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e e WEATHER (V. & Weather Bureau Fo Fair tonight: tomorrow cloudiness and slightly wa ers tomorrow night. Temperature— Highest, pin. yesterday: lowest, 59 today. Full report on pag Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 orecast.) . increasing rmer; show-y 80, at 2:30 at 6 a.m. e 9. ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION \ ¢ Foening Star. service. Yesterday’ The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news s Circulation, 95,067 J, Entered as sec ),080. office, Washington, nd class matter D. C. WASHINGTON,, D C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1926—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. (#) Means Associated Press. TWO- CENTS. - GERMANY ELECTED T0 LEAGUE: GIVEN SEAT IN COUNGIL Dramatic Scene Marks Unan- imous Consent to Admit Nation to World Tribunal. REPORTED RESIGNATION OF SPAIN CAUSES STIR Non-Permanent Members of Upper Body Increased to 9, Giv- ing Latin America 3 Places. A Press September Europe | War today when, | which shook the hall gue of Mations Assembly wis unanimousiy elected a of the League and unani iwcorded a permanent League council. \When the roll call of states was N Foreign Minister Briand of pronounced a sonorous “yes,” turned his eyes toward the press galleries as if he wunted the word to N reat ¥ Haus \hey mous ' i Seventieth LOSS OF GOVERNORSHIP PRIZE BLOW TO LA FOLLETTE PRESTIGE | | i | Opponents Hope First Wedge Has Been Driven Into. Organization. Blaine’s Nomination, How- ever, Is Clear-Cut Victory, for “Madison Ring.” . GOULD LINCOLN. Staff Correspondent of 'l MADISON, Wis,, Sej fohn J. Blaine, La ive, has won the nomination for the Senate ator Irvine L. Lenroot. anti-La Fol lette candidate with Stalwart support, on the face of the returns in yeste: day’s hotly contested primary. This means two La Follette progres sive Senators from Wisconsin in the ongress, something which never hefore during i the score of vea ¢ late Sena- | tor Robert M. La Follette and his son, the present Senator, have held office. Senator Lenroot m: Hant fight for renomination. He has given Gov. Blaine a sharp race It was the hope of the Lenroot sup- porters that Frank J. Kelly of Hales Corners, running on a wet platform, would so cut-into the Blaine vote t the Senutor would nose out ahead, he did in 1920 when he ran against | | ! i e Star mber 8 follette pro- Republican | over Sen o JOHN BLAINE. Thompson didate ceived wet. 40,000 McHenry, re votes which wise have had. Blaine was so w i this campaign himself vote was not sufficient wwick for Lenroot While the La Follette progressives have made this ‘gain in the national legislature, they have apparently suffered defeat in the contest for the gubernator nomination. This will with them. The governor- tContniued on Page 4, Column 2.} has But 10 turn #o forth throughout the world that! France was first and foremost to wel- | come her anclent enemy ot ion and harmony Minister Vandervelde with equal enthusiasm. pro pproval of Germany’s admis while Sir Austen Chamberlain’s | tribution to unanimity on behalf of t Britain was crisp, clear and iy heard throughout the crowded auditorium <pite into the fold | Conei I of | Bel i sion rotests from the Scapdina- | Vian states against the policy of link- | inz Germany's election with approval | increase in the number of non-| permanent council seats from six to nine. this increase was ratitied, also | unanimously. Three seats tor Latin A on the council are thus as Burec President Ninchitch of the assembly was visibly moved when he announced Germany's unanimous admission. M Ninchitch is for minister of Jugo- | slavia, the country which now em- braces the town of jevo, scene of issassination of the Austrian Ferdinaud, which was the initial incident in the outbreak of the | World War. Called Necessary Task. ‘1t shows, aft those men of 1 the leag reh (when Ger ked), 1hey diffieulties overpowering v all.” he said, “that | th were right, when | troubles of last any's election was were not disheartened which seemed almost | We have accomplished today, by voting Germany in, vne of | most necessary, most delicate and | important tasks in the develop- | of the League of Nations." o minutes after adjournment of the assembly until afterncon, the leazue secretary general Eric Irummond hed a telegram to Foreign M resemann in Ber lin. annou many’s election and elevation