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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Mostly cloudy and cooler tonight and tomorrow; probably Temperatures: Highest, vesterday; lowest, 71, at 6 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 showers. 89, at 2 p.m. ch S e S e e e e o S S e i st Entered as secol post_office, No. 29,696. Washington, nd class matter D. C. WASHINGTON WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening D. C., THURSDAY, y AUGUST FRANCE TOFACE “APACTVIOPAY POLICY ON DEBT Belgium's Case Is Not a Precedent for Funding, U. S. Commission Holds. EACH NATION SEPARATE CASE, IS AMERICAN VIEW| No Set Rules or Program to Gov- ern Dealings on Repayment of Foreign Loans. France, sending a delegation to the United States this month to fund her debt, will find the American Debt Commission committed to no hard | and fast program, but backed sub-| stantially by six funding agreements, which in principle predict what France may expect. The “capacity to pay” will continue as before to be one of the cardinal principles in- wolved. This prospect rose in view today following the successful funding of Belgium's debt, which has left the participant delegations gratified, and which has already drawn hopeful re- motion from BEuropean capitals. There is no doubt of the fact, it s admitted, that Belgium received special treatment here. She had been accepted by the powers represented at the peace conference as a little power apart, and the assurance of President Wilson at Paris had been given much weight by the Belgians in finally agreeing to the treaty. “Each Nation Separate. Fach nation, the American Govern- ment has insisted, is a_separate case, £0 o be treated, and officlals here feel that the commendatory reception so i far accorded all agreements reached with Furopean debtors confirms the opinfon that the American Debt Com- mission Is proceeding along satisfac- tory lines. "Fhe feeling in some unofficial cir- cles here that the generosity of the Belgian terms may have presaged un- fortunate developments in the French negotiations ssemed to be somewhat diminished toduy by reassuring dis- patches: from Lurope, where the Bel glan terms were grected with more warmth than might have been ex- pected, especially in the case of France. American officlals would not lay down any specific principles upon which the commission expects to deal with the French debt, or others, in the light of the Belgian agree- ment It was intimated, however, that the commission would probably proceed upon the basis of a set of principles built up in general throush the six agreements already set up, FPRther than upon any one of the specific agreements Tt was explained that in the negotia- tions_with Belgium it developed that the Little Kingdom had a strong ca predicted largely upon the factors of her economic position, and the Wilson assuranc United States Morally Obligated. Belgium had taken the position, it was revealed to that she was largely influenced to sign the Ver- sailles treaty through the promises made by the powers, especially the United States, through Woodrow Wil- son. While the American debt com- mission did not recognize the “legal- ity” of this claim, and In fact, it was eald today, did not make concessions to it _until later in the ncgotiation: this Government felt it was bound by the “moral obligation” to take cog nizance of the Wilson promises One factor entering into Belgium's economic troubles which was recog- nized during the treaty petiod, it was explained, was the heavy drain by Germany upon Belgium both of money and physical resources, such as fac- tories, and equipment, not returned. Secretary Hoover, a member of the American comn n participated in the debt negotiations here during the past week with peculiarly close knowledge of the und involved, s _h 3 with_the (Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) INDIAN LEADER SEES FIRST TRAIN AND AUTO Native of Land of Mayas Brought to United States to Aid Studies of Old Civilization. By the Associated Press NEW ORLEANS, La., August 20.— nsported from the Mexican wilder- ness, Lazaro, an Indian, found in the region once peopled by the ancient Maya tribes, was to be presented to| the faculty of Tulane University here today as perhaps the most interesting “exhibit" discovered by Franz Blom, Tulane archeologis in recent Mex! can and Central American explora- sions. Mr. Blom, who with Oliver Farge, his assistant, arrived on the steamer Saramacca late vesterda pleting @ - six-monti1 e nounced the finding of ruined cities previously unrecorded; monuments helieved to have been erected by M Jndians and numerous specimens of Maya inseriptions. Lazaro, who saw his first raflr train vesterday and to whom a t cab was a marvel, was said by Mr. Blom to possess a vast knowledge of Indian lore and is considered a leader | among his people. He is expected to furnish material for study of some of the secrets of herb healing, widely practiced in the Maya region. DISSE IS CONVICTED AND GIVEN DEATH Richmond Jury Out Less Than Hour and Half in Triple Murder Case. