Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. Rain tonight and probably tomor- row; warmer tonight; colder tomor- row. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today 2 p.m. today; lowest, 2 Full report on page Highest, 44, at , at 7 7am. today. I | I | | Closing New York Stocks Page 3, Part 2 Che #n ening Sfa WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this '! i paper and also * All rights of publication of special dispatches berein are also reserved. the local mews publishiod nerels. ] | Yesterday's No. 28,062. post_office Was| Entered as second-class matter hington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. ATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1921 —-TWENTY-TWO PAGES. TWO CENTS. HARDING SELECTS ROOSEVELT 10 BE DENBY ASSISTANT Both Men Have Accepted, President-Elect An- nounces Definitely. DEPARTMENT POLICIES \HOOVER SEES ALEXANDLER; HERFE, TO LEARN OF DUTIES Present and Future Commerce Secretaries Confer—Plans to “Build Up, Not Tear Down,” Says th Herbert Hoover, who is to be Sec- retary of Commerce the Harding administration, conferred for an hour and a half today with Secretary Alexander of the Department of Com- merce, familiarizing himself avith the organization over which he will pre- side after March 4. It was the first of a series of con- e Food Expert. | Russia. He subject which exhaustively before | ment with re: t to it | " His attention was calied to the fact that the policy of the 1 artment of Commerce has been to give more at- tention to e development of for- eign trade than domestic trade. Ask- «ed if this policy would be continued was another to consider said this he desired | ferences which Mr. Hoover will hold Mr. Hoover replied that he consid TAKEN UP IN MEETING | with Secretary Alexander between | ered the purpose of the department now and inauguration day. At the|should be the development of both conclusion of their talk this mor: ing, Mr. Hoover told newspaper men foreign and domestic trade. Poxes Before Cameras. New Secretary of Navy Confers|that he would prefer not to discuss| Mr foover arrived here today from the probable policies of his admin- | N (" York. and went into confors at St. Augustine—Recommended |istration until he had conferred with (.o with Secretary Alexander a 5 President-elect Harding. He stated | Siock Tate ina ranclumandot heir that h= would probably issue a state- | Giscussion a battery of camera 1 ment soon after March 4. R LS S “Aulked#1€51t twas ihis: intention, to||ovic MmN was admifteditoe. Shlex completely revolutionize the Depart-| M. ygover sat in the chair which ment of Commerce, Mr. Hoover re:- jo'\Uill acenpy aa Cectetary of Come plied: “Oh! no, one wants to bulld UP.\merce and -gmilingly faced the pho- not to tear down. {tographers, who urranged themselves Has Positive ldeas. [in"a sem e and “shot” him for He said, however, that he had some ¢10Se-up views. positive ideas as to what is needed "{'"Y“‘;(“ N ecretacy Swilljreturn Sto to make a real Department of Com-|New Vork Monday, but expects to be These ideas will be set forth |Pack in Washington in ti 15 he o THEODORE ROOSEVELT. By (he Associated Press. ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., February 26. —Definite announcement was made by President-elect Harding today that he had selected Edwin Denby of Detroit for Secretary of the Navy, and Theo- dore Roosevelt, son of the former President, for assistant secretary. Both have accepted. Mr. Denby, once an ordinary “gob,” merce. in the statement which he will issue after conferring with President-elect Harding. An attempt was made to sound out Mr. Hoover's attitude as to the de- sirability of developing trade with pressed it, to “hother Secretary Ale jander some more” in obtaining in- formation about the department b fore he is inducted into office. It is probable Mr. Hoovers confer- ence with President-elect Harding will be held in Washington March 3 HAMILTON SCHOOL - EVILS TO BE AIRED Board of Education Calied in Extra Session to Consid- er Remedy. Aroused over persistent criticism of conditions at the Hamilton Public School for tubercular children, Dr. Abram Simon, president of the board of education, today called a special session of that body at 3 o'clock this afternoon for the purpose of! determining what steps school offi cials can take to remedy the situa- tion. The meeting will be held behind LEACUE QUANDARY OVERU. S, VAPNOTE Yet Keep Intact Supreme Council’s Prerogatives. i By the Associated Press. | PARIS, February 26—While the American note on the mandate ques- {tion has not been considered in the sessions of the council of the league 1 0f nations since Thursday's meeting, between the {private conversations | members have been in progress with {a view to finding a way for g ing lernment without trespassing on the = x j closed doors at the Franklin School.iprerogatives of the allied supreme recently a sergeant of marines, talked | by it Health Officer William C.