Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1929, Page 2

FILMING OF BYRD CAMP DIFFICULT Record of Antarctic Activities Complete Despite Many Backsets. BY JOSEPH RUCKER AND WILLARD | VANDERVEER, ‘Moving Picture Photographers s Antarctic Expeditior By Radio to The Star and the New York Times. LITTLE AMERIVA, Antarctic, Sep- tember 14—The moving rl: one of the most valuable parts of the permanent record of the Byrd ex- pedition. They will preserve graph- ically the story of the first American s for the Byrd n. expedition to spend a year in the Ant- | arctic and portray as nothing else can the conditions under which the men have lived. From the day the ships left Dunedin this record has been made until it now covers more than 100,000 good feet of film. There is hardly an episode worth recording or process of construc- tion or methoa of protection against the cold which is not found somewhere in the little red boxes piled in the tunnel. It is largely for this reason that the pictures have been made in such detail, Tor it is obvious that no public showing could contain all the record that has been so carefully made, and much of it would be of interest only to other ex- plorers or scientists. Difficulties Are Met. Our greatest problems have been to make pictures during the Antarctic night, which now happily is past, al- though it is still too cold for much out- door activity, averaging more than 50 below zero. We have had problems of lighting also, both outside and inside, but have been able, with the co-opera- tion of Comdr. Byrd and the other men who are interested in the work, to sur- mount them and secure good results. It sometimes seems odd for us who have done most of our work in studios or in warmer climates to be down here, more than 2,000 miles from civilization, photgoraphing interior scenes of daily activities by means of a portable studio arc light or clambering around on the ice “shooting” by the light of flares. ‘While' we are working inside, the hut somewhat resembles a small studio set, the camera clicking rythmically and the men doing their required “action.” We have even had a case or two of Kleig eyes, caused by the glare of the lamps, but most of the men seem to enjoy thelr warmth. The small porta- ble arc lights are necessary, of course, because of the confined quarters and the relatively small amount of current available. . ‘The maximum light available here is from two generators, each supplying 20 amperes at 110 volts. This equip- ment is used primarily for radio trans- mission and machine shop power and for charging batteries. : Interior Filming Slow. Photographing interiors is sometimes a slow process because we can work only between radio schedules and when the machine shop men or others who use power are not at their tasks. This considerably restricts our activities. The illumination obtained from the arc lights in the mess hall is much greater than that in the headquarters, but 200 yards away, because of power loss. ‘The only electrical connection between the two huts is over five paces of tele- phone lines. To get light in the administration hut it was necessary to tie two lines of telephone wires in parallel to feed one arc light, and even then it was found that there was a loss of ap- proximately 30 volts and that the amperage dropped to 10, with a conse- quent reduction of the actinic value of the light. It is often mecessary to run a cable across the snow from the generator to an outlying shop or tunnel from 50 to 100 feet away. We brought with us 200 feet of stage cable, which is sufficient for ordinary work and would have been an idea of the hazards of the work and | is shown at the gun which she unveiled. STARISCORREGTED ONWATERSURPLLS {Donovan Points Out Figures Really Show Deficit, Explain- ing Their Interpretation. District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan today came to the defense of his state- ment that the District water department started the current fiscal year with a deficit, instead of a surplus, as re- ported in The Star yesterday by publi- cation of figures from the. annual re- port of the water department tending to show a surplus of $302,000. ‘The statements from which The Star’s figures were taken, Maj. Donovan pointed out, were headed, respectively, “Cost of work done by the water de- partment,” and “statement of collec- | tions.” - These figures took no account of the fact that the District during the past fiscal year was called upon to water supply system maintained by that branch of the Government. Further, the “cost figures” have no direct relation to the actual expendi- ture of money in a given year, Maj Donovan sald. For instance, pipe bought in one fiscal year is not repre- sented in the cost sheet until it is actually used on a job; thus the ‘“cost figures” may be greater or less than the actual outlay of cash in any given year. Surplus