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2 GREEN FLASH'S HOP FOR ROME DELAVED ” Take-off Postponed { Weather as Plane Rests at Old Orchard. B the Associated Press OLD ORCHARD, Me., May 21.—Re- ports of bad weather conditions over part of the 4.700-mile transatlantic | course they expected to follow today prevented the projected take-off for Rome of Roger Willlams and Lewis A. Yancey in the monoplane Green Flash. The plane, in which ‘Martin Jensen recently established a world solo en- durance flight record, remalned in & hangar where it was trundled last night after Dr. James H. Kimball of the New | York weather bureau advised that con- ditions would not be propitious for the flight for at least 24 hours, Immediate preparations for a take- off at daybreakgtoday were made, after the fiyers arrived here late yesterday {rom the Teterboro Airport, N. J. Fuel. ing of the 518-gallon gasoline tanks was begun and food, cotiee and water | were asscmbled Whether the Green Flash would take | off at daybrcak tomorrow depended.! Williams said, on further weather ad- vices. Both fiyers indicated their con- | fidence of the success of the trip, once | the start was made. So certain were | they of the plane’s ability to carry them on the 50-hour fight that no. safety devices or radio were contained in their equipment Williams said they planned to strike southeast from OIld Orchard for 400 | miles until _the fortieth parallel was | reached. Then they expected to fly | straight east to the southern tip of Spain, over the Mediterranean and thence to Rome, The fiyers hope to establish a long distance and endurance record. FRENCH PLANE IN EW YORK. Flight to Paris Expected to Be Delayed Until Last of Week. ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y., May 21 (P)—Continued heavy fogs and fain off New Foundland are expected to delay until Thursday or Friday the projected flight to Paris of the French plane, Bernard-191. Armeno Lottd, jr., backer of the flight, said no iake-off would be attempted until weather conditions are favorahle. Lotti will accompany Jean Assollant, pilot, and Rene Lefevre, navigator, on the flight. Fog Cloaks Grand Banks. Dr. James Kimball, meteorologist of the New York Weather Bureau, de- | scribed conditions off the Grand Banks | as very bad. A heavy fog cloaked the / banks, he said, and there was much rain. Between the Grand Bank: the French Coast, however, the wi ‘was clear. Lotti disclosed today that on the flight they would subsist mainly on a diet of bananas. He explained that | the fruit was highly nutritious. would not take up much space and, in ‘addi- tion, he and his fellow fiyers iike them. Two vacuum_ bottles, each holding twop quarts of coffee, and three one-quart bottles of distilled water also will be taken along. NEW COURT FIGHTS ON RAIL VALUATION SEEN AHEAD OF I. C. C. (Continued From First Page.) | develop new principles of valuation. ‘Work on valuation and the bringing of calculations up to date has been sus- pended pending the decision in the O'Fallon case, and that now will be pressed while revision of old decisions Pproceeds. A number of members of Congress in- terested in railroad legislation displayed keen interest in the decision. Many thought congressional action would be needed to clarify the situation, but the likelihood that the special session would be called upon to deal with the problem ‘was considered remote. Chairman Couzens of the Senate in- terstate commerce committee let it be known that he would want ample time 1o study the situation and recalled that the House had not organized the com- mittees necessary to deal with the val- uation legislation, even if it should be proposed during the special session. Hoch Says Question “in Air.” The valuation question was described | by Representative Hoch. Republican, of Kansas, a member of the House com- merce committee, as being left “still up in the air” by the decision, since it Jaid down no definite rule for the com- mission to follow in determining the importance to be attached to reproduc- tion costs in calculating the value of a railroad. The decision, he held, “illustrates again the weakness of the recapture provisions of the law,” which “are im- -practicable and never will solve the /problem of weak lines” He thought that these provisions and those setting up & rule of rate making to assure & fair return on valuation would have to be reconsidered by Congress. WILLARD SCOUTS RATE RAISE. President of B. & O. Says O'Fallon Decision to Have no Immediate Effect. Daniel Willard, president of the Balti- more & Ohio Railroad Co., said today that in his opinion the decision of the Supreme Court in the St. Louls and O'Fallon rate case would have no im- by| THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, IELEVEN TRAPPED IN'RAID BY POLICE Officers Act on Report School Children Patronize Policy Game. A soft drink stand in the 100 block of 1 street, which police say is a poliey game establishment, patronized by pupils from nearby schools, was the scene of a raid by second preeinct de- tectives early this morning. A 12-year- old school girl was among 11 trapped by police. Operated, police say. 28. and Charles W. Ty 6, both col- ored, the establishment is within three blocks of & colored high tchool and it is said that the girl, on her way to by Henry Lee, bet of 16 cents, but_was interru the entrance of Detectives Hughes and F. W. Bauer. Bottles Counted, Detectives accuse Tyler and Lee of accepting bets from grade and high school pupils and say that a portion