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! \ WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly clondy tonight; tomorrow in- creasing cloudiness and warmer, fol- at night. lowed by shower: Temperatuve—Highest, v; lowest, 44, at 5 a.m. Full report on page 9. 1 y.m. vesterda today Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 76, at 4:15 l 30,312. No. post office, tered_as second class matter Washington, D. G ch WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D, "HURSDAY, ¢ Toening Star. service. The only evening in Washington wil Associated Press per the 3 news i Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,033 APRIL 2 1927—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. ” () Means Associated Press. LEVEE 1S CUARDED AS DYNAMITEPLOTS ARE RUMORED IN POYDRAS DISTRICT Cutting of Dikes Below New | Orleans May Not Complete- | ly Remove Danger, Engi-| neers Believe. ARKANSAS DEATH LIST IS 100; EPIDEMICS RAGE Complete Revision of Present Pro- tection Syste:a on National Basis Is Discussed by Army En- gineers, Secretary Hoover and Officials of States. By the Associated Pres Hope surged above flood dangers as New Orleans prepared to meet her unprecedented menace from the raging Mississippi crest by cutting the great dyke at Poydras at noon tomorrow. Resentment and indignation at sacrifice of homes to save the ci mingled in feelings of the of the two parishes to be inundated as they continued their exodus be- fore the zero hour approaches for dynamiting the giant crevasse. Fear of possible interference caused engineers to,guard plans for blowing the dyke, while soldiers patrol many miles of Louisiana levees following rumors of dynamite plots. Engineers are not certain that Poydras Crey will save the city from flood. Louisiana and New Orleans are un- der a civilian dictator for duration of flood emergency, as former Gov. John M. Parker assumes his post as direc- tor of the situation. More Towns Are Hit. Racing torrents of the Missiesippi River and her tributaries claimed new lands and towns on the sweep toward the Crescent City, swelling the ranks &, homeless and causing renewed calls for aid to pour in to Red Cross head- quarters. The death list swelled ‘as Arkansas reported 100 dead from floods in that State alone. Varying estimates_con- tinued to place the death toll af be- 300 and 500 persons in the en Stites affected. .o Heroic fight to save the South Bend levee on Arkansas River heartened when the rainpart settled back into a sand boil last night after a serious break had been threatened. Addi- “tional men and material were rushed to_the scene. Boats concentrated Miss., for Cleveland area. were dis- patched to vicinity of Yazoo City, where rising waters in- lowlands are reported o have stranded thousands. Relief Outposts Extended. Concern over possible breaks in the Mississippi River levee system south of Vicksburg caused the Red Cross o extend its outposts for any emer- gency. Evacuation of many parishes and towns in northern Louisiana con- tinued as Red River and smaller tribu- tarles of Mississippl inundated more territory. A monster lake in the Mi Delta from the overflow at tf Landing break in the Mississippi River above Greenville is_widening as waters sweep down the Yazoo and Sunflower River Basins, inundating new territory and causing grave fears for the safety of added thousands. Grave menace to refugees in the ‘Arkansas concentration camps was in- dicated as fresh reports of disease reached the Red Cross. The situation 18 said to be acute in 14 camps, where measles, mumps, whooping cough, ma- ‘Jaria and pellagra are reported to be spreading rapidly. Fature flood control in the Missis- sippi Valley through revision of the present protective leves system was discussed by Secretary Hoover and Army engineers. President Coolidge has been asked by Represenfative Old- fleld of Arkansas to direct a survey for flood control study. The death list is 300, with 200,000 driven from homes, and more than $200,000,000 in property lost in States swept by the flood, Mr. Hoover said st New Orleans after completing an inspection tour. Both Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief of Army engineers, have indicated that they are contemplating the revision of the present protective levee sys- tem of the Mississippi River sb as to adequately gu i nst any max- fraum flood which come. PATROL LINES DRAW TIGHT) at Gulfport, Hundreds Refuse to Leave Swamp as Time to Cut Levee Ni NEW ORLEANS, April 28 Patrol lines drew tense today along the levee protecting New Orleans and the immediate vicinity from the high waters of the Mississipi as final plans were heing worked out for the creation of an artificial crevasse at Poydras. The halfsullen evacuation