Evening Star Newspaper, May 14, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Westher Bureau Forecast) Mostly cloudy and warmer tonight and tomotTow. probably occasional showers. Temperatures: Highest, £4, at noon to- The only evening :c in Washington with the Associated Press news "', “H. Hartman by President Hoover, to _craft day: lowest, 57, at 5 am. todar, Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 e e e e s ¢ Foening Shat. WITH SUNDAY MORNT NG EDITION service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,036 Entered post 31,059. office, as second class matter Washington, D. C. WASHINGTC )N, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1929— I ()R’I‘Y ¥ SIX PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. B s e 4 Selection by Hoover Comes as Complete Surprise, as Name Unmentioned. FORMER ARMY AIR CHIEF U. S. ENGINEER 40 YEARS Demonstrated Ability During War 25 Director of Communication Lines for A. E. F. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, retired, former chief of the Army Air Service, was nominated today by President Hoo- ver as a member of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, to succeed John W. Childress, whose resignation from the commission will become effective May 31. Gen. Patrick was appointed for the term which ex- pires July 1, but at that time will be reapvointed to the full three-year term. Gen. Patrick was not one of the many men whose names had been mentioned | as a possibility for this post. His se- lection was a complete surprise. The names of the persons who in- dorsed Gen. Patrick were not made pub- lic at the White House. This is only | done in the case of nomination of Judges. It was explained. however, that Gen. Patrick was highly recommended for the place. and that his nomination was @ recognition of efficiency. Commission Names Own Officers. Mr. Childress, whose place Gen. Pat- | rick will take as a member of the Pub- He Utilities Commission, is the commis- sion’s chairmen. This does not mean, how!"er. that Gen. Patrick necessarily will be chairman, as the commission elects its own presiding officer. The recent nomination of Harlej fl the other vacancy on the commission came also as & surprise, as he was not among those who had been mentioned for_the place. Gen. Patrick now is in New Haven, Conn., where he is delivering a series | of lectures at Yale University on “Air ‘Transportation.” He will return home | Sunday. Took Oyer Air Traffic. An Engineer for two-score years, oleln Pal ck‘u moroughlv r with | all phases of trasportal oom- -nunpluflon work—on land ln‘ sea and | in_the air. the World War, he was chief needs. that the great docks at eoum-\md and he dl- rected othr construction paved the way for efficient mvzment o{ supplies to the American forces. llat; directed huge hospital and !mrll! ject % mmplluflofil developd in cor mection with organiza the Ameri- | can * mmrds"mtheumemeoen Patrick was called upon to turn his at- MAJ. DESIRE CLOSE VOTE - ONFARM MEASURE Number of Senators to Act| Against Bill as Protest on Debentures. GEN MASON M. PATRICK. | By the Associated Press. As a second protest against the ex- port debenture provision. a number ot administration Senators have decided to vote against the farm relief bill at the time a ballot is taken, either late today or tomorrow, on final passage of the measure. 3 Supporters of President Hoover like | Benator Watson of Indiana, the Re- publican leader; Senator Moses of New Hampshire and a substantial number of other Republicans are endeavoring to make the vote in favor of the farm bill as small as possible in an effort to impress the House that no great majority of sentiment in the Senate favor the debenture proposition so strongly objected to by the White House. In spite of this defection, however, the measure is expected by Chairman McNary of the Senate agriculture com- mittee to pass with votes to spare. Mc- Nary said today he would not be one of those to vote against the bill. 1 have every hr aid, “of get~ ting a good i 4 eon- ference of Senate and mnue members | after the bill is passed by the Senate,” Others Share McNary View. ‘The \'g held by McNary is shared by Sena ‘Thomas of Idaho and Cap- | per of Kansas, members of the agricul- ire committee, who also opposed the debenture plan. ‘There nmnned a great deal of specu- lation as to the course of action should the House refuse to receive the Senate farm bill on the ground that the de- benture provision constitutes revenue legislation which the Constitution di- rects the House to initiate. Should the House decline to receive , the