Evening Star Newspaper, July 3, 1928, Page 1

WEATHE (U. 8. Weather Fair tonight and tomorrow, except local thundershowers tomorrow aftef- noon; continued warm. Temperature—Highest, 87, at 5 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 64, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Bureau Forecast.) Ch ¢ Foening St WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “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. L 4 Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,803 30,744, Entered as sece post office, W MUELLER TO BACK ANTHWAR TREATY AND DEBT REVISION No New German Chancellor Out- | lines Ambitious Policy to Reichstag. FINAL SETTLEMENT DUE ON REPARATIONS, HE SAYS Loyalty to League of Nations, Re- duced Tariffs and Rhine Evacua- tion Advocated. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, July 3.—Dr. Hermann Muel- Jer, the chancellor, submitted the pro- £ the new cabinet to the Reichs- tag today. The nature of the program would indicate that the government Goes not consider itself a makeshift| body. but is determined to co-operate | with the new Reichstag for a fall le\'m‘ of years. gram o! ‘the foundation | After asserting that of the new German Republic stands| firm and unshakable,” the th’nc{*lloh unced that Germany's foreign pol- would be continued along the lines | down by Gustav Stresemann. of | ashingt GAMBLING DEN ALWAYS WINS, INVESTIGATION HERE REVEALS |way . ond class matter D. WASHINGTON, D: O, 'TUESDAY, JULY * 2 3, 1928 —TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. This is the third of a series of ar- ticles on an investigation into the gambling situation in Washington ty members of The Star staf. The fol- lowing story has been written by one of the investigators. And he made it the hard . Now What “Ten! . . Six is his number what does he come for, gents? does he come for? ... " The dice rattle in the leather cup like seeds in a gourd and make red and | white splashes on the green billiard table. “Seven! Loser ... Next shooter . . Get on him, gents, get on him . . . Many Chips Bought. A long curved stick plays with the | dice, turning them over and over. while long white fingers rake in the chips and stack them in neat piles in front of the banker. Twenty-dollar bills fall on the banker's busy hands; he distributes more chips about the table and stuffs 0Odds Against Players Generally Found So Great They Have Little Chance to Get Money Away - | dimly lighted except around the billiard From Game. the bills into a slot in the chip box. The next man shoots. “Seven! Winner ... pay him... “Twelve! Loser . .. Double and get ftbaek ... " The twenty-dollar bills keep going down the slot, and the chips travel to and fro about the table and then come home to rest in front of the banker. House Is the Winner. It's the hous: that wins. It goes on every night in Washing- ton, in a score of places, some say a hundred. The suckers sneak up dark stairways, through heavy-plated, triple- barred doors and into the smoky rooms Sometimes they go out with More tables. more money than they took in. often they go out broke. It’s the house that wins. Not_because the games are crooked necessarily. Some of them may be, but most of them—at least most of the big ones—appear _to_be_straight. But_the ~(Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) TEXAS DEMOCRATS | SPLIT ON SMITH AID | | | set ~peaceful conciliation, with renuncia- of revenge.” i f all ideas st “with the whole Ger- laring that g the government is con- peowm' justice of our demand te_libera! Tecent years, keep! i “stands in the way | al relationship of mutual trust between peoples. Loyalty to League. pledged _alle- ;| for President. His mfllflls&wim'}: e M;;mm': He pointed out how Germany, completely disarmed. ‘more for international security . grcing 30 for the out- continue to do of P t| pr ONE DEAD, ONE INJURED IN $100,000 EXPLOSION Blast Causes Fire Which Destroys Gasoline, 0il and Equipment Es- tablishment in Syracuse. By the Associated Press. EYRACUSE, N. Y., July 3. —One em- ployz was killed, another seriously burn- ed znd gasoline, oil and equipment o the value of $100,000 were destroyed in an explosion and fire which swept the yarés of the Sun Oil Co. early today. Henry Kappesser, 19 years old, of Cicero, was killed. James Kanaleyjn, who was with K‘W;o:)nl;"myflg burned. He escaped fr after the explosion, and, his clothing in fiames, turned in the alarm. K,zh;l,;.wr;fxe w:n 009 galions of gasol Jons "nl ofl were burned, along with sev- eral bulldings. The fire was brought uncer control at 1:30 am. Proposed Flight Declared Hun- garian Pascist Propaganda. BUDAPEST, Hungary, July 3 (®).