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The Washington times., 1927-05-20
sen. REED NOW
DRY TARGET

Aroused over the reported growth
Of Al Smiths popularity in the
South. and the collapse of the Nc
,Adoo candidacy. the Anti-Saloon
Leagues thigh command" yester.
day. in conference asse m b lie d.
launched a Nationwide campaign
to. thwart the presidential aspira-
lions of all wet candidates and plat
forms in the 1928 race.
Although aimed particularly at
Smith. 1t is understood that Senator
Reed, Of Missouri; Governor Ritchie.
Of Maryland; as well as DR.. Nicho-
las Murray Butler. Republican pos
sibility. are in line for their share
of the wrath.
/ The campaign viii sponsor 100000
dry meetings throughout the land,
after subcommittee appointed in
secret session have dug up records
OF the damp" activities Of the four
aspirants.
Bishon A, ]. Barton, of Nashville.
Tenn. presided at the meeting.
Others in attendance were Wayne
3. Wheeler. dry generalissimo; Ern-
est c. CherrinRton, of Westerville.
Ohio; Bishop Thomas Nicholson, of
indianapolis. Ind; F.. Scott Mcbride,
r. p. Boynton. of Chicago: Andrew
Thomas. of Huntington, w. Va. and
Arthur Briggs of San Francisco.
The Washington times., 1927-05-20
What's Doing Today
and Tomorrow

Today
Meeting~-Society of Natives Wash
ingtOn Club. p. m.
Dance - North Carolina Society
Meridian Mansions. 8 D. m
panca-Cclumhia Heights Community
Center. Wilson Normal gymnasium. $3.50
y. M. 49,,
Band concerts-Army Band Washing
ton Barracks, $50 p. M: Navy Band
Naval Hospital. p. M; Soldiers Home
Band, Soldiers Home, 3 a. IN.
Play--Mrs, Wigs Of the Cabbage
Patch. Mcfarland Junior High School,
p. m.
Bridge party--St Gertrude's School
of Arts Wardman Park Hotel. $3.50
D. m.
Tomorrow
Luncheon-Gold Star Mothers, May
flower Hotel. p. m. r.
Art exhibit--Pa1ntings by Marjorie
Phillips Phillips Memorial Gallery. 2
to s p. M
Ranquet-Women's Eastern Star Club
Treasury Department. Hamilton Hotel
1870 D. M e.
concert--soldiers Home Band. Soldiers
Home. 5:45 p. m,
Dinner - acknowledgement Society.
Hamilton Hotel, 1890 p. III. as
Evening star., 1927-11-21

t~'hhaiuFh II ciii II St dSe.t
toward the sheds, in preparation for
the other work of construction which
is to follow. There is great pressure
on the building program on account
of the dangerously inadequate and
non-tireproof quarters in which the
Government now houses millions of
dollars worth of valuable income tax
papers.
The square directly to the east of
the steam-shovel operations already
has been condemned land is being pur.
chased by the Treasury. Structures
there will be torn down shortly and
way made for more excavation work
there.
Breaking ground for the Depart
ment CT Commerce, which it was
thought also might have taken place
today. has been delayed for "A while
probably 10 days or two weeks. The
Department of Commerce is to be To-
Gated between Il and j., Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets, and the first ex-
caVation. for which the BrenZier com
pany also has the contract. will take
the shape Of the letter a." going
around the District House of Deten
ton
The District government. in addi-
ton to trying TO find a new location
for the Farmers Market. is also faced
with the necessity of finding new
home for the House of Detention.
which is on the Commerce site.
Evening star., 1927-11-21
nth TW0-TH|RDS
.'ULEF|GHT HALTED
ffort to c"ange Convention
Procedure Unlikely, Says
New York Times.
By the A saOciated Press

