Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight row; mild temperature. and tomor- Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, yesterday; lowest, 6! Full report on pa; at kS 80, at 2 p.m. 5 a.m. tod Closing N. Y. Stocks and Boads, Page 22 28,916. N X Entered'as sec: SEIZE KRUPP PLANT, ISOLATE FRANKFORT IN REPRISALS FOR * RUHR BOMB DEATHS French and Belgians Take Drastic Steps, While Allied Powers Discuss Method to Adjust Reparations. MORE SEVERE PENALTY PLANNED BY INVADERS | Sabotage Has Increased Paris De- termination to Resist - British Efforts for Less Harsh Policy in Collections—Belgians Demand Lives of German Leaders. By the Associted Press. The Ruhr valley is again the forefront as the focal point of the reparation struggle between Germany snd the allies while allied differences in policy toward Germany are being tireshed out diplomatically in Lon- @on, Parls and Brussels Deadly sabotage activities by the Germans, such as Saturday's bombing ot u Belgian troop train, have been followed by both Belgian and French reprisals. The great Krupp works at Essen have been occupied in whole or in part by the French. seizing hostages.and are preparing u program that-may impose penalties of tbe most drastic nature. Trankfort Cut Off. Additional towns are being occu- pled by the French in the Ruhr. while the big city of Frankfort. further south, is reported entirely cut off from unoccupled Germany Tn London the French reply to the e is to British questionnaire on the Franco-| British policy, impatiently awaited by | the British foreign office, is expected today. Parls indicates that the out- ruges in the Ruhr and the Rhineland ave only strengthened the IFrench cision (o hold firm untll Germany FRANKFORT CUT OTF. Prench Troops Emtirely Surround City on All Sides. the Asaoclated Press, LONDON, July 2.—The big city of Trankfort, on the cdge of the May- once bridgehead, now is surrounded by occupled territory through French inilitary moves, being completely cut oft from unoccupled Germany, it 1s arnounced in the latest advices. To the north, in the Ruhr, French antry and cavairy have occupied werls, near Arnsberg, on the Ruhr, L1.d other troops are on their way to Hagen in the same neighborhood. ERUPP PLANT SEIZED. Eusen Works Under French Cen- trol, All Work Halted. By the Associated Pres BERLIN, July 2—The Krupp works &t Dssen were partlally occupied by the French yesterday. according to an Essen dispatch to the Zeitung Ammittag, end work ceased in the departments affected €0 far as is known in German quarters the sections occupled com- | prise so far only the foundries, the holler works, the electric plant and ihe lecomotive and car construction cepartments It 1s not known whether the occu- pallon is temporary, for the purpose making requ fons, adds the dis- pateh. 8r if it is to be continued in- cchinitely. DENY PRESSURE THREAT. British Delay Action Pending French Reply to Note Wy the Associated Pres LONDON, July 2.—Lord Curzon the secretari for foreign affairs, ar- vived -in Downing street early toduy from Kedleston to await Count de Staulaive, tho French ambassador, who is expected to answer querles vegarding the French policy on reparations asked of the Poincare government almost three weeks ago. it was stated at the forelgn office that the press reports of separate tish action for a settlement with Germany for the bringing of Anglo- American pressure on France for the payment of the French debt were entirely premature. Count de Caulalre's visit was an: tously. awalted. for until the Briti get some outline of the French vl roint -Prime Minister Saldwin’s cab- inet has nothing to go on toward satistying public opinfon, which of- fical circles consider 15 becoming \nore ‘and more impatient, as indi- cated by the quostions being asked in the house of Commons and in the prozs < TRAINS CURTAILED. Trench Cut Rail Service as Pen- alty for Bomb Deaths. By the Associated Pre: p LSSEN, July 2.