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PRESIDENT HOLDS HIGH IDEALS VTA Peace-Time Order Urged Be- fore Legion Convention in Boston. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, Staff Correspondent of The Star. BOSTON, October 6.—High ideals of citizenship are essential if the funda- mentals of this Republic are to be pre- served and if there is to be orderly government and an advancement of the pursuit of international amity was the declaration made by Herbert Hoover in the course of an address during the forenoon here today. e President selected for the deliv- ery of this message in the interest of law and order and world peace the patriotic setting offered by the opening session of the Twelfth National Con- vention of the American Legion being held ini the Boston Arena, which great auditorium was well packed for this occasion. Mr. Hoover stated no one knows better than they that liberty and freedom can be won on the battlefield but can be held only by well odered government in peace, and that without ordered government the very sacrifices made by those veterans might to naught. Cm’;“le'le President also took this occasion to correct an impression which he said revails n some other countries that the nited States has become ymperialistic and is to be feared because of its intent to dominate the destinies and freedom of other peoples. This, Mr. Hoover said feelingly, is an utter misconccption. After-War Development. In fruther explanation of this the President pointed out that we have giute naturally expanded since the World War and have become a dominant economic wer, but that ihe desire and aim of is country are to do justice and to assist | BEFORE BOSTON, Mass., October 6.—President Hoover, addressing the twelfth annual convention of the American Legion here today, said: My Fellow Countrymen: It is with a great deal of pleasure that I am able to meet here with the | American Legion. I hope I may venture to claim, from some years of service during the Great ‘War, a measure of comradeship with men who fought in that war. I understand your variety of French per- fectly. I know from intimate experi- ence, and I intend to hold in confidence, the first reaction you had from a passing shell, and the homelike appear- -ance of shell holes under certain cir- cumstances, I shall maintain secrst your opinion of those who profess in- difference to or the glory in passing bullets, or insects, or the mud and fiith of the trenches, or days and weeks in the wet and cold. Glory Not in Heartbreaks. The glories of war are not in the heartbreaks of passing buddies and the thousand tragedies of the battle line. Its glories do not lie in its surround- ings—they lie rather in the spirit, the sacrifices, the devotion of those who go cheerfully and courageously into the trenches, and the ultimate triumph of those lofty ideals for which they gave their 2l It was inevitable that men who had lived through that great common ex- perfence, who had engaged in supreme adventure with death, should combine into associations of lifelong comrade- ship. Yet it was not alone the comrade- ship of high adventure that instinc- tively called your organization into being. It was the common understand- ing which war called forth, the common experience from which sprang the shoulder-to-shoulder companionship in 1l1l‘l idealism which transfigured men'’s ves. cated to the further service of their country. But great as was that service, performed under impulse of the high | emotions of war, the service to the great ideals of peace is ofttimes even more - difficult and® ofttimes requires more sustained courage. It was, there- fore, with deep sympathy that I wit- others and not to exploit any other nation, He then went on to explain that this Nation has been a leader in the pathway toward the practical pres- ervation of peace and good will and has wm?d in t,h:“ Ux:lldlnl l:;fl- oe of agencies for pacific g;m eg:nove«uu He recalled that on this road to peace this country has attained.what he described as two mo- mentous victories. The first of these being the Kellogg-Briand pact outlzwing ‘war, and the second one being the Lon- don’ naval agreement of last Winter. By limiting the strength of our Navy this country has given demonstration to all the world that we seek no dom- ination but onéa adequate defense, l(r.| Active Citizenship Need. In summing of the meeds for good, cff ), the President said that 11 years of experience in this country and in every country engaged ved the need About an hour after his participation in the opening ceremonies of the Le- President Hoover was seated at a uncheon given in his honor by Frank G. Allen, Governor of Massachusetts, to which a most select company of not more than 500 in number had been in- wited. ‘This exclusive affair was held in the Copley Plaza Hotel, which is serving as Mr. Hoover's headquarters and which served in a like capacity when he \is- jted Boston during his presidential campaign two years ago. Prominent among the distinguished guests were Gen. Pershing, Secretary of ‘War Hurley, Cardinal O'Connell, Wil- liam Green, president of American Fed- eration of Labor, and eight State Gov- ernors. The President's reception here has been especially cordial and enthusiastic. A tremendous crowd gathered ut the station to cheer him and MIS. Hoover on their arrival at 9:30. President Hoover had barely reached his hotel before former President Cool- idge and Mrs. Coolidge called to pay their respects. While the President and his New England predecessor chatted in one room Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Cool- idge found lots to talk about in another zoom. BUSY PROGRAM IN BOSTON. HOOVER SPECIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO BOSTON, October 6 (#).