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Py BYRD NANES ADID STATINFOR C4S Publisher of New York Times Is Honored by Polar Expedition Leader. BY RUSSELL OWEN. By Radio to The Star and New York Times. LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, June 11.—Comdr. Byrd as named the radio station at Little America after Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher of the New York | Times. This is the most southern radio sta- tion in the world and one of the busiest | short-wave stations ever constructed. | Through it, communication has been | maintained with very little interruption #=% the New York Pimes radio station. It has riost always been possible to | reach some amateur stations. Business of Station Heavy. An amezing amount of traffic, press | official expedition business and personal messages have been sent from it. Time signals are received here regularly so that the chronometer. may be checked, and short-wave broadeasts have been received with considerable success, al- though at times they are distorted by rapid fading. On the whole, communi- cation has been even better than was expected. ‘The station is the most noticeable thing in our landscape, the three tow- ers, 60 feet high, forming a triangle about one of the houses. They are just at the head of the slope leading up from lh‘f‘ inlet and the bay and stand out against the sky even in our long night. A light hes been placed on one of them so that if any one should be- come lost while walking the light would guide him back home, as it could be seen above the average layer of drifting snow. Ochs’ Help Is Cited. In announcing his decision to name the radio station for the publisher of the New York Times, Comdr. Byrd sent to Mr. Ochs the following message: Little America, Antartica, June 3, 1929. Adolph 8. Ochs, Times, New York. Dear Mr. Ochs: Your long connection with polar ex- Pploration with Peary, Scott, Amundsen and others has been an important con- tribution to polar discovery. You have | helped make possible our North and South Pole expeditions. Your attitude throughout has been very kindly and | your associates all the way down the | line have reflected toward us your liberal attitude. It has therefore been very helpful and a real pleasure to be associated with you. Among other things you have done much to enable us to establish our radio station, which has kept such remarkable communica- tion with the United States. It seems proper therefore to name this station, the Southermost one by many hundreds of miles, the Adolph Ochs radio station. It isn't much to do, but cur decision carries with it kindest regards and best of good wishes from every one of us. BYRD. Mr. Ochs sent the following reply: The Times Annex, New York, June 10, 1929. Comdr. Byrd: Highly honored by your giving my name to radio station. “You are always doing nice things -in a_nice way and thus " give additional pleasure to the honor of co-operating with you in your useful and historic work. All join me in affectionate greetings to. you and your crew, - ADOLPH 8. OCHS. he New Yorg Times' Post-Dispatch. Al lication reserved throughout rights (Copyright, 1829, by t. oo SRRs the world.) i ADMR. CHASE.ORDERED TO 12TH NAVAL DISTRICT Relieves Rear Admiral Washing- ton, Who Has Been Retired as Commandant. Rear Admiral John V. Chase was or- dered detached from the General Board, Navy Department, about September 1, in official orders today, and directed ' to assume duty as commandant of the 12th Naval District, with headquarters at San Prancisco. He will relieve Rear Admiral Thomas Washington, who has Soundness This is the first of s series of eight articles by Frederic J. Haskin on ‘“The Scate of the Treasury” and a review of the national finances since the war, with references to our whole histor I—Reduction of the Public Dept. BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN. The beginning of the administration of President Hoover finds the United States in debt in a sum of roughly $18.- 000,000,000, or about $6,500,000,000 less than the debt which was against us when the Harding administration took office eight years ago. Year by year this Nation has been paying into its Treas- ury in taxes a goodly amount more than has been needed to operate the Federal | Government, and the surplus has been used to retire part of the war debt. About one-fourth of that debt has now been paid and about three-fourths re- mains to be paid Paying this first, and perhaps the hardest, quarter of our national debt has not really been hard for the aver- age citizen. These have been prosper- ous years, in which taxes have not pressed too onerously upon us. From time to time the rates of Federal income taxation have been reduced from the war-time levels, which has helped to make the tax payments easier. For the mass of Americans the reduction of the | great war debt has not been hard. For | the responsible men who have steered the affairs of Government so that sur- pluses could pile up and be applied to | debt reduction (he task has not been | easy. President Calvin Coolidge and Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon have been credited by the pub- lic with bearing the brunt of this task. It is not unfair to the ex-President to recall that Secretary Mellon was pur- suing the task, effectively although without spectacular display, while Mr. Harding was in the White House. First Session of Congress. A review of the state of the Treasury today and of the steps which have brought it from the war status to its present condition will be immensely helpful to every one who desires to observe with understanding the poli- cles of the Hoover administration, now coming into view as Congress is meet- ing for the first time under the new regime. This new Congress proposed two outstanding actions, a partial re- vision of the tariff, which may have a large effect on the income of the Government, and a farm aid plan which may affect very greatly the ex- penses of the Government. This same Congress also has the