Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1928, Page 2

“Miss Indiana SEAMTENAVY AR | INTTOBE STIDED Personnel Probe ‘to Deter- mine Cause of Crashes to Renew Question. Out of the order of Secretary Wilbur | of the Navy Department for an inquiry into personnel matters in Naval Avia- | tion looms the matter again of a ' separate Naval Air Service, a question which appears to have lain dormant since the famous Mitchell controversy. But the board of inquiry appointed will | have to face this matter squarely, in its | efforts to determine how it may save | lives from air crashes, many of which | have been blamed directly to disobedi- | ence of orders. Disobedience means lack of discipline, and as the chief of the Bureau of Navigation is responsible for the discipline in the service, among | the commissioned and enlisted person- | nel, that official has asked the question whether this condition is a matter of discipline, and in an effort to get the Question settled has asked Secretary Wilbur to appoint the board. Rear Admiral Richard H. Leigh, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, in going | over the matter today, said that one of the matters which probably would be determined by the board would be whether the aeronautic branch of the Navy should have control of its person- nel as well as its material The aeronautic branch, os at pres- ent mns(ilultxvd is like other bureaus of | the Nay ng_control only of the - material, getting the equipment, repair- ‘ing it and maintaining it. But to do this. it has to look to the Bureau of Navigation, which has exclusive chargs of the personnel. Would Consider Improvement. Tt was pointed out that if the per- sonnel has been lax, as appears to be indicated by an accident analysis of Rear Admiral Willlam A. MofTeit, is- sued the 1st of the vear, then it is time to make inquiry as to the steps needed to correct it, and one of these to b= con- sl is as to whether it would be im- proved by separating the personnel en- tirely from the other branches of the naval service. Admiral Leigh said that since he came here he has been studying and thinking over the reports that have been coming over his desk relating to airplane crashes. The chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics has officially reported that many of the crashes which resulted in 20 deaths were due to disregard of orders. When this report came to his desk, Admiral Leigh sald, he said he be- leved that others were thinking the same way that he was. But he was not content to let his convictions stand, but decided to ask the Secretary of“the Navy for the appointment of a board of officers to go into the whole question -of el in the Air Service. e step was not taken without knowledge of the air branch, it was explained, although in the interest of up the inquiry the P. Warner. It was pointed out by Admiral Leigh that if many of the crashes were due to disregard of i plying with tions, then the Bureau of Na tion becomes intensely interested, being charged indoctrinating the service Cites Moflett Report. As the basis of his action, Admiral e ] Eéfga g g ' ! a & E Eud E Efigg B sidered , The elaination of this type of t must Le brought about. Later on Admiral Moffett's report says “within certein limits the number of crashes and fatalities are indicative of the state of discipline of the various units.” Beeks to Correct Conditions. the Oflnhl: of Ml:gll Leigh, peragraphs appeared o put the metter of crashes directly |,pp"‘u the Bureay of Navigation, because of charge it contained against the dis- of the personnel, and he deter- that steps should he taken, but after a thorough inguiry, to cor- them. vy Aprll_Circuhiio riment there ma; Daily ... 103,967 Sunday, 110,824 D FMING By wW LT J o Rl = | Connsagham (i P e " Vi [ MER Y YOI Sutary § | Former student of Western Hizh School, | who has been selested Miss Indiana to | take part in the International Beauty | Contest at Galveston, Tex. The finals | for Indiana were held in Indianapolis | yesterd: |be found an undercurrent of feeling | between those assigned to the line and | those assigned to the air, although none of the officers, for obvious reasons, is disposed to tals for publication. As a line officer pointed ‘out; there much hobnobbery between the pe {in the Air Service, due to the fact that officers and men are thrown so closely together. It is contended that officers strict accountability for accidents and violations of the regulations as are That the air officers have been able to get away with it is one of the bases of apparent jealousy that has grown up. They ?oim out, too, that there is ap- parently little effort to make air offi- cers pay the responsibility for damag- Ing equipment due to careléssness rather than errors of judgment. They also pointed out that the physical condition jof the aviators is not so closely check- ed as is the condition of the other line personnel when they are aboard ship. This would seem also to be indicated by Admiral Moffett’s report, which says letter | that Mondays and Thursdays are the | was not routed|peak days in respect to crashes, as may be seen from the figures accompanying the report. “It is hardly necessary,” says Ad- miral Moffett, “to point out that these two days follow holidays.” Wodnesday afternoon is a holiday in the Y. On the other hand, officers of the air service comment that on the side of those officers assigned to ship duty the punishment has not been so great when ships were