Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. ¥ tonight; tomorrow probably not much chunge in temper- Cloud fair: ature. Tempe: ended 2 pm day il report on pa ature for twenty-four hours 2 pm. today: Highest, 38, at today: lowest, 20, at § wm. to- ge 24 Closing New York Stocks, Page 25. he &£ 41| 'UNDAY MORNING EDITION ) Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled te the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published he ein, AL rights of publication of special dispatches herein aie also reserved. ¢ Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,435 ny St 3.0 %) 2. WASHINGTON, b. (65 HURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1921-THIRTY PAGES. nrton, | Agreement to P_a-fl?c;pule in Near East Confer- REPARATION PLANS .- enceForced by Colonial Conditions—France Supreme Council Abandons enna, Is View. and ltaly Should Aid Vi BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. bruary 21 the Grecks and Turkish Morning Session While Del= | & catie v e Star and chicaso baiiy Sews, | nationalists will have reached a dead- ’ Copyrigit, 18 lock. The great pow .I»ul. an t‘_v’w nlwm egates Conter. PARIS, January 2 ag Greece in Thrace, will re-estab- B . |doubtful whether merely the Turks lish Turkish soverciguty in Smyrna of the Constantinople government or, ©F at least internationalize this terri- P = tory PARIS STANDS FIRM FOR [the Turkish nationalists of the Musta- "l quects for a decision by the pha Kemal i"asha Angora ;.:u\'nrnnn-niinm! supreme council to give ar well are to be invited to the near | fective aid to Austria scem ia | ingly siender Austria onom eastern conference. which the su- PROVISIONS OF TREATY i: ju- nly deplorable | preme council, after an interminable | Austrian section of th r,.,,‘,‘,,_v a. | S8 1 « 0l sondon, | 1 commission had «la r « a i ALY s ills st currency by means of an in- A L s R e o e e tiah | tended over five years. Premier Llovd sible revision of the Turkish treaty. | !end e ey B : ference of 1920. When it is reealled that for many | SEOrEe polited ouf GO DEERS the Associated Press. months Premier Lloyd ¢ s e AnGeal Ansteia s mone: PARIS, January 27.—It was under- | Consistenly opposed the B stood this morning that the British dele- | g% (FERINe (7 present enlrit of economy gation attending the s f the su-|it is apparent that the British policy [ FA¥ DoMWMD 0f CoC, 0 preme allied council considered it im- | has Mnacresn fare el PO hore state advances : ssible to ;l:.;r(\l' to the French view- | is obligin Mr. Lioyd George to take —‘|:]:;.\>,r1.|l";,“w T point regarding German reparations. | jmore account of Moslem opinion: the E ”“_lm*“l;:_"' < Lt S The morning’s sitting of the council was | agreement between France and Italy | (T Iewisbole, mi FrERigs i, J8 G celed m order that David Lloyd |in favor of the revision of this treaty. | Germany's meighbor, abd PN orge, British prime minister, might | which ?incidentally never has been | being the cRic heneCEeety Qo Lu SO0 have an opportunity to talk privately | ratified; fear of an alliance hetween |struction of (toe SUSESC W T 4 with members of the council regarding | the Russian bolsheviki and the Turk- | fmbire, v D it hreaen the French position as set forth yes-|ish nationalists, and, above all, the It is consilersd BB ¥, S00g terday by Paul Doumer, French min-|grewing suspicion that Greece ma- | B e el s o . ister of fmance. | terially is unable to fill the great role R Louis Loucheur, French minister for [ assigncd to her—all these had their in- L o liberated regions, conferred with Mr.|fluence. As Eritian herself is indis- | soomer or later. and therefone (o c0 Lloyd George this morning. continu- | posed to give either men or money to [ inclined to take measures “a private discussion they bezan!enforce the Turkish treaty, there is no | the agony. e t evenifig. Another of this morn-|alternative but to bend before the| Further d emiacai ing's consultations was between Pre- | circumstanc, | the council h rred the Austri miers Briand and Lloyd George. 1t helieved here _that Liovd | question to @ commitice of minisio Count Sforza. the Italian foreign ! George's secret thought is that before lof commerce, assisted by te i minister, saw the British premier be- fore the arrival of M. Loucheur, as did Baron d’Abernon, British ambassador 11 to Germany. These conferences all ! \ were understood to be on the subject | = | ] y of reparations. 10 Us i The hour of today’s conference ses- | > .~ sion was set as 4 pm. i | \ France Stands by Plan. Yesterday's session was brief, and | | ) it was followed by a private con- | | H (] | ference between Premiers Briand and | Lloyd George, and later the British | e den minteser and nnance min- | France and Italy Would Wel- | “come Clash, Is Under- | Lack of Treaty Prevents Final Setilement With ister of Belgium. ‘Whether these talks had served to clear the way to decision. however, was not indi- cated early today. A £ A rance was understood to stand | ground GOSSID- American Owners. . firmly on the provisions of the treaty O T e O e e the | Cross-Atlantic Cable Service to The star. | By the Associated Press. Panfis of the allied reparations com- | PARIS, January 27.