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-~ SYTHRIDICULES |BRITON TAKES OFF N WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Cloudy, probably tomorrow; not muc! ature; gentle southwest winds. peratures—Highest, terday; lowest. 68, at 4 a. Full report on paj Bureau Porecast.) showers tonight and h change in temper- Tem- 0 p.m. yes- . today. 85, at ge 4. Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 @h ¢ Foenin “WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. Associated service. The only evening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,595 Entered as seco! post office, " No. 30,850, Washington, D, nd class matter o WASHINGTON, D WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1928—FOR — Y-EIGHT PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. b, 0. P. ECONOMY IN SEDALIA SPEECK Charges Republicans With Misrepresentation in Fig- ures for Last 7 Years. GOES INTO ILLINOiS FOR THREE-DAY VISIT Will Speak in Chicago Friday. Plans Stops in Three or More Towns En Route. By the Associated Press. { By the Assoclated Press. | SEDALIA, Mo., October 17.—Leaving Missour! to ponder over his triple as-| sault on Coolidge economy, Gov. Smith carries his party’s standard in Illinois today, "to await the signal for the seventh and last speech of his second | campaign tour. | Chicago was the destination of the Democratic presidential nominee, who | planned to board his special train here | in the forenoon. The schedule calls | for his arrival at 9:45 o'clock tonight | in the Lake Michigan metropolis and for stops_en rcute, for rear platform appearances, at Springfield, Blooming- ton, Joliet, and possibly other Illinois cities. The governor will spend three nights in Chicago, his speech being planned for Friday night. Slashing into Republican claims of huge savings in the cost of govern- ment in recent years, the nominee, in his address last night before an audi- ence that packed the huge live-stock pavilion at the State Fair “Grounds and cheered him on, painted what he called “three pictures,” with economy claims as his model. Charges Misrepresentation. After charging his opposition with | predicating his campaign upon “mis- representation,” the nominee took up his first picture and asserted that claims that Federal expenses have been reduced through “prudent spending.” economy and good business methods, formed “one of the grossest fallacies offered by the Republican party.” “Picture No. 2,” as he called it, led the governor through a maze of figures on what moneys he said were actually spent during the last two Republican administrations, and he was loudly ap- plauded when he said that “all of the departments of the Government to- gether in 1927 cost $200.000,000 more | than they did in 1924.” He challenged | Herbert Hoover and President Coolidge, | whom he described as “the chief aposte of economy,” to disprove the statistics he read. For the third picture, the nominee chose as his subject the ‘“neglect or the postponement or the failure to ap- propriate for certain well known wants of the Government, and in this conne tion he charged the Washington ad- ministration ‘with a “new kind of trick bookkeeping,” which he said could not operate in the State of New York. Cites Work's Report. WNear the end of his address, Gov. Smith seized upon a report made by Chairman Work of the Republican na- tional committee, while he was Sec- retary of the Interior, in which he was quoted as having said the Government was trying to feed Indian children at the rate of 9 cents a day per child, and a statement once made by Secre- tary of War Davis calling attention that housing facilities for the American soldier amounted to almost a “national disgrace.” ‘This, he said, was a fair example of what the Republican party had done in the way of reducing the cost of Government. He then directed a ques- tion to Mr. Hoover. “Does he approve of a national econ- omy that starves out the Indian chil- dren and neglects to provide proper housing, sleeping and eating facilities for the country's very first line of defense?” Does he see these pictures in their true light? “If he does not,” he declared, “then T am prepared to say he does not un- derstand the operation of Government.” Gov. Smith charged Mr. Hoover with making a “misleading statement” when he said in his acceptance speech that “by rigorous economy Federal expenses have been reduced by $2,000,000,000 per annum.” Yells Puricfuate Speech. “He, knows-just as well as-I'do and just.as well as you.do,” the Dembcratic nominee asserted, “that the difference between-the 1921 expenditures and the 1927 expenditures of Government, ‘is the - difference -between the cost of operating Government in time of war and:in time of peace.” s “Real and substantial economy, the governor . declared 'in concluding ' his' address, which was punctuated by yells of “Fight ‘em, Al!” “Pour it on 'em, Al!” could ‘be brought by