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* HELPING MORROW _ each of the candidates.” claim vllewry. paaaaa g - advance their candidate as a wet can- * merly s partner of J. P. Morgan, was 3 cumyl byv‘mldent Hoover 5 delegate to the Naval Conference. . unexpired term of former Senator Wal- beginn! . March 4, 1931. Prelinghuysen and Fort = 1s John A. Kelly, who is runming as . the “original wet Republican” for both - eratie nomination for the six-year term. : The only Democratic candidate for the * than 1,000 World War veterans - in a speech that President Hoover was * PRESIDENT DENIES White House Statement An- swer’s Baird’s Intimation of Official Interest. By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J, June 16.—Enlivened by two declarations from the White House of neutrality, a contest for the Republican senatorial race, which has attracted wide attention, will be de- cided at the polls tomorrow. The candidates are Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow, former Senator Joseph 8. Prelinghuysen and Represent- ative Franklin D. Fort. ‘The issue of the campaign has been prohibition, Ambassador Morrow advo- cating repeal of the eighteenth amend- ment and return to State control of liquor traffic, Prelinghuysen standing for modification under Federal control and Fort running on a dry platform, with the backing of the State Anti- Saloon League and other dry organiza- tions. ‘White House Statement. Prompted by published statements that Senator David Baird, jr.. had said ‘intensely interested” in seeing Mr. Morrow elected to the Senate, the fol- lowing statement issued from the White House yvesterday: Protests have been received from pporters of Representative Fort and ex-Senator Prelinghuysen in respect to Senator Baird's reported statement. Several weeks ago a statement was made from the White House that the Presi- dent has taken no part as between Re- publican candidates in New Jersey or in the ?flmltm of any other State. ‘That still holds good. This is also in accord with the expressed withes of Supporters of all three ecandidates as G. Thomson, campaign man- ager for Morrow, issued & statement predicting that the Ambassador would win the nomination by & plurality “well up in six figures.” Prelinghuysen and Fort mentioned no figures in their claims. Morrow has the backing of the State Republican organization and the county organizations outside of Essex County, where Jesse Salmon, who is Freling- huysen's campa! manager, is Repub- lican county chairman. The campaign has been waged on the pmhlblt?m issue despite the efforts of Prelinghuysen to inject the World Court, the London Naval treaty, public utility regulation and other issues into it. Deny Presidential Aspirations. Morrow's opponents sought to make campaign material out of assertions by Former Gov. Stokes and President Hibben of Princeton that Morrow was & potential presidential prospect. Sup- porters of Morrow denied any plan to didate in opposition to President Hoover in 1932. Ambassador Morrow, who was for- his in Mexico to go to London as & has urged ratification of the London Naval treaty in e':’:ikpnl‘n "&e‘e:h:n - Mrs. an activi uerrov;n behalf of her husband Caghier, Mirs. Charies. A ear her daughter, Mrs. es A {.mflbenb. who is approaching mater- %L, Lindbergh has participated in his father-in-law’s campaign to the extent of g him home from one of his g trips. “Original” Wei Is in Race. Morrow is & candidate for both the ter E. Edge, now Ambassador to France, and for the six-year term ing are candidates only for the six-year ter_xr_!;‘.. only opponent in the fleld against Morrow for the unexpired term terms. Alexander Simpson, former State Senator, is unopposed for the Demo- short term is Miss Thelma Parkinson, s young graduate from Smith College. Am| lor Morrow received mor; an Gold Star Mothers yesterday at his home in Englewood, where Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to Great Britain, was a house guest. i ELMER SPERRY DIES SUDDENLY Noted Inventor, Who Perfected Gyroscope, Designed Stabilizers. By the Assoclated Press. ] NEW YORK, June 16.—EImer Sperry, perfector of the gyroscope, died today at St. John's Hospital. In addition to the gyroscope, he in- | vented the gyro-compass airplane and | ship stabilizer, high intensity search- | light, compound internal combustion | engine, fire control apparatus and numerous spécial devices, many of them for the United States Navy. He had been & member of the naval eonsulting board since 1915. Mr. Sperry underwent an operation | several weeks ago and apparently was on the road to recovery when he had a | relapse. From his childhood in Cortland, N. Y., he had a predilection for mechan- William F. Russell, police commis- sioner of Chicago (upper), who resigned today, and John F. Stege, former de- tective chief, who was demoted to be a district clrhln of the police force. The action followed demands that Russell be ousted as the result of Alfred Lingle, Chica, porter. RUSSELL RESIGNS AS COMMISSIONER OF CHICAGO POLICE (Continued From First Page)_ the slaying Tribune re- pistol battle in which three of his squad were wounded and his own sleeve was punctured with bullets) led to Russell's advancement to a captaincy in 1015, during the first administration of Mayor Thompson. He was made commissioner ago. as talk among various busi- ness, civic and religious groups that de- mands might be made for the resigna- tion of Willilam Hale Thompson &s mayor. ‘The mayor, who has made no public pronouncement of any contemplated ac- tion toward meeting