Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1923, Page 2

2 MODIFIED BROWN ' PLAN 1S PROPOSED Hill Tells Coolidge Congress ' Opposes New Welfare Department. || Re-organization of the federal gov- ernment departments and independent agencics along simpler and more practical lines than is proposed in the plan of Walter F. Brown, chairman of the jeint congressional committee on re-organization, was suggested to President Coolidge today by Repre- sentative John Philip Hill of Balti- more. Representative Hill informed the President that the sentiment among members of Congress convinc- s him that the Brown plan, although 1 had the approval of the late Presi- dent Harding, has very little chance of being enacted into law in its pres- ent shape. He said that he doubted very much if the plan in bill form will even,get out on the floor of Con- gress, Tells Views in Congress. While most members of Congress t there is ample ng the departments, =0 as to reduce or entirely eliminate the overlapping of authority and the du- plication of effort, and to increase ef- ficiency, they do not think the Brown plan will satisfactorily answer this purpose, according to Mr. Hill's opin- ion He admitted that there are some ex- cellent ideas advanced in this plan and that these should be embodied in a new plan that should be drawn up for early consideration by the next Congress. The creation of another department, the Department of Welfare, Repre- sentative Hill contends, will meet with the general disapproval of many members of Congress. “There are too many departments and independent agenaies of the federal government in existence now,” Mr. Hill explained. Finds Too Many Agencies. he tendency of Congress in recent Years has been to create too many in- dependent bureaus which operate in a most #mpractical and irresponsible manner and should be made a part of some department of the government and should be under the direct con- trol of some cabinet officer,” Mr. Hill said. Mr. Hill enumerated a number of other features of the Brown plan which should be either eliminated or tncluded, according to their individual merit, in the new plans he would have drawn up to meet the approval of President Coolidge. Representative Hill is especially anxious to have this new reorganiza- tion plan provide an assistant to the Vresident. “The Harding,” he said, “has revived the conslderation of relieving the Presi- dent from some of the enormously in- creased executive dutles which have been thrust upon the office with the gradual growth of the power of the Executive. There have been a num- ber of suggestions for new legisla- tion on this subject death of President Slemp to Ease Burden. It Is characteristic of President Coolidge that without the. addition of a new law he has quietly and ef- fectively solved this question for the time being by the appointment as his secretary of Bascom Slemp, former member of Congress, whose accept- ance of thfs position, raises it to cabinet dignity and importance, in infon of many. tabinet as a _collective ad- body is not provided for by the Constitution, nor is such a thing ns a cabinet recognized by any law of 1he United States. Under existing law the President may, therefore, ask his secretary or any one whom he pleases to sit with the cabinet, just as he himself was Invited by President Harding to sit with the cabinet. The secretary to the President may thus_become equal in rank with a member of the cabinet. It is no new thing in American government to have a member of the cabinet who 15 not the head of one of the con- stitutional executive _departments. ¥From the days of President Washing- ton the Attorney General was always considered a member of the cabinet, gitting as an_advisory council and always attended cabinet meetings, although the Attorney General did not become the head of an executive department_until 1870, when, under President Grant, the Department of Justice was for the first time created as an equal to the original executive departments. Gives Rallrond Views. The selection of former Repre- sentative Slemp as secretary to the President is looked upon by Repre- sentative Hill as a splendid one. He considers Mr. Slemp a man of great ebllity and will be extremely helpful because of his long and extraordinary experlence in Congress and in politics. Among other matters brought to the attention of the President by Mr. Hill during his conference today was that of the proposal to consolidate rallroads, which the latter sald is opposed by the citizens of Baltimore and Maryland wunless this consolida- tion is made permissive rather than compulsory. He told the President that the matter is of great impor- tance to the state. He declared also that the railroad question in general is among the most important ones in the country today and that, in his opinion, it will be one of the most important mattars to confront Con- gress at Its next session. Presldent Coolidge did not hold his wusual Tuesday cabinet meeting today. He explained several days ago that there were no great matters of mo- ment to necessitate such gathering and that he would postpone again meeting with his official family un- 1l next Friday. In the interim he wished to devote his attention to routine matters and to the study of innuumerable departmental prob- lcms and programs in order to more thoroughly familiarize himself with the details before discussing them with his cabinet. Invited by Veterans. The Executive today was invited to Bttend