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., August Rudolph Disse, was found guilty by a jury in Hustings Court here this afternoon of first degree murdar and sentenced to death in the electric chair for shooting to death Henry Grady Carter on July 29 last. The jury deliberated less than one hour and a half. toc ! after com edition, an DELINQUENT CHI LDREN BARRED AT PLAYGROUNDS BY OFFICIALS Probation Officer Favors Keeping This Class “Under Wing” of Directors, But Supervisor Defends Exile in Some Instances. Should reputedly “bad” boys be kept off the playgrounds, so that the characters of other children will not be corrupted, or should they be com- pelled to play on the municipal reser- vations, where they will be constantly under the supervision of capable rec reation officials? This is a question that has puzzled juvenile authorities in this city and elsewhere for years past. Probation Officer Sanford of the Juvenile Court, who belleves the way- ward boys and girls should be kept “under the wing" of playground direc- tors, claims that some of the directors with opposite views, deliberately have barred children * making use of the playground fucili- ties intended for them. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of playgrounds for the District, denies that it is the policy of the playground department to shun _children have been before the Juvenile Cou and declares that the only children who have been ordered off play grounds were those who committed some nuisance or refused to obey the directors. “It has come to my nctice from ime to time,” Mr. Sanford declared, that boys whom 1 have placed on with a record” from | who | | probation for various offenses have been told not to come on certain play grounds. This act of the directo whether authorized by the playground supervisor or not, fs not conducive to uplifted morals among the boys so insulted. They feel that they are criminals who have been permanently outeast by society and resign them selves to what they believe to be their ‘fate.’ -1 believe that instead of being im- patient with such boys, who admit- | tedly are hard to deal with, the di- | rectors should mak pecial effort to interest them in the activities of the playground and thus keep them oc- | cupied in innocent pursuits. Perhaps | this method of treatment will not | cause the bovs to mend their ways, so | far as their inbred standard of morals is concerned, but certainly it may re- sult in a decr of the number of offenses which thew commit “As I have already sta | quenc s a deep root, grounds alone cannot help much in { uprooting the evil. But they can do | great good in lessening the number of | more serious crimes among children of the streets.” Mrs. Rhodes pointed out playground department that the is endeav. MACMILLAN BACK HOMENEXTONTH Radio Message Announces Intention to Leave Etah Early in September. By the Associated Press PORTLAND, Me., August -20.— Donald B. MacMillan, the explorer, expects to return from Etah, Green- land, next month, he advised in a radio message received here today by Daniel W. Hoegg, managing editor of the Evening Express. The message sald all were well and happy cn the Bowdoin and Peary and looking forward to their return in September. If he maintains his usual schedule Lfeut. Comdr. Mac- Millan will reach Wiscasett, Me., about September 20. Byrd to Abandon Flight. Secretary Wilbur today formally ordered Lieut. Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, in command of the naval avia. tion section of the MacMillan Arctic expedition, to abandon the polar sea flight, in a message dispatched to the base at Btah, Greenland. At the same time the Secretary ex- tended the congratulations of the Navy to the detachment. The mes- sage said: “Referring to your message of Au- gust 18 and MacMillan’s message to the National Geographic Society,” he said, “department considers further attempts to fly over the Polar Se not advisable this season. Withdraw with MacMillan and make such flights in secandary explorations as expedi- { tion returns South as you deem pra- ticable after Millan. “The department highly appreci- ates the fine