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NO. 5405 ' T.r WASHINGTON. I). c.. TUESDAY. AUGUST 23, 1921 ^SIXTEEN PACES ST* ?- ^ ONE CENT
ST. LAWRENCE
CANAL TO COST
$252,728,200
? - Joint
Commission Report
Gives Estimate for
Giant Project.
UPKEEP FOR YEAR
OVER TWO MILLION
Time to Complete Work
Now Estimated at
Eight Years.
The canalization of the St. Lawrence
River from Montreal to Lake
Ontario will cost I252.72S.200, according
to a tentative report made
by the international Joint Commission.
after a survey of the navigation
Improvements and power sites. I
as proposed in the Great Lakes-At- j
lantic deep waterway project, by a >
corps of engineers appointed by the (
Vnited States and Canada.
The entire proposed improvements j
will be completed eight years after j
work* is begun. provided the work |
on all of the projects is started
simultaneously and the funds are
provided as fast as needed, according
to the estimates submitted by
the engineers.
The annual cofct of operat'on.
maintenance and depreciation of the
improved waterway and power sites
Is estimated at fl.SR2.000. of which
amount 11.457 000 will be expended
for the upkeep of the power plants.
Cm IsmsK Depth.
Provisions that the proposed
twenty-live feet depth of the waterway.
as included in the present re- j
port, may be increased to a depth
of thirty feet throughout the entire
stretch of the river at a cost of
$17,986,180. ure made in the tenta-;
tivs report.
The report shows that the potential
power which can be de-1
veloped in the river ia approxi-1
rnatety 4.100.000 horsepower, and
that it can be developed along with
the Improvement of the navi(ration
projects. However, the engineers |
point out that the simultaneous de-,
velopment of such a vast quantity
of power is not a sound economic I
procedure, as a market to take this!
output is not in existence at pres- j
ent. and that the sound method is
to improve the navigation at pres-.
ent so that the power development
could be completed as needed.
The commission, composed oft
'badiah Gardner Rockland. Me. 1
. balrmaa: Clarence D. Clark, of
r)Vanston. Wyo.; Marcus A. Smith.
Tuscon, Aria, and William A
Smith, of Washington, secretary,
representing the Am'rken section
and Charles A. Magrath, of Ottawa.
<">nt.. chairman: Henry A. Powell.
St Johns. New Brunswick: Sir William
Hearst, Toronto. Ont_, and Lawrence
J. Burpee. Ottawa, Ont.. secretary,
representing the Canadian
section, annouuees that engineers'
report and accompanying maps will
be displayed for inspection until
September 20. at the commission
offices in the Southern Building.
Criticisms and proposed changes
In the engineers' plans will be considered
at a meeting of the com- f
mission to be held in Ottawa onj
October 4, when It will be determined
whether or not a public hearing
on the engineering features
wtl' be necessary.
A sects >'et Touched.
The more tangible assets to be!
derived from this improvement, of
railroad freight donditions. while
of great importance, are not
touched upon in theenglneers* report.
In making the survey, the engineers
divided the length of the
river under consideration Into five
divisions, indicating the canals,
dams and locks required in each!
and giving the cost of the work j
necessary. These divisions are as j
follows:
First division, from Montreal
arbor to Lake St. Louis, to be,
de by locks and side canals on
the Ville Emard route, with the
canal sections twenty-five feet in
4?pth and a bottom width of 224}
feet In through cuttings 'to 450 feet
in submerged or submarine channels,
and the locks thirty feet in
depth. The cost of construction
for this division will be $68,727,000,
while the cost of upkeep will be
$350,000 annually.
Plans Side Canal.
Second division, from Lake St.
Louis to Lake St. Francis, to be
made by a side canal from Melocheville
to Hungary Bay with flight
locks at Melocheville, the canal sections
being twenty-fly^- feet in
depth and locks thirty feet in
depth. .The cost of construction
for this division wjil be $36,590,000
and the upkeep will be annually
3400.00C
Third division, from Lake St.
