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$5> seas _ gether in favor of the 6-inch gun.” z THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTO APRIT: 28, 1929—PART T. OBSON FORMULA Explanation in Few Words Is Declared Impossible by Naval Leaders. BY DREW PEARSON. { Now that Ambassador Hugh Gibson has evolved a new and magic formula ; for the settlement of a naval rivalry which has ruffied Anglo-American | amity for more than two year, the average unexpert person whose naval education comes from looking at the; Sunday plctorial supplement would not | object to knowing in a few brief and simple words just what that formula is. | To this end the writer approached four naval experts and high-ranking dipiomats with a request for enlighten- | ment. In every case they threw up ! their hands. The formula, they said, | could be worked out. Of this they were sure. That it would take several tance, they were even surer. To explain what the formula meant | in a few simple words, they said was | impossible. Formula Defined Somehow. After several conversational sallies. however, a definition of the formuia was_volunteered, which although not brief and not exactly simple, is the | clearest so far obtainable. It is about | 200 words long and then dosen’t tell | the whole story. As described by one naval here it is: | “The most powerful cruiser we can | build under the Washingion treaty is | a brand-new 10.000-ton vessel carrying | 8-inch guns. Since she has the maxi- | mum fighting strength, we’ll give her an index number of 100. All other cruisers will be given figures represent- ing their strength as compared with the strength of this strongest of all | eruisers, “Take, for instance, a vessel weighing 7,000 tons, carrying 6-inch guns and about 10 years old. Her lower tonnage is the most important factor in reduc- ing her fighting strength, and would give her a formula of about 70, were it not for the fact that she carries 6-inch guns. This further fact reduces her formula by at least 10 points more. Then since she is 10 years old another 5 points should be subtracted, giving her a final fighting strength of 55, as com- | pared with the 10,000 tonner’s formula ! of 100. “Figure this out for the entire Amer- | ican fleet—for cruisers, destroyers and submarines, taking each category sep- arately. Do the same thing for the Brit- ish fleet. Allow each country a total fighting strength figure—for cruisers— say of 2,500. Then let them partition their cruiser strength within that figure as they see fit.” “In addition to the factors of guns, tonnage and age, you must also figure | in the factors of speed and armor.” And That's Not All Involved as this formula is, however, this is not all. After the concrete | factors outlined above are figured out, | then the naval experts must grapple with the unconcrete and ethereal fac- tors. These, in the opinion of the United States in the past, are most im- portant of all. They consist of, first, naval bases, with which Great Britain has dotted all the important sea lanes of the world, and, second, merchant marines, in which Great Britain is about eight times 2s strong as the United States. These were the factors which lurked in the background of Geneva naval conference of 1927, and which actually caused its failure. Speaking of the British merchant marine, Ambassador Gibson, who now proposes the new formula, said at Ge- neva on August 4, 1927: “The British government has at its disposal approximately 880,000 tons of fast merchant ships capable of being readily converted into ‘cruisers and armed with many 6-inch guns. We, on the other hand, have only 180,000 tons of such ships. We are asked to limit strictly the number of, cruisers on which 8-inch guns may be mounted, and eventually to abandon that gun alto- expert, | The United States, therefore, de- manded 10,000-ton cruisers because their 8-inch guns can outshoot the 6- inch gpns carried on war time by British passenger vessels. Or, as ex- plained by Admiral Hilary P. Jones, on June 22, 1927, in Geneva: “Give me the Mauretania armed with 30 6-inch guns and I'll sink any cruiser afloat. She may be an eggshell and a large target, but you could shoot me full of holes and I wouldn’t sink, where- as a cruiser is so heavy that one or two well placed shots will send her under. The Mauretania could steam circles around any large cruiser which is necesarily slowed down by heavy armor.” Naval Strength Increase Sought. ‘The United States also demanded | 10,000-ton cruisers because of their long | cruising_radius which is essential be- tween the widely scattered American naval bases. ‘These two final factors are to bei figured in the naval formula, as re-| gards total navies rather than Individ- | ual ships. In other words, & larger per- | centage of naval strength must be| COPY OF HISTORIC FLAG ON VIEW, One of the banners in the collection going on exhibition at Corcoran Art months to work out, however, they were | Gallery today. This was known as Standard of Philadelphia Troop of Light Hbrse, also fairly sure; and that it would take | 1775, used when the troops escorted George Washington out of Philadelphia even longer to secure British accep- | when he was en route to Cambridge, Mass., to take command of the Army. ' Capt. is shown exhibiting the fla, | W. R. Furlong, U. S. Navy, who prepared the collection for the Navy Department, —Star Staff Photo. 