the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, to open in Norfolk, V., next Monday, The for- mal invitation was extended through George B. Christlan, secretary, by a delegation from Norfolk, which call- £d at the White House today. Those in the delegation were Col. C. D. Dayidson, H. K. Walcott, Frank Sager, Dr. A. A. Marsteller and Charles McDermott. The visitors were informed by Mr. Christian that he doubted very much if the Presi- dent will be able to accept. The Dis- trict of Columbia department of the organization will be heavily repre- sented at the Norfolk gathering, Col. R. B. Creager of Brownsville, frex., who was an intimate friend of the late President Harding for a mumber of years, and is ccnceded to be the republican leader of southern foxas, and who has been mentioned for appointment as ambassador to Mexico when diplomatic relations are resumed, was one of the President's callers today. Col. Creager would have nothing to say regarding re- ports that he had been decided upon For the Mexican diplomatic post. Leaves D. C. Shortly. Col. Creager will leave Washington wvithin a few days for his home, but ‘before going he expects to have a conference with Secretary of State Hughes and John Barton Payne and Charles B. Warren, the last two being the American commission to conduct, pegotiations to bring about the re- visory need for ! Father in Frantic Hunt Risks Life to Find Him. Old Tremont Hotel Damaged $3,000. Guests Escape. Cotton-headed, fat and smiling, three-year-old Betholdt Andre today is proudly showing neighborhood Youngsters the damage caused by the $3,000 fire at the Tremont Hotel, 201 {Indiana avenue, early today, ap- parently unconscious of the fact that he is the outstanding figure of the excitement as the boy who saved himself. 3 Betholdt is the son of A. Andre, proprietor of the hotel. He is one of five children, the oldest being ten vears old. He has no mother. She died a short time ago. After Mr. Andre discovered the fire rly this morning he rushed to the bedroom and struggled down with two undressed youngsters. The smoke | growing thicker with every minute. {he ran back upstairs and brought down two more. Then he returned for Betholdt. He groped about the dark bedroom and couldn't find him. {He tried lighting the gas. It wouldn't work. He was frantic. Not Found on Street. He rushed to the street for a glimpse of the three-year-old. In all the con- fusion anq excitement attending a fire he couldn’t find him. He rushed back again and tried using his flashlight. No result. Returning to the street again, in a frenzy of fear at losing the boy, searcely knowing what he was doing, he made another unsuccessful search of the crowd in front of the door. No Bertholdt. Then started the struggle back into the room. At the foot of the stairs smoke choked the father. He couldn't make his way through it. Firemen trieq for the rescue. It was impos- tible. Mr. Andre resigned himself to the loss of his son. He walked to the street again. He says his whole body was like lead, when a stranger spoke up: “Here's the boy."” And Betholdt smiled up at his dad. He was safe, sound and eerene, enjo: ing the excitement as only a three- year-old can. All Roomers Escape. He had walked out of the burning bullding all by himself. There were about thirty-five roomers [in the hotel when the fire started in the basement. A man in the bathroom at about 1 o'clock this morning smelled smoke. He called Andre. Andre and the man investigated. They found a room downstalrs filled with smoke- clouds. Andre turned in the house- 2-HOUR DAY CUT ' ADS STEEL MILLS Great Benefits From New System—Day Off Given. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH, August 21.—Inaugu- ration of the eight-hour day in the steel mills, not yet a week old, has resulted in changés which mill man- agers and workmen agree is going to be a big help for all concerned. Not only will the men work shorter hours, instead of the twelve-hour day, which the new system displaced, but the coveted “day-off” has a place in_the plan. ‘Three turns have been established, No. 1, 2 and 3. They occupy the eight-hour periods into which the day is now divided, and rotate their position once each week. That is, No. 1's turn this week becomes No. 2 next week, No. 2 becomes No. 3, No. 3 becomes No. 1 and so on. To avold the seven-day week and give the day off as much as possible in works only six days each week, as against seven days for the other two turns. In this manner every man gots & day Off every three weeks, when his crew is the No. 1 turn. A time-honored practice is to change turns every week end, a sys- tem which managers and workmen alike declare has its drawbacks. To avoid this the new schedule gives the num- ber one, or six-day turn, & thirty-two- hour rest period at the change of the turn, instead of twenty-four hours, as originally intended. This is ac- complished by putting the other two turns back to work after rest periods of only eight hours. It works auto- matically to bring forward each week the day for changing the turn. That is, if the turn changes on Saturday this week, it will change on Friday next week. In this manner every man on every turn gets a thirty-two- hour rest period once in three weeks and each time on a different day. COOLIDGE EXPECTS HARD COAL PEACE Confidence in a settlement between the antharcite miners and operators at Atlantic. City and the avoldance of a shutdown of the mines was ex- pressed at the White House today by