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, tonigh ‘Tentper at 2 pm. t mwdu‘;bmw‘g today. y on page 27. Closing New York Stocks, Page 27. Entered as second-class post . office ‘Washington, No. 28,033. ALLIES FAGE CRISIS TODAY INDEADLOCK | OVER REPARATIONS Discordant Views of Pre- miers Bring Conference to Culminating Point. LLOYD GEORGE CONFERS WITH BRIAND PRIVATELY British Diplomat Does Not Believe Entire Question Can Be Solved ~ at This Meeting. By the Associated Press. PARIS, January 28.—The diver= gence of views of the members of the allied supreme council regarding German reparations caused an interruption of the conference today, and in some quarters it is regarded as in danger of breaking up. PARIS, January —28.—Representa- tives of Great Britain,. Frnnce‘-l_uly, Beligium and Japan, attending the ses- sion of the supreme allied council in this city, faced this morning what Premier Briand of France described as the “decisive day” of the meeting. | The discordant views on the repara- tions question, ‘especially’ those of France and Great Britain, which were presented , at yesterday’s brief ses- sion, had brought about -a virtual deadlock, &nd it seemed the culminat- ing period of the conference had ar- rived. > 4 lating~ proposals amount Germany must pay the allies, and the method of payment, sat iito the night in an effort to find some formj that would be accept- able to all members of the council. Progreas. toward Treaching & solu. tion of the probiem’ of German repar- ations was reported by the comm tee, when ;the committee adjourned l:nl‘ noon ‘after a two-hour discus- sion. ‘The basis of the discussion was the Belgian _proposal, presented. by Jaspar, Belgian foreign minister, that Germany be compelled to make an- nual reparations payments of 6.000,- 000,000 gold marks as a 0, As outli: - mént 185t nipnt his pan would not g&ne mumber of a P N ual payments, Metare supreme council . session was| called for 4:30 p.m.. when it was hoped the ‘wouild be able to p 1 its report. ‘meeting George Rk S be accomplished, he “safl, the fixing of the amount of lo& and the way it should paid. M. _Doumer, French mi M _Briand were not conviné British prime minister's & although the views of Géorge appeared to be favored by thre Italian and Belgian representatives. M. Briand declared after yesterday's meeting that the reparations guestion must be settled “once and for all bé+ fore Saturday night” and indicated ¢ he would not retreat .fram his that the total amount of Geérmanin- ,demilities should not be L n‘a:: uhi fized, b payment should -be- made i the annuity plan. The discussion on reparations was taken in an atmosphére made qiit unfavorable by the radical position assumed yesterday by M. Dourher, the' ‘ French minister of finance, ‘Who named 212,000,000,000. gold matks as the total amount of indemnity many should pay. -Doumer’s at- titude. though” practically disavowed by the press gemerally, and Ssup- posedly by some of the .members of the French cabinet, caused considera- ble embarrassment at the -confer- ence when the subject was resumed. “Germapy must pay- to her utmost capacity,” asserted Mr. Lloyd George. “In order to assure this the allies must stand together. . It is useleds to try to get more than Germany can pay, for her interests; -contrary to the opinion semetimes expressed, are identical with the interests of the allles. 1t is to Great Britain's in- terest, - to the interests of Belgium and Fraace, - that : Gers many pay to the last farthin, But the question is hogr to-get it. .- Fears Too Much Exporting. “Germany could easily pay .inside the limits of her own territory, ;but she cannot export her -forests nor her railways. If the allies took pos- session of her railways end ‘dogbled the passenger and freight rates|they would be paid only in paper mjarks that would become worthless - the frontier.” Germany, he continued, - pay only in exports. If she exportéd too much to the allies it' would{ mean the ruin of allled industries; Af she -expo! . much to the néutrals it ‘would mean the loss to aljes the neutral market: Yonse- quently, the question :of- effeckively securing payment of reparhtions must | 2 taken up with due unt for these facts. .