to the council. A Ger man delegation is expected to arrive ! in Geneva tomorrow night to take | vt i Friday’s session. ! In criticizing the linking of Ger. | any's election with the question of | wrzing the council, buth M. Loudon | nd and Dr. Nansen of Norway | chargad that steam roller tactics were | being use Sought End of Crisis. Switzerland non-permanent council we not augmented, on might be imperil hoth speakers admitted ! ague crisis must be solved on as possible. Forcign M den also protested ane terming it an attempt to §tifle discussion in the assembly on the reorganization of the council. He | o ed out that many delegates op- ! posed nereasing the numbe; n ©il seats hecanse it would strengthen | power and lessen the | of the assembly Loudon and Dy situation so as o as Germany and rave t but he warned that there must be no repetition of the at temnt o gag the assembly the Vi many's elex However, t the ster Loefgren of Swe- it linking the two the 2 thority Like M he accepted eure t Nansen, | Spain Causes Stir. from the ng Spai ish sned | neo-Spa had r i a stir. Spain | if her de- | in the | | | Advices Dordoer from the L had threate mand o o caus o permanent il ' Drummond said this m had sived no advice: Spatn's re dispateh from the ¥ Kinz nso had W which iin should v and that the by Premier n collahoration with Yanzuas ent was said to reproach ue for lack of tion ghown 10 Xpain as the moth untry of 20 nations speaking her language. spain and Rra the only two withdrawn rvesigned in | wanted & per- od to ves ing that rexard The tier the co 1s s h v rch fron ttended it satd Alf con a Is Inactive. the become of league, effective ter they are pre- imably Spain and | \ trom participating the leaxue a member taking no active Cils. during the March whicin it was only Germany a It was the con-| Latin America | a chair_at the' v. The Brazilian | Brazil would notl council Germany if | demand wus mnot granted. | ed a breakdown In the ses- the postponement of action | wny's membership until to- give Brazil that od s Gern ve said eame time for Rrazil's Enforces 1ocarno Pact. nant to league mem tomatically brings into| : mutual guarantee Locarno last October by of Great Britain Relglum and German) bhinds_the con France. ltaly The Lecarna treaty (Contniued on Page &, Column 3) ' gused, but later threw Axnm‘n waste BRITISH OFFIGERS | { when Gen | British firm of Rutler, | lving i ve: | Chungking, | succeeded P when | infileting | the { Wanliu | at the Veterans' Bureau, characterized GLASSIE RENAMED ONTARIFF BOARD President Surprises by Giving Democratic Member Recess Term. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. WHITE PIN tember 8. President Coolidge today re-appointed Henry H. Glassie, Demo- crat, of Chevy Chase, Md., to the United States Tarifft Commission. announcing this today the President wanted it understood that the reap- pointment of Mr. Glassie should be considered at this time ax being of a temporary nature. It wr the original intention of President Coolidge to let this matter hold over until he had had an oppor- tunity to discuss it with members of the Senate and others before reaching a decision. hut he decided suddenly to give Mr. Glassie, whose term expires today, a tempors recess appointment and to do his considering later. The principal reason for the Presi- dent reaching this quick and rather SLAIN BY CHINESE Three Leaders and Four Sea- men Dead After River Bat- tle—Curt Reply to Canton. the Associated Press HANGHAL September & -Sever: British naval officers and seamen were killed and wounded in vesterday’s h between Chinese troops British gunboats on the Yangtze River, at Washsien, it was learned 3 when details of the encounter were | received in Shanghai. No definite | information bheen received as o | the number of Chinese casualties The British dead included: Comdr €. Darley and Lieut. A. R. Higgins | of the gunboat Dispatch, and Lieut. C. F. Ridge of the gunbeat Cockchafer, who died from wounds. Others killed dead from wounds are Able Seainan Farminer, gunboat Dis h; Leadin Seaman Haslam, eaman Mar, rott and Able S w, all of the gunboat The dangerously Lieut. Comdr. L. mander of the gunho Able man Beese of the Scar Other wounded, but riously: Able Seaman Gritt Seaman Dolan, Shipwright abtree, All of the Dispatch, and Lieut. J. O. Foge-Elliott, of the gunboat Mantis ble seamen and one stoker on ntis and five able seamen, of the