|council, Dr. Wellington Koo, Chinese over naval policies witn President-elect | Fowler has been requested to attend | member of the league council, has Harding toGay in a conference that sealed his appointment to the cabinet. It was understood the discussion ranged all the way from Mr. Denby's qualifications for the post to the naval building program, which the present administration has recommended and ‘which Mr. Hardfng has asked The re- and to present his opinion as to i whether the Hamilton School is un- healthy as charged and whether the! building should be removed. Belleves Action Demanded. Dr. Simon called the special board conclave after a conference this morning with Stephen E. Kramer, act- | been active in these conferences. It has been virtually decided that consideration of both the series “A” tand the series “B” mandates shali be postponed. Me body may, if it sees fit, send a rep- jresentative to confer with the su- preme council regarding the points . Th diffic v publican Congress to carry out. ing superintendent of schools. In the | scnte Seself Mes McUiiy, Which pre Selection Is Surprise. absence of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Who | mandate to Japan. including the Before he saw Mr. Harding, Mr. |18 In Atlantic City attending the an-|1giand of Yap, which the United Denby declared, his tentative assign- | THa] convention of the department of | States has protested, this mandate ment to the Navy portfolio had been ucation At ciation. Mr. Teramer Al having been decided upon by the a complete surprise to him, but he indicated that he would accept if his notions of naval affairs were found | compatible with the policies of the next administration. In addition to service as an enlisted man in war time, both in the Navy and Marine Corps, Mr. Denby has to his credit an experience of several years as a member of the House naval commit- tee, in the latter capacity attracting the attention of John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, formerly chairman of the Senate naval committee, and now Mr. Harding’s prospective Secretary of War, who is said to have been among the first to recommend him for the naval appointment. BEATEN SENSELESS AND MAILS ROBBED 1 Dr. Simon discussed the Hamilton School conditions at the conference, and the board president decided that the continued attacks on the school demanded immediate action by the school governing bod. Belief s expressed in school circles that the board this afternoon will make an appeal to Congress to pro- vide an emergency appropriation to remove the so-called deplorable con- ditions at the school, or for the erec- tion of a new building in the city proper to replace the sciool, which is { located on Bladensburg road facing Mount Olivet cemetery. Transfer to "fl"(l'l Probable. However, some school offictals feel that the thirty-four children enrolled at the Hamilton School should be placed in a hospital under the juris- diction of the health department. Therefore, if the board should de- cide that it will be unable to obtain a_sufficient appropriation from Con- gress to construct a new building, it is believed that the school governing body will recommend that the chil- dren be transferred to a hospital and supreme council. Allies Must Consent. It appears impossible for the coun- cil of the league to take any action regarding the allotment of the Pacific 5lslands under this series of mandates junless the allied governments con- isent to have the matter taken out of {the hands of the supreme council. The league council today took up various questions relative to the free city of Danzig. The council toek up the question of disarmament ‘yesterday. It will ask the powers which signed at St. Ger- main, at the same time that the jAustrian treaty was signed, the con- i vention relating to control of trafiic in arms and munitions, to ratify this convention, declaring that until this is done no progress can be made in this direction. It was decided to nominate a tem- porary commission to consider a re- duction in armaments. This body | will be composed of prominent pub- lic men, together with technical ex perts and representatives of labor and of industries and some members | the health department be given con- | 0f military and economic commis- | trol of them. Under this plan, school | 8ions. Rene Viviani, former pre- Clerk Found Unconscious in | officials would have to furnish teach- mier of France. has been asked to ers to conduct classes for these chil- | #CCep! 6 chairmanship o “this dren in the hospital, and théir re- | commission. | sponsibility for the children’s health | Secreey Still Maintained. Pittsburgh—Loss May Run High. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa, February 26— J. 1. McCullough, aged twenty-eight, | a government railway mail clerk, was found beaten unconscious at the Pennsylvania railroad statiop by fel- | Jow employes a few minutes before the train was scheduled to leave Union station for Washingfon, Pa.