Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER (T. S. Weather Bureau F orecast.) Fair tonight and tomorrow: slight- 1y cooler winde. 2:30 p.m. am. today Full report on page 9. tonight: gent sterday; lowe: le variable Temperature—Highest, 89, at st, 68, at 7 ¢ N WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L ¢ every city bl as fast as th The Star's carrier “From Press to Home Within the Hour” system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes e papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 84,005 * Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 30 ered_as t office WASHIN TUESDAY SEPTEMBER - 7, 1926—FORTY-TWO PAGES TWO CENTS WISCONSIN VOTING ON STANDING ISSUE OF LA FOLLETTEISM Lenrcot-Blaine Contest Sim- mers Down to Fight Over State Control. GAIN BY CONSERVATIVES IS POSSIBLE IN ONE RACE | Zimmerman's Nominzation for Gov- ernor Would Be Hailed as Rift in Progressive Ranks. BY G. GOULD LINCOIN, Staff Correspondent of The Star. MADISON, Wis,, Wisconsin veters are trooping to the polls today decide whether “the Cisco idea™ typified by the late Senator Eabert M. La Follette ghall be discarded or not. This is the underl issue in a campaign which for bitterness and tion has scarcely been exceeded in the Badger State The interest aroused by the is expected to bring a large number of voters to the polls, All the candi dates concluded their speaking cam- paigns with Labar dav exercises and September 7.— Are at their homes to cast their bal- | Re- | Senator and surcead Lenront nti-Ta himself, Gov. John J. Bla Follette candidate agair will cast his hallot a* Roscobel H Two of the candidates for the Re- publican guhernatorial Atty. Gen. Ekern. the La candidate, and W. Stanley Smith. rin- ning on a “wet" platform, will vote in Madison, while Fred R. Zimmer-, man. secretary of State, who dubs | himself a La Follette progressive. hut wha also has some stalwart sipport will vote in Milwaukee, and Charles | R. Berry te senator. the onl €imon pure stalwart of them all, wi vote at his home, Wauwatosa regular Follette candi- is in Su- the La| Lenroot, 1o perior e. 11 No Democratic Contests, The contest is all in the Republican primaries for the senatorial and =u- | hernatorial non The Demo- erats have selected Thomas M Kear- | ney of Rucine for the senatorial nom- ination and Virgil H. Cadv of Bar- | ahnn for thernatarial. The will be nominated without opposition. The Democrats, however, must poll at least 16.000 votes for their candidates ta have them go on the hallots in the general election under the party des- fgnation. If they o not. their candi- | dates will hava to go in the independ ent column The Demncratle vote is expected to he emall canse manv of the Pemoe: o inta the Republi ean primaries to vote their nrefer. ence. so keen is the interest in the vietory or defeat of the La Follette ticket. Senator Lenroot may suffer by this entrance of Democrats into tha Republican primary The administration of Coolidge did not enter di the campaizn just closed the policies of the Presi supporters have heen attacked and de fended. however. amone them the ad herence of the United States to the ! World Court, the Meilon tax law and | the administration's fon azainst | the McNary 1zen relief hill Farm Relief Minor Issne, | e mat President | ectly H Some of nt 'd his I farm Farm relief has plaved In the campaizn here as it dd in the | Towa prima for example. it will in the lowa elec In the first place. Wis have as a whole heen pretty ous. even in years of agri greatest depressi o World War. n snch part owing The gr eroy small when considered and some of the Northw Farming is more diver here. | This is a great center of dairy farm- | ing. indeed. There has heen far more | debate as to who was responsible for | an increase in the tariff hutter. made under the flexible provisions of the tariff law. than over the Me Haugen bil! Senator friends insisted he was respon the incr opponents denied he President’s ed finally to ot had taken the n with the Presid: President Coolidge has cized by some of the epeakers, who assail him ns tive. Rut on the w has heen ed over I the World Court threwr full measure Court Opponents Hopeful. If Senator Lenroo! he defeated appears probable. the American adherence to | chout with glee. He led the the administration in World Court in the ter. Gov. Blaine has denc court. and Senator Rob Follette, jr.. who has ca State for Blaine. voted ecourt and has attacked speeches here. The struggle her hetwoen the progres with Senator first interest be with farmer or the conserv little fellow” SINEIN or shop keep who helieve that the can only be prosperous when business is prosperous. The La Follette peaple say that to give the Government over to the is to put wealth in the the rich will becgme riche