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Evening star., 1921-12-05

Naval blimp c pointed it's nose
out Of the south shortly after 10
O'Clock this morning. circled the city.
ana came to earth at the Anacostia
naval air station to complete success
fully tie first flight ever attempted
with helium gas in lieu Of hydrogen.
The blimp. like a huge silver cigar.
came proudly around into the wind
and settled down with the ease of a
veteran at 1920 o'clock. completing
the trip from Hampton roads in three
hours and forty-ttree minutes, under
adverse weather conditions. She
braved snow furry on the last forty
miles of her trip. which left the gas
bag shimmering and shining when
The crew. which included Lieut..
Commander Zachary Lansdowne. COM
manding: Lieut.. Commander r. F.
Wood. Lieut.. 4. r. Sewell and Chief
Machinist G. c. Ferris, were suffering
from the effects of the cold
Denumbed hands and chattering teeth.
Commander Proud Of the ship.
I'm proud of the ship" said her
commander when she landed. 'Helium
is q great product. 1t may not have
the lift that hydrogen gives. but it
gave us no trouble whatever during
this flight. We came up in nice time.
but were never more than 500 feet
high on account of the condition of
the weather. It's great product"
A number of officials of the Navy
department visited the ship this
morning. These included Rear Ad-
mirai Moffett and Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy Theodore Roose-
Welt. Both congratulated the COM
mander and crew on the success of
the flight.
Hot coffee awaited the crew. while
batteries of photographers held them
up for snapshots and motion pictures
A naval plane went up and circled
the blimp to secure motion pictures
of record for the completion of the
flight.
The air ship departed again for
Hampton roads at about II noon
and was expected to arrive at the
base before $3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
DIRECTS |. C. C. TO FIX
COMPENSATION IN CASE
Annellate Court Mandate in Matter
of Waste Merchants Services
for Public Carriers.

rh. district Court of Appeals to-
day. in an opinion by Justlce hopp'
reversed the judgment OF the Distric'
Sunreme Court and directed the is-
su.nce of a mandamus to the inter-
s,a,e Commerce Commission to COM
pel il to fix the amount OF damages
or compensation to which the mem
hers of the Waste Merchants Asso-
Citations of New York is entitled tor
services performed tor pubic car
r;ers in connection with the loading
- nartain freight at New York har-
hor noints Chief Justice Smyth dis-
sented. ,a Commits
sion found that the services were
rendered. but holding them to be OF
mutual advantage to the sfilppei a1,pw COM @
nensation. The District supreme
Court agreed with the commission
and refused the mandamus
The Appellate Court reverses this
finding and holds that there is noun
INC in the statute upon which to base
a Conclusion that Congress intended
to withhold compensation from snip
ners performing proper services Tor
carrier where, as here, the ar :
rangement was for their mutual ao
vantage, the theory OF the statute enl-
IDENTIFY being that the carrier receiV-
ing from the shipper services whlch
under the carriers tariff schedules II
was obligated to perform should IN
fairness be compelled to make rea-
sonable allowance therefor.
In the present case. the court points
ont. the commissions conclusion OF
law is inconsistent with its finding of
facr. and this Inconsistency results
from a misconception Of the statute
as interpreted by the oniteo states
Sunreme Court. The complaint is not
thai the commission has erred in the
exercise of its discretion, but rather
that its failure to give effect to the
plain mandate of the statute amounts
to a refusal to exercise any discre-
tion under the statute.
Evening star., 1921-12-05

