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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Cloudy, followed by showers late to- night, not much change in temperature. Full report on page :m— Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11 9. he No. 31,143 Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. ‘WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION bening The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. * Yesterday’s Circulation, 102,483 D. F ¥ () Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1929—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. ECKENER GROOMING. AIRSHIP FOR GLOBE FLIGHT TOMORROW Graf Leaves at Midnight for Germany on First Lap of 22,000-Mile Voyage. BOOKS 3 PASSENGERS FOR TRIP AROUND WORLD Pay Load of $500,000 Expected, Most of Which Will Come From Mail and Freight. By the Associated Pre LAKEHURST, N. J., August 6.—Work | of refueling and replenishing the Ger- man transatlantic dirigible Graf Zep- pelin went. forward today in preparation for her departure at midnight tomorrow | on the first leg of a globe-circling air yoyage. Dr. Hugo Eckener, her commander, | will head his giant air liner back to | her home port, Friedrichshafen, Ger- | MRS. WILLEBRANDT SCORES POLITICS AS WORST ENEMY OF DRY LAW ENFORCEMENT Interference in Behalf of “the Boys” Laidf 1o Party Leaders in Capital—Creation of Handicap for Preferment Criticized. __(Politics and liquor, according to Mrs. Willebrandt, former Assistant United States Attorney General in charge of Prohibition, are as in- separable as beer and pretzels, and in this, the second article of her series, she tells the sensational story of the quarter-million dollars found in a dead Senator’s safe deposit, the story of a bottlegger king who reached :htl ear of a President and others who found powerful friends in Wash- ington.) BY MABEL WALKER WILLEBRANDT. Politics! In that one word I can best and most completely describe the greatest handicap to the enforcement of the prohibition law. Politics and liquor apparently are as inseparable a combination as beer and pretzels. . But the combination is no new thing. eighteenth amendment was adopted. My memory is not so short that I do not recall the old ulliances | prisoners, President Hoover will ask | betw.ecn the brewers, distillers and saloonkeepers on the one hand, in the days before prohibition, and the pro- fessional politicians on the other hand. The liquor interests financed city and | President was reached after conferring they controlled city councils, county boards of commissioners, State campaigns; State Legislatures. They “headed off" It existed long before the through their political allies early-closing- PRESOENT 0 EE SS0MOFORNEN PRISON FAGLITES |Overcrowding of Leaven-! worth and Atlanta Causes : Hoover to Plan Extension. WOULD EASE CONGESTION BY PAROLING PRISONERS in Narcotics Violations | Given as Cause for Present Inadequate Room, Increase Convinced of the need for more | adequate facilities to handle Federal Congress to appropriate about $5,000,000 { for this purpose. i ‘ This decision on the part of the with Attorney General Mitchell regard- ing the overcrowded conditions at the various Federal penal institutions, which INCREASE IN PAY 10 BE URGED FOR TCongress Will Receive Rec- | ommendation Classifying Federal Employes. FERSONNEL BOARD MAKES | SURVEY OF SITUATION e ‘SReport Will Ask That Those Now Outside of Jurisdiction Be Placed Under Board. | | | — | Increases in pay for thousands of | Government workers here and in the | field will be recommended to Congress | at the opening of the December session { by the Personnel Classification Board. | « The recommendation will be em. | bodied in a report on the field survey | and classification of Federal workers | throughout the world. This report not only will present the new class speci- fications and allocations to pay of about was prompted by the recent outbreak | of mutiny at Leavenworth Prison. Ac- | cording to the reports made to him by the Attorney General, which were based | principally upon figures from Sanford ' Bates, director of the Federals prisons, ! President Hoover is satisfied that as hour ordinances, Sunday-closing laws ap- plying to saloons, local or county option measures and higher-license