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culties in the District welfare situ-
alton were first being probed, 1t Is
known that a plan has been developed
which will authorize the investigators
from the cooperating services to look
into every corner of the District, both
publicly and privately organized.
Mr.. Brown declined to say whether
the matter of a community cnest,
which has been widely adopted
throughout the country. but Is not
used in Washington, would be IN
volved in the study and the recon-
mendations.
The Bureau of Efficiency survey re-
ceiyed wholehearted Endorsement be-
fore the American Child Health Or
ganization now holding it's fourth an
nual meeting, at the Willard Hotel.
Van Ingen Approves.
DR.. Phillip Van Ingen, clinical pro-
fessor of the diseases of children, CO.
lumbia University, who Is secretary
of the association. brought the matter
before the meeting in discussion OF
child health.
1--WE have failed to grasp the obvious
facts that coordination and co-opera-
ton were essential to success" sald
DR.. Van Ingen, land that the road TO
child health was long and had many
turnings. Today we are beginning to
realize the advantage. of stock taking
of balancing our books. We welcome
disinterested evaluations of our work.
Twenty years ago we felt we must be
right because we thought so. Ine
CITY of Washington is to be congrat-
ulated that there is to be social sur
vey of it's many health and welfare ac-
tivities. The Capital of our country
ought to know whether 1t is doing the
best that can be done"
Although list of the welfare or
ganizations to be surveyed by the
Bureau of Efficiency has not as vet
been disclosed, it is known that among
the outstanding and largest OF the
groups which will first get attention
will be the Juvenile Court, the Board
of Children's Guardians, the Board
of Public Welfare and others.
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HUNDREDS ARE HOMELESS.
Torrential Rains Add to Losses i'm
Five States.

KANSAS CITY, May 10 (P).-Hun-
dreds We're homeless in five States
visited by series of freak storms that
started Saturday and reached a climax
yesterday, when large areas over the
astated in Arkansas. Missouri, Texas
and Illinois. Torrential rains over the
week end added to property losses es-
timated at millions of dollars.
Arkansas towns reported 20 dead
and more than 800 injured in the wake
of tornadoes that swept from the
southern section of the State to the
northeast counties. Lawrence County
was hardest hit. At least 2S perished
there and approximately 200 were in
jured. Eighteen were dead and 10 un-
accounted for at Strong and Norphlet,
in Union County. while eight were
killed in Cleveland County.
Seventy-three persons We're known
to have been killed in dozen Missouri
communities. Sixty died in tornado
that razed the business section of Pop
lar Bluff, in southeast Missouri. Re-
lief workers had placed AZ bodies in
morgues, while 12 bodies were taken
to homes in the damaged residential
district.
Three Die i'm st. Louis.
Ten deaths resulted from tornadoes
in central Missouri. Seven were killed
in Galloway County in the vicinity Of
Aux Vase, New Bloomfield. Guthrie
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Freed of Charge of Causing Child's Death,
Autoist Held for Assault on Lads Father

rendered an offer to the father to pay
funeral expenses.
The allegation is that upon the re-
fusal Of the father to accept the ex-
penses, an alteration ensued in which
Spinks struck Jackson, and then went
out in the alley for a brick. return
ing. and threatening to clay out the
father beside the son."
Neighbors quieted the man. police
were told, and Sergt. Roper and Poole
went to Spinks' home on First street.
where they arrested him.
The little colored boy was knocked
down by Spinks' automobile in Reeves
court near his home Friday and died
In F'reedmen's Hospital shortly after
ward from injuries. The coroner 9
jury found the death an accident and
exonerated Spinks fren1 blame.
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ENVOY
MAY Join CABINET
Toxic Papers Say Matsu-
daira Virtually Decided on
as Foreign Minister.
BY the Associated Press.

by tUe ASSOCldlEQ 1TeSS.
TOXIC, May 10.--The vernacular
newspapers printed reports today that
Premier Tanaka had virtually decided
on the appointment of Tsuneo Matsu-
daira, Ambassador to the United
States. as foreign minister, owing to
desire to make American and Jap
anese relations the basis for future
diplomatic policies. The newspapers
had reports also that Katsuji Debuchi,
charge d'affaires at Washington, may
succeed Ambassador Matsudaira.
When Baron Tanaka was forming
his cabinet last month it was fore
cast that Ambassador Matsudaira
would be offered the post of foreign
minister, but the premier assumed
the duties of the portfolio.
Admiral Keisuke Okada, minister of
the navy. conferred today with the
finance department concerning the
difficulties Of the Kawasaki Dockyard
CO., because. it is declared, possible
suspension Of that company might in
terfere with the construction of two
cruisers and five submarines, now
under way. AS no solution of the
difficulty was reached, the navy de-
partment is understood to be worried.
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STORMY ATLANTIC
COMBED FOR TRACE =.
OF MISSING FLYERS

