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PR / THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. ., FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1929. FORUM T0 REVEAL NEWCENSUS TASKS| £ Merchandise Distribution Is Feature to Be Discussed by Lamont and Feiker. Robert P. Lamont, Secretary of Com-= ‘merce, who since being appointed to the cabinet is referred to as President Hoo- ver's engineer companion, and Fred- erick Morris Felker of New York will speak in the National Radio Forum, ar- ranged by The Evening Star and spon- sored by the Columbia Broadcasting system, Saturday night. Mr. Lamont will discuss the subject of “Prepared- ness for the Census of Merchandise | Distribution.” The forum will be heard | locally through WMAL. For the past several weeks Secretary Lamount has been actively engaged in supervising and directing the initial ef- forts calculated to enable the census machinery to function effectively. This is a big undertaking. But this man, who was personally picked by President Huoea lo take over his own depart- ment of the Government, is used to big undertakings. At the time Mr. Hoover drafted him for his official family he was identified Wwith a number of large industries and business concerns and was president of the American Steel Foundries. During the short time he has been occupying Herbert Hoover’s old desk at the De- partment of Commerce Mr. Lamont has been applying himself to the Gov- ernment’s business in the same hard- working manner in which he served his former business interests. Census Is Complex. ‘The principal administrative prob-! lems which he is now handling are de- cidedly unusual, by reason of the fact that the census of 1930—the decennial census provided for in a recent act of Congress—has much of the aspect of a pioneering venture. The novel features consist chiefly of the unemployment census and the merchandise-distribu- tion census. In laying the foundation Jor these and other branches of the enormously complex census activity, Mr. Lamont is vigorously pursuing the pol- icy introduced by his predecessor, Her- bert Hoover, when he was head of the Commerce Department—that of co- operating consistently with practical business men and obtaining the benefit of their matured judgment and advice. It will be about this important Gov- ernment undertaking that Mr. Lamont will speak next Saturday night. In co-| operation and with the assistance of all interests, Secretary Lamont had re- cently chosen executive and advisory committees to counsel the department with respect to the various important phases of the coming census. The com- mittees whose personnel has already been selected are to concern themselves with the censuses of manufactures, un- employment and distribution, the three subjects so vital to the economic wel- fare of the country at this time. But it will be to the census of dis- tribution that Secretary Lamont will devote principally his radio discussion Saturday night. As advisory committee for that census, Mr. Lamont has been able to enlist the services of a genu- inely distinguished group of 14 men, recommended to the department as being representative of all interests most intimately concerned with the re- sults of the contemplated work. This committee held its first meeting last week at the Department of Commerce. It drew up preliminary plans for at- tacking the problem of waste and dis- tribution through the medium of the new census. Secretary Lamont ad- dressed the conference and participated in the discussion of the many questions that arose. As will be explained by Secretary Lamont in his radio remarks, those questions relate both to the scope of the distribution census and to the methods that should be employed. Be- cause the census is wholly new, many trails must be blazed by Secretary Lamont and his assistants. Safe paths must be opened over rather unfamiliar ground in the flelds of economic and Government rese~=-" The act of Con- gress did not define precisely the char- acteristics of the census. So the advisory committee has been taking the first steps to decide exactly what the census of distribution should aim to ascertain. In this connection Secretary Lamont and his advisers are endeavoring to concentrate on the vital things that promise to be actually feasible. And, too, they are starting to outline the methods that seem likely to bring the largest and most cordial response from the business men who will be requested to supply information. ‘Their course is designed to dispel mis- apprehensions and suspicions—to make clear the meaning of the work—and thus to pave the way for the gathering of useful, usable data. This important feature will be out- lined by Secretary Lamont in his Radio Forum talk. The business men of the Nation, as well as officials of the Department of Commerce, are pro- foundly convinced of the importance of this Nation-wide investigation. ‘They have repeatedly stated that de- fective distribution is the greatest busi- ness problem confronting the country today. They have estimated that bil- lions of dollars are lost every year to the American people through pre- ventable waste in this field. They have indicated what some of the unwise practices are, and where to learn of the major deficlencies and extrava- gances appear to exist. They, there- fore, look forward confidently, and with a feeling of the keenest gratification, to the prospect of determining the facts of the matter on a Nation-wide scale. Secretary Lamont will tell the radio audience about the sallent fea- ROBERT P. LAMONT, Secretary of Commerce. —Harris-Ewing Photo. FREDERICK MORRIS FEIKER, Noted Business Consultant. —Underwood Photo. NEWSREEL SERVICE TOSTART AUGUST World’s Important Events to Be Shown by The Star at Theaters. August 1 marks the beginning of an exclusive news feature by The Star whereby it will show on