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U. S. NOT PRESSING
1 FOR FRENCH DBT
. S ,
Treasury Officials Are Dis-|
posed to Await Effect of j
Ruhr Invasion.
| —; j
SEEK BRITISH AGREEMENT j
——
Settlement With London Must j
■ Come First, Say Government ;
Experts.
BV DAVID LAWBEStR.
The United States government. con-’|
fi»ry to published rumors, is making j
no effort to compel France to pay her j
war debt or interest to America. There 1
has been an impression circulated that .
with France showing no leniency to- .
ward her debtor. Germany, the United j
States would feel justified in request- j
Ing France to begin payment of her ,
three-and-a-haU-biUlon-dollar debt to j
the United States.
Officials are loath to anticipate the j
effect which France s invasion of the ,
Ruhr will have on American public j
opinion when the time comes to con- <
sider the funding of the French debt J
io America. The status of the matter. .
as explained to this correspondent by '
Secretary Mellon, is one of waiting on |
the French for the next move. The j
French mission, which left here Hast
October, acknowledged the French debt i
and showed every desire to see it paid |
ultimately, but explained that clrcum- j
stances made it difficult at this time ;
to say when payments could be made. :
and that after conferences in Pans
further word would be sent to the j
American government.
Walt on British Settlement. .
No request has been made by the j
Treasury Department for further ,
word, as it has been felt that the
negotiations with Great Britain |
should concluded first, and a for- j
mu la could be worked out which I
might be applied in handling the j
other war debts. The British mis- j
sion was delayed in getting to Amer- j
ica, so the whole matter has dragged I
■ long without action on the French j
debt. . , i
For a time the French referred to ]
their war debt as a "political debt" ■
and members of the American Senate
pointed publicly to that phrase as a
hint of eventual repudiation, but the
attitude of the French mission in its
discussion with Treasury officials en
tirely erased such an Impression, for
the debt has been formally acknowl
edged. The French were at the time
absorbed in ,the intricacies of the rep
aration dispute and felt that they
must wait until they could recover
funds from Germany before estimat
ing what their own capacity to pay
would be. While the United States
government insists that, so far as it
is concerned, the capacity of Germany
to pay France Is one thing and the
capacity of France to pay America is
quite another, there is no doubt mat
h sympathetic attitude was manifest
ed toward the French because of their
troubles in collecting from Germany.
Xow that France has sought to exact
payment from Germany by seising
economic resources, it will be even
more difficult to estimate France’s
ability to pay her external debts. It
is a source of much disappointment
here that France has made no pro
vision in her budgets thus far for pay
ment of interest or sinking fund on
the principal of the French war debt
to America, and that instead large
sums are paid out for land armament,
but it does not behoove one sovereign
power to dictate to another how it
shall spend its money, so nothing can
be said byway of criticism officially
of the French financial policy. The
hope has prevailed, however, that
political stability might come to Eu
rope a-nd make France herself see the
futility of spending any more sums
•n armament.
Rskr Invasion a Factor.
The need for troops in invading the
Ruhr has changed the whole face of
things, and lent color to the French
argument that her armies were need
ed to handle a recalcitrant debtor. It
has even put a damper for the time
being on talk of four and five power
pacts to guarantee the peace of Eu
rope.
No policy will be adopted toward
the French debt until after the effects
of the Ruhr invasion have been care
fully examined. It may be that
France will reach a satisfactory un
derstanding with Germany ultimately
and allay such feeling as has arisen
against her in this country. Under
such circumstances Congress would
probably ratify without much dis
pute any proposal recommended by
the President and the American
Funding Commission. With the state
of opinion in Congress today, how
over. any agreement which proposed
leniency to Prance in the matter of
interest or principal on the war debt
would have hard sledding in Con
gress. This may or may pot be
realized in France today, but when
the final reckoning comes scars of
the Ruhr policy will put In an ap
pearance unless the whole reparation
oontroversy has been amicably ad
justed by that time.
ICopyright. 1*23.1
28 SUITS ARE FILED
AGAINST THEATER
i Continued from First Page.)
by; Delia S. Pitcher, administratrix of
l-ois Pitcher; Myrtle C. Shaughnessy.
executrix of Edward H. Shaughnessy;
■lames E. Duke, administrator of
Kirkland Duke; Robert H. Atkinson,
administrator of Mary E. Atkinson;!
