Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1928, Page 1

\WEATHER. (U, 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and much colder night: mintmum tempe; to- ture about 35 deerces: tomorrow partly cloudy and colder. Temperature—Highest, 33, at noon, today: lowest, 46, at 11 pm. yes- terday. Full report on page Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 — No. 30.669. Entered_as second class matter Post o Washington, D C ¢ Foenii WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION APRIL 19, g Slar. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” | system covers city block and the regular tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. The ever Star’s carrier Yexhrdny’; Circulation, 107,285 (#) Means Associated Press. —ad TWO CENTS. PARTS FOR BRENEN REPARS ARRIVE BY RAL INQUBEC Shipment of Special Fuel on Way to Murray Bay as % Fitzmaurice Waits. sions at Point ecemed | BY CAPT. JAME Air Fo ¢ the Tri the rious study from the aircraft engine, met IRISH MEMBER OF CREW e TO CARRY SUPPLIES BACK | | Will Confer at Lake Ste Agncs‘ With Miss Junkers—Sees Pos- | sible Solution of Tragedies. Br Canadian Pross QUEBEC. Apni A consig! of parts for the repair of Bremen | at Greenly Island reached here today and will be forwarded on the first n to Murray Bay. From there it will be fiown to the island. The shipment included the landing wheels, a drum of oil, an undercarriage part, a case of engine parts and special tools. | ANXIOUS TO END JOB. the Irishman Reaches Village to Speed | Trip te New York. Br the Associated Press. LAKE STE. AGNES, Quebec 19.—A smiling, determined Irishman | who flew the Atlantic was intent today on finishing his job witl. his German companions. Maj. James C. Fitzmaurice out of the sky into this shiver- ing village yesterday to draw together the loose ends of plans for bringing the transatlantic monoplane Bremen out of the ce of Greenly Island and fiying her to New York. When he stepped . out of the plane in which “Duke™ Schil- | Jer had brought him from that isiand | off the tip of Labrador he was just an aviator on assignment. But when a ¥ ¥ fiving wedge of newspaper men and | he became. | Isla E west coast of Galway at Seven Photo FLYERS SAW AIRDROMES AND CITIES IN MIRAGE, rerican continent appeared to me to be a feasible proposition with ble for such work. The project received considerable se- | Fitzmaurice Tells of Tantalizing llu- Where Death nevitable. { C. FITZMAURIC e State. Co-P New York | | RAY BAY, Quebec, April 19.—Four years ago the idea of a transatlantic | corological and navigation points of view. Last year it was put to the test, when, | accompanted by Capt. R. R. MacIntosh | in the Fokker monoplane, Princess Xenia, attempted the crossing, but abandoned it owing to the impossible weather conditions encountered. | The experience gained in this mgm! was of estimable value and helped | considerably the success of the flight | which my gallant nan comrades, | Capt. Koehl and Baron von Huenefeld, | and myseif have accomplished Sheep Endangers Take-off. Our flight was packed with mrfll.s‘v from beginning to end. The take-off at Baldonnel was exciting, to say the | least. Having traveled more than 1,200 vards along the runway, which was spe- clally prepared for the flight, the fiying | speed was not obtained, principally ow- | ing to the fact that there was no help- ing wind at this point. | A stray sheep appeared about 10 yards in front of the propeller. It was | simply an awful moment. We feit we | | were right bang up against serious dis- | aster at the outset. Fortunately, suf-| ficient speed was obtained to enable | Koehl and mysclf to ease the machine off the ground. The sheep was cleared and we rose into the air just in time to prevent | crashing into a large tree just at the | end of the runway. | Now we are speeding across the mist- covered hills of Ireland toward the | About halfway across the country is covered with a thick | Wfi struck i the moment, one of the three men | blanket of wet fog. above which the conical shaped tops of the mountains appear. | who made history on a