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WEATHER.
(fl. S. Weather Rtireau Forecast I
e Rain this afternoon and possibly to
night; slightly colder tonight. Tomor
row’ fair, slowly rising temperature.
Temperature- Highest, aB. at 4:30
pm yesterday; lowest, 44, at 1 am. to
day. Full repjitt on page 9.
Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15
N. *s(l <\TT Entered ns second etas* matter
O. OV,UI<„ post <>( n c<ki Washington. l> O.
CREW OF BREMEN IN NEW YORK;
COMING HERE BY TRAIN TO PAY
TRIBUTE AT GRAVE OF BENNETT
Abandon Flight
Boca use of
\\ cal her.
LAND AT 1:48
TO REFUEL
Police Protect ion
From Crowds
Neeessar>.
Br the Aseoriated Pirss.
CURTISS FIELD. N. V . April 27.
The German-Irish crew of the trans
atlantic plane Bremen, which landed
here this afternoon at 1:48 from Lake
Ste. Agnes. will continue its trip to
Washington by train. On account of
the rain it was decided to abandon the
proposed flight in the Ford relief plane.
As the relief plane came to a stop
the occupants stayed in the cabin and
all calls to them to show themselves
went unanswered
Finally the police drove an automo
bile flush against the cabin door and
the flyers were literally lifted from the
plane to the closed automobile. Then,
tinder police motor cycle escort, the au
tomobile was driven into the Junkers
hangar and the doors were closed
The only occupant of the plane who
would my a word was Miss Herta Junk
ers, daughter of the manufacturer of
the Bremen.
-We stopped to refuel.” she said. “Not
only the plane, but ourselves. We are
starved ”
HARTFORD. Conn- April 27 (A>V
Clarence D. Chamberhn. landing shortly
after noon to refuel on his flight from
Lake Ste. Agnes to Washington, said
he had separated from the Ford relief
plane bearing the Bremen crew at the
St. Lawrence River and that they were
following the Hudson River route across
New York State, direct to'the Capital.
Chamberlin left here shortly after 1
o’clock.
START FOR WASHINGTON.
Flyers Hop Off at Murray Bay After
Trip From Greenly Island.
LAKE STE. AGNES. Quebec. April 27
W>).—Aw*y frrm Greenly Island for the:
first time since their transatlantic plane j
landed there April 13. two German fly-j
er*. with their Irish comrade, were In- j
tent today upon a 700-mile flight to
Washington to honor an American avia
tor. who died trying to aid them.
Return After Take-uff.
The plane left the ground easily after
a run of 1.000 feet, it steadily climbed,
clearing a mountain, and disappeared in
the Southwest for Washington Five
minutes later it was back circling over
th«; lake apparently waiting for Clar
ence Chamberlain, who piloted Charles
A Levine's Columbia cross the Atlantic,
to take off in his plane.
Median tea immediately started the
motor of Chamberlain's plane while the j
Ford machine was loafing, waiting for
it* escort The Ford headed toward the i
South for a second time and at 7:05
Chamberlain rase into the air and both j
planer wer<- soon out of sight.
In the tri-motored Ford relief plane
In which they landed here yesterday
from an eight-and-one-half hour flight
from lonely Greenly Island, the Bremen
crew planned the trip to the Capital
to lava wreath on the grave at Ar
lington National Cemetej-y of Floyd
Bennett, who originally commanded the
relief expedition.
Decision to postpone their arrival at
Mitchell Field N Y the original des
tination of their flight from Dublin,
»a* announced after a conference with
Miss Herta Junkers daughter of the
builder of the transatlantic plane Bre
men fib* decided to fly to Washing
ton with them.
Encounter Snowstorm*.
The flight from Greenly Island was
through several snowstorms. during
v rut h Maj June* Fitznaurice and
Cap’ Hermann Koehl of the Bremen
crew alternated at the controls with
Eernt Baiehen. pilot of th- Ford plane,
but the plane arrived here on schedule.
He-era hundred persons had gath
ered on the frozen Jake tHat vrves as
a landing field here and set up a cheer
When <h< plane piloted by Bair hen.
came u> a perfect landing on It* ski*.
Newspaper men and photOfrapheis
many of whom had been here more
than two weeks awaltlnif the arrival
rtf the Bremen crew, swarmed about
then, firing questions and taking pho
tographs. F'Cjr plane* with motors
warm'd took mr within a few min
utes of the relief plane's arrival earty
ing pictures to Montreal for shipment
Many Greet Flyers.
