Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1927, Page 2

go =-a . HESSE URGES BAN ONGRUISING AUTOS 202 Parking Reservations for Public Vehicles Proposed to End Practice. Establishment of 202 parking res- ervations for public vehicles and a prohibition against their aimless cruising of the streets in search for fares was recommended to the Dis- trict Commissioners vesterday after- noon by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- intendent of police. The plan was first suggested about a year ago by Maj. Hesse. Since then he has made an exhaustive sur- vey which has convinced him that the cruising evil is due to the lack of adequate parking accommodations for public vehicles Would Serve 800 Vehicles. The parking stands recom- mended by Maj. Hesse are calcu- Jated to serve $00 vehicles. Private vehicles would be forbidden to use {hese reservations for any length of time. Public_vehicles would be re- quired to park at these stands until a fare has been obtained. Maj. Hesse's plan also involves the elimination of the hacking privileges bs hcsels and the letting of conce sions to eat vexpanies at the door: of the hotels, and a restriction against the solicitation of passengers on the streets by operators of si ghl-l eeing husses. F A report which accompanied Maj. Hesse's recommendations said: In the past numerous complaints have been received of congestion and inconvenience caused hy the practice of drivers of public vehicles for the convevance of passengers for hire moving back and forth in congested sections of the city and engaging in what is commonly referred to as cruis- ing. Convictions Difficult. “This department has had difficulty securing convictions in these cases because of the apparent fact that the Commissioners had not designated a sufficient number of public vehicle stands to accommodate at least 800 vehicles. “In the recommendalons of this re- port it is deemed adsisable to invite special attention to ~the fact that, if adoped, public vehicle stands, open to use by any licensed public vehicles for conveyance of passengers for hire, will be established contiguous to all important hotels, a condition which, for obvious reasons. has not prevailed in the past. I am now advised, how- ever, that the corporation counsel has rendered an opinion which _clearly establishes the right of the Commis- sioners to take this action.’ SANITARY GROCERY HEAD WITHDRAWS Sale of Stock Holdings in Company Also Announced by John C. Letts. John C. Lettis, who for 18 years has been president of the Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc., today announced his with- drawal from that office as well as the sale of his holdings of the company stock. In the announcement of his with- drawal, Mr. Letts said he would be succeeded as president of the com- pany of Edward G. Yonkers, vice president of the company since its establishment. Harry Hoskinson, sec- retary of the company for 17 years, it was announced, will assume the vice presidency. Mr. Letts would not reveal the fig- ure involved in the sale of his stock, but in his formal statement he de- clared that he was selling, all of his holdings in the Sanitary Grocery Co., which would be conducted on the same policy as in the past. Letter Tells of Withdrawal. Mr. Letts' statement, in part, fol- | Jow: i “On June 7, 1927, I contracted with Merrill Lynch Co. of New York (bankers) to sell all my holdings and interests in the Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc., and when this deal is closed within the next few days I will no Jonger be financially interested in the said corporation.” Mr. Letts made it plain that the pol- fcy of the company would remain un- changed. He said that he, with Mr. Yonker, had purchased the Sanitary Grocery Co. chain of 2 es at a sherifi’s sale in 1909, and that since that time, with the same executive staff, the company has expanded to its present proportions of 312 stores serv- ing Washington and the nearby terri- tory within a radius of 20 miles. Amount Not Specified. Mr. Yonkers sald today that the Merrill Lynch Co. is expected t» offer approximately $2,000,000 of 6 convertible preferred stock to the ms ket in the near future. No amount. however, is specified in the sale of Mr. Letts’ holdings. Mr. Yonker, who is 48 years old, li\'esi at 1427 Montague street. He has been associated with Mr. Letts for 32 years, dating from 1894, when he panied Mr. Letts to St. J where they conducted, a wholesale | grocery business. In 1909 Mr. Letts and Mr. Yonker returned to Washing- ton to purchase the Sanitary Grocery | Co. Mr. Hoskinson, the new vice presi. | dent, lives at 3410 Garfield street, and | has been with the present company since 1909. Both the vice president | and president are substantial stock holders in the company. HOOVER GETS DEGREE. Honored by College in Home State | | MOUNT VE OP).—Herbert 1 Towan, today received his first degree from an Iowa educational institutjon. Cornell_College granted the re- tary of Commerce the honc.ary de- gree of doctor of laws at its com- mencement exercises. At the same time Frederick Stock, director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, who has appeared at 25 successive music festivals at the college, was granted the honorary degree of doctor of music. Secretary Hoover was horn at West Branch, Iowa, 25 wmiles from Cornell College. S - KING IS STILL SicK. Ferdinand's Condition Reported Unsatisfactory by Medical Experts BUCHARE June 17 (®).