Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1929, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and slightly warmer tonight; to- morrow party cloudy. Temperatures—Highest, 79, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 55, at 6 a.m. to- s Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 b ¢ Foening Sfar. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only e Associated service. vening paper in Washington with the Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 107,737 - a1 ()R9 Entered as second cl No. 31,082. It omee “Washington. s matter D. C. WASHINGTON, D C, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1929—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. TISH EMBASSY TO BE DRY. STIMSON TOLD BY SIR ESME Diplomatic Circles Are Stir- red by Announcement of Ambassador. REPARATIONS PACT BRI WILL BE SIGNE AT5PM.TOMORROW | ke | 'No Pressure Brought to Bear by U. S., State Depart- ment Declares. Technicians Rushing Work to End Conference on Debts. | { | | The British embassy is going dry. Sir Esme Howard, the British Am- bassador and dean of the diplomatic corps, has informed Secretary of State | Stimson that he contemplates stoppinz the importation of alcoholic liquors un- der diplomatic privilege. This information, which caused a great stir in diplomatic circles, came from the State Department. Meantime, |the British Ambassador maintained experts’ report | complete silence on the subject. | On the Ampassador’s behalf, however. it was admitted that the matter was “under consideration,” nor was it de- nied that the Ambassador. as has already informed membcs embassy staff that he will sign no more orders for liquor shipments into the United States. With reference {0 certain reports which purported to give many circum- stantial details, a representative of the Ambassador said they were not “wholly accurate.” The understanding in__diplomatic circles is that the British Embassy will be one of the dryest places in Wash- in Washington AMERICANS TO RETURN FROM EUROPE SATURDAY Formal Ceremonies to Take Place in George V Hotel in Paris. HARRIS EWING SIR ESME HOWARD. ington as soon as the supply of liguor now on hand has been exhausted. me’s mention of thefiquor ques- made to_Secretary Stimson in the course of-an infor ronversation recently, Secretary Stimson. in relating the in- cident today. said he had told the Brit- ish Ambassador that the American Gov- ernment was bringing no pressure what- ever upon members of the diplomatic corps to give up the importation of in- toxicating liquors The question, Secretary Stimson pointed out. is en one of diplo- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7. 5 1 am George will be signed 0on the of the ex- Much Work Ahead. They labe end far i formidable t of their work be-| fore them. k of compressing the | different chapters, clauses and annexes | of the report having become more dif- | ficult as they progressed. Much of the material for the report has been in_rough English draft and | has had to be translated into French and polished before it can be put into | the revisea final form. While it ap- | peared the task might not be completed | quite so soon as expected. it was hoped the ceremony of afixing signatures could take place in time to permit the | American delegation to take the Aqui- tania home Saturday. One Task Completed. ! FRANGE TO ERECT MDONALD TACKLES $1.00000 EMBASSY LABOR'S PROBLENS the uestions of paments in kind and | Eighteenth Century Chateau New British Premier Starts the international bank were understood | = ] b e e e oase 1| Will Face Meridian Park. | on Unemployment Task at Conference. An annex specifying Germany w Plans Being Drawn. di benefit by any future reduction of the | creditor nations' debts to the United | States has been finished | It was understood today in French | circles that the experts have not re- organized entirely the principle of pay- ments in kind, but have confined them- e m— | - | REDERIC WILLIAM WILE. |BY the Associated Precs s 4 W LONDON. June 6.— Ramsay Mac- France, which supplied the genius of | PRESIDENT MOVES 10 CONCENTRATE | Asks Congressional to Study Problem of Reorganization. LAW STUDY COMMISSION |SERVICES ALSO TENDERED Transfer of Many Smaller Units Involved in Hoover Plan. = Presidenf, Hover today sent a mes- sage.40 Congress recommending the ap- { pointment of a jotnt select committee to | make a study of the question of re- | organization and concentration of re- | sponsibility in the administration of the several Federal bureaus now charged with the prohibition enforcement. | In making this recommendation the | | President stated that he would appoint a committee from the departments to co-operate with the congressional com- | | mittee and said that the recently cre- ated National Commission on Law Ob- | servance and Enforcement, will also co- operate. | President Hoover frequently in the | past has urged the concentration