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o »p RUM ROW GOING, ANDREWS ASSERTS British Agreement Will Kill Liquor Smuggling, He Says, Returning Home. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, August 12.—Rum row faces immediate extermination and hootleggers have been dealt a severe blow in the sale of their home prod ucts, in the opinion of Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews., who has just returned from negotlating an agreement with Great Britain to curb rum running. The agreement, Gen. Andrew Meves, is the first of its impor ever to be reached through non-diplo- matic channels. “Instead of trying to come n understanding through diplomatic cor- respondence, which is very difficult to understand sometimes. and a very Blow proces best, the British gov ernnient officials, out of their natural sense of law and order, were good enough sports to invite us to come and sit around a table with them and clear up these matters in this novel way,” said Gen. Andrews. Conference Ts Success. While Andrews refused to dis- cuss the nature of the agreement ar- rived at with Great Britain, he ed that the conference wi t successful.” The admini v provided for the agree founded on “exchange 1 evidence.” he said, nd to stop illegal shipping to en chi to be informa 1 will t operations.’ The el agreement b b the British fore United States and will zo into effect cording to Gen. Andrews Upon his arrival on the liner France last night he was reminded that he sald that imported liquor was only 20 per ceni of the total sold in the United States and that the Coast Guard announced that this fig- cut in half. o even a 100 per cent blockade wonld only reduce American con- sumption 10 per cent, he was told Disagrees With Figures. Tore than that,” he answered very time a story s published that 160 cases of liguor *have been Smug. gled in or have mysterfously disap- peared from some warehouse, you n bet that those 100 cases will be old 10,000 ting Every bootlegger in town promise to get his clients ‘some of that good stuff,’ and the re sult is that a lot of home-made liquor 18 sold at increased pric Gen. Andrews denied that the United States Government has poi- cohol in an attempt This was newspapers ymmendations in the s approved by office and by the Department of State at once, ac te 1 been heck wrged vesterday is just propaganda?” he said aw for denaturing acohol for industrial purposes was made in 1906 in order to protect Federal revenues.” He denied Government chemists wera working to make industrial al- cohol too odorous to drink WILL "D HOTBED H York Andrews to Return to Learn Resigna- Live Topic. Andrews tion When Washington he will find a hotbed of politics seething over his job as As- sistant ary of the Trea ; No =0 much Republican Demo- cratic polities—but wet and dry poli- tices has been brewing while the gen eral h with Great Britain over smuggling problems, and is about due for some kind of an explosion nlmost any time. Whether Gen. Andrews will hold onto hix the Govern- ment’s diy her he will ve #lgn inunediately’ or wait until after election questions which _hav : since the hot discus stirred up just bef » by pre iting & " i8on iment Gen returns to Secr: s been in b his depar of the of a ation th do concerning his Mellon Evaded Question. \ Secretary Mellon and Presi Coolidge have denied officlally that Gen. Andrews resigned from his but whe Ir. tore he himself left in Europe, as to Andrews had presented concerning resignation, the evaded the question the rumors of a successor to Andrews, if and when he d are popping up on all sides, d there are those who presume to know who will step into the big room on the second floor of the Treasury, and take what has become the b in the Government— orcing prohibition. Frier 1 A. Haynes, who holds the title of prohibition commis- but who was virtually demot- the du of that position Gen. Andrews took supreme James E. Jones became of prohibition, have been cir veports that the “commis- himself {s an acttve candidate and really has hopes of wging from the severity m Mr. Haynes recetved rvanks of the Government was retained as those close Riving his friends nt Wayne B. Wheeler Mentioned. Thera have been reports Way B Whee of Anti-Sal asked to tuke Wheeler w the le far as no statem concerning post Gen when oharge director ng for the Ketting of the de dry sers, too. that counsel m sue. would be in the burden. Mr s said at the offices of is in_Michigan, and so knew here, he had made i, nor had his friends the matter Gen. Andnews, a retired ficer, with a nilitary record of ex ecutive abilitv and success in “getting it done R ed by the adminis: tration. « as the best man to be found for the knotty task of en- forcement. _Gen. Andrews has made a valiant effort. He feels that he has made progress The administration’s dry legislative program, however, failed of enactment nd it or to leaving for v not only seri- ously considered his resignatfon, but 100k some kind of action, which of fictaldom has succeeded in keeping Becret. New plan proval by the here. and it usual new oped for i Army of- is known that London, Gen, and czAx programs await ap- > upon his return is known that some un- systems have heen devel- oduction into the pro. hibition muchine. No announcement will be made, however. before Gen Andrews’ return. Future Remains to Be Seen. How far he will go in fnaugurating innovations. however, In view