Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Probably thundershowers this after- noon; fair tonight; showers tomorrow night or Wednesday: not much_change in temperature. Temperatures—Highest, 95, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 75, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing New York Markets, Page 14 @h Vo Fpgee £ P i by g coemn . fiu;-mi‘-w*%m;. ¥ :Kf’:; WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular e tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday's Circulation, 98,133 Sunday’s Circulation, 107,719 No. 31,114, post office. Entered as gecond class matter Washington, D. C WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 8, 1929—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. UP) Means Associated Pre: TWO CENTS. ROME FLYERS HOP FROM MAINE SANDS ON THIRD ATTEMPT T0 SPAN ATLANTIC Pathfinder May Return, How- ever, if Check Shows Plane Consuming Too Much Gas. Good Progress Being Made. ESCORT SHIP BELIEVED DOWN, GAS EXHAUSTED Navigator Will Aid New York Meteorologist Forecasting Weather Conditions Over Ocean. in Trip of 4,700 Miles Expected to| Take 45 to 50 Hours. GLOUCESTER, Mass., July 8 (® —Lieut. L. M. Melka, pilot of the Coast Guard plane ac- companying the Old Orchard- to-Rome airplane Pathfinder, reported the latter to be making good headway in a radio mes- sage received here. Lieut. Melka was believed by officials of Base No. 7 here to be down off Portland, Me., light- ship, his gasoline supply ex- hausted. By the Associated Press. OLD ORCHARD, Me,, July 8.— Successful in their third attempt to take off from the beach here, Roger Q. Williams and Lewis A Yancey were presumably winging their way toward Rome in the monoplane Pathfinder today. There was a possibility, however, that the flight might be in the nature of a test flight as Yancey told Ben Zebor, his mechanic, that if a careful check of gasoline consumption the first few hours showed they were using too much fuel the plane would be brought back. The start, in contrast to the other two, when the plane Green Flash was damaged-gpd finally wrecked, was made in a fog which caused poor visibility. Williams, _pilot of the plane, however, took the heavily laden ship from the sands at 7:49 Eastern standard -time after a run of a little more than a mile, cleared a steel amusement pier at an altitude of 100 feet and swung east in a wide circle. ‘While still within sight of the watch- ers on the beach he circled to gain more altitude and at a height of 500 feet headed toward Cape Sable, Nova Scotia. Making Good Progress. The first report as to the plane’s progress came from Lieut. L. M. Melka, Columbia portable schools. ‘The first four of the single-room in making their examination. The second portable of this group was found in very r condition. The wood sills and pilings showed evident signs of decay, brought on, it is be- lieved, by the absence of down drain- spouts, which permitted thie roof water to splash in heavy streams at the cor- ners of the building. The water formed in puddles around the building, envel- cping the timbers in places. Inspection of the down-spouts, which are not connected with sewers, in- dicated that even when they are in place these drains merely carry the 1mmAwnter out onto the playground, where it must evaporate or soak in. | The indications were that these drains { had been out of position, damaged, or | lacking for many mont! Walking Shakes Wi As the inspectors plodded the floors inside the buildings, the walls and de- tached equipment shook under the vibration of their weight. ‘The third portable of this group was found to be in much the same condition as the second. The fourth was in a slightly better condition. The first building was a lttle better than the second and third, but had been consid- erably weakened by constant removal from one site to another. Municipal Architect Albert L. Harris | received the school board’s request for the inspection of the buildings by his office shortly after 9 o'clock this morn- ing, and five minutes later he had ap- pointed a committee of two engineers | to perform the task. Those named by Mr. Harris were John A. Long, engi- neer in charge of the District repair | shop, chairman, and Harold H. Marsh, chief structural engineer of the munici- pal architect’s office. Mr. Harris also requested Henry Storey, superintendent of repairs, to accompany the inspectors as an ob- server