poor the poorer. The sav this is all poppycock goguery 1sines be cared for and not, attac Government—as they insist it has been under the La Foliette progres sive rule in Wisconsin—if the pecple as a whole are to 1 r One thing strikes consin right in the eve—the of the State. The farmers a well. generally speaking: they ride in | automobiles, have fine farms and cat- | tle. The manufacturers are making | money. some of the biggest establish ments in the country being loc here. Labor is well off. There have been so serious labor disturbances for years. Labor is plentiful " "But notwithstanding this prosperity. the conservatjves, and among them many of the' manufacturers, insist that the State government in the (Continued on Page 8, Column 3.) mere dema- | and capital must | ed by the' vitupera- | fight | * SELECTION BEEINS i outstanding case ! the counsel table, with Max D. Steuer. | pearcd ea {ment's case will require about three | few of them being accepted by Judge | Mack. Mr. Daugherty sat sharpening | former Attorney General - BLAMED FOR Population Has Gained 45 Pct., Lawbreaking 700 Pct., in 20 Years. Toll of $1G0C0202.000 Is Charged to Nation Yearly, Records Show. Nore—Whar 112 daiy and ite and propiry e weasoie sraste moral de- preciation. uffering and misery resi t g o the it " eriminals 1K are ohalem 4 o gevend srse V¥ ieets) These What is and o her questions are an- swerdaciniraie’y and’ comprenensively in this ‘series of aticles dealing with criminal ‘condi‘ions ‘in Nation State and municipaliry. This. the first article. deals with the general aspects of the causes. consequences and ‘cos's of criminal ag: gressions 1chich are dai'y. shocking ihe coun.py_ The second ar e will be pub- tished tomorron BY LOUIS SEIBOLD. grieve for my | | | | | %! country to say | inal law in all the States of the Unlon | (there may be one or two exceptions) | < to qur civilization.' ice William Howard Taft of the United States in a public Taft first made this statement | 20 years ago. Since then the popula- tion of the country has increased 45 per cent .and crime nearly 700 per cent. Statistics presented at the re- cent international conferance of police officials at Chicago showed that in 35 vears the population of the country has increased a shade under 90 per | cent, while the volume of criminal ac- | tivities has increased more than 1,200 | per cent. i’ Mr. Taft repeated substantially his statement of 20 years ago in a recent | address to the American Bar Asso | ciation. | Complete justification for Mr. Taft's FAULTY ADMINISTRATION OF LAW that the administration of the erim- | _ | progress, is in the nature of a coun U..5. TOBE QUTSIDE. LEAGUE IF POWERS 0. K. COURT STAND |Geneva Committee - Seeking to Avoid Any Connections on America’s Part. CRIME INCREASE ONE BRITISH DOMINION MENTIONED FOR COUNCIL French Said to Favor Canada for Seat, But Candidacy Ru- mor Denied. ___LouIs SEIROLD. Br the Associated Prass : | GENEVA, September 7.—Both the fl;""::fi:\‘:":L"n"dil’;‘;':"”i;"‘l'gf ey | assembly of the League of Nations Etates, 0 geriibune Helsisine o U URE Spesini eoleRiee o New York State and city. [World Court conference have got Investigation of the crime problem |d0Wn to work—the assembly to pre- by the writer shows that the country | pare for the formal admission of Ger- is now entering the third phase of a | many to the league and to a perma- battle between organized society and |nent seat in the council, and the spe- organized crime. clal committee to pave the way for the Counter Attack Underway. United States to adhere to the Perma- Tha iibia fphame A vo1yEn e fenard nont COUEt of Infersintlonsl Justice. Mngs br the fuwikes eletetnte; the |, D Nieiiich of Jugusievie, presi e d hegan when laws devised by |dent of the assembiy, told the dele Society for the time being obtained | Eates of the 49 countries represented the mastery. |that the forthcoming entrance of The third phase, which is now in! “the great nation of Germany would | | give new confidence to the League of | ations.” The entire spirit of the deliberations | f the special commission of the| | World Court conference is said to | | have in view acceptance of the Amer- ter offensive by professional erim inals systematically organized. ef- fectively disciplined and highly re. sourceful. It has been recently (Continued on Page 5, Column 2. Former Attorney General and | Miller Go on Trial on Con- spiracy Charge. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, September 7.