Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1925, Page 2

2 » PRESIDENT BACKED INREORGANIZATION Assured He Will Be Given| Power to Transfer and Unite U. S. Offices. ] i BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. A# the thme for the opening of Con grese Arawe ne President Cool fage 18 recefving assurances that hia hopes for a complete and practical organization of the executive depa ments of the Faderal Government are finally to be realized hefors rhis a £ion comes to an end ; Strangely enough the President's hopes are not heing hoasted from any helief that the Smoot-Brown reorgan'- | zation bill. to which he is committed. {= to be passed by Congress. On the eontrary, the Preaident has been very well advised that this reorganizetion plan has little if any chance io pass. | but in its stead an effort is goinz 10, he made to clothe the President of the Tnited States with a blanket of au thority to consolldate and trankter hureaus and agencies of the Govern ment at his own discretion and with a free hand. Edge to Submit Bill. | Sanator Edge of New Jersay in- | formed the President severa days| | az6 that ha Intends te introduce a resolution to this affect. and it is now laarnad that Senator Curtis of Kansas. | Republican leader of the Senaie. had previously acquainted President Cool | idge with his intention to introduce ! similar legislation. Senator Curtis is| known to plan o link his reorganiza tinn legzislatian with the adminisira tion's tax reduction program. In his opinion. reorganizatian, which will vid | the Gavernment of what he describes as “an army of uselsss independent bureaus.” and which will parmit the President ta “whittle” down the Go ernment hursaueracy 1o A business hasie, will not only premote sficiency, | will resnlt in a tremandone sav | Tt'is Senatar Curtia’ apinion that by | 16pping off the useleas hureau other activities of the Government And aliminating all the wasté that has grown up about them. an exira $200.- | 000,000 annual saving could he made. Capper in Line. Another supporter of thass posale to give the President a fr hand to affect redrganization is Sena- 1ar Capper of Kansas, chairman of the District committes of the Senate. While at the White House today he s5aid that he did not bel Rrown plan. if passed. will adequate- Iy, answer the purpose of practical re- organization. Moreover, the thinks the question of reorganizing the de- partments should he left 1o the dis- cretion of the Exacutive. He said he Aid not think the Smoot-Brown plan has the faintast chance of passing at the coming seasion Besides discussing his plank for re- erganization with Prekident Coolidgs Senator Curtie hag written his views on the subject. sapacially ax they are relatad to tax revision. for the current istue of Nation's Businest Magazine published by the U'nited States Cham- her of Commerce. Senator Curtis explaing in this ar- ticle that while the budget aystem had done a great deal in reducing waste in the Government service, it has no pbwer ta aliminaté a govern- méntal activity authérized by law, however useless it may be. “It ix some of these activities themselves” Sena- tor Curtis sayk, “that must he dons away with and, strange io say, soms nf the moat uselEse” ombE-have de- veloped the strongestgguppibtera and Asfenders. 'Save ovaF rhars, but fet us alone,’ in theirferyi - i Wonld Eliminate Ofces. Ry lopping nff the useisss nffices in the Government and all of the rol latera) waste thar has grown up ahout them. Senator Curtis estimates that an extra two-hundrad-million-doliar an nial saving could he effeciad ‘Elimination of waste and extrava gance.” he writer have alvave hrought herrer work. whether in Gov ernment Ar in private scifvities. Our Pracidents conld at all timeés he ve. lied upon ta have the zood of all the service in mind and tn useé tha most seanomicz! methode al aperation In the wark af the variaus Adapart mente and agenei “AN will admic tirely tes many ve the Smooi - | thai thers are sn Bosrde And commis xione. seme thould he sholished and nthere consolidarad. We =1l know thay averlap nnd Aupliceta. Ones a board or commisaion fx craied. all 100 often ita great #im seeme 1n he 1o axpand in #FApe and powar ARA te live aternally. It's sac 1o creais a commisgion. but seams zimosi Impos. wihle 16 put ane aut nf exfaience. They naver gn aut velnn:.rils Favors Transfers. UAfter a mosi e 1 the wark done or intendad 10 be done hy the hoards and camnissions, they <honld he reducsd to 1iis smallest num her poseihie and whevs feasible the duties now parfarmed by them should be iransterred the depariment of Governmant hast equipped 1o de the work Fivan whan a hoard ar commiskion should he found necessary the mem harehip zhould he limited to at small A numher as possihle. Some of them | are w6 large thev re unwieldy. There could he a raduction in the sxpenditure af mone: fnr axpert r norts. Officers in the Aepzr ment know that much valuable tima 62 experi d men i« wasted in the preparation of reports which are never printed and in xome cases whan thev are publithed it {e &n long After their preparation that they are valuelses. ‘Tt ik useleas 1o go into detail be-| cange it ix well known that a re organization of the Government azenciet will reduce expenses. save 1ime and cut oul much red tape and In nn way impair eMciency of the rervice. (L survey of Plan as Amendment. “Thers have haan