and for the purpose of supplying information on these structures to the two inspectors. The inspecting body | was completed with the enlistment of J. J. Crane, first assistant superintend- INSPECTION BARES DECAY OF PORTABLE SCHOOLS Two District Building Engineers Find Manx Defects on Visit to Four Buildings. Rotting sills and pilings, and floors which shook as they walked over them greeted two inspectors from the office of the District building inspector today as they commenced their inspection tour of the first group of the District of the Jefferson Junior High School, where the engineers spent more than an hour frame structures visited were those &t 1 ent of schools, in charge of buildings and grounds, who was invited to make the inspection as the representative of the school board. Following inspection of the Jefferson group the engineers went to the Syphax School at One-half and N streets south- ‘west, where they viewed other portables. From Syphax the party went to Con- gress Heights, thence to the Birney School, expecting to conclude today's work at the Ketcham School. May Finish in Week. When informed Saturday that the Board of Education proposed to request lieved the work might be completed in a week, but following their introduc- tion to'the task this morning the en- gineers aciually making the inspection were inclined to believe the time needed would approximate two weeks. Mr. importance of the inspection _and, therefore, was unwilling to sacrifice any time in getting it under way. In choosing Mr. Marsh and Mr. Long for the inspection Mr. Harris said he acted with the idea of avoiding the naming of any District engineer or re- pair shop man who had had previous actual contact with the portables. Thus he hoped to obtain an unbilased report of the condition of the, structure. The inspection is being made at the request of the Board of Education, which proposes to base its decision on future use of portables here upon the findings of the committee. It has been the practice heretofore to, transfer the portables from one site to another as new permanent school buildings were erected and as new demands for school- house facilities arose in other localities. | Damage to the portables by storm and | the gradual but constant weakening of them by moving caused school officials under Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin- tendent, to ask the board whether that policy was to be continued or the future congestions were to be met with part- time classes. PONGARE HOLDS AR DEBTTRUNP Premier May Approve Accord g and Force Confidence ! Vote in Parliament. | By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, July 8—After two weeks of | political maneuvering, the question of | ratification of the Mellon-Berenger debt settlement with America still ap- peared today very much up in the air. | Premier Poincare, despite a show of | force against him in the Chamber of Deputies, appeared to hold the trump | card, with which he may secure rati- fication at any time he wishes, possibly | at a big price. | That trump card was his power to | ratify the debt accord by decree and | then go to Parliament and ask approval |of his action. Few political observers | believe such action would result in an | unfavorable vote on the confidence mo- tion which would follow. pilot of a Coast Guard amphibian which | was to accompany the Pathfinder for | the first 100 miles. Twenty-five min- utes after the start Melka messaged the Corst Guard station at Gloucester, Mass., that the Pathfinder was making “good progress.” The flight was to be not only a long- | distance attempt, but readings were to be made by Yancey, navigator of the plane at a master mariner, to aid Dr. James H. Kimball, New York meteor- ologist, in forecasting weather conditions over the Atlantic. Dr. Kimball has been the unofficial starter of all transatlantic flights, flyers waiting for a favorable report from him before taking off. Mrs. Yancey, worn by the many nights of little sleep preparing for the hop-off, returned to her room at a hotel | here immediately after the start and left orders she was not to be disturbed. The flyers estimated the distance to Rome at 4,700 miles and hoped to reach there in from 45 to 50 hours. Favorable winds will id the Rome- bound plane, although some fog will b> met until it is 1,600 miles out, ac- cording to Dr. Kimball. Relying on these favorable tail winds, Yancy and Williams