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FLETCHER CHARGE DECLARED UNTRUE Assistant Secretary Heath of Treasury Sees Buildings Well Under Way. Sharply replying to charges by Sen- | ator Fletcher of Florida, that the Gov-: ernment’s public building program was | being held up, Asistant Secretary of | the Treasury Heath last night branded the Senator's complaints as ‘“grossly inaccurate.” Maj. Heath occupies a place of re- sponsibility in charge of the Treasury's work of carrying forward the public building program, but he is also very close to the President himself, calling frequently at the White House. He not only charged the Senator with being “grossly inaccurate,” but he produced facts to show that a program of more than $7,000,000 in new con- struction_was now well under way in Senator Fletcher’'s own State. Blue Prints Lacking. The Florida Senator had declared that the work was being held up by a lack of blue prints. He had quoted George H. Gray of the American Insti- tute of Architects, as saying the build- ing program would not be caught up ithundll 1637 by the Government ar- chitectural staff. He urged alloting the work to private architects. Replying to this, Ma). Heath said: “The Democratic National Committee was especially unfortunate in choosing their spokesman to sponsor this attack upon the administration’s building pro- gram. In the State of Florida, which he represents,” explained Maj. Heath, “there has been authorized $7,581,000 of expenditure. - Work has already been taken up in one stage or another to the extent of $6,651,000, and of this amount private architects in his own State are doing $5,140,000 of the work.” The statement of Senator Fletcher that expenditures would not catch up with the funds available at the present progress until 1937, Maj. Heath charac- terized as “obviously untrue.” “The office of the supervising archi- tect.” he said, “with the assistance of private architects is proceeding with the building program at a rate faster than contemplated by Congress under present legislation, and unless the an- nual limit of expenditures is increased by Congress the Treasury Department cannot maintain its present rate beyond the ‘Summer of 1932. Information Held Inaccurate. “It is unfortunate,” continued Maj. Heath, “that the Democratic National Committee, through it spokesman, Sen- ator Fletcher, used information that ‘was not only inaccurate, but contrary to the fects in almost every particular. The facts concerning the building pro- gram have been published repeatedly, and, if the truth were desired, correct information is obtainable at any time regarding its progress. The press has| stated many times that Lhe present Federal building program, under the Treasury Department, contemplates an | expenditure of $700,000,000. The actual amount for which specific authoriza- tions have been made by Congress, and for which drawings can be commenced, ! amounts to $495441,192.26. Of thh; amount about $407,000,000 has already been taken up by projects, for ‘which drawings are in the making, or which lie between that stage and actual com- . pletion of the buildings themselves. For the past six months contract obliga- tions under this program have averaged about $10,000,000 per month, or at the | rate of $120,000,000 annually. Of proj- ects in this category, private architects have been employed for 109 projects, which call for an expenditure of $227. 612,000. “The statements that the department has built up a huge beaureaucracy em- ploying 700 or 800 draftsmen is untrue, and that this huge beaureaucracy, to- gether with an entirely inadequate sup- ply of blue prints, is delaying the public building program, are likewise untrue. ‘There are 342 draftsmen in the super- vising architect’s office and the blue- print division issued last month 176.000 blue prints, which is lbout 40,000 less than its present capacity.” : ~_ SPECIAL NOTICES. ONE WITNESSING ACCIDENT 70| man by aute at Conn. wve and R st June THR b7 S0 At e Communicate With. B BARBOUR HUTCH!SON‘ 1400 H st. Phone | Dlflric' 6508. 