of the | responsibility in the administration of | the fundamental actlvities engaged gin i prohibition enforcement, but he now { makes iv plain that the subject is so !involved and the question embraces | numerous laws and regulations in the different departments an extensive | consideration is required. He is eager | to bring about the utmost expedition in | the reorganization and concentration of | this governmental activity, but to effect the improvement which he claims is | greatly needed he wants the mat | thoroughly studied. Text of Message. The President's | fuir: “To the Congress of the United States In order to secure the utmost expe- dition in the reorganization and con- 0 r message follows in DRY ENFORGEMENT Group B - & ) MARC YONED! o500 000000 FARM LOAN FUND URGED Leaders Believe Hoover Will Have to Recommend Imme- diate Appropriation. Private Kitchen Is Being Built in Brown’s Office HEATH APPOINTE - AS TREASURY AIDE Postmaster General Soon to Show Conferees His Culinary Skill. Succeeds Carl T. Schuneman, in Charge of Building Program. Delicious “ring-tum-diddies.” _delic- ately seasoned curries. frijoles or tamales. or maybe just good old-fash- | s _ | ioned beefsteak. soon will have their | df""‘ :m“’au Bl l"’ Grand Rap- | 00 upon the conference table in the ids, Mich.. has been selected assistant ofice of Postmaster General Walter F. | Secretary of the Treasury in charge of | Brown, and conferees will be invited to | the Government's great public building | partake heartily. with the assurance | program, succeeding Carl T. Schune- {rom the Postmaster General, "I oked it o man, resigned, it was announced at the | ©9ked 1t myself By the Associated Press The language of the revised farm bill, which became available today, led some farm leaders to believe that President Hoover would have to recommend im- mediately the appropriation of $500,- selves to limiting the total of such pay- Donald, Britain's new Labor premier, | centration in administration of the Fed- The Postmaster General's office today | 00 600"¢0 stanilize agriculture. TONNG AFFARS LALY HANDLED BUREA CHARGES ~Efficiency Report Makes Def- inite Accusation of Mal- administration. ALLEGES EXACTING OF FEE WITHOUT LAW AUTHORITY Say Businesses Operated Whether Use of Building Agreed With Regulation or Not. A 7-month-old report of the Bureau of Efficiency, charging lax adminisir tion of the zoning regulations, incom: plete records containing insufficient in- formation and lack of definite policy as to the incerpretation of various am- biguous regulations, came to light in the District Building today. Jompe Teport was made November The report makes definice charges of maladministration of the zoning regulations, particularly those relating to certificaces of occupancy, naming names, dates and places. It charges that fees have been exacted in certain cases for certificates wichout authority of law, that buidings have been erected contrary to the plans approved by the Building Inspector’s Office, and that buildings have been put to uses not allowed by the zoning of the property. The report states that certificates of occupancy, which are required by law to be prominently displayed in all places for which they are issued, except dwellings and churches, are seldom so displayed. Hits Zoning Regulation. The report deals principally with the zoning regulation allowing business al- ready set up and functioning by Au- gust, 1920, to continue, whether the use to which the biilding was being put ooy in agreement with the zoning or nof “During the month of August, 1930,” the report states, “the Police Depart- ment made a survey of the District and prepared a loose-leal record of business occupancies. In the case of vacant | buildings the las. prior use was given. In view of the frequent necessity for further references to the Police Dej | ment, it is evident that this record was Maj. L'Enfant to the creation of the | American Capital a century and a half | ago, plans to build a $1,000,000 embassy White House today. Mr. Heath this afternoon is at the Treasury Department in conference with his predecessor and is becoming ac- was_resounding_the tap of hammers, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Gl ments and the period of time in which they may be invoked. They have, however, included c¢om- prehensive suggestions as to how pay- announced today that work on the |Cral burcaus connected with prohibition ! enforcement, so greatly needed to im- | problem of unemployment, already had | prove their effectiveness. I recommend been started. I not complete and, judging by the pres- | ent disorder in which it is kept, very | little use is being made of it. “In 1924 the Police Department, at The section pertaining to the authori- zation of the revolving fund read as follows: “There here as its contribution to the Wash- |~ o A that the Congress appoint a joint se- | s s munimum of disturbance to the