Evening Star Newspaper, December 24, 1927, Page 2

PRESIDENT SCORES CRITICS OF ARMY Pressure to Raise Appropria- tions Seen in Fearful Views of Defense Forces. C s of the Army and N fave drawn a vejoiner from the White House, where it was made Jnown yesterday that. despite what others may think. President Coolidee Telieves these two arms are adequate for national defense. and. as A matter o ter shape, for peace s previeus period in rosented as ss has at ail times nd liberal in wtine money for defense, lso that he personally has been estimates of ap: in approving mropriations. As =n additional the President, while discussing this hiect wi nds, he v nt b < we this T yepresented as at loss to \.an.l'ar.d why < ‘alwavs so much adverse paper comment on the Army and % ¥ ihe time Congress is adering appropriation bills. Wt was represented. however. ined to think that + those who want Congress rzer appropriations behalf that of propaganda said h ry old-fashioned. a practice of trying to seare | ey and Congress into thinking that the Navy ie destitute and readv not on is left-over from the when it was hard to ons from Con of the to sinik at a/mo sident contends b t svstom the Pr that & swethods are not heipful rete that the prac hy some. In his unt ndition of yple of this ¢ e Navy a he propagandists I ations time. He feels that tha men wha have supervision of fepses will see 1o it that rusted to them are spent PRESIDENT WORKS: CLERKS ARE FREE ON EVE OF HOLIDAY tinued from First Page) the First Congregational Church merrow morning. the first time | pervices have been held in that church closed for repairs and Winter. No plans ¥ the President for ternoon. No house guests e White House for the holi several intimate friends of have heen invited to ioin at Christmas dinner tomor- at 7 oclock. A 30-pound t by one of the President’s in Te has heen selected was last but Iy from among the nine turkeyvs received as Christmas presents for the meal The or of the White House has heer tively decorated with vari- © sristmas greens, Under the per on of Mrs. Coolidge five firistmas trees were set up at 1th end of the east room this These trees were placed on in one of the south trical flluminated glass the r ot been wet in position azain ed out the mativity in z small figures ldings on the the larger nd has e has of Many Gifts Received. No decorations have heen put on these trees and if Mre Cooiidge car- ries out last year's plans. when the 2 scene was reproduced. the remain hare r the presidential household 10 ar in unprecedented makir very evident thit % and admirers of the Presi ve extended then BIRDS DEFY POISON GASES, ARMY FINDS Pests Canmot 3e Overcome by War Fumes—Able to Fly Quickly FProm Danger. Br the Asworated Press ¥operiments of the Army Chemical srfare Rervice, in cooperaticn with tihe Bureau of Biologleal Sur of the De ent of Agriculture, indl cate 4 pests are not wus use of txic gusew, Formers who Jate inr E chemical nzents e uft birds i b 4 . e Iz gares, which cannot lw made pizeons ), thels TWO KILLED IN CRASH. fix Others Hurt as Train Hiv . b ‘ . (o et ) Seolinson 4 ' he | He looks | THE ‘' EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, Nn. C. SATURD. YULE TREE CENTER OF JOY AND STRIFE | was cut from edge of the estate of the late George Dunlop for the community bration in Chevy Chase Circle. Below: Mrs. George E. Phillips. who threw herself in front of the saw to save a heau- | tiful spruce tree, standing beside the stump of the juniper tree she failed to save FAMOUS TREE CUT Above: Juniper tree tha | |<')w\\' (‘hase, to saw through her OIL TRIAL DELAYS NOW SEEM CERTAIN Kidwell Intimidation Inquiry May Force Fall-Sinclair Case Postponement. Indications were seen foday that, the protracted Sinclair-Burns eriminal contempt proceedings and the alleged Kidwell intimidation off-shoot, which adjourned yesterday