Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1924, Page 2

MANY VOLUNTEER FOR DEFENSE DAY Blanks Now Pouring In at Faster Rate, Officials in Charge Announce. Enrollment Dblanks for one-das volunteers for the Defense day test yarade September 12 are beginning 1o come out more rapidly than at any time since the papers were is- tued, according to statements today ¥ those in charge of mobilizing the arious units. It is expected that within the next few scores of the blanks w pour into the head- quarters. Headquarters today was mnotified that the Washington Gas Light Com- pany would furnish one full company of the 40th Infantry, at war strength of 25 They will be recruited 1 230 men. from all departments of the company and the organization will be com manded by Capt. G. . Moore Ma Wheeler received a report to- day from S. Kann Son% & Co. that that st would have 65 employes in the parade. The report was made by George S De Neale, superintendent, Wwho said that they would not parade 4 unit, but would be distributed throughout the procession in the or- #anizations which the men themselves had selected The Reserve Officers’ Association of the District of Columbia adopted a resolution at a meeting last night requesting “that no male citizen of the United State between the ages of 18 and 45 years be slack in com- pliance with the responsibilities placed upon him by the laws of his country and of mankind, and that cach show his interest and sense of personal obligation 1o his Govern- ment by enrolling as one-day volun- teers for the parade on Defense day ind by participation in the other ex- rei to its proper observ- an Will Test Chaplains. The Chaplain’s Corps of the Army will receive a test on National De- fense day, next Friday, when clergy- men, several locally, will be called upon for duties which they in time of war, according to an an- nouncement of the War Department. An illustration of important assign- ments to be tested is presented by the expansion of the office of the chief of chaplains. Clergymen of international reputation will assume specific duties in_ the supervision and extension of religious work for the Army. Right ev. James F. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will become an assistant 1o the chief of chaplains. Rev. Jason ble Picrce, pastor of the President’s chureh, and F Hugh Dalton of the Roman Catholic Church, both vet- eran chaplains of the World War, will become executives in the office. Presi- dent John M. Thomas of Pennsylvania State College and Rev. Charles Mac- farland, general secretary of the Federal Council of Churches, will direct the program of training and instruction. Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron of Baltimore and Rev. George M. Dif- fenderfer of the Lutheran Church, Washington, D. C., will assume the dutics of personnel officers. All of these are chaplains in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, and will serve in con- junction with the Regular Army chap- lains now on duty in this office. For duty at grneral headquarters, Right Rev. Charles H. Brent, Bishop of Western New York, has been desig- nated as chief of chaplains, the posi- tion he occupied during the World War. He will be given a corps of selected assistants. Nurses Urged to Act. All registered and practical nurses living in the District of Columbia are urged by the enrollment committee having charge of plans for Defense day to respond to the Nation's call elther by letter or in person, or by telephone, on September 12, or before. The committee is desirous of ob- taining the names and addresses of as many nurses as possible in order that this important branch of the military service should not fail of personnel. Telephone calls should be made to the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Red Cross, 16 Jackson place, Main 1910. Letters addressed to the Red Cross Chapter will be placed in the hands of proper author- jties. The letter should give the Red Cross enrollment number if the nurse is enrolled with the Red Cross and should state whether she is a regis- tered or practical nurse. Officers from the 40th United States Infantry will attend the meeting of the employves of the Bureau of En- graving and Printing Monday morn- ing between the hours of 11:45 and 1 o'clock for the purpose of enrolling one-day volunteers for that regiment. The executive officer of the regiment will address the emploves and other officers of the regiment will do the recruiting. Maj. Byron R. Patton will also attend. There will be a meeting of all offi- cers assigned to the 40th Regiment Monday evening at 5 o'clock in the Graham building, 14th and E streets northwest, at which time Col. F. A. Awl, regimental commander, will complete the organization plans. Capt. E. Pullman, commanding Company M, announces that the fol- lowing officials of the Department of Labor have enrolled in his company of the 40th Infantry; Arthur E, Cook, asgsistant to the Secretary of Labor; Benton Kline, special assistant to the Secretary of Labor, and Le Roy M. Hull, clerk in the office of the Secre- tary of Labor. During the World War Mr. Hull served in the motor trans- port corps of the Army. The United Spanish War Veterans has decided to participate as a body in the Defense Test day parade next Friday. Accordingly an important meeting of the commanders of all the will fill | | TEN OF CREW MISSING IN WRECK OF SCHOONER Left Ship Off St. Pierre in Dory and Have Never Arrived on Shore. By the Asnociated Press. ST. PIERRE MIQUELON, September 6.