Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Partly cloudy and continued warm tonight and Sunday, probably local thundershowers. Temperature for twi ended at 2 p.m. toda: 12 m. today: lowest, | toda nt Hij 88, Fuli Teport on page y-four hours Ehest, 84, at at_1:30 a.m. tlosing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Entercd as sece post_office Wa No. 28.956. md-class matter shington. D C. ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1923 —TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. FALL OF CUNO SEEN CERTAINAS REVOLT GANS INGERNANY Cabinet Retirement Accepted as Accomplished Fact as Crisis Nears Climax. EBERT WARNS AGAINST INCITEMENT TO TROUBLE Factories Pay in Food—Money Printers’ Strike Ends—Banks Open Only Half Day. By the Associated Press, LONDON, August 11.—Chancel- tor Cuno handed President Ebert his resignation today, says a Cen- tral News dispatch from Berlin. ‘The president refused to accept it. ¥ tie Associated Press, DBERLI August 11.—A food situation, superinduced by 8 shortage of supplies and by prices beyond the reach of the workers, who are being paid in worthless paper marks. together with an in- ter 1, economic and financial situ- ation that is regarded as highly favorable to the effective spread of bol-hevik propaganda, may be said to be the immediate causes of the fmpending retirement of the ministry. Reichstag circles today accept the fall of the present gov- ernmer as an accomplished fact With taik of panic and a “putsch” filling the air in B n and in the &reat industrial centers of the reich, the present coalition leaders believe that the situation demands the early ratirement of Herr Cuno’s non-parti- san cabinet and the appointment of successors wh I be able to com- mand the confilence of the socialists and workipg ¢ generally No Outspoken Il Wil While there is no outspoken feeling of iil will or hostility toward the chancel- lor and his associates, there is neverthe- less a widespread feeling that this cabinet is to be blamed for permitting the internal situation to drift into the present state of chaos. It a cabinet with a constructive should succeed him The reichstag leaders conferred last night with President Ebert and an agreement was reached that any change of government should be effected with the possible convulsions in order to prevent the situation from drifting into the hands of the communists. This group in the last few days has been conducting 4 widespread - campaign, which has resulted fn sporadic strikes throughout Germany. The communists have also been threatening the united socialists and have influenced their fol- lowing. critical pro- gram least situation at Climax. s.ffairs have been brought to a climax by the decision of the united sociallsts to support the communist motion of “no confidence,” which {8 to be called up before the reichstag next Monday. The united socialists heretofore have held a position of “benevolent - rieutrality” toward the government's attempts to resuscitate the country, and planned not to vote when a question of confi- dence came up. However, leaders of the party now realize that if the rank and file of the membership are not to bBe won over to the communist standards in even greatcr numbers, definite action must be taken Should Herr Cuno be forced to re- sign it is expected that Dr. Gustav Stresemann, leader of the German gmnpl;’ party, will be summoned by President Ebert to arganize a coali tion that would include he united socialists. Warns of Incitement, The president has warned agitators that pamphlets urging the overthrow of the constitutional government must not be distributed. and that there must be no incitement to acts that would endanger public safety. Three months imprisonment and a maximum fine of a half billlon marks are the penalties for violatlon of the order A proclamation issued by President | ¥Ebert this evening forblds the cir- culation of pamphlets demanding the cverthrow of the constitutional gov- eenment or incitement to acts of vio- Ience or acts that are danger public orders. The penalty mentioned in the proclamation for ~Yiolation of the decree Is three months’ gmprisonment and a fine not exceed- ing 500,000,000 marks. Premiums of 100 per cent were paid freely on the bourse. yesterday for paper marks which now” are so scarce that man with a_checkbook does not hesitate to pay for them at tha rate of two for one. ; The strike of the printers, which ended today, had complicated gravely the monevicss situation by tying up the uncounted batteries of the Reichs- bank's printing presses. The Reichs- bank and all the big and little private banks locked thelr gates at noon to escape the long lines of clamoring pa- trons Humor In Situation. While the currency shortage is not void of humorous phases, it neverthe- less is contributing a serlous aspect to the prevailing nervousness and ir- ritability, since it is inconvenigncing the workers and middle classes, who &re accustomed to ready cash. The Prussian government today was mnable to mobilize enough currency fo meet its police pay roll and the of- ficers are now in much the same plight as tourists, who are unable to lay their hands on