Evening Star Newspaper, January 15, 1921, Page 2

- HELD INADEQUATE -Company Unable to Get Fair -\ Return on Investment ¥ Ham Tells Stockholders. » Earnings of the Washington Rail- Electric Power companies are still in- adequate to yield a fair return on the money invested in them William F. Ham. president. told the stockholders at their annual meeting today. Although the president did not refer directly to the question of whether higher rates would be asked in the near future for both companies, he told the owners that “earnings are below what constitutes a reasonable return upon the investment, or upon the valuation fixed by the commission ftself.” He added that the financial standing of the companies improved somewhat during 1920 over the previ- ous year. President Ham's Report. Mr. Ham's report shows that large sams will have to be spent for several _ ¥2ars to come for ma ment of the power company’s plant. According to the report. the raily company spent $£1.136, upheep of way and structures during the calendar vear. Thix amount. Mr Ham stated. is the 1 have to be spent annuaily vears If the railway properties are t be kept in proper condition é . The report shows that the W. R. - and E. carried 87,782,784 pay passen- Zers during the vear. a decrease of per cent from 1919. The Rate of Fare. iscussing the rate of fare, Mr. Ham - “There is now, it is believed. a gen- [ eral understanding of the fact that this company. with its large suburban " mileage. operated at a loss to itself, C but with great benefit to the commu- nity, and. deprived of any special bene- fits ‘accruing to it from ownership of the stock of the Potomac FElectric Tower Company, cannot, under exist- ing conditions, properly function at as - low rate of fare as might be consid- . ered reasonable in the case of the Capital Traction Company, centrally - Incated, with dense trafic and smail suburban mileage. The two comp ies are so located that it is imper: tive that a uniform fare be maintain- ed on the two svstems, making mani- fest the need of the relief of this com- pany from certain of its burdens in the form of taxes. wages of crossing policemen and track-paving charges Extended hearings were had on these Tatters during the year before the House committee on the District of Columbia, and while a number of bil 1feve the situation, no action has so been taken." Business of Power Company. While the street railway company lest passengers during the year. the power company enjoyed an increase af 6.563 new customers, bringing the t#tal number of electric light con- sgmers up to 48,122 *The output of the Benning plant s 225,878,260 kilowatt hours, 10.9 per cent greater than the precedinz Mear. Due to the large number of jiew customers and increased con- sumptior on the part of old custo- 1ders, wo unprecedented amount of eXpansion work has been necessary, as disclosed by the following flgures New meters installed. 7.977; feet of “way and Electric and the Potomac | <t that will| for several | ° s | County Mayo, Ireland, w Mave been presented tending to re-i¢oday by a force of aux soon afterward. sa. Shot by Jap Sentry [ARNINGS m: w R E American Naval Officer LIEUT. WARREN H. LANGDON, back. SINN FEIN PLOT FEARED IN LONDON (Con ued from First Pag: forms: gelignite, guncotton, mega- phones. periscopes. gas masks and mail bags which had been missing as a result of raids, and also a large quantity of correspondence. which it is anticipated | will throw light on recent ambuscades and kidnapings. The young woman who played such a daring part on the arrival of the police and military in attempting to save the Lewis guns was found to be wearing steel body armor and to be carrving several loaded service revolvers, aecord- ing to the police. She refused to give chtest information to the authori- and, with four other persons, is W in the Cork jail. Five Members Forced to March With Union Jack Unfurled. LONDON, January 14.—Five prom- inent Sinn Fein storekeepers of Ballina, e compelled through the sireets of the town ing Union Jack: ing the Sinn Fe and singing “God Save the King." a Central News dispatch from B: The report adds that the Sinn Feiners afterward were forced to burn the re- publican flag. liam McGrath, king's counsel in Dublin, was mortally wounded when Ty bove their heads, trail- | fired upon by an unknown man who forced an entrance into his home this morning and died of his arly wounds a Central News di patch from Dublin. Mr. McGrath was struck by several bullets. Offices of the Dublin Union were raid- cable installed, 534,539; feet of wire installed. 1.202,859; conduit construct- services installed. 