of the g of the Treasury t Coolidge remains e elections this Fall only serve o complicate the situation for the ad ninistration, as the wet and dry issue s bobbing up with unexpected virility in many spots. Should the Republi can's picked dry chief quit on the eve of election, it undoubtedly would cast # wet blanket on some dry claims of «ridity and hopes for increasing sirength in the coming Cangress. London negotiating | Mellon was asked | 'FOXHALL VILLAGE GETS THRILL AS “CRIMINALS” ELUDE THE LAW | New Community Waken- ed by Crash of Convicts’ Car Into Another. Pajama-Clad Onlookers Resent Slur on Baud’s Desperation. Spick-and-span Foxhall Jjoyed its first sensation sultry dawn. One of the District's newest com- munities, two young even for neigh- borhood scandals, now has its own treasured legend to be enlarged upon before its firesides this Winter. While the excited villagers in pa- Jjamas—pink, blue, green and vellow bujamus—watched, hearts all aflutter, from their chamber windows three desperate criminals escaped from the clutches of the law. Were Dangerous Men. Everybody in the village agrees that they were dangerous fellows, probably killers armed to the teeth, and they snort in scorn when the police assert that Foxhall's own precious criminals were only reform school boys. 1t is due only to the youth of the community that these men weren't captured. The fact is that the gen- tlemen and the ladies of Foxhall are {a Dbt self-consclous as yet—they | couldn’t endure the thought of ap- pearing publicly in pajamas even for a manhunt. iad it been an older community with a4 sophisticated populace—— The facts, us related with becoming pride by The Star’s Foxhall Village correspondent, who, himself in pink pajamas, was an eyewitness, are as follow Just as the bell on the Georgetown College tower was ringing 6 a.m. Fox- hallers were awakened by a loud crash and ran to their windows. A speeding automobile had plunged headlong into the parked car of Fred Sommerville, 4468 Reservoir ‘road. Three Emerge From Wreck. From the wreck emerged three men in prison clothes—striped shirts and all. After a moment’s futile effort Village en- at today i THE EVENING to get the car started again they ran. A moment later came a_seventh pre- cinct motor cycle poliéeman—called by a Foxhall villager—in kot pursuit. Meanwhile nearly everybody in Foxhall was calling the police station. Policemen began dashing in from all directions. The villagers gathered on thelr green front lawns—some still in pajamas—and began offering sugges tions. A patrol wagon, backfiring like a war tank, rattled up the road from Georgetown. With their quarry escaped the po- lice force engaged themselves in get- ting the two cars apart. The bluecoats aggravatingly ex- plained that a couple of boys escaped last night from the National Training School_and that a lookout had.been ordered for them. Libeled, Villagers Say. This is a scoundrelly libel on their criminals, say the villagers. These were big, mature men with the gleam of desperation in their eyes. Some say they werg gigantic men who would have shot down on sight any pursuer in pink pajamas. To add to the mystery police found some prison clothes in an empty house in the village itself. Probably the in- habitants have lived for weeks, even months, with such dangerous neigh- bors, DEBT ACCORD 0.K. DOUBT 1S RAISED French Subcommittee on Pacts Seen Disposed to Oppose Ratification. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 12.—Premier Poin- re, with a_sinking fund measure for the stabilization of the financial situation in France now a part of the constitution and with discussion of interallied debts postponed until the Fall, Is noncommittal as to when 1t is his purpose to reconvene Par- liament for a continuation of the working out of his fiscal plan. hat is a secret of the future.” aid the premier to a deputy of the Left, who asked him just before Par- liament adjourned last night when it would be called together again. October Meeting Soon. It is thought, however, that the deputies and senators will remain on vocation until the middle of Octo- ber. Meantime the specially appoint- ed subcommittee of the Chamber's finance and forelgn affairs commit- {tees will delve into the Franco- American and Franco-British debt agreements and get together data re- irding them which will be used by the government during the coming debate. M. Darfac, who is chairman of the subcommittee of the Cham- ber's financlal committee, says he hopes to get this committeemen together by the migdle of September. It is thought that the foreign affairs subcommittee, headed by M. Frank- lin-Bouillon, will be convoked short- arterward Senators and deputies have been told by M. Poincare that when Parlia- ment convenes in the Autumn there will be plenty of work on hand for them. He expects them to act with alacrity in passing all the economic decrees the government may decide upon meantime. The subcommittees are said to be not disposed to recommend ratifica- tion of the Washington and London debt pacts, even before they have ex- amined the documents Ratification Is Doubted. ho de Paris quotes M. Dariac The uch as they now are, with num- erous discrepancies. it is impossible | for us to ratify them. It is to be hoped that the American people will come to realize our real situation and will understand that these agreements, the principles of which we recognize, must be modified in our favor. We have not the right to bind ourselves to measures which it is beyond our capacity to execute.' M. Dariac is declared to have said also that at the present moment there are not 100 votes in the Chamber of Deputies in favor of ratification of the Washington debt agreement as it stands. RANGE DISPUTE SETTLED. NORFOL! Va., August 12 (#).