'TRIANGLE EXHIBIT OPENED TO PUBLIC AT ART GALLERY Elaborate Views of Proposed Buildings Today. ‘The Corcoran Art Gallery, today for the first time, will open to the gen- eral public a three-fold exhibition in- | cluding the model of the Federal build- | ing triangle, which has been open be- fore only to private view. Pictures of the proposed change in exterior of the State, War and Navy, Building, the structure recently eriti- | cized by President Hoover as an “architectural orgy,” constitute the | second feature. | ‘The third feature is a series of flags showing the development of the pres- ent Stars and Stripes, loaned by the Navy Department. ‘The triangle model was moved yesterday, together with its accompany- ing array of maps, models of other features of the city, and plans of the various developments of the City of Washington, from the Chamber of Commerce of the United Sta\s, where they had been open only to the in- vited guests of Secretary of the Treas- ury Mellon at the meetings he | sponsored on Thursday and Friday night, with prominent speakers, in the interests of the reconstructive pro- gram for the beautification of the Na- tional Capital. Triangle Model Is Effective. The model has been set up in the hallway on the second floor of the gal- | lery, where it is to be seen to great | advantage, and is expected to attract throngs. The model was kept care- fully guarded until its first “unveil- ing” Thursday night. Facing the Pennsylvania avenue side of the model is shown also a long panoramic study of how the north side of the A could be developed according to archi- tects’ conceptions. In an adjoining room have been placed the maps, plans and models. while in another adjoining room will be the collection of 34 flags loaned by the Navy Department. The oldest de- sign shows the ancient English flag, under which Cabot discovered the North American continent, according to Capt. W. R. Furlong of the United States Navy, who has made the col- lection. The State, War and Navy Building feature is in two pictures. - One large painting shows this buflding as it is today, in comparison with the White House and the Treasury Building. An- other displays the same building as it would look in the same composition of three buildings. when it has been al-| tered to look like the Treasury Build- | ing, which Congress intended. Reviews Building Development. In view of the interest stirred in the subject by the sharp criticism of President Hoover and others during the last few days, an interesting review of the development of this building' vepue it similar to the and its architecture has been prepared by C. Powell Minnegerode, director of the art gallery. Going into the history of this build- ing, Mr. Minnegerode sald: “An act of Congress of March 3, 1871, made the appropriation for the first $500,000 to start the State, War and Navy Build- ing on its present site, and the build: mg when finally completed eost $10, 500,000. It is cne of the most solidly built structures possibly in the world, and eminently suited in iis interior arrangement for the particular use of the State Department “It is interesting to note that this bill of March 3, 1871, said in part for the construction under the direction of the Secretary of State on the southernly rtion now occupied by the War and avy Building, a building which will form the south wing of a building that when completed. will similar in ground plan and dimensions to the Treasury Building. “In 1919, Waddy B. Wood, architect. of Washington, in going over these old drawings and this bill with Capt. Hoo- ver, then superintendent of the War Department, was very much surprised to find that the bill called for a bulld- ing similar in plan snd dimensions to the Treasury, and as a matter of in- terest got pians of each and compared them, with the result that it was found that they are similar in plan and di- mensions. Two Reasons Are Cited. “It then occurred to Mr. Wood that if this were the case it might be wise to clothe the exterior of this building, replacing the present design, to e easury Departnfént and have it balance the Treasury De- artment on the east. He has brought it to the attention of Sccretaries of State up to the present time, and finally Mr. Kellogg saw the advantages of this and had it referred to Mr. Mellon in connection with a possible appropria- tion for making this change. “There are two very evident reasons why this should be done aside from the esthetic results obtained by the change: Pirst, the Constitution of the United States gives the President more direct ywer oyver