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WEATHER. s Fair and cooler tonight. oir; slowly rising Weather Bureau Forseast ) Tomorrow temperature, Temperature—Highest, 74, at 11:30 a.m. yesterday; lowest, b4, t 6 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 30,480. post office, RUTH ELDER IS SAFE * AFTER BEING FORCED TO LAND Entered as second-ei Washington. NEAR SHIP . Broken Oil Line Ends Flight of American Girl at Sea, Radio From Vessel Says. STEAMER GOING TO HOUSTON RESCUES TWO OFF AZORES “Haldeman and Myself O. K.,” Woman " Pilot Notifies Paris—Message Delayed Several Hours. NEW YORK, October 13 (/ of America announced today tl less from the steamer Olympic t drecht had picked up the crew Girl off the Azores. By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 13.—A 'message to the Paris office .0 Associated Press, received this af the aviatrix, told of her landing Barendrecht. The message, which said that were all right, said that the land AP).—The Radio Corporation hat it was informed by wire- hat the Dutch steamer Baren- of the monoplane American i the ternoon from Miss Rith Elder. at sea beside the Dutch tanker she and Capt. George Haldeman ing of the American Girl while en route to Paris from New York had been caused by a broken oil line, The message, which did not give the position of the tanker, was received at the Paris office of the Associated Press at 4:35 p.m. The message had been radioed from the Barendrecht to the steamship Bayano, which relayed it to the wireless station at Debizzes. May Have Be 1t follows: en Delayed. “Landed by steamship Barendrecht with broken oil line. Both Haldeman and myself okey.—Ruth Elder.” The time at which this message had been filed was given as “8 h 6 m,” but it was probable that these figures (8:06 a.m.) had been garbled in transmission. There was also the possibility, however, that' the message might have been delayed in the rel (The Bayano, a British vessel, lef! on September 21 for Avonmouth, England.) Le Dourget Misled. The dark of theearly Autumn Paris and Le Bourget when Miss office of the Associated Press. lay from the steamship Bayano. t Barbados, in the West Indies, night was just descending upon Elder’s message arrived at the Almost the entire crowd had left the flying field, except for a few pilots, correspondents and p that she would not arrive there, b hotographers, all of whom felt ut all of whom were determined to stick it out all night if necessary, until they knew that there was not a possibilit; tank. y of another dropeof gasoline remaining. in her One hour after the message to the Associated Press had been received and forwarded to New Yo Bourget announced that he had r written in English, saying that M drecht, in Holland, a town 10 mile: Ten minutes after that, Le Bo rk, Commandant Renvoise at Le eceived a message of 20 words, liss Elder had landed at Baren- s from Rotterdam. urget finally heard a rumor that Miss Elder had been picked up by a steamship. It was only at 6 p.m. that Le Bourget got the nounced at the flying field that a English ship Bayano had been rec straight of it. It was then an- message in English sent by the eived by Commandant Renvoise saying that Miss Elder and Capt. Haldeman had landed on the water beside the Barendrecht, which rescued them safe and sound. 15,000 Waited at Field. Ten thousand eyes which had strained to plerce the low-hanging fog over the flying field at Le Bourget in an effort to get a glimpse of Ruth El- der and her co-pilot. George Haldeman in the American Girl since daybreak grew dimmer and dimmer as the day wore on and no trace of the transat- lantic flyers was visible. The morning enthusiasm grew inte uneasiness and’ then into downright anxiety as the fog failed to rise at noon—the earliest time at which the American Girl might have reached here—and flying conditions failed to improve. Hope Nearly Given Up. News of the safety of Miss Ruth Elder, daring woman air pilot and her companion aviator, Capt. George Hal- deman, come to turn gloom to joy when growing anxiety was causing a | conviction that the American Girl had | - it's all about, but T sent him the tele- gram just the same.” Apprehension, which is always felt for transatlantic fiyers. lifted for a time yesterday morning with helated receipts of news of the sighting of the plane by the Steamer American Bank- er, whose captain, H. A. Peterson, sent the following radiogram: “At 10:35—75 meridian time, 405 miles off Ambrose, latitude 41 north. longitude 65.04 west, sighted plane apparently American Girl, heading east. Plane flying at altitude about 1,000 feet at great speed, flashing lights several times while passing. Weatner conditions_ ideal. Bright moonlight night. Light northwest | breeze ‘and high barometer.” With that entry the log of the American girl reached a chapter end- ing. Its continuance was awaited all day yesterday and through the hours |of the night as conjecture sought to complete the annals of an intrepid bid for fame by an automobile dealer and SRR B WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bewing WASHINGTON, D. O, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1927—SIXTY PAGES. |President Enjoys Biscuits Cooked by White House Recipe By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, October 13.