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Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 24 and 25 V„ *>A Entered as second class matter INO. uU,UIO. post office, Washington, i> C. OCEAN FLYERS LAY FLAGS OF BREMEN AND FLOWERS ON BENNETTS GRAVE Kochi Places Wreath. Huenc feld German Colors and Fitzmaurice Irish Emblem on Mound. LEAVE FOR NEW YORK BY TRAIN AT 1 O’CLOCK Airmen Also Honor Lieut. Wooster. Killed on American Legion—To Beturn to Capital Wednesday for Official Reception and to Be Re ceived by President Coolidge. By th« Associated Pre». MILLER FIELD. N. Y.. April 28 The Ford tri-motorcd plane which left Curtiss Field this morning tor Washington landed here less than an hour later on account of unfavor able weather conditions. Bcrnt Bal chen, the pilot, and Richard G. Brophv, personal representative of Comdr. Richard E Byrd were un decided whether to continue the trip to the Capital or return to Curtiss Field. When the plane was over the Jersey coast the weather became heavy and head winds were en countered. Balchen then decided to turn back and landed on tins j Staten Island field. Just south of New York City. Three heroes of the air—two of them prim-visaged Germans and the third an j Irishman whose usually smiling coun tenance was mantled with solemnity standing in a cold, drizzling rain, paid tribute on a wind-swept hillside in Ar lington National Cemetery this mom- j it»g to the memory of another hero of the air. Floyd Bennett, who died tn an effort to relieve them in the icebound j northern haven where they had found i safety alter their perilous westward . * fight across the Atlantic Ocean. Having paid their tribute, the flyers * Mt Washington by train at 105 o'clock j ttuft afternoon for New York. *kere : tney will be officially welcomed to this, C Thfflvers had hoped up to the very j last minute before tram time this noon that they could fn- ! the offer of the Army Air Corns to to New York in a three-engined Jokk.r transport. but dangerous *eather , ditions aU along the route made this gtep inadvisable. i Accompanied bv Miss Herta Junkers, daughter of the builder of the airplane Bremen, in which they flew from Ire land to Greenly Island. Bj**™ Fuenefrld. Cant Hermann KoeW Capt James Fitzmaurice Bt 2°£T or . H ! moment with bared heads fore T h?n r*w-m»de grave of Bennett. Tlten Capt Kochi stepped forward »n4r«- erentlv laid a great wreath of flowers on *h» already flower-covered mound Baron von Huenefeld next p.aced a German flag above th" «p wc rs , while beside it Capt. Fitzmaurice laid to* green white and orange flag of m* Irish Fre* State. Both flags were, brought across the ocean in the Bremen by the intrepid aviators. American Flag Laid « n Grave. A small silken American flag then was laid over the to the right of the other ensign* by Maj. Howard C Davidson, commanding officer oi Bolling Field, who is the host of th* visiting flyers during their present short visit to Washington Miss Junkers followed with a wreath, which she placed beside the American flag p Asked Whetner they desired to say • few word: at th? grave, Baron von Huenefeld said they preferred to pay libr,t tribute to the heroic dead Trie Impressive ceremony was over in less: than five minute*, and the visitors has- ■ toned to re-enter the Army automobile v hirh had brought them from Bolling were whisked along the wind* fcig, wet roadways of Arlington Ceme tery to the grave of Lieut. Stanton H Wooster, the Navy aviator who wa* Lilted with Lieut Comdr Noel Davis when their plane, the American Legwn. fell into the water near I-angley Field, Va April 26. 1927 Capt. Kochi laid a floral wreath on Lieut Wooster's grave white hi* com pan Pm* stood sol emnly at attention Besides Maj. Davidson, the visiting Byers were accompanied to Arlington fev Cap*. Christian A lychwarzwaelder and Lieut Kellogg Bioan of Boiling Field Flyer* Merc fnrognito. Tte crew of the Bremen are here to day incognito They w isl return to New Tork, «!.(•:► a big celebration i# sched uled in Heir lion or, returning here for titeir official reception Wednesday. Pres ident Coolidge will receive them at the White Ho < at noon Wednesday and at j o'clock will entertain them at lunch eon, Tlie member* of the Bremen’s crew wanted to pay their tribute to Bennett before any sort of reception of a formal nature «> tendered to them For this f they nave kept Tiernreive* in seclusion a* much a* {e/Mtlbte ever since fjrief arrived here by train from New Tone J**t night. Braving the howling wind and rain, se>eraJ hundred person* lined tlie gate* ft Union IPation ten night to to* H ' rContinued on Pag* V Column 2 >■ SEEKS MISSING RING. Wife of Hungarian Legation Aide Reports i d/aa to Police. Mn*e, Ahdor de Heftetendy, wife ol Bhe hist .