Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Rain tonight, probably clearing to- morrow morning; warmer tonight. Temperature for tweaty-four hours ended at 3 p.m. t Highest, 43.3, at oday 6 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 34.9, at 7:30 am. today. Full report on page 23. he #n WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Star. Entered as second-class matter D. C. No. 28,045. post_office Washington, GRANT $240 BONUS TOFIRE AND POLICE EMPLOYES IN BILL ull Amount Favorably Re- ported in Measure Coming From Committee. THIS WILL BE THE LAST GRATUITY TO WORKERS Readjustment of Salaries to Be Completed in Time for 1923 Appropriation. Policemen and firemen of the Dis- trict of Columbia are granted the full i dressed man, with large, glasses, passed quickly into the cabinet room in the White House office building and an instant later was seen crouched mysteriously be- hind one of the big chairs about the long mahogany council table. The big room was otherwise de- serted. The curtains were half drawn and the guard at the door was busily reading a newspaper. The small man continued in_ his crouched position, and from a distance he could be seen fumbling at the back of the chair. He mumbled something and then drew a penknife from his pocket and applied it to the back of the chair. Presently a satisfied expression passed over his face, and he said aloud some thing that sounded like, “Ah, Ha! At last 1 got you.” By this time a group of unusually $240 bonus under the provisions of | the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill as prepared by the Senate appropriations committee to- day for report to the Senate. Members of the committee said that they believed it was only fair to the policemen and the firemen to give them the same bonus allowed other employes in the District government and the federal government. The bill also will carry, as hitherto predicted, the $240 bonus for the em- ployes of the federal and district gov- ernments, practically in the same form as the ixisting law. Notice will be given on the floor of the Senate, it was said today by mem- bers of the Senate committee, that “there will be no more bonus legisla- tion for the government employes, and that this will be the last bonus allowed. The hope was expressed that steps could be taken for the proper reclassification and readjustment of salaries of the government employes before the appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1923 is put through. Bill Practically Complete. The policemen and firemen of the District of Columbia, under the pres- ‘ent law receive a bonus of $120. This was granted them last year after a hard struggle in ngress. Their bonus was made less than the others ‘because they received increases in pay ‘last year. 'I'hz legislative appropriation bill is practically completed and ready for report to the Senate. Various new in- creases in salary were allowed by the Senate committee, it was said. ‘com: ‘of the B M Benate. ‘of the informa- nurncl;ru. g%%f H o) hen one each M“l-’:'- uniforms. Chicago the | receive from LR w"y friends of the local of living in this elsewhere uniforms cost - 2 Y - 19 3. I & i ‘as exacting as in to the ordinary polic- “federal property dollars has to be “Giving the men the bonus.” he con- '-‘vm go far toward keeping the wolf from the door and enable families of the policemen to present by equal to those of their neighbors. Friends of both the firemen and po- licemen are continuing their efforts to induce members of to re- spond to what they term a request for Sustice to two protection departments of the government. In Des Moines, Iowa. it costs $2,100 ® year to care for a fireman’s family of five, according to data collected by George 8. Watson, chief of the local fire department. The highest basic pay of a fireman in this city is the| same as that of the police, $1,660, and it is pointed out that the cost of living here certainly is no less than | in Des Moines. Capt. Bdward O’Connor, president of the Firemen's Association, who has conducted “ the campaign for larger salaries for members of the depart-| ment, has supplied members of the committees of Congress with a state- ment, showing the pay of members of fire departments throughout the country. In a supplemental list of twenty citfes furnished the committees it appears that in only three of them | are the firemen paid @ salary smaller | than that paid In this city. the smallest being $1.400 paid the firemen | in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1n most of the other cities, none of them having a | population of more than 130.000. the | salaries run from $§1,680 to $2,007. WILL RENT U. S. GIFT COWS IN GERMANY TO OUTWIT ALLIES BERLIN, February 10.