Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1929, Page 17

FREER EXPEDITION PLANS EXCAVATION OF FABLED XANADU Kublai Kahn Summer Capital in Mongolia Is Thirteenth Century Landmark. DREAM OF COLERIDGE RAISES PSYCHIC POINT Blease Seeks End of Dry Immunity Given Diplomats ‘Two resolutions, ‘one to abolish diplomatic immunity in regard fo prohibition and the other to pre- vent the use of liGuor on vessels fiying the American flag on the high seas, were introduced by Senator Blease, Democrat, of South Carolina, when the Sen- ate met today. ‘They were included in a large batch of miscellanecous measures that were offered by members of the Senate on this, the first day when introduction of bills were in order. Senator Blease has been con- ducting a campaign against diplo~ matic immunity since he came to the Senate, and_in one of the resolutions he offered today he seeks to end it by constitutional amendment. He proposed to amend the eighteenth amendment to make the prohibition law ap- Way Cleared to Begin Work, but Chaos in China Will Delay Scientific Efforts. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. The fabled city of Xanadu in Mon- golia may be excavaled by a Freer Art Gallery expedition. A Chinese collaborator of the’ Freer Gallery, it is announced by C. W. Bishop, associate curator, already has visited the site of this vanished wonder city of 108 temples and established friendly relations with Mongol officials 1 in the neighborhood. Thus the way has been prepared for possible excavation with tge return of settled conditions in’ China. % “Xanadu,” the Portuguese speling of the Chinese Shang-Tu, was the Sum- mer capital of the famous Mongol con- queror Kublai Khan, located about 200 miles north of Peking in Inner Mon- golia and dating from the thirieenth century. Here Kublai, who also was the founder of Peking, maintained his court from March to May of each year, gathered the treasures collected in his conquests and erected buildings which were the marvels of their time. Here he was visited by the Venetian traveler Marco Polo, who left one of the few accounts of the wonders of the Sum- mer capital. For Western readers, however, “Xan- adu” is a mystical word connected with one of the most curious psychological experiences on record, the strange dream of the English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which resulted in one of the most celebrated poems in British literature. The excavation of the buried city by expert archeologists might be expected to reveal whether Coleridge’s dream represented some inexplicable phenomenon of mental telepathy out of a distant past or was entirely the effect of opium on the poet’s brain“ells. Experience of Coleridge. Coleridge, according to his own ac- eount of the phantastic experience, during the Summer of 1797 was in ill health and retirgd ‘to a lonely farm- house. Here, ‘on_a physician’s orders, he took a small dose of opim and fell | asleep in a chair while reading. ~Con’- sciousness left him while his eyes were resting on these lines in an old book, “Here the Khan Kublia commanded a ply to foreign representatives while in this country and to em- bassies and legations. BUS LINE MERGER RELIEVES TRAFFIC Washington Motor Coach Co. Selis Baltimore Route Franchise. Negotiations carried on quietly be- tween two outstanding interstate motor bus lines in the last few days have changed materially the complex of the motor bus transportation situation in Washington, it was revealed today at the Public Utilities Commission. ‘The immediate effect of the negotia- tions was to eliminate the keen compe- tition for the motor bus business be- tween Washington and Baltimore and remove the congestion on Pennsylvania avenue between Fourtecenth and Fif- teenth streets caused by the operation of two lines to Baltimore whose busses left terminals within this block on vir- tually the sam. schedule. The changes were brought about by the sale of the Washington Motor Coach Co. to the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. of its right to operate busses on the ‘Washington-Baltimore route. The transaction is said to have involved $100,000, although no ‘equipment was included. 