had their fuel load cut from 500 to 450 pounds just before the start. Thea Rasche Present. Besides the Coast Guard amphibian, a large commercial amphibian, carrying ‘Thea Rache, German aviatrix, and several other friends of the flyers, ac- companied the Pathfinder. Williams and Yancey on their at- tempted take-offs with the Green Flash had good visibility. On both occasions the Yellow Bird, which reached Spain in its proposed flight to Paris, was alongside them. The Green Flash was damaged on both occasions_before it left the sand— the first time only a broken landing wheel, the second time so badly that it was hardly worth salvaging. ‘The commercial amphibian later re- turned to the beach. Passengers sald they stayed with the Pathfinder for 45 miles, and that the plane then was going . “fine” and gaining altitude steadily. Charles Ramsgate, New York attor- ney and Willlams’' business manager, said the flyer just before the take-off instructed him to ship all the Pathfind- er's equipment to Rome on the next boat. 2t The pilot appeared confident that the plane would make Rome, Ramsgate said. Course of Pathfinder. The fiyers planned to strike almost due east to the tip of Nova Scotia. There they will head east southeast to the “Corner,” the junction of steamship lanes, about 1,000 miles from Old Orchard. Their course will then follow the forty-first latitude, passing 100 miles north of the Azores and reaching the mainland at Cape Ortegal, along the Northern tip of Spain. They then plan to cross Bayonne, France, and head across the Mediterranean, passing over Yancey said they planned to land at an limld about 15 miles south of Rome. “Iam a working man, and I am n\g. out to do a day's work.; d"l‘x‘:g id when newspaper men askes ::r some lutemefilzeu‘t before the take- ued o Page 2, 2, Position Held Advantageous. While the tendency generally was to { belittle the chances the opposition has | of gaining a vote in the chamber favor- | ing reservations to ratification within the ratification itself, many thought this was what the premier eventually would do, although several other schemes have been offered the govern- ment. It was pointed out generally today that M. Poincare’s position was quite advatageous. He has the cabinet unam- imously behind him. and French sen- timent, while not wholly approving the debt settlement, deplores anything re- motely suggestive of repudjation. ‘The government has lel it be made clear that its opposition is not reserva- tions to the ratification—which it feels justified, as wel. as its opposition—but to inclusion of the reservations in the ratification measure itself. The govern- ment quite probably would concur in a separate resolution saying the same thing, that is that France would be bound by the debt accord only so long as the reparations payments from Ger- many were forthcoming. Effective Date Draws Near. It hardly appeared today that debate on the ratification could take place be- fore July 16, leaving but two weeks for ratification in time to evade payment of the $400,000,000 surplus war stocks bill, which will come due August 1, un- {less the debt accord is approved and it is included in that general settlement. The_opposition, meanwhile, has not | been idle. A general meeting of the “Croix de Feu" (cross of fire associa- tions) yesterday adopted ah order of the day pledging themselves to combat (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) . Lord Hailsham to Head Group. LONDON, July 8 (#).—It is under- stood that Lord Hailsham will head the British delegation organized by the British Institute of Foreign Affairs to attend the forthcoming conference at Kyoto under the auspices of the Insti- tute of Pacific Relations. Lord Hail- sham was formerly lord chancellor. OFTEDAL MAY GET | 1.5, REVENUE POST Appointment of Assistant| Commissioner of Prohibi- tion Is Seen. Alf Oftedal, assistant prohibition com- | | missioner, probably will be named by | President Hoover within the next few | days as collector of internal revenue at | San Francisco. | Mr. Oftedal's departure could not be | interpreted as the beginning of any “ki.nd of a shakeup, it was said. All recent rumors that the ‘prohibition unit was to be reorganized and that Assist- ant Secretary Lowman in charge of pro- hibition enforcement and Prohibition | Commissioner Doran would resign have been flatly denied at the Treasury and ‘White House. Rumors have been afloat