Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1927, Page 1

The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. WEATHER (U. S Weather Bureau Iorecast.) Mostly cloudy tonight; tocmorrow fair and somewhat cooler. Temperature—Highest, 69, at noon today: lowest, 54, at 6 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 12 and 13 30.457. [Fntered as second class matter ) + post office, Washington, D. C. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Star. 1927—FORTY PAGES. lie Foenin Yesterday’s Circulation, 97,900 TWO CENTS. WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, () Means Associated Press. SMITH DEMOCRATS HOPE FOR ILLINOKS, BUTROADIS ROCKY f Brennan, Chief Lieutenant o New Yorker, Lost Own Race by 80,000 Votes. RELIGIOUé ISSUE SEEN AS WIELDING INFLUENCE | Southern Part of State May Align With Reed, While Drys May Prefer Meredith. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staft Correspondent of The Star. CHICAGO, Tll., September 20.—The Al Smith banner is nailed to the mast by the New York governor's friends in Chicago. They not only do not ex- pect the governor to play follow the Jeader to Mr. McAdoo's gesture of ab- negation, but they also expect him to be nominated by the Democratic na- tional convention for President. Illinois is one Middle Western State which is relied upon to give Gov.| Smith the bulk of its delegates to the | national convention. George E. Bren-| nan, Democratic boss and nmionalg committeeman, is saying nothing for publication just at present regarding ihe proposal from McAdoo and the anti-Smith camp that Smith declare himself out of the race in order to promote harmony in the party. But it is known that Brennan believes the New York governor should do nothing of the sort. Has No Favorite Son. Tllinois Democracy has to date no favorite son for the presidential nom- ination, no outstanding Democrat to whom the delegation might rally. In this it is unlike many of its neighbors, among them Indiana with Woollen, Ohio with Donahey and Missouri with Reed. Smith to the Democrats here is the big outstanding figure of the party today. 5 “Any man who can carry a North- orn and Eastern State, like New York, four times deserves the Democratic nomination next year,” said one of the most prominent Democrats in Chicago today. “It would be folly to turn him down, and, furthermore. it would break the party's back for years to come. At bottom -the real opposition to Al Smith is that he is a Catholic. “The Catholic voters in many of the States have been the backbone of the Democratic party. 1f Smith is turned down now because he'is a Catholic, * these voters will be through with the rt; P.Gor. Smith makes a strong appeal to Iillinois because he is a wet. = This State has voted wet several times on State referendums, though it must be admitted that the drys have not put forward their full strength in the elections, urged not to do so by the Anti-Saloon League. The wet senti- ment is located largely in Chicago and a few other citles, and is offset by the down-State Vote. Solid Delegation Tmpossible. The New York governor cannot count on a solid delegation to the Democratic convention from State. Far from it. There is a laige group of Democrats in the Southern | counties which is directly dry and antfCatholic. The delegates repre- senting those counties will be anti- Smith. It has been suggested that some of them will prefer Senator “Jim"” Reed of Missouri, although he is a wet, for they are apt to_follow the leadership of the Missouri Democ- racy. They may turn to E. T. Mere- dith of Iowa, Secretary of Agriculture in the Wilson administration, who Jooms as a possible rallying point for the anti-Smith people since the an- nouncement of William Gibbs McAdoo that he will not be a candidate for the nomination. Indeed, it is reported that Meredith is ready and willing to become a candidate of the dry and . progressive Democrats against Gov. Smith. He is said to be urging a ‘Nation-wide conference within the next month to select a candidate to oppose Smith. While Gov. Smith may rely upon Tiinois votes in the Democratic na- tiona) eonvention next vear to help him to the presidential nomination, heé cannot rely upon electoral votes from Illinois io help him into the ‘White House if he be nominated. At least that is the judgment of poli- ticians and observers here. Illinois in recent vears has become as strong- 1y Republican as Pennsylvania, and that is saying a lot. President Cool- idge carried the State by some 800,000 votes in 1924 over his Democratic op- ponent. It would