Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1921, Page 34

| ¢ " Guard. Efforts are being made to in- | the third annual conventio 1 ST ey T | THE ARMY Allocating to each city and town aecording to the number of men who served therein during the world war, | the War Department will make dis- tribution of captured cannon n,nd‘ other war devices, when the bill in- troduced by Congressman Julius Kahn, last week, becomes effective. This bill provides for the distribution of war trophies by the congressional delegations of the various states, ter- Fitories, and the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. ¥ It is said that thousands of bills Bave been sent to Congress from eitles and towns requesting one or more captured cannon, in order that the same may be permanently ex- hibited in public places throughout the country. Anticipating the practical impossi- Bility of introducing separate Dbills pertaining to such requests. Mr. Kahn Will take care of the situation at one stroke by introducing a joint bill. thus enabling the thousands of re- quests to be cared for without un- necessary delay. Doubtless prompt action will be taken by the military éommittee of the House on Mr. Kahn bilt Military Committee Changes. Seven new members of the House eommittee on military affairs will shortly take the seats of retiring members. Their names follow Richard Wayne Parker, New Jersey.| former member; Frank Crowther, New York; Harry C. Ransley, Pennsyl vania; John Philip Hill. Maryland Harry M. Wurzbach, Texas; Louis A Frothingham, Massachusetts: W. C. 'M: Georgia: T. H. Stoll, South Carolina, and D. E. Garrett, Texas. Julius Kahn is slated to succeed him- self as chairman, with John C. Mc- XKensie. vice chairman, and Howard F. Sedgwick, clerk. Quartermaster Activities. A portable laundry sufficient in capacity to take care of the laundry ‘work of from 100 to 500 men, requiring an operating force of not more than six men. and capable of being moved by | truck whenever necessary, has been designed by the Quartermaster Corps. The first of these units will be as- sembled and shipped to Fort St. Michael. Alaska, as soon as navigation to that point opens. Construetion of the laundry build- ing for the new Fort Monroe laundry has besn completed. The machinery and ent will be installed and the laundry placed in operation with- in the next sixty days. A part of the machinery and equipment in the Camp Lee . which is being dis- mantled. will be shipped to Fort Mon- roe for use in the laundry at that|, ecting of the auxiliary will belers; secretary-treasurer. W. J. Pryor; Al war cantonments now in use have laundry facilities with the ex- ception of Camp Pike, Ark. The latest installation is at Camp Lewis, Wast It has been estimated that this plan ean be maintained at an average cost of $2 per month for each nl can be rendered at that cost not only to the enlisted garrison. but likewise to the hospita! and the officers and their ilies. The present cost for comtract Jaundry service apbroxi- mates $258 per man per month. not Including hoepital and officers’ work. ‘The salvage branch of the Quarter- master Corps will establish a mili- laundry in the Panama canal tary E department sufficient in capacity to | render laundry service to the mili- tary forees in that department. Ma- chinery and equipment are available from stock. It i= anticipated that a eonstruction ma- Yor. this laundry y on hand. Total gross returns from the sale of ‘waste materials and unserviceable | Broperty resulting from the demobili- of the Army subsequent to the signing of the armistice amount to g.--!-nuylnt?een million dollars. sceumulations include unserv- foeable clothing. equipage and mili- tary equipment, as well as scrap metals, lumber and miscellaneous m.an sales were had on com- bids or at public auction. Plawe are being developed for the @ispemal of garbage accumulating at military reservations during the year. beginning July 1 coming Rscal 1921 At the larger camps the gar. classificd, while at the bage will be Small camps and stations di Will Be effected in bulk. i 0-:.