Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. and unsettled, . with rain Cloudy late tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight. ended at 2 p.m. today: 2 pm. today; today. Full | Closing New York Stocks Fasr & Temperature for (wen}g-tour hours ighest, 48, at lowest, 37, at 7:30 am. Teport on page 8. ] Member of the Associated Fress The Associated Press is exciusively eatitied to the use for republication of all news dispatchos i credited to it or not otherwise credited in this i paper and also Al rights dispatches the local mews published Letein. of publieation of special herein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 94,495 No. 28,034 226 BILLION MARKS 1S INDEMINITY FIXED BY ALLIED COUNCL Germany Must Pay This Sum ih Gold in Forty-Two An- nual Installments. . EXPORTS WILL BE TAXED 12 PER CENT IN ADDITION Plan Drafted by Special Commit- tee Is Quickly Adopted by Su- preme Council. Br the Associated Pres: PARIS, January j < preme council ond session today. at 4 p.m. The plan will be communicated to the Germans in a few days and they will be invited to a conference on February 28 to consider the terms. In the meantime, the Brussels council of economic_experts will resume its The penalties provided in the reparations plan are as under the including both sessions. February 7. in general the same treaty of Versailles, military and economic measures. Germany would be required to pay 226,000,000,000 gold marks in forty- two annual installments under the plan drafted by the committee charg- ed on Thursday with the formulation of a reparations program- which would meet the divergent views of the allied leaders. The first two installments would be the next lh.;!a:E. 4,000~ ,000 2,000,000,000 marks; 3,000.000,000; the next three, 000,000; the next three, 5,000,000 and the next thirty-one, 6,000,00 “l"lx Is 1,500,000,000 Marks. In addition, Germany would be re- quired to pay a 12 per cent tax on calculated on German exports in 1913, her exports. This tax, the basis of ‘would total a little more than 1,600, 000,000 gold marks. The plan sub. mitted would place the task of collect- ing the tax on the allied reparations commission. The report of the military commit- tee on disarmament of Germany also has been virtually approved by the It provides for the complete disbandment of the Einwohnenwehr and other so-called civic guard or- ganizattions not permitted under the treaty of Versailles. The disbandment must be completed by July 1 mext. The penalties for failure, Premier |above their indebtedness. eouncil. .-mmmw;m The be_held in London. X ‘Examination of the reparations plan ‘The world-wide business depression showed it provided that the 12 per cent tax on German exports would ex- tend over the same period as the atip- reparation payments. (The total of 226,000,000,000 gold reparation payments called for by the plan would equal approximately $5¢,000,000,000 at nor- marks of mal exchange rates.) It is understood that. for the vuri of as possible she whuld be allowed dis- counts on her annual payments. These { discounts would be fixed at 8 per cent ! o, the first two years, 6 per cent the|narq Baruch—insisted at Paris that; two following and 5 per cent the re- pose-of inducing Germany to ‘her reparations debt as rapid maining 38 years. As a guarantee against Germany defaulting on her payments, the com- mittee recommended that in such an event German customs might be seiz- ed and new or increased taxes be im- posed without prejudice to any meas- use the allies might take if this plan Germany forbidden to contract any for- eign loan without permission from the proved inadequate. ‘would be Finally, Teparations commission. i France Is Satisfled. ‘While this solution of the knotty reparations problem did not appear to arouse immediate enthusiasm, jt at ‘The text of the agreement was completed too late to permit of an extended anslysis by today's papers. but Paris newspapers were generally agreed that it satisfied all viewpoints with- out sacrificing the desires of any na- least satisfied French opinion. tion. After finishing consideration of the reparations question the council plan- ned to settle the disarmament prob- lem. and then consider how assist- ance might be given the Austrian The question of German coal deliveries will be confided to the reparations commission, under present be followed in the ex- ecution of the plan submitted to the council today will be decided upon by the commission of experts appoint- ed at Brussels, which will resume its It will also settle dif- ferent questions raised by German delegates at a meeting between the allies and Germans soon. It is under- stood this conference will not be held at Geneva, but at London, after the conference, which is scheduled to begin on Febru- republic. arrangements. Methods to task shortly. 