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QUOTA VISA WANED FOR MRS, MCULLY State Department Obviates Immigration Delay for Wife of Admiral. Tmmigration difficulties have been obviated for Rear Admiral Newton A. married last week at Reval, with the granting by the State partment of a non-quota visa to the while 60-year-old bachelor's bride. on leave to £0 * September 12, and who is due back at Charleston, S. C., his present post, November 12, will thus be saved a repetition of his experience in 1920, when he found his seven Russian war orphans, which he adopted, detained for a time at Ellis Island, due to an immigration tangle. Mrs, McCully will receive her visa from the American consul at Reval. Admiral McCully’s mother, who is caring for his wards during his honey- moon, has received this cablegram from him: “Was married yesterday. We both send love to all.” CHILDREN AWAIT “MOTHER.” Seven of Family, Now in South, Eager for Meeting. CHARLESTON, S. C., October 18 (P).—The seven Russian foster-chil- dren of Rear Admiral Newton A, Mc- Cully await with varied interest first sight of their Russian fostermother, whose addition to the family was made known yesterday. Ranging in age from 9 to 19, the’| five girls and two boys adopted in Russia by Admiral McCully in 1320 are now ready to greet the “mother” who speaks their own language, for the new Mrs. McCully was Mrs. Olga Krundycher, a native of Russia, be- fore marriage at Reval changed her name last week. Luidmila, Antonnia, Anastasia and Nikolai are in school—the three giris at Ashley Hall, a_school for girls in Charleston, and Nikolai, the 18-year- old boy, at Porter Military Academy, where he is learning the first rudi- ments of the martial profession he intends to pursue, Luidmila seemed aggrieved, say her Jury Which “Finds For Neither Party” Sent Back by Court Ve find for neither party.” This declaration by the foreman of a jury today startled Justice Wendell P. Stafford and counsel in Circuit Division 1, when the fore- man had announced that an agree- ment-had been reached. The fore- man started to say that the agree- ment was to disagree, but the court stopped him and informed the jury that it must return to its room and present in writing an application for further instructions, if needed. The suit on trial is one for $10,000 damage brought by Mrs. Sophie A. Benton, administratrix of her de- ceased husband, Benjamin F. Ben- ton, against her brother-inlaw, Dalmer G. Booty, in whose car Benton was a passenger when the machine ran off the Queens Chapel road March 29, and caused his death. Attorney William C. Sullivan rep- resented the plaintiff, while Attor- ney James A. O'Shea appeared for the defendant. AIR MAIL ROUTES PLANNEDIN SOUTH Commerce Department Gath- ers Data for Establishment of New Service. Government surveys for the At lanta-New York Airway were com- pleted today, when the data on the "Greensboro-Richmond section of the route arrived at the Commerce De- partment. The department hopes to have the route ready for operation January 1, with all lighting installed. Emer- gency landing fields have been estab- lished at even less than the 30-mile inrt;rvnls. which are considered stand- ard. The tentative schedule provides for friends, that her “bachelor father™” surprised them with his wedding, tut the other children are eager to wel- come Nirs. McCully, for they vaguely, but pleasantly, recall having seen their foster-father with a person call- ed “Olga” in Constantinople several years ago. That was at the time Admiral Mc- Cully was bringing his adopted chil- dren back to America, when during the Russian revolution in 1920 he was in charge of evacuation of Sebastopol and found the little group of refugees in an orphanage. Nikolai, the oldest boy, served in Gen. Wrangel’s Russian army at the age of 9, and the childish experience has not turned him from thoughts of ‘warfare and armaments, for he is now engaged in converting a submarine chaser into a yacht and expresses the wish that he may follow his “bachelor father’s” footsteps, and some day be- come an admiral. DIALECT EXPERT HURT. Dr. Otto A. Schlutter Struck by Hit-and-Run Autoist. NEW HAVEN, Conn., October 18 (P).—Dr. Otto A. Schlutter, 69, world known authority on English dialects, victim of a “hit-and-run” motorist last night, was in critical condition at Grace Hospital today. It was deter- mined that he did not receive a skull fracture as at first [galu‘a, and this gave hope of feco Dr. Schlutter is a graduate of Leip- 2ig, retired professor of Trinity Col- lege, and in recent monihs has been a student in the Yale librury. He had alighted from a trolley car and was walking beside the highway when he was struck. The automobile did not stop. Dr. Schlutter in his work on dia- Jects had specialized in those used be- fore A. D. 1066. He had contributed to English glossaries and lexographs. His retirement from Trinity College was due to deafness. STORMS BLOCK AIR MAIL. New York-to-Chicago and Boston Lines Tied Up. HADLEY AIRPORT, South Plain- field, N. J., October 18 (#).—Rains and winds of the past two days have caused a cessation of air mail and ex- press service on the New York-Chi- cago and New York-Boston lines, the National Air Transport announced to- day. Only one plane has attempted to get through from Cleveland since yester- day, it was said by officers of the concern, and it was forced down at Bellefonte, Pa. HOLD-UP MEN GE} $57. ‘Two armed colored men held up and robbed William V. S 24 B street northeast early this morning in the vicinity of the Pension Office as he was returning home from a card game. They took $57 from his pocket, he 10l police. Shuford reported that as he neared the Pension Office Building about 3 o'clock he was accosted by the two colored men, one of whom dre a gun and ordered him to “stick ‘em up.’ When he obeyed, he said, the other man searched his pockets and took hi= money. He was able to fur- nish a fair description of the men, $30,000 Blast at Mine. 'EUBENVILLE, Ohio, October 18 UP).—The tipple at the Bradley Mine, 17 miles southeast of here, was blown up this morning, with a loss estimated @t $30,000. The United States Coal Co., owner of the mine, yesterday filed an intervening petition’ at Columbus for an injunction writ enjoining union miners from molesting non-union men employed at the mine. = McIntyre Dinner Postponed. The dinner at the Willard Hotel in honor of Commissioner William A. Mclntyre, newly-appointed leader of the Salvation Army, for 15 Southern ates, which was scheduled to be held at 7 o'clock omorrow night, has been postponed, owing to the inabili- 1y of the Commissioner to be present, 1L was announced today, Robert N. Harper, who Issued invi- tations =aid that friends would be noti. fled when another date is assigned for the occasion. Man's Head Cut as He Faints. ¥rank Carney, 514 Tenth street, em- ‘ploved temporarily as a multigraph ator at the United States Cham- her of Commerce, received a gash on the head this morning when he fainted in the office, falling against a de<k. Me was given first ald at Emergency Jlospital and three stitches were taken 10 close the wound. Detailed to Artillery School. Col. Edward Kimmel, ‘Artillery, at Fort Eustis, 524 connection at Atlanta with the New York-Atlanta route, which will begin operation as soon as the lighting of that route is completed by the Depart- ment of Commerce. ‘The southbound plane will leave At- lanta_upon arrival of the New York and Northern air mail at 6:30 a.m.. arrive at Jacksonville at 9:25 a.m. and at Miami at 12:40 p.m. Departure from Miami on the northbound trips will be at 2:40 p.m., with arrival at Jacksonville at 5:50 p.m. and at At- lanta at 8:45 p.m. for connection with the New York air mail. ‘The invitation makes provision for a feeder line to supply air mail service to Tampa if it is found there is suffi- cient demand for such service. The distance of the route is placed at 595 miles, planes must make a minimum average “f speed of 100 miles an hour and provision is made by law that a contract may be let up to $3 per pound for all mail carried. The post- age rate would be 10 cents per half ounce. A contract for an air mail service between Atlanta and Miami, with stops at Jacksonville, Tampa and Fort Myers, was let last year and operation of the southern end of the route between Jacksonville and Miami was begun September 15, 1926. The g:rer;lflon was discontinued Decem- MINERS ON STRIKE IN COLORADO FIELD Work Halted in Northern Lignite Section—Southern Walkout Fails. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo., October 18.—Work was at a standstill in the northern Colorado lignite coal fields today as between 2,000 and 5,000 miners an- swered an I. W, W. strike call. At Trinidad in the southern Colo- rado field a check of seven Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. mines showed that less than 2 per cent of the miners fail- ed to come to work today. In the Aguilar and Walsenburg flelds early estimates placed the number of strikers at half the men. Eighteen alleged members of the I. W. W. were in the county jail to- day charged with unlawful picketing on highways leading to coal mines. Thirteen were arrested in the Aguilar district and five at Berwind Canon, The strike was cailed by the 1. W, W., in an attempt to get the mine owners to grant a set scale of $8.50 a day for day men, diggers and load- ers. Coal companies of Colorado re- cently granted company men an in- crease of 68 cents a day and diggers an increase of 4 cents a ton. THE EVE STATE TO PRESENT MEADE MEMORIAL Pennsylvania Tribute to Civil War Leader Will Be Un- veiled Tomorrow. The memorial to Maj. Gen. Georgs Gordon Meade, who was commander of the Army of the Potomac and of the Union Army at Gettysburg, will he unveiled and presented to the Fed- eral Government by the State of Penn- sylvanfa, tomorrow afternoon at its sita in the Botanic Garden, Third treet and Pennsylvania avenue. The exercises are scheduled to begin at 2:30 o'clock. iov. John S. Fisher of Pennsy vania, with his large staff, will arrive in Washington at noon, going to his headquarters at the Mayflower Hotel. Escorted by a troop of 3d U. S. ¢ alry, from Fort Mever, he will leave the hotel in time to be at the cere. monies at 2:30 o'clock, when he will officially present the memorial to the Federal Gevernment, on whose behalf it will be accepted by President Ceol- idge. Exercises to Be Simple. The exercises will be comparatively simple and without a parade. The only troops present will be a platoon of Battery A,16th U. 8. Field Artillery. which will be parked in the arvea west of Third street for the purpose of firing the salute, and the cavalry es- cort for Pennsylvania’'s chief exec tive. The order of exercises, as laid down by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, execu- tive officer of the Meade Memorial Commission, follow: Call to order by Senator Simeon D. Fess, chairman of the Senate committee on Library and acting chairman of the Federal Meade Memorial Commission; invocation by Rev. Hugh K. Fulton, chaplain in the Army Reserve Corps; presentation of the memorial, by Gov. Fisher; un- veiling of the memorial, by Miss Hen- rietta Meade, daughter of Gen. Meade; firing of a 13-gun salute; acceptance on behalf of the Government, by Pres- ident Coolidge; music; reminiscences of Gen. Meade, by H. H. Spayd, past commander, Department of Pennsyl- vania, Grand Army of the Republic; music; presentation of the sculptor, Charles Grafly of Philadelphia: pres- entation of the architects, Edward P. and Grant M. Simon, both of Philadel- phia, and dedicatory prayer, by Rev. J. H. Pershing, chaplain, Department of Pennsylvania, G. A. R. Veterans Urged to Attend.' Every effort is being made by the officials: to have present many Civil War veterans, but they have had dif- ficulty in reaching them, with the re- sult that a number of tickets have been unclaimed. Those entitled to these seats may have them by calling at the office of the director of public buildings and public parks of the Na- tional Capital in the Navy Building. The personel of the Pennsylvania Meade Memorial Commission follows: Gov. Fisher, chairman; Hugh R. Ful- ton, vice chairman; Benson E. Tay- lor, secretary; Charles F. Bidelspacher, Samuel P. Towne, John B. Patrick and John E. Baker, while that of the Federal commission follows: Secre- tary Dwight F. Davis of the War De. partment, Senator Fess, Representa+ tive Luce, chairman of the House committee on Library; Gov. Fisher, and Lieut. Col. Grant, 3d, executive officer. NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, b. ¢, ITALY ELIMINATES HOLIDAYS AS HANDICAPS TO INDUSTRIES Mussolini Sponsors Decree Prohibiting All Celebrations Except Two, Which Will Be Held on Sundays. By the Associated Prese. ROME, October 18.—Holidays are to be abolished in Italy. Determined not to follow in the steps of Imperial Rome, with its many holidays, Pre- mier Mussolini has proposed that speechmaking and public celebrations be abolished, and the council of knin- isters has enacted his proposal into a decree. The decree announces that the move is made so that the func- tioning of the government and the work of the people shall not be in- terrupted. R Not only will holidays be abolished, but the Fascist state will celebrate two important events in its history on the Sundays that fall nearest, so that the wheels of industry may con- tinue to turn for six days of the week. The Fascist march on Rome, which accurred October 28, 1922, will be ob- served on Sunday, October 30. The celebration of the signing of the armistice between Italy and Austria, November 4, 1918, will be held on Sun’ day. November 6. When the armistice celebration closes, the holidays of the Italian people are ended until a new order is issued. The order of the Council of Ministers reads: “After November 6 and until a new order any ceremony, manifestation, celebration, inaugura- tion, anniversaries, great or small, centenaries as well as speeches of any kind are prohibited because the government and municipal authorities must attend to their public duties; also hecause we must make economies, y of time, and must avoid ding the population with holi- TRAIL MONUMENT SITES INSPECTED D. A. R. and Highway Groups Will Select Maryland Lo- cation in Few Days. Within & few days a committee of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution, in co-operation with officials of the National Old Trails Association, will select a stie in Maryland on which will be erected the first of 11 hand- some monuments, to extend across the continent, marking the National Old Trails road. Residents of Montgomer: County and the District of Columbia are hopeful that Bethesda will be chosen as the site of the first marker. Two other places, Frederick and Cum- berland, are under consideration for the Maryland monument. The proposed Maryland sites were visited yesterday by members of the national old_trails road committee of the D. A. R., of which Mrs. John Trigg Moss of St. Louis is chairman. In the party were Frank Davis of Kansas City, Mo., president of the National Old Trails Association; Mrs. Daniel M. Garrison of Annapolis, State regent of the D. A. R.; M John Tubman of Baltimore; Mrs. Wil- liam H. Talbott of Bethesda; Mrs. Enoth G. Johnson, regent of the Col. Tench Tilghman Chapter of Bethesda; Walter R. Tuckerman of Bethesda, and Rev, Clarence P. Parker of Be- thesda. Party Goes to Frederick. The entire parly went as far as Frederick. Mrs. Moss, Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. Tubman and Mr. Davis went on to Cumberland. All were entertained at luncheon at the Kdgemoor Tea Room by Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Tal- bott. As the National Oid Trails road be- gins at the District line, it is belleved that the final decision will be in favor Weather Not to Interfere. Col. Grant sald today that the exer- cjses would be held, rain or shine, because it would be impossible fdr Gov. Fisher of Pennsylvania and othep participants from that State to stay over. He pi d out, however, that the speakers’ stand and seat sections A, B, C, D and E are roofed over. Admission to these seats is by white tickets, Col. Grant also made public today the plans for handling the traffic in- cident to the ceremonies. He said that all ticket holders will be admitted through the Third street entrance to the Botanic Gardens. The general pub- lic may enter from Pennsylvania ave- nue or First street. Parking Arranged. The music will start at 2 o'clock and guests are requested to arrive before 2:30 o'clock, when the exercises are scheduled to begin. Seats unoccupied at bzl 5 o'clock will be opened to the publie. ) Third street, between Missour and Maine avenues, will be a one-way street south before the ceremony and a one-way street north at its conclusion. Automobies belonging to those holding white tickets will be parked in East Seaton Park opposite the Third street entrance to the gardens. Other auto- mobiles, after discharging passengers at the Third street entrance, will be parked on Third street, Maryland and Pennsylvania avenues. There will be large dtails of both Metropolitan and the Park Police to supervise the park- ing of cars, CHEVY CHASE TAX ASSESSORS NAMED Hagner and Murphy