- .. mnrmsmnnmxm Acceptance of the invitatio supreme allied council to sen 1ish representatives to a confer London beginning February which a revision of the. Sevres. ed by In its Kemal Pasha, or some other - gentative ‘;:‘lh: Turkish nat! P ettt . - WEATHER. t 'aud tomorrow; much’ change in temperature. rature for twenty-four houtrs :_ Highest, 44, at 20, at § far|touch with this bureau. He said:is .| You at e Mr. Lloyd |, % fOther ekl S5 > - conference will be brought to a | basin. .{ close late thig afternaon, tou.zwua§ 2. les Na- CONSTANTINOPLE, Jlnu{y 27— not :30 am. matter D. C. U. S. Gas Attacks Prepared in War' " on Cotton Pests They are going to “gas” the Potton boll weevil. The chemical warfare service Oof the Army, in co-operation with the Department of Agriculture, is prepar- ing to lay down a barrage of poison &as in the cotton districts of the uuttb. calculated to exterminate the pest. . Brig. Gen. Amos Fries,. chief of the service, sald today that experiments already conducted had shown that the military gas was effective againat rats. Its seaport cities, in carrying out the campaign against the bubonic plague, ,a - fifteen-minute - application along wharves under water-front build- ings - killed every rat in. the area. The Army is “gassing” lotusts in the Philippines, he added.” e —_— SAYS RELIEF LIES INSTANDARD HOME Chamberof Commerce- Told Not to Build . Small Houses Yet. ‘Group meetings at:which the va- rious phases of the housing situation were discussed and recommendations made constitued the business of the conference on housing of the Natiop- al Cohincil of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States today at the Willard Hotel. s E 1n _the: construction group, .Ermest T. Trigg of FPhiladelphia, president of the National Federation of Con- struction Industries; presided. A: M. Maddock, chairman of the standardiza- tion committée of the National Fede: atipn of Canstruction Industries, made an. address.in which he said that the bureau .of standards here was de- signed to.help the Business men -of this country with their standardiza- tion work. and that he had been.su; | prised -to (find the:@umber of .maviu- facturers: who have never is his opinfon that the bureau has taken up. technicel work and is not really in' & position to help manu- facturers in elfmiating patterns. He declared ‘that by standardization the cost of building can be reduced and the quality, improved. . - Small home builders were advised by: Franklin T. Miller, assistant . to the United. States_Senate committee on recostruction ind protiuction. not to build yet. ‘*“Wait until transpor- tatien is ample; wait unfll- you can get a full day’s work for & full day’s pay; wait until your banker will losn 60 &yr cent, of ti ever, ke oSty S DR ol » - Premier \tes will gire’ riy eauip the 1,55 —which: t! way Association, stated. A-C, Bedforo- presidedn thié finance conference, Although the ho: g P ‘of bu t mateHal, (he%nuflw e sires to erect a house is not hesitating 57 Pontiae: Miche. formedy Samaket (2 -, {01 «f adviser for the “United States flm&n Investment.” was the .;:1&"& fi address by Archibald H. festof B Eeneral mssting at which (] gel, former of e, Depart- fment .ot Commerce -and :Labor, is to make an address. ' That labor Will g0 to the full Jimit | § in honest co-operation ini the buil of houses to make up the vn‘-le‘n‘; she e, Was the gtatement of 'John Siate FoasrBimp ot Tapor, oe ho OO efal sesston lask lght o Lo £°0- He said it is labor suffers most "B " 4 :(ou; zum ncmd:-hfin ln‘z“m living standsird .of the timed and that it'is for that reison thet labor. will do its share to, alle- viate the, situntion:brought. about. by the housing s! . \ alter Stabler, controller of 3! Metropolitan Life “Insurknce: ° | pany, New York, djscussed the ques- } tion of how to finance Recessary ouse | e Lath hi ul . Lathrop, chief of the chi}- {aren's bureas, Unitell Stites Depmei- T, spoke,on “Effect of the Housing Shortage Upon the Stan. s of Living and, Ultimately, Upon In- “A committee on resolutions was ap- d by President Defrees, as fai- Tine Mini: J6ha Loy PRiie: eapolis, inn.; John yd, £ Wlls W Baird, Chicage, jean, n _Franc s, Calit.;. Morris len,. Pittebu Pa.; Ira H. Woolson, York city; P AL X ; 03 ur t'J. .Baldwin, New York :‘t R, A Hobson, Richmond, Vs., and He ) Harriman, Boston, Mase. Loy T BRINES’ GUILT NOT SHOWN Court Grants Flea to Take Casé From the Jury. ° PHILADELPHIA, Pa the ground that