power, any time it chooses, to spend money for as many other purposes as it may select, if the President agrees, or as it may insist upon over the objections of the Presi- ent. The Nation's financial status today is like that of any individual who has bought & house and paid for it mostly by a mortgage loan. Assume that this individual, after eight years, has paid off one-quarter of the loan and seems to be pretty well able to go on paying it off with regularity. At this point the individual finds that his grounds need improvement. Shall he stop re- tiring his mortgage and devote all his surplus earnings to fixing up the grounds? President Hoover has retained Secre- tary Mellon in charge of the National Treasury. What Mr. Mellon's policies will be under the new administration may perhaps best be estimated by re- calling what they have been in the past. While a public man is still in office and while partisanship still in- spires men to his opposition and to his defense, it is not easy to say what view history will take of his work. Mr. Mellon has been called by his admirers the greatest Secretary of the Treasury since Alexander Hamilton. His oppo- nents have called him less flattering things. Regardless of these opinions, eight years of post-war Treasury man- agement are now history and as finan- cial history they are truly remarkable. While other national treasuries have e led, wobbled, and even collapsed completely, that of the United States has become the foundation stone of the greatest financial structure the world has even seen, the key and center of & prosperity unheard of in volume of wealth and industry. While other treasuries have sought only where they could borow more and postpone the day of payment of the war obligations, the THE _EVENING STAR MELLON TAX REDUCTION PLAN HELD FIRM ECONOMIC POLICY Stabalization of Business and Reduction of Public Debt Cited as Evidence of of Theory. | | United States has paid off more than | $6.000,000,000 of its war debt. | "'When Mr. Mellon took office, in | March of 1921, the country was suffer- |ing a business depression, taxes were |'still at war levels and the unemploy- ment situation was serious. The re tiring Secretary of the Treasury, David | F. Houston, sald in his last report: “Forces of broad sweep and intensity have operated. They have been world- sibility of control by any industrial group, or even by nations. During the | war forces were set in motion which no government could or did control. The Nation has immense liabilities; it has great debts; but it has enormous re- sources, and the only question Is whether it will utilize and direct them wisely. The need of the exercise of lain common sense, of patience, of the effective realization that burdens of war do not end with the fighting, of hard work, of thrift and of economy, private and public, Federal, State, county and municipal, s so obvious as to render emphasis and discussion of it unneces- sary.” Taking the helm in this situation, Secretary Mellon moved directly at three basic purposes—to effect econ- omy in expenditures, to get as much as possible of the public debt into shape for quick refunding as the various Liberty loan bonds fell due, so as to avoid strain on public credit and private resources, and to| make possible reductions in interest | rates; to reduce tax rates, both to re- lieve industry of burdens and to bring into play the Mellon theory that lower tax rates on industry would stimulate more industry, and hence actually bring in more money than the higher rates. For the year ending June 30, 1920, the Government spent $6,500,000,000. For the year ending June 30, 1921, this was reduced to '$5,500,000,000. Under the Mellon economy program the rate of reduction from the war-time peak of expenses was expedited, so that for the year ending June 30, 1922, the outlay had been brought below $4,000,000,000. ; Refunding Began in June, 1921. The refunding operations may have | been said to start on June 15, 1921, when the first short-term Treasury notes were issued. They amounted to| $311,000,000, carried 53, per cent in. terest, and ran for thrée years. This tep did not effect any direct sa ing, but was necessary because war- time obligations were already falling due, and the interest rate everywhere was high. Within a few years, however, Treasury notes were being freely sub- scribed at less than 5 per cent, and finally at less than 4 per cent. At every opportunity the Treasury has called in high-interest obligations and issued low-interest paper. As the debt has gone down in volume, the interest rate has also been steadily reduced. After the refunding was provided for by the successful sale of the first note issue, attention was centered on reduc- ing tax levies. The act of November 23, 1921, was based on the knowledge that expenses for the current year would come below the four-billion mark. Internal revenue rates were cut to an extent which would reduce the Govern- ment collections by about $800,000,000. The real battle of tax reduction is yet ahead, the Mellon plan has yet to be | fought out. Opposed to his belief that the high surtaxes should be reduced so as to encourage industry and increase the total volume of taxable business, was the apparently more simple idea of “tax the millionaires.” Advocates of this plan to lay the heaviest sort of tax rates on the higher incomes re- fused to see that drove big money out of ess activity and into tax-exempt securities and othes non-productive chagnels. The high surtaxes made plenty of money avail- able to lend to States, cities, road dis- tricts or other public bodies which wanted to_borrow. Such loans were tax free. They made very little money available for new business efforts which would be heavily taxed. To reduce the tax rate on.the rich appeared to be unpopular, and hence poor politics. That reduced rates would really produce more taxes from the rich was what Mellon, a man of long and large business experience, under- stood, but which smaller political minds could not or would not