Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1921, Page 1

Membor of the Assoclated Press sredited to it or net etherwise credited iu this - WEATHER. Rain tonight and probably tomor- Tow; warmer tonight; lowest temper- ature above freesing. Temperature for twenty-four hours ending at noon today: Highest, 43, at 4 p.m. yester- day; lowest, 31, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page 5, part ) Newr York Stock Market ' No. 28,006. Closed Today ‘Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, hening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION JANUARY 1, 1921 —TWENTY PAGES. Yesterday’s ' 1 ‘i Paver and also the local sews published burela. | i AD rights of publication of spectal it Net Circulation, 82,653 TWO CENTS. FFFICIENCY BUREAY OREVEALS NEW PLAN ¢ v TORAISE SALARIES Colby Decries South American Trade Propaganda Aimedat U.S. | | | | | Assures Uruguayans His Nation Proposes to Find Way | [ to Allay Feelings of Distrust and Eradicate 1 WILL Misunderstandings. R i SOMEBODY MONTEVIDEO, ETDK‘IQ;: January | tries to allay all feelings of dlslrumi TELL ME N __28 Per Cent Increases Above | 1.—Bainbriage Colby, United States Basic Pay Provided in Ex- pert’s Program. LATE RECLASSIFICATION 'SCHEME HAS 23 CLASSES Creator Says It Has Distinct Ad- vantages Over Previous Proposals to Aid Employes. ~ As a best New Year wish to the more than 90,000 emploves of Uncle Sam in the classified service in the National Capital and 734,761 through- out the country, increases in salaries averaging about 10 per cent above the present salaries, plus the bonus, or about 28 per cent above the pres- cnt basic salaries, are provided in a reclassification program announced today by Herbert D. Brown, chief of the United States bureau of efficiency. In higher administrative, technical and scientific positions the incre: will be much greater. Mr. Brown sdys. . This comes a sa quick response to the pledge of Chairman Good of the House appropriations committee that the basic salaries of government em- ployes must be increased by Congress in the next session, if not in this gession. The reclassification program of the bureau of efliciency represents the result of a careful investigation of all the administrative departments and independent establishments dur- ing the last five years. It proposes to “cut the cloth both ways” by mak- ing nineteen salary groups and twen- ty-three classes of work. Advantages Pointed Out. Mr. Brown says his plan has three | distinct advantages over the other) reclassification schemes: (1) It is con-| cise and allows every employe to see just what increase he or she may ex- pect; (2) it will allow Congress to see to a dollar what the cost will be, and (3) it carries the indorsement of every administrative depa nt. The twenty-three classifications of work, as proposed in the efficiency bureau scheme of reclassification, are as follows: Class 1. Unskilled laborers. | 1 Class 2, Messengers and watchmen. Class 3. Mechanics. Class 4. Office appliance operators. Class 5. Typists. Cl 6. Stenographers and report- S, < el‘lnls 7. Bookkeepers and account- ants. Class 8. Auditors. Class 9. Receiving and ng clerks. Class 19. Index, file ‘and mail clerks. Class __ Ldbrarians and library clerks. TEAT I i - Class 12. Proofreaders and editorial clerks. - Class 13. Statistical clerks. * Class 14. Drafismen and‘illustrators. Class 15. Clerks. Class 16. Law clerks and attorneys. Class 17. Personnel clerks. Class 13. Purchasing clerks. Class 19. Medical examiners and as- sistante. Class 20, Translators. Class 21. Custodians of buildings. Class 22. Technical. scientific and professional employ: Class 23. Secretaries. Keale of Salaries. The scale of salaries for government employes under the nineteen groups proposed by the bureau of efficiency recommendations is. shown below: Salaries. 1 Growp’ From Range Step-up Overlap 2 s 1% 3% M | 3w 10 360 ) 300 %% 5 1140 360" 2w 130 6 130 30 80 12 7 10 T 5 1630 360 1% 5 186 540 30 1% v 2160 %0 300 240 11 260 40 300 0 12z 540 300 240 13 3000 @ 0 300 14 3300 60 300 . 300 15 300 @00 200 300 18 3900 @0 300 500 17 45 00 600 ... 