Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1927, Page 2

MACREADY MAY GET ALTITUDE RECORD World Plane Mark Would Re- vert to U. S. if Callizo Charges Are Upheld. MAN AND WIFE REPULSE ATTACK ON THEIR HOME Assailants Withdraw After Lively Exchange of Shots in | Pitched Battle. By _the Assoclated Press. AMORY, Miss., September 5.—A pitched battle, in which Leonard Montgomery and his wife repulsed with rifle fire a party of unidentified armed men, was fought yesterday at the well of the Armory Petroleum Co., where Montgomery is employed. The motive for the attack has not been ascériained. Should Jean Callizo, famous French | airman, be deprived of all his world | altitude records as a result of charges | that his recent fligkt, on which he | claimed an even higher altitude, had | been “f: by tampering with the | barograph, foriner Lieut. John A.| cready of the Army Air Corps, vet- | n American altitude pilot, will sue- | ceed to the laurels | Macready, who resigned from the | Air Corps about a year ago, is cred- | fted with the American record of | 38,704 feet, made Janu 4 1926, at | MecCook Field, Dayton, Ohio, in specially b airplane. That mark represer last attempt of the | to recover the which had been allizo and which her by the , With a 29, taken from him by hoosted o ch flyer Au of 40,820 feet. Lieut, (" Champion, U. d’s seaplane feet, made he ful in_ his at- v 4, wa world record It to create a new for land planes on July to the findin Ithough the pilot declar a sensational landing that meter In the cockpit read 47,000 feet One of the two barographs he carried : fire, as a result of | - blowing to pieces and the | e four times in the descent. The other was calibrated by the bureau to a height | 550 feet, or 145 feet below the Macr record. It is understood here by Army and Navy airmen that the entire matter ill be aired by the Federation Aero- nautoque Internationale, world gov- erning body for aircraft performances. This organization, of which the United States is a member through the Na- tional Aeronautic Association, exer- cises meticulous care in passing upon applications for new world records and more than once has thrown out per- formances for the slightest violation of trivial regulations. “FAKING” FLIGHT CHARGED. ship c spectacu Previous Records Also May Be Taken From Callizo. PARTS, September 5 (#).—Jean Cal- lizo, French aviator, who specializes in eltitude flying, and who holds the pres- ent world record, was given an oppor- tunity today to reply to the charges that he falsified the barograph reading on his latest attempt, that of a week ago, when he claimed to have ascend- ed 13,000 meters, or 42,651 feet. Louis Hirshauer, secretary of the French Aero Club Commission, be- fore which the flyer appears, issued a statement last night saying Callizo had admitted “reprehensible acts,” but the latter refused to deny or admit the charges, contenting himself with say- ing that he was ready to meet any other aviator in the world in an al tude contest. The whole case seems to hinge on the barograph readings. Some of the newspapers charge that the curve of the alleged flight had already been plotted on the barograph sheet with invisible ink before the aviator left the ground and that once in the air he made it visible by shooting steam upon it. They further allege that a Bleriot engineer, suspicious of Callizo’s pre- vious flight, ly- accepted as ‘a world record 0f-12,822 meters, had se- cretly inserted another barograph in the wing of the plane and that the curve made by e needle of this in- strument showed s that the aviator reached a heightsof only 4,500 meters. It is recalled” that, after landing, Callizo apparently’ went into a faint and that upon recovering he explained that his lungs had been affected by the rarity of the atmosphere, In an interview describing the flight he was quoted as saying: My climb was rather common- place at first, reaching 5,000 meters in 16 minutes, then 10,000 meters after 41 minutes. “The sensdtion of despondency and isolation . is terrible. The eye sees nothing: the ear is paralyzed. That is the altitude record. 4 Never again! I don’t want to fall the earth.” 4 The possibility is presented of <Cal- 0's official record being taken from m, if the charges against him in the Present case are sustained, fiACKS BEAT NATS % IN 9TH INNING OF MORNING GAME, 2-1 (Continued from First Page) Bluege. French popped to Stewart. €obb fanned. No runs. FIFTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Rice was out, Bishop to Dykes. Stewart fanned. Speaker out, Ehmke to Dykes. No ™Mns. PHILADELPHIA—Cochrane lined to Goslin. Dykes lined to Goslin, Wheat flied to Speaker. No runs. SIXTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Bishop threw out Goslin, Bishop made a good stop and threw out Judge. Tate singled to left. Bishop threw out Bluege. No runs. PHILADELPHIA — Boley doubled egainst the left-field stands, the first hit of the game off Zachary. Ehmke | popped a_bunt to Tate. B walked. Hale fouled to Judge. French fouled to Tate. No runs. SEVENTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Bishop threw out Reeves. Zachary took a third strike. Rice flied to Wheat. No runs, PHILADELPHIA — Bluege threw out Cobb. Cochrane singled to center. Dykes flied to Speaker. Whea gled to center, sending Cochr: third. Wheat took second on Goslin's | throw-in. Boley flied to Goslin., No runs. 3 EIGHTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Stewart French. Speaker ed to Cochrane. Judge. No runs. PHILADELPHIA—Foxx batted for | Ehmke and flied to Reeves in short | left. Bishop singled to center. Hale doubled to left, scoring Bishop. Jacob- son