Among tne first to greet the Bremen
new was Junkers who r.tii'K up
to Baion Gunther von H i> .< Md, s,pon
uj! of the flight piai ’eo a sow on -his
Cheek and welc-»med hnn u German
Other* to web:om>- tne ‘•' i man-Irish
c?ew included LmJw.v 'f<-mpff German
COfiaul g' iierai for Ca' ad • J Hchroe
de? of tne bojlb hi , ij.au Lloyd t ..aj -
eu'.e D t;ii*moei i./ *< w York -tu-Oe»-
many fl/ej and Duk- Lchtllrr. Cana
dian phot who brought tue first te»ef
p*ane Ur Greenly Island
Ms) F*;tZO>aur*r.e v t . a h>erf .i grin
and clad in ft.* J■' h f ree s*.»■■■ uni
fxnm, over which tc wo."* a »ed coat
was the first to : top firm the pi»n< fol
lowed by Gap* E'g /•) und Baron Mu< n* *
fe.d :r; the ! German olu .niinm 1 1
vas MaJ. Fl'/n.s i/i'c s ?c'ond visit to
Lake gt* Agii'■ H< niii* heie one«
before ariz /e 'or the jjlj-J of h.s
German ' omra/J* ■
As! official C '•» v ’’ ’be «|)Ktb
iai.ti' flyers was extended by Abie
hS'-hid of the par'.', of Matba.e, who
m-hC sc address of w-i'or < in Frets ,
Jo this Baron '.or, Hue neb-id replied
j n the mre iaj.goage We apyrecJaU
t tyrijnOi l , s. h’/'p: a,” “of the jaople
(Continued on I'ssge 4 Column 7 r
•
WOULD RLBURf FLYERS.
H 1 tO>) va! and reburial of ’he bod let
of 'h* Amesi j.au member* of ti»e Lfe
favKU Ls'.sdriilj in the < < yp* of lh<
Memorial d« i'F.v adriJfe Ja»fay*M* it
j. t( , <j,. viilemuvj Jfc'ar.g France hat
Men pioja/s*d in a bill by Jo-pre*f«t*
l Bu/tol Republican Obi*.
't he bodh* at present rest in arprui
.i r j ill Frfcrr'e ffelgfum end J ! »lv
ujitx-j>* would eppropilaU ’ # }ODOO
PLAN TO FLY BREMEN
TO IRELAND IN 10 DAYS
BY MA.I. JAMES C. FITZMAI RICE.
F' Teiegrteh to The Star and the New York Time*.
IAKE STE AGNES. Quebec, via Murray Bay. April 26.—Mv companions.
Capt. Ivoehl and Baron von Huenefrld. and myself are here tonight, but, not in
the Bremen, as wo hoped. The Junkers plane in which we hopped the pond Is
on the mainland at long Point, but we are still optimistic of having her
_____ repaired. We wish to fly her back to Ireland
within 10 days and. after fueling, go on to
fpsfcjj Sorry to Leave Bremen Behind.
jjggp PUkl Os course, we arc keenly disappointed not to
'JHK I be here in our own machine. We did our best
success. Then, learning last night of the death
* J of Floyd Bennett, we decided to leave the Bremen
b, Jgf * behind and fly to Washington to place a wreath
1 upon hts grave. We deeply regret that we will
be too late to attend his funeral. His passing has
My return journey back to Oreenly Island
• t 0 r< ‘-' oln m >' comrades there was not altogether
uneventful. I came it will be recalled, to
get the parts with which we felt the Bremen
could be repaired. I took the.se out on the
three-motored Ford plane that was sent to our relief.
Thaw Makes Take-off Difflrult.
We left Lake Ste. Agnes expecting to stop at Seven Islands and. after j
fueling, to hop off at once for Greenly, arriving there that afternoon. But luck
was against us. for the petrol we expected at Seven Islands was not there.
Press planes had used.lt up and the nearest supply was at the village. Two
i h ours passed before we got it. In the meantime the sun had been melting the
j snow badly and we were in doubts that we could get off. Nevertheless, we tried
it Twice we ran over the snow for two miles, but we could not get in the air.
So we gave it up and decided to spend the night there, hoping for a frost to
harden the surface for us.
We were entertained that night by the mayor and some of the local j
people. They were very nice to us.
The next morning at 6 we started the engine and this time were successful
in taking off. We reached Greenly without any other Incident.
(Continued on Page 4, Column 2.)
NEW YORK CROWDS
| AT BENNETT'S BIER;
Thousands View Body Lying p
in State in Militia
Armory.
! Br the Pre**
NEW YORK. April 27.~New York
saluted in reverent tribute today as j
Ployd Bennett came home on his way j
! to a grave in historic Arlington Ceme- :
ter*, at Washington
In less than three hours from the
j time of the arrival of the body from j
Quebec to the departure of the funeral <
train for Washington, official New \
York, the Army and Navy and thou
sands of citizens extended to Bennett a
hero's farewell on a day which had ,
oeen reserved for triumphant welcome
i to the men tie had tried to rescue from j
isolation on lonely Greenly Island.