sufficlent currency to pay their hotel bills and railroad Fares. The General Electrlc Company was he first of the big industrial plants to organize a food-distributing bureau for the benefit of its employes. The strike movement, which is bringing about a tremendous discrep- ancy between increasing food prices &nd the wages of workmen, threatens to become exceedingly serious. Nearly all the Hamburg shipyards mre closed, because the managers have been unable to accede to the workers' demands for immediate increases in wages. Among the workers generally there is a disposition to take recourse to strikes unless wages are substan- ‘tially increased. Even in the big fac- torles. where strikes have not occur- Fed, there is a disposition to adopt the —_—— (Continued on:Page 2, Column Cuno | is aleo felt | likely to en-1 | FOR 1924 G. By the Associated Pres: SPOKANE, Wash., snator William E. Borah of Idaho, here last night said he belleved President Coolidge was the logical man for the repulican presidential nomination in the next campaign and called upon the public to “give him a chance to make good.” The sena- tor said: “Fate and Calvin Coolidge President. There are seme very difficult problems demand- ing attention “The agricultural situation is ex- tremely serious. The coal problemn, in my opinion. will soon be acute. Transportation also requires consit eration, and the foreign stiuation will bring into view the mad policies BRITISH CHALLENGE LEGALITY OF RUHR SEIZURE BY FRENCH Declare Versailles Treaty Violated by Franco-Bel- gian Action. August 11— BY HAL O'FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923 August 11.—Great Brit- | bid for world-wide moral {Port in her struggle with France over {the principles involved in the occu- !pation of the Ruhr will go forth Sun- 1d:ty night, when the first copies of [the blue book containing copies of {the recent diplomatic exchange of |notes will be released for publica- tion. All politicians in England realize that this effort to clarify the British position comes too late to accomplish its intended purpose, but at least it will aid intelligent people throughout the world to ponder both sides of the jcase and, perhaps, reshape opinions {based largely upon the sympathetic attitude toward France. i Points Way for France, | They will find Great Britain's pol- {lev, today substantially what it was under the old Lloyd George coalition government. Where France loglcally assumes the position of a cheated creditor, Great Britain points the way | to collecting some part of the alleged |bad debt, at the same time trying by {reasonable and sane business meth- jods to bring order into Europe's af- | fairs { The publication of off docu- jments follows strenuocus debates | within the British cabinet, where die- | hard conservatives held strongly for | subservience to France. Prime Min- !ister Baldwin and Foreign Secretary | Curzon not only have won over the {reluctant ministers to their view- point. but have carrled them along | toward a policy of open diplomacy | that iy bound to create a delicate ;;ldlh-n between the two principal cs. LONDON, ain’s fal | Challenge Ruhr Occupation. | In the note which today was placed in the hands of French and Belgian | premiers Great Britain challenges {the legality of the Franco-Belglan {occupation of German territory, con- tending that it violates article | the treaty of Mersailles, in which the allies agreed to collect reparations jointly. ~ As a counterpoise to the | challénge, Great Britain again pro- | poscs a scheme for collecting repara- | tions based upon Bonar Law's pro- | posals of last January. In this scheme France is given every opportunity to jact_with Great Britain, but in case of France's refusal Great Britain is | prepared to act alone. | "The note ends with cordial words but they veil very slightly a threat to press France financially In ca she continues to cripple Germany |thereby making reparations | impossible. | When Monday's newspapers carry lextracts from the blue book, it is hoped here that Ameriean readers will give them careful study. There is every hope that Italy will concur wholeheartedly in Great Britain’s exposition, and when the time comes IMor independent action Great Britain | depends upon Italy's active co-opera- | tion. ! Meanwhile Great Britain watches |with exereme anxlety every new de- velopment in @ermany, for it is real- ized that definite steps toward a set- tlement on reparations are useless ¢ widespread disorder In Germany should prevail. s o GROVER BERGDOLL SLAYS ASSAILANT naping Attempt in Eber- bach Hotel. By the Assoctated Press. EBERBACH, Baden, August 11— Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the Amer- lcan draft evader, shot down and killed one man and wounded another last night when men concealed in his hotel apartment seized him In a kid- -naping attempt. Two other men waiting outside in an old American Army automobile with an American shield on the side were arrested after belng menaced by a crowd. The German authorities said one was an American *Army lieutenant and the other a Russian prince. Both of Bergdoll's assailants were Identified as Frenchmen, in the serv- fce