ordinances and laws. The saloonkeepers, the brewery owners, the whisky wholesalers were al- ways willing to “chip in” to help elect a county or State's attorney, a member of 110,000 persons in the field service, but e important to Government work- ers, here, it will propose modifications upward in the pay levels of the classi- fication act of 1923, amended by the Welch act of 1928, which regulates pay many, whence she arrived Sun-} y day. From there the airship will con- = S i X ol e . > tinue eastward around the world, with ' ; — stops at Tokio and Los Angeles, Lake- | B S hurst and back to Germany, a total of | 00X core 22.000 miles. On the first flight to Fricdrichshafen the Legislature or the City Council who | the result of this overcrowding more | EINSTIG S M | inCtnatBIstrict ior ICOImbINS the Graf Zeppelin has booked 1dx pas- would be broadminded, as they termed it, | adequate accommodations can no longer WASHINGTON 50,000 D. C. Workers Effected. LU e e s b on the liquor question. be delayed. { AB.R. H. 0. A. E & The disclosure is expected to be hailed ;_r)\‘flr‘;;‘:v 1;:“'“};‘ :g; ma;l"- | I will not confess yet to being old, but Judge, 1b BN S eR A8 with enthusiasm Fifty thousand A 3 | T do not expect to live long enough to wit- Present Effect Bad. | _— Rice, rf. B s g g —- ik Government workers here, come under Three Booked for Cruise. ness a complete divorcement of politics| The President considers this over- Goslin, If 83 £ 8 00 s the system of pay controlled by the e Wt bieis Shave RbesaRDkea | and the liquor trade, legitimate or illegiti- | crowding as demoralizing and as having | Clayton and Havenner De- 3 & - Heav Hittin Features Personnel Classification Board. = The g Myer, 2b, 57030 44 1 0 for the trip around the world by n;(ei mate. ia genelrlll,v bad effect upon the in- | “w‘m‘;;‘ s 1l & ;. o '(?‘!:1 gggl::no!temlpnlcyx m’;&eflexecu- Hamburg-American Line in New York, | 24e . { mates in these Federal institutions. L mand New FI ures BefOr | s . e A R 2 0 Th k ents e ict on ‘American agents for the Zeppelin. They | Politics-Liquor Alliance. | Besides asking Congress for money g € | Cronin, ss. 5.1 2 0 3 0 pener as ree Poke | June 30, the end of the fiscal year are Joachim Rickard, a writer of Brock- Let's see how politics and liquor main- | to provide better accommodations at the | ’ | Spencer, c. S LSO LA O O [ e s s 180 ton, Mass., who was a passenger on the RS- WILTNBRANDI tain their alliance under prohibition. PEtSons, ihie EIealdnt Ris0 WL Gey for | Changing Car Fare. | Hayes, 3b. &F 00 10 40070 Out Home Runs. R i westbound trip; Otto Hillig, a_photog- Not so long ago a politician of national rank—a recognized leader | Tioney_ to employ additional probation | | Hag s | D toa rapher of Liberty. N. J. and & Person | o¢ pig party and for some years a Senator—died, 1 ot f | oficers. According to advices from | oot v - A% D508 0E 080} — = L L R Sed nameiicas notidislosed. o e MG S R DR T G safe | Director Bates, the President is of | yo piooooeo oo Marberry, p. 18 GRI0P L8 00 . [ e e it ot a fol bet. that he lost,| deposit vault a quarter of a million dollars in cash. He had much | the opinion that many of the present PropoMic ng e BY JOHN B. KELLER. e e Nathan Wexler will pav his own pas- | other property. but_the quarter of a million dollars did not go into | inmates warrant probation that would | Capital Traction Co, before making any 1t 27 NEW YORK, August 6.—Washington | wcbonr oho Sre non athout it sage and that of William Weber at' his estate. Why? Because his heirs released the money to another | be granted but for the fact that there change in the rates of fare charged on 5 defeated the Yankees in the first game | diction ‘of the board. wb‘:hml‘:e'e:e !u;!:; Lwra:'mn‘;‘ ’\’.‘Jw‘§~n’}'-‘°€§t'§f‘?.’¥‘éi"' ;{::{;‘pcflnlfiian‘haésghof national rg{xl&. Certairlnlly nox‘m: of the politicians| ;‘l:e ";’:fifd“:“f“{,‘:mg:‘:h"m? &TC?: | the company's line was for the first NEW YORK of their double-header here this after- the board's supervision. 2 - - = w ¥ | who handle ne; T T e = i . noon. i Bave ot decided whether to make the | exe mut of that bype. oo personally by its possession. They | jeasing of a larger number of prisoners | ime today brought into the hearings M 0. A E P00 ceore was 13 to 9. 