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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Friends of McNary-Haugen
Measure Declare Plan Will
Win Approval
DEMOCRATS ARE SPLIT
ON FEE POSTPONEMENT
Application to Cotton Industry
May Cause Defeat-Watson
Plans Change.
RY G. G0IrLnLINCOLN.

The fate of the McNary-Haugen
farm-relief bill will be determined, so
far as the Senate can determine it,
before night.
Friends of the bill say it will pass,
though they admit the vote will be
close. Under it's unanimous consent
agreement the Senate will begin vot-
ing on the bill and all amendments
not later than o'clock this afternoon.
The McNary- -Haugenites have led
the Senate to the point where it may
pass the BILL They have found, how
ever, that while it is easy to lead
horse to water it is hard to make him
drink"
A ruction among the Democrats over
a proposal to postpone for two years
the operation of the equalization fee
so far as cotton is concerned is caus-
ing most of the trouble.
Harrison Holding Out.
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi
has been holding out for the postpone
ment. Senator Caraway of Arkansas
has been opposed to the postpone
ment. The Farm Relief hackers on
the Republican side are inclined also
equalization fee on cotton. The de-
cision of the Senate may turn largely
on this point If Senator Harrison
persists in his opposition to the bill
without the deferment clause and can
rally sufficient Democratic votes to his
support the bin may yet be defeated.
The shadow of a possible presi-
Dental veto also hung over the bill
as il approached it's final stage in the
Senate today. Senator Fess of Ohio,
an opponent Of the bill, has predicted
that the President win not approve of
the bill If Congress passes it and sends
1t to him.
Senator Watson OF Indiana was
prepared today TO offer an amendment
designed to remove in part the presi-
Dental objection to the measure. The
bill as reported limits the President
in appointing members to the pro-
posed Federal Farm Board to a list of
eligibles submitted to him by norni-
mating committee from the land bank
districts. Senator Watson's amend
ment would make 1t optional with the
President whether he should appoint
from these lists of eligibles or go out
side the lists. The adoption of such
an amendment, it is thought. would
remove much of the objection to the
bill on the part of the President. 1t
would still leave in the measure the
equalization fee plan which also has
been strongly opposed.
Many Conferences Held.
Many conferences were held yester-
day and today in an effort to eliminate
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for appointment as peoples counsel.
The President was represented as feel
ing confident, from advices he has re.
ceived reagrding the attorney, that
his appointment would prove general
ly popular. and that he expected there
would be no great difficulty in obtain
ing his confirmation by the Senate.
Since withdrawing the name of
Blaine Mallan, whom he appointed to
the place at the time he named the
two civilian public utilities commits
sioners. the President is known to
have been especially anxious to OBJ
tain the services of some one who
would not have the slightest chance
OF being disqualified because ot the
various restrictions provided by the
law governing qualifications.
For that reason the President and
those who have been assisting him in
looking over the field of applicants
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
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CHANG ABLE TO HIT
HARD IF WI HELPS
Northern Forces May Compel
Cantonese Retreat Anyhow,
Survey Indicates.
BY JAMES L. BUTTS.