grasp. In the end the Mellon theory prevailed, and proved itself economically sound. (Toworrow—The Budget System.) Just retired. Col. Randolph Berkeley is ordered de- tached from Marine Corps headquarters here and will go to the Marine Barracks at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Maj. 8. McReynolds is ordered detached from the Marine Barracks, Quantico, to the 2d Brigade, Nicaragua. Maj. Samuel L Howard is detached from the office of Naval Operations at the department and will go to the Garde de Haitl. Maj. Bennet Puryear, jr., is detached from the Marine Barracks at Quantico and will go to the depot of supplies at Phil- adelphia. SENATOR IS DARED TO REPEAT WORDS ABOUT PUBLISHER (Continued From First Page.) mission a chance to test this out,” the publisher declared. “I promise you that T will not dodge an indictment for per- Jury because of lack of power or any other technicality. I will welcome it, and I will then have a chance to prove to the satisfaction of every falr-minded, decent citizen of the United States the falseness of these dastardly attacks which have been made upon me and my newspaper business and under cover of rivilege instigated in one instance, I now, and the other, I suspect, by busi- mess rivals.” Copley, in his statement, reviewed his business career as an owner of public utilities, the Western United Gas & Electric Co. and its parent company, the Western Unied Corporation, which operated in the rural districts of IIi- nois. At the age of 62, in 1926, he sold his holdings in these utility concerns, he related, and then, because he did not want to retire from business activity, in the Summer of 1927, decided to enter the newspaper field. Buys Newspapers. He then purchased the San Diego, Calif, Union and the Tribune, he de- clared, adding this property to three Illinois newspapers which he had owned prior to 1926, respectively, the Elgin Courier-News, the Aurora Beacon-News and the Joliet Herald-News. These newspapers, he added, were owned by the Copley Press, Inc., of which he held “every share of stock.” He said that he owned fifl’wnnlly, not through corporate ownership, the Holly- wood, Calif., News; the Long Beach., Calif., Sun, and the contract to buy the Tllinols State Journal of SPfln[flelfl. He added, he also owned a ‘very pre- ponderating majority” of the stock of the Southern California Newspapers As- sociated, formerly the Kellogg News- pers, Inc., which own all or a ma- Jority of the capital stock of more than 10 California_newspapers. “Since the beginning of 1928 up to the present time I invested more than $7,500,000 in newspaper properties,” he declared. In connection with the sale of his Western United securities to Samuel Insull in late 1927, Copley said it was done through the financial syndicate KNIGHTS OF THE AIR PLANNED TO FORM BIG AVIATION FORCE (Continued From First Page.) behind the leading nations in its aerc- nautical program. He enjoins t| - ceiving the letters to maintain the closest veil of secrecy about the organi- zation of the flying society and its ef- forts to bulld up a civilian acrial defense body. ‘Wright expresses the belief that if Mr. Simmons can be induced to accept the leadership of the proposed seronau- tical socfety, “he will bind us together into an organization that will be one of the strongest orders on the face of the earth.” The rallying cry is sounded by Chair- man Wright from the “Hangar of the Organization Chairman; 1st Corps Area Esquadrille, Flight of Philadelphia, Wing of Pennsylvania, 407 ance Bullding, Philadelphia.” Appeal Sent Ost. The appeal is made under the fol- lowing letter head: “Organization Airdrome, Invisible Planet, Knights of the Alr. An Ameri- can institution binding together aero- nautical people into a klanish fraternal order, operating in times of peace as a complete aircraft machine, keeping in the fleld under actual training our aviators, thus giving the Nation a re- serve of seasoned, experienced fiyers in time of need.” At the bottom of the sheet is printed in bold type: “Our Motto: First and Always for American Air SBupremacy.” In his announcement of the creation of the Knights of the Air, which is addressed: “Fellow Aeronaut,” Chair- man Wright says: “We have seen America slip further and further behind in hgr aerial pro- gram. We have watched the armed forces of the aerial units of our Army, Navy and Marine Corps crumple up and fade away. We have heard prom- s for an aerial reserve, but they too have faded away. “At the close of the war we saw the formation of numerous aero clubs, the enthusiasm of their members at that time, but these clubs and their memberships also have faded away.” “Dream After Dream.” “Yes, we have seen dream after dream fade l'xn']lh noth! left but promises to w_for our splendid war-time activities which we now all realize are never to return under Gov- ernment control; but, fellow aeronauts, we must not, will not let this great Industry slip further from our fingers. “There is but one thing to do, and that is to take the building of this great work in our own hands, to or- ganize each and every one of us into & great organization, a great brother- hood of aeronautical comrades to carry on this work. To do this in the right which charge of selling them. As soon as he learned of Insull’s purchase, he declared, he resigned as president and director of that concern. He gdded that he had negotiated for the purchase of his last group of newspapers, the Kellogg properties, prior to Insull’s ac- of the securities. i way at little expense has been the eat problem, but I feel we now have f;und the solution; that is the ni- zation of & t fraternal order be known as nights of the Al “To head this organization takes a master man, & man who has been tried and proven, a man with a big heart and no petty feelings. We have such a man in the Hon. William Joseph Sim- mons, a man whose life work has been devoted to the upbuilding of home and country; the man who conceived, who oxrlllnllid the Knights of the Ku Klux an.” The