Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burean Forecast ) Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight. ‘Temperature—Highest, 75, at § p.m. yesterday: lowest, 47, at 4 am. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 he WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Star “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. Yesterday’s Sitcuhfion, 106,976 - No. 30,683. UNGERTAINTY GRIPS LEADERS OF BOTH CAMPS IN INDIANA Neither Watson Nor Hoover Forces Feel Sure of Vic- tory Tuesday. SECRETARY'S SUPPORT IN OHIO SHOWS EFFECT Line Up Still Seems to Favor Sen- | ator—@G. 0. P. Scandal and Dry Policies Made Issues. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 3.—A fog unc inty holds Indiana Republi- s in its grip. This applies e Watson and Hoover camps. claiming victory in the presi- 1 preferential primary May 8, but neither is sure, down deep. They would bless any man who could make them so. Two or three weeks ago everything peinted to Watson's victory. But things have happened. There was the Ohio victory for Secretary Hoover. It has had its effect here, showing that Mr. Hoover is a vote getter. There has been a developing undercurrent for Hoover, Then came the announcement of the railroad brotherhoods. urging or- ganized labor to support Hoover, and giving as their reason the probability 1hat Vice President Dawes would be the likely inheritor of a Watson delegation from Indiana to the Republican nation- a! convention. The line-up still seems to favor Wat- of . & Scripps-Howard newspaper, hich is fighting for Hoover. And final- Republicans who are at heart nomination of Vice President e is & new procedure in this kind of an 2582 § sinds - | mittee read: sist they will cut into the Watson sirength considerably in the southern of the State, a section which has accorded generally to Watson. On Herns of Dilemma. The exigencies of the situation have placed Watson and his followers some- what on the horns of a dilemma. The . They would much prefer to yote directly for Prank O. Lowden o Iilinois, or for Vice President Dawes, To appese the farmers. the word has | been spread that a vote for Watson is 2 vote for Lowden or Dawes. But this hes aroused the labor people, who are opposed o Dawes, and Senator Watson has been at pains to explain that he | is a candidate in his own right and not & stalking horse for Dawes or any one else. This leaves the farmers con- | fused. There is a certain sullenness emong the farmers, a disinclination to express themselves that might mean snvthing The population of Indiana is divided roughly into one-third or a little more on the farms, and a little less than two-thirds in the citles Many of the farmers are Republicans and what they do next Tuesday is go- ing 1o eount a lot. What worries the ¥arm Bureau Pederation is the fear that many of the farmers may not go 1o the polls for one reason or another 1f Tuesday is @ fair day, many of them may go right shead with their planting rather than go 1o the voting booths Purthermore, the farmers’ at- titude is described as anti-Hoover rath- er than pro-Watson. They have been #hoved into & position where they must | support Senator Watson, as he is the (Continued on Page 5, Column 6) U. S. HAS NO LYNCHINGS IN 4-MONTH PERIOD Firet Third of Year to Pass With- out Mob Blayings Since 1680 Reported. NEW YORK, May 3.—The first four of 1978 passed withoul s single being reported anywhere In | iled Blates i the first tme & similar period clapsed with no mob killing since Nationel Associstion for the Ad- vancement of Colored People began keeping records 39 years ugo. Jmes Weldon Johnson, secretary of the asso- Clation, seld yesterday Herelofore, from one o several have oceurred each year hin four months, Johnson said If this becord can be kept up for it will seem o presage Larbarism disgraced Amer D e ! d i the investigation ordered by the Senate | | POLITICAL MYSTERY f | and towns, | Entered as second class matter post office. Washington AIR ARMADA HERE TO CARRY | LEGISLATORS TO LANGLEY FIELD '19 Bombing Planes Land at Bolling Today 34 Will Take Visitors to Virginia for D. . TOHIO!