BY Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily
W News. copsrsElss 1927.
PEKING. February 11.--Should the
northern military movement announced
by Marshal Chang TsQ.Ldn, overlord
of Manchuria and dictator TO the Pc
king government. be seriously prose
cuted, the present obscurity of the Chi
nese military situation should soon be-
gin to develop more clearly defined
phases and rival forces should become
more clearly aligned.
Manchurian troops already massed
along the Peking Hankow Railway, at
the Honan border, ready to participate
in Chang's drive to suppress the can
tonese "bolsheviks, number $4,000. An
allied chantung-Chihl force concen-
trated in the Ying-Chow area, nortn-
ern Anhwei province, is of equal
strength.
Joint Drive Planned.
Thase two forces are intended for
simultaneous southwark drive lnroush
Henan province toward Hankow, ieaV
inc 40 900 Shantung troops avaiiaole
for emergencies in the lower ians e1e'
WIN Pei-FNl's Honan army is nonll-
nally 100. 900, but probably not 2o.ooV
are reliable. The others are unruly
and unpaid, living off the country
along the railway and forming seri-
ous notential obstacle to the Iengtlen
advance. Several of their command
res NAV even join the southern army.
Their equipment is scanty.
The Christian general, Feng u
Hsiang. and his Kuomin-Hun tpeopie
national army are not believed TO pe
serious factor at present, altnougn the
nationalists claim he will be able to
ioin with the Cantonese in southern
Honan Province. Feng's entire forces
do not exceed 100, 900; they are mostly
located in faraway Kansu Province
and even farther west. Fengs FORCES
in Shensi Province, which might be In
a position to form a junction with the
southerners, number possibly $4,000,
together with the inferior Shensi
troops.
Short of Munitions.
They are extremely short of muni-
tions. and northern sources of supply
are blocked owing to Winter weather
and Fengtien vigilance.
Reliable observers estimate that
there are 10000 Fengtien (Manchur1-
AMI troops inside the great wall, mostly
distributed in Chihli, Honan and Sui
van. The northwest detense-tnat is,
defense against any activity shown by
Feng Yu.Hsiang--is being largely del
egated to Chang Tso-Lin's allies in
Shensi Province, thus increasing Feng-
tien compactness.
The forces of Sun Chuan-Fang,
Shanghai northern militarist, are es.
timated at 10000, but in Cheklang and
Kiangsu Provinces at least two of
his generals are doubtful. Should
thev remain loyal Sun should be able
! to eject the Cantonese from Chekiang,
where the southern attackers are
| estimated at az, 900 and under equipped
! at that. Later reports state that
Cantonese troops have withdrawn
from various Yangtze points toward
I Chekiang with Hang.Chow as their
| detectives.
! Observers estimate the total south
; ern strength at 100000, majority of
which are inferior, poorly equipped
! provincial troops
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
HOUSE ASKS PROBE
OF COOPER CHARGES
Judiciary Committee Directed to-
Proceed With Impeachment
Case.

The House today directed its judi
ciary committee to proceed with the
investigation of impeachment charges
brought against Federal Judge Frank
Cooper of the northern New York dis
trict.
Without a record vote a resolution
by Chairman Graham, to give the
committee authority to issue sub
poenas and to administer oaths was
adopted. The judge is charged by
Representative La Guardia, Repub-
lican. New York, of acting with pro-
hibition agents TO entrap persons into
law violations.
Graham said his request for author
ity in on way could be construed as
a reflection against Cooper.
He said frivolous charges had
been made and the committee must In
vestigate them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
FUND TO ELIMINATE
CROSSING FAVORED
House Committee Backs
$275,0O Project on Michi-
gan Avenue in Report.

The House District committee today
ordered favorable report on the Com
missioners' bill authorizing an appro-
priation of $275,000 for the elimination
of the Michigan avenue grade crossing
under the policy of legislating out of
existence one of these dangerous
crossings a year.
Engineer Commissioner J. Franklin
Bell explained to the committee that
there is a 2Tsfoot driveway on Michi-
gan avenue and that the permanent
highway plan of the District provides
fer q 20-foot highway. He said that
the bin under consideration would de-
stroy four homes and that the APP
9roaches to the proposed viaduct would
be four blocks long. In reply to ques-
tions regarding the possibility of hay
ing the railroads raised above the
highway and having street traffic pro-
ceed through tunnel. Commissioner
Bell said that this was not practicable.
Distribution of Cost.
The cost of the proposed improve
ment would be borne half and half
by the railroads and the taxpayers
with provision that if street car
tracks are ever run over this high
the cost, N
There were about 20 witnesses, in
cluding J. A. Herman, representing
the Michigan Park Citizens Associa-
tion, who spoke strongly in favor of
the proposed legislation. l.. B. Ernest,
mayor of kensington,. emphasized the
need for elimination of all grade
crossings and stated that four hours
before the recent midnight accident
In which five persons were killed at
the Kensington crossing he had been
In conference with the State Senator
in regard to doing away with that
dangerous crossing.
He explained that Maryland is now
engaged on a program for eliminat-
ing all Of the hundred grade cross
ings at an annual expenditure of
million dollars for 10 years.
Edgar Wallace, representing the
American Federation of Labor, said
that the casualties at grade crossings
exceed all others, including all rail-
road accidents and all mine ac-
cidents.
Railroad View Stated.
Edmund Brady, general counsel
for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
said that the elimination of all gra4e
crossings Is very important legislA'
ton and that the Baltimore and Ohi<
favors such improvement. He pointed
out that already they have coop
Grated in doing away with such
crossings on Benning road, Van
Buren, street, Monroe street and at
Silver Spring, and that they are
about to eliminate the crossing at
Hyattsville.
At present there are no further.
funds available for the Michigan ave
nue. job, he said. In his opinion and
that of the roalroads, the proper i'm
provement in Brookland would be to
widen the grade crossing on Monroe
street, which is only one block away
from the proposed viaduct on Michi-
gan avenue.
Evan II. Tucker, representing the
Northeast Washington Citizens AS
ISOLATION, declared that life and limb
should be considered before any ques-
ton of financial cost and urged the
committee to work for passage of this
legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Town Gives Tramps
Lay-Over and Meals
In Bed il Necessary

