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F?? Commissioners of the District of Columbia extend to the citizens of the District their sincere i * wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year. The District has enjoyed many blessings during the past year and it is the hope of the Commissioners that the year on which we are about to enter will be one of increased prosperity and happiness to all. CUNO ?. RUDOLPH JAMES F. OYSTER CHARLES KELLER Commissioners of the District of Columbia, Suggests Adoption of Modern Busn?ss!ike System in All of Government Departments EXPOSES ARCHAIC METHOD -c?? rner Budget Director Says Part of Cabinet Officers Are Ignorant of Simple Routine By I alternai Hervir?. CHICAGO, Dec. 30.?"Our ^Government is the business of tho people. Operate it as you ^vould any big business enterprise. Install modern accounting sys tems in its forty-three depart ments and coordinate them. Then, and not before, can we Strike an intelligible balance of the nation's business." 8YSTKM EXPOSED. This is the suggestion of Gen. Charlea O. Daw*.??, former director Of the budget, for remedying the '?Government's archaic system of ac counting, esposad through publi cition of the suppressed balance >;uet of the PoatOft.ce Department. Biiowing a deficit of lt.tM.tM tar the Orai quarter of IMS. In no other way, in the opinion of Cenerai Daws? can the Govern ment he put upon an efficient, busi nesslike basis. The Postoffiec Department, Gen erili Dawea points out. is only one o? forty-three Governmental de partments. It was singled out and a ?alante sheet prepared because of its iiinmr'ance. DISCOVERIES ASTONISHING. The Postoffice balance sheet was prepared after six month? of labor by expert accountants working un der the dinotimi <>f F. C. Furiow. president of the Otis Elevator Com pany, a "dollar-a-year" man. Its compilation led lu several aston ishing discover!? s. 1'iiHt it was learned that the Post office Depart nient, generally believed fi If sustaining, or nearly so. operated during the first three months- of 1!'J^ w'th a deficit at the rate of nearly 154.600,008 per annum. Next it was discovered :hat Gov ernment accounting provide? that the loan of money to the railroad; is an "? xpense" and the repayment Of stich a loan is I "receipt." If the Postofi;i? Department in Vented in I in w ?? sto;'flee, the ?mount involved was treated as ?? xpense." Similarly, When it sold S piece of veal ?state the return vas a "receipt." INVENTORY IMPOSSIKI.E. further, it was learned that the government is without a stock ac euuntlng system. in other words, It has no adequate means of taking inventory. 1 ?esilile those revelations, the bul-. Mnce sheet of the Posi office I 'e purtmenl was pigeonholed and the iK'partmenl continued to use its ? IT hale accounting system. The Government's accounting system is approximately the same today as it was a century ago. When A. I). I.asker look charge of the Shipping Hoard lie Imme diately set out to ins all a modern accounting system. As a result he reduced the number of his accounts f? oni I.Mi to TOO and produced a statement which was Intelligible to the President, to Congress and to the public as well. G? neral DaWe? does not blame any Individual for the laxity In Government accounting. He holds the system Itself at fault. He said: Rl'N IIY Si'ItOKDINATES. I learned as director of the budget not to be surprised at the Ignorance of some Cabinet offi cers as to the routine business of their tremendous organizations. Which are actually run by subor dinates who have had years of ti aining. liven where he possi ss< s great business ability, the Inexpt rleneed Cabinet officer gene ally is lost in the enormous business of the d? pertinent. Submerging of the poatoffloe balance and operating sheets is n?il th?? fault of the Postoffice Department. They were com? ilit-d about the time the account? g of the departments was trans ited by i<:w to the office of the mptroller General of the I.'nl ? S'ales, who has the great k of reforming the present dis aceful and archaic system of > v. in men t accounting, ??