several tioans as 10 the hest way nlan of saving abont. Senator Smoo yeported in the last (‘ongress. ihe Sixty-eizhth. Arat session, a bill from the joint committae on the reorganiza tion of the executive dapartments, but it did not receive favorable considara. | tion in that Congress My plan ta et action wonld be to nropose a short amendment giving the President full authority ta transfer | hureaus from Ane department to an. otherand to make such consolidations as he thinkx for the hest interest of the public service. That Ix the prac. tical method." Senator Edge of New Jjarsey con tends that while Congress is taking & hand at reorganizing the Government departments it should pass two £eparate and distinct measurek Acording to him. one measure should give the President sufficent power Aand latitude 1o affact re- organization by transferring and co-, ordinating bureaus Ak ha deems to the beat intereats of the Government. The other measure should provide for the complete Abolisthment of the United States Shipping Roard and trangfer ita functions to ona of the Aspartments. whers (hey would be administered by A Alngle head. Agencies Fight Each Other. In a statement made public by Sematér Edge today. In which he elaborates mupen his remarks made | carlier in the wesk following a éon- | ferenes with President Coolidge upon the subject of reorganization and the cbolishment of the Shipping Board, ¢ augges. 10 bring thix| | \Tired of Cooking, i toward the achievemant deal with the twe subiscia separately | meantim Gives Wife Away After Beating Her | By the Asmociated Press MANSFIELD. England, Septem- ber 25 _"tired of his wife's cook- Ing and dissatisfied with her con- duct generally. Walter Knowlex. a clerk of Kirby. beat her ev night for a week and then gav her w thelr boarder as a present. He admitted as much to the judge when called into court on a charge of non-support, preferred by Mrs. Knowlea. ‘The wife presanted in A note writtan by her husband reading his certifies that I Walter Knowles. have turned m: wifa over to Andy Ravliss. lodger. ®he was granted a maintenance ordar af 25 shillings weekly. BRITAIN PLEDGED T0 ARMS PARLEY Lord Cecil. in Brilliant Speech, Demands Con- ference Backing. dence By the Associated Prass GENEVA. September Lord | Cecil. in a brilliant and moving ad- | dress bhefore the League of Nation| Assembly. today supported the reso.| hutions calling for the preparation of a | conciliation and arbitration. | The characterization in the drafi | resolution of aggressive warfare as an | ‘internatfonal erime.” he sald. merited | specizl attention from the i world. He reafirmed Great | Aevotion 1o the prineiple of arbitra tion. and cited her attiinde in tha dispute with Turkey Mosnul as| #vidence of his country’s anxlety to turther the cause of peaceful ettle ment of internationpl difficulties. i Liké Dr. Benes. the Czechoslovakian | foreign miniater. who preceded him. | antire Rritain's over { Lord Ceeil voiced confidence that prog- | ress was slowly but surely heing made | of hoth dis Armament and security. which, he as serted. ware interdspendant. British Support. ! Lord Cecil declared amid tre.! mendous appiause that the League of | Nations as established i the greatest | international fact of today. He pledged Anew Great Britain’s support to the league. and sald the desire 10 march forward cautioualy, as Britain was do. ing. “Acee not Imply a reluctance 1o march 1o the end.” ! The plan of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen to ralse a $5.000.000 loan to repatriate 15.000 refugee Armenians and estab- lish a national home for them has' heen indorasd by the humanitarian commieaion of the assembly of the league. i The tndorsemen: ix in the form of | A resolution requesting tha couneil ot the leagus (o appoint & committee | 10 Ascertain the technical posaibility of the undsrtaking No Opposition Seen. in not likely that the resolution will ancounter any opposition in the assembly. Tt provides for the consti-| ution of autonomous organizations smpowered 10 deal on bhehalf of the! Armenians “with all private and public bodies.” meaning the sxm#ng Soviet republic of Armenia, and-for- sign organizations willing 1o floal a toan for the foundation of am Ar- manian homeland and grant credits for the Insmuguration of irrigation Drojecta and the repatriation of Ar. menians now in Greece or Conatanti.| nople. 5 JONES BROTHERS GET TWO YEARS—OTHERS SHOWN COURT'S MERCY (Continued from Firat Page.) Tt Jonathan Paul caught & truckload of alcohol being raken nut of the place at 24 Séurh Charles strest and Iater raided the place. arresting (ohen and two other smplover The case was then turned over to the Intelligence Departmant of the Treasury for investigation and the ar- ras of the Jfones brotherz and the oiher sight defendants followsad in tha Ia part of April. sufiald T. Joner’ defense was that Acted ax A Government agent and sstablished the business to rrap boot leggers. which was danted on siand by Commissionar of Internal Fevenus Rlair. Elmer L. Irey, chief of the Inteliigence Rursau. and other high officials of the prohihition de he expressad himself In manner ‘The siate of combat and challenge heiween axisting agencies ilkewise in volving the President ix indefensible. Therefore | propose 1o urge legisla tion 16 abolish the Shipping Roard, 1 had hoped that it might be possihie 10 combins the transfer of Shippink Roard acnivities with the general re organization of departmente. This. howaver, 18 (a0 alow a procesas and | am convinced 1t will he nscesmary to the fellowing A% 16 my suggestion.” Senator Edge continued. “of Exccutive power in the reorganization of other Aepari- menta of the Government. let me brisfly eutline the thought In m mind. I recognize a clear distinction betwsen legisiative and administra- tive activitiea. For Transter Power Only. It i for Congress to create or to Abolish. It = for the Executive, through his cabinet officers and gen- eral organwation. to administer. [ would give the President broad pow- ark of transfer and consolidation, to | enahle him to secure the gresiest of Aciency and economy from this great | governmental organization. 