batted for French and iined to Bluege, who threw to Stewart, dou- bling Hale. One run. NINTH INNING. WASHINGTON—Gray now pitch- 4ng; Jacobson playing right fleld. Yate walked. Bluege fouled to Coch- rane. So did Reeves., Zachary popped to Boley. No runs. PHILADELPHIA — Cobb walked. Cochrane bunted, moving Cobb to second. Bluege tried for a play at second with a throw to Reeves, and the latter threw wildly past Judge, Jetting Cobb reach third. Dykes was purposely passed, filling the bases. Wheat singled to right, scoring Cobb with the winning run. flied to| lked. Goslin foul- Ehmke threw out LABOR AS Montgomery said that several days ago he fired on a man loitering near the well when the stranger refused 1o obey his command to leave. Ye: terday a hail of bullets was sent with- out warning into the walls of his home, Montgomery declared. One of the leaden missiles pierced his hat and another bullet lodged within two feet of his child, who was playing in the house. The attacking party fled when the oil man and his wife returned their fire, POWER for Candidates Who Favor Cause. By the Associated Press. In a Labor day message to Ameri- can workmen, President Green of the American Federation of Labor yester- day congratulated them on accom- plishments of the last year, and urged that in coming political campaigns their votes be cast for candidates who favor the labor cause. Similar statements were forthcom- ing from Matthew Woll, vice presi- dent of the organization, and Frank Morrison, its secretary. Woll warned against “revolutionary phrases” and “violent demonstrations,” and asked that Ameridan labor study national forms of Government, with their divi- sion and delegation of political power, in order that its vote may be wisely cast. Morrison called for “intelligence and organization” as ‘“‘the only ef- foctive weapons” By which labor may achieve its ends. Urges Campaign Be Continued. Viewing the labor movement as “gradually increasing in membership and in strength of purpose,” President Green urged continuation of the cam- paign of organization. He deplored certain decisions of the courts in labor cases during the past year, mentioning in particular the Supreme Court’s disposal of the stone cutters’ case, the decisions against the milk- men of Boston and the street car men of_Indianapolis. Mr. Green sald he observed a “most amazing” change in the atti- tude of “employers as well as of financial and commercial interests” toward recognition of labor’s conten- tion “that high wages make for prosperity.” Opposes Wage Reductions. “Here and there, however,” he added, “can_be heard demands that the wages of all workers shall be re- duced. _Only those who fail to com- prehend the true basis of our Nation's prosperity ean favbr or urge such a proposal. - It is the duty of the.organ- ized wage earners of America to op- pose with utmost vigor any attempts to impose.sdo@eneral reduction in wages.” > OYSTER SHELLS USED TO BEAUTIFUY BAY SHORE ‘ FEVESC XIS Opening of Season in South Texas Waters Welcomed at " Corpus Christi. By the Associated Press, CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.,, Septem- ber 5.—September, the first “r” month and the beginning of ithe oyster har- vesting season, finds hundreds of oyster fleets in the bays of south Texas, and with the opening of the seasqn the city of Corpus Christi will continue a beautification pro- gram made possible by the use of oyster shells, Some years ago a gulf storm struck this region. A 3-mile causeway was swept into Nueces Bay, where some of the natural oyster beds are located. A mnew causeway was built, but the wreckage of the old one lay along- side the approach to the city and constituted an evesore. “The ‘oyster fleet, instead of drop- ping the shells back in the bay, be- gan “husking” the oysters near the old wreckage, throwing the shells where the wreckage protruded from the water, ‘ Thus miniature islands ‘k:l oyster shell were built across the ay. . Civie hodies eventually will sod the islands and plant shrubbery on them. o WASHI AB. Rice, rf.. Stewart, 2b. Speaker, cf, Goslin, If, Judge, 1b. TRte, €....s Bluege, 3b. Reeves, ss... Zachary, p. Totals......... > ® Bishop, 2b. Hale, 3b. French, rf.... Jacobson, rf.. Cobb, cf . Cochrane, c. Dykes, 1b. Wheat, If. Boley, ss.. Ehmke, p. Gray, p Foxx Totals.... Foxx batted for Ehmke in the el l-onu»auwnupu Two-bage hits—Goslin, Boley. Hala. — ‘Wasps, which may be used to fight the Japanese beetle pest, have been imported from Koresy ~ b e ry. e Wasktingion: 01 Philadel. o ochrane acrifice—Zacl &}'{"- ‘Dhta, 6, [ 3 ajes Gn balls—Oft Zachary, B3 of Ehmks, INPOLITICS URGED Green and Woll Ask Support( ! FIREMEN'S PARADE FEATURED BY OLD-TIME ENGINE COMPANY ARRYRYY ONON MAY RENAN HER Convention to Consider Hav- ing Permanent Headquar- ters in Washington. Revision of its constitution to make | Washington the national headquarters i was the most important subject before the Army and Navy Union of the United States, as it opened its thirty- ninth annual encampment in the auditorium of the Interior Department Building here today. Veterans of three wars and of peace times were in at- tendance at the meeting. The proposed change in the consti tution would make Washington the permanent headquarters in place of the present system under which the city in which the national commander lives is headquarters, Washington has had_the honor during the incumbancy of Comdr. C. O. Howard, whose term expires during the present encamp- ment. Unless a local man again is elected the headquartess will be moved. Lively Fight Expected. A lively fight is expected to develop over the proposed change. The plan