the Department of State g‘n any of the other cabinet positions. This, of & necessity, has required the Department of State to be as close to he House Office Building as pos- sible, which is the case at present, bal- ancing the other very important depart- ment, the Treasury, on the other side. Any other position would throw the scheme out of joint. Secondly, as the State Department when built originally cost $10,500,000. it would seem a shame to scrap this when one could easily see that to reproduce such a building today would probably cost twice as much as this amount without gaining in beauty and with a great loss in location.” its opposition to the exclusion of trained army reserves from a disarmament treaty, the American delegation was; seeking French concessions in other domains, chiefly naval. | Count Massigli insisted that he, like | Mr. Gibson, came to Geneva openly | and frankly to make mutual conces- | sions to assure success in reduction of armaments. In this spirit he an- nounced that France would abandon her project to secure a system of in. ternational control of armaments a it was realized she would not secur: the support of all the other councries. She might also be forced, although re- | luctantly, to surrender her cherished 800 STORES LINKED IN SOUTHERN MERGER National Food Products Corpora- tion Acquires 400 Additional Units by Consolidation. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., April 27.—The Na- CATHEDRAL WORK WILL COST $365,000 Building of Crypt of Nave and Tower Foundations Well Under Way. With the vaulted stone ceiling of | the choir of Washington Cathedral ap- proaching structural completion, it | was announced yesterday that con- | !tracts have been authorized, totaling more than $365000 for the building | lof the crypt of the nave and the| foundations for the massive westorn | | towers. This new work s now well | | under way. ! Construction also is going forward | on the Children's Chapel. This prom- | iises to be one of the most appealing | | portions of the cathedral. Through | its symbolic decorations it will give ex- pression to Christ's love for chiidren and to the divine attributes, which | | He ascribed to childhood. i It 1s expected that it will require | about 18 months to complete the nave rypt and the tower foundations. This ew work, when completed, will add approximately 261 feet to the lengih of the crypt fabric of the cathedral. The crypt directly beneath the nave will be 38 feet in width with two | aisles on the north and south, each 37 feet in width. The total outside width of this crypt construction, in- cluding the massive exterior walls, the nave crypt, the north and south | aisles, and the outer aisles is 138 feet | Plans for this new work were prepared |by Frohman, Robb & Little, the Cathedral architects, and the construc- tion is being carried on by the George A. Fuller Co. Will Extend Length of Nave. The north and south aisle of the crypt will extend the entire length of the nave and will connect with the | aisle now extending along the north jand south exteriors of the Bethlehem iChupel and the Chapel of the Resur- rection. The nave crypt will be vaulted corridors possessing elements of both Norman and_ Gothic architecture and {lined on either side with impressive colonades of pillars of varying designs. They will be used for the formation of processions at services which wiil take place on the main floor of the | completed edifice. It will be possible | to assemble 2.000 persons in these aisles | | when services are held at which large | groups will march to their places on the main floor. Reports Generous Response. Discussing this new step in the ea- | thedral bullding program, Bishop Free- | man declared that 1928 had been the most significant 12-month period in the history of the undertaking, adding that never before had there been such a gen- erous response throughout the country. Bishop Freeman also expressed the | hope that funds would be made avail- able during the present year for the bullding of one or more of the cathedral transepts. Their construction is one of the alms of the committee now en- gaged in a Nation-wide campaign in behalf of the cathedral. The move- ment is headed by Gen. John J. Per- shing as national chairman, George Wharton Pepper as executive chairman. [ and Secretary of the Tueasury Andrew W. Mellon, as treasurer. One of the | activities is the formation of cathedral | organizations in States throughout the Union. By this method it is planned to | bring the message of the cathedral to the direct attention of the people of every State and to afford opportunity | for a Nation-wide demonstration of “a living faith in Christianity.” g SENATE COMMITTEE PUTS OFF DECISION ON MELLON STATUS __(Continued From First Page) Hoover was not required to resubmit | the nomination of Mr. Mellon, who continued on in the new cabinet from the administration of Calvin Coolidge. | The committee also held there was no case against Mr. Mellon because he