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COMMITTEE WILL
Mrs. Helmick, as Leader of
Inquiry, States Steering
i Body Personnel.
Another step toward solving Wash
ington's housing: problem was taken
today when Mrs. Eli A. Helmick.
chairman of the committee appointed
by the Commissioners, announced the
personnel of a steering committee to
map out the scope of the inquiry.
Julius I. Peyser, who served in the
housing and health division of the
"War Department during the war, was
made chairman of the steering com
mittee, with the following as mem
bers: Harry K. Boss and Thomas
Bones, real estate inen; John Donlin,
labor leader; D^. John M. Greis, of the
housing bureau of the Department of
Commerce; Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor,
member of the llent Commission; and
John B. Larnorf president of the
Washington L,oan and Trust Company,
ajrs Helmick and John lhlder. vice
chairman of the main committee, will j
be ex-oftlcio members of the steering
committee. f '
Headquarter** Kstabllahed.
Mrs. Helmick establisl^ed headquar
ters today in room 212, District build
ffig", "where she will have the assist
ance of Auditor Daniel J. Donovan,
secretary of the committee.
The first duty of the steering com
mittee will be to make a survey to
determine as nearly as passible what
existing conditions 'are. In this sur
vey the steering committee will use
data already available at the De
partment of Commerce and in the
hands of local agencies.
From this survey the steering com
mittee will be in a position to decide
what special subcommittees should
be appointed to follow out specific
lines of inquiry. ?
The steering committee will name
the chairmen of these subcommittees
and specify the duties of each. Mr.
Peyser will caM a meeting of the
steering committee in the near fu
ture.
Henry A. Brigham of Bostoji, one
of the foremost students of housing
In the United States has been made
a member of the Commissioners' com
mittee.
This announcement was made
today by Commissioner Rudolph,
who said that Mr. Brigham expected
to arrive in Washington tomorrow.
Acquainted With Field.
Mr. Brigham i3 expected to prove
of valuable assistance to the com
mittee, not only because of his broad
knowledge of the fundamental ques
tion, but also by reason of the fact
that he lived in Washington through
out the war as an official of the
housing bureau of the Department
of Labor.
He served in various capacities in
that bureau, and Succeeded William
E. Shannon, local home builder, when
the latter resi&ned as head of the
real estate division of the housing
bureau.
Mr. Brigham is a graduate of
Harvard University, and is keenly
interested in the housing problem
from a national standpoint.
LEAGUE OF RED CROSS
SOCIETIES IN CRISIS
American Branch Insists Other Na
? tions Must Pay More of As
sociation's Expenses.
Bj the Associated Tress.
GENEVA, March 21.?"Whether
America, which heretofore has fur
nished seven-eights of the support of
the League of Red Cross Societies,
will continue that assistance is the
principal question to be considered at'
the third annual meeting of the gen
eral council of that organization in
Geneva. March 28 to 31. ,
During the last three years the
people of the Vnited States, through
the American Red Cross, have con
tributed $l,250,<r<H> for the upkeep
of the league. The American Red
Cross, through whose initiative the
league was founded, will not con
tinue its support unless other
national Red Cross organizations will
agree to do their share.
If American aid is withdrawn it is
generally considered that the whole
league will face collapse. The ex
penses for running the league during
the coming year are estimated at
$250,000, and the American Red Cross
is understood to be prtparrd to pay
a large share of this provided the
other countries will make up the
balance.
Five delegates from each of thirty
six countries, including Soviet Rus- 1
sia, Turkey and Bulgaria, will attend j
the conference. Germany is expected
to be admitted to membership over
the protest of France, manv leading
league officials feeling that it is time
to admit the foriher_ belligerents,
TOO SOON TO INTERVENE.
Government Not Yet Beady to Act
in Coal Strike Crisis.
Coincident with announcement ves
terday of the calling of the anthra
cite and soft coal miners' strike for
April 1, government officials joined
in the opinion that the situation had
not yet reached a stage for federal
intervention, while Attorney General
Daughertv went so far as to affirm I
the government's responsibility in j
case a lack of fuel and curtailment
of transportation should cause the '
public "to be pinched." *
The large coal surplus now on hand
was emphasized at the White House
as a most important factor, steadying
the situation, but it was said the ef
fort to bring about a national con
ference between the employers and
the miners in the bituminous indus
try was still continuing, notwith
standing the almost complete refusal
of the operators to co-operate. Pro
duction was still continuing in non
union coal fields, it was emphasized.
The possibility of more amicable re- 1
lationship between the mine owners
and unionized employes, it was said,
relieved government officials of much
anxiety in that direction.
Secretary of Labor Davis, who has
represented the government in direct
negotiations in the industry, had no
comment to make.
BOY'S FOOT CRUSHED. !
Eugene Pulliam Hurt by Car.
Woman Injured.
Eugene Pulliam. colored, ten years
old, 3719-A Sherman avenue, suffered
the loss of his left foot yesterday
afternoon, when run over by a street ]
car at Georgia avenue and Girard
street. A passing motorist took the
boy to Freedmen s Hospital, and po- I
lice of the tenth precinct are .con
cluding an investigation. The boy I
lives with his aunt. Mrs. Josephine'
scott. at the Sherman avenue address. I
Miss Anna Good, thirty-eight years'
old, 716 D street southwest, was
knocked down by the automobile of
H. W. McNeal, 1012 17th street, at
Maryland avenue and 11th street
southwest yesterday afternoon. She
received an injury to her left ankle.,
Thomas Miller. Silver Spring, Md
was driver of an automobile that was
damaged last night by striking a tree
at Longfellow and 16th streets. He
received injuries to his head and arm.