Appointed to Succeed Ousted Pair in Mont- gomery County. In the northern Colorado field the strike was decided upon at a mass meeting held at Lafayette last night. Mines of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co., the National Fuel Co., the Bould- er Valley Coal Co., the Clayton Fuel Co. and the Smiley Co., located at Lafayette, Louisville, Frederick, Gor- ham, Serene, Superior, Erle and Lig- nite, were idle as a result of the strike, Extra deputies have been sworn in by the sheriffs of Las Animas and Huerfano Counties, and officials ex- pressed the belief that trouble, if it arises, could be handled by county au- thorities, The Fremont County coal fleld was not affected by the strike. TWO CLERKS. CONVICTED. Employes Found Guilty of Short- Weight Sales. Two clerks employed by Kidwell market were convicted in Police Court today for selling at short weights. Lamont B. Waller, employed at 1033 Third street, was fined $15 on one charge of selling groceries below ghit and had his personal bond on a second charge by Judge . Schuldt ‘William F ottwals, employed sell- ing meat at 2007 Fourteenth street, was fined $10 on each of four counts, and his personal bonds taken on two additional charges. Recommendations were made to Judge Schuldt by Walter L. Fowler, assistant corporation counsel, . Plan Flood Area Protection. Col. Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War, and Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Engineers of the Army, will leave here this evening for St. Louis the purpose of making a thorough inspection of the flooded area of the Mississippi River on which to buse their recommendations to Congress for the better protection of that ex- tensive area. They will visit all fm- been detailed as assistant comm: nd of the Coast Artillery School Aopros, portant points on the river as far Fort' south-as New_ Orleans and expect 10 2| Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October 18.— The county commissioners of Mont- gomery County this afternoon ap- pointed Robert D. Hagner, Bethesda, and Edward J. Murphy, Chevy Chase, as tax assessors of Chevy Chase pre- cinct_to succeed Willlam Lyles Offutt and Dion K. Kerr, who were recently ordered ousted by the State Tax Com- mission on charges of incompetency. Hagner, who is one of the assessors for the Bethesda precinct, and Murphy will begin their work immediately with the ald of Hempstome Griffith, tax assessor of Montgomery County. They will have to value more than 1,515 pleces of property, all of the estimates made by Offutt and Kerr having been discarded when charges brought against them by Lawrence A. Chiswell, supervisor of assessments for the county, were upheld by the State Commission, NICARAGUA BANS GUNS. Carrying of Firearms at Coming Municipal Elections Prohibited. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, October 18 (#).—The Nicaraguan government is- sued a decree today stating that any one found carrying firearms or other dangerous weapons at the municipal elections on November 6 will be ar- rested subject to imprisonment or fine. The American Marin: been stationed in Nicar: serve the elections wherever possible. The Marine force will assist the au- 's presidential elections, whose fairness has Lteen guaranteed by the United States. Foot Ball Game Called Of. Because of rain, the opening foot ball game of the public high school championship series between Central and Western, scheduled for lCem.rIl Stadium this afternoon, was called off.. It may be played tomorrow LPRROR: o e i of the Bethesda site, for the reason that prevailing sentiment seems to be in favor of having the first marker near’ the beginning of the road. ‘Approximately _$12,000 has been raised by the National Old Trails road committes of the D. A. R. for the monuments. Chapters all over the country have contributed, especially in the States through which the road runs. The expense of transporting and erecting the monuments will be partly met by the National Old Trails Association. Eleven States Included. One monument will be erected in each of 11 States, namely, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Wyoming, New Mex ico, Arizona and California. Sites have already been selected in all of the r Western States, except California. The D. A. R. committee is now en- gaged in inspecting proposed Bites in he East. : The statues, which will be alike, are of heroic size—about 11 feet in height. The group is called “The Pio- neer Woman; or, TheMadonna of the Trail” It depicts a ploneer woman with two children—a baby in arms and a little boy hanging to her skirts, Some of them have already been completed and are ready to be placed in position. They are made of algonite, a very durable, grayish white stone. It is expected that the Mary- Jand marker will be erected some time this Autumn. . LINDBERGH HOPS OFF FOR BALTIMORE VISIT Pioneer Leaves Capital After Visit With President—Nears End -of Tour. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, ploneer transatlantic fiyer, left Bolling Field shortly after 1 o'cock this afternoon for Batimore, bringing to an end an uneventful 24-hour visit to the Na- tional Capital, during which he was entertained by the President at a luncheon and at a private dinner at the Mayflower Hotel last night. As unoumnumjul{ bn; he :;:p;:: o Washington just before n - ’l::"day, Cal.