—After a consultation between Dr. Sluys, Belgium radium expert, and Drs. Hartmann and Regaud of Parls, a bulletin was_issued stating that the condition of King Ferdinand, although much ameliorated since his recent attack of grippe, is not satis- factory. These three Ferdinand last F&entinal malady. Rumania, January for g in organizations, the G Veterans, Union and the Veterans of Foreign ward | will be parked until called for. | to pau | effoffrt to have them 1 in: WHOLE CITY URGED TO DISPLAY FLAGS ON LINDBERGH DAY (Continued from_First Page.) which he rides will not proceed at a rate faster than 15 miles an hour, so as to afford the largest possible num- ber of persons a chance to see and cheer him. Admission to Be Limited. almission to the Walter Reed grounds Sunday will be_ limited to those holding passes, Gen. Rockenback said, and the executive committee urged that the public should mot in- trude, but allow Col. Lindbergh to carry out uninterruptedly the sole purpose of his visit there—to mingle with and cheer the disabled. The definite route over which Col. Lindbergh will be escorted to Arling- ton Cemetery, and thence to Walter Reed and later to the Capitol grounds, will be announced tomorrow, follow- ing a study now being made by Gen. Rockenback in consultation with Maj. Hesse, superintendent of the Metr politan police force. More than 60 patriotic organiza- tions in Washington are fighting for a chance to have special exercises in honor of Lindbergh, Gen. Rockenback emphasized today, in explaining the problem that the committee and mili- tary authorities are wrestling with After leaving Walter Reed Hos Lindbergh will be escorted by M mmond to the east front of the Capitol to participate in the vesp x service. It is expected that he 1l be escorted back to the temps White House about 6:45 p.m. Col. Lindbergh will lay a wreath on the tomb of the “Unknown Soldier.” Returning he will be protected along | the route hy motor cycle policemen. He will be brought back across the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and along Q street to New Hampshire avenue and thence out Sixteenth street. The Sixteenth street route is chosen be- cause it is a wide street and will give more persons a chance to_ view ths young hero. He is expected to reach Walter Reed Hospital about 4 o'clock and to remain there for an hour and a quarter or an hour and a half. Program at Hospital. The plans at the hospital, where he is to visit with the disabled veterans of all wars, as thus far arranged b . Gen. James M. Kennedy, U. A., commander of the reservation, are as follows: The party will approach from Six- teenth street and proceed to the front of the hospital, where they will be met by Gen. Kennedy and his staff, along with the disabled veterans who can be assembled outside the hospital. This number of veterans will include those from Mount Alto and the Naval Hospital, who are to be brought to Walter Reed by the five large veteran the American Legion, and Army, the Spanish War the: Disabled Veterans’ Wars, The carriages will be conducted to- Georgia avenue, where they Col. Lindbergh will have an oppor- tunity to visit among the patients so far as he wishes and along with his program other patients will be a sembled in the wards of the main building who cannot leave their beds, whom he may visit as he desines. The names of the House members appointed by Speaker Longworth, who were today added to the general cit zens' committee and who are to have seats in a reserved section on the Monument Grounds, are: Fred Britten, Tllinois, committee on naval affairs of the House; W. Frank Jones, Michigan, committee on mili- tary affairs of the House; Adam M. ‘Wyant, Pennsylvania, interstate and foreign commerce, of the House; W, C. Ramseyer, Towa; Robert L. Bacon, New York: John M. Evans, Montana; Jeff Bust Mississippi: R. Walton Moore, Virginia; Sol. Bloom, New York: William P. Cole, Maryland. Although Col. Lindbergh will not be able to visit Virginia, the Dominion hopes to be first to welcome him to his country, according to plans being studied by Gov. Byrd. Gov. Byrd and 1 group of Virginians hope to stand by the Memphis in another vessel when she passes by the Virginia Cape: and at least shout a saluation through megaphones, while the State execu- tive may board the cruiser to journey | to Washington. The governor is the | brother of Comdr. Richard Byrd, who flew to the North Pole. Will Pause at Cape Henry. The Memphis, it is said, will hav at Cape Henry long enough to take aboard a pilot and those sponsoring the welcoming idea way they will extend some sort of re ception if it is nothing more than shouting a salutation through a mega- phone. The governor said he also had the same information from officers at Field, Fort Monroe and stis in connection with an participate in Virginia’s feting of the flying pala- it | to Rock Creek % THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. UNOERK D09, J. Hepburn, Comdr. H. 1L F Lower: David A. vist_of the State Department ain. These officers had been advised that the Memphis was scheduled to reach the Capes at 2 am. Saturday and had abandoned any idea of send- ing out aireraft or joining in any other kind of demonstration. Gov. Byrd thought it likely that, in view of the strenuous program ahead of Col. Lindbergh in Washington and New York, he would not be awakened at such an hour for a brief felicitation from a Virginia delegation, and, there- fore, held his plans in abeyance, e d’ he would keep in close touch h the situation and take advantage of any opportunity that might develop of properly hailing the returning hero. That the Navy Department is tak ing no chance of having the Memphi: stick her nose in the mud during her trip up the Potomac became known here today, when the lighthouse depot was asked to send the tender M flower up the Potomac and place buoys at various points along the river where there might be danger of get- ting out of the channel, which is nar- row and crooked in places. Maj. Hesse, superintendent of police, 3 st a special order re! minding police that the Police Court uld be closed after 11 o'clock on ndbergh day” and warning them not to direct law violators to appear after that hour. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor of municipal playgrounds, announced that all playerounds would be closed Saturday after 12:30 a'clock. Jersey Plans Cancel At the request of Maj. Gen. C. C. Hammond, chief of the United States Militia Bureau, arrangements to senc a representative unit of the New Jer- sey National Guard to Washington to take part in the reception to Col. Lindbergh Saturday have been can- celed by Adjt. Gen. Gilkyson. A telegram from Gen. lHammond, ho suggested earlier in the week that ew Jersey join in the welcome to the T upon his return to this country, stated that it is now desired to min- imize the military character of |hn| | reception. No explanation was offered of the sudden switch in plins. 800 MORE STREET LIGHTS ARE ORDERED Commissioners Give Instructions to ' Company for Another Install- ment of Work. Orders for carrying out another in- stallment of the District's improved street lighting program_were issued today to the Potomac Electric Power the District Commissioners, whereby 800 lights will be erected un- der the new order for tha following streets: Q street, from Twent} venue; econd street Sherman _and s venues, from Flori- icorgia avenues; Vermont a nue, from Iowa Circle to I¥lo nue: M street and Connecticut avenue Eckington place, from Florida avenue to R street; Thirteenth m-«:, from Spring road to Buchanan Randolph street street to Kans ta avenue fr ~ from Thirteenth s avenue, South Dako- m Rhode Island avenue to Bladensburg road, Nichols avenue from Good Hope road to Upsal street, Kenilworth avenue from Benning via- duct to the District line, Maryland enue and D street from Second to ourteenth street, Sixth street south- and northwest from Water street loridn avenue. Bighth street, southeast and northeast from the v Yard to Florida avenue, Good Hope road from Eighteenth street to Naylor rc A _major portion of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's movements on the day of his arrival here will be de- scribed to the radio audience in every part of the United States by the National Broadeasting in the “greatest piece of radio reporting” ever undertaken, the company an- nounced today. Microphones will be located at four strategic points on Saturd: will be at the Washington Navy Yard, another at the Treasury Build- « third in the observation room | atop the Washington Monument and _llu- fourth at the base of the Monu- | m Saturday | compan, | the New Lindbergh night the broadcasting will have mlcrophones in Willard Hotel, where Col. will_be the guest for a while of the Minnesota State So- cicty and also the National Press | Club, holding its special meeting in the auditorium of the United States Chamber of Commerce Building, at Lafayette Square. Three nationally known announcers will be in charge of announcing on Saturday. Graham McNamee, sea at a microphone at the nav 1 «dock, will describe Lindbergh v ‘s ar. Radio to Follow Lifidberg}l Saturday, Reporting Most of Movements Here rival, the manner in which he is greet- ed and all_other details of the home- oming. McNamee will continue a mning story” of the event until Lindbergh takes his place in the auto- mobile igned to carry him to the Monument, The next voice to reach the radiy audience will be that of John B. Danlel, who will be standing before a microphone on the steps of the Treas- ury Department, commanding a view of the parade up Pennsylvania ave- nue. It will be Daniel's task to de seribe the elements of the parade and the reception given to Lindbergh along the line of march, After the parade passes that point, the microphones again will 1ken over by MceName the hase of the Monument_and Phillips Carlin, from the top of the obelisk. Carlin wiil tell of the picture that unfolds itself under his eyes and will he followed by McNamee, who will describe the presentation ‘ceremony of the Dis- tinguished I'lying Cross by President Coolidge. An_entertainment program featur- ing Roxy and members of his gang is on the Press Club program. Roxy will | mand POSTMASTER GETS AIR MAIL BLAME No Violation of Law Charged Against Levine for Carrying Letters to Berlin. The post office was investigating to- day the cancellation of stamps by Postmaster Fred Sealy of Hempstead, Long Island. on letters carried to Ger- many by Charles A. Levine in the Bellanca plane, but it seemed to be generally admitted that if any action is taken by the department it will he against Mr. Sealy, and not against Mr. Levine. The incident was regarded as doubly interesting, however, because of the differences which previously have arisen between the Post Office Department and Mr. Levine over air mail contracts. The post office has re- fused bids of several companies in which Mr. Levine was interested. to carry air mail. According to spokesmen at the Post Oftice Department, Mr. Levine carried to Germany a number of letters ad- dressed to himself, the stamps upon which were cancelled by Mr. Seal who “wanted to be accommodatin According to the attitude at the post office, the carrying of this mail is re- o ing_air mail route between the nited_States and Germany. Mr. Levine carried the letters evi- dently as souvenirs of his