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! slightly Temperature for twent ‘ Rain | v-two hou at l | ! } ; | he Sundwy Star. Member The Associated the use for republication of credited to it or not otherwi paper and also dispatehies of the Associated Press Al Tights of publication of spee Press is exclusively entitled to news dispatches credited in this the local news pubiisied herein, | | | s lierein are also reserved. l e 831—No. 28,063. 0. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. INDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 21, 19217 "IVE CENT& | DENBY ANNOUNCES HE WILL KEEP NAVY: READY FORBATTLE { wew Secretary Pledges Self | to Harding Policy to Keep | Machine-at Peak. | | PRESIDENT-ELECT READY TO RETURN TO HIS HOME Leaves Tonight for Marion for Last | Visit Before Imauguration | Ceremony Here Friday. ¥ | By the Associated Press. | ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.. February 26.| —Edwin Denby,. gunners mate in Sampson's fleet and sergeant of ma- rines in the world war, formally ac- | cepted the portfolio of Navy in the next cabinet today with a pledge to| maintain the naval fighting machine | “at the highest peak of power ready | for battle at any notice.” As his assistant he will have Theo- dore Roosevelt, son of the former President, and he will begin his ad- ministration under a policy that calls | for adherence to the present naval! building program until such time as| the nations may be brought into a definite agreement for the reduction | of armaments. “ Continuation of the capital construc- ! tion program for the present was an- | nounced formally as an administration | policy by President-elect Harding at| the same time that he made known definitely the final designation of Mr.| Denby as Secretary of the Navy "’"‘i of Mr. Roosevelt as assistant secre- | tary. He already has communicated | his wishes to leaders in Congress. Harding Ready to Leave. H _His conference with Mr. Denby ended | Mr. Hirding’s work here, and he will | leave tomorrow night for Marion, where his neighbors will give him a | farewell celebration en Tuesday. He expects to reach Washington Thurs- | day, the day before inauguration. | The defirite confirmation of Mr. Denby's selection, which has been | known unofficially here for several| days, followed @ long conference in which he laid before the President- { i | elect his opinion of what the next|, administrations should do with its Navy and Marine Corps. Afterward he would not discuss detailed policies, saying frankly that he felt he had| much to learn about the grealeF cogd | in the national machine of sea defense, but that he approached his respon bilities confidently, with a trained soldier’s devotion to duty. ¥ Although he came into the cabinet Lne-up at the last minute as a dark herse selection. Mr. Denby brings to the secretaryship an unusual back- ground of naval experience. Besides having been an enlisted man in war time in both the Navy and Marine Corps, he has served as a member of | the House naval committee, has| gained. through close contact, a knowledge of conditions beyond the insular possessions in the Pacific, where more than once the Washing- ton government has cast a question- ing eye. Wants to Be Adviser. | A lawyer by profession, he now holds the title of probation officer of | the criminal court in Detroit, Mich. | He declared his selection had come | as a' complete surprise to him, but he | emerged into the limelight of national | affairs smiling genially and comport- ing himself as confidently as though he had been a cabinet member all of | his life. In declining to speak of specifich naval policies Mr. Denby reminded his| Questioners in a matter-of-fact way | that he never had been in close con- tact with the larger policies of the department, and so might find himself a stranger to some of the important questions of policy. But he added| that an absence of preconceived opin- | ions might not be entirely a detri- ment. “I may say in general terms” he continyed, “that my conception of the duty of a Secretary is to act as an advisor to the President, the cabinet | and Congress, and, more important still, to maintain whatever Navy Con- gress gives us at the highest peak | of power, ready for battle at any, Backs Anti-Wine Raling. | In response to questions about the naval policies of the present admin- istration Mr. Denby only smiled| and shook his head. He did take oc- | casion, however, to declare his un- qualified approval of the anti-wine ruling of Secretary Daniels, adding that he belleved most of the officers of the Navy now recognized the wis- dom of the famous order. For Mr. Daniels personally he ex- pressed highest regard, and one of | his first acts as Secretary-designate | was to send a telegram to