Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1924, Page 3

e o e KLAN MENBERSH DENED BY HEFLI Senator Replies to Query of Creager, Accused by Him .in Land Fraud. A flat denial that he was or cver had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan was made in the Senate today by Senator Heflin, democrat; Alabama, in the course df an address regarding lis proposed investigation of alleged Texas land frauds. Senator Heflin was replying to a challenge by R. B. Creager, republican national committeeman from Texas, ‘that he define his attitude toward the Kian. Creager had been named in the Alabama senator's investigation resolution “I am not a member and have never #n a member of the Ku Klux Klan,” enator Heflin said, adding that he Tad_held no conferences with man- agers of Semator Mavfleld's contests and had not heard that contest men- tioned by any senator for two months, The Information upon which he ed his inquiry resolution, the Alabamu senator sald, was given to . lim “not by a member of the Klan, but by a man who made speeches in Alissouri against the Klan in 19 “This is the man,” he said, “who tried to obtain hearings for vietims of these land frauds and he is the man_who forced the indictment of W. E. Stewart for frauds against these unfortunate victims. T repeat that he has information which will astound the nation. “This man 1s now in the Capital to aid me in the inquiry.” It would be unfair, Senator Heflin sald, to say that the inquiry will be directly especially against the Alamo Sugar and Land Company, of which R. B. Creager, republican national committeeman from Texas, is pre: dent, because “it will be against hi crooked company and eight others.” .. JUGOSLAVIAN, 120, DIES. Married Thrice and Has Son Only Seventeen Years Old. VIENNA, February 14—Yussuf Maca Mohomettan is dead at Yagou- bitza, Jugoslavia, at the age of 120, according to a Belgrade d!spatch. Yussuf marrled thrice, and one of his surviving sons is only seventeca years old. Being a true follower of the prophet, he meither drank nor smoked. His only beverage was Turkish coffee, which he consumea in vast quantitles. COTTON A PERENNIAL. From the Scientific American. A mulberry tree 1with _cotton mrafted on its roots at La Marque, “Fex., is growing and renewing growth cacii year as if it were part of the tree. This unusual feat in plant grafting has been performed by P. Dan George, .« farmer of foreign birth. Dr. E. P, “Humbert of the Texas Agriculture and Mechanical College affirms the statement that there is a real union MAJ. W. W. KIRBY;, NAMED TO SUCCEED L. A. HILL AT BUREAU (Continued from First Page.) cvidence had been found of any dupli- cate issues or other fraudulent over- ! issue of liberty bonds or other gov- ernment eecurities. Yt appeafs, fur- ther, from the record® had been for a timefassistant regis- ter of the Treasury finder the demo- cratic administratiod; duct in office had befn inefficlent-and generally unsatistadory, and that, in {July of 1820 he hafl been permitted to resign, though Sfcretary Glass had first acked and obtained authority from President Wilkon to remove him frorh office for reaspns which he sum- marized as follow; Glans' R, “I am obliged tofask your authority to remove from office James W. Mc- Carter, assistant § register of the Treasury. He haj conducted himself in his office In 4 manner not only wholly ineflicient{but grossly offen. slve to the membdrs of his organiza- tion. He has beer; given warhing and ample opportunityl to amend his ways and I feel that n{!hlng but peremnp- ited. | tory action will thake it possible to restore the efficiehcy of the organi- zation. [ omShorty, atter h% withdrawal from office McCarter published his charges plication inythe issues of Iib- erty bonds, and Brewer, to whose tention they subséquently came, has since been endeavoring to develop them through his Investigations. Hox Made Investigation. “For the most part, the charges of McCarter and Brewer relate to mat- ters preceding my administration of the Treasury, as to which I have no personal knowledge. 