of bets amounting to $56.50. taken vester- day, was placed by children who are said to have been playing the polcy ames. Counting the soft drink bottles on the shelves, Decective Hughes declared that | although the place 1s reputed to be a | soft drink stand only seven bottles con alning refreshments were found. Drive Is Launched. Detectives are said to have launched | a drive on gaming establishments in | the “neighborhood after receiving re- ted by Van D. | | | ports that the places are being patron- ized by school children, and other estab- lishments are under observation. One place is less than a block from the school. Detectives say that they re- ceived reports that pupils throng to the places before and after school hours and at the noon recess. Tyler and Lee were charged at the | second precinct with violating fhe pol- | icy laws. ADVOGATES HOME | BUILDING SUBSIDY President of Master Builders’ -Association Talks to Iron Contractors. With tariff protection for the manu- | facturer, aid proposed for the farmer | through debenture bonds and move- | ments to subsidize ship owners, the time | has come to grant a subsidy to the! builders of homes, according to E. H.| Rosengarten, president of the newly or- ganized Master Builders' Association of Washington, who delivered the principal | address last night at the annual din- ner of the Iron Contractors’ Association, at the Hamilton Hotel. | | Work Declining. “Because of the constantly declining | -‘volume of work in the building indus- | try,” said Mr. Rosengarten, “the ques- tion today should be that of maintain- ing the present standard of wage rather than raising it. Agreeing that the standard of living today is high, yet it has not changed appreciably in the past few years, and it must be recalled that the history of all eountries has shown a marked tendency to decline after a peviod of expanding prosperity. “Referring to the present cost of building, we must recall that not alone does material and labor enter into the problem; for we have numerous and unfortunate instances of high overhead cost created by certain methods of financing. If I am not mistaken, just a few months ago New York financial institutions frankly discussed this same question—that of financing bullding | loans—and as frankly recognized a condition which could and should be remedied. Officers Chosen. “There has been a great deal sald recently about protecting the manufac- turer by tariff. sidy and the ‘Why not subsidy for the home builder? the shipewner by sub- 'mer by debenture bond. Surely no meed is more pressing than that of homes for our people—the bul- wark of the Nation.” The Iron Manufacturers’ Association elected Emil Schmidt, president: Louis Otto, vice president; Jacob Gichner, ! treasurer, and Ross H. Johnston, secre- tary. HEATH TAKES LEAD | AT INDIAN SPRING Bannockburn Entry Scores 84 in Qualifying Round of Golf Tourney. C. C. Heath of the Bannockburn Golf Club registered an 84 over the course of the Indian Spring Golf Club today to take the lead in the first day's qualifying round of the Indian Spring invitation golf tournament. Due to recent rains the course was heavy and slow and most of the scores modiate effect whatever on railroad 5. It would, however,” he added, “af- ford a guide to the Interstate Com- merce Commission in its efforts to fix Jawful valuation of the railroads as a basis for the calculation of so-called excess earnings as provided in the transportation act.” Mr. Willard said that while he had not seen a copy of the decision and had only read such extracts from it as had appeared in the press, it seemed to him that the decision reaffirmed a previous decision made by the Supreme Court in the case of Smyth vs. Ames, more than 30 years ago “It was, of course, reassuring to the rallroads.” he said, “in that it made for stability.” ATTERBURY COMMENTS. | PHILADELPHIA, May 21 (#).—“The | a Railioad has no thought lesting any general increase in rates,” said Gen. W. W. Atterbury, pras- jdent of the Pennsylvania, today. in reference to the Supreme Court decision in the O'Fallon case. ‘ ‘I see nothing in this decision to cause any change In its palicy.” “As 1 understand the decision of the of requ TUnited States Supreme Court in the! O'Fallon case.” said Gen. Atterbury in) o ve a formal statement, “the court has merely reaffirmed its many times ex- pressed conclusion that reproduction cost is one of the elements which must be n 41%0 consideration in deter- mining the value of a public utility property, and undoubtedly it will be used in arguments before the Interstate Commerce Commission. “Aside from the Eastern class rate in- vestigation, which has been pending for several years before the Interstate Com- merce Commission. the Pennsylvania Tailroad has no thought of requesting any general increase in rates, and I see yothing in this decision to cause any change in its policy.” were high, Herbert L. Lacey, champion of the Manor Club, and Thomas Pitt of Argyle, were in second place early this afternoon with scores of 86. Other early scores follow: C. M. Whitman, Indian Spring, 88; J. M. Suter, unattached, 90; George F. Miller, Manor, 90; D. R. Partéllo, Glen- brook, 90: Malcolm Hughef. Argyle. 90; J. L. Seymour, Indian Spring. 