Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER, (0. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Showers and thunderstorms probably tonight and tomorrow, not much change in_temperature. Temperatures: Highest, 86, at 3:30 P‘m. yesterday: lowest, 69, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 @h ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e Foening Sta ' “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,106 ¥ntered as second class matt post office, Washington, 31,160. er C. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C, F¥FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1929- THIRTY PAGES. (P) Means Associated Pr TWO CENTS. Mysteriously Shot ZEPPELIN OUTRIDES FLECTRICAL STORM SOON AFTER START OF TOKIO-U. §. HOP Dr. Edkener Following Due East Course Instead of Go- ing Northward From Japan to Complete Globe Circuit. | TAKE-QFF WAS MADE AT 3:13 IN AFTERNOON CHARLES N. JOYCE. 1 day Moiaing, bus May Lng Lae Wonday Unless Adverse Weather Develops Over Pacific. Lo | KeLalion PRoptD | | 1 CHARLES N JVCE 5 HOT TWIGE N MYSTERY ATACK : | Police Searct® for Roomer Who Was Former Patient | at St. Elizabeth’s. | NEIGHBORS SAY SUSPECT FLED AFTER FIRING ARMS i Viotim Had Been Counzel for James | A, AVood, Securing X TPresdom, MYTUNIUS CrCUMIWnIL: ol Cagr M. doyce ™aris, ™o ¥ . PPatHon o Lmaugeney heoplead, Wale Luwice & looking for a former patient at St Elizabeth's Hospital, who was seen run- I ning from Joyce's home immediately after the shots were fired. ] eriesl 7 A 3 5% 2y L l » /] 8D N '.‘b‘f'}'fl?fl{ml';)g SNOWDEN REECTS NEW COMPRONISE OFFERED ONDEBS Concessions Made to De- mands of Britain Estimated at 90 Per Cent. | JASPAR PLACES TERMS BEFORE ENGLISH LEADER 1; Put OF to Next Week. N Cnanrslior of tAa aweqsor e, The Freacn Caidganun L00aY witidien tnat efforts were continuing end will continue to the end to reach an agreement, By the Associated Press B ‘he Associated Press. TOKTO, Sugust. 24 (Saturday) The Graf Zeppelin, hound for rhe Pacific Coast of America, wire- lessed 1o Japanese government radio stations that she had triumohantly ridden through a sudden violent wind snd lightning squall while cruising eastward late last might | (Friday. Dr. Eckener had turned southeast afrer leaving Kasumigaura fo avoid | ihe threat of bad weather off Hok- kaido, but. apparently was caught in part. nf the storm. Clayton Develops .Fact Rail-| =X-ray pictures taken st the hospital | reveal that Joyce has a chance To sur- way Makes Power Under vive, physicians seid. One of iwo shots Agreement. fired ook effect in his head. Jovce was found in a semi-conscious | condition early this morning on the Tear porch of his home, 313 Whalon Calling William F. Ham, president of | gyenue, Aurora Heights, Va.. by neigh- the Washingron Railwav & Electric Co., | bors, Arlington County and Washing- 10 the stand as a witness for the Fed- | (on police immediatelv began a search | eratlon of Citizens' Assoclations, Wil- | tor james A. Wood, former St. Eliza- liam McK. Clayton, counsel for the beth’s Hospital patient and client of | federation, began a searching probe | Joyce, Wood. who lived at. the lawyer's | | ioday at the car fare hearing before home. was seen running from the house ' the Public Utilities Commission into | immediately affer the shots by ™wo | the relationship existing between the | neighbors. Washington Railway & Electric Co. and | -Joyce, who has acted as attorney in the Potomac Electric Power Co., of (A number of insanitv proceedings in News Noie: Gov. Byrd has invited Virginia applegrowers pleg [ will show his choice applee. INEVITABILITY OF DEATH DEFIED BY FRENCH SCIENTIST'S CLAIM Hernandez Challenges Fate of All Flesh and Pleads for World Organi::a- ! THE HAGUE, August 23.—Philip Snowden, British chancellor of the ex- ichequer. this afternoon rejected the i new compromize proposals offered him iby the other four principal creditor | powers 1o satisfv the British demands for sn increased share of German reparations. to a picinc fomorrow, when he The basis of the arrangement which the other four principal credifor pow- TARIFF BILL FAILS cession and by Italy of part of her | share of the annuities, by France of | her interests in the balances available ! trom the Dawes annuities this vear. which had heen earmarked for the Hoover Represented as Un- Re the Associated Prese. Sk which Mr. Ham is also president. TOKIO, August 23.