Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1930, Page 2

THE EVENING EUROPE NOT READY FOR FEDERATION Holland Holds View in Reply to French Memorandum on Proposal. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 4.—The government of the Netherlands has informed the French foreign office of its belief that the ground had not been sufficiently prepared for a federation of European states, as recently suggested in a world- wide memorandum of Forelgn Minister Briand. Holland submitted a formal reply to the former premier's proposal, which was made public today. ‘The Dutch officials expressed a lively appreciation of France's initiative, but suggested that further exchanges must take place before the project could proceed. : The memorandum submitted today expressed fear that such a federation might prove an embarrassment to the League of Nations and that continental grouping might, in practice, aggravate differences between the continents. The Holland foreign office in another reservation, takes issue with M. Briand’s suggestion that the proposed federation should be based first on a political ac- cord and then upon economic grounds. Holland feels, the memorandum says that regulation of political issues is not necessary to a general lowering of cus- toms duties which by implication it stresses as the most important problem confronting Europe today. In official circles the reply was taken as encouraging. It was considered that the objections raised would be in no way diffieult to overcome. French officials pointed out that Forelgn Min- ister Briand always considered that such a federation must be grafted upon the structure of the League of Nations and could not succeed if in any way in- imical ical. To the idea that the federation might aggravate the differences between con- tinents, the French today replied that it would manifestly reduce the number ©of problems separating them. COSTE AND BELLONTE T0 CHANGE MOTOR French Flyers Say Plane Nearly Ready for Hop Across Atlanti By the Associated Press. VILLACOUBLAY, France, July 4.— Capt. Dieudonne Coste, French lonf- distance aviator, and his mechanie, Maurice Bellonte, will engage them- selves during the next few days in mounting & new motor in their plane, the Question Mark, in which they hope shortly to cross the Atlantic to New York. In a 14-hour test ngm yesterday the plane behaved beautifully, Coste said upon landing here last evening, after fiving all day over Northern France. When they were not sighted for several hours, there were rumots that he al- re-dyflhld‘ sl away on his New York project. It -3" not. expected today the flight will be begun until July 10, when there is & full moon. GOAL OF 570 HOURS ADVISED FOR CREW OF RECORD PLANE (Oontinued From First Page.) Indian sign on the elements snd took on more gasoline. ‘The 214th contact was made at 6:15 am. (C. 5. T), with the Big Ben, the roviding plane, succoring the City of ghicalo W?'h 50 gallons of gasoline. Shortly after the refueling contact had been made the City of Chicago moomed low over the hangar and dropped the following note: “Wilson Herren (one of the flight managers) suggested we stay up 600 hours. What do you think about it? Maybe we will and maybe we won't. We're having some trouble, but that's to be expecied at this stage of the game.” Albert Prepares Reply. Albert Hunter, who with Walter, are the ground crew brothers, prepared the following reply to go aloft on the next contact “Suggest you stay up 570 hours; that would equal the records of both the Question Mark (150 hours) and the St. Louis Robin (420 hours).” As a result of elaborate preparations for a celebration, fireworks vendors be- gan arriving last night. Lunch stands were erected. Balloon salesmen, pen- nant peddlers and sellers of miniature sirplanes had their wares ready for all comers. And the “endurance” sand- wich made its first appearance, But although they have much cause to celebrate, there will be no fireworks for John and Kenneth. At least, not if Herren can prevent it. Herren Points Out Dangers. “Too dangerous,” sald Herren, when 4t was suggested that the brothers might | wish to shoot off firecrackers. “They have parachutes, but if a firecracker should explode under the tail of that ship—wel], they wouldn't have much chance Herren predicted the pilots would decide 10 nd Saturday night, but nad no definite reason for . It was generally believed t that the plane would be pt aloft over Sunday, if possible, and thus bring in more gate receipts, a percentage of which the flyers receive Herren also touched upon the much discussed tion of what the Hunter brothers will do upon the completion eir flight. Irene Wants to FI; “They will continue to fly,” he sald “You can't make actors or acrobats out of them. They live on aviation and in that I believe they will go far fore the flight began, Jopn Hunter and I agreed that if the endurance record was broken 1 would back a tour of the We also decided he would try & non-stop, relay-refueling flight around