BN Tue AsSoCfatcu FFeSS.
NEW YORK, November 21.-Thc
New York Times says today it has
learned from an authoritative source
that friends of Gov Smith will make
no effort to change the rule requiring
a two-thirds vote to nominate the can
didate for President at the Democratic
national convention.
The Times. which is friendly to
Smith, says survey of the national
political situation has convinced
friends cf the governor that there is
little likelihood of his opponents get
ting a block OF more than third dry
anti Catholic delegates.
The governors supporters, the ar
tic!e continues, believe that agitation
against the two-thirds rule would pro
woke i'll feeling that might prevent the
governors election. should he be nomi-
mated, and that it would be well. for
the sake of party harmony, to avoid
any conflict over the rule.
Barring a change i'm the situation.
the Times says. the governors friends
here are convinced he will have two
thirds ma lority
After the early ballots, the article
goes on, the governor is expected by
his friends to win considerable support
from Southern States. Enforcement
If the unit rule by direction OF the
state conventions. the article points
ptt. might prevent a number OF Smith
votes being cast by some of the South.
crn delegates.
Because of a desire to show courtesy
TO favorite son and other candidates.
there will be no fight for Smith votes
among the delegates from Missouri
Ohio. MARYLAND. Indiana. Montana and
Nebraska. the article says.
Evening star., 1927-11-21
May Carry Fight TO Floor.

license car owners definitely has not
passed from the State to the insur-
ance cor panies. There was the fur
ther indication that all groups recog-
nize this fact and that this case, like
many others which are shown in the
records Of the board, >ias based mere
1y upon misundersta nding.
In its every phase, compulsory liza
bility insurance is simple thing OF
mighty proportions, Mr.. Monk be-
leves. In itself, a radical departure,
from the normal. it may produce eX-
perience that will revolutionze this
field of insurance by a complete re-
ordering Of the risk classification. 1t
is not beyond the realm of possibility.
he believes. .hat the Individual drivers
record may be the basis of determining
the premium he must pay.
Massachusetts has taken her stand
on a principle that is fair and intelll-
gent" he says, "and out of that en-
perience will come the greatest lessons
in automobile history"
Detailed Improvements, Il slight
change in this or that rating of vari
Gus types of risns may be needed to
make the law perfect he agrees. Only
a minority. representing special inter
ests now can claim the law unsound
or unfair he says, and time will
prove it's lack of wisdom to even this
selfish, short sighted group"
Evening star., 1927-11-21

fContinued from First Pageo
recurring reports have suggested that
Senate sentiment on the slush fund
cases had changed. Many Senators
formerly opposed to seating Ware and
Smith were said to have come around
10 the view that constitutional re
uuirements" demand their admission.
The alleged about-facers were quoted
as feeling that the Pennsylvania ana
the Illinoisan. whose joint primary
expenditures ran into the millions,
should be admitted. investigated by
their peers and then elected if inquiry
justified election.
Democrats Position.
Names of Southern Democratic
Senators were freely used in this con-
nection. They were represented as
having undergone attacks of cold-feet
on the States rights issue. Some of
the Dixie solons were suspected of
having succumbed to the fear that
Senator David Aiken Reed. Republi-
car. of PENNSYLVANIA, who will lead
the fight to seat Ware, might carry
out his threat to open up certain ques-
tions involved in the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments. Senator Will
liam II. King. Democrat. of Utah, has
been recorded in favor of admission
of Ware and Smith. to be followed by
investiga ton and. IL justified. eventual
expulsion.
But the ocratic-Republican.Pro
gressive phalanx. which musters any
where from 55 to 65 votes in the Sen
ate ia now depicted as virtually
solid front against admission OF the
Pennsylvania and the lllinoisan.
There may be a few backsliders-llke
Senator Blease. Democrat of South
Carolina, but an overwhelming major
ity is counted upon to support the
barring resolution.
Fear New Newberry Issue.
When the roll is called. there are
strong indications that many Repub-
licans will be found voting in favor of
keeping Ware and Smith outside the
breastworks till they have been inyes-
gated The G. D. P. is anxious to
dodge another Newberry issue in the
1928 presidential campaign. Repuo'
lican votes to seat Ware and Smith.
party leaders know. would not only
Eaffect the national ticket, but would
Eseriously jeOpardize numerous Repuo-
Ilican Senators up for recollection next
Eyear. Many Senators who voted
against ejecting Newberry IN ~
were themselves thrown out OF once
at ensuing State elections.
downright 1927
Evening star., 1927-11-21
BISHOP GAMBLER OBSERVES
50TH MARRIAGE ANNIVERSARY
Family Backbone of Society,
He Declares on His
Golden Wedding Day.
Methodist Episcopal Church
man and Wife Recall
Early Struggles.
nv the Associated Press,

