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(4 e e e e et KING BEN DENIES ' GROUP MARRIAGES Cult Leader Claims rance of Weddings, Hinting [* Wife Arranged Them. By the Associated Pr ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Benjamin Purnell resu ness stand today in th lution sui again: colony Phys min wa ns annour physically 2 strain of cross-exar his first appearance ried into the court or he reclined as he t ader of the cult de to do with the grov State chars him. He was car a stretcher, upon tified he had may were cated the een of ¢ were anythir riazes oriered to protect a 1 up in amonds finge Benjamin lay s cot yes tered ca 1 denial to allegations of irregularities. Contrast Startling. cult leader st to the ck hair and 0 was to be seen on a white char activities there ind with sh: he had fallen off g | h few year the colo shaking and b eton of & man, apy little over 100 pounds. nell professed immor fans t tality, 1 tuby fering X high Dblood | ere was little of the n who was trun- om on a stretcher his followers vesterday. touch of comedy was lent to the| Jproceedings as Purnell painstakingly Fearranged beribboned hs before answering questions put him by | counsel. Jud; Louis Fead was| forced to bang for order when the| incident brought a peal of laughter from the spectators. i Admits Divorce Failure, In an indistinct voice, P ell | denied perpetrating crimes against young women, members of the colony, under the cloak of religious rites; of | mulcting followers of their life sav-| and scores of other State allega- He admitted failing to obtain | a divorce from his first wife, a resi dent_of Greenup, Ky., before marry- ing Mary Purnell. Counsel quickly intervened to claim. . however, that the first marriage had been annulled under Kentucky law | because of a period of 18-years' sepa- | ration. EDUCATION SESSION ENDS IN TORONTO| Military Training Fight Tabled Until 1929 Conference to Be in Geneva. Br the Associated Press. TORONTO, Ontario, August 13— Five thousand men and women of many nations, creeds and religions joined hands and sang “Auld Lang Syne” last night, bringing to a close the conference of the World Federa- tion of Education Associations. It had been in session for a week, dis- cussing a wide range of subject al- lied with education. Two vears hence the conference will smeet again, probably in Geneva, when the subject of compulsory military training in educational institutions, tabled after a heated debate, will again be discussed. A resolution urging that military training should not be given in civil education institutions to youths under 18 years of age, and that such institu- tions should not be permitted to make military training a compulsory subject, had opposition both on the ground that 1t was not stringent enough, and that it was much too drastic. Dele- gates from the United States and Great Britain carried on the wordy battle which came to an end through the adoption of a proposal that final decision would be postponed until the mext session. 26 CHINESE.REDS SHOT. Martial Law Established in Han- kow After Coolies Riot. KIUKIANG, Kiangsi _Province, | China, August 13 (P).—Twenty-six Communist labor leaders are reported to have been shot at Hankow. follow- ing the recent establishment of mar- tial law there, Forty-four others were @rrested. Martial law was declared in Hankow, ical section of on July 31, pated in by thou- #ands of aw coolies, The coolies invaded the Ch mber of Com- | merce because the latter had stopped its donations. When the rmerie opened fire, four of the rioters were killed and many injured. Dispatches at the time said a Communist uprising was feared. —_ We are disposed to feel more kindly toward the younger generation than we did some time ago. The threat- ened vogue of rendering all popular songs ‘on hane hasn't material- zed—Kansas * OR PART T K. RICHMON CEMENT WORI Coning. & ’ . TSt NE 1 A" MILLION-DOLLAR «—printing plant equipped to handle every %ind of Tinting fob. A The National Capital Press 32101212 D ST. N.W. ___ Phone M. 630 VER DISAPPOINT BYRON S. ADAMS PRINTING IN A HURRY High grade. but ot high priced. s th St N.W ROOFING—by Koons | Slag Roofing. Tinninz. Repairs. Painting. Thorough. “sincers w . ways assured. We'll gladly estimate. i Call us up! OONS Zome Peaches Ripe | ‘AT QUAINT ACRES | nly 5 miles from District: drive through ilver Spring lurn»r ht at Shigo. ONC 119 3a St. B.W. | o 180 ’ PEACHES. % | Falls Church Orcl Take| J.ee Highway to Falls Church,| Is. fturn right at tratfic signal ]mhl,!’ 24 wmiles, Igno- |, As upon | | Hospital {in | O'Donnel, | the B | spector JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD BELIEVED NEAR DEATH | Author, Suffering Infection, May Not Live Another Day, Doctors Hold. | iy the Associated Press OWOSSO0, Mich., August 13.