Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1921, Page 2

BURY SLAIN NURSE (N NAVY CEMETERY Annapolis Friends Now Say Girl Carried Some Money at Time of Murder. ANNAPOLIS, Md. January 1 The remains of Miss Harriet M. Ka anaugh. the nurse attached .to the \aval Hospital here. who met her death Friday night at the hands of an unapprehended assailant, were in terred this morning in the Naval cemetery, within a hundred yards from the point where she was at- tacked and even less distance from the hospital in which she had per- formed her duty. faithfully. The grave is on the most near her body rest the remains of many men of eminent services in the Navy. The funeral was from Catholic Church, which Mi naugh attended regularly, ciating _minister _being Father Tuoh: of a company of United States Marines and the Naval Academy Band. The funeral was attended by all the phys cians and -gther members. pital personnel who could be sparéd from their work, as well as by many naval people and civilians. The se! ices were simple and impressive. E. M. Dooley and wife of Buffalo, N. Y.. cousins of Miss Kavanaugh. were the only relatives present, the de- ceased nurse's clo relatives living in Ireland, where she was born. Enlisted Men Are Bearer The palibearers, enlisted men, at- tached to the Naval Hospital. who had been associates of Miss Kava- naugh, were M. S. Wiggins. H. 1 Hess, J. M. Stanguitis, Gregory and L. A. Wagner, pharmacists mates, and R.-J. Lockweod. A. L. Ashman and L. L. Szyman hospital apprentices of the first class. It was stated officially at the Naval Academy today that there are no fur- ther clues in the case except that in- volved in _the arrest, in Baltimore, Sunday, of the colored Navy deserter, Hepry A. Brown. It is understood that there is nothing more against Brown at this time than the fact that he.is a deserter and that he had been a patient at the hospital at one time. He denies that he had been in An- napolis since he left here, about a montb age. . Posaible Motive for Crime. Robbery as a possible motive of the | myrder was suggested in a statement made by H. Corosh, a local jeweler, toddy. Miss Kavanaugh was well ac- qusinted with Mr. Corosh and his ‘wite, had visited the store the night of -the murder, paying a small sum | for engraving on a silver pencil. Miss Kavanaugh took the pencil with her. Miss Kavanaugh also wore a dia- mond ring, the value of which was about $40, which she had purchased from Mpy. ‘Corosh. Mr. Corosh stated thit' she had several bills in her haadbag. He saw these when she took out the change to pay him, but he does not know their denomination. ‘was learned today that neither thé handbag mor the pencil was found on. Miss Kavanaugh. She still wore the ting -when carried to the hospital. It was also developed that two em- ployes of state offices here. Charles s r and Burton Woolley of the ex ive office,” who were taking a walk-in the yicinity of the crime Fri- day night; saw a scepicious-looking man-on the county bridge, which is up_ College creek from the academy bridge. His actions attracted the at- tention of the men, who now believe he may have been the murderer. will Haé Place on World Commigsion of Immigra- tion gid' Emigration. Rowland Mahany, solicitor of the De nt of Labor, has been appointed ‘UF President on as American esentative of the Inter- national Cemimission of Immigration and Emi on, to meet at Geneva, Switserland,’on a date to be fixed by the international labor office of the league of nations. This is the first appointment the President has made to any of the bodies meeting under the ieague of nations since the Senate definitely and finally refused to ratify the treaty of Versailles. Eighteen nations will take part in the conference,'the first of its kind ever 10 be held. Six of them will send delegates representing labor, six rep- resenting capital and six representing their governments. 1t was the original intention of the international labor office to have the United States represented by labor delegates, but, because it had failed to ratify the league of nations, the American Federation of Labor con- sidered it inadvisable that the United States be represented by any other than governmental delegates. Mr. Mahany, who formerly was minister to Fcuador, was for four years a member of the immigration committee in Congress and for some time past has been in complete charge of the immigration work of the De- partment of Labor. He expects to sail for Europe shortly. —_— ENGINE HORSE KILLED. Sergt. Holmes of No. 4 Company Injured—Other Mishaps, Man o' War, a horse of No. 4 en- gine company, was killed early yes- terday morning while responding to an alarm of fire in South Washington. Sergt. R. J. Holmes, riding on the company’s hose wagon when the vehicle collided with a street car at ana streets southwest, was thrown to the pavement and seriously hurt. Sergt. Holmes' right ankle was broken and small bones in his left foot were similarly affected. Driver A. A. King was thrown (o the pavement, but was not seriously hurt. Sergt. Holmes was given first aid at Casualty Hospital and transferred fo Freed. men’s Hospital. Some. tiave after the accident hap- pened the body, of the fire horse turped over to the contractor for dis- posipg _of bodies of animals, and sympathetic neighbors sent flowers to the engine house s a mark of sym- pathy. Miss Emma FEichen, 2118 Pennsyl- vania avenue, received slight injuries last night as 2 result of an automobile collision at 13th and 1 streets. She was riding in the automobile of Mar. tin R.Hines, Olney, Md., that collided with an_automobile driven by W. J. Carroll, 1244 C street northeast. ision between the automobile of A. C. Wills. 