| Two_pouches of mail are reported missing. McCullough, who resides at Waynes- burg, Pa., was removed to a hospital, whe it was said he had suffered a compound fracture of the skull. George V. Craighead, postal inspec- tor here, said that McCullough had arrived at the Pennsylvania station at 5:45 am. and had gone to his car to write up the registered mail. Mr. Craighead said that while he was do- | soived a | classes on the roof of one of the city children at a comparatively would be ‘placed on the health au-| thorities. Another Suggested Solution. jome persons who have been criti- cising the conditions at the Hamilton School have suggested to school offi- cials that the ) by establishing open air schools. School officials, however, are reluctant to express their opinion as to whether this plan would remedy the situation. It is pointed out that the roofs of several of the schools could be made available for open air classes for the small cost. .Today’s News in Paragraphs League in quandry how to meet Ameri problem would be | tubercular-infected | A recommendation by the assembly of the league of nations that an or- ganization be set up to verify mili- tary information supplied by its mem- bers, as provided for in the league of {nations, cannot be carried out with- |out an amendment to the covenant of :hp} league. The council 0 leave to a permanent military com- mission the task of investigati subject further. EatREnis e council still is guardin close sccret its deliberations. on the American note conce, Speculation consequently s rife as to several possible eventualities. All Buesses on the subject are being de- nied as fast as they are made. Ar. thur J. Balfour was particularly vex. ed today by a report that he had ibeen chargéd ‘with drafting a reply to the American note. MAY POSTPONE MANDATES. | | ing %o he was hit from behind with a | can note without infringing upon U. S. Note of Protest. coupling pin which was found lying | rights of allied supreme council. B Catig ot T ¢ gn the tloor of the car covered with Page 1 Copyriah 1ar 80 Daily News, lood. . i 2 >, S, o o e ; 3 Harding slips away 1o visit deaf, dumb | PARIS, France, Febroary 26 The p T postal inspector said that the | M Rina Chitaren. Page 1{question’of making an appropris s resre CEred il The valte of whiay | Panama starts hostilitics with Costa 1 {0 the I e o o oni e man- : ail. the value - VRS Page 1 is regarded by most m he said, probably will rua Bigh. sod E \ se8 scherss to | the league of nations couselr omCors o e e 2 Harding tentatively approves scheme to | Lo (€450 of, nations council as one o CHAMP CLARK IMPROVES. actica % . <. The House will vote on the bonus for alk. Practically Overcomes Pleurisy, | Tifefiva. police and firemen late today | However, svery one recognizes that Which Has Confined Him to Bed. or possibly tonight; adoption is gen- | the material position of the United | Champ Clark of M has recovered from urixy which has con- bed for the past ten pract ack of p I him 1o h give $1,000,000,000 credit to Germany. Page 1 Court orders term of 360 days in gun- toting case. Page 1 erally conceded. Page 1 Board of education in session today to -onsider remedy for conditions alleged ist at Hamilton School. Page to Dr. Crafts meets rebuff at conference 1l n of juri 3 cre merely the | { there is no doubt thaj (be readily made, ;te—nd d that the | tremely w r atter _that this reply would for it is generally con- American case is ex- | States at this time is s }lend importance even {and the outcome wil the council will gend a con. to Washington and will i further decision regarding th to a weak case, 1 probably be tha liatory reply Dpostpone a luys. his physician, Dr. Jesse Shoup,| on movie censorship. Page 2, The situation is complicated be i ennounced today Labor men say U. S. is implicated in|fact that Europeans are unable to estl AL vigiting the democratic House | coal guilt if such exists. Page 2|mate in how far the present government leader at 11 o'clock, Dr builetin Shoup issued Decreedeclaring man legally dead is represents the view which will be main. th i pa '3 | tained by the Harding admi, - condition of Representative | asked of court. o Page 2§ immediate future. ~ g PR B Champ Clark 15 improving and his|Boy teller robs bank of liberty bonds |retary Colby's mote is faken oy Seo outlook s encouraging. He had a| valued at more than 3700.000 and ex: evidence that the United States is by good night and pt well and has | capes. A8¢ 3| to make a strong and realistic re-entry practically recovered from the attack | Marshall favors early action on project | into the arena of world polit of pleu . e or 1 for new conduit. 