Francis to the head of St- Regis
Island, to be made by dredging a
canal 450 feet wide and 25 feet I
deep at^low water, costing $1,158.000
with an annual upkeep cost of
$$0,000.
Fourth division, from the foot of
St. Regis Island to Chimney Point
to be made by a dam at Long Sault
Rapids and sloe canals with locks
at Cornwall The estimated cost
of this project, inclding the Inst,
latlon by hydraulis and electrical
machinery for ths power, is $15*,- '
097J00, with an annual upkeep
cost of ?1.7t$.0?0.
Fifth division will include the
removal of certain shoals and
widening of the present channel of
the river, at an estimated cost of
$1M.M0 and the Annual cost of operation
and maintenance oi $20,000
Phoenix Saves Records
As Flood Subsides
PHOENIX, Aris- Aug. 22.?Flood
waters which Inundated the State
capital grounds and flooded basements
and lower floors of State
> u tidings r<. eded rapidly today.
Records were saved. Damage to
ail pro party la Phoenix by the flood
era estimated at less than SnO.OOO.
*
Her rick Tells
Of D^coyLetters
To Young Women
"Beauty Contest" Opponent
Outlines Activities
Getting "Evidence."
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af oktakw. i?t? af
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kla rmal aetlvltlea la "gatkarlag
rntan" to .abmlt ta tko
Ji4ltlarr Caaaaalttec af *?
Hoaae aa ta wir kla
knM ke
Mr. Merrick, (-cording ta kla
kill, kallevea tkat tke pablleallra
af pkatograpka af coaelr
7?aag waaca aa> lead ta tkelr
mlafortane. aad tkat they mi)
ke -lared'- lata keeomlag aetreaara
on tke stage aaO Before
tkf merle einen. o* lata eve a
worae predleaaieata.
Several .raaif rromea nko>f
pkotoirapka kave appeared ?a
Waakladoi aewspapers la eaaaeetlaa
trltk r iceat beauty comteata
kave received unalKaed
letter* urflag tkeai to eater a
"contest" for "tke wkole keart
-aad tke wkole aoal lave aad
kaad la atarrla?e" of aa aaknona
admirer.
C0XT1NCED OS PAGE TWO.
FORBES^PROPOSES
VETERAN SCHOOLS
INOLDWARCAMPS
Plans Four 'Universities'
For Wounded Men to
Learn Trades.
_________
Four rehabilitation "universities"
for the training of disabled service
men will be established shortly.
CoL Charles R. Forbes, head of the
newly created Veterans* Bureau, announced
last night.
President Harding, in conference j
with Forbes, has already approved ;
plans for the four rehabilitation j
centers. Forbes hopes to authorize i
establishment of the first one in
about ten days.
Forbes* aim is finally to eliminate
all contract schools and contract
hospitals at which the disabled men
are now quartered and bring them
into four great centers for conduct
of which his bureau will be directly
responsible.
OU Camp Kites.
The "universities" will be located
ott* the sites of army cantonments
yet to be selected. One will be in
the East, one in the Middle West,
one In the South and one on the
Pacific Coast.
The disabled men will be given
opportunity to get vocational training
in the trades, science and agriculture.
Forbes plans to have the
men learning trades construct the
buildings for the centers as part of
their training. The men training
for agriculture will raise food for
the institutions and in this way
make them partly selfsupporting.
The men will be housed in cottages,
there will be central laundries,
bakeries and other facilities, i
Married men may make arrangements
to bring their families with ;
them while they are undergoing
training.
The first government center to be
established will have an Initial capacity
foe about 2,000 men and this I
will be rapidly increased.
"I believe investigations I have
already made show that the great.
hanJicap to vocational rehabilitation
lies In farming men out,- j
Forbes said. "There is a lack of <
contact between the men and the '
government.
T? IUi>e Own Food.
"It is not thought that these uni- j
versitles will be self-supporting,
but it is the plan to raise enough
green goods and other farm products
from the agricultural section
of the university to provide for the
subsistence of the men, in so far as
this type of foodstuff is concerned, i
"At \ne present time there are
approximately 94,000 men taking
vocational training. Of this num- i
ber, more than 40,000 are engaged !