‘tlamdbergh climbed into his silver ship Spirit of St. Louls at 1 o'clock today, warmed up the en- gine and hopped off for Baltimore. He Was accompanied in another plane by Harry F. Guggenheim, director of the Daniel Guggenheim fund for promo- tion of aeronautics. Lindbergh and Guggenheim will be guests tonight at a dinner in Baltimore. The transatlantio flyer will leave ‘Baltimore tomorrow for Atlantic City and will wind up a 25,000-mile tour of the country in New York Sunday. Col. Lindbergh was a guest last night at a private dinner given in his honor in the Mayflower Hotel by As- sistant Secretary of Commerce Mc- Cracken, The dinner guests included Lieut. Lester J. Maitland, one of the pilots on the Army's California- Hawailan hop; Mr. Guggenheim, Sir Philip Sassoon of England, Capt. Emory 8. Land, U. 8. N.; Porter Ad- ams of the National Aeronautic Asso- ciation, Clarence M, Dunn and Philip R. Love, pilot of the plane which has accompanied Lindbergh on his tour of the country. o FOUR PERISH IN FLAMES. British Veteran, Wife, Son and Nurse in Burned Villa. MAIDSTONE, England, October 18 (#).—Trapped in their burning villa at Wateringbury Hall, Maj. Richard Bazley-White, British war veteran with a distinguished record; his wife, 4-year-old son and a woman nurse were burned to death early today. Three servants were scued by a ladder, while the others escaped by a back staircase. The charred bodles of the four vic- $ims were found ip the rujs latér. Skunk Has Can On, But 2 Heroic Men Speed to Rescue By the Associated Pre BATAVIA, N. Y., October 18.— Androcles showed great courage in removing the thorn from the lion, but Batavia citizens were asking today how about Harry Russell and Lockwood Ager. “There’s a skunk running around here with a can on,” said an un- identified voice telephoning to po- lice headquarters. “Well, what do you want us to do, make an arrest on a public in- toxication charge?” the desk ser- geant answered. 1t developed, however, that a full- grown skunk was running blindly around in Franklin street with a salmon can wedged over its head, unablé to find the open flelds back of the street. Russell and Ager, employes of a factory, picked up the skunk be- fore the police arrived and, with a pair of shears, removed the can from its head, and allowed the ani- mal to scurry away uninjured. The appreciative, skunk spared its benefactors. & PROSECUTORS CLAIM EXAMINATION RIGHT Questioning of Character Wit- nesses Is Attacked in Wom- an's Appeal Seeking to uphold the legal principle that where character witnesses testify in criminal cases to the good reputa- tion that an accused person enjoys, they may be subjected to cross-exami- nation concerning reports of evil con- duct on the part of the defendants they seek to aid, United States Attor- ney Peyton Gordon and his assistant, Raymond Neudecker, today filed a re- ply briet in the Court of Appeals in the case of Margaret Clark, who is trying to reverse her conviction for grand larceny in the District Supreme Court. Justice Bailey imposed a tence of one year in prison upon t charge that in December of 1925 she stole a coat from Lucy C. Cogswell in a ‘oeal department store, It is claimed by ‘the Government counsel that there was no error on the part of Justice Bailey in allowing Mr. Neudecker to cross-examine cer- tain character witne: Wwho under- took to show that the appellant en- Joyed a good reputation, prior to her trial, for honesty and as “a law-abid- ing citizen.” The question had to do with the conviction of the appellant in the Police Court on a charge of un- lawfully possessing liquor and her ar- ::::non dl c:‘t"“t of petit larceny, a department store the complainant, Vi ‘The proposition is advanced that the Government should not be pre- cluded from finding out through what Sources character witnesses get thelr information, and whether such wit- nesses have ever heard reports of ill- doing on the part of the defendants for whom they testify. With the filing &rmth:og:vernn;ent's brief, the case C up for argu appellate court next :ID’:!’):‘ HE PHONE “INSPECTOR” STEALS $42,000 GEMS Enters Richmond Home on Pretext and Carries Off Case Contain- ing Valuable Jewels. Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 18.— Richmond police are seeking a “tele- phone inspector” who disappeared after a case containing $42,000 in jew- elry was stolen from the home of Robert G. Cabell, The “inspector,” a few minutes be- fore denied admission to the home of James Kerr Branch, prominent bank- er, was allowed to enter the Cabell home. He stayed but a few moments and as soon as he had left a jewel case in a room where he was work- ing was missed. Among the jewels taken was a pearl necklace with a diamond clasp valued at $10,000. Police have obtained fin- gerprints from the telephone handled by the man, —_— PLAN HOP-OFF TONIGHT. Costes and Le Brix to Await Fu- neral of Crash Victims. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Oc- tober 18 ().—Dieudonne Costes and his companion, Lieut. Joseph Le Brix, pian to Jeave Rio de Janeiro tonight, after ¥ funeral of the three Brazil ian aviators, killed in a crash at terday’s welcome to the French flyers, say advices to La Nacion. Arrival at Buenos Afi will com- plete the flight of the French airmen who were the first to cross the South Atlantic in a non-stop trip from the mainland of Africa to the mainland of South America. Fall Kills Woman In Leap to Escape Crash at Crossing By the Assoclated Press. LITCHFIELD, 1IN, Oct. 18.— “Jump!” cried Charles Brewer to his wife yesterday when he saw that a Wabash train was about to strike the truck in which they were riding near Mount Olive, Ill. Mrs. Brewer, 34, jumped, her head uck the_ pavement and she was killed. Brewer had not time to leap “w uaipiyred. TUKSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1927. EASTMAN PLEADS FOR NEW CALENDAR U. S. Chamber Urged to Con- sider Change—He Asks 13-quth Year. Associated P ‘T BADEN, Ind., October 18.