to Start 1932. However, even Maj. Donovan's figures show that there will be a surplus avail- able at the start of the 1932 fiscal year. The evident deficit now in existence, Maj. Donovan said, should really be re- garded as a deficit of work. In other words, if all the work called for during the past fiscal year in the appropria- tion act had been carried out, and all the money appropriated had been col- lected, there would have been a cash deficit. of $43,425.47. As a matter of fact, some of the- work appropriated for was ppt done, and the actual cash surplus to the credit of the Water De- partment is approximately $75,000. Explanation Is Given. To show how the present appropria- tion deficit will be turned into a sur- plus by the beginning of 1932, Maj. Donovan says that the estimated re- ceipts for 1930 are $1,504,725. Subtract- ing from this ‘the present deficit of $43,425.27. will Jeave §1,461,209.73. . The appropriation” act for the same year calls for expenditures of $1,495,330, leav- enough 1f it had been possible to carry out the original housing plan. So when we have to run a wire for more than 200 feet we use every kind of wire we can lay our hands on, from antenna wire to utility extension cord, with a variety of splices and connec- tions thrown in for good luck. Natural- ly this does not help keep up the voltage. Temperature Cracks Rubber. ‘When cable is laid over the snow and remains in place for some time 50 we can continue “shooting” a se- quence later on, the cable often be- comes drifted over and can be pulled up only when the temperature is higher than 40 below zero, for under that temperature the rubber insulation cracks and often the wire itself will break. The most pliable cables become rod-like in their rigidity. ‘There are many amusing as well as annoying interruptions in the work which would not be encountered at home. One day, while photographing Christopher Braathen, working on his model of the bark City of New York in the little hut he and Arthur Walden built, the lights went out in the middle of a'scene. When we checked up we found the generator still going and traced the failure to a connection which had been pulled apart. We started work again and the lights went out the second time. When we ran out into the passage-way leading from the house, two puppies were found hav- ing a tug of war and using the cable for that purpose. They were driven away two or three times, but it was not until they happened to get the live end of the cable in their mouths and got a good shock that they learned elec- tricity was not to be played with by little dogs. Another time, while we were shooting a hut entrance during a blizzard, an arc light was placed just within the entrance. It worked well at first, but a few moments later it refused to light. This time it was found that snow hitting the hot lamp melted and then froze, holding the carbons in an icy grip that prevented the proper gravily feed. Fog and Interference. In photographing the dog tunnels, trying photograph and atmospheric conditions were encountered because of fog. The condensation of breath from men and dogs rapidly coated the jenses with ice. And as soon as the lights were turned on, the additional heat caused the atmosphere to cloud up so_that visibility was limited to & "'m“fl' conges and_close ¥ necessary quarters make it difficult to handle the Jamps. Sometimes, when a number of en are sitting around or gear is scat- sred about, there is hardly room to ut a light, and the cord is continually ing caught on something or tripped over by some one who does not know ere. i )‘:!l"‘lh)’ times we have been forded to hang lamps from beams overhead be- cause there was no room for them on ing a deficit to be carried over to 1931 of $34,030.27. The estimated receipts for 1931 are $1,548,000. Subtracting from this the expected deficit will leave $1,513,969.73. ‘The appropriations for this year as now appearing on the tentative budget are $1,499,390, which will leave a cash bal- ance of §14,579.73. It will be noticed that these figures do not take into account any increase in the water rates and that they carry the problem as far forward as can be foreszen with any exactness, screened from the wind, and found them more satisfactory tnan the flares. One night we went out on the barrier with Comdr. Byrd, Larry Gould and several others to take pictures of new pressure ice thrown up during the Win- ter season. Often we can hear this ice growling and splitting as 1t climbs 2 little higher into grotesque forms. Flares were used, and they trans- formed a sullen dark wilderness into a fantastic fairyland of weird highlights against & cold black sky, with dancing, ever-changing shadows playing about amid the ice. The fur-clad men scram- bling about on the up-thrust ice masses and over crevasses filled with snow which might at any moment give way made a