the screens of all the leading theaters the action in motion pictures of the most im- portant news events reported in-these columns. From that date on two newsreels a week, or 104 a year, will be issued for the entertainment and enlightenment of our readers in Wash- ington, Virginia and Maryland. This new service has been made pos- sible through the co-operation of The'l Star with Universal Films, the biggest newsreel organization in the world. The tremendous staff of that gigantic motion picture company, to all in- tents, has now been added to the news- gathering forces of this paper. World Combed for News. For the first time in the history of ‘Washington a local newspaper will be actively associated with a motion pic- ture organization in combing the world to furnish spot news happenings on the screen for its readers. This service will be known as The Star’s Universal Newspaper Newsreel. These newsreels will be shown on the screens of all the leading city theaters. ‘This is a newspaper newsreel in the strictest sense of the word, for its great corps of photographers and its score of editors are all trained newspaper men, men who know news and how to get it. They are working directly in conjunction with the editors of this paper to furnish the kind of news that is of interest to Washington, Maryland and Virginia. 2 ‘The service will cover the entire world, for at every strategic point on the face of the globe is stationed a news photographer who is watching day and night for all news of importance in his territroy, and who is ready to start at an instant’s notice to distant points where any unusual event has happened or is about to take place, n the cabled or wired instructions of the editors. L Films to Be Rushed. The negative films of these world events will be rushed to you with lightning speed by every available means of transportation, by airplane, express, ocean liner or motor car. No stone will be left unturned to get the news to this city at the earliest possi- ble moment, so that it will be the first to be shown on the screens of the city theaters. Not only will this feature give the public a new and interesting motion picture of news events, but it augments the photographic service by enlisting on its staff a vast corps of camera men, ffaz | who will rush still photographs to this e and interesting oo0 by radio, by airplane and ex- - press. These ~pictures will = appear Problems Ahead. Because the great problems confront- ing the Department of Commerce not only as they apply to this country, but to the other nations President Hoover has been represented as selecting a man with many of his own attributes, as well as one who is familiar with the ways of big business, and who is a trained exec- utive and a skilled engineer. The Census problem is only one of many this Gov- ernment servant must solve during the next few years. One problem that will be always before Secretary Lamont is to find new miarkets for American goods in other countries and in assisting in the foreign trade expansion of this country. Mr. Peiker is managing director of Associated Business Papers, Inc, New York, N. Y., and is a noted editor, pub- lisher and business consultant. Born in Northampton, Mass., and graduated from the Worcester Polytech- nic Institute, Mr. Feiker has had a long and varled experience as organizer and manager of technical enterprises in the field of engineering and industry, in- cluding establishment and management of the industrial magazine Factory dealing with the problems of factory | McGraw-Hill Co., but since has been management and production; chair- | frequently retained by the department manship and general direction of the|as expert consultant, in order that the editorial, technical, and business mag- | Government might have the benefit of azine System; editorship of the Elec- | his experience in the formulation of trical World; development and general|plans to assist trade and industry. In direction of the trade magazin trical Merchandising; vice president and | later important developments, such as simultaneously with the publication of the news. tion of the department with which Mr. Feiker was intimately identified were: (1) Establishment of commodity di- visions in the Bureau of Foreign gnd Domestic Commerce, staffed by experts drawn from industry; (2) organization of the simplified practice and building and housing units of the Bureau of Standards, which served as the basis for the commercial standards section of that bureau; (3) organization of the Sur- vey of Current Business a monthly maga- zine of the Bureau of the Census, pre- senting each month timely facts and figures on the trends of trade and in- dustry of the United States, and a re- g:ed l"nsnd impmz’ed form l;or cammernce ports, & weekly magazine reporting trends in foreign trade and industry as they influence the sale of American goods. Each of these forward-looking moves has stood in trial of time. Mr. Feiker resigned as assistant to Mr. Hoover in 1923 to return to the chairman of the editorial board of the|the organization of the domestic com- o McGraw-Hill engineering publications, | merce division and the forthcoming including the flelds of machinery, chem- | census of distribution. His vision, en- istry, power, engineering, construction. |thusiasm and integrity of mind have ml‘;:yuwp.omeuflurw. etc.; lecturer and|influenced the whole d ent in o , of course, in industrial man- | many directions over the last eight agement of the Graduate School of|years. Business, Harvard University. - 7 Mr. Fei has been lsoehtetdm":ul 5 == the ent of Commerce af T~ amps in ara. 1. . anortly after. Mr,| s, 70, Jump 1ag! NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, July 26 (& rce Mr. Feiker was called —Leaping from Goat Island Bridge, an the vice presidency of the McGraw-| unident! man, about 70 years old, Hill Puhmg:ln‘ Co. to aid in the reor-|was carried through the upper rapids anization of the department along the|of the Niagara River and over the brink B e P B A2 e e the de; ent ser' s American Emil Bowen, this citv, witnessed the business. ”mw«ug-mmm death lean, Hoover's appointment as Coommes e Elec- | this capacity he has helped to guide|., ARMY DISCUSSIONS SLATED BY HOOVER Details of Economy Plans to Be Taken Up at Camp This Week, End. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. President Hoover’s camp, at the head- waters of the Rapidan River, in Vir- jginia, will be the scene this week end of a series of conferences, vhich are ex- {pected to have an important bearing ion the future treatment of the military establishment of the country. The President earlier in the week made known his determination to effect economies in the annual cost of the Army, and with a purpose of running over details in this connection he has invited as his week end guests Secretary of War Good, Assistant Secretaries of War Hurley and Davison and Gen. Summerall, chief of staff of the Army, and Col. Campbell Hodges, chief military aide at the White House. In the com- pany also will be Secretary of Interior Wilbur, friend of the President since college days; George Akerson of the White House secretariat, and Lieut. Comdr. Joel T. Boone, White House physician. Feels Overhauling Needed. Mr. Hoover said a few days ago that the only hope for future tax reduction lies in large degree in the ability of the Government to economize on military and naval expenditures. Moreover, the President is represented as having rea- son to feel that the military establish- ment needs some overhauling and he is convinced that the time has come when something should be done in that direction. He is not worrying about the Navy at this time because he is anticipating material saving on naval expenditures as a result of action in the near future on naval armaments. Secretary of War Good is known to be in hearty accord with the Presi- dent’s aims. It is understood the Pres- ident’s pul in inviting those aides of the military establishment to his mountain retreat over the week end is not only to talk over the reduction plan in a general way, but to discuss details incident to the whole plan, including the matter of personnel of the proposed in- vestigation commission to studly the subject. The President has been rep- resented as feeling that the success of thsi plan will depend largely on the men selected to make this important survey. Therefore, the President is anxious that extreme pains be taken in the selection of those to serve in this capacity. The week-end party, besides being distinctive because of its military flavor. is to be marked also as the first “sta party the President has had since he has been taking these brief weekly ex- curisons. There will be no women in the camp. The President hopes to get away from the White House between 2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon and to return during the forenoon Monday. There | will bs no fishing because of the closed | season for trout, but for amusement | the President and his companions will resort to further dam building in the nearby creeks, walks over the mountain trails and in horseshoe pitching. Horse- shoes were produced in the camp last week by Dr. Boone and the interest was so great that four sets of shoes have been sent up to the camp for this week end. In view of the President’s desire to get away as early as possible this after- noon he made few engagements, and even cancelled his semi-weekly confer- ence with the newspaper correspondents, which was scheduled for 4 o'clock. He ! held his semi-weekly cabinet meeting | and his semi-weekly conference with | the acting director of the budget, Royal Klober. The return of warmer weather has had no effect upon, the President’s in- terest in medicine ball throwing. This morning, as usual, “he and the little group of athletes who comprise what is more familiarly known as his medicine cabinet put in about 20 minutes at vigorous exercise in the rear grounds. POPE’S EMERGENCE HINTS ITALIAN TRIP Belief Is Expressed in Rome That Pontiff Will Leave Vatican State. By the Associated Press. ROME, July 26.—Belief was expressed in some quarters today that Pope Pius would follow his emergence from the Vatican yesterday shortly with actual emergence from his new small state onto Italian soil. The Pontiff was known today to have felt the heat of Rome's extreme Sum- mer. Yesterday's ceremony in the courtyard of St. Peter's was trying, be- cause of the heat, not only to the! crowd, but to his holiness as well. It was understood that his physicians have urged him to spend at least a fortnight on the lofty ecclestastical re- treat at Monte Cassino, where he has desired to go for a long time. There has, of course, been no indication as to what action he will take upon their ke has been as bad at ave has Ml'fnh: lh.ln:t wRome. thus precluding a visit to his former diocese, another roject known to be dear to the Pontif's eart. ; terday from his quarters | ln%‘fc s;‘::my-fi s the talk of ail Rome today, the 200,000 or more witnesses gaining audiences everywhere with their eager first hand account of the impres- ony. Blgl"h?‘;fl?.‘nuies remarked that the close -operation _manifest between the | ;‘L’Ilohn government_ functionaries and those of the Holy See was ample evi- dence that the Lateran treaty really had bridged an old breach and not done just_in name. wn‘emm among Romans and those visiting here in the event was general. BIDS FOR SCHOOL BUSSES TO BE OPENED AUGUST 13 Twelve Will Be Required to Trans- port Tubercular and Crippled Children. | Hangman Chiang TOKIO INTIMATES VOLUNTARY SLASH Considered as Gesture Sup- . porting U. S. and British Cut in Navy Plans. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, July 26.