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WEATHER. (. s Unsettled minimum N tonight and temperature ton ther Bureau Forecast.) tomorrow; night above freezing; warmer tomorrow, Temperatures: Highest, i lowest, 45, at 3 port on page 67, at noon a.m. today. Closing fi Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Star as fast as tl “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes he papers are printed. No. 29,548. post_office, Entered as second class matter Washington, D, C. WASHIN T(iN, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 19 SECRET DPLONACY GINEN NEW LFEBY CHANBERLAN PLAN All Old Atmosphere of Cov- ered Intrigue Revived Over- night in London. PRAISE GIVEN PROPOSALS IN PARIS NEWSPAPERS With Leading English Editors Hope Is Shared for Real Ad- vance Toward Accord. | LAHERTY. feazo Daily N oreign Min- BY HAL 0 Br Cable to The Star and ¢ LONDON, Mareh fster Austen Chamberlair Great Britain's foreizn livered in the House ¢ Tuesday, which he pledged his the idea of security treaties similar to those the war, has left the cold, but he has interest among < outline policy, de- Commons on | in country to ugh new existing befor: country . rather aroused intense , especlally ller coun- are In full between tries in legations London, again : swing. Ministers pay hurried calls| to neighboring legations, but refuse ! to divulge the purport of their con versations, preferring to surround | their work with complete secrecy. | This atmosphere of intrigue is the | forerunner of many months of private ¢ negotiations hetween European coun- tries seeking, s Mr. Chamberlain | put it solid underpinning for | Europe's peace.” ! Eastern Frontier at Issue. Germany’'s offer of definite pacts guaranteeing her western frontlers appears satisfactory, but there is an | element of doubt in what she offers to do regarding the frontiers between Poland and smaller eastern states. Germany is still unwilling to pledge her word to protect those frontiers as they now stand, but will agree not to attempt to change them by resort to war. This leaves the road open to Ger- man diplomats to work unceasingly through various channels, perhaps even through the League of Nations, to rectify what she considers an un- just revision of frontiers, imposed by the League of Nations. iermany probably will never rest| content with so large a section of her territory under Polish rule. 1 Await League's Meeting. | The next step in international af-| fairs probably will take the form of | a reply by various allie@ m=tions to | Germany's pact proposals, but noth- ing dednite Is expected to result until next Fall when the league meets. Then it may be that Great Britain will be able to put into black and| white what Mr. Chamberlain discuss- | ed in the House of Commons. 1 Prior to the league meeting repre- | sentatives of the dominions will meet | in London to formulate plans. If they agree to a five-power pact some good result may vet come of Ger- many's offe (Copyright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) PROPOSALS MEET FAVOR. Several Chief London Papers Ap- plaud Chamberlain’s Views. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March ~—Germany’ proposals for a security pact, as out- lined before the House of Commons last evening by Austen Chamberlain, the foreign secretary, are received favorably by seyeral of the chief Lon- don morning papers. In his speech the foreign secretary made known to the world that Great Britain would seek to build a permanent European peace on the foundation of a mutual pact between Germany and her late enemies, and would have nothing fur- ther to do with the wreckage of the security protocol framed at the last league assembly, when the MacDon- | ald Labor nment was in power. The pact, he said, would guarantee the present frontiers of western| ¥.urope against change, and in il; Germany would renounce all ldea of resorting to arms at any time in an| effort to change her stern borders @s fixed after the World War. Doubts T. Mr. Chamberlain wondered whether | the MacDonald nent gave much thought of the protocol on American pol So far < he knew, the United States had | made no official declaration with re- | gard to the protocol, but he had tried | to inform himself as to the trend of | American opinion, and, unless he was | Wholly mistaken, the protocol “would have been viewed rather as a possi- | ble cause of war than as an increased | security for peace.” | When Mr. Chamberlain had resum- ed his seat amid great cheering, for- mer Premier Lloyd George got up and pounced upon the prostrate protocol. It was, he said, “a booby trap for Great Britain baited with arbitra- | tion.” | Rhine Settlement Seen. | The Times thinks perhaps me! brightest feature in the new prospect is that Germany is prepared to accept establishment of a demilitarized Rhine zone, which, it says, “appears indecd to offer hope of something like a practical permanent guarantee of peace.” The Morning Post, recognizing that wuch diplomatic work Is necessar: before an agreement can he reache Delieves nevertheless that the