Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1925, Page 1

THER, (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, cooler tomorrow afternoon or night. Temperatures—Highest, 86, occurred at 3:45 p.m. vesterday; lowest, 71, oc- “From Press to Home Within the Hour™ Star’s carrier tem city block and the re The every re curred at 5 a.m. today r full report — ec page Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 18 h No. 29,672, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. ) WILLIAM J. Ap_oplexy Fata] to Commoner in Sleep. INVALID WIDOW BRAVING SHOCK Friends and Foes Pay Tribute to Memory. By the Associated DAYTON, T yeste T Press. ., Jul of William Jennings ho ¢ ingtol morning, Mrs. Bryan rough her friends today. Burial of the political and religious Teader will be in Ar Virginia, at later, Mrs The funeral part clude “the widow of Dayton friends, is expected to reach the National Capital early Thursday. Road Offers Special Car. Mrs. Bryan has accepted the offer of a spec om the Southern Raflway Company, along whose lines the funeral train will pass from Day- ton to Washington. The car, a com bination observation and Pullman, will be taken on the local train to Chattanooga, whence, at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday mor it nected to the reg fast train from Chattanooga to Washington, Among Tennes: riends expected to accompany e Sue K Hicks, Herbe n G. Mc Kenzie, Gordon McKenzie nnd Wal lace Haggard, all of local p counsel in the Scopes tri torney General A. T. S rt. No ceremonial guard of honor will be in arttendance on the body, in accordance with t expressed ..wish of Mrs, 3ryan, who told her friend: We are simple people, and we want all arrangements simply made.” Mrs. Bryan, though an invalid, con- fined to a chair, continued to display remarkable resolution In_ the unex- pected death of her husl d. She gave directions for all arrangements which have been determined upon. Floods of telegrams poured in upon Mrs. Bryan today. They brought mes- ages of tender sympathy from the umble and great in every part of the ‘ontinent and many verbal tokens of grief which those in high places shared with the widow. Their mes. sages were read to her at intervals by her friends and attendants. They a time to be determined Bryan said an escort seemed to soften her sorrow, to which | she has resolutely r From 2 until 5 this afternoon the hody of Mr. Bryan was to lie in state upon the lawn of the Richard Rogers home, where he lived during the pes proceedings, and where he iled unobserved by man As a_guard of honor on this occa- sion, while the mountain folk of east- rn Tennessee pass before the casket, squad from the Fred . Brady Tost, No. 100, the American Legion. composed of Dayton former service men, will be on duty. - The guard will be in uniform and wi ut arms. fused to vield Apoplexy Causes Death. The end came yesterday afternoon while the Commoner was sleeping in the house of Richard Rogers, whic had bee assigned him during his stay ere, when he came for the Scopes . Thomason and Dr. es, who examined the body, ath was d by a hemor- rhage of the , resulting in apo- plexy. He was 65 years old. James McCartney, family chauffeur, as sent by Mrs. Bryan at 4:30 p.m. wake her husband. McCartney #hook Mr. Bryan twice in an attempt use him and then noticed he s not breathir Rushing to the home of A. B. Andrews. a neighbor, the chauffeur called for physicians, who reached the home within a few minutes. The doctors said Mr. Bryan prob- Iy had been dead 30 or 40 minutes. The Commoner had been living un der a strenuous program since he came here three weeks ago to assist in the prosecution of John T. Scopes, found guilty of violating Tennessee's antl-evolution la He appeared in excellent health, however, and was planning to launch a great campalgn this week in behalf of fundamental- ism Widow Stands Shock Bravely. Mrs. Bryan, who has been an in- valid a number of years, immediately took charge of the funer: arrange: ments and received a few of the hun- dreds of persons who called at the residence to express sympathy “1 am happy that my ghusb: without suffering and in peace, aid. His last wor the room for “I am so sleepy Before he went to sleep, Mr. Bryan autographed two books for Judge John T. Raulston, who presided at the Scopes trial The books were “The Seven Questions in Dispute,” and “In His Image. He wrote: “To Judge and Mrs. John 7T. Raulston, Winchester, Tenn., with good wishes of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bryan, July 26, 19 1 After