afternoon for the holidays with only the surface ratehed, would hring about a post- ponement of the Harry M. Blackmer contempt the new all- wial, both « in January. Blackmer, former vman of ‘the hoard of the Midwest Refining (o, Wl a resident of France since th ndal brok r hefore Just and show be cited in appear at in answer Teapot Dome s J ordered 10 appe erick L. Siddons, Jannary u he should not contempt_for refusing to the last Fall-Sinclair trial wubpoena. Blackmer is wanted in snnection with the Government's ovidence ahout an “oil deal,” some of ihe profits of which are alleged to bave reach: Wf the Interior, a month after iave the Teapot Dome lease to Har Albert B. Fall, s-rrrt:qlr\- h [leased and those just FIRST IN L hy Renne fant service o and his siib and - yel where T was sent from Pat enlistment told in my. terday, s for Leg and going, namely, (hose rri “permissionnaires” (men on through here for France. The depot 15 a beautiful f=h building with verand both stories, and is spotle While thére T did my s clean. The floors and stair tile and are scrubbed tw Heaven knows how many are swep ‘This was the beginning ionnaires \Y, CLEANLINESS LAW EGION | Doty Finds Dirt Cause of Jail Sentences in French Foreign Force. 1ot gnterest Doty Wil t late his remurkahie, exoeriencee and weriho Tife tn the 1 Lesion from the indade a1 B by The private RY BEN \l',l’l' J. DOTY. The little depot at Oren. Algervia, i after my rticle yes coming re- to he ving leave) puss little Moo las around pasly clean. are to keep it are of day. they ice times of jess cleanli my . Sinclair quaintance with the spotl The new conspiracy trial is set|,eug of the French Foreign Legion ! tor Janvary But nine court days|pover saw a post. barracks or camp remain between the resumption of the | ot cerupulonsly clean and inspected esent proceedings and the new Fall-liice a day, Sin case, and both sides today | N . Thbueht it would he virtually impos Dirt Brings Punishment. Giie to complete the presentation of | Woe to the man with dirt under his weidence on the TTeapot Dome jury [hed or divty clothes in his paguetag hidowing charges hefore the 16th. | His niumber was up. He was due f asmuch as (he date for the Rlack- [four days of extra duty hearing falis on Friday, which isjand cheht davs in i e, or maotion day, it thought the Kin-)prison, the scoond time. Cleanlines< Iair-Burns ‘ense might he suspended on the previous dav until the follow | with zodliness P pen for argument on the law nn |and 1 had to \..w-’ hm «Ihm\rl; _\. : der which Rlackmer was cited. Thisgen zoing 1o Si ""“;"‘"'\ S By the Associated Press. nndonbtedly eonld | -m.rhuh;d in :l.un \:v';"'l“";)“"rf Rl ,I‘”‘," - NEW YORK. December 24— court day. but there would be other [WIH @ shive. i Be/0 A7 = o 2 = Tha New York. St says odng these WOl hivye 19 ahen Akt ].'gi.unlmhr‘— here were 30 Or y 1 i 1t 1 as UEtaviater dats B0 other recruits along, After a That Sunday Law Will earned about S:50,000 Kidwell fo Resume. wearisome journey we arrived at the | prize wax 250 ihe pront 1 en the Sinclair-Burns case {8 re-|P. L. M. station, 1t was nearly dark. | s hook ‘We 1S newspaper uny‘:::l"‘l‘vlv-"‘wlw.’ Joanuary 3 Fdward J. [ We were formed by threes and| Be Enforced. srifeles was fatimated at approsi- Kidwell the alleged talkative juror in | marched outside of the walls by a R W 2 and § the Teapot Dome case, will he in the [back way to the home of n.u} 5 witness chair and still under direct | Legion. Suddenly we debouched into} Nicht clubs and other plices of e tion hy the Government. Ki¢ |4 lirze street which ran straight|amusement which have avranged spe el Just before adjournment yester:|throuzh the middie of the town cial parties to gree: the arrival of B bl gl day. completed the recitation of every | This is the muin street of Sidi-bel- | Christm: will be forced to ¢ pandes: fn tha Cafted: @ e word by Assistant United | Abbes. and the barracks of the Legion | promptly at midnight tonight unds ¥ ofering e Statos Attornew J. I O'Leary which |Are on each side. We passed the a special edict issued today by Maj 2 ;“l- “‘ "'h‘" h e e nted 1o, “intimidation | sentinel who stood outside the gate!Kdwin B. Hesse, superintendent of 1p370% he wished ac g0, Corralon.” | with his bayonet fixed to hix Label | police Iroce e thi fep - e M. Kidwell, have vou told | Tifle and the chin strap of his keni| A general order directing that thin 1 am worth, 1 Wowt take e e e hing tancerning in.|down to show he was on duty. Once|Sunday closing regulation be er N en s e Limidarion™ naked O-Leary. and when | inside we were kept waiting half an | forced was issued by Maj. Hesse to 2 Ay L Kidwell said he had “nothing m hour or so until we were fixed up|precinet commanders in the depart gl ey At ’”d \'fl\‘;‘: o say, a wa of disappointment | for the night. !“"“‘ This rexulation forhids public . cqp ¢ n x:;l: not worth swept over the spectators who had Twenty-eight Beds in Room. |smuseinaa CipEceatto) Sietion (e eieit s myen my name. and I filled the courtroom sinee the charges Sahbath except between the hours of | won't sell that hroke in anticipation of something [ We were marched over to th ard 11 p.m sensational, lcaserne, or barracks. and up three | The only plices that can escape the —_— Kidwell had testified to everything | fights of stairs to the chambers of [closing order are the ' that occurred hetween himself and |the “bleus.” recruits. In each cham-{nizht clubs which r I O'Leary from the day they first met, | ber were & smail fron beds. and on | zuesis to hora fide memh December 9, until Tuesday morning | every bed a complete change of uni- [ parties however, will i when he was placed on the stand to|form. We “h stood at the end « Maj. Hesse his heen give evidence that he was aware he |our hed and were told to chinge | cort corporated ehibis hope was being shadowed while serving as | into the clothes. whether they fitted |evade the eclosing rexulation by mak A furor in the Fall Stnelair trial. With [ or not, far the . Then we|ing @ cover charse and permit thes the utmost difficulty observers were |received a cup of black coffee. ment | guests to danee free. This scheme able to sift from his statements an in- [ and bread. Shortly afterward tepe!however. Maj Hesse pointed out. will timation that he was asked to remain | sounded and we gladly went to bed not ward off ;vl‘u nterference. at the United Ntates attorney's office | 1 was awnkened at 530 am. by the ! = for long periods, most of which, how- [ bugle, and shortlv afterward a cor 2 H H “ver he’ spent Alone and writing | poral shouted. ~Allez debut" (ot up. | Pennsylvanian Denies Elec- statements of what he knew of the| We wearily rolled out. and each | 3 “Kidwell incident.” had a cup of stiong black coffee with tion for Senate Was On one occasion, Sunday, December v little sugar. Then the cornc 15, he reported at O'Leary’s office at |showed us how to make our beds in | 3 ‘welock in the morning and after [the regulation manner. Blankets, | Not Legal. nding about six hours in writing | sheets and mattress are folded, with | statements and waiting for O'Leary, | the pillow laid across. After that| | whom he saw onlv once. the assistant | each man swept up his place and | The charges on which Willam B United States attorney appeared and | washed it with a wet rag Thus | Wilsan, Demox SN Tor thie Asked, 'l'\\'hm the hell have you been |alwaya it is done in La Texion . Senats ln Pennsyly b e o e doing all day?" he tostticd Suddenly a whistle shrilled. “Allay i ennsvivania last vear. is Repsrte Alfeged Conversationy :;u nllunz'v;:x:;‘l;-:;»n{ ."A-r‘\ml : n.o“'.".