— The difficulty which developed yester- day between the Coast Guard and the Maryland National Guard troops at the Virginia Beach rifle range over the accidental shooting down of Gov- ernment seacoast wires during target practice appeared last night to have been amicably settled. Apologies were forthcoming promptly from the offi- cers in command of the Maryland troops, and an offer was made to he direction of the firing if to insure safety of wires from the camp were detailed to as- sist the coast guardsmen In making repairs to the wires. Bobbed Hair Traced. Bobbed hair_has been traced to Revolutionary War times by Capt. L. C. Baird, Army officer, who found in old records of the Continental Army, stored for vears in the Schuylkill A: senal at Philadelphia, that bobbing of the hair was eral orders for the soldier of 1776. One of the decrees fssued at West Point, however. directed that mnon commissioned officers and privates of the first regiment have their hair queued behind not to exceed 7 inches long and close to the head. Prefers Jail to Paying Taxes. LANCASTER, Pa., August 12 (#) Since the woman “pays and pays” in everyday life ‘she shouldn't pay taxes, asserted Mrs. Anna Beck and went to Jail with the courage of that con- viclon. But “a friend" settled the ac- count of §6.82. the | Also it was stated that men | 24 Meteors Seen Here Last Night; Display at End Although & haze in the heavens reduced visibility conditions, 24 meteors were observed in the annual shower from the constel lation of Perseus between 11:30 n.m., last night and 3:45 am. to- day by Comdr. Asaph Hall, United States Navy, astronomer at the Naval Observatory here. The display was distinguished by white streaks, with a yellowish tinge apparent intermittently, he gaid, adding that the meteors un doubtedly were particles of the broken-up comet known to astron- omy as the “Tuttle Comet of 1862.” Prof. Hall said that he would maintain his watch over the skies again tonight, although he ex- pressed the belief that the display, sometimes known as “The Tears of | St. Lawrence,” in commemoration of that saint's martyrdom, was over for this year. SWEDISH PARTY FINDS ROYAL GREEK TOMB Excavations on Site of Asine Show Sarcophagus Rivaling Tut- ankh-Amen's. By the Assoclated Press STOCKHOLM, Sweden, August 12. —A royal Greek tomb, said to rival in splendor that of the Egyptian King Tut-ankh-Amen, has been unearthed near the ancient city of Asine, on the southern shores of the Peloponnesian Peninsula, Greece, by a Swedish archeological expedition. Crown Prince Gustav Adolph is the organizer and a former personal participant in the expedition. Preliminary reports published here say the discoveries during the fourth annual digging, now about to close, have been greater than those of all the previous ones combined. They in- clude masses of materials throwing new light on Greek life as far back s 3,000 years before the Christian era. Vases and ornaments in great quan- tities have been found, and among the contents of the royal tomb, dating approximately from 1,500 B. several ornate gold pieces and unique weapons. One of the first things en- countered In the so-called ‘lower city” was what remained of a Roman bath, with marble lined tubs for hot and cold water. Some of the under- ground plumbing was found to be in such good condition that it could be used today, Dr. Otto Frodin, head of the expedition, reports. SECRETARY HOOVER T0 VISIT PRESIDENT Leaves for White Pine Camp With- out Disclosing Name of Apart- ment Backer. Secretary of Commerce Hoover left Washington_shortly after noon today for White Pine Camp, the Summer White House, without revealing the identity of the unnamed individual who has offered to construct apart- ments for Government workers to rent for a low figure. Mr. Hoover was prepared to acquaint President Cool- idge with the details of the proposal and has indicated that the President would show interest in the project. Two days ago Mr. Hoover sald the President has been interested in im- proving the housing condition for gov- ernment employes, although the proposition of the unnamcd sponsor for the construction of the low rent apartments has not yet been laid be- fore him. Mr. Hoover will be away from Washington about three weeks. By the time of his return it is expected the bulk of the replies to the question- ! naires sent to the Federal employes will be in and that a decision will be made soon thereafter by the | sponsor of the plan whether or not | to_construct the apartments. | Rumors that the Department of | Commerce was drafting a bill planned | to convey the right of condemnation 1o the bullder of the proposed apart- | ments have been officially dented. Mr. | Hoover said that no legislation of lany kind will be needed for the con- | struction nor will authority for con- demnation proceedings be sought. Nearly 2,000,000 safety razor blades from America were used in. British Bouth-Alrice-in yhe-past yeax, STAR, WASHINGTO ROCKEFELLER SCION|COOLIDGE T0 PRESS| REORGANIZING PLAN CALLED SMUGGLER Great-Nephew of John D. - Fined for Bringing in Un- declared Items. By the Associated Fress. NEW ‘YORK, August 12.