Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1927, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Burean Forecast.) Rain tonight and probably tomorrow morning; colder late tonight; much colder tomorrow and tomorrow night. Temperature—Highest, 70, at 8 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 56, at 4:15 a.m. to- day. Full report Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 No. 30,528. SOVIET PROPOSES ABOLISHMENT OF ALL ARMAMENTS Russian Delegates Rock Ge- neva Parley by Drastic Suggestion. PLAN COVERS SCRAPPING OF WORLD AIR FORCES Resolution Calls for Conference of Powers Not Later Than March, 1928. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, November $0.—Soviet Russia today threw a “peace bomb” into the opening ses- sion of the preparatory disarmament commission, by formally proposing the abolition of all land, marine and air forces. Admitting that the Soviet proflelct was a radical suggestion, Maxim Lit- wvinoft, chief of the Soviet delegation, called for the dissolution of all land, sea and air forces and the non-admit- tance of their existence in any con- cealed form “'h;\tsoe\'e;. i sal caused a profo Mfl:lo‘l:rggothe conference, although many delegates were seen to smile as it they considered the scheme more than utopian as Litvinoff developed the sweeping Soviet project. Complete Abolition Asked. « The Russian delegate submitted as the other cardinal points of the project that all weapons and military sup- plies, means for chemical warfare and all other material forms of/armament be destroyed; that all warships, mili- tary and aircraft be scrapped, ‘and that the system of calfing up citizens for military training be discontinued. The Soviet delegation introduced a pesolution calling for the immediate working out in detail of a draft con- vention for complete general dis- armament on principles submitted by them. The resolution also provided for the convocation of a disarmament conference not later than March, 1928. Scrapping of all warships and the destruction of all fortresses, if mecepted by the powers, would be car- ried out in a period of from one to four years under the Soviet scheme. “Armed force is a weapon in the hands of the g-rea§ poi\\'ers f:l:lr lh(; oppression of peoples in small and colonial countries, and complete aboli- tion of armaments is at present the only real means of guaranteeing se- curity and affording a guarantee the outbreak of war,” was vost office, Washington, on page 9. Entered as second class matter C. MAXIM LITVINOFF. IAPANESE DEFEND MANCHURIAN LOAN Marshal Chang’s Aide Attack- ed for Statement Chinese Oppose Project. By the Associated Press. PEKING, November 80.—Repercus- sions were heard in Japanese circles here today to the statement of Yang Yu-Ting, chief of staff of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin, * attacking the Japa- nese record in Manchuria and stating that his government and the people of China “bitterly opposed” the pro- posed loan by J. P. Morgan & Co. to the Japanese South Manchurian Rail- way. The Japanese Minister to the Pe- king government, Kenkichi Yoshi- zawa, told correspondents that he had sent a query to Yang Yu-Ting as to whether he really made the state- ments reported in the papers. If Yang Yu-Ting confirms his quot- ed statement there is no alternative but further steps, Yoshizawa said. He characterized the statement as “as- tounding; part if it harmful to good Chinese-Japanese relations: part of it at variance from the facts.” Paper Attacks Statement. The North China Standard, which is Japanese owned and published here, made an editorial attack on the state- ment, saying: “¥ang Yu-Ting, speaking for the dictator of Northern China, has made a deliberate and cruel attempt to de- one of the striking phrases in the Soviet resolution. Lead to Conflicts. Another striking phrase was that the existence of a;r;‘\amg;mt :n‘d (n:rl;; tendency to ‘growth, “by thelr v mature, ine lydead te-armed con- flicts between nations, diverting the workers and peasants from peaceful productive labor and bringing in a train of countless disasters.” As the Russians desired a ‘draft convention framed immediately, they did mot favor waiting for additional international security, & _question which is very close to the hearts of many European nations, particularly France. ‘After, introduction of the Russian resolution, the forenoon session of the ‘commission. adjourned, but not before Dr. J. J. Loudon of Holland, who pre- sided, had declared that it was clear that the difference between the Rus- sian viewpoint and that of the other pations was not in its aim, but in its method of approach to the problem. The delegates to the conference left the hall in earnest diicussion of the