Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1924, Page 2

- FREE OF SMALLPOX Dr. Fowler Says No Cases Are on Record, But Urges Vaccination. FREE TREATMENT GIVEN Disease Has Broken Out in 35 States, Health Service Records Show. Washington is free from smallpox at present in so far as the health de- partment knows, Health Officer Wil- liam C. Fowler said last night, com- menting on the warning issued ye terday by the United Health Service of the the malady in tates. Dr. Fowler advised persons who have not been vaccinated to take the smallpox inoculation as a precaution The health department gives small- Pox vaccination, without charge, from 12 to 1 o'clock on Saturdays. Dr. Fowler said that if the requests for this service shoulu warrant such ac- tion he would extend the time pe- riods. ¥ This city passed through an out- break of smallpox several months ago that ran the total number of cases since January up to 143 Dixease Mild Here. “The disease as we had it was of a mild type, however,” Dr. Fowler ex- plained, “and no deaths resulted.” The mild form in which smallpox appeared here thix spring was the principal reason why o many cases were recorded. Officials of the health office explained that many of the sufferers were affected so slightly that they were well on the road to recovery before their ailment was de- tected. In some other cities the dis- ease prevails in more virulent form. Figures gathered by the Public Health Service for the week ending June 21 show 35 States reporting a total of 895 cases, compared with only 371 for the same week a year g0 States prevalence of Prevalent in Middle West. The records indicate that the dis- ease is most prevalent in the West, including the centers of ( cinnati, Toledo, Indianapolis and De- troit. The presence of the disease in Baltimore and a number of cities in New Jersey also has been reported All State health officers, railway c ficials and the American Automobi Association have been requested to co-operate in preventing spread of the discase. 5 NEW CASES REPORTED. Pittsburgh Has Record Number of Smallpox Reports. PITTSBURGH, July 19.—Five new cases of smallpox were reported to the city health department here to- day, the largest number of any single day since the disease first appeared a month ago. Smce mid-June fifty five cases have been reported. Eleven of the victims have died A majority of the cases so far re- ported have been mild, according to Dr. C. J. Vaux, director of health. TRENTON, N. J.. July 19.—Thirty cases of smallpox have been found in this vicinity recently. Most of the afflieted have been negroes, who came here from the South. Small Pox Camp Cleared. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. July 19.—For the fizst time since October 1, 1923, the Knox County detention camp for treat- ment of victims of small pox was empty today, the last patient having been discharged today. Two cases were treated during the month. At the city health offices announcement was made since last October 1,779 patients had been treated at the de- tention home, the disease having as- sumed epidemic proportions late in the winter. ARREST IS EXPECTED T0 CLEAR 3 MURDERS Negro Admits One Crime and Ring May Pin Other Two on Prisoner. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 19.—Thomas H. Allen, police commissioner, announced tonight that Charles Barr, negro, had confessed to the murder of W. Obe Spencer, slain on a lonely highway east of the city May 23, 1923. Simuitaneously detectives revealed that a diamond ring, believed to have been worn by Mrs. Ruth McElwain Tucker the night she and Duncan ‘Waller were slain near the spot where Spencer met his death, had been recovered from a local pawn shop. The ring was pawned by Barr's wife, detectives said. The Tucker-Waller murder was committed early in January, 1923, while the couple was riding in an au- tomobile. Their bodies were stripped of valuables. Spencer was Kkilled four months later, under similar cir- cumstances, and within a stone’ throw of the scene of the other kill- ing. With Spencer at the time was Miss Laura Wheaton Johnson, & school teacher, who was wounded and robbed by the lone bandit. BUTLER SILENT ABOUT RETURN TO MARINES Refuses to Discuss Report He Will Take Command of Base at San Diego January 6. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 19.—Direc- tor of Public Safety Smedley D. But- ler tonight refused to confirm or deny published reports that he has been assigned to take command of the United States Marine base at San Diego, Calif., January 6, after his special leave from the Marine Corps expires. Director Butler recently wrote to Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune of the Marine Corps asking what his status would be should his services as head of the Philadelphia police depart- ment no longer be required after the expiration of his original leave. Marine officers here explained that Director Butler's reported assign- ment did not mean that he was to drop his work here. It was pointed out that if the director obtained leave from the President he could remain here from one to three more years if his services are desired. President Coolidge recently placed the entire matter of Director Butler's furlough in the hands of Mayor Ken- drick. As yet the mayor has mnot stated whether he will ask for an extenslon of the leave . Public | | tions and adjust the injustices as the BY JOHN H. BARTLETT, | First Assivtant Postmaster General. The reason why I might venture to discuss the reclassification act as it is applied in actual practice is that 1 have observed that very many of the departmental clerks do not under- | stand it nor the which underlies it Many of the statements which are made in connection with it by those interested in the service clearly indi- cate that they are laboring under a misapprehension as to the principle