12¢ onsible for any e s _contr: :‘::e other lhln myself. GEO. R. CARLISI i WILL N(Yl' BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AN! dehts comrlc!;d by any HE; ol.hser thln 1. 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" NATL DELIV. ASSN._Phon 1460. NT PERMIT. YGUR LIVING, RNITURE AND RUGS to be y MOTH| Let us Mothproof them for you 2Tght in your own home by the Konate Drocess, which carries IN: protection vears. Now is the time. Reduced D STATES STORAGE CO. 418 10th st N. MEtro, 1843. n'D—LoADs To BINGHAMTON N From CAr D To To, B : ARG al Soutn "and West. AR VRN FiREe 2 smsp by STEEL LIFT VANS, ahve TRANSFER & STORAGE CO. 1313 3 Vou Bt NN hone_North 7t “ALLIED | VAT LmE “SERVICE. Nation-Wide Long-Distance Moving WANTED—RETURN LOADS Trains Self for Senate MARCUS COOLIDGE ALSO CAUTIOUS. SENATOR-ELECT MARCUS COOLIDGE AND MRS. COOLIDG!. Special Dispatch to The Star. ITCHBURG, Mass,, July 11 INA N.A.) - —,Xn t.lae S\:fin mon;;hs '" have ela) since he elected '.(p)ul.he United States Senate, Marcus Coolidge has been putting himself through a serenu- ous course of Pl’epl.raflun for his new altitudinous political nich He will take the seat 5o long held by Senator Frederick H. Gillett, and to his surprise and delight the Democratic Senator-elect has found the Republican he displaces to be one of his most help- ful tutors. Gillett Alds Successor “Senator Gillett has been exceedingly kind to me and has done everything he could to smooth the path from E‘ltchburx to Washington,” Mr. Coolidge His intensive course of preparation for statesmanship has naturally carried Mr, Coolidge to Washington. He smiled as he recounted the curiosity of poli- ticlans when he made his first trip to the Cnpl'.lfl I-"AI' his election. “They wanted to see what a Demo- cratic Coolidge looked like. I told them that if it weren't for thousands of Coolidge Republicans in Massachusetts 1 wouldn't be there!” Eighth Cousin of “Cal” An effort was made to find out just what the relationship is between Marcus and Calvin Coolidge. “Eighth or ninth cousins, aren’t you?” the Senator-elect was asked. “That's right,” he answered, “if the genealogists are correct, but I don't thnk either of us hns bragged much about our relationship.” Another Cautlous Coolidge ‘He hastened to add: “But I have the greatest respect for Calvin Coolidge as a man “We are both descended from John Coolidge, who settled in Watertown in 1630.” ‘The Senator-elect and former Presi- dent Coolidge do have traits in com- mon. Marcus is more loquacious than Calvin, but both weigh their words. Marcus is as cautious about committing himself as Calvin, but is more grega- rious than the former President. Father Was Representative. Marcus is Sure he will like the Sen- ate. He hopes to be assigned to the Committee on Commerce, where his training as a business man will be of benefit. welfare of Indians and would welcome 2 place on the Committee on Indian “Your father was elected fron. this district to the Fifty-second Congress as a tariff Teformer,” Mr. Coolidge Was re- minded. “Yes, that's right—40 years ago, and 40 years from the day he was sworn in as & member of the House, I shall take my seat in the United States Senate, provided there 15 1o extra session called by President Hoover.” Says G. O. P. Loses State Grip. “Do you think that Massachusetts is now a Democratic State?” “No, I do not. But we have a large ind:pendent vote which can swing the | State from one political party to an- other. I do believe, however, that the day is past when the Republicans can | 1put up a standpatter and elect him. I He is also interested in the| —Underwood P think that my own election was largely due to the resentment of the voters against my opponent’s political record mdwthcfmt.hnxmoppwedm prohibition.” “You know it is remarked that your election gives Senator Walsh two votes in the Senate and that you will be guided In your voting by him.” Will Vote Independently. “Oh, yes, I heard that claim made in the campal by the Republicans, but you will fine '.hlt 1 will not be a rubber stamp Senator. I have always been in- dependent in politics and I shall con- tinue to be so. Those who know Sena- tor Walsh will not take any stock in the chl.m that he will control my