Evening Star Newspaper, February 2, 1921, Page 1

~ PLANS, SAYS PARIS ended at 2 p.m. today: day. WEATHER. Cloudy tonight: tomorrow fair; mot | much change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 41, at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 29, at 7:30 a.m. to- Full report on page 20. l Closing New York Stocks, Page 24. - Che bening Staf. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Member of the Associated Press The o Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for ication of all news dispatchos || dited to 1t or no* otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news All Tights of publication of special s o are also resersed, ablished Lerein, No. 28,038 Entered as second-class matter post_office Washington, BCT WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 -y 1921 - TWENTY-EIG I~| 1 Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 92.662 ;i'\\'fl CENTS. ALLIES WILL FORCE BERLIN T0 ACGEPT Denies German Right to Stip- ulate Basis for Negotiations on Reparation. LONDON HINTS TAX LEVY MAY BE ALTERED LATER Britain Will Adhere “in Main” to Paris Agreement, But Tone Is Less Severe. By the Associated Press. Iy PARIS, February 2—Official infor- mation regarding the German attitude toward the reparation terms formu- Jated by the supreme council last week had not come into possession of the French government up to this aft- ernoon. It was said in official circles, however, that if the unofficial advices receiveq here were accurate, and that Foreign Minister Simons had in reahh cept the ¢ announced z refusal to accept s ha 5 basis for negotiation, this would not change the attitude of the allies, who consider the decisions reached at Paris merely as devau‘? in the execution of the treaty of Ver- sailles. The allies, it was stated, 2 mined not to reopen SHoates boriously settled by them. v may refuse to negotiate the treaty, but she will not be allowed to say on what basis she will or will not negotiate, since the entire discussion concerns an undertaking to which Germany put her signature. If she wants to pre- sent objections regarding the mode of execution, it was added, they W examined. If she refuses execution. the allies will notify B|¢‘rhn of the four nalties fixed in Par P he Brussels conference set for Feb- ruary 7 will, so far as information is available here, occur as planned. London Declaration Softer. LONDON, February 2.—The confer- ence called by the supreme council, to b d in London February 28, to ‘v:hic’:ll:] the Germans will be invited, will not be for the purpose of pro- nouncing an irrevocable sentence re- zarding reparations, from which the Germans will not be able to appeal, it Was authoritatively stated here today. The conference, rather, will be de- signed to reproduce a deciaration of the principles of Germany's indeBtedness. It is pointed out in official circles that the work of the Paris conference on reparations was that of making a solemn declaration of Germany’s in- debtedness. That declaration, it is as- serted, will, in_the main, be closely adhered to at the London conference, but the allies and Germany can adjust the method and time of the payments. 1t is even probable, it is stated, that the 12 per cent tax on Germany's ex- ports provided for in the Paris tei v'{n:l)‘ b‘i altered by the coffferees, al though the principle of the rizht to impose such a tax will be retained. The export tax measure, it is asserted here, was strictly a French proposal, advanced for the purpose of guarantee- ing the fullest protection from future -German aggression. Simons im Relchstag. By the Associated Press. BERLLYN, February 2—Germany does not consider the terms of repara- tion decided upon by the supreme al- lied council at Paris last week as being the final settlement of the in- demnity question, but the basis of fu- ture negotiations. This was indicated by Dr. Walter Simons, foreign min- ister, who spoke on the reparations question before the reichstag yester- 4, are deter- on so la- Germany s address was viewed as a cau- tious statement by party leaders who were willing to informally discuss it in the lounging room of the reichstag after, the session had adjourned. The prevalent opinion was that Dr. Simons had not burned his bridges behind him, and that his presentation of the German attituge might enable him to, gain important time, both in antici pating the-attitude of the new Ameri- can administration and in reaching a definite settlement of the fate of up- per Siles Rumors have been current that the present German cabinet would resign, but they have been given little cre- dence, as no other coalition govern- ment would be conceivable under the 1t unanimity of political parties pres in Germany. Only the communists stand out as the opposition. The opin- ion so_quite universally ex- sed ‘that the independent Social- ists could adopt no other attitude than one of stern opposition to, the reparat conditions, under wihich the proletariat would be the greatest suffer This view was promptly subscribed to by majority socialist who have made it known they would stand by the present government. Asks for Allled Government. pre m eta “Thé reparation demands are, above | all, a blow at