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PARIS, August 3%—There is prob- ablly no word in the dictionary so dea to the French people as the word “se- and there is perhaps no nation in the world to whom security repre- sents such a vitally important and im- mediate a quality. ‘To understand al- most any political problem or program in France it is essential that “security” in all its phases and in the French con- ception be laid under the microscope and dissscted, and ip as large a meas- ure as is possible understood. Today the French piress is full of edi- torfals on national security—almost as much so, it seems, as if the past 10 years had gone for naught. Sometimes we become somewhet surfeited with this eternally presen; French cry for security. Sometimes ‘we are tempted to wonder if the state of security is an- other of those ephemeral states, like peace and brotherhocd of man, which always seem just around the corner. 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Recently Le Temps stated the case y saying: “In the present state of affairs, the organization which we have been given does not appear to a: sure us, neither for the present nor for the immediate future, of security, which was our aim.” Then Le Temps goes on to bewail the fact that Parliament was so hasty as to reduce the obliga- tory military service from 18 months to a year two vears ago This, it says, was a mistake, and it bints broadly that France may soon have to revert to 18 months’ service—this, apparently, to give a sufficient standiag army to hope to cope with Germany's overnight ef- fectives, which the French persist in es- timating at 400,000 men. Simultaneously, Maginot, the war minister, has demanded additional credits to motorize the French army, and Gen. de Cougnac, in the Journal des Debats, supporting this request as necessary, says: “The budget for mili- tary expenses must raturally be en- larged.” It therefore nppears that the leading French minds are dedicated to increasing France’s military expendi- tures still further, and that armament in France in all probabi ity will continue on the upgrade, despite the fact that it has been so for the past 10 years. The immediate explanation of this is simple. Events in Germany since the Rhine evacuation speeches of Trevira- nus and all the rest have fanned French fears. Likewise the strained relations with TItaly, although “emporarily less gloomy that early in the Summer, are far from reassuring to the French. The Spring and Summer push of France to improve frontier fortifications is un- abated. Several billion francs have been devoted to this purpose in the past six months. The Riviera and Alpine fortifications and war stocks have in- creased. The French Mediterranean naval bases have had some of the best French admirals assigned them. France still feels insegire and subject to a possible war on her own territory. France still has an acute horror of that possibility, and thinkingz back to 1914, perhaps that is a perfectly natural frame of mind. Nevertieless, one may well ask how much France is now spending for military jreparedness. Fifth of Budget for Security. * Prance’s 1930 budget supplies inter- esting data. For the departments of war, navy, air add colonial defense the present budget expends 11,018,000,000 francs—roughly $440,00(,000—out of a total budget of 50,393,000,000 francs. This means approximately one-fifth of the total budget is devoted to provid- ing the security whick. France feels she needs. In addition to this, however, in Oc- tober of last year sligh'ly over 3,000,- 00,000 francs, #or $123,000,000,+ were voted for a five-year program on France's eastern fortifications, and in June 1,000,000,000 franc: were provided for extra army, navy and air expenses. This brings the total difense expendi- tures to slightly above the 15,000,000,- 000 francs, or $605,000,000. If Maginot obtains funds for the heavy investment in inilitary motor truks, etc., the French investment to- ward security will be further upward. ‘These figures are not cited to show that France is a militaristic nation. I do not believe she is, but she does suf- fer from fear and the security complex, which today is still one of the domi- nating factors of her political life. One is forced to ask what is security and when is it reached” Also how is real disarmament to achieved in Europe as long as this feeling persists? (Copyright, 1930.) THE SUNDAY The Dagger- CHAPTER XXXV. STARTLING NEWS. O Dagger drove up to the palace that evening alone, trusting ab- solutely to herself, her ability to read character, her capacity to handle men and to control ny situation. | The palace guard turned out for