\ METHODS OPPOSED. Comptroller Qeneral Merari is ? but he in sin rounded by old eminent accountant? who win to the death If possible, ? ?t Improved methods. ?nit criticise the Comptroller ?' He has th? difficult task ? ? lining the opposition, partly ? 'rom timidity on the pari ibordinates. to a ? lalllige ? IMUt disgraceful method > 'Ing. 1 ' undertake to sny thnt right for eorrci-t bookkeep Pnstoftfee Department ? will go with It fir time the chance of ?per ;?< counting ??.* ?;!..,? ... .ii UovvrWIieM an ? whole. 1922 Saw Irish Tricolor Wave Over Free Erin TERMINATION of hundreds of years of strife in Ire land came in 1922, when, on December 5, the Irish Free State became a reality by the passage of legislation in Par liament. Timothy Healy, nn Irish native, was chosen the first governor general of the state. The previous day, Kamon DeValera, president of the re volutionists, was sued for $10,000 by the Dail Eireann. He was charged with losing that amount of money belong ing fo the National Fund. However, he has not been found. When the Irish Free Slate began its existence, DeValera, in his hiding place, issued a proclamation to all republicans demanding they refuse to pay taxes to the new state and re questing they continue their feeble battle. TEXAS LEGISLATORS y Blanton Doubts If Any One of 18 Representatives of State Is In Ku Klux. By rnlversal Servi????. Representative lilantoii, of Texas, < declared in the House that he dldj not believe a single one ol the | eighteen representatives from th ? Lone Star slate is a member of the ! Ku Klux'Klan. The Texan made this declaration in reply to Representative Galli-1 van. of Massachusetts, who on Fri? j day, opened war on the "Ku Ivlux Klan Democrats from the South land" in the coming Deanocni k | caucus for the organization of th?? next House. Ri |*reM*ntattve Mansfield, also of Texas, Joined in Blanton's defense of the Representatives' from that state, BlantOfl mad?' compiami against Callivan's Statement that h?? had' been told "tn-.'icticailv etri ry Dem? : crut from Texas is a member of the Ku Klux Klan." itiantoii said:I I doubt seriously whether any member of tin- Texas delegation belongs to that order, 1 do not ? lulling and I think the kind of talk that - is going around the ' country indicating that tin? State of Texas is dominated by the Klan ought to stop. 1 pceuuine that some of the best people of th* nation are members of the order in Texas. ? presume that BOOM of the best ministers of the gospel in thai state are members, but when It comes to votes they do not vole for a man in Texas .(list because he is a member of the Klan. Valuable Paintings Left By Almon L. Varney Almon L Varney, who ?lied De- I comber 2.?. bequeathes a painting ? of Ileatiii-e d<? Cenci and another painting. "Aurora.?' to his daugh ter-in-law. Mrs. Elisabeth L Var ney. according to the will filed for probate yesterday. The children ?if a son, Gordon E. Varney. are given th?? proceeds of a $3.000 life insurance Dotte?. Fur niture In the Wes'moreland apart ments Is given to a granddaughter, Josephine Varney, Tin? balance of the estate Is devised to two sons, Cordon E. und Theodore Varney. Saved from Icy Water Onlv to Be Sent to Jail BALTIMORE, Dec. .10.?Falling from i'.cr No. I Into the cold waters of the hurl >r, ThOtnaS F. Ward, forty yens old, was resetted, only to be sent to Jail. Police ?ay in? feii in because he \v.i<= drank.' The splash happened about 1 idi ' a. in. John o Mil's ws'chmen ?