1 would not give him the power to aholish the axisting activities, or. ax siared. 10 créate new ones, hui 1 would, how- parmit the one man responsible 116 the econntry for reanlte to use that grent machinery (o the hest postible businest aavaniage. ““Consolidations or transferals with- out términating the servies would Ademonstrate where many axisting a partmentk could be abolikhed. It would then be the duty of the Executive to s recommend 10 Congress and in many cases. Al least, curtajiment un- doubtably would be approved. In the it ix reamonable to expset Incréases incessently. “The hard and fast reorganization pian invites powerful opposition from those affectad. ““Thix has contributed greatiy to the failure of legislation. This would not apply in such force if the President had the power of Initiation. Any or ganization so general in Scope A% the Government. in order 1o be responsive, | must be flexible. I “1 tully realize the Arst remction to my plan- would he protests againat | more Exscutive power. [ am under the impreasion that the eountry weuld | he just AR wall if not a littls batter, satisfed to have the President and hit advisers given s little more Iatitude.” | Materializes. | avery | accuse the premi ! the owners. inoi glv N S vishode iy 8§ /7 P VL Photograph shows havoe wronght hy | €eneral disarmament conference and | warehouse at the Crown Oll & Wax Co of Rowsl | the consideration of some syatem of |~ COAL STRIKE NEW fire which caused explosion n last night of gasoline-filled tanks and deatruction of Damage is estimated at $50,000. iEA(;H STATE IN | | UNION ”UR(;ED TO ERECT OWN BUILDING HERE ,_[]UMS IN BR”MN'M“» Exhibits at 1932 Exposition Permanent, Is Baldwin’s Decision on Wage | Reduction in Some Mines Arouses Workers. Rr the Assaciated Prass LONDON, Septemher strike of the coal miners backing of the various trade organi ations, seems imminent. The miners are upset over fon by Premier Baldwin in he accapied the contention of the mine ownert in their dispute with the miners’ faderation of thelr right to raduce wages in certaln region The miners conTnd that hix deci sion is at variance with the agree ment under which the government gRranted a subsidy of (10,000 to mine owners to enable tham to maintain the current scale of wages 25.—A new having the a dect which an Inquiry by a royal commission inte | the entire coal situation. Meeting October 8. The Immediate faar is thai the pres ant trouble may lsad tn a ceasation of activities in the coal Industry: hut much water will pass under the bridges bafore such A contingency A% the miners will not make a final-decision until Octoher 2. when they have called a mecting to discuss the situation. Meantime effort doubtless will ba made to settle the trouble satisfactorily to both i, A. J. Cook, secretary of the Minara’ Federation. and other leaders of the meén aré in an angry mood. They of having deliber Ately hroken the terms of the truce. which preventad a sirike. in faver of They charge him with follawing a mean. dikhonest and peril ously short-sighted course. and have withdrawn from participation In the work of the roval commission Ther also have appaaled to the entire labor movement tn €upport them in their insistence that the minara’ wages he not reduced. The Asfenders Premier Raldwin sav his decision was absolutaly corract. Taaders Back Men. The matter at isane is complicated. Tt 15 largely one of principie. and con- carna the legitimacy of a variation of | the wage basix rates at individual col Meries. It is understood that the in. Austry ak & whole ix not affacted. Tha mine; leaders. howaver, are stand. ing by the men in thete fow mines he cause they would. it the government view prevalls, bhe deprived of uném ployment pay in case the owners closs the pits Meantime a new organization, known as the organization for main- tenance of supply. has heen launched. Tix purposs is, in case a genaral strike oceurs. 1o maintain suppliex everk where and keep open all servie vital 10 the nesds of the countrs. lis ac- tivities will embrace protection af pub lic =arvices. operating rallwave in the handling of foodstuffs. and keepinz communication open through messen gert should the telagraphic and tele. | phonie sarvices caase functioning. Function of Govérnment. “The newspapért thie morning An A reception much as augurs well for ite succees. It ix contended that the proisction of the community in clr cumsatancer auch as i& mét forth by the O. M. &, Is a function for the gov. ernmeént. - Sues for $5,000 for Strip of Land.