not oL, dence had-been submitted to con: the defendant with Dre:—' death. - | private citizens stand the entire cost | is declared. of filtered January .28. —Judge Ferguson in criminal court today granted the mpotion of the de- ment | fensé to take from the jury the case rgont | of Willism P. Brines, charged with tapha | first-degree murder - in connection with the death of Elmer C. Drewes, on ter evi- {of .the_Friends b? Irish y Daniels 4! Deni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION , 0 WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1921 _THIRTY-TWO PAGES. U.5.PAY FORWATER DEPARTMENTS U5t DEMANDED IN BILL Zihiman Measure May Have Effect of Saving Local Sup- ply Now Wasted. QUICK ACTION IS SOUGHT TO RELIEVE CONDITIONS [ Government Now Has Free Use of 40 Per Cent of Water Which Is Consumed Here. .A bill to require the federal gov- ernment to pay for the water it uses in the District is being prepared by Representative Zihlman of Maryland, for introduction in the House at'an early date. Designed primarily to effect a sav- ing in water, it will be pressed for action at this session as an emergency measure of vital importance to citi- zens of Washington and government interests here. Federal departments are said to be wastipg approximately 7,000,000 gal- lonis of water daily. Mr. Zihiman be- lieves this waste .could be prevented if, the . government services were metered and the water required to be paid for. The United use of about 40 per cent of all the water consumed in.the District, while BIG DEFICIT CAUSES: States now has, the free Two Cabinet Members Welcome Orphans Adopted by McCully Secretary Danliels today . officially welcomed the seven little Russian orphans, adopted by ' Rear Admiral Newton' McCully into the “Navy fam- ily.” The admiral called.at the de- partment, and for half an hour the} usually quiet office of the Secretary looked like @ Russian kindergarten. Mr. Daniels said afterward that, al- though qualified as an expért inter- preter of “baby talk’* because of his own large family, he found some dif- flculty in understanding it in Russian. Du a picture-taking ceremony all seven of the youngsters imsisted on sitting on either the Secretary's or the admiral’s lap, and the pair were literajly: smothered in Russian chil-| dren. ' It took strategy to’let the of the ' waterworks system, it s stated. g .Waste.,'In Departments. Engineers with whom Mr. Zihiman has conferred have told him that enough water is wasted by the federal goyernment.tg meet the needs of 100, 00;' additional- residents.. The go’ ernment printing office, bureau of en- graving and printing and State, War and Navy Departments are declared to 'be ithe principal offenders in in- discriminate use of filtered water for condensing purposes. S ” Not'only is Washington expected to be removed from.the danger line in water consumption, if the proposed Zihlman bill is adopted, but it is be- leived a sufficient saving will be ef-| fected to enable 'thhebDiiilflet to lul;— ish water to neighboring communi- :1:- in ‘which are said to be much in need of it. = in the District appropri- photographers get their pictures. _ Admiral McCully and the children later visited Secretary Wilson of the Labor Department. Admiral iy told the Labor Secretary that adop- tion proceedings will come up the first week in March, before the ‘common pleas court of South Carolina, at which tim¢ he will give his testi- mony and urge that adoption of the Russian children by him be made legala Secretary Wilson greeted each of the little Rusdian children. by name in the room in which, a. month ago, the Labor Secretary ordered deporta- tion of Ludwig C..A. K... ens, Rua- sian soviet agent inthe United States. Photographs .were- taken -of Secretary Wll“‘:‘ seated on 2 ::!lu"hl’th hlm chile seated - e him. Fhe baby of the ghoup wat on his 189, Possibility That Existence of - Debt May Interfere With - - Cahinet Choices. Special Dispatch to The Star. < PALM BEACH, Fla, January 28— President-blect Harding feels no little ‘concern as to the existence of the big deficlt in the republican campaign fund, angd- a) drive may ‘be made to olean up the oustanding debts of the the White House. '~ . o Ab matters stand, eniy i # s s | Chtarge Made in Senate That Investigafibn Shows He Fajl ] 7 i 2 Fgo Tax Means Losses Will. .. ed to