Evening Star Newspaper, July 25, 1929, Page 2

g em i FIGHT ON ARMY CUT INCONGRESS SEEN Troublesome Path Is Before Commission to . Wield Pruning Knife. By the Associated Press. Plenty of trouble faces Prnldentl‘ Hoover's Army commission charged with cutting military expenditures. Already the pruning knife has been | directed at some of the many garrison posts scattered throughout the Western Siates, These States in most instances are represented in Congress by some veteran administration leaders. | If the commission's ax falls in this direction, a storm of protest is in pros- pect in Congress, but Senator Bingnam, Republican, of Connecticut, one of the most setive preparedness men in Con- gress, has declared this should be one | of the ways for greater economy if there must be greater economy. Wants Larger Groups. He insists that the lessons of the World War show that training units should be in larger groups and thinks three main divislon points for the Army, in the East, in the South and in the Far West, are enough. Many of the 70 or 80 garrison posts scattered over the country, he says, are relics of ian warfare days. l“?)pposmon to any extensive paring | down already has been voiced by Chair man Reed of the Senate military com- mittee, who fears a corresponding re- duction in cfficiency. As a World War | Veteran, he speaks for a considerable | number of the service men and his po- | sition as an administration leader in | Congress gives added weight to his stand. Army May Be Divided. X . too. there is the prospect of | lh’:.l'hpendivlslnn within the Army itself. | Inevitably, it is felt. the commanders of various units will move to protezt their forces if they are threatened be- fore the commission. and their views undoubtedly will be refiected on Cap- tol Hill. # The survey of the Army's activities will be launched soon and completed in time for transmittal of its findings to the regular session of Congress in De- ber. I “’s"ecnurv Good declared yesterday it | was planned to make the results ap- | plicable to the War Department appro- priations for the mext fiscal year. He aid not disclose whether he had de- termined the personnel of the commis- sion, which will be nnm.)unc:d shortly. MERGER INVITATION IS TURNED DOWN BY | STREET RAIL LINE, (Gontinued From First Page.) | progress of a hearing held before the commission on the subject of a bill to provide for a merger of local street car| companies, request was made that the companies outline to the (‘ummiasltal’\I legislation that, in their judgment, would | form & basis for merger. This request| ‘was given careful consideration at joint conferences of committees of the two companies and on November 29, 1926, the two companies jointly presented to| the commission their ideas of the more | essential features that should be em- bodied in such legislation. The sub- mission above referred to is among the files of the commission and need not be more particularly referred to at this| time. Invited to Merge in 1927, “On November 8, 1927, the Public Utilities Commission addressed a letter to us in which we were urged to join with the Capital Traction Co. and with Mr. Harley P. Wilson in the preparation of a plan of merger to be submitted to the commission for its approval. “As you can well appreciate, it was | a difficult and delicate task for the vari- ous companies involved to agree upon unification terms in view of the differ- ences relating to valuation. earning power, future prospects, capital struc- ture, etc. Nevertheless, realizing that the common interests of the public and of the companies themselves would be promoted by a unification, and in re- sponse to the request of the Public Utilities Commission, conferences be- tween the companies were continued until finally the interested companies came to an agreement, dated February 10, 1928, although this was only possi- ble because we and our stockholders were willing to accept important finan- cial sacrifices. “The Public Utilities Commission, after protracted hearings, required cer- tain modifications in the unification reement, which we and our stock- holders accepted, although these in- volved further sacrifices on our part. The final modified agreement was dated April 7, 1928. As you are aware, how- ever, under existing legislation, action by the companies and by your commis- sfon is not. in itself sufficient to permit a merger to occur. Congress has pro- vided that no merger shall be made unless the terms are approved by it. Accordingly, the unification agreement entered into provided that the parties should be bound thereby if Congress should approve thereof June 1, 1929. ‘This afforded Congress two sessions within which to act. Congress failed to act one way or another upon the unification agreement and said agree- ment has now lapsed. Legal Difficulties. “In view of the existing legal situation, which has resulted in nullifying the efforts and large amount of time and money expended during the past few years, we are not clear as to the utility of now reviving these efforts unless there is some tribunal or body which is in a position to act promptly and with final authority on any unification agree- ment that may be arrived at. “Congress naving proviued that no merger shall be made unless the terms are approved by it, we are not entirely clear as to precisely what you con- template by your letter when