eco- | ington magnificent—the metropolis of irning M Dm0 e nomic. systems of the countries. inter- | architectural splendor which will have ST | its inception on June 10, when President EXPECT SHORT CONFERENCE. | Hoover lays the corner stone of the“’{fl“‘; LAPHE colions e, oo Tpe —_— mammoth new Department of Com-" Lol R il Tetoe. . The building will be erected on | SPDINE to his Hampstead home Mr. Sixteenth street, a hundred yards away | MAcPonald said from the present French embassy. It| _ Crowd Cheers Prime Minister. will cover the entire plot of ground on| I went to Downing street to set : | moving organization of the work in Euclid street, between Fifteenth and| copnection with the first real handling Sixteenth, the side elevation flanking |of the unemployed problem. The work the northern boundary of Meridian Park | alfcady has been begun' o | ¥ r. Snowdon was the first visitor to at the highest polnt in Washington. |,,\c. ‘gfter remaining an hour. Mr. The Paris government contemplatesa | pacDonald and Mr. Thomas departed structure in every respect worthy of | n it hour later | Prench artistry. Its design will partake | * 4%c/oid waiting in front of No. 10 of the eighteenth century classic style.| cheered the Labor leader and shouted: | A distinguished Franco-American archi- tect, Paul Philippe Cret of Philadelphia, | has'drawn the plans. Mr. Cret already | away with Mr. Thomas. | has one monument to his skill in Wash- | “Thore was every evidence today of ington, as he was the principal designer, ~ 9 h | 1 ith { the coming change at No. 10 Downing along with Albert Kelsey, of the Pan-|ireet, official residence and office of American Building, which many author- | Britich ‘prime ministers ities consider, with the single exception | | of the Lincoin Memorial, the Capital's architectural crown-jewel. ments in kind can be absorbed with a No. 10 Downing street and talked with |J. H. Thomas and Philip Snowdon, two Belgian and German Marks Question Probably Will Be Settled in Week. BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 6 (#).— Negotiations between Belgium and Ger- | many on the German marks question, which for a time threatened full agree- | ment on the reparations settlement, will start in Brussels on Monday and are expected here to be concluded by the end of the week. The basis of the discussions will be the Belgian demand for 37 annuities each of 25,000,000 marks (about $6,000,- 000). This is stated here to represent 925,000,000 gold marks, as against 6.000,000,000 paper marks. which the Belgians declare were left in circula- tion after the German evacuation. ‘With account taken of the 10 years’ delay. lost interest and depreciation of the franc for which the belated mark tlement is held directly responsible by Belgium. Belgian opinion does not cdnsider the suggested arrangement a fair deal. Thus the Belgian negotiators are not expected to admit of any fur- ther bargaining, which, it is said. would rot only withhold application of the Young plan, but would induce Belgium to veto any carly evacuation of Rhireland, which Germany Baldwin Seeks Residence. It was presumed the visit this morn- Many Famous Works. ing had reference to the preliminaries necessitated by the change of govern- A native of Lyons, Mr. Cret (pro- | ment, which. it was believed, would not nounced Cray) has been professor of |actually take place until Saturday, with design at the University of Pennsyl- |delivery by King George of the seals | | vania since 1903. Since then he has|of office to Mr. MacDonald and his kinn® | won conspicuous architectural distinc- | ministers seeking. | tions in Prance. His famous works in | Outgoing Premier Stanley e the United States include the Valley | had already left the official residence DOCTOR FINDS KING UP Forge ‘Memorial Arch in Rittenhouse | before Mr. MacDonald's arrival. Gos- Square, Philadelphia; the Indianapolis | sips said he was busy seeking a London Public Library, the Detroit Institute of | residence. having disposed of his for- AFTER GOOD NIGHT REST Arts and Pennsylvania war memorials. | mer place of abode when he became Mr. Cret is actively identified with Gen. | prime minister and moved to the s Pershing in the work of erecting Ameri- | Downing street home. Suffered by British | can monuments on French battlefields. - i M. Paul Claudel, the scholarly French | ILEAGUE HA No TIl Effect Monarch From Tranactions In- | smbassador to the United States, is en- | thusiastic over the embassy project, cident to Gov t ; i pYsEDmentiChange which, he hopes, may be brought into Baldwin | lect committee to make an immediate study of these matters and to formulate recommendations for consideration at | the next regular session. “I shall be glad to appoint a com- mittee fram the departments to co- operate with such a committee of the Congress. The National Commission on | Law Observance and Enforcement will |also co-operate through their studies of { the