—Sir Auckland| BERLIN. January 26.—American mission. Great Britain. on the other | Geddes, whose hurried departure from jproperty in Germany, which was tak- hand. adhered to the agreement ! . .- London caused such @ |en under control by the Gérman cus- E v A ashington. for London i ¥ ¢ reached last year at Boulogne. by | farore, is here to consult with Lloyd |todian of enemy property after the ] which it was stipulated Germany i £ should pay annually an average of | Gegrge. There is little mystery in hisjUnited States entered the war, has 6.000,000.060 marks. It was under-| ‘o Cl0 Lo hore Its reason was the|been unconditionally released. says stood Belgium supported the British | viewpoint. Jearn | Pr- Haniel von Haimhausen, wndersec retary for forcign affairs, today. Final settlement with the American need for the British government to Recommendations by allied mili- ia¢ first hand the real feeling in America tary experts relative to the disarma- i . oo the Japanese question. owners, however, has been impossible, ment of Germany also were to have |0 Wb ver “of the renewal of the jowing to the provision of the Ver- been considered by the council to-| . i jipanese pact is up and must be | sailles treaty, which stipulated that day. Marshal Foch was reported to | GRG0y “Just how it is settied {guch seitlements should be made have added to the recommendations | SuyN 0 o conciderable bearing on many ! through an international clearing demand for the fixinz of penalties |, fions to come before the league ofjhouse, he added. and thig operation in ;l:e»(;:lrmun‘:\' should not comply | 1¢S5 i ihe, conferences ol s the experts’ report would pveroo;-‘fi!‘}a:! v Part vhen the sub-, Hurried to Parin. objections encountered when t| = St 118 negotiated. ed as soj In cases where American factorics CALDER FORESEES SUBSIDY INHOUSIA Tells Conferees Country Must Afford Facility for Resumption of Building. {FEARS CONDITIONS HERE AS THEY EXIST IN EUROPE | Urges Business Men to Support Legislation to Aid in Owner- ship of Living Places. The TUnited States soon will face the necessity of subsidizing housing construciion uniess steps are taken | to afford every facility for private constructicn to relieve the present shbriage, Senator Calder of New ! York, chairman of the special Sen- ate’committee on reconstruction, de- iclared in an address here today be | fore the National Council of the | Chamber of Commerce of the United |s The country may be approach inz a condition. fhe senator added [\which will' mean the “adoption of European precedents born of the ipater of monarchies.” Those in attendance wers war | by senator that the continu: increasing housing shortaxe in this country may brine about such a state of 1t paternalistic subsidy legis- ¥ be rezorted to. sentatives of the government, bhod and struction inter. as weil as industrial leaders 1l parts of the couniry are at- the confere e. which will through tomorrow. to asset in a solution of the various phases of the housing problem. Urgzes Support for Lezislation. We may be approaching a condi- tion of affairs such as exists in many | Buropean countries” said Senator | Calder. “This will mean the adop- | i tion of uropean precedents born of {paternalism of monarchies, rather i than a continuation of American prec- edents, which o - each man, thrift and in proverty owner The Senator urged the busines: | of the country fo support lesislation |that will afiord every facility for | more construction more owner- | ¢hip of fomy relieving the critical situation brought about by ! the housing shortage and forestalling | subsidies. | Taking up the question of tax ex- emption Jo stimulite home construc- { tion, he i that he was primarily op posed to all exemptions from the fed eral income tax law, but the drifting of money away from the mortgage {market had been so great, and it was continuing at such a rate, that we hvlr mn=t foregs the makine zood of rh have ma through 1ag: to it possible exceptional become a men and o cannot be carricd out untik-th Wdfif{e&“filimmf,i} T THIOR TREARETY of & i T femporary measures of this sort, i pending the abolition of all tax ex- | emptions, 10 PROVIDE HOMES - SEEKS TO EXPEDITE TWO CENTS. 