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URGES REBUILDING FOR WALTER REED Hines to Ask Funds to Re- place Temporary Structures. Congress will be asked to appro- priate funds to replace many of the! temporary wooden structures at Wal- ter Reed Army Hospital manent bulldings. it was announced yesterday by Director Hines of the Veterans' Bureau. Gen. Hines had conferred with the War Departiment, he sald, concerning co-operation. - The Veterans' Bureau | has a large number of patlents at the hospital, which is under direction of the Army. Whether the War Department will provide in its own estimates for 1925 for the rebuflding of part of Walter teed could not be learned today Has 800 Patients. Only two permanent hospital build- ings proper have been completed at the great general hospital reserva- tion, where there is adequate space for ‘the construction of one of the government's finest, model institu- tions. At present 800 patients are under treatment there, most of whom are in the temporary bufldings. Surgeon General Ireland yesterduy made a tour of Inspection Reed, especially to look over the new Army Medical School, which in course of construct It is the aim of the Army eventually to complete w great medicul eenter at Walter Reed, the foremost of its kind in the: country. An order giving a more stable cor pensation status to disabled former mervice men was also announced yes- terday by Director Hines, Status for Two Yeurs. Under the new plan, which affects men whose condition indicates that their disabllity has reached a sta- ‘tionary level and cannot be benefited by further hospital treatment, ea veteran at his next regular examina- tion wlill go before a special board of three medical officers, who will at- tempt to determine the extent of dis- abllity on a more or less permanent basis and will fix the status of com- Yensation for two years. At present w new examination is required every ninety days It aissatisfied with the gradings ®iven them. veterans will have the yrivilege of a re-examination at any time. Director Hines explained that the purpose of the permanent partial d &bility rating was to relieve men of the inconvenience of ninety-day re- examination enable them to rely on a definite com- pensation over a long period. Men still in hospitals with hope further improvement remain unde regulations now in force. of the Business Executives. The director &lso announced that as mnother efficlency step he was consider- Ing employment of business executives to assist the commanding officers of Veterans' Bureau hospitals. He said a careful study of the hospitals had in- dicated the need of such executives, par- ticularly in view of the large amounts of money expended. Sixteen of the bureau’s hosplitals are expending 0,000 or more & year, and fourteen others are handling around $350.000 a yvear. A conference of the chief nurses of the various hospitals is to be called within a short time. It wiil be similar to meetings of other fleld workers em- loyed by the bureau and will seek to ncrease “the efficlency of the nursing service. Director Hines aleo announced that hie was preparing to order & number of negro physicians to duty at the veterans’ hospital at Tus . Ala.. where the questlon of negro personnel has caused a bitter controversy. The director declared he still was waiting for further advice from the com. | mittee of white Alabama citizens ap- pointed to confer with him regarding management of the hospital, and, in the meantime, had about completed a list of negro physiclans avaflable for Bervice fn the institution. Some of them, he said, would be sent to Tuskegee in the near future. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. The Writers’ League will meet to- morrow, § p.m, in Public Library. The Big Siaters of the District will meet tomorrow, 8 p.m., in room 610, 700 11th street. The Ohto Girly’ Club wiil give fta annual picnic Saturdey from 2 to 6 .m., at 16th street reservoir. All hioans Invited. The Business Wonen’s Council will meet tomorrow, 7:30 p.m., in lecturs Toom of Church of the Covenant. Musical program. Mrs. William Atherton Du Puy will address the class of Miss Mabel Dill, 1850 Ingleside terrace, on “Reading Around the World,” descriptive of her impressions while abroad. ——— Thers are 3,000 foreign troops, ex- cluding Japanese, in Tientsin, China. One thousand of these forces are Americans. There are 500 British troops, 1,000 French and small de- tachments of other foreign marines. BAND CONCERTS. Grant Circle, 5th and Varnum streets northwest, at 7:30 p.m., ;y ‘;he Ugll(‘sfl States Army and, . J. Stannard, Jeader, March, “The Blue Ribbon,” Bennet Overture, “Light Cavalry,” Buppe Grand selection, “Samson a Delitan” .. o Fox trots— (a) “Who Cares”... (b) “Annabelle” ..Henderson Excerpts from “You're in Love,’ Friml ‘Waltz, “The Flower of Italy,” Btefano March, “Chicago Tribune,” Chambers fThe Star Spangled Banner.” Sylvan Theater, at 7:30 p.m., by the United States Marine Band, Willlam H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader. March, “Brooke's Triumphal,” Selitz ‘alm Sea and Happy Mendelssohn 7/ Grand scenes from ‘“Mai ca - Valse de con Overture, * Voyage' Morgeau as ‘saion, non Les- ceeeess. .. PUCEH cert, “Tres Jolie,” Waldteufel Fantasia, “Musical Scenes from ORI . et 4. Gipsy March, marcia. Dance, ailegretto. Habanera, andantino. Bolero. Finale, third act, “Rienat, Wagner “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the Community Center's Band, James E. Miller, director, at Vermont avenue and U street northwes tomorrow, 7:45 p. March, “Olympia Hippodrome™ Alexander Waltz, “Tres Jolle” ‘Waldteutel Fox trot, “Crying for You Miller-Cohan Overture, “Norm: ..V. Bellinl Vocal solo, “You Know You Belong _to Somebody Else," West, Siras and Monaco By Chester Dodson Selection, “Tannhauser’” Meyrelles Fox trot, “Barney \ Google' Rose-Conra, with per-} ,|ands of our own folk who are swarm- at Walter | nd at the same time to | {U. S.