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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Rain this afternoon; partly cloudy and somewhat colder; minimum tem- perature, 30 degrees; tomorrow cloudy. Temperature—-Highest, 45, at noon today; lowest, 33, at 8 a.m. yesterday, ! " Fuli roport’on page 7. s Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, 30,171. 0. D C DENBY REFUTES HIS “One-Legged” Bird In Zoo Denounced ch ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1926—FIFTY-TWO PAGES. GARNER PRESENTS " SENATE TESTIMONY P O Lady bui= DENOCRATIC BILL o f - ONSTANDINTRIAL Declares Today Prevention of Drainage Was Not Sole Reason for Leases. CAN’T BE CHARGED WITH STATEMENTS, HE SAYS Ex-Secretary Takes Responsibility for Fxecutive Order Putting Re- serves Under Fall. Former Secretary of the Navy Fdwin Denby, testifying under cross- | examination by Owen J. Roberts. spec Government prosecutor, thi: arternoon in the Fall-Doheny con- spiracy trial, ared he could mot prop: zed with the testi-| mony ore the Senate oil committee investig: fter it had | heen read to him by the Government counsel in an cffort to prove he made the oil leases solely on the ground that they would prevent drainage to the s 0l reserves. he thundering voic ind the crd both of the s-examiner, s Mr. Rob- corrobo- other ve ]yrl«‘ mr\' encouragement, Why, you testified after 20,000 acres land had been leased cied no recollec- Ttobert less than of Gover by you « tion of it even then? Just Came From Hospital. “1 do not admit that 1 tion of that,” shot could not be ho testimony of il » under the circumstances 1 had not an h])[“\r-! propecly hat T zave tunity 1o § from the 2 - | “Well, le whether you ‘came | from the hospital or not ered | Roberts. “You appe before committee, and December 7. When were you in the hospital?” “1 was in 1 spital during the middle of October and I 1e out on e ©3d, two days before T testified.” ut I pave heen reading from your i ong from December ' an October 25, 26, ad by Roberts in- 1t by Denby in re-| jestion by Senator Walsh i of drainage and | t about the lense | ared that that wa for enter t, as the fuel sto i by th red three times | | Nations if that organization does not ! military arrangement, and the feeling | |is now comparable to that in 1908 Has Refreshed Memory. 1d not tell contracts Pan-Americ Senator he had | Nr, Walsh executed or their to th i " Robe Government counsel desi how Mr. Denby tud recall th witness with Denby vead i (0 to know ! 1s able to! ind asked the | y ad consulted. | with Joseph Carey, | 1 Robison?” finter- | rupted Rot | “Certainly not,” replied Denby liave persuaded | asked | ntlenmen remember now kind,” rortunity 1 to ex | Soviet government. amination sho an, ormer ori artel A been afternoon session be n ted that th examine content that Dent Dol or any | Pan American Co. unti 122, when the second | the cnlargement of tank tics was signed. Tor se facili Talked Only Denb, to Robison. d he was in con- with Admiral J. whom he had appointed iative to handle ind never 1 of the dis- | 1 to the awarding | ts, with | hases that Pearl on a fore ng up tof executive order i nder which the ad-|{ wal oil reserves | e Department of | imeny brought out ked President| an order. owing, ¢ oil in the naval re nd he added | ght this then is wells, 3 at- | 1 Harbor | + sought and { from niral ng and, the! ver rendered such | enby testified, hold. 1d be legal. { ion Fail Disliked Responsibility. up the question of | with President | S 3 ted ! with regard { the n ! the announcement of the pact is ! here today of a report that the re-| is FRENCH ANNOUNCE NEW ‘William H. Blackburn, head keep- er at the Zoo, vouches for this story: The other day Mr. Blackburn was standing in front of the cage of the shoeblll, the rarest and most valuable of the creatures recently brought to Washington by the Smithsonian-Chrysler expedition. The sMoebill, as 1s the habit of this odd bird, was standing on one l;g; the other drawn up under his g. A kindly old lady came up to the keeper. “Sir,” she asked, “are you con- nected with this institution?” Mr. Blackburn admitted that he ‘was. “Then 1 just want to tell you what I think of men who would deliberately go out and capture birds by shooting off one of their legs and then keeping the poor creatures suffering like this. ~It's the most despicable thing I ever heard of.” Just then the shoebill put down its othor leg. “You see, said Mr. Blackburn. “Sakes alive!” said the old lady. JUGOSLAV TROOPS REPORTED ON MOVE 0 ALBANIAN LINE Tension Over Pact Between Latter Nation and Italy Unabated in Belgrade. madame,” By the Associated” Press. BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 8.