1 have made independent inve ation, however, with all the facilit at my command, and I am satisfied that the charges are unfounded, that there has been no fraudulent duplication or overissue of the public debt, and that there is no occasion for publlc uneasiness as to the integrity of either the govern- ment's outstanding obligations or those branches of the Treasury serv- ice which have been engaged In the handling of the public debt securities. “The Treasury has been on the alert at all times to guard againet fraudu- lent dealings in public debt securities, and has been at the greatest pains to provide for handling both security Is- sues and security redemptions in such & way as to safeguard the govern- ment's interests at every polnt. Its record in this regard invites the full- est inspection, and the resplts which it has achieved in dealing’ with the unparalleled issues of war bonds and other securities do it the® greatest credit. amex Securities Attacked. “It should be clear, in the first p that the securities to which charges principally relate are the so- called temporary liberty bonds, which wre issued In and 191 only the first few ¢nd the victory ed in 1919 e matured jof du ’ d been paid off in The temporary liberty bond: became exchangeable for permane Londs, with all coupons to maturity attached, in 1919 -and 1920, and the ex- changes of temporary for permanent bonds are now .practically complste, only about $37,000,000 face amount of temporary bonds being still outstand- ing out of a total of nearly $15,000, 000,000 of outstanding liberty bonds In_other words, the liberty bonds now in’ the hands of the public are pra tically all permanent bonds, which are not in any way affected by the charges, o thaf there is no occasion for any public uneasiness in this re- gard. Check on Integrity of Bonds. that McCarter | that ‘his con- | the | with | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. PORTRAIT OF A SMALL BOY DELIVERING A VALENTINE. SNAPSHOT | WONDERS HOW HZ'S COING T GET Hi5 VALENTINE TO AGNES BEEMAN WISHLS HE'D PUT IT IN HER DESK- AT SCHOOL BUT SOME- i GOT ON PASSING THE HOUSE FOR. PMPTHTIME SUD- DENLY SCREWS UP HIS | COURAGE AND ADVANCES GINCERLY UP THE WALK TURNS WHEN SHi SAFELY PAST HE COMES TO SUD- DEN DECISION AND HISSES " P-§-5-5-T BODY WAS ALWAYS LOOK= ING. GOLLY HE PAID TEN CENTS TOR T AND HE'S AT CRITICAL M BEEMAN OPENS DOOR..HE GUESSES ME DIDNT WANT ANVTHING AND DE- BECOMES INSTANTLY BRIGHT CRIMSDN AND MUCH INTERESTED IN KicK- ING SMALL PEBBLE. SAYS HE DADN ewspaper Syndicate > . L GIVE [T TO HER, SOMEHCW | a- OMENT MRS SCARLET SAVS HE GWE |IT— ARVTHING CRIM NERVOUS LAUGH ¢ WANT T SAY PROSES THE BEEMAN HOME AND DECIDES T AVE IT ON DCORSTED PARTS VERY QUICKLY DOWN THE STREET. WISHES HE'D MEET AGNES THEN HE'D TIURNS T MAGE AND ASSURES HER WiTH GOT ANVIHING BEHIND HIS BACK, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1924, 9 —By GLUYAS WILLIAMS.. [New Home for Capital R ‘ Is Sought by Maj. Gen. Barnett New Chairman Says Chap- | ter’s Service Is National in Scope.. Lin A . Building Would Adjoin | National Headquarters On 17th Street. FIRST WALKS UPAND DOWN BLOCK SEVERAL TIMES. JUST TO MAKE SURE THE COAST 1S CLEAR A Construction of an appropriate | Lome for the District apter of the | American Red Cross will be one .of the first achievements sought by its new chairman, Maj. Gen, George Bar- | nett, who assumed office about ten I days ago. B Although plans for the building j have not yet passcd out of a tenta- | tive state, it will be erected on prop- erty directly adjacent to the ground { now occupled by the association’s na- | tlonal headquarters. Its architecture will be harmonious with that of the present national building and the oth- er handsome structures along 17th street. We propose to make this home & national enterprise, too,” n. Barnett sald. While the District apter is| our local organization, its presence | {in the Capital and the work it does: for othier chapters gives it a truly na- | | tional character. We hope to have | the members of every chapter in the | country subscribe to the building fund. H i AT WHICH MOMENT AG= NES TURNS THE COR- NER. MISEARS GET . PINK, AND HE MUMBLES HEULO Ex-Soldiers Seck Ald. “There come to Washington regu- larly former soidiers from almost | Every #tate in the Union seeking ald from the Veterans' Bureau. Not in-| frequently they find that aid is not so | to obtain and soon they find| Ives ‘on their uppers.’ Imme- they turn to the Red Cross and are ‘erred to our chapter. We never have and never will fail them, TINALLY TURNS ABRUPT- LY, AND WALKS QUICKLY HOME . GIVES VALENTINE 1E HASNT TO HIS MOTHER AND PEELS THAT ITWAS TEN CENTS WELL SPENT APTER AlL) 50N NTA the differenc |first liberty loan paper accounts could not involve a money value of over $3,690, while the differences in the first 4 per cent and second 4 per cent paper could not involve a money value of over® £2,753.41. Againat these shortages thure are, as stated. overages in the 41, per cent bond paper and in the victory note paper sccounts. The conclusions of this { report were substantiated by the re- port of the auditors of the Depart- ment of Justice. which made an in- ! dependent examination ay of the same date and found substantially the same diserepancies. Overixsue In Negatived. per cent he cheek which has thus been 'md?l in the paper uccounts of the bureau inting conclusively terial dupli of the liberty loans or other public | securities since the beginning of the {war. As a.matter of fact, the audits {show that ihe bureau of engraving {and printing printed and delivered, in connection with the war issues, over 815,000,000 pieces of securities, with an aggregate face value exceeding $127,000,000,000. The percentages of differences in relation to these totals is insignificant and certainly not more than would be expected in operations this magnitude. “After printing and delivery by the ivureau of engraving and printing the ibonds and other securities all received scction of the bureau of engraving and printing. Commissioned In War. “At the outbgeak of the world war he ‘was commissioned in the United tates Army, 'ps of Engineers, and glven full charge of equipping operating the map reproduction uc. tivities of the Army. He equipped nd operated the Army reproduction establishment, known as the Ameri- :an base printing plant, at Langres, and, in addition to his du he equipped every plant operated by expeditionary forces He was also In command of th Bngineers, the special unit experts orgunized -for surveving map reproduction PUrposcs, Whils engaged on this work, realiz- I the need for rapid del: ry of s at the front, he deslgned mobile cquipment, mounted it upon trucks and reproduced maps close tront line trenches His work in this connection elicited the praise of the commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force. and officers of the British and Freu services. For his services he awarded - the distinguished medal.” - the s service Native of Washington. Maj. Kirby is a native of Wash- ington, and forty-two vears of age. He received h tion in the pub. lic schools and at Emerson Institute and i orps | in| to the| but our present quarters will no longer accommodate our activitie The new home of the District Chap- ter will cost in the neighborhood of' $500,000. Of that sum $150,000 will be sought from Congress and the r mainder from the various Red Cross chapters throughout the country. Al- ready the District Chapter has over- subscribed its quota by pledging more el received from other cities indicate the response clsewhere Wil be equally as spont: neou Gen. Barnett go i 16 Jackson place every day to attend | to the business of the chapter. His services are wholly voluntary and he declared he intends to solicit more { active voluntary co-operation from | the business men of Washington |than bhas been =zccorded the Red #s {n the past. The women of Washington have responded to the needs of the local organization with an enthusiasm and | sponfaneity that makes one feel proud” Gen. Barnett sald. “Some men. too, have offered their service: There is need for more men, ho cver and one of the first things I would like to do is get the busine- (| ‘A Bit of the Past By Star's Former Carriers. T could not have been more than thirteen yvears of age when I started erving The Star, first under a Mr. Waters and later under Agent Doni-| phan. now in charge of the Alexan- jdria diste writes Dr. A. Owen Yenney of €93 Highland avenue, Ta- toma Park, D. C. “I remember that 1 had among my clientele a number of distinguished men, including Chief {Justice Fuller of the Supreme Court, {Secretary Windom, several senators land other notables, whose names and rank I have now forgotten. The list included Mr. H. Kauffmann, for many vears president of The Evening tar Newspaper Company. | “Ome New Ycar's morning, armed