Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and cooler tonight; fair, moderate north winds.. Temperature for 24 hours ended at p.m. today—Highest, 73, at 3:20 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 53, at 8 am. today. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular e tion is delivered to Washington homes tomorrow | Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Entered as second class matter post office Washington, No. 29,411, PERSONNEL BOARD 0 S NEW RATIG PLANFOR WORKERS Simplifi.ed System of Measur- ing Efficiency to Affect 48,000 Here. SCOPE MAY BE WIDERED BEYOND CIVIL SERVICE Departmental Chiefs and Review- ing Board Will Use Scheme in Adjusting Salaries. By a ynanimous vote the Personnel Classification Board today approved in its completed form a new efficiency Tatin, pre ed by the Bureau of Tifficicncy, which wiil be used in rat- ing all employes in the Civil Service Sn the District of Columbia, for pro- “motion, demotion or dismissal. The supplants Previous efficiency rating .systems in use by the Government. It will first 1 placed in use November 15, when emploves will be judged on the basis ©of their past months® performance. 48,000 Are Affected. first the efliciency rating will affect about 48,000 Government em- ploves here, but there is a possibility certain branches of the Gov: ernment_which are under the Per- sonnel Classification Board but not in the Civil S Vil may adopt the Bew plan Much more simple than any iency ratin ne system At prior eff . this new scheme was Class ion Board. Guy Moffett, member of the board from the Civil Service Commission, who has object- ed to the funda al plan of reclas- sification adopted, joined this in voting with Chairman F. J. Bailey and Harold N. ( representative of the Bureau of ney on the board. The system sed on a simple aphic rati an affair of page. For Salary Adjustments. It is for of the departments moving the per: the scale of classification proved by aves, tic, is 1 onc Government nel up and aries provided in the act. The rating, the board, will not be used by the board, but by depart- mental chiefs and reviewing board: In old efliciency rating promul- gated by the bureau of efficiency and now revoked. all emploves of a Gov- ernment unit we listed on one sheet of paper. of which three sep- arate copies were made and resulted in a more complicated tem than the new one noy eff Under the present scheme there one sheet, a graphic rating scale, for each individual, a facsimile of.avh is reproduced in The Star today. His or her nam placed at the top of this sheet a board of review of the bureau in which the person is employed. On this sheet the board of review of the bureau or depart- ment checks off the ‘“service ele- ments” upon which the individual is to be rated. Number of Elements Varles. The number of elements to be used In rating an employe varies from four to ten, being usually five or six, the exact number depending in all cases upon the nature of the dutles performed. On the graphic rating scale it will be noted there are 15 elements, with a sixteenth place left blank for an ad- ditional one. Each of these elemental scales is calibrated into five positions. The rating officer will receive from the board of review a pile of sheets upon which will be written the names of all the persons he is to rate, and check marks opposite the service ele- ments by which he is to rate his em- ployes. The rating officer will then T each employe by check marks | Senator |suftered a stroke Wednesday at the | 1c {sen time | establishments in | down | Was no real change | condition during the night. ap. |eral outlook must be considered un- which | ch | D. C. Discovers Norse . Record of 1010 A.D. In Northwest U. S. By the Associated I'ress. SPOKANE, Wash.,, November 8. —Two discoveries, which he be- lieves will confirm deductions from Inscriptions on rocks in the Pa- cific northwest that a Norse ex- pedition visited this part of the country in 1010 A.D., were an- nounced here today by Oluf L. Opsjon, Norwegian scientist of this city, upon his return from a trip into northern Idaho and eastern Washington. Opsjon said he had found a runic inscription telling of the burial of a Viking in armor and had located the supposed grave and had learn- ed of the location of a carved steno tablet giving the history of the early Norse expedition. As early next Spring as official Gov- ernment supervision can be ob- tained, the grave will be opened and the tablet excavated, he said. Snow in the hills where the finds were discovered will prevent carlier investigation. LODGE IS WEAKER PHYSIBANS REPORT Condition Declared Essential- ly Same, in Bulletin at Noon. Dy the Associated Press. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., November 8.— Henry Cabot Lodge, who lesgate Hospital, where he was convalescing from an operation, was |somewhat weaker at noon today. approved by unanimous vote of the ! A bulletin said: “Senator Lodge's condition ally the same. He weaker.” Little change developed during ghe night in the condition of Senator L#lge, according to a bulletin issued by his physicians at the Charlesgate Hospits at $:45 this morning. The phys said the outlook was “‘unfavorabie. The morning bulletin, which was igned by Drs. John H. Cunningham is es- is somewhat |and Frederick H. Winslow, who have been in attendance on Senator Lodge throughout his illness, said: “There in the patient's favorable.” Dr. Cunningham, who announced last night for the first time since Senator Lodge was stricken at noon Wednesday that his patient had a fighting chance” of retovery, re- malined at the hospital all night, and |before making public his statement this morning made a eful exami- nation of Senator Lodge's symptoms, aided by Dr. Winslow. Rally Was Surprising. The physicians admitted that the rally of the Senator at noon yester- day, after he had been unconscious 148 hours, was surprising. He had sev- eral short periods of consciousness, during which he recognized persons around him and spoke a few words, and nourishment was given for the first time since the stroke. Drs. Cun- ningham and Winslow commented on the remarkable vitality which .had enabled their patient, in his 75th year, to continue a fight for life agdinst heavy odds for so many hours, While insisting that the condition of Senator Lodge remained grave, bulletins issued by his physicians late yesterday afternoon and last night held for the first time hopeful sug- gestion. More nourishment was given |and the periods of consciousness grew more sustained. In order that the patient might have absolute quiet, and that fullest advantage might be taken of the slight improvement in his condition, orders were given last night to close to automobile traffic that part of the Memorial driveway directly in front of the Charlesgate Hospital. Senator Lodge’s Nahant home was WASHINGTON, D. The gen- | POLICE PATROLLING FOREST FIRE AREA SEEK INGENDIARIES Maryland Constabulary Be-| lieve Flames Set by Rival Mountain Gangs. CONTINUING DROUGHTS ADD TO BLAZE MENACE | Large Areas Swept by Fires in New | York, New Jersey and New England. HAGERSTOWN, *Md., November 8. —State constabulary officers are pa- | trolling the South Mountains along | the Washington-Frederick Count lino today, where forest fires have | been raging for the past week. This| action was taken when it was estab- ed that at least three of the fires were of incindiary origin. One of the fires was started by rival moun- tain gangs, who objected to the locating of sawmills in their districts. | Gov. Albert C. Ritchie has been! asked to prohibit hunting in the| mountains in this section until rain | occurrs. But one fire was reported to be | still raging today, this one being on Short Hill, east of Harpers Ferry, W. Va. This section is alive with farms and houses and only constant work on the part of the volunteer | fighters has saved many of these homes from destruction. Neersville Out of Danger. The other great fire, near Neers- ville, Va., which threatened for a { time this small mountain village, was | finally brought under control last | night, after it had burned over an| larea 10 miles long and stretching | ! from summit to base of the moun-| tain. | | “Volunteer fighters, aided by Mount | | Alto, Pa, Forestry Academy students, | | and under direction of Chief Warden |Klein, have extinguished five fires | { which ha: been burning east of here. [ Two of these fires occurred in sec- tions where there has not been a fire | for 10 years and as a result destroyed | | much valuable timber. i | " These fires burned over one area of | more than 20 miles. In some sections | | the damage was not heavy because | | previous fires had destroyed most of | {the timber. The damage, however, |in these fires will run into the thou- sands, Klein declared. APPEALS TO HUNTERS. ‘Governor Asks Citizens Not Ex-| ercise Rights Next Week. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 8—Gov. Ritchie has issued a proclamation ap- pealing to hunters not to exercise their legal right of gunning on and| after next Monday because of the ex- tremely dry condition of the fields and forests. Maryland law gives no authority | for a suspension of the hunting sea- | son, but the governor considers the | situation sufficiently serious for a | public appeal to all those who go into the woods. DROUGHT ADDS MENACE. New York, New Jersey and New | England Forests Threatened. By the Associated Pre | NEW YORK, November S.—The| drought which has prevailed in New | York, New Jersey and New England | | during the last month remained un- broken today while more than a doz- | en forest fires burned in various| parts of New York and New Jersey.| A new record of 31 consecutive rain- WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION C, GENERAL SHAKE-P DUEINCONERESS Many Committee Chairman- ships and Posts to Be Filled in Both Houses. While there will hake-up in the p and Senate commitfees as a result of Tuesday's election, fewer than a dozen changes of importance in ch men will be necessary. At least three vacancies caused by death, however, 1l have to be filled before the ex- piration of the present Congress. Death of Senators Colt of Rhode Island and Brandegee of Connecticut, leave the chairmanships of the immi- gration and judiciary committees v: cant, while in the House the mer- chant marine committee is without a chairman due to the death of Rep- resentative Greene of Massachusetts. be a general sonnel of House Joknson in Line. Senator Sterling of South Dakota, is ranking Republican on the Senate immigration committee, but he will not be In the Senate after March 4. nator Johnson of California will then be in line for chairman. Senator Borah of Idaho is the ranking Re- publican member of the judiciary committee, while on the House mer- chant marine committee Representa- tive Edmunds of Pennsylvania, who was not a candidate for re-election, is in line for chairman during the De- cember session with Representative Scott of Michigan, next on the com- mittee's Republican roster. Senator Bursum of New Mexico, who has been defeated for re-election on the face of incomplete returns, is chair- man of the Senate pensions committee, on which Reed Smoot of Utah is the ranking Republican, while Senator Moses of New Hampshire will be in line for chairman of the post office commit- tee at the expiration of Senator Ster- ling’s term. Cummins Available. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8, VER HOPEFUL Montana Swept By First Heavy Snow of Season By the Associated Press. HELENA, Mont, November 8.— The first heavy snowfall of the season was sweeping northward early today, with indications that it would cover the entire western section of the State before noon. Butte reported a storm approach- ing a blizzard, with the thermome- ter 4 degrees below freezing. Mis- soula also reported an intermit- tent snowfall Great F Lewistown, Boze- man and Livingston reported tem- peratures below freezing, with falling barometers. WU SHIP SEIZED AND OFFERS HELD Supplies Aboard Indicate De- posed Chief May Come + to Tsingtao. By the Associated Press. TSINGTAO, November §—The transport Tungli arrived today from Tientsin and was seized after 20 of- ficers aboard, loyal to Gen. Wu Pei- fu, deposed military head of the Peking government, had been ar- rested. The quanties of coal, flour and am- munition aboard the vessel indicate that General Wu intends to cruise from Chefoo, 150 miles north of here, to this port. Wang Chan-chang, who supplant- ed Kaoan Hung, the Wu Pel-fu gov- ernor of Shantung province, has as- sumed office and ordered all sym- pathizers of General Wu placed uh- der surveillance. According to advices received at the foreign office at Peking and re- ¢ Foening Star. 1924 -THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. BALDWINMAY GIVE ROBERT CECIL POST Former Lord Privy Seal Like- ly to Get Ornamental Cabinet Office. By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 8 —Viscount Cecil is widely expected to join the new cabinet as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, which is a more or less ornamental post with few ad- ministrative duties. His inclusion would bring the num- ber of cabinet members to 20, prob- ably completing the list. A number of posts outside the cabinet remain to be filled In the new Baldwin ministry, however, Viscount Cecil, as Lord Robert Cecil, was lord privy seal in the last Conservative administration. It is generally agreed that there will be one woman member in the new administration and that the Duchess of Atholl will be chosen. The post she will take, according to the political correspondents, will be either that of parliamentary secretary to the board of education or one of the Scottish offices. In the late Labor government Miss Margaret Bondfield was parliamentary_secretary to the ministry of labor. ~ e There is the usual poltical lull over the week end and this is likely to continue until next Tuesday. Premier Baldwin is renewing his acquaintance with Chequers Court, the official country estate of the prime minister. — PLANES ARE BURNED AT POSTAL AIR FIELD $100,000 Fire Follows Breaking of Light at Cheyenne—Service Is Not Interrupted. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulatior, 97,661 » TWO CENTS. Planes Will Speed’ Mail From F rance To South America, By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 8 —Plans for an air mail line between France and South America have been com- pleted, according to Le Journal. The mails will be conveyed by sea- planes as far as Dakar, thence by rapid steamer to Pernambuco and the rest of the way to Buenos Aires along the coast by air. The mails will leave daily each way and take seven d s for the journey, instead of 20 a t pres- ent. The charge for letters is fixed at 6 francs per 20 grams. More than 3,000 persons will be oyed in the service and 200 | seaplanes will be used. All ar- rangements have been made, it is stated, for the oonstruction and upkeep of 18 topping stations. COOLIDGE TACKLES | CAMPAIGN PLEDEES Considers New Tax Cut as| First Step to Make Good Promises. i [ | | | BY DAVID LAWRENCE. There s no thrill doubtless like the, thrill of a vote of confidence given by | the American people to a servant in|r public office—and as Calvin Coolidge | sat at his desk today and received | caller after caller his eyes seemed | to show plainly the light of an eager- | ness to fulfill what so many voters | expect of him. | The President was full of smiles; happiness was written in every s tence he uttered; he appeared som how to be relieved of a great strain. Perhaps he has not been conscious of | that strain. But it was a combina-| tion of shyness and caution and great | modesty. Placed in office by the| hand of Providence, he felt a respon- | sibility to follow in the footsteps of] another. Appointments were to a large extent guided by commitments made by his predecessor. Inauguration may be four months away, but to all intents and purposes the second term of President Cool- | idge began this week. The ceremony on March 4 will be of only technical and historical importance. For Presi- dent Coolidge is turning toward his tasks with a feeling that henceforth he must fulfill the pledges of his campaign. Turns to Pledges. Greatest among these pledges wa a promise to practice economy. Fore- most among the impressions of Calvin | Coolidge among the voters generally was_ one that emphasized his thrift, his lifetime habit of careful expen. | diture. 1 It has remained with him in the | White House. It was the basis of his | many vetoes in the t session of Con- gress. He had been advised that more | votes are obtained by =atisfying the de- | mands of members of Congress for com- | pensation to their constituents in one | form or another, whether it was an in- crease in pay to the postal service or | veterans' pensions, but Mr. Coolidge | chose to belicve the wiser policy in the | long run was to veto any proposed ex- | penditure if it was not justified. There | probably will be an increase in pay to | the postal clerks. mitted on all eides that the clerks are | underpaid, but the question that has to | be solved is from what source the in- | creased revenue is to be obtained— | from increased rates on parcel post or | eecond-class matter or a revision of all | postal rates. ! The postal service is not' as effici- | ent as the American people would| like to have it. Excessive economies | in the last few Years, especiall in the railway mail ser ve inter- | fered with efficiency. sometimes | takes two days to get mail from New York to Washington—a five- hour run on the railroads. Airplane mail is assisting materially in trans- | n- | | the Government Mr. McCarl that it is doubtful wheth- er or not the the afternoon, but it h anined whether or { President and | what bearing it had on HOLDAY N NOV T FOR U, . WORKERS SAM OF CODLOEE Has Right to Cut Day of Sal- aried, But Per Diem Em- ployes Give Problem. PARTY LEADERS OPPOSE EXTRA CONGRESS SESSION Believe Tax Question Should Not Be Brought Up Now—May Punish La Follette. If President Coolidge can do so, and at the same time keep within the law, he is going to give the Federal em- ploves