Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1921, Page 3

BOLLING CLEARED BY SHIP PROBERS OF BRIBE CHARGE President’s Brother-in-Law Is Exonerated After Inquiry by Walsh Committee. R. W. Folling, . brother-in-law of President Wilson and treasurer of the United States Shipping Board, was exonerated in a formal statement is- sued yesterday afternoon by Chair- man Walsh of the special House com- mittee investigating Shipping Board activities of charges made by Tucker K. Sands, former Washington banker. The statement, approved in executive session of the investigating commit- tee, said that Mr. Bolling was “not suilty of soliciting or accepting any bribe, gift or gratuity.” as charged by Mr. Sands. in connection with a con- tract awarded by the board to the Downey Shipbuilding Corporation. The statement is as follows: “The members of the special com- mittee on United States Shipping Board operations are of the opinion that R. W. Bolling is not guilty of solicit or epting any bribe, gift or gratuity, as charged by T Sands, in relation to the Downe: building Corporation contract.’ Follows Schwab's Exoneration. This is the second statement issued by the Walsh committee, in closing its eighteen months’ investigation, exonerating men whose names- were brought into the investigation. The first, made public a short time ago, Ship- K. | Utah Senator Opposed to U. S. Employment System SENATOR WILLIAM M. KING, ‘Who in an attack on the civil service in the Semate has advocated doing away with the civil serviee rystem entirely and returning to the old “spolls” system. ASKS BAKER TO EXPLAIN NOT OPENING UP RECORDS | 1 Military Affairs Committee Reports Resolution to the House. The House military affairs committee formally reported to the House late yes terday the resolution fathered by R resentative Hal D. Flood of Virginia, chairman of the democratic congres- said the committee members did not | sional committee, which calls on Secre- believe that Charles M. Schwab had received expense money from the gov- | ernment while serving as director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, as had been charged by an accountant who examined the books of the Bethlehem Corporation. | The statement exonerating Mr. Bolling | came after he had reappeared before th cormmitte to reiterate his denial o Mr. Sands' charges and A. M. Fisher, | a committee in tigator, had testi- fied that he had inquired into the natter and found that there wa nothing irregular about transactions between Mr. Bolling and Mr. Sands. | Mr. Fisher said the transactions were | purely of personal nature. Mr. | Bolling previously had testified that | they had to do with payment of fund: due him by Mr. Sands on a house | constructed for the latter some years | ago. i Secretary Payne, former chairman of the Shipping Board, was before the committee yesterday for more than an hour. reviewing conditions as | he found them when he became chair- | man soon after the armistice was | signed. He said he found the ac-! counting “system in_bad shape and| dismissed several officials and abol- | ished some bureaus in the course of a| general shaking-up of the organiza- tion. Favors Intoxicants on Liners. Mr. Payne criticised the merchant marine bill plan of a shipping board of seven members, saying that one executive should handle the work. He also attacked Congress for pro- | posing abrogation of commercial | treaties so preferential rates might | be put into effect. Tne Secretary declared that the government should not compete with private shipping interests in operat- ing merchant eraft and reiterated his belief that if American passenger liners are to operats suceessfully in competition with foreign liners, they must be permitted to sell intoxicants outside the American three’mile line. SPECIAL NOTICES. T WILL NOT BE RESFONSIRLE FOR ! debts contracted other than by myself. BEKRT M. THOMAS, 3 merly of | your income tax return: hundreds of taxp do 0 every year: mo matter who prepares it. better have them review it for you. 1423 F st_n.w. . THE LATEST New York. 5 cents. flowers. Hats made to order reasonably. Hem- itehing, good work. quick service. two yards. cents. HARRIS HAT FRAME SHOP, 1010 G HAT FRAMES, FROM B 561N RCALP TR X MRS. DRAKE. 