arishes of St. Ber mines continued and ntration camps in the city were being filled a refugees strcamed into the city There were occasional declarations of dissatisfaction at the forced removal, but there was no open threa Reports throughout the migh' kept National Guardsmen and St. Bernard Parish deputies on the alert and two companies of guardsmen were hastily ntrated at & point below the when reports reached headqua ters that dynamiting might be at- tempted there by Irate trappers, Hoover Visits Scene. Secretary of Comerce Hoc faj. Gen. Jadwin, chief Engineer of he United States Army, Visited the scene. of the proposed cut during the morning In preparation made tomorrow, George ( berger, chief e engineer, and Adjt. Gen. L. A. Toombs, took every precaution to prevent interference. No y will be permitted, they said. of the er and to e hoen- for the cu d and Plague- | |ARCTIC AIR MAIL STARTS.| | Lithuania’s efforts to get the Vilna Opeuns, | BY REX COLLIER. Staff Correspondent of The Star, V' ORLEA La., April 28.— Hoover mnational relief party inspected -the Poydras where at moon tomorrow the te of Louisiana will “pull a bung” from the mouth of the rampant Mis- sippi and deliberately render home- s some 5,000 persons in order that New Orleans may be saved. While Secretary Hoover, personal representative of the President; Maj. Gen. Jadwin, chief of Engineers, and imes L. Fieser, acting chairman of the Red Cross, were viewing from a hoat the prospective scene of Amer- jca’s greatest flood control experi- ment, crescendo rumblings of trouble were being heard among sullen, de- it inhabitants of the “Cajan” coun- , whose homes will be wiped out the released waters. Svacuation of the doomed terri- tory in St. Bernard and Plaquemine Parishes proceeded slowly today under the direction of armed soldiers and police, Some Threaten Retaliation. Awake finally to the fact that Lou- isiana really means to flood theil hom their carefully planted gar- dens and their other immovable prop- erty, hundreds of the grim-faced refugees filed into this city, bringing with them their mules, cows, pigs, NE The today vasse, le HOOVER VISITS POYD WHERE CREVASSE WILL BE MADE| Sullen Farmers and “Bad Men” of Trapping Country Threaten Officials With Retaliation. S LEVEE, wnd | the “old the sud- | poultry, household Telongings other simple possessions. A number of others of school,” however, . den turn of events, uraged in | their resentment by one or two ang leaders, have made dire threats of | retaliation to officials participati the evacuation plans. These trouble- makers, all avowed “bad men” of the Poydras trapping region, have been harangued by leaders into an ugly state of mind, culminating in abso- lute refusai {o leave their homes flood or no flood. some of these people think nothing of taking human life,” a prominent re- lief official told this correspondent to- day. *“They have trappers wars among themselves and shoot to kill when they decide to their enemies. Th trouble if they Guards Line Levees. Aroused at the open threats of this group of disgruntled men, State and municipal authorities have lined the New Orleans levees with armed guards, who patrol their beats night and da; A stranger venturing near the levee takes his life in his hands, under the rigid instructions issued to these gua . A Red Cross official who strove to induce some of the recalcitrant ones to comply with Gov. Simpson's evac- uation proclamation was confronted with frank declarations that those re- | (Continued on Page 5, Column SITUATION GROWS TENSE IN HANKOW Trenches Prepared and Guns Set Up in Preparation for Trouble. By the Associated Press. QHANGHAIL April 28.—Disturbing news continued to be received from Hinkow today, bearing out reports of a tense situation in the Yangtze stronghold of the radical Cantonese organization: A wireless dispatch said that, in anticipation of trcuble, eight three- inch fieldpieces had been set up near the Chinese Race Club and that trenches had been prepared. It was also reported that the Japanese, the object- of attackse by the -Chinese recently, had extended and imade stronger the defenses separating their concession from the mative city. Cantonese Near Kiukiang. Kiukiang, on the Yangtze River about 120 miles southeast of Hankow, reported that troops of Gen. Chang Kai-Shek, commander of the mod- erate sectioh of the Cantonese, were within 20 miles of Kiukiang and that fighting was going on. Kiukiang was giving shelter to a great. many refugees from Hankow, who said that residences in the native city of Ameri- can missionaries were being looted and occupied by troops. The defeat of the Southerners in a battle with Northern troops moving from the Han River toward Penanfu was reported in a wireless message