probably will be reported favorably out of the committe which has charge of constitutional revision. Two of the three members of the committee are Washingtoniarn n Wood and Maj. Charles ‘W eman. Several other revisions are likely to he recommended by the committee. Comdr. Howard today expressed him- in favor of changing the em of voting by proxy, ared, has resulted in cutting down the attendance at the conventions and investing a great deal of voting power in single dele- gates. The meeting -this morning was given over to routine business, re- ports of officers and committees and appointment of new committees. A committee of 12 was appointed to make nominations for all the officer Comdr. Howard was scheduled to de- liver his address of welcome today. Public Session Tomorrow. Tomorrow morning’s session will be opan to the public. A welcome to the delegates will be given by Secretary Work of the Interiorfor President Coolidge, by Louis E. N n Secretary Hoover, by Tigert of Education, T. Axton, A Wagner of ciation, The woman's auxiliary of the union sent a_delegation to the meeting to- day. The auxiliary is holding its an- nual convention at the Hotel Wasi ington. Mrs. Cora B. White of Pitus burgh is lady commander. CHRISTIANITY UNITY SEEN APPROACHING World Conference on Faith and Or- der Is Held Aid to De- nominational Oneness. | | Chaplain and M the War Mothers’ Asso- By the Assaciated Pross. CHICAGO, September 5.—The re- cent world conference on faith and order in Lausanne proved the rapid approach of denominational uniiy in Christianity, according to Dr. George Craig Stewart, rector of' St. Luke Episcopal Church, Evanston, a dele- psate. ] “The ‘outsanding note of ‘the con- ference was that of Christfan char- ity,” said Dr. Stewart. ‘Ubhsiderat ness, forbearance, kindness, love were manifest in every session.! If any little Peterkin “pipes up and asks what good came from it, the answer is clear: A great access in the will to, visible unity of the body ef Christ, the church. In_ addition, ‘there has come o all an increased respect for each other's points of view.' “On the whole, so far asjthe faith of the church is concernedy there is one noble, solemn and unanfmous ac- ceptance of Jesus Christ as incarnate God and Savior of the world.” BRITONS FIGHT PIRATES. Another Punitive Expedition Car- ried Out Against Chinese Outlaws. HONGKONG, September § (#).—An- other British punitive experition has been carried out against Chinese pi- rates, this time in reply to the seizure and Jooting of the Chinese steamer Koochow, flying the British flag, last Thursday in the West River. The warships Cicala, Moth and Moorhen were sent to Taipinghu, where the Koochow was taken to be looted, and to Shekki. The inhabitants of both places were warned to leave. Sailors burned the houses on the wa- ter front of Taipinghu, while gunboats dropped 18 shells into the village of Shekkl. So far as is known, there ware ne Chinese casualties, BOX SCORE—FIRST GAME NGTON R. cececenm ee CHNEOMMCSOR cCooO=OOoCOC ql:muwsocao? - als ~[¢- *None out when winnnig run was scored. PHILADELPHIA - |c=o=cco~ooc~? IOOCMNQMOOQHM ccocooemooceh 27 £l qlc¢l:3°9°°°°€:fl? e ghth inning. SCORE BY INNINGS L] o [\] SUMMARY Struck out—By Zachary, 1) by Ehmke, 3 Hits—Off Ehmke, 5 in 8 Innings; off Gray, none in 1 inning.. Wini iteher—G: Tiomias olghir=opy, o, | Tume of same—1 hour ¥, Mildebrand and minutes. Apparatus’ of Past ie pages of time were turned back nearly a century today when the doors of the old Union Engine House, at Nineteenth and H streets northwest, | swung open and the venerable hand- drawn apparatus of the Columbia En- gine Company rumbled out across the | threshhold to pass in review along | Pennsylvania avenue in the annual firemen’s parade, Thousands of this generation who thronged the sidewalks could remem- her fondly and clearly the prancing fire horse of their childhood days as he galloped by once more, but to them the sight of the old Columbia engine was like a vision of an era they had only read about. Comparatively few who “watched the parade today could claim memories of the Civil War days when the Columbia was in service. Apparatus “Spick and Span.” Despite their great age, the hose wagon and hand-pump engine were spick and span today. The brass trim- mings, so plentiful on the apparatus of that period, glistened from a recent polishing, and the wooden framework of each piece of apparatus appeared 10 be as stanch as though it had come from a factory but a few years ago. A dozen members of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Columbia, in whose custody the ap- paratus has been kept for many years, volunteered to draw the Columbia in the parade. Not only did they accept the proud task of pulling the pioneer equipment through the streets, but these members of the Oldest Inhabi- tants added a touch of realism to the scene by donning the red shirts, the curious-shaped helmets and the trum- Ccntury Drawn : Through Streets Today by Group of Oldest Inhabitants. pets that marked the firemen of by- gone days. The old Columbia apparatus was made in Baltimore in 1810, and was used to help safeguard the National Capital from fire from 1811 to the days of the Civil War. In those early s it was stationed on Capitol Hill, and made many a run through the streets of that section when the cry of fire rang out in day or night. Although the presence of the Co- lumbia engine in the line of march served to emphasize the prowess of the modern motor engine, it is doubt- ful it any feature of the parade proved more interesting to the onlookers than this relic of the early days of fire-fighting. James F. Duhamel of the