—The involving post-war fraud opened today in Federal Court. Selection of jurors to try Harry M. Daugherty, Attorney General in the | Harding administration. andwThomas | W, Miller, former alfen property cus- todian, on a charge of conspiracy to Acfraud the Government began short- 1y before noon. A special panel of 200 talesmen had been summoned. The courtroom was crowded long hefore the appearance on the bench of Judge Julian M. Mack, who is pre siding. Wife Accompanies Miller. defendants . entered the courtroom early. Mr. Miller was ac-; companied by his wife. He took aj <eat at tne counsel table. opposite his lawyer, Robert Johnstone. Mr. Daugherty, whose hair seemed bit ver than when he was ar aigned, occupied a front seat near th the his trial counsel, sitting opposite at the table. United Buckner the case fo States District Attorney 1 who is personally directing the Government, also ap- accompanied by his as nt, Kenneth F. Simpson, who | an important figure in obtaining indictment in the case. German to Testif Federal Attorney Buckner expects that presentation of the Govern- th defense attorneys were | unable to say today how long they | would require, as defense testimon wili depend upom what the Govern: ment offers Richard Merton, German copper magna here as a star witness for the Government, and is expected to testify as to his participation in the return of §7 000 cash and liberty honds to alien claimants of stock in the American Metals Co. The late John T. King. Republican national committeeman for Connecti was indicted with Daugherty and | in May. but he died a week The late Jesse W. Smith. who was a close associate of Daugherty, nd who committed suicide in Wash nzton in May. 1923, has often been mentioned in connection with the case. Two-Thirds Offer Excuses. When Judze Mack asked all tales- men wishing to be excused to step for- ward nearly two-thirds of the 150 men who had appeared by that *ime step- ped forward. As the talesmen began presenting their excuses, with only a weeks, but a pencil. Mr. Miller conferred several | times with his two other attornevs, William Travers Jerome and William Rand. who in the meantime had ap- peared in the courtroom Refore the routine of listening to the taiesmen who wished to be ex- cused was completed James N. Lin ton of Columbus, Ohio, law partner of Mr. Daugherty. entered and engaged | in whispered con reation with the ich Daugh The indi i 1gh = Column 4.) (Continu Four We(i 70 Years Ago at Double Rite Hold Celebration By the Associated Press | MINNEAPOLIS, Septeniber 7. Two couples who were married 70 | vears ago at a double wedding cele- | brated their seventieth wedding an- niversaries today. | They are Mr. and Mrs. James H. | Long of Minneapolis, 92 and 90 | vears old, respectively. | and Mrs. J. F. Stephens | Paul, 90 and §8 vears old, respec- tively. The couples spent the day at the Long home The wedding was performed at a little wooden courthouse at Wa- bash, Ind., September 7, 1856, | against | tion | the orders of the authorities. |ta | strict_censorship. | penalty. { publicans residing in frontier towns I {ican reservations in a manner that i will leave the United States in a posi- Alcoholic Content | % v e il e | Of Bread Is Found | Election of Judges. E To Break Dry Law | In connection with the election of | judges to the court. which the stat- | utes declare must be chosen by-the | councll and the assembly of the! B Aihis ko riktea Eress League of Nations, the committee has | PHILADELPHIA, September 7. | decided that this article must be so | e e e g | amended as to permit American par- em , . ticipation, but that the amendment | mother used to make. contains a |should come later when the United | sreater alcoholic content than States adheres to the court. Tt heverages permitted under the |!seems probable that the assembly will | prohibitional law, the American |he asked to authorize the United ! Chemical Society was told today. | States to vote in some form. | Prot Nieholis Kalghtand Vio- A rumor of the candidacy of one of Jot Simpson. of Commell College, |t British dominions for one of the | Mount Vernon, Towa, reporting the | line, Newly created nonpermanent results of their researches with 12 |S¢ats in the League Council persists, | Sariiolealiot! ibread MbEkerajiand j despite demals. The French have let | homemade, declared they found alcoholic content to vary from .04 to 1.9 per cent, with the larger quantity present in the homemade varief it be known that if Canada is the. candidate they will offer no opposi- | tion,, largely because of a feeling of kinship for the French-Canadians, but tts if Australia is the candidate opposi-| Stale bread, they réported, was found to contain no alcohol. i | Dr. Motta of Switzerland, Desmond | Fitagerald of the Irish Free State, M. y |Titulesco of Rumania, Enrique Vil |legas of Chile, Count Mensdorff of | RIVERA []EBI-ARESMWM and Louls De Brouckere of | The six other vice presidents elected S were: Sir Austen Chamberlain of ion | Great Britain, M. Briand of France, Never Was Real Revmu“onvisrgnor Sctaloia of Italy, Viscount