\ ' the pier, and John Reepeas, of the steamer Georgians Weema, pulled out Why'. ???. turn it. lo Patrolman Mercier, Who took h tn ; ?o Mercy Hospital. Prom the hoe-1 pltal, Ward went to Central police court, where ??? gistrate Stnntyrd fined him $10 and costs for being | drunk. He didn't pay. Two Free State Soldiers Killed in Ambush Attack couK. Ireland, Dec. I?.?Two Flee State soldiers were killed today In an ambush ? m I. by Irregulars: at disile Cregory. A train hound for W'aterfonl was stopped, the passengers compelled to , alight, and the train thin ?et afire ami started. Five Irregulars, including John l'hilpotf. leader of the Cork count ? Republicans, were captured near hen?. ? Nine Irregulars with bombs and revolvers were captured in a dugout in county Kerry. FIRES AT YARD PROWLER. Discovering a prowler in his back yard eiirly yesterday morning, Thomas ? Kin m. Il H streit north? enst, opened fire With a shot gun. Th?? man fled but Boss liell.vis he hit him and notified the police. I PAY BETTER WAGES, E Advises Business to Drop Pa tronizing Air and Give More for Work. RAPS "WELFARE" SYSTEM Full Pay Envelopes Make Nat ional Prosperity, Says Manufacturer. Get rid of the old attitude of "My good mon, here's a shilling for you," and pay wages?the highest wagen. That in what makes pros perity. This is Henry Ford's advice to American business men, contained in a New Year's message written especially for the International News Service. The business out look is favorable, says Ford. By HENRY FORD. ?Copyright. Itti, by International New? Servir?,) DETROIT. Mich., Dec. 30.?The New Year opens with a full slate Plenty of big Jobs that were bungled in IMS should he completed in 1?23. There Is coal, for example. With more coal In sight than ever before, actual suffering exists In the land. Uf course, when the people reach a certnln degree of suffering, something happens?but only fools would wait till then. I'NFIT TO HIRE MEN. Industry has continued unexpect edly all this winter and the out look Is favorable. There are hind ranees, of course. Employers who are not fit to he employers, are onr hindrance. We have got to get riil of the old attitude of "my good man. here's a shilling for you" and ' ay wages?the highen? wages. Thai is what makes prosperity People can buy only with what they earn. It Is not the mOBjed men ? who make business, but the wiige earners. We ned more wages dur ing the year and less ?if this "turk ?y at Christmas" system, less of this degrading "w Ifarc" sysiem that makes a lord of th?? boss and a pensioner of the workmen. VIAIK OK MEN. People don't want to hear this; they usually want statistical infor mation. Well, there will be a steady decreaas in the value of ; figures until we begin to Increase ? be value of men. The prosperity of 1P23 rests in ihiv very things that most people Ignore. Young men of 1923 ought to study the money system of the country? not from lH->oks but from life. The things that will be true ten years hence are not yet on the books. I.et young men quit depend? big on what they read and hear, let them dig into facts for them selves. Put the money system on exumlniition; put politics and busi ness and every Other vital thing under scrutiny, make Itti a year of hard, persistent thinking, and not men? listening, and then it may be by IPM that som?? s?ilid ground will begin to appear be neath the nation's tcvl. Federal Judgeship Given Loser at Jersey Polls President Harding yesterday nomi nated William N. Runyoi for the additional Federal district judgeship of New Jersey created under the Act of September 14, 1?22. Mr. Runyon, the Republican candidate, was de feated for the governorship last month. The President also transmitted to the Senate the nominations of the following to postmasterships In New York: Livingston Manor. John H. Baldwin; Middleport, Franklin H. Sheldon; Newark Valley, Harry T. Mowlam North Hose, John M. (?ray; Hhinelieck. Harry Pottenburgh, and Tona Wanda, Fred Hahn. ? 0. K.'S NEWARK BRIDGE. Construction of a $9.000.000 rail road bridge across the South end of the bay at Newark, N. J., was ap proved by Secretai.? of Wnr Week? yesterday. The bridge will be built hv the Central Railroad of New Jer sey to replace its present structure lerna? the bay. North Carolina Town Wiped Out By Fire In 1922 A I.MOST total destruction of the little town of Newbern, N. <\, occurred on December ?. ?!?'-?