beautiful picture, Scrambling over heavy-pressure ice with a motion picture camera to be set up at some vantage point is a trick learned after many slips and falls. Our greatest dread, however, is to into a bridged crevasse while carrying a heavy camera over a shoulder and thinking how easily the breaking points of the tripod legs might spear us. Another danger is in setting up on an ice table which seems secure enough, but which is undercut. Once Vander- veer, who is rather round and heavy, pulled and puffed himself up to a good position, suddenly the ice way and spilled him and his camera in a mass of debris that half ¢overed him. Rucker, who was a short distance aw ran to Van’s assistance and himse) went into a hole. Both were hauled out a bit surprised and shaken up, but none the worse for their sudden drops. ‘Working inside and outside during the Winter night has been hard on the camera equipment because of sudden changes of temperature. A warm camera is taken out to shoot some exterior scene, and when it is brought back it sweats until the melted frost actually drips off. Must Be Baked Out. This moisture must be completely baked out of the machine before it can be used again outdoors, because the slightest dampness in the working parts freezes and: jams them. The film must be handled carefully also, because it swenuwxn :lu l:lm:fl;‘lly. % Whea ;:- very low temperaturss - m brittle and often suaps While loading or even' running through the camera. To “quit-¢old” is much more the floor. Making pictures by night in | o e light of flares is not & pleasant &k,u.'l'he fll;el tmtl high wlm{u R:lt and tter and at times go ouf when.p:lmt brilliant illumination ends one realizes instantly how black and lonesome the Antarctic nights can be- ‘- come. How deadly silent and cold. Taking blizzard pictures by ‘fures Is about the meannest work we have had to . A blizzard in daybght Is bad enough, but stumbling about in darkness trying to set up a camera with the aid of a pocket flashlight, which often freezes and goes out of commission, and snow covering the lenses before one would think it possi- Jects of which stretch of the ima can b news. But they are all weleoie. show nights glso we ‘have Dot 3 gelnfiu or papcorn or lemon of orange r] . Now daylight i3 with us again.and the cameras ‘;:e ‘;eui'»;dtlo ‘l‘;‘efmd the tions e flights. is always a godd picture because this life is so far removed from wny- uz% that can be imagined at home. ble, is enough to make any cameraman | js turn over to the War Department, or | United States engineer, $433,000 for the | Scene at Cedar Hill Cemetery yesterday when two cannons, a flag pole and flag were dedicated by the Army and Navy Union. Mrs. Mary Howard Noon ARMY, NAVY UNION HONORS VETERANS ‘Cannon, Flagpole and United States Flag Dedicated at Ceremonies Yesterday. While a battery of four pieces boomed, two cannon, & flagpole and United States flag were dedicated to the memory of “veterans of all wars of the United States of America” at exercises under the auspices of the Army and Navy Union in Cedar Hill Memorial Park yes- terday afternoon. As the canvas covering was pulled from the two cannon by Mrs. Mary Howard Noon, granddaughter of Gen. O. O. Howard, and Miss Barbara H. Fries, daughter of Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, U. 8. A, retired, the battery of Fort Myer Field Artillery fired four rounds. The large United States flag was raised to the top of the flagpole by Mrs, Mary Logan Tucker, daughter of | Gen. John A. Logan of Civil War fame. Gen. Cheatham Speaks. Maj. Gen. B. Frank Cheatham, quar- | termaster general of the United States | Army, who made the dedicatory ad- dress, declared: “It is very fitting that memorials |such as this be erected throughout the country,” adding that they serve two purposes, “to commemorate the men and women who served ‘and to serve as an inspiration to the future generation.” The speech of mcceptance was made by Frank Peckham, past department commander of the District of Columbia American Legion, Capt. C. O. Howard, past national commander of the Army and Navy Union was general chairman in_charge and presided. Invocation was delivered by Rev. Howard Snyder, chaplain of the Ameri- can Legion, and benediction by Rev. Dr. George Fiske Dudley, chaplain of the 1st District of Columbia Regiment of Spanish American War Veterans. Music was furnished by the United States Marine Band, which concluded with the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner.” The remainder of the pro- gram included the -niassing_of colors, a vocal solo, “There Is No Death,™ by Miss Jeanette McCaffrey, accompanied by the Marine -Band; salute and pledge to the flag by the assemblage and the sounding of assembly and taps by @ bugler of the Marine Band. Union Elects Officers. The exercises came as a climax to the national convention of the Army and Navy Union, which closed its busi- ness sessions in Pythian Temple yes- terday afternoon with the election of officers. 