Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. 0. 8. Weather Buresu Forceast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow: not much in temperature. Temperatures: Highest, 93, at 3:15 D.m. yesterday: lowest, 67. at 11:45 p.m. yesterday. Fuil report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24, 25, 26 Entered as seco: post office, No. 31,001 Washington, ¢ Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION S The only evening paper in Washington with Associated Press news service. ar. Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,555 nd class matt D. or o WASHINGTON, D.: C, SATURDAY JUNE 15, 1929—THIRTY- FOUR PAGES. (#) Means Associated Pri TWO CENTS. YELLOW BIRD HOP . FOR PARIS IS.OFF UNTIL 17 TONIGHT Decision for Delay Made After Mechanics Find Damage to Plane. STOWAWAY IS BLAMED FOR SHORTAGE OF GAS Frenchmen, Failing to Reach Goal by 508 Miles, Given Big Welcome in Spain. PARIS. June 15 UP).—The French | air ministry late today authorized the Yellow Bird to go to the aviation eenter at Cazaux, ncar Arcachon, mot far from Bordeaux, where the plane probably will land some time tomorrow morning. The authorization was sent after the crew of the transatlantic mono- plane had telegraphed the air min- fstry certain minor repairs were necessary. These repairs will be made at Cazaux and the plane will then continue its flight to Paris. SANTANDER, Spain, June 15 (#).—The French transatiantic fiv- ers late today postponed their de- parture for Paris in the monoplane Wellow Bird until tomorrow. The time of their departure to eomplete their transatlantic voyage to Paris was set for 5 o'clock to- morrow morning (11 p.m. Saturday night, Eastern standard time). [ | | | | | By the Associated Press. COMILLAS, Spain, June 15.—Spanish mechanics checking over the motor of the French transatlantic airplane Yel- low Bird this afternoon discovered some slight damage, which would need about three hours to repair. Two Spanish airplanes from the Getafe Airdrome, carrying necessary parts for repairs to the Yellow Bird, arrived at 1:30 pm. Assolant, Le Fevre and Lotti returned to Comillas this afternoon from San- tander, where they were greeted by the civil governor and thanked him for the courtesies they had received. Hundreds of automobiles arrived at [ Comillas during the day with persons | charge of second-degree murder against | that and succeeding decennial popula- curious to see the aviators. | Shortly before 6 o'clock - Armeno Lotti, backer of the flight, agreed with his companions that it would be wise in go to Hendaye and there take the Paris express, after which they would return to Col with necessary articles for Can Make Repairs Today. Spanish ' mechanics, however, said | that repairs could be completed this | evening, enabling continuanoe of the | flight' early Sunday. The Yellow Bird took off this after- noon, but returned shortly afterward. The men were accompanied by their stowaway, Arthur Schreiber, of Port- land, Me. and it was generally un- derstood that they were headed for their ultimate goal, Le Bourget, but on | their return they said they had only | made a test flight. Welecomed Enthusiastically. ‘The French airmen, who ' completed the eighth Eastward airplane crossing of the Atlantic at 8:30 o'clock last eve- ning, dropping down on the beach at| Comillas, 508 miles short of Le Bourget, were given enthusiastic welcomes by the | population of Comillas and visitors from nearby Santander, but this morning | they were ready and eager to start on| their last lap to their native land. Their plane, which was virtually dry | of gasoline when they came down at! Comillas, was refueled during the | morning and after brief naps the air- men climbed in with the 22-year-old stowaway Schreiber, The Yellow Bird, lightened by more than half since it left Old Orchard, Me., Thursday morning with four tons | of gasoline, swept easily off the long | stretch of hard beach, circled, lhcn‘l pointed its nose for Le Bourget. Rene Le Fevre, when asked what the effect of the young stowaway’s appear- ance before the others in the plane hed been answered more or less jok- | ingly: “At first our indignation was #0 great we started to open the door and throw him into space, but we finally permitted him to continue with | us, although we knew the difficulty | the excess weight would cause.” | Met Surprising Weather. | i Lefevre said that they encountered the most surprising weather conditions with rain, cold and once a storm of hurricane