from Hankow. Train Service Suspended. All train service between Nanking and Changchow, on the Grand Canal, was suspended by the Nationalist military authgrities. The reason was not explain The police reported that plainclothes men and Nationalist tropps broke up strikers’ demonstrations at Kingw=zn, killing three strikers and wounding many others. One hundred and fifty persons were. arrested. Wounded U. S. Sailor Landed. A sailor, the most seriously wound- ed of the casualties aboard the United States auxiliary vessel Penguin, which was Yired on by Chinese near Kiang- yin several days ago, was brought here today aboard the United States destroyer Peary. The man, whose name was under- stood to be Neilson, was placed in the ship’s hospital aboard the ‘United States transport Chaumont. 18 COMMUNISTS EXECUTED. Police Strangle Prisoners Arrested in Soviet Embassy Raid. PEKING, April 28 (P).—Li Ta-Chao, well known Communist, and 17 other Chinese arrested recently during the Chinese police raid on premises within the Soviet embassy compound here, were executed this afternoon. They were strangled at police headquarters. It was expected that the prisoners would be tried in a special court being formed to hear the evidence against those arrested in the raid, which the Northern authorities, whose headquar- ters are at Peking, have claimed re- sulted in the discovery of documents showing that Soviet Russia was ac- tively supporting the Cantonese against the Northern authorities. ‘Apparently, however, the police de- cided that the evidence discovered against the men completely proved their guilt, and the court, having | somewhat informally investigated the |e ordered the summary execution | of 18, Fairbanks-Wiseman Line Beating 0ld Means by Months. , Alaska, April 28 (®).— The first United States air mail serv fce ever operated north of the Arctic Circle was inuugurated today with the arrival here of Aviator A. A. Bennett from Fairbanks. The mail which Ben- nett brought would ordinarily have reached here early in July. Student Boxer Dies. VSING, Mich., April 28 (P).— d Iialienback, 19, high school student, died last night following an amateur boxing tournament. He had won i semi-final featherweight contest and was in the midst of a final bout with Kenneth U'Ren, when he re- ceived two blows on the head that | prompted the referee to stop the The residents of the two parishes (Continued on Page b, Column 3,) match. Hallenback died in a hospital @ Lew hours later % ' ) SECOND U. . PLANE HITINNICARAGUA Fired on in Observation Flight—Parley Fails to Halt War Activities. By the Associated Press. . MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 28.— A United States Marine Corps airplanc in which Maj. R. E. Rowell was mak- ing an observation flight over Teus- tepe, was fired on yesterday: When it returnd to its base a bullet hole was found near the pilot's seat. Three other American planes were engaged in an observation flight at the same time, but they were not molested. Maj. Rowell’s plane was the sccond American machine to be fired on this week, On Tuesday American Marines engaged in an observation flight over El Viejo, in the Chinandega region, were fired on witl? rifles and machine guns. Taere were no casualties. * War Activities Continue. While' delegates appointéd by Dr. Juan Sacasa, the Liberal president, are on their way from Liberal head- quarters, Puerto Cabezas, to Managua to discuss the situation with Henry L. Stimson, personal representative of President Coolidge, war activities are continuing. Conservative aviators, returning from observations, reported that 1,500 Liberals under Gen. Mon- cada had advanced to within three miles of Teustepe, less than 40 miles from Managua. The aviators said the Liberals were well fortified on the hilltops in a semi-circle about the town. The Conservatives have 1,500 troops encamped near Boaco, while the Lib- erals have 1,000 men at.Las Mercedes, not far from Boaco. Optimistic for Peace. The Managua newspapers are op- timistic that peace is imminent be- tween the Conservative and Liberal factions. There is a feeling among Liberals here that their government probably will be willing to give up its campaign in return for assurances by the United States that Liberals wi have an equal chance with Conserva- tives in the proposed elections. The Conservatives have indicated readiness to lay down their arms immediately if the coming conference is successtul, Three members of Dr. Sacasa’s cabi- net are on the way to Corinto, aboard the United States destroyer Preston, for the peace discussions with Mr. Stimson. They are expected to reach here Saturday. Mr. Stimson invited Dr. Sacasa to make a personal visit to Managua, but the Liberal leader de- clined, naming