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the North Pole in the dirigible Norge,
said the apparent failure of the flight
should not discourage aviation" In
every effort" he said, "some good is
achieved"
Lieut.. Walter Hinton, who as pilot
in the Navy seaplane NC4 in the
first transatlantic flight in 1879 flew
over icebergs for hours, expressed be-
lief that the French aviators are safe
some place between Boston and New
Foundland and would soon be heard
from.
Reports Of new plans for the expe-
dition of Comdr. Richard Z. Byrd in
the biplane America were circulated
with the rumor that Bert Acosta,
Chamberlain companion in record
breaking duration flight. had been
succeeded as companion pilot to Byrd.
Lloyd Bennett. who accompanied
Byrd over the North Pole, is disabled
through injuries suffered in a recent
test flight.
Lieut.. George o. Neville. also a
member Of the Byrd transatlantic ex-
cursion, denied that Byrd planned
TO start Saturday.
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After being exonerated by a coro-
ner's jury yesterday afternoon for the
death of Joseph Jackson. jr., colored,
years old, killed Friday in an auto
mobile accident, George e. Spinks,
colored, 1341 First street, driver of
the automobile, was arrested last
night on charges of assault upon Jo-
seph Jackson, colored, father of the
boy, at the latter's home, 125 Reeves
court, and for threats against Jack
son.
According to the complaint filed
with Sergt. J. M. Roper and Police
man Charles d. Poole of the second
precinct, Spinks came to the jackson
home last night, where the body Of the
boy was awaiting funeral services, and
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MAN ASPHyX|ATED
Eat PUMPING PLANT
Robert Montgomery Found
Dead at Bryant Street Sta
tion-HeId Accident.

