Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1921, Page 17

»=EAGUE WOULD CUT ARTICLE X FOR 3. 'Viviani Brings Proposition From Council to Present to President. WILL DEFEND COVENANT Stephane Lauzanne Coming With Former Prime Minister of France. By the Associated Pres PARIS. March 17.—Rene Viviani, former prime minister of France, on his forthcoming visit to the United States will go prepared to ask oh be- half of the council of the league of nations whether the United States; government will not enter the league of nations provided article X is stricken from the covenant of the league. This has not been disclosed of- ficially, nor by M. Viviani himself; but it is the understanding of his intimate associates in public Lifi that this will be the primary object ot ~ia visit to Washington. Will Show Easy Way to Enter. M. Viviani set forth considera- tions which onsiders will make it easy for the United States to enter the league of nations. He has talked over the question not only with mem- bers of the French government, but with the council of the league and with various persons in Paris who are regarded as having special knowl- cdge of the United States. _Further. it is understood that M Viviani will point out that the French and allied nations cannot abandon the covenant of the league, because it is inseparably interwoven with the execution of the treaty of Versailles first, with regard to the administra- tion of the Saar region: second, the administration of Danzig and the olish corridor; third. that it has given title to ‘the districts of the Iupen and Malmedy to Belgium. and, fourth, that it is charged to super- vise the restriction of Germany's arma- ment and tha: of her late alliex, along with other nations. after the with- drawal of the allied military com- mission. < What He W Besides. M. Viviani will contend that any efarts to separate the covenant fro X the treaty would ren- der less secu e the {act that the treaty already is treaty of Versailles This is deewed particularly important because the allies at present are ap- piying military and economic pressurc 1o enforce the treaty. M. Viviani became a strong par- tisan of the league of nations during the recent meetin of the assembly of the league at Geneva. le seems to have repla Leon Bourgeois as {hie principal French exponent of the cagae. Stepnane Lauzanne the Matin, will accompany M. Viviani to the United States. M. Lauzzane was one of the important representa- tives of the Fren the United States for the presenta- tion of the French point of view dur- ing two years of the w.r. - Contend. chief editor of BURKN FIFTY TRADING POSTS. ANTWERP. March 18.—Natives of the equatorial district of Conzo Free State have risen #nd Oui..d. fifty trading posts, accorditg to a wireless dispatch _from Boma.su€ongo Free Srate. published by Uggnewspuper Neptune. * | Open government 3n | Have you been To the - Auto Show Convention Hall Today and Tomorrow THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, 1)) FRIDAY, MARCIT 18. 1921 ncinnati to Make 1$25.000 A MONTH LOPPED OFF GAS COST TO D. C. CONSUMERS Public Utilities Commission Reduces Price to $1.25 Per Thousand From Today, Continuing Until September 18. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Marc! —For the firat time in the mercial history of Cincinn: | shipment water from | eity to Pacific coast por: | be ‘made. The cargo will | Ohio river ateamer Queen thence across the gulf through the Panama Pacific portx of destination. The cargo will include pi: Cincinna The rai quoted at $4 per hundred und the water tariff § Householders of Washington will feet. which amounts to about $300.000 A i 25 annually. save approximately $25.000 a month 'annuaily. i commissions have sought on their gas bills by the decision of {5 have this situition changed by the Public Utilities Commission made | Congress. There are indications that public last night. reducing the price | the present board will make a deter- & ! mified fight to have the inequity ad- per thousand cubic feet from $1.32 to | justed. $1.25. This estimate was made unofficially | at the District building today, and i8, “In the matter of the application of based on the amount of gas sdld at the Washington Gas Light Company $1.32_ during December. which Wwas on behalf of itself and the George- 344,000 thousand cubic fect. | fown. Gias Light Company for a con- While December is ordinarily a tinuation of the ting rates of gas month of heavy consumption, ofic Forinall cade of the commission point out that I Deeember registered a low consump- tion of gas. The summer months probably will drop below Dece ‘l'er"| ed October 1920. the price to but the saving to small users €X- | ho charged for gas furnished b pected to remain between $20.00¢ and 'y, o EIEEC Tiahy oy mhd 1000(a month. the Georgetown Gas Light Company was fixed at the following rates: “For less than 100,000 cub J month, for 