the situation cre- ated by the Lingle slaying, was to meet today with his four closest political advisers, County Treasurer ~George Harding, Corporation Counsel Samuel Ettelson, Municipal Court Bailiff Ber- nard Snow and Eugene R. Pike, former president of the Lincoln Park Board. With the resignation of the police commissioner widely discussed, there was much talk of who might be picked to take up the job of ending gang ac- tivities in Chicago. The name of Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Ambassador to Great Britain, was mentioned as a possible “dictator” for the city, but Ambassador Dawes, now a guest of Dwight W. Mor- row at Englewood, N. J., indicated he had no intention of returning to Chi- cago for such & purpose. ‘The Herald and Examiner today con- tinued its page-one editorial demands for action that will bring out “the truth” in the Lingle murder. It sald: Charges Graft Is Implied. “Implications of graft, hints of knowl- edge of tribute paid by criminals to the police, are whispered as explanation of this murder among police reporters in the underworld in police stations. “Discussion of this gang killing in the highest stratum of society and in the lowest is alive with innuendo, reeks with allus} to extortionate levies on gam- bling and to payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars by gangsters for police protection. “What is the truth about this? That is what Chicago wants ¢o find out.” The Tribune today printed a story to the effect that a ssible motive for the murder of Lingle was being sought through an investigation of his finan- cial affairs. It has been generally un- derstood that Lingle was “well fixed” financially. ‘The Tribune says that Lingle was in the habit of carrying large sums of cash; he “plunged on horse races”; and losing with the ups and downs of the recent turbulent market.” “Direct information as to whether he lost or won in the long run of his wagers cannot be obtained,” the Trib- une continues, “but friends of Lingle assert he won large sums. These friends y that in recent months Lingle had altered his habit of years to stake small sums on races, and that he was often known to bet $100, $200 and even more on the outcome of a single race.” Bank Balance Is Small. ‘The Tribune's information is that Lingle's speculations on the market were such that before the market col- lapse he had a book profit of $200,000. The newspaper understands, howeve that this was “practically wiped out. William N. Kline, president of the ical toys and ’meu and at his death | he had filed 406 | His Inventions to him had distinet| Pvmntnufl and he spoke of them as “he,” “that fellow,” “that brute.” | Two years ago he disposed of his Jast business enterprise, the Sperry- Gyroscope Co., to the Curtiss Airplane Co., to devote his activities to research only. Previously he had sold his Sperry Electric Railway factory in Cleveland to the General Electric Co. Two sons and a daughter survive. Another son, co- ker with his father on airplane devices, was killed when his experimental plane fell into the Engiish Channel, in December, 1923. | ADKINS IS FAVORED BY JUDICIARY GROUP Benate Is Expected to Act on Nom- | ination Within Next Few Days. ) ‘The Senate judiciary committee re- ported favorably today on the nomina- | tion of Jesse C. Adkins to be an asso- clate justice of the District Supreme Court to fill the vacancy resulting from the elevation of Justice Alfred A. Wheat | explosion which set fire to & fow of | to_the office of chief justice. ‘The committee approved the nomina- tion upon pecommendation of the sub- committee, composed of Senators Water- man, Republican of Colorado; Hebert, Republican of Rhode 1Island, and Ashurst, Democrat of Arizona. The re- | port will be presented today and the Senate probably will take action within the next few days. Lake Shore Trust & Savings Bank, said atents. | th Ll! Lingle's account there showed a “either $2,400 to $2700." He told the Tribune that Lingle “usually made six or eight deposits a month of sums ranging from $500 to $800 in currency, exclusive of checks deposited.” He re- called that on one occasion Lingle cashed checks totaling $7,000. The Tribune learned also that the in- | heritances from relatives which were reported to have provided Lingle with a considerable sum, actually were small. TWO WOMEN KILLED IN MYSTERY BLAST II’enh Amboy, N. J., Business Sec-| tion Threatened by $200,000 Fire. By the Associated Press. PERTH AMBOY, N. J, June 16— Two women were killed and e'ght others were injured last night in an buildings in the main business section | of the city. Police searched the debris | for other victime. The dead were Mrs. Agnes Kent and Mre. Margaret Sourat, both of Perth Amboy. The dead were gnsuing when the | blast occurred. Although police were unable to determ'ne the cause of the explosion, several theories were ad- . Mr. Adkins is a former president of the District of Columbia Bar Associa- tion and has practiced in the local courts for many years. vanced, including one that a atill ad blown up. Damage o property was placed at $200.000. ‘The blaze threatened an entire block. THE EVENI]: Ty STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1930. BILL PASSES HOUSE $6,500,000 Enlargement Measure Aiready Approved by Senate. ‘The House today passed the Elliott pasesd the Senate. authorizing an ex- penditure of $6,600,000 to double the size of the present Museum of Natural History in the Mall facing Tenth street. Representative McClintic of Okla- homa, a Democrat, objected, saying that instead of