—Cows donated to Germany by American farmers will be rented out at the Tale of one mark a year for each cow. 80 that they will remain American property and not be de- Jiverable to the allies under the peace treaty, the German agents of the American Dairy Cattle Company have announced, after a vonference with the German Red Cross concerning distribution of the animals. Joachim von Winterfeld, presi- dent of the German Red Cross, intelligent looking men had gathered at the half-closed door to the cabinet room and looked on at the unusual sight. They were reporters. Finally the plainly dressed man TAX REVISION FIRST JOBTOBET ALED House Ways Committee D, .ed on Tariff; Wants Tax Ahead. BY WILL P. KENNEDY. The House ways and means commit- tee, the revenue and tariff originating committee, is a house divided against|{members, and the voters w! itself, with Chairman Fordney in a very small minority. Chairman Fordney has announced that hearings on the new tarift bill will start February 21. Opponents of the plan of the committee say this would mean real work on the tariff bill during the last week of the present session, when the members will be forced to be on the floor of the House practically every minute. The majority of his republican col- leagues say they will not support Mr. Fordney on this. The country has been informed that the most momentous question that is being left for Harding’s decision when he is inaugurated is whether tax revision or tariff revision will re- celve -the first sttention of Conpgress. ‘The mafority of the ways and means committee are confident that there is no real doubt on this point and that revision question will be dis- 3253:“ An!.lor tvq"nrx good First—Internal feveniue pays now 85 per cent of the costs of running the government, while tariff pays only 15 per cent, so it would be like the tafl wagging the dog to tackle the tarift first. Besides, the domestic tax rate directly affects practically every citizen. ° Second—The committee has not the uisite information for drafting 27Tarilf bill, Tarifl, to be worth any- thing, must take into consideration the cost of production abroad, and this has not been determined. It will take the committee clerks three or four weeks to get hearings printed and statisties tabulated. Still fur- ther ti this, members of the com- mitte dissatisfied with the testi- mony of witnesses at the hearings. They say that most of the witnesses were not frank and were evidently trying to conceal more than mei They want time to ferret out the es- Jersey, Tilson of Conmnecticut, Tread- husetts and Copley of Ilinois, determined that internal revenue problems must come before tariff problems, the question arises whether the excess profits tax will be abolished. ‘These same leaders are firmly con- must be abolished, emergency legislation, has proved un- economic and because it has done more than anything else to afford ex- cuses for keeping up the high cost of living. They are pretty well satisfied that the final sales tax will be sub- stituted and that this will give the uitimate consumer a chance to see just what he is paying and prevent the tax being pyramided without the government getting any benefit. President-elect Harding has al- ready spoken his views about the revenue bill, and they are that Con- gress should speed up its work omn this measure. He wants the House ways and means committee to con- tinue in session right through what- ver recess there may be between the short seasin of the Sixty-Sixth Congrss, now nearing its close, and the special seasion of the Sixty-Sev- enth Congress, which is to convene soon after March 4. Behind this wish is a determination that the House committee should have a bill ready for consideration as early as possible in the new Congress. Fordney in Minority. Chairman Fordney's openly shown desire to push tariff legislation ahead of taxation legislation has few sup- porters in the committee. Repre- sentatives Frear of Wisconsin and Young of North Dakota are proba- bly his strongest supporters. Repre- sentative Timberlake of Colorado also probably will stand with Mr. Fordney, but that is about all. Representa- tive William R. Green of Iowa, the ranking republican. will not go all the distance with Representative Longworth in opposing Fordney, neither will he go very far in back- ing up the chairman. The fact that the tariff now pays only about 15 per cent of the costs of government is stressed by the majority of the ways and means com- mittee. This is to show the greater relative importance of the internal revenue legislation. In the old days the tariff paid 65 per cent of the costs. A careful, confidential sizing up of the sentiment in the committee indicates that when the new tariff bill is written there will be no rates higher than in the Payne-Aldrich law, and that most of them will be lower. FALLS FROM 8TH STORY. NEW YORK, February 10.