100,000 cu- and less th 300,000 cubic month, $1.2 00,000 ¢ and less than $600,000 cubic month. $1.22: for 500.000 cu- nonth, with a reduction of 3 c housand for each 50.000 cubic s per month until the minin med that Comminsion’s Decision. The commission's dec ow: o and 100, for the na: three mo ing thirty-nine having neighborhood of 50,000 cub least one monih He claimed. step were n i further, that ade to include 50,000 cubic feet e would be a strong such business places to u and thereby more than offset duction in revenue r lower rate. opinion t if th pe e 3 By 2 : By the terms of the commission’s order number 393, The commi t such a c sonabl to the New Ratg)ffect The naw rate becomes effective to- day and continues until September 15, The gas bills rendered on April 1 will be at the reduced rate. The commission grante of the Washington Today. ! - feet | feet per bic feet feet per n in part the t reful consid Liinch- | Ul conat T Ascncition W an phereate fn| bic. fect aud lest than T30.000 cabic [evidense in this case the com he amount of gas sold at wholesale feet per month. $1.1 or N Sl hoth o T 1l consumers bic feet and less than 1,000,000 cubic feet per month. $1.12; for 1,000.000 { cubic feet or more per month. $1.0 By the terms of the order these rates are effective from November bic feet will be at $1.20 per thou-{1. 19 to the meter-reading period sand. which will affect ge num- | beginninz March 18, 1 | ber of the eating establishments of jor before said date the co | the city. ishall have ordered otherwise. Ruling Indiea | did this by | whole instead of duced. wili, The commission 000 cubic feet 000 cubie feet the maximum amount to be sold at S All_con- sumption between 50.000 and 250.000 sale The, 1 the sion, enable the T Jle return on the its property as found by t sion. “It, is, therefore, ordered (1) That 1o b the Washi Lixh ¢ and the Georgetown G to consume and the be in hedu for pnsumers he ion should 1 est of the to on Policy. Companies File Petition. the dom-| "On February 26, 1921. thc Wash- thieh | ington Gas Light Coripany on behalf liey which | (1 [tseit and the Georgetown (ias | Light Company petitioned this com- mission to continue these rates in ef- .000 fect for a six-month period, to end:$I. with the meter-reading beginning | than | September 18, 1921. The commission | $1.20; set Friday. March 11, 1921, for a for- mal public hearing on this petition. | but owing to the presence of only one In its gas rate decision mission has indicated the po il govern its actions at least dur- ing the period required for its new members. Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster. to become better acquainted with the District’s public utility prob- lem This policy is to proceed conserv tively to reduce the price for service rendered by utility corporations as far as it may -be “reduced without|member of the commission, the hear- crippling the efficiency of the worpo-|ing was postponed to March 14 and rations or throwing obstacles in thelagain to March 1 on which path of good business management. |date a full members f the com- is understood the commission | mission was present jgave thought to a gas rate of $1.20.1 “The evidence adduced at this hear- but abandoned the idea because it|ing shows that e have been no im- i believed it would work a hardship a ! upon the company at thig time. o Should oil stay ut the #Wesent level jfixed in October, 1920, with the exce { which would mean a _considerable | tion of gas oil. All through the summer Distr, rdan g cubic i 1 500,000 cubie T50.000 cubic for 750,000 cubic 1.000.000 cubic feet 1 00,000 cubic T month, §1. “The above rate tallation or plant. of gas by the sa ferent plants o mbined feet per H 3 | i anply Th o cu locations i nd labor saving to the company during the!lmonths of 1920—in fact, from June to 2) That if any priv next few montfis, the commission will | December, 1920—ihe pr. aid by the | £as 1l not pay monthiy consider futther reductions when the | petitioners for gas oil was 12% cents per | bill within ten dayvs after tf rate just announced expires. Septem- ! gallon. the average price for the cal ishall bave been presented ber 18. 'y»:ri however. being 10.02 cents. du ompany ay . . the lower price prevailing prior to May. | said consum Low Govermment Rate to eB Clted. | jo25 Since the beginning of the present | tional for « calendar yegp there has been a sub- | cubic feet o stantial drop in the price of oil, the price| bill. asx now the month of February. 1921,| “(3) That i being 9.97 cents per gallon. While the | Light Comp | testimony also shows that the compa 1 has purchased some oil o e quanti Decides Upon Reduction. ten (10) el one thousand gas represented authorjzed b the Washingt, and the (¢ | 1In the meantime there is every like- [1ihood the commision will call the attention of Congress to the injustice of the federal and District govern- ments paying only 70 cents a thou- | sand cubfc feet for gas, when private | users are forced to pay $1 It is stated that if a uniform rate were | adopted for all consumers. govern- | ment and private, the present rate; | could be reduced at least 4 cents. | The gas company now manufaciures 1and sells annually about. 