the German working- man,” Dr. Eduard David, majority so- cialist leader and former member of the ministry, declared in talking with the Associ d Press. “The agrarian t be able to survive such positions, as they are able ves. The wealthy also would probubly a burden. But people would h not suffer under such German to the ve laboring shoulder the burden of such 0 German gov- nceivable whicl such responsi- oward posterity. as ce would produce internal chaos and lure holshevism to the, east- ern frontier of Germany. “We are quite willing to have an entente coali Fovernment. com- posed of Englishmen, Frenchmen, cligians, Italians and Japanese, take over the government of Germany and demonstrate the feasibility of the terms now imposed upon us.” ince the national assembly met at cimar to vote on the Versailles ce treaty there had been no such Jiensity of interest in governmental rs as was di cd yesterday afternoon when Dr. Simons divulged the German EOVErnments attitude toward the de of the recent supreme council. isions i1l be | ASLEEP FOUR WEEKS BRIDE-TO-BE SKIPS HER WEDDING DATE NEW YORK, February Awakened from a four-week sleep one day after she was to have been married, Miss Yetta Lehman, twenty-one, today said she felt no ill effects and would be wed in a week or two. ; Attending physicians said she had not been suffering from sleep- ing sickness. and that they were unable to diagnose the malady Fatigued from social duties dur- ing the Christmas holidays, Miss Lehman went to sleep January 1. and on many days she lay without moving a muscle and at times was delirious. SERIOUS PROBLENS Stagnation Impatient for Immediate Cure. President-clect Harding, it is de- clared by men who have talked with him during recent weeks, keenly realizes that the administration will enter upon no primrose path of dalliance when it assumes office, and consequent responsibility March 4. Profoundly sensible of the high ex- new he is aware of the limitations of ful- fillment, with the inevitability of partial disappointment. which is bound to react upon the republican party. As the ides of March approach, the problems are gathering in number and gravity, questions of both domestic and international importance. The most serious menace is said to be that some of the vexatious ones are mnot susceptible of treatment by legisla- tive or administrative methods, a though the country demands imme- diate solution, but must yield to eco- nomic conditions and the operation of natural laws. The blame for fai ure of a speedy cure-all, however, will be'laid at the doors of the administra- tion. 1t is pointed out by the statesmen- politicians that conditions differ from those which prevailed when the re- publicans took over the government in 1897, after a period of democratic regime. The situation at that time was peculiarly responsive to legisla- tive and administrative action. The mere assurance of the incoming of a republican administration promising sound money and an adequate Pro- tective tariff was sufficient to arouse languishing business, and long b fore the new administration took hold the boom of reviving business was on. Harding Is Depressed. Then it was a situation local to the United States. Now it is a state of affairs affected by old world condi- tions of appaling intensity and mag- nitude. The home troubles are suf- ficient in themselves to be classed as staggering, the statesmen say, while superimposed upon them is the for- eign distress reflected here. ( President-elect Harding is reported as being depressed by the outlook, but not despairing. His one hope is said to be that the country may realize these things and have patience while the problems work out natural- Iy, with such assistance as legislation and administration can provide, an aid realized to be auxiliary, but not compelling. In Congress men are wondering if a country-wide railroad strike is to meet the new administration at the threshold of office. That is one of the domestic events which would have far-reaching effect upon the resuscitation of business through legislation on the tariff, on taxes, on immigration and the other means of help within the power of Congress to extend. . Fear Big Rail Strike. Republicans are aghast at the pos-. sibility of the new administration having to suffer such a handicap at the outset. one of the heritages of the world ‘war, but its handling comes within the time of incumbency of the a ministration succeeding the one in power when it was created. Already the railway operatives are adopting do something” to help them, whereas the issue between them and the em- ploying roads is strictly an economic one” which cannot be legislated upon. Uneniployment, which threatening proportions, cannot be handled by Congress nor by executive ukase, yet it Is realized that the un- “the government's” failure to “do something,” and they will be prone to make the first bla mark against the republican party which will then be in control of the government. Among republican leaders in Con- gress there is deep solicitude whether this session is 1o add, to President {Harding’s embarrassments by failing [to do its prime duty of passing the appropiation bills. "They apprehend sharp public criticism if