Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1927, Page 2

TREASURY SEEKING TAX REVISION PLAN Officials Say Surplus This Year May Not Exceed $300,000,000 Mark. By the Associated Press Tax revision, one of the major prob- lems for the new Congress, is being carefully studied by Treasury officials but they said today that many changing factors would enter into the equation befor | cember that they had not yet formu- lated any definite prosram Rasing their estimates upon figures | thus far available, these officials do not expect the Treasury to have this fis- | cal year anvthing like the half-hil- | lon-dollar surplus which it had last vear, and which was applied to retire ment of that much of the public debt. Some do not anticipate a surplus in excess of $£300.000,000 In this connection, attention is call- ed that much of the surplus of the| past years has been made up from h: tax payvments, liquidation of Joans to the railroads and the sale of jals, These soure of extra revent are rapidly up, R is sserted, and the ment must look almost rent receipts to meet cu Revenue and Operation Cost. Under tt evenue in force | during the past few Federal | income has not kept pace with the actual cost of Government and the gulf between the two is expected to be widened by the increased costs of annual governmental operation during the next few years if Congress meets the demands for internal improve- ments, naval expansion and farm re lie mat surplus war Govern wtively to cur ent expenses. vea 15 the informal disc ussions which | have proceeded t ¢ on the sub- ject of tax revision, surtax rates, £o. called luxury taxes and the corpora-| tion levy have come in for a major | part of attention. Some reduction of the surtax rates may be proposed, al- thou: these rates were sharply reduc®d by the 1925 act. Under that reduction income taxes actually have increased, and it is contended that with a further reduction more money will be taken out of “frozen” secur- fties and put into productive enter- prise, with the result that there will be more taxable income. There is a division of opinion with | respect to the luxury taxes. with some holding to the view that all should be wiped 2d others that the tax on automobiles. club dues and the stamp levies should be retained. Rates Only One Phase. Income from admission taxes has fallen to around $15,000,000, and there | is an apparent increasing sentiment | for their repeal, largely upon the ground that there is an evasion of the tax to the detriment of the Treasury, but with cost to the patrons of amuse- ment places. With the corporations generally en- Joving perhaps the greatest prosperity in many years, the argument has been advanced that the tax on them should not be disturbed at this time. This is predicated upon the theery that even if the tax rate should be reduced, as many think it should be, there would be no lessening of the prices of manu- fattured commodities to the consum- er, and that consequently only the corporations would benefit from a re- duction. | Rates are only one phase of the tax problem. Administrative features of | the law will come in for a full share of attention, as admittedly there are many Inequalities in the existing law which Congress will undertake to ree- tify on the basis of recommendations to be made by the joint congressional tax committee created two years ago. ASSENBLY T0 0PEN NEW ORDER IN'SPAIN Dictatorship to Yield to Semi- Representative Form of Government. By the Associated Press. MADRID, Spain, September 13.—A mew chapter in the evolution of the government of Spain began today, the fourth anniversary of the inception of the military directorate under Gen. Primo de Rivera, the premier-dictator. The directorate was modified into a semi-military ministry, but operated without a Parliament. The place of Parliament now is to be filled by the long-promised National Assembly, con- vocation of which was decreed yester- day by King Alfonso at the request of Primo de Rivera. The Assembly is expected to meet on October 14 for the primary purpose of advising the government on the draft of a new constitution and other matters of state, including the budget. People Promised Voice. ‘The people will have no direct voice in the selection of the Assembly mem- bers, all of whom are to be appointed by the government. Primo de Rivera has promised; however, to give all #hades of public opinion a consulting voice, excluding only politicians of the | ©ld ’svhool, whom he ousted from their posts, The Assembly is expected to meet twice every month, but its various commissions will gather daily, except Bundays and holidays. No sessions will be held during August and Sep- tember. Its tenure is three years. Members desirous of consulting a member of the government must do ®0 in writing, giving the minister 15 days to decide whether he will appear in the Assembly or ignore the ques. tion. Sessions will be public, but the press reports are to be subject to the censorship. Under the terms of the decrees, leg- §slation will be initiated by the gov- ernment. After debate, the Assembly returns the measures to the ministry with its suggestion These the min- istry may accept or reject, as it sees fi* ‘The mea e then become law. 01d Guard Protests. The decree has already evoked bit- ter protests from the old guard, but the censorship has prevented all at- tempts at open criticism, as the gov- ernment permits the newspapers to print only what it regards as construc- tive criticism. Official circles were quick to point out that the decree changes nothing in the political situation nor in the asnect . the country. These quar ters also say that the decree in reality has strengthened the government. Nacion, governmental newspaper, savs editorially that the Assembly may seem “somewhat dictatorial, it marks a great step forward, in that it permits the government in excep- tional cases to take any kind of action with the advice of the members of the Assembly.” 