—Mrs. Marion Peters, wife of Joseph R. | Peters, vice president of the Fairbanks Company, scale manufacturers, was says arrangements have been made to distribute promptly fur- ther deliveries shortly after their arrival. There will ‘be no delay in ml-pocuon-! :;Nl ‘ll::' cows will placed quic! the posses- sion of farmers, «’ killed early this morning when she jumped or fell from an eighth-story window in a fashionable apartment house. She had been wsuffering nervous disease and of & trained nurse, from a was in the care y- 8 WASHINGTON, D. c, Penknife Wielder Puts Mystery Into Cabinet Room Relic Hunt One More Brass Plate Disappears From Among Those Attached to Official Seats at Table—Secretary Baker’s “Ah, Ha!”” Reveals Quest. Early this morning a small, plainly) with the rimmed glasses approached rimmed | them. He was smiling, and in one hand he held a small brass plate with some lettering on it. It was Secretary of War Baker, and he had “lifted,” ‘as he expressed it, the plate bearing his name, office and date of appointment. which has adorned the back of his cabinet chair since March 9, 1916. “I realize this might be called ! ‘collecting the loot,’” the Secretary told the group, “but I was especially anxious for this little plate to add to my collection of souvenirs and mementos of my public service. I in- tend to attach it to the back of the chair I will use in my law office when I retire from public life.” Secretary Baker, however, is not alone as a souvenir collector. Only five of the ten plates remain on the backs of the chairs in the cabinet | room. Those who preceded him in | obtaining their plates are the Attor- ney General and the Secretaries of State, Commerce and Interior. _ Attaches at the White House say it has been customary for outgoing cabinet officers to take these plates and the five remaining plates will have disappeared beforeé March 4. BRYAN SPEAKS 0UT FORMANIN RANKS ad Means Democratic Party Must‘Rec- ognize That Authority Comes From Bottom. By the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., February 10.—“If the democratic party is Boing to be a force in this country it must have i1l not be willing to act through the democratic party unless they can control it,” said | William Jennings Bryan, at his winter home here today, in discussing the an- | nouncement yesterday in New York | by former Judge R. C. Roper of Ne-| braska, that he (Bryan) and his broth er, Charles Bryan, planned a reorgani- zation of the democratic party. Mr. Bryan said that he had not known of the setting of a definite date for the launching of the movement. 2s announced by Judge Roper. “I am | in constant association with my broth- er, who is in charge of my pape said Mr. Bryan. “For years the Com- moner has discussed these subjects in | every issue and always with the idea :: arousing the voters to express their lews. ““My theory has been that a democ- Tacy is a government in which the Deople rule, and a democratic party ?vua; r;‘e:omu% that guthority comes 0tto) o T o : m and not down ! ticlans try to use the rt; o ganizations and the voters for their own benefit, while the voters try to use the party organization for the ad- vancement of the public good. K Voters Must Controf, “If the democratic party is goin; to be a force.in this country 1t ey have members, and the voters will ot be Flling to act through the c pai oot party unless they can con- “I do not expect much of a; face movements, that {s, movne};n:'r: among the party officials. Progre: ‘will come through activity among the voters and they cannot act until they have a chance to select committee- | men. Prior to this they can organize ! among themselves, discuss questions, | pick out spokesmen and get ready | for effective action when the time for the selection of the committeemen omes. oThis, I think, they should do s is what I hope ti ibute o= ;l;ro:gh e Dlpehp 0 contribute “If the proposed meetings of th subcommittees or the full comenittde have no higher purpose than the | boosting of some particular aspirant for office, they will do little. If, how- ever, the memberahip of the commit- tee want to outline a constructive | 'pl::l::::: and call upon the rank and n expression of opin| may be accomplishedsr 0 O™ MUCh| NEwdse Roper's Statement. YORK, February 10.—A - ganization of ‘the democratic party is | planned by Willlam J. Bryan and his | brother, Charles Bryan, former .yudgel R C. Roper of Nebraska announced | here- udse Roper.is here to repre- | ryans in con pl:'olsreull!ve democrats. LRI udge Roper said it was the se ! of the Bryans to rouse the omiadis | class democrats” and give them the | oontrol of the party, “thus eliminating | the two elements now in control; the | x- e faction. \doo- Gx;White faction. and the MeAdoo Organization of clubs and forums for | the discussion of vital questions is| one of the methods with which the | Bryans propose to work. ..