spirit and splendid work of the naval unit under your com- mand under very severe weather con- ditions.” conferring with Mac- Plane Is Damaged. Lieut. Comdr. Byrd's message, re- ferred to above, was received by the department today and was filed before the Geographic Society vesterday sent word to Comdr. Donald B. MacMillan to cancel his plans for exploring by airplane the vast unknown regions of the Arctic. It follows: ““Yesterday was the first time there has not been at least two planes ready to fly when the weather has been good. At 8 o'clock last night some gasoline on the water about the Peary caught fire and burned a hole in the wing_of the NA-3. Nold, Sorenson and Rocheville, by quick work, saved the planes from destruction. “The engine on NA-3 is being changed, and she will be reday for flight some time tomorrow night. En- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) CUBAN EDITOR MURDERED; IS SHOT DOWN IN STREET His Paper Suppressed by Govern- ment—Assassins Escape in Motor Car. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, Cuba, August mando Andre y Alvarado, ¥ publisher of the newspaper El Dia nd former Havana port police cap- tain, was shot by two men as he left his automobile in front of his home on Concordia street early this morn- ing, and died a short time later at a local hospital. The asshilants, said to be a negro and a white man, both opened fire with bullets striking the publisher, and es: caped in an automobile which was without license plates, Senor Andre’s chauffeur told the police. El Dia, an opposition paper, was founded by Senor Andre when he left the port police post last May. At the interior department no state- ment could be obtained in connection with the confiscation of yesterday afternoon's editions of El Dia and El Heraldo. Police collecting the papers on the streets said they were acting on orders from the interior depart- ment. Both papers lately have bitter- ly attacked the government. DEAD WOMAN A MYSTERY. DES MOINES, Iowa, August 20 (). —Police today were without a theory as to the identity of the woman whose charred body was found in a burned straw pile near Carlisle. The belief that she was Jeannette Miller was shattered when word from Waterloo said that Jeannette had not Jeft her room there until three days after the supposed murder was com- mitted,” revolvers without warning, six | ANDRENS ORDERED TOQUIT HORGOL Government at Urga Halts American Explorer—Rare Finds Made in Gobi. he Associnted Press YORK, August 20.~Simul- taneously with the announcement from Peking that it was believed by Roy Chapman Andrews that there had been found in Mongolia traces of “the earliest type of man in his development from the ape,” comes the announcement that Mr. Andrews and. his expedition, working under the ausplces of the American Museum of Natural ‘History, have been or- dered by the Mongolian goverment to cease their exploration work and depart from Mongolia. Whether Mr. Andrews will obey the edict is not yet known. Alleged political propaganda In stirring up the Mongolians against “the red bolsheviks” and the making of topo- graphical observations were given as the reason for the government at Urga ‘desiring the Americars to leave. Mr. Andrews is now in Peking. On his arrival in the Chinese capital he reported that his expedition among the sand dunes of the Gobi Desert, where once a great lake existed, had found weapons and other !mplements of a racé that wandered the region many centurles ago—probably the earliest type of mankind vet discov- ered. He called the race “the dune dwellers of Shabarack Uss:.” giving it the name of the region where the traces of its prior existence were unearthed. Earliest Human Found. Additional rare discoveries made by the expedition, Mr. Andrews said, in- cluded traces of other primitive hu- mans; skeletons of two of the post- stone age: numerous dinosaur eggs— some large and some small—and the skulls of animal types which the ex plorer and scientist believed fllustrat- ed the evolution of animal life from the reptile to the mammal stage. Of the “dune dwellers,” Mr. An- drews sald: “In these we believe we have found the earliest type of man in his devel- opment from the ape.” “There was evidence of the traces uncovered by the American expedi- tion,” Mr. Andrews sald, “that the ‘dune dwellers’ lived in a basin among the sand dunes where once was the shore line of a lake. An abundance of flint and jasper implements and weapons and the remains of fire- places were discovered, together with charred animal bones and layers of ashes.” No human bones were found. It was the opinfon of Mr. Andrews