proportions. The tempera- ture, he said, was often below zero (centigrade), necessitating flying much Jower than they would have otherwise | chosen to do. The navigator attributed the fuel shortage to the stowaway, just as Assolant had done. | He said that at no time in the fiight was there the fear of disaster that came when finally they saw the Portuguese cosst and although their fuel supply | was running very Jow they could find no ! place to land. “We breathed a sigh of | relief when we saw the beach at Ciam- | bre,” he said. Before the aviators were allowed to | 0 to bed last night the town’s senoritas gathered about them at their hotel and insisted upon their signing innumerable | postcards until Assolant insisted he had | writers' cramp. They showered them | with large bouquets of roses, carnations and lilies and their stock of fluent Spanish_compliments. The fiyers and young Schreiber, accepted everything with an easy grace. Schreiber, once on firm ground, Te- covered his composure and apparently considered himself just as one of the erew. Assolant regarded him with | { amused tolerance and referred to him | asz: “That young rascal.” He added that he did not quite know vet what he was going to do with him. The | vouth's story soon became known to ihe local people. who pointed him out to each other with surprise and ad- peiration as a real American boy. Thousands Disappointed. The plane in alighting here disap- pointed thousands who waited at Le Bourget for it until late Jast night Assolant, who married a New York gir! only five days ago, brought it to earth aafely on the pebble strewn beach Cape Oriambre, west of here, complet- ing 30 hours and 22 minutes of flying over a_ course of about 3.500 miles. Take-off was at, Old Orchard, Me., Thursday at 9:08 a.m. (Eastern stand- torney at | custody of Koochiching County officials. | | night. accompanied by a torrential rain, | ture. In the photo, left to right: Vie Speaker Longworth. SEEK HOOVER'S AID - TO'CURB OFFICERS ~ FOR TARIFF FIGHT ederal and State Officials| ontest for Custody of Guard Held for Murder. F C | By the Associated Press. | INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn, | June 15.—A contest bstween Federal and State officials for the custody of E. i J. White, border patrolman, charged with killing Henry Virkula, loomed to- | day, as this Canadian border town wait- | ed for executive action from President | Hoover to whom has been sent an ap- | peal for relief from what citizens de- | seribed as “arrogant lawlessness” on ths | part of patrolmen. | The message to the President was dis- | patched last night, following Aling of a | White, accused of killing the Big Falls | confectioner last Saturday night- while | searching for liquor runners. | T?e m;czmmn:;s ‘hearing h'&‘w heg: ’m | or and he was reman in_default of $5,000 bond. o L. L. Dril, United States e had been authorized from Washington by Attorney General William D. Mit- chell to petition for removal to the Fed- eral courts of the case against White, | who since the shooting has been in the | Message Expresses Resentment. Bitter resentment against the activi- tles of patrolmen was expressed in the message to President Hoover. The tele~ gram, following a meeting of prominent townsmen, was sent over the signature of County Attorney David Hurlburt. several town officials, and prominent business men. “In our utter helplessness, terror and distraction, we are at last resorting to you and the authority you are capable of invoking,” the message said, “for God's sake help us.” ‘The telegram received recited that the patrolmen had “flaunted their self-given superfority to our local and State laws.” “While we would, when dealing with our own civilian citizens, enforce our laws with vigor, we have yielded to the arrogant lawlessness of these agents rather than submit our peace officers to the risk of slaughter,” the telegram continued. The citizens told the President that | they appealed to him because other offi- cers of the Government, including “an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, have failed us.” | Citizens Support Legal Methods. Citizens of this border town have “given support to every legal method” to enforce the prohibition laws in vicinity, the message said. “One of these agents within the week murdered one of our respected and rep- | uudhlc fellow citizens,” the telegram | rea ““This outrage culminated a long series of indignities perpetrated against us (Continved on Column 