4 Maj. John Hartnett of Atlantic City, N. J., was elected national commander, succeeding Maj. W. L. Peak of this city, who was not a candidate for re- election. F. S. Stone of Toledo, Ohio, ‘was clected senior national vice com- mander and C. J. Mueller of Buffalo national junior vice commander. Other national officers elected are: M. G. Smith of New Jersey, pay- master; Maj. Charles Willlam Free- man, re-elected judge advocated: Gen. J. R. C. Ward, retired, of Philadelphia, patriotic instructor; Daniel Crouse of Cincinnati, inspector; M. M. O'Sulli- van of New York, chaplain; Dr. Harry Dunbar, Washington, surgeon; H. H. W. Rettig of Cincinnati, councilor, are L. J. Levi, Pennsylvania, councilor. ‘The delegates voted to hold the next convention in Boston. COLONEL TO BE RETIRED. Francis N. Cooke of Coast Artillery More Than 30 Years in Service. ‘The President has approved the ap- plication for the transfer of Col. Francis N. Cooke, Coast Artillery Corps, sta- tioned at Fort Totten, N. Y. to the re- tired list of the Army, December 2, after more than 30 vears' service. Capt. Russell C. Snyder, 12th Field Artlllery, at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., has been detailed to duty at the Uni- versity of Utah at Salt Lake City; Capt. Thomas D. Davis, 7th Infantry, from Vancouver Barracks, Washington, to the University of Montana, at_Mis- soula; Warrant Officer Francis Resta, from Fort Crook, Neb., to the Panama Canal Zone, -for duty as leadér of the band, 14th Infantry; the resignation of First Lieut. Harry A. Sutton, Air Corps; at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. MEXICAN PARTY WARNED. Official Declares Provokers Will Be. Responsible for Trouble. By Cable to The Star. MEXICO CITY, September 14.—Ant! re-electionist threats to break up a demonstration on behalf of Pasqual Ortiz Rubio, presidential candidate, on his arrival here next Sunday brought a warning from Secretaty of the In- terior Felipe Canales that the political parties must take the entire responsi- bility for disturbances. % “In order that no one may accuse e ave ovdeting the. potice. to- abstain we are ordering from usual measures for keeping the peace,” Becretary Canales said. “Re- sponsibility for any disturbances will be placed directly on the provokers. Two persons were killed in disturb- ances a week ago during the arrival of Ortiz Rubio. BAND CONCERT. , “Der Freischutz,” Von Weber gl'l:rn;rt: tic Militaire, “The State CLASH THREATENS GASTONIA RALLY Communists Challenge Warn- ing of “Antis” in Plan- ning Meeting. By the Associated Press. CHARLOTTE, N. C, September 14. —A rally of members of the Communist party and textile labor organizations this afternoon in Gastonis, which union organizers sald would be held despite purporhduthre'ltl of lel!;;!hd “antl- communists” to lynch kers, overshadowed two rt Wm one involving alleged “anti-Communists” and the other Communists and union leaders and workers, ‘The mass meeting was described in & warrant against eight men aetive in the union movement as an incident in conspiracy to overthrow ' the govern- ment, of North Carolina. The men were arrested after the discovery Thursdsy night of riot , shotguns and am- munition in & house occupied by un! leaders ai ‘workers, The alleged “anti-Communists” were taken into custody in connection with mob kmn:plnn and floggings last Monday ht. jor to the rally, the case of the it and ‘wer] ance of sald unlawful and felonious confederacy” armed themselves for the “of feloniously assaulting and killing any or all persons” who inter- fered with today's meeting, and other rallies called. Eight Kept in Jail. Judge Thomas J. Shaw, who is hear- ing the case of fourteen “anti-Com- munists” of kidnaping, attempted &n and false arrests, growing out of vities_of the mob, informed Sheriff John R. Irwin, jr. that unless charges were preferred against the eight, who wee held for in- vestigation, by noon yesterday they would be freed. The charges were made and all were remanded to jail for hear- ing_today. While they were given a hearing on the conspiracy charges, Judge Shaw said he would continue to hear evi- dence in the investigation into last Monday night's mob activities. Five witnesses testified yesterday and all 14 of the defendants were named as mem- bers of the mob by one or more of those to testify. Three of the principal witnesses in the mob inquiry remained to be heard today. Ben Wells, British subject and textile organizer, who was flogged by the mob, was unable to testify yester- day and his counsel announced there | was little likelihood of his physical con- | dition permitting him to appear in court today. The other two witnesses regard- as having what the State terms vital stories” are R. B. McDonald and E. P. Leigh. They