the rim of the country I don't know how he feels about it now, however.” Irene Hunter, sister of the fiyers, who has supervised preparation their food since the flight began 23 days ago, snnounced her plans definitely last night. She is going to give up cooking for aviation Il my four brothe houldn’t I fly, t00,” sk brothers promised me made money enough of th country for him fly, so wh uired whe buy 1 at to several ps, so 1 could crack one up now and | they would teach me CORRECTION. Mrs. Alice G. nill, 1440 N street, who s named as defendant in a suit to recover 851,150 damages filed in the Dis. trict Supreme Court by Fred W. La; man, administrator of the estate uce H. Owens. as the result of an tomobile accident at Casper, Wyo., not operating the car, as errone- tated in a story of the suit pub- lished in The Star. The sult was di- d against Mrs. Hill, it is asserted, because the car happened to be reg tered her name. She was at home in Denver, it is reported, at the tim. ©f the accident, in which her husband, James D. Hill, was also killed, Tonight’s Program 7:30—Concert, United States Ma- Tine Band; Capt. Taylor Branson, leader. 8:15—E. J. Murphy, chairman of committee, will open formal rogram. a:lo—{,nvouuan by Rev. John C. Palmer, 8:18—S8inging of “America” by all assembled, led by Maj. Lee S. Tillotson, U. S. A. 8:20—Address of welcome by Commissioner Luther H. Reichelderfer. 8:22—Reading of Declaration of Independence by William Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives. 8:30—Address by Senator Simeon D. Fess. 8:50—Massing of the colors by patriotic and veteran or- ganizations: Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, marshal. 8:55—Oath of allegiance to the flag, led by Gen. Pries. 8:57—Benediction, by Rev. Francls J. Hurney, 8'5!7"%‘-" SPIS)fl;d Banner” by all assembled, led by Maj. Tillotson. s 9:00—Torehlight procession of the color guards and uniformed bodies; gircraft demonstra- tion from Bolling Field; anti-aircraft demonstration by 260th Coast Artillery of D. C. National Guard. 9:15—Fireworks display. HOLIDAY FEATURE PLANNED TONIGHT Parade, Fireworks and Air Attack on Program at Monument Grounds. IPRESIDENT CALLS SENATE SESSION Ratification of Naval Treaty Predicted Despite Protest of Minority. (Continued Prom First Page.) chairman of the Foreign Relations Com- mittee, and to Senator Keed of Penn- sylvania and Senmator Robinson of Arkansas, both of whom were n.embers of the American delegation at ine Lon- don Corference. position has been that it would be impossible to keep a quorum cf the Senate in Washington at this season to deal with the treaty. But the Sen- at leaders are confident that the Sen- ators, with the spotlight on them, will not absent themselves from the Capitol. Some of the Senators feel that a week or ten days will see the final disposi- tion of the treaty. The Senate was in a snarling, quar- relsome mood last night, with anti- administration Senators bitterly eriti- cising President Hoover and the House, which backed up the President. The pressure for an adjournment of the Con- gress, however, was too great to fore- stall final action on the World War vet- erans’ bill, the second deficiency bill and the District appropriation bill, all of which had to be disposed of before the Congress could adjourn. In the end, & few of the disgruntled Senators sought to prevent an adjournment, seeking ap- parently to punish the House and make it come back to Washington Monday after the July Fourth holiday, because of its support of the President. The effort failed, however, by a large vote. President Goes to Capitol. President Hoover, accompanied by Secretary Hurley of the War Depart- ment, Gen. Hines, director of the Vet- erans’ Bureau, and his secretaries, the trooping of the colors at 7:30 o'clock. While the municipal program is in progress tonight, a number of com- munities, such as Petworth, Takoma Park, Wesley Heights and Burroughs, will be staging their own displays of community fireworks, concluding all-day programs that started at 9:30 o'clock in the morning with flag-raising ex- ercises. Still other organizations, such as the Association of Oldest Inhabitants and Soclety of Natives of the District of Columbia, as well as numerous organi- zations affiliated with the Community Chest, also held independent programs during the day. Edward F. Colladay, Republican national committeeman of the District, delivered the address to the Association of Oldest Inhabitants, which met at noon in Epiphany Church Hall, following 1its monthly meeting. Members of the Society of Natives joined with them in the observance. Mr. Colladay made an appeal for n: tional representation for the District. All camps operated by organizations affiliated with the Community Chest and by the District Tuberculosis Asso- ciation were conducting patriotic pro- grams and sporting events. More than 5,000 boys and girls are lodged in these camps and they made the most of & day of water sports and field events. Children Have