a reorganizatjon of the -old broken-down structure of-| the -Federal Govesnment, by the abbli- tion of ugeless boards and, ommissions that overlap and duplicate efforts. This, he said, was promised in 1921 under Harding, in 1924 under Coolidge, and again in 1928 and reiterated in Mr. Hoover's speech of acceptance, but so far as any living person is concerned “there is no sign of his getting any part | of it “Real economy cannot only be brought about reorganization of the Government,” he declared, “but by careful planning, not for today, but for the years to come. “While I agree that not a single dol- Jar of public money should be wasted, I still make the cold, raw statement | that there is no economy in keeping back necessary funds for the proper needs of the Government. It simply gets you over today. It is a kind of process of trying to live through these four years with the hope that you may get some place in the next four years.” Holds Economy Myth. Gov. Smith said “the myth of Re- publican economy” had its birth in the Republican campaign book of 1924, when it proclaimed in “glowing terms” savings which were “technically, al- though not actually, true,” In 1921 when the Republicans came into power, he said, the Nation was still paying “very dearly” for the war costs and naturally there was a drop in expenscs in the succeeding years. As “part of the false picture” of economy the governor quoted Under- ~ (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) The full text of Gov. Smith’s speech will be found on page 6. ATNEWFOUNDLAND FOR ATLANTIG HOP Cemdr. MacDonald Attempt- ing Oversea Flight Alone in Small Plane. 3 | | HAS HAD ONLY 80 HOURS | OF FLYING EXPERIENCE| | Aviator Ready to Start Across| Ocean Since October 2—Has Made Test Trips. ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland, October.| 17.—Comdr. H. C. MacDonald, English | aviator, took off from Harbor Grace to- | day in a Moth type airplane in an at- | tempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean | to England. Has Flown Only 80 Hours. Flight Comdr. H. C. MacDonald ar- rived from England with his Haviland ‘Gypsy moth plane oh September 26, with the announced intention of at- tempting a transatlantic flight from Harbor Grace. Four days later he said he would take off on October 2 if weather con- ditions permitted. He made a series of test flights shortly after his arrival by steamer, MacDonald, who is 28 years old, came to Newfoundland about three weeks ago and began assembling his plane in preparation for the attempt. Al- though he said he had only 80 hours of flying he was confident that he could make the flight alone in the small plane. Since his arrival here, the young English flyer has been awaiting favor- able weather conditions. Ke had de- | clared that he would not take off until he had a “hunch” that everythi was right. il MacDonald said that the flight was being financed privately, He was as- sisted in preparing for the flight by . F. Wiliiams, a mechanic who ac- companied him from England. The plane which he used in his flight was but a midget compared t& Lind- bergh's Spirit of St. Louis. Known as an aerial “sports car,” the Gypsy moth had been secretly preparing at the Stag line airdrome in London for many weeks for the flight. It has a wing spread of only 26 feet and when emp- tied weighs less than 800 pounds. Extra fuel tanks were fitted to the plane, giving it a range of about 35 hours, sufficient for 3,600 miles cruising. Too Small for Wireless. The engine hzs;fi]g ggnw 100 horse- power, compare: dbergh’s 250. It is a four-cylinder air ml:g motor. Tests have shown that it can run without trouble for periods of 24 hours and more. o The Gypsy Moth 1s the plane In which W. L. Hope won the last King's Cup for a race around England and is the craft taken by Capt. G. De Havil- land on an altitude record-breaking flight for two-seater light biplanes. The plane is too small for wireless in addition to its other load, and floats would be useless to keep so tiny a machine afloat on the Atlantic rollers. Comdr. MacDonald is comparatively a novice at piloting, although he is a skilled navigator. Yet after only 8 hours solo flying he took a plane on a long successful flight through Europe. .. SWAMP DRAINAGE WILL START SOON Reclamation—_céjn—uo:tia River| Lowlands Will Aid Park Extension. The long awaited drainage of the low lands on both sides of the Anacostia River betweep Benning bridge and the District line, in connection with ex- tending the improvement of Anacostia parkway, will be under way in aboutan- other week, according to Maj. Brehon Somervell, United States Army engineer irr charge of this district - Workmen “now area morth; of “the road, where_ the old Wump: was:located, . REN . The Army ~dredge!Dalecarlia %is e: pected to finish ‘hagkor work 3t Cri proceed immediately to the Anacostia. | 1t will require about two days to- make { placed north of the