1324 Belmont road, ana a Capital Traction car occurred near Connecticut avenue and Albemarle street about § o'clock yesterday after- noon. The-automobile was damaged (o the amoumt of $208. ASSUME.NEW DUTIES. John Harvey, newly appointed chfef olerk of the Interfor Department. formally took up the duties of his new position today. Mr. Harvey was sworn into office several weeks ago. At the same time C. W. Nestler, newly appointed special assistant to Secretary FPayms, took up his new duties. Mr. Harvey was presented with a bomu. of flowers by the employes z. .department under his immedl- 5 superviaions TO RAISE ARMY OF ONLY 90,000 . BY GEORGE WITTE. By Cable to The Stur aud Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921, + BERLIN, January 17.—How thoroughly Germany has been purged of militarisin is shown by the fact, admitted by Minister of Defense Gessler today, that al- though the army hus been re- duced to 100,000 men. only $0.000 Germans have volunteered thus ar. Though there are more than 5.000.000 men in present-day Ger- many who served in the war un- der the kaiser for prennigs (5 cents) a day. and aithough a private today gets 250 times as much, besides being treated like a human being. where before he was treated like a dumb animal, there are.not enough men among the former soldiers to take up arms of their own free will to serve the fatherland in .its new form. But Minister Gessler's tale of woe does not end there. It includea the present high cost of rifles and cartridges and indirectly the high cost of killing. “Today a cartridge ocosts 11 marks (normally about 36 cents). as compared with 2 or 3 pfennigs during the war,” wails the minis- ter of defense. “Although our budget appears enormous, the am- munition item allows us only a very few rounds per man if we get_into trouble. ' GERMANY UNABLE There, too, we have fewer units than the ridicu- lously low number allowed us un- der the peace treaty, beca had to surrender so many as substitutes for the warships sunk at Scapa Flow D. C. DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE URGED BY VICE PRESIDENT (Continued from First Page.) lieve, will testify that if the public can be educated up to the point of realizing that insanity is not e crime but a disease, and the family will immediately submit the sufferer o treatment just as soon as the mental aberration appears, 75 per cent of the m:ntal disorders can be cured. Orphans’ homes for all save the mentally defective are a curse and not a blessing. Normal children are not exclusively animals. They should not be herded together. The place for a mormal child is in a normal home. and there are homes that fit and that want every normal child in America. These orphan homes also hold out premiums for those who would shirk responsibility to shove children off upon the state when they would not do 5o if they knew the child was to become permanently at- tached to some family. i Sought Information. “Sorne years ago I trie = nite information about t(lll:s: gl::le:; in the hope that the purely adminfs- trative features of the law in the District might be put together in a code, representative of the best fea- tures of the laws now in force here and the laws of the states of Mas- sachusetts and Imdiana, which states stand at tPfe head of modern thought. I make this statement advisedly, b cause, when the International" Con- gress of Corrections and Charities met in America, in 1910, the delegates from Europe returned home and ad- vised the adoption largely of the laws of Indiana as administrative features of their own countries. To do this work meant either an appropriation at the hands of Congress, for which I never could see my way clear to ask, or the employment of some ex- pert or experts at my own expense, which 1 could mot afford. “Last summer I was detailing this condition of affairs to Mrs. T F. Walsh, whose benefactions good Pt 8es entitle her to theSov. and iration of kind-hearted and charitably disposed people. She at once said that if I could tell her who was competent to do this work, she would bhave it done at her expemnsg and that I might submit it to the Congress. “I referred her to the authorities of Indiana and Massachusetts. The state board of health and the state board of charities of these two states have been consulted. In addition to that all the institutions of Washington, I am informed, have been consulted and I am presenting to_you the code as prepared by Robert W. Kelso of Mas- sachusetts. It has run the gantlet of Mr. Amos W. Butler of the Indiana state board of charities and Dr. Wil- iam F. King of the Indiana state board of health. I denominate it simply the skeleton. It calls for no sppropria- tion of money whatever. It is purely administrative in its character. “I am informed credibly that, so far &s present charities and correc- tions are concerned, the administr: tion of the law under this code would be no more expensive than under the present manner. And the particular featore of it is that it looks toward the lessening of the needs of the people It is not like the laws of the Medes and the Persians. The ap- propriations