Parade. ‘Wesley Heights staged an all-day community program that started with a 18! at 9 o'clock and will eon. clude wit) fireworks illumination at 8:15 o'clock followed by a dance in the club house. Athletic events were being held on the campus of the Amer- ican University and included a base ball game and finals of a tennis tourna- ment, A childrens costume parade for which prizes were awarded proved a diverting feature of the program. exodus of Washingtonians began yes- terday afternoon after the close of Gov- ernment bulldings and most of the business firms for what amounts to & three-day holiday. Resorts on the Chesapeake Bay drew thousands of week enders, while the roads leading into Maryland and Vir- ginia were continuous ffic lanes of incoming and outgoing cars. Most of the country clubs in the vicln!tr of Washington were conducting holiday programs and some of them will have | elaborate firework displays for members | and invited guests tonight. While the children outside of Wash- lnTwn. where fire crackers are sold law- fully, have been celebrating the ap-| proach of the Fourth for upwards of | a week, the campaign for a “nolseless” and “safe and sane” celebration show- ed marked results in the ecity proper. | Few casualties were reported from fire- | crackers. BRASS MUST EXPLAIN, RUM CHASE SHOOTING Third Precinct Officer Ordered Be- fore Trial Board by Maj. Pratt. | they Ma). Henry G. Pratt yesterday ordered Pvt. F. O. Brass to appear before the | police trial board and explain the cir- | cumstances under which he shot a col- lored man in a chase after an alleged liquor car. | Brass was recently named by Tapt. | William G. Stott, commanding the third precinct, to replace Pvt. Spotts- wood Gravely as liquor enforcement officer of his precinct when Gravely wa sent to the second precinct. | The shooting occurred at Twenty- fourth and H streets, after a chase of many blocks, in which Brass' report claims that the alleged liquor car driver twice tried to force Brass off the road and that it was only when he consid- ered his in danger that he shot. “From my investigation,” Ci Stott wrote in his report on the affair to police_headquarters, “I cannot see that | Pvt. Brass' life was in danger at the he shot Thomas.” The man who was shot was James Thomas, colored, of the 2400 block of N street. Thomas was wounded the arm, and taken to Emergency | Hospital scribed as “good.” Eleven and one-half | gallons of liquor are said to have been taken from Thomas' car after the chase INAMED CRUISER SPONSOR Miss Jane Kennedy of Loulsville Honored by Secretary Adams. Miss Jane Brown Kennedy of Louls- ville has been named by Secretary Adams as sponsor for the 10,000-ton | cruiser Louisville when it is launched at the Puget Sound Navy Yard on Labor day. The sponser is a granddaughter of ville Herald-Post. 10,000-ton cruisers authorized by Con- gress in 1024. Chnrl;l Town Flight O—rdend. ‘Three Navy single-seater fighters from the Anacostia Naval Alr Station have been ordered by the Navy Depart- ment to fly to Charles Town, W. Va,, Sat- urday morning to pnmclg_ne in the ded- ication of an airport. The plancs will be piloted by Lieuts. Matthias B. Gard- ner, Morton T. Seligman and 8, C. Ring. ‘They will return Sunday. | | James B. Brown, president of the Louis- | The Louisville will be the last of eight | George Akerson and Walter Newton, came to the Capitol after the confer- ence report on the veterans' bill had been agreed to by the Senate and it was apparent that the decks were cleared for an adjournment. He went immediately to the President’s room, Just off the Senate lobby. As soon as the word spread that the President had arrived a stream of Senators and mem- bers of the House started toward the President's room. Mr. Hoover greeted them all cordially. Many Democrats and insurgent Republicans were includ- ed in the list of visitors. The President signed the District bill, the veterans' bill and the second deficiency bill while he was at the Capitol. Under the law, however, he has 10 days in which to sign other measures which were passed. The House had cleared its dacEp nd was marking time last night. When it came time for it to take final action on the appropriation bills and put through its adjournment resolution, scarcely more than a hundred members were in the chamber. It was a good-humored crowd in the House, which joked and heckled and shouted “Louder” when members sought to speak. Both Speaker Longworth and Majority Leader Tilson had already left Washington, turning over to Representative Mapes of Michi- gan and Representative Purnell of In- diana their respective dutles. Vice President Curtis also was absent from the Senate in the final session of last night, and Senator Fess of Ohlo occu- pled the chalr, Adopt Conference Report. Desplite the severe attacks upon the President and the House in connec- tion with the veterans’ bill delivered in the Benate, that body finally adopted the conference report cn that measure by a vote of 48 to 14. It had become clear