2,213. “The sales of electric current amounted to $4,128,766.03, or an increase of 21.25 per cent over the previous en such a statement as above tdoes not adequately picture the “growth of the_power company. It is ;sfcnsarr to WHK® a more extended glew o set 2 prover conception of it usiness and future requirements. mparing the ratio of meters in- stalled to population served, we find hat in 1901 there was one meter in- falled for every 100 of population in|down a good many 4: in 1915, 7.48and in 1920, 10.5. ¢ “Such expafigion as indicated above has called for the expenditure of Jarge sums of money for additional plants and extensions. During the erritory serv;; in 1905, 1.8; in 1910, Jast three years alone it has been{Ireland Will Fight to Finisk for mecessary to spend $4.812,357.29 for Buch purposes, and there will neces- arily be equally large expenditures §s the immediate and more distant ure. Pany. enjoving such a large and ex- nding business. located in the na- fon's capital, with a well designed jant. efficiently and economically ;‘uratad. should enjoy as high credit ®% any public utility in the country. &1e only thing necded is such reason- ble rates as will permit net earn- ogs comparable to those earned by Piosperous utilities located else- wher: Unabie to Float Bonds. /o emphasize that the two com- Pavies are not in the financial condi- | tion he believes they should be, Mr. Ham told the stockholders it was im- possibie to market two bond issues Shat were authorized by the utilities gommussion during the year. " The commission directed the power gompany to issue $1.400,000 general ortgage 6 per cent gold bonds to over capital expenditures, but the donds could not be sold and it was cessary to obtain loans from banks, g\lnr the bonds as collateral at 75 per nt of their par value. The railway company was permitted 1o sell §341,000 worth of general mort- ‘®age 6 per cent bonds to cover capi- 1al expenditures, but these bonds also were unmarketable and had not been @isposed of The report shows that on August 20 ® dividend of 2% per cent was paid | Jamned Yankee kongs now on preferred stock of the company and on December 1 a further dividend ed by last n t and books and B T duct feet). 332110, and house | iyt niEbta Sardidacumerisivore by eight members of the crown forces Well Known Barrister. DUBLIN, January 14—King's Coun- selor McGrath was a well known Irish barrister. He had been a journalist on the staff of the Freeman's Journal. but became king's counselor last year, and ! oceasionally acted as a judge. Mr. McGrath was a Strong supporter of the constitutional nationalists, but was inactive politically. He was presi- dent of the “Out of Work Committee on Donations.” Before he died he is quoted as having said: “I had to turn claims, and if I should die those people will be responsi- ble.” MAYOR ENDS TESTIMONY. Freedom, Says O’Callaghan. With a strong appeal that the United States recognize the Irish republic. or without such re would fight to the finish, Donal J O'Callaghan completed his testimony before the unofficial American com- Ireland at the Hotel La Fayette yes- terday. He testified that Cork was deliber- licemen. Mayor O'Callaghan was followed by Thomas Nolan, a merchant of Galway, ed the foot ball match at Croke Park, when, he said, more than thirty peo- ple were killed by the British mili- tary. Nolan said that his home and place of business in Galway had been destroyed because of his republican sympathies, and that he had been compelled to flee for his life Emil Pezolt and Henry Turk of San Francisco, Harold Johnson of Bucks county, Pa. and Robert Taylor of Seott's’ township, Pa., four rican | sailors of the steamship V Cay non. told of frequently being held up by British mil while their steam- er docked at Cork On the night of the Cork fire Pez according to the testimony of men. wag not only held up, beaten and robbed, but was lined up against the | wall and ordered to “sing your Peter MacSwiney testified briefly he- fore the session adjourncd until next of 21 per cent was disbursed. No|Wednesday at 10 o'clock. The brother dividends were paid during the year on common stock. A summary of the report shows that the total surplus income of the two companies after deducting oper- sting expenses, depreciation, taxes #nd_miscellanecus items was $800, §52.32. The disposition of this sur- plus is shown as follows: % Surplus income for the year, $300,- 52 add miscellaneous profit and ;ols adjustments, $28.138.77. Total 82891109, Less sinking fund re Fuirements (P. E. P. Co.), $106,000: payment of 5 per cent dividend on referred stock. $425.000—3531.000. lance for the vear 1920 credited to Profit and loss, $297,911.09. Directors Elected. Directors for the year were elected follows Milton E. Ailes. Charles 3. Bell. Woodbury Blair, Edwin C. FHrandenburg. Daniel J. “allahan, 3mory L. Coblentz, William T. Galli- ‘her, Julius Garfinkle, William F. Ham, JRobert N. Harper. Lennard H. Mitch- 1, Clarence F. Norment, Harold B. orne, Bates Warren and George W. White. . Z7The following officers were elected the board: William F. Ham, presi- t; 8. R. Bowen, vice bresid-nt and retary: A. M. Figher. treasurer; A. Neal, controller; William L. Clarke, istant secretary-treasur. oA eyser, assistant secretiry Ailes was elected caairman of the rd of directors. SoAllan Hoyt of Rix resignation as vice residen:. POLICE SUSPECT FRAUD. EiPolice today ixsued a lookout for : Fossible fraud. following the rep W Mre. Kt F. Hill. of 1620 15th str Y. D. Milton New York tendered of the late lord n or of Cork said he could 2dd little to the testimony pro sented by Lord Mayor O'Callaghan