Naval Blin,p C-7Circles the CitV;
Successful Test Of Helium GS

The CT is the first lighter-than-
air craft in the world to make ?
flight inflated with heltuln gas.
Practically the worlds entire supply
Of this gas was carried In the silver
bag. The big advantage OF the
helium is that 1t Is non-explosiVe.
while hydrogen is igh-explosive.
Static or electric connections provide
no liability Tor explosions In heltum
bag, nor is there danger of ignition
from sparks of motor exhausts.
Probably the greatest disadVantagesln
the use of helium Is its cost OF pro-
duction, its availability and its buoy
ancy compared to that OF hydrogen.
Hydrogen, with 100 per cent purity
and under standard atmospheric con
ditions, has buoyancy OF ~ pounos
per 1000 cubic feet Of air displacsd'
while helium under similar cond-
tious has 64.4 pounds lift.
The Navy maintains a helium plant
at Fort Worth. Tex. where helium Is
extracted from natural gas by com
pressor systems. 1t is required that =
plant of this character be located
where there is an abundance OF gas
and also an abundance of water for
cooling the numerous compressors.
The natural gas. after passing
through this plant becomes purer
Illuminating gas than before. when
it is then returned TO the gas com
raj gas is first passed through iime.
which removes carbon dioxide: it Is
then liauefied, leaving nitrogen and
helium gases, which are drawn on
and further compressed, thereby
liquefying the nitrogen and leaving
the helium, which Is drawn on and
compressed into cylinders and placed
in storage for shipment.
ships Especially Reliable.
The class G. Ships under which CT
comes, are twin engined. and especial
ly reliable for patrol and convoy
work. Their dimensions are: Length,
1872 feet: maximum diameter of en-
velope, Al feet 9 inches: maximum
height, 60 feet: maximum width. SO
feet inches. The envelope has
designed volume of $4,000 cubic feet.
Their fixed weight ready to fly is
7,94O pounds. leaving the balance for
disposable weights consisting of
crew, gasoline. oil. navigating equip
ment, radio. food. drinking water,
ballast, bombs. guns etc.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
SIX, TRAPPED IN AUTO,
DIE IN CANAL PLUNGE
Two Families Wiped Out When
Z Machine Slips OF Road
Into Water.

TOLEDO. Ohio. December 5.-Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph A. Roskuski and
their tIve-year-old daughter and Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard X. Laver and their
daughter. aged four, were drowned
yesterday afternoon when the sedan
in which they were riding slipped off
the River road into eight feet of
water in the Miami-Erie canal at
waterville, twelve miles from Toledo.
The two families had been riding
in LAYERS machine. They were on
their way home when the accident
happened.
A watch worn by Laver stopped at
3:35 o'clock. the accident was dis
covered at o'clock by Will Isham.
farmer, who was taking his horses
to the canal for water Isham Sc
cured help and hauled the car from
the water The bodies were inside.
Apparently it had been impossible to
open either door of the closed car.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
FRENCH NAVY PLEA
Up THIS WEEK
Ambassador Jusserand Con-
fers With Mr.. Hughes Re-
garding Vital ParIey Issue.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated fress.
Jules Jusserand. French ambassa-
dor at Washington and one of
Frances armament conference dele
gates, called on Secretary Hughes to-
day to inquire when the matter of
limitation of the French navy is
likely to be taken up. Mr.. Hughes
was understood to have replied that
this question would be taken up this
week. This would mean. also, that
the limitation of the Italian navy
would be examined at the same time.
The French delegations proposal
is that France be allowed 100000 tons
of capital ships and $4,000 tons of
submarines.
The French delegation is under
stood to have been ratherIa anxious to
beein the consideration OF their navy
to be at work instead of waiting.
for the reason that they would like
a deeision on other questions. Vice
Admiral De Bon, who has now been
here three weeks, has matters of
some urgency awaiting his attention
M. yiviani, If the principle respect
ing the French navy cap be arrived
at before December Il, still desires
to sail for home on the Paris, due to
leave that day. He would leave n
Albert Sarraut, the French colonial
minister. as the head of the French
delegation.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
HEARING RESUMED
IN ALIENATION SUIT
Testimony Today in Graham
Humes Case, Involving HALF
Million Damage Claim.

Testimony was resumed today be-
fore Justice Stafford and a jury in
the half-million- dollar alienation suit
of Lieut.. Lorimer C. Graham. U. s. N.
against A. l.. Humes of New York.
wealthy lawyer. Mrs. Jessie Grand
jean, now of Yonkers, N. Y. who was
employed as a trained nurse at the
Graham home in December. 1918, tes-
tilted that Graham's treatment OF MS
wife. while she was recovering from
a serious operation. was 30 harassins
that the nurse cautioned him that un-
less he desisted he would cause the
death of Mrs. Graham.
Deposition Il Read.
A deposition of Michael Glennan,
a banker of Norfolk. who has sued
Graham for $4,000 damages for. al
Legged alienation of the affections of
Mrs. Mary Black Glennan, MS wire.
was read to the jury. In the course
of his testimony a letter was read
in which Mrs. Glennan notified her
husband of how she and the child
were enjoying their visit to her par
ents at Princeton: n J., in lsls A
postscript to the letter attracted the
eve of Judge Wright. counsel for
Lieut.. Graham. and he called the at
tention of the jury to it. The post
script read: Lorfmer Graham spent
the night here as he was motoring
through to Spring Lake The law
Yer pointed out that the wife made
NO effort to conceal the visit of Ora
ham and so wrote her husband OF It..
Judge Wright succeeded in suppress
ing portions Of the Testimony of
Glennan.
Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert. NJ f.
uarhy and r. H. Yeatman, for the de-
tense. have taken the deposition Of
Henry d. Flood. representative in
Congress from Virginia, who is i'll at
his home. The deposition will be read
later to the jury.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
SAY Intervention. TALE
IS ONLY MISLEADING NEWS
Portuguese Diplomats Here Declare
Project as Printed in London
Paper Has Never Existed.

