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WEATHER. (TJ. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Moztjy cloudv and warmer tonight and tomorrow, probaftlv occasional showers. Temperatures: Highest. 64. at noon to day: lowest. 57. at 5 a m. toda-\ Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Q1 Entered as second class matter JyO. Ol,yJO i7. post office. Washington. r>. C. PATRICK IS NAMED TO UTILITY POST TO SUCCEED CNILORESS Selection by Hoover Comes as Complete Surprise, as Name Unmentioned. FORMER ARMY AIR CHIEF U. S. ENGINEER 40 YEARS Demonstrated Ability During War es Director of Communication Lines for A. E. F. Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, retired, former chief of the Army Air Service, was nominated today by President Hoo ver as a member of the Public Utilities Commission of the District of Columbia, to succeed John W. Childress, whose resignation from the commission will become effective May 31. Gen. Patrick ; was appointed for the term which ex pires Juiy 1, but at that, time will be reappointed to the full three-year term. Gen. Patrick was not one of the many men whose names had been mentioned as a possibility for this post. His se lection was a complete surprise. The names of the persons who in dorsed Gen. Patrick were not made pub- i He at the White House. This is only | done in the case of nomination of judges. It was explained, however, that Gen. ' Patrick was highly recommended for the place, and that his nomination was • recognition of efficiency. Commission Names Own Officers. Mr. Childress, whose place Gen. Pat- ; rick will take as a member of the Pub lic Utilities Commission, is the commis- | sion's chairman. This does not mean, however, that Gen. Patrick necessarily will be chairman, as the commission | elects its own presiding officer. "the recent nomination of Harleigh H. Hartman by President Hoover, to fill the other vacancy on the commission came also as a surprise, as he was not among those who had been mentioned for the place. Gen. Patrick now is in New Haven. I Conn., where he is delivering a series of lectures at Yale University on "Air j Transportation.” He will return home Sunday. Took Over Air Traffic. An Armv Engineer for two-score years. Gen. Patrick is thoroughly familiar with, all phases of transportation arifl com munication work—on land and aea and i in the air. During the World War. he was chief engineer of all lines of communication for the A. E. F.. a post in which he j ablv demonstrated his capacity as a utilities expert with special reference ! to military needs. It was under his! supervision that the great docks at j Bordeaux were constructed and he dl- 1 rected other construction projects that • paved the way for efficient movement of | supplies to the American forces. He i also directed huge hospital and storage | projects. When complications developed in con- j section with organization of the Ameri can "war birds” in the battle zone Gen. Patrick was called upon to turn his at- ; tention to air traffic. He was made chief of the air service, and served in that capacity during the remainder of the war. As the American air chief in France,'he directed a program of air craft procurement that extended into England and Italy. At one time he had j under his command more than 78.000 men. 6.364 airplanes and 300 balloons. Became Air Minded. On his return to this country he was assigned to command the Engineer de- j tachment at Camp' Humphreys. V«„ now known as Fort Humphreys. His service as air chief overseas stimulated his Interest in aviation generally, and (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) GIN-SPIKED PUNCH OUSTS FRAT HEADS Phi Pi Phi and Phi Mu Delta Presi dents Are Expelled at North western University. Bv the Associated Press. EVANSTON. 111.. May 14 —Gin-spiked punch served at stag smokers, was given today as the reason for the expulsion of two fraternity presidents and the sus pension of the organizations by the board of supervisors of student activities at Northwestern University. Rollev F. Myers and James C. Austin, j presidents, respectively, of Phi Pi Phi and Phi Mu Delta Fraternities, were those expelled from the university and their fraternities suspended. The ex pulsions and suspensions were ordered last night by the supervisors after evi- j dence had been presented that alcohol ' had bepn poured into punch given by the fraternities in each other's honor. Myers, desk editor of the Daily North- 1 western, student in the School of Speech, and member of the Sophomore Student Council, was held responsible for the Phi Pi Phi party, while Austin, a senior in the School of Journalism, who expected to be graduated next month, was blamed for the Phi Mu Delta reciprocal smoker. Myers’ home is in Zeigler. 