her. | A handsome, young officer of the Tu- chun’s staff received her in the court- ard, and conducted her past the mo- tionless sentries into the great hall, very foreign in appearance, despite the wealth of Chinese ornaments scatter- ed about in careless profusion. Chang himself appeared immediately from a curtained ~doorway, austere, proudly deferential. “I appreciate your ecoming,” he said simply. “If you are not fatigued, would to see collections?” cbjects he possessed, spotl v unchecked lootings—the most valuable collection of Chinese curios and art in the wohle world, men said. And she followed him from room to room with 1 affected pleasure. Here were repre- sentative pleces from all the several periods of the golden ages of China's past: Pottery, porcelain, exquisitely painted panels, carvings in ivory, in woced, in stone, in jade. Ah, the jade! | She was acquiring_an ‘appreciation of this essentially Chinese stone, and never had she seen such matchless jades as Chang possessed. Armor, 00, and anclent weapons; garments, lay and priestly, crusted with gold and silver and precious stones; jewels in heaps and trays. Unperceiving all else, she climbed with him from floor to floor, passing sentries and chamberlalns, until they came to a massive door, where two im- mensely fat men mounted guard. These stood aside at a word from Chang, who paused with one hand on the heavy bronze handle. o “You have seen my treasures,” he sald. “Here are my wives.” And he pushed the door open, leaving a space for her to look through upon a scene which impressed T as pre- senting the appearance of a meeting of a woman's bridge club in San An- tonio—allowing for the fact that all the members had come in their kimonos. There were twenty or thirty women in the large room, fat women, thin women, beautiful women, women with intellectual faces, women with lovely, vapid faces, blond women, dark women, white women, brown women, yellow women. Some were drinking tea, some were nibbling candy, some were playing games, some were sewing and gossiping. It was precisely the kind of scene which might be going on in thoy- sands of homes all over the United States. There was actually the same disorderly buzz of conversation, which was choked off abruptly as Chang stepped in the doorway. He gave Dagger the one bird's-eye view, and closed the door, with a grin of what she interpreted as irony twist- ing his lips. Her mind was spinning dizzily. Why this revelation, obviously so dramatically staged? But Chang gave her no clue. “Come,” he said. “I fear I have bored you. And dinner should be Tea Dagger murmurred that she wasn't bored, and indeed she was enthralled. The evening promised better than she had anticipated, although she couldn’t very well say so, and she returned downstairs, walking demurely at his side, trying to guess what would happen next. Chang led her through a series of reoms on, the ground floor to a terrace set in thHe midst of a formal Chinese garden. The grass was groomed as care- fully as a thoroughbred’s hide; the stars were reflected in & pool where water-lilies grew, and a soft wind, sighing up from the war-torn South. rustled the branches of frees that were half unseen. Overhead the sky was a speckled purple vault. The one definite spot in the clustering shadows was a small table, appointed in Western style, STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST A Mystery Story By Mary Dahlberg Copyright, 1930, by Duffield and Company. about which.hovered several servants, whom Chang waved away as he seated oppceite his own place. He seemed to have forgotten the re- cent incident. The conversation he started as the first course was served led to political subjects, the roles the Western powers had played in China, the undermining of the empire by toe opium war and the Tai-ping rebellion two generations since, climaxed by the Boxer uprising. He spoke of the impetus to Chinese liberalism which had been applied by the students sent to America through the repayment of the Boxer indemnity, and the consequent intoxication of & people who still dealt mentally in the Middle Ages. and whose traditional phi- losophy and folk-ways must be com- pletely amended before they could dis- '.lnwl-lh between the good and the bad in_Western civilization. It was as absorbing to Dagger as all her recent experiences, and she threw out frequent comments, which brought grim nods of approval or curt: “You see it, Mrs. Vaneering!” ‘Yes, but not many foreigners have the patience to weigh that.” Pinally, she interjected: “But_didn't Blaine—Mr. Howard— sympathize with all your ambitions, general?” Chang frowned over her shoulder in the odd, blank way that