Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1923, Page 2

GLOVER THANKED FOR GIFT OF PARK Citizens’ Associtaion of Mt. Pleasant Unanimously Ex- presses Gratitude. A resolution expressing the pro- found gratitude of the residents of Mount Pleasant for the recent gift Charles C. Glover of a seventy- park in Foundry Run recommending that the park be named and known as “Glover Park" was unanimously pted by the Mount Pleasant Citizens' A tion last night at the Johnson-Powell Sahool. | The motion wis pressutel by i Coldren, chairman of the con en purks and parkways, daclared that Mr. Glover was already endeared to the citlzens of Wash-| ington for his activities in saving | Rock Creck for i park . A report was made on the plans of the new library to be erected near 16th street and Lamont. by the library committec chairman, Karl} Langenbeck. Mr. Langenbeck prec) santed Dblueprints of ‘the present plans and stated that all the library would need would be the procuring ot enough mlequate books, especlally | text books and reference s George B. Sanderlin and A wake wer ointed to hi tee_at the clusion of his Child welfare work in the Colum Mrs. Glle n point that what was me was the adoption of modern and ef ¢ figlent laws in place of some of tb=] existent statutes. ok A report on health dren was made by hell, who favored ifon of the years as urzed by I physician: in consuitation with Dr. Frank Bal- lou, and published in the journal of the Americun Medica .\>S01‘I4All0_l| Robert H. Youns, president of the association, presided. Refreshments vere served following the moution to adjourn. i DERBY MAY HEAD | CABINET IN BRITAIN: by seven acre valley. and o commit port. Dist the | desired » 1o the background where sat comfort- | ably in a big armchair the dim shostly figure of David Lioyd-Gsorge. The suggestion often is heard that the eventual solution o the present nsettlement will be the reinstatement | Lioyd Georse in the direction of | the mation’s destinies, but that is only | wge of the olutions discussed. | One fact s early. that none of want anot zeneral elect] turim and casturbance of business, so lons ! any nds forth peopis with its cost, 1a gen | Wipe out ar | priation of $5.000,000." R THE SUNDAY Coolidge Building Plan May Save U. S. Millions a Year Government Eventually Would Give| Each Department Its Own Home and | Wipe Out Big Rental Cost. Statistics contained In reports of the secretaries of the gov. ernment departments show that i the annuai operations, not only 'n Washington but throughout the United State He pointed out first that the sub- stantial gain in the population of the request of President Coollage for |the United States ta the last decads an annual building f riation | has had the natural effect of con- o $hbae beiding fund appropriation | erably increasing tho federal gov- 5.000,000 is granted by Congress. arnment's volume of business. The millions of dollars that are being |$20,000,000 a year the government is wasted every year will be saved the ,Paying in rents for privately owned taxpayer public butldings, he sald, is mount- Ing steadily, and he called attention Despite urgent requests from mostito a partial bullding program he and the departments for additional|the Postmaster General submitted to pace and much needed repairs, the | Congress last December. The need three projects that probably would{for morc public buildings {n Wash- recelve first consideration under such ington, he continued, is espect ur- @ program would be the Lmmediate [gent. onstruction of an archiveés bulldinz. | “Of the ten exccutive departments.” | ral accounting office and althe Secretary of the Treasury's re- building large enough to house the[port said, “the War and Navy depart- now scattered offices of the internal|ments are occupying temporary bulld- evenue servies ings_belonging to the government, i Iventually tie program would give 1 the Department of Justice, Commerce | very depurtment of the government | and Labor are in rented quarters, | ts own home and thus automatically | While the Treasury Department and | annual expenditure of | the Department of Agriculture are $20,000,000 in rents, which are in-|only partially accommodated in their creasig by leaps and bounds. respective departmental buildings At the present time many of the|and are occupying outside quarters, department builiings in Washing- | rented and otherwise. ton are privately owned and rented| “The internal revenue service oc- to the United States at comfortabls | CupPies approximately 630.000 square profits. i conditions extst | tret of space In nine bulidings, wide- roughout i untry in the case|ly separated, 419,000 square feet of federal buildings. this space belng 'n temporary bulld- | e o e jinzs erecte use dur s Start on Pla !Some of them have alr rring to the need for # gen-|bevond the period of ¢ral construction program, President |duration. The cost of upsecn is £oolidge, delivering his first address | coming burdensome and it will be a to Congress last Thursday, said In|costly proposition to weep them in pari: “Many of the departments in|habitable condition for uny length shington need Dbetter housing|of time. Tt Is estimated that if the facilities. While [ do not favor at|activitles of the bureau were housed nis tme a genoral public bullding|in a single bullding the cost pe belive it is now necessary, in|bhundred doilars for collectini taxes = with plans already sanc- |could be reduced 15 or 20 per ceat, d for a unified and orderly sys- |resulting in an annual saving of ap- tem for the development of this city, | proximately $1.000,000. Dlans by authorising. the crection of ATomagns ome three or four butldings most ur- Tho: KERACE) acconating. S0 0o sently needed. by au manual appen. |cuples approximately 382,000 square 000, D! feet in twenty bulldings, widely sep- arated. This