flight across the Atlantic from Ireland. Wants to Reach New York. ” It is a° beautiful sight e | Bailey adjourned court until 8 o'clock | (Continued on Page 3, Column 5. | day effectually dispelled any idea that think that over before we say about it But one thing he is sure of —the Bre- men basn't reached New York yet, “and until we take her there our trip is not SEACALMMISLED ATLANTIC FLYERS Believed They Were on 'Homef Stretch’ for New York Until | H Schiller's plane was slightly damaged | tn landing here, the tall skid caiching in the soft ice. The major's mission here was to con- | fer with Fraulein Herta Junkers on tbe | extent of the Bremen's damage and on the t of such parts as will be ek "before ihe blg ship can lf! the agmin { o et Brveght u wi"* “Fogand Gale Arose. | Murray Bay, 12 miles from , and | Pitzmaurice will carry them on 10| P ‘ Greenly Isiapd by airplane. The spe-| & dealled weconot o ! clal fuel that the Breme. burns 8 al0 | 0, T pike: Sehilier and ‘writien | . although he was not ;urv‘ liance. of which The Star the only | the major. coud_be com- | memiee.in this ctfl i i 1 | | North BAY up. While the! What I am going 1o tell you here is MURRAY Quebec, April 19.— said_her propeller was broken and her | gear cracked was mired down in the ice i€ ine siory of the Bremen's flight across frost ruined 8 tire. Beyond these €O | the Auantic o Greenly Isand. Just as | T i D mage to the ship, and | I g0t it from the three brave men when repairs are completed she will be | who made the hop. s airworthy as ever _ 1 I talked with Ma). James J Piu- The friendly Irishman wouldpt talk | maurice, the man I brought back here bat happened to him WA with me yesterday. And while I was at three shipmates op their 008 BEE | o0y 1 talked with Baron von Huen- weather was pretty bad. he said | rere some stretches of risky | eneld and with Capt. Merman Koehl through 10g. | But that wasn't so easy, for my German be and Capt. Koehl and e = lll'llmuw ase interested in | . I’;"‘":"L :?us' of .m-fl'e‘;'i‘;fi?m“’o&'ifi';,’f maurice and Cant. Koehl both tried 10| | make the westward flight last year. ! feel that we've Jearned some In- | Fitz you will recall, had started out stuffj the major said, “bul 1|y Macinwosh, an Imperial Airways | you about it until we BAVE| . “They had gotten 400 miles out | ft fusther s over the Atlantic when they were driven | y be, he indicated that the |,.. by (he weather. But they both felt| the Brrmen will help 1o 0% | i1at the hop from Ireland o Canada | wno that befell Ane Fra over | Was possible. Pitz was determined 10 the North A\‘:‘:'v 5 2 prove it m"“d be done w,‘u]d . n; n;\ s very eager for the honor of Ireland and | v f“‘.,"u":,,,:f"u‘r:fi"‘ for Baldonnell Airdrome, w he was | e Prom DOW OB in command eqroentrated on Dokl Shutw ik Slat. 1 wouldn't even guess when it The Bremen's | L H i remember, Maj Pitz-| i KRR L “We can't hil It ma; Bight of the Kew w objective ..’1'1"." there, but it will be as soon But 1o get W the story N la.” flight nearly met with disaster at the | Ml eonly lsiand the ioe is 10|#8rl The ship was sbout half way P on Greenly 1oang b ely that | 8long the 2200-yard runway, when the fort L 2 4 crew noticed several sheep in the path tihe Bremen will have any trouble tak 1f it should pro Fitz hit him | Koe was at the rudder. fng off on wheels | on the arm and hollered * ¢ g . > ) 1 and hollered “Look | i werig Lo use skids 8 ISNATE ang| Koehl kept his head. He tried w0 pul fter T w00 lover. He managed 1 stagger the be hitched on W YePISCC g Tand ahe ok the aly. The first hurdle was safely past, and they were | J. Pilzmsurice w village end Murrsy Bay until after the | e morning. The s s | Bremen is vepuired. Later be bopes| At g b I trea! Quebec and Ottawa | 3. s Es w w:“! g '.; e 4 Onk *'“ Every one was in great form. They flew Lfl‘ |’ u)r;‘ "1’” e ?l" | steadily under splendid conditions. Al B e o ok 0 {gay they did not see & ship. They | Prsbnie dwl ry ever v reeled off mile alter mile of the deserted .Vm:;:' . Atlas The sunshine kept up all day Safor when he slops and sunset in the west seemed 0 Seven