby, and PLOTONKEMAL'S LIFE DISCOVERED Band Under Arrest Alleged to Have Planned to Dyna- mite Train. By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 8.— A plot to dynamite President Musta- pha Kemal's train when he returned to Angora in October is said by the au- thorities to hav: been confessed to by a band which penetrated Turkey from the Greek island of Samos and was captured by the Turkish army on Au- gust 28. The accused are now on trial in the Criminal Court at Stam- boul. % Rumor has it that the alleged plot ‘was instigated by 150 prominent exiled anti-Kemalists, scattered throughout Europe. If this is so, it is said that the disclosures probably will not lead to wholesale executions such as occurred in connection with the anti-Kemal plot at Smyrna last year. The reported confessions coincide with the President’s triumphant mes- sage of thanks to the nation which has just elected to the Assembly the 316 deputies which he himself picked. It is said that only one dissenting vote was cast throughout the land. BROCK AND SCHLEE OFF FOR BANGKOK Will Proceed to Hanoi if Bad ‘Weather Hampers Landing, Globe Flyers Say. By the Associated Press. RANGOON, British India, Septem- ber 8.—The American aviators, W. C. Brock and E. F. Schlee, who hopped off at 6:50 o’'clock this morning for Bangkok, Siam, in their round-the- world airplane, Pride of Detroit, stated that if bad weather made land- ing difficult at Bangkok, they would proceed to Hanol, French Indo-China. Japan Grants Permission. TOKIO, September 8 (#).—The for- eign office informally but definitely informed the American embassy to- day that permission had been granted for the _round-the-world airplane, Pride of Detroit, to land in Japan and also to hop off for the Midway Islands (the Midway Islands belong to_the Hawalian group). It is understood that the govern- ment probably will send a formal note to the embassy later, specifying cer- tain routes for entering Japan and for departing from the country. The Departments of War and Communica- tions, it is expected, will specify rules for the purpose of avoiding a flight over the fortifications of Japan prop- er, as well as the Bonin Islands, Japanese possessions in the North Pacific. — . NATIONALS BUY PITCHER FROM MEMPHIS TEAM By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 8.— The Memphis Southern Association base ball club has sold Lloyd Brown, a left-hand pitcher, to the Washington Nationals for a cash consideration and in exchange for Pitcher Thomas and Catcher Berger, it was announced to- day by Thomas R. Watkins, president of the Memphis club. Brown has won 15 and Jost 7 games this season. 280 Drown on Ferry. TOKIO, September 8 (P).—Two hundred and eighty Koreans are re- ported o have been drowned when a ferryboat _capsized Tuesday near Kaishu, Kokaido Province. Dis- patches to the Tokio newspaper JiJi say only six were rescued out of a total of 286 passengers. Thus far 29 bodies have been recovered. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, September 8.—Suicide has heen steadily decreasing in the United States, especlally among the vounger age groups, says the Metro- politan Life Insurance Co. in a review of statistics from the “ten original registration States” for the period from 1909 to 1924. et Harbor Grace placed in thelr map (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) , Radio Programs—Page 28 The figures were issued to offset the importance attached recently to the so-called “youthful suicidal wave.” The figures indicate, the .company said, “the opposite of what recent P . ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION i n Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1927—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. Aviators and Death from friends and relatives of William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee, who face a hop across the Pacific before the end of their around-the-world flight. Lindbergh Not Stunting. Harry Guggenheim, president of the Guggexr?;leim Fund, said Lindbergh was not stunt flying, because he was blazing a new trail, “but some of those who followed him were stunt flying, and aviation would be at least as well off it they had never flown. “The way that future stunts will be stopped is by the public itself. It is the only way that progress will not be stopped. r we must not forget that the spectacular of today is the commonplace of tomorrow. “The Federal Government should ave greater authority than it now has, to be exercised through the De- partment of Commerce, to see that every airplane is licensed.” Deputy Eugene Casagrande, one of the most noted aviators in Italy, as- serted transatlantic flights add noth- ing to the progress of aviation. But actually are damaging to it. “The mere fact of a non-stop flight from America to Europe, especially eastward,” he said, ‘‘demonstrates (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) PRESIDENT LOATH TOEND VACATION Stay in Black Hills Has No- ticeably Changed Nature as Well as Health. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staft Correspondent of The Star. RAPID CITY, 8. Dak., September 8.