Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1923, Page 1

A Falr tonight and tomorrow; little change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. toda at 2 p.m. yesterday 130 am. today. Full report op page 7. New York Stock Market No. 29,018 ANKS AND GIANTS FAIL T0 REGISTER + INFIVE SESSIONS More Than 60,000 Jam Park to See Third Game of World Series. CROWD GATHERS EARLY; BLEACHERS SOON FILL Excitement Grows Apace, Rivaling Former Years, at Prospect of Neck-to-Neck Fight. HOW THEY FACED. YANKEES. GIANTS. Wwitt, cf. Baneroft, ss. Dugan, 3b, Groh, 3 Ruth, rf. Frinch, 2b, R. Meusel, If. Young, rf. Pipp, 1b. E. Meunel, If. Ward, zb. Schang, c Seott, & Jones, p. b Umpires—Nallin at Hart at first bane, Ev: ond base, 0'Day at third base. Kelly, 1 Snyder, c. he, YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, October 12.—Sam Jones, Yanlkee right- hander, and Art Nehf, southpaw ace of the Giants' hurling corps, Mooked up in a great pitchers' batile in the third game of the world series as a crowd of more than 60,000, all that could be jammed into the park, looked on. > During the first five innings the Giants got only one hit and the Yankees three, the latter having the only real chances to count. Dugan hit for two racks to open the fourth 2nd Ruth was passed, Meusel hit into a double play snd Frisch threw out Pipp. The Yanks £ot two on with one out again in the fifth, but another double play snuffed them out. Every crevice of the huge Yankec Stadium was filled by base ball mad fans. The bleachers and upper tiers of the grandstand were filled long before game time, but the reserved section Swas slower devouring its human food. Many of the rescrve seat hoiders were delaved by the hugc crowds out- side that were turned away at 1 o'clock, when all except the entrances to the first tiér of the grandstand were closed., Twenty minutes .after the game started, %nd despite the locking of 2l the gates, a crowd estimated at hetween 15,000 and 20,000 rolled zbout the streets bounding the park clam- oting to get in. The police were hav- ing-diMMculty, but_they kept the fans from getting in. Inside the park was a circle of humapity. the grandstand the bleacherites looked iaotionless against a listiess dull gray sky that made the light on the play- Ing field nane mo‘z&:)d. e The shifting of the-scejie bac! the Kanhee Stadium, scioes the aiyids ing line of the Harlem river, was healthful. The fans Were livelier. They didn’t sit back in their seats and pull their hats over their eves to await the appearance of the players. They talked, they squirmed in their seats, they stood up, they walked bout, they argued and cieared their throats to shout. 4 The military band in spick white and gray uniforms left off sonatas i and nocturnes -and took on ragtime It marched around the field with 2 springy step and blasted its music With Zest from the far reaches of a space in front of the leftfeld bleach- ers, ‘whence its music came to be . broken by a hum of talk in the caverns of the grandstand. Wherefore the spectators had smiled at Nick Altrock and Al Schacht, the Bolivars of the piece, they laughed uproariously today. But Nick and Al didn’t have much time for their pre- practice comics. The Yankees, their confidence fully restored, cognizaut that they hold an edge with the series even, “our of the Glant pitchers down and Ruth at last in his seven- Jeague boot stride, were on the field early. The crowd rose to greet them with roaring cheers. Ruth came on a few minutes after the rest of the team and heard the- most welcome sound his ears have listened to in all the world series in which he has par- ticipated. : Always the “gcat” of the Giant- Yankee series before, he was the tar- get for the booes and the venting of disappointment that supporters of his team felt. He walked gingerly to the batting cage and smacked out two Dalls, one on a low line to right fleld that brought forth a bedlam of noise. At 12:40 the Giants came on. At a quarter of 1 the mounted police and the bluecoats outside had to use their clubs and charge the mobs lined up for tickets. Ropes were stretched to keep them back and the streets cleared for the arrival of reinforce- ments should a riot call be sounded. Details of game to date: FIRST INNING. GIANTS—Bancroft flied out to Meu- sel. Scott fumbled Groh’s grounder and the batter was safe. Frisch flied to Witt. Young lined to Witt, who came in fast to make the catch. No runk; no hits; one error. YANKEES—Frisch tossed out Witt at first. Bancroft threw out Dugan. Ruth singled over second. Meusel flicd out to his_brother. No runs, one hit, no errors. SECOND INNING. GIANTS — Emil Meusel flled out to Brother Bob. Witt took Stengel's fly. Kelly sent up a high one to Scott. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKEES—Pipp fouled out” to Kelly. Ward popped to Snyder. Schang flied to_Bancroft. No runs, no hits, no errors. THIRD INNING. GIANTS—Scott took Snyder's hopper and threw him out. Nehf fanned. Ward threw out Bancroft. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKEES — Bancroft made a nice stopof Scott's grounder and got him at first. Jones struck out. Witt struck out on three pitched balls. No runs, no hits, no errors. FOURTH INNING. GIANTS — Scott threw out Groh. Frisch beat out a bunt for the Giant: ,first_hit. Young fiied out to. Ruth. Meusel flied out to Ruth, who caught the ball.neg the fence. o " No runs, one hit, no errors. YANKEES—Dugan sent a long hit to ht for two bases. Ruth walked. Meu- hit into a double play, Bancroft to isch to Kelly, Dugan going to third. Frisch threw out Pipp. No runs, one-hit, no errors. FIFTH INNING. GIANTS — Stengel strolled to first. Kelly hit. into & gouble piay, Jones to Scott to Pipp. Scott threw out Snyder. No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKEES—Ward ripped a single-into left. 'Schang forced” Ward, Groh to Frisch. Scott scratched an infleld hit. Jones hit into a-double play, Frisch w to . No'ruma, A Highest, 75, lowel , 46, &t Closed Today Entered as second-glass matter post offico \Washington, D. C. GRAVE CHARGE BY. FORD PUT BEFORE PRESIDENT Weeks G oes to Coolidge With Accusations That He Sold Farmers in Muscle Shoals Deal. Secretary Weeks carried into today's cabinet meeting the statement fssued in Detrolt last night by Henry Ford assailing the War Secretary for his action in the sale of the Gorgas steam power plant—a part of the Muscle Shoals, Ala, properties—to the Ala- bama Power Company. Mr. Weeks, prior to the cabinet meeting, refuscd all requests for com- ment on the statement in gvhich Mr. Ford declared that political influence working through the War Sccretary had prevented him from obtaining the Muscle Shoals properties and would continue to prevent his acquisition of the Alabama plant. It was under- 5tood, however, that he would lssue a statement later today. Oficlals close to Mr. Weeks indi- $12.000,000 SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT READY FOR BUDGET Five-Year Program, Framed at Conference, to Be Sub- mitted Tomorrow. A five-year school building program calling for the appropriation of ap- proximately $12,000,000, and designed to eliminate all of the present ob- jectionable features in the school sys- tem, will be submitted to the budget bureau tomorrow morning by school authorities. The program was framed last night at a special conference of the board of education and school of- ficials in the Franklin school. Budget . bureau officials requested school authorities several weeks ago to frame such a program, and prom- ised to glve-it serious-consideration in connection with the hearings on the District estimates for the next fiscal year which will get under way tomorrow. Sfip Frank W. Ballou, Assistant Supts. Robert L. Haycock and Garnet C. Wilkinson and merp- bers of the school board will be pré ent at the hearirgs. Abolishes All Portables. THe five-year program, it ls-uaders stood, calls for the abolition {n" thi 18¥16¢ of all of the one-room port- ables, rented snd other undesirable accothmodations now in use, the elim- ination of all part-time and over: classes and the purchase of available school sites in advance of thelr us The program, if carried out, would put the Washington school system “on ‘its feet” literally speaking. The program urges strongly the acquisition as soon as possible of ‘all property which in future years will be the site of a proposed schoolhouse. For several years the school authori- ties have recommended the adoption of a far-sighted policy with regard to! the purchase of school sites before rapid development makes this im- posible. The estimates for several years have carried items for the purchase of a number of school sites for early use, and each time they were stricken out of the appropriation bill. These sites, which the officials are particularly anxious to acquire, follo An appropriation of, $15,000 for ad- ditional land in_the 'vicinity of the Ludlow School; $50,000 for a site for a new Jjunior high school in _the southwest section of the