the ministers to repre- sent him. POLISH-LITHUANIAN CONFLICTS REPORTED Irregulars Said to Have Fired on Blockhouses on Poland’s Side of Border. By the Associated Press. WARSAW, Poland, April 2. several months of complete calm the Polish-Lithuanian and Polish-Rus- sian frontiers. the mewspapers report that several sanguinary conflicts have occurred ent Bands of Lithu- apian irregulars, they state, have twice crossed the border and fired on blockhouses. Polish frontier guards are said to have driven them off, but the raiders escaped, carrying off their wounded. The Polish press suggests that these incidents are due to the failure of question reopened before an interna- tional forum. On the Soviet border, the newspa- pers say, bandit gangs made several incursions into Polish territory, re- crossing the frontier after pillaging. (Both Poland and Lithuania_claim Vilna, and efforts to settle the dispute have thus far been unavailing. In January League of Nations circles at Geneva expressed concern over th Russo-Polish situation, central Iuro- pean tesmen being apprehensive that renewal of difficulties be- tween Poland and Lithuania over the Vilna problem might lead to serious trouble.) st Flyers Leave Savannah. SAVANNAH, Ga., April 28 (). The Pan-American flyers hopped off from Savannah at 9 Kk this morning for Charleston, S, C, &fler # {wo-day stop here, | Constitution GLASS SAYS SMITH CANWININ S0UTR, BUTNOT AS“WET" | Predicts Governor Would Not Be Sacrifice to Religious Bigotry. MODIFICATION S';AND FATAL, SENATOR HOLDS Neither Favoring Candidacy Nor Forecasting Support in Virginia, However, He Declares. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 28.—Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, in the cur- rent issue of Review of Reviews, gives his views of Gov. Smith as a presi- dential possibility. He writes: “Should Gov. Smith, in a square, stand-up contest, get the Democratic nomination for the presidency upon a sound and sane declaration of funda- mental Democratic doctrines and policies—one of which is not the avowed right to sell or buy or trans- port intoxicating liquors—he should not, and I venture to think he would not, be made a sacrifice to religious bigotry in Virginia or the South or the country.” An attempt to make “antagonism to prohibition a test of party fealty” in next year presidential election, e Senator asserts, would result in swamping” of the Democratic party. Praised as Another Tilden. Smith,” the article continueg, “has, perhaps, made the most effec. tive and useful Governor of New York since Samuel J. Tilden. He is highly accomplished in the science of gov- ernment and experienced in its prac- tical administration. He is undoubt- edly one of the notable men of the age. However, this does not mean that Virginia would favor the nomina- tion of Smith, or that I personally advocate it. I do not belleve the first Lo be a fact; I know the other is not. Should Gov. Smith be nominated as an exponent of the view that the eighteenth amendment of the Federal should be repealed or or that the Volstead act should be superseded by legislation chich would, textually,” render the eighteenth amendment ineffective, he would, in my judgment, be badly beat- en in Virginia and in the South and the country. Views of Clem L. Shaver, chairman of the PBemocratic National Commit- tee, and George W. Olvany, leader of “Tammany Hall, over the two- thirds rule prevailing. in the Demo- eratic convention were set forth in today’s newspapers. Tammany Wants Rule Changed. “Tammany is against the old two- thirds rule and also the unit rule,” Mr, Olvany said. “Majority rule is 4 ound Democrat] principle and ew York Democrats will be found fighting for it. The unit rule also ought to be abandoned. “There is no good reasén why the convention should not adopt a rule under .which a_delegate could rise in his place and register his choice of a candidate.’ Chairman Shaver, New York papers say, has sent literature to members of the natignal committee, designed to uphold the two-thirds rule, believ- ing that it is essential to mainte- nance of a proper balance of power in national conventions, The larger Northern States, like New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois, acting in concert, the chairman is credited with contending, would be able in the absence of the old rule to form combinations that would ride roughshod over the Southern States. LEAGUE TO OPEN CAMPAIGN, “Al molested, Anti-Saloon Body to Oppose Wets in Both Parties. WESTERVILLE, Ohio, April 28 (®).