—Fight- a_ seemir suve the life of iuthor and conser : ns today admitted that there was little hope for Curwood's recovery. They xpressed the belief that the author ¥ not live another 24 hours. Cur- )d is suffer from an infection nd has been scriously ill for several days. in | infection | | w ite effort to fight the sapping the author's strength, one of his daughters, Mrs. A\ntonio P. Jirus of Detroit, gave her Llood in a_transfusion operation yes- terday. Curwood rallied for a time, only to lose strength later. Robert H. Durham and J. mond, specialists at the Henry in_Detr ew to vesterday after b called into_con- Sultation in the case by the author family. Following the consultation the physicians announced little hope was held for the author's recover DRDERS TRANSFER OF 25 POLICEMEN Maj. Hesse Switches: Police to New Precincts and New Jobs. desp 1 sloy Twenty-five policemen will be trans- | ferred to different precincts effective orders issued to- A superintendent. iven new assignments are Pyt John Foste from foot patrol in the sixth precinct to mount- ed patrol in the twelfth; Pvt. Theo- dore R. Beckwith, from foot patrol in twelfth to foot patrol in sixt Pvt. Anthony Richitt, foot' p: motor cycle duty in the fourt Ralph H. Knapp, from s Traffic Bureau for motor cycle dut; Pyt. Archie McCall, from motor cycle in fourth to motor cycle in fourteenth; Pvt. Kelsa L. Potts, from motor cycle fourteenth to motor vele in tenth; Pvt. Bruce C. 16, under Hess to | motor evele in tenth to motor eycle in Traffic Bureau; Pvt. Stanley L. de Vaugh om the eleventh precinct to duty in the repair shop; Pvt, James W. Anderson, from foot patrol in tenth to foot patrol in fourth. r Paul W. Proctor, from clerk tive Bureau to foot patrol in Pvt. William R. Enyeart, rom foot patrol in second to clerk in Detective Bureau; Pvt. Thomas 0 from signal system in fourteenth to foot patrol in tenth; Pvt. Edgar P. Alexander, from clerk in the fourteenth to signal system in same precinct; Pvt. James C. Pipkin, from foot patrol fourth to station clerk fourteenth; Pvt. Henry Osborne, from mounted to foot patrol in fourteenth; Pvt. Joseph A. Wheeler, from foot ol fourteenth to mounted same inct; Pvt., Louis E. Birkigt, from ation clerk in first to foot patrol same precinct; Pvt. Herman O. Pfalzgraff, from foot patrol first to station clerk same precinct. Private John O. Patton, from foot patrol in ninth to foot patrol second; Private Robert J. Maghan, from foot patrol ninth to foot patrol fourth; Pri- vate Francis W. Gordy, from foot pa- trol ninth to foot patrol third; Private Emmett G. Green, from foot patrol second to foot patrol ninth; Private Walter L. Dant, from foot patrol third to foot patrol ninth; Private Roy M. Kesselring, from foot patrol fourth to foot patrol ninth; Private A. D. Mullins, from motor cycle to foot pa- trol in thirteenth. “BOOTLEG PARADISE” PROBE T0 BE MADE Maryland Jails Ordered Investi- gated Following Conference With U. S. Officials. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., August 13.—The United States Department of Justice will investigate the management of all Maryland jails in which convicted bootleggers are quartered, Amos W. W. Woodcock, Federal district attor- ney, declared yesterday, following a conference in Washington with W. T. Hammock, acting superintendent of Federal prisons, Mr. Woodcock requested the investi- gation after disclosures that convicted bootleggers at the Denton, Md., jail were permitted to fish, play cards and lounge about in the shade ¢f trees. Such bootleggers’ paradises must go, the attorney said, and bootleggers must serve their sentences as other prisoners. Wardens and sheriffs found guilty of allowing Federal prisoners too much liberty, he said, are subject to_contempt of court charges, Sheriff William F. Jackson, at Den- ton, said the situation at his jail was known to a Federal prison inspector. The jail has no walls, he said, and, lo- cated on the nks of a river, the pri- soners could fish without leaving the premises, or play cards on the lawn. He said they were always under guard. WRITERS TOUR CANADA. 97 Newspaper Men of England Ar- rive at Quebec. , Quebec, August 13 (P).— .ven members of the News- Society of England arrived sterday for a tour of Canada, during which they will collect infor- mation on the possibilities offered for settlement and for the investment of British capital in the Dominion. The newspaper men, representing press of all parts of England, Scotland_and Wales, comprise the largest delegation of its kind ever to visit Canada. BODY REACHES U. S. Mrs. Pulitzer Funeral Rites to Be Held Tomorrow. 3W YORK. August 13 (#).