3 After this sale the Washington Motor Coach Co. turned over to the Capital Traction Co. its five busses and con- tracts for chartered sight-seeing and special trips. The amount involved in this transaction was not revealed. Use Terminal at Willard. John H. Hanna, president of the traction company, in notifying the Utili- ties Commission of the acquisition of the five busses and local business of the Washington Motor Coach . palace to be built and a stately garden thereunto; and thus l0wmiies-of fertiie ground were inclosed with a wall.” “The author,” continues Coleridge, “continued for about three hours in & profound sleep, at least of the external senses, during which, he has the most vivid confidence, he could not have com- posed less than two or three hundred lines, if that indeed can be called com- position in which all the images rose before him as things with' a_parallel production of the corresponding ex- pressions, without any sensation of consciousness of effort. - On awakening, he appeared to himself to have a dis- tinct recollection of the whole and taking his pen, ink and paper instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines that are here preserved. “At this moment he was unfortu- | nately called out by a person on busi- ness from Porlock and detained by him above an hour, and on his return to the room he found. to his no small surprise and mortification. that all the rest had Passed away like ihe images on the sur- | face of a stream into which a stone | has been cast.” He published the poem as a Iragmen” of a weird, unearthly beauty almost un- rivaled in all literature and it has re- mained a mystery to psychologists ever since. If the experience had been only | a dream of phantastic imagery it might | be explained easily a5 resulting from the drugs Coleridge had taken. Through- out the vision when his higher intel- lectual centers presumably would have been dormant, however, Coleridge con- tinued to perform highly intellestual work. Mr. Bishop, however, has little ex- pectation of being able to discover any of the buried marvels which came to Coleridge in his dream-vision. ~The buildings erected by Kublai doubtless were magnificent enough at the time, but they were made of bamboo and mud occasionally faced with brick. These materials were ill-suited to withstand the ravages of time and probably have entirely disappeared. Some of King’s belongings, however, might still; be intact. ‘The site of Xanadu still is almost in- accessible to archeologists. K. S. Tung, the Smithsonian collaborator, reached the place only after two attempts. The first almost cost him his life before he got back to Peking. The second was successful, largely through the. friend- ship of the former abbot of the Iama Temple at Peking. Although the way has been cleared, according to Mr. Bishop, it is unlikely that any effort will be made to uncover the buried city at present because of the unsettled conditions. Relations be- tween the Chinese and Mongolians are. far from friendly. Meantime the Freer Gallery expedition which will leave ‘Washington this Spring or early this’ Summer has made arrangements to ex- cavate other sites from a much earlier period and which are expected to yield valuable antiquities throwing light on early Chinese culture. After-that, if conditions remain peaceful, they may turn to Xanadu. - This site, where there was a flourish- ing civilization when Europe was just emerging from the Dark Ages, now is a place of the utmost desolation, as de- scribed by Mr. Tung. The palace of ‘Kublai, his great game preserves and the fabled temples are represented I?&Iy e the l;-l‘ml:.vel. with little marshy river except tradition to distinguish them from natural hillocks. These also might descril leridge, from ) of which Kublai “heard antestral voices hesying war.” The site sel- dom has visited by archeologists and what lies beneath the mounds is purely a matter of conjecture. Monks' Home Now. About 20 miles away is a small Mon- lian city, whose chief ind is the :'lolmll“:-ly;fl of Bhuddist % ob- {‘wu On the actual site of Xanadu the uman are a small group of Lamist | i ! g?slnbed out that it was the intention of company to -efntinue to use the terminal in front of the Willard Hotel. These busses, he explained, will be jused in a special service to the Mary- land race tracks and for chartered sight-seeing trips, a number of which already had been booked by the Wash- ington Motor Coach Co. The purchase by the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co. of