Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1921, Page 1

= Cloudy and unsettled tonight and tomorrow, probably light rain; no change in temperature. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 63, at 4 pamn. yesterday: am. today. lowest, Full report page 9, part 45, at —_— Closing New York Stocks £3%s WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The Foening Star. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,533 No. 28,027. SHIP BOARD ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED COMBINE Charge That Britain Seeks Destruction of U. S. Marine Brings Action. CONTRACT OF ONE LARGE FIRM TO BE SCRUTINIZED American Shipping Company Was Involved by Speech of Senator Jones. An investigation of the contract be- tween the International Mercantile Marine Company, an American cor- poration, and the British government will be conducted by the Shipping Board next Thursday. it was announced today, after a meeting of the board. An opportunity will be given P. A. S. Franklin, president of the company, and others interested to be heard. In announcing the action of the oard, Frederick I. Thompson, the vice chairman, said it was “the opin- ion of the commissioners present that no issue of larger moment affecting the establishment and permanency of an American merchant marine had come before the present board for consideration.” . Existence of the contract was called to the attention of the National Mer- t Marine Association at its conven- tion here this week by Senator Jones of ‘Washington, chairman of the Senate commerce committee. The senator made public certain sections of the document, which, he said, bound the company to pursue “no policy injurious to the inter- ests of the British mercantile marine or of British trade.” B Put in Congressional Record. At the same time the senator pointed. out that this company was operating a fleet of American government-owned ships under an arrangement_ with the Shipping Board. Chairman Benson of the board, wha' was not Ppresent at to- day’s board meeting, told the merchant marine convention that he had heard of the contract only a few days before. Mr. Franklin, who also attended the merchant marine convention, declared that he had submitted a copy of it to John Barton Payne, Secretary of the Interior, when Mr. Payne was chairman of the board. but Mr. Payne subsequently denied this and said he ;lld never heard of the contract be- ore. - Sepator- Jones' address before the Merchant Marine Corporation was made a part of the Congressional Record today by request of Senator McKellar, democrat, Tennessee. ‘The Full Resolution. The inquiry into the contract was authorized by the board, with the adoption of the following resolution: “Whereas it has come te the stten- tion of the board that there exists & present contract:between the In- ternatippal M tije Marine Com- pany, a co; exidling under the laws of the state of New Jersey. and the British government which contains certain clauses alleged to be inimical to the shipping Interests of the United States and the develop- ‘meat of an American merchant, theré- fore, That the United States Shipping Board @et said matter for and leration at a meet- m!h m city. “Regolved, That the se Doard' be and -is hereby directed to notify the president of the Interna- ‘tional - Mercantile Marine Company and such other persans as he may be advised are interested therein, of the time, place and purpose of such meet- ing, to the end that they may appear and be heard. if they so desire.” In issuing the resolution Vice irman Thompson said: “The issue raised was considered of nsequence and of a nature re- the attention of the United Shipping Board. It may be hat it was the opinion of the co! quiring States stated ssion Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, . D. C. ROCK IS HURLED INTO WINDOW OF HARDING'S BERTH JACKSONVILLE, Fla. January 22 —During President-elect Hard- ing’s stop here early this morning a pane was replaced in one of the windows of his car beside his berth, through which last night a rotk was thrown while the train was en route here. Mr. Harding was not injured. Secret service men believe that the projectile was hurled by a small Y. Secret service men and detectives and policémen closely guardéd en- trances to the terminal yards and hundreds were prevented from catching a glance of the President- elect, who never left the interior of his private car except to shake hands with a few friends on the rear platform. HARDING NEARING END OF JOURNEY Arranges to Play Golf Before His Train Reaches St. Augustine. By the Associated Press. ST. AUGUSTINB, Fla., January 22.— A program of recreation calculated to insure immunity from the worries of the presidency awaited President- elect Harding upon his arrival here to- day for a six-week visit to Florida. Putting his vacation at once into full ‘swing, he arranged, even before his train reached St. Augustine, to spend this afternoon on the golf links and to put out a few hours later for the houseboat fishing cruise that is to occupy the next two weeks. He also made it known that during his stay in the south he intends to accept no invitations to public func- tions. As soon as the fishing expedi- tion is over he will return to a St. Augustine hotel, but he expects to bé kept busy with important questions must be deterntined before March 4. On the fishing expedition,/ which is expected to begin- late tbday, the President-elect will be the guest of Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, aboard his houseboat Victoria. The trip will take the party down the eastern shore of Florida as far as Palm Beach or Miami. Arrives in Jacksonville. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., January 22.— ‘Without any formal reception, Presi- dent-elect Warren G. Harding arrived in Florida's gateway city at 8:40 this morning and an hour later was en route 10 St Augustine. where _thix evening he will board Senator J. S. Frelinghuysen's yacht Victoria to cruise down the, east coast. SHAKES OFF BURDENS. President-Elect © Reaches . Florida Smiling and Happy. Special Dispatch to The Star. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., January-22: —Thirty-four hours.of seclusion on the train brought President-elect ‘Warren G. Harding to Florida, smil- l.l;fnd happy. e journey from Marion to St Augustine gave Mr. Harding the first real rest he has had in seven weeks and greatly refreshed a very tired maen. His mood has changed com- pletely. At Marion he had begin to show conaiderable irritableness. - This was not due In’ any sense to the conferences with advigers. They were getting along famously until’ the job hunters and the men with axes i1 grind began to filter in. . This proc: of inflitration grew fo such an_extent that toward the close the counselors were all but routed. Then came the rather unexpected difficulties in the building of a cab- inet. Mr. Harding set about that task with the idea it would be about the easiest thing he would have to do as chief executive. He soon found, however, t as leader of a party one has to deal with many men of many minds. So now the President- {elect has a great sympathy for the idlreclor of the Chicago Opera Com- pany, who gave up his jab in despair because of the squabbles among the artists as to which should sing the larger moment affecting d that prima d d the establishment snd permanency of an | besce = p;o';" the. ym::mp:,':. American merchant marine had become | mental persons in the world. Some before the present board for considera- tion.” TRADE WITH RUSSIA URGED BY SENATOR France of Maryland Says Britain Influences Our Present Policy. Senator France, republican, Mary- land, charged in the Senate today that the American government was being influenced by the British gov- ernment not to trade with Russia, and that, meantime, British merchants were monopolizing the Russian market. The senator's statement was in re- ply to an argument by Senator King, democrat, Utah, opposing trade with Russia, and precipitated a general debate on bolshevism and communism. “While we deport Martens, the trade representative of Russia” Mr.| France said, “the British agents con-| fer with Russian emissaries and have | trade contracts already prepared for| their signatures” He asserted that “bolshevism and| comumunism do not exist in Russia.” | He sald they had given way to ‘the| more sound theories of government.”| The senator referred to the “necessity | of developing friendly relations with | Russia,” and dectared the “time will | come when the United States and Japan | will be at war.” He added that the way to meet this danger was to create better relations with Russia and remove the obstructions this government was plac- | ing in the way of trade' with that| country. COLBY LEAVES TRINIDAD. Sets Sail for Hampton Roads After Southern Tour. PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, January | of our most distinguished political leaders are supposed to get “huffy” if they cannot have things their own way. Leads fn Rafl Walking. Senator Harding is Inclined to make light of the pulling and hauling to which he has been scheduled in the selection of his official family, but all the same he has had a very copious foretaste of the intrigues and con- flicting influences that surround a chief magistrate of the United States, He has been given a new insight into human nature, and it has not been a wholly pleasant experience despite the cheerfulness with which he tries to regard it. In leaving Marion, however, Mr. Iotarding seemed to shake off a very trying and troublesome burden. The first morning out, as the train sped through the blue grass country of Kentucky, brought a big change. Every time the train would stop the senator was out in the air. While the train was standing at some of the way stations the President-elect 'ou:‘d stroll bareheaded down the track. He had a cheerful word for every- body. and when it came to a walking match on one of the rails he proved to have the steadlest nerves in the party. The senator is happy as he starts his vacation, and if politics can be kept away from him he will be happy for at least the next two weeks in the renewed seclusion of the house- bout jouney, starting from here with Miami as the southernmost objective. Daugherty Holds Parley. Renewed evidence of the close re- lationship of Harry M. Daugherty to the President-elect was given on the train journey. Mr. Daugherty joined the senator in Marion, and on the trip down here was with him almost | continuously. The two men had their longest uninterru; election. Mr. Daugherty has been doing &) great deal of scout work for the President-elect. While Mr. Harding. has been comfined to Marlon Mr Daugherty has been in the east, and it is to be presumed he gave the men- ator a report upon the “reactions” of the Marion conferences and of the| cabinet “trial balloons” which have been filling the air. Meantime, Mr, Harding listens a great deal ana re- mains officially mum. (Copyright, 1921.) MESSAGE FOR SOUTH. 