5 2 The attack of pleurisy was accom- | soctety of unanimously indorses o panicd by a general breakdown and S 1o Congress. for increased wupply | HAMON'S SLAYING ADMITTED, Sa T cRe e st aRa ]y water 10D, € Page 3| ARDMORE. Okla.. February 26 —n o 5 7 Warrant for deportation of Martens can- ; suit filed in district court here by at- | celed. Page 4|torneys for Frank L. Ketch, adminis: $65,000 CABLED TO IRISH. | outlook for Irish becomes brighter as trator of the Hamon estate, ugainst the e D diora Tt onf ‘e aliry Page 4| Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hart- NEW YORK, February 26 o fagton) g8 | ford, Conn., secking recovery of $100,000 five thousand dollars was cable H. . H. Chapman says. Foreatr: ocias ife insurance, it is alleged that Jake 1. Jreland yesterduy by the Ame tion impiived its uscfulness by clect- | gamon's death resulted from = wound ommittee for relief in freland. The | ing life directors Page 8{inflicted s of an automatic committec announced it the total | District merchants told of market needs pistol in hands of Clara Smith scnt thus far amounted to §163,000, by Maryland producers. Page 12 Hamon.” o suing any state- {Must Satisfy America and! isatisfaction to the Washington gov- | nwhile the league ! has decided | rning mandates. | | = iConciliatory Reply Expected to| trong enough to | T HARDING APPROVES - SCHEME OF BILLION CREDIT FORBERLIN \Gives Tentative Backing to I Plan to Use Seized Hold- ings as Security. | $400,000,000 IN CUSTODY | COULD FINANCE PROJECT | |Proposal Would Require Act of | i | Congress and Treaty With Ger- many to Carry Out. BY DAVID LAWRENC President-elect Harding given | his tentative approval to what may {amount to a billion-dollar to Germany and thus cnable the peo- ple of ceniral liurope to buy Ameri- | can goods and products of which | they are in serious need The plan outlined to Mr. Hard- ng by New York bankers contem- plates tlhe use of the securities held I as credit in the United ates by the property custodian in behalf of man citizens. This is estimated to amount fo at least $400.000,000, be- | cause the remainder of what thel alien property custodian has really belongs to citizens of Austria, Poland | and Czechoslovak amendment. to th enemy act passed Congress the property of those citize must be returned to them when they claim it Basix for Loansx Here. It is possible, of course, with four hundred million dollars placed as a: sets in a single corporation to raise other funds for credit purposes either through Americans or Ger- mans interested in the financing of a huge export project of this kind, but inquiry here discloses the fact that if the proponents of the idea had the notion billion dollars of sccurities were available for the Ger- man credit. such is not the case. Broad speaking, the appro ) | Mr. Harding of the plan does not alto- { | gether assure its adoption, for an act | of Congress will be required before the alien property custodian can re-. lease any of the securities or property | which it now holds.: All the cash be- . longing to Germans is in the United: | States Treasury and by law cannot be | invested in anything else but liberty | bonds 4 4, and under an trading-with-th 1 by Will Require Agreement. The plan, moreover, would require | an agreement with the German gov-, s ernment whereby the owners of the | property would permit the Berlin' i government to use the securities in| the United States as a_basis of credit, and would renounce all claims againsi the American government in connec- | tion with the new enterprise. ! It cannot be said that banking opin- | ion is altogether unanimous as to the wisdom of the scheme, for some au-! 0§ thorities claim it would be wiser t turn' back the four hundred million dollars to the real owners and let the | Germans do with it-as they please, the | theory being that the Germans will | perhaps find the most effective way to | invest their own securitics so that' trade will be revived. There is also the suggestion that it the German owners get their assets| back they may be in a position to] borrow funds wherewith to pay Amer- can firms to whom they already ow. Jarge sums of money and stimulate | trade that way before engaging in| | new purchases. | Merchants Want to Be Paid. i While American merchants are cager | for foreign markets, they are ob- | viously not anxious to sell to custom- ers that have not paid or will not pay. The whole question as to what shall be done with the German property in the United States can be settled alone by Congress. The office of the alien property custodian is simply a huge trust company, which has held | the goods for disposition by Congress. It is_probable that the next Secre- tary of State, Mr. Hyghes, will weave | the matter into the commercial treaty between the United States and Ger- | many whereby it is intended to dis- | pose of all questions between the | United States and Germany growing {out of the war without taking over {any of the obligations of the treaty of Versailles (Copyright, 1921.) Harding Slips A { ecial Dispatch to The Star. T. AUGUSTINE, Fla., February 26. | —The human side of Warren G. Hard- | ing was revealed when he appeared un- | | announced on the platform of the Flor- ! ida State School for the Blind, the { Deaf and the Dumb. A few years ago | this school would have been called a home, where its afflicted inmates might | have lived the remainder of their lives !in indolence §nd mental misery. But | under the new order ofthings it is | classified as a school, and the young | people attending it are preparing them- | Selves to tdke an important and useful place in the affairs of the world. When the head of the institution first came to the Harding headquarters and suggested that the President-elect and make a few remarks to the come € . their { to_the Houe. | children, George Christian, Mr. Hard- |aze was fixed always, and necessarily, | The bill, as it passed the House, car- ing's seeretary, remembering that Mr. |On the man who made the uttered words ! ried §109,581458 15, The Senate added Harding has a second sister afflicted U“;’;“'S‘fl"d"b."