the present Navy Department head, thanking him for past courtesies. Passing up an invitation to dictate the message to one of the stenographers at Mr. Harding’s headquarters, he went to a telegraph stand in the hotel lobby | below and scribbled out the follow- ing in lead pencil: “Have read with great pleasure vour kind references to me in the press. Please accept my cordial thanks. I shall see you in Washington within a day or two, I hope.” The meeting will not be the first be- tween the retiring Secretary and his successor. During the world war, when Mr. Denby was serving, at the age of forty-eight, as a marine ser- geant, he broke a strict regulation and went direct to Mr. Daniels in an ef- fort to smooth out some of the trou- Dbles of the men serving with him. ~{Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | steam trains and on busses, ] Big German Mine | Reported 600 Miles Off Virginia Coast | NORFOLK, Va., February 26.— | A floatinz German mine six feet long and two feet in di eter was todwy reported in Iatitude 31.16 north, longitude 64.10 west, | €90 miles off the Virginia coast today. The mine is co | rime growth and hardly | eernible at a short ance. ed with ma- din- | BOY BANK CLERK IS ARRESTED WITH §771.500 IN BONDS |Youth, 16, Found in Pool- room—_Constable Gets $26,000 Reward. By the Associated Press. BLOOMINGTOX William Dalton, Ills, February 26. sixteen-year-old bank clerk, who stole $772,000 worth of lib- erty bonds in Chicago Thursday, an amount which the police say is the largest bond theft on record, was caught in a poolroom at Heyworth, Ills., near here today. All the bonds, except one for $500 that he used for expenses, were recovered in a small leather bag that he had tossed into a corner while he played, as nonchalantly as if it con- tained old clothes, The boy said that taking the record amount of bonds was a simple matter, but that escape was not so easy. He was taken for a ride by an autoist, James Dennis, while trudging along the road to Heyworth, heading in the gen- eral direction of “the south,” but with no definite plans for escape. Not Influenced by Story. Dalton in a talk with newspaper- men here late tonight made the posi- tive statement that the action of Fed- eral Judge Landis in releasing Francis J. Cary, nineteen-year-old Ottawa bank clerk, on his own recognizance after confessing to embezzling $200,- 000, did not influence him in taking the $772,000 in bonds from the North- ern Trust Company. Dalton said that he had displayed only casual interest in the story of Judge Landis’ action in the Cary case. “The Cary case did not influence me at all,” Dalton said. “After read- ing it I didn’t think any more,about {it. I didn't approve of Judge Landis' in releasing Cary, as I thought he should have gotten his medicine.” H. O. Edmunds and W. S. Miller, vice presidents of the Northern Trust Company, after counting the bonds tonight, declared that prosecution of Dalton rests with State's Attorney Crowe of Cook county. $26,000 Reward Pald. ““The lJaw must take its course in this case, in the same manner as it would in any other,” said Mr. Edmunds. “Strict- HINT OF REBELLION S FINAL WARNING HEARD N GERMANY iBerlin Leaders Urge Against Revolt Intended to Impress Allied Powers. BY | | By Cable to T BERLI be a “puts: the indemnities February " (coup d'e entente powers as proposed at unreasonable? Hugo Stinnes, | German money baron, | upon that the th { newspaper, the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung., warns the people against | attempting v such move at this time. At me time there indications that March may bring an- other period of anti-government agita- tion throughout Germany. development is predicted in dispatches received from Munich today. According to one of these messages, Capt. Ehrhardt, who was a leader in the Kapp-Luettwitz revolution a yea ago, approached Hugo Stinnes wit a plan to refuse the entente demand and set up a dictatorship with Ehrhardt's monarchistic troops as the military backbone and Stinnes’ money as the financial backbone. Gen. Luden- dorff was proposed as the head of the military organization which it was said would - support the alleged Stinnes coup d'etat plans. While reports as to Capt. Ehrhardt's doings have received wide publicity throughout the German press, {dered his arrest, because the various charges of treason made against him, yet no steps have been taken to carry out the order. Stinnes the Unknown Quantity. Just what connection Hugo Stinnes has with the London conference or with the counter-revolutionary ‘plans it is impossible to ascertain at pres- ent. a delegate to the London meeting, but his name Was withdrawn after the original list was announced. Per- haps it was because the Bavarian denunciations against him became known