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Evening star., 1927-08-30
nouERTY URGES RESTRICTIONS.
Government Has Ample Power to Pre-
vent Waste, He Says.
u the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Henry l.. Doherty, oil man OF New
York. today urged the American Bar
Association meeting at Buffalo TO go
on record with the assertion that the
Federal Government has ''ample power
to enforce the unit operation OF OH
nools and prevent the waste tnat Is
now unavoidable under the STATE
laws" o
Asserting that the present manage
ment and production or OIL IN tne
United States is "scandalous, MI
Doherty said that if the mineral sec
ton of the bar association should de,
eide that the Federal Government nad
not the power to enforce unit opera
ton of pools the association snouIo
nrepare and support a constitutional
amendment granting the Federal Gov
ernment power Ito do anything ana
everything, both in times OF war ana
in times Of peace Or in anticipation
of war. necessary for our natlonal
safety"
In his communication to the bar as
sociation, a copy of which was also
sent to the Federal Oil Conservation
Board here, Mr.. Doherty SAID tnat
"oil is our most important munltion
Of war and it's waste and dissipation
has reached proportions which can
hardly be described by the use or con-
servative language. Exhaustion or the
American oil resources to the point
where national defense would be i'm.
periled would be a national calamity,
he said.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
JAIL HEAD ANSWERS
PETITION FOR WRIT
SAYS Lad Charged With Com
pIiCity in Housebreaking
Is Legally Held.

William L. Peak, superintendent OF
the Washington Asylum and Jail, to-
dav through Assistant United states
Attorneys HorninG and Camaller Hieu
answer to the habeas corpus writ
sued out by Attorney Michael j. Lane
on behalf of Harold u. Reed, colorcd'
II years old, who is being held IN
iail under a commitment from the
Police Court in default of bond on
charge of househreaking. The hoy
with others is accused of robhing
Sanitary Grocery Store and taking
safe to Martinshurg, w. Va.
Mai Peak tells the court he is hold
ing the boy under the legal paper
sent to him from Police Court ana
rests his defense on the sufticiency
of that document until further order
of court.
Chief Justice Mccoy was expected
70 hear this afternoon argument or
counsel on the legal proposition In
volved. which is the question Of the
Jurisdiction of Police Court judges
over juveniles less than II years old.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas
F. Cameron VIII appear for Judge
Katherine Sellers. who pres;d2s in Ju-
venile Court and who is OF the opinion
that she should have exclusive lurlS-
dictiop over Juveniles under the age
of II wears. United states Attorney
Gordon had expected TO appear in op-
position to the writ, but was called
to North Carolina by the death OF his
mother.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
AVIATOR REDFERN'S ROUTE
CROSSES LOW-LYING SWAMP
Point Where Plane Was Last Sighted on
Flight to Rio Janeiro Located
in Tropical Delta.

'The Orinoco Delta, above which
Paul Redfern, Brunswick, Ga, avi-
dtor. en- route for Rio de Janeiro, is
reported to have been sighted, is
vast, low-lying region of tropical
swamps, heavily wooded and inter
sected by numerous outlets of the
Orinoco," the National Geographic
Society recounts in a bulletin today.
THE triangular delta region en-
braced between two outer branches
Of the great river is about 700 square
miles in extent. 1t lies on the coast
Of Venezuela just south Of the Island
of Trinidad and about 10 degrees north
Of the Equator. Tucupita, near which
the Georgia airplane is reported to
have been sighted, is the chief town.
Owing to low altitude and nearness to
the Equator the climate is hot and
the country thinly populated
THE delta has been built up by the
deposit of sediment brought down by
the Orinoco, which is ranked among
the 10 largest river systems of the
world and the third largest stream
in South America. 1t has seven main
mouths and about 40 smaller ones,
which discharge muddy, fresh water
far into the Atlantic Ocean. The
northern mouth empties into the Gulf
of Paria, between Trinidad and Vene-
'zuela, the freshness of whose waters
was noted by Columbus in his voyage
of 1893.
Marked by Network of Canals.
"These outlets are connected by a
Veinlike network of canals or back.
waters, few of which are navigable on
Evening star., 1927-08-30