seriously affects the ef- crformance of its duties. | Centralization of the activities of the s+ would mean betterment of or- ganization, bett«r and more efficient methods of work, and re economic- al administratioh. The construction | | ot separate buildings for the internal revenue bureau aud the general ac- { counting office, or one building large |enough to accommodate both actlvi- would result in increased ef- v and reduced administrative of considerable magnitude, rell as a saving of a conside amount in rentals. | The need has been recognized for i g d s | years for a building in which to house come essential that in the interests|the archives of the government of safety, efficlency and economy the | Records of great interest from a his- scattered actlvities of the depariment | torical standpoint, as weil as records assembled under roof. 2 "uf inestimable value from a business | 1es dn rent and more effieient | standpoint, are now stored in fnsacu the tary of Commerce jand {n many instances inaccessibl ont id_more than | quarters. or occupy space indepartmental | & government ontlay | bul'dings which, if an archives hulldlng; construet a ¢ iwere constructed, could be uttltzed. | ilding land is urgently needed. for clerical ! work amounting to approximateiy “oincident with this unnouncement by Prestdent Coolldge have come the rapidly muitiplytog requests of the departments for appropriations with | which to enlarge or reconstruct their particular quarters Secretary of Labor Davis points out in his report that the homs of th Department of Labor is only rentad “at the lease will expl-e .n 192 having already been renewed for period of s, Seereta r says that not only are the offices of the Department of | Co scattered over three build- iny that several of thes antiquated and unsafe”” It has be- econc ervice oin { In Inter the Work STAR, WASHINGTON. SENATOR L. RETIREMENT LAW HELD INADEQUATE (Continued from First Page.) HEISLER BALL. if it is to be & real inducement to em- ployes to remain in the service and later to accept retirement. The pres- ent scale of annull under which the average retirement allowance is less than $500, although it has been partially successful, does not suffi- ciently relieve the service of the superaninuated, since appointing of- rs are reluctant to compel retire- ment of those no longer able to render adequate service, but who have done so for many years. Injustices of System. “There are injustices in the present system. For instance, an employe entering the service at the age of forty may retire with a maximum al- lowance at seventy, whereas an cm- plo: appointed at ecighteen must serve fifty-two years before he reaches the retirement age of seventy. He must, therefore, serve twenty-two s longer, and if sala conditions the same, pay Into the retire- ment fund 70 per cent more than the oye entering at the age of forty. gain, the higher-salaried em- from who: lary & much sum is reserved, before reach- tirement age may find it more advantageous to res and with- draw his contribution, as by invest- ing the mouey refunded to him he may obtaln a larger annuity from an that would be allowed by the government. The lower-paid «mploye receives a very substantial advantage over the higher-pald em- ploye. |nesota. and Representalive are incorporated for additional buildings from mmiesioner of patents, Colum- coming | Pfa Institution for the Deaf, Freed- e tioe Hospital, Elizabeth ervative | pital and Howard Universit Baldwin. | pairs anil new buildings required at ble | St. F lla‘hflh'\ Hospital alone, it = ¢ labor, €Stimated, would cost nearly $300,000. family and a great employer of 1abor. S reoari’ Work particulariy stresses Derby is a popular man e need for enlarged facilities at claases. He has genial manner. pusscs'va\\.«rd‘l'n[\'orsll)“ as a means of s > T ng- | O¥ercoming an alarming shortage as a typical, bluft plain sw“:::mit:d of negro physicans and dentlate. lishman, and in politics is a Neither the Navy Department nor with the methods of a peace-maker. the Department of Justice mentions He has often played this part in|&n appropriation for new homes, al- party crises, and he ade am- {though the former is nousel in a o tempora war structure on the hassador to France when Britain's re- lations with the French w e at one fring= nf Potomac Park and the lat- ter pays tremendous rent for its ; quarters of the most delicate stages since the | jy.;ye war. at K street and Vermont { Secretary of the Treasury Meilon, jhowever, devoted six pages of Lis Ireport to a piea for weneral building ndicap as aj as any arrangement of the government can bLe devised to postpone it. The name of Lord Derby to the front as possible cons leader in succession to Mr Although the head of an ancient nol | quests was Iax One Handieap. more more son. they seized upon ment of Gen. Eaton as Seeretary of {War and the attempt to introdace to the social circles of the city his wife, who had been the daughter of a tavern keeper. Jackson took Mr. Eaton's side and attempted to force the ladies of Wuashington to recognize her. The result was a pitched battic. and a Lord Derby has onc H candidate for the premiership in Ll\e‘ oot tnat na 15 & member ot e nouse | SAYS JACKSON HAD of lords. There has been no peer in The ofmee of vrime SOCIAL TILT HERE lord Roseberry, parliament tended to become democratic and the feeling has strengthened that ’Gl‘ 5 = illard mt Gives Washington the premier should be a member of ' Hunt G B the commons, Where he can meet the | Study Light on Former direet representatives of the people | . n the rough and tumble of debate Presidency. netead of delivering speeches in the! raits of Andrew Jackson and his ords which would be the [socia! life in Washington were re- nature of formal announcements l'\l(‘olln(fll by Galilard Hunt in an ad- the nation |dress before the Washington Study This disability :um hfl-“m“fs!f"r;‘f”p' a meeting in the Federation of vith the new alignment of partles. Sas . 