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COOLIDGE AT
STATION
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was springy and his smile broader
than it has been In many months.
The Coolidges found the White
Mouse somewhat changed since they
left in June. ▲ new tin roof was
put on the * Executive offices, the
drive to the office wing was
(widened, a new tile floor was laid in
the kitchen and al! the rooms in
phe mansion were cleaned and
'brightened,
President and Mrs. Coolidge will
remain here but a week or ten days
before leaving again for a visit to
tne old home In Plymouth. Vt.
Both were smiling broadly as
they arrived at the Mansion. Mrs.
Coolidge waved to a small group
which had gathered to greet them.
Confronted with a number of
problems, among which Is the
Franco-British naval agreement,
Ihresident Coolidge rlunged imme
diately into work. His first visitor
was Secretary Kellogg.
Kellogg Summoned
, The President had instructed the
Htate Department not to take action
on the naval accord until he re
turned to Washington. The fact
that Secretary Kellogg was sum
moned to the White House so soon
after Mr. Coolidge’s arrival, gave
credence to reports that the Prest
dertt regarded the agreement as an
Important problem and intended to
determine whether It might jeopard
ize the naval parity set up in the
Washington Arms Treaty.
Mr. Coolidge also expresed an In
terest in the Briand-Kellogg anti
war pact which has been accepted
by virtually all the nations invited
to adhere.
Kellogg was with the President
lor 50 minutes.
“I told the President about my
trip abroad and told him I had
a, rousing good time In Ireland,”
was Kellogg’s only comment.
Secretary of Navy Wilbur then
(submitted to Mr. Coolidge a report
on the condition of the Navy.
Other White House callers were
Sargent, Secretary of Commerce
Whiting, Postmaster General New,
Herbert M. Lord, director of the
budget, and Governor Brewster of
Maine.
A conference with Hoover was
on the President's program today,
although the Republican nominee
hoped to put the final touches on
his labor speech to be delivered at
Newark next Monday night.
The nominee planned to greet
the President and to discuss cam
paign matters with him at the
White House during the "forenoon.
It may be they will reach a decision
on the part the President will play
in helping to elect Hoover to the
Presidency. The President was said
to have offered to make a speech
or two in behalf of the nominee but
no definite decision was reached.
Fishing Trip Fades
It appeared likely that Hoover
will have to forego a contemplated
fishing trip down Chesapeake Bay,
owing to pressure of campaign du
ties. He twice has postponed the
trip and unless hd can get away
for a few days at the end of this
week he probably will get no fish
ing until after the election.
Hoover has given some attention
to aviation and veteran legislation
in the last few days, in addition
to working on taA Newark speech.
Ho told newspaflmen that con
gratulations order for the
winners of the “ derby in the
I Scotch Airman Plans
I 360 Miles An Hour
For Seaplane
By International New* Service
LONDON, Sept. 12.—Three hun
dred and sixty miles an hour.
One mile every ten seconds!
This is. the goal of Flight Lieu
tenant D’Arcy Grieg, a Scottish
i pilot, who is preparing for an
attempt to shatter the world’s
speed record for seaplanes, at pres
ent held by Italy.
Flight Lieutenant Greig is in
training for his contemplated at
tempt, which will be made during
the next few weeks. His plane
a super-marine S-5. which has
been especially constructed for
the record breaking attempt.
Utmost secrecy surrounds the
preparations, for the flight. Ex
perimental tests have been mad*
and they are reported to have
been completely satisfactory.
West, and he pointed to the race
as indicating the "safety and relia
bility” of air travel under present
conditions.
Lauds Veterans* Aid
Tn talking to a group of veterans’
representatives, Hoover declared he
believed th* whole nation “recog
nizes our national obligation to our
veterans.” He told how the Govern
ment was providing pensions and
compensation to #35,29? men and
women, at a total cost of >576,-
M3,0Q0 a year.
The nominee was very gratified
by the results of the Maine election
but he declined to comment pub
licly on the Republican victory. Its
size however, was hailed by his
advisers as indicating a landslide
Republican victory in November,
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DISTHIHUTIDN
Backed by national business in
terests, the Commerce Department
today was preparing to ask the
Bureau of the Budget for a suffi
cient appropriation to carry on a
national distribution census in con
nection with the general enumera
tion of population and manufac
turers in 1930.
Probably one of the most essen
tial requirements of business, an
accurate knowledge of the volume
of distribution nf Americas vast
industrial and business plant, would
contribute another step in the Gov
ernment’s campaign to drive de
pressions and panics into the eco
nomic scrap heap.