that the discoveries constituted an indi- cation of a primitive culture that | went from Europe to Asta. I Clue to America’s Past. Dlscn_\'erles by the expedition may prove important as a clue to deter- mine the place of America in man'’s development, Dr. Clark ‘Wissler, an- thropologist of the American Museum of Natural History, said today. _ “The significance of these discover- ies is great,”” he said. “They show, for one thing, that the Stone Age culture of Asia paralleled that of Western Europe. When the first try for paleolithic ‘man in central Asia not only returns rich collections, but reveals two widely separated horizons, it is certain that the whole chapter of Stone Age history 1s to be read in Asia as well as Europe. “This prospect holds out a promise for America, where there has as vet been no clue to the direct relations of prehistoric man to the ancients of the old world, and once we know the tory of the Stone Age in eastern Asia there is every reason to believe that |the place of prehistoric America can be determined. i Bl 111 Women Lt;ve Beds and Parade, Protesting Food By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 20.—Two hun- dred woman patients in the public tuberculosis hospital at Bicetre, on the outskirts of Paris, arose from their sick beds and convalescent chairs this morning to protest against the quality of food served to them. They paraded through the nearby streets behind a banner designating them as “a committee to defend the interest of the tubercular of Bicetre.” Radio Progrz_ams——_l’,age 36. DR. TAYLOR QUITS AGRICULTURE DEPT. AT JARDINE BEHEST Economics Bureau Head Re- signs After Controversy With His Chief. REORGANIZATION PLANS COMPLETED BY ACTION Thomas P. Cooper of Kentucky University Is Appointed Successor to Post. Dr. Henry C. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Iconomics of the Agricultural Department, has re- igned, at the request of Secretary Jardine. Thomas P. Cooper, dean of the Ag ricultural College of the University of Kentucky, has been chosen to succeed him Dr. Taylor quit the department which he has served since 1919 only atter Secretary Jardine, with whose policies he does not agree, had directly requested him to do so. Some time ago the Secretary indicated that a res- s fon would be acceptable, but Dr. Taylor declined to follow the hint. Instead, he consulted a lawyer as to the legal right of a Secretary who had been in the department but a com- paratively short time to force him out of office. Disagreed With Policy. The controversy came to a climax when Secretary Jardine, from a sick bed at Walter Reed Hospital, sent word that the resignation must be submitted at once. He already had offered the place to Mr. Cooper, who had indicated he would accept. For some days longer, however, Dr. Taylor continued to transact the business of his office. He left Washington sev- | eral days ago. The final departure of the bur chief has been expected ever since Se retary Jardine assumed office, as the: differed widely on policies. The change about completes Mr. Jardine's reor- ganization of the department, al- though a few minor officers, particu- larly in the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, are slated to go. Dr. Taylor came to the department on April 1, 1919. During the adminis- tration of the late Secretary Wallace he became chief of the Bureau of Agri- cultural Economics. He was a native of Stockport, Iowa, where he was born in 1873. Before coming to the depart- ment he was an instructor in the Uni- versity of Wisconsin. Mr. Cooper has been dean of the Agricultural College of the Univer- sity of Kentucky since January 1, 1918. He had previously served in the Department of Agricuiture as special agent of the Bureau of Statis- tics, has been a member of the faculty of the University of Minne- sota, director of the Better Farming Association of North Dakota, direc- tor of the North Dakota Agricultural Experimental Station. He was born in Pekin, Ill, March 2, 1881, and is a graduate of the University of Minnesota Sckool of Agriculture. Important Bureau. The Bureau of Agricultural Eco- nomics i rated as one of the most impqrtant bureaus in the depart- ment, employing 2,000 persons, in- cluding a fleld force scattered all over the United States. It conducts in- vestigations in marketing and many other rural problems, disseminated information on markets and agricul- tural crops and performs regulatory work in enforcement of the cotton futures act, the grain standards act and other Federal statutes. TROTSKY RETURNED T0 POWER IN RUSSIA Becomes Chief of Economic Coun- cil, According to Moscow Advices. u By the Associated Press. WARSAW, August 20.