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WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy and slightly warmer showers tonight, followed by thunderstorms tomorro Temperatures resterday: lowest, 62, at Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Highest, 87, at 4 p. and a.m. tod: ch Entered as second class matter Washmgton, D. WASHINGTON, D. C, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, AMUNDSEN PLANE N 15 SHLVAGED AND FLES T0 BASE Data Secured in Flight Will Change Map for Great Expanse in Arctic. LEADERS OVERWHELMED WITH CONGRATULATIONS Observations More Valuable Than If Party Had Made 24-Hour Trip to Pole. = | BY JAM B. WHARTON. | Sipecial Correspondent of The Star and North American Newspaper Alliance KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June (By Radio From Steamer Heimdal).— The _Amundsen - Ellsworth airplane N-23, which carried the explorers bac from the North, arrived i Kings Bay last night, after a succes: ful flight from its anchorage in Lad; Franklin Bay, northern Spitzbergen. It was flown dwn the coast by Riiser-Larsen, with Dietrichson, Om- dahl and Feucht on board. The group went North on the steamer Heimdal early Saturday morning and had no difficulty in getting the machine’s in- jured aileron repaired. The plane is undergoing a thorough overhauling this morning at the base workshop, in Kings Bay. Praised by Whole World. i Amundsen_and Ellsworth are being overwhelmed with congratulatory telegrams from every corner of the world, and the subordinate members the expedition are also receiving a reat many similar messages. This flood of congratulations has come as a | great surprise to the explorers, who do not seem to understand the extent of their feat or the world’s tremendous interest in their accomplishment. { When Amundsen looked at the great pile of telegrams on his table this morning he said to me: “This s even re applause than the South Pole scovery elicited.” Ellsworth, exam ining a similar pile of messages, asked anxiously: *“Are you sure there isn't a mistake? Isn't it possible that the world thinks we reached the pole? This enormous number of congratu- latory telegrams has swollen the single | line of radio communication between | Spitzhergen and the outside world un- til it S jamme eyond precedent, | and even our spaper dispatches have to fight for ce. 1 Changes Polar Maps. The heroic and personal side of the flizht has alrcady reached the world’s mind and heart. The actual scieatific | accomplishments of the trip remain to | be studied and assessed. A map of the | route which the fiyers covered will show a great oval, open on its south- erly end, closed on the north, with each side about 750 miles long. In-| side this oval lie 100,000 square miles | of territory, a vast expanse of ice, | most_of which has been viewed for the first time by this party. Because ne Dead Dakota Senator SENATOR . F. LADD DIES FROM ILLNESS OF MORE THAN YEAR Passes Quietly in Baltimore EDWIN FREEMONT LADD. FOREIGNERS RUSH DEFENSE N CANTON Shameen Hastily Fortified as Feeling Against Europeans Is Intensified. By the Associated Press. CANTON, June 22.—Shameen, the artificial island which is the Cantomr foreign settlement, today was in a state of siege. Two gunboats, one British and one French, held commanding positions in the creek separating Shameen from the city. All approaches to the island were fortified with piled up sand bags and quick-firing guns testi- fying to the prepardness of the foreign forces for emergencies. All Europeans have been warned not to enter Canton ltself. In Shameen it is believed they will be safe. The placing of the two gun- boats is supposed to make impossible and landing by Chinese on the island. A fresh contingent of French sailors arrived this morning and took up quarters in Shameen. Foreign residents in the Y. M. C. A. in Canton Itsaif have been umged to leave for some safer lodging. The general strike is continuing under the pressure brought to bear on workers by the Kuomingtang (People’s) party, the present ruling faction in Canton. Some Chinese say that much of the anti-foreignism being preached is the result of Kuomintang concern. Anti-foreign feeling is especially strong against Japanese and British nationals and interests. The Ameri- cans report receiving better treatment. MARTIAL LAW LIKELY. Amundsen and ‘his companions made observations of this great expanse of ! polar waste and lived in it for nearly @ month they feel that from the scien- tific