pro- posals offe chance of saving Eu- rope from another war, and hopes they will ive earnest considera- Assuming that Chancellor Luther is the author of the new policy of ap- peasement, the Post says that if he can thus save the peace of Europe, he will be the first German contributor to real constructive statésmanship since Bismarck, but the paper fm- plies doubt whether he can . obtain the support of the German national- ints. S. Approval. Ofter Called Important. The Daily Telegraph says the mag- nitude of the German offer is mu. greater than was expected, and be- Jieves it furnished a reasonable hope of settlement. “British public opinion,” it con- tinues, “will applaud the moral cour- ze of the German government. We | Jicartily hope that Germany will be (Continued on Page 4, Column 1) ! tion | Beaumont, U.S. Law May Shut Out Indians | - Of Latin America by Race Test ! TRAFHE EXPERIS All But White Men, Negroes and Persons of African Nativity Are Barred Under New Immigration Law. With echoes of Japan's anger over the total exclusion of her ecitizens by the United States still reverberating, it became known yesterday that a number of Latin-American nations may stand in precisely the same po- sition with respect to large blocks of their Inihabitants under the n.ow immigration law. In other words, a strict Interpreta- might bar all persons with a preponderance of American Indian blood, such as constitute more than 40 per cent of the population of Mex- ico, and an even greater percentage of some other Central American and northern South American republics. Status of Law. This was brought out when it be- came known that inquirles have been made by Department of Labor s of the State Department and of scientists at the Smithsenian Institu- tion regarding the exact racial make- SENATE IGNORED IN1.C. C. SELECTION Woodlock Gets Recess Ap- pointment After Confirma- tion Twice Fails. Thomas F. Woodlock of New York was given a recess appointment today by President Coolidge as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. Announcement of the appointment was made at the White House with- out comment. Mr. Coolidge twice sent Mr. Woodlock’s name to the Senate, but opposition prevented action on it. Southern Senators insisted that the place should go to a representative of the Southeastern States. Mr. Woodlock, who succeeds to the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mark W. Potter of New York, is a financial writer. The appointment results in a sit- uation almost parallel with that when President Coolidge offered Charles B. Warren a recess appointment as At- torney General after he had been twice rejected by the Senate. NEW FIGHT STARTED. Outcome Must Wait for Congress Session in December. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge has started another fight with the United States Senate, the outcome of which will not be known till Congress meets again, but in many respects the case re- sembles that of Charles B. Warren, twice rejected for the portfollo of Attorney General. Mr. Coolidge was twice advised by his friends in the Senate that Thomas F. Woodlock of New York could not bé comfirmed as member of the Inter- state Commerce Commission. The President was not shaken in his de- termination. The nomination did not come to a vote either before March (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) NEW TEST PLANNED FORNAVY DIRIGIBLE U. S. S. Los Angeles to Fly to Porto Rico or Cuba After Bermuda Trip. The airship Los Angeles will make a trip to Porto Rico or Cuba after a second flight to Bermuda, now planned for April 12 or 13. Plans announced today at the Navy Department call for the dirigible on the second flight to Bermuda to moor at the mast of the tender Patoka, a feat which she was unable to accom- plish on a trip there last month be- cause of weather conditions. The Patoka is now en route to Tex., for ofl and helium and is due at Hampton Roads April 10, from where she will go at once to Bermuda to take up position. Detalls of the flight to Cuba or Porto Rico are incomplete, but Mayaguez, on the west coast of Porto Rlico, appears to possess cer- tain advantages which may result in its being selected as the terminal. San Juan is also under consideration, as are Guaycayanabo and Guantan- amo, Cuba. Both trips will be started from the Lakehurst, N. J., hangar of the Los Angeles. To Probe Ills Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce by day, has become at night, engagements permitting, just a plain radio inspector. The big, powerful receiver that for several months has brought the messages and entertainment of the ether into the Hoover home has been supplanted by a small, comparatively inexpensive and not partioularly beautiful receiver— the counterpart of which may be found in the homes of thousands of American listeners-in. According to Secretary Hoover the new set represents the aver- age tube receiver, costing at pre- vailing retail prices, fully equipped with tubes and batterles, from $75 to $100. In ordering the equipment in- stalled in his home, the Secretary explained he