Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1926, Page 2

A UL, MAKESKNOWN CONCERN IN MEXICO Sheffield’s Friendly Repre- sentations Voice Attitude on Religious Strife. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The United States has made known to Mexico its concern that thes con- troversy over the freedom of worship 2 by Catholics should have arisen, and while James R. Sheffield, the Ameri- can Ambassador, has in the last few months presented no formal protest, I reports that the American ‘Govern- * ment has entirely ignored the episode ¢ &re not correct. The erroneous impression as to the Washington government's position de- veloped as a result of published re ports that since no protest was being % sent, a “hands off” policy would be § pursued. It all depends of what is, % strictly speaking, meant by the % phrase “hands off.” % The Washington Government, for % example, felt that it could not inter fere in a strictly internal affair like & religious controversy and is well rupported by precedents in failing to make forma! protest. But the Ameri Aml dor has plenty of lati- the form of “representations” : Al conversations based on in 7 formal instruetions. Tnder the circumstances Mr. Shef- + fleld has found ways to indicate the © feeling of ar which has prevailed here as to the outcome of the con- . Loversy. The American Government been solicitous about of ~administrations in © Mexico City and when the economic hoycott started it became ap- parent that the whole economic structure was imperiled. In the past a decline in the economic status of the country has given encouragement : to malcontents. Revolutions have re- ¢ wulted, with the consequent endanger- ing of American lives and property. Took Up Americans’ Cases. There is nothing in the record, however, to show that the American « Government at any time has entered’ into the merits of the religious con- troversy which has heen going on in Mexico. Whenever an American has ¢ been involved. of course, as in the Zease of Rishop Caruana, the papal envoy. who was expelled from Mex- Zico, the American Ambassador has * promptly taken up such matters with the Mexican government, requesting i an explanation and using his good © offices. This action can be construed as protest, but in diplomatic parlanceé it merely amounts to ‘rep- resentations.” The general policy that is being pursued is based more or less on an < important precedent which occurred when Huntington Wilson was Acting Secretary of State under President Taft in February in 1912. At that time, the Depar(ment of State in its s instructions to American Minister Northeutt in Venezuela wrote “While it has ever been the policy of this Government not to interfere with the internal regulations of for- eign overnments, more especially questions of religions, this Govern- ment, practicing as it does at home, the largest principles of freedom of thought and belief, fs naturally de- slrous to see its citizens enjoy in other countries a reasonable freedom | from vestrictions or disabilities impos- | ®d by reason of religious faith. While recognizing that the determination of the internal policy of a nation is an attribute of its sovereignty. the United States has not hesitated to ex- . press this desire in considerate and £ iy, wys son casions which have a times in different countries. be ‘observed however, that such rep- resentations have never been put upon a basis of strict right, for it 1y will he appreclated that th ernment may not us . matter o demand that another government shall grant to religionists of Ameri can nationality in the territory of that government the degree of free dom or privilege which it might de- sire to xse extended to them Protestant Missions Affected. The Department of State then pointed out how limited was the op- portunity for “aflinmative action.” but added this instruction “If it should eventuully appear that the enforcement of the decree in ques tion will, as a matter of fact, ter- {minate the privileg: f freedom of worship hitherto guaranteed under . Venezuelan law, the department will, of course, be glad to bring the matter to the attention of the Venezuelan government, with the expression of fts hope that Venezuela will continue to exhif the sume tolerance in regard to the’ regulation of the practice of different religlons in its territory which has previously characterized its conduct in this regard.” In the instance referred to the “American Government was interesting ftself in some Protestant missions which were affected by decree of the Venezuelan government. While the exact nature of the in structions given to Mr. Sheflield have not been divulged. the statement may be made that the Catholic controversy has not been ignored by the Amer fean envoy and that while nothing which could ba construed as interfer: ance or a protest has been made or will be made, the hope of the Amer fean Government that the dispute will be amjcably settled and that foreign religionists will not be molested can be discreetly expressed and will be whenever the opportunity arises. It so happens that tne Catholic leaders themselves are divided In America as to exactly what form of communication should be used by the American Government. Many are dis tinotly opposed to a protest, as they do not wish to have anything done by Washington which would aggravate the situation in Mexico or enable President Calles to make an issue of foreign interference. But the major- ity of the Catholic leaders have been indicating their wish to have the American Government in ways best known to itself make known its keen interest in the development of re- Jiglous tolerance in this hemisphere, wheszia the United States is looked to not only w assist its own nationals, but under the Monroe Doctrine idea to aid also the nationals of other coun- tries. A consrranst anaerarss 1t should 1926 XPLAINED. +Copyright. POPE'S ADVICE ROME, August admonition to Mexican maintain an attitude of discretion nndl prayer, the Holy See announces, “is net given in the sense of urging adaptation to the tonditions of slav- ery which President Calles is trying to impose on the Mexican church, hut in the sense of keeping Catholics out- side of revolutionary governments, which are contrary to the doctrine of the church.” The statement of the Holy See, which was issued in answer toa np-nl 7T (#).