Assocla- tion of Oldest Inhabitans of the Dis- trict of Columbia was in charge of ar- rangements for the turning out of the apparatus. Volunteer “Firemen” Listed. Members of the Association of Old- est Inhabitants who volunteered to draw the Columbia apparatus in the parade were Walter Ellwood Allen, J. Eliot Wright, Brig. Gen. Charles Ou- rand, a retired officer of the District National Guard; James H. Houston, Washington Topham, John Claggett Proctor, Christian Hansen, F. W, Dowling, Edward Kern, Alfred Ga ler, Max Kohner, Richard Gudgin, Samuel Altman and C. V. Samuels. Probably the oldest piece of fire equipment in the parade was a leather fire bucket that belonged to Philip Barton Key, father of Francls Scott Key, and which was used in George- town in 1727. It was carried in the parade today by Mr. Proctor. Fireman Loses $90 In Fighting Blaze; Holiday Now Sad All dressed up in his best uniform in anticipation of the firefighters’ parade this afternoon, Fireman W. 1. Smithson of No. 25 Engine Com- pany reported for duty this morn- ing with a light heart and $90 in his trousers pocket. An alarm came in and he went to a small fire at 122 Langston place, without having time to change into his older uniform. While fighting the fire, which was occasioned by a defective flue and caused a few dol- Jars' damage, he lost his $90. LABOR HEAD URGES INDUSTRIAL PEAGE Hicks Invites Employers and Workers to Conference to Solve Problems. By the Assoclated Pre EDINBURGH, Scotland, September -Opening the annual Trade Union Congress here today, President George Hicks, leader of the Building Trade Workers, made what his hearers in- terpreted as a significant move. in in- viting emplovers and workers to get together with a view to assisting industry in solving its problems along peaceful lines, “A much fuller use can he made of machinery for joint consultation and negotiation between employers and employed,” said Mr. Hicks. “Prac- tically nothing as yet has been done to h effective machinery for in- try as a whole. There are many problems upon which joint discussion would prove valuable ‘at the present time. Practical Views Exchange. “Such a direct exchange of practical views would be of far greater signifi- cance than the suggestion which has been made in certain quarters for a spectacular national congress, under government or other auspices, to di cuss a vague aspiration toward ‘in- dustrial peace.’ A discussion on these lines would bring hoth sides face to face with the hard realities of the present economic situation and might vield useful results in showing how far and upon what terms co-operation is possible in a_common endeavor to im- prove the efficiency and to raise the workers’ standard of life.” Mr. Hicks was uncompromising in his attitude toward the trades union ct, which was recently passed by Parliament. Exercise Industrial Pressyre. The trades union act, among other things, makes general strikes illegal, strengthens the law for the prevention of intimidation in connection with strikes and provides that no member of a trade union need contribute to a union political fund unless he so desires. “Those forces which produced the trade union movement cannot be shackled by legislation,” declares Mr. Hicks. “Let any of our men be per- secuted. Let any of our unions be attacked, and just that element would be provided that will sweep this meas- ure out of existence, along with its authors. * * * We have no alter- native but to make our trade unions and the whola organized working class movement—political, co-operative and industrial—an instrument capable not merely of winning electoral battles to secure the return of our representa- tives to Parliament and municipal bodies, but able to exercise industrial pressure and economic power, but to secure the realization of the legitimate demands of the common people.” QUEER NOISES HEARD IN SARGENT STUDIO Sounds Suggest “Return” of De- creased American Painter to London. Correspondence of the Associated Pres LONDON.—AIll of Chelsea, London's Bohemian quarter, is trying to help Alfred E. Orr, artist, solve the sound ing of doorknobs in the studio where John Singer Sargent, American painter, died two years ago. Orr, a close friend of Sargent, now occupies the studio which used to be that of the American master. He is neither spiritualist nor a skeptic, he savs, and he can neither affirm nor deny belief that Sargent has returned to haunt the studio where he rose to fame. Footsteps which resemble Sargent’s heavy tread are frequently heard, Orr says, and one might be awoke to see the knob of his bedroom door turned all the way over and back again, but when Orr and his butler searched the house no evidence of the visitcr could be found. The bedroom is the one in which sament dled, of footsieps and the mysterious turn- | U. 3. CONSULATE SECRETARY SHOT Emil Steger, at Dresden, in Serious Condition—Be- lieved Sacco Case Result. By the Associated Press. DRESDEN, Germany, September 5. —Shot in the back by an unidentified man, Emil Steger, a secretary in the American consulate here, was in a serious condition today. Physicians, however, expressed belief that the wound would not prove fatal. Although the motive for the at- tack fs not known, it is stated that Mr. Steger represented the consulate on numerous occasions in which pro- tests were presented regarding the Sacco-Vanzetti case. Mr. Steger, who is about 40 years old, was returning from a stroll with wife and a friend to Raecknitz Heights, near the city, when the as- sassin appeared from behind a monu- mens of Bismarck and shot him in the back. The bullet passed below the heart, Police dogs were put on the trail of the assailant, and led the police to_a muddy ditch into which he had fallen and out of which he scrambled in his flight, but the trail was lost at_a street car line, Mrs. Steger on hearing the shot called loudly for help, so that both Mr, Steger and their friend thought she had been hit. Both men tried to offer her first aid, until it was discovered that Steger himself was bleeding. The assailant is described as a tall man, wearing a blue coat. GOOD OYSTER CROP IN MARYLAND SEEN $5,000,000 Yield Expected by Swepson Earle, Commissioner. Potomac Beds to Be Opened. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, September ports from inspectors at the principal oyster beds indicate that Maryland will have a bumper crop during the 1927-28 season. The value of the Maryland oyster crop is $5,000,000, acording to S: son Earle, conservation commissioner, and efforts will be made by his de- partment to greatly increase the total in the future, especially in the Poto- mac River section, where new oyster beds are being opened this season. Figures in the commissioner's office show 2,069,058 bushels of oysters were dredged last year,an increase of about 115,000 bushels over the 1025-26 sea- son. Earle said there are 23,000 square miles of water in the State controlled. by navy, a fleet of 19 hoats. The largest of the Maryland erop came from the bedding grounds of the Tangier Sound area and the tribu- taries of the Manokin River. The best roasting oysters, Earle explained, come from the Patuxent River. OLD “BLUECOAT SCHOOL” FOLLOWS TRADITIONS Pupils Wear Garb Popular Among Londoners of Eighteenth Century. Correspondence of the Associated Press. LONDON.—Pupils of the old “Blue- coat School” not only wear the old time garb of the seventeenth centur; which consists of a long blue coat and yellow stockings, but also, Winter and Summer, go without a head covering. The original school, founded in 1709, still stands in Caxton street, West- minster A British commission on historical monuments has recently singled it out as “specially worthy of preservation.” The most noticeable feature of the exterior of this old building is a carved figure of a “Bluecoat Boy,” which stands in a semicircular niche above the main entrance Below the niche is inscribed “This Blewcoat school was built in 1709 At the back of the building is an exterior wall painting of another ‘‘Bluecoat Boy™ The lad's dress is a faithful copy of the costume of the citizens of Lon- don at the period when the school was built, The ordinary attire of appren- tices and serving men was then a long blue coat and breeches, with which yellow stockings were gen- erally worn, Relics Found by Sea. Correspondence of the Associated Pre TAGANROG, Ukraine.—An archeo- logical expedition has discovered along the shores of the Azov Sea remains of what is claimed to be trade settlements built there by Romans in the first cen- tury. Several _settlements supposed to have been built by the Byzantium mer- chants in the seventh century also have been foundy) the Maryland oyster g i | the existing classification act so as to | the in 5. 19977 DECLARES MORALE OF WORKERS HURT Stewart Says Spirit of De- moralization Has Developed Among U. S. Employes. Special Dispatch to The Star, SAN ANTONIO, Tex., September 5.—“Declaring that the present state of mind of Federal employes is un- happy, and that a spirit of demoraliza- tion has developed to an extent that should be alarming, but is apparently lost sight of by those who belleve that reduction in expenditures for per- sonal service is the most important object to be sought,” President Luther Stewart made his annual report to the National Federation of Federal FEmployes in convention here today. Calling for a business-like person- nel policy for the Federal Govern- ment, the head of the employes’ unions declared that further failure of public officials to deal in an equi- table and satisfactory manner with the problems of the Government serv- ice eventually will be visited upon them in their conviction in the public mind of gross incompetency in office. Charges Pseudo-Economy. “The business of the Federal Gov- ernment continues to grow,” said Mr. Steward, “and the continued failure of those in high places to recognize the necessity of putting Federal per- sonnel matters on a businesslike ba- sis will sooner or later be recognized as a severe reflection on their com- petency.” Dissatisfaction with the pseudo-econ- omy policy which he charged has brought hardship to Government workers, was expressed by Mr. Stew- ard as follows: “Masquerading under the term ‘economy,’ practices in dealing with the rank and file of Federal employes are permitted and encouraged, which will permit of no milder characteriza- tion than dishonest. The exercise of compulsion on administrative officers to reduce expenditures for personal services by an arbitrary figure fo- cuses attention to the unfortunate fact that at the present time when- ever the interest of the dollar and the employe are measured the dollar weighs heaviest in the scale.” Struggle to Continue. Promising that “our struggle for improved conditions in the Federal service will continue with increased vigor,” President Steward announced as “the most important task™” of the National Federation of Federal Em- the securing of legislation will abolish the Personnel Classification Board. “There is sufficient sentiment in both Houses of Congress to secure the enactment of this legislation, but it must be crystalized by the active efforts of the organized Federal em- ployes themselves,” said Mr, eward. An absence from the Government’s personnel methods of principles of justice and