4 allled - Turkish - Greek ary 21. All the delegates left the foreign office after the forenoon session. in what appeared to be far better humor than had prevailed among them at | any previous time during the con- | The demeanor of PFremijer | Lloyd Georze was particularly cheerful. | ¥ Premlier Briand told the newspaper- | men that the council had achieved \ its results in a spirit of the greatest | The tendency in French circles is to regard the outcome of the conference as a decided success ference. cordiality. for M. Briand. WANT VENIZELOS NAMED. #thens Papers Says He Is Man for Coming London Conference. ATHENS, January 28.—The decision of the supreme council in Paris regard- question continues to occupy the attention of the government, the press and political cir- cles, to the exclusion of almost every ing the Greek and Turkish other subject of news. ‘That the country’s status will han n’ the balance for another month h: ereated disappointment and app: re- hension, although some of the rovalist | hope. mewspapers assert that they s ful sign in the attitude of the allies. M. Stratos, leader of the national con- | servative party, points out that the com- | % munication of the allied representatives | partial observer, will not be reas- to the Greek government does not ref 10 Greece as an ally, but merely invite: and Turkey to send delegates to | the Germans can pay the indemnity London. The cabinet has bgen holding | meetings nightly, but no decision has et been ed regarding the sending of delegates to the London conference. mm opposition and independent news- that e only man capable of bandling the_delicate situation is Premier Venizelos. The Patris assembly, which Venizelos calls upon the national is to meet Mond: to name —The allied su- today approved the German reparations plan drafted by its special committee last night. The plan was in the hands of the printer early this afternoon and will be sign- ed when the council meets for its sec- Entered as second-class post office. Washingtons. b 6 RUMANI4 DECLARES | | SIEGE ON DNIESTER, STOPS ALL TRAFFIC VIENNA, January 29 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency).—The Ru- manian government has decla~ed the right bank of the Dniester to be in a state of siege and has pro- hibited all traffic in that region, aceording to a Bucharest dispatch received here today. Jewish emigration, ;,which was quite considerable at that point, has been completely suspended. INDEMNITY RESULT FOLLOWSU. 3. VIEW Fixing of Definite Sum Loty Advocated Here—Think 56 Billion Too High, However. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Victories are sometimes belated, but history records them none the less. All Washington is pleased over the triumph at Paris of the American | Additional Appropriaiion by L(::used darhage of $30,000, the memorial WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1921-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. INCOLN MEMORIAL APPROACHES SINK; 363,000 15 ASKED Congress Necessary, Com- mission Declares.’ $30,000 DAMAGE CAUSED ALREADY BY CONDITION Main Building, However, Is Not Affected—Had Changed Plans for Economy. Settlement of the foundations of the terrace and approaches around the Lincoln Memorial already having commission, at its meeting today, sked Congress for an additional ap- propriation of $363,000 to install un- idea of fixing a definite sum that Ger- many should pay as reparation for war damages. For months the American financial commissioners at Paris fought for the fixing of a definite sum, but both Prime Minister Lloyd George and Premier Clemenceau were afraid that any sum that might be fixed would be disappointing to their peoples, and that they themselves would be swept out of political power. President Wilson admitted before the Senate foreign relations commit- ure to fix the indemnity to be paid by Germany was “an_international se- cret,” and Senator Borah didn’t press him for a reply. But the truth is, the prime ministers of the allied coun- tries had retained their political pow by promising the masses that Ge many would pay an enormous war in- demnity. One Cause for Depression. Aside from the historical aspects of the agreement that has been reached at Paris, the effect upon American busi- ness, agriculture and industry was a subject of much’ discussion here wher- ever the riews from Paris was carefully studied. American cotton growers and wheat; growers and manufacturers who | have been clamoring for foreign mar- kets have not been able to sell their goods because, European money had de- preciated in value. German markets have been of doubtful value because the worth of German money has fluctuated 50 much. With the fixing of “the in- demnity, the German people will have a definite goal. They will know exactly the amount they are mortgaged for and those 5 conference-of o which the Germans have ingited, | lieves fife AiXIng of the indemnity is the . lo consider the reparatiors ‘wili | bisgest ‘event -that has bappened since |p: what their opportunities will be to rise Indeed, the, far- -3 the, far-reaching Ferates here. wher tee at the White House that the fail- | I o S derpinning for the sinking foundations and to repair the damage already done. The foundations of the main me- morial building extend down to bed rock, and that structure is in no way affected by the settling of the ap- proaches and terraces. Maj. C. S. Rid- ley estimates that the additional work required will