departmental organization | “The subject involves the transfer of {parts of various bureaus and agencies from certain departments to others and | it includes as well the necessity for the | unification and strengthening of our i border patrols, both in connection with i prohibition and illegal entry of aliens. | As the question embraces numerous laws and regulations in several bureaus, it will require extensive consideration, which if given jointly by such commit- “Good old Mac!" to which the new pre- | tees of the Congress and the depart- (has a World War mier responded smilingly as he drove | ments prior to the regular session will| prominen® in the recent political cam- save many months of delay. (Signed) "HERBERT HOOVER " | Offers Assistance. Secretary Mellon. whose department has supervision of prohibition enforce- ! ment, today appeared before the com- mission and offered the aid of the Treasury Department in the Govern- ment’s newly launched crusade on law- | lessness. Secretary Mellon_was the first of a number of high Government officials give the President’s extraor- and jury” the benefit of their 'LATERAN CEREMONY " SET FOR TOMORROW | Exchange of Ratifications Between is hereby -authorized to be appropriated the sum of $500,000,000 which shall be made available by the Congress as soon as practicable after the approval of this act, and shall con- stitute a revolving fund to be admi ns(ts{;fl by the board as provided in t] act. Stabilization Function Outlined. Another aspect of the farm bill as reported by the conference committee is the wording of the section relating to the function of a stabilization cor- poration. This section reads as follow: “Any stabilization corporation for an agricultural commodity (1) may act as | a marketing agency for its stockholders or members in preparing, handling, storing, processing and merchandizing for their account any quantity of the agricultural commodity or its food prod- ucts, and (2) for the purpose of con- trolling any surplus in the commodity “ "+« may prepare, purchase, handle, store, process and merchandise other- wise than for the account of its L holders or members, any quantity the agricultural commodity or its food products, whether or not such com- modity or products are acquired from its stockholders or members."” The measure specifically quainted with the scope of the Federal building program. | “President Hoover is expected shortly to forward the nomination to the Sen- {ate, where no opposition is anticipated | Returns to Minnesota. Mr. Schuneman will return to Minne- | sota to business interests, the exact na- ture of which he did not announce to- | day. He expressed regret at leaving the | big construction program in its present status, but explained he had submitted | his resignation along with others at the | beginning of the new administration and | had_only remained at the request of | the President and Secretary Mellon until | his successor qualified. | " 'The new assistant secretary, who will | have charge of the public building con- | struction and numerous disassociated | bureaus in the Treasury Department. record and w LEADER SEE VY 10 REALGNVENT Plan to Avoid Record Vote | Through Motion to Strike Out Amendment. in- his House leaders believed today that they had found a way to pass the census-reapportionment 'bill without a record vote on either the alien-exclu- sion or disenfranchisement amend- ments. It was admitted openly that if a record vote 15 forced. the Tinkham amendment, which provides that the | citizens enumerated in the census. but disenfranchised at the polls shall not be counted in the allocation of seats in | the House among the several States, | tion corporations “shall not be subject thereby seriously reducing the repre- | to assessment for any losses incurred in sentation from Southern States will be surplus control operations of the cer- passed. noration.” The alien-exclusion amendment like- Débaiitare Pliv BilInatea: wise would effect the Eastern and IN- | A farm relief bill made acceptable to dustrial States 8 ver by e aders plan to avoid tne Fresident Hoover by the elimination of record vote through a motion to strike out of the bill all of the section relating to reapportionment. which includes both of these amendments, and then to sub- stitute other language with the alien | and disenfranchisement provisions omit- | ted It was the hope of the leaders to get | early action on this proposal today. | _When the bill came up for action | paign, being assistant trcasurer of the | Republican National Committee, with | headquarters in Chicago. A Mr. Heath, wso is 52 years old. is un- married. He was born'in Grand Rap- ids, where he has lived since, with the exception of his military service both during the Spanish-American War and the World War He attended the University of Michi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) HOOVER TO ATTEND LOCK CELEBRATION President to Witness' Opening of Pittsburgh-to-Cairo Link of Inland Waterways. provides upon by the farm relief conference committee yesterday and both Senate approve it. Leaders at the Capitol hope that the bill can be sent to the White House be- gressional action until next week. that farmers holding stock in stabiliza- | the export debenture plan was agreed | and House will be asked promptly to | fore Saturday, but conflicting weck-end | plans of members may delay final con- | d Press LONDON. June 6.