Katherine Fcige, executrix of Chr
• ian Felge; Grace M. Madert. admin
istratrix of Agnes M. Mellon: Clar
ence Dodge, administrator of Howard
G. Kneessi; I.ewis P. Hathaway, ad
ministrator of Virginia B. Feraud; Jo
V. Morgan, administrator of Laverne
Sproul; Carl IV. Dauber, administra
tor of Vincon W. Dauber; Jo V. Mor
gan, administrator of Guy S. EM
tidge; Wilfred A. Brosseau. adminis
trator of W. A Bosseau; Marv A.
Hughes, executrix of William G.
Hughes; John Dutch, administrator of
Margaret Dutclf; Ethel L. Murray, ad
ministratrix of James W. Murray;-
John E. Warner, executor of William
E, R. Warner; Eloiee A. Crocker, ad- I
ministratrix of William M. Crocker;;
Laura B. Morgan, administrate* of
McCarthy Farr; Rosa S. Upsh iw, ad-,
ministratrix of Carolyn Upshaw; Lln
nle M. Bourne, administratrix of John
R. Bourne: Oscar A. M. McKimmie.
administrator of Wyatt E. McKimmie;
Blanche Beal, executrix of Joseph W.
Seal; Mary P. Natiello, executrix of
Ernest Natiello: Jannette M. Dam
raeyer. administratrix of John L.
WiJker: L. P. Mcßiwee, adrninistrs
■or of Vivian Ogden; Alice Thompson,
administratrix of Helen C. Thompson,
and Winfrey G. White, administratrix
of Ivan J. White.
AU those for whose deaths suits
are brought were either kiled out
fight or died within a few days at the
disaster. The law requires suits for
death to be filed within one year of
•he date of the demise. Counsel have
•wp or three more of these suits to
file before the year expires next Sat
urday.
Prinoesn Mary. Viscountess Lascel
lee. has been made a member and
natroaesa of the Grand Antiquity So
ciety of Glasgow. She is the first
woman to be admitted to mambbrahisk
USING SEIZED PATENTS..
Permits Issued for Oerman Pro
ductions 3Tow in 1-itigatlon. .
Although tbte Department of Justice
is taking court action to recover ap
proximately 81000 seined enemy pat
ents sold to ti *e Chemical Foundation
by the alien property custodian’s of
fice. licenses lilave been issued from
the foundation to the Navy Depart
ment to use sofne of these patents, it
was learned to lay.
The patents have been recorded in
the United States patent office and
officials of than office admitted today
t Iso Navy Depasitroeret is using some
of the patents.
Recording of the licenses, it was
pointed out. mi|;ht ennstitute aa ac
knowledgment on Che part of the
government of the validity of- the
claim of the Chemical Foundation to
the patents, even while the legal
braruvh of the ■ government is aiing
for r.*covery. The patents were sold
to the* foundation a few years ago.
while Ffancfcs *P. Qarvan was alien
property! custodian. Licensee were
gvante.i \by the foundation a few
months .later to the Navy Department
for use |pf the seised enemy patents.
URGEMfTAX
ON MOTOR TRUCKS
| Commissioners Say They
I Cause Greater Damage
to Streets.
I
| SUGGESTED TO CONGRESS
| Also Recommended as Basis for
Reciprocity With Mary
i land.
j The ’District Commissioners are
I considering tine advisability of piac
* ing additional lax on motor trucks
I because of the damage they inflict
j upon roadwuvs. It was learned today.
; This fact was revealed In a letter
j sent to the chairman of the Senate
j and House Distnict committees by the
i Commissioners 3n connection with, the
| bill tc impose a-gasoline tax pn motor
{vehicles as a (basis for reciprocity
i with Maryland. After explaining the
I provisions of the gasoline tax. as
j published yesterday, the letter from
the District heads follows;
Letter From Fommiaaioaera.
"The Commissioners are giving
further study and consideration to
the matter of motor vehicles and
their effect upon the roads, with the
idea that so far as seems feasible
without undue hardships to business
the use of trucks be regulated, and
if oecessarj’ additional taxation be
applied to them. It is the trucks
that do the most damage to roads.
They should, therefore, pay a greater
tax than the passenger vehicles, but
not such a tax as would have an in
jurious effect on business in which
trucks are used.
“Upon the basis of there being
100,000 motor vehicle# in the District
of Columbia the revenue estimated to
be produced by the enactment of thia
bill would be approximately $1,000,-
000. The assessor of the District of
Columbia estimates that the per
sonal property tax for the year 1928
upon automobiles, will amount to
SBOO,OOO and for 1924 under the pres
ent law to $475,000.
