Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1921, Page 1

Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press ls exclusively edtitled to the use for republication of all news dixpatches credited to it or Dot otherwise credited in this Paper and also the local news publisticl berels, WEATHER. Falr tonight and tomorrow, increas- ing cloudiness; not much change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours - ’ -raker. ended at 2 p.m. 2 p.m. today; lowest, day. : Highest, 47, at 2, at 7:30 a.m. to- Full report on page 26. Closing New York Stocks, Page 27, No. 28,039. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. he Fpenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Tar. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1921-THIRTY-TWO PAGES.’ PARTISAN POLITIC CANT BLOT ARMY' HONOR, DAWESSAYS ‘General Tells House Commit- tee It Is Sacrificing Heroes for Political Gain. U. S. ACCOMPLISHED MORE THAN BRITAIN OR FRANCE ~yhank God. Soldiers Were Ameri- cans, Not Democrats or Re- publicans,” He Says. Turning sharply upon House war in- wvestigating committees as a whole, Charles G. Dawes, former head of the Army supply procurement service in France, told one of them today that the value of their work had been ren- dered useless through injection of par- tisan politics. . “] bitterly resent this effort to reflect upon the entire Army because some poor devil blundered {n Switzerland,” he shouted. *You cannot put a blotch on the Army. What the hell did we go in for—to steal money? It was not a republican or a democratic war. It was an American war. And yet as a rule these committees try to bring in parti- san_politics. “You could use your time investigat. ing to a better advantage right here trying to save disgraceful government ‘waste. You could save more money for the people. But as to France, you haven’t got evidence to make a case if one existed, and I don’t believe it does.” Representative Flood, democrat, Vir- ginia, told Gen. Dawes his idea of in- vestigation® was to draw a lesson for the futurey if bad administration was , to say so; and if ‘was fraud and graft to find it and see that the gullty were pt Tells of One Grafter. “Yes,” Gen. Dawes replied, “but don’t let this thing go before the peo- ple as a partisan fight. Everybody wants to hear something bdd about somebody else. I am not here to make charges that would blacken the name of w_ldler ‘who canfot come in to be h Asked about grafters who followed the American Army to France, Mr. Dawes said: “Yes, they were there, some of th most despicable characters on earth, trying to help the Army by selling it things it needed at exorbitant figures. There was one man we caught and wm;- his name?: a ‘we_could have shdt what's the use! Gen. Dawes praised the*men in th Army, saying it was the now- adsys to condemn them. many ‘womén at the we but it didn't feaze the gen- eral, who swore canstantly. “Considering _everything, claimed, “the record of accomplish- ment of the War Department in get-. ting ready for war was l’ruternc- complishment than that of - Great Britain in the same period of time.. 1 don’t believe you can pick flaws there and I am not speaking as & democrat. “Thank God Army Was Amerfeas.” “Long after this committee is dead and gone, the achievements of the American Army will stand as an ever- lasting blaze of glory. You have tried to make a mountain out of a mole- hill. But, thank God, the Army was American, not republican mor demo- cratic.” Asserting that the people were tired of war talk and fault-finding, Gen. Dawes, banging the table, said: “There’s no news in it. If 1 wasn't here strutting arpund and swearing there would be no news in this.” Mr. Dawes ripped out a streak of oaths as he took up the attempt in me qlarters to criticise Gen. Per- shing. “It will be twenty-five or fifty years before Pershing’s place in history is fixed,” he said. *“He could not have won the war had he sought to put popularity above duty. And let me tell you—the doughboys now com- plaining will live to see the day when they will be proud that they fought Ilngerlhllm»" i eclaring authority and responsi- bility in the Army should be cen- tralized in peace times as well as dur- ing war, Gen. Dawes said the Ameri- can Army was “deteriorating again into a bureaucracy which is bound to prove inefficient. “You members of Congress who lis- ten to every whipper-snapping bureay chief who comes running to you wi a tale of woe are largely responsibl the witness stouted. % The general pleaded that the Army and its officers be ‘“protected from muckrakers who pick flyspecks.” Calls Some “Phnheads.” “Look at the pinhead politicians who are raising hell about promotions for men who earmed them in France,” he di clared.. “They’re doing It for petty rea- sons. IU's a dirty shame. 