it so turns 'ouh and the charge that the repub- licans are inefficient. The assurance that they can be passed at the extra session is held to be beside the mark. The fact is contended o be that it is the duty of the Congress to pass them at this session, as is always done. Failure to do so Would be on account of petty jealousies and squabbling, it is charg- ed, as the country would recognize. Mor the leaders point out, everybody shares the feeling of Mr. Harding that the work of this Con- gress should be cleaned up and the extra session left clear to handle the {task for which it will be called—re- | construction. —_—— WITHERELL KIDNAPERS . GET LONG PRISON TERMS for Phone Operators Who Caused Men’s Arrest. LOS ANGELI , Calif.,, February 2. FACED BY HARDING Unemployment and Industrial | pectations entertained by the country, | The railroad situation is! resolutions demanding that “Congress | is reaching | employved will lay all their woes to| Los Angeles Now Raising $20,000! —lat the present tim EPISCOPAL BISHOP URGES COMPLETION OF NEW CATHEDRAL {Rt. Rev. Harding Appezals to All Parishes at Annual Dio- cesan Convention. DECLARES $200.GCO MORE Calls on Washington to Set Ex ample in Annual Contributions | for Big Structure. Appeal to Episcopal parishe the country -oprrate | Protestant Episcopa Nowver to e wit v of Wa at Wash by dioce [ ington in completing the wr | ington Cathedral was made tod tt. Rev. Alfred Harding, | Washington, at the opening | of the annuat convention of the d Bishop session | ecse, held today in St Stephe | Chureh, lith street near Columbia i road. | “We have reached a critical point in its history,” Bishop Harding told the conventioy, referring to the cathedral nd the nced for greater interest and help for the undertaking. “This year conditions in the build industry point out that the L ing in of all the foundations of t cathedral can be done more ec nomically than is probable in many i succeeding years,” said the bishop. H Annual Offering Suggmested. | He recommended that an annual { offering be for the cathed The diocese in hand cash ‘)lh‘dgcs amounting to about $150, wop Harding said, but stated ih: shall need at least 300,000 i 1 | fine | made has we { more.” shes all over the country are being asked to co-operate in the plan i of constituting Ascension day a day of remembrance, when gifts and offc ings from parishes and individuais may be laid on the cathedral alt Bishop Harding said that it barrassing to a: parishes the er dioceses to make such offerings u in ot 1 Washington sets the ex and he appealed to the convention to make the local offering an annual affair. Phillips’ Gift Challenge. ! “It could be made a liberal offering, 1 am sure, if my brethren of the {clergy would bring this appeal sym- | pathetically and earnestiy to the ihearts of our people and sel aside sunday in the Easter season for the gathering of gifts, annual subscrip tions, thank offerings for mercies re- ceived, memorials, ete declared Bishop Harding. The gift of the late Samuel L. Phillips to the diocese, Bishop“Hard ing stated, “is a challenge to the men and women of the discese and to | every purish to mateh it by rising to | equally generous giving in proportiosn to their means.” Bighop Harding’s annual address was preceded by a communion service held at 10 o'clock, at which the Bishop was the celebrant, thus opening the two-day convention. He was assisted by Rt. Rev. Theodore P. Thurston, missionary Bishop of Oklahoma; Rev. George Fisk Dudley, rector of St. Stephen’s Church, and Rev. H. Allen Griffith, secretary of the convention. America can give the world more { than relicf from physical suffering, | Bishop Harding reminded the conven- {tion in his address. | Need to Be Awakened. “We need to be rudely awakened to the actual facts. We are in danger {of losing the greatest opportunity | ever ofiered any nation. We are a I nation ir peril of our soul's life. And there is but one real remedy, the put ting into actual practice in our jives {of the ethics of our Lord and Master. “We need sorely.” Bishop Harding |continued, “what St. Paul calls ‘the power of His resurrection’ The church must awaken. It must sound clearly the call to repentance. “Let the coming Lent be a time of reconstruction. Let our preaching be the enforcing of the call and claims of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Bishop Harding paid tribute to the life and character of the late Rev. Dr. tandolph H. McKim, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, in the course |of naming those who died during the |past year. Succens Reported Here. Success was reported on the local diocese’s part in the nation-wide paign. Bishop Harding said that - (Continued on Page 2, Column i i By the Associafed Press, | ATHE February 1.