—With his stay in the Black Hills near the end President Coolidge per- sonally would really like to remain longer.” He admitted this to some friends several days ago, when he said with considerable feeling that he was sorry that the time was arriving for his departure; that he would be happy to have a few weeks more of this climate and scenery. Not only has he enjoyed the at- mosphere and ‘the scenic beauties of this section, but he has derived no end of pleasure from meeting the peo- ple. He has been impressed by their friendliness and their genuine sin- cerity. He has had great fun fishing and riding and visiting about the countryside, and that he will take away with him many pleasant mem- ories of a thoroughly happy and suc- cessful Summer. Becomes More Talkative. ‘While discussing the President’s im- proved physical condition today his assoclates expressed the opinion that his stay in the West has changed his nature somewhat. At least they can see a triking difference particularly so in his talking, He has lost con- siderable of what has been referred to as his silence. He no longer ap- pears taciturn when in gatherings or when receiving little groups. He evi- dently has caught something of the friendliness of the West, and talks much more readily and freely than before he came out here. Some are inclined to think that this noticeable change in the President is due to the weight he lifted from his (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) KIDNAPING BAND GOT $300,000, SAY VICTIMS Man ‘Beaten at Hotel Identified as Leader, Police Declare. | By the Assoclated Press. DETROIT, September 8.—Victims of a band of kidnapers who are said to have extorted more than $300,000 from Detroit gamblers and bootleggers. have identified Raymond Shocker, a Chi- cago bootlegger, as the leader of the band, and Theodore Cooper, a suspect- ed New York gangster, as his lieuten- ant, Inspector John B. Donovan and Detective Inspector Henry Garvin of the Police Department announced to- day. Shocker is in Receiving Hospital with bullet wounds and other injuries received Tuesday when he was shot and beaten in a downtown hotel room by two unidentified men, who escaped. Shocker, according to his story to police, came to Detroit recently with $4,800 to pay for shipment of liquor, and was beaten by the two men, one of whom invited him to come to his room in the hotel. The money was found in his pockets when police bat- tered down the door to the room where the attack occurred. Cooper was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion and more than $2,000. which police belleve represents a share of the lot from kidnapers and holdups, was found in his pockets. He is sald to be wanted in New York for shooting a police officer, At the request of the victims, the police said, they are withholding their names. Other victims were to view the men today. Reports in the un- derworld are that the band of kidnap- ers has extorted $334,000 in a series of kidnapings extending over the last several months. Suicides, Especially of Young, Declining, Insurance Company's Statistics Show newspaper discussion would have led us to believe,” The most favorable showing was in the age group from 10 to 19 years, the figures showed, with the group from 20 to 29 ranking second. The third greatest decrease occurred in the age group from 30 to 59, while the lowest relative decrease was in the group beyond 60 years of age. Disappointments at Summer re- sorts, financial reverses suffered by Summer indulgencies and automobiles were largely blamed for an increased number of suicides and motor fatali- ties in July, R e e LEAGUE ATTACKED AS SECRET SOCIETY FORLARGE POWERS Norwegién Delegate Declares Leading Nations Settle Questions in Private. GERMANY IS GIVEN PLACE ON MANDATE COMMISSION Action Called First Step in Restora- tion of Colonies Lost by War. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, September 8.—The re- volt of the little states against what is characterized as the great-power domination of the League of Nations was renewed in the Assembly meeting today when it was learned that the Polish plan to outlaw war had been ‘whittled down over night into so-called platonic idealism. C. J. Hambro, president of the Nor- weglan Chamber of Deputies, put the powers, the League and the world leaders on the griddle this morning. He declared that his *“whole cabinet was disappointed in the failure of the League of Nations to agree on dis- armament principles.” Opposes Private Conferences. The statesmen of a few great pow- ers in the League, he continued, often settled questions in private, and pub- lic discussion in the council after- ward was a mere formality. He said that the small nations all are waiting and wondering what the lead- ing nations are going to do about dis- armament. One difficulty, he remark- ed, is “that there are too many diplo- mats at the League meeting and they are not in favor of publicity.” Mr. Hambro urged that the meeting of the disarmament preparatory com- mission, of which the United States is a member, be held in November as scheduled, and not be postponed. The speaker criticised the big pow- ers for what he said was an apparent disposition to hog the good jobs of the league secretariat. In a scathing attack on what he declared was the secrecy of the coun- cil Mr. Hambro charged that a su- preme council, which really was run- ning things and which was confined to the big powers, had grown up within the League council. He said that he doubted whether the League leaders- realized the force of the re- sentment which this development in the League was engendering through- out the world. Speaker Applauded. " “Emphasizing the great Interest “on the other side of the ocean” in the move to outlaw war, ao e Mr. Ham!