Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair, ccoler tonight; tomorrow fair. Temperatures: Higl p.m. yesterday; lowest, 69, at 6:30 a.m. today. Full report on page hest, 91, # 4:30 10. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 31,152. Wa; post office, Fntered as-second c! s matter S ASHINGTO! shington, 3 ¢ Fuoe WITH SUNDAY' MORNI D. C, THURSDAY, TEPPELIN PASSES TILSIT, PRUSSIA, IN FLIGHT T0 TOKID Globe-Girdling Dirigible Speeds Over North Central Europe at 60-Mile Clip. ENTHUSIASTIC GREETING . GIVEN SHIP BY BERLIN Good Weather Experienced Over| Germany, but Unfavorable Winds Forecast Along Route. | | el Hdrit | TILSIT. East Prussia, Germany, | August 15 (P).—Heading inta Lithiu-' ania and fiying north of Poland, the globe-girdling Graf Zeppelin passed over this town, on the far frontier of East Prussia, at 11:05 a.m., Eastern standard time, today. Tilsit s about 60 miles northeast of Koenigsberg. By the Associated Press. Bound for far-away Toklo, the dirig- | thle Graf Zeppelin was speeding across| North Central Europe today at a 60- | mile clip on the second lap of her fiight around the world. | the hyprocrisy of personally wet poli- HYPOCRISY OF DRY-VOTING WETS IN CONGRESS SCORED BY EX-CHIEF .PROSECUTOR Mrs. W_illcirralidt Also Takes Rap at Officials Who Bring in Liquor Under Free Entry. (In this article Mrs. Willebrandt takes up the question of the wei- drinking, dry-voting Congressmen. She tells how bootleggers infest the halls and corridors of Congress, and asks why it is that warrants cannot be obdtained to search ment buildings and stop the liquor trafic there, why “freedom of the port” allows the passage of trunks which con- ceal rum barrels and assorted dottled liquor.) BY MABEL WALKER WILLEBRANDT. T have been asked often, “How can you have the heart to prose- cute a bootlegger, send a man to jail for six months or a year for selling a pint or a quart of whisky, when you know as a fact that the men who make the laws and appropriat® the money for prohibition are themselves patronizing bootleggers?” The only reply I can make to this is that I took my oath to enforce the law, and enforce it I must to the best of my ability, regardless of my own disgust with ticians who vote dry. I have not lived in Washington all these years without becoming well ac- quainted with the fact that many Repre- sentatives and Senators who vote for bills ‘designed to aid prohibition enforcement are persistent violators of the Volstead law. Senators and Representatives have ap- peared on the floor of the Senate and House in a drunken condition. During-the closing days of a recent session of Con- The huge air liner, carrying 20 pas- | a-~gers, including one woman, left| Friedrichshafen at 10:34 p.m. Wednes- | day night, Eastern standard time, and | 715 hours later had reached Stettin,, Pomerania, near the Baltic coast. | In that time she had' covered ap-| proximately 460 miles, at an average rate of 60 miles an hour, well up to her | normal speed. The total to Toklo is| about 6,600 miles. | From Stettin Dr. Eckener swung eastward, passed Danzig and then | headed into East Prussia over Koenigs- | berg. From there he expected to fly| across Latvia and into Russia toward | Moscow. v In her/northward flight from Fried- | richshafen the Graf Zeppelin crossed | over its first world capital, Berlin, at| 4:30 .. Eastern standard time, where it was greeted enthusiastically. Good weather was cxperienced over | Germany. but rather unfavorable winds were forecast farther along the route.| 120-HOUR TRIP EXPECTED. Graf Cruises Across Germany After Leaving Friedrichshafen. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Au- gust 15 (#).—Striking north and east- ward toward a vast and littla-known region, the Graf Zeppelin, mistress of the air, today cruised across Germany | en route to Tokio, Japan, on the second | fused. His condition was apparent to every member of the Senate and | | prohibition amendment and its strict enforcement than the hypocrisy | Refuses to Consider Compro- gress one Senator objected to and pre- vented the passage of important legislation while in such a condition of intoxication that he had to hold to his desk to keep himself upright. Colleagues argued with him in an effort to persuade him to leave the chamber, but he re- | Mrs. Willebrandt. | to hundreds of people in the galleries. Bootleggers in the Capitol. 