—Advices from Moscow report the return to power of Leon Trotsky with the ap- pointment of the former war minister as chief of the Economic Council. His restoration to a position of in- fluence had been expected in Polish circles, where it was considered that his strength and popularity were too great to permit of keeping him long under probation because of the pos- sibility of his becoming the head of some anti-Soviet movement. His new post, it is belleved here, will direct his energy and ability to the task of improving Russia’s econ- omic condition without increasing his political influence to any great extent. Trotsky returned to Moscow last May after virtual exile in the Cau- casus because of his Insurgency against the dictates of strict bolshe- vism. He was given a minor post in the government which it has termed a period of probation. The dispatch from Warsaw indicates that this period has ended and that the former red army leader again Is to have directing voice in at least one branch of the Soviet government. BRITISH BISHOP KIDNAPED IN CHINESE BANDIT RAID His Wife Among Eight Others of Missionary Party Seized at Summer Resort. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. SHANGHAIL August 20.—Accord- ing to reports received here nine British missionaries, including four women, were kidnaped by bandits in a raid upon a Chinese Summer resort a few miles north of Chengtu, Szechuan Province, on August 6. The captured persons, who included Bishop Mowell, were members of the Church Missionary Soclety. Bishop Mowell is assistant bishop in West China. His wife was among the ‘women captured. (Copyright. 1925, by Chicago Daily News Co.) Sta “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's every city tion carrier system covers block and the regular edi- s delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 93,062 20, 1925—FORTY-TWO PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. S THAT U. 1 | F ‘ t ? | mental” DEATH SHIP PROBES BEGUN ATNEWPORT Prosecutions May Foilow Ex- plosion That Killed Forty. | Nine More May Die. By the Associated Press. NEWPORT, R. I, August 20.—Four separate investigations were under way today to determine the responsi- bility for the tragedy of the explosion of thesoller on the excursion steamer Mackinac in Newport harbor Tuesday evening, which has claimed 40 lives al- ready, with nine other victims fighting for their last slim chance of life with the probabilities against them. Three succumbed today. They were Pauline Stephens, Darlington, R. I; Jean McCarthy, Pawtucket, R. I, and Mrs. Mary G. Wildenhain, Paw- tucket, R. I. Four other persons are still missing, and it is belleved that they may have jumped overboard and drowned. Hos- Ppital authorities, who still have many sufferers from the scalding steam which enveloped the boat, said that the death list would probably ex- ~eed 50. State boller inspectors who visited the death ship vesterday said that the boiler which exploded was cracked and in weakened condition. Criminal Suits Possible. Their findings are being checked by the Rhode Island Attorney General's office and Federal steamboat inspec- tors, and Newport police are conduct- Ing an independent investigation. The State officials will decide whether crim- inal negligence caused the accident and whether any persons will be pros- ecuted for it. Physicians at the Naval Hospital, where most of the seriously injured were taken, and at the Newport Hos- pital sald it would probably be a week Dbefore it could be definitely stated how many of the injured would recover. Capt. George McVey, who com- manded the Mackinac, and who was also in command of the steamer Larchmont when it sank off Block Tsland in 1907 with the loss of 125 or more lives, was deeply affected by the tragedy. He told city officlals that almost immediately after he felt the concussion of the explosion steam be- gan to sweep through every crevice from the boiler room, shrouding the ship in a fatal cloud and making it impossible to see the nearby shore. Fearing that the Mackinac was so badly damaged that she would sink, he sent the pilot to the hurricane deck to determine the direction of land. Panic Narrowly Averted. Guided by the pilot's directions, he said, he blindly turned the Mackinac towards shore and her momentum carried her up on the beach. The next few minutes were filled with agonized activity as he and members of the | crew strove to avert panic among the passengers. The swift arrival of launches from Navy vessels nearby prevented the badly injured from be- | coming