In the training of some of the j
trades. The present plans call for
the establishment of classes in |
masonry. architecture, plumbing, !
printing, engraving, bookbinding
electrical work, carpentry. and
steamflttlng, as well as courses
along agricultural lines such as
horticulture, animal husbandry,
dairying, cheese and cream making, i
and forestry." - J
(Hie
TUESDAY MORNINi
You'll find among the
merchants in today's Hera!
will enable you to effect i
Pace
3. I. Adams S
C. H. Bread? 11
Capital Shoe Findings Co. 8
Claflln Optical Co 8
Delta Tours .....8
J. M. GIdling A Co 6
Hecht A Co 3, 6
W. B. Hibbs & Co....,.,. 11
Horning .. 8
A. A. Housman 11
Hughes FUrnace Corp..... 11
S. Kaon Boms Co .'... z
D. J. Kaufman.'... 8
Frank KldweU 3
Amos W JlcDevitt 9
John A. Many... 8
Meyer's Shops ;
Chas. E. Miller. Inc...J... ?
SENATE BACKS
SHIP BOARD'S
HIGH SALARIES
* - '
Indorses Harding's Plea,
32 to 24, After Long
Day of Debate.
PARTISAN TWITS
MARK DISCUSSION
1
Harrison Threatens Long
Wrangle to Halt
'Crying Evil.'
The Senate yesterday voted its
indorsement of President Harding's ,
policy of hiring high salaried ex- ,
perts to disentangle the government
from the 93.000.000,000 shipping
fiasco.
The Senate debated the shipping
appropriation until nearly midnight,
before reaching agreement that it
should pass.
By a vote of 32 to 24 it rejected
an amendment offered by Senator
Harrison, of Mississipl, Democrat,
prohibiting the payment of sal- J
arles above $12,000 by the Shipping
Poard. The amendment was simi-i
lar to one adopted by the House !
designed to cut off the payment of
salarias running as high as 935.000.
Six Republicans joined the solid
Democratic force In voting for
Harrison s motion.
The action was ? victory for the
Administration and accords with
President Harding's desires, ex- j
pressed in his letter of Saturday de- j
fending the necessity for "incaglnc '
the most competent experts tc j
handle the shipping problem.
Joke to Watson.
The vote wag taken after hour? j
of debate, which Senator Watson '
of Georgia, declared revolved about
the question: "Is the pot blacker
than the kettle?" In Its efforts to
clean u the shipping bill, to which !
tse amendment was offered, th# j
Senate sat late in the night.
Senator McCormlck. of P'inof* j
led off the debate with a defense ?
of the present shinning admlnls
tmtion. He furnished the Senate
with a table showing that the outlav
bv the government for the
Shipping Board since 1916 has
reached the enormous total of $3.
S96.000.0AO. of which not more than j
20 per cent would be salvaged. 8en? !
ator MeCormick defended the pr?e J
tlce of paylncr l*rge salaries for
capable exner*s. partlcuiarlv legal
talent, because he said the best I
men available were reouired to?
cope with the formidable legal
counsel arrayed against the Shinning
Board on behalf of orivate con- .
cerns. He named such firms as
Wilson and Co'bv. composed of
former President Wilson and former
Secretary of State Colbv:
T^ansine and Woolsev. G-egory and
Todd. Palmer and D^vls. as smonr
those against which Shinpine Board
attorneys would have to cone.
Heed, of Missouri, supporting the
amendment, said the fact that of?j
fleers of the Shi opine: Board had
been apnolnted at exorbitant salaries.
ranging from 9* ooa to $35,000 i
a y*ar. was proof sufficient of the
inefficiency of the hoard. "Ther* i
ought to he a complete hous?ele?n- i
ine. and every man r*?nonsfbie for j
t*?at s?lary ll*t on?-M to be re- I J
tired to private life." he declared.
Ba^nernry. Sfyn Rornh.