He was arrested by police of the
tenth precinct for an alleged viola
tion of the traffic regulations.
Assumes New Duties
At Italian Embassy
"VOICES IN THE WORLD"
LENTEN SERVICE TEXT
Rev. Dr. Freeman Addresses Noon
?
day Meeting of Lay
men.
Rev. Dr. Freeman, rector of the
Church of tfe Epiphany, at the lay
men's mid-day Lenten service today
took his subject "There art* many
kinds of voices in the world?none of
them is without signification."
"It takes a larger discrimination
today to choose between the voices
of fallacy and the voice of verity.
The voice of hate wrecked Germany i
after plunging the world into
bloody war. This war is settled for
all time, but the seed sown by it
made the voice of selfishness heard
almost around the world. This was,
in turn, followed by the voice of
suspicion.
"America today holds a dominant
place in the world, and unless we
make the voice of confidence drown
the harsher voice of hate and sus
picion there is little hope for civili
zation of the world."
On the platform with Dr. Freeman
was the minister of Serbia. Mr.
Grouitch, and wife; also Mary Rob
erts Rinehart, the authoress.
The speaker tomorrow will be J.
Stanley Durkee. H. La. Rust will pre
side.
WAR ON MOSQUITO RAISES
NEW JERSEY LAND VALUE
Dlt. H. A. COJJSTAVriSI.
Xow Kpecial ml visor of the Italian
e?il?i?M*y. He ciiiiie 'over witli the
d( legation to the uniiN conference
originally and ha? now returned to
join the embassy ntafY.
Taxable Property Worth 307 Per
Cent Over Figures From
' 1899 to 1921.
TRENTON', N. J.. March 22.?Moa
quito extermination in large part is
responsible for the average increase
of 307 per cent in the value of tax
able property in New Jersey from
1899 to 1921.
This is the opinion of the state de
partment of conservation and devel
opment, made public yesterday, al
though it is not; claimed that the war
on, "skeeters," first undertaken In
1900, is the only cause.
To support its conclusion, the de
partment pointed out that, with the
exception of Camden, the nine coun
ties whose increase has exceeded 300
per cent have organized extermina
tion commissions. Only two counties
with an increase of less than 300 per
cent have such bodies. #
FORMER ADVOCATES KILL
MARYLAND DRY MEASURE
Referendum Amendment Defeated
and House Refuses Senate Re
quest for Conference.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
AXNAPOLIS, Md., March 22.?After
non-concurrence in the Maryland sen
ate referendum amendment to the state
prohibition enforcement bill the state
house of delegates yesterday killed
the measure by a vote of 53 to 48.
The house tabled a senate request for
conference.
Belief was expressed, however, that
"dry" delegates will bring the meas
ure back into the legislature two
years from now and will make it an
issue in the next legislature.
A peculiar paradox exists in the
fact that thofe who fought the bill
hardest, because of its drastic fea
tures?or possibly because they were
opposed to any prohibition measure?
were practically all of the forty
eight delegates who voted for concur
rence, and that the fifty-three who
voted against concurrence and for the
death of the bill were irreconcilable |
"drys," and followed "dry" leadership)
all through the fight on the measure, i
SHIP BOARD PROFITS.
Makes $1,145,702.14 in Settlement
of Claims.
' In settling fifty-two claims against
the United States Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation yester
da> Che board found that instead of
paying out an aggregate .amount of
$8,629^739.26, as claimed, it would
collect the sum of $1,145,702.14, Vice
President Smyth announced.
This was due to the fact that some
of the claimants admitted counter
claims of $5,705,949.96. After making
adjustments the board found that it
would collect $1,494,411.43, less the
amount) of cash awards, leaving a
total of $1,145,702.14 due" the govern
ment.
LAW CLERK ON TRIAL.
Accused of Taking Bribe to Issue
Liquor' Permit.
.William P. Egan, former law clerk
to Stephen Kramer, former prohibi
tion enforcement commissioner, was
placed on trial today before Chief
Justice McCoy and a jury in Criminal
Division 1 to answer an indictment
charging him with accepting a bribe
from a Milwaukee firm for the issu
ance of a "baslo permit" for the sale
of intoxicants. The government claims
that Egan was paid $500 by Joseph
Dudenhofer of Milwaukee for the per
mit. Attorneys E. S. Clark and T. !
Morris .Wampler are representing the I
accused, while Assistant United States \
Attorney Bolbrey is conducting the
prosecution.
MUST SERVE SEVEN YEARS
President Approves Sentence ?of
Army Captain.
Announcement has Just been made by
the War Department that the President
has approved the findings and sentence
of the general court martial convened at
Governors Island, New Tork. in the
case of Capt. Beverly Grayson Chew,
United States Infantry. That officer
was found guilty on charges of defraud
ing hotels and merchants in this city.
New York, Baltimore and Atlantic City
by means of forged checks, and was
sentenced to be' dismissed and to Con
finement at hard labor for seven years
Idn the United States penitentiary at
I Leavenworth, Kan.