5 et it bl world tour. I — on probation will not only bs an act | before the Public Utilities Commission Coombs, ef 1 4 O 0 Jring Hadley went to the slab for! of the classification act :umn:;e“ Other passengers listed to make the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) of fairness to the latter, but would be | on the company’s application for an in- | Rebertson. Zh.. © 2 0 1 the Nationals, while the left-handed Ed as a result of the survey mtdc‘b! th trip to Germany include Morris Shu- = 7 s a practical and sensible move on the | crease in car fare to 10 cents cash and Gehrig, 1b 0 10 0 o Wells was the starting pitcher for the ' classification board, under direction e( mofsky of Bridgeport, Conn.; Lady, | " part of the prison .authorities in im- | o oo eor 2 Ruth = 1 1 o ¢ Yankees. The air was cool and the sky William H. McReynolds, assistant, ch\:! men&ogj H‘:}vllpn }:,l)_qsgr.[(iep C?el Ber- | g‘rovm; conditions in the penal institu- | Wmh:\u);rl( gl‘.“; i u“ ~"’ 5 s L LT took the field. of the Bureau of Efficiency, and direc< in and Dr. Walter H. Spiess, German | ons. cK. Clayton, counsel for | Lazzeri, About 8000 fans were in the stands as i ¢ “ minister of transportation. '1;1:“ et :‘he‘lt’;;sldergh hile discussing this | the Federation of Citizens' Associations, | Meusel. If. 0 0 0 the game got under w ;?;\o:y‘h;n?efni‘? “ze-{:e!r:g’{mmgifi& w0 were passengers on the tri ver. | | subjec! lay, imal e tenta- | served notice on the commission that | Byrd, If o v | data regarding the 3 v dered | 1 s 5 & e sion tha yrd, If... .2 FIRST INNING. garding the pay of persons em- eloved a2 olock teday by the Fost | | Hons Pin"the prisons will ‘melade thy | his was the federation's attitude and | Dicker. €........ & s WASHINGTON—Judge fanned. Rice | SINCd BY SRRl Sine Soos Tk Dffice Department. { | building of an additional prison, It |that revaluation before any change of Koenig, ss. 3 2 2 8 hoisted to Combs. Lazzeri threw out wees at done by Government . | | is lhnu‘ghl thHat an soditioal Federsl | fares was absolutely necemyry Hs Well g SR T Goslin. No runs. = b rk!{f e e $500,000 Pay Load Expected. | 4 . | 1. 2 o L . He was | Wells, p + OREW YORK —Cor also has amassed reports on 110,000 The freight for the return trip, while | i Prizon. f authorlzed by Congress witlsupported'in his stand by DR George C. | Sherrld, p...... 0 0 0 0 SErihell BRI g to} JUtss S i B i not 8 neavy as on the westward trip.| L — i e of the United States. | Havenner, the federation’s president. | Nekola, P....... 0 0 0 0 Gehrig took & third strike. No runs. |7 "”"s‘“ 'h‘sct“-""n includes two automobile ties, v P ' Police Summon Tong Lead- | Declares Britain Can Make! Badly Overcrowded. Bés CubnodtiOpieber Nove: . | Momey 7). ... 900 B D SECOND INNING. ‘The resulis of thie ertEaai case of advertising material from a | During his discussion of the prison | The debate arose on the motion by | Purtt LR WASHINGTON—Myer _ singled 10| have been caretully Drepused and ooy Cleveland firm, a case of sclentific in- | ers to Conference at No Further Sacrifices situation today the President said that | Mr. Clayton made last week that the Lary . TR right. West forced Myer, Koenig to Laz- | specification. sheets are mow in- the struments and a case of fly powder. | Yeports furnished him show that the | Washington Rapid Transit Co. be made M0 A X zeri. Cronin hit a homer in the left- | i T o ‘ hands of the Government Printing Of. penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., is hous- | ® Party to this hearing. The motion a6 9 11 27 tier bleachers, ~scoring West ahead. | fice, to start the wheels rolling toward The pay load for the world trip is| expected to bring $500.000, half the cost | of the airship’s construction, of this 18 | passengers paying $9,000 each will bring | $162.000, while mail and freight, which | on Reparations. Rover’s Office. Fearful for an outbreak of the tong| By the Associated Press. ing 120 per cent more prisoners than what is considered its normal capacity. At. Leavenworth he said the overcrowd- " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) was under discussion today, but the de- cision on it was indefinitely postponed. Counsel for the bus company opposed the motion, but made no objection to | any valuation of the bus company. | Durst