--A cus- toms fine of $476.20 imposed upon J. Sterling Rockefeller, great-nephew of John D. Rockefeller, was paid today to redeem goods which the young man was charged with attempting to smug- gle into the country. The fine was pald by a representative of the estate of the late Willlam G. Rockefeller, the young man's father. Young Rockefeller arrived last night on the France. It was learned today that young Rockefeller, who was in Yale Uni- versity last year, was apprehended on the pler last night by customs offi- cials, who said that he was in the act of bringing into the country unde- clared razors, a pipe, a pair of binoculars and two automobile orna- ments. Paid Personal Penalty. He was taken before Philip Elting, collector of the port, who ordered the goods seized. After determining the foreign value and duty of the goods the collector placed a personal penalty of 100 per cent in addition to the domestic value. Young Rockefeller was forced to pay $476.20 to reclaim the goods. . Customs Guard L. P. Cassidy, who was stationed at the customs barrier, sald that his attention was attracted to young Rockefeller because he was wearing a topcoat despite the swelter- ing heat. On cleser inspection he sald that he noticed the pockets of the coat bulging as tHough tightly packed. Goods in His Pockets. Cassidy stopped the young man and, in searching his pockets, found 14 razors, an expensive English pipe, binoculars and two decorative auto- mobile radiator caps. The grandson of the lata William Rockefeller, brother of the Standard Oil magnate, sailed on June 24 las with two otiier Yale students in third- class accommodations. They toured Europe together, but young Rocke- feller .returned in a first-class cabin on the France. He gave his address as Greenwich, Conn, COMBINATION SHOW WILL OPEN TONIGHT Food, Health and Beauty Features Plus Carnival at ‘Washington Auditorium Until August 21. A combination “Food, Health and Beauty Show and Carnival” opens tonight at 7 o'clock in the Washing- ton Auditorium, continuing after- noon and night until August 21. Soclal, fraternal and civic organi- zations, together with more than a score of Washington business houses, are represented with booths in the exposition. The principal feature to- night will be a Charleston contest, which opens at 10 o'clock. Visitors are eligible for the contest and prizes will be awarded winners. Dancing, with music by the Humming Bird Orchestra, will follow the contest, continuing until midnight. _The carniva' features of the expo- sition are under the direction of 14 organizations which are raising money for their individual needs. These or- ganizations have taken booths, at which games of skill will be offered to visitors. A cooling apparatus, just installed in the auditorium, will be in opera- tion during the show. Four suburban fire departments have booths, with volunteer firemen in charge. They are: Riverdale, Md.; Independent Fire Company; Martins Addition Fire Department of Chevy Chase, Md.; Clarendon, Va., Fire De- partment, and Virginia Highlands Fire Department, Virginia Highlands. The Natlonal Political Socfal Club will have a flower show. Other organizations with booths are: of 0Odd Fellows, Improved Order of Red Men; Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Columbia. Social Club, Ladies of the Oriental Shrine of North America, Sons and Daughters of Liberty, Gavel Club and Falls Church Lodge of Odd Fellows. The auditorium will be open daily, except Sunday, from 1 p.m. to mid- . THREE FIREMEN HURT AT ALEXANDRIA BLAZE Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 12.— Two firemen were overcome by smoke and one was cut by flying glass during tho progress of a fire at the store of the Sanitary Grocery Co., at the north- east corner of King and Payne streets, late yesterday. Those taken to the hospital were Thomas Cockrell of Company No. 5 and John Hughes of Company No. 4. After being treated they left that in- stitution. Frank Simpson was cut by glass. The fire caused damage estimated at several thousand dollars. ' The store was closed at the time the fire was discovered. The blaze originated in the rear on the first floor. Water damaged the stock. The building is a 8-story brick, and furniture was stored on the upper floors. Spontaneous com- bustion, it is believed, was responsible for the blaze. The building is owned by Robert F. Downham. Both his loss and that of the Sanitary are cov- ered by insurance. The firemen worked until 7 o'clock before they subdued the blaze, which was discovered at 6 o'clock. City Manager Paul Morton donned a rub- ber coat and assisted in fighting the blaze. The fire attracted more than 1.000 persons. Every piece of appa- ratus in the city was summoned. The firemen were greatly hampered by smoke. represented Arlington Lodge BAND CONCERTS. TODAY. At Sylvan Theater, Monu- ment Grounds, at 7:30 o’clock, by the United States Marine Band, William F. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader, conducting. By the Army Music School Band, at Tubercular Hospital, Fourteenth and Upshur streets, at 7:3Q o'clock, senior band lead- er students conducting: Capt. R. G. Sherman, commandant; ‘Willlam C. White, principal of music., By the Washington Boys" Independent Band, under the auspices of the Michigan Park Citizens’ Association, at Twelfth and Shepherd streets northeast, at 7:30 o'clock. D. C., THURSDAY Hopeful of Forcing Congress to Vote Economies in U. S. Departments. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PINE CAMP, August 12.— As an effective’ means of bringing about greater economy in the opera- tion of the Federal Government President Coolidge is to renew his ef- forts to obtain legislation for reorgani- zation of the executive departments. Each year since he_has been Presi- dent Mr. Coolidge has recommended legislation of this Kind, but there al- ways has been more or less opposition, If not indifference, to the proposition, principally because it would do away with much surplus labor and thereby lessen Federal patronage. Elimination of this surplus labor and the gigantic reduction in the Government's pay roll that would necessarily follow is just exactly what the President is seeking. His associates here have reason to know that the country is behind the administration’s economy program, and realizing this, the President is going to insist that Congress at its next session make reorganization possible. Seen as Outstanding Policy. It was said today that President Coolldge is going to make this one of his outstanding economy policies dur- ing the coming year and will throw the full welght of his office behind ef- forts to force this legislation through Congress. Although there is no sound argument that the patronage-demand- ing members of Congress can bring against such legislation, it is apparent to the administration that this issue is of the class that gets nowhere, be- cause it presents no vote-getting pos- sibilities. Moreover, President Coolidge has heen advised that there 18 no real or- ganized opposition to reorganization legislation and that the program can be put through Congress if properly handled and pushed. The stumbling block of the past has been the in- ability to present a practical plan for reorganization that would meet the approval of a majority of Senators and Representatives. For that rea- son the Smoot plan for a complete reorganization was abandoned, and the President let it be known that he would approve almost any plan Con- gress put forth, just so long as it made reorganization possible in a practical and constructive way. Feels Somewhat Hopeful. The President {s understood to feel somewhat hopeful that he will suc- ceed. Aside from other practical rea- sons he will attempt to show Con- gress that reorganization is one of the safest and surest ways of reduc- ing the Government's expense. Also he will emphasize the fact that there is going to be urgent need for keep- ing down expenses during the next fiscal year if a mnational deficit is to be averted. He will show that strict economy has been applied to the run- ning of the Government during the past few years and that exepnses have been reduced to a point where it would not be judiclous or advisable to reduce them further, without abol- ishing completely, certain activities. Therefore, after considering this question of Government expense and efficiency, the President is convinced that what must be done to keep down costs and avert a deflcit in the Treasury should be of a sound and conservative nature and not destruct- ive. He realizes that it is an eternal challenge, which those entrusted with running the Government must meet. to secure a more efficient Government with a smaller expenditure of money. He considers it a great test of en- gineering skill in the constant elimi- nation of waste, in making every dol- lar count, and in the conserving of national energy. Expresses Fear of Deflcit. Following his long conference yes- terday with Brig Gen. Lord, director of the budget, who brought to the President the preliminary estimates of appropriations during the next fis- cal year for the Federal Government and the government of the District of Columbia, the President is in a none too happy frame of mind. He is more fearful than ever that the Govern- ment is golng to sail too close to the margin during the next year, and that the possibilities of a deficit are too great. ‘With this gloomy picture before him and In a determination to cut expenses to the bone, he lost no time in slashing the total estimate of ex- pense to a point where he was satls- fied he could slash no more. By this means of pruning he succeeded in cutting approximately $100,000,000 from these estimates. Even then the final figures showed that the increase was $55,000,000 above the appropria- tlons for the current year. Taking into consideration the natural growth of the Government and its ever-n- creasing activities, this is looked upon with no great concern. On the con- trary, it was somewhat of an accom- plishment. To keep abreast of its growth, the President expected to see the annual expense of operation in- crease. But then there is always the constant dread of some extra expense or outlay of public money cropping up unexpectedly. ‘The President has reason to know that Congress can not always be de- pended on to reckon absolutely and strictly in accordance with the limits laid down by him in the matter of spending money Eyes On Tax Cut. Because of this apprehension, the President is insistent that expenses be kept down to a minlmum. Be- sides he is anxious to bring about another cut in taxes before very long. He is convinced that further reduction in the tax burden will not be possible this year. There are some high in his administration