“The Bryan plan.” said Judge Roper, yis to_organize the privates in’ the ines 0 as to devel leegaoinsiito op an effective “The other plan.” he said, spea is to organize the generals, captains and lieutenants only, in the Lope that the privates will fall in line at the command of the officers. This was the plan followed in the last campaign. The result was an army made up largely of officers. The privates had deserted As in war, political battles are not won by com- manders alone.” Judge Roper said that March william J. Bryan's birthday, the pro: gressive program for the real reor- ganization of the party would be launched. —_— EGGS STILL “SLIDE.” Retail Prices 5 to 10 Cents Lower . in Today’s Quotations. Eggs are still on the slide in price. The retall prices of this commodity today were 5 and 10 cents lower than yesterday. Some dealers who quoted prices at 55 cents per dozen yesterday were offering eges today at 50 cent; who sold them at 60 cents yt.?e‘."fi; asked 50 cents today. Chain grocery stores wer, fresh eggn at 45 cents per wuinE When the price-slide will cease ong dealer said it could not be determined He, however, said he did not belioye they would drop much low, 40 cents. SEthan RE-EMPLOYS 1,000 MEN, DETROIT, Mich, February 10.— Cincident with announcement of the regular quarterly dividend to pr. l’erdredu ltockgoldon today, the Pack- ard Motor Car Company an Pe-employment of &1 additional” 3000 men, effective immediately. The com- pany has been operating with a force of about 3,000 men for several weeks, BELGIAN SOLDIERS FIRE INTO GERMAN CARNIVAL CROWDS 'Serious Fighting Follows Act of Occupation Patrol, Re- port in Holland. CIVILIANS DECLINED TO OBEY INDEMNITY CURFEW Boycott of All French and British Goods Planned by Big Na- tional Association. By the Asociated Press. LONDON, February 10. — Serious fighting between the German popula- tion and a Belgian patrol in Aix-la- Chapelle is reported in an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam today. The dispatch, quoting a message from Aix-la-Chapelle, in the Belgian occupation area, says a number of in- habitants of the town refused to obey the police instructions with regard to the carnival celebrations and remain- ed in the streets and cafes until after the hour:fixed for closing the festiv- ities. This resulted, it is added, in a Belgian patrol firing on a crowd, wounding several persons. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 9.—The presi- dent of the Hansa League, comprising 300,000 members and including all the principal importers and exporters, sald today, in connection with the an- nouncement that the league was urg- ing a boycott of French and English g00ds unless the Paris reparations de- mands were modified, that there was widespread sentiment among the league's members to use this method in protest against the allied demands. He added that he was supporting the movement. Look to U. S. Field. The president sald the league was arranging to proceed with an intense propaganda campaign, which was ex- pected, to culminate in & boycott agreerfient shortly after the coming London conference if the Germau counter proposals on the reparations demands are rejected. The announcement was also made that the Hansa League realizes that German industry, particularly ship- ping, would suffer from a boycott, but that it hopes to offset the bad effects of such a movement by an increase of North and South American trade. Those in* favor of the boycott express the belief that the chief advantage from such a movement would accrue to the United States, where they ex- pect business to give the necessary support. The newspapers today receive the proposal of ‘a boycott favorably, in- djcating the bellef that Germany is not defenseloas while, powerful com- mercial weapond are availdble to her. Simons Calis Experts. Dr. Walter Simons, the foreign min- ister, presided today over a confer- ence of some forty experts in finance, economics and industry. The meet- ing was held at the foreign office and there was a discussion of the counter proposals Germany is to make at the coming London conference. ‘Those present included Franz Urbig, di- rector of the Disconto Gesellschaft; Dr. Carl Meichior of the Warburg Bank; Wilhelm Cuno, general manager of the Hamburg-American line; Dr. Wal- ter Rathenau, president of the German General Elegtric Company, and Hugo Stinnes, director of the Woermann Shipping Company and well known as a capitalist. The Vossische Zeitung says that Dr. Simons and Dr. Wirth, the finance min.ster, will constitute the delega- tion to the London conference, but will take with them a staff of politi- cal, financial and economic experts. Banker Fears Worl By the Associated Press. HAMBURG, February 9.