— Li Kassala, who started recently fiy the smallest airplane ever construct- ed from Hungary %o Italy, was yester- day refused permission by the Jugo- slavian government o fiy over Berblan territory. The Juguslavian authorities said the fight was for propaganda purpose and that it was financed by Hungarian Fas- clsts “Lindy” Lands at Curtiss Field. CURTISSE FIELD, N. Y., July 3 (@) — Col. Charles A Lindbergh, flying a Curtiss falcon plane, in which Emilio Against Tammany—Moody Sticks to Party Candidate. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., July 3.—Texas Democ- racy today faced new threats of a split following announcements by two can- didates for high State offices that they would not support Gov. Alfred E. Smith State Senator Thomas B. Love of Dallas, former Pemocratic national committeeman, and a candidate for lieutenant governor, in announcing he would not support Smith said: “My consclence would not let me vote to put a sachem of Tammany Hall in the White House, even if there was no liquor question involved in Smith’s candidacy. Whom I shall cast my vote for 1 have not decided, as I expect some developments before the time I governor, declared the Democratic na- convention had given the Demo- State Senator Love Declares Two Arrests Made After Dis- 16600 ROBBERY OF GEWS REVEALED | covery of Loss by Mrs. Richard P. Davidson. The robbery of the home of Mrs. Richard Porter Davidson, 6400 Rock- ville road, of jewelry valued at $16,600 yesterday was revealed today when the Washington police arrested Howard Wilson Lee, 39 years old, 1213 Twenty- MISSING GERMAN BALLOONIS FOUND: FRENCH WIN RACE Lost Bag Located on Top of Tree on Eastern Slope of Blue Ridge. PILOT INJURED IN FALL CLIMBING FROM BASKET U. §. Entry for James Gordon Ben- nett Trophy Just 15 Miles Back of First Place. By the Associated Press. LYNCHBURG, Va., July 3.—Ferdin- and Eimermacher, pilot of Muenster, ‘Westphalen, Germany, and Karl Zeech, aide, of Herford, Westphalen, in charge of the balloon Muenster in the James Gordon Bennett 1928 international balloon contest, landed at 11 o'clock Sunday night in the top of a dead tree, high on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, 8 miles from Big Island, about 20 miles from this city. This was made known here today. They reached the home of Maleolm ; Griffin, 2 miles from the sceme of their landing, early yesterday afternoon and this forenoon came to Lynchburg. Effort will be made to recover the balloon tomorrow. Pilot Hurt by Fall. Simermacher suffered a sprained ankle and painful bruises of an arm and shoulder in a fall as he was de- scending from the basket. After the balloon hung to a dead tree, Zeech made the descent to the ground by ropes but Eimermacher, when he was between 15 and 20 feet from the ground, thinking he was at the ground, dropped in the darkness and injured himself. When they landed at mid- ninth street, a servant at the Davidson home, for questioning. Another colored servant was arrested by the Montgom- night they were in mountain fastnesses, 2 miles from a residence. Dashed Down in Storm. ‘The balloonists said they ascended to Now, ALFRED TWO CENTS. EIGHT AIRPLANES BURN N HANGAR AT HOOVER FIELD Flames Sweep Plant of Po- tomac Flying Service—Loss Set at $100,000. P) Means Associated Press. FIRE APPARATUS MIRES IN MUD OF RIVER BANK New Monoplane, Delivered Yester- day, Was to Have Made Maiden Flight Today. Nearly $100,000 worth of property, including eight airplanes vnluedpa‘:p:al?