appropriating a special sum the money for the new building should be taken from the fund authorized for the Federal building program in the District. He suggested shat part of the $10,000,000 allocated for a new Post Office Department building should be taken, saying that the proposed new Post Office Building is unnecesgary, that he objected to tearing down the pres- ent structure on the south side of Penn- sylvania avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, which he considered one of the handsomest and best con- structed in the United States. He compared it with the new Internal uilding directly in the rear, described as a monstrosity, and said it had a roof like a chicken . “If that is art, then certainly I know nothing about art,” Representative McClintic. Representative La Guardia, Repub- lican, of New York read a letter from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, chancellor of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, emphasizing the great need of the proposed extension. Mr. Hughes said the objects contained in the National Museum actually cost $120,000.000 and could not be replaced for four times that amount. Represent Greenwood, Repub- lican of Ind indorsed the bill, say- ing the museum is a treasure house of objects of national history of the United States, and that it is an educational institution for hundreds of thousands of visitors. Mr. McClintic asked that the bill be passed over without prejudice, but it ‘was necessary for him to get two addi- tional objectors, and the only other one who objected was Representative Staf- ford, Republican, of Wisconsin, so that the bill was passed after Chairman Ei- liott of the committee on public build- ings and grounds had substituted the Senate bill for the House bill. A resolution to reimburse Navy Yard workers for loss of pay on last Inagura- tion day was objected to by Representa- tive Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, who said this would establish a bad prece- dent by making Inauguration day a legal holiday in the District. BANDITS TAKE $2,300 FROM BANK EMPLOYE Third Daring Daylight Robbery in Week Stirs Pittsburgh—Escape in Automobile. concluded ance at the time of his death of |n By the Associated Prees. PITTSBURGH, June 15.— Bandits obtained $2,300 from a bank messenger today in the third daring daylight rob- bery staged here within a week. ‘The bandits held up John B. 45, messenger of the South Hills Trust Co., shortly after he left the institution for a bank in the downtown district. One robber covered Stauff with a revolver and the other seized a satchel containing the money. The bbers then leaped into an automobile and robberies were staged here last Tuesday and Wednesday. Three men_seized $2,039 from messengers of the East End Savings & Trust Co. Tues- day and on Wednesday the paymaster for a linen supply company was held up by three men who kidnaped him and fled with $2.360. Police were unable to find any trace of the robbers who participated in the holdups last week. SOUCEK TO STOP ALTITUDE FLIGHTS Calibration of Barograph Carried Friday May Show Sea- plane Record. Lieut. Apollo Soucek is not expected to make another attempt to better the world seaplane altitude record, which he has held for a year, Navy officials said this afternoon. It is believed that calibration of the barograph which he carried on a flight Priday afternoon when his oil feed line broke at an alti- tude of more than 7 miles may show a new record. Calibration of the barograph had not been begun at the Bureau of Standards today owing to the pressure of other business in . the aircraft instruments section. It is thought possible that the work may be completed Wednesday, however, Lieut. Soucek now is visiting the home of his bride’s parents at Wells- ville, N. Y. He is to sail from New York for San Diego on Baturday, to begin three years of sea duty aboard the U. S. 8. Lexington, aircraft carrier. JONES SCORES 73 IN BRITISH TOURNEY; TWINE'S 68 LEADS (Continued From First Page) it, but there's nothing I can do about it oW, Bobby Jones and Norman Newton of Havans -arried a big noon hour gallery at Hoylake course which witnessed a eird start Jones scored his first birdie at the ard third hole. He was on the putts, holing out from seven yards. Scores Birdie on Sixth. Bobby scored a par at the fifth and then holed a 20-foot putt for a birdie 3 af, the sixth. A par 4 at the ninth left him with “even 4s.” Jones skirted danger all the way at the tenth, but with a delicate chip up | hill was almost dead at the close and | 8ot his par 4. At the famous “Alps” short hole, the ‘eleventh, he sent a 20- foot putt home for a birdie 2. Bobby found trouble with the traps at the twelfth and thirteenth holes. His brassie to the twelfth ran into & corner of a deep bunker and be could not get the ball out the first time, final- ly taging 6 for the par 4 hole. Trapped From Tee. At the short thirteenth he was again trapped from the tee and needed 4 for the hole. Needing two birdies in the last five holes to finish ineven 4s, he got the first with a 4 at the 511-yard fourteenth. After taking a par 4 at the fifteenth, Jones had a likely birdie at the 532- yard sixteenth, but looked up on a lit- tle chip from the far side of a bunker over the bunker, leaving him a par 5. Bobby tried hard to clip a stroke from par st the sixteenth and seven- teenth holes 8o that he could finish with even figures, but two par 4s were the best he could nmum. Norman Newton of Havanw. played with Jones had a score of 82. bill, & duplicate of which has