Cockchafer, and one on the Sea b, whose not disclosed, aiso were By | | | aman ra | include: com- wounded less se Able at the ollection executive office, on his part that a special Senate committee has been investi- gating the Tariff Commission with a view to determining the extent of it usefulness and with a view to reduc- ing the membership of the commis- sion from six, as it is now constituted, 1o four membe Reduction Seen as Likely. It is evident the President has rea- son to believe there is a strong pos- =ibility that the membership of the Tarriff Commission will be reduced at the coming session of Congre: since considerable emphasis was laf on the fact that the President would deern it unfair to select some one not now on the hoard to serve only for a brief perfod when the membership of the board would Rave to be reduced hy law. In this connection the Pres- dent was represented as not wishing to have some one. not now on the board, put aside his private affairs or resign some permanent position to was the vec- the M probabl able seaman names were wounded. British Merchant Ships Seized. The incident developed at Wanhsein Yang Sen, an adherent of Wu Pei-fu, seized the steamers Wan- tung and Wanhsein, helonging to the Field & Swire, in port at Wanhsein, at the same time lining the banks of the river with troops and refusing to per- mit communication between the two The general threatened to fire on the gunboat Cockchafer whose officers sought to-intervene, The Rritish consul, summoned from undertook futile negotia tions to reiease the steamers’ officers, whereupon a British naval expedition of 40 men, nded by Comdr. arley of the cruiser Dispatch, was ered from Hankow and arrived at nhsein in the sm freighter wo on September On the fol- Jowing day the Kiawo attempted to approach the steamer Wanhsein and in rescuing its officers the Chinese began firing from the banks. The Kiawo was unable the steamer Wantung hes firing. The Wantung's offic overhoard and all were picked up ex- cept Chief ingineer Johnson, who wi wounded and presumably drowned. comm Comn porar To tide over this matter until he has heen able to confer with party ders, there was nothing else for the President to do. it was explained. but give Mr. Glassie a temporary reap- pointment. No other reason was ad vanced by the President’s spokesman or_others in his office today. 1t was stated. however. that the President had received indorsement of Mr. Glassie for reappointment from a number of prominent Demacrats. Also it was said there has been some op. position to his reappointment. The President’s spokesman said a protest sion which may be only tem- 1 o approach 1se of the s jumped but did not specify his name. It is Known, however, that this protest was received from Senator Bruce of Mary- land. a Democrat. 3 ¥ ' Cases of Broussard and Lowell. While di Ship Bombards Town. The ‘Cockchafer went into action and bombarded the town of Wanhsein, considerable damage, it is d rang Sen's on hant steamer is an aftermath 1 encounter the Rritish steamer nliu experienced August 20. While disch: sngers at Tungyang hoarded by 16 armed soldiers and menaced by 4 carrying other troops. The ought to escape slowly, while The the in seizing the cussing the reappointment of Mr. Glassie, the President’s spokes man recalled that he had already made two appolntments to the Tariff Commission during the past 3 Edgar B. Broussard of Utah and Sher- man Lowell of New York. both Re- publicans—and that the Senate failed to act on either at the last session The Senate dil not refect these nominations, and after the session (ame to an end the President gave cach of these gentiemen a recess ap- pointment. His reason for doing this under the circumstances, it was ex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) s was Chinese sampan the officers drove off the soldiers. sampan became fouled and sank Wanliu proceeding to Wanhsein Yang Sensdeciared the Wanliu sank two junks. drowning 56 soldiers and causing a loss to the Chinese of $§85. (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) |*“One of Meanest Thieves™ Gets 300 Days senger | paper basket, she said. Mrs. Hall then notified Detective M. P. Me- Inerney of the investigation depart- ment, wWho arrested him. MclInerney told the court that amounts totaling as high as $800 had been taken during the last year, add- ing: “It is really pitiful. In many'of the thefts money was