Mr. McFadden, in Addressing
Convention.Contrasts the
Two Systems.
ChuiiRiuK from indirect tariff to di
rect taxation of thr individual haa lca
Miiu.d government protection of agricul
ture. commerce and manufacture and
has resulted in the imperiling of private
initiative,"Representative L. T. McFad
den. chairman of the committee on bank
ing and currency of the House, today
told delegates to the thirtieth annual
meeting of the National Wholesale
Lumber Dealers Association at the
Wlllard Hotel.
An increase or d?> rease in the tariff
no longer insures the same protection
to industry as formerly, he declared,
since direct taxation has become the
question of first importance. The
power of the federal government,
once limited by the nature of its Held
of taxation to an increase in protec
tion which would best serve the in
terests of agriculture, commerce and
manufacture, he said, is 110 longer
limited in the same way, and the point
of danger to private initiative actu
ally has been reached in many in
stances.
Problem* t'ountry Mwt Knee.
Problems which Representative Mc
Fadden asserted the country must
face are: ?
"How is a fairer distribution of
income to be accomplished through
the fuller recognition of individual
ability?
"How is the principle of divided
power to be safeguarded so that the
interests of the individual citizen are
safeguarded against the power of
numbers'' ,
"Mow is the problem of unemploy
ment. of immigration related to the
economic principle of fair competi
Secretary of the Interior'Fall was
scheduled to make an address, but
was unable to appear.
11 Km the Adamnon I,aw.
J W. McClure. president of the na
tional association, in opening the con
vention. demanded repeal of the Adam
son eight-hour law, which he charac
terized as ??Vicious," and predicted
for 1322 a prosperous year in business.
Numerous committees and officers re
ported. Several hundred lumber men
from all parts of the country are at
tending the meeting, which will con
clude tomorrow.
MAY PLACE BRITISH
LINE BETWEEN IRISH
(Continued from First Page.)
are evidently good marksmen and
possess up-to-date flald glasses. Judg
injr by the prompt way in which they
spot the movements of the opposing
forces. j
SPLIT IN REPUBLICAN ARMY.
One Faction Hold> Forbidden Con
vention Next Sunday.
By the Associated Press.
DUBLIN. March 2.?It was officially
announced in the republican organ
here today that the Irish republican
army convention, the holding^of which
was recently forbidden by Arthur
Griffith, president of the dail eireann,
would be held in Dublin Sunday, as
arranged. The announcement is taken
here to mean that definite split In the
republican army has come.
According to Commandant Roderick
O'Connor, director of engineering of
the headquarters staff of the Irish
republican army. 80 per cent of the
army's members believe the army has
been "let down." and that the dail
eireann has been false to the repub
lican oath by agreeing to accept the
inclusion of Ireland within the British
empire.
BORDER CLASH NEARER.
Irish People Declared Powerless to
Avert Civil "War.
By the Associated PreM.
LONDON. March 22.?The situation
on the border between Ulster and
south Ireland is going from bad to
worse, and is such that some trifling
incident may draw the rival forces
into a conflict which will shatter all
pro'spects of peace in Ireland, says
the Dublin correspondent of the
Times.
! "The tragic irony of the situation,"
I he adds, "consists in the fact that the
j vast majority of Irishmen of all par
ties deplore the danger, but seem un
| able to avert it. Each side daily
takes some measure of defense which
it regards as legitimate, but which
produces prompt retaliation from the
other side, with the resftlt that po
litical passions are intensified and the
pleadings of common sense fail to
lind a hearing."
ONLY SMALL RAIDS TO DATE.
jNo General Massing' of Troops
Along Ulster Border.
I Br Uable to The Star and Chicago Dally News.
J Copyright, li?22.
' DUBLIN, March 22.?Along the 250
miles of the border between northern
and southern Ireland practically the
whole of the population on each side
apprehends an attack from the other.
Though the newspapers talk of civil
war <he trouble has not yet reached
1 that dimension. There is no massing
of troops, but many small harrying
raids are occurring in widely sepa
| rated districts and keeping every
body's nerves on edge.
AIREDALE BITES THREE.
An airedale dog, belonging to Frank
N. Chase, 2807 26th street northeast,
wa^ turned over to the poundmaster
yesterday afternoon because it was
alleged to have bitten three children
who were playing Monday afternoon on
j Bladensburg road.
Ellen Wolfe, seven years old, 2926
Bladensburg road, in front of whose
1 home the children were attacked, was
treated by Dr. L. S. Savage, -for bites
on her stomach. Ira Nylan, thirteen
I years old, 2817 26th street northeast,
! and John D. Cutsail, eight years old,
I 2805 26th street northeast, were
bitten 'on their arms.
While playing near his home, at
1622 Bvarts place, yesterday after
noon Samuel Willett, fourteen years
old was bitten op his right arm by a
dog belonging to a neighbor. ' His
wound was dressed at home and the
dog was turned over to the pound
master.
MISSING MINISTER FOUND ILL
Relatives of Rev. Franklin Noble, I
retired Pennsylvania minister, were
distressed over the disappearance of
the elderly man from his home, 1402
Massachusetts avenue, yesterday.
While his friends and the police were
searching for the missing man he was
a patient in Emergency Hospital, but
it -was not until this morning that
relatives learned he was there.
1,000,000 CHICAGO VOTERS.
