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! 2. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 0, JUNE 17, 1928—PART 1. - ThXRATEDEBSON FRENENTO WATGH | VADENISELEGTED (Y REAL ESTATE. S DUE TOMORROM! AS BUILDINGS BURN HEAD OF VETERANS | BOARD 1S ASKED City Heads to Consider Budget Also at Special Meeting. The District Commissioners will meet n special session tomorrow to fix the tax rate for the coming fiscal year be- ginning July 1 and to begin the prepa- ration of the budget for the 1929-1930 fiscal year. A tax levy of $1.70 on $100 of assessed ! -~tion, recommended by Daniel J. an, auditor and budget officer, obably will be approved. This is the current rate, and Donovan has calcu- ated that its continuance through the new fiscal year will yield revenue slightly in excess of the amount re- quired to be raised on taxable real estate and tangible personal property. The budget will be made up in tenta- tive form from the estimated needs of e department heads of the municipal government submitted last week to the auditor. While the total amount of these figures has not yet been tabulated, it has been estimated that they closely approximate $48,000,000, exclusive of the indefinite appropriations and trust end special funds. The estimates of the department heads lost year totaled $48,729,543, and the figure this year is not expected to be higher, in view of the lower budget of the Board of Education, which is $1,- 600,000 under the estimates of last vear. The increases above last year ectimates sought by the other depert- ments, however, offset the reduction tn ths school budget. The procedure to be followed by the Commissioners in framing the tenta- tive bu mined. It is likely that a maximum figure will be fixed in advance and proportionate cuts made in the esti- mates of all departments until the pre-determined amount is reached. It has been intimated that $42.000,000, the amount of the téntative budget of last year, 1s to be the goal of the Com- i mussioners. | The major portion of the week likely will be devoted by the Commissioners | to the preparation of the budget which | is to be submitted to the Bureau of the Budget early in July. The tax | rate will be fixed first, however. va! D. et has not yet been deter-| Two Downtown Structures Doomed to Test Resist- ance cf Safes. | For the first time in American his- | tory, so far as known, the fire and police | departments of a great city were con- | early this morning to watch a spec- | tacular fire of major proportions delib- | erately started and allowed to burn two large buildings to the ground business section. Seventeen pieces of fire apparatus, men began ‘gathering from ferent | sections of Wrshington soon after mid- night in several blocks surrounding two | old buildings formerly occupied by the soed store of F. W. Bolglano & Co., at | 1009 Little B street. | | . The fire and &ollce details were as- | signed to wateh the flames consume the | bulldings, and prevent its spread. Test of Resistance. The fire was planned for the purpose of test: the fire resisting qualities of | | safes and other record contaners and to measure the Intensity and duratica | | of fires in buildings. It was one of thy | | most unusual investgations ever un- dvlnaken by a research laboratory any- where. | The structures were among those | condemned to clear a site for the erec- tion of new Government butldings in | the Pennsylvania avenue triangle. | _Every precaution was taken to pre- ent spread of the fire and to keep or- der among the spectators. | | _Chief George S Watson of the Fire | said last night he had | TW[] BEAT WUM AN’W::I';)L;rniquetrsis“a:re Life of Bow oot 1 Bitten on Finger by Poisonous Snake | Department | never heard of anything of the kind be~ { fore. Eight engines, six hese wagons, two | Indder trucks and the water tower were detailed to the scene. All salvageable material had been | | removed from the two buildings and waste lumber and other combustibles were placed within them to simulate conditions which would have prevailed had the usual business equipment of furniture, fixtures and records been present. Thermometers Attached. | Thirty-five safes and containers of different makes were placed at different points in the buildings and filled with useless records of a typical nature. 