fairness was credited as being the cause for “loss of morale and deterioration of public spirit among the employes.” The head of the Government workers' federation singled out for especial excoration form: of ‘zeal’ which,” he said, "is fairly prevalent.” This zeal, he fur- ther asserted, consists in “promoting empls in position and responsibil- ity, but withholding from them for extended periods the rate of pay at- tached to the position to which they are assigned. Says Tide Is Turning. “Whether the ultimate goal of some of our present-day executives is a re- turn to the sweatshop conditions of a generation ago in the garment trades it is difficult to state. The fact re- maing, however, that there is a dis- tinet trend in that direction, and prom- inent officials on the one hand extend the length of the working day of their subordinat s by general order and at the same time boast of having reduced the number of employes under their jurisdiction.e Fortunately, there are plenty of signs that the tide is turn- ing, that in the near future greater attention will be paid to the human element in the Federal service than there has been in the recent past. “We shall, as an organization, press forward in support of sound, equitable principles, and the recognition of the juctice of our cause, even though temporarily delayed, cannot perma- nently be withheld.” Reviewing the extension of the Sat- urday half-holiday by Ixecutive order to continue through the period from the first Saturday in June to the last Saturday in September, Mr. Steward pointed to this action as the direct result of the work of the National Federation of Federal Employes. Seeks Revised Pay. The Federation, Mr. Stewart said, has | supported and will continue to sup- port efforts to secure amendment of provide for revision of existing com- pensation schedules for the District of Columbia and the establishment of compensation on schedules for the field service which shall be based on ed cost of living. For this purpose, he stated, a bill was pre- pared by the national officers of the Federation and introduced at the last session of Congress by Representative Richard J. Welch of Califgynia. “A great deal of favorable public sentiment was aroused in favor of the measure, which should be introduced at the forthcoming session of Con- gress as one of our major objectives, and every effort should be made by our membership to acquaint thelr Representatives and Senators in Con- gress with the importance of this bill to all Federal employes and the neces- | sity for legislation to bring about a more adequate rate of pay, especially for the thousands who at the present time receive less than a decent living M0 much emphasis cannot be placed on the necessity of acquainting the American people with the facts MISS ALHAMBRA CHOSEN. Honor Goes to Mrs. Hillyard on Annual Cruise. Special Dispatch to The Star. YORKTOWN, Va., September 5.— Mrs. Edward L. Hillyard was selected as Miss Alhambra in the beauty con- test staged by Alcantara Caravan, No. 12, Order of the Alhambra, on the annual cruise of the members aboard the S. 8. Alabama. Second honors were won by Miss Mildred Cooper, with Miss Edith Cross third. In the men’s beauty contest, Thomas L. Costigan was declared winner. relative to low-paid Federal employes and urging that, as a matter of Na- tional honor, the Government of the United_States should no longer re main behind other progressive em- ployers in doing justice to its faithful employes.” Discusses Retirement. Recalling that since the last con- vention of the Federation “a very re- markable legislative achievement to the credit of our organization has been the enactment of an amendatory retirement law, Mr. Steward's report pointed out liberalizing provisions which might be added to the law with consequent benefit to Federal work- ers. In this connection the report contains the following comment: “Our organization must continue without abatement its fight for fur- ther liberalization of the retirement laws. Through increase in the annu- | ity, lowering the optional age at which an employe may retire after 30 years’ service, and the enactment of some provision to relieve employes receiv- ing more than $1,500 compensation per annum of contributions to the retire- ment fund in excess of the amount upon which their annuity is computed. Provision should also be made for dis- continuing contributions after 30 years’ service unless provision is made for optional retirement at the expira- tion of a 30-year period of servics Survey Desired. “The generally expressed sentiment of leaders of the House and Senate at the last session of Congress was that no further liberalization of retirement might be expected until an exhaustive cost survey was made and the results of such survey taken into considera- tion in connection with further legisla- tion. Notwithstanding this expressed attitude, the resolution introduced by Representative Hudson of Michgan, providing for a complete survey of the whole retirement system, failed of pas- sage, but will, however, be introduced at the next session of Congress. “Although the original retirement act of 1920 provided that unclassified employes not initially covered by the benefits of the retirement legislation might be brought under the terms of the act of executive order, there still remain large numbers of civilian em- ployes whose civil service status is that of unclassified, but whose tenure of employment is_continuous and to whom Congress clearly intended the benefits of retirement should apply. “The national officers have gone into this subject very carefully with department officials and with the Civil