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WEATHER. (U, S. Weather Bureau Increasing cloudiness tonight, followed by sho row, Temperature: Highest, vesterday; lowest, 39, at Full report on page 19, Forecast.) and warmer wers tomor- 1, at 5 pm. 7 a.m. today Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Entered as seco post_office, No. 29,563. Washington, ond class matter g L. C. TREASURY RUINED BY PREDECESSORS, HERRIOT CHARGES Premier Assumes Offensive in Flaming Speech Be- fore Chamber. SAYS POST-WAR LOANS CAUSE OF PRESENT ILL Reported Planning to Quit if Posi- tion Is Not Bettered Today. Ry the Axsociated Press. PARIS, April 9.-Premier suddenly assuming the offensive the Chamber of Deputies today, made sweeping charges of faulty adminis- tration of the treasury against every government since the armistice, Lalming them for the present financial crisis. Turning upen his accusers, who have had him fighting bitterly for his political life the past few days, he took the rostrum and began a stirring speech, In which he promised to re- veal all the infimate secrets of the French treasury. 1t was forecast hefore the session mier’s reception in Herriot, in in cabinet that if the pre- the Chamber and in the Senate, where he also planned | to speak, was such as to make the government’s position look dubious he might resign without awaiting a vote. Says Situntion Magnified., Premier Herriot said he had decided to speak immediately because of the “imprudent campaign now going on in the financial domain, injuring France | before her own public opinion and | what is more dangerous, opinion | abroad.” He added he would show | with figures that the financial situation | of France was not so critical as broad- east by his political enemfes, Premier Herriot bezan speaking amid_a terrific uproar, his folowers welcoming him noisily, while the op- position “booed.” Every deputy was present, packing the, chamber. The premier sald the present finan- cial crisis was a logical outcome of the policies of all the governments since the armistice. His government was not alone responsible, as it had taken over an exceedingly difficult sit-| uation Large loans have been floated every | vear at a high rate of interest, sald | the premier, burdening the budget. | Germany Upsets Plan. i circles | THOMPSON HAD PLEDGE OF SLAIN GIRL TO WED Miss Burleigh Made Resignation From Army. Condition, Then Changed Mind, Say Friends. By the Associated Press. | MANILA. April 9.—Friends of Miss | Audrey Burleigh, former Memphis, Tenn., girl, who was shot to death Sunday by Lieut. J. S. Thompson, a young Army officer, in an automobile near, Manila, said today that she had promised to marry Lieut. Thompson if he would resign from the Army. Thompson wrote out his resignation. Then, according to friends, Miss Bur- leigh’ changed her mind. Just before the shooting Miss Bur- leigh participated in a theatrical play sponsored by the Army and Navy | Club. Thompson objected to her par- ticipation, bLut she disregarded his protest. A letter of resignation from the Army, written by Thompson, now held for court-martial on a charge of first degree murder, was found in his effects today under date of April 3. The lleutenant sald he was resigning on account of insufficlent pay. GRIFFS BACK HOME, PLAY GIANTS TODAY ‘Crowd at Station Greets | Champions—May Even “Little World Series.” Full of fight right up to the brim and running over, Washington's ! world champions came back home to- eager to take on the New York nts this afternoon in the game they confidently expect to knot the score in the “little world series.” ‘It's the best ball club right now that ever stepped into Washington,” declared Clark Griffith, as the special train that brought both the Giants and the Nationals from Georgla came to a panting stop in Union Station and emptied from narrow Pullman doors the base ball world's two out- standing teams. “We were slow in getting started, but we're going now and we don't intend to stop or waver until next Fall,” declared the Old Fox, as he watched his bronzed charges romp through the station to a fleet of walt- ing taxicabs. “Most of our pitchers are veterans, and it takes them longer to round into form. But they are steady now, and all I can add is—watch oUr smoke.” | da. Small Crowd on' Hand. Flushed with/ three straight vic- tories over McGraw’s athletes, games that were wrought from a fire that threatened to all but smother the world champlons, the Nationals look- All these loans. he added, “were | based on the idea thal Germany would | pay. but Germany began to pay only | because of the Dawes plan.” i The result has been, he said, that the five vears after the war had cost | more than the five years of the war. | “I won't speak of our fo¥efgn debt,” | continued the premler, “because youi