viewpoint their flight is probably more valusble than 'if they had | reached the Pole and flown back the | same day by the same course. The | flight will efface from the polar maps most of the white area between Spitz- bergen and the Pole, which has here- e been designated as ‘“unex- ploree That is a great geographical achievemen wuth North American by Co 1l Scandinavian coun- Aero Club. All | riere delia se tries by the rights reserved.) MESSAG HELD UP. Aero Club e Blocked | Associated Press Dispatches. Representat K1 BAY, Spitzbergen, June 22 () —The Associated corre- | spondent who accompanied the Nor- | wegian government's expedition sent to search for Amundsen-Ellsworth, | polar explorer: nd which was at| Kings Bay when Amundsen and his party returned, found the explorers in_£00d health and cheerful spirits. | However, (in accordance with the Norwezian “Aero Clu agreement for exclusive syndicating of news re- garding the expedition all news me: ages from the Associated Press cor- respondent were held up at Kings Bay by the representatives of the Aero Club. Press This dispatch was not an unregu- lated new ze coming directly from the As ed Press correspon- dent, but was filed by the authorities to inform his office of his situation It is the only word from the corre- spondent that been allowed to come throu ince the return of Amundsen, although previously he had been permitted to transmit mess- ages giving valuable information to the world of the searching party's progress and plans. Whiel every one was eagerly await- ing news of the fate of the then missing Amundsen-Ellsworth flying | expedition to the North Pole, the | Norwegian government decided send a searching expedition after them ciated Press staff correspond- ompanied the party 1 steamship Ingertre, which north from a port near Osla| to Spitzbergen. At Advent Bay the rescue party transferred to steamer Heimdal. This ship continued from Advent Bay to Kings Bay and the Norwegian flyers of the relief party flew that distance. The As- went sociated Press correspondent was not | & permitted to go on the Heimdal and made his way in a chantered launch trom Advent Bay to Kings Bay where, as the preceding message nar- rates, transmission facilities were de- nied him. JOFFRE IS UNCHANGED. Condition of Marshal Not Alarm- ing, Physicians Say. PARIS, June 22 (#).—The condition | 1 Joffre was unchanged to- was announced yesterday that arshal had a chill Saturday and | had taken a turn for the worse. No| official bulletins were Issued. c- | tors in attendance said y: marshal was suffering from an attack 1 Government at Homgkong to Reim- to!& on the!: v the | ¥ Manchurian: Troops May Take Over Rule of Shanghai. SHANGHAI, June WP).—It was reported today that Gen. Hsueh-Liang may declare martial law in the Chi- nese districts adjoining the foreign settlement. Gen. Chang Hsueh-llang, son of Gen. Chang Tso-lin, the Manchurian war lord, recently brought some of his crack Manchurian soldiers and Shapg- tugn bandit chasers to Shanghai. Two Japanese officials arrived here today to conduct what was described as an unofficial inquiry into the strike tuation. Four American _destroyers' have reached Woosung from Chefu. The situation at Woosung is reported easier, GUARANTEES PROTECTION. burse Families of Slain. HONGKONG, June P).—The government here today issued a noti- fication guaranteeing full protection to life and property during the sym- pathetic strike now being carried on here by Chinese students and work- ers. The family of any person killed while engaged in carrying on his cus- tomary work will be paid $2,000, the notice” said. Girls ~eplaced Chinese striking ele- vator operators at the Hongkong Ho- tel today while the hotel bandsmen, Filipinos, put down their instruments and substituted for Chinese table boys who left their posts. A number of British and Portuguese boys volunteered their services in other departments of the hotel affect- ed by the strike, as well as at Wihe- man’s Cafe. Chinese office boys employed by the principal mercantile firms were walk- ing out today. An attempt was being mide to per- fect arrangements this afternoon for replacing the striking Chinese crews who left British coasters here. Pending -a -decision of Chinese and With Wife and Two Children at Bedside. CONDITION SUDDENLY CHANGES DURING NIGHT Espousal of La Follette Brought G. 0. P. Discipline—Headed 0il Inquiry. By the Associated Press BALTIMORE, June 2 Senator ! Edwin Freemont Ladd of North Da- kota died here