The Washington Post
August 23, 1926

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, The only paper in Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. = — —— — ~_—— ee ae eee est, 72; The weather—Partly cloudy and slightly warmer today; to- morrow, fair, possibly thunder- showers in afternoon, | Temperature yesterday—Hizgh- lowest, 60, / NO. 18,330." ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. ¢POSTOFFICE, ‘WASHINGTON, D. ©, WASHINGTON: MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1926. —FOURTEEN PAGES # COPYRIGHT, 1926 BY THE WASHINGTON POST CO. = TWO CENTS. COOLIDGE REGIME PLANS ITS BIGGEST SPENDINGS IN 1997 $3,795,000,000 Will Be Asked For, but Not All Used. te ee EACH DEPARTMENT IS FOLD ITS LIMIT -- +--+ + - More Than $525. 000,000 May Be Devoted by Mellon to Debt Retirement. Proposed expenditures by the gov- ernment next year is the subject of the next series of articles, begin- ning today, by William P. Helm, jr. Another article will appear tomor- TOW, By WILLIAM P. HELM, Jr. There will be no reduction Federal spendings next year. the contrary, Washington working on a financial that involves the expenditure of: the largest sum yet to be spent during any full fiscal vear of the Coolidge administration, Total expenditures under this program will amount to not less than $3,- 750,000,000, and may run to $4,- 100,000,000, depending on _ the amount Secretary Mellon decides to utilize out of surplus in retiring the public debt. Federal expenditures touched bottom during the fiscal vear 1924 -—the year of Harding's ,death— when they fell to $3,048,000,000 exclusive of public debt retirement. Since then spendings have gradu- ally risen, the record shows, com- Parable expenditures reaching $3.- 065,000,000 in the fiscal year 1925, $3.118,000,000 during the last fis- tal year, ending June 30, and an Sstimated $3,150,000,000 during the present fiscal year. For the coming vyear Congress will be asked to appropriate about $3,.270,000,000, exclusive of public debt financing, which will run to at least $525,000,000 additional. This would make an apparent total of at least $3.795.000,000 for next year, but this will be decreased somewhat by the Coolidge policy of not spending the full amount ap- propriated each year. On the other hand, it will be increased by what- ever sum the Treasury utilizes in excess of $525,000,000 to retire the public debt. It will be raised, too, by extra budget appropriations by Congress. in On is now program Large Surplus Expected. As indications are dhat there will be an unusually large surplus at the end cf the present fiscal year, the chances are that considerably more tnan $525,000,000 will be de. voted by Mr. Mellon to debt retire- ment—-unless Congress decides to dispose of the surplus itself by de- ‘claring session, beginning in December. At the present time, the findncial officers of all the executtve depart- ments and of the various independ- | ent boards and commissions are waist deep in figures, trying.to cut their expenses to. the. Coolidge maximum of $5,270,000,000 ex- clusive of. public debt retirement and the postal deficit. To do this, the financial officers must lop off $130,000,000 from the estimates which they have already submitted to the bureau of the budget. In order to make sure that this sum will be lopped off, Director Lord has apportioned to each depart- ment, board and commission, a sum which it must not exceed in submitting its final estimate to him for transmission to the President. Gen. Lord and President Cool- idge both interrupted their vaca- tions to go over the amounts asked by the various branches of the rovernment to carry on. for’ next year. «They found that’ the depart- ments and boards were asking about $3,400,000,000. Gen. Lord studied the figures at’ Washington, spending a week there before going to the President’s summer head- quarters with them. During -the week, he made up.a tentative allo- cation of funds which he placed be- fore the President. Allocations for Each Branch... This allocation, which will keep estimated Federal expenditures to ~ $3,270,000,000, or $56,000,000 more than estimated expenditures in 1927, during the coming year, was approved without material change by the ‘President. While no announcement has been made of the’ various allocations to the dif- ferent departments for the coming year, they are understood to range bctween the following figures: Congress and the White House, : $16, 500,000 to $18, 000, 000. ‘ (OONTINUED ON PAGE 48, COLUMN $) = another tax cut at the next | Boards Wrong Planc; Valentino Is Near Death After Suffering Intensely. Physicians Remain at Bedside Day and Night—Fourth One Called In—Nursing Staff Is Doubled—His Temperature 104; Sleeps Fitfully. \ . ‘New York (Mog‘@py), Aug. 23 (By A. P.).