150 firemen and more than 30 - | | Each safe and container was equipped ometer and devices to {record the highest temperature reached COOLIDGE RATIFIES REPUBLICAN TICKET ‘BY CURTIS MESSAGE (Continued from Pirst Page) | within each and the moment of im- pact as it falls through the burned- out floors itito the debris below. Thermo-couples, with leads extend- ing to & protected place near the bu: ing Wwere set to record tem. peratures ‘at 50 points in the open spaces within the buildings, while it was being measured at 45 points in the :ebr&. | When the safes and record containers have cooled sufficiently the results will be transcribed from the recording in- struments and entered in the records of the Bureau of Standards with other observations made by experts. After the data have been assembled and in| ted the results of the unique test will be made avallable ttling with mosquitoes. But natives about here have given assurances that the North woods itoes disappear | Qacialy. he fre il save tor, Gove 3 e will save - mentl-‘a removing the buildings. and Inei- | cost of $1,000.000 GIFT HINGES ON FRATERNITY OUSTER Cornell Graduate Would Also Abolish “Sexy Characteris- A h is tonigh v t.’é eac t copfident it wi tion of less than |10 bossts of having | boasts of ’u makes certain changes in ebagamon iz Presbyterian, ihe congregation is mixed ligious bellefs, Jobn Taylor, who has been a lay minister in the Congregational chureh al in its re- 1 villages in the Nort | UWiTerity's financlal support, pastor at Bun- President’s stey it hold services every Bunday. "Rey, Mr. what thrills he may yreaching o the Chief Executive, will never see the latter, He has been blind for nearly a Gozen years, I 15 understood thet Mrs, Coolidge | will remain away from chureh services tomorrow, 14 18 thought best that she walt untll she is stronger before in. dulging in any long automobile rides INSPECTS ISLAND LODGE. BRULE, Wis, June 16 ) President Cooll While busied himeel! today with the whims of Brule River trout, | Mrs. Coolidge wok the ¢ 2 [l s over which she will Bummer months, Pecling better than at any time since her relapse the first of the week, which caused & two-dey postponement of the trip Wes, the Pirst Lady visited the many rooms oA Uik one-story dwelling on the river island. Bhe was impressed preside the coming be had in this porthernmost tp of Wisconsin, stretchee of which appesr w5 wid a5 in the days when the l,'h)r~l ewae snd Bloux Indisns fought for its ostenelon Mre. Coolidge’s bedroom, the largest #n the lodge, is done n blue and ad- Joining i & beth, nearly as large as the bedroom, hnished in marble with the exception of the celling and floor, In bullding thix bathroom, Mr. Plerce sent & men on & eountry-wide sesrch for marble “withoul gray streaks’ us the commoner marble hes. Nine blocks were finally found 1n Minnespolis . Lindy in Madison, Wis., for Degree MADLSON, Wis, June 16 ) ~Col Charles A, Lindbergh, who s 10 be give; honorary degres I:L the University Wisconsin Mouday, landed at & local 't here shortly sfter 1 o'c Bl Lt apesied, ok, utl- {tomorrow will publish an open let'er | from | Ohio, " |was a fraternity member and en Taylor no matter | receive while | tics” at University. NEW YORK, June 16~The World Hayward Kendall, Cleveland, coal , 1o ingston Farrand of Cornell University, e 000, v Y. ey, but 1efuses “to contribute & dime to your misfit university with its fra- and sexy charac- | separate college. |, The letter, on which Dr. Farrand re- fused for the World, was | written after an alumni organiza‘ion | had asked Kendall to contribute to the aduated from Cornell in 11808 In his undergraduste year he ga |in numerous extracurricular activities | R 1 Y SEA e Y FORMER COUNTESS SUES. Mrs. Julie Graves Asks for Divorce From New Yorker, CHICAGO, June 16 (P —Mrs. Julle de Pokorsky Craves, former Polish | countess, wx-yh t sult for divoree | sesinst James Willlam Oraves, jr, s | wealthy New Yorker, 8he said he | | drank o excess, annoyed her and inter- fered with her work ss s motion ple- | | ture mctress, - | sheriff, a deputy sheriff, an assistant | centrating men and apparatus here | in the | | | S FRE T0HIME Midnight Callers Near Mem- phis Slash Victim’s Arms; Threaten Death, She Says. ‘ e | By the Associated Press MEMPHIS, June 16.