— A drastic change in the calendar by 1933 was urged today by George East- man, Rochester, N. Y., camera manu facturer, before the United States Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Eastman advocated an national conference to decide: (1). Whether the calendar should have its week-day names perpetually fixed to the same dates each year by the inclusion of an extra Sabbath in the last week of the year; or whether the quarters of the year should be made equal by alternating two months of 30 days and one of 31 days. {2). Whether 13 equal months of four complete weeks should be es lished, with a new month between June and July. (3). Whether Easter's date should be fixed on Sunday following the pres- ent 8th of April. (9. In which year the simplified calendar is to begin. Proposal Is Favored. “A few months ago, I sent lstters to more than 1,000 representative men in this country,” Mr. Eastman said. 'he response, favoring adoption of a new calendar, was overwhelmingly favorable.” He added that many large firms already are using the 13 28-day periods in their accounting systems. “Such a_change should be brought about by December, 1929, as that is the lgst day when changes may be made for 1933 by the Greenwich and the United States Naval Observa- tories.” He asked the chamber to give the subject prompt and earnest consideration. “One reason for this Is that it is a prime requisite_for the simplified calendar to have January 1 on Sun- day. The first available Sunday as New Year day comes in 1933, after which no yvear is available until 1939, Calculations for the astronomical, tide and other tables are made about six years in advance by the Britis! American, French, German and Spai ish governments. In fact, scientists last month began their calculations for the vear 1933, and can_incorpor- ate them in the simplified calendar for 1933, provided the international conference agrees not later than Leaders Study Program. Councilors of the chamber, hav- ing had placed before them a pro- gram of broad character, today took a hand themselves in shaping a plat- form of business. = The suggestions of Lewis E. Pier- son, New York, president of the chamber, for a vigorous stand by the organization on Federal tax reduction, Federal control of the Mississippl flood prevention project and postal rate revision. were the matter into which the several hundred council- ors from trade organizations through- out the country plunged with a view to making it as nearly compatible as possible with the views of their home chambers of commerce. . While the councilors were going into Pierson's program, the resolu- tions committee drew up the state- ments that will epitomize thought of the four-day session on these and a score of other pressing topics of na- tional legislation. Resolutions committing the cham- ber to decisive action for reduction of the corporation income tax to 10 per cent, and for maintenance of the Fed- eral Reserve System without basic change were important items on the agenda. The meeting of directors and coun- iclors will be brought to a formal close tonight, but directors will tarry over tomorrow to complete routine busi- ness of the organization. Tax Report Is Made. James R. MacColl, Providence, R. I., yesterday amplified Pierson’s state- ments on tax reduction when he pre- sented the report of the Federal tax- ation committes ~recommending a score of specific reforms, among them reduction of the corporation income levy from 1314 to 10 per cent, repeal of the excise taxes, repeal of the Federal estate tax, discontinuance of the governmental policy of building up huge surpluses, establishment in the Bureau of Internal Revenue of the classified Civil Service, and num- erous changes in existing provisions for taxing certain special kinds of in- comes, He also expressed the view that formal action should be taken continuing the powers of the joint ocngressional tax committs Lucius R. Teter of Chicago, pre- sented the details of the postal revi- sion plan evolved by the committee on postal service. Re-establishment of the 1-cent rate on private mailing cards, removal of the allegedly discriminatory rates imposed on magazines and periodicals and a scientific revigion of all postal rates, with the purpose o fencourag- ing maximum volume of matter into the mails with a consequent increase in net postal revenue, was urged. He asserted that the higher rates now effective had failed to produce any more revenue than the old rates would have produced with normal increase in volume of business, and added that the chief effect of the lirger charges had been to drive from the mails many millions of pounds of advertising, cir- cular, magazine, newspaper and sim- ilar matter. Washingtonian Speaks. Presentation of the report of the special committee which visited the Mississippi flood region was accom- panied by remarks by Frederick Delano, Washington, D. C., chairman, to the effect that the committee had been convinced that complete Federal financing, control and responsibility was imperative to obtain desired re- sults in prevention of future catas- trophes. The gigantic project of har- nessing the Mississippi should be “legislated out of politics” and should be approached by the Government inter- LITHUANIA ASKS LEAGUE AID IN POLISH DISPUTE Country Charges Friendly Rela- tions Threatened Over School Issue in Vilna. By the Associated Pres GENEVA, October 18.