Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1929, Page 1

——— e WEATHE R. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forscast.) Increasingly cloudy with rising tem- perature today, followed by rain possibly mixed with snow; colder tomorrow night. Temperatures: Highest, 34, at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 24, at day. Full report on page 5. 8 a.m. yester- e RN 0. T SRR, Fh iy he 3 v WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION y Star, “From Pre Sunday mornin Main 5000 to . TSR —_— ss to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and g to Wishington homes by ‘The Star's exclusive earrier service. Phone start immediate delivery. (#) Means Associated Prass. No. 1,245—No. 30,952, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. Q. SBUNDAY SENATE SUPPORTS HOLSE PROVISON ON CRUISER BILL Declares for Construction of | Eight of Warships in Gov- ernment Yards. SHOWDOWN NEXT WEEK ON PROGRAM SCHEDULED | Coolidge Desires to Eliminate Clause Requiring Start on Ship- building by 1931. The Senate yesterday voted to stand | by the House provision in the cruiser construction bill requiring thst 8 of | the proposed 16 new warships be built in Government yards. This cleared the way for a show- Fan Hangs Himself In Failing to Get Station He Wanted 1 By the Assoclated Press. TRENTON, N. J, January 26.—Angered because he could not get his favorite radio station, George W. Henry, residing on the Grovellie Hightstown road, hang- ed himself on an improvised gal- lows in the rear of his home. His daughter, Mrs. Florence Kramer, told the authorities that her father became incensed over his failure to tune in on the sta- tion and left the house in a rage. When he failed to return a search revealed his body hanging by a Tope from a tree. A fallen lad- der indicated that he had kicked it away after fastening a noose around his neck. | CAPT. FRIED'S MATE DESCRIBES RESCUE Manning Gives First-Hand Story When America Reaches Home. down next week on the big controversy raised by President Coolidge's desire 10| eliminate a clause to require a start on the naval program by 1931. The Dallinger amendment, requiring the eight cruisers to be built in GOV-| with the 32 Italian sailors it had saved | ernment yards, was adopted with a| provision suggested by Senator Swan-| son and offered by Senator McKeller | ‘which enables the Secretary of the Navy to purchase for the Government-built| cruisers only such materials or parts as are “not customarily manufactured” in | Government plants. This provision was | adopted in lieu of one put in by Lhe} naval affairs committee, which, it wi objected, threw the doors wide open for the Secretary of the Navy to make the navy yards mere assembling plants | for private materials and private equip- ment. Accepted Without-Roll Call. ‘The modified Dallinger amendment | was adopted without a roll call. Senator | Hale accepted it. At the same | without a roll call, the Senate de- feated a substitute by Senator Bingham for the amendment. This contempiaied construction in Government yards un- | less they could be built for less money | in private yards. T’; substitute met opposi- tion from Senators having Government plants in their States and those who on pwfl:dple favor Government construc- tion, £ ‘While discussion in the- Senate on the bill yesterday revol about the Dallinger amendment, controversy raged in the cloakrooms and corridors over the question of striking out the 1931 time t. Senator Borah began a poll of the Senate on this question. are the time limit will re- Democral L yet clear, but it is expected a rity of the Democrats will stand ‘would probably be fatal to legislation. Perceiving the vital importance of the time limit proposition, opponents of the bill directed attention to trying ize to knock it out. Senator Borah is a leading opponent of the time limit. Discussion Delayed. Discussion of the bill was delayed in the Senate until 2:45 on account of lengthy morning business and a speech by Senator Nye on the Stewart-Rocke- feller contest.” When the debate on the | Six cruisers opened, Senator Bingham took the floor and introduced his proposed substitute for the Dallinger amendment, “It is important,” said Senator Bing- ham, “that the decision be left to the Secretary of the Navy. The private shipyards are seriously depressed.” In a sharp wrangle over the Bingham substitute, ~Senators McKellar and Johnson expressed strong opposition to it. ' Senator Johnson held it would en- able the Secretary of the Navy to avoid | building any of the ships in Govern- | ment yards, and he declared Mare Is- | land was equipped to build vessels for | less than private yards. Senator Edge argued that under the Bingham amendment the ships would be built in Government yards if it could be done for less