Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. 1.8 Weather Rain tonight an morning; colder t Temperature—} p.m. yesterday; lo today. Full report on Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. . 30,541. post office, Wa Entered us second clas§ matter Bureau Forsea d probahly tomorrow omorrow, Highest, 62, at 2:15 west, 50, at 7:20 a.m page 9. shington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D, C., TUESDAY, DECE MBER 13, 1927 - FORTY-FOUR PAGES. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated service. Yesterday's Circulation, 102,641 (UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS COL. LINDBERGH HOPS OFF FROM BOLLING FIELD ON NON-STOP TRIP TO MEXICO Plane Soar; ll]lo ky HEADS HIS PL: . After Two Attempts | to Leave Ground. SMALL CRAFT SAGS UNDER HEAVY LOAD Spectators Thrilled As| Daring Airman Begins | ght. Long F By the Assoc i P LYNCHBURG, 13.—Col. Charies A. Lindbergh flew over Lynchburg in the Spirit of St. Louis at 2:08 pm., en route * to Mexico City. BY FREDERICK R. NEELY. Petrifying a small throng of spectators as the heavily laden Spirit of St. Louis rumbled down a soft field rising slightly in the air only to fall again, Col. Charles A Lindbergh after two false starts, on the third attempt took off from Bolling Field at 12:26 o'clock this afternoon for a non-stop flight to Mexico City. Experienced airmen turned pale as Col.. Lindbergh rumbled down the field with his_gasoline load of more than 3 ton. For the first 100 feet of the, pilot's take-off cries went up, “hell never get off.” as the little plane. -aided by eight strong Armv | airmen. pushmg on its struts dragged along. With the engine| wide open. Col. Lindbergh stuck to| his task. He picked up a little speed, | which made it impossible for those who were pushing the plane to hold on any longer. { Gains Speed Slowly. i The tail of the plane had been backed up to the northernmost point | of the field and 2200 feet to the, south Col. Lindbergh had staked sev- | eral white flags which were to warn him that if he could not get off wher | these were reached the soggy condi- tion of Bolling Field probably would | make it_impossible. i 4 is rumbled | Va., December ‘}'heboSp'i’rci‘t' ofh St. an . alo o nd finally the t ;* izantally, the there was-a chiance of get! e R But as the plane movgd nearer to the whi it was evident that the Colonel would have to get more speed. Then he passed the' white flags and his wheels raised up from the ground only 1o bounce down again. n they lifted up and | g into shouted make it Agail : down they went with the wings wob- | the resolution as having made the loan | campaign of 1925 to Mr. Hill. who announced his resig. | 0 nation yesterday after President (ool | biing. By this time fear struck the hearts of the ‘observers who visioned ‘a collapsed wheel and possihly a | nose-over with perhaps the deadly result of fire. Third Attempt Successful. “Go on Lindy—Go on Lindy” erowd velled, and then for the third 1ime the wheels left the ground and the ‘ship skipped the surface for many feet. Col. Lindbergh was not far from | the south end of Bolling Field, but he had turned skillfully toward the river, and as he gained flying speed while skimming the grass he managed to climb steadily and disappear over the river into the mist. Col. Lindbergh declined to take a parachute, preferring to risk all on the performance of his plane. It was ex- plained by some of the airmen at the | field that his quarters in the cockpit of the heavily-laden machine were so E TOWARD MEXICO Col. Lindbergh, saying good-by to Maj. Harvey 2 Burwell just ‘before it] | climbing aboard the Spirit of St. Louis for his hop south. Br Star Photographer. HILL DRAWS FIRE REPUBLIGANS SEEK O HPFNGBOAR Commissioners Condemn Ac- ceptance of Loan and Can- + o¢l Company’s Conlraet. . the Assoidated Press. The, Shipping Board in executive f sesslon today adopted a resolution con- | demning the action of Commissioner W. 8. Hill in accepting a loan from a representative of Swanye & Hoyt, a shipping company of San Francisco. and ordered canceled the contract Swayne & Hoyt has for the operation of the American Australia-Oriznt Line. J. L. Bley was the man named in idge had failed to send his name the Senate for confirmation, The resolution said there hax been to | before the Shipping Board for some | candidacy. | months " the matter of the proposed the |sale of the American Australia-Orient | Line, American Oriental Mail Line and the Oregon Oriental Line; all op- erated from the West Coast for the board, and pending the considera- tion and discussion of these matters by the board, J. L. Bley, the alleged Washington representative of one of the interested parties. Swayne & Hoyt, consummated a loan of a substantial | sum of money to one of the Shipping Board commissioners, W. S. Hill, which money was obtained