vith my calendars, 1 rang Mr. Kauft- imann's bell and handed the maid who ame to the door my calendar. Just as she returned some one called her jand Mr. Kauffmann took her place at ithe door. I can see him now, with his smiling face, but then I saw only the clean new bill in his outstretched hand. At sight of that I forgot all the decorum and restraint my good mother Itaught me, and reached out for the . although I did remember to to his office at! ed Cross MAJ. GEN. GEORGE BARNET men and men. of high standards in- ested in our work. Factx 'To Be Made Known. “We need them especially in membership and financial drives am sure when they understand ju hat this organization 1means to Washington and the country, and how much more it would mean should an emergency arise, like the Knick- crbocker disaster, they will respond | without much urging. And 1 in-| tend to let them know those things immediately.” At the present’ time there is enough | material ready and waiting at the District headquarters, in Jackson | place, to equip a complete ho from thirty to forty beds overnight. | Wrapped in carefully disinfected sealed packages and packed a sanitary closets, bandages, blankets, sheets,” towels, uniforms, pajamas, surgical instruments and everything | needed in a modern hospi the emergency call to instant. service. Elsewhere in the building are beds, | springs and mattresses, complete and every ready to be rushed into u within an hour after the call to ser ice has been issued. With them would spring scores of women, trained to | 4o heroic work in such an emergency. It is now the hope of Gen. B to enlist men in the same cause build a heme that can adequa ouse the District chapter's innume able aunivitles. our i Fans el FREIGHT RATES BOOSTED. Dy the Assoctated Press. MEXICO CITY, February 14 radio via Fort Worth Star-Teleg) —Beginning February 2 on freight rates on the \ road will become effective. s spent ann for sport in Great Britain. (by m). | ), an increase tional rail- nually | That applies with specia ) FLAT TIRE? MAIN 500 LEETH BROTHERS Service Charge Never Over €149 " ELECTRIC WIRING First-class Work at Lower Prices Any 6-Room 558.00 -\ Including Floor Plugs, Switches, Halls and Basement S. Z. C. Westerfield Electric Co. d ______ North 98 1503 R 6t. N, live that life It's the only one you have here, and now that we have come along with DURIETH ‘HOMES At 36th and R sts. n.w., we have made it possible to LIVE THAT LIFE to its fullest extent in a real Home that doesn’t cost a fortune to own. . . Go See Them Do It Now Price, $8,100 Easy Terms By auto—Drive across the Q Street Bridge, turn porth one block ta R Street and due West to 36th Street (right nmext to the Western High School). Or take P Street car to 35th et and_walk north to R cr Wisconsin Avenue car to R Street and walk west to 36th Street. _SHM'ON & LUCH Realtors Ouwnprs and Builders Don’f Put Off 1 force to the inspection of for 4 critleal mination, the seal of the Treasury was affixed, and they were ¥ of {injt] by examiners. In the nd it | various processes the securities were between the cotton plant and the | “The . tempo: tree.. This connection has been main- | PeTmanent o * a talned for two and a half years, and | £Xcellent che this_ vear the grafted cofton plant {the issue of te nearly a_ thousand bolls of | furnishes a co answer to the isubjected to successive plece counts, cotton, a vield many times greater|charges of dupticatign in the public und adequate checks were imposed at han that 6€ an ordinary cotton plant, | debt. It has Involved prac * wjithe Treasury and the federal reserve 'he grafted cotton plant having | COmpl turnover of the coupon lib-!banks to i sure that no deliveries Leen converted into & perennlal, puts | °Tty bonds originally issued, u: vould be made except ngainst pay- Ul néw growth from the crown each | Fesult of which the temporary bonds ! ment therefor in proper form. r. During the winter the plants|have been sirrendered to the Tres During the course of examination, Hrotectad by a:coveriay from the (LTS Over 101,000,000 {and before “issue, thousands of im- of this city. He thereafter cngaged in commereial lithographic and pri ing work, before entering the servi of the government, with the Geologi c: . Maj. Kirby liv at 146 12th stredt sputheast. Will Resiore