Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Fair tonight and tomorrow; tonight. ‘Temperatures: Highest, 79, at mnoon yesterday; lowest, 67, at 5 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. The only evening paper in Washington with the Forecast.) warmer Associated Press news service. he Foening Star. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,829 No. 31,129, Fif"Smée, Fntered as second class matte, Washington, 3 D, C. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, JULY 23, 19'29-—-THIIm-E‘Qg‘§‘ AGES. 1 % (#) Means Asso ted Press. TWO CHNTS. AMERICANS - TAKEN CAPTIVE BY SOVIET AS CHINESE RIVER STEAMER 1S SEIZED aby Are Being Treated Captured by Russians. OPTIMISM ON AMICABLE See No Actual Overt Act Com- mitted—Moscow Insists on Res- Status Quo as Step for Peace. TOKIO, July 23 (#).—Three hundred Russian employes of the Chinese Eastern Railway ! have been arrested on a charge ! of inciting their fellow work- | ers to anti-Chinese activities, Rengo dispatches from Harbin said today. Forty-two other Russian em- ployes, arrested in other parts ' of Manchuria, were brought to Harbin and imprisoned. B the Associated Press. Tension in the Russo-Chinese con- troversy had noticeably eased today in | view of assurances by China and Rus- | sla that both intended to abide by the Kellogg pact. Soviet troops were reported to have captured a Chinese river steamer, tak- ing prisoner the wife and baby daugh- ter of an American. Further reports of troop movements along the Manchurian-Siberian border were received, but neutral observers were of the opinion that neither side had committed an actual overt act. Moscow appeared standing on the po- sition that the status quo of the Chi-| nese Eastern Railway must be restored before a settlement could be reached. Forelgn Minister Briand in Parls kept in close touch with developments and was in conference with Japanese Am- bassador Adatchi, acting president of the League of Nations Council. Shang- hai dispatches said 1t was felt in Na- tionalist circles that the controversy would be settled amicably. Washington also was optimistic that hostilities would be avoided. SOVIET CAPTURES AMERICANS. Woman and Baby Taken in Seizure of Chinese Steamer. PEIPING, July 23 (&).—Soviet | kroops patrolling the Amur River, which skirts Northern Manchuria, have cap- |tured the Chinese river steamer Ilan, {taking prisoner the wife and_ baby daughter of Roy Maxwell American. Talbot is a graduate of the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. His home is in Shabbona, Ill. Talbot came to the university in 1904. Before the war he was a member of maritime customs service in China. ‘The Russians sent word to Talbot, who is deputy commissioner of Chinese maritime customs at Tahei-Ho, across 1the Amur from Clagoveshchensk, that both were ‘“comfortable and being treated kind Merchantman Captured. George C. Honson, American consul at Harbin, Manchuria, wiring official reports of the capture here, said friends of Talbot at Harbin said Mrs. Talbot was of Russian birth. The Rusisans also have captured the Chinese merchantman Haicheng, which they are holding near Blacoveshchenk. Japanese news agency reports, uncon- firmed elsewhere, said a Chinese river gunboat had been captured by the Russians on the Amur. CONSULS REFUSED VISAS, ‘Talbot, Boviet Officials Forced to Postpone De- parture for Moscow. TIENTSIN, Chihli, China, July 23 1{P).—The Soviet consuls at Tientsin ,and Pleping were forced this morning to cancel their departures for Moscow, with their consulate staffs, when the commissioner for foreign affairs refused them visas for their passports. The Soviet consuls immediately wired Moscow and meanwhile _continued preparations for their trip. It was un- derstood the commissioner’s refusal of visas was prompted by orders from Nan- king on the ground that war had not been declared. FRENCH MEDIATION DECLINED. Soviet Gives Refusal to Re-Establish Status Quo as Reason. MOSCOW, July 23 () —France’s of- fer to mediate in the Manchurian crisis has been declined by the Russian (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) SETTLEMENT CONTINUES ‘ s toration of Eastern Railway | i | { | Scientists Dig Deep For 3 Civilizations Buried Near Bagdad University of Michigan and Toledo Expedition Uncovers Vast Ruins. | By the Assoctated Precs, TOLEDO, Ohio, July 23.