letter than goes on to explain that the writer went to Atlanta to see Simmons and “put the matter up to w'nm.u his duty as an American citi- Held Week's Conference. “After a conference lasting more than | week with him and his chief of staff,” | the writer continues, “I know that when I take a petition representing the lead- Ing aeronautical men of America to Col. Simmons asking him to head our order that he can do nothing but accept this hlc:l post; that he will bind us together inlo an organization that will be one of the strongest orders on the face of the The letter is mimeographed and bears the closing, also mimeographed: “Yours for Alr Supremacy, C. Afldmm ‘Wright, nization Chatrman. Inclosed with ‘the letter to each aviator is & blank to be ed by him. ‘This form bears the following wording: “Being heart and soul with you in your fight for the advancement of American aeronautics and realizing that our Government is dropping further and further behind in keeping abreast with other countries in our aeronautical program, I hereby appoint you as my personal representative to wait upon the Hon. Willlam Joseph Simmons, to ask and urge that gentleman to take the helm and serve us as the head of thie | new aeronautical fraternal order, to help us to see light in our organization, training and the formation of our secret work and tables of organization.” At the bottom of the form is the following paragraph: “Membership in the Knights of the Alr is open to all Americans who can qualify under the rigid rests to be ap- plied to all applicants for membership, including not only those who served in the World War, but all classes of aero- nautical people who have the real inter- est of aeronautics at heart.” — BATTERIES TO WEAR “E” FOR FINE MARKMANSHIP !D. C. Guard Units Head List, War Department Figures Reveal. Members of Batterles A and C, 260th Comst Artillery, National Guard ol the District of Columhia, for the | next year will cach wear a red “E” on | their sleeves, for excellency in target practice, shown at the last snnual training encampment of the battalion at Fort Monroe, Va., according to Maj. Walter W. Burns, commanding the or- ganization. The figures just made public by the War Dernn.ment. he said, show that the local Guard units head the list of all guard units of the country. Battery A, a searchlight battery, 18 commanded by Capt. . Gosorn, and lmug'c, & gun batterg, hy Capt. Robert T. Daly. & wide and consequently beyond the pos- | | were flylng above the Adlantic with SHEDISH AVATOR VAT ON WEATHER Ahrenberg Says Plane Ready for Starting Hop to Greenland. Is| | By Cable to The Star and New York Times REYKJAVIK, June 13.—Capt. Albin Ahrenberg, leader and chief pilot of the seaplane Sverige, bound from Stock- holm, Sweden, to New York via Iceland, Greenland and the Island of Anticosts, announced last night that he and his WASHINGTON. D. ¢, THURSDAY Y Cope sable J- = @ Oro Orchord ~~o companions once more are ready for the 812-mile hop to Ivigtut, Greenland. Tuesday the Sverige made three at- tempts to get away and each time was {driven back. ©On the first attempt it was found that the planc was over- loaded. Next a bent propeller forced them to return. On the third attempt @ serfous leak in the plumbing devel- oped. Tuesday night mechanics worked late repairing leaks and overhauling the motor and fuel lines, but this morning, during a test flight, another radiator leak developed, which since has been repaired. Bad Flying Weather Reported. Last night Capt. Ahrenberg disclosed that a wireless message from Helge Bangsted at Ivigtut, Greenland, report- ed exceedingly poor visibility and bad flying conditions generally. “We are ready for the start, but will await better flying weather in Green- land,” said Capt. Ahrenberg. “Our last message from Bangsted says that there is no visibility to speak of and a ceiling of about 50 meters, with rain, snow and heavy seas on the fjord. “‘We intend to wait here until we are sure that we can follow out our sched- uled program to the finish.” Yesterday aiternoon, while mechanics were making further repairs, the avi- ators took a motor boat ride along the coast. They have had little relaxation since their arrival, and now that the weather is against' them they are set- tling down philosophically to await fa- vorable conditions. Capt. Ahrenberg, discussing the inci- dents of the Bergen-Reykjavik flight and forced landing at Skaptaros, told of the tense moments experienced by himself and his two companions when one of the pipe lines broke as they | I | such a report that the aviators for a few seconds thought there had been a serious accident. Motor Smoke Alarms Flyers. He also told of the critical moments during the second exciting incident that doy when clouds of black smoke en- | veloped the Sverige. It turned out to be burning ofl, from an over-supply of lubricants, and it was quickly put out. The actual alighting on the turbulent | waters off Skaptaros was a highly dan- | gerous experiment, said Capt. Ahren- | | great circle. JONE 13, 1929. ATLANTIC S| The above map shows alternate courses of tne Yellow Bird on its flight to Paris, depending on weather conditions. YELLOW BIRD SEEN TWENTY MILES OUT; AMERICANS CRASH (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) start out and follow the Yellow Bird's course. Two men who were standing about the French plane as the motor was | being warmed up said they saw a young | stowaway climb into the cabin. The | report could not be confirmed and | no radio message had been received from the plane. The Coast Guardsman in charge of portable sho: ave recelving set here | said that Malka had reported the Yel- Jow Bird at 100 miles out, was 2,000 feet up and going strong. The Prench plane got away two weeks ago, but was forced to return after 20 minutes, because of a leak in the main fuel tank. The Yellow Bird today was using a mixture of benzol and gasoline. The benzol was put in the fuel to reduce the detonation and vibration, which caused the leak on the first take-off. The