20—The United States battleship | Florida, bearing Sectetary of State: = - Colby Wnd his party home from their | Harding Says He Wants to See recent visit to South American coun- tries. sailed today for Hampton Roads, Va. where she is expected to arrive January 26. Several entertainments were given i honor of Secretary Colby Wednes- cnding in a great public b:\lll a Wedn. esday night. Ships Seek Every Port. ATLANTA. Ga., January 22.—A new spirit of united Americanism, holding :‘(ull above sectional and Dpartisan ivist (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) relating to his administration which | g, leading roles. Mr. Harding is con- | pted talk since the! ,_and making secure the in l WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1921-TWENTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. DELAY DISARNING UNTIL HARDING 1S IN, ROOT SUGGESTS 7 Thinks New Administration Should Have Opportunity to Investigate Issue. ADVISES CONGRESS NOT TO MEET NATIONS NOW Conditions in Eastern Europe Make Situation Extremely Difficult, He Says. The question of total or partial dis- armament should not be discussed by the United States with other nations pending a change of administrations March 4, Elihu Root, who helped fofm the international court of arbitration under the league of nations, declared in a letter to Chairman Butler of the House naval committee. The precise method of procedure, Mr. Root said, ought to be determined after and not before Mr. Harding and his Secretary of State have had an op- portunity to inform themselves and to reach conclusions as to the way which hffords the best prospect of suc- cess. Mr. Root declared his strong beliet that steps should be taken promptly after the new administration is es- tablished to bring about a general agreement for disarmament. Might Create Obntacles. Writing Chairman Butler under date of January 20, Mr. Root said “I have your letter of January 14 asking an ‘opinion to aid your com- mittes in_considering an estimate for additional ships of war requiring for their completion the sum of $107, .- “I do not feel like hazarding an opinion as to what reply other gov- ernments might make to a suggestion from our government for the appoint- ment of representatives to meet for the purpose of discussing the ques- {tion of total or partial disarmament. “I feel strongly that steps should be taken promptly after the new admin- istration is established to bring about 2 general agreement on that question i1t s plainly impracticable to accom plish this before the change of admin- istration. “The precise method of procedure through which the-attempt should be made, I think. ought to he deter- jmined after and not before Mr. Hard- had -an opportunity to inform them- selves and- to reach conclusions as to the way which affords the best pros- pects of success. Action on your part. based upon any opinion which you can. form now as {o the best method ‘of pracedyre, might prove to be just the wrong thing, and might créate obatacles to success instead of helping it along. = 2 A Very Dificult Subjeet. “The subject is especially difficult becauseé of the disturbed condition of eastern Europe, and it is difficult be- cause too many nations have special apprehensions of danger, against which: they wish to guard. The new administration will soon leafn. what is the best” way to deal with these atfticuities. It may be that they can- not all be dealt with in the same way or by the same process. “I_ think this expresses my view as fully-as I could do if I were to go to Washington and appear. before yout committee.” Mr. Root's Jetter was presented to the naval committee today by Chair- man Butler, who emphasized that it ‘was not the purpose of the-committee in seeking the best judgment of the country to make a declaration of its own on the question of disarmament. “We are simply trying to get the views of men like Mr. Root,” said Mr. Butler, “and it is not our purpose to embarrass the present or the incom- ing administration or attempt to tie the hands of President-clect Hard- ing. We feel that we will accomplish a good deal if we develop the subject and bring before the country the best ‘thought of its leading men.” Consideration of the disarmament question will be concluded by the committee next week, after hearing Gen. Pershing. SENATE CONCURS IN BILL FIXING ARMY AT 175,000 House Measure Goes to President .and Approval of Secretary Baker Is Expected. The House resolution fixing the peace-time strength of the Army at 175,000 men, by directing the Secre- tary of War to stop recruiting until the force is reduced to that size, was | adopted today by the Senate and sent to the White