Will Frodave Revesae.
"The revemie from registration tags
is estimated for 1923 at $375,000. and
for 1924. $400,000. It ia evident, there
fore, that the proposed new form of
tax will produce revenue at least equal
to the present tax. so that financial
consideration indicates that the bill is
without objection so far as revenues
are concerned.
"The bill will have the effect of re
ducing the amount of tax now paid by
some persons and increasing the tax
now paid by others, but not to an un
fair degree. It will place upon those
who do the moet damage to the roads,
namely, the owners of trucks of vari
ous kinds, a somewhat greater tax
than they now pay, not enough in the
| opinion of the Commissioners to be
really compensatory. The Commission
ers urge the early enactment of the
bill, in order that reciprocal arrange
ments may be made with the state' of
Maryland on or before July X, 1923.”
CONSIDER GEN. EDWARDS
FOR PORTO RICO PLACE
Maj. Gen. Clarence Edwards, re
tired. has been under consideration
for appointment as governor of Porto
Rico in the event E. Mont the
present incumbent, should resign, but
no decision has been reached, inas
much as Mr. Reily haa not disclosed
any intention of retiring, despite
persistent report* that he intends lo
do So.
Secretary Weeks said today Mr.
Reily would here soon from
hi* home in Kansas City, and that
it was probable a decision regarding
his resignation would be reached af
ter conferences with President Hard- ,
ing and the War Department Kecre- ;
tary. It ha* been stated that Mr.;
Reily intended to return to the island.;
Gen. Edwards’ military experience
In the tropics and as former chief of
the War Department’# insular bureau,
which handies Porto Rican affairs, It
was said, would make him peculiarly
fitted for the post of governor.
FAVOR SHRINE BILL.
Senate Committee Approve* Lend
ing Army and Navy Equipment.
The Senate District committee today (
ordered a favorable report on a joint'
resolution introduced by Senator Ball ;
authorizing the District Commission- '
era, the Secretary of War and the ]
Secretary of the Nary to accord te
the Shrinera the use of public parks,
reservation#, flags, tents, etc., at the'
time of the annual convention of the
Shrine here next Jane.
The Underhill workmen's compensa
tion bill for the District of Colombia,
which was recently passed by the
House, was referred by tha commit
tee to Senator Bayard of Delaware as
• the subcommittee of one to examine
and report te the full committee.
The committee also authorised Sen
ator Ball to investigate and to report
favorably the Elkins’ hill authorizing
the dosing of ao much of Grant road
as lies between Reno read and Con
necticut avenue northwest, upon the
acquisition by the District of lands
lying within the tines of Davenport
street between Reno road and Con
necticut avenue, and within Che Knee
of Bsth street between Davenport
street and Connecticut avenue.
PLANS BOARDIirU. S.
Dr. Clareace J. Owens, president of
the Southern Commercial Congress,
who recently was appointed vice
president of the International Univer
sity at Brussels, announced yesterday
his intention of organising an Amer
ican board for the university ia ad
dressing the International Association
of Arts and Letters at its I street
clubhouse.
J Dr. Owens zaid the American hoard
(■would be composed of leading edn
| cat or* from al! part* of the American
j continent, including Canada and South
,-‘America, j
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. t WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923.
TENSE MOMENTS AT ESSEN AS FRENCH CITY.
[ i, .nri * ‘no - -ajL, BudaßadFV
Advance gssrd of French cyclist* en
tering Kaocn, Germany, abend of
the mots nrmy of occupation.
OLD GLORY HAULED
DOWN IN GERMANY
< Continued from First Page.)
when the flag should flutter down
the staff over ancient Ehrenbreit
stein and the tricolor of France la,ke
it* place.
For the latter part of the ceremony
two details of French soldiers, num
bering 100 men, and a French band
were present.
After completion of the flag cere
mony the order of the day called
for the formation of the troops into
a column of squad* which were to
pass in review before Maj. Gen. Allen
and march through the postern gate
of the fortress. Descending the hill,
the garrison Joined the remainder of the
Bth early in the afternoon, and the regi
ment, crossing the Rhine into Coblenz,
passed through the city to the railroad
station to entrain for Antwerp end the
transport St. Mlhiel.
Day Will flee All Go.