—Mrs. R. H Goad reported to the sheriff’s office to- | day that two men entered her home | last night, slashed her seven times on each arm and severely whipped her with beits, then locked her inside the house and set fire to it. Shs telephoned her brother-in-law, who extinguished | the flames, | As the men were leaving the house, which is in the county, they told Mrs. Goad that “this is for revenge—we are going to put your husband where he won't bother anybody.” M0 20 e e s a g a - ing in her face Saw two men, “Yell, and we will kill you,” one of the men warned. They slashed her arms and whipped her with belts until she was almost un- conscious, she reported, set fire to the bedroom and pantry, locked the door and She telephoned the cafe where her husband is employed. ‘He was out, but brother-in-law came. - Her husband gfi the omgn he knew of no one ;ha cause to seek revenge against him. Three weeks ago, Mrs. men came to her and shot at the SHERIFF AND 8 HE|-.D IN FLORIDA DRY DRIVE| { Deputy and Police Official Among | Prisoners in Campaign on | Liguor Ring. By the Associated Pross. PENSACOLA, Fla, June 16.—A police chief, a hotel keeper and five other persons were arrested in Pranklin County during the past week by Federal dry agents who are conducting a drive inst an alleged extensive liquor ring 'u"m Florida, it was announced from headquarters here today. Bherifft W. J, L of County, Rube Bradford, deputy sheriff; C. C. Tautman, night ci of police at Carabelle; Jess Jol , hotel keeper, and five others were among those are rested. RESCUE CALLS ARE HOAX. Practical Joker BSends False Alarms. Residents of the 200 block on Tenth street northeast are being pestered by & practical joker who has a penchant for summoning the rescue squal. Last night he was up to his tricks again, for the squad was summoned to 3 Tenth street northeast on the report that a woman and two children had been locked in & gau-filled room. This proved false, During last week, neighbors said, the squad was called to 233 Tenth street northeast, ’un across the street from the scene of last night's emergency call. This, to, was 8 f alarm. in Two Last of Pigeons In Alexandria’s City Hall Killed Speciat Dispstch to The Star ALEXANDRIA, Va, June 16.- The tyo last survivors of & great flock of pigeons that infest the City Hall Bullding tower for Mrs, Graves renounced her Polish eit- lzenship n 1924, The erstwhile countess | | and Graves were married December 27, | 1924, and separated August 1p, 1026, | | she said, { | By the Associated Press CHIC, , June 16.~A 15-story bullding 1o cost $46,000,000 and o con- | tain & virtusl city within iteelf will be | erected in the i future above the Illnols Central tracks, | The Uon overlooks | River Just Rast of avenuy | between Randolph street and an ex- | tension of Wacker drive, formerly kuown ss Bouth Weter street, it was announced today by the Appurel Manu- facturers’ Mart Bullding Corporstion, | uhe bullders. | The skyscraper will stand 845 feet | whove street Jevel, 70 feet hif H Waoolworth JBuilding in New York ity wnd wecond in helght only Lo the ;m{[:l Tower in Parls The hutlding will be the center of apparel indusiry in Chicago < I World's Tallest Skyncraper, With Hotel ‘ On 70th Floor, Is Planned in Chicago with the comiort and conveniences i | Chicago | office her than | Two eon- | right "Dk yeurs were killed yesterday by Officer Charles Miller of the Alex- andria Police Department. Miller shot the pigeons with a rifie as they perched on a ledge of the tower, on the ground floor, as will shops, & restaurent and other business estab- lishments, Floors from the fifth to the twenty-third will be devoted to the Apparel Mart. ‘The twenty-fourth to the forty-sixth floors will be devoted to nrm. The next 24 floors will house 1,020 hotel rooms end the (o floors will be used by three clubs, al! assoclated with the upmm industry Not only will the bullding be the tallest occupled structure in the world, but 1t also will be the largest in amount | floor 4y It will have rentable o | space of 4,680, square feet, d‘xfl skyscraper consists of hts mbove the terminsl of Lhe Iiinols Central Ratlrosd. I includes two square blocks of &'"8'" s ‘The ptructure will he largest alr development ever m, it venton halls, thres fiors high, will be The President n foreground, taking in scencry about Cedar Island Lodzs, shostly Elvin Van Horn, a 15-year-old Boy Scout, was picking wild strawberries in the woods behind his home at Mc- Lean, Va, yesterday afternoon when a | large snake darted from behind a rock | and sunk its fangs into the little finger of his right hand. Snatching his heed away, the frightened boy ran to thz { house and called for help to Mrs. E. K. | Anderson, with whom he makes his| home. Fearful lest the bite had been in- flicted by a poisonous snake, persons in the house improvised a tourniquet and tied it around the base of the finger. e DR. WU REQUESTS EARLY REVISION OF CHINESE TREATIES| ___ (Continued from First Page.) the United States as well as other for- elgn powers to recognize the govern- ment In power in Peking,” he said. “The Nationalists now are in charge of that city and recognition no doubt soon will follow. “Recognition is not absolutely neces- sary, The new government of China doesn't really care whether it is recog- nized or not so long as the powers show an inclination to adjust the wrongs so biatantly obvious unilateral treaties now in force.” Dr. Wuwnmflum China hldnxl:::n \n; clination adjust any one pol of the old treaties, but hoped that the United States would see fit to “scrap the entire lot and start new relations with the new government on a per- fectly clean international slate.” Hopes for Recognition. Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese Minister to the United States, has informed the State Department that he now repre- sents the Nationalist government in this country and has raised the Nationalist flag over the legation here. He would not talk concerning the attitude of the State Department toward his new gov- ernment, other than to say that he | Roped this country soon would follow the traditional policy of recognizing the government in power in Peking Information from London, Dr. Wu sald, led him to believe that, unless the United States acted soon, Great Britain would be the first of the great powers to recognize the new Chinese govern- ment. He declared that the psycholog- ical effect of such an act by Great Britain would be exceedingly favorable to the British in China. “There 18 increasing evidence that Great Britain and China will arrive at some mutually satisfactory agreement in the near future,” Dr. Wu said. “The relations between thé two countries have been strained at times, but there are no problems which the Chinese and British have to face which cannot be amicably solved.” The moving of the Chinese govern- ment from Peking is the carrying out of an announced intention of the lead- ers of the Natlonalist movement made before their armies started on their long march to the north, Dr. Wu said, Scene of Failures. Members of the new government feel that the atmosphere of Peking is not conducive to a national spirit, it having been the scene of o many fallures of Rovernment since the 1911 revolution. Forelgn influences of many years stand- lni also would have to be overcome in Peking, while the city of Nanking {s cssentially Chinese In Its make-up as well as its atmosphere, Nlnkln!. Dr. Wu declared, is the traditional capital of South China and its central location makes it the logical capital for all China. It has been the rovisional capital city of the National- ts since its capture in Mareh, 1927 Nnnkh{’u s a walled city 200 miles up the Yangtze River from Shanghal and connected with that city by a rail- road and by boat, It is one of the oldest cities In China and for centurles was known as the “city of scholars” because it was there that young Chinese went to stand thelr examinations.on the clussics. The great 23-mile-long wall around the city 1 in a good state of preserva- thon, except at the south gate, where portions of it fell before the baticring rams of the Talping armies in & revolu- ton in the nineteenth century. Out- side the walls to the south is the great tomb of the one Ming emperor, who ruled from Yangtze Valley capital, It Is guarded by hugo stone figures ex- tending -for over a mile along the road mnnln{mla the ml{y. On slope of Purple Mountain, which throws its shadow across the Ming tomh, is the framework of an- other great pagodalike tomb, being butlt for the body of Dr, Bun Yat Ben, the father of th~ Nationalist movement The new tomb, vae Nationallsts belleve, will become one of China's shrines, PEKING BITUATION CLEARING, Complications Disappear as Feng With- draws Troops, BHANGHAL June 16 (#).~The com~ Heations in China's political situation Efwlm about by the capture of Peking from the Northerners by the Natlonal- isis snd their allles now appear to be Glearing up, The uncertainty wh ch has existed as W what course Feny Yu-Hslang, the leader of the Frmum' army, would follow with relation 0 the Nationaliste is diseppearing, Feng having ordered his troops in the vieliMty of Peking and Tlln'hln to withdraw to the cily of Paotingtu. Thqn‘Nutlmuluu south of Tientsin Also wre falling back, leaving control of after his arrival at the Brule, Wi |A similar tourniquet was | around the boy's wrist. | " Then the youth was placed in an gz}x‘um and rushed to Emergency Hospital | here Dr. Ignatius Rutkoski, who examined | the wound, declared that it probably | had been