-CANADIAN PEACE: | CITED BY PRESIDENT AS EXAMPLE TO WORLD (Continued from First Page.) than a simple understanding, safe- guards. lives and properties on the great lakes, and only humble mile posts mark the inviolable boundary Iine for thousands of miles through furm’ and forest. “Our protection is in our fraternity, our_armor is our faith; the tie that binds more firmly year by vyear, is ever-increasing acquaintance and comradeship througl. interchange of | citizens: and the compact is not of perishuble parchment. but of falr and {nonorable dealing, which, God grant. shall continnc for all time. “An interesting and _ significant symptom of our growing mutuality appears in the fact that the volun- interchange of residents to which I have referred is wholly free from | restrictions. Our natlonal and in- dustrial exigencies have made it nec- essary for us, greatly to our regret, to fix limits to immigration from for- elgn countries. But there is 10 quota for Canada. We gladly welcome all { of your sturdy, steady stock who care {to come, as a strengthening ingredicnt ‘and influence. We none the less bid godspeed and happiness to (he thou- ing constantly over vour land and participating in its remarkable de- velopment. Wherever in either of our countries any inhabitant of the one or i the other can best serve the interests of himself and his family is the place for him to be. . §. Capital in Canada. of our appears in “A further evidence in- creasing interdependence the shifting of capital. Since the armistice, 1 am informed. approxi- Jately $2.300.000.000 has found its way from. the Unlted States into Canada for investment. Most gratif-ing to you, moreover, should Le the circum- stance that one-half of that great sum has gone for purchase of your| state and municipal bonds, a tribute, indeed, to the scrupulous maintenance of your credit. to a degree equaled only by your mother country across the sew and your SISteT COUNLLY &cross the hardly visible border. “A hundred years of tranquil rela- tlonships, through viclssitudes which elsewhere would have evoked armed conflict rather than arbitration, af- {fords, truly declared James Hrye | the finest example ever seen in his- | tory of an undefended frontier, whose {very absen of armaments 1t ! helped to prevent hostile | strations, thus proving beyond ques | tion that ‘peace can aiways be kept. ! whatever he the grounds of contro- | versy, between peoples that wish to keep it In Forceful Truth “There 18 a great and highly perti- nent truth, my friends, in that single assertion. It {s public will, not pub- {llc force, that makes for enduring peace. And It is not a gratifying cir- cumstance that it has fallen to the 1lot of us North Americans, lving amicably for more than a century, under different flags, to present the most_striking example yet produced on that basic? If only European countries would heed the lesson con- veyed by Canada and the United States they would strike at the root of their own continuing disagree- | ments, and in thelr own prosperity forget to invelgh constantly to ours. “Not that we would reproach them for resentment or envy, which after all is but a manifestation of human nature, rather should we sympathize | with their seeming inability to break the shackles of age-long methods, and rejofce in our own relative free- dom from the stultifving effect of old world customs and practices. Our natural advantages are manifold and obvious. We are not palsied by the habits of a thousand years. We live in the power and glory of youth. Others derive justifiable satisfaction from contemplation of their resplen- dent pasts. Wa have relatively only our present to regard, and that with eager eyes fixed chiefly upon our fu- | | | our best estate. We profit both mentally and materially from the fact that we have no de- parted greatness’ to recover, nor ‘lost provinces' to regain, no new terri- tory to covet, no anclent grudges to gnaw eternally at the heart of our national consciousness. Not only are we happily exempj from these handl- caps of vengeance and prejudice, but we are animated correspondingly and most heipfully by our better kiowl- edge, derived from long experience of the blessings of liberty, * * ¢ No Annexation Alms. “I find that quite unconsclously I am, speaking of our two countries, al- most in_the singular when perhaps I should be more painstaking to keep them where they belong, in the plural. _But I feel no neced to apolo- gize. You understand as well as I that I speak in no political sense. “The ancient bugaboo of the U'nited States scheming to annex Canada disappeared from all our minds years and years ago. Heaven knows we { have all we can manage now and enough room to spare for another hundred ‘mlll(ons. before approaching the in- tensive stage of existence of many European states. “And If I might be 8o bold as to of- fer a word of advice to you. it would be this: ‘Do not encourage any enter- prise looking to Canada’s annexation of the United States. You are one of the most capable governing peoples in the world, but I entreat you, for your own sakes, to think twice before un- dertaking management of the terri- tory which lies between the great lakes and the Rio Grande.” “No, let us go our own galts along parallel roads, you helping us and we helping you. So long as each coun- try maintains its independence, and both recognize their interdependence, those paths cannot fall to ba high! ways of progress and prosperity.” VISIT FIRST OF KIND. President Rises Early to Prepare for Stop in Canads. By the Associated Press. ON BOARD U, 8. 8. HENDERSON WITH PRESIDENT HARDING, July 26.—President Harding arose earlier than usual this morning, looking for- ward to_this epochal day in the Cana- dian city of Vancouver, B, C. Not alone has the chief executive dreamed of a visit to Alaska, a dream now realized, but he has looked for- ward to the time when he would be able to stand on Canadian soil, some- thing which has been done by no American President. Mr, Harding has ever had a deep admiration for the Canadian people, and members of the party with which he toured Alaska and came south on the Navy transport Henderson said that he was filled with pleasure today at being about to greet the Cana- dians In thelr own country and fur- i possible pertod tall - 'THE - EVENING :STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1923. CTIENS APPROVE. BOND ISSUE PLAN Rhode Island -Avenue Asso- ciatiomU@hOIds Oyster’s . Proposal. The bond issue favored by Commis- sloner Oyster to provide money for school extensfon, for sewer and water { facilittes_and for highway Improve- ment was indorsed by the Rhode Is- land Avenue Citizens' Association meeting last night at the Sherwood Presbyterfan Church. A resolution introduced by Willlam 8. Torbert, chalrman of the legislative commit- tee. and passed, declared the organi- zation in favor of the bond lssue, but asked that maturity of the bonds be so provided that the “burden thereof will be distributed over the longest commensurate with the marketabjlity of the obligations.” Mr. Torbert made an address on the proposed bond issue. He sald the city was In need of many improve- ments which could not be made from the money appropriated ehch year by Congress” and that therefore some other financial assistance Was neces- sary Willlam J. Seelye, a member of the assoclation, outMned the aims of the newly organized Coal Consumers’ League. He was elected a vice presi- dent of the leugue At & meeting a week ago. 2 { Barney Harrie branded dealers who sell short-weight ice us “‘robbers.”