‘,‘“ them. farm loan bonds, $200,000,000. The with blindness, thought it would be aj Mr 'llarding began ‘in a sympa- | Sonate added & met increase for other ! good plan for Dr. A. H. Walker, prin- | thetic vein and spoke of the point|jtems, $702,350. cipal of the school, personally to con- | Vey the invitation' to the President- elect. In less than an hour after the interview had been arrang Mr. Harding w He was accompanied only by Dr. Sawyer of Marion, his family phy cian: by the writer and by Samuel T. Williamson, another correspondent. s on his way to the school. B, In His Golf Togs. The scene at the school was one not casily to be forgotten. Less than a mile outside of this ancient city, the sehool is surrounded by profuse Florida | foliage. | “Mr. Harding was in golf togs when he {arrived at the school, and the silence jas he was ushered into the auditorium | was the impressive silence of an as- | semblage of those who could not speak or hear, or, speaking or hearing, could | not see. There were children in the { audicnce who were crippled, as if the [ loss of the senses of hearing, speaking and vision were not affiction enough. | { Possibly the oldest students at this| strangely silent school were sixteen | | years of age. There were others not Imore than three or four, some happily ignorant of their handicaps, and talk- ins animatedly through the medium of the language of signs, some with sad {and lightless eyes. It required no stretch _of the imagination to see how deeply Mr. Harding was touched as he sat on the platform, facing this unusual | audience, and waited for as strange an introduction as a President-clect of the | | & {is connected by a narrow-gauge rail- | + here fam Jennings Price, United States o minister, and Col. Jay J. Morrow,| Lhe auestion of the $240 bonus for acting canal governor, but it was Sovernment employes is expected to | Deaf, Dumb and Blind Children WISH THEY ‘D HELP ME GET RélTJ" gz oM ?NoRSE TrAN INSECTS Brand-New Broom For Harding Gives | Workers a Fright A creepy. wohbly feeling xhot through n number of the force at the executive offices of the White House today when an expressman called and left be- hind him a very useful, but, under the circumstancex, a very perxonal present addrexsed to “President Warren Hard- g = It wax a lurge new broom. On the reverse side of the nd- drexs tag was printed in hand, | “Use thin” There were other markings | which were not legible, but there was no trace of the xend- er's mame nor the place from which thix emblem wax xent. There ix mo question about it having come from out of the city. The broom with itx wax carefully ied to the mail Foom, where it wax placed with a Datch of other matter being received daily for Sena- for Harding. The receipt of this practieal | reminder wawx especially im- | presive to xome of those about the White Houxe, because it in urderstood that word has heen recelved that the mew admin- ixtration intemdx to make a “clean sweep” amonz the per- PANANA CLAGHES WTHEOSTARICA Open Hostilities Reportgd, Recruiting of Panamans Heavy, But Guns Scarce. PANAMA, February 26.—Hostilities have begun between Panaman and Costa Rican forces in the vicinity of Coto, on the Pacific end of the fron- tier between the two countries, it said in unofficial advices received here. Official confirmation of these reports, however, is lacking. Formal declar- ation of war had not been made as late as last night. More than 2,000 men enrolled for military service here yesterday, and reports from other parts of the re- public told of citizens volunteering for | the army. Two hundred men left this city yesterday afternoon for the Costa i | | 1 | | | | | | | 1 i JUDGE MAKES WAR McMahon in Court Says He Intends to End Practice; Orders Year Sentence. “There is too much of this carry- ing of concealed weapons, and I in tend to try to put a stop to it,” said Judge McMahon in the Police Court today in imposing a sentence of 360 days in jail on John H. Davis. colored, who was convicted of carrying a pistol in _his pocket. Davis was arrested by Policeman John L. Keifer, who the defendant on the street early in the morning with a pistol in his pocket. Views of Col. kutz. Col. Charles W. Kutz, Engineer Com- missioner, does not belicve “gun-tot- ONGUN-TOTE CLAN aid he found| W_R.