Found with pliers in hand and evi
iience of having made a dogged strug
gle to open the locked door of gas
filled room in the Bryant street water
pumping station. Robert Montgomery
chief of the meter division of the
Water Department of the District gov
ernment, residing at 524 Decatur
street, was found dead today. Cor
oner Ramsay hewitt pronounced
Death due TO accident.
Indications sNvere that some pipsng
stacked in the corner of the room had
fallen and Strapped a gas line running
TO his workbench and that Mr. Mont
gomere had been overcome While at
tempting to trace the leak.
Z The accident is believed TO have oc-
CURED yesterday afternoon MI.
MONTGOMERY last was seen when he
went 10 his Office at 80 o'clock TO do
some work on an invention he was
perfecting, and at 4 O'Clock, when a
friend stopped. by. no answer was re-
ceived tto repeated knocking at the
door.
Investigators Find Body.
When it was found that Mr.. Mont
gomery had not returned home DUR
ing the night. an investigation re-
suited in the finding of the body by
Charles Quigley, an employe at the
pumping station.
The door of the room in which he
had been working had been equipped
with a spring lock and a closing de-
vice so that the door always was shut
n1leSs an obstacle was placed in front
of if. Coroner hewitt, after viewing
the body and noticing that dirt from
the floor covered the clothing or the
dead A1an on the side opposite to that
on which he was lying when found,
decided Mat he had been overcome by
unsuspected leakage of gas While
working and had struggled toward the
door in an unsuccessful effort to save
his life.
Pumps Cause Vibration.
Employees at the pumping station
pointed to the tremendous vibration
Iset up in the building from the opera
tion of the big pumps, and 1t was be.
1ieved that such vibration had caused
the piping TO fall across the gas line.
The gas is used for soldering and
other purposes in the repair and re-
placement of water meters, Of which
Montgomery had full control.
Mr.. Montgomery is survived by a
son, Wilbur B. Montgomery; his
mother, Mrs. G. w. Montgomery;
brother, Wilbur II. Montgomery. and
sister, Mrs. T. D. McCarty, all of this
city.
Funeral arrangements have not.
been completed.
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PINED0 IS FOG-BOUND;
WEATHER STALLS PLANS
Hopes for Safety Of French Flyers
and Pays High Tribute
to Nungesser.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 10.--Francesco
de Pinedo, Italian aviator, was fog
bound today and could not say when
he would resume the Boston-to-Phila-
delphia hop of his four-continent
fight. He will wait for clearing Of
the fog, which twice forced his Santa
Maria III to land yesterday. The plane
came down the second time on the
East River last night.
Col. Pinedo said his information was
that the fog was not expected to lift
today. and he could make no plans
in the face of the prevailing weather
conditions.
The Italian aviator expressed fer
vent hope for the safety of the French
flyers Nungesser and Coli. Under
normal conditions. he said, he was
convinced that Nungesser, whom he
termed one Of the ablest and bravest
aviators in the world, would have
reached his objective.
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|
sembled epilepsy and that she had
suffered three similar attacks since
her confinement to the Jail seven
weeks ago. He expressed the opinion
that her condition might require her
removal to the hospital, which would
necessitate postponement of imposi-
ton of the death sentence.
Gray maintained the stoical calm
he acquired after he told on the wit
ness stand the entire story of the
murder.
Apparently the dapper little sales
man had expected the verdict of first
degree which carries the mandatory
slf to his fate.
Jury Out II Minutes.
The jury was out an hour and II
minutes. The speed of the verdict
surprised the lawyers.
1--WE find Mrs. Ruth Snyder and
Henry Judd Gray guilty of murder in
the first degree" said the foreman.
Mrs. Snyder moved only as much
as might have been caused by a
twitching nerve or sharply indrawn
breath; Gray did not bulge.
Mrs. Snyder walked firmly from the
room with the prison matron, who at
tends her, trailing on behind, and
Gray followed, his eyes set straight
ahead.
Mrs. Snyder. if the death penalty is
carried out, will be the eighth woman
to be executed in New York State
for murder. Four were put to death
for killing their husbands. No woman
has been executed in the State since
1909.
All Married Men.
The jury consisted entirely of mar.
ried men, IL of them being fathers.
The verdict came seven weeks and
day after Albert Snyder, art editor
Of the magazine Motor Boating, was
found dead in his bed, his head beat
| en-, his throat bound with strangllng
| wire and with chloroformed pads in
his mouth and nose.
In the next two days both Mrs.
| Snyder and Gray were arrested, ana
confessed, admitting that their f1rst
story of Snyder having been killed
during a burglary was false.
| Mrs. Snyder later repudiated her
confession, and swore on the stand
that she had never planned to kill
her husband, and had tried in every
way she knew to prevent her ad'
mitted lover, Gray, from committing
the murder.
$4,000 Insurance Sought.
Gray stood by his confession, which
laid the blame for conception of the
plan on Mrs. Snyder, but which
acknowledged that he, under her
direction, struck the first blow, be
cause of her magnetic" influence.
The State charged that the two
planned and executed the murder to-
gether to obtain $4,000 insurance
carried on Snyder's life.
So many persons crowded into the
sultry, ill.ventilated room in the final
hours of the trial that women began
fainting almost as soon as Justice
Scudder began his charge. The doors
were locked. Several women We're
carried out, and more than a score
of others stood about the doors with
tears running down their faces and
pleading to be allowed to leave before
they were overcome.
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and Darlington. A 70-mile gale that
raked st. Louis caused three deaths.
Texas reported 33 dead. more than
100 injured and property damage ex-
ceeding 81 100000 from twisters that
dipped at scattered points in Dallas,
Collin Hunt and Lamar counties
shortly before dawn yesterday. Six
teen were killed at Nevada, 10 at Gar
land, four at Wolfe City and two at
kellogg. Most of the victims were
caught in their beds.
Tornadoes and high winds in Illi-
nois killed 10 persons and left many
injured Five perished at New CO.
lulnbia last night. Chicago reported
two killed, Hinckley and Rushville
one each, while one person was struck
by lightning at Jacksonville, Ill.
Wind caused heavy damage at sew
eral points.
Relief Work Under Way.
Relief work directed by the Red
Cross was under way in south cen
trail Kansas, where 10 were killed, 40
injured and 1000 left homeless by a
tornado Saturday night. High winds
continued over Kansas yesterday,
causing one of the worst duststorms
in history.
A high wind at Fort Leavenwortl1.
kans., tore the Army non-rigid diri
gible TC-10. No. 252, from it's moorings
1t was necessary to release the gas to
save the huge bag. 1t was en- route
to San Antonio, Tex, from st. Louis
for maneuyers.
Some relief from the freak storms
was forecast by weather observers,
due to a cool wind from the Rocky
Mountain States, where at least two
persons perished in snowstorms
that marooned ranchers and tourists.
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city planners raise $4,000 from other
sources.
Decision to cable greetings to the
government of Australia upon the
dedication of Canberra, its new Fed
eral City, laid out along lines some
what similar to Washington. A mes
sage also viii be sent to Walter Grif-
fin of Chicago, who assisted in laying
out the Australian capital. :.
AT the session in the theater OF
syEardman Park Hotel last night, the
800 planners were carried back 20
wears by President Nolen as he I'M
folded the story of how the present
systematic planning Of American
I. cities has grown from an almost
unknown art in 1907.
When Mr.. Nolen had painted the
picture up to the present day, Lewis
Mumford, author, in paper bristling
with satire and pointed humor. led the
audience 20 years into the future. He
asked If city planners are going TO
Join in the frenzied movement to add
greater congestion to cities already
congested, or whether they are going
to join hands with the humanizing
side of civilization by providing for
smaller cities, based upon quality
4aIIGA Imam QAoAe@1Ss
Deplores Large Populations.
Mr.. Munaford deplored the aspira.
fions of cities already crowded to
double their populations, a tendency
which he attributed to desire to
increase land values and bring flnan'
cial aggrandizement.
"If the past experience of large
cities is to be the guide for city plan
ming in the future" said Mr.. Mum
ford, zone may imagine the projecting
of skyscrapers to still greater heights
and the doing away with such useless
things as windows. Or, some new
device may be found for packing more
into the subways. Green paint may
come into use to give the effects OF
planted grass"
t~4 Referring briefly to the Nationa
CAPITAL, Mr.. Mumford said this city
represents the aims of Jefferson ant
Washington. but that here also 'tht
picture has been spoiled a little"
DisIikes Tall Apartments.
After the meeting Mr.. Mumford ex
sulained that in his reference to Wash
fngton he had in mind the erection o.
tall apartment houses in certain local
flies, He added that he thought tht
plan Of Washington generally was ex
cellent.
@ Mr.. Mumford said the need is no
80 much for multiple-deck streets a:
for new social policies. He referred
to large centers like New York ant
Chicago as "the dinosaurs" among
cities
s'People." he continued "are getting
away from the idea that the bigges
reservoir holds the best water. II /
did, Chicago would have a grea
source of supply instead of giving it
people an antiseptic mouth wash from
Lake Michigan. The richest city i
mot necessarily the best housed. If i
were, New York would not have 1t
dingy slums."
President Nolan, in emphasizing th'
progress that has been made in 2
Evening star., 1927-05-10
POPE LAUNCHES WAR
ON IMMORAL BOOKS
Holy Office Exhorts Bishops to De-
nounce All Literature Banned
Under Movement.