Soviet plan. One remarked that the scheme goes further than the proj- ect for the outlawry of war, which Senator Borah and other Americans have been advocating, because it en- tails the abolishment of the means of making war, the disbanding of armies, navies, dismantling of ammu- mition factories and the discontinuance of military service. Views Polish Issue. The delegates also attached impor- tance to one of Litvinoff’s subsequent utterances that if the Soviet were found too revolutionary, the Russians would be ready to participate in any more modest plan of disarmament when anything practical was proposed. Concluding his address, Litvinoff, seeking to show how Russia was la- boring for peace in a practical man- ner, told how the Russian government had sent a note to Lithuania, as well as to Poland recently, counseling the Kovno government to become recon- ciled with Poland and put an end to the state of war now technically ex- isting between those countries, a state “whose continued existence creates great danger for the peace of the Baltic.” Complete teamwork between the German and Russian delegations had been expected at Geneva, but it func- tioned even better than had been an- ticipated by members of the commis- sion. Count von Bernstorff, the Ger- man delegate, in his opening remarks, advocated a general discussion of dis- armament for the benefit of new mem- bers upon the commission, thus lea ing a fine opening for Litvinoff’s pre: entation of the Russian general dis- armament plan without consideration of political hindrances. Security Emphasized. France and some other nations in- sist that discussion of disarmament be thrust aside until security has been notably strengthened. They point out that emphasis on security is justified in resolutions adopted by the last As- sembly of the League. The Assembly authorized a special committee to con- sider measures capable of giving all the states guaranteed arbitration and security necessary to enable them to fix the level of their armaments at the Jowest possible figure when the League conference is actually con- voked. ‘The disarmament meeting may over- Jap the session of the League Council, which meets Monday, if the Germans and Russians press their views. Marshal Pilsudski, Polish premier, will come to Geneva to defend the ‘Warsaw government at the League Council meeting against Lithuanian charges of mistreatment of Lithuanian clergy In the Vilna region, and Polish interferénce in Lithuanian affairs. Crowds Follow Russians, prive 20,000.000 of Chinese in Man- churia of the benefits to be derived from an American loan. “He virtually told the United States, through newspaper correspondents, @h WASHINGTON, D. O, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1927—SIXTY-TWO PAGES, 45 STATES TOAID CAPITAL IN FIGHT 10 OBTAINBALLOT Nation-Wide Assistance Assured as Result of Con- ferences Here. Is LEGISLATURE MEMBERS TO APPEAR FOR DISTRICT Lawmakers of Various Common- wealths to Urge Adoption of Constitutional Amendment. N A Nation-wide movement for repre- “| sentation in Congress and the electoral college for the District of Columbia, in which the voteless citizens of Wash- ington will be joined- by the en- franchised citizens of nearly every State in the Union, seems to be defi- nitely assured today as a result of conferences between representatives of the National Council of State Leg- islatures and the Joint Citizens’ Com- mittee for National Representation. Steps are being taken today which are confidently expected to result in the appearance of influential members of State Legislatures, with members of the local Citizens’ Committee, be- fore the judiciary committee of the House in January to urge a.favorable report on the constitutional amend- ment for District representation, ad- vocated by the Citizens’ Committee. A similar hearing may be arranged before a committee of the Senate. While the newly-appointed commit- tee of the Council of Legislatures’ is preparing a strong report indorsing representation for the District in the Federal Government, the Citizens’ Committee is planning a country- wide educational campaign to bring the plight of voteless Washington more clearly before the people of the States and is also planning to pre- sent the matter to Congress with greater vigor than ever this Winter. Dyer to Reintroduce Bill. Representative Leonidas C. Dyer of Missouri has informed the Citizens’ Committee that he will reintroduce the resolution for the proposed con- stitutional amendment in the House when the new Congress convenes Monday. Mr. Dyer is one of the prom- inent members of the judiciary com- mittee. Senator Wesley L. Jones of Washington will reintroduce the reso- lution in the Senate. Never since the movement