a spokesman for the President. No new developments in_the coal situation have occurred in Washing- ton, it was said, but the conference is going on at Atlantic City “hopefully.” The President is being kept in close touch with all that transpires there through the United States Coal Com- mission. The bellef exists at the White House, it was sald, that there is a real desire on the part of the miners and the operators to get together and to prevent a shutdown of the mines. That being the case, the President is reported to feel confident that a,strike will be avoided. newal of diplomatic relatiens with Mexico. Despite the fact that it was_after 6 o'clock last night when the Presi- dent left his office to return to h hotel, he was on the job this morning a few minutes past half-past 8. He took his customary early morning stroll shortly after 6 o'clock this morning and when he appeared at the executive office he showed every sign of feeling fit. Owen Young, president of the Gen- eral Electric Company of New York, who has known President Coolidge for a good many years, called at the executive office today to pay his respects and to glve Mr. Coolidge something of his impressions gath- ered during his recent tour Eu- rope, / s ,the quarters of the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST ‘21, 1923. . Three-Year-Old Boy Saves Self At Exciting Early Morning Fire MINE PARLEY SPLIT ON WAGE SCHEDULE PLAN FOR TESTING AUTO GLARELIGHTS Operators and Union Far|Charts Provided in D. C. Ga- BETHOLDT ANDRE. alarm. Then he notified all to leave quietly. There was comparatively little con- fusion in getting out. The residents were of all ages. F. B. Clements, seventy-six, fought his way out. Re- more than eighty years of age, who sells papers, made her way out. John Hill carried his wife and a year old son down a fire escape to safety. Michael Conley, almost seventy years old, was carried down a ladder. There were no casualities. Building Is Historic. Origin of the fire is undetermined. A large amount of furniture stored in the west side of the basement was damaged irreparably. A portion of the west wall of the hotel crumbled. The first floor was hacked up in mak- ing vents. Most of the damage, it 18 understood, is covered by insurance. The old Tremont House has a his- tory. Standing at 2d street and Indi- ana avenue, at one time it was in an aristocratic residential section. Later, When Indians first came to Washing- ton pressing lawsuits, legislation and varfous measures for their better- ment, they made the Tremont House their stopping place. It was not un- common to see scores of Washingto- nians of the old school stroll around to the Tremont House to take a look at the Indians, who recefved them residents in their best manner. SPURIOUS STAMPS -AND STILLS SEIZED i Managers and Men See|y, s, Secret Service Agents! Arrest Six Persons Ac- cused of Counterfeiting. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 21.—Federal secret service agents today raided “Consolidated Importing and Exporting Company,” on Lexington avenue, and arrested five men and a woman on charges of counterfeiting revenue stamps, whisky labels and physicians' liquor prescription blanks. Besides samples of the stamps, labels and blanks, the agents report- ed they confiscated several stills, 100 gallons of alcohol and a dozen cases of whisky. Those arrested gave the names of Dr. Adolph Lappner and his wife Rose, Joseph Serpico, Allen Snow, a continuous industry, the No. 1 turn | Herman Friedlander and, Joseph B. Robinson. Had Other Lines of Business. Besldes being headquarters of th Consolidated Importing and ExpurtY ing Company, the raided buflding houses the “Montreal Bottlers' Cor- poration” and was publication head- quarters of the Fold, a matri- monial paper. The six arrested were alleged to have flooded the country with circulars seeking patronage for their varied business ventures. The raid was carried out by a squad of agents directed by Joseph Palma, secret service chief for the New York district. The matrimonial paper, ac- cording to Mr. Palma, served pri. marily 8s a “blind” for the alleged illicit” dealing in liquor, counterfeit stamps and other accessories. Big Mailing List Found. An extensive malling list was found, which bore evidence of large shipments of the bogus stamps, labels and prescriptions to many points in the United States and Canada. The qualities_of stamps and labels ship- ped to Canada indicated, Mr. Palma declared, that much of the supposed- ly high-grade liquor that is smug- gled in from that country is cheap bootleg liquor. In addition to the six persons ar- rested, the agents. found three girls, two men and a boy of thirteen, busily engaged about the place. These six were not arrested, as they succeeded in convincing the agents they were merely employes. Robinson, the agents declared, was the dominating force in the organiza- tion, holding most of (he stock and directing the affairs of.the venture. FRENCH RUHR NOTE HANDED TO BRITISH; MAY SAVE ENTENTE agreement as to the Anglo-American thesis of expert inquiry into Ger- many’s capacity to pay. Falling to meet these requirements, Poincare can hope for few results except per- haps to strengthen Baldwin's opposi- on. Many British politiclans disagree with Baldwin's methods, but it is safe to say that nine-tenths of them sup- port whole-heartedly the British prin- ciples laid down in the recent diplo- matic exchanges. According to the British_view further notes are use- less. No written reply to Poincare is expected, but Baldwin may personal- ly discuss the matter when he passes through Paris late this week. ‘The belief exists here that France would like to continue indefinitely these written exchanges, hoping to prolong the discussion untll Germany el.tlrlmr surrenders or br inter- nally, 2 Apart on Increase De- manded by Workers. By the Associated Pres ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., August 21.