— MeSSAReS "y, " Glayion developed the fact that from the Graf Zeppelin received the railway company manufactures elocatre < af 1 a.m. Satur- | power at the power company's Bennings at local station: i plant under a contractual agreement day 11 am. Eastern standardwith the power. company and resells time) gave the position of the what ili does mot use itself to other 5 o 2 '3 e dirigible s 36 morth latitude and | SSmpenies operating outside of the 151 east longitude. When Mr. Clayton sought 10 have Mr. Ham state whether or not the railwav company made a profit on ‘n\ese sales of power 10 other companies. not owned or controlled by the Washington Rail- The position given by the dirigi- ble is almost due east of Tokio and indicated it had covered aDp- wav & Electric Co.. objection was made | elv A00 miles. | by S. R. Bowen. counsel for the railway S vi Japan, company. on thelground that it had The Graf, after leaving JADAN. nothing to do with car fares in the apparently struck out directly to Distriet. the east instead of swinging northward. Dr. kener's course. as previ- ously announced, will carry him clared Mr. Clavion. “T think it does Poward the Aleutian lsland, and have a bearing on the rate case here.” it was thought that he had gone The commission tuled, however, that due east out to sea, instead of swinging in a northerly direction immediately, in order to avoid local storm areas. A weather report unfavorable weather were developing over t circle route. the announced course of the Zeppelin, was broad- cast to Dr. Eckener by the United rhe jatter company over the Capital States Weather Bureau at San Traction Co.'s Franeisco, lines. Mr. Ham said the first proposal would DPEPARTURE UNEXPECTED. DEHRLIV MR e S pOsE It e 1La, ARt Objection Sustained. “If the railway company does make a profit on fhese sales, I want 1o follow tions, since it related 1o sales outside the District. - | Mr, Ham indicating | out whether in his opinion economies conditions ' would result from rerouting Connecti- he great cut avenue cars of the Capital Traction Co. over the Mount Pleasant line of Pr. Fckener Makes Up His Mind Quickly. i RY WARD PHELPS. apecial Gable Dispaich fo The 3 ‘Chicago Daily News. GAURA, Japan. August 23.— L Be. ine Graf 76p: the effect of the latter change. Open Bus Mearings. The case of the Washington Railway ster and & Electric Co. was completed this morning. and one exhibit was placed KASUM Maznificent, and majestic, t pelin rose at 3:13 o'clock t from the grassy ground of f 2 ted her mnose here and oI eG Moody_stronglv con- | Park. The fare on these bustes is the - ik vlouds ahead. | sAme as on the street cars, and it is 'mr;:"dn:x!:v:e?egozi;d on short notice | Proposed to increase it to10 cents cash, ro ke this afternoon alter Teceiv- | With four tokens for 30 cents, as re- ing reports that conditions ahead were gquested by the street car companies. I e erse than they seemed and This exhibit showed that the bus Jecertaining that ground conditions were had lost money every month but one through the night most passen. a y y. . e total loss prAs" .:J s‘:m' mpmgors of the crew Uup 10 date was given as $48.675. B en and waited for a let-up in the | _After receiving this exhibit. and be- strong cross wind, which blew in front | fore any questions were asked about it, F Tl “hangar. ~The sky above was| the commission suspended the hearing cloudy. but not serfously so. But the! until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning. when Sind made it impossible 1o take out fhe case of the bus company will be re- The Snip.The clouds rose after dav- sumed, to be followed by the presenta- Ireak and by noon the wind had disap- | tion of evidence by the Washington heared. leaving fhe atmosphere clear Rapid Transit bus line. an independent D @ool. A condition necessary for the | concern, which has been made a party Zeppelin, heavily loaded with hydrogen. | o the present rate case. Called Back Suddenly. Retirement Figures Sought. Passengers and several rorr!spoxt:d:ms Mr. Hartman's first questions were went. to the nearby town of Tsuchuiura | f h Toallunahiat A rge iTapanessirastavrant | [Dade Mo the Hoompany'sbooks ot and were entertained by the cream of | "5 b0 v ri;ml}_e! y. i the Jocal supply of Geisha girls. The | ... 50 nYk‘:’“ g me'f; e — near-hilarious fime was interrupted by | o050 rh!' = 'm“fi{“"','!fi" ‘M‘ ;wer a telephone call ordering all to return | P FOOR ¥ 4,."