Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1928, Page 1

e e e s sty WEATHER, (D, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast) Rain. mixed with siect or snow, to- night and possibly tomorrow morning: lowest tonight near treezing. ‘Temperature—Highest, 55. at 4 pm. yesterday: lowest, 35, at 7:30 am. to- day. Full report on page 9. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Y}sterdly': CircnlfjioqL 105,173 TWO 0. . CVIL SERVICE GATHERS HEADWAY AT HOUSE HEARING | Efficiency Bureau Chief and Commissioner Cite Benefits for Employes. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Fpening Shar. 1928 — FIFTY-FOUR Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 ntered as second class matter post office, ington, D. C. DEALTO CONGEAL [PLANE GRASH KILLING MARINE _ ) IO ASSAIS = BOTH BIG PARTIES i Y0 M Wil i Bl swied o v > = . | | NAVAL SECRETARY FUNDS IS CHARGED Rt Fom Mk inCrrin—FOR I 0 HOLGE T MARCH 16, PAGES. R SIA s tdeiE CENTS. Texan Holds Officials Have No Business Attending Upham Assistant Tells Tea- pot Probers Democratic | Treasurer Was Agreeable. | the Ascociated Pres. | The silk parachutes of all four vie- SAN DIEGO, Calif, March 16.—An | tims were found cpen after the two aerfal crash, apparently caused by aiplnms struck the ca:‘u\] :\}mul. 200{{(4“1‘! mistake in carrying out orders, reeull- | apart, but it appeared that none of the ing ¥ cqs | four had attempted to get clear of the ing in death for four Marine fiyers, was | 2, BOE AEIPIC T0 e dead when ’ under investigation here today. | rescuers reached the wreckage. FAIL TO FIND DEPOSIT OF $500,000 BY STEWART Senators Quiz Banker in Chicago, | Who Knows Nothing of | 0il Transaction. made plane crashed to earth. military formation. De Wine and Lieut. J. D. Swartwout, pilots of the two ill-starred planes, and H C. Bailey and Corpl. H. C. Chap- Capt. Harold D. Campbell. who was By the As: d Prese. | CHICAGO, March the bank account of Robert W. chairman of the board of the Standard 0Oil Co. of pot Dome subcommittee today f: deposit in 1922, 1923 in Stewart’s name. tigators sought from William H. Gilkes, assistant cashier of the Continental and‘com- mercial National Bank, information asj to whether Stewart had made.a cash | Geposit of $500,000 after the _Conll-l nental Trading Co. was organized on November 16, 1921. B 1 Stewart's account in this bank show- d no such deposit. Chairman di- Tected Gilkes to find out if any one| opened an account in his bank with a | deposit of $500.000 after 1921 and also 1o inform the committee later whether Stewart has a\safety deposit box in the Continental and Commercial Bank Does Not Know of Deposit. il said Stewart could not have| np?x;?sl special account in the name of any one eise in that amount v;;h; out officials of the bank knowing about know that a deposit of $500.- | bonds -was made by Col. time?” asked Senator | it. “Do you 000 in Liberty Stewart at any Ny E 5 sir” Gilkes replied, adding that| on J:x’z;;xry 28, 1924, sww:: had pur- | chased $300.000 in Liberty ing his ;ersona\ ‘check for $299,285.23 t0 Pay IO e for Silas H, Strawn, who is A fexico City, Ralph M. Shaw testified al‘l he had a telegram from Strawre saying that he knew nothing of any Liberty bond transactions in connection B e et e ot t . =z the Mexican id | removed to the smallpox hospital. urer of the ratic national com- it i O Dot 22 1a (2 1o m: up an wm'nt some large contributions and valied | Dr. Emanuel Malbran to Succeed & said. H:‘:gl!d told the investigators that| Marsh had told Upham that he ex-| Ecwd “some large contributions that | did not want to make public” and suggested that neither party file a yeport with the clerk of the House of Representatives. Questioned About Proof. Asked why he had not given the com- | yrittee this testimony when he appeared 47 Washington, Hipsley said he had 7.0t been requested 1o do so at that| time. “This was 2 co-operation between | o two treasurers to keep the facts| sm the public”” ‘inquired Benator rbeck, Republican, North Dakota. | “Yes, sir,” Hispley replied. i “Aside from yourself and Mr. Leonard | is there any one who could substantiate | this story?” Nye asked | “None except those Mr. Upham may | faye t0ld about 1t.” Hispley said. | DIES AS GALE | ONE DIES HITS TWO STATES sengers Escape. March ved at 16 1ty demuge more than $50.000, one life lost and an sc- commodation train wrecked, was the known Wil wday of & 1, #10rm that swept t east Texas and yesterdsy and Yicksburg end The Joss oer press, where sroved 3 derric il fiel of North ppl near y in the ol mnplels oouny hed 165 of Lould- reported e aged yesident of Kel e when the 1ot of his barn wes huried through the wir Puseengers on s Texss wnd pocommodation