—Ten men of the crew of the three- masted fishing schooner Raymond, wrecked on the Newfoundland coast near Fortune in a hurricane last night, were unaccounted for last night. When the vessel broke from her moorings all but 6 of the 35 members of the crew took to the dories. The six who remained aboard were reported safe last nizht and two dory loads had been accounted for, one hoat reaching shore and the other being picked up by a Canadian steamer. Another dory with 10 men fis &till missing. Search is being made for them, but because of the weather little hope is expressed that they are still alive. | 000 YERRLY NEEDFOR SEWERS Gordon Outlines 5-Year Pro- gram for D. C. in Report to Commissioners. Annual appropriations of $1,800,000 during the next four years would be needed to bring the sewer system of the District up to date, Sanitary Engineer J. B. Gordon told the Commissioners in his annual report. With this in view, Mr. Gordon says. his office has outlined a tentative five- year program of sewer construction Work, exclusive of funds necded for the erection of a new sewage treatment plant. During the last fiscal year the city was visited by only ane storm that re- sulted in overtaxing the sewer system, and that was on June 18, After recalling that some land al- ready has been acquired near the Home for the Aged and Infirm for a proposed sewage treatment plant, Mr. Gordon urges that steps be continued to completo acquisition of the site needed. “The time cannot be far distant,” he said, “when some preliminary | treatment must be given the sewage of Washington rather than discharge | it as at present in its raw state into the Potomac River. Based on the latest estimated population for the District, of 486,936, the dilution ob- taining In the Potomac, based on the flow in cubic feet per minute per thousand of population, is getting dangerously low." -— THE WEATHER District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia—Fair tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer; moderate northwest winds. West Virginia—Fair tonight; morrow fair and warmer. Records for 24 Hours. Thermometer—4 p.m., 65; 8 p.m., 57; 12 midnight, 53; 4 a.m., 51; 8 am, 56 noon, 65 Barometer—4 p.m., 29.74; 8 pm. 29.86; 12 midnight, 29.92; 4 a.m., 29.93; 8 a.m., 29.97; noon, 29.95, Highest temperature, at 2 p.m. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 49, occurred at 5:30 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 71; lowest, 66. Cendition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at Great Falls at 8 a.m. today— Temperature, 72; condition, slightly muddy. eather in Various Cities. Temperature. 23 to- 68, occurred Stations. “anamorvg woso] WU ++eLupansak 34Bu yevp 2 B ZAbilene, Tex. 2998 Albany "..... 29.80 Atlanta ... .. 30.00 Atlantic City 29.92 Baltimore .. 20.94 Birmingham. 30.02 Bismarck .. 20.80 5 Charlestor. ! 20. Cleveland Denver ... Detroit "\ El Paso. Galveston Helena Huron, §. Indianapolis. Jacksonvlile. Kansas City. 30.08 Los Angeles. 29.82 Louisxille .. 30.12 0. 30, 30, 29. 30, 29, 29, 29, 30 29, CRESZRERLE 9. 1 % Cloudy Pt.cloudy Clear San_ Diego. 8. Francisco 29.84 s§t. Louls.... 30.10 8t. Paul... Seattle Spokane WASH.,D.C. FOREIGN. (8 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Stations. Temperature. Weather, London, England. Clear Clear Clear Copenbagen, Stockholm, "Sweden, Gibraltar, Spain. ... Horta (Fayal), Asores. Hamilton, Befmuda. Part cloudy Part cloudy local posts is called for next Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock, at department headquarters, Pennsylvania avenue at Ninth street southeast. Maj. F. 8. Hodgson has been designated to pre- side. Arrangements will be completed for the turnout. e AL ARMS CUT ACTION BY LEAGUE NEARS (Continued from First Page.) the Vatican and the league is a pos. sibility of the future, in the opinion of Mgr. Eugene Beaupin, general sec- retary of the propaganda committee f French amities abroad, according to newspaper reports today of an ad- dress he delivered before the Inter- national University Federation. . The support of the Catholic Church of peace and fraternity among the nations was traditional, Mgr. Beau- pin asserted, and he pointed out that the league was approved by many Prench, English and Belgian car- dinals. This appreciation was given mnot without reserve, he continued, be- cause the founders of the league had insufficiently incorporated Christian jdealism in its work, and because the Jeague ignored the papacy, which rep- resented a great moral force. The monsignor, who has the repu- tation in_France, Switserland and Italy of being an eloguent preacher, expressed the belief that it would be impossible for the Vatican to accept the same status as a state in connec- tion with its relationshlp with the | Part cloudy Clear Cloudy Cloudy Isles Weather Indicators. From the Kansas City Times. The islands of the seas are the outposts of American weather. At the recent meeting of the American Meterorological Society in Washing- ton, H. W. Clough toid of the rela- tions which have been observed be- tween the weather of such distant points as Midway Island in the Paci- fic, Bermuda, the Azores, Alaska and the Mississippi Valley. 