you refer to the submission of a merger agree- ment to your commission ‘for action by it at an early date, since no action by your commission can make any merger effective. “Qur willingness and ability to arrive at unification terms has already been demonstrated. What remains to be demonstrated is that there exists the THE EV. 500 CAMERAMEN COVER WORLD FOR STAR'S NEWS-REEL SERVICE Trained Men Face M any Perils Recording Events That Require Daredevil Nerve and Experience. Pive hundred cameramen are being employed not only to obtain news pic- tures, but give readers of The Star a special motion picture of all important events throughout the world. The entire facilities of Universal Pictures are being | employed to make this service outstand- ng. The 500 cameramen are stationed in parts of the world and are ready at & moment’s notice to rush to the ends of the earth to record the deeds of dar- ing, of adventure and accomplishment of the leaders of the race and the pio- neers of progress. Every one of the 500 men has been trained in newspaper work as well as in the technique of motfon pictures, s0 that each knows what news to get and the method of handling it for the screen. Each One a Daredevil. Intrepid daredevils every one, they go by mirplane, by motor, by express, by steamer, or by any known method of travel to reach the spot where an unusual happening takes place. and to reach that spot quickest, so that the news may be the first on the screens of this city. Whenever there is an event of inter- est and importance, there the news photographer will be. The films with the record of events of world-wide importance are rushed to central offices in New York by the COOLIDGE, PLEASED, LEAVES FOR HOME Treasury Surplus Delights Him, as He Sees Evidence of Prosperity. By the Associated Press. Calvin Coolidge was en route back to his home at Northampton, Mass, to- day, by way of New York, after his first visit to the Capital since he re- linquished the presidency last March. He was pleased over his visit, proud of the occasion, which brought him here —the proclamation of the Kellogg- Briand treaty for the renunciation of war—and delighted to meet again many old friends, who were close to him dur- ing his administration. Relieved by Lack of Work. He was, too, greatly relieved “not to have to assume the duties of office while | I am here,” and, because of that, per- haps, less reticent—{ar less reticent— | with newspaper correspondents than it | was his custom to be while President. In one of the most intimate inter- views he has ever given he commented on the White House ceremony at which the anti-war treaty and one fitting in every way the world- wide importance of the occasion.™ “I look on it as a great historical event, perhaps of even more importance than we now realize,” he remarked. Mentioning his pleasure over renew- ing his friendship with Frank B. Kel- logg. Who, as his Secretary of State. had a leading part in bringing the anti- war treaty into being, the former President said he was “glad to con- gratulate him on the successful out- come of some of the things he and I were working on_which had not been completed when I retired from office.” “It showed the wisdom of the posi- tion he had taken,” Mr. Coolidge ob- served. Mexican Conditions Cited. Among those things, he mentioned the “very muca better condition of af- fairs in Mexico and settlement of the long-standing Tarna-Arica controversy between Chil> and Peru. He also expressed delight “to see the large surplus that remained in_the Treasury at the end of the last fiscal year, which was substantially the last fiscal year of 1ay administration.” It was “a complete demonstration of the prosperity that abounded in the country,” he felt, and expressed his gratification that * country seems to be in very good shape.” To newspaper’men who gathered at his invitation at the Willard Hotel he offered comments which at times rocked his hearers with laughter. Here are some of his words, taken by & stenog- rapher and distributed by bis former secretary, Everctt Sanders, to the press: “I suggested to Mr. Sanders that he notify the members of the press that I would be glad to see them about 4 o'clock. I did that not because I wanted to see them professionally, but because I thought they wanted to see me pro- fessionally while I was here, and I want- ed to see you personally. I want to thank you for having your acting presi- dent send a message of greeting on my birthday. I do not know if he got a for- mal acknowledgement or not, but I am glad to make it now. Thinks Actions Well Reported. “It i a pleasure to come back to ‘Washington and meet many of the old friends I had here, but it is a great re- lief not to have to assume the duties of office while I am here. I suppose you are interested in knowing what I have been doing while I have been away. I think it has been pretty well reported already in the press. “I have done a little writing that you can read, if you want to. I have read some of your writings. And, of course, I have done a little fishing. I think I have caught about 200 speckled trout this Spring. I won’t undertake to tell what the size of them was. ““Mrs. Coolidge would have been de- lighted to come with me, but as you was proclaimed in | effect as being “particularly impressive | fastest available method, there to be developed and put in news reel form, whereupon