—Probability that Gov. Al Smith of New York, will be one of the leading contenders for the Democratic nomina- tion for President next year resulted in an announcement today from the national headquarters of the Anti- Saloon League here that a campaign is to be started at once to stir up sentiment against the selection by either parfy of a “wet presidential nominee.” The statement said: “This means that a determined fight will be waged against the candidacy of Gov. Al Smith of New York, for the Demo- ratic nomination, as records of the league show Smith has been con- sistently opposed to prohibition legis- lation." It also means “that neither Gov. Ritchie of Maryland, nor Senator Reed of Missouri, who hope to be the recipients of the Smith following when it becomes certain Smith cannot be nominated, would be unsatisactory. as their records are also unfavorable. The program for the campaign as announced by league officials calls for more than 100,000 meetings in all parts of the country to be held in churches, clubs and public halls. iSpeakers, it was said, will speaifically urge against the nomination and elec- tion of any candidate “who favers the repeal or nullification of existing pro- hibition laws.” LEGATION FIRE FOILED BY LITHUANIAN ENVOY Minister Bizauskas Discovers Peril on Arising Early to See Friends Off—81,500 Loss. Two guests who arose at four o'clock this morning to catch an early train probably saved the Lithuanian legation, at 2 Sixteenth street, from a serious fire today, Getting up to see his guests off, Minister Kazys Bizauskas, smelled smoke and discovered a fire in the rear of the first floor, which. was checked, but not before it had caused more than $1,500 damage. Origin of the fire is undetermined. It worked through the rear room on the first floor into the hall and up a dAumbwaiter to the second floor be- fore fire apparatus arrived to check it. Flames ruined the walls and doors in the rear of the first floor of the building and smoke and water caused as much damage as the fire itself. Almost all of the rooms on the floor above the fire were filled with thick sipoke, which coated the walls with sdot. Radio Pégra&u—»Paje 46. TO WHITE HOUSE Z00. SEPARATE FEDERAL BUDGETS INDORSED Individual System Urged for Each U. S. Revenue- Producing Service. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Employment of supplementary bud- gets for each of the revenue-producing s of the Federal Government— s the Postal Service, the Pana- the Alaskan Railway, tho United States Emergency Fleet Corpo- ation and the Inland Waterways Corporation—is one of the recommen. dations made by the Institute for Gov ernment Research for strengthening the national budget system, that are awaiting the return of Congress. It is proposed tha revenue-producing ser sot up as a subsidiary corporation, with its own hoard of directors, its own personnel and its distinet acs counting, reporting and budget sys- tem, the met results of the latter, however, to be tled into the general budget. By such a device, it is argued that the conflicting considerations of an all.comprehensive budget and inde- pendent consideration of the finanelal operations and needs of these special services would be secured. In addition to the servicess named above, certain other business services such as the Forest Service, the Bureau of Reclamation and Center Market in the District of Columbia, operated by the Department of Agri- culture, may upon examination prove to be sultable for similar handling, the report written by Dr. Willlam F. ‘Willoughby, director of the institute, points out. Group Held “Fatal Defect.” All this in spite of the fact that one of the essential features of a cor- rect budget system is that the legisla- ture shall be given at one time and through the use of one document, known as the budget, a complete pic- ture of the financial condition, opera tions and needs of the Gbvernment. The practice of short-circuiting, as it were, certain classes of receipts or expenditures and of not having them figure in the budget, or of having two or more separate budgets, is declared to be “a fatal defect.” Notwithstanding this, examination of the character of the activities and financial operations of most govern- ments, and particularly that of the United States, shows that there are certain services which are of a very special character and which conse- quently should be handled in a special way in the budget—which, as a prime feature of their operations. are pro- ductive of revenue and which may, therefore, be given the general desig- nation of revenue-producing enter- prises. From the standpolnt of financial ad- ministration, Dr. Willoughby empha- sizes, these services differ radically from the ordinary administrative serv- ices. Only to a negligible extent do the operations of the latter produce an income, and the cost of their oper- ations has, therefore, to be met from the general fund, the increments of which are