Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1926, Page 2

"LANS FORMOVING BUREAUS STARTED Department Officials and Commission Discuss U. S. Office Shifts. Who Will Tuildings Commission plans today for the re- y ue bureaus of the ernment in Washington tain more advantageous The Public hegan mak acation of The chief clerkis and other officials of Departments of Commerce, Labor, v and Interfor met with the ldings commission in the office of irman Smoot in the Senate Office uilding last night and discussed for wo hours the moves that could best Senator Smoot stated fol-| ng the meeting that the comr | ion did not have time this mornl ich decisions, but that he expected | whole problem would be settled Acceptance To John Poole, Campaiga Chairman, District of Columbia Memorial Commi: Federal-American National Bank. » made. I am willing to make s personal $350,000 Ordered Spent. The fact that an appropriation of 0,000 was inserted recently in the ! independent offices appropriation to defray the expenses of re- anging the office space of the Gov- in the District indicates the whish the moving One of the principal objects of the ments can be determined. . street and /Please be exact so as to avold duplication.) Note—Mr. Poole will send full instructions and all necessary forms as soon THE EVENING Volunteer? In each Washington block live fam- ilies who were represented- in the arm- ed forces of the World War. Within those homes the veterans—or their memories—are forever endeared. To commemoraté the service of all from this ety in the great conflict a commission created by Congress is planning to erect in Votomac Park a beautiful white marble temple at a cost of $200,000. The comm subscriptions to the memorial. Will some one in your family group do this, in honor of the one whose service is to be immortalized in stone? If so, fill out the form below. of Service. esion Fund, canvass of on wants_responsible persons to canvass each city block for | STAR ASK RIEHT 10 SEEK * FUNDSINSCHOOLS ;Committee of “Old Ironsides” Drive to Request Ban Be Raised. Members of the Board of Educa- {tion at their meeting tomorrow will be asked to waive the rule prohibiting the solicitation of funds in local schools to enable Washington school boys and girls to contribute their bit to the “Save Old Ironsides’ fund. Prediction was made ‘oday that in view of the fact that only penny and | dime confributions will be accepted and that the movement was initiated bv act of Congress and authorized by the President of the United State and Secretary of the Navy, that the board members will find themselves convinced they can lift thelr rule on :ims occasion without setting a prec ent. Success Is Assured. Despite the fact that the reaching | of the 20.000.000 séhool children of the | United States by the “Old Tronsides” committee has been hampered in some measrre by such rules as prevail in the National Capi‘al. it was pointed *lout today that no less than $160.000 posal is to ceniralize all branches nterior Department in that ment’s own building, whi ated, will r square fee o . This i1 turn necessitates i transfer of several burcaus of the ommerce Department from the In- rior Building to other locations, and 1 is also likely that a number of di- ions of the Treasury Department ill be given better accommodations the pro; The probwem aiso Involves the ques- (ion of which bureaus of the Govern- inent shouid utilize the large Pension Office Building, on G strest between Fourth and Fifth, when the Pension Bureau is moved Renovation on Program. The appropriation may be used for renovating as well as actual moving “per and this also wiil permit a economical use of existing floor pace. This relocating of several divisions saving of pac __(Continued from First Page) out the settlement are worse from the point of view of morls than at any time before prohibition.” ‘Woman Denied Leave. Mr. Codman explained that the board of trustees of the Elizabeth Pea body House had declined to permit Mrs. White to come voluntarily to tes- tify at the hearing Dismissals Are Cited. Andrews told the committee, - cers and agents of the prohibition unit had been discharged or had re signed “for cause.” Of these, he said, PROBLEMS OF RUM WAR BARED BY ANDREWS IN I n reply to a question, that §75 offi-| of the and th assured It is understood that Secretary of the Navy Wilhur has sent a letter to the Board of Education here request- ing the waiving of tha rule : 0,000 needed has heen ralsed success of the campaign is VESTIGATION “Poisonous?” asked Senator Reed. )h no,” said Gen. Andrews. “Al )l is just as wholesome as whi e hat” is gratifying information, said Senator Reed. Senator Reed wanted to know just | how many druggists had been arrest »d, but Prohibition Director Jones said they did not separate the cases of law violation in that way, and th included in the 62,000 arrests in the | vear Senator Walsh of Montana asked if Inn-m were not non-refillable bottles used for drug store whisky. Director Jones answered that there wag one brand which wi a1d to Lo waced i nonrefillabie bottles, but ps | York, | Secretary Wilbur | ent | parents £ e Government is entirely aside | rom the more pressing need for a comprehensive building program for | he Federal Government in Washing i which is to be taken care of by | 9 'had resigned for making false | ‘hat In his opinion “therc was no such statements in thelr applications for | “hing in fact.” appolntment; 121 had been separated | trom the force because of extortion ! bribery or solicit'ng money: S0 had Trying on the Nerves. “All you have to do to fill a non- labie bottle o pour the liquor nd ¥s due to be taken up In the Sen- djournment, calling for a | 00 construction pro- | betore @ 1is program is needed to provide »ace and adequate quarters for the ! Government agencies