In a flag-draped coffin the body left j
! Pennsylvania terminal pt 10:25 a m. for j
ttie journey to Washington for burial j
' near t.te grtvt of Admiral wiio t >
in a ship year* ago, preceded Bennett,
and Comdr. Richard E. Byrd In their ,
! historic flight to the North Pole.
City In Mourning.
i Behind him he left a city in mourn- j
mg Flags that had flown in tribute j
■ to the German-Irlsh crew of the trans- J
i atlantic plane Bremen stirred slowly mj
;, the Slight breeze of early day, a* If to j
1 match she spirit cast by the ha f-staft- |
ed national colors on municipal build
ings and skyscrapers \
The aviator's body arrived at the j
Grand Central Terminal at 7 30 am., i
and, under escort of military, naval and
,! police details, was taken to the 71st;
Regiment Armory, in lower Parjt ave- j
nue where it lay in stale for more j
i shaft an hour while thousands filed
* slowly by.
While WEAF and associated radio
i stations carried the ceremonies to mil- j
! lions throughout the land, great crowds j
’ pressed about the armory in a vain <
* effort to view the body
**He wins the crown," said Rev Daniel j
A Poling pastor of the Marble Col
legiate Church and president of the ;
i Church Federation of Greater New
York at the conclusion of the radio j
service "His memory remains as an 1
1 unsullied escutcheon to h<- worn bv all
who follow worthily fibs high calling j
and his spirit shall live again and yet. ;
again in the youth of the world "
Traffie Is Milled
Outside ti»e armory Hre rumbling
traffic of the city was stilled while the 1
body lay Inside and during Its move
merit from the Grand Central 'terminal
> to the Pennsylvania Elation Til* dag
(Continued on Page 4, Column 3 r
OFFICER IS DROWNED
OFF HAWAIIAN ISLAND'
>:
j
leapt. H M Thatcher Washed
Overboard When Heavy fie»
Hits Army Tug,
i!.i O'* A ftJn 1*0:0 i'll tk
1 HON/tl.ljfAJ, April 27 Cap* Harry
M TiiaU’iier, attsudied to the Quarter
■ master Corps Fort Armstrong, Hawaii,
y.as drowned oft Ha Island of Haul
yesterday, Army In ad'|uarUo» iaoe wat.
advised. Capt 'I hatcher was said to
, nave been v,ashed overboard horn the
Afiny tug Cuba when a heavy sea
stfnek tin- fiaf Efforts to rescue him
* were /endered futile by strong currents
e j Capt Thatcher wag born In low*,
n j January JMI, 1877 He served as a ftp
s 1 fain In the Quartermaster Department
' >rgani/' d R>e<i,< Corps during the
World Wai and a *p(>oj|iled a rap
is I tain In the Regular Atmy In July 1920
His wife sod two chiidfen were with
* him lb Ha wail #•-
©he JEheniitQ J§faf.
J WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 11)28 - FORTY-SIX PAGES.
PLANS FOR FLYERS’
WELCOME HALTED
Capital Had Arranged Recep
tion for Crew of Over
sea Plane.
Plans for a brief, informal reception
for the rrew of the transatlantic mono
plane Bremen at Bolling Field this aft
ernoon were disrupted on receipt ol
word that the flight had been aban
doned at New York because of bad
weather.
Conflicting report* a* to the time of
arrival and the progress of the flight
i trickled into the commandant's office
! throughout the morning and early
! afternoon, but long before the generally
predicted hour of arrival everything!
• was In readiness to receive the flyers, j
F. Trubee Davison. Assistant Sec- j
retary of War for Aviation, and Maj j
| Gen. James E Fechet, chief of the
: Army Air Corps, as well as numerous j
j other aviation officers in the Capital,
j went to the field early this afternoon j
j to greet the flyers.
Guard* Posted at Field.
Shortly before noon, guards were
j posted at entrances to the Held with
j instructions to turn back all those not
having business on the post.
Anticipating a time of arrival that
i would permit the German and Irish
! flyers as well as their pilot, Bernt
i Balchen, to pause for a few moments
after landing. M*U- Davidson was pre
| pared to give them a luncheon. In
! structions also went out to a crew of
j mechanics to take the plane in hand,
give it a thorough inspection, refuel it
and have It ready to take the air on a !
j moment s notice.
An Army automobile was waiting at
i the "line," ready to rush the airmen to
j Arlington Cemetery should the offer of
the use of the rat be accepted.
Ambassador Friedrich Wilhelm von
1 Prittwitz und Oaf Ton of Germany, and!
i the embassy's first secretary, Rudolf:
! Leltner, will attend the Bennett funeral. '
Tlie German embassy, on beiialt of
! the flyers, has received Invitations from i
j all parts of the country, wishing to I
i have the famous airmen as guests.