flight, which he either would present to friends or keep himself. The further possibility that the letters and can- celed stamps might be sold, their value arising frem the fact that they constitute the first, mail transmitted across the Atlantic between America and_Germany, was also discussed at the Post Office. Procedure Is Explained. Sergt. Frank M. O'Connor at Mitchel Field explained last night, ac- cording to the New York Times, his part in the stamping of the letters. “A month ago there was a discussion of the possibilities of presenting to members of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce souvenir canceled air mail letters,” he said. “It was sug- gested at the time that this apparently would be the only recognition these members would receive for the purse they then offered for a flight to Paris the Bellanca plane, As it was known that T had a large ntance in the neighborhood, it suggested that I see some of ihe postmasters in the vicinity of the fly- ing fields and ascertain the feasibility of sending the letters on the pl About a week after this, when Post- er Sealy of Hempstend wa t toosevelt Field, T asked him about it. He said he saw no objection to the cancellation of stamps on such letters and, on the contr: said that he thought it ‘would be a good thing for the air mail service.’” The postmaster asked to be notified when the Bellanca was ready to take off. He appeared ious to perform the service asked vis, well known stamp col- lector of New York. said last night that the stamps on the letters would bring closer to $50 apiece than to the $1,000 estimated by postal authorities here. Might Bring $100. “Collectors are interested not so much in novelties of this kind, but in general rarities of issue and. as a con- sequence these novelties do not com- very high prices,” he said. “There are 250 of these stamps, I un- derstand, and this, too, would bring down the price they would bring, The price might go as high $100, but the average, I should would be about $50." While carrying such Levine undoubtedly as frregular, in that it is no one but a sworn employe can carry the mails, it is not regarded as likely that any legal action could be taken 1gainst Mr. Levine, as no violation of | w is charged. There have been a series of clashes between Postmaster General New and Mr. Levine. The first one fol- lowed the opening of bids on January for carrying the air mail from New York to Chicago. There were three bidders. One was a bid by the Columbia Co., with which Mr. Levine was connected, and which proved _to be low. There were two others. All were finally thrown out and new bids called for. Meanwhile Postmaster General New had been apprised of actions against Levine growing out of his salvaging transactions with the War Department. Investigating Contracts. Bids were opened again on March 24 and one of the bidders was the American Alrways, Inc., of Cleveland, which was also low. Its bid was thrown out after Mr. Levine wa found to be the holder of 50 per cent of the stocl nd after it was found that some mail pilots had stock in the concern. Previously the Postmaster General had canceled the contract of the Kaess Aircraft Ingineering Corporation of Long Island for carrying mail between Ky., and Cleveland, after discovered that Mr. Levine was connected with that company. Attorney General Sargent said yes- terday that the Department of Justice had been investigating contracts for the salvage of war materials which Levine had with the War Department with a view to possible civilaction in connection with thelr execution, and that this was one of the considerations which led Postmaster General New to reject the hid of the alr company in which Levine was interested, and also influenced Controller General McCarl in his ruling approving the Postmaster General’s action. : e MRS. SULLIVAN CHOSEN. Is Elected President of Parent- Teacher Association. Mrs. B. A. Sullivan was elected pre ident of the Mount Vernon Place M. 12. Church Parent-Teacher Association at the annual election last night in the church. Miss Gretchen Lord was elected first vice president, Mrs. J. T. White re- cording secretary, Mrs. R. T. Walters corresponding secretary, and Mrs. T. M. Spencer, treasurer. ‘A benefit' concert to raise funds to send a boy to a Summer camp will be held at the church next Wednesday night, it was announced. Rev. Homer J. Councilor spoke briefly, and S. W. Cockrell presided. FAVOR TO CHINESE BOY. Student Permitted Instruction in Army Airship School. the permission of the War st ‘With Department Tu Ying, a Chine: dent at Ohio State Universit 1l r ceive instruction at the Arm: Bal- loon Land Airship School at Scott Field, Ili. Tu Ying, who is studying military sclence at Ohio State, is 22 yvears old. Ile is a graduate of the Tsing_Hua College at Peking and of the Honan Milltary Academy at Kaifong. 