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DENEEN IS FAVORED A PRIARYVIETO Incumbent Believed to Have vy, Advantage Over Mrs. % . % McCormick in Race. (Continued Prom First Page.) ® Senate investigation in 1926 by the Reed slush fund committee that pre- vented Frank L. Smith ewver being sworn in as a Senator, although he was nominated and elected on the Repub- lcan ticket in Illinois. Smith is today & eandidate for Representative at large and counted a formidable candidate in a fleid of 23. i S0 many cross currents are runni in the Republican senatorial contes here that it makes a prediction of the outcome more than usually difficult. In favor of Deneen are, first, the Deneen orgenization which seems to be func- tioning strongly: second, the fact that he is “in" and has the control of Fed- eral patronage and a good deal of the patronage in the city of Chicago and Cook Cornty, of which Chicago is part; third, Deneen has always been .on the side of the reform element and this element cleaned up the City Hahl crowd in the primary in 1928 and elect- ed & State's attorney by 226,000 votes; fourth, the Methodist ministers, through their organization have indorsed him because of his stand for the World Court aad for gghibition; fifth, many of Chicago's most influential business men are oacking him. No one knows whether the fact that Mrs. McCormick is a woman will operate against her chances in a race for the Senate. It may, although it did not do so in her contest for Representative-at-large in 1928. In favor of Mrs. McCormick are the following factors: FPirst, she has made a favorable impression in a most active campaign throughput the State; second, there are lined up behind her prac- tieally all of the anti-Deneen factions; ] , has through the Illinois ‘Women's Republican Club a powerful organization which she has built up un- til it is said there are 100,000 members, located in all parts of the State; fourth, she has for years run a successful and model farm on a big scale and is re- garded as a friend of the farmer; fifth, she has taken the anti-World Court issue as her main issue and it has been popular in Illinois and particularly in Chicago; sixth, she may receive some Democratic support in the primary ly because the Democrats would rather have her for an opponent in the general election than they would have Deneen. Both Run as Drys. As between Senator Deneen and Mrs. McCormick the wet a2nd dry issue has not been raised in this campaign. Both are running as drys, although wet senti- ment is strong in the State, particu- larly in Chicago. Both have been given a good word by the Anti-Saloon League. Jenkins’ declaration with regard prohibition leaves him in a position to Jump either way, although he is labeled “dry” in some quarters. There is one wet candidate for the nomination, Abe Lincoln Wisler, an investment broker, a graduate of Harvard and 41 years old. ‘The fifth candidate is Adelbert Mc- Pherson, a telegrapher, who has been a candidate many times before for nomi- watinan for the Senate or House. Sen- " ator Deneen voted for the “five and ten” Jones law and Mrs. McCormick did not, perhaps because she was not in the House at the time it was passed. Here in Chicago newspaper support is divided between Deneen and Mrs. McCormick. The Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Post have declared for the election of Deneen. The Chicago Tribune and the Hearst papers, the Herald-Examiner and the Chicago American, are for Mrs. McCormick. The | ‘Tribune has declared that it does not like the stand of either Mrs. McCormick or Senator Deneen on the prohibition issue, but that it prefers Mrs. McCor- mick for other reasons. The Tribune consistently fought the city hall crowd in the past and Mrs. McCormick is on the ticket put forward by these factions today, which rather compli- cates things. Although only two days intervene before election day, the candidates are going as hard as ever. Senator Deneen came into the State for his campaign five weeks ago. He traveled 300 miles a day for three weeks cov- ering the downstate counties. The rest of the time he has spent in and around Cook County. Mrs, McCormick has been at it longer, coming out here from Washington January 13 and remaining in the State with only a few hurried trips to Washington. Tanight the can- didates and their managers are putting out statements which declare their be- lief in their own victory and outlining the points they have made 'in their campaigns. The statement from the Deneen camp, issued by Roy O. West, former