bridge to hegin the long dredging task which eventually will result in the extension of the park- way to the District of Columbia line. | " Before going above the bridge it will Ibe necessary to do some dredging just |south of the bridge, as the rains of the | early Summer flushed down a consider- able amount of silt which was deposited |in the river at that point. When this preliminary work is completed the | |dredge will be dismantled and her | superstructure removed, so that the barge which supports it can go under the Benning bridge without obstruction to either rail or vehicular traffic. When |the barge is placed through the bridge |the dredge will be assembled to begin the ‘drainage task which will require | several years. BANDITS GET $23,300. Lock Five Employes in Vault in Arkansas Bank Robbery. McGEHEE, Ark., October 17 (#)— Two men wearing smoked glasses locked five employes of the Citizens Bank here in the vault and escaped with $23,300 in cash today. Posses immediately started search for them. ‘The men, wearing khaki suits, had been seen in town several days. They entered the bank through a rear door and forced four employes into the vault. C. S. Siscoe, assistant cashier, arrived a few minutes later and he, too, was forced into the vault. They were im- | prisoned about 10 minutes. . Radio Programs—Page 42 1 bridge; and !the-lake proposed ‘in ‘the| : field, Md., today, and is under-order to|’ the trip under-tow. This dredge will be |- - $500,000 Campaign | Loan Reportcd b i Democratic Party | By the Assoctated Press. | The democratic national commit- tee today reported receipts up to Oc- tober 15 of $2,753,192.04 and expen- | ditures of $2,555,353.18. I | | A statement filed with the House campaign funds committee said that from September 1 to October 15 it had received $1,539,441.70. including a loan of $500,000 from the County Trust Co. of New York. The com- | mittee reported a balance in hand on October 15 of $197,838.86. | Wets, but Rouses Farm Opposition. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Staft Correspondent of The Star. ST. PAUL, Minn,, October 17.--De- spite desperate efforts of the Demo- crats and certain farm leaders, who have hitherto been Republicans but are now supporting Smith, the tide in Minnesota has set toward Hoover. The State's 12 electoral votes probably will be cast for the Republican candidate for President, unless there should be some unexpected developments. There seems to be no great love here either for Gov. Smith or for Mr. Hoover, taking the State at large. It is true that each of the candidates has ardent admirers in Minnesota, but to a great many of the voters it is a question of Hobson's choice. And the | candidate who wins will be the candi- date who is less disliked. Opposed by Farmers. Gov. Smith has a following among the wets, who are Strongly for him. Out among the farmers, however, it is difficult to arouse enthusiasm for the New York Governor. It is easier to arouse opposition to Hoover. Smith muffed the ball early in the campaign when he said in an’interview that .he would not stand for equalization fee of the McNary-Haugen farm bill. This was widely heralded in the newspapers of Minnesota. His utterances since then on the farm problem, although he has declared for the principle of the McNary-Haugen bill, have not warme« the farmers to him in great numbers. They have the impression that he is going to call upon another commission to consider farm legislation and they are rather sick of commissions and in- vestigations. They want some legisla- | tion and want it quick. i The visit of the New York Governor to St. Paul and his address here stirred up interest in his candidacy. But along came Senator Borah of Idaho, and threw a mass of cold water on the ublican campaigners of note have been ?n the St.at:. among them Senator Curtis, the vice-presidential candidate, and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr. Indeed, the campaign has set a hot pace on | both sides. Efforts are being made 10 have Mr. Hoover come here on his way | to California to vote. St. Paul Is Stronghold. St. Paul is a Democratic stronghold in this State. It is here the Demo- cratic State headquarters are located. And Democratic leaders profess con- fidence they will carry the State for Smith. But when pressed, they admit it is a horse race. Republicans en- gaged in the campaign, however, are ar more confident than the Democrats. The more conservative Republicans fig- ure the State will go for Hoover by 30,000 to 50,000. The more optimistic are claiming the State by 100,000. Farmer-Labor leaders, who are sup- porting Senator Shipstead for the Sen- ate, in expressing their opinions pri- vately on the presidential race, give Hoover the edge. They do not see how Smith can win. These particular Farm- er-Labor people, however, are maintain- ing nevtrality as between the two can- didates for President, hoping for both Democratic and Republican support for Shipstead, who has not taken sides in the presidential row. The Democrats in Minnesota faced great odds when the campaign got un- der way. Minnesota has a clean record of voting for Republican presidential candidates since the Republican party elected Abraham Lincoln. There is one exception. Minnesota voted for Theo- dare Roosevelt, When_he. heated: the (Continued on Page-5, Golumn: FOUR CHIGAGO STORES ‘BOCKED:B Y BOMBS A - Shop. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 17.—Explosion of four bombs in widely separated parts of town broke the otherwise calm of last night and early today in Chicago. Three of the bombs were directed at tire and battery shops. The fourth shattered the front of the Kennard Shoe Store on Roosevelt road. Owners of the places bombed were unable to suggest a motive, but_in the case of the Il- linois Battery "Service, police saw the hand of labor racketeers. Other bombings were the Speedway Tire Service, Inc., and the Tire Ser- vice & Battery Shop. Total damage will run into several thousand dollars, police estimated. ALLEGED COMMUNISTS _ ARE ARRESTED IN RAID By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, October 17.—Inves- tigation of suspected Communist activi- tles in Los Angeles has resulted in the arrest of two men and seizure of three truckloads of literature. Those under arrest were Oliver Carl- son, said by police to be the manager of Communist operations here, and A. Grossberg, an alleged assistant. They were arrested in a downtown building where the Workers (Communist) party was said to have established its head- quarters, Carlson was charged with suspicion of criminal syndicalism, and d | ship. He said he wished his father-in- | - oy Lamgette :‘Swe .[7 The Los-Angeles and { IEPPELNTOSTART HOME N TENDAYS, AFTERTOURINLS, Crew Here Friday to- Visit German Embassy, Coolidge and Arlington. THREE DAYS ARE SET FOR RETURN JOURNEY Most of Passengers Make Reserva- tions for Trip Back to Ger- many With Huge Bag. By the Assoclated Press NEW YORK, October 17.—-The Graf Zeppelin plans to start a return flight | to Germany in about ten days. First, however, after repairs have been made to her damaged fin, she will make a tour of the Eastern United States. Announcement of his plans was made by Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the big air cruiser, during a breath- ing spell in the reception which the city gave him, his officers, crew and passengers on the 6,300-mile flight. The damaged horizontal fin, the mis- hap which threatened disaster off Ber- muda, will be repaired by the end of the week, he said. Then the Zeppelin will start her tour of United States citles. Pittsburgh, Akron, Ohio; Detroit and “perhaps Chicago and some other | cities” were listed by Dr. Eckener on his tentative itinerary. Sets Three Days for Return. Although the trip from Friedricksha- ' fen to Lakehurst required almost flve‘ days, Capt. E. H. Lehman, first officer. | believes the return voyage will be made in two days less time. Favorable winds are counted on to speed the journey. Dr. Ernst Brandenburg, German un- dersecretary for aviation in the min- istry of transportation, who crossed the Atlantic on the Zeppelin, said most of the passengers have reserved accom- modationd for the return trip. Praise for the newest of transatlantic liners was voiced by most of the passen- gers. One of the most enthusiastic was Count Brandenstein-Zeppelin, son-in- law of the originator of the rigid air- law might have made the trip. He paid special praise to the ground crew at Lakehurst which handled the Zeppelin on her arrival there. “In all my ex-| perience with airships I never saw a great dirigible maneuvered with such, skill,” he said. | One exception to the list of enthusi- | astic passengers was Frederick Gilfillan, an American living at Lucerne, Switzer- | land, who was sick most of the way| across as a result of being deprived | of his tobacco. He is an inveterate e B¢ pleadings of his friends persuaded him to go through with it, he said. Lady Grace Drummond Hay, the only | ‘woman passenger, had a good time, and | wants to go back on the Zeppelin if | she can make the necessary arrange- ments. She tended her own cabin on the way over, she said, and was so busy with that and her writing that she had litttle time to become bored with the journey. Visit Washington Friday. While their ship is being overhauled and the damage repaired Dr. Eckener and his crew will interrupt their round of festivities here to make a trip to Washington Friday, where they are to be guests of the German Ambassador. They have been invited to have breakfast, with President Coolidge and then will .place & wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. A luncheon and dinner dance will complete their Washington program. 