0dd Fellows Plan Dance. Spacial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDOY, Va., September 13.— Arlington Lodge of Odd Fellows has lans about completed for a dance to given in its hall here Thu 3 evening at 9 o'clock. Music will be furnished by Russ Hendley and his “DN. €. Jazz Bandits." . Congress meets in De- | |a la | he DR. SHANTZ. FAMOUS BOTANIST, | Resigned From Department of Agriculture Last Year | After 20 Years. iAssumes New Duties at Ex- piration of Present Year. Succeeds Dr. Marvin. Dr. H. Shantz, known bot vear from culture, yester 1 internationally st, who resigned las the Department of ¢ was elected pres dent of the Univ ¢ of Arizona at meeting of the hoa of regents, According to the Associated Press he will assume duties at the ex tion of the college year just starting The presidency at the University of Arizona was made vacant when Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin resigned to hecome the head of George Washington Uni- versity, in this city, last Summer. In the meantime Byron Cummings was appointed acting president at the Tueson institution and will continue in that capacity for this year. Specialist Here 20 Years. Shantz is well known in Wash- having been in ‘the service tment of Agriculture as for 20 vears. Although csigned to hecome professor of botany at the University of Tllinois at Urbana, he has been acting since then as a _collaborator with the Bureau of Plant Industry and the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. He became internationally famous as a scientist by his many explor: tions in foreign countries, especially n Afri After the World War he onducted an investigation of the vicultural possibilities ot Africa for tha peace conference at Paris and on previous explorations in that conti- Dr ington, of the De specialist MADE ARIZONA UNIVERSITY HEAD § HERRIS X BN DR. H. L. SHANTZ. nent he brought back many valuable plant specimens for experimental pur- poses in the United States, Has Written Many Volumes. For many years Dr. Shantz has specialized in plant geography in re lation to plant industey and his writ- ings on this subject fill many techni- cal volumes. He made extensive researches in the Great Plains avea and the semi-arid te ories of Ari- zona and southern California. Last vear he made other investigations in these territories for the Depart- ment of Agriculture, for the purpose of mapping vegetation with a view to furnishing information as to the possible agricultural value of these lands, Dr. Shantz fs 51 years old and a native of Michigan. Ife was grad- nated from the Unlversity of Ne- hraska. WATER AND SEWER ISSUE UNSOLVED Federal Plans for Remodeling Triangle and Cost Involved Not Disclosed. The District Commissioners and heads of the various engineering de- partments of the municipal govern- ment denied today any knowledge of reports that the Federal Government is planning to require the District to pay the cost of remodeling the water and sewer mains in the Pennsylvania avenue triangle to meet the greater needs of the public buildings to be erected under the $50,000,000 construc- tion program. The question of financing the re. moval of the present underground construction and the replacement of larger mains has not yet been solved as far as the Commissioners know, but they are proceeding on the theory that the District will not be called upon to pay the cost. 1In fact, the heads of the departments concerned. most emphatically declare that they will resist any effort on the part of the Federal Government to use the appro- priations of their respective depart- ments for enlarging the mains. Rumor Traced to Parley. The Commissioners believe that a conference held with a representative of the supervising architect's office of the Treasury last Saturday concern- ing plans for the removal of the un- derground construction in the vicinity of Fifteenth street and Ohio avenue, where work is scheduled to start soon for the new Department of Commerce Building, may have caused the circu lation of the reports that a demand was made upon the District to psy the cost of the work. Engineer Commissioner William B. Ladue explained that the Treasury Department representative merely re- quested the District to make arrange- ments for the removal of the under- ground construction on the site of the new Commerce Building, preparatory to the excavating work. but ‘hat no indication was given that the munici- pal government was expected to move the mains. District Exempted, He Believes. Commissioner Ladue said he is under the impression that there is some doubt as to whether the District or Federal government would pay the cost of remodeling the water and sewer mains in the Pennsylvania ave- nue triangle, but that he is quite sure that the expense will not be saddled on_the municipal government. J. S. Garland, superintendent of the Water Department, also denied that he had conferred for two hours with Commissioner Ladue yesterday concerning the removal of the water mains in the Pennsylvania avenue tri- angular area. He said some time ago he prepared an estimate for the Treas- ury Department on the probable cost of enlarging the water mains in the area, but that no intimation was given him that he was expected to do the work out gf the appropriations for his department. BURIAL IN VIRGINIA FOR R. B. McGROARTY, Man Killed When Body Falls Nine | Stories on Him in New York to Be Brought to Falls Church. Special Dispatch to The Star. FALLS CHURCH, Va., September 13.