‘_" Association Exte: TS of the fleld artiller: ¢ of the OfMicers® Reserve Corps may now be admitted to active member. ship with the United States Field Ar. :l'll-“l-vun amm"'rhu places such an juality wit - tillery offcbrs of the et i the association, d. Regular Army Rftons 2nd the chief of s will promote the present growing feeling of com- mom interest between officers of the flel@ artillery officers of the Regular fleld_artillery of the Regular Army. the Reserve Corps and the National crease the membership of the associa- Infantry Notes. ’hl have deen sent to the 37th In. fantry at Fort Wayne, with instruc- tioms to the commanding officer to Sive them tests and report on the Tesults. It is said almost the same bemefits may be obtained in the teaching of the use of gun sights by plasing inside the larger-size guns a ::h:.:'(-md smaller caliber which, oes not require such ex- Ppenstve ammunition. &= At the Camp Benning Infantry * Bchool tmaginary squads of dummy i | ; ®oldiers made of cardboard are ar ranged for target practice as if | actual battle. These dummies are not emtirely satisfactory, because they hawe not been constructed so they cam be depended upon to fail out of sight when hit by a bullet, whieh it is intended they shall do: alss, they are rather expensive. Some ome recently conceived $dea of uwsing something on the order of & vabber toy balloon for the pur- pose, which would be less expensive, and when punctured by a bullet would immediately collapse. It is belioved an clastic dummy of this kind cowld be painted in such a manner that it would closely re- eemble the human head. and the in- fantry board plans to give the bal- loons & trial. Plans are under consideration by - the office of the chief of infantry and . fan the infantry board fo conduct ex- perimeats looking to placing the in- on a strictly motorized basis. It will be necessary to decide what ' size trucks.should be used in the dif- v fereat branches of the regiment, how woul be required. and what the service would be most practieal, taking inte consideration the various gonditions of roads that are emcountered in infantry action. ‘Moter trucks have been uscd to some tent fn the Infantry. but no sys- termatie effort has been made to set- tle wpon exmct motor equipment, a plam ‘under-contemplation. Leeal Golf Tournament. the | for which is now tentatively ARMY AND NAVY NEWS | tively, when the course will be re- served for members in the morning. The qualifying round, eighteen holes, must be played with a club member who is also entered for the tourna- ment. Medal scores for handicap con- sideration may be played with any one at any time before April 25. all | scores in 1o be attested. A first and | second prize and a consolation prize will be awarded for each sixteen, also {a prize for low medal score in the | qualification. Licut. Col. Percy L. Jones, Army Medical School, is secre- tary of the club and prospective en- trants should notify him immediately of their desire to take part in the tournament. THE NAVY | e =T as e o The Atlantic fleet airboat squadron of nine F-5-Ls arrived at Hampton roads last Wednesday under command of Commander A. C. Read of transat- lantic fame. This ends the 1920-1921 cruise of airboats, which covered a total flying distance of about 10.000 miles without mishap, having left | Hampton roads for the Canal Zone by way of Guantanamo on December 0. After joining the Pacific r force in maneuvers south of left 19, anal Zone. the squadron for the north on February Great Corn islands. Beli Isle of e ing at Guantanamo on March | ering the 1 miles in_ thirty thours and thirty-five minute On April 6, after fleet mancuvers inorth by way of Isle of Pines. Miami. Charleston and Morehead ( The :squadron was manned by practically o ne erew which o -2 the air quadron qduring the winter of 1919 in the Caribbean se; The crew’s inti {mate knowledge of motors and se pianes enabled Commander Read carry out his sche i Radio appar: quipment was tested out during this long voyage and the most gratifying results were obtained in keeping formation and navigating even when visibility was limited by foz and rain. to ules without de- us and compass New Clipper-Bow Ships. A Column Devoted to the A charter has been granted for a ladies’ auxiliary to be attached ti the Bureau of Enzraving and Print- ing Post, No. Z3. American Legion, ac- conling to announcement of Francis F. Miller, commander of the post. | held in the near future for the pur- pose of eleciing offiters and com- i s work of organization. ‘?Lee‘mvgefit!