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‘THE SUNDAY STAR, JANUARY 30, 1921—PART 1 WILSSEESREE [ What Gongress Is Doing |V EPIBLCHA House Member Who Seeks Freedom of Philippines In Line for Chairmanship Of Important Committee T - DIPLOMAGY BILL TARIFF BILL LIKELY T RIDDLED IN HOUSE $8,000,000 Measure Mere Shell at End of Flare- Up by Members. FRAMING POLICY FLAYED . Representative Small Says 35 Men Are Doing Work 435 ‘Were Elected to Do. Discontent over the new way of fram- Ing all big appropriation bills in a super- committee of thirty-five blazed up in the As a result the diplo- matic and consular appropriation meas- ure was cut to pieces by points of order # which tore out funds designed for the conduct of American business abroad. The upshot of it all was the virtual riddling of the eight-million-dollar diplo- matic and consular bill, which, at the end of the day, was a miere shell of its House yesterday. former self. There was no general attempt to wreck the bill. Members simply sought to register olent opposition to the man- ner of its framing. Not all of the mem- bers were willing to go that far, for many of those who objected strenuously DAVIS Of Minnesota, who, is siated to muccee REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES R. it is understood. Chairman Good | himself,” Senator Wil of the House approprintions commit-|gion. el , |tee ahould the latter resign. The Senate. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. With only twenty-eight legisla- tive days left of the present ses- sion of Congress, and appropria- tions for the government -running up to more than $3,000,000,000 Still to be considered, the Senate this week 18 expected to get down to business and speed up. The Fordney emergency tariff bill, which held sway in the Senate during the last week, has had its day. Efforts are to be made to- morrow by its republican sup- porters to revive it, but there seems no chance for its passage. There is a vast amount of im- portant legislation, in addition to Denies Oligarchy Will Control Executive. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, January 29.—United States Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio, speaking at the Tippecanoe Club's annu- al McKinley day dinner here tonight. after eulogizing the martyr President, emphatically declared that President- elect Harding would make his decisions independent of the “so-called senatorial oligarch: Senator Willis told the 700 guests he favored a return to the McKinley tariff and economic standards which just over @ year ago tonight President-elect Hard-| the appropriation bills, hovering ing was bledging at a McKinley anni-| i the offing. But, unless there dinner at Niles, Ohio. “Figment of Fevered Brain. Senator Willis, who succeeded Presi- { dent-elect Harding as senator from Ohio, {said the incoming President intended to be his own sponsor in the President's chair, and thta the “bogy of the Senate oligarchy” was the non-existent figment of a fevered political brain. “Warren G. Harding will be President said, in_conclu- “I assure you of that. No indi- Yidual or clique or faction will control im. is unanimity of action in the Sen- ate on any bill, it does not appear possible for any legislation other than the appropriation bills to pass before March 4. For Instance, the Calder bill for government regulation of the coal industry in certain particulars is expected to be reported favorably from the Senate committee on manufactures this week. The to some of its provisions were unwilling to seize upon techni destruction. Items Attacked in Detail. 1 grounds for its COLBY ANSWERS His countrymen need not fear that he will be overpowered by that misty, evan- escent thing, the so-called senatorial | otigarchy. : 8 befits the chief executive of this great republic, never intended to be dominated by a one-man power, War- ren G. Harding will hear evidence, he will consult, he will welcome helpful information from every source, wheth- measure will have strong support— stronger support, probably, than that accorded to the Kenyon bill for the regulation of the meat packers, which was passed last week by a margin of thirteen votes. But if opponents of the Calder bill The House. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. House leaders expect to get action tomorrow on three impor- tant, bills: (1) the proposal to appropriate $13,000,000 for pro- viding additional hospital facili- ties for ex-service men: (2) an authorization of $100.000,000 for, good roads work in co-operation with the states during the next year, and (3) the Winslow bill to allow the railroads to collect some of their losses during the six-month period of federal guar- antee. In spite of the fact that House Leader Mondell tried twice on Friday to make theseqmeas- ures the order of business tomor- row, and was blocked by a point of order, the members who are interested in these pieces of legis- lation—and they include most of the House members—are hopeful that the opportunity will be given to dispose of them. All of the big appropriation bills, with the single exception of the fortifications bill, will be before the House this week. Hearings start tomorrow on the fortifications bill. On Tuesday the leaders hope to finish consideration of the diplo- matic appropriation bill, which has been delayed by repeated points of order, and to pass the rivers and harbors bill. A fight has been promised over this meas- ure, but it is not expected to be successful. The rivers and har- bors bill, as reported Friday, calls ! 