for na- tional representation for the District was begun 10 years ago has the out- look for success been so bright as it is this Winter, in the opinion of speak- ers who attended two important meet- that a loan to Japan would be a provocative act for which the = By this gesture he hoped to play upon America’s natural shyness of interna- tional complications and to prod Wash- Ilngtl)n into preventing the Morgan ey The paper declared that Chinese migration “to Manchuria and Japanese protection” was the most monumental migratory movement ever recorded, “putting the settlement of the Amer- ican prairies in the background by comparison.” The paper stated that Manchuria had absorbed one million Chinese in the past year, most of them destitute and escaping from hardships in Chihli and Shantung. Calls_Statement Astounding. ‘The Japanese Minister said Yang-Yu- Ting's statement was “astounding if it was true that it emanated from the mouth of a person in such a respon- sible position.” He said Yang's asser- tion that the Chinese were not even negotiating with Japan in regard to Manchuria was at variance with the facts. The negotiations, he declared, were actually in progress between himself and Yang Yu-Ting and he was unable to understand the basis for the latter’s claims. Yoshizawa was unable to give de- tails, but said: “I can state frankly that the subjects discussed were mere- ly the construction of a few railroad lines and a few local questions remain- ing unsettled between the Japanese consul general and the Chinese au- thorities at Mukden, Manchuria. “There is absolutely no question of the 21 demands. There is nothing ag- gressive, territorial or otherwise, sim- ply economic development.” He denied the Chinese charge that the Japanese would divert the pro- posed loan to domestic politics, and added: “Successive Japanese cabinets have followed a policy of promotion of common welfare of the Chinese and Japanese residents of Manchuria, seeking only economic exploitation. We have spent tremendous sums in Man- churia since the Russian War to the profit of the Chinese people them- selves.” SRR E S L CLEANING TEETH HELPS. Dental Chief Says Habit Will Im- prove Children’s Behavior. PITTSBURGH, November 30 (). — To improve an unruly child’s behavior clean his teeth, advises Dr. C. J. Hol- lister, chief of the dental division of the Pennsylvania State Department of Health. _Speaking before the Odontological Society of western Pennsylvania, Dr. Tollister said clean teeth not only ex- erted a psychological effect tending to restrain captious children, but also in- duced neatness. | By the Associated Press. SUDBURY, Mass., November 30.— Double the salary of President Cool- idge and re-elect him for life. This is the policy voted by the first Republic- an town committee in Massachusetts to take action on the candidacy of Mr. Coolidge in 1928. Undaunted by the coolness recently shown at the White House toward those who are agitating for the re- nomination of the President, the Re- The Soviet delegation is occupying the center of the stage. Crowds as- sembled both at the hotel where the headquarters of the Russians are es- tablished and at the League Palace ‘(Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) . publican town committee has voted not only to support Coolidge delegates to the Republican national convention next year, but to promote a life presi- de{lc);- for Mr, Coolidge. The vote was 6to Nl i o8 i b ings on the subject here yesterday afternoon. It was at these meetings that plans were laid for of local tors, ‘Without a dissenting voice, the spe- cial committee of the National Coun- cil of State Legislatures, in conference with citizens of Washington in the office of Theodore W. Noyes, chair- man of the joint citizens’ committee, gave its hearty approval to the pro- posal for District representation in the Federal Government. This means that the proposal will at once be brought favorably to the attention of influential members of the Legisla- tures of at least the 45 States repre- sented in the council. By direction of the legislators’ com- mittee, a vigorous report in favor of District representation is being pre- pared by its chairman, J. Ronald Horsey of Baltimore, a delegate in the Legislature of Maryland. It is re- garded as a foregone conclusion that the National Council of State Legisla- tures will adopt this report before January 1. John H. Kirby of Houston, Tex., president of the council, sounded sentiment in the body, and found it favorable to the proposal, before he appointed the special committee. Meeting Is Enthusiastic. The committee of legislators met here yesterday at the call of the coun- cil's “executive committee. After a preliminary meeting early in the