| Alleging ejectment from a strip of ground measuring 3.5 feet Anna R, Burnett and Anne B. Phillipe of 2156 California atresi sued Mildred Davis and Andrew D, Porter $5.000 damager In the District premé Court yesterday. Plaintiffa al legs that defsndants illegally occupied part of their vard. Another hawaii Flight by Navy Off for Present Plans for a further attempt at a non-stop Aight from California to the Hawaiian Islande have been abandoned for the present. The seaplane PB-1. with which it ovasx planned to make the fight, has been ordered san back to the factory At Sedttle from San Fran- ciaco for modifications in its en- gines based on recent tests and las- song learned from the performance of the PN-4 planes in their unsuc- assful non-stop flight. We still have in mind the flight to the Hawalian Islands with this plane.” Mr. Wilbur sald, referring to the PB-1, but he 4id not say def- nitely that the Alight would be at. tempted. Thé plane’s capacity had heen demonstrated. he added, and it wak probahle a flight ta the islands would be attempted after the alterations have bean made and surface craft are available to aet as station ships over the coursa. pending | they | he O. M. S., A& it It is known. | BY WILL P. Erection of a permanent and exhibition huilding by in the Union on land in the National Capital specially set axide by Congrers Is planned as a feature of a greas world exposition contamplated Washinglon in 1932 in celebrat the bicentennlal of the hirthd George Washington. = TUhder a special act committee has already heen appointed to consider plans for proper ohserv ance of that anniversary. which will have the co-operation of the Sulgrave Institution. the American Soctety. the American Federation of Labor. mans patriotic organizations and foreign governmants. Senator Simeon . Fess | of Ohio is chairman of this commit ee and Willlam Tvier Page. clerk of the House of Representatives. is sec | retary. KENNEDY. memorial each State of Congreas a | The broposal for srection of perma nent exhibition hufidings by the Stat has been presented to this committee by Robert N. Harper. president of the District National Bank. who first ad voeated the permanent exposition in Washington hy the Statas in 1906 when he was president of the Wash ington Chamber of Commaree. Thé committee planning for the cele. hration has net var definitaly deter mined upon its characier excapt that It will be of nation-wide scope and last probably throughout the year As S00n A= Congreas assemblss lsgisia tion will be Introduced calling for hearings on the States’ buildings fea turs and for a confarence hetween a | Joint_committas of Congress and the nork of the States. Mr. Harper eady conferrad individually with a number of governors and lead | ara in Congress and save he has met with heariyv ancouragement. Ar each SRtate would probably apend £100.000 or more in building a | temporary Etate bhuilding hare in the event of an exposition. it i= argued | that inatead of this temporary huild ing which would be weeka, sach State could well afford to pay twice that sum for a per- manent building in which there could he vearin and vear-out an exhibition of the products of the State. changed | measonably. Tn Washington. as the Capltal City, visited constantly by people from ‘all over the world, the | Riates would have an nnequaled op- { portunity to “ssll themselvea to the universe.” Tt 18 believed by many ecitizens and public officfals with whom Mr. Harper hax conferred that there could ba no betier time for accomplishing thie most desirable scheme of permanent States exhibits in the Capital of the Nation than by having the States’ buildingk rsady for the big celehra tion of the two hundredth anniversary of Washington's birth in the world's | most beautiful city which he origi. nate THe question of where these build- | Inge would he located has heen Ais. cussed, but not included in the recom- mendation to Congress and the Washington bicentennial committee. A0 A% N0t to arouse controversy that might be harmful 1o the main project geiting authorization for the build ings. Promise has hean made from influential cltizénk in several State: howevar. that indicate there will he A k4°n rhvalry to see which States | Put vp their buildings here first. | On- thought i« to have the Siare bufld nga line Pennaviavnia avenus on the * uth &ide from the Capitol to the Tréa:ury. Another {s that the De. partnent of Agriculture axperimental farm between the Capitol and Arling- | ton National Cemetery might he turned over by Congreas for a colony of States buildings clustering about the great new entrance to the Capital Across the new Bridge now belng bullt. Anothér plan is to have an avenue of the States routh of the Capliol to the river, beautifying that “section of - [the cify which was described as “an evesore” during the last Probabiy the most- pratentious sugges: |tion was to lav out a large tract of {1and in duplication of A map of the United States. giving each Stats a section located and corresponding in form and relative size to existing State houndariex, and with miniature riv ington hicantennial Harper said. in par “The obfect of eracting States bufld {Ink in or near the Diatrict of Colum- {bla is to establish at the seat of gov- érnment & pérmanent exhibit of the Inatural resources, as well as the man- ufacturin®. agricultural, educational and scientific developments of each |State. which would be of value to each (A% a State. and also of value to the { Federal Government