3306 HOLMEAD PL. N.W.1| Plione Col. oy A 5 ENT. Owing to larze increase in our income tax business. we have found it Decessary to move to larger quarters, and are now located at 1007 Mather bldg.. 916 G st. n.w. UNITED AUDIT COMPANY, Auditors and Public Accountants. Income Tax Specialists. Open evenings from now until March 15 All kinds of braid and| tary Baker for a statement as to why he had refused permission to J. M. Hill and C. C. Lindsey, employed by the House committee investigating war ex- penditures, to inspect archives of the War Department. In asking for action on the resolution Mr. Flood cited a statement made by him before the general investigating ommittee last June. in which he charged that Hill and Lindsey sought certain information as to settlement of war claims, which they planned to sell to a newspaper in event of failure to obtain a larger sum from the man af- fected by the settlement record. There also is pending a resolution for investigation of the acts of Hill and Lindsey, introduced by Chairman John- son of the subcommittee which they served. D. C. BILL TO PRESIDENT. Measure Receives Signature of Vice President Marshall. The District appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1922, was signed by the Vice President late yesterday after- noon. It had already been signed by the Speaker. It has been sent to the White House for the approval of the President. WILL FIGHT FOR SOUTH. The Southern Tariff Association has openel headquarters here at the Na- tional Hotel. with a view to demand- ing recognition for all southern in- dustries in the tariff law to be framel by the new Congress. Vance Muse of Texas is in charge of the headquarters, and he an- ncunced yesterday that when the new Congress convened John H. Kirby. chairman of the association, and J. A. Arnold, chairman of the tariff schedule committee, were expected to arrive and remain until the proposed tariff bill finally is enacted SPECIAL NOTICES. BEFORE, BUILDING NSULT Uf pay You to investigate now: materials are cheap and surplus on hand: ali classes of con- struction. H. 8. HATTON CONST. CO., phone N. 4472, z1° Repaired by Experts Let Casey Est te. 8207 14th ST. N.W. H CASEY Phones Col. 155 and 1231 That Roof Paint ~—which lasts longest is undoubtedly the best. Tronclad Koof Paint bas never been equaled for durability, Ask your ] architect. Call us up! | IRONCLAD fzstee 1gtor st 5. |~ FORT LINCOLN The park eemetery: perpetual care of graves. For reservation apply JAS. P. COON, 1400 7th . Phone . ORY IN MOTION PICTURES, | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHI'N(}TON, D. C., FEBRUARY 20, 1921_PART T BULLARD BITTERLY AGAINST DISARMING Proposal for National Irfipo- | tence Merely Trick of In- ferior Powers, He Believes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 19.—Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, commander of the Corps Area, vigorously op- posed disarmament in an address here today before the National Re- publican Club which he punctuated With frequent rebukes for the pro- Pponents of the proposal. “Any proposition of disarmament or any limitation of armament is a trick” he said, “either to gain or maintain an advantage. Coming from representatives of different nations, the discussion always consjsts of two parts: first, a nice diplomatic expres- sion of profound benevolence and friendship toward all other natiors; second, truth, regretful, but to them undeniable, that they are forced by the other nations to arm and keep armed. To hear them is to laugh.” Would Not End War. Discussing the subject from a “purely American standpoint,” Gen. Bullard declared that “disarmament for us would mean the abandonment of our financial superiority over other nations of the earth.” “We have it,” he added. “Are we willing to abandon it—to put our- continued. does not obviate war, for “unarmed or ill-armed peoples are continually at war.” Culture and arms were linked by the speaker, who pointed to Great Britain and Japan now and the Germany of pre-war | days as examples. Japan was alluded to as a marked example of “progres- siveness and rapidly increasing en- lightenment.” “It is a significant fact.” declared Gen. Bullard. “that from the monkey to the American the state of their culture and their advancement cor- responded exactly to the state of their armament. The monkeys that in the struggle of life had had sense enough to pick up and use a stick as an arm developed into men. The others re- mained monkeys. Sims Favors Gas. Rear Admiral Willlam S. Sims took up the question of disarmament from the naval point of view, declaring the navy is useless unless it is prepared. He emphasized that new inventions for warfare should be tested. The torpedo boat, he said. had been looked upon as a formidable antagonist against any battleship, and remained S0 until the destroyer was invented. At the beginning of the war, he stat- jed. the submarine was declared to be impracticable. “Many things are claimed for the airplane,” Admiral Sims said. “If claims could do it, the navy would be abolished He advocated adoption of the air- { plane carrier, saying this would be the battleship of the future. Speaking of the use of gas in war- fare, Admiral Sims admitted it was brutal, but characterized it as a legitimate weapon. object of war is to destroy he ‘added. —_— Daily. Quickest gervice east coast points. Atlantic Coast Line, " Office, 1418 H st. n.w.