city; $56,000 for a site for a new junior high school In the northeast section; $20,000 for a site in the vicinity of the Brightwood School to replace the Brightwood School; $30,000 for a site for a new school ' in the vicinity of 5th and Rittenhouse streets and $45,000 for a site for a .new school north of Webster street and east of Georgia avenue. The school budget also has carried itéms for ‘the purchase of a number of playground sites adjoining school buildings which probably will be pro- vided in the flye-year program. These play sites are” wanted at. the follow- ing schools: * Potworth, Langdon, Eckington, Payne, Burrville, Jackson, Addison, Simmons, Benning,: Banneker, Bruce, Cranch, Wormley, Birney, Park View, | Monroe, Wheatley and Bradley, The five-year program was drafted by Supt. Ballou, with the aid of En- gineer Commissiontr J. Franklin Bell and Assistant Engineer, Commissioner John E. Wood. These two- District government officials recently ecom- pleted a survey showing the possible growth of the District by communi- ties within the next twenty years and {ndicating where additional school facilities probably will be needed. Awaliting Presentation. School officials and members of the school -board - declined today-to dis- cuss the new bullding program until it has been presented to the budget bureau. Those who attended the con- ference at the Franklin School last night and studied the program -in- cluded Supt. Ballou, Assistant Supt. Wilkinson, Daniel J. Callahan, pres dent of the school board, and the fol lowing ‘members of the board; Er- nest Greenwood, Mrs. Howard L. Hodgkins and Mrs. Raymond B. Mor- gan. cated that he resented the statement of the Detroit manufacturer and con- sidered it sufficiently grave to take up directly with the President. Coolidge Backs Weeks, Mr. Coolidge is known to be thor- oughly in accord with the actjon taken by the War Department in sell- ing the Gorgas plant to the Alabl‘ Power Company for $3,472,487. position of the President, as it has been stated at the White House, is that Mr. Ford be glven every oppor- tunity to buy and lease the Muscle Shoals properties and that his offer, still before Congress, has not been affected by the sale of the Gorg: project. Mr. Coolidge, after the recent sale of the Gorgas plant, told visitors that the government did not regard the {Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Freed From Jail To Wear Chains Of Matrimony Dan Cupid unlocked the doors of the Districe jail last night and substituted the golden chains of wedlock for the handcuffs which Nick Mangos, twenty-three years old, had worn when he was brought back from Chicago to an- swer an indictment procured against him by Miss Alexandra Pontiki, “twenty-two years old. The young Woman visited Mangos at the jail and a reconciliation was effected. In company of Deputy Marshal Ceremile, Mangos visited the office of Col. W. A. Kroll, the license clerk, and, armed with a marriage license, met his sweetheart at the altar of St. Sophia’s Orthodox Greek Church, at §th and L streets, Rev. Nikifores Pavlau, pastor of the church, performed the cere- mony. + As 2 wedding gift United States Attorney Gordon nolle prossed the charge agalnst Mangos. PROBF OF WALTON " ACTIVITIES OPENS Impeachment Machinery Set in'Motion in Oklahoma Lower House. : By the Associated Preds, OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, October 12.—Impeachment machinery of the Oklahoma house of representatives was set in motion today with the announcement’ by W. D. McBee, speaker, of & committee of twenty- one house members to conduct in- vestigations upon which impeach- ment charges would be based. The state senate postponed con- sideration of legislation affecting the Ku Klux Klan, when it adjourned after a fifteen minutes session yntil Monday afternoon. An ant|-klan bill drawn by Senator C. B. Leedy, which was to have been identified, was withheld. From . the size of the committee it 'was believed that the investigation of several state departments might be undertaken simultaneously. It was indicated yesterday. the commit- tee would be composed of nine mem- bers. It is expected to be divided into several subcommittees to expedite its work. Te Take Up Kian Bill The senate is expected to turn its attention to anti-Ku Klux Klan leg- islation while waiting for the house to act in the impeachment proceed- ings. As’a’ substitute to Gov." Walton's bill directed atithe secret organiza- |tign, Senator C. B. Leedy of Arnett announced he would