taken from girls that could 11l afford it. Often it would be rent or vacation money that the girls had put by.” McGhee denied participation in any of the thefts and sgated that at the time Mrs merely dusting the desk. “You were probably dusting the contents of the pocketbook,” Judge Schuldt remarked. “You are one of the meanest theives that have been brought before me,” Roy W. McGhee, colored m A. Schuldt in Police ‘one of the meanest entenced to 300 days conviction of by Judge Gus Court today a: thieves,” was in jail, following his petty larceny. McGhee was charged with the theft of $5 from Mrs. Emma Hall of 121 Eleventh street northeast, employed in the claims division, and was also alleged to have been implicated in many other thefts from woman em ploves of the bureau during the past vear. 5 According to Mrs. was found yesterday taking her pockethook from a desk drawer. She caught hold of him and demanded her property, which McGhee at first re. Hall. McGhee /| Follette-backed can- | the | CAMP, N. Y., Sep-| In| unexpected decision, it was explained | accept an appointment on the Tariff | had been received from one Senator. | Hall grabbed him he was | LENROOT BEATEN; MOSES, CAMERON AND ODDIE WIN World Court Leader Trailing Gov. Blaine by 15,000 Votes in Wisconsin. LA FOLLETTE CANDIDATE | FOR GOVERNOR DEFEATED New Hampshire Senator Far Ahead—O0ddie Is Leading by 2 to 1—Cameron Unopposed. By the Assoc P nation of nd defe three Republican tof a fourth—Sen- Lenroot. leader of the 8 ation’s successful fight adhesion to the World Court—w dicated today on the basis of in plete returns from the primari | vesterday in Nevada, Arizona, | Hampshire and Wisconsin. In Wisconsin the results of a strug- gle between Senator Lenroot and the La Follette forces showed that the in- cumbent was more than 15,000 votes behind his opponent. Gov. John J Blaine, late returns from Milwaukee County having overcome the earlier lead established by Senator Lenroot. 7 New | merman in Lead. the Republican Fred R. Zimmerman, sed tate and anti-Blaine progr Attorney General Herman who had the support of lette enator ( . Moses, president tempore of the Senate, was wel Robert P. In race, of led Fker! etary ive. L | | pro {ahead of former Gov lin New Hampshire. . On complete returns fr 17 counties in Nevad: ! .. Oddie, World Court advocate, was [1éading Mayor E. I Iby a ratio of to 1. former director of the mint ahead in the Democratic contest. | Senator Ralph Cameron was unop- | posed for the Republican nomination {in Arizona: Representative Carl Hay- {den was leading Charles Rutherfor Phoenix attorney, for the Democratic nomination. BLAINE f. senatorial BY 15,000, Ahead After Tenroot Had Taken Karly Lead. MILWAUKEE, Wis, S —Senator Irvifie Len led the administration’s campaign for American membes in the World Court, was trailing Gov. John J. Blaine by about 15000 vot ay in the Republican senatorial nomination race. *Blaine. foe of the World Court, is an avowed | “wet. | Renator Forges ptember ¥ ot, who suecesstul hip | | | | | | | Lenroot jumped into the lead returns d for sev- {eral maintained a slight ad- vantage over his opponent. who wi backed by Senator La Follette, but at midnight Gov. Blaine overtook the incumbent and forged rapidly ahead. The turn came in returns from Mil- waukee County, where the governor always has heen popular and whic gave him A big majori The count in 1, 728 gave Blaine 983; Lenroot, 151,312, and Frank J. Kelly, 25.744. Ekern's Defeat Surprise. Although forces saw senatorial “precincts of thé La Follette-Blaine ultimate victory in the battle, A surprise was vegistered in the Republican guber natorial fight, with Fred R. Zimmer- man, secretary of state and anti- Blaine progressive, maintaining a I steady and comfortable dead over Attorney General Herman L. Ekern. Returns from 1590 precincts gave Zimmerman 127.131, Ekern, 101,877; B. Perry, conservative Re- leader in the Wisconsin 19,564, and Stanley W. Smith, former insurance commis- | sioner, 11,217, Zimmerman was a | follower of the late Senator Robert (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) | | Charles { publican Legislature, PRIMARIES POSTPONE | Representative Gibeon Finds Some Subcommittee Members Have Campaigns On. The first meeting of the subcommit- | tee of the House District committee | authorized to make an extensive and | comprehensive detailed study of the administration of the municipality