to the federal German govern- ment. N As predicted in these cables a week ago the German delegates at the Lon- don conference Will reject without qualification t e demand that Ger- many pay a 12 per cent tax on all her exports, as demanded by the Paris conference. This, the writer' under- stands positively from Hans Craemer, president of the committee of Ger- man exporters, whe discussed the Paris conference demands in Berlin for the benefit of the German dele- gates to the London conference. Ger- many will, probably even refuse to consider 3/tax of less than 12 per cent. of /Say U. 8. Must Join. ! Sgveral meetings have been held in Germany by committees of industrial Iy speaking, it is not for us to prose- | gnd technical experts to determine cute, but we must for our own protec- tion and the safety of other boys placed just what is the utmost limits of the country's producing capacity. Direc- | in like positions, allow the 1aw 10-as-{ tor Craemer’s personal opinion is that | sume complete charge of this matter. “When his sentence is served, the bank will put no stone in the way of his future advancement in life. Of course, it would be out of the ques- tion for us to give him a position in the bank again, but if we can help him in any other way, I believe we will do it.” The $26,000 reward was paid tonight to Paul Draper, an overseas veteran, and son of the village constable of Heyworth, who arrested the youth. Draper said he probably would give part of the reward to his father, and to James Dennis, the motorist who picked Dalton up on the country road as he was walking toward Heyworth. The lad tonight told how he tried to evade the officers of the law by travel- ing in automobiles, on foot, electric and but was captured largely through wide publica- tion of his picture in Chicago news- papers, which reached this district. Fortune Left in Cormer. He was recognized by the son of Con- stable Jack Draper, who made the ar- rest, and who received $26,000 reward offered for the boy's arrest and recovery of the bonds. Draper is rather advanced in age. His pay as constable is on the fee system and has never amounted to mach more than $25 a month. Dalton was first’suspected of being the bond thief by Dennis, with whom he rode into Heyworth. Dénnis reported his suspicion to Paul Draper, son of the constable. Dalton carried the bonds in a little (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) the discussions in London will not lead to anything unless the United States, the biggest creditor of all— her interest amounting to $11,000,000,000 —joins. Mr. Craemer says that this question will cause the greatest dif- ference of opinion among the powers which have put in demands for vari- | ous amounts and which owe the| United States huge sums in American | dollars. He thinks the London con- | ference will be inconclusive and wi be followed by other meetings. Like many others, Mr. Craemer is of the opinior. that the economics of the world are interrelated and that if | one nation, Germany, for instance, falls, all the other nations will suffer | from the consequences. Commenting on the writer's interview two weeks| ago with Walter Rathenau, in which the latter said that if Germany w forced to work eighteen hours daily she would be able to pay her debts, Mr. Craemer Jaid: “Carrying out such a plan would | mean that the whole world would be swamped with German goods. Ger- man production then would be world production.” He claims that Germany is trying to settle her debts without any outside help. DERELICT SCHOONER SIGHTED NORFOLK, Va., February 26.—The | steamer Lee Bridge, arriving here to- | day, reported having sighted an aban- doned schooner off the Virginia capes. The derelict is only three feet above water and is declared a menace to navigation. being directly in the path | of coastwise shipping. | Friend They By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 26.—Af- ter debating the question more than forty-eight hours, watchers over the body of Louis Silovitz decided tonight that he was dead. Physicians reached that conclu- sion last Thursday, after Mr. Silovitz had suffered seventeen days from sleeping sickness. When death came the orthodox Jewish under- taker sent a watcher to the house and several old men from the Jew- ish home for the aged. of which Mr. Silovitz had been a benefactor, also volunteered to watch over the bier. One of them, Joseph Herschloft, eighty-one years old, looked at the corpse and exclaimed, “We have lost our best friend!" fell from a heart attack and died. Another of Thought Asleep the aged men immediately fainted. | Then the official watcher ex- claimed, “He is alive!” and all in the room clustered around the casket. Some said they were sure | they had seen Mr. Silovitz's eyes moving. They felt his hands and pronounced them not rigid, and some said they heard the dead man sigh. Doctors were hurriedly sum- moned, but all their means of de- tecting even a spark of life only confirmed the original announce- ment that death had claimed Mr. Silovitz. Yet, the watchers would not believe, and the funeral was postponed. Two days and one more night of watching brought a different conclusion, and the funeral will be held tomorrow. / i § present | in his Berlin | are | Such a | He was originally proposed as | I(‘al’t»s and cabare: |the white light district, | |Hostilities With Costa Rica | Might Embroil All Cen- 1 tral America. ~ ~ < | By tise Associated Press. | PANAMA, Februar§ 26.