measure, it would be returned to the | Senate, where a lengthy debate on the constitutional question is looked for. McNary said he grobnbly in the end tention to air traffic. He was made chief | of the li.; Servlc:hlnfl serv;d "‘lu;‘l::‘ city dus e remainder of m z thl:uAmeflcln air chief in Pnncm he directed a am of air- ment that extended into land and Italy. At one time he had his command more than 78,000 m!n. 6.364 airplanes and 300 balloons. Became Air Minded. On his return to this country he was assigned to command the Engineer de- tachment at Camp Humphreys, Va. now known as Fort Humphrey:. His | service as air chief overseas =nmu1ma‘ Dis_interest_in_aviation generzily, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) i GIN-SPIKED PUNCH OUSTS FRAT HEADS Phi Pi Phi and Phi Mu Delta Presi- dents Are Expelled at North- western University. would recommend the elimination of the debenture plan. He thought advocates of the proposal in the Senate might agree to his suggestion, if the House was determined not to receive the bill, | and later attempt to tack it on the | tarifr bill. The debenture clause as it stands in the farm bill merely gives the proposed | farm board the option of the us: of the | debenture plan. Advocates of the pro- posal intend. however. to make use of the plan mandatory should they find it necessary to make an attempt to add it to the tariff bill. Solid Democratic Vole Seen. Senate leaders have clung to the hope | that controversy with the House could be avoided. but only a majority is re- quired for the House to refuse to receive a Senate bill and the Republican leaders of that chamber control. nominally at 104 more votes than the Demo- | . among whom the debenture ad- | vocates look for their strongest sup- | port. Representative Garner of Texas. the Democratic leader. has said that the Democrats would line up almost solid- 1y in favor of the debenture plan if it was brought to a vote in the House, although many of them helped to sweli the large majority by which the cham- By the Associated Press. EVANSTON, IIl., May 14 —Gin-spiked punch served at stag smokers, was given today as the reason for the expulsion of two fraternity presidents and the sus- pension of the organizations by the board of supervisors of student activities at Northwestern University. Rolley F. Myers and James C. Austin, | presidents, respectively, of Phi Pi Phi and Phi Mu Delta Fraternities, those expelled from the university and their fraternities suspended. The ex pulsions and suspensions were ordered ast dence had been presented that alcohol had been poured into punch given by the fraternities in each other’s honor. Mgyers, desk editor of the Daily North- wesfern, student in the School of Speech, and member of the Sophomore Student Council. was held responsible for the Phi Pi Phi party, while Austin, | a senior in the School of Journalism, who expected to be graduated next month, was blamed for the Phi Mu Delta reciprocal smoker. Myers' home is in Zeigler, I, and Austin’s is in Highland Park, TIl. M>mbers of the faculty were present at each smoker, the supervisors were fold at the four-hour session, and par- took of the punch were | t night by the supervisors after evi- | ber, early in the special session. passed its ‘measure without a debenture pro- vision. At_that time, many Democrats in the House were inclined to favor in- clusion of the debenture proposal in the tariff bill. Subsequently, Senate debenture advocates have declared their | intention of moving in that direction {1 the plan should. as administration leaders expect, be eliminated from the farm relief legislation which finally will be sent to President Hoover, whose op- position to the debenture plan made | the Senate dispute on that question administration contest. “The farm bill with the debenture | clause hasn't any ‘chance of being passed in the House” House Leader ‘Tfl‘nn said today. How the House deals with the bill will be settled on the fiofll’l and not by a Republican caucus, Mr. Tilson empms!z«d Amnelty Is Voted. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 14 () — The Turkish Parliament has voted a general amnesty as an advance measure of the celebration of the republic’s fifth birthday in October, 1929, During the weck 15,000 persons sen- tenced for minor non-political offenses will be released. Social Standmg and Popularlty Score& By Hollins Students to Win Soronty Ban By the Associated Press. ROANOKE, Va.. May 14.