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WEATHER. Cloudy, with showers tonight or to< morrow morning; ture. moderate tempera- Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: noon today; lowest, 59, at 2 Full report on page 7. Highest, 71, at 2 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 No.- 28,896. HINESE BRIGANDS " FREE LAST EIGHT FOREIGN CAPTIVES Four Americans, Including Maj. Pinger, Among Those Released Today. FREEDOM WILL RELIEVE SITUATION HELD TENSE Prisoners Have Been Held Since Dramatic Wrecking of Train on May 6. Br the Associated Press. TSAOCHWANG, June 12—Eight eaptiv the last of the foreigners kidnaped by Chinese bandits who held up the Shanghai-Peking express near Suchow May 6, and held at the Paot- zuku mountaln headquarters of the outlaws since that time, were released today. The eight released were: Ameri- eans, Maj. Roland W. Pinger, U. S. A. ordnance department, Manila; home, Berkeley, Calif. Leon Friedman, Chicago. owner of China Motors Corporation, Shanghal. John B. Powell, Hannibal. Mo.. pub- lisher of Weekly Review, Shanghai. Lee Solomon, San Franciscc, Shang- hai agent of the Block Company of San Franetsco. British: Fred Elias, broker, Shang- hai; Reginald W. Rowlatt, Birming- ham. England, manager Reiss & Co.. Tientsin. French: Bhanghai. Ttalian: B. D. Musso, Shanghal, lawycr, capitalist. adviser to the Chi- nese government. Chinese bandits numbering than 1,000 derailed and robbed the Shanghai-Peking express on the ientsin-Pukow.railroad near Suchow 1y Sunday morning., May 6. The cutlaws fired through the windows of the train to intimidats the passen- gers and one man, Joseph Rothman, aid to have been a British subject, e killed. The forcign passengers were rout- ed from their berths in their night- clothes, herded together and driven towards the movuntain retreat of the brigands. The woman captives, ex- cept one, soon becoming a severe burden, were released and left to find *heir way back over the.rough trails a5 best they might. Among the woman prisoners taken in the train yaid was Miss Lucy Aldrich, sister- {n-law of John D. Rockefeiler, Jir., tnd her travellng comtanion, Miss Minnie McFadden. One woman Reaches Camp. The only woman who reached the Paotzuku headquarters of the ban- s was Mrs. Manuel A, Verea, who refused to accept freedom, and in- sisted .on remaining with her hus band. Mrs. Versa did not leave the bandit camp until May 20. Besides those released today, following captives were given freedom at various times: M. O. Berube, Shanghai; Maj. Rob- ert A. Allen, U. S. A., Medical Corps, Manila; Jerome A. Henley, Shanghal: lidward Elias, Shanghai: Theodore Saphiere, Shanghai; W. Smith, Man- chester, England; Manuel A. Verea, Guadalajara, Mexico, and the voung sons of Majs. Allen and Pinger. ¥rom fhe start the bandits did not talk of a ransom in money for their ptives. That led many to believe that the train holdup and kidnaping were the result of a preconceived plot instigated by certain North China political elements. Brig. Gen. W. D. Connor, U. S. A.. heading an inter- national commivsion, has been inves- tigating that as well as other phases of the affair. Agreed to Join Army. After weeks of delay, in which the brigands sent out certain of the pris- oners with “terms” for the release of the remaining captives. it finally was agréed between the government and the outlaws that the bandits were to be enrolled in the Chinese army and given six months' back pay which they claimed. was due them. When that was done, the outlaws stated, they would free all of the prisoners. During and preceding the negotia- tions the outlaws demanded that the Chinese troops withdraw from the vi- cinity of the Paotzuku headquarters, threatening “to esecute some of the prisoners if the demands were not complied with. Although the forcign captives were not harmed. the brig- ands hurled a number of Chinese prisoners over the cliffis to their deaths as a “warning.” Chinese Still Captives. The train hold-up and the kidnap- ing of a large number of foreigners aroused almost as much feeling throughout the world as did the fa- mous Boxer outrages. * ‘While none of the ernments threatened the use of for- eign troops to rescue nationals, the aiplomatic corps at Peking served no- tice upon the Chinese géovernment that) the captives must not be harmed and that the administration must ob- tain their