for some time that Oftedal was being consid- ered for the job, but the matter has been coming to a head and today it was virtually considered a certainty that Oftedal will be appointed. Coming up through the Government service, Oftedal was for years in the special intelligence unit, Internal Rev- enue Bureau, which investigates irreg- ularities in tax matters. Through this work he became thoroughly familiar with the workings of the Federal sys- tem for collecting the revenue. For years he was special agent in charge of the intelligence unit on the | Pacific Coast, with headquarters in San Francisco, and was co-ordinator and supervisor of all prohibition activities along the coast, including the prohi- bition unit, Coast Guard and customs. For about two years he has served as assistant prohibition commissioner consider marked ability. FIRST CHINESE AIR MAIL SERVICE IS INAUGURATED Michigan Flyer Takes 400 Pounds on Initial Trip From Shanghai to Nanking. Special Radio Dispatch to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. SHANGHAI, July 8.—Inaugurating the first air mail service in China, Capt. W. R. Henderson of Wayne, Mich., of the Royal Air Force during the World ‘War, piloted a Stinson plane to Nanking this morning and is planning to make the return flight during the day. ‘The plane carried 400 pounds of mail. It is hoped to carry passengers twice daily if the ministry of communica- tions’ program materializes. In the meantime dally air mail service will be maintained experimentally for a fort- t. night (Copyright, 1920.) Raid in Fir ~—Chang lated Press. BY S BIEING, China, July 8 ividual who is the most carefuily guarded ind bin. It was. the first time that the two men had ever met, the conference tak- ing jplace on the eve of the third anni- versary of Chiang Kai-Shek’s launching of his anti-North expedition which re- seulted in the capture of the northern capital and the of ‘Tso-Lin, Chang’s father, CHANG TAKES 1,400 GUARDS AS HE CONFERS WITH CHIANG Discuss Situation Caused by Harbin Consulate the world, today held a conference with President Chn& Kal-Shek, regarding the Russian sltznmn arising out of the recent raid on the Soviet consulate in Harl st Meeting. i Hsueh-Liang, ernor of Manchuria, in the gmt and perhaps in ‘the Inspection, Mr. Harris said he be- . Harris said today he was aware of the | | the current fiscal year, which will bring | 'HOOVER MAY APPOINT | with what Treasury officials appear to | Bo DISTRICT BUDGET TOPS TENTATIVE TOTAL BY §200,000 11th-Hour Requests Boost Figure to More Than $48,- 000,000 Limit Fixed. ESTIMATES BEING MADE READY FOR U>S. BUREAU Departments’ Pleas for Added Funds, Held Indispensable, Are Allowed by Commissioners, Approximately $200,000 in excess of | the tentative total of $48,000,000 orig- | inally fixed by the Commissioners the District's financial budget for the 1931 fiscal year is being put in final shape at the District Building today for transmission to the Bureau of the Bud- get. The $200,000 was added, it is under- stood, as the result of eleventh hour requests of certain departments for ad- ditional funds for improvements re- garded as indispensible in the 1931 fiscal year. Urgency is Recognized. The Compmissioners, it was said, | recognized the urgency of these im- | provements and allowed the items to be included in the cstimates, although | they will carry the tentative budget figure above the amount originally set | when the budget making work was | started nearly two months ago. | The $25.000 additional asked by the ' Public Utilities Commission for an in- | crease in its personnel is believed to | be one of the last minute items repre- | sented in the $200,000 increase. The commission made this request about 10 days ago when it became aware of the desirability of a closer check on the accounts of the public utility corpora- tions, which it said was not possible | with the existing personnel, | Donovan Is Framing Report. i Maj. Daniel J, Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, who is pre- paring the tentative budget in final form for consideration of the Budget Bureau, also is framing a supplemen- tary report to accompany it. The sup- plementary report will contain detailed | explanations of the reasons for the in- creases sought above the appropriations for the 1930 fiscal year. The tentative budget as it goes to the Budget Bureau will be in skeleton- ized form, and the supplementary