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Evening star., 1927-05-05
BRITISH DEBT NOTE
BRINGS CURT REPLY;
MEANT FOR EUROPE
Washington Officials See No
Attempt 10 Reopen Fund
ing ParIeyS.
MAIN POINT OF DISPUTE
is BASED ON ERROR
Mellon, in Statement, Says Typo
/ graphical Mistake Was Obvious
and Corrected.
kellogg's Reply Holds
Letter by Mellon Was
Domestic Discussion

BY the Associated Press.
The text of the American re-
pIy to the British note of war
debts, addressed by Secretary
Kellogg to Sir Esme Howard.
the British Ambassador, follows:
"Excellency:
al have the honor to aclNnOwl-
edge the receipt of Mr.. Chilton's
note of May 2, in which he com
municated to the Government
of the United States the COM
nents of the British govern
ment OH certain statements con-
tanned I'm letter dated March
Is, 1927. from MIR. Mellon, the
Secretary of the Treasury of the
United States, to Mr.. Hibben,
the president of Princeton Uni
Versify.
"The Government of the
United States regards the cor
respondence between Mr.. Mellon
and MIR. Hibben as a purely
domestic discussion and does
not desire to engage in any
formal diplomatic exchanges
upon the subject.
accept, ExcelIency. the re-
newed assurances of my high
est appreciation"
Evening star., 1927-05-05
THREE FIREMEN HURT
AS APARTMENT BURNS
Five Tenants Partially Overcome in
Three Alarm Blaze in Ia
koma Park.

Three firemen were injured and five
tenants in Thornton Courts. 411
Cedar street. Takoma Park, were par
TALLY overcome by smoke when the
apartment house was damaged by a
three-alarm fire shortly after l o'clock
this afternoon.
The injured firemen are:
Lieut.. G. w. Rice, No. II truck
overcome by smoke.
Pvt. l.. w. Sitton, NO. 6 truck, cut
on hand.
e. A. Eslin Of the Silver Spring
department, cut on leg.
Several women, who became hys-
terical when the flames spread from
the basement of the center wing to
the two other wings of the building
were rescued by firemen. Several of
them were in doctors office on the
first floor. They were given first aid
treatment by Takoma Park ply
sicianS.
Street cars were tied up for more
than two hours as a result of the fire
while apparatus and residents of Ia
koma Park filled more than a six
block area.
Among the tenants who were
slightly overcome by smoke was Mrs.
Samuel Cunningham and her daugh-
ter, Catherine, who were treated by
DR.. a. b. Little.
A number of the tenants. includ-
ing some children, were taken from
rear porches of the apartment by
firemen. An Emergency Hospital
was on the scene and rem
dered first-aid treatment. One of
the tenants. Mrs. +. III. Thomas, had
just returned fro mthe hospital with
a 3-week- old baby.
1t was reported that the fire start
ed in the basement through fumes
from the FURNACE. The building was
covered by insurance.
Neighboring q Takoma families
promptly took In the women and chill
1ren fl N the burned-out apartments,
Mhict ere rendered uninhabitable.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
Talk Between Men in Plane and Office
Here Heard by Thousands All Over Nation

A conversation between person in
an airplane high in the air and an.
other person seated in his office in
Washington was broadcast this after
noon by Station WRC of the Radio
Corporation Of America.
Both ends of a conversation be-
tween DIR. George X. Burgess, director
of the Bureau Of Standards, from his
office in Washington, and w. B.
Stout, head of the aircraft division
of the Ford Motor Co., in one of that
company's airplanes, which was at
that moment at some point north of
Washington, was heard by thousands
of persons all over the country.
Dr. Burgess voice was heard over
the radio Immediately. He greeted
Mr.. Stout. and asked him to reply.
Mr.. Stout said:
Hello. DR.. BurgeA We are far
above you. few miles north of Wash.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
MINE RESCUERS FACE
DANGER OF EXPLOSION
Undaunted, However, in Efforts to
Reach 65 Still Intombed
20 Known Dead.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARAMOUNT, w. Va. May s.
Undaunted by the ever-increasing dam
ger of a second explosion, rescuers
today worked feverishly in an effort
to reach 65 miners intombed by an
explosion i'll the Everetville mine for
nearly five days. The known dead
stood at 20.
Air tests made 1880 feet in the
mine today showed the workings filled
with 4412 per cent Of menthane gas.
Rescue experts said per cent would
cause a spontaneous explosion. Res
cuers were working 600 to 500 feet
beyond the danger point.
During the night two helmet men
were overcome by the deadly gas.
Doctors warned against their working
in the mine for several days. so badly
were they affected.
r. M. Lambie, chief of the West
Virginia Department of Mines, said he
expected to have the fire, sweeping
a section of the mine, sealed in by
tomorrow morning.
Because Of the gaseous condition
of the mine, rescuers found it neces-
sary to construct air locks as they
advanced toward the section where
the imprisoned miners were believed
to have been working when the ex-
plosion occurred.
Evening star., 1927-05-05