—The ¢ of Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer, widow the founder of the present Ne York World and the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, who died July 29 at Deau- e, France, arrived yesterday on the ania, accompanied by Mr. t Pulitzer, her son and daughter-in-law Funeral services will be held here tomorri POLICEMAN TO WRITE. Berlin Inspector Quits Post to Be- come Scenario Author. LI August 13.—Polic In- rost Engelbrecht has tender- ed his resignation to the Berlin chief of police to become a scenario writer. Some tim ago Inspector Engel- brecht tracted considerable atten- tion with a number of serial novels In a radio periodical. One pof the fore- nost German film prodegcing compa- s ergaged him as x’_l; wrlght, o B i THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Human Skull and Bones Found in Search GOVERNOR ACCUSED OF SEEKING GRAFT Wisconsin State Senator Says Park Bill Was Vetoed After $50,000 Was Refused. By the Associated Press. MADISON August 13.—A gation ate Sen- ate vesterday, resulted last night in criticisms of Gov. Fred R. Zimmer- iman as well as protests over Kriev- nces which have accumulated ainst the governor because of cer- rin vetoes within the The investigation started v atternoon when the Legislature expected to adjourn sine die. Charg were preferred by Senator J voll of Glidden, after the bill calling for an appra of 300,000 for the purcha orthern Lakes Park as a State park had been ptoed by the governor. Charges Money Was Asked. ov. Zimmerman came up to me outside his office Thursday, slapped me on the back and told me he was zoing to sikn my bill” the Senator aid. “The governor then asked me: {fow about £50,000 for us Whether he was joking or not, T took the question seriously enough to tell him there was no slush fund con- nected with this proposition. I then told him I would repeat what he said on the floor of the Senate. €. C. Doring, the only witness of the affair, was summoned to appear before the Senate and testified that the “Governor was only Kidding.” Doring is a_close friend of Gov. Zim- merman. Senator Carroll asked Dor- ing if it was not true that Doring had come to see him on several different occasions for the purpose of finding out whether “it was possible to list the park lands so there might be com- mission for Admits “Leadin Questions.” ing replied that he might have ding questions to find out if there was any graft connected with the bill." his own initiative, that he had found no graft and that he had not made a report to the governor. ‘Certainly there was no graft,” said Senator Carroll, “that is why the bill was vetoed.” Senator Sauthroff suggested that Gov. Zimmerman be invited to state his position before the Senate. Senator Markham said he asked the governor it he would care to make a few re- marks, adding that Gov. Zimmerman refused to do so, contending he “did not care to appear before any Senate committee. ROCKVILLE. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 13 (Spe- cial).—Mrs. Frank Esworthy and Mrs, 3dwin West, both of the vicinity of Darnestown, were injured, the former seriously, When an automobile in which they were riding and which was being driven by Esworth collided with a truck belonging to a thews, a Poolesville district farmer, at Beallsville late Thursday afternoon. Both women were taken to the Fred- erick Hospital, but Mrs. West was al- lowed to return to her home. Mrs, Esworthy sustained painful injuries of the head and face. Mr. Esworthy and several other occupants of his car were not hurt. The truck was being operated by Raymond K. Knill, Poolesville. Policeman Roy Bodmer made an investigation, and stated to- day that an arrest would be made. Fines aggregating $650 were im- posed by Judge Samuel Riggs in the Police Court here on James Howison | and J. T. McGrath of Washington and | William Shuster of this county, the first two of whom were found guilty of having intoxicating liquor in their possession with the intention of selling it, and Shuster with making a sale. Howison and McGrath were fined $250 each, and Shuster $150, and they were also required to pay the costs. Marriage Licenses Issued. Licenses have been issued by the clerk of the Circuit Court here for the marriage of Raymond E. Carter, 29, and Miss Ellen G. Jackson, 22, hoth of Washington, and Clarence E. Curtis, 26, and Miss Mabel Oden, 25, both of Montgomery County. Temple T. Payne, a long-time resi- dent of Kensington, died on Thursday at his home there, aged 77 years. His death was due to arterio sclerosis, and followed a long illness. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie E. Payne. The funeral will take place this after- noon from the home, burial to be in Rockville Union Cemetery. Mr. Payne was a native of Virginia, but had been a resident of this county about 40 years. W. C. T. U. Officers Elected. At the annual meeting of the Mont- gomery County Woman's Christian Temperance Union, held in the Presby- terlan Church at Kensington and largely attended, officers were chosen as follows: President, Mrs. Alice B. Chapman of Kensington; vice presi- dent, Miss Rebecca T. Miller of Ash- ton: recording secretary, Mrs. Josiah J. Hutton of Brookeville; assistant re- cording secretary, Mrs. Benjamin P. Whalen of Bethesda; corresponding secretary, Mrs. George W. Ashworth of Washington Grove; treasurer, Mrs, C. W. Sherman. Mrs, Mary R. Haslup, State president, attended and spoke. Upon the advice of two physicians in each case, the county commission- ers have adjudged Martha Stroud and Howard Francis Houston, both of this county, to be of unsound mind, and have ordered that they be committed to Springfield Asylum, Sykesville, Md., for treatment at the joint expense of the State and county. The State conservation commis- sioner has appointed Maurice T. Cecil of Sandy Spring, H. Windsor Adams of Bethesda, Alfred G. Buhrman of Somerset and Peyton M. Mannar of Rockville deputy county game war- dens, and their commissions have been received by the clerk of the Circuit Court here. Miss Isabel Kern of Silver Spring has been added to the temporary cler- ical force in the office of the county commissioners here, and has been as- signed to work in connection with the general tax reassessment now in prog- ress in the county. BOMBING LAID TO CRANK. Baltimore Police Think Grudge Caused Mayor's Home Blast. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md., August 13.—The police yesterday held a _belief the bombing of the home of Mayor Wil- liam F. Broening last Saturday was done by a crank with a ‘“grudse against the municipality.” It was un- officially thought the bumb was placed by Sacco-Vanzett symps Guards were | ed around the home of R. Walter Graham, city controller, after he was said to have received a threat “his house was next on the list.” Al doors except the main en- trance of the city hall and courthouse were locked today, while guards kept watch outside of the buildings. i Boy Given Life Sentence. POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., August 13 (P).—-Earl Jackson, 15, convicted slay- er of his stepmother, Mrs. Mary Jack- son, yesterday was sentenced to life in prison. He is the youngest person sen- {war; it ma FOI‘ Treasure mn By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., August 13.—From the waters of the pictuf- esque Ponce de Teon Springs, “the fountain of youth” near Deland, have been brought a human skull and bones. Hugo Estell, deep-sea diver retained by.promoters of a scarch of the spring for a fabled treasure, returned to Jacksonville yesterday with tale of n hones, gushing waters, jazged bright and vari-colored stones and the entrance to a huge cave be- lieved to be the resting place for the “treasure chest.” The chest he failed to find was said to hold the treasure of early settlers who sank the b in the spring during an Indian massacre. Althourh he wore a 300-pound suit, tell said he had great trouble in “Fountain of Youth” entering the large cave, from which ater gushed with great veloeity. The entrance was some the surface, he estimated. He erawled within the cavern a dis- tance of some 70 feet and then re- turned to the surface for a longer rope. G to penetrate the cave discovered the skull tered bones lodged piece of lime rock Thirty years azo, story told by persons venture, the chest was limestone embankment below the surface. Workmen had succeeded in raising the box to the top when the rope hroke, and the chest dropped out of sight into the deep recesses of the cavern, out of which it is estimated 80,000 gallons of water gush each minute. n further d a few behind a large according to the financing the roped some feet CITIZEN SOLDIERS SUBSCRIBE TO OATH Fort Washington Camp Ad- dressed by Commissioner Taliaferro and Gen. Parker. ive hundred and seventy-six youths from Pennsylvania, Ma d, Virginia and the District of Columbia took the oath of allegiance to their country at the opening of the second cltizens mili- training camp at Fort Washing- vesterday. The ung men r Sydney F. Talia- heard Commi 3 Frank Parker, ferro and Br as live up to the standards of the t ing camp and of the American soldier. Gen. Parker reviewed the regular troops stationed at the fort, while the citizen soldiers looked on. Then the new soldiers formed in front of the stand and Maj. O. H. Saunders, com- manding officer at the fort, admin- istered the oath, Gen. Parker's Advice. Parker urged the youths to learn first to be men and then soldiers and declared that the object of the training camps is to teach them to do something intelligently. It was their training as men that made the Amer can soldiers so successful in the war, he said. We are a nation of That's why the American soldiers a the