—Official circles inti. mated today the government was con- sidering the orofllmuty of voluntary curtailment naval building as a; gesture su bullding suspensions Shnounced” w‘mcm ‘Hoover and Premier MacDonald. Other authoritative sources doubted the cruiser program would be altered since the last of the eight cruisers of 10,000 tons was laid down in Decem- ber, 1928. It is believed ble some of the lesser kraft might d. ‘The leading newspapers of Tokio have praised warmly the announcements of the President and Mr. MacDonald. London Opposition Lessened. Less opposition was manifest today in London to naval building suspensions announced Wednesday by Premier Mac- Donald, President Hoover's similar an- nouncements affirming the almost gen- eral satisfaction the move aroused. Advices here that the American President had acted simultaneously with Mr. MacDonald for suspension of con- struction on his government’s naval pro- gram had a marked effect on the big navy champions who had fired an in- dignant broadside yesterday at the Labor government's proposal. Comments of the Post. The Post, conservative and known as the mouthpiece of the big navy ad- vocates, which yesterday was {mor against Mr. MacDonald, today said: “If the premier had. been able to tell the Commons the suspension he proposed was to be balanced by a similar suspen- sion across the Atlantic, he would ‘have mitigated a natural perturbation.” ‘The Post declared it was reassuring the premier did not make “any pre- cipitate surrender of relative strength.” Remarking that the ultimate arrange- ments depended upon yet unknown factors, it added: “Desirable as a naval agreement would be it would be bought too dear if it involved a navy bullt not according to the needs of the British empire, but according to international specification.” 2 BORDER DISORDERS - ADD TO FEARS OF SOVIET EXPEDITION (Continued From First Page.) the Russian government take decisive steps to insure the safety of Soviet fron- tiers and to tame the White Guard bandits.” Similar resolutions for decisive action continued today to reach Moscow, the dispatch said, from most of the workers’ centers of the union, such as Kharkov, Odessa, Kiev, Tiflis and Kazan. Work- ers and Red Guards everywhere insisted on rapidity. Commenting on the situation this morning, the official newspaper Pravda of Moscow declared “the executioners of the Chinese revolution will pay dearly for all their crimes. The workers of the Soviet Union will not leave their mis- deeds unpunished. “The workers of the whole world will fully sustain the Soviet Union despite Kai-Shek and all his social-democratic allies. A dispatch from Harbin also stated evidence in various quarters tends to indicate that the Chinese there and in Mukden are gradually taking the stand that the seizure of the Chinese Eastern | Railway was a premature move on the part of Lu Yung-Huan, president of the railway, exceeding his authority in evicting the Russains. The Mukden authorities had planned since January to demand a commit- tee to investigate Chinese Eastern Rail- way affairs because of a decrease in the net_revenues, according to information in Harbin, and had accumulated what they felt evidences of mismanagement by the Russians. Mukden, it is explained, had no idea of ordering the seizure, and was taken by surprise. It was stated in certain Chinese quarters when news was re- ceived that Lu Yung-Huan had acted upon his own initiative. It is believed in Harbin that the way for opening negotiations on the con- troversy had been paved at Chang- chun by exploratory conversations be- tween Gen. Chang Tso-Hsiang, governor of Kirin, and B. N. Melnikov, Russian consul general. ‘The Changchun conversations were held in a private railway coach on Wednesday, and M. Melnikov later re- turned to Harbin. As an indication of the feeling amo; the Chinese there, a high military a thority declared that in the event the Russians should begin an offensive, the Chinese trpops would retreat without fighting. Dispatches from Mukden say that Chang Huseh-Liang, governor of Manchuria, had information that Rus- sia_did not desire to fight and that therefore, the Manchurian authorities | were gladly adopting a similar attitude and doing everything possible to open negotiations for a peaceful solution. Will Go to Harbin. A cable dispatch to The Star and the Chicago Daily News from Shanghai says the newly appointed Chinese Min- ister to Finland, Chu Shao Yang, for- mer charge d’affaires at Moscow, is due to leave Nanking late this afternoon, en route to Harbin, for the purpose of in- vestigating conditions, as China’s first move toward direct negotiations with Russia over the Chinese Eastern Rail- way dispute. Chu is leaving on his mission con- siderably optimistic owing to the ceipt by the Nanking government of telegram from the Chinese acting charge d'affaires at Moscow prior to his departure from Russia, in which Nanking is informed that Russian public opinfon favors immediate and direct negotiation. The telegram further stated: “Inasmuch as the German Ambas- sador at Moscow has been off his good services for the solution of the Sino-Soviet crisis, all future exchanges of views may best be done through the German Ambassador.” Nanking has also been informed from Harbin that as a result of remon- strances by the Chinese commissioner of foreign affairs, the Soviet naval au- thorities have promised to release pas- sengers - and baggage from Chinese steamers detained by the Soviet fleet on the Amur and Sungari Rivers. China declares that the seven merchant ships are being detained, including four near the mouth of the Ussuri River. That China is considering purchas- ing Soviet interests in the Eastern Rallway is admitted by a Nanking government official today. COMMITTEE 1S NAMED Specifications for bids on transporta- tion of crippled and tubercular children