at 10:20 a.m. today. Senator Ladd passed away quietly, retaining consciousness almost to the last. Mrs. Ladd arrived from Wash- ington an hour before the end came and was at the bedside with Milton, one of the sons, who Is studying law In George Washington University, and his daughter Virginia, who attends high school in Washington. Senator Ladd, while apparently realizing the end was near, aroused to greet them when they entered his room. The end came rapidly after their arrival Douglas H. McArthur, the Senator’ secretary, who entered the room a few minutes after Mrs. Ladd and the children, the Senator failed to recog- nize. Change Comes Suddenly. . Senator Ladd had been under treat- ment at the Church Home and In- firmary here for two weeks for kidney trouble, a complication which develop- ed as an aftermath of neurftis con- tracted a year ago in North Dakota. His condition suddenly became crit- ical within the last three daps. His physiclans gave up hope of his re- covery early today. He suffered a serious sinking spell during the night, and his death was known to be immi- nent when the small portion of his! family which could reach Baltimore today arrived at his bedside. The remainder of the family, two sons and four daughters—Culver of Fargo, N. Dak.; Vernon of Cleveland, Ohlo; Kath- erine, Rizpah and Rosilla of Wiscon- sin, and Elizabeth, who had been vis- itnig- Vernon ‘in Cleveland—were on the way- to Baltimore today. Mrs. Ladd was seriously affected by the Senator's death, and due to this, it was planned today to arrange funeral services in Washington, where the body would be interred temporarily In a vault until Mrs. Ladd is able to make the trip to North Da- kota. It was expected that the body would be taken to Washington to- morrow. Il For More Than Year. A year ago Senator Ladd, while on a visit to his home State of North Dakota, was caught in a rainstorm, and his clothes became - thoroughly wet. He was traveling at the. time and was unable to change immediate- ly. Shortly thereafter neuritis af. fected his left shoulder and later went to his hands and wrists. Last March he came to Johns Hopkins Hospital here for an examination.” It was found that his condition was not then serious, and he was advised that he might safely make his Summer trip to North Dakota, being careful to avold exertion. On June 1, he started, first visiting his son Vernon in Cleveland. Riding in an automobile, his limbs became cramped and the neuritis returned. His physicians previously had recom- mended that several affected teeth be removed. This he had planned to have done in Fargo, after he had filled several speaking engagements. A+ Cleveland, however, his general con- dition became such as to preclude further plans for the North Dakota trip and he returned to Johns Hop- kins. The facilities he required not being available there at the moment, he was transferred to the Church Home and Infirmary. His condition at that time was not believed critical. A few days later kidney trouble de- veloped and his condition daily had grown more serious. Last night when the climax of his illness arrived, he failed to respond to last resort treatment and sank stead- ily until his death at 10:20 a.m. LOST COMMITTEE POST. Ladd’s Espousal of La Follette Cost Him Powerful Seat. The death of Senator Ladd removes from the Senate another of the Pro- gressive bloc, one of the four Sena- tors, including the late Senator La Follette, who were excluded from Re- publican party councils and denied Senate committee assiznments by the regular Republicans of the Senate last Winter and Spring. Senator Ladd espoused the cause of Senator Lal| Follette during the campaign of last year, and worked for his election as President against the regular Repub- lican ticket. foreign bank representatives, the Hong Kong stock exchange- today de- Senator Ladd was elected to the Senate in 1920 as a Republican, with (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) the frozen North. Amundsen. The rest of the st himself, beginning where Whart: tomorrow in of quins; They declared his condi- tion was not alarming). - EEESOENRIAERSNTNGNS Amundsen’s Own Story Of His Flight Into the North To Be Continued Tomorrow The almost insuperable difficulties which beset efforts to maintain communication with Spitzbergén are interferring with transmission_of Amundsen’s dramatic story of his flight ‘into The first chapter of this story, as thrilling as any adven- ture of fiction, was told in a dispatch to The