a holiday November 11. According to an act of Congress, the President is without authority to de- clare a national holiday, but he has the powtr to issue an exccutive order defining what shall co vork for the empl tive itute a day's s of the exern department d it witl be through the means of the latter thas the employes in Washington wall be permitted to leave their work on mext Tuesday to participate tha cers- onies being arranged the ob- servance of Armistice da To make sure that is or her becaus advant: part of the obtaine General in for no one would of takir order on the the latter has from Controller After giving more which v rtly before th McCarl ented to him sk v Controller McCarl garding the s clerks. The difficulty regarding such an executive order arises from the fact that if such an order would include per diem and per piece employes of it was intimated by d holiday for the order can be made to include this class of workers with others Sail on Mayflower. President and Mrs. Coolidge and party of friends will take a cruise on the presidential y Mayflower this not Leen deter- t they will spend the week end or return to the White House tonight. Among those who will be with the Mrs. Coolidge are Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Stearns of Boston, who have been house g White House since Tuesday Mrs. W. e and Mrs. Fr. and Foster Stearns, hters and son of Mr. ns, and Robert L. srandson. Among the features t to be offered dur Dbe the showing ests the and Mrs. Giese, a of entertain- the cruise f motgon picture reels which will include the pictures taken for The Evening Star depict- ing the traflic jams on the streets/of Washington, one of which shows the President caught in a jam while try- ing to cross at 14th and G streets other pictures showinz the President and Mrs. Coolidge casting their votes, which were mailed to their home in Massachusetts, and the President poring over messuges of cangratu- ations the morning following the ction. Today is Mr. Stearns’ birthday and the trip is planned in his honor. Confers With Leaders. dent Coolidge devoted almost entire morning to conferencs with tepublican congressional a: party leaders. Each of the latter seemed to be anxious to be the first to tell the Executive all about the vote in his respective State and just general result. Also, each of these callers Pre the. | wanted to get the President'’s view- somewhere along the calibrated scales, where, in the best of his judg- ment, the efficiency of the person closed yesterday, and the members of the family, when not at the hospi- | tal, make their headquarters at the By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo., November 8— point regarding the plan of procedure for Congress when it meets next month for the short session. layed here, Gen. Wu, with four continental scrvice, but the demand | transports, is anchored off Chefoo. less days already has been set in| is growing for better mail service on | New York. After March 4 Senator Cummins will be relieved of the duties of Senate pre- should be indicated. A reviewing officer will assemble all the shects according to the in- structions printed on the back of the graphic rating ale, and “will care- fully compare the markings assigned by th his supervision, with a view to noting such corrections on the various sheets as may be necessary to secure rea- sonable uniformit. nd accuracy in the element markings for the entire group for which he is responsible. This will involve not only the cor- rection of markings in individual cases, but in som: instances a gen- eral revision upward or downward of the markings assigned by particular rating officers.” Submitted for Review. After the reviewing officer has re- viewed and marked the sheets with his red ink check marks, he will sign and date all sheets and submit them to the board of review, which in most * instances will probably be in charge of all sheets of a single bu- reau. In some departments or estab- lishments, however, it is probable there may be a single board of review for the entire department or estab- ment. One of the duties of the board of review will be to translate the check marks into percentage terms and into a final single percentage term. In doing this it uses a comprehen- sive system worked out in detail by the Bureau of Efficiency, which shows the relative “weight” of each element for each kind of employe in the whole Government scheme. Each element is thus given a “weight” and each part of each element as indicatedgon the <calibrated scale is given a