— President Coolidge enjoyed “home cooking” for breakfast today at the residence here of R. B. Mellon. The Mellon cook was very anx- ious that the biscuits be to the President’s liking. The cook called the White House culinary artist by telephone and obtained the bis- cuit recipe. CONEZDESERTED BY AMADATRODPS ’Only Mountaineers Remain With Rebel, Surrendered Officers Declare. | | i R | B the Assaciated Press. | MEXICO CITY., October 13.—Gen. | Arnulfo Gomez, rebel leader sought by the government in Vera Cruz State accompanied only by mountaineers according to officers heading the 600 surrendered soldiers of Gen. Hector Almada’s column, who have arrived at Jalapa, capital of the state. No soldiers remained with Gomez {after the defeat of his followers by federal forces in western Vera Cruz on Sunday, they declared. The officers are Capt. Julian Castrajon and Lieuts. Jose Prado, Angel Ibanez, Aguilar and Refugio Alezama. Almada Charged With Deceit. They claim they were ordered to leave the Mexico City garrison by Gen. Almada, who told them Gen. Roberto Cejudo had revolted in Vera Cruz State and should be fought. Almada's de- ceit was not revealed, they asserted, until airplanes flying over the moun- tain region near Perote, where they were intrenched, dropped printed sheets reminding the soldiers of their duty. Thereupon they decided to sur- render. The rebel forces at that time were composed of soldiers and Vera Cruz mountaineers, who had been in the field some time under various chief- tains, Withdrew -During Fight. During Sunday’'s combat at Ayau- huaiulco the soldiers did not fight, according to the officers, but with- drew « toward Cosautlan. The rebel generals with the mountaineers over- took them and kept strict -vigilance until nightfall, when the soldiers de- cided to resume their march, fighting the pursuing mountaineers until they reached Cosautlan. Twenty-five sol- diers, overcome by fatigue, were cap- tured by the mountaineers and were believed to have been executd. ‘The :;dmcers asserted Lhn';l Gomez was_ seldom seen among . the rebel forces and was always followed by 20 rugged mountaineers. The sur- rendering soldiers were taken to Jalapa, disarmed and confined in bar- pending final instructions-as to their disposal. REVOLT DECLARED CRUSHED, Federal Leaders Return, Claiming Rout of Gomez Troops. VERA CRUZ, Mexico, October, 13 P).—Gen. Jesus Aguirre has returned to Jalapa from the campaign in which th federal forces claim . to have routed the rebels under Gen. Arnulfo Gomez and Hector Almada. . Gen, Aguirre, who co-operated with Gen. Gonzalo Escobar in the cam- paign, declares the military aspect of the revolt ended with the surren- der of the major part of the troops headed by Gomez and Almada. The troops, he sald, would be treated leniently, as they had been deceived by their leaders. The two leaders, he asserts, are left with only small groups of followers and these are fugitives who engaged in maurauding long before the out- break of the military revolt. They are being pursued by federal troops. Traffic to Mexico City on the inter- peeanic railway is soon to be re- sumed, The state governor, Abel Rodri- guez, who has arrived here on his way to Jalapa, announces his pro- gram as reorganization of the state treasury, guarantees for all citizens and no reprisals. e KEMAL GREETS GREW, NEW ENVOY TO TURKEY By, the Associated Press CONSTANTINOPLE, October 13.— Joseph Clark Grew, first American Ambassador to Turkey since the days of the World War, presented his cre- (ti:;malfl to President Mustapha Kemal lay. Oscar | ANERCAN WEALTH UPLFTS HUNANTY, PRESDENT STATE Executive, in Speech at Pitts- burgh, Pays Tribute to Philanthropists. {COMMENTS ON NEW ERA | IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Improvement Manifest in Spirit- | ual and Economic Life, He Declares. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. | PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 13.