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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair today and tomorrow, rising tem- perature; tomorrow, moderate north- erly winds. ‘Temperature—Highest, 39, at 3 pm. yesterday: lowest, 32, at 4 day. Full report on page . yester- No. MOST OF BOLIVIAN FORT DEFENDERS REPORTED KILLED Official Announcement Says 300 Paraguayans Made Surprise Attack. 1,238—No. 30,903. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ARE PARTIALLY SEVERED Complete Reparation Adequate to Sovereignty and Dignity Are Demanded. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, December 8.—In- formation from Paraguay received in official circles here late tonight sald Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. Child Specialist Will Attend N°Gi, New Zoo Gorilla He Makes Friends With Orang, But Gibbons Torment Him N'Gi, the 3-year-old gorilla, who ar- rived at the Zoo this wecek, will have case he becomes ill, a precaution due to the fact that his physical make-up is more nearly human than that of any of the animals attended by a veterinarian. Arrangements for the specialist were made by Zoo officials yesterday. N'Gi yesterday was moved into a glass cage in the monkey house to pro- tect him from the pranks of the mis- chief-loving gibbons, who have been his cage mates, and from a mild in- fluenza epidemic reported in Wash- ington. When he was brought to the ‘Zoo Thursday this little animal, whose health is being watched more closely than that of any human infant in the city, was placed with an orang-utan that reinforcements were being made along the Bolivian frontier, where two slashes have occurred. ‘Word was received that the Bolivian forces had recaptured the Fort Van- gusrdia in a bloody battle. The exact number of casualties was not reported. No efficial information could be ob- tained from the diplomats of the two countries resident here, who said they lacked official advices. OFFICIAL PRONOUNCEMENT. Partial Severance of Diplomatic Rela- tions Follows Attack. By the Assoclated Press. and the two gibbons in a large cage with cross-bars. He soon made friends with the orang-utan, and all day yesterday the two played together. The older anthropoid was good humored and the little gorilla_seemed to accept him (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) CONFERENCE SEEKS PEAGE IN AMERICAS LA PAZ, Bolivia, December 8.—The first official pronouncement on the frontier clash between Bolivia and Para- guayan soldiers, resulting in partial severance of diplomatic relations be- tween the two countries, was issued to- night by the Bolivian government. e pronouncement discloses that the Paraguayan government has requested that a committee of inquiry provided for by the fifth pan-American confer- ence in 1923 be appointed to investi- gate the situation. Bolivia's governmental statement says that the Bolivian Fort Vanguardia, north of Bahia Negra on the border, with its rrison of 35 men, was attacked by a yan force of cavalry and in- fantry totaling 300 men. The Para- guayan forces, aided by surprise, cap- tured the fort, the statement says. Most of the garrison were killed and a few survivors taken prisoner and con- ducted to Fort Galpon, a Paraguayan stronghold. Fort Vanguardia was then set afire and razed. Considers Attack Insolent. “The Bolivian government,” the pro- * rs the attack ready withdrawn. maintain with firmness and serenity the ‘defense of her rights, and will not make e oy Dnd Full ropara: does nof - tion for the outrage adequate to its uve:d'eg:ty and dignity.” Neveftheless, the pronouncement says, Bolivia is prepared to consider arbitra- tion. Paraguay’s appeal for the ap- pointment of a commission of inquiry is scored as “simply showing the disloyal and illogical conduct of the Para- guayan government, which after creat- ing the conflict with its premeditated attack on a Bolivian fort requests that proceedings be opened toward an in- vestigation and conciliation incompat- fole with scountry.” the dignity of the aggrieved Charge Given Passports. ‘The Pa: charge d'affaires was given hump-uyxrt and started under for Peru while President Siles suspended the municipal election because of the situation created by the clash. Congress met in secret session and a commission ‘\'vu“lppolnud to take charge of the situation. Poj r!:lemonstxlunns took place in the capital, with thousands of citizens parading through the streets. ‘Three cavalry squadrons were placed about the Paraguayan legation. Elias