are aware of the uncertainty of thef situation. You know how heavily it weighs upon our financial situation, even at times interfering with our very political lbert Pandemonium broke loose at Her- riot’s reference to the foreign debt| interfering with political freedom, His supporters rose and cheered; while the opposition “booed.” The situation of the French treas~ ury as regards the Bank of France was better than at the time of the original agreement between the bank and the state made in December, 1920, by the then Finance Minister Fran- cols Marsal, the premier declared. Cites Barlier Limit. “At that time, when money was Rowing freely from internal loans,” he said, “the treasury limit on ad- vances by the bank to the state was placed at twenty-seven billion francs. | You now find it preposterous,” he exclaimed, “when, faced with a financial stringency, we want to place the limit at twenty-six billion. “Yours is the first government since the armistice that has obtained from the bank money illegally in circula- tion. Your predecessors kept within the law,” interrupfed ex-Minister of Commerce Pierre Flandin | The Morgan loan of $100,000,000 still is untouched, said Premier Her- riot. He explained he preferred hold- ing It in reserve, not considering the | present situation cr 1 enough to w ant its use | Deputy Marshal Marsal Kachin, Communist, asked if it were true that in the past two months seventeen billion francs in French securities and currency had gone to Italy alone. Premier Herriot refused to give the amount, but said there had been =« large flight of capital abroad recently. The premier said the government's financial measures must be passed as! & unit If the Chamber consents to inflat- ing without a corresponding increase In taxes, either as a forced loan or fn_other manner, it will_be rendering a bad service to the country and in- jure its economic life,” he declared. Bank Comfirms The Bank of France's weekly state- ment, issued today, finally confirms the parliamentary revelations -that the circulation had been increased| more than 2,000,000.000 franes beyond the legal limits, It gave the advances the State only -22,600.000.000 francs, the exact legal limit, although | the government has admitted the ex- cess went tlo it and that the Hmll‘ has been exceeded Authority for these increases, how- ever, was glven the bank by the gov- ernmant in & convention, the ratifica- tion of which is pending in Parlia- ment The bank, therefore, considers jtself covered. although technically the authorization must become law before it is really effective i Just how the extra 2.000,000,000 francs of advances could be carried | in the statement withonut the public realizing it is shown by, the sudden drop of 1,150,000,000 francs in the “miscellaneous” item in the liabili- ties and the increase of 1,000,000,000 franos in the “miscellaneous” under the assets. The bank, however, al- though advancing the ~2,000,000,000 franes without parliamenggry author- ity, had collateral in the shape of na- tional defense bonds which the gov- ernment deposited as security. —_ Woman Believed Suicide. COLUMBIA, S. C., April 9.—Mrs. J. Milton Ariail, wife of Prof. Arlail of Columbla College, was found dead of a gunshot wound in her room today under circumstances that Coroner J. D. Scott sald Indicated she took her own life. Excess. le | ever, | appointea ed every Inch the winners their big chief claimed them to be. “We're fighting now, and we're out to win,” was the message that came from very player with striking unanimity. The Nationals and the Giants land- ed together at exactly 11:40 o'clock, having come from Augusta, Ga., on a speclal train immediately after their battle there yesterday. There was only a small crowd at the sta- tion, several hundred persons, per- haps, but the speclal steamed to its | destination almost a half hour ahead of the time railroad officials had ex- pected it to arrive. A seore or more of small through which the Nationals were scheduled to pass on the Southern railroad had planned to turn out and give the world champions a cheer, at least, but the train had passed be- fore the crowds gathered. In Alexan- dria the people had prepared a real demonstration at the rafiroad station, but the folks there had been informed the special would not reach that point before noon. It passed through, how- at 11:20, stopping only long enough to permit a lone newspaper man to swing aboard. The Nationals were given their freedom immediately after arriving in Washington until 2 o'clock, when they are to report at the Clark Griffith Stadium for strenuous practice be- fore the game, which is to start at 0 o'clock. Most of the players took advantage of the interval to visit their homes and old friends. For many " (Continued on Page 2, C cities 2, Column 1.) ' MACMURRAY NAMED MINISTER TO CHINA State Department Expert on Far Eastern Affairs Will Succeed Schurman. John Van Antwerp MacMurray, Assistant Secretary of State, was to- day appointed by President Coolidge to be Minister to China to succeed Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman, who was Ambassador to Germany. The appointment of Mr. MacMur- ray to this post came as no surprise, inasmuch as the White House more than a week ago signified that he was to be selected. Mr. MacMurray is looked upon as the expert of the State Department upon China_and other countries of the Orient. - New Lig By the Associated Presr. CHICAGO, April 9.