vote in the S of trying to influence me, and in the second place, h> has advised me to use my own judgment regarding policles and legislation.” “It is generally believed that you are a League of Nations man. Do you favor the United States entering the World Court?” Declined Ambassadorship. “That question was put up to me in the campaign. I said then and I say now, I am open minded on the ques- tion. I will vote on that question as the situation presents itself. Party opinion is divided cn the subject.” Mr. Coolidge might have been the first American Ambnssador to Poland. President Wilson named him, Bernard Baruch and Vance McCormick on a commission to repcrt on conditions fol- lovdn'}wthz signing of the Paris treaty. ir way home they stopped in Paris to see Col. House. The offer of the Ambassadorship was declined by Mr._Ccolidge. “I love my home and neighbors too much to be cut off from them for any great length of time,” he explained. “I thanked the President's representa- tive who made me the offer and hur- ried back here. I preferred Fitchburg to Warsaw.” Opposes Present Tariff. “What, in your }ud(menl. is the Democrl;lc outlook for 1932?" “The Democrats have several fine men as presidential timber. They must nominate a man from this group whom the people respect and who will think in terms cf prcsperity for them rather than any political party. I believe that the women will be a bigger factor in the next campaign. “It goes without saying that I am | not in sympathy with this Hawley- Smoot tariff bill passed by the Repub- licans. It is one of the causes of hard times. They've got the rates so high that they have shut cut many imports and our exports are falling off tre- ‘mendously. Calls Boost Unreasonable. “I was in_hopes that President Hoover, with his knowledge of world conditions, would veto this bill, but he listened to his high tariff associal and he must take the conuquenus ‘We Democrats have got to take a firm stand for the repeal cf this Republican f“m law and make a new and fair aw. “Mind you, I want to see the Ameri- can manufacturer get a square deal, but the rates of this bill are un- reasonable.” (Copyright, 1931, by North American News- paper Alliance. . SHELBY RETURNS FROM TRIP IN WEST Inspects Police Buildings in St. Louis and Detroit and Is Much Impressed. Hope that the Metropolitan Police Department some day might be quar- tered in a modern, thoroughly equipped building, such as is now being used by | the St. Louls police force, was expresses yesterday by Inspector Willlam H.| Shelby upon returning from an in-| spection trip through the Middle West. The St. Louis building was built at | & cost of more than $2,000,000, accord- ing to the inspector, who looked over buildings in the Missouri city and at Detroit, accompanied by illiam Harris of the municipal architect’s of- fice. The St. Louis Police Department’s annual budget approximates $5,250, 000 Shelby learned, whereas the local de- partment gets only about $3,500,000. The former’s territory covers an area of 62 square miles and is patrolled by 110 radio scout cars. “I have been told that New Orleans has one of the finest held buildings in the country,” She‘lby ob- served, “but the St. Louis building ap- pears to me to be all that any depart- ment could desire.” Inspector Shelby said the bullding is - | equipped with everything necessary to permit the depariment to function properly. He said the force has a spe- cial bank robbery squad, with electrical connections with the banks, making it N (possible for the squad to reach the From NEW_YORK Regular Weekly Service for ‘art loads and from Washington, Baltimore, Philadel- vhia and New York UNITED STATES STORAGE CO. ING, 418 10th St. N.W. Met, 1845, ALWAYS READY ipday on miehy to take cave of your Plumb: needs. wheels to save you ncy on smalt Jobe, BUDGET PAYMENTS if desired. J FLOOD O 1411 V 'mo_!:vemnu _ Clev. 0619 Now Is the Time to Screen in Your Porch or Windows White pine screen rail . . . and galvanized screen wire, Ready-made white pine screen 0 rder Too Small” N oaden Bervice” J. FRANK KELLY, Inc, N North 1343 - L':vmebev—mnwmb—rnmt— Coal—Sand—Gravel—Cement. STATISTICAL COURSE ANOTHER CLASS. Due tn urgent demands of civil service applicants i me necessary to form ll!vlhll’ Ollll 1!! nnfluc-. beginning Wednesday Evening, July 15 |1 And_will continde until date of examination. bronze doors. MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL | 403 s o FOR SECRETARIES Tivoli Theater Building 3313 14th St. NW. Telephone Columbia 3000 ® scene of such a hold-up in a very few 10 | minutes. WOMAN PHILANTHROPIST FACES NEW SANITY TEST |Affidavits Charge Persecution Com- | plex and Delusions That She Was Sea Captain. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 11.—Mrs. Valen- tine M. Muufleld described by police as a soclally promlnenc Cleveland phi- lanthropist, was ordered today to un- dergo tests for sanity, the second.time vmhin a month. Mansfieid voluntarily responded to a wlrrlnt signed June 20 by Magis- trate Gottlieb. Before it was served, however, her husband, Howard Mans- fleld, said to be a vice president of the Grasselll chem\ul Co., locatad his wife in an East Fifty-fifth ureet hmuse and had her taken to the It was some time later th-t the war- rant officer lodged his paper there and llter still that Mrs., Mansfield, having been ed as slne. learned about it lnd went into court to have the war- supp: trate Francls J. Erwin to- to do and ordered her re- committed for another test. Mansfleld, in_affidavits from Cleve- land and New York, charged that his | model building centers, wife acted queerly, suffered from perse- || cution complex and delusions that she del was a sea captain, i FOUR MODEL CRAFT GROUPS FORMING Airplane Contest to Be Held Next Wednesday at John Bur- roughs Center. Groups of boys and girls in four Park View, Mecfarland, Central and Garnet-Pat-| rson Centers, are organizing for the | Summer work in model aircraft and | yacht buildings, under direction of the District of Columbia Model Aircraft League, sponsored by the Community | Center Department. Groups already have been at work for some time in! H. | seven other centers. An airplane contest will take place next Wednesday at 3 o'clock in the afternoon at John Burroughs Center. A group of 22 model plane builders, in- clu four girls, and several model yacht- builders will participate. Novice buttons will be distributed to a number of them on Wednesday. Other centers where large groups are wvrklnx in preparation for entrance to the league are Wheatley, , Gor- don, E. V. Brown, Buchanan and Fran- cis Junior High. Contests soon will be held. Most of the groups are engaged in modeling a tractor, the Ascender, | c?pable of staying 30 seconds in the alr. The 1931 model aircraft tournament will be held here August 31 to Septem- ber 4, inclusive. Only three prelimi- nary contests now remain, as follows: Saturday, July 25, at Macfarland Cen- ter; August 8, at Bolling Field or Chevy Chase, and August 15, at Stuart Center. Shoi2ouge Lo ‘William F. Denning, the astronomer and discoverer of five comets, has died at Bristol, England, aged 82. W A From Many Wrecking Large Selection—Lowest enate. “In the first place, he would not think | ¢4’ | Southern Publishers, Inc.. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 12, 1931—PART ON SETTLEMENT SEEN ON CANAL PROJECT Summer Discussions Planned With Canada to Speed St. Lawrence Work Discussions looking to settlement by early Autumn of differences between the United States and Canada on the construction of the St. Lawrence Water- way are to be conducted by the State Department and William D. Herridge, the new Canadian Minister, during the Summer, James G. Rogers, Assistant = of State, announced yester- ay. President Hoover’s plans to have the disputed points settled and an agree- ment for joint construction of the waterway incorporated in a formal treaty have been abandoned temporar- ily, at least. The Dominion govern- ment felt that a solution of the prob- lem would be expedited if both Gov- ernments relied upon direct negotiations rather than the commission form, Understanding Expected. It is now anticipated that a prelimi- nary understanding will be worked out during the Summer, with a hope that each Government wiil then be in a posi- tlon to