already | with his second and took two | near the green and the ball barely got | IELLIOTT'S MUSEUM |HALF BILLION IS DUE FROM 129 INCOMES | Treasury Collections Today Are Expected to Swell Total to Record. | By the Associated Press. ‘With more than one and a half bil- lion dollars passing through the United Btates Treasury today, the second pay- ment of taxes on 1929 incomes was pouring into the Government coffers to swell such collections to unprecedented totals. | ‘Treasury experts expected today's col- lections to amount to $500,000,000 or more. At the same time the Govern- ment was paying off $450,000,000 in maturing certificates of indebtedness, taking in $450,000,000 from the sale of such securities and paying about $90,000,000 interest on the public debt. On June 12, the last day shown in the Treasury’s daily statement, the Government had collected for the fiscal year which started July 1 a total of $3,457,920,019 and had spent in the same time $3,608,672,649. Though this left a deficit of $240,652,630, Treasury officials expected President Hoover's first full fiscal year in office to end with a comfortable surplus. Of the total receipts for the vear, $1,919,006,251 were received as tax on incomes of 1929, despite the fact of the Wall Street collapse last Fall and the 1 per cent tax reduction. The tax reduction alone meant about $80,000,- 000 less income for the Government. Indications were that the Treasury estimates of a total return of $2.480,- 000,000 from income taxes in the fiscal year would be borne out so closely as to surprise even veteran experts of the fiscal department. The total income for the year to June 12 was $105,000,000 more than re- ceived in the same period of last year, while the expenditures were $17%,000,- 000 greater, due in part to increasing Government activities and the opera- tions of the Federal 'm Board. General expenditures of the Govern- ment amounted to $2,078,445,165, about $90,000,000 more than for the same period last year, while the postal de- ficiency this year totals $85,074,870 to date, as compared to $70,020,900 in the same period last year. The total of ordinary expenditures of the Government for the year to last Thursday was $3.186.141,745, as com- pared to $3,050,496,970 for the same time a year ago. With at least $500,000,000 in income tax expected by the Treasury before the end of the fiscal year on June 30, indications were that the Government would have a total income during the vear of a little more than $4,000,000,- 000, and end the year with a surplus of $100,000,000 or more. SAFE-BREAKERS RUSH TO FREE 3 TRAPPED Burglars Lock Bank Employes in Vault—None Has Been Able to Open It. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, June 16.—Sev- eral professional safe-breakers today are hurrying to Lode to attempt release of three members of the largest private bank of that city, who arently were when an employe, passing the bank, observed that the janitor was not on duty within. He found the small cash boxes had been opened. This led him to descend to the vaults. There he heard muffied cries for help. ‘The robbers seemingly had opened the safe and put inside it a dircctor and two other employes. As no one outside could open the safe, urgent calls were sent to Warsaw and Prague, It was feared that the three im- prisoned men might be suffccated. CAFE OWNER.IS SLAIN BEFORE 20 IN CHICAGO Robbery Believed Motive of Shoot- ing—Victim Pulled Gun First on Pair. By the Associated Préss. CHICAGO, June 16.—Another North Clark street restaurant—the Villa Riea in the 2500 block—saw murder done early today, when two men, probably robbers, slew Christ Petras, night man- ager. ‘Twenty persons witnessed the shoot- ing. They said two men entered and engaged Petras in conversation over the cigar counter. Their talk may have been personal or it may have been a de- mand for the restaurant receipts. Po- lice are not certain which. Suddenly Petras’ hand reached below | the counter and came up with a pistol. | He fired twice and missed. One of the men snapped a gun from his pocket and | shot Petras down. Among those who saw Petras shot and the killers flee was his wife, WAR PLANS SECTION LEAVES BARR BUILDING First Move of Department Into Newly Designated Quarters Gets Under Way. ‘The first move of the War Depart- ment into newly designated quarters was under way today. The war plans section left the Barr | Building at 910 Seventeenth street and was transferred to the Walker-Johnson Building on New York avenue near Eighteenth street. Arrangements were made to move the first unit of the gen- eral staff from the Southern Railway Building at Thirteenth and E streets into the same building, where all the general staff, with the exception of the chief of staff and his deputies, will be housed. WOMAN BARELY ESCAPES WHEN HIT BY STREET CAR Safety Device Enables the Motor- man to Halt Quickly and Effect Her Rescue. A safety device under a Lincoln Park street car saved the life of a 43-year- old woman shortly after noon today when she was hit by the surface car while crossing F street at the inter- section of Ninth street. Mrs. May Conner of Herndon, Va. visiting at 1605 Thirty-third street, escaped with minor bruises and brush burns about the arms and body. The motorman was able to bring his car to & stop within a few feet of the point where the accident occurred, with Mrs. Conner lying beneath the car and saved from the wheels by the guard. She was pulled from under the car by the otn miwrman and by Traffic Policeman H. E. Davis, ITALIANS MAKE NEW ENDURANCE RECORD