&E.PETITIONS FOR CONTINUANGE F PRESENT FARE Potomac Power and Wash- ington and Georgetown Gas Companies File Plea. | | | {EIGHT MONTHS’ TRACTION RETURN IS 4.98 PER CENT Mortgages ‘n«i Prospective Outlay of $10,000,000 Cited in Applica- tion of Power Company. Continuation of existing rates after April 1 is asked by the Washington | Railway and Electrical Company and the Potomac Electric Power Company {in petitions filed with the Public { Ctilities Commission today.. The Washington and Georgetown Gas Light { companies also filed petition with | the commission asking that the pres- ent gas rates. which are scheduled 1o expire March 1%, be extended to September 15. The present street car rate of 8 |cents sfraight or four tokens for | thirty cents will return automatically o 5 cents with a two-cent charge for {transfers on April 1, unless a new order is issued by the commission. ‘ | The present electric light rate of {812 cents per kilowatt hour for cur- irent used in private homes will go back to § cents unless the commission | orders otherwise. It is to prevent {both these reductions that the com- panies have filed petitions at this time. 4.98 Per Cent Returned Earned. The petition of the railway com- | pany states that under the present rate of fare during the past eight months the revenue collected has been equivalent to a return of 4.98 per cent upon the value of the rail- | way properties. This value is given lin the petition as $16.873,380.89. The Washington Railway and Elec- tric petition again asserts that the { company believes itself entitled to & ! rate of fare that would yield 8 per {cent on the value of the property, but adds that in view of legisiation | pending in Congress to change the method of taxing this company re- ! quest is made at this time merely {for a continuation of the present | fare. ‘ In making an earnest plea for con- tinuation of the present charges for electricity. the Potomac Electric Power Company .tells the commission that within the next three years the company must make an outlay of a $10,000,000. Half Represents Mortgage. Half of this sum. the petition states, represents general mortgage 6 per cent bonds which mature in 1923. The balance of $5000,000 must bo spent in enlaiging the plant to keep pace with the growth of the city and i | Rican frontier, and it is believed the, | yonnel at the White House. ling” can be stamped out in Wash- h Yanaman forces near Coto or en route! |~ _ : biiE tori Mmmerdly g P'M ochlim it or'x‘tfnd.e:‘n- 4 rlnn.rkfr{;“fl:nm?'ro‘;h: ¢ st o onal police vt = " s who h: btained | Coors fanama City and Chiriqui ] arms to persons who have obtained|¢he’ Henning siation. teers from province. The base of Panaman oper- tions will be in the small town" of Progreso, near Golfo de Dulce, which HOUSE MAY SETTLE §240 BONLS TODA IVote on Senate Amendment to Legislative Bill Will Be Favorable. way with a small pors constructed by the Panama Sugar Company. The town of Progreso is also the property of the same corporation. i Progreso is the focus of trails which lead to David. the capital of the prov- ince of Chiriqui, which is about thirty-two miles distant from Coto. Canal Governor to See President. The Panama Canal Zone adminis- tration and the United States legation | had not received instructions from Washington last night. A con- ference was to be held this after- noon between President Porris, Will- i ! | postponed until Monday. {be settled in the House of Represent- ‘Aside from the enthusiasm inci- 3 atives late today, possibly at the dent to the volunteering of men for > 6% & ¢ = e military service, chief interest in this (night session. is generally con- city centered today around the ques- [ceded that the police and firemen of R o i aEenetalLy] bes [the District will be included in the ieved the Uni governmen > = = held several thousand rifles for the|PORUS provision, but that employes of Panama government and it was sup- |ravy yards and arsenals will not re- posed the volunteers would be armed |ceive the bonus. with s I was leanned at the |l pcoreseniadive Will B Wood of T ited States legation, however, that | ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 6) ~ |diana. chairman of the subcommittee in charge of the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, confident that he could get the con- ference report on this _measure through the House today. The ques- tion of the $240 bonus is the most im- | portant Senate amendment on which the House must take a Separate vote, according to the viewpoint of District residents. Representative Wood expected to get the attention of the House the first thing today, but had to give way for the conference report on the | emergency immigration legislation. | It is probable that Chairman Fordney | of the ways and means committee will get the attention of the House for the conference report on the Fordney emergency tariff bill follow- ing disposal of the immigration measure. Summary of Agreement. tepresentative Wood, in calling up| !the conference report, gave a sum- mary of the conference agreement, as follow: The Senate added 114 amendments to the bill. It receded and agreed to | fourteen with amendments. The Sen- j ate receded from eighty-three amend- ments and eighteen are brought bac i way for Visit to ! United States ever had. Dr. Walker, ' the principal, first introduced Mr. Hard- ing to the deaf and dumb children who predominated. His introduction was an eloquent exemplification of the sign lan- Buage. Speaks of Sister's Work. The silence of the signs meant nothing, of