as a whole 200 Acres Needed. “The Federal Government should {contribute the ground upen which these buildings are to he erected, and !by congressional action be free of cost [t0 the States and remaln non-taxable. !hoth efty and Federal. The necessars {ground ‘must he approximately 200 {acres to insure proper space for each building and its surroundinge. In ad- | dition, space for ample streats, ave. Inues, ‘parkings. stc.. and to meet fu ture necesgary expansion should be provided for % “Each bullding should follow, archi- tecturally, the dictations of the State, committes, Mr. | | | | | raised in A few | Arlington Memorial | Congrens. | Tn 6utlining his plans to the Wash. | | Proposal for Bicentennial of George Washing- | ton’s Birth—U. S. to Be Asked to Donate Land. but conform to a genersl plan. The huildings should he specially designed tor proper exhibits of the natural or man-made resources of the State: it agricultural and manufac turing development portraved. sembly hall of proper size should be in each building, where Stata conven tions. not political, conld be held There should be a permanent care. taker for each huilding and the imme. diate surrounding grounds. the ex pense of which should be horne by each State. The streets, avenuss and parkings should be cared for at the expense of the Federal Government and remain 18 property. These bulldings. in contrast fo those erected hy the different States At the world's expositions in the past would bhe permanent and and the exhibits iasting and far r ing in effect and value. In these build- ings. there would he set forth In a MoKt attractive way. all those things of which the 8tate and its people feel proudest, and which would present the State's resources as a whola in a permanent. but a eonstantly changing axhibition. In my judgmént. arrangemsnts shonld be made at once to call a conference in this eity of the gov- ernorx of each Htate to discuss the <uhject. There is ach- no place whers these buildings can, with the same advan- | tages, ha located with hetter sffect or as good effect. ax at the Nation's Capital. for it Ix neutral ground and the one city whera avaryhody within thix counfry and abroad desires, at some time. to viit “T helieve if thix mocement taken <hape with the anthusiaam it dassrves hyv our RKtates it will he oniy a short time hefore the Latin-American publics will seek A similar display in this eity for their rekources.” s — MAY TAX BACIELORS. | Finland Sees Way Budget Difficulties. Br Cabis tn The &1ar and Chisazo Daily News STOCKHOLM. September —A to Relieve tax on bachelors Is proposed by the | Finnish government 1o relieve the hudget dificulties. The plan I8 to a sess all unmarried man over 21 years of age. even when they aré support. ing their parents. There is 10 be no taxation of unmarrisd women, the government considering this unfair. since women's income is mostly cal- culated on the basis of one individual only. (Copyright, 1828, by Chicaro Daily News Co.) SHERRILL GIVES UP RIVER BEACH PLAN, URGING CITY POOLS (Continued trom First Pags.) great needs of the city, acting upon information recsived during a careful | invastigation. “So we establithed a | public bathhouses with number of Attendants. |each bathhouse had a pool and shower | hathe, And certAin houra ware servad for men And certain other | hours’ for women. Thus we brought bathing facilities home to the pesple who could least afford to go long distances for that purpose. “Chicago was the first city In the world (o establish this system of bath- [ing and it wax popularized by placing | such bathhouser in naighborhood | parke. Tn addition Chicago has bath- ing beaches, several of which were opened since the days when. we es. | tablishéd public bathhouses. “I believe a system of that kind { here in Washington would be popular. {1t would do away with the contest over bathing beaches, and would as- sure all_citizens reasonable bathing facilitfes. It would not cost much, {and’ would he ideal. Other personk Wwho want to use the river for bathing would do so without the Government establishing bathing beachea. There inno reason why we should have spe- ¢ial placer along the river with | guards, conteats, contamination. con- | gestion and other annovances. If we give facilitiea which free public bath- houses afford."” Speaks as Individual. Representative Madden made it plain that he speaks only as an individual And makes no attempt to state the attitude of Congress as A whole. “That 18 what I did for hte peopls jot my home city, Chicago,” he said. “I would like to do as much for the | people here aa I have done at home. | There is no difference in my attitude toward the people of Washington tham toward the people of Chicago. This Ia the Nation's Capital. and we should be as nearly abreast of the times, or in advance of them. as poasible. To the extent that T can help I want to do | ®0, but withont = surrendering any | ri&ht 1o supervise, restrain or restrict | improper _expenditures, even if advo cated and urged by those in authority. | T feel it my duty as chairman of the | appropriations committee raquires as much scrutiny of proposed expendi turee as though I was chairman of the finance committee In my home efty.” re. 1 An as- | «ubstantial | re. | §30,000 OIL FIRE L03S IN ROSSLYN | Explosions of Tanks Endan- ger Firemen as 10,000 Watch Spectacle. Special Dispatch g0 The Star. CLARENDON, Va.. Reptemher 