—A sharp curtail- ment of traffic on the Ruhr and Rhine- land intérurban tramway lines, over which the Germans have been moving merchandise, mail and 'some coal since the selzure of thé steam rail- 10ads, has been ordered by Gen, De- soutte as 2 penalty for the bomb' ex- nlosion at Dulsburg last Saturday. The decree calls for the re-establish ment of the interurban railway serv- jce on a preoccupation basis, which means that it will be cut in half. The French announce the arrival in the Ruhr of- Karl Radek, official agent of thé Russian soviet govern- ment. German officlals, however, pro- fess to'have no knowledge of Radek’s presénce in occupled territory, point- i out that since the recent communist 4isturbances at Gelsenkirchen the tiains are being closely watched for 01 on Page 2, Column 4. post office Washington, D. The Belgians are | ond-class matter C ILeap.s 12 Stories, Disappointed to Find Self. Alive By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 2-—After leaping from the twelfth floor of | the Masonic Temple today, Mario Cidel was astounded and disap- pointed to find himself alive. He Wwas removed to a hospital in a serfous condition, refusing to give any reason for his act. ORUE KALED RABB | He Sorayed on Rare In- sect Reached Tongue. | Special Dispateh to The Star. | SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.. July huge, beautiful, rare specimen of but- i black, with beautifully traced white borders, today is believed to furnish | the solution of the mysterfous death {of Rabbi Martin A. Mever, head of Temple Emanuel, natlonally known Jewish churchman and writer on re- ligious subjeets. He was found dead ! seated in his library st Wednesday th a book open instantaneous, unexpected death. At first heart disease was belleved to be his heart was all right. | revealed cyanide poisoning. Murder was suspected. But who had him? His family Lad no known enemies Strange Butterfly Found. Detectives demonstrated he had eaten shortly before he died, surround- food. Also cvanide is such a deadly | polson that had it been administered in his food he would h could have reached the library Every clue was followed. A strangely marked butterfly mounted on a card was found on the library table. Tt developed that Dr. Meyer iwas a keen student of entomology. and that he had one of the finest collections of glant moths, butterfiies {and the like on the Pacific coast. It also developed that the strange but- the afternoon the rabbi died. Savants of the University of Cali- word (o the coroner that a liquid | selution -of cysuidy usually 5 used (to preserve insect collections after |mounting. Investigation showed tho Mexican, butterfy: had boen sprayed. jwith this 9rug affer being mounted. lanfl a pmall ttle of the solutlon iwas discovered in the drawer of & nearby desk. | __Police are now iMever was aecidentally poison { They think he mounted the butterfly, and then sat down to read. In turn- ing the pages of the Yook they think {he molstened his fingertips and tiny { particles of poison that had clung to them were absorbed. paralyzing the {nerve centers and 'bringing death | before he could make an outery. (Copyright, 1923.) TWOHELD IN ABING - DEATH ARE FREED |Widow and Student Released | After Test Shows No Trace of Poison. Mrs. Vincente ) afternoon Adeline Eunice the police, following the |vital organs of Cleto M. Abing. the { woman's husband, who died on June 123, Dr. T. M. Price, District chemist, reported that after analysis there was no trace of poison found in the or- i gans of the stomach and intestines. Immediately after hearing this re- port Inspector of Detectives Grant conferred with Assistant District At- torney V. I charge of the case, that Mrs. | released. | In addition to the analysis a patho- logical test for tubercular germs in with the result Abing and Navarro were of sueh germs and disgnosls of Dr. Hornaday, who signed the certificate of death. with tuberculosis of the intestines cited as the cause. They were released with the under- standing that they would appear as witnesses at an inquest tomorrow aft- ernoon at the District morgue. The inquest is to be held as a_formality, it was learned today, in order to close., the case officially. — RETRIAL OF CROKER WILL SUIT IS DENIED IN DUBLIN Ly the Assoclated Press. . DUBLIN, July 2—Retrial of the {suit brought by Richard Croker, jr., | contesting the will of his fuiher, one. time Tammany Hall chieftain, ! be_i_l;‘ den’l‘ed, us the verdict recently returned in favor of Mrs. Bula Cioker, widow, as sole legatee, is uphels confirmed the By the Associated Press. BELLINGHAM. Wash.. July 2.— ‘Walter Scott, better known as “Death Valley Scotty,” who is re- puted to have discovered a gold mine in Death Valley, Calit., from which he obtained a fortune years ago, is camped near herc on his way ‘to Grizzly creek, in British Columbia, where he hopes to make another “stake.” He sald he had once “made a killing” at Grizzly creek in the Caribou cor could do it ammin He terfly had been received from Mexico | fornia, reading of the discovery, sent| H. West, who had been in! the intestines revealed the presence! BELIEVE BUTTERFLY terfly from Mexico. its wings somber | pany, I | Utilities Commission Told 8-/ Scientists Suspect Cyanide | statement Says Concern Has Been | 2.