ington. and our plane is travelling at
100 miles an hour. | am sitting in an
enclosed cabin and talking to you in
normal tone of voice. This cabin is
almost soundproof and you, therefore,
do not hear the hum of the motor"
The conversation continued for 10
minutes, Mr.. Stout telling DR.. Burgess
that he could see the chimney tops
around Washington, and also many
radio aerials. lie said the weather
was fine for flying, and that he was
just as comfortable as he presumed
Dr. Burgess to be in his office. Every
word between DIR. Burgess and Mr.
Stout could be heard clearly and dis
tinctly.
The broadcasting was arranged
through the cooperation Of the Bu-
reau of Standards, the War Depart.
ment, the Ford Motor Go. and Station
WRC and the American Telephone g.
Telegraph Co, -.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
KONDOURIOTIS TO REMAIN.
President of Greece Withdraws
Resignation From Office.

ATHENS, Greece, May 5 P.--
President kondouriotis, convinced that
the Chamber of Deputies intends to
complete revision of a constitutional
charter without delay. officially with
drew his resignation as President to-
day lie agreed to remain i'll office un.
til September, at least.
CWhen Admiral Kondouriotis pre-
scented his resignation on April IS, he
agreed to carry on Professionally when
requested to do so by Premier Kondy-
lis The resignation was attributed to
the state of his health, but it was COM
mented that the President was dis
couraged over the delay of the coali-
ton cabinet in settling vital questions,
and also over the fact that Parliament
failed to complete a revision Of q con-
Stitutional charter)
Evening star., 1927-05-05
ASK D. c. DETECTIVE
IN BAKER MURDER
Fredericksburg, Va, Officials
Seek Aid in Solving Mystery
of Boys Staying.
BY DAN RING,
staff Correspondent of The Star.

FREDERICKSBUR0 Va, May s.
While the multifarious lines of investi-
cation into the mysterious murder Of
9-year-old Albert Baker, whose body
was found Monday tied up in sack in
the Rappahannock River. were grad
ually converging today to a point
forcing Fredericksburg to appeal for
immediate and expert archaeological
advice, this town today decided to
request Washington to lend a detec.
tive to handle the emergency. Mayor
j. Garnett King has asked Inspector
Henry f. Pratt, chief of detectives at
Washington, for one of his best men.
The case this morning had reached
a stage demanding speedy action un-
der the guidance Of an expert in crime
solution. Mayor King said.
Additional information has been OBJ
tanned by investigators following up
the three principal clues in the case.
1t was found that the two rocks,
round and smooth, used to weight
down the sack which shrouded the
body of Albert Baker, were high
ground rocks, such as could not be
found within a considerable distance
of the river. This was taken as an in
dication that the crime had been
planned and executed carefully at a
distance from the spot where the body
finally was given to the river by the
murderer.
Tracing Burlap Container.
The sack, it was ascertained def
nitely, was a burlap wrapping for
dressed meat, probably having
been used for a quarter of beef origi-
nally. Inspection numbers were
found on this sack. Already the num-
bers found have been communicated
to the Department of Agriculture in
an effort to trace the burlap container
to the packing house from which it
came and thus ultimately run down
it's course to the dealer in this vicinity
who probably later had it.
While these two angles alone had
narrowed the field of investigation,
the drying-out process employed in an
endeavor to restore the water soaked
clothes of Albert Baker as nearly as
possible to normal had approached the
point at which blood stain, if present
could be detected. No blood stains
were found on the burlap, It was re-
ported. Another set of figures, in adj
dition to those already found, IS on
the burlap. They are in a portion
of the material not yet fully restored
to normal and are a bit blurred and
not completely decipherable.
Officials Hold Conference.
The decision to call upon Washing
ton detectives for assistance had it's
source at a general conference last
night attended by Mayor King, Chief
of Police Perry, Commonwealth At
torOey w r Il Cole and otbaY off.
Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
ECUADOR ADOPTS
AMERICAN SYSTEM
Banda Tells Pan-American
Conference About Financial
Reforms in Republic.