on a note signed by Bley and indorsed by Rob- ert H. Swayne, president Swayne & Hoyt; and a majority of the board that considered and voted upon the report BUTLER SUCCESSOR {Withdrawal of Senator Causes Speculation on Nom- BY 6. GOULD ‘LINCOLN. Chalrman William M. Butler of: the Republican national committee in the | latest member of the "I do not chopge™ : club. | His announcement, made in Boston, | that he will not be a candidate for the Senate next year has caused the Re- | publicans of Massachusetts Immedi- ately to revise their plans for the Members of Con- gress from the Bay State are wonder- |ing where the senatorial nomination is to go. some of them expectantly, | though none has =o far announced hi It had been generally | supposed (hat Mr. Butler would seek again election to the Senate. | His statement, coming close on the heels of the recent declaration by President Coolidge, that he had been eliminated from consideration for the presidential nomination, has set tongues to wagging. indeed. President Knew Decision. The only comment on Mr. Butler's ’annnum’emem forthcoming from the | White House today was that Presi- dent Coolidge had known of Mr. But- ler's determination not to be a candi- date for the Senate for some time, w5 hat the chances of his getting | of the committee concerning the mat- | but that the formal announcement of :l-:’:elo'r a leap over the side in case | ter were in total ignorance of the|that determination in the newspapers of an accident, even had he carried » parachute, would be slim. The decision of the intrepid trans.| atlantic pilot to undertake the 2,000- | mile aerial journey was reached at 10 o'clock this morning. upon receipt of | reports which indicated unfavorable weather It _the next few days hour later the famous monoplane was given a final inspection by the young pilot, and it was evident that Col Lindbergh had determined definitely to take off for the Mexican capital in response Lo the invitation from Presi- dent Calles | Lindbergh had been prepared to jeave any time the weather seemed, right, but purposely kept the starting time indefinite to keep the from thronging Bolling Field. Maj. Harvey 8. Burwell, command- | ing officer of Bolling Field, who per- sonally had a large share in working tails for Col. Lindberzh at the | Jatter's request, was the most affected by the takeoff. When he saw the | young pilot was in the air and over | the river he breathed a sigh of relief | and shouted to all within range: “My God, that boy’s got the stuff. Did vou see how he stuck with it? He kept the nose down until he knew he had the proper speed and then every- | thing was all right.” scort Attends Flyer. As Col. Lindbergh got into the air geveral Army. Navy and Department of Commerce airplanes took off to serve as an an escort for the first 50 or 100 miles of the journe: A photographer's plane wh companied Lindbergh for 15 miles re- Curned to the field and reported that ihe Spirit of St. Louis had reached an altitude of 1000 feet and was climbing to pass over the Virginia Mg: his departure today, Col. Lind.! pergh lived true 10 his characteristics of acting first and talking afterward The colonel permitted those close to | :'u‘:lt nis plans for taking off were so ndefinite that he did not know the approximate hour of departure, ‘After spending the night with Maj ell at the latter's quarters on Bolling Field, Col. Lindbergh rose this morping_and finished his breakfast shortly before 10 o'clock. Lieut. Comar. Homer C. Wick, com- manding the Naval Air Station at Anacostia. who assisted the colonel in the capacity of a friend, arrived At Mal. Burwell's cottage as break fast was over and furnished _Col Lindbergh with the latest v Mather reports. These appeared to | e fair and were supplemented by the Army’s_reports hrought to_Col. Lind “{Continued of ge 2, Column 4) | which said A One | managing agents for the operation of | Butler was anxious that the President above fac The_opi the offer and acceptance of such loan constitutes a grave impropriety, and the contract between the Shipping Beard and Swayne and Hovt, under yne and Hoyt act as the American Australia-Orient Line be canceled. SCHOOL BOARD FIXES YULETIDE VACATION rowds | pupils Will Get 11 Days Of for Christmas, Officials Decide. Washington's public school young- sters will fling their books into a cor- ner and put away their pencils, pens and other items of regulation student equipment at the end of the day's work Thursday, December for a s holiday period of 11 glori- Board of Education decided they could at its last meeting and ¥ teacher in the city has been fied in circulars sent out from klin Administration Building by rank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools. It seems that the rules of the Board of Education for '8 have ade no official provision for the be-| ming: of the