CHICAGO. March ^2.?The register
ed ?otiner population" of Chicago pass
ed the 1,000.000 mark yesterday, the
final day of registration before the
primary election, April 11# the total,
including men and women, being
1,037.289.
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DEMONSTRATES "BABY" PLANE TO WASHINGTONIANS.
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LAWRENCE SPEBAY, ?
Piloting the Spfrry plane, which he claim* Im deKtiucd <w becoane the ??flivver" off I he nir. ('ni?nl?le of traveling
MM> in ilex an hour, it ran lauJ on an ordinary roadway aud park in a ftmal! xpace. Lincoln Memorial in back
ground. , |
Unveiling of Memorial to Late
Rear Admiral at Arling
ton April 6.
President Harding- today w*?' In
vited to attend the ceremonies inci
dent to the unveiling of a memorial
to tho lat? Hear Admiral Robert K.
Peary, in Arlington cemetery. April
6, the thirteenth, anniversary of the
admiral's discovery ot the north pole.
The invitation, which came from Mrs.
Peary, widow of the noted explorer,
was extended in person to the Presi
of " they v'!!10rt| Grosv' nor. president
. Lj National Geographic Society
wl?iOIh W auHTl?fs the ceremonies
helc1, an<1 Uear Admirals C
John imeLan(1 George W. Baird.
John Ju> Edison and C. O. Coombs.
Form of Memorial./
orT,h?,,Tm0rial ^',n bp in thp form
?? a,m?n"ment' of granite which will
eonti'ln a ,lar8'e baMP which will
contain a sphere representative r.f
V?,vn the latter will he
on1.1 outlines of the continents
and the oceans. At the top of the
sphere, at a point indicating- the
north pole, will he plared a bronze
polntl"S to the north, which in
\rHnCTe l?app,Ta <o be toward the
Arlington Amphitheater.
,0.re ,side of the base will be
chiseled, in I^atin, Admiral Peary's
famous motto, "Inveniam Viam Aut
Faeiam, which in English is. "I will
nnd a way or make one." On the
other side of the base will he the
words, "Robert Edmund Pearv. dis
??i>T?er> ?< ,l"L north Pole. April 6.
190S On the third side will be "Rear
admiral U. S. X., civil engineer ex
plorer and scientist?185S-1920 On
the fourth side will he. '<His beloved
wife, Josephine Diebitsch, 1863."
Mr. Groavrnnr to Officiate.
vM5' Gf,0??e,*>r' as president of the
i\ational Geographic Society, will of
ficiate at the ceremonies, and it is
considered likely that among the ad
dresses to be made will be one by
Secretary of the Navy Denby. Mrs.
toward btafford, daughter of the ex
plorer, known all over the world as
the snow baby." having been born
on one of her father's arctic expedi
tions. will pull the cords unveiliac
the memorial.
CALVERT STREET BRIDGE
TO HAVE ASPHALT FLOOR
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$26,000 in One of Deficiency Bills
to Be Used to Heplace
Wood.
An asphalt surface similar to that on
the Highway bridge will be laid on the
Calvert Street bridge with the 126,000
appropriation asked by Congress in one
of the deficiency bills. Engineer Com
missioner Keller stated today.
Col. Keller admitted today that the
bridge vibrates considerably with the
present wood flooring, but said that
when the improvements are made it will
be safe to take any traflic load over
tlie structure.
At present, he said, the wood floor
is placed on longitudinal wooden
supports. The plan is to replace these
wooden supports with steel girders, which
will tend to stiffen the entire struct
ure. With an asphalt paving on top
of a steel frame, the colonel said, the
bridge will meet all requirements
except that It will not be as at
tractive looking as a new bridge.
The colonel voiced* the belief that
the $1,500,0011 necessary to build a
new bridge is more urgently needed
for school buildings and an additional
water supply.
SEES VALUE IN MOVIES.
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"Visual Education" Held Great Ad
vantage in School.
Prediction that motion pictures will
become valuable in the field of edu
cation was made by John J. Tigert
federal commissioner of education at
a meeting of the Progressive Educa
tion Association last night, in the
auditorium of the Interior Depart
ment. Commissioner Tigert spoke on
the subject of "Visual Education "
It was pointed out by Mr. Tigert
that the problem of developing mov
ing pictures for educational purposes
is mainly commercial. He said a
program is needed whereby the pro
ducers and educators can get to
gether and make motion pictures that
will be pedagogically useful and
present them according to best recog
nized educational methods
DEFENDS DEY 0FFICEE.
Responsibility for alleged irregu
larities in sale of liquor in Staunton
Va., does not rest with William Grue
ber, head of the executive division
of the Staunton prohibition office
Federal Prohibition Director Fulwiler
of Virginia reported yesterday to
Commissioner Haynes. The irregu
larities, alleged to have concerned a
number of prominent persons, were
discovered by Mr. Fulwiler to have
beeij reported by Tom Tlsdale, a con
victed moonshiner, who had used
Grueber's name without his knowl
edge and permission.
Carnegie's Son-in-Laic
Spurns Big Offers for
$2,500 Teaching Job
Hy tli<? Asxocj.'itfil I'rehs.