Lrain provably e jury by the fert thal the passenger eopciwn were on Uy the resr of Ui trein, which wss wrecked when Uhree Sreight cers Sumped the LGk o Bn un- dermined voadhed, near i, L Bhreveport, Yivisn snd Winnfuld CIm, escaped the sworm with dumage conxisting chietly of ihe crazhing of plate glase winduws snd m unronf ‘us. of dwellirge. uproot of trees, nnd camege U BUMODI crops on outlying ferms by & 40 wn houy biow end large bal stone Two coloped men weie Vicksburg Pacific q njured wt Air Chiefs Beach Vers Cruz VERA CRUZ, Mexico March 16 A4 Ay plane Carrying Use Americen swiant Beerevary of Wer, ¥ 'Iiube itom, snd Brig Gen. Fechet. et s Aviny Al Corpe, sapived bere 1o v from Temphon. She Army officials w1 ol e pretion Bowid Lop Fosisiui. A MORE SMALLPOX | don, who resigned his post while he | can Congress because that body would the lead, and that Lieut. Swartwout, in- 16.—Examining | stead of remaining in position, moved | also tewart, | forward as De Wine also pushed his | | plane was severed from the body of the | p'ane ahead to execute the order. The De Wine and Swartw collided and seemed to hang together It was the second tragedy of its kind | { here in two weeks, the first ending in | the death of five men when a home- | The Marine accldent occurred yester- | Ay barie, day while three planes were fiying in | Lieut. Laurence R.| sey. Ga., | pelle, their mechanics, were the victims. | the accident occurred. leading the three-plane formation, said | strike the ground, was demolished. he had signaled Lieut. De Wine to take | occupants were buried beneath the pile out planes | De Wine had been flying about three s and Swartwout about six. The atter had been here only about a month, having originally been stationed at Parri: and, S. C.. enlisting from York City. Chappelle came from Wool- nd Bailey from Grand Haven, ich. All three planes were traveling at the rate of 90 or 100 miles an hour when Lieut. Swartwout's plane, the first I!Lo s of wreckage. Lieut. De Wine's plane s badly wrecked. A wing belonging to Swartwout's plane almost mmediately after the ma- chines collided and dropped to the for an instant. Then they plunged. nose | eround several hundred feet from the down. place where the plane itselt crashed. CASES IN HOSPITAL G. W. U. Institution Under Close Observation as New Outbreak Occurs. George Washington University Hospi- tal was placed under close observation by the District Health pepamnem w-‘ day following the discovery of four| more cases of smallpox, three amongi the patients and one among the per-| sonnel. Seven cases of the disease have | been found at the hospital since the latter of January. Dr. mnm C. Fowler, District health officer, made a personal investigation at the hospital and afterward expressed the belief that the smallpox outbreak had its inception as a result of an in- correct diagnosis of a patient who was | being treated there in. January fm'é X. Y oo the situation is under con- “I believe trol now and that there will be no addi- tional 5 'All cases,” said Dr. Fowler. of the seven cases have been very mild and that accounts, 1 believe, for the mistake in the diagnosis of the original case.” After the discovery of the third case at the hospital last week all of the employes, except the nurses, were vacci- nated by Health Department physi- cians. The nursmlmdy had been vaccinated, as req B The four smallpox victims have been o ARGENTINA NAMES NEW ENVOY TO U. S. Pueyrredon, Who Recently Resigned. By the Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, March 15—Dr.} Emanuel Malbran, present Argentine Ambassador to Chile, has been ap-| pointed Ambassador to the Uaited States, He succeeds Honorio Pueyrre- was at Havana as chairman of the Argentine delegation to the Pan-Ameri- not heed his insistence upon reduction | of tariffs between nations in lhe; Appointment of Dr. Malbran was an- | nounced after word had come trom Washington that he was persona grata the Coolidge administration. At ';fi’u:rm he is on leave of absence lnd‘ it is expected that he will finish bis | vacation before proceeding to Washing- wn. i Dr. Malbran's successor @t the | Chilean capital will be Senor Quintana now Minister of the Argentine W Ger- many. i : = Benor Restelll, undersecretary for for- It Thirty 0il Derricks Smashed in | eign affair Texas, Louisiana—Train Pas- | Cpeiime | washington, is promoted to { Minister 1o the Netherlands. 15 rppointed Minister to charge d'affaires 2spil, g the post of Dr. Pueyrredon created almost deadlock in the Pan-American Congy by refusing to sign a protocol gua tering a continuance of the Pan-Ar can Union a s the procowol be signed pending unani- involved. Dr. Pueyrredon persiswed in s attitude even after his government announced that new instructions had The Cade | peen sent v Havana and his resigna- | escaped ! tion followed. 