now sed in temporary war structures | 1d in rented office bufldings. PRESIDENT HOLDS RETIREMENT BILL | STILL T0O LIBERAL | the main points of the House bill were ally agreed upon by the Stan- committee today. The House laccounts, and 61 officers, § clerks and | entered his. present office, Gen. An-| {that they probably occurred in the | earlier days of prohibition, when il-| been discharged for falsitying expense |, ",y <aid Senator Reed. “Of 1 attorney had been separatod from | CPUFe 'r :_h“ itr‘“hh:”;\»‘r: fl‘l;e“_ rves e serv el e id 2 an who s s IEinHOr I Ron ST ™| Senator Means :d i the anti- o freeze used at gasoline filling sta- o 4 s he | While these separations from the | ;o0 "o o™t now being renatured | service had occurred mostly before he |, ;" 504 for bootleg purposes.. Gen. ! Andrews said that this was so and ! | that the chemical art was developing | rapidly that they were not only 2sing alcohol from anti-freeze, but lso from embalming fluid. and that| -ven wood alcohol is being used From the last the poison comes. legal withdrawals of whisky from ! Wants Wider Power. warehouses were more easily accom | (;en, Andrews sald that denatured plished. Now, he sald, the liquors have | 4150ho1 has not been handled under been concentrated in 30 warehouses | s jaw in the same way that beverage under Government conirol. He said|ajahol has been handled; that he was that he had recently investigated p,\ asking that they be handled the; charges that liquor was being taken game and that he had asked severe from a warehouse in Kentucky and|penalties for renaturing industrial al- had found it all there. | cohol.. drews said that probably som them have taken place since he came into office. Discussing the charges of collusion and conspiracy, Gen. Andrews sail ecommendation for an increase in e maximum annuity from $720 to! 200 and the proposal to deduct 4| or cent of the salary of the employes ad of 315 per cent have been de- | d upon by the Senate group. i The louse committee age lmits ! 150 have beeg accepted by the Senate ! ibeommittee, namely, voluntary re.! rement at 62 or 65 years of age, ccording to the class of employment: | »mpulsory retirement at 62, 65 and vears, The Senate si mmittee may re- | rt a bill that will differ slightly from House measure in some of the ad- | istrative features, but it was au- noritatively stated that these differ- ! <nces w )t be of such a nature s would lead to a deadlock if both inches of Congress should act. Lchlbach Seeks Conference. T ntative Lehlbacn, chatrman | ie House committes, who reported | bill yesterday, will confer some- N k with the Republican ing committee of the House, ask- them to set some time when the 1ajority members of the civil service ommittee or a delegation from the ajority membership may have an pportunity to go over with the House aders the provision of the bill as | eported. Chairman Lehlbach and other Re- jniblican members of the <ivil service | smmittee expressed confidence today | hat they can prove to the satisfac- tion of the House leaders that the ost of the liberalized retirement sys- ‘e under this bill s not excessive. They also will seek conferences with Coolidge and Gen. H. M. the director of the budget, for same purpose—to justify their {il as not being in confiict with the \ancial program and policy of the dministration. Representative Begg. Republican i Ohio, to whom has been assigned onerous task so long and 8o well carried on by the late Represen- itive James R. Mann of Illinois. of scrutinizing closely each méasure be- fore it comes up for consideration <0 that the party management might be fully advised—is now making a pecial study of the retirement prob- cm. This is beihg done for the fouse leaders and on Mr. Begg's re- ort will depend largely whether or ot a place can be found on the par- \'s legislative program for the lib- alized retirement bill. Chairman Madden of the House npropriations committee is also pre- iring an_extensive report on the \easure after a very careful study s what fixed charges it will make ipon the-revenues of the Govern- ment. The result of his study also w11l be laid before the House. th SR | today. jnot to suffer. |test beer off the market. Once Used 300 Warehouses. “I shall have to ask Congress also . for the right to review annually per- Originally, it was testified by Pro-|mits for industrial alcohol,” said Ge hibition Director Jones, there had| Andrews. been 300 of these warehouses. The | Senator Reed brought out the fact concentration in 30 was begun about | that the Department now has the three years ago. power to revoke such permits for Gen. Andrews criticized the ar-|cause. rangement under which 30 denatur- “You want the power to refuse to ing plants, away from the distiller- ' renew a permit without giving a rea- ies of alcohol, denature alcohol for son,” said Senator Reed. “You want a industrial purposes. He said this ‘aw which will make it possible for system made it possible for alcohol [ you to decline without giving the rea- to_find its way to the bootleggers. son why. You want to revoke a permit He sald that special efforts have un evidence you can't take into court.” | been made recently by the cnforce- 3 Sl i ment unit to see that this aicohcl Courts Now Crowded. all goes to legitimate businoss Gen. Andrews replied that the courts | “What happens when this alcohol are crowded now and that he wished is diverted fllegally’ to avoid taking any more cases into Means. court than he could help. He added Gen. Andrews replied that a man- ‘hat he believed that what he was ask- | gets up a business which requires ing was an administrative function, aleohol, as the manufacturs of tobac- ! which would be exercised largely with | o sprays, perfumes and tollet ar.