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WEATHER.
Pair tonight, with freezing tempera
ture; tomorrow increasing cloudiness
and warmer: rain tomorrow night.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 49, |
at 12:20 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 30, at 8
a.m, today. Full report on page 7.
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GERMANY GRANTED
16-DAY RESPITE IN
DEBT PAYMENT
France, Italy and Belgium
Agree to Delay on 500,000,-
000-Mark Installment.
RUHR OCCUPATION CAUSE
FOR MAKING CONCESSION
French Believed Anxious to Put
Seizure Plans in Definite
Shape.
By the Associated Press.
ESSEN, January 13.—At this
morning’s conference between the
French control commission and a
subcommittee of the coal syndi
cate the Germans agreed to re
sume deliveries of coal under
tentative arrangements to be con
trolled by a Franco-German com
mission.
PARIS, January 13.—The repara
tions commission this morning post
poned until January 31 the payment
of 500.000,000 gold from
Germany next Monday.
France. Italy ami Belgium voted for
the delay. Sir John Bradbury, the
British member, did not cast a ballot.
There was no discussion of this
brief moratorium on its merits. The
French, requested postponement of the
payment in order that they might
finish preparation of their new mora
torium plan.
Roland \V. Boy den. the American
observer, was present at the meeting,
which lasted half an hour. Steps
■were taken to notify the German gov
ernment of the delay.
Two-1 ear Moratorium.
In reparations circles it was inti- |
mated that France was hoping that
the moratorium would permit the!
Ruhr situation to lake definite shape. !
making evident the extent of the !
“passive resistance" policy which i
Wilhelmstras.se seems to have planned, j
There was also a report that France j
might endeavor to arrange a meet- |
Ing with Germany to discuss a set-j
tlcment of the reparations question. I
in \ iew of the fact that the French j
are now in the Ruhr. Great Britain.)
Italy. Belgium, and possibly the ;
United States were mentioned as the !
nations that might be asked to at- |
tend such a conference.
In the event that a plan for direct j
discussion failed, H was- suggested |
that a two-year moratorium, with)
certain conditions, would be granted j
Germany by the reparations commls- j
sion iti the pear future.
These conditions, according to a j
forecast of what France is ready to I
grant, would include tiot only the j
maintenance of the economic com- •
mission already in the Ruhr, but the {
occupation of that entire region in j
the event Germany did not jmme- >
dialely accept the moratorium pro- i
visions.
Furl her German bonus.
1
The German government would also !
agree to float internal loans of gold ;
and paper marks, to balance the bud- j
get and to permit a committee of j
guarantees to assume control of Ger- |
man internal finance. This commit
tee would function in much the same
manner as was set fortli by France at
the recent premiers’ conference. *
The commission decided today ffo
inform the German war burdens com
mission that a reply would be made
within a few days to letters of the
German commission dated November j
14 and November 27, in which, on I
behalf of the German government, it I
demanded a moratorium for 1923.
FRENCH EXTEND GRIP.
Paris Officials Seek Working Plan !
With Mine Operators.
By the Associated Press.
ESSEN, January 13. —While Ger
many generally was preparing for
the observance of tomorrow as the
“Sunday of Mourning” over the oc
cupation of the Ruhr, the actual
establishment of the French, and
Belgian garrisons continued to be
extended and the occupying authori
ties at Essen and Duesseldorf were
making further efforts toward direct
negotiations with the big indus
trialists and mine operators.
“Confiscations and arrests” were
threatened if a number of the latter
failed to heed the invitation sent them
by the control commission for a con
ference here today. The magnates
were invited to attend a similar meet
ing yesterday, but they did not ap
pear. although several sent represent,
atlves. Today’s invitation was sent
to about a score of the most promi
nent operators in the occupied areas.
The control commission has been di
vided into three sections, which will
deal, respectively, with the coal syn
dicate, the Miners’ Association and
the Iron Producers’ Association.
New French Proclamation.
Another proclamation by Gen. De
gouette appeared on the streets of
Essen this morning. It gave notice
that “ail possible .measures of pres
sure” would be applied in case the
commission officials were in any way
interfered with or endangered in
their work or in the event that the
local authorities disturbed the eco
nomic life of Ihe area through actual
deeds or passive resistance.