13 el 1500 1300 | 19 8000 iy ol The “step-up” is the difference be- tween the minimum salary in one group and the minimum salary in the next group. The “overlap” shows how much | higher the maximum salary in one &roup is above the minimum salary in the next higher group. —_—— SENATORS HALF OVER BILL Make Progress in Considering Appropriation Measure. The Senate appropriations subcom- mittee in charge of the District appro- priation bill has completed considera- ton of practically one-half of that| measure, although the zmemflmems; made are tentative and may be changed fore the subcommittee reports the bill to the full committee. Chairman Curtis of the subcommit- tee is to leave here tomorrow for Marion, Ohfo, for a conference with President-elect Harding, and is not ex- pected to return to the Capitol until| Tuesday. The subcommittee adjourned 1o meet at the call of the chairman. The bill, it is expected, will be report- cd to the Senate during the coming weel . C. SECOND “HOP” MADE. Twelve Planes Reach Magdalena Bay in Safety. SAN Twelve of the which left S8an Diego Thursday on a flight to the Panama canal and reached San Bartolome bay, Lower <alifornia, made the second “hop” of the journey to Magdalena bay yes- terday, according to radio messages received here shortly before 10 . The thirteenth machine, the NC-6, remained at San Bartolome bay. —_— TRAFFIC FINES, $384,625. New York Total Exceeds Previous Year by $122,130. January 1.—Fines to- were paid by traffic violators in New York city during 1920, the annual report of the traffic court disclosed today. This exceeds the previous year's amount by $§122,- 120, and brings the grand total to Secretary of State, told the people of Uruguay yesterday that the United States proposed to find a way to allay the feelings of distrust of North America, which, he said, he had been told frankly by leading men existed on the part of the many South Amer- icans who did not comprehend the true motives and purposes of his| entertainment of country in its dealings with the South | have been made by the government. Mr. Colby spoke | civili at a farewell luncheon that he gave ony. With | b romieeye | to arrive here about 10:30 tomorrow American nations. to some of Uruguay's most prominent citizens. “1 have been told pro work in South America cordial between North and South America.” the Secretary said. “It is our duty to find a way to allay this distrustful feeling and to exeri every effort to Wwipe away any misunderstandings and merit your confidence. We ask to be judged by our merits, and not by our defects.” Mr. Colby spoke of the activities and competition of the English, French and Italians in South America and said he would be the last to be- grudge them success. He declared the American policy was filled with the greatest friendship and that it was the duty of public men of all coun- is at agains| the | him_ from Uruuis relations and understanding | | Royen, of the ministry of fdreign af- that might be engendered “and lead the way into broldcr‘ and - cleaner fields of generous rivalry.” Beforet sgaylllg farewell to President Brum, Secretary Colby, in the name of President Wilson, laid a wreath on the tomb of Jose Artigas, Uruguay’s great patriot. Due at Buenos Aires Today. BUENOS AIRES, December 31.—] tensive plans for the reception ( ainn Rainbridge Colby | WHAT 1920 5 Ex- | a| and the American col-| ian bodi he is expected | party Argentine bringing the which on board Libertad, morning cruise is Iy received dent Ir Mr. Colby will be offic by representatives of Pre: fairs and others, and will be the offi- | cial guest of the government. In the afternoon the Secretary will be wel- comed by Acting Foreign Minister To- rello, who will present him to the president and cabinet members. J An official banguet in his honor has'| been arranged for Sunday night It will be presided over by the foreign minister_and attended by the presi- dents of both houses of congress, | many Argentine officials and Frederic { J. Stimson, the American ambassador. Mr. Colby plans to remain here three days. | Ifl- i {to_the manufacturing world.” DIEGO, Calif., January 1.—| thirteen seaplanes | SEE BRIGHT FUTURE BILL BECOMES LAW, FORU S. BUSINESS; THOUGH T IS LOST Government Officials Look |Smoot-Reavis for New Era of Prosperity Resolution, Last Seen on President’s in America. i Desk, Causes Mix-Up. ! 1 | BY DAVID LAWRENCE, For the first time in the memory | Naturally reticent to be quoted in-|°f the oldest White FHouse employes | dividually as to the future of huxl.ll‘a'::el:[l‘r:ohlaullbec;:ne ma la‘w a’t the ' ness, the majority of government of- 5 u he esident’s signa- ficials closed their desks for the year [ 'Ure because it was either lost or 1920 with a sigh of relief and with |™islaid somewhere in the White an expressed’ feeling that 1921 will “‘;‘f;l: 0;;:: e:sc‘utl!v: offices. e see the beginning of a new era in| ' red in the case ¢ e Amierican prosperity. ; Sthoot-Reavis resolution providing for | Instead of apprehensions such as|COmplete reorganization of all de- have been experience@ for two years p.hr_zmenu of the federal government, that every moment might disturb|¥Nich automatically became of law prosperous conditions, the sentiment :';":;"::Y ‘_flfterlr;m:n A :.:l-mo'dock, about the immediate future is thn(, e time limit for the President America mow will build on such a| ®ither to sign or veto it had expired. sound and substantial basis as to give |, e time for action drew near assurance over a period of years. e President called for the resolu- A tion, but