Secretary of the Interior and Republican national committeeman for Tllinois, who has been running Senator Deneen’s campaign, said: Deneen Statement. “In 1924 Senator Deneen carried 87 out of 102 counties. He carried the city of Chicago by 23,000 votes. These Tesults were obtained against a powerful Federal and State organization, rein- forced by a strong Cook County organi- zation. Now we have the precincts and counties of the State organized with active men and women and we expect to carry a minimum of 80 counties and the city of Chicago by a large ma- Jority. In my judgment, he will be nominated by a decisive vote.” From Mrs. McCdrmick's ‘headquarters ths following was put forward: ‘'W. R. James, president of the West Park board and county manager for Mrs, McCormick at the headquarters, 12 East Monroe street, estimated on Saturday that Mrs. McCormick would lead Senator Deneen -in Cook County by a minimum ef 75000 votes. He reported that his imformation from the a rapidly improving- sentiment toward a rapidly improving sentiment towards Mrs. McCormick’s candidacy, and that he expected it would be necessary to revise his figures before election day. No figures on the probable vote outside of Cook County were available at the McCormick headquarters, but the pre- diction was made that the vote outside of Cook County would substantially in- crease the advantage of Mrs. Me- Cormick.” Senator Deneen put out a statement for himself, in which he argued that Mrs. McCormick had not been con- vincing on the World Court issue and had shown herself inconsistent. He wallsd attention to Mrs. McCormick’s reported reply to & question asked her when she was speaking at the University of Chicago. “She was asked” said Senator Deneen, “‘will you favor the entry of the United States into the League of Nations?” And her answer is reported ‘as follows: ‘If the element of force was eliminated by means of a eevenant to .that effect, I would favor the United .States entering the League.’” Assails City Hall Crowd. Senator Deneen also assailed Mrs. ! McCormick because she had become allled with the “Crowe-Galpin-Snow” “Jeaders in Chicago and with the city e. He continued: tion in Chicago is no dif- In every sums make of | would interfere with Kites—How to Build Them BY PAUL EDWARD GARBER. i U. S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution Prepared for the District of Columbia Model Aircraft ARTICLE I. The Origin of Kites. The origin of the kite is buried in p\he mists of antiquity. Various legends syeribe its invention to Archytas of Tarentum, who lived about 400 years beft're the Christian era, or to Hao Sin, a Clinese general of even earlier date. It is certain, however, that kites existed in some fowm long before these men lived, for Hgyptologists have unearthed data which reveals that the principle of the kite was known to the ancient Egyptians; and the earliest mariners report the use of kites for religious rites by the natives of Malaysia. The use of kites for sport is well known, twt in addtion to this kites have been* applied to many other pur- poses. Neitives of Polynesia use kites for fishingy the Chinese used them for signaling; men Jhave been raised into the air to make observations by means of kites; even thieves have used kites to assist them in: securing some coveted object. A Iite ‘laid ‘the first line of the bridge which now spans Niagara's gorge; the use.of kites for scientific pur- poses’ was maxe famous by Benjamin Franklin; today the Weather Bureau uses kites to wdetermine conditions of the upper air. Many forms of kites have many applipations. ‘When I was & youngster we all made our kites; each. strove to outdo the other, but today few boys seem to know how to make kibes, and the stores are presumably the only source for them. Although they iare sold remarkably cheap, the boy wiyo buys his kite misses a lot of fun, for kiite making is as great a sport as Kite flying, and there is no limit to what ingenuity and patience can contrive. In the Orient kite mak- ing and flying is a national pastime and there are alm«st as many forms of kites as there are people flying them, and over there mein and boys, women and mep fly kites. Oriental kites have special significances, when they are flown at times of' births, marriages, sicknesses or deaths. The intricacy of League. design and variety of patterns are car- ried out with a marvelous ability. Practically any shape can be con- verted into a kite, and flown, if the maker is persistent and obeys a few laws of common sense and aero- dynamics. In