submit to the upper house today a measure which will be just as effective, but less ex- pensive . than the governo: pro- posal, His bill, Senator Leedy declared, has provisions similar to that of the go ernor, except that it would not com- pel secret organizations to file their rosters with county authorities, a “burdensome and expensive feature.” Senator Leedy's bill, like that of Go ‘Walton's would prohibit the wearing of masks and exact severe penalties against those who assemble l(nr purposes of intimidation or vio- ence. GOMPERS RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF A. F. L. By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Ore., October 12— Samuel , Gompers today was unani- mously re-electéd president of the American Federation of Labor at the convention here. Sweep Seas for 30 Fighting For Life After Tanker Sinks By the Associated Pre ¥ KEY WEST, Fla., October 12.— Thirty men, members of the crew of the City of Everett, a tankei which sank stern-first early yes- terday off the Florida coast, who are believed to be fighting for their lives in open boats in a stormy sea, today were being searched for by vessels who answered the Everett's distress call. The tanker, owned by A. J. Kap~ lan of New York, foundered in a heavy sea off Tortugas. She was reported to have a displacement of 2, /fi" tons, -and ship registers flv er measurements as 346 feet length and 42 feet at the beam. “Am_low: boats; will sink- < soon; latitude, 24.30 morth; - tude, 86 west,” was a message re- ceived from 'the ill-fated vessel by the radio_station at the navy ard here. Twenty-fiye minutes | later what is believed to be the final chapter of the Everett was received through tHe air: “Going down, stern first; SOS, 808, 508" < / The Comal of the Mallory line, seventy-five miles away, buffeting the high-running sea, shifted its . course and headed for the Everett, while the Saukee, a irevenie cut- ter, steamed out of this harbow to ' reported - position of the ocated on charts as being 150 miles west of Tortu, ‘When the Comal and Saukee ar- rived at the position given by the Everett, only a small amount of debris covered the high-running sea. The rescuers reported to the na that not a life boat was P O e B - WITH, mi:u MORNING EDITION : CHANCELLORTARES DICTATOR POWER; DEFIES REICASTAG Stresemann, Acting Upon Order of Ebert, Puts Taxes on Gold-Mark Basis. GOES TO HEART OF ILLS NOW RENDING GERMANY |Exhibits Tenacity in Face of Grave Personal Risk—Food Riots Recur. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1023. BERLIN, October 12.—Chancellor Stresemann has proceeded to dicth- torfal measures without awaiting the reichstag’s authorization, Thus he reveals a combination of tenacity and resourcefulness not exhibited by any other German statesman for many years. Taking his stand on the general provision of the German constitution permitting the president to authorize exceptional measures in an emer- goncy, the chancellor goes directly to the heart of-the nation's troubles by demanding the payment of taxes on a gold-mark basis, at the same time simplitying Germany's topheavy tax system. He makes the necessary conces- sions to the powerful industrialists Dby remitting the present 40 per cent coal tax, but at the same time de- mands a corresponding lowering of internal coal prices. Coal at §25 a Tom. The price of coal now is paralyzing ‘German production and German household life. Coal today costs §25 a ton. On this basis Industry cannot operate. Hence, mass unemployment threatens to continue its inroads on state funds indefinitely and delay the stabilization of the currency. Chancellor Stresemanm has politely, but . effectively, declared &is inde- pendence of parliament and said to the German people: “I am determined to do the neces- sary things by any legal means in order to save Germany from catas- trophe during the coming winter. Do you dare not support me?” Hence if the reichstag tomorrow re- fuses to grant his special dictatorship law Chancellor Stresemann will de- clare the reichstag's usefulness fin- ished, and will continue to dictate un- der {he general constitutional au- \horll( with President Bbert's ap- proval. An amasing sequel to Monday's trial at Cottebus, where the troops which mdde ‘ap &rmed attack against the state &t KueStrin were liberated and given money, was made known today, when the fact was established that their leader, Maj. Buchrucker, also had been released and given a poi tion in the ministry of national de- fense, All the other officers involved either have been released or will be freed soon. Democratic _tircles are king, “What {s the mysterious explanation of the fact that the state rewards with money or office those who at- tempt high reason?” LEADERS CONFIDENT. Stresemann Sees Policy Saving Nation From Ruin. By the Associated Press. e BERLIN, October 12.