}llnz will be addressed Chairman Nathan Williams of the auxiliary commiitee and Post Com- mander Miller. The second anniversary of National Capital Post. N Veterans of | Foreign Wars, clebrated this week, when more tharm five hundred members were in attendance. Ad- dresses were made by several mem- bers of the organization, following which there was a smoker. Forty- two applications for membership were received and it was announced tenm members will be mustered in at the next _meeting. which is to be.held | Tuesday evening, April National Disabled Soldiers’ L:.;fxe in an open letter to Presi- | dent Harding adopted a resolution in- dorsing he report of the Datwes Com mittee, which was appointed by ¢ President to investigate the disabled uestion. |5 La fts Yeport to the President the committee recommended that the Lureau of war risk insurance, the United States public health service and the Federal Board for Vocational Training be amalgamated into one body, S0 that the disabled soldiers ! may ‘receive more just and adequate s ent. T fhe resolutions adopted, set forth that the disabled soldiers indorse the action of the committee and its recommendation and urge that the President support the recommendation, and further that the President appoint 1as director of the new bureau one of the 641,900 disabled soldiers. The resolution was signed by George {H." Gillin, national commander, and | James W. Mellen. national vice com- mander, together with John T. Nolan, | national legislative chairman of the ! National Disabled Soldiers’ League. ! pilgrimage of “gold_star” first pilgrimage of “gol m:t_‘h.eru o\‘e¥.~eas to visit the graves of their sons will begin about June 1, When 100 women of the American War Mothers' organization will sail for France on the steamship America. In France the mothers will be guests of the Women's Auxiliary of the Paris Post of the American Legion. xty Sioux Indfans, who served as| 11!!!’:[]};&!1(:2 scouts in the world war; ' will eatertain delezates and visitors to of the Yy, next | soldie: American Legion at Kansas i far, with a tribal war dance. Disabled veterans of the world war, | nearly all of them overseas veterans ind members of the Walter Reed >ost of the American Legion, have adopted what they term “The Creed of the Disabled Men.” commendeq by President The creed reads as follows: “Once more to be useful, to see pity in the eyes of my friends replaced with commendation, to work, pro- duce, provide and to feel that I have ‘a place in the world, seeking no fa- Vors and given none, a man among !men in spite of this physical handi- jeap” Harding. All members of the American Le- gion, in the boardroom of the District attend the next meeting of the Stuart Walcott Post. No. 10, American Le- lgion, in tbe board room of the District building at 3 o'clock Tuesday even- ing. April 26. Representative James T. Begg of Ohlo is to deliver a lec- ture on “The Tendency in Govern- ment Today.” Representztive Royal Johnson of South iDakota will introduce Col. Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian and former representative in Congress from Delaware, who will deliver an address “The American Legion.”” Capt. “Tim™ Jordan, commander of the 31 Machine Gun Post, will make a brief address regarding co-operation of vet- erans. Guitar and mandolin _duets will be given by Misses Isadore Stout and Jose- phine Smith. The Misses Buckley and Alspaugh will 8ing. A surprise party is promised also by Chairman Colley of the entertainment committee. Representative B. Carroll Reece of Tennessee, who served as a first lieu- tenant in the 166th Ohio Infantry dur- ing the world war, is to be the* guest of honor at a meeting of the District of Columbia Chapter, Rainbow Divi- sion Veterans, tomorrow night in the dugout, 1004 E street northwest. Following an address by Representa- the chapter's publicity officer cover- off } Susntanamo. the airboats left for the | Defended the Nation on Land and Sea. which ~was | tive Reece, there ‘will be & report of thean the appearance of floating fort- ressws, the Navy's new battleships and batths cruisers show a return to the clippar bow of former days. From most angles the new bow gives the great fAghting craft the graceful ap- pearance of a fast yacht, hut coming head-on he idea of its resistless force is