Tshil of Japan, M. Lehmann of Li- | tion likely will be developed by Japan. which will almost certainly frustrate | Belgium ioday were elected chairmen of the assembly’s six principal com- | Says Dictator—Reported |[veria and Senor Figueroa of Guafe- mala. at Odds With King. the plan. Six Chairmen Elected. missions, and as such bhecome vice presidents of the assembly. The assembly adjourned to allow the six commissions to examine their agendas this afternoon. Three Reservations Approved. The World Court committee fs understood to have decided at a se- cret session vesterday to recommend acceptance of the first three of the American conditions. Sentiment ap- pears to increase as to the likelihood that all the reservations will even- tually be approved There was i Br the Assdciated Prese LONDON. September 7.—Premier Primo de Rivera of Spain, in a mes- sage to the Evening News, declares emphatically that there has been no revolution in Spain, but merely a movement among artillery officers the constituted authorities. Outlining the situation, he says: | scene was blanketed with live steam TARIEF QUESTION g A DUD WAS RECENTLY PICKED UP ON THE JERSEY COAST. Weds in London FIVE DIE, 100 HURT IN RAILWAY CRASH Suburban Train in Chicago Telescopes Rear Coaches | of Holiday Special. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 7.—A Chicago and Northwestern suburban train brought death and injury to scores of Chicagoans returning from Labor day outings last night when it tele- scoped the rear of a holiday special, which was discharging passengers at an outlying station 4 miles from the Loop. Hours of labor in the debris of the two wrecked cars, wooden coaches pressed into holiday service, brought the toll of identified dead to five and the list of injured:to apprcximately 100 persons. All the dead and most of the injured were from Chicago. The special was the third section of a train made up at Elroy, Wis., and had just stopped to discharge several passengers when the subur- ban. from Barrington. Ill., rounded a curve and plowed into the rear coaches, pushing the last one into the car ahead. ‘Women and Children Victims. Passengers, many of them women and children, were crushed as the coaches telescoped, and hundreds of firemen and policemen worked fever- ishly for hours to free them. Their efforts were unhampered by fire, despite the fact that the suburban engine fell on its side. The entire IOEPWOOD (ol MISS NANCY HOYT. CANTONESE INSIST BRITISH WITHDRAW English Marines Are Landed When Chinese Pickets _ Fire on Vessels. for some time. Engineer Lester Smith of the sub- urban train, placed under arrest when found in a state of collapse at a hos- pital, admitted running past a warn- ing signal block, but blamed the ‘wreck on failure to have a brakeman far enough back of the special and the approach of an outbound train, which led him to dim his headlight. Smith said that when he saw the vellow caution light he applied all brakes, and was proceeding at less than 15 mil By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, September 7.—Thg Cantonese government's foreign min- ister has written the British consul general demanding the immediate withdrawal of British marines from the jetties near Shameen—the for- eign residential settlement—the ces- sation of British interference with river traffic and the retirement of Brit- ish gunboats to their usual anchor “On June 6 a royal decree was pub-| lished modifying the system of promo- | in the army, whereby it was| made possible for the government to reward its hest servants at discretion, instead of adhering strictly to the rule of seniority. ““The artillery showed itself in dis- agreement. impeding the work of the government and refusing to recognize Its con- duct rendered necessary the rigorous measures already made known--meas- ures which were necessary to re-es tablish the original prestige and au- thority of the government. “The rehellions artillerymen subse. | quently submitted to disciplinary de. crees, and the promoters of the trouble will be tried by a special mill. | v court. . “Never Was a Revolution.” “1 emphasize that there never was| a revolution. The movement was one | of insubordination against the consti. ! tuted authorities. The rank and file took no part whatever in the question. “The matter has heen settled en.