—a WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JULY TO-CENT BUS FARE ON RAPID TRANSIT ROUTES 1S SOUGHT Cent Rate Is Inadequate to Give Reasonable Return. BETTER, FASTER SERVICE ASSURED BY OFFICERS Opcrated at $14,000 Loss in Last Two Years. Application for a ten-cent fare on all its bus lines was filed with the Public Utilities Commission this afternoon by the Washington Rapid Transit Com- The present fare is 8 cents. Through Attorney Conrad H. Syme. the company tells the commission its present rate of fare is “entirely inade- quate to enable it to render the kind i 1 ' the cause. But hls physiclans insisted ! the An autopsy | Which Washington deserves by sub- | lled | busses and life was ideal. He |POSsible the efficlency of its service. ed by members of his family. None of | gpePat (7% the latter had been made ill by the 'the creation 1 { convinced Rabbi|the commisslon i H | {is lost in the motol Abing and|terment of the service, both as arro were released this: SdUiDment and headway, 1 | | has | 066, the at 8 per cent of $14,327 for the: vice it wants to give Washing- | transit company, which infancy ! is vet in its contend for a return of 8 {n front of him. All evidence indicated ' per cent on its valuation “It is the desire of the company, reads the petition, “to place itself in financial position’ where it can give kind “and character of service stituting, from time to time, the most improved type of motors and motor increasing in every way Must Have Increase. “This is impossible unless the re- turn on the capital invested from fme 16 time is sufliclent to meet the proper und necessary overhead and xpenses of the compa: of a sufficient depreci ation reserve, the amortization of its legitimate expenses of organization | and financing, the creation of a fund ve died before helfor working capital and payment of a fair inyestment.” The company is now busses from 8th street and vania avenue operaiing Pennsyl- northwest and ir»m { Potomac Park to 1st and Rhode Is- land avenue northeast, to Grant cir- cle and to 16th and Buchanan streets. reContinuing the explanation of thg ed increase in rates, - T e ates, the pe. “The present rate of fare authoric- ed by the commission is cntirely in- adequate for the above purposes, The company believes that wn increate oermnn present rate of fare tu 10 8 Der Desschger woula endlls it §° -;eomllfah the purposes abave u&lt’ orth and, therefore. prays that such inereaso ‘may b “ cireaso anay be authorized by #he T Oibinde Prea: sakelaba “In connection with this that the fare he Increased for tos Aforesald purposes, the attention of i fact hargslon is directed to the of a public risk of loss ccption of ¢t turn than utility nature in which s attendant upon the in- m:(nt:l;srl!;. a higher re- ilowe safely established public u‘lllxi(l,;'";! ot only justified but Pu necessary in or- der that the capital essential to the enterprige may be enlisted, and ox. perience has demonstrated 'that this x!\‘l‘:hle;t::tnlurnmmneu' as much in est o Shaintee the public as of the -has been the e: xpe. company that a great. dest of tine eat deal rman bei - pelled to make change. “v&';i.“?m, gliminated the headway between the busses could be materially decreased the attention of the motorman . he &lven more directly to the oparation of the bus and the convenience of the bassengers greatly conserved. It is auite {mpossible to stress too strong. 1y the delay occasioned by the naces. sity of the motorman making change usually for each passenger and of the additlon to ‘the auality of service ensu wiieh e 1f ihis could be From observation and the pa perience ‘of the company it ia’ bs iteved that the patrons of the com- pany will not object to the requested increase in fare. in view of the bet to which it will make considered, enable the company to “The premises your completion of analytical tests of \nqnfilmener prays that the Public Util- ities Commission petition and. after Investigation as it deems necessary, may grant unto the Washington Rapid Transit Company the authority to charge a fare of 10 cents per pas. senger within the District of Colum- Wwill consider this such hearing and | Sia, with transfer privileges as at present existing.” The application sets forth that the administrative officers of the. com- pany have recelved practically no salary since operations were begun. The company estimates it shoyld be allowed & working capital fund of §25,000. The petition gives the finan- ciai condition of the company