10 BE SIDETRACKED Fordney Measure in Bad Shape at Adjournment. Cloture Considered. BEMADEBY FAL Nicaragua Out Because of | Desire to Retain Rights, But Place Awaits Her. Notwithstanding that Nicarague did | not sign the treaty negotiated at San Jose, Costa Rica, early this month, providing for the creation of a Cen- tral American republic, ratification by the congresses of the four signa- tory countries is expected In time to have the new federation come into existence before mext September 15, according to an announcement by ‘Dr. Julio Bianchi, the Guatemalan min- ister here. Nicaragua's Position. ‘nder the treaty, Guatemala, Hon- duras, Salvador and Costa Rica would be merged under the new federation. ragua, it was explained, withheld her signature because she did not wish to surrender certain rights, especially in reference to the treaty making power, but a provision was inserted in the pact to permit her admission at any time. The text of the treaty, which would ultimately create a republic of more than 5,000,000 people, was made pub- lic last night by Dr. Bianchi. In gen- eral, x; provides for a government modeled on the lines of the Constitu- i t tiori of the United States, with three e St separate branche: - will be obtained, or that the cloture proposal can obtain the necessary two-thirds vote to make it effective. If the tariff bill is laid aside for legislative and judicial, although the executive’ is modeled more on the Swiss system. A constitution em- bodying these provisions would be other pressing legislation it will like- framed at a convention to be called 1y not be revived, certainly not with when three of the signatory countries any degree of success. have ratified the treaty. While no date for a vole was set VOTE CONSENT SOUGHT |Neither Method Is Expected to Ob- i tain Necessary Two-Thirds for Passage. . The Fordney emergency tariff bill was in ill shape when the Senate adjourned last night. It is highly probable that the measure will be laid aside early this week, perhaps tomorrow, and the Tight of way given to the appropria- tion bills now awaiting action. conference of republican leaders late yesterday resulted in an agree- ment to seek again consent for @ vote on the bill, and if that cannot be had, to scek cloture. The cloture petition has been circulated by Chair- man Penrose of the finance commit- tee and is ready for submission, if it is need, The.vote on cloture would come Wednesday, if it is had. Agreement Is Unlikely. REPRESENTATIVE KIN Who has introduced a bill providing for the freedom of the Philippines. with the qualification that the United States retain desired military and naval baxes about the islands. EDWARD J. undertake to debate er from the blacksmith or the banker. But, having heard all and considered all, ‘the decision will be his.” Referring to American business con- ions, Senator Willis said: “We will not be upon a sound basis One member, however, attacked item after item and they went out as without * authority of law. The attack served as a warning of what may be expected when the House begins consideraticn of the Army and “In so far as it does not infringe on the federal constitution,” the treaty pro- vides, “each state will retain its auton- omy and independence in so far as the management and direction of its internal affairs are concerned, and will carry on the repubiicans, it is ltkely that enator Penrose will ask that the vote be taken February 15. for a lump-sum appropriation of $15,250,000. With unexpended bal- ances a total of $47.299,006 will be available for existing projects. Representative J. H. Small of North Carolina filed a minority the measure’ extensively, like the tariff bill, it will have to be laid aside. The immigration committee, too, JOHNSON'S ATTACK Declares Senator’s Views on FOR B NAVY BASE Passage May Be Impossible. If the cloture petition is voted down Mare Island Navy Yard to Be aval appropriation bi It gave lead- until we rewrite a tarift law on the| 5 expected t6 bring in a bill to terday recommending |the sovernmental functions not specific- Wednesday the republican managers i rincipies of protection. The protec- SIS lly delegated to th ion.” B > 5 Ea M i Ll Gl Japanese Issue Based on DRVeSiTL Saens ‘ot William McKinly,| limit immigration into the United mearly $29,000,000 for specific 1ally delegated fo the federation Used as Pacific Coast dNER s ol et e put through before the close of the ses- which brought prosperity to the coun States. Such a measure will have projects. pulsory Education. that passage of the bill w The deficiency appropriation bill will be reported to the House Tuesday and the naval appropri- ation bill on Tuesday or Wed- nesday. The House is expected to take up the Army appropriation bill on Wednesday. As _reported this measure carries $328,881,123, and possible. With this situation it was jsaid that the republican leaders would have exhausted every possible effort to pass the bill and would be prepared to charge its defeat to the democratic _opponents and “be ready to lay aside the measure and proceed with the appropriation bills. Liberty of “thought and conscience” are provided for, as well as compulsory primary education, the establishment of secondary schools and a national univer- sity. The pact provides that the federal gov- ernment shall recognize the government of no federated state whose head is the product of a revolutionary movement. “Erroneous Assumption.” Replying to the