| The amount shown as of June 30 tirely without any disturbance to the | was a gain of $9.996,767 over a year public peace and tranquillity.” | ago. after all annuities, refundsand There is some obscurity heére as to | allowances on retired employes had the real trend of affairs, owing to the | been paid. Receipts during the year | totaled $17,871.530, while interest, Little news, aside from official and | other profits and miscellaneous sources semi-official statements, has come out | increased the fund by $2.295.702, and | of Spain. but admission by Gen. | disbursements totaled $10.210.465. Fach Primo de Rivera that in putting 'aivil service employe. of whom there down the trouble in Pamplona, a |are about 0.000 in Washington. con- lieutenant and private were killed and | tributes 312 per cent of his salary to a lieutenant and soldier wounded | the fund. % seems to indicate that the coup was no so peaceably carried out as official | dispatches at first indicate. ' Kidnaping Plot Unconfirmed. | Gen. Primo de Rivera said he was | not aware of disorder at any other ! place than Pamplona. | There has been no confirmation re- ceived here of reporte that the nav: is supporting the artillery, nor of any | of the other sensational rumors with | regard to the dynasty being in | danger. i A cabinet council was called to meet | in Madrid today. and the supreme council of war and marine has been summoned to fix the responsibility of those involved in rebellion and apply IN RETIREMENT FUND Report for June 30 Shows Gain of $9.996,767 Over Same Date Year Ago. Reporting today on the civil service retirement and disability fund. Seere- tary of the Interfor Work announced that the fund on June 30 last aggre- gated $54,662.546, the largest amount on hand at the end of any vear since the retirement law was enacted. Ap- proximately 390,000 employes are eli- gible for the benefits of retirement under the law. I R First Chapter —f— * Thrilling Story In Today’s Star Turn to Page 18 of The | Star for the first install- ment of ‘‘Mysterious Sweet- heart.” It will be continued in The Evening and Sun- day Star to the surprising climax. One unconfirmed report tells of a plot to kidnap King Alphonso. This | is said to have been frustrated by a | speedy rush in his_motor car from | San Sebhastian to the capital. The' plotters were said to be Spanish Re- | | BANDITS GET $11,300; ‘awav before pursuit could be or- ward to my Who were only awaiting news that In Today’s Star fighting had begun between the rival y military elements to move across the military elements to move acrom "1 (Continued on Page 4, Column 6.). ages. A naval detachment was landed Sat- urday on a British-owned wharf to protect it. The detachment arrested some Chinese strike pickets who were indiscriminately firing on passenger and freight vessels plying to and from Hongkong. Some of the bul- lets hit the United States gunboat Sacramento. . SHANGHAI AGAIN TRANQUIL. " (Continue POLICEMAN IS SHOT Six Robbers Seize Pay Roll as It Arrives at New Jersey : Attempt to Stage Anti-foreign Demon- Baking Plant. B stration Is Frustrated. SHANGHAI, September 7 (#.— Shanghai was tranquil today, the ef- forts of agitators and radicals to (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) PRINCE TO REVISIT U. S. Report From Biarritz Says Wales Plans Coming Next Year. PARIS, September 7 (®).—The Prince of Wales is going to the United States next year, says a dispatch to the Paris edition of the New York Herald from Biarritz, where the Prince is on vacation. The correspondent says the Prince told Alexander P. Moore, former United States Ambassador to Spain, that he regretted that he was unable to go to the Sesquicentennial at Phila- delphia. “But I am eurely going to America next year,” the Prince is quoted as having sald, “and I am looking for- second visit with great By the Associated Press. EAST ORANGE. N. J.. September 7—Six bandits today shot Terrance Gunning, a motor cycle policeman. and escaped with a payroll of $11,300 which was being taken from Ampere Bank to the plant of the Ward Bak- ing Co.. on Fourth avenue. Gunning was shot twice in the shoulder. He was taken to Orange Memorial Hospital, where it was sald he was in a serious’ condition. The money was being carried to the plant by Richard Foster, a pay roll clerk, who was accompanied by Walter L. Van Sickle, an_assistant cashier of the bank. and Gunning. When the three reached the Ward plant a large automobile drove up. | Three men jumped out and covered | the pay roll trio with revolvers. Gun- | ning was shot when he attempted to draw his pistol. *The money bag was snatched from Foster and the robbers were back in their car and ganized. pleasure.” MAN PRAYS, THEN FLEES |Terrific Blast and Vivid Flare Startle AFTER SHOOTING WIFE Carries 16-Year-Old Daughter, Wounded in Head, to House of Friend After Killing. By the Associated Press. By the Assoclated Press LONDON, September 7.