that this was the legislation which could be had for the World War veterans, and no other. The bill sets up the first real disability pension for the veterans, as contrasted with the “‘compensation” plan of caring for dis- ability traceable only to war service, which has been the underlying prin- ciple in earlier veteran legisiation, Notwithstanding the frequent charges made that President Hoover has been unable to deal successfully with Con- gress, the record shows that during the session now closed he has obtained from the legislative branch many of the things which he recommended and that he has met only a couple of real re- verses. He was defeated in the Sen- ate when he sent to that body the nomination of Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to be a judge of the Supreme Court. He lost alsq in the case of the Spanish War Veterans' pension bill, which passed over his veto, But the House sustained his veto of the original World War Veterans' bill. Furthermore, the President was sus- tained in his opposition to the ““deben- ture” plan of farm relief and in his { demand for a continuance of the flexible provisions of the tariff law. These were the major issues made against him in the Senate by the “coalition” and in both the coalition failded. Meet Enforcement Views. The Congress now closed also put through the transfer of prohibition en- forcement from the Treasury to the Department of Justice, as recommend- ed by the President, and made a begin- | ning generally on the recommendations | of the President for strengthening en- forcement of the prohibition laws. Pro- vision was made also for the reorgan- ization of the Pederal Power Commis- slon and a permanent status was given the Radio Commission. And, while the Senate turned down the nomination of Judge Parker, it confirmed the nomi- nation of Chief Justice Hughes and of Assoclate Justice Roberts. After the Senate last night had dis- posed of ihe veterans' bill conference report and the conference reports on mand from many Senators for action |on other legislation., But this was | blocked by protests from Senator Mc- Kellar of Tennessee, Democrat, and by Senator Watson, the Republican leader, ho insisted upon having the adjourn- | ment resolution put to a vote, Only a | handful of Senators were found voting | against adjournment when the show- down came. Fail on Tariff Demands. Senator Copeland of New York, Demo- | crat, did obtain the passage of a resolu- tlon directing the Tariff Commission | to_investigate the tariff rates on wool. | carried in the new tariff law, and | several other articles. Other Senators added to the list, Senator Howell of | Nebraska insisting upon having boots in | and shoes and hides added to those | articles 1o be investigated, Senator W e ondition is de. | Jones of Washington, facetiously, sug- | gested that the resolution be broadened to include all the articles mentioned in the Smoot-Hawley tariff act. Senator Fess declared the resolution adopted without the Jones proposal, but Senator Pat Harrison declared he would be glad | 10 have the Jones amendment adopted. { Finally Senator Jones withdrew his { amendment and the resolution was al- lowed to stand. 4,074 CONVICTS IN SPACE PLANNED TO HOUSE 1,600 | Magazine Published by Inmates of Atlanta Penitentiary Makes Charge of Gross Overcrowding. | By the Associated Pre: ATLANTA, July 4—Good Words, magazine of the inmates of ths Federa] Penitentiary here, said today that the prison, built to accommodate a maxi- | mum population of 1,600, now housed ! 4,074 convicts. This is the greatest | number In the history of the institu- tion, Federal fudges recently shave begun sentencing offenders to hate prisons and jails because of overcrowded con- ditions in the Federal institution. The hope of the op- | the appropriation bills, there was a de- | PATRITS N LNE AT TAKONA PARK Residents Stage Elaborate Independence Day Celebra- tion; Fireworks in Schedule. ‘The citizens of Takoma Park today are participating in & mammoth com- munity celebration of Independence day. A feature this morning was a pageant- parade followed by patriotic exercises. This afternoon the program includes athletic events on the District play- grounds, at Fourth and Whittier streets; a double-header base ball game between the Takoma Tigers and Silver Spring teams, water battle between members ! of the Takoma Park Volunteer Fire De- partment, concluding tonight with a display of fireworks on the Takoma Park, Md, municipal playgrounds, Maple and Philadelp] avenues. Parade Starts at 9:30 AM. The pageant-parade started this morning at 9:30 o'clock from the inter- section of Carroll and Denwood avenues, disbanding at the Takoma, D. C., public school grounds. ~Heading the parade was an escort of mounted police, fol- lowed by the United States Army Band the National colors, with color guard detachment from Walter Reed Hospital; Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Veterans of Foreign Wars, General Cele- bration Committee and then the