damaged, and add that a comparison of the monetary loss over a given period would indicate that the air service has not cost as much for repairs as the surface ship h. Hits Use of Faulty Planes. Reverting in to the report of Admiral llnl‘et:. little of h be- came public in the press, he agair ets back to the personnel probiem that faulty planes were allowed to | be taken aloft. He says that tail spins lead as a cause of fatalities and can almost invariably be traced to faulty flying judgment, which, in turn it is belie is mast often traceable of experience in a particular type of , or too infrequent fiying. It ir mad that this contention will be out in the following anal; It such the case, its can, with few excep- a5 unnecessary. made of the effect per year has upon born this these tions, , be cal “‘Amdyhu results . Despite the fact that pilots who flew in the neighbor- hood of 400 hours a year were air four times as much as those in the 100-hour classes, and consequently ex- Feud to flying hazards for a period our times as long, their crashes per year were 40 per cent less. No better proof could be had of the results to be spparently the saturation point, or point where a pilot begins to show signs of 3 from too much flying, s & ¢ :m“nmy hours beyond the 400-hour In concluding, it is well to point out that Admiral Leigh makes it plain that no one is being investigated, but it is & condition that is being inquired into, with a view to its correction in the fu- ture. Those crashes that have been passed by ere ended so far as any dis- cipline at this time is concerned, and the &ultln( of the personnel assigned 1o the Air Service on its toes with a view 1o saving human life s the main problem before the board. “The matter of saving human lives," | he commented, “is serfous, and if b this action one life can be saved, muc rwd will have been accomplished.” Al- uding to rumors of resentment on the part of the flying personnel when word of the “investigation” was made pub- lic, Admiral Leigh sald: “I thought I would be supported heartily.” VETERAN OF SPANISH AND INDIAN WARS DIES vk Laux, 69, Former Bureau | of Etandards Employe, Had Suf- tered Long Illness, | Pregerick Laux, 69, vetersn of In- | dian ang Bpanish-American Wars wna i fermer storekeeper in bullding of the Bureau of Buandards, died at his. home 408 Eighth ntrect southeast, Bunday after a long fines Born in Ge many, Mr Laux came to Ly conn try when & young man Aller ae quiring his citizen- ship, he eniisted i the United Bt 3 Cavalry, serving for 11" years and retiring with the frede of vergewr fe aguin_ enlisted st the outhreak of the Bpanieh-Amer ioan_ War, seryving i the Quarter- master Corps He retived from his position at th Burewy of BUGAAIGs about two yeurs | s0. He Leaves his widow, Mrs. Jennis | Laux, three daughters, Mrs, Helrn Burk, Mrs. Lottie Bitters and Mrs, Alice seven, grandehidren, anu [ len several biothers and sisters Funessl services will be conducted in | the Dea) funeral home, 816 H stre | northesst. tomorrow afterncon st elock. Burial Wil be i Ariington Cemetery . Rayon production i Germany in Ui past 12 months bas incres ing year. of the Air Service are not held to such | those assigned to strictly line duties. | firunphl of | fiying | crashes and is extremely interesting in obtained. the chemical | il o nearly 20 Vper cent over the ouiput of the preced. G STAR, WASHTINGTON D G TUESDAY: MAY 5 1928 1S LOSESAPPEAL N FORD TAXSUT | Government Macz Liable for $38,000,C00 Loss From Stockholders. By the Avcoviated Prees CiNCINNATI, Ohio, United Stat $2,627,309.05 and to lose an additional $35,100,000 with interest to former owner of Ford motor stock as corpora- tion income whon the United States Court of App2als today affirmed th» United Statos District Court at Detroit in the suit of Mrs. Alice G. Kales against the Government. Eight plaintiffs pleaded thay were | illegallv assessed amounts totaling more than $44,600,000. | Fred L. Woodworth, internal revenue ! collector at Detroit, appealed from uhe District Court decision, which held that Mrs, Kales. widow of a Detroit manu- | facturer, entitled to recovery of | $2,627,809.05 which she had paid to the Government under protest. Charles Evans Hughes, former Secre- | tary of State, represented Mrs. Kales in | the District Court trial and appeal. | Seven Other Petitioners. In addition to Mrs. Kales' against the Government, $35,100,000 | was represented in the petition of seven | other former holders of Ford stock as friends of the court. The Board of Tax | Appeals at Washington on May 5, rul- ing on those cases, held that the Gov- ernment ‘was in error. Interest claimed by the eight plain- | tiffs amounts to $6,790,000. | United States Senator James Couzens | claims a refund of $10,900,000. The other plaintiffs and their claims are: Horace H. Rackman, $5,000,000; Mrs Rosetta V. Hauss, sister of Senator Cou . $100,000; the Horace Dodge $5,000,000; Paul Gray and Phil- ip Gray, $7.500,000; John W. Anderson, $1,600,000. The case arose over a disagreement in valuation 0f the Ford motor stock |of 1913 by former Internal Revenue Collector Paul C. Roper and Collect- {or David H. Blair. | Blair Raises Valuation. May 8.