take wat least four months to complete, after the con- tracts have been let, and this will cause a delay in_the dedication plans. Former President Taft, who presid- ed as chairman at today's meeting, said that for this reason the commis- sion did not attempt to set a date for the dedication, but that it had been agveed the ceremony should take place while Congress was in session. Chairman Taft transmitted the re- port of Maj. Ridley to the Secretary of the Treasury with a letter which showed that the original plans con- templated deep foundations for the terrace and approaches as well as for the memorial building itself, but had Jater been changed in the bope of effecting an economy. His letter to the Secretary was as follows: Report Sent te Treasurer. ‘Those present at today’s meeting of the commission, which wag held in the Senate office building, were Chairman Taft, Maj. Ridley, Representative Champ Clark. Representative Joseph G. Cannon, John Temple Graves, the resident commissioner, and H. A. Vale, secretary to the commission. In his report of the amount needed Maj. Ridley fixed $138,000 as the amount needed for putting new foun- dations under the terrace, $150,000 for new foundations under the approaches and $75,000 for repairs, contingenies and the architect's commission. If for_is granted it the peace treaty itself was si has hebn traced by economists direct- ly to the financial uncertainty that hovered over central Europe. Not knowing how big a load they were obliged to carry, the Germans could hardly make future plans.- Internal political disorders always thrive when there is vagueness and indecision in the central government. Accept American Principle. The American financial commis- | sioners at Paris—Norman Davis, who{ is at present undersecretary of state:| Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & | Vance McCormick and ~ Ber- the alllies fix a term of thirty years. The reports from Paris indicate that the allies are willing to stretch it to forty-two years. The American ad- visers didn’t suggest a specific sum, though it was commonly reported that they favored $20,000.000,000. Paris reports say the indemnity will ‘be about $56,000,000,000. But the vital fact is that the allies at last have accepted the principle of that you transmit the following sup- plemental estimate for the completion of the Lincoin rial in West Po- tomac Park: Do Not Want Law Amended. “A situation newly developed re- quires that the sums of thé expendi- ture authorized by the original act, approved. February 9, 1911, and by the urgent deficiency act of February 28, 1916, for the completion of the me- morial and its approaches, should be exceeded. f “It is _hoped that in order to ex- pedite -the work this estimate be included in the pending sundry civil bill by a suspension of the rules, without a formal amendment to the existing law. “The circumstances requiring this supplemental estimate are as follows: “The memorial as originally de- signed was provided with foundations of rock, and these foundations have been completed and are entirely satis- factory. The approaches; including a terrace wall sustaining the ap- the American commission, namely, the fixing of a maximum and mini- mum of some kind, with a definite term of years. Of course, our officials have only read the newspaper reports thus far, but a personal canvass of the vari- ous men who know the reparation stion, both from a banking stand- point well as our own govern- ment's connection with it. leads to the conclusion that the problem is by po means settled. A start has been made. The allies have agreed among themselves, but when they approach; the Germans it is certain that the latter will show the futilly of im- osing such a large sum as fifty-five billions. And the Germans will find considerable support in the United States for their view. The allies will naturally have a good deal of respect for American opinfon, for it is no secret that as soon as the Germans give the allies bonds to the amount of the indemnity, the latter will endeavor to use those reparation bonds as collateral for foreign loans they may wish to place in the United States or as part pay- ment of the existing war debt. ‘Will Not Atcept Bonds. But at this juncture it is opportune to reveal to all concerned what is in the mind of the Wilson administra- tion and what will be in the mind of the Harding administration—for there is no substantial difference of opinion between republicans and dem- ocrats on this point—namely, that; America will not accept any repara- tion bonds in exchange for govern- ment loans, nor will Americans gener- | ally buy reparation bonds as an Invest- | ment until the United States is satis- | fied that the Germans can pay the | amount imposed. In any event, con- servative opinion here is that Ameri- cans will wait at least a couple of years before buying German reparation bonds as an investment. Back of the hesitancy which is re- flected in official as well as banking circles is & doubt as to how far the French mean to go in regulating Ger- man affairs. The more or less official view here is that the French have already gone too