—Jugoslavia 1s reported to be rein- forcing her troops on the Albanian frontier. Dispatches say movements for the regrouping of her military units began yesterday. The newspaper Magyar Orszag vs it learns that Jugoslavia will threaten to leave the Leaguo of bring about cancellation of the Italo-Albanian treaty. JUGOSLAVIA IS STIRRED. Crisis Over Treaty Ts Practically Ended. ! BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, December 8 (#).—Popular excitement in Jugo- ' slavia over the signing by Italy and | Albania of a pact of friendship and security shows no signs of abating. In fact it has been intensified by reports that the pact includes a secret | Cabinet created over the annexation of Bosni and Herzegovina by the Haps- burg dynasty, then ruling Austria and Hungary. The cabinet crisis precipitated by practically ended. Premier Ouzouno- | viteh, who with his entire ministry | resigned, has taken tho task of form- ing a new Government, which will be a coalition ministry! | It is understood the national | Democrat, Vija_Markinkovis will take | the place of ¥oreign Minister Nin- hitch, who resigned before the abinet announced its determination to give up office. His assumption of M. Ninchitch’s portfolio, it is| enerally believed, would mark a ! 1dical change in Jugoslavia’s foreign | policy. Some observers even assert that one of his first steps would be | to grant recognition to the Russian MUSSOLINI GIVES HINT. Said to Have Suggested Pact Between Jugoslavia and Albania, | UNA, Austria, December 8 (P). from Belgrade say Premier Mussolini 1s reported to have suggest- ed to the Jugoslavian minister in Rome that Jugoslavia duplicate the lalian | treaty with Albania. Jugoslavia is| said to regard the suggestion favor- ably. Tho treaties would form an organic whole under the name of the “triple alliance.” SECRET CAUSES DENIED. VIE dav o | ROME, December 8 (P).—Emphatic | deniul was given in official quarte cent pact signed by Italy and Albania | contains a secret military clause amounting virtually to a protectorate by Italy over Albania. Alarmist and false reports which it declared here have been spread abroad, especially from Geneva, are characterized as absurd and offensive, ince it is held that the treaty con cluded at Tirana has es character and does nof body. aim at any- | ! i | FINANCE PLAN FOUND: for Time to Prevent Over- speculation. By Cable to The Star and Chic y " News. B0 Ghiase Daily | Copyright, PARIS, December 8. he French government announces it now has a. | {woman and child in the country. FOR GUT IN TAXES Measure Calls for Slash of $335,000,000—Backed by Minority Leaders. REPEAL OF AUTO LEVY WOULD COST $75,000,000 Theater and Club Dues, Corporation and Stamp Items Also Would Be Ended. By the Associated Press. The Democratic tax reduction bill, calling for a $335,000,000 cut at the present session of Congress, was in- troduced in the House today by Rep- resentative Garner of Texas, the mi- nority financial spokesman. ney faced with a hostile Republican majority both in the committee and position of President Coolidge, who has suggested a tax credit on mext year's payments instead of the straight-out reduction demanded by the Democrats. Sponsor Makes No Comment. No comment was made by Mr. Garner in placing the measure for- mally. before Congress and it was re- ferred to the House committee on ways and means, of which the Texan is_ranking Democratic member. The bill would call for a reduction from 131 to 11 per cent on corpora- tion taxes and authorize repeal of amusement, automobile and, club dues taxes, as well as repeal of the stamp tax on produce sales. Garner draited the bill after consul- tation with Senator Simmons of North Carolina, financial spokesman for nate Democrats, and other minority party leaders of both House and Sen- ate. Such reduction and rep enue rates are estimated as Estimate of Cut. Reduction of the corporation tax, $230,000,000; repeal of the automobile tax, $75,000,000; repeal of admissions and club dues taxes, $25,000,000, and repeal of the stamp tax on sales of produce on exchanges, $5,000,000. “Treasury flgures show bevond any doubt,” Mr. Garner said, “that therc will be a surplus at’the end of the present fiscal year of at least $500,000,- 000. The Treasury can well stand the reductions proposed and the people deserve them. “The reduction in the corporation tax would benefit the entire people and reduce the cost of living $800,- 000,000 annually. The ulk of the corporation taxes are ‘passed on the consumers and they would be the real beneficiaries of the reduction proposed. The smaller corporations also would be aided. Demand for Enactment. “We have been constantly increas- ing corporation taxes to reduce or repeal other taxes. It is only fa'r to reduce these when the condition of the Treasury clearly warrants such action.” Garner described the automobile tax as “purely a consumption tax, which the poor as well as the rich must pay,” and asserted that “taxes on admi: of rev- ollows: “There is no reason to continue the stamp tax on sales