SKW YORK. March 22,?How
well Miller, twenty-seven-year
old non-ln-law of Ihe late An
drew Carnegie, haw turned down
offer* of lueratlve position*
with the Ilethlehem Steel Com- j
pany and .V. 1*. Morgan & Co.
to aeeept a pout aw In- ]
Mtruetor in engineering at Xew
Vork I iilverNlfy, It I* learned.
Mr. Miller, son of the laic j
KoMwell Miller, a former pre*I- I
dent of the Chleago, Milwaukee \
and St. Paul railroad, married ;
MIkm Margaret Carnegie, helre** j
to the lronmaNter*N million*, on j
April 22. 11)111, Mhortly after IiIm !
dlMcharge fror.i the >'a*y. A i
daughter, Loutae, wax horn lu |
June, III20.
The Miller home in I'ant With
afreet wax bought by Mr. Car
negie for SF25IMMMI. It ad
join* the Carnegie man*lon In
5th avenue.
GEN. GREGORY SEMENOFF
TO BE ALLOWED INTO U. S.
Siberian Cossack Leader and Wife.
Now in Canada, Not to
Be Barred.
VANCOUVER. B. C.. 'March 21.?
Notification has been received from
Washington that the United States
government will permit th* entry into
the United States of Gen. Gregory
Semenoff, Siberian Cossack leadfer and
his wife.
Gen. Semenoff proposes to negotiate
a loan for the/new Siberian regime. His
entry into ?thex'nited. States was delayed
because there was some doubt as to
his status under United States laws.
Commenting on the delay, Gen. Semenoff
said tonight:
"If I am barred from the United
States because 1 am a divorced man,
this is the first intimation I haVe re
ceived that there are no divorced men
in the United States. As for the stories
that I ill treated United States soldiers
who were members of the Siberian ex
peditionary forces, I can prove that
such stories were circulated by Japanese
and bolshevik agencies to hamper my
mission in this country and Europe.*'
NEW TASK FOR BORAH, j
Head of Senate Education Commit- j
tee. Succeeding Kenyon.
Senator Borah of Idaho, republican,
has been made chairman of tlie
Senate committee on education #and
labor, succeeding Judge William S.
Kenyon in this office. Judge
Kenyon recently resigned from the
Senate to go on the bench. Senator
Borah gave up the chairmanship of
the committee on interoceanic canals,
which has been given to Senator
Edge of New Jersey, republican.
Other committee changes due to
the resignation of Judge Keyon were
as follows:
Senator Lienroot of Wisconsin was
transferred, at his own request,
from the military affairs to the ap
propriations committee.
Senator I taw son of Iowa, who suc
ceeded Judge Kenyon, was named to
the military, manufacturers inter
oceanic canals and labor committees.
Senator McKinley of Illinois will
succeed Judge Kenyon on the agri
culture committee.
As chairman of the education and
labor committee, on which he was
the senior republican member.
Senator Borah will have charge of |
thy bill to create a department of
education. It is understood that he |
opposes the Measure, although most{
of other committee members are |
supporters.
SICK SOLDIERS FIRST,
URGED AS PROGRAM
Senator Fernald and Representa
tive Langley Tell President
Bonus Should Come Later.
"Soldier hospitalization first and
then soldier bonus" was the program
urged upon President Harding' to
day by Senator Fernald of Maine,
chairman of the Senate committee on
public buildings and grounds, and
Representative John W. Langley of,
Kentucky, chairman of the corre-,
spondlng House committee^ who is in
charge of the soldier hospitalization
bill, on w"h.ich he hopes to get action
this week.
"We discussed with the President
the general hospitalization situation."
said Representative Langley at the
White House, following the confer
ence. "We urged upon the President
the Importance of enacting legisla
tion first' for the sick soldiers and
then for the well soldiers. I am for
both propositions. 1 feel It would be
a political blunder to pass through
the House a bonus bill before we pass
a hospital bill. Let us take care of.
the sick flrlt and the well next, I
told the President. Both are entitled
to our consideration, but in that
order."
The President informed the callers
he approved the bill.
KING GEOEGE HAS A COLD.
LONDON, March 23.?King George,
who Is suffering from a slight cold
and sore throat must remain indoors
several days, it was announced today.
MOTOR CYCLE MESSENGER SERVICE
INAUGURATED BY P. O. DEPARTMENT
A motor bycle messenger service
was inaugurated today for the Post
Office Department by Postmaster Gen
eral Work and W. it. Mooney, chief
clerk of the department.
The object of the service |s to take
care of all messenger wor^t now per
formed outside the departmental
buildings by messengers in th* differ
ent bureau*- The motor cycle mes
senger will leave the main building
each day "on the hour" from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
Under the present arrangement* it
Is a frequent occurrence lor messen
gers In different bureaus to deliver
mail outside of the department to I
- V V'
the same place at the same time.
Chief Clerk Mooney stated in his
order. ,
"The new arrangement centralizes
the services and will prevent this un
necessary use of the messenger force,
enabling them to remain in their own
bureaus and devote more time to the
work in their respective offices," the
order declared. "It also will result in
a saving in the use of street car tickets."
One man on a motor cycle. It is be
lieved. will do the work of many messen
gers going afoot and on street cars.
The corridors of the Post Office Depart
ment also are being cleared of messen
i gers, the men being put inside the offices
I and at other work instead of being
i allowed to occupy desks In the corridors.
/<? .
Unions Term Caution of Op
erators Is Only a "Smoke
Screen."