The start of the flight of Maj. oo 7 Umberto Maddalena and Lieut. Fausta Ceccona, at the Montecelio Aerodrom: when they established a new endurance record for flying in a closed circuit. utes, breaking the previous record by 1 hour and 50 minutes. Ttaly, They remained aloft 67 hours and 15 min. —Associated Press Photo. JOHNSON TO SPEAK OVER RADIO FORUM Californian Is Expected to Answer Stimson on Treaty Wednesday. Senator Hiram Johnson of California, who has been leading the fight in the Senate foreign relations committee | against ratification of the London naval treaw, is to speak in the National Radio | Forum, through WMAL, Wednesday at | 9:30 pm. ‘The forum is arranged by The Star and sponsored by the Columbia Broad- casting System. It is being presented Wednesday night instead of Thursday because of the broadcasting of the re- ception of Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Senator Johnson is expected to reply in his radio speech to the arguments advanced by Secretary of State Stim- son, who strongly advocated the rati- fication of the navel treaty in the National Radlo Forum last week. Senator Johnson has maintained that the naval treaty does not give the | United States a square deal because it denies the American Navy the right to build as many 8-inch cruisers as it deems necessary. The naval treaty is still before the | forelgn relations committee and may | be reported to the Senate before the latter part of this week. Senator John- son and other opponents of the treaty are urging that consideration of the | treaty in the Senate be postponed until | next Fall. President Hoover is insisting upon early action by the Senate on the treaty. It is expected that the foreign relations committee will report the treaty favorably when it acts on the pact. The California Senator is widely known as a forceful orator. He was Theodore Roosevelt’s running mate dur- ing the Bull Moose movement in 1912. LAKE ERIE ISLANDS SEARCHED FOR SEVEN Speedboat Party Feared Drowned While Racing to Attend | District public school system if Con- Elk Picnie. By the Associated Press. | TOLEDO, Ohio, June 16.—Searching parties were organised here last night | to visit Lake Erie islands to hunt for | seven Toledo men who may have| drowned Saturday while racing in a/ speedboat to Pelee Island to attend the annual Elks’ pienic. ‘The speedboat was found yesterday morning drifting near West Sister Is-| land. In it were three life preservers and & hat. No trace of any bodies was found. ‘The men missing are Charles H. Nauts, internal revenue collector for| t'he port of Toledo district; Franklin B. Jones, County Board of Elections; Herbert Nauts, an attorney, and son of Charles H. Nauts; Arthur Kruse, pres- ident of the Kruse-Burman Mortuary Co.; Frank Miller, former city water commissioner; Henry Heinbush, assist- ant county engineer, and William Nixon, owner and pilot of the boat. DONALDSON FIGHTS DISBARMENT MOVE BEFORE HIGH COURT (Continued From ®irst Page.) could only aseist in securing the con- tracts. He denied that the relations of at- torney and client ever existed, insofar as these three contracts are concerned, between Donaldson and the construc- tion company. He sald that his client had retired from the active practice of law and that he was acting only as a business man in the matter of the con- tracts. He also said that both the Smith Co. and the construction com- pany were aware of the nature of the services which he was performing, and of the fact that his firm represented both concerns. The hemn{n opened before a full bench comprising Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and Associate Justices Jen- nings Bailey, Frederick L. Siddons, Wil- liam Hitz and Peyton Gordon. The first witness called was John M. Donn, artchitect of the Cathedral Man- sions. His testimony was defined to a discussion of the manner in which plans for the building were drawn and had little bearing on the procosaings. Powell Is Witnees. J. Eris Powell, former president of the F. H. Smith Co, testified he had not conversed with Donaldson or any one in his behalf to place th> contracts with the Boyle-Robertson Co. He also said that neither G. Bryan Pitts nor Samuel J. Henry, both of whom were at that time officials of the Smith Co., sald anything to him about warding the contracts to the construc- tion company. He said he knew noth- ing of the employment of Donaldson until several months after the construc- tion company went into bankruptey in July, 1927. Mr. Powell said he retired as president of the Smith Co. in De- cember, 1925. He testified that to his knowledge competitive bids were invited on the buildings i question, but that the Boyle-Robertson Co. was the only ‘Washington bidder, and that their bid was considerably lower than the others. On_ cross-examination, he sald that the Boyle-Robertson Co. had been kept on “the anxious bench” in order to get the best contract for the bids. ENDS LIFE IN GARAGE CHICAGO, June 16 (A).