—Today, the second of renewed wage contract negotiations in the an- thracite industry, found mine oper- ators and miners’ unlon officlals widely separately in their ideas of proper mine pay rates. The subject, opened at the first meeting yester- day, was taken again Into foint meet- ing for discussion today, while the ten other demands of the union upon the mine owners were temporarily set aside. John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine Workers, emphasized the $2 increase demanded for day men as especially justified, In view of recent increases for steel workers, building trades and textile hands. S. D. War- riner, head of the operators’ policy | committee, responded that the an- thracite scales as fixed in 1920, had not been decreased since and had been declared generally adequate by the United States Coal Commission. The miners’ union spokesmen fur- ther said that the bituminous miners got more money, while operators countered with the proposition that the anthracite mines gave regular and practically continuous employ- ment. Pending demands of the union for 2 20 per cent increase in piece rates per ton for mining coal, which affect miners other than the day men, were up for fuller examination today. The operators’ group, flguring that the increased wage bill would add $2 per ton to the price of prepared sizes of coal to the consumer, took the gen- eral position that no additional charge could be borne by the industry or the public. Wages Chief Tople. ‘Wage rates in the anthracite in- dustry were the chief toplc of dis- cussion before yesterday's session. By common consent, both groups set aside the questions of check-off for union dues and unlon recognition, which blocked previous attempts at a settlement that would prevent a sus- pension of anthracite production Sep- tember 1, and proceeded to an analysis of the union's demands for general wage increases. They were, however, in no degree advanced toward a common vView- oint when adjournment was taken. n the meantime, the United States coal commission, which induced the industry’s leaders to meet again in spite of their deadlock, was given a report of the day's tra Mr. Lewis and P’hillip Murray, president of the United Mine ers, and Rinaldo Cappilleni, C Golden and Thomas Kennedy, three district presidents in the an- thracite region, laid out the union’s demand for a $2 per day increase for all day workers in and around the mines, and for a 20 per cent increase in piece rates per ton for mining coal. 8. B Warriner, chairman of the an- thracite policies committee, who had threo associates, W. J. Richards, A. .{ground that the increase could be met ‘land that the consumer was in no po- B. Jessup and W. W. Inglis, in the joint meeting, opposed. Fear Competition. The operators took the general only by increasing the price of coal, by perhaps as much as $2 per tom, sition to pay the extra charge and that the Industry was in no position to collect it. The competition of bi- tuminous coal and oil, as substitute fuels, the operators claimed, would result in the shutting down’ of an- thracite mines and the unstabilizing of_anthracite production. Mr. Lewis estimated that 90 per cent of the men in the anthracite workings were employed at a wage rate of about $4.20 per day, and that the average yearly earnings of such a man, provided he worked the 271 days, which is the average of an- thracite operation, would be $1,138. The amount was inadequate, the union spokesman said. Both sides questioned coal commis- sion_findings as to anthracite labor conditions, Mr. Warriner asserting that official reports had found the labor rates sufiiclent to meet living costs. The union oontingent said that the coal commission had sug- gested $1,700 as a fair yearly earn- ing in coal and that the lower pald men would have to work Sundays, holidays and some nights to make that much. Ask Arbitration. Operators further said that the ne- gotiations, So far as they were con- cerned, were being renewed with a continuous offer in behalf of the em- ployers to leave points in the con- troversy to arbitration and to keep the mines running while arbitration proceeded, on the ynderstanding that the final decision would be made re- troactive to September 1. Existing wage contracts in the industry ex- pire on that date. The union had made eleven de- mands for alteration of present ar- rages to Facilitate Proper Focal Adjustment. Since the padsage of state laws fn all of the northeastern states re- quplring non-glaring headlights, and the determination of the District of Columbia Commissioners to regulate this problem in the District, arrange-| ments have been made for all local motorists to take immediate steps to see that their headlamps are not only equipped with approved devices which are legal in every respect, but most particularly, that the adjustment of the light bulb and reflector should be made S0 as to conform with the re- quirements which are now unfform fn these states. The Washington Motor Club, in collaboration with the