— The great mass of the wealth of this country has heen used to raise the life of the people into a higher realm rather than being used merely for elf- ish indulgence and ostentatious luxury, President Coolidge declared in a speech | he delivered here this afternoon inci- dent to the annual celebration of Founder’s at Carnegie Institute. In the opinion of the President the question for the determination of the | American people is no longer whether | they will be able to secure prosperi I but rather for what purpose prosperity is used. According to his philosophy, it is only in the use to which wealth and prosperity are put that their pos- session and existence are justified, and he was happy to remind his audience that the answer to this has been found by the Ameri¢an people in religion, in education and in the arts, and for that reason there has been such a marked spiritual as well as material progress in this country. Sees Industrial Peace. There is real contentment among the people of-America, the President | stated, brought about by the aflmunl as well as the material advaniement | of the Nation, and because of this con- dition he notes that there is a great increase in effort and efficiency in pro- duction since the people, through this better understanding and imbued with higher ideals, are co-operating to work out a common destiny. Because of this economic and social improvement the President recognizes a remarkable improvement in the re- lations between emplover -and em- ploye. Much of the old friction be- tween these two, he added, no longer | exists and under a new realization of their mutuality of interest an indus- trial peace has come through - this country which a short time ago would ‘have been thought next to im- possible to attain. It was admitted, however, by the | President that despite this advance- ‘ment and this better. understanding and co-operation the ranks of un- skilled labor have not yet come into: their full enjoyment. He believes, though, that this class of workers is experiencing | | i working _conditions reatly improved over what it ever fore received. v Improvement of industrial condi- | tions and promotion of the spiritual life in this country and at the same time to insure material advancement has been the aim of the leaders of American economic life and it has | been this spirit which has dominated the growth of the country, the Presi- dent pointed out. In his opinion the final biding place of the happy and contented citizen is around the fire- side and the chief evidence of their success, material and spiritual, is in happy and contented homes. “Gradually, through long years of incessant toil under the guidance of | spiritual leaders,” the President added in this connection, “we have been per- | fecting our civilization and raising the standard of the material, mental and moral-life of the people.” | It was stated by the President that despite the high spirit which has domi- | nated the wonderful growth of the | United States and which has resulted | in better understanding and content- | ment and co-operation, he realizes that | there are some who cannot see or un- derstand this condition. He declared that to some of these outsiders Ameri- can industrial life is the apotheosis of selfishness. He spoke with emphasis when he added that these outsiders cannot realize that the rattle of the reaper, the buzz of the saw, the clang of the anvil, the roar of traffic are all part of a mighty symphony, not only of material, but of spiritual progress. Large Audience Attends. It is the President’s contention that out of this “mighty symphony” the Nation is supporting its religious in- stitutions, endowing colleges, provid- ing its charities, furnishing ornaments | of architecture, rearing its monu- ments, organizing its orchestras and encouraging its painting. But, as he | | | | | | | of staff as saying that these conditions SUNMERALL TOUR ENDS I MYSTERY Chief of Staff Says He Was Called Back—Had Criti- cized Army Housing. By the Associated Press. RENO, Nev., October 13.—Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, Army chief of staff, whose whereabouts be- came a cause for concern among his fellow officers when he suddenly abandoned an inspection tour in Cali- fornia with the announcement that he had been summoned to Washing- ton, was located aboard the east- bound Overland Limited here today. He could not be reached for an ‘inter- | view. . Suddenly Cancels Engagements, By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, October 13.