attack of Senator Johnson of California upon the pro- posed agreement between the United States and Japan as to the status of Japanese in this country, Secretary Colby of the State Department last sion on March 3. Heretofore the diplomatic bill has been prepared by the foreign affairs committee, in intimate touch with needs and requirements of the service. ‘The same rule applied to other com- mittees, but uhder the new system the ranking republican and democratic almost unanimous approval, it is believed, and may have a chance of becoming a law. The House bill, now before the Senate com- mittee, provides for suspension of immigration for a year. It is not will prevent industrial disaster in the Repair Station. months_ahead.” Gov. Harry L. Davis, one of the in- vited guests, was detained in Colum- bus today and could not attend the dinner. |try in the late '90's, if sanely applied, 1 Agreement upon Alameda, Cal. as the site for the new Pacific naval base and as the location of other sub- sidiary west coast naval bases was reached last night by the subcom- members of the foreign affairs com-|night issued a statement declaring considered likely that the Senate vi £ of 150,000 mittee of the joint congressional com- The conference of the republican provides for a force ¢ mittee that h: be considering Pa- 3 - mittee, for example, were transferred | that Senator Johnson had proceeded |MEASURE TO MAKE will go that far. But it may fix regulars, 6,500 Philippine Scouts hoe tha o The Tesomiménda. |loaders proceaded in Senator Hen to a consolidated appropriations com- mittee of thirty-five members. Glad to Whack Bill This method virtually eliminated the chairman of the committee so far as he was authorized to take any personal part in a supply bill's preparation. The republican member transferred became head of the par- ticular subcommittee on appropria- tions, which tended to make him a more powerful figure on the floor than his former chairman. Jealous of their old powers, some chairmen ‘and com- mitteemen, it was said, made no at- tempt to conceal animosity or desire to take a whack at the upon an_ érroneous assumption in making the attack. The plan for an agreement between the nations is now before the two governments and was said by Senator Johnson to mean in the end “a con- tinuance of Japanese immigration and increase in the Japanese population in the west.” . Secretary Colby’s Reply. 1= Secretary Colby’s statement follows: “My attention has been called this afternoon to a statement issued by Senator Hiram Johnson of California to the press which proceeds upon a quite erroneous assumption as to the trend and purport of the conversations rose's office, while desultory debate continued on the Senate floor. At- tending the conference were all re- publican members of the finance com- mittee, who called in Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican floor leader. Could Be Brought to Vote. Democratic leaders said last night the bill could be brought to a vote if there were a “real” republican de- sire for such a course. The demo- cratic spokesmen are expected to challenge the’ sincerity of the repub- lican efforts in support of the bill and 2,500 fiying cadets, with 14,000 commissioned officers. : “The first of the_ week” Chair- man Mapes of the House District committee expects to call a meet- ing of the subcommittee of five to draft a bill designed to force a Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali- merger ol(\ the two S’lrl;;k’l r.:l::x:z; i insi in Washington is fornia is insistent that something i ~Washington = Ths eClg be done with the Johnson-Nolan _ojingt Mapes in committee on minimum wage bill for govern- ‘Wednesday, the determination of ment employes. So far his efforts the committee being to try to put have beem blocked by Senator throush such a bill to force a merger Hoke Smith of Georgia, Senator at this session. Dial of South Carolina and other ons are to be m mittee tomorrow. HEATED EXCHANGES MARK de to the full com- ‘The subcommittee HEARING ON PACKER BILL [ St pieviois Beomininict at Sand_Point, Wa: a submarine a limit to the number of immi- grants to be admitted during the next year, so that the flood of im- migrants feared by many will not be able to materialize. U. S. PAY FOR WATER HERE INTRODUCED base at and av Calif. An attempt to upset the committee's previous decision to recommend Ala- meda. for the first base was defeated, after the subcommittee had heard sev eral admirals,. who stood by their recommendations for Alameda. The full committee, which previous 1y had voted to locate the general base at Alameda, is expected to adopt San Pedro, Cal., and destroyer tion bases at San Diego, Motion to Substitute House Meas- ure Fails—Further Evidence to Be Barred. (Continued from First Page.) and three storage resérvoirs on certain of the Potomac's larger tributaries, pow- er may be developed economically at a cost per kilowat-hour approximately 50 per cent less than for power gemerated by steam, provided the entire output of the hydroelectric plants can be marketed. Heated exchanges, refusal to grant any more hearings on the bill deal- ing with packer regulations and de- feat by a tie vote of the motion to substitute a House bill for the Sen- Gen. Pershing, Maj. Gen. Le- Juene, commandant of the Marine o o 5 ittee’ d that sufficient time The weak spot in the new system,|which have been going on for some| If marketing the entire output is es : Corps, and Secretary Baker are |S¢ositile a Fousc bill for the