BY the Associated Press.
ABERGAVENNY, Monmouth
shire, England, February 11.-This
little town lays claim to having the
most up-to-date and luxurious
quarters for tramps in all the
world. just opened,
There are push buttons, and,
what is more, attendants to an
swer them: spring mattresses in the
beds, hot baths and hot suppers.
If i'll, the tramps may have their
meals brought to their bedside.
But all this luxury is not abso-
lutely free, because after good
nights rest. the guest of night
must milk COW or two, If he can;
feed the pigs and saw and chop so
many sticks of wood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
BOTANIC GARDENS
PLANS NOW READY
Congress Asked to Provide
for New Development Esti-
mated to Cost ST, ,696, 900.

Plans for the development of the
new Botanic Garden south of Mary
land avenue were approved today by
the joint committee on Library to-
gether with a recommendation that
Congress appropriate the funds be-
fore adjournment to make the project
a reality.
Estimates laid before the committee
today by William f.. Parsons, the
Chicago architect who prepared the
plan, showed that 1t will cost approx
imately $S76.000 to build the modern
and attractive conservatory building
contemplated for the square bounded
by Maryland avenue, Is street, First
and Second streets southwest. This
figure is in addition to the $S20, 1000
already authorized by Congress for
the purchase of the two squares ex
tending from Maryland avenue to
Canal street between First and Sec
ond streets. Thus, the total cost of
the new Botanic Garden when com
pleted will be $1,696,O00.
Will Submit Estimates.
David Lynn, architect of the Cap
itol, and Supt. Hess of the Botanic
Garden will submit the estimates to
the Budget Bureau this afternoon
with view to having the appropri-
alton included in the second de-
ficiency bill before Congress adjourns,
if Gen. Lord gives his approval.
The action taken by the committee
today also makes it possible to proceed
without delay in the removal of the
Batholdi fountain. which is blocking
completion of the memorial to Gen.
Meade in the old Botanic Gardens, be-
tween Maryland and Pennsylvania
avenues. This fountain. which is one
of the historic landmarks of the Ma
tional Capital, could not be taken from
it's present place until it's new Ioca-
ton was definitely determined. The
Parsons plan approved today provides
space for this fountain in the south
ern half of the new Botanic Gardens,
between and Canal streets
Mr.. Parsons outlined the cost of de-
veloping the new Botanic Gardens for
the first time today as follows: For the
Continued on Page 8, Column IL
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GARY DENIES REPORT
OF EARLY RESIGNATION
Chairman of q. S. Steel Corpora
tion Board Says Question
Never Raised.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, February Hilbert
Fl. Gary, chairman of the United
States Steel Corporation, announced
today that the question of his reSig-
nation had never been discussed or
considered. setting at rest public ru-
mors that he intended to retire this
year.
Mr.. Gary, in reading a statement
to so newspaper men called to his Of
flee, said that such rumors should not
be given credence unless they were
verified. He explained that decisions
on matters of such impor tance would
rest With his IA associates on the
board. and that the controlling reason
which would actuate them would be
the best interest Of the corporation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
BILL ON SOLDIERS
HOME TO BE DRAWN
House Committee Wants Jurisdic-
tion Transferred to Veterans
Bureau and Board Abolished.

today instructed its chairman. Repre-
sentative johnson of South Dakota,
to introduce bill to authorize trans
fer of jurisdiction of the National
Soldiers Home here to the Veterans
Bureau and abolish the board of
governors of that organization.
The committee tentatively agreed to
approve and report the bill as soon as
introduced and referred back to it.
1t also approved a bill to authorize
appropriation of $11 900, 900 for con-
struction of new hospitals and repairs
to existing buildings. This measure
would provide for retention for three
years of existing contract hospitals.
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SLIDES DESTROY TRACKS.