—Advertise- ment. LACK OF LINGUISTS U. . DRAWBACK, SAYS COLBY Trip Has Taught Him Need for Genuine Study of Latin American Needs. PHILADELPHIA, February 19— Secretary of State Colby, speaking before the American Academy of Po- litical and Social Science here tonight selves on a level with others? That would be asinine kindnes: Disarmament alone, the speaker | The Senate‘ BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Having passed the immigration bill, the Senate has practically cleared the legislative decks for a final rush to put through all the remaining appropriation bills be- fore March 4, when the Congress expires. It is true that there are several stumbling blocks that may prevent this desideratum. In the first place, there is an insistent demand that the Winslow bill, authorizing partial payments by the government to the railroads of the money owing to them, be taken up and passed, and on the other hand, there is strong opposi- tion to such a course. Then there is the opposition to the naval appropriation bill due to the controversy over the wis- dom of continuing with the naval building program, which calls for many additional battleships. This ©oPposition is so strong that it may result in the naval bills failing to pass. The Army appropriation bill, too, may get lost in the jam, Owing to the manner in which the House has curtailed appropria- tions for the standing Army. Un- der it, it is estimated, the Army would have to be reduced to 122,- 000. It is not believed that the Senate will stand for such a cur- tail in the size of the Army at this time, and if the Congress did pass the measure with such de- creases, the President might veto it The immigration bill as it passed the Senate yesterday by & vote of 61 to 2 is a substitute for the House bill. It is framed on a percentage basis, allowing immi- gration to flow into this country in accordance with the immigrants from the various countries already here. The Senate has fixed 3 per cent as the number of aliens to be admitted. It is said that the Sen- ate will actually restrict immigra- tion into this country to a greater extent than would the House bill, which called for suspension of im- migration for a year with a num- ber of exemptions. It is pre- dicted that the conferees on the bill will be able to reach an agreement on the basis of the Senate bill and that it will become a law. It mav be mentioned in connec- tion with the passage of the immi- gration bill, that the Senate has made an unusual record for the passage of important legislation in a short session of Congre: the bills passed are. in addition to the “immigration bill, the bill for the regulation of the meat pack- ers. the emergency tariff bill, the bill restoring the War Finance Corporation, the Capper bill au- thorizing associations of farmers to buy and sell and the so-caled Muscle Shoals blll. The appropriation bills still await- ing the action of the Senate are the agriculture, naval, Army, forti- fications, rivers and harbors, and the general deficiency. There re- main still ten legislative days_in which to dispose of these bills. In- cidentally the other supply bills, with the exception of the District bill and the pensions bill, must be dealt with in conference. The Senate last week agreed to the bill to regulate the cold stor- age business. If the House takes similar action, this measure, which has been pending for a number of years, will be sent to the President for his approval. Another bill Which is nearing the final stage is the so-called patent office bill, in- creasing the pay of employes of the patent office and amending the patent laws in some particulars. Senator Norris, in charge of this bill, is seeking favorable action by the Senate. It has already been agreed to by the House. Further District legislation, so far as the Senate is concerned. is not expected at the present ses- sion. The Senate finance committee is expected to report to the Semate this week the soldiers’ bonus bill, probably with the revenue raising features eliminated, and repub- lican leaders will make an effort to get final action on the measure. i i What Congress Is Doing ‘ The House. By WILL P. KENNEDY. Consideration of conference re- ports on appropriation measures, and taking of separate votes on new legislation put on the appro- priation bills by Senate amend- ments, will be the principal busi- ness of the House this week. Plenty of scrappy debate is to be expected. The House is now in a mood for partisan wrangling, and with the assurance of the supply measures being passed the mem- bers are not disposed to act on much if any other legislation at this short session. Tomorrow is unanimous consent day. The conferees for the Senate and House are to meet tomorrow on the score or more of amend- ments laid on the Fordney emer- gency tarift bill by the Senate. Tuesday the House will resume work on the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill. An effort also will be made to con- sider the conference report on the cold storage bill. By