The Irish Free Ht&ie legation, at 1 Biro
I Connecticut avenue, was the scene of
; extended conferences this morning, and |
'arrangement* dovetailed with those';
made tentatively ut the German em
bassy, which is located at 1439 Massa
■ chusett* avenue
Minister Timothy A Hmlddy of the \
Irish Fiee 8 tat* and William .1 H
Macaulay, first secretary of Hie legation, ;
arranged to attend the Bennett funeral, j
arranged to attend the Bennett funeral
•
WALB IS SENTENCED.
Former Indiana Q. 0. P. Chairman
Given Pour Years.
| FORT WAYNE, Ind , April 27 <A> 1
; Clyde A Walb, former Republican Mi ale
! chairman and former vice president ot
the First National Bank of Dagtsogi
fnd today was sentenced to four years
in i/eavenworth Federal prison for vio
lating national banking laws
Valentine D Weaver, former presi
dent of the bank, who pleaded guilty to
ihe same charge, was sentenced to two
and a hull years at fata van worth.
STONEHAM LOSES SUITS.
NEW YORK, April 27 <A‘t. Chat lea
! a Mbmehanr. president of the New York
Giants, was held liable by the Appellate
j Division of the Huprenic Court today
iin two test suits brought by former
i customers of ids brokerage bualncsa
; wlima accounts bad been transferred u>
brokerage house# whb It later went into
bankruptcy
A bold and dr.liberal# conspiracy,
I fraudulently to convert on a large
1 (ale" was Hu wav the coin t opinion
characterized the intmaallmut
Highest Honors
Await Hero
at Grave.
CROWDS TO SEE
CORTEGE PASS
Plan™ W ill Drone
Overhead as Last
Respect.
Floyd Bennett, low of rank and quiet
of manner, but high in courage and
self-sacrifice, came back to the heart
of a sorrowing Nation today to receive
from its officials the grim but mag
nificent final tribute reserved for Its
outstanding heroes.
The naval chief machinist who
thrilled the world by piloting the first
plane over the top of the world and
who won ita lasting admiration by ris
ing from a sick bed to fly to the aid of
distressed flyers from foreign lands will
1 be laid to rest late this afternoon neat
I the body of the admiral who pre
| ceded him to the pole, on foot.
To Rent Near Peary.
On his flower-banked grave in Arling
ton Cemetery, hard by the tomb of
i Admiral Peary and other national he
roes. will be laid a wreath by the Ger
man-lrish transatlantic aviators whom
he so gallantly sought to aid.
Escorting the body of his beloved .
comrade to its final bivouac will be ,
Comdr Bvrd. leader of the North Pole !
flight and whom Bennett was to pilot J
I on a daring aerial venture in the Ant
arctic next year. Byrd, with the grtef
| stricken widow, herself recently risen
I from a bed of illness, accompanied the
! bodv here from New York.
Naval regulations were wiped aside
today so that the government might
render unusual honors to the youthful
non-commistoned officer, whose breast
bore the highest decorations of his
Government and Us scientific societies
In addition to the usual three squads
j of bluejackets assigned for escort pur
! poses, there will be at least two com*
; panies of bluejacket infantry, embrac
i lng virtually all of the naval enlisted
personnel of Washington and vicinity.
As the flag-draped casket is
) borne on is mournful way from
i Union Station through the center of
i the citv to the slope* of Arlington a
formation of military planes will circle
and dip in salute. The body was sched
uled to arrive here about 3:20 o'clock.
| proceeding at once to the cemetery.
Wilbur to Pay Respects.
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur will j
lead the men of the Navy in revering
the memory of Bennett. Canceling pre
vious arrangements to go to Richmond
by train on a speaking tour, the Sec
| retary will remain here to a tend the
funeral services and then will take a
! plane for the Virginia City.
I Four wreaths, one from each of the
| transatlantic flyers and for Bernt Bal
chen. ptht of the Ford plane, were
| ready at Boiling Field for the aviators.
They will take them to Arlington in cars
held for their convenience and will per
sonally lay them on the grave.
The escort of six planes for the fu
neral march to Arlington will be com*
| posed of three Army and three Navy
pursuit ships piloted bv Army Lieut*,
i H n Angel). P. E Skause and E. R.
1 Quesada and by Lieut. Comdr. L> C ,
Watson and Lleutx F. R Base and W
| G Tomlinson of the Navy.
President Coolidge ordered one of the
: White House automobiles to wait at
I Union Station for use in conveying
Mrs. Bennett and Comdr. Byrd to the
cemetery.