who are optimistic enough to feel that it the expenses are kept down and the tax receipts continue to be swelled by reason of the great prosperity prgvalent throughout the nation, that Congress will authorize another reduction in taxes before March, 1928, This would be the third tax slash in the Coolidge administration. The national campaign will be on in 1928 and the administration and the leaders of the President’s politi- cal party would be happy to call the voters’ attention to such an accom- plishment. Besides reorganization of the Fed- eral Government as the most ef- fective means of effecting economy next year, the President {s anxious to see an extension of the system of taking advantage of discounts. There is a great opportunity for saving, he believes, by paying the Government's bills withln the discount periods and by following practices of private business. Gen. Lord showed the President during their conference yesterday that the Government had, since 1921, saved $2,231,505 in dis- counts. The director of the budget showed also how the yearly dis- count savings could be increased by 25 per cent. Reductions at Low Point. .By reason of the close study he has made of the expense of operating the Government and the scrutiny he has &iven 1o the costs sheels of bis yari | wholesale dismissals from AUGUST 12, 1928 LOTS OF ROOM FOR MORE BOOKS AV 77 S A T HBVT LHBLL - L When book stacks now under construction in the Library of Congress, in ‘Washington, are completed the Libary will boast of the biggest “bool shelf” in the world. At present the Library has over 3,000,000 volumes, and the new stacks, shown hl‘:ha picture and l‘rgnslrul:led of steel, will hold an additional 1,500,000 valumes. The annual increase in the Library is 100,000 volumes and the steelworkers are battling against the new books. ous departments, the President, while a bit gloomy over the prospect of a possible deficit at the end of the next fiscal year, is inclined to be convinced that there is very little, if any, rea- son to anticipate further appreciable reduction in the total annual expgndi- ture. In expressing himself to ‘that effect the President has in mind the sovernment as it is at present con- structed. By changing that structure through the medium of practical reor- ganization, he is satisfied there could be some appreciable saving. It is not his aim to bring about the Gov- ernment service. This feature of his economy program is being taken care of by the policy being followed, not to flll all the vacancies in the Gov- ernment personnel caused by deaths and resignations. He does believe, however, that many of the Govern- ment’'s bureaus employ more persons than is required, and, at the same time, he has reason to know that some activities do not employ a suf- ficient number. Because of this state of affairs, which, he contends, is im- possible to correct until there is a complete reorganization, there is ur gent need for allocation of human ef- fort in the Government. There is great need also for an elimination of duplicated effort and overlapping of authority, all of which could be taken care of by reorganization. Only Guessing at Saving. Although he has consistently recom- mended reorganization, the President has never attempted to estimate the saving in dollars and cents. Gen. Lord even is disinclined to attempt this, although he did say that there is reason to expect a saving of from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000 annually. He added, however, when asked to give some basis for this calculation, that it was more of a guess than anything else. Some advocates of reorganiza- tion have estimated the saving at from one hundred to two hundred million dollars. Senator Curtis of Kansas, Republican leader of the Sen- ate is one of the latter. However, his ldea of reorganization Is to abolish virtually every independent agency and bureau of the Government. Secretary of Commerce Hoover, an ardent advocate of reorganization, is another who is inclined to think the annual savings would be far greater than is anticipated by most. He will be at White Pine Camp tomorrow, and it is thought likely that during his conference with the President reor- ganization will be one of the impo: tant subjects brought up for discus sion. Secretary of State Kellogg, who is to make an address at I’lattsburg next Wednesday, will arrive at White Pine Camp Sunday. There is a feeling here that his speech will be of more than ordinary significance and that the President s anxlous to go over it with him. Bible in African Dialect. The first complete New Testament in Bulu, a dialect spoken by tribes in West Africa, has just been released from the press of the American Bible Soclety, says the New York Times. Rev. Dr. Melvin Fraser, a mis- sionary of the West African Mission of the American Presbyterfan Church, will take the books with him when he returns this month to the Cameron district, West Africa, from a furlougn here. Dr. Fraser has been working on the translation of the testament for 10 years, having reduced the language of the tribe to writing for this pur- pose. The first translation work was start. ed 33 years ago by the late Rev. Adol- phus Good. He also charted the Bulu dialect, which theretofore had been an unrecorded speech. Rbv. A. I. Good, a son of Dr. Good, has co-oper- ated with Dr. Fraser in the prepara- tion of the Bulu testament. How the Times Change. The West {sn’t “what she used to be,” Jack Dunlop and Tracy Percival, two Harvard sophomores of Boston, have discovered. They attempted to ride borrowed bronchos through the lobby of the Occidental Hotel, Buffalo, Wyo., made famous by the pen of Owen Wister, Western novelist. They were lodged in jail and fined $30 each today. 