take almost a politi- cal revolution to put Illinois in the Democratic column next year, with such a turnover to be made. Further- more even if the governor, as the TDemocratic nominee, should receive the votes of a large number of Re- publican wets here, he would lose a Jarge number of Democratic drys downstate, and also the votes of a considetable number of Protestant Democrats. The religious issue will play its part in Illinois, and while there are many Catholics in the State, a large number of them are Demo- crats and might be expected to vote for Smith anyway. On the other hand, many of the wets, some of them of German extraction, are Protestants and would oppose Smith. The prominence which was given Gov. Smith when he attended the great Eucharistic Conference here a couple of years ago made a decp im- pression and has not been forgotten. Brennan Was Defeated. A year ago Brennan, a wet and a “atholic, and one of Go: nith's most ardent - supporters, ran for United States Senator in Illinois. He made a dripping wet campaign in this supposed- Jy wet State. He ran against Senator- elect Frank L. Smith, Republican, who had been widely attacked because of the revelations before the Reed sena- torial slush fund committee, showing that while head of the State’s Public Utilities Commision he had benefited in the primary campaign by contribu- sons from public utilities magnates. McGill, an independent Republican, en- tered the race, too, and probably drew many votes from Smith. But Brennan aas beaten by some 80,000 votes. Then o the Chicago mayoralty election w erat and out of sympathy with pro- hibition, although he did what he could to enforce it here, a candidate against Mayor William Hale Thompson, Re- b Dever publican, wet and proud of it. je a Catholic and Thompson a Prot wstant. _Dever was_beaten, and hi (Continued on Page 4, Column 2) | DWIGHT MORROW IS SELECTED FOR AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO | | | 1 | President Personally to Succeed Sheffield. Well Informed on Oil and Land Controversy—May Go at Once. | Dwight W. Morrow of New Jersey, | one of the partners of J. P. Morgan | | & Co. of New York and a close per- | sonal friend of President Coolidge, has been selected for appointment as Am- | bassador to Mexico to succeed James | R. Sheffield, who has resigned., | In_making this announcement the White House today, it is explained that the appointment has not actually | been made, but will be within the n 24 hours. Word has been recei ed‘ from_the Mexican government thac | Air. Morrow is acceptable. pected that the new Amba leave this country for his new post | within a week or so. i President Coolidge was represented | as being especially well pleased with | obtaining Mr. Morrow’s services for| this diplomatic assignment., Besides being intimate friends dating back to college days, the President is known |to have -a high regard for this| banker’s ability. The President said | e considered Mr. Morrow wonderfully | well equipped, by reason of his wide experience in finance and business, to | | take up this important mission, and at | iNew York Banker Chosen by| DWIGHT MORROW. he considers this Government very lucky to obtaln his services. It was explained that Mr. Morrow was requested by the President while vigiting the Summer White House in the Black Hills to accept the am- ssadorship and that he then asked ime to give it consideration before making an answer. Realizing that | acceptance on the part of Mr. Morrow sacrific would_entail_bus 2, Column 4.) (Continued on Page this | h former Mayor Dever, a Demo- | | Convention Cheers Leaders Madly in Greal Show of Enthusiasm. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 20.—Gen. John | 1. Pershing and Marshal Foch, dom- inant figures together in the stirring war days of 10 years ago, today brought the American Legion conven- tion delegates to their feet time and time again in speeches at the second day American Legion session in the | historic Palais du Trocadero. | The two striking military leaders, | who for the first time in their careers forgot military exactitude, were late in reaching the convention hall this morning, but when they did they were the dominating figures to hold the stage. Mayor James J. Walker of New York, unannounced and unsched- uled as a speaker, was a close second, addressing the assembled Legionnaires at their insistent demand. Din Greets Foch. The two military leaders spoke with cool and unruffied voices, their speeches referring to the heroic deeds of the war and causing the delegates to rise*o their feet