-toretary of the Hungarian legation, yesterday appealed to t>olto* Pi assstst lier hi search for a IJ .000 pear; aiKT diamond ring that site left In til* washroom of a Fuiiman car on Apt 11 18 Detective Frans A Varney wa* tote tnat til* matter was not reported to lh< police until it became certain that tta f;j t y had not toii turn* d over to rail ► road or Pullman officials The train or w hich the n/ig wa* lost was a Fennayl vania Railroad New Yolk-to-Washing n „i iffcjj A 1200 reward haw been of Aback WEATHER. <U 8. Weather Bureau Forecast ) Rain this afternoon: cloudy and con tinued cold tonight: minimum tempera ture about 35 degrees. Tomorrow fair: warmer. Temperature—Highest. 44, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest. 39. at 11 p.m. yesterday. Full report on page 7. f Bremen Propeller Put on Sister Ship | For Use of Crew j By the Aiuo'iaWd Pres*. | j NEW YORK. April 28 —The pro ■ peller of the transatlantic monoplane I Bremen may again carry its crew in 1 j flight. , I This vital part of the German ; plane was brought to Curtiss Field by Copt Hermann Koehl of the Bremen crew and has been fitted ’ j to the Junkers plane F-13. a sister ship. The tips of the propeller were i bent when the Bremen landed on Greenly Island The F-13 will be j turned over to the Bremen crew for j their us? while in this country. NEW YORK READY TO GREET FLYERS I Rare Welcome Awaits Brem en Crew on Arrival There This Afternoon. j B.v the A‘«o< lalriJ Pips*. NEW YORK. April 28 New York— goal of the monoplane Bremen when | it took oil trom Dublin April 12—to day was keved up to bid its German- Irish crew its oft-deferred c.fflrJal wel come. A foretaste of what is in store for them was given Baron Gunther von j Huenefeld. Capt. Hermann Koehl and j Maj. James Fitzmaurice when they I paid an impromptu visit to the city yesterday on their way to Washington to pay tribute to Floyd Bennett, who gave his life in an attempt to rescue them from lonely Greenly Island. Although every effort was made to keep their arrival a secret, the news spread, and from the time they landed , on Curtiss Field until they left from the Pennsylvania Station several hours ; later they were the center of a wildly ; enthusiastic throng that broke police I lines and almost swept the flyers off | their feet. Elaborate police regulations w*ere is sued to prevent a recurrence of the mob scenes today. Will Broadcast Ceremonies. Arrangements called for the arrival j of the fivers from Washington at 6 o'clock, immediately after which they i were to be taken to the headquarters 1 office to speak a few whrds into the , microphone broadcasting the welcome ; ceremonies. A radio description of the cere-j i monies is to be broadcast throughout j the country and rebroadcast by short ; i wave length to Berlin. Upon arrival here the flyers will go ! to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, where they j will be permitted to rest for the bal- < , ance of the day. j The welcome festivities, however, will get under way in earnest on Monday, when. In the morning, the three flyers will board the city tug Macom for a marine parade down the bay between lines of harbor craft. Arrival ®f Wives Delayed. A combination ol rough seas and day ! light saving may result in the wives ol Capt. Koehl and Maj. Fitzmaurice miss ing this spectacle. The two women are en route to this country on the German Lloyd liner Dresden, but the ship has been delayed by heavy seas. The one hour change in time tomorrow is ex pected to delay their arrival until noon and the welcome ceremonies are sched uled to start at 10:30 o'clock. Prom the Battery the party wiU roll up Broadway in automobiles to City Hall, where Mayor Walker will receive I them as he received Col. Lindbergh. Comdr. Byrd, Chamberlin and others whom the city has honored for their I achievements in aviation. Gov. Smith .will be represented by an aide, who will j orcsent to each flyer a State medal of ] | honor. Wreath* to Be Placed. Then the parade will move up to the Eternal Light in Madison Square, ami the flyers will lay wreaths tn memory jof the World War dead Up Fifth ave s nue the procession will continue to the j reviewing stand, at Fifty-ninth street. On Tuesday night the airmen will be . the city’s guests at an official dinner In the Hotel Commodore. On Wednesday ! night they will attend a theater. There j after there will be a series of dinners, luncheons and receptions by German j and Irish organizations, FITZMAURICE’S DAUGHTER TO BE MAY QUEEN i Eight-Year-Old “Patsy” Accepts New York’s Invitation by Radio From Liner. I liy t 'if Auukmlml I'm-** • NEW YORK, April 28. --Eight-year-, i old Patricia Fitzmaurice is to be New York’s Queen of the May, Patricia, who is the daughter of Maj James Fitzmaurice of the Bremen 1 crew, accepted the invitation of Itouis j i Harris, commissioner of health, in a j radio message from the liner Dresden, aboard which she is coming to this j country with her mother, | "Happy to accept invitation unless 1 previous engagements prevent," radioed "Patsy," as she signed her answer. Th** festival if- an annual affair conducted by the health department in Central Park. i Two Killed ai Plane Falli. MARSHALL. Mo,, April 28 UP).