made by a poisonous reptile |and that undoubtedly the tourniquets | had saved the boy's life. Young Van Horn will be kept at the hospital for several days and watched ior symptoms of poisoning. He was resting easily, according to the last report. | This was the first snake bite case of | the season to be treated at Emergency | Hospital. fastened ! I the province of Chihli in the hands of | Yen Hsi-Shan, the “model governor of Shansl,” who is an ally of the Na- | tionalists. | Condditions at Tientsin are going back to normal. Chang’s Death True. | - {, It is generally believed here now that reports from Mukden that Chang | Tso-Lin, the Manchurian war lord, had dicd from the injuries he suffered in the recent bomb explosion were true. Consequently the Nationalists are opti- mistic over ths chances of Manchuria siding with their caluse. During the dx the Natlonalist gov- ernment in Nanking lssued an impor- tant declaration of policy, including an appeal to the world to accord fullest sympathetic understanding to the Na- tionalist program. This declaration states that the unifi- cation of China has now been achieved and that the new government seeks to obtain the blessings of liberty and free-~ dom for the Chinese people and intege national peace on the basis of equality for China. Declaring that any mili~ taristic form of fovzmment would be discarded, the declaration also says that | Communists and those who would de- | stroy the government will not be toler ated At the same time the government ex- pressed belief that the time was ripe to negotiate, in accordance with diplo- matic procedure, new treaties with the powers on the basis of complete equality | and mutual respect for each other's | sovereignty. Embraces Peace. | C.T. Wang, the newty-appointed for- elgn minister, issued a statement along | similar lines on assuming office, stress- | ing the end of the military regime and declaring that China’'s fundamental | policy-should embiace international im- | provement. | “It will be hoped that the friendly | nations will accord China sympathetic assistance in her efforts to re her aspirations by first freeing her from her treaty restrictions and m‘g by giving her material ald,” Wang sald. “A strong, well ordered China will mnlg peace and happiness to the world.” JAPANESE ASK SETTLEMENT. Tokio Expeoted Soon to Negotiate | Tsinan Affair. TOKIO, June 16 (#).—Rellable sources state that the Japanese gov- ernment soon will negotiate a settle- ment of the Esinan affalr with the Nationalist government at Nanking. The Jaf:unt.w demand compensation for the familles of murds victims, looting and other losses, as well as a formal apology and punishment for those responsible and a guarantee of lul.ured;wcurlty. & £ e Pending ac nce of e terms, there will be no complete withdrawal of Japanese troops from Tsainan. CONSUL AGENT COMING. Nationalist Representative at Honolulu On Way To U. 8. HONOLULU, June 16 (#).—Chi Hwan, secretary to Chiang Kal Shek, former leader of the Nationalist armies in China, arrived here today ahoard the steamer Talyo Maru, en route to the United States, where he expects to es- tablish Natlonallsy consulates, Chen was accompanied two officers of the Nationalist Army. AIR HEIGHT RECORD BELIEVED BROKEN BY LIEUT. BLEAKLEY (Continued from First Page.) 000 feel or more, the officers identified with the test decided to rush the baro- f"‘"" to Washington for calibration, as L appeared to them & new record had been established. Since Lieut, Macready's retirement from the Army, Lieut. Bleakley has been ansigned to conduct the altitude work for that branch of the service, Recently the fleld recelved two high-ultitude Curtiss pursult planes, with speclally bullt-in superchargers and engine modi- fications to enable them to operate sev- eral miles above ground. y were bullt for high-altitude work alone, One s u?ulppod with the D-12 water-cooled and the other with a Wasp r led engine, The record 1s held by a Wright Apache pursuit plane of the Navy, Lieut. Bleakley, 1t 1s understood, 1s to test the climbing abilities of these resent world ‘asp engined it s felt, a world record may develop regardless of the results of yesterday's fight ‘\‘Nhllr these cltitude tests are pro- jected at Wright Pield Lieut. Champion Is preparing to extend the mark he umgu e last July. His litle plane has been reconditioned following the damage inflicted on it when the cylin- der heads of the gngine blew off and shot pleces of agalnst the tabrie during his tal ht, two types of planes, and out of the tests, | i White House. Pacific and Atlantie Phet CANADA-TO-MEXICD HOPSETFOR TODAY |Good-Will Fiyers to Pass Capitai on Non- Stop Trip. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, June 16.—Weather per- mitting, Jacquin Pecheco and Fritz Vieler, Mexico City aviators, planned to take off early tomorrow from Walker Pleld, near Windsor, Ontario, on a non-stop “unofficial good will" flight to the Mexican capital. The flyers had hoped to take off to- day, but delayed the start because of unfavorable weather reports from points along the 2,200-mile route. Their plane, a Stinson monoplane, which they purchased here a few days ago, was groomed today at the Stinson Alrport at Northville, and was given a final inspection by the aviators this afternoon. Test flights were made yes- terday. ‘The airship is the same type of craft used by Eddie Stinson and George Haldeman last March in setting a new world endurance record at Jackson- Sapply of 400 gallons of fuel suj of o E gm’;n Canada the aviators plan to fly to Washington, D. C., circle the Capitol and then cross the Appalachian Mountains ard go down toward Gal- veston. Tex. From there they will fol- low the coast line until they head toward Mexico City. ‘The flight, the aviators sald, was inspired by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s good-will flight from Washington to Mexico City. Vieler, who served as an aviator in the German Army during the World War, has taught aviation in the Mexican Army. Pecheco, one of Vieler's puplls, 15 a member of a wealthy Mexican family and owner of thtapllne in whieh the trip is to be made. 'TRIO BELIEVED SLAIN AND THEN CREMATED Probe Reveals Man and Wife, Found in Ruins of Home, Were Shot to Death. By the Assoclated Press STAR, Okla., June 16.—The apparent slaughter of a family of three and sub- sequent burning of the bodles was being investigated here today in a court of inquiry conducted by Ben Bellew, coun- ty attorney of Haskell County. The charred bodtes of Dan Stella, his wife and their infant daughter were found in the ruins of their home last week. Henry MeclIntosh, former hus- band of Mrs. Stella, was arrested last night as the result of investigations of <county officers A post-mortem examination of the bodles yesterday revealed that Stella and his wife had been shot to death, A jug containing kerdsene was found near the house. Officers sald they learned that Mec- Intosh and Mrs. Stella had been quar- reling over the appointment of & guar- dian for their 13-year-old son, Lee. COSTES PLANS SEA TRIP. French Flyer Will Attempt Hop Across Atlantic. PARIS. June 16 (#).—Dieudonne Costes, French long-distance aviator, announced tonight he would attempt a transatlantic flight to America early in July. He said, however, that Joseph Lebrix, who flew with him across t! South Atlantic to South America and later to the United States, would not accompany him on this trip. The sooner been infected Do you tire easily ? Are you losing weight? Do you cough persistently ? If you have some of thes your doctor or have your Health Depa or Saturday at 2.3 e'clock. Telephone Main 992 lthphlmedwarrylm Attention quicker and surer can you be cured. Delay in Finding Out Makes It Harder to Cure You Tuberculoals Hospital, 14th & Upshur Sts. N.W. Tuesday, Thursday Friday evenings from. 7:30-9 o'clock, Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis | Spanish War Body Hears Speech by Cuban Consul. Auxiliary Names Officers. James G. Yaden, president of the | Federation of Citizens' Associations, was unanimously elected commander of ( the Department of the District of Colum| United Spanish War Vet- crans, last night at the closing session of the twenty-ninth annual encamp- ! ment in Pythian Temple. At the same time Carrie E. Nolan was elected presi- dent of the ladies’ auxiliary of the {local department at the twentieth an- nual convention of the women's organ- ization. | Senor Cayetano de Quesada, Cuban consul, the guest speaker before the veterans, extended the welcome of the | Cuban governtment to members of the {order who will attend the national en- | campment at Havana, October 7 to 12. The President of Cuba, he said, has | appointed a commission to entertain | the Spanish War veterans from the | United States. A number of important resolutions were adopted by the District depart- ment last night, the most important of them dealing with the welfare of re- | red service men. | Retirement Benefits Asked. One resolution requested that re- dred disabled enlisted men of the Army, | Navy and Marine Corps be