-?. when flames, believed *o have been of an incendiary origin, destroyed more than iOO residences, two churches n<r iii:iii> business places. Damage was estimated at more than $2,000,000. Ftre uen worked hard to curb the laze, but the high winds ui? Uly spread the flames to ill parts of the town. Although several persons ?vere badly injured, no one vas killed. The refuges fled o nearby towus until aid was ,ent to tliem through the Ited .'ross and other organization?. FORBES BIOS VETS "HAPPY NEW YEAR" ? - Says Bureau Has Made Great Strides in Rehabilitation Work_ "It give? me the greatest pleas ure, as the year IMI bids us adieu, to extend my heartiest wishes for a most happy New Year to the World War Veter ans." said Col. Churlea It. Korbes, director of the Cnited States Veterans Bureau, in a stutement Issued yesterday. He continued: I can point to the closing twelve months as most eventful ones in the lives of nil disabled ex soldiers, and I am confident the approaching ones will be just us hcneflclnl. During' this period, wonderful strides were made, not Mil) In the hospltllization program, but toward the final rchahilitiUion of thus.- nffhc'ed with war distihlll tgflj as well, and I can safely say that the year IMI should see u hug?? number of former soldier? sent Imok Into civilian Ufe bet ter fltteil to "carry on" success fully their fight for proper foot ing In the industrial fabric of this country. The fiist year saw the first big Government vocational school at Chilllcnthe. Ohio, completed, and it has proven a succ?s* In every way. New hospitals are authorized under the second Langtey bill which will give the Veterans Bureau the greatest group of fireproof hospitals In the world. No other government can point to hs large a group of hospltnls and school? as Its own property. More than 22.000 veteran? have been rehabilitated during the past twelve months This means that these men who suffered dis abilities during the war which made it impossible for them to regain their prewar occupati?*)?, are now earning n livelihood. McLean. G. W. U. Man, Heads Phi Sigma Kappa Donald Melgan, of Klizalsth, N. ,1., a graduate of George Washing ton 1'niversity, was elected presi dent of the Phi Sigma Kappa Fra ternity yesterday at the final scs hlon of Its semi-centennial conven tion here. Other officers elected vere: Vice president, Gilbert J. Morgan: recording secretary, F. M. Krosthurg; executive Secretary -treas urer, H. Hossman Lawrence; audi tor, Horace O. Barnes; Inductor, Arnold C. Otto; regional vice presi dents, northern. William Huntress; southern, Joseph If. Batt; middle western. Charles Reudl: western, Karl Snell; members of supreme court. 0eorge J. Vogel, J. Edward Hoot. William A. Mclntyre. Walter H. Conley, Frank Premiss Rand. Alvln T. Burrows. Dr. Waltor H. Conley, retiring president, placed a wreath on the tomb of the I'nknown Soldier in Arl ington Cemetery yesterday after noon, after which the delegates went to Mt. Vernon. A hnnnuet was held ?I the Willard Hotel last night, at which Congressman Charles F\ Curry of California was tiie principili ?neaker. Salesmen! A clear head means clear sale-ing. Get rid of Colds and Headaches?take Tablets of Laxo aspirin ? the Three Point Box, 25c Physicians' Size Bottle, 75c A li-ie? RIVAL SHIP BUI? 1,700,000 Tons Added Since Treaty, Against 735,000 By 8 Ex-Enemies. ONLY 400,000 LEFT BY WAR All Great Companies Either Launching Vessels or Lay ing New Keels. By I nliTvil 8?ttIc?". Despite Gorman pessimism over the effect of the Versailles treaty on their merchant marine, Ger man shipping iv increasing almost twice as rapidly as that of eight leading nations combined, includ ing the United States and Great Britain. This is reported In a cable to Secretary of Commerce Hoover from I'nlKd State? Consul J. K. Huddle :it Hanil"-'g. who says: l.-irge cuinlianles at Hamburg and Bremen are launching new vessels, and the modern shipbuilding works at North Be? and Haltlc port? con tinue to lay down new keels, while hundn-d* of thousands of tons un der other flagi; ar?? lying idle. LLOYDS Omti KK.IRK8. In the twelve months ended last .lune, ?'