batted for Sherrid in sixth, Lary batted for Nekola in eighth. SCORE BY INNINGS: 128 5618 Spencer popped to Gehrig. Hayes took a third strike. Two runs. NEW YORK-—Ruth popped to Judge. Lazzeri walked. Meusel rolled into a double play, Cronin to Myer to Judge. the huge report which is to go to Con- gress | Principles behind the entire survey and the conclusions for increased pay recommendations to Congress are un- Dr. Eckener said are more profitable, | Will bring twice as much. | war here, officials of the two opposing THE HAGUE, Netherlands, August 8. | A S . Mr. Clayton, during the course of his | Washington 0 2 4 0 3 3 1 0 No'ring dorst Ao RaT While more than 100,000 DErsons | Chinese organizations, On Leongs and | —Philip Snowden, British chancellor | argument, on the intrusion of the bus | New York.. 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 " HIRDINNIN f O e e e s R flocked to the Naval Station here 10| gioc “today b d to|of the exchequer and chief British | company, served notice that the federa- | &5 4 NNING. el 5fldm‘m!lnflm. who are view the huge air visitor a forlorn Ger- ‘.mfl ; l"r 3 :;d"’;:' &“A?"”fl" um dekm‘g s "u“"ms cniterericel tion would demand a revaluation before | - f“'"':_“"l- P ;VASlgNm"Oy——lg]udlry was safe :g‘i‘;‘{né"‘!';;ug‘ disn ;th\:h:lr:}";ne::ur v of P! I 3 i ! R 1! n — Cronin 3 Goslin. when 2 t % IS 3 man baker boy sat in the emigration | the office of Uni es Attorney Leo any change of fare. The immediate Bags, hatled, 0 o Crand /Phaithh phen, AN fumbled & ball that| "ignetner the increases in pay will practical effect, f Mr. Clayton succeeds | Koenig, Nekola. Combs. Robertson. Byrd. be made to Government workers de- | today launched an attack on the ex- perts’ report, including the so-called | Young plan, at the opening business session here. forced Hadley. Lazzeri to Koenig. Rice | singled to right. sending Judge to third. Lazzeri threw out Goslin, Judge scoring and Rice taking second. Mvyer doubled to left, scoring Rice. West hit a homer | detention quarters at Gloucester. N. J..| S, Rover to hear some plain truths and declared he was through with air- | o¢ vpae may be expected if an out- ships. He is Albert Buschko, the! Z'pppPlin stowaway, now awaiting de- break occurs here. The conference probably will be held tymorrow. | pends, of course, entirely upon what | Congress will do with the recommenda- tion of the Classification Board. ‘The board was authorized by Con= {in !mllntl{n‘:lz‘hls pol:m. wn}ud be & | Two-base hits—Mver (3). Dickey, Brrd. postponement of any changg of fare for ree-base owmbe. Tfl P I- ]. | Several months, probably a year. or more, | Home, rung=Crenin, West, Durst. | while the intricate and detailed Work of | Double nlay—Cronin to Mer to Judge. portation. . n o 2 ip W v erful. vas t H valuing the company’s property was un- | Left on bases—Washington, i: New Yeork L he D s indetull T e ek | Soaajliatenty o iBrat fand mscecter | R0 AEEE 08 e ety Should the GeEision be to make | Base o bale—OR Hasies, 5 o Weils. 2 in the right-field stands. scoring Myer ET¢SS in the Welch act to make the aithough T didn't get much to drink. | Willlam S. Shelby already have seen il "mc, ':h, e Jm noyr re) "uun 8 the bus company a party and then value | s(omer et ler. 5: by Wells. 1: by | Ahead. Cronin singled to center. Spen- :,',‘,f - ,‘.;‘% !ln eg;;-liu the field e 8. i | N v. 13 . el . | S 0 - rifices ques!| paratior hree Cand“jates in Race for all the properties represented in the | Nekols arberry. 1: by Moore. | cer flied to Ruth. Four runs. oo o empmyes.\m}t bfip&s"“:orng:;_ some of the officials of the two organ- | Al i Lo T missed the shower baths to which I| 1 | v b s, it e v He complained that under the distribu case any change In fares would be post- | WSO Wells, 1,00 f naines, [ens ol ot NEW ¥ORK—Dickey, hoisted to Rice. | <ary. therefore, for the board to. pro- am ncc;stxordr:)eq." wl;xrxlti :geg«:rmfi)u’;h.i‘: | izations and discussed the situation U gy rts Pr a D poned longer. inni Ol i with them. The former saw George |tion made by the expe alie an ratic Gu i Dr. Haven 1 e | B oy plteber—By ‘Rherrid (Gestin) No runs pose a system to maintain this qualit; again,” he said. Italy get considerably more than they ; emocratic Gubernatorial Clayiou; ‘281t that I Ot B