1f the barometer is high at Midway Island, nearly three thousand miles west-southwest of San Francisco, the temperature is usually above normal in St. Louls and neighboring parts of the Mississippl Valley. This is par- ticularly true in Winter. On_the other hand, if the barometer is high at the Azores in Spring the weather is pretty sure to be warm at St. Louis, while similar barometric con- ditions in Autumn mean cool weather in_the Mississippi Valley. High barometer in Alaska is usu- ally assoclated with low temperatures in the northern United States, Mr. Clough sald. Correlation figures show this to be generally true as far south as Memphis, while at New Orleans the temperatures are little affected, with a tendency to warmer weather. T O New Iridium Deposit Found. In the upper waters of Peace River in Canada a new deposit said to con- tain workable lots of iridium has been found. Iridium, being of the platinum San Juan, Porto R league, but he argued that a helpful | sroup and very hard, is one of the collaboration was possible, most yaluable minerals, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON HONOR TO MEMORY OF GEN. LAFAYETTE Impressive Cereinonies Com- memorate Birth of Famous French Patriot. ceremonies in of the hundred und sixty-seventh anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette, close associate of George Washington and major general in the American Revolutionary Army, were held this morning before the Lafayette Statue, Pennsylvania avenue and Madison place, under the auspices of the Sons of the Revolution in the District of Columbia. The occasion also marked the tenth anniversary of the first bat- tle of the Marne and the ceremonies became a dual observance. Almost every hereditary-patriotie, civic and Kkindered organization in the District of Columbla was rep- resented at the ceremonies, which were opened with the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner by the nited States Navy Band, under the direc- tion of Leader Charles L. Benter. Divine blessing was invoked by Rev. Dr. Willlam. L. Darby, secretary of the Washington Federation of Churches. Impressive com- memoration Prealdent Sends Floral Tribute. The ceremony of placing floral trib- utes at the base of the monument was | the most impressive part of the ex- . and the first wreath to be laid n position was one from President Coolidge, which was placed by Brig. Gen. George Richards of the Marine Corps, president of the Sons of the Revolution. Then came the tributes of the participating societies, in the order named: The Order of Lafayette, Capt. Paul Anderson, chairman; District of Co- lumbia Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. Maud Willey chairman; District of Columbia & ciety, Sons of the American Revolu- tion,” ‘Selden M. FKly, chairman; Descendants of the mners of the Secret Pact, Mrs. Paul Anderson, chairman; Society of Descendants of Signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence, Mrs. A. G. Draper. chair- man; Club of Colonial Dames, Mrs. Murray Addison, chairman: Scions of Colonial ~ Cavaliers, David Smith Gordon, chairman; Grand Lodge of Masons of the District of Columbia, J. Claude Keifer, chairman State Council, Knights of Columbus, Mr. James A. Sultivan, chairman. Daughters of Founders in Line. District of Columbia Societs Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America; District of Columbia Society, Daughtrs of American Col- onists, and District of Columbia So- ciety, United States Daughters of 1812, Mrs. Francis A. St. Clair, chair- man; District of Columbix Depart- ment, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant, U. Marine Corps, chairman; Aztec Club of 1347, Brig. Gen. Charles H. Martin, U. S Army, chairman; National Society Dam of the Loyal Legion, Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, chajrman: Mili- tary Order of the Loyul Legion of the United States, Maj. Gen. Charles F. Humphrey, U. S. Army, retired, chairman; the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, Ca Sheridan Ferree, chairma Military Order of the Caraboo, Col. Nathaniel F. McClure, U. S. Arm chairman; Department of the Dis trict of Columbia, National Chapter, No. 1, the American Legion, Mr. Frank L. Peckham, chairman. District of Columbia Chapter, American Red Cross, Mrs. Harry Barnes, chairman; the International American Society, Mrs. Francois Moran, chairman. Civic Bodies Represented. ‘Washington Chamber of Commerce, Isaac Gans, chairman; Washington Board of Trade, E. C. Brandenburg, chairman. The wreath from the Sons of the Revolution was placed by Cuno H. Rudolph, president of the Board of Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia. The Society of the Cincinnati, not having an organization in the Dis- trict of Columbia, was not officially represented. However, some mem- bers of that society throughout the Thirteen Original States, belng pres- ent in the city today, took this occa- sion to attend the ceremonies and pay homage to the memory of Gen. Lafayette. Capt. E. Lombard, assistant mili- tary attach¢, French Embassy, repre-' sented the Republic of France, as our only ally. ‘While the wreaths were being placed a guard of honor from the Ma- rine Corps, immaculate in dress uni- forms, stood at present arms. Army color bearers held a position directly in front of the Lafayette statue, and grouped around the national emblem were the standards of the various so- cieties represented, including replicas of the first flag of the Continental Army, the royal Bourbon colors, un- der which the French army of Comte De Rochambeau fought during the Revolution, and the Cambridge flag, under which Washington accepted command of the first American Army. The exercises closed with the play- ing of the “Marseilles” by the Navy Band. NORTH CHINA ARMY LOSES ON 2 FRONTS IN ALL-NIGHT FIGHT (Continued from First Page.) no fleld hospitals at the front. The Chinese Red Cross units were report- ed as having retired from the fleld. A number of wounded arrived here yesterday. SEVERAL JAPANESE KEILLED. Formosans Die in Civil War. Tokio Sends Four Destroyers. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 6.—Several For- mosans of Japanese nationality have been killed by Chinese soldiers at Amoy, China, according to newspaper dispatches from the Chinese city. It is said that the men were killed dur- ing disorders in connection with the civil war in China. The Japanese navy department has dispatched four destroyers from the Pescadores Islands near Formosa to Amoy to protect Japanese subjects. . ‘Women and Children Do It. In China 40 per cent of the labor in the cotton mills is composed of wom- en, 40 per cent of children and only 20 per cent men. Children as young as 8 years are admitted to the mills for regular jobs. It iy estimated that considering China as a whole more than 70 per cent of the working popu- Iation works seven days a week. - $50,000 Drugs Taken in Raids. NEW _YORK, September 6.—Col. L. J. Nutt, head of the Federal narcotic division in Washington, headed a raid yesterday on the sec- ond floor of a Brooklyn tenement and seized more than $50,000 worth of smuggled drugs. Albert Marino, 24, who is said to be known to the Federal agents as “the coke king,” B.| TIDEWATER BUS LINES SEEK NEW TERMINAL (Arrangements Made for Starting Point at Twelfth St. and New York Ave., if Officially 0. K.’d. The Tidewater Lines, Inc., running motor busses into southern Maryland, notified the Public Utilities Commis- sion today that it has reached an agreement with, the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis railway to use the terminal of the latter com- pany at Twelfth street and New York avenue as a - starting point for the busses At pr starting ent the Tidewater busses are from Good Hope road, in 1A 0 but the company states there has been a demand from its patrons to cstablish a starting point in_the center of the city he company asks the to approve a route to be followed by the busses in covering the distance from Anacostia to the W., B. and A. terminal. EXECUTIVES FACE EFFICIENCY RATING Bureau Considers Acting on Chiefs Who Are Under Civil Service Rules. commission cutives of the Government de- tments who are in the classified vil_service and not appointees of the President may have to submit to rating by the Burcau of Efficiency, as do other employes of the Government, under plans announced by the bureau today. The bureau has drawn up tentative plans for examination of Government employes in the higher d positions who have not hereto- fore been examined, and may make them applicable to bureau chiefs, chief clerks and other exccutives In the classified civil service. Defore becoming effective the new system must be passed upon by the Bureau of ency itself, then by the Per- sonnel Classification Board, by rep- resentatives of the various depart- ments and possibly by the President. Provision is made in the law creat- ing the bureau for periodical examina- i tion of the higher paid government executives as well as the clerks of low- er ratings, but due to the apparently insurmountable difficuldes in the way of securing proper measurements of rating executives, scientists and other hizher paid emploves, the bureau has not until now undertaken to_establish a rating system for them. The entire system, accordinz to H. N. Graves, ant chief of the bureau, is tenta- nd may not be adopted immedi- ate While employes with salaries up to $2,000 have been rated for three years past, the executives and persons in the hgiher paid positions have not been rated. Thirteen qualifications which go to determine efficiency have been tenta- tivel stem which may be adopted, among them accuracy, neatness and orderli- ness, co-operation, success in winning confidence, courtesy, judgment, initia- tive and resourcefulness and organ- izing ability. The new plan has been evolved after a study of the best effi- ciency systems in use in private in- dustrial organization If adopted the new plan may take effect November 1, by whiich time blanks will have been printed and distributed in time for the usual No- vember 15 rating. At that time rat- ings are made for the other Govern- ment employes, and are made again on March 1 of each year. THIEVES ROB CLOTHIERS. Wearing Apparel Valued Above $1,400 Stolen During Night. Thieves last night forced their way into two clothing stores located in different parts of the city, and left with clothes totaling in value about $1,400. The store of Nathan Friedman at 1010 Seventh street was entered by robbers, who sawed the bars from a rear window and appropriated 35 dresses and 6 coats valued at nearly $1,000, and $3 in cash. The clothing store of Silver & Siff at 1939 Fourteenth street was robbed of two coats valued at $424, and sev- eral dresses, of which the value was not ascertained. - MRS. MOSELEY DIVORCED. Wife of General Gets $225 Ali- mony Monthly. WAUKEGAN, Ill, September 6. Mrs. Alice A. Moseley yesterday was awarded a decree of divorce and $225 a month alimony from Brig. -Gen. George Van Horn Moseley, comman- dant at Fort Sheridan. She charged desertion. Liger Rarest of Beasts. By crossing a male lion and a fe- male tiger an Indian prince has bred an unnatural hybrid that has been presented to the zoo in London. It is called a “liger.” The liger is big- ger than a lion and has the propor- tions of a tiger. His coat is like that of the tiger father in color, while his stripes are very faint. His mane, however, is like a donkey’s. . Deal Hangs Fire 35 Years. An example of how a deal between 2 municipality and a private con- cern will hang fire for years with- out being settled is that between the city of Des Moines, Iowa, and the Randall lumber yard of that city, which was begun in 1889. The deal involved the city's trading an ex- isting alley for a strip of land, clos- ing the alley so the company could use it, and reopening the new strip as an alley. Final papers were passed in July, this year. Threat by Rum-Runners, EVERETT, Wash., July 26.