5 Thrilled by the sight of the Zeppelin cruising over the city at the end of her long journey Monday, affording such an aerial display, with the attending planes, as New York had not seen be- fore, hundreds of thousands gave a spontaneous welcome to Dr. Eckener and the others of his party yesterday. Coming from Lakehurst by special train, the visitors were taken aboard the municipal tug Macom at Jersey City, and -with the traditional marine parade and amid a din of whistles, landed at the Battery for a triumphal procession up Broadway to the City Hall. After the ceremonies there, at which, Acting Mayor McKee extended the,.city's. ‘official- welcorae, s thiey Were avenue- to-the -Hotel.. they: will' stay., while 1A Naw. York, ' Growels -confinued 1o threng the big| Hangar. at-the .Naval Air" Station” at Lakehurst, whete the Oraf Zeppelin is he. United s’ Navy byerhaflled the | Ship's+ motors;+ exflm’{ned the.- envelope ssible, téars, a%d. }Jpperg the. torn| bric, fror maged'part. * - Al e tavo Smaller Navy blimps were forgotten ‘as the crowds veagerly ‘watched the Navy men 'swarm over the. big steel hull -of. the Zeppelin. :Sl*teen members’ of the Zep- pelin’s crew foreswore the reception in New York to ald the Navy workmen in their task. WASHINGTONIANS ENJOY VOYAGE ON BYRD SHIP C. L. Kessler Radios Account of Trip—Initiated Into Nep- tune’s Order. ‘Washingtonians aboard , the Eleanor Bolling, the vessel on which Comdr. Byrd is sailing for the base from which he will operate in the South Polar re- gion, are enjoying the trip, according to a radio dispatch to the Navy press- room received today from Charles L. Kessler, 40 Foxhall road, “Nearing the Equator,” says Kessler's message, “and our initiation into the ancient order of Neptunus Rex is be- ing planned, part of which will be a headshave. We have an unofficial race on with the City of New York, another of the Byrd expedition vessels, and it has pepped. things up. There is plenty of work and we Washingtonians along with the otl;‘:rs are going strong. Best regards to the gang.” lg(esslu was formerly the Marine or- derly 1n the Navy Department press- room. He got his first taste of polar work, when he obtained leave to go with Comdr, Byrd on his expedition to the North Pole. Upon his return to duty he was sent to China aboard the flag- ship Pittsburgh of the Asiatic fleet. He Grossberg was held for violation of the alien anarchy provision of the Immi- gration law, returned to the United States just prior to the sailing of the Byrd expedition and obtained an assigoment with ity 1He*light "of ‘the (7% otogtcal, psyeholog egclesiastical Ig ll'nni'rlgse and HIGHER CARFARE SEEN AS LIKELY UTILITIES VERDIGT |Efforts to Forestall Increase | Believed to Have Failed Before Commission. THOUGHT TIED BY LAW 70 GRANT FAIR RETURN W. R. & E. Complaint, However, May Check Granting of Cap- ital Traction Appeal. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The likelihood of a higher street car fare for Washington increased today when it was learned that the Public Utilities Commission had virtually cast aside every suggested means to forestall | approval of the Capitol Traction Co.'s | application for financial relief. | The commission will meetin execu- | tive session again tomorrow morning to | dispose of the car-fare case if possible, News Note: A Detroit judge has held as possibly insane a driver who covered his car with signs.iand will find itself in the position, it BUSINESS HIGH ALUMNI FIGHT FOR NEW $1.500.,000 BUILDING With several classes of Business High School forced to meet in the corridors, with rifle team candidates firing in a narrow, foul-smelling ash pit, and the assembly hall serving the dual purpose of a studyroom and a | music practice hall at the same time, the Business High School Alumni Association today is launching a drive which it expects to carry through the Board of Education, the Bureau of the Budget and Congress itself in a strenuous effort to assure the appropriation of $400,000 sought by the school board for the structural beginning of the sorely needed new Business High School at Thirteenth and Upshur streets. COMMISSION ASKS STUDY OF DIVORCE of Causes. A 10-year study by co-operating social agencics, adequately financed, to de- termine the underlying causes of di- vorce as a basis for future action, was urged upon the Housg of Bishops of the Episcopal ChurcH this morning in the report of the joint commission which has been studying this problem for the past three years. The joint commission, headed by Righ Rev. Herman Page, Bishop of Michigan, also recommends that ‘“nor- mal schools, colleges, universities and seminaries be asked to offer more in- struction on the subject of human re- lationships, especially on the subject of marriage, and that the clergy of this church be urged to give training for marriage 2 conspicuous place in their programs.” Modification Distant. There is no suggestion for the pres- ent that the rigid divorce laws of the church, which recognize adultery as the only ground for divorce and re- fuse to remarry any but the innocent party, be modified, but rather that fu- ture action be guided by scientific data at present unavailable. The proposed scientific study would approach- the .problem of .marriage. “advaticed findings. . >4 b ‘The ‘commission \at” tinued-with the.understanding that .1t cp-operate, with ‘other~ agencirs” g sg= cyre-such avscientific ‘study -and -that ¢ ‘canon law in relation divarce’afid on "the Te e‘\ufin' bétigeén ciyil ‘and’ religtous inta: Tiage v v e ¥ et 0 e dee o8 “The divorce rate is‘increasing all over; the world,. the commission : reported, and, it admits its three-year “sfudy <to. find ‘the reason.’ Various surfage factors of ‘madern: life, | such as the drift of populations ‘from the country to the city, the prevalence of apartment house life and the de- clining birth rate, have frequently been adduced as the reasons for in- creased divorce, but the commission finds great difficulty in establishing a direct relationship between them. Swell City Figures. Country people, it found, swell the city divorce rates; apartment houses have been common in European cities for years and have not hitherto affect- ed marital relations, and thousands of divorced couples have large families. “In fact,” says the -weport, “desertion, which often 1s called the poor man’s divorce, is commonly attributed to the fact that there are too many children.” “There are others who feel,” the re- port continues, “that the increase in di- vorce is due to the fact that our Chris< tian Church does not take the same firm stand that is taken by the Church of Rome in regard to the indissolubility of marriage. Conditions in Roman Catho- lic countries, however, are by no means reassuring, and studies of conditions in itireport.to the next gonvention on u\e:{ this country show that the desertion | rate among so-called Roman Catholi~ is deplorably high. It should be said, however, that the whole subject of re- ligious affiliation is one which requires careful investigation, because many peo- ple claim a church connection whose relation to the church is purely nominal. “Another cause frequently given is that of financial tension, but there is no reason to think that finances are the cause of more unhappiness in the rela- tion of husband and wife than in any other relations of life. Finances are a ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) itgelf. baffled "after ils’| :Oppose Cutting Project From Estimates and putting It on List of “Supple- ‘ mental Estimates.” E‘;“cfi‘ ey ,gdp‘;'_};;;fly mpd.u:'; smoker and said that he did not know House of B'ShOps Urgfdtto ot P o, oo Ot s gmeking Y Lophiaden sl sl m"'eJ""tBUHEH T0=Yeur Stirvey e \ ol cal and sslom | Donovan, District auditor, who had to asked that it be cona] - 1 | Connolly, formerly president of Queens The alumni association has discov- ered that funds needed for the start of construction of the new building have been dropped from the regular school estimates and included in a ‘“supple- mental estimate” by Maj. Daniel J. cut the list of estimates. Committee Makes Fight. ‘The $400,000 fund for new building was included ma of Education's estimates for 1930, and 3 -the. 1 auf les “to cul l.m!‘ufir\ues $1,000,000 the board, strong in its con- victicn that the estimates represented the um absolute requirements of the school system for the coming year, returned the estimates to the Commissioners unchanged. The Com- missioners ' subsequently ordered Maj. Donovan to make the necessary reduc- tion to the school's share of the total District appropriation estimates by com- piling a “supplemental estimate.” Maj. Donotan, it become known, prompt- ly included in that estimate the $400,- 000 sought by the school board as the first allotment of the $1,500,000 which will be expended in the erection of the new building. A committee of three members of the Business Alumni Association will attend the meeting of the Board of Ed- ucation at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, prepared to address the board on what they describe the intolerable conditions at the present Business High School at Ninth street and Rhode Island avenue. This committee included George P. Barse, vice president, and James C. Wilkes and H. A. Schweinhaut, former presidents of the body. - Citizens Pledge Support. Since learning that construction on the new school probably will be delayed another year, by virtue of the neces. sary funds’ inclusion in the supple- mental estimate, the association also has approached three citizens’ associa- tions, the Lincoln Park, West End and the Petworth groups, for support. Each of these associations unanimously pledged its aid in attaining the new ‘Former Borovgh Presilent ard En- i re. Convicted in By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK «October. 17.