—Robert B. McGroarty, who was killed in New York when struck by the body of Victor J. Steinberg as it hurtled from the ninth floor of an of- fice building following a shooting af-| fray in which two other men lost their lives, will be buried at his hoyhood home here tomorrow afternoon. Ku- neral services will be held at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam B. McGroarty. and interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery. Mr. McGroarty was years old and a veteran of the World War. He is{ survived by his widow, who was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Garner of Falls Church; his parents and two_sisters, Mrs. MacKenzie of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Mrs, Alfred Bevins of Rio Janerio, Brazil. Burial has awaited the arrival of Mrs. Bevins, who reached New York today. On account of the funeral, the meet- ing of 1" . King’s Daughters Circle, scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed to Wednesday, September 21, when it will be held at the home of Mrs. W. O. Robinson. Beach Hotel Burns. WILMINGTON, N. C. September 13 (#).—The Carolina Beach Hotel at Carolina Beach, a resort near here, burned early today. The origin of the fire has not yet been determined. The loss is estimated at $125.000, all furnishings as well as the building being totally destroyed. President’s Son Off to College. NAVY TO BE IN AIR RACES. | Pilots Are Designated for Spokane | Events. Lieut. Comdr. Gerald F. Bogan of Michigan and Lieuts. Herbhert E. Re- gan and Aaron P. Stoors of New York. all attached to the Aircraft Squadron of the Pacific Fleet, have been dmgi nav air nated as pilots of the three planes entered in the national races at Spokane late this month. They will participate in the free-for- he special Navy plane contest. pursuit shi 1500 water- Boeing equipped with Packard cooled motor: NEIGHBORS COMPLAIN OF DIET CURE HOME Declare Nurse's House Is, in Real- ty, a Hospital Defying Zoning Rules. William E. 3242 Thirty- Cotton, eighth street, and 12 other residentsin the vicinity today filed suit for an in- junction in the District Supreme Court against Addle M. Barton, a registered nurse, who conducts, they claim. a pri- vate hospital at 3244 Thirty-eighth street in alleged defiance of zoning and health regulations. The petitioners tell the court that the 17-room house occupied by the de- fendant is equipped with call bells and other paraphernalia of a hospital and they complain that the “business’ con- ducted there under the guise of a “health home” or ‘“diet cure” is in reality a hospital. The claim is made that deaa per- gons are removed by night and that the clotheslines in the yard are hung with a number of nightgowns, like those in use in regular hospitals. Noises are also complained of and it is alleged that persons take sun bathsin a semi-nude condition on the porches of the house, District Commissioners, it is stated, have already complained against the defendant in Police Court for the maintenance of a private hospital with- out license and in violation of a zoning ruling after hearing last June. Attorneys W. Gwynn Gardiner, for- mer District Commissioner, and Hugh M. Frampton. appear for the neigh- bors. U. S.-MEXICO CLAIMS BODY TO STAY IN WASHINGTON Rumor of Proposed Transfer of Headquarters to Mexico City Is Denied. A report from Mexico City that sessions of the Mexican-American General Claims Commission had been transferred to the Mexican capital by agreement with the Washington Go ernment was explained at the State Department as applying only to one meeting of the commission, and its headquarters will remain in Washing- ton, The Mexican government desired, for reasons not made known here, that meetings be shifted to Mexico City. A conference, however, re- sulted in an agreement that one meet- ing be held there, the date being sub- ject to ratification ‘hy the Mexican Congress of the recently negotiated treaty extending the commission’s life for two years. MODERN “VIKINGS” RESCUED FROM SEA Englishmen Attempting to Emu- late Voyage of Leif Ericson Saved * After Six Days’ Drifting. By the Associated Press, MONTREAL, September 13.— Adrift for six days on the raging North At- lantic, Richard M. Jackson, an Eng- lish law student, and William E. Sin- clair, a South London schoolmaster, who were attempting to emulate the voyage of Leif Ericson, were rescued from their 22-foot yawl by the S. S. Alcor, 350 miles off Belle Isle, on Sep- tember 7 and brought to Montreal when the Alcor docked here. Sinclair and Jackson set out from the Erith Yacht Club, near London, in the last days of June in their little craft, and successively Pentland Firth, Reykjavik, Iceland and Greenland, They then set their course for St. John's, Newfoundland, but on Septemher 1 they had ran into a severe North Atlantic gale. Their craft was badly damaged, although it ode the storm, and for six days the {two amateur vachtsmen were tossed about at the mercy of the wave: On the evening of September 7, a light was seen and the “Vikings" sent up flares which eventually brought the Alcor alongside. The rescue was made with difficulty. ‘With her first long poem, “The John Coolidge, son of President and Mrs. Coolidge, is leaving Washington today to return to Amherst College, where he will enter on his last year next week. Land,” Miss V. Sackville West, poet and author, has won the Hawthornden prize of £100, for what is deemed to be reached the | THE - EVESINGE §1AR.” WASATNGTOR.” 