—King George passed a good night and was sitting 1 I rning when his ph visited him. remaining about and the day before to a change in the nations believed 2y would be able t e to his original and leave Windsor for Sandring- d the end of the month. 5 been a perceptible healing s which formed at the old Jung incision and was the cause of the present illn REBEL'S SLAYER LAUDED. Remains of Gen. Goroztieta Deliv- ered to Relatives MEXICO CITY body of Gen. Enri preme chief of the * kilied Sunday near San Jalisco, in a battle with federal s arrived here last night and was turned over to relatives by the government The Mexican Con before ad- journing for extraordinary session, voted its congratulations to Gen. Satur- nino_Cedilio for having accomplished the death of Gen. Gorozticta ine 6 (A e Goroztieta i who was The being during his mission in Washing- ton. Tentative arrangements call for laying the corner stone in 1930 and for completion in 1932, the year of the George Washington bi-centenary. The structure will be notable within, as well as externally. A dominant feature in the majestic entrance hall will be stat- ues of Washington and Lafayette. long the Euclid street frontage will be (Continued on Page 4. Column 1.) CHINESE SET TRIAL DATE FOR RUSSIAN CITIZENS Chief Prose_culcr Changes Site to Mukden Inter- national Significance. Because of By the Associated Press TOKIO. June 6.-—Dispatches from Harbin, China, to the Rengo News Agency stated today that 39 Russian citizens arrested at the Soviet consulate general May 27 would be committed for trial before a special tribunal at Muk- den. The chief prosecutors of the Harbin Court of Appeals declared that the change to Mukden was made because of the international significance of the af- | fair. The Russians are charged with viola- tion of clauses of the new Nationalist penal code providing the death penalty for Communist plotting. They were ar- MINORITIES SESSION| Convenes at Madrid to | Consider Committee | Report. { Council By the Associated Press. 1 | MADRID. Junc 6.—The Council of | the League of Nations met in pr:llm—i inary session today to consider the; | report of the special committee on mm-g | ority problems which met in umdnn‘ |in March. Today's session was held| behind closed doors Among the Foreign Minister Quinones de Leon of Spain and Signor | Scialsja of Italy. 1 Today's mecting was held in the Sen- ate building. A large crowd gathered | to watch the entrance of the delegates. | Questions hefore the session today were principally phases of difficulties | | peoples of various nations have had i with the governments exercising au- | thority over them, governments which | i for them, are controlled by people of | practically foreign tastes and standards. Previously thesc have been handled by a special League committee of three, which in this case is reporting to the League Council Ttalian Government and Holy See to Be in Vatican. By the Associated Press. bration marking By the Associated Press ROME, June 6.—Exchange of ratifi- | cations of the Lateran accords between the Italian government gnd the Holy Sec will take place tomorrow in Car- dinal Gasparri's own apartments in the Vatican City. It was announced today | that the proccedings would be ver to Cairo, and forming a part ‘inland waterway system. The ceremony the proces-verbal change. Immediately after the exchange of ratifications the Vatican gates and the attesting - the ex- | including Texas | River flood district. Under _tentative plans, Mr. will be opened wide, however. Memphis. Its Interests—Its Progress —Its Mysteries Will Be Discussed by President Hoover will attend the cele- the completion and opening of the great lock system on the Ohio River, extending from Pittsburgh which will continue over three days. will be held this Fall at a time convenient to the President { It probably will be in October, at which brief, confined to the exchange itself |time the Chiet Executive hopes to be and to the drawing up and signature of | able to visit other places in the country, and the Mississippi . £ will go from Washington to Cincinnati | new frontiers of the Vatican City will | to drgllvcr an addressga\nd then probably iecates present were | D¢ closed by the Swiss Guards. The fa- | will make a trip on one of the new river gates presen er¢ mous bronze doors, which have never | barges from that city to Louisville Briand of France. been more than half open since 1870, ! From