Yuletide holidays when Christmas day falls on Sunday. That is, the rules have set forth that these holidays shall extend “from the day before Christmas until New Ye: day, both inclusive.” has’ voted to grant the preceding I'ri day as a hollday also by a vote taken each time the “day” comes on Sunday. At its last meeting, however, the Ao inform the public in general|board agreed that continued definite here has been concluded. | action on a traditional custom was u necessary, so it voted once and for all | that the Christmas holidays shall ex- {tend “from the school day” before Christmas day, and including that day |and New Year day, as of old. Patriarch Dies at 115. VIENNA. December 13 (8. be 115 vears old, a Montenegrin Vulchiniteh died village of Piperixa, fed his in several wars for to Monte country’s banner its liberation. Radio VProgr;slsil;age 38 n of the board was that | Hence the board | had come as a surprise. Mr. Butler has been extremely close the President. He wag the Presi- | dent’s selection in 1924 for chairman of the Republican national committee, | to run the presidential campaign of | that year. It is no wecret that Mr. be a candidate to succeed himself and that he was disappointed when the President issued his famous Black Hills statement last August. The Republicans of Massachusetts realize that they have a real struggle confronting them in the senatorfal fight next year. Senator David I Walsh, one of the great vote-getters of recent years in the State, comes up far re-clection. A year ago he defeated Mr. Butler by some 70,000 votes while the State was electing a Republican governor. Alan T. Fuller. Their task is to find the strongest candidate to put up against Senator Walsh next vear. i There is little doubt they would turn |to Gov. Fuller if the governor were a receptive candidate. But many mont ago Gov. Fuller said publicly that he would not be a candidate against Sen. |ator Walsh, and it is known that he is not anxious to come to Washington to |the Senate Indeed, recently, when he was approached on the matter, he said he would not consent to be a candi- te. Since his handling of the Sacco- anzetti case. Gov. Fuller has heen |more popular than ever in his own State, and there has been talk of nom- inating him for Vice President. Former Gov. Channing Cox would be_acceptable to many of the Repub-. (Continued on Page 2, Column 6, | | WILL RECALL ATTACHE. By Radio to The Star and . Chicago Daily opyright. 192 STOCKHOLM. December 13.—Po- | lice investigation of Soviet espionage legation in an official statement con- fesses that the legation has acted in- correctly and will withdraw the offi- cials who have jeopardized Swedish friendshi, The Soviet military attache, Lieut, and probably one secretary will called to Russia. | Named Finance Instructor. Master Serzt. Basil G. Squier, inance Department. at Fort Omaha, { Neh. has heen detailed as an in. structor at the Finance Schooi. this |city, as the relief of Master Se | Cecil C. Cooper, transferred to Bos for duty. Bt ton ¥ " {cha The Soviet \ OKLAHOMA HOUSE FILES QUSTER BILL AGAINST GOVERNOR SRRt | Impeachment of Executive and Two Other Officials to 1 Be Asked in Senate. 1 |MANY CHARGES MADE AT SECRET GATHERING, Chief Justice of State and Agricul- ‘ ture Board Head Accused of 3 Various Offenses. By the Associated Press, 1 OKLAHOMA CITY, December 13 Bills of impeachment naming Gov. | Henry 8. Johnston and two other | State officials were voted early today | |at a self-convened executive session | {of the lower house of the Oklahoma | | Legislature. | | The House members quietly as- sembled in a downtown hotel in the | dark hours before dawn while Na- tional Guardsmen called out yester: | day by the governor to prevent any meetings of the Legislature slept at the State capitol. Many of the legis. | lators, summoned from bed, wore pajamas and bathrobes at the session, Chief Justice Accused. Six charges were voted against Gov. Johnson, one that he had re- placed civil authority with the mili- tary In attempting to forestall im- peachment proceedings against him. Chief Justice Fred Branson of the State Supreme Court and Harry Cordell, president of the State Board | of Agriculture, also were named in | impeachment bills, At adjournment it was announced that the charges had been placed In | the hands of a board of managers for | presentation to the Senate, Senate leaders have announced the body will try any State officials cited by the Honse, The charges against Gov. Johnson and the vote on each unt, as an- nounced by Representative Charles | Moon of Muskogee County, follow Charges Against Governor. 1. Replacing civil authority with military authority, 49 to 6 2. Incompetency, 49 to 5. Awarding a_commission as peace officer to Jose Alvarado, alleged bank robber, 44 to 9. 