after- noon, the legislators attended a con- ference with members of the citizens’ committee. This conference was fol- lowed by an enthusiastic meeting of the executive committee of the joint citizens’ committee in the offices of the Board of Trade in The Star Building. Four of the five members of the State legislators’ committee attended yesterday's conference. They were Chairman Horsey, J. Warren Topping of Cape Charles, Va., member of the Virginia_Legislature; Arthur A. Sher- man of Portsmouth, R. I, Speaker in the Rhode Island Legislature, and Willlam Winthrup of Wilmington, Speaker in the Delaware Legislature. All four enthusiastically approved the proposal. The fifth member of the committee, Thomas Bluett, Speaker in the Pennsylvania Legislature, was un- able to attend yesterday’s conference, but he is understood to be favorable to the plan, The members of the citizens’ com- mittee present at the conference, ift addition to Chairman Noyes, were Mar- tin A. Leese, president of the Cham- ber of Commerce; Edwin C. Branden- burg, general counsel of the Board of Trade; Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, pres- ident of the Merchants and Manufac- turers’ Association; Jesse C. Suter, past president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations; John B. Dick- man, representing the Central Labor Union; George F. Bowerman, librarian of the Public Library; Edward F. Cal- laday and Gideon A. Lyon, chairman (Continued on Page 4, Column 2.) Life Term for Coolidge at Double Pay, Urged by G. O.P.Groups in Massach\;setts Irving A. Priest, Boston banker, who is secretary of the committee, ex- plained the action of the body in this statement: “We have no apologles to make for our zeal in seeking to perpetuate this Massachusetts man in office. Good and sufficient collateral for the zeal lies in the knowledge that in the flesh of Calvin Coolidge has come to life in very fact the long-treasured, long- idealized, mythical, Uncle Sam—thin, sharp-featured, grim, deliberate, cool, firm, thrifty, patient, sagacious, toler- ant, kind, Christian. It is our fixed purpose to work first and last to con- summate this lone instance since Gen. omce has sought the ment o Radio Programs—Page 47 |; ~office has sought -the-man." WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MEXICAN BANDITS HOLDING AMERICAN H. 'W. Thompson Kidnaped; Troops Ordered to Pursue Gang in Mountains. | be _pursued _imme By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 30.—An American, H. W. Thompson, manager of a mine at Copala, State of Guerrero, has been kidnaped by 20 bandits, dis- patches from Mazatlan said today. The bandits demanded 5,000 pesos (roughly $2,500) ransom. Thompson was captured and taken to the mountains after the bandits at- tacked his home and were refused money and arms. They threatened to kill him if the authorities were notified before the ransom was paid. One of Thompson's employes noti- fled headquarters in Mazatlan, State of Sinola. The employe was insfruct- ed to send a messenger to pay the {anaom and obtain his employer’s re- ease. The military commander, Gen. Leo- poldo Rizo, ordered the bandits and that pion be rescued. ] VARE S CONFIDENT OF TANG SEAT Senator-Elect Issues State- ment Saying That Votes Decided All the Issues. —_——— Confident that he will take his seat in the Senate with the opening of Congress next week, Senator elast William S. Vare of Pennsylvania to- day issued a statement defending his election, on the heels of a written‘ap- peal by Gifford Pinchot, former gov- ernor of the Keystone State, to the Republican national committee oppos- ing Vare. While the prospective Sena- tor said that “to bar one of Pennsyl- vania’s Senators from taking his oath of office and performing his constitu- tional duties would be the worst blow at representative government since the legislative machinery was first set in motion,” Mr. Pinchot expressed the belief that the outcome of the Vare case will have an important bearing on the welfare of the Republican party. Former Candidate. Pinchot was one of the candidates in the three-cornered race for the Re- publican ° senatorial nomination in Pennsylvania last year, in which Vare and former Senator Pepper were the other contenders. Mr. Vare is being challenged on the basis of the inquiry made by a special Senate committee into primary ex- penditures and also by Willlam B. Wilson, his Democratic opponent in the election. Mr. Vare's statement, in part, fol- lows: “I come to Washington with the absolute expectation of taking the seat in the Senate to which the peo- ple of the State of Pennsylvania elected me. “The right of a State to representa- tion is fundamental. Our whole nation- al life began on this issue. I have