111., and Austin’s is in Highland Park, 111. Members of the faculty were present at each smoker, the supervisors were told at the four-hour session, and par took of the punch. Social Standing and Popularity Scored By Hollins Students to Win Sorority Ban By the Associeted Press. ROANOKE. Va.. May 14.—A petition originating among student.*, including representatives of seven national sorori ties. today initiated a ban on Greek letter activities, at Hollins College, el- j fertive when present sorority members leave the institution. Declaring that "standards for mem- \ bership <ln sororities > are based largely on social standing and popularity rather than character and ability.” thp peti- : lion asked that President Mai-;’ L. I Cocke and the faculty eliminate that phase of campus liie. 1 Utilities Uommissionpr MAJ. GEN MASON M. PATRICK. DESIRE CLOSE VOTE : ON FARM MEASURE Number of Senators to Act 1 Against Bill as Protest on Debentures. ■ i By the Associated Press. As a second protest against the ex port debenture provision, a number r.t administration Senators have derided to vote against the farm relief bill at the time a ballot is taken, either late today or tomorrow, on final passage I of the measure. Supporters of President Hoover like Senator Watson of Indiana, the Re publican leader: Senator Moses of New I Hampshire and a substantial number , of other Republicans are endeavoring ! to make the vote in favor of the farm bill as small as possible in an effort to impress the House that no great majority of sentiment in the Senate favor the debenture proposition so i strongly objected to by the White House. In spite of this defection, however, the measure is expected by Chairman McNary of the Senate agriculture com mittee to pass with votes to spare. Mc- Nary said today he would not. be one I of those to vote against the bill. ”1 have every hope,” he said, “of get -1 ting a good farm measurfe in a con ference of Senate and House members after the bfil is passed by the Senate.’’ Others Share McNary View. The view held by McNary is shared by Senators Thomas of Idaho and Cap per of Kansas, members of the agricul j ture committee, who also opposed the I debenture plan. There remained a great deal of specu lation as to the course of action should ! the House refuse to receive the Senate ! farm bill on the ground that the de benture provision constitutes revenue I legislation which the Constitution di j rects the House to initiate. Should the House decline to receive the measure, it would be returned to the Senate, where a lengthy debate on the constitutional question is looked for. McNary said he probably in the end would recommend the elimination of the debenture plan. He thought advocates of the proposal in the Senate might agree to his suggestion, if the House was determined not to receive the bill. | and later attempt to tack it on the j tariff bill. The debenture clause as it stands in j the farm bill merely gives the proposed ' j farm board the option of the us: of tho i | debenture plan. Advocates of the pro ' posal intend, however, to make use of the plan mandatory should they find it i necessary to make an attempt, to add it | to the tariff bill. Solid Democratic Vote Seen. Senate leaders have clung to the hop that controversy with the House could be avoided, but only a majority is re quired for the House to refuse to receive ■ a Senate bill and the Republican leaders of that chamber control, nominally at | least. 104 more votes than the Demo crats. among whom the debenture ad i vocates look for their strongest sup- I port . Representative Garner of Texas, the Democratic leader, has said that the Democrats would line up almost solid ly in favor of the debenture plan if it was brought to a vote in the House, although many of them helped to swell the large majority by which the cham ber. early in the special session, passed its measure without a debenture pro vision. At that time, many Democrats in the House were inclined to favor in clusion of the debenture proposal in i the tariff bill. Subsequently, Senate debenture advocates have declared their i intention of moving in that direction ; if the plan should, as administration leaders expect, be eliminated from the farm relief legislation which finally will be sent to President Hoover, whose op position to the debenture plan made the Senate dispute on that question I an administration contest. I "The farm bill with the debenture clause hasn't any chance of being I Dassed in the House.” House Leader I Tilson said today. How thp House deals ! with the bill will be settled on the floor and not by a Republican caucus, Mr. Tilson emphasized. Amnesty Is Voted. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 14 <A>) The Turkish Parliament, has voted a general amnesty as an advance measure i of the celebration of the republic’s fifth birthday in October, 1929. During the week 15,000 persons sen tenced for minor non-political offenses I will be released. 1 Accordingly. President Cocke issued a statement published today, which said: “The present sorority members may, if they so desire, continue co-operative life in their several groups. As Hollins girls in the past have received bids and been initiated into fraternities in their sophomore year, the sorority member i ship next year will include only Ju | niors and seniors and within two years all sorority members will graduate and | sorority life at Hollins will come to a I definite end. There is a possibility that i members of several of the sororities may : voluntarily cease sorority activity even l within this period,'' rr.,TH MIA „n,„T«r, frith,. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 14, 10J9 —FORTY-SIX PAGES, * 'ZEPPELIN’S SECOND j FLIGHT TO AMERICA HALTED BY ECKENER Departure Is Postponed From Dawn by Commander of Dirigible. SAYS RIGHT TO CROSS FRANCE NOT YET GIVEN French Foreign Office Declares Per mission Granted—Hopes to Leave Tomorrow Night. By the Associated Press. PARIS. May 14.—The French foreign office today stated that permission had been granted to the dirigible Graf Zeppelin to fly over France fcnd charac terized as a canard a report, from Frled richshafen that tomorrow's scheduled departure had been postponed because France was withholding her permission. After the recent cruise of the Graf | Zeppelin over France and the Mediter \ ranean. the Germans applied for | authorization to fly over France again j en route to the United States and this | was granted, the foreign office stated. DR. ECKENER GIVES PLANS. j Says He Has Not Heard From France on Request. FRIEDRICSHAFEN, Germany. May 14 ijPi.—Postponement, of the scheduled departure of the German air liner Graf i Zeppelin for the United States tomor row morning was announced today by Dr. Hugo Eckener. commander of the ship, who stated that, he had not yet received permission from the French authorities to fly over France. Dr. Eckener hoped, however, to be able to start by tomorrow night. Dr. Eckener told the correspondent that he had applied a fortnight ago for permission to fly over France, but that thus far the French authorities had not ►replied. Preparations Made. “Today the French asked the Ger man foreign office why I flew over the Creuzot. Ammunition Works.” he said, referring to a recent flight of the dirig ible over Southern France and the Med iterranean. "I have explained that I was 400 meters high, so certainly could not get any pictures, but took that route be cause it was the most direct. It is cer tain we can start Wednesday evening.” Final preparations for the departure were under way here today. The take off had been planned for dawn tomor row. A last trial flight of one hour and three-quarters was made at dusk yes- j terdav under command of Capt. Leh mann, assistant to the ship’s master, I Dr. Hugo Eckener. The motors func- i ttoned perfectly and everything was J pronounced in readiness for what—de- 1 spite its having blazed the trail in a previous Journey was regarded as its ■ great adventure. The little South German town was a beehive of activity today, with its I quarters crowded with passengers, news paper men and sightseers. Gorilla la Aboard. Fifty-nine persons and one “lady” ! gorilla. “Susi" by name, who is ad dressed to the Chicago zoo. a'ere to make the trip aboard the ship. 40 of the persons being members of the crew, j Among the passengers Is Capt. Sir • George Hubert Wilkins, polar explorer. I who wished to make some navigational j studies en route. Sir George with 27 others and the j | full crew complement made the trial ’ flight yesterday under Capt. Lehmann. j i The gorilla, however, remained aground. ; ! although it was expected she would i !be taken aboard some time today. The ! plans of an attempted stowaway, a young painter’s assistant, were frus trated when he was discovered and ejected from the ship. Capt. Hermann Koehl. one of the ! Bremen transalantic flyers, *old friends ] today that so long as ocean crossings ; (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) | SEVEN DEAD IN WAKE OF EAST TEXAS FLOOD Property Damage Hun* High a* ; Trinity River and Tributaries I i Inundate Polk County. Bt the Associated Press. LIVINGSTON, Tex., May 14.