By Gable to The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1927.
ROME, May 10.-The holy office,
presided over by the Pope, has in
formed the bishops that war has been
declared on immoral stories and nov.
els. especially those which unite
strange religious sentiment with SEN
suality or mysticism.
A circular says that these books,
even if omitted in the Index of Pro-
hibited Books" are condemned by gen.
eral laws, which are for the discipline
of Catholics in reading, and exhorts
the bishops to denounce the danger
of such books to the faithful, con-
demning them On their own respon-
sibility.
Evening star., 1927-05-10
MISSOURI TOWN DEVASTATED.
Militia Guards Poplar Bluff as Ruins
Are Searched.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-, May 10 Np
The heart Of Poplar Bluff lay ir
ruins today after devastating tor
nado late yesterday had taken a toll
Of at least so dead and nearly 800
injured.
With virtually every building In
the downtown district either demol
ished or partially wrecked, the city
counted its loss in millions Of dol,
lars. The twisting wind cut a path
Z blocks wide and 43 blocks long, af-
fecting an area of approximately 800
square blocks.
Stealing upon the city behind bank
of glowering clouds. the tornado was
preceded by pelting hail which COW
cred the streets with ice. A roar from
the southwest warned citizens that
storm was upon them, and when,
after three minutes, the tornado had
swept through the city, the populace
rushed panic stricken into the streets.
Fire broke out in the ruins. but was
quenched by torrential rain which
followed the tornado.
Injured Given First Aid.
Hurried rescue efforts brought the
injured into several temporary first.
aid stations. Sixty-five Of the more
seriously injured were taken to the
basement of the First Christian
Church, where they We're treated
many .of them undergoing major op-
erations. A schoolhouse gymnasium
served as hospital for approx
mately 200 of those with minor in
juries.
Meanwhile the work of bringing
the dead to the two undertaking es-
tablishments was begun, and by night
fall the morgues had received more
than 40 dead.
Men worked to clear paths through
the streets, which were clogged with
bricks. timbers and poles and trees.
The city was without light or power
and fitful CLEANS Of automobile head
lights, lanters and flashlights and
candles played over the darkened piles
that had been the business section Of
the city.
Two companies of Missouri Guards
men from Doniphan and Dexter pa
trolled the streets tonight and the
town was under military rule. Esti-
mates Of property loss varied from
$1,000.000 to $4,000,0o0.
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though few injuries were reported
and no deaths.
The main storm moved northward
1t leaped completely over Woodruff
and White. counties and alighted in
Jackson County. Several homes were
demolished and barns and outbuildings
destroyed near Newport.
Independence County escaped clean.
ly, but 1t was in Lawrence County,
one step further north, that the wind
took its heaviest toll since leaving
Strong. Here 2S persons perished,
more than 200 We're injured and sew.
eral missing.
One farmhouse near Egypt in
Cralghead County, east of Lawrence,
was demolished and seven persons,
seeking. refuge from the blast, were
killed. A schoolhouse. newly built. at
Hoxie. was wrecked and two school
children, Louise Hadley, II, and Imo-
gene East, IL, died in the ruins.
Passenger Train Wrecked.
A Frisco passenger train, standing
on a side track at Walnut Ridge. in
the same county, was wrecked when
three coaches We're blown from the
track. No passengers We're on the
train, but three trainmen were seri.
ously injured.
Craighead County was also struck
twice more by the storm, two dying
| at Pierces Mill and two at Pauls
| Switch.
Rescue trains were dispatched to
care for the injured and homeless.
Heavy damage resulted in Union
County, center of the oil industry in
the State. Reports said that scarcely
derrick remained standing near Nor.
phlet and Strong.
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Prince Karl Of Bavaria Dead,