were reported to have come upon members of the mob while Wells was being flogged on a lonely spot in Cabarrus County Monday night. C. D. Saylor and C. M. Lell, kidnaping victims in custody with the unionists in connection with discovery of the guns, are witnesses in the inquiry into the activities of the mob, and also the case involving “conspiracy against the Government.” Two Are Identified. Lell and Saylor were with Wells when the latter was lashed. Saylor tes- tified at the mob inquiry that he rec- ognized Solicitor John G. Carpenter and Maj. A. L. Bulwinkle. attorney for the Manville-Jenckes mill, as members of the mob. Gov. O. Max Gardner sent his per- sonal representative and counselor, N. A. Townsend, to Gastonia today to at- tend a rally. On the eve of the mass meeting Hugo Oehler, Southern district organizer of the National Textlle Workers' Union, issued a statement through Liston M. Oaks, publicity director, saying: “The scheduled meeting in Gastonia will be held. The National Textile Workers' Union and the International Labor Defense and the Workers' Inte national Rellef as well as the Com- munist party and every other labor organization is declared illegal in the State of North Carolina, under the warrant against the eight organizers and members of the National Textile “('o;’lkers' Union arrested Thursday night.” "me statement said the warrant made it a crime for unions to hold meetings and to protect themselves against the attacks of the “bosses’ organized gangs.” continued: “The police have laid the basis for the massacre of the union organizers and active members in South Gastonia. The of free speech, free assembly, the rlf‘hl to organize are involved. In the fight for these rights we canot retreat. Surrender to the t2 rorism of the bosses’ Black Hundred and their Cossacks, to their onslaught on the fundamental rights of workers, we will not do. Surrender of these rights would leave the workers utterly help- less to struggle for better conditions.” Resistance “to the utmost of the charges in the warrants against the eight unionists was promised by Oehler | the evacuation will be a most prosaic | control, it is contended. The commis- in the statement, which brought out that he did not believe “we will have any difficulty in rallying the American workers, including the rank and file of the American Federation of Labor. e $30,000 IN NAVAL AMMUNITION IS LOST Flames Cause Explosion of Small- Arms Plant at St. Julian Arsenal in Virginia. By the Associated Press. PORTSMOUTH, Va., September 14— Millions of rounds of small-arms am- munition was destroyed this morning by flames enveloping the small-arms stor- Juliens Creek naval maga- zine near Portsmouth. Rifie _ammunition, one and three inch shells exploded in a burst of gun- fire reminiscent of the old Western front. Unofficial estimates of the loss run as high as $30,000. The explosion continued for about 45 minutes before the fire appeared under control. The cause has not been determined. LOOK FOR RECORDS ,IN SECOND DAY’S REGATTA RUNNING (Continued From First Page.) miles-an-hour clip to gain the deci- Above: These outboard motor boats furnished one of the thrilling races yesterday in the President’s Cup regatta.. The Army War College, Bolling Field and the Naval Air Sta tion can be seen in the background.—Associated Press Photo. Below: Start of the race for 151 hydroplanes, which was won by Little One II, driven by Vern Squires of James- town, N. Y. BRITISH ARE READY T0 QU RHINELAND Packing Is Completed by Troops—Baby Carriages Chief Train Problem. By the Associated Press. KOENIGSTEIN, Germany, Septem- ber 14—Today was packing day for British troops in this Taunus Mountain spa, to which has fallen the happy lot of being the first Rhineland point evacuated by the British under the agreement reached at The Hague repa- ration conference in August. j It was packing day, not moving day, as the troops had hoped. It was orig- inally planned to have the evacuation begin today, but bureaucratic difficul- tles necessitated a postponement until Monday. 400 Ready to Move. Four hundred officers and men are stationed here, and they will be trans- ported In groups during the next fort- night so that Koenigstein will be com- pletely freed of foreign occupation by September 29. Under a tacit agreement between the British thorities and the Germans affair, quiet! displ: the troops simply vanishing without great ado or military and the German civillans as well military, refraining from jubllation. Like good sports, British officers and men have been posing for the camera- | men of various nations during the past few days in attitudes demonstrating their good will toward the Germans, at the same time showing their joy at re- turning to the home country. Beautiful as are Koenigstein, Bad Schwalbach, Bingen and Wiesbaden, where British troops still aggregate a strength of 