The first of the regiment was
scheduled to leave the station at 3:46
o’clock, to be followed by the second
detachment at 9:30 in the evening.
The St. Mihiel sails tomorrow night
with the tide.
Gen. Allen, receiving last evening a
brief letter from Chancellor Cuno
conveying the compliments of the
German government on the occasion
of the' departure of the American
forces in Germany and asserting that
their conduct had been exemplary.
In reply to a letter from Gen.
Degoutte. Maj. Oen. Allen said that
he would formally turn the American
zone over to the French on January
27, or any day thereafter.
"It is with deep regret,” he wrote,
"that 1 must bring to an end the de
lightful official relations which have
slwzy* existed harmoniously'
u# and terminate the services the
American troops commenced in the
war and continued on the Rhine
Other Envoys Call.
Lord Kilmarnock, the British Rhine
land commissioner, and Boron Jac
qoeny. the Belgian representative,
called personally upon Maj. Ger..
Allen and begged to be excused
from attending the ceremony at
Ehrenbreitstein. They said they
were too saddened over the American
departure to be present at the lo w *|"‘
ing of the colors, but that they would
be at the railroad station _when the
troops departed. .
Gan. Allen last night
a farewell bulletin to his men, which
was read to them this t . n
“Todav at noon, says the bulletin,
"the American flag will be lowered
on Ebrenbreitstein. marking the end
of the occupation of the Rhine pro\ -
ince by American troops.
"For four years forces of the
American Army have held a bl»°«
the Rhine beside their allies, and
earnestly striven toward restoring
peace under the terms adopted iu the
treaties With deep affection In out
hearts for car allies and sympathy
for our former foes, our highest am
bJttion has been to act with such jus
tice toward all as to insure the last
ing peace of Europe
"Since the departure of the «d
Army on July 2. 1819. the American
force* in Germany have occupied the
American zone, including the Coblenz
bridgehead, which they have contin
uously supervised and controlled. All
through this Period there has been a
consistent effort on our part to exe
cute the important task bjith the
maximum of effectiveness and a
of hardship to the population.
Wives la Two BattaMoaa.
Th e women and children of the
American contingent started for Ant
werp today a* the advance guard of
the departing forces. Sixty-five wives
and children of Army officers, es
corted by capt- w - G Purdjr ’ **’
trained this morning. They were of
ficially designated as an "Irregular
contingent.” Seventy-trix wives and
twenty Children of non-commissioned
officers and privates, forming the
eeoond “irregular contingent,” were
prepared to leave during *h® after
neon. The arrangements were that
all the families should be on their
war before the troops themselves
atiHed on their last march out of
C g£? Raymond R. Tourtillott of
Land**)'. Calif., commands the second
family group. These contingent* are
traveling to Antwerp In hospital ears
f®r greater comfort. It was expected
that probably a dozen more members
would be added to the second group
before it left, because all wives of
soldiers who can Jnsti/y thelr claims
will be taken on board the St. Mlhiel.
A number of these were engaged this
forenoon in obtaining tha necessary
credentials.
WILL LAND AT SAVANNAH.
By the Atsociated Presa
SAVANNAH, Ga., January 24.—Local
military officers are advised by the
War Department that Maj. Gen. David
C. Shank, U. S. A., has been ordered to
Savannah to meet the troops from Ger
many. who, the telegram says, will ar
rive about February 7. A special com
mittee ta to meet today to make pre
liminary plans for reception to the
soldibm-
WILL HONOR SOLDIERS.
Military Vesper Service Is Planned
by Catholic Church.
A military vesper service will be
held tonight at St. Aloysius Catholic
Church, North Capitol and I streets,
at which ex-service men from all
parts of the city will be represented.
Rev. E. J. Sweeney win officiate.
The colors and color guards of
National Capital Pest, No. 12T.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the
Bureau of Printing and Engraving
Post of the American Legion, will be
formally presented to those who at
tend. A delegation of colored ex
aervlce men. headed by H. A. Walker,
will present their colors. A delegation
sot soldiers, sailors and marines from
regular stales* Sttk-MlMfr
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FRENCH ARMORED CAR WITH ITS COMPLEMENT OF MEN IN A STREET IN ESSEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THE ARRIVAL OF THE FRENCH TROOPS IK THAT IMPORTANT IKDCSTRIAL CENTER.
OR. HORACE COBLENTZ
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Well Known Washington Phy
sician Had Been 111 Only
Two Weeks.
