The Washington Post
April 4, 1927

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ea ¥ g ’. earn te yawn over the latest aerial ¥ / - zorrew. ; -epert. . sround when he reminds us that the + Paine played in establishing that se- Seott says: ; Yale man knows it. _.- somebedy will win the > ~ = * - oa aan FS ver 7. . A nickel alloy that le almost as hard _ the poison in the aleohel. : 4 4 ag my 32s a * ur ER - Gen. Chang has shoved the whole - thing off on Wang. . ¢ ® , creasing cost of goveranient. As Tonr - Reed once replied te a critic, “This ' \s @ billien doller country.” —_— - mansion, we are teld, has been | that anybody whe wants to baw! | Mussolini Bs vs ee ee MaPssneen © GEORGE ROTHWELL. BROWN “How goes it now, sir? This news which ie called true ie so like en ld tele, thet the verity of it is in ie » | If income figures tell what's co, ind nothing could be surer, the rich wre getting all the dough; the poor ae qrewing peerer. lt seems startling at first to learn hat more than 96 per cent of the meome taxes are paid by .29 of 1 ver cent of the population, but as Marcus Valerius Martial observed searly 1,900 years age, “If you are seor, you will always be poor. Riches Ire now te none bat the rich,” 10 what's strange in 132 new mil- > i > & a rt te the Parie police would cay. * * o ae It is amazing, the extent te which .viation figures in the daily grist of the news, and yet there is romance ‘2 @ prosaic contract for carrying ‘Incle Sam's letters at so much per sound, and doubtless. we shall yet nail robbery. The wonders of ycster- ‘ay are the ennui promoters ef to- . * * e - Pinedo is unable to make his plane ‘save the earth, and that’s news vecause now it’s unusuel, and an army ollicer invents a new automatic airplane radie and that’s news be- cause the wireless ie still a novelty. Here are six plane stories in one edition, ae,routine as the Sunday . ‘ : , Fe ee ks eas re > é a ~ 7 with the 4 meraing tthe yer. - +e OPM a FER hes 7 ‘ . sha b tees = ™ Bes a . . ; - ey * en ; > a Pam e e - - 7 - - - a+ _— ~ ~ LO LLL A OE OBL LE TS A ET I a mm - os - Re, BBU | ep pina eG FG PIS , + r , . ’ pent ~ eg bs ee ’ Ss we . % glow rie ete ie: ;' = , , . = “ : : , ¥ ' ’ eet” ¢ iS | , : a - 7 . Hy - Friends Inform the Police of Departure; May | Seek Hungary. FATHER, ROUMANIA’S KING, IS IMPROVING Mystery Surrounding Moves of Son Deepened by Report fo Press. Paris, April 3 (By A P.).—Nees from EN OE me eee tS tonal 53 esis FF 3 i AH i! pity +t prince, from his home in Neuilliy. where he hes been living since he renounced | his rights to the throne in 1925. The present whereabouts of Prifice Carol still wes a mystery tonight. Late in behalf of the prince, as fol- : “Prince Carol of Roumania received tonight a telegram from Bucharest, ac- cording to which the health of the king inspires no anxiety in his family. is suffering from a. slight stip which is following its course. His temperature has not above 37.5 Centigrade (09.50 father, but King Alexander is still in Belgrade.”’ Ruse Is Suspected. It is believed that the object of this statement was to convey the impres- sion that the prince has. not ieft France. Wherever he is, however, ap- parently he has no further need of his big automobile which still is at Neuilly. Whoever returned to the villa in it tonight left later in a small car belonging to the prince. Carol slipped ‘away af 6:35 8. m. through the deserted streets of Neuilly for ati unannounced destination, but later it was reported that he had boarded an airplane at Le Bourget. This immediately gave rise to surmises that he was flying to his fathe-’s bedside, or at Jeast tosome point near the Rou- manian frontier, “to await develop- ments,” of which there may be a great raany should the king die. The prince was accompan.ed by nine | crossing accident or «a stock market | | . o o ~ ) ‘ President Coolidge is pa sound foundations of American society ere deeply rooted in the Bible, although we must concede the part thet Tom ciety, and recall that Tom Jefferson got up « Bible of his own. Still, as ‘And better had they ne'er been bern Whe read to doubt, or read to scorn.” College students down South are much more conservative in their be- jiefs than those up North—ea Hervard man thinks any licker is good, and Papa wanted PJX— | Mamma got Toronto; | Naturally such things vex— Se he shot her pronto. Men, a better day is dawning! Women, let thie be a warning! It is confidertly predicted that Chicago mayoralty election next Tuesday by a majority of not legs than 10 dead and 50 wounded. ®* ©« @:\°e Alcoholism deaths show an ap- palling increase since 1920. Put oe little mere poison in, gentlemen! * o * * De Welf Hopper and Edna Wal- lace will be thrilled te learn that j ! Senater Curtis defends the in- Pittsburgh stee] man invents a new as the heart of the man whe puts Anether Fifth avenue Vanderbilt “deomed”—seld for $1,800,000. It is such disasters as these that have doomed the Vanderbilte te affluence. _ Ht must at least be sald of facciom eut must hire a hall ia ether country. * 8 @ ®@ Carolina's blue Jaw is being kg ¥ 7 es ; - friends in his unannounced but seppar- (CONTINCED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 3.) Obregon Starts Home, Silent on Candidacy Mexico City, April 3 (By A. P.).