Evening Star Newspaper, July 31, 1923, Page 2

DEFENSE OF MORSE VOICED BY COUNGEL - Attorney Assures Jury Ship- builder Sacrificed Own Money to Aid in War. i Wilton J. Lambert con- morning the opening | argument for the defense iu the! #Morse conspiracy trial. He asked] theé jurors to acquit the Morses of | a 'charge of conspiring to defraud | the government on the government's ! teftimony, the entire structure which was bullt on a question of mere circumstantial cvidence. i He contrasted the picture presented | byithe testimony for the prosecution | concerning the work done at the Virginia plant with the evidence | présented by the photographs offered | by the defense and suggested that! much careful scrutiny should be giyen other evidence offered to sus- tain the indictments of which the | defense was unable to present photo- graphs. Attorney cluded this Chief Alm Was to Aid in War. “YAfter adopting a resolution show- ing where he stood at the outbreak of the war,” sald Mr. Lambert, “every dollar of Charles W. Morse was, wn into the maclstrom in an ef- to perfect an organization to build ships to rush food and Wther Tequircmonts to the boys ‘over there.’ Nof a dollar 1S snown to have gone info the pockets of Morse, but the evidence establishes clearly mnq Morse and s sons in their eftort 1o, help the government during m.-( Wdr came out poorer than they went into it The liwyer asked the jury to show by its verdfet that “should another cagaclysm come upon this earth, no man wanting to help his government is going tu be deterred by the specter of what may come afterward in tie way of prosecution as the result of a change of administration.” He urged | that Morse @nd his sons deserve the commendation and indorsement of every red-blooded man for their aid to the government instead of being obliged 1o face prosecutio Attorney Davison's Address. Lambert was followed by At- D. Davison representing Philip Reinhardt, whose alleged contes- sion Bgured prominently in the case. M Davison said there was no_ scintill of evidence to show that Reinharde Knew of the existence of the al leged conspiracy. His client wa scared at tne indictment and admit- | ted he had done something wrone. Analyzing the statement of Keinhardt the lawyer pointed out that he had admitted only carclessness in approv- ing vouchers without a check, and 8aid no vouchers passed by Reinhardt had been presented in evidence by | the prosecution. ° Outline of Lambert’s Argament. Mr. Lambert began his argument shortly pefore adjournment yesterday Ly reading scveral prayers granted by the court showing that the presump- tion of innocence tollowed each de fendant throughout the trial, and that even if all overt acts and alleged m representations were proved the tendants could not be found guilty | unless the conspiracy as charged were | proved beyond a reasonable doubt, | which he defined to be such & dout as would causc one in the ordinar affairs of life to hesitate and pause He then launched into a spirited refu- tation of each of the contentions made by Mr. Gordon, submitiing ar- guments to demonstrate that not only had no money been lost to the gov- ernment by any of the acts complain- od of, but that, through the activ- itles of the Morses in going into the open market and buymg material such as lumber and electrical sup plies, without waiting for the Ship- ping Board to assist in supplying | same, speed was attained in the con- struction of vessels at no Increased cost, because the contracts called for a fump-sum compensation irrespec- Uve of cost of material. Urged to Increase Operations. Mr. Lambert stressed the point that 80 far from conspiring to obtain con- tracts the Morses were owners of a profitable busincss and building a reasonable number of ships in De- cember, 1917, when urged and in- duced to increase operations by e sablishing the Virginia yard. Mr. Lambert further showed that when | the contract for Virginia was exe- cuted, December the defendants fully expceted to use the steamer C. | W. Mofe for housing about 3,000 men, but that December 12 the Navy De- | partment commandeered this ship, which made it necessary to ask the Shipping Board's assistance in build- ing houses i Alleges Unfair Methods. i Mr. Lambert then criticized what he claimed to be the unfair methods em- ployed by the government in trying the case, and directed attention to the | evidence touching the formation of the Virginia company, claiming that when the government closed its case no credit was given for nearly $1,000,- 000 of securities in its _treasur. though the government had posse: sion for months of the books showing | this, and that not vntil the defendants’ public accountan:, Mr. Burnham, had | glven the evideace in defense did the Jury have this information. Pays Respect to Harding, Stanely H. Fowler of New York, at- | torney for Nehemiah H. Campbell, in- dicted jointly with the Morses on a charge of conspiracy in connection with war-time contracts, before be- ginning his argument to the jury to- day in Criminal Division 1, asked Justice Stafford to have the. record show that the trial was halted long enough to note the sympathy of all concerned at the grave condition of President Harding and their wishes for his early recovery. Mr. Fowler dirccted the attention | of the jury to the testimony of the | government witness Fielding, Wwho, he | declared, had admitted a mistake of. | $700.000 'in a financial statement of $1.300,000. * He said that the evidence submitted by the government was sufficient proof that this was a case for accountants to settle and not. for a criminal prosecution. Defines CampbelPs Status. ‘Taking up the relationship of his | client he asserted that Campbell had never occupied any position in any of the Morse concerns above that of a clerk with a title. He quoted the record showing that Campbell was a director in the Groton Iron Works for one month and that he was placed there merely to fill a vacancy. As assistant treasurer of the United States Trans- port Company, he was always under the direction of his superiors. Attorney Fowler ocontended that there was no evidence to show that Campbell ever had a part in for- mulating policies for the companles, but said on the contrary that his client's deéafness precluded an ac- tive participation in the management | of any company. 