appoint the proper representa- tives to draft the treaty. Upon the ratification of that treaty by gress and the Dominion government, work can be started on the waterway, which will open the Great Lakes to direct traffic with the Atlantic Ocean. Engineer commissions appointed by the United States and Canada reached an agreement in 1928, and in 1929 the United States sent a formal note to Ottawa suggesting that negotiations be opened immediately to construct the waterway without further delay. Due first to political problems and second some last-minute changes in the engineering plans, Canada has not as yet complied, President Hoover has been pressing for earliest possible settlement. It was the first important question Mr. Her- ridge took up with the State Depart- ment after presenting his credentials. President Hoover suggested turning the proposition over to an international commission, ever, upon using the regular diplo- matic channels, saying it offered less oppm-tl unity for serious differences of opinion. Allen Seen Chairman. President Hoover was understood to have selected former Senator Henry J. Allen of Kansas, head of the Inland ‘Waterways Assoclation, for the chair- manship of the American section of the mission. Senator Allen announced yesterday that he was quite willing to forego this honor and abandon the commission plan if it would expedite definite action looking to an early set- tlement of the whole problem. ‘The opening of the St. Lawrence waterway is expected to be a boon to ‘Western farmers, both in Canada and the United States. When the water- way is completed occan steamers will be able to load export products at lake ports for direct shipment abroad, sav- inx the expenslvz haul by rail to ocean | ports. The project will cost $750,~ 000,000 before it is completed. Dam Erection Problem. ‘The only important engineering problem which remains to be settled is the number of main dams which are to | be erected. American engineers con- 'lend one will be sufficient. Canadian engineers think two would increase the value of water-power sites and afford greater safety for communities below the dams. Another point is the divi- sion of the costs of the waterway and finally putting the agreement into treaty form. As the preserit Welland Canal, con- structed entirely by Canada, will be- come part of the seaway, a large share of the future cost will be borne by the United States. The route also wi;l largely through Canadian wmwry necessitating the appropriation of large tracts of land by the Dominion gov- ernment. Tremendous power sites will be made available by the St. Lawrence development. Those on the Canadian side will be awarded Canada and those on the American side to this country. (Copyright, 1931.) FORECLOSURE OF PAPER Trustee Asks Right to Sell Entire Btock of Commercial-Appeal to Protect Creditors. By the Associated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 11.—A pe- tition asking permission to seil all of the capital swck of the Memphis Com- mercial-Appeal, Inc., was filed in Chan- cery Court today by 'the Nashville Trust Co., trustee The company holds the stock as se- curity for $1,500,000 of debentures of which_were sold to the Minnesota & Ontario Paper | Co. of Minneapolis. The trust company’s petition said two previous demands for sale of the secur- ities have been made upon it by the == paper company. It alleged that a 1$45,000 default of interest was made | .Mly 1 and that under the terms of the agreement “it has become the duzy of the petitioners to take steps for foreclosure of the said trust deben- ture and the sale of the stock held thereunder to secure the indebtedness owned by the Minnesota & Ontario Paper Co.” PLAN LANDMARK CARE Italian Army Engineers Will Be- gin Restoration Work. ROME, Italy, July 11 (#)—Architects | of the engineer corps of the Italian | | Army soon-will undertake the care and ,restontkm of some of the country’s | best known landmarks. Fortified castl:s, military monuments of another age and another type of | warfare, will be under their charge. Edifices at Melfi, Stigliano, Naples and Pavia, some of which withstood Na- pcl‘ons cannonades, will be their first The oldest fortification they will re- store is the recently discovered Capito- line Arch, which aided in the de(enu of the itol of ancient Rome anu fro; fourth eentury RECKING SALE!