of wheat, cotton, corn and_other products,” he con- tinued. “It is simply another burden on the farmers, which brings compar- atively little revenue into the Treasury. “The Democratic bill is equitable and fair. It would benefit every man, The people deserve and demand its en- actment into law.” NEW COMMISSIONERS T0 BE CONSIDERED Senate District Committee to Con- fer on Dougherty and Taliaferro Soon. The Senate District committee will be called to meet within a few days to consider the nominations of Commis- sioner Proctor L. Dougherty and Sid- ney F. Taliaferro, Scnator Capper, chairman, announced today. Senator Capper indicated that the information reaching him thus far has been to the effect that both ap- pointments represent wise selection, but that if there is any one who has nything unfavorable to offer they hould do so in time to enable the Dis- trict committee to consider it before it passes upon the nominations. WANTS VBUVS TO REPLACE TROLLEY iN CHICAGO NOW John Hertz to Offer Plan to City Council, Using Elevated Largely for Long Hauls. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 8--John Hertz, chairman of the Chicago Motor Coach Co., came to the fore in the definite financial plan. This plan must be kept secret for the present, | to prevent financial specu- | ative mancuvers, but it is widely be- | lieved that stabilization of the franc is contemplated at the rate of abou 130 franes to the pound sterling. | The correspondent is informed that | Premier Poincare has been confi dentially consulting the nation’s iead- ing financial authorities on the sub- | ject in the last few days. It is thought the government meanwhile is fully fied with the results of its | revalorization policy and will make no further effort to improve the franc for the present, especially since re- valorization seems to be precipitating an economic crisis the outcome of which is difficult to see. i Some observers belteve the govern- | ment intends to attempt.a de facto stabilization prior to formal official stabilization. city’s traction tangle today with a proposal to supplant surface car lines with motor bus transportation similar to that of London. The plan was prepared for submis- sion to the city council, resuming oday its efforts to decide what to do U \hen the surface line franchises ex- pire on February 1. Eastern financial interests have been before the coun- cil with bids for the grants. Hertz and his associates would operate between 4,000 and 5,000 busses t the present street car fare and af | leave the long hauls largely to the elevated, Master Sergt. Lackey Retired. Master Sergt. George W. Lackey, detachment of enlisted men, in the office of the Chlef of the Coast Artil- lery, War Department, has been placed on the retired list of the Army on his own application, after more than 30 years’ service, The bill begins its legislative jour-| the House itself. It also has the op- | ' s e o =l s 1T, oy (j - A DRY FUNDSPLITS HOUSE COMMITTEE Three Democrats Refuse to Approve Item in Treasury Appropriation Bill. By the Associated Press. Prohibition drove a wedge today that split the usual unanimous re- port made on annual supply bills by the House appropriations commitiee. Representatives Gallivan of 1 .-sa- chusetts and Cullen and Griffin of | New York, all Democratic members | of the committee, flatly refused to coneur in the $11,990,000 provided for the prohibition unit in the Treasury- Post Office supply bill, which is ex- clustve of $15,349,000 recommended for the anti-rum smuggling activities of the Coast Guard. Two other members, Vare of Penn- sylvania and Tinkham of Massachu- setts, Republicans, reserved the right to vote against certain provisions for dry law. enforcement. g Shortly after the apropriations meas- ure was reported Representative Black, Democrat, New Yotk, - intro. duced a bill to create a Federal alco- holic lquor board in the Department of Agriculture to license farm organi- zations to sell beer and wine. Reve- nue to be derived would be used for farm relief purposes. Undercover Fund Asked. The bill incorporated a virtual.re- quest for congressional sanction of the employment of ‘‘undercover” pro- hibition agents. Containing the substance for re- newal of a bitterly contested phase of the prohibition conflict, the question which Congress must decide is wheth- er the fund from which advances a made to secret operatives-will be in- creased from $250,000 to $500,000. Having survived heated attack in committee hearings, as disclosed in ttanscripts of testimony made public today, the issue was placed before the House at the special request of Gen. Andrews, znfon*e?en‘. chief, and with the support of thé appropriations com- mittee. “T am against the whole proposition of paying this money for this pur- pose,” Mr. Gallivan declared, after ex- plaining that he was not concerned with the argument that increasing