3 DROWNED IN FLOOD. Swelled Waters of Creek Trap Miners. PUNXSUTAWNEY, . Pa., July 31— Trapped by the flood waters of Plum creek, which left its course and pour- ed down the slope of the Rinn-Sutter coal mine, seventeen miles from here, Emil Johnson, Ed Gustafson and Gust Carlson, miners, were drowned last night, Four other miners escaped. One body floated out of tho.mine this morning. AR de- 1 1 {trade, {people will und | words lon "the preservation iRABBI PAYS FINES FOR DIRTY PREMISES Rev. Maurize J. Cohen Convicted of Violation of Sanitary Laws. Rabbi Maurice J. Cohen, proprie- tor of a store at 3006 Georgia avenue, and catering to the orthgdox Jewish supplying kosher meats, was defendant in the District of Columbia branch of the Police Court today, charged with maintaining an insani- tar 2t in violation of the san tary and henlth law of the District of Columbia. He was convicted on two counts, keeping an unclean cellar and back vard, and fined 5 in each$ Dr. Cohen is an ordained rabbi and, of lin accordance with the rites of his! his | church, orthodo: departn siaughters fowls for Jewish trade. The heaith ent inspectors making the cases against Dr. Cohen charged that he slaughtered fowls in the back vard and cellar and failed to keep the place sanitary. Joe Stern represented Dr. Cohe SAYSU. S, FASCISTS CURBEINHONI Mussolini Believes They Help Keep ltalian Immigrants Loyal to Flag. BY DAVID L\\\l“’-\'l'h. By Cable to The § ROME, July 31.—Premier Musso- 1ini today discussed with extraor: dinary frankaess the question of whether the fascist organizations in America chould be encouraged or discouraged. A In ®n “esdlusive interview with this correspondeént, the Italian prem! er sail emphatically that rather than incur the opposition of p@blic opin- jon in America he would use his in. fluence to have abolished those fas ist organizatione, which have sprung emong Italian residents in the United States. But he was not sure it would be a good thing to do so. for he ghinks some virile force should be at work constantly among Italian em'grants to prevent their falling vietims to the doctrines of ~com- munists. The latter, 11> believes, have aggressive missionaries in America Mussolini occupies the dual posi- tion of premier of the Itallan gov- ernment and actual head of the fascisti political party, which has a grand ccuncil somewhat like the re- publican or democratic national com- mittees in_the United States. It con- sists of about twenty-five members, including the cabinet members. Socicties Discussed. “Fho fascisti grand council” said Mussolini to the writer, “has just been meeting to consider whether the fascisti organization in America should be continued. The Italian government believes that if any political taint or suspicion is attach- ed to these bodies they should be abolished. 3ut I hope the American prstand that there is no connection between these organi- ations and the Italian government, for in America the Italian govern- ment i» represcuted only by her am- bassador, Prince Caetani. Indeed, the ambassador, who now is here, attend- d our meetings and made a speech in opposition to the continuance of the fascisti societies in the United States. “The question is whether they can assume an entirely local status aim- ing only to combat the economic theories of communists who work among the Italians in America. This is as important to the welfare of merica as it is to the rest of the world.” At this point the writer inquired whether the fascisti organizations would owe ailegiance to any institu- tion in TItaly and the premier said positively that they had arisen in Ameri without anysconnection with the Italian government and were in- tended purely as a manifestation of sympathy with the economic doc- trines being practiced in Italy. ‘I believe firmly, said the pre- mier, “that the Italians in America should first of all be obedient to the law of the United States and that they should be the best behaved citi- zens in America. I em pleased to note tha many Americans are be- ginning to understand just what fas- cism {s and are expressthg sympathy therewlith.” The most concrete expression to ap~ proval of f sm came recently from the American ambassador, Richard Washburn Child, ‘and drew from Mus- solini at the time comment which is significant and important in connec- tion with the complimentary refer- ences to the Mussolini government by President Harding in his St. Louis speech. Replying to the American ambassador's fulsome praise of fas- cism, Mussolini said: “As a fascista, your excellency’s have interested me, because they reveal an exact understanding of the phenomenon of our movement, and thus constitute a sympathetic and powerful vindication of it. “This fact is &0 much more remark- able because the fascist movements are so complex that the mind of a stranger is not always best adapted to understand it. You, Mr. Ambas- sador, constitute the most brilllant exception to this rule. Your dfs- course, 1 dare say, contains all the philosophy of fascismo and fascist en- deavor interwoven with the exalta- tion of strength, discipline and au- thority, and hence, responsibility. You have been able to show, Mr. Ambas- sador. that despite the numerous dif- ficulties of the general situation, fas- cismo has kept faith with its prom- ises given before the ‘march on Rome.’ The time since those promises were made has been so short that only a stupid person would pretend that the work already is completed. I limit myself in saying, and in this I seem to find corroboration by your excel- lency, that it is well begun. So ‘Mussalini feels that since the American government, thfough. its ambassador, has spoken approvingly of fascismo there ought to be hence- fotth the closest possible relations between the United States and Italy in combating the common foe—com- munism. DEATH IS ACCIDENTAL. Rabbi, Fatally Poisoned, Victim of Mistortune, Says Jury. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 31.— A coroner’s jury in the case of Rabbi Martin A. Meyer of Temple Emanu- El, who was found dead in his study June 27 as the result of poisoning, returned a verdict yesterday stating that death was accldental. Detectives testified to finding a bot- tle of quick acting poison in Rabbi Meyer's study desk, and literature of butterflie: Relatives testified that he had use the poison in preserving butterfiles. FRENCH TAKE OVER MINES, DUESSELDORF, July 31.—French troops today occupied five coal mines in the town of Dorstfeld. The miners immediately quit work and the French forbade them to re-enter the premises. TO REGULATE GOLD PRICE. BERLIN, July 31.—The Reichsbank intends hereafter 'to regulate the purchase of gold coin on the basis of the dallar quotation, says the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung today, 4 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON LORD SENDS CALL FOR 1925 FIGURES Asks All Classification Esti- mates From Government Departments. Director Lord of the Bureau of the Budget today sent out to government departments his officfal call for esti- mates for the fiscal year 1925 to in- clude figures on the reclassified sal- aries of personnel, asking they be submitted by September 15. At the same time it was revealed in a statement by the personnel classi- fication board that progress was being made in the huge task of classifica- tion. Of the 53,690 positions esti- mated to be classified in the District of Columbla, it was said, 47,773 had been received, 43380 tabulated and 37105 reviewed. These developments came today on the eve of the date, August 1, when jall preliminary estimates for 1925 from departments and establish- ments, including tentative estimates fon the cost of government and the reclassificd salaries will be expected. Most of the preliminary estimates were understood today to be ready ifor .\uhl\._ls!lnll to the budget bureau, but no intimation as to what they may contain could be obtained. The only indication of what gen- erally may be looked for is that Pres- ident Harding expects the estimates, jexclusive of the amount required to {meet the reduction in and the in- terest on the public debt and the amount by the Post Omfice Depart- ment. will not be In excess of $1,700,- 000.000. To reachf this amount, it will be necessary for the 1325 esti- mates to be § ,000,000 Jess than the appropriations for 1924, the present year. SEARCH FOR TWO LOST YOUTHS IN MOUNTAINS Game and Fire Wardens Aid Hunt for Pair Missing Since July 26. By the Associuted Press. ISLAND FALLS, Me, July 31.— Game and fire wardens from Center { Mountain joined with relatives in the search for Alfred Merian, jr., and Gast Dallendsch. students, who have been lost on Mount Katabdin since July 26, Friends here feared that-the young men_had perished of exposure during the heavy rains and cold nights since their disappearance. Merian. who is a son of Alfred | Merian of New York, and Dallendsch {started out with three others last { Wednesday to climb the mountain. On Thursday they lost the trail. Three of the party returned, reporting that they had last seen Merian and Dal- lendsch early Friday part way up the mountain. There was a hcavy fog. they said, The party had no food left at_that time. | Merian’s father, who has a summer ;hr\mz‘ in the district, has offered a re- i | ward of 3500 for the finding of the {two young men. Young Merian is a {Harvard student and is nineteen | years old. Dallendsch, who was visit- ng him here, is from Switzerland. {BRITAIN AT CRISIS TODAY AS CABINET DETERMINES POLICY ON REPARATIONS (Continued from First Page.) is contenting herself with oral.ex- jchanges of views, and that she, in the main, is sympathetic with the { Eritish_position. | , The French and Belgian ambassa- dors last evening handed to Lord | Curzon, secretary ot state for forelgn affairs, the replies of their govern- ments.” Thus, commonplace enough, ended one chapter in the trying n gotiations. Premier Baldwin and Lord Curzon plainly cherish no great optimism. Both spoke briefly in parlament, th commons and lords, respectively ves- { terday on the position of the negotia- tion at that moment. Both wers { terse: melther voiced any hope that Great Britain and France had drawn closer together. There will be an attempt to discuss the topic before parliament ad- journs Thursday, as the members are eager to learn the exact aspect of affairs. No promise is given that they would likely see the curtain raised. The premlier, speaking only an hour or so before the foreign sec- retary, received the ambassadors, told the commons it was very doubt- ful whether anything would be re- ceived which would be published in Thursday’s debate. Gives Gloomy Hint. The premier gave one gloomy hint. “I am afraid” he sald, “it will only {be a continuation of the negotiations.” Lord Curzon informed the lords with an air of weary resignation, he would certainly give them a statement Thursady if it were within his power to do so, but his manner clearly indicated he didn't think it would. One outstanding feature of this latest chapter in allied dealings has been the deep secrecy which has en- shrouded it. Thers has heen no at- tempted