The proclamation expressed the
hope that the relations between the
Belgian and French officials and the
population would be equally as good
as In the occupied territory on the
left bank of the Rhine.
Oen. Degoutte pointed out that the
occupation was pot a military oper
ation and that it had no political
character, being merely for the pur
pose of supporting and protecting the
members of the commission. He ap
pealed to the people for their co
operation.
The four main bodies of mine work*
ers have issued an appeal to their
members to refrain from deeds of
violence and continue at work. The
signatories are the Association of
German Mine Workers, the Christian
Miners’ Association, the miners’ sec
tion of the Polish Trade Union and
the miners’ section of the Hirsch
Dunker Trade Union.
The manifesto strongly protests the
occupation, but advises the workers
not to give way to excessive patrlot
(Continued m Pag* 2* Column l.>
Tricolor Is Torn I
Down by people '
Os Ruhr Village
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, January 13. —At Steele,
two miles outside of Essen, the
French flag hoisted by the occupy
ing troops was torn down and de
stroyed. says a dispatch to Vor
waerts today.
The burgomaster had to apolo
gize to the French commander and
publish an appeal warning the
population against excesses.
NOADIEONNEYV
PARIS PARLEY PLAN
U. S. Non-Participation in
; Reparation Move Forecast
in Pan-American Program.
ATTITUDE IS FRIENDLY
Invitation From Poincare Would
Be Based on American Formula,
Is Belief.
The Department of State has received
no official advices, thus far, substan
tiating dispatches from Paris indicating
that Premier Poincare is considering
calling another conference on the ques
tion of reparations and Inviting the
United States to participate, it was
stated today.
On the other hand, a new indication
that this government does not anti
cipate an early change in the European
situation was to be found in the an
nouncement today that Secretary
Hughes is making definite arrange
ments to attend the fifth Pan-American
conference in Chile next March. It is i
scarcely likely that an international
| discussion of the reparations question
j could be completed befgre the date Sec-
I retary Hughes would” sail for South
j America.
Basis (or I. S. Invitation.
| If the reports from Paris are true,
j however, it is not believed the French
; premier would invite the United
I States to any discussion except on
the basis of the formula for solution
j of the reparations problem suggested
by the American government—the
j appointment of an international com-
I mission of financial experts to in
| vestigate the limit of Germany's
i ability to pay.
| Should such an invitation come
j from France it is highly probable
! that Secretary Hughes would cancel
! his trip to South America and devote
j his efforts to assisting the allied
'powers settling, the problem of
i reparations amicably.
No Reply to Protest.
The American government will
) make no reply to the German protest
; against further occupation of the
| Ruhr valley by French troops. This
! government considers it has already
; Indicated its sincere disapproval of
j Paris’ apparent determination to col- ‘
I lect the reparations bill by military j
! force, and that nothing ( more need nor'
' can be said, for the present at least, j
* Not only has the Washington gov- |
j eminent taken extraordinary pains to j
; make sure that France realizes that i
1 she must carry the whole burden of 1
responsibility for further invasion of j
German territory, but at the eleventh :
hour President Harding ordered the
American army of occupation to
evacuate Europe immediately and
completely.
This order followed a conference
between the President and Secretary
of State Hughes, and its meaning can
not be misunderstood. Jt is accepted
I as definite indication of this country’s
J determination to completely wash its
hands of any part in a military pro
| gram that Washington officials ad
| inittedly fear may have grave re
j suits. In well informed pircles it is
i pointed out that the American gov
ernment certainly could not indicate
] its disapproval more definitely and
I that a reply to the German protest
i is unnecessary.
This government has not despaired
of an ultimate peaceful settlement of
the reparations problem, however. It
is known that AVashington fully ex
pects France's military expedition to
prove a failure from an economic
standpoint because, as one official
spokesman pointed out, the Invaders
will have nothing but a dead Indus- i
trial giant. The German workers will
refuse to turn out profitable products
under French direction and the treas
ury in Paris will be as empty as ever.