| regard to the economic reasons for | ticles, Instead of using all the al- wuch business. He pointed out that cohol he withdraws for mak:ng (icfe -he department now has a right to de- Gxticles, he sells part of 1t *o the cide in the primary instance whether bootleggers. 4 permit should ba granted. Proper Control Held Vital. “If we gave a corstable the right to put a_man in jail without going Proper control of industrial alco- to court,” said Senator Reed, “that, hol, Gen. Andrews told the commit- too, would relieve the courts.” tee, was vital to legitimate industry “Yes, but I am not a constable, He said, too, that the proper replied Gen. Andrews. control of the brewing business is' Senator Reed safd that he did not essential if the legitimate brewers are believe that it was right to permit an One brewer, he sald, administrative officer to decide wheth. | manufactures a cereal beverage, an- er a man who had invested millions | other makes and sells high-test beer of dollars in a business should con- | By such competition, Gen. Andrews tinue in that business; that his busi- | gaid, the honest manufacturer is in- ness should not be destroyed without jured. It is to protect legitimate busi- a court trial. ness he had asked for further legis-| “I don't contemplate any such sit- | lation, as well as to keep the high- | uation,” sald Gen. Andrews. “If you | were engaged in such a business and | a permit was denled, you would take | [the prohibition administrator into | Senator Reed Insisted that it might not be possible to get him into court. denying the right of the department Huge Turnover in Force. i to review the issue of permits an-| Gen. Andrews testified that about nually and to deny those not deemed 10,000 employes have passed through advisable would hamper this work. | the prohibition unit since it came into “Has there been a Substantial inter- I being, and that there are about 3,600 ference with legitimate business be-| now employed. Senator Reed wanted cause of such diversions?” asked Sen- | to know why there was such a turn- ator Reed. | over. Gen. ‘Andrews sald tnat sinco ’ he had come into office he had deter- Beply/is Ammitive. mined to build up a loyal force in each Gen. Andrews said there had been. | district and that where a man was Questioned further by Senator Reed, | found who was not loyal he was dis- he said that the drugglsts association | charged, and a large number had been | in New York had declared that o seri- | dropped. ous menace had arisen to legitimate | “We anticipate that a law is to be druggists on account of those who | passed placing the force under the were selling whisky and cutting the | civil service and we want to go into price of drugs. | the civil service with high-grade men. | Gen. Andrews sald that he knew of “How have they been apointed in two other cities, Chicago and Los|the past?” asked Senator Reed. ‘Angeles where similar conditions were | “Don’t you know?” asked Gen. An- | | | { { “If you can control the dives of alcohol,” said Senator Means, can control the situation.” “Yes,” said Gen. Andrews. He added that the decision of the Circuit Court of Appeals in New York " the ia complained of by the druggists and that his judgment was that the same conditions have existed to a large ex- tent in a number of other cities. “That is one reason why : am work- ing on a plan for the better control of medicinal liquor,” said Gen. Andrews. Gen. Andrews said that the agents who are sent around to sell wihsky on cornmission become the procurers of {llegitimate business. Here and there. he said, there is found a doctor who can he induced to sell his prescription blanks, and here and there a druggist who will do illegitimate business. “The owner of the whisky is de- termined that he's got to sell it,” saic FREE SWIMMING LESSONS TO BOYS AT Y.M.C.A. POOL |ermined tnat he's g0t to 8l & ice - and the Lootlegger got together," hc Insti b; said, “it results in ‘split whisky. MU W TR apects NI Gen. Andrews insisted that this Begun, to Continue Until illegitimate sale of whdlskyl th‘roubs‘g sts is to be found only in Thursday at Noon. A tse & large market s neces- I'ree swimming lessons for boys 12 ~urs old and over began yesterday sary to justify the set-up. Senator Reed then described the t the Y. M. C. A. and will continue intil Thursday at noon. The only re- rocess of making split whisky. 5 “I have never yet been so desperate (irements for those who take the one are that they be of proper age as to have to do this myself,” said Senator Reed. “But what takes place nd present the written permission of ‘heir parents. is that a mixture is made of 25 per cent of alcohol, 25 per cent of whisky Yesterday at 9 o'clock over 70 boys iesented themselves for the lessons, and 50 per cent of water. That's about the best grade on the market vhich are given in the boys' pool | now, isn’t it general?” he ended amid om 9 o'clock until noon. The num- was expected to increase today. lnughter. s ‘Lo lessons are given under expert Most Seizures 'Split. , who are careful not to al- Gen. Andrews replied that 98 per to overdo themselves, ' cent of the captures were spit Public Utility Power Output. Public utility plants in the District )¢ Columbia increased thelr power jutput during February by 14 per ent over February of last year, ac- ording to figures made public today wv the Geological Survey. The Febru- iry_production, all by fuel, totaled 39 thousands of Kkilowatt hours. The power plants burned 28,846 tons of coal during February. | arews. “There has been more or le$s | political reason.” Senator Reed wanted | to know who had been recommending | men for apointment and Gen. An- drews replied that the “churches, the W. C. T. U, and the Anti-Saloon League, and other organizations in. terested in the enforcement of the law had recommended men.” Denles Wheeler Influence. “Who represented the Anti-Saloon League in making