are practically made for the years 1921 end 1922. It could not go into force and effect, so far as its practical operations are con- cerned, until Congress so desires. Utility of Codification. “I lay no claim to any detailed information as to methods of how things ought to be done but I do pre- tend to know why they should be done. If this code can be enacted into law it will be some compensation for the holding of an office that has no power connected with it and it will give various institutions opportunity to present any changes they may deem needful before the Congress shall vitalize it with appropriations. “In these days when some who have been public officials are capitalizing their governmental information out of which to draw a private income, 1 deem it appropriate to say that the only compensation which I have or will recefve is the thought that I have tried to be of some little use to the unfortunates of the District of Colum- bia.” ‘Wilton J. Lambert explained in fur- ther detail to the committee the op- eration of the proposed welfare de- partment. He, t0o, declared that the laws relating to charities in the Dis- trict are disconnected and disjointed. Members of the committee ex- pressed their sympathy with the pro- posed plan. Senator Dillingham was instructed to introduce the bill and plans were made for having it con- sidered by the committee at an early date. SOCIAL AGENCIES GROUP TO BE ORGANIZED HERE Final organization of the proposed Washington Council of Social Agen- cies is expected to be accomplished at a meeting of social welfare organ- ization representatives. (o be held this afternoon in the ballroom of the Raleigh Hotel. Copies of a suggested constitution and by-laws for the council have been under consideration by the organiza- tions several weeks, and their dele. gates will attend today's meeting prepared to act finally on the pro- posal. The object of the council will be to develop co-operation of social and civic agencies to ocorrelate the social work of the District. Many at the meeting this aftel RENDERS FIRST CONCERT. The Tekoma Park community band, made up of musicians in that suburb, rendered its first concert in Columbia Hall, at Takoma Park, Saturday night, before a guthering of several hundred residents of the town. The la&d:r o%’l';‘le b':lnd is Charles L. Strohm. Vielin os wers b; Robert ¥dwards, wm‘m{ J. W. Osborn. Vécal solon were sung by Mlss Emma Mallatt sod M. D. Staagh- B e e “THE EVENING. STAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1921 HYLAN AND ENRIGHT YIELD T0 WHITMAN Called as Witnesses Before Grand Jury, Give Use of Detectives Wanted. By the Amsocinted Press, W YORK, January 17.—Mayér Hylan Poli Commissioner. En* right, who were summoned to appear before the additional grand jury in nection with its investigation of al- leged city corruption, were closeted for an hour this morning with former Gov. Whitman, conducting the in- quiry. but left the Ctiminal Courts building without going before the jurors. The two city officials had been sul poenaed because of their alleged re- fusal to place municipal detectives at the service of the grand jury. LAfter the pair had left thé Criminal Courts building Mr. . Whifman_issued at statement, in wiilch' he siid they had agreed fo furnish the particular detectives—and the number—desired in connection with the investigation. and Mr. Whitman said he had explained to | them that the state laws-compelled them to furnish such assistance. When the commissioner arrived at the district attorney's office he was snapped by a newspaper photogra- phe owling, he said: “I've a good mind to lock you up.” “All right, go ahea was the photographer’ reply, but Mr. En- right turned away without another word. SEAPLANES FLY FAST TO PANAMA CANAL Splendid Record Over -New Course Marred by One - Fatality. PANAMA, Janiiafy 17.—Naval offi- cers here are -enthusiastic over the successful completion of the flight from San Diego, Calif, to the Canal Zone by twelve of the Navy F- seaplanes, which arrived here Satul day evening. The two remaining ma- chines of the squadron are expected to arrive here at any time. The flight, which covered 3,200 miles and was completed in seventeen flving dgys. was marred by ‘one fatality, Chief Radio Eleotrician Cain having been killed at Fonseca bay, on the western coast of Central America, when he was struck by a propeller of one of the machines, Thé fiyers en- countered ' squalls in crossing the Gulf of Tehuantevec and were given a severe shaking up.. - * 5o The flight, which. ranks well up among’ the longest on ‘record, was over a course never before traversed by aircraft, and the aviators arrived here with a record of only one forced- landing. : d s Commander J. H. Towers, a naval aviator who became famous when American seaplanes succeeded in crossing the Atlantic, became ill with appendicitis on board a supply ship which did not carry a doctor, and recefved medical attention when a seaplane called by wireles brought a physician from another vessel. ATTEMPTS TO MURDER- EX-SHERIFF BLANKENSHIP Unknown Man Shoots Wild at West Virginia Officer, But’ Revolver Cuts Face. WILLIAMSON, W. Va., January 17.