was one of his characteristics. “More than any Westerner who has tried to uderstand us. But we will come back to that. First, I have something to say to you And the cold, nerve-twisting hand of drama clamped down upon Dagger's heart. “Yes?" she responded, mechanically. His eyes settled upon her, possessive, dominating. All this is mine,” he continued waving his arm, with its silver-tipped fingers, to include the surrounding darkness. “Sung-fu is but the begin- ning, 200,000 square miles, 30,000,000 people, But—the beginning. Some day, if T live, I will rule all China. I will be Emperor, Constitutional Emperor. I do not believe in your democracy any more than I believe in a divine Son of Heaven.” He stopped, and his eyes bored harder to hers. “A man such as I am must have a woman to keep pace with him. I did not know that until recently. I thought women were toys to amuse a man's ease. But that.issone thing you Westerners have discovered. Now and then, very rarely, there are women a man may treat as an equal. You are that kind of woman.” Another pause, and Dagger resisted by a conscious effort the commanding in: fluence of those narrow, jetty eyes. 5 gu have seen my wives,” he said blunfly. “I will put them all away. I have a palace in the hills where they can be comfortable—grow old quarreling together,” he added cynically. “You are different. You are my equal. Will you, as you Westerners say, marry me? I do not know what that means, but I will accept whatever terms you make.” He leaned closer toward her. “I want you for my Empress. Together we will make China over.” Dagger shut her eyes to keep out that piercing stare. She had a sensation of numbness. How ridiculous! How flat- tering! How preposterous! How just plain silly! She was being proposed to by a Chinaman. How Uncle Jim would rave if he knew it! And Blaine—her head cleared. She reopened her ees, and met Chang's fearlessly, level- browed. “I know you offer me a great honor,” sie said. “But I belong to another wan—who was your friend.” Chang frowned. “To a man you must think of as dead?” he asked. “Yes, although I never belonged to him living.” The frown left the Tuchun's face. “More than ever I see you were meant to be my Empress,” he said. “But such loyalty is not to be despised. You have not loved in vain, Mrs. Vaneering. Blaine Howard is alive.” (Continued Tomorrow.) FIDAC OPENING DAY 10 HONOR BRITAIN Distinguished Group of Mili- tary Leaders to Be Entertained. Announcement was made here that the opening day of the Fidac Congress in Washington, September 18, will be dedicated to Great Britain in honor of the distinguished group of military leaders who will come here from Eng- land. Maj. Julius I, Peyser, chairman of the Washington Fidac Congress Committee, is making arrangements for their entertainment. The British delegation is headed by Lieut. Col. 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It is | headed by Princess Alenandrine Can- | tecuzene, international president of the auxiliary who has gained considerable | fame for her work in behalf of war | orphans. Princess Cantecuzene is well known in Washington. | Diplomats to Entertain. | The diplomatic set of Washington will entertain the delegates at a number of | Teceptions now_being arranged. Mrs. Robert Walbridge of New Hamp- | shire, vice president of Fidac Auxiliary | for the United States is heading the | | committee nrranging for the entertain- | ment of the women delegates. | GEN. SUMMERALL GOES ON TOUR OF INSPECTION | ! e | Chief of Staff to Visit Army Posts in West, Northwest and on Pacific States. Gen. Charles P. Summerall, chief of | staff of the Army, whose detail as such expires November 21 next, left this city last night on the second phase of a farewell inspection trip of Army posts mainly in the West, Northwest and Pa- l cific States. His first stop will be made at Chicago, from where he will proceed to posts in South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, California, Oregon and | Washington, returning East by way of Montana, North Dakota and Minne- sota, arriving at Minneapolis September .20 dnd ]Mdonce :.o"‘:hl:uclly. His lt'I‘nar- ery includes vis any posts af out-of-the-way places fi g\u beaten route of Ivll NOBEL GAVEFUN FORARDRE FLGH Donor of Peace, Prize Match- | ed Half of Needed Sum to Finance Expedition. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, August 30.