after @ thorough search Official® do mot exude optimiom &nd | iy sart of aselstants and foedeengors paint rosy pictures, but at e they” do inspire confidence. -And >t,€oUld not.be. found. et their ’mlnvem«fl] about the outlook | A% time WY T on for 1921 is tinged with this central exciting about the bite oy Tnote—where there is abundancs .there can be neither panic nor poverty. America is well supplied with com- |mmh Was renéwed with more search- ers afid more vigor, but when the final moment. for action arrived it had modities dnd goods and is experienc- | no¢ turned up, and yesterday word te P ST S that effect was ‘unoficially conveyed| Xpe! ar nate. 5 i Because of this unusnal mix-up and in view of the fact that the measure is now a law, it will be n for the President to call upon the Senate to have the’ resolution re-en, and re-enrolled, so that it may he sent to the State Department to be written upon the statute books and then to be placed in its resting. place In_the government archives, It is not known whether the Presi- dént was going to sign the measure prices which were being asked. And |or veto it. There dre those about the when ‘the people generally ' stopped | White House whe declure, with assur. buying the manufacturers found that f ance, that he was going to sign the the retailers ca: for new | resolution, but inasmuch as it is a Socds’ W nOW, Whether by default or by “This is a democratic country,” said | accident, the principal cause for con- a member of the cabinet, who, of jcern at the White House is what be- course, was referring to the use of | came of it. It is the opinion of some the word democracy with a small “d.” | that the resolution after being rec “and things happen in this country|ceived in the executive offices’ was. Just about as the mass of people want |taken to the President, and that. it Thain:th meppen. mm,.,ugmqm seen on his desk. That was buying becsuse they thougnt s | nearly two Weeks ago, and no one ‘were too high, and now that bottom | can be found who is known to have has been reached people are starting |seen it since. to buy again. This will mean new MOUNT CLIMBERS RETURN. | orders for goods, and new impetus Missing Students, Exhausted and Hungry, Find Way Down. their places the manufscturing and production of ar- ticles of commerce. Lessons May Be Gleamed Looking back. over 1920 lessons may be gleaned about the future. Thé striking fact of the past year was the strike of consumérs. The public stubbornly refused to buy at the Should prices go to pre-war levels? Government officials- regard this as the most delicate point of all because conditions in every industry are dif- ferent. They ell;oo-e rather to say that prices should go to “reagonable” | FABYAN, N. H., Januury 1.—The levels, and they believe the public p : ot buying without | inoiating | three Harvard students Wio had been on an absolute return at once to pre- |missing since they started to climb war levels. ! |Mount Washington on Wednesday Retter Geods Produeed. morning returned to the base station In 50 many cases better goods are |of “Mount Washington railway to- being produced than before the war, |night. They were suffering from ex- and, again, there is no such abun- |posure and lack of food, but it was dance in some commodities as there |believed that none of them was in a used to be. Changed conditions will |serious condition. affect price recessions, but, generally | One of the students, Emmanuel 8. speaking, the public will about de- |Cook of Duluth, Minn, was so ex- cide when it thinks buying should be | hausted that he was carried for a part resumed. of the way by the others, Max Gold- Another thought Which cabinet of. |berg of Chicago and Ben Scheinman ficials suggest is that every period (of Detroit. of irritation has its compensations. - RAIL RATE CUT STARTS. Throughout the war, as the cost of living soared, an immense number of Heavy Reductions Become Effective in Canada. men and women of the salaried class felt the pinch and endured real want (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) OTTAWA, January L—Reduced rail- roud passenger and freight rates be- came effective throughout the Dominion . today, under a ruling of the Dominion Read railway board, Modifying , increases o ted last September. in eastern Can- “High and | ada the rallroads will reduce their Handsome” freight charges from 40 to 35 per cent By Jonathan Brooks, in above the rate effective before the Sep- tember ruling. A reduction from 35 to 30 per cent has been ordered in the western provlnt: S % assenger rates, which were increased 20 per cent by the September judgment, will drop 10 per cent until July 1, 1921, { the Magazine Section of S et e e I 5 7| MAN KILLED; FIVE HURT. Tomorrow’s ?f‘m Year Eve Party Meets Tragi Star : End in Callision. £l CcoLUMBUS, Ohio, January .1.