revelations of details of the British note nor of the Frenca and Belgian replies ‘on “any important points except such as _intelligent guess-work, based on what knowl- edge of the policies of the two gov- ernments could offer. Secrecy Hides Issue. Seldom have secrets known in for- eign offices and to the cabinets in half a dozen capitals been 5o success- tully hidden. In the prévious stages of the debates all the important points have been quickly published and the French newspapers have been the quickest and most sure in their knowledge. making allowances for their natural leanings toward placing French interests in the center of the picture, The Italian and German ambassa- dors also visited Cur#on last evening, but there i no reason to belidve that the German's visit was connected [Fith reparations, for Geemany euil is in thé position of awaiting & reply to_her latest communicatPn. It is belleved that the German ambassador wanted to discuss the latest develop- ments In the financial chaos of his country. After the British parliament- ad- journs Thursday. both the French and British cabinets will have charge of affairs during the long parliamen- tary recess. Fremier Baldwin last night told J. Ramsay MacDonald, the opposition leader that the British parliament<an be summoned quickly in the event of emergency, but that If it adjourns without having assurances of prog- ress in lifting the darkest Europ cloud it will’ disperse in an atmo- sphere of deep gloom. ‘WILLARD MACK QUITS MOVIES LOS ANGELES, Calif., July 31— Willard Mack, actor and playright, just recovering from what was de- scribed as a “nervous breakdown,” an- nounced he had practically from motion pictures as an actor, but would continue as an adviser to a producer. L 3 S ] D. C, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1923. “Pop” Bowler, at right, with bouquet presented him when he stepped from hix engine for the last time at fon station yesterday. Mrs. Edith Wollett, whom “Pop” served his apprenticeship ax fireman, Pop's s mext iu lne, “Pop” Bowler Right on Time in Last Run as P. R. R. Engineer| RePRe “Pop" Bowler brought the crack ew York express into Unfon station exactly on time yesterday after- noon and climbed down from his grimy cab after his last trip. He re- tired after fifty consecutive years service with the Pennsylvania rail- rcad. It was the end of a journey for “Pop,” a journey that would have car- ried him many times around the world had all the miles he has traveled in the last half century been stretched out in a straight line. Since he first began to heave great big pine logs into a wheezing locomotive on the old Northern Central back in '73 “Pop” has traveled 1,746,000 miles without an accldent. Greets Early Associate. Smiling broadly, the retiring engi- neer stepped to the platform beside his puffing juggernaut at exactly 2:50 o'clock. The first person he greeted was Harry Boyer, eighty-seven years old, under whom he served his ap- prenticeship as a fireman. Grouped around the old pair were more than a score of men who still sit at the throttle daily—members of Capital Division, No. 160, Brotherhood of Lo- comotive Engineers, “Well, here she is, old timer,” cried “Pop” as he wrung Boyer's hand. “Passed every post on time from the transter at New York into old Unfon, D. C. Never had a bit of trouble all the way and now I'm here to enjoy life with you.” Henry Bengel, chief of the local lodge of engineers, presented a huge bouquet of fifty roses, attached to which was a large white silk stream- er, bearing in gold_the following words: “Presented to Francis T. Bow- ler by the Capital Division, No. 160, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, on his last run, July 30, 1923." BRITISH NOW ASSAILING RUM-SMUGGLING PLOTS (Continued from First Page.) attitude about a business that befouls the reputation of our mercantile marine and is a legitimate cause for irritation to a great warmly friendly nation.” Sense of Decency. At the foreign office a committee 18 sitting to decide what can be done to assist the government of the United States to shield it's laws against defiance by foreigners co- operating with Amerlcan bootlegging profiteers. Many Influences tend to moderate the British newsvapers; in their opposition to smuggling, but all these Influences are powerless to pre- vent protests. Distillery and brewery advertisements have their welght. | England’s great need for profitable manufacturing and commerce has i weight. Unemployment, with the ap- proach of what s predicted will be a sever winter, affects the journalistic national policy. To a slight extent the 1ll-feeling against America as the result of long complication of cir- cumstances figures in the situation. But_more Influential than all these is the nation’s sense of decency and justice. This in the end will deter- mine the country’s policy. \ Few, If any, publi: men zra eo dense as to be insensiols to the peril involyed. They remizs that two forces, boih representiag an crgan- ization of resolute spiritual power, are generating friction between Great Britain and tha United states. They realize that two great siates, whether tacy like it or not, face each other In tne matter. They realize that the overwhelming mutuality of interests calls for official foresight d_prudence of act Soomer ~or Jater the swakening of tne mind of Great Britain will compel the gov- ernment to do whatever may be necessary o arrest the present drift toward dangen Termed As “Outrage.” ‘willlam Hill, for many years man- aging editor of the Westminster Ga- zette and a great liberal, said to the writer today: ‘We cannot tolerate this outrage against America. It is an unfriendly act that viola very wish and sen- timent which the British government ought to esteem. We should have b.e‘n very angry had American ships sought to have landed arms in Ire- land during the rebelllon. ~Yet in permitting the smuggling of whisky into the United States on a huge scale from British sources and aboard British ships, we are guilty of a wrong at least as reprehensible. One of the greatest nation of the world, a chief pillar in our civilization, and our closest ally in the sphere of moral progre: has deliberately de- termined to end, so far as its power extends, an outstanding evil—indeed, an evil which when it jllm?