cheering madly na many occasions. Mayor Walker simply carried the convention away with a ““100 per cent American” stirring address. “The American’ Legion has come to| | us for peace and liberty, together and | | forever. Who is the nchman who would not answer the call?” were Mar- shal Foch's closing words. They rang | through the immense hall like a clar- ion call and as the marshal sat down the delegates sat as stunned for a mo- ment and then burst out with such cheering, noise and pandemonium as must have made the marshal remem- ber the terriffic din at the front. Mrs. Macauley Speaks. Gen. Pershing's reference to Mar- shal Foch a: ur distinguished guest, outstanding soldier of the world and leader of the allies” brought renewed cheering. Most of the speakers today made en- thusiastic references to the immense success of yesterday’s brilliant parade, Mrs. Adalin Wright Macauley, na- tional president of the American Le- gion Auxiliary, was the first woman speaker of the convention. She wore a light gray dress with the sash of the legion and presented a touch of grace among the brilliant military uniforms of Marshal Foch and Gen. | Gouraud and the sombre civilian suit | worn by Gen. Pershing. { | Orange Band Plays. | _Upon the Orange Band of St. Petersburg, Fla., devolved the hono of providing the music for the con- vention’s second day. Marshal Foch recefved a tremen- dous ovation when introduced by National Commander Savage. And the delegates broke loose when he opened by saying: “Permit me first to salute your flag, which in 1918 went with ours from the Meuse and Moselle to the Rhine.” After the cheering had abated, he continued: “When men have fought together under the same flage, the names of Cantigny, Chateau-Thierry and St. Michiel can never be fotgot- ten.” He mentioned amid renewed cheer- ing “the unforgetable national con- vention in Kansas City in 1921 went on: “Your army of victorious | fighters wants to continue in peace the wonderful work achieved in war. | Your victorious soldiers of yesterday | have become peaceful citizens of a | great republic. To you liberty, equal- | ity and fraternity (the motto of the | republic) mean a practical toward peace. understand LEGION ACCLAIMS 1. S. FORCES ROUT PERSHING AND FOCH SALGADO BANDITS War'One Marine and a Native| Guard Killed in Latest Nicaraguan Fighting. By the Associated Press. One American Marine and one mem- ber of the Nicaraguan national guard were killed and a second Marine was wounded in a fight yesterday between a detachment of 20 Marines and native constabulary and a force of about 140 members of the Saigado band. The American legation at Managua transmitting a report of the fight to the State Department today, declared the bandits were said to have lost 20 killed and 50 wounded. A relief col- umn of Marines and constabulary is on the way to the scene of the fight at Telpaneca from Pueblo Nuevo to prevent a possible second attack. Bandit Force Withdraws. The dispatch said bandits had at-| tacked the garrison of the town at 1 a.m. and that the fighting lasted until 5 a.m., when they withdrew. The Sal- gado force as well armed with riftes, machine guns, hand bombs and dyna- mite bombs. A report from the Marine officer said that the new national guard, “as on other occasions, put up a splendid fight.” So far as casualties go the fight vesterday appeared to have been the most serious since the Ocatal battle, in which the Nicaraguan chief, San- dino was reported to have lost several hurndred of his followers in an attack on American Marines and native con- stabulary. American aviators dis- persed Sandino’s men at that time. Names of Marines Unknown. Neither the Navy Department nor Marine Corps headquarters had been informed today of the details of the new encounter nor of the names of the Marines who fell. Rear Admiral Sellers, commanding American forces in Nicaragua, re- ported vesterday that the Marines had engaged in a fight with a Nicaraguan band whose leader, Francisco Barrios, was killed. The admiral reported law- lessness along the. Puerto Cabezas Rail- road. Sadino, who has refused to abide by the agreement by which the Nicara- guan civil war was to be ended, was reported by Admiral Sellers to have only about 50 men under his com- mand. {FOUND DAZED IN YARD, SAYS HE WAS ROBBED Found in the yard of an apartment house at 2422 Ontario road in a dazed condition and suffering from a dislo- cation of the left shoulder, early this morning, Jefferson D). Gould, 39 years old, 311 South Fairfax street, Alex- andria, Va., told police of the eighth precinct that he had been beaten and robbed of $78 by a chance acquaint- ance six hours previously. Gould was taken to Freedmen's Hospital for treatment. He said that while in an L street lunchroom early last night he made the acquaintance of a young man who took him to a house near Columbia road and Eighteenth street, where he was given several drinks of liquor. When he left the house, he declared, he was followed by the “acquaintance” and another man. both of whom attacked him a short time later. Bank Bandits Get $25,000. CHICAGO, September 20 (#).