How American financial experts
under the kammerer commission
have rehabilitated the tottering eco
nomic structure of the little republic
of Ecuador, paving the way for a
return to the gold standard and other
fiscal reforms, was told to the third
Pan-American Commercial Conference
today by Francisco Banda, delegate
from the Chamber of Commerce of
Quito, Ecuador.
Formal sessions of the conference
will close late today with the adoption
of resolutions looking to adjustment
of commercial differences between the
q republics and other reforms sought
in furthering more cooperative
Pan-American policy.
1.-The government and the people
are heart and soul with the economic
and fiscal reforms proposed by the
Kammerer commission. and are going
to see them through at any cost, :"
said Mr. Banda. Hard, very hard, is
the undertaking, but it cannot be i'm
possible because after all and in spite
of all our people are fortunately en-
dowed with elements of self-support,
which. if wisely directed, will be found
enough to effect the deliverance of the
republic"
Evening star., 1927-05-05
7O-CENT TAX COSTS $40.
Man in Jail-City Cannot Get Him
Out.

WASHINGTON, Pa. May s R).~-
Charles Ford of Monongahela City has
been in Washington County Jail here
for five months because he can't pay
a 70-cent city tax. His sentence has
cost the city almost $40 so far.
Ford, destitute, has no means to
pay the tax. He refuses to ask county
courts for discharge for insolvency.
That action, following habeas corpus
proceedings, is the only way for him
to get out, other than payment of the
tax, courts ruled.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
Sc NAVY PLANES AID RELIEF.
Flyers Face Constant Hazards i'm
Flights Over Floods.

BATON ROUGE, La, May (P).--
Unusual hazards for naval aviators
are presented in the flood district as
they go daily about their work of OBJ.
servation, rescue and succor.
Thirty-siX boats of the air" are in
the flooded area, and the birdmen aV-
erage from five to eight and nine
hours a day in the air. coursing over
racing streams, inundated marsh or
high lands and frequently over land
Continued on Page 5, Column ~
Evening star., 1927-05-05

ment circles TO be Secretary MELONS,
MISREPRESENTATION.
These, if is asserted. were creating
grave situation on the continent and
could only be Counteracted by full
statement of the British viewpoint i'll
a formal note to the American Gov
ernment The note, now delivered. 1t
is believed, cannot escape the atten-
ton Of Great Britain's continental
debtors.
1T is pointed out that the fact that
the British government took no aC-
tion regarding the Mellon-IIibben let
ter until now Ghc letter was given
out on March 16) is evidence of Great
Britain's desire not to be precipitate.
The British government, it is asserted,
had a clear opportunity to expose
Mr.. MELONS, mistakes" weeks ago,
but the controversy was then regard
ed as a purely domestic American
affair.
Melons Answer Studied.
When however, it became evident
that the Secretary's letter had created
widespread opinion in Europe that
Great Britain was not living up to
the principles of the Balfour note, on
which the British war debts policy is
based, there was no choice but for
Downing Street to dispatch a note to
Washington.
Hord Balfour laid down the policy
that in no case would Great Britain
Continued on Page II, Column 81
Evening star., 1927-05-05
BRINGS S1,775.
Printed by Franklin While AM
bassador to France.

NEW YORK, May 5 LP).--A per.
sonal passport printed by Benjamin
Franklin at Passy, while he was
American Ambassador to France, has
been sold for $1,775.
The passport, one of the five known
to be in existence, was printed from
Frankln's private press in 1880 and
was originally issued to Elkanah Wat
1t was part ol the Watson collection
of autographs, End was sold yesterday
at the Ander@dn Galleries to the Ro.
senbach CO.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
Volcanic Eruption
Forms New Island
In Caspian Sea
By the Associated Press.

MOSCOW, May 5.-News of a
volcanic eruption in the Caspian
Sea near Cape kourinsl Monday
night reached here today. The dis
turbance lasted Is minutes and re-
suited in the formation of an island
of considerable size, from which a
jet of flame shot to a great height.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
Sympathize With Policy.

Delegates from Ecuador attending
the conference are heartily in SYM
pathy with the policy enunciated by
Secretary of Commerce Hoover in his
address to the Pan-American Con-
ference to the effect that there should
be no further loans between. nations ex-
cept for productive purposes. Under
the reforms proposed by the Kam-
merer Commission for rehabilitation
of the country and reconstruction of
public works, Ecuadoreans feel that
the financial policy of their govern
ment meets entirely with the approval
of the United States.
Mr.. Banda went to Ecuador from
Washington with the Kammerer Com
mission. upon his graduation from
the School of Foreign Service of
of Georgetown University and took an
important part in working out the
plan of fiscal reforms, fashioned after
the American system, which has re-
vived the commercial energies of the
little republic. He is at present the
commercial attache of the legation of
Ecuador in Washington and was dele
gated to present to the Pan-American
Conference the plan of this new eX-
pertinent in governmental financing
for the benefit of American business
men
Evening star., 1927-05-05
New Systems Established.