—S8tili declining to say whether he will be a candidate for president next year to succeed President Calles, Gen. Alvaro Obregon has left Mexico City for his ranch in Sonora. The general, whose friends long have been booming him for the peesidency, has been President Calles’ guest in Mexico City during his visit here and conferred with him frequently and with other officials and political leid- ers. Mrs. D. K. E. Bruce Is Out of Hospital (Special Cable Dispatch.) Paris, April 3.—Mrs. Ailsa Mellon Bruce left the American hospital at Neuilly today almost completely recov- ered from her appendicitis operation and joined her father, Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, and her husband, Consul David K. BE. Bruce, at the Hotel Crillon. Mr. Mellon told re- porters that he may be able to leave for New York on the Olympic Wednesday. ‘Phone Dial and System of Lights Do Away With Head Receivers. WORK ON SIMPLIFICATION (By the Associated Press.) An ingenious combination of the radio, a dial similar to that on an suto- matic telephone and a small call board has been hit on by an army signal corps Officer to facilitate communication from the ground to airplanes by sup- plementing telegraphy with a visual signal system. : The officer is Capt. Paul 8S. Edwards, commanding the signal corps aircraft radio laboratory at McCook field, Day- ton, Ohio, a report on whose experi- ments was made public yesterday by the War Department. Capt. Edwards has produced the apparatus by modifying the radio beam signal which, by means of Morse tele- graph code, keeps aviators constantly aware of their course. It makes possible the mechanical sending and receiving of prearranged visual radio signals con- sisting of numbers. The ground station sending equip- ment consists of a dial with sumber (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 1.) Trade Dooms Another Vanderbilt Mansion New York, April 3 (By A. P.).— Under the advance of commerce en- other Vanderbilt mansion is to disap- pear from Fifth avenue The house of Mrs, Virginia Fair Vanderbilt, wife of William K. Van- derbilt 2d, at 666 Fifth avenue, has been sold to an unnamed buyer for $1,500,000, it was announced today. The adjacent chateau of the elder W. K. Vanderbilt, the Cornelius Vander- bilt chateau at Fifty-seventh street and Fifth avenue, and the home of Mrs. Henry White, formerly Mrsg. Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, at Fifty-second street and Fifth avenue, were pre- viously sold out of the Vanderbilt families for a totel of more than $16,500,000. These mansions have given place t> commercial buildings. Rome Foreign Office _ To Guard Emigrants Rome, April 3 (By A. P.).—The gen- eral commiuseariat of emigration. vhich for years has been constituted es an autonomous organization aimed to dl- rect and protect Italian ¢migrants, is to be substituted by a directing gencra! of labor, whose bureau will form pait of the foreign ministry. ~ + V 2 ee ‘ out of 7,360,786 individual returns, ¢,- 23% 3 +H 5 =. “” es | al 2 mi} .¥ é | PRIVATE ENTERPRISE Program Completed With Award of Contract in Eastern Division. CHICAGO COMPANY TO BEGIN ON JULY 1 ‘Outbid by Henderson Firm, ' ; ie - > : 4 pei - 2 ; - ¥ . - 5. ‘ ," - ; | transcontinental air line to the Na- /1 epd until then the government will ‘continue the operation of the Eastern | division. It is the only line now under | government operation, and when it is | taken over by the company, the entire alr mall transportation’ system will be operated by individual companies under contracts awarded by the government. The company will carry the mail for $124 a pound, which is 1 cent more than the bid submitted by the North American Airways. Lowest and Best Responsible Bidder. The Postmaster General, in announc- ing the contract, said thet “after weighing carefully every consideration involved, we concluded that the Na- tional Air Transport was the lowest and best responsible bidder.” Mr. New said that he did not wish to discuss the matter other than to make this statement. | ‘The bid submitted by the North American Airways, $1.33 per pound, was reported to have been protested by Paul Hehderson, former Assistant Post- master General, and now general man- ager of the Netional Aig Tranaport, air mail service hed entered into an agreement to subscribe $100,000 in the stock of the North American Airways in case this company was awarded the ‘contract. - When asked whether this declaration was considered in making the award, the Postmaster Genera] neither affirm- ed nor denied that it had been, adding | that he wished merely to make the | Generel statement quoted. He did say, Pevre is the daughter of Charles Le {CONTINUED ON PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.) | Pevre, attorney. 4 CHILEAN JUSTICES RESIGN AS PROTEST| Aotion Leaves the Supreme | Returns to Guantanamo After Court of Nation With Only 5 Members. (Special Cable Dispatch.) Santiago, Chile, April 3.