the Washington Motor Coach Co.s franchise on the ‘Washington-Baltimore route automati- cally solved a perplexing problem for the Utilities Commission, which for sev- eral weeks has endeavored to bring about a change in the schedules of the busses on the two lines in order to eliminate the congestion on Pennsyl- vania avenue between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets. Relieves Commission, The situation became so acute that the commission recently ordered the| companies to show cause why their | schedules should not be changed to avoid conflict. Attaches of the commission also view the Capital Traction Co.’s acquisition of the rolling stock and charter. business of the Washington Motor Coach Co. as a businesslike move. ‘The traction company, it was pointed out, not only came into possession of five additional motor busses, which it can press into service on its regular bus lines during rush hours, but can use them during the non-rush hours in the sight-seeing and charter business, in- creasing its income, whereas without this ‘business the busses would remain idle a major portion of the day. SPEEDER IS FINED. Change of Style in Gasoline Con- trol Blamed by Rider. Change of style in the gasoline con- trols of motor cycles was the excuse given in Traffic Court today by Edward F. Clement, 1900 block of Sixteenth street, for failing to obey speed regula- tions. He was fined $25 by Judge Mc- Mahon. Arrested yesterday by Patrolman R. V. Sinclair of the Traflic Bureau, Clem- ent was said to have been traveling more than 30 miles an hour on Penn- sylvania avenue near Peace Monument. Arraigned on a charge of second-offense speeding, the defendant informed Judge John P. McMahon that he recently had obtained a new motor cycle. A change in style had caused the gasolte control | Gi to be in the position that the ignition control had been on his former ma- chine, he declared, and added that when arrested he was attempting to reduce his speed instead of increasing it. COMMISSIONER SPRY ILL. Commissioner Spry’ of the United States Land Office is seriously ill fol- lowing a slight stroke, brought on, his physicians said, from overwork. . ‘The commissioner’s - office has re- ceived word that while the illness is considered serious Mr. Spry’s physicians feel that there is considerable hope for recovery. The stroke is the second one he has suffered within the past two years. b CONFER ON PLANS OF APPLYING AUTO PERSONAL TAXLAW District . Officials Believe $100,000 a Year May Be Added to Revenues. SEVERAL THOUSAND OWNERS NOT PAYING Donovan, Coombs, Towers and Rus- sell Form Committee Map- ping Procedure. First definite plans for administration of the new law which forbids the is- | suance of automobile registration cer- tificates or identification tags to motor- ists who fail to pay the personal prop- erty tax on their machines were dis- cussed today at a prolonged conference | of & committee of District officials com- posed of Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer; Wade H. Coombs, superintendent of licenses: Chatham Towers, collector of taxes, and C. A. Russell, assistant tax assessor. Operation of the new law, it is es- timated, will add approximately $100,- 000 & year to the revenue of the Dis- trict, which has been lost heretofore through failure of several thousand au- tomobile owners to pay the pe: property tax on their cars. Outline of Procedure. The committee had before it & gen. eral outline of procedure for tering the new law, drafted by Assistant Tax Assessor Russel, after a conference with representatives of the United States Bureau of Efficiency, which sev- eral years ago strongly condemned the present system, whereby so many au- tomobile owners were able to escape the tax. There also had been considerable criticism in Congress. All members of the committee at work on the plan of administration are vitally concerned with the new system which will go into effect with the is- suance of the 1930 identification tags and registration cards. Mr. Coombs has direct supervision over the issuance of the tags and registration cards, Mr. Russell, the assessment on which the tax is based; Mr. Towers, the collection of the tax, and Maj. Donovan, the ac- counts of the various departments of the municipal government involved. Details Not Disclosed. ‘The details of administration pro- posed