! He urged that every one should own | u pulr of scale and welgh the fce! sold to him, H Oscar Ellls, chairman of the! committes on lawns, gardens and | parks, announced that the second in- spection of lawns in_ the neighbor-| hood contest will be held August 15 and the finul one September 5 to & Band concerts have been provided for in_the territory of the association. Mr. Torbert announced the death of Columbus Brashears, financial secre- tary of the assoclation. ~Thomas S. Ml‘éon was elected to fill the vacant pos —_——— GARRETT TRIAL OPENS; MANY FLOCK TO COURT | (Continued from First Page.) at for the state to this place. All of Prosecutor Bonifant's charges are denied, Sheriff King Adams. in his afdavit. saying .in part: “I indignantly deny that [ have been ctively engaged in the de fense of the Garretts and in intimid- ating _and endeavoring to terrorize of those who demand fair and tmpartial trial” { The other aMdavits are signed by | Cary M. Smith, county treasurer; A. | B. ~Armstrong, commissioner | chancery for the drawing of juries; | R. L. Agee, supervisor of Cumber- land county; M. D. Blanton, justice of the peace, Randolph district; H 8. Holman, jury commissioner; 1. W. Rhodes, supervisor; W. J. Thurston, justice of the peace, and . F. Flem< ing, school trustec. get a fair trial Denials of Sherifr. Sheriff King further says in his af- fidavit: “I deny that I or any of my deputies have done anything as menace to an impartial trial in the; Garrett cases; 1 deny that I notified a certaln citizen of this county that he was a fool for expressing his opinion against the Garretts. I did tell a citi- zen that he was a fool for expressing | an opinion in the case until he had | heard both sides.” A. B. Armstrong, commissioner in chancery for the drawing of jurles, denied the influence f the .Garrett] brothers, or of any one else in the ap- pointment of jurors, adding: “In mak- | ing out the iist of jurors, 1 did every- thing required by law; 1 have made | out the list of jurors’ with my co-| commissioner from the qualified voters of Cumberland county and complied In every respect with all the provisions and requirements ot the law and I honestly believed that I was qualificd under the law to act as such commissioner. 1 was not in- fluenced or controlled by any one, nor did any one attempt to so do, and had thcre been any such attempt, I would have resented it." The other afidavits are in the same tenor and are made to prevent a change of venue. ‘\i Deciding Change of Venue. The first question before the court was whether or not the prosecution is entitled to a change in venue and on this point there is wide division. Afdavits were presented the couri containing the contentions of both sides as to the possibility of securing a falr trial in the county where tie crime was committed. The whole crux of the disagreement, which Judge White wiil have to de- cide appears to be a difference in in- terpreting the word “vincinage.” The state constitution and all laws guar- tee accused persons the right of n impartial trial by a jury of his vicinage.” It has frequently been held by the court that “vicinage” means “county.” It Is on such opin- lons that the defense bases its oppo- sition to a change in venue, but the prosecution points out that the con- stitution clearly calis for an fmpartial trial and claims that the constitution never intended that a prisoner should g0 free because of inability to get an impartial trial in his county. Literally interpreted, the prosecu- tlon contended before Judge White today, “vicinage” means place of resi- dence; and thus a Chesterfield county man %ould have to be tried in Ches- J or a crime committ, Grayson county. R Plerce Relatives Arrive. Levi Pierce and brothers of Mrs: Plerce and Mrs. Pierce's grandmother, arrived from Farmville at 1:30 o'clock this_morning. They are staving at the Pierce home. None of them have any connection with the case. Rich- ard Evelyn Byrd, who, with Milton P. Bonifant and George B. White, Is prosecuting the Garrotts, held a con- ference with the Pierce's in their home last night. He left about 9:30 o'clock. Besides the widow Plerce there are seven children: Lillian, the Daby: - Sylvester, 18, Willard," 15; enn, H ary, 10; B » 6, R x] ertha, 6, and rs. Plerce, a plain woman of abo forty, who &peaks with a distinet drawl, was reluctant to dlscuss the case, ‘but posed for a photograph a few feet from the spot where her hus- band was slain. A conference was held last tho ‘Garrett Hofel, ‘where: they ars stopping, by the Garrett brothers and the defense attorneys, Harry M. | ther cement the friendship—more than a century old—which has existed between the people of Canada and the people of the United States. The Henderson early today had completed her long voyage down the inside passage from Sitka, Alaska, and was proceeding Into waters ad- Jacent to Vancouver harbor. Land at 11 Today, Although the President and Mrs. Harding were not to step upon Cana- dian sofl until 11 this morning, sev- eral members of the party on the ‘Henderson spent a few hours in the province - of British Columbla yes. terday while the Henderson lay at anchor in Duncan bay for nearly twelve hours on account of having gotten ahead of her schedule. Those who went ashore visited the little resort town of Campbell. river. Directions were issuéd by the President yesterday for participation by the Henderson's company of marines and by the United States Navy Band In today's exercises at Vancouver by way of returning a compliment paid him in Portland, Ore., Independence day, when the offi- cers and men of the British light cruiser Curlew took part in a parade. —_— Elsie Mackay, daughter of Lord Inchcape, British shipping magnate, holds a first-class ‘aviator's license, Smith, jr.; Louis 0. Wendenbur, ‘Willlam M. Justis. S James A. Tillman, clerk of the court of Powhatan county, arrived shortly before court opened this morning. He will act in the place of Mr. Garrett while he is on trial. Special Police Arriving, Alfred J. Kirsch, Richmond attorney, arrived in Cumberland this_mornin having been summoned by Mr. Wee denburg and Mr. Smith from Rich- mond at 3 o'clock this morning to consult on & point of law, Mr. Kirsch id. He returned to Richmond at noon. He would not divulge the na- ture of the conference