United States bureau of standards and Wash ington Safety Council, has prepared an official headlight chart to facili tate the proper focal adjustment for all makes of cars. This chart, which {s over eight feet wide and fifty Inches high, is now located in a nu ber of garages throughout the Dis- trict,» where headlight testing is now being made at a very nominal charge. Requirements Cited. The method of adjustment of the headlamps requires a space on a level S0 that. the motor vehicle can be placed twenty-five feet from the chart. The lenses are then removed and the lamps examined to insure using only twenty-one candlepower gas-filled bulbs. It may be necessary to clean and polish the reflector or to replace dented or rusty reflectors. You should then measure the vertical distance of center of headlights above floor and select corresponding hori- zontal lines on the chart. This line on the chart {s the upper limit of the beam when headlights are properly adjusted. Measure the horizontal distance between centers of head- lights and select corresponding ver- tical lines on chart equi-distant from center line. The officlal garages han- dling this chart have a 1lst of the ap- proved lenses, which determines the focus and tilt required by the non- glare lens. Some lenses requir:: what fs known as the “principal focus, with no tilt, while other lenses require the principal focus and a %ilt- ing adjustment. The lack of focal adjustment in the bulb of headlamps is the reason that over 90 per cent of the cars in the District of Columbia are not comply- ing with legal requirements. Focal adjustment, according to the N. M. A., is nothing more than moving the elec- tric bulb in the headlamp backward or torward in the reflector, which al- ters the form of the beam of light projected by the headlight and at the same time puts light in the proper place on the road. In making all ad- justments the car should be loaded and at least twenty-five feet in front of the chart, Method of Regulatiom. If the adjustment device is operated from the outside of the lamp, do not remove the front lamp glass or lens, but proceed as follows: Select a hori- zontal black line on the chart the same height from the ground as the center of the headlamps is from the ground, then turn the screw, with screwdriver, on the outside and rear of the headlamp backward or forward unt!l all of the reflected light on the wall or screen is below the black line. The conference of the motor vehicle administrators of Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hamp- shire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Ver- mont, with the possible addition of Virginia, meets every three months for the purpose of standardizing mo- tor vehicle laws in these states. The headlight problem is now etandard- ized as per the outline furnished above by the Washington Motor Club. Ask Protection to Motoris “Every garage and service station in the city that has space should have a light-adjusting chart,” de- clared Edward S. Brashears, at the nieeting_this week of the Washington Motor Club. “Protection should be given motorists by all organizations in this respect. It _the District mo- torist travels in Virginia, or into Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, or New Jersey, he is now able to have his lights adjusted so as to conform with all legal requirements in all states and at a minimum of expense.” Garages equipped with headlights charts are as follows: Barretts' ga- rage, 24th and M streets northwest; Brookland garage, 1000 Michigan ave- nue northeast; Collegeman service station, 3730 Georgia avenue north- west; Congressional Pennsylvania avenue Creel Brothers, 1312 14th _street northwest; Gutridge garage, 1319 L street northwest; Irvimg Street ga- rage, 1425 Irving street northwest; Liberty garage, Florida avenue and U street northwest; Ninth Street ga- rage, 1234 9th street northwest; New Royal garage, 1815 L street north- west; Washington Accessories Com- rangements which they seek to have incorporated in the new wage con- tract. The advanced wage scale is the second on the list, the first being the demand for recognition, “check- off” and a two-year contract. STATE TO SELL COAL. Nebraska Governor Opens Fight on Excessive Prices. By the Associated Press. " LINCOLN, Neb., August 21.—In an- nouncing that he had completed ar- rangements for supplying - coal to cities and local public committees, to be sold below prevailing prices, Gov. Charles W. Bryan stated that he thinks coal prices throughout the state are out of reason. He sald that he is taking steps, therefore, to fur- nish coal to any city under an agree- ment that the fuel will be sold with- out profit. “I am by no means satisfied the fuel situation in this state” the governor sald. “For some time past I have been investigating_conditions in the coal market, and I find that great quantities have been stored throughout the country. Another movement 8 on foot among the coal operators to force a strike at the mines in order that they may have an excuse for keeping up the present exorbitant prices and unloading the surplus at these prices. “So convinced am I that coal {s re- tailing several dollars per ton higher than it should be that I have Ugyted negotiations for a supply, andéit is my Intention if the propositions can be made, which I feel are almost as- sured, to offer coal to any municipal ity in Nebraska which will take a tion to protect its people against the coal monopoly. POPE SEES MGR. COSSIO. Despite Suspension of Audiences, Exception Is Granted. ROME, August 21.