release as soon as possible. A large number of Chinese captives remained on Paotzuku mountain at latest advices. Negotiations for their release were proceeding, however. GRANDMOYHER JAILED FOR KILLING SON-IN-LAW Begins Indefinite Sentence Slaying to Protect Her Granddaughter. NEWARK. N. J., June 12—A gray- haired grandmother walked into, the Clinton reformatory today to begin serving an indefinite sentence for killing her son-in-law to save her ten-year-old granddaughter from his rage. Witnesses testified that Mrs. An- foinette Fiorenza shot Salvatore Juliano when his -daughter burst into her room with the father in pursuit. The grandmother was convicted of manslaughter yesterday. The case has stirred Newark and sympathiz- crs with the grandmother find con- solation in the fact that the court can terminate an indefinite sentence at’any time. mile Gensberger, broker, more the their for interested gov-{ Intered_as second-class mattsr post office Washington, D. C. PEASANTS REVOLT IN FORGE AGAINST BULGAR MINISTRY! New Government Orders Re- serves to Colors to Combat Serious Opposition. REPORT STAMBOULISKY AT HEAD OF 20,000 MEN ,OItheu of Deposed Agrarian Cabinet | Take Lead in Fight Against Present Rulers. By the Associated Press, BELGRADE, June 12.—Peasant re- volts against the new Bulgarian regime are reported throughout the country, dispatches from Sofia say. In the neighborhood of Plevna the re- volt has assumed serious proportions, it 1g declared, and a force of 10,000 is sald to have been surrounded. Fresh troops have been dispatched to this locality. Dispatches. say that the new gov- ernment has ordered the mobilization of all reserve officers and of several | young classes. Volunteers are being armed. The dispatches confirm that former Premier Stamboulisky is not under arrest, but add that there is no news of his whercabouts. Messages to newspapers here say the peasant revolt has been started by Alexander Boteff, former President | Sobranje and Nedelka Athanasoft, for- | mer minister of communications, who | have fled from the capital and raised a force of 7,000 peasants in the nelgh- borhood of Radomir, where fighting {has occurred against the government | troops. A rising among the inhabi- | tants of villages east of the capital | has been organized by Deputy Tomi- | anoft. It is rumored here that the Bul- garian minister at Prague, M. Baska- loff, is preparing to return to Bul- | garia to help the agrarlan party against the new government: also that former Premier Stamboulisky is preparing to march on the capital at the head of 20,000 peasants. ZANKOFF FOR PEACE. | New Government Firm for Ver- sailles Treaty, Announcement Says DBy tiie Associated Press. SOFIA, June 12.—The Zankoff gov- ernment has issued a manifesto, in which it “sclemnly deciares it Is ready to execute loyally the Ver- lles treaty stipulations with re- spect to. the digrity of the great rowers. Bulgarla, acds the mani- festo, “is_abmotutely opposed to any sort of warlike adventure.” ENVOY TO U. S. TO STAY. Lodon Advices Indicate Others ‘Will Be Recalled to Bulgaria. By the Assoclated Pre: LONDON, June 12.—The only tel grams received by the Dulgariar | legation in London from Sofia since | the revolt in Bulgaria have been three note mesrages regarding rou- tine affairs, timed at midnlght on Monday, one: of which instructs the minlstec to withhold the payment of the salaries of the London staff until | furiher notice. Diplomatic circles here believe that Stephan Panaretoff, the Bul- garian minister at Washington, will be permitted to remain at his post, as he is datlared to be persona grata to all factions in Bulgaria and to have preserved a neutral attitude | tiroughout the country's recurring irterior commotions. It is thought riiost of the other Bulgarian repre- sentatives abroad will be recalled. Allied diplomats do not attempt to disgulse their anxlety over the future | course of events in Bulgaria. Informa- tion has reached London from Prague that Raiko Baskaloff, former minister | of commerce and the interior, will as- sume the leadership of the agrarian parties if M. Stamboulisky is impris- oned or killed. M. Baskaloff is de- scribed_as Buigaria’s second strongest man. The Prague advices declare he will direct the activities of the power- ful peasant parties from Czechoslo- vakia, which contain a large number of Bulgars, and lay plans for .the eventual overthrow of the present gov- ernment. REPORTS ARE MEAGER. Paris Lacks Definite Information of Revolution. By the Assoclated Pre; > PARIS, June 12.