1731 N FAbor 1 the wrincipal apposition, and | Women's Clubs headquarters, 1734 X labor has no representative in the | strect yesterday. house of lords v;hudl-buld engage :he; Mr. Hunt pointed out that the same prime_ruinister in debate o Question | .t oo no e tpog peen in power in fHim. Tuis argument put Lora Curzon |35 0F BeoRle Sal 6t 08P out of the running for the party lead- | yonn Quincy Adams—twenty-eight ership when ir. Bonar Law retired 58,0 30q"that in consequence there Curaon e not mentioned 43 & possidle |hag arisen a powerful social clrcle But » pressing is the peed for some SEIhe Wolncly 6L W aSRIng (o) s one to carry on government that l.ord Derby is sibility on this occasion, despi this handicap It is recognized after all that, even with the forbearance of the other partie and by avoiding raising questions in parliament likely to cause strife. the conservatives could hardly expect to continue for more than a year in office. Such a development is mot un- !ikely, because in the first hours of v Al complete victory on the part of the Tpiexity over the situation no prog-{,dies. for the President sent: Gen. ,";m':;; E',';"'!“a"r'(“l": “;“""’r:‘u:“_’ly ;:f;h Eaton and his wife on a diplomatic ness in the continental parties when T;I';:““::“i“d Lo i s there is mo party that commands a| “T)r Jhmes Brown Scett, chief of maSortty. - {the Carnegie Foundation for inter- Lahor Tosition Peculiar. {national peace, will address the study The labor party is in the peculiar |OR “Our Department of Foreign Af- nosition that Its leaders apparently | fairs”” at 1734 N street. next Thurs- do not want to take office, even if ¢ay, at 11:30 a.m. V?;‘y are asked. For one reason, some | of them say thelr new party has not| snoush men experiencedin puviic ur- | NELSON THREATENS fairs to all the important offices which they would be compeiled to| N - ML Ramsay MacDonald might ! EW HOUSE TIE-UP ecline ‘the honor of forming a go Crament. 1t the Coursc of ‘mvenia OVER COMMITTEES _(Continued from First Page.) =hould bring the offer to him: then the opportunity might come fo Mr. | Asquith. e P Bl oA iong o el - | Representative Theodors E. Burton ofMics and awalt developments : to tender | of Ohio Wil be ome of the new resignation to the king and advise | members of the rules committee. e o forim o Bovemniment. or o adniad | ACtion was also deferred on the selec- m? king to summon the labor leader. tion of seven members of the steer- n the event of the choice of the first | {ng committee. It is predicted that Corvatives Sould be- overthtoun mma- | Ditter ght s Ukely to develop dfately by the laborites and liberals { Over one of the places on the steer- combining on_some vote against the ' ing committee. Representative government. This they couid easily do ; Tincher of Kansas and Representa- without any formal coalition, and_in | tive Dickinson of Ilowa are rival such case Ramsay MacDonald or Mr. |candidates for the one place that Asquith would become premier. will go to some member from the he liberals believe that protection | western farming reglon. has sidetracked the coneervative party | The republican committee on com- for years, as it did before, and hope|mittees, after dclegating “clean-up that the future belongs to the middle work” on minor committee assign- party, which is not associated with any ments to a specfal subcommittes, vadical pians of labor. This might adjourned subject to the call of the mean for them another chapter of |chairman, House Leader Longwortl Asquith government, followed by the | On this subcommittee are Repre- si Again ing a grievance against Andrew Jack- | the appoint- | report of Sacre | 0,000 square feet. It is hoped that slation will be promptly enacted which will permit the construction of a suitable building in which the ar- chives of the government may be pro- avages of time." Secreta Mellon called at- itention to the need for recomstruc- ion of the security vaults in the reasurer's office, showing that vir- | tually the wealth of the nation is {stored In depositories that are ‘ob- solete, inadequatc and wholly un- suited for present conditions.” It has even become necessar$i he id, to utilize strong-rooms - here which are not vaults at all, and vaults outside the Treasury, where ! :d_control is lost. It s “of great publie importance,” the Secre- tary concluded. that monavs and irities which the treasurer of the ed States and other offfcers of the department are required to hold shall be properly safeguarded 'CAPT. WATSON STAYS | ' IN NAVY SERVICE Court-Martialed Commander Wrecked Destroyer Squadron Assigned to Honolulu. of By tie Awsociated Press. SAN DIEGO. Calif.. {Capt. Edward H. Watson, found guilty by a general court-martial on charges of unskillful navigation growing out of the loss of seven de- | stroyers and the death of twenty- three men oft Point Honda om the night of September 8, will not be dis- indications in navy orders today. The Navy Department sent orders that Capt. Watson, who commanded the ili-fated destrover squadron, be as- signed to duty as assistant com- mandant of the fourteenth naval dis- trict, with headquarters at Hono- lulu. Capt. Watson's attitude at the re- cent trials here of navy officers con- cerned in the disaster won him much praise from friends and acquaint- ances. He quickly assumed all blame, although he said he was not guilty of culpable negligence. He had spent twemty-nine years in the Navy without blemish on his record up to the time of Point Honda crash. | STRANGLED WIFE, CUT . OFF HEAD, HID BODY, ! HUSBAND CONFESSES (Coninued from First Page.) carried her head to the basement and placed it in the furnace. “Later in the day he placed the body in a trunk, carried the trunk and Its contents to the garage, where he loaded it into his machine, and at his convenience drove to the spot where he hid the evidence of his act.” Detalls leading up to the slaying of the woman date back a consider- able time, according to the district attorney, beginning about three years ago, when an apartment house owned by Tompkins and used as his home was under construction. He suffered a breakdown and was taken by his wife to his home in Bloomington. 