5.000,000,000 feet of gas, of which the United | States and District govermments use |approximately 3.2 per cent at the n, lower prices, ! ten days from the date of th has been refatively small. | new sel edul th Therein pr *¢4) T n that | all ga shed from the rates ding period beginning M {to be charged for gas. due to the drop meter reading in the price of oil, but as the lower | ginning September 15, 1921, rates herein established are to prevail| *(3) That beginnin during_that portion of the year when | reading beginning September the sales of gas are at a minimum it{the rates shall be resto | seventy-cent rate. In addition. about |is believed that in justice to the com-|ally to a uniform ra 4 per cent of this total gas manufac-|pany the reduction in rates should not|1.000 cubic fect, uni s ture goes into the District's street!be made in direct proportion to the re- |said date the comm lamps, at a cost approximating 29 duction in the price of oil. STaeved Hihiciwy cents a thousand cubic feet. It costs| “During the hearing in this case the company, according to statements | counsel for the Washington Lunch- on file in the Public Utilities Commis- | room Association presented the re- sion, more than a dollar a thousand |quest of the association for a change cubic feet. mot including overhead|in the steps making up the schedule. churges:~ to deliver gas (o the street |suggesting that the maximum rate lamps, £o that it incurs a 1oss on thisapply to all gas consumed in quant; business of 71 cents a thousand cubic’ ties less than 50,000 cubic feet pe *“The commission Is of the opini ia reduction should be made in th ng that is w two and a half centuries old. well worn words were first f ‘Nothern Memoirs, ? Where? Are The Last Two Days 10:30 A. M. Until 10:30 P. M. Auspices Washington Automotive Trade Association maore to cach consumption omer will not be, harge and collec cents ight Company shall file, Shipment by Water to Pacific Coast RN, com- atl a thix will start for New Orleans Mondny on the City. and canal to phonographs and xoap made In ent during that period. the fir: ose wh r mon ive for gis the r ulting from the of the the in ion of the sion m for g and b abl com arn u ommi r it Light ; s other than the t of (¢ mont and ¢ mont feet and mont set or more in di Penalty for Delay in Payment. te consumer o any e th fre add (1.000) b; law on rgetow with sa he rch 1 iod b t.ith the meter 18, 1 d automatic- cents per on or before ion shall have mother of inven- €ll_over These . ound in | €arly @ written | DA% hed of | with or less than rates IEXPE Expect ax St ho ih of the Depart govern lar wil it 1tio it throu interes to a s- tions h are the offi nine h, govern h collect i a f i At th -d the expected ; att ui1 en | in! k4 | 8. e- BOLT MONTGON St for Joh vesterd: nto th ablaze. zed. the Cos 7 2% 2 Z 7 2% 2 Z N %2 SEESNEED OF EARLY: EVISION OF TAXES Treasury Department Urges Legislation to Stabilize Business Conditions. of Congress, so that the business m just how cording to the a week adjusted Of course, siness will hand the 1 of early tax r nE; 1y the shall apply 10| F¥ing on the government operati meter Confrderas | nests caught ttended the church ficial residence in Montzomer: days with a s TARIFF EXPECTED TO PRECEDE - TAX AND ALL OTHER BILLS Western Members of Congress to Insist on Tariff Leading All Legislation at Extra Session. Will rev axes or of ments under way looking |;)‘:Il'1] an have first consideration of the emergenc There has been hitve flEst considpration St much discussion of the proposal of RTS To SUPPLY DATA session of Congress i nator Smoot, republican, Utah, to au on that is being most put an embargo on wool. which was | «d by the republican lead- included in the Fordney measure. \[ i man s 2o X ed by the Senate and House and e = e oed by Mr. Wilson. (ongressional ed Enactments to Be Made .na mcans commitice and some|ind administrative circles were said 2, of his fellow members insist to be planning to put an embargo Retroactive to January 1 that & permanent ¥ Bill will top on other products mow on the free | the legislative program of the Hous Tist Although they had been ad- of Present Year. {in contradiction 1o this is a formal | Viséd of such a movement, members 3 s interview touse Leader Mondell of the ways and means committee legislation should be given ould reduced first | declared that the question of prepar- v attention at the s al s on ff should be revised. ing an oul-and-out emergency tariff It should be remembered that House had been definitely abandoned. n % = & ey Leader Mondell, who will be in charg Tarlff Given First