—In the dust that coated the sides of his automobile, Eugene Comiskey, 46-year-old shipping clerk, wrote a suicide note last night. Using his finger as a pencil he screwled, “Good-by, good luck, God bless you—Gene.” Then he sealed the doors and win- dows of the garage, started the motor and succumbedsto the deadly monoxide gas fumes. » former member of the Lucas |l | were to be remodeled and refinished at | operation under new stal D. C. SCHOOLS FA IF APPROPRI CE HARDSHIPS ATION BILL FAILS Without Specific Legislation, New Build- ings May Stand Idle, Lacking Furniture and Equipment Bevere hardships are in store for the gress, unable to pass the pending appro- priation bill for the District, enacts “continuing resolution” which does not carry specific legislation providing funds for certain sorely needed items in the school system, it was demonstrated in a survey of the situation today. Without specific legislation, new buildings would stand idle and useless for lack of furniture and equipment. High school children would be obliged to buy textbooks and supplies for an- other year. Schools now under con- struction might be abandoned tempo- rarily if the funds remaining from ini- | tial appropriations are exhausted. New school buildings, designed large- ly to eliminate many of the District’s portable schools, would not be started, and sites for buildings proposed in the future would remain unbought, while prices increased and their availability recedes before the incteasing private bullding program which gradually re- duces the area of open land. Schools Affected Named. ‘The schools which remain idle follow- ing their completion this Summer in- clude the Eliot Junior High School, at Seventeenth and E street northeast, the furniture and equipment of which is estimated to cost $42,700. The Park View twin additions also would be useless when completed for lack of the $12,400 worth of furniture, scheduled for them in the pending bill. Similarly the Buchanar four-room and gymnasi. . addition, to be furnished at & cost of $7,000, and the Eaton assembly gymnasium, to be equipped at a cost of $2,900, would be 'mf“y when com- leted, unless specifically provided for K-A a continuing resolution. These fur- niture and equipment items, which would be lost if the current bill fails of enactment, total $65,000, and the money would remain available until June 30, 1932, Senate Held Item Important. 8o important did the Senate regard the free high school text book and supply item that when it approved the appropriation bill it asserted the $240,- 000 would be available “immediately.” In other words, contracts could be let for the delivery of the books and sup- plies on the day President Hoover would have signed the bill. As it is now, how- ever, it is possible that the item will be lost entirely and that parents will be obliged to dig in their pockets for another vear's supply of books, paper, pencils, drawing instruments, chemicals and the sundry articles used by high school suudents in the various courses. ‘The Wilson and the Miner Teachers’ which have operated during the cademic year as colleges, with normal school staffs, would be obliged to continue as normal schools, despite legislation which made them colleges, until money to provide them with pro fessors and presidents is forthcoming. Eight professors, at $4,000 per annum, were included in the pending appropria- tion bill as it passed both House and Senate, and yet, unless specific lan; e is carried in a continuing resolution which might be adopted, the two teach- ers’ “colleges” will worry along with normal school faculties, even though for the first time a four-year course looms in the immediate future. The Wilson and Minor Colleges also cost of $30,000 in preparation for their s. This work would go by the boards under an ordi- nary continuing resolution, Bchools Partially Completed. Schools already under construction which cannot be completed until further appropriations are made include the Charles Eliot Junior High School, which is slated to receive $300,000 from the pending bill. The new Roosevelt High School, which is to replace the present Business High School, is awaiting $600,- 000, which would be added to the $300,- 000 already available, before its con- struction can actually be inaugurated. | The Alice Deal Junior High School in Reno is slated to receive $300,000 to continue its construction. This build- ing, however, 18 not yet actually under- way, but work s expected to begin momentarily. Appropriations for new construction which would be lost include $130,000 for the four-room addition, including assembly hall, gymnasium for the Con- gress Heights school; $200,000 to begin construction on the proposed $300,000 colored platoon school on the Northeast | ‘Washington site; $200,000 to begin con- | struction on the $500,000 new colored | Jjunior high school to adjoin the platoon | school; $100,000 for the four-room ad- | ditlon with™ assembly-gymnasium for | the Deanwood School; $120,000 for the eight-room addition to the Whittier School; $240,000 for the 10-room and | two-gymnasium addition to the Stuart| Junior High School; $140,000 for the Emposed eight-room school at Broad | ranch road and Northampton street: $140,000 for the proposed eight-room school in Wesley Heights; $80,000 for the four-room initial unit for the school | at Tenth and Franklin streets north-| east, and $200,000 for the 12-room ad- | dition to the Anthony J. Bowen School. | This list of schools represents one of the heaviest new construction programs | proposed for the school system in recent years and was designed specifically to hasten the elimination, or, at least, the limitation of portable schools. Sites May Be Lost. Site which will be lost unless provided for, either by the passage of the bill or in specific language of a continuing resolution, include one for & gmpoufl eight-room building in the Burleith- Glover Park section, another for an eight-room building west of Connecti- cut avenue and north of Jenifer street, one for a junior high school in the vi- cinity of Minnesota avenue and Nine- teenth street, in addition to more ,munfl for playground