6,000, the men are happy to 'leu‘e a country whichi, despite the out- wa rd politeness of the inhabitants, re- gards the British soldiers as intruders. Perhaps the staunchest supports of Anglo-German rapproachement will prove to be the marriages estimated at about a hundred here, contracted be- tween British officers or privates and German Frauleins. These German Gretchens have been studying English hard and are looking forward with ex- a:cnuuon to the country of their adop- Baby Carriage Problem. Officers in charge of the troops say that these marriages have made it a bigger problem to move the families than the soldiers, and that the trans- portation of baby carriages is a more difficult ‘affair than that of military equipment, For Koenigstein, as for all the health resorts of the occupied area, evacuation means much more than appears on the surface. o Outwardly it means the disappear- ance of foreign flng and the display of the rman colors alone; it also t, in addition to barracks, some 65 houses can be restored to their owners, fhus considerably relieving a hflllll\gc;hfll'hle. But beyond m:‘z this w:n’. like otheg spas, now expects a great increase of tourist husiness. Many families which for decades used to come rly to the same spa in the vacation lbfllpflf ended this habit from the moment foreign troops were‘quuunfl INJURED IN SPEED RACE. Falls American Boat at Venice. VENICE, Italy, September 14 (P).— B uats s Acting = Mechanic acting as seriously hurt today the American boat, com- » e, wor, the st , with From | in; ZONING APPEALS BOARD URGED BY JOINT COMMITTEE o e S (Continued From First Page.) the zoning zlvl.!ory committee of repre- | sentatives the trade groups, which ‘meets with Maj. Davison prior to each | | zoning hearing to analyze and pass judgment on each petition for change in_zoning classifications.- Under the proposed change, the board of appeals would be charged with passing upon all applications seek- ing exceptions to or modifications of zoning classifications of property in | specific cages, leaving matters of the | fundamental zoning to the commission proper. The whole purpose of the proposcd | enlargement of the scope of zoning is to make the code here “flexible,” 50 as | | to grant relief to individual property | owners who can show the need of mod- |ifying zone _ classifications, without harming neighbors or the community, 1t is explained. The new movement is | designed, not to upset or counteract zoning, its proponents declare, but rather to place zoning on a more se- cure and satisfactory basis. Control Under Plan. Under the proposed plan the appeals | | body could exercise a control over the types of structures to be erected, if and when it is convinced a property should have relief afforded by an ex- ception ruling or change in zoning classification, by granting an adjust- | ment with the proviso that the owner |could erect a bullding of only a | certain specificed size, type, shape, use |#nd so forth. Under the present code | the Zoning Commission has no such | ston, it is pointed out, can grant relief | to an owner only by changing the zon- | ing classification of his property. This, | proponents of the appeals board sys-.| tem point out, leaves the door wide | open for owners of adjoining propert; to appeal for the same change, though they may have no valid reason for the change sought. The letter of the advisory zoning committee, flled with Maj. Donald A. Davison, commission executive, reads as follows: “The Zoning Commission recently an- nounced that beginning with January, public hearings would be held only three times a year. The apparent pur- pose of this Is to stabilize the zoning ordinance and not have it subject to so frequent changes. We doubt if this result, which on the whole is desirable, ‘vxl,fll be obtained by having fewer hear- gs. “Some property owner may become discouraged because he has to wait so long to have a decision made, but as a rule if the matter is of any importance, the owner of the property will go right ahead even though he has to wait. This means a piling up of cases every four months. The hearing this month | is an example. The last hearing took place 54 days ago, There are 30 cases on the docket this month, or more than twice the average number, Hardship Probabilities. “In many instances, hardship is bound to result if hearings are post- poned. In business matters, uncertainty is always a liability and ‘even though a decision goes against an appellant at least the matter is definitely led and can be forgotten. Under the new lan when amendments are considered ft will almost always ight months take el to make since it has beexi held. “If suitable legislation were enacted creating a board of zoning appeals. a very large part of the work, now handled by the Zon lssion would be considered are very much in favor of the creation of such a , and after it is