— Rudolph Valentino, film. star, continued near death early to- day from complications growing out of a double operation last week. Re- ports shortly after midnight that a decided change for the better in the star’s condition had occurred were said at the Polyclinic hospital to be erroneous. Hospital authorities said that Mr. Valentino was sleeping fit- fully after a night of intense suffer- ing from local septic poisoning and pleural congestion. Earlier his physicians had pro- nounced his condition ‘‘very seri- ous,” but still declared he had ‘‘a fighting chance.”’ His temperature was 194, his pulse 120 and respiration 30—the most alarming figures since he un- derwent an operation a week ago for appendicitis and gastric ulcer. The three attending physicians who had sat by his bedside all day called in another tonight and also frequently consulted with the head physician of the hospital. The nursing staff was doubled. Pleurisy, which developed in the actor’s left lung, caused his present relapse. He had _— successfully fought against a localized attack of peritonitis following a double oper- ation last Sunday for gastric ulcers and appendicitis. A bulletin today by his physicians at the Polyclinic hospital, where he is confined, said: ‘“‘Mr. Valenting’s condition is considered critical. There has been a slight extension of the procesa in the left chest. It is impossible to determine the ulti- mate outcome at the present time. Temperature, 194; pulse, 120; respiration, 39.”’ Intimation of Valentino's critical condition was shown in the admis- sion to his room of Joseph M. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 3.) Y HURT AS POLIGE SHOOT HMAIL CARRIER, INJURED AT FLEEING AUTOMOBILE | Woman Who Said Husband | Threatened Her. IN AUTO AGGIUENT, Ulta Car, Wrecked, Was Conveying | Stephen 0 Neil Suscunbe to Hurts Received in Walk- ing Into Car. HESSE AWAITS REPORTS FIVE SUFFER IN MISHAPS A pursuit, during which nearly a | score of pistol shots were fired be- tween a police car and a speeding automobile, extended through a greater part of the southwest sec- tion carly yesterday and ended when the pursued car careened over the pavement and crashed into a brick wall surrounding the Wash- | ington barracks at Water and P| streets. As a result three colored occupants of the car were injured, one critically, and the driver ar- rested. Detectives Howard E. Ogle and John W. Wise, of the Fourth pre- cinct, occupied the police car from which all the shots are alleged to have been fired. No reniet of the affair had been received by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, yesterday, port was made. Numerous com- plaints were made by residents of the section, however, concerning the shooting. From the wrecked car injured were taken to Emergency hospital in a police patrol. Albert Rosebud, 45 years old, 704% Ninth street southwest, suffered lacera- tions to the head and face and a possible fracture of the skull. I1lis condition is critical. Mrs. YWh§ola Davis, 27 years old, 6 Wonders courth southwest, suffered deep la- (CON TINUED ON PAGE 13, COLUMN 7.) Finds Self in England 99 ? J * Sa oo vy ae rN Pri a? aw et ay a 4 ie Moe aie *% ats ab ax x “i ts 7 A vif 5h poe ba o Rat 4 i. ee wg Rs » ly to answer each. other's argu- ments at a hearing by the special market site committee of the Cham- ber of Commerce at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the chamber offices in the Homer building. The chamber, Ivan C.. Weld, chairman of the committee de- clared, .has no interest in the mat- ter except to aid responsible gov- ernment officials in the selection of the best possible site for the farm- ers and Center Market and whole- sale and commission house row. Invitations to the hearing have been extended to the railroads, street car companies, the Midcity and Southwest . Citizens association and to all other persons interested | in the relocation of all, or part, of the Center Market district, the re- moval of whieh « is nay pp to (CONTIN QED. UN PAGE 5, COLUMN 2.) MEXICAN CHURCHES