Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1923, Page 2

Fg™ DISTRICT OFFICIALS DEFEND ESTIMATES School, Police, Fire and L Health'Officers Before ia Budget Bureau. The second day of the hearings before the budget bureau on District estimates for next year opened to- day, with the Commissioners op- timistic over the outcome. At the same time Supt. of Schools Frank W. Ballou went before the budget bureau to defend the school estimates for the next fiscal year and submit his five-year building pro- gram, which is designed to eliminate all of the undesirable portable build- ing and part-time and oversize classes. Accompanying Dr. were Assistant Supt. Robert L. Hay- cock and Garnet C. Wilkinson and Ernest Greenwood, vice president ot the board of education. Hope for Increase. While it is not expected that the budget officers will reverse their original position by approving in full the $32,000,000 requested by the mu- nicipality, the city authorities are extremely hopeful that some increase will be made in the limitation of $25,144,882 placed on Washington's annual expense account. Commissioners Rudolph, Oyster and Bell and Auditor Dantel J. Don- ovan were accompanied to the Treas- ury today by Supt. of Police Sulli- van, Fire Chief Watson and Health Officer Fowler. They will answer de- tailed questions eoncerning the amounts they asked. The police department trating on obtaining more pau—ognen and an increase in basic salaries. The outstanding requests of the fire department are for more motor apparatus and increased salaries. The reason for seeking higher pay for police and firemen now is that these two groups are not Included in the reclassification law. ~As the sit- uation now stands, therefore, the uni- formed forces will lose the 3240 bonus next year without getting reclassifi- cation as a substitute. is concen- Fire Equipment Needed. The fire department will point out that is has in service eight anti- quated tractor engines that have been in service since motorization of the department began, and that it Is still necessary to call old, retired fire horses back into harness when- ever a motor engine breaks down, which has occurred frequently. The heaith department has no im- portant new items to fight for this year, the estimates for that department being of a purely routine nature. Needs of the Public Library and the estimates for this work were con- sidered _yesterday afternoon, Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian, and Theodore W. Noyes, chairman of the board of tru: appearing before the budget. heads. PAY INCREASES UNDER RECLASSIFICATION VARY WIDELY IN DEPARTMENTS (Continued from First Page.) ment service and like actlvities are paid from lump-sum appropriations, while the older bureaus are all statu- tory. & The summary of the personnel Clas- sification Board for the Labor Depart- ment is as follows: Present base pay, $972,640. Base pay plus the bonus, $1,098,752. Appraised pay under reclassifica- tion, $1,144,788. Amount of increase over base pay, $172,148. Percentage of increase over base se over base pay plus the bonus, $45,996. Percentage of net increase over base pay pluis the bonus, 4.2 Lump Sum Employes. In the Department of Justice prac- tically two-thirds of the entire appro- priation goes to lump sum employes, while about 50 per cent of the cleri- cal force are statutory salary work- ers. The assistant attorneys general, the bureau of investigation, etc., are lump sum people. The summary of the Personnel Clas- sification Board for the 750 employes of the Department of Justice is as follows: Present base pay, $1,657,672, Base pay plus the bonus (or what is now received), $1,775,793. Appraised pay under reclassifica- tion, $1,835,464. “A\m709uam of increase over base pay, Percentage of pay, 10.73. Amount of increase over base pay plus the bonus, $59,671. Percentage of net increase, 3.36. Commerce Department, which next to the Post Office Department has the largest percentage of Statutory posi- tions, has the largest average per- centage of net increase under re- classification of any of the regular departments. The summary of the Personnel Classification Board for the 2,660 employes of the Department of Commerce i3 as follows: Present base pay, $4,181,515. Base pay plus the bonus, 34,743,776 Appraised pay under reclassifica- tion, $5,069,011. Amount of increase over bas, 3 $X87,496. ra Percentage of Ppay, 21.22, Amount of increase ov plus the bonus, $325,235. Percentage of net increase over base pay plus the bonus, 6.86. Hold Down Avernge. The Federal Trade Commissipn with 325 emploves and the Interstate Commerce Commission with 1,500 em- vloyes, illustrate the effect of lump- sum appropriations in holding down the average percentage of net in- crease under reclassification because the salaries of these employes have already been largely reclassified un- dor the flexibility of the lump-sum appropriations, whereas in other agencles the salaries have been held down by statutes. The ‘summary of the personnel classification board for the Federal Trade Commission is as follows: Present base pay, $838,040. Base pay plus the bonus, $8S6,840. Appraised pay under reclassifica- tion, and to be carried in the next budget, $890,280. Amount of increase over basic pay, $52,140. Percentage of pay, 6.22. Amount of increase over base pay plus the bonus, $31,440. Percentage cf net increase over base pay plus the bonus, .37. The summary of the personnel clas- sification board for the Interstate Commerce Commission divulges that it gets the lowest average rate of increase for any agency throughout the entire federal service, thus far made public. It amounts to scarcely more than the famous “one-half of one per cent.” The summary fol- lows: Present base pay, $3,094,200. Base pay, plus the bonus (or what 18 now received), $3,363,492. Appraised pay under reclassifica- tion, $3,381,172. Amount of increase over base pay, $286,972. Percentage of increase over base pay, 9.21 Amount of increase over base pay, plus the bonus, $11,780. Percentage of net increase, .35. increase over base increase over base er base pay Increase over base Ballou | Widow Is Figure : In Shooting Case| MRS, IDA M. LESLI At whose home Milton A. Mnas, wealthy New York chemist was shot. Police belleve the attack was plan- ned by a jenlous rival, despite Mrs. Leslie’s denial, BOV. WALTON QUSTS HIS CHIEF ADVISERS Blake and Dr. Bynum, After Dismissal, Appear Before Legislators. By the Associated Press. OKALHOMA CITY, Okla. October 13.