The body will be met at the station
by eight pallbearers chosen from the
ranks of petty officers of the Navy and
by six naval lieutenants from the Bu
reau of Aeronautics who have been
(Continued on Page 4, Column 4.)
BORAH STARTS DRY
CAMPAIGN TOMORROW
Senator Will Make First Speech
Before Hamilton Club in
, Chicago.
i
i fly the A »»<•< talril
Taking to the country Ids fight for a
| prohibition plunk In the next Republic
an platform, Senator Borah, Republlc
j an, Idaho, will open his campaign bc-
I fore the Hamilton Club of Chicago to-
I morrow night
j This will be the first in it series of,
i four or five addresses the Senator will i
; make on prohibition ylyring the next :
i few weeks, but be finds It Impossible j
j because of the pressure of work here
to make a continuous campaign.
After Ids Chicago address lie will re
turn to Washington and later on, as
opportunity affords, tie will Journey
forth to speak In both the East and
; West. The Idahoan, who lias sent pro
| hlbition questionnaire# to it number
! of the candidates for the Republican
! presidential nomination, Is prepared to
i carry on Ids tight for a dry plank at
I the Kansas City convention.
| HICKMAN APPEAL STAYS
EXECUTION, DUE TODAY:
Bupreine Court Must Decide Fate of
OirFs Btnyer—Remains Quiet
I I . „ .
In Prison,
j fly Pm AsMicislmt l'ie»*
» BAN QUENTIN, Calif, April 27
William Edward Hickman's appeal of
tits sentence hi hung for the kldnuptng
and killing of Marian Parker, Gw An
getes schoolgirl, automatically stayed
Ids execution, widt h had been set for
' today by the trial court
■ Until Ilia Hlate Hupieme Court mi*
i ders a decision In the case, Hickman
i cannot be sent hi the gallows Date of
i the Hupreme Court hearing l» ludef-
Inlte
J'he youth has attracted little ath'll*
Hon In the Hlate prison here and t
i described by the authorities as well
behaved," jA
sew
WELCH BILL RATES
WILL BE RESTORED
House Committee to Write in
Paragraphs of Pay Raise
Measure.
Passage of the revised Welch bill to
increase the pay of 135,000 Government
employes with an amendment restoring
paragraphs eliminated Wednesday
! which would have cut the pay of the
! higher salaried classes was predicted to
day by Representative Welch of Cali
fornia. Its author. The measure comes
up a week from next Monday.
The intervening week Is welcomed by
members of the House civil service com
j mlttee to restore to the bill the por
| tlon stricken out by the committee
members without their knowledge that
In doing so they actually were reducing
salaries of a number of higher paid
scientific, professional and administra
tive officers. When these paragraphs
are restored, the objection of the only
j member of the House committee who
registered any opposition whatever will
ibe removed. Representative Bachman
! of West Virginia reserved the right to
file a minority report on account of the
j elimination of these paragraphs.
Await President’s Word.
During the intervening week the
! committee hopes to hear favorably from
i the President and the Budget Bureau
regarding an addition of approximately
j 12.000.000 to the bill as reported, which
would make the total just about one-
I haif of the amount Involved in the orig
! Inal Welch bill.
In the House today, Mr. Bachman
; presented his minority report and nsked
i that these salary grades be restored to
! the bill In order to prevent an in-
I justice to efficient employes. Repre
j sentative Woodrum of Virginia, who has
been a persistent advocate for a blanket
I increase for all Government employes,
asked if Mr. Bachman intended to
leave the Impression that these salaries
were intentionally reduced by the com
mittee, Mr. Bachman protested that
'' he had no such purpose, and on the
I contrary desired the House to be in-
I formed that the salaries were reduced
1 through a misunderstanding on the
j part of the civil service committee,
| The salaries that would la* auto
matically reduced through elimination
of grades 8 and 9 In the professional
and scientific service and grades 15
and 16 in the clerical administrative
and fiscal service cover the chief pro
fessional grades and a special profes
sional grade. The salaries for the for
mer run from SB,OOO to $9,000 and for
the latter In excess of $9,000. The
senior executive grade has salaries run
ning from SB,OOO |.o $9,000, and n spe
cial executive grade with salaries in ex
! cess of $9,000.
Aid to I'nlted Slates Service.
The new grade both in Ihe admtnis-
I trative and professional services, carry
j mg salaries in excess of $9,000, is a
| provision which the President, the Bud
! get Bureau and leaders In Congress are
I especially anxious to have remain In
I the bill because It takes care of a situ
ation which has long been emphasized
as injurious to the Federal service. This
results from the fact that highly trained
and specially equipped men can re
ceive much higher salaries in outside
employment, and have been rapidly
leaving the Federal service
While restoration of provisions In
j the bill for lire chief professional and
I senior executive grades would lake care
, of those now threatened with a redur
| tion In salary through the oversight
j of the committee In cutting these para
! graphs from the bill, it is expected that
administration Influence also will re
.store the provision for the new grade
tit both (he administrative and scientific
services.