Ayala, the Paraguayan charge, was given his passport this afternoon by Undersecretary Virreiera. The latter acted in the absence of his chief, Act- ing Foreign Minister Alberto Palacios, who had journeyed to Antofagas Chile, in order to meet Herbert Hoover. Train Held for Him. Ayala left lmmed:lncely \;nde:‘ :n:{ ard for the raillway junctio %umhl, 18 miles away. A train bound for Guaqui, near the Peruvian border, had been held for him there by the vernment. ‘nPrafldent Siles this afternoon handed %o the prefect of the department of La Paz a decree ! nding _the municipal elections which were to have been held today. The two republics signed a protocol in April, 1927, which established at Buenos Aires a joint commission to at- tempt a settlement of the long stand- ing boundary dispute. No settlement has been reached, however, and in Oc- tober Paraguayan newspapers claimed that the Bolivians were advancing into the disputed region. ‘The Bolivian legation at Washing- ton today issued a formal statement that Bolivia has established for a long time past many forts in the province of Chaco Boreal, one of which was at- tacked yesterday at dawn by three squadrons of Paraguayan cavalry. Significant Pan - American .Congress Will Convene Here Tomorrow. As President-elect Hoover leaves the the atlention of a child specialist 1n, WASHINGTON, WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION he Sundiy Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service. Phone Main 5000 to start immediate delivery. B G, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1928—126 PAGES. 9 Means Associated Press. PRCES AGAN SKD ASSHORTS SEURRY SFISNEW RECORDS All Saturday Trading Marks Are Shattered, With Fresh Selling Flurry. RADIO HEADS STOCKS WITH DECLINE OF $72 Curb Records New Week End Turn-Over Under Heavy Reaction in Values. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 8.—Breaking all Saturday trading records with a turnover of 3,744,900 shares, the most violent “bear” market in Stock Ex- change history completed its third day today with scores of issues down $5 to $72 a share below last night's quota- tions, thereby wiping out practically all gains recorded in the wild “bull” mar- kets in the four weeks following elec- tion day. ‘The break on the New York Stock Exchange, which has reduced the ag- gregate quoted value of all listed se- curities by several billion dollars this week and has wiped out the paper profits of a small army of speculators throughout the world, has had its rep- ercussion on all other securities mar- kets throughout the country and on the New York Cotton Exchange, where dis- stant futures broke $3 a bale today on heavy selling by houses with Wall Street connections. Radio Drops $72 a Share, At their closing quotations today many high-priced stocks were selling battleship Maryland and takes a spe- cial train for Sanitago, capital of Chile, tomorrow morning, continuing his good will tour of the Southern Republics of this hemisphere, there will convene in this city one of the most important pan-American conferences which has ever been held. Its purpose is to make war impossible in the Americas and to determine the spheres of arbitration and conciliation between all countries in North and South America, giving the finishing touch to the important work along this line whith was begun at the sixth Pan- American Conference at Havana in January and February of this year. Specifically the hope of the United States Government and the delegates from the countries of Latin America is that a multilateral covenant, or treaty, of arbitration and conciliation will be agreed upon here, to assure a peace in the Western Hemisphere, to be signed by the delegates present and then sub- mitted to their respective governments for ratification. Secretary of State Kellogg and Charles E. Hughes, former Secretary of State and former associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, who played the leading role in the Havana conference, will be the delegates of the United States at the gathering of rep- resentatives of the Americas tomorrow. President Coolidge will address the con- ference at 11:15 a.m. Including this country, 20 republics will have delegates at the conference, which will be held in the Pan-American Building. ‘The only Latin American country which has not named delegates is Argentina. This is due to several causes of a complicated nature, but in diplomatic circles here it would be no surprise if the enthusiasm aroused in that country