the pi health school by busses were completed by District ‘Purchasin; i R, S, P open 3 The work will call for about 12 busses, seating from 21 to 30 persons. The routes are laid out so that each bus is required to work about 45 minutes each evening. Pay is by bus ximately 40,000 miles will the busses in the 180 and from the J. F. Cook School, on P street between First and North Capitol streets and the Weightman School, ty-third ‘and M streets. Tuber- cular children go to the Health School, ‘Thirteenth and Allison and Torer School; | - stvests, nE and FOR STEELE FUNERAL Curtis Designates Senators to At- tend Rites—Longworth Ap- points ‘lhh Delegation. By the Assoclated Press. Vice President Curtis today appointed the following_committee to attend the funeral of Representative Steele of Senators _George Harrls of Georgia, McKel o Pharida. Btephens of Missiseippl mell of 0] ens and Blease of South Carolina. The Georgia delegation in the House was to the Boealer Longwortn. When plane collided with steam roller at Roosevelt Ficld while making a landing, it knocked smokestack off latter. The driver of the roller was hurt and the plane wrecked. —Wide World Photo. HOOVER 1S SURE OF CRUISER RIGHTS Adverse Reaction on Delay Held Due to Lack of Understanding. (Continued From First Page) early evidence that the Kellogg-Briand treaty for renunciation of war is hav- ing the desired effect throughout the world also is regarded es deeply sig- nificant. Still another sign that vital founda- tions already have been laid for a pre- liminary naval conference is visualized on the basis of Secretary Stimson’s ex- planation late yesterday of the prin- ciple of parity agreed upon by Prime Minister MacDonald and Ambassador Dawes as_an outcome of their discus- sions in England. That principle of parity in naval strength as between the United States and Great Britain, the Secretary an- nounced, means absolute equality of fighting strength in the two navies, applying not only to capital ships and aircraft carriers, for which it was established at the 1922 arms confer- ence, but to all “cruisers and the other categories of vessels which constitute those navies.” The question of parity of ships of 10,000 tons or less has been a trouble- some one since the 1922 conference in ‘Washington. Figures ailable here show that Engiand now has 54 cruisers ranging from 3,750 to 10,000 tons, is building six of 10,000 tons and two of 8,300, and has made appropriations for two of 8,300 tons. Japan has 26 cruis- ers of 4,100 to 10,000 tons, is building six of 10,000 tons and has appropriated for one more of 10,000 tons. Figures for America. In contrast, the figures for the United States show only 10 cruisers of 7.500 tons in commission, two out of eight 10,000-ton ships provided for under the act of 1924—the Pensacola and Salt Lake City—launched and nearly com- pleted, and 15 mofe of the 10,000-ton type provided for in the three-year program which became law last Winter. While the American Government has | provided for new crulser tonnage amounting to 305,000 tons, appropria- tions have been made for only a rela- tively small proportion of that author- ized construction. The British, on the other hand, have actual appropriations for 397,140 tons, and the Japanese for 213,955. In addition to cruisers, the classes of ships to which the British-American parity principle was not applied in the 1922 ‘agreement include destroyers, sub- marines and other auxiliary craft, and a number of members of Congress have frequently expressed the view that all must be brought within a limitation program 1if it is to be fully effective. ‘The recent series of developments pointing toward thet end has brought a number of additions to the accumu- lating body of congressional comment on the subject. Points to Other Problems. While also commending Mr. Hoover's desire for naval limitation, Senator Oddie, Republican, Nevada, yesterday asserted that parity with Great Britain was not the only consideration in dis- armament. America should regard as well, he said, all possible combinations of naval strength that might be allied against it, and which, combined, would place the United States at a disad- | vantage. Chairman Hale of the Senate naval foregin relations committee, discussing the President’s action with respeet to the cruiser-building program, expressed the opinion that Senate ratification of an international naval limitation agree- ment would be necessary before any part of the construction authorized for this year could actually be suspended. Hale's view that, “to reach equality when the 15 new cruisers authorized by the cruiser bill shall have been.com- pleted, Great Britain will have to scrap many of her ships already built or in process of building,” is shared, in effect, by Paul V. McNutt, commander of the American Leglon, who, in a telegram to the President, protested against “any action” which will prevent “in any way the regaining by America of our lost parity with Great Britain.” Stimson’s Parity Statement. ‘The statement on the doctrine of parity issued late yesterday by Secre. tary Stimson follows: . “The doctrine of parity which was 1922, trine of statesmanship. look to a future combat between those committee and chairman Borah of the| ' be pilation prepared by the Consolidated Press Association. “President Hoover is rapidly acquiring the reputation of being the most prac- tical peacemaker in the world,” says the New York Times, a Democratic news- paper. Throughout there is even more unrestrained and positive commendation than that which followed the promulga- tion of the Kellogg treaties, and an ap- parent view that disarmament is pass- ing from the stage of talk into action. The New York Sun makes the reser- vation that ascendancy in British mer- chant marine power will weigh heavily in the final equation. While several papers express misgivings on the ques- tion of naval parity, it is possible that they will find reassurance in the later statement of Secretary of State Stimson as published today. Seen Practical Peacemaker. Comment from representative papers follows: New York Times.