—Excava- tiens 17 miles from Bagdad on the igris River, where three civilizations ushand Informed Wife and!dating from 4000 B.C. have been dis- ‘l‘o\'eredA will go into the third season | September 1, according to an announce- ment today of the Toledo Museum of Kindly—Marchantman Also| Art and Untversity of Michigan Meso- potamian expedition, J. Arthur McLean, curator of the museum, said that the digging would be under the direction of Leroy Water- man, professor of Semitics at the uni- | versity. The findings were described by Mec- n as the most important known. | Three civilizations rest beneath the Troops Still on Move, but Neutrals ' levels at which the expedition is work- {ing, he said. At the top are remains of the post-Hellenistic Seleukia, the capital of the castern third of Alexan- der the Great's empire; beneath the Scleukia level are the ruins of a Su- | merian city called Opis, and at the bottom are relics of the ancient Baby- lonian city Akshak, once capital of a {iny empire. TWO RUM RUNNERS ARE BELIEVED SLAIN | | Three Others Wounded Pitched Battle on Rio Grande River. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., July 23.—Two Mexi- | can Tumrunners are believed to have | been killed and three are known to have | been wounded in a pitched battle here last night between four immigration border patrol officers and a band of more than 20 smugglers. The clash was a sequel to an engage- | ment early last Saturday, when six bor- der patroimen were ambushed by rum- runners and Inspector Ivan E. Scottem | was killed. None of the Americans was wounded in last night's battle, in which several hundred shots were fired. ‘The banks of the Rio Grande were being searched today for the bodies of the two rumrunners believed to have been killed. The wounded smugglers were carried across the river into Mexi~ co by their comrades. Sees Big Ring. H. C. Horsley, chicf of the border pa- | trol, said prominent citizens of El Paso were expected to be implicated in a gi- gantic border rum ring following dis- closures made by a colored truck driver, one of five men captured by the pa- trolmen. For months authorities have been watching certain El Paso business men Horsley sald, but had obtained no direct evidence until today. Horsley announced a truck seized during the battle belonged to an El Paso firm, and that it was loaded with 150 gallons of liquor. Three other automo- biles also were confiscated. The cars, all of expensive make, will be used as evi- dence against the business men par- ticipating in the rum-running game, Horsley stated. Active for Week. ‘The runners have been unusually ac- tive on the border during the last week. In the ambush Saturday the patrolmen succeeded in driving off their assailants only after Scotten had been slain. ‘The raid last night occurred follow- ing a carefully planned ruse on the part of the immigration officials, who have been co-operating with customs officers in seeking to stop liquor smug- gling, and a day of vigilance from high points of vantage within the city with spyglasses. Descending upon the rum runners in speeding automobiles, the patrolmen mounted a fence near the Rio Grande. They were met with a fusillade of bul- Jets from the rum-runners rifles. The fire, was returned and two of the smug- glers were seen to fall to the ground. It was believed these two men were killed, ‘The border patrolmen continued their offensive today, capturing three Mex- icans and a truck loaded with_ liquor. The cargo was destined for Denver, one of the Mexicans said. ‘The prisoners told authorities that when the battle was at its height, last night, 11 men went from Juarez to reinforce 20 smugglers who were at- tacking the four Americans. MAKE RECORD SEIZURE. in Flot!fla in Detroit River Taken With | 500 to 800 Cases of Whisky. DETROIT, Mich., July 23 ().—The largest liquor seizure ever made on the Detroit River was re&)rud by customs border patrol inspectors today. They said they captured 12 boats loaded with between 500 and 800 cases of whisky near the Ecorse shore at 1 am. The ts consisted of three outbo: mo- tors, eight rowboats and a canoe. Five men in charge of the shipment were arrested, while several others dived into the river and escaped. ‘The seizure was made by four in- spectors in patrol boats near the tip of Slab Island, after the flotllla had brelen seen to put out from the Canadian shore. 1 RAILROAD TO LOWER ITS TRACKS TO MOVE HUGE TRANSFORMERS Superpower Machines Are Too Large and Too Heavy to Use Normal Trackage Facilities. By the Associated Press. ROSELAND, N. J,, July 23.