of | the District of Columbin has been | definitely postponed until “around the T | 20th” of this month, according to word | received by The Star today from Rep- | resentative Ernest W. Gibson, Re- | publican, of Brattleboro, Vt. chairman of the smaller subcommit- tee that made a preliminary investi- gation, including hearings on Com- missioner Fenning, Mr. Gibson has been sounding out the other members of the new subcommittee as to the date that would be convenlent for them to meet. Representative McLeod, Republican, of Michigan has wired him that a meeting of the subcommittee could not he called until after September 14, owing to_ the fact that he and others have primary contests on that date. Representative Gilbert. Demo- crat, of Kentucky has notified Mr. that will require some of his tim and as he is just starting his cam paign. he prefers to have the Dis. | trict investigation postponed. The | Delaware convention, in which Rep- resentative Houston, Republican, is tember 14. The Vermont primary is on the sanie date, but as Representa- would not interfere. Mr. Gibson considers it unfortunate that the subcommittee did not or- ganize before adjournment of Con- gress o that the work of investiga- tion could have proceeded during the | Summer. Radio Pvro‘rams-—l’age 18 gubernatorial | the | Bass | Roberts of Reno | Ray T. Baker, | was well | t{in the artille SURVEY OF DISTRICT, Gibson that he has an election contest | concerned, takes place also on Sep- tive Gibson is without opposition that ; / p gl boo" & "S Eng Chsice § TE Ann S7aTE N PRIMARY N POLITICS . DONT INTEREST 3 s‘, ME!‘ Gysgrrs nevard [/ ORGrq Vo7/VT/~ —~ ANDIDGTES 7 =3 P 7 RIVERA DOWNFALL EXPECTED IN SPAIN Unrest Reported General in Army, With Opposition to “Dictator Growing. By the Associated Press | PARIS, September the form of passave resistans | zeneral throughout the entive jish army. It has culminated thus far in actual mutiny, however, only It is directed {as much aga the priemier, Gen. | Primo de Rivera, himself, as against { the new army promotion regulations, | which provide for election instead of i elevation by the old methods of sceni- ority. | This is tinformation | Spanishcensorship into | der towns like La Henda) and St. Jean de Luz Advices from Heudaye aquote & leading Spanish statesman, who de- | clined to permit his name to be used. las expressing the opinion that the | quarrel between the artillery branch of | the army and Primo de Rivers means | the. downrall of the dictator. He said reliable through the French bor- Biarritz the consensus of trickling i the premier possibly, in order to save appearances, might retain office for a short t but that the end of | his rule was in sight; that the armed | forces wh \t it into power would destroy the dictatorshin. Resignations Expected. | | trickling through | the border also say that the resigna- | tion of Primo de Rivera is only a | question of time; that he will give up the helm of the Spanish ship of state as soon as the trouble with the army has been ended and’ that a military iman more In the confidence of King | Alfonso will succeed him. Gen. ! Martinez Anido, minister of -the in- terior: Gen. Damaso Berenguer, the new head of the King's mulitary household, and Admiral the Marquis de Magnz, ambassador to the Vat are mentioned as possible succ of Primo de Rivera. A national referendum will be held Saturday, Sunday and . Monday to de- termine the attitude of the people to ward the present government. Spain, from one end to the other, | rebels against the idea of the ref- erendum, for in it only those who favor his regime will vote. Among the 22,000,000 inhabitants of Spain there are about 14,000,000 adults over 18 years of age, and, according to the last census. approximately 60 per cent are entirely illiterate. May Cancel Referendu Talk of caneellation of the refer- endum is already heard. A high Spanish army Madrid 1s authority for declaring that the strife, while at present materially affecting only the artil- lery corps, is general in the army. “It came to the surface,” said this officer, “through complaings of in- ferlors who galned the confldence of | the government after having been unsuccessful through the regular channels. To reply to the complaints with words so violent gnd so radical as the government has done seems to me to have bheen ill-advised. Primo de Rivera cannot have lost his mind, and _I_cannot_understand PRISON