—President Hoover is rapidly acquiring the reputation of being the most practical peacemaker in the world. In this, his Quaker an- cestors would have rejoiced. * * * He has acted as if the Kellogg treaty meant what it said and was hereafter to be proceeded upon in good faith. ‘War of any magnitude being ruled out, the implements of war can be restrict- ed. * * * When Mr. MacDonald &n- nounces that the British naval pro- gram is held up, Mr. Hoover instantly calls a halt in our own building of cruisers. The best of it is that he appears in all this not as an idealist, but as one who has a firm grasp on stern realities. If +he pressed forward in this direct and practical manner, accepting one instrument and guaran- tee of peace after another, he yet may be known as the chief author of an enduring pax American: Understanding Is Shown. New York Sun.—President Hoover's suspension_of cruiser building in re- sponse to Prime Minister MacDonald's announcement of modification of the British naval construction program was prompt and emphatic. He welcomed the smendment of immediate British purpose with a celerity which betokens complete understanding by him of a highly complex protlem in the dynam- ics of armed strife at sea. * * * So long as the merchant marine fleet, under the British flag, holds the over- whelming predominant place it does today, parity of seapower, as distinct from naval armament, is unattainable. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette—The reach- ing of this agreement by the leaders of the two chief naval countries has an importance that cannot be over- estimated. It would appear to assure results from the coming conference. The real force back of this, of course, is the fact that if there is not now such an agreement, a race in armament could not well be avoided. * * * With the principle of naval parity between the United States and Great Britain ad- hered to strictly, the American people wm"vlew arms reduction with equan- amity. ‘Thought and Backbene. Louisville Times—Only men of rug-| ged determination can do such things as the President of the United States and the head of the British government did Wednesday. Such action requires independent thought and backbone, “We have been saying a good deal about doing something to promote peace: to give peace agreements vi- tality,” said the two leaders, virtually. “Now let us do something.” We have in Herbert Hoover a man who does not hesitate to be a leacer. We have, for the first time since ‘Woodrow Wilson retired, a president who believes a President should preside. Syracuse Herald—When the Presi- dent’s excellent design is carried out by the co-operation of Congress, the world- wide impression produced by that na- tional policy will effectively reinforce the salutary influence of the Kellogg treaties. All this can be done without any serious impairment of our de- fensive strength. Such at least seems the conviction of the President and, in action on it, we believe he will have the ungrudging support of American sentiment in the mass. No Thought of Sacrifice. Manchester (N. H.) Leader.—Mr. Hoover has no thought of sacrifice of adequate preparedness for the national defense. This he would maintain com- pletely. The investigation he empha- sizes is to be constructive and not de- structive. In other words, he will sanc- tion no impairment of national safety. But if there can be economies without such impairment, he desires to have them brought about. Allentown (Pa.) Morning Call.—Cer- tainly an armed world is a world that is expecting fight. A disarmed world is one less likely to engage in battle upon any rrovoclunn. ‘With the two greatest nations in the world indicating a willingness to work with each other as friends, not as rivals in shipbuild- adopted by the Washington conference | ing and as mistresses of the sea, the in between the American and |irony of the situation, where nations British fleets as to capital ships, was'sign a peace treaty and at the same not a doctrine of warfare, but a doc-|time spend more money than ever on ispatch.— ca. two fleets, but has an exactly opposite | There can be little ground for criticiz- purpose, namely, to prevent such a conflict. Its immediate purpose is to prevent those twq navies from building against each other and to accomplish instead ‘a reduction of their respective naval power. “It thus represented an agreement that they should not regard each other as possible enemies in that they not, to take the step which potential enemies would take as the very first step against each other, namely, to try to outbuild the other fleet. “The doctrine of parity, as thus used, instead of being an impossible or futile doctrine, is supremely nmm%ent. In fact, it is the only doctrine by which two proud and independent nations in the position occupled by Britain and America could agree to be friends and eliminate the thought of war between them. Extension Proposed. “This beneficent principle is now proposed to be extended and agreed to as the prineiple which should control the relations of the British and Ameri- can navies, not only as to capital ships, but cruisers and the other categories of vessels which constitute those navies.” One other member of cabinet made a brief addition to icial com-~ ments yesterday. Secretary Adams said, in mpomw"qum of news- PApET COrrespon , avy aration of mdmflcd plans _of be continued, that some cruisers woul material for their construction had already been purchased and that no placed for materials had amplify. ordennlre-&v been canceled. He declined to Indorsements of Press. . - President Hoover’s action in half the building of the cruisers.has EEEE tives of American. press, according to & com- l ing President Hoover for postponing cruiser construction. Courage to take risks to advance the strength of the Kel pact and to support the ap- proac] negotiations for naval reduc- tion is at least as lofty a sentiment as the fear that prompts excessive arm- ament. The developments in the inter- est of peace in the last day or two are brilliant in accomplishment and prom- Cleveland News.