derived for the most part from general taxation. Direct Relationship. In contrast to those services, the others designated as_revenueproduc- ing present a condition where there is a direct relationship between reve- nue and expenditures, and the general principle followed is that of having the expenses met as far as possible out of the revenues. IFrom this it vesults that while the extension of the operations of an ordinary administra- tive service makes a corresponding increased charge on the general fund, no such result follows in the case of a rvenueproducing service, since, normally, expansion In the work of such a service produces a correspond- ing income, So the general financial resources and condition of the Government are affected only to the extent to which duce a surplus that can be turned over to the general fund or a deficit that has to be met from the surplus fund. From the general budgetary stand- point, therefore, all that is required- is that the general budget shall carry in the case of each revenue-producing enterprise the one item (surplus or deficit) showing the net results of its operations. Therefore, supplemental budgets are advocated, which are not entirely in- dependent of the general budget, but constitute, as it were, supporting doc uments to the budget. Reasons Advanced. The following reasons are cited why the operations of these enterprises, the Institute for Government Re- search believes, should in each case be carefully segregated and given the in- dependent_consideration suggested: First. They have practically the same character as private enterprises conducted for gain. It is in the high- est _degree desirable, Dr. Willoughby (Continued on -Page 4, Column -1,) Such services, by their operation, pro- | Leion Posts, o SEA IS GENTLY SLOPING HILL, LOCAL SCIENTIST REVEALS H. G. Avers of Coast and Geodetic Survey Explains Ocean Level Figures at Annual Session Here. The possibility that the sea runs uphill from South to North and from West to East, that the surface of the world’s oceans is not a level plain, but a gently sloping hillside, is indi- cated by measurements explained to- day by H. G. Avers of the Coast and Geodetic Survey to the geodesy sec- tion of the American Geophysical Union, the first sessions of whose an- nual meeting were held in the Ameri- can Academy of Sciences Building. One of the established standards for measurements on the surface of thacarth has been “sea level” The mean sea level has been presumed to be the same everywhere. No explanation was offered for the strange phenomenon revealed by the work of the Coast:and Geodetic Sur- Vey of connécting"tidal stations by 000 WITNESS BLOSSOM PARADE Huge Crowd Throngs Win- chester Streets as Queen Rides in Main Event. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. WINCHESTER, Va., April 28— Shenandoah valley's fourth annual apple blossom festival entered its sec- ond and final day here today under clar skies that banished all fear of more ratn of the sort that made the first day a hitand-miss affair. The sun was shining brightly and the chill in the air served to add snap to the day's festivities. 1t looked as though the whole valley of Virginia were here today. Main streets of Winchester were packed, from sidewalk to sidewalk, while con- tinuous exhibitions and parades kept the crowds occupied every minute. There was hardly a moment from 9§ o'clock this morning until late this afternoon that there was not some- thing going on. It was estimated that between 30,000 and 40,000 visitors were here today. The official festivities began at 9:30 o'clock this morning, with the firing of a salute of 13 aerial shells to Gov. Harry Byrd of Virginia, Half an hour later a salute was fired to a Queen Shenandoah, Mrs. Isabella Ty- son Gilpin, who was crowned yester- day. Throughout the morning sheil and daylight fireworks were set off, keeping the air above the town filled with smoke flags, figures and bombs. Dozens of Bands Parade. All morning dozens of bands, which are here for the grand parade this afternoon, staged private parades though the principal streets. +On al- most every corner there was a band and each did its best to drown out the music of the one in the next block. At 1 o'clock the big feature of the day was scheduled to begin, a huge pa- rade with the Queen, in a gayly deco- rated float, followed by her princesses in other floats. The parade began forming soon after noon. Gov. Byrd rode in the first division of the parade with members of his military staff. Theys were escorted by 11 American ceded by the United Band, Confederate Vet- States Na (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) the extension of first order level nets. The general opinion was ex- pressed, however, that