—on their way home from a New Year eve party here early this morning, Har- wvey Derne, lumberman, wis killdd and his wife and four other.pérgons in- jured, two prol fatally, when Derne’s machine collided head-on Wwith a taxicab. Both machines were burned. This is one of the best bits of fiction of the day— the story of an unusual horse race, with an unusual plot and an unusual ending. Other fiction by Sewell Ford and J. Frank Davis, together with a number of | 8 & FEAR RENEWAL OF WARFARE. = | 1,031,790 for the five years the court has been in existence. A total of 40,529 offenders were ar- raigned in the last year, of whom 979 were sent to prison without the alter- . mative of a fine, and 1,438 for non- Fayment of fmes. » timely feature articles. Lithuanian mission n recel £ "Fa" sovermment s In Tomorrow’s Star 8|2, mernses fom lts government | BOARD OF THREE TOGOVERN FIUME Mayor and Two Others Con- stitute Provisional Gov- ernment. By the Associafed Press. ABBAZIA, Jugoslavia, December 31. —Dr. Antonio Grossich, former head of the national .council of Fiume; Rickardo Gigante, mayor of Fiume, and Capt. Hostwenturi, who was director of national defense in the city, have been constituted the pro- visional government of Fiume. :They will sign the pact presented by Gen. Caviglia and administer the Gity's affairs until elections are held. Rapid execution of the agreement will _be effected, but whether the &'Annunzian 1 will depart land or ssahas yet bean -de- ded. There is stationed at Abbasia a2 Dalmatian lihér capablé of t: on virtually ail the poet's forces, was sent to transport:wounded, but, these having been cared for in hos- pitals along the coast, it is. possible the steamer wil be put into service to take the Fh to a place designated by . government. 'Annunszio issued a eort of vale- dictory to the Fidmans 'ds soon as he sdw surrender was inevitable. There are‘a few -copies in the hande of the reégulars, but it has generally been kept secret. Ome of the officers who read it teday récited a portion from memory as fellows: “I abdicate and consign my powers to the national council. “1 have fought for an ideal. I leave to you the dead who fought for what they conceived to be right. They have made the most supreme sacrifice for you. I consign them to you that their memory may live foreve; PLAN FOR DUKE REGENT. Officials Discredit Existence ; Fiume Scheme. ROME, December 31.—An Abbazia dispatch alleges the existence in Fiume of a plan to elect the Duke of Aosta to the Regency of Fiume, this title being hereditary to his family, In political circles in Rome the be- lief is expressed that even if the offer were made the Duke of Aosta would not accept, us the Jugosiavs might regard it _as an infraction of the treaty of One of the conditions presented to the Fiume delegates at Abbazia was that a party of ILtalian carbineers and an Itakan military authority proceed to Fiume for the purpose of maintain- ing order ‘and take possession of the large quantities of arms and ammu- nition there, according to the Rome newspapers. The casualties among Gabriele D'Annunzio’s legionaries in the final encounter with Italian -regulars are said to have been 116 wounded and four dead. Many houges in the neigh- borhood -of Fiume and Sussak were seriously damaged by the blowing up of bridges by the legionaries. SAYS POET WILL FIGHT ON. People With Him, Declares Whit- ney Warren, His Friend. NEW YORK, December 31.—Gabriele D'Annunzio will never be reconciled to the treaty of Rapallo and will indefinitely cafry on his fight against the present Dpolicies of the Italian government, Whitney Warren, Ameri- Can representative of the council of Fiume, declared in a statement to- of =t‘l!!y. | of Fiume,” said Mr. Warren, who is a. “Yfhey may drive D’Annunzio out personal friend of the poet, “but they will never subdue him. until the Adriatic question is %ettled right. The people of Italy are behind D'An- nunzio and his ideas will triumph in nd.” - e o Warren sald he doubted if p'Annunzio would flee Italy, because “his work is just begun.” He has had no direct word from D'Annunzio or the council of Fiume for several weeks, and expressed the opinion that many reports about conditions in the Adriatic city “were highly colored by the Italian government.” “I am absglutely In sympatny with ‘Annunzio;” said Mr. Warren, “for ?y‘?l:‘t‘:rlre(s lh‘;:. will of the great Italian people. ‘orce _has been used to aislodge him from Fiume, but force cannot remove the affection in which he is held by the Wass of his:fellow countrymen. “] know he will never be reconciled to the treaty of Rapallo, which would Jeave Fiume a weak Spot on-the map of Italy. He will fight on anq ulti- | Concerp that war may be renewed | mately gain his point. I expect to | between Lithuania and Poland is ex- | hear that the poet is in Venice, If re- pressed here in a statement by the ports &l;m:' leavifig Fjume are cor- k) of his going to Ireland or South America are without founda- tion.” - Mr. 