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TRAFFIC GONTROL HERE RANKED HIGH Held Superior to New York’s | in United States Survey ’ by Engineers. | | | Wiashington's system of trafic con- | trol, “which recently made the admir- | able record of going a whole month | without a single traffic fatality,” is given | front rank among the larger citics of | the country in a report submitted to-| day to the American Engineering Coun- cil on the results of a survey of traffic | conditions in 35 States and in 100 cities | having a total population of more than 33,000,000. ‘The progressive system of traffic con- trol used over a wide area in Washing- ton is. superior to the traffic_system of | New York, in the opinion of E. P. Good- | rich of New York, member of the coun- committee on street traffic signs gnals and markings, which prepa xtencive survey. Superior also t0 *aw York's system, he points out. is the ematrol or pedestrian traffic in the Na- tional Capital and the vogue of “left turns” which speeds up through traffic in the middle lanes. D. C. Favored by Wide Streets. Comparing the traffic situations in New York City and Washington, Mr. Goodrich said that Washington has a physical advantage over New York in that its streets are for the most part wider and permit more lanes of traffic. - “The system in Washington,” he con- tinued, “is a combination of radial and gridiron which serves to distribute traf- fic. It has one difficulty, that which is presented by the conditions at multiple intersections or circles. These circles, which are the result of Maj. L'Enfant’s careful planning, were ed pri- marily as a defense measure and not with any idea that they would one day be travcrsed by swarms.of ‘horseless carriages. . “Now, instead of cannon shot sweep- ing the broad avenues from the circles, automobiles dart out with speed almost equal to that of the old-fash- i in flight. Neverthe- 1ess, Washington traffic officials are do- ing justice to the foresight of America’s first_city planner in the manner in which_they are utilizing the spacious areas he left free from obstruction.” Engineers in Meeting Here. Representatives from 30 national and organizations in all the country met this morning at the Mayflower Hotel for the two- | day session of the Engineering council. President Arthur W. Beresford of New York . Approval of the report on traffic conditions is expected before the sessions adjourn tomorrow. W. B. Powell of Buffalo, is chairman of the trafic committee. The annual dinner of the couneil will be held at the Mayflower this evening at T o'clock. dresses will be made by Senator m of ticut, and Dr. A. E. Morgan, president of Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio. Senator Bingham will discuss “Com- mercial Airports.” Dr. Morgan, a mem- ber of the council's flood control com- mittee, will take up the constitutional authority of the Federal Government to deal with such questions as are in- volved in the Mississippi River problem. Legislation pending before Congress vital to the engineering profession and industry generally will be considered at sessions of the council, which was the organized in 1920, under the presidency «of Herbert Hoover. doctors and nurses continued a major Just outside. MONROE DOCTRINE FIGHT IS RESENTED " From Impression Created by Hoover Among Latins. Star and Chicago Daily opyright, 1929. BUENOS AIRES, January 14.—The campaign in the American Senate to have the Monroe Doctrine reservation placed in the Kellogg pact is detract- ing considerably from the friendly impression left by President-elect Hoo- ver in his South American good-will tour. La Prensa of Buenos Alres, a news- paper which has been noticeably less bitter in its criticism of American poli- tics since Hoover's visit, states edi- torially that as long as “those Amer- icans who are occupled in international affairs” insist on invoking the Monroe Doctrine,- “they are going to fail in their efforts to inspire confidence on the American continent.” La Prensa says that the Monroe Doctrine already has prevented the United States from_taking a construc- tive part in the League of Nations® efforts to bring about universal peace and is the direct cause of at Britain’s new policy of _claiming “spheres of responsibility” in her South American and insular possessions. ‘The latter is the princ cause of the failure of the “A. B. C.” Republics to ratify the xeuofg pact, they be- lieving that it involves British recog- nti’t.