course, to the blind stu- dents, so finally the principal spoke briefly to them, and at the end of the double introduction Mr. Harding arose. As he spoke his words were interpreted to the deaf and dumb by the school principal, who stood beside him. The expressiveness of the sign language was brought clearly home to the onlooker. Once the dumb chil- llr_en were moved to applause, but the slightest gesture deterred them and they listened to the rest of the dis- course in silence, and, although the next President stood before them, of contact between himself and the children, the life work of a sister devoting herself to the education of the blind. He said he wished it were in his power to give the blind clear vision, and that he might return to the deaf and dumb their impaired senses. Quickly, however, he switched to a tone of optimism, and for five min- utes or more he told the children of a Items to which the House agreed added $760,480 to the bill as it passed the House. Other amounts to which the House has agreed reduced the itotal of the bill as passed by the House $674,940, making a net addi- tion to the bill as it passed the House of $85,530 as the agreement has been effected thus far. The - Senate receded amounting to $139,050. 1 bright future they could make for them- | from items selves, ; involved i Iveis. i The principal items involved in the There was no record made of the |, emant reported are as follows: speech. No presidential stenographers s The Senate receded from increas of §12,000 io $15.000 for the salaries of Vice President and Speaker. Temporary employes of the State Department — The House _carried $250,000; the Senate carried $300.000; were along. It was just a homely talk of optimism and helpfulness, and 1t revealed Warren Harding at his best. (Copyright, 1921.) | made !a police permit to purchase a gun. “If such a law_should be enacted for Washington without similar legis- lation in the adjoining territory of Maryland and Virginia,” the coionel pointed out, would still be com- paratively casy for the vicious per- son to obtain a weapon. Of course, it would improve conditions to the extent that it would make pistols hard to obtain in the city.” The FEngineer Commissioner in- dorsed the idea expressed by Com- missioner Hendrick in The Star sev- eral days ago. that every person who possesses a firearm in the Dis- trict be required to register the wea- pon with the police department. Col. Katz said he is -heartily in sympathy with the efforts now being to check the promiscuous carrying of weapons. Sheep and Goats. He voiced the fear that it would not be an easy task to decide under the police permit system who are “the lambs” entitled to buy guns and who are “the goats” in whose hands a weapon would not be safe. On the question of restricting the sale of weapons in Washington and not restricting such sales in the sur- rounding states, Col. Kutz said it a certain size of tires which could not be used across the District line. " The point of the Engineer Com- missioner is that the District of Co- lumbia is too small a_geographical unit to have a law of this nature which wonld differ from the law in he bordering states. SHOT IN LIQUOR ROW. Wounded Man Takem to Hospital, While Police Seek Assailant. A bullet fired last night about 10:45 o'clock inflicted a wound in the abdo- men of Harry Parker, colored, thirty three vears old, 2351 Sherman avenue. The wounded man was taken to Freed- men's Hospital, where it was said he was in a critical condition. Parker told the police he was on R street, between 9th and 10th streets. when he was shot by an unidentified white man, but, following an investiga- tion of the affair, the police reported that the shot was fired as Parker was labout to enter the home of George Johnson, colored. 1642 Covington street, and that the shooting followed a boot- lex transaction. Inspector Grant, chief of detectives members of his murder squad and po. lice of the eizhth precinct participated in_an_investization of the shooting throughout the night. and the precinct police rounded up a number of men al- leged to be familiar with bootleggers and their methods. It is said by the police that several cases of liquor were delivered to the Covington street house and that the liquor was spirited away without be- ing paid for. A white man, suspected of the shooting, gone in pursuit of Parker when he learned his whisky had been taken and shot him. Following their all-night investi- gation, the police Sent a message to the several precincts and to other cities asking for the arrest of E. a. Irvin, twenty-five Years old. Fairfax apartments, 14th and C streets south- It is said in the message that wanted to answer for the shoot- ing of Parker. it is said by the police that the involved in the transaction conference agreement, $275,000. The following _passport bureau: went out: New York, $15.62 n Francisco, $7,500; Seattle, $7.500; Key West, $3.500. ! The bureau of war risk insurance— WINSLOW BILL SIGNED. President Gives Approval to Partial Payments to Roads. An item of $255.000 for Pierce ac- | 3 ads counting machines included in the | President Wilson today signed the | bill- i Winslow bill authorizing partial pag- ment to railroads from the govern- ment guarantee fund. as delivered from a high-powered ar in sacks. ing to locate the missing liquor. { Twelve bottles of whisky. they said. were found hidden in Johnso and Johnson is detained wi; at the police station pendin; sult of the investigation. n’s house, th others & the re- GOLD HERE FROM INDIA. Appropriation for collecting income and profit_taxes reduced from $30.