‘]‘OW S Swooping down out of a hazy m“'h_l ern sky, 19 large Army bombing planes, | | one of the largest formations of bomb- | ers ever to fly over Washington, landed | a few minutes after noon today at Boll- | { ing Field. They are part of a formation of 3¢ Army bombing, transport, and | observation planes from Langley Field, | | Va., which will carry nearly three-score | | members of Congress, newspaper writers | | 2. photographers this afternoon back | | to the Virginia flying field to witness a | big demonstration there tomorrow of the Army Air Corps. When the bombers, flying in three | squadrons, came in sight and made | ready to swing over the field, a half- | dozen planes from Langley Fieid were !a:rcnd_\' on the ground in advance of | them, having dropped in one-by-one | during the forenoon. Other planes will | arrive during the day. | _ Altogether there will be 32 bombers, | 6 transport and 6 observation planes at Bolling Field ready to take the War Department’s guests to Langley Field. | | About 20 Senators and Reph‘s('l\(nu\'es«‘ | are scheduled to leave this afternoon | | and in addition there will be approxi mately 30 newspaper reporters and | photographers. Other members of Con- | gress, who will be unable to leave their | duties at the Capitol today, expect to \\'A\éHING’l‘ON, D. C, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1928—FIFTY PAGES. Maneuvers. leave by the air route early tomorrow morning in time to witness the ma- neuvers at Langley Field ‘The bombers, which arrived this morning, are in command of Maj. Hugh D. Knerr of Langley Field. As the pilots one by one brought thefr planes to earth and swung them into the line along the eastern edge of Bolling | Field, they climbed out sunburned and hungry for lunch. A large number of spectators and friends had driven over to the field in automobiles and were on hand to greet the fiyers. | Orders have been issued that only one plane carrying passengers may take off at a time, precluding the possibility of collision at the take-off. Each plane must fairly clear the field before the next leaves the ground. The main body of planes from Langley Field ieft there at 7:30 o'clock this morning and made the flight to Wash- ington in an hour and a half. The return formation will be headed by Assistant Secretary of War F. Tru- bee Davidson, in charge of Army avia- ton. Some of the planes will carry one ! or two passengers and others as many as_eight or ten The demonstrations at Langley are the first of a series of tests being made at | various Army schools by the Army Air | Corps. Th re_intended to show the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) CANDIDATES FACE | INQUIRY ON FUNDS Senate Committee to Ask: Presidential Aspirants Abeut Campaign Expenses. By the Associated Press. All presidential candidates are to be asked to appear before the special Sen- ate committee named to inquire into campaign expenditures. The committee dispatched telegrams today to all of the candidates, asking them to testify at their convenience and also to name their agents who could report on expenditures. i Chairman Steiwer believes a start on may be made by next Monday, in view of the fact that many of the candi- dates already are In Washington. Quizzing of the candidates themselves ka, and Goff, West Virginia. Democrats—Gov. Smith of New York, — ot of GW!:{:‘H‘GOM ; Gov. land, Representatives Tennessee, Gilbert M. ebraska Mary| Cordwell Hull of Hitchcock of Ni and Atlee Pom- | erene of Ohio. | The telegram dispatched by the com- | “Pursuant to Senate resolution :It;el tians. names and addresses of all authorized other representatives acting your behalf. ~ Also please indicate earliest convenient date for the taking of your testimony.” Other candidates in the field besides | those summoned are, Evans Woollen of Indiana and Representative Ayres of Kansas, Democrats. Some of the dele- gates to the Republican convention have indicated their favor toward President Coolidge, Vice President Dawes and Charles Evans Hughes, but neither of | | this trio T s consented to the use of his | | name as a candidate. SEEN IN CAROL VISIT| Former Crown Prince, Now in Eng-| land, Declared Engaged in Im- 1 portant Conferences. | | | By the Amociated Press, ! LONDON, May 3.