1lL, and later visited his wife's par- ents at Clinton, Ind. While there he showed indications of mental disorder and, returning here, was placed under the observation of Dr. ¥. C. Studley, who declared him a paranolac and liable to cause injury to his wife or other persons Later in November, 1922, Dr. B. B. Rowley, also an alien- fst, attempted to have Tompkins placed {n an Institution for observa- tion, declaring he thought him a po- tential killer. Neither physician ex- pressed surprise when advised Tomp- kins had confessed to killing his wife. Tompkins gave his age as thirty- nine and that of his wife as forty- two. {tected from the hazard of fire and the | December S.— | missed from the Navy. according to | crease in Allowaner. The retirement allowance for dis- ability, as well as that for age, sbould be increased, according to the report. |""“It ‘seems but just that the an- jnuity which an employe recelves should bo somewhat in proportion to his salary,” the report continues. “If this principle i{s not to be recognized and the annuity is limited to a max- imum. it is only just that the higher- paid employes should be subject to deductlons from only a part of their compensation. For example, if $1.200 is the maximum annuity and a sal- ary of only $1,800 is necessary to ob- tain it, then deductions should be made from salary only,up to $1.800.” ‘The commission definitely recom- mends the classification under clvil service of postmasters at firat, sec- ond and third class offices, and many lother positions now outside the {classified service. Many Jobs Unclassified. The report states: “There yet re- | main outside of the classifled service about fifteen thousand positions filled Dby appointment, and about twelve thousand positions specifically excluded by law from classifica- ;tlnn. ol B “Classification of many of the 12.- 800 positions sxciuded by law is, in the opinion of the commission, a step necessary for the promotion of effl- ciency in the branches of the service |in which these positions exist. Deputy collectors of internal revenue form the largest group. Such positions are looked upon as spoils for the victors in_political contests.” The report shows that during the fiscal year 229,640 persons competed in examinations, as against 244,287 for the year ended June 30, 1922, and 328,336 for the vear ended June 30, 1521. The number of persons ap- ipointed during the last fiscal year was 73,054 as against 71,638 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1922, and 1104,225 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1921 During the last fiscal year the en- tire federal executive civil service was reduced by slightly more than 12,6000 employes. The total number of persons emploved on June 30, 1923, was 543,531, while the number on June 30, 1932, was 560.863. On June 30, 1923, the number employed in the District _of Columbla was 65,20, while 482,241 persons held positions in the federal civil service in branches outside the District of Co- lumbla. | The commission discusses at con- slderable length “alleged discrimina- tion for political reasons in making sclections for appointment, in pro- motlons or changes in assignment. in making reductions In force, and in removals.” In this comnection the commission sald: ““The commlssion believes that the jetvil service rules should be 8o ad- |ministered as to prevent. as far possible. the entrance of political | considerations into appointments, and that this can be done by acting upon information which is free from the political bias which must necessarily exist if the origin is political. * & © | “Field investigators of the commls. slon have had ample opportunity to {sound tho sentiment of the people In all parts of the country, and, with few exceptions, leading citizens who were interviewed have expressed the opinion that appointment and reten- tion In the service showld be based on merit and not politics. The appoint- ment of any man whe a better quaiified man is avallable is displeas- ing to the community, and it would seem that though elimination of poli- tics from the fleld in which it should have no place would be the best of politics.” DAUDET BOY’S HANDBAG IN ANARCHIST’S ROOM Police Also Learn Dead Son of Royalist Leader Slept in Home of Radical. By the Associated Press. PARIS, Decamber 8.—The police in- vestigating the charge brought by Leon Daudet, royalist leader that his son Philip was murdered, discoversd today In the home of anarchist Gruffi, & member of the editorisl staff of the Idbertaire, a handbag belonging to young Daudet. They also’ ascertained that the youth slept at Grufi's home the two D. 