By the Associated ffess.
ATLANTA, Ga. November I'll
Bishop Warren Akin Gambler, senior
Bishop Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, and Mrs. Gambler were
at home today on the fiftieth anniver-
sary of their marriage.
Bishop Candler's golden wedding day
found the ranking member of his de-
nominations episcopacy firm in his
belief that 1.-The family is the back
bone of society" with a feeling the
modern generation is not sufficiently
conscious of the sanctity of the mar
riage relation.
lie and Mrs Gambler recalled the
earlier days of his service to the
church and related that when their
first child was born the bishop, then
Young minister, was drawing a salary
of $500 year.
The couple were married November
q, 1877, in La Grange. Ga. at the
home of Mrs. J. c. Outright, Mrs.
Gamblers mother.
When Bishop Gambler was % years
old. in 1881, he was appointed pre-
Evening star., 1927-11-21

ngton and followed the route of the
new highway through four counties,
Special ceremonies of welcome were
staged as the procession entered Ar
lington, Fairfax, Prince William and
Fauquier counties.
Halt at Lyon Village.
At Lyon Village the cars halted
in front of a silken ribbon, stretched
across the road. To signify Airing
ton County's welcome. Miss Hazel
Nicroy of Clarendon @Qt the barrier
and State Senator F'raxaA l.. Ball
CATION then proceeded - Falls
Church. Heading the A-eagton
County group were Senator Ball,
Clarence a. Ahalt. president of the
Arlington County Chamber of Com
merce. and Milford Wits. secretary
of the chamber
The party arrived in Falls Church
about 10 O'Clock. Here Fairfax
County held a short welcome cere-
mony and it's citizens joined in the
parade, with NJ. E. Church leading the
contingent.
Alexandria's delegation met the
caravan in Fairfax. This new addi-
ton to the parade was composed of
cars carrying Harry Hammond. r.
c. Goodnow and William A. Moore.
representing the Alexandria Cham
ber of Commerce: l.. +. Roland. ID.
c. Book. Charles c. Carlin, jr., Hugh
Clarkson and +. Clinton Knight Of
the Retail Merchants Bureau and J.
r. Quarles, A. III. Thomas and j. Will
liam May of the civic bureau.
Welcomed at Bridge.
Prince William county staged its
welcome as the procession arrived
at Bull Run Bridge. and here the
cavalcade was augmented by more
automobiles.
Another ribbon ceremony was
staged at Buckland about noon.
Judge Fletcher delivered a short ad-
dress of greeting.
One. of the picturesque and anus
ing features of the parade was a
group of kputtering gasoline bug
gies" of former days. representing
automotive progress of the past two
decades The cars joined the cara.
van few miles ont of Warrenton.
The committee in charge was afraid
to 1t them venture to far from base
Evening star., 1927-11-21
DEDICATION OPENS
LEE HIGHWAY LINK
Parade of Autos Starts Here
and Follows Route to
Warrent0n.
BY staff Correspondent of The Star,