—Facing the crisis of his political career, Gov. J. C. Walton has cast aside two of his foremost lieutenants in the administration of Oklahoma affai With legislative impeachment court already investigating his official conduct, the governor last night or- dered the removal from office of Aldrich Blake, the executive coun- {sel, and Dr. E. T. Bynum, state | bank commissioner, both of whom, since the days of the primary cam- paign, have been his chief advisers and constant attendants. | Blake was credited with responsi- bility for bringing the governor into the field against the Klan, and it is known that he was the chief strate- glst once the campaign was launched. | The ousted officials went imme- diately before the house committ inguiring into impeachment charges against the governor, and, while the nature of their testimony was not made publie, their appearance before the body was accepted as indication that their break with Gov. Walton was absolute. Dr. Bynum has administered his of- fice unsatisfactorily, the governor charged, and is out of harmony with the executive office. There as no explanation given for Blake's re- moval, although he, like Dr. Bynum, is said by observers to have “double- crossed” the_governor in his fight against the Ku Klux Klan. Over the denial by Blake that the |affair had any significance, the opin- fon gained strength in political quar- ters today that the address of former {United States Senator Gore of Okla- {homa before the state legislature { Thursday precipitated the removals. | Gov. Walton, it is argued by some, felt that their allegiance to him end- led when they sponsored former Sen- ator Gore's address, in which he se- verely criticized the administration. Blake and Dr. Bynum promised statements soon. The legislature is in adjournment until Monday, but the investigating committee is expected to continue its sittings today. | A statement declaring that ‘“the {Klan fight must o on” and that he was “glad to be free to continue the fight unhampered” was issued here today by Blake {RUM SHIP OWNERS SAY CASE OBSCURED Brief Filed in Supreme Court Hits Methods of Federal Government. - a The federal government was charg- ed in a brief filed in the Supreme Court today with “trying to obscure {the real questions involved” in the {appeal of Algional H. Rae and Charfes |E."Alburg, from their conviction In the federal courts of New York, as the owners of the schooner Henry L. Marshall_and the liquor aboard the vessel when taken into custody by a revenue cutter about ten miles off Atlantic City. The government recent- ly directed the attention of the Su- preme Court to correspondence fur- nished by the State Department, showing that the British government had repudiated claims of British reg- istry of the schooner. The United States Shipping Board had consented to the sale of the schooner and its transfer to a British registry, the brief flled today assert- ed, and the circuit court of appeals, in' reviewing the case, had found, it declared, that the schooner “was sail- ing under British registry.” The pur- pose of the government was to cre- ate the impression, by ‘“improper” methods, that the schooner was not entitled to British rogistry, the brief asserted, and contended ~that such representations were inadmissible as evidence in the case as now before the Supreme Court. The question as presented and tried in the lower courts, the brief sald, wag whether “this government is en: titled to selze a British vessel beyond the threo-mile limit for an offense alleged to have been committed be- yond that limit” The lower courts having_held that it was so empow- ered, the brief contended that this was the only question upon which the. Supreme Court could pass. ST e MARINE FLYERS ATTEMPT TO BREAK DISTANCE MARK By the Associated Press. TUCSON, Ariz., October 13.—An at- tempt to break the world's record for distance in air travel will be made by Lieuts. Ford O. Rogers and Horace D. Palmer of the United States Ma- rine Corps, it i{s announced here. The two avlators, accompanied by their mechanics, arrived in Tucson from Bl Paso, Tex., ying_De Haviland planes. They will hcp off for San DiegogSat- urdey en route to San Francisco. The planes will return to Washing- ton via the northern air route and continue down the stern coast to Santo Domingo. Orders to try to break the record set by the Smith brothers, who flew from London to Australia, were re- ceived from the Marine Corps head- quarters in Washington recently. The filers have covered more than 5,000 miles since leaving Santo Do- mingo, and have been in the air 51.3 hours. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1923. 1 Hughes Sees Era of Good Will U' S BRlTlSH UN"Y With Sister American Republics HAS FRIENDLY EAR President’s Official Cog- nizance of Lloyd George Suggestion Unnecessary. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although President Coolidge can- not take officlal cognizance of the suggestion of former Prime Minister Lloyd George that by an unwritten | understanding the United States and | Great Britain In combination could prevent any big war, the fact of the matter is no officlal cognizance is needed to put into effect a plan which for years has been unsuccésstully agitated by the champions of Anglo- American co-operation. What the former head of the Brit- ish government wants is a diplomatic entente—a friendly 'partnership of the two great English-speaking na- tions. There has, however, beca no barrier against the formation of such an understanding heretofore except the Irish question, and when that has not been a Sore spot there have been other sources of friction between the United States and Great Britain. It is true these points of conflict have arisen over commercial ambitions, but the records of the Department of State are full of complaints against