New institutions have been estab-
lished to take the place of obsolete
and Inadequate systems of collections
of duties and taxes, he explained. and
substitutes have been provided for the
obsolete system of government inspec-
ton and control of banks and of pub
lie institutions handling funds of the
nation.
Qualified Americans have been
made heads of these new fiscal insu-
tutions." he said, 1.-The establishment
of which was recommended by the
kammerer commission. Thus we have
at present in Ecuador four Americans
contracted for the period of three years
in the positions of controller general
Of accounts, general administrator of
customs, superintendent of banks and
advisor to the Central Bank of Ecua-
dor. and fifth, who went with the
commission, and will remain six
months more, as consulting engineer
to the Guayaquil & Quito Raiyway, the
principal railroad in the country.
THE establishment and maintenance
of the countrys foreign credit is the
aim of the administration. and to this
end it has the firm decision to make
satisfactory arrangements with its
foreign creditors and raise
money for the payment in cash OF the
present holders of Ecuadorean bonds.
Would Obtain Capital.
with the probable adjustment of
the existing internal debts; with the
establishment of the Central Bank of
Ecuador. the return to the gold
standard. balancing of the budget,
the ablishment of the Government
finances on a sound basis. with Il
more scientific administration and
collection of customs duties. reor-
sanization of the Government monop-
olies and of the municipal finances, a |
country like Ecuador of rich and COM
paratively undeveloped natural re-
sources would be in q position to
obtain considerable capital from |
abroad for the development of it's |
resources and construction of it's |
public works."
Under the kammerer plan, Mr.. |
Banda said. the exchange has been |
stabilized at five sucres to the dol
lar, which will make possible the |
change to a legal gold standard with
no disturbance to the economic life |
of the country. which is fairly ad-
Continued on Page 4, Column %
Evening star., 1927-05-05
Report FavOrlng National
Policy of Protection Violent
Iy Denounced on Floor.
DEMAND FOR DEFINITE
EXPRESSION DEFEATED
President Called on to Enlist Best
Engineering Talent to Study
Flood Control.

The farm relief question disrupted
previous harmony of the fifteenth an
nual meeting of the Chamber Of Com
merce of the United States for
while this afternoon, when the reso-
luton committees report on the asri-
cultural problem was presented and
violently denounced on the floor.
Demanding a resolution putting the
chamber on record as in favor of
national policy of agricultural protec.
tion, G. w. EWings of Decatur, ILL.,.
attacked the resolution committee
report as inconclusive and urged
definite expression of policy on the
part of the chamber. The report of
the committee, which was finally
adopted postponed any definite state
ment of policy pending receipt of n
report from it's commission on agri-
culture, which has been studying the
problem and which is expected to
reach its conclusions within GO days.
Mr.. Ewing offered in it's place a
resolution which would commit the
chamber to a policy of agricultural
protection commensurate with the pro-
lection received by labor. He declared
that the time has come when the chief
business organizations of the country
must take a decided stand for farm
relief
Evening star., 1927-05-05

~. S. Weather Bureau Forecast)
Fair and slightly warmer tonight;
tomorrow increasing cloudiness, fol-
lowed by showers.
perature-Ilighest, sc, at HAS
pm, yesterday; lowest, SO. at s am.
today. Full report on page g.
Evening star., 1927-05-05
Officials Hold Conference.

The decision to call upon Washing
ton detectives for assistance had its
source at a general conference last
night attended by Mayor King, Chief
of Police Perry, Commonwealth At.
torney w. b. +. Cole and other off
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
WALKER ESSAYS
ANOTHER TITLE
IN BOUT TODAY
Middleweight Champion Hopes
to Polish Off Paul Ber-
lenbach