the reels are sent to Wash- ington to be shown in the leading theaters of the District of Columbiz, Maryland and Virginia. ‘The photographers in this ssrvice be- long 10 the staff of Universal Films, the greatest news-gathering organization in | the world, with a background experience | of 17 years in news reel work, with a vast fleld force and a score of skilled | editors. To Begin August 1. | .. This new service, just arranged for | The Star, will begin August 1 and will be known as The Evening Star Uni- versal Newspaper News Reel. From that | date on the newsreels will be made up | twice a week 104 times a year, and will be shown on all the screens of the lead- ing_theaters. | Never before has such a service been attempted by any newspaper in Wash- ington. This service not only will give the readers of The Star the real action of all events of interest and importance on the screens of the theater, but news photographs of the happenings in the news columns of the paper, for still photographs ‘of the leading figures in | such action as well as snapshots of the | action itself will be shown along with | the latest reports in these columns: The Star will announce the names of ?::l theaters running its spegial news | reel. NINE ARE SELECTED - FOR SNOOK PANEL ‘Four Women Tentatively | Chosen—AQueries Hinge on Drugs and Insanity. By the Associated Pre COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 25—Ex- | haustive questioning_ of prospective Jurors was resumed- today as attorneys | | moved slowly toward impanelling the | 112 persons who will decide the fate | | of Dr. James H. Snook, former Ohio | | State University professor for the ham- | mer murder of Theora Hix, 25, his | co-ed mistress. The eight tentative jurors was sected | | when both the State and defense ac- | cepted Elliott P. Rexford, 26, & chemi- | cal analysist. John F. Seidel, defense counsel, asking Rexford if the presence in court of the parents of Miss Hix | | would affect his decision, and when the talesman answered in the negative the | question was extended to include all! the jurors. Woman Is Excused. A woman who said she was opposed to capital punishment was excused | by Prosecutor John J. Chester. Four women now tentatively seated on the jury said they had no objection to the death penalty. Louis C. Davis, painting contractor, was seated tentatively as the ninth Juror. Insanity and self defense appeared | today as the most probable deferse pleas of Dr. Snook, in the questioning | of_prospective jurors. | Each venireman was questioned con- cerning his understanding of insanity by defense counsel, who also sought to learn the attitude of talismen toward | justification for homicide where life | was endangered, especially in the case | of a struggle between a man and a woman. | Faces Signed Confession. | ANl the jurymen said testimony that | Snook and the girl used narcotics would | | not_influence them. Snook, a veteri- | narian, admitted during the investiga- tion of the slaying, that the girl had ' asked him for narcotics. The former professor faces his signed confession that he killed the girl on an automobile ride six weeks ago, after she had threatened the lives of his wife and child, and reached into a handbag where she sometimes carried a pistol. know, she is mot #ple to leave her mother, Mrs. Goodhue, who is very ill, so i1l that I wouldn't be surprised to get a report at any time that she passed away. ‘Wishes Writers Pleasant Summer. “I want to express to you my appre- ciation for your coming in. greet you personally than I was pro- fessionally. 1 sometimes wish that all the newspaper men I come in contact with were as well trained in matters I might be interested in as the news- paper men in Washington. I still think I am sufficient of a public character so that I do not like to give an exclusive interview to one newspaper. When I have anything to give out I like to give it out to ti entire press. “I like to help the newspaper men at all times, but when I left Washington I thought I would avoid giving news- paper interviews, and I have held to that rule. It is sometimes difficult to be courteous to newspaper men out in the country that come to me. When I am courteous to them and talk with them at all, they want to print every- thing I say. If I haven't anything to say they take some other method of getting a story. So I wish they were all as well trained as the newspaper men in Washington. “I hope you are having a pleasant £al 1110 gallons of oil. Summer here.” BOMBSROCK LOOP POPE PIUS LEAVES || " AREAIN CHICAGO Thousands Endangered by Terrific Blasts as Win- dows Crash. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 25.