4. Alleged employment of Kirby Fitzpatrick, attorney of Ardmore, as counsel for the State Banking Depart- ment, 40 to 15. 5. Al illegal payment of $7.900 through a lency certificate on' th committee to have placed on ti 6. Al . conspiracy between the governor, his confidential secretary, Mrs. O. O. Hammonds, and an un- named person, in connection with collection of a highway claim by a contractor, 46 to 8. Chief Justice Branson was chayged with. “corruption in office,” Wwhile three counts were voted against the president of the State Board of Agri- culture. Two of the specifications against Mr, Cordell related to alleged illegal expenditures of State funds and the third to alleged padding of pay rolls of the department of u‘rl-‘ cuiture, ' May Convene Today. Representative H. Tom Kight, chair- man of the House investigating com- | mittee, was named by Speaker E. P | Hill to head the board of managers | charged with placing the indictments before the Senate, While Senate leaders declined to reveal when they planned to convene, they {ntimated a session was contem: plated today. 9 Adjournment of the House at the call of the speaker to await action by the Senate found a tired and disheveled group seeking their first rest in nearly 24 hours. It was a motley-appearing group which had assembled when Speaker Hill called the House meeting 0 order at 3:50 a.m. The legislators were crowded into three small hotel rooms. Despite the fact that three windows were opened, the air speedily became stuffy and filled with tobacco smoke. There were few chairs. Some of the men sat or lay upon the flaor some on beds. Some were clothed only in pajamas. others also had on bath robes. Many were in shirt sleeves Tom McCombs of Sequoya County read the report of the investigating committee containing the charges against Gov. Johnston. and the report was adopted by a viva voce vote. Senate Ready to Act. Mr. Hill announced that u quorum of the State Senate was in Oklahoma City prepared to receive the churges. The legislators went into executive session soon after adopting the com- mittee report and from this session from time to time its votes on im- peachment charges were communi- cated to reporters waiting outside the rooms. The House meeting was held In deflunce of a ruling of the State Su preme Court that a special session of the .Legislature would be illegal, ac- tion of the governor in calling out the Guard to prevent such a rheeting and a temporary injunction which the gov- ernor obtained yesterday to prevent it. | Yesterday the National Guardsmen, standing armed at the doors of the Capitol assembly doors, prevented the legislators from convening. | Gov. Johnston denied himself to | newspaper men when he arrived at his | office. His secretary. H. E. Sullivan said the executive would not see re. | porters ““for some time'' and expressed the belief that Mr. Johnston would make no statement concerning the impeachment vote. SLAYS WIFE AND SELF. PROVIDENCE, R. I, December 13 | #).—George E. Sheldon, 74, secre. tary and treasurer of the Phenix Trust Co. at Phenix, R. 1. who a year and a half ago was held up with other bank employes when the institu- | tion was looted of $24.000, today shot | and killed his wife and then committed | suicide, | . | KILLS SIX AND SELF. HENNESSEY. Okla.. December 13 UP).—Phillip Millis _Killed his wife and five wmall children with an ax at his barn near. here early today znd then hlmjd himself from a rafter in his bafh. | Democrat, CHORUS NOT A BAD OLD CHAP! REALTY MEN HERE TESTIFY DAY 'ASKED ABOUT KERN'S MORTGAGE Browne Says Sinclair Official Sought Data on jurors‘ Property and "Made It Clear™ Two local real estate men testified | today at the Sinclair-Burns contempt proceedings that Henry Mason Day vice president of the. Sinclair ploration Co., had obtained data from | their office during the Dome | trial relative to a mortgage on the| home of John P. Kern of 1513 North | Carolina avenue northeast, one of the jurors under surveillance. ‘This testimony tends to substan- tiate one of the principal charges made by the Government in citing the six respondents for contempt of court in connection with the shadow- ing that brought about the Teapot Dome misirial. Somewhat to the sur- prise of all concerned, United States Attorney Peyton Gordon avoldedask- ing the two witnesses what reason Mr. Day had given them in applying for information regarding the incum- brance on the jurors’ home. The two witnesses were Britton A. | Why. | Browne, a partner In the firm of Ran dall H. Hagner & Co.. and Robert C. | Dove, associate in the firm and former | manager of the old Shoreham Hotel. Under cross-examination by Day's at- torney Dove admitted later that the Sinclair official had “made it clear to him” why he had wanted to know about the mortgages on Kern's resi- | dence. The real estate men were called to the stand after Charles G. Ruddy Philadelphia manager