400 Denouncements the printing presses to accommodate IGE FIRM OPPOSED T0 CONDEMNATION American Company Seeks to Block Extension of Tay- lor Street. The American Ice Co., not submit- ting to the jurisdiction of the court, but appearing specially through At- torney W. C. Sullivan, today asked the District Supreme Court not to proceed with the condemnation case recently instituted by the District Commissioners for the extension of Taylor street from Georgia avenue to Thirteenth street. The court is asked to vacate the order of publication issued July 12 in the case, The company points out that during the running of the order of publica- tion Frederick A. Fenning ceased to be a District Commissioner and Proc- tor L. Dougherty was appointed and qualified, which makes necessary the institution of a new proceeding in the name of the present Commissioners. The petition on which the publication is predicated was filed, the court is told, under authority of an act of March 4, 1913, which has been super- seded by the act of May 2§, 1 The constitutionality of the new act is questioned by Attorney Sullivan, who brands it an attempt to deprive property holders of their land with- out due process of law and seeks to take private property for public use without just compensation. Mr. Sul- livan complains that the first section of the act subjects the property owner to the obligation and expense of de- fending the condemnation proceeding. while leaving it optional with the Commissioners to abide the verdict or enter a voluntary dismissal of the case. There has been no appropria- tion or provision to pay the Ameri- can Ice Co. and other holders for the property sought to be condemned, it is stated. The company’s land is not properly described, the lawyer tells the court. Parcel 84 over 176, square 2910, and parcel 84 over 188, he asserts, are mere expressions used for conven ience by the assessor of the District and are unknown in any legal, au thentic or authoritative description of land in the District of Columbia. Finally, the American Ice Co. says, the public interests do not require the extension of Taylor street as pro- posed, and no allegation is made in the petition that the public interests do 80 require or that the Commission- ers have determined that they do. The petition is based_solely, it is claimed, on the act of March 4, 1913, which has been superseded. CHURCH PAPERS SCORED. Most Low in Tone, Says Seminary Dean, Urging Use of Press. CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y. August 12 (#).—Religlon must reach out, as business has done, and proclaim itself through the medium of the press, Dr. Shailer Mathews, dean of the School of Divinity of the University of Chi- cago, asserted in an address here vesterday. Dr. Mathews, who {9 head of the department of religious work at the Summer schools here, asserted that most of the present denomina- tlonal journals are low in tone and gross misrepresentations of the de- nominations they purport to repre- sent. He urged the forces of religion to selze upon the popular magazines and newspapers as an asset of co- temporary religious life. = Heat Sets New Mark. WINCHESTER, Va., August 12 (). —With Government thermometers yesterday registering 106 degrees in the shade, a new season record was hung up. Little change in tempera- ture is predicted and no rain forecast has been made. h of Church Property Pending as Mexico Studies Sgizures By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, August 12.—Since the present religious controversy de- veloped about 100 “denouncements’ of Catholic church property have been made to government officials. Within the pust few years about 300 de- nouncements were made, but not set- tled. Thus 400 denouncements are pending, and Attorney General Ortega has ordered representatives of the de- partment of justice to immediately in- vestigate the situation. A denouncement means that a per- son, whose name is never made pub- lic, informs the government that a certain piece of property which fre- quently 18 not used for religious pur puses and does not seem to belong to & church is, in fact, church property held in the name of some private in- dividual. _The Mexican constitution forbids church ownership of property or priests from holding property for the church or a third party posing as the owner for the purpose of protect- ing church property. Any person lenouncing’” or in- forming the government of such dis- guised ownership receives a certain percentage of the value of the prop- erty If the government finds the in- formation given is correct and it seizes the property. The informant's name remains secret as far as the public Is concerned. It is understood some per- sons expect to have handsome in- comes due Lo making denouncements, b3 BORAH SAYS COURT ' WOULDLOSENOW Attitude of Europe Since Res- olution Passed Would Change Vote, He Says. By the Associated Pre: NAMPA, ldaho, August 1 pleting the generosity of the Uni States toward forelgn government during the World War as havir parallel,” Senator Willlam E. Ror chafrman of the Senate foreign fairs committee, in