—One can commend heartily the acts of the British prime minister and our own President with- out, at the same time, overestimating the importance of these initial steps toward complete agreement. If there were no Britain, the United States would still have to tain an army and navy, and did there exist no United S of America, Britain would never- theless be under the necessity of provid- ing for her far-flung empire. BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band, Curtis D. Alway, captain, Infantry, commanding; William J. Stannard, T . Darcy, second lead- Srering &t 7130 oclonk e at 7:30 o' 3 st Medical march, " Selection from '“The Vagabond Fox trot, * § eary. 3 Popular waltz, “Sweet Suzanne” Fantasia, “Carmen” Bizet Waltz, “Gold and 81} ~.....Lehar | “Cronista” (Journalist), Patino “The Star Spangled Banner.” .| _One case '| valued at’$100, was a BELGIUM ACCEPTS THE HAGUE PARLEY Decision Makes Young Plan Conference There Apgear Practically Certain. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, July 26—Paul Hymans, the British and French Ambassadors to- day that the Belgian government had accepted The Hague as the seat of the conference of the govrnments on appli- cation of the Voung reparations plan. ‘The decision made it practically certain The Hague would be the seat of the con- ference. The choice of The Hague meets with hearty approval in Berlin, according to dispatches from there, and it is thought that August 6 will be selected for the opening day. France, which always has favored a neutral country for the conference, has | offered no opposition to The Hague and 50 has informed Belgium. Britain Favors The Hague. Great Britain has urged Belgium to accept The Hague as the site of the conference. If Premier Poincare’s health permits he, Aristides Briand, and Henri Cheron, minister of finance, will represent France at the meeting. The heads of the governments probably will not re- main at the conference more than a week, leaving the matter then in the hands of financial experts. ‘This will permit Aristide Briand, Gustav Stresemann and Premier Mac- | Donald to Froceed to Geneva for the | opening of the assembly of the League of Nations in September. Debt Vote Likely Tonight. ‘The French Senate, in the meantime, moved quickly today toward ratification of the debt accords with America and Great Britain, with indications pointing to a vote before midnight, an Assoclated Press dispatch from Paris says. ‘There was little doubt of a large gov- ‘ernment majority for ratification. Some opposition has been expressed but it has not been formidable. Henri Lemery yesterday expressed | anxiety as to the security America would ask if they should wish to open fresh negotiations in the future. He asked if the Americans were not already casting their eyes on the Prench Antilies. | , This brought a sharp rejoinder from | Aristide Briand, foreign minister, who said: “I won't allow it said that the American Government ever had any in- | tention of alienating the least part of a French colony. It is absolutely untrue.” DISTRICT ALIENIST SUED FOR $50,000 Damages Are Asked on Basis of Affidavit Doctor Is Accused of Making. Dr. D. Percy Hickling, District alien- ist, was sued today in the District Su- preme Court for $50,000 damages by Helen McHale, 3110 Mount Pleasant street. The plaintiff says Dr. Hickling made affidavit that she was of unsound mind March 5 last on the strength of which she was detained for 20 days at Gallinger Hospital. At a hearing before a jury she was released and de- clared to be sane, she states. By reason of the alleged action of the physician, she asserts, she has been brought into public scandal and infamy and has considered of unsound mind by many persons. She is repre- sented by Attorneys Cecil F. Heflin and F. B. Potter. OFFUTT TELLS TRAINEES DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP Maryland Appeals Court Justice Addresses C. M. T. Gathering at Fort Hoyle. Justice T. Scott Offutt of the Mary- land Court of Appeals, in an address ‘Wednesday at Fort Hoyle, related to the C. M. T. candidates training at the fort his conceution of citizenship and the duties it involves. The address was one of a number on the subject ar- ranged by the War Department in keeping with its policy of stressing the citizenship as well as the technical side of the training. Justice Offutt concluded by recom- |mendln[ the training camps of the Army and Navy to the young men of the country. “I know of no better | training anywhere,” the speaker de- | clared, “because the camps teach, above i everything, loyalty to the land they serve.” BURGLARS TAKE WHISKY FROM UNOCCUPIED HOME Twelve Quarts of Liquor Are Valued at $100 by Owner ‘Who Is Absent. of. 12 quarts of whisky, 't of the loot of burglars who rol the furnished but unoccupied house of Edward C. Ostrow, 517 Taylor street, to a report to police of the tenth precinct last night. A quantity of silverware and wearing apparel, valued at $380, was the other pm‘geny taken. Ostrow told the police le house was bur- rized between 9:30 o'clock Wednes- night_and 6 o'clock y morning. Entrance was by jim- mying & basement door. B. Ganshorn, 1221 Eighteenth | &o, make George fim northeast, asked police effort to recover a steel fishing rod and silk line, valued at $16. He said the outfit was stolen from his boat, anchored at the foot of Ninth street southwest, early