Seb- {the subcommitteé's report tomorrow. |and to conten 2 according to those opposing it, was in | weeks between Ambassador Morris | sential to making the project sconomi| CPPOnCnts of the measure. It I3 goneduled to - testify before the |ommission featured the all-day ses- | Oneof the voints in controversy be- |had not clapsed before seeking a vou the fact that many apbropriations|and ihe Japanese ambassador relative | cally fossibler b Was® sapgesed as| ¢xpected the California senator military affairs commitice on |Sion"G¢"tne House commitice on agri- |[ore the subcommitte was said to be |ing date nor for resort to S were authorized which had not been|to the So-called California-Japanese |night by Washington enginecrs the gov-| will move tomorrow to take up the Tuesday. They are to discuss the |cujture yesterday. When the com-|ihe future of the Mare Island navy| Most of the time of debate yeste resolution to bring back from yurd. The Navy general board, it was France the body of an unidentified soldier for burial in Arlington national cemetery. 2 The Smith-Towner maternity bill was reported out by the interstate and foreign commerce committee on Friday. It seeks an appropri- ation of $1,480,000 to protect the health of mothers and infants. The annual agricultural appro- priation bill, after much opposition in the House, was passed Thurs- day and sent to the Senate. It carries approximately $34,000,000, including $360,000 for free seeds. Representative Norman J. Gould of New York, acting under in- structions from the District com- mittee, flled a report Friday on a bill removing legal restrictions against the consolidation of the Potomac Electric Power Company and the Washington Railway and Electric Company, which the com- mittee declares is prerequisite to a merger of the two street car systems. Officials of the Department of Agriculture are to be heard by the agricultural committee on Tuesday, before the committee drafts legisla- day was occupied by Senator Thomas of Colorado, a democratic member of the finance committee, who opposed the bill. He declared it would not aid those for whom it was designed and would impair American com- merce, bringing retaliatory measures from Canada and other nations. authorized before, and which were|situation. open to points of order on the ground| “The senator is not uninformed as of new legislation. There are waysto the course these conversations by which the items eliminated may be! have taken, and I am therefore sur- put back, either by the Senate, in|prised that he should feel called upon conference, or by special rule, giving|to throw himself into a defensive them legislative standing. posture against dangers which he Mondell Defends Policy. describes, but which I am informed Defending the mew policy, Repre-|Ne has been gssured do not present sentative Mondell, the republican{tBemselves. L leader, declared it was in the interest Senator Need Not Worry. of economy, and that 156 members{ “The State Department is charged had freely surrendered their former{ with the duty of pursuing these im- rights *for the common good. portant discussions with sober regard Representative Small, democrat,|to the facts, and this it has eought North Carolina, member of the sub-|to do with a prop-r consideration for committee which reported the diplo-|every interested point of view. 1 am matic bill, declared the system was|not speaking in any spirit of criti- wrong, and insisted, by way of illus-|cism of Senator Johnson, with whom Iiof the public utility’s distrjbution. sys- tration, that members of the military | have long had the most agreeable and {tem, based on reproduction .cost esti- committee, who for vears had given|friendly relations, but he must know, | mates as of July, 1914, and additions profound study to the needs of the|as a member of the foreign relatfons|made since that date, is approximately ‘War Department, mory properly { committee of the Senate, that, even |$8,400,000. Present cost, of course, would should handle the Army appropria-|if the fear to which he gives expres- ! greatly exceed this figure.” tion bill. sicn, that the State Department is|® Concerning the effect of the pro- There was applause from both sides| moving too rapiily in the direction! osed power development on’ the of the chamber when Mr. Small as-|of a treaty, a treaty can have n0|Gpegapeake and Ohio canal, the re- serted that by this method thirty-five|effect without its submission in due “ZtSTPCERS SRA BO0 FREA 6 FOC men actually were doing the work|course to the Senate, and, under the | BOTH S2¥8 Phat CR8 ORFREL 00 Of 106 that 435 were elected to do. latter's practice, its minufe examina- m’;’_“ Sl i s Taclbaive —_— tion by the senator’s committee.” e tin e et Slor ot e m mlls UN mNGRESS e S igation. Conmstruction of the Great TO HONOR BANKHEAD. |Falls dam, it states, will submerge Southern Congress Wants Enact- locks 21 to 26 inclusive. Boats will use the lake from the locks at 'the House Will Remember Late Senator at Services Today. ment of a Permanent Measure. : dam to a point one mile below the mouth of the Monocacy river, where Memorial exercises in honor of the late Senator Bamkhead of Alabama By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., January 29.