Following the completion of his pre. sentment of conditions in his hom. land, Mayor O'Callaghan, through his counsel, submitted a brief to Secre- tary of Labor Wilson, asking to be permitted to remain in this country as a political refugee under the law of admission without a passport Delav of Seeretary of Labor Wilson { in rendering w decision in the case of part, was occasioned by the desire of the festify before the commission from the committee of 100 investigating the Irish situation, Lefore ordering his deporta- tion This fact was made known today by officials in explanation of a hesitancy of the Department of Labor to act upon the ruling of the Department of State excluding O'Callaghan from the United States for attempting to enter without a passport. It is known that Secretary Wilson considered it preferable to permit the lord mavor to accomplish his mis- sion of testifying before the committee before carrving out the mandate of the State Department, on account of the state of Irish opinion in the United States. WILL MAKE PLEA ON BILL. Federal Watchmen and Others In- terested in Reclassification. rt Who told authorities that a jewelry |Demig and Miss Louise Kent a _com- case had been stolen last night from Jec residence. She said that she sus- 1t 4 meeting h enue las Leon B. Staples, A. L. dial servic B Y ork d R 8. Da mittee to draw up a brief for pres- entation at committee hearings on the cted a woman, who called at that | Lehlbach reclassification -bill. dress. declaring she was listing embers of a religious sect gweiry case was valued at $25. Watchmen, guards, institutional em~ The | ployes, charwomen and laundry work- ers were represented. FIGHT T0“CLSE" STEEL SHOPS O Union Plans Campaign of Education, Not Strike, to Win Workers. Preliminary work on details of the new campaign to unionize the steel was begun here }executive council of the national and |international unions in the steel in- Federation of Labor. One of the first steps of the coun- cil organized here vesterday, Will be workers throughout the country of their intention to take up the fight for the union shop. Education of the workers to the Dbenefits of unionism will be one of the most important functions of the according to M. J. Tighe, president of the Amalgamated Chief engineer of the United States|Association of eruiser Albany, who was shot by a|Workers, who heads the new commit- Japanese wentry as he returned to his | tee tenance of the |ship from shore leave at Viadivostok, treet railway property and enlarge- |Russia. A naval court of inquiry found that he had heen shot in the ! Steel and Tin national com- mittee for organizing iron and steel which conducted Anticipated. steel worker, Strike Not and | part their suspi The council, d, will attempt by “peaceful means for the workers 1 added, against wage reductions and sponsor the eight-hour day. 500,000 workers in the in- 1350.000 to organized under the Headquarters in Pittaburgh. While plans for the establishment lof a new campaign headquarters have union_ officials probably be Pittsburgh, offices of the ation of Iron, Steel Tin Workers are located. o be a branch office in Chicago. There may industry, more that partic- movewment being These unions, i Mine Worke: largest organization American Federation of Labor, how- the campaign SINN FEIN FLAG DISHONORED |-nzagcd in e steel eliminated. the United moral support. At the next meeting of the council, bly will be held in April, jaries to march f ¢jther in Chicago or Pitssburgh, de- ampaign will be formu- lated and arrangements made for its which prob tails of the 1 banner in the gutter | DEFENDS GRAIN HEDGING. B. L. Hargis of Kansas City Before House Committee. Legislation restricting speculative transaction: grain trade would upset the whole ma chinery of grain d stribution and open the way to domination by a few pow- L. Hargis, president of the Kansas City Board of Trade, to- day told the House agriculture com- mittee considering legislation 10 regu- erful interests, B. margin of profit. vantages of the practic grain speculator eor the dealer in fu- tures must be recognized as an indi machinery of speculation affected the of grain “more than is desira- Mr. Hargis declared, adding that the law of supply and demand was the determining price factor. “SOUL MATE” HELD. Pierre Paul Auther Is Accused of Larceny by Franzen. CHICAGO, January 15.—Pierre Paul & ; o Highland Park chemi The Potomac Electric Power Com-|coupled with a declaration that withjeloped with Mrs. Philip Franzen of % i e Enition Ireland (J0C% [ risted here today on the wa charging larceny sworn out by the woman's ht Auther waived xtradition rights and said mission investigating conditions in{ingly would go to Madison to prove Auther. who had been living in a s wife and child. he had been r ately sl afire by black and tan po- W TORC Gftcers found him ana surpriseat the arrest, but submitted I'he 4 v 8 :s the theft of $100. Twaniel . O"Callaghan, lord mavor of | Cork, who arTived whnort News last | week as a ¢ without a pass- | Secretary to permit the lord mayor to { Members of the government custo- at 1423 t night, appoint- THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, J BRITISH FEAR EXPANSION OF U. S. NAVAL PROGRAM Is America to Succeed Germany as a World Peril? Best Minds Ask and Confess Bewilderment and Anxiety. BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Ne Copyright, 1921 LONDON, January 15.