—Direct nego- tiations for the settlement of near eastern problems between the Gr and Turkish nationalists are impo sible, said King Constantine today. He indicated he was not averse to con- ‘versation between Greek representa tives and deleghtes chosen by the sul- tan’s government, if such procedure was dictated by the interestse of Greece. Whether this attitude on the |part _of ihe Greek 5 would have iany bearing on the near cast confer- ence to be held in London late this | month was not disclosed by Constan tine, but he made it evident his gov- lernment would refuse to recognize { Mustapha Kemal -Pasha, head of the Turkish nationalists, or his delegate: Con ntine declared he would make no overturcs to former Premier Veni- | zelos, who is at present in France, | stating M. Venizelos must take the initiative. cedure would be out of the question 1 do not rec IS NEEDED FOR BUILDING | ‘While at Paris Foreign Minister forza of ltaly suggested direct nego- ! tiations between ecce and Turkey ifor the settlement of their differ-! | ences,” said the king. “but such pro- l EXPLOSION AT SEA AFTERVIVID FLASK Federal Coast Guards Strive to Determine if Ship Was Blown Up. By the Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. February 2—Federal coast guards reported early today that they observed a vivid flash of light at sea, followed !by the rumble of an explosion. The Little Beach guards were secking information to determine whether a vessel was blown up at sca. i | | | | | i | | | | | i | | The reichstag building was crowdeq | Arthur L. and Floyd L. Carr, cousins, | nizo Mustapha Kemal as a per: all day with excited members confessed kidnapers of Mrs. Glagys|worthy (o be dealt with. Why do leading politicians of all the purtics, | witherell, today were sep om0 |Europe make all this fuss over an' who were stanfing about in groups : sentenced tofgytlaw? Mustapha Kemal is only a izerly discussing the terms of the|Serve terms of from ten years to|big bluffi @ big bubble, and we could ntente and generally denouncing life in San Quentin penitentiary, Blow' him off the map as we would them as impossible of execution. This was the maximum 3 blow a fly off a table. it seems en: Leaders Calm Down. vided by the law. penalty pro- pist et i Uig i ancouit ondnce Mo The early part of Dr. Simons' dec. | A Public fund has becn started for the e responsible Turkish government laration was éhicfly. a e m of the ! S gperd Who located | i~ constantinople, we will not he entente proposition. But his words | @ call Which led to the arrest of the |\ % take (hat step, but an @id not reach clearly to the galleries ! two Kidnapers of Mrs, dys With- | cyssion must take cognizanci until he snnounced thit the German | erell and her rescue Monday, after | ciont o hold Smyrna and Thrace. Thi wovernment refused the basis of the e would formulate counter propo The declaration of Dr. Simons ap- parently was less emphatic than had been expected by many of the listen- to negotiate tente demane on . but rs. who were looking more for a aefinite position than a suggestion wiich might pave the way for an ex- change of notes between now and (Continuced on Page 2, Column 2.) 1$20,000 ransom had been demanded 2 vt o i 2 : lemanded, | i not an imperialistic policy. It is {but not pald. Mayor M. P. Snyder|our national policy. We must protect { made the first contribution. our people outside the homeland.” This fund is in addition to $2,000 of- Silent on Allled Couneil. fered by relatives and others for in- formation leading to the rescue Mrs. Witherell, which, it was an- nounced last night, would be awarded the telephone operators. Police offi- cials and others waived claim to the reward. ¢ » of King Constantine said he did not care Lo comment on the results of the ng of the supreme allicd council ris, because his words might prejudice the case of Greece before the London conference. He declared he felt sure that the decision at Lon- | strengthen M. { tion and succes fhree guards—one from the South Erigantine station, another from the Atlantic City station and the third from the Littie Beach station-—pa- troling several miles from each other, report seeing the flash. Norris Smith. a South Erigantine guard, said that a few minutes be- !fore 2 o'clock the sky was suddenly lighted brightly and, after scveral sec- onds, there was the rumble of an explosion. “}rom the time between the flash and the rumble,” he said, “I judged the explosion had occurred some miles off the coast. I am inclined to connect it with the blowing up of a steamer or warship The atlantic City guard saw the flash and heard the explosion, but the Littie Beach station patrol, twenty . miles up the coast from Atlantic| City, reported that, although the | fash was seen, no sound was heard. CULMINATION OF ROMANCE | | MYSTERIOUS “7” | FOUND ON DOORS | SPREADS TERROR Some jokesters, armed with col- | ored chalk and a perverted sense | of humor. have heen spreading i what a hes terror among sev- eral hundred families in Washing- ton the last few days. and the police today were on their trail. The allezed humorists, various reported as riding in a taxicab or walking, have been marking the ents of Wash- ious emblem, embling the figure The rking, the police report, has been made on doors in several sec- tions of the city, a number of pre- reportiiig identical com- { doors of colored res ington with a myst re in- scribblings have been terpreted in various ways, the victims reporting to th that protection from the Ku Klan is earnestiy desired; others sceking consolation from _their pastors in the belief that the marks | have their origin in Satan himself. The police are inclined