—Enact- mittee until tomorrow only three pages of the Senate bill had been read. Requests for additional were made by Representatives Rai- ney, democrat, and McKinley and Wilson, republicans, all of Illinois, and McLaughlin, republican, of Mich- igan, but were rejected. In' urging the hearings, sentatives contended that the con- struction of the word “packer” as defined in the Senate bill had led shoe manufacturers and other indus: tries to fear they might come within ernment would have to assume the entire adioticned burden of furnishing electric service in the District, which would put the Poto- mac tric Power Company out of business. ‘The estimate of $44,421,000 for build- ing the dams and reservoirs and other facilities for delivering power to a main substation in Washington does not cov- er the cost of distributing power, the report points out. Cost of Distributien. “To provide a_distribution system to supply all the government buildings with hydraulically generated power,” it says, “would require substations and cable and conduit sys.ems-paraileling ine existing systems of the public utility. The cost bill. Tuesday the naval affairs com- mittee is to meet to consider the resolution offered by Senator Borah of Idaho and adopted by the Sen- ate calling upon the committee to advise the Senate as to the wisdom of a six months’ suspension of the naval building program of ‘the United States, so that it may be determined by the experts what constitutes the most efficlent kind of navy in view of.the lessons of the great war. The District appropriation bill will be considered in conference this week between the representa- tives of the Senate and House, and it is likely that the conferees on the Jones-Mapes bill dealing with the fiscal relations of the District and the federal .government will attempt to reach an agreement. The Senate District committee is expected to consider the Curtis-Gard child labor tion regulating the grain and cotton bill at a meeting tomorrow. futures markets. _ - ORDERS STRICT ECONOMY [CALDER BILL WOULD BE AT POSTS AND CAMPS| FATAL, SAYS COAL MAN said, in favoring fleet base, sa Alameda for the f that location would involve eventual abandonment of the Mare Island navy yard. Representative ~ Padgett, Tenn. hearings 3 “emocrat it was reported, made tha pirt cipal fight for the Mare Islanl yard, and the committee’s report, it wns said. as a result, would not recom- mend abandonment of Mare Island, but would propose its retention as a repair station for vessels of light and roderately heavy draft. Representative Padge't a the repre- MUST PRODUCE COAL BOOKS. Randall K. Brown, a wholesale coal man of Omaha, was ordcred yesterd: by the Senate manufacturers committee 1o produce records of all his coal sales and purchases during 1920. He ap- peared to oppose the Calder coal regu- lation bill, but professed inability to answer definitely questions as to cost, lling price and freight charges on g L s0E. in is $1.250.000 annual business. (Chair- adings the choice of Sand I'oint. !man La Follette ipsistes at the en- _— 22 {tire record be broupxhl to Washington. R = was said to have raised objections to the roposed aviation base at Sanl Point, was justified, and _Representative | Senator Poindexter, rer ng/#” democrat, Texas, opposedling oa. a member of : anything which would delay report-jr-- A ing the measure to the House. He was jojned by Representative Tinch- er, republican, Kansas, and others in urging the report of the measure All efforts defeated, d to have s as it passed the Senate. to amend the bill often by tie votes. Several hundred telegrams and let- ters were received by the committee from all parts of the country re- questing_an opportunity to be heard| HONOR REPRESENTATIVE. Charles M. Stedman Given Gold | Watch on Eightieth Birthday. Colleagues in the House presented Representative Charles M. Stedman, vear to|democrat, of North Carolina with a there was |gold watch and gave him an ovation in the House vesterday his eightieth birthda; “The unreserved and spontaneous congratulations” of House members were extended to him by Representa tive Bankhead, democrat. of Alabama, who called attention to the fact thaf Mr. Stedman was the only member of the House or Senate who had served in the Confederate army. Mem- bers of the House stood and applaud- ed their white-haired colleague who fought through the war with <Lee's army and was three times wounded. were before final action is taken. The committee took the position that, as forty days were given last hearings on. the subject, no need for more testimony. —_——— in honor of PRESIDENT SAID TO FAVOR PASSPORT REGULATIONS ARMSTRONG’S We Want Your Parlor Suites Two Upholstering Shops you best of service. Secretary Baker Acts Following $94,000,000 Impending De- ficiency in Q. M. Corps. Drastic economy at Army posts and camps was ordered by Secretary Bak- er yesterday, due to an impending de- ficlency of $94,600,000 under appro- priations for the Quartermaster Corps. Officer of Company at Chicago, as ‘Witness, Says Time to Act for . Consumer Has Passed. Under the terms of the Calder bill “the coal industry cannot live,” George W. Reid, vice president of the Peabody Coal Company of Chicago, testified yesterday before the Senate committee considering the measure ‘| Understood to Believe O’Callaghan Incident Proves Need for f Continuation. The general subject of passport regulations has been discussed with a prominent government official by President Wilson, it was learned last —will give Work guaranteed absolutely and prices right. CALL FRANKLIN 7483 for free estimates. Mail orders carefully attended. i 1233 10th St. N.W. son, Minnesota, republicans, and Rep- | Nicholson last night said the Tyler resentatives Clark, Missouri; Stedman, [ nroject would not interfere with traf- North Carolina; Sisson and Chandler, {fc on the canal. as the boats could Mississippi; Bell. Georgia, and the|ugack” into the lakes that would be Alabama delegation, for the demo-{. .ateq by the Great Falls and Chain crats. Bridge dams and re-enter the canal the estimates provide for a new en- trance to the canal, controlled by a new lock. This development will will be held in the House today in|eliminate twenty-six miles of canal accordance with a resolution intro-{navigation above Great Falls. duced by Representative Dent of that| G .L. Nicholson, general manager state. Representative Blackmon of|of the Canal Towage Company, is the Alabama will preside and the speak- {author of a plan for development of ers will include Representatives Mann | power at Great Falls, which is de- and Madden of Illinols and Steener-|scribed in the Tvler report. Mr. ment by Congress at the earliest pos sible date of the emergengy tariff law with the Senate amendments and 5,000 ARE CONFIRMED. night, and in outlining his views, it |Senate Approves List of Junior Of. enactment of a permanent tariff law RN Tk at points below the dams. nchments ordered were:!for federal regulation of the in-|was said, the President indicated the Gap Be Fe that will afford both revenue to the : Among retrenc] 4 a that L Our Prices Bridge ap Between Former ! government and protection to agricul. COX VISITS CLOAKHOOM. e Ll Loal s A 40.per cent cut in the quarter-|dustry. "l;nmein his o‘;:'n':‘;:é‘;:re :;nould be no ficers of Army. i Costs and Profiteering. Maj. Tyler does not propose that the power project be taken up with- passport { ture and industry was urged by the master general's civilian pay roll bY| He added that the period of neces- | rmmsiotics. The Senate late yesterday confirmed ! Southern Tariff Congress in resolu- { tions adopted at the_ last day’s ses- sions of the conference here today. A high protective tariff also was de- manded in the resolutions on practi- cally all the products of the south, This with the exception of cotton. and this variety was included. tariff bi tariffs in general. | was not included, supposedly, for the | reason that the south enjoys practi- cally a monopoly on the production of all cotton except long staple varieties The resolutions urged the restora- tion of the old Payne-Aldrich sched- ules on cotton goods and cotton yarns. They urged southern senators to sup- ' port_not only the pending emergency , but the policy of protective terday. in 1913. former colleague, chamber. Spends Hour in House Where He|out further study. In this connection Served Until 1913. James M. Cox revisited the scene of his first active place in politics,yes- He spent an hour in the democratic cloakroom of the House, in which he served from 1909 until his inauguration as Governor of Ohio Democrats and republicans alike deserted the floor to greet their since then demo- cratic presidential camlidate, who de- parted without entering the House February 15. his_conclusions state: “Further study of storage possibili- ties is_desirable. Gaging stations should be established at the reser- voir dam sites on the Great Cacapon, Shenandoah, North Fork of the Shenandoah and south branch of the Potomac, and large scale surveys of the reservoir sites on the Great Caca- pon river and the Potomac _river above Great Falls should be made. Prior to the adoption of any reser- voir project, thorough borings ac- curately to determine dam founda- tion conditions should be made.” Maj. Tyler's report is the same in its fundamentals as that submitted and the employes discharged. ized artillery and the air service. ments absolutely necessary. expenses. Reduction of water transportation activities to a minimum, harbor craft not absolutely required to be laid up Expenses for transportation as a convenience to employes to be cut off. A 50 per cent curtailment in gaso- line and lubricants issued to motor- More economical routing of ship- Curtailment of telegraph and cable In addition to these, Mr. Baker or- dered economies in fuel, clothing, gen- eral supplies and subsistence issues, practically identical orders being sent sity for regulation in the interest of consumers had passed, and that steam coal “is selling for $1.25 a ton in every jobbers' yard in Chicago.” “What are we going to do then when we are told that coal is selling for $14 and $15 a ton in Nebraska and “South Dakota,” Chairman La Follette asked. “We've left it to the coal trade for the last year to meet the situation, and it hasn’t dome it. People would be freezing to death now if the winter generally had been a cold one.” Mr. Reld replied that he “would not again be down here opposing leg- islation if in a year under normal conditions a shortage develops.” The discussion, which took place | the nominations of 5000 junior offi- | recently, it is understood, resulted in- directly from the O’Callaghan inci- dent, when an interdepartmental i controversy developed as to jurisdic- | tion and palicy in cases such as that precip! ed when e lord mayor of v New Cork arrived In this country without | Scnator Wadsworth of - New a passport. The President was said to have pointed out that in the present state of world unrest every precaution should be taken to prevent the United States from being made the base of plottings against friendly nations. So far as the O'Callaghan incident | itself was concerned, the President Is understood to have Said that to have cers of the Army. The confirmations