Reverse Controller Pass to Consumer. " -10°Fiill: Speed. ‘Sugar,” a word ‘that has stuck 0| In & memeorsngum _{ssued. todhy every tariff bill sometimes nolc‘m 4:{153 * Pubfle’ | Urified riallrsns g v sweet way; either,’ as scandils ‘aid|states that’ thé' miotormah of the ittee, investigations of the past are s : Railyy ‘‘and Blectrl commi ed, ‘18 “gorming up” :the ehdrgenty|car’which collifed" with another car tariff bil), now pending in the Senate. | of “the- compady “at’ Conneéticut ave- Whils there is not the least hintfnue.and ‘S strebt: Hatarday, falled' to of séandsl In_ the present instance | follow ‘the explicit™ instructions. laid the general public will be interested | down by. the company for stopping a as it becomes aware of the b cai v " 5 aring of the case on the householder’: mar- basket. 3 ke’l“he ehgule is' made-in the Senate p.! ok poons, o~ :&Mnfi! s 3 o b creases, it is claimed, but also would n's build" up the revenue of the water de- ottage: partment s0 that it would be in a posi- tion to'maké extensions and betterments n _keepitig' with the city’s th. The department’s revenues, it is stat have been hard hit by the neceg- Sty of bullding extensions to goverh- . This is another rea- 8 WAy lew ¢ [ Bility is. thab, bat ";'nyvh mank he ing that concerns Mg. Harding when the final account s Statement. oY ‘'Wihiam' Boyce igsued by the com- | York, in of s committee of the' republican * natiofial committee, :and responsible for the rais- miseion" follows: that the additional tarlft on sugar, sy 5 result of an- investigation proposed. in the ‘bill is torfl: e pur; by-representatives. of- the- commission pose of and will result in the suBar|of the collision between two street owners and producers “passing. on”|csrs gt Connecticut” avenue and. S to the consumer the losses sustained | gireet ™ on norningy of . January by the falling prices of sugar. It is{33 1953 it appears thal the motor- admitted that an increase of at least|y: Wi e SRRTARE BISL COC FROIORS two cents, u'wundb;ot'g: acorue (ke One, and. one-half ‘round tfips with ers of sugar at car prior to the ‘time of the! i the bill, while some estimates place it | accident and that he had noticed nolmuzh:r ':l;c:r‘ummt umt:"ihg:lflrb;l? as high as four cents. signs of any defects-in its ‘mech- { Thompson failed to:raise the Trequisite ottons, of Lonses: anism; that he had stopped to take | gmount for the i _Pred . |or passengers at California street; Mr. Hays, iu charge of th: The beet sugar manufacturers of the | that *on proceedings down the hilijgf the organi: west, and the cane sugar growers of he, applied the.air brakes opposite :jimits in ths ouf " h I omplatned. to|the DOmMIE: | Earcy: BInch Mrenrrsra o opseite | 3 v e Anance. of losses threatening Drel ry ng | that the - deflst Sbts and i the safety . The beet sugar manufacturers)at the -near A e 1m¢fi( t‘ygm u‘nt:s‘\u.i ;naz ‘;_he lptplllluuon of the air that there is a loss to them. o ailed to.fully retard the car and|nent leader of the republican part; ton in making sugar_ f;:gfl?fld:; :'rl,g-: ;lrwn‘-re"r‘&mtgc controller | Some of these maeu(“nve Teen cane sugar lvegp AR o g bmelbd ELICS 01' 733 ouvg -‘d._ g: !dP;fl the | mentioned: : -for -cabinet places, but 8 or 10 conts B bey now have on hand|and he was unabis top it in time | Lhey probably would be reluctant t Y arrent and.future market, prices. | to. prevent the codipian. ~ —» T | 2SePC high offies under Mr: Hardin Senstor Rahdsdeil :of ' Lotisiane ‘Watiid % Folfow STy finlepe somp oplanie Mergngaliosre: i t of the ' low ¢ N "‘“‘:’.’;d"“,f,filflm;&:h- (:b{:gse: the! “It appears that the" motorman {tional’ cSmmittee the encire eum for fireatoned losses of the Loulslana|failed to carry gut the explioit in- | (Lo 'heY,, stand, responsible,- but men by & fraction over 2_cents & ::rc\;lcz o .,;',f' 58 w?‘?fllv ‘that in ¢ne jndebtedness, which Senator Hard. POUnd. aimed this was justifiable. as | shonia reverae bir conirollng (OrMAR ing! desirés; ad Mo feeld that the’cam- the bill proposes to help the wheat | 25PN "r"eru. %tm??&{ i'.: 33: “"r-:“ nl"fu and hw"d mi'hm ; griculs poed, ' pubrerirtion. and he wante the deficit e ey, uls contended \hat | JudEment gk setion whs of 1o avail. | cleared. up. in the ‘same fanier, the -eftir: : panied ket - » % in the end it would boneLl the seping | 108 ‘On_the' comimlsmioi's suggention, | . + (Wil Confer With'Upham.