cost there, but Senator Johnson was not sure of it. He sug- gested he would like “to make the com- putation,” indicating that the cost fig- ures could be interpreted differently. Senator Swanson flftly opposed the Bingham substitute. He pointed out that for 20 years there had been con- sts in Govern- | ate yards, and if half the | built in Government yards | private yards, there would ment to the Dallinger amendment, which would allow the Secretary of the Navy, in having eight cruisers built in Government yards, to purchase from | private parties only such parts as can- | not be manufactured in Government yards. Senator Hale, chairman of the naval committee, explained that it was de- sirable to use the ways of the navy vards which were not in use. Those in use are Mare Island, New York Yard and could have filled By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 26.—The liner America came steaming home today from the ocean’s fury, and full details of the actual rescue were told for the first time by Harry Manning, the diminutive chief officer who was in com- mand of the lifeboat. Half-coated in ice and her high flanks smeared from the gale-whipped seas that had battered her during the rescue, the America dropped anchor at Quarantine just at noon and a hundred reporters and cameramen swarmed aboard. Manning Tells Story. After Capt. George Fried had been welcomed by his wife and Manning by his mother they met the newspaper men in a saloon on the boat deck and Capt. Fried smilingly pointed Manning out as the real hero of the occasion. Manning is less than average height and weighs 130 pounds. Seeing him | there in the luxurious saloon, it was hard to think of him as the man who had flung himself into the face of death to save the crew of the Italian tramp steamer Florida. This little sailor in blue and brass had pitted his knowl and courage against all the force of the sea and storm. and he had won. With modest hesitation he told how it was done. “How did you select the eight men | who went with you in the lifeboat?” he was teers' asked. b “Did you call for volun- teered,” he said. “I ‘boats. I chose eight W, Feared Digck Lumber. “The trip to the Florida from the America wasn’t so bad, except that we | didn’t dare to go very close because of the deckload of lumber that might have come tumbling down on us. But we got a line over and the men from the Florida began pulling themselves through the water to us. “Most of them had taken off what clothes the storm had left them so they could swim better. Some of them wete badly injured and you could hear them groaning as they crawled along through the waves. We yanked them in and they lay there on the bottom of the boat, exhausted, dazed, silent. “Capt. Favoloro of the Florida came last. He seemed reluctant to leave his | ship, but at last he too stepped into | the sea and came over. And then the real battle began. The storm was in creasing and as the waves got higher my hopes went lower. I never thought we'd make it.” 1t was only a 30-foot boat and it had 41 men in it. Manning said that the oarsmen were unable to make any progress, and six of the rescued Italians had to be asked to help. They respond- ed eagerly, though they were spent with days of struggle, and in a little more than an hour the quarter mile between the two steamers was crossed. “If we had been minutes later,” said | “Every one v: {Manning, “I don't believe we would | have made it.” Two Fall Back to Boat. This point in the rescue, Manning | said, marked the only instance when any one showed any signs of being un- nerved. A couple of the rescued men leaped from the lifeboat to cargo nets ! let down the America’s side, instead of waiting to be assisted. But they were too weak and fell back, one on top of Manning, injuring his back. They were finally all hoisted aboard and then Manning himself started up a ladder. But he could not summon gnergy to pull himself up. He would (Continued on Page 14, Column 1.) kit WILBUR TO PRAISE FRIED. Skipper of America to Get Letter From Secretary of Navy. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur an- nounced yesterday that he will transmit | 8 letter of commendation to Capt. George Fried, skipper of the America, for his recent rescue of the crew of the S. S. Florida. Mr. Wilbur described the captain, a former enlisted man of the Regular Navy, and a Naval Reserve officers, “a | very gallant officer and a very pleasant gentleman.” Capt. Fried was awarded the Navy Cross for his rescue operations of the Puget Sound Yard, he said. He said the committee had taken testimony on " (Continued on Page 5, Column 2) crew of the British ship Antinoe, three years ago. Miss Summertime to Be Sunburned Maid With plenty of "Allure," Fas}\ions Show By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 26.