addition to the shapes of kites, various effects can be obtained by the use of colored paper and artistic decorations. In the following articles I will illus- trate and describe a number of kites. The next article will deal with the ma- Y-el]’tl].s for kite building. PEARY MEMORIAL SET FOR TOMORROW Exercises to Commemorate Discovery of the North Pole by American Explorer. While the United States is preparing to pay proper tribute to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd as the aerial con- queror of the South Pole, memorial exercises tomorrow will commemorate the twenty-first anniversary of the dis- covery of the North Pole by the man who used the primitive dog-sled—Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary of the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps. The tomb of Peary in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery will be the focal point for the exercizes, which will be con- ducted under the auspices of Admiral Robert E. Peary Ship No. 427, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Addresses Announced. Acting Secretary Ernest Lee Jahncke of the Navy will deliver the principal address and Rear Admiral A. L. Par- sons, chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Navy Department, will likewise deliver an address. Assembling at the Fort Myer gate to Arlington Cemetery, the Navy Band will lead a march to the Peary tomb. In the line of march will be a detach- ment of bluejackets from the navy vard, a color guard from Fort Myer and_delegations from Admiral Robert E. Peary Ship No. 427, Veterans of Foreign = Wars: the Civil Engineer Corps of United States Navy and the National Geographic Society. Templeton in Charge. P. V. Templeton, captain of Peary Ship, will be master of ceremonies ,at the tomb. The invocation will be of- fered by Capt. Sydney K. Evans, Navy chaplain. A hymn, played by thé Navy Band, will Tollow. Admiral Parsons then will speak. Wreaths will then be placed on the tomb by the National Geographic Boclety, the civil engineers of the Navy and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A firing squad will fire three volleys over the tomb and a bugler will blow “Taps.” Capt. Evans will close the ceremony with a benediction. OIL FRAUD TESTIMONY INVOLVES GOVERNOR $200,000 Contributed to Young's Campaign Fund by Julian Pe- troleum Corporation Head By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 5.—Release of testimony given the grand jury by Ja- cob Berman, former official of the de- funct Julian Petroleum Corporation, revealed today that he testified $200,000 had been appropriated by Sheridan C. Lewis, former head of the concern, to finance Gov. C. C. Youxng's campaign four years ago. Berman testified, the transeript show- ed, that Lewis told him Gov. Young was to arrange for the appointment of J. nder to the office of State corporation commissioner in exchange for the campaign contribution. With Friedlander as commissioner, Herman said, Lewis could obtain any stock sell- ing permits he wished. Court issues is a systematic and com- prehensive whispering campaign and K‘o aganda of misrepresentation and uation. This is & new kind of campaign in Ilinois, but I think since the curtain has been withdrawn in Chicago within the last two weeks the people have had an opportunity to understand the play and to recognize the players, The players wear new masks but their voices and sentiments reveal their identity.” ‘The statement issued from the Mc- Ccn:lnck headquarters said in this con- nection: Explanation of Stand. “Mrs. MeCormick took the position fa opening her Cook County campaign *uat as & candidate for the Uni'zl States Senate she had not would not make any alliances with political leaders or political factions witl or without her own party. She pointed out that participal in factional contests in Cook or any other county would in- evitably confuse the voter in choosing between the candidates as to their in- dividual qualifications for this one high office. She has taken the position that & candidate for the Senate should not alliances or pledges that ect freedom of action as a'member of the Senate repre- and in | senting the people of the entire State.” lly fsvor the cause that mx;tml::tglein::: my judgment there Tllinois a eampaign so ex- one which she is con~ shifting alleged World The contention is made by support- ers of Mrs. McCormick that the Deneen people have ¢ considerable sums | ,, of money and that the screws have been the under control eounty officeholders, the Senator in