1 wasn't in the Regular Army, but I can be fair.” The committee was told the ‘*next ‘war” would “break out overnight” and ; that the Army and Navy probably would get into a row as to which was to boss the affair. Gen. Dawes declared the United States | aviation program had been a ‘“terrible failure” largely because of “overcon- fidenice and Inexperience.” Sven if we didn't have the planes, had the aviators, the best in the he added. lared the govern- sing its supplies “in ful “and disgraceful Army had when the the war. The has authority. he continued, entralized business con- avy taxation and a desire for economy has put thé public in a frame of mind favorable to such a (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) nner” ax the " Lincoln The Puritan Recently the ancestors of Abraham Lincoln have been traced to England, where they were driven out by religious persecutions. Then they came, with other Puritans, to America. Read this remarkable story in the Magasine Section of Next Sunday’s Star Order your copy today. France or P FALLS 16 STORIES; REPORTSFORWORK LITTLE FINGER HURT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 3. — N than Cohen, structural ironworker, who plunged from the top of a Tew sixteen-story building in Broadway yesterday, reported for work this morning. His fall through space was broken by a heavy canvas debris receptacle, stretched from the fifth er. His little finger was sprained. REPARATIONS REST ON ABILITY TOPAY Germany Must Pay Full Amount if Economic Condi- tion Permits, Says Briand. By the Associated Press, PARIS, February 3.—France still intends to see that Germany is made to pay her debt in full, if her eco- nomic condition permits of such pay- ment, Premier Briand informed the chamber of deputies today in present- ing the declaration of his ministry on the reparations question. “The French government,” said the premier in reviewing the decisions reached by the allied supreme coun- cil at its meeting in Paris last week, “has in no wise renounced the pur- pose of collecting the entire debt due from Germany, if she recovers her economic prosperity.” The decisions of the supreme coun- cil, M. Briand explained, meant ‘‘the payment by Germany to the limit of her economic éapacity, the principal | measure toward which is the develop- ment of her exportations.” Protection for Allfes. _The definite plan which the allied conferees had in view at the meeting, the premeir said, was to verify and fix the exact total of Germany's ex- ports, and the general result of the conference was to avoid a paradoxical situation in which Germany’s foreign trade would thrive through deliveries of her.products to the allfes, to the detriment of allied industries. The premier's declaration was re- ceived with great attention, but abso- lute silence reigned in the chamber until the end, when_slight applause broke out. The sitting was suspend- ed to enable M. Briand to read the same declaration in the senate. ‘The session was resumed an hour later, but it was not expected that the interpellations would be completed and a vote reached on approval of the a ian tomorrow. Reichstag Backs Simons. ] BERLIN, February ‘The reichs- tag parties through their leaders to. a 6d ‘the government's attie tude on the Paris agreement. The debate, which lasted three hours, was i ionate, barring interruptions | i & the.communist leader's speech, | the sole dissenting note in thé perlis. mentary chorus of approval. Df. Paul Levy, for the uitra-radi- cals, told the reichstag that the pres- ! ent situation was mirth-provoking, in- asmuch as it recalled the outbfeaks of officlal and bourgeois anger after the armistics terms, the Versailles treaty and the Spa agreements were ublished. He added that, despite ex- cessive protestations, the government invariably subsequently discove that there was no choice byt to sign. President Loebe, at the conclusion of the debate, commended the parties and their speakers on the unanimity | of their sentiments. He hoped the entente would listen to the warning | voices and spare the German people and ftself the inevitable consequencas unless the reparation terms were rad- ically revised. Fear Red Menace. Dr. Schiffer, former minister of jus- tice, and Herr Mueller, former chan- cellor, both approved the declaration by Dr. Simons and trusted that the | counter proposal would lead to. an agreement with the «ntente ' Herr Mueller de ed that the workers of all countries were endangered by tne reparation proposals, which would | convert the present economic crisis' into a European catastrophe. He ad- mitted that the disarmament obliga- tions could no longer be avoided it the German people were to be spared fresh and grievous visitations. Dr. Hergt, for the national party, said he would have liked a more de- cisive tone in Dr. Simons’ observa- tions on disarmanent. “East Prussia,” he went on, “ex- pects of the fatherland 'hat she will not be abandoned in the face of the bolshevist danger. No German ought to assist the entente in imposing un- ld)l’t‘ted ntedly hard disarmament con- itions.” EUSTIS AND CHILDREN BECOME “CORCORANS” Justice Stafford of the District Su- preme Coirt today authorized George Peabody Eustis to change his name to .George Eustis Corcoran. The wife and two children of Mr. Eustis are also permitted to assume the name Cor- coran. | Mr. Eustis informed the court that he is the grandson of Willlam W. Cor- coran, philanthropist and donor of the | Corcoran Gallery of Art and wishes to perpetuate thé name of his grand- father. Mr. Corcoran left no descend- ants bearing the name of Corcoran. Attorney Frank Stetson presented the application of Mr. Eustis to the court. Today’s News in Paragraphs Episcopal board advises against blue| law