| Now Selling at 3 Yards Salvage Material OORS BRICK FRAMES LUMBER WINDOWS FLOORING PLUMBING LAVATORIES Used 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 2x10, 2x12 in any length! Jobs Prices C to Any of O:T ;'llrcc Yards MAIN OFFICE—15th & H Sts. N.E. DOWNTOWN—6th & C Sts. SW. BRIGHTWOOD—5925 Ga. AveN.W. All Yards Open Saturdays Until 2:30 BM.——— Canada insisted, how-, AT MEMPHIS IS SOUGHT | Chicago Employes Vacation With Pay Less 14-Day Wages By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, July 11.—Each city employe - will be given two weeks’ vacation with pay—but he loses 14 dgys' salary just the same. lty Council attended to '.hudyu { locking tm city's 25,000 loyes 14 days’ p‘yeu:ht.hzeuy !lm $2,400,000. It is & part of Mayor Cermak’s plan to retrench municipal e: uuum uaooo- 000 fiscal a1 pins was to give ye two weeks' vaca- out pay. When the workers objected the mayor sug- gested that the employes nu up one day's pay in each the coming 14 weeks. RAILS VALUE FIXED AT $21,631,000,000 . C. C. Sets Figure From|war Which to Calculate In- come Needs. By the Associated Press. Fixing a new basis on which to calcu- late the income needs of the railroads, the Interstate Commerce Commission yesterday announced a tentative vl)ul- tion of $21,691,000,000. This figure, based on previous unta- tive values adjusted to Deeember 31 last, includes all class 1 railroads, their non-operating subsidaries and switching and terminal companies. It was issued together with figures showing income, expenses and other statistical items that may be of use to persons and organizations expected to participate in the forthcoming hearings on the rail- road plea for a 15 per cent freight rate increase. — Net Book Value Fixed. ‘The net book value of the roads, as compiled from annual reports, was fixed at $23,518,000,000 without working capi- tal and $24,078,000,000 with working capital included. It also was explained that the net book value contained prop- erty in Canada operated by United States railways. The commission’s tentative valuation, as of December 31 last, showed the Eastern carriers to be worth $9,318,000,- 000; Southern, $3,758,000,000, and Western, $8,615,000,000. The next book valuation without working capital was fixed at $9,565,000,000 for Eastern lines; $3,955,000,000 for Southern roads and $9,998,000,000 for Western roads. With working capital figured in the values were: Eastern, $10,370,000,000; Southern, gséxg&m,ooo, and Western, $9,550,~ Figures Customary. The figures are such as always are prepared for the commission when it has an important rate case. Hereto- fore, however, they have not been made 1puhnc prior to the opening of hear- ings. When the raliroads asked higher | rates in 1920 the commission took as its basis a valuation of $18,100,000,000 for all of the lines, while the roads claimed a book value of $20,040,572,611. The capitalization of the railroads has increased over $1,500,000,000 since 1920, when the figure was $16,994,- 000,000, consisting of $6,707,000,000 and $10,287,000,000 of bonds, to $18,680,000,- 000 in 1930, made up or $7,213,000,000 stocks and $11,467,000,000 of bonds. BUSINESS AR.EA BURNS AT LOSS OF $100,000 Webb, S8askatchewan, Loses Entire Block as Flames Wreck Six- teen Buildings. By the Assoclated Press. MOOSE JAW, Saskatchewas 11.—Fire early today burned out | of the business section of Webb, causing | damage estimated by officials at more than $100,000. Sixteen buildings, including the office, the Royal Bank and municipal offices, were destroyed. The fire raged been a bustling business center. It is understood murlnu covered approxi- mately half th Catawaba College Elects Head. SALISBURY, N. C., July 11 (P .— Dr. Howard R. Omwake, for the last 12 years dean of Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, Pa. was elected president of Catawba College by the trustees meeting here today. He will in March. Dr. Omwake will assume his new duties this Fall. Try Your EyeCamera ~—here’s how to do it. nos. Count. slowly 80 forty and try not to bli large; light- 2 nolon:llp e ":y.