It is generally conceded that with the
blit t tins corrected, there Is no doubt
j but Hint U will quickly pass both House
; and Senate.
! "THE PENALTY”
"Gpldrn Rule” Film
Produced hv
T he livening Stur
To further traffic safety
is being shown today along
with the regular program
| at
The Tivoli
14th and Park Ko.ul
TOMORROW
(lie Tiliii will be shown at
The AmhafttJiilor
18th and Columbia Rd.
I
1
! Noted Clergyman
Climbs Into Ring
And Praises Sports
By the AMO'-iated Pie»».
NEW YORK, 27 —Rev. Dr
S. Parke.v Cadman. pastor of the
Central Congregational Church.
Brooklyn, snd president of the Fed
eral Council of Churches of Christ
in America, extolled athletics last
night after climbing through the
ropes at a boxing bout.
The match was held at the club
house of the Brooklyn-Manhattan
Transit Co. After the bout Dr.
Cadman told the spectators he
wouldnt ’mind putting on the gloves
himself for 15 minutes or so.
Sports, he said, developed body
and mind and taught self-reliance,
and ascribed to his early foot ball
days the fact that he continues well
and active at the age of 63.
' STOCK PRICES SOAR
] IN GIGANTIC TRADE
Ticker 40 Minutes Late Un
der Deluge of Buying From
All Over Country.
By th* A*«»•'!Bb-fl I’rr**
NEW YORK, April 27 Gigantic
speculation for the advance on the New
: York Stock Exchange today sent prices
of active issues soaring $2 to nearly sts
a share and completely swamped j
! machinery of the exchange, j
Orders piled onto the floor from j
I sections of the country in such tre
j mendous volume that the ticker was
I 40 minutes behind the market by early
S afternoon, when the oils, changing
hands in blocks of 5.000 to 32,000 shares,
i assumed the leadership of the advance
National Tea soared $14.50 a share
Consolidated Gas extended Its early ad
j vance to $lO a share, and Allts-Chai
! rners, Brooklyn Edison. Case Threshing
International Harvester. Jersey Central
and American International advanced
$5 a share or more.
More than 40 Issues, about half of
them railroad shares, climbed to record
high levels.
One block of 32.0(H) shares of Stand
ard Oil of New York changed hands at
$35, up 50 cents and a new high record.
One block of 15,000 shares of Trans
continental Oil changed hands at $9.25.
followed bv a block of 17,000 shares at
9 37 1 * and one of 25.000 shares at
$9.50 ' One transaction of 15.000 shares
of Chrysler was recorded at s7l. up
I $2 50.
The advance was temporarily Inter
\ rupted around midday when Wabash
common broke from SBB to SB2, but it
snapped buck to $89,25 later.
Sharp declines followed by rapid re
coveries also took place In Delaware Ai ;
Hudson and Lehigh Valley.
Banks t ailed $25,000,000 In loans by j
early afternoon, but this failed to stem 1
tile rising tide of prices.
FIVE KILLED* ONE INJURED
WHEN TRAIN HITS AUTO
Three Women and Two Children
Lose Lives in Ohio
Crash.
j By lit* Associated Press.
COSHOCTON, Ohio, April 27. j
J Three women and two children were
I killed and a man injured, perhaps i
fatally, when their automobile was
struck by a last Pennsylvania passen
ger tram at Cunesvllie, near here, last
night. The dead
Mrs. Charles Lepley, 50, Coshocton;
Barah. 7, and John, 9. her children;
Mrs, Carl Lepley, 25. her daughter
in-law, and Mrs Sidney Turner, 30
also of Coshocton.
Charles Lepley. 83, was taken to a <
Coshocton hospital and was not ex- |
peeled to live
CHAMBERLAIN PRAISES
U. S. WAR OUTLAW
tty ths Associated l*»«*s»
BIRMINGHAM, England April 27
Blr Austen Chamberlain, secretary of
state for foreign affairs, iu a speech
last night said Rial he welcomed his j
first opportunity to say Rial the Amert- ,
can proposal for the outlawry of war |
would receive the most sincere consdd- j
eration at the hands of the British gov- ;
eminent
He was speak tug at (he annual dinner I
nt the Anglo-French Society and in al- I
hiding to the American pmposal said i
(hat such a suggestion from a nation j
which had hitherto stood gloof In these j
mailers was has valuable not to ba re* j
»i dad favor,
The only evening paper
in Washington with the
Associated Press news
service.