—“Miss Summer- time” came to Paris this week decked in a wardrobe that brought visions of leafy bowers and made the Winter cos- tumes of the best-dressed women in the fashion capital look drab enough for an old-clothes sale. Every leaf in the new_frocks a ies was signed with a costly “Miss Summertin has thousands of them ready for use. ‘The Summer girl, as revealed at the first fashion show this year, is to sunburned lassie with plenty of lure,” as the French term what in America is generally called “it.” She will have a little more covering on her bones than last year, but a little less on her back. She will advocate all that is feminine without necessarily being frail. | Fashion statistical experts have ha trouble in measuring her skirts becau: “Miss Summertime” changes costumes so rapidly that no two measures read alike. | In the main, however, about as much | silk stocking is to show as last year. | Arms will be covered sometimes at din- ner, but the formals which have sleeves possess only scant backs. Some of the most important dress- makers have been hanging back on the Summer style shows in order to cir- cumvent design bootleggers. ‘While the cld-line houses were thus | hesitating, the new house of Magey | Rouff in the Champs Elysees' formally introduced its conception of “Miss Summertime.” The party was attended by several hundred of the sartorially ! important people of Paris, ¢ DONOVAN 10 SEE PRESIDENT-ELECT General Despite Opposition From Three Sides. CANVASS OF SENATE INDICATES APPROVAL Prefer His Appointment as Secretary of War, BY CARTER FIELD. Special Dispatch to The Star MIAMI BEACH, Fla,, January 26.— Herbert Hoover reluctantly returned to Miami Beach late tonight; after three glorious days of deep-sea fishing, fac- ing the necessity of more conferencos with visitors in what may be the most important week of his Southern trip. William J. Donovan, now assistant to the Attorney General or third man in the Department of Justice, will be among the first of the week's conferees. While there is no official confirmation for it, it is generally believed that de- spite the opposition of the Ku Klux Klan, one element of the drys, whichi | does not believe in Donovan because | until he entered the Government serv. ice as district attorney at Buffalo he EARLY THIS WEEK |Expected to Become Attorney Klan and Dry Element Belicved to | PASTORS WILL ASK MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1 929—134 PAGES. | | | SPEAKING OF “COMMUNITY CHE S was not a prohibitionist, and a small group of Senators opposed to Donovaa | because of the Wheeler indictment | episode, Mr. Hoover will name Mr. Donovan to his cabinet. Prefers Justice Port. The post desired especially by Mr. Donovan, if he is to go into the cabi- net, is Attorney General, and it is gen- erally believed that he will get this place. However, it became known here to- day that through very unofficial chan- nels the word had been conveyed to Mr. Hoover that the klan heads, al- though bitterly opposed to Donovan be- ing made Attorney General, would not object if he is made Sccretary of War. Mr. Hoover appreciates intensly the | work done by Col. Donovan, especially in combating the advertising cam- paign backed by the anti-Hoover Catho- lics toward the end of the campaign, He sees no reason for searching about to find some other Catholic for the cabinet who was not interested one way or the other, so far as publicity was concerned, in the campaign. Senate is Canvassed. But the Klan leaders, while they do not approve the choice of Donovan, are willing that he should be made Secre- tary of War for the simple re: in he =mm”m§fi tact with any phase of Klan activity, whereas in the postion iof Attorney General there would be case after case where feeling one way or the other about the Klan as an organization, and as to Klan leaders as individuals, might be most important from their stand- point, so the word has come to Mr. Hoover that they are hoping Donovan (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) 12 DIE, 2 MISSING, 55 ESCAPE IN BLAST 1 Miners Unaccounted For Are Be-| lieved to Have Perished in West Virginia Pit. By the Associated Press. KINGSTON, W. Va, January 26.