90: 91; T. L. Barf R. A. lett, Argyle, 91; J. F. McCarthy, Indian Spring, 93; Don Dudley, Argyle, 97; John Baldwin, Argyle, 97; M. H. Robb, Bannockburn, 99. MIND BECOMES A BLANK. Colored Man Walks in Circle to Locate Himself. Joseph Kunel, colored, last his sense of direction yesterday at Third street and Pennsylvania avenue and spent nearly three-quarters of an hour in a futile attempt to locate it When police_approached, Kunel was walking around in a circle, three fect in diameter, scanning the pavement as he_ searched for the missing sense. Police declared that they located the but they were from alcoholic stimulants that Kunel had consumed. A fine of $10 was imposed by Judge John P. McMahon when Kunel ap- peared in Police Court today. FIRE THREATENS STEAMER SAN FRANCISCO, May 21 (#). With_a serious fire raging in her hold. the British steamer Trevanion, bound for Victoria, British Columbia, from Antilla, Cuba with a cargo of sugar, was reported racing to port from a point, off the Northern California coast to- day. GIANT AR | 1Y BOMBERS the planes swooped in salute to M school, stopped in to place a “number” | One-hundred and seventy planes participated in the mimic warfare waged from the clouds over Norton Fleld, near Columbu: Gen. Dennis Nolan, director of th TUESDAY, MAY 21 DIP IN SALUTE AT OHIO MANEUVERS , Ohlo. This picture was made as some SECOND FLYER DIES | Lieut. Shade Killed in Crash| During Lull in Air Maneu- vers in Ohio. By the Associated Press. YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio, May 21 — Killed on a flight of friendly greeting between rival airmen in the United States Army air and ground war game in Ohio, Second Lieut. Florin W. Shade today was the second victim of the maneuvers. He was killed in a plane crash near here late yesterday. Second Lieut. Edward Meadow lost his life in a head-on collision with another plane Saturda; Assigned to Pursuit Group. Shade was assigned to the 1st Pur- suit group of the Air Corps at Selfridge Field, Mich. His unit was stationed with the “Blue” Army at Norton Field, Columbus, for the maneuvers. Yester- day he and fellow pilots flew to Wright Field, Dayton, to chat with Army flyers of the opposing “Red” Army there while troops were mobilized for the com- pletion of the maneuvers this week. Engine trouble developed when he started. He made repairs and followed some distance behind his comrades. After the visit was completed, engine trouble occurred a second time, and Lieut. Shade again was left alone. He was flying at about 200 feet altituae when the engine stopped, according to P. A. Donley, near whose home the plane fell. Shade Found Dead in Wreckage. Shade was dead when taken from the wreckage. It was said that his switches were closed and that the safety belt was loosed, Indicating that the officer knew he was to crash. The plane was a single-seater of the pursuit type. Shade was regarded 25 one of the crack pilots of his uni* He was graduated at the Army_ Air Coips Training_School at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex., last March and assigned to duty at Selfridge Field. His home was in Hays, Kans. Maj. W. J. Mangan of Wright Fleld investigated the crash last night, and a board of inquiry was called to make another investigation today. rie . THO 65 N DAY FORHORTON SHITH American Shatters All Rec- ords for St. Cloud, France, Course. By the Associated Press. ST. CLOUD, France. May 21.—Hor- ton Smith, young Joplin, Mo., golf pro- fessional, returned a score of 66, five under par, in the first round of the French professional champlonship to- day. The tall young Missourian played the first nine holes of the St. Cloud course in 34 and the last nine in the astonishing count of 32 strokes. He shattered all records for the course when he shot another 66 during the afternoon round. Smith's approaching was deadly, and He was in trouble only once. At the eleventh his drive landed under a tree and his approach rested under another, but he got his next close, to get down in four and bag his par four just.the same. Smith's card, the only one of the day under 70, read 45444342434 44344423466 Wi home in 35, to return a score of 79. Ed Dudley scored 73 and Gene Sara- zen and Joe Turnesa each had 75. George Duncan had a 71, Henry Cot- ton 73, Arthur Havers 72, Arnaud Massy 72, Jose Jurado 77 and Rene Golias 74. SAENZ OUT OF RACE. MEXICO CITY, May 21 (#).—Excel- of Nuevo Leon and former leading presi- dential candidate, as withdrawing from the presidential race. He assigned as reason his wish not to split the revo- lutionary party by being a candidate against Pascual Oritz Rubio, nominated at the Queretaro convention just before the outbreak of the recent rebellion. Before Oritz Rubio was selected, Saenz was thought to have created popular support and to be certain of the nomi- nation. He charged favoritism in seat- ing delegates in the convention, how- ever, and ordered delegates pledged to thus assuring his rival's selection. = - — Rubber Consumption. NEW YORK, May 21 (#)—The Rub- ber Manufacturers’ ~ Assoclation esti- mates that 128565 long tons of crude rubber were consumed in the manufac- ture of all rubber products in the United States during the first quarter of the year. IN MIMIC WARF ARE he dropped putts from 12 to 20 feet. | after a bad start, came | sior today quoted Aaron Saenz, governor | him to withdraw from the proceedings, | Youngest Daughler‘ Of Roosevelt Pays 1 White House Call | [Mrs. Derby Fails to See Hoover, But Greets | Head Usher. I In the crowd of tourists and visitors | who went through the White House on | a sightseeing trip yesterday were Mrs. | ! Richard Derby, the youngster daughter | of former President Roosevelt, and her | little daughter, Edith, 12 years old. | Mrs. Derby, who, during her long resi- |dence in the White House, was