--The Daily Ex- press sald today that there was a polit- ical mystery behind the visit of for- mer Crown Prince Carol of Rumania to England. | Important conferences were occur- | ving in both London and Rumania, but Carol s keeping @ strict silence, | boing anxious to avold any premature | disclosure of his plans. He is in touch with the latest developments of the Rumanian political situation The paper sald it understood that the prince has under consideration an Important announcement to synchro- nize with certain political events in Rumania, Carol and Maugda Lupescue, with whom he eloped, renouncing s throne, | sppeared together at & London theater last night and occupled the royal box The ttlan-haired Magda wore an ermine cloak, which women fir the audience estimated to be worth @ fortune 4 | | cockpit, explained the structure of the | the field BREMEN CREW BIDS CAPITAL FAREWELL Oversea Flyers Make Air Trip to New York After Re- ception Here. With hands blistered from shaking hands with the thousands who acclaim- | ed the first East-to-West transatlantic air crossing, the crew of the Bremen sailed away from Washington for New York today to prepare for an air tour of the States. They took off from Bolling Field at 8:25 o'clock in a Junkers plane on which had been fitted the Bremen's tepaired propeller. The three adventurers wore in their coat lapels the insignia of the Ameri~ can Distinguished Flying Cross, which, in the case of two of them, Baron von Hueneteld and Capt. Koehl, represent- ed the first decoration given to a for- | mer World War enemy by a former al- Von Huenefeld. Koehl and Maj. Pitz- maurice were up early in spite of their weariness after their great one-day re- ception gle day . 8 Press Club, a visit to Arlington Na- tional Cemetery, where they placed wreaths on the tomb of the U Soldier, a roaring welcome by the leg- islators and pages of the Senate and House. inner with the German and Irish diplomatic representatives and, Eastern half of the !)nlted||n.;¢ NOBILE TAKES OFF ON ARCTIC FLIGHT; SEEN OVER SWEDEN Starts From Stolp, Germany, for Spitzhergen, Second Leg of Trip. KINGS BAY TO BE USED AS BASE OF OPERATIONS Several Ventures Into North In- cluded in Ambitious Program of Italian Explorer. By the Associated Press. GRISSELHAMN, Sweden, May 3.— Gen Nobile’s dirigible Italia passed over this city at 12:15 pm. It soon disappeared over the Gulf of Bosnia. (Grisselhamn is about 50 miles north of Stockholm.) STOCKHOLM, Sweden, May 3 (P).— The dirigible Italia, bound for Spitz- bergen with the Nobile expedition, ar- rived over Stockholm at 11 a.m. today. It cruised about the city ir beautiful sunshiny weather. Several airplanes flew to meet the craft and 1o welcome the Italian explorers. Stockholm is about 320 miles from the airship's starting point, Stolp, Germany. The airship continued on her course, flying in a northerly direction. Reports indicated that the prospects were good for the Italia's encountering favorable weather conditions at least until North of Sweden. TAKES OFF AT 3:20 AM. Italia Likely to Land in Norway on 1,700-mile Trip. STOLP, Germany, May 3 (#).—The sturdy dirigible Italia, which withstood a night of eting by adverse weather on its trip from Milan, Italy, on April 15-16, was headed north today for the fringe of Arctic wastes which it is to e . off from Seddin Airdrome, Whih Is cartying an Tailan expedttion wl g an Ital e; jon to explore North Polar lands, nad on two passengers who once before crossed over the North Pole mn a dirigible—Gen. Umberto Nobile, com- mander of the expedition, and Titiana, 't,i:sg fox ter;i‘er hl:n;{wt. ‘{hey flew over Pole A jorge two years ago :2:‘!!1 Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ells- Likely to Land En Route. ‘The Itatia will go to Bay, grlmm where the lm shij tta di Milano, which will be used as a is awaiting the base for airship’s arrival. It is some 1,700 miles The Italia has a more ambitious pro- than that mapped for the Norge. flights during the be made from Bay. if any land exists on either side of the Peary. finally, a brilliant reeeptnl:n at the May- | Pope Pious, flower Hotel as guests of the Assistan! Secretaries for Aviation of the War, Navy and Commerce Departments. ‘They breakfasted in their suite at the Mayflower this morning and departed at 7:30 for Bolling Pield, where the Brem- en’s sister ship. which had been flown from New York by Fred Melchoir last aight, awaited them. Before entering the plane Koehl and Fitzmaurice examined maps of the route with Maj. Howard C. Davidson, com- mandant of the fleld. Capt. Koehl asked several times while looking over the maps, “What is good, and what is bad?" ‘Then Koehl climbed into the cockpit and Von Huenefeld and Melchoir turned the metal propeller for several minutes, leaping away as Koehl started the en- Zine. Then they took their places in the ship with Pitzmaurice and R. R. Blythe of New York, the fifth member of the | flying party. yl’.