—The Pope’'s Catholics to ietter from the Mexican Minister, Car- los Casaurang, setting forth the view- point of President Calles, declares that the Vatlcan is not alarmed at the prospect of the formation of a dissident Mexican church. “Experience shows,” says the state, ment, “that this menace, which al- most alw confliets whortively,” '8 arises when the state th the church, has ended | ally ! will remain taroughout the remainder | of the journey. | signed by Head Keeper Blackburn of IT'S A BOY., CABLES GODFATHER OF. GIRAFFE—NOW NAME HIM POSTAL TELEGRAPH - ecaven a7 Y A4 TELEGRAMS P Dr. Mann Settles Question in Ptompt Cable From Dark Part of Africa. Seasickness and Other Perils of Travel Face Pet—Can- not Navigate a Tunnel. It's a boy! This is the message Dr. William Mann, head'of the Smithsonian-Chrys- ler expedition, flashed back from Dar- es-Salaam this morning in reply to a cablegram from the children of Wash- ington, who wanted to know whether their giraffe was a boy or a girl. The message from Africa was even briefer than that. It came days be- fore it was expected, and the speed with which Dr. Mann recefved the ca- blegram from Washington and return- ed a reply indicates that he must be pretty nearly ready to start Wash- ington’s first giraffe on the first leg of its long journey to its new home. The cablegram was not filed in Washington until yesterday afternoon, and it did not begin its own undersea voyage to Africa until some time dur- ing the night. Reply Arrives Early. But, exactly at 6:05 o'clock this; morning, while all of the little spon- sors for the new giraffe were still under the influence of the sandman this reply was received here: Dar-es-Salaam, August 2 r, Washington, D. C. S0 now, put on those thinking caps and get busy finding a nice name fot your new pet. Remember, you axe not to send them to the giraffe at The Star until he tells you to. But, in the meantime, you are to watch carefully for messages from the giraffe and you are to ask your parents to read to you they can find about gi- tellow will arrive, or even when he will start, but it looks as though it won't be very long. Head Keeper Blackburn. at the Zoo, and the sclen- tists at the Smithsonian Institution look for him to reach Washington some time in October. He has a long, dangerous journey ahead, however, and you should be very grateful if he makes it successfully. May Be in Dodoma. quite probable that your has gotten no further than Dodomu, Dr. Mann’s big camp in the wild Tanganyika territory of Africa, by this time. The real trouble begins right there. Remember, although quite a young man, this chap is any- where from 12 feet to 17 feet tall. Imagine it! He could stand on the ground and look into a second-story bedroom window—and he might have to stoop to do it! At Dodoma Dr. Manu will person- superintend the construction of 4l crate, in which the giraffe It is giruffe a spe ‘This crate was de- the Zoo, who is recognized as an out- standing expert in such matters in this countr Before Dr. Mann start- ed Mr. Blackburn made him a com- plete, small model of the crate, so that the prospective giraffe would be as- sured the utmost in traveling com fort. Such a crate, with the giraffe in it. ! will have to be placed on a flat car at Dodoma and shipped to Dar-es-Salaam, the nearest port. Of gourse, the crate will have 1o stand upright, and it will reach high in the air. Fortunately, however, there are no tunnels, so the attendants don’t expect to be both- ered with anything but the job of keeping the unbalanced crate safely on the P May Charter Ship. Once at Dar-es-Salaam, Dr. Mann's troubles only multiply. Few ships find it necessary to call at that out- of-the-way port on the African east coast. But if Dr. Mann can get one and charter it to bring his entir menagerie direct “to Haltimore, his chances of keeping our ghauffe and | other pets healthy until they reach | their new home will be increased a hundredfold. It s quite probable that the reason Dr. Mann got bis message from the children so soon was that he had hur- ried ahead to Dar-esSalaam In the hope of chartering some chance Yessel in the port. If he can't do that, he will_have to bring his animals back all the way through London and then across the Atiantic. Great dangers lie in the route of such a long journey experts say. g In the first place, giraffes are con firmed landsmen. They hate the water and get violently seasick. No wonder Dr. Mann wants to avoid as little travel by water as possible, don't you think? Should the voyage through London be necessary it is not improbable that the giraffe may have to be left there until Spring, to avoid the dangers of meeting & wintry storm on the Atlantic. Big Ship Needed. Another trouble arises over finding a suitable place for the