House. A similar reso- lution whicih has been before the Sen- ate was abandoned. | In the usual course the resolution ! will be referred to Secretary Baker, | who, it is understood, is prepared to | recommend to the President that it be approved. Today’s News in Paragraphs Harding nearing end of journey to St. Augustine, . Page 1 Senator Lodge proposed for Secretary ‘of State by grumbling senators. Page 1 | Four badly hurt, Many cut by glass as street car crashes kown hill into another. | Congress walts for Harding before func tioning. Page No politics invelved in Cox's visit here next week. Page 2 Soviet limitations bring chaos to Rus- slan industry. Page 2 Hearing here on Irish conditions ad- Journed subject to call. Page 3 Chamber of Commerce to show unity for representative to Congress. Page Tree display show to remain open two days next week. Page 3 Paris newspapers treat vote of confi- dence in government by deputies as + 2 o personal compliment to Premier Briand. ¥ Page ‘ambassador” of Russia, leaves country. Page 6 Ex-pastor planned $212,000 mall robbery alone; U. 5. news digest. Page 6 Armed men rob merchant s report to police. Page 10 Vigil lights at Brookland monastery to burn during inauguration week ing and his Secretary of State have b, Page 1! WAGEBILL SEEMS CERTAINTO PASS Amendment to Exclude D. C. *Workers Defeated—Shows Strength. Indicating the strength of the sup- porters of the Jonnson-Nolan mini- mum wage bill in the Senate, that body, by a vote of 29 to 12, today re- jected an amendment offered by Sen- ator Hoke Smith of Georgia which would have exempted from the oper- ation of the bill all employes of the government in the District of Colum- 2. “The bill, which provides a $3 a day minintum wage for employes of the federal government and of the Dis- trict of Columbia—except employes in the Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawali, Alaska, the Panama Capal %one, post- masters, assistgnt postmasters, rural carriers, postal clerks, carflers in the city_delivery. servica and railway mail clerks—came up for further consid- the seasion began. With the vote on the 8mith amend- Utah began. & speech dealing with the forelgm rélations of the United States, which promised to delay, for e time at least, final action on the pending bill. Two Semators in Opposition. Opposition ‘to the minimum wage bill for government employes was ex- pressed during the debate yesterday afternoon by Semator Smith of Geor- gia and Senator Dial of South Caro- lina. Senator Smith oftered an amend- ment to exclude from the operation of the bill all government employes in the District of Columbia, including the District government employes. Favors Continuance of Bonus. “I hope,” said Senator Smith, “the Senate will continue for twelve months longer the bonus of $240 to govenment cmployes as it has been pald during the last twelve months. high, and the bonus was allowed for that reason; but in twelve months we may expect the costgof living again to be normal, and, if we continue the bonus for twelve months longer, we may then view the compensation of government employes from that time forward upon the same basis as that prior to the war. ““This proposition to establish minimum wage disregards entirel the service to be rendered. I am in favor of paying all government emploves liberally, and as much as is pald for similar work in private em- ployment. We give them in addition the henefits which are provided to government employes, the stabillty of the office and the old-age pension; but we cannot, in justice to the peo- ple at home, and to those engaged In occupations throughout the entire na- a y emploves and for their pay in disre- gard of compensation paid elsewhere, and in disregard of service rendcred This bill proposes to increase the pay. employes, without regard to the serv. ice which they render, but to say ar- bitrarily that each onr of them shall Treceive not less than $1.080 a year. “I think it is unsound to fix com- pensation without regard to servtcs. Service should be paid for, should he well paid for: but wunless there is no service rendered of less value than $1.080 a vear, then this bill pays for service not rendered. Senator Dinl Gives Views. “J¢ this bill is right,” said Senator Dial, “then nobody in any occunation should receive less for a seven-and- | one-half-hour day's work than $1.080. | You can scarcely measure the discon- tent the passage of this bill would produce throughout the United States, the discontent among other Zovern- ment employes. the discontent it it would produce In the Navy, P facontent it would produce in the postal service, the discontent in our | territories, the discontent in all pri- { vate occupations, for if it is under- Stood that these easy-zoinz District | amployes must, if of the least value, | Coenive. $1.080 per year, where can | anybody work or do_anything for | Jesa? Who should anywhere do any- {thing for less? The domestic must have as much. Every farm hand should have as much. They work over | 5oven and one-half hours a day. You set a precedent and a standard that | B st mecessarily produce dissatisfac- tion and upheavals all over the land." —_— FIVE SUSPECTS ARRESTED. CAGO, January 22—Four men A oman, belleved by the police to have been responsible for more than thirty fur robberies during the Jast two months, involving loot be- tween $200,000 and $350,000, were ar- rested today. Elmer Johnson, one of the suspects, aceording to the police, answers the decription of one of the slayers of Paul Loberg, a jeweler, who was shot and killed during a hold-up several weeks ago. Several hundred dollars’ worth of furs were taken by the po- lice. eration in the Senate today soon after ment out of the way, Senator King of The cost af living has been unusually | tion. establish rules for government | it is-estimated, of 50,000 goverrment | would produce in the Army. the dis- | SURE. CurTIS wif‘u.r- vl Qe N3 “WILD MAN” WITH WIFE HE TRAPPED GIVEN A REFUGE LAUREL. Miss., January 22.