campaign. Page 1| Glory of Army being sacrificed for gain | of partisan politicians, Dawes tells House committee. . Page 1 Failure of Great Falls project will op Washington to the RS of p.:u?::: drinking water, government neer- ing expert declares. age 1 Ten-thousand-dollar fire loss at two- alarm fire at Georgetown University. Sin_Sinn Fei and ey n Sinn Feiners lour poli Killed In Ireland. D e Democrats now insisting on vote on tariff. Page 2 Army stands solidly behind Dawes in vitriolic attack on layman critics. Page 2 Forelgn news in brief. Page 3 House. committee favorably reports on disarmament conference. Page 4 Ktamer extends order stoppin; - drawals from bonded warthogsen " Page 4 Soldiers hold up motorists in search for ‘escaped prisoner. pEShilon Senators propose cleari: th urgent legistation. . © " Page sy School board mslu'flhm to keep nigh ‘schools open untl Congress passes deficiency DilL Boamee Sallors of Atlantic- fleet-attend bull InPesiy. : : fight ARMED REVOLUTION TOMAKEU. 5. RED IS MOSGOW ORDER L] Leadership in Strikes and No-Work Movements Urged on Communists of America. DOWN WITH CONGRESS, ONE CAMPAIGN SLOGAN | Break Labor Federation and Work With I. W. W. Another Demand. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. ‘Copyright, 1021. PARIS, France, February 3.—Here- with is the full, authentic text of the letter of instructions from the di- rectors of the Third Internationale in Moscow to the American communists for the overthrow of the American government and the establishment of a communist regime in the United States. The letter was typewritten in Russian and signed by N. Buchar- ine and J. Berzine for the exccutive committee of the Communist Interna- tionale and dispatched to the United States by a confidential messenger. THe writer has seen a photograph of this letter, which has just been re- ceived here through - underground channel. The signatures have been verified and the authenticity of the document is vouched for by Gregor Alexinsky, a former socialist deputy in the Rus- sian duma, and by M. Bourgseff, the liberal agent who unmagked the workings of the czar's secret police before the war. . 1 am in a position to place a photo- graphic copy of this document in the hands of the American State Depart- ment if it is desired. It bears no ad- dress. Translation of Document. Translated, it read as follows: “Respected Comrades: RY EXPECT HARDING TO NAME CABINET BY NEXT MONDAY Lowden Slated for Secretary of Navy—Mel- lon, Fall and James J. Davis Are Expect- ed to Accept Portfolios. BY N. 0, MESSENGER. This ¢ 0 e situation gives em- Information reaching Washington Biphase cfithg sicu= L3 phasis to Montana's indorsement “Allow us to communicate to you certain of our ideas relative to-action | in the United States: | “1. We believe that following the, exclusion of scveral national sevtions from the American socialist party, the time has come to form a communist arty in the United States, which shall * Delong to the communist internation- | ale. We believe that this party stould | be sed of (#)-8 soclalist propa- | ganda league composed of those ele- ments of the left of the American so- | cialist party which have now been! excluded from it; (b) of elements of | lhé’lrfl of the socialist labor. party,’ and’if & portion of this party Is not in a proper position a division must! be made; (c) of the Industriagl Work- ers of the World, who Fave already admitted the dictatorship of the pro-| letariat and the power of the soviet. It a communist party is formed it Bhould be represented in Moscow. “2. -We belleve that one of the most | important necessitics of the day s the creation of communist groups among soldiers and sailors—that is to say, military organizations of the com- munist party. These groups should capry on energetic propaganda for the | StEalion of soldiers’ and sailors’ so- viets and for violent attacks against officers and generals. Must Be Combative Organs. “3. Any attempt to organize labor soviets must not end merely in the| creation of philanthropic institutions. This is a danger which may well be feared in the United States and we therefore insist particularly that so- viels before attempting to assume power shall be combative organs for ! the conquest of the government and | the dictatorship of the laboring| classes. “There must not be a hair's breadth of devintion from thix task. Leader-| #hip in strikes, In no-work move- ments, in armed Insurrection—thin Is ' the duty of the soviets. | “There is also reason to fear the| division of the proletariat into differ- ! ent national groups. To meet this| danger an effort should be made to| create labor soviets of all different nationalities withinasingle movement. The nucleus of the revolution, how- ever, should remain in American hands. | “4. Our_principal mottoes are (m) *Down with the Senate and Cangress!