—Advices gom Sofia | {on the progress of the. revolutionary movement there continue to be meager | and fragmentary. The telegraph ap- pears to be interrupted, and only wire- less, controlled by the revolutionists, is in _operatioh. = The foreign office here has recelved no reports since early yesterday. Harding O. K.’s Leviathian Trial Trip at $600,000 The direct statement was made at the White House today that President Harding approves the proposed trial trip of the Shipping Board liner Leviathan, which has been the subject of much criticism on the grounds that it involves an unnecessary ‘expense to the gov- ernment of $600,000. The President, it was said, is of the opinion that in the case of the Leviathan as in other affairs of the government the rule should be to accept the recommendations of experts in the various depart- ments. Mr. Harding is not in a position to know what is necessary to have a great ship ready for open service, it was asserted, but the experts of the Shipping Board | teur “champion, were of the opinion that a_trial trip such as that proposed should be made and have recommended the appropriation for that purp in the reconditioning contract.’ ) he T WASHINGTON, D. C, SARAZEN, BARNES FAIL 0 QUALIFY U. S. Professional Golfers Make Poor Showing in Brit- ish Open Tourney. By the Associated Press. TROON, June iene Jim Barnes and Charley Hoffner, American professional golfers, failed to qualify for the British open cham- plonship in the two days' qumnuu- tion play which ended this afternoon Walter Hagen. American holder .,t the British open golf championship, just managed to squeeze by, Sarazen, for last place with an aggregate or} 159. Others Qualifyi Americans who qualified Hagen -wer: MacDonald Smith, besides San Francisco, Ridge, | 15-71—152. Johnny F: rell, Quaker N. Clarice, Asheville, Leo Dl(‘[el ‘Washington, 77-§2—15 George Aulbach, Boston, : Joe Kirkwood, Australian star, who now resides in ihe United Stutes, 76- T6—152. Americans, who failed to qualify hesides Sarazen were: Jim Barnes,” Pelham Manor, 80-80—1v0. Charles Hoffner, Philadelphia, 79- | 82—161. T. D. Armour, former Scotch ama- who now lives in New York, 78-84—162. Sarazen Tokes an 3. Sarazen. American open golf cham- pion, took 85 today in the final cight een holes of the making his total 160. Sarazen had trouble with his driving and putting. On the second drive he bunkered and took a five to reach the green. Alto- gether, he found eight bunkers and missed several easy putts. His card read: Out In ... 5843554 36605444 b 4543 Z 5 5—4 Hagen Erratic. Hagen was erratic on the outwurd nine holes, but nulled hims:1f together on the homeward route. He was in distress on each of the first five holes snd appeared on the verge of being eliminated. On the sixth he took a birdie 3, following this with enother birdle on the par 3 seventh bole, but again his game fell off and | he finished with a 5 and a 6 for a total of 41 at the turn. From then on he was his usual brilliant self and came home in even 4s. His card: Out.... 6 6 4 5 4325 6—41° In 44043454 5-—36—7 Barnes' Putting Off. 5 Long Jim Barnes fell down on the 1ast nine holes, where three 6s helped to swell his total to 42. His putting, like Hagen’s, was particularly faulty. The greens were slowed up by a heavy rain in the late afternoon and many putts were short. Barnes' card: out 55345444 438 In. 14356446 164280 MacDonald Smith’'s 77 for today's round put him among the leaders. His shots with the wooden clubs were invarlably straight and his irons were deadly. He was seemingly careless on the greens, however, missing several easy putts. Both he and Hagen were forced to play part.of their round in a driving rain. Smith’s card: out 55 4444 48 437 In. 1455486445407 Diegel Gets Into Rough. Leo Diegel was seldom straight off the tee, the ball frequently landing in the rough, but he was putting well and steadied down on the shomeward Jjourney. Johnny Farrell got & 77 In_his sec- ond round today, despite a 7 on thej second hole, where Sarazen' had stumbled and taken an §. Armour went badly on this round, getting, an 84 which gave him an aggregate of 162, while Farrell was five strokes \ower, with 157. Armour, likewise, had a 7 on_the second. but failed to