'Warren visited D'Annunsio in diplomatic negotiatiens at Warsaw | Fiume. during the early daya of his \fTd | regarding Viloa and other questions. !occupancy of that city. - - ) IMILK AT RETAIL| DROPS,DUETONEW WHOLESALE RATE The retail price of milk went down today from 18 to 17 cents per quart, following the reduction of 4 cents per gallon in the wholesale rate charged the dairymen by the farmers. Reductions in the price of milk re- |cently were made in other eastern jcities, following a decline in the cost {of feed used by dairy herds. Inspectors of the health department report milk plentiful in Washington, and say they would not be surprised to see another reduction in the whole- sale and retail prices before winter passes. 14500 FACE LOSSES NTREASURY STORE| .Operative Industry Faces Liguidation-—1 ,7m‘ve_ Withdrawn. The Treasury Department co-opersi- tive store, which opened in October, 1919, with a ,membership of" 6,200 workers in the Treasury Department and bureau of engraving and print- ing. has closed for liquidation. Seventeen hundred members have ! withdrawn since the enterprise start- {ed, thereby saving their five-dollar | mémbership - fees, but the ' remaining 14,500 investors face a loss in the final settlemeént. Accountants are now at work tak- ing an inventory of stock and other| assets. Their report is expected by | the middle of next week. It is be- lieved all outside obligations can be taken care of, but it is emid that the| | prospect of liquidating the 4,500 mem- | berships at their face value of $22,500 {is. not particularly bright. Lack of Co-Operation Cause. The principal reason given for the closing of the store is that it failed to receive the full co-operation which an enterprise of the character must have to prospe It iz stated. also, that the establishment could not com. pete with local chain stores in the sale of many commodities, particu- i larly canned goods, which the chain groceries ‘offered at. lower ;eost.” "' * Determination to close the store January 1 was reached several wéeks ago by a committee appointed 'to in. vestigate the situation. This com- mittee was authorized to look -into the advisability of opening a gov- ernment co-operative ' store in a building other than the = Treasury Department. Its ° recommendation will be adverse to this suggestion. Brifaches Close Up. The bureau of engraving and print- ing branch of the Treasury store went out of existence several months ago, while the -Arlington annex branch, which -sold clothing as well as ; groceries, suspended operations December 1, moving its stock to the main store in the Treasury Depart- ment proper. W. G. Platt, chief: clerk of the | Treasury Department, stated today a iplan probably would be devised giv- !ing employes of the department an | opportunity to procure the goods on hand in wholesale lots at attractive prices. He said the commodities are of the best quality obtainable. —_— DESCHANEL STARTS RACE. Former French President Makes Canvass for Senate Seat. 1 CHARTRES, France, December 31.— Paul Deschanel, who was forced by ill heaith to resign the presidency of France in September, arrived here to- day by an!omopne to begin his cam- paign for election to the senate from the department of Eure-et-Loire, Today’s News : in Paragraphs ‘Treasury Department co-o) is to be liquidated. "‘"‘"x'i:';-" g Members of Association of Old 5 habitants welcome 1n New Yean® = 2 Government machine: aus the mew year. | Luuses fo greet Merchants and manufacturers pl operation with P. E. D. Co. T letters X Page 3 K. of C. supreme knight says offer of 45,000,000 memorial building to Ameri- can Legion 48 not Catholic donation, Page 4 Senator Penrose indicates he is opposed to House emergency tariff bill and to present soldier bonus_legislation. Page. 5 Scientist tells how star 300,000,000 miles in diameter was measured. Page b -Jones, colored, instantly killed by reyolver shot in row with woman. 3 . . . Page- 10 Ji tor J, e Ly wi tol- in_a carriage N. Y. REPUBLICANS INMARCH 4 PARAD National Republican Club Wil Send Liberal Rep- resentation. The famous National Republican Club of New York is one of the lead- ing republican organizations of the country which will have a representa- tion in the inaugural parade, accord- ing to information received by the | inaugural committee. This club, accordihg to the informa- tion received, is to be represented at |pert of the night for the cardinal | !ing from fatigue due to too close at- Senator Harding’s ceremonies by a large . committee, many members of Which are more or less nationally known. Charles D. Hilles, former Secretary to President Taft and republican na- tional committee chairman, who is president of the club, has