Bituminous coal operators who see
danger to themselves from anti
trust law enforcement if they confer
with the miners* union nationally to
fix wages were declared to be setting
up "simply a smoke screen," in a
statement issued today by the United
Mine Workers. jThe statement re
ferred to an address by George H.
Gushing*, managing- director of the
American Wholesale Coal Associa
tion. here yesterday, in which the al
leged legal dangers were discussed.
"They know this is a frivolous ex
cuse. but it is the only one they have
left." the mine workers' statement
said, characterising Mr. Cushing as
being "in a large way representative
of thp operators."
Opinion of Mr. Dnughcrty.
"Only recently President ]landing
announced that Attorney General
Daugherty had given him an official
opinion that the operators and
miners would not violate any law of
the United States by meeting in joint |
conference for the purpose of nego- j
tiating a new wage agreement. * * *
Both f'resident Harding and Secre
tary of Labor Davis have been un- j
sparing in their denunciation of the
operators for their assault on busi- j
ne$s morals by breaking their valid
contract with the miners."
The statement asserted that the 1
operators in the central competitive
fields were absoluely bound by con
tract to enter a national conference,
which most of them have refused to
enter, and added that "the plain,
bald-faced purpose in the heads of
the operators is the destruction of
the miners' union."
TELLS OF LABOR BANK.
Miss Shochat Speaks to Hebrews on
Palestine Institution.
. Details of the establishment of the
Palestine Labor Bank were given to
a mass meeting of Jewish residents
of Washington last night in the Odd
Fellows' Hall by Miss Mania Shochat.
representing the united labor organ
izations of Palestine.
Miss Shochat told of the bank's
founding and its purposes as well as
the benefit it bestows upon Hebrew
people of the working class in Pales
tine. The government of Palestine
incorporated the bank in Jerusalem
last May, she said.
An address also was delivered by A.
B. Mitchell, a member of the execu
tive committee of the American
Paule Zion.
Miiss Shochat will be guest of
honor at a banquet tonight in Glick's
restaurant, 621 E street.
42 ACCUSED OF SPEEDING.
Police Take 53 Other Alleged Traf
fic Violators in 24 Hours.
Forty-two alleged speeders were
arrested by the police during the
twenty-four hours ended at 8 o'clock
this morning, according to Maj. Sul
livan's report to Commissioner Oyster.
Fifty-three other alleged violators of
the traffic regulations were arrested.
Other arrests included in the report
were eight for alleged' possession of
intoxicants, five for selling and five
for transporting. Ten arrests for in
toxication and two for driving auto
mobiles while under the influence of
liquor also were included in the re
port. ?
FRANCE WARNED TO ARM.
Castelnau Says She Must Have 3 to
1 in Standing Army With Germany
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 21.?"France must
have three men to one .man for Ger
many as a standing- army when the
zero hour sounds again," said Gen.
de Castelnau. chairman of the army
commission, in the chamber of depu
ties today in advocating the eighteen
months' service bill a.s sponsored by
the commission.
"Germany," Gen. Castelnau con
tinued, "has seven divisions of in
fantry and three of cavalry, and these
forces can be trebled overnight. The
league of nations has not yet realized
militarily that the great American na
tion absolutely refuses to cross its
threshold. We are a great pacifist
nation, but we cannot vouclt for
others. Thus we must remain attach
ed to the principle of an armed na
tion." .
The eighteen months' bill now be
fore the chamber provides for thirty
two metropolitan divisions readv for
immediate action.
NOONDAY
I LENTEN SERVICES I
i
B. F. KEITH'S THEATER j
12:30 to 1 o'clock >:
Speaker Tomorrow
J. Stanley Durkee,
President Howard ItirnUtr.
Conducted by ,
Rev. Joseph Dawson
Every One Invited?No
Collection
ASKS MAN THE TIME;
RECOGNIZES THE WATCH
AS THAT OF SLAIN SON
By tli<? Associated Pre**.
PASADKNA, Calif., March 212.?
Sevano Telles stopped a stranger
on the street and asked him the
tiilie. Today the latter is in jail.
The stranger drew from his
pocket a gold watch which, Telles
later declared, had been the prop
erty of his Hon. Martin Telle*,
seventeen, whose body, st ripped
and with the head crushed,, had
been found in a reservoir.
Telles examined the man more
? thoroughly. The clothes he \vore
had been worn by hitf son when
he left home March 4.
The stranger was arrested. He
gave the name of Esedereo More
no, and said the watch and clothes
had been given him by another
m Moreno is held in connection
with the murder.
UNLIMITED TREATY
DEBAtE AT END;
VOTE DUE FRIDAY
(Continued from First 1 'age.) j
empire and the Japanese em- j
pire can renew this alliance. j
"There is some other reason for the j
attempt to force this treaty upon us.
\nd that reason is found in the desire
? f the great interests which control
.he governments of both countries to j
? curt- the co-operation and protection j
1 the i;nited States in their further
chemes of exploitation and imperial
ism." ? ?.
During Senator T^a Follette s dis
cussion of America's rights and duties
inder* the four-power pact. Senator
ilitchcock, democrat. Nebraska, in
iuir??l who was to determine whether
j. question or controversy should
tome within jurisdiction of the con
ference of the four nations.
A mover* Senator Hitchcock.