0.” LIGHTER PENALTIES URGED BY BRIDE Suggests Less Drastic Action to Cut Demand for Police Court Jury Trials. Adaption of less drastic penalties: for i: positio.. on persons tried in Police Court so as to reduce the demand for jury trials and an increase in the ma- chinery of the court to try ju was recommended to the District Com- missioners today by Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride, The recommendations were con- tained in Mr. Bride's first annual re- port, which stressed the serfousness of the conditions at Police Court, due to congestion, which, he said, had beef caused by frequent demand for jur trials, and the lack of machinery to try the numerous cases. Progress Is Reported. “The congested condition of the jury v cases docket in the Police Court has been a matter of gr said the report. his has heen ed by the frequent demand for jury trials and the lack of machinery to try the nu- merdus cases. A sirong drive was made in the Spring to ameliorate this sitnation. and considerable progr: made, when the failure of the appro- priations &topped the work until aft- the beginning of the fiscal yearJuly , when the work was resume “It is obvious that the m of the court to try jury case he increased or the penalties made less drastic so as to curtail demands for trials. The adoption of both ses 18 recommended.” 1e report shows that 48,349 infor- mations were flled in the District bhranch of the court during the last fiscal year which ended June 30 and that fines and forfeitures collected dur- ing that period aggregated $227,299.04. The remainder of Mr. Bride’s report is devoted to a review of the activi- ties of the corporation counsel's office luring the 12-month period. Mr. Bride pointed out, however, that Francis H. Stephens was corporation counsel throughout the entire vear and that he should be given whatever credit is due for the accomplishments, In the Court of Appeals decisions in 18 cases in which the District was a party were rendered during the year, the report showed, 12 of which were favorable and six adverse to the Dis- trict. Six other cases are now pend- ing in that court. Thirty-six actions at law, ths re- port said, were instituted in the Dis- trict Supreme Court during the vear, in which the District was named as a party defendant. Six cases were dis- posed of in this court, nine in favor of the District, and appeals being noted in three cases. Four of the cases were dismissed hy the plaintiffs and the District consented to judgments in two cases and one case resulted ad- versely to the District. In addition, the report sald, seventeen equity suits were filed in the District Supreme Court, in which the District was named as a party defendant, and that 25 equity cases were digposed of (du ing the ‘vear, nine of which were in favor of the District. chinery must 3 Lunacy Procedings. At the beginning of the fiscal year, the report pointed out, there were pending in the District Supreme Court 40 proceedings in condemnation, and during the 12‘month period 24 addi- tional condemnation cases were filed. Ot this number 16 verdicts were rati fied and confirmed, 12 proceedings were discontinued by the Commission- ers and one proceeding was dismissed by the court, leaving 33 still pending In two pending cases decisions ad- verse to the District were rendered, but such decisions were reversed hy the Court of Appeals. In two othe cases decisions adverse to the Distr were rendered and are pending on ap- peal. I proceedings to the number of 353 were filed by the corporation counsel's office in the District Supreme Court during the year, the report added. Of this number respon ents were found to be of unsound mind, and committed to St. Elizabeth’s Hos pital; 27 yere adjudged not insane, and discharged; and petitions in 10 cases were dismissed, on motion of the as- sistant corporation counsel, it appear- ing that the respondents, although of unsound mind, could he cared for by relatives or friends without danger to the public. 10 Police Replevin Suits, In the Municipal Court, the report showed that 10 replevin proceedings were filed against officlals of the Po- lice Department, and that the defend- ants were represented by the corpora- tion counsel's office. In each case, the report pointed out, satisfactory proof of ownership of the property involved was established by the plaintiffs and property restored to them. Sixteen other proceedings also were instituted against the District in the Municipal Court. One was dismissed hy the plaintiffs prior to trial, one was settled without trial, one was tried and judgment ren- dered in favor of the District, cases were decided adversely to the District, in one of which an appeal was noted, and eight cases are now pending. During the year in the Juvenile Court 1,521 proceedings were filed, re- sulting in court hearings in 1,179 cases, according to the report. The report showed further that $2,- 684.51 was collected by the corporation counsel's office for damages to lamp posts, and that the office received 287 reports of accidents and claims for damages in which the District might have been involved. WHEELER MADE WIFE,| NOW DEAD, HIS HEIR Dry Leader's Will Filed for Pro- bate Also Contains Bequests to Parents. Teaving, provisionally, all but $850 | to the wife who had just preceded him in death, the will of Wayne B. Wheel- er, noted dry leader, who died Septem- ber 5, was filed today for probate in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. The value of the estate was not given. The document, executed June 20, 1016, also named Mrs. Wheeler