1 By tie Awso The pay roll for lobhyists in Wash- g was declared today by Hepres sentative Garoer, Democrat, ‘Texas, W Jarger than that for members of ying betore Ve commities which 5 considering the Curaway Wil W require lobbylsts pegister, Mi Gaper sad hie deemed i st bonor for @ man W be chogen W represent u group of persons i legiti- mstely opposing oF Urging Lhe paskage of legislation, ether 1or pay or other- wise, but that he did not welcome the men who houee themselves here in Washitglon nud hide thelr prpom The Teran suid that ususlly legitd mate Lbbyists were betler mtormed on legislation Whan other men and thelr petor Carsway, Democral, Ar wesrlen e vere netween 200 Wi dingLon fecew the paidic by vepressnting o Benor Quintana, i e D tn | plans for the treatment of all of the | g | He sbsented himself from | & committee meeting which was con- | akish wind- | sdering reorganizstion of the union, | but the representatives of other coun- | Lousstana | tries got around this by agreeing thal | Elmer Baltz| 41, cashier of the First | National Bank, was shot in the ub-| i acceptance by the governments | domen und dangerously wounded und | | Frank Smith, bunk watchmun, was shot House judiciary | PLAYGROUND PLANS FOR D. C. ADOPTED | Every Square Mile of City Is Provided For in Commis- sion’s Project. Playground and recreational center opment under a broad scheme which would provide for every section of the city was approved by the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission at a meeting here today, when it adopted a tentative plan for the establishment of thesc centers, which has been in course of preparation for the past several months by the experts of the commission. ‘The commission did not at this time approve any specific projects for loca- tions, but it was pointed out that in- structions had been given to officials of the commission to take the gencral plan, as apnroved today, and discuss it with the officials of the District of Co~ lumbia playground department and local school officials and with them work out a detailed project which would have the approval of all three agencies. This plan is to bhe ready for submissio to the Park and Planning Commission when it meets in May. General Plan Outlined. The anr’n.I plan as presented today orovides fol recreational centers, vary- ing in size from 10 to 20 acres. for every square mile In the District. These centers would be for the use of larger boys and girls and grown-ups. The plan also provides, in addition to these larger centers, for smaller, neighbor- hood playgrounds for the use of young children 'in the proportion of ane for each quarter of a square mile in the residential neighborhood. They would vary in size from three to five acres. It was pointed out that of the 18 major recreational centers tentatively laid down in the plan as being neces- sary to cover the District, 11 now are owned by the Government, and of the 50 plavgrounds provided for 15 are at present possessed by the Government. The commission, however, did not ap- prove the locations suggested in the plans submitted today of any of the recreational centers or playgrounds, de- ferring this action until after the con- ference with the District and school officials. Provision for Cojored. All of the above are for white people, while the plan provides for scvex?elngec centers for the colored people, of which four are now owned, and 28 local play- grounds, half of which necessary acre- age the Government has acquired. Bome of the proposed playgrounds and centers will be located on park property and some on school property. Two of the white recreation centers provided are the Bunker Hill road proj- ect, in the Northeast, and the Takoma Park project. ‘The commission spent morning session in studying the recrea- tion center and playground report, and this afternoon had luncheon at the Cosmos Club, where it is having pre- sented plans of the Boston Chapter of he American the entire e city over the Highway Bridge. the architects' institute are preparing approaches to the Capital. ‘The late afternoon session commission 15 to be glven recommended purchases of park and playground purposes, BANDITS SHOOT BANKER. MADISON, 11, March 16 (&) of the over to land for In the hand today by four robbers who crowded Baltz's ear to the curb and with between $23,000 and 425,000 i Lobbyists’ Pay Exceeds Congressmen'’s, | Says Lawmaker in Committee Hearing themsely able Lo . Benator € way sald many of the lobbylats were here when he came Lo Bington, 1h yeurs ngo. o fived off the public muny ave never done nything gislation,” he