L e e " FOURTH INNING. parity." between the field and thie ‘Wen, one of the secretaries of the On pires—Messrs. Geisel, Van Graflan and In order to make this parily ef- the commission could well leave the bus | ! Famine Greatest Danger. Leo are entitled to under the Spa per-| H i s ng Chinese Merchandise Association, P | Nomination Morlarity. WASHINGTON—Hayes walked. Had- - Dr. Eckener said on the voyage centages, while Great Britain and the 3 company out of the case. He said that | | Jey. trying to sacrifice, bunted a foul to | (ctive, it became clear to the board, and Charles Lou Toye, one of the lead- ges, | if th issior ired free competi- | ley. trying to sacrifice, bunted a foul 10 that raise in the pay levels of the classi- : e commission desired free competi- | Dick Koenig took Judge's grounder feation act as ,’.’,,éndm by the Welch around the world the greatest danger was from famine, in case the ship was unable to land before her provisions were exhausted. He said the worst part of the trip would be the first part of the flight, from Friedrichshafen to Tokio, as they might encounter clouds and rain | while crossing the mountains of Siberia. Dr. Eckener superintended the pump- ing of 750,000 cubic feet of gas into the fuel storage of the Zeppelin and 530,000 | cubic feet of hydrogen gas into the balloonettes, which furnish the lifting | power. 'The ship also took on 3,500 gallons of gasoline with which to start her five motors and 1,100 gallons of | lJubricating oil. sailors patched and painted the few rents torn in the fabric of the “skin” smaller creditors lose. h‘rhe lendlr;w‘slérmsh delegates decllr;d that the British government was ready at any time to wipe the slate clean of | RICHMOND. Va. August 6—Vir- debts and of reparations as outlined in | ginia’s embatiled Democratic hosts the Balllaur note, bt zhldm 50 long as | were choosing & champion today to lead reparations were and so long as; - dents were 'recelvable *Great, Britain | nem In an effors 1o e o and any government in Great Britain | Cans beyond the Potomac. | would insist upon Great Britain being | Factional differences, characteristic | treated fairly in this matter. { of Southern States in which Democratic | Delegates Welcomed. | nomination is equivalent to election, The conference, which is to put into | ¥23 conspicuous by its absence in the | effect the recommendations made by | Democratic primary campaign that the recent Reparations Conference, i closed last night, the three candidates under the chairmanship of Owen D.{for the nomination for governor calling . at Paris, was convened at 11 ks . e Taoaing in the hall of the | UpON the voters to participate in today’s | and stepped on second to force out WHITE HOUSE DENIES = BRI TS, S B, Fot | | Goslin came in fast for a shoe-top catch | d | of Robertson's looper. Gehrig took a tion among the transportation systems | here that it should not have let the | Washington Railway & Electric Co. | into the case from the start. i Business Trend Is Studied. | Now that that company is in, there is no reason for keeping the bus company out, Dr. Havenner said. ‘The rest of the morning was given to | detailed consideration of the trend of | the Capital Traction Co.'s passenger-| carrying business. which has been de- | clining since January, 1920. W. R. T. Motion Is Argued. The hearing opened this morning with arguments by counsel on the| motion submitted early last week by act would be necessary. Positions Compared. What the board did was to make the survey of pay in commercial positicns, hIA St NG | comparable with Government, positions: e | It collected a dual report on the duties FIFTH INNING. | of each of 110.000 field workers. WASHINGTON—Goslin walked, Myer | [¢POrt came both from the employe doubled to left, sending Goslin to third, | Nimself and from the employe's supef- | Roy Sherrld, ‘a_right-hander, relieved Visor- Al these xeporte were placed in | Wells. West singled to left, scoring Gos- | D]O‘*‘-*T 0 1:!!