by the visit of Mr. Hoover, who will proceed there after leaving Chile, would induce the Argentine Gov- ernment to name delegates to partici- pate in the conference before it closes. Gathering Important. ‘The gathering here is expected .to last at least two weeks and may last two or three months. The importance which the nations of the Western Hem- isphere attach to it is evidenced by the fact that they have named men of am- bassadorial and ministerial rank and lawyers of note as delegates. During all or most of the time the conference is in session, President-elect ‘Hoover will be continuing his visits of good will to the countries of South and Central- America. After leaving Chile, he will.go by train over the Andes to Buenos Aires, capital of the Argentine Republic, and after a visit there will proceed slowly northward along the coast of the Western Hemisphere on the battleship Utah, visiting countries en route and delivering to them mes- sages of good will from the people and Government of the United States. While it is impossible to forecast ac- curately what the conference will do, | it is not hard to predict the position which will be taken by the United States delegates—a position which is likely to be supported by most of the other delegates, according to informa- tion in diplomatic quarters. ; It is expected the American Govern- ment will propose a concrete set of principles which will clearly define the . The section known as Chaco Boreal opposition of all nations on this hem- “TContinued on Page 2, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 4, Column 4) Two Children, Locked in Kitchen, Die In Flames as Mother Visits Neighbor Special Dispatch to The Star. FREEHOLD, N. J,, December 8—Two small children, locked in the kitchen of their home here, were burned to death while their mother talked with her sister-in-law four doors away. The mother was two unstrung to_be questioned, but this is the story as Po- lice Chief Cornelius De Fries recon- cted it: # "r}:rs. Prank Woodfield, whose husband works in a rug mill, cleaned up the lower floor of her six-room house after breakfast. Then she washed the clothes of Cornelius, 2, and of George, 4, and hung them to dry over the coal range in the kllch!{l‘ Eh& had time to pay & call before lunch. P ‘The front door was locked on the inside. She locked the door from the &m to the dining room so George couldn't go there and put the radio set out of order. Cornelius would be all right in his high chair. It was a cold, snowy morning, but the children would be warm in the kitchen. To insure this, she opened the flue, then locked the back door as she went out. Max Hubbard came with the mail at 11 o'clock. He saw smoke and sent in an alarm. Firemen found Mrs. ‘Woodfield in front of the house wring- ing her hands in frenzy. A woman had broken in through a front window, but had been driven back by smoke. The shed by the back door was in flames. ‘The kitchen, with wainscoting walls, was a volcano. When chemicals had done their work, Cornelius was found in the remains of his chair. _George lay by the dining room door. Firemen thought a defective chimney has caused the fire. 4 $25 to nearly $125 a share below their high levels of the week. For instance, Radio Corporation common, which es- tablished a new high record at $420 a share only last Wednesday dropped $72 a share today to $206. Selling of tihs issue was attributed, in part, to*specu- lative disappoinment over the failure of directors at their meeting yesterday to split up the stock and to make pro- visions for the payment of dividends. International Harvester dropped $61.50 a share today, National Tea, $54; Case Threshing, $33; Wright Aeronautical, $26; Montgomery-Ward $24, and Ros- sia_Insurance, $20. So great was the mad public scramble to get out of stocks that the ticker again fell hopelessly behind the market, with the printing of the final quotation delayed until 1 hour and 14 minutes after the market closed. Today's sales exceeded by 500,000 shares the previous Saturday record of 3,207,000 shares, es~ tablished on November 10, Averages Show Decline, The following table shows the Asso- ciated Press averages of 20 leading in- dustrial and 20 leading railroad stocks this week, and the year's highs and lows: Day's Industrials. Change. <er $253.52 of 3;1& 255.98 255.49 off 49 246.04 Off 945 Ooff 1736 238.68 wesns 22876 Off 9.92 Year's high, $258.33, November 30, Year’s low, $178.84, February 20. Day’s Change. off § .18 55 95 438 113 Rails. . $156.08 