—Dr. Carl Melchir who was the German financial expert at Versailles and Brussels and who is a partner in the Warburg Banlk, told the Associated Press today that if the spirit of the Paris reparations de- cision reigns in the coming London con- ference “havoc must follow, which the entire_world will feel.” Dr. Melchior said that Germany must give to her limit, but that the allies must not demand beyond that limit. He added that the conference in London could become a blessing to the entire world If it accomplishes constructive work based on what is_possible. Melchior declared that he saw a black future for German-American trade should the Parls demands be en- forced. It was either ignorance or in- sincerity, he added, that prompted peo- ple to say that Germany had done little or nothing in the way of reparation and now was attempting to crawl out of her duties. He pointed out that the amount already paid and credited to reparations amounted to 20,000,000,000 gold marks. —_— GETS RANK OF GENERAL. Richard C. Marshall, jr., Havoe. former { major in the Quartermaster Corps of the Army and brigadier-general in the | Nationa! Army, has been appointed by | the President a brigadier-general in the Reserve Corps. During the latter part of the world war he was assistant chief of the construction division of the War Department, and was award- ed a distinguished servce medal for his services. He resigned from the Army, June 30. last. Fiddling Figures in Program Of House Tariff Constructors Houge tariff constructors fiddled on the job today. ' The ways and means committee had up the “violins” schedule, nd W. R. Clymer of Columbus, Ohio, was on hand with an armful of fiddles to contend that American fiddle bullders |, did just as good a job as anybody and ought to bhave tariff protection for their product. He also brought along a local vio- linist, who treated the committes to a classical selection played in turn on a $10, a $30, a $300" and an $1,800 fladle, the first two instruments be- ing a month out of the factory, while the $300 box was six years old and the $1,800 one nobody knew how old. Clymer defied the tariff makers to detect any differences ‘in tome. It looked like a clash of experts was coming when Chairman Fordney an- Pounced that he owned a Stradivar- iys made in 1713. Fordney Relicves Tenslon. Tension passed, However, when Mr. Fordney said to the violinist: “How about the Ar] iveler?” ‘The musician complied the sug- gestion, in a_moment the: llting easures of the old tune went nmckl- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1921—THIRTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. { i ! BULLFROG IS BLASTED | WHEN DYNAMITE LUNCH GETS NEAR HOT FURNACE The family of Willlam H. Anglin, Guy avenue, Hyattsville, were startled yesterday by an explosion in the cellar. The explosion was caused, Mr. Anglin claims, by dyna- mite swallowed by a frog which lay down too near the furnace. Mr. Anglin says his children, a short time before, were amusing themselves by making dynamite— a quantity of which is stored in the cellar of his home—into little balls and rolling them down a plank. The frog, happening to livesat the other end, caught them in his mouth. children tired of this after a while, and the frog. full of dyna- mite balls, hopped down into the cellar, picked out a soft spot next to the furnace and curled up for a pleasant snooze. The heat of the fire soon reached the dynamite, a loud explosion followed and the frog had disappeared. B DN TRES P " IASS OF BUSINESS His Attention as Vacation Cruise Is Ended. By the Associated Press. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., February 10. —Back at work today after a three- week vacation, President-elect Hard- ing waded into a vast accumulation of correspondence and other miscel- laneous business that must be cleared away before he can give serious thought to final decisions on the per- sonnel of his cabinet and other major ; problems. l Mr. Harding returned to St. Augus- tine last night from his houscboat cruise along the Florida ooast and esiablish offices in a St. Augustine { hotel, w will be his home until inauguration day. Only the most urgent communica- tions have been forwarded to him during his trip, and the stock of unanswered telegrams, and letters probably will occupy virtually all of his working time for the remainder of the week. Kept Away From Problems. While the President-elect was cruising on the houseboat Victoria he also kept as far away from his problems as possible, and it may be said authoritatively that the most important decisions of the coming administration, including the per- sonnel of the cabinet, are but little nearer consummation than they were three weeks ago. Definite selections are yet to be made for practically all of the ten cabinet positions, and in regard to most of them one guess seems as good as another. The cabinet appointments which Mr. Harding’s close friends believe to be virtually determined are confined to the portfolios of State, Justice, Post Office and Agriculture. Charles Evans Hughes of New York for Secretary of State, Harry M. Daugherty of Ohio for Attorney General, Will H. Hays of Indiana for Postmaster General and Henry Wallace of Iowa for Sec- retary of Agriculture are selections which_ those in position to know now regard as practically certain. Yet, even in respect to these it is (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ing