for 1921, 1922 and part of 1923 as follows: “On the 31st of December, 1921, it | total investment, exclusive of organi- zation expenses, was $153,140.43. gross earnings during this amounted to $116,287.22, while itg ex- penves amounted to $121,311.45, show ing a net loss of § 3 “On the 31st of D mber, 1922, it total investment amounted to $185, 925.41," exclusive of organization ox- Yentel For this year the gross earn- ngs amounted to $286,497.22. and its expenses amounted to $250.66: showing a net profit of $5,834.90. “For the months of January, Febru- ary, March, April and May, 1923. its total net profit was $11,936.34, ing these two vears and five months its average invested capital amounted to $140,000. in round numbers, clusive of organization expenses, upon which the company should have been permitted to earn at least 8 per cent, Wwhich would have amounted to $27,- instead of which it has been gp_erlted at a net profit of only $12.. 737, leaving a deficit on a fair return se two Tts years and five months.” SPENDS $3,000,000 AND SETS QUT AT 77 TO FIND $3,000,000 MORE Mexican. border mine weeks ago on' his way to Canadian goid “Scotty,” who is seventy yesrs old, said to have spent fortunes egating $3006.006 © % M going to N ,000,000 more before 1 he ' said, as he stood beside his wagon con- taining his gold-digging outnt. The ' most " spectacular ‘incident in “Scotty's” mining career was in 1306, when he chartered 8 spectal Santa train for $39,000 in 1d a right of way to New York He and his companions were and reasonable return on :ts | Ploneer enterpriges | year | Dur- | ex- | bening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION LARGER PARK PLAN 3 to Yellowstone—Speaks in Spokane Tonight. | 1 By the Associated Press. ON BOARD PRESIDE: | DING'S SPECIAL TRAT | Two duys shent by President Harding lin YVellowstone National Park have! | had the effect of making him a strong | |advocate of the proposal to add the | Teton mountain region te the park | area, | The Chiet Executive, shertiy b-!ore! leaving the park late yesterday, after | |having traveled through it and ob-| teined a welcome surgease from the | almost continuous train rides of the ! western trip, indicated that not only | oul@ he. approve legisiation 4o add e "l’u‘:b:i’m untains to this pufi, Blit [that he would use his influénce to: bring about the passage by Congress | of such an act. | Both the President and Mrs. Har- | @ing had visited the park previously, | |yet each declared on boarding the train at Gardiner last night that yestorday end Saturday had been two | of the most nleasant daye of the trip. Also, both of them appeared to have been reffeshed by having motten away from the cities and crowds. Opposéd by Stockmen. The prenosal to add to the park the | Teton mountains. now embraced in {the state of Wyoming and covering |an area of about 1.500 square miles. | has been agitated for several years throughout the west and by the' thousands who visit the park annu- {ally. Stockmen in Wyoming, how- over, have opposed the move. The i Teton region now is reserved largely bscause of its being a refuge for elk. These animals are increasing in | number and the stockmen see the time when the area will be thrown {open to them. > { A DIl to add the Teton region to | the park was introduced in the last | Congress, but not acted on i Speaks in Spokane. | The President's party spent the| | greater part of today traveling| ;across the state of Montana and !mo; | Washington, with Spokane as the| {next stop. There the President will | ! make one of the principal speeches of | | his trip tonight. discussing reclama- i'tlon, hydro-electric power develop- | ment and similar questions of interest |to_the far northwest. ! “Tuesday, Mr. Harding will speak at ithe Oregon trails celebration at | Meacham, Ore. He will spend the | Fourth of Julv'in Portland. On July 5, he will board the naval transport i Henderson at Tacoma, Wash,, for the voyage to Alaska.’ | DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY PARK. | | GARDINER, Mont., dent Harding’s power of ! | him vesterday, the first time since he | {1eft Washington ten days ago. Stand- | 1ng at Artists point, overlooking the | Grand Canyon of Yellowstone National | Park, the Chiet Executive was asked | what he thought of the scene before him. He admitted his inability to re- ply, saying that the grandeur of the {eanyon was beyond his power to de- | scribe. *Feaving the inn near Old Faithful, {where they spent the night, the Presi- | dent and Mrs. Harding saw. mou tains. valleys, rivers and lakes as presented in some of the most beauti- ful and impressive natural settings. | Although it was the Ist day-of July, | the presidential party. traveled for i miles through trails -which led at | many places through snbw flelds. | i i On Top of Continent, i The snow still lay across the can-! | tinental divide and for a few minutes ! the President’s automobile stood on ! top of the continent. 