(nn of the e er‘{i‘: 'e:; change Amer recognition of tl British responsibility” around islands situated near British ns. La Prensa concludes that e e S b e & the Monroe Doclfln‘m e -into the mbrmfl?g again while studying & pact signed in Paris declaring the illegality War, By Cable to The News. C do away entirely with parking on which ' streets through which electric cars run kee;s traffic moving at a steady pace. “It is ahead of New York in this re- spect,” he said, “since Riverside drive, in Manhattan, and Ogean parkway, in Brooklyn, are the only streets in the o; trafic ;fih- trom motor w¥ips to Washunglon, cam motor trips as| , com- plain of the forced wait before left- furns can be made. In this re- 8] New York traffic regulations, whi it left-hand turns hefore on- coming traffic, are the exception in Araffic regulations rather than the rule. wm Yorkers realize that the rule force in Washington is used in far more cities throughout the country than is the New York system. “I am a firm believer,”. he sald, “in be rule that left-turn trafic should made: to wait. By doing so much E’f‘:‘fi;l movement of vehicles is made e. | Believes in’ Control of Pedestrians. | “In respect to estrian traffic, I |am absolutely in favor of its control hnd regulation. Residents of the Dis- {itrict of Columbia, in common with i‘thou in most of the large cities, al- ways excepting the speed-mad New :;{not'r{; have 1thel%uuem:e to wait ! ey are signaled before crossing |Etreets. " . “If experiments of this nature in other large centers are indicative of the extent to which this virtue prevails, I felt safe in crediting Washington pe- destrians and motorists alike with care and patience, since that city re- cently made the admirable record of going a whole month without a single traffic fatality.” According to Mr. Goodrich, who has studied traffic conditions in most of the large cities of the world, street railway systems can be run with little obstruction to traffic and on faster schedules, thus relieving the transpor- tation systems, if the car tracks are kept clear. In order to accomplish this, in his opinion, it is necessary to added, “should “Bus schedules,” he confirm to the average be made to speed of other traffc.” Against “Safety Islands.” Mr. Goodrich disapproves of “safety islands” in the middle of roadways, ex- cept in cases where streets are 100 feet or more in width. He is against all-night parking on residential streets, even where it does not hinder the movements of traffic.- “Under no cir- cumstances should public streets be Toek 15 e ootetary” 4o, Keep thelt obrs eel necessary eep eir cars parked in front of their homes all night, they should have driveways built which .would. permit them to do so.” ‘The report of the council's traffic committee, President Berresford said, will be published in about two weeks. It is nerely 30,000 words in length and traffic _control. Recommendations for general use through the United States will be made. In addition to paving the way for an investigation of the Army Engineer Corps, the board voted also to appoint a committee to help push the labora- tory bill through the House. The council has taken the position that the Corps of Engineers should be permitted to carry on all the experi- mental investigation it needs, but there should be a_hydraulic research labora- tory in the Bureau of Standards. The vresident of the council, Arthur W. Berresford of New York, stated that it was the purpose of the civilian en- gineers, not simply to investigate the “undesirable side of the situation,” but . to take in all aspects of Engineer Corps Activities. The council, Mr. Berresford explained, seeks to establish “a founda- tion of quotable fact.” Another point of controversy between the two opposing forces is the proposed establishment of a Department of Pub- lic Works, in which the engineering functions of the Government would be centralized. The Engineering Council strongly favors the centralization of public works under civilian engineering direction. Prizes of $175 cAre Offered for Community Chest Essays Washington's Community Chest drive is near. Through it the city’s giving to charitable projects will te co-ordinated. Greater good is expected effort. to be achieved with organized Citizens everywhere are uniting for the great fund-raising effort. These funds are to be distributed to 57 organized charities of the District during the course of the coming year. To further interest in the coming campaign The Evening Star today is offering prizes totaling $175 for the best essays to be written by Washingtonians on the advantages of the Community Chest in the National Capital. These essays must be und-r three hundred words in length. All persons in Washington, except employes of The Star, are eligible to awards. Manuscripts must be submitted to the Community Chest Essays Contest Editor of The Star before Wednesday, Jan- uary 23. Their merits will be judged by a board of editors of The Star. That essay deeme& best will be awarded a prize of $100. Second best, $50, and third best, $25. Be sure and enter your essay early. Do not delgy. [3 Scene in the operating room at Gallinger Hospital this morning, where Senate Campaign Detracts| covers all conditions and methods of | operation while firemen fought a_blaze —Star Staff Photo. DOCTORS OPERATE WHILE FIRE RAGES Gallinger Hospital Blaze Dis- regarded by Three Surgeons and Three Nurses. the small wooden building which houses | the operating room and dispensary at| Gallinger Hospital, three ag~ors and three nurses continued calmly . srious abdominal operation, at 11:30 o'clock today. On the table with the ether cap