1 think that probably nothing has done more to disgust and | alienate honest men and women who originally strongly favored the of the wet-drinking, dry-voting Congressmen. Bootleggers infest tha halls and corridors of Congress and ply their trade there. It is not| (Continued on Page SNOWDEN REPEATS DORAN AND RITCHE | ENGLAND'SDEMAND CLASH ON DRY LAW Column 1.) ;Rights and Duties of Statesi in Enforcement Cause Institute Debate. mise After Ultimatum for Larger Debt Payments. lap of its round-the-world journey, | oo oL Leaving its home port here at 10:34 | p.m. (Eastern standard time) Wednes- day. the giant dirigible headed directly for Berlin, 377 miles distant. At 12:45 a.m. (Eastern standard time) it circled Nurnberg (Nuremberg), Bavaria, having ; traversed the 150 miles in 2 hours and 11 minutes. Ahead of the Graf lay a devious course across European Russia and over | the Ural Mountains and the broad, bar- ren steppes of Siberia to Northeastern Asta. where it must turn southeastward to Tokio. It was expected about 6.6(‘0‘ miles would be covered in a journey of | about 120 hours, with arrival in Tokio | on Monday afternoon, (Japanese time). Sixty Aboard Zeppelin. Aboard the Graf Zeppelin were 60 persons—24 passengers, 19 men and 1 woman; 40 officers and crew—and about 50,000 pieces of mail as freight. Much of the mail, all of the crew and 9 of the passengers had come all the way from Lakehurst, where the world Journey was begun. The start from Friedrichshafen was made in full moonlight, an hour before the dawn, with a few hundred persons gathered near the Zeppelin's hangar, who cheered loudly as its ground crew loosed its hold and it rose gracefully, circling the port before heading north- ward. Outside the ground crew maneuvered the Graf so its nose was to the north before releasing it intg the air. The passengers lined the windows, waving adieus to those below. Dr. Eckener doffed his cap in a final farewell. Last-minute effort by an American, Nelzon Morris of Chicago, to get aboard the Zeéppelin failed. Morris previously had bought a ticket for the trip from the Hamburg-American tourist agent, but had been told later there was not room for him and he could not make the trip. Stopped on Gangway. ‘This morning, when other passengers started aboard the craft, Morris was with them. Capt. Hans Von Schiller stopped him on the gangway. “Why can't I go?” the American asked, as he flashed his tickets at the officer. Capt. Von Schiller answered that ‘when he bought his tickets 2t Lakehurst he had been told they were valid only if there was space available beyond Friedrichshafen. ~ Mr. Morris, who seemed disconcerted, turned back and walked off the gangway, almost on the verge of tears. He told bystanders it was the biggest disappointment of his life not to be able to make the Tokio flight, but he was a good sport, however, and joined the erowd in cheers as the Gral mounted into the air, It was believed there would be no THE HAGUE, August 15.—The Bri- BY THOMAS R. HENRY, Staff Correspondent of The Star. IRIEGEL WRANGLES WITH ARTHAN QUZIING HAN Commission Overrules Most of Questions as Being Improper. CROSS-EXAMINATION STARTED BY FLEHARTY Traction Official Remajns on Stand at Hearing on Car Fare Raise Plea. People’s Counsel Ralph B. Fleharty started his cross-examination of Presi- dent John H. Hanna of the Capital Traction Co. shortly before the noon recess today in the hearings before the Public Utilities Commission on the com- pany's request for an increase in car fare. Most of the morning was given over to wrangling between E. C. Riegel of the Washington Consumers’ Guild and Commissioner Harleigh H. Hart- |- man. Mr. Riegel was seeking to cross-ex- amine Mr. Hanna, but most of his questions were overruled by the com- mission as being argumentative, repeti- | tious or ctherwise impreper. 'Several | sharp words passed between Mr. Hart- | man and Mr. Riegel. | Company attorneys made no effart i to halt the line of questions and Mr. | Hanna did his best to answer them. But time and time again Mp. Hartman stepped in and ruled the questions out | on the ground that they were “lumber- | ing up” the record. A great deal of the proceedings occurred off the record as Hartman and Riegel argued as to the proper way to ask questions. John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Traction Co., explained in con- siderable detail the methods used by various street railway companies 1n‘ i cities throughout the United States in estimating depreciation. He said the Capital Traction Co. computed its de- precjation on the basis of the estimated | life of various properties owned by the company, and maintained a sinking fund to provide for the replacement of worn-out cars and other property. This | explanation was made in response to| questions by E. C. Riegel, of the Con- | sumer’s Guild, who continued this| morning his croes-examination begun yesterday. } Mr. Hanna, in_answer to specific questions by Mr. Riegel, said the total accruals for depreciation through op- erating expenses in 1928 amounted to $378,328, and the interest accruals for that year amounted to $110.066, or a ! total - accrual .of $488,3: hafl_m;, Isle. of total, he said, $61,030 '9“ deducted for | scheduled m'&u‘g& property retired during that year. “Thy figures are already in th!