| oonnLEs recently magde. tests of cars operatin, t ' Miami Mr. ‘x..“nn. will Frod W D1 Chicago, the ha~ Harding :here in: Palm Beach ‘and the taking care of .the-‘deficit was frankly discussed. Col. Thompson is one of the ¢lpsest friends of National Chafrman WHI H. Hays, and owes"his position in the party councils.to the national chairman. mstances ‘What rates the federal government for water Representa- probably will propose shall ined by the bureau of stand- ards. ., , ~ According to information given Mr. Zihiman, the government printing office socounts for an aveérage daily use of 2,090,000 gallons of , which is con- densed for ‘heat required of all cars the form of a number of large loans of Bancroft place; natienal banks. = Connectsd With vir- brakes | tually all of those ‘banks is some promi« ly 5 The, bureau of engraving and printing. to.be using 1,411,000 gallons !yater d.n.ll:;,t wh.?a by thn-tl:l“}- motor pymp, it could get unfil- .‘wn:u lo,;-“n.: Heeds from the tidal i Mr. Zihlman will inform Congress hat domestic ‘consumption of water District is only 31 per cent of the -total; that .large private con- sumers use 19 per cent; the municipal government, .5 Pper. cept, and the ‘ederal government, 40 per cent./The domestic consumption is only 40 gal lons per capita, whereas the total co; sumption is 142 gallons per capita. ‘Must Comserve Supply. ‘«Tt‘ig ‘absolutely ‘vital that some- be to copserve Wasb. N dustry, as well as o alive the sugar {ndus under’ conditions sithilar testhosp' that “has talked pre. g T, He thing ‘done Senator Simmons’ Position.” | ghofiv;fl ‘tohn‘th ;hf _:avm of the, v;; Thlmy both w‘litPnur. ggm au Col. r. supply, pending the oris of North Carolina, | trollér, tyll“apeed position ‘is | Thompson, “and’ also with -Chairman i 3 -5:“&"5’.?!?32 the blll, insisted that | the most effective: méthod; other thant Ha. tut .,2?"" tly hé feels the “it 1s not a proper tlun:g‘l“qnn &rfi,‘-’; mefiur gr:.::& ?:i b!r‘l!nfl?x a mun;.- ,uflmmflw o for’ definite ac- tion to protect:people stop, an t ‘ectiveness e L B 3. Kot g N i and enable them to. recoup’ lhe"\o!:u pendent nelther upon the condition of ”A e .‘,“th;‘,}?fiz‘}‘m" i Sehing ey 1 to decsive aid misiead the e . ant, of thestailurs of the| (3 Pililess publiciey it Sevaloved toat = i 7| compan: Z t , e ecretary, As e AT penators are_southern | Lo dismie him from it employ.” | fo” (her dbtivities of” Senkior iiraing democrats, and widely "differ_ on .af. . ; . Matorman .Digmissed n par great economic question. Ome comes| I¢ vag stated at the officey of ‘the | Iacned Jike Unale Romtr s % he from a state which produces -udg-r. company that the-mbtorman ‘was dis- | the shores of the Chattahoochee river the“other from a sState which does|n . ¢j stnis.-morning. ; near Atlanta. He was.m not. That consideration may not af- ; ; Desr Atianie Mo HARDING’S .HOUSEBOA al industries. Y ofhariagzicy it obtained in tnis case. The resulis ington’s: wate ‘construction of new supply sources, ich. . will .require . several years, 3" Mr. Mlm"tmy. Do';l'he wlif d¢pajtnient, has done g work in ‘preventing" wdsts -fn ‘domestic con- sumption. Its hands have been tied as‘far as fedetal.consumption is con- ¢erned. It is imperative Congress shopld act at once to remedy the situation.” s Francis R. Weller, chairman of the water supply committee of the Boatd of Trade, said the 'bill proposed by Mr. Zihiman_undoubtedly would ré- ceive the acfive support of his com- mittee. . J = “Jt seems to be the prevailing opinion,” said Mr. Weller, “that the Unfited States pajd’ for the construc- tion of the water-works system and, ‘| therafore,. 1s. entitleq to:the free use of .water. As.a matter of fact, the ‘| total .expended to péy. for constru tion mll'fflm amounted to $20,71 705.36, Q‘ which $7,561,000 has bee: contributed by the Umnited States, sl htlY more. thl’ one-third of tI o&l. ‘The.balancé .has been paid by citizens of 'Washington, either by means of taxes or water rents.” ‘IRISH RAP ADMIRAL SIMS, Protests against Admiral Sims® re- cent_remarks at Boston touching on p enat 1rion #ltuation were recelved tor | CHICAGO, January 25.—Herbert Pren- day by Secretary Danfels.: - {tice ‘Crane, jr., grandson of the late One: asked why the.officer “should | Richard T.