—Despite the announced suspension of all papal audiences for the remainder of the summer, Pope Pius today received Monsignor Luigi Cossio, auditor of lhoansA‘nu!o“c delegation In Washing- ton, for the purpose of obtaining first-hand information concerning the work of the dul.&flun. It is ex- pected Monsignor Cossio will not re- turn to Washington, probably belng promoted to another post, vith pany, 17th and L streets northwest. 500 NEWSBOYS READY FOR OUTING Star’s Carriers Eagerly Await Ar- lington Beach Trip To- morrow. Five hundred carrier boys of The Evening and Sunday Star are eagerly awalting today the outing to be given them tomorrow, when they will be the guests of The Evening Star News- paper Company at the Arlington beach. The boys, accompanied by Galt Burns, circulation manager of The Star, and the route agents, will leave the building at 11th street and Penn- sylvania avenue at 9 o'clock tomor- row for the beach across Highway bridge. There the boys will be given tick- ets admitting them to the merry-go- round and other amusements, They will have opportunity for mming and other beach sports, and athletic contests will be staged. At noon ice cream and other delica- lcles will be served the boys. After the luncheon a start will be made at 1 o'clock for The -Star bullding, ‘where the boys will be ready to serve The Star. HUMANE SOCIETY KILLS HORSE PERSHING RODE “George Washington,” Who Served in France and Mexican Border, Had Become Enfeebled. By the Associated Press. NEW”HAVEN, Conn., August 21.— George Washington, bay geldmg, with a war record, and the mount of Gen. Rershing when he reviewed the' 4th Division of Américan troops in Parls, was killed by the Humane socm{ yes- terday because of enfeebled condition. The horse was owned by Col. Paul ‘Waterman %t “l:la n:’t‘uml G&-rd. K George Was on_served on Mexican border in 1916 and in France survived a gas attack, . Q WORKING TO SAVE ENTOMBED MINERS Photograph of rescue workers attend g to entombed victims, whe ht their way through the partially dismantled portions of Krontler Mine No. 1 of the Kemmerer Coal Company, in Wyoming. The rescue work- ers succeeded in bringing out alive 37 of 138 miners entombed in the blast. Photograph shows wounded being of Frontier Mine. brought from mouth of main entrance Mrs. Coolidge May Keep Entry In Knitting Test for Grandchild The baby carriage cover knitted by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge will be care- fully packed away and guarded by | the first lady of the land, who says she is going to keep it for her first | grandchild, if it doesn't win a in the national knitting contest. ] This announcement was made by | Eula McClary, publicity agent for the contest, who is stopping at a_local hotel and who visited the White House today. According to Miss Mc- Clary, Mrs. .Coolidge s anxiously | awaiting_the announcement by the | judges of the contest to see if her cover will gain a prize or be pul“ away for her first grandchild. The cover is made of .four-ply | Germantown wool —the sort that mothers and grandmothers of the present generation . It is a plain knit with three panels of lace knit and lned with pink crepe’de chine. Those who understand knitting de- clare that it is a very beautiful and clever piece of work. ' The entry was sent from Nortn- PRESIDENT TELLS AMNESTY POLICY Favors Freedom for Political Prisoners if Opinions Were Not Widely Told. President Coolidge told White House visitors today that he had de- cided to adopt a “reasonable” atti- tude fn the matter of clemency for war law violators, but that he recog- nized that some of those still impris- oned were only receiving just punish- ment for the crimes of which they were convicted. The attitude of the President on the question of amnesty was said to be based on & bellef that no man should be held in prison because of opinions be had expressed. Recogni- tion must be given in the President's view, however, to the circumstances under which war laws were violated in each case, such as the attempts to influence others in their opinion and to stir up a general public opinion hostile to the purposes of the gov- ernment. Mr. Coolidge told his visitors that, like President Harding, he would go over the records of those still con- fined and wherever he found that they were being held merely for the ex- pression of an opinion of their own they would be liberated, but that where it appeared they aftempted to influence others the circumstances would have to be studied carefully. LANGLEY BOMBERS MAKE FAST TRIP Fleet Reaches Bangor in Eleven "Hours, Including Long Stop at Mitchel Field. By the Associated Press, BANGOR, Me., August 21.—The en- tire air fléet that left Langley Field, Va., at 6 o'clock yesterday morning has arrived here. Thirteen Martin bombers and two De Havilands ar- rived at 5:05 o'clock yesterday after- noon and six De Havilands arrived at 6:10. Two Martin bombers acting as came Saturday. ”91“;:: squadron is under the com- mand of Maj: John N. Reynolds. Brig. Gen. William A. Mitchell, assistant ohle? of the air service, will arrive Bangor today. In e fpons of this demonstration 1s to show that in case of war the entire Atlantic coast can be. protect- ed from Langley Field, in Virginia, in 2 day's time. It was demonstrated that in eleven hours, with a long rest at Mitchel Field for fuel, etc, the government war planes can reach the eastern Maine coast with a full equip- for war. T Fomotrow the air squadron will leave for other places to be scat- tered over New England, to strategic points. GABRIEL D’ANNUNZIO ILL. MILAN, August 21.