25, - | | Washington and Virginia firemen took | idou;wrv.u chances with their lfvas last ! night in subduing a Ave at the Crown [ O and Wax Co. in Rosalvn, which r | sulted in the axplosion of thres 1.000 | ®allon gasoline filling tanks, 1wo 1.400 | ®Allon truck tanke and the destriic tion of a large warehouse containing | [ great quantities of ofl, grease and | equipment. Damage is eatimated at | | #50.000 i A® each tank exploded streams of liqnid fire were thrown ! high into the skies, the red giow he-| ing visthle manyv miles. The fremen | had no way of satimating their dan- | gér. ‘They stuck to thelr duty, only | a few haing injured and these slightly. | John A.'Spates, chief of tha Cherry | dale Volunteer Kire Department. { working near one of the tanks when it | exploded. was badly shaken up and | eut about the face, nnd Stanley Morti- mer of the same department re celved several lacerations about the {bands while pulling a hose line | through a fence. Two members of the | | Ballston Department, W. R. Biggs and | great | | | | form of one of the tanks. were piving a stream on another that was in flames, when it, too, exploded. | Apparatus from the Rallston departments collided while reaponding 10 the alarm. Explosion First W The firs, the cause of which ia unde- ing { | A. B. Allison. had just laft the plat-| where they ! Clarendon and | termined, was | Summerville. auparintendant of the Crown compsny's property. preparing 1o leave his office for day the firat explosion occurred. telephoned to No, While in Washington. which was only a few | minutes getting Batal- fon Chief Andrew | Distriet Department sponded to the firat & [four adgitional Washington com. panies. Including Nos. 23, 1 and The first alarm brought out prac- ticallv evary available pisce of fire apparatys In Arlingten County. in- cluding that from Clarendon. Ball- aton. Cherrvdale. Arlington. East jlington and Jeffernon Alarrict. Alex- andria and Falis Church alse sent engines, The firemen were gr for lack of water. A supply of water At the Murphy and Ames Lumber Yard ran out and the firs want un- checked for qnite a timé until a fon- nection with a supply 2000 feat aw conld he made Hampered by Crowds. The firemen wers furthér hampered by approximately 10.000 persons who crowded clote In to gét A good view of the blaze The fire. it Ix heliaved, will bring 10 & climax the fight of the Arlington Fairfax Firémén's Association to have the varions ol and gaseline companiex operating in the coun tv submerge their 1anka | firemen have long heen fearful of se. rious consequences through the com. | panies storing their gasoline and other | #xplosive materfale in tha open. Sev aral months agoe At their suggestion | the hoard of supervisors adopted ordi- | nances requiring the companies to! submergé or moat their tanks. The vinlation was brought to the attention of the board at ita laat meeting by the Firemen's Association. but action I by the latter was deferred when it was agrec! for the members of the association and representatives of the oll companiss 10 get together at the courthouse Tueaday of next week dstermine just what could be done to remedy the dangerous condition. POLICE ASSOCIATION PAYS HONOR TO HESSE ! to the scene. who also re- rm. called out atly hampered Elects Prospective Chief of Force to Membership—28 Others Added to Rolls. ! Inspector Edwin Bernard Hesse, who venterday afternoon was pro- | moted ta the position of major and superintendént of police 1o muccesd Maj. Daniel Sullivan. soon to retire, | wat dlacted & member of the Police- man’s Association at a mesting at Pythian Temple last night. Hia ap- plication for membership had heen made a month ago, several wesks after he had bacome eligible by rea- son of hik designation as aasistant *uperintendent. { Twenty-elght new members were re.| celved in the association last night, ! making A total membership of 1,030, President Milton D. Smith announced. The membership has steadily in-| creaned since Sergt. fSmith was alected preaident, And the head of the or ganization hopes to have the name of | every member of the department on | he roster hefore the close of another veAr. The association vetsd a ehange in . the hylaws 1o increase the fess af counsel appearing for itx members hetore the courta or trial board in camer hrought by civilians. The fes | |in trial-board canes was increased from | $10 to $25. while that in court cases! was increased from $25 to $50. | Tt was voted to hold the annual' ladies’ night entertainmént and dance at City Club late in October. - New Envoy Oalls on Coolidge. Senor Don Pedro Gonzales, newly appointed Miniater of Nicaragua to | the Unitea States, visited the White | House thig afternoon and presented hix eredentials to President Coolld, He was accompanied by Asmistant | Becrstary Wright of tha State De. partment. i | | | {Naming .;)f Hesse | Held Wise Choice | By Rank and File| Among the rank and file in the Policé Department it ix generally concedsd that the elevation of In apector Hesae 1o be chief of police will prevent discord they believe | would have resulted from the ele. | vation of almost any one of the numeérous applicants for the posi- tion. Inspéctor Hesse WAS not an ap- plicant for the position. *He is said o have been consulted by Commls- sloner Fenning regarding the ele. vation of a man from the ranks, and was taken completely by mur. prise when the subject ot hit pro- motion was mentioned. Not only was he surprixed when Commissionér Fenning appriged him of an intention to advanee him, it ix stated. but he actually declined ~thé appointment. Com- missioner Fenning, balieving e could best serve as head of the force, refused to m:; '&..o" t;&-n answer, howsver, ai appoint- ment aquickly followed. 