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CIVIL PENSIONS BILL APPROVED V House Gets Favorable Re port Today, and Early Adoption Is Predicted. 4 Shake hands with Representative Lehlbachj The House committee on reform in the Clnl Service yesterday ordered a favorable report on the Lehlbach bill for the retirement of Federal em ployes fcr age and disability. The message carries the proposals End amendments urged by the differ mt associations of government em ployes. and received the hearty in lorsement of practically all officials ?f Federal departments, from Cabi net officers to chiefs of divisions. The report to accompany the bill was drawn by Chairman Lehlbach last night, and will be presented to the House today. At recent hearings and sittings of the committee, the scope of the bill was broadened so it now includes within its benefits superintendents of national cemeteries, employes of the Panama Canal Zone and others. Interviews had with numberous members of Congress indicate that the measure will be passed some time 1n the near future. Repre sentatives of both political parties are impressed by the absolute equity of the bill, besides Its fea ture as an efficiency measure in re tiring from the public service those who have become incapacitated by reason of age. illness or injury. Many of this class of faithful employes have long been kept on the pay rolls as pensioners, rather than efficient workers. The retire ment pay will be in the nature of a reward for long and faithful serv . Ice to the government. Some of those who will become beneficiaries of the Lehlbach law. and others who urged favorable action on the bill, called at the Cap itol yesterday afternoon to shake hands with Representative J^ehl bach and the other members of the committee and thank them for their service in the interest of good government and humanity. THE TOWN CRIER. Two haadred boy* of Walter Reed fiospital and 100 of the Naval Hos jital will be the special guests of :he Municipal Federal Employes' 7nion, No. 89. at its annual excur ?ion at Chesapeake Beach today. ^ortkwmtena Girls* Club will five an entertainment and dance in j :he recreation hall of the Govern-1 nent Hotel for war workers Thurs- j lay evening. The Dlatrlet of Columbia league | >f nations committee will hold the [ ifth of its series of meetings to- i light at the Shiloh Baptist Church. I it 8 o'clock. Speakers will be Rep resentative Upshaw, of Georgia, and j Seorge K. George. Admission will >e free. The committee will hold :hree more meetings before the se ries is brought to a close. The nnnnal convention of the Improved Benevolent and Protec :lve Order of Elks (colored) will >e held at Atlantic City from Au gust 26 to 28. inclusive. Washing ion is to be represented by Morn ng Star Lodg*. No. 40. and Colum >ia Lodge. No. 85. Sessions are to >e held at Lighthouse Lodge. The Columbuft C ountry Club an lounces its July dancing party, for nembers and guests, on Thursday jvening. July 17. in the clubhouse it Fort Berry, Va. Special cars eave Twelfth street and Pennsyl vania avenue northwest. Members of the An*oe!"tJon of >ld< st Inhabitants, colored, will hold !heir seventh annual outing today it 3 o'clock in Grecnwillow Park, inacostia. The regular monthly meeting; ?f he Young Men's Hebrew Associa ion will be held at its headquar :ers. Eleventh and Pennsylvania .venue, this evening at 8:30 o'clock. Swan Again Seeks To Try Harry Thaw New York. July 14.?District Attor ney Swan today announced he had isked Pennsylvania authorities per mission to intervene in the commit nent of Harry K. Thaw in an asylum n this State. If this commitment is *t aside. Swan said. Thaw will be ?rough t to New York for trial. Thaw is charged with assaulting Frederick B. Gump, a 16-year-old, Cansas City youth, at Hotel McAlpin January. 9. 1917. Senate Questions Right Of Wilson to Conceal History of Conference CONTINUED PROX PAOB ON*, mitted to invade Cost* Ric*. and why was Cost* Rica not permitted to sign the peace treaty at Ver sailles? Wast Fall Report. The committee has under consid eration a resolution by Senator Johnson demanding the full steno graphic record of the meetings of the "big five" and the other com missioners. at which the league of nations was considered and agreed upon. This resolution probably will be adopted by the committee today. I Administration Senators, appar- j ently reflecting the President's own position In the matter, stubbornly opposed all attempts made by the Re publican majority to have the veil! of secrecy torn aside so that the committee might know the inside history of all Peace Conference transactions. The position taken by the Demo cratic members of the cqpimittee is that the oommittee has no right to inquire into any of the reasons which led to the adoption of specific provi sions In the treaty. They