undirlying reclassification —-and here I desire to emphasize the word “prin- It will always be true that in introduction of any reform or | new principle in government it will take time to smooth out the excep- principle principle practice. . Let me say first. therefore, that th: principle underlying the reclassifica- tion act marks the inauguration of a great reform in the handling of the personnel of the Government Same Clase for Same Work. T principle, simply stated that persons doing work requiring the same amount of “education knowledge and ability” are placed in the same class. in whatever department or independent establis ment of the Government they chance to be employed This is manifestly a just principle. Prior to the adoption of this classi- fication act clerks doing identically | the same work in different depart- ments received different compensa- tion. and in certain instances the difference was very great. The ability to pay the higher salary in one de- partment over another department to persons doing identically the same kind of work was quite often deter- mined by the ability of that depart- ment to secure from (ongress the larger appropriation with which to pay such higher salaries. It placed a premium upon lobbying with Congress for large appropria- tions. Certain departments or estab- lishments which happened to be un- popular with Congress were com- pelled to pay poorer salaries than others more powerful and more popu- lar with Congress. the result being that the department paving the higher salarics for the same grade of ‘work became more efficient and the others less efficient. The innocent personnel doing the work suffered the injustice of this inequality. Seex Injustice Rectified. The great reform which I believe has been initiated by the classifica- tion act is putting ourselves on the jread to permanently cure this fn- cquality of employment. No doubt the morale of the Government em- vloyes will be better and the effi- clency of every department and in- dependent establishment will be placed on the same footing of ad- vantage. The Congress and the administra- tion generally are to be congratu- lated on the inauguration of a reform in handling the labor problem Some of ‘the things complained of, however, are complaints not against the principle of the law, but because of some of its applications. Who sha]l determine into what grade of service the work of a given clerk falls? The law provided that this task should fall to the lot of & board of three men, namely, the Di- rector of the Bureau of the Budget or his alternate. a member of the Civil Service Commission or his al- ternate and the chief clerk of the Bureau of Efficiency or an alternate. As a practical matter the alternates have done the bulk of the work of this board. is applied to everyday ex- perience, - Clerk States Duties. Upon what set of facts does this board, or did this board, locate a given clerk in a given grade? For the most part, I think each clerk was permitted to write out the nature of the work which he had been doing. While the clerk’'s own description of his work could be modified by the head of his department or independ- ent establishment, and in many cases was perhaps modified, yet on the whole the facts which went to the Classification Board were those fur- nished by the clerk himself. The duty of the Classification Board was to take those facts thus fur- nished in writing and fit them into one of the grades which Congress had set forth in the la In the clerical, administrative and fiscal service Congress in the act had made 14 grades. FEach one of these 14 grades is described in general language in the act. The work of the Classificdtion Board was to fit the work which each clerk was do- ing into one of those 14 grades which seemed most nearly to describe the situation. Some Mixtakes Probable. Of course, the Classification Board could make mistakes of judgment in doing this work, but there is no rea- son to suppose that they did not do it as judiciously as any other com- mission or court does its work. Some mistakes were made by the clerks themselves or their supervisors who misdescribed the duties which were being performed, or who did not fully or adequately set forth their importance or the skill and ability required to perform them. When such mistakes were discov- ered, or whenever they shall be dis- covered in the future, the right to ap- peal and a re-hearing is open. There should be no excuse finally for an employe being rated in a class where not belong. e e firat of the 14 grades above re- ferred to is described in the act as lows: 1o vade one in this service, which may be referred to as the under- clerical grade, shall include all Classes of positions the duties of which are to perform under imme- diate supervision the simplest routine office work. No Automatic Promotions. rovided that whatever ervabe camé within this description Should begin at $1,140, and if the ap- propriation permitted it, and the abil- ity of the employe in that grade war- ranted it, such employe could even- tually get s high as $1,500. There lon are no automatic promotions. It ht take a lifetime to get the g0, provided the emplayo re- that je. e e does not simply mean the beginners. It means whoever is Shing the simplest kind of routine ofics work. As long as he does that Rird of work he remains in that BT e criticism has been raised to the effect that salaries in this grade bemin too low, If such an employe had gone into any first or second class post office in the country he would Rave begun at $1,400 instead of $1,140 in the department. Ascending fn Ability. this “grade 1" above de- achibed. up to “grade 14" Which em- Braces ‘the Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Postmasters ‘General, the iaw describes the successive grades, Aaaing each time a little more