—Th» claim | Roper, in 1919, assessing the stock as bf 1913, valued it at $9.489.34 a share. The Ford stock owners paid their income tax on that basis. In 1922 | Blair revalued the stock of 1913, ap- praising it at $2.500 a_ share, or ap- roximately $7.000 a share less than t had been appraised by Roper. Blair ordered that the difference of $7,000 ! a share be added to the profits on which | iIncome tax was assessed and the Ford lsmck owners protested payment. Mrs. Kales paid the sum and then { brought suit against the Government | The others protested payment, but post- |ed bond to guarantee payment in the jevent they were ruled against. | PAYS TAX UNDER PROTEST. Detroit Woman Takes Her Case to U. S. | Court of Appeals. | _DETROIT, May 8 P).—Mrs. Alice G. | Kales was one of 11 former minority | stockholders of the Ford Motor Co. | against whom the Government assess- ed an additional income tax levy - based | on the profits they made in selling their | stock holdings to Henry Ford in 1919. | While 10 others refused to pay the add- ed assessment and appealed to the tax appeal board at Washington, Mrs. Kales p.h:t under protest and took her case to cou The appeal board, however, held for the former minority stockholders in a | decision last week. CITIZENS BACK UP ADVISER ON MERGER G. R. Wales, Named in Resolution | Charging Influence by Lobbyists, Cleared at Cathedral Heights. | { Deploring and condemning “unfound- | ed and unsubstantiated” utterances” said to have been made by William | McK. Clayton at a meeting of the | Brightwood Citizens' Assoclation re- | cently when resolutions were adopted charging the four members of the Citi- | zéns’ Advisory Council who voted in ilnvm' of the proposed traction merger ‘had n Cathedral Heights Citizens' Assocla- tion, at & meeting In St. Alban's Par- ish Hall, last night adopted resolutions commending and Indorsing the action of George R. Wales, one of the coun- cilmen mentioned in the Brightwood resolution. Resolutions were adopted urging the Zoning Commission to enforce regu- lations with respect to prohibiting the ration of a sanitarium at Thirty- eighth and Macomb streets. It was inted out that the commission, hay- ng held that a private sanitarium i being conducted at this place contrary o regulations, it becomes mandatory on the part of the commission to in- stitute court proceedings to abate such abuse. A committee was authorized to | bring_the matter to the attention of | the Zoning Commission and, if im- | mediate action is not taken by the | commission, to institute mandamus proceedings. In recognition of his many distinct | eivie services, Jesse C. Buter, former president of the Pederation of Citi- zens' Associations, was unanimously elected to honorary life membership in the sssociation, The action was taken on motion of Mr. Wales, Edward Wal- ton was appointed as secretary of the | mssoctation to fll the vacancy caused | by the resignation of Ma). G, D. Ed- &erton, who has been assigned to an- other post of duty. It was voted to reaffirm & previous stand in opposition o & change in zoning &t Thirty-eighth | ptreet and Massachusetts avenue, Ken- neth D, Jacob was elected to member- hip "This was the last moeting of the as- sociation until October, | PLAN PARK COMPLETION. | Anacostin Project. | Condemnation proceedings to acquire th: remaining lands needed for the | complation of Anacostia Park along the | Eastern Branch, whieh 15 to be & con- | tinuation of Polomac Park as a drive- way sround the city, was commenced today in the District Bupreme Court by :H:r District Commissioners at the re- | quest of Becretary of War Davis. Most | of the pro-orties have been seeured, but {quite 8 Je g : number remain to be aec- quired In cases where the owner vias | not satisfied with the price offered by | the Goyernment, The court s wpked (o appoint & com- [ m of three citizens to Wew the |1and and hear testimony as to its vilue, {and to place & price on each parcel | Corporation Counsel Bride and Assist | ent” Corporation Counsel Alegander H Bell, )i, represent the Commissioners, # Bociety Loses Indian's Gift, NEW YORK, May 8 (4% —The appen) of the American Baptist Home Mission | Boclety from the deciston of Pederal | Judge 1Enox selting aside a gift of 8650,000 to the soclely by Jackson Bar- | pett. mged Indian vis dismissed by the United Slates Cireutt Court of Ap- Vrals today, was mads Lable to refund | Condemnntion Begun for Land in| WILSONLAUDS CAR IERGER PROPOSAL Tells House Committee Agrezment Would Result in Better Service. Reporting the proposad traction mer- Rar @5 “a good business proposition” for the people of Washington, P. Wilson, a director of the American Co. and a party to the the Hous> District committes today that ft would gain better service at a tion, multiple operation of transporiation fa- cilitles can be found than in the city of Washington,” Wi'son declared. “It has been demonstrated in all the hear- ings that under this merger plan » better service will be available at a lesser cost for a comparatively indifTe making all the facilities available to a common end.” Mr. Wilson was called as probably the last witness at the merger hearing which will be continued this after- noon, when the traction magnate is | to subject himself to examination by | members of the committee. Labor Spokesman Testifies, H. C. Hayden, representing the Cen- tral Labor Union, whose members, he said, comprise about one-third of the | population of Washington, was the oaly | other witness. He made a plea for the | inclusion of & clause guaraniceing the right to arbitrate labor disputes and on behalf of organized labor expressod | opposition to a Nxed valuation, though favoring the general plan of unification Mr. Wilscn, who made a brief state- ment covering