the explana- tion would turn out to be purely physical, connected with prevailing direction of the winds, salinity of the water and various other causes. Sea Levels Differ. The sea level at Galveston, Tex., was taken as the “mean.” Going eastward, sea level at Biloxi, Miss., was found to be 2 centimeters low- er and at Cedar Key, Fla,, 13 centi- meters below Turning northward, sea level at St. Augustine was found to be 24 centimeters below that at Galveston and from then on. there is_a gradual rise, sea level at Port- (Continued on Page 4, Col 2 ORYSSUE DROPPED 3Y WONEN VOTERS League Rejects Motion to In- clude Prohibition in Pro- gram for Year. Definitely sidetracking the prohibi- tion issue after a sharp fight develop- ed behind closed doors, the general council of the National League of Women Voters today voted down al- most unanimously a motion to include ithe eighteenth amendment and Vol- stead act in the league's study pro- gram for this year. As a result of this action the coun- cil adopted a substitute resolution recommending appointment of a com- mittee to report to the league next year just before the political conven- tions on the possibility of including prohibition enforcement in the league's program. . Desire “Sane” Discussion. League officials explained that the purpose in postponing action on the prohibition question at this time was due to a desire to discuss the issue “in a sane and safe way.” Study of the prohibition issue is so extensive in scope, it was declared, that officials of the league belleved the constitu- tional and legal aspects should be given careful consideration. Mrs. Robert L. De Normandie of Boston, president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, made the original motion, which precipitated a sharp controversy. The differences of opinion that developed devolved on methods of study and administration of the law, it was declared, rather than on the wet and dry issue itself. Mrs. Ernest E. Mott of San Fran- cisco, a director of the mnational league, headed the revolt and obtained adoption of the substitute motion which sidetracked the issue definitely this vear. Similar action was taken on prohi- bition at last year's convention of the league, when a motion was voted down overwhelmingly. Four Items Added to Program. The league adopted resolutions pro- posing the addition of four new items in its 1927-28 program. These were: Study of the corrupt practices act legislation, support of settlement of international difficulties by arbitration nd support of treaties having the same end in_view, support of legisia- (Continued on Page 4, Column 4.) Bear Abandons Swim Across Lake Erie And Terrorizes Northern Ohio Section By the Associated Press. CONNEAUT, Ohio, April 28.—~A vicious cinnamon bear was at Mbert in northern Ohio today, gone on a rampage after breaking his bonds here vesterday and plunging into Lake Erie en route to Canada, a goal he abandoned after a few miles out. The bear, pet of Mrs. Gus Pappas, broke loose she sought to put a collar on hi) Snarling and snapping at a half doZn scampering men who had assisted gher, he sprinted to the nearby bheacll and plunged in, swim- ming det: nedly toward Canada. On] rs Wyatched -him slowly «dls- appear as he plowed through the waves, but hastened home for their guns when the bear changed his mind and reversed his course, Residents near here awaited his return with loaded rifles and shotguns last night, although his return.after dusk made his landing point uncertain. The bear, which weighs 400 pounds and is known to be vicious, was pur- chased from the Government for exhi- bition purposes by Mrs. Pappas, former vaudevlile actress, Searchers watched for him today, believing he is wandering about the lake shore or perhaps seceking a mar- -rower crossing. TWO CEN1 CONTRACTSFORD.C. PRINTING ATTACKED NBUREAU REPORT Specifications Not Complied With, Cost High, Efficiency Office Charges. - CANCELL'A;I'ION URGED OF ALL PRESEIT WORK Transfer to Federal Gove-rment Plant and Specific Appropriation for 1929 Recommended. ing that contractors for for the District government had failed to comply with the Dis triet's specifications and its orders for , the Bureau of Efficiency toda vecommended to the Comynissioners that all existing contracts for printing be canceled immediately and that ar- rangements L made to have all printing and binding done at the Government Printing Office. The bureau pointed out that it had the Bureau of Standards test samples of 33 printing items which were fair- Iy representative of the printing re- quirements of the District, and that only in a few instances was it found that the materials furnished by the contractors complied with contract specifications as to weight, bursting strength and composition. 