-That whole subject is left open."
i -eplied Senator hn Follette. "I as-|
i ;ume the framers of this pact sought i
0 make it as bri?;f as they could, to j
I ivoid having an involved document,;
|'>r else it might never get through j
ibis body at all." 1
| The Wisconsin senator added that j
there was nothing anywhere in the j
treaty's? provisions which reserved to
the United States the right to de
termine whether immigration, for
example, should be a subject with
which the conference of the powersi
may deal. This brought from Senator j
Simmons, democrat. North Carolina. I
the statement that one of the reser- !
vations to the treaty of Versailles I
most strictly insissted on was that j
which withheld to the United States j
the privilege of determining juris
diction.
Secret Pact Charge* Dropped.
The twenty - four - hour sensation
over suggestions of a secret British
American co-operative "understand
ing" suddenly flickered out yesterday i
in the Senate. I
A succession of formal denials,
emanating from sources that ranged]
from the White House down, show-;
ered in upon opponents of the four- |
power Pacific treaty as they were1
preparing#to ask for a formal investi- ;
gation and apparently put an end to
the whole incident.
At the White House officials said
flatly that no secret agreement of the
character suggested existed. Secre
tary Hughes, in a letter read in the
Senate, characterized the suggestion
as "absolutely false." Paul D.
Cravat li. the New York attorney,
whose statement started the row, sent
a telegram saying he had been incor
rectly quoted, and had no knowledge
of any "secret understanding."
Borah Explain* Position.
1 Senator Borah, republican. Idaho.
I who presented -the Cravath statement
| to the Senate, contented himself with
I saying that what he read was a sten
i ographic transcript of Mr Cravath's
i remarks, atid that the explanation
i . .. 1 rl ^ . 1. i 11
i rti \ aui iii 1
? from the debate "with a veracity
shattered in several directions." No
lone rose to defend the New York at
I torney and the discussion drifted to
other issues of the treaty light,
j The purpose of some of the irrecon
i cilables to make the incident the
basis for a tight to send the treaty
I back to committee apparently had
i been abandoned, along with the pro
's posal to summon Mr. Cravath and
others to make a full explanation.
jREPORT ORDERED
ON D. C. MEASURES
| (Continued 'from First Page.)
freight yards, warehouses 011 three
! squares of land in the northeast
1 section. A favorable report on this
! measure was ordered.
i Representative Miilspaugli of Mis
i souri, made a favorable report from
! the subcommittee 011 a bill providing
j for the extension and opening of 1'th
' stref* in Briphtwood, from Longfellow
1 to Underwood streets. It was ex
! plained that this street is already
| chartered and that this measure gives
j the District commissioners a right to
1 start condemnation proceedings. A
! favorable report was ordered.
Medical Society thnrler.
A favorable report also was or
dered on the bill to reincorporate the
Medical Society of the District, so
! that it can hold in its own right cer
? tain property now held for it by a
I board of trustees. This bill has been
! amended with a provision that the
! Medical Society cannot establish a
medical school. The bill already has
passed the Senate, but will have to
go back again for approval of this
amendment. . ...
! Representative Millspaugh told the
I committee that the banking situa
tion in W ashington was in a bad way
1 on account of a number of mushroom
! banks which come in under state
' charters and with small paid-in cap
; ital. and the controller of the cur
i rency has no authority to prevent
I them from doing business. He an
nounced his intention to draft a new
! general banking law. and asked as
an emergency measure that a bill
' which his subcommittee has been
! considering- should he reported, which
was done. This bill would give the
' controller of the currency authority
[o pass 011 new hanks desiring to do
business in the capital.
PLEA FOR PRISONERS.'
Fifty Members of Congress Ask Re
lease of-War?-Time Captives.
President Harding has received a
petition signed by fifty members of
Congress urging the release of all war
time prisioners serving terms' for ex
pressions of opinions and not for con
viction of overt acts against the g?v
eminent. *
1 Th?> petition included twice as many
?republican pames as democratic.
Jt was explained that a resolution is
now before the judiciary committee of
the House urging general amnesty for
the class of prisoners appealed tor in
this petition.
VETS OPEN D. C. OFFICES.
Confederate Hosts Establish Head
quarters Here for First Time.
The United Confederate Veterans,
for the first time in the history of
that organization, have established
headquarters in this city. An order
issued by Commander-in-Chief Carr
establishes the office in the Southern
building, with Past Commander Clar
ence J. Owens in command.
URGESEXCESSTAX ?
SANSCARMERGER
Utilities Commission Writes
Senator Ball?Senator
King's Amendment.
The* passage of the proposed excess
profits tax on the street railways of
the District, without any merger
legislation at the present time, is
urged by the Public Utilities Com
mission in a letter addressed today to
Senator Hall, chairman of the District
committee of the Senate.
| The letter is sinned by Col. C.
! Keller, Engineer Commissioner of the
j District. Col. Keller says:
Col. Keller'* Statement.
"For a number of years there lias
been much discussion of the best way
to bring about a merger (of the
street railways) and little or nothing
has been accomplished. For this rea
| son it appears wise to the commis
| sion to suggest that no attempt be
! made to enact merger legislation, as.
| such, but that efforts be limited to
| the attempt to secure the enactment
| of the excess profits taxation plan
| as a means of promoting a more fa
vorable sentiment on behalf ot" a
merger in the minds of those
I identified with the two traction com
I panics.
w ? fcfiis receptive mood has had
play, it is believed the street railway
companies.will themselves come for
ward with proposals of a practical
character, differing therein from ti ??
generalities in which they have
hitherto indulged regarding the merg
er proposal.