array of floats. The 31 floats in the parade depicted various important historic events in the history of this country. ‘The children's escort to facsimile of “Declaration of Independence,” the Takoma Park Volunteer Iire Depart- ment and the Takoma Tigers base ball team followed the last unit. Victory Post Drum and Bugle Corps of the Department of the District of Columbia, the American Legion and the Review and Herald Bands partici- pated in the parade in addition to the United States Army Band. Patriotic Exercises Outlined. At 10:30 o'clock patriotic exercises were held on the ground of Takoma Park Trinity Episcopal Church, Piney Branch road and Dahlia street, Dr. Horace W. Whittaker, general chair- man of the community celebration, call- ing the meeting to order and introduc- ing Mayor Ben G. Davis of Takoma Park, Md, chairman of the exercises. The program included selections by the United States Army Band, solos by Miss Dorothy Skinner, solos by C, Wil- fred Smith, address by Rev. R. Paul Schearrer, pastor of the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, concluding with he Star Spangled Banner” by the Army Band and the assemblage sing- ing. The invocation was pronounced by Rev. William E. La Rue, pastor of the Takoma Park Baptist Church, and the benediction by Rev. B. F. Bryan, pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, “‘Assembly” was sounded by the Vie- tory Drum and Bugle Corps at 1:15 o'clock, marching to the Whittier Street Playgrounds, where an exhibition drill was staged. Evening Star Awards Distributed. Later was to come the finish of the modified marathon there and the pres- entation of awards offered by The Eve- ning Star. Next on the program was an exhibition tennis match and the children’s field meet. The Takoma Tigers and Silver Spring clubs will cross bats in a double-header on the District Line diamond at 4:30 o'clock. At the same hour the mem- bers of the Takoma Park Volunteer Fire Department will battle for honors in a water battle. At 8 o'clock the an- nual display of fireworks will take pl on the Takoma Park municipal play- grounds, Maple and Philadelphia ave- nues. The display will corsist of 30 set pleces, concluding with eight electric curtains and 240 bombs, all discharged simultaneously. In the event of rain the display will occur the first clear evening. LONDON HAD TEN MURDERS LAST YEAR Lord Byng Reports Decrease in Major Crimes, but Four Are Still Unsolved. | | By the Associated Pre LONDON, July 4.—There were only 10 murders of persons more than one year old committed in the London police district in 1929, compared with an ave- rage of 22 during the past two years, the annual report of Lord Byng, chief com- missioner of the metropolitan police, shows. While & decline s noted as remark- able, the report points out the facts that the proportion of undiscovered culprits 15 unusually nigh, there being four such last year. These include the malefactors in the notorious Stdney poisoning case at Croydon in which three persons were killed. Cases of manslaughter were nearly double the number of 1928, with the in- crease attributed to motoring. Drunken- ness showed a substantial decrease, the charges being 23,569, or 2,488 fewer than in 1928. Gambling increase d there were more arrests than in any | year since 1924 There were 17,664 offenses of all kinds on which indictments were rendered, an increase of 1,778 over the 1928 figure. The total of those killed by automo- biles was 1,362, the highest in history. PRINCETON DEFEATED BY KENT AT HENLEY By the Associated Press. HENLEY, England, July 4.—The | eight-oared crew of the Kent School, | Kent, Conn., defeated Princeton Uni- | versity's lightweight eight by half a length in a quarter final heat of the | Thames challenge cup competition in the Royal Henley rowing regatta today. Jack Guest of Toronto defeated T. D. Colleit, Leander Rowing Club, by 10 lengths in the semi-finals of the | diamond sculls. Guest covered the | course in 8 minutes 42 seconds, the best yet recorded in this year's com- petition. OBSERVES TWO DATES. 6. B. Callahan Celebrates Birthday and Marshal Appointment. With characteristic efficlency Chief Deputy United States Marshal Stephen B Callahan killed two birds with one stone today and celebrated the Nation's birthday and his own. Not only does the veteran deputy enjoy the distinc tion of having passed 64 birthdays on | the Fourth of July, but he has devoted more than half his life to the duties of A deputy marshal, having been ap- pointed 34 years ago. HONORS FOURTH OF JULY GENOA, Italy, July 4 (A).