the fund would not correspondingly in- crease the general prohibition appro- priation. His questions produced statements by prohibition officials that 156 opera- tives had been convicted on various charges, 90 acquitted, and 144 released without trial and that 80 cases weve pending. They also evoked informa- tion that as much as $300,000 has been spent in one year for purchase of liquor with which to confront bootleggers in court. The doctor who sells wholesale his annual allotment of 400 whisky pre scriptions, home distllleries and dive: sion of wsacramental wine are three problems that still loom large before enforcement officers, Gen. Andrews testified. Progress is being made to curb all three, he said. Closer co-operation by district at- torneys has resulted in the partial clearing of court dockets congested with prohibition cases, the general sald, adding that it has been helpful in the New Jersey-New York district to nolle prosse nearly 1,000 cases in which convictions were doubtful. Un- tried cases still number about 20,000 throughout the country, he said. . BILL BOOSTS QUANTICO. Replacement of temporary war Ve 2. PR L o> Dogcatcher Bitten ByMan, Giving New Version to Axiom By the Assoclated Press. ASHEVILLE, N. C., December 8.—A famous editer once pointed out that if a dog bit a man, that would not be news, but if a man bit a dog, that would be news of the first water. What is it when a man bites a dogcatcher? That’s what happened here when City Do her Oscar C. Wilson and Frank Roberts had a fight. Roberts bit the dogeatcher on the hand. The dogcatcher hit Roberts on the head with his pistol. Rob- erts was taken to a hospital. Both men were arrested. BIG F STREET STORE PLANNED BY KANN'S Company to Enlarge Homer Building at 13th in Expan- sion Program. Plans are now being perfected by S. Kann Sons Co. to move from its pres- ent location at Eighth street and Mar- ket space to Thirteenth and F* streets, whera it will open a large modern de- partment store, it was learned today. While this move has not been finally authorized by the officials of the com- pany, it is understood there is little doubt about the fact that the plan will be carried through. The company owns the present Homer Ruilding, at the northeast cor- ner of Thirteenth and ' streets, and it is this building that will be enlarged and constructed into a big department store building. All leases in this building have been set to expire in March, 1929, and no renewals have been made. The Acacia Mutual Life Tnsurance Co., which occupies a large portion of the building, will move into its new building, now being erected near the Capitol. The Washington Chamber of Commerce will also move. The chamber has now under consideration plans for new quarters submitted by several of the large office buildings in_town. The lomer Building has been in possession of the Kann Co. since its erection. When it was built it was so constructed that its four-story height could be increased with very little trouble. Iron girders and_sup- ports are so placed as to extend the bullding to any height required. This property faces on I street and runs the entire block between F and G on Thirteenth street and a good distance on G street. It is understgod that S. Kann Sons have had the plans for removal to K stroet and enlargement of their store under way for some time. Recently they purchased a large warehouse at Delaware avenue and C street. This warehouse has more than 100,000 feet. of storage space. Additional property was purchased for an increase in the warchouse site yesterday. This gives an additlonal 35,000 square feet of ground next to the warehouse for further enlargement. The company has recently installed one of the most modern delivery systems. “This move contemplated by Kann's is the latest of a series of enlarge- ments and ambitions plans by Wash- ington department stores on F street. The Hecht Co. has almost doubled the size of its building in the past two years. Woodward & Lothrop have buildings at the Marine Corps base at |doubled the size of their store in two Quantico, Va., at an estimated cost of $2,225,000, is proposed in a bill intro- duced yesterday by Representative Coyle, Republican, of Pennsylvania, who served in the Marine Corps dur- ing the World War. Tn the flood of other hills were pro- posals to: Permit the Secretary of the Treas- | ury to relmburse ownérs of lost Gov- ernment securities, by Representative | Underhill, Republican, Massachusetts. Prohibit the director of the census from announcing estimates of cotton | production, both in this country and | abroad, by Representative Oldfield, Democrat, Arkansas. ANNOU“CE GREEK POLICY. ! ATHENS, Greece, December 8 (®).