his general views of the merger, declared- that the demand of | the people here has been “for service and not fares.” A satisfactory and ade- quste service, he declared, has ncver resulted in a quarrel with the public aver the fare paid. Notwithstanding publicity to the con- | trary, Mr. Wilson said he had been a | small party in the negotlations for a | merger. “While it s true that these negotia- | tions were initiated by me, this is not ! a Wilson agreement,” he said. “This| is & misnomer.” He reviewed briefly the steps leading up to negotiations prior to which he! saild he had spent the better part of a| year studying transportation problems | in the metropolitan area of the District. Without reflecting on the present | management of the properties, he told | the commiitee his study had disclosed that “a great cconomic waste was | going on.” Refers to Surveys. | Studies by engincers revealed that certain economies were possible under A merger, ranging, he pointed out, from | @ minimum of $1,000,000 to $1,350,000 | ger annum. He quoted Rolland C.| ibben, transportation expert, as giving | an immediate saving of $850,000 within | the first year. “Hence this problem has been ap- proached from an economic service standpoint.” Wilson explained. Wi this immediate saving of $850,000 Mr. Wilson undertook to ex- plain to the committee the difference of $12,000,000 in the first valuation pro- posed and the rrennl. rate base of $50,000,000, as written in the agreement. “Seven cent is what the com- panies belleve to be a fair return,” Wil- son added, “That 7 per cent on $12- 000,000 to be $840,000. Hence the $50,000.000 rate base gives the new company the same valuation for rate- makin, s that a $62.000,000 North | agreement, assurod the public through | lesser rate than under multiple opera- | “No better oxample of the policy of | ent service under multiple control. by | RGENTINIAN LEADS pu Vllul!&n gives them under multiple operation, “This $50,000,000 is for unification | purpeses only because the interests u!i the companies are equally served.’ Reason for Rate Base. Mr. Wilson said there seems to be| some confusion in certain quarters na; to what this merger means. “There has been a good deal of talk | about the altruism of the eomnnmn.' about throwing a part of the valuation to the public. That is not true. “The rate base of $50,000,000 was in- cluded not because the companics were actuated by altruistic motives, but be- cause the companies recognize their first duty to the public and themselves to secure a return such as they ere en- titled to and that the efficiency of the properties is in their charge.” Mr. Hayden declared the workers want to maintain industrial peace and expressed it as their opinion that it was unjust to them and unfair to the public to grant a private franchise ‘without Including a" provision setting ur machinery to carry out the principle of voluntary arbitration of labor dis- r‘um in accordance with accepted prac- oo, He safd labor was not opposed to a merger but believed that a valuation base ghould be left out of the agree- ment unless arrived at properly, sug- Eullnl the medium of Federal valua- lon experts. Representative Reid of Ilinols sug- gested that he would hesitate to get a valuation “because everybody uf/n " would bring a higher fare.” During a discussion that ensued, Hayden sal a Federal board or other proper author- ities did piace a higher valuation after a thorough study he believed his or- nization would be willing to stand y it. Authority Question Raised. Chalrman Zihlman was asked by Reid if he had submitted to the Attorney General the question of the committee’s authority to amend the joint provision authorizing the merger. Zihlman sald he had not, due to the length of time it would require for the department to hand down a declsion Bride Gives Opinion. The outstanding development at yes- terday’'s hearing was the opinlon ren- dered by Corporation Counsel W. W Bride that the District committee has Do authority to amend or alter the It must elther “approve or disapprove,” Bride held. “Bhould Congress, however, decide that it desires o aiter or modify the terms of the merger, it may do s0," ide’s letter read, “but in legal effect would amount only to o counter pr posal and be subject to acceptance or rejection by the utilities involved. “Bhould the utilities take the position that such legislation is confiscatory of thelr properties or rights, that they were denled due process of law, or that any of thelr constitutional rights had been invaded, they would unquestion- sbly be entitled to seek rellef in the courts that such rights may be de- terminea.” ‘The corporation counsel's opinion was transmitted to the committee at the request of Chalrmun Zihlman to settle, to the committee's sutisfaction, n ques- tlon ralsed by Representative Reid of 1linots earller in the hearing Ralph B. Fleharty, people's counsel, held to the same opinlon us Mr, Bride in testi- fying Inst week CAPTURED BY REBELS. MEXICO CITY, May # (M . While being feted by his distriet during a po- litleal tour Representative lnquhnn Zincuenegul Tercero was captured by an insurgent band wt Indaparapeo, Btate of Michoneann. He suceesded |n effecting his escape and joined n group of agrarians, who pursued and defoated his captors In the biisk engagement hetween the agrarians and the Insurgents locadio Reyes, secretary of the local sgrarian commitiee, was killed, | to remain in the competition. The Chi- | Joint resolution authorizing the merger. | hooting Trophy i | | | The Pershing Troohy, awarded Sergt. William F. Bissenden, 8th Infantry, Fort | Moultrie, S. C., for the remarkable | score of 294 of a possible 300 points, in the national team match held at Camp Perry, Ohio, last September. Sergt. Bis- senden set a world record in match fir- ing. BRTIH COLF LAY Diminutive Entrant Makes 69 to Forge Ahead in Second Qualifying Round. By the Associated Press SANDWICH, England, May 8.