—Gabriel d’An- nunsio is in. poor health owing to overwork and the effects of the ex- it reported, and his Svtors Savo ordered A SPmHIeLe FOut. | ribbon. ampton, where the Coolidge family were spending their summer. It was carefully placed in a padded and pink- lined box and tied down with pink pasted a card with the following in- scription: CONGRATULATIONS. “We are glad to know that a baby wee Adds another twig to your family tree, And may every tick of the old- time clock Prove it more of a chip from the good old block.” Mrs. Coolidge had arranged her en- try as if it were a gift she was send- ing to a fond mother. Her ent! num- ber in the contest was G 128, the judges using numbers so that they could not tell what persons had sent the various entries, Eleven thousand dollars in prizes is to be distributed to the winners, ‘The names of the winners of the na- tional contest are to be announced on Friday. FIND OFFICERGUILTY OF HARDING SLUR “l Would Like to Light Match to It,” He Is Accused of Saying of Crepe. Charged with making disrespect- ful remarks about the late President Harding, Policeman Rice E. Green, jr., of the sixth precinct has been found Bullty of conduct unbecoming an-offi- cer and recommended for removal from the force. The recommendation of the trial board is before Commissioner Oyster today, but action will not be taken by the city heads until the five days allowed the officer in which to note an appeal have expired. The formal papers in the case show that Capt. Robert E. Doyle of the sixth precinct charged Green with having said: “T would like to light a match to It” Green, the captain charges, was referring to the black rosette of mourning worn by all mes- bers of the force following the former President’s death. Denies Remark. It was further charged by Capt. Doyle that Policeman Green, refer- ring to Harding, said he should have been dead ten years &go. Lucian H. Vandoren, attorney for the accused policeman, stated today that at the trial before a police trib- unal his client denied having made the statements attributed to him. Mr. Vandoren said he did not know whether Green would take an appeal to the Commissioners. Capt. Doyle filed the charges fol- lowing a written complaint from Thomas J. Williams, a_business.man, whose daughter is sald to have been one of the witnesses to the occurrence. Girls as Witnesses. According to the papers in the case, the alleged remark concerning the rosette ls said to have been made when a girl asked Green to let her see the badge of mourning. The names of three girls were given by Capt. Doyle as witnesses. The trial board, composed of As- sistant Corporation Counsel Wahly, Capt. C. P. M. Lord and L. J. Stoll, re- turned-a verdict of guilty and recom= mended removal from the service. POSTPONED OUTING TO BE HELD THURSDAY District Employes to Have Annual Frolic_at Marshall Hall. Several hundred District employes are hoping that old Jupiter Pluvius will shed his tears in some other part of the country Thursday, in order that they may stage their outing to Marshall Hall, which had to be called off last week. Harry Almond, in charge of arrange- ments, hopes that this first annual trolic of city workers will be a_suc- cess and that it will become a year- ly custom. All of the games and athletic events scheduled for last week will be held planned, 5 On the 1id of the box was | TALKS and TALES With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS Mr. E. 8. Kadoorle. hezd of the houss of Kadoorie, the well known private banking establishment of Shanghai, is at the La Fayette Hotel with his two sons, Lawrence and Horace, and retinue of Chinese servants, making his first visit to Washington, prepa- Tatory to a trip across the continent to Vancouver, whence he will safl on the steamship Australian Princess for China. While admitting that conditions in China are chaotic at present, Mr Kadoorie said there was no immedate cause of alarm, and he thinks that a- s00n as the Chinese people dispose o a few of their unscrupulous leaders and unite on a single poliey not only will the great powers go to their as- sistance flnancially, but China will take her rightful place in the world Condensed, Mr. Kadoorie's story this: The Chinese people are tired of sension and sick of the money-grab- bing tactics of some supposed pa triots. While not a fighting race, they will resist to the last drop of thetr blood the splitting of the country in two. After the many dismal failures of Sun Yat Sen, in the south, who favors dividing the territory, Wu Pei Fu, of the central government, that recognized by the United States, Chow So Ling, in Manchuria, the have awakened to the fact that new blood is needed if China is to live The Chinese appreciate that money is essential to the growth of their untry, and as the powers refuse any stantial financfal aid until suitable guarantees are forthcomin they are doing their utmost to fur- nish such security. After carefully surveying those na- tions in a position to assist her, all have been eliminated except America and England, and now every subter- fuge is being resorted to to compel the armies of these two countries to enter China on some pretext or other. Their soldiers are wanted, as soldiers bring money, and the Chiness.peopls feel that once the fighting ar- rive and learn