Senator New of Indiana, wnntfd
to know how the advocates of the j >
resolution exoect?* the "ovpni^n4 j
to "go up against such brilliant <
legal minds as George W Wicker- , 1
sham, of New York, unless salaries
commensurate with the services re- J
quired were paid." I <
"Mr. Wickersham represented the I
government as attorney-general and
received only $12,000 a year salary," .
retorted Senator Borah.
"But he was a member of the
Cabinet." said McCormlck. ! ,
Borah charged that the Shipning | '
Board was "a bureaucracy not func- !
tionlng." He said there should be I
one man at its head instead of seven ,
at annual salaries of $12,000 each
and three "experts" drawing annual
salaries totaling $95,000. He
said he had been unable to obtain
the total of the official salary roll, *
and that he had found it impossible
to fix responsibility on any one man
in the bureau when he had sought
to do so.
Senator Jones, of Washington.
said he wfts in favor of appointing],
one man to have charge of the
liquidation of claims, but he would j
not favor abolishing the board. '
Borah Quotes* Letter.
Borah told of a letter he had received
from an army officer who
complained that there were too
many officers in the Shipping Hoard J
and not enough privates. "Thev
loaf 90 per cent of the time," said |
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO. J
8 HfVlttKx J
G. AUGUST S3, tgat
advertisements of local ' '
Id special offerings which sally
worth-while savings.
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Peoples Drug Stores 8 n
Railroads and Steamships. 8 c
Riemer & Co 11
Resorts 8
Semmes Motor Co 9 *'
C R Simpouii 3 1
Dr. Smnthers 8 , t.'
Dr. Smith 8
The F H. Smith Co 3 ,
Stag Hotel g
M. Stein 6
Sterrett & Fleming 3
KwartsaU. Rheem & Hcnsey 10 i
Theaters 8 ?
Union Trust Co ' JO t
Washington Gas Light Co. I I v
31. 6. Weeks Co ,. g ' u
John H. Wilklus L 3
Woodward & Lothrop n
? j I
Details Reedy [
For Reception
In Atlantic City
. v
"Miu Washington" Will
Have Enviable Place
In Gala Event*.
i
Wlfv n< ranfrtlt'"* fir the
aelertlon of -M'aa WiiMlTtOl,'
Ike moat ItratIM attractive
7*DRf ifPnrH la IN FV?trtrt,
raiiM'r <rawl? ? a drat,
every tfeta'l for ker reeeptlea |
aa< eatertalaMeat la Atlantic I
City, where ake la te ke a Karat j
af koaer, has keea eaarlelet. ,
Her praxraa will kel
Tneaday. Penteaktr ?.
"M'aa Waaklaataa" leavra
Waaklartoa ta arrive la At.
laatle City la tke afteraooa.
Greeted ky wife at pmmr'mt director
and takea ta keackfroat
katel. '
COVTIKCBD ON PAGE NINE.
SINNFEINPAPERS !
OPENLY EXPRESS
DESIRE FOR PEACE
All Parties in Suspense
Pending Outcome of
Secret Session.
LOITOON. Aug. 22.?D ownlni
Street remained dumb on the Irish
question today. Exhaustive - Inquiries
failed to reveal anything:
new in the situation, everybody
simply waiting for the next step of
the Sinn Fein, which began a fateful
secret session this mornjn;, at
which a reply to Lloyd George's
offer is being framed.
In spite of the uncompromising
words of De Valera demanding complete
independence, the Irish office
is daily growing more hopeful that
the Dail considers De Valera's answer
as a prelude to a program
which will be a gateway to lasting
peace.
I rink Pres# Wiiata Peace.
Comment by the leading publications
in the heaft of Sinn Fein Ire- i
land, together with the proposed i
national conventions to be held by I
Blnn Fein, are taken as an Indication
of an earnest desire for peace.
Th*. Clarfc -Champion, one o% the J
strongest Sfno Trtn papers, published
!n an area where It has often 1
been considered inadvisable to differ I
from the Irish Republican army ex- I
treYnlsts, says:
"Tho points of difference are not
of such a nature that statesman- I
xhip should not be able to bridg?
them o^er. To break off negotia- j
lions would be to undertake a responsibility
which few people should ,
care to bear The situation Is'
serious, but the door is not yet'
closed.