Production Wastes
Most of the big wastes have
been eliminated from ths produc
tion machine, with manufacturers
applying scientific principles to
their operations, but there are still
vast potential savings in the - ex
cessively extravagant distributing
systeni.
Distributors have not as a rule
taken advantage of the modern
knowledge of business nor have
they applied to their operations the
scientific technique which has per
mitted manufacturers to materially
reduce the cost of production. As
a result, while there are decreases
in production overhead, the entire
advantage has reached the con
sumer because of wasteful dtstribu
tloa.
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HOLDER OF RECORD TIME TO WING IN RACE
MRS. FIFI STILLMAN, left, wife of the former New
York banker, cheered and waved a handkerchief as the
Bellanca plane she is backing in the big non-stop air race
to the Pacific rose off Roosevelt Field, New York, today.
The Stillman plane, piloted by Oliver Le Boutellier and
FIRSTNDN-STOP
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; westerly direction —a larger crowd
than witnessed any of ths? three
transcontinental races which pre
ceded the nonstop flight.
Among the spectators was| Capt.
Sir Hubert Wilkins, who flew from
Point Barrow to Spitzbergerf. An
other was’ Dean Smith, -pilotJof the
Byrd Antarctic expedition.
. Off in Might Haw , ?
McMillan’s plane made a smooth
take-off, starting from the east end
of the runway and dipping slightly
shortly after the wheels left the
ground on the west end. The plane
disappeared to the sou th west ward in
a slight ground haze, which re
stricted ground visibility to about
two miles.
Shortly after McMillan's take-off,
Oliver Le Boutellier taxied the
Bellajjca Monoplane, North Star,
into position at the head of the
runway.
Mrs. James A. Stillman, society
woman, is owner of this picne. She
posed for photographs beside the
plane, but feid she would not ac
company Le Boutellier, whose co
pilot is George King.
McMillan's Stinson plane, bearing
race No. 25, has a Wright whirl
wind motor and carried 450 gal
lons of gasoline.
The second starter was W. M.
Marner, who took off alone tor the
long flight in a Buhl Special air
sedan powered by a- Wright whirl
wind motor. He left the ground at
1:15 p. m.
Marner, who comes from Spokane,
Wash., barely missed disaster be
fore getting safely into the air. on
a second attempt. On his first sfert
his plane failed to rise, but he
brought it to a halt in time. On
his second attempt, he left his pas
senger. C. A. Paulsen, also of Spo
kane. behind, and succeeded in get
ting away. 4
By laternatleaal News Service
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12.—Ear!
Rowland, of Wichita, Kan., was de
clared winner today of the Class A
transcontinental air race for planes
of the 510-inch displacement or less.
Rowland flew his Cessna over the
3,090-mile course in 25 hours, 14
minutes, and 6 seconds. He won a
cash prize of >5,000.
W. H. Emery, jr., Bradford. Pa.,
in a Travelair, was declared second.
His official time was 25:48:29.
Robert Dake, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
American Moth, was third. Time,
20:29:58.
SAN DIEGO. Calif., Sept. 12.
Leading the Class C racers into
San Diego from Yuma, Robert Cant
well,'Of Duncan, (ikla., brought his
Lockeed-Vega moucplar , down at
9:01:10 a. m..
Hp was followed In 10 minutes
later by Capt. C. B. D. Collyer, of
New York, who landed his Fairchild
plane at 9:11:23.
Eddie Brooks, of Denvar, was
third with his Fokker, landing at
9:11.45.
EL PASO. Texas, Sept. 12.—MlW
Amelia Earhart, pioneer woman
transatlantic flier, left -her* today
for Tucson, Arlz., in continuation
of her “tramp tour" of the country.
She took off from the local air
port at 7:10 a. m. (mountain time)
and with favorable weather should
arrive at Tucson in about four
hours-
By International Newa Servle*
YUMA, Arlz., Sept. 12,—Nineteen
planes darted out of Fly Field here
early today on the next to last leg
of the Class B and C transconti
nental air* races.
The sky racers left the runway
in the order of their landing nere
with E. E. Ballough, of Chicago.
Class B racer, lifting his Laird
monoplane from the ground at 8:40
a. m. (mountain time).
Many of Waahington'a leading real
Mtato firms have a Met nt their “Home
Boy»" in today's Classified ads.
Battle Over Orphan
Again In Court
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of his and his wife’s death, in
papers signed before the fatal fish
ing trip.
Meyer was yesterday confirmed
by three judges sitting in Orphan's
Court, of Prince Georges county,
Md., as guardian of the child. The
Schaeffers, however, refused to sur
render Glqria and during the night
spirited her away to the home of a
friend.
With the girl was Anna Schaeffer,
13-yegr-oJd daughter of Gloria’s
benefactors.