\\ lie it Merger Taken Place.
"When the merger has actually t.v
en place, it will be expedient, in tte
opinion of the commission, t?? return
to the former plan of taxing gross re
ceipts, as being in accordance with
the policy of Congress and on the
whole offering the smallest oppor
tunity for depriving the public treas
ury of a just return for the privileges
conferred, it should be noted, 01*
course, that any gross receipts tax on
the traction companies is, to the ex
tent of its amount, an addition to the
cost of transportation and is there
by reflected in the rate of tare which
must be imposed."
The merger bill, carrying the ex
cess profits tax plan suggested by
the commission, a 50 per cent tax "n
operating income in excess of G l'er
cent nn tlm fair valuation and a T.?
per cent tax on opeiating income in
excess of 7 per cent return, is to
day on the Senate calendar, having
been reported favorably to the Sen
ate yesterday ?rom the District com
mittee by Senator Dall.
The advice of the commission ap
parently now is to abandon the mer
ger provisions of the measure and to
pass only the excess profits tax fea
ture.
Keller** Further Statement
Col. Kelier said further in his let
ter to Senator Ball today:
"At the hearing Monday it was
urged by the representatives of the
Capital Traction Company that there
are other and better ways of pro
moting a merger than by excess
profits taxation, and it may be super
fluous to call to your notice the fact
that when you .asked for a more
definite description of these other
ways of accomplishing this purpose
n-t answer was made by the witness.
As a matter of fact, the commission
knows no way of promoting a merger
other than to remove the inequality
between the two traction companies,
and this can be done only by excess
profits taxation or by a separate rate
of fare for each company. Of these,
the excess profits taxation, which re
stores to the public in general all
that, has been taken from it over and
above a fair return, seems the prefer
able plan.
CommlKKion*M View.
"The commission still feels, us it
1 has in the past, that to permit the
"Washington Railway and Electric
Company to absorb the Potomac Elec
tric Power Company before merging
with the Capital Traction Company
will r? move from the two railway
companies any incentive toward the
j larger merger, since the present finan
j cial disadvantage alleged to be ex
? perienced by the Washington Rail
! way and Electric Company would by
the absorption of its subsidiary, be
completely removed, and its position
with the bankers and public would
become fully as strong as that of ^he
Captiai Traction Company."
Col. Keller pointed out that the
principle contained in the excess
profits taxation plan is based upon a
corresponding provision in the Esoh
Cummings transportation act, and
that the C per cent limit at which this
taxation is to begin is justified by .
stability of the street railway busi
ness here in Washington.
Senator King of Utah, a member of
the District committee, today intro
duced an amendment to the merger
bill which provides that the excess
profits tax proposed shall not apply
to money expended within the year
for extension betterments, new equip
ment. the purchase and retirement of
outstanding bonds of the corporation
or for the purchase of the franchise,
track, proiierties, shares or bonds ?-?:
other corporations having franchises
for the operation of street cars with
ing the District. His amendment was
ordered to lie on the table and will b<
considered when the bill is taken up
in the Senate.
CLAYTON S LATEST MOVE.
Three Tokens for 20 Cents Urged
,? for Capital Traction Alone.
Having failed to induce the utilities
commission to order thret token for
20 cents on both street railway lines.
William McK. Clayton, for the Federa
tion of Citizens' Associations, today
asked the commission to issue such
an order for the Capital Traction
Company alone.
j The Washington Railway and
Electric Company contended that
such an order would reduce its
revenues by nearly $100,000 a year,
but Mr. Clayton tells the commission
he does not believe the Capital Trac
tion Company would be seriously
affected by selling tokens in lots of
three. After reciting this fact, Mr.
Clayton's petition follows:
"I, therefore, on l?ehalf of the
Federation of Citizensf Associations,
respectfully request that your honor
able commission forthwith order and
require the Capital Traction Com
pany to sell three tokens or tickets,
upon request of passenger, for 20
cents.
"1 call attention of the commission
to the fact that the Capital Traction
Company now is selling three tokens
for 20 cents, but only upon the pur
chase of one dollar's worth at a time.
"What the public requires and asks
is for right to purchse the Iflrst three
tokens in the stack rather than the
last three for 20 cents?deal the three
tpkens from the botto*n of the. stack
rather than from the top.
"As the commission itself estimates
the rate of return of the Capital
Traction Company as now consid
erably over a per.cent, and constantly
mounting, no further information
seems to be necessary as to the ef
fect of a tliree-for-twcnty order upon
the revenues of that company.
"The placing of a differential of 20
per cent upon the cash rider?falling
upon a class of people who can least
afford it?should be avoided if other
conditions justify, and 1 submit all
these condtions are now present in
the case of the Capital Traction Com
pany."
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTUBE.
A Christian Science lecture ts to l>e
given tomorrow evening in Masonic
Temple. Uth street and Now York,
avenue, by Dr. John M. Tutt, member
of the board of lectureship of the
First Church ot Christ Scientist ? f
Boston, under the auspices of tl?e
Second Church of Christ Scientist, thla
city.