travelin urday and deliverin chester and Jasper, returned to Dayton from Chattanoo; spent the night Before he left Bryan joined A. W the hotel at which several othe for Lessly accompanied him to Dayton, and during the trip the Commoner expressed determination to ‘“see the case through.” Mr. Bryan showed no evidence of bad health, Mr. Lessly <aid, but remarked that he was suffer- ing with diabetas. v le in Ch,( (optinued on Rage 3, s to her, he entered nap, were: er 200 miles Sat- speeches at Win- Tenn.. Mr. Br: early yesterds where he h: Chattanooga Mr. Lessly, owner of he stopped, and breakfast. Mr. ngton Cemetery, which will in- be con- | 27—The Bryan, ed suddenly in sleep here late day, will move on a special | Iroad car from Dayton to Wash- at 8:40° o'clock Wednesday announced | | | E | | | establishment of WILLIAM JEN High Lights of Born in.Salem, Ill.. March 19, 1860, son of Silas Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth Jennings Bryan. Received A. B. degree from Il linols College in 1881 with highest honors. Admitted to Tilinols bar in 1883 and practiced at Jacksonville until 1887, when he moved to Lin- coln, Nebr. Married Miss Mary Baird of Perry, I, 1884. Elected to Congress from first Nebraska district in 1891 and served to 1895. Elizabeth October 1, Recefved Democratic vote for United States Senator in 1893 and was nominated by Democratic convention in 1894, but was de- feated by John M. Thurston. Editor of the Omaha World- Herald from 1894 until 1896. Delegate to Democratic national convention in 1896, wrote the sil- ver plank and was nominated for the presidency after his famous “Cross of Gold" speech. Made an 18,000-mile speaking tour of the country, but was defeated by William McKinley. Lectured on bi-metalism during 1897 and 1898. DR. ROWE WARNS LATIN AMERICANS Fear of Political Domination by U. S. Is Strong in Southern Nations. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., July 27. —Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director general of the Pan-American Union at Wash- ington, asserted at the Institute of Politics today that a inct trend toward a balance of power exists in the Latin American countries today and may have as disastrous conse- | quences as has the balance of power in Europe. Conducting the discussion at a round table conference on -outstand- ing problems in inter-American re- lations, Dr. Rowe said, in part: “The first of the great problems confronting the American continent is to ascertain how it will be possible to avold the balance of power system in its Buropean form. We must de- vise some way of preventing that system from taking deep root.” Fear U. S. Domination. The tremendous and rapidly in | creasing volume of investments by this country in the Latin-American countries, Dr. Rowe said, was creat- ing a fear that they were but the precursor of political domination. To counteract this distrust he urged the close = co-operation among all the Americas. “The United States must make the Monroe Doctrine a continental doc- trine, arousing the confidence of the Latin American countries instead of their distrust, as at present.” Dr. Rowe said. “We must make them feel that we have in view a concert of American nations and are against the acqui- sition of territory other than by hon- no matter what its character, to arbitratio: DEBT ENVOYS IN LONDON. French Commission Opens Confer- ences With British. LONDON, July 27 (#).—The com- mission of three financial experts, which arrived from Paris last night to discuss the problem of French war debts to England, met British treasury Bryan experts for an initial conference this umn 34 _ OInings / WASHINGTON, D. C ¢ Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, NINGS BRYAN. (Copyright by Underwpod & Underwood.) Bryan’s Career Ne- for 1898 Rafsed the 3d Regiment, braska Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American war in and became its colonel. Again nominated for presidency by Democrats in 1900 and again defeated by McKinley Established the Commoner, a weekly political paper at Lincoln, Nebr., after the election, and in 1906 made a str of the world. Received third nomination for the presidency in 1908 and was defeated by William Howard Taft. Credited with bringing about the nomination of Woodrow Wil- son for President in 1912 over Champ Clark Secretary of State in_ Wilson cabinet from 1913 to 1915, when he resigned because of differences with President over notes to Ger- many after sinking of American ships. Served grape juice to diplomats instead of liquor_at