—The program of the new coali- ton ministry under Premier Zaimis was announced today. It includes rapid revision of the constitution, ex- cluding the army from politics, a pa- cifio forelgn policy, adhesion to the disarmament proposals of the League of Nations, administrative decentrali- zation, rigorous economies and full pariiamentary Hberties. separate operations in the past three years. Julius Garfinkel has purchased more than $2,000,000 worth of proper- ty at Fourteenth and ¥ and G streets, and has in mind a department store. KING OPERATED UPON. Ferdinand Said to Have Stood Sec- ond Ordeal Well. BUCHAREST, Rumania, December 8 (#).—King Ferdinand underwent a second operation’ at 11 o'clock this morning. The doctors say it was successful. SHIP MAY BE TOTAL LOSS. TOKIO, December 8 (P).—Offices | of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, owners of the freighter Asuka Maru, which went on the rocks in a storm off Oshima last night, announced today that the ship is seemingly rockbound, » P Means Associated Press. as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,749 4T TWO CENTS. ISURPLUS DWINDLING, PRESIDENT WARNS IN MESSAGE ON BUDGET ALLIES WILL GRANT MAIN BERLIN WISH Control of Armaments by League Virtually Agreed on by Locarno Powers. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, December 8.—League of Nations' Council members not directly connected with the negotiations being carried on by the Locarno powers. he- lieve that an accord in principle al- ready has been reached on the cessa- tion of interallied control of German | armaments, to be replaced by the| right of investigation by the League. ' Their opinion is chiefly based on} the fact that jurists have been called in to study modification of the League plan of supervision of German arma- ments to the satisfaction of Germany and the allied powers. Forelgn Minister Stresemann of Germany, confined to his room with an inflamed throat, and attended by a_physiclan,- was obliged to delegate Herr von Schubert to represent him in a new conversation with Sir Austen Chamberlain of Great Britain today. The Council today adopted a reso- lution asking the preparatory com- mission of the disarmament confer- ence to suggest the best time for con- vening a disarmament conference, | due allowance being made for the necessary preparatory work. Members of the Council made ad- dresses in which they warned against | overhasty convocation which might shipwreck the conference. CONTROL PLAN SHAPED UP, Germany Must Accept Form Allies Agree Upon. By Radio_to The Star_and Chicazo Daily News. Copyright, 1926. GENEVA, December 8.-—It appeared | today that Germany would get the chief thing Foreign Minister Strese-'| mann demands—removal of interallled military control on January 1—but she must accept I.eague control in the form agreed upon by the powers at Locarno. Germany ' has been insisting that | this control should not function con- tinuously, but only as occason de-| manded. The Locarno powers in plenary session have virtually com- pleted thelr scheme, to which Strese- mann is sald to have agreed. This plan will be presented to the League council Thursday, and the council un- doubtedly will agree to it. At this afternoon’s meeting of the council final approval was given to the proposal for two international con- ferences during the aoming year—a |52 conterence on the private manufac- | ture of arms, at which the United States already has signfled its willing- ness to be present, and an economic conference, as a result of which it is hoped Europe will finally recover to her pre-war level of production and definitely stabilize her currencies. This conference will be held at Geneva. Hence, Russia is virtually | ruled out, because of her protest fo{ lowing the Vorovsky assassination at Jausanne. An effort was made to! name Amsterdan. as the meeting ! place, in order to 'enable Russia to attend. It now seems certain there will be no general disarmament conference next year. AMBASSADORS TO MEET. PARIS, December 8 (#).—The coun- | cil of ambassadors meets in Paris to- | morrow, but its main purpose is to put its views on the German disarm- ament question in form for presenta. tion to the council of the League of Nations, now sitting in Geneva. The prominent stumbling block in this situation is Germany’s refusal to dismantle the Koenigsburg fortress or to dissolve the secret socleties which are suspected of being shields for military training. A demand that Germany fully satis. fy the allies that she is obeying the interdiction against exportation of arms is also likely to be included in the ambassadors’ report. Christmas is coming but that salvaging is being attempt- ed. The vessel apparently is badly jamaged and may be a total loss. Radio Programs—Page 44, Reminds Congress of Danger of Cutting Taxes Now.’ $4,014,571,124 ASKED FOR COUNTRY IN 1928 Executive Backs Output for Dry Work, Defense and Marine. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Healthy and reassuring financial conditions of the Government are revealed iy the budget message transmitted to Congress today by President Coolidge. The President estimates the total receipts of the Government for the !fiscal year ending June 30, 1927, the present fiscal year, at $4,026,780,688, and the total expenditures for the same year at $3,643701,593. This leaves a surplus of $383,079,095. It is to this surplus that the pro- posal by the President for a so- called temporary tax reduction runs. It is because of this surplus that the Democrats are now proposing that so-called permanent tax rates be reduced. These figures are ex- clusive of postal revenues and postal expenditures, paid from postal re- ceipts. The estimates of receipts and ex- penditures for the fiscal year 1928, however, the President places at $3,772,753077 and $3,572,049214. The surplus on June 30, 1928, therefore, would be $200,703,863. This 1928 surplus, the President ar- gues, 1s no greater margin of business than the Government should have, since its business involves an annual expenditure of $3,500,000,000 from or- dinary receipts and an expenditure of more than $4,000,000,000 when the postal expenditures are included. President Urges Caution. The President’s statement is clear and to many will be convincing that it is the better part of wisdom to look before a leap is taken into further permanent tax reduction. He leaves to Congress the ultimate determination of what shall be done with the $383,000,000 surplus expected at the close of the present fiscal year. He recommends, however, that Con- gress adopt one of two alternatives. The first is a remission of part of the taxes which will be due and payable by the people March 15 and June 15, 1927, In this way the taxpayers would recetve direct benefit of tax re- duction from the aecruing surplus. At the same time there wouid be no risk of a deficlt in the succeeding year. The alternative is to slap the surplus onto the payment of the public debt. The reduction of this debt, the Presi- dent polnts out, “offers the most fruit- ful subject for permanent reduction of governmental expenditure.” It is clear that the President, firm in his advocacy of ccoromy in govern- mental expenditur>, is opposed to the use of the surplus for increasing the Government establishment or for the improvement of rivers and harbors, the construction of public buildings, etc., as has been proposed by some members of Congress. TIncome Ts Dwindling. ‘The President, in opposing a change in the tax rates at this time, shows that during the last flve years the Treasury has had the benefit of re- ceipts aggregating $350,000,000, repre- senting returns from moneys hitherto expended (to meet war needs), and In addition $400,000,000 from income taxes in excess of refunds. In the present fispal year, he explains, the net income from these items is about $250,000,000 of the expected receipts. The income from these sources, he ¥s, is about at an end, and in the fiscal year 1928 it will not exceed §50,- 000,000. We have come to the point,” he continues, “where we will have to rely for the future entirely upon cur- rent taxes. The yield from current taxes of the IKederal Government is measured by the prosperity of the American people.” Good business, high national income, the President points out. But should the national business and national in- come decline, then the Government would experience a lost of rfevenue under the existing tax rates. “We have had too short an experi- ence with the new law to permit an intelligent permanent reduction of taxes,” Insists the President. *‘Busi- ness can easily adjust itself to less expenses brought about by less taxes, but it is much more difficult to make an adjustment for more expenses made necessary by more taxes.” Total Estimate, $4,014,571,124. The estipates of appropriations for the fiscal year, 1928, for the various branches of the Government the President fixes in the budget at $4,014,- 571,124, including the Postal expendi- tures. Without the latter, which are payable from postal receipts, the total appropriations are estimated at $3,256,- 602,009.60. Tt is necessary to differen- tiate between appropriations which are authorized and made by Congress, and the actual expenditures which are made by the executive branch of the Government. Appropriations for the fiscal year, 1927, were slightly less when those for the postal service are included, and slightly more than the 1928 estimated appropriations when the postal service is not included. The budget now presented shows approximately the same totals for appropriations for the present fiscal year and the next, so far as the Executive Office and independent establishments are concerned, al- though the individual items vary. For the nine departments represented in the President’s cabinet, exclusive of the Postoffice Department, and the $38,519,869 for D. C. Is $12,000,000 Less Than Estimate. $13,540,201 ALLOWED FOR SCHOOL SYSTEM Fire Department Gets De- crease—Welfare Funds Raised. .The Budget Bureau recom tions for appropriations to support all of the more than 400 activities jin the District government total $38,519.869, which is an increase of $1,987,741 over appropriations for the current fiscal year. This is about $12,000,000 less th; the original estimates submitted by the department heads to the Dis trict Commissioners and about $1,- 500,000 less than the limit of $40,000.