| made an appeal thag, g U should be run in 'm ":; t no slrdem power could long remain out- side. Mr. Hambro's declarations were greeted by the public at the session with a volume of applause that has scarcely ever been exceeded since the inauguration of the League. Another speaker who expressed the belief that the League was being al- lowed to drift backward was Premier Voldmaras of Lithuania. He proposed the neutralization of the Baltic States as one means of guaranteeing the peace of Europe. ' Nicholas Politis of Greece defended the council, insisting that it always must act prudently. He sald he doubted the wisdom of the Dutch at- tempt to revive the Geneva protocol and asserted that the world as a whole was not disposed to accept compul- sory arbitration until a system of penalties against an aggressor nation became practicable. He expressed complete confidence in the future of the League and in the poseibilities of the reduction of armaments. He in- sisted, however, that patience was necessary. Gist of Peace Proposal. Seeking to obtain British support for their proposed general non-aggression pact, the Polish delegates to the League of Nations assembly have con- sented to a simplification of the text. Their decision is said to have been taken after consulting the League Jurists. The proposed pact, it is understood, now contains only two or three articles, with a preamble. article declares that all wars for the solution of in- ternational conflicts are henceforth forbidden. Another provides that all international conflicts must be settled by pacific means. A third will prob- ably stipulate that, pending real re- duction of armaments. the nations agree not to increase their armaments. Assertions that competitive arma- ments create an atmosphere of war and that reduction of armaments must be doggedly fought for and achleved were the high points of addresses at the assembly yesterday. The Japanese delegate, Mineichiro Adachi, said Japan ardently desired that ruinbus competition in arma- ments should be brought to a ‘stand- still and lowered to a level strictly essential to national security. He pledged his country’s co-operation with the League's preparatory dis- armament commission, while another speaker, Erich Lofgren, foreign min- ister -of Sweden, insisted it was use- less to convoke anew before the great military powers settled the divergen- cies of views which had appeared at previous meetings of the commission. M. Lofgren criticized the council of the League for its passive attitude on political problems in the past year, alluding, it is believed, to the con- troversy between Italy and Jugo- slavia, and showed no terror of the great powers when he scourged the practice of certaln members of the League in discussing burning political questions among themselves. “This,” he said, “has not dissipated the fears of those who believed that enlargement of the council would in- crease the danger that important po- litical questions would be withheld from the decisions of the council and would be transferred to an inner cir- cle of representatives of cgrtain powers only.” Germany on Mandate Body. What was said in league circles to be the first step toward exentual restoration of one or more of Ger- many’s colonies, which were lost to | pe, her as a result of the war, was taken today when Germany was assured a seat on the League of Nations man- date commisison, supervising her for- mer colonies. This came as the result of a decision of the council this afternoon. to in- crease the membership of t! HOOVER URGES AID Last Trolley Car In Nevada Rides FORFLODD SEGTON ToCblsioninkene Secretary Will Try to Get Ex- tension of Loans as Help to Farmers. BY REX COLLIER. Staft Correspondent of The Star. NEW ORLEANS, La., September 8.