of the Burns’ detective agency, had ended a four- day direct and cross examination into | activities of the jury shadowing. Through Ruddy the Government had placed in the record testimony show- ing that Day on more than one ocea- sion had overstepped his original in- structions that none of the jurors be approached or anuoyed. vhen Browne was called .as:.the st of the witnesses by the Govern: ment. he was asked about his relation. ships with Day. Between him and the Sinclair official. Browne testified, th (Continued on Page 3, Column CAPPER INDORSES G040 FISCAL PLAN Representation for District| Also Favored by Senator | Before Trade Board. | The growing movement for resump tion of the 60-40 fiscal relations plan, | under which the Federal Government | again would take up its fair share of | the cost of the Natlonal Capital, and | for representation in Congress for the | District of Columbia was championed | by Senator Capper, chairman of the Senate District committee, last night | in an address before the Washington Board of Trade at the Willard Hotel. Attacking the inequity of the pres. | ent lump-sum appropriation plan, by which the Federal Government pays only 25 per cent of the cost of the Capital, the Kansas Senator asserted that Congress was not giving the Dis trict a_“square deal” and pledged his aid in the fight for reform of the fiscal plan. He strongly urged the citizens of Washington to wage a determined and persistent “war” on Congress until “taxation without representation” is | ended and until a definite apportion- ment of the tax burden of the National Capital is reinstated. The declaration by Senator Capper came after presentation to the board of the mass of data obtained In the national tax survey made under the direction of the municipal finance committee gwhich showed by a volume of official atistics that the contention of Washington that it s unfairly taxed is, justified by indisputable facts. This report was adopted unanimously and will be tendered to the -District Commissioners for use in their.appeal to Congress for a return to the 60-40 plan. The survey showed, among many other striking points, that Washington stood second in a list of 50 of the larger cities of the country in the per capita assessment on real estate, and that it stood fourteenth in this list for per capita tax paid. Finance Report Adopted. i The Board of Trade also, by unani mous vote, adopted recommendations by its municipal finance committee, which were presented by Joshua Evans, jr.. its chairman, calling for a study of the practicability of the adop tion of a five or ten year budget sys tem. both as to expenditures and reve nues: for a_continuation year by vear {Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) WALSH BILL ADOPTED. Senate Approves Measure to Geti 0il Testimony. By the Associated Press. The proposal of Senator Walsh, Montana, to change the statute of limitations in Government traud cases so that M. T. Everhart, son-in-law of Albert- B. Fall, could testify in the Teapot Dome trial, was adopted today by the Senate. It would make the limit three vears instead of six, and under it Senator Walsh contends Everhart could testify without fear of sell-Incrimina- tion. | the Detective Bureau. Inspector Pratt SHELBY PROMITED ASADE O HESSE Inspecior Appointed Assist- ant Superintendent to Suc- ceed Late Charles Evans. Inspector William 8. Shelby was promoted by the District Commission- ers this affernoon to be assistant su- perintendent of the Metropolitan Po- lice Department to fill the vacancy created by the death of the late Charles A. Evans. The promotion of Inspector Shelby came somewhat as a surprise to mem- bers of the police force, who had be- lieved that the post was to be given to Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of already has the rank of an assistant superintendent. Inspector Shelby's promotion was made on recommendation of Maj. Ed- win B. Hesse, superintendent of po- lice, who told the Commissioners (hat he is a “student of police history and a most capable police officinl.” ! Inspector Shelby has been connected | with the Police Department since June 12, 1902. After serving in the first, second, fourth and sixth precincts and as information clerk in the office of the assistant corporation counsel at Police Court he was promoted July 10, 1917, to the grade of sergeant follow- ing a competitive examination. | He passed at the head of the list | of 148. | In February, 1921, Shelby was promoted to the ramk of lieutenant and three years later he was made a captain after examination by the Civil Service Commission in which he also passed at the head of the list of 16 lieutenants. He was then as- signed to command the 11th police precinct, but was relieved from that post in February. 