—A spe- | cial job in railroading is under prepa- ration by the Erle to transport here from Sharon, Pa., four superpower | transformers, each 35 feet high. The transformers are announced by the Westinghouse “lectric & Manufac- turing Co. as the largest in the world, | testing at more than half a million volts | aplece. Each one requires three tank cars of oil to fill the spaces about its for insulation. c”"%‘llmulh weighing 500 tons each in cperation, the transformers will* be | ehipped et 135 tons cazh, mu-h of the | Weight saving coming from substituting ' . for the oil a supply of nitrogen gas. The nitrogen is necessary to preserve the insulation during shipment. ‘The big machine ig 5] steel flat cars, having dzepcmruud to give sufficient overhead clearance, At Caldwell, N. J., the room is so scant that the Erie is_expected to lower its tracks 18 inches. The com- plete equipment requires the equivalent of a train of 56 freight cars. ‘The apparatus will be installed to | don't believe it is necessary to be ST. LOUIS ROBIN EQUALS RECORD IN ENDURANGE FLIGHT Motor of Plane Is Running Smoothly After Starting 11th Day in Air. TEXAS AVIATORS PASS FLIGHT HALF-WAY MARK Shreveport Pair Forced Down as Cylinders Blow Out~—Two Take Air Over Minneapolis. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 23.—The St. Louis Robin equaled the endur- ance record at 2 o'clock, Central standard time (3 p.m. Eastern standard time) today. By the Assoclated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 23.—The mono- plane St. Louis Robin was within one hour of equaling the world record for sustained flight at 1:01 p.m. today, soon after it had started its eleventh day in the air. At 7:17 am. the plane made its twenty-second refueling contact, taking on a light load, and the pilots, Dale (Red) Jackson and Forest O'Brien, re- ported the motor was running smoothly. A city-wide celebration is planned for 2:01 p.m. (central standard time), when the plane will equal the present world mark of 246 hours 43 minutes 32 sec- onds, set by the Angeleno at Culver City, Calif. ‘The St. Louis Robin, escorted by two squadrons of planes, will circle the downtown section, while factory whis- tles and aerial bombs give noisy con- gratulations. “Merry Christmas” to All ‘The pilots expect to continue after the hour needed to definitely establish a new record. A note dropped last night read: “Motor running fine. Both feeling good. Just 22 hours until we start on another endurance flight. w; ug] hombres’ to be endurance flye In another note they wished “vou all a rxllm'ry Christmas and a happy New ear.” The flyers were cautioned yesterday by Maj. Albert Bond Lambert, official observer, to keep their log carefully and to remain within sight of ground observers. Maj. Lambert pointed out their barograph, which records whether they have made a landing, “run down, making it necessary to obtain affidavits that they remained in the air continuously. Oil Line Is Leaking. The first sign of any trouble aboard the St. Louis Robin was indicated in a note sent down this morning saying that the flyers were being bothered by oil spraying over the cabin windows. Some anxiety was felt that this might develop into serious trouble, as a leaky oil line forced the Missouri Robin, sister endurance plane, to land yesterday. underwear, socks and shirts to sent up. The Curtiss Robertson Co. ordered the plant closed at noon today in order that the 450 employes might partici- pate in the demonstration if the record is broken. A special brand of gasoline, never before tried in an endurance flight, is being used. Pilots have avoided its use because of rapid evaporation. As the supply at the feld was practically de- pleted, a truckload, brought here on “endurance run” from Tulsa, saved the fiyers. tank car was delayed by a track washout and the truck started the 450-mile journey with two drivers. The only stops were for fuel. ‘There is 10 years difference in the ages of the two pilots, Jackson being 23 and O'Brine 33. Both have been instructors at aviation schools before joining the sponsors of the flight, the Curtiss-Robertson Co. Jackson won the barrel-rolling contest last year when he sent a plane through 417 of the maneuvers. ‘The St. Louis Robin started at 7:17 am. on Saturday, July 13, while a sister ship, the Missour Robin, took to the air 99 hours later, only to be forced down yesterday after 117 hours and 18 minutes aloft because of oil spattering the cabin windows until it was impossible for the pllots, W. Gentry Shelton and Joe Hammer, to see. PARENTS PRAY FOR SUCCESS. Minnesota “Home Town™" of Jackson Eagerly Watches Progress. FARIBAULT, Minn, July 23 (#).