Chance (or Hughes’ Plan.
1 When realization of this fact be
comes known to France, it is under
stood, the American government
hopes the time will arrive when the
allied powers may be willing to try
Secretary Hughes’ proposed solution
—the appointment of an international
financial commission to inquire into
the limit of Germany’s ability to pay
and thus provide the allied premiers
with a basis upon which to rearrange
the reparations bill. It Is for this
reason that Roland AV. Boyden,
America’s unofficial observer with the
reparations commission, is being re
(Contlnued on Page 2, Column 2.)
lithuSTKasked
TO END ML REVOLT
Allied Ambassadors Believe Gov
ernment Can Stop Uprising by
Prompt Action.
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 13.—The allied
council of ambassadors decided this
morning to make energetic repre
sentations at Kovno to Induce the
Lithuanian government to bring
pressure to bear on the group of
Lithuanians menacing Memel. The
‘ambassadors are of the opinion that
the Lithuanian government is able
to stop the movement If It acts
promptly and vigorously.
The ambassadors decided to send a
French colonel to Memel to take
charge of the allied force. After the
arrival of the British and French
vessels ordered to Memel this force
will consist of British and French
marines and the company of French
soldiers already on the scene.- -
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J SUNDAY MOENINO EDITION i** Cy 4
CHARGES FLY EAST
INPROBEOF JERSEY
COASTRUMDELUGE
Dry Officials Brand Reports
of Liquor Landing “Wet
Propaganda.”
“LAUGHABLE,” CUSTOMS
CHIEF SAYS OF DENIAL
f
Disclosures Made Show Thousands
of Cases Were Safely Brought j
Ashore in Coup.
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By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. January 13.—William
R. Sanders, chief of the Inspection
division of the United States customs
service here, which Thursday night
captured four rum runners off the
Jersey coast, today characterized as
"laughable” the denial of prohibi
tion enforcement agents that there
were rum-running activities of large
proportions off Sandy Hook.
Disclosures Promised.
Mr. Sanders suited his action • to
his words, laughing heartily as he
said; "Our capture of four heavily
laden rum runners is all the support
I need to offer. The next day or two
will tell just how great the activities
have been.”
H, C. Stuart, acting collector of the
port, and Mr. Sanders' chief, yesterday
received a report made to him by-
Sanders on the previous night’s raids,
and then dispatched two coast guard
cutters, the Manhattan and Calumet, to
Highlands.
Mr. Stuart did not attend the confer
ence hastily called by prohibition of
ficials after word of the rum runners’
activities off the Hook became public.
I.iquor on “Dry” Flagship.
Mr. Stuart declined to be drawn into
any discussion as to the extent of rum
running operations, declaring he was
no more Interested in the subject of
liquor smuggling than he was in the
smuggling of scores of other articles i
with which his force is constantly cop- j
lug-
Unusual activity of the customs de- i
partment became noticeable during Yhe ;
holiday season, when customs agents
seized a number of cases of liquor
aboard the Hansen, at the time flagship
of the dry navy. This liquor was al
leged to have found Us way into the I
Hansen’s hold after the schooner Lin- 1
nie Bell had been raided off the mouth I
of Shrewsbury river, near Sandy Hook,
and some of her cargo turned over.
•As a result of this seizure a
number of the Hansen’s crew dis
appeared after Captain Dizer had
placed on them responsibility for
the hidden liquor.
The next word from the Hansen
was that she had been tied up for
engine repairs, while a fleet of rum
runners was reported off the coast
with a New Year stock of liquor.
The Hansen subsequently was trans
ferred to Baltimore and the New
York dry navy was left with only
a few launches.
Associated Press Gives Tip.
Rum runners. learning of the
crippled condition of the drv navy
immediately became active, and on
Thursday- the Associated Press
I learned that a large fleet had an
, chored off Sandy Hook and were
being lightered by a great school
j of small craft.
i , -Appleby, prohibition zone
j chief for New York and New Jersey,
j was immediately communicated with,
i He thanked the Associated Press for j
| “the beat tip I have had in a long i
lime and said he would arrange to i
go to Highlands immediately. a
short time later he interrupted a con- I
ference with E. C. Yellowley, acting!
prohibition director for New York I
state, to advise the Associated Press !
he had decided not to go. but that he 1
was ordering to the scene all avail- j
able chaser craft. The dry Navy’s ■
boats, he said, were then further out
at sea.