TD RESUME. RITE. FPISCOPATE RULES Calles’ Statement as to Priests Registering Held Acceptable. SETTLEMENT LIKELY, IN OPINION OF PUBLIC Boycott to Be Ended Soon Under the Compromise, It Is Expected. Mexico City, Aug. 22 (By A. P.). Mexico’s bitter religious contro- versy, which has sorely strained the business interests of the country, set the government and Roman Catholic Church in strongly oppos- ing positions and concentrated the anxious attention of the world on this republic, appears to be in a fair Way to amicable adjustment through personal conferences between Presi- dent Calles and the prelates. It is that an agreement will be reached | unless unforeseen obstacles develop. | President Calles last night cor- dially received two high dignitaries | of the church, the Most Rev. Leo-' poldo Ruiz y Florez, archbishop of | Michoacan, and Bishop Diaz, of Ta- basco, in the presidential palace and a statement issued by the episcopate after the conference described it as “truly satisfactory.”’ The president informed the prel- ates that registration of the priests as required by the new regulations was only for administrative pur- poses and that the government did not intend to interfere on the ques- tions of dogma or religion. Still Seek Congress’ Aid: The episcopate accepted this dec- laration and announced that as soon as the churches had fulfillec these legal requirements’ there would be no further objection to resuming church services. In the its efforts for constitutional amendment of the religious clauses through the medium of congress. Thus today, three weeks after the withdrawal of the priests from the churches in protest against the regulations—three weeks in which the business reached a low ebb not equaled except at the worst peri- ods of actual revolution; three weeks of utmost anxiety and un- certainty-—Mexico is once more breathing freely and hope has been renewed by reason of the state- ment issued by the episcopate. | In this. pronouncement, the epis- | copate denies enmity toward’ authorities. or that it is endeaoring , bring about intervention to settle | the religious question. . | Interview is Satisfactory, | “The dent,”’ interview with the presi- says the statement, ‘was (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7, COLUMN 2.) confidently hoped by the episcopate |, meantime the chureh will cantinue |. the | to hinder the government’s action | A. P.).—The Minneapolis and seeking toreign influences to says that a motor bus equipped with Storm Destroys Portuguese Town ‘Frank B. Rowley, mental Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 22 storm today razed the village of Arganil, near Coinbra. Three bridges, seven windmills, many houses and crops in the district were destroyed. The river is flood- ed. Hundreds of homeless are pre- paring to emigrate. (By) A. P.).—-Severe lightning and hail | The storm whole district. ‘ a RADIO HOUR OF POST INCLUDES MUSIC AND TALKS A. varied and interesting program will be heard by radio fans who ‘“‘tune in’’ on station WRC during The Post Radio Hour tonight, from 6 to.7 o'clock. The world’s healthiest girls, the Misses Gladys Hughes ‘and Inez Hardin, wili sing a number of the old negro spirituel songs. Lieyt. Gov. Dennis Murphree, of Missis- . sippi, will speak. ‘The Post market site ed- itor will.tell of the various sites proposed for the erec-- tion of a new market in his ’ address, “Proposed ‘ Market Sites." “Little eae att Around Washington” will be the subject of a talk by Miss Elisabeth Poe. Whistling solos will. be rendered by An- drew Bedford Harris. — lasted about two'| hours and hailstones covered the | | i | { iit eal ‘Many French Premiers Cause Sultan Confusion Paris, Aug. 22 (By A. P.).— The Sultan of Morocco is home again and often ponders over the unexpected mysteries he ran into on his visit to France. For instance, before leaving Fez, High Commissioner Steeg impressed on him the necessity of sending his thanks to Premier Briand by the officials who would meet him in France. The Sultan did not forget. But at Nancy his master of ceremonics nudged him and _ whispered, *“Herriot,’’ for France had a new premier, Mystified but obedient, the Sultan sent his gratitude to "Premier Briand and Premicr Herriot.”’ Then, at Paris, the mastcr of ceremonies again prompted him with “Poincare,”’ then premier. The Sultan added the new name as recipient of his thanks, and then turning to his aid, re- marked: x, ' “That's the last, I hope, now.” FOURTH TRAIN WRECKED AT SAME SPOT; 7 DEAD Freight Piles Up in Heart of Wyanet, Ill., After Dash Down Buda Hill. ee STEALING RIDE Wyanet, Ill, Aug. 22: (By -A. P.).—-Grinding down Buda hill at a mile a minute, an east-bound fast freight train of the Chicago, Bur- lington and Quincy piled up in the heart of town at 10:30 o'clock this morning, killing seven persons and injuring four others, A broken arch bar the trucks of a tar have causéd the wreck. Eighteen cgrs carrying perishable freight were thrown from the tracks in front of the depot and overturned. The men killed and injured were stealing a ride in one car. The four taken to a hospital were said to be near death. More than 1,200 feet of double- connecting is believed to tracked right of way was ripped up. None of the identified tonight. One tank car of molasses burst, flooding the tracks with the eticky fluid. The station agent at Wyanet narrowly escaped being struck. The injured were hurried to the men had been ‘hospital at Princeton, several miles away. The dead were all men. The wreck was the fourth to oc- cur at the spot within two years. young ‘Bus Runs 226 Miles Burning Furnace Oil Minneaplis, Minn., 22 Aug. ( By Journal a device developed in Minneapolis has made a 226-mile run from Min. neapolis to Duluth burning ordi- nary furnace oil instead of gaso- line. é The- demonstration run _ last Thursday was supervised by Prof. director of the University of Minnesota experi- engineering laboratories, the newspaper says. It quotes Prof. Rowley as saying that to his knowledge this marked the first time in history that a cheap distillate had beeen burned successfully in a six-cyllinder high- speed, high compression automobile motor. Revolutionist Ship Sought by Mexico Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 22 (By A. P.).——Search for alleged Mexi- can .insurrectionists has been ex- tended to the sea. The waters along the _ lower California coast were searched by the Mexican patrol boat Tecata, for a ship carrying 35 revolutionists, reported to have sailed Wednesday from San Pedro harbor for Mexico. Sailing of ‘the party was believed to be a part of the revolt plot of General Enrique Estrada, whose at. tempt to lead a force into Mexico last Sunday was frustrated. The, Tecata will try to intercept the revolutionist ship, whose desti- nation was repertes to be Punta Arenas. Fernald in a Coma; Death Believed Near West Poland, Maine, Aug. 22 (By A. P.).—-United States Senator Bert M. Fernald, who has been ill of in- testinal poisoning and heart trouble at his home here, lapsed into a coma early today, and it was be- lieved thie end was near. Attend- ing physicians said his heart was gradually failing. GHARLES W. ELIOT, FOR DECADES, DEAD ee +e President Emeritus, -92, Succumbs Peacefully at Maine Home. ew ee |FUNERAL SERVICES SET FOR TOMORROW Notable Cite as Educator Climaxed by Efforts in Behalf of Public. Northeast Harbor, Maine, Aug. (By A. P.).—Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Har- vard university, died at his summer! home here today. He was 92 years of age. Dr. Eliot had been in delicate health since hé came here early in the summer and had been confined to the house of late. He had passed his summers at Northeast Harbor since the early 80s. The end came peacefully late today. Funeral services will be held in the Union church here on Tuesday at noon, and services will be held also in Appleton chapel at Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass., on Wednesday. Dr. Eliot's son, the Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, of Cambridge, Mass., also has his summer residence here, and was present at the end. Dr. Eliot was president of Har- vard for 40 years, from 1869 tu 1909. A notable event in his career after his retirement as an active educator was the celebration of his ninetieth birthday, when he received the felicitations and tributes of edu- cators and Harvard men from all parts of the world. Took Part in Public Affairs. Even after passing his ninetieth birthday, Dr. Eliot appeared occa- sionally as a speaker at public meet- ings and frequently expressed his opinions on subjects of public inter- est. In April, 1924, he led a group of Cambridge home owners in a successful protest-against the erec- tion of apartment houses in the quiet neighborhood where he lived. The following month he took issue with President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia university, on the subject of prohibition, express- ing his belief that the Volstead act was working efficiently. In the course of the debate he disclosed that he himself had become a tee- totaler at 85. In June, 1924, with Elihu Root and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, he received the . Roosevelt medal conferred for “‘leadership of youth and development of American char- acter.”’ Dr. Eliot aroused wide discus- sion in 1924 when he ‘disputed the ‘melting pot’’ theory of the assimi- lation of aliens in America, assert- ing that the actual working of such 99 ~~ (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 2.) Baron Von Brincken | | | | 1 Is Sued for Divorce | _ Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 22 (By A. P.).—An estrangement between Baron and Baroness Wilhelm F. | Pages. HARVARD EXECUTIVE Von Brincken, said to have begun! with a separation last February, yesterday was climaxed in a divorce suit being filed by the baroness, a film actress, and formerly Bertie May Rogers, of Atlanta, Ga. Baron Von Brincken is an assistant direc- tor and technical adviser in motion pictures. The suit charges mental cruelty. Von Brincken was German mili- tary attache in the United States before the war and then married his first American wife, Mrs. Milo Abercrombie. of San Francisco. They Were divorced during the war when the baron was interned under the espionage laws. Index to Today’s Issue. | 1—Valentino Near Death. @Mexiéan Peace in Sight. Charles W. Eliot Dead. Greek Revolt Successful. 2-—- Remedy for Farm IIIs. League Salvation Sought. 3---Canton Factions at Odds. Coolidge in New York Fight. 4—-Editorial. 5—-Coolidge Attends Church. Society and Radio. b- -Hall-Mills Hearing Today. 7—News From Nearby Virginia. Theaters. §-—Classified Advertising. Sports. 11—Comics. 12—-Woman's Page. Magazine Features. 15——Financial News. 14—News in Pictures. Wealth in Coins Shown Mississippians in Capital Window Burglar Escapes. PARIS WOMEN COMPETE FOR LIMITED PROVISIONS Dealer Who Seeks to Buy All Chickens on Hand Driven From Market. 4 NEW LAWS ARE IN EFFECT het Jaw re ae The first official communique in France's new war against high prices brought 79 women to the poultry section of the central mar- kets today to compete for about 30 chickens. Some of the house- wives fell back on lobster or other sea food, but even then there were more buyers than provisions. ° The market officials say, how- ever, that the experiment promises good results because today’s ar- rivals were below normal in every- thing but vegetables. The official market com- munique is intended to inform the people just what provisions have arrived, the quantity and they quality. The public is notified that all quantities remaining unsold when the wholesale bidding is over will be offered for sale at retail. The effect hoped for is suppres- sion of the old habit of storing all provisions unsold to wholesalers; so as not to gorge the market and affect prices. “The wholesalers made a feeble effort to beat the new regulations today. One big dealer rushed to the poultfy section while the women were struggling to get one of the few chickens offered, and cried out, “I will take the whole lot.”’ “You will,. will you?’ shouted the women. And this was enough for the dealer, who escaped just in time to avoid the many umbrellas raised threateningly against him. More is expected from these mar- ket reforms than from the new bréad regulations in official cir- cles. The total amount Parisian housewives may save by buying at the central markets will never be huge, but the little they do buy will have, it is expected, an enor- mous influence in all the cities. The ‘bearing down of prices in Paris means lower prices elsewhere. The buvers of fruit at the mar- kets today saved about 30 per cent Paris, Aug. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 7, COLUMN 1.) Turkish Police Close Admiral Bristol’ sClinic Constantinople, Aug. 22 (By A. ¥ GREECE IN CONTROL Ur REVOLUTIONISTS: DICTATOR 1S SEIZED _ |Gen. Condylis, With Help of Military Forces, Takes Power. PRESIDENT PANGALOS CAUGHT ABOARD SHIP on Which He Was Held Prisoner Is Foiled. Athens, Greece, Aug. 22 (By A. P.).