—Is the Unit- ed States to succeed Germany as a world peril? Will the younger and more impet- uous American politicians brush aside the elder statesmen and lead the re- public along the path of militarism? Is the nation chiefly responsible for the idea embodied in the covenanut of Versailles to repudiate this idea and throw civilization back upon a policy of defense by aggregations of mate- rial force? These questions are occupying some of the first minds in England. In {0ne of the great university towns this jweek I had a conversation with a British scholar and publicist of the highest distinction and a man regu- larly consulted by the leaders of Brit- ish liberalism. He confessed his be- ! wilderment and anxiety over a cer- tain aspect of American politics. Tella of Distruat. “Some of vour men in official posi- | tions seem to me to use harsh and {he council has not been|minatory words toward us {formed for the purpose of conductin nove slowly ively in its offorts to safe- zuard the interests of the steel work- Apparent- s and wish to im- t ons and fears to the American people. If we deserve sus- v they distru; | picion and fear from the American or any other nation I am ignorant of the reason. We want nothing but stable peace and relief of our own and other peoples from the load of armaments. We know that armaments designed to preserve peace provoke war. We cannot afford any more war, and I doubt if even the United States can.” ‘What is likely to be the reaction of the world to the American policy WIFE TELLS HOW THUGS MURDERED HER HUSBAND Mrs. Price Declares They Were Aroused From Sleep and At- tacked With Ax. MERIDIAN, Miss., January 15.—Mrs. Moody Price is able to give a more coherent account of the murder of her husband, Judge Price, whose body was found in bed beside that of his wife yesterday morning, with his head hacked and mangled by the blade of an ax, ten blows having been dehlt him by two intruders, either one of which would have provea fatal. According to Mrs. Price, who was dealt one blow by the marauders as she jumped from the bed, screaming, when her husband was attacked, she iwas rendered unconscious from the blow or fainted through fright. She and Judge Price were awakened by a noise, and as they sat up in bed they were blinded by a Hashiight and she was only able to distingwish the out- lines Of two forms. Mer Screams ac- tracted her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and DJirs_ Robert Yarbrough, asleep on the upper floor. Yarbrough hurricd downstairs, where he found Mrs. Price in the haliway and Judge Price lying upon the bed mortally J wounded, the bloody ax on the floor. Mr. Hargis defended the practice of ! Telephone wires had been cut. hedging” through sale of futures on grain acquired by elevator interests on brokers as absolutely essential to reduce risk and permit the handling of grain on a narrow Conceding the ad- he said, the Police investigation revealed that a crowbar had boen used to torce an | entrance through the bathroom win- dow. On the rear porch were found the trousers of Judge Price, two re- volvers and a purse belonging to Mrs. Price. DELAYS GOING TO CUBA. Senate Commission to Await Result of Crowder’s Efforts. Chairman Johnson of the Senate {Cuban relations committes announced after a meeting of that body yester- day afternoon that a decision on the proposal to send a senatorial commis- sion to Cuba would be held in abeyance a week, pending fuller reports on what Maj Gen. Crowder, now in Havana on & mission for President Wilson, was able to accomplish. eftects of Gen. Crowder's efforts to bring about an improvement in condi- tions resulting from the moratorium and the recent presidential election might be noted within that time and that the Senate probably would desire the delay. Dr. Manuel R. Angulo, a member of the Cuban liberal party. issued a state- ment, saying: “4 ‘am sure the Senate Cuban rela- tions committes has acted with disore- tion and good judgment. Whatever the instrument finally employed in setting Cuban affairs in order, the United States government will need all of the infor- task is not a light one.” STS ‘Their long fiight and grueling return to eivilizsation accomplished, the three United Statea Na: York. Left to rigl of large naval development™ the writer ask “I think the world alarmed.” was the reply other nations States Germany guard their ¥ one h easiness from the re many nations. 