155.51 154.55 150.17 149.04 147.59 1.45 Year's high, $157.69, November 25. Year’s low, $138.36, February 20. Trading on the New York Curb Market also set a new Saturday record today with a turnover of 1,464,000 shares in a sweeping reaction which carried scores of issues down $1 to $25 a share. The previous Saturday record of 1,240,100 shares was established on November 17. Just _as the advance which p: (Continued on MUSSOLINI CLOSES ITALIAN CHAMBER Speech Outlines Fascist Policies as Party System Passes Into History. By the Associated Press. ROME, December 8—Benito Musso- lini today closed the Chamber of Depu~ ties, the last session of that body in which the party system of election will prevail. He delivered his speech after the chamber in an exhuberant mood, had passed by acclamation bills giving the grand council of the Fascist party a constitutiona] status and enacting into law the Fascist labor charter. + The premier lauded the action of the present chamber, saying that many of its members would be returned to the Fascist organization that is to ‘succeed it, and that others would be promoted to the senate. Discussing the attitude of Italy toward the rest of the world, he em- phasized that Fascism's policy was one of peace, but that the party would be chary about giving its co-operation to others. Of the Kellogg peace pact he re- marked that its signing demonstrated Italy’s peaceful intention. He said the treaty had been described as “sublime” and he added: “Perhaps 1t is really that, although to some people it has appeared ‘not transcendary but discendental’ We, however, are ready to sign other treaties of the same kind on condition that they give sincere guarantees for peace.” TWO CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE BRANDON, ITowa, December 8 (#).— Ellen May Schugg, 5 and Junior Schugg, 3, children of George Schugg of Schoolcrest, Mich., were burned to death early today when fire destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs, Burt Watts of Hawkeye Quarry, near here. The children, whose mother is dead, ware staying with the Watts family, EXAMINI (ANDIDATES FoR THE HOOVER INAUGURAL GROUP NUGLEUS CHOSE Col. Grant Hopes to Make Public Partial List of Aides Wednesday. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, hopes to be ready by Wednesday to make public at least' a partial list of the men and women who will serve on the commit- tee of which he has been appointed chairmar to plan an appropriate cele- bration of the inauguration of Herbert Hoover as President of the United States, He was busily engaged yesterday con- ferring with various local citizens who have planned previous inaugural cele- brations, and from whom he has re- ceived suggestions, especially in the matter of organization work and the personnel of the general inaugural committee. Col. Grant said last night that, as a result of this one day’s labor as chairman of this important commit- tee, he already has the nucleus of the body to assist him in making the 1929 inaugural a tremendous success, Meeting to Be Called. The invitations Col. Grant will send out to those he determines upon to serve on the inaugural committee will contain a call for a meeting at the Willard Hofel for the purpose of per- fecting the organization and the in- formal discussion of how to proceed in arranging for the great event. It ‘s thought likely that Col. Grant, at this first meeting, which, he sald yesterday, should be held probably Wednesday or Thursday of this week, will ask for an " (Continued on Page 4, Column 2 TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—44 PAGES. General News—Local, National Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page 20. Army and Navy News—Page 31. Serial story, “One Man’s Wife"—Page 33, Veterans of Great War—Page 34. Around the City—Page 35. Cross-word Pugzle—Page 35. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 36. | W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 37. District National Guard—Page 38. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 39, Y. W. C. A. Activities—Page 39. Radio News—Pages 40, 41, 42 and 43. PART TWO—14 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of Winter Books—Page 4. At Community Centers—Page 7. Financial News—Pages 8, 9 and 10, Marine Corps Notes—Page 12. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— and Page 13. Spanish War Veterans—Page 14. PART THREE—16 PAGES. Society. News of the Clubs—Pages 11 and 12. D. A. R. Activities—Page 13. PART FOUR—14 PAGES. Amusement. Section—Theater, and Music. News of the Motor World—Pages 6, 7 Screen and 8. Aviation Activities—Pages 10 and 11, Col. Lindbergh's Story—Page 11. Fraternal News—Pages 12 and 13, PART FIVE—4 PAGES, Pink Sports Section. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. PART SEVEN—10 PAGES. Magazing Section—Fiction and Humor. GRAPHIC SECTION—12 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—4 Mutt and Jeff; Reg’lar and Mrs. PAGES. Fellers; Mr. and ts of Historss FEATURES OF THE FALL DINNER OF THE FasTMASTER A&y 08 RicHMomp" GRIDIRON CLUB. JAILED IN PAPER THEFT. Woman Gets % Days, 2 Forfeit $10 in Honor System Cases. ‘Three women and a man, accused of stealing papers from ‘“honor system” racks on street corners, were convicted by Judge Ralph Given in Police Court yesterday. Erma S, Flippen, colored, 25 years old, was committed to jail for five days in default of a $5 fine after pleading guilty. Mrs. Minnie Stetsop, & Govern- ment clerk of the 1800 block of Fourth place, forfeited $10 collateral, as did Lester Bell, 3¢ years old, of Seat Pleas- ant, Md. Maria - Senbly, colored, 50 n;is old, was released on her personal nd. The arrests were made in various sec- tions of the city by Policemen Charles Cartmill, S. G. Prophit, F. Antonelli 1S SEEKS TOTRIP DRUG RING HEADS Net Thrown Over East Fol- lowing Linking of Rothstein to Huge Syndicate. Col. L. G. Nutt, chief of the narcotic division of the prohibition unit, last night threw g Federal net over the Eastern section of the country in an effort to trap leaders of a giant drug ring, which he declared had been re- vealed yesterday as linked with Arnold Rothstein, murdered New York gambler. Col. Nutt posted agents at all stra- tegic points, including Washington, to seize drug-filled trunks now believed in transit between several Eastern cities. At the same time he ordered the return to New York City of a woman arrested in Chicago, in an effort to dovetail evi- dence seized in her fashionable New York home with drugs, paraphernalia and records confiscated in one of New York's leading hotels. Two men were arrested in the latter raid. Another arrest, that of a man in Buffalo, will be linked with the drug ring, Col. Nutt said last night. Col. Nutt leaves today for New York City, where he will confer with United States District Attorney Tuttle. The evidence which led to the ar- rests, Col. Nutt explained last night, developed from an investigation which has been pushéd ever since the Gov- ernment_commenced its study of papers of the slain gambler, Rothstein. Four Federal narcotic agents have been sift- ing the papers, Col. Nutt said, and it was these “leads” which led to the arrests, Late last night, Col. Nutt said, he received a telephone call from Chicago reporting that the woman arrested there was being brought to New York City. Trunks have been the medium used by the ring for transportation of nar- cotics, Col. Nutt said. He revealed that the man arrested in Buffalo possessed keys which fitted a trunk of narcotics seized in New York. ‘The trunks, Col. Nutt said, followed baggage routine with the exception that after a man had dispatched a trunk filled with drugs he had the baggage check officially punched and then sent it with the keys to his agent in another city. Then he sold the ticket ‘which he had purchased in order to be able to check the baggage. Col. Nutt is confident of more reve- lations in the clean-up of evidence al- ready on hand. FOUR MORE ARE ARRESTED; Two Men and Women Held in Rothstein Inquiry. NEW YORK, December 8 (#).—Two men and two women, principals and paWwns in a reputed international narcotic syndicate, were held today by Federal officials who are investigating the mys- teries of Arnold Rothstein’s life while county officials are attempting to un- ravel the mystery of his death. The principals in custody are Joseph | Unger, alias Klein, alias Meyers, taken (Continued on Page 4, Column 6,) GRIDIRON DINERS VIEW THE ELECTION But a New Picture Is Pre- sented—Distinguished Guests Attend. The presidential election and “what it’ all means,” a kind of combined post mortem and prediction for the future, supplied the main topics at the Grid- iron Club @inner in the New Willard last night. ~ The famous dining club of Washington newspaper men held up for the inspection of its guests the trials and tribulations of Gov. Smith and Herbert Hoover, of Chairman John J. Raskob of the Democratic national committee and of Chairman Hubert Work of the Republican committee. Nor did it fail to do a little crystal gazing for the benefit of the Repub- licans and Democrats alike. While it was preparing the way, with jest and song for the incoming Hoover admin- istration, the club did not neglect to ?