— Driven from his cabin in the swamps along Leaf river. by high water, Albert Parsons, an aged white man, and a woman, who says she s his wife. were brought to Laurel and placed in_the county poorhouse. The finding of Par- sons is believed to set at rest the reports of a wild man, current for years, sald to be living in this section. Parsons says that he and his wife lived on wild root berries and what animals they .were able to trap. With them when found was a child, which in spite of tie cold, was _entirely without clothing. Parsons told the sheriff that he caught his wife In a steel trap | many years ago. GRUMBLING SENATE i { > IDémurs at Reported Choice of Hughes for. Secretary of State. Senator Lodgé of Massachusetts is being talked about as a possible com- promis¢ selection for Secretary of State. This, too, in the face of the jgenerally accepted understanding that Charles E. Hughes is at present foremost in the mind of President- lelect Harding. For the last week there has been a great deal of grumblinz among re- publican senators over the cock-sure publications ~ that Mr. Hughes has been decided upon for that office. The fact is the senatorial group are not atisfi.d with any of the top-liners mentioned in connection with the of- fice. Iirst off the r-cl, one fection set jout to kill off Elihu Root, whereupon Mr. Harding said: “Very well, how {about Hughes?" Then the senatorial {element started in to find fault with {him among themse! They said_he [is too “set in his ways.” that he has {the judicial mind, und they were jafraid they could not get along with 1 him. Knox Was vorite. Senator Knox was a prime faverite { with mony of this element, but Sena- tor Penrose is understood to want Mr. Knox o in the Senate, been; e when he goes out it is a certainty that Gov. Sproul will assert himself, and possibly challenge the leadership of Senator Penrose in Pennsylvania. So there seemed to be complications everywhere they looked. Meantime. the reports coming out of Marion con- | tinued to_ agree in the assumption taat Mr. Hughes is the man, Al of this fs undercurrent talk f{ahout the Capitol, no senator being willing to sponsor a downright drive |against Mr. Hughes How much | knowledge Mr. Harding, possesses of ithis situation is unknown, but it is , thought he will be apprised of it in | datall before he announces his cabinet. i T ague Factlons Favor Lodge. i In sapport of the suggestion that | Senator Lodge should be the final { Choice. it §s urged by the proponents {that he would be acceptable to all the factions dividing over the league of nations issue. While his public record sihows him to have been the advocate of the compromise on the leasue inherent in the “Lodge reser- { vations,” the irreconcilable _senators {would feel quite comfortable over his umbency In the office. Bt the larger consideration in con- i nection with his being put forward is d to be that the Senate, which, ac- cording to Senator Penrose’s recent statement is to be the final arbiter of the foreign policy of the next admin- istration, would feel more at ease in dealing with Senator Lodge than one selectcd outside that body. Naturally, the suggestion of Senator Lodge for the place has created re- vival of the talk of the “genatorial |oligarchy,” and this objection, it is ! said, wiil'be sure to be urged against { him. —_— MOONSHINERS KILL TWO U. S. PROHIBITION AGENTS Third Mortally Wounded in Battle on Muscle Shoals Canal in Alabama. FLORENCE, Ala., January 22—Two prohibition enforcement officers were killed and 2 third mortally wounded in a battle with moonshiners near| Jock six on the Muscle Shoals canal in Colbert county, early today, aceord- ing to reports reaching here. The dead are Andrew McPheeters of Florence. and Don Stephenson of Sheffield. The wounded officer is Ed Highfleld of Muscle Shoals. A SENATORIAL WILLING WORKER. PIEZ CALLS GILLEN " CHRGES UNTRUE lAIso' Denies Schwab Use Shipping Board Funds for Personal Expenses. - Charles Piez of Chicago, former di- rector general of the Emergency Flect Corporation, appeared today be- fore the House committee investigat- 1ing Shipping Board operations to deny charges against the operation of the corporation which were made by Mar- tin J. Gillen, formerly assistant to the chairman of the board, in a special report . submitted to the committee some weeks ago. : Mr. Plez had prepared a 5,000-word statement, in which he took up the charges‘in detail, but it was not read. Chairmap