never been able to picture the United States Senate invading that right be- cause of political expediency, nor do I now anticipate such a procedure. Welcomes Scrutiny. “I welcome the minutest scrutiny of the primary and the election in Pennsylvania, because such scru- tiny will determine beyond ques- tion the legality and the propriety of every expenditure made by the campaign committee. We followed the letter of the general electionlaw even in the primaries, where it does not legally apply, and we followed the spirit of it in both campaigns. My per- sonal expenditures for the Vare-Beidle- man-James-Woodward campaign went it entirely for letters direct to the voters. Our total fund, which was less than onefourtii the amount expended by the three competing tickets in the pri- mary, was not used solely or princi- pally in the successful effort to secure my nomination to the Senate. It covered several thousand candi- dates, including those for governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of in- (Continued on Page 3, Column 6) i ) g Mussolini Forbids Army Officers to Dance‘Charleston’ By the Associated Press. ROME, November 30.—Indul- gence in “exotic dances” consti- tutes conduct unbecoming an of- ficer and a gentleman, Premier Mussolini says. In his capacity of secretary of war he has issued a general order to corps commanders to the effect that officers under thedr jurisdic- tion must not dance “the Yale,” “the dirty dig,” “the Charleston” or “the shimmy” in public while in uniform. Mussolini’s ukase stresses “the incompatibility between several dances of exotic character now in use and the austerity of military deportment.” The _officers are warned “to abstain from them in homage to the prestige and de- corum of the uniform.” e i T MELLON ATTACKS C. OF C. TAX APPEAL Secretary _Indorses Presi- dent’s Stand on $225,000,- 000 Reduction. By the Associated Press. Administration leaders today threw more cold water on the proposals of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for a $400,000,000 tax reduction instead of the $225,000,000 they had planned. Replying quickly to the latest state- ment of the chamber, made public last night, which said the larger reduction would be both sound and practicable, Secretary Mellon today indorsed the stand previously taken by President Coolidge on the question, and Rep- resentative Tilson of Connecticut, Re- publican House leader, declared he would prefer to follow “such conser- vative guessers as President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon.” The Secretary regarded the de- mands of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States for a $4,000,000,- 000 tax reduction as “illogical” and impossible if a balance budget is to be retained. He concided the organi- zation's right to make such a request whether it is logical or illogical, but believes the $225,000,000 reduction he recommended should be the limit. Corporation Tax Too High. The Secretary holds that the cor- poration tax is too high and should be reduced even below the 11 per cent recommended by the House ways and means committee if con- ditions permitted. But at present he does not believe the revenues will permit of a further reduction. He pointed out that this would not be the last tax cut for the country, as there is reason to believe that with the increase in business other reductions would be possible. No Reference to President. In the chamber’s statement there is no direct reference to Presi- dent Coolidge, who, it was said last week at the White House, was highly dlspleased with the chamber for its persistency in advocating a $400,000.- 000 tax slash in the face of the ad- ministration’s insistence that the pro- spective reduction be limited to $225,- 000.000. On Mr. Coolidge's behalf, it was sald as well, that he considered the chamber’s attitude on department expenditures inconsistent with its tax reduction position. “All the tax reductions and appeals advocated by the chamber,” the state- ment declared, “would cut our na- tional revenue not to exceed $400, 000,000. 3 Last Estimate Cited. “The last officlal estimate of the Treasury points to a surplus of $455,- 000,000 on June 30, 1928, after mak- ing provisions for statutory require- ments for national debt reduction. Therefore, a tax cut of $400,000,000 on the taxes paid in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, would use only $200,- 000,000, leaving a surplus of at least $255,000,000." The ways and means committee will meet tomorrow to take up alien prop- erty legislation, returning Friday to the revenue bill. The measure, which calls for a total reduction of $23 000,000, will be given final approval, is expected, before the week end and be ready for introduction on the first day of the congressional- session. . Miner Dies i.nmcht. LYKENS, Pa., November 30 (P).