an address vesterday declared the attitude debtor nations would cause the Senate to reverse its decision and reject tha World Court if it were voted today. Senator Borah, referring the fight on the League of Nations, saul that as soon s the league over the league for their strength behind th Court. He ‘pointed out that “‘we have been drawn into the League of Nations in an indirect way, through entrance fnto the World Court,” which he described as the agent, counsellor and attorney for the League of Nations,” which s con trolled by the four great powers now writing us down as shylocks anl usurers.” Sees Old Problems Revived “It 18 my judgment. and T vent it as & prophecy, that if we b a member of the Worll Co n by advice and counsel oome int participation in the political contr versies of Europe., we shall « face to face with the same old lems of the League of Natlons In reviewing the history of fore debt settlements, Senator Borah, af showing that settlement of French debt upon the present pro. posed basis will cancel seven billions of the eleven billion European debt, said “logic discloses that the desire of the French amounts to cancellation in_full.” Discussing the attitude of Fingland and France toward the United Kiates, the discourteous reception of Awmeri can tourists during the last fow months and the adverse editorial and news comments of European news- papers, the Senator declared that the open letter of Georges Clemenceau 1 President Coolidge “must have st harshly on all American Sees Economic Clemenceau's letter settlement of the French not be treated as a com ter. The Senator predicted the next 50 vears will mark the most severa eco- nomic war history has ever recorded, and declared that in view of this fme pending struggle there is no just reason for the United States to give up war debt collection In a Boise statement. Clemenceau, Senator Borah sald: “Clemenceau’s letter is so cruelly misleading in his intimation that we are undermining the independence of France, and so deliberately unjust where he refers to waiting for Amer ica to enter the war and where he criticizes the United States for mak ing a separate treaty of peace With Germany, and vet so pathetic in m: ifest love of his country that I pre not to comment at length Would Tgnore Letter. “He is one whose unfounded w k we can afford to ignore and whose maliclous Insinuations we can afford to puss by. It would seem that if they have anything to say of a people whom they once halled as their unselfish deliverers, they would at least speak the language of truth .and graclousness. To state that we are trying to undermine the Inde pendence of France or that some body wants to In France, ap proaches the absu “It they want debts, let them include all reparations and show that hene fit of the cancellation will go to humanity and to hetterment of the masses of Furope and not the benefit. of the imperialistic schemes which "are now crushing the life out of people Who were in no sense re sponsible for this war “This constant charge of Injustice and usury on the part of the United States is simply not only unfounded in fact put dishonest in purpose the War. ked de! cial mat- answering cancel thelr <1 debts and HEAT CUTS WATER SUPPLY; OFFICIALS URGE SPARING USE (Continued from First Paga) cording to reports made to the police today. None of the cases is serfous. They follow: Lindsley F. Mines, 50 vears, was taken i1l in the street at Eighth and H streets northeast, while on his way to work. A Casualty Hospl ambulance took him to his home at $29 Eighth street northeast Alec Proctor, colored, 34 P street, was ricken at his he and treated at Emergen. Frances Hall, colored, 33 vears 1832 Ninth street, was overcoma while walking near’ Stoneleigh Court last night and was treated for Leat prostration at Emergency Hospital. ‘Taken to Hospital. James Johnson, colored, 38 1209% Delaware avenue southwest, was taken ill at Four-and-a-Ifalf and H' streets southwest and taken to Emergency Hospital. Felix Barrett, 58 years, colored 1510 Linden court northeast overcome while working at teenth and M streets northeast and treated at Casualty iospital. Guy Hooper, colored, 28 vears, N street northwest, was taken i a result of the heat at his home last night and taken to Freedmen's Hos- pital. Sylvester Erbs, colored, 23 years, of 1629 First street southeast, also was stricken at his home and was taken to Casualty Hospital. POLICE IGNORE JINX. New Thirteenth Precinct Station Opens Friday the Thirteenth. Totally oblivious to superstition, Capt. C. P. M. Lord and Frank Nuss- baum, day desk sergeant, plan an in- formal opening of the new thirteenth police precinct station tomorrow on Friday, the 13th. Formal exercises will be held Monday. Telephone service was finstalled at the precinct today, when Capt. Lord, Sergt. Nussbaum and the fanitor reported for duty. When the atten- tion of the trio was called to the co- incidence they refused to be per- turbed, and even declared they wera looking for a black cat for a mascot . Home Movie Shows. All you need for the home n show is contained in a cabinet, in ap pearance much like a phonograph cabinet, invented by Arthur G. Mer man of Memphis, Tenn. No darker ing of the room is necessary. nor hanging of sheets. The pictura is projected from within the cabinet an a panel of ground glass which form Ars, ’ ‘one of the sides of the cabinet, says) the Popular Sclence Magazine,