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LARGE COAL USERS
MEET VflTHHOHR
More Than 40 Here to Agree
on Plan to Expedite
Fuel Shipments.
.
More 'than two-score representatives
of great coal-consuming Indus
tries meeting today at the i?epari
merit of Commerce to discuss general- i
ly the coal situation for the coming
winter were ^expected this afternoon
to agree on plans for expedition of
coal movement and for voluntary
limiting of coal stocks accumulated
by industrial consumers.
Although the conference, which had
as its chairman Secretary of Commerce
Hoover, sat in executive session,
it was made known that the
discussion at the opening session this
morning was general and that al- j
though several tentative suggestions/
for bringing about wider distribution
of coal had been made, nothing concrete
had been acted upon. The session
this afternoon was expected to
bring oat some definite recommendations
to industry and consumers, not j
only to prevent undue accumulation ;
of coal in a few industries, but also'
to overcome unnecessary boosting of
v coal prices. I
Probably, according to one of the i
conferees, no attempt will be made I
to set a maximum price at which coal j
w ill be sold to users, as large coal i
operators arc not represented at the j
although consumers may j
be urged to purchase coal only at j
prices considered fair. Coal priorities, I
distribution and expedition of move- j
merit of coul were among: the specific |
subjects taken up at the morning j
meeting.
Invitations for the conference were j
issued last Tuesday by Secretary }
HooVer, on behalf of the President's j
fuel committee, at the request of the
fhamber of Commerce of the United ,
States, with the view of considering j
such measures of co-operation by in- *
dustry as will insure a speedy return J
of the coal situation to normal. j
Practically all the large coal con- '
suming industries of the nation are j
represented at the conference. The Interstate
Commerce Commission, which J
directed the coal priority movement j
during the strike, is represented by
Commissioner Aitchison the bureau J
nf mines by H. Foster Bain, its di- }
rector, and the Chamber of Commerce J
of the United States by Julius j
Barnes, its president, and Alexander I
I.egge. |
HOME LOAN FIRMS
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KLtAU LtUAL 5>NAU |
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Continued from First. Page.)
will fully meet the situation is now
under consideration.
"For more than a year the controller's
office has received teports under
<?ath. showing the condition of the
business conducted by each of the un- j
incorporated associations doing busi-|
l?e .s 5n the District of Columbia. During
the same period their business has
been personally inquired into by repn
Tentative?? of the controller's office.
So far as I am advised there has
never been a question as to their solvency
or their ability to meet every
contractual obligation.
Able to Make ( heap Loans.
"These companies are able to make I
loans to co-operative contract holders j
at a cost to the borrower below the I
prevailing interest rates charged by j
me Ddlins dllU UUIIUIII^ aim luan cioouciations.
They have enabled thousands
of persons in moderate circumstances
to acquire homes, to pay off mortgages
and to start on the road toward the
accumulation of property, hay have
been a real benefit to the poorer class
of people. No person in the District
of Columbia, so far as I am advised,
lias ever lost a dollar through one of
these companies. Their business can
he stabilized and rendered more secure
by governmental supervision, and this
they all welcome.
"In several of the states of the J
Union the validity of similar insti- j
tutions has been expressly recognized
by positive law. Questions have i
arisen as to the form of contracts
issued some of the companies do-,
lng business in the states. In the j
tates. where there is legislation j
regulating this business, the state j
officers < an require the companies j
to change their contracts so as to'
fully protect the public. So far as I
know there has never been any ques-|
tion raised as to the contract issued1
by the associations located in the
District of Columbia."
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VUiUXiU AV * ' .... ......... Lieut.
Col. Stephen Bonsai. Military
Intelligence Officers' Reserve
?'orps. has been ordered to this city
to pursue a course of instruction at
the Army War College, Washington
barracks.
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WANTS AMERICANS II
TO? VIEW GERMAN U
GLIDERS IN BERLIN
I?y the Associated PrtM.
BERLIN. September 15.?In connection
with a report received here _
from New York that Johann Maertens,
the student aviator, has accepted an
invitation to give exhibition glider
flights In the United States, the Ail
Gemeine Zeitung says:
"Gratifying as is American interest
in our flying operations, it would be
more advisable if Americans came
to look us over rather than we go to
the United States." b>
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HANDLING OF RADIO eb:
SERVICE ENDS CABLE- m
TELEGRAPH WAR ?
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(Continued from First Page.) hi
ing medium. This means that mes- O
sages from the United .States tiled at fe
anv Postal Teletrauh ' ottice will go U
direct to South American points with-i pi
out passing through the hands of any j er
British company. j re
fourth. Tile addition of the Miami J tii
cable means improved communication i
to South America because it has been ! pi
all too obvious in the last two years I pi
that the All-America Cable Company ] th
could not handle all the business. The J pi
direct line trom Znoriua to Bar-j n<
bados and Brazil will mean quick I fo
service to Brazil, and the Western J of
Union is also making arrangements j bt
to reach points on the west coast of ! ti
South America, though at present the pc
All-America has more cable mileage ei
on the west coast.