?crinan merchant ship ping, according to I.lovd'a regis ter Increased 1,700,000 tons, while the comhin?fl merchant fleets of the I'nlted States, the Uritish Km pire. France, Japan. Italy, f?r????????. Relgiuni and I'ortugal increased onlv 73?,???? tons. With a gross registered ton nage of ul-out I.?M.0M In Iti?, and losses of 2.70?.???0 as the result of war time op?rations ami of aliout 2. ?00,000 tons as the result of th<- provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, (lensssri tonnage Immediately after the war reglseiid the small total of 400.01111. Of this total the greater part was coimi'is? ?I of old vcss?!s. due for scrapping, and of the small coastal vi sorts plying local North Sia and Hat lie ports. There Iras not one ship ? xnnssly designed for oviTsea traffic. TONNA?:.? NOW 2.0?.0?0. a rapan just njibllshcd ??ails to the belief that on Septemb<-r 3'?. last, the German merchant marine amounted to a total of 2,013.ou0 groas tons. The udditions for September alone, inclini???! in these figures. OOvOT six vessels launched, a ?gre gating 33.700 ions, .?nil II v<-mh?-Is completed that aggregate ?0,700 tons. OPPOSE CHURCH GAMBLING. LONDON. Dec. 30?Oambling games to raise rhurch funds are improper and the pola-e should stop them if the church doesn't, the Hishop of St. Albana told a diocesan conference. DEFENSE OF SHIP IIQUOR RULIHS FILED Government Presents Briefs to Supreme Court in Ap peal Cases. ASSERTS RIGHTS ON SEA Contends That Prohibition Laws Extend Over All Amer ican Jurisdiction. I nlrerunI Nervier. Declaring that the prohibition movement was "a moral crusade under religious leadership," and 'hat the country intended that; legalized Bocial drinking should "jierlsh under the iron heel of the law." the Government yesterday filed its briefH with the United States Supreme Court In support of the Daugherty ship liquor rul ing of October ??. The two cases testing the legality of this ruling, brought by foreign and American shipping companies, come up for argument before the Supreme Court on Tuesday on ap peal from injunction decisions. CASK OF GOVERNMENT. In respect to the contentions of former Attorney General Wicker sham, representing ten foreign shipping companies, the Govern ment takes the position that the court has no Jurisdiction to grant the relief sought; that the com plaint does not present a proper cause for action under the Con stitution; that the complainant has a proper remedy at law, and that although the suit Is against the Crilt.il States it is not shown that the Government is willing to be sued The Government contends that : he prohibition laws extend over ill AmerteUM Jurisdiction; includ ng sh'ps on the high seas. ON FOREIGN SHU'S. Th?? Government contends in the foreign shipping cases thst the lalin of the plaintiffs would imply he right of any ship to carry li.|uors within the territorial waters if the I'nited States; that the orreer rulings of Ike Secretary M h?? Treasury have been used as a ?loak for smuggling; that coin ulainanta make large profits from he sale of intoxicating liquors on the hi* ?l seas, and that the loss of such profits is the only definitely iscertainable loss which com i.lamanls will suffer: that the sale of intoxicating li'iuors on American ships has ceased, and that if ves sels of foreign registry are facili tated In the sale of liquor on the high seas the resulting damage to 'he America? merchant marine will be great and the result will he in effect a differential treatment living prefere ace to foreign ships over American ships." pasTm??.uoiTm?rk. PI-TTKUSBCRG. Va.. Dec. 30 ? Petersburg's tobacco market this year has been one of the best for several seasons. Cp to today the total amount of cash paid out to the farmers of this city has been $1,00(?.02G>, which is equivalent to approximately- 3.500,000 pounds. /I >?llllH>f III ???I ?A?M . . Reserve Your Table Now For New Year's Eve! Start the New Year by dining here?in the coziest place in the rily?vouched for by those who have partaken of delicious Italian dishes, prepared by skillful native chefs. American food, too, cooked with painstaking care, and in such variety as to