—Seven dead and property and crop damage running into hundreds of thousands of j dollars was the reported toll taken in Polk County yesterday by a flood fol lowing two days of torrential rains that sent, the Trinity River and several creeks out of their banks. Communication was disrupted and the exact number of lives ! lost could not be determined. Rescue forces in rowboats worked i frantically throughout the night tak- ! ing residents from housetops and trees j in the flooded districts. In the Long : Cane community, three and one-half j miles from here, four members of one family drowned when they were swept | from a treetop. A rowboat on the way i to rescue them capsized and its four , occupants, who managed to escape, told of seeing the four carried away by the swift current. Where three other deaths generally reported occurred could not be learned. Several families were reported ma rooned in treetops at Lamont, another j nearby hamlet. Fear w'as expressed ; that rising waters would engulf the j refugers before aid could reach them. The flood cut off train service to i Livingston and a food shortage was feared. LOSES $3,000,000 SUIT. | Anne Nichols Charged “Abie’s Irish Rose’’ Was Appropriated. NEW YORK. May 14 <4>).—Anne Nichols today lost her damage suit for $3,000,000 in which she charged that part of her play “Abies Irish Rose,” ’ was stolen by the Universal Pictures Corporation, Carl Laemmle and Harry Pollard for production in their motion picture "The Cohens and Kellys.” Federal Judge Henry W. Goddard held that in theme there w'as no I resemblance between the two produc tions and that in the manner in which the copyright law affords protection the Idea of both productions has been so frequently used that it belongs In the • public denial* j PSEUDO-JAY WALKERS! IQUAKERCITY POLICE HALT EMBASSY W Officer Attempts to Seize Truckload of Wine on Way to Capital. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. May 14.—A Phila delphia policeman, unfamiliar 'with regulations regarding the transportation of liquor for the use of foreign diplo mats, attempted to confiscate a truck- ] load of wines bound from New York to j Washington on Saturday, it became known today. The shipment was for I the Chilean embassy. Harry Becker, the officer, halted the I truck at a street Intersection and j although Carlos Lee. embassy attache, j produced a permit, ordered Lee to take I the truck ft) the police station. Enrique Bustos, Chilean consul at i I Philadelphia, was summoned and ex ! plained the situation, after which Lee ,' was allowed to proceed with the truck. "Bo far as I am concerned, the matter is a closed incident,” said Bustos. ‘We’re ! going to forget about it." IT. g. OFFICIALS UNINFORMED. State Department Heads Say Affairs Not Given to Them. State Department officials said today ! that they knew nothing of the incident Saturday at Philadelphia when a truck i load of liquor destined for the Chilean i j embassy was detained by police. They j ' said that the matter had not been called i to their attention by the Chilean em i bassy and that their information was ;of a purely unofficial character. Offi : cials of the Chilean embassy expressed ; I a doubt that the affair will be called ' to the attention of the State Depart ' ment. It was recalled, however by American Government circles that the Treasury Department instructions to customs au . thoiities issued after the seizure bv I Washington police of a truckload ol j liquors consigned to the Siamese lega i tion. stipulated that shipments of dip lomatically immune liquor .should enter only through the port of Baltimore. It was explained at that time that this order was made with a view to facilitating the transportation of the liouors from the port of entry to Wash- ; ington, since all authorities in Balti- : more would know of the necessity ol j allowing the shipments uninterrupted j transit. It was considered apparent to day that the Philadelphia police had not known of the Treasury Depart ment’s orders, which also covered pro hibition agents. CAUSE FOR LOCKOUT OF 75,000 REMOVED I Change of Front by Electrical Union Announced at Council Meeting in New York. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 14.—The cause j lor a lockout of 75,000 building trades j workers, voted to begin at 5 o’clock to- I I morrow afternoon, was removed today. ! The electrical union’s change of front • was announced at a meeting of the ! Building Trades Council, the workers' ! I organization, called to discuss means of | averting the lockout, which would re j move the union workers from $150,000,- | 000 worth of construction. Shortly before the new policy of the 1 electrical workers was announced repre- j sentatives of the employers’ association * : had announced that they would fill the I 75,000 jobs with non-union labor and | that ultimately such labor would be, used on all construction work in thr ! city. | j ASK TELEPHONE PROBE. ! i SACRAMENTO, Calif.. May 14 OP).