known as “Little Ethel,” went about the fa-| miliar mansion in the same informal | | and democratic fashion that marked the | recent visit of her brother, Archie, and | his wife and two children. The visitor came to the White House iunnnnounced‘ and went away without | meeting the President or Mrs. Hoover. | Mrs. Derby was recognized by Irwin Hoover, head usher at the White House, | who was serving in.that capacity dur- | ing the Roosevelt regime. ! Mrs. Derby greoted him like an old | | friend, and, after introducing her | daughier, talked over the old days, and | | was then accompanied by Mr. Hoover | | on_the remainder of her tour. | | " Before leaving she met several of the | older employes, among them being | | Charles Thompson, head messenger. | Mrs. Derby said her visit to the White House was the first since the Roosevelt family moved out 20 years ago last March. Her curiosity to see the old | place once more was aroused by her brother Archie’s account of his recent visit. She commented upon the few | changes that have been made in the | interior and told her daughter about | some of her escapades in the White | House when she was a child. |PLANES HOP OF | FOR GOTHAM “RAID”; | (Continued From First Page.) the present plans will take the bomber | over Atlantic City, where the resort res- idents will be “bombed” with another flare. The bomber is a standard service| | plane, which was flown with its sister ships of the second bombardment group from Langley Field, Va., to Wright Field | for the Army maneuvers in which it has | | been participating the past week. The | |cruising range of the plane is seven | hours without refueling. The bomber crew has been an- nounced as follows: Lieut. Moon, chief | pilot; Lieut. Eugene Banks, assistant | pilot: Bradley Jones, navigator; Lieut. Paul Richter, refueler, and Lieut. Charles T. Skow, radio officer. Recent improvements in the methods of refueling ships in the air will be| used in the refueling over the Capital. | he Douglas transport plane, which will | eliver the fuel, will be equipped with a 50-foot hose connected with two 150- gallon tanks. A leak-proof connection has been devised through which the refueling_can_be done without the danger that threatened the endurance fiight of the Question Mark. About 200 gallons will be put aboard the bomber at each refueling, and it will be delivered at the rate of about 40 gallons a minute. FORT WORTH REFUELED AGAINi Given Gas for Third Time—Aloft 44 Hours at 7:33 am. FORT WORTH, Tex., May 21 (®.— The monoplane Fort Worth, attempting to break the refueling endurance record of the Army monoplane Question Mark, was refuelled early today for the third time since it took off at 11:33 Sunday morning. In two contacts at an altitude of 2,500 feet 130 gallons of gasoline was transferred from the auxillary ship. The plane, piloted by Reg L. Rob- bins and James Kelly, completed its forty-eighth hour aloft at 11:33 a.m. The plane took off at 11:33 a.m. Sun- day and to break the record must re- main aloft an hour longer than the Question Mark, or until 7:13:15 p.m. saturday. The plane circled Meacham Field. its base, throughout the night at an alti- tude’ of about 2,000 feet. | Floodlights were kept burning last | night at municipal airport in order to | guide the pilots. The fiyers are carry- | ing flares for use in case of a forced landing_after dark beyond the limits of the fiying field. Until the ship lands. two officials will | be on duty to keep the ground record | of the flight. A comprehensive log is | | being kept in which sightings of the | plane-are being recorded with remarks about altitude and other data. “The first refueling contact was made early yesterday morning, 110 gallons of gasoline being transferred with ofl and food. In notes dropped in the forenoon, Robbins said he had been sick avery time Kelly had been at the controls and requested that he be sent some medi- cine, explaining that he always becomes | il when in a plane he is not flying himself. d SAFELY FROM S CADETS TAKE PART INMILLER FUNERAL Will Stand at Attention When Body Arrives at Church Tomorrow. Central High School's entire com- plement of high school cadets will stand at attention at the Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Church tomorrow morning when the body of Alvin W. Miller, the school prineipal who died of blood poi- soning early Sunday, is carried into the church for the funeral services, which Rev. Robert S. Barnes, pastor and friend of the principal, will conduct. While the school's entire cadet per- sonnel will be present, the Central High School company which places highest in the forty-second annual com- petitive drills under way at the Ameri- can League Ball Park since yesterday will form an honor guard through which the funeral cortege will proceed into the church. Only the honor guard com- pany will be armed, but all the cadets | will be in uniform. This plan was an- | | nounced this morning by Stephen E. Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools in charge of high schools and cadets affairs, who was succeeded by Mr. Miller as principal of Central. ‘The pallbearers for Mr. Miller will include his associates in the school sy: tem: Robert L. Haycock, assistant su- perintendent; Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal of Western High School: Charles S. Hart. principal of Eastern High School: Alian Davis, principal of Business High School: Frank Daniel. principal of McKinley High School, and L. G. Hoover, assistant principal of Central High School. Burial will be private in Glenwood Cemetery, where only the immediate friends and relatives of the principal will be present. OFFICIAL'S HOME STRIKERS' TARGET Pistol Shots Rake Residence of Rayon Mill’s Chief Mechanic. By the Associated Pres: ELIZABETHTON, Tenn, May 21.