far for their own good in hold- ing & military club over the Germans and interfering with their oppor- tunities to get raw materials that are requisite to manufacturing. There is genuine sympathy here for the French, but a’considerable dif- | ference of opinion as to what is best for France herself, economically speaking. So. while the fixing of the indemnity is expected to relieve the European situation somewhst and start a r vival of business, America, as an im Sured as to the value of the agyes. | ment until &he knows absolutely that demanded. ‘There is no disposition main structure and contributing in no degree to its support, were also provided with foundations of rock. - “The plan for the foundation of the approaches, however. was changed. came about as follows: “Col. Cosby, then Army engineer.in charge of the work under the com-:|as mission, suggested in July, 1913, to the architect, Mr. Baoon, that the doep foundations under the ap- proaches to the terrace wall, having no relation to the main structure, might be unnecessary and that a spread . slab concrete foundation would be entirely satisfactory. Mr. Lincoln, the civil engineer of Mr. Bacon, the architect, agreed to thi suggestion and a plan of this char- acter of foundation for the terrace wall of the approaches was prepared and approved by the BSecretary of War on July 15, 1913. Settlement Was Watched. “The recommendations of Col. Cosby and of Mr. Lincoln and adopted by the Secretary of War were based on the result of elaborate borings into the site upon which the approaches were to be constructed. This site was filled ground which had been consolidating for from nine to thirty-four years. ‘The change avoided very considerable expenditure for the foundations to rock for the terrace wall. It was expected by the engineers that the terrace wall and the approaches would settle, and this settlement was provided for to the extent which their judgment dic- tated. “The design is the standard form of foundation where a limited settle- ment can easily -be adjusted. If suc- cessful it usually saves large amounts of money. especially where rock or| surface of the earth. ““The settlement began as expected and was watched carefully by the architect and engineers, who did not at first think it serious so far as it had gone, especially as the wall was in perfect alignment. ‘A careful study of the curves of the settlement of the wall, however, made by Col. Ridley and by Mr. Bacon and his engineer shows that the séttlement has not stopped. but is going on at a decreasing rate that the settlement, If it continues, will be from 1.7 to 3 inches during the present year, and that the present rateof settlement of those portions of the wall first installed is about 20 per cent of the average rate. Their Spinion, however, In view of the con- tinuation of the settlement, is that no prediction can be made that it ! will stop within a year, and that while these approaches and the steps and wall, which are a part of them, will safely stand the present -years | settlement, it would not be wise to permit the settlement to §o on in- definitely. % Money for Approackes Only. here to favor the reduction of the indemnity out of any particular con: sideration for the feelings of Ger. many, but it i8 a cold economis proposition of capacity to pay. And our experts have thought, and still think, that fifty-six billions {s too | muoh’ and that the Germans never be able to pay fit. wiy (Copyright, 1921.) «“They therefore recommend that g deficiency appropriation should be se- cured hfi th: completion of .L:; ter- race wall and masonry approaches fhe- Lincoln Memorial, aa” below ot fort! “It cannot be too strongly empha- sized, in order to avoid misapprehen- sion, that the underpinning for which ~ &Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) proaches, having no relation to the|ex LAY OFF THAT - SPRING STUFF' DONT TEMPT FATE! AN EDITORIAL WARNING. NATION 15 ARQUSE OVERVETS' PLIGHT Failure of Government to - Provide Adequate Relief Brings Many Protests. Protests are coming to Congress from the country at large over the state of affairs which is hampering the carrying out of relief and hos- pitalization measures for the disabled men of the world war. Whether it is departmental. red tape, interdepart- mental friction, or what not, condi- tions have reached the stage where state governments are taking cOg- nizance and urging remedial action. ¢ gnd Arkansas tests’ In the Sanaté hed notification of actien -of tate legislature. Maine's legisla- tuge adopted a resolution declaring that “there. is existidg a grave situa- tiod of er of e]ay and confusion in the remedial relief for wounded sepyice men from the great war.” *. Rebinson Cites Friction.