that time House Leader Mondell expects that the conference report on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, which carries for practically all gov- ernment e gployes in Washington. will be ready. The most important matter to be settled by the House is the Senate amendment providing for paying a $240 bonus to govern- ment employes. The conference report on the deficiency bill is expected to be made to the House the latter part of the weck. Consideration of the resolution that Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder shall go on the retired list as lieu tenant general is unfinished bu ness for Friday. The committee on accounts has several small matters to be cleared up. There are a couple of contested election cases to be decided—and that's about the total of busines the House expects to do this week Representative Clarence J. Me- Leod, republican, of Michigan, the “baby” member of the House, is to have a hearing tomorrow before the public buildings and grounds com- mittee on his resolution author- izing the public health service to use part of its funds now in hand for remodeling buildings to care for war victims until the five new hos pital buildings are ready. The Walsh committee investi- gating the Shipping Board wound up eighteen months of investiga tion yesterday by issuing its se ond formal statement- exculpating an official of the board from asper- sions of dishonesty in financial transactions. The first statement exonerated Charles M. Schwab and the one yesterday exonerated F. W. Bolling, brother-in-law of Pres- ident Wilson and treasurer of the Shipping_Board. The House established a new record this week in passing the last of the big appropriation bills. . House Leader Mondell issued a statement emphasizing that this has beaten all records for the last twenty-five yeart Earlier in the week Mr. Monde:l received a tele- gram from President-elect Hard- ing urging the necessity of pass- ing all appropriation bills at this session. John Hays Hammond, noted min- ing engineer and prominently, mentioned as likely to be appoint- ed Secretary of the Interior, was one of the witnesses before the foreign affairs committee on con- ditions affecting trade with the soviet government in Russia. The House approved on Tuesday the conference report on the Nolan bill increasing the personnel and salaries in the patent office. salaries on his recent trip to South America, | ——————— 00000 said he saw enough to realize that one of the first duties incumbent upon the people of the United States is to re-examine evefy postulate with which they approach the contempla- tion or the study of the great re- publics of Latin America. Dr. L. S. Rowe, director general of the Pan- American Union, introduced the Sec- retary. “We never can bring our relations to the peoples of Latin America to the point of intimacy, confidence and respect,”, he said, “until we realize that we must find the right psycho- jlogical approach to Latin America. That means the correction of most {of our assumptions and the, studious lflm‘l open-minded appreclation of life {in South America, intelligently con- sidered. { “The great barrier to American jprogress abroad is language,” Secre- ake convineing films for ed, - AR A e 08 l..:?lnu: N T op oy | PICTORIAL NEWS, 1004 Eye st of “the United States are not lin- not you? o o ot H guists. You can hold no converse o leaking timate and apply same. | INCOME TAX with a man except in tha terms of years, slag 10. CLARK | i sole " distributors. D 1314 Pa Phone Lincoln ¢ gton, S WHO WITS day. February 14. accident pm at 4 between 10th and 11th n.w. on D« h a voung lady was seriously hurt, ki with MRY’ CAYWOOD, YOUR OLD _WOOD FLOORS ped and refini to demonstrate £t n.w. Call_a : small closet done free work. C. ADAME, 607 G hour. Franklin_ 25 . First-Clas U. G. STANTON, Mgr. "$5,000 Life Policy, $57.35 : | Guttering, spouting, Ortee ot ETURNS PREPARED. ‘e open_evenings until furth . 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Instead of envying us, I think it quite as'true to say that there are many developments which they behold in this country which are unattractive, and even re- pellent, and from which they hope in some way or other to protect themselves.” The American who succeeds in the Latin American countries, said Mr. Colby, will be the man who -assists them in the solution of their prob- i lems. |GESSFORD WANTS LAW | TO CURB PISTOL “TOTING’ Maj. Gessford, chief of police, hopes the grand jury and Board of Trade approval of his efforts to procure a law .to better safeguard the people of this city against the pistol “toter” will bring results. United effort ,in the matter of putting the question ‘L- fore Congress, he said, should be the means of inducing the enactment of a law that has been requested and urged by officials and civic bodies, ac- cording to statements of interested persons. Firearms