contend that such Information In the posses sion of the President U confidential and should not be Inquired Into. Wlbss Plain Delegate. The Republicans contend that the President went to Paris as a dele gate from the United States to the Peace Conference, and that the For eign Relations Committee Is not bound to respect any confidence that may exist between him and other parties to the conference. They assert the i constitutional ripht of the committee ! to inquire into the reasons for any | provision In the treaty regarding which they may desire information. The majority members of the com mittee emphasized their belief in the soundness of this view by passing the La Follette resolution regarding Costa i Rica, the Lodge resolution asking for the truth about the alleged secret treaty between Japan and Germany. ! and the Borah resolution inquiring I about the reported protest of three members of the American peace delegation against the Shantung de I cison. The vote on the Borah reso j lution was 9 to 4, and on the Lodge ! resolution 13 to 2. Senators Hitchcock j and Swanson. leaders of the admin istration fight for the league, voting "no." Probe Jap Relations. A clash which may assume pro portions of magnitude is looked for when the amended resolution by Sen ! *tor Lodge on the question of the | alleged secret treaty between Japan { and Germany comes before the Sen , ate. Senator Lodge intends to call up this resolution today. As amend ed by the committee, it not only asks for a copy of the treaty, but demands "any further information concerning any negotiations between Japan and Germany during the progress of the war." Senator Hitchcock came back from the golf links of Swampscott yester day and assumed the position of lead ership of the Democratic forces, thereby giving denial to the report that he had been deposed. He tele phoned the White House and talked I with the President on the subject of l the President's appearance before the ! Foreign Relations Committee to dis cuss the treaty. President Baeka Water. The President indicated in his talk with Senator Hitchcock that his statement of a few days ago had | been misunderstood, and that he did I not mean that he was willing to sit with the committee at the Capitol and be cross-questioned. On the con trary. the President informed Sena tor Hitchcock he will be entirely willing to have the committee visit him at the White- House, provided twenty-four hours* notice Is given. This statement from the President was regarded by some of the anti league Senators as a reversal of pol icy on the part of the President and caused keen disappointment to sev eral of the Senators who had hoped to be able to ask the President some | questions. i Senator Knox indicated that the i committee will refuse to go to the [ White House, for the reason that it would be undignified for the com mittee "to go around to the back door of the White House seeking In formation." He expressed the opin ion that the committee will adhere to the dignified custom of sending letters to the President whenever spe cific information Is desired. , CONn.VCH) FROM PAGE ON*, to article eight, on disarmament. "The interest of the United States la amply safeguarded under this ar , _ *fd 8"anson. "No genernl ton of disarmament can be print ed without our content; no obligation, tapooed on ua without the approval of Congreaa, which I. mtruated with regard to armies and naviea. Such a plan will give us greater security than any policy of national Isola tion. surrounded by nations Jealous and apprehensive of our power, and liable at any moment to combine for our overthrow." Takes r? Article 10. Article 10, the storm center of thfe covenant. Is absolutely necessary to world peace. Swanson declared, be cause it is a solemn pledge by all league members to abstain from wars of conquest. It imposes upon the United, 8tates no obligation which this government Is unwilling to accept, he declared because the council simply advises. and its advice may be rejected by congress. ??When under this article, we guar antee the territorial Integrity of other nations, we receive from them a like guarantee for ourselves" said Swan son. This, he declared. Is important n view of our possession of the Phil ippines and the Panama Canal, far from our shore* and hard to defend Monroe Dortrlae Safe. The Monroe doctrine. Swanson as serted. is as expressly recognized and reserved in the covenant as it possibiv could be. ' if any contest should arise between Uie provisions of the covenant and the Monroe doctrine," he asserted, "so far as we are concerned, the covenant Is annulled and the Monroe doctrine survives for us as a living foreign policy. We accept the covenant with this clear reservation. The doctrine is not only protected, but Is given new force and dignity. We obtain a world's