—Jose | Jurado of Argentina, lightweight con- | testant for British golf honors, turnsd in a sterling 69 to take the lead in the second qualifying round of the open championship today.. Jurado scored 75 yesterday and his aggregate of 144 placed him three strokes under the 147 of H. C. Jolly compiled earlier for the two days' play. ‘The lithe, little South American pro- | vided the biggest thrill of the two days’ play today, when he whaled his bali through the wind over all obstacles to the greens, where he was putting for birdics at nearly every hole. He scored his 69 by sending a 12-foot putt spin- ning home on the home hole for a birdie 3. He was out in 25 and home in 34 Jurado's 69 equals George Duncan’s famous round of 1922, and it is within a stroke of the course record in com- petition. It equals the professional record of Royal St. George's. Weighs Only 135 Pounds. The 28-year-old Argentine is the smallest man in the championship. He scales no more than 135 pounds, but today he drove tremendous distances and sent most of his second shots to the greens within striking distance of the cups. A big gallery went out to watch Harry Vardon, paired with Jurado, and re- mained to see the youngster from the | New World outshine the old master who had 75 for the round. All American {)mfzsnlonlls seem safely in the qualifying fold except Larry Nabholtz and Bob Stupple. | Nabholtz took 84 today and cannot hiope cago pro, with a total of 161, has a bare chance. Scores of American contestants in the | two-day qualifying play include: Jim Barnes 18—74-—-152 Gene Sarazen 15—17—152 | Walter Hagen ~16-—153 Bill Mehlhorn 12154 ‘Tommy Armour 1977156 | Bob Stupple. . 81-—80—161 Larry Nabholtz. 8480 --164 *sSilas M, Newton. 76—93—169 *Amateur. Sarazen Gets 75. Sarazen played good golf to get his 75 | over the difficult Prince’s courss, He | sent an iron dead to the pin at the s!xth and, although bunkered at the fi. eenth, he chipped out perfectly and rot a six- foot puit down for a 4. His drive was 50 long at the sixteenth that his mashie niblick carried beyond the greens. “Wild Bill" Mehlhorn was in one of | his wildest moods on the second nine | today. Out in a creditable 38, he sta:ted leaving the course on the eleventh, where he hooked his tee shot into & bunker, and sent his second over the green. He was short with his third and needed four to get on. He was flually down in six. He was saved from much worse score than his 82 by his good putting. He took three putis or only one green—the thirteenth Johnny McHugh, California amateur, took 80 today for a total of 157 after 17 yesterday. He was safe to continue in the competition. The San Francisco lad started with a 6 and had two others before he got around. He battled wind and rain and had a taste of what Eng- lish Channel weather can be. A down- ur started soon after he teed off, and he rain continued with more or less severity throughout his round. His drive at the first hole was so long that his mashie carried beyond the green. At the second his second | shot landed near a fence beyond the green, and he had to play out earefully A bunker at the seventh cost him a shot, and he took 6. He rallled to fin- ish with four pars, sinking a treach- erous elght-foot putt at the eighteenth. ARGUMENT IS CLOSED ON SINCLAIR APPEAL Defense Counsel Says Senate Ques- tions Were Asked to Aid in Law Suits. By the Associated Pross Argument on the appeal of Harry ¥, Sinclair from his conviction for refus- ing to answer questions asked by the Benate Teapot Dome committce was concluded before the District of Colum- bia Court of Appeals today with a elaln | by Smnclair's counsel that the ques- tons were asked in an effort to ald Government counsel in lawsuits and not to ald In preparing legislation Sinclalr was sentenced to serve three months In Jall and pay & $500 fine for refusing to answer four questions asked by the committee in March, 1024 Leo A, Rover, United States attorney, for the Government, contended that the questions were pertinent to the Inguiry conducted by the committee and that Binclalr was legally summoned and duly sworn on December 4, 1023, Rover waa interrupted several times by Justices Hatfeld and Van Orsdel Once, referring to the question of when and where Binclair had met Al- bert B. Fall, Justice Hatfield inquired “If it had been brought out that (hey tulked about bonds, how would (hat have helped i determining legislation " The court showed similar Intervest In the purpose of other questions. Rover replied that the answer to the questions would enable Congress to bet- | for provide proteotion for Its vights n the publie Jand Martin: W, Littleton closed for Sin- elair, ) SANSANELLI. AIDE TO DUCE. IMPRESSED WITH D. C. QUIET Lendiv:of Southern Nl and] : ' President of the Fidac, Is Legion Guest in U. S. Vicitor Sees Cengress in Ac-| 1 tion—Mects Ceolidge | Tomorrow, Mussolini’s right-hand man in South- | ern Italy, Nicola Sansancili, veieran of the Italian army, a power in th> Fascist perty and president