—It {learned officially this afternoon that | President Belisario Porras has signed a proclamation declaring war against Costa Rica, but is holding it tempo- | rarily in abeyance. The president, as- sured that the entire country is be- hind him, contemplates taking over dictatorial powers for the defense of the republic, relying upon the na- tional assembly to confirm his action. Hostilities between Panama and Costa Rica showed possibilities this afternoon of developing into a conflict involving all of Central America and Colombia. Leading Colombians resid- ing in Panama have sent a wireless message to Bogota asking the Colom- bian government to furnish them with arms for the purpose of enlisting against Costa Rica. A presidential decree issued this evening declares the country has been invaded, and recites the necessity of expelling the invaders. It suspends individual rights under. the constitu- tion, calls upon all Panamans between eighteen and forty to register for military service and convokes the na- tional assembly for a special ten-day session beginning March 1 to ratify the declaration of war and the presi- dent’s dictatorial powers. was Strict Censorship. A sweeping order was issued this afternoon by Eusebio Morales, secre- tary of the treasury and the interior, abolishing the constitutional pro- visions regarding freedom of the press and establishing a strict cen- sorship over Panaman-Costa Rican developments. While nothing has been Teatned v Coto district near the Pacific frontier, where Costa Rican forces on Monday occupled territory held by Panama, it was learned authentically this morning that hurriedly gathered un- organized forces were being sent from Panama in the direction of Bocas del Toro, whence come reports that the Costa Rican garrisons across the boundary are being reinforced. Lacking in Arms. Lack of arms and munitions with which to equip the Panaman forces which the government continues to or- ganize, still is proving an insurmount- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) 'DRY AGENTS SWOOP ON - N Y. WHITE LIGHTERS By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, February 26.—Federal | | prohibition agents raided sixty-four Aged Mourners Agree to Bury | ts, many of them in late today; taking more than 100 prisoners and seizing a large quantity of alcholic beverages. The raids, which began simul- taneously at 3 o'clock this afternoon, extended over a period of five hours and took in places in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island. The raid- ers, about fifty in number, were brought here from Boston, Philadel- phia and New Jersey cities for this particular purpose. All local news- papers had carried accounts of their presence and purpose here, the first of these being printed several days ago. Thomas Healy's restaurant at Co- lumbus avenue and 66th street, the Moulin Rouge on West 48th street, the Marlborough Grill at Broadway land 36th street and the Strand Roof at Broadway and 47th street were among some of the more prominent places visited by the raiders. ‘The prisoners were all proprietors and employes of the raided establish- ments where liquor was found. ! PANANA PRESIENT : SGNS WARDECRE steps have been taken to arrest him. | | The German supreme court has or-| garding the status of hostilities in the| JusT PROMISE MEA Jusserand Is_Not Teetotaler in U. S. | Deputies Are Told By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 26—Ques- | tioned in the chamber of depu- | ties today if it was true that M. Jusserand, the French ambassa- dor at Washington, had abolish- ed French wines from the em- bassy table, M. Doumer, the finance minister, replied: “Our ambassador is 100 good a Frenchman; he has too good taste to bar from his table the best wines in the world. “I am satixfied he can make America understand that 1f it is a good thing to fight alcoholism, French wines are an antidote for alcoholism.” DANIELS BEING BOOMED AS SENATE CANDIDATE Friends of Naval Secretary Can- vass North Carolina Legislature. Special Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH, N. C, February 26.