re- port, it was explained, will make it comparatively simple for the budget officers to check the new items as well | as the annually recurring items, which | have been enlarged for the 1931 budget. | Largest Budget in History. Mej. Donovan is expected to complete his work by the latter part of the week, and the budget will be sent to the Budget Bureau next Monday. the date | on which the District and all depart- | ments of the Federal Government have been ordered to submit the 1931 tenta- ! tive estimates. The $48.200,000 budget for 1931 is| the largest in the history of the Dis- trict, exceeding by $6,600,000 the amount oppropriated for the current fiscal year in the regular appropriation | act. The $300,000 appropriated by Con- gress shortly before its Summer recess. for the purchase of a part of the site for the new municipal center, however. will be charged to the appropriation for | the total up to $44,500,000. This figure | probably will be further raised to about $45,000,000 in December if the Commis- | sioners carry out their present pians to | seek a supplemental appropriation of $500,000 at the regular session of Con- | gress to begin the construction of two | | proposed temperature incinerators, ST. PAUL DAIRYMAN| W. F. Schilling, After White Honsei Visit, Believed Offered Farm Board Place. By the Associated Press. W. F. Schilling, president of the | Twin City Milk Producers Association | of St. Paul, Minn, held an extended conference with President Hoover to- day and it is understood he was of- {eredda place on the Federal Farm ard. At the conclusion of his interview with the Chief Executive, Mr. Schilling declined to say what had taken place, but said that some announcement could be expected from President Hoover to- mOrTow. As president of the Twin City As- soclation, Schilling has had extensive experience in co-operative dairying. A place on the board was offered origi- nally to W. S. Moserip, secretary-treas- urer of the same organization, but hg declined because of the press of per- sonal business affairs. Moore to Leave Lima. LIMA, Peru, July ‘8 (#)—Alexander P. Moore, American Ambassador to Peru, will leave for New York on July 10. His health has not been good. Bank Statements ‘Washington clearing house, $4,591,~ 631.03. Treasury balance, $284,553,174.08. New York clearing house exchange, $597,000,000. New York clearing house balance, $125,000,000. | State News, Pages 10 and 11 l The Price of The Evening Star From street racks, newsstands and news- Chang Hsueh-Liang was from Mukden by a of 1,400 men, and also brought nine automo- biles. He occupies two_floors of one wing of the Hotel De Pekin and has soldiers sctively his boys will remain at 2 a Copy PAY NO MORE ‘\\\\\\\X\\\\\ NN N News Note: Atlantic steamer’s pet cat fa hove to. The ¢at was rescued. Ils overboard and | 1 the captain ordered the ship to NATS BEATTIGERS, &4, INTEN INNINGS 'Sam Jones Viins Opener of marmes, ct. Day’s Double-Header From Veteran Uhle. BY JOHN B. KELLER. DETROIT, July 8.—Washington won ' the first game from Detroit this after- | noon. The score was 5 to 4, in 10 innings. The veterans were pitching opponents in the first game, Sam Jones starting | for the Nationals and George Uhle for the Tigers. It was fine weather for base ball, but only 8,000 were on hand when the first game started. FIRST INNING. WASHINGTON—Judge doubled to left. E. Rice out, Gehringer to Alexan- der, Judge going to third. Barnes singled to left center, scoring Judge. Goslin walked. Barnes was caught off | second, Uhle to Schuble. threw out Myer. One run. DETROIT—Johnson hit Jones’ first pitch to left center for a double. Jones took H. Rice’s grounder and tried to get Johnson off second. His throw was low and the error put H. Rice on. Gehringer hit the first ball pitched over Barnes’ head for a triple, scoring John- son and H. Rice. Fothergill fouled to Spencer. Alexander singled to left center, scoring Gehringer. Goslin slip- ped in the soft ground. As he slipped he hurt his knee, but rcsumed play. Spencer went to the diamond for Mc- McManus Box Score FIRST GAME. WASHINGTON AB. R. H. O. b.. 3 10 f a { Judge, 1 S. Rice, aa | Gostin, 1. | Myer, 2b.. Bluege, 3b. Cronin, ss. Spencer, ¢. TN ccccmmuibscexP mwecececeseccech PG TR cccececmeny - West batted for Spencer in the seventh inning DETROIT ° » < Johnson, If. | H. Rice, cf Gehringer, 2b. Fothergill, rf. Alexander, 1b. | McManus, 3b. Hargrave, c. Schuble, ss. | Uhle, p. o] - cmczcommm lnmmgirmemen lemans wlceosccccenm ¢lua=»:- - - - - 2 g SCORE BY INNINGS: 12345678910111213— R. | Washington1010010101 | Detroit.... 