Continued from First PageD
in the extreme Northwest to seek
President Coolidge's support Of the Co.
lumbia River Basin irrigation project.
There is nothing the Federal Gov
ernment can do to relieve the farm
problem but to teach the farmers eff
cient production and marketing meth
DDS, the American Society of AgriCui-
tural Engineers informed the Presi-
dent today through a delegation which
called on him at his office.
Scientific study of the whole agri-
cultural situation might well be un-
dertaken by the Federal Government
to that end, in the opinion of this
delegation, which is headed by o. b.
Zimmerman of the International Har-
vester Co., president of the society.
President Coolidge today listened to
a plea for Government appropriations
for dairy research work and co-opera-
tive marketing facilities for dairy
products in this country, presented 10
him in his office by Ole Hanson of Ne
braska, general manager of the Farm
ers' Equity Cooperative Creamery
Association.
Mr.. Hanson, who was accompanied
hy a committee from this ASSOCIATION,
left with the President prepared
statement showing why such research
work is needed. He told the President
that "in our estimation, the United
States Government can accomplish Won
ders for the dairy farmer by more
liberal policy Of appropriations to be
spent in rearch work in educating the
dairy farmer to produce more butter.
fat ner COW, a better quality cream
and the true virtues of national CO.
operating marketing should be advo-
Gated to him by Government officials.
TT seems to U.S." he continued in his
exclamation to the President, that 1t
would be more economically sound to
spend some Of our tax money for an
educational program like this rather
than turn around and guarantee this
same individual a fixed sum on his
Evening star., 1927-08-30
SEA HOP DREAMED
OF 15 YEARS AGO
Plane Built in Georgia, but
Was Never Able to Rise
From Ground.

By the Associated Press
ATLANTA, Ga, August 30.-The
present epidemic of long distance fly
ing attempts has recalled here that
the hope of negotiating transat-
lantic hop prevailed as long as Is
wears ago in the mind Of at least
one man, who went so far as to build
an airship for the venture. only to
have it fail because the craft would
not rise. =,
It was at Savannah, Ga, several
years after Glenn Curtiss and the
Wright brothers had been successful
in their aviation experiments, that
Capt. Matthew A. Batson, retired
officer of the Army Engineering
Corps, conceived the idea of an air
voyage from st. Johns, Newfound-
land, to ireland, via the Azores.
With this objective. he formed the
Batson Air Navigation Co, early in
1913, with a factory on Dutch Island,
near Savannah.
Associated with Batson was Israel
Elmgren, a boat builder of Thunder
bolt, near Savannah, and with a force
of II men they completed a hydro
airplane for the flight in November,
1913.
Odd Looking Craft.
Accounts Of it at that time described
the ship as "by far the oldest look
ing flying vessel the country had seen,
at first glance being not unlike the
type of Government dredge used in
harbor improvement work" But
Capt Batson and his co-workers were
confident it would skim through skies
at from 40 to 65 miles an hour.
Weighing 5000 pounds, it was pow
cred by three Emerson, 100 horse
power, two-cylinder engines and had
two 11-foot propellers, one in front
and one behind, capable of 1000 revo-
lutions per minute. There were six
pairs of wings, with a spread of 80
feet The ship itself measured 10
by 20 feet. Quarters were provided
for a crew of six men. and the central
pontoon was fitted for wireless ap-
paratus.
But the ungainly craft never rose
into the air. Day after day, its
motors roared UP and down the Will
mington River as desperate efforts
were made by it's designer to take off.
"Jinx" Is Blamed.
Finally, the failure was credited to
a link" brought on by the number
Of men-13-who participated in con-
struction of the plane, and attempts
to make it fly were abandoned.
Work on a much smaller ship,
carrying only one engine, was started
Immediately, and it's completion was
crowned with certain success.
BY this time, however, the resources
of both Capt. Batson and Elmgren
were exhausted, and with no more
capital available, the project was
given up and the Batson Air Navi-
cation Co. became bankrupt.
Soon afterward Capt. Batson re-
turned with his family to their former
home in New Jersey. He died a year
or two later, when more than SO
years Of age.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
Operation Report Denied.