—Two messengers of the First National Bank of Cicero were held up by six men armed with shotguns today and robbed of $25,000 which they were taking to another bank. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., September 20.— A wholesale jail delivery, planned and almost completed by Gladys Malone, Memphis, and Fred “Red” Ashworth, Birmingham, awaiting trial here jointly on five charges, including as- sault with intent to commit robbery, torgery, attempted housebreaking, carrying concealed weapons and pos- sessing burglar tools, was averted by deputies today. Plans for the escape had been in progress for a month, officials sald. They charged the Malone woman with being the “brains” of the plot. The attempt was disclosed when authorities fourd the Malone woman IWoman Desperado and Pal Are Caught In Attempt at Wh olesale Jail Delivery below that on which she had been confined. Further investigation dis- closed that her bed contained a col- lection of “jail-made” saws and skele- ton keys. She made a full confession of the plot, detectives said. The two prisoners planned to re- lease, through the use of skeleton keys, enough prisoners to overpower the guards and then to empty the whole jail after sawing through win- dow bars. Ashworth and the Malone woman were arrested recently after they were alleged to have held up a cafe and at- tempted ta break Into chain grocery store. Ashworth is wanted in Birmingham on a number of robbery charges. rested in 1925 and tried for a daylight hold-up of a downtown cafeteria, he talking with Ashworgt on the floor was acquitted of that charge. The Malone woman was ar- TWOFLYERSKILLED N DERBY: MILLER - LEADS AIR RACERS |R. E. Hudson and Jay Radike | Lose Lives as Their Plane Crashes. §CLASS B MACHINES FIGHT |WINDS; A SECTION STARTS First Group Reaches St. Paul as Second Roars Into Cleveland. | Bs_the Asociated Pre | Minn., September 20. | —Fighting head winds all the way from Chicago, Pilot Leslie Miller of Des Moines, flying the Spirit of St. Paul, continued to lead the class B air derby from New York to Spokane, when he reached the St. Paul airport today at 9:36:43. Miller, who flew plane No. 41, an Eagle Rock, took off at 10:03:40 a.m. just as the plane of C. W. Meyers of Detroif, a Waco 10, entry No. 26, landed at 10:03. Meyers, who took off second from Chicago, to- day, left at 10:14:30. By the Associated Pres CLEVELAND, September 20.—Many of the class A New York-to-Spokane, h., planes, which left New York early today arrived at Cleveland air- port. The time of arrival and take | .3 Jeft 9:30 a.m. .; left 9:35 a.m. 7. E. H. Lee—9:58 a.m.; left No. 11—N. B. Mamer, 9:59 a.m.; left 10:06 a.m. No. 12, J. 8. Rae—10:01; left 10:07. | | No. 8 John P. Wood—10:13; left| 3. K. Campbell, 10:18 n.m.:j Tex Rankin, 10:20 am.; 0:27 a.m. | No. 3, E. W. Cleveland, 10:37 a.m.; | a.m. No. 15, piloted by L. T. Royal, made a forced landing in a field east of the Cleveland airport when his gasoline supply gave out. Neither the plane nor its occupants were injured in the landing at 10:19 a.m. | Royal, aiter securing an additional supply_of gas, landed at the airport at 10:37. He took off at 11:04. No. 14, J. O'Donnell, 1047 am.; | am. TWO KILLED IN CRASH. Derby Racer Falls Soon After Start.| 13 in Contest. : ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., Sep- tember 20 (P).—Swift disaster today overtook the first of 15 planes that set out here for Cleveland on the first leg of a 2,275-mile race to Felts Field at Spokane, Wash., in the air derby being held in connection with the na- tional air races at Spokane. R. E. Hudson of Marysville, Mich., the first pilot to start in the race, which began at 6 a.m., Eastern stand- ard time, was brought down in a fatal crash near Morristown, N. J., less than two hours Jater. Jay Rac , also of Marysville, was killed in the crash and Hudson died on the way to the hos- pital. Radike, who was Hudson's mechanic, had spent the night sleep- ing in the plane and tuning up the motor so that he could have it in veadiness for a