Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1929, Page 2

Rendered Unconscious From Fumes of Plane, but Will Resume Efforts Today. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. Aviation Editor of Tne Siar. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Augusi though he narrowly escaped pos disaster late yesterday afternoon wi he lost consciousness while traveling at a speed of more than 100 miles an hour in his Mercury racing plane, Lieut. Alford J. Willlams, America’s lone hope in the Schneider Trophy race next month, plans to renew his efforts to fiy the bullet-like little ship today. ‘Williams apparently was just the point. of lifting the plane off the water when he overcome by fumes from ible the motor snd lack of alr caused ‘by | ereation of a partial vacuum in the cockpit. Though only partially con- scious, he throitled dewn the motor and. just. before losing his senses, snapped off the ignition switch. After cutting the switch Willlams was wunconscious for about 5 minutes, revive ing only when a speed boat occupied by Temple Joyce: Baltimore aviator znd airplane manufacturer, and Mrs. \\Iil—I liams drew alongside and Joyce calle to him. He did not completely recover for some time and was taken to a ward. room on the Navy aircraft tender U. S. Sandpiper suffering from a splitung headache. His automatic cutting of the switch probably saved his life, as the plane was taxling at terrific speed when he lost consciousness and would not have stopped until the 36 gailons of fuel were exhausted. Navy officials believe that the spesd of the racer, even though it had not left the water, sucked the air out of the cockpit. in which Williams sat, and the ack of oxygen, coupled with fumes from the motor and fuel, which contalns & tetra-ethyl preparation, suffocated him. Suffered Headaches in Tests. williams told his medical adviser, Lieut. Comdr. John R. Poppen, Navy headaches foliowing previous tests of the ship, but had attributed them to pounding of the ship on the ground swell of Chesapeake Bay and the Severn River. The shock as the twin pontoons of the racer crash through the waves at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, Williams sald, is equivalent to a severe beating. ‘While Willlams was being carried back to the Sandpiper in the speed- boat, a Navy motor boat took thy plane in tow and brought it back to S*ntee wharf, where it has been berthed for more than two weexs. After examining the famous pilot, Comdr. Poppen told newspaper men that Willilams had “taken a ierrible beating.’ Although groggy and sick, he is in no danger, the naval physician stated. Mechanics were put to work cutting a vent into the cockpit to supply a con- tinuous draft of air, which not only will provide oxygen. but will carry off any fumes which may tend to collect there. British pilots in training for the Schnei- der race, it has been learned here, have encountered the same difficulty Williams experienced. In the British Gloucester racing plane oxygan apparatus has been installed for the pliot. Third Unsuccessful Effort. Yesterday evening's attempt was the third unsuccessful effort of the day, the first two failing because of falling gaso- line pressure combined with rough wa- ter. The gas pressure fatluze is not re- garded as serious, Comdr. Popsen said. He characterized it as one of the penal- ties to be anticipated in working with a new motor of the experimental type built for the Mercury. Lieut. Willlams, Comdr. Poppen said, was highly pleased: with the sturdiness of the pontoons, which have shown no signs of failing under the pounding to which they have been subjected. “Blisters” .to increase the buoyancy of the floats have beefi constructed at the Philadelphia naval aircraft factory, and will be installed on top of the present floats. ! Lieut. Willilams must fly the plane before Sunday if it is to be entered in | the Schneider races. The Navy De- partment is insistent that he demon- strate the flying qualities of the ship | before he is given permission to go ' abroad. Unless he leaves Annapolis | Sunday he will not be able to reach England In time for the race. which will be flown September 6 and 7. BAD WINDS FORCE ANOTHER DELAY IN TAKE-OFF OF GRAF! (Continned From First Page) Beuerle, who joined the airship here after supervising its refueling. CATCH GRAF STOWAWAY. Japanese Boy Arrested; German Youth to Face Juvenile Court. KASUMIGAURA, Japan, August 22, (#).—The Graf Zeppelin's first Oriental | stowaway took his chance anu lost to- day as mechanics worked to get the big- dirigible ready for her start across the Pacific tonight. Police announced that they had arrested a weak-minded Tokio lad of 18, named Mitsukighi Harakawa, who had become infected ‘with the prevailing Zeppelin enthusiasm in _Japan and stolen 300 yen (about $138) from his father in the deter- mination to see the world from the air. Mitsukichi slipped away from his home and got out to Kasumigaura air field, where the police had no difficulty in spotting him and returned him to his. father’s custody. HAMBURG. Germany, August 22 (). ~—Albert. Buschke, stowaway aboard the Graf Zeppelin on her last flight from | Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, was sent home today for trial before the Juvenile Court. Buschke, who set out to see the world in' the Graf and saw most of it through the bars of the ship's brig and | an American jail, attempted to escape from the steamer Thuringia on arriving here. The lad jumped overboard in the harbor, but was scon picked up. MILKMAN SUED BY WIFE. Separate