greatest soldiers on earth,” said. The Arm Gen. me players. e he he s: doesn’t n peace. tions make war and then call on the armies to make peace,” he insisted. “‘Remember when you hear the Army uniform poken of as a symbol of the warlike spirit. Oath Likened to Contract. Mr. Taliaferro compared the oath which the young men took to a con- act. “You have promised to give vyour time and energy for one month,” he said, “in return for food and cloth- ing and a libe training in how to be a man and a citizen. In my mind that is an equitable contract. You are new partners in the business of Uncle Sam.” He told the citizen soldiers that their training would make them bet- ter, physically, mentally and spi uall, and invited them to call on him when they are in Washington on a sightseeins trip. Army Band Supplies Music. Music was furnished by the United States Army Band, under the direc- tion of Warrant Officer D'Arcy. The invocation was pronounced by Chap- lain George Rixey. Walter Johnson visited today and watched the work of the men in training. The Washington club has given 18 balls autographed by every member of the team for a prize to go to the winning ball team at the camp. CHARGE FOR TAPPING WATER MAINS FIXED Arlington Supervisors Agree to $40 Per Householder, as Recom- mended by Engineer. id, the camp Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va, August 13.— Acting on the recommendation of Asa E. Phillips, engineer in charge of in- stallation of the county’s water supply, the board of supervisors at a meeting at the courthouse Thursday night adopted a uniform charge of $40 to the householder for “the tapping of the main, the laying of the service pipe to the meter box, located as near as possible to the property line; the installation of the meter and all other work incident thereto.” Under this agreement the county assumes re- sponsibility for repaving where exca- vations are made, and will stand the cost of all inspections. No house con- nection between the main and the property line will be permitted to be laid by private parties, unless special authority is given, and “no tapping of the water main will be permitted under any circumstances.” The work will be done by the Water Board. Bids for 60,000 feet of pipe ranging in size from 4 to 8 inches, to be used in installation of the lateral lines, opened by the board yesterday, were received, all necessary fittings in- cluded. Announcement was made that the contract for the materials will not be let until the board meets Friday eve- ning. Work of laying the mains in the northern part of the county is being completed, according to Engineer Phil- lips, who stated that approximately 10 miles of pipe has been put under ground. Today the trench-digging ma- chines are passing through Clarendon on their way to the lower part of the county. They will follow a course down Washington avenue, reaching Aurora Hills via Spruce street, Colum- bia Pike and Mount Vernon avenue. AIR EXPRESS SERVICE WILL START SEPT. 1 Transcontinental System to Halve Time Now Needed for Fast Delivery. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, August 13.—Transconti- nental express service by air will be started September 1, R. E. M. Cowie of New York, president of the Amer- ican Railway Express Co., said yester- day in announcing the signing of a contract for the service between the express company and four air trans- portation companies having air mail contracts, The new service will cut the time of delivery of express traffic between the Atlantic Coast and the Pacific Coast from four days to two and be- tween New York and Chicago from two days to one. Most of the planes operating the express service will have a crulsing speed of 100 miles an hour and have tenced to prison in the history of this county. His father, Marion Jackson, was convicted of instigating the mur- a carrying load of 1,800 pounds, Queen Ellube& was Sohf 56 L3 PRl P ¥ o particularly | AMNESIA VICTIM HOTNAVAL OFFICER Hospital Patient Was Believ- | ed to Be Lieut. Comdr. Car- i ter, Who Disappeared. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, Augu tive of the Bureau of N announced today that an amnesia_vic- m held at the Brooklyn Naval Hos ital was positively not Lieut. Comdr, Fidelio S. Carter, T4-year-old retired 1 ofticer, who has been missing since February 7. The patient had pre been tentatively identified as Ca Detective Gisselbrecht said that it was now certain the man in the hos- pital was not Carter from persons who ad gone to the hospital to question him. —A detec- t 1 issing Persons His Replies Accurate. Tnable to tell a coherent story, the patient replied to suggestions about Comdr. Carter's career with accuracy that convinced friends of the com- mander that the man was the missing naval officer. He recalled debates