edu- cation. experience, knowledge and lity. “Prhe fourteenth grade pays $7.500. It ‘must be borne fn mind that the aw doe: not urdertake to grade perso but dces undertake to weade “work.” A person of great S ity may be nssigned to work re- Auiring very little ability. The, critic Sherefore should not say that a cer- tain person of great ability is rated below a certain other person of less bility. "It there are nstances ofthis sort it may be the duty of an administra- tive superior to promote the persor of greater ability to the work \re- quiring that greater ability. Here is ! Law Will Benefit Al When It Gets to Working Smoothly, He Holds—Explains Difficulties of First Operation. where bad management may be criti- cized, but not the law. Room for Promotions. Apain. as s in the foregoing statement with srence to “grade 1,” there is a considerable range be- tween the lowest salary, §1,140, and the highest salary. $1,500, although doing the same work. This range is intended to answer the requirements of promotion within the grade. When an employe is kept doing the same work for a few years he becomes more expert, more faithful, and should ther et more pay Whether he 1l be promotad equi- tably and fairly within this grade is again a question of just and fair ad- ministration. Two persons, equally deserving, could get different promo- tions, bu' eful efficiency ratings should be kept and promotions mad= the basiz of those ratings. Fa- voritism should in no way creep in, although it is possible. The law provides certa tions upon promotions, even within « grade. It does not permit the ad- ministrator to put all in a grade at the top salary. It requires that they be averased along the line ro that the average of all in the grade should Le the midway point of the grade. Co-Operation Is Needed. Then again, the appropriation for the department may be made so low that it is impossible to promote at i It may be made fo low that more people will have to be kept in the lower grades and less in the higher. A proper co-operation, how- ever, between the department, the budet and the Congress ought to work out a just and eflicient result along these lines: Grade two in the service, which more nearly describes ordinary clerks, includes all classes of positions, the dutics of which are to perform, under immediate supervision, “assigned of- fice work requiring training or ex- perience.” This grade begins at $1.320 and runs to $1.680. Stenographers have been classed in this grade. If this were in the post offices of the country, they would begin at $1.400 and run automatically in four years to $1,800, as the law now stands. Professional Serviee Rating. The law also sets forth a line of classification under the head of professional nad sclentific service. Thes grades run from grade one to grade seven. Grade one in the professional and scientific service be- gins at $1.860 and may reach under & system of diseretionary promotions, as high as $2,400. Grade seven is as high as $7,500. This grade includes people who have professional educa- tions, such as lawyers, doctors, etc., or_a scientific education. There is aiso a line of graduation under the heading of subprofessional service. This runs from grade one to grade eight Grade one ranges from $900 to $1.260 and grade eight from $2.400 to $3.000. The law also sets up a line of graduations in the custodial service. ranging from grade one to grade Grade one in the custodial serv, is a junior messenger grade. In the salary is from $600 to $750. Grade two in the custodial service is referred to as the office-laborer crade. It includes all classes of po- ions the duties of which are to handle desks, mail sacks and other heavy objects and to perform sim- ilar work ordinarily required of un- skilled laborers; to operate elevators; to clean office rooms or to perform other work of similar character. The salaries in this grade run from $780 to $1.140. The highest grade, grade ten, in the custodial service, is re- ferred to as the chief custodial grade. It embraces those who supervise custodial labor. The salaries range from $2.400 to $3,000. Takes Time to Work It. is another graduation under aw called the clerical-mechanical Here the grades run from one to five. In grade one the pay Is 45 to 50 cents an hour. ' In' grade ve the rate of compensatfon to $3.600. £e e It will be seen from the foregoin that the work of the d:\sflifl(‘itmfi board and the department heads in adjusting every one of the 70,000 employes into "his proper place is one of extraordinary complexities and difficulties and that it will require a lqng time perhaps to get every detail * properly adjusted and the whole organization justly co-ordi- nated, but I believe this will come about in time, and that not too long. Congress can amend the law trom time to time, raising such salaries as seem inadequate and making such appropriations as will enable the law to be carried out in the best way according to the light of ex- perience as it shall be revealed after the law has been tried sufficiently. If certain employes Eet no more pay under the classification act than they did before, that merely . shows that they were being paid before along the same line th: & laid down. £t Congres Sees Few Getting Lens. If certain other employes get much more than they obtained before, It re limita- shows that they have been receiv- ing much less than the standard laid doyn by Congress for their grade. In reducing any chaotic and unsys- tematic organization to a system it must necessarily be that some will be raised and others lowered. 1 think it rather extraordinary that so few are lowered by the classttication act. 1In fact, practically no one is lowered, as the law so provides, but certain ‘ones are receiving a slght amount less because of " the per- gentage retained for the retirement und. An employe should not be - ed with the grade Mo fa im “He should study and become so expert that he wiil be lifted out of that grade into a higher grade. 