steady afterward, while Farrell settled down following his mishap. The weather was wild and wet today. b Hagen Shows Stalenes Hagen_is no- longer a decided fa- vorite. Those who watched. his poor {round of 82 yésterday thought they saw symptoms. .of . staleness . in. his game and are sure they saw signs of weariness on his face.. This is at- tributed to: ‘his constant playing, month after month, for a year and a A’ Scotch spectator after watching Hagen fail.time after time vesterday to drop putts usually easy for him, said: “He's'a ‘most unhappy man”— something .nobedy, .has, eyer been known to remark 'before about the usually unbothered champion. Scores for Thirty-six Holes. Scores in the qualifying round, in- cluding today’'s score, and the total for_ thirty-six holes follow: Gene Sarazen, 85—160. Charles Hoff; Leo Diegel, 5 Walter en, 77—159. .(Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) tying | qualifying round. { Tommy { he Fnening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TUESDAY, THESELLA BRING SOMETHING Y SOME DAY ' Declares Issues, BY DAVID LAWRENCE. “There is no sharp definition of is- sues and you cannot form third par-' ties around the discontent and con- fused thought of ambitious leaders. Thus spoke| former Gov. Hen-| ry’ J. Allen of Kansas today in| comment. on, the, statemente re- cently made by! the two New York publishers, Mr. Munsey- and Mr. Hearst. to the | effect that politi- cal conditions in| America were ripe for the formation of a third party. Mr. Allen was one of those who from the regular re- in 1912 and is stilly of the ‘“pro- visited " the 13 DIE IN TYPHOON; 1 TOWNS WRECKED Thousands Threatened With Famine on Island of Samar in Philippines. T HENRY J, ALLEN. broke away publican party one of the leaders jgressive” group. He By the Associated Press. | MANILA. June 12.—Thirteen lives were lost and a large area was laid { waste by & typhoon on the Island of Samar. according to telegrams re- ceived today from constabulary head- quarters there. The reports said that in seven towns 95 per cent of the houses were blown down, and that the homeless thousands were threat- ened with famine. and green palm leaves. Telegraph and telephone lines were down. Six boats were sunk in Samar prov- ince, according to advices at the ex- ecutive buréau fn Manila, In Albay province 500 houses are bridges have been destroyed and twenty wiles of road are under wa- ter. Wharves and cocoanut planta- tionls were badly damaged. 3 BAKERIES J0IN INPRICE INCREASE Corby, Havenn_ervand General Baking Co. Boost Whole- sale Charge One Cent. ] Three big local bakers today. joined | in the price- inérease 'on bread, Corby. Havenner and ‘the General Baking Company sending the price up 1 cent wholesale. Yesterday the Dorsch bakery and Rice'Schmidt niade an in- crease, and. tomorrow the Charles Schneider Company is expectéd toj make a similar raise. In virtually every case rolls and ;buns have ad-] vanced proportienately with bread. At the’ Corby Center Market stand it was learned that Corby's bread is now 10 cents per pound loaf retail and 8 cents_wholesale, The previous | was hasty. Those in the devastated region were |the start of the occupation, subsisting today on unripe cocoanuts! - Star. as fast as t “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every <ity block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Yesterth_y': JUN |Ex-Gov. Allen Scouts Rumors Of “Third Party” Formation| After Visit at White House Progressive Not D}sgruntled Leaders, Needed for Movement. and gave national poli- White House while here hie first interview on ies to the writer. Real Insue In 1912, “Third parties arise,” he said, “when no party stands for a defini- tion of issues. In 1912 there was an issue between progresives and conservatives. Some people have said the third party action in 1912 1t had, as a matter of fact, been brooded over and fore- casted ever since the Winona speech delivered by President Taft. “It was a party formed_around an issue and not a leader. impetus was given the Theodore Roosevelt, conduct of the regular convention contribute a cause, but fundamentally it was a clash between progressivism and_conservatism. “Todny there is no sharp definition of issues and you can't form thinl parties around the discontent or con- fused thought of ambitious leaders. Today the effort to form a third 1 party would amount to no mo (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) movement by FRANCE PROVOKED BY BRITISH ACTION | Paris Press Defends French Ruhr Policy—Britain 0f- fers Mediation. By the Associated Press. PARIS. June 2.