Service Commission. The Civil Service Commission is unwilling to recommend to the President the issu- ance of an executive order which would bring within the terms of the retirement act large groups of ex- cepted employes. To bring about this result will require legislation. A bill amending the retirement act for the | purpose indicated must be introduced at the next session of Congress.” Efficiency Ratings Troublesome. Concerning efficiency ratings, the re- port contains the following statement: “The subject of efficiency ratings remains a vexed one for ail Federal employes. The impossibility of apply- ing one set rule for measuring the quality and quantity of output of em- ployes engaged in a great variety of tasks is generally admitted, and until an equitable system is worked out and intelligently applied, and with suffi- cient elasticity to permit of its appli- cation to varied employments, it would be better, even from an administrative standoint, if no efficiency ratings were attempted. “The ultimate solution of the en- tire problem undoubtedly rests with the Federal employes themselve: The report pointed out that with the exception of employes in navy yards and arsenals no other civilian employes of the Government receive either annual or sick leave as a mat- ter of right. While it is true, it was stated, that many receive both, a great number receive considerably less than the maximum of 30 days sick leave and 30 days annual leav In regard to overtime work in the Federal service, Mr. Steward said: “There has been and continues to be a great deal of duty required of Federal employes beyond the limits of a fair day's work for which neither overtime pay nor compensatory time is granted. In some instances the character of work is such that over time can hardly be avoided, but if such overtime is performed in the in- terest of the genmeral public and by direction of the employer, justice and equity demand that adequate compen- sation should be provided. “There is a senerally recognized disinclination on the part of heads of the executive branch of the Govern- ment toward payment of overtime service, Therefore, relief must be sought through the medium of ' gis- ion. A bill should be introduced in the next Congress for the relief of employes required to perform extra service out of hours, with compensa- fon therefor. Uol\s an indication that the millen- nium for Federal employes has not vet arrived, we are still contending for a principle that was well estab- lished thousands of years ago, namely, one day's rest in seven. Notwith- standing a_ universal belief in this principle, the indifference that has characterized so many dealings of the Federal Government with its em- ployes left thousands of these workers with a seven-day week im- posed upon them without overtime pay or compensatory time in lieu thereof. “A bill was Introduced at the last session of Congress by Representative Willigm A. Oldfield of Arkansas, at our request, the effect of which would be to provide one day's rest in seven. Hearings were had before the House committee on civil service, but no further progress was made. A similar bill should be introduced at the forth- coming session of Congress and strongly backed by the federation. It is-belleved that public sentiment can be aroused in favor of such a meas- ure, and the Federal service cleansed of this distinct blot upon its reputa- tion for fairness as an employer.” Bobby Jones Leads Automobile Tour Over Appalachian Highway to Canada By the Aseociated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., September 5.— More than 100 persons, including leaders in all phases of the South’s activity, left Atlanta today on the first leg of the Atlanta-Montreal- Quebec motorcade, over the Appa- lachian scenic highway, sponsored by the Atlanta Journal. Thirty cars were in the procession that moved out of the city north- ward via Stone Mountain and by the time Canada is reached the entour- age will have grown to at least 250 persons in 75 automobiles, according to estimates managers of the tour have made from advance registrations of others who will join the procession in Southern and Eastern cities. Car No. 1 in the gasoline caravan amateur golfing crowns. With Bobby in his car were Mrs. Jones and O. B. Keeler, sports writer, who has been Bobby's companion on all his tri- umphant jourmeys for new laurels of the links. . The tourlsts will spend tonight in Asheville, N. C. Among the distinguished additions the party will have during the trip is Adolph 8. Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, who will enter his car when the motorcade reaches Bing- hamton, N. Y. Stops’ will be made during the trip to view many of the country's noted scenic wonders, such as Stone Moun- tain, Natural Bridge, Va.; Endless Saverns, Va.; Ausable Chasm, N. Y and places of historical interest, cluding Lexington, Va.; Gettysburg and Saratoga battleflelds. The tourists plan to reach Montreal was piloted by Bobby Jones, holder of the British open and American HOOVER SEES A OF FLOOD IMPROVED Dixie Found Pulling Hersef Out of Mire on Tour } of Inspection. i BY REX COLLIER, Staff Correspondent of The Star. iREENVILLE, Miss., September —The Mississippi Valley is begin- ning to pull itself out of the mud, but another Spring may have rolled around before all marks of the great flood of 1927 are gone. RBack for @& survey of the valley, Secretary Hoover is gratified to find Dixie once morey on her feet, even though she has not yet completely rid herselt of the mire that engulfed her six months ago. Cotton flelds are in bloom where but a short time ago was a muddy expanse of flood water dotted