further. Portsmouth and Lynchburg police began to arrive at 8:30 o'clock. They are headed by Webb of Portsmouth, who 1s to be chief of the entire lot. The{l will be camped in the courthouse yard. Threateneng letters were produce yesterday morning by Davlg Eta\‘:lnrg which he sald were sent to him anonymously, warning him to leave town because of his interest in' the case, according to attorneys here. —_— The South Bea {island housewife does not have to make bread. There is a tree in those islands called the bread-fruit tree, the fruit of which, when baked in. an oven, looks and iastes L ery much like wheat brea Widow in Russia To Be Rich With $700 Sailor Leit (- Postal savings certificates’ of $700, it is believed, will make Donna Babi of Prosuroff, Kanjen- ,Podolsky, Russia, a Wealthy woman dn her native land. _She ha# Just been located by the, Post Office Department, following & three-year search. Her husband. @ Russian sailor. died in the Staten Jsland public health ser- vice hospital. The soviet government not being recognized by the United States, it will be necessary for the pub- lic adnitnistrator of the estate of Babl to secure court uction for conversion of the certificates into cash. It will then be up to " the administrator to get the money to Donna Babi, through the Red Cross or some other relief or ganization, MORSE TESTIMONY I URYMAYREST The taking of testiniony in the Morse -eonspiracy trial—one of the longest criminal cases in the history of lgcal courts—was concluded today. Digcussion of the prayers for Instruc- tions on law points to the jury may occupy ‘the attention of Jugtfce Staf- ford tomorrow and the jury lik Wil ‘be -respited until Monday, when. 1t s expected, the summing-up argu- ments will -commence. Two days probably will be allowed to each side to present t closing arguments. United States Attorney Gordon will begin the argument to the jury on behalf of the prosecution and will be followed by the several lawyers for the defens The government’s clos- Ing arguments will be made by As sistant Attorney General Allison in reterence to she Virginia Shipbuilding Company’'s transactions and by Ae- sistant Attorney General Tuwrner in relation to the operations of other Morse corporations. Justice Stafford will then deliver his chargé to the jurors. May Ask Dismissal Ruling. Before discussic instructions tomorrow, it is expected, counsel for the defense wil motion to dismiss the because report by a grand jury one member of which was not a resident of the Distriet of Columbia, being a qualified voter of St. Marys county. Md. The defense clalms the indict- ment is invalld. but the prosecut contends that the point was waived the fallure of counsel for th 11 it to the attention of called | e co fore the case for trial. The motfon was made fore the introduction of testimony. has not heen decided by the court On cross-examination Attorney Nash R s0d for the defense show- ed t is a balance of $103 000 due on the note, but that the in- terest and other charges by the bank ad agzregated $123.000 which would tend to Indicate that $20,000 than the face the note had been pald by the Morses. Effect of Changes. Lee R. Sanford. a naval architect with the t Corporation, testified that the net effect of the four majo. changes in the plans of the ships con structed by the Virginia Corporation was to cause no delay practically. Witnesses for the defense had stated tlat much of the delay on the ships was brought about by these changes. While Attorney Stanley representing N. H. Campbell, the defendants, was cross- t ustice Stafford remark that the ating this witness Mr. Fowler asked for an ex- to the court's statement, and lowing the exception the justice iked there was someth that not get into tha record and it tone of your voice, which I is insulting.”” Mr. Fowier noted exception to that staf the court. e Before this Mr. Plez, who wa merly director general of the Emer- gency Fleet Corporaiton, and who was “called as the first government witness rebuttal. had clashed with Agtorney Thomas of defense counsel Mr. Thomas was some dis” result that stions put, wa Fowler, one for- he could not hear the qu Mr. Plez suggested that counsei stand up. After several passages My. Thomas demanded to know if the witness was trying to “give orde: Mr. Piez explained that his sugges- tion whs made because “several heads intervene” and that with Mr. Thomas standing he could read his lips, Hard For Judge to Hear. Justice Stafford intervened to re- mark that he was ‘sitting beside the witness and that he h to hear counsel until he_raised his voice.” Mr. Plez was questioned particular- Iy by Assistant Attorney General Turner ‘as to whether at a confer- ence he had with former Representa- tive Carlin of Virginia about advanc- ing money to the. Virginia company's shipyard, there had been any pro- posal that the Fleet Corporation would “match dollars”™ with the Vir- ginia plant. “There never was,” said Mr. Plez. {We had a contract coverins ' pay- ents.” ‘.\ln Piez testified that when Mr. Carlin conferred with him after the first_government loan .of $750,000" to the Virginia_plant he had told him that if the Virginia company would “match dollars with us there would be no need for additional loans.” He added that at that time the Fleet Corporation records were that the government had. put ,$1,500,000 into fhe plant mnd housing while “the contractor had put in only $600,000. —e RED SOX, 7; NATS, 6; ‘Just now when IN FIRST BATTLE!+ (Continued from First Page.) ty hit into a fast double play, 2,',’::{:,"‘0 Tewster t8 Burns, Lelbold holding third. Rice lined to J. Harrls. No runs. . AR.R. H, P.0. A. E, 2 ° Bush, 8b. Goslin, 1f Gharrity, 1b... Rioe, o uel, [} Peok, Evams, 1bif. Zachary, D.... Johnson, P. . Totals ... BOSTON, Fowster, 2b Pioinich, o. b ashsnng (Joraae e <l cooconmmoonnry o | coroonnrwunusl Bl gommumuron: Rlococousrninen 2l omsruravono! ° 8l cocomnaccconsp El nnonnonson. &l horcosunmmancy B 5 *Batted for Fergu tBatted for Murray in ¥ ny 1: b izten e, l‘-v‘-v?