—An unsuccessful attempt to as- sassinate G. T. Blankenship, former sheriff of Mingo county, was made at Bluefield yesterday noon, when an unidentified man_pushed his way to the former sheriff’s sida and leveled a pistol at him. Blankenship struck his assailant’s arm just as the gun was discharged. The shot missed him, but the former officer's face was badly cut by the barrel the weapon. The attack occurred m&3he Norfolk and Western rajlway stilion just as Blankenship was to-bot “Train for Matewan. In_the 'copfwejon which followed Blankenship’s Jussailant .¢s- caped. i - AMERICAN LEGION:GROWS. Starts 1021 With Doubls Member- ship of 1920. INDIANAPOLIS, January 17.—The American Legidfi ‘entered the year 1921 with twice as many members and 3.417 more posts that it had Janu- ary 1, 1920, according to official rec- ords at national headquarters here. In even greater ratio was the gain of the Women's Auxiliary, which started the year with fifty units and §,000 members and finished with 1,695 units and a total of aproximately 200,000 members. 2. The unusual increase in legion posts was characteristic of every state de- partment and likewisé “in the over- seas departments, where there is ap- parently small chance for expansion, New were formed in the follow- Argentine Re- m, 1; Chile, na, apan, 2; Poland, 2; 1; Santo Domingo, 1, and Peru, 1. The six leading legion de- partments, in regard to membership, are: New York, Illinois, Pennsylva- nia, Towa, Ohio and Minnesota. The list of auxiliary units is headed by Massachusetts, followed by Minnesota, Ilinois and New York. RICHARD C. RYNEX DIES: - Retired Member of Pension Bureau Richard Caswell . Rynex, retired member of the f réview, pen-| sion bureau, died last night at his home, 1523 16th street northwest. He had been a resident of Washington for forty years. \ - Mr. Rynex was born in Boston, Mass. He came to this: city in 1883 and accepted a pésition in the pension bureau. He was retired from the gov- ernment _service last August. ! He served as first lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps, 23d Missouri In- fantry, in the civil war. Mr. Rynex is_ survived by two daughters, Dorothy and Minnie Lee Rynex J. Walter Rynex; a brother, F. Rynex, and six grand- children and five great gtandchildren. Mr. Rynex's wife, Mrs. Amanda. Rynex, died in this city in 1907. ‘Funeral services will be held tomor- mv{dll ernoon at 2 o'clock at his late residence. PLAN MARYLAND TOUR. ‘Washington businiéss men witl enjoy the beauties of southern Maryland to- orrow as guests of the Tid D Ine. this DU line Whish e nects lower Maryland with the District The object of the trip, which will be participated in jointly by both Maryland angd Distrist officiafs, is better business. relations Fict, Burns 3! | Two-Shift System Applied in The dumping of a few gallons of hard government months, but at Waukegan, 32,000 gallons of alcoholic bev. #pectators was.ux strong FIX FOR CROWDING INHIGH SCHOOLS erages Two and Continued in Others. Plans designed to provide accommo- dations in the already overcrowded high schools for new students expected to enroll at the beginning of the sec- ond semester, February 1, have tenta- tively been completed, it was an- nounced today by school authorities. They call for the introduction of the two-shift system in the only two in- stitutions where this novel scheme of relieving congestion was not adopted in September, and the extension of this plan in the schools where it has been in operation for a half a vear. Consequently, the entire white high school system will be run on the two- shift plan. Entrants in February. According to more recent estimates, school officials expect at least 1,100, and possibly more, to enter the high schools in February, while only about are slated to leave, making a net gain in their enrollments of 850. Cen_ tral and McKinley expect to get the larger number of new students. Prin- cipals of each of these institutions stated today that figures show they will enroll approximately 250 or more students.: Eastern fs slated to get 110 additional students and Western sixty. McKinley will be one of the schools to adopt the two-shift systel Cefi- tral will ‘be.thé other. - - Mr. Danlel's Statement. Frank C. Daniel, principal of Mc- Kinley, said that in adopting the two- | shift system the school would be( n two distinct divisions. One division will report at 9 o'clock and leave at 2:30, and the other will report at 10:30 and leave at 4 o'clock, The 200 McKinley students now quartered in old Central High School will be brought back at the beginning of the next semester, he said. With the beginning of the second semester Central’s enrollment will reach approximately 3,000, or 500 above the maximum -number of stu- dents that. can be accommodated. Some of the classes will report at 9-.¢'clock _and leave at 2:30, while others will report at 1 o'clock and Teave at 4:20. 