Maintenance Asked in Ac- tion Against Harvey E. Wood. Sey te maintenance is asked in &} preme Court by Mrs. Nettie Wood, 1342 K street southeast. against Harvey E. Wood, 20 years old, who drives a milk ‘wagon, T;Aey were married September 3, 1927, and have two children. Wood, she tells the court, makes a salary of $28 a week, and averages $38 weekly more from commissions. =He is amply able to provide a home for his family away from his mother, she avers. Attorney Bernard G. Ostmann appears | for the wife. DEAF TO PLAY BALL. Games Between Man and Woman Teams to Feature Outing. ' -A base ball game between two teams of deaf men and women will be held at the annual outing of Washington Division, No. 46, National Preternal So- ciety of the Deaf, at Chesapeake Beach on_Saturday. One team is to be com- posed entirely of married deaf men and women, while the other will consist of_those who are single, ‘The outing cflmmlt'l:r is ecmposed of cl 22.—Al-} | G. N. Stainforth and R. L. R. Atcherley. MYSTERIOUS TRIP OF COSTE DELAYED Whether He Will Cross Atlantic or Pacific. LE BOURGET, August 22 (#).— Dieudonne Coste, famous French fiyer, had his plane removed from Le Bourget to the Villacoublay Air Field today. This move was generally in- terpreted here as meaning indefinite postponement of any attempt to make a record-flight to America. !ll the Associeied Press. = LE BOURGET, France, August 22.— Capt. Dieudonne Coste, France's pre- mier aviator, announced this morning ihe would take off on his mysterious | | lorkg-distance jourfiey—to Tokio to race | the Zeppelin across the Pacific or to {New York—as soon as weather condi- i tions permitted. | This information was accepted gen- erally as explaining his failure to ap- | scheduled take off at dawn. | He made a three-hour test flight this morning in his plane, the Question iFrench Ace Declines to Tell Medical Corps, that he has had severe | i THE EVEN Supermarine 6, torpedo-shaped monoplane, has been terted by the English in prepa next month. The RBritish team (above), left to right: H. R. D. Waghorn, T. N. Moon, D'Arcy Greig, A. N. Orlebar, |WoMAN DERBY|STS FLYING OVER TEXAS IN AVIATION CLASSIC (Continued From First Page.) the ceiling” to pass over two ranges of mountains which rise to heights of from 13,000 to 6,000 feet in West Texas. Control points in Texas are Pecos, | Midland, Abilene and Fort Worth, where the derbyists will spend the n ght. | The fiyers were scheduled to reach iMldhnd yesterday, but the hop off trom here was delayed by thunderstorms in the vicinity of Pecos. The disturb- | ance later moved on El Paso, but had cleared today. | Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden of Pittsburgh held her lead in the heavy- | plane class with an elapsed time of 6 hours, 48 minutes and 31 seconds. In the light-plane divsion Mrs. Phoebe | Omite of Memphis, Tenn., was in first | place. Her elapsed time was 8 hours, | 35 minutes and 24 seconds. ‘Winner of Lap. The orange monoplane of Amelia Ear- art was the first to land here- from Douglas, Ariz., and was the first on the |line to take off today. The planes were under guard here | | 1ast night. following rumors of sabotage | in connection with accidents to sh'ps in | the race. Derby officlals ordered that the guards be stationed here and at all control points on the remainder of the fiight. The plane of Claire Fahy of Los An- geles was forced out at Calexico, {pear at the fleld this morning for a ! with broken wing struts and a leaky gasoline tank. Bobbie Trout, also of Los Angeles, withdrew after she smash- ed a land'ng gear at Algodones, Mex- ico. Miss Thea Rasche, German fiyer, Mark, and at the end of the flight an- |found “foreign matter” in her gasoline Associated Press Phote ion to defend the Schneider —Assoclated Press Phol CLEVELAND RUSHES RACE PREPARATION |Final Arrangements Being Made for Exposition Opening Saturday. By (he Associated Press. CLEVELAND. August 22.—Plans for the Natlonal Air Races and Aeronauti= cal Exposition opening here Saturday took on the quickened tempo of last- | minute preparations today as the con- gress of airmen and airplanes set in. | The women’s air derby from California | approached across Texas, a derby for men from Portland starts tomorrow and Army and Navy squadrons were en Toute to the airport today as the event drew near. At the airport the last bustle of prep- aretion was in progress. Space has been provided for 1,200 airplanes, park- ing arrangements have been made for 38,000 automobiles, and seating capacity for 30,000 spectators has been set aside in the grandstands. Other activity at yPublic Hall, where the exposition is to Tbe held, included arrangement of air- plane exhibits for the 350,000 visitors expected for the show. | Approximately $150,000 has mains, roads, telephone and telegraph cables and In beautifying the field. One of the chief objects of attention been ! spent at the aliport in providing water | o' fled today in the District Su- | nounced that the wireless apparatus, which had not functioned properly yes- terday, was now working at its best. Silent on Plans. ‘The French flyer was silent today as to his exact plans, but if he has aban- doned his project, announced yesterday, | of a flight to Tokio, it is believed due to | the pressure of friends. It is understood | that they have been pointing out it | might seem ungracious to Dr. Hugo | Eckener and to Ger..any to inaugurate | & race around the world and might be | interpreted as an attempt of the French | fiyer to detract from the honors which Dr. Eckener is