by Mr. Russell were not disclosed because there is a likelihood that some will be changed before the complete lan is finished for consideraticn of the istrict Commissioners, who must 2p- prove it before it is put into operation. ‘The committee’s recommendation, how~ ever, is expected to be made public as soon as nmu fubml(tug l: the Com- missioners view of i iportance to District motorists. A vast majority of motorists who failed to the tax, act to Dis- trict officials, were the owners of small cars whose tax ranged between $5 and $10 a year. The cost to the District of forcing them to pay the levy, it was pointed out, in most cases, would have more than offset the amount involved. Moreover, it was explained, there is an inadequate force of deputy tax col- lectors to round up 2,00 or 3,000 motorists every year to compel them to pay. Heavy Loss to District. Tax Assessor William P. Richards, in whose office the tax bills originate, de- clared that, under the present system, | it is impossible to collect the taxes from the large group of car owners who each year have failed to respond to the tax bills. In the last ten years, he esti- mated, this group has deprived the Dis- trict of approximately $1,000,000 in revenue to which it was entitled. Mr. Richards explained that unless the District makes an effort to.collect the’ unpaid texes in three years, the bills are “outlawed,” and no iegal steps can be taken thereafter to recover, The law gives the municipality the power to seize cars on which the per- sonal property tax has not been paid, g:p“s:;% "huzn mt‘:l a lsmn]l force of ollectors, it would be a physical impossibility to even attempt uf collect s on several cars annually. The new law, Mr. Richards as well as other District officials believe, will cor- rect this condition, although it will add considerable work on the force of the offices of the tix assessor, tax collector and superintendent of licenses, A BT PLAY WINS TOURNAMENT. High School Cast Triumphs With Production. Business High School's play, “It to Advertise,” was awardle’d ynnt :l:xy:es in the recent high school play tourna- :i:x;t,wllt! was an;zunctednmy. ‘The presen al ess digh School Auditorium April 13, unfld‘fl dl;ecdt;on ort Mli; Esther Galbraith, udges for the contest were Isaac ans, Mrs. Maude Howell Smith, Prof. William Hutchins and Miss Mabelle Jennings. The Brown Cup for the win- ner will be presented soon. The cast includes Mildred Walker, Henry Harper, Frances Levin, Melvin Kane, Joseph Ginberg, Joseph Wietz, Bella Shapiro, Eleanor Collins, Maurice Weingarten, Robert Haskins, Edward Kiatta and David Wallace. * Mexican Textile Strike Delayed. MEXICO CITY, April 18 (#).—The strike of - 10,000 textile workers in Southern Mexico, set for indefinitely postponed after, in tion by the tary of commerce Business Curtis Involved in Seating Problem Of His Own at Nats’ Base Ball Opener Presiden for his sister at ciety was in evidence when he failed to find the opening ball Arriving memrhdb:&thmxh'n of milling %m to the pmflnu cabinet friends, he joined. hwmly?i.: the e]rm om‘fi.lg misfortune. . Eventually a park official took of the hunt, located in a tickets called 't K 2 Yies Bresident wai.ied io & box R et de. Tand he The % § THE TURBULENT POTOMAC POURING OVER GRE 11000 PERIL FADES ON POTOMAG RIVER Falling Waters Upstream Re- ported—Snows in Some Mountain Regions. Flood danger on the Potomac River appears to have passed, according to re- ports received today by Dr. Harry C. Prankenfield, Weather Bureau flood expert. The river was within two and a half inches of flood stage at the Key Bridge at 9 o'clock' this morning, and later measurements indicated it would not rise above that level. Flood stage is eight feet, Dr. Frankenfield said. Falling Up the River. “Up the river the water is falling steadily,” he stated. “At Harpers Fer- 1y, the. level had declined from 21.3 feet last night to 19.9 feet this morn- ing, and the decline is contin b % do not thlnk‘ there will be any danger O Dieptithes from _Hagersto d af jerstown ant Cumberland today said the water was receding rapidly, after having spread much damage to homes and crops. At 6 o'clock last night the river was 25.7 feet above n - Heavy Snows Reported. Cumberland learned of heavy snows and disastrous cold in nearby mountain regions. Twelve inches of snow fell in sections of the