— Maj. Gen. Summerall suddenly ~con- celed engagements here yesterday with the announcement that he had been ordered back to Washington at once. The general said he had received the Washington summons while . in- specting the Presidio of Monterey. He immediately canceled all engage- ments in the West and started North by automobile, supposedly for San Francisco. He failed to meet Lieut. Col. W. H. Johnson, his special aide. during his stay in the 9th Corps Area, at Port Costa, where he had ordered the aide to wait for him. Auto Driver “Keeps Mum.” ‘The automobile in which Gen. Sum- merall left Monterey returned early today to Fort Scott here. The driver said he had orders to ‘“keep mum” about the general until he had talked with his colonel, Dispatches from Washington yester- day stated that as far as could be determined Gen. Summerall’s itinerary was unchanged and that the War De- partment knew nothing about the or- der calling him back to the Capital. Officers in the 9th Corps Area spec- ulated on whether the general's pub- lished comments on the housing con- ditions for the United States Army might have had anything to do with the summons. Dispatches from San Diego last Monday quoted the chief | were “deplorable, a disgrace to any civilized nation and hardly better than the victorious American troops would have encountered in German prison camps.” The speech from which the remarks were quoted was made at a luncheon given in his honor. RECALL NOT KNOWN HERE. i Officials in Dark Over Reported Sum- mons Following Criticism. By the Assaciated Press. The indicated return of Gen. Sum- merall from an interrupted tour of inspection on the Pacific Coast left | headed directly to failure. ANOTHER HAT IN THE RING. Spanish Warship, First Since 1898, Visits at Manila By the Associated Press. MANILA, October 13.—The Span- ish cruiser Blas de Lezo arrived | here today. It is the first Spanish | warship to visit Manila since the Spanish-American War. The crew was warmly received by the Spanish colony, and will re- main here several days. PROGRAM REACHED BY PAAMERGANS Durmiont Brings Order Out of Chaos by Plea for Unity in Consular Fees. Consul General TFrederick T. F. Dumont, the American delega brought order out of chaos in today’ ‘meeting in the Pan-American Union on simplification and standardization of consular procedure by a winning appeal to the delegates from the 21 nations to set aside their differences and agree on a definite program for submission to the Havana conference next January. When the delegates found them- selves in disagreement over offi- cial definition of the essential terms required on consular invoices, per- haps the most vital point of the whole conference, Mr. Dumont solemnly warned them that the conference was Cites Danger in Failure. “This conference will fail if it does not reach an agreement on these defi- nitions,” Mr. Dumont warned. “Each nation seems to want to retain its own definition of what the terms mean and the real purpose of ‘this conference is to recommend uniformity in such mat« ters. We have not settled a single Roint. There is no reason why we should fail, but it seems to me that we are going to fail unless we can think in common terms. “Remember,” he said, “that we are only making recommendations to our governments through the Havana conference, we are not absolutely bind- ing our governments to anything at this time.” As an upshot of this appeal, the delegates rescinded their former action in voting to refer the whole matter to a committee to report back when the commission reassembles on October 24, at the conclusion of today’s session. The conference then finally agreed to recommend such definition of cur- rency, gross weight, net weight, legal weight and manufacturers’ numbers as contained in the agenda relating to consular invoices. Mexicar: Raises Protest. This was not done, however, without The only evening paper in Washington with th: Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 100,107 (#) Means Associated Press. 