Dispatches received today bv the j
Associated Press from its correspond- I
ent at Highlands indicated that the '
rum fleet had dwindled slightly, but
that two steamers and ten schoon
ers still were visible off shore. Yes
terday three steamers and nineteen
schooners were reported, but bootleg
ger scouts reported at Highlands last
night that several had sold out their
stock and departed.
Decide to I,ny Low.
A high northwest wind today was
kicking up a heavy sea. This and a
decision by runners last night to “lay
i low until the squall was over,” were
attributed as reasons for the fleet of
small craft not venturing out from
shore.
Observers reported that a tank
steamer and another smaller steamer
of the trawler type were cruising off
shore; that six two-masted schooners
were anchored southeast of Ambrose
Lightship and that four two-masted
schooners had hove to twelve miles
east of Asbury Park.
The decision to “lay low- until the
squall Is over” was reached at a
meeting of a-dozen bottle fishermen
in a whisky-packed boathouse at
Highlands, N. J., last night. The de
cision apparently expressed the senti
ment of all the bootleggers in the
community, for the sum fleet of
trucks through Highlands streets
ceased, and representative citizens
declared the little town was “quieter
than it had been for a month.”
Counts “300 Small Boats.”
Despite denials of prohibition au
thorities as to the scope of rum-run
running activities reported by the
Associated Press, a staff correspond
ent who witnessed the period of open
defiance of law reiterated today that
(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.)
RUSS VOTE KRUPP SITE.
Land in Southern Area Granted
Under Soviet Agreement.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, January 13. —The Russian
soviet government, according to ad
vices received here, has ratified an
agreement granting a large agricul
tural concession in southern Russia
to the Krupps.
RUSS IN COUNTER PLOT.
Three Hundred Peasants Arrested
in West Siberia and Ural Section.
MOSCOW, January 13.—A dispatch
to Izvestia reports the discovery by
, the political police of a counter revo
lutionary organization, with branches
in western Siberia and a section of
the Ural mountains.
More than 300 peasants have been
arrested. i
WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923-TWENTY SIX PAGES.
Say,
DRY AGENTS PROBE
UPSHAWRUM TIPS
Typewritten Charges of
“Lid-Tilting” by High Of
ficials Given to Col. Nutt.
MORE EVIDENCE NEEDED
Members of Congress Not Immune
From Prosecution, Is View of
Prohibition Chiefs.
Searching investigation into the
charges by Representative Upshaw of
Georgia, reported to prohibition
headquarters yesterday and under
stood to allege bootlegging in the
Capitol, involving certain officials of
the federal government, was begun
today by special order of Col. L. G.
Nutt, acting chief of general prohibi
tion agents.
The charges, which were carefully
drawn up in typewritten form were
presented in person by Representative
Upshaw yesterday to Assistant Prohi
bition Commissioner Jones, and re
ferred directly to Col. Nutt. The
manuscript was turned over by Col.
Nutt to the office of Edgar N. Read,
division chief for this district, with
orders for careful investigation of all
charges.
The investigation follows sensa
tional statements by Representative
j Upshaw on the floor of the House, in
I which he declared government of
iflcials had failed to observe the na
tional prohibition law, and that with
his own eyes he had seen “the devil
-1 ish bottle lifted to their lips.”
Not Real Evidence.
j Representative Upshaw’s data, how
| ever, it was said, at prohibition head
| quarters, could not be considered in
! the light of real evidence. The word
j of more than one person was neces
! sary, it was explained, and liquid
evidence was usually also necessary
in addition to convince the court.
Upshaw’s matter,
however, will be accepted as “leads,”
which will be followed assiduously by
prohibition agents, working in pairs,
to obtain evidence.
Just how the investigation will be
carried out officials would not reveal,
but they made It plain that the
representative’s allegations will be
given the closest attention and
vigorous Investigation by the most
competent men available at head
quarters here.