—New light on the age-old malady of insomnia and on the physiological basis of dreams has been shed by studies made of six University of Chicago students. who voluntarily remain- ed awake for 115 hours, by Dr. Nathaniel Kleitman of the univer- sity's department of physiology. One of the resnlts showed that the condition of sleep is much- the same as that resulting from a severed spnial cord, Dr. Kleitman s The critical faculty of the brain Is cut off in sleep, making the bite of an insect become the cut of a sword, and the pain re: sulting from a meal of pickles and ice cream the weight of a giant sitting on’the stomach. Sleep is not so essential as com- plete _relaxation, Dr. Kleitman found.® The students used as sub- jects were able to keep awake at times by contracting their mus- cles. Great muscular or nervous fatigne was found to prevent sleep. ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D..C, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1925—-FIFTY PAGES. COOLIDGE'S REPLY T0PERU ON TACNA TODENY REQUESTS President Holds His Decision Was Final, Is View Held Here. SILENCE MAINTAINED T~ AT STATE DEPARTMENT Those in Close Touch With Sit- uation Have No Doubt of Stand Taken. r President Coolidge's reply to the Peruvian memorial in the Tacna-Arica arbitration award to be forwarded to- day is belleved by those who have followed the developments to be un- favorable fo the requests submitted in behalf of Peru In these quarters it was said the President would naturally maintain that his action as arbitrator was final and would have referred to the Dlebiscitary, commission, which will supervise the voting In Tacna and Arica only a portion of the requests submitted by Peru for additional safe- guards. Some Refusals Certain. Among the specific requests which it is believed the commission would not take under consideration are those requesting that Peruviane resi- dent five vears in the two territories and subsequently expelled be made eligible to vote, and the suggestion that Peruvians disqualified on the theory that the charges were trumped up against them for political pur- Doses. The President’s communication was delivered to the embassy by a State Department messenger. It was sign- ed by Mr. Coolidge as arbiter apd countersigned by Frank B. Kellogg as Secretary of State. Ses Letter Also. The communication was accom- panied by a covering letter addressed to_the Ambassador. It is probable that the memorial and the President's reply will be made available for publication tomorrow. Arrangements to that end are under way between the State Department and embassy officials here. The Intcrval before publication will be allowed In order that the Lima government may have an opportunity to receive a copy of the reply by cable in advance. Nature Is Unknows. | | No word as to the nature of th reply was forthcoming at the Stat Department at the time announce- ment that it had been delivered was made. _The only authoritative state- ment that has been made as to the President’'s attitude toward the re quest submitted in behalf of t Peruvian government for additional safeguards to surround the Tacna- idge as feeling that the original conditions provided in the award to govern both registration and voting at the plebiscite were ample to Insure a fair result., Not Apt to Reopen It. It has not been disclosed whether the reply takes up the phase of the Peruvian memorial, ‘which is under- stood to have questioned the correct- ness of the viewpoint of the arbitra- tor in regard to interpretation to be placed on that clause of the treaty of Ancon between Peru and Chile which contained the original provision for a plebjscite. The impression has been current in Washington, however, that Mr. Coolidge regarded the award as final under the protocol signed by the two governments involved and was not disposed to reopen the case as to the funds ental decision to\hold a plebiscite. There is also sufficient reason to be- lieve that any suggestion for dis- placemnt of Chilean military and other armed forces in the two prov- inces by American troops for the plebiscitary peripd has been rejected as beyond his powers by the arbitra- tor. The Peruvian suggested alterna- tive for establishment of a native constabulary probably has been re- ferred, with other appropriate sug- gested safeguards, to the commission headed by Gen. Pershing, which will supervise the plebiscite. FAVORED IN SOUTH AMERICA. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Although Peru's attitude toward the Tacna-Arica award remains to be developed, reports received there from all parts of Latin America indicate an almost unanimous approval of the decision made by the President of the United States to order a referendum In the disputed areas. The controversy has so long been a sore-spot in Latin Amerlca that it has affected the diplomacy of two continents and the fact that the quar- rel is at last moving toward a final settlement Is the occasion for much (Continued on Page Z, Column 1.) {Students, Awake 115 Hours, T hrow ht on Insomnia and Dreams The experiment showed progres- sive Inability to keep muscles contracted. After two days the subjects could ‘not write legibly. They were efficient in color identi- fication - only for short . perfods. they became unreasonable and re- sented efforts to keep them awake, although they . had volunteered their services. Dreaming and hal- lucinations occurred, even though the subjects were awake. One subject recited logarithms per- fectly, but imagined, he said later, a dispute between a laborer and a capitalist. Scientifically, Dr. Kleitman said, sleep “is a_condition wherein the higher cerebral centers are Sever- ed from the motor and sensory periphery.” “When you meet. your friend on the street your critical facuities analyzing his volce and appearance tell you that you bave met him before,” he explained. “If your friend dies you do not expect to meet him .again, but when you are asleep vou are not, surprised to meet your dead friend in vour dream. Peruvian! ol Arica plebiscite represented Mr. Cool- | | | i SEEK RARE POISON Chemical Tests Are Negative, But Coroner’s Office Is Not Satisfied. | | Although exhaustive chemical tests, completed today, have failed to sus- tain charges that the late Samuel P. C. Thoman was polsoned on his sick bed a yvear ago, Deputy Coroner Her- bert E. Martyn, in charge of the au- topsy, announced today that he is not yet in a nosition to assert the charges are without foundation. Dr. T. M. Price, Health Department chemist, turned over to Dr. Martyn to- day his complete “negative” report on tests for metallic and alkalofd pofsons. Not Yet Satiafied. “At the same time. however, Dr. Mar- tyn made it plain that he is not satis- fled that this report proves there was nothing unusual about Mr. Thoman's death. “The mutopsy is by no means com- plete,” the deputy coroner said. “The pathological examination of the dead | man's organs is a very important phase of the autopsy, and this exami- nation will not be finished before to- | night or tomorrow. |~ “I have just conferred with Dr. examination, regarding the possibility in such a way that | chemically it would mot show up so long after the man's death. yet virulent enough as to cause tell-tale lesions of the tissues. Only a careful, microscopic study of the tissues will settle that point. | Certain polsons alter. structurally, the {tissues of the body, and any such alteration should show up under the microscope. Seek Subtler Drug. “Of course, if any of the so-called popular poisons, such as the average person is familiar with in household or sickroom, were glven Mr. Thoman, they probably would have shown under chemical analyses. But there are rarer, less commonly known, poisons that might have been: ad- ministered, and that might have dis- sipated so as not to reveal themselves to a chemist. I believe, however, that Dr. Hunter would be able to ascertain | their effect on the tissues.” Infammation in Brain. ministered “Dr. Hunter” is Prof. Oscar B. Hun- ter, assistant dean of George Wash- ington University Medical School. He sald today he would continue his ex- amination of the vital organs until he is satisfied there is nothing un- natural about the appearance of the tissues. So far he been unable to note anything that might not be: at- tributable to a matural affection. Ex- amination of the lungs has shown traces of lung disease and the brain shows evidence: of inflammation of the brain. . The official death record for Mr. Thoman' states that he .died from “encephalitis following la grippe. Tells of “White Powder.” The examination of the body was requested by the police last Monday, following a secret investigation of an attack on Mr. Thoman's daughter, Mrs. Fleta Motherwell .of . 