'C, REP. STUART F. REED. REED CHOSEN HEAD OF COMMITTEE ON DISTRICT IN HOUSE Continued ffom First Page.) son of Vermont, & lawyer, soldier and banker Ie servesd i both branches of the Vermont legislature and was president pro tempore of the senate. He servel also as judge of the municipal court, was state's ut- torney for Windham county, and sec- retary n! civil and military affairs. He is o director in one of the largest trust companies in his home state. His military record Is especially com- mendable. ~ Representative Gibson enlisted In the Vermont National Guard twenty-five years aga. He rose to the rank of colonel and retired in 1908. He returned to tho service in 1915 as captain of infantry and serv- ed durfng the Mexican border trouble and two years during the world war, He saw overseas service. Hi: was suc- cessively promoted from captain to major asd then to colonel, He was colonel of the 172d Infanitry from August i, 1921, to Novembar 1, 1923, Represemitative Edward M. Beers of Pennsylvania {8 director of the Grange Trust Company, Huntingdon, and First Nattonal Bank, in his home city, Mount Union. He was associate judge of Huntingdon county from 1914 to 1923. He has also engaged extensively in agriculture. There are also likely to be other republican vacancies on the District committee. For example, Representa- tiva Roy G. Fitzgerald, ‘who has fa- thezed important Distriel legislation, is likely to be made chalrman of the comrgittee on flood control; the pro- gressives are striving to got an im- portapt committes assignment for Repregentative Oscar Kaller of Min Charles L. Underhill, who also fook a. very active part i District cmmittee con- ferences, is being urged to accept an- other assignment. Wowld Leave Three Weteranms. This would leave only Chairman Reed and Representatives Frederick N. Zihlman of Maryland and Repre- sentative Florian Lamperd of Wiscon- sin_as veteran republican members No change has yet been made by the democmatic members of the ways and means committee, who act as the democratic committee on committees in the personnel of tha democratic membership on the Howse District committee. It has been pretty well decided that Representative Thomas L. Blanton of Texas will remain on the committee. Representative Blan- tno sald yesterday that he will “be glad to serve wherever they put me.” Representative Ralph Gilbert of Ken- tucky has been persuaded to remain on the District commitiee. Rapre- sentative Willlam C. Hammer of North Carolina and Representative Stanley Kunz of Illinois are said to be seeking other places, but may be persuaded to serve again on the Dis- trict committee. MEXICAN TROOPS ROUT REVOLUTIONISTS IN FIRST CLASH, REPORT (Continuad from First Page.) striction of business across the line Hundreds of race horse fans from both countries are in Matamoras and Brownsville for the racing season in the Mexican town. They have been assured full protection by the military. | News dispatches received at Mata- moras were said to confirm the re- port that Lopez de Lara, governor of the state of Tamaulipas, had cast his lot with the de la Huerta faction and had left Victoria to join Gen. Sanchez, revolutionary leader at Vera Cruz. Officials at Matamoras sald this might involve southern Tamau- lipas in the revolt. but that no trou- ble was expected in the Matamoras district. There are 200 well equip- ped troops in the Matamoras garri- son. ESTRADA JOINS REBELS. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., December 8.— Gen. DEstrada has revolted against the Obregon government with two of the four regimenmts at Guadalajara. City, according to a telegram received by Consul General Alefandro Lubbert of this city from the acting secretary of foreign relations at Mexico City. The other two regiments remained loyal, according to the telegrams. The telegram stated that Gen. Figer- roa has surrendered in the Stats of Guerrero. He had been in revolt. AUTOIST GETS JAIL TERM. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTTMORE, December 8 — Wil- liam Dumville of Washington was sentenced to thirty dave in jail for operating an automobile under_the- fluence of liquor. by Magistrate Stay- lor in traffic court today. Dumville sald he had been drinking a tonic. Fighting Tuberculosis DECEMBER 9§, 1923—PART 1. CLEVELAND IS CHOICE OF REPUBLICANS FOR 1924 CONVENTION PLACE (Continued from First Page.) hotel representatives, who had planned to appear here before the national com- mittee’ next Tuesday to urge Chicago's tnvitation, that in view of the desire of administration leaders for the selec- tion of Cleveland he would withdraw the Chicago invitation and it would be unnecessary for them to appear here. Calls at White House. During the day Representative Bur- ton of Oklo, one of the leaders in pre- senting the claims of Cleveland for the convention, called at the White House and declared later that forty members of the natlonal committee had pledged themselves to maintain an open mind pending the report of the subcommittee on the selection of the city next weel For several months it has been | claimed, that Chicago had the neces- sary majority of the national commit- tee virtually pledged to secure the convenelon. Chicago's formal invita- tion was prescnted by Mr. Uphamn a | few weeks ago, while that of Cleve- iand was presented by Representative Burton, Carmi Thompson and other prominent Ohloans. | The principal objection raised against Chicago among committee members was the hotel rates charged in 1920. The subcommittee, however, recently received assurances of mod- erate rates, both from Chicago and Cleveland and other contending citles. Surprised by Deciston. The support glven Cleveland by administration leaddrs, Representa- tive Burton said, came as & surprise and only late today. Chairman Ad- ams of the national committee, David Mulvane of Kansas, head of the sub- committee on the selection of a city, | and Charles D. Hilley, natidnal com ( mitteeman for New York, it is under- | stood, were influentfal in the admin- istration backing given Clevelund. Mr. Adams {s known to have ex- pressed the belief that a change from Chicago would be beneficlal for the republican party, and this point was stressed by Representative Burton and Carmi Thompson before the Mul- vane subcommittee. Mr. Thompson contended also that the selection of Cleveland would be in the nature of a memorlal to tie late President Harding. In Cleve- lund's behalf it was also pointed out that five former Presidents were bur- fed in Ohlo, and that republicans attending the convention could make pilgrimages to the Harding tomb at Marion, Ohio. and also to the last resting placesx of Presidents Garfield. Harrison, Hayes and McKinley Ohlo Hax No Candidate. leveland's claim as a neutral bat- tleground also was advanced, the Cieveland spokesmen declaring that Ohfo would have no republican pres- idential candidate this year. In this connection Representative Burton sald tonight that if President Hard- ing had lived the convention would not have gone to Cleveland. He said that Mr. Harding opposed having the convention in his state, and_was be- lleved to have favored San Francisco. 