— National Guardsmen patrolling the Elizabethton strike area today sought to learn the identity of occupants of an automobile from which two volleys of pistol shots that raked the home of Etnest Hammer, chief mechanic of the American Bemberg rayon plant, last night, were fired. A series of blasts on the mountain sides in Happy Valley kept the Guards- men on watch throughout the night. Although the explosions did little dam- | age, the tension was great. Adjt. Gen. W. C. Boyd said he was “convinced the explosions were an effort to terrorize loyal workers.” Meanwhile, 50 strikers: and sympa- thizers, arrested on charges of intimi- dating workers, awaited the decision today of Chancellor C. E. Miller, who was to determine whether they were peacefully picketing. His decision will be in the nature of & definition of their activity under the terms of an injunc- tion granted to owners of the American Bemberg and American Glanzstoff tex- tile plants, which permits picketing. Five thousand workers walked out April 15 at the beginning of the strike at the plants, and the 50 men are part of those detained at various times by ‘Guardsmen. Willlam ¥. Kelly, vice president of the United Textile Workers of America, and Maj. Paul Divine, counsel for the union, last night announced that strik- ers will take legal steps against the tex- tile corporations. An injunction to re- strain Natlonal Guardsmen from pa- trolling public highways will be sought. ~ MALL MODEL SHOWN. ‘The model of the proposed monu. mental development of the Pennsyl- vania avenue-Mall triangle has been put on display at the Treasury Depart- ment. The model, which has attracted wide attention at the Corcoran Art Gallery, to which it was moved from its first | place of exhibition at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, is more than 20 feet in length, and shows in detail the proposed buildings for the Mall triangle. ‘The exhibition is located in the Treasury lobby; west entrance, near the White House. Increased Ship Service Ordered. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 21 (#®). Richardson, vice president and general manager of the Ocean Steamship Co., known as the Savannah Line, an- nounces an increase in saflings from Savannah to New York, beginning Sun- day, June 23, when four ships weekly will sail for the metropolis and three weekly for Boston, Mass. FLOOR The S-11, which was raised safely with its crew from the bottom of the sea in a test in Panama Bay, May 17, NEW TARIFF PLAN OUTLNED N HOLSE Representative Fort Pro-| | poses Establishment of New List From Free Commodities. (Continued From First Page.) into one of four classes. There is, first, | the class including Bibies, bread, works | of art, etc., which are on the free list | as a matter of public policy. Second, there is the class which is not produced at all in the United States, such as rubber, coffee, etc., which Congress as a matter of policy has determined shall not be used for revenue purposes. Third, there s the class of which we produce some but not enough for our needs, such as hides and gypsum. Fourth, there is the class of which we can pro- duce enough for our home consumption but on which generally we can under- sell the world in our own market, either by virtue of efficiency of manufacture, | as in the case of shoes, or freight ad- vantages, as in the case of phosphate rock, Question of Policy. “As to the first two of these classes | the question as to whether they go on | the free list or have a duty is a major the protective principle in any way, and Congress should not delegate any power over such articles to the Tariff Com- mission or the President. As to the third and fourth classes, however, they are as much entitled to the benefit of | the protective principle if they piove to need it as any other commodities. “History shows us that tariff revisions are never less than seven or eight years apart. In that period, as happened to cement and brick on the seaboard since the passage of the Fordney-McCumber act, serious trouble may arise through the development either of cheaper wa- ter transportation or new competitive conditions abroad. It seems an illogical absurdity as to commodities which may need protection to require them to wait {if on the free list, seven or eight years | for relief while permitting the Presi- | dent, on the report of the Tariff Com- | mission, to modify rates fixed by Con- gress in the range of 50 per cent up or down, or, in other words, an amount equivatent to the entire duty fixed by Congress. “As to the commodities in the third and fourth clesses now on the free list, therefore, such as hides, leather, har- ness, shoes, phosphate rock, vegetable ofls, etc., it is suggested that they be set up in a separate class on which there should be fixed a merely nom- inal—say one per cent—rate of duty: but that as to such commodities there {shall also be fixed by Congress a max- | imum rate of possible duty which, in the judgiment of Congress, shall prove sufficient in any event to be protective. | The President should be authorized, on | recommendation of the Tariff Commis- sion, to fix the rate at any point be- tween the minimum and the maximum, and should be authorized so to proceed upon proof that quantity importations