WARRENTON, Va. November 21.
Linking by modern concrete
highway of the National Capital and
Observation-Disclosures capital of the
Corfederacy celebrated mere
this afternoon with ceremonies dedl-
eating the new Lee Highway connec-
ton between the two cities.
A prosperous new era of commerce
and friendship between Washington
and northern Virginia was predicted
by speakers before large crowd Oh
citizens gathered i'll hall near the
courthouse. The speakers included
Representative r. Walton Moore.
State Attorney General John X.
Saunders, Judge Latham Fletcher OF
Warrenton and District Commits
.ioner Sidney r. Taliaferro.
The program here climaXed spec
tacular automobile parade which be-
gan at the zero milestone in Wash
Evening star., 1927-11-21

Several hundred local school chill
dren took part in the parade here.
the route of which traversed a num-
ber of the principal streets. Com
mittees In charge of the celebration
follow:
Washington committee NJ. ].
O'Connell, Thomas f. Frank. f. NJ
Garrett, T. n. Frost and ]. D.
Richards.
Advance cOmmittee-J. Green Car
ter. G. G. Pearson, William II. Gaines.
D.. w. y. Iiodgkin and DIR. j. T..
Thornton
Parade committee-R. A. Mcintyre.
p. 3. Smith. =. G. Richards and
James G.. Amber
Parking committee-W. s. Woolf,
w. ~ Hatcher and r. T. HedGpeth.
Luncheon committee-C. +. Tiff
fany. +. G. Anderson, John Thoma
and Herman f. Ullman.
Evening star., 1927-11-21
SIGHT NEW COMET.

BERLIN, November 21 P).-A new
comet, invisible to the naked eye, sit
uated in the constellation of Pisces
the fishes) and with the brightness of
a star of the thirteenth to fourteenth
magnitude. has been photographed ct
Hamburg University9 by Professors
SchwartZmann and Watch.
The comet appears on the photo
graphic plate as nebulous formation
with distinct nucleus. It's daily move
ment has been very slight. proving
that it is an enormous distan nee from
the earth
Evening star., 1927-11-21
High Tax on Sugar Machinery.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re
public, November u R. Do
minican Congress today voted appro-
val Of a law imposing $50 per cent inn
port duties on the value of sugar
manufacturing machinery. the purpose
of the measure being to prevent new
installations Of machinery on planta-
tions. Machinery parts for use IN
established plantations will be subject
to the former import duties.
Evening star., 1927-11-21
47 JAILED IN RAID.
Communist Literature Seized at
Secret Banquet.

WARSAW, November 81 @.-
Forty-seven persons were arrested
and a quantity of Communist litera-
ture was seized at a secret banquet
at Mlawa yesterday in celebration of
the tenth anniversary of the Soviet
revolution, according to reports re-
ceived here today
Police consider that the arrests will
give a severe check to the increasing
activities of Communists in the
MlaWa section
Evening star., 1927-11-21
LIMIT ON TAX CUT
MAY Be SET TODAY
House Committee Likely to
Consider Treasury Recon-
mendation Minimum.

Determination is expected to be
means committee on the total amount
of the tax cut To be allowed in the new
revenue bill now being drafted.
On the eve of n vote on this pues-
ton. predictions of the amount varied
widely except for an apparent unan-
unity of opinion that the limiting fig
ure of $225 10000 recommended by
the Treasury would be regarded as
the minimum rather than the max
imum amount to be approved.
While Chairman Green has not def
initely expressed his views. other adj
ministration committee members have
said the Treasury proposal would serve
as n governor in agreement upon the
total figure.
Approval May BE Asked.
1t is regarded by them as likely that
an effort first will be made to have
the committee approve the Treasury
recommendation. If this should fail
the next step would be TO hold down
the total as much as possible.
Democrats. under leadership of Rep
resentative Garner of Texas, ranking
minority member. however. will at
tempt TO bOOSt Inc tOtal inquire con-
siderablv above the $225, 900 900 mark.
While the minority has abandoned
hope of obtaining IL 100000 900 tax
cut. a.; originally proposed, Mr.. Garner
today said he would fight for ''rea-
sonable" reduction.
May Garry Fight TO Floor.
II hope we can get into agreement
on the total reduction to he author
ized" he said. 'If. however we fail
to obtain 81 reasonable figure. we shall
be forced to carry our fight to the
House floor"
lie predicted the total reduction
would he 1925 900 900 by the time the
bin reaches President Coolidge.
Upon agreement on the total re-
duction figure, the committee plans to
take up the Treasury recommends
ton for downward revision of surtax
rates on incomes between $4,000 and
500. 600
After that it will turn it's attention
to the tax on corporation incomes
which the Treasury suggested should
be cut from 1879 to II per cent.
Evening star., 1927-11-21
Uniform Cards Used.