giraffe on the ship. None of the decks, except the hurricane deck, are high enough to accommodate a giraffe and it would be murder to put it on the outside deck. The mnext thing, therefore, is to find a ship big enough to put the crate in one of the hatches, which usurlly extend the entire depth of the ship. (Lh'b on board ship. giraffes become seasick almost immediately and be- come badly frightened by the tossing of the boat. COMMERCIAL CABLES | ouuver wa. CADLECRAME cages and are too sick and terrified to eat or drink. Mr. Blackburn, how- ever, said ‘that it the keeper will go in the cage with them for a while each day and feed them by hand, they may soon lose their fear. and the food will eventually attend to the seasickness. But even if the giraffe gets safely to New York troubles are not over. There are many tunnels between New York and Washington, and a journey by rail would therefore be impossible: Should it be necessary to take the giraffe to New York, it may have to be reshipped to Baltimore by water. So if the giraffe gets here, it will certainly be worth naming. 30 MEMBERS OF CREW TIED TO BUNKS, ROBBED Band Gets $1,000 in Cash and Jew- elry Day After Men Are Paid Off. By the Associated Press ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N. J., August 27.—Hold-up men early toda: tied 30 employes of the Central Rail- road of New Jersey to their bunks with wire and looted the men’'s cloth- ing of $1,000 in cash and jewelry. The victims were members of the 'w of a Sandy Hook steamer, who had cashed their pay checks yester- day. They sald there were six or eight robbers, “only one of whom was masked |ORDERED TRIED?;CHINA. Former Court Clerk to Be Return- ed to U. S. District in Orient. ATTLE. Wash., August 27 (#). —Removal of William Allen Chap- man, former clerk of the United States Court of China, to Shanghai. on a charge of embezzling $15.000 from the Government, has been ordered in Federal Court here. Attorneys said the decision was the first of its kind on record. Chapman fought removal on the ground that statutes providing for transfers of prisoners from the juris- diction of one district court to another did not include the Chinese court. PARIS PLANS DEAL WITH LONDON OVER REPLY ON TANGIER ontinued from First must more obtain something than vague promises before she clears the | field. He has told the British ambas- | sador at Madrid plainly that other | countries had obtained promises be- fore, and that the big.powers, after achieving their aims, forgot what they had promised. Spain is not going to any such risks. He is fully aware that France will do her utmost to frustrate | Spain’s aspirations In Morocco, while | British diplomats are not anxlous to glve a Latin country another per manent seat in the league council. Cansequently the British promises must take more concrete shape héfore September 8. The wires are hot be. tween London, Paris and Madrid. and British officlais are somewhat disap- pointed that the French government is not quite as eager as the British 1o solve the problem. (Copyright. 1926, by Chicago Daily News Co.) “TRUDY” WELCOMED HOME IN NEW YORK WITH GREAT POMP __ (Continued from First Page.) 1 Sessions avas deslgnated to deliver an address of welcome and State Senator Bulkley to present a silver loving cup. Miss Ederle’s home neighborhood hec been preparing for days for the great event. Pictures of the famous swimmer are in every show window. The New York State Association of Retall Meat Dealers is giving away 100,000 plcturés of her. “In honor of a great athlete—the daughter of a meat dealer.” There are decorations everywhere, flags, banners and bunt ing, in preparation for a big block party Monday night. ““Welcome home. Trudy,” is seen on placards for blocks around the Ederle home. Miss Ederle will have dinner to- night at the McAlpin Hotel and at. tend the “Follies” afterward. The mayor's committee has arranged a They lie down in their dinner for September 1. Bandits Wound 2 Deputies, Take Police Chief Prisoner in Battle After Robbery By the Associated Press. MUSKOGEE, Okla.. August Two deputy sheriffs of Sequoyah County were wounded and Chief of robbery near here. They overtook the men about 2 miles out of Salli saw and a running fight ensued. After the two deputies had been wounded. the bandits -stopped their Police J. C. Wall of Tahlequah was [own autamobile and forcgl the police taken captive by two bandits after a fight on_the Albert Pike highway west of Sallisaw today The wounded men are Bert (otton and Perry Chunkula With Wall, they were pursuing the two bandits in an automoblle, following a tip that the pair had pacticipated in a bank chief to accompany them, appropriat- ing the car the officers had been driving. They continued west on the highway Officers in surrounding towns were notified. A posse that took up the trall found a sack of money in the machine the bandits had abandonsd. 