percentage. The “weights” of the various ele- ments for each person total 100, and 1he total percentage of each cali- Drated scale is 100 per cent. The calibrated scale is read from the first position at the left to the rizht. Thus, according to instruc- tions prepared by the Bureau of Ifiiciency and approved by the classification board, “the graduations between the first and second, and second and third positions have a value of 1 per cent each. Between the third and fourth positions the gradu: tions have a value of 2 per cent each, and between the fourth and fifth posi- tions a value of 5 per cent each. “After the final markings have been translated into percentage terms for the various service elements,” con- tinue the instructions, “each element rating will be multiplied by the weight assigned to that particular element, and the weighted average determined by totaling the weighted element ratings and pointing off two ~“(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) different rating officers under | home of the Senator's son, John C. Lodge, in Boston. GILPATRIC STARTS LONG SENTENCE AT ATLANTA Defaulting Cashier, Blind Through Suicide Attempt, Is Assigned to Prison Hospital. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga, November 8—G. Harold Gilpatric, former treasurer of Connecticut and defaulting cashier of the First National Bank of Putnam, Conn., entered upon his 15-year sen- tence in the Atlanta Federal Peniten- tiary last night. Biind from an attempt at suicide, he was assigned to the prison hos- pital. He will be permitted to remain there indefinitely. If he wishes, officlals of the prison said, a teacher trained in tutoring blind pupils will attend him. Should he prefer to re- main idle, however, no effort will be made to induce him to do otherwise. SUSPECT POLICE DOG CHEWED CHILD TO DEATH By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 8.—Louis Viet and his wife, residents of the suburb of Drancy, returning to their home after a ‘brief absence, found the mangled body of their six-year-old son lying beside the family’s German police dog. The dog was removed and is being watched for possible signs of madness. The case has created a stir here, as dogs of this breed have been favorites and there are thousands of them in the Paris region. Traffic Regulations Judge Gus A. Schuldt of the Police anc Traffic Court has written for The Star a special series . 0f eight articles, based upon his experience and study, explanatory and interpretative of the District traffic regula- tions and the theory of traffic regulations generally. They will appear, Monday, upon the Editorial page of The Star, and will prove of great Tnterest to all concerned with the solving of ‘Washington's traffic problems. starting Adding to the perils of forest fires | |is the unusual warmth which many | | sections of the East have experienced since October, the Autumn forests parching beneath the steady sunshine. Boston yesterday had the warmest November 7 on record, with a maxi- mum temperature of 76 degrees. Roses were blooming in Providence, R. L It was much cooler here today, but predicted rain failed to appear. James Scarr of the local weather | bureau said the odds were 2 to 1 that an open Winter would follow the mild October. Many Fight Fires. Forest rangers, marines, lumbermen, city firemen and in some farmers, | (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) JOY-RIDER IS GIVEN 7 YEARS IN PRISON “You Are a Menace to the Com- munity,” Judge Says, Sen- tencing C. H. Rawlings. “You are a menace to the com- munity,” Justice Siddons in Criminal Division 1 today told Charles H. Rawlings, colored,” who was before him for sentence on a charge of joy- riding. Rawlings had been sentenced yesterday by Chief Justice McCoy fo serve three years in the penitentiary for stealing an automobile and also a third charge of like character pend- ing against him. Justice Siddons gave him an additional term of four years in the penitentiary, to begin at the expiration of the term given him by the chief justice. Paul T. Wright, colored, got two years in the penitentiary for a cut- ting affray on a river steamer last August. Carl R. Welch and James H. Webb, enlisted men of the Army and Navy, respectively, were sent to the peni- tentiary for one year and one day each for stealing a quantity of mer- chandise from Robert W. Shetter June 12. Lester Brown. colcred, will serve six months at Occoquan for shooting Kate Palmer July 23 last. Brown claimed that he was playing. Three years in the penitentiary was the sentence