_ 3 ;n al n:ldlem- [ 1lin and Myer. Koenig threw out Cronin, | PIo¥es in whatever department of et It was stated that the young man had ( West going to second. Spencer singled | vy reports assembled. Experts of the an miestinal upset, as his allment was [t Jett, scoring West. and took second on | board then wrote out specifications de- described, last week, but that he | Me 'S _the e. ayes | et Virtually recovered. He remained at his | scratched ® hit, a single, to Robertson. | f,cr":,g‘fi"f;"g, :f ffirh:n:k.:‘:::mqw' - Tather's camp to rest and to enjoy the | sending Spencer to third. ‘Hadley popped | formiy applicable” o ail. the pu ers of the Hip Sings. Last night Inspector Shelby, accom- panied by members of the homicide squad, visited the section on lower Pennsylvania avenue known as China- town and conversed with many of the Chinese resigents. They also obtained lists of the officers of the opposing as- socfations, which were given a Star re- porter by one of the Chinese this morn- ing as follows: { Tong Officers Here. On Leong Chinese Merchandise Asso- ciation—Sing Shue, president; Charles | Moy, vice president: George Lee and | George Wen, secretaries, and Charlie Soo, treasurer. Hip Sing Tong—Lou By the Associated Press. President’s Son Had Been Reporte Indisposed at Father's Sum- | mer Camp. | Reports that Allan Hoover, the Presi- dent’s youngest son. s ill at the Summer camp on the Rapidan River in Virginia | wer~ denicd at the Whitc House today. by the winds on the westward trip and b 4 o ident; Charlle Hing, vice | g, hamber of the Dutch States Gen- | primary regardless of their choice for | Mr. Clayton that the Washington Rapid Rol i replaced some wire struts in the frame- Sang, D{HT Le a: Siew o irst chamber of the s Gen- | pi ry rega i be made a party to the |Open. Mrs. Hoover and Mrs, Herbert | to Robertson. Judge flied to Combs.|of classification being to “equalize de= “ork which were broken on the fiight | President; Tom Lee an e s o0 PATLy nomltiee: T stwcet car rate case. Hooveris e nthIRIIn e s terminations between departments. over, ORDERED TO PAY. = | Ex-Rumanian Consul Must Give| secretaries, and Lee Kee Chow, treas- urer. Locked doors and drawn curtains in business houses and sleeping quarters in Chinatown this morning were taken to indicate that many residents of that section are fearful that something un- il lied. sl may nappen, and at, Chinese Snowden of Great Britain replied. ‘The first meeting, which probabl: Bellaarts Van Blokand, Dutch prime minister, welcomed the 38 principal delegates and their 400 subordinates, after which Premier Briand of France, Foreign Minister Stresemann of Ger- many and Chancellor of the Exchequer ‘will Three Candidates. John Garland Pollard, a William and Mary professor; G. Walter Mapp, a former State Senator, and Rosewell Page, brother of the late Thomas Nel- son Page, were the candidates for the Strenuously opppsing the Clayton motion, George P. Hoover, attorney for the Washington Rapid Transit Co., de- clared t| Mr. Clayton had advanced no adequate reasons why the Washing- ton Rapid Transit Co. should be mndel a party to this case. Pe ition,” declared Mr. Allan’'s health that he was possibly suf- fering appendicitis or peritonitis. The White House denial of this report in- cluded the information that Allan had his appendix removed more than eight years ago. The White House talked with Mrs. NEW YORK—Cronin threw out Ruth. Cronin threw out Lazzeri. Meussl hoist- ed to West. No runs. SIXTH INNING. ‘WASHINGTON—Rice singled to cen- ter. Goslin was hit by a pitched ball. Myer got his eighth successive hit, The task of writing these general specifications of jobs has made ¢ progress and some of them have already gone to the Government Print- ing Office. The various Government departments and establishments have made requisitions on the Government Printing Office for supplies which they $50 Monthly for Daughter. |jaundries throughout the city, it 1S |pe the last “We take the . { public session until decisions | o hernatorial nomination. James H. e Hoover at the camp today and was & Mce I Vi A & N Y 1 mplaint bounding & double to the left-field | will need in “allocating” their us stated, workers are fearing trouble. |are reached, consisted chiefly of for- | & & John | Hoover, “that there is mno comPIAint| given assurance that Allan is better. It| Goig cioe to the foul line. Rice ! employes and will receive them as soon CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 6 (#).