Dismixsed Chiefs. He will procced with the problem of restoring to their former positions, or equivalents, the employes of the bureau who were dismissed sum- marily over night, with former Direc- thank you' before I made off. served as a carrier for thies or ve resided in Wash- ington ever since and am now prac tising a minor branch of medicine rein I had our beloved President Harding and Mrs. Harding as patients {until the death of the former. Robert A. Kanc. 525 Tenneasee ave- | nue northeast, was carrying a route! in Alexandria fn 1597 and sold the! numerous Star cxtras during the -American war. C. E. Heard, your roof. A little delay may mean a big damage—for roof deterioration works peculiarly. The way to do is to have your roofs inspected regularly. Let US keep in touch with their condition. We won't advise the spending of an unnecessary penny—but when we do raise the distress signal something should be done—at once. The ounce of for retirement. cold. Nothing was noted by Dr. Hun bert that Indicated that the cotton was undergoing any marked change be- ause of its unlon with the mulberry tree. Difficulty has been experienced in getting the seed of the plants to germinate, only two seeds having re- produced. _ SPECIAL NOTICES. . FORMER] THE is"with Rertha Parker Beauts «be will be glad to sec her pa- She fs specializing in electrolysin. Par- enent removal of superfuous halr, warts and 15 FORITE of 1ivo wud on on ‘tie Railway ner cent (21505) lima been preferred atock of tie Waali- and Tiectric ituck c€ record on- the 16th . 1924, bearing a atamp chang. tlie_time and manner of payment of divi Is thercon from gemi-anzually to quar > sliall receive on March 1, 1824, one-ia! annual dividend. A dividend of fourth per cent (1130:) on the mon stock of the Washington Tatiway and l¢_Company hias been declared mayable 1, 1924. to common stockholders of ose. of business on the 10th ‘ebruary, 1024. Books for the trans. the preferred and common stock of this mpany will be closed from the close of nexs on the 16th day of February, 1824, to © opening of business on the 20th day of Yebrunry, 1924, H. M. KEYSE cret OTICH IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ual mecting of the members of the Was for Tncurahies, for the election of me; of the bourd of managers, whose ferms il7 be held at_the office of the Pebruary 21, 1924, at 11 a.m. 15 who have coutributed %5 annually 0_in_one s entitied (1LL NOT R mtracted Ly an 11 Y ITH | e to her | ¥ friends and patrons that s now i the Sample Hat Shop, 912 F at. now. ® ANY DEBTS CON- u myself. RAYMOND L. 17th st. n.w. 14¢ ALL KINDS OF SHRUBRERY, evergreen, furnished and ut in first-clas¢ order and' ¥ HAERRELL & BON 9640, '.mafig REILY elin, i i 7268_10th Line. NKING ABOUT BUILDI: boat building your gara, s or stomes. - Phone L TED TO BRING A VAN i o Rew S, Fillaaciphia gag Wi on, . Del. aehington. BUITLY ¥ER AND STORAGE CO. ] n.e. made a legion of satisfied cus. tomers, = The National Cap‘tal Press 1210-1212 D 8t. N.W. REED FURNITURE A SPE- cialty ; made to order, repaired, painted and unholstered; chairs caned. The Wickercraft, Po- stomac 1524. , ROOF WORK —of any nature promptly and capably looked after by practical raofers. ROOFING 119 3rd St, W, KOON, D COMPANY ' Phone Main 933. To Simplify Your Selling' Problems USE_ADAMS PRINTING HIGH GRADE. BUT NOT HIGH PRICED BYRON S. ADAMS, Fauase’ Roof Repairing Our expert roofers are always asailable, Just give us a riog. 1RONCLAD Roofing_ 1121 5th N.W, Comp-ny. Plione Mair 14. 620 St. S.E. Founded 1795, Rev. WILLIAM CURTIS WHITE, Rectar. é;HRlSTIAN HEALING SERVICES FEBRUARY 14, 16, * 8 p.m. sins and healeth all — 1t | LOAD OF FUR. | ces of tempcrary bond livered in the first’ instances by | bureau of engraving and printing. Of these there were outstanding in the hands of the public on Nove 1923, only 481,241 bonds, aggregate fac value of 450, In other words, bver 100,000,000 picces of temporary honds have already been retired and delivered to the reg! lof the Treasuryifor final examin {and audit. The examination of these millions of pleces is practically cur- rent, and since it involves a check in each case against the numerical rec jords, it would e certain to disclose {duplicate issues. if any’ had been {made. A< a matter of fact, the ex- {amination has ot disclosed