imposed on Edgar Muse, colored, who fired a pistol at Willie Easton July 11. Because of his good record the court gave him another chance and placed him on probation. Siding officer, and will be in position to Tesume the chairmanship of the inter- State scommerce comimittee, if the Re- Dublican majority sees fit to displace Senator Smith, Democrat, of South Carolina, who has been serving in that e e House, Representative Keller of Minnesota, a La Follette supporter, fs in line for the claims committee chairmanship, now held by Mr. Ed- monds, while new heads of the House education, Indian affairs, commerce and fnsular affairs committees will be ELE P haresentative Reed of New York is | ranking Republican on the education committee, Johnson of South Dakota on | the Indian affairs committee and Fuller of Illinoie on the insular affairs commit- tee. Representative Parker of New York is in line to succeed Representative ‘Winslow of Massachusetts, who did not seek re-election, as head of the com- merce committee. Bisciplinary Action Hinted. There is considerable speculation here as to whether an effort will be made by the Republicans to read Senator La Follette of Wisconsin and his followers in the Senate and House out of the party, depriving them of their committee assignments and of the privilege of attending party con- ferences. Several Senators, among them Smoot, have declared in favor | of such action, while privately some of the Democratic leaders in the Sen- ate have advocated disciplinary action against Senator Wheeler of Montana, vice presidential candidate on the La Follette Independent ticket. Senator La Follette is chairman of the Senate manufactures committee and Is listed as ranking Republican on the finance and interstate com- merce committees. Senators Brook- hart of. Iowa and Frazier of North Dakota, who usually have lined up with the Wisconsin Senator on po- litical issues, have committee assign- ments, but are chairmen of none, while Ladd of North Dakota, another Senator identified with the La Iol- lette bloc, is chairman of the public lands committee. Shipstead, Farmer- Labor Senator from Minnesota, is a member of five comrhittees, and Nor- ris of Nebraska, who has repeatedly differed with the Republican organi- zation, is the agriculture committee chairman. In the House the La Follette in- surgents, all of whom have been re- elected, have committee assignments as Republicans, some of them serving as chairmen. Radio Programs—Page 27. Tho vessels are being refueled and provisioned, but no member of Gen. Wu's party had landed. BRIGANDS GO TO PEKING. Wu Sympathizers Leave Tientsin for Capital By the Amsociated Press. TIENTSIN, November S.—Shensi Province troops, composed of brig- ands, under the command of Gen. Hu Chung-Yi, left here yesterday, bound in the direction of Peking. Departure of the bandit troops was welcomed by residents of Tientsin. The troops are opposed to the new regime at Peking, instituted by Gemn. Feng Yu-hsiang, the “Christian” general, who over- threw his chief, Gen. Wu Pei-fu. According to a report received here last night, Gen. Chang Tso-lin, Man- churian leader, whose armies have in- vaded Central China from the north after defeating the Peking govern- ment forces, will leave Mukden for Tientsin today. SEIPEL GOVERNMENT IS OUSTED BY STRIKE General Rail Walkout Is in Force in Austria, After Wage Dispute. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, November $.—The gov- ernment headed by Ignaz Seipel as chancellor resigned early this morn- ing. The resignation followed a gen- eral railroad strike, which began at midnight in consequence of the fail- ure of negotiations between the men's organizations and the federal railroad management. The trouble was the outgrowth of differences over the question of wages. The president of the federal railroads also has resigned. The Seipel government will con- tinue to transact business until a new cabinet is formed. The Italian and Czech railroad man- agements, according to,the Vienna newspapers, intend to intervene in the situation in order to insure the run- ning of their trains in Austria, since the total stoppage of train service would vitally affect their interests. Seven airplanes and the air-mail hangar here were destroyed. by fire early today. The loss wis estimated at $100,000. No one was injured. The fire started when men work- ing under a plane broke an electric light globe, sparks 1gniting the gaso- line-soaked flooring. Beacon lights on the landing field were put eut of commission when the fire