—The Loop, bil- lion-dollar heart of Chicago business, was rocked shortly before last midnight by & bomb explosion. No one among the thousands of per- sons who were in the south end of the Loop at the time was hurt, a circum- stance which police regarded as nearly miraculous, for glass rained from up- per-story windows for many minutes. ‘The bomb. had been placed in an alley entrance of the Davis Co. depart- ment store, less than 35 feet from Jack- son boulevard, swarming with home- ward bound motorists, and about mid- way between two Loop arterles, Wabash avenue and State street. Thought It Contained Food. Philip Iwanski, a garbage collector, came upon the bomb, so neatly packed that he belleved it to be a bundle some one had dropped. He picked it up and one end of It was warm. He thought it contalned sandwiches and put it carefully back where he found it and walked away. A moment later, he told | police, he decided to retrieve the pack- age, “before some one else did.” As he turned the bomb exploded. ‘Windows in the Davis store, the Lyt- ton, Kimball and Steiger Buildings, the | D. 8. Finchley establishment, the D. S. Komiss & Co. store and other shops on State, Wabash, Jackson and Van Bu- ren streets were broke! Fifteen min- utes after the explosion glass continued to fall to the street. Paris of the street were roped off for the safety of the thousands attracted to the scene. Buildings as Sounding Board. Towering walls of the store buildings became a sounding board, which sent the blast echoing for more than a mile. It was at an hour when night traffic was at its peak and the streets were choked with motor cars, busses, street cars and pedestrians. Only & few minutes later & bomb exploded on Twenty-second street be- tween Michigan and Wabash avenues. Windows in the Equitable Trust Co. Building, on Michigan avenue, were broken and 20 operators in the Calumet exchange of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. were momentarily panic-stricken when the explosion shattered windows in_their building. Damage from the Loop explosion was estimated by firemen at $10,000. Loss from the Twenty-second street blast s only a few hundred dollars. The motive for either bombing was not apparent. to police. Davis Co. offi- cials said they knew of no trouble of kind which might have prompted an attack against their store. FLYERS, 46 HOURS PAST OLD RECORD, KEEP ON CHEERILY (Conttnued From PFirst Page.) the long flight seemed foregone. Dr. A. C. Leggat, flight surgeon at the field, said he expects Jackson to lose about 20 pounds and O’'Brine about 10. The latter weighed 138}, at the examination before taking off, while Jackson tipped the scales at 154. In & note asking sbout the sound of the motor, Jackson said he couldn't tell how it sounded. “We sleep by it, eat by it, wake up by it, and oh, do everything by it and around it and behind it. When we get through up here, we will need a motor at home to sleep by.” Congratulations Flood Field. ‘The congratulatory messages poured in at the field at such a rate two stenographers were assigned to weed it | out, as all of it couldn't be taken aloft. The fiyers demanded newspapers, how- ever, when the refueling plane failed to carry them along on one trip. The flight has cost more than $10,000, it was estimated terday, including more than 2,400 gailons of gasoline and The mileage mark was around 17,000, to say nothing of the more than 20,000,000 propeller revolutions. Good flying weather has been the Robin's part since being aloft, one shower of about 5 minutes' duration being the only unfavorable period. STORM BREWS FOR TEXANS. Houston Flyers, Up 190 Hours, Prepare To Battle Elements. HOUSTON, Tex., July 25 ().—The endurance monoplane, Billion-Dollar | City, prepared to battle the ¢lements | ny APPTe: | today. A thunderstorm was brewing on at the outset, I was more anxious to | the Gulf Coast. The ship we: a slight storm two days ago. Pilots Glenn L. Loomis and Joe Glass held fast to their declaration that they planned to stay up long enough to beat whatever mark the St. Louis Robin may ered set. ‘The ship had been aloft 190 hours at 11:49:5¢ a.m. MINNESOTANS DODGE WEATHER. Fiyers Miss Dinner Because Storm Caused Early Refueling. MINNEAPOLIS, July 25 (#)—Suc- cessfully out of the way of a severe storm, the monoplane Minnesota flew onward today in its endurance refueling record attempt. Pilots Owen Haughland and Capt. P. L. Crichton had to subsist during the night on emergency rations carried on the plane. They missed their regular dinner last evening because of an early refueling due to the storm. Their meal was not ready when the gasoline was sent up. The Minnesota Lias been up since 6:40 p.p., Monday. IN WAKE OF CLINTON JAIL BREAK ATTEMPT practical possibility of getting the requi- site” legal sanction to any unification agreement. We can scarcely assume that your eommission is in a position to satisfy us upon this point, otherwise ‘we shouid be only too happy to demon- strate that our attitude toward a unifi- cation, on fair terms, of the transporta- tion facilities within the District of Columbia remains unchanged.”. The response of the Capital Traction Company to the commission’s letter, brought a reply llurrly disagreeing with its conclusions, from Chairman Patrick of the commission. Mail Ship Grounds Off Colombia. PANAMA, July 25 (#).