“'" m‘:’“ re'num;hu‘::; immediately tothe hangar. Five Walt-|made at a lower cost, would that not the case of the Washington Interurban he airdrome fron Fifteenth and H streets northeast Ang antomobiles careened aiong the nar- | FI0¢ 2% % I0MED Cost, WoHd ALt oot | vow country road, the population turn- | ing out all along, getting their st in-| Hmatlon that action was finally expected | at the hangar. | “ s “The previous day's tiousands dwindled | i LDV S O to mothing at all after postponement | “%Gory weil* said Mr, Hartman, “take last night, the only spectators at the|ne case of 254 track feet of rail from air field being a few hundred 8ppearing | Connecticut avenue south of Dupont seemingly from nowhere. | Circle, This property 15 apparently The door of the hangar opened and | retired at a cost of $1.243 per foot; the officers barked orders in Japanese an figure that can attach only to retired general question,” replied it up and see what becomes of it,” de- | Mr. Ham need not answer the ques-' Vice Chairman H. H. Hartman asked | a series of questions 1o find ' | the Washington Railway and Electric | Co. and the Wisconsin avenue cars of ! Pennsylvania avenue | would take a careful study to determine on the record marking the heginning of | his afternoon Railroad Co., which operates busses | toward the to Cheverly, East Riverdale and College | directed to the accuracy of the charges | the District Supreme Court. obtained | the release of Wood from St. Elizabeth's | | Hospital in 1926 after he had been con- | | fined there for six vears, following fhe ! i shooting of a soldier at Seventh street | and Pennsylvania avenue. | | Joyce is in Emergency Hospital suf- | fering from two bullet wounds, one of | which is said to have penetrated his| | head. Since there were no witnesses 10 | the shooting, police have been unable ro learn just what occurred At the time of the shooting Mrs. Jovce | believed that Wood was in his room. and | was surprised fo find it was deserted. | | Based on this fact and other informa- tion concerning Wood. the police insti- | tuted a search for him. They have been informed that Wood was later seen in | Clarendon. | Worked on Invention. 1 | M™r. and Mrs. Joyce have been oc- | cupying the house in Aurora Heights for almost a vear. He has an offics in the Fendall Building. in Washington. They lived alone until early this Spring whs) Wood rented 8 Toom there and Spem most of his time working on a photo- | graphic invention in & basement | laboratory. i This morning Joyce had been water- Iing his garden when neighbors heard two pisto] shots. They discovered Joyce | lying on the rear porch, bleeding pro- | fusely from two wounds. A call to! Emergency Hospital elicited the infor- mation that the ambulance could not be sent outside of the District, sa the wounded man was placed in the auto- | mobile of I. L. Bollinger. a meighbor, | and taken to Key Bridge, where the ambulance awaited them. Neighbors Heard Shots. | Neighbors heard the shots and sev- | eral, including Mrs. A. T. Parnell. gave the police the information that, is said | to connect Wood with the shooting. They said they saw him run’ through | the garden just after the shots were fired, climb over a high wire fence and | slide down a steep bank to the lee | Highway. Although reported later to have been seen at Clarendon. poiice | | have not. vet succeeded in locating him. | ! It was helieved be may have headed for | | Washing ). i ‘M1s, Joyce. who was inside the house, said she either did not hear :he shois or attributed them to the backfiring of passing automobiles. ‘While it is not known at just what place the shooting occurred, it is be- | i lieved it took place on the porch, since | ; one exploded .32-caliber shell was found lying there, and a hole through the screen indicated that a bullet had | | passed through it from the lmfliv. | " Lacking an evident motive, police are | | trying to find out what occurred to! precipitate the shooting, since none of | the neighbors had heard any argument | just prior to the shots. .Joyce was so weak from loss of blood at the hospital | that his speech was inaudible when he { was asked about the shooting after his! arrival there. | Say Wood Unfriendl; | Neighbors said that Wood had shown | ! an unfriendly attitude toward them | |since taking up his residence with Joyce. He spent most of -his time at| work on what he called a photographer’s tent. i A veteran of the Spanish-American" ‘War, Wood is sal@® once to have been a patient at the Government ‘Hospital !'at Balboa. Joyce is sald to have secured his release from St. Elizabeth's follow- !ing his commitment in that institution |after Wood had shot Sergt. Emmitt | Lanler of the Army December 15, 1920, at Seventh street and Pennsylvania | avenue. tion to Study Idea. By the Associated Press. ROSTON. August 23.