—Four mem- bers of the supreme court resigned to- day after a plenary meeting when Judge Vargas Mardones asked, in the name of the ministry of justice, that the court accept the decree deposing eighteen magistrateh throughout Chile. The proposal was approved, five against four. : . The supreme court was composed of eleven members. One resigned and the other, Javier Pigueros, president of the court and brother of President Pig- ueros, is under arrest. The court thus held its session with nine members. President Emiliano Figueroa was ab- sent in Valparaiso and returned at midnight. It is eaid that tomorrow he will have a conference vith Premier Ibenes, who brought about the arrest of his brother, Boys Discover Body; Hold.Own Funeral Chicago, April 3 (By A. P.).—Solemn funeral rites over the tiny body of few-weeks-old baby which they had found floating in the Chicago river were conducted by a group of small boys bere today. Their work was un- ‘ end began an investigation. Using an old ice cream container for ® Coffin, the boys dug a grave and after completing the burial they care- fully placed wild flowers over the One of the lads, going home in 42 Stitches in Neck, Then He “Feels Fine” i 3 sTeTH Hy 2 « . ie = eee, » es « a r yr - a e - * — p \ “Es : . e- & Bis LLL LLL LE tt I RTE ter : / ’ | Index to bg : — : $ 4 Pus / ’ ™ A % 7 a t 4 : . To day i = 1 - > a? Three Injured in Au ouieea ta beads 207 Have $1,000,000 Incéme. 2—~Capital Said to Neglect Vets. 3—Pinedo Pisne Stalls in Lake. ; Nephew of Brig. Gen. MacAr- thur, Miss Le Fevre and Kimberly Chaney Hurt. CAR OVERTURNS ON BANK They were taken to Emergency hos- pital by Curran De Bruler. Miss Le FLEET FINDS “FOE” IN CARIBBEAN SEA Stopping Consolidation of “Enemy.” Guantanamo, Cuba, April 3 (Ly A. P.).—Combing an area of about 1,000 miles over the Caribbean sea, the United States dreadnaught ficet from the West coast successfully located end opposed the consolidation of a tactics! enemy force made up of Atlantic scout- ing naval vessels during the past week. The fleet, which anchored safciy !n Guantanamo bay yesterday, had spont a week of intensive mimic warfare and training exercise in working out the tactical problem. The combined naval forces. which |. have been undergoing intensive tiain- ing exercises afd working out prob:eme in southern waters, wil] stay at anchecr. in Guantanamo bay unti)] Apri) 17 for the annual interfleet athletic events and regattas. During the stay at Guantanamo the final maneuvers on the program will be completed and details will be gone over preparatory to a visit to New York and an additional] review and na- neuvers in Narragansett bay. Two Cut by Glass When Autos Crash Two persons were injured when the automobile in which they were riding crashed with another car at Sixteenth street near Newton «treet northwest late Gaturday night. The injured were Miss Margaret Gommerville, 22 years old, 5600 Gizteenth street north- west, cut om the face by flying glass, and Albert W. Buyniteky, 19, 3337 Bighteenth street northwest, cute on the face. Buyniteky was driving one of the ttaburgh, ‘April 8 (By A. P.).—A nickel alloy, known commercially as. Americans Fail to Quit Points in Danger as Urged by U. S. SITUATION HOLDS UP REPARATIONS STEPS Powers Will Hold Nationalist @ TNE TA tl rhe i : L | 4 Hi | th i! ; j all of them missionaries, and many of whom have refused thus far to leave their posts. Every recourse of diplomacy has been tnvoked by the Washington authorities themselves and by diplomatic and con- sular officers in China to persuade Americans to withdraw from the danger zone to points on the coast where it is physically possible to afford them naval protection. Foreign service of- ficers in. China also have sought to insure withdrawing Americans seafe conduct, and to that end have been continually negotiating with whatever military or civil authorities they found in power in each locality. Total Is Not Known Here. If the State Department has at this time any authoritative knowledge as to how many Americans remain in ¢z- (CONTINUED ON PAGE 8, COLUMN 8.) Bethlen’s Rome Visit Viewed as Peace Aid Rome, April 3 (By A. P.).—The an- nounced arrival here tomorrow of Count “Bethlen, the Hungarian foreign minister, is hailed with rejoicing by the entire press. They consider it an event aimed to strengthen the friendly relations between the two countries. The visit of Count Bethien has two important objectives. One is economic and is to insure, as in the past, the use of Fiume for Hungarian commerce. The other is political and is concerned with a possible egreement for the con- clusion of a treaty of friendship be- tween the two countries. Submarine S-17 Crashes — Into Causeway at Vallejo g! | dF : : Wilkins’ Murder Believed Plot to Cause Trouble With United States. KIONAPERS STILL SOUGHT Mexico City, April 3 (By A. P.).— plot by enemies of the government of President Callies, was expressed today by government officials. They say that Wilkins’ murder *, outlaws when their demands for §20,00. —_——— . : (CONTINCED ON PAGB 4, COLUMN 6) Payne Ill in Bulgaria; Cared For at Palace Air Mail Pilot Hurt; Plane Falls at Nigh Cleveland, Ohio, April 3 (By A. P.).— An autoist, who heard the crash, took the aviator to a hospital and delivered the mail to the air fidit. Esuffman's injuries were nov serious. 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