‘ record,” declared Commissioner Hart- man. ming AUGUST 15, NG EDITION Sfar The only service. * 1929 —FIFTY-TWO PAGES. Lt evening paper in Washington with Associated Press news - Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,233 'WO CENTS. GEORGE P. MERRILL U.5.GEOLOGIST,DIES Museum Curator Is Stricken by Heart Attack While in Maine Station. George Perkins Merrill, for the past 32 years head curator of the department of geology, United States National Museum, one of the foremost geologists of the world, died suddenly of a heart | | attack in the Grand Trunk Raflway | station, Auburn, Me., today, it was learned through Associated Press dis- | patches. Dr. Merrill resided here at 1422 Belmont street. Dr. Merrill, who was 75 years old, left Washington August 3. with his wife, Mrs. Katherine Y. Merrill, and two single daughters, Miss Mildred Merrill, aiteacher at Centra: High School, and Miss Dorothy Merrill, for a vacation in Maine. He had a Summer Rme there, rings, He was no to his'duties at the National Museum for some time yet. Besides his wife and the two unwed daughters, Dr. Merrill, leaves a son, | Joseph Merrill of Manhattan, Kan., and | C. Francis Jenkins Narrowly Escapes Air-Crash Death | Television Inventor Hurt When Plane Turns Over in Landing. C. Prancis Jenkins, noted Washington inventor, was slightly injured early this afternoon when one of the landing wheels on his airplane broke as the plane was landing at the Congressional | Prohibition law is charged in a warrant | Airport on the Rockville Pike. He was and was cut over the eye. Jenkins was piloting the plane at the time of the accident. He sald he tempted to make a landing on a slig! incline at the airport when one of the front landing wheels gave way, and whipped the plane around suddenly into what aviators call a “ground loop.” Spectators who witnessed the accident rushed to the plane to ald Jenkins, but he jumped out and smiled. Aside from the broken wheel, which will have to be replaced, he sald a cursory examina- tion revealed no further damage to the plane. cut above the eye Jenkins declined medical attention, and later drove his automobile to his home on upper Sixteenth street. He described ARREST GLASSMAN ON LIQUOR CHARGE Garage Proprietor and 11 Others Named in Warrants Issued Today. | | | Conspiracy to violate the national issued today by U. S. Commissioner | thrown against a brace on the plane Needham C. Turnage against Herbert | Glassman, said to be the proprietor of two garages, at 2101 Fourteenth street and 1319 L street, and 11 other persons | said to be employed by him in varous | capacities. Those accused, in addition to Glass- |man, are Ssmuel Goldstein, Harry | Behrle, Oney Cissel, Irving Rosenburg, | Antonio D'Ambrosio, David Glassman, ! Jullus Sanders, Robert C. Jones, Fran- | eis Joseph Paxton, Harvey O'Connor and Jacob Miller. Warrant Charges Conspiracy. | According to the warrant, sworn to the accident as & “trivial, Inconsequen- | by Detective Sergt. Frank C. Helan in “Tx it incumbent upon every one here | & third daughter, Mrs. Dana of Ann tish delegation, by letter and otherwise,| UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Au- within the past 24 hours has made | gust 15.—A sharper differentiation be- | known to other nations participating in | tween the functions of the State and | the conference to make the Young plan ' pederal Government in dry law en- | | with reference to evacuation of the | effective that its ultimatum still stands, and it will not accept the Young pl without an increased share of German | reparations. It was made known also Philip Snow- den, British chancellor of the exchequer, | intended to demand action on his reso- lution for revision of the Young plan and would brook little further dela: Intimate personal conversations between | the delegates continued anyway, with the hope of finding some way out of the deadlock. No Compromise. Mr. Snowden was understcod to have given this warning to the other dele- gations because the talk of offers and concessions had created in England the | impression a compromise was being con- sidered. The chancellor, while willing | to consider reasonable proposals, wanted to forestall any impression which might have taken root in consequence of the talk of offers which might or might not Pprove acceptable. The progress of negotiations in the | political committee of the conference | Rhineland had given rise to the argu- ment