5 The recommendations were con- tained in a_report submitted to Com- missioner Proctor L. Dougherty by Herbert D. Brown, chief of the Bu- reau of Efficiency. It was based on the results of an investigation of the District's printing requirements by the bureau’s experts. Four Recommendations Made. Four recommendations were con- tained in the report, as follows: 1. That all printing and binaing ix the District be done by the Gevers ment Printing Offlee. 2. That a practical printer, compe- tent to prepare and edit all copy and standardize all blank form work be appointed by the Commissioners to handle all matters pertaining to print ing for the District. 3. That for the fiscal year 1920 a separate item to cover all expendi- tures for printing and binding for the Government of the District be set out as a special item inthe 1929 appropriation bill, 4. That the existing annual run- ning contracts for printing for the District government be immediately canceled. Charges Called Too High. “These. four recommendations,” the report declared, “are predicted upon the fact that the District gov- ernment has been paying more for its work than it would have been charged had the work been done at the Government Printing Office and that the contractors for printing for the government of the District for Columbia. have failed to comply with the District’s specifications and its orders for work.” The report aiso explained that if Commissioners adopt these recom- mendations the Bureau of Eificien would direct Dr. George C. Havenner, one of its experts, to assist in perfect. ing arrangements with the Govern- ment Printing Office for handling the District’s printing and bindin Commissioner Dougherty referred the report to Auditor Daniel J. Dono- van and Purchasing Officer M. C. Hargrove for consideration and report. Total Annual Cost $75,000. The report follow “All printing and binding for the Government of the District of Colum bia, with a few exceptions, is procured through the purchasing office of the District under annual running con- tracts. The annual reports of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia and of the Health Depart- ment. are, however, printed at the jovernment Printing Office. Some- times other reports pertaining to the work of the District Government are also printed at the Government Print- ing Office. “Printed matter for the Govern- ment of the District of Columbia embraces bulle reports, regula- tions and a great variety of blank forms. The total annual cost of printing and binding for the District Government is about $75,000, for which items of appropriation are scattered throughout the District of Columbia appropriation act. The tion naturally arises why all p and binding for the Government of the District of Columbia is not done at t Government Printing Office. The subcommittee " of the House committee on appropriations in con- sidering the second deficiency bill last Winter raised this question. The au- ditor at that time stated that it was his belief thaf the Bureau of Efficiency would investigate this matter. This has been done as a part of the bu- reau’s study of the purchasing organ- ization and system of the District government. Make Four Recommendations. “As a result of thls stuly e sub- mit the following four recontmend::- tions, together with supporting fea- sons therefor: “1. That. ail printing and binding for the government of the District ‘of Columbia be done at the Government Printing Offic r the purpose of determining comparative costs on certain_specific_jobs as hetween con tracts for printing for the Distriet of Columbla and the Government Print- ing Office a request was made of the purchasing officer of the District to furnish vs with & number of printed forms, bulletins, ete., thit had been printed under contract. Upon receipt of these samples from the purchasing officer a selection was made at ran dom of some 60 ftems that appeared to bo representative of the various kinds of printing that had been done for the District of Columbia during the past two years. “This group of items was submitted to the printing experts of the office of information of the Department of Agrieulture for an estimate of the probable cost of each item if the work had been done at the Government Printing Office. “The Department of Agriculture based its estimate upon the same kiud of paper that was actually used by the ‘contractor for each item rather than _upon what the specifications of the District government called for. - After securing the estimates from the Department of Agriculture, the pur- chasing officer of the District furnish- ed us with the actual prices paid for each item together with a_deseription WContinued con [Page .4, «Oelumn .3,