British diplomacy in various parts of the world, particularly South Amer- ica. The European custom of linking up governmental influence and power to the exploitations by private Brit- ieh capitalists of the resources of various countries means an aggres- sive diplomacy from London which has frequently been a disappointment to Americans who have expected a policy of equality of treatment and the so-called “open door” in com- merce. Squality in Treatment. The United States has never in- sisted upon preferential treatment in the western hemisphere, where com- mercial questions have been involved, but it is a fact that the Washington government has had a hard time arguing for equality of treatment in regions where the influence of Great Britain is dominant. The long-drawn- out controversy over equal ofl rights in the near east found America ranged against Great Britain. Even though the Royal Dutch Shell Com- pany was operating under grants from the Netherlands government, the British were behind much of the o position to American interests. Simi- larly there are some chapters In_the controversy over the extension of an American cable through Portuguese Islands_in the Atlantic which in- ivolved British diplomatic influence in Portugal. All these instances merely make the diplomatic side of the Washington government more than ever anxious o get a better understanding with the British foreign office, and the hint thrown out by Mr. Lloyd George doesn’'t need any more official cog- nizance than it already has. On many an occasion in world affairs Ameri- can and British diplomacy have stood side by side, and the only reason they have not done so more often has been a divergence of interests— the American government preferring to remaln aloof from certain prob- lems in which Great Britain and other European powers had a more direct interest. Pooling of Strength. If Mr. Lloyd George means a pool- ing of physical strength, he, of course, has in mind only a great emergency such as the late war, when the Brit- ish and American navies worked as a single unit in European waters. But even in the ordinary times the British form of government permits a sending of a fleet for a naval demon- stration, which can be followed up instantly by landing of marines and troops, while authority for every ac- tion must be sought in the case of the United States from both houses of Congress, a circumstance which inhibits America from making a treaty that is not likely to be sani tioned by American opinion. Most of the questions that lead to war in Eu- rope are much better known to the British public than to America. What Mr. Lioyd George has suggested is an objective to which few in the Washington government would take exception provided British and Amer- ican diplomacy had common interests in all parts of the world. But the value of the suggestion has not been lost and probably will often be re- ferred to in diplomatic conversations in the future as it has in the past, particularly when Great Britain and the United States have seemed to be opposing each other in matters on which unity of action would be better for both. (Copyright, 1923.) MURDER PLOTS, BASED ON STARS, TRACED TO BEDRIDDEN CRIPPLE : (Continued from First Page.) for the alleged murder, had planned several other crimes, according to evidence uncovered and statements attributed to Covell. May said he was decoding horoscopes drawn by Covell and would submit to the Oregon authorities evidence that Covell planned to murder E. J. Pressey, wealthy Oregon dairyman, and his wife and three children, and burn the bodies by firlng the resi- dence. “The motive was to be robbery,” declared May. “Arthur Covell had made Pressey’s horoscope and was to direct his sixteen-year-old nephew to commit the murders when the family was under unfavorable planetary influence. “Evidence has also been uncovered in other coded horoscopes which were to direct the nephew to rob and then kill two merchants in Bandon, Oreg. Plans in Great Detall. “The plans of Arthur Covell were so minutely detalled that they even called for the removal of windows and doors before the home of the vic- tim was burned. The stolen articles were to be used in a home which the Covells intended to bulld. Even wills were to be written in advance, turn- ing the money over to the astrologer or his agents. “One will was in the hands of the authorities when I left Marshfield and it was so cleverly drawn up by him that it can hardly be detected as counterfeit. “Mrs. Covell apparently had inklings of previous crimes and of those being planned. She had threatened ex- posure and the uncle and nephew had decided to get her out of the way. That is the deduction I got after tal ing with Covell, “The crippled uncle owns a type- writer whose type can be changed at will. The type bar on the machine contains a large number of novel keys and lettering. With this machine the uncle devised a code system for his nephew and wrote out his ‘orders’ in code.” W. T. BAWDEN RESIGNS. Leaves U. S. Service to Become Tulsa School Official. The resignation of William T. Baw- den as assistant to the commissioner cf education was accepted by Secre- tary Work today, effective October 16. Mr. Bawden, who is & specialist in in- dustrial education, gave as his rea- son for leaving the government serv- ice his appointment as associate su- perintendent of the city schools of Tulsa, Okla. Declares All Controversies Setiled on Nearing Agreement—Influence of Women Is Lauded. Secretary of State Hughes declared that relations between the United States and sister republics to the south were never more “satisfactory or carried better promise of mutual good will,” in the course of an ad- dress made at the final session of the Columbus day conference of the United States section of the pan- Amerlcan international women's com- mittee at the Pan-American Union i yesterday. “after taking Into account the com- plaining utterances that find place from time to time in the press and the criticism of those mentors and publicists who supply the tang which gives relish to our intellectunl repasts. The millennium itself would turn out to be a tame affair 1f no fault