given the same consideration extended officers of | the three services and which was ex- tended at the last session of Congress to include disabled emergency officers | of the World War. The resolution | asks that disabled enlisted men be re- | tired on three-quarter pay. At present | they have no retirement benefits, it was stated. | , Another resolution, which was re- | ferred to the commission appointed by | President Coolidge to consider ques- | tlons involving the granting of prefer- ence to former service men in appointments to the Federal service, urges that veterans in the Civil Service be given the option of retiring with full pension allowance at the end of 30 _years of service. | | _ Resolutions of thanks were sent to | | Prank T. Hines, director of the Vet~ | |erans’ Bureau; Winfield Scott, com- | | missioner of pensions, and Assistant | | Secretary of War Charles B. Robbins | Bureau of Efficiency Recom- mends New Method of Buy- ing Public Land. Creation of a board of real estate purchase composed of the District sur- veyor and an Assistani Engineer Com- missioner to acquire property for use of the municipal government was rec- ommended to the Commissioners yes- terday by the Federal Buresu of EMM- clency. The recommendation was contained in & report which critiéized the present method of the District government in purchasing real estate for school sites and other municipal purposes, execpt for parks and street widening. Realty negotiations are now tarried on by Maj. Layson E. Atkins, Assistant Engineer Commissioner, but there was no_criticism of him either direct or implied in the report. Maj. Atkins re- ports offers received by him to Tax As- sessor William P. Ricl for com- ment as to their fafrness and then makes his recommendations to the En- gineer Commissioner, who, if he ap- proves them, places them befor: Board of Commissioners, i Short Term Cited. “The practice of vesting sole re- sponsibility for conducting ?nn\anmms leading to acquisition of District real estate in an Army officer who is de- tailed to"the Commissioners for a maxi mum term of four years—often acty- ally less—does not actually safeguard the interests of the District,” the re- port declared. “Familiarity with local controlling the real estate market can be acquired only by close contact and normally increases as this contact con- tinues. It cannot be disputed that the officer newly detafled to this post, usu- ;l:l'y I;lnnll'mlulr wfl? District realty val- » Mmust operate for some time ung a oonsldam mnbleh.hlndlnv. o e, e other hand, it is evident that within three or four years' ».f-':e the officer will have accumulated & fund of valuable information, and will have established a practical policy. Unfor- t:’nl:lcly the ecycle must be conditions | for their work in bebalf of veterans. | S All three men are Spanish War vet- | erans and members of the order. | | A resolution was ted calling | | upon Congress to erect in the District | | e s & e it to vel ins of ti jpanish-American War. The District of Columbia is the irvnly State or territory without a in- | ish War monument, it was stated. In addition to Mr. Yaden, the vet- erans elected the following officers: Lorin C. Nelson, senior vice depart- ment commander; Benjamin F. Motley, Junior vice department commander; | James E. Wilson, department marshal: Dr. A. W. Evans, department surgeon, and Samuel G. Mawson, department | chaplain. Frank C. Huhn, C. C. Clark, Richard | L. Lamb and A. Eugene Pierce were | elected delegates to the Havana en-| campment in October. In addition De- | partment Comdr. Yaden appointed the | following officers: John Farner, chief | of staff; A. Eugene Pierce, depart- ment adjutant; W. E. Rink, department rtermaster; James A. Burns, depart- | ment judge advocate. and Samuel Hubacher, department -inapector. Officers of Auxiliary. 1] Officers elected by the auxiliary to| with President Nolan are Louise Moore, senior vice president; Bertha Cook, junior vice president; Galpin, chaplain; Katie le Laurin, | torian; Minnie Lochboehler, patriotic tor, Margaret E. Burns, judge advocate; Gretta Ludwlg, musician; | Edna R. Summerfleld, secretary: Cora | M. Campbell, treasurer, and Kathryn ' Teague, chief of staff. | For Continuous Contaet. “In order to insure close continuit of contact, procedure and policy, witi Serming acuton of pammaciots % roperty by the Dhtr‘:; ;hlu bxcug;ndrlcwd h'flh' the great e iveness, the f¢ - S| established a board of real estate purchase to be eom‘ posed of the Assistant Engineer Com- missioner charged with conducting ne- gotiations for acquiring real estate and the District surveyor, who should Jointly conduct all lead- Snxwlhewquwdanofruluuu. These two members should econsul: with the assessor ng property assessments, sales and fairness of of- fers Theneelvdzd. K advantages to be derived by l‘heu!