panic-stricken, it was be- lieved. While a few leaped overboard, most of them remained on the ship until the launches could carry them to the Naval Hospital. HOOVER AIDS INQUIRY. on the Orders Federal Records Mackinac Laid Open. Secretary Hoover today ordered turned over to the attorney general of Rhode Island all Commerce Depart- ment records relating to the steam- ship Mackinac, whose boiler exploded off Rhode Island Tuesday. The ac- tiori was designed to aid in the in- vestigation of the disaster. The Department’s steamboat inspec- tion service is making a separate in- vestigation. _————— ZIONISTS WANT BIG LOAN. $50,000,000 Bond Issue in United States Is Proposed. VIENNA, Augukt 20 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency).—A proposal to float an international loan of $50,000,000 to develop Jewish agricultural and in- dustrial colonization in Palestine was submtted to the fourteenth Zionist Congress today by Dr. Arthur Ruppin, agriculture expert for the Zionist or- ganization in Palestine. He expressed the belief that most of the loan would find a ready market in the United States. Dr. Ruppin proposed that the loan be issued with the support of the League of Nations and under guaran- tees of Jewish possessions in Palestine and of the large Jewish organizations. Boys Rob Box Car; Get Drunk on Loot;, Shipment Is Seized By the Amsociated Press ALTOONA, Pa., August lice officials seized a carload of al ledged high-power beer last n! and arrested the consignees when half a dozen 10-year-old boys be- came intoxicated upon drinking bottles of the bev , which they had stolen from the car. The beer was shipped here from Cumber- land, Md., consigned to Halpern Bros., who entered bail for ap- pearance at court STOCK EXCHANGES FAGE BIG TAXLEVY Millions to Be Brought to Treasury Through Denial of Exemptions. A far-reaching decision by the At- torney General has resulted in im- portant changes in tax regulation is- sued today by the Treasury, which may bring millions of dollars into the Treasury from stock exchanges. The decision by the Attorney Gen- eral was not made public; nefther was the stock exchange in question revealed. The Treasury amended two decisions on capital stock tax and income tax by adding to each the following: “A stock exchange is not a busi- ness league, chamber of commerce or board of trade within the meaning of the law and is not exempt from tax.” Exemptions Began in 1916. The exemptions granted to such or- ganizations as business _ leagues, chambers of commerce and“boards of trade were included in the revenue act of 1916, 1918 and 1921. ““The conclusion reached by the At- torney General,” said an official state- ment by the Internal Revenue Bureau today, “has a direct bearing on the taxability of stock exchanges and also of produce and similar exchanges throughout the country The capital stock tax, it was ex- plained by Treasury officlals, is $1 per $1,000 on everything in excess of $5,000 fair valuation. Officlals of the Treasury were hesitant to explain how far-reaching the decision will be or how much ad- ditional tax may be laid upon stock and produce exchanges of the .coun- try, but it was plainly intimated in official circles that the Treasury deci- sion today may be among the most important and revenue-producing of any issued in a long time. SANITARY COMMISSION CAN BE SUED, IS RULING Chief Justice McCoy Holds Sub- urban Body Must Answer . $25,000 Action. Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court has decided that the ‘Washington Suburban Sanitary Com- mission is not immune from suit in the District Supreme Court for dam- ages resulting from negligence in connection with the construction of sewers in Maryland. Margaret Magruder was hurt when she slipped and fell on a Maryland roadway under repair by the commis- sion, and brought suit for $25,000 damages. The commission attacked the jurisdiction of the local court, de- claring that it was not engaged in business for profit and was merely a creature of the State of Maryland, ap- pointed to carry out the governmental function of sewer and sanitary work. Attorney Charles W. Clagett ap- peared for the commission, while the plaintiff was represented by Attofney Fred B. Rhodes. The commission must now file a plea to the damage suit, it is said. =, MINISTER ASSASSINATED. LONDON, August 20.—An Ex- change Telegraph dispatch ' from Hongkong says Liu Chung-Hof, finance minister of the Cantonese govern- ment, has been assassinated. Merchant Found Slain. CHERAW, S. C., August 20 (P).— F. P. Rainwater, prominent local mer- chant, was found shot to death on the Soclety Hill Hightvay about seven miles from here last night. 