sald. “Many of them huve no spesking acquiintance with sny member of Congress ‘Nolhing 15 quite so gullible as hig buginess, —1f 1 wanted Ifu sell w gold Daick 1 would go to Wall Btreet imagine you might save a_million dol nfuence lisrs & year Lo industry by disclosing the | usele Heph New Wisconsin, appeaved i behalf of similay lobbyist nieusiives they have proposed | the Hehwfer bl was des (going & step turther than 1 w of this kind of lobbying " Dtative Grimn, iy ineastre b baring from the foors and the clowlocins former meinbers of Comuress, who were eogaged un degiska De Wine was from New | i Chairman French, Former Foe of GROWING IN POPULARITY Measure, Says He Will Sup- port Wilbur's Plan. By the Associated Press. Another row broke out in the House today over the propriety of Secretary Wilbur occupying a front-row seat in | the chamber yesterday during consider- | | ation of the $274,000,000 new warship | construction program. | Representative Blanton, Texas, Demo- | crat, revived the discussion by calling | attention to the absence of Mr. Wilbur | today, declaring that the Secretary had | attended a cabinet meeting during the | morning and “decided not to come back."” Cabinet members had no place on the floor when bills affecting their de- partments were being talked about, he contended. Earlier in the day Representative McKeown, an Oklahoma Democrat, visited the Navy Department and ex- pressed regret to Mr. Wilbur that he ! had been attacked for appearing in the House chamber. Courtesy Is Demanded. Shortly after Blanton concluded Rep- resentative Wolverton, Republican, New Jersey, declared in the House that the same rules of courtesy and hos- pitality that existed in homes should apply to cabinet officers -visiting the | House. Prospects of House approval of $274,- 000,000 construction program increased materially today. when Chairman French of the appropriations commit- tee, consisting naval affairs, announced he proposed to support it. French, a year ago led an unsuccess- ful but close fight against a provision for funds io start construction on the last three of the eight cruisers author- ized in 1924. He sald today that while he was not in entire accord with all provisions of' the program, that he believed it rep- resented as nearly as possible a cross- section of various views, and, therefore, he would vote for it. During his re- Institute of Architects | {for the treatment of the -;inlprmrn [ I | was disclosed that various chapters of | marks he also said that the appropria- tions committee next week would Te- | port the annual Navy Department sup- | ly bill, and that it would call for an | xpenditure of $287,000.000 for the | Navy during the next fiscal year. Visit Draws Condemnation. Exercising the privilege accorded cabi- net members, the Naval Secretary went to the House yesterday during the de- bate on the proposal to build 15 cruisers and one aircraft carrier and took a seat in the front row on the floor. Representative Huddleston, Democrat, Alabama, denounced his presence in no uncertain terms and was aided in the autack by Representative McClintie, Oklahoma Democratic member of the naval committee. Several others, in- cluding a member of Huddleston'’s own party, sald the House rules gave Wil- bur a perfect right to be there. ‘Throughout it all, Wilbur sat in si- lence, as the rules prevented him from making reply. Tilson Defends Wilbur. Huddleston asserted the House was able to do business without the pres- ence of Wilbur, who obtained the floor over his protest. He sald he was op- posed to the presence of any cabinet of- ficer on the floor at a time when mat- ters in which they are vitally concerned ts_under consideration. Representative Tilson of Connecticut, the Republican leader, took up the cudgels for the Secretary, He declared he regretted Huddleston’s action since the rules extended such privileges to cabinet members and practically were tantamount to inviting them to appear. “They are public officials, just as we are,” he sald, “and it 15 a pity they do not come more often.” Replying to Tilson, McClintic sald he | regarded the presence of cabinet officers | on the floor during consideration of bills affecting thetr departments as un ef- fort to influence Congress and estab- itshed a “bad precedent.” Representative Updike, Republican, Indiana, then called attention that se: eral representatives of pacifist organ tlons were at that time In the g and sald Wibur's presence was pi able te theirs, While he a- | ry | not a “special admi of the Secretary of the Navy, Repr sentative Abernethy, North ~Carolina, Democrat, said the rules permitted his presence, and “it comes with poor taste for a member of this House to eriticize @ member