NEW YORK, August 80 (P.-Miss
Kate Wilson, secretary Of Victor EN-
manuel, wealthy public utilities opera
tor, yesterday denied published reports
that he was fastening to this city
aboard his yacht to undergo an opera
tion for a serious illness. Mr.. Em.
manuel was suffering only from a
slight indispostion, she said. and al
though he planned to consult a doc
tor upon his arrival. there was no
necessity to submit to any operation.
Mr.. Emmanuel, she said, had been
spending the past few days at the
home of his mother at Elizabethtown,
N. Y. He will arrive here on his yacht,
she said, which left Albany early yes
tarday.
Evening star., 1927-08-30

account Of sand and jungle obstruc-
tions. The main channels, however,
are navigable to steamers, which con-
tinue to the very foot Of the Andes
Mountains. Communication is carried
on largely by water. since tropical
jungles and swamp lands obstruct
land traffic.
THE Orinoco Delta is one Of the
landmarks on the northern coast of
South America between Port Of Spain,
on the Island Of Trinidad, and the
across which lies the air route to the
Amazon Valley in Brazil.
The forestation of the delta is so
heavy that floating logs and vegeta-
ton form embankments at times
strong enough to change the channel
Of the stream. Much of the country
is continually flooded, and the whole
region presents difficulties Of land
travel that have hitherto prevented de-
velopment. Cocoa is the chief article
Of trade with the outside world.
Populated by Indians.
"Most of the inhabitants Of the
Orinoco Delta are Indians. friendly,
but extremely poor. without resources
to develop their rich delta lands. They
dwell on plantation clearings, where
they raise tropical fruits and vege-
tables of all kinds. This diet is sup
plemented by a great variety Of fish
as well as turtles. These Indians are
famous for their giant canoes made
of single logs.
THE delta of the Orinoco was first
explored by Spanish adventurers of
the sixteenth century, who have left
small trace of their influence. Most
of these gallants died of fever and
hardships, but such as lived to return
to Spain electrified the country with
their tales of creeper entwined jungles,
alligators. gorgeous plumed flamingoes
and black silent waters. One Of the
most romantic figures connected with
the region was Sir Walter Raleigh,
who saffen up the Orinuco IN search
of the mythical land OF Ell Dorado.
The physical aspect of the country has
changed very little to the present day"
Evening star., 1927-08-30
Il. s. Thrill Films
Capture the Fancy
OF Soviet Youths
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
STAIN. u. S. S. R.-American
detective and adventure films are
immensely popular with Soviet
Youngsters. In Stain queues of
children form in front of the the
alter, often at 9 o'clock in the
morning. waiting to buy tickets.
Native films, even such pictures
as the "Warship Potemkin." which
had a good run in Europe, appar-
emily lack the allure of the Ameri-
can product.
The effect upon the youthful
mind. however, disturbs Soviet Of
tcials. Gangs Of excited young
sters, emulating the pictured char
aCters, are n terror TO the inhabi-
tants. Toy guns. sometimes too
realistic, have found a ready sale,
entailing an orgy Of smashed win
dows and other material damage.
A favorite amusement, traceable
10 the movie, is the stretching of
wires across foot walks to trip
pedestrians for the edification of
hidden mischief makers.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
R|TESFOR FRENCH
IN CAROLINA CITY
Commission Merchants Of
ficiaI Died in Hotel While
Visiting in Florida.

The body Of Robert s. French, so
years old, general manager and Sec
retary of the National League OF
Commission Merchants here. who was
found dead in his room in the Colum
bia Hotel, Miami Fla, yesterday, will
be sent tonight to Charleston, S. c..
where funeral services will probably
be held Thursday, it was announced
at the offices of the league today.
An artopsy indicated that death
probably was due to cardiac trouble
or from the result of an accident, ac-
cording to an Associated Press dis
patch from Miami. The entire lower
portion of Mr.. Frencf's body had been
skinned and bruised and he had bled
freely, it was said.
Sought Medical Aid.
the Associated Press, that Mr.. French
noon requesting the services of a
physician, stating: II have been hurt" "
The name of a physician was given
him, but it is believed he died before
being able to summon him, it was
said.
Three anonymous calls were said to
have been received at the police sta
ton in Miami Sunday, asking if the
police had a report of a motor car
accident on the Dade County cause
way, connecting Miami and Miami
Beach, and papers indicating Mr..
French had been driving a motor car
were found. but the automobile has
not been discovered, it was added
further.
Mr.. French had been general man.
ager and secretary Of the National
League of Commission Merchants
since 1910, and was credited with do
ing much in promoting closer cooper.
alton between shippers and railroad
officials. He was a member of the
Allegheny Regional Advisory Board,
an organization of shippers created
by the American Railway Association.
Resided In Capital.
Prior to his connection with the
commission merchants organization
he was with the Armour Refrigerating
Car Lines, with headquarters in
Brunswick, Ga.
Mr. French resided here at 2616
Cathedral avenue. He was a vestry-
man in All Souls Memorial Episcopal
Church and member Of the Column
bia Country Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mary F. French; a son, George S.
French, and a daughter, Miss Mary
French. who have been spending q va
cation in Charleston, S. c., and son,
Robert S. French, jr., in South
America.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
WILL co TO DUPONT CIRCLE.
President May Wait Few Days Before
Moving to White House.

Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant, Sd, officer
in charge Of public buildings and pub
lie parks of the National Capital,
when informed today that President
Coolidge would return to Washington,
September II, said he expected the
White House would be ready for oc-
cupancy before that date. but that
it was his understanding the Execu-
tive would not move in Immediately
on returning here.
Col. Grant thought the President
and Mrs. Coolidge would occupy the
temporary White House on Dupont
Circle for a few days and then make
ready to move their personal effects
into the White House.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
FORMER GOVERNOR
ELIGIBLE TO PAROLE
McCray Is Serving Sentence for
Using United States Mails in
Fraudulent Scheme.

By the Associated Press.
Warren T. McCray. former Gov
ernor of Indiana, who is serving a
10-year sentence at Atlanta for using
the mails to defraud, becomes eligible
for parole tomorrow.
Action on the recommendation of the
Parole Board that he be released at
that time probably will be taken soon
after Attorney General Sargent re-
turns to Washington from his Sum-
mer home at Ludlow, VT. The Attorney
General is expected to be at his desk
tomorrow. 1t has been indicated that
he would soon order McCray's release
from prison.
Although in leaving prison the for
mer governor would exchange what
he termed 1.-The cramping and depres-
sion Of bars, bolts and walls" for free
dom, he would not recover full civil
rights, it was indicated today at the
Department of Justice. To receive
the right Of franchise he must apply
after his term has expired-January
16, 1881.
The Department of Justice cannot
restore the civil rights, it was said,
and full pardon by the President
or an executive order restoring such
rights would be necessary.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
PRESIDENT DECIDES
PRECEDENCE RULES
Status Of Various Representatives
of United States Is Fixed IN
Executive Order.

New rules of precedence as between
Ambassadors, Ministers and othcers
of the foreign service Of the Unlteo
States. officers of the Army, Navy ana
Marine Corps and foreign commerce
officers of the United States are estab-
Ished in an executive order just issued
by the President.
t Generally these rules give prece-
I. .dence to diplomatic representatives or
1.-The Government at their s-atlonS over
members of all the other services men
tfoned. For instance, the chief of the
DIPLOMATIC mission takes precedence IN
fhe country TO which he is accredited
over all officers of the Army, Navy or
foreign commerce service. AT such
missions the line of precedence be-
low the chief is as follows: Counselor.
first secretary, military and naval
attaches, second secretary, CONNER
cial attaches, assistant military ana
naval attaches and assistant CONNER
cfal attaches. When the titular head
fs absent, the charge d'affaires takes
precedence over all other members or
the mission.
It is specifically provided that these
ranks of precedence be observed at
all ceremonies and receptions attended
by them and that the military, naval
and commercial attaches, shall form
in distinct groups and follow the
diplomatic group in the order named.
It is further provided that foreign
commerce officers shall rank with
but after the senior foreign service
officers, in consular districts, where
there is no diplomatic mission.
In the districts to which they are
assigned foreign service officers in
charge of consulates general take
place and precedence Immediately after
brigadier generals in the Army or
Marine Corps, and hold rank inter-
mediate between rear admirals and
captains in the Navy.
In the districts to which they are
assigned foreign service officers in
charge of consulates take place and
precedence Immediately after colonels
in the Army or Marine Corps and
captains in the Navy.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
SEEK CHINESE AID
INTENDING THREE
American, EngIishman and
German Missing on
Trip to India.