8 DISTRICT WORKERS ARE FACING LAY-OFF Departments Without Money | to Pay Salaries Under In- | creased Ratings. | ) | Several departments of the District | vernment will be facing a c ment of activity or a temporary lay- | off of some employes before the end! of the current fiscal year unl a supplemer appropriation ob- | tained to meet salary increases re-| sulting from the reallocation of em- sloyes under the classification law, it | developed today. The H Go alth Department, one of the | most essential branches of the mu-| nicipality, is approxi ely $9,000 | short of the amount necessary to pay | the salaries of its regular emploves in accordance with the grades to which | they have been alfbcated. I The bullding inspection division, of | equal importance from the stand- point of public safety, is about $5,000 shy of its ry requirements. Many Employes Advanced. Maj. Danfel J. Donovan, auditor, | sald there are undoubtedly other | branches of the service affected to a | lesser degree, but on which he has not yet collected definite data. The auditor explained that last May, after the appropriations for this fiscal year had all been fixed, approxi- mately 1,200 District employes ap- pealed for advancement to higher &rades on the ground they had been allocated too low Maj. Donovan said there is a Treas ury Department decision to the ef.| fect that when an employe is real- located to a higher grade, it is manda- | tory to pay him the higher salary that goes with the new grade. A large number of the District em- ployes had their appeals for realloca- tion granted by the Classification Board and the city has begun to pay them at the increased grades, al- though there is not sufficient money avallable to continue to pay them at | those rates until the end of the fiscal year, June 30. Will Ask More Money. It was indicated today by officlals that in the case of such departments | as the Health and Building Inspection offices, where public safety is involved, the Commissioners will feel justified in asking Congress for a supplemental appropriation. In departments where | the nature of the work is less im.| portant, the employes may have to take furloughs near the end of the, year. | It was estimated today that proba- bly 600 employes would be affected by | the situation should no supplemental | funds be obtained. Maj. Donovan explained that when the esimates for this fiscal year swere | Deing prepared last Summer, the Com. missioners recommended that $150,000 be appropriated to give District em- ployes one “step-up” in salary, as con- templated by the efficiency rating system. ‘When the District appropriation act passed Congress, however, it carried only a?‘tflut $50,000 for these efficiency promotions. Then came the filing of the appeals by 1,200 employes for re- allocation to higher grades, which is entirely different from increases based on efficiency. Stephens to Suffer. When an employe is promoted on his_efficiency rating it is not neces- sary to pay him the increase if funds are not available, but, Maj. Donovan pointed out, when employes are re- allocated to a higher basic grade pay- ment of the increase is mandatory. Corporation Counsel Stephens, who passes on all matters for the District government and the Utilities Com- mission, is one of the offigials who will suffer from the situation unless his department gets a supplemental appropriation. The Classification Board granted his appeal for reallocation and placed him in a grade entitling him to $6,000 a year. The clty is actually paying| him now at that rate, but the avail- able appropriation for this year is only $5,600. This means that at the end of the year he will have to pass one or two pay days without recelv- ing an envelope. In the case of one of his assistants, the available appro- priation is $1,400 less than the amount he is entitled to receive as the result of being raised to a higher grade. Ex-Warden Denied New Trial. MOBILE, Ala., August 20 (#).