Alleghenies near the headwaters of the Potomac, particularly in the vicinity of Bayard. In more re- mote mountain districts, some 75 miles from Cumberland, the snow reached a | depth of 18 inches during the height of (the storm, it was said. Much timber { and many fruit trees were broken down by the weight of the snow, and a near- freezing temperature may have hurt the fruit crop, reports stated. A survey of flooded areas: along the south bfanch of the Potomac, Cumberland, disclosed today, that about a thousand acres of crop land was in- undated and many Summer cottages were wrecked. Officials of Sycamore Island Canoe Club reported today that the swollen i river was within a short distance of their clubhouse, located on the highest part of Sycamore Island, and that water was over many tent floors in the camp- ing section. The newly conditioned ten- nis courts have been washed out, it was said. No property losses have been suf- fered so far. The river was within 10 inches of the canal towpath opposite the island today. A caretaker aban- doned the island yesterday when the water became threatening. THREE BANDITS OVERLOOK $10IN VICTIM’S POCKETS Customer in Store Unmolested by Robbers, Who Rifle Cash Register, ‘Three young colored men who walked into the hardware tsore of Abe Miloff, at 1608 Seventh street, last night and held him up at the point of a pistol took the contents of the cash register, $2, and overlooked more than $10 which the storekeeper had in his pock- ets, Miloff told police today. A custo- | mer who was in the store talking to Miloft at the time was not molested by the robbers. Miloff said it was shortly before 11 o'clock when the three hold-up men, whom he described to. police as tall and ranging in ages from 24 to 30 years, walked into his place. e Headquarters Detectives Dennis. Cul+ &me-md Larry O'Dea are investigat- g, e VS lHALF-HOLIDAY IS URGED 'FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYES Gibson Introduces Bill in House Providing for 'Year-Round Four-Hour Saturday. “Provision for a -round half-holiday lormunmd wmmomnmmuu mdln‘ulnlhfllh':” m&u yesterday by Representative &,Wbfiu,dv«mmfi.m ‘workers get a four-hour day on luncheon with ‘Saf , exclusive E AL pay for the,ag whethes: hey MOCKING BIRD'S Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1929, * 4 LOVE BALKED BY BLINDNESS, DUE TO BULLET Frances Lou, Caged Near Window, Attracts Unseen Mate in Tree. Tad, Boy Owner, to Go to England Soon, Adding to Her Sorrow. Iadies in the age of chivalry is the life. ing bird owned by 1l-year-old Tad | Egan of 1739 Newton street. More than two years ago a urelessl boy permanently blinded the bird with | | & pellet from an air rifle. ices Lou had nearly starved to death when an elderly woman chanced see her lying under an evergreen in Cleveland Park. She carried below | 1 Frances Lot to hér new home in a pa- per bag. She quickly adjusted herself to the routine of the Egan home, and was set- tling down to a pleasant, though sight- less, existence, until this Spring, when & disturbing element entered her blighted life. Each morning for the past several weeks & mockingbird of the opposite Rivaling the tales of tragedy and | | hopeless love which ‘are told of fai story of Prances Lou, a blind mock- | | TAD AND FRANCES LOU. sex has appeared at the window, and, according to Mrs. Egan, awakened the “lady” within by pecking on the pane. Afterward, . Egan says, he retires to a tree beside the house for a morn- ing serenade. Frances Lou, however, has yet an- other sorrow in store for her. This May, Tad is leaving with his mother for a Summer of bird study on the Brit- ish Isles. A new home must be found for the blind mockingbird. 'WESTERN HIGH. BOOK CAMPAIGN CLOSES 2,050 Volumes and $190 Obtained in Drive to Build Up School Library. School Association’s campaign for addi- tional volumes for the school’s library was closed this morning when 2,050 books, including modern fiction, the classies and reference works, snd $190 in cash for the purchase of others, were turned in. ‘The campaign was closed at assembly of students in the school's auditorium and, when the various sections were sum- moned, their representatives brought the pupils' donations to the stage. A circular letter, asking for books or the money with which to purchase th-m, was sent by the association to its mem- bers and the