LIMA, Peru, February II R.-
Rail communication between the
Coast and Central provinces of Peru
has been interrupted by landslides,
which have destroyed more than 20
miles of track on the Central Rail-
way of Peru.
The slides occurred in the Andes
Mountains, at an altitude of more
than 10000 feet above sea level.
The Central Railway of Peru is
reputed to be the worlds highest
railway, climbing to maximum alti-
tude of 1920 feet at Ticla, Peru.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
INFL UENZA EPIDEMIC
SPREADING IN EUROPE
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, February i'll There
were Sl8 deaths from influenza IN
the larger cities of England during
the first week of February. and more
than 400 in Bulgaria, says O. bulletin
issued by the health section of the
League of Nations.
The serious spread of the disease
in Bulgaria is further indicated by
the fact that O total of 100000 cases
were reported during the period COW
cred by the report. Despite the large
number of deaths in England, the
epidemic in London is decreasing.
A marked increase is reported In
Japan, and slight increases In Czecho-
slovakia, Portugal and Eastern
Hungary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-11
Defendants Hold Meeting.

A meeting, however. of many of the
defendants, who own the largest part
of the so-called island, was held yes
terday, and it was decided to employ
counsel These defendants, 1t was
learned, are represented by Fl. Rozier
Dulany and Representative r. Walton
Moore of Virginia, trustees. This
group, which owns about 140 acres, in
Guiding Arlington Beach, the Horse
Show grounds and a commercial fly
ing field have retained as attorneys
to represent them in the Government
proceedings r. S. Barbour of the law
firm of Barbour, Keith, McCandlish
& Garnett of Fairfax, Va, and Wash
ington: former District Attorney Nor
gan H. Beach and II. Rozier Du-
lany, jr.
Among the property owners in
Alexanders Island who have received
notice from the Government are the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto.
mac Railroad, the Southern Oxygen
Co., the American Oil Co.. George E.
Horning and others.
Conferences between counsel repre-
Continued on Page 6, Column A.
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BRITAIN INDORsEs PLAN.
Wants to Avoid Appearance of Com
binatiOn With L. S.

LONDON, February II H0.-The
British. government heartily indorses
the principles of President Coolidge's
naval disarmament proposals. This
was made known at the foreign Office
today.
"The general favorable press COM
ment on the Presidents note voices
both the public and official opinion of
Great Britain" an official told the
Associated Press.
1t was asserted that Great Britain s
support of American efforts toward
disarmament, as enunciated by Lord
Balfour at the Washington confer
ence, would be accorded Mr.. Coolidge's
plan at Geneva.
Experts Vet TO Speak.
British naval experts have yet to be
heard on the technical aspects of the
American plan and it is too soon to
say whether Great Britain is ready
TO alter her present naval building
program or to apply the 5--5-3 ratio
to all classes of naval ornaments. 1t
is emphasized, however, that any i'm.
petus to the cause of disarmament
is acceptable to the British govern
ment, with a definite program to be
worked out at Geneva.
Downing street officials are greatly
interested in the continental comment
on the Coolidge proposals. Although
sections of the continental press are
not enthusiastic, ii is hoped here that
this will not be misinterpreted and
criticized in the United States. One
of the essentials to the success of Mr.
Coolidge's efforts. 1t is believed, is to
n 4.
primarily an Anglo-American or An
glo- Saxon movement which is being
imposed upon the Latin nations.
Proposal "Well Timed
British press comment on the pro
posals, as was indicated by the foreign
office spok esinan, has been favorable.
Continued on Page 5. Column %
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BEACH
SOUGHT FOR PARK
AIexanderS Island and Prop
erty of Horse Show AS
sociation Included.

The Department of Justice has
taken steps to acquire for park pur-
poses large tract Of land kisoEil az
Alexanders island, including Arling-
ton Beach, the National, Capital Horse
show grounds and much other prop
.ar1y fh-the Immediate yicinitE.
Notices .have been sent BY Assist
ant Attorney General Parmenter to
all property owners that they must
shortly defend their titles to the
ground, and the defendants, it was
learned today, have obtained counsel
and are taking steps TO meet the Gov
ernment in what may be either a suit
for condemnation or efforts to pur-
chase the property direct.
The Department Of Justice is acting
upon request of the National Capital
Park Commission, and, according to
the official notice sent out, will pro.
ceed under an act Of Congress which
authorized the acquisition of such
grounds as the Anacostia Flats. How
soon the department may file suit or
take other steps was not divulged to-
day.
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Continued on Page 5. Column 81
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Proposal "Wen Timed. I"

British press comment on the pro-
posals, as was indicated by the foreign
office spok esman, has been favorable.
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