receiving for his great dirigible flight. It was thought, therefore, that this might induce Coste not to pursue the Zeppelin and to head instead for New | York, perhaps meeting the dirigible on | American soil. As he jumped out of the cockpit after today's trial flight, Coste said: “I don't know myself what I will do.” He refused t6 make and further dec- laration conc¥ning his plans. Prepare for Take-off. All preparationt were being made at Le Bourget this afternoon for the take- off tomorrow, but this may have to be postponed again, inasmuch as weather conditions were reported unfavorable. There was a westerly wind, which is not considered good for a take-off with a heavily loaded plane. Coste is keep- ing in close touch with the weather bureau, but it was not known whether the information he was getting con- cerned conditions in eastern Europe or over the Atlantic. The noted fiyer told friends vesterday just before a final tuning up of his plane that he would fly eastward in an attempt to catch the Zeppelin. Later he strengthened this declaration by making a bet with a friend for 10 bot- tles of champagne that he would over- take the big ship before it reached ! Lakehurst. He proposed to accomplish this by a non-stop flight to Viadivostok, then a hurried trip to Tokio and a two- stop attempt to reach the United States by way of the Hawaiian Islands. i Pinal plans, whether for an eastward ' or westward flight, will probably be de- | termined by weather conditions at the hour of the start. | 'OFF FOR CLEVELAND. Navy Craft From San Diego Leave | Scott Field for Derby. SCOTT FIELD. Ill.. August 22 (#).— | Twenty-one planes, including the 17 Navy craft from San Diego, took off here at 10:20 a.m. for Cleveland, to attend the air races. The unit, in command of Lieut. Comdr. Homer Wick, reached Kansas City yesterday' from Dallas, Tex. Four of the ships comprising the entire group which left the base at | San Diego were delayed at Muskogee, Okla.; last night. They were expected | the tank had been inspected and clean- a crash, Msgs. Fahy reiterated in Los Angeles |last night that her plane had been | tampered with. She sajd her husband. | Herbert J. Fahy, test pilot. had told t district attornev in San Bernardi who Is_investigating. sabotage charges. that “no stranded wire in the world would have broken unless it had been tampered with.” Fahy alleged that the wing wires of his wife's plane were weakened with acid. Standing of Racers. ‘The official standings in elapsed time to El Paso follow: Heavy Planes. Louise McPhetridge Thaden, Pitts- burgh, 6:48:31. Gladys O'Donnell, Long Beach, Calif., 7:0 Amelia Earhart, Boston, 7: Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. Y., 7 3 Florence Lowe Barnes, San Marion, Calif., 7:26:34. Ruth Elder, Los Angeles, 8:41:23. Blanche Noyes, Cleveland, 8:5.:15. Mary Elizabeth von Mack, Detroit, | 9:12:30. Paris, Great Neck, Long Is Net nd, 9:54:45, 46, 9:21:01. Margaret Berry. Los Angeles, Opal Kunz, New York, 12:01 Vera Dawn Walker, Los 14:19:57. May Haizlip, Kansas City, 7:11:44 (unofficial). Thea Rashce, Germany, 9:59:15 (un- official). "Angeles, Light Planes. Phoebe Omlie, Memphis. 8:35:24. Edith Foltz, Portland, Oreg., 9:51 Mrs. Keith Miller, Australia, 18:31: PROBES CROSSON DEATH. Federal Inspector Believes Young Pilot Victim of Desert He: ‘WELLTON, Ariz,, August 22 (#).—J. ‘W. Noel, inspector for the Federal De- partment of Commerce, yesterday ex-| pressed belief that Marvel Crosson, 8an | Diego aviatrix, who fell to her death near here Monday on the second leg of | the Santa Monica-to-Cleveland _air | derby, became ill from the intense desert heat and lost control of her ship. After examination of the plape, shat- tered against a rocky hillside, Noel said he had found nothing to indicate that either the motor or the plane had failed before striking the ground. The ship, he sald, struck on its nose in a ravine, with evidence, including testimony of ranchers who saw the craft falling, that Miss Crosson had leaped out only a few moments before the plane struck. The San- Diego girl's body was found 100 yards from the shattered plane. Noel said witnesses had testified that the pilot apparently still was in the cockpit when the plummeting ship dis- appeared . from view behind a clump of cottonwood trees on high ground be- tween them and the sccne of the crash. Noel left for Los Angeles last night, where, he said, he would make a formal to fly direct to St. Louls today. report. Three Scale Mount Alexai Round By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 22.—A New York woman and two male companions share the honor of being the firgf, to scale the peak of Mount Alexander, 11,000 feet above sea level, in the Cana- dian Rockies. Those who made the ascent were Miss Helen 1. Buck, Dr. A. J. Gilmour, also of New York and N. D. Waffl of Orange, N.,J. The story of the ex- ploit was brought back by E. 8. Com- stock of ceton, N. J.,, who accom- to the foot of the moun- WOMAN SHARES HONORS WITH MEN! AS FIRST TO CLIMB CANADIAN PEAK nder in Perilous 22-Hour Trip. The party started at 5 a.m., July 31, Comstock sald, and for the first 1,000 feet, they had to cut steps in an almost perpendicular ice cliff. Above that, easier slopes were found. It took 12 hours to reach the summit. ‘The descent, Comstock , more -difficult, as the climbers found they could not return by the route theys went up., The trip down, part of it inade after dark, was over dan- gerous rock and icy ridges, re- ouiring the climbers tly to lie flat end worm their way to safety. reached their cAmp at the foot of the |tank, but continued in the race after| a¢ the airport was the stub mast for the United States Navy dirigible Los | ed. Miss Marvel Crosson, was iilled in | Angeles, shipped here from the airship's | base at Lakehurst. It is being erected under the direction of Navy officers. The Los Angeles will arrive Wednesday. BYRD’S WIRELESS CHIEF 1S HONORED BY FELLOWS Hanson Is Awarded Gold Medal of Operators’ Association for Distinguished Work. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 22 —Malcolm Hanson, chief wireless operator of the Byrd expedition in Little America, last night was awarded the gold medal of the Veteran Wireless Operators’ Asso- ciation for the most distinguished con- tribution to wireless communication for 1929. o Presentation of the medal will be ve radio late in Sep- made by short tember. The ceremony also will b2 in this heard over network stations country. In announcing the award. J. F. J. M;udhpr, president of the V. W. O. A., sald: “Under conditions not ordinarily met by the man charged with maintaining communication from an icolated point Henson has performed in a manner calling for the admiration of every man of the key.” TURNER FUNERAL RITES TO BE HELD TOMORROW Building Executive Will Be Buried From Home of W, E. McRey- nolds, 3824 Harrison Street. Funeral services for Charles Leroy ‘Turner, of 3621 Newark street, office manager of the C. H. Tompkins Con- struction Co., who died while on a short vacation with his wife and son at Atlan- | tie City, M. J., will be held at the home of W. E. MeReynolds, 3824 Harrison street, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. 'I;nerment will be at Glenwood Ceme- Ty, Mr. Turner, who was a native of Washington, was prominent for many years in construction work in this city. He was 43 years of age. Surviving him in addition to his wife and son, Charles Lerop Turner, ir., is a brother, Harry ‘Turner, and three sisters, Ms. M. A. Skinner, Mrs. Owen Keith and Mrs. Agnes Miller, all of Washington. BLAKELEY RI.TES ARE SET. Services to Be Held at Arlington Tomorrow Morning. Funeral services will be held at the Arlington National Cemetery tomorrow morping at 10:30 o'clock for Capt. Del- mar R. Blakeley, Army Medical Corps, who died at Luke Field, Hawaii, August 3. His widow, Mrs. Nannie Porter Blakeley, accompanied the funeral party from Hawali to this city. Capt. Blakeley entered the military service from Greenville, 8. C.. as first lleutenant, Medical Section, O. R. C., and was assigned to active duty at Camp Greenleaf at the beginning of the World War, He went to France with the 312th Infantry. He served in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives and was cited for gallantry in action “for his courage and bravery in establishing and aid post under the upper stories g, compelling removal of the wounded to the basement.” He was commissioned captain, Medical Corps, Regular Army, October 10, 1920. . Bomb Wrecks Chicago Store. CHICAGO, August 22 (#).—The front of the Warshawsky & Co.. automobile supply store at 19th and State streets was wrecked by a bomb early today. Theodore Fisher, A watchman, was in- jured by fiying glass. Israel War- &h ent. of the , - presid eom&lny. ol sinnc a chain of stores, said he knaw of no raszan for the bomb attack. HARTMAN PROBES | - W.R.E METHODS Questions Apparently Would: Show System Fails to Give True Rate. (Continued From First Page.) | were given without furth>r explanation. ' The traction officials also gave a de- tailed analysis of the Federal income taxes included in a previous statement on operating expenses covering the | samc period of years. They began with | $37,224 for 1922 and indicated in some | yeers quite a variation. The amount of | Federal income tax paid in 1927 was $61,906, compared with $58,221 in 1928. For the 12 months ending April 30, 1929, the amount dropped to $49.682. ' This decrease was partially explained ' by Ham as due to the settlement of the W. B. & A. rate case. The costs of the Portland street track, Mr. Ham told the commission in re- sponse (0 one of its earlier questions, had been included by the company in its claim of a minimum valuation of 19,280,900. This cost was estimated | 2t $77,(23. Mr. Hartman then proceed- ed to dri from the witness explana- tion of how various items for improve- ment were charged and why an expense account is needed when no capital is involved. Technleal Questions. | Commissioner Hartman entered upon a long series of highly technical ques- tions designed to disclose the methods of accounting ussd by the Washington Railway & Electric Co., especially with reference to depreciation upon its prop- erties. When Mr. Hartman referred to the report of the Bureau of Efficiency upon | the proposed merger, Mr. Ham took ex- | ception to the methods of the account- | | ants of the Interstate Commerce Com- | ! mission, who assisted the Bureau of | EfMclency. | “I don’t think those who investigated our accounts for the Interstate Com- ! merce Commission were in sympathy | with the idea that depreciation should be computed on present value," declared Mr. Ham. “I think the methods fol- lowed by the Interstate Commerce Com- mission accountants are in error.” Mr. Hartman wanted to know whether & computation of retirements of capital value on the basis of reproduction cost rather than original cost would not re- sult in an increased amount of money i being collected from the public before | computing the return of the company on “fair” value. Rail Weight ¥s Cited. “Not as we attempt to