Sunday Star by James B. Wharton, in_the form of an interview with Capt. Amundsen’s first installment, constituting the second chap- ter of this unprecedented tale of adventure, will be published The Evening Star !lfllllllllllllll.llll.l‘lllll’llm (Continded on Page 4, Column 1. BERSEAERGTAIEERERIGERRIANS ory will be told by Amundsen on left off. . KERE0SRERERAHTETE | HOSPITAL ACCIDENT 15 FATAL T0 NURSE Coroner’s Jury Finds Death of Miss Bowers Due to No Negligence. Miss Lois Bowers, 20 years old, stu- dent nurse at National Homeopathic Hospital, who was severely burned a week ago while performing her duties in the sterilizing room at the hospital Jjust after an operation had been per- formed, died about 1:30 o'clock this morning. During her lingering iliness she had never been in condition to be questioned about the affair, and a cor- oner’s jury, at an inquest held at the morgue today, reached the conclusion that death was the result of an acci- dent. Dr. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy cor- oner, made a statement to the jury to the effect that there was no disposition on part of the hospital authorities to conceal the facts relative to the affair. The morning after Miss Bowers was burned, he stated, he was advised of the affalr and he mentioned it to Coroner Nevitt. Hospital Did Duty. Coroner Nevitt explained that the affair did not come within his province until death occurred, and in responses to an inquiry by the coroner, Dr. Rogers sald he made no mention. of the affair to the police. Dr. Rogers said he thought the hospital author- ities had fully performed what they believed to be their duty in the mat- ter. It was something out of the ordinary, he saild, and officials prob- ably believed they thought their duty had been fulfilled when they told him of it, believing he was acting coroner at the time. It was testified by Charles Wallace, colored orderly, whose hand was burned while trying to assist Miss Bowers, that nothing he had in his care was connected with the sad af- fair. Miss Bowers' dress ignited from something near where she was work- ing in the sterilizing room he said and he later found an ether can on the floor. He said he turned off the gas after Miss Bowers' dress had ignited. There ‘was no explosion, he declared, his first intimation of something being wrong {was when Miss Bowers made an out- cry. Looking, he said, he saw her dress afire. Exonerate Orderly. Miss Elsie M. Maurer, supervisor of nurses, and others testified to the good character and ability of Wallace as an orderly in the operating room. Jesse Adkins, attorney and member of the hospital board,-appeared at the inquest in the interest of the hospital. The accident was never formally reported to the police until a reporter for The Star, investigating a rumor of the accident, called at the second precinct Saturday and informed the officers there that the young nurse was not expected to live. ‘When the® reporter first called at the hospital, just prior to visiting the police station, he was referred to the superintendent, who pointblank re- fused to divulge any of the circum- stances surrounding the case, taking the stand that it was not necessary to notify any person outside of the hospital of an accident that had oc- curred within. Try to Cover Case. She severely upbraided the reporter for “interfering” and even refused to give him the names of niembers of the board of directors. Within an hour after, however, two members of the board ealled The Star and offered to give out the information imme- diately. Members of the boayd of trustees of the hospital admitted an error had been made in not reporting the acci- dent sooner, but they explained that they were not sure of the detalls and had hoped up to the last that Miss Bowers would at least regain consciousness sufficiently to substan- tiate the details obtained from Wal- lace. Hospital authorities said that a rela- tive of Miss Bowers had strenuously objected to her going into training a nurse, having a premonition that something terrible would happen. to her. The girl, however, laughed at the suggestion, made formal applica- tion and was admitted. She had re- celved full operating room experience before the accident. _ GONZALES NAMED ENVOY. Nicaraguan Liberal Appointed Minister to Washington. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 22 (). —Dr. Pedro Gonzales of Managua, a member of the Liberal party, has been jpointed Nicaraguan Minister to Washington, JUNE 22, Siege Survivors Blow Up Selves To Escape Riffs By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 22.