ldands another litte ie-bound | b, em on. ‘There was every prom- settlement between here and Greendy | 700y fine night. Few clouds were Lo Isiand e e ! Kunew Where They Were “They dropped s smoke bomb before | s o e e dark W make sire of their calcula- | :f“ e AT | ons &t the Just possible moment. | without X s ot B | Then n it had come aaid “We knew just exsctly where we b bank of fog loomed | were and we decided L v tried o cimb over it | lake st Greenly Isiend make it Even at 12000 RS Shmneh_the fos e oo arrounded them. 3t still faken off sgels ar doaat, Koehl cut the gun 1o | SIS Dhnes wisers W R the water, and they stid bengol o Lake | & ‘A‘ id ong sface of the ocean. ‘This | The first per fie BIhL 0ver WBLET | yuve them a littie clesrance shead. wae jJust Pl s bat when the Atter that they ran into & succession Bremen tunded e newvy weather oS unums, hatl, sieet, spow, rain and off Newloundia e 1Oreed nea) foge When e dawn came they R W EIONe | gronned five or six simoke bombs for they could B 1) That wes Column 2 ohere they used Jumn 2.9 K} (Convinued on Pege Head winds rocked U sl q el winds spun her craz e n seld and in the “bumpy” air o grand (.A)n*éum Sanks the Pyers felt thut were 1 O e seodad. i, bt never 41 Times in Four Years, itor dDays Were heerd 1rom ayein Had 1o ¥ly “Blind S oy 40 sl fotiaot e Ao Pross yeurs: 1923 2,060,000 ¢ gallons: 1024, | tasough 8 slosm of grow ‘ MOBCOW, Aprid Lot yewr Rus | LOTO000 gallonin, 1026, 54,000,000 gui- i wm of growl 5 1 flone; 4 ¢ ond the men Wboard her thughl each st o sicohiol one billion rubles, | e fa"fif"..."fif ._',g» '[i.';'f“:f.f;filf.',‘f. e minute would be the Jst B an wmount equivelent W e expendl | gy the workers spent on vodka from Bremen come Diough e o Soviel industry, Nickolsd B | 14 W 17 per cenk of thelt earnings outhern end of Sewtoand 305" 0 Jader nd eattor of | Declaring the evil was equally as bad Send ber fghts went oul wnG (e OCW | prgige gecisred i & speech on the | In u.n,lhmf wnd Germany, he sald, im- Gnikered ip vaiy v Jocste te toubie | (LG eanolim mediate success was unatisinable in Capt. Koeh) hae 1o fiy bl Trust He gave thwee figures for the con- | the ant=vodka campalgn, bul gradual ‘ (O inued on Pege 4, Column 84 sunglion of yodka Ruseie in recent ) i | A shortage of 268,000 has been found | | of the Commerein) Natlonal Bank here ption of Vodka Increases | BIRGER IS HANGED FORMAYOR'S DEATH “Played the Game and Lost,” | Says Ging Leader Be- | fore End. By the Associated Press BENTON. Ill, April 19.—Charles Bir- ger. notorious southern Illinols gang leader, was hanged at 9:52 am. today for the murder of Mayor Joe Adams of West City. He wr . pronounced dead four minutes later. Nearly 500 specta- | tors crowded into the stockade Birger slept fairly we', in the early morning and ate a light ‘reakfast. Un- tl a late hour he sat i» his cell and talked 1o newspaper repotiers and oth- er visitors. e been a fool” Birger said. “I've been no good. I've played the game and iost, but I'll jose ilke a man. “I've ilked o iive and spend mone maype 1 made it in ways folk c crooked—gambling and bootlegging and that kind of business. | “I know now that I've done a lot| of things that 1 shouldn't. I'm con- | victed of a crime I didn't commit, but | I've committed a lot of crimes, so I guess things are even Sees First Wite. 1 “We got too strong against the law | and the law broke it all up” | Mrs. E. Aarons, first wife of Birger, | was one of the last to visit him last night She came from Portland, Ore., with her husband several days ago Nathan Birger. the lormer gang leader’s nephew. had a hearse on hand | w convey the body to 8t Louis, where | it was to be taken to the home of | Mrs. Ray Shamsky, Birger's sister, and | held until the funeral Saturday Blrger moved at an easy pace through | the crowd, stopping to shake bands with several persons on the way through | the stockade to the gallows, a distance | of 100 feet | The condemned man mounted the steps. Bmiling, he pointed s finger at| some man in the crowd and waved his | hand. Phil Hanna, volunteer hang- | man, who has participated in 52 previ- ous executions, stepped up to him while the rabbi, J R. Mazur of East 8t Louls, read a prayer. They shook hands and conversed for a few seconds Forgives Enemles, Turning to the crowd, Birger sald: "1 have not thing in the world sgainst anybody. 