—A Supreme Court jury today convicted Maurice E. Borough, and Frederick Seely, former engineer of sewer design, who were tried on charges of conspiring to defraud the city in the construction of the borough's $29,000,000 sewer system. The jury was out more than 25 hours. Connolly, who resigned under fire last April after having been borough presi- dent of Queens since 1911, and Seely were indicted last June, with the late John M. Phillips, sewer pipe dealer, of conspiring to profit from Queens sewer work. Phillips died before the trial. Two of three original counts of con- spiracy were thrown out by the court at the end of the State's case during the a | 3nce with this, both Feagin and Smith WTHESSE CASH WTHINVESTGATOR Recourse to Law Threatened to Compel Replies in Utilities ?robe. By the Associated Press. After two 'witnesses of the Electric Bond & Share Co. had refused today to answer questions put to them in the Federal Trade Commission’s power in- vestigation, Commissioner McCulloch served notice that the commission would take recourse to law to compel repre- sentatives of the company to give the information desired. McCulloch’s stand followed instruc- tions given by John F. MacLane, counse! for the Electric Bond & Share Co., to Ralph B. Feagin, a vice president, and A. E. Smith, controller, that they were not required to answer questions or pro- duce-documents bearing on the financial records of their organization. In accord- had refused answers to questions by Robert E. Healy, commission counsel, any. made by their iny 16 1 ice public opinion against municipal ownership. . Contrary to MacLane's position, Com- missioner McCulloch contended that the information sought ‘comes squarely within the Senate resolution ordering this investigation and also the powers conferred on the commission by the act which created it.” 1 Row Over Co-Operation. Earlier MacLane had said the Electric Bond & Share Co. had co-operated witn the present investigation in the! furnishing of such records as were ma- | terial. McCulloch, however, expressed the opinion that the company was will- ing to co-operate with the investigation “only to the extent that served its own end.” The commissioner added that he could only presume the company was| detying the jurisdiction of the commis- sion, and that it was seeking to conceal information from the Senate and from the country. “If there is any method of law avail- able to force the Electric Bond & Share Co. to submit this information,” he concluded, “the commission will utilize | those methods.” The investigation was recessed until next Tuesday morning at 10 a.m., with the subpoenas for Feagin and Smith remaining in force. _ Furthermore, Smith was directed specifically by Com- missioner McCulloch to produce all dis- bursement vouchers showing payments made by the company to influence pub- lic opinion or elections, as covered in the Walsh resolution. When this di- rection was first given, Smith indicated that he would ignore it upon advice of counsel. Recalled to the stand for the third time he was given the di- rection .again by, McCulloch . but , he 4 e S tflelé_kgnd."_l‘:? ‘.wm;, Rad”sdid . he gould-give no information as to whetirer the, Blectric Bond &.Share.Co. and the Te¢itic. Bond and-Shiare Sefutities Gor- poration . were controlled by the -sams ers,‘."l;‘flldn sald.the mp:fixkg :g- nrinistrations- were- “substantially -the “same.”: Feagin Said he; held :hisv position i’ both'ofgantzations, just ‘as ‘Smith had said he 'was_controller “and _assistant secretary for -both. Feagin, said the cor- poraion owned all of. the common stock of thecompany and some of-the’ pre- ferred stock, and that the great majority of the preferred stock was owned by the public. Questioned by Healy, he said that the voting power of the company was controlled by the corporation. As had Smith, Feagin said the Elec- tric Bond & Share Co. performed many services for subsidiary companies, such as supervising financial organization, etc. These services were performed by contract, he said, with many public utility operating companies and some holding companies. Healy sought to develop what connec- tion there was between these two organizations when he started quiz- zing Smith, but Smith said he did not know whether any other officers of either company held the same position in the other company. He said he could not name any directors either of the company or the corporation, and trial. (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) 1C1ei'nenceau Comes Out of Retirement . To Talk to American Newspaper Men By the Associated Press. PARIS, October 17.