this week. PRGSASETS . Ttaly is producing t{wice as much pig iron as & Jear ago 7 11 SNOOK JURORS ARE PLACED IN BOX Two Women Are Excused by Defense—Venire Nears Exhaustion. By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 26—With 11 persons tentatively seated on the jury that will try Dr. James H. Snook, for the murder of Theora K. Hix, Ohio State co-ed, it appeared probable short- 1y before the noon recess today that a second venire might be found necessary to complete thé panel. Five of those previously accepted had been dismissed from the jury box by peremptory challenges, four exercised by the defense and one by the State. This left three challenges for the State and 12 for the defense, which opposing counsel had the privilege of using be- fore a jury is finally accepted. At the same time there remained only 30 names on the original venire of 75. Three Women Yet in Box. Two of the five peremptorily dis- missed were challenged late yesterday, one each by the State and defense. ‘Two women and one man were chal- lenged by the defense this morning, leaving the jury box tentatively occu- pied by three women and eight men. After the morning session convened, | minister for foreign affeirs, informed pefense Attorney Join F. Seidel inter- rupted the examination of a prospective juror and started to say that he had received a threat from an unnamed source last night, Trial Judge Henry L. Scarlett stopped him with the injunc- tion that such a statement was not proper in the courtroom. Seidel then turned to the men and women on the jury and asked if any of them had re- ceived a threat or other communica- tion regarding the case. All replied they had not. Insanity and Drug Defense. Mrs. Grace Rogers was excused promptly by the defense at the start today. John F. Seidel, defense counsel, asked her if it were not a fact that she had expressed a wish to get on the jury and had said she would “hold out to the last” against Dr. Snook. Mrs. Rogers denied making such a state- ment. J. B. Collison, retired druggist. was seated as juror No. 2 after examina- tion of nine other candidates to fill the place. The defense removed Louis C. Davis, a contracting paintér, on their third peremptory challenge. Collison was seated after a long defense questioning on his open-mindedness on the question of an insanity defense, and his views on the use of narcotics. Narcotic Use Laid to Co-ed. In his examination, Seidel brought in again the suggestion that an effort would be made to show that Miss Hix administered narcotics to Dr. Snook when he said: “If it should be shown by testimony that the deceased experimented with various kinds of drugs in connection with her school work and at various times drugged herself and Dr. Snook, would that prejudice you against the defendant?” Collison said it would not. Each tentative juror yesterday was asked _specifically ~whether knowledge that Snook and the girl used narcotics would influence the verdict. Four women members were queried concerning their knowledge of baking, and Seidel indi- cated later that the defense will be that the girl first gave narcotics in food and that later the two deliberately experimented with their effects. ‘Common Pleas Judge Henry L. Scar- lett announced that there would be no Saturday sessions unless necessary to speed the trial. CLEANERS AND DYERS’ MOTION IS OVERRULED Month Given 13 to Answer Gov- ernment Complaint of Price Agreements. Prom the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star. Justice Jennings Bailey, in the Dis- trict of Columbia Supreme Court today overruled a motion to dismiss injunc- tion proceedings against 13 master cleaners and dyers doing business in the District to prevent further alleged price agreements and division of cus- tomers. He gave the defense 30 days to answer the complaint. The Government filed its case last February 7. charging the defendants with conspiracy to raise prices to be charged for cleaning and dyeing. The defendants moved to dismiss the pro- ceedings on the ground that the Sher- man anti-trust act does not apply to the particular business in which they are employed. The decision deals with the question on the application of the Federal anti- trust laws to a service business as well as to manufacture or distribution about which there has been some difference of opinion. A list of the defendants was: Atlan- tic Cleaners and Dyers, Inc.; Globe Dry Cleaners & Dyers, Majestic Cleaning & Dye Works, Inc.; the Mutual Clean- ing Co., Arcade-Sunshine Co.. Vogue Dry Cleaning_Co., Samuel Rubenstein and Charles Rubenstein, John F. Mc- Carron, Samuel Grozbean, Isidore Janet, Joseph A. Guier, Harry Viner and Samuel Goldenberg. BOOK GIFT TRIBUTE TO KELLOGG’S WORK Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister Presents “Angelus Pacis” to Former Secretary. As a tribute to his work for world peace, former Secretary Frank B. Kei- logg received after the recent ceremony at the White House the gift of a rare book from Eduoard Benes, foreign minister of Czechoslovakia. ‘The book, “Angelus Pacis,” was writ- ten by John Amos Comenius, seven- teenth century Bohemian philosopher, pedagogue and pacifist. Comenius, who was expelled from his native land by King Ferdinand of Hapsburg, was one of the first promoters of world peace. ‘The book is written in Latin. The presentation was made by Min- ister Ferdinand Veverka of Czecho- slovakia. DEATH HELD ACCIDENT. Rope Which Broke, Causing Fatal Fall, Was New. ‘The death of Robert Causer, 24 years old, colored workman for Morris Cafritz ., Who died in Emergency Hospital yesterday from a fractured skull and other injuries, sustained wheri he fell from a swinging scaffold on a building at Nineteenth and F streets, Thursday. July 18, was declared accidental by & coroner’s jury today. ‘Testimony brought out at the !mtuen that the which broke, permitting