— “The second and most strenuous portion of President Hoover's 3,000-mile four- day speech tour of the Midwest, East ll‘\fl South was under way today as the residential special steamed toward n for two of the remaining three ing engagements. ‘pe’l.")k\e ‘Chl:! '!xecuu\'e faced m busy rogram in the Massachusetts met:opo- is, speeches before the American Legion and American Federation of Labor an- nual conclaves, with a luncheon in be- tween with Gov. Allen as host, furnish- ing the busiest round of activity eut- e 'of Washington mnce Mr. Hoover entered the White House. Less. than jour hours separated the zchedule !’Xm's for delivery of the two addiesses, after which the President planned to leave for Kings Mountain Battlefield nessed the birth of the American Legion in Prance in 1919, Preface to Citizenship. At that memorable meeting you sensed this high purpose and expressed | these lofty ideals of your peace-time | service in the preamble to your consti- tution, which reads in part: “To uphold and defend the Constitu- tion of the United States of America; to maintain law and order; to inculcate & sense of individual obligation to the community, State. and Nation; to com- bat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safeguard and transmit to terity /the principles of Justice, fi . and democracy; consecrate and sanctify our comrade- "s{: b!‘_ our devotion to mutual help- ess. That, indeed, is the real face to A?L"L‘:m citizenship. 23 my purpose to speak upon some of these fdnh and purposes, for ideal- ism muet be transiated into cold realism of the day-to-day task of citizenship. At the moment you made that decla- ration, you sensed an imperative na- tional need. You foresaw that the aftermath of war would be a period: of change, a period of disturbed mind, of loosened moorings; a period when evil forces among men might lead to vio- lence and crime; a period which de- manded understanding and wise re- straint if the basis of all soclety and all progress were to be maintained. You realized that liberty and freedom can be won on the battlefield, but they can be held only by ordered govern- ment in peace. You realized, in fact, that without ordered government the very sacrifices which you had made, the fruition of your high hopes, your endurance, your courage, might come to nsught. Experience Shows Need. Eleven years of experience in our own country and in every country en- | gaged in that war have proved the need of that inspiration to active citizenship. It has been a period of readjustment, & period of challenge to democratic institutions, & time when the world has had to contend with a greater mood of violence Even today nearly one-half of the population of our globe is in a state of great unrest or a state ©of revolution. Among these ideals was: “To promote peace and good will upon earth.” Those indeed were courageous and construc- ‘fl\'e words at the moment when the guns had barely been silenced and the | fires of hate were still burning flercely, They were the words of brave men, of the soldiers from the trenches, l‘ner;x I'};xo‘ | respected a courageous enemy, Who in | clear vision saw that the future hope | of the world lay in good will, not in hate. It was the real feeling of men | who had fought and who ew the | dreadfulness of war. In that statement you gave no glorl- fication to war. It was a pledge to peace based upon freedom and justice, and without this civilization itself must fail. It was a statement neither of pacifism mnor militarism. Real e in the world requires something more than the documents which we sign to terminate wars. Peace requires unremitting, courageous cam- pal laid with strategy and carried on successfully on a hundred fronts and sustained in the spirit and from the hearts of every individual in every town and villag> of our country. In the great intangibles of human emotion, respect is inseparable from good will. The maintenance of re- spect requires that we sustain a pre- | paredness for defense that is im-’ pregnable yet that contains no threat of aggression. Good Will Required. You have maintained that the de- velopment of good will also requires the firm establishment of confidence in our sense of international justice. This be- comes of double importance from us because of the overpowering strength of our country in its relations with many | mations. We have to remember that during the Great War we demonstrated not only our military power but also our abllity to quickly organize it and the valor to use it. After the war the disturbed condition of the world made it necessary to increase our defense es- tablished beyond the pre-war Above all, we made & more rapid recov- | ery from the vast losses of the Great | War than other nations in the world. | Our national income has expanded to embrace more than one-third of the whole commercial world. As a result we have become a dominant economic power. Our citizens have spread their trade and finance into every corner of the earth. From these tremendous happenings in our country some leaders in other countries came to believe that they were in the presence of the birth of a new imperial power intent upon dominating the destinies and the freedom of other peoples. Such & con- clusion would be the logical deduction from many instances during 3.000 years of history when the exploitation of other people has been the outcome of in South Carolina, where tomorrow aft- ernon he will bring his speaking trip to close with an address at the sesqui- centennial celebration of that small, but important, Revolutionary War ergage- ment. essed in a brown business suit and M(l))'rl!\ hat, the President, with Mrs, Hoover, boarded the speciai a few min- utes before 11 p.m. last night. As on the trip to Cleveland last week, when the President addressed the American Bank- ers’ Association, officials pointed to the absence of close party associates on the Boston visit as due to the desire of Mr. Hoover to mlleb’:h speeches as non-partisan as possible. In the President’s party are George Akerson, his secretary; Ruth Fes- lJer, Mrs. Hoover’s ucrmrz: gcpt . C. R. naval aide; Col. odges, Arn; ps ide, ‘newspaper men operatives the ability to do so. This we know is an utter misconception of America. We know there is a desire to do justice and not exploitation. We know there is no financial, traditional or military im- falism in the American heart. We n, in fact, that we have opened the door of a new social and economic sys- tem by which within our own borders we shall create the conquest of poverty without exploiting other nations. But as wrong as these fears may be, it /be- comes our first duty to show by our every act, not alone by our Government but by our citizens, that our guide is justice and that confidence may be re- posed in that sense of justice. Other People Similar. -to-day practical preserva- tion o(d" e and will requires that we bufld up support for pacific solution of