Walsh sald the witness could read it if he desired, but that alt i}empan of the committee already hadZexaiminéd the coples: furnished i them and that time would be.eaved by mergly admitting it Lo the record. This.was done. Chairman Walsh questioned the wit- ness,’and in the coprse of the exami- nation Sir. Plez declared that. to his knowledge, Charles. M. Schwab had never received a cent from the gov- ernmeng in salary or for personal cx- penses ‘while director general of the Fleet Corporation. . Witness Defends .Schwab. Cdinndenting on. the charge made 1o the ,committoe at New York by Cali E./ B. Abadie, former controller general of the Shipping Board. that 2 voucher for $260,000 had been pre- {sent¢d for Mr. Schwab’s personal ex- penses, Mr. Piez declared: “It is un- fortynato that any suggestion of im- proper action on Mr. Schwab's part has been made at this heaning.” Mr. Piez -told the committee how Mr. Schwab had reluctantly taken over direction of the Fleet Corpora. tion after he had been urged to do so { by .Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Hoard, Bainbridge Colby, then a member of the board, and the wit- ness, and findlly“ by President Wil- 2on. This was in the spring of 1918, when the Gormans were making their final great drive, he said,%and when the general staff was calling on the board to transport 350,000 troops a month to France. “That meant increased tonnage,” Plez continued, “and we saw the need of bolstering up the construction end of the Shipping Board. We needed a_man of Mr. Schwab’s cxperience, ability and enthusiasm. “l know, perhaps better than any one else, the service Mr. Schwab ren- dered to the government. “He never charged his expenses to the government, either directly or in- directly. He was too high-spirited a man for that.” Mr. Piez recalled a trip to the Pa- cific coast for an inspection of the Fleet Corporation’s work there. afld Expenses to Coast. i “Mr. Schwab paid all of h ex- penses, as well as those of his pri- { vate party,” the witness said, “and 1 paid minc. Mr. Piez said he was receiving. 000 a year. when he joined the Emer- &ency Fleet Corporation’s forces at $7,500 a year, and always paid 1 all of my own expenses. In the statement Mr. Piez claims statements in Mr. Gillen's r case in which he indulgea in criticism concerning the division of construction; that Mr. Gillén's statement that there was Interfer- ence between management and trus- tees in placing of contracts is wholly untrue; that Mr. Gillen is guilty of| £ross misstatement of facts regard- ing the Fleet Corporation's $250.000,- 000 mortgazes and securities, and that 3. Gillen’ accounting system is wholly wrong. Mr. Plez’s statement says that ships were built to meet the necessities of war, not to establish a merchant ma- rine; that the Emergency Fleet Cor- poration delivered 479 ° ships before the armistice was signed; that the task was to ships faster than submarines could sink them, which was a war assignment and not a peace undertaking. and that the building of ships was conducted in a systematic and businesslike manner. Publie In Misted. The statement says there was some pay roll padding, some petty dis- honesty, but no more than there would be in yards under private con- trol. Mr. Plez continued: “This infer- ence on the part of the public is in large measure the result of the wild statoments made by Mr. Gillen con- cerning tke methods of the fleet cor- poration, and to the general state- ments of graft and corruption con- tained in the Fisher-Richardson re- the division of construction from that of operations, and concludes that be- causs there was petty graft among minor ships’ officers in the victualing and repairing of ships in operation, that the entire structure of the cor- |added, (Continued on Page 2, Column-7.) port. The public does not differentiate | ca SUBMARINE SINKS | WITH BIG CREW; ALL HANDS LOST LONDON, January 22.—British submarine K-5, Commander John A. Gaines. was lost with all hands Thursday at the approaches to the English channel, the admiralty an- nounced this afternoon. The complement of the lost Sub- marine was not given, but vessels of this class carry approximately six officers and fifty men. Available naval manuals do not reveal the tonnage or dimensions of the “K" class of submarines, which were vessels of war construction. They are known as “fleet” sub- marines with a length of probably 300 to 350 feet. They were built especially for cruising at sea with the grand fleet. D.C. BILL FALS T 0 TO CONFERENCE Unanimous Consent Refused on Objection by Representa- tive Haugen. The House refused unanimous con- sent today, objection being made by Representative Haugen of Iowa, to send the District appropriation bill to conference. Chairman Mapes of the House Dis- trict committee called the attention of the House to the new rule adopted last June which makes any legislation put on an appropriation. bill by the Senate subject to specific action by the House before it can be agreed upon in conference. Representative { Finis Garrett of Tennesse. democrat, proposed a parllamentary inquiry covering this point. Chairman Davis of the appropria- tions subcommittee in charge of the District appropriation_bill sald that the intention