— One miner was suffocated to death today and another overcome, but resuscitated after an hour’s work by physicians, when the men encountered a gas pocket 1,400 feet below ground in the Summit Branch colliery of the Susquehanna# Colljjerjes Co., at Wil- iamstown, o . ¢ Foening Sta * 7 7Z KIDWELL DENED PLAGE IN TRIAL Justice Siddons Says He Can- not Intervene in Criminal Case Against Sinclair. Justice Siddons of the District Su- preme Court today denied the applica- tion of Edward J. Kidwell, who was a juror in the Fall-Sinclair oil trial, to intervene as a respondent in the con- tempt of court proceedings instituted by United States Attorney Peyton Gordon against Harry F. Sinclair and others, for aileged shadowing of mem- bers of the jury. Kidwell was the juror alleged to have discussed the case while it was in progress. He has de- nied this. The court declared it is clear that Kidwell could not intervene as a pafty petitioner nor “in the opinion of the court may hé be admitted as a re- spondent in this proceeding on his ap- plication.” i The action of the court was not un- expected as the general view of the lawyers about the courthouse was there- i¥no_precedent an mwon to intervene in a “erimingl proceeding. The memorandum opinion filed by Justice Siddons is brief and reads: “I have given consideration to the petition submitted to me on Monday of this week on behalf of Edward J. Kidwell seeking leave to intervene in Criminal Contempt Case Na. 17, United States vs. Harry Sinclair and others, and have reached the conclu- sion that such a petition should not be granted. I do not pause to state reasons, beyond saying that it is clear he could not be admitted as a party petitioner, nor in the opinion of the court may he be admitted as a re- spondent in this proceeding on his apr()illcation‘ Leave to intervene de- nied.” MAIL PLOT FOUND DEAD BESIDE PLANE Axberg’s Body Picked Up Near Wreckage in Indiana. Parachute Unused. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, November 30.—The body of Edward Axberg, missing air mail pilot, was found today beside his wrecked plane in a fleld near Kendallville, Ind., said reports re- ceived by Maj. John Berry, superin- tendent of the Cleveland Airport. ‘The report sald that the location of the ship and of Axberg's body indi- cated he had made no effort to jump. His parachute was unused. Axberg was making his first flight from Chicago to Cleveland as an air mail pilot when he encountered an electrical storm about 10 o’clock last night in northeastern Indiana. ‘The last word of his location in the air received at the air fleld here said he was flying westward at Wolcott- ville, a few miles northwest of Ken- dallville, ‘Word of the finding of the body and the wrecked plane came as air mail authorities here were holding a fleet of ships in readiness to start a searcoh as soon as weather conditions per- mitted. A heavy fog hung low over most of the route between here and where the ship crashed. Axberg was flying alone. “From P to mo Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast * the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 101,956 (P) Means Associgted Press. Flag-Draped Cans Of Garbage to Form Thompson’sParade By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 30.—A pa- rade of 2,000 loaded garbage cans decorated with American flags has been promised for next Summer by Mayor Thompson. The parade will celebrate com- pletion of an incinerator plant, and will signify the disappearance for- ever of loaded garbage wagons from the North Side. o 133,000 PRICE 3ET ONLANDU. . SEEKS Deal for Two Parcels in Rev- enue Building Site Awaits Court Approval. The Government today took an- other important step forward in the Federal building program here, when Auditor Herbert L. Davis of the Dis- trict Supreme Court. filed with the court two reports certifying certain owners of property to receive for two parcels of land in square 350 for the Internal Revenue Building a total of o mes ification of his findings the ratification s byUtll"A‘:ncourt. checks will be forwarded to the owners under the signature of Frank White, the Treasurer of the United States, and the first land deals in what may prove to be one of. the greatest building developments in the history of the Capital will be closed within the next few days. Pay- ment of the awards will vest ‘‘a g00 and sufficient title” to the land in the United States. Other Sales to Follow. Procedure will follow shortly in the cases of the other parcels of land in the square bounded by Tenth, Eleventh, Little B and C streets, which is divided into a total of 15 parcels. Although Auditor