0L HUTZTOUGE " GEATER WATER - SPYFORD. |Commissioners Favor More i Power Also, But Will Stress 1 | Former Need. ONCE ¥ OVER THIS o) OBSTACLE Z b3 AND I 7 LOOKS - PLIKE FAIR. fet |GARLAND TO PRESENT . DATA CONCERNING CITY Great Falls Project Discussion Be- fore Commission May Develop Opposition. { District Engine iCharles W. Ku eral power commis !Great Falls r Commissioner I attend the fed- »m hearing on the project next Tuesday, pre- 2w ‘ pared to urge that steps be taken at i the carliest possible time to incre | Washington's water supply, Hess of what de on may be a5 10 power development The Commissioners want both water Land but more. They {will favor a combined water and pow- development program, if the shown to be economically But water must be had at vower, water asible. ny cost. {1t is the intention of J.S. Garland, {superintendent of the District water to accompany the Comi- ' department, | | sioner to the hearing and (0 pre- s data, if called upon to go into » U bhase of the situation, Snowing consumption of water in the District O°CALLAGHAN GONE! CORK’S LORD MAYOR MAY BE ON OCEAN NEW YORK. January 27. {10 be peritously near the danger line. H Opposi n Is Eapected. | It is assured the Tyler Great Falis Donal - CARMERGER HERE O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, = % v i whose status in this country was ‘;“"‘l‘“’“- "l;’}'-_r '“t“'e hands of Gen. that of a aman awaiting a :\:;"\-“:”“:"e ;"“ :‘;!),lxr<~<-rfi ol'.l’h& Representative Gould’s Bill| chance to reshin from some Am Company Advised to Dis-|a: tic hearing. The question of ican port has dropped out of sig His last public Tuesday when whetner Great Falls can ve econ icaily harnessed T POWEr purposes jis a moot one among engineers, and both advocates and opponents of the appearance he addressed was the Would Authorize Union pense With 300 Out-of- & executive committee of the Ame . {plan are expected 10 eniiven the hear- With P. E. P. Co. S ican committee for relief in Ire Town Operators. ing. which will be presided over by 5 land here. = T Secreiary of War Baker. Steps to expedite legisiation de- At the headquarters of Harr: The Public Utilities Commission to-1 Those who aie caarged with the re. figned to brinz about a merger of the 1{}5'}3;\} <e-'r-$alr&" mrx‘}’fl"u"mflfl |-lx>~ issued an order continuing exist- Sponsibility of maintaining an ade- | two street railway systems in Wash- D aTEr it e tollay (OGNS & telephope rates until August 1.:§uate water supply ior the capital have expressed concern over the re- port that the Tyler plan is so stu- pendous as to necessitate an enormous penditure not dreamed of in the Langfitt and other studis made for developing Great Falls. 1f the large appropriation required ington were taken in the douse touay L & L ‘ 1e ¢ 1ol B ements were un- {Carrying out instructions' from the| l2Ehaw's movements —were WA | tiouse District committee, 11epresen-| p.ep staying reported that he had | tative Nooman J. Gould of New York | everal @ays ago.” L. Hol- {introduced a bill to remove the ob- th W eooa: ehait 7 e ington Railway and Electric Company | : i commission The expresses the be- that economy would result if the : pany would dispense with the ap- |Proximately 300 out-of-town operato: jmow in its service. This force, the It is believed that the enactment of | ! the Gould bill, which carries the sup- | | port of the District committee, will . place the Washington Railway and Electric Company on a footing where | successful negotiations for a merger | with the Capital Traction Company can be carried on. Bill fo Foree Merger. i said he knew noth- |, fesinn s ¥ ; ; { which prevented consolidation with i“K’L[‘*‘i),(f;‘l’l’:;g;;‘;‘ hl‘,umm plans, |SOmmission states, costs the company “,hl‘fx“‘_‘d,""'i sl e 0 DL I'the Potomac Electric Power Company. | 4 = z p or as | $200.000 more a year than the cost of e et Congress at a time | Tt was in as_quiet a manner as when effort is being made to hold disappeared maint to Ireland ning a sim girls would be. The decision follows: “Following the receipt of the pend- this that de Valera r number of local when he slipped back this winter. down government expenses, the Com- missioners. it is believed, will ask that the water needs of the capital be taken up as a separate matter, Phe local municipal authorities, in fact, have not subscribed to the theory that economy would be effected in” com- bining the water and power develop- ment features. They are ineclined to inz petition, the commission held a d which time the petitioners presented : i e Tl S forinal public hearing thereon, after | $9],4]“,2 I 2 | statcments showing the effect of the notice, ofi January 14, 1921, at | HeW rates upon its revenues and the | Chairman Mapes of the House Dis: | res: i gard | airman A > House rasult of its operatives. b cix | regard them as scparate apd distinet | triet - committee, also following. ia [ Thonths from Jume 1 1920, to Novems | Problems. 4 structions of the committee yesterday, ber 30, 1920. The company also pre- Surprine Inx Occanioned. has named a committee of five to! sented ev e 4 | draft a bill which will force the Capi- ented evidence to show the changes A Surprise has been that have taken place in the vaiue of " INU.S TREASURY occasioned by i SJect was discussed at the oOpening | A quick report liere laceas s 1 tal Traction Coripany. sud the. Wash- i e 1 ti failure of the War Department thus scgsion of the council last Monday. | imperative that when, Sir AueISnd | D SRGS eir iavs | o hropenes Local Tax Symtem. | ifgion Railway and Blectrie Comniny | phone oberty psed and useful for tele- | far 1o make public the report. T Recognition of via and Esthonla: | reached London hal {lie; quderse said. Stafi g 0se, as o ! 