— John Popovici, former Rumanian con- sul in Cleveland, convicted of non-sup- port, has been ordered by the Stark County courts at Canton, Ohio, to pay $50 monthly for the upkeep of his 10-yaar-old daughter, Helen, The girl lives at Canton with her mother, who for two years has in- volved Popovici in litigation in_county, State ‘and the United States Supreme Court in an effort to obtain a divorce. Shortly after Popovici was arrested | here and taken to Canton on the non- support charge, he was removed as Rumanian consul here. MOTORSHIP IS LAUNCHED. BELFAST, Northern- Ireland, August 6 (#).—The White Star line’s new motorship Britannic, 27,000 tons, was launched today at Harland & Wolff's shipyards. It is the ploneer motor- ship of the company and is the third Lner to bear the name Britannic. Flectricity will be used throughout the ship, the current being equal to | that necessary for a town of 30,000 inhabitants. Bank Statements Gsnuhln, gton clearing house, $4,716,- New York clearing house exhange, $1,656.000,000. Ne# York clearing house balance, $175.00,000. Exchan; 34 you to have the of “Bring back those tablets. YouTte it Emilic IO ot ittt e e The ehml“ bta‘ o ache tablets, good” 7 g 0 | Fached several stipuiations, which wil * g k4 mnflewlflti:: d il:g;r' '.fc’m“.‘{ “My '"h::é“mu nauurze m"s'&m the Radio Programs—Pfie 22 Several Chinese frankly admitted to a Star reporter they were living in fear, but hoping for the best. It developed that the first intimation the local police had of the starting of | the tong war in other cities was ob- tained from members of the local Chi- nese colony. Local Chinese sald infor- mation of the outbreak in Boston was quickly transmitted to Chinese in other clties, but it did not prevent the kill- ings. 'anllce. discussing the situation, said most of the Chinese shootings occur Sunday mornings, at a time when most laundrymen are away from tk (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) malities. Observer Represenis U. S. but is represented by an observer, Ed: win C. Wilson, first secretary of the em: bassy at Paris. one of the end tédbles, facing Chancello: Snowden at the other. nized that difficulties were ahead of th conference. rectly expressed a favorable attitude to- " (Continued on Page 32, Column 7.) THE GOOD OLD DAYS —WERE THEY WORSE? The Saturday night drunk of saloon days, the busy cocktail shaker of the country club, the views of big and little business men, are described by Mabel Walker Willebrandt —former Assistant United States Attorney General in charge of Prohibition, in the third installment of “The Inside of Prohibition. “How Wet Is Dry America?” —in tomorrow's issue of The United States has no delegate, y he was seated at In their speeches of reply the British, | French and German delegates all recog- Foreign Minister Stresemann indi- | away from _their | ward Premier Briand's proposed “United | Price, for lieutenant governor, R. Saunders, for renomination as attor- ney general, had no opposition. ‘While Democratic leaders declared a somewhat general apathy would pre- vent the primary becoming a test of Democratic_strength, local elections in several sections were expected to aid in bringing out a vote of close to 150,000. Several cities had large local_tickets, " (Continued on Page 7, Column 1.) r e MAY ASK DERBY’S HELP. Rzported He Will Be Sought to Mediate in Mill Stoppage. LONDON, August 6 (#).—There were reports today the Lord Derby, who has & record as successful mediator in trads disputes, might 'be asked to mediate in_the Lancashire cotton mill stoppage, Lord Derby himself would m&e no statement in the connection. i Generally it was felt such a move wfi: be futile at this stage of the 18 . OFFER STIMSON GOAT. SAN ANGELO, Tex., August 6 (#).— - | t goat, “Captain Bones,” the Texas heep and Goat Raisers’ Association, in a tel has offered to replace the logt pet with a registered Angora. “Thare are 3,000,000 Angoras in Texas.” the messa m‘&n& want Expressing sympathy for Secre! of State T, I Stimson for the Toss of s | d8Y against this company before the com- mission—no complaint that the bus rates are unfair or unjust. There is nothing before this commission to au-| thorize a valuation of this company under the law.” Mr. Hoover insisted that the Wash- ington Rapid Transit Co. is not con- nected with the street railways, but is an independent concern. “This company is not asking any re- lief at this time,” continued Mr. Hoover. “Manifestly there is no relation between the present case and this company.” Return Is Increasing. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. Mr. Hoover said, lost in 1926 abou $50,000, and in 1927 about $55,000. After the straight 10-cent fare was put into effect, the income of the company (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) LoS ANGELE§ MAN NAMED FARM BOARD COUNSEL R George E. Farrand Chosen Because of Experience in Co-operative Marketing Law. By the Associated Press. George F. Farrand of Los Angeles to- was selected as general counsel for the Federal Farm Board. The announcement the Farm Board said that Mr. Farrand was par- ticularly experienced in law relating to co-operative marketing. He has been general counsel of the Fruit Growers' e, was sald that he has some temperature, but that his heart actioh is normal and that he is sleeping and eating, well. Km; G;;;e }mymvingn LONDON, August 6 (P).—It was learned today King George spent a con- siderable time yesterday in the gardens at Buckingham Palace. It was the first time his majesty has been out of doors since his last operation. scored, and Goslin, by ground rules, was held at third. Lazzeri made a good stop of West's grounder and threw him out. Goslin scored and Myer took third Sherrid threw out Cronin. When Rob- ertson fumbled, Spencer reached first and Myer scored, Hays forced Spencer, Koenig to Lazzeri. Three runs. NEW YORK—Dickey got the first hit off Hadley, a double to right center. (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 6.—Acrobats had always held a fascination for John Ritter. He was one person who went to vaudeville shows early and .stayed late in hopes of seeing them perform. So, when the Arabian acrobat, Mo- hammed Benwagnaman, appeared at Ritter's drug store last night with a headache and a story of having stood upside down too long, it was natyral ifo- Ritter to become sympathetic. and to readily accept the proposal that Mo- hammed do his act in return for head- s | , stood hands and executed his | the druggist. iACHIN G ACROBAT SHOWS HIS CLASS UNTIL HE GAYLY FLIPS INTO GLASS quubles Into Case and Spills, Paying Kind Druggist for “No Cure” Pills. other tricks. Finally, with Ritter cheer- ing him on, he started on his finaie, the as possible. The Government depart- ments then will allocate their field workers to salary grades under the classification act and make & report of | these allocations to the personnel classification board, which in turn will use them as part of the report to Con= gress. 3 The largest groups of fleld workers and the number in the various depart~ | ments who are to be allocated under ’lhe new class specifications are as fole lows: Interior Department, 7,234; Treasury | Department, the largest, total, 32,430, | including_Customs Bureau, 8,851; Pro- | hibition Bureau, 3,966; Internal Reve | enue Bureau, 8,921; Supervising Archi- j tect’s Office, 6,263, and Public Health | Service, 3,596; Commerce Department, 3,754, including 1,900 at the Bureau of | Lighthouses; War Department, 18,491 Justice Department, including marshal's offices, prison employes and others, 4,664; Labor Department, 3.113; Depart= ment of Agriculture, 10,173; Navy De- | partment, 6,004; State Department, 3' 641 trick, as he told the druggist in Arabian accent, “That’s gonna wow ‘em.” From the back room he started, gathering speed with every step. As he Interstate Commerce k Veterans’ Bureau, 19,429; Panama Canal, {1519, Civil Service Commission, 159; natiohal advisory committse on ' sero- neared the camera counter he leaped into the air. Over and over he went, gracefully clearing the center-aisle toi- let. goods display. The druggist was al- ready lptlmdlnn when & loud crash halted his cheers. Mohammed had landed in the candy show case. His most remarkable feat of the ¢ ning was reaching the door ahezc Ritter shouted, “Come back her nautics, 190; Employes’ Compensation Commission, 61; Federal Trade Com- mission, 34, and several others with smaller groups of employes. Gil Labor Law Approved. MEXICO CITY, August 6 ). —" : Mexican Chamber of Dtgnflumtn& approved an amendment to the consti- tution which would allow enactment of the national labor law mfimflm‘ .b':