4 THREE WOMEN HURT BY FALLING CEILING Employes of Cunningham Store Injured When Plaster Crashes to FI(}or. Three women were injured this aft- ernoon when a section of the south side ceiling-on the first floor of J. E. Cunningham & Co., 316 Seventh street northwest, crashed down on the counters of the ladies’ clothing department. They are: Miss Victoria Barnley Coleman, 6! years old, 3300 Rlxleenfll street, bruises about the head and shock. Mrs. Mabel Lockman, 9 Fourth street northwest, shock. Mrs. Mary Pross, 32 years, 1909 Nineteenth street, was taken to Casu- alty ‘Hospital where an X-ray was taken to ascertain the extent of her injuries, Police are informed that all three of the women are employes of the store. Husbands of two of the women were notified. J. Walton, manager of the. store, refused to give Sergt. Carlin of the first precinct, essential information concerning the falling of the plaster, the sergeant reported. Walton also refused information to newspaper men and said that no one was hurt and that the store would be closed for some time. It is estimated that the section of the plastering which fell was 15 or 20 feet square. This is the second time that plaster- ing has fallen at the store. Some months ago, police are advised, there was a similar accident on the third floor. MVSTERY WITNESS HEARD N CANTON Report in Mellett Case Not Expected From Grand Jury for 10 Days. By the Associated Press. CANTON, Ohio, August . —~Inves- tigation into the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton publisher, slain be- cause of his stand against the under- world and its traffic, today had settled down to the steady grind ¢ the grand jury room, from which there ap- peared to be no letup for approxi- mately 10 days. A report from the grand jury room is hardly expected before Labor day, Prosecutor . B. McClintock believes. Yesterday the grand jury heard the story of a “mystery witness,” whose identity has been carefully concealed throughout the investigation, and of Steve Kascholk, the informer against Patrick Eugene McDermott, missing “key man,” and others, Louis Mazer, who is formally charged with the murder. Today the grand jury will hear Il . Pontlus, former Common Pleas Court judge and attorney for the late publisher, who has taken part In the inquiry. After he is heard, the in vestigation board of eight women and seven men is expected to recess until Monday, when it will hear Joseph R. Roach. criminal lawyer of Chica investigating the murder and c conditions in Canton. Roach will supplement his inquiry with documentary evidence he has prepared and with a manuscript of testimony given United States Di: rict Attorney A. E. Bernstein last w _ek at Cleveland, when he made inquiry into an alleged conspiracy against na tional prohibition laws, believed to have been the breeder of the murder plot. .Mazer is now held in Cleve land charged with a part in the con spiracy. Carl Studer, Canton, and Norman Clark, Canton attorney and former police prosecutor, also ¢ o with conspiracy, have been released on bond. As a result of mony Prosecutor Mc poenaed witnesses called. ZIRKLE CASE AGAIN UP AT ANNAPOLIS Midshipman Who Refused Oath of Allegiance in Same Status, Says Official. esterday’s testi lintock has sub not previously APOLIS, Md -The case of Midshipman rl Blair le, of Kansas. who last June refused to take the Navy oath of allegiance at Vaval Academy commencement exercises, today was being considered at the Academy behind closed doors. Zirkle came ashore today from the practice squadran, aboard which he was ordered by Secretary Wilbur for the Summer cruise with under-class men when he declined to accept the commission. Rear Admiral Louis M. Nulton, Academy superintendent, said_Zirkle, although he has received his diploma. is still & midshipman and might re- main so Indefinitely. Zirkle entered the Academy, he previously has told officials, with the intention of resign- ing upon graduation. During his term a rule requiring two ) became effective, and his resignation was not accepted. 20 DAYS IN MILK THEFT Thomas W. Hurst Should Have Hospital Care, Judge Says, When Passing Sentence. Thomas W. Hurst, indigent World War veteran, convicted of stealing a pint of milk early this morning from 316 H street, was sentenced by Judge George H. Macdonald in Police Court to 20 days in jail. with recommenda- tion that the veteran be given hos- pital treatment. Hurst while before the court shook as with a severe palsy, but Officer C. L. Smith of the sixth precinct testi- fied he “ran like a deer” when he dis- covered the policeman on his trail. Judge: Macdonald remarked that he disliked to sentence a World War vet- eran, but that this prisoner had ad- mitted to three breaches of law and obviously needed hospital care. WINS PLAYGROUND MEET. Georgetown with 43 points won the third annual interplaygyound athletic meet at Plaza Field today. Plaza was a close second with 4013 points, Cook was third with 28 points and Columbia Road fourth with 18%. including | of service | | Hundreds Driven Away by Police—Another Funeral Delay Now Sought. By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, August 27.—Rudolph Valentino's body today continued tb be a magnet for thousands of curious and admiring persons, despite orders barring the public from -the under- taker's establishment where it rests. Hundreds were driven away from the doors of the mortuary chapel on upper Broadway by a police guard 300 strong yesterday to prevent repe- titlon of disorders by the unruly crowds that have flocked to the bier. Nearly 500 persons were admitted to see the body yesterday, but only one of them lacked a card. She was |a wrinkled old Italian woman from | the star's birthplace of Castellaneta, {Ttaly. Many tried to enter with per- |sons bearing cards. Many girls hoped {to gain entrance by bringing flowers. | But these were accepted at the door |and the girls barred. | Fascist Guard Withdrawn. | A Fascisti guard was withdrawn at | police request after a protest by anti- Fascist Italians. ; | 'S, George Ullman, Valentino's man ager, has received a cablegram from | Winifred Hudnut. the star's second | wife, who is now in_urope, suggest- |ing that the body be cremated and placed in the Hudnut vault at Wood- lawn Cemetery. “I think it should be buried in Holly- wood. That Is the appropriate rest- |ing place,” said Mr. Ullman. The | decision, however, awaits the arrival | Tuesday of Valentino’s brother, Al- berto Guglielmi, on the Homeric. Mr. Ullman is making another ef- fort to have funeral services post- poned from Monday at 11 a.m. in St. Malachi's Catholic Church so that the | brother may attend. Under the health [regulations the funeral should be held by Sunday, but Mr. Ullman has ob- tained one 24-hour extension. 