over her face was Mrs. Harriet Wright, a patient. The operation was being per- formed by Dr. E. W. Titus, assisted by Dr. Homer Russ and Dr. C. N. Bchlp-' man, the latter administering the highly inflammable and explosive ether. - The nurses were: Head nurse, Miss Mary Deignan; Mrs. Lillian Mann and Mrs. Josephine Crowley. Pa no at- tention to the smoke in the building and to the excitement outside, these six went about their work as if nothing had happened. Presumably there were no! ill effects on the patient, who was un- conscious all the time. The fire resulted from thawing out a frozen drain pipe with a torch. A spark, it is believed, lodged in a dry bird nest which was dislodged from the side of the pipe and the fire broke out a few minutes after the workman had left. It burned out about 20 feet of one wall of the dispensary and broke through into the attic. Firemen had the blaze quickly under control and it never actually reached the side of the building in which the operati room was located. The patient had been brought to the hospital by Dr. Huron W. Lawson, 1717 N street, who was an anxious spectator while the hose played on the blaze, MAN SLAIN, GIRL BEATEN. Couple Halted by Robber at Iolnti of Revolver. DENVER, Colo., January 14 (#).— Clarence Gieseker, 21, son of a rancher who lives near Denver, was shot and killed yesterday by a robber, who forced him from his automobile at the point of a revolver. His companion, Miss Anna Willlamson, 19, was severely beaten and was in a hysterical condi- tion at her home here last night. Gieseker and Miss Williamson had at- tended a theater in Denver early in the evening, and were driving toward the Gieseker ranch when a masked man stepped out from the side of the road and ordered the youth and the girl out of the car. . Bandit Killed by Chicago Police. CHICAGO, January 14 (#).—Sur- prised while robbing a_clothing store early yesterday, Joseph Bravo was shot and instantly killed, and his two com- panions, Sam Pralo and Jake Smith, wclx;e captured after a pistol battle with police. MORGAN AS ADVISER ON DEBT PAYMENTS WOULD WIN FAVOR (Continued from First Page.) charge of the Dawes plan in Berlin as agent general for the reparation pay- ments to the allies during the last four years, He reported that the borrowings of Germans abroad exercised a domin- ating influence on the German currency and kept it one of the strongest cur- rencies on the foreign exchange market. 1In accordance with established policy, administration circles in general and the State Department in particular withheld all comment on Mr. Morgan's reported acceptance. President Cool- idge's position in believing reparations purely a European problem although consenting to have distinguished Amer- icans serve unofficially with the allied and German experts, is well known. No comment on the makeup of the American delegation may be expected from the White House until clal notification of the appointme has bean made by the European powers to the State Department—if, indeed, then. Gilbert Seeks Successful Result. Mr. Gilbert is known keenly to de- sire a successful outcome of the ex- pert’s’ conference. He arrived from Europe last week and came to Wash- ington almost immediately for confer- ences with Mr. Coolidge, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Secretary of State Kellogg and others. / It was his purpose, according to un- * questionable authority, to gain assent of administration chiefs here to suggest . Mr. Young as chairman of the confer- .ence, In this, Mr. Young would be in the position of arbiter between French and German experts instructed by their governments to obtain the most ad- vnntlxenus total of the final German debt figure. Mr. Gilbert feared that a European, or even a Japanese chairman, would not wield sufficient authority to bring opposing viewpoints together and that an American of Mr. Young's caliber and international prestige would be more successful. Mr, Gilbert's mission failed com- pletely, insofar as official sanction of President Coolidge’s administration was concerned, either for Mr. Young as chairman or for any other move which would tend to identify the Washington Government in any quasi-officials po- Sitl(;n with regard to the reparations parley. Unofficial observers here, therefore, are obliged to believe that Mr. Gilbert then appealed to Mr. Morgan to lend his powerful aid to that of Mr. Young for the experts’ meeting. Reports here last night that Mr. Mor- ! With flames sweeping the outside of | OF POLICE CAPTAIN Burlingame Declares Wom- an’s Charges Are Aftermath of Staples Trial. ! The Gibson subcommittee of the | House, which for several weeks has been | | quietly investigating charges against a police captain, today decided to turn the case over to the office of United | States Attorney Rover. | The accusations, involving the hon- | esty and conduct of the captain were | made by Mrs. Helen Baylock, a palmist, | who, apparently, has left Washington and is understood to be on her way to Abeline, Tex., to confer with Repre- sentative