- all bar- riers of restraint is recognized in al- most every land, not the least in our own, as & tremendous curse. Source of Shame. “Just and virtuous and loyal Brit- ish citizens will support this re- form, not strive to break it down. What we have done affecting the case hitherto we shall review in the i | sat Few engineers have equaled the record established by Mr. Bowler. Starting life as a fireman, back in the days when block signals were un- known, he s00n won his way to the position of an engineer and has never changed. timore to Sunbury, Pa., in the coal regions, but before he retired he had piloted ‘the crack train of the Penn- sylvania system—the Congressional limited. For the past ten years he has sat at the throttle of the “Congressional twice a week when it rolled slowly out of Union station/for New York, & 220-mile run. On his return trip he in the cab of “No. 185" better Known to the public as the New York express. 13 was that train that he drove on his last run and brought safely to her shed yesterday after- noon. Although Mr. Bowler does not claim the honor, it is belleved he holds the record of having covered more miles than any other engineer living. He has never had an accident of any kind and has never, to his knowledge, even so much as run down a pig that might have strayed on the tracks. Presented With Medal. He will divide his time between his homes at 1716 Kilbourne place north- west and Colonial Beach. Mr. Bowler married twice, both of his wives hav- ing died. He has four children of his own and two that he adopted. Three of his children are sons, all of whom have received college degrees. One of his adopted daughters, Mrs. Edith Wollett, the wife of an engineer, was at the station to meet him yesterday afternoon. Last night the members of Capital Division, No. 160, gathered at Mr. Bowler's home and feted him. He was presented with a gold medal in testimony of his many years of faith- ful service, one of sixteen engineers in this city to receive that distinc- tion. Later there may be still more honors for the retiring pilot, but the members of his lodge have little to say on that subject now. future with nothing but shame and indignation.” Hill's voice, it 18 safe to say, is the voice of England. Thousands of British citizens are returning with scornful comment invitations to them to make vast profits from investments in smuggling enterprises against the laws of the United States. STOCK IN SMUGGLING. London XKnight Offers Big and Sure Profits. By the Associated Press, LONDON, July 31.—A business cir- cular is being distributed here in the name of Sir Broderick Hartwell, a veteran of the South African and world wars, inviting investment in a scheme for shipping whisky abroad. he plan, says the circular, offers n opportunity of making a twenty per cent profit on the capital every sixty days." ‘The paper asserts that 5,000 cases of whisky will be shipped within the next four weeks and that arrange- ments have been made to transport thercafter 10,000 cases monthly, pa: ment for which is guaranteed on ar- rival at a point twenty miles from shore. The circular leaves the in- vestor to guess what shore is meant but the Daily News says it is the American. “My {dea 18 not to run a ship on the ocean,” Sir Broderick told the Daily Mail. am simply exporting whisky, hlvln% ready got Eoople to buy it at a fixed price. very bottle is guaranteed to be the real stuff. The cost to transport it will be about 30,000 £, so we want to take as much whisky as possible. The cargo will be fully insured and there will be no risk of loss. Sir Broderick added that the liquor would be unloaded at sea into small craft which will meet his ship. ——e VALPARAIO UNIVERSITY AND COOK SCHOOL AGREE Plan for Joint Operation of In- diana Institution Is Being ‘Worked Out. By the Associated Press. VALPARAISO, Ind, July 31— Plans were being worked out today whereby both Valparaiso University and the Cook Laboratories, Inc., of Chicago will co-operate in the oper- ation of the university, it was announced by_the board of trustees of the school. Dr. H. M. Evans, president of the university, while declining to dis- cuss the vlan, declared both the school and the laboratories would benefit by it.. J. J. MacGregor, rep- resenting the Chicago firm, said that their lease to the sohool property probably would be cancelled today. If the company cancels its lease the university, Dr. Evans said, will with- draw its sult against the company. ‘Dr. Evans said that the Ku Klux Klan has until August 1 to act on the proposal to take over the uni- versity, but this plan, he added, had practically ‘been abandoned. ‘WINS SONG CONTEST. Mae Scott, colored student at How- ard University, and daughter of Dr. M. W. Trave 826 5th street north- east, has been announced winner of the jazz song contest held recently at_the Lincoln ter A contract will be made for her with one of the phonograph companies, it was stated. b His first run was from Bal- | » dnughter, i standing alongside him. Harry Boyer, under BUDGET CONTROL OF D.C. FINANCES OPPOSED BY SENTATIVE MOORE ~ (Continued from First Page.) but, in believe, placed accordance with what some ix an erroneous construction upon a provision carried in the appropriation bill of 1910, pub- licity of the details is forbidden. *““Thus, at this time, it i known that the etimates of the