to believe the marking is intended as a joke and have assured the “victims” of full protection. Meantime, all pre- cincts have been directed to watch out for repetitions and arrest the offenders. TARRFCLOTORE FALSIN SENATE The ‘republican attempt to enforce cloture for consideration of the emer- gency tariff bill was dereated today in the Senate. | The vote was 36 for adoption of clo- ture to 35 against, less than the nec- essary two-thirds majority. The cloture petition was supported nian Attache in TLondon | Dby 25 republican and 9 democrats and Bz {opposed by 7 republicans and 28 Weds Daughter of Mexican. democrats. Many on both sides were IS B sy e paired. i LN D vy ot the taminian 1] Prior to the vote, Senator McCum- N on i Tondon, and Rese, daughter | ber. republican, North Dakota. sought De Covarrobias, inister to eat of Aiguel Mexican T were the Church sumption. this wedding was the ic circle of London. popular in gocicty in London, hav- ing lived here for fifteen years, while former Britain, married here this morning al of Our Lady of the As- The couple later departed | for Cannes, and afier thier return from their honeymoon will be at home in culmination romance in the younger diplo- The bride unanimous consent to fix a date for a vote on the measure, explaining that if consent were given the cloture proposal would not be called up. Underwood Makes Declarations. The agreement asked by Mr. Mec- Cumber immediately brought a definite declaration from Minority Leader Un- derwood, who informed the North Da- kotan that the cloture plan had come from the republicans, her fath Mexican minister. She decided ., it o )\ 2 a ecided to ‘“see it returned to this city last October| democrats had decide Riter having spent twe years in Mei. | through” Mr. Underwood added that co. been in the Ruma- M. i ervice for four years, Negotiations With Turkey Are ' Impossible, Says Constantine don would not hinge upon his occu- pancy of the Greek throne. M. Gou- naris, minister of war, will go to London one of the' Greck dele- Bates, as he is a leader of the domi- nant political party, and King Con- stantine asserted he did not see how the allics could refuse to accept the m ster if he was the choice of the government and peopte. The king declared he was the only one who could sign the credentials of the Greek dele , but added he would not co ptance of his signa- ture by allies as_tantamount of He said that it to recognize him their place to send the, ion of him. allies wanted it was r ‘ministers to him. recogn the The brother. king said such a thing as his Prince George, meeting M. Venizelos in Nice, as has been re- ported by Athens newspapers, was quite impossible, as Prince George and the former premier were never £ood friends. Commenting upon con. ferences between M. Venizelos Premier Lloyd ‘George in Paris, king said he hoped M. Venizelos would work in the interests of Greece and try to achieve the final consolida. of plans already be- Asked if reconciliation If and the former pre- ble in the future. Con- replied: “I have nothing to make up with M. Venizelos. The coun- try has shown what it thought of him and me. Tt is his place to come to me if he desires to make peace.” Hones for U. S. Recognition. The king expressed himself as be- ing pleased with the action of parlia- ment in electing M. Lombardo, choice the Gounaris party, president of body. He thought this would iounaris, and that he gun by him of the might be the lozical candidate for [the mext premiership, although that question, the king added, rested largely with parliament Constantine s he had no informa- tion that the United States would soon recognize him, hut added he was naturally hopeful such action would be taken. He said he was glad to see that President-clect Harding had ex- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 1} thet | the democratic senators would “listen to any reasonable proposal,” onqge the cloture vote was out of the way. Mr. McCumber replied he had hoped it ! Would not be necessary to call up the cloture _proposition. ~ He ! setting February 15 as the date for a vote. “It is not the intention of those op- posing the tariff bill to avoid a final Vote Mr. Underwood retorted. “But now’ that the cloture plan has been brought in by the republicans we ex- pect to see it through.” | “Immediately after the défeat of the |cloture motion, Senator Simmons of INorth Carolina, ranking democratic member of the finance committee, of- fered a proposal for unanimous con- sent to vote on the bill Frbruary 18, !and then modified this at the sugges. Ition of Senator Penrose, republican, to February 16. Just when it appeared that an | agreement_would be had for a vote, {Senator Williams of Mississippi, cmocrat, interjected, and declared ithat he would object to the fixing of any date for a vote on the bill, which he considered iniquitous. Senator Williams' objections was a distinct surprise to the democratic |leaders, who had planned to force the republicans to vote on this emer- gency tariff bill, believing that meas- ure is becoming more and more un- popular throughout the country. Senator Simmons urged the senator from Mississippi_to withdraw his ob- jection, but Mr. Williams declined. Senator