of the House conferee was to come back to the House for in- struction on any and all new items i upon which the Senate insisted. -Re | resentative R. Walton Moore of Vi jginia and other parliamentary stu- | dents discussed the problem. Representative Garrett advanced the | hope that the operation of the new jrule would correct a growing dispo- | sition on the part of the Senate to put | amendments “on appropriation bills | originating in the House, and immedi- jately ask for a conference before the { House has had a chance to consider | the amendments. He thought it would 'be better to have the request for a conference originate in the House. | Represcntative Haugen raid that | the point of the new rule is to pre- { vent the Senate from putting on legis- lative riders which have not been considered by the proper legislative | committees in the House. He ob- { Jected to sending the District bill to | conference on the ground, that when the House conferces came back re- porting a disagreerient and asking inatructions on such new legislation, that proposed legislation would ipso facto make that legislaiion in -oper in_the House. His contention ‘was {that the new legislation should not iho in order in the-ouse until after | lcgislative committee of the House: CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTITIONER GUILTLESS Health Oficer William C. Fowler to- day requested ‘Corporation Counsel Stephens to. drop the charge against Mrs: Ernestine M. Adams, Christian | Science practitioner of 1129 Buchanan street, of alleged failure to réport a case of diphtheria as required by the heait® regulations. Dr. Fowler said he obtained a war- rant for Mrs. Adams on information | reported to him by ome of his in- ! spectors to the effect that Mrs. Adams had attended Evelyn M. Gonzal-s, i fourteen. of 607 Taylor street. who {died a few days ago from what the | coroner decided was diphtheria. Ac- { cording to health department officials, i no report of the case had been made to_the health-department. The ~health officer informed Mr. | Stephens that he received information this morning for the first time th Mrs. Adams had never been to th Gonzales home. but had given the |child what is known as the “silent { treatment.” In view of this informa- tion, Dr. Fowler said, he is satisfied Mrs. Adams could not be held respon- sible for not reporting the child’s ill- ness to the health department as | diphtheria. Two more children in the Gon- { 7ales home have been reported to patients. One is Lottie May, grand- | daughter of Joseph E. Gonzales, and Alston. a son of Mr. Gonzales. The health officer also had a war- | rant served on Mr. Gonzales yester- | day charging him with violating the regulation regarding the reporting | of contaglous diseases. The case | was to be heard in Police Court to- {day, but was continued until Feb- i ruary 3. A member of the Gonzales family stated today that Evelyn, the de: child, was not excluded from school, but was told that her tonsils were enlarged. This coincides with the ruport received by the health depart- | ment from the school examiner, which | report states the child’s tonsils were |enlarged and needed surgical treat- ment. Three more applications for changes in the zoning regulations will be con- sidered by the zoning commission at its hearing on February 3, Maj. Carey {H. Brown, executive secretary, an- | nounced today. | One is a proposal to change the | residential to first commercial. The other two are: To change four lots on 13th street northeast, north of H street, from Tesidential to first com mercial, and_ the mnorth side of K street from Connecticut avenue west to the first alley, from residential to first commercial. The hearing will be held in the {boardroom of the District building. | probably at 10 o'clock. ihe morning |of the date mentioned. CAR EQUIPMENT GOOD. Inquiry Shows Moisture Was on Track; Sand Used. Following a preliminary inquiry this afternoon, an official of the Washing- ton Railway and Electric Company stated that so far nothing has been found wrong with the equipment of the T 2 The motorman, this official said, threw the controller into reverse and it responded, but fatled to bring the car to a stop. There were some indi- cations of -moisture on the track, he , and also evidence that the motorman used it had been conshlered by the proper |38 the health department as diphtheria | CAR CRASHES DOWN HILL INTO ANOTHER: FOUR BADLY HURT Dozen Others Cut by Glass and 150 Shaken Up on Connecticut Avenue. FAILING BRAKES BLAMED; AUTO HAS LUCKY ESCAPE l Motorman Sticks to Post When He Sees Collision Is Certain—Face Cut in Accident. Four persons were scriously in-, jured, a dozen cut by splintered glasy and over 150 others shaken up when the brakes failed to hold a heavily- loaded Washington Railway and Electric car on the Connecticut &ve- nue hill between California street and Florida avenue, at 8:30 a.m. todaf, allowing it to strike the rear of an automobile, brush it aside and then crash into another crowded car at the Florida avenue stop. Those seriously injured are: C. L. Colburn, 3208 17th street: right arm broken and two fingers on the left hand crushed, nessitating amputation. Treated at Emepgency Hospital. Bert W. Pieroe, 2807 18th street; wrist broken. Treated at Army dis- pensary at Connecticut avenue and L Sstreet. ¢ Nits. Frank Smith, 2611 Adams Mill road; sprained ankle and shock. | Treated at Emergency Hospital. Mra G. N. Perry, 1916 Calvert strect; contusions on the right hand acd minor cuts and bruises. Treated. at Emergency Hospital. 