held | some stock in the Overholt Distilling Co. before prohibition went into effect. Goes Into Legal Point. Senator Norris did not make public his report, but it was learned that it went exhaustively into the legal point at issue. "He quoted extensively from Supreme Court decisions on the extent to which a stockholder is an interested party in business. Quoting at length from the address on law enforcement made by President Hoover at the Associated Press luncheon | recently, the report stated that “this | beautiful sentiment so eloquently ex- | | pressed should be our guiding star.” |, “But it is not enough to state our ideas in beautiful generalities,” con- tinued Norris. “We must practice what | we preach. It is not sufficlent that | those at the top should remind the com- mon citizen of his duty, but the high official, the appointing power, must mands obedience of the citizen. ‘When the law s strictly and honest- {1y obeyed and followed by the official | | the respect of the common citizen for | y lic schools that the amount for school obey the same law for which he de-|Rév SIMMONS ATTACKS BIG SCHOOL FUND Says $3,000,000 Annual Ap- | propriation Would Mean ! Heavy Tax Increase. E | Continued From First Page.) of allocation by Congress to the District of surplus Tevenues smounting to 45,257,538, of which $2,791,000 were used for the school building program. | Each increased expenditure of $600,- 00, Mr. Simmons said, meant an in- crease of approximately 5 cents per $100 in the tax rate. An increase of $3,000,000 consequently would mean an Increase of 25 cents per hundred. “The report.” he continued, “holds ' that there shall be added to the 1931 bill ‘$3,000.000 for buildings and grounds, provided that the total is not in excess | WREC of one-third of the revenues of the K District of Columbia from all sources. Certain of the revenues of the District of Columbia are trust funds, such as| the retirement payments, etc.; revenues are expended solely for the water system, gas tax moneys are used exclusively on the streets, those three | items are not considered as general | revenues as they are not available for | general expenditures and not available | for schools. Excluding these special revenues and basing our figures prop- | erly on general revenues, there has been expended during the fiscal years 1924 to 1929, inclusive, $150,300,000. Of the above sum the percentage for education during those five years, including the Public Library, was 339 per cent, or exclusive of the library, 33.18 per cent “It become perfectly obvious that of we hold ourselves to the limit of one- third of the general revenue for pub- building and grounds cannot, without curtailing other District activities, be increased in any appreciable extent— much less by $3.000,000. It is altogether probable that the one-third limit, of followed by Congress, would result in an actula reduction and not an increase in the funds for schools of Washington. 70 Per Cent Appropriated. “The chamber.” he concluded, “states that toe five-year building program. authorized by act of 1925, is only half completed because the necessary funds were not appropriated. What are the facts? The five-year building program called for an expenditure of approxi- mately $20.000,000 on buildings and grounds. Up to and including the | 1920 bill there has been appropriated, | since the passage of that act. for build- ings and grounds, $14.487.750. ‘This| is something over 70 per cent of the total, instead of ‘only half’ ‘as the| Chamber of Commerce declared.” Dr. Willlam John Cooper, United States Commissioner of Education, fol- | lowed Representative S8immons on the | speaking program with a strong plea for | a more general educational background | for teachers and instructors in schools | and colleges. | He pointed out that since increasing | numbers of students are attending pub- | lic schools, or working for degrees in the | institutions for higher learning, they are entitled to every safeguard against, incompetent instructors and those whose education does not equip them as intel- lectual leaders. Joy Elmer Morgan, editor of the National Education Association’s Bul- letin, called attention to the extensive | building program of the Federal Gov- | ernment, providing for an expenditure water | 'VANDERBURG COUNSEL | HITS STATE CLAIMS | : Defense Launches Attack on Three | Phases of Murder Prosecution. {By the Assoclated Pr GASTONIA, N. C., April 27—1110" fourth day in the trial of Jacob Van- derburg, charged with killing five mem- | bers of his family, ended this l(trmwn‘ on three of the links in the State's| chain of evidence. A bloodstained hand ax was account- ed for, two jars containing money werc identified as the 17-year-old defend- ant’s, and three physicians denied it was possible to tell that the bloodstains on the youth’s hat were caused by human blood. Defense attorneys declared they still had important witnesses to bring up. The youthful defendant has not been on_the stand. The