— i Harold P Hutchison, 23, of New York, “ j and George K Maluma. 32, of Kansas City, were kilted when their airplane j went into a flat spin and crashed near i*rre last night Hutchison, who was * piloting the plane, was here on a visit ' and hwd taken Malum* up on a plea*- j ure flight. Both were unmarried Two Ballet Dancers Plunge to Death In Suicide Pact as Soviet Stage Finale i: U f Hy <h» A* > I*oo l'if M | MOHCOW April 28 Agnessa Kore , ; Irrva and Natalie Aksenova, beautiful artistes Itolh aged 20, gSV« a *! tragic touch last flight l/i the latest i \ (evolutionary ballet i wip'd "lied Poppy," 4 when they jiluriged to death from the ; lifiia-rffi/ifei flies of the stage In full view 'of tl*e public and jubt a* the curtain e i wee about to fell I- Both girls their hand* lied. crashed p in mldslag* just as the thunderous r«vo- I, lutkmary hymn, ‘ Jhe international*," ,’| wae struck up hy the ok twetre f» { Fellow er>lst« who knew the girt* In* Urnately repressed Ik-lief that ttur ballet mt Itoettitm jgtaf. J WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION \^/ WASHINGTON, 1). C., SATURDAY, APRIL 28. 1928-THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. * HOUSE TO REVERE MADDEN IN FLOOR RITES TOMORROW Legislator’s Body to Lie by Speaker's Rostrum Dur ing Services. DAWES AND BYRNS PLAN TO DELIVER EULOGIES Notables to Be Present —All Gal leries Reserved —Official Dele gation to Burial Named. On? of the most impressive funeral j services ever held in the hall of the j House of Representatives has been ar j ranged lor tomorrow in honor of Rep ; resentative Martin B. Madden of 1111- j uois. chairman of the appropriation | committee, lor 23 years a member of i the House, and for many years promi nent in legislative affairs. The cere ! monies in the House will be at 1- j o'clock, with the body of Mr. Madden on a flower covered catafalque occupy ing a position in front of the Speaker's rostrum. Vice President Dawes and Represent ative Bvrns of Tennessee, ranking Dom i ocrat on tne appropriations committee, | are to speak in eulogy of their deceased colleague, expressing the condolences | respectively of House and Senate. Usu ! ally there ts only one speaker at such ! memorial services. Chaplain to Officiate. The burial service will be conducted by Rev. Dr. James Shera Montgomery, ; chaplain of the House, who will ac • company Mr. Madden's family to II- I linois for burial services there. The hymns will be sung by the male quartet of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church the hymns selected being "Nearer. My God, to Thee" and Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.” The chaplain will also pronounce benedic tion. , . . j Under a resolution adopted by the i House today the President and mem | bers of the cabinet, the Vice President ! and members of the Senate, the Chief Justice and associate Justices of the Su i preme Court of the United States, the diplomatic corps, through the Secretary of State; the general o. the Army and the chici of naval operations have been I invited to occupy seats on the floor of i the House during the memorial services, j Members of Mr. Madden’s family and ; personal friends will meet in Mr. Mad den's offices from which they will be j escorted to seats on the floor of the j House. Galleries Reserved. All of the House galleries will b? re served for this occasion, admission being t by special cards only. The Speaker today appointed as of ficial delegation to represent the House at Mr. Madden s funeral accompanying the body on a special tram to Hinsdale, I 111., the most impressive delegation ever appointed for such duty. This includes the entire • Illinois delegation, which ( consists of Represtntativ?s Yates. Rath ! bone, Morton D. Hull, Sproul, Doyle, Sabaih. Igoc, Mlchaclson. Kunz. Brit ten. Chtndbloom, Reid, Buckboe. John son, Allen. King, William E. Hull. Hall, Holaday. Adkins. Rainey Major, Irwin, Arnold. Williams and Denison. The delegation also includes the entire membership of the House appropria tions committee, which is the master committee of the House with 35 mem bers. including Representatives Anthony Kansas; Wood. Indiana: Cram ton Michigan; Wasson. New Hampshire; Tinkliam. Massachusetts: French, Ida ho; Shrleve, Pennsylvania. Dickinson, Iowa; Murphy. Ohio: Summers. Wash ington: Barbour. California; Ackerman i New Jersey; Hardey. Colorado; Taber. 