controversies. It ‘The TEXT OF HOOVER’S SPEECH - highest emotions of patriotism—that | The millions who shared in that| experience came home from it rededi- | to | civil service, the Government has un- basis. | dation of government is respect for law. THE EVENING LEGION IN BOSTON requires that no one of us shall entef- tain suspicion or ill will toward other peoples, that we give them no cause for the most dangerous of all emotions— that is, fear. It requires that every American shall realize that men and women of other nations have the same devotion to their flags and are as sensi- tive to the dignity of their country | as we. | On this road to peace we have at- tained two momentous victories. The first of these is the Kellogg-Briand pacl. By the London naval agreement we have silenced the high dangers of | competitive naval building and have | safeguarded our defense by parity with | the greatest naval power in the world. We have assured the maintenance of 1 an efficient navy as the first line of de- | fense. By limiting our strength we have given demonstration to the world | that we seek no domination but only | adequate defense. The peace of our country has never stood more assured than at this mo- | ment. The realization of your ideal to promote peace and good will through active citizenship is the greatest guar- anty of its continuance. The first high purpose you express is to uphold and defend the Gonstitution and to maintain law and order in the United States. Happily, your ideal is my first ‘and most sacred duty. As President of the United States I am sworn by the whole people to maintain the Constitution and to enforce the laws. No man should dare call himself a faithful American and suggest other- wise. You have recognized that the up- building of the Constitution and the enforcement of the laws must, how- ever, not rest upon Government offi- cials alone; it must rise from the stern demand and the loyal co-operation of good citizenship and individual respon- sibility to the community. Defense Is Obligation. One of the primary obligations of citizenship is national defense. Our people have been traditionally opposed to a large standing Army in times of peace. The Nation needs a Regular Army, highly developed in training and technical services, as the nucleus for the training of citizen soldiers and to lead them in times of emergency. We have always relied on our citizen army, and never relied in vain, but its main- tenance is again the voluntary service STAR VISITED BY 7,000 IBRITISH CRUISER . F. LOOKER, ILL SHORT TIME, DIES Capt. Bent and Officers to Be! Bursar of Cathedral Was Son Guests of Navy Yard Commandant Today. Seven thousand visitors went to the ‘Washington Navy Yard yesterday after- | Danae, officers of the vessel said today. points of interest aboard the craft and the crew had an opportunity to con- {verse with numerous persons who had been in the British Isles. A reception will take place on the ship this afternoon sterting at 4:30 o'clock. Capt. E. R. Béii. the skipper, and his officers will be the guests of Capt. Claude C. Bloch, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, and Mrs. Bloch. Capt. Bent and Washington Navy Yard authorities today announced that the Danae will be open to visitors again on_ Thursday afternoon from 2 to 6 o'clock. This action was taken as the result of repeated requests on the part of the public desiring to see the for- eign warship. Varigus members of the British em- bassy staff will entertain small groups of officers of the Danae at dinner par- ties this evening. Afterward Capt. and Mrs, J. S. M. Ritchie will give a small dance at their residence, 1821 Twenty- third street. Capt. Ritchie is the naval attache at the British embassy. To- mortow afternoon Capt. and Mrs. Ritchie will hold an “at home” to Capt. Bent and his associates. Yesterday the Danae divided honcrs in the sporting events in which its members participated. The foot ball team from the vessel, playing the Brit- ish United Association Foot Ball Club, on the Washington Monument grounds, won by 3 to 2, giving Washingtonians an outstanding example of “soccer” playing. In cricket, however, the Wash- ington Cricket Club, on the polo grounds of good citizenship. Your association has taken large interest in provision for better industrial mobilization. You have been greatly interested, and I have lately signed an act creating an in- quiry into the methods by which the economic burdens of war shall fall with equal weight upon evez element of citizenry, It is not equitable that one citizen shall profit by war while another makes the supreme sacrifice. One of your expressed ideals was that of “mutual helpfulness.” In your so- licitude for your comrades disabled both in war and in peace you have kept that faith. Nor has a grateful Nation failed in its duty. In addition to hospitaliza- tion, rehabilitation, war-risk insurance, adjusted compensation and priority in dertaken, through disability allowances, to provide for some 700,000 veterans of the World War. Our total outlays on all services to World War veterans are nearly $600,000,000 a year and to vet- erans of all wars nearly $900,000,000 per annum. The Nation assumes an ob- ligation when it sends its sons to war. The Nation is proud to requite this ob- ligation within its full resources. I have been glad of the opportunity to favor the extension of these services in such & manner that they cover without ques- tion all cases of disablement whether from war or peace. There is, however, a deep responsibility of ecitizenship in the administration of this trust of mu- tual helpfulness which peculiarly lies upon your members, and that is that the demands upcn the Government should not exceed the measure that jus- tice requires and self-help can provide. If we shall overload the burden of tax- ation, we shall stagnate our economic progress and we shall by the slacken- ing of this progress place penalties upon every citizen. Individual Has Responsibility. ‘There are many other res ibilitles of the individual in his “obligations to the community, the State and the Na- ticn.” The very beginning of such ob- ligation is at the ballot box. The whole plan of self-government presupposes that the whole people shall g-nmp-u in the selection of its officials, the de- termination of its policies and the maintenance of its