parents of the students April 8. Dr. George B. Woods, dean of American University and nresident of the association, presented the while Dr. E. S. Newtol accepted for the school. The committee in charge of the cam- paign included: James 8. Carpenter, chairman; Mrs, Elsie E. Stabler and Mrs. Martha G. Chambers. POLICE GIVEN WARNING ON PAYMENT OF DEBTS Pratt Cites 91 Complaints in Last Three Months in Requesting New Policy: Police officers are called u| nlnum'luin issued by to be lebtedness Saturday skilled |} ‘The Westerfi High School Home mdl SUSPECT IS SEIZED - !Schlitz Distributing Co. Plant Is Broken Into and Strong Box Taken. John Leo Sramck, 1731 Thirteenth quarters Detective Alligood this morn- ing in connection with the removal of 8 safe containing about $100 and valu- able papers from the plant of the Schlitz Distributing Co., 2800 Tenth street northeast, last night. Sramck was arrested by Alligood in a new caf, for which police were asked to search morning. The detective was on his way to the twelfth precinct to question a gruoner when he s the car in which Sramck was 3 The car was taken to police headquar- ters, where an examination showed that the floring of the tonneau had been torn up as though some heavy ob- Jject had been transported in it. Employes of the Schlitz plant arrived this morning to find the shipping en- trance door opened and bearing jimmy marks and only the knob and dial of the small safe, which was kept in the office, remaining. “Jimmy” marks also were found on an :&emd ‘window on the ground floor of plant. Sramck was tioned by Lieut. Ed- arters Deteg- feken "y the “detectves 5o "Virginie en by letectives A ‘where the safe was found. Another man is being sought. CARDOZO HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATION TONIGHT De Priest of Illinois Will Be One of Honor Guests at Ex- IN SAFE ROBBERY | street southeast, was arrested by Head- | AT FALLS $10.000.000 SCHOOL s s Not since the big flood of 1924 has such a flood as that shown in the photo, h above gone over Great F: i il submerged, except for the rocks jutting out of the racing waters. P graph al T alls. The island on the Maryland side is eatirely 2 $10.000,000 fund —Star Staff Photo. RESCUESQUADAIDS MAN HIT BY AUTO Jtto Scheyett Taken to Cas- ualty Hospital After Mis- hap—~0thers Hurt. | Otto Scheyett, 26 years old, 510 Tenth | street southeast, was knocked down | near Fourteenth and E streets southeast | yesterday by the automobile of Carl | Bickerton, 3553 Eleventh street, and ishocked and injured. |~ Members of the Fire Department res- cue squad gave first aid and took ihe injured man_ to Casualty _Hospital. where he was treated by Dr. uis Jimal for concussion of the brain, 1 jury to his head and possible intern: injuries. al Quick ;.enflan part on of Motorman | T35t e Washirigion ‘Raitway, snd 1 of AN | Electric"Co., yesterday l!wmo‘:’ saved Harry , 57 years old, of 620 Massachusetts avenue from serious in- jury. O'Connor brought Tenth and B streets southwest early last night by an automobile driven by John S. Parks, South Washington, Va., and his head and body were bruised. He was given first aid at Emergency Hos- oital by Dr. I. Rutkoski and taken home. | Struck Crossing Street. | While crossing at Four-and.a-half (2nd C streets southwest yesterday aft- ! ernoon, John Cuzzo, 65 years old, 347 Maryland avenue southwest, was struek {by an automobile driven by Frederick Stuart, 1315 Half street southwest; shocked and his hip dislocated. The injured man was given surgical aid at | Casualty Hospital by Dr. Louis Jimal. | A collision between a motor bus and the automobile of William Nightingale, |colored, a Florida tourist, occurred qn | Fourteenth street southwest late yes- terday afternoon, resulting in Mrs. Frances Nightingale, 34 years old, re- ceiving a fracture of her right leg. She was given surgical aid at Emergeney Hospital by Dr. J, E. Lewis. |MAN IN COMA 12 HOURS IS IDENTIFIED AS CLERK Physicians Study Nature of Ail- ment of 8. L. Long, Stricken «in Street. In a state of coma and unidentified for more than 12 hours,” Samuél L. Long, 57, a cletk in the House Office Building, was reported resting com- fortably at Casualty Hospital morning, where physicians are trying termine the nature of his ail ment, Hospital attaches said Long express- ed surprise when informed that he had been brought to the