—It is re- called here that the chief financial sup- porter of the ill-fated Andree expedi- tion to the North Pole was Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and donor of the annual Nobel prizes. The two had first met in 1887, Andree related in the introductory chapters he wrote to a book he intended to publish about the expedition when he returned. Andree was then chief examiner in the Royal Swedish Bureau of Patents in Stockholm and Nobel called to discuss one of his inventions regarding the use of high explosives. “It gave us occasion for a lively de- bate about both inventions and every- thing else between heaven and earth,” wrote Andree. “The debate lasted three hours, during which we did our best to beat each other in original points of view and bold conclusions. I recall that when we separated we had picked almost everything to pieces and had only very small atoms left to dispute about. But that, of course, was noth- ing to become unfriendly about, and we separated with hearty handclasps and mutual thanks for the pleasant ac- quaintance.” Met Eight Years Later. ‘They did not meet again until eight years later, when Andree had already announced his plan to fly to the North Pole, and was seeking financial sup- port. Nobel then made another call at the patent office and asked Andree if he remembered him. He laughed heartily when Andree reminded him of their dispute eight years before and announced readiness to continue where they had left off. But Nobel said he had come for other purposes, to ask if he could contribute to the support of the polar flight. On this point Andree could assure him that there was plenty of room. He had been promised some money, but had actually recelved none. He needed, he said, 128,700 crowns ($34491). Nobel then sald he would give “some suit- able sum, say 20,000 crowns.” o this announcement,” Andree wrote, “I lost.my cue as scientific de- bater.’ A week later Andree reappeared to find out how much had been contrib- uted, and was told another 20,000 had been promised. Nobel Offers Half. “At that rate the balloon won't get to the Pole for a long time,” said Nobel, who then promised to give half of the required sum, or 65,000 crowns, provided {the other half was subscribed within two months—a condition intended to hasten other subscriptions. ‘This changed the situation entirely as far as finances were considered and made the project seem real instead of a vague idea Andree then went to the Swedish King, Oscar II, and got another 30,000. Next Baron Oscar Dickson of Gothen- burg promised the remaining 30.000. and in 19 days Andree had obtained his capital, thanks to the intervention f Nobel. Not afterward he e Jouriey et caded m death. o 3 3 I | 550—PART ONE. NOTED PHYSICIAN 10 ATTEND SESSION Hospital Conference Wil Open at Catholic Uni- versity Tuesday. Promction of the scientific, educa- tional, economic and spiritual welfare of the hospital as an institution will be sought by internationally known medical men and women here this weck in the fifteenth annual convention of the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States and Canada at Catholic University, beginning Tuesday morning. Nineteen other organizations in the general medical field, - including the Amerjean College’ of Surgeans, the Amerfcan Medical Associatian, the Ci- nadian Medical Association, the Ameri- can Red Cross, the United States Public Health ‘Servce and the Hospital Divi- sions of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, will participate in the convention with the Catholic Hospital Association, making the four-day session a virtual medical congress for the further ad; vancement of the science of hospitaliza- tion. In its coming convention, the associa- tion proposes to carry still another step forward the purposes it set up with i crganization in 1915: To promote tte advance of general interest of all hos- pital work and to help the cause of medical education by contributi in every way possible to the advancement of medical science through the encou: agement and aid of internes and hos- pital staffs. D. C. Physicians on Program. Discussions of virtually every phase of hospital administration will be pre- sented by eminent authorities. Wash- ington’s own leading medical men wil be well represented on the conventioa program. Dr. William Gerry Morgar, former president of the American Med- ical Association and governor of the American College of Physicians, wil preside over one of three sectional meetings on the first day of the con- vention. In the same meeting Dr. Mor- gan will discuss the significance of ed- ucation to the hospital. Brig. Geso. Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon general U. S. Public Health Service, will discuss the hospital as a factor in public health and Rev. John L. Gipprich, S. J., regent of the Georgetown University Medical School, will present a paper on the hospital’s responsibility toward med- ical education. The leading out-of-town delegates to the convention are headed by the as- sociation’s president, Rev. Dr. Alphons M. Schwitalla, S. J., dean of the St. Louis University Medical School, dean of the Nursing School in the same uni- versity and regent of its Dental School and one of the Nation's outstanding biologists. Dr. Schwitalla will pre- side over the general meetings Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and, in the course of the convention, will discuss the “Contribution of the Catholic Hos- pital to the Community.” Dr. McCollum to Speak. Johns Hopkins University will be represented by Dr. E. V. McCollum. professor of biochemistry in the School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr McCollum will talk;‘m the “Science of Nutrition and Dietetics.” A solemn pontifical mass in the Na- tional Shrine of the Immaculate Con- ception on the university campus at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning will open the congress. Most Rev. Pietro Fuma- soni-Biondi, apostolic delegate to the United States will be the cele- brant, while the associate clexgymen in the celebration of the mass will in~ clude Rev. Bonaventure Simon, O. F. M., and Rev. Frederick Stadler, O. F. M, deacons of honor; Rev. Anthony Braun, . F. M. deacon of the mass; Rev. Jerome, O. F. M., subdeacon of the mass, and Rev. C. Milholland, master of ceremonies. Rev. Paul L. Blakely, S. J., associate editor of America, Jesuit publication, will deliver the sermon. The opening session of the conven- tion will be held in Maloney Auditorium at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at which time the 1,800 delegates will be welcomed by Right Rev. Edward A. Pace, vice rector of Catholic University. cgr. Schwitalla will respond to the greeting.. Three sectional meetings will be held Tuesday, . Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, while the general meetings will be staged prior to the luncheon re- cesses each day through Friday. Final adjournment is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Friday, Equipment Exhibit. One of the major features of the convention will be an exhibit of the latest hospital equipment. Facilities for every department of the hospital from the kitchen to the operating room will be shown in what probably will be | the most comprehensive exposition of medical equipment in the country at this time. Ninety-five manufacturers already have taken space in the exhibit hall, which is set up in the university gymnasium. Besides those already named, the organizations represented or participat- ing in the Catholic Hospital Associa- tion's convention are: American As- sociation of Hospital Social Workers, American Dietic Assocldtion, American Nurses' _Association, Association of Record Librarians of North America, Committee on the Grading of Nursing Schools, Medical Mission Corps, Hos- pital Library and Service ureau, National Catholic School of Social Service, International Catholic Federa- tion of Nurses, National Hospital Day Committee and the National League of Nursing Education. An Oasis in Fle;hnd. A plague-prevention survey of Africa has resulted in the discovery of a markable that the investigators for some explanation of the unusual situation. This favored spot was. the town of Prieska and the country im- mediately surrounding it. Fleas are notoriously good carriers of the germs of this disease and therefore the entire wide reaches of Africa were system- atically searched for animals carrying infected specimens of “pullex irritans.’ Hence it happens that certain dogs at Prieska, which ,lies on the Karroo g;lirle: of the Cape of Good Hope ovince, were searched for fleas by the medical men. Not a solitary jumper could be found. Every cur, even the most neglected and mongrel, native-owned brutes, was ab- solutely devoid of them. The theory of some residents is that the nitrates in the barren lands sur- rounding this particular settlement act as a natural disinfectant. » Change in Spectacles. ‘The bows of the spectacles have al- ' ways been hinged in the middle of the frames, but it has recently occurred o some optician to_make a slight chanfe in the design. By raising the joint a trifie higher it is said that the ef- ficlency of the spectacles has been g;enily increased by enlarging the fleld of view. 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RICHMOND, Va, August 30.