1 New York; Thatcher Kentucky; Clague i Minnesota; Simmons. Nebraska: Hola day. Illinois; Bacon. New York. Welsh Pennsylvania: Burns, Tennessee: Bu •hanan, Texas: Tavlor. Colorado. Oliver, Alabama; Griffin. New York; Harrison. Virginia: Sandlin. loulslana: Avres. Kansas. Cullen. New York: Collins. Mts sisxiopi: Hastings, Oklahoma: Vinson. Kentucky, and Casey. Pennsylvania. Appointed a* Friend*. Representatives Newton of Minnesota and Grist of Pennsylvania were also j appointed to the official delegation as i oersonal friends of Mr. Madden’s family ] Following the funeral services in the j House, the body will be taken to Union i Station and escorted on a s|H*clal train, | accompanied by the congressional dele j gallon and the family. The train is ! due to reach Chicago at 9 o'clock Mon | dav, where It will b? switched to Htns j dale, seven miles from Mr Madden's Castle Eden fann. The funeral will be at 2 pm. The congressional delegation will be accompanied from Chicago by the mayor and a committee of leading citizens. Ruled Expenditure*. The death of "Madden of Illinois' 1 removed from Congress the man who held one of the strongest check reins lon the Nation’s expenditures. The vet j teran Representative had power, but ; he added to this a personality and de j termination that carved for him a niche ; apart from the rest. Tiie dosing years of his life were filled with legislative warfare, and many times there was almost continuous firing on three front*. Yet to within 15 minutes of the time when an acute attack of heart trouble brought death he was as full of fight us when he took over hi* chairmanship several years ago First Madden had to fight for the prerogative of hi# committee in Hit House Itself. He took over the chair manship almost simultaneously with tiu | inauguration of the national budget , system, which brought a realignment of House committees, and almost ovei i night more than trebled the power ol the appropriations body. Tilts change, taking as it did tin i Continued on Page 3, Column 2 t dancer* had formed a suit Ida pact glowing out of an unusual romance They said that the gtrl» had fallen In love with a scenery painter, Kurtlko whn lately hen become renowned for hit art lievnted to each other and ye I Imth desperately In love with tin painter, It was (nought that they pre ferred a common death as the best waj out of the situation Ttw ballet Is parked full of revolu tionary heroin exploits and to th« simu lators at a distance who had not heart: the agonized cry of the dancers, drown ed a* It was by the. thunderous music the leap seemed like a novel stags leal effected with dummies. S t i I. BASSETT MOORE QUITS WORLD COURT \ | •! . ! I; Question of U. S. Participa ;j tion Revived—Taft Men -1! tioned as Successor. ■! jßy llif AuMiciatril Pi*‘m ’ GENEVA. April 23.—John Bassett > j Moore. American Judge on the Perma- j ( nent Court of International Justice | . since 1921, announced his resignation j » today. ■’ Mr. Moore, in forwarding h's letter of j * resignation to Sir Erie Drummond, sec- I | retary general of the League of Nations, j explained that he was withdrawing to! i devote his entire time to the completion \ ■ of a mammoth treatise on international j * law. This will comprise 75 volumes. ft Has Occupied 42 Years. Mr. Moore has spent 42 years on this - : work, which deals with the history of 1 arbitration and conciliation since the earliest times The resignation opened up the entire , question of America's relation to the ' court and whether the United Stales r would finally join it. Some circles be * lieved that the election of an American » as successor to Mr. Moore was likely * to depend largely on whether the United . States resumed negotiations for mem* ■ bership Hughes* Name Mentioned. Among the names mentioned as a ’ successor were Charles Evans Hughes, j , Chief Justice Taft. Elihu Root, John W j [ Davis and George W. Wlckersham. r The election will be made by the next l . Council of the League of Nations and the Assembly, both voting separately. American nominations under the con- j ■ stltution of the court must be made by j 1 tile American group of the old Hague j Court of Arbitration; which includes ! I Mr. Moore, Mr. Root, Judge Gray and j Oscar Straus. Elected for Nine Years. Mr Moore was elected to a term of '! nine years when the court was organ ized In September. 1921, and therefore ' his term would normally expire De- { * cember 31. 1930. His successor will ■ serve only two years, as in 1930 all j * 11 judges on the court will be re ' elected. * It has been taken for granted that the court will contain one English j and one American representative, but : * it is conceivable that a judge from j 1 a British dominion might be chosen j s instead of an American, then espe- J daily if the United States declines to j f adhere to the court ! Every country which is a member of the League of Nations and also the . United State*, and Ecuador, because s they arc named in the covnant as orlg . inal members of tiie League, Is en . titled to have lt« national group nomt n nate two persona for succession to Mr. I Moore. The American group made no nomination when he was elected, but e nominated Dr. Pessoa of Brazil, who was elected to fill the