that if the Prench and Germans | could agree on this graver question it | would not be possible for anybody to | stand out against agreement in the financial committee on the matter of a comparatively small sum of money. The chancellor, it was said, felt he was being pushed into a false position and exposed to criticisms from home for backing down after having aroused the entire nation to his support. He thus took means to prevent from going to. far before he declared himseir, Four Stand Together. ‘The situation arising as a result of this development was ‘-H the more se- riously by the resolution of the other creditor nations, France, Italy, Belgium and Japan,.yesterday to stand ther in_oppostion to Chancellor Snowden. 1f the Snowden resolution comes up for action Saturday at the meeting of the financial committee unamended it undoubtedly will be rejected and the chancellor will be faced with the neces- sity of going home or backing down. It was rumored last night Mr. Snow- den had asked the-financial committee to be called together tomorrow night for action on his resolution. If he had such an intention he has abandoned it “"(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) GIRL, 8, DISAPPEARS AFTER THREAT TO KILL SELF OVER WOUNDED DOG pctfl Is B the Assoclated Press. : FORT WORTH, Tex, August 15.— Because her pet dog, Billy, had been shot, perhaps fatally, little 8-year-old Mary Louise Smith has disappeared after a threat of suicide. “You needn't finish that dress for me, /mother. Billy will die sure and 1 haven't any reason to Jive. I'll never words. Monday afternoon the disappearéd, leaving written and oral assurances that she would drown her- 1f. Her fate still was unknown today. | M: ‘While police were starching the city . for trace of Mary , & _stricken mother, . Frank Smith, her '/ crenched with tears, sat in the Sure to Die, Leaving Her No Reason to Live, : She Tells Mother in Note, room of her home talking continuously of a precocious and abnormally de- spondent child who refused to be con- soled after her’ shot. “She told me would_never live When Mrs. Smith nk _Smith, Jr., pital Monf'l.l Fra forcement was urged before the Insti- tute of Public Affairs here today by J. M. Doran, commissioner or prohibi- | | tion. | ‘This followed & clash last night be- | tween Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Mary- land, who took the position that States | were not obligated by the terms of the | eighteenth amendmept to pass enforce- ment laws of their own, and Stanley High, editor of the Christian Herald. ‘The States must either take over | some enforcement duties and carry | them out, Mr, Doran said, or it will be “necesssary to embark on a fixed pro- gram of expanding the facilities of the Federal Government, executive and ju- icial, to the point where they will com- pletely discharge every enforcement function, great and small Defines Federal Duty, “The Federal function,” he said, “seems to me to relate to the sup- | pression of smuggling, the conduct of | the regulatory system controlling indus- trial alcohol and medicinal liquors in their uses for other than beverage pur- poses, interstate and large-scale illegal | combinations that commercialize the | manufacture, distribution and sale of liquor and the prosecution of corrupt groups of officials who may be in con- spiracy with liquor traffickers and thus | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 6,000 IN FLORIDA'S | WAR ON FRUIT FLY 71 Inspectors, 415 Foremen and 3,264 Laborers Engaged in Clean- ing and Recleaning 341,272 Acres. By the Associated Press. ORLANDO, Fla, August 15.—More than 6,000 men are engaged in a “rapid end resultful” eradication cam- paign against the Mediterranean fruit fly in Florida, a summarizing report of eradication headquarters of the plant quarantine and control administration here showed. During the month of July 71 in- spectors, 415 foremen and 3,264 laborers lnll%ed in . cleaning and recleaning 341,272 acres, embracing 49,801 prop- erties, the report sald, bringing the total acreage cleaned in the eradication Work to July 31 to 721,400. In addi- tion, 21 inspectors, 88 foremen and 683 labsrers were engaged ip spray work. The month of July saw 12,282 citrus properties, containing inspected. The to search through the commission’s rec- | ords?” asked Mr. Riegel. | “It is incumbent upon any one here interested in this case to know what is| in the record of this case, before asking | questions about it,” declared Mr. Hart- | man. Mr. Hartman explained that it 'u! costing a great deal of money to have | the hearings reported and that persons | having questions should be careful not :f clutter up the records with duplica- ons. Mr. Riegel