- e American people have provid- ed with generous. heart for these valg men,” the resolution recites, ang’Congress is asked immediately to ‘pass legislation to simplify.and expedite procedure whereby the wolinded and disabled may procure th enefits to which they are en- titled. od. Senator Robinson of Arkansas call- ed gitention to a case of frictfon fn departmental action. He said that the surgeon general of the public health service has twice requested the use of ‘Fort Logan H. Roots, near Little Rock, now partially abandoned. for hospital purposes. It is asserted by the commander of the Arkansas de- partment of the American Legion that there are thousands of disabled ervice meg in the state for whom l.?de:d\ute hospitalization must be pro- vided. J The War Department has declined the request, on the ground, as stated by Senator Robinson, “that in the future the use of the property at Fort Logan H. Roots may be resumed a fort.” Senator Robinson said that the greater number of the build- ings at the fort have been abandoned for a year or more by the Army and could ‘well be utilized for the care of the disabled ex-soldiers. Semate Asks for Information. The Senate committee on_military affairs has called on the Secretary of War for information as to what use is being made of the plant and what the department may expect to use it for in the early future. - These are only two cases among a number of similar activities in be- half of the ex-service men in other parts of the country, the sum of them showing widespread dissatisfaction with the treatment of the men and resentment on the part of the public. Today’s News " in Paragraphs The supreme council has accepted a compromise plan, fixing the amount of Germany's indemnity definitely at 226, 000,000,000 gold marks. Page '1 Letters demanding immediate relief and hospitalization for soldiers who were wotnded in France are reaching mem- bers of Congress from every section of the country. Page 1 other solid stratum is far below the |Tyler report proposed $53,944,000 power | project for Great Falls.’ Page 1 -eement of the supreme council ‘D;; ;l‘:ll to fix a definite amount of in- demnity Germany must is_re- garded here as a victory for Mr. Wil- son and America’s policy at the peace conference. Page 1 Ship workers to hold referendum on pro- posed cut in wages. Page 1 Lieut. Gen. Goodwin in speech ,lauds U. S. medical aid in war. Page 2 Pope again calls all mankind to feast on anniversary. Page 2 Explanation of the various items in the District appropriation bill: on which the Senate and House have thus far failed to agree. : ‘ Page 2 Federation of Labor supports federal ‘education bill. Page 3 Central High holds midyear commence- ment. Page 3 New Chamber of Commerce home here given indorsement. Page 3 Government worried over large phone bills in Washington. Page Foreign news in brief. Page & nds of the District’s firemen and 2 jcemen are bringing presseure to to obtain a $240 bonus for those civic employes. Page 7 United States news in brief. Page 8 fishing grounds at his Florida cruise. Page 9 merger pro- Page 12 Harding nearing southern end of Power -plant -in_car line: posed in. report. L CONFERENCES ARRANGED ON D. C. LEGISLATION Conferences between the Senate and House on important District legisla- tion are scheduled for next week, in- the District appropriation bill and the so-called Jones-Mapes bill, dealing wish the fiscal relations of the District and the federal gov- ernment. The settlement of the controversy over the fiscal relations of the District Is involved in the District appropria- tion bill, as well as in the Jones- Mapes bill. The hope is that this question will be determined with some degree of finality this year, either by the conference over the ap- propriation bill or by the conference the Jones-Map: l The conferees on the appropriation bill have been § see _what progre: was conference on the Jones-Mapes. bl They will go ahead next week with SHPYARDSMEN TOVOTE ON WAGES More Than 60,000 Affected by Referendum on Em- ployers’ Offer. Officials of the labor unions repre- senting skilled employes of shipyards Qn the legislative measure, which is|today ordered a general referendum bill on the proposal of the Atlantic Coast | lined to wait and [Shipbuilders’ Associations and the made .by the | Bethiehem - Shipbuilding Corporation that wage:scajes be reduced 10 per the other items of the appropriation |cent as the initial move in a program bill ‘in dispute, even'though they g: designed to ‘bring down production not tackle the method of appropriations. e R, : e W S busily engaged upon other legisfation 00! ;P jade. to_the union leaders mfl&%cl&'fl’w the. Beth- for the I with ‘& comm it nav npt beon ;}'.!".(;,g' D08 200 | Coast yards-4s * Philadelphia were R SRRIAAT ol 1S R, i o 8 e formi ed a coming week. ! o O i s oo into effect not later CALLAGHAN MUST QUITU.S. BY FEB.11 Order Following Talk With Mayor’s Attarney. Donal J. O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, has been ordered by Secretary Wilson of the Labor Department to leave the United States by February 11. He is now in the country as sea- man awaliting an opportunity to re- ship. The Irish official arrived in the United Stgtes as a stowaway without a passport. He was classified as a seaman, however, which permitted hrllrln to remain until' he could find & ship. . ! At a conference here January 22 between Secretary Wilson and Mjchael Francis Doyle, attorney for @'Ci laghan, the Secretary was said today to have directed that the lord mayor leave within twenty