execu- trix. She was represented by Attor- ney Andrew Wilson, and unler cus- tomary procedure now, an admin- istrator will be appointed for the es- tate, which will revert to Mrs. Wheel- er's heirs—their children. Mr. Wheeler had bequeathed $500 to his mother, Norsa Wheeler, it liv- ing, and $350 to his father, Joseph Wheeler, if living. - The residue went 10 his wife. MARRIAGE ANNULLED. Justice Siddons of the District Su. preme Court has granted a final de- cree of annulment in favor of Mrs. Cora C. Rohrbach from Charles H. Rohrbach. The defendant, it was shown, had married thé plaintiff Avgust 20, 1921, and the divorce ob- tained by his first wife not having been granted May 21, 1921, under the laws of Virginla, was not operative England. the best literary production of 1926 in for six months. Attorney Thomas H. JPatterson appeartd for the plaintiff. REPORT SEEN SOON ON CONDEMNATION Equity Court Expected to Get Early Decision on Tri- angle Litigation. A condemnation commission appoint- ed by Equity Court to handle litiga- tion over a parcel of ground in the Internal Revenue Bureau site near the Post Office Department Bullding is nearly ready to report to the court, it was learned today. This will be the first action of ita kind, expected to be followed by a long string of similar procedures looking to the acquisition of the entire triangle south of Penn- svlvania avenue for the Government public building program. Custom in Proceedings. "he custom is for the commission to make ita report to the court, which reviews the report, and in turn makes further official report to the Depart- ment of Justice, The Department of Justice will refer the matter to the Treasury Depavt- ment for action, and if all action favorable all along the line, the pape: will then go back to the Depariment of Justice for final action and the Treasury will them pay for the grounc at the price agreed to. Plots Being Condemned. Already several plots of ground in the District are under condemnation proceedings, including a square for the new Department of Agriculture Building south of B street southwest and opposite the present department headquarters; a parcel near the Gov- ernment Printing Office, for extension of that establishment, and a large area morth of the Congressional Ii- hrary for the Supreme Court of the United States, Legislation authorizing purchase of the whole triangle has not as yet been enacted, the bill, which passed the House, failing in the Senate jam at the last session of Congress, hut ad- ministration leaders expect its pas- sage at the coming session. PREPARES SIX PARK AND HIGHWAY BILLS Grant Makes Tentative Drafts of Important Meas- ures for D. C. Program. Tentative drafts of six important measures affecting the parks, play- grounds and highway programs for the National Capital, designed to ex- pedite and to further enhance the de- velopment of comprehensive systems, have heen prepared for the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion by its executive director, Lieut. Col. U7 S Giant, 34, it was learned today, The projor s, some of which are similar to bilis discussed during the past year, now are being studied with a view to formulating final recom- mendations to be presented during the coming session of Congress. While the proposed measures as vet are in but a tentative form, Col. Grant said, members of the park and planning commission will meet with represent- atives of several local civic groups for a general discussion of the whole matter Friday evening. The members of the commission, it was said, are seeking the advice of committees of the trade bodies, citi- zens’ federation and professional or: ganizations which have made a study of these development programs. Cop- ies of the proposed bills have been sent to the committees of the Board of Trade, Washington Chamber of Commerce, the Operative Builders' Association, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and to James G. Yaden, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Association and the Citizens’ Advisory Council. Seeks $10,000,000 Fund. Outstanding among the proposed measures now under consideration, it is learned, would he a bill pro- viding for the advancement of $10.- 000,000 from the United States Treas- ury for the purchase of park lands befors such sites are enhanced in value. This advanced sum would he paid back into the Federal treasury, with moderate interest, at the rate of $560,000 per year. Another proposed measure of un- usnal importance would place addi- tional restrictions upon the height and character of the exterior of both public and private buildings erected on sites within 200 feet of public buildings and parks. The measure would require the approval of the Fine Arts Commission of projected buildings befors building permits could he issued. This is designed to protect the environment of mon- umental public buildings and the heauty of parks. A similar bill, which included provision for the protection of Lafayette Square, was introduced at the last pession of Congress but failed of enactment. Other measures would authorize the Park and Planning Commission to dispose of isolated or fractional par- cels of land which are deemed not es- sential to the general park plan, the proceeds reverting to the KFederal Treasury; would permit the commis- sion to acquire future estates and rights in land and would permit the leasing for limited periods of land and buildings on land acquired for Gov- ernment development purposes. Another measure under considera- ! tion would authorize the director of public buildings and public parks to construct bathing pools or