1205 C street northeast. ; Mrs. Motherwell ex- pressed the opinion that the ‘“un- known persons’. who blindfolded, gagged and bound her in her home two weeks ago were after an incrim- inating letter naming a certain per- son as having given to her sick father “white powder” mixed in & drink. The letter, signed, is now in the hands of the police. Mrs, John J. Bell. remarried widow of Mr. Thoman, voluntarily stated to newspaper men that Mrs. Motherwell was accusing her of having written the letter. “If 1 did write such a ridiculous let- ter, it was because I was in sich a wrought-up state because of their nagging me about Mr. Thoman hav- ing been poisoned, that I didn't know what I was writing,” Mrs. Bell told a Star reporter. She explained that she “was supposed” to have written the letter at the time of an attempt at sulcide she made last November. WEEKS IS MUCH BETTER. Secretary Weeks probably wil be allowed to leave his bed tomorrow for the first time since he suffered a cerebal throntbosis on April 1. Mem- bers of his family said his condition was “splendid and most encouraging.” Wrhille the-Secretary. will be com- pelled ‘to act with marked caution for some time, it was added, there is reason to beliave that recovery will result tdom cureful treatment. N THOMAN DEATH Hunter, in charge of the pathological | of some rare poison having been ad- | MILLIONAIRE ENDS WORK AS PRISON ELECTRICIAN Bigelow Given Parole After Two Years in Leavenworth for Income Tax Law Violation. | By the Associated Press. LEAVENWORTH, Kans., April Herbert H. Bigelow, millionalre manu- ‘acturer of St. Paul, laid away his tools =t the Federal penitentiary today and was discharged on parole Bigelow has completed the minimum period of a two-year sentence for violation of the Federal income tax laws. Prison authoritles said his record was excellent The St. Paul millionaire became an {assistant to the prison electrician when he entered the penitentiary. His last piece of work was the installation of i telephone and lighting system at the new farm colony. Bigelow brought cheer - into the lives of many prisoners last Christ- mas, when he distributed $09 boxes of candy to them. He gave more than 500 books to the prison library. ASKS BOY SCOUTS TO COUNT TRAFFIC in City Streets as Guide for Reforms. An appea! for §50 Boy Scouts to | volunteer for service as traffic count- ers in all sections of the city on Weg- nesday, April 15, and Saturday, April 25, was issued today by Traffic Di- rector Eldridge and Hilliard B. Hol- brook, a Scout executive. Mr. Eldridge and his aide, Col. I. C. Moller, regard the forthcoming survey to determine the volume of travel on most of the principal streets as an important step in finding out what should be done to improve conditions, and they are relying on the Scouts to make the counts as a public service to the communit The boys will be furnished with clickers on which to register the num- ber of vehicles passing their inter- sections. Col. Moller explained there will be four boys at each intersection that has been selected. Each boy will tabulate all machines approaching or leaving fhe intersection from one’ of the four directions. How Trafc Flows. The plan is not to follow one street all the way through the city, but to take the count at such points as will furnish a comprehensive idea of how. the bulk of trafic flows. When all the data has been col- lected Col. Moller will make a map of the city, showing the density of travel on the various thoroughfares, as found by the Scouts. This map will serve as an index to Mr. Eldridge in deciding all such questions as speed for arterial highways, where the one-way: rule is desirable, where certain . turns should be elimjnated and similar problems. Followlng is.a partial list of the counting points, together with the number of the Scout troop which should send boys: Seventeenth and Q streets, Troop 1; Florida avenue, Vermont avenue and U:street, Troop 1; First and Q strests, Troop 6;. Fourteenth and U streets, Troop .6; Connecticut avenue, Rhode Island avenue and M street, 25;.Con- nectiqut avenu¢, N and Seventeenth streets, 25; Ohio avenue, Thirteenth and C streets, 25; B street, Loufsiana avenue and Tenth street, 25; Ninth street and Pennsylyania' avenue, 25; Eighth apd D streets, 25; Tenth and (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ——— DIES IN WHEELING FIRE. Barber Killed by Explosion- That Starts $75,000° Blaze. WHEELING, W. Va., April 9.