—A note of disappoint- ment marks the newspapers' treatment of British cabinet deliberations yester- day, as if the French press expected that the ministry of Mr. Baldwin would | show a marked departure from its pre- | decessor in its policy toward France as regards_the Ruhr. Several of the commentators seek to justify the French Ruhr action from repeating that whatever steps France has taken have been based on the | treaty The decisions reached by the British cabinet are summarized here in what apparently is a semi-official note, as follows : down.[ First, it is impossible to demand that Germany cease passive resist- ance, as no German government could execute this condition without incur- ring the danger of a communist reac- ion Possible. Second, interallied discussion is pos- sible on the basis of the German memorandum, although the figures contalned in it are unacceptable. Third, the British cabinet believes it could persuade the reich to accept the figures of the Bonar Law plan proposed last ‘January. Fourth, if France is unwilling to change her point of view, Great Brit- |-ln suggests that allied experts fix the amount of German reparations after investigating . conditians in . Ger- many. Fitth, it these experts reach an agreement, Great Britain would then demand that Germany cease passive resistance. OFFICIALS SILENT. French Leaders Await Formal No- tice of British Policy. By the Associated Pres PARIS, June opinion on the action of the British cabinet concerning the reply to the latest German reparation offer is sus- pended, awaiting an officlai communi- cation from the British government. price was 7 cents wholesale and § cents at the corner grocery. - Bakers generally declined to enter into a discussion regarding the raise in -price of bread. olmes announced that mno raise been made up to today, and Hols- bleriein was in the same cAtegory. It is learned in official quarters, how- ever, that if the press reports are accurate in repr- on!lnl the Brltl- t ing to immons_to_ G rmln to (Continued on Page 2, Column Undoubtedly | as did also the Versailles | 12.—French official | NE 12, 1923—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. HARDING MAY ASK MODIFIED DRY ACT FOR SHIP LIQUOR Expected to Make Recom- mendation to Congress to End Controversies. DECISION TO USED ARMED | FORCES LOOKED FOR SOON| | | Department of Justice Finds Only! i [} Two Precedents to Employ Army and Navy. Congress may be asked by Presi- dent Harding to modify the Volstead act 5o as to do away with the contro- versies now arising over carrying of liquor aboard foreign ships within the three-mile limit over which the United Staes claims jurisdiction, it was indicated by a spokesman for { the President today. President Harding, jt was sald, is convinced that the government must (enforce the prohibition law as now written and interpreted by the Su- preme Court of the United States; that it is not the province of the executive branch of the government to set aside laws of Congress. Unfor the President that Congress, Volstead act, ‘en Problems. But leve does not in passing intended the govern- ment should be confronted with the problems it now faces in connection With the ecarrying of liquor by foreign vessels as a result of the strict in- terpretation of the Volstead act. And that belief, it is said. will lead, [to a recommendation when Congress {assembles in December for a mod cation of the law. At present It i ithe intention of the government to |Eo ahead and enforce the regula- {tions lald down by the Treasury De- partment in regurd to liquor aboard {foreign vessels within waters. The confcrence of governors .»r} states on prohibition enforcement. which the President hud expected to hold In Washington prior to his trip to Alaska, is to'be postponed, it was announced today at the White House, until after the return of the President to the Capital. It is the purpose of the President, however, to go through With this conference ‘when he does| return and o seek the best methods of co-operation on the part of the States and the federal government for ! probibition_enforcement. Several reasons have contributed first, to delay the proposed