days. Whether he left as a seaman or as a pasgenger ‘wis held to be no concern of the De- partment of Labor. In order clear the records a certificate of -"O'Cal: laghan's . departure, citing the cir- cumstances, must be filed with the immigration inspector at his port of departure. It is understood that the lord mayor’s _attorney represented to Sec- retary Wilson, in his plea for more elastic conditions for the departure of his client, the necessity .under which O’Callaghan found himself of making as secret a departure as pos- sible to evade British authorities who might seek to intercept him upon his return to Ireland. As far as is-known here O'Callaghan is in New York. —— COLBY SEES:PRESIDENT. Bainbridge Colby, Secretary of State, visited President Wilson in his study at the White House today and re- ‘counted to him briefly his recent trip to the countries in South America and discussed a number of matters re- garding foreign affairs which have developed during his absence. The Secretary was with President Wilson for more than an hour. Tomorro written another ‘“Adventure Foo,” and Ring W. Lardner “Churches of the Presidents” This timely article in the Magazine section of is of special interest to all Washingtonians, “A Prince of Story Tellers” Wallace Irwin, takes the leading place among the con- tributors of fiction to this issue. . Sydney C. Partridge has letter. Many other intensely interesting ‘features in Tomorrow’s Star than Februafy 34, while the latter of- fered to wait ugtil March 1. & Vote. A. J. Perres, rel trade dep: t of Federation of Eabor, supervising theiniegotiations, said to- day that the-q cut’ would, be: §gcepted depended en- tirely upon theEputcome_of the vote. Between 60,000¢ and 75,000 laborers were §ffected, he estimated. ‘The proposal that the 10 pe: nt bonus, added in 1917 by an_arb tion board headed by Charles Piez’pf the Shipping Board as a temporary increase and made an integral pi of the regular wage schedules in 1918 be eliminated. This bonus brought -the base pay of the skilled mechanic to 80 cents &n hour. Early Vote Reports. Union officials were unable to fore- cast the result of the vote. Prelimi- nary reports from important districts, they said, indicated that a majority of the men might be willing to accept the cut, while other districts seem- ingly were as heavily in opposition. The continued depression in the in- dustry, with the dearth of new con- tracts for the past six months, was expected to influence the resuit. ' ELIZABETH REPORTS CUTS. Greater Efficiency, However, to Be Rewarded. ELIZABETH, 'N. J, January 29.— The proposal submitted by the Beth- lehem Shipbuilding Corporation to its employes calls for wage reductions averaging from 10 to 20 per cent, but provides for the payment of bonuses for efficiency and increased ‘produc- ion. Yo is was made known here today at the close of confergnces between E. H. Ewertz, general manager of the Moore plant of the - Bethlehem cotporation, and committees of em- ployes. 1o lehem compgny in New' York and “from' the—Atlantic, TWO CENTS. $53,944,000 POWER PROJECT URGED FOR GREAT FALLS; 14 RESERVOIRS SOUGHT Geological Survey Asks Storage ° for Water. OVERFLOW COULD RUN GENERATORS Reserve of 3,400,000 Acre Feet Provided In Report. Simultaneously ‘with announce- ment by the federal power commis- sion of the findings and recom- mendations of Maj. Tyler in his report on the harnessing of Great Falls for water power develop- ment, the United S:ates geological survey today made public a report on the*water supply of the Potomac river at Great Falls. The report, compiled as a result of investiga- tions made during 1920 by John C. Hoyt and Guy C. Stevens, engineers attached to the survey, will be con- sidered jointly with the report of Maj. Tyler. gests that fourteen reservoir sites be constructed along the Potomac river from Petersburg, W. Va., to Great Falls, thus providing a greater water flow through the proposed develoj ment at the ultimate point of power, d velopment at Great Falls. The fourfeen dams would store a total of more than 3,400,000 acre feet of water (148.- million cubic feet) or more than 40 per cent of the average annual run-off from the basin from which the water is drained. This means that by con- struction of these dams, 40 per cent of the average annual amount of water lost by run-offs would be saved for its ultimate use at Great Falls. Location for Dams. The dams would be located as fol- lows: At the South branch of the Potomac river, at Petersburg, W. Va.; at the South branch of the Potomac about 2,000 feet above its mouth; at Town creek, in Allegany county, Md. at Edes Fort, in Morgan county, Va.; at Swim Hollow, in Morgan coun- ty, W. Va.; at Hedgesville, Berkeley county, W.Va.; at Brooks Gap, Broad- | The geological survey report sug- | Report by Tyler Proposes Dam at Chain Bridge. FILTRATION PLAN | ALSO SUGGESTED Puts Cost of Water Supply Remedy at ' $9,523,000. _Proposing a total expenditure of $53944.000, the Tyler report for the development of Great Falls, sub- mitted through Gen. Beach, chief of engineers of the Army, to the federal power commission, made public today. Bearing out an exclusive forecast in The Star, that the plan would far exceed that proposed in the Langfitt and other studies made by engineers for harnessing Great Falls, the report proposes: Construction of two dams, one at Chain _bridge and the other at Great Falls. 