°Crane, ‘millionaire Chicago not’ be court-martialed’ for participa- | steel manufacturer, was held today by ting 'as & British propagandist” " at | police on charges of-an attempted at- the’ Boston meeting. ‘It was signed kUl thirteen-year-old Louise E. . Niland of Eust Boston, | Sturm in Lincoln Park last Wednesday evening. . o4l 4 2 T Crane, who is thirty-seven years old, according to-the police, after Freedom. the {"’ and her companion at the time | they will P A N e T 4 amount fect their judgment on the ieconomic e tion ensiiely folks and this con- soundness of & protective tariff. .They do agree, hawever, upon a’ point ‘of’ interést - to .the . geveral - py] i the consumers will pay that two cents and a fraction, and the general public robal feel’ readopahbly. suj m gy the“{lme the additional urxf starting in - the’ tarilf ' schedules, reaches the coffee~cup buying stage it will be more than two and a' ffaction. ACCUSED BY YOUNG GIRL, Grandson of Richard T..Crane.Is . Held at Chicago. “Been catching an¥ fish lately, Uncle Ben?” i No, sir, aig't been catching no figh.” ‘Isn't the ez _&00d for fishing? Yeos. sir, i 5 $ -@. “pir, they Ndn: bm‘r{:f'm' b pir, | pre! o “Ther, Usele Ben, why havéme, been catching any figh?” :MWell, sir, T, ain®t fishipg, none.”: d (Cepyright, 1921.) g { " SAVE BOYS IN FIRE:- Nusiber Dropped Erom Window in 4 School Blaze. LEONARDTOWN, Md., January 28. —A number of small boys, pupils in the x-:-rl-.n Brothers’ School . here, were dropped) from -windows unfiht by mey bela:_ when th building was burned yesterday. There were over 240 bufjwll( in‘the’school at the e ¢hé-fire ‘broks out,” but the t them ut _safely and prevented a Faor awbile. 'was threatened.- - PALM BEACH, Fla., Janusry 28. President-elect ~ Harding’s Victoria -battled with a chill wi dqay ds It made its way toward Miami on. unun lap of its trip down the Flori ety e e e no prediction prier to her st n!:ommnrly{n the fore- noon, the indications were. that she would not reach Miami before night- fal]. A‘M:ordln‘ to present plans, l&r Harding snd his .companions on _the Ghseboat trip will make :lll'{ a short are, e 8choo] name of ere ident of the Great several It iis it another visit will- be ; expected - tha mede to that city on the return-trip, - 3tr. §d- not - action he would take, if any, £ - Star. IFEWIND. . L0 | B ASBLLISCuT HARDING CONCERN mnational committee before;he goesidtp ¢ -+Farthe ! a & déat it tes ‘Vecwuse of «thé 2’:}:} ekt Foirt ba.| the exéesatve qost &f construction, the e ways ind means | 5; ing of the campdign 'funds, met, Senator campaign, * or - whether | Anthony . said, were . found to be cosi- end|ing the government $9,000,000 a year the | for feed and care. fim in | tion, -of - $19,200.,080 from lieve them ‘of contributing to flh‘: nl'; ular one day |- Lt Member of the Associsted Press The Associated Press is exclustvely entitied to the use for republication of all news,dispa credited to it or not otherwise credited in thls paper and also the local mews publistid Leieia, All rights of publication of special dispatches herein ar¢ also reverved. | ——— Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,582 TWO CENTS.. SENATORS DECIDE 10 RESTORE §240 BONUS T0 GLERKS Committee Will Report Ap- propriation Bill With Addi- tional Pay for Workers. Treasurer Admits . Theft of $14,300; Pounded Own Head By the Associated Press. MARION. Ohio, January 28— Treasurer Harry C. Forry of Mar- ion county, who reported Wednes- day morning that he had been rob- bed of $14,303 by two bandits who knocked him unconscious in his of- fice in the courthouse, was placed under arrest early today and con- fessed to the theft of the money, Police announced today. Not" satisfied with his story of the robbery, police became sus- picious of Forry and late last night obtained a written confession from him, they say, telling how he stole the money from the courthouse safe Tuesday night, taking it to his home, where he hid it in a chest. In his confession! Forry said he framed the robbery story to cover his theft. ' He ° admitted having scratched his face and hit hiniself over the head with a hammet in | order to make his robbery story | 3 smore realisticc Wayne B. Wheeler Points Out That Enforcement Officers Run More Risk Than Soldiers. The $240 bonus allowed government employes under the present law will be restored