‘h light wall for nm-nu image will soon take chape and appear and dmppur/xvud times. 3 This optical illusion is NOT an eye test. To find out if your eyes are normal, have them examined by our optometrist. 50c @ Week Pays for Glasses 1004 F St. N.W. succeed Dr. Elmer R. Hoke, who died ' DR. FRANCE OPENS NOMINATION DRIVE Wants Debts Liquidated, Dry Law Repealed and Presi- dential Powers Curbed. By the Associated Press. PORT DEPOSIT, Md, July 11— Liquidation of war debts, repeal of the eighteenth amendment, a curb on presi- dential powers and revival of the 1920 mnmt of nations pwponl 'ere uned y Former Senator Josep] here today in hunchln hll lndepend- ent campaign for tI Republican nomination for President. Bemncmdont.hehwno!bu Mount Ararat dairy farm, Dr. one of the League of Nations lx'rewn ciliables in his 1917-1923 Senate term, outlined his platform. The meeting was mmumednmeopenmcot-frmt— Prulanc Hoover "h to be co gratulated upon making a move to- ward even a temporary moratorfum in reparation and debt interest payments,” said Dr. France. Final Settlement Advocated. “If the proposed moratorium is & mmuro of expediency temporary relief, it cannot be produc- un of permanent good and it may be wed by unfortunate consequences. e must be a final settlement of this whole question, "The debts of nation to nation must ultimately be charged off to profit and loss. It should be done as promptly as possible, but such cancellation must be conditioned on full disarmament and the establishment of a new order of international relationships.” Dr. France said that “no President should turn aside from his high and responsible duties to manipulate poli- tics for his own re-nomination by ap- pointing chairman of party committees and seeking to be a dictator of his party organization. Calling for a repeal of “autocratic Pederal statutes,” Dr. Prance declared that during the World War “we aban- doned democracy and established a vir- tual autocracy,” and said economy and efficiency in government “cannot be secured without a thorough, drastic re- omgnuon of the executive depart- ments.” Favors Tariff Revision. Stating that “a prohibitive tariff is destructive,” he sald that “many of the schedules in the present law are un- reasonable and require revision. “The argument, presented before the Supreme Court, that the eighteenth amendment is not an amendment, but a statute enacted by a new, unconstitu- tional and perilous method of legislation, remains unanswered and is unanswer- | able,” Dr. France said in calling for immediate repeal. Former Senator Prance sald he be- lieved the dominant issues of the 1932 campaign would be prohibition, “the power trusts,” farm relief and foreign entanglements. “In my opinion, President Hoover is on the wrong side of all these issues,” he said. Strangles on Piece of Meat. PHILADELPHIA, July 11 (#).—Pat- rick McCarthy, 53 years old, strangled to death on a plece of meat today after physicians at a hospital tried for half an hour to save his life. He was taken to the hospital by his son Charles, 17 years old, and a passing motorist. Starts Campaign FORMER SENATOR JOSEPH I FRANCE. HILLIG AND HOIRIIS HIRE TUG TO CATCH VESSEL Reach Cherbourg Too ZLate to Board Liner From Pilot Boat. By the Associated Press. CHERBOURG, France, July 11.—Otto Hillig and Holger Hoirils, transatlantic airmen, climbed aboard the steamer Mauretania at 6:30 p.m. today from a special tug which they hired here to catch the ship. The Mauretania is en route to New York. ‘They landed here this afternoon from Le Bourget Field, near Paris, too late t0 take the pilot vessel which carries pn:n:gm mlh ’nxey also were wlrt?