these requests,”’ asked Senator Reed. ‘State superintendents,” replied Gen. Andrews. “Did Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler make recommendations?” asked Senator | Reed. “He never made any recommenda. tions to me,” sald Gen. Andrew: Gen. Andrews said that he had start- ed out with the intention of having the men selected as far as possible by the administration in the field. “Can the fleld administrator do better than to go to the churches and the Anti-Saloon e for recommendations?” asked Senator Harreld. ’ “They are as good a source as any,” said Gen. Andrews. He said that he thought the situation would do bet- ter when the department could go | to the Civil Service Commission. ——e Berlin and Vladivostok are to be pointing out that similar rules recently heen woived in Boston Philadelphia and is taking an active part in the raising of the fund and made an address on the subfe recent convention of the department New jot superintendence, National Educa- ! tion Association Supt. Ballou’s Comment. nk W. Ballou, superintend- of chools, is understood to agrecable to the solicitation of pennie for the preservation of “Old Ironsides in the local schools, providing that a concerted demand comes from the He does not believe. how- ever, that the board should take the initiative, inasmuch as there has heen a disposition to make the present rule varring solicitation of funds in the schools more drastic rather than less lax. 5 It is expected that the W Lodge of Elks will assume iocal fund, inasmuch this ernal orga ation whi unteered to put the “Old Iron campaien over and $50 out Elk lodges to date have $87.000. Plan Proposed for Schools. The plan which is exmected to be broached to the Board of Education tomorrow will ba to set aside an hour in the schools to be known as “Old Ironsides” hour, when the pupils will be imoressed with the historic and inspirational value of the proud frie- ate which 97 vears sgo made Oliver Wendell Holmes write his famous poem. During this time, also. request will be made for_ the contributions. WELCOME AWAITS PRESS DELEGATES HERE TOMORROW (Continued from First Page.) Dr, h vol ides™ f 1,47 turne euests of the officials of the print- | ing office at luncheon. Immediate- 1y following the luncheon thev will be taken on a tour of the printing of- fice and afterwards will leave for the Librarv of Congress. cial exhibit of early new odicals in North and South Amer- ca has been arranged The Lin- coln Memorial will be the next stop. At 4:30 o'clock the delegates will ! be taken to the polo fleld in Potomac Park for what is expected to be one of the most remarkable aerial dem- onstrations ever held over Waushing- ton. To this event the general pub- lic is extended an invitation bv the governing board of the n-Ameri can Union. It will last for about an hour, and all persons attending have been requested to take up positions at the end of the field near the band- stand. “Bienvenida!” to Visitors. This exhibition will be opened by a single airman soaring\ aloft and tracing out in the sky the word “Bienvenida!” which is the Spanish word for welcome. The Army Alr Service will then take the air with 21 planes, each symbolic of one: of the 21 Latin American republics represented at the congress. After flying in mass formation, the planes will part and a number of exhibitions of group formations will be shown. Then the Naval Air Service will o aloft with some of its F5L's and Vought planes. The spectators will be bombarded with smoke bombs and a .smoke curtain will be draped around the field. The Navy's part of the exhibit will be concluded with number of airmen leaping €rom speeding planes and dropping to the ground in parachutes. Six Marine | Corps pursuit planes from Quantico | will conclude the vrogram with exhibition of daring stunt flying. Session at 8:30. At 8:30 o'clock in the evening the preliminary session of the Congress will be called to order by Secretary of an State Kellogg, as chairman of the gov- | orning board of the Pan-American Union. Secretary Kellogg will deliv- er the opening address, followed by the vice chairman of the governing NGTON, D Baltimore. | *t at the | C., TUESDAY, board, Senor Francisco Sanchez La- tour, the Minister from Guatemala. Cuno H. Rudolph. chairman of the Board of District Commissioners, will present the members of the cungrexs! with a key, symbolic of the freedom of the_city, and one of the mempers | from Latin America will accept the key. Election of the permanent chair- | man will occupy the attention of the preliminary meeting for the remain- der of the session, following which supper. wil ba served to the visiting | | delegates by the members of the gov- ! erning board of the union. Thursday moraing will Witness the Comma] o nime of the first business | tirement bill to the House yester- sossion in the Hall of the Americas|day Representative Lehlbach told of the Pan-American Building, with | his colleagues that true economy for an address by President Coolidge at|the Government requires prompt ac- 10:30 o'clock. At 11 o'clock the con- | tion instead of postponement, and gress will begin discussion of the!then to insist that the matter “stay topic, “The Press and International, settled,” he says: Relafions.” At 1 o'clock the dele: “The Government is committed to will be the guests of The Star at'the policy of retirement. Whatever luncheon at the Willard Hotel and in the cost may be, it must be met. The the afternoen and evening will be evidence demonstrates that the exist- | zuests of the National Press Club at | ing plan 1s inadequate to secure both | the laying of the corner stone of the | to the employes and to the Govern- National Press Ruilding and at enter- | ment the full measure of anticipated tainments following benefits. Tence the Government is Sith d kbee ERtecsd: not