‘esap:hlyn a hundred persons were present at the departure, most of these being newspaper men, photographers, police and aviation mechanics. Just be- fore the ship salled away an argument took place between one of the motion picture cameramen and a fleld officer, A fist fight was averted by other officers and the picture man was put off the field. The fiyers pfid no attention to the rumpus. Farewell at Fleld. As everything was ready for the take- | off Maj. Davidson mounted the left| wing of the plane and, leaning over the runway to Koehl, Then he shook hands with the men whom he had entertained on their first visit here when they came quietly to pay tribute to Floyd Ben- nett's memory. Maj. Davidson jumped down and | Koehl taxied slowly to the south end of | He turned, faced northward, wnd after.a ground run of 100 yards took o the air and was soon out of sight. | No escort accompanied the Junkers, | More than 2,000 guests packed the Mayflower Hotel ballroom to meet the fiyers last night. The gowns of the women and the uniforms of foreign diplomatic representatives contrasted brilllantly with the civillan formal black and white, As hosts, Assistant Becretary Davison of War presented the guests o Capt. Koehl, Assistant Secre- (Continued on Page 5, Column 3,) | Baldwi; Wozld Resign but f;)r His Of a Better World By the Associsted Press LONDON, May 3.-—-But for the hope |the Bible gives of & better world, Pre- | mier Baldwin would rum Mdnuln)z the annusl meeting of British au Forelgn Bible Society, he sald | "HCT did not feel that our work and the work of sll others who hold the same faith and ideals, whether in poli- tics or clvie work, was done in the faith and hope that some duzvmm & mil- | Mon_years hence—-the kingdom of God | would spread over the whole world, then | I should have no hope, I could do no work and I would give over my office 1o | | any one who would take it" The Bible, he continued, “Js not only Lhie greatest Jiterwtugs i W, Hope as Promised in Bible above that it always has been, and is In the ire of a world He sald the Bible's influence had re- Enudly led and would surely lead again 0 & great revival of religlon, If it was true that a large number of never read the Bible, nelther ns nor tic] ecclesiustion could aitogether be free of | ton blame for that, “We seem Lo carry on 8o much of our struggle in this world in a twilight or [ Io“,’” he sald. “Priends or men who #hould he friends are kicking blindly in the -lru1lle and wounding men who are or ought to he brothers, and nothing but the light that comes from the Bible can lighten that twilight or dispel that _ g high explosive in the | © whether she would join her master on this new adventure in the Arctic. For a while the dog stood by the wife and daughter of Gen. Nobile as the Italia was made ready. Then, apparently de- ciding to brave polar wastes again, the terrier jumped into the gondola. Start Delayed Day. The start was originally set for yes- terday morning, but bad weather at Spitzbergen held the Italia at the hangar. Shortly after midnight today weather conditions improved and news of the arrival of the Citta di Milano at Spitzbergen was received. Prepara- tions to start were begun at once. Two hundred cavalrymen pulled the ship from the h: r onto the flying field. Giant searchlights were focused on the ship. Gen. Nobile stood, - phone in hand, issuing orders as ship was pulled forth and talking to his wife and daughter. Once the Italia was clear of the hangar, Gen. Nobile bade them an affectionate farewell and climbed into the gondola. As spectators cheered the airship ascended rapidly. For a minute search- lights outlined ‘it as it headed north- ward. Soon it was swallowed up in the darkness and the hum of its motors