—Boats smuggling liquor from Canada into the United States have put Camano Island in terror. This island, 15 miles long, is in the direct route from Vancouver, B. C., to Seattle. Some people. living on the island reported the movements of rum runners, said the sheriff of Island County, Wash., but the flying of s0 many bullets led these folks to adopt silence. i . Meet to Discuss 48-Hour Week. By the Associated Press. BERN, September 6.—The Labor ministers of Great Britain, France, Belgium and Germany will meet here Monday to discuss ratification of the Washington 48-hour-week convention. The Way to Please. From Lite. Miss Young—They say the way to please a mau is to talk to him about himself. Mrs. Wyse—Not exactly, my dear; the way to please him is to let him talk to you about himself. Ttalian Prince Sails. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, September 6—Crown Prince Humbert of Italy sailed for home yesterday after hay- ing visited Argentina, Chile apd Prugnad. listed by the bureau in the new | REDUCED BY HALF Totaled $1,021,431 in Last Fiscal Year, Watson’s Report Says. Washington's fire loss was reduced by more thad 50 per cent during the last fiscal vear as compared with the previous 12 months, Fire Chief Wat- son told the Commissioners in his an- nual report today. For the year just ended, damage done by flames amounted to $1,021,431, as compared with a total loss of more than $2,000,000 in the preceding year. At "4l of 2,670 fire alarms were re- relve decrease of 1 In this con- neetion, Watson pointed out that last ashington had an averag L with a daily 1oss of There increase in during De an unusual the number of false alarms the year, resulting in the Polic partment increasing its efforts to prehend those responsible. Watson Wants Drill Chief Watson again told the Com- missioners of the need of a modern drill tower in which to train firemen in fire fighting. The old tower had to be torn down in 1911 because of its unsafe condition, and since that tim, the firemen have had no place for training activities The chief reported that while the Fire Department has no more horse- drawn companies in . there still is need for more motor engines. Many of the pieces of motor appara- tus bought years ago are in bad con- dition and should be replaced at an date. It has been necessary, he said, to limit the speed of old tractor engines to 12 miles an hour because of their conditios The fire chief expresses the ap- preciation of his men for the in- increa in salary obtained from Congress by the Commissioners, at the last session of Congress, FORM LA FOI:LETTE cLus Colored Residents of District Or- ganize for Campaign. The La Follette-Wheeler Progre: sive Club, the first club of its kind to be organized by the colored people of the East, was formally opened here last night at the residence of Dr. J. R. Wilder, 218 1 street northwest. One of the features of the meeting last night was the decision of the club to finance its own way inde- pendently of the national organi tion and to also make contributions to the national treasurer of the Pro- gressive party. The club intends to | send out a number of speakers at its own expense to campaign in the in- terest of the ticket. In addition to deciding to 1d weekly meetings, the club also will hold a big mass meeting on or about the 224 of September. At this meet- ing a number of prominent speakers will appear. The following officers were elected: Dr. James R. Wilder, president; At- torney W. C. Martin, vice president; Thomas H. R. Clarke, secretary; Shelby J. Davidson, treasurer, and Rev. D. W. Williams, chaplain. NEW WAGE RATE IN G. P. 0. Scale for Prescmen Submitted to Congress Joint Committee. George H. Carter, public printer, today transmitted to the joint con gressional committee on printing a new wage rate for pressmen which was proposed by him vesterday. The committee is expected to act on the rate within a_ forthnight. Affecting about 190 pressmen at the Printing Office,- the new rate provides an increase to 95 cents an hour for job pressmen, to $1 an hour for cylinder pressmen and to $1.05 an hour for head pressmen. Rates for Sunday and overtime work were also outlined by the Public Printer. The old scale, in effect for several months, has been a flat 90 cents an hour rate. h e RITE§ FOR A. VTGREENE. Patent Lawyer, Long in D. C, Buried in New Jersey. Funeral services for A. Wallace Greene, 75 years old. patent attor- ney, a resident here since 1888, who died at his residence, 2024 Hillyer place, Wednesday, were conducted at Madison, N. J., today. Mr. Greene came to this citg from Freeport, 111, and was senior mem- ber of the law firm of Greene & Greene. He was a 32nd degree Mason and was generally regarded as an expert in patent law. Mr. Greene was the son of Rev. Jared Livingstone Greene of Vermont and Mrs. Pamelia Woodward Greene. The father was a direct descendant of Thomas Greene, who came from England and settled in Massachusejts about 1636. He was also a descendant of Capt. Nathaniel Greene of Leicester, Mass., a minister and a great advocate of freedom of religion. His commission as captain of the first foot company of the town of Lelcester, of the 1st Regiment of Infantry of the city of Worcester was dated December 17 1743. The original copy of the doc- ument granting the commission 1s hung in the Greene residence and is well preserved, it is said. Abe Martin Says: Folks what used t’ drop in ever’ saloon they passed now only drink when ther’s somethin’ in’ on, Th’ wotld hain’t gittin’ any better. We're only gittin® used t’ th’ rough stuff. ; " (Cepyright, Joba ¥, Dills Cod | immediate veto of the bill providing | crived D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1924 FIRE LOSSIND.C. | MINISTRY CHOSEN, CHLE AGAN QUET Full Demands of Army Offi- cers Met in Selection of New Cabinet. By the Associated Pross, SANTIAGO, Ch eptember 6.