a way which makes election impossible. ¢ on the voters and leaders by | © ACQUIT DRIVER AFTER LONG TRIAL IN JOHNSON CASE ) judgment, by the jidge. When the judge recalled Oldfie!ld he asked the officer if there was anything to indicate to him while Peter was driving the in- jured boy to the doctor's office that liquor was helping to drive tre car. He answered in the negative. Testimony Conflicting. There was & wide conflict in the testimony of witnesses who saw_Peter at the Bethesda Woman's Club. Robert D. Hagner testified that there was no question but that Peter had been drink- ing, while testimony of E. C. Branden- burg, read in court by defense counsel, said that he did not believe Peter was under the influence of liquor. Several of the prosecution witnesses were excused when they could not identify the defendant. A great amount of the testimony dealt with the condi- tion of Peter at a dinner at the Bethes- da Woman's Club an hour or two prior to_the accident. ‘The general trend of the testimony on behalf of the State was that Peter was hilarious while at the club, and defense attorneys sought by their ques- tioning to show to the court that this was Peter’s usual mood when out on a party. Gordon Contee and Aaron M. Rosen- thal of Washington, who came upon the scene of the accident just after it happened, testified as to the defendant’s actlons at that time. The former said Peter seemed to be wandering about. He said that he did not assist Oldfield in trying to start Peter's car. He as- serted that Peter didn't act as a normal man should under the circumstances. Rosenthal sald that Peter's speech was not sober and reflective, but admitted on cross-examination that this might have been due to excitement over the accident. Officer Oldfield told the court that he did not smell liquor on Peter's breath at the time of the accident, but did smell liquor when Peter ;3 e assisting him to carry the bo) the physiclan's office. He said that if he had thought that Peter was under the influence of liquer. he would not have allowed him to drive his ear with the injured boy in it. Doctor Detected Liquor Odor. Dr, Benjamin C. Perry, who rendered first ald fo young Johnson, said that Peter was under the influence of liquor, and that he detected the odor while the defendant was in his treating room. He said he determined that Peter was under liquor's influence by his manner of talking, and said that the odor was very noticeable. On cross-examination Dr. Perry admitted that Peter helped the policeman hrm, the boy into his office, and that he later held the lad's hands while he was treating him. Mrs. Walter Johnson, mother of the boy, said that she noticed the odor of liquor on Peter’s breath while in the treating room of the doctor’s office, but would not testify that he was undez the influence of it. She insisted, on cross- examination, that it did not come from some one else in the room. ‘Witnesses for the defense who also were at the Bethesda Club testified that they did net see Peter do anything which indicated that he was under the influence of liquor. Many of the wit- nesses were members of the dinner party, which started from the home of Mrs. John A. Holmes. It was testi- fled that Peter there had a couple of cocktails, which were made of gin and fruit juices. ‘They later testified that at the time of the accident Peter did everything that he could to assist the boy. Miss Bonnie Holmes, who was in the ecar with- him at the time of the accident, said that they were blinded by the lights of an approaching ear. She sald that Peter was not drunk when he left the club, because if he had been she would not have allowed him to_drive the car. She testified that the Johnson boy told them immediately after the aceident that it was all his fault, Said He Had Two Cocktails. Peter, taking the stand in his own behalf, testified that he had two cock- tails on the day of the accident, one At 4:30 o'clock and one at 6:30 o’clock. He said, however, that they sad ab- solutely no effect on him. He told the court that he was blinded by the lights of an approaching automobile, and did ot see the boy until he was but a foot or two from the car. He testified that he applied his brakes, ana pulled for the center of the road. When che car stopped, he said, the boy was opposite the rear wheel of his car. Albert Bouic, attorney, testified that he saw Peter a short fime after the mpm ntl,)mn;g &ro:‘: with him from Dr. s e 3 hlw the car conveying m%n boy. Te said that he could not detect the odor of liquor on the defendant’s