of the article have reached a point which is absorbing a greater proportion of domestic consumption than had heretofore been the case—say, had ex- ceeded the imports of the last 12 months grfiore Congress passed the last tariff Nominal Duty. “This type of flexible proviron is needed in cases where the duty 1ixed is merely nominal, since, of course, the 50 per cent increase or decrease in a nominal rate is useless. “This proposal, if adopted, would probably prevent foreign producers from increasing their capacity in the hope of entering the American market pend- ing the adoption of a new tariff bill some years hence. It would also permit the Executive to secure definite assur- ances that action on his part, in the direction of increased duty, would not be followed by disproportionate in- creases—or, in some cases, by any in- crease—in the cost of the finished ar- ticle to the American consumer. “If such a provision had been in the Fordney-McCumber act the cement, lumber and brick industries would prob- ably have needed no relief in this bill, for foreign producers would have made no effort to flood our market. Similarly, today it would be the best form of pro- tection, for example, to live cattle, | which need little or no duty against current importations, but may need more than a cent and, one half if the foot-and-mouth disease is conquered in other lands and the embargo lifted; or to shoes, which probably need no duty against last year's imports, but will need a substantial one if Czechoslovakia further increases its capacity in the ef- fort to get our market. “The only objection that I have heard to this proposal is that it delegates too | much of the power of Congress to the Executive. To me this is not convine- ing, for two reasons. First, as I have said, it is unjust to delegate, as we do, power to modify a rate once fixed in a hundred per cent range and then re- | fuse to delegate any power to protect an industry solely because it does not happen to need protection at the mo ment we happen to be considering a tarift bill. “Unless we are prepared—which T am glad we are not— (o consider tariff revision annually, we should place this power somewhere else, - carefully safe- guarding its use. The second reason is that Congress, it seems to me, has lost nothing but trouble in its delegation of other like powers—as, for example, over railroad rates. I believe we will be a stronger body, both in fact and in the public mind, if we rid ourselves of as| many detail and administrative matters @3 possible, for we will then have— what_sometimes we now lack—time for the thoughtful consideration of matters of vital public policy. Let us make the rulg: and declare the policies and let ! somebody else attend to the details. This would more certainly ‘make us a greater parliamentary body than will insistence on our power over details.” Mr. Fort defended stoutly the Hawley tariff bill as it was drafted by the ways and means committee. He insisted that the tariff is no longer, s ft was called some years ago, “a local issue.” but had become & national issue, “The policy of protection,” he said, “has become so firmly established that no practical man seriously thinks the Nation can and will abandon the principal of pro- tection.” Not even the Democrats, he | | | question of public policy not involving | BLUE ARMY MOVES | ACROSS BOUNDARY War Game Continues in Ohio. as Opposing Forces Clash i in “Combat.” BY J. S. EDGERTON. Staft Correcrpondent of The Star. FIELD HEADQUARTERS, 1st BLUE ARMY, FAIRFIELD AIR DEPOT FAIRFIELD, Ohio, May 21.—Carrying | on despite the second fatal crash within three days, which have given the grim aspect of real war to the mimic ma- neuvers, the Army Air Corps and ground | troops from the 5th Corps Area today launched a combined ult on the | mythical international border from Lake | Erie to the Ohio River between Da: and Columbus. Shortly after 9 am. today, two Blue | Cavalry divisions engaged in a skirmish with Red Cavalry and, inasmuch as one Red division had been sent to protect | the left flank, remaining troops were | outnumbered iwo to one and quickly | forced to withdraw to the southeast | with Blue Cavalry following. Infantry and Artillery Uncovered. Red Cavalry withdrawal uncovered detachments of Infantry and Artillery. | As the Blue Infantry troops followed | the Cavalry in, they came in contact with Red Infantry and Artillery along | the general line—Bridgeport, Resaca, | Lafayette and Chrisman The Red covering detachménts were greatly inferior in strength, having been posted for warning and delay of Blue tropps rather than to engage in a de- fense at all costs. While the Blue troops took' up battle formation, the Reds gained time for an orderly retreat to a nearby ridge. By noon the Blue Infan- | try had driven the Reds back along the line for & distance of about 3 miles. Tt is expected that the Reds’ action in withdrawing with slight resistance will bring the Blue forces within reach of Ithe fire of Red heavy artillery at the | Darby Creek line before nightfall. This heavy artillery has been reported by the Blue observation aviation as be- ing in position east of the line which Red troops are entrenching. Eight Divisions Cross Line. At dawn today eight divisions of the Blue Army under command of Maj. Gen. Dennis E. Nolan, commandant of the 5th Corps Area, moved across the international boundary on a line run- ! ning north and south about 2 miles west of London, Ohio, and are ad- vancing toward Columbus. The di- visions are represented