— The prayers of a mother and dad were being said today asking success for Dale (Red) Jackson, Faribault native son, and Forest O’'Brine in their flight for the world refueling endurance record, “Just before he started the flight Dale wrote us asking for our prayers,” said his mother, Mrs. Henry Jackson. “We certainly have given them all for him & “I haven't hardly slept for a week” the father said. “Who could with a kid like my boy up there in the clouds chal- lenging all air records?’ Large crowds gathered downtown last night for bulletins of the flyers’ prog- Tess. TEXANS PASS 133 HOURS. HOUSTON, Tex., July 23 (#).—More than half way to their goal, Glenn L. Loomis and Joe Glass still were aloft today in umehé“eyndunnu monoplane Billion Dollar 3 The flyers, who hope to break the cord of 246 hours, 43 minutes, 32 sec- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) - —_—— MUNITIONS EXPLODE. THENS, Greece, July 23 (A—It o o here today that there were many casualties and great damage Mon- day at Souvlievo, Bulgaria, When & secret_store of munitions accidentally took fire and 3,000 shells ‘The n Politikas at Belgrade I IR P pressed Sofia report that a munitions e skt mousding 50, persons e = Several thousand e transfer power from the Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. to the New Jersey lines of the Public Service Electric & Gas Co. The winding power of the four transformers is announted as suf- ficlent to furnish illumination for all the homes in & city larger than Cin- | cinnatt. some of whom died. shells were exploded. It was said the government lish the forbade the press to pub- In their note, the flyers ordered clean | Second In the following article Lieut. Harold Bromley outlines the course he erpects to take tn his attempt to make the longest mon-stop overwater flight ever made, ccross the Pacific Ocean from Tacoma, Wash., to Tokio, Japan. BY LIEUT. HAROLD BROMLEY. (Written Exclusively for The Star and the | North American Newspaper Alllance.) TACOMA, Wash,, July 23.—Two planes at dawn, one 500 feef, in the air| roaring straight above the Tacoma Air Fleld runway and the other speeding| down the runway for a take-off on the Tacoma-to-Tokio flight, should within the next few days give spectators a thrill. T'm still unable to say definitely when the City of Tacoma will take off arfher 4,700-mile flight across the Pacific, but we have worked out & brand-new idea PLANE WILL RACE PARALLEL TO GET “BLIND" SHIP ALOFT| Bromley, Unable to See Ground, Will| Start Pacific Flight by Watching Pilot. to overcome the danger caused by the| | plane’s blindness on the ground. Blind Until in the Air. ‘The City of Tacoma, with her low wing, stubby landing . high fuselage and deep cockpit, far back toward the tail of the plane, is about the blindest | thing_imaginable until she gets into the air. It is practically impossible to see anything ahead except the sky. That's where this other plane swoop- ing down the runway will help me. I'll steer by it at the take-off instead of twisting my neck all out of shape try- ing to look over the nose of the plane. I'll have something to follow until the City of Tacoma is in the air. This isn't my idea. It was sprung by L. W. Paxson. who arrived here today from California to make a final check on my motor, figure up the exact gas consumption per hour. in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | “LIFERS” BLAMED of Pitched Battle in In- spection Monday. By the Associated Press. DANNEMORA, N. Y, July 23— Clinton State Prison, known throughout the underworld as “Siberia,” today was nearing normal after the failure yes- terday of 1,300 desperate convicts to battle their way to liberty and after a night spent under the sleepless eyes of scores of guards, reinforced by 14 State troopers. ‘The hoots and hisses and raucous laughter flung by the conquered pris- oners at the guards last night after they were forced to return to their cells, leaving three of their fellow riot- ers dead, had ceased. In their place was a sullen silence, or, at most, a guarded grumbling. Prison, State and county authorities sought to determine the background of the riot which led to the simultaneous storming of three walls by the battal- ions of desperadoes yesterday morning. ‘Wanted Sunday Holiday. The State department of correction devoted attention to a report that