recognition of our right to insist upon It." Replying to Elihu Roofs objection that the covenant does not provide strong enough machinery for arbitra tion. Swanson said that Articles la and 13 are a long step forward in In ternational arbitration, and will re duce friction between nations by pro viding for a cooling oft period, while not unduly delaying the award of the arbitrators. r 1B Withdraw at Aay Time. A further proof of the safeguarding of American interests. Swanson point ed out the provisions for amending the league covenant and for with drawal if we are not satisfied. He urged Senators to give the league a trial at least until the Lnlted States, "having become one Of the controlling inlluences in world affairs, can successfully aid in the settlement of matters so urgently pressing for solution" Then. Swanson said, we can "re tire if w* so desire, to a policy of national isolation. "But for the United States to re ject the treaty now. involving as it does such small possibility of .I'' would m'an that she would skulk in the greatest world crisis that has ever occurred. Always a Doer Opea. No burdens are imposed with out our consent; no obligations In curred from which we cannot In a reasonable time relieve ourselves We are committed to no course of action from which. If disappoint ments should develop, we cannot honorably retire. The pathway of duty is plain. Let us not be frightened by our own prodigious shadow as it pro Jects itself in world affairs, but with strong arms and brave hearts let us discharge our obligations." LUNCHBOX BALLOT AT DISTRICT BUILDING Survival of the fittest! .uTh,5L,ls the "P'f't which pervades the District building. in conse tw"ce s'ver*' hundred employes J *,- among themselves, will vote to determine which of two lunM. box caterers will win the right tS serve the building. 8tl to Jth.nr;df?raenda ? ?ar-sa v& during the month s balloting ?PeD The Evolution of a Savings Account THE WASHINGTON LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY 900-902 F Street N. W. . 618-620 17tk Street N. W. Washington, D. C. 3%?COMPOUND INTEREST?3% ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS "The Trustworthy Tnut Company" JOHN B. LARNER, President I OPEN TILL 5 P. M. TO^ If. When it started with a silver dollar its owner had no particular plan for it. But one day a Great Aspiration was born. Its achievement was a thing far in the future. "Ten years from now I must have a free capital of $io,ooo," said the Saver, "and I'll lay my plan RIGHT NOW." ?A great task for a man with a small salary. But success is only for those who can outline great tasks and then fulfill them. "I determined," said the Saver, "to di vide the future into two five-year periods, and that the first five should be devoted principally to building a savings account." "I started with modest weekly savings and increased my weekly deposits, not at yearly periods, but as fast as my salary was increased Interest became quite a fac tor in my gains." /. "At the end of the fifth year I had ac cumulated a little more than a third of my $10,000 goal, cash in bank." After that, increased income and judi cious investments made the rest of the way easy. POLICE ON TRAIL OF TAXI MURDER Man and Wife Held in Flor ida May Solve Mystery of D. C. Driver's Death. Baltimore. July 14.?Clarence Cothron and wife, Grace, who have been sought by police since laat June In connection with the murder of Ho mer Jones, a colored chauffeur, be tween Laurel and Washington, while he was conveying them to Washing ton, have been captured In Palatka, Fla. Detectives will leave here to night to bring them baek. The crime, police say, will develop into one of the most sensational cases uncovered here for many years. The i case was first brought to the atten tion of the police when a report of the finding of the body in a clump of bushes by some little girls was made to the city authorities. The automobile has been found in Atlantic City and its purchaser will be one of the witnesses in the case. Jones left Baltimore driving a seven-passenger car, having been hired by two men and a woman to drive to Washington and then on to Ashton, Md. Meanwhile, police learned that four attempts had been made to rob the Hl*hland Bank at Asbton. ? MontfenOry ? County. < The robbers had been defeated oa each occasion. Detectives say that tht two arrested in Florida were members of ,tb? (aac that made these attempts and were on their way there in the car to make an other attempt. DAYLIGHT SAVING HAS RESPITE WHEN HOUSE ballotsjfall SHORT CONTINUED ntOQC PA.01 ONE their salariea due today. It was said, however, that a way would be found to meet this condition and the em ployes would not hare to go without their money. Advocates of the repeal stated they will urge the Senate to pass the sepa rate House bill