compute it,” replied Mr. Ham. Mr. Ham said that his company cap- {italized a portion of Its costs represent- | |ed by changes in price levels. For in- | stance, he said, if the company installed | | 70-pound rail and then replaced it with | 1 100-pound rail, it believed it was proper to charge to the capital account the cost | of the additional 30 pounds. “That is in conflict with the Inter- state Commerce Commission’s classifi- | cation, but we have followed that clas- | | sification.” | Commissioner Hartman then rea | series of questions from his “little black book” relating to the way the company had computed Accrued depreciation since 1919, Mr. Ham said that before that date the company had written up | depreciation on equipment from surplus | and sometimes in an arbitrary manner. | Commissioner Hartman asked whether, | since 1919, the company had not been {accruing depreciation on a unit straight | | line basis. | Not on All Classes. “Not on all classes of property,” re- {plied the witness, | Mr. Hartman asked whether, in ac- counting for depreciation, the company | had begun on the theory that all prop- erty was new in November, 1919. Mr. | Ham sald that depreciation had not | |been computed on the basis of new | NG STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, ‘AIWHTS’I‘ 22, 1929, Leaving for Geneva DR. C. C. WU. NAVY IS SEARCHING FOR SIS PLOTS Vessels Ordered to Keep Watch, Although Scant Hope of Rescue Left. Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 2.—With only | the barest hope that the young Swiss fiyers, Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher, survived their westward transatlantic | flight attempt, crews of naval and merchant versels today scanned the North Atlantic for trace of them. Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of naval operations, has ordered naval ves- sels to maintain a sharp watch for the Swiss airipen and has requested merchant ships to do the same. At Roosevelt. Field, aviators clung to 2 faint hope that the white mononiane “Jungschweilzerland” might yet appear on the eastern horizon, but the hope grew dimmer with each passing hour. ‘The youthful flyers, one 21 and the other 22 years old, were last seen flying westward over a village in the Azores on Monday afternoo ‘They should have reached American shores early Tuesday. The 500 gallons of gasoline with which they left Lisbon, bound fer New York, could not have kept them in the air much later than that, ‘Their Farman monoplane was not equipped with pontoons and could not remain afloat if it came down at sea Possibility that the aviators might sur- vived a forced descent was based on the rubber suits and rubber boat which they carried. It was also considered barely possible hat they might have landed on a tiny island in the Azores or in some lonely spot in Newfoundland or along the Canadian coast. Maj. Ramon Franco of Spain and three companions were re: cued after drifting about for seven day. and the crew of the Bremen, the only | ones to successfully negotiate an east- to-west crossing, landed on desolate LEAGUE MAY PUT MANCHURIA AHEAD 1or. Wu Will Leave Tonight for Geneva as Official Delegate of China. BY WILLIAM RUFUS SCOTT. Chinese Minister to the United States at midnight on the liner Bremen, for Geneva to attend the annual meeting of the League of Nations as one of China's delegates, the dispute with Soviet Russia over | rallroad may become the first business | of the League unless in the meantime | the situation becomes so acute that the The appointment of Dr. Wu is inter- | preted by obrervers here as proof of the | importance which China attaches to | the negotiations which the League may | initiate as well as to the discussions un- doubtedly due in the sessions on the dispute. Dr. Wu speaks English fluently and has the prestige also of having been a foreign minister of Nationalist China. | Article 11 of the covenant of | League g.ves that body authority to take up any war or threat of war in the fol- | lowing terms: “Any war or threat of war, whether immediately affecting any of ihe mem- | bers of the League or not, is hereby de- | clared a matter of concern to the whole League, and the League shall take any effectual to safeguard the peace of na- tions. In case any such emergency should arise, the secretary-general shall on the request of any member of the League, forthwith summon a meeting of the council. Members Friendly Right. “1t is also declared to be the friendly right of each member of the League to bring to the attention of the assembly or of the Council any circumstance whatever affecting international rela- tions which threatens to disturb inter- national peace or the good understand- ing between nations upon which peace | depends.” From the foregoing provisions it is clear that the League may take action even when & non-member, such as So- | viet Russia, is concerned. China is a | member of the League and becomes sub- ject to the rules of the League regard- | ing peaceful procedure before resorting | to war. The United States, not being & | member of the League, is not involved in | any steps taken by the League. 