—With the out- come of tomorrow’s vote on his au- thorization bill for dictatorial eco- nomical authority still in doubt, Chan- cellor Stresemann late last night de- termined to eliminate the reichstas from consideration for the present. Equipped with the extraordinary man- date conferred upon him by President Ebert on the ground of the president’s constitutional prerogative, the chan- cellor immediately ~prociaimed the first of his dictatorial reform meas- ure. This comprises an ordinance decree- ing the employment of the gold stand- ard for all taxes, in'place of the ex- isting method of levying assessments on the paper mark basis and collect- ing them months afterward in fur- ther depreciated currency. Sees First Step Take: With its revenues from taxation established on a gold basis, Chancellor Stresemann believes the first step will have been taken toward salvag- ing the nation’s finances. Among further ordinances which are expected shortly to be dictated is one providing for drastic curtail- ment of the government's expenses and the pruning of - the official pay rolls. The government's’initial procedure is considered to indicate that.Chan- cellor Stresemann is determined to put aside further active consideration of .the reichstag_and to rest his au- thority on President Ebert’s mandate, 80 far as the chancellor's emergency measures are concerned. An official statement quotes a tele- gram from Essen to the effect that, comtrary to French reports, labor leaders and the population generally. are deeply concerned about the sit- uation in_the Ruhr. The opinion 1s ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) POSSES HUNT TRAIN GREW MURDERERS Four Brutally Slain in Vain Hold-Up—Bandits Hurl Explosive in Car. By the Associated Press. REDDING, Calif. The wooded peaks of the Siskiyous, on the border between Oregon and California, are believed to shelter a little group of men who late yester- day held up Southern Pacific train No. 13, slew three trainmen and the mail clerk and caused injuries to about a score of passengers through an explosion whereby they forced their way into the mail car. They got no loot. Posses from Oregon and California counties ‘are seeking them. Among the possemen are Oregon national guardsmen. 3 Shot M Cold Blood. From all avaflable indications, the tralimen were shot down in cold blood because .they recogniszed the robbers, whom officials believe are former railroad employes, or men familiar with the operation of trains| and with the country around tunnel 13, seventeen miles south of Ash- | ‘llnl Oreg., where the hold-up took | October 12— place. The mail clerk, Elvyn E. Dougherty, thirty-five, of Ashland, had no chance for his life. He barricaded himself in his car, and the robhers either| threw a fused explosive through a window or set off a blast at the door. The car was wrecked and mail pouches destroyed. Fire followed. The malil clerk’s body was charred beyond recognition. Glass Cuts Passengers. The concussion of the blast shat- tered windows in cars farther back, and the flying glass was responsible for the passengers' injuries. The train emerged from the tunnel run- ning slowly. Because a bridge crew Wi at work nearby, trainmen felt no apprehension when the train stop- ped. Then several shots wege heard, and in & moment the explosion. The draft’ through the tunnel sucked the fumes of dynamite back into the turinel and into the cars, further ter- rifying the passengers. Trainmen rushed to the engine and | found 8. L. Bates, fifty-five, of Duns- mulr, Calif., the engineer, and Mar- vin Seng, twenty-three, of Ashland, Oreg., the fireman, the engine cab, each shot through the head. Near their bodles lay Coyle 0. Johnson, forty, of Ashland, a brake- man not on duty, who had been rid- ing on the train.’ He died from four bullet wounds in his stomach. Four cars besides the mail car were damaged 50 that they were removed from the tunnel only with difficulty. Rallroad employes said they saw two men board the train just as it entered the tunnel COOLEY QUITS MICHIGAN. ROCHESTER, N. Y., October 12. Resighation of Mortimer E. Cooley, dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Mi igan, as president of the American En- eineering council of ~ the Federated ‘American *Engineering _Socjeties, wa announced at the opening session of two-day meeting of the executive board of_the council todas. Dean Cooley said he would retire be- cause of ill health. lying alongside | WHEN WILL THE DOLLAR .BE WORTH ONE DOLLAR AGAIN? NEXT Sunday George E. Roberts, vice president of the _ National City Bank, New York, and for 15 years director of the United States Mint, will tell in.the Edi- torial Section of The Sunday Star what has happened to the Dollar-and why. This will be the second article in' a . series of - exclusive - interviews with nationally known ~ leaders of Ametican industry. Mr. Roberts is internationally known as one of the World’s greatest economists. He will tell in simple lan- guage, which every one can understand, just ‘why the. Dollar is only worth a fraction of its pre-war value and how and when'it will come into its own again.' . Every business man:and every thoughtful American will want to read-every article in this series, each one!of which will discuss .a problém of vital concerni to every one of us. s | Beatty Rumored Likely Successor To Lord Geddes ! BARGBEATTY. By the Associated Préss. LONDON, Ogtober 12.—A rumor that Earl Beatty, first. sealoard of the admiralty, is to be offered the British | ambassadorship at - Washington in succession to Sir Auckland Geddes is current in naval circles. The Daily Mirrow “says the. story .is. that’ the authdrities want ,the earl out of. the way. becattse of his strong opposition to the.propesal for a reduction in ‘the pay of the mavy in 1924, Another report that Sir Eustace Fiennes, ' goyernor of the Leeward Islands, is likely to replace Sir Auck- land appears in the Daily Sketch, which asserts, however, that the am- bassador's health has 'so much im- proved that he probably will return to Washington in December, although the possibility-that he will not gives ground for speculation as to his suc- cessor. iWEALTHY MAN SHOT | AT ACTRESS’ HOME! By the Associated Press.- 2 NEW YORK, October 12.— Milton. A. Maas, * wealthy vice president -of & chemical corporation and . resident ' of Asbury Park, N. J., is in'a Stamford, Conn., hospital today, having been shot rausteriously last night at .the Sound Dewch, - Conn, home of Mrs. Ida M. Leslie, a widow, and former actress, who says she is his flancee. Prosecutor White of Greenwich, Conn. is_making an inquiry. “I went for a walk on the beach with two dogs, leaving Mr. Maas in the liv- ing room.” said Mrs. Leslie. “As I reached the porch two men sprang from the shrubbery, ‘throttled me and threw me down. “I struggled and screamed, and Mr. Maas came rushing out. As he reached the porch a third man leaped from the bushes, and fired twice. Mr. Maas col- Iapsed ‘and T almost fainted. After having been operatéd on at the hospital .Maas told this version of the shooting: “I had just:arrived and was entering the hallway of Mrs. Leslie’ 1 heard her seream from one of the rooms. Suddenly_two men entered the hallway from the living room and one of them opened fire on mie. 1 went down at the first shot. That is all I re- member.” . r. Maas is unmarried. Besides the home at Asbury. Park he maintained an s home when | -lr:;nment at a Broadway Hotel in this city. Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Synday morning to Washington per month. Telephone Main 5000 00 cents homes at 4nd service will start immediately. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,110 FIEHT FOR ADDED CITY FUNDS OPENS Story of City Grown Out of Proportion to Appropriation Unfolded. The story of a city that has grown out of all proportion to its awailable funds was unfolded to a committee of budget bureau officials by the District Commissioners today, when they went to the Treasury Department in sup- port of next year's estimates, The Commissioners sought to show the budget authorities with facts and figures that if the limitation of $25,- 144,882 placed on National Capital ex- penditures stands, there will be little new work done. in the District next year. The aim of the Commissioners in these hearings is to convince Gen. Lord that the supplemental estimate: amounting to $7,103,084, should b approved. Here are some of the salient points the local officials will develop in the course of the Hearings, which are ex- pected to last for two or three days: That the sum of approximately $900,000 16ft in the regular estimates for school constraction work will only | allow for the