Although it was not revealed
whether members of Congress were
specifically mentloned In Representa
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FE STATE SENATOR
KIDNAPED IN DUBLIN
Dr. Gogarty Escapes, However,
and Swims to Safety—Three
More Kebels Executed.
By the Associated Press.
DUBLIN, January 13.—Dr. Oliver
Gpgarty, member of the Irish Free
State senate, was kidnaped last night
by two men, but escaped after being
taken some distance outside the city
by his captors.
Senator Gogarty, who, besides being
an ear and throat specialist. Is a
dramatist of some repute, was held
up In Dublin by two men, blindfolded
and taken to Lucan, seven miles
away. His captors took him Into a
house In that town, but he made his
escape by throwing his fur coat over
their heads, getting free before they
could recover their poise.
Dr. Gogarty dashed for the river
nearby, swam across it and then
walked to the police depot in Phoenix
Park. He was about Dublin today,
apparently unharmed by his expe
rience.
Three men were executed in Dun
dalk this morning, it was officially
announced by the Free State authori
ties. The men were sentenced to
death for the possession of arms and
ammunition.
Armed men today burned the house
of William Cosgrave, president of the
Irish Free State ministry, at Bally
boden. near Rathfamham, County
Dublin. Mr. Cosgrave has not re
i sided in- the house for some time.
THESE LEGS () GIVE
WAY TO LEGS LIKE
1 1, DOCTOR SAYS
NEW YORK. January 13.—Legs
are getting straighten. Dr. Asa B.
Davis of the Lying-in-Hospital,
where 100,000 babies are examined
weekly, said today. Bowlegs are j
passe. Dr. Davis declared, and legs j
fashioned t ( now are legs like this
1 I.
“Parents no longer teach their
children to walk too soon,” Dr.
Davis stated as a reason for the
change. “Bowleggedness is really
caused by malnutrition; a simple
deftclancy in bone-making calcium.
Vitamins, in good milk, fruit juices
grains and vegetables are rapidly
eliminating rickets in neighbor
hoods, where health information is
easily available.”
womMlr cut
IN TEXASFLOGGING
Child Tells Police White-
Robed Mob Dragged Moth
er From Home.
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By tlie Associated Press.
, HOUSTON, Tex.. January 13.—Aided
by seven-year-old Bonnie Lee Harrison,
said to have seen a mob of fifteen or
more disguised men drag her mother
from home, cut oft her long hair and
whip her, authorities expected today to
come out in the open with their investi
gation.
The whipping was administered to
Mrs. R. H. Harrison, thirty, a widow,
the night of January 5, she admitted to
officers, but had been kept secret until
Friday, when rumors were circulated.
R. A, Artnand, twenty-eight, of Middle
town, Tex., also was taken out by the
disguised men.
The child was the first to see the mob,
one of whom knocked on the door of
the Harrison home, at Goose Creek, an
oil town, thirty-five miles southeast of
Houston, about 9 p.m. She told her
mother that the caller was dressed “all
in white.” Later the victims of the
mob told how two of its members wore
the garb of women, although obviously
they were men, while others dressed as
circus clowns, comedians and other odd
characters.
Mrs. Harrison, when interviewed by
newspaper men. refused to describe
the alleged assailants other than to
say they were disguised. Armand
also failed to throw light on the
Identity of the fifteen or more men.
Girl May Identify One.
At least one of the mob members
is expected to be Identified by the
little girl. told Deputy Sheriff
Hamilton , would know one of
them.
Armand is confined to his bed, his
back lacerated by many lashes.
Sheriff T. A. Blnford, who was said
to have had indorsement of the Ku
Klux Klan at the election last fall,
denied that the klan had anything to
do with the affair.
Similar cases previously had been
reported. In which residents of Goose
Creek were taken from their homes
and whipped, but few of those who
return covered with bruises are will
ing to talk.
Armand said Mrs. Harrison had been
\ 111 several days and he had gone to
her home with fruit only a few min
utes before the masked mob-arrlvcd.
AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY
BILL PASSES SENATE
Interior Department Measure De
port Accepted and Post Office Ap
propriation Taken Up.
Continuing today its speedy con
sideration of the big annual supply
bills, the Senate passed the agricul
tural appropriation bill, carrying ap
proximately *73,000,000. It then took
up the Post Office appropriations bill,
carrying a total of *585.064,000.
The Senate also agreed to the con
ference report on the Interior De
partment appropriation bill, thus
completing congressional action on
that measure.
The agricultural bill was passed
minus any provision for the free dis
tribution of garden.seed. . .
NEED AS WITNESS,
GIRL TAKES POISON
Tablets Lowered on String to
Window Where 16-Year-Old
Mary Lewis Waits.
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IN ALEXANDRIA HOSPITAL
Police Search for Boy Who Pro
vided Pellets—Was Soon to
I Appear in Court.
Special l>Upatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., January 13. —
Held in the detention room at police
headquarters here as a material wit
ness In a casj being heard in the
courtroom above. Mary Lewis, sixteen
years old. attempted to commit suicide
this afternoon by swallowing poison
tablets. She was rushed to the hos
pital where It is expected she will
recover.
( A young boy whose identity has not |
j been established was seen by persons j
| passing police headquarters to lower j
I»■ bottle containing the poison tablets '
j from a window on the second floor to !
the detention room below. The girl
thrust her hand out of the window,
grabbed the bottle and swallowed
several of the tablets before attract
ing the attention of the authorities.
The boy disappeared, and the Lewis
girl has refused to reveal his name.
The girl was scheduled to testify
in a case against Alvin Waters,
charged by the police with contribut
ing to the delinquency of two girls
and also with an alleged violation of
the prohibition law.
The police are now making a deter,
mined effort to locate the boy who
was seen lowering the poison bottle I
to the girl.
“CRUSH WHITE GUARD,”
TOPS SOVIET PRDERAM
Agreement With U. S. on Practical
Basis Also Featured in Lat
est Publicity.
By the Associated Press.
TOKIO, December 19.—The Vladi
vostok government has given public
ity to its program, according to an
official dispatch reaching the foreign
office, which follows:
1. To crush the white guards com
pletely.
2. To recognize no permanent uti
lization of foreign capital.
3. To drive the Japanese people
out of Saghalien.
4. To make the allied powers rec
ognize the soviet administration.
5. To conclude an agreement with
America on a practical basis.
6. To make both ends meet.
7. To suspend useless or unpro
ductive Industry.
8. Russians to eat their own coun
try-made bread.
9. To improve means of transpor
tation and locomotion.
10. To afford the unemployed bread
and work.
It is further reported the admin
istration plans to hold a public auc
tion of the fishing grounds on the
maritime coast.
FILE 45 MINE CLAIMS.
Gold and Silver Discoveries in
\ Adirondacks Deported.
ALBANY, N. Y., January 13.—Forty
five mining claims, mainly covering
deposits of gold and silver, were filed
at the office of the secretary of state
during 1922. The claims are said to
have been filed as a result of dis
coveries in the Adirondack region
One claim provided for the contem
plated placer mining of gold, silver
platinum, cobalt, copper, nickel and
zinc.
WOULD BUY BRITISH COAL.
BERLIN, January 13.— The Bourse
Gazette prints an Essen dispatch say
ing that several German Industrial
ists. including Hugo Stlnnes and
August Thyssen. have been ap
proached by a group representing
British coal firms regarding the pos
sibility of obtaining credit for the
purchase of English coal in order to
mitigate, Lb* consequences of the
French seizure of lb;.Ruhr.
“From Press to Home
Within the Hour 9 *
The Star’s carrier system covers entry
city block and the regular edition u
delivered to Washington homes as fart
as the papers are printed.
Tarks to Renew
Fighting in Case
Os Parley Crash
By the Associated Press.
VALETTA. Malta, January 13. —It
Is reliably reported from Smyrna, says
Reuters today, that the Turks are fe
verishly preparing to resume hostili
ties In the event of a breakdown of
the Lausanne peace conference.