—The Executive Committee of the Virginia Yorktown Sesqui-centennial Comnis- | sion, at a meeting at Willlamsburg, Va., | adopted the following resolutions: “Whereas the 150th anniversary of | der Lord Cornwallis to the Americans | under the command of George Wash- ington, should be celebrated by all the Iy tHe Thirteen Originnal States; and | “Whereas military and naval opera- | tions at Yorktown proved to be the | culmination and termination of the | Revolutionary War; and ' | “Whereas Yorktown should be the proud possessor of a patriotic people, belonging not alone to Virginia, but the common property of the Nation, and held in high love and affection by all true Americans; and “‘Whereas, though Yorktown has been neglected, her glory has not been dim- med, and now is the appropriate time | to take suitable steps to visibly im- mortalize the achievements of the American forces, and to preserve in substantial form the glory for the gen- erations yet to come: and “Whereas the State of Virginia should be greatly interested in com- memorating the valor of her troops at Yorktown under the leadership of her illustrious son, and believes. that her sister States, whose troops participated in the seige and made possible the sur~ render of the British forces, have as gredfl! Interest as Virginia in Yorktown; an YORKTOWN FETE Virginia Sesqui-Centennial Commission Moves for Joint Session on Celebration Plans. “Whereas Virginia has by legislation heretofore initiated a movement for the celebration of the surrender by the nrpolntment of a commission to make 2 .dnA for the 150th anniversary thereof; an “Whereas steps have®been taken by patriotic_societies and associations and in the Congress of the United States to unite in the event; and “Whereas there was never greater need thany now for the revival of the principles which found their expression in the American War of Independence, and for the erection of a memorial hall wherein may be preserved by product of brush, chisel and pen the valor and lofty spirit of American patriotis; and “Whereas it is believed that to ac- complish this pose it is necessary to enlist the interest and support of the States and Nation nand the original States celebrating this event and erecting this memorial: “Now therefore, be it resolved, That the Virginia Yorktown Sesqui-centen- nial Commission request the Hon. John Garland Pollard, Governor of Virginia, ‘0 invite the Governors of the Thirteenn Original States to appoint commissions, or a single commission, to meet with the Virginia commission in the city of Richmond, or other point deemed ap- propriate, on the 18th of Oct , 1930, there to unite with Vlrglni*l:) fiur- thering plans for the 1931 celebration, and especially to consider, if it be ad- visable and desitable, to undertake and plan for the erection of a memorial hall at Yorktown, and, if practicable, tl,c;) lllizal!h: corner stone thereof October Convention Speaker DR. WILLIAM GERRY MORGAN. FLORIDA PLOT COURT TOLD OF SHADOWING Private Investigator Failed to Get Evidence of Conspiracy Against Governor in Nine Days. By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. August 30.— August Krieger, a private investigator, related in court here today how he spent nine days shadowing Henry Halsema, one of three men charged with conspiring to assassinate Gov. Doyle E. Carlton, but he said he secured no evidence of a plot. Krieger who was employed by Vin- cent C. Giblin, Miami attorney for Al Capone, testified at the preliminary hearing that he saw Frank Ralls, an- other defendant, in Halsema's company on many occasions. He also said he saw Ralls and Fred O. Eberhardt, the third defendant, together but he did not | see Halsema and Eberhardt in each others company. AS Giblin's request, Krieger said, he installad a voice recording instrument | in the attorney’s room and listengd at conversations between Ralls and rber- hardt but heard nothing of a plot. ; Edgar W. Waybright, attorney for Ralls, wanted to know if Krieger ever heard any of the defendants say any- thing about a plot to kill the Governor, Krieger replied in the negative. After Krieger finished, Justice of the Peace J. C. Madison recessed the hear- ing _until next Tuesday morning. | Solicitor Howell was uncertain whether | he would place more witnesses on the | stand, but indicated he might do so. Light Ray to Aid the Golfer. | In the history of the world it is not | likely that any game or pastime has been given quite so much serious at- tention as the game of golf. Half of | the men and women who have' played | golf seem to have invented some Sort of a gadget to improve the possibility | of making a perfect score and if all the | inventions of this character were placed end to end they would probably reach to some place or other and back again several times. An enthusiastic Eng- lishman points with pride to a device which he has invented and put upon the market to enable the player to | determine whether he and his club are in exactly the proper position before attempting to bang the ball. 