1is application for the training was filed through the State Department by the Chinese embassy . arrive in Washington o Saturday ta arrange for his par| the affair in Lindbergh's honor, Starch clothes wrong side out. Leave them wrong side out until they ve sprinkled. s irregular in that there is no | .80il of the lawn of-field. Serves Jail Term As Own Son to Be Free of Wife By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, Hungary, June 8. —Jail promised such a relief from his wife's company that Andreas Kurdi passed himself off as his son, served three months in prison and asked to stay longer. When the authorities discov- ered that Kurdi had fooled them the judge who sentenced him for his son's offense called him to account before releasing him. “The penalty I pail was a heavy one” the father explained in court, “but it was worth while. For years I have been puzzling my head to determine how I might escape for a little while from the terrible place my wife has made of my home for 25 years. In prison I had a fine rest and 1 would gladly spend another three months there rather than return home.” . AR DEPARTMENT URGED BY LEGION Committee Backs Mitchell in Indorsing Separate Service. The Amcrican Legion’s committee on mational defense will recommend to the Paris convention of the Legion a national policy favoring creation of a separate department of aviation, headed by a cabinet officer. Decision to this effect was reached by the com- mittee late yesterday after hearings which lasted two days, The decision is in line with the policy Col. Willlam Mitchell has fought for, and was adopted by unani- mous vote. Col. Mitchell introduced the resolution after his original pro- posal, favoring unification of all de- fense into one department, with under- secretaries for the Army, Navy, air forces and munitiops, had been voted down, 8 to 1. Maj. Gen. Hanson FEly and Col. Theodore Roosevelt, who vehemently opposed the first proposal, swung into line when the substitute plan was of- fered. The decision of the commit- tee is expected to result in the Legion’s taking a definite stand after two conventions had been no-cq mit- tal on the subject. Witnesses before the committee X generally opposed the uni- fication of defense into one depart- ment and expressed satisfaction with the present progress of aviation. As- sistant Secretary of War Hanford MacNider told the committee that there was no need to build up a greater air force until the manufac- ture of munitions had heen increased. At present the country has only enough ammunition to last through three months of a war, he declared. The quick agreement of the com- mittee was unexpected. It had been expected that the problem would be debated for several days, and plans had been made for night hearings to conclude the sessions this week. COAST GUARD MAN ‘SHOOTS UP HARBOR Surfman on Leave, Apparent- ly Drunk, Captured on Lake and Jailed. By the Associated Press. PAINESVILLE, Ohio, June 8.— John A. Sadiowski. a surfman in the Coast Guard service, who terrorized the Lake Harbor at Fairport vester- day by firing several hundred shots indiscriminately from a rum chaser lying at anchor. was held a prisoner for Government authorities in Lake County Jail today Fishermen went busily about their tasks in the harbor yesterday. Many women and children were out walk- ing in the warm afternoon sun. Sud- denly Sadiowski climbed aboard the rum chaser and procured three guns trom a locker. He began firing at the pier. Almost before the echo of the shots died away the crowd of 200 persons was under cover. No one was injured. Sadiowskl continued firing until he had exhausted 100 rounds of ammu- nition on the nearby Coast G d station and on the harbor tug. Ohio, which was moored nearer the rum chaser. ; He had turned to the machine gun aboard the Government craft and getting ready to train it on the pier when Sheriff Ed. Rasmussen and two deputies overpowered him. Sadiow- ski shot at the officers when they appeared, but none of the shots took effect. Sudiowski apparently was under the influence of liquor, the county au- thorities_said. He had been on leave for one day and had just reutrned to Iairport. The sheriff placed no charges against him pending notice from Government officials. Capt. John Daly, in charge of the Fairport sta- tion, is on duty in the Mississippi flood district. WORK WILL ADDRES ROUND TABLE LUNCHEON Dr. Morrison Elected Delegate Club Federation—Committees Are Announced. Secretary of th. Interior Work will deliver an address at a_luncheon of the Washington Round Table in the University Club Friday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. The Round Table has elected Dr. Ralph L. Morrison delegate to the Federation of Civic Clubs, and C. Clin- tca James, alternate. Standing committees of the club for the coming year are announced as fol- ows: Membership—Joseph P. Shearer, chairman; Edward L. Duffies, Everett F. Haycraft, William E. Mooney and Horace L. Stevenson. Program— Homer J."Councilor, chairman; Wil- liam M. Aitchison, Frank H. Eastman, Harry C. James and James E. Smith Publicity—Alton G. Grinnell, chair man; George B. Fraser, Nathaniel K. dner, Charles I. Ott and Monroe H. kett. Repeption—George T. War- ren, chairman; Linn C. Drake, Clar- ence 1. Fleming, Walter W. Marlow and Frederick ¢, Stelzer; and commit- tee for revision of the organization’s constitution, Thomas J. Frailey, chair- man; Francis F. Rogers and Robert W. Wilson. Page McK. Etchison, sec- retary, and Dr. E. M. Ellison are mem- bers ex-officio. Sto In choosing a green manure crop give preference to a legume if it is available. Such a crop Wwill add ma- terially to the nitrggen content of the €., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 192T.. PLANS ORAL TESTS ‘FOR DRY LAW J0BS Civil Service Body Formu- lating Examination Program to Guarantee Efficiency. for those who hope to qualify for 0 positions in the new Prohibition Bureau are being for- mulated today at a conference called at the Civil Service Commission for the importance of the problem, the commission, it was an- | nounced, called together not only some of its ‘best qualified employes | in Washington,” but also from the field, to “insure that those who are | to conduct the tests are properly trained. | The task of formulating plans for | the oral examination will probably be | long drawn out, and the