Blanton. ' The committee reached its decision to shift the inquiry to the United States attorney’s office at an executive confer- ence with Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, supsrin- tendent of police, at which the charges were discussed. It was at Maj. Hesse's insistence that the committee agreed to ugn the case over to the prosecu‘or’s office. $14,000 Involved in Charges. According to Representative Gibson, Mrs. Baylock first made her accusation to former Policeman Orville Staples. who was dismissed from the force after a sensational trial last year at which Representative Blanton appeared as his counsel. Staples then sought Mr. Blan- ton to relate the palmist’s story, but finding that he had returned to Texas, then came to him, Gibson said, A ring alleged to have been taken in a raid and given to Mrs. Baylock, and a sum of $14,000 were mentioned in the woman’s charges, according to Mr. Gib- son. The money was said to have been hidden away in a safe deposit box. Mr. Gibson said he did not regard the charges in a serious light at the outset, and & subsequent investigation by his committee and a Bureau of Effi- clency attache had not caused him to hange his mind. A check-up on the place where the ring is alleged to have been taken in a raid, he declared, showed that the place had not been raided, while Mrs. Baylock had refused to turn over to the committee a num- ber of unsigned typewritten letters she claimed to have in her possession. Gibson sald he wanted the letters in order to try and locate the typewriter on which they were written. ‘The charges are of such a nature, however, Mr. Gibson said, that his com- mittee did not intend to drop them en- tirely. The committee, he said, would give the district attorney's office any assistance it can -in proceeding with the investigation. Burlingame Would Meet Charges. After the executive meeting with Maj. Hesse, Mr. Gibson issued the fol- lowing statement: “Maj. Hesse sug- gested, and the committee agreed, that under the circumstances the district attorney’s office is the proper place for the immediate handling of the charges. We do not, however, mean that the committee surrenders the right to pursue the investigation in its own way.” Capt. Guy Burlingame of the second precinct described the charges as “an aftermath of the Staples case,” and de- clared that he is ready to meet them. Burlingame, a member of the police trial board which tried Staples, pointed out that during the trial threats to “get him" had been made and he expected some flareback from the case, but not in the form that it has come. Burlingame denied he has $14,000 se- creted away in a safety deposit box. Blanton, at his home in Abilene, Tex., wired that all references to him in case were “wholly unauthorized.” REPORT ABDIGATION OF AFGHAN RULER Rumors Say Amanullah Has Quit in Elder Brother’s Favor. By the Assoclated Pres LONDON, January 14.—British offi- cial advices late today confirmed re- ports from Peshawar that King All":&lulllh of Afghanistan has abdi- ca . By the Associated P PESHAWAR, India, January 14—It is strongly rumored on the frontier that King Amanullah has abdicated in favor elder brother, Prince Inayatullah, and has left Kabul by airplane for Kandahar. ‘The exact situation in Afghanistan for the past week has been somewhat obscure. Recent dispatches have indi- cated that fighting between the King's forces and the rebels had somewhat died down, although there were reports of sporadic clashes. Dispatches from New Delhi last week told of the publication in an Afghan newspaper of a proclamation supposed to have been signed by Amanullah in ‘which he rescinded most of his recently promulgated regulations.for the west- ernization of his country. During the heavy fighting around Ka- bul last month before the rebels were driven off there was a rumor that Amanullah had abdicated, but this later proved untrue. [- AGRICULTURE CORNER STONE LAID gan had accepted was regarded as of the greatest importance. Comment upon this decision is thaf, despite the’ lack of Mr. Young as chairman of the con- ference, the combined prestige of Mr. Morgan and 'Mr. Yourig will so far out- weigh that of any chairman to be se- lected, that they will, in effect, act as arbiters of conficting European th ‘/ Secretary Jardine laid the: corner the | men's and policemen’s insurance fund ARCH FOR MARCH 4 PARADE IS PLANNED Uniform Decorations Streets and Buildings forl Contemplated. ‘ | Elaborate preparations for decorating | streets and buildings for the inaugural | of Herbert Hoover on Mqrch 4 are con- | templated by the committee on decora- | tions, which is headed by W. C. Miller. | A uniform system of building decora- | tions, to be arranged by agreement; among the merchants is planned. Pennsylvania avenue, along which the | inaugural cavalcade will march, will be | profusely decorated with flags and bunt- ing, and a move is on foot to place an | arch used several years ago somewhere along the line of march. The arch, which was on upper Pennsylvania ave- nue, is believed to be the