the battle had its motive in the fact that the men had asked for new potatoes instead of old for their meals and wanted a full holiday in the yards Sun- day, requests that had been refused. They have had half of Sunday for base balt , band concerts and other forms of amusement. Gov. Roosevelt expects to learn the facts at first hand wl:’zn he inspects the institution next Monday. . ‘Warden Harry M. Kaiser, in a state- ment, placed responsibility for the oute break on a group of “lifers” sent to the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) TWO0 WOMEN FOUND DEAD ON LAKE SHORE Boat Companions Are Held as Double Murder Is Suspected by Police. By the Associated Press. WESTMORE, Vt, July 23.—The bodies of Mrs. Yvonne Carriveau of Lawrence, Mass, and Miss Ceclle E. Couneiller of Haverhill, Mass, were found on the shores of Lake Willoughby today. Marks on the head of Mrs. Carriveau caused police to believe that they might have been the victims of a double slay- ing. William F. Leigcher, 30, and Michael J. Tierney, 34, who gave New York addresses and who police said were boat- ing on ihe lake with the women last night, wers taken m:uum by Sher- iff George Jennings. been va- cationing at the lake.” ‘The bodies of the women were sent to & Newport unde establish- ‘ment for autopsies. A wrist watch worn by one of the women ed at 1 o'clock. FOR PRISON RIOT an | Gov. Roosevelt to Learn Facts| WOMAN IS SEIZED ON FRAUD CHARGE Accused of False Compensa- tion Claim as Husband Confronts Her. Confronted by her living husband when she had come from Dertoit to press a claim for compensation from the Veterans' Bureau for his death, Mrs. Alma M. Osborne, 41, was arrested to- day at the office of the Bureau of In- vestigation of the Department of Justice by Deputy United States Marshal Jéhn J. Clarkson and taken before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turn- age for a hearing. ‘The woman was not prepared with counsel and the hearing was deferred until later this afternoon to give her an opportunity to obtain an attorney. According to the warrant sworn to by John A. Knowles, a special agent of the Department of Justice, Mrs, Os- borne is charged with making a false claim against the United States by as- serting that she is entitled to compen- sation because of the death of her hus- band, Floyd Osborne, and deposited a false certificate of the death of her hus- bn::ew'l;en‘};eh was alive. : nts of e Department of Justice declined to divulge their testimony in advance of the hearing before the com- missioner, but Mrs. Osborne explained that she had not been living with her husband when he was reported killed 11n 1.9 zt;nmc accident in Detroit August She went to the morgue, she stated, where she was shown a picture of the corpse and was im; with its re- semblance to her husband. She turned over the matter of her claim, she stated, to a veterans’ organization- in Detroit and asserted that whatever steps were since taken were by the veterans and " opa Gepegmi, the h loye e, usband, says he has been at Camp Meade, Md., for the past two years. He was in uniform. o 200-MILE PHOTOGRAPHS AIM OF U. S. ARMY FLIGHT Two Service Airmen Take Off on Hop to Mountains of Northwest. By the Associated Press. DAYTON, Ohio, July 23.—Capt. A. ‘W. Stephens, Army Al{ Corps ghnm- graphic expert, and Lieut. John Cork- ille, left Wright Pield here today on a 6,000-mile aerial photographic to Wyoming, Montana, regon. ipal purpose of the flight is to attempt to set a new record for pho- tographing objects from distant points, The aim of the officers is to take pic- tures of mountain from a dis- tance of 200 miles. The present record, set by cngh Stephens and John A. er , form Alr ace, was established in 1924, when pictures were taken of mountain peaks in the ‘West from a distance of 175 miles. The itinerary of the fiyers calls for them to reach Cheyenne, Wyo., late to- dli. ‘They will re: there Aand WASHIGTON BUST BYHOUDON BOUGHT American, Said to Be Rocke- feller, Jr., Pays $250,000 for Famous Sculpture. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 23.