In substantiation of this position,
, Mr.. Monk points out that not only is
every fatal or personal injury accident
reported in Massachusetts. but that
they are reported by at least three
persons, on a uniform card. The three
sources from which reports are sub
mltted include the insurance company,
the participants in the accident and
the police, either State or municipal.
The accident report cards leaves moth
ing TO chance. In includes every bit
of data necessary to establish full
picture of every mishap.
On the face of the card. for instance,
these details are set forth:
The city or town in which the ac-
cident occurred and the specific loca
ton; the make and type of car or cars
involved; the age and sex Of the oper-
ator of the vehicle or vehicles in
Tolved; the driving experience Of the
operator or operators: the drivers re-
lationship to the owner of the car;
whether the accident involved a pc
destrian, train, street car. bicycle,
horse-drawn vehicle a truck. another
passenger automobile or a fixed OBJ
iect the age, sex and degree of in
jury of each person figuring in the
accident.
On the reverse side of the card,
under the heading statement Of Con
tributing Conditions" again nothing
is left to chance. Every condition tt5t
might he a factor in ar~ |hsnway
mishap is fully recorded. Under the
-ategory Operating" one finds:
Too fast for conditions: on wrong
side OF road; right of way involved
cutting in or out Of line: skidding or
sliding; slowing or stopping; backing
improper turning: failed TO stop al
through street: car ran away-n'
drivar fai.ed to signal passing stand
ang srreet car; passing on curve o,
hill: passing on wrong side; drove on
roadway: drove through safety zone
car parked or standing st!l.
Conditions Of Vehicle.
Conditions of the vehicle itself tha
might have contributed include;
Defective brakes; stering mechanism
defective: glaring headlights; one ol
both lights out; tail light out or oh
Evening star., 1927-11-21

siding elder of district in the noun.
tains of northern Georgia. A steady
rise in his capabilities and renown
brought him in 1898 to the presidency
of Emory College. and the same yeaf
he was elevated to the bishops rank
at the General Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South in
Baltimore.
Invitations have been extended to
400 friends to attend reception for
the Gamblers at the Biltmore Hotel
tonight
Evening star., 1927-11-21
FEDERAL BUILDING
PROJECT STARTED
WITHOUT CEREMONY

Continued from First Page.)
Evening star., 1927-11-21

aC Wolfe and Mrs. ". II Denham entry
sApprentice allowance claimed
Weather cloudy. track fast.
Evening star., 1927-11-21
SMITH AND WARE
ARE FACING BAN
FROM u. S. SENATE

CONTINUED from First PageD
Evening star., 1927-11-21
BOWIE ENTRIES
aFrank Bastone and VIM. Mcouade entry.

SECOND RACE--purse. 81 300: claiming
Liacns. all ages. | mile and 70 wards.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-29
BYRD is IN
AIR FLYING
over OCEAN
Commander Who M a d e
Trip to North Pole Flying
Again Companions.