property of the Government and to be in storage here. Other members of the decorations committee, in addition to Mr. Miller, are Charles Moore, chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts; Arthur B. Heaton, prominent architect; Irwin S. Porter, Ross P. Andrews and Waverly Taylor. Twenty-five thousand dollars have been appropriated for the use of the committee. Special Palo Alto Rates. The large party of friends of the President-elect at his home, in Palo Alto, Callf,, who are expected here for the inaugural will be enabled to travel to Washington on a speclal-rate basis. Arrangements have been made, accord- ing to a circular received today, for a round-trip rate of $162.01 for parties of 25 or more, with stop-over privileges extending to March 27. Special rates are also to be made effective from other parts of the Pacific Coast. The charity ball to be held at the Washington Auditorium the evening of March 4 today took on all the aspects of an official inaugural ball. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, chairman of the in- augural committee, announced the ap- pointment of a small executive commit- tee to maintain contact with the ball committee and co-ordinate its arrange- ments with the remainder of the in- augural program. While the Govern- ment will not officially designate the charity ball as_ the ‘“inaugurel ball,” the affair to be held at the Auditorium is officially sponsored by the committee designated to handle the civic end of the inaugural ceremony. * Joseph H. Himes, for former member of Congress from Ohio, is chairman of the executive committee for the bgll, whose other members are E. F, Colladay, E. C. Graham and C. C. Glover, jr. Mr. Glover will act as treasurer of the funds raised by the ball. The ball committee consists of Mrs. John Allan Dougherty, chairman; Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Mrs. James Carroll Fraser, Miss Katherine Judge, Mrs. Sidney Cloman, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, Mrs. Frank Mondell, Mrs. E. Hope Slater and Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh. Roland Robbins has ac- cepted the chairmanship of the tickets committee. Col. Osmund Latrobe of the staff of President Coolidge will serve as chairman of the floor committee and Mrs. Laurence Townsend will be chair- man of the music committee. Profits to Go to Chest. Net profits of the charity ball are to g0 to the Community Chest, while sums of $5,000 each are to go to the fire- for widows and orphans. Additional . subscriptions to the in- augural guarantee fund were announced today, as follows: Ford dealers of Washington, $1,000; Joseph H. Himes, $1,000; L. C. Phipps, $1,000; Hotel Continental, $250; George B. Bryan, 3100; Martin A. Leese, $100; William King & Son, $50; G. W: Fors- berg, $50; John R. Hawkins, $25; Jesse W. Rawlings, $10: John Joy Edson, $300; Butler, Lamb, Fostor & Pope, $250; Isabel Gurnee, $100; Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Har- riman, $100; Victor Kauffmann, $100; John F. Maury, $100; Allen, Mitchell & Co., $50: George Plitt, $25, and G. R. Wales, $20. OLD-TIME CdNTROVERSY WITH VATICAN ADJUSTED Small Territorial Extension Plus 1,000,000,000 Lire Indemnity to Papauy Is Approved. By the Associated Press. ROME, January 14.— An agreement has been reached for solution of the long-pending Roman question by which the Papacy is granted a small terri- torial extension plus an indemnity of 1,000,000,000 Italian lire. The negotiators of the solution were Mgr. Borgongini Duca, secretary of ex- traordinary affairs at the Vatican, and Mgr. Pacelli, brother of the papal nun- cio at Berlin, acting for the Holy See, and Prof. Giannini for the Italian state, together with Domenico Barone until the latter's recent death. The territorial conditions agreed upon, according to authoritative sources, call for the addition of territory on the southeast of the Vatican Gardens, in- cluding the beautiful Villa Doria-Pam- phili, surrounded by a magnificent park. Regarding the financial conditions, the law of guarantees, which never was acknowledged by the papacy, will be abrogated by the Italian government granting to the Poge indemnity for the loss sustained by the Holy See through the fall of temporal power. stone of the mew Agriculture Bul this morning. In the photo, left to right: Secretary Jardine, Senator McNary and Representative Haugen, y B —Star Staff Ihoto. [ ilding | deaths were reported today. Miss Charlotte Bucker of Washington, who left a sick bed to rush to her | fiance, Sergt. Patrick Conroy, member 6f the crew of the b, which _crashed at Middletown, Pa., Friday. Army transport Sergt. Conroy died two hours after Miss Bucker arrived and she was so overcome.that she now is a patient in the same hospital at Harrisburg, Pa. BODIES OF BOLLING FLYERS RETURNED Escort Brings Five Crash Vic- tims Here for Arlington Burial Tomorrow. The bodies of five of the eight men who flew from Bolling Field to Middle- town, Pa., last Friday in the big Army transport plane which crashed at Royal- ton, Pa., killing all