pursued his questions without interruption by counsel for the traction company, but several times Commissioner Hartman stepped in and ruled the questions out. Mr. Riegel would ask a question, Mr, Hanna would answer it and then Mr. Riegel would ask the same question in different words. Mr, Hartman objected over and over again that time and money was being wasted. He also_overruled other questions because Mr. Riegel sought to put words into Mr. Hanna's mouth which the witness had no intention of using. Interest on Money Ts Discussed. ‘The burden of Mr, Riegel's questions was that if the company wiped out its depreciation reserve car fares would be lower. After several unsuccessful ques- tions Mr. Hanna offered to phrase the question for Mr. Riegel in such a way that it could be answered and attempted | to do so. Mr. Hartman, however, waved the official reporter aside and explained Off the record that if the depreciation fund were wiped out car fares would g0 _higher, One of Mr. Riegel's contentions was that the car rider was being deprived of interest on his money. Mr. Hartman explained that the car rider had already obtained a ride for his money and should not inquire what interest was obtained on the money after it was. in the company's coffers. He ex- plained that the depreciation reserve was made up of appropriations from surplus, interest on_money already in reserve and money charged to operating expenses, and that the car-riding public certainly benefited from the interest on the money in the fund. He said that Mr. Riegel's questions had been prop- erly answered and that if Mr. 1 did not understand the answers could not keep asking the same ques- tions oyer and over again. He should make such use of the answers as he saw fit when the time comes to argue the case. Charge Riegel With Delay. As Mr. Riegel continued to ask ques- tions which the commission declared to be improper, - man declared: P “This 'hearing has already las longer than anybody thought it would last— Mr. Riegel started to interrupt Mr. (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) POLITICS AND -THE PROHIBITION MELON comparatively small per State’s fruit crop has —_— Sunday May Make “Talkie.” PARIS, I, At t 15 (#)—Return- chatutauqua of 34 years, Rev. Billy announced he was Bank Statements New Yotk clearing house exchange, o e How the crooked politicians handed enforcement jobs to ward heelers and sluggers in the early days of prohibition, and how the fight to appoint unfit agents is carried right up to the doors of the Attorney Mabel Walker Willebrandt —in the 12th article of her remarkable seriegon prohibition— “The Patronage Curse”" Arbor, Mich. Born in Auburn, Me., May 31, 1854, Dr. Merrill pursuzd his education at the University of Maine, where he was science in .4 Subsequently he attended Wesleyan University, 1879-80; Johns Hopkins University, 1886-87, and in 1917 was awarded the degree of doctor of sclence at George Washington University. Was G. W. U." Professor. He was a professor of mineralogy and geology at George Washi Univer- sity from 1893 to 1915, while continuing in the capacity of head curator of the department of geology at the National Museum. His extensive scientific study and| teaching of science led to a number of other tions of importance, which gained him wide recognition among the scientists of the United States. One of his earlier positions was that of as- sistant chemist at Wesleyan University from 1879 to 1880. The following year he was appointed an assistant in the geology department of the museum. In 1897, in recognition of his wide | experience in the fleld of geology nnd} his special ability, he was appointed to | the position of curator of the geology department at the Museum. Dr. Merrill was employed as an ex-, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) . U. S. FLYERS SEEK TO SET NON-REFUELING HOP MARK | Californians Up 19 Hours in Quest of 65-Hour Record Held by Germans. By the Associated Press. +ONG BEACH, Calif., August 15.— ‘With the record for non-refueling en- durance flight of 65 hours 25 minutes before them as a goal, Jack Reid and Emory Bronte continued to circle the ‘munieipal here today in an ef- fort to outlast the German mark by more thah an hour. At 1:04 am the pair had kept their 300-horsepower cabin model monoplane in the air 19 hours. They must stay aloft until 12:29 a.m. Saturday to beat the record. The flyers started with a;o gllom of gasoline and 30 gallons of “oil, Sues for Tax Refunds. NEW YORK, August 15 (#).