1f the League should decide to take a | hand in the dispute the procedure as | outlined in the covenant is for the League to invite the non-member nation, | Soviet Russia, to become a temporary | member of the League for the purpose | of settling the dispute on conditions to be Isid down by the Council of the League. Should & non-member nation refuse to take part in this way the council is empowered to resort to such means of | settlement as it deems wise. Moreover, | if a non-member refuses to take part | and also resorts to war against a mem- ‘b‘er. the League penalties become effec- | tive, Jurisdiction Limited. The League is barred from an inter- vention in a dispute if one of #he parties asserts, and the Council of t decides, that the dispute arises | conditions which are solely within the domestic _jurisdiction of that party. China or Russia, for example, might de- | counctl of the League goes into action. ! action that may be deemed wise and | With the departure of Dr. C. C. Wu, { By | | i i | 1 | | | i [ Greenly Island. clare its position solely one of self de- fense and then it would be up to the | Council to decide if this were the fact. ! What position China as & member will | CHINESE SOLDIERS | MASSED TO CHECK |ka 2=yl Yesgye or the Gouncl SOVIET INVASION 0 Articles 1213 and 15 it is stated that members agree that whenever any | dispute arises which they a is suit- | able for submission to arbitration or ju- BYRD'S MEN CLIMB TOWER 70°SEE SUN First Glimpse of Daylight in Four Months Excites Party on Polar Expedition. BY RUSSELL OWEN. 0 19 The Star and New York Tims LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, Au: gust 20.—An unfair adventage was tak- en of the sun today. Officially it is not due back here until Thursdsy, but it was 50 close o the horizon at noon that the men of the Byrd expedition climbed the radio towers and saw it and peeked the Manchurian ' gt it from the top of the Barrier hills. It did not quite detach itself from the clinging sky line, but at least three- quariers of it were visible. Not only that, but a seal was killed for fresh meat, the second s=al seen this season, and the snow shoveling gang was out u-rkln‘ the end of the long hibsrna- ion. This was a perfect day to get the first giimpse of the sun. Early this morning the sky became golden in the northeast d ths splash of light moved north- ward until a thin gold line was shim- mering on the edge of the Barrier. Masses of yellow and orange clouds were me|P"N above this shining segment, the pale blue of the sky between them. Almost overhead a coral pink line of feathery cirrus clouds stretched like a fairy road and was lost over the far horizon. Low in the south was a band of pale bluish violet and aboie that a band of deep rose pink in which was set the full moon like a jewel. It was a pale green yellow moon with a corona of pale opaline green, an unreal and spectral moon., Snow Shovelers Stop te Marvel. So magnificent were the colors that the men shoveling snow stopped and ned on their shovels in wordicss en- joyment of such beauty. Slowly the colors changed. became deeper and less evanescent as the pulsating golden glow of the north grew wider and stretched turther up the sky. Men had been climbing the radlo towers all morning in the hope of atching sight of the sun, but had given it up for a time. Comdr. Byrd just be- fore noon decided to go up hims*If and 8oL to the top of one of the towers and shouted. “Larry, oh, Larry.” he velled down to Larry Gould. our geologist, who. with others was engaged in the prosaic oc- cupation of digging out bags of coal, “I can see the sun!” All around the camp men dropped shovels and ran for the towers. Joe Rucker and Quin Blackburn and Arnold Clarke swarmed up behind the com- mander and Quin perched himself on the platform of one of the towers. There was part of the sun, a glow- ing ball of yellow flame, magnified tremendously by refraction. The men feasted their eves on it. watched ‘t till the unaccustomed brilliance made them turn nway. Far out on the Barrier edge. a mile and a half from camp. Howard Mason saw it also and watched till his toes got cold. and up on snow hills behind the camp others on skis stood still. It has been four long months since the sun has been seen here. four months of darkness and twilight, of cold and blizzards. Only now do we realize how much we missed it and how good it is to see it again. But it will be iwo days vet before it can be seen from sea el or before it will shine directly on Little America, for the camp lies in a hollow. Rare View Out on the Barrier. Mason had a wonderful view spread out before him. The Barrier fell sharply away ot his feet. a line of pressure ridges thrusting dp their uneven edges below him on the bay ice. Beyond was still another upheaved mass of twisted ice and between them a pool of slush ice, where a seal had been seen the day before. A seal lay on the ice near the h I property on that date, but it s0 had | (Continued From First Page) dicial settlement, and which cannot be and near it were the two small fi | bren computed afterward. | “Any other system than that followed | by the company in this respect.” said {Mr. Ham, “would be most harsh and practically unworkable.” “'Are there any tracks of your com- pany not used for regular service, but | used for getting cars to and from the barns?” asked Mr. Hartman. | "Mr. Ham replied that there were such | tracks at Ninth street and Florida ave- {nue, on_ Fourth street northeast, | near the Eckington carbarn and several | other places. In response to other questions, Mr. Ham gave a brief history of the bulld {ing and former uses of a number of structures owned by the company. as well as their present-day use. These included the Eckington carbarn, the Nichols avenue station, Tenleytown | power house, Great Falls power house, | Thirty-sixth street and Prospect avenue station, the carbarn at Fourteenth and | East Capitol street. the P street shops, | the