damaged the electric plant in the hangar and officials arranged for the westbound mail pilot due before dawn to be signaled to alight at Burns Field, 30 miles east of Chey- enne. Requests that reserve planes bed| sent from Rock Springs, Rawlins and North Platte, Nebr., assured keeping the malil ships moving on schedule, it was sald. the short distance runs Treasury Has Surplus. Government finances are in splen- did shape. The new tax law bus not brought a deficit but a surplus. Will | Congress give the American people the benefit of lower taxes or will it insist on spending the surplus? Pres- | ident Coolidge’s leadership on this issue will be revealed in the mes- sage now being prepared for the December session of Congress. Mr. Coolidge promised earlier in the year to continue his efforts for tax revi- sion. It is unlikely that he will fnr-‘ get. There are some glaring inequities | in the present law. H The President did not feel justified | in vetoing the whole law to secure a revision of any portion of it. paign was ahead, and he A cam- | couldn’t im- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 1 | | taxation Newspaper Advertising in Washington Month of October The Evening and Sunday Star Second Paper, Morning and Sunday‘ . 848,400 Third Paper, Evening only Fourth Paper, Morning and Sunday.. 490,307 Fifth Paper, Evening only... 1924 Lines 2,426,707 1923 Lines 2,300,029 952,884 669,330 549.889 . 129,431 136,886 2,218,831 2,308,989 750,693 Star Gain Over Same Month Last Year—126,678 During the month of October The Star not only gained 126,678 lines of advertising, but printed more advert its Evening and Sunday editions than all the other daily and ing in Sunday Washington newspapers combined. . The reason for this is that The Star’s circulation, both daily and Sunday, continues to increase with the growth of the city, The Evening Star’s circulation in the city and suburbs being 40,000 greater than that of any other Wash- ‘ington daily newspaper and The Sunday Star’s circulation in the city and suburbs 38,000 greater than its nearest Sun- day competitor. Yesterday’s Circulation .. Circulation Year Ago.... CIRCULATION 97,661 92,964 | extra ses | been sugge { might | legislation. | with the Executive {name of Frank Evans iselection of a si |Henry { Agriculture. 4,697 These callers were unanimous in their opposition to the calling of an on after March 4, as has ted, but several were in- to think th the President attempt to get the present ongress to consider tax reduction very shortly after it meets in Decem- ber. This is thought likely also by more than one intimate of the Pres dent, but all were unable to gather whether or not the President has any comprehensive plan for an early con- sideration of a further reduction of taxes Considers Farm Problems. President Coolidge, however, has indicated that, while he is anxious for a still greater cut in the tax burden on the people, he does ques- tion, at this time, the advisability of reopening the whole question of at the short session, es- so when it is recalled that nt Congress is known to be not entirely in sympathy with the Administration general id to to this Nevertheless, those who are close to him feel certain that he will make some suggestions re- garding this all-important subject at this short session. The President has let it be known to his callers of the past two davs clined | that he will seek some form of farm legislation during the short session. The nature of this legislation, how- ever, will depend almost entirely | upon the findings and recommenda- | tions of the fact- finding agricultural commission he appointed last night. which will report to him within the next four or five week Urges Evans for Cabinet. Senator Smoot of Utah, who was one of the party leaders who con- ferred with the President today, said that after talking 1 slative matters he presented the of Salt Lake Utah, for consideration in the essor_to the late Wallace as Secretary of ity, e Mr. ans is a member of the na- tional executive committee of the American Farm Bureau and is chief counsel of the Utah State Farm Bu- reau. Sees Future for Roosevelt. Senators Wadsworth of New York and Watson of Indiana, among those who conferred with the President to- day, made it plain that they do not favor the calling of an extra session. They doubted very much if anything more than the general supply bills will ba considered during the short session. Each of these Senators dis- oussed the general result of the elec~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 2", b