mixture will be about 40 per cent benzol for the first hours of fiight, it then will be cut to 30 per cent and later to 20 per cent. Plane Lifts Slewly. The big vellow plane sped down the | beach for a mile and three-quarters and | lifted slowly from the sands. She flew to the south about a mile and a half and reached a height of about 500 feet. Then she circled and came back over the beach and sped away on her course. The plane then headed eastward in & The Coast Guard amphiblan stayed close beside the French plane until they were lost to view in the haze which overhung the coast. The Coast Guard cutter which had | laid off shore started steaming at full speed to the Southeast. A commercial flying boat with friends | berg. All toil and danger were forgotten | when they saw the beautiful and tran- | quil landecape, with the bluish moun- tain ridges in the distance and the shade trees by the shore line mirrored in the water. Flying between the bird rocks of th Westmanna Islands, the aviators wers met by millions of sea fowl, which lef their barren nesting places and formed great clouds of birds, screeching as i in welcome—sea gulls, eider ducks, terns, albatross and other birds of the | North Atlantic. Capt. Ahrenberg de- | scribed the sights as highly impressive | and very beautiful. | “Iceland” Called Misnomer. While the birds circled in compact masses above and alongside, myriads of | fish, from the small ones to the big At- | lantic codfish, could be seen darting in all directions in the transparent water, surprised at the shadow of this strange | apparition in the sky. The natural| beauties of the country make its being named Iceland a misnomer, he said, for | such a smiling island. H Ljunglund, the radio operator, joined | the discussion, grinning broadly at a | message just réceived from Helge Bang- | s | The telegram from Bangsted, in brief, was to the following effect: “We have beefsteak ready for you here. It is so | wonderful that the smell of it alone | should guide you across Greenland.” (Copyright, 1929, New York Times.) DAWES TO CONFER WITH MACDONALD IN SCOTLAND SUNDAY | (Continued From First Page.) leved to be according to the Ambas- | sador's own connivance, would permit | disposal of one or two important mat- | ters which hardly w-uld wait until the | premier returns to London for Parlia- | ment’s convening, June 25. rurcmosc} among these is the invitation to visit America, Returning from Lossiemouth, Ambas- sador Dawes probably will address the dinner at the Pilgrim's Club Tuesday night. There Is general expectation here of some important announcement from him on that occasion, or at least utterances which may be accepted as indicating the trend of future relations of the Hoover and MacDonaid govern- ments. General bellef has developed here that aside from the routine of his am- bassadorial commission, the former Vice President has been commissioned especially by President Hoover to| smooth differences between the Unted | States and Great Britain and to help forward a naval-reduction agreement | based primatily on British-American | accord. Prompt Action Arouses Interest. For this reason and the imminence | of the prospective visit of Mr. Mac- Donald to America, considerably more ! interest has been attached to the arrival | of Mr. Dawes than is usually the case with even American ambassadors. It was pointed out in some quarters, for | instance, that such prompt submission | of credentials to his majesty would be almost without precedent. The Daily Herald, Labor organ, today said the enthuslasm with which the suggestion of a confercnce between the premier and President Hoover had been greeted was a good augury for the ceess. * the paper said, “is more conscious than the prime minister and his forelgn secretary that the problem of the Anglo-American relations is a complex one, and even a straight talk between the prime minister and the President cannot resolve all the diffi- culties in the twinkling of an eye. MacDonald’s Slate “Clean.” “The coming to power of new ernments, both at Washington London, has given the opportunity for a break with the past and for a new and more hopeful beginning. Fortu- nately for the world the same change { has brought to office on both sides of | the Atlantic men with the vision and courage to seize that opportunity. “Mr. MacDonald when he salls for America will take in his baggage a clean slate. To be able to do that is itself a noteworthy achievement.” —_— gov- and Gen. Smuts Re-Elected. CAPETOWN, Unlon of South Africa, June 13 (P).—Gen. Jan Christian !Smuts, opposition leader and former premier, was re-elected to the House of Assembly for Standerton, Transvaal, at yesterday's general elections, of Pilot Williams of the Green Flash | aboard, accompanied the Yellow Bird for a short distance. Ten minutes after the take-off Malka reported by radio that the Yellow Bird had gained a height of 1,000 feet and was “progressing nicely.” The Yellow Bird, as its name would imply, is painted a bright yellow. A arrow band of the French tricolors runs diagonally across the underside of ach wing and across the midsection of he fusclage on both sides. ‘The birdlike emblem of the Cigsgne Fscadrille also appears on either side of | the fuselage. The only numbers are “Bernard 191, on the rudder, and those are so smel as to be practically indistinguishable when the ship is in the air. Frenchmen in Good Spirits. The Frenchmen, Armeno Lotti, jr.; Rene Lefevre and Jean Aseolant, came down to breakfast just as Yancey and is wife were leaving for the hangar. They all seemed in good spirits. Assolant’s bride of three days whom he wed after a week's courtship here. | accompanied them. The crew of the Yellow Bird were called at 7 o'clock as they had in- structed last night. Williams who was up earlier than Vancey, breakfasted alone, then went down the beach to the place where the Green Flash and the Yellow Bird rested —their prows pointed toward the Atlantic. Fueling of the planes was completd at 6 o'clock by mechanics who