HM
DR. HORACE B. COBLENTZ.
Dr. Horace Benjamin Coblentz.
aged fifty-one years, a well known
practicing physician and surgeon,
died early today at the family resi
dence. 1432 U street northwest, fol
lowing a two-week illness from
heart trouble. The runeral services
■will be private at the family home
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev.
Dr. WaJtmyer, pastor of the Luth
eran Church. 16 th ami U streets
northwest, officiating. Burial will be
In Rock Creek cemetery.
Dr. Coblentz was a native of Mid-i
dletown. Md., and a son of the late
I Louis P. Coblentz and Charlotte
Coblentz. He graduated from Mary
land University in the class of 1894.
Following his graduation as a physi
cian he married Miss Millie R. Rame
burg. a daughter of Thomas Rams
-1 burg of Frederick, Md.. and came to
Washington for the practice of his
profession, and for the past twenty
seven years has been an active prac
titioner here. Dr. Coblentz was a
member of the District of Columbia
Medical Society, St. John’s Lodge.
Masons: Royal Arch Chapter, Knight*
Templar. Almas Shrine, Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks. Wood
men of the World and Gunton-Temple
Presbyterian Church. He is survived
by his widow and one daughter, Mrs.
Bessie Coblentz Stone of this city; a
grandson, Thomas Stone; two broth
ers, Joseph D. Coblentz of this city
and Philip Coblentz of Quinton,
Okla., and two sisters. Mrs. John D.
Hambsurg of Boise City. Idaho, and
Mrs. William Rudy of Middletown,
Md.
The pallbearers will be Dr. Francis
Minor. Dr. Francis McGovern. Dr.
S H. Criswell, Dr. S. L. Hilton, Dr.
Joseph Canine and Paul Coulin
EXPLAINS PIPE LINE.
Standard Oil Official Say* Teapot
Dome Lease Was Hot Factor.
Decision es the Sinclair Pipe Line
Company to build a pipe line to the
Wyoming oO fields was made with
out regard to the lease obtained
from the government by the Sinclair
Interests to the Teapot Dome naval
ell reserve, Robert W. Stewart, chair
man of the board of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana, declared today
at the Senate oil inquiry.
Mr. Stewart, who was asked about
the proposed pipe line because the
Standard of Indiana owns half of the
Sinclair Pipe Lino Company, explained
that the decision to build the line
was based on present conditions
under which all oil produced in the
Wyoming field must be shipped out
iur railroad* , , . _J_
Only Woman in Next Congress
Will Be Widow of Ex-Member
Mrs. Mae Ella Nolan Wins
Seat in California'
Election.
Beats Six Man Opponents
With 4,000 More Votes
Than 2d Choice.
By tbr A >-*o< «*-d Premi.
SAN FRANCISCO. Calif.. January 24.
—The next session of Congress will
include a woman, although after the
November election# it was indicated
that body would revert to its old
lime state of complete male represen
tation. The new feminine* member
will be Mrs. Mae Ella Nolan, widow
of Representative John I. Nolan of
the fifth California district (San
Francisco), who was elected yester
day to fill her husband's place in the
present Congress and also for the
next regular term Mrs. Nolan was
victorious over six man opponents
having more than four thousand
votes more than the man who ran
second.
Representative Nolan was a labor
leader in Congress, and his widow
plan# to carry on his work.
Mrs. Nolan, a striking brunette, for
years was with her husband In Wash
ington and has familiarised herself
with congressional procedure. She
also will have the aid of her sister,
Mrs. Teresa Glenn, who for four years
was private secretary to Representa
tivo Nolan.
Until Mr. Nolan’s death recently
the new congresswoman had no idea
of entering politics. Mrs. Nolan,
described by friends as “warm heart
ed. home loving, plain spoken, and
amply supplied with horse sense’ ”
later found herself thrown into a
political malestrom. Friends of her
MAIL SENT BY WAY OF BERLIN
TO BEAT POSTAGE IN NEW YORK
By the AaaetiateS free*
NEW YORK, January 24.—1 f it cost*
two American cents to mail a letter to
a next-door neighbor in New York city,
how much does it cost to send the let
ter 3,500 miles from Berlin to New
York?
The answer, one-fourth of a cent, is
given by a Now York business boose
which has taken advantage of the de
preciation of German currency.