any du- {plication and sijows thut the issues {and retirements' check up, by loans and dencminations, without any over- | issue. Another Check Furnished. “‘Another check on the integrity of the liberty loan issues is furnished by the accounts of the interest:ac crued and unpaid on the public debt. These figures indicate that ins*ead of the excessive payments of interest, | which would be, expected if there were large duplicate issues of bonds, the interest payments, as a matter of fact, have constantly been far below the actual accruals upon the out- standing public debt. For example, according,_to the public_debt state ment for November 30, 1923, the latest available, there were outstanding on that date matured interest coupons and interest checks to an aggregate amount of $64.604,085.85. In other { words, instead of'an overpayment of !interest, the government has actually |Lad to pay considerably less interest !than has accrued on the bonds and { other sccuriti v outstanding. ' The publi tatements, mcreover, are m on a cash basis. the amounts shown as issued being taken up only against cash actually received. The figures for the public debt on this basis agree with the figures reached In- dependently. by the division of loans and currency on the basis of securi- ties jssued, and this of itself furnishes conclusive proof that there have been no over issues. Bureau Accounts Audited. “Beyond all this, the audits which have been made of the paper accounts of the bureau of engraving and print- ing over the whole period since the beginning of the war show that there are no- discrepancies in these ac- counts beyond the petty didcrepancies that would naturally be expected in transactions involving several hun- dred million piecez of distinctive paper. The balances of distinctive paper for which the bureau of en- graving and printing is accountable appear on the books of the Treasury, and from time to time It is the prac- tice to check and verify these bal- unces through audit by an independ- ent committee, Security paper issued to the bureau has to be accounted for either by deliveries of perfect securi- tles to the divislon of loans and cur- rency, or by imperfect or spoiled se- curities which are destroved. Thero have been three audits of the paper accounts covering the period in ques- tion, the first in 1920, after the issue of the last liberty,loun, when Secre- tary Glass designated a’ committee to verify the balances of security paper Charged to the bureau of engraving and printing. This committee submit- ted its report on August 5, 1920, after having made a complete verification of all open balances of paper and ex- amined by actual count all paper at the bureau. No substantial discrepan- cles appeared, most of. the differences belng found to be accounting crrors. “In April of 1922 I designated an- sthar committee to make examination of the security paper accounts report of this committee, #s of April 8, 1922, showed there were o sub- stantial discrepancies in the distine- tive’ paper accounts, and that the total differences affecting the origi- nal fssues of liberty bonds and vie- tory notes (inclyding the items shown by the 1920 report above mentfonea) were a8 follows: A net shortage of forty-nine sheets for,the first §%'s: a net shortage of twenty-eight and one-half sheets for the first 4's and second 4's; a net overage of 1 and shrée-sixths sheets for all of the 41 per oent liberty bongs; a net over- age of five and one-quarter sheets for victd notes, 11 is estimated th: | A which are admitted- | debt. | {perfectly printed bonds, including | many bonds and notes with imperfect {or incorrect serizl numbers, were de- | tected by the examiners and returned to the burewu of engraving and print- ing for destruction. Undoubtedly some imperfectly printed and some imperfectly numbered bonds were not detected and ultimately reached the public, but only agalust payment theretor in regular course, so that there was no duplication or over- sue of the public debt on this ac- jeount. y i Treats of Duplications. | “Undoubtedly, also, there have ben ! ponds and other securities with du- plicate_serial numbers, and contrary to Mr. Brewer's assertions, there hav |been 'such duplications of numbers !with registered as well as coupon {bonds. Even now duplications