last vacancy. i Widely Know’ll aw Law Expert. Although the United States is not a „ member of the World Court, Mr. Moore, who is widely noted as an authority on n international law, was elected a mem * tier. He had been prominently Identt ■ fled with various international legal I I bodies. : DAVILA IS ON WAY TO D. C. BY PLANE e _ . e Le/m* Montgomery at 10:40 A M. il Today for Next Stop at c Fayetteville, N. C. e 'I By (lif A*s*n iuted Press. ll MONTGOMERY, Ala , April 28 --De- j r luyed by headwind, Carlos Davila, j < { Chilean Ambassador to the United j fit Mes, landed at Maxwell Field from '• New Orleans on his flight to Washing ton at 10:3ft o'clock lids morning, - After a five minutes’ rest, the Am bassador took off In l lie SHine plane for ; l»ope Field, Fayetteville, N, 0„ his next , scheduled slop NEW ORLEANS, Apill 2H <A’> In - $ order to keep an appointment in Wash ington, Carlos Davila, Chilean Ambas sador to the United States, planned to t fly from New Orleans hack to Wa«h . lug ton today in 12 hours, u The Ambassador, who flew from > Washington to Houston, with stops, to ig address tile Foreign Trade Council, was ,t due back in New Orleans by train early ti today, to lie conveyed to the flying field . and stalled by plane to Washington, y Lieu I H F Wonlard or the Army Air Hei vice, was selected to pilot the . plane to Montgomery, Ala , for transfer , Pi another airship, walling to speed d him to Fort Hrngg. N, C, for the final * legut journey. e, The pilot, said Andmssador Davila it should he in tire Capital by 7,30 o'clock tonight. ,- HUSBAND SLAYER’S DEATH DEFEATS HER EXECUTION Kentucky Woman's Prediction That She Would “Beat the Electric Chair” Is Fulfilled. By the Awwlalel Press. LOUISVILLE. Ky„ April 28.—The prediction of a young woman slayer ol her husband that she "would beat the electric chair to it\ was fulfilled to night when Mrs. Nadine Weinert. 28. died at the City Hospital a short time after she was removed from jail. The prediction was made April 17, when Mrs Weinert was arrested after fleeing from her apartment, where she had shot to death her husband. Bruno Weinert. 42. an orchestra leader, fol lowing a domestic quarrel. Physicians said the woman's death was caused by a nervous disturbance, probably a tumor of the brain. REVOLT IN BALK CHARGED TO KUN Vienna Police Investigate Widespread Organization to Foster Uprising. By the AtwinOii Preen. VIENNA. April 28.-With Bela Kun. Hungarian Communist, under arrest, Austrian police today were continuing their investigation into the ramifica tions of the alleged plot he headed for stirring up a revolution In the Balkan countries. Five professional Communists and many persons suspected of Communist agitation were rounded up during the night. Police said examination of corre spondence found in Bela Kun’s office disclosed a widespread organization for fostering a revolution in all Balkan countries. Thus lai both Bela Kun and those as sociated with him have steadfastly re fused to divulge the slightest details of their intentions. They confined their explanation to the simple statement that they came from Moscow to study politi cal conditions in Hungary and inspect the Communist organization in that country. Today's Tageblatt asserted that Kun was in Vienna last July and instigated the riots in which 91 persons, most of them innocent bystanders, were killed RECLUSE LEAVES $250,000 BURIED UNDER RUBBISH Old Iron Snfe in Cellar Olvea Up $20,000 Cash and Securities After Philadelphia Man's Death. By the Axmetated J*re»n. PHILADELPHIA, April 28.—A for tune estimated by police at $250,000 was found yesterday in an old Iron safe buried under rubbish In the cellar of the home of an aged recluse who died a week ago There was $20,000 In cash and stocks and bonds with an estimated value of $200,000 f> aul Schelley, 79. who long had lived alone In a house at 2045 North Water loo street, was the possessor of the for tune. He had lived there since the death of his wife, 2ft years ago, He was last seen alive April l. A week ago police, summoned by neigh bors, entered his home and found him dead In a chair. Briand's Condition Improves. PARIS. April 28 |/P)—A foreign of fice communique says that the condi tion of Foreign Minister Briand contin ues to improve steadily. "THE PENALTY” "Golden Rule” Film Produced by The Evening Star < To further traffic safety is being shown today along with the regular program at The Ambassador 18th and Columbia Rd. TOMORROW the him will he shown at The Central 425 Ninth St. N.W. I PRESIDENT FAVORS AUTO TAX REPEAL I Change of Attitude Removes Obstacle Before Levy Re duction Bill. . * By the AwoctutwJ Pres*. i One of the long major differences over ; '! taxation apparently has been settled by ( President Coolidge. who, after consistent opposition to the proposal of the In dustry. now stands ready to approve the J section In the tax reduction bill repeal . j