wanted to Jearn just offi- | up of the Indian. If the Ind neither 2 white man nor n pers | African descent he is barrad, accord |ing to the plain wording of the la [although a number of consideration | mizht make for a different interpre- tation in individual cases. At the Department of Lebor it 'wa admitted that such inquiries have | been made, although not officially and not with any idea of bringling a, test case. In fact, Immigiration officials are not anxlous for a test case, re- alizing the hard-fought legal battles and the international bitterness like- ¢ to result W. W. Husband, commissioner gen- eral of immigration, explained that for the present the question is rather academic than of immediate conse- quence, since the department is un- likely to be called upon to make a ruling. The Latin American nations, |he said, are points of iramigration themselves, rather than emigration. It is improbable that & South Ameri- T Cclumn 1) L UNTYBEATEN N TESTVOTE HERE Baltimore Conference of Southern Church Defeats Proposal, 141 to 137. The 141st session of the Baltimore Annual Conference, Methodist Episco- pal Church South, meeting at Mount Vernon Place Church today, voted down the proposal adopted by the General Conferences of both the Metho- dist Episcopal Church and the Metho- aist Episcopal Church South for a unification of theytwo great branches. The vote of the delegates was 137 aye; 141 no. The proposal was lost not only by reason of the fact that a three-fourths vote is necessary to carry, but by a majority voting today against the proposal. This was the first vote taken by an annual conference of the more than 10 conferences in the Methodist Epis- copal Church South in the continental United States. The Cuban conference, In the Island of Cuba, recently voted unanimously in favor of unification, by a vote of 45 to 0. In the Methodist Episcopal Church (North), the project is being voted upon, and while complete returns were not avallable today, it was un- derstood that a great majority of the conferences recording had favored unification. Vote Without Debate. The conference .was keenly stirred over the unification matter with the proponents of both sides actively engaged prior to the vote in sum- moning all the strength possible. A vote was taken, however, without public debate, the conference having agreed early in the morning by a large majority to cast its ballots at 11:30 o'clock without debating the matter on the floor. Somewhat of a mix-up occurred over the manner of taking the vote, the conference first declaring for a ballot and later re- versing itself to record an aye and nay vote. The campaign in favor of unifica- tion was headed by W. W. Millen of this city, while the anti-unifica- tionists were captained by Dr. Ernest Woolf of Staunton, Va. During_the casting of ballots the conference was in tense attention, all persons listening closely as names were called and delegates voted. Oc- casionally a burst of laughter greeted the peculiarly emphatic ayes or nays. So close did the balloting run, ac- cording to informal tallies, that at some times the ayes were ahead, but most of the time the noes were lead- ing by a short margin. . Following the announcement of re- sults by the secretary, Dr. H. M. Canter of Salem, Va., the conference was adjourned by the .president, Bishop Warren A. Candler of At- lenta, Ga. Three-Fourths Vote Needed The proposal for unification originated several years ago when both Northern and Southern branches of the Meth- odist Church appointed commissions to study the matter. The report of this joint commission was adopted by the general conferences of both North and South, and referred to their con- stituent bodies for ratification or re- jection. In the South a majority of three-fourths of the conference Is necessary for ratification; in the North, two-thirds is necessary. In its report the joint commission, which was headed by Bishop William F. McDowell for the Northern branch and Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon for the South, declared that the two churches were “essentlally one church, one in origin, in belief, in spirit, in purpose and in polity.” The conference will continue for a week with reports from all bra.iches of the conference activity and as- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) EHoover Is Using Modest Radio Set of SLittle Fellows” what it is the “little fellows” are up against in the way of inter- ference that causes them to flood the department with reports of violations of radio regulations He is interested, too, in observ- ing the effect of the new alloca- tion of the class B wave lengths on the “average” receiver. Al- though generally satisfactory to the listeners, the new allocations have brought many complaints of inability to separate stations operating on wave lengths close to_one another. These complaints, however, are believed to result from the failure of the stations to keep on the wave lengths, rather than from defect in the allocation plan. Checking up on the broadcasters will be one of the things the Secretary will