state func- tions: while in office lectured in chautauquas for pa: Moved from Nebraska to Mi- ami, Fla., in 1920 and engaged in real estate business. Reputed to have made a small fortune. Delegate from Florida to Demo- cratic convention in 1924 in New York. Aided prosecution of John T. Scopes for teaching evolution at Dayton, Tenn., in July, 192 NEW ISSUE RAISED INIOWA RECOUNT Steck Supervisor Challenges Straight Ticket Ballots With Extra Marks. A new type of challenge developed today in the recounting of the ballots in the Iowa senatorial election contest. Notice was given by the supervisor representing Danlel F. Steck, the Democratic contestant, that all ballots in which the circle at the top of the Republican ticket had been marked in- dicating an intent to vote the straight ticket and on which the vater had marked squares in that columnnpposite the names of candidates, but had not marked Brookhart's namre, would be challenged and taken before the Sen- ate investigating committee. This will be done by the Steck peo- ple on the contention that the straight party vote indicated by marking the circle had been nullified by the mark- ing of squares on the same ticket, and that all such ballots should' be count- ed only for the candidates opposite whose names the squares had been marked. 50 Already Set Aside. The Brookhart people, while unable to prevent such votes being chal- |lenged, assert that under the Iowa law the stralght party ticket must be | counted when the circle is marked, without any regard to any markings which may have been placed in squares opposite the names of candi- dates on that ticket and that a split vote could only be counted when the voter, after marking the circle at the head of the Republican ticket, had gone over into the Democratic column and indicated an intention to vote for Steck by placing a mark in the square opposite his name. | About 50 Brookhart ballots were {orable purchase, and are for the sub-set aside today because of the new |'mission of every dispute between na- | tions, ! challenge. These were in Cedar and | Cerro Gordo Counties and the Brook- {wart people predict that should the new challenge be enforced the num- ber of Brookhart ballots challenged will soon exceed the number of chal- | lenged Steck ballots. | The recount today did mot show any noteworthy change in the net gains for Brookhart which were re- ported last week following the cor- rection of clerical errors in the offl- cial count of unchallenged votes. i Radio Programs—Page 23. BRYAN DIES SUDDENLY ON EVE OF GREAT BIBLE CRUSADE; BODY WILL BE LAID IN ARLINGTON Chose Burial Site When in Cabinet. WILL LIE BESIDE OTHER LEADERS Former Aide Here Says Widow Will Plan Rites. William Jennings Bryan, the man of peace, is to sleep on the summit of Arlington’s highest knoll, close beside the guarded bivouacs of America’s warrior dead. True to his oft-repeated wish, the great Commoner’s sepulcher will rest in the Nation's hallowed city of dead and on a spot in full view of the spires of Washington. It was his personal request that it be so,| cxpressed during a recent visit to| this city. | “I want to rest in Arlington,” he | told Ben G. Davis, one of his chief | aides during his term as Secretary | of State here. “No matter where I may die, bury me there, where I may | always gaze out over Washington. { It is the most beautiful spot I know.” Arrangements Begun. Within two hours after Mr. Bryan's sudden death in Dayton yesterday Mrs. Bryan, who knew of her hus- band's request, telegraphed Mr. Davis at his home In Takoma Park, request- ing him to make the necessary ar- rangements for the Great Commoner’s interment in Arlington National | Cemetery. Accompanied by Maj. R. P. Har-| bold, Mr. Davis went to Arlington | shortly before noon and selected a spot not far from the old Civil War fort in the south end of the cemetery. | It had previously been recommended | to Mr. Davis by officials of the War Department as the most beautiful of the entire reservation. The spot occuples the summit of | the. highest hill in Arlington, close by the tomb of Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, whose death occurred only a short time ago. Untll his remains were removed to the National Cathe- dral, Admiral' George Dewey also lay on the same knoll, and scores of| others whose names fill the pages of | Amrican history sleep nearby. Mr. Bryan is entitled to interment in Arlington National Cemetery not only because of his service as Secre- tary of State, but also by virtue of his rank as a former colonel of the