—One man was fatally burned and seven small bufldings were destroyed by a fire which swépt an entire ‘square in the business district early today. Damage estimated at $75.000 was en- talled by the blaze, which followed an explosion of undetermined origin. James Spopelites, a barber, Who was sleeping In one of the shop chairs, was pinned under the chalr when the explosion shook the bullding and wi 80 seriously burned that he died lat, in a hospital. ‘Two thousand baby chicks died from fumes ‘after they had: besn carried from a pet store. Four firemen and one;woman! were overcome by smoke. e Radio Programs—Page 38. Eldridge Seeks Data on Flow | ELLINGSONGIRL 1S FOUND INSANE | Seventeen-Year-Old Matri- cide Faints as Verdict Send- ing Her to Asylum Is Read. e Associated Press. = Doro- SAN FRANCISCO, April 8 ithy Ellingson, 17-vear-old slayer of her mother, was found insane:by a jury in Superior Court here today. The vyerdict means that the girl will be committed to an asylum. murder case for which another jury had been Impaneled wHI be held | in abeyance indefinitely. Should she | ever be relensed from the asylum, the murder charge may be tried. The vote of the jury was 11 for insanity The jury retired at 10:25 am. and reported shortly after 11 o'clock that it had reached a.verdict. As the verdict was read fainted. The girl shot her mother January 13, after the mother had objected to to 1 the girl The girl was bitterly opposed to the efforts of her.attorneys.to have her adjudged insane and had sided with the prosecution in its opposition to the move. The girl was unconscious when the jury was polled and after the court- room was cleared. She made no out- ery. Her head fell back and she rested in the arms of a matron. |5 PLACES PADLOCKED AFTER LIQUOR RAIDS Judge Issues Injunctions and 10 Persons Are Named as Defendants. Justice Hitz of the District Su- preme Court this afternoon issued “padlock” injunctions against the sale of intoxicants at five places in this District, where the vice squad and prohibition officers have recent- Iy staged raids and are said to have discovered whisky and in some in- stances stills in operation. Ten per- sons are named as defendants in the five suits. Joseph E. Boudwin, who figured in the case in which an in- dictment was sent from Florida for a number of police officérs and deputy marshals: and others, was recently ralded at his home, 1219 Vermont avenue. He Is named as defendant in the first case filed today by United States Attorney Gordon and Assistant United States Attorney Rover. George F. Cook of apartment 2, af the Cliffbourne, 1855 Calvert street northwest, is defendant in the second case. The third case is against John Ruane, who runs a mear beer saloon at 1811 L-street northwest. The third case names as defendants Charles M Reed of 2022 R street northwest and Loise Ray Reed, Edward F. Halle and Mrs. Annabel Anadale. The last of the five cases is directed at James Britt, 2403 1 street northwest, with whom are named Edward Garnett and Archie Gatling. SHIP SINKS: i _LONDON, April 9.—-A Llovds repor, from’ Flushing says that six mem bers of the crew lost their lives when the Dutch steamer Jonge Catharina SIX DfiOWN. er Clan Monroe and that three men are missing. The dead have been fanded at Flushing. 450,000 to Be Sent i By Cable to the Chicago Dally News. LONDON, ' -April 9. — Definite . agreement for the movement of 450,000 ‘settlers from the United Kingdom to Australia was nounced today by the colonial of fice “after negotlations lasting 12 months. The scheme now meets the ap- proval of both governments and undoubtedly is the most compre- hensive measure ever adopted for developing ploneer - territory. It involves the expenditure of £60,- 000,000 pver a period of 10 years. The = Australlan _government agrees to-raise immediately loans amounting to 34,000,000, the “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- The | jazz parties and a life of indolence. | tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday's Circulation, 101,812 * TWO CENTS. SOUTHERN STATE DEBT ISSUE RAISED AGAIN Chamberlain Repeats Assertion | That Britain Can Do Nothing | to Collect. ted Press | LONDON, April 9.—The question of | unpaid debts on the part of several| American States, most of them left| over from Civil War days, came up| in the House of Commons again to- day—the second time in two days and | the third time in a month. Austen Chamberlain, the foreign secretary, was given another oppor- | tunity to reiterate without qualifica- tion that the British governm could not in any way regard these as obligations of the United States and could not associate itself with any representations bondholders might wish to make in an effort to recove their money Matters of this sort, he said, primarily matters which the bond- holders must take up, he sald, the same channels were open to Brit- | ish bondholders in th instance as) were open o Americans who were | in the same positioa The discussion was closed Chamberlain sald the amount volved, with interest, amounted £180,000,000, but there was no way ascertaining what proportion of this amount was owing to British subje. [ i By the Assoc Mr. in- after | ECONOMY SHUFFLE Survey Ordered to Determine: if They Are Worth Cost as Free Agencies. All of the more than 40 independent agencies of the Government are to be included in the survey ordered by President