portraywed most impressively. The distinctivel bows of the U. S. battle- ships, which began' with the New Mexico, designed in 1914, and appear- ing also on the new battle cruisers, are due to a number of circumstances. Large naval vessels are required to anchor and get away from their an- chorages on short notice. Rarely does a battleship! or large vessel tie up alongside a wharf as does a com- mercial vessel; thay always anchor in a stream, communication with the shore being effected by means of small motor craft. Development in the:shape of ves- sels permitting them to pass through water with the least fesistance, as conducted in the experimental model basis, showed the advantage of an unusual and broad shape: below the water at its extreme end. The shape generally referred to as the “bull” or “bulbous nose.” added increased diffi- culties in operating anchors when stowed in the old-fashioned. way. The next step then was to place the hawse pipes and anchors as far away from the offending “bull nose” as pos- sible. Naturally an extension for- ward offered the best solution. Mod- els were prepared of the conventional and new types of anchor handling, and it was then found in the case of | the “clipper bow” that many. of the jobjections perviously encountered had disappeared. Some other advantages resulted from the adoption of the “clipper bow,” such as—the fore- }castle deck is not so wet in bad weather, one hawse pipe is saved en- tirely and the vessels ride at anchor much more satisfactorily. The great- est advantage of the “clipper bow” is the superiority of the center line an- choring arrangement with the added Replacing the blunt prow that gave | safety to the ship. VETERANS OF GREAT WAR Interests of the Men Who American Veterans of the World War, was organized at the Georgetown University Law School, 6th and E streets northwest, at week. Temporary officers were elected as follows: ~President, W. E. Maddox; first vice president, John J. Boscorell: second vice president, George W. Rog- Sergeant-at-arms, J. T. Hottle. It was announced there wiil be fifty oharter members, when a charter is received from the national headquar- ters in Cincinnati, but that all dis- abled veterans are eligible to mem- ‘bership. in the post. ‘Temporary htadquarters have been established for the post in room 415 at 508 ith street, northwest. With the co-operation of the officers of the United States Marine Corps, the lA:’.I'Ierlt:c:ll Legion Post of the National ress Club has arranged to a re- Yoeption to the officers and beard of Sovernors of the National Press Club at the marine barracks Tuesday even- ing, April 26. The eliminary ar- gemenis. are in the hands of a mmittee consisting of Capt. William Wolff' Smith, post commander; De- Dartment Commander James A. Deain, Lieut. Col. W. C. Har)lee, U. 8. M. C.; Capt. G.orgox. Shuler, U. 8. M. -C., nd Past mmanders Frank Con- n6lly and Jack Connolly, representi the American Legion post; Maj Clay- ton B. Vogel, commandant of $he Ma- rine Corps barracks, and President Avery C.'Marks and Theodore Tiller, chairman of the board I}.’M {\l"luol?;l .Pml Club. amilton Smith, secretary the Press Club and a member of the po:l. and William A. Du Puy, finance of- ficer of the post and a member of the board of governors of the ciwb, are acting as liaison offcers. g e reception will begin at 9 o and dancing at.9:30 o clock, ié’..flfif.‘f ing until 12:30 o'clock, with music by the Marine Band Orchestra. At the last 5 meeting of Henry C. Spengler Post. No. 12, American Lo gion, Maj. " Alexander Summers, Americanization officer and represent- ative of the post on the department's Americanization committee, reported that committee has called for volun- teers to act as instructors dn the various claskes which, the department | ¢ontemplates starting in the near fu- { ture. dT:\a mtl‘llberlhlp committee r - ed favorably on the application, William R. Plokin and Bugens anac. tholter. An_ appropriation was made to assist the department committee in completion of its work in placing a bronze marker on trees on 1€th street in memory of District of Co- lumbia men who died In the service, A special appropriation was made for the purpose of suitably decorating the grave of Lieut. Henry C. Speng- ler, after whom the post was named. in ' Romasny cemetery, France, on |u-_v 30. An appropriation was also made, in line with the request of the | national commander. to ansist. the national headquarters in defraying the expenses incident to the decora- tion on Memorial day of graves of men buried in Europe. The question of distribution of the poppies sent to America by the War Orphans of France for the American Legion. to be worn om Memortal day, has been left to the auxiliary and in :ll ‘prnbalb‘lllty L‘{[ will decide at the lext meeting (May 5 e n-mrerll‘a lslf dlllrlhu{!on’. R ollowing the busifess mession, members of the auxiliary entertained. | Those who contributed to. the- mea: i &ram were Richard Mansfleld, Kirk | Miller. William Greenburg, Lew Levy and Jacob Heidenheimer. The next meeting is to be held Thursday even- ing. May 5, at 8 o'clock, at the Dis- trict armory. The Ladies' Auxiliary will meet at the saume time. | . Maj. Leon Fraser, agsistant director in charge of the compensation and claims division, bureau of war risk, delivered an address at the meeting Wednesday night of Sergeant Jasper Post. No. 13. American Legion, in 'h:l:h he told of the work that re- mains unaccomplished on behalf of fil;lhl.dlx:on.nl. resolutior was adopted assuring Maj. Frager of the co-operation of the post members. Another resolu- tion also was adopted setting forth that the newly established service buresu of the American Lemion be composed entirely of ex-service men and women. YTadies' night will be featured by George Washington Post No. 1, Amer- ican Legion. Tuesday nieht at 8 o'clock, at Community Service Hall, 918 10th street northwest, being the first event of its kind siven by the post. The propram vwill include addresses by Representative Hamil- ton Fish, jr, of New York d a -unb;:‘ot Q-R:b:'?nfieln Lexlo “‘l‘nd Miss son, representative from Oklahoma. A Dplay, entitled “The Oid Guard e of an ing the recent eall at St. Elizabeth’'s| Waterloo, with dancing the vemain- Hospital, when he had & personal talk [der of the eveaing until m“n;’hnl. with each of the thirteen Rainbow pa-| will complets the nrogram. . tients at the institution. Every Sun- Representative Msh, jr. was a The War Department Golf Club has | day is spent by this officer in visit-|captain in the 1Eth Volunteer Regi- & club match play non- ‘haodicap tournament for April 25-30, | the local government hospitals. inclustve. There will be a qualify- ing vownd, eighteen holes medal play, ing with the 42d Division veterans in|ment and went to France in 1917. Later his company of infantry be- Members of the division are to begin | came part of the 369th Infantry. He next week to deliver invitations to|was promoted to the rank of mafor. whith may be played at any time in|prominent government officials to at-|and in recognition of his work was the April 17—23, inciusive, on |tend the Rainbow exposition, which|decorated with the French war the links at Washington, | s to open at 2 o'clock Monday after-|cross. He is s member of Walter course been reserved for|noon, April 25, on the lots facing the|Croft Post of Garrlison, of the members the mornings of April 20— | yrnion “Station plasa. All disabled and| American Legion. H intereated 3L There will beformed as many|younded veterans of the world war lr:l“t‘l.n -servics man lewislation a w of 16 as can be made from the number of members turning in Each sixteen will ==¢mnlu'i-‘i- | will be guests of honor. Disalied Viteruns Orguglps Eastingivm S-S JHetRd to veterans of the world war. ot ll a meeting last | RAILROAD UNIONS SUAMON EADERS Canference Called for Tomor- raw to :Qutline Program ou Parley. By the Associated Bress, CHICAGO, April 16.—Union heads of thirteen rallway: emplopes’ organiza- tions today were \summosed Into con- terence tomorrow: with B. M. Jewell jof the employes’ departmant Ameri- lcan Federation ofLabor wo outline |1abor's plana for rules conferences with railroad managements.all over the country. | No definite_announcement hns vet been made on any rond as to when the first conference will held U der the Railroad Labor Board's rules decision this weck the carrierst and their employes were directe get together at the earliest possible date. The fact that a report on the resuit.of the conference must be made to the board by July 1 meant that negotia- tions would start immediately, it was. said on both