1f Cleveland is selected, Represent- ative Burton eald that the conven- tion would be held in the mammoth civic auditorfum on the lake front built by the city at an expense of $7,000,000. It is in a projected civic center, close to the leading hotels, the business center, the courthouse and other public buildings. Its } acoustio properties are sald to be su- perior to those of the Chicago Coli- seum. Large committee rooms for the platform and other convention bodles are available. Fair Rates Promised. Accompanying the Cleveland invita- tion is an agreement to bear all ex- Penses and written pledges that cur- rent hotel and restaurant rates will prevail. There is also a state law pro- hibiting rate changes without notice. Cleveland has had only one other convention, in 1864, and this a com- paratively minor one, a number of re- publicans opposing Abraham Lincoln having met there and nominated John Cochran CLEVELAND GETS READY. Rooms for 50,000 Visitors Avail- able for Convention. CLEVELAND, December 8.—If the next republican national convention comes to Cleveland as forecast in dis- patches from Washington tonight, members of the committee who have been in charge of the campaign to se- cure the convention for Cleveland sald that 17,5632 rooms would be avail able, providing space to care for more than 50,000 visitors. Roscoe J. Tompkins, leader of the local hotel. men's committee, said that a delegation of prominent Cleve- land citizens would leave hero morrow night in a spec.al car for Washington to present Cleveland's claims for the convention before the republican national committee, Mon- day and Tuesday. Plans for this delegation to leave for Washington were made at a meeting of Cleveland convention boosters Friday af noon, at which time a resolution was unanimously adopted that a commit- tee of citizens appear before the na- tional committee in Washington to press Cleveland’s claims. The mem- bers of the local committee announce that the plans already made wiil be gone through with, feeling confidens, on advices recelved from Washing- ton tonight, that Cleveland will Le eelected. Pledged $125,000 Fund. When Cleveland went after the con- vention last September it was with the spirit of a civic undertaking. Representative Theodore E. Burton, former Appellate Judge Walter D. Meals, Carmi A. Thompson and other leading members of the Tippecanoe Club started a successful campaign to underwrite the 3125000 fund, Cleveland hotel men pledging $50.003 and guaranteeing sufficient room and reasonable prices. One of the outstanding thines about the efforts of the local campalgn was the co-operation of leading demo- crats, such as Customs Collector W. B. Gongwer and Newton D. Baker, county chairman. both of whom sald they would bo glad to co-operate. as the conventlon's advent in Cleveland would be a “great civic achievement.” (e e iy The Dead sea is so called because its water {s &0 thoroughly impreg- nated with salt that no animal can live in it. —means fighting for better public heaith H generally, because the principles of good hygiene which we spread affect both the sick and the well—they help the sick and keep the well from getting sick. { The Result : in the District of Columbia has been the proportionate { Saving of from death by Tuberculosis last year over the year 1900. Con- sider the amount of heartbreak Every citizen can help us continue this fight by Buying Christmas Seals 687 Lives and mourning prevented thereby. fm | culture and progress. CONCENTRATE ON URGENT NEEDS, SAYS REED (Continued from First Page.) acted for the District this winter. My personal opinion is that Con- gress will treat the District fairly. There are some things that ouglt to be done; they should be put first and no local organization or influence should In any way attempt to side- track them, or delay them by push- ing forward other less important measures. 1 refer to bills relating to health, sanitation, education, prevention of accldents and safeguarding of life and property. Do not push for too many laws. The people are tired of the activities of the lawmakers. We have been running wild since the world war. In the last five Congresses nearly [100.000 bills ana resolutions were {offered and sent to committees for consideration. About 2,600 were passed. Some one has estimated that during the past year the several states of the Union have passed an average of 1,000 laws a month. In order to interpret and pass upon these new statutes it has been neces- sary to Increase the number of judges to enable the courts to meet the problem of handing down decisions at the rate of more than 1200 per month The District of Columbia needs some new legislation, but let us set a good example for the country and pass oniy well considered ful measures of course, need- Faces Heavy Burden. The Sixty-eighth Congress. from present indications, will have before it an unusual number of bills for its consideration. I have heard the pre- diction made that the number may pass the 30,000 mark. In this multi- tudinous mass of bills will be those relating to the District, and, as I have already sald, it is a situation that the people and the organizations of the city should handie with pru- dence and good judgment Some of the problems pressing for solution in the near future may well recelve the most earncst, thoughtful consideration of all Washingtonians. The District is about up to that point, reached gooner or later by every growing city, where there is need for permanent improvements too vast and costly to be paid for by annual tax levies and appropriations. 