ideals. Anything less than this involves government by the minority. Your own expressed fears of “au- tocracy of either classes or masses” can well come true unless the individual citizen takes at least his share in the burden of government. He cannot hope to escape tyranny, he may not safely trust that “right will be the master of might” unless he is willing to respond to the right and duty to go to the bal- lot box. When he does not insist upon purity of elections he has lost democ- racy itself. Beyond this, if right shall be the master of might, every citizen must be on guard against the invasion of our guaranteed liberties even by pub- lic_officials. You have insisted that we shall “safeguard and transmit the principles of democracy.” We have seen the erection of many new democracies dur- ing this period since the war. We have seen some of them fall by the wayside— some to strong men and some to the mob. Strange new doctrines are pre- sented to us in alluring language. Self- government is being questioned. We in America have proved it the surest lift to the common man. We have grown and prospered under it for 150 years. We believe in it. Therc is no greater service to the world than that we should hold and strengthen it. It is grounded upon the ideal you have set for your- selves—the obligation of the “individual to the community, the State and the Nation.” Renewed Effort Asked. During these years your thousands of ts have concerned themselves with hese ideas of citizenship. My purpose today is to urge you to renewed efforts— that you, as the American Legion, as & p of men who, inspired by the | faeals of our country, went to battle to preserve t! ideals—that you should renew and expand your mission of citi- zenship, We need the teaching of the essen- tials of good-will toward other nations in every community—that the foun- dations of peace arise from the sense of justice within the citizenry of a na- tion, in the good-will which they in- dividually evince toward other peoples. We need the teaching that the foun- A quickened interest on the part of the community can insist upon proper en- forcement of law, can arouse public opinion, while any condition of lawless- ness remains unchecked in that com- munity. You can impress upon the citizens that the road of self-govern- ment is through the discharge of our obligations at the ballot box; to under- stand that the basis of defense is a willingness_to serve in our citizen sol- diery, activity to participate in these and a multitude of duties of citizens— | all are an Inseparable part of the safety and progress of the Nation. You have a post in every town and | every village. These 11,000 posts are | organized into divisions with State and | national commanders. You are already an army mobilized for unselfish and | constructive endeavor. Your strength is made up cf men who have stood the quality test of citizenship. You have it in your power to do much. Through your local posts you can awaken the minds of the communities throughout our Nation to a higher ideal of citizen- ship. You have an exceptional itnerest and an exce| Honllnmportun(ly in the front line of citizenship to co-operate and preserve the fundamentals of our | Republic. Pool Catches Man From Roof. GARY, Ind., October 6 (NAN.A).— Falling 70 feet from a scaffold, Henry Waring struck a corrugated iron roof in Potomac Park, won by four wickets over the Danae’s team. HE SET DENVER AND THREE OTHER FIRES (Continued From First Page.) street, and planted them in the Denver Apartments. Police say Williams admits setting fire to the oil-soaked cloths in the Denver Apartments with sparks from a cigarette. The police declared shortly after the Denver Apartments fire was started Williams ran out in the street to Fred M. Walton, a taxicab driver, shouting that there was a fire in the Denver Apartments. Walton asker the col- ored man if he had turned in an alarm, to which the man answered in the negative. Running to the apartment house with the colored man, Walton turned in an alarm. The fire was one of the most disas- trous here this year. Miss Jessle Cam- mack, 70 years old, was burned to death in her apartment, and about 200 persons in the apartment house and in houses nearby were driven to the street in the early hours of Friday morning in thelr underclothes and nightclothes. Seen in Lobby. At the time of the Denver Apart- ments blaze P. H. Collins, who lived on the first floor with his brother, J. B. Collins, told police he saw a colored man in the lobby of the buflding, bang- ing on doors to arouse occupants and ringing all the bells of the mail boxes to get the occupants up and out of the flames. ‘Willlams, according to the police, says he had been drinking Saturday night, shortly before the Balfour. bla: A short while before fire was “disco’ ered” by Williams in the Balfour Apart- ments, police say, firemen were cailed to extinguish a blaze which the man is alleged to have admitted starting in the basement of the house at 1840 Vernon street, nearby. In the basement police say, was found & can of gasoline, which, it is alleged, Wiliiams purchased. Coroner J. Ramsay Nevitt, who had issued a certificate of death due to accident in the case of Miss Cammack, this afternoon announced that a cor- oner’s jury had been sworn over Miss Cammack’s body, and an inquest will be held later this week, probably on ‘Wednesday. AMERICAN HELIUM EXPORTS FAVORED AFTER R-101 FATE (Continued From First Page.) noon and aboard the British eruiser | | The ‘visitors were shown the various | of Late Rear Admiral and Ohio Native. Edward Farragut Looker, for many years bursar of the Washington Ca- thedral and long prominently identified in this city, died in Garfield Hospital yesterday after a short illness. He would have been 66 years old Wednes- day. o Mr. Looker was a native of Cincinnati and son of the late Rear Admiral Thomas H. Looker, United States Navy. Coming to this city as a youth, he had resided here continuously since. His home was at 1312 Thirtieth street, Georgetown. Long prominent in Episcopal parish and diocesan work, Mr. Looker was a member and registrar of the vestry of | St. John's Episcopal Church, George- town. He was connected with the Riggs National Bank a number of years ago. Active in Club Life. Mr. Looker was vice president of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia, treasurer of the Aztec Club, for many years secretary of the Churchmen'’s League, a member of the Loyal Legion, a member of the board of governors of the Washington Golf and Country Club and secretary of the Edes Home in Georgetown. He is survived by a sister, Miss Bertha H. Looker, and two brothers, William C. and Reginald B. Looker. He also leaves several other relatives, among whom is a nephew, Earle Looker, author of “The White House Gang.” Funeral services will be conducted at St. John’s Episcopal Church, George- town, tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Rev. F. Bland Tucker, rector of St. John's, will officiate, assisted by Rev. Dr. G. Freeland Peter, chancellor of the Washington Cathedral, who will represent the Cathedral at the services. Interment will be in Silver Spring Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Tribute by Bishop. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, yesterday paid a tribute to the memory of #Mr. Looker, his ‘riend and associate for 15 years. Bishop Freeman said: “I am deeply grieved to learn of the death of Edward F. Looker, my friend and associate, who for more than 15 years had rendered faithful and devoted service to Washington Cathedral as bursar in the offices of the finance de- partment on Mount St. Alban. In be- half of his colleagues on the Cathedral administrative staff, I hasten to express our deep sympathy to his family and friends. “Trained under the personal super- vision of Charles C. Glover in the Riggs National Bank, Mr. Looker came to the Cathedral upon the death of his close friend, Thomas Hyde, treasurer of the Cathedral Foundation, who had earn- estly requested him to take up the work. “At that time the Cathedral office staff occupied two rooms in a private dwelling house on Wisconsin avenue diagonally opposite St. Alban's School for Boys. Mr. Looker saw the Cathedral offices grow from that humble begin- ning to their present activities which are housed in three large temporary bulldings within the grounds. He was a constant factor in that growth, al- ways ready to impart to younger asso- ciates, in & spirit of helfl(ulneu, the experience and ideals he had obtained from the remarkable group of men who constituted the Cathedral Chapter in its early years. Unusual Personal Charm. “Mr. Looker was & man of unusual personal charm, a Christian gentleman of that school, which I hope will never pass from our chucch and community . | life. His love for the church was demon- strated in his service to St. John's parish, Georgetown, to various diocesan agencies and to the cathedral into which be builded the best years of his life. I shall always assoclate with him those high standards of Christian stew- ardship which he applied constantly in his custodlanship of funds given to the glory of God and for the upbuild- ing of the cathedral. “He will be sadly missed at’ the ca- thedral and in other circles where he was greatly beloved and appreciated, but we should thank God for the example he has set before us of devotion to the finer things which make lfe worth while.” POLICE ORDERED TO RETURN GIFTS FROM HUB FIRE tContinued Prom First Page.) fied the outlay to stimulate search for new sources of the gas and for the maintenance of private interests in its supply to the end that any sudden war demand for it might be met. Supply Is Sufficient. There exists little doubt among in- formed persons in and out of the Gov- ernment service that the helium sup- ply in the United States would suf- fice to meet all demands at present existing for the floating of civilian dirigibles abroad. Possibilities that helium resources might soon be exhausted by such export, however, and this country might arm other nations with a miiitary facility now absolutely under its control, are factors which have attracted attention in_Government branches. Both the Army and Navy Air Serv- ices have supplies of the gas on hand under high compression. Its use in alrships involves continuous wasting, but does not lead to any quick loss, since methods of protecting it have been devised. Cost Is Reduced. While ‘formerly very expensive, the experience in its production on a com- mercial scale during 12 years has re- sulted in reducing its original cost tre- mendously. While advantageous in that it is non-combustible, the gas is not as buoyant as the inflammable hydrogen used on the R-101. Exportation of helium by the United States is favored by Rear Admiral Wil- liam A. Moffett, chief of the Navy Bu- reau of Aeronautics, in order to assist foreign countries to avold the danger of hydrogen in airships. “With our inexhaustible supply of helium,” he said, in commenting on the R-101 disaster, “we should not falter or lose courage, but rather pass on to the completion of our two 6,500,000 cubic- fcot airships for the good of our own country and other nations. “The extent of the disaster is un- doubtedly due to the R-101 having been inflated with hydrogen gas. The United States is the only country in the world possessing helium, the non-inflammable, nlon-explusivc gas, in unlimited quanti- tles. “The present law prohibits its ex- portation. I would urge repeal of this law and allow it to be sold in time of peace to all nations, especially to Great Britain and Germany, which nations have had the vision and courage to carry on with rigid airships despite disasters and the handicap and danger of hydrogen,” England-Australia Flight Begun. CROYDON, England, October 6 (#).