—A petition originating among students, including representatives of seven national sorori- ties, today initisted a ban on Greek Jetter activities, at Hollins College. ef- fective when present sorority members leave the institution. Declaring that “standards for mem- bership (in sororities) are based largely on eocial standing and populasits rather than character and ability." the petl- tion asked that President Mai: Cocke and the faculty eliminate mu phase of campus life. Accordingly. President Cocke issued a | statement published today, which said: “The preseni sorority members may, if they so desire, continue co-operative life in their several groups. As Holling girls in the past have received bids and | been initiated into fraternities in their sophomore year, the sorority member- ship next year wi'! include only ju- niors and senfors and within two years all sorority members will graduate and sorority life at Hollins will come to a definite end. There is a possibility that | members of several of the sororities may voluntarily cease sorority activity even Hmnn this period,” | Says He Has Not Heard From France preplied. TEPPELIN SECOND FLIGHT T0 AMERICA HALTEDBY ECKENER \Departure Is Postponed From | Dawn hy Commander of Dirigible. | SAYS RIGHT TO CROSS FRANCE NOT YET GIVEN French Forelgn DMce Deflnes Per- mission Granted—Hopes to Leave Tomorrow Night. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 14—The French foreign office today siated that permission had been granted to the dirigible Graf Zeppelin to fly over France &nd charac- | terized as a canard a report. from Pried- | richshafen that tomorrow's scheduled departure had been postponed because France was withholding her permission. After the recent cruise of the Graf | Zeppelin over France and the Mediter- | |Tanean, the Germans applied for | authorization to fly over France again | en route to the United States and this was granted, the forelgn office stated. DR. ECKENER GIV on Request, FRIEDRICSHAFEN, Germany, May 14 (/). —Postponement, of the scheduled departure of the German air liner Graf | Zeppelin for the United States tomor- row morning was announced today by | Dr. Hugo Eckener. commander of the ship. who stated that he had not vet received permission from the Prench authorities to fly over France. Dr. Eckener hoped, however. to be able to start by tomorrow night. Dr. Eckener told the correspondent that he had applied a fortnight ago for permission to fly over Prance, but that | thus far the French authorities had not Preparations Made. “Today the French asked the Ger- man foreign office why I flew over the Creuzot Ammunition Works.” he said, referring to a recent flight of the dirig- ible over Southern France and the Mt iterranean. “I have explained that T was 400 meters high, so certainly could not get any pictures, but took that route be- cause it was the most direct. It is cer- tain we can start Wednesday evening.” Pinal preparations for the departure were under way here today. The take- off had been planned for dawn tomor- | ToW. X last trial flight of one hour and three-quarters was made at dusk yes- | terday under command of mann, assistant to.the ship's m ter, Dr. Hugo Eckener. The motors fune- tioned perfectly and everything was pronounced in readiness for what—de- spite its having blazed the trail in previous journey was regarded as m great adventure. ‘The little South German town was a | beehive of activity today, with its| quarters crowded with passengers, news- paper men and sightseers, Gorilla Is Aboard. Fifty-nine persons and one “lady” gorilla, “Susi” by name, who is ad- dressed to the Chicago zoo. were to make | the trip aboard the ship, 40 of the | persons being members of the crew. Among the passengers is Capt. Sir George Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer, who wished to make some navigational studies en route. Sir George with 27 others and the full crew complement made the trial flight yesterday under Capt. Lehmann. | The gorilla, however, remained aground, although it was expected she would | be taken aboard some time today. The plans of an attempted stowaway, a young painter's assistant, were fru trated when he was discovered and ejected from the ship. Capt. Hermann Koehl, one of the Bremen transalantic fiyers, told friends | today that so long as océan crossings | (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) SEVEN DEAD IN WAKE OF EAST TEXAS FLOOD Property Damage Runs High as Trinity River and Tributaries Inundate Polk County. By the Associated Pre LIVINGSTON, Tex., May 14.