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World Communication. j f0
Fifth. The decision of the Po?tal j
Telegraph - Company to act for the I j0
American Radio Corporation in the | hi
same collecting capacity that it is to |
act for the All-American Cable Com-| th
par-y is a significant step forward in | cc
the development of world communi- nf
cation. For one reason or another,
heretotore the Western Union has declined
to permit the senders of messages
at interior points in the United
States to mark a message for Europe i {j;
'Via radio." The Western Union has | H'
accepted messages from shore to ship, I ?
tut not between the United States I
and Great Britain, for example, if I
the sender marked it "Via radio." I
The general supposition has been that
the Western Union, which has cable
lines of its own across the Atlantic, j
was not going to compete with itself j
by accepting messages for Europe ,
that would be transmitted across the >
Atlantic by radio and thus be obliged }
to give a portion of the sender's fee
to the radio company. Radio rates, |
furthermore, are cheaper in many in- j
stances than cable, so it was felt that j
to furnish the American Radio Uor- j
I oration with a means of collecting !
messages throughout the United
Stater by giving them the advantage !
of the thousands of Western Union 1
offices might be an unwise business j
move. I
Clarence H. Mackay. president of'
the Postal Telegraph and Cable Com- t
pany. which also has cables of its
own. took a different view, however, j
of the transatlantic business. felt |
that if radio could be used for many >
messages it would relieve the con- j
gestlon and make cable communica- |
tion quicker and thus tempt business i
men to use the cables more fre- i
quently and to better advantage. |
|t is a known fact that static in- j
terferes with radio every now and i
then, and while remarkable^speed is '
made, there are some serious delays, j
Mlny messages, however, are sent to |
Europe which the sender is not anx- I
ious to have delivered at once, and i
a delay of a few hours is not material.
Benefit* Are Shared.
Radio will get much of this traffic,
whereas for communication at certain
day hours when radio is not, as J
a rule, as good as cable the latter !
will reap the benefit. The Postal I
Telegraph Company's idea Is that a |
readiness to give the American Radio j
Corporation a collecting telegraph j
agency will stimulate business of all J
kinds with Europe, both cable and j
radio, and will unquestionably work i
to the advantage of the cable lines
of the Western Union, as well a? the
Postal, for all cables have been congested
in recent months, and it is an
open secret that the old pre-war
situation of almost instantaneous
communication for all messages has
never been restored.
Another complication is the fact
that the allies took two cables which
originally went to Germany by way
of the Azores. American companies
have been thwarted in their efforts
to get cable licenses abroad and cable
facilities are therefore not being built
to meet the demand. The addition of
the radio for commercial use across
the Atlantic comes at an opportune
moment, and the prediction is made
in well informed quarters that rates
to Europe must inevitably come down
as a result of the new adjustment. It
is expected also that the arrangements
for wireless messages arriving
at the Pacific coast to be sent through
the Postal land lines and vice versa
will follow as a matter of course the
agreements just made for transatlantic
business.
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INCLE SAM AWAITING I1
BUILDING COST SLUMP ids
for 115,000,000 Federal Offices
Refused as Being
Too High.
Fifteen million dollars appropriated
' Congress for federal buildings
roughout the country is being held
ick for a drop in cost of construction
ipected within the next eighteen '
onths. '
Within that period, according to c
imes A. Wetmore. acting supervising '
chltect for the government, the coun- t
y from coast to coast may look for (
l yery material drop in the cost of
uiaing.
The $15,000,000 was appropriated by
ingress in 1913 for 135 post offices and
deral buildings in various parts of the
nited States, Owing, however, to the
availing high cost of building, the gov nment
has been holding the money in
ladiness for expenditure at a later
me and at more reasonable prices.
To build now with the money approbated
by Congress, would necessitate
jtting up buildings so much smaller
an the specifications that when cometed
they would be far behind the
jeds of the growing towns and cities
r which they were authorized. Treasury
Rcials hold. Bids for these federal .
llldings have been asked from time to '
me, and, It was explained, indications
)int to a fall in prices within the next
ghteen months. I
Thp decrease, Mr. Wetmore thinks,
ill probably be more or less parallel
r the whole country, Instead of begin- ?
ng with a steep decline in one par- 1
cular section. "It will probably be a ,
ng time before the pre-war level of
lilding prices is reached," Mr. Wet- b
ore predicted. The expected decline -so
might be slowed up somewhat, by ^
ie shortage of transportation on ac unt
of the rail strike, he said But
ticlals were agreed, he indicated, that
ich a drop might definite!^ be expected. |
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During: the last eleven years one of c
te largest American corporation? en- \
Aged in the manufacture of carpets 1
is distributed a total of $3,633,000 1
i bonuses among its 7.000 employes. >
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In Chiffon Si
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MaiJ Orders Given
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bracing more than
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pies of imported Hats. The
igning thought and skill
-Browns, Reds, NaVy, Purj
See display in window.