6.0.P WATCHES INSURGENT PARLEY Old Guard Leaders Especial- ly Interested in Action on Presidency. By the Associated Press. ‘While disclaiming any feeling of | real concern, Republican Old Guard leaders concede they are closely ob- serving developments in the confer- ences of Senate insurgents now in progress here. * They are especially interested in what this group, composed entirely of Senators from the Far West, may do with respect to the presidential situa- tion; whether they will get behind Norris of Nebraska in the presiden- tial primaries or support Lowden of Tllinois, or fail to come to any agree- ment as to a candidate. The regular party leaders are not undertaking to discount the influence the insurgents could wield in the next national convention should they be able to go there with a eandidate hav- ing a sizeable block of delegates. They are doubtful, however, that an insur- gent’ movement will meet with the success even in the large agricultural States -that some of the directors of the movement now hope for. ‘This doubt is predicated upon the indorsement of Lowden by party lead- ers in several of those States, the be- liet that several others will send to the convention delegations pledged to “‘favorite sons” or unpledged and upon other factors. Conciliatory Moves Made. Irrespective of whether the insur- gents can agree upon a candidate for the nomination, their movement al- ready has brought conciliatory expres- sions from the delegated leaders of the party in the Senate. They de- clare there are a number of questions on which they are in agreement with the insurgents. Adverting to the matter of increased tariff protection for farm products of the West, which has been stressed by Senator Borah of Idaho, both Senator Curtis of Kansas, the Republican floor leader, and his assistant, Senator Wat- son of Indiana, declared there would be little difficulty on that score. Senator Curtis recalled that the farming interests had obtained in the Fordney-McCumber act the exact rates of duties they asked for on all products save possibly two. -In prac- tical operation, however, these rates are too low in the view of the Western legislators. Should the insurgents be able to organize on the scale they have out. lined, they will have a larger welded group than ever before in the Senate and they would constitute a force with which the Old Guard leaders would have to reckon, particularly in view of the strength of the Democrats in total Senate membership. West Has Chairmanships. As to the contention of the insurg- ents that the Republican party is too TWO CENTS. RECIPROCITY TAG WAR IS AVERTED BY VIRGINIA GOVERNCR Byrd Orders Liberal Interpre- tation of Auto License Act by Authorities. DISTRICT SPOKESMEN SEE VICTORY IN ACTION Delegation Well Satisfied After Conference in Capitol at Richmond. BY REX COLLIER. Staft Correspondent of The Star, RICHMOND, Va, October 13.— Gov. Byrd this afternoon at a con- ference with representatives of Washington's traffic authorities and trade bodies called off the threatened “reciprocity war” between Virginia and the District of Columbia. While admitting that the registra- | tion law of Virgimnia is “very broad,” Gov. Byrd expressed the opinion that a strict interpretation of it at this time would abolish the present re- ciprocal relations between Virginia and the National Capital, and he recommended to Motor Vehicle Com- missioner Hayes that all warrants already issued against Washington business firms under the registration law be held in abeyance and that | further prosecutions be deferred un= til the matter of amending the pres- ent l]aw has been put before the State Legislature at its next session. Hailed as D. C. Victory. The decision of the governor, an- nounced at the conciliaton conference arranged by the Washington Board of Trade, was hailed by the delegates from the National Capital as a “com- plete victory” for their cause. “While it appears that the law is very plain,” Gov. Byrd said, “and that under a legal interpretation of it any Washington firm regularly oper- ating its vehicles in Virginia on busi- ness should purchase Virginia tags, 1 personally feel that Virginia should interpret the act liberally, until such time as the General Assembly shall have had an opportunity to consider the farreaching complications in- volved in the wording of the law. As governor of the Sta’e I do not have the power to order Mr. Hayes to withhold an enforcement of any, law; but I do think that for the pres- ent at least we should confine our prosecutions to bona fide residents of Virginia who illegally go into Wash- ington and secure District of Columbia | tags. Governor Explains Position. “When 1 first instructed Mr, Hayes to make arrests in Arlington County of persons operating their cars on District of Columbia tags, I had in mind ‘only bona fide residents of Vir- ginia who were deliberately gvading our registration laws. It seems, how- ever, that the thing has gone far beyond the original bounds. I think that Virginia should manitest the greatest hospitality to all non-resl. dents, and I should hate to see any: thing done that would hurt the exist. ing reciprocity understanding. Commissioner Hayes agreed with Gov. Byrd's expressed attitude and announced to the conferees that