—A dispatch to the Intransigeant from Fez, French Moroceo, says that Second Licut. Lapeyre with six Senegalese soldiers, the only survivors of his original garrison of 22 men, blew up his blockhouse on the Franco- Moroccan front on June 14, rather than be taken alive or surrender to the besieging Riffians of Abd- el.Krim's forces. He had held the post for eight days against the tribesmen. His two cannon had finally been si- lenced by the enemy. He had re- peatedly asked for help, but no rescue party had arrived and the enemy was closing in. The liéu- tenant flashed a final report by heliograph and then touched off the powder magazine of his block- house. UNPAID WAR DEBTS HELD TRADE BLOCK Briton Tells World C. of C. That Setttement Must Be Made. By the: Associated Press. BRUSSELS, June 22.—The settle- ment of the interallied debts is an es- sential condition to the recovery of maritime trade, Sir Alan Anderson, depty governor of the Bank of Eng- Jand and former president of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom, today told the third con- gress of the International Chamber of Commerce, in session here. His speech was directed against na- tional ownership of merchant fleets and governmental interference in shipping. Some of the phases of the Dawes reparation plan were puzzling dele- gates to the congress today since M. Despret, chairman of the Bank of Brussels, vesterday told the congress that the plan contained many illusions and Willis H. Booth, the retiring pres- ident of the chamber, warned of pos- sible hitches in application of "the provisions for deliveries in kind by Germany. Sees Dawes Plan Clouded. “The Dawes' plan—what hopes and also what f{llusions are contained in those three words,” said M. Despret. “Thousands repeat them without hav- ing the faintest idea of their mean- ing. * “It is really possible to pay and re- ceive thousands of millions without dis- astrous consequence for him who re- celves as well as for him who pays. Failing payments in cash, if that be possible, how can we gét paid? If the debtor country pays in goods, to what extent can it do so without harming the creditor country itself, which pro- duces the very goods it must accept in payment? Can the debtor country pay in services, and in what services, without. causing prejudice to the in. dustry, trade and labor of the creditor country? “Who can fail to see that these problems extend beyond the question of reparation for war damages or that, they exist in exactly the same way be- tween the debtor and creditor nations in the matter of the debts incurred in the war? * * * Questions Payment Plan. “Are the interallied debts to be paid in_cash, in goods, or in services?"” Mr. Booth announced that the re- port of the .chamber’s committee on economic restoration would show that successful transfer of the annuities provided for in the plan was the im- portant problem of the moment. “It -will be necessary for Germany to export more goods than she-did before the war with the least possible disturbance, of the natural markets of other countries,” he said. “The opening up of new continents and the development of natural re- sources -therein will make outlets which did not exist before the war. Experience ' alone will demonstrate Wwhether these outlets will be sufficient. If not, the ingenuity of the business world will be taxed to solve the problem.” Floods Menace Australian Towns, SYDNEY, New South Wales, June 22 (#).—Widespread floods in New South Wales are causing severe dam- age and several towns are menaced. The residents of Goulbourne have been driven to high ground, and Forbes also is threatened. Three men are missing at Penvith, 1925—-THIRTY ¢ Foening Star. PAGES. POLIGE OPEN DRVE FOR SANE FOURTH Vigorous Effort to Make City Safe Ordered—rFireworks Are Banned. Washington’s battle to save the lives and limbs of children celebrating the Fourth of July will be launched tomorrow, with a general order to all captains of police to enforce strict- 1y police regulations on a safe and sane Fourth. For the first time in the history of local celebrations, the Pharmacy act of 1906 will be invoked also, for the protection of celebrants, it was learn- ed today. This will place the ban on a certatn type of oriental snake cu- riosity, which police say, last year poisoned a child whp though it was candy. Acting Superintendent of Police Charles A. Evans said in sending