The project of intervention in the
affairs of Portugal on the part of
France. Italy and Spain never existed
according to the Portuguese legation
here. in commenting on dispatches
published in this country November
80 stating that, according to the
London Times, such Intervention was
being seriously considered as the re-
suit of the grave internal situation
then obtaining.
According to official information,
the Times did not publish a leader
on the matter. but only misleading
news coming from Lisbon" says an
official statement from the legation
here. The Portuguese minister at
London has protested on the subject,
and has been informed that such a
project of Intervention never has
existed"
Another telegram has reached the
legation here from the Portuguese
government at Lisbon certifying that
the news was an unfounded rumor
emanating from Lisbon. According TO
the London Times. the powers were
said to be considering the assumption
of a mandate to quell the ugly wave
Of bolshevism."
Evening star., 1921-12-05
BY JUNIUs b. WOOD.

Far-sighted real estate investors
who during the last year have been
securing options on tracts on the
Chinese mainland opposite Hongkong
will be seriously affected by the
progress already made in the confer
ence's discussion of leased areas in
China Their plight is typical OF
general condition in the republic and
brings up an important question OF
future policy to the representatives
of the nine powers. With Japan,
Great Britain and France onerlns 10
cancel certain of their present leases
under specified conditions. it would
seem logical that an agreement De
reached among all the powers against
negotiating leases with China.
Coal and Iron Found.
Hongkong is an island. and the city
which is popularity called Hongkong
Is actually named Victoria. On the
mainland opposite this city Is the
city of kowloon. also port ana the
terminal Of the railroad TO canton.
Part of kowloon is included in the
remainder Of it. and considerable OF
the land back Of it. is held by Great
Britain under a lease expiring June >.
1897. Coal and iron were discovered
in the hills farther back, and the an
ticipation until the conference took
up the subject last week was that
Great Britain would have no trouble
in extending her leased territory to
include the valuable deposits.
The fate Of single lease which
would be only a speck on the great
map of China is significant only be-
cause it is one more step in the grad
ual territorial encroachments. If this
step is not taken it may be doubly
significant as marking the end of the
nibbiing off of China.
Varied Problem.
Coded territory. leased territory.
m nunicipal concessions or settlements.
foreign spheres. of influence. treaty
ports and open cities are varying de-
grees of what China usually calls
violations of her territorial integ-
rity." Coded territory is absolutely
in the possession of foreign coun-
tries either as colonies or part of
their empire. Leased territories are
much the same all for ninety-nine
years period, though in some the
Chinese maritime customs. posts and
telegraph and other Chinese govern
mental agencies are installed.
Concessions and settlements are
districts in cities. specified by sepa-
rate treaties or by imperial DEGREES.
put under the control of foreigners
eral being. concessions when under
a single power and settlements when
governed by several jointly. Chinese
are prohibited by law from owning
property or business in them. and
at the same time foreigners. except
missions, are prohibited from own
ing property or doing business out
side of the concessions of foreign
territories. except in certain specified
cities The incentive to extend them
is obvious.
Under Chinese Control.
The specified cities where foreign
ers can engage in commerce remain
under Chinese jurisdiction. There
are forty-nine treaty ports, some
of them accessible by nothing more
nautical than springless Peklne
cart. and thirty-three other cities open
to international trade. The present
conference discussion, which resumes
Wednesday. is only over leased ter
ritories. AS most of the ceded ter
ritory has developed from leases. the
Evening star., 1921-12-05

Some Of the government cars. paint
ed olive-drab and labeled For official
use only" which have been assigned
to the various delegations attending
the conference. at first were distfn-
guished by little flags. which their
drivers attached to the radiator caps.
Now all are made easily distinguish
able by an official badge in the form
of uniform circular metal tags fas-
tened just inside the windshield.
Each disk is painted in with the col
ors Of the flags of the various na-
tions. A delegate or other official
comes bounding out of the Offices
in the War-Navy building and at a
glance can pick out from the long
waiting line the car that is assigned
to his use.
At the big dinner given by AM
hassador Ricci Saturday night to the
Evening star., 1921-12-05
LOSES APPEAL ON WILL.
Mrs. Constance s. Oracle Seeks to
Ee+a ablish Document Claimed Lost.