announced the pérsonnel of this committee as follows: . .ColL M. C. Catrow is chair- man. and other members are Cornelius Vanderbilt, Charles H. Sherrill, iam X 5 véit. Ogdet L. Miits, Jamnes fleld, George A. Gl , Sam: Koenig, Senator wm’r::- T man, R. A C. 8mit X, Bliss and James O Hiaine e Gen. Harries on Committee. Announcement is mads. b; - man McLean of the :ddlliollyoshé‘;l. George H. Harries to the general in- augural committee. Harry M, Bll’fl'. chairman of the inaugural Committee, has announced the per- Sonnel of Ids committee as follows: Miss Helen .J. Nicolay, Arthur D, Marks, J. E. Ri T. Macdonald, Fleming Newbold, Frank Presbrey, Dpresident of the Frank Presbrey Ad- vertising Agency, New York: Albert Lasker, president Lord & Thoinas Ad- Vi ng Agency, Chicago: Paul Block, New York. i Ayer, president Al W.' Ayer 3 Philddelphia; H. K. McGann, preas: dent H. K. McCann Advertising Agency, New York, and William H. Johns, general manager George Bat- ten Company. New York city, The 1ast six named are members of leading national advertising agencies and their position on the committee means much toward the financial suo- cess of the souvenir program. Will Ride in Auto. Word has been received at in- augural. headquarters to the effect| that :President-elect Harding will abandon the time-honored cusiom. of ‘the President-elect riding to the Capi- and will use an antomobile instead. In the event he carries out this plan_ he will be estab- lishing 2 precedent, as all former Presidents-elect have used horses or horse-drawn vehicles to carry them to the Capitol. Thomas Jeffer- son is credited with having walked to or from the Capitol, and Andrew Jackaon is said to have ridden a spirited charger on that great day. At the request of Senator Harding. the Cleveland Grays, a. crack infantry company of Cleveland, Ohio, has been added to his personal escort for in- auguration day.. Troop A, a dis- tinguished cavalry outfit of Cleveland, has already been selected as the sonal cavalry escort. divide honors with the Ohio troopers. LIBERTY .HUT MAY OFFER | INAUGURAL QUARTERS Visiting Organizations Are Likely ‘to' Have Use of Building, Ac- cording to Plans. plaza Will be used, it is expected, to house some of the visiting organiza- tibns at the-time of the.inauguration of Harding and Coolidge, vi A dge, it was e building is owned by the Y. C. A., but it stands on mv’;:mynefi property, designed for a park. It had been planned to have the builde ing removed January 1, the Y. M. C. Afla‘i;m:fw:nm.r:-lsl e lumber in ft ai o nt - desir] ut ‘suggestion of i Woods, superintendont of thy c‘flm} bullding and grounds, the inaugursl committee has taken up with the Y. M. C. A. authorities the matter of leaving the building intact until after the. inauguration. Space for visiting organization: be found also in' government spuris. ings, it 18 said. The matter will be referred to the public bulldings com- mission, of which Senator mission, < Smoot s Pending a decision on Senator Borah's proposal that the expendi- tures' of the federal government in connection Wwith the inaugural cere- monies shall be limited to $10,000, the award of the contract for the con- struction of. a stand on the east front of the Capitol where the inau address of Mr. Harding will be de- livered, has been held up. The lowest hid was something more than. $22,000. | WHITE - HOUSE CHANGES FOR HARDING BEGIN Changes about the White House and grounds to meet the wishes of President-clect Harding already have been started, the tennis court in the rear of the executive man- sion coming in for first attention. The work of restoring the court. whickk has been in more or less disuse for some time past. started in compliance with an formal request to President W son from Senator Harding, who. besides being a golf fan, is known also to be devoted to tennis. George Christian, iny secretary, at ing here with Joseph P. secretary to President Wilson, understood to have turned fro discussior. of secretarial and e: ecutive affairs long enough to co: vey the informal request from Se ator Harding that the tennis courts might be filtted up during the cold weather, when conditions were most favorable. While the daughters of President, Miss Margaret Wi and the former Miss Eleanor W son, were accustomed frequently to make use of the court, since their absence from the White House and the illness of the President it has been used only occasionally by Secretary of War Baker and Secretary Tumulty. The court became famous in President Roosevelt's administra- tion, when the little group of men invited to play there almost daily with the President became known 2s “the tennis cabinet.” the CARDINAL GIBBONS IGALL TONATIONS FOR DISARMAMENT PARLEY IS LIKELY President Wilson Said to Be About Ready to Issue Invitation. AUTHORITY IS GIVEN BY NAVY ACT OF 1916 Tremendous