'To either side | were the waters of Ifa lake. which ! drain into the Missouri and eventually {into the Atlantic and also into 'the | Shake river and into the Pacific. At Yellowstone lake & portion of the party, including Secretary of Agricultare Wallace and Speaker Glilett, were taken across the great | expanse of water comprising the sec- ond largest fresh water lake in the World_at an_altitude of more than 7.100 feet. The yacht met the Pres dent’s party again near the lake hotel, Where one of the most- interesting events of the chief executive's trip ook place. ke park rangers had treed two black bears—a mother and her cub. “These came down the pine trees to reet Mr. Harding, who responded feading them sweet ginger bread e. whild camera men pre ene. for wisplay | ! {turned from his transatlantic 9 = THE TIDES OF JULY: 1923—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. PRES"]EN'[ BABKS \President “Declaring Himself Too Much,” Is Ranchman’s View BY DAVID LAWRENCE. SOMEWHERE OUT WEST. July —This is a story about a super- common citizen. Some one described President Harding that way in Kan- sis. Well, listen to another super- |common cltizen who heard the Presi- | dent’s speech in Wyoming and who has read most of the others. Maybe | he is typical of the west and maybe | e fs not. But certainly no. one| would accuse big Charlie Irwin of unfriendliness te Warren Harding. | Irwin is well known from one end of Wyoming to the other, Bdocupfes| the Rnll!lon of general agent for one | of the, 1ailfogas, m, !umm af | hls og'n, §d in clode touch with all kinds of enterprises. and has been a vital part of many of them himself. | “Yes, gir,” hé Fafd by way of intro- duction as he settled some 250 pounds of himself in the smoking car, “T| like Harding and want to see him re-alected, ‘but he's declaring. himselt too_much. i “What do you,mean by that?” the | writer inquired. " drawied Irwin, “you UNDERWOOD'S HAT MAY HIT RING SOON Senator’s 1924 Announce- ment Promised on Return | From Europe. ; e | through BY PREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Scnator Oscar W. Underwood of| Alabama returns from his four| months’ trip to Europe today. Dem- | ocrats in general, and his friends in particular, await with lively interest the fulfillment of Mr. Underwood's promise to make known his intentions | with regard to the presidential sit- uation. On the eve of his departure for Europe in March (he Alabama legislature adopted s. resolution fi voring the Underwood candidacy. In acknowledging that token of his own | | people’s esteem, the senator said he | would have something to sav s to| his inclinations and plans when he re- 1 wrip. | The universal expectation among those qualified to know Mr. Under- wood's mind is that his hat speedily | will be in the ring. - He may not lolsl it into the arena in a manner to pre- | sage an open and avowed contest for | delegates, but an announcement fs| anticipated that will plainly indicate | Senator Underwood's readiness to | make the race. His admirers are con- | fident the Underwood movement, al- | ready a formidable affair, will grow with snowball rapidity the moment the senator permits them to go the limit in his behalf. Called a Conservative. Underwood backers are conscious that to win for their favorite they have to overcome two already some- what deep-rooted impresions, regard- ing him. One is that he is “too con- ervative”; the other is that he is a “wet.” Denials are entered to both of these soft impeachments. As com- pared to McAdoo ‘‘progressivism” or Ford “radicalism,” Underwood nien say their candidate is unddubtedly a conservative. He does not favor, for instance, as McAdoo supposedly does, tional ownership of railroads. He opposed to any number of fantastic economic panaceas which Henry Ford espouses. He ‘is a ‘‘conserva- tive” as against almost all of the ‘isms represented by men of the Brookhart - ty; But Underwood's support. insist he is as abreast of the times as any man in public life; conscious that new measures are re- quired to meet new conditions; and that he is ‘“open-minde enough to face them, , if necessary, adopt_them. Underwood “went along” with Woodrow Wilson on the leagu: of