have in mind when he is turning the dials of his “average” recelver during - the coming Spring nights. ASKED TO BECOME AIDES TOELDRIDGE Fred Seiler and Col. C. Moller Are Still to Ac- cept, Offers. TASSISTANT AND ENGINEER| | ARE POSTS TO BE FILLED |lE‘ormel' Would Be Liason Officer and Latter in Charge of Traffic Survey. | The names of two men being con- sidered for appointment as aldes to Director of Trafic Eldridge were | made public at the District Building | | today. The position of executive assistant has been offered to Fred Seiler, ‘Washington, who has been manager jof the touring and transportation board of the American Automobile Assoclation 10 years. Director Eld- ridge said Mr. Seiler has not yet formally accepted. For the office of traffic engineer, Col. I. C. Moller of the United States Bureau of Public Roads s under con- sideration, but whether he will ac- cept will not be known until Mon- day, when he will come to Washing- ton for a conference with Mr. Eldridge. The traffic engineer will rank next to the director of traMic and will have direct charge of making a com- prehensive survey of conditions. | Fitted for Post. | Col Molier's past career would am- ply fit him for this task. He has only recently completed a survey of | conditions in Cook County, IIL, and is now engaged in a similar study of the problems of the State of Ohio. Col. Moller was overseas with the |American Army in the World War. Mr. Eldridge explained that it Mr. Seiler accepts appointment as execu- tive assistant his principal dutles would be to establish contact between the director’s office and the Police De- partment, to confer with the police in preparing special traffic rules for all big occasions, and to supervise a school of instruction for traffic po- {licemen, should one be established. | Mr, Seiler was at one time employed by’ the District government and is thoroughly famillar with conditions in Washington. i In making the traffic survey, Mr. Eldridge said, the engineer will find out the density of both vehicular traf- flc and pedestrian travel in all con- | d “Yocalities. He would make studles to determine which streets should be designated as arterial high. ways and would also make engineer. ing studies of the parking problem. The inauguration of these variou surveys will not be undertaken, there- fore, until the engineer has been ap- pointed. The data to be thus compiled by the engineer will serve as a gulde | to Mr. Eldridge in formulating the {new regulations which he must make under the terms of the traffic law. CHAPMAN RENEWS FIGHT ON JURORS Follows First Day Tactics in' Objections——Seven Chosen to Fix Verdict. By the Associated Press. HARTFORD, Conn., March 25.—Ger- ald Chapman, spectacular bad man, continued his fight today against a tarmer-dominated jury to sit in judg- ment on him in the matter of indict- ment charging him with the murder of Patrolman James Skelly in New Britain last October 12, Half an hour after court had open- ed today, the second of the murder trial, a sixth juror had been chosen. Chapman, who had been inspecting one potential juror from under his lowered brows, curtly shook his head when counsel turned to him. So this juror was challenged peremptorily. Chapman, looking very natty in a freshly pressed suit, sat slumped into a chair in the midst of his counsel. He was nonchalant, apparently paying no attention to the three guards at his back or the crowd In the court. He scrutinized each talesman closely and kept advising counsel. Attorney Groehl asked a'l the tales- men he examined if they would be prejudiced against Chapman if he did rot take the stand in his own de- fense. Out of court the attorney explained: “There are times when a man may be asked questions whick he cannot with honor answer. Questions con- cerning a woman, for instance.” Woman Seen In Case. * The answer was connected with ru- mors that a Providence, E. I, woman figures in the case. This woman is supposed to be one who often has been humorously referred to by the police and detectives who ran down Chapman in Muncie, Ind, last Janu- ary, as “Mrs. Beeswax.” “Mrs, Beeswax,” sald to be the | wite of a merchant, wat, according to the rumors, in correspondence with Chapman during the months he | dodged police througout the Middle West. She is even referred to as his “bank,” who provided money for him exhausted his funds. But this is only one of many rumors, ani many are inclined to consider It just another Chapman myth. Chapman seemed to grow more animated as the day progressed. He did not relinquish his slouching po- sition, but he spoke mora to Eis at- torneys, discussing the talesmén at { greater length than he has hereto- | fore. He toyed with a pencll, his only |low Elementary School of 22 rooms, whenever the exigencies of his flight | Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,948 25— HIET Y-EIGHT PAGES. * TWO CEN l:S. D. C. SCHOOL PARTY VISITS CLEVELAND Four Types to Be Studied To- day, Last of Inspec- tion Tour. BY JAMES E. CHINYN, Staff Correspondent “of The Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 25 .