of the Fidac, the | great interallied veterans' organization, | is deeply impressed with Washington's | sense of quiet and rest, contrasted with the rush and hurry of New York, he| said today at his suite at the Carlton | Hotel, which he is making his head- quarters during a short visit to (he | American Capital. He bears a remark- | able resemblance to the Italian dictator. In this country as the guest of the| American Legion, the United States’ | representative in the Fidac, Mr. San- | sanelli represents 6,000,000 ex-service | men. NICOLA SANSANELLL —Star Staff Photo, Sartorio, who is accompanying him about the country, interprets for him. After a round of activity in Washing- ton, which includes a visit to President Coolidge tomorrow, Mr. Sansanelli wili | Dr. Sartorio took a master of arts de- gree at the University of Pennsylvania, a post-graduate coursc at Harvard and speak on Fridey evening before the| American Peace Congress nthclevr-lland; and on May 17 will address the national it Bas oo cxcoutive committee of the Avierican | gy, SUrpinell has had an unusu Leglon at Indianapolis. | Southern " Italy, in 1891, and won his Mr. Sansanoili, a Deputy In the Ital- | first medal m the African war against lan Parllament, is eager to see the | Turkey. During the World War he was Americen Congress in action, and th he arranged (o do this afternoon, With | shock. troows. and reacired six woands Representative Pish of New York di- | rocK,iroops. and received e and was twice decorated, with silver recting the parly. He called on Am-|mogals, on the battlefieid. He was bassador Giacomo de Martino at the |menticned twice in the official reports Italian cmbassy. 2700 Sixteenth street, | for leading his men while wounded. to pay his respects. At noon he was Once he was carried away from the the guest of Assistant Secretary of War | scene of action after a third bullet had Davison, and later he arranged to lay | wounded him almost fatally. His left a wreath bn the Tomb of the Unknown |arm is impaired as a result of his war Soldler. Tonight he will be the guest | quty. From the first he was an ad. of honor at & dinner to be given at the | herent of Mussolini. He delved into the Carlton Hotel by Jullus I. Peyser, for- | work of organizing the - Fascistl in mer department commander of the|Southern Italy and was the leader of American Leglon for the District of Co- | the “convention of Naples” in 1922. He lumbia. has a doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Rome. was born Jill 3 ldint: the memorable “march on Rome.” T MSouh Do | ~“The distinguished visitor was the first Tomorrow's program for Mr. San- |general secretary of Fascism. He fs sanelli calls for greeting President Cool- now the editor of II Mattino, the tdge at the White House at noon, with | largest daily in the south of Italy, and lungheon at 1:30 o'clock at the Itallan | directs a high class illustrated maga- embassy as the guest of the Ambassa- | zine, Italiani pel Mondo. dor. He will then go to Mount Vernon £ to lay a wreath on the tomb of George President of Fidac. Mr. Sansanelli is one of the three Washington. J. Miller Kenyon, de-| partment commander of the American | men appointed to be at the head of the Italian legion, and the Fidac elected Legion nere, will tender the distin- guished visitor a reception at the Cos- | him its president last September in mas Club in the evening. London. On Thursday Mr. Sansanelli will go to This ruler of Naples this morning Annapolis as the guest of Comdr. Jonas smilingly submitted to the dictation of Ingram, U. S. N. In the evening he camera men at his apartment at the will be tendered a reception by the Carlton Hotel. He is a pleasant man. Itallan Ambassador. with a keen sense of humor, and walks Edward Spafford, national commander | with a soldierly swing. of the American Legion, has appointed | “Tell him that if he'll stay over here Maj. Edward White as an aide to Mr. we’ll get him a good job in the movies at Hollywood," said one of the Ameri- Sansanelli. Brig. Gen. L. R. Gignilliat of the Officers’ Reserve Corps and |can members ot his party, jokingly. superintendent of Culver Military “No." retorted Mr. Sansanelli, laugh- Academy, Culver, Ind., who is a vice ingly, “the blond-haired, good-l president of the Pidac, the interallied | men in this country are uil.nl care of veterans' assoclation, is officially at-|that.” tached to the Sansanelli party. Mr. Sansanelll is black-haired and Erroneously referred to as the gov- | his friend is a blond. ernor of Naples during his American The head of the Pidac arrived at visit, Mr. Sansanelli holds the official | New York on May 4, and he plans to post of federal secretary of the Fascist | leave the United States on June 2. government for the Neapolitan prov-| He is impressed by the inces. He 1s Mussolini's representative | vards in Washington, he said this morn: | in_Southarn Italy. | Ing. and the sense of the efficiency an Mr. Sansanelli does not speak English | organtzation in the develnvmenlq - in that tongue. He speaks French with | the size of the country, and was ease, but in giving interviews to the |ticularly impressed with the Union Sta- press his personal friend, Dr. Henry C. |tion here. AIR PROMOTION LIST | GRIFFITH OPENS PARK BILLPASSES HOUSE TO MEMORIAL SALE {Mn:ure. Indorsed by Lindbergh, “vrday, May 20, Sét as Date for| Would Raise Rank end Pay of Army Aviators. Drive by Women of Allied Vet- | erans’ Associations. ‘The Furlow bill, providing for