confer- ence, and finally to cause its post- iponement, it was sald. Some of the| governors had meetings of the state | legislatures underway or pending in recent weeks and desired a later date for the conference. Also the President was not in a position to {lay before the governors just what| |agencles of the federal government could be used to ald in prohibition enforcement. In this connection, the | President had in mind the proposal |that the Army and Navy be used to {help with the enforcement. The De- artment of Justcie has been called upon to say whether the armed | forces of the United States could he s0 used. But So far the President Las had no report on the matter from the Attorney General. Await Armed Force Decision. The opinion of the Department of | Justice in regard to the use of the! armed forces in prohibition enforce- ment may be transmitted to-the Pres- ident, however, before the President starts on his western trip, it was said at the Department of Justice. Attorney General Daugherty is said to be working on the problem at his| home in Columbus. Assistant Attor- ! ney General Willebrant, in charge of pronibition questions, Nopes to make a report to Mr. Daugherty on the question of the use of armed forces within a few days. The indications from a preliminary | study by the Department of Justice officials are that it will be held the armed forces cannot under the law,| be used to enforce the prohibition | law Search for precedents has resulted in | uncovering only two which directly| I provide for the use of the Army and Navy in enforcing federal or state be- the American | { liminary {ing to the Sol | opening up of Vermont avenue and | Soldier: Net Circulation, 92,540. TWO CENT Engineer Named ToD.C. Position MAJ. J. FRANKLIN BELL. URGE EXTENSION OF VERMONT AVE. Fine Arts Officials Propose Circle at Howard University and Parkway. Extension of Vermont avenue from the junction of Sth street and Florida avenue northwest directly to the en- trance of Howard University at Geor- gia avenue and the establishment of a circle at that point with radjating streets was recommended today by Charles Moore, chairman of the fine arts commissi a letter to Dr. Emmett J. S , secretary-treasurer of the unive Mr. Moore’s letter was in reply to one received from Dr. in Scott requesting advice on improving | the grounds of the institution, for which Congress has appropriated $10, 000 with which to lay out the pr sketches plans for a fieid, and gymnasium, armory, athletic | ete. within a limited cost of $197,500, | also 10 be borne by Congress. The extension of Vermont avenue from the junction of 9th street and Florida avenue to the entrance of the university will mean undoubtedly the razing of numerous houses in that section and will provide residents of Petworth and Brightwood with another traffic artery leadin®” to streets connecting with the downtown section. Proposes Parkway. Northeastward from the proposed | circle, the commission states, a park- way should extend along Georgia ave- nue, passing to’ the north of the athletic field (at about Harvard street) intol McMillan Park and leading to the Sol- | diers” Home The opening up of this parkway and the extension of Vermont avenue, the commission added, would ~provide a “new thoroughfare between the center of the city and the Soldiers' Home.” James L. Greenleaf, landscape arch tect of the commission. made a personal {nspection’of the grounds and submitted | ‘recommendations which the com- Tleion approves, Architect’s Report. They are as follows “It is assumed that Vermont avenue will be extended from the junction of 9th street and Florida avenue northwest directly to the entrance of the university at Georgia avenue, where there should be a circle with radiating streets. “Northeastward from the circle parkway should extend along Geor- Ela avenus, passing to_the morth of | the athletic field (at about Harvard | street) into McMillan Park and lead- iers” Home. By the the creation of this parkway there would be a new thoroughfare b tween the center of the city and the Home. Entrance on Circle. “The circle should tectural treatment, by main entrance to ‘the would lead off directly from the circle. There should be open park ground froni the circle up the slope have an archi- which the universi statutes. One of these was in 1808, when Congress authorized the Presi- | dent to use the military