completion of buildings already authorized. To offset this | condition the city heads have asked for $1,400,000 in the supplementals for additional buildings. That only a few hundred thousand dollars has been left in the regular estimates for new street paving, which will not begin to take care of the urgent work. If the supplemental street item should be allowed the city would have slightly more than $1,000- 000 for that purpose. Thit the sewer and water depart- ments are far behind the demand for extension of mains to furnish sani- tary facilities for new houses rapidly being erected. It is expected that if the budget officials decide they cannot raise the limit on the regular estimates they may endeavor to eliminate some of the items on the regular list in order to make place for urgent requests on the supplemental list. District officials point out,” how- ever, that there are no non-essential items .in the regular estimates, and that such a revision would merely mean the sacrificing of one important appropriation to authorize another. Commissioner Oyster, it is under- stood, will appeal to the budget authorities to allow items for more motor apparatus for the fire depart- ment, additional men for the police department and higher salaries for both services. This police and_fire salary item is regarded by the Com- missioner as imperative in view of the fact that the uniformed forces will lose the bonus next year, with- out receiving”the benefits of reclassi- fication in its place. FORD IS NOT READY TO DECIDE CANDIDACY Auto Maker’s Secretary States Posi- tion About Presidency in Reply to Nebraska News. By the Associated Pres: DETROIT, Mich., October 12— Henry Ford does not wish to make a | P! definite answer at present as to whether or not he will be a candidate for President, E/ G. Liebold, his per- sonal secretary, sald today in com- menting on news from Nebraska that the Detroit manufacturer's name will £o on the ballot in the presidential primary election in that state. Sléinp Cuts Coolidge Dates ~ To 215 Hours to Save Energy‘! ‘While publi¢ discussion contin- ues ‘as to why Presjdents break down under the strain of their/du. . ties and as to means of relieving this strain, C. Bascom Slemp, sec- retary ‘to President Coolidge, has atter a' month 'in office( evolvedone plan for saving the strength of his chief. s - Secretary Slemp has instituted a system ‘whereby engagements for conferences with the President are limited to the foremoon, and the . whole afternoon is reserved for use by the President.in the study of reports and detallg of the prob- lems before him ~ and’-occasional conferences with cabinet members. Thé system so far is said to have ‘ worked- very well and to leave the t much Xu&jatl‘ued at- the’ end of the day than under the. old- system whereby ments ‘were scattered” thro e after- o i v e President Coolidge’s daily work- ing schedule, which now after two months in the White House, has Dbecome routine, starts at . 8:30 o'clock, when he arrives at his of- fice He first goes over his mail and the morning papers, answering as much of his mail as possible be- fore the first callers having sched- uled engagements arrive, about 10 o'clock. From that time on until 12:30 o'clock the President's time is taken up with ten to fifteen min- ute appointments and it has been observed that rarely does he allow .himself to get behind his schedule. ‘The final half hour before lunch- eon at 1 o'clock is taken up with the reception of delegations and the hundreds of individuals who call daily merely to shake hands with the President and pay thelr respects, About three-quarters of an -hour dis takén for lunc% d 'xeneully by 2 o'clock the Presi ent is hack at his desk for a quiet afternoon of study, some- times never broken into at all un- til he leaves the exectulve offices shortly before 6 o'clock. ‘| Bureau, | TWO CENTS. TREASURY, INTERIOR VETERANS BUREAU PAY 70 BE BOOSTED Secretary Mellon’s Depart- ment to Get 3.22 Per Cent Net Increase Over Present. SIX PER CENT PLANNED FOR INTERIOR WORKERS Veterans’ Bureau, Faring Well Un- der “Lump-Sum” Program, Down for 1.15 Per Cent. The Treasury Department, which has more cmployes in the District of Columbia than any other department or establishment in the entire gov- ernment service, is to get a gross per- centage of increase in salary over present base pay amounting to 18.57, or net percentage of 3.22 over.base pay plus the $240 bonus, under the reclassification allocations, which are being used in preparing the