with Arm| and Navy Club cronies, the names of relatives and former col- leagues at sea. The patient was discovered in the psychopathic ward at Bellevue Hospi tal, where he was taken last Monday night when wandering aimlessly about Grand Central ‘erminal, unable to give his name or tell definitely where he came from. He recognized the Union Club door- man as he ted Bellevue Hospital, “Hello, John,” the man a ing toward Fahey and extending his hand. Says He Lost Memory. All the patient could recall of the last six months was that he had been at Grand Central Terminal. “The next thing I knew I woke up here,” he said. Comdr. Carter shortly before his disappearance had attended a travel lecture and searchers helieved it pos- sible that he might have undertaken a similar venture himself. Naval records gave his home address as Mouad City, Il ALEXANDRIA, ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 13 (Speciall.—Contractors at work on the four-million-doliar temple of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association, will start pour- ing cement for the slab which will form the roof for the central portion | of the temple, on August The | slab, which will require approximately ) hours to pour, will be the greatest single slab of roofing concrete in the world. It will be 110 feet long and 74 feet 8 inches wide, supported by four beams 72 feet long by 14 feet 6 inches deep, varying in thickness from 1 to 5 feet, each girder containing 7% tons of steel reinforcing rods. The total weight of the girders is 98 tons. Eight columns of granite, 40 feet high, break the span of beams. The concrete piers at each corner are 9 feet square and the spandral beams that rest on the piers are 6 feet 4 inches at the bottom, 9 feet at the top and are 24 feet deep. Funeral services for Mrs. Emma Louise Plerson, 79 years old, who ex- pired at her home near Alexandria Thursday night. will be held at 3 p.m. today. at ‘Wheatley's mortuary chapel. The services will be conduct- ed by the Rev. Ernest M. Delaney of the Second Presbyterian Church and interment will be in the Presby- terian Cemetery. The deceased.is sur- vived by a brother and a sister. Last rites for Richard H. Roberts, 74 years old, who died at the home of his father-inlaw, J. W. Cameron, on King Street road, Thursday night, will be held this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Cameron home and will be con- ducted by Rev. W. J. Hardesty, pastor of the Del Ray Methodist Kpiscopal Church. Interment will be in Union Cemeter’ The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruth M. Roberts; a sister, Mrs. Emma C. Duty of Temple Park, and a brother, Joseph Roberts of Alexandria. The new swimming pool of the Belle Haven Country Club was opened for the first time this morning at 6 o'clock. The pool will open daily at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. until cold weather pre- vail Capt. and Mrs. C. E. Duerr, com- mandants of the local branch of the Salvation Army for the past two years, have been notified that they will be transferred elsewhere when their cur- rent term expires in September. Count Volpi Calls on Mellon. VENICE, Italy, August 13 (@) feet below | on a| SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 23 » ASK UNIFORM CODE FORLEAVE AWARDS Government Clerks Declare Regulations at Present En- forced in Jumbled State. A uniform code of annual and s we regulations to apply to all Gov: ernment employes to supersede supplant the present jumbled dividual regulations is being ¢ ered for use in the Government service here Coming out of the activities of Chief Clerks’ Association, an or tion designed to promote uniformity of rules in the departments, the pro- posed uniform leave regulations will need the authority of members of the cabinet or some high official, perhaps the Director of the Budget, to make them apply uniformly to all depart- and nd in nsid the s id_ahout sirability of a job with Un with its inducement of 30 days sick ,if needed, each year. Yet these leaves are hedged about by so many regulations, differing in each department, 60-day allowance is seldom’ realized, and in many departments few of the employes get more than two weeks of annual leave. Few Get Time Allotted. Only in a minority of cases do the employes of the Government in Wash. ington take their full 30 days’ annual leave. They are needed to & wheels of Government, to worl special job or to carry through some big projec: which cannot be delayed even though the head of the depar in the case of Secrel of the Labor Department, b a lengthy vacation to be the best thing for the employes. s ago a_committee was ap- pointed by the Chief Clerks’ A tion to look into the matter of drafting a uniform code for all departments to govern sick and annual leave. So complex and