—Seven dead and property and crop damage running into hundreds of thousands of | dollars was the reported toll taken in Polk County yesterday by a flood fol- lowing two days of torrential rains that sen( the Trinity River and several creeks out of their banks, Communication was disrupted and the exact number of lives lost could not be determined. Rescue forces in rowboats worked frantically throughout the night tak- | ing residents from housetops and trees | in the flooded districts. In the Long Cane community, three and one-hal | { fo the attention of the State Depart- | hibition agents. | for a lockout of 75,000 building trades | WHAT DD REGULAR LIGHTS HO-JAY WALK MEAN QUAKER CITY POLICE HALT EMBASSY RUM Officer Attempts to Seize Truckload of Wine on Way to Capital. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, May 14—A Phila- | delphia policeman, unfamiliar with regulations regarding the transportation | of liquor for the use of foreign diplo- mats, attempted to confiscate a truck- load of wines bound from New York to | Washington on Saturday, it became | known today. The shipment was for | the Chilean embassy. Harry Becker, the officer, halted the | truck at a street intersection and | although Carlos Lee, embassy. attache, produced a permit, ordered Lee to take the truck # the police station. Enrigue Bustos, Chilean consul at Phila¢ ia, was summoned and ex- the situation, after which [R‘ to proceed with the truck. "Bo far as I am concerned, the matier is & closed incident,” sald Bustos. “We're going to forget about it.” U, 8. OFFICIALS UNINFORMED. State Department Heads Say Affairs Not Given to Them. | State Department. officials said today that they knew nothing of the incident Saturday at Philadelphia when a truck- load of liquor destined for the Chilean embasey was detained by police. They sald that the matter had not been called to their attention by the Chilean em- | bassy and that their information was | of a purely unofficial character. Offi- | cials of the Chilean embassy expressed | a doubt that the affair will be called | ment. It was recalled, however by American Government_circles that the Treasu Department instructions to customs au- thorities issued after the seizure by | Washington police of a_truckload of | | liquors consigned to the Siamese lega- i tion, stipulated that shipments of dip- lomatically immune liquor should enter only through the port of Baltimore. It was explained at that time that | this order was made with a view rn\ facilitating the transportation of the | liquors from the port of entry to Was ington, sinee all authorities in Balti- more would know of the necessity of allowing the shipments uninterrupted | transit. It was considered apparent to- | day that the Philadelphia police had | not known of the Treasury Depart- ment's orders, which also covered pro- CAUSE FOR LOCKOUT OF 75,000 REMOVED nl“Front by Electrical Union Announced at Council Meeting in New York. Change By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 14.—The cause | workers, voted to begin at 5 o'clock to- | morrow afternoon, was removed today. | The electrical union’s change of front was announced at a meeting of the Building Trades Council, the workers’ | organization, called to discuss means of averting the lockout, which would re- move the union workers from $150,000,- miles from here, four members of one family drowned when they were swept from a treetop. A rowboat on the way | to rescue them capsized and its four occupants, who managed to escape, told | of seeing the four carried away by the swilt current. Where three other deaths generally | reported occurred could not be learned. Scveral familles were reported ma- rooned in treetops at Lamont, another | nearby hamlet. Fear was expressed | that rising waters would engulf the | refugees before aid could reach them The flood cut off traln service to Livingston and a food shortage was feared. LOSES $3, 000 000 SUIT. Anne Nichols Charged “Abie's Trish Rose” Was Appropriated. NEW YORK, May 14 (P).—Anne | Nichols today lost her damage suit for | | 3,000,000 in which she charged that part of her play “Abfe’s Irish Rose,’ was stolen by the Universal Plctures Corporation. Carl Laemmle and Harry Poilard for production in their motion picture “The Cohens and Kellys.” Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard held that in theme there was no resemblance between the two produc- tions and that in the manner in which the copyright law affords protection the idea of both productions has been 50 frequently used that it belongs in the ) public domaim 000 worth of construction, Shortly before the new policy of the ! electrical workers was announced repre- | sentatives of the employers' association | had announced that they would fill the | 75.000 jobs with non-union labor and that ultimately such labor would b~ used on all construction work in th ty. ASK TELEPHONE PROBE. SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 14 (). A State Senate resolution requesting the | Dnited States Senate to nvsstigats the i organization and operation of tele- | phone companies was passed by the | assembly yesterdav. The original resolution specifically re- | ferred to practices and rates of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and its subsidiary, the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., but after being amend ed mercly asked Congress to conduct a federal investigation of the affairs of | all telephone companies. Bank Statements Wechington clearing house, $5,353,- | 705.58. Treasury balance, £152,883,144.98, New York clearing house exchange, £1.701,000,000. New York r,lurl.nl house balance, $171,000,000, L ( ustoms Men | Life of Suspected Runner of Liquor Pull Him From Water,| Then Give Him Rum Taken From Companions By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 14.—Customs en- forcement officers are not a bad. sort, Michael Dillon has learned. Two of them jumped into the Hudson | River to save Dillon’s life when his boat overturned, and later when they stretch- | ed him out on the dock, wet and chilled, they poured liquor down his throat. The customs officers had been lying in wait for Dillon and two companions who - were suspected of having liquor cargoes In their rowboats. John Duffy and Patrick Sheehan, who were in one boat, landed safely. but were arrested. Dillon, who was a it behind. saw the escape, but his bo-t Was uuc ln & backwash and VP lion caught on_to & floating log and cried for help. Two of the George Boehm and George Brune, stripped off their outer clothing, plunged in and rescued him. The liquor given Dillon was taken from his companions. Dillon aiso was arrested. 250 STRIKERS HELD FOR BLOCKING ROAD Guardsmen Drive Crowd Into Elizabethton to Answer to Intimidation Charges. By the Associated Press. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 14.— More than 250 strikers were arrested today on charges of intimidation and were escorted to the Courthouse Square here by a company of National Guards- men. They were not placed in jail, as the jail is too small to hold that| number. ‘There was a noisy demonstration from those under arrest as the proces- slon moved its way to the square from the Steney Creek Highway, where the arrests were made. Guard Halts March. REINS AGAIN FRIDAY Walter Johnson, Recovering, Pays Tribute to Milan for Team’s Work. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. When the Nationals return from their invasion of the West and meet the Ath- letics here Friday in the first of 17 straight games with the league-leading A's and Yankees, they will be under the personal direction of Walter John- son, who is rapidly regaining his health, impaired by a severe cold he contracted in Cleveland. One week ago today Johnson was conveyed to Emergency Hospital, fol- lowing an all-night train ride, in a weak and emaciated conditidn due to an in- fection of the kidneys, a recurrence of an allment he suffered from just a year before, but responded readily to treat- | ment and Sunday was permitted to leave the institution, Rests in Maryland, Since then Johnson has been at his home at Alta Vista, Md., near Bethesda, just “puttering around,” as he puts it, and with plenty of rest and & return of sunshiny weather is expected to be back on the job as manager of the Griffmen | | the latter part of this week. Johnson today paid tribute to his | conch and buddy, Clyde Milan, for the able manner in which the latter has | directed the club during his absence and expressed the belief the club soon would strike its true stride and win its | fair share of games. “Zeb had the boys going at @ fast pace there for a while,” Walter sald today. “That was & tough one (0 lose Sunday, and from the way they were hitting in the three previous games it looks &s if we might climb a bit in the near future. Expects Team to Climb, appeared to date and when the weather finally settles and our pitchers get to functioning properly it shouldn't be long before we are right up there where | we belong. “No additional changes in the make- up of the club are contemplated at this time. Of course, I'll have a talk with Milan when he gets back and consider any recommendations he may make, but for the present at least, it seems un- likely there will be any change in the alignment that calls for Myer at third, Bluege at second and Cronin at short. At one point