— and caromed off into & pool of water. No, he didn’t come up with a fish. He {bmn his wrist, (Copyright, Jnof by the Whtn American lewspaper Alllange.) Flying Officer C. J. Chabot and Maj. C. E. M. Pickthorne started at dawn today in a Moth plane on & flight to Australia. They hope to reach there in seven days. T. Davis of the second precinct to see that the men returned post haste the dishes and everything else removed from the warehouse. The reports that property was miss- ing from the Hub warehouse were re- ceived by Maj. Pratt Saturday after- noon and he ordered Capt. Davis to make an immediate investigation. Capt. Davis discovered to his surprise that some of his own men had some of the articles, which they sald were gifts of official of the furniture store. ‘The value of the dishes and other property given to the police is not known by Maj. Pratt, but he said Capt. Davis had indicated that it was in- significant and most of the articles had been damaged in the blaze. Confirming the report that gifts of some of the goods stored in the Hub furniture warehouse were given to po- licemen Bernard Kaufman, of the store, said today that this was done out ot gratitude to the officers for protection they offered and that the cost of the gifts was borne by the furniture concern ‘n{:mt included in the list of loss covered by fire in- surance. Much Pilfering Reported. Mr, Kaufman said that a large crowd of curious folks gathered at the scene of the fire a day or two following the blaze and that many engaged in g:,l- fering goods from the wreckage. e policeman was reported to have been assaulted by one pilferer when the officer stopped him from carrying a load of goods away in & bag. One policeman on guard at the build- ing, Mr. Kaufman said, expressed a de- sire for a set of dishes and another for a toy pool table for his son. Mr. Kaufman said that he presented the gifts to the policeman, explaining that the store would stand the cost of such articles and that such items could not be included in the damage covered by insurance. ‘The store manager said the gifts amounted to three 100-piece sets of dishes and one toy pool table. Coolidge Speech To Legion One Sentence Long BOSTON, October 6 (#).— Calvin Coolidge delivered a one sentence speech at the Amer. Legion Convention today, : _“You have paid- your debt to Lafayette, but you still owe a debt to yourselves and the United States.” President ‘The former “drafted” by the his !;‘rm n:ech, “speech, s ch™ rising above & ath when' De. A\ introduced. manager | E. F. LOOKER. —Harris-Ewing Photo. 'Battle of Atlanta For Rating as City 0Of 360,692 Is Begun |Court Tells Lawyers to i Prepare Briefsin Census Bureau Dispute. The battle for a bigger and better census estimation of the city of Atlanta, Ga., got under way in the District Su- preme Court today. On the outcome of this suit to compel the census director to publish a population figure of 360,692 instead of 270,367, the Georgia metropo- lis hopes to base its claim to being the second largest city in the South. At the outset Justice Frederick L. Siddons declined to allow a representa- tive of Houston, Tex., to intervene in the suit, mlir’ that the Texas city would not be damaged either way the case went. At the same time the judge said from the bench that the “City of QOreater Atlanta,” as created in 1929 by the State Legislature, appeared to him “among the municipalities of his ac- quaintance.” “Just what did the State of Gi have in mind when it authorized At- lanta to extend its boundaries?” in- quired the justice. “Why were the essential powers of & municipality withheld and only an ad- visory capacity established over the added bnro;fha? John W. Fihelly, assistant district at- torney, who is arguing the case for the Census Bureau, replied that it had been clearly demonstrated to him the Legis- lature had acted more with an eye to making Atlanta the South’s largest city than with a view to lmpr:{n] the municipal government. “Should this le; monstrosity of s city receive the classification it asks, said Fihelly, “it will mean that every city with an ambitious chamber of commerce will attempt to follow suit.” After hearing arguments in behalf of “Greater Atlanta” by Attorney Louis Titus, who was retained by the city.and by three Atlanta newdbapers and city organizations, the justice requested lawyers' to prepare briefs of their re- spective cases within the next three days, when, he said, he will receive them and give a decision as soon as possible. City Criticizes Bureau. The representative of the Georgia city contended that the Census Bureau had no right to place its own inter- pretation on the act of the State legis- lation creating “Greater Atlanta.” On the other hand, Fihelly insisted that Atlanta had extended its municipal area from 34 to 184 square miles since the census of 1920. Fihelly sald the Atlanta government did not levy taxes, police or provide school facilities for the five “separate cities.” He added that the “Greater Atlanta,” as it now stood, was not a municipality 50 much as & loose federation of cities. Should the court render a decision favorable to the Georgla city, it would be, next to New Orleans, with a popula- tion of 455,792, the second largest city in the South, exceeding Louisville, Ky., with 307,808 population. The city of Louisville which had considered inter- vening in the case, took the view that it was obviously the second largest ae.cmpom in the South and let it go at L. Atlanta’s clalms were represented in the court today by James L. Mayson, city attorney of the Georgla metropolis, who assisted Mr. Titus. HOOVER AND STIMSON . EXPRESS SYMPATHY “Profoundly Distressed” by Diri- gible Tragedy, President Tells King George. By the Associated Press. President Hoover and Secretary Stimson today sent messages of sym- pathy to King George V of England and Prime Minister MacDonald on the tragedy of the R-101. l):r. Hoover's note to King George said: “I am profoundly shocked and dis- tressed by the tragic accident to the R-101 and its dreadful toll of lives. ay I express to your majesty, to and to the people of Great Britain the deep sympathy and grief of Mrs. Hoover and myself.” Addressing Premier MacDonald, Sec- retary Stimson said: “Permit me to express to you my deep personal sympathy at the tragic loss which Great Britain has sustained in the death of those who perished in the disaster which overtook the R-101." BRAZILIAN REBELS PLAN TO ATTACK RICH COFFEE PORT (Continued From First Page.) they will move upon the great coffee port. At the same time, the revolutionaries are consolidating their gains in all the cities of Rio Grande do Sul. Juan Prancisco Pereira, who commands one of the revolutionary brigades, has gone to Porto Alegre, which was taken by the rebels last week. There he will confer with revolt leaders, among them Her- colino Castro, a former naval leu- tenant who is in charge of the in- surgent troops there. Castro was dis- missed from the navy after the failure of a revolt aboard the battleship Sao Paulo in 1924. He lived in Uruguay until the current movement began. Regulars Join Rebels. r officers are said to be swing- mmhe side -of the revolutionists gradually. Some of those in cha of the 7th Cavalry were held