"If the question is viewed from
the proper angle wo believe there 1
will yet be au agreement that will c
mean peace."
Walak Carrlra Welgkt. ' ,
Another important Sinn Fein j
orgm in Western Ireland says:
"It cannot be amiss to point out
the terrible conseq 'ences which '
must folloW the failure cf the r
negotiations. Conditions before the i
truce, bad as they were, could bear .
no comparison to tl?e horrors that
must ensue upon a renewal of war" 1
Frank P. Walsh, the Irish-Ameri- ?
can leader, is regarded as a mys- t
tery man in the Dublin negotiations.
He has been present at all
the important sesslThs of De Valera'a 8
cabinet, both public and secret, and '
it is regarded as certain that his ?
views and opinions have great r
weight in the Sinn Fein councils t
However, he consistently refuses '
to discuss the situation, giving as
an excuse that he has given his
pledge to De Valera. It is believed t
that he is advising the acceptance I
of Lloyd George's offer as a basis t
for continuing negotiations. d
JOBLESS VETS GO |!
TO WAR FOR SPAIN :
I t
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Wet Sahara" Adda Lure to!"
Fighting Wild Moorish >
Tribes. "
\ t . s
" r
yoRK, Aug. 22.?One desert
s as good as another, say those
prho are enlisting here In the Span- t
sh Foreign Uiglon to fir-ht the a
Moroccans in the African desert. 1
Tho Span'sh consul's office ex- t
jlained that the ?rowd of young r
nen swarming In all day today rep- *
esented an answer to the call for *
olunteers to hfclp the Spanish light ^
igainst the rebellious Moors. r
Although the volunteers know
hat they are going to fight in a ?
lesert. neverthe ess they Del eve *
hat eases of hootch abound over 1
here Seveial of the men fought n
n Franco and have been out of
ork for many\ months. Thev are
nlisting to secure a Job: Enlist- /
lents in the United States are 1
losed and jobs are scarce, the lelonnaires
say. and t*e bonus of
0# pesetas, about ?1?0. together
-Ith pay of four and a hilf pe elas
hem' S? C<!ntS * day' IOOk', P,Ml r
I want a place to eat. sleep and !
omething to wear." a First Division
ormer service man said bitterly
|e wore a green fourragere *
warded by the French government. "
Tt looks all right on the shooler.
he said, referring to the dec- r
ration, "but It don't get anythlnir b
S0.t, m- s?'"" to Spal0 or
-ST lhey want for there's t
'here the par and eats are." r
Because of legal difficulties the a
1!".. i 64 ?worn 'n until they t
rom 1S?U !0. The aCt "mita a" f
,wf
Comparatively Ea?y 1
1 1 '
DEFECTS IN G1AN1
URSHIP REPAIRED
VAVY HEADS CLAIM
tabled Reports of Trou
ble With ZR-2 Called
Old StoryCabled
reports of defects In th
!R-2. world's greatest dirigible
:onstructed in England for thi
rovernment, "telt an old story, t
ias stated at the Navy Departmen
restertfay.
Defects of a minor character
rhlch are understood to have beei
emedied since that time, develonei
n the great ship daring a st?blt
ty spin on July 17, It was ex
ilained Rear Admiral Moffett. chit
,f the Aviation Bureau of the de
>artment, received a detailed re
iort a few days later. The repor
toted that the nee r-pair
rould be completed by August 1
llnce no further advices have beei
eceived. Admiral Moffett assume
hat the necessary repairs hav
leen made.
Two Fru? Bsckle
The ZR-2. on the day in ques
ion..left on a slabillty flight fron
iedford to London. Rome time at
er a successful take-off It wa
llscovered that two of the Inter
nediate transverse frames am
ongitudinal frame No. 7 ha'
>uckled slightly. The great shli
i-as then headed for Howden, nut
ing in at a fifty-rolle clip after i
ilne-hour flight. The fact that ?h<
emained in the air so long Is proo
hat the defects developed were no
f a serious nature. 1^ is contend*'
On another occasion a fraw
lucklcd when forty men were li
section only fifteen meters square
his mishap, however, was due t.
in error in Judgment and not o
onstruc'fii. it is olnted i*ut ^
Sensoa of Storms.