could be heard dying away. Expects to Confer With Wilkins. Capt. George H. Wilkins and Lieut. Carl B. Efelson, who flew to Spitzber- gen from Point Barrow, Alaska, were expected to greet the Italla on its arrival at Kings Bay Gen. Nobile was anxious to consult with them on flying conditions encountered and observations made on the polar reglons. The ship was almost prevented from starting by a fire which broke out in a furniture factory soon after the Reichs- wehr troops arrived to pull it from the hangar, The Fire Department for a dme serlously considered calling on them for aid, but the fire was brought under control in time to permit the troops to help in the Nobile expedition, Gen, Noblles parting words were “1 hope to return by way of Germany with rich sclentific results.” RUSSIAN EX-GENERAL HELD IN SHIRT THEFT Man Who Says He Commanded 70,000 Admits Btealing to Buy Bread. By the Awsociated Press, NEW YORK, May 3.--A man who says he once was a major general in the Russian army, in command of 10,000 men, was in Tolnhn Jall today, charged with stealing two shirts, George Y. D'Hedberg, who was ar- rested when he smashed the window of & department store, sald he stole the shirts to sell them and buy bread for his wite and two children, whom he claimed to be on the verge of starva- D’Hedberg sald he had been a m:l:r general in charge of the Northern . tor Transport Army of the imperial Russian forces in the World War, and after the bolshevik revolution, esca) to Ameriea tl h Piniand. ile in Pinland, he sald, he married the ube, who also was @ ref« held under §1,000 One will be to ascertain | o possible. FRANCE WILL NOT PAY, SAYS “TIGER" Impossible to Settle Debt to| United States, Clemenceau ; Declares. By the Associated Press PARIS, May 3.—An interview with | Georges Clemenceau in the current is- | issue of the weekly periodical Candidie | quotes the former premier as saying: “We will never pay that debt (to the United States) because it is impos- sible.” “The Tiger” said he had written a second letter on the debt question | which he was ready to send, but that | friends persuaded him the time was not | propitious, and he would wait. “When I wrote the first letter,” he continued, “I feared that it would make friends over there , but not at all. "K"hey understood and- continued their “If only the Prench government -u::: But tar from it. . had I been 24 hours late with theflmhtte‘,x:tmlnmnun cannot. ish the Dawes plan. It is idiotic. But what do you expect when the govern- ment is filled with men without courage?” FARE FIGHT MAY GO T0 SUPREME COURT Walker Leaves New York for Cap- ital to Protest Rate Granted Yesterday. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, May 3.—Mayor Walker set out with attorneys for Washington today in an effort to save the nickel fare of New York's riding millions through the United States Supreme Court. 7 In less than 20 hours after a Federal Statuory Court granted the Inter- borough Rapid Transit Co the right to charge 7 cents, the mayor was on his way to the Capital to seek an imme- diate stay of the Stautory Court's order and a hearing on the case as early as As he hurried for the train, the mayor said he would confer with Supreme Court Justice Harlan PFiske Stone. PLEDGED TO SMITH. Connecticut Democrats to Send In- structed Delegation. HARTFORD, Conn., May 3 (#).—The Democratic State convention today in- dorsed the candidacy of Gov. Smith of New York for the presidency by .dnrg. ing a resolution pledging its delegation to vote for him until the governor shall release it from the obligation. e FREIGHTER TOWED IN. Shipping Board Vessel Runs Out of Fuel 175 Miles at Sea. NEW YORK, May 3 (#).—The Ship- ping Board freighter Western Ocean was towed Into port today, two weeks overdue on & voyage from Hamburg. The vessel ran out of fuel oll 175 miles off Cape Henry, where it was found by the Coast Guard cutter Beneca. After being refueled, officials sald, the Western Ocean will continue her voyage to Norfolk and Baltimore. “THE PENALTY” “Golden Rule” Film Produced by The Evening Star To further traffic safety is being shown today along with the regular program at The Chevy Chase 5612 Connecticut Ave. Tomorrow the film will he shown at The Colony 4935 Georgia Ave, | SHANGHA Six Children Killed By Huge Hailstones In Rumanian Storm By the Associated Press. BUCHAREST, Rumania, May 3.