forces to enforce a federal law prohibiting im- | portation or exportation of slaves. The other was in 1861. when some southern communities refused to pay federal taxes and the President was | empowered by special statute to use | the Navy in collecting them. It was pointed out, however. that | if the coast guard were expanded through increased appropriations it | could be umed effectively to do thc very work which the Navy might | be called upon to perform in deal- | ing with rum runners S No matter what the law now is, if Congress at its next_session decides that the Army and Navy should be used to enforce the prohibition act the armed forces, of course, would be available. F redencksburg ‘Seagroves! Thrice a-lusty lunged “top kick’ ' at Quantico shouted that name | when Brig. Gen. Smedley D. But- ler's swank .Dbattalion: of Devil Dogs lined up before their mess halls for morning roll call. But ‘no snappy “yo” announced the presence of that now famous sol- dier of the sea. For Private Charles O. Sea- groves, the man for whom the bat- talion raised $3,000 as a legal de- fense fund after a policeman had slapped his face, the man whose general quarantined the _entire city of Fredericksburg, Va., in re- taliation, has been “A. W. O. L. for five days. Hope for Retu: Seagroves will come back, every marine at Quantico swears to that, ‘for they are determined to find him and make him face the music. But-he is going to be & “small spud” around camp until he provei himueelf ‘worthy of & high place | 1 toward the campue. “At the corresponding diagonal there should be a similar archite tural treatment. whereby. “a j way' would extend over into College street and so around into the park- ways .of McMillan Park. “The main approach to the grounds swings up the slope into the. major axis of the campus, end- ing fna mdtor swéep! from whicn ‘the border drive of the (now , 6th street) fakes off right ‘and to the left “The major axis of the | runs' through, unbroken' by to the terrace commanding McMillan Park ~ and the region beyond. A great asset of the university grounds s this overlook, which should be de. veloped a:'broad grass avenue, (Continued-on Page 2, Column 2.) to the campu bulldings. Marine Who Brought Devil Dog Ban A. W.0.L. once more in Gen. Butler's family circle of several thousand husk. marines. ‘And it will take him a long time to do that. The casé of Seagroves attracted nation-wide attention when the ex- peditionary battalion raised & $3000 defense fund_ to prosecute Deputy Sergt. R. H. McGhee of the Fredericksburg police force on charges of.having assaulted the marine, whom he had arrested for drunkenness. . Gen. , Butler ; took personal charge of the case and retained a well known lawyer of Richmond as his legal strategist. '\ Firat Skirmish Lowt. i The marines lots their first skir- mish, when the, corporation court of Fredericksburg refused to dis- miss McGhee: Deflantly declaring that “the marines never quit be- cause their outposts were driven in,” Gen. Butler instituted criminal proceedings against the policeman. The case was to have been tried yesterday, but every offort to find Seagroves proved futile agd the depressed marines were obliged o K for o continuation of the truce. - mitted o | mitted campus | WAL BELL NAMED AS' COMMISSIONER, ' SUGCEEDS KELLER West Point Graduate Chosen Engineer Member of D. C. Governing Body. RECOGNIZED FOR WORK IN ARMY FOR 21 YEARS Appointment Effective as Soon as New Official Can Leave Present Duties. Maj. J. Franklin Bell, Cor Engineers, now in charge of river and harbor improvements in the dis- trict of Pittsburgh, Pa., today wag appointed by the President as En- gineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia to fill the wvacanecy caused by the resignation of Col. Charles Keller, Corps of Engineers He was born in Pennsylvania, No- vember 9, 1876, and is a nephew of the late Maj. Gen. Franklin Bell, former chief of staff of the Arm after whom he was named. Ap- pointed to the Military Academy in I]Hfifi. he was one of the star grad- uates of the class of Junc, 1902, and was assigned to the Corps of En- gineers. He graduated from the Enxineer in 1910, ana afterward received degrees of B. and M. & from Washington and Jef- ferson College. was School rd s Served Here Before. Following hig graduation he served at Washington barracks in this city to i Keller. with in in 11 be of