1 will take steps to safe < of u express “Personally, 1 know the United ow that nt of any | States well and feel and k the people there are inno aggressive intention. S indeed, are they that they probably will find it hard to believe that non- Americans can fear them. But all big and little. are fearful There is almost no real international nation: trust in the world. Says British Would Meet U. S. States half way in heme for re asked. “Undoubtedly. that France Every people is out for taxafion. Taxation h dry tici chaos such are great tracts of Burope “France cannot be expe nd Asia. te tilities from the east. will to get something don {C. W. NESTLER RECEIVES ! retary Made Special Assistant ' to Interior Head. ‘W. NESTLER. Charles W. Nestler day. Mr. Nestler was born at Nashville,'l Tenn.. in 1886. He came to Washing- ton when a young man and graduated from the Business High_ School and the National University Law School r n , having qualified through a The committee decided 'that some | [ ;" civice examination, he entered the general land office as copyist, and has since filled the positione of statis- tician, law librarian, senior corre- spondence clerk on public land mat- ters and assistant to the chief of the ] fleld service. Since June, 1917, he has been private crotary Vogelsang. Isadore Shaffer of Boston, Mass.. who has been appointed con- fidential clerk to Secretary Payne, will jsecretary to First Assistant take up his new duties Monday. Many artificial flies used by fisher- mation it is possible w obtain. The |men are imitationg of the May flies which abound in North America. ARY 15, 192I—PART T.— CITIZENS PROVE DXSTRICT |New Congresswoman UNITED FOR FEDERAYL VOTE SOME CONGRESSMEN SAY from irst Page) | tions of electors in the DA:- plied, “Exactly what they: Mr. Dyer asked it she would impose a property qualifi- educational qualification, *aul replied: i stand for an educational qualifi- explained that as there opportunity for every one to -quire education today, such a quali- | ication would not be oppressive. and citizen should be ofticers for wre in the states. non think will regard the United | s succerding to the role of | whom he or she vote: Pau) next d uxsed the status nent clerks in the event of -mbers of the mmon intercsts Al tion of Washington is made of ofiicials, . represontatives of foreign cnts and government clerks, class of other o must live here: who have no homes anywhere e residence here government may function. the committee if such residents should be deprived of the right of American citizenship. Paul said that the framers of the Comstitution never intended that of thousands of American citizens should be deprived of their sentatives of . and whose is required that the “Would Britain meet the United tive disarmament?” the correspondent Moreover, 1 think nd Ttaly would do so elief from Egrown until it menaces the stability of the social order. The nations have been milked She emphasized that there two great of Washing- native-born Washingtonians four gonerations ] where else’ to go to vote; who cam- “Tf the militarists get on top T an- 10 e €. who lctn ate a general revolution and il eenalonori Kepressh W scourging to re- duce her armaments while under the shadow of a possible renewal of hos- competition have thd right of appeal to representatives in y>ongress whom help to eleet. ss of foreign-born, thers are 35.000 “Let President-elect Harding come forward at the earliest possible date with his proposals for a lessened out- put of the machinery of slaughter. British statesmen will go into the| matter with him with the sinceres of whom she said living under the shadow &f the Cap- {being deprived of any paryicipation the government of heir adoption, to which they come as the “land of the fred” and because of oppr: ion at home. Takes Up Clerks’ Position. Tn regard to the government clef\s, Mrs. Paul questioned whether the com- mitten felt it was right to put on them the hardship of returning to their sev- She said this hard- PROMOTION IN SERVICE eral states to vote. E increased because now wives and children must go as well as the men of the family. Dyer reminded her that many states now allow voting by mail, and asked whether, in the event of T government would vote here or in the states they came from. The employ | | Private Secretary to Assistant Sec- Representative comes here becau has made his choice to work for his go Mrs. Paul said. be given the choice as to whether he will vote here, or go back home to vote. 1t is unfair that a government employe should be given the right to vote, while Wwho are not beneficiaries of the government, and who make possible the functioning of the government here, are denied the right “He should Questions Are Asked. Representatives Summers of Texas, Gard of Ohio and other members of the committee, questioned Mrs. Paul self-government. She said she thought that the citizens lof the District right that a citizen of any other state When Representative Summers asked if she thought the government {should surrender all control over the replied that she thought an arrangement could be made between Congress and the peo- Iple of the District so that the local would have some form of self-government, while Congress still maintained_jurisdiction for the tection of its property and the safe- guarding against tyranny in the seat of government. Representative in regard to should have questioned the status of and as to whether she believed they should be given full suffrage. Bound to Respect Rights. citizen has colored