—A wide area of North Midland, England. was startled at 9:45 o'clock last night by a mysterious explosion, accompanied NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 7. by a sudden blaze of light. which —Jerry Peon, 35, fired a bullet into |lasted only 2 or 3 seconds. Just his wife's brain, knel in praver and | what happened is not known, but then fled from his home early today |the general opinion is that a big with his 16-year-old daughter Mary, | meteor fell. who had been shot in the head and| Some houses were shaken and suffered a broken ankle during the | various persons thought an earth- melee. Peon was arrested an hour quake had occurred. Reports from later apparently in a drunken condi- | towns in flve counties agree as to tion and charged with murder. He|the flash of light, but they differ re- carried the wounded girl to the home | epecting . Some reports of a friend, he declared. ducjibo It as s terrific detonation, INANCY HOYT WEDS IN ENGLAND TODAY Surprise Announcement Says | Young Writer Is Bride of Gerald Wynn Wynne. Miss Nancy Hoyt, popular young authoress and Washington society girl, who astonished smart circles here three years ago when she can- celed her wedding to a youthful Brit- ish naval lleutenant at the very hour her guests were arriving for the nuptials, was married in London this morning to Gerald Wynn Wynne, ac- cording to a cable message received by The Star. The dispatch, unsigned and appar- ently a formal announcement from Mrs. Anne McMichael Hoyt, the bride’s mother, was filed in London vesterday for delivery today and read as follows: “Mrs. Hoyt announces the marriage of her daughter, Nancy, to Mr. Gerald Wynn Wynne, son of the late Maj. and Mrs. Reginald Wynn Wynne, D. 0., on Tuesday, Septem- ber 7. at St. George's Church, Han- over Square, London, in the presence | of the immediate families.” | Whole Family Abroad. The Hoyt residence here, at 1701 Rhode Island avenue, was closed to- day and it was said that the entire | family was in Europe, presumably to attend the wedding. If any of Miss Hoyt's many friends here, however, knew of the nuptial plans in advance, they kept them a close secret, for an- nouncement of the wedding created surprise among those members of the | society set who are now in the Na- tional Capital. X The unexpected announcement that Miss Hoyt had matried Mr. Wynne | recalled the dramatic suddenness with which she terminated her engagement to Lieut. Frederick Wiseman-Clarke | of the Royal Navy in May, 1923. The'| family announced that Miss Hoyt was | extremely {ll, and although this was believed to be true, close acquaint- ances declared the bride-to-be had discovered months earlier that her ;’fl;cllnn for the British officer had ed. Until the last hour, almost the last minute, they said, she had planned to go through with her promise, but as the bridal veil was laid out, and the house was prepared to receive the few invited guests she broke down (Continued on Page 4, Column 1.) MARCH OF GRECIAN GUARD UNEXPLAINED Special Military Measures Ordered | as Troops Leave Athens and Return. By the Associated Press. ATHENS, Greece, September “Special military measures have been ordered owing to grave indiscipline on the part of the Republican Guard,” was the terse official announcement issued after an unexplained move ves. terday by the Republican Guard, which suddenly marched to the sub- urb of Aghia Parastavi. Infantry and cavalry patrols fol- lowed the men, whose officers gave un- satisfactory reasons for having left the barracks in Athens. Eventually the guard returned to the capital, and the premler. Many wild rumors were current of the incident has not been ex platned i practical plan that would effect the chief officer visited Gen. Kondylis, | last night, but the exact significance | PRESIDENT'S HOPE FOR REORGANIZING BILL WANING FAST Doubts Even That Serious Effort to Bring Up Legisla- tion Will Be Made. SEES NO FURTHER CUTS IN FEDERAL PERSONNEL Ambassador Sheffield Arrives at White Pine for Discussion of Situation in Mexico. BY J. RUSSEL YOUNG Staff Correspondent of The Star WHITE PINE CAMP. September 7.—President Coolidge doubts very much if there will be any legislation making possible a complete reorgan- ization of the executive departments of the Federal Government at the next session of Congress. While expressing this opinian day, the President gave the impres. sion that he does not even anticipate any serious effort at the coming ses- sion in the interest of reorganization legislation. No explanation of his lief other than to say that reorganiza- tion is a difficult proposition to get before Congress was made. It is thought unlikely that the Presi- dent again will recommend leg of this nature in his next m Congress. Ever since taking office he has been an ardent advocate of reor- ganization as a means of promoting efficiency and reducing operating ex- penses of the Government. In cach of his messages to Congress and in conversations with Republican leaders . in Congress the President has argued in favor of some form of legislation that would make possible a complete and practical overhauling of