BOARD GETS LANGLEY’S APPEAL Clemency Case of Former Kentucky Representative on Atlanta Calendar. Various reports i officer in | By the Associated P ATLANTA, Ga., September 8—Ap- { plications of John W. Langley, former Representative from Kentucky, and cott Dillingham of Tennessee and “lorida for clemency are among the {cases on the calendar of the parole bhoard, which convened today at the United States prison here. Langley is serving a four-vear sen- tence for violating $he prohibition law and Dillingham is serving a sentence for theft of an automobile. ‘Warden John W. Snook of the At- lanta prison said today he did not know when these cases would be | reached, as applications are considered in numerical order. Results of the parole board sessions are announced through the Depart ment of Justice at Washington. No announcements will be given out by the board at the conclusion of its meet- ing here, |Beavers and City Fight for Water By the Associated Press. SPEARFISH. 5. Dak A colony of beavers and the 1 water department are en- ced in a game of hide and seek. « beavers recently were dis ed as the mysterious cause 1 shortage of water in the eity animals had built a pond at the spring in h canon from which v obtains water and diverted ter to a new channel The obstruction work was re- moved, but each night the animals go about their task of repairing the damage eptember s. o cov ains. | | FIVE ARE NAMED INDAUEHERTY CASE Late John T. King and Jesse | W. Smith to Figure in | Government Evidence. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, September §.-—The names of two men now in their graves will figure prominently in the trial of Harry M. Daugherty, former Attorney General, and Thomas W, Miller, former alien property custodian, on charges of conspiring to defraud the Government while they held high public office. 5 This was made clear today when United States District Attorney Buckner, presenting the prosecution’'s case. mentioned repeatedly_the names | of the late John T. King of Bridge- port., once Republican national com- mitteeman from Connecticut. and the late Jesse W. Smith, aid and con fidapte of Daugherty, who committed suidide jn 1923 King and Smith. charged, “pulled the rings’” in bring. ing about the nsfer to allegedly German claim: of $7,000.000 realiz ed from the sale of American Metals Co. securities seized as enemy prop. erty when the United States entered the World War. Metal Magnate Witness. Richard Merton, magnate. is another man who will figure prominently in the trial, ap- pearing as a Government witness. He and his family, the Government con- tends. controiled the two (erman firms and the supposedly Swiss firm that were involved in the transfer of the $7.000,000. “We will show by Government rec- ords of hotel travel and other ex accounts,” said Mr. Buckner. Miller, Smith, Daughert¢, John T. King and Merton met in New York City on April 19, 1921, and that Miller, Smith and Daugherty came here for the purpose of meeting Merton."” Tt was as a result of this conference, the Government contends. that bribe: totaling $441.000 were given the public officials. This. the prosecutor said, was after Merton had come to this country to fini some one with political “‘pull” that would assure approsals of the claim to the $7,000,000. John T. King was the man he finaliy chose, and the conference of the five men consequen Iy ~was arranged, Mr. Buckner a serted. During his outline of the case, Mr. Buckner declared that when Merton later visited Daugherty in Washing- ton to personally take up the case, the German metal magnate did not_have Mr. Buckner German metal | dustry AVENUE SITE URGED g i Canon £8 N BULDING Commerce Department Edi- fice May Be Placed Be- tween 7th and 10th Sts. BY WILL P. KE Erection of the new $10.000.000 home for the Department of Com- merce, already authorized in the pub lic building act, on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue hetween enth and Tenth streets. running back to the Mall, or great central park garden, instead of on the Mall ftself, alorig the south side of B street, he- tween Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, is now seriously considered by the Public Buifiiings Commission and the Commission of Fine Aits. This plan meets with the hearty ap proval of Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce. This would be an extremely happy solution of two problems that are