nations, in tune with the demo- cratic party. But, his friends point out that does not mean Underwood trday favors an unadulterated league g an_paitern, i _ Rail Merger Speech and Prohibition En- {Favors Adding Teton Region| fo,coment Stand Cited as Opposition | Provokers by “Super-Common Citizen.” Zood many years ago my brother Fred and I came to Wyoming as a couple of cowpunchers. We needed a job. There had been a good deal of “cattle thieving and lots of shoot- ing and T knew they wouldn't take just anybody without looking ‘em over pretty carefully. We went up to the Careys to ses what could be done. I told my brother Fred it would take a lot of conversation to land the job and told him to speak up. We got the job all right, but I noticed_during the talk that my brother Fred never said & word. When o Eot outside, I asked him why he o't Bpok and this e what he ‘..1&«3!' 'Mw'?n‘ h—1 would he know but that I was the smdrtest man in the world if I dtdn't it's & ‘Miktake for 4 man t6 say tos much. Hughes went afound the country making speeches nd you know what happened to him. me way with Cox. In politios, T don’t think it pays to say too much. Now out in Wyoming, Harding mads & good western talk. Tt was fine. And there's no doubt thé people are leaning too heavily on the federal government and saying ‘Let George do It And he's right when he says (Continucd on Pags Z, Column 6.) U. S. TRAVELERS UNDER TURKS’ BAN Business Men and Tourists Denied Right to Leave Country With- out Angora Permi | By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE. July 2.—Many American travelers, both business men and tourists, are being held up a government order issued today providing that no forelgners except British, French and Italians, may leave the country without per- mission from the authorities at An gora. This action follows the arbi trary proceedings of last week, when | the entry of forelgners without An- gora's approval was prohibited. Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, American high commissioner, has appealed against the order. Many of the Americans had passage en- gaged .on trains or boats and had obtained passport vises from the Turkish officials. Poor communica- tion with Angora will make the bus- iness of obtaining new vises a mat- ter of weeks. It is understood the Turks' ruling was actuated by their desire to coi trol Serblan and Rumanian entries. The cxception of the new order in favor of allled nationals ia due to the fact that tle aliies have armed forces here and on the frontler and have notifled the Angora government they ‘would mot obey such regula- i | 80. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” - The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homer. as fast as t he papers are printed. Saturday’s Nei Circulation, 81917 Sunday’s Circulation, 94,340 40 PERSONS HURT IN CRASH OF TRAIN Two Cars on Niagara Falls High: Speed Line Plunge Into Ditch. BUFFALO, N. Y. July 2.—Forty persons were injured, several prob- ably fatally, when & two-car train on the Niagara Falls high-speed line of the International Railway Com- pany'ran into an open switch at the northern city limits of Tonawanda this morning. Both cars went Into the ditch, the first turning com- pletely over. Angelo Neubo, Pittsburgh, and Marcelino Sarscina Arnold, whose home also was sald to be in Penn- sylvania, were among the injured. CALLARAN T0 HEAD DISTRICT SCHOOLS, Election as President of Board Today Seen—Mrs. Hodgkins to Be Vice. Daniel J. Callahan, of the board of education, vice president will be | elected president of the body at its annual reorganization meeting this afternoon, it was predicted today. Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins, it is be- lieved, will be named vice president. A member of the board since April 1922, Mr. Callahan has taken an active Interest in school affairs and was instrumental in starting the in- vestigation of Muzzey's history text. book by a committee of the board of which he is chairman. He succeeded Daniel A. Edwards. Mrs. Hodgkins was appointed to the board April 6, 1921, as successor to Mrs. Margarita Spaulding Gerry, who resigned. Greenwood to Take Oa A feature of the reorganization meeting will be the administering of the oath of office to Ernest Green- wood, appointed recently by justices of the District Supreme Court to suc- ceed Dr. Abram Simon, whose term explred yesterday. Harry O. Hine will swear in Mr. Greenwood as well as Mrs. Coralle ¥. Cook and James T. Lioyd, who were reappointed to-the board for another term. Whether to locate the new addition