— North Carolina’s legislature has been canvassed in the interest of Josephus Daniels’ candidacy for the United States Senate to succeed F. M, Simmons. Secretary Daniels’ friends have done the canvassing, but he has not dis- couraged them. Moreover, the naval Secretary’s backers here declare that he has called for the names of former Lieut. Gardner's managers in last year's gubernatorial campaign, and Gardner has done the general assem- bly canvassing. Early in the week Senator Sim- mons' secretary, Frank Hampton, came here. Hampton talked at length on the necessity for a state constabulary to enforce the prohi- bition laws. The proposal fell flat. But Hampton’s visit betrayed great- er concern. He discovered the ac- tivity of legislators for Dariels and learned of the Secretary's acquisi- tion of the Gardner campaign man- agers. The Gardner organization is the young man’s strength. It barely misged making Gardner governor, and | Gardner lost solely on woman sut- frage. The Daniels supporters hang their hopes on the Secretary’s paper, his personal following, the Gardner ma- chine and the women. Simmons and Danfels are ancient enemies. The senator’s friends suffered him to re- main national committeeman in 1912 on the understanding that the Sec- retary’s paper would be neutral in the senatorial campaign. 2NAVY FLYRS KILED STRKE AN AR POCET | By the Associated Press. ROCKAWAY, N. Y., February 26.— An air pocket encountered at an alti- tude of 800 feet, which threw their seaplane into a-tail spin and sent it crashing to the ground before it could be brought under control again, is be- lieved to have been responsible fot the death of Lieut. Harold T. Stevens, U..S. N., and Chief Machinist's Mate Eugene Lindsay while making a rou- tine flight over the naval air station here this afternoon. Lindsay's home is in San Francisco. Lieut. Stevens and his wife lived at ‘the air station: His parents’ home is in Mount Ver- non, N. Y. While making what onlookers de- scribed as a simple turn, directly over a hangar near the. shore, the machine suddenly went into a tail spin. . Lieut. Stevens apparently ‘was unable to straighten out the seaplane owing to the short elevation, and it plunged to earth, barely missing its hangar. . Lieut. Stevens has been attached to the station since the spring of 1918, He was twenty-six years old. He en- tered the service as a reserve officer. in 1917, graduating from the aviation school” at Massachusetts Institute of ‘Fechnology. ¥ . % URPISINGS SPREAD - IN SOVIET RUSSIA Revolting Sailors Murder Commissaries—Guns Bark in Moscow Strike. Hunger and increasing distrust of bolsheviki regime have caused peas- ant uprisings in about half the provinces of soviet Russia, according to reports to the State Department yesterday. The uprisings are spreading in the Ural, the Ukraine and the central provinces, the reports added. Detalls of Satlors’ Mutiny. LONDON, February 26.—Details of the recent mutipy of soviet sailors at Kronstadt, says the Central News Helsingfors correspondent today, lead to the belief that the crews of the soviet battleship Andrei Pervos- vanni, the battle cruiser Petropav- lorsk, the cruisers Rosslya, Admiral Makaroff, Oleg and Auroro and sev- eral gunboats took part ir the revolt and murdered a number of commis- saries. Soviet troops sent against the mu- tineers were unable to cope with them, the correspondent declared, and the government is trying to reach a peaceable agreement Wwith the sea- men. Guns Roar Near Moscow. RIGA, Letvia, February 26.—Artil- lery and machine gun firing in Nanovnikov, a suburb of Moscow, in connection Wwith the strike begun Thursday by 14,000 employes of the government works and various 'in- dustries, is reported in a dispatch from Moscow today. During the night shooting continued on Tver street, in Moscow, the dispatch says. Secret service pperatives are pro- vocatively suppressing the strike movement, according to the dispatch, which adds that no change in the government is expected. A. Riga dispatch of Friday said that during the disorders in Moscow after the calling of the strike troops were called out to disperse the men, killing or wounding several of them. The strikers are demanding an in- creased bread ration, convocation of a constituent assembly and the right of free trade. —_— SHIP ESCAPES ICEBERG. Princess 'Matoika Not Damaged in Sea Collision. NEW YORK, February 26.