— A challenge fo the belief that death is inevitable waz laid before the selentists of the Infernational Physiological Congres: today bv Eusebio A. Hernandez of the College of France, Paris. He appealed for formation of a world-wide sefentific organization to studv means to Proof already exists, he said. prevent the phenomena of death.” that. death Is not altogether so inescapable as fatalists have taught, Physiologisis possess avidence 10 the contrary obtained by keeping single organs al The first of these demonstrations. said Dr. Hernandez, was made by Prof. J. P. Heymans in 1912. when he pre- served life in an jsolated head for two or three hours. Recently there have been reports of similar experiments in Russia. A human heart has been kept alive for 30 hours after death by Prof. A. Koubliabko, Russian physiologist Hernandez said that others have suc- ceeded “10 8 certain extent. in re-rstab- \WOMAN AIR RAGERS LEAVE FOR WICHITA Men Prepare for Derbies From Pacific Coast to Cleveland. By (he Associated Pr TULSA, Oklahoma. August 23.—Ton-" ise McPhetridge Thaden of Pittsburgh maintained her Jead in the national woman's air derby by Janding . first at Tulsa Municipal Airport today st 10:46:16 a.m. from Fort Worth. She was followed immediately by Thea Rasche of Germany. Gladys O'Donnell of Long Beach, Calif., was third to”land, bringing her ship to earth at 10.57. She was fol- lowed nine minutes later by Ruth Nichols of Rye, N. Y. Phoebe Omlie of Memphis was fifth to land, crossing the finish line at 11:11. Keith Miller was sixth at 11:20 and Theg Rasche of Germany next at 11:26. Al of the first seven ships to alight crossed the line with perfect landings. | Miss Rasche apparently had lost her bearings, coming in from the East and crossing the line in a parallel direction. She landed on rough ground at the west edge of the field, but without mishap. Mrs. Thaden was greefed by her mother, Mrs. Roy McPhetridge of Ben- tonville, Ark., and her sister, Alice Mc- Phetridge. May Haislip of Tulsa and Vera Dawn Walker of Los Angeles were the only participants of the women's air derby to land before 11:30 today at Wewoka, designated as an alternative fueling stop. Mrs. Haizlip landed at 10:45 a.m. and Miss Walker at 10:58. Both took off for Wichita about 20 minutes later. An official eu‘z’t plane and a me- chanic’s plane stopped at Wewoka. ®Irs. Haizlip sald she had a narrow escape from turning her plane over at the municipal port while dodging the ive after death of The other parts of the bodv. | lishing the general circulation,” and thet he and Prof. Purcliese of Milan have obtained results “not altogether negative” in restoring respiration of & dog. Seventeen vears have passed. he said. since Heymans told the scientific world how to keep the head alive. but ‘no further progress has been made. ‘The (Continued on Page 2. Colimn 4.) CONTRAGTORTELLS - FANTASTIC STORY L. T. Williams Returns Home With Tale of Abduction and Loss of Memory. With a fantastic tale of abduction. robbery, loss of memory and awakening to his identity more than 1.000 miles from his home, Lucien T. Williams, 57, a local contractor, who has been mise- ing from his home for six weeks, walked into his house in the 5800 biock of Fifth street, this morning, emaciated and 11l from lack of food and his har- rowing experiences. On the morning of July 13, Williams was drawing about $300 from the Mount Vernon Savings Bank here when three men accosted him and asked him if he would come with them to estimate on a job. He agreed to meet them in & ' few minutes at Ninth and L streets,! {and, after transacting his business at the bank, did so. | The three men were in a sedan and invited Willlams to get in to ride to the site of the job they wanted done. | After going several blocks Willlams be- came suspicious and started question- ing the men. That is the last thing he | remembered of himself until four days 'ago_he awoke in a hotel in Chicago. awakened to the full power of his mind | by the crash of an elevator in a build- | ing across the sgreet. ‘Williams told ‘#e family this morn- |ing that, as he Temembers it now, he | | was beaten into unconsciousness by the | | three men in the car. When he came | to he was lying_alongside a Toad near | Marion. Ohio, his clothing shorn of their identification marks, his money | gone and