_lbluhmmto!thhboudml{ “First, the familiarity with local real estace conditions which the District should isstorier o negotiations. for. - chase of real estate and to recommens the acceptance of offers without ha¢ :;zp::'qymnd, a uuflldend {'t knowledge values and real ract] 4 the District would be wyrrp:cv.ed":‘m | The following council members were | elected: Elizabeth Naorris, Myrtle Wil- | son, M. Elma Edwards, Anna Mentges, | Alice Graul, Elizabeth Weber, Lucy Mc. Millan and Ida Lavue. The judge advocate general of the; national woman’s anxiliary, Minnle R. Lenhart of Philadelphia, attended last night's convention as representative of the president general, Margaret Manion, and installed the new officers. CLARE'&DON W6MAN, 55, - | KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE | V | | U. 8. Employe Dies in Hospital| Here After Being Struck in Front of Home. | Mrs. Elizabeth Crippen, 55 years old, | 709 Wilson boulevard, Clarendon, Va., died in Georgetown Hospital last "‘fl::' after she was struck in front of home by an automobile operated by | glordsn Bockhaus, 21 years old, of !m) r, Va. Mrs. Orippen was taken to the hos- pital in an automobile driven by Com- ! monwealth Attorney W. O. Gloth, who was driving behind Bockhaus at the time of the accident. Gloth stated that the accident was unavoidable, M Oflmn having stepped from behind a porked automobile ‘into the path of ‘khaus’ machine. mhlus,b:ho s a I;:il c!hrk. was reported to be near a state of collapse at his home last night. Gloth ordered that he be allowed to proceed after the accident. Mrs. Crippen was an em- glgy::] of the Bureau of Engraving and nting. WINS YACHT RACE. Scratch )ou-t Victor in Trip From Coast to Honolulu. HONOLULU, June 16 (#.—The yacht Talayha, the largest of six en- trants in the race from Newport Har- bor, Calif., to Honolulu, crossed the fia- ish line here about 2:30 p.m. today. The Talayha was the scratch boat in the race. which started June 3. s The offical time will be announced ! later. 4 you know that you have with Tuberculosis the Have you a poor appetite? Have you any pains in the chest? ¢ symptoms go at once to self examined at the free rtment Clinic 1022 11th Street N.W. 'awomea PRESIDENTS’ P"'YSICIAN, DIES AT AGE OF 7. (Continued from Pirst Page.): Housc physician for President Rocs:- velt. He also attended the latter aflc: he had left the White House and wa { Roosevelt's medical adviser until & death. Retired in 1910. Admiral Rixey was retired Februa: 4, 1910, and for the next seven y himself to farming his plac in nearby Virginia. Then the outbrea: of the World War saw him once mor: called to the service of the countrv, with the Bureau of Medicine and Su- gery. Council of National Defense, ant as inspector general of medical actit ities of the Navy in the United State- until September 18, 1918. He was decorated by King Alphons of Spain for services after an explosici» on the Santa Maria, a Spanish vessel Admiral Rixey's home near the Wash- ington Golf and Country Club, is o stitely mansion built in the colonial rs. | style of architecture and is one of tie outstanding structures of this type i the vicinity of Washington. He was a life member and a governor of the golf and country club, which he joine:! at the time of its organization. 8o close was A Rixey to Presi- dent and Mrs. McKinley that no trip was ever made without him. He also acted as traveling companion and physician to the members of Presi- dent Roosevelt's family whenever they the city, He was a constant at- tendant at Mrs. McKinl dmiral nf-utrvpolmn and the Army and Navy clubs. POOR INDIANS JOIN IN TRIBUTE TO POET By the Assoclated Presa. o‘ulxxco OITY, June 16.—Hundreds poor Indians, who can not read, but who know b t . 2 ¥ _heart the poems of Sal utmost honors that the govern. ment and le could give - mm give were in evi was said that when 'a:‘flummu‘m:n m.h streets through which the procession moved to Dolores Cemotery, :nn lined for many hours before the statted. Miron was placed In ‘hat section of the aonlol«r‘y which is known as the “Cullery of Tlustrious m" and which 15 reserved for national heroes A lomllnga' plant which is used in (reating diz®-tes in Stam -mhu teatod by the Univarsity of California, march