1 forgive everybody. 1 was able 1o do that through this wonderful Jewish rabbl,” and he pointed to Rabbi Mazur With & quick gesture Birger turned (o the hangman and deputies “Le €0!” he exclaimed. As they were ad- | Justing the cap he said. “Make it fast.” | Those were his last words Birger died without confessing his gullt other than to admit he was an wecessory afler the fact in the Adams murder $264,000 Shortage Reported. STATESVILLE, N. C. April 19 (4 in the accounts of D M. Ausley, cashier it was announced today by W. D Tur- | ner president of the tnstitution. Ausley | shot and killed himself in his room at local hogel yesterday and 1 1o be burled this afternoon siceess was possible, CASE OF SINCLAR - EARLY SATURDAY { with the termination of the defendant's {1t has proved as’ to the guilt or u\-i | which will make this expedilion of the | Fall was made. | Trading Co | last WASHINGTON, D. (.. THURSDAY, WILL REACK JURY | | | | Justice Bailey Plans for Ar-| guments of Counsel as | Defense Closes. | GOVERNMENT OFFERS ADDITIONAL EVID_ENCE! P | Fall's Deposition Is Brought Up| by U. S. Counsel—Rebut- | tal Completed. ‘ | New | charged with con- | ud the Government in The case of York ofl magn spiracy to defr se | connection with the lease of Teapot | Dome, will be given to the jury Satur- day morning by Justice Jennings Bailey. | The decision was arrived at today | case, and after Government counsel, with the exception of two offers of ev dence, one of which concerned the | deposition of former Secretary of the | Interior Albert B. Fall, had concluded | a brief rebuttal of the testimony and evidence offered during the past four! days on behalf of Sinclair H The offers made to the court by Owen | J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, special Government prosecutors, were first that | the defense on order of court took the deposition of Fall in El Paso, Tex., two weeks 8go: that he was their witness and In effect took the stand and waived immunity, but they have not used the story of the former cabinet officer which | has been hailed as the first complete account of his connection with the ofl scandal, and second that the defense at i the Fall-Sinclair conspiracy trial which | opened last October nad indicated to the jury in its opening statement that Sinclair gave no Liberty bonds to Fall | although that fact had been admitted | to the contrary in the present case. - | Adjourns Until Tomorrow. | After receiving these offers, Justice | tomorrow morning and ordered the jury to report a half hour later. In the| meantime Justice Balley will take under advisement the offers of the Govern- ment and announce a ruling as to their admissibility tomorrow morning. The | court, upon agreement of counsel, fixed the time for opening and closing argu- | ments at three hours for each side After the ruling on the Government's offer tomorrow and what is believed will | be brief arguments on prayers for in- | structions from both sides the final ar- guments will begin. Upon the conclu- sion of the six hours of oratory in which eacn side will show the jury whi nocence of Lae defendant. the court will excuse the 12 men until Saturday morn- ing when be will deliver his charge and | commit the case to them Justice Bafley made a move today case possible by announcing tu coun- sel that he would receive their prayers up untll 8 o'clock tonight. This will obviate the necessity of presenting them in open court and eliminaic a great deal of time in argumnt The fallure of the defense to use the | Pall deposition which has been in cu: tody of the court and under seal for two days, came as a surprise, particu- larly in view of the fact that deep in- terest was attached to the story as told by Fall from his sick bed a short time ago, and at which time it was an- nounced it would be presented in the| present ease. ‘The document