ax murder for which Vander- burg is being tried occurred December 28. The bodles of the boy’s father, mother, two sisters and brother were found charred almost beyond recog- nition, in the burned ruins of the Van- derburg home near Gastonia. He was arrested immediately afterward. TOMORROW ‘BUNDLE DAY’ FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF tations to Be Located at Schools, Firehouses and Many Churches. of millions, as a means of emphasizing the comparatively small layout on schools and playgrounds in the District. | He said he noticed that the vicinity | around the BSoldiers’ Home was fast| developing as a residential section, with little to indicate that the school and recreational advantages were keepxnx" pace. Another speaker was Miss Elizabeth | McCormick of California, chairman of | the National Education Association’s resolutions committee, who expressed the hope that Washington would some day be the seat of an institution of | higher learning which would sreve as ‘Tomorrow is Bundle day for the Near East Rellef. Committees of the Washington head- quarters of the relief organization will start early in the day on their rounds | East | The wrecked automebile in which Col. Eugene H. Abadie was killed yesterday afternoon when it hit a pole at V: Ness street and Wisconsin avenue. Be- low, Col. Abadie. to collect all available clothing which residents are asked to give for both children and aduits in the Near East. Each school will be a collection agency, and bundle stations will be located at every fire station in the District and at many of the churches. All receiving stations will display a Bundle day banner, so there will be no_mistaking it. Those who wish may send their bundles to the headquarters of the Near at 1334 Connecticut avenue. Parents have been asked to furnish their children with bundles to take with them to school tomorrow morning. Any old clothing will be welcome, it was said, provided it is warm and wearable. With modern methods it is possible to produce gold wire 0.00001 inch in diameter or one-fifticth that of the finest drawn wi; o | utilities. 1 COL . H.ABADE * KILED N WREE {Crashes Into Telephone Pole | to Avoid Collision With | Another Car. Crashing into a telephone pole ‘Wisconsin avenue and Van Ness stree in an effort to avold colliding with er automobile pulling out from the curbing Col. Eugene H. Abadie, 57, prominent consuiting engineer living at 2122 Ca! fornia street. was killed almost nt | Iy shortly after noon yesterday. was rushed to Georgetown U Hospital, where he was pronou dead a few minutes later by Dr. John | H. Hazel of the hospital staff | Col. Abadie, who had offices in the | Union Trust Building, was proceeding | north on Wisconsin avenue at what \pollrz said was a good rate of speed { when an automobile driven by K. A | McCormick started to pull out from the curb near the corner of Van Ne: street. Col. Abadie is said to h: swerved his machine sharply to middle of the street to avoid colliding with McCormick’s car and crashed int a pole between the car tracks Col. Abadie wes pulled from the wreckage of his automobile by Mc- Cormick and pedestrians who witnessed the crash. McCormick Released After Arrest. | McCormick, who lives at 4105 Wis- | consin avenue, was arrested by police of | the fourteenth precinct and later re- | leased in custody of his attorney for appearance at an inquest at the Dis- | trict Morgue at 11:30 tomorrow morning. ‘ Col. Abadie, one of the engineers who | made a comprehensive transportation | survey in the District of Columbia in | 1927 for the Federation of Citizens | Associations, was born in St. Louis, | Mo., and educated in the public and private schools there. In 1919 at the close of the World War, he served as general comptroller of the United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation and was appointed special agent in Wash- ington for the International Maritime Corporation, Tropical Steamship Co., and others on May 1, 1920. From 1903 he served as engincer and constructor under the firm name of E. H. Abadie; & Co., general engi- neers and contractors, specializing in design and construction of bulldings, public utility, general service, power heating and lighting plants; designed and bullt underground conduits in Louisville, Ky., for various public He located numerous inter- burban electric railroad projects and supervised and wrote engineering and __ | financtal reports. | Held Colonel's Commission. He entered the military service in July, 1917, being commissioned a major, |and in September 1918, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the Quarter- master Corps. He was honorably dis- cbarged from active service in August, | 9, and commissioned a colonel, United States Army Reserve Corps. He was a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Ameri- can Institute of Electrical Engineers | the American_Society of Mechanical Enginecrs, the Society of American Mil- | itary Engineers, Engineers Club