of the Americans. Bergdoll sald the men seized him, but that he succeeded In breaking free and then drew a revolver and fired, ‘ : | circumstances have made sup- | 18 of | almost | Wounds Second Man in Kid-1 BORAH BACKS COOLIDGE O. P. LEADER Senator Holds New President Is Logical | | Choice—Sees Need for Action on Big Problems Facing Nation. now m plunging Europe into deeper ry. “If he makes good, or shows m the next few months that he is making ®ood, he will certainly be nominatcd. | What the people want is rgsults. I Coolidge gives results that is all there is to it. I think he is ar abl> man. I want to see him given a chance to make good “No political party can survive the next campaign which does not have a clear, definite, constructive and In- spiring program. If there ever was a time when the office should, and, in my opinion. will seek the man, it Is now. * 1 have never seen so much political explosives Iying around to be touched off as right new. The voters do not care two cents for parties |or individuals. They want results Give the man at the helm a chance.” :Coolidge’s Aide | Sees Honest Start In Cane Episode As he hurried aw ference with President Coolidge today, Representative Graham, re- publican, Illinols, forgot to take the walking stick he had deposited in the waiting room of the Presidential suite. But the President's acting sec- retary discovered the oversight in time to overtake the Congressman at the elevator. Presenting the ane to him. the secretary sald: “This administration is starting out honest, whatever may happen | to it in the future.” RS, HARDING BACK ¢ from a con- ~ ATWHITE HOUSE Begins Preparation for De- parture—Still Bearing Up Courageously. i | On the same train that bore her husband’s body across the continent from San Francisco and then to Marion for barial yesterday Mrs. Harding returned to Washington to- day to pack up her personal belong- ings at the White House and to ar- range for her final departure from the capital. As the train. which will place in history by virtue of the momentous journey it had traveled, approached Washington to be broken up finally for other uses, the widow of the President called to her state- room every member of the party | which had made the pilgrimage to Alaska and back and thanked each one individually for remaining with her “until the end.” She appeared still to be bearing up courageously after yesterday's ordeal in Marion. Goex Directly to Mansion. She was driven directly to the White House, where it was sald that only a few davs would be required for her to finally close out her af- fairs there and take leave of the mansion which had been her home since 1921 have a Showws No Sign of Strain. the severe strain under which she has been and continued to display that splendid courage and spirit which have served her so well during the days of her ordeal. She was accomvanied to the White House by George Christian, secretary to the former President, and Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, the Harding family physician. There she was affectionately greeted by Mrs. Coolidge. When Mrs. Harding and Mrs. Coolidge met it was as two warm friends and the greeting was vold of all formality despite the unmistakable solemnity of the surroundings. Mrs. Coolidge had arrived at the White House some ten or twenty minutes in advance of the arrival of the former mistress and as the latter appeared in the corridor on the first fioor Mrs. Coolidge, who had been waliting on the rear portico, hurried to her friend. They clasped hands and tenderly and affectionately kissed each other. It was a most human and touching scene and to those who witnessed it at a distance there was no mistaking the depth of friendship between the two. Tnvited by Friends. They chatted for several minutes and when Mrs. Coolidge excused her- |self, Mrs. Harding retired to her It is thought likely that Mrs. Hard ing during her temporary stay in Washington will not spend her nights within the White House. Secretary tand Mrs. Christian have Invited her to be their guest, as have ,several | other of Mrs. Harding's Intimate friends here. The preliminary work incident to the packing of the personal affects of the Hardings already has been begun and those who are In a position to know are of the opinion that Mrs. Harding will have removed all of the things from the White House within the next week or te time the President and Mrs. it they so desire, abode. Those who had served her for more than two years met her reverently and administered to her wants just as they had always done. Miss Laura Harlan, the White House secretary, was there and had arranged her mail the thousands of cards and notes an. telegrams of condolence as conven- iently as possible, and every comfort of the house was placed at her dis- posal just as when she. entered the m%a:lnn as lihlu m‘lx:'re:l'. i s was the wish of the President and Mrs. Coolldge, and the residence of the President is practically the \home of Mrs. Harding as long as she | wishes’ to remain. Mrs. Coolidge has explained ghat she finds it no hard- ship to refiain in her sulte at the New Willard over which the Presi- dent’s flag floats at half mast and In fact feels perfectly at home there. Mrs. Harding “has hundreds of friends in Washington who will wait upon het during her few days in (Continued o Page 2, Column 4.) Coolidge, will take up thelr | President Coolidge, Mrs. Harding showed no evidence of | private quarters on the second floor. |” n days, at which | WARREN G. HARDING LAID TOFINAL REST INTOMB AT MARION Dramatic Scene Marks Meet- ing of Mrs. Harding and Presidential Party. SORROWING OHIO HOSTS RETURN T0 YHEIR HOMES I Widow Bears Up Well as Last Services Are Held in Little Cemetery. Dy the Assoctated Press. MARION, Ohio, August 11.