recefving full value for its money. Delegates Expe By enacting into law the provislons | The following Latin American jour- | of this bill the present deficlencles nalists will attend the conference: ‘\\'ll] substantfally be corrected and Filiberto Aguero the additional expenditure will make Luls Alamo, Venezuela; I-| productive the total cost. This is true { Lara, Ecuador; Araujo J., & P‘,,l,,mm o8 M., Keua: Postponement Opposed. | Alejandro Bunge, Argentina; Jaime His guslomul D ue e SR oad Conrado Cade Mexico: J.' A Cal | widespread and Intense . insistence | renzo, Colombia: Luis Cano, Colombia GO L RYR Lo Abel Caronel, Colombia; Juan ded right. The ‘wise course 1s " to | e ity a: | ttle the retirement problem now, and Tiburcio (¢ a2, Cuba; Emilio | yeq o o Aol s e Discussing In his report the pro- | 5 . de la Conc duvin, Gu economy. dor: Vietor Manuel Barrios, Colombiu; ponement will merely result in more cano, Venezuela; Jose Cam 10| ipon & veformetion Nothing is ever settled antil it Is set- mona, Ven Joao Cast SUdi| thereupon insist that It stay set- Charry, Colombia Che *| posed changes in the retirement law. srazil; APRIL 6, 1926. Contributions—Won’t In presenting his report on the re- ages for automatic super- 1fion retirement in existing law | n unchanged. but the classes to | which the respective retirement ages pply are amended as follows: To the 58 of postal employes and mechan- who retire at 65 yvears of age is fed laborers, und to the class of postal clerks who retire at 60 is added those employes e caged in pursuits whose occupation is | zardous or requires great physical | effort. or which necessitates exposure | to extreme heat or cold, and those em- 1| ploves whose terms of service shall inelude 15 years or more of suc ice rendered in the tropics. Work Is Wearing. The reasons for retiring mechanics lat an earlier age than those engaged in clerical pursuits apply with equal force to laborers. Testimony before the committee developed that there! 1 existed in the Covernment employ certain small groups whose character of work is so wearing and so hazard- Antonio Cuneo, Argentina Carlo Juse 2 Echeverria, Leconr, llon, Coloml , Colombia; Argentina; W. W. Dioclecio Duarte, v Duran, Guate Ivador i Whia; Conrado et ndez G poldo Fernand Fiallo, Cub ican Republic; Julio 0 lombia; Alejandro Galvis, Colombia; Alberto Gamese, Ni 1a; Mar i Arocha, Ven sarcia Naranjo, Mexico cia Pajujo, Mex] Pelaez, Chile; M. ¢ 1 Pena, Colom bia; Emilio G. Godoy, Dominiean } public; Jose L. Gomensoro,. Uruguay derico Gomez, Mexico; Julo Gon zalez Hevera, Dominican Republic; Ramiro Guerra, Cubu. Rene Domir 'FAVORABLE REPORT URGES NEW CIVIL SERVICE RETIRE { limited to a period of five years next | | comprised of the contributions Mexlcan Delegate. Adrian Guerrero Diaz, Mexico: Paulo Hasslocher, Brazil; I 1o nandez, Mexico: Manuel Hernandez y Hernandez, Mexico; Rafael Huete, Costa R los I » V., Hon duras: S_ 8. Konpe, New Murillo Lavrador, Brazil; Mexico; Jose Le Leuenroth, PBrazil; Rodrigo de Llano x Federico Llaver Dominican Mauricio Lopez Aldazabal, . Cuba; Julian Lopez Pineda Guatemala: M. Patin M Domini- can Republic; Rafael Machorr Mexico; Tomas Mz 6 Juan Ma'pica Silva, co; Aurclio Manrique, Mexico; Carlos Mantiila, Ecuador: Carlos Mantillo O., Ecuador: | Jorge Mantillo, Ecuado Marquez Sterling, Cut Cuba; Eduardo Martine Alefandro Mayorga-Riv: dor; Vidal Mejia, Hondu de Mello Freire. RBrazil Braz Rogerio Moraz Rivera. Mro Quesada, Peru; Argentina: Ernesto tariano rro. Cuba: Venezuela: M uan Salv 1s: Gilberto rio Mello, | 2. Mexico Mexico; Luis Jorge Mitre, Montenegro, Naranjo, Mexico! Mexico: Adolards Luis Teofilo vel de Olive O'Naughten, Cuba; a. Peru: Antonio Adilio Peccorini, Salva- Arturo Pellerano Sarda. Do- minican _Republic; Jose M. Per Mexico: Nestor Pestana, Brazil; Is. mael | Carlos Puyo? Delgadc Porfirio M. Ra- Mexico: J . Ravelo, Cuba: Ravelo, Evelio A. de Reissiz. A i | Ecuador; Representing Republics. The Count of Rivera, Cuba; Alfonso | Robledo, Colomb.a; Cecilo Robles Mexico; Virgillo Rodriguez Beteta. uatemala: Juan ancisco Roja iador; Romeo R. Ronconi, Argen Ramon Ros, Cuba; D. Saavedra X 0 Saavedri, h., Domin: Cesar San Pedro, Cuba; antamarina, Cuba; Af- Cuba; J. Sauza_ Gon- ico; Anibal Secada, Guate arlo Trinidad Sepulveda, Mex- Srnesto Rodrignez, Argentin ario Rodrigues Soares, Brazil; Max- imo Soto Hall, Argentina; Jose Juan Tabalada, Mexico; Tomas Trujillo Ortiz, Salvadol Hermando Uribe Cullo, Colombia; Fabian Vaca Chave Bolivia; Luis Varelu Orbegoso, Peru Jeaquin Vargas Coto, Costa Ric Luis Rosado Vega, Mexico; Armando Velez, Mexico; Florencio R. Velis, | Cuba; Santiago Verdeja y Neyra, | Cuba; V. Villasana, Mexico; Abel Vil-| legas’ Arango, Panama; Rene Wal- | lace, Nicaragua; io M. Ynsfran, ‘Paraguay, and Zawdzky, Co- lombia, ican Republi Bernardo G. Luis Denies Lax Methods. ‘The Wallis Co., Inc., yesterday filed a plea in opposition to the suit for $20.000 damage brought against it re. | cently by Julia McGrady, who claims | to have been bitten by a bug while she was eating a salad in the com. pany's restaurant. Attorneys Fischer | & Fischer for the company ask the dismissal of her suit, denying any | method in the preparation of food. i i | | 48,000 CHILDREN AID MASSACRE OF 100,000 EGGS Tens of Thousands of Others Take Part in Frolics in Parks—President and More than 48,000 children and their escorts annihilated more than 100,000 Easter ¢ggs on the. south lawn of the White House grounds curing the annual egg-rolling celebration yester- day, according to estimates of ofti- clals today. Add to these figures the number of children and eggs participating in the festivities in other parts of “he Cap- ital, from the Monumen: sicpes to the Zoo Park, and one can cbtain an idca of just how sincerely Washing ton takes to this egg-smashing