'He has a small stand containing an electric light operated by a dry battery, and this is placed with great care upon the ground. In the head of his club he has a mirror inserted and when he takes up his position in front of the ball | and holds his club in exactly correct angle, the light from the lamp will be reflected through the mirror to the eye of the player. Then, if the wind is just right and no one sneezes just as the play is about to be made, the player may make a hole in one or he ;ct‘;’tdamly will have the excuse that he tried. - S Bt ot ) A Sugar From Cotton Waste. Laboratory experiments made re- cently indicate that sugar in geneerous | quantities may be easily and commer- clally extracted from the waste of the | cotton plantations. The claim is made that it is possible to recover about @ | quarter of a ton of sugar from a ton { material which was formerly de- | royed by the cotton growers. The present possibilities in this country of the cotton plant are said to represent | 250,000 tons of sugar. Sugar alto has been secured from peanut shells. 200nzZC AND STOMAGE. DONT WORRY ON MOVING DAY !!! SPECIAL RATES ON LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE MOVING NATIONALZS PHONE NAT'L 14601 = PADDED VANS LONG-DISTANCE MOVING Loads_or part loads. to and from ' Baltimore, Phila hia New York, Boston, N Pittsburgh and ' points en route. Since 1896 TRAILING OF NYE WILL BE PROBED Senate Elections Group Will Seek to Learn Backers of Private Inquiry. By the Associated Press. FARGO, N, Dak., August 30.—Sen- ator Porter H. Dale, Vermont, member of the Senate Elections Investigating'| Committee, announced late today that the group will make “every effort” to determine for whom and for what pur- pose a private investigation has been made into the perscnal history of Sen- ator Gerald P. Nye, North Dakota, chairman of the committee. At a special meeting of the committee today, Senator Dale directed question- ing of C. C. Alberts, investigator for the Dannenberg Detective Agency of Chicago, whom Dale charged followed two committee operatives, E. M. Dan- fel and W. H. Baldwin of Ilinois, to Fargo from Chicago. Alberts told the committee that an investigation of Nye has been under | way for four weeks, but denied know- ing its purpose or for whom it is be- ing made. R. F. Bash, another pri- ;:"r g:'}eetlvii‘ Was s::p&eenled to ap- a; ore the committee as well as Alberts, but did not. “I was ordered to investigate the biography of Mr. Nye,” was all Alberts would say, after denying -time after time that he was aware of the motive hof his investigation, he insisted that while he had interviewed political enemies of Nye, that he also talked with persons who supported the com- mittee chairman politically. Senator Dale said that the com- mittee will meet in Chicago September 15 and at that time he intends to pursue the matter further. “Apparently an effort is being made to discredit Nye,” Senator Dale said before the meeting adjourned. “This sort of an_investigation is expensive and it is the committee’s business to find out why and for whom this effort is being made.” WILMER WILL SUCCEED COMMISSIONER BURNET Joseph Carlisle Wilmer of La Plata, Md., internal revenue agent in“charge of the Baltimore division, has been ap- pointed deputy commissioner of inter- nal revenue in charge of the income tax unit, to succeed David Burnet, re- cently appointed commissioner. Wilmer entered the Customs Service in 1906, and in 1915 was transferred to the Internal Revenue Service as an | internal revenue inspector, and in 1918 | was promoted to be internal revenue | agent. In 1921 he was transferred to| the post of internal revenue agent in | charge and has served in the New | York and Philadelphia, as well as the Baltimore, divisions. i Wilmer was born in La Plata, Sep- tember 6. 1883. He will enter upon his new duties September 3, 1930. The oath of of- | fice will be administered in the office | of Commissioner David Burnet at 9:15 am TOURS | MEDITERRANEAN 27th CRUISE Jan. 31, $600-$1500 BypalatialnewS. S. “LAURENTIC, 19,000 tons; Madeira, Canary Islands, ! Spain (Granada), Gibraltar, Algiers, | Malta, Athens, Stamboul, 12 days in Egypt and Palestine ;quy~ Riviera, | Cherbourg, Liverpool, New York. | Ober's SS. & T y . STEAMSHIPS 7 & outside, amidship rooms NASSAU between New York and MLUNSO Natl 9220 to 9230 Bl i STORAGE CO. 1117 B St NV . , DAVIDSON rascseee o : S o o d b 4 \K 1PS. DOUBT DEAD MAN WAS ESCAPED SLAYER Forty-Year-0ld Murder Case Re opened in Settlement of Estate. By the Associated Press. ST. 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