| Long the labor government; he woviets?s (b) ‘Down with the | capitalista! They must leave the| factories! Long live the Iabor ad- ministration of factories?, and | (e) ‘Down wis e speculators;’ ‘all | meanx of production must be in the | workers’ hands? Particular attention | should be given to the idea of the | ucquisition of all economic organisms by the workers. | To Attack Business. | “Great efforts at propaganda should be made in this direction, against the high cost of living, against business combinations and against trusts. The soclalization of industries must, how- ever, not be confused with nationaliza- tion under a capitalist regime. It is highly necessary to attack President Wilson violently as being a hypocriti- cal brigand, and also to attack his league on nations. As for intervention in Russia, you know our point of view, but we must beg to draw particular at- | tention to measures which have been taken to strangle us and the Hun- garians economically. You must point out how the great democracies are playing the hangman’s role. “3. Give grent attention to the American Federation of Labor. Break | it and work harmonfously with the! Industrial Workers of the World to form professional revolutionary or- wunizations. “6. Ruthless propaganda should be carried on to spread the idea of the workers being armed. Revolutionary soldiers who leave the army must keep their guns. Our general motto is ‘an international soviet republic.’ You must intimidate the people by the stimulation of fear of new wars which capital is pre- paring. You must fight by every means, including the most extreme measures, the armed organizations of the middle o Seeret General Hepdquarters. 7. You must act under a central ad- ministration and you must not: allow yourselves to be beaten in isolated groups. ‘You must establish secret general head- quarters of the revolution.” The document ends with a word of | salutation and the signatures of Boucha- rine and Berzine, as already stated. The letter is not dated, but Alexinsky be- lieves from internal evidence that it was written within the last three or four months. — ‘ STANDARD OIL eUTS WAG NEW YORK, February 3.—Emplo at all_of the refineries of the Stene ara” oil Company of have voluntarlly ‘accepted & redue. Uon _of one-half . thetr cost: of liy- ing bonus, effective February 15, it wis announced here at_the fices of the company. The ral of- duction is | TSN { nouncement Col. William Boyce Thompson. Mis- souri also has an available man in ' Walter Dickey of Kansas City. Former Senator Weeks, from the | day of the election, has bren assured |of a place in the President’s official, family. The war porifolio b ‘prefercnce instead of the Navy. al- though he is a graduate of the Naval ! Academy. Open ‘to Hays Sltice November 2. Likewise, the postmaster general-! ship has been open to Will H. Hays ! since November 2, and i« sill onen to fim, and opiy the formality of his ac- céptance remaing,” It {s beifeved this will be forthcoming shortly. His du- tles as national chatrman and the act that a most lucrative legal connection was offered him in New York account | for the delayed decision. All the today forecasts a possible definite an- trom President-elect Harding by next Monday of the men he has selected for his cablnet. The delay is said to be occasioned by his waiting for the acceptance of the tender to one man. It is said that former Gov. Frank 0. Lowden will be the Secretary of the Navy, and that the only post re- maining unfilled at this time is that of Secretary of Commerce. The list as it now stands is. as fol- Segretary of _ State—Charles E. Hughes of New York. Secretary of the Tn‘:asu{y“Andrew W. Mellon of Pennsylvanla. Secretary of War—John W. Weeks ern man will be chosen for Commerce. | | ments of Massachusetts. Attorney General—Harry M. Daugh- erty of Ohio. Secretary of the Interior—Albert B. Fall of New Mexico. Postmaster General—Will H. Hays of Indiana. Secretary of Agriculture—Henry C. Wallace of Towa. Probable selections folios are: Sacretary of the Navy—Frank O. Lowden of Iilinois. Secretary of Labor—James J. Davis of Pennsylvania and Indiana. Dawes Likely to Serve. Gen. Charles G. Dawes of Illinols was first tentatively chosen for the Treasury, but it is siid that Mr. Hard- ing hopes rather to enlist s services for other port- | at the head of a commissiof to reor- ganize and co-ordinate the depart- f the government. The fact that Gen. Dawes apd Qov. Lowden hail from Tllinois is known not to con- stitue a bar to the recognition of both. - *’Geographically, the cabinet as made up to date fails to include the far West. The secretaryship of the Inte- Mor is usually allotted to that sec- tion, but having this time been as- signed to the southwest (New Mexico) it seems probable that another west- 10000 FIRE L0SS while, however, he has been predis- posed to glve his services to the new administration in ahy -capacity de-| sired, repardless of personal sacrifice. Although essentlally a party man, should he accept the portfolio. he will, | it is said, take up the task of rehabilitat- | ing and reorganizing the postal service | as a great constructive undertaking, and in no sense In the role of a partisan or spoilsman. His organizing ability has| been abundantly demonstrated in politi- i cal life, and there is full confidence that | he will bear the further test in the im-, portant governmental ‘work assigned him. i Pressure for cabinet recognition for, Gen. Leonard Wood, as Secretary of War. which i still persistent, has also proved futile. Mr. Harding does not ! belleve an Army officer should be at| the head of the department. There i8 a well authenticated report that