building at Eieventh and Florida | avenue, the Brightwood carbarn. the Fifteenth and H streets north barn | iand the building at Four-and-a-half and O streets. Following this, Mr. Hartman inquired in detall about the replacement of tracks. Mr. Ham sald the company | never constructed entirely new tsacks | at one time, but kept replacing the parts when necessary. “Most of our deterioration,” explained Mr. Ham, “comes from the condition of our rails, When we put in new rails, we practically renew the whole track, including the underground construction. because the rails deteriorate faster than anything else. The replacement of rails makes the whole track as good as new, in my judgment.” Ham and Fleharty Clash. If the commission should permit the Washington Railway & Electric Co. to charge a 10-cent cash fare with four tokens for 30 cents, the rate of return on its claimed valuation still would be “confiscatory,” Mr. Ham told the com- mission at yesterday afternoon’s session. ‘When Ralph B. Fleharty asked Mr. Ham whether he would regard as con- fiscatory & return of 6.25 per cent, which is the estimated effect of the pro- posed fare increase, the witness an- swered in the affirmative. He said the trend of the rulings of commissions and courts was toward 7' and 8 per cent for street car companies. “Then, if the increased fare you ask would still be confiscatory what is the good of considering this petition?” asked Fleharty. “The fare we ask would be about $400,000 a year less confiscatory than the present rate,” replied Mr. Ham, Mr. Ham admitted that some of the company’s street cars are several years older than the estimated service life on the basis of which the company set aside de iation reserve for them. He said 13 of the cars included in the company's valuation were purchased in 1897, 35 were purchased in 1899, 2 i 1903, 23 in 1905 and 21 in 1908. The commission has fixed 4.39 cent & year as the rate of depreciation for street cars, which would make the estimated service life of each car be- tween 22 and 23 years. Mr. Ham said the age of the cars did not mean they were unserviceable, because, for in- stance, the cars bought in 1899 were the open cars now in use and very pop- ular with Summer car riders. CREW OF 26 RESCUED. i | NEW ORLEANS, La., August 22 (#).— ‘The entire crew of 26 of the old New Orleans fruit. g steamship Quim- istan, reported afire in the mid-Atlantic yesterday and deserted, was rescued by the American liner President Harrison, said a telegram to the mel Pruit Co.. here today from the Dollar Steam- shipj Co.'s New York office, quoting & lio from the master of the Presidént Harrison. * The crew “will ar- rive in New York August 24. settled satisfactorily by diplomacy. they | ures of Chris Braathen and Jack Burse: will submit the whole subject matter to | who had killed it for fresh meat and arbitration. to judicial settlement, or to . were preparing to bring it in on a dog the Council of the League for consider- | sled. Still farther out wes the glisten- the recall of the dashing cavalry leader | from vacation to take command of the | Far Eastern situation. | Among_the Russian units in the Far | st are 7,000 infantry on garrison duty t Tawali, 7.000 infantry near Man- ehuli, 1,200 Mongolian cavalry in the Lake Baikal region and a detachment of Mongolian cavalry and infantry, totaling 1700, stationed at Blagovest- | chinsk. This last named unit is equip- ped with field guns and 25 armored trains, SOVIET PLANE SHOT DOWN. Bomber Reported Hit by Chinese Shells While Over Manchuria. SHANGHAL August 22 (#).—A Tach- ung dispatch from Harbin stated that ! & Russian ralding party appeared near Chalanor Chinese troo) ‘Tuesday night. firing on with two deaths and four casualties. It is reported that Chinese anti-aircraft units brought down a Russian bombing plane near Manchuli on Monday night while the plane was bombing the city. Two hundred Soviet cavalrymen ap- peared at Yuyunhsien Tuesday, set fire to & number of houses and kidnaped three rich Chinese business men, in- telligence officers reported. SOVIET INVASION IS REPORTED. Unverified Dispatch Says 40,000 Troops | Have Moved Across Border. ‘TOKIO, August 22 (#).—A dispatch to Rengo, Japanese news agency, from | Mukden, states that 40,000 Russian| Soviet troops stationed at Iman, half way between Viadistok and Habarovsk. have invaded Chinese territory and are | moving steadily westward. ation. If not submitted to arbitration or judicial settlement the case must be submitted to the Council, whose first duty is to effect a settlement. ‘When the Council fails in such e/- fort, the covenant provides that tne Council shall issue a report, unani- | mously or by majority vote, giving what | the Council considers to be appropriate terms of setflement. ing expanse of the bay ice with the sun peeping over the edge. Bernt Balchen and Sverre Strom went on skis to Framheim today to see what condition the ice was in at the ap- proaches to the Barrier, where the southern trail winds through the pres- sure jce and crevasses. They found many new upheavals and crevasses, ag If the Council's|if there had been terrific pressure thers report is unanimous any nation going ! this Winter. to war in defiance of the decision is assumed to have committed an act of | of the bay ice and had to make & wids war against all the members of the detour to get back around the pres- | League. Can Call on Court. The penalties to curb such an offend- ing nation include blockade and other "rocrclve measures. but a clear-cut defi- nition of such action in a