could be found witk it.” Points to Era of Amity. Mr. Hughes said he was happy “to say that there are no controversies with any of our sister republics which have not been settled or are not in process of adjustment.” He called attention to the resumption of diplomatic relations with Mexico, the establishment recently of “an accord with Columbia,” and added: “We are entering upon a period in our relations ‘with Latin American states notable for the absence of serlous grievances.” The Secretary referred also to the ald the American government had been able to give to “the promotion of peace and stabillty among the countries of Latin America,” pointing to the arbitration agreement between Chile and Peru worked out in Wash- ington, to the conference of Central American republics and to the plans for withdrawal of American military forces from Santo Domingo. “Whatever the captious may say, whatever rumors may be stirred, whatever the few anti-American critics may voice,” he said, “I believe it to be fair to say that the govern- ment and people of our sister repub- lics fully understand that we cherish no imperlalistic purposes; that we are seeking no pretext for interfcrence with their aspirations as free people, and that we are sincere and single- minded in the desire to promote the interests of peace and to secure the opportunities of mutually beneficial intercourse between independent and Properous states. Explains Naval Misslon. Mr. Hughes referred to the sending of an American naval commission to Brazil, his statement being obvious- 1y in answer to criticism of that ac- tion. “If such a mission were to be had.” he sald, “there was no reason why we should not furnish it; not that our influence should be thrown in the di- rection of competition in armament or in the stirring up of strife, but decidedly to the contrary; that our in- fluences” should be most helptul in avolding waste and provocative out- lays and in having necessary train- ing conducted in accord with the aims of peace.” The Secretary expressed regret that the recent pan-American conference at Santiago, Chile, had been unable to agree on'a program for limitation of armament. He pointed out, how- ever, that the problem of armed forc- es was “chiefly a European problem” and quoted statistics to show that of the total of active armies in the world “we find that in this hemi 3 HURT WHEN CAR HITS POLE IN FOG Party Returning From Baltimore Figure in Crash Early This Morning. Two women and one man are at the Emergency Hospital suffering from serious Injuries as the result of an automobile accident early today when their machine, returning from Baltimore in the dense fog, crashed into a telephone pole on the Washing- ton-Baltimore boulevard near Belts- ville, Md., and caught fire The women are Mrs. Grace Saur- blich, waitress, and Mrs. Catherine Ruby Bowers, cashier, both of Bladensburg, Md. Mrs. Sauerblich is suffering from a severe laceration of the left side of the face. Mrs. Bowers is suffering from a fra:tured left thigh. One Man Disappears. Stephen Johnson of 1443 East Cap- itol street, driver of tho car, the most seriously 'injured, is_suffering from two broken thighs, a broken arm and laceration of the head. The other man, whose only name is glven by his companions as “Slim,” disappeared shortly after the accident and has not been heard from. It is not be- lieved that his injuries were serious. He is said to be a resident of this city. The injured were brought in by Beale R. Howard of 1410 16th street, who was returning from Baltimore, and came upon the scene soon after the accident. On his way to the city he met the ambulance- from Emer- gency which had been called, and transferred the injured from his ma- chine. At the time he arrived on the scene he stated that the machine was ablaze. According to Mrs. Saurblich, the party was returning from Baltimore, tive, when out of the thick fog a telephone pole loomed up and the car crashed, almost turning over and finally resting half suspended against the pole. Mrs. Saurblich stated the occupants were thrown into the road and lay came to the rescue. STOKES DEPOSITIONS TAKEN IN MISSOURI Wife Seeks Word of Towsfolk to Disprove Testimony at Trial. By the Associated Press. BOONVILLE, Mo., October 13.— Mrs. Helen Elwood Stokes, young wife of W. E. D. Stokes, New York capitalist, arrived here todayto at- tend the taking of depositions in an effort to disprove testimony given in divorce proceedings filed against her in New York that she was seen in the company of Edgar Wallace of Boon- ville at Bunceton several vears ago. Accompanied by Isador Shapiro, one of her attorneys, and Mrs. C. A. Meservy, a friend, rs. Stokes de- clared the depositions would discredit testimony by Mrs. Catherine Kramer and Mrs. Alice S. Mills of Kansas City; former residents of Bunceton, that they saw her with Wallace in 1904, She said she did not meet Wal- lace until 1908 in San Francisco and that she would see Bunceton this aft- ernoon for the first time. Wilbur _and Arthur Wallace, brothers of Edgar, have been sum- moned to depose in Boonville, while Mrs. Kramer and Mrs. Mills have been summoned to give their depo- sitions at Bunceton. Shapiro said the taking of the depositions would be hurried in order to ‘enable Mrs, Stokes to be back in New York by Monday night. “I say this, “sald Secretary l'lllghes,l where they had driven to eee a rela- | there for some time before any one | sphere, includjng the United States and Canada, we have but 6 per cent of the whole.” Hits Effect of Movies. Secretary Hughes quoted Depart- ment of Commerce statistics to show the increasing trade relations be- tween the United States and Latin America, saying that the play of | economic forces always underlies political relations. He also noted the increasing attendance at American achools by students from Latin Amer- ica, and said that the “cultural con- tacts” between the countries were becoming “more Intimate and help- nning to interpret to our neighbors,” he said, “our life in its intimacies and standards, and we desire a similar interpretation of their life. I wish, indeed, that that important educational instrument, the moving