- A new cabinet is in power in Chile to- day, having been sworn in late last night after three days of political ex- citement. The crisis was precipitated by army officers who demanded the constitution of a mnon-political min- istry and other reforms, The cabinet is headed by Gen. Luis Altamarino as minister of the inte rior. The other members are Minister of foreign affairs —Emil- lano Figueroa, former Ambassador to Argentina, Justice and instruction—Gregogio Amuntegui, rector of the University of Chile War-—Gen. Bennett. Public works—Angel Guarello, for- | mer minister of justice and the most prominent Democrat in the country The events leading to the reargan- ization of the government began| when -a number of young army ofii- | cers visited the senate and voiced | their disapproval of the passage of a bill granting salaries to the legi tors, while Parliament failed to ap- prove measures of benefit to the army and the working elass. Ask Non-Political Cablnet. Fresident Alessandri thercupon | summoned the commanders of the| regiments and demanded a written | expression of the officers’ aspirations. | These, when submitted, requested the | formation of a non-political cabinet, salaries for legislators, =age of the budget law, payment of the public employes, who have re- no money for several monthe, | and the adoption of measures now | pending in congress for the welfare | of the working people. | The President accepted the written petition, as did both chambers of Par- liament, in special session, and the! cabinet resigned. i When the news spread today that| the demands had been favorably re- ceived and the cabinet was being re-| organized popular demonstrations of | approval took place before the Moneda palace and the Parliament| building.~ Advices from the provinces | say public opinion there is favorable to the anti-political movement. CATHOLICS TO TAKE UP CHURCH WELFARE WORK of More Than Score of Organizations Meet in Des Moines, Iowa. prompt pas Representatives By the Associated Prese DES MOINES, lIowa, September 6.— Representatives of more than a score of orders engaged in Catholic Church welfare work all over the United es were arriving today for the National ~Conference of Catholic Charities, which opens tomorrow and will continue through Thursday All branches of social work are to be considered during the conference. which is designed to unify these un- dertakings, co-ordinating them with the National social welfare program. In connection with the conference the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. organized 90 years ago to carry out personal charity work, will hold its annual meeting. The conference here will be the fifth of its kind since they were inaugurated in Washington in 1920. Only 143 nuns, representing 23 re ligious communities, attended th first conclave. The delegates and visitors to the Des Moines confer- ence will number more than 1,000, ALEXANDRIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 6 (Special).—Announcement has been | made of the sale of the Muir prop- erty, 603-05 King street, 2 d4-story brick store buildings, to Judge How- ard W. Smith and C.' S. Tavlor Burke. | The sale was made through Thomas W. Pri t. The price was not made public. One of the buildings has been unoccupied for nearly 25 years, it is said.The sale included aiso 106 and 108 North St. Asaph street. Representative R. Walter Moore stated yesterday that he would re- new his efforts in Congress for the sale of the land upon which the buildings of the Virginia Shipbuilding “orporation are located, and that he would also renew efforts to have the | 47 acres, now in the District of Co- lumbia, ceded to Virginia. The land, it is understood, just now is being | claimed by the War Department, in | view of the fact that it was made | in 1912, when the channel was dredged. Detective Sergeant William W. Campbell, for the past nine years| member of the local force, has re- | signed to accept a position as spe- | clal agent for the Southern Railway. Director of Public Safety Paul Morton recommended the sergeant highly. He has not decided upon a successor. With the election of Miss Florence | Miller and Miss Doris Cochran, teachers, the city school board has completed the faculty for the public schools for the term which is to begin with the issuance of permits Monday. The swimming pool at the new Y. M. C. A. building is being poured today. The floor in the main build- ing has been completed, and much other work has been done. The board of directors has made another appeal to the subscribers whose payments now are many months overdue to pay that the work may continue. Tom Moncure, athletic star of Epis- copal High School, was injured while driving recently in Massachusetts. Moncure expects to attend the Uni- versity of Virginia this year, and ac- cording to reports his injury will not affect his athletic_pursuits. The estate of Mrs. Nellie E. Hep- burn goes to Mrs. Rosalie Hendley of Washington and to Miss Etta Daw- son of this city by terms of the will which was probated