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- ip- -? The Bureau of Public Efficiency, a private organization financed chiefly by Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Rosebuck & Co., claims Con nery has more menbnjiis payroll than are needed. Besides, it is urged, the loose leaf system should be used in the books of the recorder's office. These claims were preesnted by Har ris S. Keeler, director of the bureau last year and the year before. Both times Keeler failed to win a decision from the judges. Now Walter L. Fisher, attorney for the board of su pervising engineers of Chicago Sur face Lines, and former secretary of the interior under Pres. Taft, has been put on the job of cornering Connery. Connery's defense summarized is about like this: "I am asking ten less men than last year. I challenge the efficiency bureau to place any one of their experts in the shoes of one of my transcribing division men. Let the expert work three days. If he gets away with more work than my man is doing now, then I'm willing to let the work be done by contract. As to loose leaf system, we use loose leaf books in three departments of my office now, the judgments, the estates and all irregular entries. "Not until tests show absolutely that loose leaf books are best, how ever, will I say yes to having loose leaf volumes for writing in the land title transactions of county. In one county office where loose leaf books are much used, the weight of the iron lock and its constant handling has acted as a sledge hammer and pages are becoming detached. We don't want that condition in land title books." DARDANELLES EXPEDITION IS ABANDONED BY BRITISH London. All British troops at the Suvla Bay and Anzac region of the Dardanelles, together with guns, have been transferred to "another sphere of operations," the war office announced today. J Presumably the British troops are being withdrawn for service either at Salonika or in Egypt. The withdrawal affects more than 100,000 British troops who have been vainly attempting for several months to advance against the Turks in the Suvla Bay and Anzac regions on the west shore of Gallipoli peninsula. No mention was made by the war office of any withdrawals from the Sedd-"Ul-Bahr region, at the southern tip of Gallipoli, where French and Brit ish troops hold lines near Krithia. Sofia, via Berlin Wireless. Only 50,000 Serbian troops escaped cap ture or annihilation at hands of Aus-tro-German and Bulgarian armies. Paris. French troops were forced to evacuate small post southeast of Skilly. Works had been taken by the French Thursday. Scutaria, via Rome. Mussulmans, armed by Bulgars and Austrians, are massacring old men and attacking helpless women in Serbian Mace donia, Serbian war office charged in official statement. Paris. Greece has refused to in terfere with operations of Anglo- French forces in fortifying Salonika. Constantinople. Heavy Turkish batteries are now pounding at mam defenses of Kut-El-Amara, British base, in Mesopotamia. Part of these defenses have been destroye'd. Berlin. Ridiculing British claim that German coast is closely block aded, admiralty announced today that portion of German fleet searched North sea last week without encoun tering any of enemy's naval forces. Athens. Gounaris party, support ing King Constantine's neutrality program, was returned to power by large majorities in yesterday's elec tions. "War party" supporters of former Premier Venizelos generally abstained from voting on ground that election was illegal. o o Eastland hull sold to agent of naval reserve for $46,000. Will be used as training ship.