the Gov- ernment departments by instituting consolidations and by transferring ac- tivities from one department to an- other with the view to eliminating du- plication, red tape and conflicts in au thority. Liked Smoot Plan. The President was in hearty ac cord with the general plan for reor- ganization sponsored by Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the joint congressional committee on re- organizatidén. When it was made evi- dent that the opposition to this plan was so great that it had no chance even of getting before Congress the President then let it be known that he would fall in line with any other a satisfactory reorganization. Several plans were offered, but the matter has dragged along. with nothing defi- nite being done, until the point has been reached when President Cool- idge virtually has given up hope, at least for the immediate future However, the President is happy in the knowledge that the existing.law made it possible to do little reor- ganizing on his own initiative. He transferred the Patent Office and the Bureau of Mines from the Interior Department to the Department of Commerce. Some other minor trans- fers and consolidations were effected, and probably still other reorganiza- tion would have been done by the President had he not been advised that he had reached the limit of his authority. It is known that of the individual plans that cropped up last Winter, when it was determined that the Smoot proposal was futile, the one offered by Representative Bacon of New York appeared most favorable in the eves of the Executive.’ He even went so far as to put his stamp of approval on this plan and to obtain Senator Smoot’s consent to get be- hind the Bacon proposals Commission Was Proposed. The Bacon bill provided a reorgani- zation commission of flve—two Sena- tors, two Representatives and a fifth member, to be chairman, to be ap- pointed by the President. However, the actual reorganization work was to have been effected by the President himself. He was to have virtually a free hand. The commission was to make suggestions and recommenda- tions, but the President would not have been compelled to accept these. So far as the President was con cerned, this bill had a decidedly prac tical ring and he felt certain the ob- jects anticipated by the reorganiza- tion of the departments could have been attained had it been enacted Although it was looked upon favor- ably generally in Congress, it v thrown in the ard during the clos ing dayvs of the last session when the legislative machinery was clearing the way for adjournment During his discussion of this subjec today, the President indicated clearl that he does not look for any notic able reduction in the personnel of the Federal departments Although Brig. Gen. Lord is bu at work whipping into shape the est mates for the next fiscal year aad is crying loud for economy, the President let it be known that the administra- tion actually does not expect any re duction in the number of employes— that is a reduction of any size. He said through his spokesman that he and his cabinet are not working to cut off empioyes, but hoping they can hold the personnel to the point where it is now. He is anxious to prevent noticeable increase, rather than trying to effect dismissals. Of course, the President and the heads of the departments are insistent that the Government service is not loaded down with unnecessary em- ployes. to 20,000 Cut Affected. During his last talk with Gen Lord the latter informed the Pres | dent that the personnel of the Go ernment had been reduced near! 20,000 since June, 1923, the Summer Mid-England Towns: Meteor Fall Is Seeny while others sav it was a rumbling. Still other reports say that the de- tonation was like a loud clap of thunder. Residents assert that concentration of several search | lights, some red. some blue and som. green, all crossing each other. At Derby, the lght was seen as a dull red glare, resembling that of a blast furnace. Observers at Coole say it was a big streak of light, like a fall- lnl st Radio [’rogram4 ams—Page 25 in Hull and elsewhere the light was like the . President Coolidge succeeded to the presidency. Another glowing prosperity picture was painted for the President today by an old friend. E. P. Charlton of Fall River, owner of large textile mille tHere and a vice president of the F. W. Woolworth Co. New England has been hard hit in- dustrially, but is coming back didly, Mr. Charlton told newspa men at the Executive Offices. | the tariff schedules are about where | they should be. and that recoveries | have been manifested in manufactures | of woolen goods, cottons and shoes. All chain stores are prosperous, ac- cording to Mr. Charlton, and Wool- wort] expect to do about $260,000, (Continued on Page'4, Cnlumx‘r 1)