his memory blank. was picked up by a farmer living | | nearby and given food and shelter by the farmer, earning his keep as a hand on the farm. When the farm work gave out he was paid off by the farmer. and d German. Dr. Eckener said f-rawells‘l which mcluded several toasts in Japan- | ese sake with local officers. The band, | actual retirement is at $0.753 and the| After this shooting Wood was con- inventory price is $2.55 per foot. IS|fined in St. Elizabeth's for six years, that correct?” | when he was released in 1926 on a jury “I couldn’t say how this compares | yerdict of sanity. | with a newly found acquaintance went to_Chicago. Williams had only a few dollars. he says, when he recovered his memory in crowd. ~ FORT WORTH. Tex., August 23 (#).— which had loyally waited during all the | with the inventory.” said Mr. Ham. delay, played the German national an- | “unless there is a clerical error in that them. = Formalities were few, however, | $1.243 figure. There is apparently a as there was little time for long fare- | clerical error there.” wells for either officials or friends. * | “In that case,” said Mr. Hartman. y figures show a less amount retired TemeVeR i ol Hamgar. | than 8 the Inventory. whether there is Moving the ship from the hangar | error or not.” started at 3 o'clock, German ground | Mr. Hartman ined that he was officers watching every movement. like | trying to find out_whether there is too ‘Wood recently filed divorce proceed- ings against his wife, through Joyce as his attorney. In his bill of complaint he charged, among other things, that while Mrs. Wood was employed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing she gave out information that her husband had died during the war, and a collection ‘was taken up for flowers. = (Gontinued on Page 2, Column 8) (Continued on Page 2, Column 1./ = — . — oo o BROTHER-IN-LAW OF EX-KAISER OW EM !Alexander Subkoff, Who Married l?x-ince'ss Victoria, Proves Profitable Lure of ‘Customers. to be making hie fortune as visitors to the trade fair now in progress crowded the tables served by Subkoff for the privilege of being waited upon by the former emperor’s brother-in-law. Subkoff, who wears the number 13 on his butonhole, s very polite to cus- tomers and darts about with a_tray Ioaded with glasses, balanced perfectly in mfl\; hand as only expert waiters can ) By the Associated Press. LONDON, August . 23—A ~ Brussels ' dispatch to the Dally Mall today said that Alexander Subkoff, the Russian | dancer who married Princess Victoria, sister of the former Kaiser, now is em-| | ploved as a walter in & restaurant at Tuxemburg. The owner of th: restaurant was said, i PLOYED WAITING TABLES COOLIDGE ACCEPTS CROSS. Highest Decqration Conferred by | { U. 8. Flag Association. By the Associated Press. The United States "‘fi. today announced that it its highest decoration,, the cross of honor, upon_Calvin Coolidge, and that the former President, in a letter from Northhampton, Mass., had accepted the citation. The decoration was forwarded to Mr. Coolidge a few days ago upon the fitth anniversary of his acceptance of the post of first honorary president general of the tion, Col. Charles A. Lind- bergh was the first to receive the cross of honor, which has been con- ferred only & few times. Assoclation s conferred " | State News. Pages 10 and 11 Heading into a southeast wind before changing their courses for Tulsa, Okla., | first stop today, woman air derbyists in the flight from the Pacific Coast to Cleveland began taking off from Meacham Field here at 9 am. Mary Elizabeth von Mack of Detroit | was the first flyer to leave and all were off at 9:20 a.m. The others took off in the following order: Opal Kunz, New York: Thea Rasche, Germany; Vera Dawn Walker, Los Angeles; Neva Paris, Great Neck, Long Island; Mrs, Keith Miller, Austra- lia; May Halzlip, Kansas City; Ruth Elder, Los Angeies; PLoebe Omlie, Mem- phis; Ruth Nichols, Rye, N. Y.; Amelia Earhart, Boston: Louise Thaden, Pitts- burgh, and Mrs. Gladys O'Donnell, Long Beach, Calif. As they started northward officials told the women they could stop either at Tulsa or Wewoka, Okla., to refuel, continuing to Wichita for the night | s . P owding their planes to cut down elapsed time as they near the end of their Santa Monica-to-Cleveland air derby, the woman fiyers today were to make a 360-mile hop to Wichita, Kans., after flying 600 miles over treacherous ‘Texas soil yesterday. When_the women Tteach Cleveland (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) St Radio 'Pr;gramselsage 25 Chicago. With this in his pockets he set_out hitch-hiking for t Capital | and made the trip in four d: He was too ill to see any one today and has been placed under the care of the family physician. | POLICE GUARDING HOMES | OF SEVEN MEN IN BOSTON ‘BOSTON, August 23 (#).