- 770, was destroyed by a fire of unde- termined origin that swept the hangar of the Piiwnac Flying Service, Inc., at Hoover Field early today. Discovered in a far corner of the big hangar by F. E. Yoakum, night watch- man, the blaze licked against the in- flammable fabric of an airplane close by and almost instantly the building was transformed into a roaring furnace as plane after plane and the gasoline Band Strikes Up “Sidewalks” for | Curtis at Circus! ICEHAMPERS HUNT FORTTALIAS GREW Planes Prepare to Take Off, However—Finding of Amund- sen’s Body Denied. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, July 3.—As Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas and his daughter, Mrs. Webster Knight, 2d, of this city, with whom he is spending a brief vacation, near here, entered the big top of the 101 Ranch Circus playing here yester- day, the band struck up “The Side- walks of New York.” The manager of the ¢ircus had been tipped off by a Providence police inspector that the By the Assoclated Press KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, July 3.— in their tanks were ignited. Daylight found a smol hangar with the four brick walls standing and housing a twisted mass of wreckage. Firemen from Was lington County, Jefferson District and Ballston succeeded in saving about $6,000 worth of engines and maintenance equipment in the engineering shop, which adjoins the hangar and is part of the building. Nothing in this section was damaged. Sends in Alarms. When Yoakum discovered the he rushed to the office of the nyin:nr:erv: ice and telephoned for fire apparatus. Daniel Cave, an employe of the service, saw the blaze and called for assistance. No. 13 engine company from Wash- ington was the first to reach the scene. There were no fireplugs in the vicinity so they went to the river and bezan g’l:lr;l.plnx A few minutes later the Vir- al PRESIDENT KEEPS | SILENT ON CABINET Choice of Successor to Work Not Made Known—Lacks Word of Hoover Visit. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staft Correspondent of The Star. ery County police and held for investi- | a height of 15,000 feet during a terrific gation. Both were taken to the |windstorm and then they were imme- i o oy . €] ‘were certain Mrs. Davidson, socially prominent, | pere today that they el Dave satled the granddaughter of Mark Hanna and |until some time Monday, but for the niece of Mrs. Medill McCormick, is the | violent storm they encountered. operator of the Betty Hanna Shop, 1613 Connecticut avenue. She discovered the robbery about 8 o'clock last night after having been away from home all afternoon. It was stated that the only occupants of the home during this period were the two colored servants under arrest. Lee was taken into cus- thing." ‘These declarations followed a bitter Te: Democrats, whic! the | gemonstration and parade of the “All- At the State convention Moody led a faction favoring a dry platform and a candidate in sympathy with it, while Love headed a “bone dry” group seek- ing a prohibition plank and instructions against Gov. Smith. With the aid of a third faction, which favored instruc- ogram. went on record in favor of mony and it would support any one the y selected as a presi- dentlal candidate. Since the Houston convention reports have been current here that a ticket to be headed by some prominent constitu- tional or “bone dry” Democrat would be put out shortly, but Love and his leutenants had denied knowledge of such a movement. . GUARD LOUVAIN LIBRARY. Watch Kept Night and Day Pend- ing Dedication. LOUVAIN, Belgium, July 3 (®.—A guard “"""m'"f over a score of gen- darmes and police is keeping watch day and night in front of Louvain Library, which to be dedicated tomorrow. The balcony, without the inscription in Latin equivalent to “Destroyed by Teutonic Fury” is now in place, the pillars shattered by rators hav- tody here when he failed to appear for work this morning. Mrs. Davidson told the Montgomery County police that the jewels were tak- a t drawer in her bureau. vidence 12 WALL STREET PARADERS ARRESTED Police Break Up Attempted Dem- onstration in Front of Mor- gan Offices. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 3.