1,000 Floral Tributes. Floral tributes continue to arrive. and the body now is surrounded by nearly 1,000 bouquets, the largest wreath nine feet across. 3 Several subscriptions for memorials are under way. One has been started in Castellaneta, Italy; another was announced here by James R. Quirk. publisher of Photoplay Magazine, to be limited to gifts of §1 or less, and in | Chicago friends have filed articles of incorporation for a memorial. | Mr. Ullman said today he was cer tain Valentino had never Kknown | Peggy Scott, an_actress, who com mitted suicide in London after writing that her *last bit of courage had flown" with Valentino's death. MEMORIAL IS PL. D, | Valentino's Horse Will Have Part inj i Los Angeles Service. LOS ANGEIL Calif., August | (/). —Rudolph Valentino's horse, on { which the screen star was accustomed {to ride the hillside trails with fellow | members of the Breakfast Club, will open the memorial services to be held | here by the club this morning. The | horse, led by Norman Kerry, film actor, and George Fitzmaurice, direc [ tor, will follow the same trails today. | his dead master’s boots reversed in | the stirrups. | o [MITCHELL BEGINS ‘ DRIVE FOR OFFICE i (Continued from First Page.) presumably to It is the his- | tures of. the people, | carry out their wishes. tory of all such organizations | when left to themselves progress | ceases and the lines of least resistance are_followed. “We have many associations, so cieties, clubs and leagues edevoted to | the cause of aviation. Mosf of them {are local in character but they all rec- ognize now that their local strength will be vastly enhanced by joining a | great national body, handled and con- trolled by those tied by no affiliadions to political factions or interests, gov | ernmental or otherwise, that are at |tempting to control this matter to | further their own ends. “I shall devote a large part of my time in the immediate future toward | building up a great civilian body of | that kind which will be an authori- tative source of information and de | velopment for this all-important and essentfal element which concerns the | future of our country | " The annual election of the National | Aeronautic Association will be held | September 9 in Philadelphia in connec- | tion with the international air meet. Boomed by New Yorkers. Col. Mitchell has been boomed for the presidency 4o succeed Godfrey L. Cabot of Boston, who now is closing his second term as head of the or | ganization, by friends in New York | City. | ““Phe teader there is Frank A. Tiche. | nor, head of the New York chapter {of the assoclation and editor of an |aeronautical monthly. Col. Mitchell agreed to occupy the {office if elected two months ago and although he had publicly referred to |the forthcoming election he had mot | taken a determined stand on the mat- Iter that he did today. | “col.” Mitchell in_his | ment also declared: “Progress In aeronautics in the United States has lagged because the body of the people has been left in ignorance of what a great influence the devolpment of flying means to the economic future of our country. “Ever since the first public flight of the Wright brothers we have | striven to put sultable and adequate |laws on our statute books so as to place American aeronautics in a dominant position. | Has Worked Since 1913.' | “It has been my privilege to have | initlated action about this before Con- | gress each year since 1913 and to | have argued” the case of thls great | new fcrce before the responsible offi- cials. | ““During the last vear we carried | the matter directly to the people, so that _executive and legislative action was forced. “As a result of this, you now have three undersecretaries, one in the De- partment of Commerce, one in the | Department of War and one in the | Department of the Navy. | "“If these three secretaries are to be effective they must be backed up by public opinion. The action of the bureaus of the Government is not enough. A great national civillan so- ciety, dedicated to the furtherance of | aeronautics, is a necessity. American | aeronautical thought leads the world, | but it is unorganized and without ex- | pression.” closing state- CLEVELAND, Ohio. August 27 (#). —Ermil Balanescu, vouthful college student and former Parisian, was charged with manslaughter today in connection with the mysterious death of his girl friend, Dorothy Elizabeth Kirk, 21-year-old stenographen that | { funds prior to departure, rather than { Widening of Eleventh Streeti jof which will further improve condi |the United States Marine Band, Wil- VALENTINO'S BODY |™PFE%53 o Cen OK'DBY U.S., BUT 60 CENTS IS DAILY LIMIT S"”- flRAws HUSI New Travel Regulation:E;:Federal Force Fix Costs of Baths and Pressing. Larger Allowances Made. Waiters' tips must not exceed 60 cents per day. “Fees” to bellboys hotels must not go a day. If the cost of a bath is not in- cluded in the charge for room, one must not pay more than 50 centd a day for a bath. Laundry at $1.40 a week, clean- ing and pressing clothes