Yesterday’s Circulation, 106,938
(/P) Means Associated Press.
DORAN CLAIMS ACT
j NOT ENFORCABLE
! Prohibition Chief Says United
States Will Never Be Able
to Stpp Dry Violations.
Belief that the “United States Gov
ernment will never be able to stop
violation of the prohibition law” was
expressed by Dr. James M. Doran, pro
| hibitjon commissioner, in an address
before the Washington Round Table in
the University Club this afternoon.
Dr. Doran, however, stated that the
Government will make violations of the
| law more and more difficult.
Dr. Doran added that the prohibition
law is entwined with every criminal
! statute, pointing out that through vio
i iation of it criminals and gang leaders
: are able to secure additional revenue.
1 Due to this, he emphasized the im
portance of enforcing the law and de
, dared that the country could not safe
! ly recede from its present position re
' i carding prohibition. To do so. he said.
| would materially affect the nrosperity
or the Nation and “shake the very foun
dations of Government.
Referring to the recent Chicago pri
mary election. Dr. Doran declared that
at one stage it looked like they would
! have to withdraw every Federal agent
|tn that city to avoid bloodshed. He
I added, however, that they are going to
keep the Federal agents in Chicago and
i try "to clean that place up."
Referring to the question of individual
1 right Dr. Doran declared the individual
| will have to curtail his rights more and
more for the welfare of the general so
| clal order.
Dr. Doran emphasised that while pro
! hibitton Is frequently a front page sul
| )ect, it brings up the question of general
law enforcement. As a means of «n
--‘ forcing the law he urr*d that "good
i people" get busy interesting vhemselves
in their own Governmen*.
The speaker declared "it is a pity we
• haven’t the vote in the District of Co
| lumbia," but added that the people here
! can make their wishes felt,
i Alton G. Grinnell, In a brief address.
' urged the members of the round table
to aid in the Salvation Army campaign
for $350,000 to aid in its $500,000 build
ing project on the southwest cornet of
Sixth and E streets The campaign will
< be conducted from May 4 to 14.
Dr. E M. Ellison, president of the j
I Washington Round Table, presided.
REVISED ENGLISH PRAYER
BOOK WINS APPROVAL
Church Assembly Vote* on New
Version —Commons to
Take Action.
l!v the Auaditsl Press
LONDON. April 27—Final approval
! of the revised prayer book measure ot
| the Church of England was voted today
I at a special session of the church as*
| sembly. The measure, about which so
I much controversy has centered, now
I goes to the House of Commons for ae*
I ceptance or rejection.
The total vote was 398 for the revision
and 153 against it, divided as follows:
! in the House of Bishops. 32 for and 2
against; in the House of Clergy. 183 for
land 59 against; in the House of Laity,
j 181 for and 92 against.
j HAITI HIT BY EPIDEMIC.
Outbreak of Spinal Meningitis in
Vicinity of Cape Haitien.
POR I' AU PRINCE. Haiti. April 37 j
(4’) Haiti is suffering from an epidemic
ot spinal meningitis, which heretofore j
lias been virtually unknown In the is
land There is 165 cases reported since :
the outbreak reported three weeks ago,
confined to Haitians in the vicinity of
Cape Haitian The mortality rate is to
per cent, which is low
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BALL GAME OFF.
I *
Cold Prevents Nationals Athletics ,
Contest— Meet Tomorrow.
( Today’s game between the Athletics
i and Nationals has been railed off, due
i to cold weather
The teams are scheduled to meet
'again tomorrow afternoon at 3:3011
I o'clock.
POLISH FLYERS MAY HOP.
j Pari* Report* Transatlantic At
tempt Due Tomorrow.
1 i.e noimorr mt n pans. April 37 <
I t.-pv Reports persisted at l e linagel |
j Airdrome Unlay that Mai louts UUi-
I Kowskl and Mat CasinUr Kubala Polish '
j fivers, who have been planning a trails- l
I si Untie flight to New York hv wav of
j the Aeores may attempt »lw flight at
5 o'clock tomorrow morning
TWO CENTS.
MARI B. MADDEN,
VETERAN OF HOUSE,
DIED IN HIS OFFICE
Head of Appropriations Com
mittee Suddenly Taken
j 111 at Capitol.
| ILLINOIS MEMBER HAD
SERVED FOR 2\ YEARS
Falls From Chair Into Arms of
I
Representative Sproul. Chicago.
Lifelong Friend.
Representative Martin B. Madden,
chairman of the House appropriations
committee, who served continuously m
the House for 24 years, fell dead today
just b**for*» 2 o'clock at his desk in th*
appropriations committee room in the
arms of his lifelong friend Representa
tive Elliot W. Sproul of Chicago.
Four doctors, members of the House.