1If an administrator finds that a person in grade 2 is competent to do the work in grade 4, he has the discretion to take him ‘out of grade z and put him in grade 4. I think there is far more incentive under the classification law to do £00d work and to improve one's edu- cation and skill than there was under the old regime. There will be less transferring from one department to another and less opportunity for personal favor- sm. On the whole, I believe the gov- ernment has taken a very decided step forward in inaugurating this law and that it can take still further steps forward ih improving it. TWO CONCERTS PLANNED. Programs to Be Given at Central Stadium. Two band concerts will be given at Central High School stadium this week under the auspices of the Community Center department of the public schools, the first on Wednes- day evening and the s second on Friday. Wednesday at 7:30 the U. S. Arm; Band will give the first of ity series of three concerts, arranged by the Community Center department, with Capt. R. 'G. Sherman commanding. Bandmaster W. J. Stannard will con- duct the program, especially prepar- ed, and WCAP will broadcast the concert. Friday, 7:30, the band concert will be given by the Boys' Independent Band, James E. Kidwell conductin, to be followed by motion pictures one of the government departments, as. well as a brief address by & prominent speaker on a Subject of general interes: —— The University of Texas may b come one of the wealthiest institu tions of learning in the worid as & resylt of the recent discovery of oil on its lands. Under contract with the oil companies the university will receive & one-eighih -royi Maj. Robert Imbrie of Washington, who was killed by a mob of religious fanatics in Teheran, Persia, had [ Many ‘wax the companion of the famous anthrepoloxixt and explorer, Garner. ¥or military by for collecting daggers, knives of all xorts, swords. ncimetars and other weapons peeuliar to native tribes. of thexe he guthered on a hunting expedition in Africa prior to his military and diplematic service, whea he diplomatic services Maj. Imbrie received many decorations amd ecitations which fneluded: French Oroix de Guerra, French White Rose Croix de Guerrn, French ambulance medal, French field service medal, Verdun medal, victory medal, the Fren Russion cross, the Russion medal and the first Rusxsian Order of Nobility. medal of recognition for serving six montha at the front, the interaliied Thene trophies, shown above, of which he was extremely proud, decorate the walls in the home of hix cousin, Paul W. Fishbaugh, 1701 Q street, which he has made hix home since the death of his parents when he was a boy. SAYS WRITERS LIE ABOUT PROAIBITION Dry Leader Claims Foreign Press Is Sent Mislead- ing News. Special Dispatch to The Star. WINONA LAKE, Ind, July 19.— Misrepresentation of prohibition in America by special correspondents centered in New York City is not only retarding the cause of prohibi- tion, hut is destroying faith in repu- table news services, Dr. Ernest H. Cherrington, general secretary of the World League Against Alcoholism, told executive members of the league here tonight in outlining the neces- sity of supplying the foreign press with accurate news of dry America. “Not many newspapers in Amer- ica,” Dr. Cherrington said, “willingly and purposely distort the facts about prohibition, and the regular and reputable news services rarely go wrong in reporting facts. Their cred- ibility is rarely questioned. Untruths Seat Out “But there are constantly going out from Amerfca for consumption in foreign lands the grossest untruths about prohibition, sent out for the most part by special correspondents and space writers, principally in New York. These false stories are printed in the press of the Old World to the great hindrance of the progress of prohibition and often to the detri- ment of friendly relations between the people of this country and Old World peoples.” State Superintendent William H. Foxgrave of the Massachusetts Anti- Saloon League and Mrs. Ida Wise Smith of Des Moines, Towa, director of Christian citizenship for the Wom- an’s Christian Temperance Union, spoke at the conference this afte; noon. Mr. Foxgrave declared world prohibition necessary to protect national prehibition. Mrs. Smith said that because we are some years removed from the horror of the liquor evil we have for- gotten its terrible aspect. “Prohibi- tion has been written into the laws of the land. It is our task to see that it is written into the customs of society,” she said. BOY SENTENCED TO HANG IS DECLARED INNOCENT Fellow Defendant Says He Is Vic- tim of Conspiracy—Conviction Turns Hair White. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 19.—Bernard Grant, not yet of age, whose hair has turned white since he was convicted of the murder of a policeman during a hold- up and sentenced to be hanged, is in- nocent and the vietim of a conspir- acy, according to a written statement made today at the county jail by Wal- ter Krauser, also awaiting death for the slaying, unless the Supreme Court grants him a new trial. Krauser, in his statement, said that he implicated Grant after being beaten by the police, and later, on the advice of lawyers and relatives, tried to fasten the crime on Grant. He de- clared his conscience has troubled him of late, and he wished to save Grant from the gallows on October 12, when both are sentenced to die. Krauser's confession, however, will not save the youth, unless Gov. Len Small Intervenes. Both were convicted of killing Ralph Souders in December, 1922, when the policeman came upon them while they wers trying to hold up a tea store. They were tried separately and both were convicted of murder, but Grant filed an appeal, which