1922, and assigned fo headquarters tant to the major and superintendent of polic August 4, 1922, he was made nel ing inspector and promoted’ to that grade July 1, 1924 Since his assignment to head- quarters, Inspector Shelby has per- formed duties which properly fall within the scope of an assignment as assistant superintendent. Prisoner Hangs Self. YANOKE, Va., December 13 (). — Leaving a note on u board in_his cell, reading, “They put James Yates in jail for mothing,” James Yates hanged himself in his cell here last night. Yates was arrested Sunday charged with being drunk. He used strips of bed sheet to take his life. |came as a surprise PRESIDENT AWAITS PROGRAM OF NAVY Longworth Describes House as in “Ambitious Mood” for Cruiser Building. With the House deseribed by Speaker Longworth as being in an “ambitious mood” which would sup- PRESIDENT NAMES STIMSON GOVERNOR GENERAL IN MANILA Executive Sends Nomination to Senate—Confirmation Is Expected. WON ESPECIAL PRAISE "BY NICARAGUAN WORK Carrying Forward of Late Genm. Leonard Wood's Policies Pre- dicted of Appointee. Stimson. eminent lawyer and Secretary of War during President Taft's administra- tion. was today named by President Coolidge to be Governor General of the Philippines to succeed the late Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Mr. Stimson's nomination was sent to the Senate today and it is be- lieved in official circles it will be readily confirmed. ‘While Mr. Stimson’s name has been mentioned in connection with the fill- ing of the vacancy, announcement of his selection by the President came a somewhat of a surprise. It was be lieved in certain quarters that the President would select another Army officer for this post. Moreover, it was not believed that the President would be successful in persuading Mr. Stim- son to put aside his private affairs and to make the sacrifice necessary to take up the burdens of the gover- nor generalship of the islands. Went to Niearagua. Mr. Stimson last Spring accepted a personal commission from Presi dent Coolidge to make an investiga- tion of conditions in Nicaragua growing out of the insurrection in that republic, and his presence in that country had been looked upon as being directly responsible for bringing aboul improved conditions there. The President at the time of Mr. Stimson’s return to this country lauded his work in Nis a and expressed himself publicly as gratl- port an “adequate program for na- val expansion,” and with this pro- gram understood on Capitol Hill as including the comgtruction of 25 cruisers, 5 fleet submarines, 18 de- stroyer leaders, 3 to 5 airplane car- riers and authorization for 4 new bat- tleships, President Coolidge was rep- resented today as still awaiting final conclusions by the Navy before laying the administration's ship-building pro- gram before Congress. In_addition (0 g flat the White oase to the 2 3 that President has approved ne program, it was stated that the Navy Depart- ment itself has reached no final con clusions on the recommendations it would make to the P t. While it was reiterated that th& administra- ton has known all along that Amer ican crulser strength would have to be increased, regardless of any sup- plementary agreement possibly to be reached at Geneva, the extent of addi- tional cruiser construction still re- mains to be decided, it was stated. Statement a Surprise. The White House statement today in that both Speaker Longworth, who has al- ceady conferred with the President regarding the Navy's building pro- gram, and Representative Vinson of Georgia, a Democrat, on the House naval committee, seemed fam with what was understood to be the Navy's program for expansion. Mr. Longworth said today, however, that he did not know whether this p gram had been approved by Pre dent. Coolidge. Since the break-up of the Geneva conference, held last Summer in an effort to extend the provisions of the ‘Washington naval limitations confer- ence, there has been considerable con- jecture as to the extent of the Navy's future program in view of the failure to reach an agreement with Great Britain and Japan on cruisers. It was aceepted from the first that even if the conference at Geneva was suc- cessful, the American Navy would nevertheless have to embark upon a building program in order to bring its strength. up to that provided in (he Washington treaty Failure of the conference, however, has been inter- preted as encouraging advocates of a “big Navy" in their efforts to begin a program not only to bring the Navy up to par with other powers, but pos- sibly to put it ahead. i Has Talked With President. The administration’s point of view. however, has been that the United States would maintain a Navy com- mensurate with its needs and regard less of the intentions of other powers. It was generally believed that in the interval between the failure of the Geneva conference last Summer and the opening of Congress, the