have played such an im- portant part in so many crimes com- nitted during the past few years, Maj. Gessford stated, that something should be done to curb those who go armed. It is recalled by members of the detective force that loaded weapons have been much in evidence in the numerous hold-ups on the roads in and out of the District, and Maj. Gessford, in his annual report, oftered an explanation of why auto- mobile bandits could not be molested for having weapons in their cars. “Under the ruling of the Police Court of the District of Columbia any person may have concealed in any vehicle operated by him any deadly or dangerous weapon anl not be in conflict with the provisions:of sec- tion 855 as written,” said Maj. Gess- ford in his report. “And as a result of the wording of ‘this law.” the report added, “a number of bad characters, who have been found operating automobiles with weapons concealed therein, have been given their liberty and had said weapons returned to them by order of the court.” Business has PLUCKING BCARD ADDS TEXAS ATTORNEY WIRES 8 TO ITS MEMBERSHIP | RESIGNATION TO HARDING Sifting of Democratic Holders of Better Jobs Proves No Easy Task. The special committee of the League of Republican State Clubs, appointed to investigate better-paying positions in the federal and District govern- ments held by democrats and “pseudo” republicans, is reported as swamped { with communications from men and women in_the public service volun- teering to furnish information regard- ing the personnel of their respective departments. A report to this effect was made to the executive committee of the league at a meeting in the Ebbitt Hotel last night. Because of the magnitude of the task confronting the committee in de- termining “who is who politicallv” in office, it was found necessary to increase lits membership from five, as originally i constituted, to thirteen. 1t will seek temporary ‘quarters when it can meet regularly and consider the information in_question as it is collected from day to day. Its findings will be forwarded by the league to the republican national committeeman of the District, who in return will communicate them to the republican national committee and to the incoming heads of the various gov- ernment departments and bureaus. The additional members to the com- mittee as_announced last night are ! Edward F. Colladay, republican na- tional committeeman, president _ex- officio; Dr. H. D. Norton and W. J. Dow, vice ‘presiderits of the league; Henry M _Camp, local director of club organization for the republican na- tional committee; T. Lincoln Town- send, A. E. Chaffee, Edgar C. Snyder and M. W. Pickering ORDERED TO RAISE RATES. North Carolina railroads were or- dered yesterday by the Interstate Commerce Commission to increase their passenger rates to the level of those in effect in interstate commerce, effective March 29. _AMUSEMENTS. Evening Orchestral Concerts New York Symphony Orchestra WALTER DAMROSCH, Conductor. tral High School Auditorium 'n-n?:y Evening, Feb. 24, 8130 P.M. Ausplees, Washington Soclety of the Fine Arts Renerved seat: ..$1.25, $1.00 and 75c Office of the Society, 18th and New York Ave, Public Organ Recital Under the Auspices of the District of Columbia Chapter By LTER H. NASH. A. A. G. O., Organist. WALTt1S A. POTTER, Jr.. Organist Calvary Baptist Church. x 3" B CHURCH South T. VERNON M. E. 3 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 8:30 P. SILVER OFFBRI PN 14712 1 R a8 L — CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTS. EPISCOPAL. G 3 Founded 1793. nEY, WILLIAM CURTIS WHITE, Rector, Sunday services—7:30 a.m., 11 a.m.. 7:45 p. 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District of Columbia. dents may file their returns at the office of the | local deputy collector. at 1422 Penn- | sylvania avenue, or send them by mail | | to the “Collector of Intcrnal Revenue, | Baltimore, Ma." But eighteen busine returns can be filed office on Pennsylvani in which main, and the | venue will re- | T main open fiom m. until 6 pm. during that time, with a large force out tax I to assist the public in makin forms. ; “Much time can be saved the gov- !ernment officers and the taxpayer.” {says the statement. “if, before seek- ing aid, the taxpayer will read care- Wins Fight in Committee For Seat in the House JAMES WICKERSHAM, Republican from Alaska, who after a KEEP WAV UP ORENTER PACT, SAYS WODBURY Marburg Supports Campaign Against Armaments in New York Speech. the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 19—The is “our first line of defense” | ang to eep it weak and feeble” or reduce | to | ment would be “worse than a crime— appropriations for arma- xuicide,” Assistant vy Gordon Wood- an address on dis the National Re- a blunder—mean | Seeretary of the red in before with th be our val policy.” he added. “This {is our policy now and this it must be and should be unless yme