yesterday in circuit court. The estate consists of some real estate and money, the amount of which is not given. Despite the cool weather, a large crowd last night heard the 13th En- gineer Band, Fort Humphreys play for the weekly concert in Dread- naught Park. Plans rapldly are being perfected for the Fall trades exhibit in Armory Hall, October 6, 7, 8 and 9, and for the automobile exhibit which will follow for four days, beginning Oc- tober 13. Heavy Toll of Jaywalkers. From the Baltimore San. Jaywalking can be given a rating mong the dangers of life. It leads he list of ostensible causes of death in the motor car accidents that oc- curred in New York during the first six months of this year. Out of a total of 466 deaths, 130 are listed as due to “crossing streets in the mid- dle of the block.” One must not as- scume from this that the drivers involved in the accidents In every ingtance ex: reasonable care, but, whether they did or not, jay- walking seems unwholesome, | | 60 | the quantity CRASH WINDS UP PURSUIT OF TRIO BY DRY AGENTS Washington Men Held on Liquor Charge in Baltimore—Car Hits Pole. Special Dispateh te The Star. BALTIMORE, September 6.—A tele- phone pole this morning ended the pursuit of three Washington men by dry agents, sending the trio to Franklin Square Hospital for treat- ment, and resulting in charges of transporting liquor being placed aainst them. The liquor was found when the auto occupied by the three was wrecked against the pole, the pursuers said. The men identificd themselve: George Ashton, 1213 ore street; Robert Stevenson, 220 Third street, and George Bailey, 306 Third street Ashton was taken to Southwestern Police ation after receiving medical attention, but his companions re- mained at the hospital. The chase started on Washington Boulevard and_ continued into the city. At Popleton and Rensey strects son, who was declared to have n driving, lost control of the wheel and the erash followed. AMERICAN MOTORS FAVORED N SPAIN Neglect of Highways in Past Gives Impetus to Traffic Under Present Revival. Correspondence of The Star and the Chieago Daily News, MADRID, Spain, August. 15.—0One of the most important items on the di- rectorate’s program is the reorzaniza- tion of communications. Highways, waterways and railroads were in- credibly neglected by former gov- ernments. The most neglected were the highways—to the point, indeed, that one can pick out on a large sca map more t 4,000 Spanish village with no roads leading into them. Since the directorate took office Progress is to be reported. The up keep of the existing roads imme- diately improved by the mere order a_general inspection in April. infused much activity into the menders and engine of the public works department. The im- ars and in the auto s that are rapidly replacing the old mule stage coaches of picturesque but agonizing memory There are in Spain 30,000 miles of roads. only about 5,000 miles of which can be called first class. Upwards of per cent of the total are third- class roads, suitable for only cart and mule traffic. These figures show what great possibilities of develop- ing the country lie ahead if road building keeps pace development. The characteristic of the present situation is that motor traffic has suddenly overtaken the road svstem and is even far ahead of it. Good cars are being knocked to pieces on bad roads. Quick Progress After World War. Motor developments came with a rush_after the Great War. Hundreds of French and German lorries were sold cheap in Spain. These vehicles soon died, but they showed what motor lorries could do. Oil and wine pro- ducers. as well brickmakers and charcoal burners, w that the performances of the heaviest teams of mules were easily surpassed. As most of Spain’s mules had been sold to the allics at prices which trebled the value of mule flesh, the discovery was welcome. Then came the venture of an Ameri- can manufacturer of low-priced cars in setting up an assembling factory at Cadiz. This enterprise contributed in an extraordinary degree to the de- velopment of motor traffic in Spain. As an instance of how intense the development is, it ma; id that the ancient capital of Galicia, San! Compostella, some distance off main railway system, with which it is connected only by a branch line, is now the headquarters of a score of motor bus services running in all directions. Within the last two vears of goods transported in Catalonia by lorry has risen to double the quantity carried by rail. And the roads in Catalonia are by no means good. But there, as in Andalusia and in the remotest provinces of Spain, the motor bus and lorry have found their work and bump merrily along in clouds of dust. American Cars in Favor. The share the industry of the United States is taking and can take in this development is immense. American cars are best suited to peninsula roads. American firms are getting the lion's share of the sales despite high tariff duties. French, German and Italian cars compete hotly, helped by the low wages in those countries. The preference of Spain is marked for good, even if expensive, material and a Swiss lorry has a good sale, while British auto busses have taken con- tracts for the big services in Madrid, Barcelona and Cordoba. I have no- where met a big motor bus of Amer- jcan manufacture, though 12 ta 15 passengers are often crowded into a small American delivery car fitted with seats. Italian cars kave been much encouraged by the recent Italo- Spanish treaty of commerce. Only one powerful : Spain, but the company, Which has a factory in France as well as one in | Spain, finds that it can import the cars it manufactures in France, pay the customs duty and still keep under the cost of turning out a Spanish- made car. Spain produces no re- liable tires or accessories. A road into the Val d@'Aran, a piece of Spanish territory on the French side of the Pyrenees, which for seven centuries had not been visited by a Spanissh sovereign until King Alfonso is under the went there this summer, construction from Balaguer to frontier—126 miles. An ancient con- vention with France providés for the conveyance of the with motor traflic | is built in | Spanish mail and (Coy DAV T0 REVEAL FARMER A PLANS Speaks in Omaha Tonight: Assails La Follette Doctrine | Pegarding Court. By the Associnted Press ABOARD THE DAV TRAIN, EN ROUTE TO Nebr., September 6.