1 re- fer to construction {n connection with ater supply and sewers and per- manent buildings for educational pur- poses. Such improvements and struc- tures are for the comfort and wel- fare not only of the preeent genera- tion but of generations to come. 1In practically all our American and statcs the cost has been met by bond issues, on the theory that it was fair and Just to pass part of the tax burden on to those who in tde years to come would be the bene- flclaries of such necessary perma- nent improvements. Urges City Solve Problem. If Washingtonians think they can devise some other method for finan- cing and securing these great projects that are now much in their thoughts and evade a bond issue, let them lose no time in getting their experts and economists to work on the problem. But let me say emphatically that no bond issue should ever be thought of or tolerated by any community for {any purpose except for necessary and { extraordinary permanent improve- ments such as I have mentioned. In any expenditure of money for public improvements I hope the sev- eral organizations of the city will co-operate in securing a full dollars value for every dollar of the tax- payers’ money expended. Officials are aided and encouraged In getting re- sults by a proper community senti- ment. More Parks Desirable. Additional areas of land for parks and playgrounds should be acquired. The glory of Washington is its hun- dreds of parks, public squares and triangles. In the heart of the city this need was anticipated when Washington was first planned. To- day the far-flung city limits show vast areas rapidly being built up with scarcely any provisions for parks and plavgrounds. This is & question deserving most thoughtful coneideration, I can take you to some small areas in the center of the city originally costing the govern- ment but a few hundred dollars, which are today worth several mil lions of dollars. Practically every tract so far purchased for park pur- poses has been a glit-edged invest- ment, if one should look at it only from a financial viewpoint. We should not forget that every year finds thousands of new citizens added to the population of the city without any addition to_the land acreage of the District. The recent donation of a very large tract of land by Mr. Charles C. Glover for park purposes was certainly a fine, public-spirited act. Appeals to Real Estate Men. Rea) estate men and’ promoters Wwho are laving out new city subdi- visions should be encouraged to in- clude in their schemes ample provi- aion for playgrounds and open spaces to be acquired by the District Washington has Jlong needed a commodious convention or exposition hall, and now that such a bullding has been constructed we may expect an increase in the number of annual or periodical meetings of societies and organizations that will come to the city. Better public roads and cheaper automobiles are maFing it possible for thousands to visit Washington who heretofore could not afford such a trip. It is an education for old and young to spend a fow days in Wash- ington, and such excursions -should be encouraged. Camping grounds and conveniences for tourists should be ample, inexpensive and properiy safeguarded. City In Art Center. Washington {s an art center, an educational center, & Sclentific center and a financial center because the financlal system of the republic is regulated and administered from ‘Washington. It is the seat of government of the ightiest and most progressive na- tion the world has known. 1t is the one city that in a very real sense belongs to all the people of the United States. Washington, In its appeal to the American mind, is something moro than a city with streets. residences, churches and public buildings. Washington, in its appeal to Ameri canes, should be in its true essence an Ideal—one of the nation's forces for Such a Washington is bound to grow by leaps and bounds, and there will be a constant demand for new equip- ment and much readjustment. Some one hae aptly said that this age of sclence and Invention causes old needs to require many new satisfactions. No matter what Congress does, there will be a lot of people not sat- isfled. The most Ilberal appropria- tions will fail to meet all demands. Growing cities are always present- ing ragged edges and unfinished sur- faces. Only decadent and dead cities are finished and without problems. Washington's clvie discontent, her yearnings for better things. are posi- tive and unerring symptoms of life, vitality and aspiration, This Bulletin is paid for by the The day is not far distant when a million penple will reside in the Dis: trict of Celumbia, and all our plan- cities D.C. WATER-SEWER NEED, §6,000,000 Engineer Preparing Charts Covering Five-Year Con- struction Plan. More than $6,000,000 will ba needed by the water and sewer departments of the District during the next five years to enable those departments to lcn(rh UP to present needs and keqp pace with anticipated growth, accord Ing to charts now being prepared in the Engineer Commissioner's office. These figures do not represent all of the necessary xpenditures of the sewer and water services, mains and other larg but onls better ments. The charts wlithin a few proximatel on trunk 1929 For the water department the five year total is, in round numbers, §1 600,000, which fncludes trunk main~ and two new reservoirs. Two New Rewervoirs. new reservolr, officials should b northwest which will be finishes days, will show that ay $4,500,000 should be sper