ing the 3 per cent automobile levy. The repeal, written In the $29p,008,- j 000 reduction measure voted by the I House and approved by the Senate finance committee, which has sanc- I , tioned a cut of $203,000,000. thus is as j sured of enactment when the bill comes , ; up for final action. The Democrats are almost a unit (or repeal. Up Next Thursday. i Chairman Smoot of the Senate com ’ mlttee has promised to get his measure ' before the Senate next Thursday, and predicts final conference action within a week or 10 days. The President's change of attitude on the automobile levy, which produces 566.000.000 a year, ts said to have been brought about only oecause he realizes . It Is the duty of Congress to determine . how the Nation’s revenues shall be :• raised While still opposed to repeal ol . | the tax, which ne believes should be employed to raise sufficient funds at . ; least to meet Federal appropriations for I road building, amounting to $75,000,000 . annually, he Is not going to turn against ! the tax bill on that score alone. The President's lone concern is that j Congress should see to it that sufficient receipts are forthcoming to meet the | \ expenses of the Nation, and he regards . the $203,000,000 Senate committee nteas- I ure as safely within the limits pre j scribed by the Treasury. Corporation Tax is Issue. The biggest obstacle now in the path ! of the tax bill’s enactment is a conflict of opinion cm the corporation tax. 1 The Senate committee completed the ; writing of Its bill yesterday, but defer red its formal report to the Senate until Mondav to allow a reading of the re vised print by members over the week | end. , 0. C. ASKSMOO ! DEFICIENCY FUNDS New Estimates Are Submit ted to Bureau by City Heads. r i , Deficiency estimates totaling $640,000 . I were submitted to the Budget Bureau by the District Commissioners today 1 with a request Ihat they be included In the second deficiency appropriation bill The majority of the Items are Intended to meet deficits in the appropriations of various municipal departments for ' I the current fiscal year ending June 30. 1 The largest Item, amounting to SIOO.- 1 000, Is for conditioning the recently acquired Western High School athletic 1 field. District officials have planned to grade the field and erert a retaining wall and fence around it. A portion ] of the sum also would be used for the construction of stands and the erection ' of a field house Other school Herns Include $25,000 for completion of the addition to the Potomac Heights School; $52,000 for equipment for the auditorium, gym nasium and lunchroom at the Ijmgley Junior High School. $1,500 for the em ployment of a landscape architect and $46,000 for the purchase of “pantc oolts” for school building doors. Among the other Important Hems are tt .500 for purchasing mechanical equip ment for the assessor's office, SIO,OOO for UalHuacr Hospital. sftft,ooo for the rare of children under guardianship of the . Hoard of Public Welfare, $30,000 for 1 the Installation of cages In the new ' birdhouse in Zoological Park and $3 500 ' for the Health Department. THREE DROWN IN GALE, j ATLANTIC CITY. N J . April 38 ! (4»K— Three men were drowned In a ! terrific gale off the coast today when < tackle jammed on a lifeboat they and two companions attempted to launch t from the drifting river steamer flout h \ flhore. Radio Program— 34 \ “From Press to Home Within the Hour ” 1l.«- Star'e carrier system cover* ever\ city block and the regular edi tion is delivered to Washington home* a« ' i*f a. the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,316 OP) Means Associated Press. Today’s Ball Game ! Is Declared Off Because of Bain Rain caused postponement of to day’s base ball game at Griffith Sta dium between the Washington Sen ators and the Philadelphia Athletics, adding one more to the growing list of games to be played during later series. Tomorrow the New York Yankees are due to open a series with Wash ington. at Griffith Stadium. POLISH AVIATORS ARE FORCED DOWN Mystery Flight Believed for Time to Have Had New York as Objective. By the Associated Pres*. LE BOURGET. April 28 —The Polish airmen. Maj Louis Idzikowski and Maj. Casimir Kubala, who hopped off early , this morning for an unknown destina •tion, landed at Abbeville at 2 o’clock this afternoon because of a break in I the radiator of their machine. LE BOURGET, France. April 28 </P). —Two Polish airmen with transatlantic ambitions hopped off fro n this airfield at 5:55 am. today on x mysterious, fligh*. Maj. Idzikowski and Maj. kubala had announced that they woul*» make an all-day test flight over the b-acoast of the biplane in which they hepe to fly to New York byway of the Azores. Some persons, however, thought that i today's hop-off might be the actual i start for America since the plane was j fully fueled and carried food enough j for such a venture. So secretive had