Coolidge to determine the extent of their actual usefulness This is directly line with Pr dent Coolidge's economs prog and he has instituted this inquiry to fur- nish himself with the facts upon which he will determine whether or not these agencie should be tinued or abolished or whether they can be merged with one or more of the old-time regular departments of | the Government This survey already has been start- ed, with the United States Employes’ Compensation Commission as the sub- ject of the first investigation The experts engaged ir this task expect to conclude their work within three weeks, when they will report their findings and opinions to President Coolidge. This report also will con- tain opinions regarding the legal authority possessed by the President in regard to the possible abolishm t of this commission or assigning it under some one of the regular de- partments. Doubt of Usefulness. The President has received tion and opinions of a varied nature regarding the real usefulness of this commission and many of the other in- dependent sgencies which have been created by law and which come under no one of the regular Government departments. It has frequently been suggested to him that a considerable sum of public money could saved annually if some of these agencies were either abandoned entirely orelse reduced in their pretensions and rele- gated to some department Inasmuch as these suggestions fitted tn completely with the President's fixed polic: to economize in the |operation of the Government, he de- cided to have a'scientific and thorough survey made. It has been explained that it would be only by such a means that he could intelligently ar- rive at a conclusion This investigation is being made by the following: Frederick J. Bailey, chairman, representative of the per- sonnel classification board; F. W Wright, representing the Budget Bureau; V. G. Croissant, representing the Bureau of Efficiency; Guy Moffett, representing the United States Civil Service Commission, and B. G. Cald- well, representing the Department of Justice in con- | | | Next Move Planned. It is thought that the mext investi- gution to be made will be in connec tion with the Federal Board for Voc | tional Training. fhis agency wa recommended in the report of the joint congressional committee of re- organigation to be merged with the Department of Education and Relief. Among other agencies of the inde- pendent status include custodian, which, in the reorganiza- tion plan, was to have become a part of the Department of Justice; the national advisory committee for | aeronautics, which was recommended | for consolidation with either the Army or Navy; also the War Finance Corporation, which was revived by Congress in opposition to policies of | President Harding, and the Federal Trade Commission. The out of existence December 30 next. The National Screw Thread Commis- | sion expires March 21, 1927. TURPIN TO QUIT SCREEN. | Illness of Wife Necessitates Ac- tion, Comedian Says. LOS ANGELES, April 9.—Ben Tur- pin, motidn picture comedian, toda: announced that he has decided quit the screen. His retirement was made imperative, he explained, by the serious illness of his wife, who re- cently suffered two strokes of apo-| plexy. According to his friends, Turpin is was sunk in collision with the steam- |doing his own housework to be near| his sick wife, who cannot stand his absence and becomes irritated at the servants. From England ,.To Australia Under Colonizing Plans money to be expended in rural development, clearing the land and assisting settlers during the first 10 years, The British government proposes to assist 34,000 families, averaging five persons each, to sail for Aus. tralia and take up homesteads. Emigrants need not possess any capital whatever to take advam- take of the scheme. Their pas- sages will be paid and they will recelve techmical training, machin- ery and periodic payments during the first five years. It is hoped that the plan will go a long way toward relieving the mother country’s distressing bur- den of overpopulation. < CQuright, 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) U.S. BUREAUS FACE = informa- | alien property | Railroad Administration goes| BANKS DENY LOANS 10 BUILDERS REST ONWAGE STANDARD Twenty-Three Tell Central Labor Union Grant of Raise Will Not Affect Credit. MERIT ALONE IS BASIS, FINANCIAL LEADERS SAY Half of Letters, Already Answered, Completely Refute Reports of Threats. Banks make of Washington to builders and con tractors on the basis of merit—as they have done in the past there has is any consid cut down employers who grant in- creases to union labor. This was mad Apparent today when the Central Labor Union made public 23 replies to ters sent to banking Institutions in Washington asking their policy in grantiug loans