— I A State Senate resolution requesting the j United States Senate to Investigate the j organization and operation of tele- , phone companies was passed by' the j assembly yesterday. The original resolution specifically re- \ ferred to practices and rates of the American Telephone At Telegraph Co., and its subsidiary, the Pacific Telephone V Telegraph Co., but after being amend ed merely asked Congress to conduct a 1 federal Investigation of the affairs of : all telephone companies. Bank Statements l 1 1 Washington clearing house, $5,353,- I 703.58. Treasury balance. $152,883,144.08. New York elearing house exchange, $1,701,000,000. New York clearing house balance, $171,000,000, , tk . 4 i Customs Men Save j Life of Suspected Runner of Liquor Pull Him From Water, Then Give Him Rum Taken From Companions By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 14.—Customs en forcement officers are not a bad sort, Michael Dillon has learned. Two of them jumped into the Hudson River to save Dillon’s life when his boat overturned, and later when they stretch ed him out on the dock, wet and chilled, they poured liquor down his throat. The customs officers had been lying in wait for Dillon and two companions who were suspected of having liquor cargoes in their rowboats. John Duffy and Patrick Sheehan, who were in one boat, landed safely, but were arrested. Dillon, who was a bit behind, saw the officers and tried to escape, but his boat was caught in a backwash and upset. Dillon caught on to a floating log and cried for help. Two of the officers. George Boehm and George Brune, stripped off their outer clothing, plunged in and rescued him. The liquor given Dillon was taken from his companions. Dillon also was arrested. 250 STRIKERS HELD FOR BLOCKING ROAD Guardsmen Drive Crowd Into Elizabethton to Answer to Intimidation Charges. By the Associated Press. ELIZABETHTON, Tenn., May 14. More than 250 strikers were arrested today on charges of intimidation and were escorted to the Courthouse Square here by a company of National Guards men. They were not placed in Jail, as the jail is too small to hold that number. There was a noisy demonstration from those under arrest as the proces sion moved Its way to the square from the Steney Creek Highway, where the arrests were made. Guard Halts March. At one point along the line of march some of those in custody declared their intention of proceeding to Elizabethton unguarded. One car started off but halted when Bill Fair, a guard at one of the textile mills, leveled a gun at the driver, and a squad of Guardsmen with fixed bayonets blocked the road. Fair arrested a crowd of strikers, charging they were blocking the road and prohibiting workers from Gap Creek front reaching the plants. Those arrested filled five automobiles, two busses and a truck. A call for help was sent by Fair, but before soldiers could arrive from the plants, Fair said, several score more strikers arrived. It was decided at first to take the prisoners to Jonesboro, in another county, bill a delegation ol strikers from Elizabethton arrived and protested. In a few minutes the main highway was blocked for more than a mile, and persons coming to Elizabethton from Johnson City were stopped, many of (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) ARMS ACTION AWAITS | NAVAL POWERS’STUDY Hoover Believes No Further Moves Can Be Taken Until U. S. Pro posals Are Fully Considered. j Uy the Associated Press. President Hoover is of the opinion that no further disarmament action can* be taken until the naval powers have advanced their study of American pro posals submitted at the recent Geneva ! conference. Last week Mr. Hoover said that I prompt steps would be taken to capital j lze the results of the Geneva confer ence, with which he was well pleased. I Today it was learned that these steps embody a study of the American pro- I posal.s, which now Is in progress. I The Geneva gathering referred the Amerirari suggestions, whirl were ad vanced by Ambassador Hugh Gibson, to the naval powers for study, and Mr. Hoover believes that nothing can be done for the present until this investi gation is further advanced. ‘BIG TRAIN’ TO TAKE REINS AGAIN FRIDAY Walter Johnson, Recovering, Pays Tribute to Milan far Team’s Work. BY DENMAN THOMPSON. When the Nationals return from their invasion of the West and meet the Ath letics here Friday in the first of 17 | straight games with the league-leading j A's and Yankees, they will be under the personal direction of Walter John son, who is rapidly regaining his health, impaired by a severe cold he contracted * in Cleveland. One week ago today Johnson was j conveyed tq Emergency Hospital, fol-1 | lowing an all-night train ride, in a weak < ; and emaciated condition due to an in ; fectlon of the kidneys, a recurrence of an ailment he suffered from just a year before, but responded readily to treat ment and Sunday was permitted to j leave the institution, Rests in Maryland. Since then Johnson has been at his | ; home at Alta Vista, Md., near Bethesda, just "puttering around,” as he puts it, i and with plenty of rest and a return of sunshiny weather is expected to be back on the job as manager of the Griffmen the latter part of this week. Johnson today paid tribute to his j I coach and buddy, Clyde Milan, for the j ! able manner in which the latter has j } directed the club during his absence and expressed the belief the club soon • would strike its true stride and win its j lair share of games. "Zeb had the boys going at a fast pace there for a while,” Walter said I today. "That was a tough one to lose I Sunday, and from the way they were hitting in the three previous games it looks as if we might climb a bit hi the near future. Expects Team to Climb. ‘‘The team is far stronger than It has j appeared to date and when the weather j finally settles and our pitchers get to ! functioning properly It shouldn’t be 1 long before we are right up there where j we belong. j "No additional changes in the make up of the club are contemplated at this | time. Os course, I’ll have a talk with Milan when he gets back and consider j any recommendations he may make, but j for the present at least, it seems un likely there will be any change In the j alignment that calls for Myer at third, Bluege at second and Cronin at short. Cronin has been meeting the ball well recently and has been covering plenty of ground afield. "We will continue for the present, at least, using Gooch at first base Instead of Judge when lefthand pitchers oppose us. This youngster has proved he is an effective batsman against southpaws and he has earned a thorough trial. "No. there is no progress to report j in the search for an experienced right- • hand hitting outfielder, but we are still ■ j looking." governors’are INVITED, i I Formal Requests to Attend Meet ing at New Loudon Mailed. HARTFORD. Conn.. May 14 (A 5 ). j Invitations were mailed today to gov ernors of the States who are to take j j part in the annual governors’ conference ; | opening at New London on July 16. j A formal invitation to President Her bert Hoover to address the conference I I was extended by Gov. Trumbull on a j recent trip to Washington. Arrangements have been completed | j to have the field training period of the j 1 43 d Division, Aviation, Connecticut Na- j j tional Guard, held at the same time as j the conference at Groton Airport. Ma- j • neuvers and aerial displays are planned as part of the entertainment features. j | BANK ROBBER CAPTURED.' | I I Man Posing as Policeman Shot | After Taking $6,800. 1 TOLEDO. Ohio. May 14 UP). —A bank | "robber was shot and captured today I j after he had taken $6,800 from a branch ; of the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Co. j here. The robber, posing as a policeman ! walked into the bank and forced the ' I employes to sit down on the floor as he ! took the cash. As his automobile was driven away j ' Clark E. Spitler, teller, rushed from the | ' ■ bank and fired. A bullet hit the robber behind the ear and he was captured a short distance away when he left his ( machine and ran into a building. State Newt, Paget 10 and 11 A The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,036 (A 5 ) Means Associated Press. DONOVAN OPPOSES D. C. 1931 BUDGET OVER MO - I 1 Suggests Estimates Be Kept Within Limits of Five-Year Financial Program. DEPARTMENTS REQUESTS AMOUNT TO $53,056,505 Auditor Urges Reduction to Equal Revenue Available and to Protect Gash Fund. Consideration of the appropriation re quests of the department heads of the District government was started today by the Commissioners preparatory to framing a tentative municipal budget for the 1931 fiscal year. The department heads, a final tabu lation shows, have asked for $53,056,505, an Increase of >11.461,390 over the ap propriations provided by Congress for the coming fiscal year beginning July 1. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, recommended to the Commissioners, however, that the eati (mates not exceed $48,552,000, the amount suggested in his recent five-year financial program. Would Exceed Revenue. Donovan urged tlte reduction on the ground tiiat the appropriations asked by the department heads not ouly would exceed the revenue avaiiability for 1931 by $1,983,505, but would also wipe out the District's cash operating fund. On the basis of the suggested $48,552,000 budget, however, he pointed out, there would be left in the revenue availability at the close of the 1931 fiscal year a free cash operating fund of $2,521,000. The budget requests of the depart ment heads exceed by several million dollars those of last year which the commissioners finally reduced to ap proximately $40,000,000. The budget total of $48,552,000 recommended by Donovan, however. Is the largest he has ever indorsed. Aside from the $53,066,505 requested by the various departments, Donovan explained that $3,000,000 will be sought in the urgent efficiency appro priation bill at the regular session of Congress in December for the pur chase of a part of the municipal center site and $500,000 for beginning the construction of high temperature lnciuerators fy the destructions of combustible refuse. This will leave >3.500.000 to be carried in the 1931 estimates for the acquisition of the remainder of the site for the muni cipal center and $350,000 for the com pletion of the Incinerators. Education Item Biggest. The estimates of the Board of Edu cation as usual represent the largest single item in the budgetary request. The regular school estimates call for $13,725,000. The School Board also sub mitted a list of supplemental amount ing to $1,101,000, which Donovan told the Commissioners were not intended as additional school needs but for the purpose of substitution if necessary. The school estimates, according to the auditor, exceed by $1,820,902 the amount appropriated for the public schools for the coming fiscal year. Substantial in crease in appropriations also are sought by nearly all other municipal depart ments. The only departments which did not ask for funds greater than the appropriation for the 1930 fiscal year are the National Capital Park and Plan ning Commission and the National Training school for Boys. For the information of the Commis sioners in preparing the tentative esti mates for the Budget Bureau. Donovan drafted a statement showing the amount of money that will be available in the 1931 fiscal year on the basis of con tinuing the present tax rate of $1.70 with no increase in tlte annual $9,000.- 000 lump sum contribution of the Fed eral Government. Receipts Are Listed. The estimated receipts from the tax on real estate and tangible personal property, the auditor calculated, will amount to $22,338,000. The tax on in tangibles he figured will produce $2,- 750.000, while the tax on public utilities, banks and loan associations, according to his calculations, will yield $2,310,000. To these figures he added the $9,000.- 000 lump sum contribution of the Fed eral Government, miscellaneous receipts, estimated at $3,000,000: gasoline tax revenues, estimated at $1,600,000; water revenues, estimated at $1,550,000: trust and special funds, amounting to $2.- J 40.000. and $350,000 as the release of cash reserve for unextended appropiia tion balances, making a grand total of $51,073,000. As tlie appropriation requests exceed this $51,073,000 availability by $1,983,- :>OS and entirely use up the District's cash operating fund. Donovan said the total budget estimates should be trim med to $48,552 000, which would leave tlte revenue availability at the close of the 1931 fiscal year a free cash operat ing fund of $2,521,000. Donovan's five-year financial program showed a balance to tile credit of tills fund at tlie close of the 1931 year of $3,021,000. The decreased difference of $500,000, lie explained, is due to the present intention to requests, larger initial appropriations for the municipal center and high temperature incinera tors in the fiscal year 1930 than were contemplated in Ills program. Birth-Control Case Dropped. ! NEW YORK, May 14 (A*).—Two i women physicians and three registered nurses arrested in a raid last month 1 upon the Birth Control Research Cllni | cal Bureau and charged with illegal dis semination of birth control information, were discharged by Magistrate Abraham ! Rosenbluth in Harlem Court today. Chauffeur Told to Around Block, * Confused by Traffic, Rides for 12 Hours C. L. Morris came here yesterday i from his home at Petersburg, Va.. step : ped from his auttomobile at the Stone ! leigh Court apartments and told hLs | colored chauffeur to "drive around the ! block." That was early in the afternoon. No one clocked the driver thereafter, but the police believe he has the block circling record. They found him early today, parked in the midtown section, his gas tank almost dry, cold, tired and hungry. The chauffeur, W. 4. Ruffin, 35-year * TWO CENTS. DRY AGENT KILLED IN LIQUOR CUASE i WHEN CAR CRASHES P., ■ . . Police Auto