Mrs, Constance Setback Oracle.
widow of Col Archibald Oracle, has
lost her appeal to the District Court
Of Appeals in an attempt to establish
on alleged will said to have been
made by her daughter. Mrs. Edith
Tamnle Oracle Adams, shortly before
~ iatter's death in New York city
nscember 81. 1918. Mrs. Gracie
a,eimed that her daughter had left
w. xaiuable securities, and that the
,,,;i, was lost or destroyed.
The court of appeals in an opinion
he Justice Robb today. affirmed an
oyder Of the District supreme Court
Sisnissing the cross-bill brought py
MIS- Oracle in the Equity Cour!
nrsinst the American Security ana
Trnst Company. in whose vaults the
secmrities belonging to her daughters
sstete were kept, and her son,in-iaw;
nunbar eS B. Adams individually and
as administrators of the daughter
The lover court held that an equity
court is without jurisdiction to enter
tain a suit to establish a iost VIII.
Wrs Oracle appealed from THIS oraer,
h,,t the appellate court sustained ,the
action of the lower tribunal.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
Under Maritime Customs.

Under Maritime Customs.
Yatung. one of the ports. and
Gartok and Gyangtze. two Of the
cities. are in Tibet. kowloon. Dairen.
kwang Chow Wan and Tsingfao. an
in leased territory. are under the Ihl-
nese maritime customs. though IN
Tsingtao a former German rule IS foi-
lowed that only Japanese shall be on
the foreign staff and only so per cent
of the collections turned over 1"
China.
The foreign concessions and settle
m.nts are located in sixteen OF the
treaty ports and in Tsinan. one OF
the open cities. The United states
does not hold any concession. while
Antung, on the Yalu river, the boun-
darv between Korea and Manchurla,
is the only port. and Mukden. a rev
miles north of there, is the only CITY
she has opened by treaty. Great Brit
ain. France. Japan, Italy and Bel
gium hold concessions in separate or
The same cities Those of Germany,
Austria and Russia have been re
yoked The United States reliquished
hers in Annoy in 1899. Tientsin before
the war had nine separate govern
ments within its limits in addition I"
it's own.
In the settlements. as in Shanghai
the citizens of each nation having
treaty rights in China have a Volc"
in the local foreign government pro-
portionate TO their property holdings
Copyright. 1921
Evening star., 1921-12-05
Sidelights on the Conference.

representatives OF the press who are
covering the conference Ethe host did
thoughtful thing. He delivered the
he does not speak English, he had
prepared in advance mimeographed
copies of his talk, which were dis
tributed by the walters. so that the
guests could follow his stirring
phrases
Secret service men assigned to the
various delegations find their daily
job lengthy one. From after break
fast until very late in the afternoon
the representatives Of the different
countries work without ceasing. Al
most invariably they dine out and,
later. attend some evening function.
I'm going to send my folks my
photograph to show them how /
look" remarked one of the men as
signed to this work by the Depart
ment of Justice. Il seldom see my
bed Before midnight. but at that I'm
not working nearly so hard as the
delegates are"
Evening star., 1921-12-05
SCHOOL ESTIMATES
|. SUFFER HEAVY CUT
Approximately s3,500,0o
Eliminated From Amount
Fixed by Board.