NAVYYARDWAGES
FAIR, SAYS BOARD
! Report Insists Upon Reduc
tions for Mechanics and
Raises for Clerks.
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WORKERS PLAN PROTEST
Union Men Claim Proposed Scale
Is Smaller Than Private
Firms Pay.
Wage reductions for mechanics and
j an Increase in pay for the clerks at
I the Washington navy yard and gun
factory are insisted upon by the local
wage board in a supplementary re
port ordered by the Navy Department.
The board, in its report, stands by
its original recommendations, which j
were vigorously fought at the hear- !
ing before the general wage board j
of review at the Navy Department, )
which sent the report back with in- j
structions to the local board to give I
more detailed consideration of the '
matter. The original recommenda- j
I tions were a decrease of 1 cent an j
hour for the mechanics and an in- j
crease of 5 cents an hour for thV j
clerks.
A vigorous protest against the ac- i
tlon of the local board will be filed j
with the Navy Department on Monday j
by N. P. Alifas, jtresident of District ;
No. 44, International Association of
Machinists, which covers machinists
of all navy yards and naval stations.
A special committee is engaged to
day in drawing up the protest, and
it will be filed Monday with Secretary
Denby and the general wage board of
review, of which Rear Admiral Joseph
Strauss is president.
Employes Disheartened.
"When the re*ommendations of the
local wage board became known at
the local navy yard today employes,
who had been expecting an increase,
especially in view of the fact that the
local board had been directed by the
general board to go into the matter
in more detail, were disheartened. At
the hearings recently before the gen
eral board the employes asked for. and
pointed out that they were entitled
to, an increase of at least 25 per cent,
in the light of affidavits produced to
show that wages on the outside in
! private establishments were much
higher and were on the upward trend.
The indisputable evidence produced
by the representatives of the em
ployes at the hearings before the gen
eral board was the cause for return ]
of the reports to the local boards. I
[with directions to go more thoroughly i
into the matter. The general board j
directed that the local board go into
this evidence.
Subsequent to the return of the re
port to the local board. Commander
Ferguson. a member of the board at
i the Washington yard, visited plants
j within a radius of 150 miles of the
| city, and the men firmly believed that
!figures would be obtained/which would
I warrant the local wage board in rec
-1 ommendlng an increase.
' Mr. N. P. Alifas-pointed out today
I that the men presented to the gen
| eral wage board Indisputable evi
| dence that mechanics in private
! establishments were receiving much
higher wages, and there was no evi
dence to Justify a decrease, but. on
the other hand, if the board took
into consideration the figures in
wages being paid at private yards
they would, under the law, have
to recommend an increase.
Figures Are Cited.
The law, he pointed out. requires
that navy yard workers be paid a
wage equal to that paid on the out
side for similar work. Mr. Alifas
said that the men have evidence,
which cannot be discounted, to show
that mechanics on the outside were
being paid 90 cents an hour, as
against 73 cents an hour now paid
at the Washington yard, and which
latter figure is recommended for a
out of one cent an hour.
The whole matter will be vigorously
i contested before the general board, he
said- While it is not believed that there
will be any more open hearings, as the
men have presented their evidence, it
Is the belief that the various organisa
tions will file briefs to show that the
local wage boards failed In their duty
even after their original reports were
sent back to them. It was further pointed
out that the general board considered
the evidence so convincing that it thought
the local wage boards failed utterly to
take into consideration in making their
original recommendations the data at
hand, or they failed utterly to collect
all the data necessary to make a fair
report. i
It was pointed out that the men will
await the action of the general beard
in the whole matter, pinning their faith
in the fairness of that body to give them
an increase in the light of the evidence
presented, as they point out that thev
cannot get anything from the local
boards. Reports from all of the r.avv
yards and stations have not been re
celved at the Navy Department, but it
was learned that the few which have
come back “stand pat" as did the Wash
ington wage board.
WILL BROADCAST EULOGY.
Services in Memory of Representa
tive Mann to Be Sent by Radio.
Obituary eulogies on the life and
character of the late Representative
James R. Mann, former republican
leader, will be broadcast from the
Capitol tomorrow when memorial
services are held at noon. The am
plifying system recently installed in
the House will be hooked up with the
naval air station at Anacostia. XOF.
from which the speeches will be
broadcast on ' the 412 meter wave
length.