Simmons then said that he and other democrats would urge the republicans to take a vote on the bill about February 16 if they would bring lit up. At this point Senator Townsend of Michigan moved to take up the post {oflice appropriation bill. enator Moses of New Hampshire offered as a substitute yesterday the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. Senator Tram mell of Florida presented an amendment for a tariff on grapefruit and oranges. These are merely samples ofsthe pro- posals from various senators in the interest of home produc Senator Townsend of Michigan, re- publican chairman of the post office committee, gave notice that he pro- posed to call up the post office appro- ! priation bill for consideration imme- ! diately after the cloture vote. He criticised the Senate for wasting time when important legislation was pend- ing and challenged opponents of the Fordney emergency tariff bill to”con- tinue filibustering against legitimate legislation and take the consequences. The tariff bill ran the gantlet of attacks by Senators Thomas of Colo- rado, Harrison of Mississippi, Walsh of and that the | [ . PUBLICITY ONNOLLY ATTACKS BUREAL {Head of Joint Conference on | Reclassification Dislikes Methods Employed. Chairman Jeremiah Connolly of the Joint conference on rec ification 'Etm!ly threw down the gauntlet to ithe National Federation of Federal : Employ by attacking the publicity | bureau of the national orzanization. | In a statement issued today, fol- {lowing a meeting of the conference {last night {1y attackdd the pu & of the National Federal Emplycs and the limelight artists can be held in check.” stated { Chairman Connoliy, “the government service will soon be th. it deserves to be. ra {man of the leg y the union, and fight th pected to be made th itive Blanton's sugge: partment of efliciency be considered. ative | i “If it is R {gudament next Congress, it is wi for a civil service co inext session. “To that proposition assented. Why, then, maund more ha eompanion piece i tinued ¢ “Phere ibranche of of many of the federation for i lalso the ac i Union, No. tve Blinton to speak before last week. | despised sand-lot that | would not be made into law until the te in recla legis hairman Connolly. Congress Chazirman Connoily bitter- ¥ departiment s work, and on of Federal Employes' , in inviting Representa- the unon Would Check “Ambitious Publicity.” “If the ambitious pu: city depart- Federation of o' field of honor ther than ti peon drivers {and soul-crushers would make it.” Mr. Connoily not only pointed out | his disagreement with the publicity | { policies of the national organization {as regards reclassification, but indi- cated that he will appear at the | council meeting of ['nion No. 2 Fri- | day night. in his capacity as chair e committee o ie proposal ex- at Representa- | ion for a " in the unior Defers to Lehlbach's View. ative Lehlbach’'s question | classification should go of re over to the ise and proper to defer to that judgement, convinced that he will bring out 2 bill that will be the entering wedge to the {splitting of the log that has so long etarded the development of ciliciency in the public service,” saia Mr. Con- nolly. “Representative Madden told our lconference that in view of the stu- {pendous task before Congress hi urt of we cheerfully shoutd ation?” men in who, hoth Son while hey are not willing to play the part lof ‘demagozues and give the {ernment clerks and labor gener Negistation that amounts 10 sy eial | g simple justice to the and those who toil.” 1 It was felt tod: Iy's defianc {to be a tendency tween Federal and the ional Fedes it is the largest unit. ALLIES RECALL VIENNA. February 1 stood all the allied zov ordered the withdraw spective military month. Harding faces task of s demands for econom Senate fails to vote clot ing would avoid ps ions are ready to d Europe may prevent sepa man treaty and Digest of foreign news. Representative Congress to vote disabled veterans {Supt. Bruce of colored | publicly denounces t oust him. will fight fop tion. ! $15, Citizen: sen! be “fast.” Senator Dial attar Commerce; President important.‘committees. Figures given show tota in Amdrican trade wil 1920. ake produced. v that Mr. Connol would hasten what toward Employes McLeod ! Inspectors find many gas meters he Suggested | privilege, are thoroughly alive to do- pubi rvants cen t be- No. a sp Union. ration of F d- {eral Employes, of which organization MISSIONS. —Tt_is under- rernments have al of their re- ions within a Today’s News in Paragraphs)| Turkey impossible, antine. Page 1 Enginecers’ board approves project to harness Great Falls. Page 1 atisfving public ¢ improvements immediatély after assuming office Page 1 ure for tarif. Page 1 acifism until an isarm. arate U. = _compell republicans to ratify treaty of Versailles. | 3 for help 10 ze ge 1 anxious 000,000 to FPag. public > who Distriet P Johnson minimum wage bill before Chamber of | Shulteis my Page 13 1 of $400,300,000 th Germany in Page 13 D. C. grocers plan to cut prices by buy- ing collectitely at points where goods Page 13 Massachusetts and Simmons of North |Navy bill reaches the House minus many Carolina, items. k] Page 15 ge 1 ity | CAR