— Six children were killed when hail- stones, reputed to be the size of chickens' eggs, fell during a hurri- cane at Klausenburg while the peo- ple were celebrating May day. About 10 persons were injured. Many shop windows were smashed. The hurricane also swept Giurgevo. | BONBED BYTHO ARPLANES Women Injured as Missiles| Drop Among Nationalist Ships at Anchor. By the Associated Press SHANGHAI, May 3.—Two planes, one of them a sedplane, flew over Shanghai today .and dropped four bombs. They exploded in the vicinity of the Shanghal South Railway Sta- tion and among the Nationalist war- ships anchored off the Kiangnan arse- nal. Two women and two cows were injured. The planes were believed to be from the Northern cruiser Haichi, which was Their flight over the international settlement cause a great commotion. ‘They returned unscathed. beking remains censor-bound so far as news reaching Shanghai is concern- ed, but Japanese dispatches from north China by way of Tokio report that the Nationalists are continuing their ad- vance to the north and that towns and cities in Shangtung Province anticipate early capture. ‘The Japanese are understood to have achieved an agreement with the Na- tionalists, permitting the reopening ot the Tsinanfu-Tsingtao Railway and the passage of three Japanese military trains to the Shantung capital. A body of Nationalists is re- ported headed for Tsingtao, and the of- ficials of that city are said to be plan- Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) A. W. KRECH. BANKER, DIES IN HIS OFFICE Chairman of Board of Eqniuble‘ Trust Co. Suddenly Expires in New York. !By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, May S3.—Alvin W Krech, chalrman of the board of trustees of the Equitable Trust Co., one of the largest banks in the country, dled suddenly in his office today. Mr. Krech was interested in numer- ous business, cultural and philantropic enterprises. He was a director of the Denver & Rio Grande Western, Ann Arbor, Norfolk-Southern, Wabash, Western Maryland, Western Pacific and other railroads, and chairman of the board of the Western Pacifio. He was also a director and treasurer | of the Permanent Blind Relief Fund, | executive secretarv and director of the Philharmonie Soclety of New York, director of the Metropolitan Co., and trustee of St. Luke's Hospital. Other business interests included American Ice, City Investment Co. Davis Coal & Coke Co., Federal Sugar Refining Co and Manhatjan Rallway Co, in each of which he was a director, He also was chalrman of the board of the Equitable Eastern Banking Corporation and Equitable Safe Deposit Co. Off to Plains of By the Awsociated Press WINNIPEG, May 3.--The advance uard of what Canadian officlals expect 0 be a large influx of American farm- ers were on thelr way to the plains of the Canadian Northwest The ty of 13 farmers came here from St Paul, Minn, on thelr way to the North Battleford area and the sec- tlon near Brooks, Alberta, to purchase farma. They all have cash (o pay for thelr urchases, running from $2,000 to , sald H. H. Peel, Oanadian colondsation agent, who escorted ty heve. My, Peel la &'.' Dumber of Amexs (/) Means Associated 1.5, CONSUL DOUBTS SUICIDE OF WILSON Aide Is Believed Wandering in Shanghai Countryside, ! His Mind a Blank. . By the Associated Press SHANGHAIL May 3.—Edwin S. Cun- ningham, American consul general, said today that he did not believe that Wal- | ter B. Wilson, jr., of Greenville,.N. C., consul. had committed | wi club in Chinese territory before ppeared on Tuesday. This let- 164 KILLED, 149 INJURED ‘ IN AIR CRASHES OF YEAR Commerce Department Issues Sum- mary—200 Serious Accidents Reported. By the Associated Press. | , Aviation accidents during 1927 cost | 164 lives and resulted in injuries to 149 ou:\er ko for the the first of summary for year, of its kind ever to be made, was given out today by the aeronautic branch of the Commerce Dej t, which be- gan last year the duty of investigating every serious air disaster. It was noted in the figures that only 6 of the 200 serious accidents last year occurred on scheduled flights over air routes. These resulted in the death of six pllots and one passenger. There were 167 airplanes in the crashes, of which only 34 were Govern- ment-licensed planes. Out of the total death roll, 24 were charged to experimental flights with planes of untested and novel character. Of the 164 fatal accidents, the investi~ gators found errors by pilots were the | cause of 78 deaths, or 48 per cent of | the total fatalities. Among licensed | flllo‘! 