labored all night. Mechanics clambered about the French plane, making last minute tests and adjustments. Spectators Gather. Crowds of spectators began to gather on the beach near the planes at 8 o'clock. Yancey and his wife arrived from the hotel and she chatted gayly with a group of friends while the navi- gator put some personal belongings in the cockpit of the Green Flash. The plane was loaded with 541 gal- lons of gasoline, it was announced. This includes five five-gallon cans which were stowed away in the tail of the fuselage. Assolant, who Is but 23 years old, and Mrs. Assolant drove to the hangar near where the planes stood. The young bride seemed nwre serious than the wife of the navigator of the American plane. No smile crossed her face as she talked with her husband and friends. ‘The commander of the French ex- pedition, it was learned, had ordered 100 gallons taken from the plane when his mechanics told him they had put in 1,100 gallons. Representatives of the National Broadcasting Co., who will send the a count of the flight out over a Nation- wide network, set up their equipment. For three weeks the planes have been held to the sands here by unfavorable weather reports. Conditions for this morning were said to be the best in that | time. Thick weather was expected for the first 150 miles. DILL CHARGES HUGE MONOPOLY BY R. C. A. Urges Care of Government and Radio Commission in Granting of Wave Lengths. By the Assoclated Press. Asserting that the Radio Corpors tion of America “has built up the most gigantic monopoly in the history of the country,” Senator Dill, Democrat, of Washington, today uned the Senate to be cautious in dealing with the radio industry, Dill declared that the Radio Cor- poration “not only has a monopoly in the patent field under which virtu- ally every manufacturer is required to take out a license, but it has secured exlcluslve contracts with foreign coun- tries.” “The Radio Corporation,” he said, “sits down with the cabinets of Europe on an equal footing. No other Ameri- can company can secure the right to bulld wireless stations in England, France and Germany." Dill added that he was not “criticiz- ing" the corporation. “But I do say,” he declared, “that this 1s an indication of the treméndous value of monopoly and the care the Government and the Radio Commission should exercise in granting wave lengths.” — | company miich léss than the amount Log of Yellow Bird. By the Associated Press. JUNE 13, 9:08 am. Eastern Standard e. — Leaves OId Orchard, Me., for Paris. 10:13 a.m.—Passes over Matini- cus Rock Light, off Maine coast, about 80 miles from Old Orchard. 4 VIRGINIA OFFICERS SHOT FROM AMBUSH State Dry Agent and Two County Men Wounded While on Way | to Raid Still. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va, June 13—R. 8. Durrett, State prohibition officer: Br. Grogory and George Johnson, county officers, were in a hospital here today with what physicians described as serious wounds received last | night from ambush near here. ‘The officers, who were members of a group of six, on their way to raid | a still near Richmond, say they received a shotgun fire from a party of colored persons as they approached their des- tination. Returning the fire, which was at close range, they say another volley | of shots came from the opposite direc- tion from a second ambush, after which the colored persons retreated. fMcers: exp: the opinion that | the attack was the result of a frame- up, as one of the group, identifled as a member of the firing party, had given the information yesterday as to the location of the still. 2-CENT FARE BOOST ASKED BY CAPITAL TRACTION COMPANY (Continued From First Page) tion, hoping that the necessity for tak- ing it might be postponed, either be- cause of & merger of the transportation systems of the District, with resulting economies in operation, or because the steady and long continued inroads of | the private automobile inte the com- | -business would lessen. “So far as the merger is concerned, | company and the two others wish of Congress for a unification of tacilities in the public service. “Following the definite terms of an act which Congress passed several years ago, an agreement for such & unifi- cation was signed by the companies.” The statement then goes on to recite | tory of the failure of the merger tion and continues: In June, 1928, we asked the com- mission to approve an application for an increase in fare to tide us over until | the merger might become effective. The commission, however, did not act upon | that application, giving as its reason ' the hop: that Congress would approve the unification last Winter, Requested Last Jume. “We are now applying for the same increase we roquested last June—a fare of 10 cents cash with four tokens sold on the cars for 30 cents—an Incr of only five-sixths of a tent for those patrons who regularly use our service and a reductiori of 10 cents in the amount invested in tokens at one time. “This rate, if granted, will give the considered a reasonable return on the value of its property used by the public, but the management is still hopeful that conditions will improve. It does not want to ask the commission to put any burden on the car rider greater than is absolutely necessary. | “During the 12 months that ended | April 30, 1929, the @apital Traction Co. earned only 3.50 per cent on the value of its property as established by the court oflast resert, or only about half of what has been accepted as a minimum reasonable return by the Su- preme Court of the United tes and generally by commissions and courts. To enable us to earn 7 per cent under present conditions would require & cash fare of 10 cents without tokens. | 19 Cities Listed. ““There are scores of cities which have gone through the same experience that Washington is undergoing. And in those cities fares have been ‘raised to meet conditlons for which the street rallways are in on way responsible; the constant reduction in business which the private automobile has caused.” The