to buflders or contrac- tors allowing increases demanded by union laborers. Of the 47 letters of inquiry sent to banks in Washington by the Central Labor Union, 23 answers so far have been received. A large number of those replying made it clear that their loans in all cases are based on “merit.” while others, particularly the national banks, declared they did not handie the type of loan under discussion. will contin o loans been no agreement, them nor ered, amonz to to Tat- Bank Hitx Alleged Threat. Some of the banks flatly denied there was any consideration of a policy on their part toward union labor, while another, dealing extensively with the deposits of the wage-earners, severely condemned the Central Labor Union for what it termed threats of “black- listing" contained in its circular let- ter of inquiry. At the same time this bank denied its intention of cutting down on loans. The following were made public Labor Union today | From the Union Trust Co.—“Answer- |ing vour circular letter, without date, I desire to say that the Union Trust Co. will continue along its established lines 1 trust and banking direction, uninfluenced by any inter- iference ar threat, from groups, class or combination “EDWARD ST banks Central replies from by the SLLWAGEN “President.” Riggs National Bank of Washington Raplying to your letter, without |date, 1 Leg to advise that we have heard of no effort on tihe part of Washington banks to refuse loans on account of any contemplated increase in wages. Merit So as far as the Riggs Bank is concerned, it treats every application {for a loan, which comes before it for consideration strictly on its merits 1f, in our opinion, it is a sound loan and the customer is entitled to the credit, we make it. If, on the other hand, in our opinion, it is not a sound loan, or the customer not entitled to credit, we do not make it “MILTON E. AILES, President.” This reply spoke also for the North- west Savings Bank, which has re cently been taken over by the Rigg: | Bank. according to H. G. Hoskinson | vice president of the Rigss Bank N rax Loanx. Secy ional Bank. | From the Second National Bank: “Yesterday I received your undated letter regarding articles which you stated had appeared in the public | press in regard to financial institu- tions declining to make loans for | bullding projects should the incre: in wages sought by the building tradesmen be granted, and requesting | that we inform you of our attitude in this matter. In reply I beg to state this is a national bank and | never has made loans for building projects. | “All business transacted by this in- | stitution is predicated entirely on its | merits. | (Signea) . DEYBER “President.” National Bank—"Replying to your undated letter received by registered mail, will state that we { have had no discussion relative to the matter referred to by you, it being the, policy of this bank to treat each loan on its merits. “It occurs to us that possibly the statement appearing in the public press referred to institutions making building loans, which, of course, are not handled by us. “GEORGE O. WALSON, Pres “VICTOR B Liberty | dent.” | Predjudice Denied. National Bank of Washington—"In replying to your recent communica- tion, we beg to advise that all loans made by the National Bank of Wash- ington are made without predjudice to any interests. “GEORGE STARKEY, President.” Northeast Savings Bank—"In reply to your letter we wish to state that we have never made any building loans of any character, always con- fining ourselves to loans on either rented or occupied property. “W. REGINALD LEWIS, Cashier.” Washington Meghanics Savings Bank—-1 have not been approached by any one on the question mentioned in your letter, and I cannot conceive any banker making the statement you referred to. “EZRA GOULD, President.” National Banks Differ. Franklin National Bank—"In reply to vour letter of recent date, in | which vou say that you have been instructed to inquire it our bank is a party to any plan which has for its purpose the refusal to loan money for building enterpriseés based on amount of wages paid to me- Chanics, we wish to say that it against the policy of this and mont national banks to make construction loans. “Wherever we have loaned on com- pleted properties it is on the basis of 50 per cent of the market value of the particular property. “We know of no such plan as you refer to in your letter and there- fore, of necessity, are a party to no such plan. JOHN B. COCHRAN, “President.” Securlty Savings and Commercial Bank—-"1 I am in receipt of your un- dated communication, recelved Mon- day, April 6, 1925, and beg to state in reply that the Security Savings and Commercial Bank did not take part and does not possess any infor- mation relative to the confer-nces (Continued on Page 2, Column 1)