all warrants already issued undar a re- cent ruling of the attorney general would be held in abeyance indefinitely. He stated, however, that next week he would station four officers on the bridges leading into Washington and stop every motorist leaving Virginia before 10 o'clock in the morning whose automobile is equipped with D. C. tags. If the motorists cannot show satisfactorily that they are resi- dents of Washington they wlil be arx'rsnzed and prosecuted, Mr. Hayes said. Traffic Director W, H. Harland and members of Washington’s trade bodies present at the conference assured G Byrd and Mr. Hayes of their co-ope: tion in any action Virginia may take to compel her own residents to buy Virginia tags. It was pointed out that this question, involving bona fide Vir- ginia residents, was not in dispute, District Delegation. Representing Washington at the conference in the governor's office were Edwin C. Graham, president of the Board of Trade; chairman of the t the Board of Tra . Con- ner, assistant secretary of the board; Henry Stringer, member of the Trade Board traffic committee; William Jorg, from the Chamber of Commerce: Ivan C. Weld, vice president of the Cham- ber of Commer P. Federline of T A, the A. A. A. and Traffic Director Har- land. gone to join other MISSINE trans- |a 'former dentist's sesistant. declared in conclusion, the American | WAr Department officials completely | a furious wrangle, especially on the |much of the East and not enough oceanic planes, which carried their | brave occupants to unmarked graves! in_the Atlantic. i When the word came that the craft | had made a successful landing at sea | its maximum time limit in the air wos almost up and the plane was several | hours overdue at Paris, according to Capt. Haldeman's estimate. No word had been received from the American Girl since Tuesday night when a steamship saw her winging her way overhead barely started on the long trail, leading from New York to Paris. MRS. HALDEMAN JOYOUS. Backers' Relief at Flyers’ Safety Over- comes Disappointment. NEW YORK, October 13 (#).—In- formed by the Assoclated Press that | her husband and Ruth Elder were safe | after a landing at sea, Mrs. George Haldeman said, “Oh, thank you so much.: I knew they would bs all right Mre. Haldeman, and the backers of the flight, H. E. Cornell and T. H McArdle, all expressed great relief and oy that the flyers were safe “That oil line breaking is the sort | of bad luck that might happen in a flight, 1 suppose,” said Mr. Cornell. | “Of course they will be disappointed that they didn’t make it and so are | we, but we are glad that they are| ate” | a Mrs. Haldernan had been cheerful and confident throughout the long tense hours. Mrs. Haldeman, a serene, blue-eyed fbrunette, had shown no symptons of anxiety. _ “I have confidence. she drawled. This faith she communicated to the pilot’s mother and his 4-year-old son, George, *jr., at Lakeland, Fla., home of both Haldeman and Elder. Of the boy, she said fondly: “He probably doesn't know what Why worry?” the | Advised to Fly High. Dr. James H. Kimpall of the Weather Bureau said the plane, if still_aloft, probably struck its worst weather between 4 and 6 p.m. yester- day when an area of low pressure and |perhaps gales should have been en- countered about 2,300 miles out of ew York. The danger zone might have prevailed until midnight, Dr, Kimball thought. “I told Haldeman,” Dr. Kimball said, “that at this point he must seek altitude and if he could not fly over he had best move to the southward, keeping against his ceiling. If he could have flown at 10,000 feet (well beyond the range of visibility of steamers be- low) or better, he might have got out of the storm’ area and into a west wind. In view of this advice some aviators dered it not_improbable that thy Ship Which Saved Flyers Due in Port About Nov. 15 By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex., October Agents of “the Dutch tanker Barendrecht, heside which Miss Ruth Elder. the aviatrix, reported she landed safely in the Atlantic, sald today the vessel was due at this port the middle of November, The tanker left Houston for Spain two months ago and has had time | to discharge its cargo, the agents said. They added it was likely the Barendrecht would put into some other port en route to Houston, but were uvable to say what port. col | 13.