—The steamship Princess Matoika, reported to have struck an iceberg or a sub- merged wreck Off the Newfoundland coast Thursday night, suffered no damage, said a radio message from the captain of the ship received today by the United States Mail Steamship Company. . The message added that the vessel had. “struck- something,” but was not in danger. The Princess Matoika was formerly the German liner Prjncess, Alice. o O LS L AL 8-S SR L $240 BONUS IS PASSED AS HOUSE AMENDMENT; RETURNS TO CONFEREES ’ 20000 70 MAKE .. WATER PLANS - VOTED BY SENATE Amendment to Army Bill Is Adopted After Debate on Point of Order. An appropriation of $200.000 to pre- pare plans and begin work on an in- creased water supply for the District of Columbia was voted by the Senate late yesterday, during the considera- tion of the Army appropriation bill. The appropriation is in ascordance with the recommendation submitted to Congress by Secretary: Baker of the War Department, who pointed out in his letter of transmittal it is vital- 1y necessary that steps be taken with- out further delay to provide an in- creased water supply for the National Capital. The amendment follows: “For the preparation of plans, the initlation of work, including the em- ployment of all necessary engineer- ing, technical, clerical and other services, and for any and every pur- Ppose connected therewith, for an in- creased water supply for the District of Columbia, in accordance with Poto- mac project ‘E,’ described in the re- port submitted January 10, 1921, by Maj. M. C. Tyler, Corps of Engineers, $200,000, to be immediately available ::a to remain available until expend- Presented by Sutherland. The amendment to the Army bill providing this sum was offered by Senator Sutherland of West Virginia, who had previously laid the matter before the Senate military affairs committee. Senator Capper of Kan- sas, another member of the military affairs committee, a friend of the pro- posal to increase the water supply of the District, remdered valuable aid in having the amendment adopted by the Senate. A point of order was made against the Sutherland amendment by Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey, who insisted that it was general legisla- tion upon an appropriation bill and that the project had not been estimated for in accordance with the rules of the Senate. Vice President Marshall ruled, how- ever, that the amendment was not general legislation, since the War De- partment has jurisdiction over the water supply of the District, and the item might well come in the Army bill. Point of Order Withdrawn. There was considerable dispute as to whether the item had been esti- mated for in accordance with the rules of the Senate. Finally, at the urgent request of Senator Sutherland, Senator Frelinghuysen agreed to withdraw his point of order. The amendment was adopted and now goes to conference. The conferees on the bill on the part of the Senate are Senators Wads- worth of New York, Sutherland of ‘West Virginia and Fletcher of Florida. Senator Sutherland, in offering the amendment, called attention to the fact that there is great need at this time of providing a further water supply for the District. Provision Is Made for Palice and . Biremen. PER 'DIEM CLASS 'FINALLY OMITTED avy Yard, Arsenal and Women’s Bureau Workers Excluded.’ The $240 bonus for government eme= ployes was passed by the House just before midnight last night after more than four hours' debate. It now gose back to conference for agreement the House amendments. Action was taken by the Hou the bonus provision in the form of an amendment fathered by Represent- ative Will 2. Wood of Indiana, chair- man of the subcommittee on the leg- islative, executive 4nd judicial appro- priation bill. The Wood amendment lamends the Senate amendment and was itself amended several times. The final vote was 174 to 99 in favor of granting the $240 bonus to the fol- on lowing: Employes of the United States and District governments and the oM established branches of the service. The police and firemen. Employes of the bureau of war risk insurance. , Employes of the Tariff Commission. United States These Employes Omitted. Those specifically exempted from provisions of the bonus were: Those whose wages are adjusted by wage boards. which means particu- larly employes of navy yards and arsenals. This also includes per diem laborers and mechanics of the Dis- trict governnient Employes of the woman's bureau.