that point. he probably will go to P — The Far East Representative Reed of New York, was heard first on his objection to the pro- posed amendment authorizing the State of New York to make its own reap- portionment. CRASH AFFECTS SIGHT OF EVANGELINE BOOTH | tically which must act first. of the debenture extremists in the Senate. however, promises to «ccasion of the | the conference report can be reached | in that branch. Only two members of the conference ot Nebraska, and Smith, Democrat. of South Carolina, voted against the mo- tion to eliminate the debenture section. These members, who demanded a report Wears Left Egye. Other Weakened—Will Be Con- fined to Bed Indefinitely. By the Associated Press HARTSDALE. N. Y. June 6—The | sight of Evangeline Booth, commander of the Salvation Army in America, has been_slightly affected through injuries which she suffcred in an automobile accident two weeks ago. her secretary. Col. Richard Griffith, said today. The commander, who will be confined to bed indefinitely, is wearing a cover- ing over the left eye. near which she received a cut. and the sight of the right eye has been weakened. She has difficully in discerning objects held close to her. 38TH DESTRO.YER DIVISION QRDERED ON ASIATIC DUTY |45th, Now at Tsingtao, to Be Re- turned to U. S., Officers An- Covering Over | join "the group asking rejection of the conference report, but administration leaders are convinced they have suffi- cient votes to defeat such a move. Hoover GEN. BOOTH SUFFERS SETBACK IN HEALTH Not Left Bed Since Action of High Council. By the Associated Press LONDON, June 6.—Gen. cally unfit to continue his work. Approval of the bill reported by the conference is expected to be given prac- without debate by the House, Disappointment some spirited debate before a vote on | committee. Senators Norris. Republican, | | of disagrcement on debentures so the | House would be required to vote, will | Deposed Salvation Army Head Has Bramwell | Booth, deposed head of the Salvation | Army. is suffering from a setback in his health. He has not left his bed since he was deposed some months ago by a meeting of the high council of the Army, on the ground that he was physi- | | rested in a raid by Manchurian authori- ties on the Soviet consulate-general which was suspected of being the meet- ing place of members of the Third In- raiified the Kellogg pact unanimously ternationale. alleged to be plotting with today. the Second Chamber having Marshal Feng Yu-Hsiang, Central ratified 1t vesterday with two opposing China leader, outlawed by the Nation- votes. alists. Students’ Hieroglyphics Work Hardship, Northwestern May Cancel Written Exams Swiss Ratify Kellogg Pack BERN. Switzerland. June 6 (P) The First Chamber of Council of Sta pected to be considerable argument over varjous national recommendations the committee of inac- ceptable. . BULGARIAN DEBT “CUT.” Reparation Commission Po:tpones three has found e Half of Payments Due. SOFIA. June 6 (#).—Bulgaria re- ceived notification from the reparation | commission today that she need pay ! only 50 per cent of her reparations pay- By the Associated Press partment of soclology stated the fac- | ments due April 1 and October 1. EVANSTON., Ill. June 6.—That naive | ulty stand. | The other half will be devoted to re- old line wherein the father, spanking| “Every teacher has from 300 to 5noi§onsll‘ulti1tl?:;k\mrk lg :}l':e aruserl;_gd hl‘]? his offspring. announces that ‘“this | students, and as he has to spend a day | bg ela‘;’e‘l u?n.]n e paym n‘:’l hurts me worse than it does you" has |and night trying to decipher all kinds| B¢ made up 1o the feparations commis- found a twin at Northwestern Univer- of individual caligraphy, the result is Slon some time e future. s where faculty members declare | failing eyesight for many professions.” | dislike President Walter DIll Scott has sanc-i the they much as rthem e giving examinations as student: dislike taking | tioned the plan to abandon written €x- aminations except in courses where State News, Pages 10 and 11 where there was ex i Mr. G. A "he Eve | In a series of interest: | | Carnegie Endowment for interest. and continue in The the course of his | Lyon, Associate Editor of he is now writing from Far Eastern countries. Mr. Lyon is 2 member of the party of distinguished American journalists taken to the Far East by the series of observations there. They will visit Japan, Korea, Manchuria and China, and Mr. Lyon’s letters are certain to be of tremendous The first will appear in The Sunday Star The general's lawyers have completed the case they are bringing in the courts against the decision of the high coun- cil. and it is expected a special meeting of the Chancery Division will be held shortly to deal with the matter. nounce at Shanghai. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAL, June 6—Officers aboard | the Asfastic fleet flagship Pittsburgh | today said orders had been received ning Star ing news letters which | the request of the Engineer Commis- | sioner, 'again made a canvass of the District and reported all businesses that | did not have certificates of occupancy. | This rather bulky list is filed, at pres- ent, in the Engineer Department files. | Apparently no use is made of it by the | inspector of buildings. Impossible to Cheek Claims. | “As a result of this lack of adequate | records in the building office, it has been impossible for the office to check, with any degree of accuracy, claims ? applicants for non-gonforming - ficates, that the use was established before the zoning regulations became effective. Applications for original non. conforming certificates have been cem- |ing in with diminishing frequency right |up to the present time—eight years | after the regulations became effective. | The following procedure is usually fol- | lowed in these cases: “1. The applicant is required to pre- sent_affidavits from three residents of | the District of Columbia in support of | his claim. “2. The Police Department is re- | quested to make a survey and report to | the building office, stating the present and past uses. “These police surveys, usually being | incomplete, are of little value. Doubt- | less it is very difficult for a policeman— or any one else—to ascertain what the | use of a building was six or eight years | ago.” The inspector of buildings.,” the re- port says in another place, “has been compelled to rely to a large extent upon the police for aid in the enforcement of the zoning regulations. He expects the police to see that the certificates of oc- cupany are posted conspicuously in busi- | ness establishments as required, and that no new business establishment be opened before the owner secures a cer- tificate. We have been unable to locate a single certificate so posted and we have found a number of new businesses that did not have certificates. indicat- ing that the police have not been very successful in this work.” Recites “Abstract Case.” To illustrate the apparent lack of any definite policy controlling issue of cer- tificates of occupancy. three forms of which are issued by the inspector of buildings, the bureau presents what it describes as an “abstract case, based on actual cases as shown by the records of the building office.” “John Doe was conducting a grocery store on August 30, 1920. in a location which was restricted by the zoning reg- ulation to residential use. Inasmuch as his business was already established before the zoning became effective, he was by law exempt from compliance with the regulations and not required to secure a certificate of occupancy. The inspector of buildings, however, re- quired him to submit an application and issued him a non-conforming cer- tificate free of charge. “Two years later John Doe sold his business to Richard Roe, who was also exempt from compliance with the zon- ing regulation. However, Roe was in- formed that he should have a certificate of occupancy displayed in his store, and he applied for one. He was issued & certificate on form A as a ‘transeript copy' of the one issued to Doe and | charged a fee of 50 cents. “Two years later Roe closed out his grocery store and sold the building to James Smith, who opened a lunchroom there. Smith applied for a certificate of occupancy and was issued one on form A and charged a fee of $2. “Each of these three ruen was al- {lowed to conduct a first commercial | business in a residential district on &; | bringing the 38th Destroyer Division from San Diego for Asiastic duty, and returning the 45th Division, now_at Tsingtao, to the United States. The two divisions are expected to meet at | Honolulu August 1. | Bank Statements 1 International Peace for a Stenographer ! By the Associated Press. ELKINS, W. Va., June 6.—“Don't be |a snob. Don't try to marry the boss' | daughter. God bless you if you are lucky. | en%%(‘r to mt;n-y dh'f su?ozru;‘her.“ % was the advice given the gradu- $1,332,000,000. ating class of Davis and Elkins College New York clearing house balance, | here yesterday by Dr. Royal S. Copeland, | $165,000,000. United States Senator trom New York. i - r. Coj R Pase 30 "0 adress: ‘Washington clearing house, $5,191,- 40.88. Treasury balance, $138,709,071.95. New York clearing house exchange, i ! | | Evening Star during journey and after. B— nd deviated from his reg- S e S AR to comment gh the advice i “Don’t Be ; Snob! ‘You.ll Be Lucky to Wed Copeland Tells Students professor of English of Massachusetts | Institute of Technology. last week. Prof. | Rogers told the seniors of M. I T.: | _“Be snobs. It is just as easy to marry | the boss’ daughter as his stenographer.* “I care not what particular you may follow,” Dr. Copeland “You will not live up to your responsi- | bilities as an American unless you have a part in all those things having to do with the common welfare. There is nothing nobler than to be a citizen of