NEW YORK, June 29.-Iardly
had Commander Richard Evelyn
Byrd realized his life ambition, a
trip to the North Pole, before he
began preparations for new ex-
ploits in the air.
While the cheers inspired by his
flight over the Pole on May 8.
1926, still were ringing in his ears,
the United States Navy aviator
explorer took under consideration
a proposed trip by air to the
South Pole. Then he decided 20
enter the New York to Paris non
stop contest which had attracted
other birdmen of America and
France.
Byrd first needed the spirit Of
wanderlust when, at the age of
IL, he obtained permission from
his mother to make journey
around the world by himself.
Starting from Richmond, Va, a
city founded by his forefathers,
Byrd went overland to San Fran
cisco where he boarded steame"
for the Philippines. From one
Asiatic port to another he travelled
on coasting vessels then he cross
ed Europe and returned on liner
to New York.
Arctic Excites Interest
Tales of Arctic exploration mex.
excited his interest and he de-
termined when Is years old to
make an effort to discover the
North Pole. Admiral Robert f..
Peary beat him there but Byrd
shares with Peary the honor of
having led an expedition over
the top of the world, and more
over his is the added honor of
having flown an airplane over
the pole for the first time.
"The sporting element appeals
strongly to me but ! am also
deeply interested in proving that
the airplane can do the job" Byrd
wrote in a newspaper before his
Polar flight.
After going through the navy
routine following graduation from
the Naval Academy, Byrd's in
terest in aviation caused him
to transfer to the naval air serv-
ice. With the purpose OF connect
ing himself with an air expedi-
tion in which he expected the
navy to engage he began making
technical study of flights and
instruments for air navigation.
Is Inventor
His inventions revolutionizel
the navigation of aircraft. One
was the so-called bubble sextant''
which enables flyers to obtain
an artificial horizon and to ca,.
Continued on Page Seven.)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-29
WICK ATTACKS
APPROP PRIATIONS
FOR COVE R NOR
Attorney Again Moves to
Enjjoin Payment of Costs
for Governor S Office.

Judge James Wickersham. rep
resenting himself and Eugene
Wacker and d. w Hiskins of
Ketehikan this afternoon filed
suit in the United States District
Court against Walsten G. Smith,
as Territorial Treasurer. asking
for an injunction enjoining the
Treasurer from paying out any
moneys from the appropriations
made by the last Territorial Leg
islatnre providing.
An additional salary to the
Secretary of the Governor, sup
plementing the amount paid by
the Federal Government, amount
ing to S720 per annum or $1.440
for the biennlum; compensation
for ianitor and messenger and
other services for the Governors
house and offices, $500 per an
mum or $1,000 for the biennium;
travelling and contingent expenses
of the Governor, $4,000 for the
biennlum; entertainment at the
Executive Mansion of officers and
representatives of the States of
the Union or foreign countries,
$4,000 for the biennium; repairs
and improvements at the Execu-
tive Mansion. $3.50.
The total amount involved in
the suit is $3.50.
These items were included
among other items in a suit that
was brought by Judge Wicker
sham against the Territorial
Treasurer May 6 and which was
recently dismissed on motion of
Judge Wickersham.
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Byrd estimated that his plane
would fly possibly so hours with
a radius of more than 1000 miles.
One huge tank, suspended from
the wing beam instead of being
built in the fuselage, holds 500
gallons.
One motor is placed in the nose
of the fuselage, with the other
two suspended ON each side Of
the wing.
The plane has a dump valve
attached to the main tanks and
in case of forced landing the
heavy cargo of gasoline can be
emptied in a few minutes.
Two rubber fabric boats are car
ried with compressed air genera
tors, hand pumps, signal devices
and food in a compartment in tho
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-06-29

rear of the plane, this being the
last part of the craft likely to be
submerged in case of disaster
Fishing poles, lines and bait arc
also carried.
1t is estimated that the rubber
boats will remain afloat 30 days
and in their water-tight pockets
are enough focd to last Byrd and
his two aides that period
The America will be identifi ID
in the air without difficulty In
addition to the distinguishing mark
of the three motors, its name
is painted in large red, white
and blue letters and gigantic
star has a monogram, ATC. in the
center, these initials standing for
the owning company. the America
Trans-Ooeanic Company.