the next governor-general of the Philippines will be a' military man of | distinction. open and it is known that the President | will place in this post a business man of | high standing. i Two other mames are also under consideration for Secretary of Com- merce, Charles B. Warren of Michigan | and Cussius H. Huston of Chattanooga, Tenn. RAILROADS PRESS i construction The secrétaryship of Commerce is still | NAVY STILL RELIES ON MAJOR WARSHIP Airplane and Submarine Have Not Supplanted It, Report Holds. The major ship remains the basis of ! the airplane and the submarine have supplanted it are asking the country to “accept hopes for accomplish- ment.” the Navy general board says in a report to Secreturv Daniels, made | {public to “The g ral board ing kept in itouch with naval progress wiong all Pines 8438 the report. “riftorates its belief in tha hattieships as forming ,the principal unit« of the flect rout them the United States eanmot hope to-cope with existing navies.” Urglng that “equality in power be the continuing naval policy of the United States” the board says there is “no thought of instituting interna- | and that | tional competitive building” “no other nation can in reason tak exception to sgeh a position.” % It canndt justly be construed as a challenge,” the report continued. “A 'ymhcy of equal or substantially equal :;";l::y::nm"vlnnydwbll tend, to diminish owth and to less of sudden war.” - S aaneen Approved by Daniels. The report, signed by Rear Ad- mll’;'ul ’f‘harles J. Badger, president 2 former commander-in-chief the Atlantic floet, was s oot was a Secretary Daniels, and wagp:::::mlbl): ted by him to the Senate naval com- mittee for its information in consid- (:rlm: pending disarmament. and ‘n:\'::! hlulida}"' resolutions. sserting that the guiding that had shaped the K‘.n?rnlxbg::'ldc'z recommendations since wias that of eventually creating Navy equal to the strongest in the wo!:ld. the board urges that “no rest period or limitation of armament” be agreed to by the United States that would modify the great naval bufld- Ing prokram of 1916, now under con. struction, in *“‘numbers, 3 dates of completion s Soeral ypes or “In the future, as at all time - vious to the world war, we ':h:llprlen all probability, have to rely solely upon our own tate of preparedness,” as a note of warnin was a n & the document Cessation of naval building by With- | | Great Britain is attributed by the ! general board to the great prepon- i derance in her navy of all types of i ships and to the present economic sit- {Two Alarms Bring Depart- | senlor_classroom, IN 6. U. DORMITORY CLAIMS FOR CHANGE. Witness Says 36 Failed toi ment to North Hall Just as | Earn Operating Expenses ' Classes Are Dismissed. During January. Originating probably from a defec- | By the Associated Press. tve flue, a blaze under the roof of| CHICAGO, February 3.—Presenta- North Hall, one of the oldest dormi-|tion of the Jailroad employes’ view of tory buildings on the Georgetown|the carriers' “plea for immediate University campus, caused a second abrogation of national agreements fire alarm today and damage estimat- [ was deferred” when fhe federal rafl- ed at not more than $10,000, The dam- | road labor board met today. It had age resulted principally from water. been announced that B. M. Jewell, One of the assistants in Fatheér acting president of the railway em- Torndorf’s seismic laboratory” discov- [ployes' department of the Amerlcan ered the fire and turned in an alarm Federation of Labor, would reply to Just as classes were belng dismissed [ the statement made Monday by at 11 o'clock. The first companles to| Brig. Gen. W. W. Atterbury on behalf arrive saw smoke issuing In volumes of the Assovlltlon_ of Railway Execu- from the root and turned in a second tives. The board] however, was not Slarm, which brought Fire Chief Wat- | prepared to hear Mr. Jewell and set son to the scene. 10 a.m. Monday for his statement. became - . (n’l;hir:‘d.“:ve:r:!u,::l::'m:onlr:lmlnLl.;:‘w 3 E. A Whi";lr.ox’h? hu‘db. en present- minutes. The building is used partly ing the rl rh s’ it evidence In . the ‘dormitory, and students who have present rules hearing, continued his as a dormitory, B of ‘where 'the ‘fire- | testimony today 'and 'also read into rocmE SUT the record a statement by Gen: Atter- working watched the opera- e Mrom their windows. bury, supplementing that made by Movie” men arrived soon after the|the latter Monday. . In f{ a firemen, and an dbliging student jump- declaration that.a recent canvaas of e & second-story window.to.pro. | railroads had supported Gen. Atter- :lde them with “flm copy.” 'I;xll act|bury’'s assertion that “many railroads have no prospect of earning bare ‘work of the firemen brought :“dlatz:e from a large gathering of|operating expenses’ upder ‘present P) conditions. Students on the campus. Thirty-Six Roads Claim Losses. North Hall wuhhum lln' 1795 and contains a small chapel, library and a| m4e new Atterbury statement said: “The canvass shows that thirty-six in addition to dormi- somlor cilities. It was recently im- proved at a cost of $20,000. Valuable| railroads estimate that they failed to carn even their operating. expenses for the month of January. Among these s and records were removed ?::;:-ut';.i library. The building was the scene of a similar fire about ten years)roads are: The Atlanta, Birmingham ago. and Atlantic railway; Buffalo and Sus- — quehanna rafiroad; Contral of Georgia rallway; etroit, Tol lo ang ronton 1S WEDDED 74 YEARS. railroad; rie rallroud; Great North- NCASTER, Pa., Febfuary 3.