beaches, not to exceed 12 in number, as ap- propriated_for, and provide for the transfer of them to the District gov- ernment jurisdiction. The District Commissioners, in an- other measure under consideration, would be authorized to close certain atreets, roads and highways which have been rendered useless by changes in the general highway plan, title re- verting fo the abutting property own- ers, providing all owners consent. Condemnation System Considered. A sixth bill, providing for expedi- tious condemnation of land for public uses, is being studled in two forms. One provides for a jury of three, two of whom would beé non-residents of the District, who would appraise the value of land condemned. The other form would provide for a single judge of the District Supreme Court to de- cide condemnation cases. The parks, playgrounds, highways and bridges committee of the Chamber of Commerce is meeting this afternoon to, consider the tentative drafts of these measures and the parks and reservations committes of the Roard of Trade is to meet Thursday evening to_study the bills. Representatives of the various trade bodies and other groups to whom copies of the proposed measures have bheen submitted have been invited to meet with members of the National Caplital Park and Planning Commis- sion at its 'session Friday evening, which prohably will be held at th Cosmos Club. e LINDBERGH OPPOSED TO BAN | ON AIR TRIPS ACROSS OCEAN| Flying Colonel Declares Such Restriction Would Place Bar on Progress. Says Land Flights of Early Days Were More Hazardous Than Sea Hops Now. By the Associated Press. SPOKANE, September 13.—Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has given to the Associated Press, in response to its request, the following statement in connection with recent develop- ments in transoceanic flying. “Transoceanic flights which have been accomplished demonstrate the feasibility of air transportation be- tween continents. The trend of fu- ture development should be toward making such transportation practical under all conditions. The pioneering is over, but the perfecting is yet to be done, “Regular transoceanic travel by air no more impractical today than transcontinental air lines were a dec ade and a half ago. Years of develop- ment and scientific research will he required hefore such regnlar inter- | continental service can be success. tully inaugurated, Casualties May Be Expected. “During the experimentl period we may expect casualties. Yet to totally restrict ha dous flights would be placing a ban on scientific progress. Such _restriction would s have the same effect on the future of transoceanic flying as the air mail would have experienced had it been abandoned by the G the heavy casualty ploneering days. “The result of total restriction might he compared to the effect of aviation in general had legislation heen enacted against all flying during the first few years following the flight of the Wright brothers, when, hour for hour, any flight was more dangerous than transoceanic flying is at present. “The pioneering and development of almost every advance in the air is marked by the loss of its explorers or its scientists. Yet they wouid be the last to request that the advancement vernment during period of its _COL._LINDRERG of the cause for which they gave their of modern equipment and for a defi- nite purpose. In the future expedi- tions should be organized and prizes offered under conditions which pro- mote the development of safer travel. “Safety of travel does not rest alone in the perfection of plane and engine, but equally important is a highly trained personnel, accurate weather information and other navigational aids, including a means of radio com- munication for use in case of forced landing. MASSACRE OF 30,000 REPORTED IN CHINA Soldiers of “Christian Gen- eral” Charged With Whole- sale Killing at Changte. By the Associated Press. \ eptember 13.—The Chi nese newspapers charge that of Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang, formerly known as the “Christian general, at Changte, a city of 300,000 popula- tion, in northern Honan Province. Members of the “Heavenly Gate' and “Red Spears” Societies having killed sgme of Feng's men, the papers state, the military took a fearful re- venge, slaughtering the inhabitants without regard for age or sex. Fstimates of the number of dead published by the various papers range | from 30,000 to 80,000, of Capital. to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1 SHANGHAT, September 13.—For- eign wireless messages from Hankow bear the report that Kaifeng, capital of Honan Province, has been captured by Fengtien (Northern) forces. The Shanghai Zar: white Rus- ian” newspaper, ass at all So- viet Russian congulates in China have been ordered by Moscow to mobilize under a commanding staff now in China to join the alleged “red” arm) at Viadivostok and Khabarovsk in far eastern Siberia. Also, the paper asserts, Soviet citizens have been or- dered to register for conscription. Zarya affrms that its news comes from its correspondent in Manchuria. According to & wireless message from Hankow, 3,000 troops have been dispatched from Wuchang to the Puchi area, which is about 60 miles <outhwest of Hankow and Wuchang. to deal with Communists. CHIANG IN SHANGHAL By Cable Moderate Nationalists Reported to Have Summoned Leader. LONDON, September 13 (P).