Secretary Denoy said yesterd*:
hat since the b.ii'ders are taklni
.11 resonslhillty for the dirigible
hey wl'l set the time of the filgh
o the United Stxtes. Weather eon
Ions will. of course, be the firs
ons'der-tlon. A succession
tormv d ys wovM <*el?y the ?t*rt
nd th.s fact is beuered to hi*
Iven rise to renorts of IndefinUi
elav. as the season of storms II
snid'v anproaehlng. Now
offl<-i-'? n""1* " P ?'" ,h?
f course the giant dlrUlble w|i
nt be finnllv accented until It 4i
?finlt?'y determined that sh<
leets With all the specifications l<
tie contra't.
lOUSivO*
Takes Own Lit?
PARIS Aug - Another drami
, pnris nlffht life wss en'ed thl?
rtornlng when prince Nlklt. Let-nell
tostensky. second cousin to forrtei
'tar Nicholas, shot hlm?elf ?<
enth in ?be Bols de
he dead m-n s nockot was fou??
note which said: ;
"Mv Cxar Is dead. My country li
ulned. Finding th?t grief can?o
ie drowned. I dii."
The prince was engaged to-marr;
he Countess Rostanova. hen th.
evolution came, he tied to Pvt
nd after 1.1. arrival learned t?
he countess had been slainhen
sought forgeUulneas by plus*
Into whirling uUht
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Considering theAlternat
SB- ***.* -^y
r DESPONDENT VET
GETS $769 CHECK
' Would-Be Suicide, Saved
[ From Lcke, Finds
Windfall.
chicago, air. 22.- j?k?
I *hel?Joa. of fp.lifiHd, tlU an
ovrmeaa vetrran with n wrvicf
bac'ge, ttound Miipc and hospital
(iUrharRr, had been tiamplag
the itrffti of Chicago for
e 1 more than a month to queat ?f |
| work. He n*a net parthijlar
what hind of a Job he Kot, any- '
s | thins would do, Juat *o he
t | could j?rt a little ?.i* aey to ae.id
t { to Ida wlff and klda.
V. ea.y and tl?ed, Shel Ion
Mtroll, d down to vfce unl I,ml
pier today and Juuiped Into tl*e
3 - I ke, l.4te .dl.?K to end It al|.
3 Itut hf ua? .tabued bj a *?rnmbout
ftrruan.
Sheldon nan taken to the
American I e/slon lie:id?.na tern
' . after IJa reacue. When he told'^
hla nai ;e the dork ut headqunrtem
ga\e a aa?p. "John
Sheldon," repeat* d the elerh,
"why wfSe (cot a eheek for
" him from the B<Hemm?nt. Ifa
been here four months, it's for
1 *7?n."
s John boarded a train for
e Sprlmdleld today. "It *\lll mean
a lo for the wife aad klda,"
was all he eoold may,
; WILLHAYS UNHURT
i IN AUTO COLLISION
? I _____
'.Machine Crashes Into Taxl,j
Overturning It, in New
j | York City.
I NEW YORK. Aug. 11?Postu
master General Hays tonight nar*
J rowly escaped Injury when a
limousine In'which he was riding
with another man and two women
Y side-swiped a taxicab at Madison
X avenue and Thirty-third street.
u The Hiys machine was turning
. Into Thirty-third street when It
v bumped the taxicab and sent it
^ onto the sidewalk- The smaller
J machine fell on Its side. The driver
c was extricated. He was not hurt
None in the Hays party was hurt.
The car was so brdly damaged it
I wag towed away. The party res
suroed their trip in a taxicab.