- 000 set by the Citizens’ Advisory Council. The District Commission ers originally sent to the Budget Bureau estimates totaling $42,000,000 Cons;zicuous in the budget esti- mates is a total of $13,540,201 for the District school system, includ- ing salaries of teachers, provision for new teachers and the school building program. Of this amount 512,}44.701 is direct appropriation during the next fiscal vear, as com pared with $10905371 for the current fiscal year. In addition to this the l?udget advises Congress to author- ize the District officials to enter into contracts for an additional $1,195500, as compared with con- tractual authorization during the current year of $850,000. A total of $3,589,500, which is an increase of $869,850, is recommended for maintenance and improvement of streets and highways. A very nota- ble increase in the fund for street resurfacing under the gasoline tax is shown with a recommended appro- priation of $1,850,000 as compared with $658,100. This is partially ac- counted for by repayments to the District by abutting property owners under the Borland law. Another im- portant item is the increase of $15,- 000 for current work of repairs to suburban roads, bringing the total for this scheduie up to $310,000. Two New Bridges Provided. Two new bridges are provided for in the budget recommendations, one item of $260,000 for replacement of the M street bridge over Rock Creek, which has already heen authorized by act of Congress July 3 last, and another of $18,000 for reconstruction of the bridge over Rock Creek at Military road. A net increase of $14,300 is shown for the Frec Public Library, and ex- pansion of the library system is pro- vided for through an item of $2,400 for rent of quarters for a branch library in Chevy Chase. Among interesting news items in the budget report are $20,000 for o drill tower and equipment for the fire department, which is belicved to be of particular value in more ef- ficient training of the fire-fighting force as an adjunct to the fire col- lege for Imstructivn of officers and men. Another surprise item in the budget is that of $10,000 for the purchase of radium for Gallinger Municipal Hospital. In the appropriation for St. Bliza- beth’s Hospital an increase of $200.- 000 is shown In the item for the sup- port of indigent insane of the District in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. This is a warning of an increased per dlem per capita charge for inmates of that institution due to the increased over- head cost resulting from the removal of all Veterans' Bureau beneficiaries from St. Elizabeth's. Board of Public Welfare. The new Board of Public Welfare, which started operation at the be- ginning of the present fiscal year, July 1, last, will, under the budget recommendation, recelve $335,460, which is an increase of practically $18,000. This includes an increase of $20,000 for board and care of all children committed to the board by the District Court, and an increa of $10,000 for the home care of de- pendent children. Among the cor- responding reductions is one of $22,- 500 in the item for maintenance of feeble-minded children, both white and colored. Total Is $35,977,869. The total District budget, exclusive of permanent and indefinite appropria- tions, is $35,977.869. ~he indefinite appropriations are for refunding taxes, $60,000, and for extension of streets and avenues, $130,000, each of which items is $15,000 for the current fiscal year. Special and trust funds include the following: Industrial Home School, $4,000, as against $2,000 for the pres ent year; escheated estates relief fund, $3,000; teachers’ retirement fund de ductions, $325,000, which is nearly double the amount for the current fiscal year; miscellaneous trust fund deposits, §1,000,000; the Washington redemption fund, $350,000, which is more than double the amount for the present year; the permit fund, $80,000, which is four times the current amount; the police and firemen's re- lief fund, $590,000, which is an in- crease of $140,000. This makes a total of permanent and indefinite appropria- tions of $2,542,000, as compared with $1,573,667 for the current fiscal year. For the District of Columbia Na- tional Guard a total of $49,000 is recommended, which is a reduction of $860. This reduction is in the item for_expenses of camps, which in the (Continued on Page 36, Column 1.) (Continued on Page 34, Column 4.)