1 Three supp!y. reservoirs. A new filtration plant. A new conduit from Great Falls. Maj. Tyler recommends that the wa- ter supply phase of the proposed de- velopment be taken up first. He es- timates the cost of this at $9,523.000. The cost of proposed power devel- - opment is given at $44,421,000. Market Must Be Provided. The Army enginecer recommends that the water supply and power de- velopment features be handled sep- arately and states that Great Falls can be harnessed economically for power purposes, provided only the entire amount of power generated is marketed. To undertake this devel- opment with the view of selling po er only to the federal and District governments would not be econom- ically feasible, he concludes. The report, in short, contemplates the federal government going into the power business in Washington to such an extent that there would be no market for private concerns fur- nishing power, If the Great Falls scheme Is to be handled économically. The report takes up the power:de- velopment problem in two sections. It is proposed.to build first adam at Chain bridge. At the same time it was way, Va.; ‘at Mount Crawford, Va.; at Verona, Va.; at Port Republic, Va.; at Elkton, Va.; at a_site Charlep of four reservoirs having a total capac- ity of 61,000 million cubic feet 2 monthly flow at Great Falls’ of not less than 6,000 second feet, or 6,000 cubic feet a the métal | second, more than three times the T e e | minimum flow considered available in wiioh ‘has been | previous reports, without storage, could have been maintained during the last tion of whether the | twenty-five years. This increase of about 4,000 cubic feet in the minimum flow. if used in a modern Skilled | hydroelectric plant operated with a head of 160 feet at 75 per cent efficiency the shipbuilders was | Would yield as much energy as 356,000 tons of coal per annum burned in an efficient steam power plant consuming only two pounds of coal per kilowatt hour of generated power, the report says. Average Flow, 11,900 Feet. The report states that the Potomac river at Great Falls has had an aver- age flow over a twenty-three-year period of 11,900 cubic fet a second, a maximum flow of 248,000 cubic feet and a2 minimum flow of 653 cubic feet, and that the flow was less than 3,000 cubic fet during 20 per cent of the time under consideration. During 1914 it averaged only 1780 second feet during 120 consecutive days, thereby warranting its conclusion that a steady flow of 6,000 cubic feet could be maintained by the use of four reservoirs only. The report indicates that storage sites are sufficiently promising to justify a thorough investigation of their feasibility before final plans for hte development of power at Great Falls are adopted. The natural flow of the Potomac, the report says. comes from a basin comprising 11,457 square miles, of which 10 per cent is below Point of Rocks, Md. In making its computations, the re- port says, engineers of the survey have made no deductions for water diverted past Great Falls at the aqueduct dam for the water supply ot the District of Columbia or for t | the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. The capacity of the present water supply conduit is about 135 second feet, and water used by the canal has been corporation’s proposal, submit- | estimated at about 170 second feet. tc:lrl:"hm?flel o(l:educlnx produc- | The engineers concluded that if ad- tion cost 25 peér cent, is . understood to be in the greater efliciency on ditional water. is diverted at Great orm of a plan whereby | Falls for the supply of Washington the part of the|without construction of storage dams individual workers will be rewarded|north of the falls the water available in the pay envelope. efllclenc‘;, it was stated, will amount to as much, and in some cases more, than the wage cut. The extent of the wage reduction varies in the different departments. EX-PRESIDENT OF PERU DIES. LIMA, Peru, January 28.—Gen. Jus- tiniano Borgono, former president of Peru, who died early this week, will be buried with official honors. w’s Star of the Mysterious Wang is on hand with his weekly tot | sumption of 188,718 short tons. The bonus for |for power will be further reduced. 