\li)"d a parting President, Calvin Cool- ige. The deck of the battleship Mary- land, now bearing the President-elect on his good-will tour of Latin America, was _brought - before the eyes of the guests of the club. Republican “reg- ulars” had joined the crew in order to see that a little political regularity should be injected into the famous “Hoover efficiency.” The “shattered South” was pictured, too, and a briefly tragic note was introduced when a club. member, impersonating Chairman Ras- kob, dressed as Hamlet and described as the “melancholy magnate,” delivered & “soliloquy on the brown derby.” At the instance of Mr. Hoover, or so it was reported, a committee of scientists undertook to examine candidates for the Hoover cabinet. Finally, an ad- dress of farewell to “Our Fellow Citi-~ zen,” President Coolidge, was delivered by a past president of the club, giving the club's advice to the Chief Execu- tive on his conduct after he shall have left office. A long list of distinguish headed by President Cocfmge,“:nfi?egl Many of them were placed on the “gridiron” and gently or more vigor- ously “roasted.” " Vice President Dawes and Vice President-elect Charles Curtis saw themselves as the members of the Gridiron Club pictured them. Other dis- tinguished guests were the Ambassador of Japan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Attorney General, the Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Inte- rior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secre- tary of Labor. Senator Joseph T. Rob- inson of Arkansas, Democratic nominee for Vice President, and many other Senators_were present, including Sen- (Contniued on Page 11, Colymn 1. BINGHAM TO PAY VISIT TO D. C. INSTITUTIONS New Chairman of Senate Appro- priations Subcommittee to Make Tour Here. Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, newly appointed chairman of the subcommitiee in charge of local appropriations in the Senate, will devote several days to visiting the various in- stitutions and agencies of the municipal government during the Christmas re- cess of Congress. The Senator made known his inten- tion to take this tour of inspection to the members of the Board of District Commissioners yesterday n they called on him at the Capifol to pay their respects. ‘The new chairman of the subcom- mittee told the Commissioners he would be busy with other legislation from now until Congress recesses for Christmas, but that at that time he wanted to get first-hand information concerning mu- nicipal needs by visiting the city in- stitutions. He will be accompanied by several District officials. ‘This personal survey will assist him in handling the appropriation bill for the next ,(fiscal year, which is not ex- pected to be taken up for consideration by the Senate subcommitiee until after the holidays, . | subcommittees of the House appropria- FIVE CENTS IN WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS | | TEN CENTS ELSEWHERE THREE MEASURES PLANNED FOR AD 0 1. ENPLOVES Reorganization of Method ofi Employment on Business Basis to Be Urged. MADDEN BILL SEEKS PERIODICAL PROMOTIONS Lehlbach Proposal Would Relieve Pay Situation Caused by Administrative Action. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. Chairman Lehlbach of the House civil service committee had executive conferences yesterday with Guy Moffett, representing the Civil Service Commis- sion and the Personnel Classification Board, and with Luther C. Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Employes, regarding defects in the Welch salary law and the adminis- trative juggling under which the clear intent of Congress was set aside, to guide him in drafting remedial legis- lation which he intends to introduce before the Christmas recess. He will confer with Budget Director Lord, Comptroller Gen. McCarl, representa- tives of the Navy and War Departments and the Veterans' Bureau early this week. From Mr. Moffett Mr. Lehlbach re- ceived a summary of the testimony given by the Personnel Classification Board on this same subject November 28 before the chairmen and ranking Democratic members of the various tions committee, handling the big Gov- ‘ernment supply bills, Three Measures Planned. it was disclosed that three important | measures for the relief of hundreds of thousands