oc- | casionally occur in printing, through | variations in the numbering machin- ery. \All the duplicate serial number: Giscovered by the Treasury are check- ed up_as promptly as possible, and inone has yet been found to involve any duplication whatever in the pub- lic_debt. ‘For the most part, the duplicate | numbers have been found, on investi- {mation, to result from mechanical errors in numbering, either through aberrations in the machinery or !through mistakes in numbering {make-up bonds. or to be only ap- | parent dumlications. resulting " from {errors in recordation. In many other cases, it appears that the numbers have been altered while the bonds | were outstanding, thus creating an {apparent duplication In numbering when returned to the Treasury. When it is remembered that there were | over 100,000,000 pieces of temporar: iiberty bonds alone issued by the Treasury, each with a serial num- iber, it is mot surprising that dupli- icate numbers should occasionally ai {pear, the togal up to date being only {about three' thousand. When it is {remembered also that in the ordi- nary course of business United States coupon bonds and other bearer se- curities are handled by the public without regard to their serlal num- bers, and that even in the Treasury the serial numbers are important only for purposes of original issue. ani again_on final audit n received for retirement, it will He appreciated how little significance for- practical purposes attaches to the dgplications In serial number which Rave been discovered. “No case which the Treasury has yet investigated in the course of its examination of Brewer's . report throws any doubts on these conclu- sions or indicates any duplication or overlssue of the public debt. Many of the specific cases mentioned. in tact, had already been fully explained fo Mr. Brewer, and_had no proper place in the report. The examination Will _be finished to completion as rapidly as possible, and I will advise you further as to the final results, “I think in the meantime the public jcan rest assured that there has been no overissue of government securi- ties and that the integrity of the wublic debt cannot be attacked. - 'ul ours, (g‘i}?\m Y YoM w. MELLO Hill Is Silent, Louis A. Hillwhen sked, following Mr. Melion's announcement today, what his plans wee, or if he had any state. ment to make, replied, he had no state- ment to malke. Mzj. Kirby officially assumes office to- day, but Way ©epartment orders trans- { ferring him from his post at Washing- iton barracks to the bureau, were mot at Washington barracks as officer in charge of engineer reproduction, where {he has been since 1920. Prior to that he was for a year and a half in the bureau of engraving and printing as superintendent of the photolitho- graphic section. Maj, Kirby “Is a recognized special- ist in_reproduction processes and methods,” according to a statement by Mr. Mellon. “He has had practical experlence, covering twenty-three years' employment in numerous com- mercial establishments engaged in plate-printing, lithographic processes, type printing and photo-engraving and in the United States géological and United States.coast and geodetic ¥or one and a half years he tor Wilmeth, according to Secretary Mellon. No change has vet Leen position of assistant director, now held by John P. Perry. But it was again indicated at the Treasury, fol- lowing a similar announcement sev- eral times reiterated within the past few weeks. that the administration will proceed with the restoration pro gram. Having obtained an acting director, there can now be carried out a better study of the situation, with a view to putting back the ousted emploves, {t was sald, one at a time ‘or a few at a time. Maj. Kirby is highly acceptable to the ousted men and women. This was learned from them shortly after Sec retary Mellon's announccinent at the Treasury. . Kirby was on duty in the photolithographic: scction during the period of service of Wilmeth apd the dismissed employ Many ‘of them know the ncw acting director personally and were somewhat ac- quainted with his work at the bu- ade in the said one of the dismissed em- ployes today, “I found Maj. Kirby to be a flne business man and a high- toned gentleman. He put his work there into good shay I am sure the appointment is received with pleasure