- 1000,000 to $29,600,000. The House con- | terces ugrewd to the reduction. His stamp of approval o; Deadwood assay office and Carson ure wa l‘:ced p:’ & % tuls '"""'1 mint restored .o the bill. Sy after receiving opin-| "Salary of assistant secretary of war fons from the Treasury and Interiorreduced from $10,000 to $5,000. departments and in face of considers’ _Quartermaster general fund , for able protest from the railroad unions. (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. NEW YORK. February 26.—Between $4.000,000 and $5,000.000 in gold, $3.500.000 of which is consigned to the Kquitable Trust Company of this city, has arrived here from India on the United. States Shipping - Board steamship Nemaha, would be like ordering motor trucks | in the District to be equipped with | is alleged to have, -! leaves the company in a most serious Today the police are | The Benning plant. according to an official of the company, is ample for the present needs of the company. but could not carry the busine: which will come to the ecompany as the city develops. Figures presented by the power company show that if the present schedule of rates for current had been in effect throughout the year 1920 the company would have earned a return of 7.68 per cent on the value of its property, which value is $16,6: $94.44. 1920 Return 6.65 Per Cent. Another table of figures shows that the return actually earned during 1920 was 6.65 per cent on the value of the property. The power company’s revenue from the sale of current during 1920 amounted to $4.128.766.03: revenue from the sale of steam, $166.755.03; rent from land and buildings, $5.372.88. and rent of equipment, $10.238.69. This made a total reve- nue of $4,311.242.63. Operating expenses, including gen- {eral amortization, amounted to | $2,386,514.05; taxes, $250,153.41: un- | paid customers’ bills, $31.651.07; amortization of debt, discount and expense, $51.547.13; depreciation, $463,461 This made a total out- lay of $3.203.627.18, leaving available for return upon investment, $1,107,- 615.45. The petition of the Washington Railway and Electric Company gives the total revenue of the street car company the last months of 1920 as $1,176,982 49. Expenses, including amortization of debt. are given as $3. §17.580.96. The balance was $559. 1401753, or a return of 3.52 per cent on the value of the property. The Washington Railway and Elec- tric Company asks the commission to reconsider its decision of last Decem- ber that the company should not charge income tax to operating ex- penses, but meet that tax out of met earnings. Asks for “Like Rates.” In addition to asking that the pres- ent rate of fare be continued on its own lines, the Washington Railway and Electric _petition requests that the commission continue “like rates on other street railways as at present.” George E. Hamilton, president of the | Capital Traction Company, stated today | in answer to a question that his com- pany has not decided what stand it will | take on the fare question, but will reach ia decision Soon. % i 1t is known that the Capital Traction | Company could earn a fair return on the ivalue of its property on a lower fare " than the present one. Officials of that | road have ktated. however, that they | could not go back to 5 cents as con- | templated by the commission, when it | limited the present fare to March 31. Sums Up Situation. The Potomac Electric Power Company {sums up its financial situation as fol- lows: “The bonds of this company now out- | standing are as follows: | | i ! |35 1st mtg 700,000 ann. int.... $55,000 {5% con. mtg..... 5300000 265000 6% gen, debs. ... 750,000 “45.00 1 6% gen. mtg. ... 3.600,000; 216,000 : | T == | $11,350,000 seiom “In addition to the above, $1,091,000 of general mortgage 6s are now pledg- ed as collateral on short-term notes, leaving but $309,000 of the general 6s ! available for sale or pledge. This <‘ < | condition for financing extensions. {The only possible source through | which these needed extensions can be made is by the company being per- mitted to earn a return that would attract investors. | S irther, the applicant has still {large capital expenditures to make i pecause the demands upon its Benning | plant have reached the point where | additional units will have to be pro- {vided so as to meet the continuing ! and growing demands upom the com- pany, and to adequately serve the public, including provisions for other plants. boilers, substations and other ppurtenances. During the last six years the company has spent $6,131,- (Continued on Page , Column 5.) .