contronting the National Capital Park and City Planning Commission, the Public Buildings Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Secre taries of Agriculture and Commerce and the District Commissloners—1) preserving the integrity of the Mall from encroachment of public build ings and (2) establishing a new model market center In the National Capi- tal, with the three branehes—retail, wholesale and farmers’ market proper economic relation. : It would more closely coordinate the grouping of important new depart- mental and other Federal buildings and would give an impetus for which Washington has been wgiting for more than a quarter of a century the proper development of the tion's “Main street’ ground, historic Pennsylvania avenue. Na Site Is Convenient. Being midway on avenue hetween the Capitol and White House, and about equidistant from Union Station and the national home for business, the new Chamber of Commerce of the United States Ruilding. this site would give the De. partment of Commerce not only the commanding place it deserves on the Main street of the Nation. but would make it most convenient for the man, leading business men of the countr: who come here to transact husiness and advise with the business experts of the Government. With the site at and Pennsylvania avenue, now v the Oxford Hotel and Poli . set aside for the new De- partment of Justice Building, and the site at Fifteenth and B streets allo Pennsylvania oceu cated to the Labor Department; with | the Post Office Building facing sylvania avenue between and Twelfth streets and with the square between Tenth and Eleventh streets reserved for expansion of the Post Office Department, no more fit ting place could be found for the De- partment of Commerce, which, under the Hoover reorganization. having brought in the Patent Office and the Bureau of Mines. has become one of the largest administrative units of our Government. In the very nature of things the Da- partment of Commerce, being the great business and service-to-the-peo ple_agency, must continue to grow with the growth of business and in- and commerce which it pro motes and safeguards. Provision should be made at this time for a properly impressive setting for this great department instead of shunting it to a back-street place on the Mall which would be inconvenlent for busi- Penn " (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) " (Continued on Page 5, Column 2.) By the Associated Press. PAWTUCKET, R. L, September 8. —Miss Dorothy L. Cheek, Mount Holy- oke graduate, and Gordon Cedric Wil- land, Worcester Polytechnical Insti- tute alumnus, were married here last night with a ritual which had been edited by the bride to conform to her idea of the real significance of mar- riage. The word “obey” was omitted from the vow and a paragraph inserted, in which the bride expressed her idea of the spiritual character of wedlock. ~ The paragraph written into the rit- ual read: “It is the duty of both to delight each in the soc of the other; to remember that, in interest and in reputation, as in affection, the; ‘are. uq}-mutor‘h one and umll Bride Edits Ritual for Her Marriage, Deletes “Obey” and Inserts New Charge ed; to preserve an invi and to see to it that what God has joined thus together man never puts asunde: “Will you love, cherish and honor him’ was the question, deieted of the stipulation “obey,” asked of the bride by her family pastor. Rev. Frank Rector, D. D., of the First Baptist Church, Pawtucket. 'Will you love, cherish, honor and protect her?’ was the question an- swered by the bridegroom. Miss Cheek, who has bheen teaching chemistry at Western College, Oxford, Ohio, gave as her reason for editing the service her ohjection to the “light consideration™ toward marriage cere- monies held hy the vouth of today and her disagreement with the dogmatic ritual Sev- | in | and great parade | the | Fifteenth street | Eleventh | plable fidelity | S300000 PURCHASE FRST IN BULDING PROGRAM, I HADE Department of Agriculture Gets Economics Structure on C Street Southwest. CONDEMNATION SUITS ARE PROCEEDED WITH Three Squares Near Farmers' Mar- ket Sought for New Internal Revenue Structure. o the pro was St s The first pur Washington under 000 Federal housi consummated, it carned through acquisition of a new building at Linwood place and C street south west ut a price o’ $300,000. The structure, which 1= of red tap estry tile and reinforced con crete, fou high. and in size 140 by 113 feet, was purchased from the Economics Building Corpofwtion of this city. This corporation was formed locally to, construct the build ing under specifications of the De partment of Agriculture. The negotiations were through after several hitches. after an objection raised by Controll eneral MeCarl had heen met, it w earned. Was Completed in March The building rted last Se tember and completed in March. 