picture, was not so frequent- ly used in foreign countries to give false impresslons of American life. It is most discouraging to reflect upon the extent to which the best efforts of educators and the men of public affairs are thwarted by the subtle in- fluence of a pernicious distortion among other peoples with respect to the way in which our people live and the prevalence here of vice and crime.” In closing, Mr. Hughes sald that the United States could make no better contribution to Latin American stability and culture “than to inte pret to our friends the thoughts, t purposes and the ideals of the wom- en of the United'States.” Lauds United States. Dr. Enrique Olaya, minister of Co- lombia, told the women that the new world is considered the world’s main reserve of the greatness and future well being of mankind. The United States of America, he sald, constitutes the most marvelous example in hi tory of the prosperity of a democracy, but also presents a magnificent re of achlevement, ‘The clarion call of the women of the Americas through international organizations Is to think alike and work together for the good not only of the people and the nations of our western hemisphere, but with a truly Internatiopal spirit for the people of the world,” Miss Mabel Boardman of the Amerfcan Red Cross told the au- dience. Mrs. Maud Wood Park, president of the fonal League of Women Voters, declared that women have not had the temptation of unfriendly relations with other natlons that men have, adding that the interests of women of all the nations are much the same. Mrs. Park said that the people of the United States are lazy in learning the languages of other peoples, and expect people ef other lands to learn our language Instead of meeting them half way. rges Text Books. A resolution asking that a com- mittee be appointed to prepare text books embodying the ideals of the women of America was rejected Miss Julia Lathrop presided. “The enfranchised women the world around have become a great world power,” Miss Lathrop said. “The women in public life are those who number the great voting body of women.” The conference which closed last night was similar to those in every capital of the various American re- publics to present the contributions of women in various flelds to the of their countries and the 'BANKERS SEE FARM | CONDITIONS BETTER 1Gov. Cooper of Farm Loan Board Among Congress Wit- nesses. | | How banking and farming have not | mixed and what the reasons are, in- terspersed with explanations of some {of the trials and tribulations that | beset the farmer, set out at| jlength before the joint congressional committee inquiring into the failure | of the state banks to join the Federal Reserve system, vesterday. Gov. Cooper 'of the Farm Loan Board: B. C. Powell of Little Rock, Ark., representing the American Cot- ton Association; T. H. Atkeson, repre- | senting the National Grange, and | Benjamin C. Marsh of the Warmers National Council were heard. Contrary to the impression that the | | farmers need additional financial ald, | their general credit condition has im- | proved during the last year, Gov. Cooper said. During the twelve months, he declared, they borrowed | | less money than in the previous year. | According to Mr. Cooper, the board has received acceptable demands for only $15,000,000 so far this year, al- though it had further commitments which probably would bring the total | to $40,000,000. "This amounted to only | one-half of the money it held avail- | able to assist agriculture. Most of the demands for loans have come from the south and far west, Gov. Cooper sald, generally through farmers' co-operative associations. There had been no great demand, he | added, for credit In the middle wes Charges by Representative Strong, republican, Kansas, that there had been unnecessary delays in the nego- tiations of loans by the board were denied by Gov. Cooper. was | i SCORES ST. LOUIS DRY LAW LAXITY | Pastor From Mound City Tells of Inclination to Ridicule Prohibition. Laxity of prohibition enforcement in St. Louis, Mo, and a general in- clination to make light of the pro- hibition law_was the subject of an address by Rev. T. O. Grieves of Union Methodist -Church, St. Leuis, last night at an informal meeting of committeemen and delegates to the citizenship conference, in the Raleigh Hotel. Dr. Grieves sald that while listening to_a radio report of a dinner of officers of the air service in the Statler Hotel, held at the time of the recent air races, he heard some Gne remark: “If there’s anything anybody wants, he can get it in the northeast room.” Later, he sald, he heard one of the speakers say: 2 “Ladies and gentlemen! Some ‘of the ladles have never tasted whisky. Those of the men who have never tasted whisky are ladies.” W. T. Galliher Speaks. Other speakers at last night's meeting were Willlam T. Galliher, chairman of the Washington com: mittee on arrangements, who wel- comed the visitors to the National Capital and told what the local com- mittee had done for their entertain- ment; J. G. Shearer of Toronto, who said the whole world was waiting the outcome of America’s enforcement of prohibition; Dr. George Otis Smith, |after the tanker sank stern first early PRESIDENT SEES | RAIL AUTHORITIES Confers With New Haven Of- ficials and Pennsylvania Union Leaders. President Coolldge 1s continuing his study of the raflroad and transpor- tation problems of the country, pre- paratory to dealing with them in his message to Congress in December. For several weeks he has been mak- ing inquiries on every angle of the question. The President today discussed the general rallroad situation and espe- cially conditions in New England, with E. J. Pearson, president, and E. D. Russell, vice president of the New York, New Haven and Hudson River raflroad. Almost immediately follow- ing this conference he received the general committee representing the miscellancous forces, the clerical forces and the shopcraft forces of the eastern division of the Pennsyl- vania system. From these men, some of whom had been in the employ of the Pennsylvania system for more than thirty years, the VPresident dis- cussed the