of the cabinet n this way.” Wrangle Over Program, The debate then turned back to the matter at ssue and produc between La Guardia, R to influsnee ""‘"""; Democrat, ok, snd Bchufer, Republican, York, and Britten, Republican, Iilinols, over the merits of the bullding program. # Guardia, who at one time held a at as a Boclallst, sald there was no danger of a war within the “lifetime” of the ships proposed and asked: “Who are you going o fight? Germany and Austrin have no navy, and there bn't chance of war with England “Communism and bo'shevism, party the gentleman represents,” an- swered Britten, who later attacked the | Nautional Council for the Prevention of | War and Women's International League, which are opposed to the bullding pro~ gram, 85 “Lwo pacifist organizations with high sounding names.” DAMASCUS ROAD CLOSED | BY SNOW AVALANCHES the Food Supply of Const Citles Aftect ed—Henvy Ralns Add to Ref- Misery, By the Amsociatod Press BEIRUT, Syrla, March 10, Heavy “nows on the Lebanon Mountains have closed wll communications with towns and villages and great avalanches have blocked the voads to Damascus, the maln wrtery of the food supply for coust cities, An unprecedented rainfall at Belrut has transformed the vefuge camp into a huge morass, creating acute sufter- Ing among the 15,000 nmates, who al- rendy are I the throes of & smallpox epidemie A shipload of four, milk and medis ugees’ Ltund was provided for the “Mary B Bill Discussions. N>/ e 5 Nl QN N oil bond debt. UNDERTY &G%TloNS N ‘OBODY. & wW.E.BORAH N\ [o | | 1 i News Note: Senator Borah proposes to raise $160,000 by popular subscription to pay off the ‘éfi” | | CONGRESS 10 GET MERGER PLAN SOON Utilities Commission Due to! Make Several Modifications | in Present Agreement. ‘The Public Utllitles Commission plans | to send a street car merger plan 1o | Congress within the next two weeks, it was Indicated today by John W. Child- | ress, chairman. The plan will be based on the agree- | ment drawn up by the transit com- | panies and ratificd by their respective | stockholders. Several modifications are likely to be made, however. One of these, it was intimated, may be the inclusion of a clause which would guarantee the public against any intrease in the present rates of fare for a period of one or two years after the mz}g{: agreement becomes operative. commission is now making a thorough study of the testimony and the mass of exhibits in the record of the recent public hearings. In addition it has before it a schedule showing the rate of fares charged by the car com- panies in the home towns of the mem- bers of the Senate and House District committees, which are to pass upon the merger plan. ;Some of these fares, the schedule shows, are lower than those in Washington. While neither commission nor its attaches would indicate what modifica- tions are proposed in the merger agree- ment of the car companies, it was pointed out that it is intended to work out a plan for bringing about a unifica- tion, evolved out of the proposal on which the hearings were held, that will be satisfactory to the companics as well as the public. ‘The commission takes the position that more progress has been made in recent months toward the unification of the transit lines than ever before and that the public should accept the gesture of the traction companies in good faith and co-operate with them in every way possible. WANAMAKER ESTATE SET AT $50,000,000 Seven Trustees Named in Will to Take Charge of Store Business. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, March 16.—An estate valued at $50,000,000 to $75,900~ 000 is disposed of In the will of the late Rodman Wanamaker, made public today. The will creates a board of trustees which will hold in trust the “capital stock of John Wanamuker, Philadelphla,” under which corporate name the Wanamaker store business wits conducted, These trustees are all Philadelphia men, headed by Willlam L. Nevin, vice president of the Wanamuaker store and one of Mr. Wanamuker's closest busi~ ness assoclates. All financial questions and general policy of the business are to be dectded by . majority of the trustees Al detall questions of managment are to be decided by Mr. Nevin, who 18 to continue us the “managlug trustee.” ‘The principal of the $7.500,000 in~ surance on the lfe of Mr., Wanamaker 15 to be held in trust by the Fidelity- Philadelphia Trust Co or the benefit of Mr. Wanamaker's three children, Mrs, Eotor Munn, Mrs, Gurney Munn and John Wanamaker, jr., their ehildren and grandehildren, It will be divided when the youngest grandehild ts 21, An industrinl school for boys, to be known as the “John Wanamaker Free Hehool of Artisans.” I to be established with the ncome from a trust