The principal speech will be made
by Representative William A. Roden
berg, a veteran member of the House,
who was associated with Representa
tive Mann in public life for more
than a quarter of a century.
Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,143
MORE LIBERAL WAR
DEBTLAWOPPOSED
BY THEPRESIDENT
Chief Executive Decides Not
to Seek Amendment at
Present Time.
DEALINGS WITH BRITISH
WILL DETERMINE POLICY
G. 0. P. House Leaders Advise De
lay Until Further Data
Is Obtained.
President Harding and republican
House leaders, after a thorough can-
of the situation, decided today
that this is not the time to seek an
amendment to the debt funding law
liberalizing the terms of settlements
by nations owing money to the United
States..
It was said that amendatory legis
lation probably would be ashed for
after the negotiations between the
British and American debt commis
sions, now in progress, have been
completed. The executive and his
callers agreed that it would be in -
[.advisable to seek changes while the
i present discussions are in progress.
Those attending the White House
j conference declined to discuss any
i possible terms of settlement with
J the British government. The com
| missions were in recess today, but
j planned to meet again on Monday.
Definite Finn Sought,
j The present plan of the American
j commission is to come to an agree
j went, at least in principle, and have
j the President submit that to Coti
j gres.v for its approval. This setllc
j ment would serve as an index as to
what arrangements could be expected
with the other debtor nations, and it
then would be possible to go ahead
with the plans to liberalize the fund
ing Jaw.
The House leaders conferring today
with the President included Represent
ative Mondell of Wyoming, the floor
leader: Chairman Campbell of the rules
committee. Representative Burton of
Ohio, a member of the debt commis
sion; Representatives Green of lowa
and Longworth of Ohio, members of *
the ways and means, committee, which
would handle amendatory legislation,
and Representative Greene of Ver
mont.
STROKfISFAIAL
TO REPRESENTATIVE
Nestor Montoya of New Mex
ico Dies While Shaving.
Long in Politics.
i
Representative Nestor Montoya of
New Mexico, died suddenly at his
home. 1449 Fairmont street, today.
He was shaving when he suffered a
stroke of apo
plexy.
K e p resentative
" V Montoya was a re-
Bgf a publican and a
resident of Aibcr
querque. N. M .
, a! where li c wa s
burn in the orig-
Yd in a I old city. April
11. ISC. lie is a
graduate Si.
Michael's College
Santa
in Be
■' av ' - •'* ■■ ami
five
11 e presen tat ive
REP. MONTOYA. Montoya served as
member of the
state legislature, both in the hou«e
and senate for several sessions. He
was speaker of the house in 1903.
He was one of a committee of 100.
who, in 1910, drafted and had adopted
the constitution of New Mexico as a
state. At the time of his death, he
was president of the New Mexico
State Press Association, having been
re-elected as such fur fifteen years.
Representative Montoya was well
known in Texas and thorughout the
soutli as a newspaper editor. He
owned and edited a paper in the
Spanish language at Alberquerque.
The name of his paper in English is
“The American Flag.” From the
opening of the war with Germany.
Mr. Montoya was a member of the
council of defense and chairman of
the draft board of his county. He
had two sons and a son-in-law with
the A. E. P. overseas.
He was elected by the largest
plurality given any candidate in his
district for seventy years.
drags™
FOR BODY OF WHITE
Police Fail to Find Trace of Man
Who Threatened “to End
It All.”
Police today continued dragging th«
Potomac In an effort to brlhg up the
body of Andrew J. "White, who dis
appeared Thursday night, after leav
ing a note announcing his intention of
"ending the whole thing.”
The search is going on in the vicin
ity of the Georgetown bridge. On the
railing of the bridge has been found
a smudge pf dirt, which cotrfd have
been left there, it is believed, only
by the shoe of a person who had
hopped off.
The searchers are encountering diffi
culties on account of the cable and
wire debris thrown under the bridge
during construction work, and the
grappling hooks are being continually
entangled.
TWO CENTS.