along the line of march some of those in custody declared their | intention of proceeding to Elizabethton | unguarded. One car started off but nalled when Bill Fair, a guard at one of the textile mills, leveled a gun at the driver, and a squad of Guardsmen with fixed bayonets blocked the road. Fair arresied a crowd of strikers, | charging they were blocking the rond and prohibliing workers from _Gap Creek {rom reaching the plants. Those arrested filled five aulomobiles, two busses and «_truck. | A call for help was sent by Fair, but before soldiers could arrive from’ the plants, Fair said, several score more strikers arrived. It was decided at first to take the prisoners to Jonesboro, m another county. bul a delegation protested. In a few minutes the main highway was blocked for more than a mile, and | persons coming to Elizabethton from Johnson City were stopped, many of (Conmmed on Page 4, Column 3.) 'ARMS ACTION AWAITS . 'NAVAL POWERS’ STUDY Hoover Believes No Further Moves Can Be Taken Until U. S. Pro- posals Are Fully Considered. 9y the Associated Press. President Hoover is of the opinion that no further disarmament action can® be taken until the naval powers have | advanced their study of American pro- 0sals submitted at the recent Geneva conference. Last week Mr. Hoover said that | prompt steps would be taken to capita; {ize the results of the Geneva con ence, with which he was well pleased. Today It was learned that these ste embody a study of the Ameri posals, which now is in progress. The Geneva gathering referved the American suggestions. whicl were ad- vanced by Ambassador Hugh Gibson, fo the naval powers for study, and Mr. Hoover believes that nothing can be done for the present until this investi- gation is further advanced. of | | strikers from Elizabethton arrived and | n pro- ! Cronin has been meeting the ball well recently and has been covering plenty | of ground afield. “We will continue for the present, at | least, using Gooch at first base instead of Judge when lefthand pitchers oppos us. effective batsman against southpaws and he has earned a thorough trial. “No, in the search for an experienced right- hand hitting outfielder, but we are still looking. GOVERNORS ARE INVITED. Formall Reausata to Attend Moot ing at New London Mailed. HARTFORD, Conn. May 14 (#).— Invitations were mailed today to gov- part in the annual governors’ conference opening at New London on July 16. | A formal invitation to President Her- conference mbull on a bert Hoover to address was extended by Gov. vecent trip to Washington. Arrangements have been completed {to have the fleld training period of the 43d Division, Aviation, Connecticut Na- | tional Guard, held at the same time as the conference at Groton Airport. | neuvers and aerial displays are planned as part of the entertainment features. | BANK ROBBER CAPTURED. | Man Posing as Policeman Shot Atter Taking $6.800. 4 TOLEDO. Ohio, May 14 (#).—A bank robber was shot and captured today after he had taken $6.800 from a branch of the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Co. here, | “The robber, posing as & policeman walked into the bank and forced the | employes to sit down on the floor as he | took the cash. As his_aulomobile was driven away | Clark E. Spitle ban! fired. behind the ear and he was captured a short distance away when he left his machine and ran into a building. State News, Pa;e: 10 and 11 A . teller. rushed from the BIG TRAIN'TO TAKE “The team is far stronger than it has | This youngster has proved he is an | there is no progress to report | nors of the States who are to take | Ma- | A builet hit the robber | DONOVAN 0PPOSES D. C. 1931 BUDGET OVER $48.552.000 Suggests Estimates Be Kept Within Limits of Five-Year Financial Program. DEPARTMENTS REQUESTS AMOUNT TO $53,056,505 Auditor Urges Reduction to Equal Revenue Available and to Protect Cash Fund. Consideration of the appropriation re- quests of the department heads of the District government. was started today framing & tentative municipal budget for the 1931 fiscal year. The department heads, & final tabu- lation shows, have asked for $53.056,505, an increase of $11,461,390 over the ap- propriations provided by Congress for the coming fiscal year beginning July 1. Mej. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, Pecommended to the Commissioners, however, that the esti- mates not exceed $48,552,000, the | amount suggested in his recent five-year financial program. ‘Would Exceed Ievo ue. Bonovan urged the reduction on the ground that the appropriations asked by the department heads not ouly would exceed the revenue availability for 1931 by $1.983.505, bul would also wipe out the District’s cash operaling fund. On the basis of the suggested $48.552,000 budget, however, he pointed out, there would be left in the revenue availability at the close of the 1931 fiscal year a free cash operating fund of $2,521,000. ‘The budget requests of the depart- ment heads exceed by several million dollars those of last year which the commissioners finally reduced to ap- Droxllm-lely $40,000,000. The budget total Donovan, however, is the largest he has ever indorsed. Aside from the $53,056.505 requested by the various departments, Donovan explained that $3.000,000 ' will be sought in the urgent efficiency appro- yriation bill at the regular session of Congress in December for the pur- chase of & part of the municipal center site and $500.000 for beginning the construction of high temperature incineralors for the destruct ul combustible refuse. ‘This will 43.500,000 to be carried in the l‘ll estimates for the acquisition of the remainder of the site for the munl- cipal center and $350.000 for the com- pletion of the incinerators, Education Item Biggest. ‘The estimales of the Board of Edu- cation as usual represent the largest single item in the budgetary request. The regular school estimates call f $13,725,000. The School Board also sub- mibled a list of supplementals amount- ing to $1,101,000, which Donovan told the Commissioners were not intended as additional school needs but for the purpose of substitution if necessary. The school estimates, according to the auditor, exceed by $1,820,902 the amount | appropriated for the public schools for the coming fiscal year. Substantial in- | crease in appropriations also are sought by nearly all other municipal depart- ments. The only departments which did not ask for funds greater than the appropriation for the 1930 fiscal year | niug Commission and the National Training School for Boys. sioners in preparing the tentative esti- mates for the Budget Bureau. Donovan drafted a statement showing the amount 1931 fiscal year on the basis of con- tinuing the present tax rate of $1.70 with 1o increase in the annual $9,000.- 000 lump sum contribution of the Fed- eral Government. Receipts Are Listed. The estimated receipts from the tax on real estate and tangible personal property, the auditor calculated, will amount to $22.338,000. The tax on in- tangibles he figured will produce $2 | 750.000, while the tax on public utilities, banks and loan associations, according to his caleulations, will yield $2 310,000, To these figures he added the $9,000. 000 lump sum contribution of the Fad- | eral Government. miscéllaneous receipts, nated at $3.000,000: gasoline t: venues, estimated at $1.600.000; wat evenues, estimated at $1,550.000% trust and special funds. amounting to $2 040,000, and $350,000 as the release of cash reserve for unextended appropuia- | tion balances, making & grand total of $51.073,000. As the appropriation requests exceed this $51.073,000 avallability by $1.983.- 05 and entirely use up the Distriet's total budget estimates should be trin | wed Lo $48.552,000. which would leave | the revenue availability at the close of the 1931 fiscal year & free cash operat- lug_ fund of $2521,000. Dotovan’s five-year financial program showed u bulance to the credit of this lluld at the lose of the 1931 year of 21,000 The decreased difference of . he explained, is due to present intention to Tequests, larger In]llnl appropriations for the lnumflpal center and high temperature incinera- tors in the fiscal year 1930 than were contemplated in his program. | - | | Birth-Control Clse Dropped. | NEW YORK, May 14 (®.—Two women physicians and three registered nurses arrested in a raid last month { upon the Birth Control Research Clini- cal Bureau and charged with illegal dis- semination of birth control information, | were discharged by Magistrate Abraham Rmmblmh in Harlem Court today C. L. Morris came here yesterday from his home at Petersburg, Va.. step= | ped from his auttomobile at the Stone- |leigh Court apartments and told his chauffeur to “drive around the That was early in the afternoon. No one clocked the driver thereafter, bt the police believe he has the block- circling record. They found him early today, parked in the midtown section, his gas tank almost dry, cold, tired and | hungry The chauffeur, W. 4. Ruffin, 35-year- by the Commissioners preparatory to | of $48.552,000 recommended by |s are the National Capital Park and Plan- | For the information of the Commis- ' of money that will be available in the | sh operating