1t upied by the Burean Agri onomics of the Department culture, and is used for the and hay standardization work department. In addition to aboratories where 400 bales of cotton are opened at one time, and ar handled under special arrangements | the building has office space which {is ccupied by the Divislon of Land Jeonomies Abow W overnment employes are housed there The controller general in a decision {to the S of the Treasury had | ruled that vernment could not {pay interest on the investment of the building poration, and that if the Gove could construct itself a building for less than the price asked at that time. the building could not he purchased. The $300,000 agreed price was understood 1o be considerably un- der the first price asked by the cor- | poration and the McCarl objection was thereny nret. During the occupancy of the build ling by the Government rental was | paid at the rate of $25,000 a yvear. Final details for straightening out | the abstract of title and concluding the | negotiations are in the hands of the | Department of Justice and are expect- {ed to consume but a short time. Standards Used by World. | The cotton standards fixed by the | Govesnment in this building were | 8aid to be those generally used in the purchase of cotton throughout the world. A special type of skylight which was developed by the Depart ment of Agriculture in its specifica tion was built into thesnew buildin and has since been adopted. officfals ald. for use In all sections of the United States where cotton is rated | including the New York (otton Fx inge and the New Orleans Cotton change The Economic Ruilding (orpora tion went ahead with construction of the building under the understanding that the recommendation would he made to Congress for purchase. This was done and Congress ted A sum not to exceed - the purchase. The Department of time, today proceeded for condemnation of {in the vicinity of the | ket. where buildings lunder the Federal Rureau of Internal housing for proy n at $50.000, am has been todas carried 1 was s is o0 of cultur of Ag cotton lot the large . mean with fts suits three squares farmers’ m: will he erected program for the Revenue and for overnment archives POISONOUS ALCOHOL TAKEN FROM WAREHOUSE 2,700 Gallons of Deadly Chemical May Be Turned Into Boot- leg Channels. Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn., September Drinkers of illiclt liqiior were warned today that a special preparation of isonous alcohol stolen from a paint rehouse here last night might soon | appear in hootleg establishments. While police and prohibition agents joined In a search for thieves who took nearly 2,700 gallons of the al | conol from the ¢."R. Lvon & Bros | paint warchouse, Federal agents and local police pointed out that the al- cohol is deadly poison The alcohol was issued to the eom pany under a permit for use in manu facturing paint, lacquer and varniah It was spectally denatured under for- mula No. 1, which contains a large auantity of wood alcohol. The polson cannot be removed ORGANIZED COMMUNISTS DETECTED IN BULGARIA Conspirators Have Headquarters in Sofia and Branches Elsewhere. Arrests Being Made. By the Associated Press. SOFIA, Bulgaria. September 8. It is announced by the police that they have discovered a vast organization of young Communist conspirators having their headquarters in Sofla and branches ail over the country A number of arrests have been made in connection with the affair. It had been planned by the organt- zation to hold a secret congress Sep- tember 5. In the Chamber of Deputies the government spokesman sald necessary measures would be taken to put an end to to the activity of all sub- versive organizations in Bulgaria. VU. S-Hungary Pact Ratified. BUDAP Hungary, September 8 UP.—-Ratifications. of the Hunga- rian American commercial agreement and friendship pact were exchanged today. The agreement runs for 10 vears and provides for most favorable wh;fl treatment, beginning Octo- "