out his order tomorrow, special attention will be called to the snake nests, and the fact that they will be barred under the pharmacy act, which regulates the sale of pajsons. The snake curiosity in the past has been sold in tin foil containers and cone shape, similar to some candies. Two Are Arrested. As police officlals were planning to order a city-wide campaign for a safe and sane Fourth, the Capital rolled up & total of two arrests and one accident, and a big supply of fire- works was being laid up outside the District line. The first victim was Morris Len- denburg, 10 vears old, of Baltimore, who was burned playing with fire- crackers while a visitor yesterday at 1300 I street northeast. He was treat- ed at Casualty Hospital for a burn on his face. The first arrest was made in the sixth precinct, when Policeman Mc- Grath took into custody John Giana- ris, 37 years old, of 317 H street, for selling “explosives. He gave $5 col- lateral for his appearance in Police Court. A child with a box of ex- "(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) DOROTHY PERKINS GETS FIVE TO FIFTEEN YEARS Slayer of Suitor Is Composed as She Is Sentenced—Judge Flays Her Life. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 22.—From § to 16 years' confinement in Auburn Prison was_the sentence imposed. to- day upon Dorothy Perkins, charged with killing Thomas Templeton, Jer- sey City war veteran and her suitor. ‘The girl appeared entirely composed as Judge Mcintyre delivered the sen- tence, and later walked steadily from the courtroom. “I feel very sorry for you,” the Jjudge said. “I don’t want to add any more anguish to what you have al- ready suffered. But you did a heinous wrong; you have led a very bad life for one so very young.” Although many letters have been received concerning the case, he said, not one of them suggested the girl should be let off without punishment. The Star’s “From Press to Home Within the Hour” carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturda; Sunday’ Circulation, 90,933 lation, 102,941 () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. Shy-Looking Girl Holds Up Hackers With Toy for Gun By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 22-—A pretty, bobbed-haired gir arrested late last night in the act of holding up a taxicab driver, nfessed that she was the mysterious girl vbher who within a week had engineered five similar hold-ups. | She revealed that the “gun” with | which she threatened the driver's life in each robbery was a toy pistol. “I needed money awfully bad,” was the explanation given by the girl, who gave her age as 19. Police sald she was attractively dressed and might have passed as a demure high school pupil. FOWLER DEFENDS FO0D INSPECTIONS Demands Explanation of Fed- eral Charge That Impure Meat Is Sold Here. Aroused at the announcement by the Department of Agriculture that ‘Washington is one of seven citie: cited as ‘“outstanding examples where sanitary methods in the sale | of meats are lacking, Dr. William | C. Fowler, District ,health officer, | this afternoon went to Assistant Sec- retary of Agriculture R. W. Dunlap and requested an “explanation.” | “I deny that insanitary conditions | in the handling of meat or any other foodstuff exist in the National Cap-| ital,” Dr. Fowler announced prior | to his conference with Mr. Dunlap. | “I was greatly surprised at the state- | ments published in the press by the! department this morning, especially in | view of the fact that 1 was not con-| sulted nor even advised that an in-| vestigation was under way here.” It developed today that the press | statement issued by the deparment is really in the nature of a boomerang, as the District health officer is also! the official agent of the Department | of Agriculture in the enforcement | of the food laws in the District of | Columbia. If this enforcement has been lax here, it was pointed out in official circles, then the department it-| self is responsible. Short Weights Charged. Allegations in the statement that! meat is being on short-weight ! scales “in th visited,” brought | from George Roberts, municipal | superintendent of weights and meas- ures, an official statement defending the inspection work of his department. Dr. Fowler asked the Department of Agriculture to furnish him with| what information it has on which to| base its assertlons regarding the in-| sanitary conditions reported in Wash- ington. “If the Department of Agriculture has some special data along this line, | I certainly will be glad to get it,” Dr.