hreath. ‘The warrant for the charge which (Continued From First Paj |'was tried today was not sworn out until five days after the accident. Oldfield charged him with reckless driving at the time. The driving followed the issuance of orders 3 Perry for an investigation, after com- plaints by club women. ‘The defendant was resented by ttorneys Thomas L. Dawson and tedman s Come. & % ‘Venocoyver, have & new 97 KINDS OF TREES INLAFAYETTE PARK Dr. Coville, Plant Life Expert, in Radio Talk Calls At- tention to Variety. President Hoover ean look out from tite White House, beyond his front yard, inte Lafayette Park and see 97 different kinds of trees and shrubs, “probably a greater variety than any other equal :r;:‘ot park space in the city of Wash- oo gl ‘This was the message given to a radio audience last night over Station WMAL by Dr. F. V. Goville, plant life expert in the Department of Agriculture, l‘flw is of the Anacost detailed description of the trees shrubs to be found in Lafayette Park, Dr. Coville told of them, from the lone deodar tree to the “four kinds of oak, five kinds of linden, six kinds of elm and 11 kinds of maple.” Dr. Coville’s address follows: “La- | fayette Park occupies two city squares just across Pennsylvania avenue from the White House. It contains so many interesting trees that Col. Grant's board of park advisers, under the chair- manship of Dr. John C. Merriam, decided that & map should be prepared, giving the name and location of each tree and shrub in the park. The map has been' completed and will be pub- lished later by the American Forestry Association. 97 Kinds in Park. “At the present time Lafayette Park contains 97 different kinds of trees and shrubs. There are spruces, firs, horn- beams, beeches, magnolias, cherries, ashes and hollles. The park contains four kinds of oak, five kinds of linden, six kinds of elm and 11 kinds of maple. “Lafayette Park is bordered with the American elm, a tree well known for its large size and the beauty of its out- wardly curving branches. An avenue of American elms 20 to 30 feet in width forms an ideal Gothic arch, dignified, beautiful and impressive. Even at 35 feet, as on Q street between Twenty- eighth and Thirtieth, the Gothic effect is still evident, but at % 1:;%“?: orn New Hampshire avenue, the Gof ef- feet is lost and is replaced by a broad, rounded arch. “On the street side of the sidewalk on H street near the northeast corner of Lafayette Park are five large, tall, English elms. These and other s tered individuals are remnants of an early planting of this tree along the north and south sides of the park. “Northeast of the Jackson ue, which stands in the center of the park, is a deodar tree, the only one in the park. The deodar, the cedar of Leb- anon, and the atlas cedar are so closely related that they often are con- fused, and a deodar sometimes is called, erroneously, a cedar of Lebanon. Memorial te Mrs. Coolidge. “Southeast of the deodar tree is a young red oak ?lmuu in April last year as & memorial to Mrs. Coolidge. “On the east side of the walk that runs north to Sixteenth street from the Jackson statue is a eryptomeria, about 40 feet high. In Japan this tree grows to great size and produces very valuable lumber. “Aneother Japanese inhabitant of La- fayette Park is the empress tree. A young and vigorous specimen, about 20 inches in diameter, stands beside the walk that extends southeasterly from the Von Steuben statue at the north- west corner of the park. In May the tree will be covered with flowers about the size and pe of foxgloves, lav. ender-colored and sweet-scented. Every morning the tree sheds fresh flowers for the delight of those who pass. In Japan this tree is the special symbol of the empress. “Along the west of the walk extend- ing north from the Jackson statue are three trees of the Southern magnolia, the State flower of Louisiana. ' Graceful Bald Cypress. “Just back of the three magnolia trees is a bald cypress about 20 inches in diameter, tall, narrow and graceful. ‘The bald cypress is one of the most valuable timber trees of the South- eastern United States. In the excava- tion for the foundation of the May- flower Hotel, on Connecticut avenue,| large stumps of bald cypress were found, | together with leaves, cone scales and seeds of the same tree. of the park, “At the northern edge about 15 yards west of the walk enter- ing the park from Sixteenth street, is a low evergreen with a spread of about 25 feet and a trunk perhaps a foot in cter. This is an excellent example of the English yew. the tree