4 Western, Eastern and Business, al- ready run on the two-shift system, will ‘extend it to meet the enroil- ment increases. INAUGURAL SUBSCRIBERS T0 PAY SMALL AMOUNTS Those individuals dnd firms who subscribed to the guarantee fund for the inauguration probably will not be called upon to contribute more than 3 or 4-per eent of the amounts subscribed by them, sccording to of- ficials of the inaugural committee who are engaged Tow in quickly wind- ing up the affairs af the committee. Officidl announcement to this effect will not be made, however, for three or four days. In the meantime, the auditing and finance committees. will have completed their figuring and will have made their reports to the executive committee. It was unofficially stated today that it is believed the total expenditures will not amount to more than $5,000 Land .1hay not ‘exceed $4,500. Although all official celebrations which were planned for the inaugu- ration have been called Off, it is un- derstood that President Wilson, nev- | ertheless, will ride to the Capitol with President-elect Harding® and return with him to the White House after the ceremony. Admiral Grayson said that.the President’s condition is such that he will be perfectly able to make the trip without danger of any set- back to his health. FRANCE BLOCKS BILL REVIVING HIGH RANKS Chairman Wadsworth of the Senate military committee made an unsuc- cessful effort today to bring up the bill re-establishing the grade of lieu- tenant general in the Army and au- thorizing the President to appoint three general officers to that grade. Objection* was off by Senators France, republican, Maryland, and Robinson, democrat, Arkansas. Senator France said he did not de- sire to “reward generals while noth ing is being done for the thousands of sick_and wounded soldiers not in Army. hospitals.” Senator Robinson | 8aid " his objection was based on_ the Senate had held up officers qually deserving” three officers Lo be appointed-lieuten- ant generals—Maj. Gens. March, chief of staft, and Liggett and Bullard, who cominiinded armies dverseas. |FLASHLIGHT FOR TRAFFIC. A “sllent policeman.” equipped with an acetylene lamp, which burns day and night, has been p! near the southeast gate of the White House grounds to direct trafie. It flashes a green light, similar to lights used on buoys along the Panama canal and dn- harbors in this country. contrivance flashes eighty minute. It carries n?’l, of: gas for. ninety. days, and, it fs .stated, coSts ‘the city about $13 s nually.. ' Capt. A J. - gents are believed to to find their into the newe: the odor of the boose. $100-A-PLATE LUNCHEON. Herbert Hoover to Be Guest at Re- lief Pund Function. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., January 17.— Herbert Hoover will be the guest of honor at a $100-a-plate luncheon here tonight. The proceeds will be used to help feed the 3,500,000 starving chil- dren in central Europe. The same menu as has been prepared for simi- lar luncheons throughout the country, consisting of rice, black bread and a cup of cocoa, will be given the guests. Two hundred persons are expected to attend. SOOI SMIOKING BILL IS FAULTY Covers Buildings “Owned by U. S.;” But Scores of Struc- tures Are-Only Leased. The Smoot anti-smoking bill —de- signed to put a stop to smoking in government department buidings will absolutely fail of its purpose in about one-fourth- of the government buildings in Washington if its present phraseology is allowed to be incor- porated in the completed bill, govern- ment officials said today. The text of the bill, which applies to buildings, reads as follows: “Tha dny person who shall siioke or carry, lighted, a cigar, cigarette, pipe or any form of tobacco for smoking purposes, in'any building which is owned by the government' of - the United States s+ * ghall be guilty of a mis- demeanor. sz Approximately one-fourth of the government used buildings in Wash- ington are not owned by the govern- ment, but are leased from private individuals or from corporations. The building in which the fire de- veloped that originated the cause for the bill, the Commerce Department building, at 19th strect and Pennsyl- vania avenue, is leased. Other Large Leased Buildings. - Other large government used build. ings which are leased are those hous< ing the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, the United States Shipping ‘Board, the Department of Justice and the Department of Labor. Several scores of small bulldings are leased in Washington to house branches or divisions of the central departments located here. The District Rent Cammission is housed in rented quar- ters in the Hooe building, on F street. As the bill stands, unless a decision is handed down in case of its passage to make the law applicable to leased bulldings, smoking will be permitted, notwithstanding the Smoot plan, in any of the leaged buildings housing gov- ernment-used establishment. The Department of Agriculture alone leases more than a score of small buildings in Washington—in all of which the law would not apply as at present phrased. Nor would the law apply in the very building where the fire occurred a week ago today, which destroyed valuable government records, including those of the census bureau and the lighthouse and steam. boat inspection service. U. 8. Employes Favor Bill Sentiment among government em- ployes is not against the bill, it was said today, .employes generally re- alizing the importance of the measure to the government in preserving property from the damaging effects of a carelessly originated fire. The fact is that very few govern- ment employes smoke during work- ing hours, and the proposed law would not hit hard the great mass of em- ployes. —_— TREATED FOR POISON. Mrs. Minnie Long Taken to Emer- gency Hospital. Mrs.’ Minnie Long, forty- ears old, 1518 K street, visiteq. t"::‘: of a neighboring physician last night about 11:30 o'clock, said she was siak and asked to be treated. Because of her weakened ocondition, the police pere told, the Phyllghm ‘assisted Mrm ng to her home. She told uhfifl mhuken pol:lo‘n. Moo that . Long was taken to Hmergen: Hospital and treated for potson. She is said to be improving. DON COSSACKS DEPART. Step Taken to Remove Menace to Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turke; 17.