6) | TEMPERATURE EXPECTED | | TO REACH 90 TOMORROW Warm Weather Coming Back, ‘With Brief Thunder Shower Predicted for Tonight. With prospects of another thunder | shower of short duration tonight, Washingtonians may be able to store up | a little reserve for what the Weather | Bureau predicts as a “very warm day” tomorrow. | While the electrical storm of last | caused the temperature to drop almost 20 degrees in a few minutes, the weather forecast indicates a gradually soaring temperature this afternoon. Tt will be nothing like yesterday. how- ever, when the thermometer soared to 93 degrees between 3 and 4 o'clock, but the 90-degree mark will be reached to- morrow. Monday is expected to be still warmer. | For the most part the weather will | | be fair during the next few.days, with | temporary periods of cloudiness and the vossibility of rain this evening. The farm bill became law today when President Hoover affixed his signa- { publican leader, who marshaled the ad- this | ministration group” in the new contest. jon debentures, with the oposition com- | little celay in making the appropriation ! r. | SWEDISH PLANé Ta STAY e President Curtis, the President and —Associated Press Photo. CONGRESS RESTS Immigration Only Other Fea- ture of Hoover Program to Be Acted On. | By the Associated Press. Congress took a rest today after a week’s work in which it disposed of most of the administration’s program for the special session and felt for the first time the edge of the keen con- troversy in prospect over tariff revision in the Senate. { Farm relief legislation was out of the way, except for the task of providing funds for the new Federal Farm Board. The 1930 census was provided for, to- gether with reapportionment of the House membership in accordance with tion. counts. To that extent, President Hoover's five-point program was ready for the statute books. = A fourth point, his recommendation for suSpension of the basis, apparently has been definitely shelved by the Senate during the week, and the fifth—tariff Trevision—was started on the Senate finance committee phase of its development after passage by the House. Bitter Disputes Seen. Although the injection of the export debenture plan into the farm relief pro- posal made that the vehicle for & con- troversy which will not soon be erased, th. Senate's consideration of tariff re- vision is expected to produce an even greater number of more or less bitter disputes. The Senate will be confronted again Monday with the proposal of Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, to instruct the finance committee to confine its tariff revision to agricultural products. Borah was one of the leading figures in the Democratic-Republican inde- pendent group which stood out for ?Ebcnburcs over the President’s opposi- ion. | Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re- ministration forces in that contest, is again alined against him in the tariff dispute, favoring the general sort of | revision approved by the House. For Limited Revision. The President recommended Timited | revision with especial attention 1o agricultural needs, and many observers are finding it difficult to- determine which can be described as the “ad- | Nevertheless, they expect the Borah proposal to_draw its principal support from the Democrats and Rl:publmn independents who opposed the President ing from the “administration group” of that contest. The House, meanwhile, will be ealled upon next week to appropriate some or all of the $500,000.000 revolving fund authorized in the farm relief bill for the Pederal Farm Board. About $150,- 000.000 is understood to be desired at |once to meet the wheat situation, and is expected in either cham IN ICELAND INDEFINITELY | Motors Will Be Gone Over by En- gineer From Germany—Expect- ed to Arrive by June 23. By the Ascociated Press. REYKJAVIK, Tceland. June 15.—Capt. Albin Ahrenberg and his two compan- fons of the airplane Sverige will remain in Tecland indefinitely, awaiting arrival of a special engineer from Germany to go over the plane's motors. It was thought he could arrive by June 23, bring spare parts or a new motor. In the meantime the aviators will be forced to forego their plans for flight to | Ivigtut, Greenland, in continuation of a Stockholm-to-New' York _transatlantic erossing. Br the Associated Press. CALCUTTA, India, June 15.