—The mall steamer Venesuela went aground on Salmedina bank, off the coast of Colom- bis, at 5:50 o'clock this morning. The ship is stranded 18 miles from Car- tagena. The Venezuela was en route from San Prancisco to New York by way of Ca Puerto, with 138 passengers and a crew of 149, ‘The first message from Capt. Peter Hansen asked for assistance. His second message stated the weather was . _‘The Shipping Board steamer West Ivis will arrive at the scene this morning. A sullen silence hung over Clinton by 150 life prisoners in a desperate but Prison at Dannemer:, N. Y., the day futile break for freedom. ows scene after riot had been put down, the blackened, flame-seared of flery baitle that took place there, . THURSDAY. EXILE IN VATICAN 'Crowds Swarm to See Pon- tiff Emerge From Vatican for Ceremony. (Continued From First Page.) master, Dohlen. In between them were hangings of red damask. ‘The central tapestry, representing the scene of the Lasi Supper, served as a | background to the temporary altar erected on the topmost steps in front | of 8. Peter's from which the Pope, at the end of the procession, was to pro- nounce his solemn eucharistic bene- diction. The procession itslef began amid the ringing of bells, but outside of these and the averhead drone of airplanes, the crowd maintained a reverent sllence, The papal gendarmes leading the procession halted at the head of the steps leading down from St. Petes's a few moments while the bells of the great basilica pealed forth, echoed by the bells of the 400 churches of Rome. The procession began in silence while the bells ceased momentarily and then ; again took up their solemn refrai Each group of seminarists in the long procession was preceded by a stand- ard bearer with the flag of its order surmounted by a gold cross. The seminarists of all races carried tall lighted candles whose flames flickered in the wind. ‘The procession turned to the right when it reached the bottom step in order to proceed around St. Peter's square and returned to the famous bronze door of the vatican palace. ‘The procession moved with solemn dignity, often pausing., and sometimes there were-gaps between the various sections. Like White Wave. All the seminarists wore white sur- plices over their colorful costumes, giv- {ing the impression of great waves of white billowing from St. Pete ‘When the people in the house fronting on the square and on the adjacent Plazza Rusticuccl saw the procession appear they hung out red damask cloths. The massed bands of the Italian Army played papal anthems. The hezad of the cortege reached the middle of the square about 25 min- utes _after crossing the threshold of ‘The Papal Band, which the head of the line, played until that point, when the semi- narians sang the first hymn. Then the band struck up again. As the march continued there was momentary outbreaks of confusion in the crowd when somebody fainted. ‘Throngs of people continued to arrive, but were prevented by the procession itself and by the lines of troops from penetrating into the square. Great crowds were massed in the Piazza Rusticcucel. ‘The Papal gendarmes, heading the line of march, completed the circum- ference of the square in 40 minutes, mounted the steps of St. Peter's, and were there reinforced by other Papal guards. As the seminarians completed their march they took up places on the Basilica steps, gradually mounting to the top. At 7:30 pm. his holiness, kneeling on a raised platform and absorbed in adoration of the sacred host. held high before him in the ostensorium, was well around the square in the wake of the procession. All the famous chimes of ‘Rome’s 400 churches broke out and rang continu- ously from 7:10 p.m. while th Pope was passing around the cln:um(erm:e. of silence immediately preceding his ap- pearance. The procession was stopped for several minutes then in order to permit a great crush of people to pass through the lines of troops from the Piazza to St. Peters Square. So great was the crowd that special precautions had been taken to guard against accidents. Heavy wooden bar- riers had been erected fo prevent any sudden surges of the spectators, while | emergency posts of the Italian Redl Cross were established to treat any of | the spectators that might fall in. Decorations Sober. A note of sobriety characterized the ! decorations of the houses fronting on St. Peter's Square. There was a curious absence of Y-w flags, although many hangings of red damask were displayed. ‘The podium used by Pope Pius is an exact reproduction of that designed by | Bernins for Alexander VIL. It was last used by Plus X, in St. Peter’s, in 1906, on the occasion of the sixteenth Eucharistic Congress. For the first time since 1870 a de- tachment of glllflne guards entered St. Peter's and took up their stations at the bottom of the broad steps lead- ing to the basilica. Attendants laid the red carpet lead- ing to the altar from which the Pope was to bless the crowd. ‘The papal coat of arms was hoisted over the last supper tapestry about 4:30 pm., by which time the crowd had grown to nearly 75,000. Police airplanes hummed overhead to keep private alrplanes, notably those of movie camera men, from circling over Vatican territory and particularly the square. Follows Old Custom. ‘The procession as nearly as possible was a reproduction of the Corpus Christ! processions which the pontiffs partook in prior to the fall of the temporal power. A color guard of the pontifical gendarmes opened the pro- cession in full uniform, followed by the colors of the atine guard with an escort, heraal with trumpets and pealing church bells over all Rome proclaiming its advent. Various clerical denominations, in- cluding seminarians of which a num- ber are American, were assigned places between the color guard and the papal cortege proper, of which higher of- ficers of the Pope’s armed corps will lead the way with chamberlains of the sword and cape in Spanish costume, and the cardinals following The Pope's emergence was made possible by the Lateran treaty of Feb- ruary 11, which established o]} state, and fixed St. Peter's definitely as part of a sovereign vatican state over which his holiness exercised ex- treme authority. The emergence from the vatican is not emergence fi the vatican state onto Italian territory, an event which some believe will take place some itme in the near future. BRITISH GET REPLY ON SOVIET QUESTION Moscow Intimates Envoy Will Be Sent to London Next Week for Conference. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, July 25—The British government received today through the Norwegian government a reply to the British proposals for the resumption of full diplomatic relations between Moscow and London. The Soviet reply intimates that the Moscow authoritles propose to send . Bot ussian ambassador JULY 19%9, 25, Scene this moerning at the funeral of Patrolman H. J. McDonald of the 3 el while investigating a burglary. third precinct, vietim SLAIN OFFICER IS LAID TO REST —Star Stafl Photo. Unidentified f)onor Sends $120 to Star For Officer’s Widow Funds Turned Over to Police Officials to Be Administered. A plain manilla envelope addressed “City_Editor, Rush” was delivered at The Star today. It contained six $20 bills and the following letter: “The Evening Star, ‘Washington, D. C. “Gentlemen: Patrolman Harry J. Mc- Donald is to be buried today. He died | defending the property and persons of the citizens of this city. What is going to be done for the widow and the chil- dren of two, five and six year? I wish to enclose $120 advanced out of my salary for one vear at the rate of $10 per month. The Evening Star is al- ways in the lead in humanitarian ef- forts of this kind. I am confident that you will do what you can toward promoting any plans to make the dark path a little brighter for Mrs. Mc- Donald. Lets ‘say it with green backs.’ “Yours _Sincerely, “Appreciative Citizen."” The money received today, together | with a check which reached The Star yesterday for the McDonald family, will| be turned over to H. M. Luckett, chief | clerg of the Police Department, for ad- | ministration. Elwood Street. director of the Community Chest told The Star to- | day that should there be requests for aid for the McDonald family. the re- quest would immediately be followed by an investigation. The well filled Com- munity Chest it was emphasized, should assure against any hardship or suffer- ing on the part of needy families in ‘Washington. Contributions to the McDonald family will augment the pension of $30 a month to be received by Mrs. Mc- Donald from the police and firemens’ relief fund. CHINESE ATTACK © SOVIET AIRPLANES OVER BORDER CITY (Continued From First Page.) Chang Hsueh-Liang of Manchuria and himself head of the Kirin provincial government, in a conference at Chang- chun. Tension Lessened. The conference was regarded as a significant approach to direct negotia- tions between Russia and China for a peaceful settlement of the controversy over the Chinese Eastern Railway. Consequently, Rengo and other Japa- nese agency dispatches reported ma lessening of tension at Hirbin and also at the border. Rengo messages from Manchuli, western terminus of the Chi- nese Eastern and a trouble center on the frontier, said the Russian and Chi- nese troops had arranged a kind of “truce,” by which both sides withdrew some distance from the actual border line. Manchuli was gradually resuming its normal appearance. U. S. OFFICERS REACH HARBIN. PEIPING, July 25 (#).—A news agency dispatch from Harbin sald that the special interest of America in the Sino-Russian situation was indicated by the arrival there of Capt. Halsey Powell, naval attache; Lieut. Charles Campbell Brown, naval aide, and Maj. John Magruder, military attache from the American legation at Peiping. It was stated that Capt. Powell was plan- ning to proceed to the frontier to study conditions. According to advices from Kalgan, Chl- nese had arrived there with report that Russians at Urga, Mongolia, had seized 79 automobiles owned by Chinese on the ground of non-payment of local taxes. The cars were used for a motor line crossing the Mongolian desert in the country which Roy Chapman An- drews has explored. POLIGEMEN HONOR - WDONALD AT BIER |Officer Slain in Line of Duty, | Is Given Soldier’s Burial by Veterans. Policeman Harry J. McDonald of 202 | Fourteenth street northeast, a World | War veteran, who fell in defense of | public peace, received a soldier's burial | in Fort Lincoln Cemetery this morning. Twelve khaki-clad veterans fired a volley above the flower-decked casket as it was lowered into the grave. The military honors were accorded McDon- ;ldtby ‘members of Vincent B. Costello 08t “Taps” was sounded at the grave- side, completely surrounded by McDon- ald’s fellow officers, his friends and kin. among them his widow and three small children. Every available policeman in the third precinct was present at the fu- neral as well as others from the depart- { ment. Practically the entire staff of headquarters was represented, headed by Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent. ‘The police in uniform were drawn up in military formation at the McDonald home under the command of Capt. Wil- liam G. Stott, commanding officer of the third precinct, and were marched to the | church by Capt. stott in_ columns of | four. | The high requiem mass was sung in | the Holy Comforter Church, Fourteenth and East Capitol streets, at 9 o'clock, !and the service was conducied by