3 | Ar- | The local | Ha ha I lcies %0 that | wreatling with a number of discoverad by 1. F.| Columbia Oil Co., which adjoins the ! the | He moted yesterday to he superintende: Below: Daniel Suollivan, | annonneed yesterday. HESSE TO ASSUME NEW DUTIES SOON, | Continued from First Page.) | Building todav Commissionars felt tha naming of Mr Hesge would tend to preserve har Imony in the department Mr. Hesse, a native of Washington was horn Mav 27, 1873, and was edu cated In the local public schools. H: howev that [ firat employment was as stenographer the real estate office of Myron M I‘Pllk'v who later hecame a Disirict Commission: He served as sacretary of the Washington Board Trade | 188282 and hecame a_member of the {clerical force of the Washington Fire | Department the lattér part of 1883 | Shortly afier he was transterred {the Police Depariment. later hecom {ing chief clerk and property clerk filled this position since J%lv in He wat married May 7. 1900, 10 Mias Pamsla A. Weahber. daughter of the late Frederick Wehhar, secretary general of the Supreme Council the Ancient and Accapted Rite Masons for the Sou | diction. Shortly after majority he bacame a { Acacla Lodge. No. 1% Hix aptitude for Ma for him the uniisual honor of an elec |tion ax junior warden in less than tour monthe after joining the lodge ember F. A. A Sullivan Rose From Ranks. to} In his application for retirement | Maj. Sallivan pointed out that he is {83 years of age and has performed 36 | vears of servics in the department | hic appointment dating trom April 4. | 1829, “Hé worked his way up through the ranks from a private patrolling » heat Lo the superintendency. Appointed superintendent hy the late Commissioner Oyster sevaral years Ago and the deparimant functioned #moothly under his guidance. About six months ago Maj. Sullivan became il and tor a time was eon fAined to hed. He recoverad. but his stréngth™ came back slowly and vented him from raturning te duty Although Maj. Hesse was not uniformed policeman. he is probahly ax familiar as any man in the de partment with the administrative dutiea- of the head of the force. He has spent 30 years in and around police headquarters. filling one «f the most difficult posts in the deparunent. Never Had Deficiency. It was learned today that during hia entire term of office as chief clerk, which placed him In charge of ex- penditure of funds, he has never per- | mitted a deficiency to he created in the appropriations allowed by Con. greas for each fiscal vear He kept a close watch on all ex- penditures from the lump sum al lowed the department for contingen. a deficiency would not As chief clerk Mr. Hesse also responsible for the safe keeping of the thousands of dollare’ worth of property that came Inta the hands of the police. For A number of vears Mr. Hease, in addition. has been rapresenting the Police Department in appearing be- fore the committees of Congreas to explain the need for annual appropri- ations for the various functions of the department. The elevation of Mr. chief clerk to superinténdent is simi- Jar to the case of Maj. Richard Syl vester, who had been chief clerk of the department prior to his selection as major and superintendent. The oceur. wi ouly difference is that Mr. Hesse had | .F recently bheen given the rank of as. sistant superintendent by Congress. Is 52 Years Old. Although he has been in the de. partment more than thirty years, Maj. Hesse only 52 vears of age | Quiet and unastuming in manner, ha | Drumbest this morning | 4% At hia desk early probleme At chief clerk. He wat zoon sur. rounded, however, by friende both in And out of the department, extanding congratulations. A bulletin was issued today to mem. bers of the force, signed by Commis. sloner Fenning 'and Acting Supt. Evans, commending Maj. Sullivan for the exceptional record he made for himself in the department, and ex- pressing thé hope that he would en. joy a long life in the retirement he has earned. The message follows: “By action of the Board of Com- missioners this date, Maj. Daniel Sul. livan has been retired as superintend. ent of police on his own application. Maj. Sullivan was appointed a pri- vate on April 9, 1889, and promoted auccessively to the following grades: Sergeant, August 13, 1898: captain, July 1, 1806; inspector, August 10, 1919 assistant suparintendent. June 1920: major And superintendent, Fabruary 11, 1922, Throughout this long period of aervice this oficer has maintained an exeeptionally high record, and in the Important position of major and super- inténdent he showed marked aptitude and unusual abilits. “Maj. Sullivan hat long anjoved the high regard of the members of the major and H. Walters of the ! superintendent, whose retirement was PROBABLY MONDAY the | Mitted 1o Congress in Dec He wase pre- | Hease from | POLICE NEEDS TOLD INBUDGET HEARING Citizens’ Council to Be Given Conference—Health and Road Questions Up. The financial needs of the Police !and Health Departmenis and tha | Highway Division were taken upatto dayv s mesaior of the