—-The dictatorship of Gen. Theodorus Pangalos has been over- thrown quick and bloodless revolution headed by Gen. Condylis, former minister of war. in a President Pangalos was taking a holiday at the time on the Island of Spetsae. The Greek Mussolini was arrested this morning and placed aboard the destroyer Perga- mos for conveyance to Athens. The destroyer left Spetsae about noon. After it departed i, became evident that Pangalos was en- deavoring to escape. but the Perga- foreign port, and cruised about in the narrow straits between the island of Hydra and the mainland. Ships and Planes ‘Pursue. The warships Kilkis and were ordered to pursue her. fired blank shots, planes bombed her then steamed at full speed to the south in ‘an attempt to join the squadron steaming toward the Aegean, hoping to receive support. The Kilkis and Leon were instruct- ed to sink her if she persisted ia refusing to surrender. . Leon They while hydroair- ported to have destroyer and placed Pangalos under arrest. The deposed presi- dent has been taken to Keratsini. overtaken the first tried to escape in an airplane, but was stopped by another plane. Mme. Pangalos, who was with her husband, disappeared, although the revolutionists have not indicated that they are interested in her whereabouts. Coup Without Disturbance, out disturbances early today, both army and navy rallying to Con- dylis’ standard. Gen. Condylis to- day was master of the situation and sections of the country. The gen- eral public in Athens is exhibiting events. Pangalos, together members of the Eutaxias govern- ment, will have to answer for al- leged tyrannical misrule. Gen. Condylis announced that Admiral Coundouriotis, former pro- visional president of Greece, was the ‘lawful president,” and had been invited to resume the presidency. with the Coundouriotis Accepts Office. Admiral Coundouriotis, who igs spending a vacation on the Island of Hydra, has annougceed his will- again. All pended by the newspapers sus- Pangalos are reappear- P.).-—-The Turkish government has closed the American baby clinic at Stamboul, which was under the patronage of Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, American high commis- sioner, and maintained by funds from the United States. A commit- tee of American women supervised the clinic. Turkish doctors made up the staff and Turkish babies were treated exclusively. The only reason given’ by the police when they removed the signs and sealed the doors was that the clinic lacked a government permit to operate arid that they were act- ing under orders from Angora. Market Site Editor: The Farmers’ Reasons for choice. 7 @eeeeeeoesveeewreneeeeeee _ Name ’ Address ‘ington aaa MARKET SITE E BALLOT Market and Center Market should be moved TO. eee c cece re cne eee en eee ee reer tenseeeees Address ballot to the Market Site init The Wash- eee ee eee eee eeereese eee etPeoeeeeeene ing. : in his announcement promises ‘“‘free elections eight months at the latest, to confer power representatives Condylis within in order upon the chosen of the people.” a government of ‘‘national confi- dence.’ ticers arrested under regime already have been set free. the city invitihg the population to. celebrate its deliverance from — “tyranny.”’ coup began to turn shortly after midnight, operate that by 8 o’clock this morn. “ ing the streets of Athens had their usual appearance. Plans Were Well Laid. All the military establishments, | the telegraph offices and the gov- ernment departments, including the palace of the council of the presi- dency, were taken over with rapidity that gave evidence of how well Gen. Condylis had laid hij plans, The general himself went to th war ministry qnd ordered the rest of the war minister, Gel Tseroulis. The other ministers wer taken into custody at their homes An order ‘immediately was dis patched to the Spetsae garrison ti arrest Pangalos, and shortly wo! was flashed back that the dic 4. 7 : \ a ; aa i bs « kook’ ia ear as (CONSENUBD ON PAGE & CoLaT yee . ue nal Shy. > - = ee Later the battleship Leon was re- - One report had it that Pangalog general satisfaction at the turn of: ingness to take over the presidency : Proclamations have been posted x The machinery for the scamate and. so quickly did ite Attempt to Flee on Warship — - =e - 5 mos had insufficient fuel to reach a * & . The Pergamos - PS ¥ @; - The coup was engineered with-_, complete calm was reported in all : + Pal “ ey "se % % . aS ts af Pid | © ps 2. ~~ oy & s Thus it is his intention to organize ~ All the political leaders and ots 4 the Pangalos ~