—Twelve per- sons were arrested today when a squad of 44 police broke up an attempted American Anti-imperialist League” in front of the Wall street offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. The financial district was crowded with thousands out for their lunch hour when the police charged the would-be paraders as they unfurled banners. No sooner had the parade of a score young men, women and boys beén dis- persed than one of the men ran across the street, mounted to the top of a parked sedan, and began a speech, drowning out the harangue of a side- walk preacher on the same corner. Po- lice pulled him from the sedan and placed him under arrest. He gave his name as Robert Miner, editor of the Daily Worker. Arrested with him was Harry Gannes, secretary of the Anti- Imperialistic League. The crowd and demonstrators follow- ed Miner and Gannes to the police station. Speakers among the demon- strators mounted an improvised plat- form near the station and sought to gather an audience. Patrolmen quickly broke up this meeting and arrested 10 more persons. One Rntmlmln WaS bitten on the finger while making an arrest, Kills Daughter, 7, and Self. CANON CITY, Colo, July 3 (®).— Coming home Intoxicated early today, Paul Beheler, Canon City jeweler, shot and killed his 7-year-old daughter, Mary Lena; serfously wounded another daughter, Pauline, 8, and his wife and then killed himself. Both the wounded ing been replaced by wooden pillars pending permanent replacement of those destroyed. child and Mrs, Beheler were in serious condition, but their recovery is expected. O| By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 3.—8ending gunmen to prison under the income tax law is the new proposal under the serious con- sideration of Chicago Federal authori- ties. Racketeers whg employ terrorist methods to intrench themselves in their rackets are lable 1o prison sentences for failure to account to the Govern- ment for their incomes, A. P. Madden, chief of the special intelligence unit of the Internal Revenue division, ex- plained. The Government theory, as he out- fined it, is that certain racketeers have Carranzs, Mexican avistor, and Abelar< do z, consulate attache, were prssengers. landed here at 5:50 last evening after a fight from Detroit, K-m graft, and that certain officials ave received it, without mentioning it on their income tax returns. The Fed- eral inquiry s understood to have ex- Gunmen May Be Jailed for Dodging Income Tax on Graft They Receive tended to the income returns of Al Ca- pone, his brother Ralph, Jack Cusick (whom the police know as an aide of Capone), snd Joe Baltis, at present a fugitive following conviction for carry- ing concealed weapons. “Every kind of racketeer and plenty of politictans will be involved,” Madden sald. “The Federal Government will be able to prosecute much more effi- clently than State grand juries and courts, because it would be unhampered by many obstacles which often obstruct dState justice, “We shall be able to obtain prison sentences, I predict, for several persons who hitherto have I%pmed immune.” A rough estimate would make their distance about 415 miles from Detroit local mathematicians said. AWAIT OFFICIAL STANDINGS. Only Slight Difference in Miles Covered by Three Contestants. DETROIT, July 3 (#).—A balloon re- ported stranded on a mountain slope near Isiand. Va., was believed today of the James Gordon Ben- race to be Three in Close Finish. Karl Betts, scorer for the race, said today, however, that official tabula- tions by the National Aeronautical As- sociation at Washington, D. C., would be awaited to determine the winner because of bunched landings of three of the contenders. Unofficial scoring shows that the Blanchard covered only 15 miles more airline distance than did the United States Army balloon, which landed at Kenbridge, Va., and that the Army bag traveled only 20 miles farther on an airline than did the German bag Bar- l\!,lm, which came down at Chase City, a. Unofficial Standings. ‘Unofficial scoring, listing the balloons with landing places, pilots and approxi- mate milage negotiated, would indicate the following finishing order: 1—The Blanchard (France) Walnut Cthvc. N. C., Charles Dolifus, pilot, 475 miles. 2—The United States (United States), Capt. W. 8. Kepner, pilot, Kenbridge, Va., 460 miles. 