— | | Ambassador Grew, in a brief ad-| dress, said that the work and progress | created in Turkey under direction of | President Kemal had aroused the liveliest interest 1 the United States, | and would be an important factor in the development of future relations between the two countries. President Kemal expressed satisfac- tion at the special mark of attention President Coolidge had given in ap- pointing Mr. Grew the first American Ambassador in Turkey since 1917 . EXTEND CLAIM SESSION. U. 8. and Mexico Prolong Conven- tion for Two Years. The United States and Mexico to- day exchanged ratifications of the ex- tension of the life of the Mexiean- | American Federal claim| convention negotiated last August. The extension is for two years from August 31, 1927, but its jurisdiction is limited by new agreement to claims filed prior to August 31, 1927. Owing to 'the resignation of last August of Dr. C. Van Vollenhoven, Dutch, neutral on the commission, it now devolves upon the two govern- ments to agree anew upon a Suitable neutral judge to preside on the com- mission. HUGHIE MAE:K IS DEAD. SANTA MONICA, Calif., October 13 —Hughie Mack, 43, motion picture comedy actor, who was one of the first actors to leave the legitimate stage for the screen, was found dead in bed at his home here today. He was a native of Brooklyn, N. Y. people see and understand, and, un- perturbed, they move majestically for- ward in the consciousness that they are making their contribution in com- mon with the sister nations to the progress of humanity. These utterances of the President were made before a large audience seated amid /the splendor and mag- foyer of Carnegie Music Hall, where the paintings by competing artists exhibited. In praising the purpose of the international exhibition, Mr. Cool- idge stated that from much humbler beginnings great issues have been evolved and that it may be that in the spirit which animates the conduct of art exhibitions like this one lies the nificence of the marble hall of the | from 15 different countries are being | puzzled today, both Acting Secre- tary MacNider and the acting chief of staff, asserting that they had no knowledge of any orders recalling him to Washington. It was said that no message from | Gen. Summerall telling of #ny change in his plans had been received. The only sources of orders recalling |him from his trips other than from | the War Department would be either Secretary Davis, who is in Columbus, | Ohio, today and was at Dayton, Ohio, yesterday, or the White House. With President Coolidge in Pitts-- burgh today no information regard- ing Summerall was available at the ‘White House. The possibility suggested in dis- patches from the Pacific Coast that Gen. Summerall _had _been_recalled (Continued on Page 11, Column 5.) By the Associated Press. The plight of a boy, 15, who “from a strong, straight shouldered lad” has become “sunken chested and weak eyed” because of a “mania for wire- less,” influenced his father to ask for suspension of his license by the Federal Radio Commission. He is Eric H. Palmer, jr., Brooklyn, N. Y. For three months, wrote his father, he has operated amateur station 2 ATZ. “This is probably the most unusual request you have received, but it seems that nothing short of your ac- tion-will suffice in the circumstances,” Radio Progrs;ms—l’age 43. said Mr. Palmer, in asking suspension of his son's licensey ey o, Radio Mania Robbing Youth of Health, Father Asks U. S. t (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) o Revoke His License “If this is not dome I believe the boy will die of undernourishment and 'k of sleep and his mother fall vie- | tim to a nervous hreakdown. I do not believe he has scen the sunlight in three months, He transmits all night and goes to sleep at 6a.m.and sleeps until 4 p.m., then gets a plece of cake or a sandwich and calls that a meal. B o have exerted every kind of discipline; I have gone to his room at 1 a.m. and removed his tubes, but all to no final avail.” Mr. Palmer said he at first encour- ! change its own official definition of aged the radio interest of his gon, which eventually caused the boy to be dropped from two high schools. “Junior is soon 16, he ended his let- ter, “and until that time I am going to take the radio away from him, with your co-operation.” part of the Mexican delegate, Francisco Suastegui, commercial at- tache of the embassy. Mr. Suastegui protested it would be impossible to get each nation to such terms. To investigate the mat- ter, he declared, would be an exhaus- tive task, since practically every na- tion has its own different definition to meet its own peeculiar need. Mr.sDumont, who had stated earlier that the United States was perfectly willing to change its own definition, declared that the conference should have no regard how other countries defined the terms in invoices. “We want to decide