from which our ancestors in Western Europe made their bows when they were savages. “On the east side of the two walks that extend south from the Jackson statue is & beautiful English holly, with branches all the way to the ground. Farther east in the park, about half way to the Lafayette statue, is a tree of American holly, about 20 feet in height. A few yards northeast of the Rochambeau statue, in the southwest corner of the park, is a small tree of yellowwood, with a trunk about 10 inches in diameter at the ground. “Immediately south of the Kosciusko statue, in the northeast corner of the park, is a large leaning tree about 215 feet in diameter. It is a white ash. In the middle of a grass plat, near the eastern end of the park, and midway of the park from north to south, stands a young, slender evergreen about 15 feet high. In a similar position at the western end of the park stands another similar tree of the same kind. These are redwood, the California tree that stands next in size to the giant sequoi COMMUNISTS ARRESTED Russians Held in Sofia for Having Secret Code. SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 5 (#).—Fifty Communists were arrested here today and charged with R its omee e, e organigers. —————t e Mukden, China, has a wider-streets as Communist FRED J. KRIEG Formerly President uu‘ Express l:d Co., announces that be is now in busi- ness for himself at— 904 10t St. NW. | “ ~~with complete facili- ties for storage, pasking, moving (padded vans) and shipping. I want to thank my many friends for their gemerous business in the past and hope in my own modern new plant to shill merit their work. Phone District 9115 Labor officials who appeared ycsterday before the Semate judiciary subcommittee to protest against the confirma- tion of Judge John J. Parker as a justice of the Supreme Court. Sitting, left to right: Edward F. McGrady, legislative representative of the A. F. of L.; William F. Green, president of the federation, and Frank Mor: n, secretary. Back row, left to right: Arthur Lovell, vice president, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and William M. Clark, vice presi- dent of the Order of Railway Conductor: RETIREMENT BILL CONFEREES MEET Senate and House Members May Attempt to Reach Agreement This Week. Further efforts probably will be made | in conference this week to bring about an agreement between the Senate and | House on Government employes’ re- | tirement legislation. | Although no date has been set for another meeting of the groups repre- senting the two branches of Congress, there is every reason to believe further | conferences will be held as soon as the Senate managers have all the informa- tion they desire an the technical details of the new method of computing annu- ities advanced by the House. The three Senate conferees, who met yesterday with a staff of experts from various Government departments, will meet again tomorrow morning to con- tinue their study of the House amend- ments. Sepator Dale, Republican ol Vermont, author of the bill which the Senate approved, said yesterday there is a radical difference hetween the pres- ent law and the House bill, and that the Senate conferees are endeavoring to get all the information they can from experts regarding it. Vipond Is Called. Among those who were called in Yor information yesterday were Kenneth C. Vipond of the Civil Service Commis- sion; J. B. Woodside of the General Ac- counting Office, and a representative of the budget co-ordination department. Robert H. Alcorn of the joint confer- ence on retirement of civil service em- ployes, also conferred with the Senate group. ‘The Senate bill is based the same principles as the present law, with in- | both branches of Congress passed the | . SUBCOMMITTEE TAKES PARKER NOMINATION UNDER ADVISEMENT (Conunum Page.) Carolina, the chairman of the sub- committe, introduced into the record letters from Gov. Gardner and other nominee. He announced at the conclusion of the hearing that Senators Borah and other members of the committee, were desirous of making further personal inquiry into the case, and no effort would be made to get the nomination back to the judiciary committee at its meeting tomorrow. It therefore will be a week from tomorrow before the whole committee can act on it. Johnson Assails Decision. Mercer G. Johnson, directors of the People's Legislative Service, joined in the protest against Judge Parker, assail- ing his Red Jacket decision as one “showing an utter inability by size up the human situation in a given case.” Walter