Commlssioners for the next fiscal year, which have been sent to the bureau, amount to some- thing over $32,000,000, but what items that have been talked about are in- cluded and what are excluded, citi- zens of the District cannot know. ‘The items will be passed on by the budget officials, and their findings transmitted by the President to Con- gress on the first Monday in Decem- b when restrictions regarding dis- ciosure will be removed, and then the House appropriations committee, followed by the Senate appropriations committee _will function. “It is hoped now, as it was hoped last vear, that the bureau will ap- prove the estimates made by the Commissioners, which the latter claim represent the minimum ex- penditures _actually necessary, but last year this hope was disappointed. There was a severe reduction, and in the wind-up, the appropriations were reduced about 20 per cent be- low the figures of the Commissioners. Estimates at Minimum. ‘It is belleved by those who, because of their long association with Dis- trict affairs, are in a position to know that the estimates just submitted re- spond to the demand for strict econ- omy by cutting to the bone expendi- tures for schools, streets, sewers, lighting, the police and fire depart- ments and that it does not take into account purchases of land that should be made for parking and other pur- poses before real estate values further advance. “By & measure introduced in the last Congress, 1 suggested that the application of the budget law to the affairs of a great city, whose ac- tivities are almost innumerable, 18 not at all essential to the excellent policy which that law expresses, but is just as fllogical as if a State bu- reau were given primary authority to recommend to the state legisla- ture what should be expended to cover the requirements of the large cities of the states. “Some time ago, Representative rampton, commanding on this sug- gestion, said that it overlooks the vital feature of the budget plan, namely, that the total of ail federal estimaies must be kept within the anticipdted revenues of the govern- ment. But, by the terms of the aw itself, there are excepted from the huge annual total running into bil- lions, expenditures for the legislu- tive branch of the governmen:, and of the Supreme Court, and it is hard to see how it can be seriously thought that the plan would be weakened by making a further exception of the comparatively small amou:t the fed- eral government contributes toward District _expenses, which, accordinyg to Mr. Cramton, ought not to exceed $8,000,000 annually. “With the suggestion above moted, I coupled the further suzgestioa that in the interest of District matters being more comprehensively, directly and speedily dealt with Ly Congress, all of those matters, including appro- priations, should be vlaced within the jurisdiction of a single joint com- mittee of the two houses. There is no novelty in this suggestion. Rep- resentative Luce, in his recently pub- lished work on legisiative procedure, points out that it is the common practice in Massachusetts and cther states to make use of joint commit- tees and he predicts fhat ‘the time will arrive when the increasing busi- ness of Congress will compel it to adopt that method. “So far as I have heard no one has given any reason why it might not wisely be adopted. at least, with re- speet to District legislation. “Representative Cramton, evidently himself dissatisfled with the existing status, offered a bill in the last Con- gress which would practically " de- tach the District from the bureau of the budget. It provides that, instead of a percentage contribution by the government, there shall be an annual fixed contribution of $8,000,000. There could be no objection 'to 'this, if it might be assumed that that amount is, and will continue to be, a falr pro- portion, or that the effort which would have to be made to increase it in the future, because of changing condi- tions, would not serve to continue in another form the same controversy that has continued up to now relative to the percentage basis. Real Estate Highly Rated. “There are those who think that a contribution rigidly fixed, even though as time goes on its might work some injustice, would be more tolerable than to continue the sys tem now in effect. “Because the_ assessed value of real estate in the District is understood to approximate more closely its cash value than almost anywhere else, the Cramton plan would probably not mean any increase in property tax rates or in the tax rate on intangi- bles, which recently has been raised. t might, of course, involve resort to new subjects of taxation, parallel- ing what is done in many other com- munities, as, for instance, higher 1i- cense tax on automobiles comparable with the Virginia and Maryland tax: a tax on the sale of gasoline, ag in Virginia and Maryland; &nd perhaps a local income tax, as in Virginia and some other states. It might mean also that the District would be com- pelled fromtime to time to seek au- thority to issue bonds for the purpose of securing funds to make improve- ments that could not be pald for out of current revenue,’” WILL UNITE WORKERS ' FOR WATER PRESSURE For the purpose of uniting organi- zations working for a high-water pressure service for fire fighting in the downtown sectior of the city. David M. Lea, chairman of the fnsur- ance and fire protection committee of the Washington Board of Trade, has invited twelve civic organizations to send representatives to a meeting in the green room of the City Club at 7:30 o'clock August §. Letters asking the organizations to send representatives were sent out to- day from the headquarters of the board in The Star building. Mr. Lea today named the members of the Board of Trade who will represent that organization at the joint meet- ing. They are: Mr. Lea, chairman; C. J. Cockeler and R. 8. a'Espard. —_—_— SELECT GARRETT JURY IN-LESS THAN 2 HOURS;. PICTURESQUE SCENES (Continued from First Page.) stated that he wants the notorlety the county is experlencing to end as soon as possible, the belief is rather general that the cases will follow with little or no interim. In that case, the same jury, it is understood, would sit on both’cases. During the argument of the prosecu- tion's motion for a change of venuc it was repeatedly contended that a Jury in this county would have to be quartered at the Cumberland Hotcl, which is operated by an employe of the accused man, and at which the defense attorneys stay. It wad stated today that the jury would be Kept in the courthouse. Sherifft Adams gaid cots for them are on the way. Gen- eral satisfaction prevails with the judge’'s decision not to imprison Lan- kin Garrett during the trial. Roberts bail, which expired upon arraign- ment, wag rencwed also, Deputy Sheriffy Drenched. Five wet, tired, bedraggled deputy sherifts arrived in court this morning after breaking all records for quick jury summoning when they notified | seventy-nine of the eighty-three men summoned on the panel for the trial of Larkin Garrett In less than twen- ty-four hours. One man lived forty- five miles from the courthous But they did not return as they went. One man rode horseback this morning. Another, R. T. Davis, left his auto stalled in the center of & raging creek, swollen out of its banks, and which was supposed to be fordable. midstream he tried to back out, but the sand from the current piled against his wheels. With water run- ning over his rnnning board, he stripped off trousers, shoes and socks and waded to shore. Later he dried out the engine and other mechanism and managed to get the car to land. He came into court this morning, :‘*having summoned seventeen of eighteen jurors he was sent after. He would have gotten the other one, too, only he was in Rich- mond. Another Car Broken. Another of the deput: his car broken dow from the courthouse, walked to the nearest home, summcred the man there and took his horso out of the stable. He continued on his rounds and the men he visited are here this ‘morning and only a few of them iate. Many jurors left thei: plows stand- {ing in the tobacco rows they wer cultivating when summoned. One of them was two miles from his house, working on a distant part of his farm. One man brought feed for kis horse for a week behind him in bis buggy. many miles Another Killing. The county had another killing last night. Phil Fliphen, negro. shot and killed Willlam Brown, negro. and Common- wealth’s Attorney Wiiliam M. Smith of Cumberland left here this morn- ing to hold the inquest and take Fliphen into custody. According to_reports of the shoot- ing reaching here, Brown came to Fliphen's house, which 1s <bou: ten miles from the courthouse. Brown had been told to stay away and Flip- hen had warned him, it is sali. CUNO HOLDING JOB NOBODY WILL TAKE (Continued from First Page.) ment of Rudolf Havenstein, president of the Relchsbank, and the managing directors of that institution on the ground that they have failed to de- vise and put into execution a pro- gram of financial reform which would have prevented the collapse of the mark. A change of administration, this group asserts, will contribute to restoring the credit of the Reichsbank and will serve to inspire confiden at home and abroad. The radicals program also calls for the conversion of the bank’s loan policy to a gold basis. Potatoes and fats are two com- moditles destined to play an im- portant part in determining the Cuno ministry's further tenure of office. If the government succeeds in effect- ing an early improvement in the food situation in greater Berlin and other industrial centers,eparticularly in the Ruhr, the soclal and political crisis which threw Berlin into a panic last week will have been overcome. The government today started out on a hurried marketing trip in Hol- land and Denmark, having instructed the Reichsbank to. surrender a liberal share of its reserves of forelgn cur- rencies to meet the heavy costs of Dutch potatoes and American and Danish lard. S Chancellor Cuno_discussed the sit- uation with several leading_indus- trialists, among them Hugo Stinnes, who volunteered to assist the goy- ernment in its forage for food sup- lies. P''he situation in the Ruhr especial- 1y is making the government appre- hensive and the industrialists have impressed upon the chancellor ihe de- cisive influence of early remedial measures there. German agrarians also are alive to the political signifi- cance attaching to the food question and through their central organiza- tion are_directing appeals to the country “Producers to releass avail- able stocks. The mark has finally reached and passed the one million notch in the Berlin bourss. Quotations for well known indastrials again set new rec- ords because of heavy demands. GERMAN TAXES INCREASED. By the Associated Préss. BERLIN, July 31.—The German cabinet today adopted a number of taxation measures with the purpose lof supplying the country with the considerable sums of money it needs mark. per cent increase in the income tax to meet the expenditures necessitated by the occupation of the Rhine land and the Ruhr. The trading companles must pay a heavily increased corporation tax for the same purpose. These taxes will not be levied in the occupied terrl- tory. The beer tax will be increased, but the tax on mineral waters is dropped. EXPECTS PRESIDENT TO DECiDE FOR PERU By_the Associated Press. LIMA, Peru, July 31.