statement then lists 19 cities where the fare is greater than in Wash- ington and points out that in each of | them sfreet rallways are operated by the overhead trolley system, which costs about one-third as much to install as the underground conduit system in use in Washington. The statement goes on to say: “We have practiced strict economy in operation. “We have hoped and be- | leved that the inroads of the private automobile would lessen. They have not. Nor would the most optimistic street railway man forecast when they will. aithough all are convinced that future city growth and development will continue to depend on high-grade public transportation by street car and us. “Those are the facts, stated simply and fairly. Our patrons are entitled to the best type of service, our stock- holders to fair compensation for the use of their property. ‘To insure these things we must have higher fare. The directors and the management belleve the public will appreciate the situation and will realize that an increase in fares would be in the interest of all concerned.” SORORITY SESSION OPENS. Chi Sigma Convention Will Last Through Saturday. The annual convention of the Chi Slgma Sorority opened this morning at the Mayflower Hotel with a ness meeting. The sessions sre to continue KING’S FARM TARIFF MOVE DEFEATED BY SENATE COMMITTEE (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) cratic lines in the Senate held almost intact im the farm-relief contest. per- mitting a successful coalition with the Republican independents. Another such combination on the tariff would sharp revision of the House ‘Whether it will come is still problematical. ‘The Democrats have given assurance to the Republican majority forces head- ed by Senator Watson that they will lend their support to the administration | to dispose of the tariff, if possi- ble, at this extra session. They have declared they do not intend to obstruct, but they have givem notice that they want plenty of time for revision of the tariff bill on the Senate floor. They in- tend to press for their own tariff pro- gram when the bill is framed. . There is a clear possioility that the | tariff contest may carry over into the| regular beginning in December | and thus almost into the days of bien- nial congressional compaigns beginning next g Borah Warns Watson. SBenator Borah gave notice yesterday to Senator Watson that any aitempt at general tariff revision will net permit of a settlement before :,h:, refu]&r Ls:s- sion opens in December. atson agreed it would be difficult and for that reason he urged that every considera- tion be given to disposing of the ques- tione Borah countered with the proposal to confine the t.;—:fl ‘r;:&sm)r: wwn:e gricultural schedules, when Wat- onwould mot assent to this, the Idahoan disgustedly suggested that quit its work. Six witnesses appeared before the finance committee yesterday and di. vided on the question of valuation as a basis for assessing ad valorem duties. Today two subcommittees began tak- ing testimony on the tobacco and paper ‘William Burgess of Trenton, N. J., a former member of the Tariff Commis- sion, favored adoption of the United States value basis instead of the for- eign value, now used,' declaring the ! present system permitted wholesale eva- sion of duties through undervaluation of imported goods by foreign producers. Customs Difficulties Cited. He said Insurmountable difficulties confronted customs officials in obtgin- ing foreign values and that attempts to them had engendered ill feeling United States. He added that he had “barely escaped prison” himself during a visit to Ger- any many years ago to obtain costs of 1Kodut-f.l:m of China wares. e United States value advocated by Burgess is allowed now as an alter- native method in event foreign and ex- port values are not ascertainable. John G. ‘X;rch, reN ‘!Jn{ C:,:u American Tariff League, New Yor! Y. and Horace B. Cheney of the Silk As- sociation of America, Manchester, Conn. also favored the United States valua- tion method, while J. W. Bzvans and Otto Fix of the National Council of TImporters and Traders opposed it. Lereh declared few ad valorem duties would have to be changed downward because of the adoption of the higher domestic value. Senator Reed, Repub- lican, of Pennsylvania, ssid he was attracted by the plan, but warned there was little chance of its adoption if it was “merely a disguised effort to ob- tain sweeping increases in rates.” Bevans declared use of any form of domestic valuation would present “major difficulties,” while Fix contended the United States value system would force every established importing house | in this ecountry out of business and result in purchasing only from agents KILLED RADIO MAN IN PLANE ACCIDENT | Passengers Landed Without Serious | Injury as Liner Ignites After Being Forced Down. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla, June 13.—John M. Griffin, radio operator, was killed when & Pan-Amerlcan Alrways passenger and mail plane was forced down this morn- ing about one mile west of Santiago de cuba, officials of the aiy line announced here st 11 am. < All passengers were disembarked without serious imjury, after the plane burst into flames upon landing, the of- ficial announcement said. The accident occurred at $:05 am. The following bulletin was issued by the Pan-American office here: “Airplane NC-9700 was forced down at 3:05 this morning about one mile west of Santiago de Cuba, just after the plane had departed from the tem- porary landing field which Pan-Ameri- can Airways Inc., has been using dur- ing the intensive rainy season. “Pilot Elmore brought the plane down and it then took fire. The radio ~p- erator was killed, but the crew was successful in disembarking all pas- sengers without serious injury. The weight being carried by the plane was under one third of its normal capacity, a precaution which has been in effect throughout the rainy season here due to the consequent condition of the landing fleld at Santiego.” — FARMBOY MAKES GOOD. By