fund of 2000000 This fund 15 to be created out of the earnings of the Wanumaker business, | In the oroginal will a similar trust Waunmmnker Home for Gonvalescent Childeen,” but the provision was oans celed by one of the three codictle at- tached to the will. No reason was glven. Mary B Wanamaker was My Wanamaker's mother Provialon s also made for the sup- \;ull of his second wife, who wias Miss tolet 1 Cruger. Hhe obtalned a - vore I Parls on November b, 1024, and 15 now the wife of Hope Brenekelton Viney of England, 02 Dead in Landslide. HANTOS, Bragil, Maroh 10 (9 —An offiolal cheok today eatablished (he denth toll of the Tandslides from Mount Herpat at 02, O these 11 persons dlod fler belg dug out of the debris eine 15 being rushed o Belut by e Ameriean Heer Baal Reliel for the as adatinice of the Gamished refugoes 4 ity =four hadies ¢ pecovered, Heve of America in proposing the outlawry | safeguarding all guarantees and obliga- jenteen are stll buvied o the quaginire which has followed steady rains, | i i Book Agent Named In Theft Charges Made by Koreans A former book salesman was ar- rested today in connection with the thett January 26 of a set of classics | from the Korean Commission, 1310 Park roud. The Korean commissioner, Henry Kim, told police that the set, con- sisting of 51 volumes, had been taken from the hallway of the commission. After several weeks of investiga- tion Detective Sergts. L. M. Wil- son and Carleton Talley discovered the books in a second-hand book store and arrested Elmer Kyle Al- tizer, 20 years old, 1352 Kenyon | street, charging him with grand | larceny. Detectives stated that Altizer ad- mitted stealing the books and said that he used an old receipt blank to induce the proprietor of the stoic | to buy them, | KELLOGG UPHOLDS ANTEWAR TREATY But U. S. Bars Any Military| Alliances, Secretary De- clares in New York. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 16.—The newspa- per Excelslor today said that the speech of Secretary Kellogg on the aims of war brdught no change in the ques- | tion of a multi lateral treaty raised be- tween Paris and Washington. The paper | added that the speech, however, indi- | cated the possibility of a compromise acceptable to all powers. Foreign Minister Briand, who is ex- tremely busy with other current gov- ernmental matters, has not yet had time to study the terms of Kellogg's last note. It is possible that he will answer it before the end of the month. May Make New Proposals. M. Briand in his reply will probably make new suggestions which, while tions of the League of Nations pact, will tend to supfllm‘ume the moral guaran- tees of a new international pact of solidarity. This would be with the res- ervation that transgression by any sig- natory will suffice to permit liberty of action by the other signatories. Secretary Kellogg, speaking in New York last night before the cquncil on | foreign relations, favored an unquali- fied anti-war treaty among the great powers. He stated the United States would not become party to any agree- ment “which directly or indirectly, ex- pressly or by implication, is & mfumy alliance.” Need of Public Support. In addition to treaties ublic con« horror and there must be an aroused selence “against the utter frightfulness of war,” he sald. He declared that the United States | could not obligate itself in advance to | use its armed forces against anw other nation of the world. “I know of but one form of treaty which ean be concluded for the pury of preventing war," he continued, “and | tions today were that the Hon. Elsie | | by a vessel as in the cases of Hawker | Some suggestions were that they might | tice of Capt. Hinchliffe, however, | been forced down near some shi renouncing | war as an instrument of natlonal policy | that is a treaty in which the parties specifically bind themselves not to re- | sort to war. It s this kind of a treaty | which people have in mind when they | discuss treatles for outlawing war, and | 1t 1s a novel idea in modern interna- | tonal relations * (The text of Mr. appears on Page 4. PRINCE CAROL'S VILLA NEAR PARIS FOR RENT| Ex-Prinee of Rumania Mlanlnp.‘ Kellogg's spoech | Slnce Wednesday = Peasants Pload for Return. By the Associutod Pross PARIS, March 16 <A huge “To Let” algn today stretehod acvoss the front of the beautiful villa at Neullly, which former Crown Prince Carol bf Rumania made his home for the last two years. | Ourol's )urhm\l whereabouts since he | departed from the Riviera aboard a de luxe train for Parls Wednesday night are unknown. He did not arrive here This caused police some uneasiness view of reports from Buchareat last week quoting Tullo Maniu, Peasant | the fawily. | quoted the frlend as saying: | pounds in | tealized that suoh a fAnanclal lmty leader, ns saving, “Retwrn v\\lhm‘ he legality of the constitution it pos: sible; 0 not, by wny means." Friends say OCarol has finally decldea o natat upon his dynstio vights. T ame friends sy ho s st i France | but desires W Keep his whereabouts ' aecrol, HOPE FOR FLYERS NOW HELD REMOTE Party’s Rescue at Sea or| Landing in Isolated Spot Are Only Chances. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 16.—All indica- Mackay and Capt. Walter G. R. Hlnch-i liffe had been lost at sea on their Tran- | atlantic flight in the monoplane En- deavour. ‘The only optimism was hope that the flyers might have been picked up and George Halreman and Ruth Elder. have reached Newfoundland and landed in some remote spot, but in prefloux| Transatlantic flights similiar hopes | were in vain. The latest rumor about the plane was due to somewhat of a mirage. A hotel proprietor’s wife of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, thought she saw the wreck of an airplane on Stratton Island, three miles off shore. The Coast Guard investigated and concluded that the| sun's rays on a farm house window de- ceived the woman. With no report from the plane since it cleared the tip of Ireland Tuesday morning, save an unconfirmed rumor that it had been sighted by a ship 170 miles off the Irish Coast, it was gener- ally believed that search would be futile and that nothing more would be heard of the one-eyed English war ace, and the daughter of Lord Inchcape. | Radio Station WOR of New York City held religious services vesterday for the | missing fiyers, prayer being offered and | the unseen audience being as o join in the singing of “Lead, I?mdl)'i Light Amid the Encircling Gloom™ and ! other hymns. | John Gillespie, American romescm:; H was | still hopeful today that the fiyers na::,‘ al sea. which was unable to communicate . their safety. or had landed in New-| foundland or Nova Scotia. | LARGE PLA SIGHTED. : Report Here Molds Craft Landed in| New England Forest. The Canadian legation today inform- ed the State Department that the Ca- nadian Pacific Railway had reported to Ottawa that & Mr. Dean of the Hol- lingsworth & Whitby Co. of Green- ville, Me., had received a report from their Camp No. 1 at Roaches Pond on the morning of March 15 that a large airplane had passed Roaches Farm at 6 am, The report sald it was supposed to have descended about 25 miles north- east of Greenville It was added that this information | was later confirmed by & man and his wife who drove into Greenville and! sald that they had seen a plane that seemed to descend in the forest north- | east of Greenville. The Canadian re- port said that it was understood search- ing parties had been sent out. | PROMI S FORGOTTEN. e | Woman's Desire to Conquer Atlantic Overshadows Appeals of Family. | LONDON, March 16 (P, — With searcely a vestige of hope held for the missing plane Endeavor, public atten- tion today centered matly on the griet of the relatives of the fiyers and stories | of how the flight was arranged. | The family of the Hon. Elsie Mackay | had long been awave of her ambition | W fly across the Atlantic and was{ | stated to have exacted a promise from | her that she would not make the at-: tempt. Capt. Walter G. R Hinehlifte, | her companion in the Endeavor, was sald to have promised a member of Mixs Mackay's family to disregard her appeals, and {f this was so the youns | woman'’s pleadings seem to have proved | frresistible, Notwithstanding promises | and fears of her family, she was un-| able to abandon the idea | ‘The Dally Express today quoted a | triond of Miss Mackay ws sayig three | weeks ago: “Nothing on earth will | stop her. 8he iy determined to go and | the determination has become an ob- | seaston.” i Kept Family in Ignovance, The only diffieulty Miss Mackay felt | wis how to hide her preparathons from | Regurding this the paper ! “8he recognised that she must be prepared to spend some thousands of financing the fight, but rans- action must oome to the notice of her tather (Lovd Incheape), dhe evolved A sohemo to escape dotection. 