a sepa- | Sunday, dorsement of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, | for the women of the allied veterans' was passed by the House yesterday |Organizations to sell buttons at the afternoon and sent to the Senate. American League Park to raise funds Without debate or a record vote the for the general Memorial day commit- | measure was adopted in only a few |tee it was announced at a meeting of minutes, although considerable contro- | the finance committee, composed of rep- versy has raged about It in and out of | resentatives of veterans’ organizations, | Army circles. The lack of a separate | in the G. A. R. Hall last night. list was one of the chief criticisms of | The funds are to be used by the Me- the Army Air Service voiced by Col. |morial day committee, composed of rep- W;Hl‘llm Mlnch«u, former assistant cmeqéesm'::iv;va otvma G. A. R, Unit of air service. | Span ar Veterans, erican The bill"s proposal of the separate pro- | gion, Veterans of ré‘nu—fim Wars, Dis- motion 15 designed to increase the abled American Veterans, Veterans of efficlency of the Army aviators and to | Indian Wars, Army and Navy Union, compensate the flyers through hmher‘s‘,m of Veterans and the women's al- ;‘“\rnfi’x‘.’ tlg:;ex:xl“m;‘{umrdkhe hazards | ll;‘d', ;oso«:x;m'ms to decorate the graves In reporting the measure, the House | Snd mariner o s oy Sidiers. saflors military committee pointed out that| Three hundred Boy Scouts and 200 there were 6,000 flyers who remained | Girl Scouts are to assist in Arlington with the Army afier the World WAL | Gemetery in distributing the flowers This created a “hump” In the fl,enunr“mfl Tepresentatives of varjwus veterans' Army promotion list and most of these | reanizations have been assigned to take 7'?crc.r'=‘klnve had only meager advances | care of decorating the graves of vet- nittee that a separate roll was very nec- y for essary, s many of the officers of the | the Memorial day fund are to be an | nounced later. Alr Corps hold ranks quite Inferior to | "EUGE4 SIEE, their duties and responsibilities. He ndded that the move would increase greatly the morale and efficiency of the | it e 'FOUR BANDITS KIDNAP Comdr. Arthur presided at last night's meeting. GOLD STAR MOTHERS DISCUSS LEGISLATION| Robbers Tie Wife in Home, Take Trip to France and Gift of Cfll'dli Husband Away—Force Cashier to ex-Service Men Con- | to Open Safe. lm the Awsociated Press. sidered. Leglslation relative to the proviston| T¢ 5 for. (e, Ubited: Biates (o tranepors | Pajraiitie soeds e Xl Tewdo i CGold Star Mothers whose sons are | S45ch 6t four bandits who kidnaped buried in France to their graves, and | \g“‘l\p.:"fla‘ m‘d x‘;h "x T ‘mllcd his arrangements o provide cards for ex-| 4 AfEoln, Thd. this morning, ted his service men fn the Naval Hospital to| W1 i Ter home and loc st remember their mothers on Mother's | Ty, " ociqent was taken to the bank, day.’ were discussed in a report read | G P 4 're the bandits waited for the cash- by Mrs, Mathilda Burling of Richmond | FRCT¢ 08 BHOTER TeR T08 HE one Hill, N. Y., national legislative repre- | ; sentative of the Gold Star A.wn('lnllnn\::::":;\'_]:im‘:‘n:fi "l““':‘!“g:';:“ ‘The rob- of America, at a largely attended moet- gray ing of the Ciold Star Mothers, held Bandits Gt $15,000. at the Hamilton Hotel last night ANGOLA. Ind.. May § U —The Pirst oy pprouram of” musto was rendered | (AN T MR 8 (80 e et Mrs. Hunt MeKee, organist, inj - = 4 - $15,000 this morning by four men, who charge of the musioal entertainment ccaped in A YAy Oar and the cholr of the Church of the b A. M. CAMPBELL DIES. | Ascension, ‘ Spocial Dispateh to The Star In addition to a number of ensemble LYNCHBURQG, Va, May 8&-—Archer numbers, divected by White, director, solos were given by Mrs. Hazel Bachschmid, soprano: Mrs Julla Culbreth Gray, contralto; Mris Reginald Bustin, soprano: Paul King | M. Campbell, 85 vears of age, chairman tenor; Walter P. Gray, bass, and of the Maurice Wiedemeyer, baritone & Foundry Co., died at Memorial Hospl~ Miss Rebeocn N. Rhoades, national di- | tal Monday morning after a short lil- rector of the soldiers and sallors’ des|pess, He was & native of Lynchburg, partment of the W, ©. T, U, who Was [heiug a son of Mrs. Mary A, Campbell engaged In war service overseas during |and the late James A. Campbell. He was & momber of the finance commitiee of the First Baptist Church. He was a member of the Rotary Club, a Knight Tomplar, a Shriner, an Elk and a di- the World War, told of her work, an reotor of the United Olgarette Machine Rev. Dr, Thomas Worthington Cooke rector of the Chureh of the Aseension Co,, the H\l’llle‘s Natlonal Bank and the CQuarantee Title & Hond Corporation Mr \'uunrlmll had been chalrman of the Cast {ron Pipe Association since its formation tn 1014, He s survived by a son, A M. Campbell, jr: his mother, Lwo slsters, Mrs. N, D Eller and Miss | Oarrle Campbell, and & brother, H, L Camphell. The funeral will take place from his home, 1413 Harvison street, this afternoon gt & o'clock, r oo, Colin Clarke delivered an address on “Service." The meeting was presided over by Mra. George Gordon Selbold, ohalrman of the Gold Star Department, . Sun Has Corona Toda NEW YORK, May 8 (® ~The sun ftoday wore & coropk. Meteorologists expliined that it was caused by the glare of the sunlight on a layer of mist and that (he phenomenon was eoms monly kuown as the sun dog, in Basilicata, | an officer of the Bersaglieri, the Italian | of th fluently, but is able to say a few words |city. He said that he is bewildered b;! May 20, will be designated | | rate promotion list for the Army Air by Clark Griffith, president of the | Corps flying officers, which bore the in- | Washington Base Ball Club, as a day | H. League of the Spanish War Veterans | BANKER AND LOOT VAULT| TOLEDO, Ohio, May 8.