—An American, understood to be John D. Rockefeller, jr., today purchased Jean Antoine Hou- don’s famous bust of George Washing- ton, made in 1785 at Mount Vernon, the price being $250,000. It is thought the bust will be presented to some American museum. For more than a century the bust, which was made in America by the famous French sculptor, has been in the possession of the Locker-Lampson fam- ily. It was bought originally by the American branch of the family and then was brought to England in the nineteenth century. Since then there have been many attempts by Americans to_regain the historic bust. ‘The sale, which was made at the Savoy Hotel, instead of in a usual auc- tion room, was negotiated by J. I. Mc- Gurk, American art expert, and Comdr. Godfrey Locker-Lampson, who was un- dersecretary of state for foreign affairs in _the late Baldwin government. Mr. McGuirk said that the last Houdon bust auctioned, that of Sabine Gerry, daughter of an early American statesman, prought $245,000, and that it was likely if the Washington bust had been put on public auction it would have brought $400,000. The bust will be shipped immediately to the United States. Jean Antoine Houdon was born at Versailles about 1741 and died in Paris in 1828. He won the prix de Rome at the age of 19 and for 10 years studied in Italy. He then returned to France, where he executed a bust of Benjamin Pranklin, the American Ambassador. With Franklin he left France in 1785 and stayed some time with Washington at Mount Vernon, where he modeled a bust which he used in completing a statue destined for the capitol of the State of Virginia. 2 After his return to his native country he was working on a project for a statue of St. Scholastica. When he was denounced to the revolutionary convention then sitting, his life was saved by adapting the statue of the saint into an embodiment of philosophy. GIRL WHO FLEW SEA WON'T GO UNDER IT Amelia Earhart Gives Up Dive Just as She Is Lowered Into Water. By the Associated Press. BLOCK ISLAND, R. I, Jully 23— Sealed in a diving sult, Miss Amelia Earhart, transatlantic aviatrix, yester- day afternoon yanked at the signal rope and was pulled back aboard the sub- marine tender just before she was to have been lowered beneath the surface of the choppy water off the coast here. “These divers certainly must have their nerve,” Miss !“nrhl.rt said when e mt:lill%eéhred she would undertake the feat again today. o ORDER 1,200 MARINES OUT OF NICARAGUA President Announces Withdrawal of Contingent From Central America. By the Associated Press. Twelve hundred Marines today were ordered withdrawn from Nicaragua. This announcement was made by President Hoover. A total of approxi- mately 2,300 Marines will remain in the Central American Republic. Decision to take this action was reached upon the basis of reports from Nicaragua that order had been gener- ally restored and that more Marines were being maintained there than were necessary. ‘Washington clearing house, $4,295,~ 271.10. ry balance, $134,031,053.23. New York clearing house exchange, N o Yok clearing house balance ew _Yorl 0, $182,000,000, : b HOOVER T0 SURVEY ARMY'S PROGRAN, SEEKING COST CUT Probe Will Be Constructive, With No Attempt to Reduce Plans for Adequate Force. ARMS ECONOMY HELD VITAL TO TAX SLASH Present Expenditures Form Largest Military Budget of Any Nation, President Says. With a view to reducing the cost of the military establishments of the Gov- ernment and without impairing the national defence, President Hoover is ! going to have & survey made of the Army program by leading Army officers, to see if there cannot be curtailments and improvements in governmental military activities. In making this known today, Presi- dent Hoover emphasized that such an Investigation will be constructive and not destructive and that no attempt will be made to reduce the Government's plan for adequate military prepared- ness. This unexpected step on the part of the administration has been brought about by the rapidly growing increase in the annual cost of the military ac- tivities. The President is satisfled that if there is to be any tax reduction in the near future, there must be economy resorted to in the matter of military and naval expenditure. War Danger Held Slight. In making this announcement. the President stated that the American people should understand that current | expenditures on military activities of the Army and Navy constitute the largest military budget of any nation in the world and at a time when there is less real danger of extensive dis- turbance to peace than at any time in_more than half a century. ‘The President, while discussing the subject at his semi-weekly conference with newspaper correspondents today, expressed himself in the following manner: “Last week, there was published a statement showing the estimated in- crease in Federal expenditure over the next four years, as imposed by legisla- tion already passed by Congress. “These estimates indicate by 1933 an increased burden of somewhere from $250,000.000 to $300,000,000 above the expenditures of the fiscal year just ended. and from $400,000,000 to $500.