citizens, of Hamilton county, Ohio, who has been private secretary to Assistant Secretary Vogelsang of the Interior Depart- ment for the past three years, was today appointed special assistant to Secretary Payne. The appointment is effective Monday. Mr. Nestler succeeds John Harvey, who will be sworn in as chief clerk of the department Mon- “The colored right, under the Constitution of the ited States, the same as the white man or woman, and these legal rights we are bound to respect, here emphasized that she had previously said she favored an qualification. committee that white men have not always had the franchise and had to be trained to it. “When the colored man has been trained to appreciate the Tights and obligations of the ballot he should be given the same participation as the Constitution affords, representative Reavis of Nebraska raised the question as to whether Mrs. Paul advocated that the residents of the District should be given absolute self-government and that the control by Congress should be limited to the of government property. that she thought she replied. educational minded the When Mrs. Paul sai an arrangement could be made 80 that the United States c« this jurisdiction for all necessary pur- and as contemplated in the Con- stitution and at the same time the citizens have some form of self-gov- ernment, Representative Reavis said: “If the people of the District are given complete control—absolute local uld still maintain vy balleonists were photographed Yesterday Miss Alexandra Floweston, Litut. Kiees's fantesy - Licut. Stephen Farvell, Licut. Farrell'ysol Mre, Farrell, Litut Kloor, Mrs. Walter Hintes and Licat. Hinton, = e = = e % — MISS ALICE ROBERTSO) Newly elected congreswwoman from Oklahoma, suapped sowm after her ar- rival in Washington yewterday. Miss Alice Robertson af Oklahoma, the new woman representative, was in Washington y. in & nearby hotel. She left Jast night for her home in Muskogee. Miss Robertson says she is wearied of being used as “camera foddex™ and “slush copy.” So she came te the capital unheralded and sought to be as_inconspicuous as possible during her brief stay. While here she was the guest of an old friend, whom she knew when she was an employe of the bureau of Indian affairs. She will return to Washington. Feba ruary 7, when she will be the guest] of the College Women's Club. ‘While here Miss Robertson discussed with Alice Paul, chairman of the na- tional woman’s party, the plans for the coming convention of the national woman’s party. Miss Robertson accepted the invita- tion of Miss Paul to speak at the Avening session of the convention on February 17, at which representatives of 1. olitical parties will present the ap- neal of their parties to woman voters. Miss Robertson, with Representative SimeAn Fess, chairman of the repub- lican yongréssional committee, wiil speak far the republicans. \'rayed for Election. NEW TWORK, January 15 — Miss Alice M. 2tobertson, representative elect from \Oklahoma, mixed earnest prayer with Jher campaign work, and her election A\'as the resuit, she told the PresbyterA\in Women's Board of Missions here y\’Sterday. Stating her palitical platform, she said: “First, I am 3 Christian; second an American, and tkird, a republican.’ self-government—they ought to ac cept with it all the bardens of local self-government, ought y hey not?” Mrs. Paul replied: “We Of the Dis- trict are willing to bear ,any burden that a free participation 3n the na- tional government would entail.” Lesh Answers Question- The second speaker of the rairning, Paul E. Lesh, represented thg suf- frage group of the City Club. He said that referendum on the prop’sal to give the District national rephe- sentation was held in the club ayd that only seventeen out of 1.500 menn- bers opposed the proposition. Answering an inquiry directed by a member of the judiciary committee to the joint committee at a previous hear- ing as to why suffrage proponents did not seek first to get local suffrage be- fore applying for national representation, Mr. Lesh stated that this would be prac- tically impossible in view of the fact that the local end of the problem is involved in the right of Congress to pass 1laws for the District, and the right of the President to make appointments for local public offices. Mr. Lesh said he did not believe Congress would desire to give up its legislative prerogatives, or that the President would wish to relin- quish his appointive privileges, and, therefare, the best way to oppose the cause of national representation would be to postpone it by urging that the local end of the problem be tackled first. Only Seek Citizenship. Following Mr. Lesh, Washington Topham, who appeared for the Asso- ciation of Oldest Inhabitants, directed the attention of the legislators to the fact that some of the founders of his organization knew George Washing- ton and men of that day. He said that the Oldest Inhabitants’ Association is a patriotic organization and that its members, who have lived through an extended period in the country's de- velopment, practically are a unit in desiring a voice for the District in