prisoners for a time, but now have returned to their nization and will lead it in the northward drive Officers of the 6th Cavalry, who were unmr‘;d tlx;: Alogréte, wees < cogd:xc:;( over the Uruguayan frontier, but the nnkl and file of the regiment joined the revolu R said that if the revolution were tri- the relatives of those who were lost |5 Action Expected Despite Re- fusal of Kelley to Give Details of AHegations. By the Assoctated Press. An early official stand by the Depart- ment of Justice on general claims Ly | Ralph 8. Kelley that Interior Depart- ment officials have mishandled Colo- rado oil shale lands appeared probable today, despite official silence by Kelley concerning all details of his charges. Assistant Attorney General Seth W. Richardson, who is directing Federal invéstigation into the claims of the for- mer Denver Land Office chief, has in- dicated some form of conclusion may be reached this week. Traces Oil Shale Cases. In the absence of specific charges, Richardson has been conducting & sur- vey of all oil shale cases during recent years. He said he would trace through the Interior Department any case that appeared l‘lllflflonlble. Kelley chose a newspaper as the me- dium of making public his specific chlrjefl, declining an invitation from the Justice Department to lay his ob- jections before it. The former Denver ofticial submitted his resignation to Sec- retay Wilbur last Sunday, at the same time claiming the Interior Secretary has made concessions to ofl applicants in the Colorado shale lands and that ofl interests were attempting to obtain lands illegally. Wilbur suspended Kcl- ley and asked for an investigation. Nye May Make Inquiry. Possibility of another inquiry into the charges has been made known by Sen- ator Nye, Republican, North Dakota, who is chairman of the Lands and Cam- p.'l;n Funds Committees of the Senate. e sald he would shortly investigate Colorado, seeking possible contributions Colorado, seeking possible contrbutions by these same oil companies. Nye con- ferred with Kelley last week and after- ward said he belleved the latter was Jjustified in the actions he had taken, M. VERNON ROAD MODEL DISPLAYED 60 NATIONS OPEN ROAD CONVENTION Stimson Praises Work ai Opening Session in Con- stitution Hall. (Continued _First Page) A former president of the National Au- tomobile Chamber of Commeree, wai unanimously elected president of the Permanent International Commission, at a meeting this morning. He will pre- side throughout the congress, which will be in session through Friday. Divided Into Sections. The plenary session this afternoon was preliminary to business meetings which will be started tomorrow in twq sections, one devoted to the study of road construction methods, and the other to questions of maintenance and finance. These meetings will be held in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Later in the week the delegates officially accredited to the 'congress by their respective govern ments, will draw up formal conclusiong based on their studies and exchanges of intormation. Typical of the conventions which the congress studied, apart from the cons clusions on technical subjects, was the convention on the regulation of auto= motive traffic, which delegates from pan-American countries planned to sign formally at the Pan-Amecrican Union Builaing after the plenary session toe day. Delegates from the Latin Amers ican countries reached an agreement on the various articles Saturday and this afternoon were to take the firsg formal step toward uniform control of traffic throughout the Western Hemise phere. Control of Traffic. The draft of the convention, which was submitted to the Pan-America Union in 1929, applies to all.automotivi traffic and recognizes that dvery sta has exclusive control over the use its own highways. It prescribes tha{ all vehicles before admission to intere national traffic shall be registered in the manner provided for by the state of origin and that a special international registration marker shall be used. The rule of the road is the same as recog= nized in this country, that vehicles shall pass on the right when meeting another vehicle and to the left when overtak< ing, and that all vehicles from the right shall have the right of way. In effect, the signing of the conven« tion was the first definite step toward Miniature Is Shown as Builders’ Exhibit at High- way Congress. A striking visualization of how the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, now being constructed on the Virginia banks of the Potomac River, will look when completed will be afforded visitors to the exposition of the American Road Bullders' Association being held at the ‘Washington Auditorium this week in conjunction with the sixth International Road Congress. An elaborate model placed by the Bureau of Public Roads a minimum right of way of 200 feet, Agriculture, in charge of the project, s & prominent part of the exhibit. Model Is Replica. This model, which was completed last Spring and displayed in the base- ment of the United States Capitol for on by members of Congress, is an exact replica on & miniature scale of the base of the railroad and high- way bridges, showing the proposed overpasses, and the Mount Vernon terminus. It gives an excellent bird's- eye view of the project at points, accurately reproducing parking and landscaping scheme, with model trees and grass plots lining the right of way. Extending 15} miles in length with of the United States De ment of zxceg: through the city of Alexandria, the Mount Vernon Highway will be a part of the George Washington Me- morlal Parkway, stretching from Mount Vernon to Great Falls on the Vir- ginia_side, and from Great Falls to Fort Washington on the Maryland side. It will rival America’s greatest drives in seenic beauty and historical interest establishment of the proposed pane American highway linking the repubs lics of North and South America, & proposal which has held first place in the attention of Latin American road men for several years. It was hoped that time would permit consideration of the project today. Work toward starting the highway was begun early in the Summer when a group of engineers went to Panama to co-operate with highway officials and engineers of the Central American re- publics in a reconnaisance survey to de- termine the best routing of the