sides. “We are now chiefly concerned with obtaining com®»tent men to re; resent the ] Mr. Jewell = “It was recently . estimated 5,000 men would be required to car on these individual confer 's with the carrie: nd we are now trying that to arrange for all these men to take charge of the negotiations with the aAnd 400 general enting the unions of the different systems, have been called to Chicago to participate in the union: conferences next week. They will be given instructions on the method of procedure in negotiating with the individual carrier. BROTHERH00DS’ HEADS TO GO BEFORE BOARD — Hearing on Wage Reductions. at Cleveland Monday—Abroga- tion Accepted. By the Associated Press, ¢ CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 16— Heads of all the “Big Four” railroad brotherhoods will appear before the United States Railway Labor Board in Chicago Monday at a hearing on wage reductions affecting train serv- ice employes, members of their or- ganizations, W. J. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train- i men, said. Involved in this hearing are three small roads—the Detroit Terminal, the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis and the Denver Salt Lake—but in setting the hearinx the board said that it could also cover roads as may be docketed PITTSBURGH, April 16.—Two of the railroad brotherhoods, locomotive en- gineers and locomotive firemen and enginemen, have notificd the general managers' committee of the Pennsy vania Railroad Company that they had declined to join conductors’ and trainmen’s brotherhoods in submit- ting the proposed wage reductions to the joint reviewing committee of the road instead of the United States Rail- road Labor Board. CHICAGO, April 16.—Abrogation of the national agreements between the railroads and their employes, an- pounced yesterday by the railroad labor board, was officially accepted last night by the executive council of the shop trades in a statement which bajled the decision._as a great victory for labor, declaring it did not impair labor’s _economic or ' social status. About 500,000, men. are employed in the shop crafts. ; B such other | ACCUSED DOCTOR FREEb. Indictment for the Death of Ken- tucky @irl Is Dropped. HARLAN. Ky.. April 16.—An iadict- ment against Dr. H. C. Winnes. former state veterinarian, charging him with murder of Miss Lura Par- sons, Pine mountain settlement school teacher, was dismissed in circuit court here. Dr. Winnes was _tried several months ago,. hut a jury disagreed, eleven standing for acquital and ome for conviction. Amnouncement that the state had dropped its ease agaimst the former veterinarian was made by J. F. For- rester, commonwealths attorney. He declared that it was against his “con- science to prosecute an innocent man and it is as much my duty to dis- charge an innocent man as it is to {prosecute the ‘guilty.”. - ‘The mutilated body of Miss Parsons was found September 8, 1920, on a lonely mountain frail Teading to the Pine mountain setlement school near here, at which she was a teacher. On foot, she had started over the trail to the school from the railroad statiom at Dillon. Dr. Winnes rode a mule over the mountain, starting soon after the teacher. The girl's. body was found near a negro convict road camp, and several convicts were questioned, but later released. o WARNS OF BOLSHEVISM. Cardinal Dougherty Sees Slgns. Americans Drift From Church. PHILADELPHIA, April 16.—Dennis Csrdinal Dougherty, speaking at. a public reception tendered him last night by the citizens of Philadelphija in honor of his elevation to the Sa- cred College, warned his hearers against the perils of bolshevism. He declared the time had come to set the danger signals, because of the “growing reports that the people of A‘fl:eflcl are drifting away from re- lgion.” ‘The cardinal was welcomed in ad- dresses by Governor Sproul and May- or Moore. The Aecademy of Music, where the reception was. held, was banked with flowers, while American flags and bunti of _yellow and white, the papal colors, were hung on the ~boxes. The exterior of the building was decorated in the papal colors. - HACKETT TO PLAY IN PARIS ‘Will Give Shakespearian Parts With Parisian Actor. PARIS, April 16.