to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill by the Senate appropriations comynittee, it was learned today. Senator ‘Warren, chairman of the committee, which is now holding hearings on the bill, said that he knew of no opposition in the committee to the restoration of the bonus. Senator Kenyon of lowa, another member of the appropriation committee, also expressed the opinion that the bonus would be carried in the bill when it is reported to the Senatc. The jus- tice of giving this bonus to the govern- ment employes, he’ indicated, was be- yond question in view of the present high cost of living. Smoot Sure It Will Be Altowed. Senator Smoot of Utah said that the $240 bonus would be allowed the gov- ernment employes, “I have npt the 'slightest doubt that \the bonus will be carried in the bill when it is reported 1o the Senate,” he said. Hearings on sthe bill, which carries the salaries for neerly all the govern- ment employes in the District of Co- lumbia, were underway today before the subcommittee of the Senate appro- DRY LEADER MAKES PLEA FOR PROH!BITION AGENTS Army-and War Estimates, However, Wil Affect “Field . Employes.” ., While drastic cuts.in appropria- tions.in"the estimates for the pay of civilian" employes of'the "Army and War Department are made in the mili- tary appropridtion bill reported to the House : today, ‘making, a reduction of from 30,000 to 50,000 employes, only a relatively small proportion of these are in the offices in Washington. Thé amount recommended by the committee for the support of the Army during the next.fiscal year is $328,861,123, which is a reduction of 97,242 under the Army appropria- tion act for the current year, and a re- duction; of $§363,940,947.20 under the estimate for the support of the Army. | priations committee, ‘Thesé apptropriations are based upon| Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti- an énlisted force ‘of 150,000 men, ex- | Saloon League, appearing before tae ETusive of the Philippine Scouts, which | Senate subcommitiee tod.y, urzed an number. about 6,500 enlisted men, and | appropriation of $7,500.000 for the en. the Flying. Corps ets, authorized | forcement of national yrohibition. The in_the law of June 4, 1920, to “"1 House appropriated $7,160,060. The number of 2,500. fon is made | “drys” are asking for $109,000 more, for 14,000 commissioned officers, which | the full amount réquested by the pro- L.w P ximately 1,000 more than are | hibition enforcement bureau. the regular service, g Representative Dasiel R. Anthony of | tended, in order to care for the pres- :“F’“"“ e :f;::‘:";: "“U?;.:'neld agents who gather the evi: ,mm i mads for, the JenCe should be better paid. he sald. i UEPOTL. - . { ¥ They cannot unless the appropriation P e ‘Teduced. those appropriations g 118 ineresved. | “FPhey are in a dangerous and diffi- | cult field of work,” said Mr. Wheeler. t-of - the men he last war, lost their’ *r cent @f the men Bl whrk I eathoing ~ ve been killed. Their { work is made:more dangerous by the : those twet_ propaga; d.b nu": in r_rt)x;cuh,uon 'which: requjfe the issue ' 0 encourage lawbreakers. iese men enter the at $1,500 per year. and molors | 1 oy haye extra expenscs to meet They cannot live comfortably on this The government has no right ito ask them 1o work for this salar; | knowing the dangers and tempiations ve~the appropriation | to graft that they meet. The federal Mil govefnment should provide an ade- even if theré wax i 4. of clehey. el o, bt o 3 "Naf & ., bul mmiumm-flfl on.* S - the. sym-recommended being $2,- an ' the = éstimate, ~an: ,276. mobe- than' the F::nrr’en‘tb "%:'nmfl?:n' . r- e ry emy ’pludorg'd. bat in view of quate appropria no return in fide: COAL BILL SUPPORTERS WILL SEEK EARLY VOTE ‘committee ' has' deferred making ap- propriations. ?dr byildings. p 4 amount !grt 3';&’?:7‘ upport o - T i!' 8:‘.:’77.’65.0! less of the 52, Proponents, of the Calder bill pro- viding for emergency federal regula- tion of the coal industry, and even operation of the mines; plan to seck a vote in the Senate on the measure | before the present session ends March 4 It is still in the manufactures committee, which has held extensive hearings, buf committes me ers fa- mitiar with the views of ibeir col- current nd total of the estimates. Whiere saiaries to civilian employes in vocational training last year total- ‘éd about $1,400,000; this item for the figcal year 1922 is limited to $50.000.