™ Employes of the postal service, whose wages have been increased im distinct legislation. Representative Dunbar of Indiana introduced the amendment which put the employes of the war risk fos vision to receive $240. The vote OB this amendment was 189 to % S Chairman Mapes of the House Dis- trict committee fathered the amend- ment which included the police ll‘ firemen to receive the $240 bonus. Nolan Led the Fight. | Representative John I Nolan eof California, the ranking republican on the House labor committee, led the fight to secure the bonus for employes of navy yards and arsenals after making a speech in which he approv- ed the bonus for all government em- ployes, naming each branch of employment specifically. The bonus was lost to navy yard and arsenal employes on an amend- ment introduced by Chairman Good of the House appropriations commit- tee, which limited the rate of total compensation received by employes whose wage is adjustable by wage board or similar organization not to exceed the rate of pay locally ia° similar employment. Representative Good said that only one criticism could be made in regard to bonus legislation and that was . surance bureau under the bonus pro- - In making his point of order |that Congress had not been generous against the amendment, Senator Fre- |enough with the government employes linghuysen said that the project had ito meet the cost of living. He pointe been brought before the Senate mili-{ed out that only one increase had tary affairs committee, and that the | been allowed, and that of only $20 l committee had considered it and de- |2 month. He argued against the in= crease for those whose pay is fixed by wage boards, saying “they have had their bonus and my amendment provides that they shall not receive a double bonus’ His amendment was adopted, 149 to 50. t Says House Discriminates. * Vigorous speeches in behalf granting the full $240 bonus to polig® and firemen were made by Representa- tive Sisson of Mississippl, a memhc; of the appropriations committee, and a number of others. = Representative Campbell of Penn- sylvania said: “The Senate amend- ment does justice to the police and firemen, while the action proposed im the_House ‘to give them no bonus, oF . only a $120 bonus, is discrimination against them.” . He said that when the salary of the police and firemen was clined to put the item in the bill. The action of the committee, how- ever, was not on the merits of the proposal, it.was pointed out, but be- cause it was submitted just before the bill was reported to the Senate and because the committee had not all the information it desired in re- gard to it. Also, it was urged that the item should have been included | in some other bill. Last Opportunity for Action. Senator Sutherland said that the Army bill presented the last oppor- | tunity for action on this matter at! the present session and that he hoped it would be adopted. He said that| “we and our families are all inter- | ested in this matter of water supply. When Senator Frelinghuysen con- tinued to urge his point of order. Senator Jones of Washington called attention to the fact that an esti- mate for this project had been sent to the Senmate by Secretary Baker; that he had read of it in the news- papers. ; Senator Frelinghuysen protested that 2, Calumn 6.) | (Continued on Page $300,000,000 Less Income Tax Expected by Treasury March 15 ‘At least $500,000,000 in income and profits taxes is expected by the Treasury when the mext in- stallment comes due on March 15, .or approximately $300,000,000 less than the amount collected by the government in March of last year, it was sald last night. ‘While no -official estimate has been prepared, Treasury fiscal ex- perts are understood to be of the opinion that the total will not fall below $500,000,000 and will pos- sibly reach $600,000,000. Becay, of .the changed condi-. tions dgring the past year, Treas- ury, offi said last night, no ac- curate estimate of the March taxes can be attempted.. Falling prices, wage cuts, business losses and other factors will affect the re- turns, officials said. . On the same date the income taxes are payable approximately $500,000,000 in Treasury certifi- cates of indebtedness will mature. Under the Treasury’s general policy of meeting these maturities with the quarterly tax payments it is planned to leave a safe mar- gin on the side of the money re- ceivable, and officials asserted there were no indications that the plan would not work out as usual. fixed it was understood that the bohus * was to be added thereto., Representa~ tive Campbell read statistics showing that a private in Youngstown, Ohie, gets more than a captain here. He . showed that the maximum pay to & - private in Seattle, Newark, Jersey Cify and Bridgeport is $2,000 and in De- . troit it is $2,160, while in the Distrigt of Columbia it is only $1,660 and, with the full bonus, would amount to only * $1,900. 3 Chairman Mapes explained to’ the & House that the measures mu-qq;,; the ‘pay of police and firemen ‘ through with a distinct ans ing that the bonus was to be to.them the same-as to other govern- ment employes. ' Representative Johnson of Kentucky, ranking crat on the committee, confirmed statement. Woods Takes Floor Representative James P. Wooddy . democrat, of Virginia, a member of.. the subcommittee that drafted v police -and firemen’s pay bill, 3 attention of the House to the 5 that in 1919 Congress 1 ‘wrote into, legislation that the police and firemen must withdraw™