- and Hildsbraad, of the prayers for request | }a ruling from Justice Stafford on th: indictments,] but | more Shipbuilding of | ad been unable rl cocommooccoss!! wl ceorcscccnr! PREPARE 70 SLASH NEW U.S. ESTIMATES Budget Bureau Trimmers to' Have Preliminary Figures by Wednesday. The bureau of the budget today was preparing for the big job of trim- ming down estimates for the gov- ernment’s ‘fiscal year ending June 30, 1926, preliminary figures on which will be due next Wednesday With one eye on President Hard- ing's demand for economy, the bureau is expecting the departments and es- tablishments which now are putting the finishing touches on preliminary gstimates, to exercise the strictest j economy in preparation of thelr figure In fact, the President has demand- | €d that the estimates themselves for | the year 1925 shall be $126,000,000 tll 3 than the actual appropriations | for 1924, so that those departments which are counting on larger ap- propriations than last year will be xpected by the budget to show the most urgent need, as the cutting will have to be without mercy In many places Expenses are Limited. Although estimates for the year 925 necessarily are sketchy at the present tin President Harding in no uncertain terms has set the limit { withi ment to oy - e not only called for the reduc- tlon - of $126,000,000 below the actual appropriations for 1924, but said spe- cifically: “I pave expressed to the dlrector of the burcau of the budget my desire that the 1925 estimates, exclusive of the amount required to meet the reduction in, and the in- terest on, the public debt and the amount Tequired for the Post Office artment will not be in exc $1.700,000,000.” it e Fully realizing this economy would be a bik job for those in charge of administration, the President told the | busin heads of the government that Wil tax your best efforts, at 1 { th to find ways and {ing the am { funds.” Preliminaries Consldered. Even the preliminary estimates {have not been submitted as yet, but ‘huuxe: offictals have been casting 1 over the situation and i busy with surveys of means for lessen- unts of your requests for available looking toward This has convinced them, it ig un- erstood, th; the departments and establishments will have to be called upon for real sacrifices. and that per- haps, after the estimates are sul mittéd finally September, there may be necessary the actual pruning of the figures by many millions. One forecast intimated that the estimates from the entire group of departments and establishments comprising the 1925 budget may have to be cut by $200.000,000 hefore they would meet the President’s approval and be ready to submit to Congrews. THREE MORE STADIUM SINGS ARE PLANNED Open-Air Music and Dance Fetes to Be Held August 10 and 24, September 7. in liowing the first open fr ind danee carnival, held on Thursday night. July 19, in the Cen- tral High stadlum, arrangements have :en completed for thres additional open-air fetes on Friday, August 10; Friday. August 24, and Friday, Sep- tember 7. All three of these events will be given In the stadium and will be free to the public. Announcement made from headquarters of the Community Mu- sfe Association. under whose auspices the entertainments will_be given, that the arrangements for the audience have been adjosted and t in the future there wiil be a seat every ticket holder, provided tic- kets are presented not later than 8§ o'clock. There will be 5,000 free seats and 2.000 reserved seats, The reserved section will be for season ticket holders und those dewmring to pur- chase section privileges at 25 cents per person. The reserved section tick- ets wil be sold at the gates. The concerts will begin promptly at 8 o'clock. The 11th street-and 13th street gates will be open at %:30. A set of large searchlights has been secured tarough Col. Sherrill, super- utendent of public buildings and grounds, to assist in adequately lighting the field. CLASSIFIERS HURRY " WORK IN BUREAUS (Continued from First Page.) air musi board will compare the entire re- turne, review and ailocate the posi- tions in ail departments and estab- lishments in such a fashion that per- sons doing the same work shall re- celve the same pay, regardless of where they work Even the reclassification board's final O. K. does not change the sal- aries of the government employes af- fected, for it then remains for Con- gress to act upon the reclassification. Tn spite of President Harding's plea for economy, it has been predicted that Congress will approve a reclassi- jcation program, as included in the regular estimates, of such a nature as to raise the pay roll here for gov- ernment employes. This would by no means promise that all persons af- fected would get an increase in sal- ary. To_ the contrary, it has been freely indicated that some will prob- ably be reduced. The State Department, according to the weekly statement of work issued by the board today showing the re- turns as of July 21, is now the most procrastinating = department of the entire government in the District, having returned to the board not a single one' of the questionnaires asked for by last June 1. There are about 600 employes of the State De- partment here who are to be reclas- sified under the law. The Treasury Department, which has about 16,000 persons in the Dis- crict to reclassify, and which con- sequently has had the diggest task of all, has been improving in its re- ults within the past ten days, it was announced. The Treasury has turned in 8867 questionnaires, but still has on hand more than 7,000 to complete. Have Good Records. Departments and establishments with the best records in the District are those which have completed their returns, including War, Justice, Post Office, Navy, Agriculture, Labor, gen- oral accounting office, State, War and Navy bulldings, Veteran; Bureau, government printing office, District of Columbia, Smithsonian Institution and the Clvil ‘Service. Resides the State Department and the Treasury, other departments which have not completed their re- turns, and the number of question- naires still expected, are as follows: Commeérce, 998; Interstate Commerce Commission, 412, ‘and minor bureaus, listed as “other establishments,” 1,008. Returns have been increasing within the past few days. The total expected has 5, of which, .on laced at 118,13 e e ‘been received July 21, there--had 90,632, ° which he expects the govern- | {but T have confidence in your ability | the | seating | from the fleld services BABY GIRL NEARLY - SLAIN BY ROOSTER Found Unconscious With Spur Broken Off in Skull and Goes to Hospital. Special’ Dispateh to The Star. FREDERICK, Md, July 26.