\. Controller General Could, “r” \;‘.v. he e w poral, mes . “Go to assembly. | . At weis! oss 1t was while walting hetween 9 and | \We dashed madiv down the stairs and | Change Bookkeepmg SyS- tited with the body. This spruce tree had first been | | FOR CHEVY CHASE | selected for the Chevy Chase com ! | munity tree \’ { STIRS CONTROVERSY | TSN ee oc . ! | The trouble started when Mrs. Phil- | lips four davs ago was walking down | @ontinued from First Page) Jones Mill voad toward Connectient oo il i avenue, She noticed a motor truck | backed up to the spruce tree, which it it was on the county road” said way planted about 30 years ago by | Dr. Perry Y SN the My, Walker and was, gre: v admired matter. “1 did not k where the thé nelghnorkiooa’ |Cammg clomr. | tree was, and 1 cannot say vet, for suw several colored men, under | certain, whether it was on county direction of Mr. Potter, preparing propenty or private property to saw through the trunk of the tree State’s Attorney Peter has direct with @ hig band saw jthat an oMclal survey be Knowing that Mr. Walker was in | ! rond to determine whether orida, Mrs. Phillips demanded that ed 1o the estate of the late | (he tree be loft alone. When the | unfop or to the COUnty. warkmen prepared 1o proceed with the permons assert that Dr. Perty | wawing against her protests, Mis had no authorty to grant permissi llips =creamed for help tor the cut of the tree, even If It 7han she Ktood. elose o the tr N Was on county property a trunk, with her back touching it, and {thin is a fine legal point yet to b giq she would not move so long as jesteanmed the workmen renuined | The tree was planted about It you cut this tree down,” satd | & Ize James Dunk Bl 5. “you will have to saw | R through iy bod I Tanlon: Wasblagion jae scene, aml after mich \"h:" "’l "' M . (|' ‘.“]"“' ’vf. - dthough he cluimed houndary of the Dunlop exta bt I AL held many wmemories for members of (g o Rt v the Durlop family and old restdents of |y (00 SIS | the neighborhood tgiven permission to cut the tree Cutting Held Outrage, el e dntended to protect it and the | other treex of the community 0 Kidwell xaid, that Sunday mornir thut he was approached hy William J. MeMullin, former Burns stective, who abandoned his employ and “turned State's evidence,” and ked If he had recognized Burns' De- o'clock on the T nssembled for roll eall The sergeants in the Legi walters and staff generally. tectives O'Reilly and Stewart as *he | hia orderls two men who appronched him on two | Rut it i also the sergeants who different oceasions while he wax it | hear the hrunt of the tenining and Unk ws @ Juror in the FallSinclair | ledership. They are indefatizable e They seem to glory in their work and “I mald no " Kidwell testified, “and [are really the maimstay of the re MeMullin - said, F'm pretty | sure | ments. O'Reilly was the man outside the courthouse that day and If you can Sergeauts All Martinets, knize those two men the Akers| The sergeants gre all martineis and King matter will be killed wnd |©f course, there are good and had there will be no more trouble about |AMONE them. But 1 never encountered it ane of the type of Lefaune, the br ‘Thia “Alers and JEi ol sergeant in “Benu Geste " A sergeant form 1 et |0t that kind wouldn't live long in & Amdnite by A Ray AKers, former | Bard botled outft 1k the Legion ¥ el kb [AunmIGtor. ang |1 did find some who seemed (o punish Kink, NewspAper veporter men for the sheer jo of it wall, while u juror, told them of hisx well remember the flrst sergeant 1 wdmiration for Sinclair and that he jl“‘”m“ en nianpess o the corporel Sxpected ‘& oar a0 lank &F 8. DIcK unrdez vous"™ (Attention) Fvery when the trinl was over. Thesa ami. | (FRFIEE BINST SAICREOTRD ; davits, together with two others re. | N GUIEES, (8 piddl e ine (ing the newcomer must lating to Burna' detective activites |y 5o minsdoned_ officer, he was so here, hrought about a mistrial of the | (ongurrully dressed. After asking s Fall Sinelair cax | A ! asking o When MceMullin made thix st |"‘l‘ l‘l‘|‘|‘;»:“;'lx‘:?