through the staid committee room and out into the wide corridors of the office building, to tickle the ears of busy legislators and their helpers. Committeemen and onlookers sat with toes tapping and heads nodding to the lure of it. “Yankee Doodle" followed, then “Dixie,” just to avoid sectional sm. That finished the hearing, but, with a worried look, the committee ste: nographer addressed the chairman: .. “How,” asked the shorthand man, ‘am I going to make a full and com- plete record of this testimony?” Xylopkone Makers Next. Representative Fordney had not Bolved the stenographer’s problem when representatives of xylophone makers, also seeking tariff protection, uncased a few yards of musical cord- wood to demonstrate their case. That excited Representative Young, repub- Hcan, of North Dakota. He discov- ered himself to his colleagues as a man of accomplishments as well as sentiment by thumping out the mourn- tul strains.of “How Dry I " “This has been a relief.” said Chair- man Fordn: he symphonic session _of ttes ended. ‘commi “We've had little music here, chin-mugsic, up to nOW.” ' FALLS WATER PLAN FOUND PARAMOUNT T0POWERPROJECT Report of Interdepartment Committee of Engineers An- _ nounced by Moyle. Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury James H. Moyle, in an exclusive statement today to The Star. an- nouneing the favorable’ conclusion reached by an interdepartment com- mittee of engineers appointed to in- vestigate the. feasibility of harpess- | ing Great'Fuatis, added adaitional om- cial evidence to the record now be- fore Congress indicating the impera- tive need of immediately increasing Washington's Mt S L The committee in quest:on was ap- Dointed in April, 1913, but its report has never been made public. The secretary’s summary of its findings shows that it considers the develop- ment of Great Falls for power pur- poses practicable, but, that the cityls need of an additional ‘water supply is an emergency one, ‘which shouid be handled first, as recommended by Maj. Tyler in his Great Falis report to the Federal Power Commission. Composing the ‘committee which made the investigation at the instiga- tion of Secretary Moyle were Brig. Gen. William Marshall, representing the Interior Department; Briz. Gen. H. C. Newcomer, the War Jicpart- ment; A L. Pirons. the Navy De- partment, on 5. Tho:aps: the Treasury Department. Sl Approves Thompson's Warning. “In view of the findings of this able body of-engineers,” said the assistant Secretary, “and in the face of the existing ‘money stringcncy and the unfavorable situation relating to ma- terials and labor, I did not press them, nor do I.deem it wise to press now for immediate action in regard to the power development of the river; but I am impressed and strongly urge that immediate steps should be taken to- ward the augmentation of the water supply for the District.” Mr. Moyle indorsed statements made recently in The Star by Mr. Thomp- son, a fhember of the committes, who is the chief mechanical and electrical | engineer of the Treasury Department, to the effect that if the present single conduit supplying Washington should be put out of commission one-tenth of the capital's population might per- ish from drinking contaminated wa- er. Doubt Reservoir Plan Feasible. In reporting on the committee’s findings as to the proposed power de- velopment, Assistant Secretary Moyle stated that the committee was of the opinion any development of the river for power should be along the lines shown in the report of Langfitt-Her schel, in 1913, modified, if feasible, by. the use of approximately 1.500,000 acre-feet of storage to insure a con- tinuous minimum flow throughout the year at Great Falls of from 4,000 to 6.000 second-feef.. - * The committee stated that while there was no evidence or demonstrat- ed reason why reservoirs and storage works were not feasible and advisable, it felt that a doubt attached because of the prevalence of caves and grot- toes. in some limestone formations near at least one of the proposed res- ervoirs, and recommended that a thor- ough examination of the geological features in and about the reservoir sites be made before undertaking the construction of storage works. The Langfitt-Herschel report. in- dorsed by the committee, called for the construction of a single dam. The estimated cost of the project was $15,000.000. The Tyler plan. now un- der consideration by Secretaries Baker, Pavne and Meredith, compos- ing the Federal Power Commission, proposes two dams and three reser- voirs, the total cost to be $44,000,000. Favers Hydro-Electric Power. ““While I favor making: the matter of water supply to the District of Columbia a paramount issue at this time,” stated Mr. Moyle today, “and believe that the power development may well be deferred for a’ year or two, I am fully convinced the power development should be made without further delay than is necessary to determine the reservoir question. “All_recent reports on - the river agree that enormous. savings in.coal will result from the substitution of hydro-electric _ for carbo-electric energy. Maj. Tyler states that this will amount to a total of 240,000 tons per annum, and his estimate is con- sidered conservative. \ “Even the layman can certainly visualize this enormous conservation of fuel. The power that would be develo] by the able scheme pro- Maj. Tyler would be much more than is necessary to light every E:‘nalnt in the ?:y of mhlu't:n. lve every motor, ope: . eve street car and cook all the meals 5 b | | | | | AL JENNINGS GIVES “UP” WHEN PISTOL IS DRAWN ON HIM NEW YORK, February 10.