Education week got underway with
poor start in Washington. consid-
ering the fact that the school esti-
mates for the fiscal year of 1928.
which were submitted to Congress
today, carry but few of the provi-
sions for new schools included in
the original budget of the board Of
education. Approximately s3.5O0,0 600
has been cut from the estimates pre-
pared by the school board.
When presented to the Commits
sioners by the school board the budg-
ct called for an appreciation of ap-
proximately s12.0O0.eOO The school
estimates now before Congress ask
for s7,575,2SO, of which $2,156. 900 is
specifically recommended for a school
building program.
Provisions in the original budget
for sites for new buildings for Tech
and Business high schools. together
with those for additions to Western
and Armstrong high schools, were
eliminated in the slashing process the
estimates went through in the hands
of the Commissioners and the budget
bureau.
Only few pay increases are pro-
III Tic uuuSet,
original estimates carried recommen-
dations for higher remuneration for
officials, teachers, janitors and other
employees of the school system. The
few wage increases contained in the
budget, however. are considerably
smaller than those recommended in
the estimates drafted by the school
board.
The school budget before Congress
provides a raise in pay for the super
intendent from $4,000 to $500 a year
The original estimates asked for
$4,000 for the school head.
Cut Causes disappointment.
School authorities were reluctant to
discuss the reduced budget today, in
dicating that before making any COM
ment they wished to make a compari-
son of the boards original estimates
with those sent to Congress. 1t was
apparent, however. that they are dis
appointed in the drastic cut made in
the budget.
1t was pointed out in school circles
that the reduction in the estimates
will not allow officials to carry out
their proposed progressive education
al program, and that the congested
conditions cannot be relieved mate
rally by the building program allow
ed in the budget. This point the au-
thorities will emphasize at their con-
ference with representatives of the
various civic and trade organizations
at the Franklin School Thursday
night.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
ZIONIST CHIEF COMING.
Nahum Sokolow to Head European
Delegation Of Jews.

Nahum Sokolow, president OF the
executive committee of the World
Zionist Organization and chief of the
delegation, that brought before the
neace conference the Zionist claims
to Palestine. will arrive in Washing
ton next Sunday. at the head OF
European Zionist delegation, ac-
cording to announcement by the local
zionist arrangement committee.
Emile Berliner, honorary president
of the local Zionist district. has ac-
cepted the chairmanship of the recep-
ton committee to represent the Jew
ish community in welcoming the
guests. Headquarters for the recep-
fion activities have been opened in
the Harrington Hotel, where the ar
raneements committee Will continue
the preparations begun more than q
week ago in anticipation Of Sokolow's
arrival.
err before a mass meeting at Polfs
Theater next Sunday. 1t was an
nounced. Admission will be by ticRet
only, which may be secured at head
quarters.
Evening star., 1921-12-05
SAYS j. 5. BEST AID
FOR hungry RUSSIA
Ex-Gov. Goodrich Reports te
Secretary Hoover Results
of Survey.

The United States Is in a better po-
sition to help in the relief or the
famine areas of Russia than any
other country. according TO repo'.
today to Secretary Hoover by 1or"e'
Gov. James P. Goodrich or lnoiaha'
who has just returned from a siA
weeks survey of the famine area III
the lower Volga valley undertaken a.
the request of the Commerce
tary. About 25.O0O,000 bushels OF
grain are needed for the lmIneua ~
relief of hundreds of thousahes "
people, who will starve unless sot,e
measure of help is forthcoming' the
report said. &; ex-
ceedingly serious Mr.. Goodricn Sd
ION account of the drought anu Id
almost total failure of the wneat M anu
we cron in the lower Nolga valley
$4,000, 900 Russian farmers are iace4
with a famine and many hundr"us "
thousands of them will starve 70 70
death unless help is eNtehoeu "
them at very early oate'
Hope Lies In Farmer.
In the Russian farmer conservative
by nature and individualistic III ms
ideas lies the hope of Russia Anei
Ica' with its vast surplus OF fooa
products, is in better positioh "
help these Russian farmers than any
other country. The only hope OF tnese
people is that America should 1urhlSh
from 100000 to 2o,SeoooSs ~ ooo 600
bushels of seed wheat TO feed ine
adult popuIation of the Nolga Faiiey
and to sow the millions OF acres v.
land plowed and ready for seeoihs
next spring. ;,.r
.Thc American Relief Administra,,,
,;,n 10 doing spIendid work and Will
feed 100000 children in the FAMINE
district until next harvest II tne
parents are permitted to die OF starva-
ton and the land lie idle we again
will be called on to help ahothei
wear If corn and wheat be furnlsaso
for food and seed after next Juiy ,ne
Russian farmer can take care OF nim-
self
Must Prepare mt Once.
Mr.. Goodrich added that the gra IN
for food would have to reach RUSSIA
by March /. the seed wheat by April
and the seed corn by the mlddie OF
April. but preparations for supplying
the grain would have to begin al
once i'm order to permit of its trans
portation in time for relief.
The former Indiana governor paint
ed a vivid picture of famine condi.
tions in the lower Volga valley ana
declared that men. women and cnii-
dren were combing the land tor
famine weeds" which were tieo IN
bundles. for food for both man ana
beast.
While the people were starving in
great numbers. he said, the fataltstic
attitude of the Russians was evident.
but the Russian farmers impressed
him as singularly similar to the
American farmers of the middle west.