|’.‘: “':‘r'm',n:”""‘"“"w St ment, Kidwell s, O Leary wan not | SR B AEROT A0 sent. The witneax, preswed bV ane or o captain™ 1 asked. Mo O'Lenry to tell every intimate detall |0 % e iyl el of the relationship between the (wo Adfgalile e Ve ahion Chie ool (D ekry)) toil me il s exciainied:, "EMATely: Wiway thess high lnwyers were oty e day we went before the koing tn beat you, (hat you woull|opegecin major” for final physical show them up and that you were | a0 & Very Nevere. A wtaking your reputation s n IWyer lyiding or a disabled man could not nd that you were the only e the grade in the Logion. Long end T had In the DISIet atomes™s | gresaine marches, guird duty in rain oftice wind and bitter eold are only a few of . the havdships Ratory e Aebee: At "\ hen the Tegion marchen it shake Ralipuy, mpvning, 1 v ean foot And they are marches Khdwell mdd O Lty tald him b e A oIt e Baeie OF nloi 1o nuestion the witnens ke Lin bt physdeal condition is hetter oft e B wonld question Akers SRV en e ened down before he gets o would proteet me as much wn vou |yt e Coutd although vou eould not ) ek Kidwell wald he oy Corporals Are Dreaded. 1 ho protection on he hut done | Phare were 10 men to tuke the 0o wrong. AU this some time Kidwell | oug, We were i our underwear Aeclined O Lemy sald e “dUn G he [ Algst of the e were very nervaus Heve n damned word of the Akers | vy tme we talkd loudly oot aMdavit ns (Akerm) had told me | guahed o eorpornd and threatened tiree different stovies alvendy | WIth prison 1 thero wan not tustant | While walting in the United Staten [ gioion We had loarned that Attney s offl nduny, Kidwell anid | SGihat orporal) was # parson to e Mut, Peyton Gordon nppronched him | granded, so we shut up promptly S e B whint heowis it {©RECTTE Sl o) P for. wnd when informed by Kiwell] oolimtod an Gitest Cliver, and i 1 B waw wiltimgon O'Leary, the |0 ST ter gt me Thiongh Uitesd St ten attornes sabd D would i Sygat pertoomances and then, as ot tired it avound any domned |G ked. A vou an Dt @l the time, subpoens or o | SEEE subpoes ex, v captaln 1 veptiod {ive winmid, Betawell sl e man e o HerYER AL (OR Gifteers o Lol Wy Jeanry {i Nl Bi i your young and splendid avmy. he nob to Jons ik manve, He thow adied] TR SRIE Bt exteliont Ut O Leary mnids SEE Ty e T e condition . ey vemaln s e, Disten o the questionn and BIEE G of ploard eanteen wine vou fnve answeved. sl HEVOU GG gy wid s bons chanee Gsowd Wi whont your veplien sy s, wnd [N 18 ot aure: toll) haceutirt 0 Next day came (he Iniectlon wgnins: e | (A i Gy RO Then @l o s Who b pssed wers marehed off ‘t st e hellef that ity Hhe expr Those who hiave ohijected 1o the cat Dig of (he tree okt withdraw thel e tions 1E They aderstond fully the uf it Hhting the otk Wee Ut b belng g Muanl e the plans oy e iscusaed Gvee ot o b and Bolding the canmminity cele Dt have beon completed A w Von of thi Vnited Btates Aty Hamd In o gy and ot 1y e Will b Beld heginndug at b6 o “Jt wom an outsags to cut thiat Ane, | It was nfter workmen old tree down' sald Mr. Dunlop o ved farther cast being on my cousin’s property. But estate of the late George Dunlop. even if it wax within the count AR P Appeals to Attorney. taken with proper suthor and 1| When Mre Waters lud the matter | intend 10 1ake whatever action or | hefore State's Attorney Peter, he sible in the matter for the on |10l her thit If the tree was on private of our trees operty, the permizston of the owner Mrs. Mary Ray Waters, who wax woull hive heen necexsary before the formerly Mrs. George Dunlop, now trea could be legally cut. Hetare sny en on the catate wWith her two whether Dr. Perry had anthority sghtora ¥ 1% hearthroken (o permit the cutting of the tree, if it befiri i ot noand carted owi FhLof way, Mr. Peter