An advertising circular received in
New York today from the New York
concern, sent via Berlin, printed ap
parently on cheap German paper,
stamped with a German fifty-mark
stamp, cost, at today's exchange rate
of 20,000 marks to the dollar, one
eighth of what it would cost to send
R directly.
Officers of the company which has
discovered how to utilise the vagaries
of foreign exchange to make two
post office deportments work for a
fraction of the wages of one, today
refused to discuss their system.
The Idea Is not new. It was learned
from Post Office officials. Some years
ago when Austrian currency was de
preciated. Germans sent their mall
through Austria.
About two years ago. when foreign
exchange had begun to drop, Ameri
can post office officials complained te
foreign post offices that international
stamp money orders were being used
for profit.'
.When the French foreign letter rate
£**';. A ,jr ••; ..
fe& 4; /•' *,
#''jT / "I.®
MRS. MAE ELLA X OLA TV.
late husband urged her to run. and
alter much gsrauasion she announced
her candidacy. Labor rallied around
her and that resulted in her election.
Has One Child.
Mr*. Nolan, who Is a native of San
Francisco, was married to the rep
resentative on March 24, 1913. There
la one child, a girl, Corlls. eight years
old. She will accompany her mother
to Washington.
There are now three woman repre
sentatives in Congress, the greatest
number ever to be seated in that
body. Two, Mrs. Winnifred Mason
Huch of Illinois, serving out the un
explred term of her father, the late
William E. Mason, and Miss Alice
Robertson of Oklahoma, will retire
with adjournment of the present ses
sion. Mrs. Huck, however, is a can
didate for the unexpired term of
Representative James R. Mann, who
died.
was 23 centimes and Hie American
5 cents It was possible to buy an
international stamp order, exchange
able In New York for 3 cents, for SO
centimes in Paris. The American post
office lost approximately 3 cents on
each international stamp thus ex
changed.
RENEWS SUBSIDY FIGHT.
Senator Jones to Offer New Plan
for Curbing Debate.
Another move by republican lead
er* to bring the administration ship
ping hill to a vote In the Senate was
made today by Senator Jones, repub
lican, Washington, In charge of the
Treasure, He gave notice that to
morrow he would offer another plan
to curb debate by asking unanimous
consent to bring the discussion grad
ually to a cloae.
Senator Jones said be would seek
to limit each senator’s time, begin
ning January 2V, to two hours on the
bill and thirty minutes on amend
ments. If this did not bring a vote.
Senator Jones said, he would ask
that, beginning February 6, the time be
cut to thirty minutes on the bill and
ton minutes on amendments.
Opponents of the shipping bill said
that adoption of the Joses proposal
seemed improbable.
DISMISSED MEN
ARE REINSTATED
Bureau of Engraving Em
ployes Get U. S. Positions,
Is'Treasury Report.
Three former officials of the bureau
of engraving and printing who went
out during the wholesale dischargee
there last March, have been ‘given
positions in thp government service.
Another had hied application, and in
qulerere were led to believe that it
would be favorably acted upon.
Efforts to get Treasury officials to
talk on the matter failed further
than to elicit the confirmation of the
reinstatement of three. It was stated
that the applications for reinstate
ment were turned over to the White
House, and as there was no objection
from that source the employe* were
given their former jobs, two at $2,500
and one at $2,000 per annum.
When the dismissals were announced
last March and caused a- stir through
out official Washington, the statement
was made that they were for the good
of the service. Further than that
there was nothing forheoming. There
were rumors of sartling disclosures
as a result of secret service investi
gations. However, the report of the
secret service is in the hands of Sec
retary of the Treasury Mellon and its
contents never have been made pub
lic. However, it has been acknowl
edged generally by those who have
received information as to the re
port's contents that the Investigation
did not disclose anything of a serious !
nature.
PART OF STRIKERS BACK,
BERLIN REPORTS
tContinued from First Page.)
the Ruhr converge is absolutely nec
essary. they say, to the French line*
of communication.
They expect no interference from
the British and look upon a strike at
Cologne as a favorable weapon to
drive a wedge between the British
and the French.
There were about 70.000 workers
idle out of the 556,000 in the* Ruhr at
noon today.
Mar Sot Jell DrHnqarnts.
The French continue their re
pressive measures toward slate offi
cials refusing to obey their orders,
but appear to have abandoned the
idea of placing The delinquents in
jail, contenting themselves with die
missal and expulsion
The expulsion of Count Von Roe
derc from Cologne was carried out
today by the French, with the au
thorization of the British authorities,
despite the strong protest of von
Roedern. whose appeal for British
protection failed.