—The home town of Christophcr Columbus today celebrated the Fourth of July with the Star Spangled Banner flying from all American business houses and many residences. A garden party for the Amrerican colony was an afternoon feature, STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €, FRIDAY, JULY 4 1930 AKOMA PARK CELEBRATION AND PARA Xl i RULES FOR TRAFFLC N NONUNENT 9EA Official Statement Issued on Arrangements for Celebra- tion Tonight. For handling the traffic in the vicin- ity of the Monument Grounds, where the ecity's celebration of July Fourth will center after 6 o'clock this evening an official statement or the arrang ments for automobilists and pedestrians was issued today by Capt. R. C. Mont- gomery, superintendent of park police, on behalf of himself, Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent of the metrcpoli- tan police and C. P. Clarke of the American Automobile Association, who traffic and safety. The arrangements are announced as follows: The parking space in the rear of the Navy and Munitions Buildings, will be thrown open to the public at 6 p.m. The grounds may be entered by way of Nineteenth and B streets or Twenty- first and B streets. These spaces will accommodate a total of 800 cars and parking will be free, Traffic on Seventeenth street will be as usual. Sixteenth street entrance into the Monument grounds will be closed to automobiles entirely, which forms the main gateway to the grounds for the vast assemblage of people, who come to view the formal &mgnm in the Sylvan Theater. The torchlight parade and followed by the firewor isplay on the grounds north of the Monument. The Fifteenth street entrance to the grounds will also be closed. No park- ing of automobiles will be permitted on B street between Seventeenth and Four- teenth streets, beginning with the late afternoon because of the ible dan- ger from the fireworks display. The traffic on the Ellipse will be one way, counter-clockwise. 7 District Fire Department will| take special precaution in the vicinity. No parking will be allowed on Four- teenth street south of Pennsylvania avenue. Southbound automobiles on Fourteenth street may turn off into the Monument Grounds at the park roa way just north of the Bureau of Prin ing and Engraving to reach the parking area formed by Fifteenth street road- way in the rear of the Bureau of Print- ing and Engraving. Parking will be permitted on both sides of the roads in all of the park roadways in Potomac Park and about the Tidal Basin, in- cluding Seventeenth street, The park roadway directly south of the Sylvan Theater in the Monument Grounds will be reserved for the use of patriotic organizations and other persons con- nected with the presentation of the pro- gram in the Sylvan Theater and the torchlight parade. These organizations will be requested to enter off Fourteenth street directly north of the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. ‘The emergency vehicle of the A. A A. will be stationed in the park grounds subject to call by the park police in case of accident. One car will be sta- tioned at the John Paul Jones statue on Seventeenth street at the Tidal Ba- sin and the other at Fourteenth and B atreets southwest. The American Red Cross ambulance will be stationed in the Monument Grounds on the Si: teenth street roadway near the Muni- | cipal Bathing Pool. ONE KILLED IN CLASH WITH INDIAN POLICE Officers Ordered to Fire on Mob ‘When Charges Fail to Disperse Crowd. By the Associated Press. MIDNAPORE, Indis, July 4.—One person was killed and several policemen slightly injured at Khersai Village, near the border of Ballasore district, when the police attempted to attach property for non-payment of taxes. Lathi charges were ineffective in dispersing the violent mob and finally the magis- trate ordered the police to fire. | BOMBAY, July & (#).—Mrs. Perin Captain and Mrs. Munshi, both were | sentenced to three months’ simple im- prisonment. today for their issuance of the all-India congress bulletin in de- flance of government, regulation. Hoer Mahomen Vallibhoy, editor of the bulletin, was arrested and sentenced to five months’ rigorous imprisonment on the same score. AMERICANS IN GERMANY HONOR U. S. ANNIVERSARY | Party of 44 Charters Graf Zeppe- lin for 8-Hour Celebration of Independence Day. By the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, July 4—A party of 44 Americans and per- sons connected with American enter- together form the subcommittee on | prises today chartered the Graf Zeppelin for an eight hours’ celebration of Inde- pendence day in the sky. They were 5ff for a cruise over the Swiss lakes at 7:30 am. with Capt. Lehmann at the helm. L Above: The Declaration of Indepe Statue of Liberty. 