start promptly at 6 o'clock. Thirteen Starters Left. The tragic elimination of Hudson's! plane from the race left hut 13 of the 15 starters roaring wesfward toward Cleveland. Emil Burgin of Mineola, N. Y., was forced to fly back from New York to Curtiss Field, adjoining Roosevelt Field, because of the trouble with the oil pump. Burgin said two hours would be required to remedy the pump, but that he was hopeful of continuing the race later. The 15 planes made perfect take-offs, which officials of the starting commit- tee hailed as a good augury for a suc- cessful and exciting race free from fatalities. The crash_of Hudson's plane was | “(Continued on Page 6, Column 4.) COSGRAVE LEADING INIRISH ELECTION Returns Show Free State Government Ahead by 77 to 72 in Parliament. | By the Amsociated Press. DUBLIN, September 20.—With three seats still undetermined, President Cosgrave's Free State government this afternoon was leading the opposition parties, 77 to 72. The three last seats are all in Done- , where the government has been counting for strong support. During the day President Cosgrave’s party gained five seats, having a tota! of 60 against 57 for Eamonn de Va- lera’s Fianna Fail party. The standing of the other parties was: Labor, 12; Independents, 12; Farmers, b; National League, 2; Lar- kinite Communist, 1. All the small parties are grieved at the losses they have suffered, for which they hold both the government and the Fianna Falil responsible, and the question as to the line they will ultimately follow adds ‘uncertainty to an already uncertain situation. R. J. Mortished, assistant secretary of the Laborites, is quoted as saying, | ““The country is faced with the pros- pect of a Cosgrave ministry, which it does not want, or a De Valera minis- try, which it does not trust.” Capt. Redmond, head of the National Leaguers, has declared his intention of maintaining freedom from any alliance and preserving the independence of his party. Thus it is clear that the po- sition as regards the small groups still is entirely open, Radio ‘Prog&an_i—Pue 24 THE TUNNEY-DEMPSEY PRE-FIGHT SPIRIT =N o ) / 1S IN THE AIR. . 5. TARIFF REPLY RECEIVED IN PARIS Document Will Probably Be Presented to French Diplo- mats on Thursday. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 20.—The reply of the American Government to the recent ¥French note regarding repre- sentations made by the United States >mbassy on the new French tariff rates was received at the embassy today. The reply, however, cannot be pre- sented to the French foreign office until certain obscurities in the text,| due to the garbling in transmission of code numbers, have been clarified by Washington, Consequently the note probably will not he presented to the foreign offics before Thursday. PREPARES FOR PARLEY. State Department Gets Ready to Open Negotiations. With the American reply to the French note on tariff questions deliv- ered by cable to the Paris embassy last night, arrangements for holding in Washington of negotiations for ad- Jjustment of tarift difficulties have been made by the State Department. The American communication was sent during the night after confer- ences between State Department offi- cials and those of the Department of | Commerce and after consultation with President Coolidge. While the State Department has suggested that negotiations be con- ducted in Washington the correspond- ent has not approached the point where the basis for these negotiations has been laid. The new American communication marks a further effort to adjust mat- ters on the bssis of mutual, favored national understandings. | is little doubt, however, that the note was designed to make it plain to the French foreign office that the pro- visions of section 317 of the Ameri- can tariff act, which authorizes d criminatory duties against countries which discriminate against the United States, would be invoked if no other way of meeting the situation raised by the application of maximum French tariff rates 4o American goods was to be found. 