— ‘Twelve miners were known to be dead and two were unaccounted for tonight | following an explosion in the mine of the Kingston Pocahontas Coal Co. here. Sixty-nine men were in the workings | at the time of the blast, and of this number 55 escaped. Rescue workers who foupd the bodies of the 12 men believed the 2 missing | workers had perished, as the bodies located were scorched and in some in- stances badly burned. Fifty-three of the underground work- ers fled to safety through an entry on the opposite side of a mountain from he main shaft and walked 2 miles back to the mine offices. Two were later found by rescue crews, who sald the miners were slowly working their way to the entrance when picked up. One of the latter men, G.” W. Williams, was suffering from after-damp and shock. While the mine employs 500 men, only 69 were on duty when the blast rocked the workings early today. It was some time before it was known that any one had escaped and then the 53 men appeared over the brow of the mountain after their long tramp in the cold. Rescuers, carrying oxygen helmets, advanced cautiously into the gas-filled entries soon after the detonation. They were still exploring the mine tonight. R. M. Lambie, chief of the West Vir- ginia Department of Mines, was in charge of the rescue work. He was aided by safety squads from nearby mines. FEAR FELT FOR TWENTY SEAMEN ON TRAWLER By the Associated Pres BOSTON, January 26.—Fear that the steam trawler Seiner had gone down with her crew of 20 was ex- pressed by Coasl Guard officers today after a three-day search by a fleet of ! patrol boats had failed to reveal any trace of the missing craft. The Seiner has not been sighted or heard from since January 13, 2 The theory is advanced that heavily Iaden with fish after a trip to Georges Banks she was caught in the gales that. swept the Atlantic during the last week and swamped. The search will be continued, how- ever, on the possibility that she may have been blown far out to sea. Miltiary Bridge Opened. Military Bridge, on Military road over Rock Creek, was opened to traffic yesterday. “The old bridge has becn replaced by a new structure, and no traffic has been allowed over the bridge for several months while the construc- tion was in progress, b1 Sunday.” CHET AD TODAY Concerted Pleas for Support | Will Be Made in Al Churches. Washington churches today will her- ald the opening of the Washington Community Chest campaign, which opens officially with a dinner of chest officers, campaign division leaders and team captains and members, in the Ho- tel Mayflower tomorrow night at 6:30 | o'clock. From every pulpit pleas will be made | by pastors for support by their congre- gations of the campaign for $1,343,- 348.93, the amount needed to enable the 57 member agencies to carry on welfare work during the year. 'Today has been officially designated “Community Chest Dr. W. L. Darby, executive sccretary | of the Washington Federation of Churches, has written every Protestant pastor, urging them to inform their con- gregations of the chest and its pur- poses. Dr. Abram Simon has done like- wise in urging similar action in all of the Jewish tabernacles, while Archbish- op Michael J. Curley has sert a mes- | sage to be read at all Catholic masses today. Aid Is Considered Duty. “Practically all the outstanding Cath- olic agencies of charitable work have | made common cause with the Commu- nity Chest organization of Washington,” Archbishop Curley said. “It is the duty of Catholics of the District, not only to be cheerful con- tributors to this fund, but, furthermore, to render willing service as collectors and agents in the work wherever suci service is required of them.” In addition to sermons by the pas- tors, several churches will have lay speakers to discuss the Community Chest plan. F. L. Rogers will speak at Brightwood Park M. E. Church lhlsl morning at 11 o'clock: Claude Owen at | Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church at | the same hour, Vernon B. Lowrey will address the Nativity congregation at 11 o'clock and Myron Whitney will speak | at the evening service at the Fifteenth | Street Christian Church. Senator Couzens of Michigan, former | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—28 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 25 and 26. and PART TWO—14 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Winter Books—Page 4. District National Guard—Page 6. At Community Centers—Page 7. Army and Navy News—Page 8. Serial Story, “The Vicarion"-—Page 8. Organized Reserves—Page 9. Spanish War Veterans—Page 9. Fraternal News—Pages 10 and 11. D. A. R. Activities—Page 11. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 12, W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 12. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society. Y. W. C. A, Activities—Page 7. News of the Clubs—Pages 10, 11 and 14. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 12, Around the City—Page 12, Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 16. PART FOUR—12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music, i3 Aviation Activities—Page 6. Col. Lindbergh's Story—Page 6. Radio News—Pages 8 and 9. Financial News—Pages 10 and 11. PART FIVE—1 PAGES. Pink Sports Section. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. PART SEVEN—8 PAGES. Magazine Section—Fiction and Humor. PART EIGHT—32 PAGES. Automobile Show Section. District _of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 24, Marine Corps Notes—Page 24. Veterans of Great War—Page 30, GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES, World Events in Pictures, COLOR SECTION—4 PAGES. Screen lMutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs,; High Lights of History, 1 Farmer Awaits Trial For Firing Shotgun At Naval Dirigible Special Dispatch to The Star. NEWTON, N. J., January 26— Merton Hankins, 40-year-old farm hand, is in jail here tonight awaiting trial on charges of fir- ing a shotgun at the naval dirigi- ble Los Angeles. He is specifically charged with malicious mischief and assault with attempt to kill as the result of accusations by Elias 8. Hirsch. Hankins, according to Hirsch, fired four loads of buckshot at the Los Angeles, flying low dur- ing manecuvers September 6 last, while they were on a hunting trip. Hankins denies the accu- sation, It is not known if the dirigible was hit. DRY FUND VICTORY IN'HOUSE IS SEEN \Democratic Leaders Voice| Confidence of Obtaining Sufficient Votes. By the Assoclated Press. Counting the votes they expect to | draw to the support of the proposal to | place $24,000,000 in the hands of the | President for prohibition enforcement, Democratic leaders yesterday expressed confidence that they would be able to obtain House approval of the huge ex- penditure voted by the Senate. No indication yet has been given by Republican leaders as to when the de- | ficiency bill carrying the highly con- troversial appropriation will be brought to the floor of the House, but Repre- sentative Tilson of Connecticut, the majority leader, said he did not expect it to be called up before Tuesday. Many Republicans Silent. « While the Democrats were hopeful | that they would be able to draw enough support from the dry membership of | both parties to put the amendment over, | many members of the Republican party | would venture no prediction as to the| outcome of the balloling on the pro-| posal. | ‘Tilson said he was “neither a prophet | nor a son of a prophet,” and Represen- tative Cramton, Republican, Michigan, | a member of the appropriations com- mittee that will consider the proposal, declined to discuss the possible result of the forthcoming contest on the floor. Among the Democratic membership, Representatives Garrett of Tennessce | and Garner of Texas, the party leaders, | felt that there was a good chance of | the proposal being accepted. Possible Action Speculated. | If the House should reject the amend- | ment and send the bill to conference with the Senate the Democrals believe that inview of the size of the vote by which the Senate adopted the proposal, the Senate might press its position and insist upon its acceptance by the Hous Should the House continue to refuse, the proposed expenditure as well as other items in the bill probably would" die in conference. This would leave the question to the new Congress for settlement. - Many of the incoming Congressmen were chosen on issues that might prompt them to take their place behind the amendment, irrespective of party lines, and in some quarters the opinion was expressed to- day that if the question were left over the hand of its advocates would be strengthened. FIRE DAMAGES CENTRAL PIER AT ATLANTIC CITY' By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, January 26. ~—Fire tonight damaged the Central Pier which runs oceanward from the Board- walk at Tennessce avenue, were stationed on hotels be that were carried through the air by a sea breeze. ‘The Central Pier was built on the site of the famous Young's Pier, which burn- ed in 1912. J. S. Bache, stock broker of New York and Chicago, has offices upstairs and the Atlantic City Kiwanis Club maintains an office in the arcade. Deputy Fire Chief Maltby Mesick, in- jured when his department automobile collided with a fire engine, left the At- lantic City Hospital shorily’ after be- in ¢ taken there, but he later collapsed at the fire. Five firemen were hurt threz of them being sent to the hos- pital. ‘The pier was owned by the Sterling Realty Co. It housed various exhibits, stores and offices, including brokerage offices, Atlantic City Club of American | some of the stockholders want Stewart STEWART ASSALED BY NYE IN SENATE |Battle for Control of Stand- ard Co. of Indiana Is Dis- cussed on Floor. | By the Associated Press. 3 The contest between John D. Rocke- | | feller, jr. and Robert W. Stewart for | | control of the Standard Oil Co. of In- | diana was called to the atention of the | Senate yesterday by Senator Nye, Re- publican, of North Dakota, who assailed Stewart’s connection with what he de- | scribed as the “shady Continental Trading Co.”