—The Vacuum Oil Co. filed suit today inst the United States for $245,637.79 and interest and for $241,748.73 and inter- est, representing alleged overpayments of income thxes and excess rmflu taxes for the years 1918 and 1919. General is related by tial thing.” The plane is the latest cabin type Stimson-Detroiter and was purchased by the inventor primarily for pleasure trips. Several features were added, however, for experimental purposes. Jenkins is regarded as an expert pilot and has flown the plane over Washing: ton and nearby Maryland and Virginia on numerous occasions. Recently he took & trip in it to Indiana, accom- panied by Mrs. Jenkins. Jenkins has been interested in aero- nauties for vears and has contributed a number of inveniions to its advance- ment. He is best known, however, for n inventions. HOOVER OBSERVES President Receives Few Call- ers Preparatory to Going to Rapidan Camp. the Rapidan River for the week end to- morrow, President Hoover today made few engagements.. Besldes conferring with Col. E. C. Root, the new director of the budget, he received Carl Breath, president of the American Mining Con- gress; the board of directors of the United Typothetae of America, William P. McCracken, jr., the Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce in charge of aero- nautics, and Dr. 8. F. Kerfoot. ‘The directors of the typothetae ex- tended an invitation to participate in ths annual convention of that associa- tion, to be held in this city next month. Fletcher to Go to Cam) The President at noon today had not completed the personnelifor the com- pany he will take on his week end out- ing.. Among those known to be going are Henry P. Fletcher, who has just re tired as Ambassador to Italy; Mr. Mc- Cracken, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Edward L. Jahncke, Lawrence Richey and George Akerson, two of the secretaries, and ~ Lieut. T. Boone, the White House , the youngest 'who has been of: wo Hoover bo] L week or two, Y hflbyt t:mmspoufl for a are at the camp now. K It was the ;l'elld!nt'l intention to leave the White House. for the moun- tains shortly after 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, On the morning of the fol- he with his p‘n&,fl:l;:,mofi.or rt House, al miles o the celebration playground o ot Vicyiola ml;amt . B) f Vi - atiog aniber o ViFginis, whl make the gpesehes, In hieh Ao or Vigina, 1o ol e Bresident wil reply briéf. After these ceremonies, the Teturn to the.camp to remain until early Monday morning. xewzaenufln John Q. Tilson of Con- —appearing in tomorrow's issue of necticut, leader “of Preparatory to going to his camp on | | the office of United States attorney by | direction of United States Attorney Leo | A. Rover and_ Assistant United States | Attorney Harold \W. Orcutt, who inves- | tigated the charges, Glassman and his | alieged accomplices” conspired between | the provisions of the Volstead act by bringing whisky and other intoxicants, | intended for beverage purposes. into the | District in trucks and automobiles which = Tecelved at one or both of the been used as depots for the distribu- tion of the alleged intoxicants to vari- ous parts of the District. The alleged conspiracy is scid to have covered pos- | session,sale and ~ transportation ot | liquor. p | “Despite the secrecy sought to be maintained by the United States at- | torney’s office, news of the warrant had | T (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.). LIGHT SCHEDULE e war 15 Taxen FROM PHILADELPHIA | Failure to Put Landing Field in| ‘ Better Condition Cause of Postal Action. Assistant Postmaster General Glover | today authorized the Pitcairn Aviation. Inc.. to move the air mail terminal :!- Philadelphia from the present land- ing Camden, N. J. Mr. Glover said the change would be effective September 15. ‘The Pitcairn company, he continued, has represented to the Post Office De- partment that in Winter weather the condition of the landing area at the Philadelphia field would be such as to make it dangerous for their pilots to ltx‘se this field for night or day opera- ons. ‘The Post Office Department about a year ago informed the mayor and post- master at Philadelphia that unless the Philadelphia air fleld was put in better condition and made suitable for use in all kinds of weather the air mail service would be withdrawn. Mr. Glover said that the Post Office Department’s ifiterest in the matter was “centered entirely upon giving the city of Philadelphia the best possible type of air mail service and in making cer- tain that the facilities available are of such nature as to make it safe for day or night landings during all sea- sons of the year.” Mr. Glover asserted it would be pos- sible to place mail in the Philadeiphia post office from the Camden Airport 15 minutes sooner than from the Phila- delphia fleld. April 1, 1928, and the present to violate . fleld to the Central Alrport near | DSTRT'S