—The at- tempt of F. E. Farmer, young employe of the Standard ‘Oil Co. of New York, to climb Mount Kinchinjunge, one of has cost him his life. Farmer left Darjeeling April 27 to explore the approaches to the peak. He was accompanied by coolies, who had worked with a Mount Everest ex- pedition. While at an altitude of 25,000 time). "flAwhm blamed the stowsway for N on Page 2, Column 2) feet, 3.000 feet below the summit, they American Vanishes Over Precipice 'While Climbing Himalayan Peak the highest peaks of the Himalayas,| They waited four days at his camp. although ex] believed he could scarcely have lived unprotected for one day ai such an altitude and in the rarified air, even if he had saved him- self from falling the full length of the precipice. The coolies then returned to Darjeeling. Farmer was 24 years of age and came to India on a six-months leave. He worked his way on a cargo boat for of the journey. His mother lives Florida. ke o gty ‘”"’:’“" o 2/ Radio Programs—Page 34 | himself hesitated about making the | at those about him, it was apparent {ine S -uhis"boay. | (Continued on Page 2. Column 1.) PRESIDENT HOOVER AFEIXES SIGNATURE T0 FARM MEASURE Provisions Made for $500,-{, 000,000 to Stabilize Agricui- ture and Stimulate Marketing | EXPECT CHIEF E;(ECUTIVE TO SEEK FUND AT ONCE Signing Marked by Ceremony, In- vited Guests Grouping Around | President’s Desk. President Hoover affixed his signature | at noon today to the administration’s | farm-relief bill, thereby making the | measure, which provides for 2 $500,000.- | 000 revelving fund to stabilize agricul- | ture and stimulate co-operative market- | ing, the law of the land. | 1t 15 thought the President will ask Congress to make available immediately £150.000,000 of the total appropriation | | authorized in this legislation. | Considers Board's Personnel, Tt 18 not thought lkely, however, that | the President will be in a position 1o announce appointment of the nine per-| sons who are to serve on the Federal| Farm Board, created by the bill, within | the next two or three weeks. He has| been considering the personnel of this | board for some time, but as yet nas se- lected no one. | The farm bill was signed in the President's office. The occasion was | marked by quite a little ceremony. The President used two pens in sign- | ing the important document. Pens Presented to Westerners. ‘The pens were *presented afterwards / to Senator McNary of Oregon and Rep- resentative Haugen of Iowa, chairmen, respectively, of the Senate and House agricultural committees. The President presentation -and turned to the group about, and asked. “Who is to get these souvenirs?” The reply unani- mously was McNary and Haugen. As Senator McNary reached to the Presi- dent’s desk for one of the pens, Mr. Hoover quickly pushed aside a very handsome fountain pen of his own which was not used in the signing and which he made cvident that he did not care to give as a souvenir, Although the actual signing consisted simply of penning the name “Herbert Hoover,” more than 12 minutes were consumed in the ceremony. This was due to' the taking of motion and still pictures of the event. Before the ccremony the President chatted with the members of the com- pany while waiting for every one to ar- rive. Speaker Longworth was the last one to present himself. During this preliminary meeting the President discussed informally the start- ing in motion of the provisions of the agricultural bill. It was said in his| behalf afterward that he will make pub- lic a brief statement regarding the bill and fts provisions Jate this afternoon. Grouped about thé President’s desk as he signed this bill were Vice Presi- dent Curtis, Speaker Longworth, Sena- tor Watson of Indiana, majority leader of the Senate; Secretary Hyde of the Department of Agriculture, and the fol- lowing Senate and House conferees on the agricultural bill: Senators Mc- Nary, Capper and Ransdell and Repre- sentatives Haugen, Purnell, Willlams, Aswell and Kincheloe. Senator Norris, Republican, of Nebraska, and Senator Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina, who were members of the conference committee and whp vigorously opposed the elimination of the export debenture feature of the farm bill, did not attend the signing. The quiet dignity manifested dur- ing the ceremony was noticeably in con- trast to the stormy and at times bitter scenes which marked the journey of this legislation before it finally was passed by Congress. When the President lifted his pen from the paper and looked up, smiling he was conscious of the fact that one of his principal promises in his cam- palgn, as well as the