busi- ness. It required a score cf trucks to cart away the debris that littered the ‘White House lawns after the last guest had departed ut 5 o'clock yes- terday afternoon. Tha White House egg-remnant collector once was © child himself, however, and he en- tercd into his multitudinous dutles with a vim that showed where hie heart lay. The lord and the ‘mistress of the ‘White House had set him a good ex- ample. as a matter of fact. Both had looked on approvingly as the connected by an airplane line that will reduce the present traveling time of 10 days by rail to 50 flying hours. A thousands of youngsters cavorted happily within the sacred portals, heedless of regulations ordinarily Approvingly During Annual I AT WHITE HOUSE Mrs. Coolidge Look on 1Event, forbidding trespassing and, most of All. skvlarking on the White House zrounds. And Mrs. Coolidge had even mingled with the merrvmakers for a while and caressed several of them, during a stroll through the grounds earlier in the day. Scores of the little ones forgot home and mother during the excite- ment of the fray and these found their way, tearfully, to the hospital tent and thence to an improvised “lost and found” department near the south portico. All the difficul- ties were ironed out in short order, thanks to the assistance of the Girl Scouts on duty. When ‘the gates of the White House grounds were thrown oven to the general public at 3 o'clock there was a rush for places of vantage near the bands:and, where the Ma- rine Band accommodated the throng with a patriotic and popular con- cert. Following the egg obsequies throughout the parks of the city, the celebrants wended (heir ways home- ward to think it over. It was about this time that doctors and druggists experienced an increase in business, according to widespread reports. ! to them, the purpose of the law, to ous that their etficiency is impaired at an cariier age than the ordinary classes of Government employes. Ac- cordingly, provision is made to retire these, including those who served the major portion ef their time in the tropics, at the same age as I8 now | provided for railway postal clerks. In order to*assure a fair and reasonable construction of the language used.| the duty of assigning employes to the | appropriate age groups is imposed | jointly upon the Civil Service Com- | mission and the head of the depart. | ment concerned. I | “The provision in existing law to| retain in the service for two-year| periods employes, who although hav. ing reached retirement age 4 to remain and are demonstr: be efficient and competent, is retained. | In order to secure uniformity in the xecution of this provision in the arious departments, there is inserted | paragraph setting up a method o ascertaining _efficiency, and, when | established, directing that the appro- | priate certificate issue as of course. - Employes Added. 2 | “To the groups of employes to whom the retirement act is applied are added the employes of the recorder of deeds and the register of | wills_of the District of Columbia, of | the Panama Canal and the Panama | Railway Co., on the Isthmus, anc | postmasters of the first, second and third class who have been promoted appointed or transferred from the Tassified civil service. All other post. | ters, however, remain excluded | om the retirement system. “The bill contains an entirely new provision for voluntary retirement at | he option of the employe after at| st 30 years of service. The group at is automatically retired at 70 vears may exercise this option at or after attaining the age of 65 years,| the group automatically retired at 65 | vears may exercise the option at or after the age of 62 vears and the group automatically retired at 62 ars may exercise the option at or | after 60 vears.” | “Experience has shown that in large | groups of employes certain individuals become superannuated and conse- quently inefficient earlier in life than most of the others in their group. As purge the Government service of in- competent, fails. Your committee therefore recommends the establish- ment of a short period preceding the time for automatic retirement i which employes who have given prac- tically their entire adult life to the Government service may voluntarily retire if it is to their interest so to do. Few Would Retire. “It is manifest that at the age set for the exercise of this option, em ployes availing themselves of it would as a rule be unable to secure remun- erativ. employment in private indus. try. Hence, practically none would avail themselves of this opportunit, except those who, by reason of men- tal or physical impairment of thei faculties, ind work a burden. The retirement of such will be to the ad vantage of the Government and will more fully promote the economy unnc afficiency of the service contemplate when the retirement system was in stituted. The testimony of the actu aries based on experience elsewhere is that only a small percentage of those to whom the privilege of volun- tary retirement is extended will avail themselves of it. “The bill provides a new method of computing annuities. The presen method of fixing annuities at percent- ages of average salaries ranging from 30 per cent to 60 per cent, according to length of service measured in three- vear periods, and with maximums ranging from $720 per annum down to $360 per annum, is abolished. This method is inequitable and unscientific. An employe, who had served 29 years and 360 days was limited to an an- nuity of $648, while an employe who worked a week longer might receive $720. For the fiscal year of 1925, the average annuity was $544,64. “It is indisputable that the present annuities are too,low. As a result, the purposes of -establishing ? retirement system are to a large degree frusy trated. The faithful employe, after a lifetime of service, does