—Insisting that friendly relations with Poland are threatened, Lithuania has formally ap- pealed to the Council of the League of Nations to intérvene in the ques tion of Lithuanian schools in the for- mer Lithuanian city of Vilna, which the Kovno government claims Poland has fllegally suppressed. Lithuania today sent an appeal for the Council to act under article XI of the League convenant, which permits Council intervention when any Ieague member sees peace endangered. Re- cently Lithuania sent a complaint to the League concerning the Vilna school question, but today’s action, in the opinion of League circles, gives the matter a more serious turn. Since the occupation of Vilna by Poles Lithuania has claimed that & state of war exists with Poland and has declined to arrange diplomatic relations with that country. It is be- lieved here that the school dispute may reopen the entire problem of Lithuanian-Polish relations. RUTH ELDER QUITS AZORES FORLISBON Girl Flyer and Her Co-Pilot Sail From Horta as Crowd Cheers. with the same energy that it used in building the Panama Canal. The delegates last night heard Ed- win B. Parker, Washington, chairman of the board of the chamber, go deeply into the matter of self-regulation by business of its own affairs. Parker recommended that interests in the same trade or industry voluntarily work with the Federal Trade Commis- sion to abolish undesirable practices, with a view to obviating necessity for later Federal intervention into the af- fairs of business. The chamber administration has now placed its outline of the program of organized business before the directors. They will consider it this morning. The session will be completed tomor- row morning with a final meeting of the board to complete determination of questions of chamber policy in leg- islative and economic affairs. ‘The tax reduction phase of Plerson's recommendations for a chamber pro- gram nvrnnd to catch the imagina. tion of the councilors. o King Boris in Hospital. BERLIN, October 18 (P).—King Boris of Bulgaria s undergoing treat- ment for a slight ailm Broeslau Hospital, where he yesterday Incognito, nded only by his adjutant, The King came to Breslau two weeks ago to make the necessary arrangements. He expects to re- maln here eight 1o ten days. X By the Associated Press. HORTA, Island of Fayal, Azores, October 18.—8till wearing Capt. Goos’ cap as a reminder of her thrilling rescue by the steamship Barendrecht, Ruth Elder sailed early this morning for Lisbon aboard the Portuguese mail boat Lima, with the cheers of a great crowd of spectators, whose hearts she had completely won, ring- ing in her ears. With her sailed George W. Halde- man, her co-pilot on her transatlantic venture in the monoplane American Girl, and the two waved a vigorous farewell as the mall boat crept away from the city bathed in brilliant moon- light. Waves to Crowd. The last view of the American aviatrix, who had captivated her hosts by her spontaniety and democracy, was the picture of a tiny figure aboard the Lima waving hands, blow- ing kisses and made more jaunty than ever by Capt. Goos’ hat poised on her wind-tossed curls. “Has my luggage gone below?”’ was the first question she asked as she boarded the ship and the crowd laughed at. the quip, knowing that the clothes she had on—plus fours and red sweater included—were all that she had been able to rescue from her plane, Miss Elder and Capt. Haldeman had tea yesterday at the home of her host, George MacKay, the guests including the British consul at Madeira and Horta. The appearance of Miss Elder brought a crowd of eager autograph seekers to her and Haldeman, and the latter said: “I would rather fly three Atlantics than face this.” Wears Borrowed Gown. Miss Elder again was wearing her borrowed Paris gown with perfect ease, apparently unconscious of femi- nine dread of an ill-fitting gown, the dress being much too large for her. After a quiet dinner in- private, th fiyers prepared to board the Lim: Miss Elder donned her flying rigout— it had been in the laundry—and boarded the Lima at 11 o'clock last night, carrying a large bouquet of Horta pink lilies. The deck of the Lima had been a scene of eager expectation for many hours and a large crowd had gathered which broke into applause when Miss Elder came up the gangway. The two American flyers were soon surrounded by autograph seekers and complied willingly enough with requests for heir signatures. The captain of the ima shook hands with his two un- expected passengers and expressed pleasure at receiving them. The admiring crowd at length was reluctantly pressed toward the gang- way and stood on the pier cheering as the vessel moved out to sea. Gen- eral expresions of admiration for the American girl followed the departure of the ship, spectators calling her the “sweetest girl” and declaring that she seemed unspoiled by admiration, per- fectly democratic toward every one and possessed of charming wit. Dances on Veranda. Horta, during the three-day visit of the American aviatrix, witnessed one incident that gave pi of Miss El- der’'s nirve when she “Charlestoned with a_handsome Englishman on the wall of the veranda of the Mackay House, despite the fact that the wall rises above the harbor below. Lilli Dillenz, Viennese actress, and pasenger aboard the Junkers plane D-1230, which is now waiting for fa- vorable weather to resume its flight across the Atlantic to the United States, had deep praise for the little American fiyer. “I have never been so charmed by another woman, ” said Mme. Dillenz, whose path by a strange quirk of fate had crossed that of Miss Elder at this island town, far from their re- spective slartlnxhpoin(! at the other nds of the eart el'I'he crew of the D-1230 last night decided to postpone their hop-off until tonight. A heavy swell in the harbor last night made a take-off unwise. It was raining today, with a slight wind. i PROPERTY ASSESSMENT OF $5,000 IS QUASHED Justice Hitz Signs Decree Affect- ing Massachusetts Avenue Land Owners. Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court tnday signed a decree quashing assessments totaling about $5,000 levied by the District Commissioners WIND AGAIN DELAYS * TAKE OFF OF DAWN Ships Report Heavy Weather., Flyers Undismayed by False Start. By the Awsociated Press. OLD ORCHARD, Me., October 18 - Adverse weather conditions once again today forced postponement of the Eu- ropean flight of Mrs. Frances Wilson Grayson and her two companions in their amphibian plane, the Dawn. A radio poll of steamships showed con- trary winds clear across the Atlantict Undismayed by their false start yes- terday, when an excess load of gaso- line made the machine nose-heav. forced a return less than a quarter of an hour after the take-off, and atter a large quantity of fuel had been ha tily jettisoned, the flyers had hoped to get away with first favorable tidal conditions this forenoon, Faced Wind Resistance. Mre, Grayson announced the en- forced delay today after she, togethe with Brice Goldsborough, navigator, and Wilmer Stultz, pilot, had studied the weather report gathered for them by the Radio Corporation of America through its Chatham, Mass., station. “It would have been perfect for a; flight from the Azores, but going East we would have met a resistance of from 15 to 25 miles an hour, prac- tically all the way,” she said. ‘There were no storms, however, and the day over the ocean was bright and sunny.” Weather hers was less favorable, although barely suitable for flight purposes. The sky was overcast and the wind still came from the east, as it was at yesterday's take-off. Mrs. Grayson said that the delay would be utilized in an attempt to speed up the hydraulic mechanism for lowering the landing gear. On re- turning to the beach yesterday, the Dawn was forced to circle about almost 8 minutes before the landing wheels, drawn up as the ship went out over water, could be lowered for the landing. The plane is ready for the new attempt. Gasoline which was dumped has been replaced, and mechanics are :::ktl;x a few additional minor adjust- Lifting Records Seen. The possibility that the Dawn had established a new weight-lifting record remained today Mrs. Grayson's chief consolation from the disappointing false start. A rough computation of the gross weight at the take-off was 11,500 pounds, while the landing welght was approximately 10,000 p:gnda after the fuel had been drop- Carl 8. Schory, secretary of the con- test committee of the National Aero- nautic Society, who sealed the baro- grapher, said he had heard of no per- formance as good. Boris Levensky, chief representa- tive here of Igor Sikorsky, has drawn up an affidavit of fagts and conditions which has been signed by the Dawn's crew and other observers. The affidavit will be filed with the National Aeronautical Association as a matter of record only, with no par- ticular claim to national or world's record for weight lifting per horse | ?rqwe;. llflhlillgh the flvers and their iends feel convince (oo Al d they have e GERMAN PLANE AT LISBON Horst Merz Completes Hop on .'l‘rlp‘ to United States. LISBON, Portugal, October 18 (f).— The Heinkel hydro-airplane D-1220, en route from Warnemuende, Germany, to the United States by way of the ¢ Azores, alighted on the river here at 9 am. The plane, piloted by Horst Merz, completed a hop of about 250 miles from Vigo, Spain. The landing here was made on a feed pipe. iccount of a leaky Horst Merz, pilot of the Heinkel hy.- dro-airplane D-1220, had announced in Vigo yvesterday that he might fly di- rect to New York without halting at » Lisbon or the Azores. It was thought that he might be doing this in order to beat the Junkers plane D-1230, now lletnzl'lt‘!;"!:. the Aforu. with Lilli Dil- . Viennese actres: ‘OAII';‘F;;'“ Jctress, as a passenger, sbon it was said, however, there was not a -umlelent. n.n:l’l‘:: supply at Vigo to fuel the plane for a long hop, and that stops at Lisbon and the Azores would be necessary, —— TORPEDO INJURES BOY. Lad’s Mouth Hurt When He Bites Explosive. Biting into an explosive to; 3- year-old Joseph Cunningham. e 1i0s Morse street northeast, received pain- :;:la 1::‘1ury to' h:; mouth and lips when cap went off as he close: upfin it yes‘lelx‘-day. P le was taken to Casualt; by his father, where Dr. y!fmk:cl Murphy sutured the wound and ad- ministered _anti-tetanus treatment, after which he was returned home. LAUREL ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW. FIRST RACE—The Gov. Ogle Si chase “Handicap: 0 ed: % [4‘4,\'¢lar«nldl andip? abont ¥ 4x migeacos 0¥ aufjunge 150 Light He aEider oo 138 tor 2- ) le- a Nostamas .. 143 e . aDorwood Stable entry. D_RACE—Purse, $1,300; “SECON] year-olds; 6 furlongs. l Friar's H Lenny’ 7% Bearing THIRD RACE—Purse, for d-year-olds and up: & Lure of Gold. *Gymkhana ueen Centrifugal *Son Ami 114 105 108 1 110 104 ?1 .300: claiming; uriongs. against property owners on Massa-|? chusetts avenue extended for the pay- ment of benefits under the Borland amendment. The owners affected in- clude the Loughborough Development Corporation, W. C. & and the estate of Allan E. Walker, The assessment was made July 30, 1920, |} and the District Commissioners did not plead the statute of limitations. The owners were represented by At- torneys John Lewis Smith and John Paul Jones. " BAND CONCERT. Concert by the United States Sol- diers’ Home Band Orchest 8 ley Hall, this evening, 5:40 o'clock. John S. musical director: March, * Overture, Two Spanish (a) “Cachucha Andaluce”...Hosmer (b) “Fandango” Hosmer Excerpts from the musical comedy *My Maryland” Romberg Fox-trot, “Leo Silver Popular waltz song, Finale, “Dancing Tambourine,”. tar Spangled Banper.’ ra, ¥ ginning at . Zimmerman, .. Vieth ««.Leutner FOURTH, RACE—Purse. $1.300; for 2- furlongs. year-olds; Not Guilty ... 110 Fire Fairy 108 Try Shelton A. N. Miller | Roi T: STrappy Eloise FIFTH RACE—Purse. $2.000: Graded Handicap, grade A: 3-year-vids aid.-up; 1 le. 100 Edisto . SIXTH RACE—Purse, Bapdicap, srede B; 3 mile. r . me a Word of i g Eurpie pirate.. 1 arel ol Rapee | »"