actually functioning, we would be in faver of the present decision of the Com- mission to reduce the number of hear- present Zoning by this board. We | g ‘Commission appeal powers it might not be to set te board, Such & com- | & up & separaf ¥ - Bandle mittee should meet frequently to —Star Staff Photo. HODVER 10 i CAN AFTERRACES Plans Week End Stay at Blue Ridge—Officials to Be in Party. With the matter of further naval dis- armament off his mind for the present, President Hoover today is looking for- ward to a brief rest at his retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. ‘With Mrs. Hoover and their son All and a party of friends the Presigent arranged to go to his mountajn camp late this afternoon and will not return ;o ‘Washington until the forenoon, Mon- ay. In advance of departing from the city for this little vacation, the Presi- {dent attended the final races in the Fresident’s Cup regatta on the F'otomac River, He will not present the trophy to the winner on this oecasion. This formality wiil be postponed fcr a week or so and the occasion for the presenta- tion will be at the White House. It was arranged for the presidential party to watch the races from the quarter deck of the Coast Guard ship Apache. Then they were to be landed at the Corinthian Yacht Club to take auto- mobiles for the Rapidan Lodge. Besides Mrs. Hoover and Allan, the President -will have with him over the week end Sccretary of Commerce La- mont. Senator McNary of Oregon and Mrs. McNary, F. K. Heath, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Col, William J. Donovan, former Assistant Attorney General; Mrs. Jean Large of California, sister of Mrs. Hoover, and her son and daughter; Charles K. Field and Palmer Field of California, the former a class- mate of the President at Leland Stan- ford University; Harry L. Litt of Jersey City, Charles C. Thomas of California, former Gov. Goodrich of Indiana, Law- rence Richey, one of the President’s secretaries; Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, the President’s personal physician: Mrs. Boone. and little daughter Suzanne. Captures Alligator in Creek. DANVILLE, Va., Septemi ing in Caswell County, hibiting a 15-pound sliigator he cap- tured in a creek near his home. Alli- [l'scn are described as rare in this latitud: ings, and hope tha s will reconsider its present decision.” In the other letter filed with Maj. Davison, the zoning advisory committee urged that & hearing be granted on the proposal of the Operative Builders’ As. soclation to permit construction of ga- rages for tenants’ use in apartment buildings. This letter reads: “About a year ago a request was made to the Zoning Commission for a hearing on the subject of whether or not ga- rages . for. storage purposes only could be installed in apartment houses with-1- out the necessity of-obtaining consents of 75 per cent of property holders with~ in 200 feet of the proposed garage and in the “square in which it would be located. committee, we believe that the commis- slon should at lgu: n;jntt- hearing on ul of August 1 as follow: ‘Modern conditions have made the issue an important one. A public hear- ing which does not imply consent or agreement on the part of the zoning B i o B o At that time the zoning ad- request, | & GREAT ARMAMENTS OPPOSED' BY JONES Head of U. S. Naval Delega-’ tion at Geneva Makes Stand Clear in Interview. Insisting that he is “opposed to great armament Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, U. 8. N., retired, head of the American naval delegation at - the Geneva conference on the limitation of armament, in an interview released today through Pathe Sound News, declared that “the Navy ‘deéires a limitation that will ‘be equitable to all concerned and will not jeopardize what we consider absolutely necessary to our national de- fense.” Heralded as “the first interview which Admiral Jones has ever given to the ° press,” the sound film production, ‘to be shown in various theaters through- out the country, reveals that the ad- miral believes that the United States has “a right to equality with the strongest sea power and that we can- not accept by agreement a position of inferiority to any power.” The Ameri- can Navy, Admiral Jones holds, still stands by its position that the United States would be willing “to go as low as the most powerful nation on the sea would agree to go” in the reduction of naval armament. Text of Interview. Admiral Jones, who makes his home at 1868 Columbia road, speaks in the interview as follows: “There seems to be & very widespread opinion in our country that naval offi- cers are fundamentally oppesed to any movement looking to the reduction and limitation of armaments. Such an a titude of mind on the part of the general public is wholly unjust to naval officers and tends to discredit us in our earnest efforts to keep our national defensz forces at