at an aver- age of $1.256 a week. These are among the official stipu- lations laid down by President Cool- idge for Goyernment travelers in the new standardized trayel regulations to be issued next week, and to be binding on every Federal traveler beginning October 1. The conflicting vegulations of various departments and establishments are to be thrown into the discard. . All inclusive are these new com- prehensive travel regulations, down to the most minute details. such as what time one must arrive at a place in order to have his break- fast paid for by Uncle Sam, what kind of berths, staterooms and serv- ices may be purchased with Federal funds, Generally speaking the allowances for travel, are much more generous under the vecent legislation by Con- gress, the per diem subsistence allow- ance, for instance, is now $6, instead of the former $4, an increase of 50 per cent: and the actual subsistence ex- penses are now $7 instead of the former $56, an increase of 40 per cent. Abroad, per diem is $7, and actual subsistence $8. Among the helpful features is the plan for extending money to travelers before they leave on a Federal trip. instead of making them advance coin out of their own pockets, expecting re- imbursement after they return. The new regulations, worked out by the Federal Traffic Board, through a committee which had the assistance of representatives designated by all de- partments and establishments, and ap- proved by President Coolidge, were being printed today at the Govern- ment Printing Office in pamphlet form 4 inches by 5% inches, with a cover, comprising 58 pages, including the index. The pamphlet includes an ex- ecutive order by President Coolidge, details worked out by the Federal Traffic Board, orders by the Treasury Department concerning the extension of advances out of Federal funds, rul- ngs by Controller Gen. McCarl affect- ing the situation and other documents bearing on the situation. It is a compendium of the Government's latest travel regulations, which en- tirely supplant the numerous con- flicting orders now in effect among Uncle Sam's departments and estab- lishments. Expense Money in Advance. The privilege of obtaining Federal and maids at over 30 cents reimbursement afterward is provided under plans developed by the Treas- ury. Travelers will file a bond “to in demnify the United States” from any loss. This bond may be from a surety company or signed by two individuals who have the official approval of cer- tain specified officials of the Govern- ment. The least sum which may be ob- tained in advance will be $50, and the maximum amount obtainable at one time will be $2,000. If more money is needed for extended trips it may be advanced from time to time as neces- ry. sa’l')ho bond, it is stipulated, must be not less than $1,000. If more money than that is to be advanced the next higher bond is to be $2,000. Foreign Travel Rules. In foreign countries the exact pr 1s not listed on ‘“fees,”, but it id said that abroad these ftems are to be regu- lated by what is “customary and fea- sonable.” “Customary” fees, however, it is stated, are not to exceed $1 a day. ;nxgngo porters at hotels, stations or residences are to get not to exceed 15 cents per piece, or a total payment of 25 cents, but baggage porters at landings and wharves are to be allowed 25 cents per plece. FPorters on chair or parlor cars are not to get more than 25 on sleeping cars 25 cents for eac h 24 hours of travel or fraction thereof. Stewards on_steamers, river, or bay boats, 25 cents per day or ion thereof; ocean and coastwise voy ages, customary fees when itemized are not to exceed a total of 10 per | cent of the minimum first-class com- mercial passage rate of the steamer. Steamer chairs must not cost more than $2 per trip and steamer rugs not more than $1. Must Be Economical. Travelers are expected to “exercise the same care in incurring expenses that a prudent person would exercise if traveling on personal busines: says the introduction. Again: “Travel on extra-fare trains will be allowed only here official necessity requires,” and “‘through tick- ets, excursion tigkets, reduced rate round trip or party tickets should be secured whenever practicable and economicad"” ‘What kind of accommodations will the travelgr have? ““One standard lower berth for each person,” it is stipulated, “and first- class stateroom accommodations on steamers when same is not included in cost of passage ticket. modations are shared by the traveler the fact should be stated in the ex- pense account and he may be reim bursed only his proportionate share of the cost. ne seat in a sleeping, parlor or chair car, when journey is more than miles. If journey is less than 25 miles the necessity for the seat must be shown. “A section, compartment. drawing rom or other superior railway or steamship accommodations will be al- lowed when the exigencies of travel require it.”" but the word of warning is added that for this there must be “full explanation. TENRESURFAGI PROEETS ORDERED to Be Continued to Massa- chusetts Avenue. Orders for the resurfacing of nine thoroughfares, for putting a new sur- face on the Anacosta Bridge and for continuing the widening of Eleventh street from New York to Massachu- setts avenue were approved by the Commissioners in board session to- day. Approximately $72,000 will be spent on the work ordered today The widening of Eleventh street from Pennsylvania to New York ave- nue Is now going on and the con- tract awarded today will continue the project morth to Massachusetts ave- nue, making the width