manifold were the prob- lems to be surmounted, in view of the regulations laid down by the heads of the several departments, that the com- mittee could not and did not bring in a report that would fit all cases. Nothing was done with it, and the ter has drifted along until the present, when agitation for a uniform set of leave regulations is again be- coming manifest. Chief clerks of the departments point out that the Gov- ernment service been able to agree on a_uniform set of travel regulations, a subject fully as complex as that of leave regulations, vet never has there been agreement hetween the depart- ments as to uniform annual and sick leave rules Sick Leave Rules Not Uniform. or is there uniformity on the point that an application for sick leave must be sworn to before a notary or an officer authorized to administer oaths. In some departments the em- ploye is required to swear as to h bility to work, while in others hi ord is sufficient. And, on the other hand, by failure to adhere to this rule there has been abuse of the one-day sick leave privilege. Employes who have used all their annual leave or who do not care to take more annual leave may telephone in to the chief clerk of the bureau that they will not be at work that day. In some depart- ments sick leave is cumulative, and in this sense puts the employe more or less on his honor. For a slight indis the de- position one may take a day off m:fl‘ is| 1 i cumulative sick leave when badly needed, as in the c: longed illness. This is the rule at the Treasury Department. The whole matter may be brought to the attention of the Cabinet and turned over to the budget director for the drafting of a set of regulatio this Winter. Just now, at the height of the vacation season, with many hundreds of employes on annual leave, it is being agitated. FIGHT ENDS GAME. A croquet game at the Burrville School was terminated abruptly late it se of pro- yesterday afternoon when the particl- | ants, Sylvester Green and John Ca naugh, both colored, years old and residing at 5521 street northeast, and latter years old and residing at Fiftieth street and Cloud place northeast, are report- ed to have become engaged in an al- tercation. been used by Cavanaugh inflicted a wound on Green’s forehead. treated at Emergency Hospital = S THE ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd. Several very attractive apartments ranging in size from one room to four rooms, kitchen and bath. Service unexcelled and prices reasonable. ARGONNE 16th & Columbia Rd. Count Volpi, Italian finance minister, vesterday visited Andrew W. Mellon on the yacht Venezia, aboard which the American Secretary of the Treas- ury is taking a vacation cruise. We Want Houses and Apartments to Rent List your vacant proper- ties with us; we advertise and remit rents same day collected. Stone & Fairfax 804 17th St. N.W. OVER FORTY YEARS OF REAL SERVICE The largest organization of its kind in the world, marketing several attra tive and exclusive West Coast food confection and beverage items quires an_able and responsible ‘man charge sales this territory. Only competent men over 35 years of age looking for a permanent and profitable sales-connection, willing to work for results need apply. ~ Ph Franklin 5900. foom 477, for Appolntment. - S —is an exclusive water-front de- velopment with 60- foot roadways and an abundance of forest trees. Why Not Drive Down—Today Take new Defense Highway (the new road to Annapolis) at Bladensburg, follow South- aven "’f’" to entrance road, just 22Y; miles from Memo- rial Cross at Bladensburg. Hedges & Middleton the former 17| A mallet alleged to have | He was | TUBERCULAR PATIENTS | WILL TRY NEW.REMEDY First Experiments on Human Be- TAXI DRIVERS HIT ASDISORGANIZERS Employers Discharge 18 ings with the supposed tuberculos - ing to Form Union. lon tubercular patients at a sanita ings to Be Made at Sani- tarium. By the Associated Press SATTLE., August 13 official experiments upon The human |here under the auspices of the ci { flealth Department, 1. T. Hanle { municipal health commissioner, an unced yesterday. | Bttorts of & sroupiof tax combination of drugs which i 2 i ae [could not possibly cause any harmful | {0 form a union among employes of | effect on the human syst the | the Black & White and Yellow Cab | health commissioner said. 1t | Companies has resulted in the dis- reason we feel justified in administer. | oot TS B L0 L the good of ing it to those patients who wish it | In Porttand three tubercular cows |the service,” it was stated today | William J. president of which had been treated with the sup | posed remedy for five months were :ombined companies. “There are always a few troubi slaughtered early this week and makers in every organization,” Brown ed by ederal inspector as L free from signs of the disease. explained. “We decided to get rid of the few in ours. That is all.” BALTIMORE OFFICIAL | v v ors “moa o - GETS BOMB THREAT | _rvn i sheve v an war” between his organization dependent drivers., He said having no labor troubles now and that his firm has as many c: on the street as ever. AlL present employes tisfled with the treatment b drivers Zrown the | re ing taxi nd in he was City Hall and Courthouse Doors Locked After Warning to Con- troller Graham. * among our drivers,” Brown said, nd we weeded them out for the good All| of the other men and of the public doors of the City Hall and Court- | Reports ot \\’}\)nle ale ldmnn.