Agreed to Release Her
Wljen the writ was served/ on
Schaeffer at his store in the 800
block of H St. N. E., he telephoned
Mrs. Schaeffer that he and Meyer
were going to get Gloria and that
he was going to surrender her to
him.
However, he changed his plans
and appeared in court with a
new attorney, Lowry N. Coe. Coe
and H. Winship Wheatley • and
John F. Lillard, attorneys for
Meyer, held a long conference.
It was first suggested that the
child be left in custody of the
Schaeffers overnight and that she
b* brought into court in the morn
ing. . This was .discarded for a
plan calling for Gloria to be handed
into the custody of Mrs. Meyer,
who was in court, and who was
to see that the girl appeared- be
fore Justice Bailey tomorrow.
The hearing, which was scheduled
for 2 o’clock, had not yet been
called. The girls, Gloria. Anna, and
Evelyn Meyer. Jl-year-old daughter
of the guardian, played in the corri-
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THE PRESIDENT AND MRS- COOLIDGE returned from their vacation on the
Brule River today. Arriving at Union Station, they were welcomed by members of
the 1 Cabinet. The photo shows, left to *right, Secretary of State Kellogg, Mrs. Kel
logg Mrs.,Coolidge, President Coolidge. Attorney General Sargent, Mrs. Herbert
Hoover and Mr. Hoover. Republican standard bearer.
TAe National Daily
George King, was second to start. Art Goebel and Harry
Tucker, holders of the transcontinental flying record,
are shown in the center with the plane which they are
flying in the race. On the right are Emile Burgin
and Lewis A. Yancey, another flight crew in the greatest
air derby of history.
►dors with a rag ball which Evelyn
had given to Gloria.
Schaeffer and Meyer were satis
fied with the second proposal and
Justice Bailey agreed to postpone
the hearing until tomorrow ,releas
ing Gloria in Meyer’s custody on hta
personal bond of 3100, The cape
is set for 10 o’clock.
Mrs. Schaeffer was not in court.
She was confined to her‘home by
an attack of hay fever.
Coe told Justice Bailey he wanted
the continuance in order that he
might discuss with Schaeffer the
jurisdiction of the Maryland court
in naming Meyer guardian.
Named By Father .
Meyer, gray-haired, §6 years old,
who resides in the 1200 block of New
Hampshire Ave. N. W.. was named
Gloria's guardian by her father be
fore the tragic fishing trip to the
lower Potomac River which cost the
lives of the father and mother of the
child.
“She used to call my wife and
myself grandma and grandpa,” the
fell gray-haired and blue-eyed
Myer who speaks with a scarcely
noticeable accent told reporters
while awaiting a United States
marshal to accompany himself and
his attorney to the Schaeffer resl
derice to serve the writ.
"They have told her not to call
us.that any more, I think, and she
has stopped," he added, with a
twisted smile.
Back of the naming of Meyer as
guardian of Gloria by her father
lies a story of a friendship of 20
years standing. Matus came to the
United StatA from Germany a
young immigrant lad and made his
home with Mr. and Mrs. Meyer in
this city.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Ifi,
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INGROUPS
The Personnel Classification
! Board, spurred on by Herbert D
' Brown, chief of-the Bureau of EfL
ciency, announced this afternoon a
radical change in its proceduie foq
■ handling appeals from Government
employes for reclassification.
An accumulation of about 1,6(0
appeals for reclassification, all
awaiting hearings, forced the board
to make tne ciisnge.
Under the old system each of these
appeals, or groups of appeals, would
have had to wait for a hearing
before the full board.
Under the new system, announced
today, the hearings will be con
ducted by a newly organized staff of
examiners, who will study the merits
of the eases in hearings and make
recommendations to the full board
on the basis of these hearings.
The board has been so flooded by
the applications under* the old eys- •
tem -that each appeal ’ had to wait*
from six months to a year before it ;
received action. The commission |
hopes under the new scheme to
bring the hearings up to date within
a few months.
The change of procedure was
forced onto the commission by the
head of the Bureau of Efficiency,
who shook the board out of its
lethargy when he returned from his
vacation recently and found that i
1,600 appeal cases were awaiting to i
be heard.
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“Billy” Sunday Urged
To Save Phila.
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PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 12.—Mayor Mackey, at a mass
meeting of clergy in the Arch Street Methodist Episcopal
Church, yesterday urged the Rev. William A. (“Billy”) Sun
day “so to arrange his affairs that he could eome to
! Philadelphia and hold a spiritual revival” and help clean out
the bootleggers through conversion of* the bootleggers’ custo-
mers.