is said 1o | embody nearly 30,000 words It was taken by Daniel Thew Wright, ington attorney, of counsel for Sin Defense Concludes. The defense concluded its case At 11:12 o'clock this morning after it had | presented James F. Allen, New York broker, as the ninth character witness of the morning. The Government. in rebuttal, read ta the jury testimony be- ) fore the Senate Teapot Dome committee | at its original investigation glven by J. W. Zevely, personal attorney of Sir clair and who has since died, and placed several other documents in the records | by way of offsetting some of the de-| fense evidence. None of this was of a | striking . nature and passed by almost annoticed. It was then that the offer concerning the Fall deposition and the defense allegation at the last trial « Liberty bondas passing from Sinclair to | Each side required four trial days to | present its case s against 13 trinl davs used by the Government alone at the October trial before it was halted and before the prosecution had concluded its | case on the jury tampering allegations. | Sinclair himself did not take the stand and from the outset It was under- stood he would not Appear as a witness. | The defense offered no testimony on the | point proved by the Government| through Fall's son-in-law, M. T. Ever-, hart, that Sinclair gave him bonds and | cash in excess of $250,000 after the Tea- pot Dome lease was slgned, but ap- penred contented to rest on its cross-ex- | amination of hart in which it was brought out the money either went s louns to Fall or was for a one-third in- erest in his New Mexico ranch property The trial was matertally shortened owing to numerous agreements and stipulations entered into by opposing counsel with respeet to documents and commonly known facts and also be- cause the Government, through Ever- hart's testimony, was not put to the necessity of going into the Continental bond matter s its only that bonds did pass between Binclalr and Fall. Since the trial, ut which Everhart refused 10 testify on the ground of self-inerim- nation, the statute of lmigtions was reduced from six to three-fears there- by making him free to tell his story Correspondense Kead, At the outset of taduy'n proceodings the defense, through Assistant Seoretary £ C. Finiey of the Interlor Depart- | ment, rend to-the jury correspondence | between Pall and Finney and J. W Zevely, Binclalr's attorney, relative to Jeasing matters in the Osage Indian reservg, The purpose was to show why Hinclalr snd Zevely visited Fall at hin New Mexico ranch the last week of December, 1921, Then followed olght character withesses — Patrick MeGovern a contractor, of Great Neck, N. Y. M8 | L, Trubee of Independence, Kans ; Fin ley Peter Dunn of New York Olty, R H. Williams of New York, Henry W Farnham of Chicago, broker; former Benator Davis Elkins of West Vieginia 1. 1, Humphrey of Independence, Kans., wnd Albert Dangerhield, secretary of the Jockey Club of New York Btate They all testified as to Binclair's hon- esty and falr dealing up to May, 1935 when the indictnent was presented against him Hoberts cross-examined each witness o determine what connections they nad (Continued on Page 2, Column b) way of proving | wheliningly Republican 1928— s PAGES. REED WILL FIGHT SMITH AT HOUSTON Missouri Senator, Back From Trip, Dispels Doubt as to Intents in Race. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator “Jim” Reed of Missouri to- the nomination of Gov. Al Smith of New York at the Houston convention would be accomplished without a real fight The Missouri Senator, who has just returned to Washington after cam- paigning in ten or a dozen States, has his fighting clothes on. A report that he was ready to turn the Missouri delegation over to Gov his indignation reports that the strategy of his cam- palgn was to be materially changed. “We're just going ahead.” sald Sen- ator Reed. the road ™ Senator Reed said that the Democrats | could carry every State west of the Smith aroused | Also he discounted | |SOCIAL INSTITUTE OPENS. Dr. Macfarland Attends ! Interna- tional Conference at Geneva. GENEVA, Apri! 19 (®.