Chicago, Nov. 25.-tN-Two
knockout artists whose mitts have
proved their sleep-producing quali-
ties, tangle at the Coliseum tonight
for 10 rounds-or less-with Mickey
Wilker, middleweight champion.
trying to climb up to the light
heavyweight throne over the pros
trate form Of Paul Berlenbach. the
Astoria assassin Of other days.
Once before this month, Walker
polished off q prominent light
heavyweight, the venerable Mike
McTigue, in less than one round.
Berlenbach is just rs devastating
with his body punches os Walker
has been with his shots at the Jaw.
It will be Berlenbach's first an.
pearance in Chicago, where Walker
has grown to be q favorite, but even
so, the betting odds are about even
on the result.
The middleweight champion will
be giving away q few pounds To
Berlenbach, but Walkers 16O-pound
title will not be risked as both will
make around ITO pounds.
In the semi-windup, My Sullivan.
st. Paul relative and protege of
Mike and Tom Gibbons, encounters
the best welterweight he has been
matched with In his brief but bril-
liant ring career. Tommy Freeman
Of Cleveland, ranking among the
tophotchers Of the 147.pounders, is
the obstacle in Sullivan's path to-
ward the leadership of that division.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
SANITY CITY
MAN KNOCKED
OUT IN SIXTH
Ralph McGirl Scores Sensa-
ti0nal Knockout in Sec.
Ond Round
REFEREE GETS TRIMMING
Three Ia me Welterweight
Matches Afford Smuggling
Entertainment

Whipping over a left to the chin
followed by another devastating
left to the heart, Jimmie Duqan.
fast-stepping Bismarck middle
weight, knocked out Red Fryler, St.
Paul, in the sixth round Of their
1O-round bout on the Turkey dav
card at Elgin, N. D., Thursday
night.
It was Dugan's fight all the way.
Twice in the fourth round, Jimmie
sent Frylcr to the resin for counts
of 2 and 6. And in the fatal sixth.
the Capital City puncher preceded
his paralyzing blow to the midriff
with right that stretched Fryler
for the count Of eight.
Dugan entered the ring weighing
1856 while Fryler tipped the beam
at 168 1-2.
In another sensational bout on
the double windup bill, Ralph Nc
Girl, Elgin battler, landed a heart
punch in the second round that left
jake German motionless for fully
five minutes. McGifl weighed 156
while German parted the ropes
carrying 168 pounds.
Is Spectacular Fight
The Dugan-Fryler melee was
easily the most spectacular duel of
the card, both boys wading into
each other with the sound Of the
gong, with Jimmie having the bet
ter Of the battle in the medium of
his left that continually caught
Fryler on the chin or in the ribs.
Following the two knockdowns in
the fourth, Frylerl came back vi
ciously in the fifth with rally that
had the spectators bowling. Stand
ing toe to toe, both boys snapped
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
Sammy Mandell Wins
by Outp0inting Ruth
in Ten.rOund Set-tO

Philadelphia, Nov. 25.-R1--
Sammy Mandell, Chicago, light
weight champion of the world, out
pointed Babe Ruth. Philadelphia, at
the Armory A. c., Wednesday night
to gain the unanimous decision Of
tn the judges at the end of a slash
ing 10 round battles The title was
not at stake, both men being above
the lightweight limit. Mandell
weighed 1876 pounds; Ruth 1877.
The Philadelphia put up game
fight, but was no match for the
champion. The first six rounds
were fast and furious, with the Chi
cagoan doing most Of the leading.
In the seventh Ruth appeared to
tire and Mandell landed several
stiff punches, but was unable to
floor his opponent.
A wild swing by Ruth in the
eighth round opened a cut over the
champions eye. Blood flowed free
~ from the wound, but it failed to
take any Of the sting from Man.
dell's savage right and left jabs.
Mandell went after Ruth in the 10th
round, apparently bent on knock
out but the local boxer managed to
ward off most of his hard blows.
Al Gordon, Philadelphia, won the
judges decision from Eddie Reid,
New York negro, in the 10 round
scmiwindup.
Frank Sacco, Philadelphia, de-
feated Red Grange, Vineland, N. j.,
in a six round bout.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-11-25
W|hereI
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Bv MorrissAckerman

You might little expect it, yet
Florida offers the largest and most
numerous squirrel family in the
United States.
They are larger there than the
big fox squirrel Of Ohio, Michigan
and Pennsylvania. They vary in
color from black to white, often
with tinges of gray, brown and
orange.
The Florida squirrel is the only
game. either animal or bird, that
| know Of whose counterpart is not
Of greater size in colder climates.
The Florida deer, bear, quail, rab.
bit and wild turkey are all small
er than in the north.
The pesky red squirrel is all over
the land. Blacks are very numer-
Gus in Ontario. Gray and fox
squirrels in the east and middle
west arc holding out well.
When Mississippi A. and M. beat
Alabama Poly a few days ago, it
was the first victory for the Aggies
over Auburn in football.