not receive sufficlent to insure the barest.necec- sities of life. He, therefore, suffers in want or uses every means.and exer- cises all influences at his command to be retained in active service regard- less of his lack of competency to per- | ity form his work. Misses Full Benefits. “Thus the Government falls. to se- cure the full benefits of the systen. The bill provides a maximum annuity of $1,200 and the following method of computation: The average annual sal- lary during the last 10 years of serv- ice, not to exceed $1,500 per annum, 18 multiplied by the number of vear of service, not to cxceed 30 years, and the product is divided by 40, Tt will be seen that this automatically limits the maximum. annuity to $1,200 and in no event, no matter how long th. period of service, can the annuity et ceed three-fourths of the average pax The effect of this provision will be to .ncrease generally the annuitles. This _methecd of computation is made ap- MENT BILL| Provides $1,200 Maximum Annuity and 4 Per Cent Exceed $60,000,000 at End of 40 Years, Lehlbach Estimates. plicable to all now on the retired roll, but is not made retroactive. “The provision for disability retire- ment is amended by defining total disability to be such as incapacitates an employe for useful and efficlent service in the grade or class of po. sition occupled by him. Proof of free- dom from vicious habits, intem- perance or willful misconduct is prior to disability, and application | for such retirement must be made prior to applicant’s separation from the service or within six inonths thereafter, “Reemployment of annuitants re tired either voluntarily or autorrat- fcally for superanuation is prohibited. “All employes coming within the purview of the retirement system who previously had not been with in its scope, and consequently had made no contributions, must deposit into the fund a sum equal to the de. ductions that would otherwise have been made, with interest, before they can enjoy the benefits of the act. “In order, in part, to defray the cost of the benefits carried by the bill, the employes are required to contribute 4 per cent of their salary in leu of 2% per cent.’ 3 Estimate of Cost. In his report Mr. Lehlbach discusses | the estimate of cost extensively. He «quotes the valuation of the assets and liabilities of the civil service retire- ment and disability fund as of June 30, as submitted by the board of actuaries, saying that it is under- stood to be limited to the liabilities dge and to become due to the “men bership” of 388,622 active and 11,659 retired employ id to the assets t aforesald *membership” with interest accumulation: he appropriation required t ance the valuation “Obviously,” he comments, “the 1| bilities will become payable over a pe riod extending from the present time until the last boy or girl who entered the service before June 30, 1926, has been retired and died. There is noth. ing to show to what extent and during what periods in this half century these liabilities must be met, nor when these labilities will exceed that por- | tion of the assets represented by the | contributions and earnings. The fund | is treated as in process of liquidation. | It is deemed to continue until the | last member is dead. At such time the last of the $381,591,463 of require. appropriations will have been paid and the retirement business woun: up. New Entrants Arriving. “This, of course, 1 not the actual- are coming in daily, swelling the fund and, of course, adding to its liabili- ties. Such a valuation necessarily may not take into account the avail- ability of fresh contributions to avert, or at least to postpone, the need of appropriating portions of the $361,. 000,000. The maximum number on the annuity roll will not be reached until 40 years from now. At present the inflow of assets is about double the outflow of liabilities, and without Gov. ernment _appropriations whatsoever the contributions will exceed the pay ments for the next 15 years. Gen- erally speaking, this valuation of the .und under the existing plan, or sim ilar valuations under various proposed | pians, restricted to present member ship, are not of great practical value | without supplemental information in determining the distribution of the actual cash assets and the actual Government cash liabilities from senr to year without respect to a fund of constantly increasing membership. “A private company or organization is subject to dissolution or disband ment and ensuing liquidation, and consequently sound policy necessitates the possession in actual resources of reserves adequate to meet its liabil ities at any given time. Such con- siderations do not exist with respect to an activity of the Government it- self. The Government, for our pur- poses, is perpetual and its potential resources adequate for every conceiv- able governmental need. Hence, the building up of such reserves at pres ent to meet liabilities payable in the future in the event of liquidation is not in the case of the Government dic- tated by sound policy, as it is in the case of business corporations or fra- ternal organizations. Employes Make Up Fund. “The resources of the fund com- prise the contributions of the em- ployes with thelr interest accumula- tions and such appropriations as the Government ust needs rhake meet the liabilities, comprised of an- nuity payments and refunds. In the cases in which the employe contrib- utes from the time of his induction into service to the time of his re- tirement, the extent to which those contributions with their carnings will meet the cost of his retirement is fixed and readily ascertainable. Likewise, the amount necessary to be contributed by the Government, if any, to eke out the retirement cost is fixed and readily ascertain- able. This is called the normal cost of retirement and will be the sole cost when the last person now under the system who did not contribute from the beginning of his service eliminated. “While contributions to the retire- ment fund have only been made since August, 1920, the benefits of retire- ment were made fully available to all employes within the system at that time, Those who were immediately retired when the law came into opera- tion had contributed nothing toward their annuity and consequently the proportion of contribution by the Gov- (Continued on Fourth Page. BOWIE ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. FIRST RACE—$1.200: claimiog: 2.year-olds: 4 furlongs. tEncamp . .. 