LINE MERGER DEAD Tiils SESSION, BILL FRAMERS SAY direct- ENGIHEERS' BOARD APPROVES PROJEC ittee Jus vote o unan riet committee would foree a P el EL T Report Declares Increasing st It oot of Capital's Water Supply . , ’“ Is Imperative Need. , Wi S CITES WATER CONSUMED <t to whip - on . AS MAXIMUM OF SYSTEM |Favors New $9.000.000 Conduit From Great Falls and Filtration Plant as Earliest Soiution. nited s At I woard of engincers riv and harbors in a report i ¥ 1o the chicf of cugineers of the | . concurs in the tindings of the ST report of Maj. Tyler that the harness- ing of Great fof power pur- Al + oses is 1 1 kell'd Kee-’ U. S. Prepared n 8 i onomicaily feasibie and the increasing of the Cayp I's water sup ~ > H ply wn Jrative necessity, Until Universal Disarma- PIy n lop racive necossiy | 4 by B Gen. Taylor, its i or me . the board's statement ment Is Assured. PIneludes an exhaustive review of the i noand cost estimates. oIt A\ warning against pacifism and un- sizes the seriousness of the I prepazedness was siven the House | SleF SUbbly situation with this terse 1tion: naval committee today by Gen. Per- : : I ne mmi lay by n. Per consumption of water in the shing. who appeared to discuss world | t of Columbia alread: i et i G 2 maximum of 40,000 000 gal e or mdre daiiy. about 13 c. f. 8. While exp: i) ; x1 of the’ which also represents the maximum proposal for armament | Capacity of the conduit, tunnel and conference the former commander of | PUMPINg plant. These facilities are (R0 Arserican. exaiattio s orey (unaer icimataniintrats ' no re- s the United States should o s there is danzer of com- {ahead with its present Navy and: s op s naption of the water sup: § Armiy programs until a definite agree- {1 °f The capital of the nation.” iment had been reached by at least | In Line With Baker. thy five wreat vorld ! The board's recommendation as to | “We should stee ar of drifting! development of hyd e {into a pacifi Griminasimply | foTe SURE R O e s P e poway Lot R ing thie sub. | €losely parallels sugzestions made o Ganow asserted. “Nome | vesterday by Seeretary of War Baker | Df us wants war, but we do not want!at the Federal Power C. lto “be “caushit ‘unprepared if warjy oo o€ el { oibe | hearing on the Tyler report that some agreement is had 1|Water power sites should be devel- would! say: ihat the aafe poliey for{Ouedifolsave icoal In\ithis omeers | the: United States to pursue would be | tion the rivers and harbors engineers | to coutinue our Army and Navy pro-|Say Hwl s and not allow ourscives to be| “Sound policy in the use of a con- hi unprepared as we were at the | 4inuing natural resource, such as ing of the world war. It is] WAter power. and -in the conservac Ao nnvise Tor one nation to] tion of an exhanstille one: aueniu : S lime a5 this unless| coal. dictates the utmost possible o likewite. 1 think I am | employment of the water power. The »sition to know better than any: District engineer (Maj. Tyler) makes an Cwhat anpreparednesyithis clear. but the board helleves the beginning BE The ampe | €ven greater stress should be laid e O e var{upon the point to the extent of dnc general added, that America’s eco-| SISUNZ that in the acquirement at nomic position'would enable it to out- | T AsOnAle frurcs of all needed prop- strip the world in military prepara- | g~ 00, Probs S o tion if it so desired, and that there. 1SPensable prerequisite to the de- opment of any waler power. there hould bhe ined to the further ad- vance requirement a definite, legally enforceable contract between the public utility intercsts of the Dis-_ trict of Columhia anad the licensee for this water power, binding the former to receive and the latter to deliver all available water power that can be used in place of steam.” fore they would realize the sincerit of a move for disarmament if init ated by this country and would sub- scribe to it gladiy. Thinks World Facers Disarmament. | President-elect Harding will find a' favorable sentiment toward disarma- ment amonz the nations of the world when he takes office, Gen. Pershing | asserted. ilization would be imperiled by cr great war among the world Larzer Figure Advantageons. Stating thai Maj. Tyler estimates that power can be developed at Great not| | powers the gencral said. Stagger 4 4 15 burdens of debt resulting from | Falls and delivered to substations in ! the world war made an immediat: | Washington at a cost varying from on in military expenditures |56 to 7.9 mills per kilowat 5 nperative to most nations, he de. | oo 10 7-9 mills 1 el clared, adding that he could “hardly | POrt continues: cive™ thai any power would de-| “Even the lurger fizures will, in ne to discuss disarmament if .