—Barr |ern railway; Gulf an p Island rail-| s‘}::‘l"' Who' is in his 100th year, |road: Hocking Valley railway; Long president of the First National Bank Island railroad; mnxunoum St. Paul D ariotta and the oldest bank pres- 'and Sault Ste. Marid rallway; Maine fdént in the United States, Central railrpad; New York, New Ha- ted with his wife their seventy-|ven and Hartford railroad; Northern Ponren wedding snpiversary."Ho % |Eacif railway Philadsiphia and daily on duty. He attributes his|™<ynile earning their ! longevity to “work and mére work,"” operating ex-. uation in that empire, A suspension of work on the naval building program for six months to al- low experts to determine, in ‘the light of the lessons of the world war., what types of ships are most useful, as pro- v:ded I‘!'l‘ the pending Borah resolution, “is nefth r necessary nor advi * the sl ihir el 'y advisable,” the All Threats Are Met. “The important facts regarding the naval operations of 'the war are already generally known,” the report says. Every, new weapon of offense that has fjrcatened the supremacy of the capitdl ship has been met by a success- ful mode of defense, the report declares, | citing the development of the torpedo as an illustration of the contention. The ints to the development of the ine @nd of ‘aircraft, and adds nvention will provide means for meeting the future development of these weapons and they, like tHeir dangerous predecessors. will continue to be . only adjuncts of the fleet.” - “It would be the height of unwisdom fot any nation possessing sea power to pin its faith and change its practice upon mera theories as to *he fature d.velop- ments of new and untried weapons,” the report says. “But that fact does not relieve us of the necessity of develop- ing to the utmost new weapons and in- ventions as rapidly as possible,” “It |5 easy to lay a bomb on the deck of a ship, explode it from a safe place and then exclaim ever the damage it has wrought,'” the report continues, “but it is a very different matter to place that same bomb from the air when un- der gunfire and attack by enemy planes.” Pointing to the great growth of the American merchant marine, the report emphasizes that no natlon /had ever been able to establish and malntain a large merchant fleet without. develop- ing anavy to assist and protect it. e s DATE CHANGED TO FEB. 17. National Representation Meeting of Chamber of Commerce. Announcement of a change in the date of the national representation meeting of Commerce was made yesterday. The meeting, which was to be held next Tuesday night in the Willard Hotel, has been shifted to February 17. The meeting will be devoted sole- 1y to national representation for the District, and the principal or speak will be Justice Wendell P. Stafford the Washington Chamber | All rights of publication of special dispatches berein are also reserved. Yesterday'’s 4TH ANNIVERSARY OF BREAK WITH | GERMANY TODAY Today is the fourth anniversary of the severing of diplomatic relations With Germany, and probably the only persons who needed no refreshing of their memories to recall the event are the policemen stationed at the gates and about the grounds of the White House. According to them, they have good reason to remem- ber the day because with the an- nouncement of the ending of friendly relationa the various gates to the grounds were ordered closed and policemen_stationed at' them. The day was bitter cold and this sentinel duty proved a great hard- ship. Learning of the men's dis- comfiture, President WHs=on the fol- lowing day. ordered that little guardhouses be placed at the gates and that they be equipped with elec- tric stoves and telephones. Since then the gates have re- ned closed und the guarahousex. with their pulice sentinels within, are still standing. and it is believed this order of things will not be changed until the next administration. BLUE LAW CAUTION URGED BY REPORT Episcopal Board on Social Service Advises Church Against Campaign. Pastors of the Washington Diocese of the Episcopal Church were urged at today's session of the annual con- vention of the diocese at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church not to enter at this time ny campaign in connection with proposed blue laws for the District of Columblia. the diocesan board on social service in a report presented by Rev. Dr. C. R. Stetson. It was set forth in the report that “it is quite evident that {moving picture theaters about the |‘Sunday biue laws' is part of a care- (fully considered schemé to arouse opinion to active hostility against any riction on commercialized amuse- ts on Sunday. “Things are stated as facts which of 'Sea power and those who argue that |are mere imaginings and the interests concerned in entertainment enter- |prises are, we are led to bélieve, cre- jating what might be called a ‘smoke screen’ behind which they may be able to carry through various laws of thelir own making. “Thig ie one side of the matter. On the « are various organiza- tions prepared easures 1o resrict work and amusments on 1Sungday, of . yazious’ degrens, of vigor. SR T ARt amons: then % as (0 whut it is they want a w it j& wize to do."” House Bill “Too Drastic.” The repe . 