—With Dr Charles S. Mactarland of New Y general secretary of the Federal Counc of Churches of Christ in among the delegates, the Social Institute, Stockholm Church was inaugurated night. A resolution wa the American council to appoint a co- worker to conduct Christian researc QUICK ACTION SEEN ON PLAZA PROGRAM New Commission Hopes to Announce Definite Plan Within a Week. | for the landscape {ireatment of the area between the Capi- “We will go to the end of |\, ang Tnton Station probably will be agreed upon within a week by the new Iy created commission for the enlarg ment of the Capitol grounds. and an ] Missiasippl, depending on the candidate | effort made to have it provided for by nominated and the platform adopted by the party. “Or we can lose all but three of those States, depending on our platform and candidate,” Senator Reed continued He did not refer to Gov. Smith, but the implication was that Smith would lose in the West, At another point In his conference with the newspaper men, Senator Reed sald. when pressed as to whether it was his purpose to do all he could to win the Democratic presidential nomi- nation “What do you think I am out travel- ing over the country for?" Discusses Irish Vote. “It is sald." one of Senator Reed's questioners stated. “that if the Demo- cratic presidential nomination does not g0 to Gov. Smith, all the meri- | cans in the Democratic in the East or North will leave the party " Senator Reed replied “I should dislike very much to be- lieve that any race or people belonging to a certain church would leave a polit- ical party because a man not of their race or religlon was not nominated.” The great issue of the day, according to Senator Reed, 15 corruption “T should not be surprised to see a political turnover in the whole country like that which happened in Chicago the other day if the election were to- morrow,” sald Senator Reed that he thought that the people were much more alive to and impressed by the corruption in the Republican party than they were in 1924 “Formerly the people thought that only one or two men were tesponsible for the scandals,” sald Senator Ree “But now they seem to be convinced | that the scandals are the outgrowth of a system. especially when it has beej demonstrated that officers of the r;bc net have acted as the handling Sinclair bonds.” Sees Farm Iwsue. “fence’ “for Senator Reed sald he thought many Republicans were as disgusted as are the Democrats with the, Yevelations of the oil and politieal scandals in the Republican party. Me sald that the most responsive audience he had ad- dressed, and all of them were respon- sive, was in Des Moines, lowa, which had been ggpresented Lo him as over- Another lssue which would materially affect the cam- palgn, Senator Reed sald, was the dis- tress In agricultural sections. ‘The talk of good times put out by the Repub MoAn party, he sald, was not getung weross In the farm States of the West Senator Reed sald he had not heard much talk about the wet and dry issue on his travels “I have been telling the people that the thing to do first in to get some honest men in office,” he said Henntor Reed's campalgn manager, present wt the conference, insisted that misleading reports have gone out re- garding the strength of Gov. Smith in several Western States, particularly Oklahoma. The delegation from that Btate will be strongly for Reed, it was msioted JAPAN EXPECTS CRISIS. Politieal Fight of Ralds on Reds, TOKIO, April 10 (A A political evl- sin i expected to develop at tomorrow's iesalon of the Japanese Diet growing out of the recent wholesale ratds on Com- munists which followed the last general elections “The Independent members of the Diet olan o Introduce & motion of non-confi- dence against Home Minister Suzukl, which with the support of the Minseito, oF oppoaition party, will probably reault I the defeat of the government unless there Is some unexpected development Radio Programs--Page 44 Foreseen as Result He sald | | the present session of Congress | _This was indicated today by Senator | Keyes, Republican, of New Hampshire. | following the first