the level that wé hon- estly consider absolutely necessary for ° national security. Nevertheless, we are anxious that that level shall be fixed . by international agreement at the low- est point compatible with safety. ~We would be grossly negligent of our duty . if we did not keep in mind always the defense of our country and its enor- mous commerecial interests spread over all the seven seas. “With the sympathetic help and ‘co operation of my naval associates, I ha worked unceasingly since the first meet- ing of the Preparatory Commission for the Disarmament Conference, held in Geneva in 1926, to find some fair basis of agreement for the limitation of a maments, and I am sure that I am speaking the mind of all thinking naval officers when I say that the Navy de sires a limitation that will be equif: {ble to all concerned and will not jéop- ardize what we consider absolutely nec- essary to our national defense. Resents Big Navy Term. “I resent very much the ‘term ‘big Navy advocates; as applied to naval ‘officers and also to those members of Congress who are’ sincerely solicitous for the defense of our national inter- ests. I am opposed to great armaments’ because I do not ‘believe that the tax-' payers of the world should be burderied with the expense of building up and maintaining armaments beyond the minimum necessary to national secur= ity. Furthermore, I am convinced that competition’ in armaments tends to create suspicion and uneasiness in the' world' and thereby helps to bring on war. “On several occasions in Geneva representatives of other countries bave spoken to me of the great weaith and power of the United States and of our consequent ability to build up and maintain great armaments, in contrast to conditions in their own countrics. My reply to such observations was that while T fully recbgnized that we were ‘a wealthy country and ‘could afford to build' up -armaments, if necessary, our people did *not want to spend their - money in that way: that they preferred to spend it on schools, good roads, and even on travel in Europe rather than on huge armaments, 4 “It must always be remembered, how- ever, that there is a minimum below which we cannot afford to go because our geographical position imposes upon us the necessity of carrying on opera- tions in far distant waters. If ‘we should go below that minimum we would be unable to keep any - vessels operating in those distant areas. Above that irreducible minimum the question ©of the relative strength of haval arma- ments mes a matter for consider- ing and agreement. “At disarmament conferences it has been the earnest effort of all represent- atives of the United States, naval as well as diplomatic, to bring the level of ‘that relative limitation .as low .as possible, but we have maintained, and I believe few in this country will dispute it, that we have a right to equality with the strongest sea power and: that we cannot accept by agreement a posi- tion of inferiority to any power. 5-POWER NAVY PARLEY MAY BE HELD HERE DURING DECEMBER (Continued From First Page.) dition to 10 of 7,500 tons and the 30,000 tons upon which an agreement has not et.been reached. Thus America would ve a gross cruiser tonnage of 285~ 020. ls compared with Great. Britain's Here, it is explained, the Hoover idea of the enters into the proposition and under its application ; the two -nations will ha equivalent fighting strength. ' The “yardstick” t{ake into consideration ' not” only tonnage, but the age, speed, arms and armemeént of individual ves- sels. Would -Save $185,000,000. ‘The extension of the capital ship holiday until 1936 would result, it is estimated, in a saving of $185,000,000 for the United States and of an amount for the British government smaller in proportion to the lesses cost of con- struction in England. Under the terms of the Washington treaty of 1921, the battleship flcets of both America and Great Britain would be reduced in the period between 1931 and 1936 to 15 each through the scrap- ping of gight American vessels and 10 British, and the construction of five n 35,000-ton _eapital ships by each. The cost of building a vessel of this sjze in the United States is estimated at $37,.- 000,000. Officials here ar: confident that the American -idea of extending the holiday- would be favorably received at e bex conference. At present, the United States has a preponderance of destroyers and sub- marines, as compared with Great Britain. Many of thes, however, are, now appro: or. have reached the ge: at which their efficiency is con- sidered to end. Through the obsolescence and consequent decommissioning of numerous American vessels of these types it is estimated that by 1936 Anel:i::‘md Great. l;fltumemig :lh.l" reac n approximate parity of these classes. ks T — . JAPANESE AT CANAL ZONE: Cruiser Officers and Midshipmen - Visit. Points of Interest. ve theoretically - -