were the first of the present session and were made in open session by unanimous consent. ‘The nominations were presented by York, chairman of the military affairs com- mittee. A majority of the officers affected won their commissions on the battlefields of France. % A SERVANT That never fails nor disappoints you— —the one whose wages you pay in pennies instead of dollars— INNER Appetisingly to Philippine, Panama and Hawalian d‘;pzrunenls and all independent posts d stations. ‘nMont.hly reports, beginning March 15, are required showing the action taken and the estimated saving. G. 0. P. OFFICIALS TO KEEP COMMITTEE JOBS AWHILE FRENCH TRADE BALANCE. two weeks ago to the federal power . commission by J. H. Levering, a Year Closed With 12,970,194,000 civil engineer of Los Angeles, Mr. Levering said last night. The Tyler Francs on Adverse Side. e e Tmosed France closed the year 1920 with an structural_differences from his re- adverse trade balance of 12,970,194,- port, Mr. Levering sald, and involve expenditure of nearly twice as much 000 francs, & cablegram fros Conedl | money, some of which, however, is General Thackara at Paris said yester- day. Total imports were 35,504,951,000 made up by higher costs for the same items as estimated by Maj. francs, as compared with 35,799,26" 000 francs in 1919, and exports 22.- made an exception in the case would have been setting an unwise prece- dent, Hearty indorsement was given the policy of “America first” as enunciated by President-elect Harding recently. HOUSE VOTES TO ACCEPT OFFER OF MORGAN HOME The committee yesterday ordered Randell K. Brown, an Omaha. Neb., wholesale dealer, to produce reports of his 1920 cost and selling prices, and to remain in readiness to explain them when they are received here. Iy was found impossible to con- clude hearings yesterday, as had been planned, and th next week. and Prepared by Home Cosks _ 19C Awaits _You at the Fife and Drum Inn (and Cafeteria) 822 Conn. Ave. N.W. —_—————— Nassau—Take &“Florida Special” to Miami. Tri-weekly sailings. Atlantic Coast Line, 1418 H st. n.w. Tel. Main 7800.—Adver- tisement. will be continued e Tyler. The conclusions reached in the two reports are arrived at in about BERNSTORFF GQODS HELD. ‘The House voted to accept J. Pier- t Morgan's offer of his London|434,757.000 francs, as against 11,875, | the same manner, Mr. Levering said. : RUSH PACKER INQUIRY. i f-’::‘mene‘;'g:; an’ &:neoflcun:flnb:ss{ 600000’ the rprevm:.dy..‘; e Appolntments to Cabinet Posts AV NN Senate Adopts Amendment to Alien In Our Photo Department slz:m?h ind fo authorize the expenditure of | In ‘ance had an adve & :"..o.ufmn for the purchase of an em-|ance of 23.919,667,000 francs. vee bal-| BONUS PLEA IN SENATE. Will Not Necessitate Imme- |Agriculture Committee to Consider PR lmflfif‘;;m s 0 8 by 10 Enhrgements ‘va‘lcml sitions were presented as amendments Bill Without Hearings. g g ringer diate Resignation. Members of the republican national committee and other officials of that party, from Chairman Hays down, will be kept in their political posi- tions for a time after March 4, re- gardless of cabinet and other federal appointments, according to definife announcement made yesterday by officials at republican headquarters republican, Pennsylvania, the Senate, stopped wrangling over emergency tariff proposals long enough yester- day to adopt an amendment to the alien property act so that the wife of Count von Bernstorff can’t get her valuables back from the alien prop- erty custodian, while the property of daughters of Henry White, American commissioner to the peace conference, Many Organizations Petition Addi- tional $240 for Federal Employes. Senators are receiving many peti- tions from organizations in the vari- ous states requesting that the $240 bonus be allowed the government em- ployes during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922. Petitions from the city commissioner of Sault Ste. Marle, Mich., to the diplomatic appropriation bill yesterday. The proposal to instruct the Stafe Department to accept the Morgan house was made by Representative Walsh _of Massachusetts, and the proposition to provide an embassy in + Paris was offered by Representative Longworth of Ohio, The latter point- ed out that, owing to the present rate of exchange, property ordinarily cost- The House agriculture committee voted, 11 to 5, yesterday to proceed with consideration of the Senate meat in- dustry regulation bill without hear- ings. A previous motion by Repre- sentative McKinley, republican, Illi- nois, to hold hearings for five days was defeated, 7 to 9. The committee began work at once on its report. Chairman Haugen offered a substi- THOM SPEAKS FOR ROADS. Asks Partial Payments of Money Owed by U. S. Legtslation to authorize partial pay- ments to railroads on accounts owed by the government was urged yester- day before the Senate interstate com- Saves money—saves clothes—saves work— saves time—saves steps— and safeguards the health of the operator. 