sewers between now One sax provided for fn 1926 in the city, > appropriated vicinity of Anacos another should 1927 for the s ]uurrdvhnarunrn(. it wasx earncd vesterday, also is figuring « the need for the erection of a sev dieposal plant before s Years pass. Such a plant. | section be of the and Tor was unofficially estimated, wo cost close to $1,000,000, but it is » being figured in the five-vear pro gram only because the necessity for trunk sewers urgent. The preparation of these sewer an water department charts is_only pari of a general scheme belng worka out by officlals under Maj. Bell t. show in graphic form what the re Quirements of the entire enginecr dv partment five is regarded as more will year period. Origin of Outline. The drafting of such suggested to the trict officiale hoard of summarize advance. In vesterday building Jointly by be for the ensutn: an outlin minds of Dix policy of in seeking building needs by the education school th this connectic that the program school offici it was learned e-year school eins prepared ls and Distric engineers is based on a nesd ¢ ninety grade school during that period. Using §15,000 as the estimated cos would b. for grade addition, rooms a ¥ per _room, there 31,350,000 & year construction gram will make high school five vears. nee. schoo In construction during ANDS SUPPORT T0 0UST MCRAY Walb Telegraphs Here He Must Have Backing of In- ana Leaders or Quit. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. December § —Declaring that he has ‘““done my best in separating the disgrace from th. republican party,” Clyde A. Walb, re publican state chairman, tonight sen: telegrams to United States Senator James E. Watson, Postmaster Gen- eral Harry S. New. Joseph B. Kealing republican national committeeman for Indiana, and the republican mem bers in Congress from Indiana, asking them to give approval to his en deavors to force the resignation of Warren T. McCary as governor of the state, because of the executive's indict- ment on serfous charges by the Marion county grand jury. ‘Theat to Resign. Mr. Walb declared further that if the leaders did not approve his ac- tions in the McCary matter he would retire as state chalrman. The governor, other than a brief com ment on Chairman Walb's statement, in which he said “I see no reason for any misunderstanding of my position s out lined in detail by my attorney, James W. Noel, in his letter to Secretary F. E. Schortemeier of the state committee.” had no statement to make tonight Walb had characterized Noel's letter as “entirely unsatisfactory. | | | | The chairman's telegram asking port of the republican leaders said : “If my action in the McCray matter meets with your approval, tho republi- can party and mysclf need your doreenient and eupport now ; otherwise it is my desire to retire quictly. 1 wil call the state committee at the carliost date convenient. T am unable person ally to carry the entire load and am asking the party officially to help shoul- der the responsibility. I have done oy best in eeparating the disgrace from the party.” The atate committee, including the women vice chairmen of districts, and leaders will probably be asked to meet here either December 17 or 18, up November Circulation 92,851 District of Columbf NG NEWBOLD. BVEN X wolemnly wwear that the actual nomher of ‘oples of the paper named. sold and distriv- | uted during the month of November, A.D. 1923, was as follows: DAILY. Dare Coptes 1. 94,087 | R E P RS E BB | Less adjustments Total daily net eirculation.. Daily average net paid cireu- ST RS S Daily ayerage number of 1 eoples for service. etc....... 1 2414110 91,941 210 Daily average net circulation. SUNDAY. Daye Coples. Days. 4 98, 18, 20366 5 .. T Less adjustments. Total Sunday nat circulation. Average net paid Sunday ci culation ........... Average nimber of coples for service, etc....... Average Sunday net circula- tion ... 08,125 546 98,671 (2 return of Liloyd George. sentatives Parker of New Y - Young of North Dakota, Garber Oklabhoma and Chairman Longworth, DAVIS NOT CANDIDATE. |and Secretary Moores of Indians, ex * |officlo. The subcommittee will meet tomorrow morning at 10:38 o'clock. PAIRMONT, W. Va.. December 3.—| The democratic members of the WA and means committee, who Teplying to a message notifylng him | (070 43'the democratic committes on of tbo organization of a Davis-for- | committee assignments, met and had President Club to promote his eelec-|a I“‘b %l-;lu;-mnl yu;uuv after- tion as candidate for President by the | Doon. bu not make any com- democratie nattonal convention, John 'P,‘.",',‘:"n""‘,,,52"}::;'1;.:::3’:,’5{,3 W. Davis, former ambassador to)the ranking democrat. Great Britain, declared in a telegram Neither t}!etfenlubhl:clns ngrd u;l . _ | democrats last nigl expectes o KEFELLERS = % n met ¢ e et a cmdidate® Ot €00 [ WaT iy Committee siaten ready | ROC GIVE $25,000. | nights preceding Seturday, November| Aggociation for the Prevention of Tuberculosis [rine for ‘ruture development must e el “T do not regard myselt as a can- | for approval when the House meets| NEW YORK. December §.—Mr. and |24, when he was found fn a taxi- s 33 A1t Siract N'W fake into consideration " the mneces- NG NEWBOLD. Aldate and sincerely believo that such | tomorrow noon. Republican leaders, | Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, ir.. today |ogh suffering from wounds which te- Telephone Main 992. Legal Notice 1 Peot I We: e s e those Who mainister oo | , Subteribed and wworn to before me tor 68 a must rest with the i view of this situation, &re cen- 5,008 to the New York city o th o o SR i dag,of December. A.D. 1023, and mot with the Haccing the aavisebiitty Gf TeEversc] £ W, G A belng| Sy sIaR! Sad walibaing of & oity |- L) v sury corned.” the telagrem 2 ting snother thres-day recess m:lbvm l" - - < % ade. i - A Notary 2 14 S