- construction features in public schools were studied today Washington's committee of school planners, on the final lap of its s ond expedition for ideas that can be adopted for the schools to be erected | under the District's $19,000,000 T!\‘e-} year development program. ' R. G. Jon superintendent of the Cleveland schools, took the commit- tee to four types of buildings which represent the latest in the city's school accommodations. They are the Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, a 40-room structure which has just been opened; the Henry W. Longfel- New Cleveland's | by the West Technical High School and the Miles Standish - - Opportunity School for Girls, a unique one-story building. After the survey of these schools the committee will return to Washington The present trip, which has taken| the committee to Rochester and Buf- | falo, in addition to Cleveland, has been made without Ernest Green- wood, the Board of Education’s rep- resentative, and the third member, Mr. Greenwood, had planned to meet his colleagues in Buffalo yesterday, but failed to join them. Sconomy Steps Studied. Steps taken by Buffalo to economize | in the cost of school construction | through the reduction in size of class and cloak rooms, made the deepest impression on the committee while inspecting the schools in that city yesterday. A room 22 by 29 feet § inches has been adopted as the stand- ard for all new schools. Washing- ton's latest schools contain approxi- mately 112 square feet more space than those in Buffalo, vet,have the same pupil capacity. Mr. Harris was particularly inter- ested in the smaller classroom unit, and indicated that in planning the District’s new schools, he will glve serious consideration to the space conservation feature. “Buffalo’s small classrooms,” he said, “are the most (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) 5 KILLED, 50 HURT IN TRAIN PLUNGE Three Coaches Drop Into River. French Senator Among Vietims of Accident. By the Associated Press PARIS, March 25.—Five persons are known to have been killed and 50 others injured when the Bordeaux- Paris express was wrecked near here early today~ The dead include Dr. Adolphe Pedebidou, Senator from the upper Pyrences. Seven coaches jumped the track and three of them were tumbled Into the river. Some of the rescued passen- gers sald they had to break their way out of the half-submerged cars. Many of them were helped from the wreck by a detachment of Moroccan soldiers on board the train. These men, whose unit is called “The Joy- ous,* because all have police records from escapades, displayed much brav- “One of the killed was a boy who drowned in his mother's arms s the rescuers arrived. —_— ARABS SCORN BALFOUR. Cease Work, Leave Streets When Earl Visits Holy City. By the Associated Prest JERUSALEM, March 25.—The Mo- hammedan and Christian ‘Arabs closed their shops today and ceased work on the occasion of the arrival of the Earl of Balfour, as a protest against the ! famous declaration which he issued as foreign secretary committing Great Britain to the support of the estab- lishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. The Arabs also withdrew all vehicles from the streets. No dis- orders have been reported. exhibition of slight nervousness since the trial began. A Marlborough farmer seventh juror chosen. was the 'Radio Programs—Page 24. [FHE STRAIGHTENS THAT MESS I'M Gow" To OFFER HIM AREAL JOB N THE Error in Initial May Lose Federal Post for Appointee Senator Harreld of Oklahoma called at the White House todey to discuss a situation which has arisen in Oklahoma as a result of a_mistake in initials made when the Senate confirmed “John W. Goldesberry” as district attorney for the northern district of that State. It has developed that Mr. Golde berry’s name i; John M. Golde berry, and some doubt had been expressed -as to whether he could serve legally, but officials declared their belief that he could qualify by filing necessary documents, and that the mistake could be correct- ed by a new nomination when Congress convenes. Meanwhile, if it is found to be necessary, the President may make a recess ap- Ppointment. HOTEL SALE FOUGHT BY HOLDER OF NOTES | Tustice ™ Hits Tswnes Rule Requir- ing Hamilton to Show Cause ‘Why Auction Should Proceed. Justice Hitz of the District Su- preme Court today issued a rule against the Hamilton Hotel Corpora- tion, J. William Tomlinson trustee, and others, to show cause why the sale of the hotel property at Four- teenth and K streets and its furnish- ings, which is scheduled for March 31, should not be prevented. The de- rendants are also required to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed while the case is pending. Suit was instituted by the Barnet- Thillips Co. of New York, which holds notes aggregating $7,350 as balance due on the furnishings of the hotel. The company claims the business is conducted at a loss and that there are a number of Washington and other creditors whose interests may be adversely affected if the property is sold under the second deed of trust under