- 000,000 above the expenditures of four years ago. Inecrease Is Cited. “Of this, the purely military and naval expenditures, excluding non-niili- tary activities of these departments, represent about one-half. The com- bined expenditure is estimated at $803,000,000 in 1933, an increase of $120,000,000 over the last fiscal year, and $224,000,000 over four years ago. All of which compares with a total of $266,000,000 average pre-war total for the combined military services of the Army and Navy, or an estimated in- crease by 1933 of $530,000,000 over pre- war. These amounts do not include any amount which we justly spent on vet- erans who suffered in past wars, which in itself amounts to about $320,000,000 a year. Moreover, many bills are pend- ing before Congress that will still further increase this sum. “The American people should under- stand that current expenditures on strictly military activities of the Army and Navy constitute the largest military | Pe! budget of any nation in the world to- | day and at a time when there is less real danger of extensive disturbance to ice than at any time in more than f a century. Calls Cut Vital to Tax Slash. “The hope of tax reduction lies in a large degree in our ability to economize on the military and naval expenditure and still maintain adequate defense. Our whole situation certainly is modi- fied by the Kellogg pact. “We hope to save materially on naval expenditures by international agreement on naval arms. In the matter of Army outlay I am in agreement with the Secretary of War to set up within the general staff a commission of leading Army officers to reconsider our whole Army program, to see what services and other outlays have become obsolete through advancement of scientific war methods; and what development pro- gram can be well spread over longer riod in view of the general world out- look and at the same time maintain completely adequate preparedness. Such a pi m should be constructive and not _destructive.” The President’s discussion of this ad- ministration policy followed his semi- weekly meeting with his cabinet, where it is understood the matter was brought bt;g;e the session by Secretary of War Good. TYPHOID HITS CITY. Cardenas, Cuba, Virtually Isolated by Epidemic. CARDENAS, Cuba, July 23 (#).—An increasing number of typhoid cases to- day caused federal sanitat’ = officers to close all theaters and public houses and virtually to isolate this city. Compulsory vaccination of all resi- dents was enforced by federal authori- ties, who yesterday took charge after municipal health officers were unable to cope with the situation. There are 73 cases of typhold now confined in local hospitals and many under obser- vation. No deaths have been reported. CONSTANT MOVING OF PORTABLES HIT - INGFFICIAL REPORT Architect Tells Board of Ed- ucation Further Transfers Should Be Curbed. | HARRIS SAYS MAJORITY ARE IN “FAIR” CONDITION | Suggests Many Can Be Repaired and Used as Permanent Build- ings Without ‘‘Danger.” Deterioration from constant moving | is present in 71 of the District’s 76 port- | able schoolhouses, and, in view of this {fact, a curb on the further transfer of | the structures should be exercised. E This is the general finding and rec- | ommendation of the municipal archi- | tect’s special committee, which inspected the portables at the request of the Board of Education two weeks ago. The report of the two engineers was made { public by the Board of Education office today. Not only is the deterioration sufficient to reduce considerably the building's re- sistance tqyhigh winds, but has reached the stage where the cost of dismantling and re-erecting the buildings is out of proportion to their present valuye, the report also sets forth. Only Recommendation. ‘The only recommendation which the committee made was “that any further moving of these schools should be very carefully considered and only those in a very substantial condition be moved.” although the report fails to specify which of the buildings are in “a very substantial condition.” The recom- mendation further specifies that “other buildings (exclusive of those in ‘very substantial condition’) should be re- paired as long as necessary, but when their usefulness