2 Bill now : pendityg i the rel ifg work on Sunday: It'was declared t6 be too “We wish some restriction] drastic. placed on commercialized amusement in particutar; and want one day of rest, but do not think this an op- portune time to préss drastic legisla- tion of a Babbatarian character.” in asking the clergy to refrain from entering into any campaign for the proposed Sumday blue laws, the re- rt says, “It is feared a trap is laid or the unwary by those -interested in maintaining the present state of will be held up to ridicule- and ob- loquy.” Attention also was called to the fact that there are some. who come from other countries where Sunday is one day in the week for all form of amusement, after the church hou and .that those people have never been taught to see any harm in this { practice. “We cannot feel that we are justi- fied in attempting to voice anything approaching Sabbatarianism ~of the Puritan times,” the report stated. Child Labor Bill Support. The convention was ‘urged in the report to give support to the child { 1abor bill now pending in Congress. Bishop Harding presided at the session this morning. The diocesan board of religious education, through Canon W. L. De Vries, gave a report in which it was urged that there be larger attendance in the Sunday schools. A resolution was offered, Which the convention adopted, that more young men be urged to study for the ministry, and clergy were urged to get into touch with the young men of the church with this in view. By another resolution, which was adopted, the Church Service League is given recognition by the dipcese. A resolution urging larger Lenten offer- ings In the Sunday schools was adopt- ed. The report stated that the junior auxiliary was organized during the past year to enlist children in church work. Rev. Dr. G. C. F. Bratenahl gave a report of the church pension fund committee. He stated in the report | that it is expected by the next annual convention certain recommendations will be made regarding a merger of the church pension fund and the serv- ice clergy rellef fund. Restriction on Collections. Action to guard against indiscrimi- nate collection of funds for social or charitable work in the name of the Episcopal Church was taken at the sesston, It was declded. in resolutions i adopted, that hereafter persons desir- | ing to make such collections must se- | cure permission from the board of so- | cial service, which, in turn, will get the sanction of the bishop. | ""A “committee consisting of Bishop | Harding, Rev. D. W. Curran, Rev. G. | F. Dudley, Corcoran Thom and Harry L. Rust was appointed to administer | the Phillips fund, which, it was an- ! nounced yesterday, had been given to | the dlocese conventlon. | “"An election of ths standing commit- | tee, deputics to the provincial synod | and members of the dlocesan board of | managers is being held this after- | moon. Action on Church Suffrage. suffrage in Episcopal Church affairs took a step forward | yesterday at the efternoon session of i the annual convention of the diocese | of Washington, When two resolutions relating to the subject were adopted. Bishop Harding was empowered to i and with such committee as may be appointed by the diocese of Easton, in Tegard to legistation which may’be advisable “in consequence of the nine- teenth amendment to the Constitu- on.” Y his resolution was_Introduced by Arthur 8. Browne. The committee Wwas given fuil power to carry out any action recommended at the conference between such committees, “provid: such action is approved by, the bishoff. The committee on the house of Cchurchwomen was continued until the next convention, & resolution ‘to this effect. being *adopted. Rev. Herbert Bcott Smith, rector of St. Margaret's Church. spoke_of “woman suf . This recommendation was made by | the present agitation in the press and | appoint @ committee of three laymen | to confer with similar committees ap. | pointed by the diocese of Maryland Net Circulation, 94,413 TWO CENTS. IGREAT FALLS PLAN DECLAREDVITALTO DISTRICTS HEALTH Noted Engineer Says Present Conduit Is Overtaxed and Needs Cleaning. ;WATER POLLUTION MAY [KILL 10 P. CT. OF PEOPLE | {Should Present Main Break, Calam- ity Would Result—Indorses Kutz’s Temporary Plan. Nelson 8. Thompson, chief mechame cal engincer of the supervising archi- {tect's office, Treasury Department, {Who has made an independent study |of the Great Falls water supply, and power project, today sounded a warn- ing that if the Grea: Falls condult should fail “at least 10 per cent of the people of Washington will perish as @ result of using infected drinking wate| Cumiag ou tne heels vi yesterasy's report by the United States board of engineers for rivers and harbors, tnat the conduit now is under such a strain in supplying Washington with water it cannot be emptied for repairs, Mr. Thompson's siatemeni, which is contained in a letter to Francis R. Weiler, ('hlirrr“tu of the water supply icommittee of tRe Washington Board of {Trade places new evidence before Con= gress of the seriousness