which Mr. Tomlinson as trustee has advertised it. There is a first mortgage of $1,200,- 000 on the property. Named as defendants besides Hotel Corporation and Mr. Tomlinson are Richard . Whitty, Frank B. Lssex, the F. H. Smith Investment Co., the | Commonwealth Finance Corporation, the Globe Indemnity Co. J. Henry, trustee. Attorneys Loving and Hammer ap- pear for the plaintiff. BLOOD POISON CURE SEEN IN DYES’ USE Cornell Doctor Says Anilines Have Given New Hope to This Branch of Medicine. and Samuel By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 25—With the ald of aniline dyes sclence soon may be able to combat many cases of blood poisoning successtully, Dr. John Woolman Churchman, associate in hygiene at the Cornell Medical School, says in a report to the American Chemical Society made public today. While sounding a warning agalnst overenthusiasm, the report, which Is to be read at the Spring meeting of the American Chemical Society, at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, April 6 to 11, asserts that studies in the use of dyes “touch the whole field with a new hope.” Aniline dyes, the report says, have “extraordinary selective, penetrating and inhibitory properties” which set them off from other antiseptics, even in very weak solutions. “There is no doubt,” says the re- port, “that the treatment of infected throats, suppurated joints and other infections has been greatly advanced by the study of aniline dyes, which has been going on during the last 10 years, now that further advances are so0n to be mad EMPLOYMENT LAW TEST 15 SUBGESTED Rudolph Favors Prosecution’ in Specific Case of Extortion. Cuno H. Rudolph, chuirman of the bhoard of Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia, announced today that he and the other District Com- missioner would lend every st- ance within their power to the fight to obtain a clear interpretation of the law governing fees agencies may charge for placing per- sons in positions While the corporation counsel’s of- employment | ‘SHERRILL REVEALS PLANS FOR MERGER OF 2U.§. OFFICES Outlines Consolidation of Buildings and Parks Work Under One Head. ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW REALIGNMENT Step Regarded as But One Under President’s Plan to Cut Gov- ernment Cost nd offices of Superintendent of t of Lieut o director. o She dge for vernment bur. it the with President s to bring about Federal economy putting various of t Co mies in the operation enance of public t and public parks in th it brin ari commission is given t by those in close uation. The cor mended by the proved by the j gress on reorgan ment departments erni New Divisions Created Lieut of the new establisked Admin nance the fice belleves the statute makes it un- | lawful for such a bureau to charge more than $2 for obtaining work for a person, agents engaged in that busi- ness here claim that section of the law applies only to domestic and la- borers. It does not lmit the fees a stenographer or similar worker may be assessed, it is claimed. Test Case Suggested. In vicw of this division of opinion, it is the belief of Commissioner Rudolph that a clear-cut case should be found where more than the legal rate has been charged. and the agent be prosecuted under the existing law The verdict in such a case would the legal interpretation of the law, and action could then be brought against the other agents on a clearer basls. In the meantime both th office of Edward W. Thomas, assistant cor- poration counsel in Police Court, and The Star offices are being fairly flood- ed with letters and calls from young men and women who declared they had paid some Washington agents ex- orbitant rates. Mr. Thomas has at least a score of complaints on his desk, together with canceled checks and receipts showing amounts paid The assistant corporation counsel is studying these carefully, and be- lieves that within a few days he will have a complete case against one bureau. Prosecution will not be de- layed any longer than the necessary | time to make adequate Investigation and gather additional data to deter- mine the manner in which the pro- ceedings will be inaugurated. 38 for 2 Weeks' More light was shed today on how some of the agents conducted their business In the past. A younsg woman called at The Star, recounting her experiences with one bureau, which has since gone out of business, two vears ago. Applying to this bureau for a bookkeeper's job, she first paid her $2 registration fee and was sent to a place that needed her services for only two weeks. She pald a fee of $8, in all, for that job. The applicant returned to bureau and was sent to another place that lasted only three months. It fell bevond the 10-week temporary Work., status, however, and she was obliged | to pay the agent 25 per cent of her first month’'s salar: for real, permanent work, she was told that she must pay another §2 registration fee before the bureau would consider her application again. Then she went out and found work for herself. That these practices are not con- fined to Washington is vouched for by another