| leagues said today it wou!d- be re- “The War Department is directed to | ported out Monday or Tuesday. Some seil ;10,000 ‘of its 40,000 reserve motor | modification of certain provisions is trucks and 20,000 of its 38:000 sur- | expected. and it was said there would plus* horses and “mules, which, Mr.|pe a minority report opposing the system. The expected modification would ap- ply to taxation provisions designed by the author. to keep midalemen and ! brokers out of coal dealings. 4,000,000 of which is for new' pro-, 'Labor union requirements are “pyra- ction, ~ Several airplanes = of almiding costs” in the coal industry and newly -developed type carrying 75- ! ogucing the available coap supply, a millimeter ‘guns, -are ‘authorized and | gongte committee was told today b: approximately $1,500,000 is provided | g -y N. Taylor, a Kansas City coal for ‘the chemical warfare branch. operator. opposing the Calder regula- ..An amphibiqus tank,. capable of | JPCF foxiih ' ‘et NEW WILLARD TO BE HOME OF NEXT VICE PRESIDENT ‘For -the air service an appropria- recammended, the appropriation for the Tank Corps ntemplates: number of these fi.p iblos tanks. .+ / Liberal provision ‘is recommended or (the ‘Student - Volunteer Training ‘of which 100.000 yougg. men colleges dre mow avail-1 - fl%fieflglvn B The, bill provides| Former Gov. Coolidge of Massachu- for one civilian training camp in each, getts when he becomes Vice President Tigh e A O et Such | and Mrs. Coolidge will make their home camps Will, be operated during the |at the New Willard while they are In summer for either a two-week or!yashington, it’ was learned today by thirty-day périod, - according to Mr. [, iy at the hotel. e " 2 It was said also that he will occupy the same apartments which now are 'FELLOWSHIPS TO BE GIVEN.- ooxe:umn;ll by Vice President and Mrs. i ek U Marshall. 5 Fellowships in . internationa} law v. Coclidge has had* under consid- wiil -be _awarded (or the dcddemic e e e e year 1921-192¢ by the diviston ef In-Ipis election as Vice President, but has ternational law of the_ Carnegie en- ' finally decided to.make his residence at dowmeént for -international” peack, it|ihe hotel, it, was said. Among the was annpunced today. 'Applications houses mentioned as possible residences will pe received for the fellowships|for the Vice President was that of untdl March 15 g i President-elect Harding. e b i > | 2 24 Today’s News STONE ASKS GESSFORD in P : TO'CLEAR £UT “TONICS” 1 in Paragraphs ; i rned over big party defi- ‘Harding concel e 'The Washington police department - cx ; has been asked to Join in a campaign . , tace crisis .t on!to eradicate from the market prepa- .A-mqudt’d by ?f‘mmq»,, T ‘:mme 1! rations masquerading under the name Dtititics Cormission holds the | Of tonics ar other innocuous prepara T L T ar ear respansiig | tions, but which are really claimed to for e pecent collision at Connecticut j belintoxicante. ¢ stree! Thomas E. Stone, prohibition agent fl.’;‘,}'flu § street, and he has been | (" pe Ohio-Maryland _district, in- cluding _the District &f Columbia, has {asked Maj., Gessford. chief of police, { to aid him in abolishing any prepara-’ tions which may evade the prohibition law under, the_guige of tonic_or other harmless name. . i Stone furnished Maj. Gessford iwith the names of seventeen preparations. all of which are said to be on sale in Washington -in _delicatessen stores . C., dles atiand near-beer saloons. The preparu-' street. tionis' have been examined by the Page 10| chemists of the internal revenue bu- nation ef | reau and haye .been found to contain tal reorganization at two |alcohol in a content above the limita- + special meetings. » Page 17| tions of the Volstead act. 4 3 B lice - departmen Traotion” metger*for D C. favored by [ o The, Potice dEPATLRCD progien Page 17| yrers 'of these preparatiofs ‘in jngten - and dater ‘to clean gtocks on: retailers’ shelves. - L. e % cit. tors decide to restore $240° bonus S T s, clerks. Page becomes, issue in making emer- ey AR, Page 1 U. S. pay for water department’s use de- ‘manded tn bill. - > Page 1 Senator Ashurst charges fllibuster aimed | 2t tariff bill. Page 2 E Theall, U, S. col:ibmenu."im Joon 1 Clyb hear mnm“l; will ex t'is expected )