its occupants, were brought here this afternoon by a mili- tary escort for burial tomorrow morn- ing in Arlington National Cemetery. ‘The bodies of the three other victims of the crash are being taken under military escort to their home commu- nities for burial. Escorted by Lieut. Louis J. Tatom ;x;:’dser t. John W. Butcher of Bolling t Angell, pllot of the plane; Master Sergt. Jospeh McCarthy, Staff Sergts. Henry Cronan and Rudolph J. Le Hutta and Pvt. Samuel P. Jones arrived at Union Station early this afternoon from Middletown. The body of Sergt. McCarthy was taken to his home, 1443 U street south- east. The others were taken directly to the chapel at Arli National Cemetery, where they will rest tonight. Angell Funeral at 10. ‘The funeral of Lieut. Angell will take place at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Services will be conducted at the Ar- lington vault, after which the casket will be placed on a c: and es- corted to the grave by the 3d Cavalry Band, a platoon of Infantry, a squad, colors and the color guard’ Funeral for Sergt. McCarthy will be held at his home at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, followed by mass at 8:30 o'clock in St. Teresa’s Church. The four enlisted men will be buried at Arlington Cemetery at 11 o'clock with military honors. During both burial services a forma- tion of three pursuit planes from Bolling Fleld will circle over the graves, returninx to the fleld at the close of the ceremonies. The "Ytlou who will fly in this foPmation will be designated this afternoon or tomorrow morning from among: the Bolling Field per- sonnel. Ty spf Pvt. Michael D. Kelly , Pa., was_taken to Pa., wd-'y for burial tomor- row. The body o 3 Pvt. Maurice D. Birch is being taken to his home in Chicago today by Pvt. Maurice D. Klingenberger of Bolling Field. Sergt. Patrick Conroy will be burled in New York Clty. Inquiry is Continued. Official investigation of the crash, which was the most serious in the re- cent history of the Army Air Corps, is being continued today at Middletown by two independent commissions, accord- ing to information received here. The failure of the left motor of the big tri-motored transport plane has de- veloped as the most ical unofficial explanation;of - the cause of the dis- aster, according fo Associated Press dis- patches, This trouble apparently de- veloped within a minute after the plane left the flying field and while it was over the Susquebhanna River on its way to_this city. Faced with this e e trouble and the knowledge that the near-capacity load increased the danger to his ship every second it was in the air, Lieut. Angell immediately swung the plane in a wide circle to return to the Middle- town fleld. He had not quite completed the turn when the plane began to lose altitude rapidly. Unable to avert the crash, Lieut. Angell was able only to cut off the ignition and thus prevent a fire when the wing struck a tree and the plane was torn to fragmments in a vacant lot in the rear of several houses. CORNER STONE IS LAID AS JARDINE PRESIDES Secretary Calls Attention to Work Accomplished by Department ~ of Agriculture. The corner stone of the new adminis- tration building of the Department of Agriculture was laid today, with Secre- ~——Associated Press Photo. bodies of Lieut, Henry R.|PO tary of Agriculture Jardine officiating; and most of the members of the agri- culture committees of the two houses of Congress attending. More than 500 em- ployes of the Department of Agriculture ‘were present. In the prlnclgll address, Secretary Jardine lauded the work of the depart- ment and saw in the provision of ade- quate space for the employes of the de- partment more efficient work in pros- pect. He traced the growth of the de- partment from its small nning in the last century and foretold greater service by the department for the farm- ers of the country. Senator McNary of Oregon, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture, and Senator Capper of Kansas, a mem- ber of the committee, Representative Haugen, chairman of the House com- mittee on agricultursl appropriations, made short talks on the growth and service of the departiaent. Into the corner stone were placed a representative list of Department of Agriculture publications, it was an- nounced, showing the nature and scope of the work of the department. 60 CASES OF FLU TODAY. Health Office Reports 1,208 Janu- ary Total. ., Sixty cases of influenza were reported to the District’ Health rtment to- day. , together with 40 cases re- ported yesterday, bring the total report- ed thus far in January to 1,208, Five deaths from the disehse were re- ported yesterday, but no additional have been 34 de uul'e»\m-dln.!e ea an- uary, - AR SR U.5. FOREIGN TRADE HITS HIGH LEVEL Breaks All Records With Ex- ception of 1920—Balance $1,039,202,000. By the Associated Press. American foreign trade for 1928 at- tained the highest level ever recorded | except for 1920. ‘The Commerce Department today re- ported the year's exports at $5,129,- 132,000, which, compared with imports of $4,089,930,000, left a balance of trade favorable to the United States of $1.