in the present location is gone they should be abandoned.” Commenting verbally upon the find- ings of his committee, Albert L. Har- ris, municipal architect, who forwarded the report to the Board of Education this morning, declared that most of the portables are in “fair condition as long as they are not moved again.” He said that if many of ihe onc-room frame structures are repaired and used now as permanent buildings, they may |not be a “real danger” to their occu- | pants. The safety margin would be | endangered in most cases only if he | structures ~ are continued in use as “portable” buildings and subject to 2d- ditlonal transfers from their present sites. Of “Temporary” Character. ‘The report, signed by John A. Long, engineer in charge of the District Re- pair Shop and chairman of the com- mittee and Harold H. Marsh, chief structural engineer of the municipal | architect’s office, considers the 75 port- ables, according to type, and begins with a description of the structural differences between the 11 structures of ype " the 59 of type “B” and the 5 of type “C.” All of the buildings, the | report, declares, are of “a temporary |as well as a portable character,” and, quoting figures supplied by the repair shop, “every one of these buildings has been dismantled and re-erected at least six_times.” The report explains that whenever a portable is dismantled 2nd rebuilt on a different site, “new mud sills and new posts are always provided and this is considered a part of the moving e nse. By these means most of tI buildings have been kept in fairly good condition on account of the constant moving.” All Show Deterioration. In the next paragraph, however, the report continues: “All buildings of type A and B show evidences of deterioration from this constant moving; screw holes are worn out and timber crushed and destroyed around bolt holes by the tightening of bolts while being re-erected. “In some buildings, nails were found |to have been driven at panel joints on | account of the screws no longer fitting the screw holes. When this deteriora- tion is considered, it is readily seen that the resistance to unusually high winds is considerably reduced, as evidenced at Grant road, where a por- tion of the roof of one building was blown off. and at Wesley Heights, where something similar happened. This de- terioration has reached a stage where the cost of dismantling and re-erect- ing has become out of proportion to thle g{esent value of the building in- volved.” | | | | | | Eaves, Gutters Gone. Continuing, the report points out that in all buildings the space benéa'h the floor is enclosed with “plain un- treated boards to keep the winds from reaching the underside of the building.” It explains that “this, however, cuts off all ~ventilation from the structural timbers, and in damp places, it has been the cause of decomposition due to mildew and fungus growth on the lumber.” All these buildings were orig- inally provided with eaves gutters and downspouts, which discharged the rain- water on the surface of the ground. where, “not being connected to the sewer, served no purpose, and in con- sequence as they have been worn out, it has not been deemed necessary to replace them.” “A number of the older buildings show cracks in the walls; this, of course, impairs the efficiency of the heating and ventilating system,” the seport, adds. ‘The report continues with a general description of the plumbing facilities provided at the isolated portable groups (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) SPEEDING MOTOR BOAT CUTS PATH THROUGH FERRY, KEEPS EVEN KEEL Four Passengers on Leaping Craft Are Injured, None Seriously, in Crash. By the Associated Press. , Ontario, July 23.—As the result of a speeding boat leaping through a small ferry on the St. Clair River four persons were in a hospital today. A ferry owned by Stanley Gillham of Sarnia was proceeding to Stag Island with five passengers for a dance when & motor boat loomed out of the dark- ness and tore into the ferry. I liter- ally leaped through the superstructure of the passenger craft, and tearing a path through, continued on its course on an even keel. the bow and sterh clinging together by e bow and stern c! e virlgue of the keel. u: i ¥ 0 passengers were jured on the ferry. * They leaped from the bow or stern. One threw himself to the bot- tom of the ferry and escaped because trlu motor boat len&ed over him. All our passengers on the motor boat were injured, but none seriously,