Congress, and in the electoral college, and the right to sue and be sued in the federal courts “We oovet the privilege of citizen- ship,” said Mr. Topham. President Selden M. Ely of the Mon- day Evening Club filed a brief for that organization advocating national representation. He said the club is composed of more than 500 members. The North Capitol and Eckington Citizens' Association, for which Mr. Ely also appeared, unanimously de- sires national representation for the District. he said. No Doubt, Says Yates. At this point in the proceedings Representative Yates of the judiciary committee announced that there was no doubt in his mind that a majority of the people of the District desire the passage of the House joint reso- lution proposing constitutional amendment enfranchising the people of Washington. In speaking for the national pres: committee. Winfield Jones stated tha this organization and its afli Lodies represents practically persons in’ the District. The commit- tee, he said, is in favor oi the reso- lution for national representation or any other measure that will enfran- chise the people of the District and give them their rights as American citizens. The Housekeepers' Alliance, for which Mrs. Mary Wright Johnston ap- peared, comprises 650 members, she sald, and unqualifiedly indorses suf- frage for the District. “We want the right of self-protec- tion through use of the ballot,” she said. J. Walter Mitchell, who appeared for the Army and Navy Union and the Civic Betterment Association, said: ‘We feel we should have national representation: also that we should govern our local affair: Clayton Closely Questioned. Mr. Clayton, representing the Co- lumbia Heights Citizens' Association, was questioned more specifically about the practical problems involved in national representation than was any of the witnesses heard by the committee. Representative Summers told Mri Clayton he did not think any member of the committee denied the abstract right of Washingtonians to partici- pate in their government, but that what members wanted was an outline of practical suggestions that woul facilitate the solving of the problem a8 to how the rights of American citi- zenship could be most effectively and efficiently bestowed upon the citizens of the District. Voicing opposition to the proposed constitutional amendment, G. W. Ayers announced that he represented only himself and that he proposed to put some ~pep” into the hearing. He thereupon proceeded to characterize District citigens as being inexperi- enced in political affairs and not edu- cated up to the point where they could be expected to make a success of the ballot. Bthically, he said, Washing- tonians should have the right to vote. ‘His conclusiens were that the problem is one of government expediency and eMciency, and thet the best in of not only the District, but’ the na- tion' at large, 'will be served if pna In City Unheralded erday, sefected room | 316 in the House Office buRlding, and | fulfill his mission worthily made arrangements for an gpartment | ferred upon him the gran SENATE VOTES TO STOP REGRUITING FOR ARMY Passes Resolution Directing Dis- continnance Until Strength Is Reduced to 150,000 Men. Over the protest of the majoriy of its military affairs committee. the Senale yoslgrdxy passed a resolution directing the Secretary of War to cease Army re- cruiting until the size of the Hegular Army is cut down to 150,000 men. The vote was 34 to 28 in favor of the 150.000 limit, and party lines wero broken, democrats and republicans be- ing almost equally divided-both in sup- port and opposition Senator Fhelan, democrat, Californ after the adjournment of the Senate, no- tified Vice President Marshall thut hin would ask the Senate for a reconsider. tion of the vote, on the ground that Senate had not been fully informed cerning the objections of Gen. ershing and Secretury of War k r 1o the 1 - duction Chairman W affairs committec did n call on the resolution bec Sen, & few minutes before, by w decisive vote of 34 to 28, adopted « motion of Senator Lenroot, republican, Wisconsin, fixing the Army’s maximum linnt at 150,000, thereby rejecting the committee’s pro- posal to make the figure 175,001 —_— NEW ENVOY FROM ITALY HONORED BY SOVEREIG ROME, January 14 —TRoland co the new Italian ambassador to th United States, was received today b King Victor "Emmanue! proviens to the ambassador's departure Amer ica. The king expressed his entire confidence in the envoy's ability to litary a roll worth of the con don of the crown of Ttaly Signor Ricei will sail from Genna on the steamer Duca d'Aosta with his son Fifippo, who fought in the war 2s captain of 4 trench mortar section received two silver medals for valor and other gecorations and w ed on the battiefield. Marquis Tom. Assereto, who will be secretary of the embasey, will 1 on the same | afternoon to attend the dedication of t steamer. —_— WATCH STATE AUTO TAGS. Corporation Counsel Francis H Stephens has set the machinery of law in motion against motorists who evade the local license law by oper- ating for months. and even years on the tag of a state. Mr. Stephens