hearings hefora the Rureau of the Rudger on the ltrict estimates for next vear | Pudget Director Lord. it was stated at his office todar. will grant an iIn | formal conference to representatives of the Citizens' Advisory Counefl enable them in speak in faver of the proj & they recommended the | Commilssionere eariv in the Summer |azgregating approximateiy $38.000.000 | | While the spo eil wil | hearings smen for the coun he heard at the formal now heing held with cit officials, Jesse . Suter. chairman the council. sald today that an in formal conferance will he satisfactory not | Builders to Get Conference. | The Budget Bureau will follow the #ame course of granting an informal conference to the Operative Rullders Association. which is anxious to enn vjnce the budger officials of the need for a larger annual allotment for ex | tending <ewer service to new housas | It is reported that the police esr |mates. which came up considera {titon this morning, include a reques for a new precinct station |the Tanieytown subsiation. This suh |station covers a large and rapidiv de |veloping suburhan area extending east {and west of Wisconsin avenus i The estimates of the highway dfv |%ion include a dozen or more differen ir\u\'xnk items which usually aggregaie i=everal million dollars. The Budge:! Ruresu alwave evidences a kesn inte: esl in street paving tems and has i1« répresentaiives make personal inspec |tions of the strests listad for improve Upper: Edwin B. Hesse, former chief | ment Tnaine Compans | €1erk of the Police Department, pri ! Playgzrounds Up Today. It is expected that the needs of the iplayground department also will he {taken up at today's session. N plavgronnds in future will he acquired by ‘the National Capital Park «om | mission. hut the department alses has {eertain routine funds for maintenance and operaiion of the grounds which will be explainad by the cemmission ers. The budget hsaringe will continue until September 28 after which the {Pudger Rureau officials will decide iupen the final amount 10 be allowed the District in the hudget 10 be trans rber. tentative limit placed on estimates is $36.250.000, hut city heads are siriving at ings to have ihe than $39.000.000 CHILEANS RESTLESS AT VOTING DELAY Are Ready to Proceed as Soom as Date Is Announced—Wait on Peruvians. The triet Dis the these hear total raised to more By Cable 10 The Star and Chisazn Daily Newe ARICA. Septamber Chitean leaders connected with the plebiscite & showing restlessnass over the de Jays in the proceedings. realizing tha avery dav of inaction accentuatas the uneasinexs of the population in the provincas Seven waeks have slapsad since Chile submittad its views and hrisfs on holding the plebiscite. but Peru did not submit its case. althongh It an nounced that the hriefs are in the hands of the printers and expacted in a few dave The Chilean plebiscitary sion appeare to have itx case hand. the members stating nnofficiall that they ara ready tn proceed wiih he preliminaries of holding the pleh scite at any time the President ind catan the tarms undsr which It fa t« bhe held It i considared unlikelv that the plabircite it potsible prinr te Decem her 1. The number of possible mar Licipante I8 uncartain. both sides rars ! fully guarding their respsctive data (Coprright. 1925 by Chicagn Dailr N MAY REGAIN POST commi< CALLES MEXICO CITY. September 25 () {1t is reported that Congress prohabl ; will modify the Mexican constit {to permit the re-electinn of a Pr |dent for a second term. Such action would mean that Plutarcho Elias | Calles: the present chist execntive | conld succeed himself. Under tha present Mexican consii ! tniion the Presidant is eleciad hy di rect popular vete. His term of office is four years and he cannot he re slected | ‘HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES TOMORROW. | FIRST RACE- maden 2-rear-alds | vulgate . | Saivana | Siivermire | fHair Rahr | iitms Rrown | Biase . Cobra 4 1L. Fishar and B. C Roas and Mre. ECOND RACE—P: {ink: Al ag furlony | *Trapdale .10 | {eroe Lttt @ n, Bisin | Ses S | Carmen 108 rice Harri 10 Finles 12 114 108 Pures 1300 @ furian i Brush Br ix *tLucky Pick.. Seger antrs. Emart entrr s1.300 Carthage . Riaze Revon Plire Hampion Midinette : Badfan Exodus . 10 10: 11 iy 1 i1 K elaim- ) I} 3 T } 8 Finx 1 “Biftton Bright. | tP. B Codd antrr | THIRD RACE—Purse $1.300: claiming 3yearoids and o 1 mite and 70 vards I Enb Tige. . 08 Jimeen . 3 BT s 198 Doethy Giinin.. 183 “joat Starman Caoees 103 ) v RACE—Pures. $1.800: th Ay S Faaratre: & Fartonks | fCupid's Curss- . 108 Macaw s 112 vlh s "ver Sistman: 108 +Weather Love O Rheket 168 Whithor E. B. Malean entry. 3 RACE—The Potomar Handican 18008 aa0ed . Svear-oiin: T miles alint +Rackbane Hlevaaat MR Krs Singletoot iPrimross | S6varall - iSanatade Brown Suf 1B, P Whiner enirs Wil | Righway Purse: 2 | 1 1 1 on Salmon sntiy. RACE—Purse. $1.300: claiming Tokn ARG Gpi, 1 mile And, S0 Sards Faeaza | 100 g Ed' Pendieion. | 100 *Fornovo . . 2 111 Royal Duck aim- 15 mites 102 Lads Ambassador 100 104 Kanauit 10g AvS 107 SAltianimd 108 South Rreizs Pl Rama 114 Pilerim 1 ni *Apprentice allowance Weather claar. track fast. Firs} race 2:30 Hin Lévey force and the Commissionars of the District of Columbia. “We, who are his friends and have bhaen associated with him in the work of the Aspartment. hope that he will enjoy a long life In & retirement sn well earned.”