Forced Off Road at 70 Miles an Hour by Light Roadster. RACE DOWN BALTIMORE PIKE ENDS AT BERWYN Recent Order Prohibiting Use of Guns Blamed by Officer for Fatal Accident. A wild rum chase along the Baltimore pike toward Washington ended at Berwyn, Md., early this morning with tlie death of Prohibition Agent Dano N. Jackley, 48 years old. who was killed when the police car spun around twice and crashed into a telephone pole after it had been forced from the road by the fleeing bootlegger. Jackley, who lived at 514 Vi Second street southeast, died on the way to Providence Hospital. In point of serv ice lie was one of the oldest men in the service. The colored driver of the rum car was recognized by Jackiey's companions, who believe they will be able to arrest him today. The bootleg egr—a speedy roadster bore District of Columbia license lags. Mantes Recent Order. One of the agents accompanying Jackley blamed the recent order fo> - bidding prohibition agents to use their pistols for his companion's death. "We were almost touching the bootlegger s car at times." lie said, "and could have shot the tires off easily. Then the acci dent. would never have occurred." Jackley was accompanied on his fatal ride by Acting Deputy Administrator William R. Blandford. Lamer York and Charles McCartney, all agents working out of the Washington office. Acting on information that a load of alcohol was to be run through, they started out in a big police touring car at 4 o'clock this morning to patrol th* Baltimore Pike. For two hpurs they cruised back and forth in a fruitier search, and had just turned toward Washington at Laurel. Md„ when a small, speedy roadster flashed by. On* of the agents recognized the lone occu pant as a colored bootlegger he had ar rested once before. Escapes Crash by Inches. With McCartnsy at the wheel, the big police car started after the fleeing I suspect, who was forcing his ear to tb* I limit. Through the dim light of dawn I the two cars sped over the deserted slippery road, rocking perilously on the turns, but never slow’ing down. Out of the corners of his eyes, McCart - ney saw the needle on his speedomete creep pgst the 60-mile-an-hour mar* ['as he made his first attempt to dra v alongside the suspected bootlegger. A he nosed oiit to the left to pass. th* colored driver of the roadster steered his car In front of the police machin* escaping a collision by inches in his desperate and successful endeavor to block his pursuers. The sudden slackening of speed caused both cars to rock and skid, bu’ they straightened out and the ehas* was resumed. Down the road the two cars roared. McCartney ever edging up hoping for a chance to pass and the colored driver just as warily warding him off. Five miles farther on they came to a wider stretch of road and McCartney de cided to try it again. The numerals 65 | (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) SCHOOLBOYS TO AID IN SEARCH FOR CHILD Session Canceled as Hundrrl* Scour lowa Countryside f : Missing Lad. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC. lowa. May 14.—Atlantic school boys will be dismissed today to Join in the search for 7-year-old Duane Rowe, who disappeared Sunday, when he went to a pasture to gather a bouquet of flowers for his mother. Three hundred persons searched In vain all day yesterday and far into the night for trace of the lad. Sheriff McKee fears the child drowned in Troublesome Creek, which | runs through the pasture. On the j creek bank, where violets grow, heel marks which may have been made by Duane's shoes were found. Other searchers suspect foul play and link the disappearance two weeks ago of Faye Martin. 15. and Kenneth Judd. 18. high school pupils, with that of the boy. Neither has since been found. CRUISER IS GREETED. American Warship Pays Visit tb Port of Antwerp. ANTWERP. Belgium. May 14 (/«. The American cruiser Raleigh arrived today for a visit in this port and was greeted by Antwerp officials and by th« personnel of the American consulate. An Antwerp newspaper, which de clared that the Raleigh had not asked permission of the Netherlands author ities to pass through Dutch waters, has taken advantage of the warship's visit, to discuss the question of freedom of the Schelde River. The Belgians desire free access to the harbor from the .?•» i without Dutch interference. ■ old retainer in the Morris family foe ■ 18 years, said the Washington traffio confused him. He had been driving for ! about 12 hours. The police telephoned Mr. Morris at the Hamilton Hotel before daylight. He came to headquarters for the driver, who said he wanted to make another stop—this time at a restaurant—before leaving for Virginia. i i * , i Radio Programs—Page 41