_ Shortly after the Senate lands com- | mittee, of which Nye is chairman, a | year ago inquired into Stewart's deal- | ings with the Continental Co., Mr. | Rockefeller asked and was denied the | resignation.of -Stewart, 3 Senator Nye yesterday declared that Stewart “defied the Senate, misled the Senate, lied to the Senate, and then proceeded to explain successfully his record fo the satisfaction of a District of Columbia jury.” Source of Revenue Cited. Referring to a recent statement by | Stewart, the Senator declared that in this, Stewart had said that his shars | of profits from the Continental Trad- ing Co. was “partly the source from which the steady stream of cash div- idends has been paid to the stock- | holders of the Indiana company.” “It looks to me,” interposed Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, “that re-elected because he gives them the benefit of his stealings.” “If Mr. Stewart’s claim is correct,” asked Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, “then the stockholders benefited by that transaction, did they not?” “Yes, that is true,” Nye replied. “Mr. Rockefeller is a stockholder of the company, is he not?” Borah con- tinued. “Yes, he is.” “Has there been any effort made by any stockholders to return this money derived through the Continental Trad- ing Co.?" Senator Nye said he was not aware of any such attempt. Senator Norris read a letter he said he had reccived from one of the oil stockholders denouncing the manner of Stewart in_soliciting proxies and de- (Contniued on Page 4, Column 5.) HAVANA PAPER IS SUED FOR FERRARA ASSERTIONS Havana Morning Post Defendant in Action Brought by Cuban Envoy's Associate. By the Assoclated Press. HAVANA, January 26.—Because of an editorial printed yesterday in which Dr. Orestes Ferrara, Cuban Ambassador to Washington, was declared to have demonstrated his unfitness for that diplomatic post “by utterances made in Washington” relative to the present tariff hearings and suggesting his recall, the Havana Morning Post, English lan- guage newspaper, is made defendant in an action brought today by Fabian Garcia Montero, associate of Dr. Ferrara. Montero in his charge accuses the Post of having injured Dr. Ferrara by printing the statement. The Havana Post, in turn, has charged Montero with being abusive and violent in an interview last night. MUSSOLINI GRATEFUL FOR RESCUE OF SAILORS Ambassador Delivers Premier's Praise of Americans, Orally and by Letter. By the Associated Press. ‘The Italian Ambasador, Nobile Giaco- mo de Martino, called on Secretary Kel- logg yesterday, upon instructions of Premier Mussolini, and expressed grati- tude for the rescue by the steamer America of the captain and crew of the Italian steamer Florida. In addition to an oral expression the Ambassador handed Mr. Kellogg a letter which read: “His excellency, Signor Mussolini, has directed me to present to the Americait Government the expressions of deep gratitude of the Italian government and of the Italian Navy for the rescue of the crew of the S. S, Florida, which was achieved by the gallant men of the 5. S. America. “I take pleasure In transmitting to you these expressions, which respond Automobile Association and Atlantic Citv Publicity and Convention Bureau among others, to the feeiing of the whole nation and to which I most cordially associate my- self.” 7 | the bill by the end of the coming week | | cordance with the census of 1920, which | {ing the morning hour. {amendment to the census bill, = FIVE v'('l. IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS| “ITEN CENTS ELSEWHERE NTS | Jones Will Attempt | More Publicity in Senate Nominations By the Associated Press. Senator Jones of Washington. the Republican whip, gave notice yesterday that he would attempt to have more publicity attend con- sideration of nominations by the Senate. The Senator said he would pro- pose that all exccutive nomina- tions be considered in open ses- sion unless two-thirds of the Sen- ate voted to close the doors. Under the present rules, a two-thirds vote is necessary to order open ses- sions. A number of Senators com- plained about the recent consid- eration of the nomination of Roy O. West as Secretary of the In- terior in executive session. SENATE HAS HOPES OF FINISHING WORK Prospects of Completing Im-| portant Program Bright, | With Five Weeks Left. | BY G. GOULD LINCOLN, With the cruiser bill fight in the Sen- | ate expected to end in the passage of | if not earlier, prospects of completing the legislative program of the present session of Congress are brightening. In this program are included as major | measures the House bill for the re-| apportionment of Representatives in | Congress and those annual appropria« tion bills which have not yet been put through. | The apparent determination of the leaders to give the cruiser bill the right | of way until it has been disposed of has in large measure taken the tucks out of the opposition. There