with roof tops and trees. Roving gangs of carpenters, bearing commissions of the Red Cross, are righting upset cabins, building new ones and repair- ing barns. Local engineers aré patch- ing bridges and roads, vernment :ngineers are closing the crevasses anq confining once more the river to the levees, Better Health in Valley. Besat of all, In Secretary Hoover's opinion, is the announcement of Dr, William DeKleine, acting medical @ rector of the Red Cross, that the vals ley right now is in a better state of health generally than it has ever been before. True, some of the stricken counties there has been a slight in. crease during the past few weeks of pellagra and malaria, but reely more than is customary at this sea. son of the year, flood or no flood. Many of the lower sections of Arka 8 and Mississippi and sout ern Louisiana are not yet out of ti slough of despond, and the prospects , are the worst of these won't recever from the effects all Winter. The Red Cross still stands by, ready to rendes assistance needed. I am glad to find your morale sg high,” Mr. Hoover informed county relief workers at conferences here and in Memphis. “It augers well fop completion of one of the biggest peace« time jobs in history.” Of course the fact that flelds of blossoming cotton are to be seen does not mean that all plantations share in the glory, much of the land of cotton this year is raising vast crops of Jimpson weeds and cockle burrs. Some plantations never again can raise any. thing on portions of their land, due to the great deposits of sand that have .ruined the fertile fields. Bright for Some. For those who have been able to get some sort of a crop of cotton, however, there is a brightening horizon. Cotton is selling for just about twice what it did last year, the price at present ranging from 25 to 28 cents a pound. Half a crop this year is worth as 1nuch therefors as a whole crop a year ago. That helps out a lot, Details of the present situation in northeastern Arkansas were unfolded to Mr. Hoover, Vice' Chairman Fieser ot the Red Cross and other flood offi- cials at the conference in Memphis yvesterday. They learned that condi tions are weel in hand, except along the White River, where another rise has flooded planted flelds for the fourth time this year. Several hu dred families who have been victime ized by the new water may have ta depend on charity until next Spring, it was disclosed. The recent decision of the Controller General agall the use by Army en- gineers of a 000,000 rivers and har- bors fund for levee repair work has been a severe blow to the valley. En- gineers have been at work on a dozen breaks and damaged levees, but all funds have just about been exhausted, and unless Mr. McCarl reconsiders his action this important work cannot bd completed until Congress appropriates more. A delay will seriously menace the valley with the threat of Winter and Spring floods. Big Crevasse Reviewed. Secretary Hoover yesterday Jjoure neved by special train to this watere marked city and viewed the scene of the big crevasse at Mounds, or Stops Landing. It was through this single break that all of the flood water the State of Mississipp! found its way. A fleet of engineers’ boats is at work repairing the breach. Greenville was directly in the path of this torrent, but most traces of the water have disappeared. The tents on the levee, which sheltered thou- sands of refugees, have been replaced by strolling couples and romping chil- dren, attracted by the cavortings of speed boats, the stunts of aquaplaners or the arrival of passenger steamers. Gone, too, the boardwalk which bridged the water in Greenville's bus ness section. The city again is carry- ing on as usual. There are grim scars in other s tions to remind one of the Mississip wrath. Along the right of way of the Illinois Central line from Cleveland, Miss., to Greenville are deposited qu tities of debris of every descriptic from roofs to entire houses. They wer carried 10 or 20 miles from their orig- inal_sites. At one little railroad station near this city attentlon was called to & station house and wooden signal pole destroyed by famishing cattle. It was declared that parts of the station and pole were literally eaten up by the starving cows as they stood for weeks up to their shoulders in water. Their bodies were found scattered around the vicinity after the waters subsided. The outbreaks of pellagra and malaria are being combatted by yeast and quinine, respectively. Five thou- sand pounds of powdered veast are being distributed among pellagra vic- tims, of which there are some 40,000 at the present time throughout the valley. Health units of permanent character are being set up in most of the counties with the aid of the Rockefeller Foundation, the United States Public Health Service and State and county authorities, AMERICAN TO SING FOR ROYAL COMPANY Elena Danieli, Protege of Melba, Signs Contract in Belgium. 1 By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, August 27.—Elena Dan- felf, 24-year-old Ametfca vrlm‘.donlu and pretege of Mme. Melba, h signed & contract for the six mont! .wlzulon o;} t‘he Royal Opera Co. of Ghent, elgium, begin; October. i Y She will be heard in leading roles fn “Manon,” “Lakme,” "nggla(lu." ‘Boheme,” “Madame Butterfly” and other operas. Mile. Danieli, whose name in private lite is Helen Daniels, was horn n Mount Vernon, Ind. She is resting this Summer in Chicago after a Winter singing and studying in Europe, dur- ing which time she was the guest of Mme. Melba. Her teachers have been Laplerre, from whose studio she in nine_days and Quebec one day was e o i ;v‘ an‘.m for Glu;t, and Trevisan