was dented by the Supreme Court. A mo- tion for & retrial for Krauser is now Ppending before the Supreme Court. s e “EMIR” TAKEN TO CITY JAIL PENDING PROBE Man Claiming to Be Victim of International Plot Moved From Third Precinct. Seid Zerdecheno, who claims to be the Emir of Kurdestan, and who charges that England, Turkey and a New York newspaper are responsible for his troybles, was removed to the District jall yesterday from the third precinct, where he was being held. The man is being held in custody pending an investigation by the im- migration authorities who claim that he entered the rl{nlted States on an improper passpo: The self-styled Emir still asserts that he is a royal personage, and no flaw has yet been proved in his story. One detective at headquarters de- clared after the man's continued jn- sistence, “Now I am begil “to wonder if he is not really the of the country.” The confidence is llnl_lg‘l: °‘lfl!"’I.lO.._ PROTESTS AGAINST CLASSIFYING GAIN (Continued from First Page.) the classification of federal employes, in so far as the administration of the law as set forth in the classifi- cation act is concerned, is nothing less than a farce.” Explaining what she means by favoritism in certain respects, Mrs. Worrell explains the system she says was followed in rectassification. The classification board, she says, “called upon the administrative heads of every department of the government to olassify employes over whom they had jurisdiction. The administrative heads got togeth- er and proceeded to raise thelr indi- vidual salaries, or, more properly speaking, proceeded to classify them- selves in positions paying from $500 to $2,500 more than their then sal- arfes—in other words, they property classified themselves, thenm, realizing that the proper and lawful classifi- cation of employes according to the olassification act would call for a larger appropriation than they be- lieved would be approved by the budget, whose slogan is ‘economy, they proceeded to divide among the rank and file the balance of the amount which they had reason to be- lieve would be appropriated. Hope Placed ta Law. said . Mrs. Worrell, “government employes are a long- suffertng people who for many years have worked faithfully and uncom- plainingly for a very low wage. Therefore the classification act ap- peared to them as a bright and shining star of hope which wouid cut the Gordian knot of favoritism and red tape which had held them in leash for over fifty years like the tentacles of a devil fish. “Imagine their disappointment and chagrin upon awaking to the realiza- tion that they were still within the same tentacies, and the knot was still uncut. No wonder government conditions are as they are today, and that employes are in a state of un- rest and discontent which must be righted if our government is to func- tion properly. ‘The public should understand that the classification act has been grossly violated in that employes have been classified according to thelr salaries and not, as the act specifically states, according to the class of work per- formed; that administrative officers recommended to the personnel classi- fication board just where each and every employe should be allocated, in- cluding themselves, and that In ninety-nine cases out of one hundred the board accepted and acted accord- ingly. Favoritimn Charged. “In many cases employes’ work has been changed, and in many others official positions have been created in order to promote a favorite. This favoritism, gross discrimination and violation of the classification act, and the fact that officials took advantage of their supervisory positions to boost their own salaries; that appeal to the personnel classification board is in vain, and that employes have no redress, has caused widespread dis- content throughout the government ce. ”51’2 is reported that administrative officials when confronted with this complaint repdied that ‘such changes were effected to make up discrep- ancies between the chiefs’ salaries and those of clerks which were nearly equal before’ That such a statement is fallacious is proven when it can be shown that the average percentage of increase Of the majority of em- Ployes is less than 2 per cemt, while the increase of the salaries of admin- istrative officials range from 26 per cent to 50 per cent, ays Officials Pass Buck. “Administrative officials attempt to throw the blame upon the personnel classification board with the ery that they “had no jurisdiction,” when as matter of fact. well known to every federal employe, the personnel classi- flcation board depended upon the ad- ministrative officials for .all recom- mendations as to the classification and allocation of employes under their jurisdiotion. “It has been contended, and is no doubt true, that the classification act was never intended to raise salaries. However, in passing the act Congress set forth a description of duties and grade to which employes performing certain work should be allocated, and when so allocated the salaries that should be paid for that class and grade. Therefore, had employes been properly classified and allocated’ ac- ing to their work, the salaries provided by law under the act would undoubtedly have raised their pres- ent salaries to a considerable extent “Administrative _officers, realising that fact, and that in order to carry out the law it would require & mue appropriation by C than they desired to re fore determined to classify employes not according to work performed but according to salaries received. uch classification and violation of law has caused and is causing chaotic conditions which will c tinue until an honest classification has been made. e ‘Protesting blocs of - employes should be organized in each depar wltr-flvmpucamewurl rectly before soayeaing in LEOPOLD AND LOEB SEEK TRIAL DELAY Motion for Postponement of Thirty Days Likely Mon- day in Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 19.