please every taste. Music and Dancing RESTAURANT 12th Street and Penna. Ave. Phone Franklin 4178 Pastors Agree Not to Marry Divorced Folk HALLT, STE. MARIE, Dec. 30. THE pastors of every church in Sault Me. Marie, except one, have signed an agreement not to perform any marriage ceremony to which either party lias a former mate living. The agreement "views with dismay the growing evil of divorce," and is made, its sign ers say, "in order that no one in the future may be put to he embarrassment of being refused." E OF Resolution Provides for Report By Federal Trade Com mission. Investigation of the Armour-Morris merger by the Federal Trade Com mission is provided for In a resolu tion introduied In the Senate yester day by Senator Norrls, of Nebraska. The resolution was referred to the Agriculture committee, of which Senator Norrls is chairman, and a favorable report at an early date is believed assured. A fight then will be made to put .. through the Senate. With the farm bloc lining up solidly behind the measure, it is expected to go through. The Norrls resolution calls for a report to the Senate as to whether ?he merger violates the law and to what extent, if any. it will limit competition and increase the cost of living. Army Has Had 104 Calls Since the Revolution The United States army has answered 104 calls to active service since the revolutionary war, "accord ing to an article by Secretary of War Weeks In an official Govern ment publication. These calls, the Secretary points out, have come at intervals averag ing a year and a half. PUN TO PUT CURB Republicans Seek to Stop Senate Filibuster to Block Legislation. NAVAL PARLEY PROPOSED Appropriations Bill Is Passed Giving Harding Power to Call Conference. By J. BART CAMPBELL, I nl trim? umili Nrw*. St-rviff. Republican leaders planned at a ! conference last night to start the I New Year by changing the Senate : rul?-s so as to Impose "reasonable ! limitations" upon (detjate and < hoke ? off filibustering tactics, which they ? charged were being us?-d by certain ; Senators to tie up the Adminis'ra I tlon's legislative program and fon??? | a special ?-se'on of the ni w (Sixty ? eighth) Congress in the spring. ! TO PRESS RKSOM TION. Senator Joins (Rep.) of Washing ton, chairman of the Senate Corn j merce Committee, in charge of the ? long-delayed ship eilho'dy bill, an nounced he wuul.l press his risolo tion providing for the appointment of a bi-partisan Senat?? committee to revise the rules governing debate Senator Smoot (Itep.) of I'tah. charged a systematic filibuster was being conducted by Democratic Sena tor?, aided and abetted by a little group of Republicans headed by -Senator UsPoliette (Hep.) of W.scon j sin, to delay indefinitely action on ! the subsidy measure so as to pre vent its passage. When the Senate adjourned yes terday afternoon for the New Toar holiday, until Wednesday, forty days had elapsed since President Hani ing summoned Congress in special session November -0. to consider the subsidy legislation and. although passed by the House, it was siili tied in a legislative knot in the Senate. Virginian Applies for Mortgage Permission The Virginian Railway Company has applied to the Interstate Com? I merca Commission for authority to ? Issue $2,074,000 of first mortgage ! fifty-year I per cent gold bonds. ; The proceed* will be used to replen ish the company's treasury for money spent on betterment and I extension of the road. Starting Our Business Craft Upon Its Voyage Of 1923 WITH all Sails set, and firmly resolved: To serve you faithfully and hotter still the Coming Year. To maintain our leadership in accurately interpreting Fashion'? Forecasts, but always with line discrimination. Not to voyatre'into I'nkuwn Seas, but to steer ;utr ship bv Quality, Fair Prices and Square Dealing, those points of the compass that have always ? held it safely upon its course of Public Confi* dence. H; ? ) appy i\ew. iear: 'City Club Shofi" 1318 G St. Cor. 7th & ? Sts. 414 9th St. 191416 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. SE.