—Secretary Hoover has taken the whiphand in a grim effort to steer the tottering flood country around the mudhole of economic disaster and back on the highway to prosperity. The brightest era in the history of the Mississippl Valley lies just ahead, Hoover declares, and it is the duty of the residents of the valley, as well as of the Nation at large, to see that the delta pulls through the present crisls. Seriousness of economio problems confronting the cotton planters down Fedel'fll here has so imPressed the Commerce Secretary that he has centered his at- tention on them during the past two days. Something must be done at once to help the farmers bear the al- most insufferable burden of mort gages, levee taxes and other obliga- tions piled upon them, or they must give up the fight and let the whole financial structure collapse, he be- lieves.. ‘Hoover Urges Co-operation. Hoover, is optimistic, however. He insists that the problem will be solved, and he has certain ideas as to just how the valley should go about doing it. It is a problem to be work- ed out, not by the Red Cross, which Is not concerned with industrial crises, but by wholehearted co-operation among the State, lo¢al and private in- terests directly involved. The State may work out a system of taxation that will lighten the load, he believes. The community bank- ers should adopt a liberal policy re specting crop loans of -the coming year. The large outside mortgagees should agree not to press their claims of default until the planters have had a chance to see what they can do with their cotton fields in 1928. Louisiana has taken the lead among the Valley States in the move- ment for solution of the situation. The . State. Legislature, in extraor- dinary session, has before it a num- ber of flood-reliet bills, foremost among which Is one to postpone pay- ment of taxes in the flooded parishes ontinued on Page 2, Column 1) COTTON SOARS LIMIT ON U. S. CROP REPORT Jumps $10 a Bale, Maximum for Day's Trading When Smaller Yield Is Forecast. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, September 8.—The price of cotton jumped $10 & bale in ihe New York market today, follow- ing the Government Mlgtembsr 1 fore- cast, indicating a yleld about 800,000 bales less tRnn \;vtu1 predicted in the of Au L .'tm. vy spended at noon to nment report, which old at 12,692,000 bales. There were a few cheérs, but little e: citement, as traders had guessed the yield would range from 11,800,000 bales to 14,500,000, with the average 13, 033,000. When after 15 minutes trading was resumed, prices rose immediately to the $10-a-bale limit for any one day, and then trading quieted almost to the point of inactivity. Heavy realizing was absorbed on reaction of 90 to 95 points during the afternoon, and prices turned upward again in response to a renewal of buy- ing, accompanied by reports of in- creagsed forelgn trade demand and firmer holdings of the Southern spot market, —_— "WHOLE FAMILY MISSING. L0OS ANGELES, September 8 (#).— An entire family was reported miss- Ing to the sheriff’s office here yester- day when aid was asked by O. Kennedy of Glendal, in the hunt for his son, L. A. Kennedy; his daughter- inlaw and grandchild, missing from their home in Burbank since Septem- r 3. Kennedy told the police that his son had had difficulties with a liquor ring, sing i of Teporting theie after accusing 3 activities to: the police. He sald he feared the entire family had met with foul play. - His son had been threat- ened over pou?: telephone, his. father e o | RENO, Nev., September 8— Nevada today is a State without a trolley car. Doddering down antiquated tracks, the last street car of Reno, and likewise of the State, rode into oblivion Wednesday night and the system will be scrapped. It was an inglorious end of a transportation system on which troubled wives once used for pleas- ure rides while they waited for courts to award them divorces. Buses have supplanted the trolley system. e PERSONNEL BOARD OUSTER DEMANDED Employes Declare Dissatisfaction With Meth- ods of U. S. Agency. Special Dispatch to The Star. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., ‘September 8.—Advocacy of the abolition of the Personnel Classification Board stood as the climactic action of the ninth convention of the National Federation of Federal Employes as that body to- day was nearing the close of a pro- gram as comprehensive as the varied services and tasks that go to make up the National Government. Payment of extra compensation for service performed beyond the usual hour and upon holidays and Sundays was urged in a resolution asking that legislation be obtained to make this payment obligatory on the heads of all departments in the Government. per diem dorkers. It was pointed should apply to per annum as well as per diem worker.s It was pointed out that, while private employers gen- erally recognize the principle of extra compensation, it is largely ignored in the Government service. Activity in Politics. Participation of Federal employes in legitimate political activity, long a bone of contention in the Government service and a_question which leaders of organized Federal workers believe is fraught with injustice to employes, ‘was discussed in connection with a res- olution seeking remedial action. The resolution was referred to the execu- tive council. The law was termed “so sweeping and ambiguous that it places almost every Government employe in jeopardy of official investigation if he or any member of his family expresses a personal opinion on any controversial subject.” It was in connection with deliberation on this resolutiori that a scathing denouncement of alleged fail- ure of the merit system wes pro- nounced by Luther C. Steward, presi- dent of the federation. “It must be recognized