Ameri- can Army. During four months of the Spanish-American War he commanded the 3d Nebraska Volunteers ,and al- though his regiment never got into action he was ordered to Savannah, | Ga., in preparation for embarkation | when peace was signed. It seemed like a strange stroke of fate that the spot selected as the final resting place for Mr. Bryan should be all but surrounded by the graves of American vouths who lost their lives in the Natlon's last great war, the struggle Mr. Bryan fought so hard to stave off. In fact, his energy in block- | Ing American entry into the World | War eventually resulted in his resigna- | tion as Secretary of State. From the knoll on which Mr. | Bryan’s tomb will be placed the shim- mering white stones marking the | graves of World War dead sweep in cndless procession, by the thousands, down almost to the edge of the ceme. | tery walls. Mr. Bryan's grave will al- most touch that part of Arlington now known as “the World War section because of the many officers and men of that struggle who are buried there. Mr. Davis was without knowledge today as to arrangements for the fu. neral. It is known only that the body will leave Dayton, the scene of Mr. Bryan's last great fight, at 8:40 o'clock Wednesday morning and reach Washington early Thursday. The journey north will probably be o timed that the funeral train will ar. | rive here at a time when the throngs | who will wish to meet it may be present. . Although there is some sentiment | here in favor of a military funeral | for the great Commoner, out of def- erence to his service during the Span. ish-American War, Mr. Davis was of the opinfon that' Mrs. Bryan would prefer to have the ceremonies more in keeping with Mr. Bryan's ideals in later years. A full military fu. neral might be out of keeping with the distinguished stateman'’s hatred of armed strife. “Mrs. Bryan and her son probably | will attend to the funeral plans,” Mr. | Davis sald. “Aside from having the | body borne on an artillery caisson, | accompanied possibly by a detail of | soldiers, T do not believe, however., | | Mrs. Bryan would wish the funeral ito be of a military character. Mr. | Bryan was a man of peace. | Two Factors in Choice. “His selection of Arlington as the place of his burial was due to two things. First, he wanted to lie close to Washington, and, second, he thought Arlington the most beauti- —_— T T (Continued on Page 3, Column 6.) SEEK ESCAPED MANIAC. Police Believe Fugitive Gillis Sisters. NASHUA, N. H., July 27 (®.— Presence in the woods near Hudson | of a mysterious stranger who clubbed | |a townsman last night and fled caused | { police today to return to the theory that Helen and Georgianna Gillis, aged sisters, whose bodies were found in their home at Hudson last Thursday, were murdered by a maniac. Search was renewed for Demetrios Pappan- ikrios, who escaped last week from the Concord State Hospital. Pappanikrios was committed to the hospital five years ago after he had chot and Killed a man on a street i this city %fllvul apparent cause. Killed ! was under investigation by the Treas- JULY 27, SLORESPURCHASE OF POSTAL TRUEYS McCarl Says Bids Disregard- ed and Orders Cutting of ' Payment by $2,000. The Post Office Department has been sharply reprimanded by Controller General McCarl for its method in pur- | chasing mail trucks, and one of the foremost truck manufacturing com- panies will lose more than $2,000 on an order already delivered. This came to light today with a rul ing by the controller general in the case of five motor trucks purchased from a well known motor truck com- pany. The company had not made the lowest bid, but had received the order trom the Post Office Department nevertheless. It was this practice, Mr. McCarl sald, of asking for bids and then awarding the contract to the company desired, regardless of bids, that re- ceived his denunciation. “Suffice it to say,” said the ruling, ‘that the desire for a particular make of truck cannot be used to avoid the statutory requirement as to advertis- ing. Such a theory is wrong and can- not be countenanced. Its application generally would furnish a basis for evasion of the requirements of the law at pleasure. Cuts Price to Average. ‘It thus appears that nothing was accomplished in calling for bids in the present case, so far as the final action of the department was concerned. If the lower bids offered for standard makes of trucks with an established reputation are to be rejected and a | bid accepted at a greatly increased price because a particular branch of the