The Mayor extended th* invita
tion to Mr. Sunday at the end of
an address of welcome. It was
greeted by loud applause.
One woman in the audience
shouted “God bless our Mayor,” and
Mr. Sunday, without Indicating his
decision, said it was a brave stand
the Mayor had taken.
“We are in one of those spiritual
crises in Philadelphia," said Mayor
Mackey. “We have to place the
responsibility for the present situa
tion on the eminent citizens with
appetites that create a market for
I the bootleggers. Respectability is
making a demand for bootleg
liquor.
"The citizen, having been sup
plied with. his liquor, says: 'Drive
out the bootlegger.' Just as long
as there is a demand for bootleg
liquor we will have the bootlegger.
The ultimate responsibility is upon
: the citizen.
“The responsibility for the pres
ent situation is due to the apathy
i of the good people of Philadelphia."
Mayor Mackey will make his own
, investigation of charges of police
I corruption which have come from
the grand jury probe of gang and
liquor ring activities in the city, it
was reported today. The maj’or’s
probe will be independent of the in
quiry now being conducted by Dis
trict Attorney John Monaghan.
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By International Newe Service
NEW YORK, Sept, 12.—Warner
Brothers have acquired control of
the Stanley Company of America
bringing into their hands 250 thea
ters in the East and the major
interest in First National Pictures
Corporation, operators of 3,000
movie houses throughout the coun
try, Jack Warner told the Inter
national News Servicie today.
It was learned in connection
with rhe merger that negotiations
are under way by the Warner
Brothers to gain control of the
Vast Keith-Albee-Orpheum chain
interests and the theatrical hold
ings of the Shuberts.
The Warner Brothers-Stanley
Company combine capi
tal of 3150,000,000 and if further
plans materialize it will mean the
massing of 3250,000,000 of theater
world wealth under the control
of the Warner Brothers.
Baltimore Celebrates
On “Defenders’ Day”
BAT/fIMORE, Sept. 12.—0 n tVie
14fh anniversary of the battle in
which the British were repulsed
by its garrison, Ft. McHenry, on
whose ramparts Francis Scott Key
beheld the inspiration of' the Star
Spangled Banner, tpday was hon
ored by Baltimore, on Defender’s
Day.
F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Sec
retary of War, dedicated the fort as
a national shrine and Governor
Ritchie spoke.
The fort, built in 1776. was last
used as a hospital during the World
War. , . , . .....
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- alleged low morale in the depart
-8 ment and the charge that certaia
f precinct* were not being properly
r policed, the suggestion was made
. to Major Hesse that soldiers or
i Marines be called in to augment
the police force. He ridiculed the
. proposal, holding that a large per*
r centage of the. officers and privates
in the department formerly were
i under arms in the Marine Corps
, and the Army.
i Major Hesse today pointed out
t that he had had 10- years of mill
t tary service in the National ‘Guard
j and now holds a captain’s commis
sion in the Reserve Corps and that
both his assistant* have had active
military experience.
Inspector Henry G. Pratt is a
i lieutenant colonel in the reserve i
corps- He saw active service in the
World War and Inspector William
S. Shelby was for six years and
i nine months in the regular Army,
serving for some time as sergeant
and drillmaster.
Capt. William G. Stott, of the
Third precinct, is a former Marine
Corps officer and still holds a
reserve commission.
Veterans On Force
Since the World War a targe
■ number of new appointments lu
the force have been men who saw (
active service either in emergency
. units or in the regular army.
, That the police are active in «P*
prehending lawbreakers and made
more arrests this summer than last
year is reflected in the police re
port for August, made public last
‘ night.
’ l-ast month’s arrests totaled 9.122
as against 7,593 for August, 1927.
J For the three months ending Au
gust 31, the police made 23,323 ar-
1 rests as against 22,950 for the same
I period last year.
I Only nine, murders were reported ,
during the past three months *•
against 11 lest year for the same
period. There were 34 robberies
with weapons last summer and only
21 this summer.
! Os the large number of arrests
made this summer, only 390 were
for felonies: 3,629 were for violations
of the traffic law and 1,542 wore for
violation of the prohibition law.
Major Hesse today ordered an im
mediate investigation of the
■ charges filed yesterday by Mrs.
Claude A. Ezell, of Lyon Village.
Va., against Lieut. James D.
Quade, night inspector.
Mrs. Ezell filed a formal charge
with Major Hesse yesterday claim
ing that McQuade was under the
influence of liquor Saturday night
when ha called at the Ezell homa
and suspended her husband, a police
man attached to the Third Precinct
on a charge of drunkeness. y
BoaieeM property in «H aeetkrna Jj*
the cits- can be located through the
Classified ads.