In the Rhineland, measures for the
collection of the coal tax and taking
over the state forests are proceeding
slowly, in the face of the resistance
of German officials. The customs em
ployes at the Mayence central sta
tion declined to work under French
supervision and quit. Herr Fedell-
BeJow. the reich commissary of for
ests. at Wiesbaden, who refused to
turn over the records to the French,
asserting that the Wiesbaden forests
did not belong to the state, but to the
municipality, was dismissed from of
fice and expelled. He is the third
reich official at Wiesbaden to be ex
pelled in the past five days.
Service Below \ormil. {
The switchmen and track walkers
at the Meiderich and Oberhansen
yards in the Belgian zone of occupa
tion also quit work after damaging
the switch boxes. The train service in
the Ruhr is generally a little below
normal, but has improved since yes
terday. The output of the coal mines (
is increasing hourly, according to
the French, and a personal investiga- I
tlon seemed to bear out - he statement |
that there is a 20 per cent improve- j
inert In production.
The French have not been able to j
dispatch to France all the coal requi
sitioned today, and there are nearly i
80.000 tons of coal and coke dumped 1
near Ludwigshafcn awaiting French j
crews to take the barges to Stras- I
burg. . •
The Duesseldorf Nachrichten. which i
was suspended, will be permitted to I
resume publication on February 1, j
provided the editor enter into an 1
understanding to refrain from print- |
Tng articles criticising the French oc- j
cupying forces.
The absolute necessity to transport
foodstuffs into the Ruhr to feed their j
compatriots is the main cause of the !
failure of the raiiwaymen’s strike. as j
the French permitted it to be known
• that complete isolation of the Ruhr
; from the outside world would follow ,
u general strike, and the railroaders !
| woud be responsible for famine and
: starvation. Up to the present the
I French have requisitioned no food- 1
| stuffs and have forbidden the soldiers 1
even to buy provisions in the open ]
! market.
JOHN T. CLIFT DEAD, i
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Deceased Was Active Member of
Carpenters’ Union.
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JOHN T. CLIFT.
John T. Clift, for many years a
resident of the District of Columbia,
died last night at his home, 4115 7th
street, following an Illness of nearly
a year.
Mr. Clift was born sixty-nine years
ago in Virginia. He came to this
city while a young man and took up
the trade of carpenter, which work
he had continuously carried on up
to the time of his ill health. Mr.
Clift had been an active member of
the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
ever since the organization of the
local union forty years ago. He was
a member of the sick committee and
had a record of attending every meet
ing. He was a regular visitor to the
homes of sick -members.
He was also a member of Calvary
Baptist Church, and was a member of
the Order of Maccabees, Brlghtwond
Hive, No. 5. Surviving him are his
wife, Mrs. Fanny Latham Clift, and
two daughters. Miss Lela Clift and
Miss Linda Clift, both of this city.
Funeral arrangements have nos
been completed.
i
SOFT COAL PACT
SIGNEDATPARLEY
Miners and Operators, Rep
resenting Third of U.S. Out
put, Agree on Wages.
By the Atsocisted Pre*».
NEW YORK, January 24.--Bi
tuminous coal operators and official *
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
ica today signed a new wage agree
ment running for one year and cover
ing the tri-state competitive field of
Ohio. Illinois and Indiana. This agree
ment will be used as a standard for
fixing wages and working conditions
throughout the rest of the bituminous
territory.
The new agreement, it was an
nounced, was virtually the same as
that which expires April I, based on
the Federal Fuel Administration’s
findings in 1920.
Copies were ordered sent immedi
ately to President Harding, Attorney
General Daugherty and John Hays
Hammond, chairman of the United
States Coal Commission.
Agreement on the new contract was
reached yesterday by a joint subcom
mittee of seventeen and submitted
this morning to the whole confer
ence. which has been in session here
about a week after transfer of the
parley from Chicago. The trl-state
field produces about 36 per cent of Urn
nation’s 000.000.D00 annual bituminous
tonnage. Signing up of the rest of
the territory was Regarded as a mere
formality.
The conferees fixed January S. 1521
as a date for reconvening to draw up
an agreement to cover the year be
ginning April I. 1924.
The agreement calls for $7.50 for
eight for day work, end SIOS
per ton for contract miners. The con
tract is for one year instead of two.
as the union had sought.
Cheap Coal Predicted.