has been no question that the cruiser bill, pro-} viding for 15 new modern cruisers for | the Navy, would pass the Senate by n} very substantial majority once it could | be brought to a vote. The principal | fight over the bill now is not whether it shall pass, but whether the provision for a time limit in which the construc- tion of the cruisers shall be begun shall | remain in the bill House Favors Time Limit. President Coolidge has recommended | its elimination, on the ground that it | might embarrass the Treasury to be compelled to spend the money within | the specified time. Senator Hale, chair- man of the naval affairs committee and n el = of the bill in the Senate, strongly opposed to the elimination of this provision. Unless there is a shift in sentiment before the vote is taken, the | time limit will remain in the bill. The House has already agreed to the time i u"ll?tt\;e weeks remain before March 4. | when the present Congress expires. If the cruiser bill takes up a week of this | time before the Senate, four weeks lre‘ still available for the consideration of other measures. No effort is being made to bring a farm bill forward, however, for it is the definite under- | standing of the leaders now that this| measure is to go over until a special session, called this Spring by the Presi- dent-elect. | The bill for the reapportionment of the membership of the House in ac- has passed the House, is now on the Senate calendar, having been reponed; favorably from the Sénate committee | on commerce. That it commands the support of a majority of the Senate was | clearly indicated during the last week, | when, by a vote of 53 to 23, it was taken | up for consideration on Thursday dur-| 1t has opposi- | tion from Senators representing States which will lose seats in the House under the proposed reapportionment. There have been hints of a filibuster against the bill. But the bill providing | for taking the next decennial census is pending before the Senate too, and Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, who has made a fight for reapportionment during_the present session, plans to | offer the reapportionment bill as an| when that measure comes up in the Senate, as it is slated to do soon. There is a strong desire to put the census bfll‘ through. It must be put through be- | fore the census can be taken and there | is a multitude of jobs in the offing | when the census-taking starts. Under | the terms of the Constitution, the de-| cennial census, which is the basis of apportionment of representation in the ENDURANCE FLYERS ARE PAID TRIBUTE ONRETURN T D.C. Record - Breaking Question Mark Crew Is Given Warm Welcome Here. HOP FROM HIGH POINT COMES AS SURPRISE Small Crowd Is at Field to Greet Airmen After Adventurous Month's Absence. After an eventful month, during which they broke all world aircraft endur- ance records by rcmaining in the air more than six days and made two trans- | continental trips, members of the crew of the Question Mark returned to Boll- Ing Field, their home station, late yes- terday afternoon. They were warmly received by a delegation of Army ofi- cials headed by Secretary of War | Dwight F. Davis. An elaborate formal reception, scheduled for yesterday morning, was canceled because of a delay at Tri- | Cities Airport, High Point, N. C., caused by a broken gear in the Question Mark's right outhoard motor, the only mishap during the entire month's flying, total- ing more than 18,000 miles. After repairs had been made with a new gear carried down by a Bolling | Field observation plane yesterday morn- ing, the Question Mark hopped off at about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the last leg of her flight and landed alone at Bolling Field as shadows were beginning to lengthen over the field. The four members of the Question Mark’s crew wore flying togs, which identified them with the famous flight On their leather flying jackets ay leather helmets were painted large ye « low question marks, matching those on the sides of the plane's fuselage. Only Two in Record Plane. Maj. Carl Spatz, commander of the big plane, and Capt. Ira C. Eaker, chief pilot, were the only members of the rec- ord flight crew aboard the Question Mark when she landed here. Lieut. El- wood R. Quesada, night pilot, and Staff Sergt. Roy W. Hooe, mechanic, came on ahead in Refueling Plane No. 1, piloted by Capt. Ross G. Hoyt. The fifth mem- ber of the crew, Lieut. Harry A. Halver- son, remained at his home station, San Diego. Sergt. Halverson's place was filled by Hans J. Adamson, secretary to F. Trubee Davisen, ¢ Secretary of War for Aeronautics, and a member of the ground crew which aided in re- fueling the Question Merk during its record flight. Arrival of the Question Mark came as a surprise, as it had been announced earlier that