Davis could not predict an approximate date as to when the Government will get complete title to all the land in this first square to be acquired, he said there would be no “avoidable delay, so far as the court was concerned.” Testimony in the two cases was concluded before Auditor Davis Sat- urday, the report was filed today about noon, in what the auditor character- ized as the “most intricate” involved in_square 350. The court was told that property known as parcel No. 5, and located at the northeast corner of Eleventh and Little B streets northwest, was the property of Elizabeth M. Winston, Martha W. Somerville, Lucien D. Win- ston, Elizabeth B. Winston and Mary W. Winston, who are to receive for it the sum of $88,000. The owners live at Winston, Va. The property has been occupied for some time by F. W. Bolglano & Co. Company to Move Soon. At the Bolglano Co., it was stated that no definite time had been set by them to move from the property, but they are expecting to transfer ™ business to 915 E street. announcing in am-lgn b:gl ylhe latter roperty they will prol move on gt NN;M“Y January 1. Their present address is 1009 Little B street. Joseph 1. Weller and George W. Offutt appeared before the auditor in the hearing Saturday, on behalf of the property owners, one of whom, Lucien Dade Winston, was present, while the Government was repre- sented by Henry H. Glassie, special assistant to the Attorney General Payment for parcel No. 2, located at 1005 Little B street, and occupied by Mazo Brothers, wholesale grocers, the auditor found to be the property of Miss Anna Carry of 1870 Wyoming avenue, and Mrs. Louise Becke, her sister of the Lincoln apartments, 121 Twelfth street' southeast. They are to receive $50,000 for this parcel. At the office of the grocers it was said today that no definite plans had been made by them as to where they would move or when. Attorneys Weller & Offutt ap- peared for the owners, who were also represented by Charles A. Carry, and the Government was represented by Mr. Glassie. Covers Fourth of Site. Square No. 350, which is the first to be acquired by the Government, is only about one-fourth of the site to be covered by the huge Internal Revenue Building. The Farmers' Market, which is a pending question of much dispute at present, covers about half of the site, while the other quarter is now being excavated by the contractor. The District is en- deavoring to find a solution to the question of what to do with the Farmers’ Market, and the Commis- sioners soon will submit a report to Congress on the matter. The Treasury will be ready to proceed with letting a contract to raze the buildings on square 350 as soon as final title to all thep roperty thereon is acquired. Auditor Davis gave as- surance that proceedings looking to- ward this acquisition would go stead- ily forward. He set aside other work last Saturday in order to give way to the condemnation hearing. TRANSPORT QUARANTINED Spinal Meningitis Case Found on Troop Ship at Manila. MANILA, November 30 (#).—The United States Army transport Thoma which arrived here today from the United States with 1,000 troops aboard, was placed under modified quarantine as the result of the finding of one case of spinal meningitis aboard. The quarantine period is to last 21 days. Officers and their families were not in€luded in the quarantine. The Thomas sailed for Manila from San Francisco November 3. Fireman Climbs Four Stories to Open Door for Baby's Anxious Mother A laughing baby, alone in an apart- ment, gurgled and kicked a gleeful tattoo ' with his heels this morning while a distracted mother, locked out of the apartment, stood in the hallway outside, imaging all manner of catas- n;ophlu which niight befall the young- ster. Firemen were called into executive session, and in a few seconds after celving a distress call from Mrs. T. M. Dobyns, apartment 412, 1820 Clyesdale street, the fourth battalion chief and gc chu:bfinnr had de'cld'fl that e mof predicament justified calling out the a \ppartus. < Number. 9-Truck .drove up with-a bahy. shriek of its siren. The big extension ladder was raised to the fourth story apartment window Lieut. baby, sitting on the floor, smiled at him and clapped his hands. Lieut. Davidson opened the door of the apartment and the frantic mother gathered her baby in her re-arms, joyous that it had fallen into no mischief while alon part- Ly, e in the a had stepped across the corridor to t with a_neighbor. The door swung shut, the latch caught auto- ‘matically, her out from her| d TWO CENTS FIRE PROTECTION MODERNIZING PLAN GIVEN I BUDGET $686,350 Will Be Asked for 400 More Hydrants and New Mains. PROGRAM SUBSTITUTED FOR HIGH PRESSURE Large Part of Improvement Would Be in District of