Sentiment Here for Some Sort of Agreement by Greater Powers. Almost on the eve of consideration of disarmament resolutions by the Senate foreign relations committee, & report spread through Washington today that President Wilson was about to issue an invitation to the nations to Join in u disarmament conference. The President has specific authority to issue such a cail. Under the nava! appropriations act of 1916, as chief executive of the United States he could initiate 2 movement for such & conference without legislative action. though Congress would, of course. have to approve any proposed plan for a reduction of mament. Report Given Impetus. {ties here, ‘ROOSS- R. Shef- M. Benjamin B. Odell, Charles Sc:;:;{: {less favorable than at any time dur- ’mg his illness and that he had souvenir |strength until yesterda: ity; F. Wayland | The report that the President wis planning to issue un invitation for such an international conference was given further impetus by the fact that yesterday the President held a long_conference with Acting Secretars of State Davis, and Mr. Davis later QUEKLY RALLES Relapse Suffered Yesterday E Rear .Admlnl Robert E Caused Special Prayers |Goont= - & N chier of naval opers " to Be Offered Tt Tt e s T a1 e esident n mf act- 0 Be ered. ing under the authority conferred . By the Awsciated Press. on him by the naval appropriations BALTIMORE, Md., January 1.— act of 191s. Mr. Davis said today. however. that Cardinal Gibbons has rallied from his| he had never talked with the Presi- relapse of yesterday, after a good fl(ifll arzgnr(ll(nx 'k:“' matter. ] = n adopting the great naval pro- might's rest, and was much better this | o\ %corried in the act of 1916 Con- morning, according to news received | Erass at the same time declared the t the archiepiscopal residence shortly | position of the United States to be before 10 o'clock from Union Mills,(to adjust international disputes Ma., where the cardinal is ill at the | through arbitration. home of friends. The act said, referring te the (}m message came htnmucmfi:.l:} Tnited States: B What Aet Propowes. as saying “his eminence i Ieelin€] w1t 100ks with apprehension and dis- g::ne.&nd O e e favor upon a general increase of All the Catholic religious communi- | armament throughout the world, but it realizes that no single nation can disarm and that without common agrcement upon the subject every Repert .| considerable power must maintain a who is at the home of e - Shriver, where he went nearly a "g;“v:‘;undinc!nmuun strength. month ago for a rest. He was suffer-| iy view of the premises the Presi- dent is authorized and requested to invite at an appropriate time, not later than the close of the war in embracing the various orders, prayed throughout the greater tention to diocesan affairs. Speeial Prayers Offered. clal prayers also were offered at #ll the great governments of n.us p:na:mr today by direction of|the world to send representatives to Bishop O. B Corrigan, vicar generxl|s comference whish shall be ed of the diocese, who, after a visit to| With the @uty of formulating a plan TR omins i | T ponl el arlihing st &8 official notice to the clergy- T ety Sux ffién ©f the diocese, and through them to their cofigregations, directing prayers “for his eminence’s speedy re- covery or a happy death.” The bishop’s notice stated that the cardinal’s condition yesterday was between adjudication, and peaceful settlement. and to consider the question of dis- armament and submit their recom mendatious to their respective gv erzments for spproval.” ¥ e act provides an appropriation of $200,000 to pay expenses of Ameri- can delegates to the proposed con- ference. The President is given power to re- ceived tho last sacraments. Yester- day was the second time he has re- celved extreme unction, the first hav-| suspend the American naval build ng been about two weeks ago, when | ing program under, certain cond is condition first became grave.|tions. The act said: Since then he had gained steadily in| *“If at any time before the con- t 3 struction authorized by this act shall The cardinal’s physicians . believe | have been contracted for there shall that minor relapses, as well as his{have been established with the co- ondition vesterday, have been|operation of the United States of brought about by nervousness induced { America an international tribunal or by the reception of visitors by the | tribunals competent to secure prelate. He had been noticeably worse | ful determination of all internationul after visits of any Yength. disputes, a.ng whic‘ll shall render un- s necessary the maintenance of com- e S e e petitive armaments, then in that ease Earlier in the day yesterday the|gych maval expenditures which+may cardinal gave a New Year message 10| be inconsistent with the engagements his host of friends in Baltimore,|made