4 S RS s e < S e Distri strict Commissioners, public utili- | Ot e Permitted to remajn. Out of 186§ mittoe. o Armmee op e aene;com- | ere. is committee consists | of Columbia during the same period i o two Baltic states formed out of parts | premier had left for Paris st d e L , cenate, 100 of Representative Carl E. M t . s D . | ties commissio, of the District, { porations. urge the decentralization of our fed.| of Rep ative Carl E. Mapes of| i “In order to determine the fair value 3o ryla 1 O he former Russian empire, has ! foliowed. 3 5 53 . BL o ) Mich Anderson H. W, 1$10,000,G600,000 More Than 5 1 & ue ' Maryland and Virginia, public utili- . o d isunder- | taken over by the cusrodian | eral taxation systein that a citizen| Michigan, Anderson H. Walters of} 5 s s of its property us of November 30, gj i } Deen decided upon, but action re-! Britain wants to avoid ans mis A e e 4 a 10,.50 tha tizen| B e s AL Ol e Lot S ) er 30, ties corporations and the public gen- A ] T bag the Tnited States, and : Germany received only 26,000,000 | may eo to {he authorities in his own yivania s Clar urdick o 920, the company presented threc | arally hav. A _gurding Lithuania and Georgia { standing with e s s = | mhurka ot ot (hefr adwinisiration | olite oot aortnonities T bls S0 Riode Isiaod. republians uad Kevre- : plans, prepared in the manner used iy have been invited to the hear- been deferred for the time being. The | fears that the Japan 3 bY > W, L sual In oney an x ing. which will be held in the Interi action of the council regarding Letvia {some time precipitate one. She alwa_s:;rhe G;rm:\n custodian of Amecrican | finally and promptly each vear.” ’?}“"}%{h{:' -lar'ne; . \'\t:luds amit Fritz M- the former case in May. 1920. For | péiartment building. Should the War B was opposed to the |res that there is a growing sym-|funds has been instructed to provide | Discussing credyts for the by | G, Lanham of Texas, democrats. | i3] ie purposes of this case the commis- | Dehartin ling. & A he United States as out- | ahy in Canada and Ausiralia for'the | Amerleans with whose nicrcet he w <homes. Senator Calder \gaid | The committee weems pretiy well| Segurities. el eI Tl G B e / * Secretary of State Colby iniAmerican anti-Japanese prejudice. lin with funds for their ma e should put an end to“our ASU s e | ich it used in arriving at jts de i o L"T?m‘t’; to"i;‘x:ml?a"fi" ambassador at A;:-er"br:':u: Italy and Germany there | tenance. pending ultimate settlement. | present poliey of going farther and Way Ll(;n;gfi?‘l“ahm:;g;r «:r the street Kool Tesgsi s Allea! anmouns n“lnv(l\-;iur»l\'lmus case, mamely. ;’:‘JI,;" (}n'.:‘*'-zlv';“':b;;‘nnzpror;o.,rx.u,;.:: L o g i ) 2 break hetween ; : 3 : i faring worse, and build up the basic | CAT _COl s is through an excess| 2 = _should add to the fair valgs Sy the Tyl Washington 1ast November. “_,",,,“:,.rgf,‘.'x"fi.»li"nluzl States is bouna | u:”llz-' 'l:::;"fl:r “n;;r o iausirics of the LB A UL {;:oflll)g ,tgxlv;-nlcn wlllhremp!ure into [today that a total of § jascertained by it as of December “_;lr;‘:'o::'“-"v‘nl {ions for submission to i oon, a > of them | e secreta vited the case of the future needs of the people. o | the District treasury the extra profits ! go, -3 ities was | 1916, the amount actually expended N y FOCH'S VIEWS PREVAIL. ;’.’m},';{"fi,‘,.'k’f";n“v'“’m,',“'.p O it {the Tnternational Harvester Company, eian whioh T have: e earnine | now aceruing to the Capital Traciion ':"5 332. s :,:' c;f:a::‘: e ot i1y the comuany since that e pRebisititives of the Board: or | Lo underground gossip of i the vice pri ent of which he said, aver in mv mind for months is why COMpany through increased fares |found in the SUry as : tthe retirements and the value of the | 3rade. amber of Commerce, Aer- Military Experts Agree on Dis- ‘,',',‘M"f,,“;lif. e e o beliesed; |had re cently thanked the German for’ have we not used a larger part of that had to be granted to both com- | the count nacessitated by the resigna- | property admitted by the company to €hants and Manufacturers' Associa- every one of the three would wel-jcisn office personaily for tne “cficient [nur surplus labor and materials for|Panies ihat the Washington Railway | tion of John Burke as treasurer. [ h doneer maed and msefalto: | ton Gty Olub. ficitizens’ musociftions B DT foreGernny: || O0T,0 {and wenerous manner in which the i wphuiing. of our matimal iy | rd Bledtrict Company. might eon: : e about | $10.000.000,000 | ECher With a further reduction for |and other civie organizations in the 2 e { Hope in League. i custodian had protected the company’s wuild more houses so that rents mav | tidue to operate. ! This total is about .000.000,000 | %e Increase in capital paid for out|District also will attend the hearing. By Cable '.ofh'“sm;‘;‘:-;t ;';:‘li'n:o Daily News. Sir Auckland brought with him { German lxlllfre;(z}:.urlsig the war” as &a Jo-cered: improve our railroads The proposal of an excess profitfis | greater than usual, and is accounted “"'s'll»rfi;':'fl‘n'?fi}, b lowand: s for nia- | Francis R. Weller. chdirman of the TR L e AR rom American news. | 4L example of the care with which a5 that our =éods can be prompily | (ax which would recapture from 50 iny approximately that amount of no‘es | (orii AR supplies and working cush | water supply committee of the Foxrd » PARIS, France, January 27.