—No change of venue from Cook County will be asked, but a continuance of a month may be asked in the trial of Nathan Leo- pold, jr., and Richard Loeb, million- alres’ “sons, who say they kidnaped and killed Robert Franks, a neigh- bor, for excitement, attornéys for the accused youths indicated today. Preliminary motions will be heard on Monday. "The trial is set to open August 4." If a continuance is asked, attorneys said, it will be “for abouf 80 days.” Preparations for the trial were be- ing completed with the greatest se- crecy by both the defense and the State. Rumors of some sort of sur- prise move by the defense on Mon- day were circulated today, but attor- neys refused to comment on the re- ports. The basis of the defense. it was in- dicated, might be a plea of com- pound insanity, that the youths alone were incapable of crime, but that to- gether their mental processes were such as to make them dangerous. Next Move By Defenxe. Lawyers tonight in discussing the probable result of Monday's hearing, said that the next move is naturally up to the defense and that there are 12 motions the defense attorneys are likely to consider. They are: 1. Motion to quash the indictments charging kidnapping for ransom and murder. This is likely as a matter of record 2. Motion to demand the State fur- nish a full list of its witnesses, also probable as a matter of record. 3. Motlon for a continuance, which defense attorneys are considering. 4. Motion for a special sanity hear- ing preliminary to the trial. 5. Motion for a change of venue from the court of Chief Justice John R. Caverly of the criminal court to another court in Cook county. Might Scek New Coart. 6. Motion for a change of venue to a court in anothcr county. 7: Motion to exclude certain evi- dence on the ground that it {8 il- legally obtained. This might refer to the boys' confessions, lawyers said. 8. Motion for a severance of the trials of the two. 9. Motion to take the case out of Illinois jurisdiction and compel the State to prove venue on the ground that the Franks boy may have been killed in the State of Indiana and his body brought back here. 10. Motion for an immediate trial. 11. Motion to admit the accused to bail. 12. Plead the charged. A newspaper conducting a canvass of its readers on a proposal to radio broadcast the trial, announced that of 8,137 opinions received, 4,774 were against the proposition. Cog el 300 POLICE SEARCH FOR SLAYER OF CHILD Process of Elimination to Cause Questioning of 2,000 Persons in Hospital. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, July 19.—More than 300 detectives and uniformed patrol- men, in addition to a number of spe- cfal investigators, the greatest num- ber ever assigned to run down a criminal on Staten Island, continued their hunt tonight for the murderer of elght-year-old Francis McDonnell. Despite their efforts, the ‘identity of boys guilty as the man who strangled the boy in a thicket, near Port Richmond last Monday, still remains a mystery. Capt. Ernest Van Wagner, chief of Staten Island detectives, said tonight that but little progress had been made toward a solution of the crime. He said his férces are devoting themselves now to a process of elimi- nation. This means a thorough ques- tioning of more than 2,000 patients, inmates and employes of the Sea View Hospital and {arAm. g of the city poor meeting of the women'; reserves of Staten Xlllndenv.llp‘;i“a'l:; torlx‘!‘,-:t,c::d Dl:lns Wwere adopted for act -operation in EEOEE the hunt for Honor of Making First Postal Box In 1810 Is Claimed Thomes Brown, a clerk in the post office st Richmond, Va., in 1310, under Postmaster Foushee, will go down in history as the per- son who invented or planned the “first post office box.” Miss Mary D. Lewls, great- sranddaughter of Brown, now liv- ing at Taliahagee, Fla., has claimed this ‘honor for her ancestor, and Postmaster General New h: granted it, since he can find noth- ing in the files of the department to disprove it. “I.am re to give him the benefit of the doubt” Mr. New said © in & lettec to Miss SIX FLOWER-LADEN TOTS HONOR COOLIDGES LEAVING FOR CRUISE Youngsters Line Mayflower Gangplank for Wel- come—Exchange Blooms With First Lady. Executive Receives Bankers. On arriving at the Mayflower's dock at the navy yard yesterday afternoon for their week end cruise, President and Mrs. Coolidge found six tots, children of naval officers sta- tioned at the yard, standing at at- tention at the foot of the gangplank with their arms full of wild flowers. The President and Mrs. Coolidge stopped to talk to them, and, as they did s0, the children piled their flow- ers into Mrs. Coolidge's arms, while she, saying she “would like to trade,” gave a bouquet she was carrying to the smallest, a boy of three. All the children stood at salute as the President was piped over the side and, as a section of the Navy Band played “The Star Spangled Banner,” waved good-bye as the Mayflower sWung out into the channel, and then scampered away with the intention “of dividing the flowers she gave us.’ Before leaving the White House the President cleared his desk of all correspondence and held several con- ferences. He received a long verbal re- port from Director Hines of the Vet- erans’ Bureau on the activities of that agency, particularly as to prog- ress made in carrving out of legisla- ton enacted at the recent session of Congress. Gov. Trapp of Oklahoma, en routo home from the Democratic national convention, called to pay his respects and talk over the agricultural and business situation in his State, Nearly a hundred delexates to the convention in Baitimore of the Amer- ican Institute of Banking calied on the President, the first delegation of any kind received by Mr. Coolidge since the death of his son, Calvir jr, two weeks ago. The President, on returning tomor row. will engage in a series of con ferences with ~ William M. Butler chairman of the Repubi national committec, for the purpose of work- ing out in more detail the plans for the coming campaign. —————— e U. S. GETS CREDIT FOR BRIDGING GAP . IN LONDON PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) committee on economic restoration of the Ruhr is a memorandum by M. Seydoux, economic adviser of the ¥rench foreign office. This memo- randum proposes withdrawal of the customs orgamization from the Ruhr as soon as Germany passes the requi- site legislatior for the Dawes plan. It also provides economic and railway evacuation in a stipulated time, which is_understood to be within a month after the German reparation loan is subscribed. There remain to be disclosed the eircumstances under which the find- ings of the corference are to be com- municated to Germany, as at present there is no inclfnation to call Ger- many into the confersnee. The pre- vailing opinion, emphasized ir. French circles, i that, as Germany under the Dawes plan is about to become the debtor of the allies, it Is proper for them to draw up an undertaking which Germany would ,be asked to sig The members of the conference, who have remained strictly at their tasks since the parleys opered, had their first holiday this afternoon. Some of the French and Pelgian delegates paid a visit to the Wembley exhibi- tion. YOUNG FORMULA WINS. American Author of Plan to Break Parley Impasse. BY JOHN L. BALDERSON. (By Cable to The Rtar and New York World. Copyright, 1924.) LONDON. July 18.—From a source, not American, I learn, and repeat under reserve, although 1 believe it to be true, that a strongly worded cablegram from the State Depart- ment was received yesterday, warn- ing the American delegates not to at- tempt mediation between the quar- reling allies. This is believed to have been inspired by newspaper reports of American unofficial initiative in setthing the Anglo-French dispute. If the cablegram came. as it is said, it was shown to M. Herriot, and aused consternation to the French premier. It came too late. American mediation—unofficial, of course. so unofficial that it never was injected in the shape of a written text into the conference—had triumphed with- in a day after the telegram warning against such interference is said to have been received. Threat of Break Averted. The political subcommittee, thanks to the compromise suggestions by the Americans, reached an agreement to- day on the issue that threatened to wreck the conference. Credit for the successful solution belongs to the Owen Young formula, which, though not brought forward in the confer- ence because it was American, was adopted in its essentials, also because it was American. The French compromise text, based on Young's unofficial and privately circulated memorandum, was published today: and this was accepted, with one important ehange, after three hours’ debate this afternoon. Three times the conference had to be ad- journed while the experts drafted new texts. The only important change, however, was the addition, to para. graph three of the proposed amend- ments to the Versailles treaty, of a clause to the effect that sanctions in the event of German default will be invoked by the reparations commis- sion only after consultation with the agent-general for reparations and the representation of foreign bondhold- ers. Given Veto Power. These two officials will be Englis and American, and Snowden's origing plan gave them veto power against si;_'c‘tlo;l. et he rench stood firm agains: e original plan. Herriot told" Sasbonng at the breakfadt conference that to go back to Paris after giving up the French right to separate sanctions without foreign approval would cer. tainly lead to his being thrown out of office by Poimcare. Accordingly the British have yielded and the French have won. French Make Conecessions, Summing up the results of the first serious clash in the conference, the French have retained the right to act alone If they choose, but at the cost of agreeing to an unoficial American on the reparations commission to vote in case default is clalmed, and of promising that the interests of bond- holders will not be impaired, and that the first fruits of any such future sanctions will go for service to the German loan. M. Hymans, Belgian foreign min- ister, after an _ agreement _was reached in the subcommittee, deli ered an eloquent address urging the allies not to quarrel about texts and impair the will to settlement with which all are imbued. Other dele- Eates took these remarks to them- selves. At the close of the con- ference Col. Logan expressed unoffi- cially the pleasure of the United States, and assured the subcommittee that, when news of its successful labors becomes known, it will have an excellent effect. on public opinion in America. Hughes’ Words Help. From a leading member of the con- terence I learn tonight that an agree- ment is expected generally by next week. The allied premiers would in- vite the Germans to come here then, but for the fears expressed by Her- riot to the effect that this would be disastrous politically for him, and hence for the Dawes plan in Pari; The arrival of Secretary Hughes to- day, and his statement that the Amer. ican Government and public_sentiment are strongly behind the Dawes re- port, helped and will help further the Strong ferces striving for an agree- ment. There still are thorny places to cross, but at the present moment the stock_of the Dawes scheme has soared, Pessimism was rife in in- formed quarters Thursday. There was doubt on Friday. That gave way Yo the conviction today that the in- wenuity of disinterested and trusted fnofcial observers will bridge the disputes to come as they did the al- most insuperable breach in the sub- committee. GERMANS DISPLEASED. By