17 were killed, while among un- icensed pilots the number killed was 83. | e he sald, indicated and a B depression | Press. TWO CENTS. STBO00000SALARY INCREASE MEASURE FAVORED INHOUSE 45,000 Employes Here in Line to Benefit From Bill Re- ported Today. COMMITTEE RESTORES FOUR HIGHER GRADES Safeguards Against Any Cuts or Promotion Changes Put Into Amended House Proposal. Carrying increases in salary of ape proximately $18,000,000 for 135,000 Gov- ernment employes, 45,000 of whom arj in the District and 90,000 in the fiel} service, the Welch bill as amended by the Budget Bureau bill and by thy Smoot bill and by other committe: amendments and provisos was ordered favorably reported to the House today by the House civil service committes. The committee restored to the bill 4.5 6and 7ot the custodial service an additional step- up of $60 was added in each grade making the maximum for grade 4 $1,620: for grade 5, $1.800: for grade 6, 31,980, and for grade 7, $2.200. CALIFORNIA RESULTS FLOOD DANGER PAST, ARMY ENGINEER SAYS| While the water in the Potomac | River above Washington is still quite | wm the danger of a flood has entire- | passed, accord! Weather Bureau. Maj. Brehon Somer- | vell, United States Army Engineer of- | ficer, in charge of the Washington en- gineering district, said that the crest of the high-water passed by Washing- | ton at 8 o'clock last night, as had been predicted. and no trouble is antici- | hlled. He sald that reports from the | aval Air Station at that time showed that there was still eight inches of lee- REMAIN UNCHANGED With 806 Precincts Still Out, Re- turns Give Hoover 553,254 and Smith 132,708. By the Associsted Press SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 —With re- turns from 606 scattered precinets in the California presidential primary still unreported, the tabulation today showed that the totals for Secretary Hoover on the Republican ticket and Gov E. Smith. Senator James A. Reed and Advance Guard of American Farmers way before the water would begin (o Senator Thomas J Walsh on the Demo- flood the land at this place, but that it | cratic side remained proportionately never got any higher. | unchanged It was also said at the Weather Bu- | The vote in 8,147 of the State's 8,758 reau that the highest point at high | precincts was tde this morning was 6.5 feet, just one- | Hoover. $33,354: Smith, 132.708; Reed tenth of a foot higher than yesterday | 58,161; Walsh. 43,97 morn The cwrrent is yet quite| As the missing precinets were located strong, but reports show that the river | in the less densely ated areas has fallen ten feet at Hancock. Md. | their were expected to make no and five feet at Harpers Ferry. | material change in the result. Because i | some of :‘bo voting places fl(:\" from : | centers of speedy communication, wev- Greek River Overflows. | eral days probably will pass before the ATHENS, May 3 (# —The River | complete returns are tabulated. Struma has overflowed a large area of | cultivated land i the districts of Seres and Demirhissar, Three thousand families are homeless. The damage was estimated at 80,000,000 drachmae ($1,040,000), CRIME IN NEW YORK REPORTED ON INCREASE | Police Commissioner Lists Gain in Cases for Three Months of Canadian Northwest /| 1928 Over 1997, | By the Alsociated Press. P —— NEW YORK, May $.—Pulice Commis- fean farmers coming to Canada this | sloner Warren, in Wb report, year will be far in excess of anything | declared crime i New York is on the since pre-war days. increase The 13 Americans, however, made up m\lvuumllgnrlumomvvlnmn sottlers who have through here this flwtl’&. Nearly 1,800 newcomers, most of them Hritish, have come to | Winnipeg during the past four days on their Way to new homes In the four | ago the total Wuu::’ vinces. More than 300 are L 3 any of the new settlers ave goin o farms purchased, while ll= rematnder ave listed as farm laborers i G -