80 Per Cemt Avallable. Eighty per cent of the water flow- ing in the Potomac between Point of Rocks and tidewater, a distance of} forty-four miles, involving a fall of! 200 feet, would be available at Great{ Falls under the proposal of the geo-, logical survey for dam construction.! Of the fall of water, the survey states, | fifty feet occurs in the twenty-nine miles between Point-of Rocks and Great Falls and 150 feet in the fifteen miles be- tween Great Falls and tidewater. Engi neers conclude that because of the rela- tively small fall between Point of Rocks and Great Falls the facilities for wa- ter storage would be greatly in- creased and the engineering problems made-lighter. ‘The survey engineers do not make any computations as to the probable cost of construction of the fourteen dams suggested, but urge that con- struction of such dams would so in- crease the water available for power at Geeat Falls that the two projects might* be considered as one and the same. May Be Studied Jointly. It was considered probable today that the two proposals would be con- sidered jointly at the public hearing on Maj. Tyler's report to be held by the Federal Power Commission Tues- day. The geological survey report Was made direct to Secretary Payne of the Interior Department, and by him transmitted to the Fedefal Power Commission without recommendation. The geological survey also made public today a report on power pro- duction in the United States by fuel and water. The report shows that' 187,650 thousands of kilowatt hours were developed in the District of Co- lumbia by fuel during the first nine months of 1920 from m!'fl" o power was developed from the use of ue‘r‘ ‘o{ fuel-oil in the District dur- 2 : : . ‘,;;,u. l supply reservoirs. that the Chain brid, development near town, W. Va.: Gooss e*;lnh'..;ucm “would- preduce - and uu’;\nm;c h wan'lmur-. and that this power could T e ate 8 elopment of power by | Washingion &t & oot itie, e ultimate development of power n; 0 3 A thé use of water thus stored 1{ which is about 2 mills u! the pres- proposed. ent cost to the Potomag ic Power The report estimates that by the use | Company of developing' po' for dis- tribution. However, the Tyler report does mot take up the cost .of distribution, which would materially in¢rease the total cost of the project. Could Be Raised to 675,000,000 The present-total electriagl output of the District is 308,000,000 kilowatt hours annually. It is poifited out, therefore, that the Chain bridge dam alone would provld% enough current to meet present needs. * °'l'he re:orl goes on to show that by constructing a second dam st Great Falls the output of kilowatt hours could be incraased to 675,000,000. The power generated from the completed development, comprising both _the Chain bridge and Great Falls dam. could be delivered to the-main sub- station in Washington at a cost of 6.75 mills, it is stated. The cost of the Chain bridge de- velopment is estimated at $25.000,000. and to provide the Great Falls dam would increase the total to $44,421,000. The Langfitt plan for harnessing Great Falls, submitted in 1915, called for a total expenditure of only $15.- 000,000. for both the power develop- ment and water supply projects. 1f the Tyler scheme is carried out in its entirety, it will necessitate re- moving a large section of the Cabin John car line and will put the Chesa- peake and Ohio canal out of business almost to the Monocacy river. However, it is stated that the canal will be able to operate by “slacking” into the river. The report submitted today is by far the most exhaustive study ever presented in connection . with the long-talked-of project of utilizing the latent power possibilities of Great Falls. Recommendations Up Tuesday. Its recommendations will be consid- ered Tuesday at a hearing before the Federal Power Commission in the Interior Department building, at which Secretary of War Baker will preside. The District Commissioners and District civic organizations, which ave been urging that steps be tak. en immediately to increase the capl al's w: supply, will be -cheered by the ' recommendation of Maj. Tyler that there is no economy to be derived from combining this feature with the development of power. In this connection the report “Additional facilities for lying water to the District of Columbia are am imperative necessity as insurance against interruption of- service. The quantity of water now carried by the existing supply system is so large that proper maintenance ~work conduits and tunnels cannot be done until a new supply line is put in operation. If new construction is de- ferred it should be with full knowl- edge of the risks involved.” Conduit Big Item. In explaining the plan for increas- ing the city’s water supply the re- port says that a new conduit from Great Falls to Dalecarlia reservoir, and a new flitration plant on the reservation with connections %o the first, second and third high areas of the distribution system can be much more speedily completed than any other. satisfactory project. “It requires the purchase of no ditional land,” says the report. “It is by far the cheapest and first cost. . It will furnish water more - economically for many years to come than can any other project.. For these reasons it is recommended for adoption and prompt completion.” Of the $9.325.000 estimated cost of water supply development, the. prin- , cipal ftems are: $2,370.000 for con- struction of the conduit; $1,821.000 for construction of a new filtration plant, and $1,300,000 for distribution piping and tunnel connecting city ns and District distribution reservoir. FOR URUGUAYAN MINISTER. MONTEVIDEO, January 29- Emv-l of the appointment of s Benvenuto as Uruguayan minister to Cuba, Colombia, Venesuela and Central America was voted the sepate here today. [P = ~—Ap- Dr.