to Western High School in the rear or front of the present bullding will be dechled by the board. Its action will be guided by 2 report to be sub- mitted by Mubicipal Architect Albert rrip, who was requested to stydy the plan submitted by an architect employed by Georgetown citizens calling for the erection of the annex in the “f the stfuotupe. - The enginder ment has rhrmend- ed that the addition be built in front of the present building. Wil Consider Examinations. The board =also is scheduled to consider a ¢omprehensive roport con- cerning the methods and procedurs of holding éxaminations for teachers eligible for promotion to group B for superior work, drafted by a sbe- cial committee headed by Dr. J. Hay- den Johnson. Other members wers Edwin Graham and Willlam L. Houston. Before framing its recom- mendations the committée held five hearings ‘at which teachérs and mem- bers of the boards of examiners gave testimony. Outstanding Recommendations. Outstanding of the committee's recommentdations are: That an increased amount of time be given to those taking the exam- ination. Thet no candidates be allowed to take the necessary oral examinations unless they make a rating of at least 70 per cent in tho written examina- tion That the scope of the written ex- amination be limited to the subjects taught by the candidates. That the examinations be classi- fied in three divisions—written, oral and personal. character and ability; that the maximum ratings of each division be 300 for the oral, 300 for the written and character and teaching ability. That Questionnaires be not stituted for the oral examination. That the rating “S" (meaning satis- factory) given to teachers taking the group 6B examinations during the administration of Supt. Ernest L. Thurston be given the highest pos- sible percentage of 80, or equivalent to the rating “E” which has been used during Dr. Frank W. Ballou'’s term to designate the percentage of Dr. Ballou, it was pointed out, had given the “S” rating a percentage of 40. During the hearings before _the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) sub- 1,000 PLEAD GUILTY; PAY $80,000 FINES IN COURT’S ‘BARGAIN DAY’ Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, Calif, July 2.— Popularizing the courts and speed- ing up the wheels of justice is the new game here_in southern Cali- fornia. Innovations of & charac- ter hardly according to Hoyle, and distinctly and decidedly not ac- cording to Blackstone, are the new order of the day. - Bargain day is applied to legal procedure. The initial one in federal court was designed for the bootleggers. More than 1,000 per- sons, accused of dealing illictly in aleoholic stimulants have taken advantage o0f the ofter that if they came forward and entered gullty pleas they would be let off‘with fines, - The result i more than $80,000 in fines have been enfered. Better still. for the first time in years,” the docket today <clear of nearly every case. Had alf in- sisted on jury trials, as they had the right, it would have required a possible ten years to have cleaned up. The movement started with the judges in the: Los Angeles traffic courts,. They had been imposing Juil Sentences for speeding. Finally the jail was full. There was no place il for con ted azuto owners wid vperators. Then came’the ‘in- | spiration of allowing convicted persons to pay their fines on the installment plan. Here is how it worked: Prisoner arraigned on a_ speed- ing charge. Offers his or her ex- cuse. “Not so good,” says the court. “Five hundred dollars fine.” “But, your honor, I can’t pay that much,” sald the prisoner. “How much can pay?” “I think T can scrape up $5 “All right, $50 na& ""E $50 monthly until it all is” pald. The federal court officlals, see- ing how well such a plan was working out, and uteerly- over- ‘whelmed with cases, no room in the jails, dectded fo try some- thing of the sort. It was an- nounced that for a limited period of time all who pleaded gullty to violating the Volstead law would get oft with fines and that time within which to pay would be ar- was a grand rush for the ‘The fines ranged from 350 rst offense, to $4,000, which largest amount imposed. rs. J. D. Creedon, young, easy to Jook at, pleaded guilty to a violation of the law—transport- ing liquor. Sirs. Creedon was fined §50 but her. 33,000 machine also was or- ‘dered confiscated. “T couldn't resist the ¢all of bargain,” she sald. TR (Copyrght, 1928.) the i & 200 for personal | TWO CENTS. SUBSTANTIAL CUT INNEW TAX RATE - ASSURED DISTRICT Commissioners to Act To- morrow, When Auditor’s Estimates