on something to suit ourselves,” he said. “We are perhaps the best group of technical experts who can deal with this matter. You will not find any experts at Havana, and that body is looking to us to make Jefinite recommendations on this mat- ter.” The conference, which has been in session here since Monday, will ad- journ this afternoon after appolnting a drafting committee to take the vari- ous resolutions and motions which have been adopted and put them into shape for consideration by the Pan- American_Commission, which will re- convene October 24 for this purposé. The results then will be. submitted through the Pan-American Union to various governments interested, in or+ der that they may give whatever in- structions they may deem appropriate on this subject to their delegation to of the West, some of the leaders di- rect attention to the large share Western Senators and Representa- tives have in affairs of both branches of Congress. Of the 20 major committees of the Senate, Senators from the Far West are chairmen of 14; those from the Central West are heads,of 2, with only 4 from the East holding chairman- ships. Warren of Wyoming heads the powerful appropriations committee. Norris of Nebraska the judiciary committee; Smoot of Utah the finance committee; Curtis of Kansas the rules committee, Borah of Idaho the foreign relations committee, Shortridge. of California the elec- tions committee, McNary of Oregon the agricultural committee, Johnson of California the immigration com- mittee, Oddie of Nevada the public lands committee, Norbeck of South Dakota the pensions committee, Jones of Washington the commerce committee,- Phipps of Colorado the irrigation committee, and Frazier of North Dakota the Indian committee: Of these 14, eight are identified with the insurgent group, or else vote with them frequently on im- portant:.questions. Similar Situation in House. From the Central West, Watson of Indiana is chairman of the interstate commerce, committee, and Willis of Ohio heads the territori commit- tee. - The four committees Eastern Senators lead are: Military, Reed of the Sixth Pan-American Congréss, to meet in Havana next January. Minor Details Left. The conference has to conclude minor details of the proposed standard consular form and consider alsoc the documentation of parcel post ship- ments. is post proposal reads: pments of advertising matter and (Contjnued on Page 2, Column ‘Thi “Shi Pennsylvania; naval, Hale of Maine: post office, Moses of New Hampshire, and banking, McLean of Connecticut. Thirteen of the 22 most important House committees are presided over by Westerners, these commitees in- cluding ways and means, appropri- ations, agriculture, elections, irriga- tion, public lands, pensions, flood con- trol, immigration and Indian affairs. The Democratic party’s leaders also Members of the Wash tion told Gov. Byrd that when the Virginia Legislature meets a commit- tee will confer with members of 1ae General Assembly in an effort to con- vince them of the injustice of Vis- ginia’s present registration law as it affects non-residents and with a view to having the law amended. This suggestion was received favo,- ably by the governor and he plainly indicated that he, too, felt the law as it stands is inequitable. The governor also waw yavised that the business interests of Washington and others weuld take up with Con. gress the matter of enacting an auto. mobile title law for the District of Co- lumbia. This move, it was stated, would serve to liminate another point of issue affectirg reciprocity, To Check on Tags® Director Harland told th DV that the District of Columbie ‘r\s:trr:‘:: that any Virginian should by giving fictitious addresses purchase District of Columbia tags and as a step to- wards ameliorating this situation the traffic authorities plan hereafter to mall the registrations to tag ap- plicants. In this way, he said, it is hoped to check up on persons misrepresent- ing their papers of residence, Deputy ~ Automobile Commissioner Edward MéDermott at Alexandria to- day arrested nine District operators of commercial vehicles for operating without Virginia tags. At the same time the Langley, Va., Citizens’ Assoclation and the Arling- ton Motor Club entered the lists against the Virginia officials as op- posed#to any agitation which threat- ens severance of the present amicable reciprocity relations. Those arrested at Alexandria fol- low: C. L. Fletcher, employed by the Ward Baking Co.. of Washington: H. H. Gordon ot the Auth Provision ington delega- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) 'Lcongnued on Page 2, Columa 39 [