fund, Donovan sald the | DRY AGENT KILLED IN LIQUOR CHASE WHEN CAR CRASHES Police Auto Forced Off Road at 70 Miles an Hour by Light Roadster. {RACE DOWN BALTIMORE PIKE ENDS AT BERWYN | i Recent Order Prohibiting Use of Guns Blamed by Officer for Fatal Accident. A wild rum chase along the Baltimore pike toward Washington ended at Berwyn, Md., early this morning with the death of Prohibition Agent Dano | N. Jackley, 48 years old, who was killed when the police car spun around twice and crashed into & telephone pole afte: it had been forced from the road by the fleeing bootlegger. Jackley, who lived at 514% Second | street southeast, died on the way to | Providence Hospital. In point of ssrv- ice he was one of the oldest men in the service, ‘The colored driver of the rum car was reeognized by Jackley's companions, who believe they will be able to arrest him today. The bootleg car—a speeds roadster—bore District of Columbia license Blames Recent Order. One of the agents accompanying Jackley blamed the recent order fo:- _bidding prohibition agents to use thei 'pistols for his companion’s death. “Wr most touching the bootlegger's shot the tires off easily. Then the acci- dent would never have occurred.” Jackley was accompanied on his fatal ride by Acting Deputy Administrator William R. Blandford, Lamer York and Chsrles McCartney, all agents working out of the Washington office. &t 4 o'clock this morning to patrol the Baltimore Pike. For two hours thev cruised back and forth in a fruitles: search, and had just turned toward Washington at Laurel, Md.. when s small, speedy roadster flashed by, One of the agents recognized the lone occu- L as & colored Bootlegger he had ar- once before. Eseapes Crash by Inches. ‘With McCartney st the wheel, the Lig police car started after the fleeing suspect, vhn ‘was forcing his ear to the limit. ‘Through the dim J t of dawn the two cars sped o\er 1 slippery road, rocking the turns, but never llowln( down Out of the corners of his eyes,’ McCar! - ‘ney saw the needle on his urnp mt the 60-mile-an-hour lun& -l mw . hhnm:e:ttm?twdu; oagaide suspected bootlegger. A: " P.twthe left to pass, th~ lvred dflver of the roadster steered his car in front of the police machine. escaping & collision by inches in his desperate and successful endeavor to block his pursuers. The ‘sudden slackening speec caused both cars to rock and slm. bu' they straightened out and the echasze was resumed. Down the road the two cars roared. McCartney ever edging up hop | chance to pass and the colored driver | Just as warily warding him off. Five | miles farther on they came to a wider | stretch of road and McCartney de- cided to try it again. The numerals 65 l(lomlnued on Pa;e 2, Column 2.) SCHOOLBOYS TO AID IN SEARCH FOR CHILD Session Canceled as Hundr~ds Seour JTowa Countryside { v Missing Lad. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC, Iowa, May 14.—Atlantic schoo! boys will be dismissed today to join in the search for 7-year-old Duane Rowe, who disappeared Sunday, when he went to a pasture to gather & bouguet of flowers for his mother. Three hundred persons searched in vain all day yesterday and far into the night for trace of the lad. Sheriff McKee fears the child drowned in Troublesome Creek, which runs through the pasture. On the creek bank, where violets grow, heel | marks which may have been made by Dusne's shoes were found. Other searchers suspect foul play and link the disappearance two weeks ago of Faye Martin, 15, and Kenneth Judd, 18. high school pupils, with that of the boy, Neither has since been found. CRUISER IS GREETED. American Warship Pays Visit to Port of Antwerp. ANTWERP, Belgium, May 14 (#).— The American cruiser Raleigh arrived today for a visit in this port and was greeted by Antwerp officials and by the personnel of the American consulate, An Antwerp newspaper. which des clared that the Raleigh had not askad | pormission of the Netherlands author- | ities to pass through Dutch waters, has taken advantage of the warship's visit | to discuss the question of freedom of the Schelde River. The Belgians desire free access to the harbor from the | without Dutch interference. |Chauffeur Told to Drlve Around Block e Confused by Traffic, Rides for 12 Hours old retainer in the Morris family for 18 years, sald the Washington traffio confused him. He had been driving for | about 12 hours. The police telephoned Mr. Morris at the Hamilton Hotel before daylight. Fe came to headquarters for the driver, | Who said he wanted to make another | stop—this time at a restaurant—before leaving for Virginia, o |Radio Program:—Page 41