institution after collapsing Tuesday night in the 400 block of Delaware avenue southwest Long, said to be a and well known-at the House Office Building, ‘thought it strange some one )Pld not identified him. FUNERAL SERVICES HEL! ‘While Watching Amateur $ Field Trials. Club. at the funeral were Dr. B. Yader, Dr. J. F. Elward, Rice ll,' 'C. H. Alexander, Matthew ble and Frank Ulmer. Y | convention, which FOR CHARLES R. KENGLA 3 ‘Fell Dead From Horse Monday Pp. PAGE 17 BILL REINTRODUCED: WILL BE PRESSED Favorable Action Early in December Session of Congress Expected. MEASURE PROVIDES FOR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Simmons, Its Spomsor, Committed to Policy of Making Funds Available as Needed. One of the first and most important District measures to receive favorable 1 action in the December session of the | new Congress is cxpected to be the $10,- I 000,000 school expansion bill, which | Representative Simmons of Nebraska, | chairman of the subcommittee on the | District budget of the House appropria- | tions committee, has reintroduced, | _ Representative Simmons intends to ntly for the passage of H . and as the House is guid- | °d largely by his opinion in the expendi- j ture of funds for the District, there is | little likelinood that it will encounter any serious opposition. This is a legislative authorization for for school buildings zhd grounds, without any specifica~ tion a3 to time during which it is avail- { able or regarding the location of schools i and sites. Mr. Simmons is opposed to | 2 hard-and-fast 5 or 10 year building | program with sites designated years in | advance. He is committed to the policy | cf making the money available | needed, so that it can meet emergencies, bz used as the o] ity offers for economic and efficient ~construction ‘The direct appropria made from time to time in the District sppropriation bill, when Mr. Simmons ims2lf will conduct the hearings at the needs for 2nd uses to which funds will be put are discussed in largement of now owned or here- after acquired, enlargement, extension 2nd alteration or conversion of build- ings now or hereafter erected and the | acquisition of sites and the erection of | structures for athletic stadiums and playgrounds. 'PRINCE WILL REST IN CATHEDRAL CHAPEL Bishop Freeman Announces That | Famous War Flyer Is to Be | i { Accorded Sepulcher. Norman Prince of Boston, the founder of the Lafayette Escadrille, who gave his life while flying with that Amzrgnn volunteer aviation force with the Prench , 1S to be accorded sepuiture in the Cathedral. Announcement of the entombment of the aviator’s body in the cathedral was made today by Right Rev. James E. of Washington, in connection with receipt of a gift from Frederick H. Prince of Boston, father of the fiyer, which will provide for a memorial chapel on the mein floor of the cathedral. ‘The chapel, which will be known as the Chapel of St. John, will contain the tomb of Norman Prince, whose body now rests in the American pro-cathe- dral in Paris and soon is to be brought back to this country. The cost of the chapel, exclusive of the tomb, is esti- mated by the cathedral architects in excess of $200,000. Norman Prince 'was orie 6f the first Americans to volunteer for service with France during the World War. He was killed in a crash in October, 1916, after his return from an aerial encounter | with German planes. During his serv- {ice with the escadrille, Prince was | credited with bringing down five enemy o he planes and was awarded the Croix Guerre, the Medaille Militaire and t! Legion of Honor. FOREIGN TRADE AID OF RAILROADS SHOWN | Daniel Willard Addresses Conven- tion at Baltimore—Hoover Heard by Radiophone. By the Assoclated Press. BALTIMORE, April 18.—After hear- sion .of foreign trade between the nations of the world praised as one of the greatest aids to world peace, dele- gates to the National Foreign Trade here yester- day, today were to get the angle of the relation of railroads to foreign trade and on - “commerce with the other America's” in addresses by Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and"Ohio Railroad, and Lawrence A. Downs, president of the Illinois Central System. ‘Progress in the Far East” will S.th! ‘subject 'of an J. f HELD IN AUTO THEFT. of an au- ym.\uu,o;uhn Stiles, m ::d% a.)#m el ‘were held under action, today. guilty to