railroad problem from an entirely different angle. It was explained afterward that this committee told the President of the company union plan now in operation on the Pennsylvania system and more than fifteen other railroads. The plan was enthusiastically described in some details as the best and most popular as well as practical method of solving raflroad labor disputes. Provid-« for Arbitration. According to T. H. Davis of Phila- delphia, chairman of the delegation, his company union plan provides o ‘give-and-take” policy, making ar- bitration of all differénces compul- sory and bringing about a better understanding _and _more _agreeable working conditions. Mr. Davis told of the history of the movement. Rabbi Stephen §. Wise of New York, during a call on the President today, obtained from him a prepared state- ment to be read at a large meeting in New York tomorrow of the American Jewlish Congress. Mr. Wise said that Nathan Strauss, the _distinguished philanthropist of New York, will pre- side and that many of the most promi- nent Jews in the United States will be in attendance. Ilsrael Zingwill, the famous playwright, and Samuel Unter- meyer, the New York attorney, will be among the speakers. B. H. Warner, jr.. of Chevy Chase, received from the President today a promise that he would visit sometime in the near future the Montgomery County General Hospital, at Sandy pring, Md. Mr. Warner, who Is one of the rcpublican leaders in lower Montgomery county, in describing the great work done by this institution sald that it had been built and main- tained without elther federal or state financtal ald. Mr. Warner incidentally mentioned the political activities on the part of re- publicans in Montgomery county and assured the President that the party would make a good showing at the coming election. Records of Meeting. Edward Stock of this city, former governor of the old fifth Rotary dis- trict, today presented to the Presi- dent a handsomely bound petition of records of the annual meeting of that district in Continental Memorial Hall more than a year and a half ago, which was addressed by Mr. Coolidge, who was then Vice President. The President today received and congratulated six disabled veterans of the world war who have been un- dergoing training at the United States Veterans' School of Photography. Euch of the veterans brought his camera and the Executive posed for a picture in the rear grounds of the White House. Among others recelved today by the President were Charles Elmquist of Minnesota, G. A. Davidson of San Dilego, Callf.; Dwight N. Lewis, presi- dent of the National Assoclation of Railway and Utility Commissioners, nd the executive committee of tha National League of District Post- masters, CREW OF SHIP WRECKED IN GULF THOUGHT LOST Hope Virtually Given Up for Thir- ty Men on Steamer City of Everett. By the Aseociated Press. KEY WEST, Fla., October 13.—Hope virtually has been abandoned that any members of the crew of thirty men ot the City of Everett survived long yesterday about 150 miles west of Tortugas in a stormy sea. Tortugas is between Key West and Cuba. Search for the lifeboats, begun after the Everett flashed an SOS call and stated she was sinking, had been abandoned last night with the excep- tion that the coast guard cutter Sau- kee has been ordered to make a fur- ther search. The opinion here was that the at- tempt of the crew to launch lifeboats proved unsuccessful and that all hands perished. The Everett was owned by the Brit- ish Molasses Company of New Or- leans. (For Monday, October 15.) ACE—Purss, $1,800; for maiden B i ve! int oo malt Bebinto ... Much Ado 15 Priscilla Ruley. Elsbeth Flaating Tiday - Bost Bel Clinging Vins SECOND _ RACE—Clalming handicap;_purse, $2,000; for and up; two mil Roi Oraig The Trout Lo Massouin Jim_Coffroth g x Po Gola_Foyle 141 t*Briganna ... 183 tW. . wilion and iW. A. Read entry. L IHIED RACE—Furte andicap; for all ages; Tast One . s Y Glough 36 107 Reprisa “May Blos 105 Blue Hawk . uy 106 Faith iadgn $owel 103 *Lestheriosd 5 ntry. 18 FeTiowes, e E. B. MoLon entry. FOURTH RACE—Purse, $1,800; claiming; for twoyearcolds; gne mile, *Byron Ebb Tid ; three D18 L4 148 141 $Huonora. lue Bell 24 Elliot stable entry. 1,600; olaiming; ix‘filrlnn‘l.u e 'Noel FIFTH RACE—Collington handicap; purse, 2,000; for all ages; one mile. = e e N b 118 **Lieut. Farre Greentree : 112 le, H. P. Whitney entry. *Three pounds claimed for rider. claiming; RACE—Purse, $1,300; toe xr.xhg-yumux and up; one wmile and a arter. lean Gone 111 *Lady Lillian g 107 Belle Amio Dan ... i e director of the geological survey, and Dr. A. Edwin Kiggwin of New York, who discussed conditions in that city. Fred B. Smith of New York, chair- man of the executive committee, at a luncheon in the Raleigh earlier in the day, said the citizenship confer- ence had been inspired by the late Prestdent Harding. g‘l’ Coy e CE—Purse. $1,300; claimi; VENTH R. . $1,300; o i for Tupes-yearolds and up; ‘ohe mile snd s Bid-Faiearat ... 113 Bolster 108 T . Tt hose 3. 111 Metal 1. I Capital Ranks Fourteenth in Infant Deaths ‘Washington, ranking fourteenth in the lst of cities of more than 250,000 population, had an infant mortality rate of 85 for 1922, ac- cording to infant mortality sta- tistics just published by the American Child Health Assocla- tion of New York city. Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, is president of the organization. Seattle, Wash., was the healthiest for infants, the rate for the year being 49, “which means that that number of infants under one year of age died out of every thousand born.” The mnext four ecities in order were: Minneapolis, 53; Port- land, Ore., 56; San Francisco, 57, and St. Louls, 59, Chicago, ranking second, and Denver twenty-fifth in the list of cities, had the same rate as Wash- ington—85. COOLIDGE IN FAVOR OF BROWN PLAN Proposes No Changes From Suggested Reorganization of Government. President Coolidge 1s not contem- plating any changes In the Brown plan for reorganization in the fed eral departments, it was learncd vesterday. He is extremely anxious for Congress to consider lcgislation bringing about a reorganization at the next session. A spokesman for the President, in making known the President's atti- tude regarding the reorganization plan, explained that while the Presi- dent personally has no changes in mind for the plan as approved last winter by President Harding and the members of his cabinet, he is anxlous to study the matter thoroughly and to obtain the views of each member »f his cabinet before putting his of- ficfal O. K. to the proposed changes as provided for in the plan. At a cabinet meeting probably next week or the following week, when all of the members will be present, the President will have Walter F. Brown, chairman of the joint con- gressional committee on reorganiza- tion, who personally prepared the Jlan, appear before the meeting and explain the essential details regard- ing the many proposed changes in departmental operation. It is understood that the President expects to move fast in disposing of this matter. It was made known at the White House that the conference of states governors called by President Cool- :dge for November 20 for the pur- pose of devising means for better co- operation in the enforcement of federal laws affecting immigration, prohibition and the sale of narcotics will be held In the White House and will not be public. STRESEMANN IS GIVEN POWERS OF DICTATOR (Continued trom First Page.) which, probably, will be Chancellor Stresemann’s first important act as dictator—is expected to reveal amaz- ing facts concerning the extent to which a few privileged persons have been permitted to use the nation's chief bank to enrich themselves at the expense of the public. In democratic circles the Relchs- bank’s activities of the past vear are characterized as the greatest finan- cial scandal of modern times. The scandal consisted of the Reichs- bank’s loaning to private individuals enormous sums of paper marks at trifling rates of interest, and permit- ting the borrowers to repay the loans later in depreciated currency. The privilege of direct borrowing from the reichsbank was resumed in July of lust year. The reichsbank discount rate was nominally high— 18 per cent, and later 30 per cent— but the currency depreciated so fast that other banks were obliged to de- mand 1, 2 or 3 per cent a day. Thus privileged persons borrowed from the reichsbank at 18 per cent, while others paid from 500 to 1,000 per cent. Alded Industrinlists. It was President Havenstein who declded what persons were to have this privilege. He presumably fol- lowed the usual reichsbank rules con- cerning the securities offered by the borrower, but the big industrialists and the big bankers received the bor- rowing privilege almost exclusively It has been calculated that a man w borrowed from the reichsbank the equivalent of $100,000 every three months, turning his borrowings im- mediately into dollars or goods and repaying the loan after three months In marks, would in fifteen months have made a profit of more than $300,000. It has been figured that in a single year, private individuals made by this method $120,000,000. The reichsbank itself did not lose. The real losers were the general public, who suffered through rising brices, due to inflation. Herr Haven- stein is directly responsible for the inflation because he recklessly dis- counted treasury notes offe gouncan tres ered by the Charge Deliberate Steal. The democrats claim that currenc inflation was not solely due to the needs of the state, as was pretended, but that the currency was deliber- ately swollen to enrich private indi- viduals. They further assert that several of former Chancellor Cuno's ministers must have deliberately as- sisted in the process, while the for- mer chancellor himself, they declare, must have been either criminally ig- norant or criminally complacent. The democrats have a list of other charges against Herr Havenstein, based on_information not yét made public. The chief points of the in- dictment _are: That he recklessly pledged the greater part of the reichsbank’s gold reserve, which now probably is lost. That he first prevented, and then emasculated, the internal gold loan. That he ‘established a wide-open loan policy, which artificially stimu- lated business at the consumer's ex- pense. Finaily, the democrats assert that the Havenstein “scandal” is so far reaching that it will involve other public men in most serious charges. UNITE HUGE BRITISH NEWSPAPER INTERESTS Daily Mail Trust Pays £ 6,000,000 for Extensive Sir Edward Hulton Holdings. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 13.—Recent re- ports that the Lord Rothermere and Lo Beaverbrook combine had ac- quifed the Sir Edward Hulton news: paper interests, comprising the Eve- ning_Standard, the Daily Sketch, the Sunday Herald and several Manchester newspapers, are confirmed by an offi- cial announcement in the Daily Mall that_the Daily Malil trust has bought the Hulton interests for £6,000,000. The announcement says Lord Beaver- brook will control the Evening Standard and that the Daily Mail trust will con- trol all the other publications. | [TALKS and TALES With and About CAPITAL’S GUESTS The ting-a-ling bell was still ring~ Ing, the scoreboard announcer was detailing the course of the hit that will make the little Stengels of fu« ture generations revere the name off their granddaddy Casey, and supporte ers of the Glants were in delirlumy of joy. when the stentorian voloe of E. C. Jackson, rallroad man of Gold+ field, Nev., caused many in the crowd to turn in his direction. “It don't take much to get yowm easterners going,” laughed the big westerner as he chewed his cigar. “How come, oldtimer?” ventured & delighted Giant rooter whose eyes were still moistened, “Why,” snapped back Mr. Jackson, ‘what they call home runs up there in New York are nothing more than pop-flies out in my neck of the woods. I saw the game yesterday at the Polo Grounds, when four such hits were chalked ‘up as homers, uny one of which would have been eaten up by our Goldfield outgardeners. Its :::ritnx:y you folks need, not play- But before more could be heard the cheering had become o Ehest tiny the Nevada man’'s remarks were lost In the uproar. Mr. Jackson {s stopplng at the Hotel Washington, ‘and. whon . seen later sald that conditions out fn Ne- vada were as good as could be ex- pected. “Our crops are around normal, cattle are plentiful, and bringing good prices, and, while there is not ‘much gold being bought at present, our people are not complain- The westerner said further that al rallroads of the country were doing record-breaking business, and that the short lines, with one of which ha connected, were enjoying wonderful i prosperity. Feeling a bit peeved over the light manner in which the western man regarded those mighty clouts, a hur- ried trip was made into the New Willard Hotel, where drooping spirits were immediately revived at the an- nouncement of Carter Gardener of the Florida East Coast Hotel Company, that so great will be the tourist traval south this winter that all hotels in the section are engaging extra help to take care of the visitors. “I am on my way to Florida now,” sald Mr. Gardener. “We are counting on record-breaking crowds this win- ter and things must be put in shape to handle the outpourings. Our com- pany has the Breakers, Ormond, Alca- zar, Ponce de Leon, Casa Marino and Ponclana hotels, and at all these houses huge bookings are the rule rather than exception.” Glfncing over the hotel 10an's shoulder and seeing James B. Rey- nolds and Edward F. Colladay rub- bing noses together, a hurried get- away was made and slipping over by the two stalwart republicans the move was later repaid, for in a few min- utes Burt D. Cady, chairman of the republican state central committee of Michigen, hoved in sight, and after greetings had been passed it was soon learned from him that conditions in Henry Ford's state were all that could be _expected. “Yes, Michigan is going along at a nice, even pace,” said the Port Huron man. “The industrial centers are enjoying great prosperity, more au- tomobiles are being turned out than ever before, and while farmers have had some setbacks, on the whole our people are hard at' work and making money.” ‘When told the consensus of opin- fon of those Michiganders arriving in Washington was that President Coolidge was somewhat of an enigma to people of the state, Mr. Cady let forth a mighty ha-ha. “That's just what we want him to be,” he laughed “The more enigma he is the better chances he has. No, my boy, Presi- dent Coolldge is strong in our state and can poll more votes than any other man the republican party can nominate.” “How about Cady?” “Henry Ford will run, If they in- sist. He will poll a big vote in Michigan, for he employs thousands of people. Just whether he can gather in enough to place the state in the democratic column is another matter,” and so_saying, the bright- faced ~ little Michigan _politician ordered a taxi to catch a late after- noon train. Henry Ford, Mr. No sooner had the postmasters of the country packed bag and departed from the Hotel Raleigh than things were mads tidy for the huge citizen- ship conference which will convene in the hotel today and continue until next week, when leading temperance workers of many organizations will gather to discuss ways and means of keeping folks dry. Fred Smith, the former Y. M. C. A. secretary and temperance globe- trotter is registered at the hotel, and was busy throughout the day making arrangements for the big convention. It is said that Mr. Smith has traveled more miles in the interest of welfare and temperance work than any other man in the world. He is well known in Washington, where he has lectured on several occasions. That the resumption of friendly relations with Mexico by the Unlited States will work wonders in bulld- ing up the first named country is the firm conviction of Madam Conce de Avila of Mexico City, who is stop- ping at the Hotel Washington for a few days Madam de Avila was educated in France and after receiving a degree of doctor of philosophy came to America to work in the interest of cementing better relations between the women of her homeland and the United States. She came to Wash- ington primarily to attend the Cc lumbus day exercises of the Pan American Unlon, she belng a me ber of the international Woman's Committee, but while here was much interested in placing her younger son in school, where he will be trained for the diplomatic service. Her elder son, but fifteen years old. has already won honors at Columbia Unlversity, where he Is now a stu- dent. “Yes,” smiled the dark-eyed woman as ghe sat in the lobby of the hotel, “I look for great things from Mexico now that our people have settled down to business. The women and children of our land have been the greatest sufferers during all of the trouble, and it has been to place their condition before the people of your wonderful country that I have lived in New York for the last eight years." Madam de Avila said that women in Mexico City had not secured the right to vote as yet. “They vote in some of the state,” she added, “and from now on will take their rightful position in the affairs of their coun- try. The Mexican woman was loud in her praise of the work accomplished by the commission sent to Mexico by President Harding, and sald theirdi- plomacy was entirely responsible for the resumption of pleasant relations. Another forelgner much mpressed with the way things are run in the United States is F. P. Downey of Toronto, Canada, a member of the provinefal board of health of Ontario, who is stopping at the Hotel Arling- ton, while Investigating certain methods of sanitation in waterworks as followed by this government. “Of course,” said Mr. Downey, “be- ing connected only with our provin- clal board, I am not here to make any comparisons with your great na- tional department, but to secure cer- tain ideas for our waterworks prac- tice. I have been treated with much courtesy and am delighted Wwith your country.” The Toronto man reported much prosperity in the Dominion, and said that outside of tobacco, which suf- fered much from frost in September, crops wers record-breakers, and farmers were enjoying good times. He said that Ontario, which is dry, had con- siderable trouble with the bootlegger question, but that he hardly thought it was given us much attention us in the United States.