providing for the re* peal. This is the measure which pass ed the House originally. In view of the Senate's overwhelming vote for j the repeal rider, it is believed the separate bill could be passed with ease if brought up. In making this further effort the repeal advocates realize that the President would veto the separate measure, but they contend that in view ef the difference between the rider and the separate bill they would have a better opportunity to pass it over the President's veto. The separate repeal bill which pass ed the House merely repeals the third section of the original law which has to do with the moving of the clock back and forward an hour. It leaves with the Interstate Commerce Com mission the power to regulate the time zones. VA. TEXTILE WORKERS HAVE VOICE W PLANT Danville, Va., July 14.?Five thou sand worker* la th? Rlvermlde and Dan River Cotton Mills, Inc. a ?15. ?00,000 concern, awakened to the fact today that tbijr are no longer "handa." but ah Integral part of the vast plant. Announcement haa been made of the adoption of an industrial democ racy conalatlnr of a house of repre sentatives with 117 members?one for every forty workers?and a sin ate committee composed of fifty nine foremen and overseers, not elective. Take Wounded Yanks On Beach Excursion The Capital Beneficial Association and the Knights of Pythias will hold | their annual excursion tomorrow at Chesapeake Beach. More than 2,000 persons are expected to attend. Rath- I bone Temple, No. 8, Pythian Slaters. I will entertain a number of wounded boys from Walter Reed Hospital. The heroes will be provided with basket lunches and smokes. Free | dancing will be a feature of the aft-1 eraoon and evening. Athletic events I also will be staged. "Sheriff." Puck Beer. Omaha. Neb.?Two "sheriffs" armed with "warrants" searched and seized here todsy. Charles Storz's 10-year-old boy was alone at home. The sheriffs got seven cases of beer. Pullman and Brownlow Insist City Is Orderly Ma J. Pullman, superintendent of police, end Commissioner Brownlow ere peeved at attacks discrediting the efficiency of the Washington Po lice Department with regard to ef forts to cepture the negro fiend who recently assaulted three white women. In giving vent to their feelings yes terday afternoon they attempted to convince members of the public or der committee of the Board of Trade that Washington Is a very well-or dered city. < " f| Odell S. Smith, acting director of the Home Defense League, who call ed the conference in the rooms of the Board of Trade, deplored what he characterized as the policy of the press to discredit the work of the local police force. Speaking of this alleged propaganda Commissioner Brownlow declared It was due to subterfuges of a certain "powerful and exceedingly rich co terie," which is trying to show that prohibition has menaced public order in Washington. He la Hot Excited. "I am not excited over these at tacks on our police force." he con tinued. "I am convinced that no similar group of men on earth has dona batter tku our local police." Maj. Pullman joined with Orail? ?toner Brownlow In his statement that Waabtnston la bo mora kavlaaa than any othar city and appealed for an lncreaae in wafea for pollcoMa to obtain more man. Commlaatooer Brownlow quoted fig ure* ah owl as that there are now ?M prlaonera In the workhouae at Oooo quan. whereaa In 1*14 there were twice that number. He atatad that the en forcement of the dry kw tad In creased the labora of the police de partment. but that actual crimes were few In nuobf when Waahtncton'e population was considered NAVY COAL PASSER HAS $40,000 MONTH New York. July 14.?Ell Perktaa Kastland. Texas. la a coal pu*er on I the Riant transport Imperator. apd he alao Is owner of oil proparttaa in Texas that are apoutlaff him fiO.OOO a month, he admitted today. Perkins haa two years more to 4o in the navy. He enliated In 1919 after buying an eighty-acre farm at Eastland. While he waa huTlaf coal on transports, oil waa struck on the farm. Lieut. Comdr. Peterson aaked Per kins if he would aell the farm fof S 1.000.000 cash and received a nef*? j tive answer. ? ? ? and at d fa act: Even here in the Casino, world famed a* the centre of society's inner eirde, Fa tints coues into its own. The steadily increasing preference is not, as one might suppose, for some fancy, extravagant straight Turkish brand?bat for this _6imple, inexpensive __ ?Fatim*.* "^just-enough-Turkish" cigarette?I 'Just enough Turkish" R'StrvltT.^Aei fiodtbat,a i IHaal the ?jvfr to "How Turkish < ^?<ch Tnrkitkf ~~tbe tinif an- able them to i swer as that Jxwri by Fa tuna's worry as to "too-a l<-tdtniup?tP?irrf^ack.^?luiL'c n? City andVreich Lick. be Wta These smokers like Ifatima's present cigarette osi taste sad?more iwpoetani?they jfTUo* J *TfOTEt FATI MA lA Sensible Ciqarette .j