RUSS WELCOME
TERMS WITH U. S.
(Continued from First Pare.)
:he interests of both concerned. The
lotriet government heartily welcomes
tny tendencies In the dlreotlon of,
-eciprocity which will enable each
:ountry to study the economlo condt:lon
of the other.
"Owing to the fact that the soviet
rovernment desires closer relations
vlth the United States, It cannot conilder
exactly Just a one-sided prolosal
for sending an .Investigating
:ommlssion to Russia."
Principles ofHquallty.
Such action, the note continues,
night be regarded by public opinion
is not In conformity with principles
f equality, and might cause a sentinent
unfavorable to the durability of
he future relations between the two
rountrles.
"The soviet government," the note
tdds, "does not doubt that if the
Jnited States, the government of
vhich Is sufficiently informed rag&rdnk
Russian conditions thrpugh the
American relief administration and
>ther sources, should find it neceasary
:o change its policy toward Russia it
(eill certainly find some means of
ruaranteeing equality and afong these
Ines the Soviets are prepared to do
whatever might be considered Just
ind right."
U. S. WAITS ON BUSS NOTE..
Comment Withheld Pending Receipt
of Communication,
the Associated Tress.
The State Department was without
idvices today from Ambassador
rioughton. at Berlin, that any comnunication
from the Russian soviet
LUthorities bearing on the suggested j
American economic inquiry in Russia \
tad reached him. |
Pending receipt of the full text of j
he soviet note no authorized com-i
nent here is to be ekpected. The
ttress laid in the soviet note on the I
eadi ness of the Moscow officials to1
inter into preliminary negotiations
vith an American delegation "for the
e-establishment of official relations"
between Russia and the United States
vas viewed as a purely political move.
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ilk at $1.95
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The purpose of the American govern*-1
nsent in considering this possibility of
sending an economic mission to Russia
was wholly outside of any political
question whatever, the object being
merely to provide the Washington
government with first-hand information
as to the economic plight of
soviet Russia in order that It might
act with full understanding in anyfuture
discussion by the Eufopean
powers of the'Russian economic problem.
Another point that prompted the
Washington government to take informal
steps toward an American
economic inquiry In Russia was the
desire of various American business
Interests to participate In the reconstruction
work In Russia and the inability
of the State Department to
approve any s\jch project, lackifig a
complete understanding of ttie situation
in that country.
Tne soviet suggestion for a reciprocal
study of conditions, the soviet
government to send a mission to the
United States perhaps ostensibly for
an economic inquiry, again failed to
impress American officials as aoi advisable
method of clarifying relations
between the two countries. Unofficially,
It was said that there was
every reason to believe that the real
purpose of any such Russian mission
to the United States would be to
sprfead soviet propaganda and tliat
the Washington government was utterly
unlikely to agree to any siurb
course.
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CITY CLUB SELLS 800
TICKETS TO BARBECUE
Mors Than lob Entered in Tomorrow
Afternoon's Field Day
Events.
The ticket sale for the annual
barbecue and outing of the City Club
at the former Noyce farm, near Sllgo,
itu., luiuviiun, i uuiLairo mat mure
than 800 members, with their friends,
will be in attendanceMore
than 100 entries have already
been received for the various field
day events on the afternoon's program.
Among those who will participate
in the tilting tournament are
James R. Mays, Fred W. Mackenzie,
Raphael Semmes, Dewey Zirkin, Oscar
A? Thorp, D. J. Dunigan, Kdgar
I-', fzarra, William E. Yost, William
P. Doing, jr., and John P. Hancock.
Those who have registered for the
tennis tournament up. to today are
Paul J. Frlzsell, John P. Hancock, S.
Douglas Gibson. Paul J. Dun don. Paul
R. Lesh. A. E. Conradls, C. R. Whitney,
Frank P. Fenwick, Percy H.
Russell, Andrew W. Duffy, Carl V.
Eiker, Cecil J. Dow'd and O. U. Singer.
Member* of the two base ball teams
that will compete are: Bachelors,
Dewey Zirkin, captain; F. W. Berens,
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M. O. Macey, F. S. Meeks. William
E. Murray and Granville Uude;
Benedict*. Ford Younff, captain; Clark
Griffith, Thomas G. Cantwell, 8. Doug'
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leeveS,- Long Panel, Unique (
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rhine Chemise; Radium and ?
?lace trimmed or. tailored?
I, Blue, Peach and White.
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Ian Gibson. Paul J. Prizsell. Ray
Semmen, Reid Baker. C. H. Par do*.
W. M. De Neane, A. \V. PufTv. H B.
Plankiripton. Raymond Wise. W. D.
Osgood and Robert E. Greer.
Prices on
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