said the District ha reciprocity agreements with most of ithe states under which a visiting motorist can operate in the city with- out a local tag for the same length of time his state allows a Washing. tonian. Informazion has come to the legal department. of the city governmen however, which indicates that some motorists are disregarding the local license regulation by remaining in the city for lonz periods of time on ja state tag. They give policemen the impression that they are tour- ists. ust how he proposes to trap these motorists Mr. Staphens did not dis- close. He gave them warning today, however. that they may soon find themselves in trouhle if they con- tinue to drive with State tag after the length of time fhat that tag is #ood under the reciprocity agree- ment. COMMANDER BOOTH GAINS SPARTANBURG, §. ., Janwary 15— Commander Evangeline Bootly of th Salvation Army, who became 3udden ill here last night and was pravente from filling her lecture engagemAnt, is reported as slightly improved today. She hopes to go to Greenville {his new Salvation Army Hospital there, hut her physician says she will uot be per- | mitted to deliver an address. change is made in the present poiiti- cal svatus of the District. A Johnson, 1121 Staples street northeAst. spoke as a home owner, taxpayer amil government « lerk. ‘Aaron Bradshaw appeared as chair- man of thy republican central com- mittee of ti District and vice pre: dent of the Handing and Coolidge League, No. 1. He said he was not in opposition to awy bill that would give the citizens of the District the right of American citizens. In reply to a direct question as to whether was opposed to the Byirroughs resolution, he said: “I oppose mothing that may lead to freedom »f a down-trodden people in the Didrict of Columbia, Wwho have tg beg far everything they want. “It is un-Americarh that these peo- ple should beg for wipat is theirs by right.’ 3 In reply to a questjon by Repre: sentative Summers to “ll»lll‘tr. when the District had & deleate in Congress, the people ware satisfied that they had direct persanal contact with Congress. M Bra said “that it worked satisfactorif’ and the people were pleased with (Yol Chip- man as a delegate and the Besponses of Congress to his pleas.” Mr. Bradshaw challenzed th ment made by Mr. Ave aged the men electdd to office when Washington had local _self-zovarn- ment. He paid a special tribute’ to Gov. Shepherd in reply to dircct :No- persions made by Mr. Avers. MA Bradshaw’s tribute to Gov. Shepherd\ was loudly applauded. Defends Colored People. A voice from the rear of the room attracted attention. Waterman M. Harris demanded at- tention as a taxpayer. a member of the bar of the District of Columbla. a world war veteran and a citizen of the United States, not as a spokesm for the colored people. although col- ored himself. He was incensed at re- marks made by Mr. Avers regardins a proposal to disrezard the colored residents of the District if suffrase ts granted. “I am opposed fo suf- frage in the District if discrimination is to be made against the nezro as a part of national gove ment.” he said. are not good enough to vote we ought to leave the country. If Congress endows suffrase in the District, but disqualifies the colored residents, T will leave. “If we are good enough to fight for vou. to buy liberty bonds, to pav taxes; if we must go to the peniten- tiary when we commit an offense, we ought to have a voice in the govern- ment.” he sald. ‘Alfonso J. Harris, another colored man, said he wished to answer a Question raised by some members of the committee who had asked if the colored residents had been included in the organized efforts to suppert the suffrage cause. He said he had been present at all of the hearines as a silent agent of his people. “We do not need to be included in the oreanizi- tion. we have no cause to worry. while Wwe have such representative citiz.ns Sneaking for the District.” he said “We have mo quarrel with and we are well satisfied. when such women speak for us 1. P el Worrell Ball argued for local self-government, but in reply to ques- tions by Representative Burroughs said she favored people of the Dis- trict being represented in Congress by a representative who could not n ak but vote. O PHall mald she was present as ambassador of 500.000 women ‘who are mot suffragists or members of any particular organizgtion. She spoke Pl chairman of the woman's press ommittee of the District. She also ad- Vised the members of the committee that she was personal representative of; the Woman'’s Relief Corps. D. A. Ty Cwith 200000 members: of the Dathters of Veterans. 160000 men bergs and Ladies of the G. A, It 500 000 thembers 3 Mrs. Ball told of difficulty in getting reforms\ in the District, and urged ths the mothers of the country wi ra tieularly @nxious that there siculd be decent selk-government in the National Capital, for the interests of the children. particularly \ in_school ~matters. M Ball also a tribute to Gov. Shep- ‘sayh t with the powers in his BT s mad with, determination to do right thought, Re had started Washing- ?:nh:n its u path to be one of the world.