BUDGET ORDERED REDLEED NEARLY 0100 Bureau Head Tells Commis- sion Tentative Figures Ex- ceed Scheduled Funds. SECOND ;I’ATEMENT MAY GET ADDITIONAL MONEY $48,315,627 Asked by Board, With Only $46,337,656 Avail- able for Use. The Bureau of the Budget today or- dered a reduction of nearly $2,000,000 in the Distriet’s unprecedented tenta- tive finaneial budget for the 1931 fiseal year. K. O. Klober, acting director of the bureau, notified the Commissioners that the tentative maximum allocation for the District in President Hoover's 1931 financial program had been fixed at $46,337,656. As the tentative figures of the Commissioners called for $48,315,- | 627, this means a cut of $1,977,971. | _ Klober explained, however, that if 846,337,656 will not absolutely provide {all necessary requirements, the Com- | missioners should submit a supple- | mental statement. showing the addi- | tional amount needed and indicate the consequences which would result from | the failure to procure it. | Was Not Surprise. ‘The amount of the reduction did not surprise _ District officials, since the Budget Bureau several months ago in- dicated it would not approve estimates fér 1931 that were in excess of the ap- propriations for 1930. In the case of the District. however, the allocation is nearly $2.000.000 greater than the ap- propriations for the current fiscal year, | which total $44,540.115, including the | $3.000,000 appropriated at the special session of Congress for beginning the | purchase of the municipal center site. Fearing a drastic reduction in the tentative estimates, the Commissioners were careful to impress on the Budget | Bureau that while the $48.315.627 re- | quested. was the largest amount ever | sought for one fiscal year, the entire | amount, less the Federal Government's | annual lump-sum contribution of $9.- | 000,000. would be paid from the general | revenue fund of the District and froin | ecrtain ‘special and trust funds, | Exceeds Revenue. | The Budget allocation of $46.337.656 | is slightly less than the estimated rev- | enue availability of the District for the 1931 fiscal year. The Commissioners had predicated the $48,315,627 total on the use of a portion of the surplus rev- enues ¢redited to the District in the | Federal Treasury. | The revision of the estimates to bring | them down to the Budget Bureau's al- location is expected to be started next week, although the items of the de) ments under the supervision of - missioner Proctor L. herty_prob- 2bly will not be touched until he re- turns from his vacation. Mr. Dougherty is expected back early in September and | the District budget. in its final form, 1s | not due at the Budget Bureau until | September 15. two garages, which are claimed to have | START POLICE PROBE I}Suicidc Message, Signed by Will M. Martin, Found at Niagara Falls. By the Associated Press. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., August 15. —Police are investigating the finding of & man's brown striped suit coat, & straw hat, a key to a room in the La- fayette Hotel, Buffalo, and a suicide note purporting to have been written by Will M. Martin, on & bench on | Luna Island Bridge, a_ short distance above the brink of the Falls. ‘The note read: “My name is Will M. Martin. representing the New York Con- solidated Card Co.. New York, who will pay all reasonable expenses. “Please notify my wife, who I love above all, Mrs. Will M. Martin, in care of apartment 14. 81 North Oxford street, St. Paul, Minn.; also B. P. O. E., No. 44, Minneapolis, Minn.; also notify Mr. Brown and Mr. Zimmerman, my good friends at Hotel Lafayette, Buffalo. (Signed) “WILL M. MARTIN. “P. S—Find detalls in grip in room 542." No report had been received of the finding of a body below the Falls, CONAN DOYLE HAS FIRE. 0ld Section of Country Home De- stroyed by Blaze. SOUTHAMPTON, England. August 15 (A)—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, fa- mous creator of Sherlock Holmes, had an adventure of his own today when an old section of his country residence, Bignell House, caught fire. Sir Arthur dashed into the burning house several times and rescued val- uable documents and books from the flames. His two sons gave efficient aid in this work, and firemen, summoned from Southampton 9 miles away, suc- ceeded in saving the modern wing of the dwelling. ‘The ‘writer did most of his work in the burned out wing where he had his study and lbrary. CRIPPLED BOY IS Superintendent of " Trees Clifford L. Lanham, superintendent of trees and parkings of the District, made a crippled boy happy and con MADE HAPPY BY CLEARING WAY TO SEE LIGHTS Pulls Of Leaves Blocking Child’s View of Traffic Signals. mother, the ‘Through his unicated with Mr. Lanham