—The allled comm! Saturday requested Gen. Wrangel to order the Don Cossacks encamped at Tchataldja to move to Mudros, on the island of Lemnos. He consented; and. 1,700, Cossacks have sailed to the new location to construet = racks for the accommodation of the rest of the troops who will follow as_soon as camp is ready. It is believed that the step taken by the allies was to prevent an eventwal outbreak in Constantinople when the Fre cease to support the Rus- ——— PAY OF DEPUTY MARSHAILS. Representing the deputy marshals :('x the Distrlet, R 8. tx;l-m. and W. J, rklan th_de) marshals, ap- B o e g as] Distriet code of uvhomu.au: that the h&nty marshals here sery- llz 88 bailifis may have the same cem- tion given them ta the matter sians. Lake Michigan. Gloom among the NEW RECORD MADE | IN PAPER RETIRED Deflation Process Is Swift and Promises Favorable Future Loan Conditions. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. More paper money has been retired from circulation in the last eighteen days than at any other previous period in American history, and as a consequence the wrinkles have passed from the brows of our government officials. The process of deflation has fol- its course. tensive. And the entire financial sit- uation is healthier than it has been in_some time. Various statements issued by the Federal Reserve Board indicate, when analyzed, that about $245,000,000 fed- eral reserve notes have been retired in the last three weeks, which is about $50.000,000 more than was the case for the corresponding period last year. Similarly, since the middle of December loans have decreased about $160,000,000, corresponding to the re- Quction In the amount of currency. Expeet Quick Business Change. Officials are drawing optimistic in- ferences from these figures and e confident that it means a quick change fcr.the better in business as t1a whole. For 88 soon as the taking of stock in Jaguary is completed, th buying of-sphing goods and the gen- eral demends of spring business will begin to be financed. The financial condition of the business world, as reflected in the data gathered by the Federal Reserve Board, is satisfactory and the natural expansion of currency and increase of credits which occur in the early spring dre confidently ex- pected. ‘The retirement of $245,000,000 in federal reserve notes has another meaning. The decline signifies a re- duction by more than two dollars of the per capita circulation of money. Fortupately the cost of living is tumbling, so that as the amount of money in circulation diminishes, the purchasing power of the dollar is rising. “So far as is known, this reduction of more than two dollars establishes a new. record. Certainly no such change has been recorded in an equal space of time. And as a further evidence of the success of the deflation currents in American finance, the earning as- sets of ‘the Federal Reserve Board have dropped below the three billion mark for the first time since Janu- ary 9, 1920. More Rapid Than Expected In a nutshell, the policy of contrac- tion of credit which the Federal Re- serve Board instituted last spring has had the desired effect, only it begins to appear that the results were ac- complished in less time than most people thought would be the case. And it begins to look as if the con- tracting machinery had operated so far that relaxation may be expected henceforth, The prospect is that bankers will not find justification hereafter for insisting on such sub- stantial curtailments on the notes they hold. The Federal Reserve Board itself will probably remain silent, taking no official action, but there are more ways than one for the board to indi- cate informally to the bankers of the country that the pinching process has gone far enough, and that it would do no harm to give the business world easier breathing on pending loansa. Of course, the Federal Reserve Board has a delicate problem to face in say- ing anything on the subject, for the farmer or producer who has been obviously turning his goods in to mar- ket at practically any prices so as to get money to pay loans might view a relaxation of credit policy as a sign that he could get new loans and thus hold his goeds for higher prices. Insists Its Policy Only Way. The Federal Reserve Board will probably do nothing that will inter- fere with the steady. though painful, decline in the cost of living, no mat- ter who is affected by the prices of commodities. The board has insisted from the start that its policy of con- traction was ohly way to force the cost of living down. So while there are soms who think the process of liquidation has geme far enougl there are others who want the Fed- eral Reserve Board to hold steady gh and that a change for the better in the credit situation is imminent. (Copyright, 1921) —_— FOUND DEAD IN HOME. Frank W. Riea, a carpenter, fifty- three years old, was found dead in a segond-story room at his home, 1342 Jackson street, Brookland, o'clock this morning. The house was filled with gas that had 'rom a fixture {n a room. Having heard nothing from his father three days, Carl A. Ries, a son, Brookland bouss, where his some_time. th prectnct and Cor- an investigation of o latter gave a cer- native of Germany, 1 ears | from Ibflllfllfllm ) lowed normal