35¢ You will always find it pays to have. Photo work done by Leese. is held. ! d the executive of the Miochi, tute which would put the packers un- Optical Ces 2 ey o o b Tt hasedl | o e thy NALred P | R eration of Labor, urging that the | here. der the Secretary of Agticulture and | Senator Knox thus described the M. A. LEESE wia 9tk S| If you want a washer that will o mendments were adopted by | 8o0iation of Railway ' Execatives |bonus be allowed were presented in| It Was regarded as certain they|the stock yards under the Interstate | Sicrescarporn womman married to o clean” your clothes perfectly and viva-voce vote. Mr. Walsh aid ner|Howard Eiliott. president of the |the Senate yesterday. said, that Chairman Hays woul Commerce Commission. enemy alien prior to the war could without wear—which has been de- The legislative, executive and judi- cial appropriation bill, which is now before the Senate appropriations com- mittee, will be reported to the Senate containing provision for the bonus, it is predicted by members of the com- mittee. It i8° expected the bill will be completed by the committee this week. appointed to the cabinet, but that this would in nowise affect his political position within the party, at least not for a time after the new administration comes into office. The plan had been agreed to, it was d, because of the necessity of keeping the party’ machinery intact immediately after the inauguration of President-elect Harding. A great deal of work remains for the national committee, including the raising of funds to meet the deficit incurred during the recent campaign. ‘The deficit of $1,800,000 which the party faced after the campaign al- ready has been materially reduced, it was said yesterday. The $200,000 floating debt has been pald .and $400,000 has been collected by letters of solicitation sent out By the com- mittee to republicans throughout the country. The deficit today is ap- proximately $1,000,000, officials said. Northern Pacific Rallroad, Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania and Danfel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio also appeared, but did not testify, having given statements to the House com- mittee_which has reported the bill favorably. —_— MOBS HARASS GUATEMALA. Further politi disturbances in Guatemala are described in unofficial advices received here yesterday. A mob gained such headway January 25 in Guatemala City, it was stated, as to burn down the school of medicine be- fore the police could get control. Former President Estrada Cabrera had been removed from the place where he has been detained since his deposition to the old fortress of San Jose, on the outskirts of ‘the capital. ‘The reason given by authorities for the transfer was that it was believed ke would be safer in the fortress. discuss his amendment and it was not debated. Mr. Longworth said that failure of the United States to provide suitable legations and embassies had restrict- ed many of the most desirable and Smportant posts in government serv- jce to wealthy men. An effort should be made, he continued, to put such positions within reach of capable men e amendmenta, und e amendments, under parliamen- tary rules, are both subject to an- ther vote before passage of the dip- and consular bill. Representa- tive Conally, democrat, of Texas an- nounced he would demand another ‘yote on the Walsh porposal, while eatative Blanton, democrat, of 2 similar announcement fegarding the Longworth amendment. —_— f Vielets—Rowes. Yovely specimens at Gude’ De- Bverct axywhere, 1316 Fe—rdvt, R e Mlc & dauEhter | veloped to the height of mechanical of American parents, rn abroi an . 3 married to an enemy alien, was called perfection, have us send a Coffield. an enemy alien herself. $l P PREE Your Home Balance in Easy Installments We gladly demonstrate, either in your home or gt eur store. 1 URGES THRIFT BUREAU. John H. Wallace Advocates De- partment of Conservation. Declaring that the nation’s pristine wealth faces obliteration from ra- pacious hands, John H. Wallaac, com- missioner of the Alabama department of conservation, in a formal state- ment issued here last night, advocated the creation of a department of con- servation with its head a member of the President’s cabinet. boon’t W ahiastin Boving P n on urging support for the McDuffle bill to create & de. partment of conservation, announced that an effort would be made to have President-elect Harding include con- servation legislation in his call for the expected extra session of Congress. By Hot-Water, Steam or Vapor- Preasure Systems IS OUR SPECIALTY We are ready with the necessary mate- rinl and expert workmen to iustall a new plant of remodel your present one witbout delay. FORD GAINS 2,846 VOTES. ‘Henry Ford’s net gain over Truman H. Newberry in the Senate recount of the 1918 Michigan senatorial election ! ‘was reported yesterday at 2,846 with' 2,006 out of 2,320 precincts in Mich- igan, including up to the twelfth; ward in Detroit recanvassed. Senator Newberry's plurality in the state was approximately 7,500. CALLS FOR $28,271,850. . Appropriation of $28,271,850 s rec- ommended in a minority report on the rivers and harbors bill, filed yesterday by Representative Small, democrat, of North Carolina, & member of the House appropriations comniittee. The amount carried in the bill—$15,250,000 —is _inadequate, 'according to Mr. Small, who also criticised the major- ity policy of providing a lump.sum appropriation in lleu of itemized amounts, CALL ON US COANY. —_— CHAPLAIN IS TRANSFERRED. Chaplain Ignatius Fealy has been relieved from duty with the 3d Cav- alry at Fort Meyer, Va., and assigned to duty with the 2d Engineers at Camp Travis, Texas, ~ELECTRIC SERVIE” 826 Twelfth Street N.W. Phones Main 1130 or 1131 Biggs HeatingCe. w. K, Gotiien, H. E Heatabersy, 917 H St. N.W. PHONE MAIN 4886 provisions of the measure. Proponents of the Senate bill £aid | Wash., on the ground that ai no such eenstruction of the menlure‘cmlhl not enter it from ev Y b8 . ’ o 3 VR v ey