purposes or for uture construétion adjoining _the Douglas-Simmons School, the Anthony J. Bowen 8chool, the Harrison School, Geddings School, Grant School and the Morgan School. for Class Work. grounds, the operation of which s pro- vided for this Summer in an item of $36,000 in the bill, would be handicap- ped or even completely wrecked, de- pending upon the action taken in Con- | gress. | The 836,000 figure represents an in- crease of $3,000 over that provided last year, so that if the continuing resolu- tion makes available figures carried in the current appropriation, the schools and school playgrounds would be limited in their activities to that extent. How- ever, the procedure of providing one- twelfth of an annual appropriation in & continuing resolution is being dis- cussed in school circles and, if this | procedure is followed for the vacation schools, they would given only $3,000 to run for the six weeks to two months period. This method would re- sult in the virtual abandonment of their program. If the continuing resolution would make available the same funds this year which were carried in the current appropriation for teachers and lib rians, salary increases and salary ad- Justments in accordance with existing law and totaling $206,240 would be lost and the incumbents deprived of their increases. Serious Embarassment Foreseen, ‘While specific data are not forthcom- ing in official school circles, it is known definitely that considerable serious em- barassment to the local public school system officers lies in their efforts to engage the eight professors for the two teachers' colleges. Acting on the knowl- edge that these salary items were not disputed by Congress and assuming, therefore, that they would be carried in the final appropriation bill, school authorities have undertaken tentatively to ap) t incumbents to these positions. e professors would begin their duties here with the open- ing of school in September and they a‘ould I;: ohltllldh to nnmly thda institu- ons where they are e; at pres- ent of their lntentlon:np muy:o gr:re. Such notification should be made early, and it is possible that resignations al- ready have been tendered by prospective professors in the colleges here whose appointments have been virtually de- eided upon. TR RECLUSE ENDS LIFE WHEN HUNGER FAILS AS SUICIDE ATTEMPT (Continued From First Page.) was cared for and entertained in an ef- fort to rrev-ll upon him to take a more cheerful view of life. It was last Tues- day that he returned home. Cord Tied to Trigger. The gun was beside the body yester- day with & cord tied to the trigger. County authorities, who were called to the scene, declared it & case of suicide. So it appears that Davis' suicide has spiked rumors that his starvation effort 1‘1’:‘ a hoax. lllnvflhag ?‘h‘f’“ that was eating secretly, buf appear ance after 26 days indicated otherwise. He was weak and emanciated. Davis had renounced religion. He did not believe there was a ist, but believed that there existed some omni- ggunt being who did not have time to ther with individuals like himself. Ministers of the gospel had visited him, but they did not interest him, in fact, bored him, he sald. He even asked them not to visit him again unless they would leave religion out of their conver- | sations. | . Davis was to be buried this afternoon |in a little plot on the farm of Mrs, | Josephine Miller. BANDUCONCERTS. By the United States Navy Band Or- chestra this evening at the bandstand, east front of the Capitol, at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, assistant leader. March, “2nd Regiment, Connecticut,” Reeves Overture, “Academic Festival”. . Brahms Cornet solo, “Grand Russian Fan- tasia” ... . Levy Valse— “L'Estudiantina” .........Waldteufel “Entry of the Gods into Valhalla,” from “The Rheingold”.....Wagner Selection of “American War Songs,”" Arr. by Lake (Dedicated to the American Legion) “Hungarian Rhapsodie, No. 14"...Liszt “Anchors Aweigh.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band at Marine Barracks at 8 o'clock tonight. Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur S. Whit- comb, second leader. Grand march, “Song of the Marching Men" Hadley sa's Wedding “Lohengrin” Cornet solo, (Musician Winfred Kemp) | Excerpts from “Rio Rita” Tierney “Dance of the Tumblers,” from “The Snow Maiden”.....Rimsky-Korsakow Southern rhapsody, “Virginia,” Haydn Wood “Reminiscences of Tschalkowsky,” 24 Godfre erl.ne.s' hymn, “The Halls of Monte- ma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” Notice—The concert by the United States Marine Band sdheduled for Wed- nesday, June 18, at the United States Capitol has been canceled on account of the band having been detailed for other official duties. Yachts Are Burned. NEW ORLEANS, La, June 16 (#).— Fire, originating in the engine room of the yacht Cintil D here today, caused the” critical injury of & watchman and destroyed or damaged nine yachts and Excerpts from “The Show Boat,” Kearn | ARMS DEPOT BLAST KILLS 100 CHINESE 300 Others Hurt as Rebel Soldiers Attempt to Move Seized Explosives. By the Associated Press, SHANGAHI, June 16.