—Al Jennings, reformed train robber and bandit, admits he has been victimized here by “an inconsider- ate, discourteous” member of his forsaken profession. Returning to his hotel from Brooklyn, Jennings was accost by a shabby individual and found r end of a “six gun.” He obeyed with celerity the usual “Hands up!” command then sought immunity by divulging his identity. “‘Oh, come on, now,” he plead in a friendly manner, “I'm Al Jennings.” “Never mind the guff,” returned the other, lifting a jewel and a roll of bills from Jennings' pocket, “I'm President Wilson. “There, now, I'm leaving you a dime—beat it® Jennings di g EPE AR House Subcommittee Expect- ed to Report New Measure- Early Next Week. RAIL LABOR BOARD DECLINES T0 KILL WAGE CONTRACTS Decision Announced as Workers’ Chief Takes Floor to Fight Executive. CHARGES CONSPIRACY TO KNIFE ORGANIZED LABOR Jewell Says Present Plight of Car- riers Not Due to Employes’ Inefficiency. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, February 10.—The Fed- eral Raliroad Labor Board today de- nied the request of the American As- sociation o? Railway Executives for b tion of the national immediate al ::‘g.l o wage hoods and establishment of a new basic rate for unskilled labor predi- cated on local conditions. The decision came before B. M. Jewell, president of the railway em- Dloyes' department of the American Federation of Labor, had started hi reply to the statement made for th railway executives last we-k by W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsyivania railroads. It was totally unex) but Mr. Jewell filed his statement never- theless, deciding it would save time not to-read it The board held that it had no jurisdiction over guestions involving expense of operation and suggested | that neither the roads mor the union interrupt the hearing on stan rules and working conditions "'I!h further unwarranted demands. In announcing the decision of the board Chairman R. M. Barton re- viewed the powers of the board um- der the transportation act of Feb- ruary 28, 1920. He said the act im- posed upon the board the duty of deciding disputes between carriers and employes of what shall consti- tute just and reasonable wages, aries and standards of ‘working con- ditions. Ssie present hearing separated by agreement rules and working condi- tions from wages. The decision on wages was rendered last July, Judge Barton said, and lhelonllcl hearing nvened on January 10. - - c“t‘l‘h! board assumed as the basis of this decision the continugnce in full force and effect of the rules, working conditions and nts enforced under the authority of the United States Railroad Administra- tion,” Judge Barton said. He an exception’ 6f any mutual agree- mentbetween carriers and employes -and declared it was the board’s de- sire to render a decision at the earli- est possible date. e T T all questions involving expense of operation were. outside the juriadic- tion of the board. “If -of these rules Kre Comspiracy on-the part of American rafiroad executives and financlers 10 de- stroy the organizations of railroad work- ers and re-establish autocratic financial control of the tra tion industry was charged by Jewel Mr. Jewell, chief spokesman for the railroad workers' unions, also charged 1 ite s . upon the rail A new bill designed to bring about|the railroad executives with “framing a merger between the two street!up evidence,” and declared a fair con- raliway systems in Washington prob- ably will be reported from the Houul District .committee early next week. The principal obstacles to getting |the | such a report have been overcome in the special subcommittee of five in- ructed to draft the bill. The measure when reported out will probably pravids for a tax of 2 per cent on the gross earnings of both street car systems, instead of a tax of 4 per cent as at present. Then there will probably be levied an ex- cess profits tax of 50 per cent on the net earnings above 7 per cent, and a further tax of 75 per cent on the net earnings above 8 per cent. ‘The subcommittee today asked Rep- resentative James P. Woods of Vir- ginia, author of the biil now under consideration, to redraft his measure, bringing in such changes as have been tentatively agreed upon in the committee. These changes