—Her hour of sorrow over, Marion today returned to her accustomed ways. Gone were the silent crowds that streamed in town yesterday to pay their last respects to the late War- ren G. Harding, the gentle, unassum- ing newspaper editor who became President of the United States. The only physical reminders of ye terday’'s historical events were the mourning-draped streets and the military patrol in front of the modest vault where the body was placed yesterda In the uncertain future, a mauso- leum is to be erected to house the dust in office, and when completed, pos- sibly on the top of an Indian mound near the cemetery where his mother is Lurled, the American people will have another shrine. Marion Loses Spotlight. For Marion the brief period of her fame as the home of the President was ended and another small town— Northampton, Mass., the home of Cal- vin Coolidge—took the place of Mar- ion in the public eye. Old friends and neighbors of Mr. Harding today congregated to talk over the events of a lifetime. and every feature was gone over in detail. Many were the storles re- lated One old friend of family gave a vivid description of the Intimate and dramatic scene in the drawing room at Dr. Harding's home vyesterday afternoon. when Chief Justice Taft and other high government officlals met in the few brief moments before the funeral procession started for the gemotery. - No ' newgpaper writery were present to recors he scene to posterity. Thousands D! ppointed. “It was 1 p.m.” he told the A clated Pyess. “The line which from early morning had been filing through to look on the dead Presiden’t face for the Harding |a last time was stopped by the up- lifted arms of a soldier on guard at the door.. Tholsands in the line were disappointed -after hours of waliting. “A hush settled over the rooms that had heard for two days the tramp- ink_feet of thousands. “President and Mrs. Coolidge en- | tered, followed by Chlef Justice Taft, Gen. Pershing, members of the cabi- net, Ambassador Harvey, Speaker Gil- {letf. Gov. Donahey and Army and Navy officers-of high rank, in their bright uniforms. Bishop William F. Anderson of the Methodist Church and the Rev. Dr. Jesse Swank and were to officlate at the cemetery, were present. The gathering formed a | semi-circle in the quiet room and all plainly showed their great grief. Mra. Harding Greets Coolldge. ‘President Harding's father, Dr. George T. Harding, with his wife, en- tered with Secretary George Chris- |tian and were introduced to Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge and the other members of the assemblage. They retired, and lin a few minutes Secretary Christian | reappeared with Mrs. Harding, the | widow, leaning on his arm. “Mr. and_Mrs. Coolidge arose to greet Mrs. Harding. “Mr. President, 1 greet you,< sald Mrs. Harding in a clear, distinct voice, as she held out her hand to the man ‘'who succeeded her husband. “Then, turning to Mrs. Coolidge, she wished her success as the new mis- tress of the White House. “She next greeted Chief Justice Taft and Attorney General Daugherty and when Secretary Hughes stretched ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ADIUST PAY RATE OF D. C. EMPLOYES 2,301 Cases Agreed Upon by Classification Board, and Fairness Promised. An agreement in all of the 2,301 cases affecting . District employes un- der the reclassification law has been reached between representatives of ithe personnel classification board, | Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, |and Danlel E. Garges, secretary of the Board of District Commissioners, | who represented the municipal em- | ployes. Donovan and Garges have com- pleted their conferences with the per- | sonnel classification board repre- | sentatives and announced today that | they are gratified over the results. Expeet Fair Treatment. “We impressed upon the board's representatives,” said Donovan, “the fact that District officials and em- ployes are underpald, as compared with salaries pald federal officlals and employes doing similar work. We reached an agreement in every case, and I am confident that the board will treat the District employes fairly, The board's representatives were most courteous, and we intend to re- port to the Commissioners that ou conferences were most satisfactory. The 2,301 cases of District employes were gone over by the District rep- resentatives -with J. H. Webb and Victor G. Crols t, representatives of the classificatifn board, of the fourth Ohio President to die | Bach | Rev. George L. Landis of Marion, who | STANDARD FIGHTS BACK IN GAS WAR Orders Cut to 16 Cents a Gal- lon After Action of South Dakota Governor. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 11.-—A reduction in the price of gasoline in South Dakota to 16 cents a gallon was an- nounced here today by the Standard Ofl Company of Indiana. The action was taken by the board of directors, according to a statement issued by them, as a result of an order of Gov. W. H. McMaster of South Dakota on August to the highw supply depot operated by the state at Mitchel . D, to sell gasoline at 16 cents &allon. “The andare 0Oil Company of Ingiana nsserts that atich « price 1s below the cost of manufucture and distribution, and that the prices now maintained by it and most of its com- petitors in the state of South Dakota are reasonable and just, based on the présent price of crude oll and the cost of manufacture and distribution of its products he Standard Oil Company of In- diana has, however, always stood upon the principle that the customers who purchased its goods should never be compelled to pay a higher price than that maintained and fxed by nn{ competitor, quality and service being duly considered “Acting on_ this principle, the Standard Oil Company of Indiana has today fixed a price for gasoline, the difference in the cost of transporta- tion being recognized, at all points in the state of South Dakota, the same as that maintained by the state through the action of {its governor and its highway commission—16 cents a gallon. “It takes this action, fully aware that this price is far below cost and that it should not be maintained by the state. “The Standard Oil Company of In- diana asserts as the absolute truth, which it is prepared at any time to prove, that it does not dictate or dominate in any way the prices which its competitors fix upon the goods they sell, and asserts that it has nothing to do with the prices made by its competitors and the so- called independent dealers in the state of South Dakota or any other state.” BUYS BIG SUPPLY. By the Assoclated Pres MARION, Ohio, August 11.—One of gasoline, purchased in Chicago Thursday, will be shipped at once to nine citles in South Dakota for sale 9 the public at 16 cents a gallon. Announcement of this latest devel- opment in South Dakota’s gasoline {W. H. McMaster of South Dakota, who came to Marion to attend the funeral of former President Harding. The governor further announced that he is calling upon surrounding states to join In the fight against “high™ gasoline prices. The South Dakota cities to which the state will ship gasoline for sale at 16 cents a gallon are Deadwood, Rapld City, Aberdeen, Watertown, Plerre, Huron, Yankton, Mitchell and Stoux Falls. In a formal statement, Gov. Mec- Master said that at a conference with Standard Oil officlals in _Chicago, Thursday, he demanded a 5-cent re. duction in the price of gasoline at filling stations in South Dakota. “They sald they would lose money, sald the governor's statement. “My answer to the Standard Oil Company s ‘16-cent gasoline for South Da- kota. I am calling upon surround- ing states to join the fight, which will be waged to the bitter end.” The governor announced that the gasoline will be shipped to South Dakota cities as soon as.local com- mittees can assure him that they are organized to take care of gasoline in carload lots. When an organization is effected, he said, an.additional sup- ply of 500,000 gallons of gasoline would be purchased for sale at cut prices. GAS WAR IN TEXAS. By the Associated Press. DALLAS, Tex., Augut 11.—Posting a retail price of 11 cents a gallon for gasoline at filling stations, the Mag- nolia Petroleum Company today met the minimum cash price of other re- fining companies in effect here for two weeks. At the, same time Magnolia an- nounced a new wholesale price of 10 cents a gallon. The recent Magnolia retall price has been 13 cents a gal- lon, with a 2-cent discount to large consumers. The Gulf Refining Company and the Texas Company announced no reduc- tion from their retall price of 13 cents a gallon today. The Gulf company is selling fuel at 11 cents .a gallon wholesale. Stations -upgfled by the Humble Oil and Refining Company still ‘are sell- ing at 11 cents, one cent more than . the wholesale price, hundred and sixty thousand gallons | j“war” was made here today by Gov.! Coolidge Today Of Government BY ROBERT T. SMALI Today. at last, the allegiance of the longs wholly and unreservedly to its { new Chief Executive, Calvin Coolidge. | For a time it seemed that the formal |transfer was to be made in Marion on Friday, when eight members of the {cabinet, silk-hatted and in the dress of formal mourning, left the bier of Warren ;. Harding and greeted Presi- {dent Coolidge as he arrived in the home town of his predecessor. The | cabinet followed President Coolidge [to the Harding home, followed him as he stood under the elms of the beauti- ful park that in Marion is called a cemetery, but did not return again | with him to the rallway station. The cabinet remained behind to re- turn to Washington two hours later on Mrs. Harding's train. President {Coolidge was entirely satisfied that NEW CLASSROOMS TORELIEVE SCHOOLS i ! | Eighty-Two