Coal will be comparatively the
cheapest commodity In the United
States as soon as the nation’s rail
ways return to normal conditions.
Phil H. Penna, secretary of the In
diana Coal Operators Association, de
dared today.
‘Whenever the railways of this
country shall recover even an ap
proximation of their normal effi
ciency.” he said, "coal will be the
cheapest thing in this country as
compared with any other labor prod
uct or as compared with the fuel
prices in any other commercial nation
where coal is used.”
Mr. Penna said he did not expect or
want a return to the coal prices of 1915
and the year previous, because, he
pointed out, such a return would en
tail retrogression to the wage condi
tions and poorer living conditions of
the coal fields of that time.
But. he added, stupendous produc
tion of the mines, aided by good trans
portation, would keep prices at a mini
mum.
- Mr. Penna declared that the United
States Fact Finding Commission had
helped to keep union wages up by call
ing attention to conditions of living
among the miners.
OFFICIALS ARE GRATIFIED.
Coal Commission and Labor Depart
ment Pleased Over Agreement.
Members of the United States Coai
Commission and officials of the Labor
Department today expressed gratifica
tion over the adoption of a wage agree
ment by bituminous operators and min
ers in New York today.
The coal commission has no official
representative at the conference, but
the bureau of conciliation of the Labor
Department has been receiving almos’
| hourly reports from one of its men
i as to the progress of negotiations.
i METHODISTS PROPOSE
I TO FORM TITHERS’ GUILD
Organization of Those Pledging
j Tenth of Time and Money Be
ing Urged at Council.
i Bt the Associated Press.
I CHICAGO. January 24, —Proposal*
i for the establishment of a tithers
i guild for members donating one
! tenth of their time and money to
j the church, placing of twenty-five
; missionaries in Russia within five
years and a house-to-house sollcita
! tion for new members today weie
< before the council of the boards of
j benevolence of the Methodist Epis
j copal Church.
I" Dr. Luther F. Dovejoy, secretai y
I of the stewardship division, suggested
j the tubers’ guild, explaining his de
partment w as seeking 1.000.000 mevn
-1 bers of the to form the
(nucleus of the organization.
j Bishop Homer C. Stuntz of Omaha.
; Neb.. advocated Increasing the mis
• soinary force in Russia declaring
J the 160,000.000 persons in Russia
| “craved spiritual leadership.”
i A possibility of obtaining new
members and new contact with in
different ones was the purpose behind
the house-to-house visitation plan.
Dr. R. J. Wade, corresponding secre
tary of the committee of conserva
tion and advance, said.
GAS PRODUCTION HIGH.
Output Keeps Near Record, Ac
cording to Official Figures.
Production of gasoline in the United
States continue* at a near-record clip,
the November. 1922, output coming
within 2,600,000 gallons of the record
monthly production figure attained in
July. 1922. the bureau of mines an
nounced today. November production
amounted to 567.100,921 gallons, which
Is a million gallons above the October
output and 135.000.000 gallons, or 31.31
j per cent, above production figures for
i November, 1921.
} At the same time, the bureau said,
j demands of internal combustion engines
continue to maintain gasoline consump
tion at a high mark. Domestic con
sumption of gasoline in November
amounted to 470,043,175 gallons, an in
crease of 120.000.000 gallons, or 34.09 per
(cent, above consumption figures for No
vember. 1921. Consumption figures for
last November, however, were 19.000,000
gallons below the October consumption,
due. probably, to the advance of winter
and the consequent curtailment of auto
mobile activities.
Stocks of gasoline on hand December
1 amounted to 776.723.619 gallons, an in
crease of 53,000,000 gallons during the
month.
RATE “DOUBTFUL”~PUPiLS
Final Tests Given Applicants for
High School Course.
Supervising principals of the sev
eral school divisions are closeted to
day at the Franklin School at 13th
and K streets northwest, rating the
examinatipn papers which will de
termine whether several scores of
eighth grade pupils will be retarded
or promoted at the beginning of the
new semester February 1. The ex
aminations were given the pupils on
the so-called "doubtful list" yester
day. Those who make a passing
mark will be promoted to the high
schools.
Superintendent of Schools Ballou
today called a conference of high
school principals and eighth grade
teachers to be held at the Franklin
School Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at which plans will be discussed for
familiarizing parents of the pupils
to .enter the high schools for the fir»t
time at the beginning of the second
semester with the courses of study
offered.