in the establishment ot sach Washington and throughout the coun- | tribunal or tribunals may be snc try, expressing regret that he would{pended, when So ordered by ihe not be able this vear to greet his Bal- { President of the United States. tiraore and Washington friends in per- P Resol P T- | The Grays };?m i Liberty Hlut, on the Union Station | 3¢ ok ey "ot the Somans opd son on the first two Sundays of the new year, as has been his custom for| The Senate foreign relations commit- more than a generation. He asked |tee has before it for consideration two their continued prayers, and gave|resolutions looking tc a reduction of them his blessing and best wishes. {armaments. One is the Borah resolu- The doctor said the cardinal is suf- | tion looking to an agreement by the fering from muscular weakness, which | United States, Great Britain and Japan involved the heart action, but that be-[{Or @ 50 per cent reduction in_ their tween these attacks “he is as well as |Naval programs during the next five vou or 1" The docior added that he [Years. The other is the Walsh resoiu- Would bring his patient home next |ion, requesting the President to pame week unless his health positively for- | FePresentatives of the United States to bids. It is believed that the prelate’s act with the league of nations commis- mind would be eased by a return to|Sion on disarmament. the plain room where he has lived and worked for so many years. WOMAN KILLS NEGRO. Proves Quicker With Revolver Senator Borah Is a2 _member of the foreign relations committee, and he will press {or favorable action on his resa- 'S ineeting. _Senator that he probably lution at Monday Walsh said today would appear before the committee himself in support of his resolution. A tremendous-amount of sentiment in favor of some agreement by the Than Assailant Is With Rifle. |powers to reduce armaments is de- veloping in Europe and Japan as well NEW ORLEANS, January 1—Sam |as in the United States, it is reported Sanders, twenty-seven yvears old,|here. The membersof the Senate have negro, was shot and instantly killed |been polled, and 2iso to a man those by 4 while woman, Mrs. Joseph Lobue, | F.i0 Ba¥e been interviewed declare in y 4 favor of some kind of an agreement wife of a local grocer, shortly after - 10 orolock - Iast’ Dight for the reduction of armaments. 2 heavy burdens of debt and taxa- According to_the story told to the|,: 4 police by Mrs. Lobue, Sanders entered | {0 upon the peoples of the the grocery nd asked for 10 cents' worth of cheese, tendering a fifty- cent picce in payment and receiving 40 cents. in change. demanded $1.50 more in change. Being refused, Mrs. Lobue says he became abusive and threatened to get a gun and kill her. A short while later he returned to the store with could be used in .the payment of the | ts incurred and in productive ac- Argumeat Has Weight. The fact that the United States, with at the head of the woman, who|its vast resources and its finances un- snatched a .38-caliber revolver from |impaired compared to the nations of under the counter and shot the negro | Europe, is in a position to go ahead | NAVY UPHELD IN JAPAN. Paper Says Country Should Have in the head. with a huge naval building program if it desires is considered likely to { have much weight with ot s ! in bringing assent to some kind of an agreement for & reduction in arma- ments. Unless some kind of an imterna- t can be Sufficient Defense. TOKIO, December 31—t would be|UPon building up g Navy foolish to oppose disarmament, but|Sure the defense of the United States Japan must have sufficient defense to| i, Sitack should ever protect her against any. foreign 3g-|heartily 4n favor of a. gression, the Yorozu Choho declares,|armaments in commenting on the preposed agree- | such an ment between the United States, Great | they desired to see the Britain and Japan, regarding limita- | continue to’ make - adequate tion of naval armament. preparations. The newspaper says that Great Brit- 4 ain wants disarmament to suit her EARL READING FOR m own convenience, but that Japan does not forget America’s wish is for a navy big enough to meet any alliance, | gypprecedented Offer to Be Accept. ! ed, Is Report. “which could only refer-to the Anglo- Japanese alliance.” { The Osaka Asahi Shimbun asserts LONDON, January 1—The post or viceroy of India has been offereq to Earl Reading, who, it is delieved, will as -in- plan said, however, that it Was not reached, United States naval the Japanese foreign office is obsessed with doctrines of a balance of power, which involves balance of armaments, adding that the war destroyed this balauce. The, journal suggests in|acoept the aDpelotment, says gural | somewhat veiled language that it is a|Daily Mail 3 [ e mistake to regard the Anglo-Japanese| The appal alliance as the only string to Japan's, bow. . oL [ ¥