service prefers a certain make of truck, advertising for bids was a useless ceremony, and section 3709, Revised Statutes, is plainly evaded. The company which was awarded the business submitted one of the highest bids received, $3,424.75 each for its trucks, according to the con- troller general's decision. Other bids were $2,976.80, $2,622.46, $3,400.50 and §1,993 each for the two-ton trucks. ‘The controller general ruled that in- stead of the bid price of $3,424.75, the company will get only $2,883.40 each for its trucks, the latter sum repre- senting the “average bid price.” ESTES IS DISPLACED IN REVENUE OFFICE Assistant Commissioner in Charge of Miscellaneous Taxes Is Removed. Robert M. Estes of Kentucky was displaced today as assistant internal revenue commissioner in charge of miscellaneous taxes, and there were indications that another assistant commissioner, Fred E. Page of New York, also would leave the Treasury in the near future. There was no official explanation, but it was disclosed that some time : ago the miscellaneous tax division ury intelligence unit. Charles A. Drake, who has been a Treasury employe under Mr. Estes, was designated to act in his place. B PEARY AT UPERNIVIK, IN NORTH GREENLAND The Peary, airplane carrier of the MacMlillan Arctic expedition, early this morning reached Upernivik, Greenland, according to a radio mes- sage .received by the National Geo- graphic Soclety. The message was picked up by an amateur station op- erated by P. K. Lebernan, at Seattle, Wash., at 2:30 o'clock this morning. It sal “We now are at anchor at Upernivik, | 719 degrees north latitude. We reached the coal mine at Umanak | Saturday morning and started loading | coal at 7 o'clock in the morning and finished at 3 o'clock Sunday morning. “The Eskimo men and women worked like Trojans for 20 hours. We made wonderful time with such primitive methods. “The men were laughing and happy even after 20 hours of work. Gov. Philip Rosendahl of North Greenland accompanied us to the mines and supervised the loading. He gave us every assistance and left at 2 o'clock this morning to return to Godhaven.” ny Star. 1925—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. * tien is delive as fast as th red to Washingto e papers are inted Sunday’s Saturday’s Circulation, Circulation, 86,531 100,957 (#) Means Associated Press . TWO CENTS. Wife With Pistol Rescues Man From Mob at Ball Game FROSTBURG, Md., July 27.—At tacked at a base ball game at Mid- lothian yesterday. David Chapman was saved from the fury of a mob by the timely intervention of his wife, who fired pistol shots in the air. As a spectator Chapman had been railed at and called “scab” because he worked at the mines during the last strike. He hotlv resented the remarks and at the close of the game a gang jumped on him, beat- ing and kicking him about the head and body He was in a semi-conscious state when Mrs. Chapman appeared with a revolver. She was knocked down by a mem- ber of the mob, her head hitting a sharp stone and causing a gash which required three stitches. Her display of the firearm, however, caused the mob to scatter. She and her husband are suffer- ing from injuries. Arrests are ex- pected. DF URBINA BALKS | AT FACING CHARGE Police May Send for Hushand of Former Mrs. Gracie, Now in Chile. Count Humberto Aguirre de Urbina, who married Mrs. Constance 8. Gracie, 1527 Sixteenth street, widow of Col. Archibald D. Gracle, one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, refuses to return to the United States from Santiago, Chile, to answer a charge of forgery preferred against him by his wife. - Inspector Grant, chief of detectives, today received a cable from Julio Bustamante, director general of police Santiago, Chile, stating that the count was under police supervision and asking that extradition papers be sent for him. Mrs. Urbina, much older than her titled second husband, alleges the forgery of her name to a check for $2,000. She is anxious also to recover jewelry she believes the count took | away with him. Counsel for the wife traced count to New York the time of his| recent departure from this country, reporting the name of the boat on which he had sailed and asking the police to have him arrested. i Letters from the count, mailed before he reached his destination, were recelved by the wife. Much of their contents was of a personal nature, police were told, but informa- tion thus obtained assisted them in thelr investigation. Inspector Grant will send a de- tective to Chile with the necessary papers for the count-as soon as they are prepared, provided the Govern- ment is willing to stand the expense. the | Briand for Exposition Fund. PARIS, July 27 (#).