the flyers been dur ing their lengthy preparations in ! France that aviation experts continued doubtful even after the plane had dis appeared as to whether the men were testing it or flying for New Yort. Plane Thoroughly Tested. The thoroughness of the tests ahead: given the plane was one of the reasons advanced for presuming that the Poles j might Keep on going over the Atlantic if they found their 650-horsepower motor working right and the wind and weather favorable. The airmen had inquired fully as to meteorological observations last night, and they felt sure flying conditions were good today when they started. They told mechanics, however, that they plan ned to fly only until dark. The plane flew straight northward after rising from the ground easily. ; with only a few mechanics watching j The flyers were presumed to be headed i tor the region around Dunkirk From their inquiries among other aviators it was deduced they intended to have a good look at the French coast, swing ing east and then south. The plans for the Polish transat lantic flight have been under way for more than a year under the auspices of the Polish ministry of war. During this time the flyers were in France under going special training and selecting their machine—a biplane of the S E. C. M.-Amiot type with a powerful Lor raine Dietrich motor. The plane is said to be capable of a non-stop flight of 8.500 kilometers 1 5.281 milesi The S. E. C. M.-Amiot planes are , three-scater night bombers. The fuse lage is of duralumin tubes with split strut fittings, the bracing being mainly carried out by diagonal tubes in front of and swaged steel rods behind the wings. The top wing is larger in span 1 than the lower one The maximum speed of this type of plane is set at 220 kilometers i 136 miles > an hour. “WHO ARE POLES?*' PARIS ASKS. PARIS, April 28 (*>).—'“Who are these Poles?" is a question that aviation cir cles in Paris have been asking ever since Majs. Idikowski and Kubala modestly landed at Le Boui-get from Poland a few days ago and it was noised about that they had thrown their hats into the transatlantic ring. About all Paris could find out was that they were both majors in the Polish Army, that both achieved fame i in the Polish aviation service during j the Polish-Russian war in 1920. that they were 35 and unmarried and that they were wholeheartedly devoted to flying. Ever since they dropped into Le Bour- ! get secretly and turned their heads when photographers appeared they have done almost everything but adopt ’ a disguise to keep away from insistent questioners. - SMITH WILL FILE IN WEST VIRGINIA Decides to Invade State Against Candidacy of Reed of Missouri. If lh« Prm. CHARLESTON. W Vn, April 28 Gov. Alfred E Smith of New York has decided to enter the race as a Demo cratic candidate for President in the West Virginia primary against Senator Reed of Missouri, Announcement of Smith’s intentions was made today by C. W Osenton. Democratic national committeeman for West Virginia, and a leading supporter of the Smith bom in this State. EPIDEMICS ARE FEARED AS "BLACK RAIN" FALLS! Phenomenon In Southern Poland Attributed to Lava Dust. Superstitions Excited. M.V ||)S WARSAW. Roland. April J? The phenomenon of ' black rain” has been observed at Cracow and elsewhere In) Southern Poland, and the superstition.' today were excited and feared that tt ! was a forecast of euidemka and a bad harvest. Similar phenomena were observed in , Bessarabia and Northern Rumania ami attributed to lava dust from the Balkan ! region, which has been repeatedly shaken by earthquakes during the past week It was assumed in Warsaw that this 1 dust had been blown to Poland and precipitated by mixing with min Borne authorities said it might have been floating hr the atmosphere for manv ! months and might have traveled at 1 great distance. TWO CENTS. . BLIZZARDS, RAIN AND WIND SWEEP SOUTH AND EAST Capital Streets Littered With Debris —High Water Iso lates Bladensburg Area. SHENANDOAH VALLEY BURIED IN FOOT OF SNOW | . Winchester, Preparing for Apple Blossom Festival, Seriously Hit. Telephones Cut Off. One of the worst April snow, rain and windstorms ever to sweep the Middle Atlantic section was passing off todar after lashing half a dozen Eastern anj Southern States sporadically with traf> j sic-paralyzing blizzards, torrential rain j and destructive gales. Howling its way across western Mary land and down the valley of Virginia ' into the South Atlantic region, the j storm covered budding fruit orchards : with a menacing foot-thick blanket of snow, leveled miles of telephone and telegraph lines, impeded automobile and ; railroad traffic and played ha- oc in gen eral with a Spring-imbued countryside. Full Details Lacking. Full details of the damage wrought were lacking today, due to interrupted communication facilities, but it ap peared that the fury of the elemiv.s I was unleashed in the Washington