MUNICH. Bavaria, May 10 R.-
Prince Karl of Bavaria. second son OF
the late King Ludwig III and brother
of former Crown Prince Rupprecht,
died today after an appendicitis oper-
alton. He was 53 years old
Evening star., 1927-05-10
FIVE DIE IN ILLINOIS TOWN.
Two Men, Two Women and Girl Killed
At New Columbia.

METROPOLIS. ILL.,. May 10 (P.-
Five persons were killed in tornado
which struck New Columbia, near
here, early last night They were
A. j. McHenry and wife. and Laston
Mathis, wife and daughter, Marion.
Evening star., 1927-05-10
BUILDING HEIGHTS
TOPIC AT PARLEY
City Planners at Dinner Dis
cuss Construction Needs of
Commercial Districts.

Led by J. Rowland Bibbins. a con-
sulting engineer of Washington, more
than 100 leading city planners of the
country. who are attending the nine-
teenth national conference on city
planning, engaged in O thorough dis.
cussion of the question of building
heights in the commercial districts
of large cities. at Il dinner at Ward
man Park Hotel last night.
1T appears a natural deduction
from economic principles Mr.. Bib
bins told the planners, that in the
end the question of the skyline and
cubage will work itself out by eco.
nomic necessity rather than arbitrary
fiat. 1t Is an instructive fact that on
the main downtown streets of Detroit
the present skyline factor {ratfos he.
tween average cubage height and
maximum height huiltl Is practically
uniform over long stretches Of front.
age from to 20 stories high So, the
hop, skip and jump skyline seems to
have become definitely established and
cubage height becomes the important
point of control
Evening star., 1927-05-10

Waterloo Bridge, built across the
Thames 100 years ago, has been saved
from destruction. The bridge will be
moderniZed.
Evening star., 1927-05-10
IT, S. TO REL|NQU|SH
| PHILIPPINE STOCKS
viii Sell S50,0O0,0OO Inter-
est in Commercial Enter
priseS to Highest Bidders.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
MANILA. May 10.-The Govern
ment is goinsss out Of business in the
Philippine Islands. and it's holdings in
commercial enterprises, involving
about $50 600 900. will he sold to the
highest responsible bidders.
This was announced by Governor
General Wood TO the Associated Press
today as he outlined a new policy
which he has adopted as the head of
all government controlled properties
and business. The new policy is occa.
stoned by the recent ruling of the in.
suiar Supreme Court, which held in
effect, that the governor general has
fun power over Government-contro
ed institutions