principal purpose of the calling of the extra session of Congress, had been accomplished. Discusses Bill With Hyde. The President. received the farm bill late yesterday afternoon and by a happy coincidence, Secretary Hyde was with him at the time. Briefly, they discussed the legislation and Mr.' Hyde left the White House shortly afterward with the document under his arm to study more | closely its provisions before returning i | to-the President. It is the custom of | Presidents before signing bills of major importance to refer them to the depart- ment head who is directly interested in the particular legislation for a report. | Isb, it is customary to refer bills that | call for appropriations to the director | of the Bureau of the Budget for his| comment. Evidently the President did | not consider it necessary in this case to send the farm bill to the bureau. Sec- retary Hyde returned the bill o the President shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. The nine persons to comprise the | Federal farm board are to recelve a salary of $12.,000 a year. The Presi- dent’ has made no secret of the fact that he considers this body one of the NATIONALS GET THOMAS AT WAIVER PRICE, $7,500| Yankee Right-Hand Pitcher Will Join Washington Club at Once. Myles Thomas, right-hand pitcher of the Yankees, has been obtained by the Natjonals at the waiver price of $7,500, |* aceording to announcemtent made today by President Clark Grifith of the Washington club. Thomas, who is 20 years old, 5 feet 10 inches in height and weighs 170 pounds, has been with the Yanks for the last three seasons, but his service has been confined largely to relief work. Last. season he was credited with one victory and no defeats. Thomas is to Join the Washington club immediately, French Weigh Debt Pact. PARIS, June 15 (#).—Tha report of the experts' conference on reparations was submitted to the French cabinet today, that body continuing discussion until Tuesdey when Aristide Briand, foreign minister, will have returned from the meeting of the League of tions Councit at Madrid. State News, Page 5 | eaeh, but allowed them also | Set ) N NSNS Y i l | { | | | | | BOARD OF TRADE T0 FGHT ARPORT OUTS DSTRET Will Oppose Site Located in Either Virginia or Maryland. LETTER OF PROTEST SENT TO SENATOR BINGHAM Jurisdiction of D. C. Government Held Necessary to Success of Aviation Project. Strenuous objections will be made to any move to deyelop a model airport for Washington outside of the boun- daries of the District of Columbia if the taxpayers of the city are to be expected | to pay the major share of the cost, it 8 YEARS IN PRISON Man Convicted in Gambling Case Also Fined $7,500. Appeal Taken. John B. Kelleher, recently convicted | on 23 counts of an indictment charging the setting up of a gaming table, was sentenced today by Chief Justice Me- Coy in Criminal Division 1 to serve a term of imprisonment of more than eight years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $7,500. Through Attorney Daniel Thew Wright, he noted an ap- peal to the Court of Appeals and was denied an application to be admitted to bail pending the decision of the Appel-l late Court. The sentence is rather involved. Un- | der the six felony counts of the indict- ment the court imposed a sentence of five years each, to run concurrently. Under two counts charging only mis- demeanors the court imposed one year to run with the five-year term. At the expiration of the five years Kelleher is sentenced to seérve 15 terms of 90 days each to run consecutively and to pay a fine of $500 on cach of the 15 counts, which charged the making of a handbook on the races. Chief Justice McCoy scored the prisoner for allowing his wife, Mrs. Annie Kelleher, to take the witness stand while he refused to testify when he knew that she was go\nim say that the list of customers of the gambling house was one she had prepared to send Christmas greetings. Mrs. Kelleher was in court when the sentence was imposed. The chief justice also said the evidence showed that Kelleher had hoped escape conviction by having the blame assumed by one of the co-defendants who had pleaded gulity. Attorney Wright pleaded for a light sentence, declaring that Kelleher was not running more of a gambling hcuse than is being conducted every night by politically powerful citizens and by many women who daily play bridge and other games of cards for money. He urged that the law is not enforced against the rich and powerful, but only against the humble. Assistant United States Attorney ‘William H. Collins conducted the prose- cution of Kelleher. ALLEN AND PITTMAN ARE FORUM SPEAKERS Kansas and Nevada Senators to Address Nation Over Radio Tonight. Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas is to speak on the accomplishments of the present special session of Congress. from the Republican point of view, in the National Radio Forum, broadcast over the Columbia network, under auspices of The Star. at 9 oclock tonight Senator Pittman of Nevada, widely known Democrat, will discuss the spe- clal session from the point of view of the minority party. Senator Allen took a prominent part in the fight over the farm bill, attack- ing the debenture clause and supporting the position of President Hoover. He was formerly Governor of Kansas, An office to which he was elected while serving with the Red Cross in France during the World War. He was director of publicity for the Republican national committee during the last campaign | and has been a publisher of newspapers in his own State. He was appointed to fill the vacancy in the Senate caused by the eclection of former Senator Curtis to be Vice President. Th: WRITINGS FOUND. Discovered in White House Cellar Acquired by Hoover. President. Hoover has come in posses- sion of several sets of the complete writings, messages and papers of Theo- dore Roosevelt while the latter was President, The sets were discovered in a dusty corner of the cellar of the executive office during the alterations being made to increase office space in that building. The sets were printed and bound at the Government Printing Office, and wrap- ping paper and cords had not been taken from them until found several days ago, Bank Statements aorshington clearing house, $5,075,- Treasury balance, $92,360,256.77. New York clearing house exchange, $1,532,000,000. New York clearing house balance, $193,000,000. Firemen’s Pulmotor Keeps Child Living More Than 2 Days By the Asseciated Press. CHICAGO, June 15.—S8ince 10 o'clock Thursday morning fire- men with a pulmotor and many tanks of oxygen have been striv- ing to save the life of 16-month- old Joseph Di Chiara. Early to- day it appeared they might suc- ceed. The child is “suffering from pneumonia, and physicians called in the firemen after hope had been all but abandoned. Dr. John Pishotta said today the child seemed to have passed the erisis. At midnight 39 tanks of oxygen, each of 100 pounds’ ca- pacity, had been used. DAWES PRESENTS PAPERS 10 NG New U. S. Ambassador Re- ceived Day After Landing in England. By the Associated Press. LONDON; June 15.—Gen. Charles G. Dawes, new Ambassador to Great Brit- ain, presented his credentials to King George at Windsor Castle shortly be- fore noon today. In doing so the for- mer Vice President acted with an am- bassadorial speed almost without prec- edent, having only yesterday landed at 10| Southampton after a trip from America. The new Ambassador was introduced to King George by Foreign Minister | Henderson, the brief ceremony taking place in the audience chamber of the castle. The Dawes party traveled in a spe. cial salon car attached to an ordinary train. The party included Ray Ather- | ton, American charge d'affaires, and J. B. Monck of the foreign office. Mrs. | Dawes wore a Toyal blue serge coat and fur, | The Ambassador wore a top hat and | conventional morning garb and chatted jovially with Henderson as he boarded the train, The party, which included several others, was hardly noticed by most of the passengers traveling on the same train. English newspapers made much of | the arrival of Dawes, dividing their in- terest, between picturesque phases of | the former Vice President’s character | and his errand of good will to Great | Britain, | MACDONALD AWAITS DAWES, | . St Hopes General Will Be Pleased With Highland Home. LOSSIEMOUTH, Scotland, June 135 (#).—Premier Ramsay MacDonald, who is here awaiting the arrival of his dis- | tinguished guest, the new American Ambassador, Charles G. Dawes, is hope- ful that the general will he pleased with the peaceful setting of the lodge house in Findhorn Valley. “I am sure Gen. Dawes will be de- lighted with this charming highland home,” he said. “My old friend, Sir Alexander Grant, our host, is the soul of hospitality and has seen that every- thing will be done to make us com- fertable.” The premier will attend the Pree Church at Lossiemouth at noon tomor- row anc will then drive directly to the station to meet the American Ambas- sador, who is expected to arrive shortly after 1 o'clock. The premier vill take Gen. Dawes to lunch with Sir Alexan- der, Lady Grant and their family, then the premier and the new Ambassador | will begin to talk “quite informally.” ‘The Express said: *“His arrival may well mark the beginning of a great new era in the history of English-speaking peoples and the world.” 