meeting of the ncw | commission, which was brought into ex | istence by an act of Congress, recently | passed. Senator Keves said that while commission did not take final actic this morning on the plan to be recom- |merded. the subject has been under dis- | cussion for so many years that he pr |dicted a report would be ready for | presentation to Congress next wee k If that can be done. the commission immediately will prepare a bill to au- thorize carrying out the plan, and if] Congress passes the enabling act wish- out delay, it will be possible to inclide {in the last deficiency bill a small por~ | tion of the fund. so that work may be started this year Two Drawings Shown. | Two drawings for the propastd 1 fout of the plaza have been ~prepare by the landscape architects firm of Ben- | nett, Parsons & FProst of Chicago, and | the task of this new comntission is to | decide which of the two schemes should ! be adopted. Willlam E. Parsons, one of | the designers. was present today and | exploined the details of each proposal to the commission One plan is the orfginal one outlined & number of years ago, under w | the new diagonal boulevard from U Station to Pennsvlvania avenue wo erminate at Peace Monument T econd plan was prepared within the past year apd contemplates a more at | tractive plaza. with the boulevard on { more westerly course. entering Pennsyl | vania_mvenue near Second street While the commission has not reached a deciston, it has been pointed out in support of the second plan that the boulevard would be better from a traf- fle standpoint than If it terminated at the Peace Monument. Under the or inal plan the boulevard would cross B | street on a rather steep grade and | would have to cut off a corner of the Capitol grounds fronting on | present First street { Al of the land contemplated in the | original profect has been acquired by | the Government. " If the second plan should be adopted some additional land would have to be purchased to carry | the boulevard along the proposed route To Wreck War Hotels. | 1t 1t 18 found possible to enact at {this session the legislation o begin work on the beautification of the plaza nator Keyes said the bill would prob- ably contain the authorization to begin | taking down the Qovernment hotels erected on the Plaga during the war 1t was Indicated, however, that tiy dormitories would only be taken down as the progress of the work required and that the dormitories near Union Station would not have to be disturbed for some time to come It was il cated that the work probably would be started on the squares facing the north side of the Capitol Bullding The second plan for the layout of | the plaga, If adopted, would call for | (Continued on Page 2, Column &) short rations and Aghting nfluenza as efforts 1o give them succor go forward | here Efforts (0 reach Madeline have been | balked by a fleld of breaking loe. 1s landers, At the visk of thelv lves, have attempted (o reach the mainland o abtain food, but have been turned back by the treacherous loe fleld Thelr Plight and Ul efforts o relleve it td BLACKLIST SCORED AS UNINTELLIGENT Internationai Relations Group Launches Attack on Mrs. Brosseau. on an org: who are not had a sentiment “When the e D A con: ers of ltce president of port of the big should have Neverthe versity. Pr This is her may support h shall do so or their provinee of us 1s whether R is a safe guic public speake public polictes. franchise. Wiy the big Navy been the Nation nouncing w Fhis movement has gain way that ribute © 18 the eve o I indorse are 1o be as ba gent as their cire precious black mains except t and to re 1t 15 nat suftiel callege, ¢ warning: cation ¥ “The spiritual w n de W or for \d to throw the o the wastebasket R al vilege policy ot 1s d sueh b Mrs Bros roposal. W % se value of a warn the D A. R ation ¢ (Continued on Page 2 | By (e Aawciatod Pross have been related ASHLAND, Wis, April 19 - Soven ! connects by cable hundred inhabitants of Madeline Is- | Meat, four and 1and, 6 miles from the Wiscansin mali- | exhausted Canne land in Lake Superior, are hving on | foad supply, and