—Mili By D e O ess feeling there, | American property feguarded. | moved to market: imorove our ferm- |0 100 per cent of the met earning i " "l o 6o laion governments for . in its order of My e inussion used [of Trade. said today the importance tary experts of ‘the allied “supreme |papers on the Jaaness fCOHAE OET0 T Dr. Haniel von Haimhausen sald the inals. our constwise Shipping and our|#bOVe 6 or T per cent would carry | deposited by foreign & ey SR e 1920, of increasinz the Districts water c?.“f‘x‘r" s L o Mar- (3o secured several from lt~ar|ln|:.:‘Y;'r"“‘“"’;‘:’:';T"')m"';: was opposed 1o inland waterways. @ clause that this legislation would | war loans, Still on Company's Books. {supply could not be emphasized too shal Foch, have accepted th, ench | don secur 2 eral | the seis 3 ivate enemy property he revoked as soon as the two com- | - “The evidene show! a : v s E peitemas s i English papers on the same general | e seisure of private ener . oxxes Mizht Be L oy Actual Cash on Hand. idence shows that e | strongly at the hearfng. general's views on the German dis B e O nort! lat the beginning of the war, but that Lonn. panies merged. > Ll < ARE 3 armament program {subject. The most recent of the ster | “England’s proc had forced her| “Durlnz and since the vears of the e The actual cash on hand at the time } amount of $1.849.929.14, which was de- Conxervation of Water. Sivered 1o the allles immediately and| _'The British view is that the F’,‘"”",.,,,m.(.,,,..'d against e B canarty Lo T cnptal in e CStiNE | today expects to meet this aftepnoon, | remainder is in paper currency held in | renese Properly still on the Must have the strictest conservation the rest by June 1. on which date the, States, should some Into (he Mvob. | there, Germar i Washington T have wondered whether it | 4nd Teels confident that a street rail. | reserve, incomplete currency certifi- | [2OUC Of the Lompany, but not us.d ;of water.” said Mr. Weller. who added miiitia must also be dissolved. {‘fn:‘“}'h’,"’o: What could perhaps beshe would apply the same measure to r 1o have diverted | WAY Merger bill can be worked out | cates. incomplete gold certificates and | )T USEE OF Sl ’il_'vfi] 1919, has that a bill would be introduced in 5 The military experts, however, hnvt.";"q"‘h‘_d S Ehiopes o Amesican linea Ithe same d. adopted by the United at least 2 portion of the $6,000,000,000 Within a couple of days. It is the in- | bonds and other securities held in! ference ( 6. ,A,,,*;l}mu 23, the dif- | Congress to charge the federal and been forcibly reminded that they Geecribed as Burgpean gmenican en | States ofti The muferseorativy]ereatt s <ion during the year end. | téntion of this committee to devote | trast. | proberty that ha siiee Lebresnting District governments for the water have no right to concern themselv. A ritaneYima Japan has to be contid. | declared he.had successfully opposed ing June 30 to the building | It8 best efforts to getting such a bill | » The last previous count in 19131 £i7 U0 L)L pay Singe, bocome use- | they use. with the question of penalties in case | oo this year, and there is enough |demands from the German mili of homes and roads and pmms.}"“_"i’}‘,"db-" this session of Congress. {snowed a grand total of $L426422.-11.) yecounts. The exideneo nlos caril) “Washingtonians.” he said. “use only rmany fails to disarm. Aifference of opinion between Britain | command that American propert “It now appe to many that the . l; ‘1“ j\_mrfnluf-ed by Representative:051.48%. of which the total {that the increase in ¢ ’i‘“‘{ S0 ‘°;‘fi‘40 per cent of the water consumed in 1t is the premiers alone who can,nq America and the British domin- | Germany be subjected to the same lo which mizht have been § r‘c‘ d h? New York, which carries a' 99,231,911.90. ot of ‘éarnings is “-4,1_,4'731 ,d‘ OT | the District, but pay the entire cost. settle this knotty question, concern-| (% “to create a_sufficiently difficult | treatment was given that of otherjcurred by any depreciations in these | JaVora l"’le_E';LJH.Im’!NIlnllnn from the! The present count showed $4 Bthis basis the tentative fair Vaiue ¢ The federal and District governments ing which a disagreement between | [1%icq] problem. | belligeren building values. due to deflation, 1House District committee, proposing to!533.11 in zold coin, $45,790. DY'S Properts, as ot e Of yse the balance and pay nothing for Lloyd George and M. Briand has al- i “American patents and licenses wers | would be less than the losses swhieh | 2mend the act creating the Washington | siandard silver doilaré, IO e o N Gvam | S et aats ready manifested itself. M. Briand neither sold nor transferred. he sajd, |will have (o be taken on commod- | Idilway and Bieetric Corporation is | with wold coin of 323057 i 0B o aken a8 312 | T 