—Foreign Min- ister Briand has agreed to give his | utmost support for a government ap- propriation for adequate representa- tion of France at the sesqui-centen- | Interfor Department estimated nlal exposition at Philadelphia next vear. Judge Gary’s Pie-Eating Days Over And Ice Cream Is Also Taboo in Diet| By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 27.—FElbert H. Gary, chalrman of the United States Steel Corporation, is back home after a second course in dietetics. Ready for work in his office, he feels fit enough to eat pie and ice cream, he says, but he wan't be- cause 'these items are not on e list of things which dectors think an 80-year-old man ought to eat. Mr. Gary denied that he went to the hospital of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. of Birmingham, Ala., be- cause he was {ll. With advancing age, he sald, he had noticed that ple and ice cream fafled to agree with him. Mentioning this mis- fortune to Dr. Lloyd Noland, the hospital's head. on a tour of in- spection, he was promptly induced CHURCH 1 BURNE, NCENDIARYSOUGHT Shiloh Baptist Edifice De-| stroyed by Seventh Blaze in 14 Months. The Shiloh Baptist Church, at Ninth and P streets, was destroved by a| fire that broke out early this morn- | ing and lasted for more than three | hours. The fire, suspected to be of incen- diary origin, is the seventh which has | occurred in the church and church property in the past 14 months. The | first fire completely gutted the old | church on L street near Sixteenth | street more than a year ago and re- | \¥ sulted in the purchase of the present structure, the former Hamline M. E. | Church. Since that time there have | been three fires in the new church at Ninth and P streets, two fires in the house adjoining the church and | one in a garage in the rear. { The damage today was estimated | by Rev. Dr. J. Milton Waldron, pastor | of the church. at about $50,000, which is covered by insurance. The fire, | which Is said to have originated be- | hind the rostrum in the main audi- torium, swept through the church, | destroying a large amount of furni- ture and a $16,000 organ. The build- ing. according to Rev. Waldron, was locked at the conclusfon of the serv- | ices last night. Police Probe Started. Rev. Waldron has turned the mat- ter over to the police for investiga- tion and declared today: “We will not move our church or leave until | they blow up the ground it stands on.” | The officers and members of the congregation will hold a meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at the Third Baptist Church, at Fifth and Q streets, to co1- sider plans for rebuilding. The Shiloh Baptist Church, also known as the “Stranger's Home," is attended by a | very large colored congregation ! Three alarms were sounded, bring- | ing out Fire Chief Watson, nine en- | gine companies, the water tower and | three truck companies. Engine com panies 7, 6, 2, 12, 9, 1, 14, 24 and 11 truck companies 4, 2 and 6 were sent to the scene of the conflagration. i 2,000,000 PUPILS FAIL IN FIRST YEAR TESTS| Half of Beginners Unable to Earn Promotion Due to Mental and Physical Defects. The Bureau of Education of the toda ‘ that because of mental and physical defects about one-half of the 4,000,000 | children who enter the first grade of | the public elementary schools in the | United States fail of promotion to the | second grad These so-called ‘“repeaters,” the bu- | reau declared, cost each school dis- trict from $72 to $80 annually per pupil. In an effort to inform parents and teachers of the data, the bureau is_conducting a campaign to have school beginners given mental and physical examinations before the school term opens. Already, the bu- reau said, 30 States have agreed to co-operate in the movement. U. 8. Envoy Recovering. | By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily News. | TOKIO, July 27.—The American | Ambassador, Edgar A. Bancroft, who has been ill for several ey at | Karuizawa, is reported to be im- proving. (Copyright. 