—A dis- pateh from Shanghai to the Exchange Telegraph reports that Gen. Chiang Kal-Shek has returned to Shanghai secretly in response to a demand by moderate Nationallsts. generalissimo of the moderate force {s reported to have been asked to re ment fears that the Communists will regain power following upon the de- feat of the Northern troops. TYPHOON KILLS 100 NEAR OMURA, WHERE WORLD FLYERS WAIT (Continued from First Page.) saying that no fuel had arvived. If they made this hop they would then face approximately 1,800 miles of open sea In reaching Honolulu and 2400 from that point to the American main- land. Ready to Aid Hop. Meanwhile, J. V. Walker, Tokio presentative of the flight, went ahead with preparations to give the aviators every possible aid if they re- main determined to continue. He had gasoline and_oil stored at Kasumi-| Zaura naval aviation station as well as a new engine if they should need it. The Japanese naval authorities also made arrangements for their com- | fort and an enthusiastic reception awaited them. ‘While the efforts to dissuade the fiyers from continuing are understood ‘o have come from many sources, there was nothing to indicate that naval authorities would issue any offi- cial statement. Advice and comment hus far has come largely from indi- vidials. The vernacular newspapers have made no comment. 1t has been pointed out that the only wav Japan could prevent the flight” would be to compound the plane if It flew over fortifications, and this was regarded as_improbable. The aviators left Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, 18 days ago and have. covered less than 12,000 of the 22,067 miles, . Religious freedom was granted the fnhabitants of the Philippines under the treaty of December 10, 1898. The majority of the civilized inhabitants are Roman Catholics, e troops | have massacred thousands of persons | KAIFENG REPORTED (‘,\l‘Tl’REI)i Northern Forces Said to Be in Control | | sume power, as the Nanking govern- | THREE CAPITAL MEN HONORED BY GREECE Joseph E. Davies, Franklin D. Jones and Rev. E. 0. Watson Given Awards for Relief Work. In recognition of their serv the refugee who poured into Greece during 1922 and 1923, the President of the Hellenic Republic has confel the cross of the Orde upon three \Washin ins were active in the work of the Ameri- can Friends of Greece and Relief for Fartherless Children of eece, both of which had their headquarters in Washington untit recently, when | their work was amalgamated with that of the r East Relief, Joseph E. Davies, Washington at- torney, was awarded the gold cross of the order for his services as presi- dent of the Relief for therless Chil- dren of Greece—this organization hav- ing cared for nearly 1,000 children left fatherle: through the magsacre at Smyrna and in the interior of Asia Minor. Mr. Da s is former chair- |man of the ral Trade Commis- sion and associate counsel for the government of Peru in the Tacna- Avica hitration before the President of the United States, “ranklin D. Jones, also local attor- is made a chevalier of the order in recognition of his services as mem- her of the executive committee of the American Friends of Greece, an organization which has established workshops where more than 1,000 refugee women and girls have been iade self-supporting through their skill in needlew Rev. E. O. n, who has also been honored cek govern- ment, was lo ashington for several years, where he was secretary of the local |eil of Churches, and after; tary of the American Friends of Greece. Dr. Watson is now editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, at Columbia, S. DENTAL EXAMINERS REPORT REGISTRIES | Total of 578 Practitioners and 30 Hygienists Enrolled to Date in District. Eighteen dentists and three dental | hygienists were registered during the |last fiscal year ending June 30, mak- ing a total of 578 of the former and The former |30 of the latter, according to the an- | | nual report of the Board of Dental Examiners, submitted to the Commis- sioners today by Dr. C. Willard Cama- ie The report pointed out that thedental profession in the District has been rid of its malpractitioners, and that only two persons were prosecuted and fined during the 12-month period, one for practicing dentristy without a license and the other for having an un- licensed dentist in his operating room. More or less regular inspection of dental offices is now possible with the facilities of the board itself. and the splendid cooperation of the Police Department.” said the report, “and it can be confidently stated that sanitary conditions and the personnel of dent establishments are greatly improved, as compared to conditions rior to the passage of the new law.” s oy BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. the United States Soldiers’ Home | . at the bandstand, 40 o'clock, March., “Charge of the Light Rri- gade” .. Paull Hungarian : ekenay, Keler-Bela Cal " (request), ney-Zimmermann | ¥ Gieve, ‘Suki San,"” Donaldson musical comedy JFriml enberg overture, Solo for baritone, Ro Musician ¢ Japanese fex trot, Excerpts from the “Lincoln Centennial,’ lee Sanford “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United Chevy Chase Circle, March, “The American Band at ok, ntlemen,” De Luca | Suite, “Scenes Pittoresque”. Massenet Entriacte from “Miss Dolly Dollar.” Herbert Overture, “The Force of Destiny,” Verdi Symphonic march, “Athens the Beau- tifu P e T “Romeo Gounod Grand sc and Juliet”. Valse, “Jolly F - Vollstedt erpts from the comedy The Enchantress”. Terbert ‘adiz Valdie Spanish march, " “The Star Spangl [N led Banner.” | vestibule of the Brue || 1he lives be retarded. “Hazardous flights should not be prohibited, but th should be at- tempted only after 1 study by | experienced personnel with the best | Lieut INDICTS O'DONNELL IN MANSLAUGHTER Grand Jury Accuses Man TN Gallahan Death—38 For- { mally Charged. i James O'Donnell, 29 years old, 402 Sixth street, was indicted toda by the grand jury on a charge o manslaughter in connection with th death July 25 last of Fire Lieut. Sam uel L. Gallahan, who was riding on hose wagon of No. 26 fire company | when an automobile driven by O'Don | nell collided with it on Queen’s Chapel road during a police chase. Caspen Heck, a passenger in O'Donnell's car, | was exonerated by the grana jurnr:’ | who preferred no charge against him, The automobfle of Sergt. Little the whis squadron was O'Donnell's car at the time of the cols lision, The grand jurors also fgnored sl | charge of homiclde against Daviq | Shirley Grayson, colored, 17 years old who stabbed Thomas Reynolds, m.