federal budget for the next fiscal year. The Treasury Department has 17500 employes covered in the reclassifica- tion, or nearly one-third of the entire ‘my of government workers in the National Capital. This does mot in- clude skilled labor and tradesmen at the bureau of engraving and printing or officers in the coast guard or simi- lar exceptions provided in the re- classification act. ¥ “Lump Sum” Ajided Increase. The Treasury Department, which gets a ndt 3.22 percentage. of in- crease, when taken in comparison with the Interior Department, which gets a flat 6 per cent increase, and the Veterans' Bureau, which gets only a 1.15 percentage of increase, offers an excellent illustration of how the ad- justment of salaries under lump-sum appropriations has already brought many in the federal service up to the reclassification salary rates already. The Treasury Department is split up between those whose salaries have been, held down by statutory limita- tions and those in lump-sum bureaus where it was possible to gradualls raise-the salary level during the 1 six years. The Interior Department has had practically no lump-sum appropria- tions for_ salaries, and so reflects a mbrmal nét increase, the average net increase under reclassification for all the 54,000 covered under reclassifica- tion of all the services in Waghington being 4.02 per cent. The Veterans' which has been entirely lump-sum appropriations, shows prac tically no increase. Figures Are Lisfed. The summary of recommeéndatiops by the personnel classifieatiofi -board to the budget bureau regarding the Treasury Department employes for use in dratting the budget is as fal- ows: ; Present base pay, $24,652,049. Base pay plus_the bonus (or what is now received), $28,297,770. Appraised pay under Tecl tion, $29,228.767. : Amount of increase over base pay, $4.576,718. Percentage of increase over base pay. 18.57. Amount of increase over base pay plus the bonus, $930,997. Percentage of net increase,” 3.22. 5,600 In Interiar. A similar summary for the Interior Department, ‘which has 5,600 em- ployes in Washington covered by re- classification, is as follows: Present base pay. $7,9912%; Base pay plus thé bonus, $9,704,- 332, Appraised pay onder reclassifica- tion, and to be carried In the next budget. $10,287,590. Amount of increase over base pay. $2,296,315. Percentage of increase over base pay, 28.74. Amount of increase over base pay plus the bonus. $583.258. Percentage of net increase over base pay plus the bonus, 6. 4,500 in Veterans’ Buream, The Veterans' Bureau has 4,500 em- ployees, for whom the findings of the personnel classification board are summarized as follows: Present base pay, $6,562,822. Base pay plus the bonus, $7,357,702. Appraised pay under reclassifica- tion, $7.442,240. Amount of increase over $879,418. Percentage of increase over base pay, 13.4. - ‘Amount of increase over base pay plus the bonus, $84,358, Percentage of net increase over base pay plus the bonus, 1.15. The Star Gives News. The Star has today given the find- ings of the personnel classification board on_17,500 employes of the Treasury Department, on 5600 em- ployes of the Interior Department and on 4,500 employes of the Veterans', Bureau. Yesterday The Star exclu- sively published the findings on the 3,200 employes of the, District govern- ment. This is & total of 29,800 em- loyes, or way over half, of the b4 000 in the District covered in t 5 classification scheduies. The Star on Wednesday exclusively announced that the 54,000 employes of the gov- ernment, including 2,200 in the mu- nicipal service. are to receive a gross increase of 19.73 over. the base sa arfes, or a net increise of 4.03 pe cent over the base salaries Dius’ the bonus, or an increase in salaries of $3,672,723 as a result of reclassifica- tion. SALESWOMAN FOUND STRANGLED TO DEATH Missing Man of Same Rooming House, Described as Minister’s - Som, Sought. t base pay. NEW YORK, October 12.—Tthe almost nude body: of 'Miss Estelle Phillips, an attractive departmeat store saleswoman, was found pound and gagged qarly ‘today in-her West 97th street furnished room. A man,. described to police as the son of a Montreal minister, was sought ~for = questioning after Dr. Benjamin._ Schwarts,’ acting _chief medical examiner, ~reported that death was caused by strangulation. Parts of the body were mutilated, police said. A smail towel was knot- ted around the ‘throat. The man sought by the police cupied an adjolning room for a. w He loft: the house early this morning. Vi gt