'NEW U. S. BUILDING PLANS COMPLETED Architects to Make Study of Pro-| posed Structures in Tri- angle Group. Another forward step In the Gov- ernment building program is expected to take place tomorrow when the Board of ArcRitectural Consultants convenes at the Treasury to decide major problems as to the treatment of the proposed unified architectural plan for the triangle south of Pennsylvania avenue. Sketches for the Internal Revenue Building, to be placed south of the Post Office Department, and for the Department of Commerce Building, to occupy the west end of the triangle, | will be among the first things to be considered, and officials are hoping that approval mav be given these studies at an early meeting of the several sessions to be held by the board. Studies have been made by mem bers of the board at their places of business in various parts of the coun- try, and when these are brought to- gethe at the Treasury tomorrow there will be intensive consideration not only of each building sketch, but also of the whole plan of the triangle. Bids will be opened tomorrow after- noon for completion of the two top floors of the Liberty Loan Annex, ad- jacent to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. SHIP GOES ASHORE. HALIFAX, N. 8., September 20 (#). —The steamer Kurdistan was ashore at the east end of Anticosti Island and in need of assistance today, according to word reaching the Marine and Fisheries Department from the Anti- costi east lightship. The Kurdistan is a British freight- er, bound from London for Montreal. She is 4,289 tons gross register and i owned by the Hindustan Steam Ship: -ping Co., Ltd., of Newaeastle, Fingland. Lpi 159 CHINESE DROWNED. } Additional 130 Missing After Motor Vessel Sinks. | SHANGHAI September 20 (P).—A | | message from Tsingtao, Shantung [province, reports that 159 Chinese were drowned and that 130 are missing fol- | lowing the sinking of the Chinese- owned motor vessel Gento Maru. The | Vessel was plying Kiachow Bay with | 400 Chinese passengers when it sprang | a leak and went down. | Many of the passengers wers res.! led by steam launches from Ameri- | | can warships. Others were picked up by Chinese in sanpans. FRENCH ARMS PLAN 0PPOSED INLEAGUE Scheme to Have Commission| Study Security List by Briton and German. By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, September 20.—The | | French scheme to have' the League of Nations preparatory disarmament commission, on which the United States is represented, take into a count the broader aspect of the que: | tion of security is threatened with op- position in the League Assembly com- | | mission now engaged in studying the | general disarmament problem. | M. Paul Boncour, author of the | French resolution insisting on security 18 a prerequisite to any disarmament program saw his proposal viewed with more or less disfavor by Count von | Bernstorff of Germany and the Earl of Onslow. of Great Britain in the course of yesterday's secret session of the subcommittee considering the matter. The German spokesman went so far as to say that the disarmament prob- lem was like poor little Cinderella— all the suitors were rushing her big sisters, security and arbitration, while she was left out in the cold. Ha neg- lected to predict whether a provi- dential prince would come along und transform the disarmament pumpkin into a gorgeous coach. Disarmament debates at the pres- ent time threaten to prolong the As- sembly well into the last week of September. Two meetings of the dis- | armament committee were on the pro- gram today, while the meeting of | the Assembly itself was devoted to | cleaning up a number of resolutions | relative to the League's health and | social welfare work. | —_— KILLED IN- AUTO PLUNGE. | | Sandy Hook, Md., Man Dead and | Companion Seriously Hurt. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | FREDERICK, Md., September 20.— | Ernest Coulter, 30 years old, of Sandy Hook, Md., was killed Sunday when an automobile in which he was riding struck a_bridge in rounding a_curve on the State road at Knoxville and went over a 12-foot embankment. Alpha Moomaw, 35, of Weverton, | Md.. driver of the machine, is in the Ilot‘tll hospital with serious injuries. { He is expected to recover. The men were on their way from Brunswick to Knoxville when the ac- cident occurred. It is thought that the car was going too fast to make the sharp turn. GIRL’S BODY FOUND. i CHICAGO, September 20 (#).