of St Loufs, Wesiern Society of Engineers, | Society of Colonial Wars, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Connecticut command- | er of Military Order of the World War. American Legion and of St. Margaret's Church. this city. | Mr. Abadie is survived by his widow |and a =on and two d2ughters. Funeral arrangements have not yet been com- pleted. a model to the rest of the country, add- | || fng that the public school system might well be developed as a criterion for other communities. Zihlman and Ballou Speak. Miss ‘Edith Grosvenor, president of the District Association, presided at the meeting, which was also addressed by Representative Zihiman of Mary- land, chairman of the House District comfmittee, and Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of District schenls. ‘The committee in charge of arrange- ments was composed of Miss Annie C. Kellther, teacher at Curtiss School; Stephen Kramer, first assistant superintendent of schools; Miss Mary ' Gilber and Miss Marie Walcott, Andrew H. Desges and Jennie H. Dyson, Panl L. Norris . 24, and Barah Cohen, Simon ri Friedrich, 33. New York and Cecille E. Gales, 29, Bedford, Ohio; Pl A Mensel D, Howze. 35. and Bess'e Adams, 25; Walter H. Brooks. and Annie M. Park. Va.; Rev. o sgell Morton. 25, and Ollle Fortune, 31; W. A, Jone and Ora L. Purdy, 43. Brentwood. Md. 50, this ecity; Rev. 19, ity. ev. Radio, Piano *50 We Will Allow You Now for Your Old or Phonograph «$67 On the New Freshman Radios allowed the United States, at least, ac- | project of securing reduction through | tlonal Food Products Corporation, which cording to the naval experts, in order | limitation of armament budgets. | controls the D. Pender Grocery Co., 16 compensate her for her smalier mer-| «ne Prench spokesman also mace |has acquired the Bouthern Grocery chant marine and fewer naval bases. |y clear that France accepted limitation | Stores, Inc.. operating some 400 stores COosyEan L | of warships by categorles supplement- |10 the South, with headquarters in At- SUNIRESESES WL o S, | lanta, L. H. Windholz, president of |all law will be greatly increased. If |z on. corruption in official life had not been | Howard 0 universal during the last few years, I or if such crimes en exposed had been publicly denounced by high offi- clals in our Government, this disrespect ey ; Jo Alonzo E. ‘Brown. 21 Rev. E. C. nper. 45, North Beach. . Tumuity, 37, this " elty] i " Buicke: | Bishop Quaries. 22, and Bertha Lumpkins, | 0; Rev. James H. Lindsay Roger B Gungee.'36 ‘and Lygia C. Cross, 26. both ‘o Norfolk, Rev. Richmond A. This Model Va BRITAIN APPLAUDS GIBSON PROPOSAL FOR LIMITING ARMS | (Continued From First Page) | icans believe the date of the next meet- | ing of the preparatory commission should hinge on progress made by the great naval powers toward an under- | standing on the fundamentals of the problem. Prospects for such an under- standing continue bright LONDON PRI IS PLEASED. Enthusiasm Over Results of Week Is Shown. LONDON, April 27 (#.—The London Bunday Press tonight was enthusiastic over developments of the week at the Geneva disarmament meeting and warm in its praise of President Hoover and Ambassador Gibson James L. Garvin in the Observer says the American declarations opened a new era in Anglo-American relations. snd foreshadow an impregnable peace of the English-speaking peoples which 18 necessary to the peace of mankind The Sunday Times rejoices in the “more hopeful outlook ™ Protesting that the British people are sick and tired of experts, the news- paper says “we respond wholeheartedly |ed by permission to transfer tonnage from one category to another anc was ready to apply reduction to ail types and sizes of warships. He gmphasized that France hoped for speed in ne-| gotiations, but said the powers were | scarcely ready to discuss naval re- ductions at this session. MURPHY WILL SPEAK. Corrospunde;; WA resies W bikD ) Democrats Tomorrow. Mr. Farmer Murphy, Washington cor- | respondent of the Baltimore Sun, will | be the guest of honor at the weekly forum luncheon of the Woman's Na- tional Democratic Club tomorrow. Mr. Murphy will talk on “The English Election and Its Possible Influence on Our International Relations.” Prederic Willlam Wile will be the guest of honor at the club luncheon on Monday, May 6, when he will talk about “Propaganda.” Bronz>e TaLlet Marki | | | A bronze tablet marking the site of the Pender Co., announced here today. Mr. Windholz will become chairman of the board of the newly acquired company, executive offices will be moved to Norfolk and the Pender Co. will be the controlling factor in the organiza- tion, it was announced. ‘This will give the National Food Products Co. control of 800 stores be- | tween the Maryland and Florida lines, having combined sales of $40,000,000 a year, Mr, Winslow said Herbert Moore, manager of the D. Pender Stores, which are operated by he Pender Co., has resigned that po- ftion to become vice president and neral manager of the