haustion Calls Black List Useless. The D. W and as TR\ to accountability g brought odium and ridicule ation for w nbers regard.” Amazed at Stand. [700 Marooned on Island Combat “Flu™ ; On Short Rations as Ice Bars Sue educato: workers ttack upon dent gen- who was acct anization with ost executive made icipated in the speaking or ed dis- D.ARBLACKLIST DISPUTE FLARES UP AT CONVENTION Kansas Delegate Starts to Read Resolution, but ks Halted by Chair. ‘INSURGENT’ OFFERING | IS SENT TO COMMITTEE { Mrs. Joy Invites Mrs. Roy to Ap- { pear Before Group in De- fense of Proposals. D. A R. 0 22, Inclu- Mailed—Postage prepaid. d States and Canada, 35¢ Foreign, 70c Leave orders with Star rep: sentative at Washington Auditor- Office, 11th & Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. on to the floor of Continental Congres had raged around al b national speakers—an outgrowth e policies of the society re- Americanism” and national , Kansas delegate and local secre- tary of the Women's International League for Peace and Preedom. Mrs. Roy arose at the outset of the yrning's proceedings and sought to oduce from the Hoor three resolu- tions in connection with the coatro- versy. Scarcely had she begun reading them when Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau. president general. rapped sharply tor order and halted Mrs. Roy. It was ed from the chair that all reso- t be submitted first to the resolutions committee. council. and made Seat to Chairman. T ne. Presi- | Mrs. Roy agreed readily to this course s a sacred obligation | and sent t lutios g i *D K: R and sent the resolutions by a page & Mrs. Henry B. Joy, chairman of the lutions commitiee. The latter an- nced later that her committee would consider them tomorrow morning. In a conference with the press tm- mediately® after this fSare-up, . the presence of Mrs. Ray. the resolutions ¢hairman denied reports circulated by Mrs. Roy that she had said the resolu- tions would be “smothered” by the com- m and she gave Mrs. Roy permis- ore the committee n pport of her motions. M 3 to the press printed 5 of the resolutions, which provided for a referendum for all chapters on tions of “national importance.” for own discretion” by and for approval national defense sion to appear bef of the society. Asks Ample Notification. b declared that as “deie- al conference of the pared to express their chag he future d to the several chap- ad action before the meetings. the present poli- 0 national de- der Regular Channels. ! Do rosse 1 comy watved policies R mittee have {he suppor oSt 0f the delegates denced & of 10y told news pape: nen that N manded since the congress Mrs. O B NODOIATY - president-general A R. for having submi 08 frst to Kansas chap! thelr action Mrs. Guernses to seed pters on reso ded for presentation to the Kesalutions Seconded Rov said that her Kansas o the Molly Fuster Berry Y had approved the resatutions Al }lllfl‘ motions, as presented to the resalutions commitiee foday, were sec- onded by Mrs Ross Cuolling, wite of Representative Colling of Misstssipp. In the gallery when Mrs Walker pee sented her annual report was M Helen Tufts Raitie of Boston, who has soverely eriticieed Mrs Walker fo PreSUmIng* to represent the D A R by telephone which | I idorsmg the Navy bt With the maimtand | M Walker's appearance before th 1 staples have been | CONSTess was enthusiastically acelatmed & goods are the only | e demanstration being suMiclent ¢ these are near ex- | ATOWR out any protestations from Insurgent’ goup. if any had bew The mfluensa outhieak was desevibed as ot serious, cariy been ufged A Government customs officers sland vesterday Wwis plansied e packet fatledt but anothex how [ over nt o out reach relatives and neighbors for the 20 cases reported | services of & physician The have oy he attempt | planned. Mrs. Walker devoted most o her repart 0 & justification of he: active work for a larger Navy, and wore specifically. of her presence betare ihe House naval affairs commitiee severa! months ago. Mrs Walker gave a chronologioal mme of all resolutions of the society \(\mm‘ml on Page 4. Columa 30