of Government employes, | particularly in the low-salary ranges, |are to be considered at the present 1 short session of Congress. They are: ) e stop-gap bill, which Chair- man Lehlbach is the father, to be re- troactive'in character, for the relief of those deprived by administrative action of the benefits that Congress clearly in- tended they should have under the Welch salary increase bill, passed last May. (2) A permanent, busi ture carrying out recom: tions in the report to be made immediately after the Christmas holidays by the Personnel Classification Board, b which the Got pel rity. This is proposed reval classification act and the Welch act and set up the Government's person- nel market system, establishing a def- inite, sound principle of personnel administration, to secure uniformity and do equal justice as between groups and to individuals. (3) The Madden bill, introduced a year ago, now pending before the House civil service committee, providing for periodical increases within grades and to do away with the proviso carried in the appropriation bills for the last five yeors, limiting the the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade to the average of the compensation rates for such grade. This is the proviso that Representative La Guardia on Friday attempted to have stricken from the Post Office-Treasury appropriation bill, and to which Chair- man Lehlbach referred when he said: “If the limitation restricting salaries to the average of the grade as originated by the appropriations committee and carried in the appropriations bills, had not been in operation- the major part of dissatisfaction and the muddled situ~ ation with regard to classification and salaries would have been avoided.” Willingness Unprecedented. Never has there been such a willing- ness and eagerness in Congress as at the present to tackle the important problem of personnel and solve it on sound business principles, The mem- bership of the House particularly seems aroused to the fact that there is wide- spread inequality #hd mjustice under the existing compensation system, that the will and intent of Congress in pass- ing the Welch pay bill has been frus- trated and that there is strong and rather general dissatisfaction among employes, as Representative Wood ad- mitted on the floor of the House Thurs- day. Members of Congress from all parts of the country are showing a zeal to correct this situation on sound busi- ness principles and to enact a perma- nent law that will deal justly with the army of civil service workers. DORAN'S AID ASKED BY GIBSON IN NEW DRY LEGISLATION Prohibition Unit Will Be Re- quested to Frame Measure for National Capital. DISTRICT POLICE FIND HANDS TIED BY LAW Subcommittee Plans to Hold Fur- ther Conferences With D. C. Civic Leaders, ‘The Gibson subcommittee, which in executive conference yesterday with Dr. James M. Doran, Federal prohibition commissioner, discussed the advisabil- ity of having a new dry act for the District of Columbia, will invite the Prohibition Enforcement Bureau to draft such a measure which Mr. Gib- son will at an early date introduce in the House. Dr. Doran informed the committee that approximately one-seventh of all cases nolle prossed in the United States were from the District of Columbia. There were 1.280 cases nolle prossed during the fiscal year 1928 in this city, as compared to 416 nolle prossed in 1927. The total of 1,280 for the last year exceeds the total cases nolle prossed not only for every other city in the country but also for every other prohibition district. In the conference yesterday Chair- man Gibson with Representative Gil- bert, the ranking minority member, and Representative Bowman of West Virginia, sought information as to how the State enforcement laws are work- ing, how the padlock law operates, and other features to guide them in recom- mending a more efficient prohibition | enforcement system for the National Following the conferences yesterday, Capital. Plan Further Conference. In asking the Prohibition Bureau to draft a law for the District, the Gib~ son subcommittee. feels it will not only get the benefit of the best practical experience in the several States, but, even more imporiant, will be able to get a law which will effect the best possible co-operation between the local and Federal enforcement agents. Tuesday or Wednesday a further conference will be held on this subject, at which time the Gibson subcommittee will_seek the advice of . George O. Little and Sergt. O. J. Lettérman, in