«! colored and of the same age, in the School during ommencement ex s June 17 t. Reynold's jugular vein was seq rred and he prononnced dead cn arrival at Garfield Hospital. Accused of Larceny. A band of five alleged cracksmen was indicted on charges of housebreai ing and larceny. They are Ra Rawlett, vears old, 14 | street; Francis A. Kloss, | ward Tate, 38, both of New |G e Wilcox, alias € W | 25, of New Bedford, Mass., and | Tavouchelle, whose age and res |dence are not’ stated. Three of thq men—Tate, Kloss and Wilcox—werq surprised by police at the Cinderelly Boot Shop, 1211 G streat, August Police had been notified of the pres ence of the men in the shop and e ounded the building. Tate in attenp‘e ing to escape leaped through a plate glass show-window and was cut say verely in the abdomen. Detectiveq later apprehended Rawlett. o chelle is under arrest in New Beds ford, Mass. Besides breaking into the Cinderellg 1lleged to have broken into O'Donnell El Drug Store at 144 H street July 31 and to have¥taken $1,470 from the {<afe. Tate, Kloss, Wilcox and Rawletg e also el rged with the robbery at he Old Dutch Market, 3107 M street, August 10, when $200 was taken, 38 Indictments Reported. | A total of 38 indictments were rey ported to Justice Siddons by the &rand jurors, who also refused to in dict Earle F. Simms and John M, Gireen on a joy-riding charge. Stephen hen, accused of housebreaking] phinks F. Candell, jr., charged wit| embezziement; George J. Eilis, a cused of larceny after trust, nn‘a Thomas H. Stokes, accused of houses breaking. Others indicted against them are: and the chargeq William McClary, forgery and uttering; Harry Mu v Munson nd_Herbert H. Ford, ult_with dangerous weapon; Benjamin Miller and Paul Gausser, alias Paul R. Gory don, false pretenses; Robert E. Galnes, embezzlement; Antonios Katzos and John Grafton Jones, non-support wifg and minor children; Rodney Gill, nons support minor children; Robert B, A\lhor_P, Bernard A. Glorius, Edga Robsin and Andrew D. Minor, joy- riding; Paul Thomas, joy-riding and grand larceny; Gus FEarle Iouston, grand larceny; Carroll F. Barnett, grand larceny and joy-riding; Trac Boykin, Howard T‘PI;H@)‘ Yl\\f; C?)::;": each), Fugene Watson, Leana Bel lows,” Raymond Branson, (eorge I:flhnl’r, William Lee and James Young,” grand larceny: Fleming T Bell, alias Felming Bell, househreai: ing and larceny; Thomas Willis, James “_'i”i«'l. Archie Page and Theodore Wilkens, robbery; James W. Davis, larceny after triust; Frank E. Cam. phor, receiving stolen propert ter A. Duck, bringing stolen p into the District of Columbia; P. Connor, violating postal law berto Farro Carpio, carnal knowl and Touis Walters and Frederic! Russell, housebreaking and larceny. CURTIS MUM ON POLITICS. Senator Says He Left “Presidential Hat” at Home. Senator Curtis of Kans bring his presidential hat | aid not b to Wash- {ington with him vesterday, he said, |and therefore he was not prepared to i | theow # into the ring. “I left it with my f.iends in Kansas,” he said, “and I am in their hands."" | Curtis clubs are being formed in |parts of Kansas, but the Senate ?vuh]u'nn leader would not be driw into extended comment on presidentinl politic He had no comment to make |as to whether President Coolidge’s | ture was discussed at a conference he- tween the two vester | School Personnel Shifts Due. A auantity of personnel changes i1l » approved by the Board of Educ tion at a meeting to be held tomortow fternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Fran lin School. It is also expected th Dr. H. B. Learned, chairman of the buildings and grounds committee, wiil make an important report. MARLBORO ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. (Horses listed according to post positions, First race 3 panyor PO b | FIRST RACE—Purse, $500: 1l B rear-olds and up: 53 furlongi G snufty . Sarko Soblime Liitie Fapor Subl Little P *Loch Leven *Simor ,l'an-" e Sald. Dinmetsr § ar Cudge 3 ; 13 *Oblique . e SECOND RACE—Purse, $500; claiming: r-olds and uj 12 fu Legal Tender . *Lia Comic Artist laan Jigger ... THIRD RAC $500; claiming: 3- year-olds and up: longs, *Uranus White ¢ *Clinging Eloudione *Castilla FOURTH RAC 2-year-olds: Now Miss Pr 108 Sonny Golden - Have a Care 110 113 Rousn Sea FIFTH RACE—Purse. $600: claiming: 4- year-olds and up: mile and 30 yardes 113 Davenport 11 106 *Dave Rell 108 *Dist Rrush . 108 Als eingi RBen Frankiin..” 111 Poor Sport ++.. 111 Rupan' Rouge... 111 Zeod L] SRacie Siar L 106 Riniaig Chore 106 SIXTH RACE—Purse, $800: claiming: - year-olds and up Three D's Ima Vamp *Parche *Harlan 1 miles. 12 Gray Bard 108 Worthman The Ally $000: ¢ S ne Alliert i 109 Tally L. *Apprentice allowance claimed. Weather clear; track fast. nith ’ shop, e, Kloss and Wilcox are charged with entering the FPeoples Drug Store at Tenth and F streety on July 31 and rifiing the safe of * $2.240. Tate and Larouchelle are #l<a ’ ‘ o pursuing ¢