fore ' cast area, and particularly in the Shen andoah Valley section, within 100 miles j from the National Capital. Winchester, where preparations were > under way for the annual apple blos | som festival next week, had only ; meager telephonic communication ; vith this city, but Harrisonourg. Front Royal and other towns in the "apple ■ belt” reported main highways blocked, j with snowdrifts ranging up to six feet i m depth. The Capital escaped the snow, but was not spared the wind and rain, i and crews of workmen were busy to ! day clearing away fallen trees and i other debris from mpny of the streets A number narrow escapes from fall ing trees, toppling chimneys or skid ding automobiles were reported to the police. Flooding of the Eastern Branch at Bladensburg halted bus { service to points beyond, stalled scores of automobiles and marooned several families in their homes. Trunk Lines Broken. 1 Braving drifted snow and diminishing | winds, gangs of telephone, telegraph and i railroad repairmen struggled to restore • lines of communication throughout the affected area, which extended as tar north as Pittsburgh. j Ten telephone trunk lines from Wash ington to the Cumberland vicinity were i put out of service. 70 trunk lines in j West Virginia were out. 31 main long distance lines between Wheeling and > Pittsburgh were leveled, and an under - I ground cable between Baltimore and Philadelphia was washed out. Although fruit growers in the Virginia j valley were hopeful that the cold had not seriously damaged the trees, just , preparing to blossom, the prospects in western Maryland. N >rth Carolina, j Georgia and other sections, where blooms are advanced, wef- not so bright. Worst Storm in !&*ory. Reporting the blizzard to be the worst Spruig storm in the history of Win chester. citizens of that apple centet conferred today regarding advisability ;of postponing the blossom festival, scheduled for May 3 and 4. The tem perature there was 36 degrees today, but yesterday and last night it hovered between 32. freezing, and 34 degrees. Only a tew apple trees are in bloom, and the remainder probably will be held back by the cold weather. { It was still snowing today at From Royal. Va,. after more than 18 hours of constant fall, and that section of the Shenandoah Valley is covered to a depth ot 8 inches In some localities drifts have piled the snow many feet | high. Telephone lines are out of com : mission to the south and west, j Rappahannock and Roanoke reported 1 sharp blizzards, followed by a slow-, wet snow . Fields are covered ail the way up i the valley, according to reports from i Lumy and Winchester. In Hagerstown hundreds of telephone ! poles are down and automobile and | train traffic was seriously interrupted : by its heaviest blizzard since 1869. Drifts are five feet deep at Blue Ridge Summit. A freight engine was I off the tracks on the Western Maryland ] Railway near the Summit early this I morning, and motoring on the National I Highway was halted by poles which the I wind and snow had felled along the I north side of the route for several miles. Damage Here Extensive. Lack of snow eased the plight of : Washington, but the damage by ram i and wind was quite entensive Bus service to Hyattsv ille and River- I dale was blocked, automobiles stalled , and several homes surrounded by water : as a result of flood conditions along the Washington-Baltimore Boulevard at Bladensburg The waters were about three feet <teep along the highway, and residents said the flood was the werse the town had experienced ui the past five years At the intersection of the Baltimore and Annapolis highways at ltiaderu burg hip boots were the style tor resi dents buying their Sunday dinner from a chain grocery store that had a 10- tnch deep rivulet flowing in front of its doors Ileuses Are Flooded. •Barbeque" stands, popular with auto tourists, were uiundated. several house* had their flrst floors flooded and scores of others boasted three or four feet of water in their basement*. the Cheverty bus was stalled by the rising waters during the rush hour this morning and held up a King tme of cars fur about a quarter .U an horn Washington Railway ami Elect* ic Cwl busses, ordinarily running from Fif teenth and H street* northeast to East Utvetdale and Hiatts*the. ran to Cot tage City only, while those cooing tti from laurel were forced to stop at HvatUvUle, passengers being trem teried at that ix":it te the cars of Un suburban line Buv«ea running to Balti more and Ciuiaoeipma operated a usual Two or three colored expressmen did a flourishing business by tunn* ouc their teams to tow motorists whose car* became stalled through wet ignition systems In the middle of the road Tow ing machines from motor companies m Hyatts* Ute. manued with machinists. aUo stayed on the spot to render flrst aid to stricken motorists. 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