sald he wished 1 " ave taken @ thou- ty investgate the matter further ol " whe w e it Leroy Rogers of the county arter. Hos bean euiled to the Ation: |1 Who Inin charge of the Bethen- ton of the State's attorm ind a Cortitbstation, has bheen instrocted hy wsurves ke being made to determly Me Peter ty make n thorough Investi oty ehcen thw: dine i He Wil | ation of wil the focts i the oase, 1 Aeeide What 10105 v heen engiged o ihis work The Juniper tree in question wis o | e past 24 ho Sk ts fne old spruve tree o Wo have had great dieulty In the 1 il of W mo 1L Wialke protecting our tihae, histon b old " i Jesven M1 mhort distance Lo recent years” wndid Mis Phillips, 1 7 Sl o contracior prevent it ut all costs. 1 The Princess Hermine A e PG I L ” T forved all furthor tngulvies ' My Tells of Ex-Kaiser. Ashloy, ahufenigy OF e GOty o fim " i Hegretn Con I erny G ualisiimi g ’ I deeply vegret that any (rouhie {loh, oF tAKINE &, teen from privad e Wty wiid we s it (HIBK We hav U pie r T Norodid we ntend 1o ‘ Ire proper perminston. 1 helleve we bt e lite h W i el bovrderstand that the tiee wan on Bow b puseen Bino dinve i L e gubtie voad The distonce fom o Bl e AL T an e e domain aptierino e o i bebie vapidly epoded. 1t would soon ¥ Mo e Living to estabilish o pres ol 2L o o "W‘ WY Chadstmns G celebration wvery ; " whanld b O "y ey [[deoge thist 10 Wbl il sy thie Ch e Princess Hermine's wtory 11" 500" 000 W0 e lnesitont of e will apkansiin {ianovy dthine. Wimanie, Kb, ‘anaiek |t 0t 4800 sntine, dapkd 14 Wan very I'he Sunday Star Hwen vateet at thin i when thy Bt FRARL o (PR W iwlng Cliintmes eV Lhe wom . \ wlon woman, As o Hannah Monsdelsmnhin. hin tocontiy hni ap Pt T s e e it af v Ui A0 facee vestaiints 1o cated n the principal cities ol Koy land o e Toom Whet us Wit thinugh an interpreter You o are now conmines caveer i the Leglon ' he b fore you can wee actial must pass hionh montha of fnstucton Vour quickness to learn period you will b calle [endure Iy et ahilpn and (o bear the § T ALCLOE 8 (gL Pt e e Alwarm fet 1t wabor Min d POruin wergeanis Chel o Al the e whi (e Leglon an volyateers thiovgh the xame mnill noweparate adiiensed wh o four wion's only claim to kindship | | on are per sons of majesty and power. They wear gold stripes and eat in a mess apart, with their n cooks. barm Each has A REANL 1 " sald Lot acinig " View vour e van moie ponding an During this A et " hand wide wf eu [ Ak itanta, ndiutants Wave oined have heen B0 ke & Dt P KM BLR |YULETIDE FINDS WORLD PEACE ? GROWING, LEAGUE LEADER SAYS’ Sir Eric Drummond Sees Ad-! vance of Good Will in Year. Essence of Christmas Includ- | ed in Covenant, He Holds 1‘ ! in Message. i e GENEVA, December Peaceful zood will among nations i< on the in- Drimmn U League of Na- | me written Associated Press. crense, savs Sie Eric see- general of the in o Chrfetine cially for the message: retary tions Geneva ask Ts th Christuas, « in onrselves vari- s ‘question ood will exist among the na ‘ | o more secure? SIR ERIC DRUMMOND. | “Happily the answer to all these hiet he promoted and international questions s« and we, therefore 5 achieved. : know that the League of Nations has | e history of the Lea e Na. | tulfilled its great primary aim. | tions since December 23, 1926, is noth- “There is throughout the world aling more and nothing less than an en- general increase in the number of | deavor to effect internationally peace men of good will. The Council and|and good will, Assembly of the Lea now comprise | “Does n icle 11 of the covenant the responsible representatives of na- | ny which nation has the right as jtions which less than a decade ago a ¥ ths 1o were engaged in the fiercest warfare with a vie Al the world has ever experienced efe [ any circumsta which affect gond fixed rvals to take understanding na upon ther as to the manner in | which peace de s the