of the Capi- tal's water supply situation. “It is obvious to the least imagina- tive person,” he says, “that an inter- ruption of the water supply of this | city would be a calamity, as there i no adequate supply of water in the vicinity of Washington that wouid be safe for drinking without previous sterilization. “Both the Georgetown and Wash- the ington channels of the river, stern branch, Rock creek, etc. all contaminated with sewage | cannot be safely used without chil ation, filtration or boiling. J¥ Taxed Beyond Capacity. | “The mathematical law of probabilt ‘}NCH indicates that after a lapse | i ! fifty vears of uninterrupted operation the time is approaching when the sin- gle conduit Washington will break down, and this {'is all the more probable for the rea- | son that as the age of thix structure !increases the strain thercon, due to sing 4 delivery, Js _incres 50 3'(%" 5! e prosent tha the conaule is taxed beyond the capacity dcemed i safe when it was constructed.” Within & week Congress has had brought to its tention. by Kl kger of délaying actioi & enginders of the e present wate: supply. MaJ, Tyler of the Corps of Army Engineers, in his Great Falle report: District Engincer Com- missioner Charles W. Kutz; the rivers {and harbors board and, finally, th | chief mechanical engineer of the si | pervising architect's office, all have | Joined in the unequivocal declaration | that the present situation constitutes a real menace to Washington and its citizens. N It is considered practically certain the federal commission will 3 3 e fall into it and proceed _power co :!’;Inl‘;"l!x!‘ Wf'" drastic Bund.‘; laws | make ‘a telling contribution to this | the churches and the religious people | evidence when it reports to Cone gress on the Tyler plan, which may be_next week. " Reperesentative Zihlman's resolu- tién to require the federal govern- ment to pay for the water il uses, de- signed us an ‘emergency relief meas- ure to prevent the waste by goverf- ment departments of about five mil. lion gallons of water daily, i8 not lkely to receive consideration at this session of Congress, it was Indicated today. However, the Maryland meme ber proposes to urge if vigorously at the extra session of Congress. = Points to Fire Menace. Mr. Thompson’s communication was addressed to Mr. Weller because hig committee has been active In urging legislation to make the capital secure against a water famine. Not oniy would the lives of Wash- ingtonians be endangered if the con- duit should fail, states Chief Engineer- Thompson, but “it is obvious that no conflagration of any extent, occuring when there was no water in the mains, could be checked. The result’ would make the San Franucisco fire, and earthquake seem a minor ca- i lamity.” Mr. Thompson indorses a sugges- tion made by District Commissioner | Kutz at the federal power commission | hearing Tuexday that, as a last resort. | water might by pumped from the | river Into Dalecariia reservoir to pre- vent actual suffering in_the District | from a water shortage. However, the | Commissioner makes plain that water {80 obtained would not:approach .in {purity that of the present sunply | They will not favor this plan except. in an extreme situation where no al- ternative is available. The Treasury Department official agrees with the Commissioner that the water obtained by this method would be contaminated, but states that “it, together with the regular supply, would be chlorinated and ren- dered absolutely safe for use.” “This temporary expedient.” he continues in his letter to Mr. Weller, “would cost not to exceed $300,000, and it seems to me should be installed s soon as possible.” . Indorsen Conservation Plan. f Mr. Thompson emphasizes the fm- | perative necessity of stopping waste | Dt Water by government departments.. | In this connection he states: | "M.In order to put a stop to the crimi- | nal waste of water used for condens- ing purposes by the government prin |ing office, bureau of engraving and | printing, State, War and’ Navy bulld- | Ing and the Agricultural Department,: it will be necessary to install certain electric feeders from the power plant at the navy yard to the Capitol power plant, and thence to each of the build- Togs named. so that the electric gen- erating apparatus Installed in these buildings may be shut down and cur- rent’ furnished from the navy yard piant, which, all things considered, | Bhould be the logicsl source of cur- Tent for all the activities mentioned. "“The cost of carrying out the above mentioned desirable changes, together. With a necessary increase in capaci of the power plant at the navy i Woula be approximately $1,600,000. It would seem of sufficient impor- tance for you and youn committee to i of using filtered city water for con- | densing purposes stopped at once, per- mitting the exhaust steam from the lengines and turbines to go eutward® lin all cases where it is mot so com- nected as to be conserved and used for heating purposes, until such time s an appropriation ¢an be obtained or Installing the cables. etc., from the navy yard plant, &s noted and then P18 very obvious that the practios 8 Vi ol i of using city water_for supplylng the city of ° !take active steps to have the practice - Yo shut down il this pe’ -