Rev. | Father Nestor, who also said the com- mittal prayers. | _The casket was borne by six brother officers of McDonald from the third | precinet—L. T. Mahoney, J. L. Roch- ;!OI'd. E. 8. O'Brien, W. B. Christian, R. | F. McCarty and W. B. Hopkins 1$2,500,000 WAR CASE VERDICT WON BY U. S. IN SALE OF LUMBER| in the case the court reached a decision | that Philips was liable to the United | States for $1,381,447, with interest from June 3, 1927, which makes the total to date in excess of $1,500,000. Other Payments Ordered. ‘The judgment against the other de- fendants is that Frank T. Sullivan. lumber merchant of Buffalo, N. Y., sh: pay $947,610.75; the executors of the estate of George M. Chambers of New- ark, N. J., $26,088.94; Lottie Eitzen, executrix of Gus Eitzen: Charles Philips, jr., a brother of the principal defendant, and Mitchell A. Touart of Pensacola, Fla.. $164,194.25; Roland Perry and Lee V. L. Herroll of Wash- ington, D. C., $68,719.55. Judgment is also awarded against the Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland for $500,000, being the full penalty of the bonds given by the company to insure the faithful performance by Philips of his contract with the Government to dispose of the lumber. Appeals Are Noted. All_the defendants noted appeals to the Court of Appeals from the final decree of the court, and the bonding company announced its intention to post a bond of $800,000 required by the court as » supersedeas to prevent the judgment being put into effect before the appelate court hears the case. The penalty of supersedeas bonds by the other principal defendants was fixed by the court at $1,700,000 for John L. Philips _and $1,000,000 for Frank T. Sullivan. Bonds in smaller amounts were fixed for the other defendants. Willlam S. Ward and Marcus Bor- chardt, special assistants to the Attor- ney General, represented the Govern- ment. LINDBERGH “SHOOTS" PICTURES OF INDIAN RUINS FOR RESEARCH By the Associated Press. SANTA FE, July 25.—Indian ruins that ere old before Coronado and his band made their way Into the Southwest have been photographed from the air with an ultra-modern aerial camera by Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh. Col. Lindbergh brought the films here yesterday and they were developed in :’he hboinmry of the American School of Research. With the announcement of the pic- tures was revealed the latest innovation of modern science in the study of an- tiquity. Lindbergh's 'rmum. destined for the Carnegie Institute, and photo- graphs taken from another plane for the American School of Research were ronounced by Dr. E. L. Hewett of the gofld of research, the first successful Beologieal ..“’?m"“ Aot ical . Photogra) lu’e entire districts from the alr, g only a few hours, re- JorLd Al e o of iravel weeks or over.mhe”mg districts on horseback or on foot, Dr. Hewett sald. Traces of Ruins Revealed. In addition, the serial photographs reveal traces of ruins wfiuh might betp.nto: over by & ar- on the L nts of thfoumvenl of New Mexico, under the guidance of Dr. Hew- ett, have uncove a three-story stone wu;‘er. with underground passages and s Stu rgest | Massachusetts, Mrs. Indians of a long period before the arrival of the Spaniard Coronado in the Southwest reared this community house, which is of excellent masonry. The School of Research plane which accompanied Lindbergh and piloted by Olaf 8. Emblem and carrying Carlos Vierra, the photographer, made dozens of pictures of the Chaco Canyon rulns, mapping the entire project, which cov- ers a 10-mile site. Study of the pic- tures is expected to disclose evidence of the ancient civilization yet unsus- pected by the archeolqgists and reveal details of sites upon which work al- ready has been done which have es- caped notice. An Innovation Here. Aerial photography has been used in conjunction with archeological research in England, Palestine and in the Valley of the Euphrates with notable results, but until yesterday, Dr. Hewett said, it never before had been tried on a large scale in the United States. ‘Whether Col. Lindbergh’s entrance into the fleld of archeology is to be of any permanence or the extent of his School of and Col. who landed on a dude ranch near t, are the guests of B pertatending excaveiions” &t the Su] excaval A e Pecos mong the oldest in the ruins, ai Southwest, for Phill li- Academy, in idder and Mrs. Lindbergh are said to be old friends. The el returned to Pecos last night his visit here, BELASCO, 75, SCOFFS ATRETIRING RUMOR Playwright on Birthday De- clares He Feels “Like I Am 21.” By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. July 25— David Belasco, dean of Broadway thea- trical producers, feels like a youngster of 21 today—his seventy-fifth birthday anniversary. Although the thermometer in a back- stage corridor of the Apollo Theater, where his uew play, “It's a Wise Child,” is being *ried out, registered 75 degrees, Mr. Beinaro wore a black suit with & vest. “Seventy-five degrees!” he exclaimed. “That is nothing-at all. I feel like I gm 1. 1 can run and jump and box. Just feel that arm.” The subject of his retirement brought a vigorous outburst from the man who says he is 75, but who is granted only 70 by “Who's Who.™ “I shali retire when I am carried feet first out of the theater. 