—The homes | of former Gov. Alvan T. Fuller and six | other men, whose names police refused | to divul were under guard today as | local radicals observed the second anni- | versary of the executions in the State prison at Charlestown of Nicola Sacco | and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, convicted | murderers and adherents of , radical | doctrines. Last night heavy police patrols kept several public- squares, where demon- strations had been expected, clear of would-be manifestants. At Hanover and Prince streets, in the North End, an orator had barely gotten under way when the police-arrived and told him he could not speak without a permit. The crowd was dispersed. Other meetings were planned for to- | night, but authorities indicated that anv | attempt to hold open-air demonstra- Mr\n!:lfhoul, permits would not be tol- erate { $175.000.000. willing to Bring Pressure for Passage. RY DAVID LAWRENCE. Rigns sre multiplying that the ad- minictration would ot he broken- hearted if the tariff bill were lost in the shuffle. Senator Rorah’s announcement that, he would seek the defeat of the bill | i= coupled with the fact that no par- | vicular defense of the measure, as ap- proved by the Senate finance commit- tee, will be made by President Hoover. Certainly no pressure will he brought | 0 bear one way or the other an admin- istration Republicans, which means that the group which will stand behind the finance committee’s bill will be a minority of the Senate. The lukewarm sttitude of the admin- istration may also be reflected in the diminished enthusiasm of members of the House and the conferees as it now begins o be Apparent that the Senate | will lJimit revision almost entirely to the cnanges in the administrative prow- sions, such as the acceptance of Ameri- i can_valuation. Although there have been statements to the effect that the new bill would actually increase Tevenue, the Treasury Department, is displaying little interest in tne measure, though it would like 10 see American valuation substituted for what, it, believes to be an unequal and unfair method now used in calculating tariff dutles on imported merchandise. Ways of Defeat Many. There are many ways in which the new tariff bill can be forced into ob- livion. Senator Borah's resolution 1o limit revision to the agricultural sched- ule has enough votes to pass, but it is: not. known what will happen to Sena- tor Brookhart's proposal to add the export debenture plan to the bill. A majority of the Senate voted for the debenture plan when it was part of the farm relief proposal, and at that time it won conservative Democratic support, because the debenture scheme was to be optional with the Farm Board and not mandatory. Now that the Farm | Board has begun to function the deben- | ture plan may begun to press very vigorously fer its passage. If it should be incorporated this would be an added reason for a conflict between the House and Senate conferees, involving further delay, dead- lock and possible abandonmen?, of much of the tariff revision that has been proposed. The administration itself started out with the idea that. some tariff revision was necessary to satisfy the agricultural West, but many elements in the indus- | trial East which the administration (Continued on Page 4, Colunm 5.) WILLIAMS AGAIN READY FOR TESTS Air Line Placed in Cockpit to Carry Off Gases Which Overcame Pilot. By the Associaied Prass. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. August Zfi.uwl'h‘ an air line in place leading into the cockpit to save Lieut. Al Williams from the gases which overcame him on his attempt at a flying test for the Mercury racer, the plane was made ready, today for further efforts to prove its qualities as a competitor in the Schneider Cup races. Additional paris, or “blisters.” to be attached to the plane’s pontoons to in- crease buoyancy had been fitted, ready for quick installation, but were not on the plane today, as Willlams planned to make his fiight tests without chang- ing the pontoons. Smooth water and the east wind, which is best for a take-off on the Severn River, greeted the flyer as he made ready for a trial this afternoon. Bank Statements ‘Washington clearing house, $3,395,- New York clearing house exchange, $1,451.000,000. New York clearing house balance, Treasury balance, $107,235,348.70. agricultural schedule and some ; not have as many friends, although Mr. Brookhart has. | in the tariff bill as it leaves the Senate | | | smaller powers. and by the transfer by Germany of part of her conditional an- nuities 1o unconditional ones. Prance and Ttaly would compensate ihe smaller powers by revision of their debis, Some estimates of the amount thus assured o Great Britain fixed it a1 90 er cent. of the 1otal demands made by Chancellor Snowden. Presages Fail Hopes which had been tevived that the conference might. yet. surmount. all obstacles and finally agree on adoption of the Young plan were shattered by the rejection on the part of the Britizsh chancellor. Mr. Snowden. after ronsidering verbal proposals presented by Premier .laspar of Belgium last night an@ a further de- tailed offer made to him this morning consulted his colleagues and decided that. the offers represented little ad- vance on those already rejected and could not be accepted. Mr. Snowden held that the offers of i the four powers with a contribution by Germany in an increase of the uncon- ditional annuities fell far short. of the estimate made last evening. It was said in French and'Beigian circles rhat their offer represented at least 75 per cent of the amount the Britith demanded. but Mr. Snowden contended that it was worth much less. Bw the most. determined optimisis this afternoon admitted they could see ino way in which the conference could | overcome the difficulties and it is now | expected that the sessions will end at | the beginning of next week in a full sessfon that will enable the delegations to place their positions before the world. | Had Revived Hope, | New hope that an agreement would eventually be found at the reparations conference was raised today with the announcement that tomorrow's full ses- sion of the conference. which had been i expected to be the last, had been post- poned. Postponement of the full session was announced after this morning's meet- ings of the groups seeking a compro- mise between Great Britain and the four other creditor powers. The dele- gates, who had begun to despair of an agreement on the Young plan, feit hopeful again inasmuch as the final break-up of the conference had been pushed off. Premier Briand of PFrance, Foreign Secretary Henderson of Great Britain and Foreign Minister Stresemann of Germany, all of whom had counted on leaving The Hague after tomorrow's meeting. which had been thought would be decisive, are now understood to be making_arrangements fo_prolong their (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) {CAR DRIVEN ON SIDEWALK. | Three Colored Pedestrians Hurt When Woman Loses Control. An automobile driven by Mrs. Reva Miller, 1900 Lamont street. making a turn at Seventh and T streets about | noon today, went up on the sidewalk {and struck and injured three colored pedestrians. Silas E. Barton. 30. of 327 T street, one of the trio, received injuries to his | head and left leg and was treated at | Emergency Hospital. The others, Rob- lert Gee, 26, 1831 Ninth streef, and Peter Pride, 26, 1926 Sixth street, were | only slightly bruised. DAWESWOULDPUT NAVY CUT PROBLEN IN SIMPLE TERMS Declares Final Solution of Question Rests With Public Sentiment. | | | | | \ STATEMENT BY HbOVER DUE THIS AFTERNOON Expeeted to Reveal Pasition of 11 % oposed Vs 23 contiatd, st Ambasador Charies G. Dawes today i proposing a vote of thanks to the lord provost here at a ceremony in which ‘the freedom of the rity was presented 1o Premier MacDonald. | “To the prime minister his sense of | responsibliity must be ever present.” ' began Ambassador Dawes. “At #ll times and evervwhere he sought out, even -upon bis vacation in | Scotland. and somerimes by Ambassa- | dors, who are by no means the least of his disturbers. “This lesds me 10 s8¢ a word about the discussions which, in carrying out the directions of President. Hoover, 1 bave recently had with Mr. MacDonald, Poinis 1o Press Comment. ““When last Tuesd: alter my visit to him, the orime minister jssued hi statement. on the nature of these nava! oroblems which Great Britain and America are discussing as a preliminarv to taking them up with other nava! powers, and he said in it that a di dvance had been made. T n: ortly afterward American pres= comment. to the effect that this jndi- cated he had no progress to report. “Tt should be remembered that nava! negotietions mav have favorably a6- vanced although thev mayv not have reached necessarily the proper staze for useful discussion in detail by the press.