—At- tacked by a game rooster yesterday when she plcked up a chicken while toddling around in the yard, Mary El- len Hubbard, eighteen-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hub- bard, near Creagerstown, s at the City Hospital recovering from an op- eration for the removal of a two-inch spur from the skull at the “suture line.” The operation is one of the most unusual to be performed at the local hospital. The child was taken to the institution yesterday afternoon un- conscious, The mother had found the infant lying in the yard with chickens swarming around her. An X-ray ex- amination revealed the spur of the rooster, which had broken off in the skull, Dr. E. P. Thomas, the operating sur- geon, sald the spur had penetrated the brain substance and had entered through what is known as the “soft part of the skul The right side of the head and face of the child is badly lacerated, indicating that the nraged rooster had continued his attacks after the child had become unconscious. The mother heard no screams, and it is thought the child lay in the yard for some time before being found. When the child recovered conscious- nees, early this morning, physiclans said she probably would recover. — BRITISH BATE BREATH OVER NEXT RUHR MOVE i (Continued from First Page ernment and the destruction of the rentier by the instrument of infla- tion and her bourgeois annihilation beyond the Rhine of old forms of society and the advance of new forms from the east. It is not policy, or resources, or Great Britain, but thess matters which threaten France. Our instru- ment for making her see them must be the force and sincerity with which we tate and act Upon our own pre- vision. This may bring us into open opposition_ to the government = of { France. But we cannot succeed in objects unless the atmosphere | { thus create serves to awaken the alarm of France, not towards us who in the last resort will remain passive, but towards what is really alarming. While we alarm reassure German caleulating upon’ th of the German resistance and he may be right. He is delighted that Mr. Baldwin should exhaust time in exer- cises of pollteness because he hopes that meanwhile events will settlc themselves in his favor. Hope Germany Stands. British opinfon does not reckon enough with this possibility or face with sufficlent frankness the need to encourage Germany, We don't want German resistance to break down. Lord Curzon would regard the fall of Cuno's government and capitula- tion in the Rulir as the worst news he_could receive. The more slowly we move with the more necessary it s to 10 slight comfort to Germany and render a little support to the restige of her existing regime. dificult to do this in a manner which Is not distasteful. Important sections of British opinfon and Ger- ny must be content. therefore, with a few hints gathering her com fort more from what Mr. Baldwin did not say than from what he did. France we must Mr. Poincare is carly collapse i | | | be etrictly neutral in the matter of the Rulir unless she remains passive and gives up the idea of having a pol of her own. If we oppose {France in the Ruhr, we must admit |(hat this means giving at least indl- rect enfouragement to Germany. British_opinlon moves from its old {moorings very slowly, very reluc- {tantly and not at all, unless the prog- |reas of events compels it. This fs the tactical strength of Mr. { Poincare’s position—he can still trade on the capital of the past, can still be outrageous with impunity by drawing on the accumulated stock of old lovalties. But if the British public becomes convinced bevond doubt that he does not deserve their confidence, the balance of European politics will suffer extraordinary {change. Great Britain has mever vet {since the armistice exerefsed her {authority bécause she never felt suf- ficiently certain where the true course lay. This passivity, based on doubt rather than weakness, has bred an illusion in France as to the welght of_such authority if it is used. The immediate danger while diplo- macy follows its slow and winding course springs from the weakness of Germany—from the deterforation of her economic life and present men- tality of her people. The economic effect of the Ruhr occupation is cu- mulative and gets worse by lasting longer mainly because of the enor- mous expenditure in which the sup- port of the Ruhr industrialists and workers involves the Berlin govern- ment. Taxing by means of inflation is now almost the only serlous source of revenue. They used to raise in this way the equivalent of about £1,000,000 a week; they are now try- ing to raise from it nearly £2,000,000 a week. The result a_ compiete breakdown of the currency and a point may soon arrive when enough jreal resources cannot be raised to carry on the government and sup- port thte Ruhr resistance, however many notes may be printed. That is to say, the Berlin govern- ment may become literally bankrupt. {The inevitable difficulties of the situa- { tion are rendered worse by the facts that the financial direction of head- quarters is weak and that the old- faghioned management of the reichs- bank is not equal to Its new prob- lems. The only favorable factor Is the tine of the vear—with a new har- vest at hand and the season of cold still some months away. Meanwhile, half the population is torn and divided against itself by fierce political dissensions and the other half is apathetic. Neither na- tionalists nor industrialists nor com- munists nor the makeshift compro- mise which now governs can com- mand the enthusiasm of generous and independent minds. The national spirit flickers and burns nowhere with a pure flame. Disgust, disillusion and despair have joined,fo weaken the sense of public spirit.' The most significant feature of modern Germany is to be found in the | Inclination of its youth to avert their minds altogether from the political and econoiiic problems of their coun- try, to abandon real politik in toto, to become Indifferentists to national questions and to find elsewhere the springs of activity and enthuslasm. M. Poinctre’s confidence that Ger- man resistance can be broken down is, therefore, not without some ground: Naturally, he is content that the dip- lomatic situation should develop as slowly as possible. So long as he can maintain the status quo without con- ceding anything substantial he will doubtless do what he can to avold an abrupt breach. He reckons that di- vided opinions in the cabinet and the tory party may cause Mr. Baldwin to move so slowly that he may be too late. (Copyright, 1923, the New Republic. Published by arrangement with the New Republic.) LIVING COST HIGHER. ‘While living costs over the nation advanced half of one per cent be- tween March and June, in Washing- ton during the same time an advance of 1.7 per cent took place, the labor department announced today.. From June, 1922, to June, 1923, the cost of lxvlag in Washington rose 2.1 . cen! | It ie impossible for Great Britain to | NavyPigeonLoses Race by Stopping For Social Call An explanation of the failure of Alcibides, prize homing plgeon of the Naval Air Station, at Coco Solo, Canal Zone, to win a race against a deadly rival of the Army air service depot at France Field, has been forwarded to the bureau of aeronautics here. The race was held July 4 the entries were two Navy and two Army birds. One of the Navy birds heat its competitor by twenty-six minutes, but Alcibides came “home sixteen minutes late, says the alibi received “to a sociuble call, not in line of duty, made on &ome pi- geons from the loft of Fort Davis, an Army post in the Canal Zone, while the race was still on.” EALLYHOOERS MAKE CAPITOL A SIDESHOW ana s (Continued from First Page.) people from all the states of the Union—the reporter continued on his way alone. aptain, can I get a gulde?’ asked the guard on the west door. “Right up the steps,” replied the watchman, who draws, by the way, an annual salary of $1,250 a year, as all the watchmen and guards do. “Does it cost anything?” asked the newspuper man. “Twenty-five cents,” sourly re- sponded the watchman. There was hostility in his tome, but it was not until later that the meaning of it was clear. In the rotunda was a party of twenty men, women and children, un- der the wing of a man wearing a cap upon which was the word “gulde.” The reporter stepped for- ward, but as did so & man in & gray cap, wearing & “guide” badge, came briskly forward. “Would you like to join the party?” he inquired, carefully stepping be- tween the party and the victim. “Does it cost anything?" innocently asked the {nvestigator. . “Only 25 cents,” smiled the gulde “come on” man. When a shiny quarter of the realm nestled in the palm of the guide the newcomer was allowed to join the party—and not before. Two guldes the one mentioned, and another who bore the legend “Chief” on his cap, vigilantly watched for new “guests. Late-Comers Fork Over. While the gulde wearing the cap, who was at the head of this particu- lar “round-up” of visitors, explained the pictures by Trumbull, six others were added to the gathering. Each | one of the six forked over 25 cents. The guide said that the tour took about 40 minutes. He led the way out of the rotunda, along a hall, told fluently the history of a grandfather's | clock, which was 120 years old, he said, and led the way to the door of the chamber in which meets the Supreme Court of the United States. “There was a great execution in| there,” he said, walting for the look of intercst and mystifcation to show | upon the twenty-six faces looking in | his direction. Twenty-six degrees of mystification Quly appeared. i They executed old John Barley- | corn in there/ xplained the guide, with a chuckle. Twenty-six chuckles followed | The “king's English” was belnz | executed, too, although the guide was | unaware of it { advise you people to see the | liberry at night,” he said, as his party | stood in front of the statue of John Hancock. “The lights brings out the colors, and it is the most beautiful building on the inside there are in | the world.” Truly, the Liberry of| Congress {s “the most beautiful build- ing on the inside there are in th world.” he | Real Fund of Facts. His cap steadfastly jammed down | upon his brow, the guide, who exuded | facts like Great Falls does water, led ks party to the President’s room, that bright littie chamber, with its $20,000 gold-plated chandeller—so | the gulde sald—and the paintings of Presidents. I The gulde did take off his hat when | he entered the President’s room. He explained how the chief executive entered the room the last thing when | he gave up his great office. He called | the attention of the sightseers to the | painting of religion, in the ceiling, | and asked them to walk around 80! that they might have the “all-seeing eye” of relixion upon them. The eves | of the figure are so painted that they seem to follow the eyes of the spec tator. At this point an old man and two boys jolned the partv, evidently with- out having paid io cents, but tie guide did_not notice them. The reporter, feeling that he had got his guarter's worth, left the party at this point. and made a hasty retreat to the rotunda. There he found another party of thirty persons about to start on a tour. Thinking that he atill had half an hour of guide service coming to him, the newspaper man stepped up to_the group. “Have you paid?’ asked a kindly volce at his elbow. It was the “chief.” “Oh, yes” with a smile. *I paid awhile ago, but left that party down the_corridor. “Why didn't you stay- with vour guide?” asked the gray-haired chief, in a doubtful tone, as if meditating on the advisability of throwing the offender out. “He was too slow for me, chief,” grinned the redorter. Think System Wrong. “Well, go along with this party, then,” came the reply.” The new guide spoke a better brand of English than the other one, but had the same line of patter. This is not to be construed as a reflection upon the information handed out by the guides. It is all probably true, “and is interesting enough in_itseit. The trip is worth what is charged for it, most sight- seers probably would agree. That is not the question. The proposition is: Isn't it all wrong that people should come from far states to visit the Capitol building of their nation and, at the door, be “held up” for 25 cents by men who are not even on the pay rolls of the government? Some Capi- tol officials believe it is wrong, as will be shown, after the inspection trip is over. Half-way down the corridor the re- porter dropped his party again and wandered back. On the way he met twenty-five tourists—$6.26—many of | them Boy Scouts. One of the scouts, | when questioned, said that be did not pay anything for the trip, but it could not be ascertained whether one of the men in the party had paid for the boys. Determined efforts were made in the rotunda to prevent visitors from “horning in” on the parties conducted by guides without at the same time crossing the palm of the “chief” or his assistant with a two-bit piece. As a matter of fact, wary visitors fight shy of the parties when they see it is & _pay affair, and are content to wander around and see things for themselve No Undue Pressure. As far as could be seen there Wi no undue influence brought to bear upon sightseers to join the pay tours. If they stepped within hearing dlis: tance of the guide they were ap. proached and the price stated. Most people are so constructed that they either pay or move away at once. Vis- itors, of course, are free to roam around the building at their own sweet will just so they leave um- brellas and cameras at the door. “How much will it cost to h: of the guides pilot myself friend through the building of the men was asked. ‘A_dollar,” the guide replied. “but we can’t do it between 10:30 in the BREAD PRICE RISE INQUIRY PLANNED Housekeepers Seek Reason for Increase by Bakers of District. An inquiry into the price of bread [in the District will bo started in the near future by the bread committeo of the Housekeepers' Allince of the District of Columbia. Plans for campalgn to find out why the price of {loaves has risen from 10 to 11 cen jand from 8 to 10 cents will be d! |cussed at the fall meeting of the al- liance in September. Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, wife of the pure food expert and president of the organization, and Mrs, F. L. Ransome, chairman of the alliance’s bread committee, will le in the fight for cheaper bread G ent local b dressed the alliance and gave his re sons for the present price of bread, but wholly failed to Impress us.” de clared Mrs. Ransome, who, with he committee, will devote tims to gath- ering facts in connection with the present bread prices. It has been suggested by Mre. Hi- ram Snell that half-pound loaves be made by the local bakers in addition to the ‘present size loaves. It w pointed out that many poor famill purchase a pound loaf, with re sult that half of it goes stale, because they do not require such a large siz each day. The bakers 1a to have stated that there are now too many varieties of bread on the mar- ket for economy, and to have pointed out that during’ the war they were especially requested not to make dif- ferent kinds of bread. — morning and 2 in the afternoon Those are our busy hours.” i Nor could the guide be blamea Who would {mpart information at the rate of §1 to two for 40 minutes, when Le can retafl the same infor- mation to 50 persons for $12.50! It's just a simple bit of mathematics. On the way out the reporter stop- ped to talk to his old friend the guard. “Well, captain, all for 25 cent b nty-five cents is the prin figur replied the guard, shifting his chair.” “You don't have to pa any more unless you tip th you shouldn’t tip ‘em, for they enough money, anyway."” U. 8. Guard Gets $4 a Day. The guard spoke with feeling. could you blame him, either. He gets $1290 a year, whether he works on the § am. to 4 pm. shift, 4 pm. to midnight shift or midnight to 8 am. shift On the other hand, the “lucky thir teen” work only from 9 o'clock to 4:30, and nobody knows how much money they earn. From the number of sightseers being shown through the Capitol today, certainly a steady crowd of three hundred persons s he said, “I saw it ea make ably it was a great deul more than that. jut counting only two hundred heads, at twenty-five cents apiece, it would mean 350 every hour, at Jeast. Figuring seven trips a day, 1t would mean $350 a day. Split that thirteen waye. and it means almost $25 a day apiece. Maybe the above calculation is right, maybe it is wrong, but officials at the Capitol themselves can only guess at what the thirteen guldes rake in, as there is no accounting. The men are not paid by the government, Although they are given their appointments by the sergeant-at-arms of the House and Senate. David Barry, sergeant-at-arms of the Senate, appointed seven of them, and Joseph G. Rodgers, sergeant-at- .rms of the House, appointed Mr, Rodgers could appoint a seventh, but he says he wont' do it, us he belleves the system is all wrong. 5 “How much do the guldes make sald Mr. Rodgers. “l don't know. No- bedy knows, except the guides, :mfl they won't tell. Of course, they have dull sea- cons and good seusons. The head man re- celves the money each duy, and at night he splits it with the others.”” Only Such System Here. Mr. Rodgers says that the present system of having the pay guides in the Capitol was established in 1376, and has lingered ever aince. The Capitol i3 the only building in Washington where the practice prevails, he said toda: Free guides are provided in oter gov ernment bulldings, and Mr. Rodgers Teels that free guides, for the people of the country, is the only sysiem that should prevall. The Capitol belongs to the people, and the federal governnu should be able to show them through the building without charge, with pro- per explanations of the main points of interest. The guides have an agrcement with the sightseeing bus companies, the sergeant-at-arms of the House said, whereby the company pays 15 ce for the sightseers o come In berneck” wagons. This fee, course, s included in the Which the automobile man charges. Mr. Rodgers declared that there i3 no examination made of the men, all this being left in the hands of the guides themselves. New guldes are Sipposed (o g0 around ten days with an experienced man before they are allowed to pilot parties “on thelr own. Ex-servica men, Mr. Rodgers be- ! 11eves, could learn the ‘work of guid- ing in three days, and could fll tho positions admirably if placed on duty as _policemen-guides, at fixed salaries Next December the sergeant- arms of the House will take up wit the appropriations committes the matter of abolishing the present guide “syndicate” and establishing in their stead ten policemen-guides, who will guide the people of their country through their national Cap- itol without money or price. TWO MINUTE SAFETY TALKS No. 4 CHILDREN IN THE STREET. Last year there were twenty- two children killed in Washing- ton by motor vehicles while they were playing in the street ‘When driving a car, be on the constant lookout to prevent running down or striking a child at play. A child with a ball _should be particularly watched, the ball may bound in the street and the youngster, thinking only of the game, darts after it and directly In front of your machine. If your brakes are bad or you haven't your car under control, the child may be struck and prob- Uiy EIRe Children coasting on wagons or sleds or on roller skates sel- dom pay the proper attention to traffic, #nd so the motorist must pay attention to the children and be prepared to stop qulckly. A boy on a bicycle is usually & very uncertain vehicle on “the streets; give him ample room until you have passed him, he may turn directly in your path at any moment. The responsibility _for child’s death in a traffic acci- dent 1s very often placed ‘upon the motorist, although in many «cases it should be placed on the parents of the child _killed. Children should be taught from babyhood how and where to play safely. Safety habits form- ed before reaching seven or elght years old are seldom for- gotten throughout life. Streets were designed for the mov ment of vehicles and do not make fe playgrounds for children. PREPARED BY WASHING- TON SAFETY COUNCIL. ’ / {would be a moderate estimate. 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