10001000 Ealions oft whker AAlly ) £or believes that a threat of stronk pen-. UARDING EVADES SOCIETY |ana there was no forced liguidations ities on which the six billion dollars | identical, with the exception of a single ' standard silver dollars totaling $156,-{ e statement of revenues and ex. | Steam condensation ,purposes. This alties is the only way to make Ger- of American holdings. Where there have been used. Had this been done | or, Wth a bill introduced in the Sixty- 5368 in 1913. - |penditures during the six months eca. | supply would care for @n additional many execute the allies' conditions, GAME OF GOLF were temporary transfers they oc- we would still have the plant and | ‘oW Congress by Representative Ben ' Recelpt for $13,000,000.000, { ed: November: 20 1 ety e < 2 = -y and the threat to occupy the Ruhr FOR A {curred only with a view to protecting building with their greater earning Fairchild. : Recetnt 2,000,000.000, jed November 50, 1420, as submitted 100.000 residents. When the govern- basin is generally considered in ; {American holdings which can b power, which would serve us for the| It Provides that the W. R & B Co,| No shortage was revealed by the DY the company. shows a net operat-{ment is forced to pay for water it will France ay the most effective threat, | transferr a back to American control ort of coal and other basic neces. | Shall, be authorized a""d?mr’owered to'count, Treasurer Allen said, tie cash! 11 o "“‘(’]’}is“:f,swn wasting it. Prime Minister Llovd George con- X at any time, he said e added that s at pr which vould enab! { acquire, use, operate and enjoy all the s ti i o1 st as g are e 7 7 eha — i siders that with the demobilization of President-Elect Makes Short Visit |{h.r" were ‘only a few instances of to compete swith the wordde ama wnich | €State, Droperty. rights and. franchises \10 securities being found Just as they 'ments ere b gicing the i .1he armies the time i past for further, ¢ West Palm Beach—Ac such temporary transfers. No stocks would form a Lroader basis on which | °f the P. E. P.Co. should be. A receipt for the more than, F,, Geee, (0 32000048, witich, mul- WAR RISK WORKERS WAGE occupatlllont:w’"r:t"g"fi‘ And ""r-‘il-,"{';(‘-;‘ ! * [0 l.r{nlls ez iiosun; tr(:]r forced 'taxation might be levied. | Consolidation With Power Co. ] $13.600,000,000 will be signed and given: .o ‘o an annual ha. ATy "“Al';:{- ceful means s he oy ed i — ales, but were mere. isted el Sy e A ATl | : 3 o VR . s b - ke k 52,51 & He Cseems to consider @ threat of Miami Tomorrow. swere merelyl il ‘Lwrzur':_l;~ T n:“:: .i“ox,r:::—'.l::xl;a"n'l ‘1';,.,_“1“]".1 It is provided that the power ,mm_|u;. the former treasurer, relieving him of | The company stated that ‘these ad- i FIGHT FOR $240 BONUS . force as somewh.t ridiculous, and| WwpsT PALM BEACH, Fla, January | mitted to remain in German banks. housing problams, we know it js | Pa0¥ shall not be acquired by dije Ithe esponsibilicy . for e R it D, ;’:g";:a:,f‘,;’.““‘h‘(; el i estepping many public and so- le to solve ours through fed. | Street railway company unless and|® 15.‘,‘3 e Sn Thnuaty. ¢ PTcclaltion' i et attlve itp Sarirs ) ermany into the conferen Prancel el proposed for him at thi DORMITORY HATE CUT g Ihis"xl‘; 'fm ,',,," sm. tm-tv-;.u,u- intuntil consent and approval shall first|and was actually completed on January 11920, somewhat Jower than has heen | Employes Will Meet Tomorrow to however. is 8o firmly determined that|g oo o™ wincer resort, President- | = jdoinz this the government would behave been given by the owners of|22, but the additional time was required | uSed in the past, which would reduc M 250 = Appropriate ‘penaities’ hail be s S e D e fat ;r:n}m-:;rpn: :‘ll.lm‘:';I;Zrer('\'ré;;:rirt’:-:'- it | record of at lleast 75 per cent of the! to’list and check the various items. the expense ofdeproc iation durin: Begin Vigorous Campaign That she will doubtless undertake the arding & his short ” 3 5 he hoped tha construction | capital stock of the railway company = he “Eix monthsiiperiod by Sapproxi execution of these penalties alone if it #ioaiwsertiativst vt sHlunenoniienclliCloverumen s Housing Charge Now jpoyoces lliprosseinoncn pnvaxeim;].l a similar percentage of the capl. | 5 {mately $15.000, or on an annual b SPriueee becomes necessary. Sl e el 45.50 Sntls g ECynia ! tal stock of the power company. It T d N s GO00° Workers in the war risk insurance: I pursuinee’of his determination to| to Be $ Monthly. [ itasm b e ivast Ampsrionis: | proposes that when the stockholders O ay 8 INews 7 stated by the commission inip.rcan will meet tomorrow night at BERLIN QUESTIONS ACTION. gt @ comiote reot (urios s howse| A reduction of T1 4 monh in the | The seasion 1 not ket under way |OF the two. corporations” shiall have . ita order of May 28, 1020, the matter | PUTCAN WL meet lomorow ¢ 5 b el Gopteae ; S irates charged federal e S ivin. o 3 AY | given their respective consent and P l of the proper annual rates of de- 1423 New York avenue to wage vigor- LONDON. January 26——The German | ine not oily turned