™ the Americad Ambassador declared. The arbitrators of the ultimate fate of this navai effort will be the respec- tive public sentiments of the mnaval powers, and fime must he taken to re- duce them to the simp! 1erms hefore any public discussion of the problems involved. so0 that the average man can understand berter what it is all about. Wante Final Solution Clear. the problem 3= not mastered so e final solution i= clear and sat- isfaciory 1o the average man. even though the governments may come ‘o | preliminary agreements, the parlie - ments and the congresses mav not rat- ify those agreements in the end. “The smaller the compass into which the necessary technical naval differ- ences can be reduced, the clearer will be the public perception of the relative insignificance of what is involved as compared with the total naval strength of the powers and the more genemg) will be the demand that these smaller technical differences be fairly adjusted in order that the whole cause of world peace may not be jeopardized uniusti- fiably thereby. “We must Tealize that the one nn- forgivable thing now will be inadequate preparation for the proposed naval con- ference.” Ambassador Dawes said at the outset that his personal acquaintance with Premier MacDonald covered only short time in one sense. but. a long time if it were measured by those important, contacts which had enabled him to judge the high character of the prime minister. to measure his motives and to realize that feeling of true friendship which endures because it is based on sincere respect. Dawes Motors fo Forres, This ancient capital of Morayshire vas agOg With excilement fodav for the rring of its freedom upon a native son of Morayshire. Premier MacDonald was born in the county. Ambassador Dawes, who has been shooting at Blair Athol. estate of the (Continued ~n Page 4, Column 1.) TWO HELD FOR LARCENY. Accused Company Official Says He Financed Rum Runner. SEATTLE. _August 23 (& -The prosecutor’s office announced today that J. B. McGoldrich, 25, former assistant manager of the Securitv Finance Co. | here, had surrendered and confessed he used the company’s funds 10 finance a rum runner. McGoldrich and Fred E. Lindsay, | whom_he named as the rum runner, were held in jail charged with grand larceny of more than $17.500. Liberty Bell Copy lr;r VFnrd. ! TROY. N. Y., August, 23 (). —A copy of the Liberty Bell is.being manufac- tured here for Henry Ford, who will place it in the tower of his museum at Dearborn, Mich. | ARTHUR’S BEREAVEMENT DERRIVES ! Porter's family. Arthur himselt, though, is doing most. of the grieving. an undertaker at, 1416 Florida avenue. Between sobs, Arthur informed him of | the demise of his sister. Arthur's sad story impressed George B. Clarke, and Clarke agreed to drive the young man home to attend to the funeral arrangements. In the 600 block of Fourth street, Authur said he would get out and break the news to his aunt. Presently Arthur returned. “My aunt wanfs change for $20 to buy flowers,” said Arthur, weeping into his handkerchief. “I've only got £18 on me." replied the sympathetic Clarke, “will that do?™ Arthur thought it would. and went back into the house. promising to re- turn with the $20 bill. That was the 1sst Mr. Clarke saw of Arthur. They didn't know Arthur ar that address. the undertaker was later informed. Sure enough, there is grief in Arthur | Monday the colored youth sought out FAMILY OF ARTHUR FOR 60. DAYS {His Luck Chaisges When He Attempts Ruse on Former Victim’s Friend. ‘Two days went by. and Wednesdar. Arthur. weeping bitterly, walked into the office of another nundertaker— ~nry Washington's place, in the 400 ock of N street. | Arthur informed the us‘ertaker his { mother was dead. and would he please | &= “ome with him to make the ax- rangemenr's. | However, Washington had heard Clarke’s story about Arthur from | Clarke’s own lips, not a day before. | While Arthur refused to be consoled in the parlor, Mrs. Washington, from /an upstairs room. was telephoning Clarke to come over. | Clarke did so, recognized Arthur, and laid hold of him while Washington called the police. ‘Yesterday Arthur heard some more | bad_mews from Judge Gus A Schuldt in Police Court, where he was con- victed of larceny of $18. Judge Schuldt bereaved Arthur's ( family of Arthur for about 60 days.