1925 by Chicago Dai ws Co.) to learn what sclentific eating was for spry old men. For three weeks he obeyed orders, though not treated as a sick man. His only fear now is that his | inent locgl attorney | Whether { which to file personal MOTION TO DISWISS WITTNER'S SUIT ON BIBLE ISSUE FLED Delay in Hearing Until Friday Seen in Action hy U. S. Counsel. “DISRESPECT OF BIBLE™ IS DENIED IN ANSWER Extra Chairs Placed in Courthouse Prosecution Promises Surprise. A motion to dismiss the “Bihl disrespect”” suit of Loren H. Wittr Treasury clerk, was filed in the Di trict Supreme Court today by Ring gold Hart, assistant corporation the request A brief row to the Wed J. Donox James R an in agains Superi Ballou dons or tor Daniel ing Office cause why be issued ments to 1 nk W and W read of the biology and chem: partments in the Based on Four Points The motion to dismiss was based on points: Ballou and sought to be have Hay withh der the bill ties t par at Wittner has he has suffer spect; nt from any 1 taxpaver, from the pa) es to Bailou and Hay bil cer state ot alieged or That the allegations in the lacking in precision and consisting _entirely of theory and concl he part of the plaintiff, and that no cts are stated, either @s to matters »ged to be taught, or ey are in disresy re no facts alleged or e bill which are in dis e Holy Bib Delay Until Friday. The filing of the answer today pr will result in delaying the court clash until Friday. Under the law ner and his attorneys have two ' leeway in which to file an an swer to a bill to dismiss. If they decide mot to take advan tage of this right, Mr. Hart said, Corporation Counsel Stephens and him self are prepared to go ahead with the proceedings tomorrow. In anticipation of an unusually large attendance of newspaper men and oth interested parties. when the case comes up, gar C. Snyder United States marshal and custodian of the courthouse building, was busy today locating extra chairs for Jus. tice Siddons’ courtroom to accommo. date the spectators. Wittner promises a surprise when the case is called, saying that a prom has joined his counsel Wittner's status as an employe of the Treasury Department remained unchanged today while officials pon dered over the issue he raised by tak | ing oaths from which the words ‘‘so help me God" were eliminated, in vio lation of Federal statute. Further ac tion, it was stated, will be up to the commissioner of internal revenue, to | whose payroll Wittner Is attached. RUSSIAN TO SUCCEED AMERICAN AS ADVISER Gen. Borodin Reported Selected Counselor to Canton Government, Replacing Robert S. Norman. Bs the Associated LONDON, Ju —A Reuter's Canton dispatch says a Russian, Gen Borodin, has been appointed adviser to the Canton government, succeeding Robert Norman, an American. Mr. Norman is from Oakland, Calif., and was legal adviser to the late Dr Sun Yat Sen, head of the Canton gov ernment The dispatc@ says the command of the Canton gove army, navy an r h been placed in the hands of Russians. “whites” or ‘“reds” is not Press spectfied $500,000 STRUCTURE PLANNED ON 12TH ST. W. J. Sloane Co. to Erect Six-Story Office Building on Land Bought of ¥. W. C. A. A $500,000 office building will be erected on the east side of Twelfth street just above G street by the W. J. Sloane firm of New York, Washington, San Francisco and other cities. The destruction of 707-09-11 Twelfth street will be begun the latter part of this week for the foundation of the six-story store find office building The ground was purchased from the Y. W. C. A. some time ago. The new I building will house the Sloane organi zation, which is now located on H street near Fifteenth street. TAX RUSH INCREASES. With Five Days Remaining, As- sessor's Office Ts Busy. With only five days remaining in tax returns, the crowd began to increase today in wife through kindness will tempt iitm &5 eat some delicacy not on his menu. He also denied canceling a | health trip abroad because he did | not need it. The trip was to have | been for pleasure, he declared, but | he did not why he was not go- | ing. | Alcoholic stimulants are tabooed along with pie and ice cream. He is to eat little meat, starchy foods, fats or sweets, but plenty of green vegetables. Exercise, plenty of hard work and sleep, obeying the Golden Rule and Kkeeping one's temper are also on the list of 14 the office of the assessor, first floor of | the District Building. All Saturday returns not filed on or before will have a penalty of 20 per cent added. Assessor Richards is urging all owners of automobiles and other taxable personal property to avoid this extra tax by submitting a return within the regular time imit The tax does not have to be paid until November, but returns, in order to be received without penalty, must be in before the close of business on August 1. The assessor's office will be open from 845 a.m. to 5 o'clock rules for health. 2 3 daily unt{l Saturday, on which day the office will close at 1:15.