—Georges Clem- enceau, “the Old Tiger,” came out of his lair in a jocular mood for a few minutes today and made his first ap- pearance in years at a luncheon of the Anglo-American Press Association. “What can I tell America?” he asked with a smile. ‘“Americans know every- thing.” Speakirg in perfect English he told of his pleasure in seeing so many correspondents whom he had often met during the war. * art is with you Americans, one and all,” he concluded. ‘The wartime premier.had often been invited to appear before the association but always insisted he “was out of the icture.” It happened that he was 1 | commission leans toward the was said, of being compelled by law to grant the increase because the car com= pany urges it on the ground of not hav- ing earned a fair return on the valua- tion which the Court of Appeals i 1925 fixed at $26,000,000. The company now is earning 3.8 per cent on that valua- tion and it claims that 7 per cent is a fair rate of return. W. R. & E. May Influence Action. The only remaining practical move | that the commission now has to pre- vent a fare increase without going around the law governing its action, it was pointed out today, is to grant the higher rate to the Capital Trac- tion Co. and deny it to the Washington Railway & Electric Co. The latter did not ask for the increase, but it in- formed the commission that if the Cap- ital Traction Co. is given a higher fdre, it wants to be similarly treated. John H. Hanna, president of the Cap- ital Traction Co., at the outset.of the public hearings on the higher fare peti- tion told the commission that unless an increase is given to the competing com- pany, his corporation would refuse to accept it. Thus the commission could | by giving the Capital Traction Co. au- | thority to raise its fare defeat the PR ere a strong jon at the District Building, however, that the policy of a umiform rate of fare on both car- lines. It was recalled that some years nTo. when the Washington Railway & | Electric Co. asked for a higher fare the increase that followed was likewise | applied to the Capital Traction Co., | which did not seek it, merely for the purpose of keeping the rate of fare the | same on each line. Instead of granting the increase the commission can, it was explained, con- tinue to mark time over the higher fare application, as it has done in the last several weeks, until Congress re- turns and disposes of the pending tran- sit merger agreement. There was some indication several days ago that such a step might be resorted to but this has Y'l;een dissipated by recent develop- ments. Congress Reckoned With. ‘The comission Had hoped, it was learn- ed, that the Capital Traction Co. would not press its plea for financial relief until Congress had made known its at- titude with respec¢t to the merger agree- ment. In fact, overtures were made to the com&my some time ago to have the ?ppélcn n withdrawn, but it declined o do so. Should the commission refuse to apply any increase it might grant to Capital Traction Co., to the Wi n - way & Electric Co., it is believed in public utility quarters that the latter would have no basis to appeal to the courts. If so, on the other hand, the Washington Railway & Electric Co. did later apply for an increase the commission would be forced to revalue its property, as no court valuation has aver been fixed on it. This would con- sume a year or more and defer action on the petition for that length of time. FORMER ACTING MAYOR OF DETROIT IS KILLED J. A. Martin Meets Death in Auto .Crash—Was Once Head - of *. City:Couneil.” By'the Assdciated Press. DETROIT, - October 17.—Joseph' _A. Martin, former acting mayor and pre: idegt of the.City cil of Detroit, was -instantly killed early-today, when an.automobile in which he-was riding crashed- into, a _telephone“pole; T Striking a. hole,in the pavement on yelgozodwa.rd avenue - and skidding 150 “The car was driven by Samuel'Sof- :;rtlrln. 30, ,who su!!eredy a. fractured ull, - Martin was president of the council from 1923 to ngS and was acting mayor in 1924 during the illness of Mayor Frank E. Doremus. Sofferin is a cigar manufacturer. — MEXICO OFFERS PARDONS. Prisoners to Be Freed as Calles’ Term of Office Ends. MEXICO CITY, October 17 (#).— The Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a measure today. making a pardon available November 30, on the occasion of the ending of President Calles’ term of office, to prisoners who have served a fourth part of their sen- tences in cases .of sentences up to 10 years and a third part of 20-year sen- Ie%c’le& e measure is not general, as each prisoner desiring a pardon must submit an application. Those under death gen:n’{ are u;mz lnclude& but the Presi- lent has the power don such prisoners at his discreuan.p“ NANKING NOTES SENT. SHANGHAI, October 17 (#).—Notes between France and the Chinese Na- tionalist government settling the Nan- king incident of March, f927. when foreigners were attacked and property destroyed, were exchanged yester The text of the agreement, which was made public today, was similar in lunching with lends today at the same restaurant as the newspaper men m:: d:'n readily agreed to sav a fcw, w terms of the Sino-American and Sino- | British settlements of the same inci- dent, including full compensation for personal injuries and material demage.