— President Leguia, in his annual message to con- gress today, says that the country has full confidence President Harding will decide favorably to Peru in the Tacna- Arica dispute upon his return to his Quties. The Peruvian president lauds Mr. Harding’s attitude toward inter- natfonal justice. A request will be made to Washing- ton to arbitrate the boundary differ- ences between Peru and Ecuador im- mediately after the termination of the Chilean dllpvz When his car stuck in | sheriffs lefs| owing to the depreciation of the; The bills provide for a 100 5. POSTAL DEFICIT NOT BIG AS STATED Postmaster General Denies He Will Ask Congress for $50,000,000. A comparatively small amount as an emergency fund to meet postal experises, when regular appropria- tions have run out, will be asked of Congress by Postmaster General New. The Postmaster General will confer within the next day or so with Director Lord of the budget upon postal appropriations for 1925, Mr. New emphatically denied day reports to the effect that a fund of $50,000,000 would be asked as an emergency fund. Speaking to a r porter for The Star, the Postmaster General said: “Statemen submit a request s to the effect that T wiil that a $50,000,000 fund, upon which the Postmaster General may draw, be added to the regular appropriations is, of course, incorrect. “What I have in mind to ask is that some provision be rade which will give to the Postmaster General a reasonable latitude in the event of the business being suddenly and ab- normally increased as it has been during the recent great business ex- pansion. i “Probably a comparatively small amount wiil suffice to meet this need. “My present impression is"that the deficit “will be somewhere between $20,000,000 and $35,000,000. 1 do think that deficits are growing less with timq, and that the department is gradhally approaching the point where_its budget will come pretty near ‘balancing. But we haven't reached: that time yet.” DRY AGENTS ARREST 1,175 IN ONE MONTH Greatest Number of Federal Cases in New York, With Penn- sylvania Second. Federal prohibition agents operat- ing under E. C. Yellowley, chief agent, made 1,175 wrrests Jast month and recommended 1351 prosecutions, involving taxes and penalities aggre- gating $474,000, it was announced to- day at prohibition headquarters. The figures, it was said, do not include operations of state prohibtion direc- tors and agents. . The greatest activity was in the Vew York-New Jersey division, with 738 cases, 491 arrests, 589 prosecu- tion recommended and taxes and pen- alties of $178,000. The . western Pennsylvania division was second in penalties _ recommended _ and the Maryland-Delaware-West Virginia di- vision second in the number of cases, 189, PRESIDENT IMPROVED; HAS “CLEAR SAILING” AFTER “BEST NIGHT” (Continued from First Page.) condition of the chief executive was {heard expressed on every hand tods Particularly in the government de-~ partments, whero the broad spirit of fairness of the President has en- deared him to the rank and file of the employes, as well as to officlals, the illness of President Harding wus ic of anxious conve ion. Sobretary Hughes of the State De- partment and Postmaster General New, the only two members of the cabinet in Washington, requested that the latest nows from the bed- side of the President, as sent to Washington by the Associated Iress, be telephoned to their offices. Pneumonia Brings Fear. The comparatively few member: Congress and of the Supreme Cou now in the city likewise are keeping in closest touch with the latest de- velopment in the President's condi- tion. - The news of the development of pneumonia seemed to strike a chill into the hearts of many. the serious nature of this complication being realized. There seemed to be a grow- ing realization of the danger lo the President. Since the word was first received last Saturday that the President was suffering from ptomaine poisoning there was an inclination on the part of many to be optimistic. and declar that Mr. Harding would throw the poison off easily. Many Prayers Arise. later news arrived;, however, the tenseness of the situation in- creased, until today there was no other spirit than real anxiety, mixed | with the prayers of a city that the [President would be able to resist tho {diseases now assafling him. Local organizations are sending telegrams to the President, wishing him godspeed in his_ recovery, and various organizations arc meeting to offer prayers for his recovery. The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the District of Columbia at a meeting last night sent the following telegram to President Harding “The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the District of Columbia at a special meeting in the armory offered special prayers for your speedy recovery to good health, and send you their sin- cere best wishes." The telegram was signed by Anton Stephan, commander of District_department. The Baptist ministers’ conference sent the following: “Tenders to vou by unaninfous vote its prayerful sym- pathy in your iliness; we are praving for your complete recovery.” The wire was signed by Rev. S Kkins, Rev. W. A Tavlor, Rov. Powell, composing a special commit- tee; and Rev. M. W. D. No: ident, and Rev. J, tary. LONDON ANXIOUS OVER PRESIDENT British Capital Takes Sympathetic Interest in His Con- dition. As By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 31.—President Hard< ing’s filness is attracting sympathetio interest here and reports of his con- dition are displayed prominently by the newspapers. The press also prints his portraits. Although Mr. Harding is unknown here personally, his record is familiar to the British public and he is al- ways referred to with respéct. The Daily Chronicle in an editorial ex- presses the hope that there will soon be better news from San Franeisco, adding: i “The office the President holds as- sures him the sincere interest and regard of the British public. They respect him as the chosen head of the largest community in the world which speaks our own language.