final setting | up of a register may be protracted to the point where it may run into the time limit set by Congress October 1, according to the best indications from the commission today. Congress Fails to Provide Funds. Having handed the commission the task of bringing under civil service the army of prohibition employes, Con- gress failed, when the deficiency bill was not enacted in the last-minute Senate jam, to provide funds with | which to do the work. The commis- | sion is thus_handicapped, but is pro- | ceeding with what dispatch it can | with the big task. The conference meeting today for the first time “will continue its sions daily for a week,” said a formal statement from the commission. The oral tests for the administrative po- sitions will follow immediately—those for the lower grade positions to be held as soon as practicable. All told there are, appro: 19.000 applicants for all cl ositions under the Bureau of Prohibition. “The purpose of the oral examina- tion is to determine the applicant’s personal characteristics and address, adaptability, keenness and quickness of understanding, observation, judg- ment and discretion; in general, his personal fitness for the performance of the duties of the position for which he has applied. Trained Examiners Demanded. _ Realizing the difficulty of establish- ing uniformity in oral examination: and the danger of arbitvary jud ments, the Civil Service Commission has called the present conference to insure that those who are to conduct the tests are properly trained. A manual has been developed for their guidance, although the examiners will be allowed latitude in framing their questions, The oral tests, which constitute the second stage in the civil service ex- aminations, will be followed by the character investigation. *“The honesty, integrity and general character of each applicant will be thoroughly in vestigated,” the statement said. “Facts in the applicant’s history evidencing moral turpitude, disrespect for law or unethical dealings will render him ineligible for further consideration. “The last step will be the finger- printing of all who attain eligibility in the examinations. The fingerprints will be compared with appropriate fingerprint records.” Conference Personnel. The conference opening today was participated in by the following “best qualified employes Dr. L. J. O'Rourke, director of re- search: James G. Yaden, chief of the xamining division; Henry A. Hesse, chief of the division of investigation and review: Ismar Baruch, assistant to the chief examiner; Frederick W. Brown, consulting examiner; Harry T. Kranz, Ernest G. Dodge and Elwyn C. Babcock, examiner's; James V. Swan: son, district 'secretary at Chicago Lawson A. Moyer, district secreta at Atlanta; Edward H. Jennings, d trict secretary at New Orleans; Bal- lard H. Clemmons, district secretary at St. Louis; Harry A. Dutton, as- sistant district secretary at Boston: John A. Burby, assistant district sec- retary at San Francisco, and Charles R. Anderson, chief clerk in the office of the district secretary at New York. . FIREMAN GETS MEDAL. Humane Society Rewards Saving of Dog. PITTSBURGH, Pa.. June 8 (P).— For saving the life of a dog in a fire at Blairsville, Pa., J. O. Martin, a fire- man, has been awarded a gold medal by the Western Pennsylvania Hu- mane Society. The dog, whose continual barking aroused six families and permitted them to escape the flames, was awarded a handsome collar with stone settings and gold plate. BEARS WALLOW IN ROAD. KELSO, W June 8 (P).—Far- mers in the Braiynion Mountain d ve complained to the Cowlitz commissioners that hears were g swimming holes in the county road in their district. There are many bruins in the woods this year, and also there have been| many mud holes in the road. The net result is that the bear wallows have made the road almost impassable, the farmers reported. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine’ Band, | at the Capitol, at 7:30 o’clock tonight: March, “Capt. Lindy of the U. s Austin | Overture, “Leonore,” No. 3..Beethoven | Characteristic, “IFuneral March of a Marionet” .....Gounod Euphonium solo, Principal Musicia Grand scenes from “Lakme", .De rande “Valse Brilliante”.....Chopin cherzo, “The Sorcerer's Appren- tice" ...Dukas n Peter A. H. ARL CARROL] EARL CARROLL BORNE TO PRISON ON STRETCHER (Continued _from ¥ taking him to Atlanta to die parently under a severe strain, Mr Carroll remained secluded with her ausband throughout the trip and m: 3 ement. S e BAUMES PREDICTS NEW CRIME DRIVE Tells Bankers New York Leg- islature Will Tighten “Fourth Offense” Law. State Senator Caleb H. Bau chairman of the New York Stare Crime Commission, told the New York State Bankers' Assoclation at its con- cluding session today that the I ature is going to make New more uncomfortable than “professional criminals” ne: “The commission has made beginning and is headed in the r di ction, he said “At the session of the Legislature ther: be a further effort to simplify eriminal and to tighten up the Baumes law.’ This, Mr. Baumes_dec challenge to the “underworld’ York that the crusade to put for offenders behind prison bars for | “would continue in a hamme: ampaign against the big criminals for the protection of peaceful and law- Mr. Baumes defended the so fourth-offense” law which bea name—“without my consent,” he ex plained—and appezled to the bankors ssociation to help crystallize public opinion in its support. Y ever for 1 bt oxe wig Py T. Nellans, the prison physi 1n, rode in the ambulance from the ‘Warden John W. Snook met the machine as it came to a stop with- in the prison. connection with grand tions of a “bathtub pa ater, and, in addition to sentence, was fined $2,000, DOCTO REPORTS DIFF! investiga- n his the- the prison R, Disagree Over Possible Results of Prison Confinement. By the Associated Press. Two physicians’ reports on condition of Karl Carroll, g diverse views as to the effect of im- prisonment on his health, were m: public today by Attorney General Sargent. Oue of the reports said thers was “no indication of anything, from a mental or physical standpoint, at the present time, in my opinion, that makes it improper that he be tran: ferred to the Federal prison in Atlanta.” Another, from an unnamed nerve specialist,” said confinement “would bring about definite mental General Practitioners Report. The general practitioners submitted a report with these conclusions, Mr. argent said: “From the above examination. my conclusions are that this patient despondency and emotional state have and are interfering with his nutrition, and his physical condition is entirely normal; t he shows no indication of a psychosis and that there is nothing from a mental or physical standpoint at the present time, in my opinion, that makes it improper that he be transferred to the Federal prison in Atlanta. However, his con- finement in the prison might increa his despondency and emotional state, 1 suggest that definite action be taken in his case, for I do not believe that prolonging his stay in the Greenville City Hospital will be of much benefit to the patient.” Report by Specialist. The specialist in nervous diseases made an examination and submitted a report with the following conclu- sions, the Attorney General said: y* examination revealed no posi- evidence of mental disease and it is my belief that his mental and physical condition would not interfere with his being transported to the United States Penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. However, I am of the opinion, in view of the extreme nervous condi- tion of the patient and the evidence of an excitable nervous make-up, that to confine him in the penitentiary ibly bring about definite rde) A statement issued by the Attorney General : “Telegraphic advices received today at the Department “of Justice from the prison physician at the Atlanta Penitentiary, who accompanied Carroll from the Greenville, 8. C., City Hospital to the Atlanta Penitentiary, ated that the prisoner arrived at th prison early this morning and that his condition is favorable.” The statement disclosed that a gen- eral practitioner and a nerve special- ist selected by the South Carolina Medical Association had examined Carroll. HONOR SCHOOLS LISTED. Military Academies With Efficient Training Units Designated. Fifteen mi cademies maintain- ing exceptionally _efficient Reserve Officer Training Corps units were designated yesterday by the War De- partment as honor schools for the 3 The schools were selected from institutions among the essentially military schools. The honor schools for 1927 are: Allen Academy, Bryan, Tex.; Culver Milita demy, Culver, Ind. v Acader College . Ga.; Kemper Military School, Boonville, Mo.; Institute. Roswell, York Military Academ: Hudson, Northw aval Academy, Riverside Aca Ga; St. John's Mil Delafield, W hattuc bault, Minn unton Academy, Staunton, Tennessee Military Institute, Sweetwater, Tenn. Manlius School nlius, N. Y.: Went- worth Mil ‘Academy, Lexinston, Mo., and Western Military Academy Alton, Til. Selections of honor colleges and uni ta New Mexico; New Cornwall-on- ern Mili ville, 3 Pmy, School, Fair- Mili “Fourteenth lungarian Rhapsody.” Liszt “The Star Spangled Banner.” s will be announced within a few- days, Headless Horsemen a Reported Nightly on Nags Head Beach By the Associated Press. MANTEO, N. ., June 8—Headless horsemen and other strange, ghostly beings now march nightly on the beach in the vicinity of Nags Head, according to stories reaching this town. Steve Basnight, member of the Coast Guard crew at Nags Head, for more than two years has been report- ing strange doings, and during those two years George Midgett, another Coast Guard, has laughed loud and long. But now Midgett, himself, is con- vinced, for he has seen with his own eyes and has run with his own legs from a huge strange man, dressed in white, whom he encountered strolling along the beach in the moonlight. Basnight swears that he has seen a headless horseman riding furiously and strangely near the spot where a ship, years ago, went ashore, bearing the beautiful Theodosia Burr, daugh- ter of Aaro R agvner of a Sum- Mrs. Alig mer cottag® at Nags Head, was out driving aloBz the beach in her car Just & night or two ago, ‘The car nd Other “Ghosts” stuck, and she looked for aid. She saw a man—or what she thought was a man, She called for him to help her, and even as if ghosts know what stuck automobiles are, he vanished inte thin air, leaving not a trace of his going. He evaporated before her eyes. Other residents for years have been telling tales of haunted places and of sights-they could not explain. Mrs. Pattie Tillett adds her word, and say that her husband often saw strange things: things he could not explain Some of the less credulous believe that smugglers m long barren shores of sand, but ‘alter Etheridge, £ of the tion, avers tha: ihey are not, for his beach is thoroughly and close- Iy patrolled. Popular belief inclines to give credit | to the stories. Capt. Tillett was in the Coast Guard service, and was on Na Head when many wrecks came ashore. Mrs. Tillett says he often ran into his | ghosts right where the Tiuron came ashore in 1877—just half a_centur ago—carrying