the Assoctated Press. “The boy who took in the crops out in Towa while affairs of the State Depart- ment waited for two weeks made good. Pred G. Heins of Alma, Mo., today found himself promoted from a clerk- ship in the State Department at $1,860 a year to the position of confidential secretary to Gov. Gen. Davis of the Philippine Islands, at a salary of $3,000 13 year. Gov. Davis asked all the depart- ments to submit candidates for the posi- tion and picked Heins after interview- hundreds of applicants. n notified of his appointment to ment in 1924, Heins t Saturday. Election of n-flom’ 1 officers will take w Saturday even! (3 Rallways of India favor im| jent of roads leading to their sta some of which are shut ol‘tmnflnwum world by mud neasly the year, quet and dance will be %‘n main m hotel. Anne Knouse of Wa tional dent of the He Towa. DAWSON DEFEATS SCOT GOLFER, 21 American, Two Down at Turn, Comes From Behind to Win Over McKinlay. By the Associated Press. SANDWICH, England, June 13— John Dawson, Chicago, won his way into the sixth round of the British amateur golf ciampionship this after- noon when he defeated S. L. McKinlay, Glasgow, 2 up and 1 to play. Cyril Tolley, former amateur goif champion of Great Britain, defeated Robert H. Baugh, jr., Birmingham, Ala., an Oxford student and captain of the university golf team, 3 up and 2 to piay in the fifth round. While Dawson was coming through with his outstanding victory, Joshua Crane, veteran American amateur, was being eliminated by his fellow country- man, Bobby Baugh, 3 and 2. Baugh meets Cyril Tolley in the aftermoon round. Tolley beat Oppenheim, 4 and 3, in the morning round. S. L. McKinlay of Glasgow defeated C. P. Johnstone of the Royal Calcutta Club after 19 holes and qualified" to meet Dawson in the afternoon play. COLE LEADS FIELD OF GOLFERS WITH 73 Former Public Links Champion Cuts Two Strokes From Hufty's Qualifying Card. Charles Cole, Indian Spring, .took the lead today in the second day of qual- ifying in the Columbia Country Club invitation toupnament with a 73. The former public links champion cut two strokes from the card of Page Hufty, Congressional, and Elliott Spicer, Indian Spring, who were low yesterday with 738, Cole played remarkably steady golf. his card showing nothing over a 5. He went out in 38 and came back in par 35. Birdies on the long 12 and the eighteenth hole offset: 55 on the elev- enth and thirteenth. His card: Out 44535543538 In... 454354343373 Robert Finkensteadt, ‘formerly a member of Columbia, had a k Donald Dudley, Argyle, was the only player early in the day to break 80, taking a 40—38—T8. PROMINENT PASTOR DIES AT TAKOM Rev. Richard T. Dowsett, Elder of Adventist Church, Had Been Il a Year. Rev. Richard T. Dowsett, former treasurer of the Review and Herald Publishing Association, died Tuesday at his home at 6624 Pirst street, Takoma Park, D. C., after an illness of nearly a year. He had resided in Takoma Park 18 years. Borh in London in 1868, Rev. Dowsett was brought to_America by his parents 4s a child. In T892 he joined the Seventh-day Adventist Chureh, and since that time has been employed, first, as an evangelist colporteur, and later as secretary-treasurer in the Wis- consin conference. After spending' four years in the Southeastern Conterence of the Seventh- day Adventists, he came to Washing- ton, where he had engaged in the same line of work until his iliness of a year ago. Rev. Mr. Dowsett was ordamed to the gospel ministry in 1905 and at the time of his death was an elder of the Takoma Park Seventh-day Ad- ventist Church. Surviving him is a widow, Mrs. Helen E. Dunk Dowsett, and an adopted son, Horace Dowsett of Silver Spring. Funeral s°rvices will be held in th~ | Takoma Park Soventh-day Adventist Church at 1 o'clock tomorrow after- noon. Intcrment will follow at Glen- wood Cemetory. Rev. C. S. Longacre will officiate. | MRS. DE PRIEST IS GUEST. | Wife of Colored Representative At- | | tends Mrs. Hoover's Tea. Mrs. Oscar De Priest, wife of the | colored Representative from Illinois, was among those cntertained at tea | yesterday afternoon by Mrs. Hoover at | the White House. Others at the small gathering in- ! cluded Mrs. William D. Mitchell, wif: | of the Attorney General: Mrs. Jame Good, wife of the Secretary of War; | Mrs. Clyde Kelly, wife of the Repre- sentative from Pennsylvania; Mrs. Arthur M. Fre», wifc of the Represent- ative from California, and Miss Grace Burton, niece of Senator Burtan of BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home { Military Band. at the bandstand, this i afterncon at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton | Pointner, assistant leader: | March, “Allegiance to the Flag." i Chambers | Overture, “Catherina Conaro”..Lechner ! Suite characteristic.........Gruenwald 1. Pomposity. 2. Simplicity. Coquetrs 4. Sincerity. Patriotic melange, “America Forever,” Tobani | Morceau, “The American Patrol,” Meacham | Valse intermezzo, “Kisses”. ...Zamecnik Finale, “Stars and Stripes Forever,” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band. at the Sylvan Theater, Monument ounds, this evening, 7:30 o'clock. 1ol nson leader: March, “Spirit of Independence,” Holzman Overture, “Roi de Lahore”. ... Massenet | Two preludes. .Rachmaninofl (a) Prelude in C sharp minor, (b) Prelude in G minor. Cornet solo, “Creanonian Second Leader Arthur 8. Scenes from “The Mikado’ “There Once Was an Owl”. “In a Persian Market".. Reminiscences of Mendelssohn...Godfrey “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Nav, Band, rles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant leader; at Stanton Park, 7:30 ko'clock, this evening: March, “Sounds of ...Oscheit Overture, “Rackoc: _Keler-Bela Solo for cornet, . Dream,” Rogers Bandmaster G. De Giorgio. s from the opera “Ernani”...Verd from “Le Saint-Saens Excerpts from the musical comedy “The Show Boat” Kern ‘Waltzes from “The Prince of Pllllemn." ers Queen .Go .Weldon Hory™ i Soldier’s | 8cene: “Danse des Bohemians, Tass=" Ballet music from “The of heba”