down nvitationa tojrtes charged federal employes living | until 11 o'clock, when Joseph H. De- | Sivoo all®{f robective, consent and N aragraphs fi.cition o he appiied to the pron: ous fht for. the $240 bonus. alread governm says a dispateh to the nal welcome, but in the government dormitories on frees of Chicago, president of the|recorder of deeds for the District of | '8 $97,410.253 in actual cash | G oaroh i€ Betitloners is a point of |, - eeq to by the House, but vet to be TLondon from Eerlin, refuses | made D out of sight asiUnion station plaza, to become effec- | (hambe - 5 e ; b e oF f| Count shows $97.410.283 AT castil i atimirencet LR EREneE agreed 1o by se. vet to erl e effec- | Chamber of Commerce of the Unitea | Columbia of such extracts the pro. hand in U. S. Treasury. Page 1 sion, o consic confere much furing his call here.! five iebruary 1, was annooncod oy 2 | coedings of the sharenolders of these| on hand in U. S. Y- 8¢ 1jand the company. on which several | voted on by the Senate. that the hour of his|ypy ential, how er. links to Par supreme Jation to the with regard t i the Unifed States Housing Cor- iporation. This will reduce the eost from $46.50 t0 $45.50 & month. Teience Lcerning o her crowd ! The reduction, housing corporation Tolds, take the place of bout the lofficials stated, is made possible by i cussion by experts or ¢ would dis- | the decrease in the cost of food and ference of the governments other commodities. This is the sec eva, which was mized at 1 the Presid ac- ond time within the last several meeting, Before all, there must o4 an invitation to be the guest of months that the charge for living ae be a discussi industrial experts |y friend of Henry Fletcher of Penn- commodations at the dérmitories has regarding d Setvania, who is & member of the house- | been reduced. In December the rates bout party | were slashed from $47.50 to $46.50 a | FAVORS WILSON POLICY. s here late in the afternoon, the | month, Victoria was expeeted to tie up for the | —— fon of the allied supreme coun- short distance to the south and |GOVERNOR’S o e e o o broceed tomorrow morning for Mi- MOTHER DIES < of the State Depart- @mi | . ~ ment |'rvv3:)n,\ : d MH'\ ““Y’ 'h‘" atti- |Mrs. Annie Lewis Davis Succumbs | Tide of the Kuropean pownars tow President Wilson's policy of non- WARNS OF HOME BREW. at Laurel, Md. ession in Russian af S, . ‘ g . o the 3 RICHMOND, Va.. January 27.—Mr T e ) Vi | W C. T. U. Speaker Says Foreign | annie Lewis (Moriiss) Davis, mother | ot the council of the league of 5 | of Gov. Westmoreland Davis, of Vir- tions, in which he expressed his nn- Math"_M“St Tie Eanceied. L. | ginia died night before last at Lau- willingness to procecd with media- | CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, January 27. rel, Md, after an iliness of several tion in Arme ( un'ess the stronger In an address before the r.~gn.ua1."l-l> 5 \lllwaks l;’:nrngdl here today. Her T e = : conference of the National Women's | [uneral ook place at noon today from iin fajustment of the Russian situa- | Christian Temperance Union, in ses-|burg, Vi, the rector, Rev. G. Peyton tion, rded by him as the ba n here, Mrs. Celia V. Vayhinger de- | crajghill, officiating. The burial was preb | clared that home brew was taking the | ;“{/1ion cemetery, Leesburg, tecognition of the small states ce of brewery brew in the homes of | 'y S Rkt citved from Russian territory would, | the foreign element in America. d-”f'-"{-l“:; s _l"‘hofflygbu:vlv!nu a® bol American stud “One of the greatest works before |daughter of Christopher & Morriss poli lopment in the union,” she said, “is that of edu-j#nd Mrs. Fannie Brown (Thurston) involve Fra and her ting the foreign mother to the fact|Morriss of Gloucester county. Her Liates in @ poliey that would contri- | that the alcohol in tie home brew is|&randfather, Robert Thurston, lived at Lansdowne, famous colonial hom t as dangerous as th reial be vene, If not directly opp scsted by President Wi Lol sug= {3t at in the com-l n. u stead in Gloucester county. & 4 the United State: States. called it to order. the future depends kind That mocracy upon_the _of American de- in large measure of housing program \ adopts at ‘this time " to rélieve the present shortage of one {million and a half family dwellings, was the statement of R. Goodwyn Rhett, former president of the Cham- yer of Commerce of the United States, the first speaker at the session, “We cannot afford to overlook Qr | disregard the bearing which such con- !struction will necessarily have upon {the permanent welfare of this coun- |try,” he said. “We cannot affora to countenance or permit any backward {step in the standards of living which | have been established either by law {or by public opinion—for the stand- lard of Jiving of the great mass of the | people is the surest index of progress in the march of civilization. ‘Women should have a “say” in the type of houses to be constructed, the speaker thought, since the average house is a “woman’s workshop.” “Labor-saving devices and machin- ery are just as essential in the home as in the factory,” Mr. Rhett said. Urges All to Co-Operate. Ernest T. Trigg of Philadelphia sala that the housing industry can be re- vived to a large extent if all interests concerned with the housing situation will promptly co-operate in a fair and proper way for the purpose of bring- down to b public hearings | n held. The=~ ction of the commission in this case . {is not to be taken as approving the new schedule of rates of deprecia- tion, that question being at issue in Hitherto war risk employes have re- ceived a bonus of but $120 a year, it havinz been claimed in Congress that 1ch (mployes were receiving basic sal- aries, which were equivalent to other government wages vlus the bonus of 240. 