1 RAIL-PLANE SERVICE TOWESTIS OPENED | Four Airships Carry Passen-“ gers From Cleveland to } Garden City, Kans. | By the Assoclated Press. i CLE , Ohio, June 15.—The | Cleveland airport was the transfer point : today for the first party of air-mail | passengers traveling from New York to | Los Angeles on a regularly scheduled | trip, inaugurating a hook-up between | two railroads and an airplane passenger | line in the first system of its kind in the country. The travelers boarded a train in New York at 5 o'clock last night. The jump to the air here today was the beginning of a flight to Garden City, Kans., on | the Westward journey. There the pas- sengers will be brought back to train (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) VRSB SE HOOVER APPROVES | Signs Resolution Appropriating $3,000,000 for Purchase of Land. The resolution appropriating $3,000,- 000 for the purchase of the land in the four squares between Third and Sixth streets and Pennsylvania avenue and Judiciery Square for the municipal center was signed today by President Hoover. ‘This $3,000,000 appropriation will be the starting point of the big municipal center project which is expected ulti- mately to cost more than $30,000,000. This emergency appropriation was en- acted at this time for the purpose of buying the necessary land in the area in_ question before it had increased further in value. In this municipal center will be housed all the activities of the District government. The District Building will be in this area and the building now being used as a District Bullding is ex- pected to be sold to the Federal Govern- ment to be used in connection with the l;lnfir’s public building program in the all. SURGEON IS DEAD IN SHOOTING AFFAIR! | Atlanta Officer, Too, May Die After Attempt to Disarm Husband. | ATLANTA, June 15 (#).—Dr. Thomas A. Spears, 35, prominent, physician and surgean, was killed and Patrolman O. M. Morgan wounded critically early to- day in a battle police said was precipi- tated by efforts to disarm the surgeon. Dr. sRenn‘ estranged wife was pres- ent at the lunch stand where the shoot- ing occurred. She said her husband called at her apartment last night and they went for a drive, stopping at the lunch stand. She said Dr. Spears was drinking and became infuriated, accusing her of ac- cepting the attentions of another man, and leaving with the announced inten- With A; tion of procuring “his guns.” pistol in cach hand he returned. the two officers approached, they said the physician fired. They returned the fire and Dr. Spears fell fatally wounded and Morgan dropped wit htwo bullet wounds in the abdomen. i LINERS COLLIDE IN BAY. | PLYMOUTH, England, June 15 (#).— | The United States liner American Banker and the Cunarder Carmanie, both from New York, collided in Caws sand Bay today. Only slight damag was caused to either vessel and boti | proceeded. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FLKTON, Md., June 15.—Police took a prominent part in the commence- ment exercises of the Northeast High School here last night when they formed a bodyguard for the school's principal, Douglas M. Bivans, after he ‘was threatened by a number of citizens who were indignant because the daugh- ter of a prominent family here failed to receive a diploma. Police were invited to the ceremonles Citizens Threaten School Principal When Girl Fails to Receive Diploma | graces, MUNICIPAL CENTER%x: was decided today at an emergency | meeting of the executive committee of the Washington Board of Trade. Acting on press reports that the con- | gressional joint airport commission was giving serious consideration to plans to build the airport in the region of Camp Springs, Md., about 1333 miles from the center of the city, the trade body ex- ecutives voted definitely*to oppose such a proposal, insisting that testimony of competent witnesses showed that an airport “second to none” could be pro- vided within the District boundaries. The position of the trade body spokes- men was taken. not as in opposition to an airport for which District tax- p}:yefl ‘:lotul‘: l:; asked ((;‘:bdell‘ their fair share, bu e