Representatives Sirovich, New York
Fitzgerald. Ohio; Summers, Washing
ton, and Irwin, Illinois, were summoned
hastily and pronounced Mr. Madden
'dead.
Representative Sproul said that Mr
Madden had eaten an unusually hearty
J lunch in his office and then had chatted
pleasantly for a few momenta with
members of the committee and had
discussed the District of Columbia ap
propriation bill now in conference be
; tw<*en the House and Senate.
When the others left, Mr. Sproul
also started to go, but Mr. Madden
1 called him back, asking him to sit and
visit for a while. He was telling Mr.
j Sproul a story when suddenly he
1 clasped his hand to his heart and made
two gasps. Mr. Sproul sprang and
caught him as he fell back in his chair.
Doctors Summoned.
Mr. Sproul held him until his call?
brought assistance. The doctors were,
then summoned from the Hou^e.
Representative Williams of Illinois
announced Mr. Madden's death in the
House and the House immediately ad
j journed out of respect,
Mr. Sproul and Mr. Maddm have
been called the Damon and Pythias of
the House on account jf their ’ong and
devotedj friendship.
For many years in Chicago *hey were
in business together. Mr Madden lav
ing trusted Mr. Sproul .or material on
I the first contracting job that Mr. Sproul
ever took.
In his conference on the District
appropriations bill M* Madden some-
I what heatedly had told the House mem
bers to hold out against amendment?
■ desired in the bill by the Senate. Th*’
1 Senate proposed the elimination of the
$9 000.000 lump sum appropriation.
Artificial Respiration.
Dr Sirovich said that Mr. Madden.
who ( was 73. died of coronary throat
fcosu? He explained that artificial res
piration was applied, but that Mr Mad
den died within 5 minutes. Had a
medical kit been available. Dr. Siro
vich believes that life might have been
further sustained, and deplored the fact
that the House did not have medication
available in such an emergency.
Gilbert Nettleton. Mr Madden's sec
retary. who managed his recent suc
cessful campaign for re-election, was
'he first to respond to Representative
Sprout's calls for aid and helped Mr
Sprcul to cany Mr Madden to the
iouch and then called the doctors from
> ;li” House chamber.
Two years ago Mr Madden built a
beautiful residence in Massachusetts
Avenue Park. He has taken a deep
interest in District affaire and only yes
:«*rday declared vigorous opposition to
:he street railway merger plan as now
proposed.
Within a short time after the news
of Representative Madden's death was
received at the other end of the Cap
itol, the Senate adjourned as a mark
of respect to hi? memory. Senator
Deneen, Republican, of Illinois, mad*'
the announcement and offered a reso
j lution expressing the regret of the Sen
ate and providing for the appotmmen'
of a committee of 10 Senators to at
i lend the funeral.
Martin B. Madden was successful in
two fields of effort which do not ordi
narily overlap.
Just as in politics he rose from an
| obscure seat on Chicago's City Council
: to a place of leadership in Congress, s •
m his earlier year? he had climbed from
i penniless English immigrant and water
* boy in a stone quarry to head of a
j large and prosperous business establish
j ment.
For him. both as business man and
public servant, the magic words were
effort and economy. Lessons that he
learned in his earlier struggle for a liv
ing were applied religiously to public
fiscal policies in the years he served a.?
head of the House committee on ap
propriations. which originates all the
appropriations for the United State?
Government.
Started Work in Quarry.
These lessons he began to learn in
tfie school of personal experience at
the age of 10. when he took a *ob as
water txye in a quarry at l emont, IU.
>t\ years after arrival In this count rv
from England Out of his mite he not
only contributed to the support of the
family, but saved enough to buy books
and meet the other expenses of a night
school Studying tn his spare time he
was able in addition to apply himself to
ms dav-tlme work with an tndustrv
that won him promotion after promo
tion until in the course ot the years he
became the highest official of the atone
company where he had made so humble
a beginning
His reputation for alerting honesty
t Continued on Page 2. Column 1 »
WOULD HONOR FLYERS.
Senate Bill Conferring Cross I* Ft
vovahly Reported.
The bill introduced bv Senator Keen
Republican, Pennsylvania, autboruang
the Distinguished Service Cross fei
KUrenfvted Gunter von Huenefield James
C fitimaurkf <unt Hermann Koehi
was ordered favorably reported by the
Benate nulUary affair* comumtee to
day
The measure was amended tor com
inittee. however, providing for bestowal ,
of the cross on Itoeudonne Coates, Jo- \
seoh l.ebm and Praneeaeo de Ptnedo \
The award of th* decoration to the V
Get man-truh fiver* also has been ap
prowl hy the House military committee,
which sanctioned the James bill. Sec
retaries Wilbur, Kellogg and ivavw ap
proved the measure
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