Are in Hand. HIGHER ASSESSMENTS CAUSE OF REDUCTION Collections Last Year, Exceeding Expectations, Also Said to Justify Predicted Slash. A substantial reduction in the tax rate for the nmew fiscal year will be adopted by the Commissioners board session tomorrow. The exact amount of the cut will not be known until Maj. Daniel T Donovan, auditor, completes the diffi- cult task of summing up last vear operations and estimating the needs for the next twelve months. The rate for the past year was $1.30 per $100 of assessed value on real es- tate and tangible personal property The major's recommendation for the next year will be materially less, it was clearly indicated today. Studies Mass of Figures. In order to arrive at the exact rate the auditor must go through a mass of figures. First he must estimate how much revenue will come to the city Quring the fiscal year from court fines, miscellaneous laenses and from intangible taxes, Then he must determine the exact amount of the District’s obligations for the vear, namely, 60 per cent of all appropriations made by Congres The difference between total obli- gations and the estimated amount be derived from fines, licenses anc intangible taxes is the amount that must be raised on real estate and tan- gible personal property. Estimates Revenue Yield. From Assessor Richards the auditor will get the total assessed value of all real estate and tangible personal property. He will then multipl: these total assessments by differen® tax rates until he finds the rate thut will come nearest to producing the amount that must be derived from real estate and tangible personal property. There are two reasons for the pre- diction that the new rate will be o gpurprising reduction: First, the fact *A collestions from practically all urces during the flscal year just ended were far greater than expected: second, the total assesmed value of zeal éstate for thée new year s more than 325,000,000 greater than for last year. Naturally, a large increage in the assessment total tends to bring about 2 lower tax rate. WINSTON WY G CLFFORD PLACE Garrard B. Winston Chicago, it was sald today in highly responsible circles, will be the new sistant mecretary of the Treasury to succeed Col. Ldward Clifford. whose resignation i3 to take effect within a few weeks ‘While no officlal confirmation couid be obtained and Col. Clifford de- clined to discuss the possibility that Mr. Winston would succeed him. i was said by those in close touch with the administration that Seere- tary Mellon before he left for Eu- rope had chosen a successor to Col Clifford. Mr.’ Winston is _a member of ‘the prominent law firm of Winston Strawn & Shaw, at 38 Soutlt Dear- born street, Chicago. of which Judge John Barton Payne. now - on the American mission to Mexico, was formerly a member. Judge Payne retired from the firm when he came to_Washington in 1917. Garrard B. Winston {s a brother of James H. Winston, with, whom he Was for some time ‘assoclated {n the practice of law. There were some !n government cireles today who said they understood that it was Jamos H. instead of Garrard B. Winston who had been chosen, but the best informaion pointed to Garrard B. as the next assistant secretary of the Treasury. ‘Mr. Winston, it was said this morn- ing by those who know him, is a lawyor of wide experience and high standing. He i said to have served as & lleutenant colonel in France dur- ing the world war. AGAIN WILL ASK JURY TO INDICT ANDERSON By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 2.—District AL ! torney Banton, whose office récentl dropped an investigation of charges |against Willlam H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon e, announced today that on the :‘::l‘-“of newly obtained evidence he iwould ask the grand jury next M {day to indict Anderson for grand I | Geny. extortion and forgery. RUTH GETS HOMER; YANKEES LEAD GRIFFS YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK. N. Y., July 2.—Jezebel Zachary, vei- eran southpaw, was selected by Man- ager Bush to open fire for the Na- tionals against the Yankees today in the first tilt of the four-game series The pygmy pilot looked over the slants of Jack Hollingsworth and George Mogridge before nominating “4ob Shawkey was sent to the Kill by Miller Huggins, Yankee boss. Not more than 8.000 fans turned out for the fray. Weather conditions were ideal g At the end of the first inning the score W Natlonals, 0. Ruth ight-fleld stands on' hig first trip to the plate for a homer, aoccounting for ‘three runs Dugan and Witt being on base the time. attorney of | i |