charge of the special enforcement squads in the Capital. The Gibson subcommittee was in- formed that members of lice foree Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent, have no authority to serve warrants on vio- lators of the Volstead act or to con- duct raids. Oniy some 2§ members of the force, who are members of the special liquor and vice squads, have such authority. Chairman Gibson has extended an invitation to Harry N. Douthitt, former executive officer of the Citizens’ Serv- ice Association, composed of volunteer prohibition workers, to testify before the subcommittee as to what he knows S e et e e rict. r. ul was quoted before the wmmm«n:: mak- g sensational statements regarding the number of places in the Capital where liquor could be bought, and the committee is desirous of checking up on such statements. b Follows Hesse Recommendations. Mr. Gibson’s proposal is in line with recommendations Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, has been mak- ing for the last two years. Maj. Hesse declared last night he has rgpeatedly requested that his’policemen be empowered to act as prohibition agents, and that adequate funds for this purpose be appropriated. Some obstacle always has blocked his path until no':, however, i‘lhen he thinks the rospects are bright for legislation which would peml:m rigidly enforce the law here. “As for padlock proceedings,” Maj. Hesse said, “if we could get law under which a padlock would automatically issue upon obtaining a conviction in a liquor case, it would do more than, per- haps, anything else to deter persons from selling liquor. Under the present legal procedure it is almost impossible to persuade the courts to issue such an injunction. It is necessary to go into equity and present again all the evi- dence in the case, and then the chances are that the court will decide there is insufficient evidence of a nuisance for it to grant the bill.” Several weeks ago Chairman Gibson conferred with Maj. Hesse. They dis- ‘They are ready to approach the so- lution from a practical, but heretofore overlooked standpoint—that some 560,- 000 civilian employes whose salaries amount to hundreds of millions of dol- lars annually, and who carry on the great works of the Government, an al- ready large and constantly growing group must be studied as the most im- portant phase of administration. They show in conversation they have come to realize that they can't know too much about this force, that they. must estab- lish a real, businesslike system of pur- chasing such services. ‘They also seem to have come to an appreciation of the fact that all of the great problems of Government—the prohibition enforcement problem, oper- ations of the customs service, income tax administration—all lead back to the quantity and even more to the quality of the personnel. They emphasize that failure to cure evils by legislation has (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) By the Associated Press. Senate meetings in the expansive foyer under the Capitol dome loomed as a possibility yesterday if Herbert Hoover calls an extra session of Con- {reas next Spi at the time planned or_remodeling of the Senate chamber. Chairman Curtis of the rules eom- mittee named a subcommittee to make arrangements for a meeting place for the Senate in the great open space under the dome if it is decided to go ahead with remodeling of the cham- ber in the Spring, and if Mr. Hoover calls the extra session considered for farm relief. Whether to use limestone or marble in reconstruction of the '.:f is now worrying the eoulnlm;. & sub- ( cussed the advisability of a gambling law which would carry with it auto- matic padlock proceedings. Maj. Hesse has long urged such a measure and Representative Gibson promised to in- troduce in the House or have introduced a bill containing that provision. Commissioner Doran’s report yester day. indicated that although the Fed- eral agents in the District made more arrests and seizures of liquor during the past year than in the year preced- ing, the total for the Washington po= lice showed a decrease. Faces Trial After 20 Years. FOND DU LAC, Wis, December § (#)—Twenty years after the Mrs. Jennie Orvis as she left the Me dist Church in the flmfnmld. the State :1‘.31 l'ele& punis] h:frh; ta: man charg causing e when the trjal of Grant Poole in Circuit Court next week. Capitol Foyer's Use as Senate ChamBer Called Likely if Extra Session Is Called committee ‘has ‘been ‘named to settle the Senators Smoot,