3001000000 Summaries: in—Barnes. Gehringer (2). Rice, Schuble, Myer (2), se hits—Judge. Johnson. E. Rice, . Goslin, McManus, Tate. ase hits—Gehringer, E. Rice. Home run—Schuble. -5 ~id Runs batted Alexander, E. Manus’ pop. Hargrave sent a long fly | Sacrifice—G: to E. Rice. Three runs. SECOND INNING. WASHINGTON — Bluege Cronin hoisted to Johnson. Schuble threw out Speacer from deep short. No runs. DETROIT—Schuble took a _third strike. Uhle lofted to Goslin. Blue; went back for Johnson's high one. runs. o THIRD INNING. WASHINGTON—Jones sent a long fly to Johnson. Judge singled to right. E. Rice doubled down the left-field line, scoring Judge. Barnes fouled to Mc- Manus. in hoisted to Johnson. One_run. DETROIT—H. Rice singled to left. Cronin went back of second for Geh- ringer's fly. Cronin went far back into left for Fothergill's fly. Alexander put up a high one to Barnes. No runs. FOURTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Myer filed to H. Rice. Blu also lofted to H. Rice. Cronin bounted a double off McManus’ shins, the ball rolling to the Tiger dug- out after striking the infielder. Uhle got Spencer’s high bounder and him out. No runs. DETROIT—McManus singled to left. Judge and Spencer collided, both trying for Hargraves' foul in front of Wash- ington dugout, Judge making the catch. As he fell, McManus tried to take sec- ond, but the first baseman scrambled to his feet and threw to Cronin for a double play. Schuble hit the first pitch over the scoreboard for a home run. Uhle singled to left. Cronin went back for Johnson's high one. One run. FIFTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Jones struck out. Judge popped to Alexander. E. Rice fiiled to Johnson: No runs. DETROIT—H. Rice popped to Cron- in. Gehringer out, Judge to Jones, covering first. Fothergill singled to center on the first pitched ball. Goslin backed to the scoreboard to get Alex- ander’s high one. No runs. SIXTH INNING. fanned. | & tossed | flied to H. Rice. er. hington. TeOn Jones. 1: oft Ub v Uhl | fanned. Hargrave singled to_right, ii:ndmg Axex-ira.er to third. Schuble | hoisted to E. Rice. No runs. | NINTH INNING. i HINGTON—Bluege foul to H;vrlgAnsve. Cronin fanned. Tate dou- bled along the right field line, and slid into second just ahead of Fothergill's throw to Schuble. Jones fanned. No DETROIT—Uhle flied to Goslin. Johnson grounded to Judge. H. Rice lofted to Goslin. No runs. TENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Judge singled to center. Uhle tossed out E. Rice, Judge going to second. It was not a sacrifice. Barnes popped to Gehringer. After throwing three wide ones to Goslin, Uhle purposely passed the batter. Myer singled to left, scoring Judge. Johnson fumbled and Goslin reached | third while Myer took second. Bluege Judge's run was no!, batted in by Myer. The single sent | Judge to third, and he scored on John- i son’s fumble. One run. A DETROIT—Myer made a fine stop of Gehringer's grounder, and threw him out. Fothergill walked. Judge went to the box for Alexander's pop. McManus | popped to Cronih. No runs. | BOY’S FATE IN BALANCE. Kentucky Lad, Slayer of Playmate, to Know Fate Tomorrow. FRANKFORT, Ky., July 8 (#).—The board of directors of the Kentucky Children’s Bureau will hold a hearing here tomorrow on the case of Carl New- ton Mahan, 6-year-old slayer of his cil Van Hoose. nts and their coun- present and the WASHINGTON—Schuble threw out posit Barnes. Goslin doubled to right cen- ter. It was his first hit of the trip as a T r. Myer singled to center, scoring Goslin. ~ Fothergill came in for a diving catch of Bluege's liner, and Myer, who had passed second, was dou- bled off first easily, Fothergill to Alex- ander. One run. DETROIT—McManus doubled against the scoreboard. Myer threw out Har- grave, McManus Toin' to third. Bluege threw out Schuble, holding McManus at third. Myer threw out Uhle. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTO! N ‘West batted for Spencer. Jones walked. EIGHTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—E. - Rice tripled Says He Was Informed COURT IS JANNED BY TRAFFC CASES 200 Swelter as Judge} Schuldt Calls Conditions | Nearly Unbearable. A week end traffic net, encompassing | 275 persons charged with violating trif- fic regulations, drew some 200 perspir- ing men and women to Traffic Court| | today, creating a jam tending to exas-| | perate defendants, lawyers and court officials alike. Judge Schuldt predicted that the heat and crowded conditions are be- coming so unbearable that the court might be unable soon to function 1n| its present quarters. The need for a larger and more airy courtroom was also stressed by Judge Ralph Given, who had presided over the beginning of the traffic drive. Newspapers and hats were pressed into service by the heat sufferers as Judge Schuldt meted out justice to the minority who preferred braving the heat of a courtroom to surrendering their collateral at a precinct. It was found that about two-thirds of the defendants preferred to forfeit col- i lateral. Air Station Officer Fined. Lieut. Joseph L. Clark of the Naval Air Station, who was among those to appear on speeding charges, was fined | $12. Policeman Raymond V. Sinclair, who arrested the officer on Connecticut avenue, told the judge Lieut. Clark ex- cused himself for driving at 34 miles an hour on the ground that he was late for a dinner engagement. | " “The officer was reminded by Judge Schuidt that he should be particulariy careful to observe the law because of his official position. The driver of an American Stores Co. automobile was fined $12 for driving at 24 miles an hour. James H. Banner, 21, college student, was fined $12 for speeding. One prosperous looking traffic of- fender, after what appeared to be an interminable wait, declared he would forfeit $25 in preference to coming to the court again. In their drive against accidents on the streets of the Capital, police in the 24 hours ended at 8 o'clock this morn- ing had arrested 166 persons for traf- fic rules violations and reported 9 per- sons injured in traffic mishaps in the city over the week end. One person was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated, 4 on cha of reck- less driving, 28 for s ing, 1 for having dazzling lights, 1 for failing to stop on order of a policeman ahd 131 for_various minor “infractions of the traffic regulations. Six Hurt in Other Mishaps. 8ix persons were injured, one seri- ously, in other week end traffic acci- dents reported to police. Although somewhat improved this ren, 34 years old, of 1276 Morse street northeast, attached to the sixth pre- cinct, is still in a serious condition at Emergency Hospital as a result of injuries suffered early yesterday morn- ing when the automobile he was driv- ing was in collision at Trinidad avenue and Morse street northeast with a machine operated by Julian F. Round- tree, 31, of 1655 Rosedale street north- east. The injured policeman sustained a possible fractured skull in addition to numerous contusions and lacera- tions to the face and body. Roundtree suffered lacerations to the face, scalp and right hand and Thomas Carroll, 20 years old, a passenger in Roundtree’s car and living at the same address, received face and scalp lacer- ations. Both were treated at Emer- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) AMERICAN FLEES FROM ITALY TO ESCAPE ARMY SERVICE U. S. Citizenship Did Not Make Him Exempt. iated Press. B G ROVIDENCE, R. I, Schilito of New York, who said they ts | also fled from Ii to prison { by escape them because -muly for service Both are said citizens. sentences, im| fafled to return i T 220 Radio Programs—Page 22 morning, Policeman Robert Lee Coff-| KING GEORGE, ILL, 1S UNABLE T0 GO0 10 SUMMER HOME Britain Is Shocked in Wake of Empire-Wide Thanks- giving for Recovery. GENERAL HEALTH GOOD, ROYAL PHYSICIANS SAY Unsatisfactory Progress in Sinus in Right Chest Halts Trip for X-Ray Examination. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 8.—All Britain was shocked today when, within 24 hours of an empire-wide thanksgiving serv- ice for his recovery, unsatisfactory progress of & phase of King George's illness prevented his planned departure for Sandringham, British royal Sum- mer home. The official announcement denied im- mediate serious symptoms and declared the general health of his majesty was satisfactory. It said there had been unsatisfactory progress in the sinus in the right chest, and that departure for Sandringham therefore was being de- layed for a short period to permit further x-Ray examinations. Not Fatigued by Ceremonies. Four doctors, whose names became familiar during the long Buckingham Palace illness, signed the