proposed highway. Exhibit of Machinery. In connection with the congress, the American Road Builders' Association has set up an elaborate demonstration of road-building machinery at the Audi- torium, which will be opened tomorrow after a luncheon to the delegates given by the association. The Bureau of Public Roads of the Agriculture Depart« ment, whose chief, Thomas H. Mac~ Donald, is prominently connected with the congress, has arranged at the same place an interesting group of models showing the stages of construction and machinery used in building the different types of highway surfacing. Two models showing the construction of the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard at two ime portant locations are featured ih the exhibit. Mr. Chapin was named president general of the congress and Thomas H. MacDonald, chief of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, was chosen the secretary general at the meeting of the congress' governing body. E. W. James, chief of the design secw tion, of the United States Bureau of Public Roads, was awarded the prize offered by the Permanent International Commission for the best essay on highe way administration, construction and finance. The award was announced at the pre-congress meeting of the come mission, at which it was decided tg and will be presented at the exposition as an outstanding model of American highway engineering. Soil Methods Shown. In addition to the Mount Highway Model, the Bureau o!vmfi,; Roads will present a large educational exhibit demomu-nn%em generally ac- cepted practice in new science of subgrade soils. According to the new method, roads are no longer being built from the ground up, but the ground itself is studied, treated and in order that the most suitable pave- ment bases may be obtained under all Co"I"‘:fi‘“on‘.l e equipment and - sition of thpen}‘A. R. B. mA.,!’er:l'gcl:xml present the evolution of road-building machinery to a world-wide gathering of experts, will officially open tomor- row afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the Washington Auditorium and will held daily October 7, 8, 9 and 10. Reception Planned. A demonstration field will be main- talned as part of the exposition in Potomac Park, where various types of construction and maintenance will be avallable for inspection of the dele- tes. A reception will be held in honor of all delegates at the offices of the Amer- ican Road Builders’ Association, in the National Press Club Bullding this eve- ning from 5 to 7 o'clock and delegates are invited to attend a luncheon given by the organization prior to the offi- :m opening of the exposition tomor- ow. ‘The American Road Builders’ Asso- ciation has opened its offices as head quarters for all visitors and delegates, affording them thall, telegraph, tele- phone and information service during their stay in Washington and issuing programs in the four official languages of the road congress, $50,000 SILVER ROBBERY MADE IN CONNECTICUT Truck Driver Said to Have Been Bound to Wheel While Ban- dits Transfer Metal, By the Associated Press. KILLINGLY, Conn., October 6.—A truck, said to have about $50,000 worth of silver metal on it, was reported to have been held up at South Killingly early this morning. Police from nearby towns was rushed to the scene. The truck driver, according to re- ports, was bound to the steering wheel of the truck while the men transferred | the metal. It was sald that the truck was bound from Waterbury to Provi- dence, R. I. The metal was sald to have been in boxes and bags. Prominent Physician Dies. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Otober 6 (#).— DeJ. Paul Harvill, &, Nash- , & former president and for 12 years treasurer of the National Medicine Association, died hold the next meeting in Germany. Mr, James’ essay was in competition with scores of papers submitted by experts in this and other countries. May Meet in Berlin. The commission accepted the invita~ tion to meet in Germany by unanimous vote. The city probably will be Berlin and the next Congress will be cone vened in about four years, if the schede ule of meetings thus far held i i avesterioin even figure largely in the entertainment of the visitors and several luncheons and parties have been arranged for the wives of the foreign delegates. An important event to all the dele= gates is the reception which President and Mrs, Hoover have planned for Thursday at the White House. The American Organizing Commission will entertain the delegates at dinner Thursday evening in the Willard Hotel, On Wednesday evening Secretary Stime son will be the host at a reception in the Pan American Union. Four Languages Used. Four languages will be emplo; 3 enable the international gngerfigd 3 follow the proceedings. During the ad« dresses and reports at the section meet ings interpreters will translate in French, German, Spanish and English, i:adflnz into miniature telephone syse ms. About 75 women Wwere here for thd congress, about 40 of Who came &s ine dividual members of the Permanent In« ternational Association. One woman, Senhorita Carmen Portinho, is an offie cial delegate, appointed by the Presi- dent of the State of Rio Grande do Notre, Brazil. Miss Carrie L. Fuller, ex« ecutive assistant to the chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, is their entertainment. After the congress adjourns Friday night 300 of the foreign delegates wlfl be taken on tours of inspection, to last about 16 days, through various parts of the country. Three tours, carryin about 100 delegates each, with staffs, in« cluding interpreters, a physician and manager, will be sent out by the High« way Education Board, one through the North Atlantic States, another through the South Atlantic region and the third through the seven Siates in the Mise sissippi Valley. All three tours will converge on Detroit, where the mem- bers will be afforded the opportunity to inspect automobile plants and trafg conditions. SURGEON DISAPPEARS AFTER VESSEL SAILS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Qctober 6. Campbell, 37-year-old from liner pl ician, vanished ‘Washington on September 25, the day it sailed from Cherbourg, Capt. A. B. Randall reported on the vessel's e aipiell had bee surgeon . Campl n shi) and later had practiced in xull:me,. The y the liner was to leave Cherbourg, 3 said, Dr. Cs 1l came