to Be Ready Be- tween Opening in Fall and First of Year, Announced. of the new in the cur- With public the construction schools provided {rent appropriation bill proceeding satisfactorily, Capt. John E. Wood, assistant engineer commissioner, an- nounced today that eighty-two addl- tional classrooms would be available for occupancy during the next schol- lastic year. Only one building—the new four-room Smother School at 45th and Brooks streets northeast— will be ready for occupancy at the beginning of the new school year on September 17. Perlodically from the beginning of the new school year until about January 15 the other new buildings will be completed. These additional accommodations will relieve material- 1y the congested conditions in both the senfor high schools and the elementary scheols. Junior Highs Help. The greatest relief to the overcrowd- ed high schools will be the opening of the junior high schools—the Langley and the Macfarland, to be ready about November 1. The Langley School, at 2d and T streets northeast, wili afford accommodations for the children of the northeast, including Langdon, Wood- rifige, Brookland and Eckington. Central High School will be relieved somewhat by the completion of the Macfarland Junior .High at lowa avenue and Allison street. Both of the junior high schools will contain twenty- three rooms, thirteen classrooms and ten_shops. The eight-room addition to the Lovejoy School, at 12th and D streets northeast, is expected to be ready on September 27. The Henderson School, in Ingleside at 18th and Newton streets, an eight-room building, will | be_completed by January 15. B The garrison, an elght-room build- ing, will be completed September 1. The two-room building, which will eplace the antiquated one-room Chain ‘;ir‘idxe Road School, is _expected to be (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Pictures of the Tomorrow*s A page of dignit from the Capital will —will be mailed to points in ents; all other states, 10 cent government of the United States be-| “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Takes All Reins Into Own Hands \Formal Transfer Made After Mr. Hard- ing Was Laid to Rest; Marion Cool to New Leader’s Party at Funeral. {they should remain to pay this last bit of attention to the retiring mis- tress of the White House. The old cabinet circle had been very close to President Harding and to “the first lady." Four of them were with her when the President was stricken. The others accompanied the body from Washington to Marion some twenty- four hours in advance of President Coolldge. With President Coolidge on the return trip to Washington were the faithful members of the “un- official cabinet,” who have attended him since a few hours after he first {took the oath of office. They are Frank W. Stearns, merchant, an Willlam Morgan Butler, lawyer, of Boston. Mrs. Stearns was also of the | party and, like the other ladies on the Coolidge fraln, was dressed in mourn- ing black. Scene Has Changea. Today the scene has changed. Cal- vin Coolidge's perfod of enforced in- |activity is ended. He will meet with the cabinet on Tuesday. By that time a ninth member of the official (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BUILDING PROPOSED FOR POLICE-BUREAU New Central Headquarters to Cost $50,000, Plan of Commissioners. Erection. of a central police bureau which will house the administrative offices of the police department, the detective headquartef®, the house of detention and the traffic bureau is being planned by District authorities. Announcement was made today by Capt. John E. Wood, assistant en- quested the police department to draw up a list of requircments for the proposed central bureau. It is planned to locate the new bureau as close to the District building as pos- sible, probably on the southwest cor- ner of 14th and D streets. Approxi- mately $50,000 will be the cost of the bureau it is .estimated by District officials. A central police bureau is one of the crying needs of the District, Capt. Wood said. The District buillding, he pointed out, is congested and cannot be enlarged. As the police depart- ment occuples about one-tenth of the building, this space could be used to relieve the overcrowded conditions with the creation of a central bureau The house of detention and the traffic bureau, now located in separate buildings, would be brought together in the new buildin In addition, Capt. Wood believes that the first pre- cinct statlon could be located in the central bureau. —_—— THREE IN CHANNEL RACE. Two Americans and Argentina Swimmer Seek Honor. By the Assoclated Press. DOVER, England, August 11.