statement, which said: “The King was not fatigued by the ceremony of thanksgiving service. His majesty’s general health is good. “The condition of the sinus in the right chest has not made satisfactory progress. “In order to gain the assistance of a further X-ray examination, his majesty’s departure for Sandringham has been postponed for a short perjod.” All preparations were made this afternoon for a thorough X-ray ex- amination of the King, and the doctors who are in attendance on his majesty gathered at the palace. Bulletin Is Held Favorable. In court circles the opinion was the physicians’ bulletin was favorable, par- ticularly as it indicated there was no fatigue after yesterday's imposing cere- mony at Westminister Abbey and that it probably was necessary only for him to remain at the palace a few addi- tional days. The expressed statement by the physicians that postponement was only for a short period was re- garded as very hopeful. A large crowd was waiting outside Buckingham Palace this morning witness the departure of the royal household for ~ Sandringham. The throng was still awaiting expectantly when finally the official announcement was issued. Besides Sir Stanley Hewett, who has been in constantly attendance of the King, and Lord Dawson of Penn, who has been his chief physician, the signers of the bulletin were Henry Martyn, the King's Windsor physician, who treated him for the abscess which formed after the arrival at Windsor, and Sir Hugh Rigby, who performed the operation on the King last December. Not Confined to Bed. It is understood that his majesty is not confined to bed as was the case for the time when he had a setback at ‘Windsor. His majesty had a visit from Lord Dawson last night and it was after this that it was decided an X-ray ex- amination would be advisable. The { doctors, it was understood, wished to be thoroughly satisfied that there would be no recurrence of the abscess. It was stated on good authority that there was no rise in the King's temper- ature and that there should be no alarm, as the trouble was purely local. ‘The removal of the court to Sandring- ham today had been planned for some time and great preparations had been made to receive their majesties. Few See King at Westminster. Britons throughout the empire knelt yesterday in thanksgiving for the recov- ery of King George, but only a few hun- dred saw the monarch kneel in West- minster Abbey. There as he bowed his head over the scarlet-bound order of service on the desk before him, the Archbishop of Canterbury, attired in a gold and green cape, stepped forward and took his ap- pointed position near him. The dean of Westminster intoned in a stentorian voice three sentences ex- pressing the hopes and aspirations of the empire: “God save the King. “God save his realm. “God give us thankful hearts.” Nearby knelt Queen Mary, to whom King George was married just 36 years ago Saturday. Nearby also was the Prince of Wales, who returned 6500 miles from Africa last year to be at the bedside of his father when it ap- peared he might not recover. Others of the royal family present were the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince George, Princess Victoria, sister of King Edward, and Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles. Dawes Sits Near MacDonald. Ambassador Dawes sat not far away ifrom Prime Minister Ramsay Mac- Donald. Members of the cabinet were seated in the choir. Scattered among the audience were Indian princes, diplo- mats from all the world, simple priests, millionaires, British noblemen and those more humble. After the ceremony his majesty sent the Archbishop of Canterbury a mes- sage expressing thankfulness and satis- faction with the ceremony, the message concluded: “The whole ceéremony displayed rev- erence, dignity and a beauty of holiness which, with the setting of the glorious abbey, seemed to complete that sacri- fice of t iving offered by the King and his people for all the benefits re- ceived at the hand of God.” King Wears Morning Dress. ‘The King wore morn| dress, with a flower in his bnmmhol‘:‘ But two carriages were in the pro- cession from Buck Palace seven motorcycle officers. At the abbey, music was furnished he drums of the band of the Grenadier which beginning low louder until the great hall was filled with their thunder. A Catholic service was held at the Roman Catholic Cathedral at West- minster. Alf of -~ King fonso Spaln, 'M'