White, acting secretary of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People, entered a stern protest against Judge Parker on the basis of remarks he was quoted to have said in the 1920 campaign when he was Re- publican candidate for governor. White contended that Parker had and fifteenth amendments to the Con- stitution. Senator Overman replied that most of the Negroes voted for Parker in that election. He read a letter from J. E. Shepherd, president of the North Caro- lina College for Negroes at Durham, in- dorsing Parker. Senator Overman concluded the hear- lwnm yesterday. bel Walker not testify, but she said later to some committee members that she strongly supported the nomination. completed the informal sessions they are holding separately. The fact that creased annuities to a maximum of | bill in different forms means that an $1,200. The House bill provides for a basic annuity of $30 a year for each year of service, to which would be added whatever annuity could be pur- chased with the amount accumulated by each employe through the personal contributions from his salary. Substitution Is Provided For. essjon. e other two Senate conferees in 'Couzens, Republican of Michigan, and McKellar, Democrat of Tennessee. The House group is composed of Representa- tives Lehlbach. Republican of New Jer- The House bill provides that when- | sey; Smith, Republican of Idaho, and ever an annuity would be less under this method of computation than under the Senate bill, the latter would be sub- stituted. Under the House ‘plan ap- propriations made by Congress for re- tirement purposes, together with a de- duction of $1 a month from the con- tribution of each employe, would com- prise an unallocated fund, from which the basic annuity would be paid. The remainder of each employe's contribu- tion would be credited to his personal Jeffers, Democrat of Alabama, * Real Estate Board Chartered. RICHMOND, Va., April 5 (Special). —The Alexandria - Arlington - Fairfax Real Estate Board, Inc, of Clarendon, Va, & non-stock corporation, whose purposes are to create and promote co- operation among various ‘real estate brokers, has been granted a certificate account and used to purchase his ad- ditional annuity. The Senate group probably will ar- range for another conference with the Houes spokesmen as soon as they have of incorporation by the State Corpora- tion Commission here. K. A. Brum- Efloixk.lof Cltarcelndun d’;n prumetx:t. Ball & as of Claren are attorneys for the board. s A Bank —doing SM4LL things BIG Your Reason for Borrowing You may have a brand new reason for borrowing which we have never heard of —but we have no reason mold into which you have to fit. This bank is here to serve people of character who are engaged in the business of trying to get along. Bring your financial problem to us and see if we cannot help you to iron it out. Come In Morris Plan Bank Under Supervision U. S. Treasury Loaning Hundreds to Thousands North Carolinians heartily indorsing the | Herbert, Republican, Rhode Island, the | “shamelessly flouted” the fourteenth | ebrandt, former Assistant Attorney | General, atfended the session. She did | —————————————— | agreement must be reached if there is to be any retirement legislation at this | addition to Senator Dale are Senators | —Star Staff Photo. BROKEN FUEL PUMP ENDS COAST FLIGAT |Weld in Pipe Blamed for Fore« | ing Down Plane on Cross- | Country Hop. | By the Associated Press. : FORT WAYNE, Ind., April 5.—After a broken fuel pump on the light mono- new transcontinental non-stop record had been repaired, A. W. Mooney, | Wichita, Kans., airplane manufacturer, | late today piloted his craft to the mu- nicipal airport here from the field 5 miles distant, where his flight had | be able ended abruptly this morning. He said | | he would return to Wichita tomorrow. | . Mooney said that although the break- | ing of a tiny bracket on the fuel pump | had forced him to descend when his motor sputtered and failed, he would | apply for recognition of duration and | distance records for light planes and motors. He added that unless his marks were declared official they would have to remain unofficial, inasmuch as no one saw him land his low-winged monoplane. Powered with a 100-horsepower motor and carrying a load of 2,800 pounds, the craft left the United airport at Burbank, Calif., at 6:43 am. Pacific time yesterday. Late last night Mooney ! circled over the plant of the Mooney Aircraft Corporation at Witchita, of which he is an executive. The 24-year- old fiyer made the forced landing