Place. country could determine early | o 'iyo jeginlative program, made this! Agreement was reached at the to make their plans. ac-|gtatement after a conference With| meting yogterday that the anti- iew-at the Treasury | I'resident Harding. This same View | qumping and valuation bill should ment. Determination of the (& CAPRess by some memi s ©f the [ not delay consideration of # straight ment's course in this particu- et S N LS UL NOTE Lie TeatOnRAE ML S i Other Bills Dincussed. not fit the situation with fespect to | help much toward the stab-| 4 committee confe esterday | the free li Answering questions n ® of business conditions |took up, among other things., the @5 to whether the committee had hout the country, Treasury of- |question of prepariog and T changed front on priority of tariff or 3 through the Ho the same anti- revenue revision, Chairman Fordney i dumping bill pas: last session, to- | declared that it still was a 13-t0-2 necessary that the business |gether with an added American val- | vote for tariffl. The west, according to the chairman, is emphatic in urg ing tariff legisiation early in the sion, in advance of all allied bill It was stated that Representatives ongworth, Ohio, and Bachrach, New Jersey, were standing alone for reve- nue legislation first of all. tion measure. The latter probably will Le incorporated in the same bill The committee adopted a resolution requesting Treasury Department offi ials to f a rough draft for its consid There iy date hat is the will be figured. whatever form will undoubtedly be made to Janu 1 0f this experts are ts know at o st 2 ok was no intimation from the s o Aete e What | White louse as to whether the Pres- | Representative Young, republican. 118 of the March 15 collec- |ident had approved the program | North Dakota, 4 member of the com- ave been. It probably will be |agrced upon Monday at a conference mittee, declared the passage of the or two before these figures |f the ways and means and Senate | snti-dumping bill would mot satisfy completed. and until this is done | finance committe The President | the west, as most of the farm prod- o o deter- | had expected lo sce western mem- of that section were on the free ow the taxes will have to { bers of (hr‘_fnrm«r committee who 10 mert the needs of the|have been insistent in demanding hairman Fordney intimated that the ment expenditur that the (ariff be taken up ahead committee might begin work on the of revenue revision, but the meeting | tariff bill at once. A motion that the Expeet Drop in Collections. {was postponed at his request and | next meeting be held Monday was Chairman | d sent Mr. dney explained that he | o voted down. the view being expressed arding a list of mem by many that there was no reasan for it w ited out, ons up to Ates) : GHE o i o ne rs with whom he might want to! further delay, inasmuch as hearings S lasty vering taxes on | O3 'I'"'I "" tion ; | were long ago concluded. and that = 3 Meanwhile there were othe; =] ime had o . e e A e were other move- | the time had come to write the bill. the temporar: busine de-{ f n during 1920, on which year | ASK BAN ON IMPORTS. Congressmen Urge President to Aid Western Part of Country. President Harding has been request- | «©d to place an embargo on the ship- | ment into this country of wool. hide meats, butter, lemons, cottonseed oil cert- | and cotton by a group of wi now ng collected " are FARM BONDS DELAYED. Board Sets Avril 15 as Earliest Possible Date for Issuance. April 15 is the earliest date on which the new federal farm loan bonds can be ready for issuance, Commis- {sioner Lobdel' ofwthe #arm Loan Board annources. The action of Con- determination of whether iff or taxation will tak. at the special s it was| the Treasury Department, | ¥ he more ongressional leaders Mellon. onferences il xperts to Give Figures. e next conference it is-a stern sen- Treasury experts will have at|ators and representativy Senator ! grece just before adjournment in ex- ne fl-’i‘: ‘flr-'l';:‘- From these| cumecon of Arizona. who made the tending the call period of the bonds | strongly legislato © said that has necessitated the preparation of new plates for engraving them. The new offering of bonds, Commis- sioner - Lobdell safd, will be made through federal land banks, farm loan associations and _distributing houses. The amount of the issue, he added, will be determined by the de- mand for loans and by bond market conditions. May 1, ention of the e attention ion of the De- { announcemen | of Sceretari partment of Agric , Hoover of the Department of Commerce and Il.of the Interior Department had been called to the situation which now confronts the producers of these commodities The President under advi said. The President wa producers of th would be covered wera facing such a that unless steps were taken imme- diately to shut out imports from foreign countries the very existence of some of the producers