are slight and it may not be necessary to rein- troduce the Woods bill before it is taken up by the full committee, other- wise Representative Woods will in- troduce a redrafted bill tomerrow. Mr. Wood's Contention. - Representative Woods insists upon giving the Washington Railway and Electric Company the right to con- solidate with the Potomac Electric Power Company independent of any merger, and will redraft his bill specifically providing such right of consolidation of the Potomac Electric company, either with the Washington Railway and Electric Company or with the corporation representing the merger of the Wash Wway an lectric Company with the Capital Traction Company whi. "?r";" o eftact pany which it is s matter was threshed out again in the subcommittee today, when Lieut. Col. Charles W. Kutz. Engineer Commissioner for the District, was agdin In conference with the subcom- mittee. It had been expected that {Continued on Page 2. Column Today’s News v A in Paragraphs Harding ends cruise and takes up mass of correspondence. l!l.:u stlc":r.tlfl"?:lb’y 'reruu; to furnish sen- niorimation, o8 vasoecnd Japanesé agreement. E 2 Substitute Senate immigration bill proved by committee. P“'ewi Kalorama Citizens' Association urges grant of bonus to pdlice and flr: de- partments. Page ‘Witnesses before Senate comm! charge combine to fix coal prseumz:f . Page - ists in D. C. President-elect Harding and Elih winners in Navy dispute in numl\not Page 2 Lieut. D. A. Rupp of Langl found dead in his quarters. %e“m’u commandant declares poison was taken through mistake. Page 2 French deputies support Briand reparations terms. Page 4 Attorney McAvoy of Philadelphia says high U. 8. Army men were e%mnlete)ly fooled by Bergdoll. Page § Legion head denounces Dr. von Mach for l-ll!!sad plea to cause friction be- tween U. S. and France. Street rallway association head says not one of 2,000,000 idle in U. 8. is - tric employe. g‘e 17 Girl of efght and pet parrot prevent fire panic on ship; other news told w0 Page 17 ington aRil- by | consent for the confirmations. 19| tor France o absence from ln(den.llon of the pending case is im- possible until the motives inspiring the request to abrogate the national iagreement are fully révealed both to board and the public. He asserted that last weel’s state- jment to the board by W. W. Atter- bury of the Tennsvivania railroad, chairman of the labor commiitce of | the American Associations of Kallway | Executives. was designedl to “stam- | pede the board into a position which mature consideration would prove to |be indcfensible.” He added that Mr. | Atterbury also attempted to “faisely {convince the public that high rates, ! due to financial irregularities and in- { efficiencies of railroad ement are attributed to the unions of rail- road workers.” and “to obtain a | weapon with which to exact from the | government full payment of the ex- orbitant claims which the raiiroads lare making.,” and to coerce and {threaten the railroad workers by the . | specter of unemployment and reduced | wages.” Want Autecratie Comtrel. Mr. Jewe]l charged that Mr."Atter- bury is the'spokesman of a poweriul financial combination seeking to re- | establish “this autocratic control from which the war has us. and which was especially exemplified by conditions on the Pennsylvania rail- road. “Mr. Atterbury undoubtediy knows that the present plight of the roads ix not due to the inefficiency of the em- ployes. He knows that it is not due to mistreatment accorded to roads under federal control. One significant thing he said in the course of his jultimatum, ‘You cannot make reétro- active tomorrow the savings that should have been made today.’. This should be a bitter pill to many a small investor in railway securities who has ilost the resuit of savings through the squandering of rajlroad wealth. for { which the financiers are le. {And now Mr. Atterbury discloses the determination of the conspiracy to make a raid upon the pockets of the troduction of chaotic industrial con- ditions dominated by the hu‘:e eco- nomic power of an ntee financial combination which had up to this period practically the control of the working and living conditions of mil- lions of wage earners and their fami- “e'-'i‘o request the re-establishment of . 1917 conditions of employment on railroads is to deny to railroad em- ployes re ition for _invalusble service, and l:s“u-mt as-it :ouu e to suggest no_regard be had for the millions of valiant defenders of liberty who t) thhe railroad managers had cont iven public demonstration ,of thelr nabiity to operate the us- der -u:’tlnu condttions, m” ; X8 regret say, an- uncalled-for per- wnxs insult to every rallroad *‘lf i ploye, which we deeply B HOLDS UP NOMINATIONS. Senator France, republican, Mary- !land, blocked an'attempt made by Senator_1Fetcher, & in the Senate to dential nominations of ex: men and their widows for r‘:m_; Senator Fletcher asl ‘unanimous LR