- ouf rture papers when srrr lnd had to rush at the mv. minute to procure them. The fiyers failed to catch the liner Bremen yesterday and took a special plane from Paris today to fly here. TRADE IS INCREASED MONTREAL, Quebec, July 11 (#)— Despite competition, Canada has mul- tiplied by 10 its volume of trade with China during the decade ended with 1929, Col. L. M. Cosgrave, Canadian trade commissioner to China, saic to- day. No other country has shown'a similar gain, he added. Wheat flour made up the greatest vol- | ume of exports during the period, with lumber products also showing a great increase, he said. PHILCO RADIO None Better— Few as Good Sold on Easy Terms GIBSON’S 915.19 G St. N.W. GLOBE FLYERS SET EUROPE TOUR PLAN Post and Gatty to Cross Sea by Ship After U. S. Tour. May Recircle World. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA OITY, July 11.—The two young men who hurried around the world in nine days may take their time ‘when next they try it. P.O Hall, Oklahoms Cit ho sponsored the record flig] tnxwxley M and Harold Gatty in the speed- splane Winnie Mae, said today the fly- will the European forelgn iiinerary may be “uwdnn the world by slow stages, mu Post was at his ts’ home at ‘was _indisposed Maysville wd.ly Gad slight ailment, because of t no dnetar ‘was called. '.hlonlln Institution at Wi:;h- Gov. W. H. Murray also formally sug- gested that Post plu:e his trophies and awards in the new $800,000 State His- torical Building here. Sunday will be a dny of rest for the fiyers. Monday a reception at Tulsa is scheduled. On the following day, they are to participate in the dedication of Claremore’s new airport, which Will Rogers' home town hastily provided after & gibe from the humorist. CHILE LIKES U. S. CARS SANTIAGO, Chile, July 11 (P).— Ameflmm here runrd the new street cars purchased in Philadelphia as the best public daily sdveruumznt of American products in Santiago. The cars, of the latest model are being used to replace antiquated tram- cars of European manufacture. About 50 of them are in use. Chileans are taking to them enthusiastically. ASS'T STATISTICAL CLERK (Salary, $1,620) Special Coaching Courses. All ' subjects thoroughly cov- ered. Printed lessons and graphs loaned. _ No books to buy. problems, under supervision of experts. No similar instruction offered else- where. tion: Night, $10 (one or both courses); %5 day, $15. School every day and every night. Large, airy cool classrooms. lSl.l-t Monday—Don't miss a class BOYD SCHOOI 1333 F Street (Opposite Fox) National 2340 SALESMAN ON PREMISES' Wrought Iron Fence & Gates Also Fancy Antique Iron Bal- conies and Stairs, including Railing. 1,000 Feet of Plate Glass Store Fronts in All Heights and Sizes New, Modern and Practical SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Complete Staircases, Baseboards and all kinds of Cabinets and Mill Work Vault Doors— Large and Small. 4-In. Cast-Iron Soil Pipe 10c Ft. Steam Radiators, 7c Ft. Hot Water, 12¢ Ft. 100 Tons of Pipe, including Steam, Water, Gas and Drai — Millions of Feet of Seasoned Lumber $12.00 & Thous. Ft. Including Flooring, Sheath- ing, Joist, Boxing. All sizes and lengths. Millions of Handmade Brick s4‘50 Per Thousand Heating Plants 100 complete Steam and Hot-Water Plants, suitable for 10 to 100 rooms. the finest large wrecking job in Washington, conl or repai House and many stores and offi heating plants, plumbing, pipe, The wariety is so large that you g eryt] Buildings consist of many fine residences, seven-story office build ce buildings. Tlleu b trim, cal can a complet WRECKING Fine Residences in This 4-Block Area--- Pa. Ave., John Marshall Place and Indiana Ave. 160 Residences, Office Bldgs., Stores, Etc. For the New Municipal Center All Materials Being Carefully Dismantled and Ready for Immediate Delivery Everything for Sale at Sacrifice Prices! CARVED MARBLE MANTELS in Many Styles and Colors. PLUMBING Including Tubs, Lavatories, Toilets, Sinks, with fittings Fire Escapes and Slate Roofing Thousands of Doors and Windows Including Frames All Practical Sizes ELECTRICAL Fixtures and Wiring o Electric Elevators Metal Ceiling 500 Tons of Structural Steel tesias o, 8, 16, 13 lclb , the Mu all needed sizes, figure ing All material is being carefully dismantled and ready for immediate dclxnry. Sal, HARRIS WRECKING CO. Office 361 Pa. Ave. N.W. Also Wrecking 3 City Blocks—9th St., 10th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., and a Residential Block on 10th St., Between E and F Sts. S.W. SALESMAN ON PREMISES Phone Nat. 9196