—John the Democratic presidential ame into Nel toda his first address on. the situation. Speaking Omaha, he plans to outline some of | the things his party will undertake o do to aid the farmer if it turned to power. This will be the addresses which Mr. lvered in as many Mississippi. Me will discuss m before he returns to Chica the latter part of the month to make hefore returning renew his fight for in that scetion his journey across Ilinois into Towa last uight, Mr. Davis as sailed the La Follette doctrine tha Congresses and State legislaturcs should be given the right to over ride decisions of the Supreme Court in declaring laws unconstitutiona He asserted that such a doctri would strike at the fundamentals upon which the American ment was built. Repeats Also he again stress of his party to give the Ameri people a Govegnment of comm honesty, common justice and commo courage. He declared with regard to the Tast that there would be Government that knows mind on public questions afraid to declare it Davis declarcd that that would candidly discuss campaign o that |could o to the |and cast a ballot knowing exactly w | the issues of the da HALES ST S POLD A TODAY |Wet Grounds Stop Match. Elahorate Party Scheduled at Mackay Home Tonight. SPECIAL OMAHA W. Davis, candidate to make agricultural tonight at ka it is re- o first Davis tes west of six will issues one speech cast- ward 1o prosidency In revious Promise. 1 the promis. and is not Moreover, Mr had resolved clearly and of the woman November without tood on i frankly, the issues no man polls in for him ere he “ the Assoriated Pross . N. Y., September 6.-—The of Wales found one of the two chief events in his entertainment schedule for today canceled, with the postponement of the first match in the international polo series, dur to wet grounds. The other event will and dance at Harbor Hill, the Ros home of Clarence H. Mackay, w is expected to be one of the most elaborate social events the magnificent country home of this region has ever housed. More than 100 workmen have been busy for several days building a tempo- rary addition to the mansion, in | which the guests will dine. Several van loads of cut flowers have already been placed in position as the chief srations X ighty-five covers will be laid at the dinner, set for $:30 p.m., and 1,000 invitations have been isdied for the dancing at 11 o'clock The rain ves- terday may preclude the usual daily p game of the prince, and it is not likely that he may go to the races at Belmont Park. The prince rode the W. R. Grace polo field in an Americkn motor car, chewed gum and smoked an American cigarette between chukkers in his polo match Those who have seen t his numerous acti have re- | marked on his forbearance at doing anvthing which might keep him from being an unofficial person during his pleasure trips. The ribbons medals which he customarily with formal attire have been con- spicuously absent from his evening clothes. be a dinner prince n Exactly the Opposite. From Life. Bill—I creditors. Bob—Can’t meet ‘em! dodge them? hear you can’'t meet your Why, T can't anish functionaries to the Vi d'Aran, which is completely cut ol from the rest of Spain for more than | six months of the vear by snowdrifts, Basque Roadx the Best. The best r of the Basque Guipuzcoa, Biscay retain among the for which they fought so lusti ing the civil wars, that of reta local = administration and The Basque roads are can compare with any in the world | The development of motor traffic and the improvement of the roads to which the directorate is pledged are entailing the renewal of material of all sorts, In road engineering the Spaniard excels. The roads in general are magnificently traced and saded, but 100 years ago it not thought necessary to provide curves of so wide a radius as motor traflic re- quires. The main highroads from Madrid northward have been remod- eled for motor traffic, but there is still a lot to be done and in the mat ter of general upkeep the roads de- partment is hampered by wants of funds and lack of modern machines. ght, 1921, by Chicago Daily News 00,1 of Spain are those provinces, Alava, and Navarre, which fueros (privileges) was Enrollment Card of One-Day National Defense Volunteers—Ages of 18 Years to 45 Years Inclusive I hereby volunteer for the National Defense Test of September 12, 1924, and on that day agree to repo. rt in person for the public dem- onstration when notice of time and place to report is sent to me, (a) I have no preference for or (b) T prefer to serve for that (Indicate preference above.) Former service, if ANY ceeeeessssossnisecassrssrssions Occupation or deliver to Room 306, District Buildin assignment to a unit. (Regular Army {National Guard {Organized Reserves day in... (Unit) eeeesraemariiitns (Signature and age.) 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