ex- which international e ion canlsence of the spi Sl ,mdlu-rflh Declines To S«‘ll HIS \am(" elections o | tem, Writer Says. has been denied the cath of LINDERGH VIS BANDIT TERRITORY Guest of Mexwan Air Forces on Trip to Cuernavaca From Capital. MEXICO CITY. Decombor €0l Charies A. Lindbarzr intended £ Young Warn schonls tenneA bs cial fstn f n A el ged Pritish Hor ras, Niearag Ama Fr Havana, Cuba. e there some t ¢ Mother The fiver's whether her re by plane or ra s tha mother and Mexico Ci medal ind postot an aib Mexican | S Senator because of the atta | Controlier General McCarl has come | o tee o pitures by & under the fire of Vice Preside Declring Ot thete wie 7 Dawes ularities in the general ele Writing a review of & book on “The | 19%. ns asserted ! National Budget Svstem,” by W 3 . Willoughby, director of the lusti the of Government Research, the <aid that Gift President said reform in governme ¢ Pennsylvan Lwokkeeping was contemplated by clously and budget act of 1921, but that one m a certificat little encouraged o helieve tha ssual fory reform x at Jast oy ing some eclared th tention from th utro! reneral < v wwes, Who was the tirst Mawors of the budget. said thy \ s Ramos Properly carry on a business one must ; ' | know 1 1o know it ane must have ers the proper accounting =5 | Bookkee Iy Decentralized. & L | baokkeoping methods of th e departments still are decen g e pralized,” he sald, “and in their pres t - ent form furnish little aid to the T votes more Executive or to his agent director : of the budget, in determ [ il 2 tive operating effictoney and cost of | 47 A MERCHANTS PREP RE | the departments. ‘They operate also to | Tk : ”""‘ an A Keep Congross uninformed. The pres. | SeF 18 e the Vare Keeping would be tolerated tor a | ndividoal o Lday in a property conducted private ”f‘\‘{";‘ | husiness enterprise . no— | “The whole system could be prop At g Stores Will Be \\e-l Pn‘le\!e\. Durs | ety changed and put in workine forn: el 2 — | within w short time and should have b ing Closing Sunday and [been put in this form concurrently [ With the ergantation of the Bureau | 80 Monday. of the Budget | tovenin b MeCarl Has \uthority. | I e wauld lv';'\"l" N — SWIN the present powers in 3 e 'I"“" 4 i e s N hands of the controller geneval | “'y"“,'\ ¥ o - feould taamgarate a retorm i goveen. | S10 WL " . D mental skkeeping - of the United | 008 EEE I election or of wavs ~ | States which would at once make it ‘\ TR CaRt Lo on SEREH b ants oM N | model for the wortd The changes £ SRS o . N thus far have besh minor and vom F ikt Lo ek nans DA ' Paratively ineonsequenticd L vt Setuyin < - The teform In K nmental a N counting Iy cortain th come. 1 mny o talt Bl e s o Wi o ‘TEMPERATURE DROPS IN \ tnte 1 his BestGation to undertake \‘\ . woperiv. which will be vat mtstor i vy N b R Snsomoa et wucs | NORTHEAST STATES This kieat oppertunity e govern Sharp Decline to Near Zero Noted | fte clation A . mental seevice: Untl 1t s done all sements hositess by the Government will be | om Noew York to New P 1k > condueted umder a serions handi Hampshive y . \; iy W » ‘\ DIRIGIBLE ENDS CRUISE. | "WV i ooy xR o ¢ . NEW VORK. Dec M Last . g nunute Christnas shoppers o th LTSk B LAKKHERSD, N 3, December 20 | FAst were grected with a cold snap . |6 e Navy ivigitle Las Angeles f ke . rened o her hangar heiw st wight o The woereurs. iy Now \‘.-M‘ Sty dion CHRISTMAS PRESENTS | wrter an experimentation and ratning [P e 32 degroes At miliight o erufxe which extended along the ceast |13 abave sera at & ame The avecase COST W R LIFE Lieut. Comde Chartes B Rusendahy | eihbey iIn 33 degrees. Wan I command of 4 crew ol 40 men Navanac Lake and other Adivondaek ] Nee el ot ® PO veported temperatures rangin o 10 10 10 degives below aera w. her . oy )y Nor(heRl VU Wi the coldest spot . 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