by troops of the 10th and 11th Infantry regiments. which will stake out ground panels representing the positions of the major elements of the Army. The_divisions completed concentra- tion along the boundary at dusk last night and bivouacked there. Today the advance line of the Blue Army is ranged from Woodstock, Ohio, on the north, to South Charleston, Ohio, on the south, as follows: Unionville Center, 84th Division, In- diana Organized Reserves, Brig. Gen. | L. R. Gigniliat commanding; Chuckery, 38th Division, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia Natfonal Guard, Maj. Gen. R. H. Tyndal commanding; Resaca, 37th Division, Ohio National Guard, Brig. Gen. Frank H. Henderson commanding. Plumwood, 83rd Division, Ohio Or- ganized Reserves, Col. Orval P. Towns- hend commanding; Lafayette, 100th Di- vision, Kentucky and West Virginia Or- ganized Reserves, Col. L. L. Roach com- manding. Lilly Chapel, 5th Regular Army Di- vision, Col. G. L. Townsend command- ing. The 1st Blue Corps, with head- quarters at Mechanicsburg, is com- manded by Brig. Gen. George S. Jamer- son, Regular Army, and the 2nd Corps, at London, by Maj. Gen. Benson W. Hough, Ohio National Guard. All during last night the 9th. 10th, 11th and 12th Blue Regular Army Di. visions were advancing, in theory, fro their mobilization areas toward the boundary line. They are one day's march in the rear of the advance troops and probably will continue the march today. 100 Planes in Air Force. Supporting these divisions of the 1st Blue Army are the Blue air forces, ac- tually represented by about 100 planes and the 2d and 3d Armies, imaginary, which, according to plan, have mo- bilized at points throughout the Blue part of the United States and now are invading the Red State to the morth | of the Ist Blue Army. The Red forces also have three field armies of inferior strength to the Blues, which means hat the combat activities this week will in- volve, on paper, almost a million men, representing every State and city of the Nation, in the greatest combined air- ground maneuvers ever staged by the United States Army. The first Blue Army has information | that the Red forces this morning had | concentrated - five divisions along the | east bank of Darby Creek. Blue air force observers report that the Red right is resting east of Plain City and the left opposite and east of Harris- | burg. Another division was reported | going into bivouac at Lockbourne, eight miles south of Coiumbus. Three other divisions and a large number of corps and army troops were bivouacked In the area around Newark, Columbia Center, Buckeye Lake and Alexandria, having marched last night from the east. ‘The Blue observation group sent out by Lieut. Col. H. C. Pratt, aviation commander, 1st Blue Army, is conduct- ing_reconnoisance to gain information of the Reds’ intrenched position, par- ticularly the positions of Red artillery and of the advance of their reinforce- ments coming up from the rear. Bombardment Forces Driven Off. ‘The Blue bombardment forces. during the early afternon attempted to destroy several bridges over the Scloto River, but were driven off by Red anti-air- craft artillery. An air attack to delay Red troops coming up from the rear probably will be carried out before nightfall. Blue pursuit planes are engaged in escorting their bombardment and at- tack formations. Blue attack by air will encounter three to one superiority of the Reds In pursuit planes. Blues have a similar ratio of superiority over the Reds in bombardment planes. ar” Writers Tour Field. During a lull in the mimic warfare | sterday. & score of the “War corre. spondents immense ' y Corps Materlal Division at Wright Field, Daylon. The' laboratories and the fly- ing fleld adjoining them cover more than 1,000 acres, with additional space for landing. An' additional 3,000 acres has been reserved for future expansion. The tract includes the site of the-origi- nal gliding and flying experiments by the Wright brothers. ) RendsflAddre!s as President. Dr. Charles W. Richardson of Wash- | ington this morning read his address as president at the annual meeting of the | American_Laryngological Association in Atlantic City. said, remain true to their ancient faith in free trade. “There are on the floor of this House,” said Mr. Fort, “no more earnest and devoled advocates of Increased duty than the gentlemen who sit on the Democratic side of the aisle. The only difference between them and the majority is that apparently they favor high rates of duty only on the products of their own districts—that they still adhere to the theory that the tariff is a local issue, and refuse to approach it from a national viewpoint.” MORROW THREAT REPORT CONFIRMED Daughter of Ambassador Is Named as Victim in $50,000 Extortion Plot. . | By the Associated Press. WESTWOOD, Mass., May 21.