—Po- |lice today were investigating the mur- ider of Edna Miller, 14-year-old Hill- side, IIl,, girl, whose hody was found covered with brush in a sparsely set- | | our society. tled district of her suburban home !early this morning. KAUFFMANN RITES MAY BE THURSDAY (OOLIDGE REJECTS - PROPOSAL TO CALL -~ SPECIAL SESSION Cenvinced No Need Exists for Early Meeting and Doubts Any Benefit. REPUBLICAN LEADERS AGAINST GATHERING Flood Emergency Over and Survey Incomplete—Senate Held Not Hampered. | | i | | President Coolidge announced defi- | nitely today that he would not sum- | mon’ Congress to Washington in ad- | vance of the regular meeting ‘date in | December. In making this decision known the President was represented as being | of the opinion that there is no neces- | sity for an earlier session and that he ‘ls doubtful if anything of a construc- 1“" nature in the matter of legisla- tion could be acomplished. When the President first considered the proposal of an extra session he thought that one might be helptul |in the matter of hurrying along legis- |lation for relief for the Mississippt |flood sufferers and legislation for fu- ture flood control, but he has come to | the conclusion from his most recent advices that there is nothing Congress |could do in this regard if it were as- | sembled in advance of the regular | meeting time. .‘ Survey Is Incomplete. | He is satisfied that the Red Cross Definite Arrangements for | nas sumicient funds on hand to carry Funeral Await Arrival of Son in Capital. Funeral services for Rudolph Kauff- mann, vice president and managing editor of The Evening Star, will' prob- ably be held Thursday afternoon at the Church of the Covenant, of which he was a member of the board of trustees, at 4 o'clock. Definite arrangements for the funer- al of the distinguished journalist and publisher, who was the oldest living | employe of The Star, with 52 years | of service, awaited the arrival in Wash- ington this afternoon of R. M. Kauff- mann, his only son, who is on his way | to the Capital from Camp Percy, N. H. Mr. Kauffmann, who was 74 years of age and had been managing editor of | The Star since 1893, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. | Lewis N. Murray, at Dunkirk, N. Y. Interment at Rock Creek. He had gone to the home of his daughter about three months ago to recover from an illness which had forced him to leave his desk last Feb- ruary. Interment will be at Rock Creek Cemetery, in the family plot, where Mrs. Kauffmann, who died in January, 1926, is buried. The body of Mr. Kauffmann, accom- panied by Mrs. and Mr. Lewis N. Mur- ray, his daughter and son-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Dr. John Crayke Simpson, will leave Dunkirk tomorrow night, arriving in Washington Thurs- day morning. The funeral will be at- tended by members of the Gridiron Club, of which Mr. Kauffmann was a former president, and his many asso- ciates in the business and newspaper world of Washington. Dawes Pays Tribute. Vice President Charles G. Dawes deplored the death of Mr. Kauffmann in the following telegram to Erank B. Noyes, president of The Evening Star Co.: “I mourn with you the death of Mr. Kauffmann, the personal loss brought thereby to his family and associates and the passing of a notable and dis- tinguished figure in American jour- nalism. I assure you and his family of my sincere sympathy.” Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the National Geographic Society, of which Mr. Kauffmann was a member of the board of trustees, sent the following | message to Mr. Noyes: “The staff of the National Geo- graphic_Society extend to the mem- bers of The Star family our sympathy in the death of your beloved member, Rudolph Kauffmann, For 25 years he served on the executive committes of His counsel and en- couragement were invaluable to the upbuilding_of our society and its magazine. We mourn with you on the loss of this dearly loved and generous man.” CHANGE IN BRIDGE PLANS. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September 20.— Plans for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge are being revised to increase horizon- tal and vertical clearance at the east and west draws to meet demands of shipping interest. The changes were ordered after a conference last week with Maj. C. R. Pettis, United States district engineer. As revised the draws will have a vertical clearance of 45 feet when closed. When open the vertical clear- ance will be 165 feet. Those eleva- tions, it is belleved, will be sufficient for any ships that may ever pass under the draws. The extreme width, it was pointed | out, is required in carrying barges in | tow through the draw. ) Satisfied’ that some extraordinary arrangements must be made for by-| passing traffic around the east end of {the Arlington Memorial Bridge, mem- bers of the Commission of Fine Arts | have reluctantly given their consent {to an arrangement by which a tunnel | will be constructed from B street under one of the piers of the bridge between the Lincoln Memorial and the east bank of the Potomac so that north and south bound traffic over the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way will not have to criss-cross with | traffic over the bridge. | 'Tunnel