8he wsed the name of a business friend, with his for the acquisition of 5000 oty and then approached Hinehiitte, who was enthustastic about the nlan AWCoitinued on Page 2, Oolunn 99 o | sense of security. paver factary on the ¥l and rvecelving payment therefor from abroad have been sentenced to death and tmmediately shot NEW LAW NOT NEEDED TO ESTABLISH SYSTEM City Heads Can Order Change Un- der Present Law, Com- mittee Is Told. Strong probebility that the Gibson subcommittee of the House District committee, supporting the recommenda- tions made by the United States Bu- reau of Efficiency, will endeavor soon to have District government employes lp!accd under the civil service system as given today during a hearing on this subject. Herbert D. Bro chief of the Bu- reau of Efficiency: George R. Wales, a member of the Civil Service Commis- sion, and H. E. Kaplen of New York on the legislative council for the il Service Reform League, all ad- vocated this reform. The hearing today grew out of the Gibson subcommittee’s investigation to see why the District Commissioners nad not put into effect certain recommenda- tions made by the Bureau of Efficlency after a systematic study of the munici- pal administration in the interests of economy and efficiency. . Says No Law Is Needed. Replying to a question by Repre- sentative Gilbert, Democrat of Ken- tucky, as to why the District employes had not been placed under the civil service, since so many persons favored t, Mr. Brown said the Commissioners i I nad refused a conference on the sub- ject after Investigator McReymolds had looked up a number of executive orders and found that the Commissioners could actually put civil service into effect without any new legislation. The proposal was that the Commissioners could invite and the Civil Service Com- mission could supply a list of eligibles for vacancies to be filled. Representa- tive Hammer, Democrat of North Caro- lina, interjected the remark that “pos- | sibly local politicians had something to do with it.” Civil Service Commissioner Wales told the subcommittee that this reform has been advocated for more than 30 years and recommended it be made im- mediately by the Civil Service Com- mission. A number of District Com- missioners have favored it and Presi- dent Roosevelt advised Congress in one of his messages that this should be jone. the-istats govermment ot o the reat District out = ul - i service and that before like to ad- Wales believed the plan ment by States should not be followed and that for municipal positions resi- dents of the District should have first chance. He also favored covering in all present employes and mmi the law applicable to those who might be employed in the future. Denies Laziness Charge. Representative Gilbert asked Mr. Klplgn what he thought of the rather common complaint against the civil service that it promotes laziness and indifference through giving employes & Mr. Kaplen replied that that was not his observation nor the experience of his organization, and that he entertained quite an opposite opinion. DMr. Brown stated that during his in- tensive study of employment for more than 30 vears and through employes of the Bureau of Efciency who had placed at times in private indus- v he had found that those under civil rvice are much m‘ore emcsn:mm:l nbitious than in private employment. mPre\'lmu to lh&r hearing Thomas Murphy, an investigator for the Bureau of Efclency, and Ringgold Hart, as- sistant corporation counsel for tife Dis- trict, were questioned by the subcam- mittee, continuing the discussion of vesterday relative to the Bureau of Efficiency’s plan to speed up the dis- position of minor trafiic cases in Police Court. This plan briefly contemplates setting up in the various police stations a uniform schedule of fines for minoe i cases and allowing the officers in their own precincts to fill in afidavits rathee than going to Police Court to pers sonally file information. The Bureaa of Efficlency has recommended such a system, " Mr. Hart advised the committea that from his long experience as & prosecut.v in Police Court such a plan is | and would not operate successfully. De- cisin was withheld. — PERSONAL TAX RETURNS MUST BE IN BY MARCH 31 Reports Filed After That Date Will Be Subject to 20 Per Cent Penalty. Personal tax_ returns must be filed before March $1 to avold the 30 per cent penalty, Tax *ssessor Willlam P, Richards announced today. Approxi- mately $40,000 was charged against mxswem for the fiscal year, 1938 he sald, for falling o fle personal tax returns i March, Returns have been filed by approxis arately 20,000 thus far this month, leav- g about 50000 ye! to be filed. The persanal tax off= is open from 8:30 am, to & pm. each day except Saturs duy for filing of returns. Saturdays the Office 1 open from 8:30 am. to 3 pm, AfMdavits are taken free of charge, and every assistance tendered persons destring to file roturns. Returns should be made in Room 103 Distriet Butiding SOVIET EXECUTES SIX. Four Workmen Accused of Avson and Two of Assault. Chiss v Shyeee 927, the Star and o elghit Mareh 18 ~Four work- of buriing » Soviet frontter By Radio o News MOSCOW, men convicted Two men convicted of assaulting » woman and her daughter in Turkesta' were given a similav sentence, whiciy was Quickly cavited out Radio Programs—Page 39 J