Commissioner for in The new ihas a busy he comes to 1 from September, 19 to September, 1903, and then went the Phillp- as lighthouse engineer. On his return to the United ates he served as a tary Academy from 1905 to 1909, and again from 1912 to 1916, in the interim Washington barracks. He was in gharge of engineering works near Al- near Jack: nn\l]I . for a short period. When the United States en- | was made a lieutenant colonel of en | gineers, National Army. and a few colonelcy First ‘with the 3030 Engineers at lhv 01st. 2d, 503d and 504th Engi- | neets at Camp Merritt, X. 3., and than {Camp Dix. He commanded the 24th | Engineers from December 1917, to 57th Engineers to 1s-sur-Tille, France. {He then successively commanded the ineer depots at Greves and at Mon- tierechaune; the 24th Engineers, 1st charge of engineering operations, was executive officer for chief of engi- manded the provisional engineer |regiment with the army of occupation Later he served as chairman of the board of disposition of German war neer purchasing officer at Par | Since nis return to the United States, gaged in enginecring duty first at | ew Orleans and then at Pittsburgh | Approved by Weeks. {_The appointment of Maj. Bell was "H-’lxh ef of engi way |approved by Secretary ceks of the the recommendations to President Harding today and the a { become effective as soon as Maj. Bell can arrange his official affairs at | cessor. Col. who h pted em- engaged extensive water-power projects California and other tired list the Army on his own application. under the thirty-year Engineer summer head of him, time for the biggest task of the ye: —the preparation of estimates Before he is long seated in his new jehair he will find himself, with myriad of figures, representing the needs of the various branches of the ear 1924-25. Department heads already are at S lwhich they will begin to lay befors the city fathers on or about July 1 By the middle of next month the three Commissioners will be ready to accounts for scrutiny. And that scru- !tiny is always a painstaking job, for the total amount to be asked for is | within the limit allotted the local Phat_bureau has mot yet indicated ayvhat limit it will place on District maximum total is fixed by the budget H Is after they receive a prelimi- of what the local requirements will amount to. partment also wili find that he has become boss over a large municipal ber of school buildings, a police sta- tion and a proposed home for feeble- To Revise Code. As he looks further into the work missioner will find,that Washington's code of building regulations are to be And then, while he is tackling these immediate tasks, he will discover that occupya considerable part of his time —to wit, the public utilities commis- Phe new Commissioner will be for- { tunate, however, in having as assisi- John E. Wood, engineer officers who hava been at the District building famillar with the many details. He wlill have a third assistant in Maj. Maj. Pessqn. pines, where he served for two vears instructor in mathematics at the Mili- having served with engineer troops a bany, N. Y to 1817, and { tered the world war in 1917 Maj. Bell months later was promoted to a |Camp Dix, N. J. He later organized {returned to the 303d Engineers at | March 1818, and accompanied the jdistrict at Angers. France, the engi- army, at Toul, where he was In neers of the 2d army and then com- of the Rhine. | materials and then as ussistant engi- {in the spring of 1920, he has been en where he is at present. [recommended by M. L. .M {War Department. Mr. sub- pointment was authorized. It wi | Pittsburgh for transfer to Lis suc- ployment a pri rporation states, v transferred to the re- service retirement clause. ON D. C. BUDGET AHEAD to the District service Congress. {sleeves rolled up. delving into & ngineer department for the fiscal work formulating tenative estimates, Is Painstaking Task. !take up these preliminary expense { the Commissioners must see to it that government by the Budget Bureau. { estiniates for the next Congress. T estimate from the Commissio The new head of the engineer de- building program, including a num- minded persons baskets of his mew office the Com- revised this summer. he has two other positions that will Sion and the zoning commission. ants Maj. Raymond Wheeler and Capt long enough to become thoroughly Holcombe, just' appointed to succeed h |