practical sit- uation on a formidable scale has not been given. Where the Council report | is not unanimous the members of the | League reserve the right to take such | action as they consider promotive of | peace. The Council may ask the World | Court for rulings on any points the | Council considers needing clarification. What attitude Soviet Russia may take toward any discussion or action in or by the League or the Council is not yet revealed. Whether Russia is to be rep- resented at Geneva by an official or un- official observer also has not been an- nounced. Article 10 covers the question of the territorial integrity of a member of the League in the following language: “The members of the League under- take to respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial in- Judicial | Little Entente Said to Have Pact Yesterday thix force is supposed to|tegrity and existing political independ- have occupied Mishan, a town north- | ence of all members of the League.” west of Lake Hanka. Chinese forces| This provision might be invoked by in this vicinity have retired eight miles. | China if it should believe that part of The news contained in this dispatch Manchuria might be permanently oc- is from Chinese sources and in un- verified elsewhere. Dispatches from Nanking today estimated the total number of Soviet Rusian troops around the whole Man- churian border, with the exception of the eastern frontier, between Vladi- vostok and Habarovsk, at 30,000. An 01d English Bird. Pied wagtails are attractive birds, with bold, swinging flight, says Nature Magazine. Their call is somewhat like their relatives, the pipits, as they fly, then alighting beside & stream or stag- nant pool to feed, while constantly wag- ging their long tails. These pied wag- tails of England are clad in contrasting black and white. The white wagtails, more common on the continent, are gray and white. | cupied by Soviet Russia. MOTHER OF 8 TO HANG. | Woman Is Doomed to Die Tomorrow for Murdering Husband, MONTREAL, August 22 (#).—Mrs. Mary Viau, 43-year-old mother of eight children, today was in the jail at Hull, Quebec, where she will be hanged to- morrow for the murder of her husband. She collapsed vesterday when she was removed to Hull from the Fullum Street Jall for Women, where she had been confined three months awaiting execu- tion. Philibert Lefebvre, convicted with was in the same jail, also sentenced to death. ORCHESTRA LEADER SUES McLEAN; MONEY CLAIMED DUE FOR SERVICES Meyer Davis Alleges $7,742 Owed as Balance for Fur-| nishing Music at Functions. Meyer Davis, orchestra leader, today :Ilod suit in the Court 0 Lean, millionaire ‘The amoun! balance due and musical services furnished for social and other functions to the extent of $20,392, 'on account of which gly- ments totaling $12,650 are said to have bezn made. that Mr. McLean 1, 1936, ‘him a balancs of ., to which was added services for month of December, 1926, totaling 1 { Mrs. Viau as her partner in the crime. | gyerture, | On the way home they came by wnx sure ice, which has been forced up in the last few months. The entire surface of the bay between here and Franheim has apparently changed and is 8o broken that it may go out this season much farther than last year. Copyright. 1829, Br the New York Times Compan: o Louls Post-Dispatch. ALl Fiehts for Dublication reserved through- out the world. WAR TREATY IS SECRET. for One Army Command. BUDAPEST, Hungary, August 22 (9). —It was semi-officially reported here yesterday that the three States of the little entente, Jugoslavia, Czechoslo- vakia and Rumania, have ratified a secret military treaty by which their armies would be placed under a2 come mon command in the event of war. BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band. st the B, afternoon at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Point- ner, assistant leader. March, “The Dauntless Battalion,” Overture, Morceau, “Tancredi” In a Monastery Garden.” Kettelbey Scenes from the light opera, “Tales of Hoffmann". Offenbach Fox trot, “From Sunrise to Sunset,” McLaughlin Popular waltz song, “Sweet Suzanne,” Gilbert Finale, “To Be in Love"..... . .Ahlert “The Star Spangled Banner.” the United States Marine Band, Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur 8. Wit- comb, second leader, conducting, at the Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, at 7:30 o’clock. Murch, “U. 8. Field Artilles ‘Lebanon™ Solos for vibraphon *Song of the Volga Boatman.” arranged by Lak “Where My Caravan Has Rested. Loehr “Remin! ces of All Nations™.Godfrey Skate -Waldteufel . .Sousa Santelmann e iny Thomas F. Darcy, second ‘leader, cone $7,150, which included $3,150 for the ‘!'”“”»'flb:_{, the Army War College at music furnished on the occasion of the New Year eve party, December 31, 1926. Two later there was a charge of $1,200, and smaller sums were dis- tributed throughout was no New Year eve function included. Numerous dates are mentioned in 1928, but only two dates in 1920—May 19 and June 9—on each of which Davis e1ys | Fox his.bill for services. was $600. The last t on account, BAY6f partjulars, was December 20, 1928, when @000 was paid. 1927, but there | Sel :50 o'cl March, “Arizona” Overture, “Czar a ‘Wall Lortzing “The Waltz We Love”...Vescey n, “‘Hawaiian”, . .Lake Group of dances— n II and :mnrhn 7 and 8" Suite, “Scenas Pittaresques” to the ' Ballef from “Coppeli “Ga iriand Entree® Ma Kin; ‘The Star Spangled Banner.” Creed C. Quinle; .wn; Andrew panied them A -Parker and John tain. » Ip==" 7' = 2 m, Awgust 1, aftér 22 hours. »