the Associated Pnu; e BERLIN, July: 19. ng for 4 Antarpretation of the Dawes report by the London ference which provided for arbitrary territorial sanctions under article 22 of the treaty of Versailles, Die Zeit, Foreign Secretary Stresemann's or- gan, expresses frank displeasure with the drafts of memoranda now under consideration by the conference, “Both the French and English drafts as now constituted.” tehe paper sa “fundamentally recognizes the rig of territorial sanction, in flagrant cor tradiction of the English viewpo sct forth in the note of August 11 “These questions are of such pari- mount knportance and, further, are calculated to disturb the Gern public to such an extent that their ultimate disposition will in no small measure determine the German go. - ernment's attitude toward the perts’ report.” Fear French Action. German official apprehensiveness is feeding on the supposition that France in future would retain a free hand in the event of German default and could proceed to impose sanc- tions which the Germans say would be in contradiction to the letter and spirit of the Dawes report. So far the lLondon corference has aroused only desultory interest, and much of this is inspired by the fa- miliar partisan viewpoint. The man Nationalist organs and the Reicl- stag doputy see Germany confrorted with fresh dictation and warn t government of their avowed oppr tion to any agreement which failed vield unconditional liberation of the Rubr and Rhireland. The Socialists are becoming restive through the government's failure to come forward with unequivocal rati- fication of the Washington accord with respect to the eight-hour day and its further espousal of grain duti s and other economic benefits for agri- rians. There is open talk of with- drawal of their sunport of the Dawes report in the Reichstag as a parlia- mentary reprimard to the Marx- Stresemann cabinet. They would then make an effcrt to have the experts’ report and the eight-hour day made a joint issue for a nation-wide pleb- iscite. Although the Reichstag will resu for its midsummer fons Tuesduy, the government is not yet in a posi- tlon to present drafts of its legal measures required by the Dawes re- port, as these have not yet proved by the Reparation sion. Thé government naturally also is awaiting the further trend of the Lordon parleys before going to the Reichstag with a bid for approval of the experts’ report con- PERSIA PROMISES EFFORTS TO PUNISH SLAYERS OF IMBRIE (Continued from First Page.) the horse. It is possible to buy won- derful horses for a hundred dollars, and next Fall wil sce me playing polo. “The foreign club here, the Teheran Club, is for its size as complete a club ‘as one could want. But I fear if I continue to go on you will think [ am trying to boom the place and to sell you real estate for cash “Now us to rugs. Just is the home of the worst bak s0, it seems, is Persia the the worst rugs. The whole dustry out here is commercialized, patterns and dyes sent out fr the States, with the resuit that the prices are high and the products atrocious. If my time were limited, 1 should rather take my chances on buying a good rug in New York than in Teheran. Interested in Arms. Imbrie, who, like his friend, Mr. La Gorce, had a fine collection of weapons from various parts of the world. was particularly interes ed in Persian arms. On this subject he wrote: “Knives—there are literally thou- sands of them to be had. But they all fall within three patterns. 1 have acquired a few of cach, but am abid- ing my time. You can, however, count on my bringing some good pecimens, a dozen for peghaps what vou would pay for one at home About the best bet here is the bra ware, quaint, ancient stuff, bow (ash trays), trays, lamp: nd ses. Also there is some exquisite armor to be had here. I zot a hb:lunrnlw\: wrought inlaid shield the other day In a previous letter Mr. Imbrie de- scribed how he and Mrs. Imbrie had lived for many months in a box car in Angora, Asiatic Turkey, because of the crowded housing conditions there. EXPLAINS KILLING CAUSE. s Boston d beans, home of rug in- Maj. Persian Tells of Veneration for Idols. CHICAGO, July 19.—One strongest beliefs of the lower classes in Persia is that the taking :1,\‘ ic- s of women or religious idols i% the same as stealing the subjects of the pictures. This was (!n' nxvhemtr tion given tonight by Dr. Zia M. l\.u.:;‘ dadi, who was born and educal in Persia, of the probable cause of the beating to death of Maj, Robert Imbrie, vice consul at Teheran, P Bagdadi sald that if, as news reports have stated, Vice (Q'I'\Nul Imbrie was taking pictures along Ime highways or in religious temples, the people probably became 8o in- censed that the authorities could not Control them. He declared that Americans are usually held in high Persia. e maining . the _ demonstrations against the Bahais, Dr. Bagdadi, who is the most prominent leader o_{ the Bahals movement in the United States, suggested that the “Moham: medan_priesthood of Persia, whicl has hitherto controled the govern- ment and the commercial and indus trial life of Persia, was becoming jealous of the growing power of the Bahais and therefore was leading the ignorant classes to mob violence is order to retain control.” The United States, Dr. Bagdadi sug gested, should not only ask for i demnity or apologies for the Persian, but should also demand the deat penalty for the instigators of the rid that led to the fatal beating of Mal Imbrie. ‘he people of the Mahummed-! world understand no other language, he said. “The vice consul might have been saved.” Dr. Bagdadi declared, “if he had taken a tip from the ' British consul in Teheran. The British and other foreign consuls, he said, dress in_ brilliantly colored’ uniforms with much gold braid, thereby impressing their dignity upon the natives. The British consul never of the