1 expect to be working hard and producing plays when those who say I should retire have passed away. N Began Career Early. “Why, I've been on and off the stage ince I was 8 vears old. My first appearance was with my mother in & mother-and-infant part.” Mr. Belasco finds four hours’ sleep out of 24 sufficient. He has no specific for longevity. He has done just what suif- ed him all his life and his only trouble is & headache, which comes if he sleeps too much. During the coming theatrical season, which he expects to be a good one, Mr. Belasco plans to revisit Virginia City, Nev., where, in his youth, he acted as amanuensis to Dion Boucicault, the playwright. From Boucicault and oth- ers he learned the craft of authorship, which fashioned about 100 of the nearly 400 plays that he has directed or pro- duced. To this all-round craftsman of the theater—actor, signer and supplying * simple one. “Public Wants Anything.” “The public wants almost-anything." he said, “and the season’s type is likely 10 be set by one play which touches one of the old categories in a new way. “The success of a show depends on & new way of expressing old things and perhaps something novel in presenta- tion and production. We have heard so often that the public is tired of this or that—of crime plays, of sex plays or of love plays—but every time some one comes along with & new expression of the old plot, interest immediately re- vives " Following his custom, there will be no special celebration of his birthday. After the evening performance he will be given a dinner by the company and a few close friends. Mr. and Mrs. Morris Gest, his son-in-law and daughter, will be present. The cast has prepared a birthday cake with 75 candles for the party. WRITES 150th PLAY. Works on Program for Next 8 Years. Still Rises at Early Hour. NEW YORK, July 25 (2 —Today is David Belasco's seventy-fifth birthday anniversary. | His biographies name the year of his birth as 1859—but his age was one thing the producer never paid any attention to. A few weeks ago, at the insistence of old friends who said he was in his 70s, Belasco -asked “his sister. She said he would be 75 July 25. But David Belasco always comes down to work on his birthday anniversary and anounces: “Today I'm 21." Tries Out 400th Play. And today finds him at Atlantic City trying out a new play for Broadway— the 400th play, or thereabouts, that he has directed, and the 150th play he has written or helped to write. He has his production schedule laid out for eight years to come, with 37 plays listed for presentation. He save he will still be producing plays when he is 100. After almost 50 years as a director and producer in New York—years pre- ceded by an apprenticeship to the theater in his native city of San Fran- cisco—David Belasco still spends from 15 to 18 hours a day at work. He rises at 7:30 or 8 in his hotel suite, and while he is in his bath he dictates to Jamie, his valet, his program for the day, including references to dra- matic situations in pending plays that he hes been pondering during the night. In his office at 10 a.m., he meets his staff to outline the day's activities. If he is rehearsing a plag, he starts at 11 and continues until late afternoon. If he is writing or planning the pro- duction of one, he goes to his studio in the theater, where he sets screens about, him to represent scenery, pins on them notes indicating changes he wants to ‘make, and proceeds to act out the play by himself. He works, generally, in silk pajamas and a lounging robe. At half past 4 comes his rest hour and he relaxes on his divan. In the evening he dines at his hotel, and goes to his room to work almost always until midnight, and often until 2 o'clock in the morning. He finds recreation in turning from one play to the manuscript of another. Sometimes he goes to a prize fight or & ball game. But he doesn’t know a sin= gle card game and he never takes & holiday. He does not smoke and he takes one drink a year—a glass of champagne on his birthday. His favorite among all the plays he has written or staged is “Hearts of Oak,” which he in 1880, but he regards “Deburau, 'he Merchant of Venice,” with David Warfield as Shy- lock; and “Mima,” all done within the last decade, as his outstanding contri= butions to the art of the theater. .- BOGIE BREAKS LEE’S 59-YEAR-OLD RECORD BY NEARLY 3 HOURS ) but the Bogie plied on toward the record. ‘The Robert E. Lee's record was made in = ¢hrilling race with the packet Natchez, which the Lee won about 6 hours ahead of its rival. The captain of the Lee had arranged for refueling at several points from fast boats which were lashed alongside the Lee as the coal was transferred. The Natchez, in the absence of such arrangements, had to_tow coal barges upstream. History records the race between the (Continued From First Pag b nger there had been mich rivalry between them. Each boat had a large follow- ing of backers and feeling grew so high that it was a race would be necessary. Then, on June 30, 1870, while the two boats were lying near one another at New Orleans, the Lee suddenly drew in her hawser and backed out a few minutes before the gtarting time of the Natchez. knew what it meant and the Naf accepting the challenge, also threw off her hawser and backed out. and everything Freight, passengers was left behind and the race which had been the talk of rivermen for months was on. News of the race like wildfire and great crowds 1 the river banks at towns along the line. |