| Fowler sald today. “Our_inspectors | make daily inspections of all food.! distributing places in the District and as an evidence of the thoroughness of | their work large quantities of food | have been condemned. Of course, 1 do not claim that in all of Washington there do not occur instances of im- proper handling and sale of meats, | especially in hot weather, but 1 do/ say that the Health Department is constantly on the alert for such of- fenses and constantly is prosecuting persons found guilty of food law! violations.” Large Quantity Destroyed. Health Department records disclose that since July 1 last 7,030 pounds of meats, exclusive of poultry, fish and liver, have been condemned and de- stroyed by Health Department in- spectors, who found the food unfit for human consumption. The statement of the Agricultural officials came as a bombshell in the office of the District Health Depart- ment, as Dr. Fowler and his force of 22 food inspectors have taken special pride in their persistent campaign | against impure foods. “I belleve on the basis of our find- | ings here that Washington is far ahead of most of the large cities as regards sanitary conditions in meat markets, retail grocery stores, et Dr. R. R. Ashworth, chief food f.- spector, declared. In defending the weights and meas- | ures department Mr. Roberts pointed out that “there is nothing to prevent a grocer or butcher from changing his scale after inspection.” He said that test purchases and surprise inspec- tlons are continually being made by his forces. 600,000 Examinations. ““The law here is reasonably suf- fent,” Supt. Robert declared. What I need is a little force, a better paid force and a little better equipment.” More than 600,000 examinations of weighing and measuring apparatus were made last year, he added, and 8,802 were condemned. The Department of Agriculture gathered its information by personal interviews with retail dealers, local (Continued on Page 4, Column 7.) Grant Dies Spurning Operation To Save Him for Hangman’s Noose By the Associated Bress. CHICAGO, - June 22.—Bernard Grant, fearful of the hangman's noose in spite of the efforts of thou- sands of persons throughout the country who had signed petitions urging clemency of Gov. Len Small, refused today to permit physicians to perform an operation in the hope of saving his life, and died 30 minutes later. He was stabbed five times Saturday by Walter Krauser, once senténced with Grant to hang, but later granted a new . trial. ¢ Grant was very weak from the wounds in his neck and chest and physicians at the House of Correc- tion Hospital insisted on a blood transfusion. “I'l be dead in a little while if you'll let me alone,” said the wounded prisoner, “so why prolong my life when it’s going to be taken from me anyway?’ Dr. Frank Jirka pleaded, but Grant’s resistance did not weaken. Grant, who insisted he was in- nocent and that Krauser alone was Eilsh Souters o & Boidup ts 1955, probably would have been par- doned or his sentence commuted to life imprisonment, had Krauser escaped the gallows at his second trial, which was set for this week. The Supreme Court had allowed Krauser a retrial, but denied a second hearing to Grant. After the stabbing Grant had re- iterated his declarations of in- nocence and expressed the belief that “if I get well I expect to walk out of here a free man.” .. As to Krauser he expressed the hope that he would escape the gallows. ‘When Krauser heard of Grant's " death, an assistant jailer said, he remarked: “Is that so? Well there will be some more that will dle soon.” State's Attorney Crowe an- nounced he would seek Krauser's indictment on another murder charge. Prisoners in the county jail started a collection to buy flowers for Grant's funeral. 3 Radio Programs—Page 18, FEAR OF HUGE CUT IN DEPARTMENTAL PAY ROLLS FADING Fewer Than 500 Expected to Be Laid Off After July 1 Despite Rumors. PERSONNEL BOARD STILL LACKS DISMISSAL LISTS Jobs Discounted by Un- official Check-Up. Even though only a little more than a week remains before July 1, the end of the fiscal vear 1925, and the day when the much-discussed and vaguely hinted-at large number of separations from the Government pay roll in Washington will become effective nelther the personnel classifieation board nor the office of the Bureau of the Budget had any idea ¢ how large the number would be. That not more than 1,000 employes and prob- ably consid fewer than that would be separated