"We were Just finishing a trip
1 from Washington, and were driving
westward through Thirty - third
street when the accident happened,'
said the Postmaster Generai. "At
J au dison avenue we slowed aown to
.five the rlkht oI way to a northi
oound automobile, and then started
i across the avenue
f "The taxicab was coming southr
ward swiftly, and the two cars
? crasned. Tne other machine wa.i
turned over, but ours was only
I i Ightly damaged. Fortunately th^
driver of the taxicab was not injured,
and none of the members of
t jui- p&rt> was hurt, either.
1 -The'members of my party? Oh.
that does not matter, really. They
f had been to a wedding party in
8 Maryland, and I picked them up to
1 bring them to New Tork. It was a
t large party, five or six. I aont
? want any publicity, and I dot* t
want to tell the names of my guests.
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RAILROAD CREDIT
BILL IS PASSERBY
HOUSE, 214 TO 123
Awaits Senate Action After
Recess by Congress.
The House last night passed the !
Winslow railroad bill by a vote of
214 to 123 The measure awaits
nr?ssa-e by the Sen te after the recess
before the relief contemplate!
in the bill c.in be extended to the
ro~ds.
The measure was passe-1 without
materia! change. As It stands the
sill authorizes the War Finance
Tor-oration to nurchas* from the
United Rt~tes Railroad Administration
securities ^cc^otcd by the administration
from the railroads In
settlement of claims acainst the
rosds. The corporation is further
authorised to sell the securities In
he oren market and use the funds
thus obtained to extend $500,000,000
in credit to the carriers.
liars Farther Claim*.
An amendment offered by Representative
Webster. Republic n. of
Washington, striking: out the section
of the bill Providing thxt no
claims arising from the so-cal'^l
inefficiency of labor during the
period of Federal operation of the
railroads should be r*ld out of t?*e
money advanced under the terras of .
the bill, and providing also that i
when claims are once paid. the |
roads shall be forever barred from ;
making further claims, was d<^ ,
feated. The vote was 145 to 17
against the amendment.
Another amendment offered by
Representative Moore. Democrat, of
Virginia, requiring the War Finsnce
Corporation to pass u^on all railroad
securities accepted by the Railroad
Administration, was defeated
without a record vote.
Specalatloa la *'harge4.
Democrats charged during debate
on the bill that the measure meant
the Federal government was embarking
uron speculation In roadroad
securities
"Under this bill/* charged Representative
Huddteston. Democrat, of
Mab*ma. "the government Is proosing
to speculate in Wall 8treet
with the taxpayers' money "
Representative Webster bolted the
Republican leadershin Pnd attacked
the bill. He declared that it meant
nothing more than Federal loans to
the re 11 roads.
Democrats charged the bill m*as
written by President Harding and
his advisers and that the Republicans.
in passing It. were 'carryInst
out Instructions" from the White
House. *
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Beginning
Today
?The Herald will publish a
cdmplete record of the movements
of army and navy officers.
as issued by the War
and Navy Departments. Thi?
new feature will include^ all
transfers, promotions, assignments,
and honorable discharges
which transpire in
the service. The first installment
of the "Array and Navy
Orders" will be found on
page 5 of today's issue.
SOVIET PLANS
TO RUN RUSSIA
BY ELECTRICITY
Leader Outlines Scheme
For Power in Every
Industry.
WANTS AMERICAN
GENIUS TO ASSIST
Proposal Most Gigantic
Ever Entertained by
Any Nation.
(??>ctal Call* to Tkm Waskvagws KsrsM
u4 Vat tad Bssra)
MOSCOW. Aug. 22. ? George
Tthltcherln. who for nearly four
years haa been the Soviet farelft
minister and r4ght hand man of
i^enin and Trotsky, ha soutllead a
scheme for the electrification of all
K sslan Industry and agriculture
v. h.ch la an.sring In Ita scops and
%. hlch would call for the co-operation
of American technical and
i nancial leaders if his "dream.** a*
he (Klli It !| to be fulfilled.
"We plan to establish the most
"-mplete. most modern system of
e e. trifying our Industries and agri<ulture
the world has evsr seen.