adminis- fration would have drawn up and approved a definite statement of the Navy’'s - needs. The White House statement today indicates that neither the Navy nor the administration has completed its program. Speaker Longworth, according to the Associated Press, disclosed that since the convening of Congress he has conferred with President Cool- idge as to the temper of the House for a five-year naval building program and how far House members would be will- ing to go in voting funds for new war craft. Mr. Longworth sald that he told the President he believed the House was in an_ “ambitious mood” and that it would support an “adequate program” for naval expansion. Program Is Reported. The Speaker said that he also had been advised that the Navy Depart- ment had prepared a comprehensive bullding program and while he was not sure of all of its provisions, he2 believed the recommendations would call_for 25 cruisers: 5§ fleet subm " (Continued on Page 2, Column Alimony Club Says Petitions Governor for More Heat By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 13.—Four- teen members of the Alimony Club in Ludlow Street Jail have asked Gov Smith to see that they get more heat. “Priséners liable to pneumonia and taxpayers liable to heavy damage suits.” said a telegram sent the gov. ernor by Robert G. Ecob, chairman of the nony Payers' Protective Asso. Jail Is Cold ciation. “Vindictive wives, ex-wives and their shyster lawyers have excel- lent grounds for legal action, and the taxpayers will be paying the alimony. Our experience indicates that these fled at having obtained his services in_handling such a delicate matter. It is understood that the President selected Mr. Stimson from his own personal knowledge of his ability and because of his wide experience in ad- ministrative work and because of his peculiar fitness as a result of having bun‘ at the head of the War Depart- ment. It also is understood that President Coolidge has reason to know that Mr. Stimson, as the administrative head him for appointment. When this country —entered the World War, Mr. Stimson his services, and in May, 1917, was com- missioned a major of the Judge Advo- cate General's Department of the Re- serve Corps. Soon afterward he was commis- sloned a lieutenant colonel of the 305th Field Artillery. A year later he was promoted to colonel of the 31st Field Artillery, with which outfit he served in France. Mr. Stimson was born in New York in 1867. He is a graduate of Yale Uni- versity and of the Harvard Law Sehool, and much of his practice was while an associate of Elihu Root, for- mer Secretary of State. He has served on_numerous importaint commissions and boards. and at one time was Re- publican candidate for Governor of New York State. e BROCK AND SCHLEE PLAN FLYING TEST TOMORROW DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.. Decen: ber 13 (P).—Edward F. Schiee and William 8. Brock today set about fueling and provisioning their mono- plane before hopping off at dawa to- morrow for .an attempt to set new standards for sustained flying. The record they seek to break is that of two German avistors, Cor- nelius Edzard and Johann Risticz, who remained aloft for 52 hours and 23 minutes. The flyers believe that they can carry sufficient gasoline to keep them in the air for 60 hours. at least. Nuv radio, parachutes, nor any unneces- sary equipment will be carried that would add weight to the ship David B. Strothers of Washington, D. C., official representative of the National Aeronautical Assoclation, has arrived with the instruments that will record the time the aviators are in the air. —taniiiy, ATTORNEY DEAD IN ROOM KILLED BY BLOW ON HEAD By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 13.—In a dis- ordered room of a Loop building basement a night watchman shortly after midnight today found body of Richard P. Poulton, 35, an at- torney. He had been killed by a blow over the head, and marks on the face had been made by a pointed weapon. There were finger marks on the throat and many indications of a flerce struggle. Frank McHugh was arrested a few hours Jater. Police were Investigat ing a report that Poulton, McHugh and Willlam Sweeney, a painter em- ployed in the b had been drinking _in the basement room last High's clothes, the" police” cepost ugh's cl -t showed. which may have been blood. Robbery was likely motive, as money and other possessions were found in- Poulton’s pockets. Tdentification was made by the widow, who was. prostrated. people will stop at nothing to get money." X Jail officials denied the alimony de- linquents were suffering. The club consists of, men who, prefer jail to pay- ing alimony. House Sets Holiday Period. The House today fixed the perlod for its Christmas holidays from De- cember 21 to January 4, Inclusive. This action was taken on: motion of House Leader Tilson. -