from the Govern ment service, seemed assured, even though within the last few days state ments have been made that about 3,000 would be dropped from the rolls The personnel classification board, according to Guy F. Allen, its chair man, has had no lists of employes slated for dismissal sent to it, as mus e done under the executive order of June 4, removing final authori hiring and firing from the hands of the bureau or division chief and plac Ing it in the hands of the classific tion board. These lists, under the executive order, must be in the hands of the board by June 23, as five day are allowed for emploves to file ap peals or exceptions to the recom mendations for dismissal Fewer Than 500 to Go. The expected large number of dis missals, because of reduction in ap- propriations for salary of personnel, have failed to materialize, a check-up of the situation today showing that fewer than 500 are scheduled to go. although Congress tightened up the reins of the administrative machinery in many of the appropriation bilis when it inserted a provision in the appropriation acts for 1926 specifying that not more than a certain amount could be expended for personal serv- ices. This is a drastic step and a provision never before inserted in ap- propriations for personal services. About 190 persons are to be dropped on July 1 from the adjusted compensa- tion unit of the Veterans' Bureau. Between 200 and 300 persons are to be dropped from the loans and cur- rency division of the public debt serv- bly {ice of the Treasury Department, and 37 are to go from the Interjor Depart- ment. Drastic cuts are not con- templated in any of the other depart- ments, so far as could be ascertained today, even though a few are to go here and there. Commerce Force Increased. The Shipping Board, embarked upon a program of personnel reduction, de. signed to effect salary reductions of a million dollars for the calendar year, is not making any sudden cuts on July although its force is being steadily reduced. Serious reductions in force are not contemplated in the War and Navy Departments, nor is the State Department personnel to be reduced. Commerce, Labor and Post Office foresee no cuts in personnel, while the Commerce Department pay roll will be augmented by the addi- tion of about 1,000 employes trans- ferred from the Bureau of Mines of the Interior Department to the Com- merce Department under the recent executive order of the President, ef- fective July 1. About 200 of these employes are in Washington. The new policy embarked upon by the Interior Department of not filling vositions made vacant by resignations, deaths and retirements, along with other reductions in force, has brought about a curtailment of more than 180 employes in the department so far during the fiscal year. Further re- ductions are contemplated. Mr. Allen said today that a large number of separations from the serv. ice are not expected on July 1, basing his opinion on the reports he has heard regarding recommendations to be made by administrative officers. —_— PEDESTRIAN KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT larger | Bernard E. Winters of Continental Life Insurance Co. Dies Before Reaching Hospitgl. Bernard E. Winters, 50 years old, of 609 Sixth street, an insurance salesman, was knocked down by an automobile at Sixth and F streets to- day and was dead before he reached Emergency Hospital, where he had been taken in a taxicab. ‘Winters, according to the police report of the accident, was walking from the southwest corner to the northeast corner of the street inter- section when an automobile owned and operated by Andrew Graham Smith, 5516 Carolina place, and going south on Sixth street, knocked him down. ‘The man was placed in a taxicab operated by Lonnie G. Jennings, 1221 Twelfth street, and-rushed to the hos- pital, where Dr. Reese found he had died from a fractured skull and other injuries. An inquest will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the morgue. Winters occupied a room at the Sixth street address and was employ- ed with the Continental Life Insur- ance Co. He was on his way back to his room when the accident hap pened. He was born in Washington and lived here nearly all his life. brother, L. Winters of 3337 Seven teenth street, survives him. Fire Destroys Steamer’s Cargo. HAVRE, France, June 22 (#).— Fire today aboard the British steamer Lowther Castle, anchored here, de- stroyed almost 2,000 tons of cotton, lumber, grain and damaged the vas- pel. -