« view of the present and probable’ fu- ! for a conference went out. ture cost of coal, prove adviniageous Some agreement might be reached | to the public, whose oblization i resentatives of the nations pay rates that will be rem | to discuss the question,” | lo the public utility com H general. “They couid at | Ufies every reasonable n | ch some agreement in prin- | chable it 1o escape the consequence | details of gradual re-{of the advancinz tcndency of the ! worked out in the | coSts of labor and fuel | The report. coupled with Secretary i | Baker's sug: ions at yesterda | TR rearing, was considered today to made practically certain a fa- report by the commission to Congres recomMendations. HARDING TURNS NORTH, BEGINS HIS RETURN TRIP deral power on the Tyler It also appearcd dikcly that the | Department of Interior, which is in- vestigating a roower projeet to ;Expects to Reach St. Augustine | cover the betwe Pitts- i burgh and Boston. mizht include the Next Sunday or Monday—Will | Great #u Is iz n in its prograi. The _ {superpow plan contemplates de- Stop En Route for Golf. velopment of hydro-eleeiric pewer in MIAMI, Fla. February 2—Presi-|onjt L e e e plants. y |dent-clect Harding turned morth-| Th. department’s report on the {ward today on his Florida vacation Dower project is being orepared un- P n e % _lder the dire tion of Sccoetary Pavne, | Sxin deaving early in the fore-{ywp, also is ember of the £ Acrai noon for Fort Lauderdale, the first power commission. The report is re stop on his way back to St. Augus-jauired to be in the hands of Con- |gress by July 1. Water Emerzeney Exints. tine. Most of the return trip will be madd | h Ip w District oflicials expressed hope aboard Senator Frelinghuysen'sii s, that the commission wuull,d houseboat Victoria, ' on which Mr.| ..ommend the handling of the water Harding and his party cruised from cuunly and power portions of Maj St. Augustine to Miami. They trav- pyjer's report as separate project: cled by automobile, however, to Fort i, order that action may be had on Lauderdale. where they were to board | | the Vicloria sometime this afternoon, th¢ after a game of golf on the Lauder-sition. 5 4 | date links S In reviewing Maj. Tyler's findings as On the way up the coast the Presi- |10 the water supply situation,” the ont-elect expects to Stop for polf ap|Doard of engineers for rivers and el ;;3"‘15"”'-[‘;]1( ¢ harbors. in its report, points out that = i 4 it B 3 a e condui now lor_two other points. He probably | he, demang, on (e COLTe (o Keen will reach St. Augustine Sunday orl|jt in repair. It states that two days Monday. | are required to drain the tunnel and Senator A.°B. Fall of New Mexico|that as this is the longest time the and Harry M. Daugherty of Columbus, | storage i McMillan reservoir will Olio, who were among Mr. Harding’s | supply the city no adequate oppor- %o ! tunity is afforded to inspect the tun- {Miami and his fishing trip Off theinel after the water has been turned Florida keys, left the party today|out. 3 B | and started north by rail to attend to| Maj. Tyler outlined three Patuxent business affairs. {and two Potomac river plans for in- Officers of the Masonic | Creasing the city's water supply, and o 5 o ese iewe ie rivers a | bodies in this city Preaiz g o0 SIS TEN oA is asserted that the Potomac at Great Falls has a drainage of. 11,000 Square miles, mostly mountainous, . et Fugsed and wooded, with a smail pop- of the Amerizan Le- ! jyijon so distant from Great Falls ted an audience by the | that there is little likelihood of water in- former us an emergency propo- | companions during his ecruise called | dent-elect Harding at his cottage ;“iharhnr. on rly last evening, pur-| 1t Harding’s request and | evening 150 members of | Miami Beach suant to M later in tb the local gion were President-elect at a local hotel. | contamination, whereas there are | The legion was the only organiza-|pabitants near the proposed intakes tion as such to meet the mext Presi-|on the Patuxent, which would involve |Gent, who shook hands With cach|g risk of serious contamination. Potomac Projects Cheaper. Two of the Patuxent plans would cost about $20,000,000 each, and the man. e | DELAY JAPANESE PACT. third about $17.000.000, whereas one % ¥ s _lof the proposed Potomac develop- Will Be Felt Over toHarding Ad- | 0T L3¢ 001" cost about $12.000,000, ! ministration. {with the other approximately $9,- i {000,000, | Official admission is made that the ! The $9.000,000 project, which would st of the Jupanese question | include the buildizg of an additional will be left to the Harding adminis- | Gonduit from Great Fals and an Conversations between Am. #dditional fiitcration plant on Dale- O Shidehara and Morpi,, Carlia reservation, can be built in dors Shidehara and Morris, gyt fwo and one-half yeame faj. which were concluded last week With |, i r says. v .ei i Other devel- the submission of their reports and!gpment would require” at least five wendations Lo their wovern- | e iy have to be reopened, it " ppe rivers and harbors board agrees | was indicated, Aller ot (oo hectiVe] with Maj. Tyler that this plan should be. oV TN e “€- !l adopted because of the shorter time re- ment arrived a 'According to State Department offi- cials these negotiations were designed fo effect a permanent settlement of a question which had been open for nearly thirty years, and a final set- tlement probably will require con- | siderable more time than is left to the ‘Wilson administration. Quired for its construction ing in cost mvolved. 1t is estimated this addition to the | water works system would meet the needs of Washington for sixty years, or until 1980, at which time, it is pre. dicted, Washinston will have a Popu- laticn of $00,000, d the sav- : a