4 P B o ndence, with Elleen Jones posing as the Below, left to right, on the fire truck: F. M. Fowler, well known clown, and Miss Alberta Heale. —Star Staff Photos, CONGRESS PASSES MANY D.C BILLS Million Dollars Made Avail- able for Parks—Other Funds Provided. The second deficlency bill, which be- came a law in the closing hours of the sesslon of Congress last night, makes avallable $1,000,000 for beginning the park development program recently authorized in the Cramton-Capper ant, and numerous other items of interest to_Washington, ‘The conferecs at the last moment agreed to the $1,500,000 appropriation to acquire the Vollbehr collection of fifteenth century cradle books. ‘The conferees also agreed to the $20,- 000 item that was in dispute for repairs at Columbia Hospital. Two other items in dispute, $2,440 for Garfield Memorial Hospital and $4,598 for Providence Hos- pital, both for contagious disease work, | were dropped from the final report. This bill, one of those signed by Presi- dent Hoover at the Capitol last night, glives the Police Department $18,500 to set up a radio broadcasting station to keep pace with modern methods of crime detection, It also allows the School Board to use $116,500 of unexpended balances heretofore made available for bufldings and playground sites, The measure carries, too, the neces- sary money to remodel the District Supreme Court bullding and to pay the salaries of four additional judges re- cently authorized by Congress. Two of these judges are for the Supreme Court and’ the other two for the Court of Appeals. The bill carrles & number of addi- tional expenditures to meet the routine requirements of various branches of the District government. For enlarging and relocating the Botanic Garden it appro- priates $404,190.68, The deficiency act appropriates $150,- 000 to enable the executive departments to keep individual records of the con- tributions made by Federal employes toward the retirement fund, as required by the new civil service retirement act. HONDURAS LEVIES TAX ON ALL GOODS EXPORTED —_— By the Associated Press, TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 4— The Honduran Supreme Court ruled yesterday that every one, including American companies, must pay consular taxes on exports. The action was brought by American fruit companies with concessions here, who protested a hike in the consular tax to 5 per cent. The tax originally was 2 per cent, Which was pald by the Americans, but in 1923 Congress ralsed it to 3 per ecnf. The Americans ob- Jected. but latcr decided to pay. When the rate was made 5 per cent Inst March they brought the court action. HOLD CELEBRATION Followed by Day of Ath- letic Events. Hundreds of children and their elders gathered in Petworth today to partici- pate in the twenty-second annual In- dependence day program under the auspices of the Petworth Citizens' As- sociation. | The program was opened promptly | at 9:30 o'clock at Sherman Circle with flag-raising exercises by the Boy Scouts, under the direction of Col. E. L. Mattice. Subsequently, a salute of “21 guns” was fired by sending bombs high in the air over the circle. ‘The crowd then adjourned to the | Job Barnard School playground, where |a series of athletic events got under | way, The contests included Zoot races | for boys and girls, ranging in age from 7 to 13 years; three-legged 1ace, potato race and a base ball throwing contest for women, The crowd then adjourned to Fourth street, between Crittenden and Decatur, for 100-yard dashes for older boys, married women and for all women and E‘h‘l.!. to be climaxed by a |100-yard dash “free-for-all.”” A horse- shoe pitching contest for a medal of- fered by The Star also was on the pro- gram. This afternoon at 2 o'clock a base ball game between teams repre- senting Grant Circle and Sherman Circle was to get under way at the Job Barnard School. The next event was to be a band concert by the Elks Boys Band at | | sherman Circle at 5:30 o'clock, follow- ing & patriotic address by Brig. Gen. Henry T. Ansell at 6 o'clock, after which _the band concert is to continue until 7:30 o'clock. Charles 1. Stengle is chairman of the Petworth Citizens' Association Com- mittee for the celebration. Assisting him on the general committee are Christopher Lehmkuhl, president of the association; Earl W. Cooper, John E. Hamill, Edward 8. White, 1. M, Lavine, George W. Potter, John Carroll, J B, Tisinger, D. W. Moore, E. H. Bailey, jr., and Ollle Viehmyer. OKLAHOMA 0IL WELLS PREVENT FIREWORKS Mayor Denies Boys Usual Pyro- technics as Safety Measure Against Fatal Conflagration. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 4— Those poor little boys with oil wells— to_quote the youths most concerned. While American youth elsewhere fired rocket and cracker today in the greater interests of riotism and din, Oklahoma City youths were silent. Gushing oil wells within the eity presented -such . fire hazard Mayor ‘Walter Dean banned the usual pyrotechnics. PETWORTH CITIZENS Flag Raising Opens Program, FLYERS COMPLETE GLOBE TRIP TODAY Southern Cross Ready to Hop on Salt Lake City-to- Oakland Jump. By the Associated Pre SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 4.