—A formal order denying a new trial for Albert S. Sartain, former warden at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, and Laerence Riehl was entered today by Judge Robert T. Ervin in Federal 1 District Court here. | Experimental | there is no | will show | rule from what it is to NEN TURNIG PLAN STRS P IR OF CAPTAL ATOTS Regulations Declared Taxing Drivers “to Limit.” COL. MOLLER DEFENDS TRAFFIC BUREAU WORK Says Real Effort Is Being Made to Solve Problems and Asks Co-Operation. BY THEODORE P. NOYES. It the today Washington reached the limit of trying to keep regul office of the ¢ Publication scheme fo advocated tor Moller, has brq traffic situation to a caused many motorists to that at the present time Washin is the ‘most over-regulated city the United sta and that the traffic has turned into “a hodge of contradictory instruction no motorist to protests heard o ed a n sides a criterion, about uity in “experi by the may be acce s mot ave pace, with ns proposed ctor of traffic erday of a new right and left hand turns, nt Traffic Direc ht the entire head and has Assists ts 1ssert podge which follow.” Automobile vor of an the smooth traffic and, I measure that the pedestriun, of regu have been few mon the satu can hope drivers thing tha rur here i ote obile any ons that 1 i rapidly appr point Pedestrians Ignore Signals. Local motorists : ular exception to th 1 out at believe that heavily regu- should be opted to control the out that although led to wait for officer, the pedes mber of if th, lated some measure walker, pointing the motorist is cq signals from trian, in goes nals, im. forced to per- in_ order " commented experience to- should be pro “I don’t form all to protect a driver of ma day, “because they tected, but I do object to being talled’ on the street for several minutes only to be stopped again the signal is ‘Go,’ for some g ss walker who is heedless of re- sponsibility. 1 do not belleve that there is a single motorist in Wash- ington who will not co-operate in every way to make the streets safer for walk themselves appre help to wo protectie y vear out some plan for their Others believe that the new turn ing scheme to be put into effect at Fourteenth street and s avenue will prove to be automobile traffic throy Turning Change Confusing. Motorists here have been taught that when they wanted to make a left hand tutn the should approa intersection slowly and in tt of the street, with arm They have always felt that th the logical manner to avoid into oncoming traffic. Accordin the new plan they are supposed €0 to the right-hand curb and stop until they get the proper signa) It is realized, of course, that turning problem is one that d lution of pedestrian safety at cross. walks. They also res at there are a od many of the smaller cities of the United States that use this B tem. Many change believe, in however, that any the fundamental turning v in Wash ington, New York, Chicago, Detroit and other cities will do nothing but use the greatest confusion and possi- serious acciden prominent W bl A who is both pedestrian and car driver, sum marized the whole situation effective- Iy today when he said “I have tried conscientiously to keep up with all the new regulations,” he I have stopped at the boulevard despite the low visibility of the inadequate stop signs; I have had my headlights adjusted and tilted; I parked only within the regulation on the side of the street where it permitted between the hours of o'clock and 9 nd 4 o'clock and I have kept within the speed lim! tried to be courteous to pedestrian traffic and obey the law in both spirit and act, but if any more new regula- tions are put on me before I have had time to accustom myself to. the old ones there will certainly be many times when I will be unconsciously violating the law. Moller Asks Co-Operation. shingtonian, Col. Moller, in an interview toda: minimized the confusion caused to mo- torist by tryouts of new plans, and urged that every one co-operate with the traffic director. “We are trying to do the best we can to regulate traffic in the District of Columbia,” he said. “The new turn- ing scheme at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue is purely experi- mental. I have had it in mind for many weeks because of the success that it has enjoyed in other cities. “The motorist of Washington has shown a fine spirit of co-operation, There is no attempt on the part of this office to destroy this co-operation by saddling the motorist with too much regulation. “I would like very much to see that the turning plan be given a thorough tryout. It may solve the problem of turns in Washington. If it does not and proves irksome as well as & hin- drance to traffic, it will promptly be abandoned. “If our attempts ‘o improve the situation here are shown to be wWrong, I can assure local drivers that this office will be the first to admit it and to make every effort to correct it. Use of the Intersection at Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue for experi- mental purposes was brought about by its proximity to the traffic direc- tor's office and because of its impor- tance as a busy section of the city. There will probably be many more (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) 4