«mxs . N eXcEntIONE) sRarach bysasilde] anfoundes he whole matt h”"“'l Gt 1ed by OliCe. | oon greatly exaggerated. We have S acked taday follawing # teported { about a thousand men in our emy it to R. Walter Graham, city land it should not occasion any g controller, that “his house was next | surprise if a few disloyal men on the list.” The official refused to | into the organization now and then. discuss the threat. Aim of Proponents Cited. The police were inclined to believe % the allezed threat was made by those | Proponents of the union were responsible for the bombing of M ing abolishment of the 5 per William F. Broening’s house bonus system in use by Brown's con Saturday. Guards were placed around | ¢ern, it is sal Under this plan each the Graham home and the police | driver receives 5 per cent bonus if he cuard in the financial section was | reports for work regularly and has no strengthened accidents. The union advocates claim Although Charles D. Gaither, po- | ed that the bonus really amounted to lice commissioner, has decided that|a fine for men having the slightest the blast at the mayor's home was | Sort of accidents or who were com- caused by a bomb, he has not| pelled by circumstances to remain attributed it to the sympathizers of | away from work. They wanted a Sacco and Vanzetti. guarantee of $1 a day, 35 per cent commission and 5 per cent bonus, it is stated, the Associated BALTIMORE, August 13 Press. Dogs Have Beauty Parlor. Paris now has a beauty parlor for dogs ar the pets of the wealthy have and grunted their approval of , as they receive massages, trims or curlings or and baths to keep their fur in roper condition. Sickly canines |are given ultra violet ray treatments. The ¢ .5 are taken to the place in th2 morning and returned to the owners all “barbered” by evening. The shop is doing a rushing busin Phillips Terrace Apartments 1601 Argonne Place Just North of Columba Road at 16th St. Overlooking Beautiful Rock Creek Park We have left a few of these conveniently arranged apart- ments, ranging in size as follows: One room, kitchen and bath, with Murphy bed, $47.50 and $50. One room, kitchen, dining alcove and bath, Murphy bed, $52.50 $55.00, $57.50, $60.00, $62.50. Two rooms, reception hall, kitchen, dining alcove and bath, Murphy bed, $67.50, $72.50, $80.00. Four rooms and bath, Murphy bed and porch, overlooking Rock Creek Park and 16th Street, $95, $105, $117.50. Five rooms, reception hall and bath, $100.00. Five rooms, reception hall and bath, with large porch, $150.00. Convenient to All Car and Bus Lines Inspect Them Today Before Deciding. 24-Hour Telephone and Elevator Service Resident Manager and Rent Agents on Premi: WILLIAM S. PHILLIPS & CO., Inc. 1516 K St. N.W. Main 4600 Goes for Gas, Is Missing. ROCHESTER, N. Y., August 12 (®) —Henry Brandow, a bridegroom of wo. weeks, left his bride in an automo- bile which had run out of gasoline on a street here. He said he was going to walk to the nearest filling station. Two hours later police found the voung woman alone in the car, sob- bing. Brandow had not at last reports returned. 22 K Y, 7 %, % 7 2 % W 7777777, % 2 77 Adams 8710 DON'T MOVE Or Renew Your Lease When You Can Buy One of These Homes —rfor the Rent You Are Now Paying— | $100 CASH Monthly Payments 5829 Colorado Ave. N.W. Drive out 16th St. to Colorado Ave. or take 14th St. car to terminus and walk 1 square north, or phone us for auto to inspect. Do it now. 1216 Hemlock St. N.W. Drive Out 16th St. Past Walter Reed Hospital and Turn to 15th & Lawrence Sts. N.E. Ride Out R. I. Ave. to 15th St. and Turn North to Lawrence St. 1621 Monroe St. N.E. Drive Out R. I. Ave. to 17th and Go North to Monroe 1018 3rd St. N.E. Drive Out K St. to 3d St. N.E. and Walk North a Few Steps 3rd & T Sts. N.E. Drive Out R. I. Ave. to T St. and Go East to 4th St. 1600 A St. N.E. Drive Out East Capitol St. to 16th and Turn North 1 Square 1362 K St. S.E. Drive Out Pa. Ave. S.E. to 13th St. and Turn Half Square East. 6 Rooms and Bath—Hot-water Heat Electric Lights—Big Porches Built-in Garages SEE THEM TONIGHT Open Until 9 O’Clock P.M. © H.R.HOWENSTEIN INCORPORATED Realtors Inc, 131 H STREET NORTHWEST