3 W. Johnson, 1222 H street north, cast; motorman; face cut by glass. Mrs. J. E. Mulford, Northbrook Courts, face and hands cut. Taken home. Miss Florence Feltman, 3402 19th strect, face and hands cut. Takem home. Samuel L. Cochran, 608 H street; bruised about the hips and face and hande cut. Taken home. Miss Leah Cohen, 1796 Columbia road; bruised about the body and shocked. Taken home. Others who were cut and bruised were picked up by passing automo- biles and taken home, so that the police were unable to obtain a _com- plete list of the injured. Although, Ithe accident caused much excitemens. | witnesses said there was no_panic {and that all of the passengers left i the cars in ‘an orderly manner after the crash. 3 i Motornian Stajs at Pest. 3 | - Johnson was on the rear car, and jwas the first to see that a coliision ‘Wwas inevitable, -but- he ‘remained at his post, .and efter his ts were treated at the dispensary he returned i to assist in cl g.away the wreck- e. Passenger: 6 two -8 well as those who witgessed the double @ccident from _the street , marveled ithat the collision did" not result in {1038 of Mfe. . Opinion differed as to why the car could not be stopped on the grade, and an investigation will be necessary to determine whether the brakes fali- €d to hold or whether “sweaty” rails allowed the wheels to slide down the tracks. The second car was in charge of Motorman Jobmson and Conductor J. E. Grissett” It was bound for Potomac Park, the fare register show- ing fifty-nine persons had boarded it. The front car, into which it crashed, was manned . hy Motorman Harry Waymire and Conductor C. A. Ashton. and was routed to 1st and E streets i northeast. Its register showed seven- | ty-nine fares pajd. - There were more | persons on each car than the fare | registers showed, however, as the {back platforms were crowded with {persons who had not yet peid. Impact Breaks Open Doors. ! Most of those injured were on the { front platform of the rear car, which was so badly damaged that it was | necessary to cut it away entirely be- i fore the wrecked car could be moved. Fortunately, the force of the impact broke the doors of the car, So that they fell into the street and allowed { the injured an easy means of egress. A sedan, driven by Col. J. P. Bar- ney, 1862 Mintwood place. and carry- ing Maj. Gen. William J. Snow and Col. W.'S. Wood, first obstructed the progress of the speeding street car as it plunged @own the hill. “We were coming along at a fair rate when I felt the car hit the rear of my machine.” said Col. Barney. “It shoved us along for several feet. but {almost turned us over. Fortunately. the mechanism was not injured and I managed to speed up and get off- [the track, and the street car rushed lon past us and did not stop ynti it hit_the car ahead.” 2 Col. Barney's automobile had the tire torn from the left rear wheel and the back of the machine was badly dented. The forward street car was stand- {ing still when the rear car struck it, and it was shoved almost its own length by the impact, although the brakes were still on. It was so crowd- ed that those on the rear platform did | not have an opportunity to get out of {the way when it became apparent that the car coming down the hill would strike it. Motorman Warns Passengers. “I applied the brakes as we started {down the hill from California street,” i 8aid Motorman Johnsan, “but the car | continued to main speed. T rang the | zong to clear the street ahead and told those on the platform near me to get back, as it looked like we would bump into ‘the car ahead, and continued to i i | tatement of lack of an;designation of 3d street mortheast, be- | try to hold the car with the brakes as {tween R and Randolph streets, from | we went on down .the grade.” | " When the cars struck Johnson was ! still at his controller and the crash pitched him forward with such force { that_his head was jammed through the | window Ih front of him, the glass cutting i his face in several places. | “Police Officer Exlie Williams of No, | 8 precinct, who was standing at the cor- i ner of Connecticut avenue and Florida: | avenue, first noticed the oncoming street {car was not under control, The car | was not going more than eighteen or { twenty miles an hour, he said. | Willlams was under the impression that the motorman of the runaway car | had had the brakes of the car well on for two blocks and the wheels seemed to be locked, but. due to its weight, the street car skidded on down over the | slippery_tracks. | % ;i'fiared- of persons en route to work in the government offices and elsewhere were delayed' by the ~wreck, which | Blocked the southbound track for almost {an hour. NAMED FOR ALASKA POST. Maj. James G. Steese, Corps of En- ginecrs, who has just been placed on the retired list of the Army, today was placed on active military duty as president of the board of road com- missioners for Alaska.