Greatest Valuations, Virtually all recommendations for modernizing Washington's fire-protec- tion system through an increase in the water supply and the installation of additional fire hydrants in §he high- valuation district, made to the Com- missioners several months ago by a special committee appointed to study the advisability of installing a high- pressure system, have been included in the municipal budget for the next fiscal year, it was learned today at the District Building. ‘While the committee estimated that $686,350 would be needed to carry out all of its recommendations, the items in the budget for this purpose do not total this sum, it was said, as pro- visions have been made to extend some of the projects over a two-year period. 400 More Hydrants Asked. The committee’s program called for the installation of 400 additional fire hydrants, 82 of which would be in the high-value district, and the installation of the following water mains: A 24- inch main in B street from Seven- teenth to Fourteenth street, a 12-inch main in B and Ninth streets from Fourteenth street to Louisiana avenue, a 12-inch main in Tenth street from K street.to Pennsylvania avenue, a 12-inch main in Eighteenth street from Pennsylvania avenue to F street, a 26-inch_main in, M street from New Hampshire avenue to Eleventh street, a 16-inch main in, Reservoir street and ‘Wisconsin avenue from P street to Thirty-fourth street, a 12-inch main in Georgia avenue from Fairmont street to Park road and the replacement of all 4inch mains used for hydrant pur- poses and 6-inch mains. The cost of replacing the four-inch mains was estimated at $100,000. The budget, however, it is understood, contemplates the spreading of this work over a two-year period and con- tains an item of $50,000 for comple- tion of one-half of the project in the next fiscal year. Mains Held Inadequate. The committee recommended the modernization of the fire protection system in lieu of the proposed high pressure system, chiefly because of the tremendous expense which the latter would involve, and also it would necessitate .because of the . limiting it ‘to the business sec- tion, whereas under its plan additional protection would be afforded to all sections. The committee found during its in- vestigation that there is a deplorable lack of proper water supply for fire- fighting purposes in the congested section, due to inadequate water mains and an insufficient number of fire hy- drants, and that the fire-fighting fa- cilities of the District have not kept pace with the growth of the city. —_— U. S. DENIES THREAT ON LIFE OF GREW State Department Scouts Report of Assassination Plot—Receives Mouhtar iey. State Department officials declined today to attach any importance to published reports to the effect that Ambassador Grew's life had been threatened before his departure in Au- gust for Turkey. High officials of the department denied ever having heard of any plot to assassinate the American Ambassador, nor had any extraordinary precautions been taken to guard his life. Reports concerning _precautions taken to guard the new Turkish Am- bassador, Ahmed Mouhtar Bey, upon his arrival in Washington Monday at midnight, have led to considerable speculation in some quarters, some of which have taken the view that a plot existed to assassinate the Turkish Am- bassador to the United States and the American Ambassador to Turkey. The State Department has consistently de- clined to confirm the existence of any such reported plots. ¥ Mouhtar Bey, accompanied by his staff, including Bedy Bey, counselor. who acted as interpreter, called at the State Department at 11:30 o’clock this morning to_present his credentials to Secretary Kellogg and arrange for his formal presentation to the Presi- dent at the White House. ‘These official ceremonies are prelim- inary to the establishment of the Turkish embassy at this capital, in acknowledgment of the complete res- toration of diplomatic and commer~ cial relations between the govern- ments of Turkey and the United States severed during the World War. lent either tomorrow or Friday. ————— SMOOT SAYS U. S. BEARS TOO LITTLE OF D. C. COST $9,000,000 Contributed Toward Ex- pense of Running Capital Not Enough, He Declares. Senator Smoot, Republican, of Utah, is one of the growing number of Senators who believe the $9,000,000 lump sum, which the Federal Govern- ment has been appropriating for the past several years as its share of run- ning the National Capital is not adequate. 2 Although he did*not indicate what change he thought should be said today he felt the United States is not paying enough under the present arrangement. The Senator also expressed his views on the qfiufl:tn ';.hen he ad- Trade several weeks 3go. e