3—Barmen (Germany), Chase City, Va., Hugo Kaulen, sr,, pilot, 440 miles. 4—The Lafayette (France), Elkhill, Va., Georges Blanchet, pilot, 420 miles. 5—The Denmark (Denmark), Roa- noke, Va.,, Svend A. Rasmussen, pilot, 400 miles. 6—The American Business Club (United States), Stuarts Draft, Va, C. A. Palmer, 390 miles, 7—The Argentina (Argentina), Mill- badu. Va., Eduardo Bradley, pilot, 370 miles, 8—The Detrolt (United States), Cass, w{l Va.,, Willlam C. Naylor, pilot, 335 zailes, 9—The Wallomie (Belgium), Beverly, wil Va., Lieut, Thonnard, pilot, 310 miles. 10—The Bradenberg (Germany) Davis, W. Va., Capt. Bertram, pilot, 300 miles. 11—The Helvetia, Fairmont, W. Va,, Lieut. Haag, pilot, 270 miles. SEEK MlSSIIiG AIRMAN. CASABLANCA, Morocco, July 3 (#). —French airmen were searching the fog-covered desert coast south of Cape Juby today for Pllot Reine, who has been lost since Saturday, when he left Dakar carrying South American mail destined for Paris, The reglon in which the search is being conducted is the same where Reine was once forced down and held for ransom for 10 days by hostile tribesmen. Joseph P. Greaves Dead. NEW YORK, July 3 (#).—Joseph P. Greaves, New York manager of the Florida East Coast Hotel Co., died sud- denly last night on a subway express train. He was 58 years old. Radio Progr.nms P—age 20 No 5:30 Edition Tomorrow Following the holiday custom there will be no late afternoon edition of The Star on the Fourth Madden said the Government inves- tigation had gone back five vears in soms Mnstances in quest of evidence, Conditions were improving today for the rescue of five members of the Italla crew and Lieut. Einar-Paal Lundborg from the ice near Foyn Island. The temperature was falling and chances for the landing of small planes on the ice to take them off were in- creased. The Russlan ice breaker Krassin found progress toward the marooned men difficult. Large masses of ice hampered the ship's advance after it entered the channel between the Seven Islands and Scoreby Island, just north of North Cape, North East Land. Amundsen Searches Arrive. The ice breaker B: which had been held in the !morm c:n:ey vice lential candidate was about ;o‘:;\t’er:he bu':wp and ordered l.h': leader to play some appropria air. Whether the bandmaster, an Irishman, was confused or whether he acted with malice aforethought is not known. 5 0000 WOMEN St Franchise Extended to Sex provisioned, and repairs ship's bollers for further Swedish flyers attempted to reach the marooned men yesterday but were turned back by poor visibility. An offer to place two German planes at the disposal of rescue workers has been recel ‘The planes would be equipped with skiis, so that they could land on small areas of ice, and would be accompanied by a personnel highly trained in Arctic flying. Finding of Body Denied. For a time it seemed that the fate of Lewened whenthe Evchange Tolegraph jearned when the ‘Telegraj Co. of London carried a report, pur- porting to be from Oslo, that the vet- eran explorer’s body had been found in the sea off Norway. The rumor. how- ever, was denied at Oslo. It was feared today that if Amund- sen and his companions did not meet death in a disaster of the sea or ice, they will now be hard put to it for pro- visions since they carried only a two weeks' supply when they hopped off on June 18. The Russian flyer Babushkin was still numbered among the missing to- day. Nothing has been heard of him since he started from the Soviet ice breaker Maligin on Friday for the castaways of the Italia. ‘The Maligin today was nearing Hope Island, the southeastern outpost of the Spitabergen archipelago. PLANE MAY LIGHT ON SEA. STOCKHOLM, July 3 (#).—Rescue of the Italla castaways by hydroair- plane appeared possible today. Capt. ‘Tonberg of the Swedish Mission at Spitzbergen - reported that there was open water near the floes on which the five members of the crew of the alrship and Lieut. Lundborg are adrift. ‘The newspaper Svenska Dagbladet sald_this morning that the Soviet ice- breaker Krassin was rushing full speed to the south through Hinlopen Strait. The ship had been unable to force its way through the heavy ice off North East Land and turned about to ry to make its way along the east side of the Spitzbergen archipelago past Cape Leigh Smith. It was expected, how- ever, that the vessel would also meet diMculties in that region. ICE BREAKER BLOCKED. MOSCOW, July 3 (#).