the plane would not ar- rive before Monday or Tuesday. Not more than 300 persons were on hand to greet the flyers. The welcoming party included Secretary Davis, Assistant Secretary Davison, Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps: Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, and Mrs. Eaker, wife of the Question Mark's chief pilot. Many famous aeronautical people were scattered through the small crowd, among them Lieut. Leigh Wade, a mem- ber of the Army ‘“round-the-world” flight; Vincent Burnelli, airplane de- signer and builder, and a score of Army and Navy pilots who have participated in aeronautical events which have gone into history. ‘The Question Mark, with Capt. Eaker at the controls, appeared flying very low, down the Potomac River at 5 o'clock. Capt. Eaker, having received warning that Bolling Field was muddy and dangerously soft in spots, “dragged” the field, flying down its length only about 50 feet above the ground so as to map out his landing. Banking the plane in a short turn so that one wing appeared almost to drag the ground, he circled the field and came in to a perfect landing at the south end. taxied cautionsly around the puddles and soft places to where the welcoming committee awaited the plane in front of the field operations office. Wife Greets Eaker First. As Capt. Eaker pulled up and cut his motors, his wife climbed into the plane and was the first to welcome the party home. Lieut. Quesada and Sergt Hooe then joined Maj. Spatz and Capt. Eaker and the four were welcomed by Secre- tary Davis, who congratulated them heartily on their achievement. The crowd immediately hemmed the party House, must be made within each 10-| year period. The census bill is a privi- leged measure, therefore, and has been held so. Four Measures on List. Between the fight over the Kellogg | treaty outlawing war and the contest | over the cruiser bill, with several ap- | propriation bills sandwiched . in, the | census bill has been allowed to wait nsl turn in the Senate. Senator Vanden- berg early gave notice he planned to | offer the reapportionment bill as an | amendment to the census bill when- | ever it was brought up. There was a tacit understanding that the Senate | would wait until the House put through (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) U. S.-Hungary Pact Signed. Separate arbitration and_conciliation | treaties between the United States and Hungary were signed yesterday by Sec: retary Kellogg and the Hungarian | MiniSter here. in close to the plane and the fivers and Secretaries Davis and Davison were compelled to stand beside the plane for more than five minutes while nearly twoscore photographers and motion picture men clicked away. Maj. Spatz and Capt. Eaker broke away and went into the operations office to get out of their fiying togs and the “reception” was over, Maj. Spatz said that he will im- mediately prepare an official report in- forming the War Department of de- s of the Question Mark's flight. In his report he will give conclusions as to the practical results of the flight and the possibility of adapting the refuel- ing in flight principle to future opera- tions of military and commercial air- craft. “I have in mind several important conclusions to be drawn from our ef- fort,” Maj. Spatz said, “but I do not feel free to say anything about them untit I have submitted my report to the War Department. T hope to have (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Timid Little Lioness’ Shivers Cost Monkeys Their Swing_ as She Moves In A baby lioness and an armadillo were added to the population of the Zoo. The former showed anything but a lion heart when placed in the monkey house. The monkeys in the cage across from it had a swinging pole with which they made a great deal of noise The little lion trembled so violently every time the monkeys started a dis- turbance that Head Keeper William H. Blackburn ordered the pole taken out. The lioness was a gift from Ernest | Thompson-Seton, the well known | naturalist. The armadillo, a native of Texas, was the first animal of this queer fam- y of shelled mammals which has been S in the Zoor for years. It was a gift from Mrs. W. J. Donovan. A few days ago Dr. William M. Mann, director of the Zoo, received an excited telephone call from a farmer in nearby Virginia, who reported finding in his swamp a weird creature with a shell, and investigation proved that it was an armadillo. The creature is an in- habintant of desert country and one never had been reported so far north before., The probable explanation. says Dr, Mann, is that some automobile tourist picked one up in Texas and kept it in the car until it finally escaped or was thrown out in Virginia. Since the ad- vent of auto ton ,_he says. many T curlosities animal distribu- tion are reported.