mutual {agreement to the col y can be d betwe n ours nd prob- cparate solated poliey. armament to the point ive wenkness while we i world of big navies, main others, can never be ser considered by the United To fail of call concluded the conference.” President-elect or to & “which the power to call he Harding h fully the instructions on the forms— long contest hax been reported by the | remain manently out of the {1040-A for reporting income of $5.000 jelections committec of the House ax! present league or out of any other or less and 1040 for reporting income |entitled to n weat in the present Houwe. | league of nations, means that in excess of that amount. The bu- % term expires March 4. « mrl{ell., we must build and keep on building reau’s advi in this regard is: ° democrat, who has held the! a navy strong ou and powerful you necd a ance go to a deputy |seat. is declared not entitled to mem- | enough to inpose ouar wishes upon | collector or to the collector's office, | bership. | possible enemics at sea. or any pos- but first read instructions and fill} 4 ble combination or union of such out s sheet in pencil well | § Aty e R {vou Questions =uch as wiwthet \PORTQ RICANS FAVOR U. S Tul camy gainst g citizen or resident of - 9. It txpAYED hether he filed a == = the leag ions, ithe United States, whetaer ¥ 0 ! 3 ek ek ormes ottel return for 1919, his ,“-‘m-.»\-,‘; -«lnl{rr Commissioner Says Congressmen s et el o |that year, whether martie st Misinterprete <o Acclarad . |ing with wife or husband on the last] preted Message. B Tbe i Traitad et !day of taxable year, and the numberi Warning that “insidious proy \ i arinament conference “afl oy’ of dependents, should not await i being waged with a view of misrep- .4% the world wanis the “mad lquiry from revenue offictrs : ; "% | resenting conditio 1 g stopped and will not quarrel | | ‘making out the forms. The f ntingcon e oppat ant other like questions can easily belFelix Cordova Davila, comr r. “The convention wou certainly swered by the taxpayer himself. from the . in an addr to the ' a a naval holiday at nrns - are required of ever¥ | House declared there was | marrica couple whose met ‘RCORC and that of dependent minor children for the year 1920 was $2.000 or more and of every single person or marri = Ving wife or_hus person not living with < 81,000 | hand whose net income W or more. The exemptions for married persons and heads of families and $1.000 for single per-| sons married persons not living | with wife or husband—and are de- {termined by the taxpayer's status on | the last day of the taxable year, De- | cember 31, 1920. | ““The tax may be paid in full at the {time of making the return. or ini four equal inscallment due on ori {yefore March June September [15 aha 1 The return must be er oath. which will be administ the revenue officer assisting in making out tk- form. MERGER BILL AWAITED.- Local Rail and_Light Plan May Come Up Tomorrow in Committee. i A meeting of the District commit-‘ jtee of the Senate has been called by | fthe acting chairman, Senator Pitt- iman of Vermont, for tomorrow. If the subcommittee in charge of the {France bill to permit the merger of | the Washington Railway and Elec tric Company and the Potomac Elec- { tric Power Company is ready it will report that;bill to the full committee for considérdtion, Senator Ball of Delaware, chair. ean of the subcommittee, said last] night that it largely depended upon | whether the printed hearings on the France bill would be ready for the! use of the committee members today. | PR WANTS FOSS NAVY HEAD. Illinois helegation Seeks Post for Ex-House Naval Chairman. Appointment of George Edmund;} Foss of Chicago as Secretary of the Navy was urged in a telegram sent ito President-clect Harding yesterday by nineteen of 1he twenty-two repub- lican members of the Illinois congres- sional delegation. Pointing out that Mr. Foss was for eighteen years a member of the House naval commit- tee, thirteen vears as chairman, the telégram stated that he “had more to do with building up the Navy to its present standard than any other man in_public life. i Signers were Representatives Me- | Kinley, Cannon, Mann, Madden, | Rodenberg, McKenzie, Wilson, Cop ley, Fuller, Williams, Britten, King, | Dennison, 'Chindblom™ Graham. Ire. | land, Brooks, Juul and Wheeler, | HYLAN ASKS G. 0. P. ACTION. Mayor Hylan of New York, heading a delegation of city officials, appealed to republican leaders cf the House vester- day for speedy consideration of the riv- ers and harbors apportionment bill which would provide for beginning wor on a thirty-foot channel in Jamaica Ba e N investment that will yield big dividends in comfort and happiness every week in the year. | | | i i { i i s | | | | | | | | Saves money—saves clothes—saves work— saves time—saves steps ‘—and safeguards the health of the operator. 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