—Disquieting news was published this afternoon con- cerning the Russian ice breaker - in, which has been proceeding in the SIrecuon of Northeast Land in search of the Nobile castaways. It is reported that the ice breaker is surrounded by huge icebergs and drifts in the ice- flelds and Is unable to_make any prog- ress to the east. The Russian aviator Babushkin, who started on a scouting expedition from the Maligin, has not been heard from for four days. Between Ages of 21 and 30 by New Law. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 3.—Some 5,000,000 women in Great Britain now are en- titled to vote for the first time. ‘The “flapper” vote bill which extends the franchise to women between the ages of 21 and 30, on the same terms as men, was given royal assent in the House of Lords with prominent suffra- gists viewing the procedure from the strangers’ galleries. in the women’s cause were absent. One, Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, died a few weeks m after the bill had passed the leg- tive stages and awaited only royal assent. The other, Dame Millicent Fawcett, arived at the House of Lords one min- ute too late, since the time of the final rocedure had been advanced half an gour. She had been present in the House of Commons 61 Kem ago when the woman suffrage fight was inaugu- rated by John Stuart Mill, economist, who moved the first woman suffrage amendment. COLOMBIAN FLYER ARRIVES IN CAPITAL Lieut. Camilo Daza Making Flight by Easy Stages to Bogota. Lieut. Camilo Daza, Colombian army pllot, arrived at Bolling Field at 12:25 o'clock today from Mitchel Field, N. Y., on the first leg of a flight in easy stages to Bogota. Lieut. Daza will spend the day here, leaving for Langley Field, Va., tomorrow morning. Bolling Field m chanics will replace a cracked intake manifold on one of the cylinders of the Jupiter air-cooled engine and also make an_adjustment to the tail section. Lieut, Daza's plane is a bij Swiss manufacture and bears, name “Wild X.” Lieut. Daza, who is a mem- ber of a wealthy South American coffee- gowtnv family, Kluhm to make 14 stops fore reaching native land, visiting Mexico City and the capitals of all the Central American countries. He has had 1,500 hours in the air and learned to fly in_Miami, Fla, in 1918. Lieut, Daza was met by Maj. Howard ©. Davidson, commandant of the fleld, who will entertain the visitor while here, Lieut. Daza speaks very lttle English and he had difficulty for a moment In explaining to Maj. Da what work he would like to have done Pield, who phot phed the lununm{ on his arrival, stepped forward and made himself known as & native Colom- bian and acted as interpreter. Parents of Elsie Mackay Give $2,500.000 To Britain in Memory of Tragic Flight By the Assoclated. Press. LONDON, July 3.--In memory of their daughter, the Hon. Elsle Mackay, who perished in a transatlantic ht, Viscount and Inchcape have given £500,000 ($2,500,000) to reduce the ni tional cellor of the the House of Commons today. m'gh;‘ l:n&nokyu will be 'bp.luld 1:1‘ trust wn as the Elsle Mackay fund. The sum is the residue of the Hon, Elsle's estate. The donation will be left to accumulate for 50 years. The Hon. Elsle , third ter of Lord Inchcape, tish made the debt, Winston Ohurchill, chan= | grinch) exchequer, announced in | ye) CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, BRULE task of saving the hangar RIVER, Wis., July 3.