lines. Nature has taken | Liguidation has been ex- | about 9|4 Thousands. Pause At Iron Gates in Franklin Tribute | PHIA, Pa. J n of Philadel- PHILADEL phisus who xaten that protect the emtramce to Christ Chureh burinl grounds, in the wholesale business triet of Philadelph! siancing BONUS FORCLERKS IS PROSPECTNOW Feeling in Congress Favor- { able—Hitch in Case of Police and Firemen. There is a strong feeling among members of Congress today that the $5.000 government employes in the National Capital will not be deprived of the $240 bonus in lieu of reclassi- fication of the basic salaries. Assur- ances were given today by }:ouoe lenders that if the provision for a $240 bonus is restored to the legisla- tive, executive and judiciary appropri- ation bill by the Senate the House conferees will promptly concur. Em- phatio assurance also was given that a strong effort also will be made to include the District policemen and firemen in the $240 bonus. Representative Blanton of Texas, whose point of order knocked the $240 bonus for all government em- quor has been common in the vicinity of Chicago for the last few | |ployes from the legislative appropria- tion bill, gave renewed assurance to- !day that his fight was not to cut out the bonus, but to include the police- men and firemen of the District among those who are to receive it. Agreement in Conference Expected. Representative Crampton of Mich- igan, who will be one of the House conferees, said that there is mo doubt that the general $240 bonus will be agreed to in conference if the Senate featores the item. He polnted out, howevVer, that unde; ;na ,w; r\:]a d last June, if the Senate re- e the §540 provision and includes the police and firemen, it cannot be accepted by the House conferees until the House has directly upon whether the police and firemen are to be_included. This ¥ mean that it the Senate covers the policemen and firemen un- der the $240 bonus, as is expected, the ! matter must go back to the House and the conferees be specifically in- structed upon this point before it can be agreed to in conference. Efforts for Police and Firemen. When and-if the bonus for police- men and firemen comes before the House ‘an organized effort to have it approved will be-made. Prominent members of-bothy parties. ‘and. from many states are mow trying fo per- suade all tife members of the House to join in the determination to extend the bonus to cover the District poliee and firemen. Chairman Mapes of the House District committee and Repre- sentative Norman J. Gould of New York, who framed the special pay bills which increased . the salaries of the policemen and firemep, are assuring their colleagues that the police and fa fireman pay schedules were based on the expectation that they would be in- cluded in the bonus. They are also emphasizing that the police and fire- fighting force of the District will be demoralized unless -such action is taken promptly. ; ‘Would Redeem Promise. Chairman Davis of the subcommit- tee which handled the District appro- priation bill, and who ranks next to Chairman Good of the appropriations committee, made tli€ promise on the floor of the House that the policemen and firemen weer to receive the bonus, and he is_eager to make good his promige. Chairman Good of the ap- propriations committee believes that if the police and firemen’'s pay were based on the understanding that they ‘were to receive the bonus. they should not now be excluded. Chairman Wood of the subcommit- tee in charge of the legislative, ex- ecutive and judicial appropriation bill realizes the necessity of granting the general $240 bonus and is not ex- pected to sacrifice the bonus for all government employes if an issue is made on the police and firemen, and Representative Blanton says he is de- termined to make that issue. TRIBUTES TO FRANKLIN INITIATE THRIFT WEEK Flowers ma on Statue—Addresses to Railroad ¥. M. C. A, at Union Station. With fitting ceremonies at -the statue of Benjamin Franklin, 10th street and Pennsylvania avenue, Where floral offerings were laid in commemoration of the notedAmeri- can’s 215th birthday, and an address by John Poole, president the Fed- eral National Bank, to the members of the Railroad Young Men's Chris- tion Association, National Thrift week opened in Washington today. ‘Among wreaths placed at the Frank- lin statue were those from the Frank- lin National Bank and William Gug- genheim, chairman of the Benjamin Franklin memorial committee of New |dt York. g At the terminal rooms of the Rail- road Young Men's Christian Associa- tion in Union station Mr. Poole ad. dressed the members on the neces- sity of establishing sound relation- ship with some banking institution, and gave many pertinent hints on the secret of saving. ‘The program for meetings at the R R Y. 3{'1?\7"‘1' Which start each morning clock, is as follows: “‘Budget Tomorrow, address by C. F. Kohlerman, auditor, Wash- ington_Terminal Company; Wednes: day, “National Life Insurance da B. G. Adams, president District of Columbia Life Underwriters’ Associa- tion, will be! the speaker; Thursdzy, “Own Your Own Home day,” W. §. Quinter, secretary District Building and Loan Assaciation, will deliver the principal address: Friday, ‘‘Make a WIill day.” George E. Hamilton, gen- eral counsel, -Washington Terminal Company; will speak, and on Satur- “Pay Your Bills Prompily d: ny, pily da; R. L. Neuhauser, banker, will address the meeting. g On “Share With Others day,” which will be Sunday, the meeting will be h‘l:gl:'ldclo“.ln"‘:ll-.m;l:oé an . George or, pasi the Ninth Street’ Christian - Church, will be the speaker. WARNING OF NOR'WESTER NEW YORK, January 17.