for themselves the wonderful resources of the vast re- puplic word ‘will travel back to large commercial interests at home-and a steady stream of live, wide-awake, conservative business men will fol- Tow. It was for this reason that the drastic move of kidnaping American and English_tourists was made, ac- cording to Mr. Kadgorie, who said that all reports to the contrary, the captives were in no way harmed and treated gquite royally. “Onmly,” c tinued the banker, “It might be th: in order to carry ‘out their intentic of forcing Britain and America take action, some of-the more reck- less will resort to crime.” Mr. Kadoorie is & brother of the late Sir Ellis Kadoorle, one of the gredt- est philanthropists in Chin: himself noted for much charitable work in England and other the world. He still mainta London home at 6 Princes Gate Back in‘the frosty fall days of 18! when W. H. Lewis was making ga ing holes in the opposing lines eastern college foot ball teams to sure a clear fleld for his fellow pluv- ers of Amherst, Freshman Calvn Coolidge of the class of '95 stood on the side lines with the rest of the undergraduate body, cheering for the big center rush to come through Today, Calvin Coolidge, Presidcnt of the United States, sits at his dcs in the White House, confronted I the most perplexing probiems ev« faced by an American Chief Exec tive, while Attorney W. H. Lewls of Boston, stands on the side lines with millions of other fellow Americans rooting his head off for his fellow statesman to come through Looking as fit and youthtul as ev he did when receiving the plaudits of the student bodies of Amherst and Harvard, having played with the foot ball team of the latter university while attending its law school, tl big “rush” scooted through the lobby of the Shoreham Hotel on his way to the Department of Justice to at- tend to matters pertaining to a crim- inal case in Boston. “I reckon !ittle old Massachusetts feels satisfled with its President.” shouted the writer, bringing the law- yer to a stop. “You betcha!" was the snappy re- ply. “And none in the state more so than I. I not only had the distinction of being one of the old Bay state's delegates sent to the Chicago conve: tion instructed to work for Mr. Coolidge for President, but was the first man to greet him on his return to the statehouse, in Boston, after his nomination to the second place on the ticket. “When I shook his hand that day 1 said: ‘Mr. Vice President, you are destined to become President Some v smiled in his character- was first appointed United States attorney for Boston by President Roosevelt and later assist- ant attorney general by President Taft. Erection of million-dollar hotels isa common occurrence in certain large cities today, and little more than a passing note is made of the happen- ing, but such is not the case in a conservative old town like Louisville. Ky. At present folks of the southern city are all agog over the approach- ing opening of the new $1,500,000 fif- teen-story Brown Hotel which will take place very shortly. In a little chat wit . L. Akers, general agent for the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, who_is spending a few days at the New Willard Hotel. and who divides his time between his two residences in Louisville and Hot Springs, Va., it was learned that the new structure will occupy one of the historic corners at 4th and Broadway in the Kentucky city, a neighborhood dear to the traditions of all south- erners. The establishment of Solzer, the famous Louisville caterer, was done away with to make room for the hotel, while on the other three co: ners ‘are the homes of Miss Mary Johnson, famed throughout the sec- tion for her many charitable and civic works, and the well-known Avery family and the Warren Me- morial Church. All along the street are the homesteads of such noted Southern families as the McKnights, Ballards, Bridgefords and Newcombs, H. Victor Newcomb of the latter tamily having served for years i president of the Loulsville and Nas| ville railroad. ‘After detailing the celebration that will mark the opening of the hotel, and telling how pleased Loulsville people were with the appointment by President Coolidge of C. Bascom Slemp as his secretary, the conversation drifted to the waters of Hot Springs, where Mr. Akers' Upland House Is one of the show places. The writer, having spent his vaca- tion_at Bedford Springs, Pa., where, by the way, a $1,000,000 hotel is being constructed, was loud in his praise of the beauties of that place and the curative powers of its waters, and. following a friendly contention, Mr. ‘Akers agreea that few Americans ap- preciated the velous springs of their own country, and told of how C. E. Shatt, president of the Missouri. Kansas and_Texas raflroad, whose home fs in St. Louis, about & three- hour ride from French Lick Springs, Ind., had traveled all the way to Carisbad by order of physiclans, only to be advised by experts at that place to go to French Lick Springs, Amer- ica, for the ailment that troubied him. Mr. Akers sald that all Loulsville was much interested in Arthur Clark's Compilation of “Marse Henry" Wat- terson’s editorials, which has recently appeared in book form, and that little else was talked in the old city today. THE MIXER. HELD AS JOY RIDER. Elmer Grubbs, charged with joy-rid- ing in the auto of Bodie T. Griffith, was held by Judge Gus A. Schuldt in the United States branch of Police Court today under $5600 bond for action of the grand jury.