—Dr. Hubert Work, | concentrated on saving the - | shop. About an hour and a half later ent e yestonday. and whe. de. | e baze bad bumed tiset out” cussed_politics, departmental MAtters, | mired in the mud on the river benk. AS- fish and other subjects during his visit | sistance was sought from the city, and at the Summer White House, left here | one by one the heavy engines and hose GET BRITISH VOTE lane of | m apparently highly pleased and in a happy frame of mind despite the bur- dens he is assuming as chairman of the Republican national committee. President Coolidge while at his office ‘Work's resignation. The President was represented as having reached no definite conclusion regarding the selec- templated visit. of the President today that he would ‘would ing to the Summer White House. Dr. Work was happy to note the great improvement in the general appearance of the President m“nhh: ::.t saw him them. is sat- isfled that the President is deriving considerable enjoyment from his out- door life and that he is developing into a real fisherman. “I talked fish with the President and ate fish with him, too,” Dr. Work said “The fish were caught by the President just in advance of my arrival. He show- ed me the string before it was turned over to the cook and the trout were beauties. I didn't know exactly what kind of trout they were and neither did !the President, but they tasted Likes Mellon's Statement. President Coolidge appeared greal pleased today with Secretary Mellon's financial statement showing the healthy state of the Treasury on June 30. He said that the $398,000,000 surplus re- ported was just about what he and his advisers had figured it would be. He added that this surplus has been se- cured by careful expenditure of money possibl about $900,000,000 of the public debt. It was pointed out that this reduc- tion in the debt brings about a reduc- tion of $35,000.000 in the amount of interest the Government will have to pay during the coming year on its debt. To emphasize further what this ident was represented as calling the public's attention to the fact that this saving in annual inter- est is virtually enough to meet the Government's annual expense in taking care of flood work to be done in the Mississippl Valley. The President will remain at the lodge on the Brule tomorrow. where the anniversary of his birth will be quietly observed. He and Mrs. Coolidge will be joined on this occasion only by members of the presidential party. One of the principal reasons for Dr. ‘Work’s good cheer was the feeling that President Coolidge will during the cam) to assist in election of the Republican ticket, He e o S whal was going o in this but, fust Sec % oo R | “The Penalty” | “Golden Rule" Film | PRODUCED BY The Evening Star To further traffic safety is being shown today along with the regular program at Ashtona Theater, Clarendon, Va. carriers were pulled out. The planes destroyed. all of tually new and with -little time air, were three Fairchild cabin planes, two Travelair open planes and three Berliner open coc! lanes. One of the Berliner mono- . | planes was delivered to the field yester. day morning and was to have mads its maiden flight today. It was valued at $3.490. ARl Planes Insured. 42 utlpl i are 42 sf undergoing training field, Nash said. and in addition these activities cross-country flying serial photography activities are main- OIL PRICE CUTTING REPORTED AT END Standard of New York and Royal Dutch Shell Seen in Pact Pre- serving U. S. Firm's Contracts. i By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. July 3.—The New York Times today said the Standard Oil Co. of New York and the Royal Dutch Shell Co. of Europe have ended a quar- rel which arose from the purchase of Russian oil products by the Standard Company. Both companies have called off the into a world-wide struggle, has ended inTahdnv. e basis of the new agreement. the Times said. reserves to the Standard Company. the right to buy Russian oil and to cu-&oul its present contracts with the Soviet government. The Royal Shell is sustained in its contention that the right of former owners of oil erties in Russia to compensation sm be recognized. . PARIS-U. S. HOP DUE TO START TOMORROW Polish Flyers Await Favorable Wind for First Attempt of Year. Fueled for 35,000 Miles. I’Lt‘hlunflmm BOURGET, France, July 3.--The first attempt of this year f France to America has . a army cots teh a ,0' to the flyers to hours' e 3 sleep tonight before U. 8. Actor Hurt in Motor Accident. SYDNEY, New South Wales, July 3 (#).—Leon Gordon. American dramal author and acter, was ~ seriously injured in & motor accident here. mu-m.»':.‘:."&:"“'