of the street 70 feet. The other resurfacing jobs, several tions downtown, are being provided for out of the lump sum for repairs. The list follows: D street, Twelfth to Fourteenth southwest, $3,700; Ninth, D to E, $2,000; Ninth street (west side) Penn- sylvania avenue to D street, $600; D street, BEighth to Ninth, $1,100; K street, from Fifth street east to alley, 2,000. Quincy street. Seventh to Georgia avenue, $16,000; New Jersey avenue (east side) H to K streets northwest, $1,600; California street, Connecticut avenue to Phelps place. $4,900; Twenty-second street, Massa- chusetts avenue to R street, $1,400, and Anacostia Bridge, at Eleventh street southeast, $4,500. BAND CONCERTS. TONIGHT. At Reservation, 313-A, South Dako- ta avenue, Twenty-sixth and Irving streets northeast, at 7:30 o'clock, by liam M. Santelmann, leader: Taylor Branson, cond leader; Principal Musician Slegfried Scharbau, ducting. At 6:30 o'clock, Walter Reed Hus- pital, Georgla avenue, extended, by the United States Navy Band, Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, second leader. TOMORROW. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, upper bandstand, at 5:43 o'clock, John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Emil A. Fenstad, assist- ant leader. = The holdings of Yale University are worth over $40,000,000, making it the world leader in the matter of college ownership of realty. i con- 94 BELIEVED DROWNED. Ferryboat in India Capsizes and | Breaks in Two. NAKHALIL, Bengal, India, August 27 (A).—Ninety-four passengers on a Megna River ferryboat are believed to have been drowned when the craft | capsized two. One hundred passengers were on board and only six are known to have been saved. Many were carried away by the swiftly-rushing water. in midstream and broke in 'TWO AMERICANS HURT IN NICARAGUA FIGHT Are Seriously Injured When Rebels| Capture Town, Headquarters of Foreign Concerns. By the Associated MANAGUA, Nicaragua. August 27.—Two Americans have been seri- ously injured in an attack by revolu tionists on Puerto Cabezas, headquar- ters of the Bragman Bluff Lumber Co. and the Standard Frult Steamship Co. of New Orleans. The revolutionists captured the town. The local hospital was fired on by the insurgents and a request has been sent here for a gunboat. The insurgents also have captured Pearl City and are approaching Blue- fields, which was captured by Liberal revolutionists some months ago but later won back by the government forces. DAWES 61 TODAY, BARS ALL ‘FUSS AND FLOWERS’ By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, August -By his own wish there were neither “‘fuss nor flowers” nor congratulatory callers to mark the sixty-first birthday today of Vice President Charles G. Dawes. ‘The Vice President observed the an- niversary by going over the manu- script for an address he will make September 15 before the radio manu- facturers of Ameri at New York. “No interviews,” he declared. I don’t give interviews any time, and birthdays are no exception.” But he admitted feeling as well as he looked, having. returned from a vacation in Colorado last week. He has been playing golf several times a week with his children. . Soviet to Draw Up Anti-War Pacts MOSCOW, August 27 (®).—The Soviet government has instructed its representatives at Riga apd Reval to begin immediately negotiations for mutual anti-war pacts with Latvia and Esthonla, with a view to con cluding treaties similar to the Russo- German and Russo-Turkish peace ac- cords. Dreaded Japanese Beetle Is Discovered In petworth: Scientists Seeking More Recent discovery of a singlé speci- men of the Japanese beetle, the most dreaded insect pest now in the United States, in a ePtworth rose garden was revealed today by the Bureau of Etymology of the Department of Agriculture. | For the past two weeks a crew of 10 men under the direction of the bu- reau has been engaged in an exhaus- tive inspection of Petworth gardens, | Soldiers’ Home Park and Rock Creek | Cemetery for other specimens. but thus far none has been found and the experts believe that danger of an!cult the experimental plantings of the | the present license plates. infection is over for the present. The discovery of this insect caused alarm among the sclentists. It has practically denuded great areas In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has pushed its way south as far as north- ern Maryland, and has caused a strict quarantine on the area where it has been located. It attacks more than 100 crop plants and trees. It is almost im- possible to eliminate, once it gets a foothold, although it can be‘controlled at considerable expense in individual plantings The effect of an invasion of the Dis. trict of Columbia by these pests, say the scientists, can only be imagined, but it would make much more diffi- Department of Agriculture, would serfous]y injure the park areas of the National Capital and - prove a dangerous menace to private gardens. cents and porters | If the accom-| ROAD MAKING LAST PROBLEM OF CUARD 121st Engineers Called Upon to Cut Passage Through Heavy Forest. BY WILLIAM T. WHEATLEY. Staft Correspondent of The Star. FORT HUMPHERYS, Va. Aus gust 27.