suggested expenditure of funds derived for the mea!xg:rt from District tax revenues for the develop- ment of a port outside of the District, it | was stated. Fear Complications. Members of the executive committee of the Board of Trade, which had been empowered to act for the organization, voiced fears that serious complications would arise if the airport were con- structed in the jurisdiction of a neigh- boring State and over ‘which, it Was contended. the District government could not have entire control. Under legislation now being formu- lated, according to reports, the Federal Government would contribute $500,000 arn . the remainder of the cost of the port, which, it is said. might run be- tween $4,000,000 and $5,000,000, wo! come out of the general revenues of the District, including the contributions made by the Federal Government as effective at t:,‘!;n time of the enactment M:""' ]x fter which . 7. hy, n & letter which E. J, Murphy, 4 ident of the trade body, was .“WF“ to send to Senator Bingham of Con- necticut, chairman Joint airport commission, the Board of ¢ voiced tion to the Iuicut- ed plan to develop a port beyond the beundaries of the District, but did not mt on any particular site in the Dis- iet. Text of Letter. The letter is as follows: “The Washington Board of Trade has viewed with great disappointment the apparent, trend renrd!mflrpfln legis- lation, as indicated in press. o “This organization feels that it should express the views of its 3,200 members in this regard. We feel that any air- port located entirely outside of the Dis- trict of Columbia is not truly a National Capital airport; and, further, we would be compelled o voice strenuous objec- tion to any airport legislation which provides for the expenditure of the money of the citizens of the District of Columbia in any large amount for an airport outside of the District and out of the jurisdiction of the District gov- ernment, “Particularly would we object to any such expenditure of District funds when the testimony. as printed in the record, overwhelmingly brought out the fact that an airport second to none can be (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BANK BANDIT GETS $18,400 IN HOLD-UP Escapes With Loot From Berkeley. Two Other Robbers Fail in Oakland Attempt. By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif.. June 15—A dapper young robber held up the Berke- ley branch of the Bank of America, cowed seven persons and escaped with $18,400. Almost simultaneously in front of an Oeskland branch of the same bank, a few miles away, two other rol bers tried to take $7,500 from a cust mer. They beat their victim nearly sensible, but his cries and the gather- ing of a downtown crowd frightened away the attackers without the money. The Berkeley robbery was carried out with deliberation by a young man who, after engaging the manager, H. A. Faust, in conversation, drew a pistol and ordered Faust, three employes and three depositors behind the counters. Then he systematically rified the safe and cashiers’ cage of $8,400 in cash and $9,000 in travelers’ checks. On his way out he met Louis Ratzau, laundry superintendent, entering with $1,000 cash to deposit. The robber took the money. made Ratzau join the others, and left. Pedestrians told police the man hur- ried to an old sedan waiting at the curb with a confederate at the wheel. The two sped down the street and vanished. STRIKING STUDENTS WIN IN MEXICAN U. STRIFE Whaese Administration Caused Walkout Announces His Resignation—Peace Restored. By the Associated Press. Rector Miss Mildred Logan had expected to graduate and had ordered her gradu- ation dress and sent out invitations to friends to attend the exercises. Tues- day night she was informed she was :lx:nl:nler a member of the graduating Bivans escacd bodily injury at the exercises, but learned from the jeers and threats of the crowd and from the fact that air had been let out of his tires that he did not stand in good H MEXICO CITY, June 15.—The Mexi- can University striking students finally have won a g‘"” they so long desired and for which thiey fought so hard. Antonio Castro ‘Leal. rector of the National University, has ed his in deflance of demands of the sm{hw students that he withdraw. In a letter to the secretary of public instruction he explained he had ' been intrusted by President Portes Gil with draf the new measure making the university au- tonomous and now that the work has been completed; he would resign. .post, to which he clung te