- 039,202,000. The dollar value of the national ex- rts was exceeded by the approximate- 1y $8,000,000,000 figure for the foreign shipments of 1920, but Commerce De- partment trade observers said today that the higher level of prices in that year made it probable that the quanti- ty of American goods sent abroad in 1928 was the greatest on record. Although the gold movement in 1928 was shown to have resulted in a loss of metal by the United States, the later months of the year recorded a reversal of the trend. For the 12 months, gold was exported to a value of $560,759,000 and imports were $168,887,000, so thal the net loss for the year was $391,- 872,000, For December, gold exports were $1,~ 636,000 and imports were $24,940,000, leaving & net gain for the United States of $23,304,000, which was entirely in- sufficient to offset the heavy gold out- flow of earlier months. Silver exports for 1928 were $87,382,000, against $68,- 117,000, while in" 1927 silver exports were $75,625,000 and imports $55,074,- 000. The 1927 transactions showed total exports of $201,455,000 and imports of $207,535,000. TATE NOMINATION FOR U. S. TREASURER WILL BE WITHDRAWN (Continued from First Page. Tate’s promotion, and the salary for the tant treasurer, which also is & position filled by Executive nomina- tion, was knocked out by the House appropriations committee, of which ‘Wood is an. Tate's position of assistant treasurer, with a salary of $6,000, was reinstated in the Treasury- Post Office Department appropriation bill by the Senate, following representa- tion by Treasury officials to the Senate subcommittee on appropriations, to the effect that the position was necessary. The item was later cut out by the con- ferees. The opfimlon of Wood has thus left Tate high and dry without either his present position, which he has been holding since last Spring, or the im- mediate opportunity of returning to his old job, for which the salary has been knocked out. Treasury officials sald Tate had civil service status before his appointment by the President to the job of Assistant Treasurer, and on account of having continuous service with the Govern- ment, he could be re-appointed into a position of civil service status provided there was such a job which Mr. Tate would accept. ‘Was Appointed by Coolidge. Tate first was nominated shortly be- fore Congress adjourned, but the Sen- ate failed to act and after adjournment President_Coolidge, the next day, ap- pointed Tate under a recess appoint- ment. Wood's opposition, because of his backing Thiel, started before Tate was first nominated by the President. In his short statement, Tate said: “At the time of my nomination last Spring Representative Will Wood of Indiana expressed vigorous opposition to the confirmation of my appointment with the claim that another should have been lp{:{nud. His opposition having preven! confirmation to date, I formally requested Secretary Mellon by letter last week to recall my nomi- | pankrupte; nation in order to avold any possible embarrassment to the department. ‘Undersecretary Mills emphasized the fact that nothing in Tate’s withdrawal could be interpreted as reflecting on his integrity in any way. The Under- secretary said there had been no irregu- Iarities in the treasurer's office under ‘Tate’s administration, and that it had been efficiently conducted. No indication was available today as to who will be appointed treasurer. Prior to Mr. Tate, the previous treasurer was Frank White, who resigned to go into private business. Swedish Warship at U. S. Port. MOBILE, Ala., January 14 (#).—The Swedish warship Fylgia docked here to- day for a six-day visit. Many social éntertainments have been provided by local officials and civic clubs. On leav- ing Mobile January 19 the Fylgia will g0 to Philadelphia. \ RIGID DRY CRUSADE INDISTRICT URGED “Failure in Washington to En- force Edict Spurs Lawless- ness,” Says Pinchot. Following a vigorous bombardment yesterday, on the ninth birthday of prohibition, from both wet and dry camps, the Anti-Saloon League today stood behind Senate advocates of an additional $25,000,000 enforcement fund, | which Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon opposes. A new alignment of forces was drawn when F. Scott McBride, gerieral super- | intendent of the Anti-Saloon League of America, went on record. yesterday in an address at Foundry Methodist Epis- copal Church in favor of the additional $25,000,000 proposed by Senator Harris, Democrat, Georgia, & dry. ‘This development emerged as an out- standing feature of the celebration of prohibition’s birthday yesterday, which was marked here by two mass meetings, for prohibition enforcement, and a spirited attack on the dry law in a formal statement from the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. Support Pledged to Hesse, At a meeting at the Masonic Audi- torium yesterday afternoon, under au- spices of the National United Commit- tee for Law Enforcement about 800 present adopted a resolution, offered by Clinton N. Howard, chairman of the committee, declaring the buyer to be “as guilty as the bootlegger” and pledg- ing support to Maj.-Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, for his efforts to obtain a more effective enforcement law for Washington. The meeting was addressed by Mr. Howard and by Gif- ford Pinchot, former Governor of Penn- sylvania, who declared that the laws and funds for prohibition enforcement were ample, but that it was up to the President to bring about enforcement. From the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment Henry H. Cur- ran, president, issued a statement charging that prohibition had brought about “not only the smugglers and pirates of the days of the golden doubloons, but we also boast a complete equipment of bootleggers, hijackers, racketeers and gunmen.” “We also are blessed.” he said, “with speakeasies, hooch on the hip, bubbling vats and steaming stills in the kitchens of the land, a bumper crop of drinking drys and an interesting transformation of the churches of religion of yester- year into the town halls of tyranny of today. No other nation in the world has these things, except possibly Fin- land, which still staggers under prohi- bition just as we do. Many of the other nations tried prohibition, but did away with it as soon as the racketeers and all the rest began to appear.” Former Gov. Pinchot proposed a series of conferences between the Pres- ident and Federal Government officials and governers of the States “at the t | White House” to secure co-operation in the law's enforcement. He added that these conferences could be sup- plemented by requests upon city of- ficials and leaders in industry’ and re- ligion to bring about full co-operation. The President also should request all Governments, he asserted, to require their diplomatic representatives to re- frain from bringing - liquor into the country. “The known failure of the enforce- ment in the City of Washington,” de- clared Mr. Pinchot, “has encouraged lawlessness throughout the country. Let the President give the Commissioners of the District of Columbia notice to begin cleaning up at once, and keep the Dis- trict clean under penalty of dismissal.” Mr. Howard, in his address at the Masonic auditorium, declared “the buy- er should be made to share the penalty when he deliberately conspires with another to violate the fundamental law of the land. We urge Congress,” he lddu’l, “to try out this ‘noble experi- ment’ in the National Capital, and jus- tify to the people the determination of the incoming administration to enforce the 3;"0:"5 h:c deruoumb tration to the goun prohibition in effective operation will mean to civilization.” ““Worst Better Than Saloons.” Supt. McBride, at Found: . E. Church, while branding wr.’,hg.wfi and Chicago as places where prohibition was “at its worst,” declared that:even the worst was “better than the old ligtior traffic at its best, and in the ufih'q best places.” He declared the peopleiof the United States were in favor of pro- hibition, that no successful substitute for prohibition had been found to solve the alcoholic liquor problem;. .that greater educational work was necessary. ;niflut.hn tl'A&h;:mhlbmm:1 cause “nesds iney, with co-operation, beginn at Washing L 4 i Discussing the addition: - tion. Mr. McBride declared: appro- priation of $25,000,000 offered by the Senate committee can be made wisely under a well prepared budget of the enforcement department, which is at the present time doing efficient, aggres- sive work within the limits of the pres- sent appropriation. The larger budget could be used to good ldvlnur in ng up the work in those States at have refused to enact a State law.” Mr. Howard addressed another meet- ing today on prohibition, a gathering of the Methodist Ministers’ Association of Washington and vicinity, meeting at the Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church. BANKRUPTCY PLEA FILED. Virginia Market Co. Presents Vol- untary Petition. ‘The Vlriinll Market Co., John S. Blick, president, has filed in District Supreme Court a voluntary petition in y. __The company operates markets at 5119 Georgla avenue, 3917 Fourteenth street and 3216 P street. Liabilities are given as $41,574.56, with assets of $40,060.89, of which $15,000 is due on open accounts. At- torney C. Chester Caywood appears for the company. . BAND CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band, at the Marine Barracks, at 4 o'clock this afternoon: Brazilian march, “El Canto de los Soldados” .... Salutari Overture, “Le Roi de Lahore”. Massenet, Saxophone solo, valse caprice, “La- nette” .... inton Musician Fran| “Serenade d’Amour’ “Carneval in Paris”. Pinale third act “Riel Marines’ hymn— “The Halls of Montezuma.” “The Star Spangled Banner.” Are often needed in a hurry during this, the height of the Social Season. Get them quickly by a Help Wanted advertisement in The Star. 'Si;me The Star is issued early in the afternoon, it is possible to secure the desired help the same afternoon the advertisement appears.