—One hundred persons were kiled, three hundred in- jured and heavy property damage re- sulted from the explosion of a muni- tions dump at Chuchow, about 30 miles south of Changsha, Hunan Province, June 10, delayed Chinese press advices revealed today. Dispatches stated that rebel soldiers captured the government dump and ignorantly attempted to move the ex- plosives stored therein, A soldier was reported to have handled a hand grenade roughly, causing a disaster lasting six hours. The dispatches continued: “Shells and bullets shot in all directions, kill- ing 100 officers, privates and civilians and wounding hundreds more. People were terrorized and thetic scenes were enacted among the dead, which littered the ground. Dismembered bodies lay everywhere. Wounded per- sons stumbled and felt their way about during the disaster. “Convicts in a nearby jail attempted to escape during the exploston and guards were forced to fire, killing many.” Indications that the Nationalist gov- ernment , forces defending Hankow, Wuchaj and Hanyang suffered their secongl’ reverse in three days appeared today in Japanese advices from Han- oW, Eastern Wing Advances. The reports said the eastern wing of the rebellious Northern alliance forces had made a sharp advance southward to Shumatien, about 225 miles north of the three citles, on the Peiping-Han- kow Railway. ~Nationalist forces were said to be withdrawing. Ravages of pirates on coastal and transoceanic shipping plying along the Chinese cosst were revealed in an- nouncement of the organization of a squadron of csmmly trained anti- pirate guards. e guards, numbering 200, organization of whom has just been completed, will assume their du- tles July 1. Detachments of the guard, organized by owners of four British coutwfu and transoceanic lines, will be assigned to vessels carrying passengers between Shanghai #nd 8i them from the ever-present danger of attacks frora Chinese pirate: Only men already trained in the use of firearms have been accepted. Na- tionalities of the personnel include British, Russian, Indian and Chinese. ‘The most infested pi area is con- sidered to be the coast of 200 miles both north and south of Hongkong. Induded in this area is the famous pirate lair Bias Bay, lying between Swatow and Hongkong, which is con- sidered the fountainhead of all piracies on the Asiatic coast. Chang Issues Threat. Chinese dispatches from . Mukden quoted Chang Hsueh Liang. military governor of Manchuria, as tZreatening to hurl Manchurian forces into the civil war against the Northern alliance rebels unless rebel leaders accepted Chang's offer of mediation. Chang, son of the late Manchurian war lord, Chang Tso Lin, already has begun mobilization preparatory to set- ting his troops in action, the dis- patches said. KWANGSI CHIEF SLAIN, Governor Is Assassinated by Bodyguard ‘While at Supper. CANTON, Kwantung, China, June 15 () —Lin Liu Huan Yen, Governor of Kwangsi Province, which adjoins Kwangtung on the west, was assassi- nated today by a bodyguard as he was eating supper at the Asia Hotel. He was shot in the back. Liu's assassin fled into the street and was there captured by police. He said that the commander of the Kwangsi rebel group had offered him $10,000 and the rank of colonel in the rebel army if he would kill Liu, who was here on a visit. FAIRFAX DISASTER DUE TO POOR WORK, SURVIVOR TESTIFIES (Continued From Mirst vage.) saying it appeared they had no instruc- g:en what stations to take in event of TAMPA SKIPPER TESTIFIES, Denies Hearing 8 O S From the Fair- fax in Testimony at Federal Probe. BOSTON, June 16 (#).—Capt. Stan- ley V. Parker of the Coast Guard cut- ter Tampa testified at the Federal in- vestigation into the Fairfax-Pinthis dis- aster today that the Tampa heard no 8 O S from the Fairfax the night of the collislon, although the radio log showed messages to Boston from the Fairfax were sent for 20 minutes after the crash and subsequent fire. The Tampa, Parker said, was an- chored 23 miles Ay in a heavy fog when the Fairfax rammed and sank the Pinthis with the loss of 47 lives off North Scituats it Tuesday night. The Tampa's radio log showed, the captain said, that messages from the Fairfax to Boston points started at 7.04 u;fl.cmt:nued lnurvull; until 7:24, imony apparently contradicted that of the Fairfax radio operators, who sald a general 8 O § was tapped out immediatel; collision and continued for some minutes, but that fusion of the radio antenna by fire ap- parently prevented the call m ever reaching the air. According to the Tampa's log, however, messages to Boston went out without difficulty for at least 20 minutes after the collision, Capt. Parker sald that at no time during the evening did he know the Fairfax was in danger. The Tampa operator, suspecting something wrong, reached the reply “Thanks” all “Okeh,” o his query offering aid, and Parker said the operator considered that reply so emphatic that he did not inform his commander as he would have done had he had good reason to believe there was trouble. STORMQTOLL.INCREMASED TO SEVEN IN NORTHWEST Farmer Dies of Injuries in Wis- consin—Relief Work Gains Momentum, By the Associated Press. EAU CLAIRE, Wis, June 16.—The death toll in Friday's tornadoes in Min- nesota and Wisconsin was increased to seven yesterday when John Logan, a farmer, living 8 milés from Augusta, Wis, died in a hospital at Eau Claire. He had been struck by a flying timber while seeking shelter from the storm. n's death occurred while relief work gained added momentum in the stricken areas, with National Guards, men, Red Cross workers, business me and others co-operating. The Guards- men still patrolled the sections around Menominie, Wis, and at Randolph, ' seven boat houses with a loss estimated by the owners at $80,000. Policemen The Summer schools and school play- managed to tow several yachts out of danger, Y Minn, where the storms took their heaviest tolls. Menomonie reported that early terday several attempts At looting frustrated by Guardsmen,