—The local weather bureau today issued the fol- lowing warning of a northwest storm Cape Henry, Va., to Eastport, ver the GuIt of St. Tovi -eastward, will be R Heaq. oJ» Pan-A: seration /f Be _, rutitle. (’ By the Associated Prees. MEXICO CITY, - January 17.—Op- position to Samuel Gompers® elgction president of the Pan rican Federation of Labor developed -here today at the annual congresh of the.: Organization when preparations were - made to elect officers. e There were rumors that Spanish speaking delegates, encouraged by their victory over the U: es delexation tn the content arat donte® gration on Saturday, might attempt to wrest the presidency from Mr.: Gompers, Canvass of several dele- Eations ‘showed, however, that the fight against Mr. Gompers, while con- templated. would not be Successful, and it is indicated he would be re- turned to. office. Final Seasion Delayed. It was expected when the congress adjourned Saturday evening that the final session would be held today. but many delegates expressed will- ingness to continue the deliberations of the meeting until late this week, if necesssary, so that each constituent member of the congress might dis- cuss fully all questions submitted. The American delegation apparently was the only one wishing to return home immediately, and as the Span- ish speaking members held cont \ Opposiu 1 n rol of the meeting there was a strong possibility that final adjournment might be delayed. _At least fifteen Tesolutions were discusied by the convention today, the committee in charge of resolu. tions having been busy over the Sun- day recess in completing considera- tion of all matters laid before it Immigration Agencies Proposed. Immigration agencies in all Latin American countries for the coliection and dissemination of information re-. garding labor conditions will be es- tablished under theé térms of a re: lution adopted by the labor eongre Delegates from the United States and: Porto Rico opposed the idea, but were voted down in the first divided vote of the congress. The resolution, which was intro- - duced by the Mexican delegation, gave rise to a protracted debate, and a recess until tomorrow was taken. The delegates today enjoyed an- exs cursion to Teotihuacan, where are located the great pyramids built by races which inhabited Mexico in pre- historic times. Amended by Committee. . The Mexican delegation’s resolu- 'tion called for the appointment of - special labbr envoys in each - pan- ‘Ameriean country, but the resolutions - Committee that reported it- had. amended the motion 8o that the, ted- . eratien’s executive officers would be named as information gatherers, it being planned by this means to_elim. inate the expense entailed by the car- rying out of the original proposal. When_ the amended motion Was sub-_ mitted an animated debate began. - during which Samuel Gompers, presi- dent of -the congress, was compellec frequently to explain United States labor conditions. = After the congress had remained in: session until long after the appointed hour for closing, Mf. Gompers called for a vote.and ihe original Mex) resolution was adopted. LOWDEN AND W. H. HAYS ON HARDIRG SCHEDULE One-Time ‘Leader - of . “Coxey's Army’”Also on List bf Presi- dent-Elect. ION. Ohio, January I DMDAosdom‘ formnur lov-rrn’vr of Ilinois - - O tions, precidontial moginstion, the bl 3 was causinto _canm;luummbyfil‘rfl- degt_elect Harding today to &iscuss vi:ln:s problems of the coming admin-- istration - - at the confere! tering on the K den himself for service in°some- government position. He has mentioned variously fora cabinetp foljo and for a di ‘mission, speculation favoring the latter. ‘Will H. Hays, the republican chatrman, was another of Mr. ing's “callers during the ‘day. Hays’ appointment as Postmaster.Gen eral has been forecast by those in th confidence of the President-elect, that Mr. stands. The day's appointment list also ine] cluded = conferences with Walter 8. Dickey, a_prominent Kansas City re- blican; Irving H. Griswold of Platts- ., and Jacob S. Coxey of one-time leader of MARINE ENGINEERS HERE. Annual Convention of Benefielal | Association Is Opened. Two hundred delegates, represent- ing 23,000 members of the Marine | Engineers” Beneficial _Association, were on hand this morning for the opening of the association’s annual conyention at the Ebbitt Hotel. The continue primarily. to conslderation of frater- nal ‘matters end guestions imvolving the welfare of members of the as- This afterhoon the dele- gates will listen to an address by Ad- miral William §. Benson, head of the United States Shipping Board, on in- efficiency in ration, while Commander . Gatewood of the board will speak along si lines. - Darragh De Lancey, director of in- - tions of the Shipping Board, will address the convention on the desirability of promating closer co- jon between the association and the board. Willlam §S. Brown. president of the association, also will George Uhler, inspector gen of the steamboat inspection rvice of the Department of Com- ‘merce, is scheduled to address the convention tomorrow. Thuraday eve- ning the delegates will be tertained at a smoker at the New Willard Hotel.