by the dismissed emploves whom the Treasury plans to put back.” Although no actual census has een taken of the ousted men and comen lately, It was roughly es- I (appointment, that somewhere between ten and fifteen of the original twenty- nine dismissed, are now in Washing- ton and would be ready to go back !to their positions at any time. Three have died since dismissal in March, due, their friends say. to broken |h . and grief over the dism! 1s. Fo er Diredtor Wilmeth. who was oftered the position of diredtor, re- fused to return. George L. Kosc. dix- missed chief of the engravine divi- . is in England, working at a alary many times that paid by this overnment. There was no_definite indication today as to how soon the restoration program might be translated into further actlon. Installation of Maj. Kirby Is expected to_be accomplished ithin & day or so. The appointment of an assistant director is expected 1o be the next step. S S AR SPIRIT OF PIONEERS. timated today, following Maj. Kirby's | iCulbertson Cites Roosevelt, Lin- coln and Wilson. | w. s cuertson, vice chairman o | | the Tariff Commission, addressing the teachers and students of the Sidwells’ Friends School, 1811 I street north- west, today on the subject, “The Pioneer Spirit,” declared that “mod- ern_ ploneers” wera “Roosevelt, who preached the spirit of Christian so- cial botterment and the protection of our natural resources; Wilson, who died for his vislon of ‘a better or- ganized tworld, and, above all, Lin- codn, who, in his effort to bring liberty. and justice to this country, suffereil all “the adversities of’ the ploneer. Mr. Culberison said young people of today must “catch up the torch of the .sclentists and those in eco- nomio and political life.” In order to be a ploneer, he sa one must have devotion, courage, tolerance and 2 willingness to racrifice self for the eake of a great ideal. | ready early in the day. He was on duty ! Two experienced real estate- salesmen. . One capab'e of tak- g charge of sales department. Please don't reply unless you have an established record of having made good. An oppor- tunity for the right party. Although more powerful in the resence of saliva than pure Car- olic Acid, Zonite can be freely used as a gargle or throat spra at sufficient strength to destroy all disease germs with which it comes e pronptacas with which Zonite e m| wi O reliup:: mmnn affections has been a revelation to tens of thous- ands of users of this new form of By the Associated Press. antiseptie. Z INON-POISONOUS NEW YORK, February 14.—William |4 A. Brady, producer, testifying yester- day at’ Commissioner of Accounts | COSTS ew Jersey avenue northwest, sold Stars on 9th street more ghan forty years ago, while Philip H. Weber, 1126 Montello avenue north- cast, now a bookbinder in the ov- ernment printing office, was carrying a route for Agent Livingstone in 1881. This agent, Mr. Weber remarks, was invariably kind to his bovs and his good advice to them made a last- ing impression. —_— HIRSCHFIELD ‘INVITED TO'DEBATE BY BRADY | Producer Offers Him $500 to Meet; Him in Ticket Speculation . Argument. i | | | [appear before an aldermanic commit- tee of spoculatlon investigation prevention will save a lot of 2120-22 Georgia Avenue expense. You can rely upon our judgment—trust to our skill— and be content with our prices. Phone North 2044 FOR Mr. Brady dared the commissioner to mect him in debate next Sunday on ithe ticket speculation evil and of- fered to pay Hirschfield $500 for ac- cepting. “Done!" !sioner. | “Youre the best actor I've ever seen in public life,” said the pro- |4 ducer, on't try to talk me out of that was the rejoinder. “That's a Hirschfield's investigation of theater To live right in this ticket speculating, refused to name the three men he previously declared received a $225,000 bonus peddling tickets. Mr. Brady said he withheld 14th St. Terrace At 14th and Ingraham the names because he soon was to Sts. N.W. exclaimed the commis- —WANTED— A man of proved sales ability to come wjth us to establish a brokerage busi- ness. We belleve that with the "contact this office af- fords there is an excellent opportunity for a high-type individual with some execu- tive ability to make a per- manent connection of value. 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