114 Sir Barley Frank Andrews 118 Dexter . .. 118 *Matida B, .1 104 Beautiful Flower 111 Willie K. 118 t*Looney 104 1R, T. Wilson, ir., entry. Witkam Garth eatry. SECOND RACE—$1.200: _claiming: year-olds and up: 6% furlongs. Pole Star 104 Jimmie Trinz .. B&ll“arflllb o8 *Slat ey Button Dright. M maiden 103 . Chas. Weils 113 Blacksmith .. .. 113 THIRD RACE—Claiming: $1.200; J-yeas- olds and up: 6% furlongs. o McCrimmon 108 Blue Ridge . ‘Tamhbelm 101 Sea Sauds S, 1 0 g 3 5 2 MacBeth . oUlan -l 108 RTH BAS aear o1ds: 6 Punjab 3 olden Mac arvey Stedman Bapture .. ... FIFTH RACE—S$1.500: Princeton handi- cap; 3-year-olds and up: 6% furlongs. Chink _ 105 iSenator Norris 124 ki 116 Noah % 138 Hormeor® 1 113 {H. G. Bedwell catry. RACE—S$1.200: clalming: ¢-year- o1de 88 upt 17 miles. 105 Joh 182 foumy Compeen 10t 105 *Lavoy - { Al CE—S$1.200: the Valor pur farlongs. 106 Lombardo 116 Nat Evens . 108 Aucilla 106 105 SEVENTH RACE—S$1.200: claiming: year-olds and up; 1 mile and a furlong. *Invictus . 102 sDuckling *Doughnut *Ben Handly *Apprentice allowance claj) VR Soutl e ok 3- New entrants’ into membership | ; 1o BLLTOELIITE CROSSINCS DRAY Commissioners’ Measure Carries Appropriation of $405,000 for 3 Projects. A bill providing for the eliminatlor of the three remaining important grade crossings of steam railroads in the District was drafted today by the Board of Commissfoners and t t ted to Chairman Capper of the Ser District committec, with an urgent 1+ approf railroad companies would to pay on projects. The g would abolish » crossings whi at Chestr , where two lives wer anned to elim t crossing b carry Fern s tracks and right-of-way Metropolitan branch of the B. & O. Railroad. Viaducts Plan The plan to ren crossing contemp a viaduct and appro Varnum street right-of-way By carrying Eastern avenuc ilworth over’ the Pennsylv B. & O. tracks with a viaduct a proaches, the Quarle will be “ommission Jpris & autho! nt is to meet future situa One Contract Awarded. The bill explains that contra ready been awarded f fon of the Lamond s ssing and that the project ted to be completed by Dece 1t also added ing in the present Cor elimin grade crossi desirabilit these grade cre {of Columbia is manifest, | normal increase of motor | tion, the danger and men cros pe transpor Senator Cappe T | tent demand in the Dis bia by all clvic and cf tions that these grade eliminated. The Commissioners ported that the proposed does not conflict with the | financial program {CHAPMAN CALMLY | GOES TO GALLOWS: LURID CAREER ENDS ed_from First Page.) i (Conti His last look before the lack cap shut out the light W toward a corner in which were the windlass and weights of the hanging machine. A pressure of the warder foot upon & plun in a ner of the death chamber put hine in jon. 1ediately after the hangi as lowered till the feet to ed body with stethoscopes. Then with a_jackknife cut off the ends of the rope swhere it I made into a hangman’s knc body removed from the !an undertakers' basket. | Chapman paid the extreme | after the most eventful | State’s crimipal history "brilliant eyes. for | imprisonm es. He vective at He der to obta witne: innocence. Back in the and justice” and new time 0 1 mcre evi his Chapt “Good-1 1d pals,” to his and they ed in 1lartford for a new trial, b ¢ of no valu another re Fiery Crosses Burncd ing the d these , but’the authoritles i t xecution had noth! to do with Rumors wcre many, none any substance in fact that a car laden wit been driven toward tf and another was that th was in Plainville, the hom Trumbull. In view of police _ took Gov. Trumbull, St: M Alcorn, who prose and Supe! > Jennings, w State_troopers of the State officers State’s Attorney informed of the rumors, remarked: “It wouldn't surprise me what that Chapmaa gang might do.” . State troopers the prison during t g hundreds of aut with their curious occupanta, Chapman was given no opportunity to say anything just before he was hanged. g “I have acquired a sense futility of the whole p ss. was one striking remark in his plea to the governor. He sald i fustice, not merey, Declares Self Innocent. Attributing that killed a policer prison sense of humor,” he usserted hs was n nocent. Ie made his plea on “the human side,” not the le pecis. He complained that he had heen rushed to Connecticut upon his retu to Atlanta penitentiary after 1 arrest as a fugitive in Muncle, Iyd. Prison guards who have had Cha man In their care for a vear todi doscribed him s an exemplary | oner, always courteous. complained about his cell or food. Two women some lime ago sough: to see him, saying they were siste; They left \when questioned as tn truth of their claims. No other per sons claiming to Ve relatives eve- tried to visit him. He was born and reared in New York, but if there are any relatives of his there now they have not revealed themselves since his criminal exploits attracted atten: Jdon. s protect ttorney Hugh d Chapman 8 New o0 sentence at Aleor 98 New Measles Cases. The Distvict Health Depart:nent to- day recordsd 98 new cases of neasl maXing a total of *31( (ir the ye. Ever since the in-epticn of ths en demic the nuiabor of new cases ie f:;!ed dafly hoa fuctuated from 49 t-