— With his plane, the Southern Cross, fueled and groomed, Wing Comdr. Charles Kingsford-Smith was prepared 1o take off for Oakland today, the last leg _of his round-the-world flight. The Australian and his flying com- panions expected to reach their objec- tive in eight hours The transatlantic and near transcon- rs dropped in here last night for an overnight stop, the second since they left New York City Wednes- ‘They paused Wednesday night at Chicago and made the long jump to Salt Lake City vesterday. Only the briefest formal reception wa: given the fiyers, at their reque: though thousands of Utahans were at the field when the plane arrived and more thousands lined the streets as the famous four made their way to their hotel. The visitors were released from admirers after a dinner. “It was & bumpy trip,” said the com- mander. “I would rather fly over the ocean, where there aren't so many hills.” The members of the crew said the worst part of their trip was over the Western country. Head winds hampered them in Wyoming, and the Rocky Mountains, they said, supplied no end ot bumps. Remarking that there “are some pretty rotten stretches over the moun- tains,” Comdr. Kingsford-Smith pafd | tribute to the pluck of the airmail fi ers, who make the trip every sure I would ret sick of it," However, the Australian said the scenic E‘l;,l:‘ndeur of the mountains impresses When the Southern Cross lands at Oakland it will have completed a flight started two years ago and which will have taken the veteran plane across the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans and the North American continent. AMERICANS IN FRANCE CELEBRATE HOLIDAY Ambassador Edge Gives Reception and Other U. S. Organizations Observe Fourth. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, July 4—Americans in Paris today celebrated the Independence day of their country. Sympathetic French- men assisted, displaying appropriate bunting and offering appropriate menus and programs in honor of the occasion, Presence of representatives of 22 American nations here in celebration of “American Nations week” gave partic- ular significance to the event, These representatives joined with members of the Order of Cincinnatus and American World War veterans in paying homage at Lafayette's grave. Later they attended a ceremony at Washington's Statue and at the Amer- ican Volunteers' Monument. For the first time since foundation of the American Chamber of Commerce there was no banquet under its auspices, its place being taken by given by Ambassador Edge and by indi- vidual celebrations of the various Amer~ ican organizations. THEATER MAGNATE NOT AMNESIA VICTIM Body of Man Found Dying Posi- tively Identified as That of Hospital Patient. By the Assoclated Press. ‘TORONTO, Ontario, July 4.—The body of an amnesia victim, once ten- | tatively identified as that of Ambrose J, Small, missing Toronto millionaire, wi pofl"vel’g;denlmrd yesterday as that o Joseph Doty, who was until recently an inmate of the Provincial Hospital here. Relatives of Small viewed the body Jesterday and disputed the previous dentification, made by a barber who had served the millionaire, Doty, an inmate of the hospital for 20 years, wandered away about a month ago, about the time the amnesia victim was found dying in the street. Small, who was formerly a theatrical | magnate, dropped from s&hz about 11 {years ago, and has been unreported since. He has been declared legally dead, and his estate of $2,000,000 has been divided between Mrs. Small, a lhlll sister and a half brother, CAROLINA DEMOCRATS REAFFIRM DRY STAND Keynote of Optimism for Success of Party Sounded by Leaders at Raleigh Meeting. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C, July 4—North Carolina’s Democratic legions yesterday heard leaders of the party sound a key- note of optimism for the success of the party and adopted a new platform, which reaffirmed the belief of the Democrats in prohibition. The session was attended by 2,500 persons. Josiah W. Bailey of Raleigh, Demo- cratic senatorial nominee, pleaded for arty harmeny and assailed the Hoover administration and the Republican party for ‘“Hoover prosperity and Hoover promises, which have been broken in every instance.” He predicted an all-Democratic con- frcnslonal delegation from North Caro- ina after the November election. CUBA SETTLES CLAIM U. 8. Accepts $350,000 to Pay for Alleged Rail Destructlon. Ending a long-contested claim, an offer of $350,000 by the Cuban govern- ment to settle the claims of Charles J. Harrah, an American citizen, formerly of Philadelphia, for damages sustained in the destruction of a railroad operated by him in Cuba, has been accepted by the United States. The claim, which arose when a nar row gauge rail line operated by Harrah along the beach of Marianao was de- stroyed upon an alleged order by the Cuban government, had run the course of a long arbitration proceeding between Cuba and the United States before being finally settled. . Will Observe U. 8. Planes, Lieut. Col. Luang Deves, Siamese Army, has been authorized by the Sec- retary of War to observe the activities * of the 1st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field, Mich., on July 12-15 and the oper= ations of the 12th Observation Squadron and the 3rd Attack Group a. Fort Sam Houston and ut Fort Crockett, Tex., dur | ing the month of August. | _ Another officer of the Siamese Army, Capt. Prasobari Chirapravati, has befn authorized to serve at the Quartermaster Depot, Baltimore, for a period of three months, beginning at once.