was in danger. The western members of Congress were said to maintain that war power still retained by the President gave him authority to declare an embargo such as they recommended. { indicated at her form Melion, n favor 1 for took the cment, Senator request’ vorka 3 a work Cameron nue he said. probably will be s informed that the commodities which by the embargo rious situation™ | closing loans. The new bonds will bear interest at 5 per cent. and will mature in twenty years. callable at the option of the bank in ten years after date of issue. $500,000 LIQUOR SEIZED. DALLAS, Tex.. March HITS FAMOUS CHURCH. | RY. Ala. March 18—, n copal Church, famous historical connection with ¢he 3 struck by lightning ay afternoon. Straw carried e belfry by birds for building re and set the belfry The chimes also were dam- Jefferson Davis. president of nfederate States of America, during his of- in the The marked seized- in the mnorthern of da: he The present vear marks the 400th nniversary of the death of Ponce de Leon. discoverer of Florida. the eivil occupied wal hich is 605-607 7th St. Between F and G Sts. ~ We plunged—bought immense stocks at our own price clothing market was in a state of deep depression at that time. That is why we can show you— Hundreds of Fine uits You will find the labels of several of America’s these suits, Suits that are guaranteed by their makers and by us. 7 7 foremost clothing Don’t you see the extravagance of paying $30, $35 and $40 for vour Spring Suit— when we have them here at $20. Come, and let us prove to you that Eiseman’s sells good clothes other store in the entire city. | the date ‘when the banks will begin EISEMAN’S We Bought Hundreds of Suits Far Below Their Market Values pring W' RETREMENT: BRINGS ON CRISIS Unionist’s Resignation Frotg British Cabinet Weakzans Coalition Government. N2s Phes PREMIER IN A DILEMMA Faces Prospect of Unsympnt.hefl; Association, Which May Foree Him to Quit Office. : By the Associated Press. i LONDON, March 15—A politics crisis of the first magnitude has besd created by the retirement of A. Bopar Law from the British cabinet. it.ip declared by the London Times. Othel newspapers, while less emphatic agree in saying that Mr. Bonar Lawh resignation is certain to have coms siderable political effect. and that &t probably wiil materially weaken the coalition government. 1t is pointed out that no succcssor 15 Mr. Bonap Law is likely to work so well wit Prime Minister Lloyd George. and th Graphic even suggests that if M& Lloyd George is called upon to fa a prospect of unsympathetic associa tion. he may find the strain of o intolerable and will follow Mr. Bon; Law into retirement. Party Yo Choose New Lead o There are many forecasts relathi® to the new unionist leader whom £l party will elect o5 Monday. Chamberiain, chanceilor of ;chequer; Sir Robert Horne. presid, {of the board of trade, and Sir Edwa Carson are given most promini mention as being probable succe to Mr. Bonar Law. Mr. Chamber! who is reported not to be in robu health, would presumably be appoints ed government leader in the house commons in addition to the positieg of lord privy seal. and in which csse might find it impossible to continug to hold the chancellorship. P People close to Mr. Lloxd Geof have indicated that Sir Robert Horu might succeed Mr. Chamberlain ¢ chancellor, while the presidency : he board of trade might be taken Sir P. Lloyd-Greane, at present pa illumentary secretary for the bodd or Stanley Baldwin. financinl s tary of the treasury. Sir Robert gone to the Riviera, while Sir Edwii Carson plans to sail for Gibraitar e} Saturday. Sir Edward is sald to] disinclined to assume the governman leadership in commons. Jealous of Lioyd George's Powep Suggestions -have -been made some ouarters that Mr. Liovd | himself take command' of the un {ist party, which constitutes the buly |of his forces in parliament. Thi London Times remarks. regard this feature of the situation. that (#8 unionists, as a whole, while will to make every use of him, are jealous of his power. Mr. Bonar law is a widower lost his two sons fn the war. An timate friend played chess with Wednesday evening and suspe: nothing, but a_specialist. who e: red him on Thursday morning, | derea him to quit work or face gravest risks. He will leave for Riviera by sea, possibly toduy, i 18.—Alco- | v his daughter, and wi holic fiquors valied at §500.000 were | oG By e O o montns distriet of| Texas last year. according to a report of E. A. Turner, federal prohibition enforcement officer. made public_to- ! any authentic récord w Sixty-four stills were raided and about five hundred persons ar- —_— — «d The heaviest man of whom therg Danie! bert, who died in London in the es vears of the last century. He welgl 739 pounds. . » 605-607 7th St. Between F and G Sts. , because the AS WE BUY WE SELL We bought cheaply then—you buy cheaply now manufacturers in for less than any