that Federal employes as membhers of the so-called classified service have many times been the victims of political activity,” asserted Mr. Steward. They are placed under definite re- strictions regarding their own move. ments where politics is concerned. It is true that they may vote and express political opinions privately, but they | be: are definitely hampered in taking part in what so often is the strongest ‘weapon of American citizens. “Let us have done with this appear- service. % N MELLON SEES GAIN INBUILDING PLAN Preliminary Work Under Way for First of New Structures in Triangle. Good progress is being made on the great public building program for Washington and the country at large, in the opinion of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who returned yes- terday to his desk from Europe. The Board of Architectural Con- sultants, which has in hand develop- ment of details in the program for the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue and west of the Botanic Gar- dens, will meet at the Treasury Sep- tember 20, bringing their sketches. Members of the board have been as- signed to work on different parts of the triangle program, and many de- tailed sketches are expected to be ready for the board, whose members are coming from all parts of the country. Bids Are Asked. In tHe meantime bids for one of the smaller projects, completion of the two stories on top of the Liberty Loan Building, adjacent to the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing, have () Means Associated Press. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,751 TWO CENTS. HUGHES FAVORED BY NEW YORKERS ASG.0.P. LEADER Great Gain in Strength Seen Since His Defeat by Wil- son 11 Years Ago. A PRESTIGE OF HOOVER BELIEVED INCREASING Nominatiqn of Smith Appears More Likely Than It Did Short ‘While Ago. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staft Correspondent of The Star. NEW YORK, September 8.—New York Republicans are for the nomi- nation of Charles Evans Hughes if President Coolidge is definitely out of the race. This Is the view taken by some of the party’s most respon« sible leaders here. Should both Mr. Hughes and Pres- ident Coolidge eliminate themselves, then the New York delegation to the Republican national convention next year in all likelihood will be split several ways. Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce has his friends here. It is mot unlikely that as time goes forward much sentiment for his nomination may crystallize. He is far more popular here than he was in 1920, when his name went before the Republican convention for the first time. So, too, are former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois and Vice Presi- dent Charles G. Dawes and Speaker Nicholas Longworth. Mr. Hughe$, by his interview on his return this week from Europe, has not eliminated himself from the group of foremost presidential possi- bilities for the 1928 nomination. He has merely reiterated his statement made earlier in the year when he said he was for the renomination of President Coolidge, “first, last and all the time.” He added at that time that he himself was “too old” for the job. But the latter part of his state- ment is not taken seriously here, however serious Mr. Hughes may have been in advancing it as a reason why he should not be nomi- nated. Never Announced Candidacy. The next move, so far as Mr. Hughes 1s concerned, is clearly up to President Coolidge. Mr. Hughes will say nothing more. He believes that the President has not yet said that he will not accept the nomination if the party and the country demand he be renominated. Even if the President some fine morn- ing should amplify his “I do mnot choose” statement, saying that he would under consideration accept the nomina is unlikely that Mr. Hughes would have any announce- ment about his own candidacy. He would ba & Out of character if he did. He bas been Governor of New York and the mominee of the party for President, but he has never been an announced candidate for nomina- tion for office. been asked and will be opened in the loffice of the supervising architect Sep- tember 21. The framework and floors of thess ‘two stories are constructed, but .there still remains to be bullt the outside walls and installation of the elevators. Although Congress failed to appro- priate funds for several projects in the public building program, sufficient money is available, it was explained In 1916, when the Republican na- tional convention nominated him, Mr. Hughes was a member of the Supreme Court of the United States. The con- vention had had no sign from Mr. Hughes that he would accept the nom- ination if tendered him. The fact of the matter was that the convention nominated Justice Hughes and then waited anxiously for 30 minutes be- fore its mind was relieved by a state- by Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury Dewey, supervising th: Washing- ton building program, to proceed with several items already under way. For instance, preliminary work is going on toward the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Com- merce and