—Police are | board of the CGlamorgan Pipe | FLOOD BILL GAINS IN COOLIDGE FAVOR President Feels Measure Is Best Obtainable From Congress. [ By the Associated Press. While the revised Mississippl flood- | control bill does not conform altogether to President Coolidge's ideas, he con- siders it as good as can be obtained | from Congress. | The President holds that the bill | has been deflated somewhat and is now | in better form than when the congres- | sional managers took up their task of reconciling House and Senate differ- ences. As he views it, the main difficulty has been over the possible payment the Federal Government of damage growing out of future floods In the i Mississippi Valley. In that respect, he regards the proposal now up to Congres | for final approval as better than pre- | vious drafts of the measure. Set at $381,575,000. The entire cost of the control pro- gram was estimated yesterday afternoon at $381,575,000 by Representative Whit- tington, Democrat, Mississippi, a mem- ber of the House flood control commit- tee, who said that reports that the cost would approximate a billion or more dollars were “malicious” and unfounded. The Jones-Reid bill places “every safeguard” around the Federal Treas- ury, he said, adding that there was “no guesswork” about the cost of .the work. He added that he had made a-carefui study of the voluminous testimony re- ceived by the House committeg on the subject and that his estimat® of the cost was substantiated by this source Whittington presented a summary of the proposed expenditures as follows Jadwin project, $296,400,000. Right of way for diversion levees. 20,000 acres o;gpruxlmluly at $50 an acre, $1,000,000. Flowage rights, New Madrid flood way, 144000 acres at $50 an acre, headed the southern Italian Fascisti in | $7.000,000. Flowage rights, Boeuf or Cypress Creek diversion, Jadwin estimate of acreage 1,194,421 acres, not including backwater area, at $12.50 an acre, $15 - 1 | $13,000,000 Estimate. | _ Flowage rights, Atchafalaya flood: | Jadwin estimate of acreage, 12738 acres at $10 an aere, $13,000,000. | Rights of way, flowage rights, high- |way and railway relocations, Bonneit {Carre spillway, spillway board estimate, $3.000,000. | Atchafalaya floodway, highway and |railway relocations, spillway board es- | timate, $9,875,000. Boeuf Aiversion, highway and railway | relocagions, diversion board estimate, 1$16.300,000. Surveys, repairs, maintenance and | levee work on tributaries, $20,000,000. | Total estimated cost of Jadwin plan as modified by Jones-Reid bill, $381 - |575,000. | VENEZUELANS GRATEFUL ' FOR GIFT OF CLAY STATUE il‘oreign Office Expresses Apprecia- tion to American Congress for | Proposed Construction in Caracas. The Venezuelan foreign office, on be- ;hn!o(lhemholvgemh.meh iprene\'l deep mme :3““ of Gen. o independence, erected in New York in 1921. acknowledgment 'uc”’ e can d'Affaires | 841,000, to be erected in (fm of the American |for ngress consent of that government to the erec- | tion of the statue at a point acceptable | to the authorities. The gift has created |an excellent impression, Mr. Engert said, jand has been welcomed by the | public in Venezuela. l-‘lan:m!‘m'r erection of the statue are now gof orward. Bids soon will be called from American sculptors for the work, which the Pine Arts Commission must upon before it is accepted. It is likely more than a year will pass fore the statue can be completed anc erected in Caracas. MISS METZEROTT CHOSEN. Elected President of Quentin Rocsevelt Unit American Legion. Miss Henriette Metzerott has been elected t of the Quentin Roose- velt Unit of the American Legion. The | annual meeting was held in the home fornia sver Tast Tueoduy. Orher oi- | fornia street, 5 T of- ne;? eleciod" o were: rs. John Denby Hird, vice presi- dent; Mrs. J. Thomas Kelley, treas- | urer; Mrs. Albert W. Fairer. recording | secretary, and Mrs. R. L. Miller, cor- 1 tinued iEare thairman. s welfare chalrman | The omev:l: were voted on after a re- | port by Mrs. Howard Hodgkins, chair- | man of the nominating committee. PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR TOMORROW FIRST RACE~] 300 2.year-olls claimaing: 41y furionger 31300 Tyeare! T b4 1 Careda st & ahe Rinehart #R;fi-ux A iy A ighl Flvs. . {uebiindeloe L rse. $1.300. the ok hned - 18 & o R e Rock T Tapuiet are K 13 & Samuel Ross entry, . JHIRD RACE-—$2.300; Steeplochase: for hunters and “un that b | course in 102 | Super Pay S Court Joster 34 | & Rui . Arch » Dragos T the Buly Ba Dunks Green wire iil's Kye . a Cinhaman n Revertu « -, | nvdicate: Wessen Seybur John' Bostey. Jre enteye e - FOURTH RACE Purse. $1.300 olds and up Clalmng: 6 Nirlongs. B vt Syea o Brovker & Anits | Eeananiva Sierantian | 8RR W. CarterR. L. Fresman entey. | FIFTH RACE--$0.000 addest Jeo | pinss Handicap. 3-yearokts and \ll-‘.h‘li L | the Heatnen Canter 308 Reetucky 04 rf - Rman THRIL Minates »Sun Meddles | Hieh dame . Greenock . . a Sagamare N SIXTH RACR--Purse. ohaty walden S-year okin o up ) i, et qubiite . 318 SEVENTH RACR g dovear-ala an 1 *Powder b Rl UHRA o Dy PR Metste AV Al My SAvirentics Allwanen claimed, Woather dlear treck taate