28 hortly the legislative appropriation Dbill will go to the Senate, and the war risk bureau emploves are fearful that the 3240 bonus will be lowered there to 20, or even cut out altogether. The meeting will be under auspices of two corporations showing their as-|New measure in House would expedite sent, the recorder of deeds shall re-| °car merger. Page 1 cord the same, and all the property:Calder foresees housing subsidy unless | and rights of the Potomac iileciric| country acts. Page 1 Power Company sl en vested e e v 1t ques in, held, uscd, enjoyed. cxercised and | GSTmans return T.iS. property ";,’z‘g‘e‘ i | formal case No. 57 be enforcible by the Washington S “The estimated annual net Yaneny T ona “slectric | Company. | Frankiin _declares _shipping contracts | available for return T“,mre“lm“ the capital stock of the| have operated against British “best n;mu-l £45 r.anzx.{s. o : . rests.” Page 2iof return of 3.6 power company shall be annulled. interes! f re o 62 D L0 P’Provision is made that the existing | Legion committee to act here on K. of | {entative ‘fair value of $12,500.000 liabilities of the Potomac Electri memorial offer. rage)ia [Oxea by (eholbommiasion asfot. De jab Fower Company and the rights of i8] women to be organized us health work | fho temtative falr val or Siatsen ! Il e reji-| volunteers. Page 2|290.1S as of November 30, 1920. ' the War Risk Branch of Federal Em- K :o S*ik’n’iaf'p'f:é’ffif-""{ikwé‘: Secretary Colby will take up in near fu- | “From statistics prepared by the-ployes' Union, No. 2, and is being which the Po Thay be a party shail| ture Ambassador Morris’ report on|company, it appears that the annual arranged by Miss Gertrude MeNally, vice Company s or may B the conssil.| Japanese land question in California. . cost of Operation per station is con- president of the National Federation of abate Inyiconasd Page 3 {siderably higher than the cost in oth- Federal Employes, and Edward Scheuf- aation. Dr. Manning was chosen Bishop of New | €r citics. Part of this increase Is bo. |ler, president of the Treasury Branch income as given above, will give a rate per cent on the York diocese, succecding thy latg | leved to be duc to the employment | of Union No. % e Sage. s | by the co ; of about ‘hree hun- R POLICE CATCH SCHUUP. | Bishop Burd Tage §|ed . out-ol-town operators. . These Negro Lowry was taken from officers and burned at the stake in Arkansas. Page 7 Family doctor's certificate required in total disability retirement. Page 17 Ttalian socialists divided as new step is taken in labor struggle. Page 17 out-of-town operators are maintained | by the company at an annual M(;;en-! URGE RED CROSS PRIZE. QUALS 57 (ie"Cont ‘of muintuining an |Finnish Government Seeks Nobel equal number of native operators. | Gift for Americans. Though the company claims that this incre: cost is largely offset by Man Wanted in Mail Theft Case Carried Two Pistols. CHICAGO, January 27. -— James chuup was held by the police today Schunp of being the leader of HELSINGFORS, January 27.—The on suspicion ! St ARl : : four men wanted for stealing twelve|Spectators at Matewan trial searched | their increased cfliclency, the com-1pinnien government has decided to rec- bags of registered mail from a gov-| for arms. Page 17 | mission is of the opinion that®econ- d ith the Nobel prize. it ernment truck at the Union station|Reopening of Evarts street urged by |°MmY Will result if the services of |ommend to B prize committee January 18. citizens. Enge by | these out-of-town operators are dis- | that the award of the Nobel peace prize be made to the American Red Cross on ine gronnd that “its blessed activities materially relieved suffering in the war, " served the purposes of humanity and promoted mutual solidarity of the ma- pensed with. z 5 ‘After careful consideration of the evidence, the commission is of the Page 21 [opinion that the present rates for tele- British report says finance is chief Ger- | phone service should be continued for man problem. Page 21 a further period df six months.” ¢ His capture followed a spectacular escape last Friday night, when he eluded the police after a running gun battle over roofs and down fire escapes. The police said two pistols were found in Schuup’s pockets. Japan’s war minister explains delay In-{ report on shooting of Lieut. Langdon.