the Bureau of Internal Rev- enue buildings, with likelihood that actual work may start in that order. There is some question as to just when the Department of Agriculture may be put -nder contract; sketches for it are being worked out by the architec- tural firm of Rankin & Kellogg. Buildings to Be Vacated. The next work on the Department of Commerce site will be razing of old buildings in the area between Four- teenth and Fifteenth streets, B street and Ohio avenue. Notices already have been sent to occupants of prop- erty there to vacate between October 1 and October 15. Rough excavation work will then follow, as the first excavation work in the triangle, ac- cording to present prospects. The Internal Revenue Building, which some time ago had been desig- nated at the first project to get under way, now appears to be second. In the case of the Bureau of Inter- nal Revenue, however, several factors have come in to alter the situation. The Farmers’ Market is located on the south half of the Internal Rev- enue Bureau site and the District Commissioners have come to no de- cision as to what to do with it. Inas- much as Center Market has been pick- ed as the site for the new Department of Justice, which probably will be among the next buildings slated for erection, the whole market question appears likely to be precipitated into the next Congress, to open in Decem- r. It is the intention of the Treasury to leave the farmers in their market for the closing out of the Fall harvest crops. Under a preliminary arrange- (Continued on Page, 2, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Hospital and professor of interesting -articles on this Other articles to follow, one the leading psychiatri Th “Why Men Fail” Dr. William A, White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth's University, has written the first of & series of intensely The Magazine of Next Sunday’s Star Magazine, will be written by the world’s famous doctors— by officers of the American Medical Association. 'Orla: your cofy of next Sunday's Washington Star, psychiatry of Georgetown subject, It will appear in each Sunday in The Star's ries is approved and edited from your newsdsaler today. ment from Washington saying that Mr. Hughes accepted the nomination. New Yorkers regard the nomination of Gov. Al Smith by the Democ: as far more likely than they a short while ago. They believe that the Empire State will become a real battleground in the event of Gov. Smith’s nomination. For that reason they believe further the Republican party will turn to New York for & presidential candidate to make the race against Gov. Smith. Avolds Instructed Delegations. They may or may not be right in this conjecture, but they are quite sure that if any New Yorker is to be selected it will be Mr. Hughes. As a matter of practical politics, New York does not send instructed delegations to the Republican national conventions, but when they go to the conventions it is pretty well known beforehand for whom they will vote for the presidential nomination. So the delegates to the 1928 convention will go uninstructed and ungoverned by any unit rule. If the President remains silent and makes no further Statement about the presidential nomi- nation, and Mr. Hughes in the same way is eloquently silent, the delega- tion will go prepared to support one or the other, or both, as occasion may demand. President Coolidge is tre- mendously popular in New York. There is no mistake about that. New York leaders and the rank and file generally had believed and hoped that Mr. Coolidge would be renomi- nated and re-elected. They believe now that the President was sincere in saying that he did not choose to run for President in 1928. But many of them, like Mr. Hughes, do not be- lieve that he has finally closed the door. For that reason the delegation, like the delegations of Massachusetts and Connecticut, will in all probability desire to be in a position to turn to Mr. Coolidge if the way is still open. One reason for the renomination of Mr. Coolidge which is strongly urged in some quarters here is that such a nomination would foreclose any con- test among the Republicans. Repub- licans insist that he can win the elec- t‘lon. that he can carry New York State against any Democrat who may be put up. They want a winner. They believe that a Coolidge nomination would be to the best interests of the ::.l:ty and the country, There you 1916 Conditions Unusual. The only two reasons which be advanced against the nomlnl:.i:n, of Mr. Hughes, should the lent be finally out of the picture, New York- ers say, are that he was a candidate once before and was defeated and that he himself has raised the question of his age. Republicans as a general thing have been char yabout nomi- nating candidates for high office who have previously been beaten at the polls. But Mr. Hughes was a candi- date for office 11 years ago, under con- ditions that were abnormal. Wilson's supporters raised the “he kept us out of war” slogan, which several States that under normal conditions larly clockwor] Mr. Hughes suffered (Gontinued- on- Page 2, Golumn: 7. A <