at 7:12 am. Central time today, covering the 1950 miles in 22 hours and 17 minutes. A check of the fuel tanks after the ship was brought to the airport showed that about 40 gallons remained, enough to have completed the trip to New York. A three-gallon reserve oil supply was untouched. Local pilots said Mooney could have finished the Pacific- not broken. Tired and disappointed, the youthful Wichita flyer said that both the motor and pump were blameless, but a weid Fr; the bracket holding the pump had et go. Mooney will fly his ship back to Wichita tomorrow after the bracket has been replaced. ‘The aviator sald he would repeat | his attempt to span the continent in his barograph to the National Aeronau- tical ~Association hop: to have his flight recognized as a new world record. these shoes and at the same one wishes. | plane he had attempted to fly to a | to-Atlantic hop had the pump bracket about two months. Meanwhile, he sent | U. S. FISCAL PLAN AIDS TAX SITUATION h1929 Depression Cifset by Sys(em of Working Nearly ‘. “Year Ahead of Time. BY. DAVID LAWRENCE. Althougl’ President Hoover's labest summary op Federal finance makes no mention of it, the luckiest break that the Government experienced in con- nection with tax receipts is that the fiscal year on which Uncle Sam keeps his books doesm't coincide with the calendar year by which the American taxpayer makes aut his returns and pays his bill to the Treasury. ‘Two things might have gpset calcula- tions and brought about a deficit—the business depression of last Autumn and the revislon downward of the tax rates last year, bringing a smaller income to the Government. Fortunately the tax receipts that started coming in on March 15 last are based on incomes during the calendar year 1929, and three-quarters of that vear saw high records in American busitess. If the first half of 1930 isn't productive of high incomes, the Treasury will not be disturbed, because the last half of 1930 may see better business conditions, and then in March, 1931, the Treasury may again find itself with relatively high income tax receipts. Under the fiscal system in vogue for generafions, however, the Government. works nearly a year ahead of time. Thus the money now being collected from the taxpayer will be applied on expense: | beginning July 1 next and runnin until June 30, 1931. The income from taxation, therefore, will be about what | was expected and the Autumn depre sion of 1929 will have had no efle on the situation. The guesses made by the Treasury experts as to what sources of revenue would show an increase and what would show a decrease under the new schedules. which went into effect with the payments on March 15 last have proved accurate. Now, however, Congress is being asked to economize, because there is no telling what money will be available when income tax payments come to the Treasury bmmtnf h 15, 1931 That's the crucial , because the Government has based its expenditures on the idea that income for the fiscal year, beginning W July of this year and collected beginning in March, 1931, will be_about the same as previous years. If the calendar year 1930 proves; better in its third and fourth quarters than in its first two, the Government will come out with a slight surplus. On the other hand, the lower tax rat-s | are expected to brig into the Govern- ment funds that now are withheld, due to evasion or avoidance. Generally | speaking, the loweg the tax rates the more productive are the returns. President Hoover’s call for economy will be emphasized more and more dur- ing the present session, for nobody will to know what business condi- tions will do to tax returns. The ‘Treasury experts can forecast what will happen” under normal conditions of business in each income tax group, but they can't prophesy’ what econnmic changes will do to the returns. If the Government and the taxpayer had both kept books on the calendar year basis there would have been even more un- “cenamw. and perhaps resl concern. As it is, the rest of 1930 is yet to come, and there's time to figure out how much can be spent in the fiscal year | beginning Juiy. 1931. (Copyright. 1930 Meeting Postponed by Death. | COLLEGE PARK. Md.. April 5 (Spe- cial)—Because of the death of Mrs. | Clara M. Buckley, wife of Dr. S. S. Buckley. srominent member of the or- | ganization, the Ap cefing of the | Prince Georges Coun | ciation scheduled here | called off. The next m | May 2. Rates Truck Drivers Low. PHILADELPHIA, April 5 (/).—Dr. Prank N. 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