—Con. firmation of a report that a $50,000 ex- tortion and death threat plot had been made against Constance Morrow was given today by Peter J. Driscoll, police chief. He expressed the belief that it was the work of & person‘who has made several similar attempts to obtain money from prominent residents of this section. Letters in the plot against the daugh- ter of the Ambassador to Mexico and 1 | sister of Anne Morrow, Charles A. Lind- bergh's fiancee, were received several weeks ago by the 15-year-old girl. who s a student at Milton Academy. Fears or her safety resulted in a secret jour- ney to New York, from where she went by airplane with Col. Lindbergh and members of the Morrow family to the Mflrrnw Summer home at North Haven, e, Similar Threats Made. Chiff Driscoll said today that threats similar to that received by Miss Morrow had been received during the past two vears by Mrs. Larz Anderson, wife of the former diplomat, with homes in Brookline and Washington; Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird of Walpole, prominent i Republican women's affairs, and Mrs Curtis Guild, widow of former Gov. Guild. The first threat was received by Mrs. Anderson in 1927. The letter to Mrs. Bird came in 1928 and that to Mrs. Guild in January of this year. All of the letters contained the same demand. They asked that $50.000 be left behind a stone wall by the roadside near the homes of James J. Jackson, former State treasurer, and Maj. Gen | Clarence R. Edwards. commander of the war-time 26th Division. Each of the letters was mailed from the Back Bay postal station in Boston and was ;‘prmtcd by hand in pencil. Detectives Employed. Chief Driscoll and Inspector Edward | P. Flanagan of the Dedham police had been working on the plots unassisted until the letters were received. Private detectives were then enlisted by the Morrow family. On scveral occasions, detectives and police secreted the: selves in places near the spot men. tioned in the letters, hoping to capture the writer. Dummy packages were placed there by a girl who acted as a “double” for Miss Morrow, after she had left Milton Academy. The author of the letters falled to appear. however. Chief Driscoll said today that prog- ress in the case had been made since the Morrow letters had been received and that an arrest was imminent. He | attributed the letters to a “crank” and decried the possibility of any danger to | Miss Morrow. FLYING LESSONS CONTINUED. Il I | Anne Morrow Takes Off With Colonel on Anniversary. NORTH HAVEN, Me, May 21 (#).— ‘The second anniversary of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's New York-Paris non- stop flight found him apparently intent | on further flying lessons for his fiancee, Miss Anne Morrow. Possibility that the colonel would cele- hrate such an event anywhere but aloft appeared remote to residents of this little island which has sheltered Lind- bergh and members of the family of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow since their arrival by.plane last Saturday. It was not until yesterday, however, that the colonel ventured into the air from the seclusion of the Morrow estate. With Miss Morrow beside him in the big six-.passenger amphibian, he took off from the recently cleared run- { way near the house and cruised over amden and along the Maine coast for nearly a half hour. Plane’s Action Unusual. But it was the unusual action of the plane, as it taxled down the runway before the take-off, that led observers to belicve that the colonel himself was not at the controls. The craft taxied along the field several times before it finally shot sure and straight for the hop-off. The opinion was expressed that Miss Morrow had just completed a { ground lesson. The day brought forth somewhat more activity around the Morrow home than the day previous. Residents of the island were permitted to enter the estate and view the plane. Guards made cer- tain, however, that those who entered ‘were bona fide islanders. Mrs. Morrow and her secretary, Mrs. Josephine Graeme, later played nine holes on the village golf course. Request of the selectmen of the town to permit the villagers and other island residents to give Col. Lindbergh a re- ception was declined by the fiyer with the statement “not at present.” POLES READY FOR HOP. WARSAW, Poland, Mav 21 (#).- Dispatches to the Warsaw Express from Poranny say that the Polish airmen Majs. Louis Idzikowski and Kasimir Kubala, who are planning a flight from Paris to New York, are awaiting favor- able weather for the take-off. ‘They were forced to turn back last year by failure of their oil feed line after flying about 1,800 miles. ‘Their route will be from Paris in the direction of the Pyrenees, then the Azores, thence to Nova Scotia and to New York. Grant Half Holidays. ‘The District Commissioners today is- sued an order granting District em- ployes Saturday half holidays during the Summer months. The employes will be excused at 12:30 on Saturdavs between June 1 and September 28, both inclusive. This order follows the regu- lar practice in force for some years. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band, at the bandstand, this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock; John 8. M. Zimmerman, bandgaster; Anton Point- ner, assistant leader. March, “Anchors Awel C. igh” A. Zimmermann . .Boldek ienne™ Luigini Selection from grand opera, “Attila” Verdi Fox trot, “Somebody Sweet Is Sweet ; Donovan Overture, “At the Weil”. Suite de ballet, “Ballet d'Egy Finale, “The Desert Song” “The Star Spangled Banner.” At the bandstand. navy yard, by the United States Navy Band. at 7:15 o'clock; Charles Benter, lea March, “All Hands".. .. Benter Dedicated to Admiral R. H. Leigh, US. N. Overture, “The Flying Dutchma Wagner Solo for cornet, “My Regards,” Liewellyn Musician Ralph Ostrom. A tone journey, “Mississippi”.....Grofe (a) “Father of Waters.” (b) “Huckleberry Finn.” Old Creole Mays Crardas from the opera, “The Ghost of the Warrlor”. . .Grossmann Excerpts from “The Three Musket- y Prim! of ‘the copy- right owner.) “Wotan's Farewell” and “Firecharm Music” from “The Valkyries,” Wagner Rhapsody, “Hungarian No. 1 Liszt nchors Aweigh eers” .... (By special permission ‘The Star Spangled Banner."