Under Memorial Bridge P OK.d to Prevent Future Congestion| er bers gradually came around to the plan when it was pointed out to them that severe trafc congestion would probably result were not some such ar- ranzement made. An alternate scheme would have had traffic officers or some form of automatic traffic signal placed at the intersection of the two road- ways, The sunken roadway, which will bisect the water gate to be located on the bank of the river immediately north of the bridge, will be the first such road of major character in any of the parks in Washington. Com:- mission members were opposed to it Opposed at first to a plan to build | on esthetic grounds, but were satis. a sunken roadway under one of the he bridee. commissi>n mem fied the alternative proposals wou'd not work out sa torily. lon the relief work until at least Jan- |uary 1, and as for flood control legis- |lation he is advised that the report |of the board of engineers, who have | been making a comprehensive survey {of the flood area will not be ready to | submit to Congress before the latter | part of November or the first of | December. This report will form the | basis upon which the flood control legislation will be drawn. | The President, while discussing the | subject with callers today, appeared |to be assured that the Senate would have no difficulty in organizing and that an early session is not necessary | for that body. He has been advised | that the Senate can engage itself in | distinctively senatorial matters, such !as the disposing of the Vare-Smith | election contest while it is wait- ing for the House to start grinding out it appropriation bills. The Presi- dent expects the first of these bills to be ready for the Senate by the Christ- { mas holidays. Backed by Leaders. In reaching a definite conclusion to | not call an extra session of Congress, | the President is belleved to have been influenced by the views on the sub- ject of such party leaders as Senator |Curtis of Kansas, the Republican leader; Senator Borah of Idaho, Speaker Longworth of the House and Representative Tilson of Connecticut, the Republican leader of the House. It is understood that the President’s advices from Republican leaders of the House and Senate upon the ques- tion of the advisability of an extra session have been overwhelmingly in opposition to the proposal. Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, chair- man of the Senate finance committee, and Senator Jones of Washington are understood to have been the only ones of the group of Republican leaders in that body who favored an early ses- sion of Congress. . MEXICAN PLOT BARED BY SIXTEEN ARRESTS California Authorities Claim Plans Were Made to Seize Sev- eral Cities. By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, September 20.— Months of patient waiting by polies and Federal officers today had result- ed in the nipping of what the authori- ties believe was a eonspiracy to fo- ment a new revolution in Mexico. The officers raided a meeting place of suspects last night, with the result that 16 Mexicans were taken into cus- tody, although only four were held. The names of these suspected leaders in the revolutionary plot were with- held by the authorities. The raid also netted four sub machine guns, as well as rifles, shot- guns and ammunition. Officers said the plotters planned to capture strate- gic points in Lower California, Mexico including Tia Juana. For several months. the raiding of- ficers reported, they had been watch- ing four places, said to be the ren- dezvous of the plotters. Among those suspected of joining in the plot, ac- cording to the officers, were many offi- cials once connected with the Calles administration of Mexico, but now op- posed to it. |FIVE HURT IN BLASTS; | BLACK HAND SUSPECTED | Four Women Are Victims in Ex- plosions at Pittsburgh—Fam- ilies Quit Homes. | By ths Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, September 20— Five persons were injured, one per- haps fatally, in two explosions here which police said they believed were the work of the Black Hand. Four women were cut by flying glass and several families driven from their quarters early today when a blast partially wrecked a building at McKeesport, a suburb, in which B. Sayona conducted a fruit store. Dam- age was estimated at $10,000. The explosion of a bomb planted in his automobile late last night blew Joe Drago, 35, of McKeesport, high into the air. He suffered probably fatal injuries. The blast also dam- ed a bullding in front of which his car was parked in an uptown -Pittsburgh 3