If poa !We we will do It with
Amebian ass.stance." Tchltchertr.
declared. "We intend to establish
tre?. ondously powerful eloctrical
enters throughout Russia, each of
which will utilise the natural
powers of its own territory ooal In
the Don regions and certain parts
OI Siberia; naphtha I nthe southern
' istrl ts; waterpower wherever we
ha\e It.
Te Girt CeaceM'saai
"We are prepared to give concessi^na
for the bu'ld ng of these centers.
snd we will give with them
every possible iruaranty for the
prote'tion of those who hold those
concessions.
"The world may rest assured that
we will Ihe up to our promises
We hsve alwsys kept our agree
menii and promises With othei
states."
Outlining the system under whfcl
?onressir>n? would be granted the
Soviet foreign minister told of the
organlzstlon of s special Ross. *
trade committee which hsa the com
plete bsckirg of the Moscow government
and which would handle
all the detaila incident to the com
mereial agreements surrounding the
concessions.
-We will willingly safteitr
euarantees that the properties ?1
our concssslonnaircs will reman
absolutely untouched by the gov
rnmenl. The committee will hs\?
full power to fix the percentage of
return swhich raWt go to the state
nd the amount of such companies
re?ccipts which must remsln in Ru*
sis for the protect on cf labor.
\eeda Trade Acrresiest
"But in order to enable the slat*
to deal in a bus neas with any othe?
state we must have somt ofBcis
cknowledgment similar to that w*
have from England, admitting out
trade representatives to purchase
supples of various sorts and n<potlflte
with contractors.
"We must also be permitted t<
vise all passports
Turning to the present ^ondltlfi
*>f the country. Tchitcherin d<
c'ared that some of tne Ruatlar
nines are now working, althourl
many of them are still Ir.operatlv'
lor l"ck of equipment.
"We need w.achinery." he aai?l
and accordingly many of the mineire
closed.
'The workmen attached to at he
nines are in wan'?and yet the:
n'ght resume operations tmmedt
tely If the machinery deficietic:
could be rectified.
"Some of our other Industrie
needs are engtr.es. wstrons and a!
railway materials. We are Is nee.
of aeftcultural irrp'ements an?
e'ectrical suppliea, particularly dy
namos .
"For a part of these Imports w.
-an pay now. But we need credit
for a larger part of them."
I amine Outlook Blnrk.
The foreign minister then turn*to
discussion of the famine situs
tion. admitting that, while voir
sucreas had attended the Soviet
efforta to "lleve conditions, th
outlook va? dark in the affected re
iriona
"It is dresdful." he said.
much of the famine district no rat:
has fsllen sine# spring. Tor that
cett?lnly nobody can be held re
sponsible, csn he? It would hsv
happened under era r ism or an
other political system. This ts tb<
sreatest 'amina in the rjstory o
Russia."
To questions regarding the possi
billty o' irrigstion systems whir
would prevent s recurrence af th
**sst economic l*>s? of orope. THll
cherin held the prewar regime re
sponsible fee srrlcultural fcacV
wardness and H?e*1cien**y"It
h"s been impo^slb'e te btul*n
efficient lrri*?tlon system t
ftr" he ssld. "because agrlepltur
was ??t evelop-tf at all beror
the r^eet wsr snd the revolution.
As for whst R-t*ftia needa most
the forelen minister, locking to th
'ntnre rsther than to the present
aid:
"The most Important thing fs
Russia today is seeds?(or no*
year's crop."
fCepyrirkt MM
TV**** nvFEATFD:
GREEKS TAKE 5/to
LONDON A?t?. 11?TttrkLh Na
ttonallat force*. retre.tlna befor
the Creek army cloac th* Kakari
River. hive ?uff*re<1 eevere it
fwt according to dlapatchoa trot
8m.ma.
The Turktuh rifhl <ri>| wt
almost annihilated Creek troop
forced the rmaalnit of the rl?e j
and took S.WO prisoner. Mtroa
Nationalist rolnforcemenU xr* re
ported by Constantinople to l>t cow
certrat'.n* east of the Salaria.
Report* from C'OQataatlnepl* tradict
the Smyrna report' ot '-W> .
tory and say Turk' '< rims h??
everywhere Goer ?fal.
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