girl, who wrote the fol. lowing letter to The Sta “Permit me to thank you for your efforts to expose these shoddy em- ployment agencies that have sprung up since the war and seem to control every job in Washington. I under- stand that in New York City they not only seem to, but they do control all the jobs. ‘The industrial section of the Rus- sell Sage Foundation issued a survey on this question and strongly con- demned such agencles. If you have not looked this over, I am sure you wotlld find it interesting. Doubtless you already have it."” An Anacostla farmer added his word of praise for the expose in the fol- lowing note: “I write you this to let you know I have not read anything for some time that pleased m (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) = Two Children Killed as Suacrifices To Indian Goddess by ex-Official By the Associated Press. LONDQN, March 25.—Dispatches trom Calcutta report an amazing case of the sacrifics of children to the Goddess Kali a. Mandla, near Jabala- pur, in the central provinces. The young son of a former native government official named Mulchand fall sick, and the family, belleving the boy possessed of a_devil, decided human sacrifice necessary to his re- covery and offered up his sister as this sacrifice. When no improvement in the boy’s condition was forthcom- ing they deprived him of food and bound him, naked, near a holy place, where he died from exposure. Mulchand and two sons have been sentenced to death for the crime and a daughter-in-law to imprisonment for lite, the | Returning to ask | lows: Admin Hoover, acting buildings ntenance division Hoover, chief: J, F. ' Under this division will be | & sections: Main secti W. E. Wilson, superintendent; Po- tomac Park section, H. R. Owen superintendent; Mall section, A. B Eadie, superintender sec tion, . W. Hawkins ndent Bureau of Stand 0. L. Britt, s The design trative chief; w. ant chief division na pstruction not as vet following on divis| were an- Marsh, construction | and_major 1s_section; John L. Nagel, engineer: n; L W Payne, landscape architectute section architecture section (raca teorge C. Clark, surveving aid draft- ing section. and division but this Za. chiefs nounced Other Officers Named | s Henlock will be chie ¢ | horticultural divisio Frak Gartside, chief of the park | tenance ivision; Capt. W. L | U. S. Army, chief of on division; Patrick of the Rock Creek Park divisio C. Gardner, chief of the tion and s aivision, 0. N, Solbert, U. S. Arm the White Ho mainte | welfare division. e chiefs of the be tly under | She and the funct | are outlined Administrative divisio | ment of funds; procurement | plies: procurement, assignment | keeping of records of person { cept temporary per diem emp | not in the civil service; conducting | correspondence relative adminis- | trative questions, and such miscellan- | eous correspondence as is not handled by the divisions; bookkeeping and accounting; cost accounting; statis tical data; preparation of estimates; allotment of funds:; custody of files and receiving and dispatching m T nai MMor B anspta- and Ta chielg nce aivisics Direck of ty yws: ishurst of sup ane varic dire Dutiex Are Outlined. divisions: clean all maintenance maintain and buildings and memorials under the | charge of the office. The Washing- ton Moaument and Lincoln Memorial will be operated as a part of the Poto- I mac Park section. The malin section {of this division will have headquar- | ters the State, War and Navy Building and will furnish such addi- | tional mechanical and other labor as shall be called for by the chief of the White House section for meeting unusual conditions. Construction and de division Responsible for the preparation of all engineering (civil, mechanical and electrical), architectural and land- scape plans and designs, and for all construction and repairs of a general and extensive character requiring a greater number of employes for exe- cution than the maintenance force assigned to various operating divi- sions can handle; obtaining data for preparation of designs, including sur- veys and maps; the drafting neces- sary in preparing plans and designs preparation of all s;.«wirations for propos:d work; laying out 9 work and inspection of all construction work whether done by contract or day labor. This division also will prepars construction estimates; make floor plans of buildings, location plans of structures and pipe lines and record drawings of all work done un- der the office. It also will be respon- sible for the custody and keeping up to date of all maps and plans, includ- ing parks, reservations and buildings. Horticultural Division. Building Operate and Horticultural division—Propagation of flowers and shrubs in the parks and at the White House and to place and care for all flowers, shrubs and trees, including care of the flowers, parks and trees about the buildings Where employves normally employed in the buildings maintenance division are available with economy for caring for the flowers, shrubs and trees in the parking of the buildings $he (Continued on Page 4, Column 83