to their deaths more than 100 of the crew. Carroll was convicted of perjury in | 1 | out that the volume of Go | will elapse before thi Clamor for Rights. “No man clamors more loudly fo his constitutional rights than the pro fessional, hardened criminal,” he said. he trouble in the past has been that 1 the symr athv has been wastc 1 on | the criminal and none on his it “1 would be the last man to tr | take away from any criminal his con- stitutional rights. He must be given the protection of the law, and is en titled to a_speedy, public trial before an impart Jut the crimina is the last person who wants a speedy trialr Given three more yvears on the stat- ute books, he declared the Baumes AW would empty three prison cells of criminals for every one filled. “Stiffens Backbones.” “Perhaps the best thing that has comie out of these Jaws in New York, he added, “is a stiffening up of the backbones of the prosecuting - at- torneys and of the judges on the bench. Now we want a puh opinion to support them. so united ard crystallized that it will assert itsel? throush the press and elsewhere, de- manding punishment of criminals and the protection of society. If publie opinion is organized. you will get it.” The theory of the Baumes las which sends a man up for life sen- tence upon his fourth conviction on a felony charge, Senator Baumes ex- plained, is not punishment, but pro- tection of the public. Since the law has been in effect, he explained. 15 per cent less prisoners have been com- mitted to prisons in New York during the first three months of the vear than during the same period last year. “Nor have the courts ever eaught up with their dockets so speedily as now,” he added. Claims Crime Organized. Senator Baumes excused the York campaign to “round wup” the habitual criminal by claiming. that crime is organized on a businesslike “These criminals have their high- powered automobiles on every sid with which to make a quick getaw: he said. “They haye their gunmen and their lnwyers and bondsmen hirad in advance. They even have thair cnre- fully prepared alibis fixed ahead ot time. No business is better crganized. “The modern criminal is an intelli- gent man, usually the best dressed man in his town, the Beau Biummel of his community. He doesn’t operata in_the night like his predecessor. When he shoots, it Is with the inten. tion of killing. He shows no mercy to his victim and there is nothing in the Bible to say that mercy should be shown to him.” Senator Baumes declared that tomobile stealing should be recognized by the courts as one of the most seri- ous criminal offenses. “The automobile, next to the pis. tol, is the professional criminal's hest weapon,” he declared. Other Addresses Made. Others who addressed the session to- day were Frank H. Warder, tendent of banks, State of who spoke on “Banking D During the Last 10 Year: and Orrin C. Lester, vice president of the Bow ery avings Bank of New York. on “Income Management—the Banker's Responsibility | The convention closed its business | with the election of John McHugh, president of the Chase National Bank of New York, as president to succeed | Carleton A. Chase of Syracuse. Other officers elected were: Michael J, Cahill, president of the Utica National Bank and Trust Co., Vice president, and .J. M. Kinney, vice president of the Lib- erty Bank of Buffalo, treasurer, Mills Delivers Speech. Ogden L. .Mills, Undersecretary of | the Treasury, was the speaker at la-t night’s banquet in the Maytow - tended by several hundred v bankers, their families and friends John McHugh, president of the Chase National Bank of New York, who slated to be the next president of the toastmaster, Problems New s ome Treasury Iinancing, clared the meral program - fold. Reduction of the public debt by retiring securities and refunding them as rapldly as possible with others bearing lower interest rates is the prime purpose of the Government's financial policy. “To date the singularly succes: tions,” he said. in becn opera- Treasury has ul in both Points to Decrease. Tn this connection, Mr. Mills pointe ernmer securities has diminished rapid predicted that “not many more y¢ 3 most conve ient and safe form of investment will cailable only in limited amounts.” cderal interest puyments. he tinued, will be $63,000,000 vear than they were during rent fiscal year, due to the debt reduc- tion and refunding operations. So when you read the surpins figures for this present fiscal year do not be regretful that Congress might have given you the benefit of greater x reduction, but rather realize that this entire surplus, having been ap- plied to the reduction of the national debt, will reduce interest charges and will " represent a permanent annasi aving which will inure to your bene- t in reduced taxes with just as mueh certainty as would the more direct method of taxation.” Suggests Cashing Bonds. Mr. Mills suggested that the bank- ers point out to the holders of the second Liberty loan bonds, which have been called for November 15, the ad- visability of cashing their bonds or converting them into other Govern- ment long-::me bonds. The program of debt retirement, Mr. Mills declared, is in accordance with the historic policy of the National Goy ient, steadfastly adhered to by the administrations of Presidents Harding and Coolldge. It has resulted, he d clared, in reducing the gross national debt from $25.484,000,000 on June 30, . to §18,873,000,000 on May 31 . or a reduction of $6,611,000.0¢ nd less ne e cut st Guars at Kill Devil Hill and l'h; m-r?l year which ends on June debt retirement will aggregate over iliom dollars, he reminded.