—An- other attempt to conquer the English channel, which assumes almost the character of a race, was begun at 12:35 o'clock this afternoon when two Americans, Charles Toth and Sam Richards of Boston, and Romeo Maclel of Argentina entered the water and struck out for the Frenéh shore. Harding Funeral In the Graphic Section of Sunday Star and beauty which Americans e glad to receive; one whichi all citizens will deem worthy to be cherished and preserved. The Sunday e Maryland and Virginia for § s—postage prepaid, gineer commissioner, that he had re- | Net Circulation, 84,158 * TWO CENTS. GOOLIDGE RETURNS T0 FACE PRESSURE FOREXTRA SESSION Selection of Secretary One of First Tasks—Cabinet Members Called In. SEMI-WEEKLY MEETINGS TO REOPEN TUESDAY Conferences With Leaders of Con- gress Also on His Engage- ment List Today. President Coolidge returned to Washington early today from Marion. where yesterday he attended the fu- neral of President Harding. He mo- tored directly from his special train to his temporary executive offices at the Willard Hotel, The President's return to his desk was regarded as marking the actual beginning of his task of formulating the policies which are to govern his conduct in office. During the interim since he took the oath of office a week ago he has been almost con- stantly engaged with the funeral ceremonies of his predecessor and he made it a rule to take no decisive action on any public question until the last obsequies were over. Cabinet to Stay. One of the first concerns of the Chief Executive will be to select a secretary to the President to succeed George B. Christian, jr. who resigned yesterday. Few other immediate changes are expected in the per- sonnel of the administration. All the cabinet members will stay, for the present at least. For today, Mr. Coolidge h engagement list a number ences with leaders in C. others who desired to la: information and advice h-cAu. 2 mong the first to call aft President reached his - hoter - wine Representative Graham, one of the candidates for the republican leader- ship in th pext House, and Represent:. tative Wurzbach, republican, Tex Calls Members of Cabinet. Members of the cabinet were seen by the President In groups or in- dividually, and the pending business of the respective departments was gone over thoroughly, so that the Chief Executive' might be advisea as to all important questions on which deci- sions soon may be necessary. The first 6f the cabiret members to be summoned w e Weeks and ‘;;:"s'ecu_'g:: SR lowed by Secretaries Wallace and Work. Postmaster General New saw the President shortly before mnoon, and Attorney General Daugherty had an engagement later in the day It was announced that a regular meeting of the cabinet would be held mext Tuesday, and that thereafter the usual custom of meetings on Tues- days and Fridays would be followed. Pressure Iy Renewed. ad on his of confer- ongress and y before him on many sub- President Coolidge's return from Marion was accompanied by a re- newal of the pressure on him for an extra session of Congress. Several of those who want an extra session already have placed their views before the President, and those who oppose the idea also have been heard, but to none. so far as can be learned, has he indicated a decision. Advocates of immediate action have based their pleas on the neces- sity of quickly enacting legislation to help the farmers in the market- ing of their crops and to settle the coal question. Those averse to the idea Dbelieve nothing can be gained from an extra session at this time. Pleads for Farmers. Before Mr. Coolidge went to Mar- ion Senator Shipstead. farmer-labor | senator from Minnesota, told him | that Congress should bé convened. {but on the same day Representative John M. Nelson, republican, of Wis- | consin, a member of the progressive bloc, said a call would do no good Other members have expressed simi- lar divergent views. Representative Young. republican, North Dakota, called on the President | Thursday and told him that action was necessary immediately in his ter- ritory to save a very serious situa- tion. Farmers, he said, were In & desperate plight, with wheat selling below the cost of production. He also sald that part of the country was greatly interested In coal legis- lation Revival of the United States Grain' Corporation was favored, he sald, as one of the remedics possible Numerous petitions had gone to the President from the northwest, Mr. Young said, urging congressional action. DEPARTS FROM MARION. By the Associated Press. ABOARD PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, Au- gust 11.—Leaving behind him in Marion, entombed with tender care the body of his late captain, President Coolidge last night turned back to the capital to face the problems of office. With him returned admirals and generals, members of Congress and representatives of various states, who had come with him to participate in the burial ceremony of Warren Hard- ing. The journey, the second hasty trip since he was called to take upon himself the guidance of the nation {was no light trial for the new Chief {Magistrate, who has spared himself from neither strain nor late hours in personally directing a nation's tribute to a stricken leader. but, ex- cept for a slight fatigue, he seemed none the worse for the journey. Mint to Issue Medallion in Harding’s Honor Director Scobey of the mint today gave orders for the production by the Philadelphia mint of a bronze medaliion of President Harding. The medallions will ¢arry on one side the face of the late Chief Executive in bas relief and on the reverse side will be the dates of his birth, inauguration and death. 'l'm‘; will be sold to the public at '} each.