By the Associated Press.
PEKING, August 30.-The Chinese
foreign office was asked by the Brit.
ish legation today to institute inquir-
les regarding the fate of an American,
an Englishman and a German, who
left kansu province for India in June
and Of whose whereabouts there has
sisted of V. G.. Plymire, Of the Ameri-
can Assembly of God Mission; w.
Watkinson, OF the China Inland Mis-
sion, a Britisher, and DR.. Filchner,
German explorer.
Additional apprehension over the
fate of the three men has been aroused
by receipt of an official telegram from
Sikhim, India. stating that three Eu.
ropeans" were slain in Chinese terri.
tory near the Tibetan border by
tribesmen.
When the foreign consuls through.
out China instructed their nationals
to evacuate the interior early this
year because OF the antiforeign senti.
ment among the Chinese, Mr.. Plymire,
deeming the route to the Chinese coast
too dangerous, decided to travel by
way of SinlIiang to India. He was
joined by Watkinson and Filchner.
The last letter received in Peking
from Watkinson stated that, owing
to shortage of provisions. the party
would probably take a short route
through Szechwan Province. striking
India to the north Of the Yunnan
(China) border.
Filchner Well Known.
BERLIN, August 80 R.-Dr. vii.
helm Filchner, reported missing and
possibly slain by tribesmen near the
Tibetan border. was we'll known as
an explorer before the war.
He made one journey over the roof
Of the world in the Pamirs between
Turkestan and Afghanistan) and also
participated in an expedition to North.
eastern Tibet and in Antarctic explo.
rations.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
10000 Ewes for Blind Girl.

ALAMOSA. Colo, August 80 (R.-
THE girl with 10000 eyes" is the
title her townspeople give to Miss
Evalyn Tozier, sightless musician of
Alamosa. All of the 5000 residents
of the town are her guardians.
All stree traffic stops when she ap-
proaches a crossing, and an arm is
always offered to guide her.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
NEW HOSPITAL BEGUN.
Work Starts on $s5, 900 Structure
in Fredericksburg.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. August
3O.-Work has begun here on the new
building for the Mary Washington
Hospital, which is to be erected at
cost Of about $4,000. Contract for
the work was recently let to the
Farmville Construction Co. Of Farm
vile, Va.
The new building will occupy the
site of the present hospital and dur
ing the period of construction the hos
pital is occupying quarters in the
Maury Hotel. All equipment and pa
tents have been moved.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
WIDE OBSERVANCE URGED.
Committee Appeals. for Lafayette
Marne Day September g.

NEW YORK, August 80 @,-
Countrywide observance Of Lafayette
Marine day, September 6. is urged in
an appeal issued today by the Lafay-
cite day national committee. EXer-
cises will be held on that day at the
United States Military Academy at
West Point. N. Y, in which France
will be represented by her minister
OF commerce and postmaster general,
M. Maurice Bokanowski, and by NJ.
Paul Claudel, French Ambassador to
the United States.
This will be the thirteenth consecu-
tive year in which the double anniver.
sary of the birth Of Lafayette and the
battle Of the Marne has been observed
in this country. Among the founders
of the movement are Myron T. Her
rick, American Ambassador to France,
and former Attorney General George
W. Wickersham.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
THREE WORKERS KILLED.
High-Pressure Gas Line Breaks
While Men Are in Pit.

WEST UNION. Va, August 80
R).-Three workers were killed yes
terday at Porto Rico, near here, when
high-pressure natural gas pipe line
they were repairing broke. Several
other men We're injured. They were
working in a pit at the time All were
employees Of the Hope Natural Gas
Co.
Albert J. Ruble, as, Of Blandsville;
James A. Husk, %, Of Oxford. and his
cousin, William A. Husk, AZ, Of
Blandsville, were those killed. Ruble
was former resident of Woodsfield.
Ohio.
Evening star., 1927-08-30
So KILLED IN STORM.
Large japanese Island Visited by
Heavy Rains.

TOXIC, Japan, August 80 R.-Be-
lated dispatches to the vernacular
newspapers yesterday reported a
heavy rainstorm Saturday at kochi,
on Shihoku, one of the four large is
lands of Japan, as a consequence of
which SO persons lost their lives. Nu.
merous persons are believed to be
missing, many were hurt, houses,
bridges and roads were washed away
and communications interrupted.
Reports from Nagasaki show that
district also was flooded, 16 persons
being killed and 20 injured. Houses
were washed away and farms in the
country districts were inundated.
Nearly 100000 American bathing
caps were donned in foreign lands last
Evening star., 1927-08-30
Filchner Well Known.
Bees Kill" Telephone Circuit.

YORK, Nebr.. August 30 CP.-
When telephone circuit went dead"
near here. linemen found a swarm OF
bees had taken possession OF the
transformer box. The workmen re.
moved several pounds Of honey and
service was restored
Evening star., 1927-08-30

present low production average, which
would in reality only be putting a
premium on inefficiency."
While the McNary-Haugen price
stabilization bill was not mentioned
during this conference, Mr.. Hanson's s
plea was taken as a direct slap at its
proposed method Of dealing with dairy
relief.