—Through a forest thick in underbrush, the 121st Engineers, tional Guard of the District of Co lumbia, today laid down a road wide enough to accommodate a brigads of infantry and Its accompanying combat train. They cut it through the banks of Accotink Creek., whers the soldiers worked waist deep !n water to place the pontoon bridge over which the Army theoretically will pass {n fighting the mimic battle. ‘While one detachment cut its wa¢ through the woods another branch procured the heavy pontoons and poled them up the creeek for a dis- tance of more than a mile. and by the time the road was constructed to the edge of the water the bridge was ready for the crossing Men to Return Sunday. The troops were given a full to carry out the problem. the last in the general scheme of (raining, for tomorrow will be devoted to in- spection In the morning and the {afternoon will he miven over Irecreation for the men. giving thewn lan opportunity to rest for the turning trip to Washington Sunday, when _they will be demobilized At 7:20 this morning the t commanders. Joe R. McKey, Jullan 8. Oliff, were handed their or- ders in the combat problem. Tha troops left camp ten minutes later, and men armed with bolos we ahead to cut their way through heavy underbrish along the which previously had been mapped out by the surveying squad under Lieut. Willlam I. Mushake. Other men armed with axes and cross-cut saws, proceeded to cut down trees In the line of the road and 1o use the logs for making corduroy se tions through the area, a part of which is in marshes. Thesa heavy timbers were carried for hundreds of vards by the interested troops. After the roads had been marked | by stakes, another force dusz deep | ditches along the sides and threw the |dirt into the center to form a crown, while still others removed stumps | which might obstruect the passage of the motor trains. Grade Cut Through Bank. Reaching a steep bank near the water's edge, the men cut a szrade through it and used the earth to cover the corduroy road. | The speed and thoroughness with | which they carried on brought forth | commendations of the officers, and to prove that it was a practical job Capt. {Ralph S. Childs, Company B, drove an automobile to the creek and then {on across the bridge. | Lieut. Col. Harry E. Gladman, ex ecutive officer of the regiments, was superintendent of construction, while | Maj. McKey was detailed to handle | the dirt section of the roadway and Maj. Oliff’s battalion the second sec- | tion and the pontoon bridge, the lat- ter construction being assigned to | Company E, Capt. C] Shields commanding. Col. Gladman was high in his praise of the work of the men and the spirit they displayed. The Engineer regiment was operat- ing theoretically as a part of a Red Army, which is planning an attack against a Blue Army, now reported to ihe preparing to assail Washington. The “enemy” is supposed to be in | control of the hill west of Accotink | Creek. | While the working troops were out in the forest the band had little to |do and started In a little practical { joking to use up the surplus energy. {Two of the band members, Edwin | Pancill and W. T. David, were found | wandering around the parade grounds | Two members of the guard with fixed !bayonets were sent out under a ser- geant to bring them into camp. They were taken before Capt. Godwin | Gunn, commanding the headquarters |ana “service company, who, after giving them a preliminary hearing, di rected that they be again placed in the guard house. Pancill and David took the matter quite seriously. K!heh‘ fellow members stood around {the guard house trying to suppress |smiles. An hour later they were re- |leased and apprised of the fact that {this was part of their training, and |2 method of getting back at Pancill jand his fellow bandsmen. who had | played many practical jokes on others. | Pvt. Adam ;. Mouton, Company F, today was ordered by Col. John . Oehmann, commanding the re; to be tried by a summary c tial for refusing to put on a proper uniform' and prepare for drill when di rected by Lieut. Quade. Ile will he tried before Maj. McKey. Bell Reviews Troops. | The District Engineer regiment yes {terday put on a parade and review |which also was participated in by | troops of fhe 13th and 29th United States Engincers, the whole composite brigade being commanded by Col. Oeh mann. The review was staged hefore Lieut. Col. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commissioner of the District of (o- lumbia. Maj. Gen. Creed (. HHam mond, chief of the Militia Bureau of the War Department, also witnessed the ceremony. and these two officers. with other Iederal and District offi ials and civic leaders of Washingto were the guests of the officers at the dinner in Harris Hall and later at a lecture on America and Verdun. glven by Lieut. Col. Thomas J. Dickson, former chief chaplain of the Army, at the Liberty Hut NAVAL RESERVISTS TURN TOWARD HOME TONIGHT Torpedo Practice Off Cape Charles Closing Cruise Today on Destroyer. By Radio to The Star. ABOARD THE V. 8. §. . gust 27.—With the third Naval Rese cruise closing today with torpedo fiving and practice off Cape Charles, this de destrover with the Baltimore and Washington naval reservists will start steaming for its port of debarkation | tonight, bringing the local reservists {home tomorrow morning. The cruise started August 14, and |30 destroyers, comprising part of the Atlantid scouting fleet, carried ap | proximately 1,600 naval reservists during the training perlod. AUTO TAGS ORDERED. 100,000 License Plates Will Be Re- quired for 1927. ‘The Commissioners teday placed orders with manufacturers for 109,060 llulomoblla tags and 2,000 motor excle tags for the calendar year 1927 ‘The color scheme of the auto ! | for next vear will be vellow numerals jon a black field. just the reverse ot The vei 1927 tag, how ence & low numerals on the ever, will be of a lighter shade than was ‘used for the background of the 1926 tags.