Southern rocery Stores. Mr. Windholz will con- tinue as president of the Pender Co. and will be the executive head of the two chain store organizations. The dry-cleaning industry has grown to tremendous proportions in this coun- try. the attention of some of our best chem- | ists, with the result that better work than ever before is being done by the large establishments and at lower cos* ng Site of Ol U. S. State Building to Be Unveiled Tuesday Department and an official of the State © the plea of Mr. Gibson for 8 cOmmMON- | the old State Department Building in | Department also will speak. sense agreement based on the assums tion that we are going to be friend: MASSIGLI DENIES INSINUATIO! N Did Not Bargain with Gibson, French Delegate Says. GENEVA. April 27 (#).—Count Mas- sigli, French delegate to the preparatory commission for a disarmament confer- ence, tonight made vigorous denial to the press of the insinuation that he considered Count von Bernstorfl had made today of bargaining between him- slf and American Ambassador Hugh §. _ Gibson The French spokesman maintained that Ven Bernstorfl was trying to pro- cuce the impression that in withdraw! which the Webster-Ashburton boundary | treaty between the United States and Canada was signed will be unveiled | on the northeast corner of the Treasury 1| Bullding Tuesdey afternoon, at 4:30 o'clo under the auspices of the Kiwanis Club of Washington. Prominent Canadians wil be the guests of the local Kiwanis Club on this occasion. Addresses will be delivered at the ceremony, ich will be broadeast from Station WRC over a wide hook-up, by 0. S. Cummings of Kansas City, presi- | dent of the Kiwanis International and | by T. A. Stone, first secretary of the | Canadian legation. Ogden Mills Under- retary of tme Treasury, will accept The exercises wiil begin with an in- | vocation by Rev. George Palmer, fol- | lowed by an introduction by Edgar | Morris, president of the local Kiwanis | The tablet bears this inecription: | “Priendship between the United | States and Cenada was developed and strengthened by the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, on August 9, 1842, in the old State Department Building which stood on this site. This treaty estabiished | the northeastern boundary between | the two countries” ‘The tablet was placed by the loce Kiwanis Club at the request of tih | Committee on Marking Histpric Sites | in arranging for the 200th amniversary ing the tablet in behalf of the Treasury|of the birth of George Washington, Various proccsses have engaged | faq for law charged by the President to be almost universal would have béen much lessened if not entirely eliminated.” Norris contended that it would be “‘Just as easy” for Mr. Mellon to sell his stock in the Gulf Oil Corporation and the Aluminum Co. of America as it was for him to dispose of his stock in na- tional banks. " concluded the ‘that the danger of the country, if Mr. Mellon be disqualified from holding the office of Secretary of 1 the Treasury, has been greatly exagger- ated. If, however, the country has reached the condition where only men owning millions of stock in business corporations are qualified to hold the office of Secretary of Treasury, then | instead of trying to nullify the law and |least we could truthfully say that those | whose duty it is to enforce the law are {not themselves looking for technical | {means by which the law can be nulli- | Removal and Fine Penalty. | The law In question specifically pro- | | vides that “no person appointed to the | office of Secretary of the Treasury shall | directly or indirectly be concerned or interested in carrying on the business of trade or commerce, or to be the own- | t”l in whole or in part of any sea ves- sel The penalty provided by the law is removal from office and a fine of $3,000 of which half “shall be for the use of the person giving such information.’ | Mr. Mellon himself informed the com. mittee of his stock holdings. He said | he held stock in the Gulf Oil Corpora- tion and the Aluminim Co. of America, but not a controlling- interest. | It was argued in the committee to- day that a stockholder could not be | considered within the intent of the law | because of the words “interested in' carrying on.” As a stockholder, it was | contended that Mellon was not “‘carry- | ,ing on” business. | Americans who go to the Aretic | | reglons suffer from headache, as a rule. This is due to ice glare. Aleo, the whits | nan from the temperate zone is trou- sled with dryness of skin and boils and pimples, due to the lowered reuuslmcel of ‘tissue following freezing colds “ Fairle: ‘Roby Johnson, B 27. and Dorothy L. of Richmon 4 Fey. Jonn £ Breas. John R. Ozman, 29, and Nona B. Shoe- maker, 24, both of Baltimore; Rev. Allen F. Foore. lv»&l ©._Jamison. 28. Rocky Mount, and Ella V_ Marshall, 22, Mica, Vi Will:am A._Lambeth Va., Rev. won B. Walker, 2. Culpeper. Va.. and | B, Bowen, 20, Baltimore; Rev. H. J. 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