—Plans for ex- pansion of the Franco-American Shakespearian production into two performances at the government sub- sidized theater, the Odeqn, have been approved by.the govornment. James K. Hackett, the American actor, with an English company, will present “Macbeth,” in English, June 6. Fir- min Gemier, a Paris aétor, manager and president of the French Shake- spearian Society, will in this per- formance play MacDuff, speaking the French languege. On June 8, Mr. tt will play one act of “Macbet! Gemlier will present one act of the ~Merchant of Venice,” and both will combine in the third act of “Othello.” In this act Mr. Hackett will play Othello, in English, and M. Gemier will appear as lago, in French. A T FLIGHT FOR ROOSEVELT. Airmen to Take Assistant Secre- tary From Miami to Havana. '~ PENSACOLA, Fla., April 16.—Two F-5-L flying boats from the naval air station here will ‘léave . tomorrew. ?"fi‘t::l“;c‘p‘rlc mi, Fl.‘.. t& nle}l; yp o8l ry o o Theodore Roosavelt e d carry to ‘I:Ill. leaving l.!.hnu Apru“i-o Tty 3 Saturday. ARy STAR, WASHINGTON, D. RANGE OF MARKET AVERAGES. (RAIL SECURITY HOLDERS TO ] HAVE VOICE IN MANAGEMENT For the First Time in Years—Market Re- sponds Sharply to Good News—Urges Sales Tax Legislation—Comment. U, XPRIL T, The following chart shows sentative stocks dealt in on the covered Is the past month, Friday, April 15. activity of the market. MARCH ew York Stock Exchange. p to and including the close of the market The lower section of the chart indicates the relative 17 1810 91 22 23 24 9 98 99 %0 91 1 T921—PART TI. hically the action of forty repre- APRIL 4 567 89 11.12131415 [ ———SCALE FOR INDUSTRIALS —— -3 —— SVY ¥O0J 3IVIS—— MILLION SHARES High 1920 Ingustrials . 109.88, January 3 Rabls .. . 85.37, November 3 Low 1920 December 21 , February 11 Industrials Rails . Sales. BONDS, $6.000—Ana. and Pot. River R. R. 5t ,000—C. and P. Telephone st 5s ,000—Capital Traction 1st 58 9.000—Metropolitan R, R. 1st 5s. 4,000—Pot. Elec. Power 1st 58 57.000—Pot. Elec, Power con. 5s. 12.000—Pot. Elec, Power deb. 6s.. 33,000—Pot. Elec. Power gen. 6s. 2,000—Wash., Alex. and Mt. Ver. 00—Wash. and Elec. ool /000—Wash. Gas Light gen. 55. 107, 28, 105,900—Wash, Gas T%S$.......... 100—Dist. of Col. 3.65s. Shares. STOCKS. 1,623—Capital Traction 1,195—Washington Gas 2—N. & W. Steamboat. 165—Wash., Ry. and Elec. com. 1.024—Wash. Ry. and Elec. pfd. 63—Federal Nat. Bank..... 9—Liberty Nat. Bank.. 10—National Bank of Washington.. 30—National Metropolitan Bank 3—Second National Bank. 78—Amer. Secur. and Trust 231—Continental Trust ..... 120—National Savings and Trust. 41—Union Trust .......... 10—Wash. Loan and Trust 10—Merchants’ Bank ..... 50—Security Sav. and Com. 17—Union Savings 40—Corcoran Fire Insurance.. 56 10-20—Col. Grapho. com. 30—Col. Grapho. pfd...... 547—Mergenthaler Linotype 638—Lanston ‘Monotype . 42—Washington Market . fl='===l"‘-!"- LIBERTY BONDS 1.000—City and Suburbam Ry. 1st 58 00—Wash. Ry. and Elec. gen. 6s. - . . e SIYVHS NOINUIN (Copyright, 1921, by W. F. Meyer.) High 1921 to Date Tndustrials, 78, March 23 Rails ... 0 77.56, January 15 [SIoOw to accept the return of peace. which has prac.icaily been back more | Low 1921 to Date than two years. Industrials. March 11| Between the two, sccurity holders Rails. . April 14 | were without redress and could keep Twenty Industrial Common Stocks Used Are: Am Can Am Sugar otral Leatber . Rep Iron & Steel U S Steel Am Car & Fdry Am Tel & Tel ro Products Studebaker L Am Locomotive Anaconda n Electric Texas Company W Aw Smelting Baldwia Loco Goodrich U S Rubber Westera Union Twenty Railroad Common Stocks Used Are: Atchison CM&StPaul K O Southern Northern Pacific Reading Raltimore & Ohlo Del & Hodson Lehigh Valley ew Haven Southern Pacific Canadjan Pacific Erie Louia & Nash Norfolk & Western Southern Rwy. Ches & Ohio Illinois Central N Y Central Penusylvania Usion Pacific Daily Movement of Averages: Industrials. Rails. March 17, Thursday . . 7544 .70.76[April 2, Saturday . March 18, Friday .. . 7630 7075 [ April 4 A 19, Saturday . 7638 70.99 | April 5, Monduy . . 7808 April 6 Tuesday - 7860 April 7, Wednesday D178 April 8 Thursday - Aprit 9, Saturday April 11 April April 1 April 1 AT A GLANCE. The Year 1921 to Date on the Washington Stock Exchange. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., Hibbs Building. Up to and Including Friday, April 15, 1921. The period FINANCTAL. BY L A. FLEMING. Railroad shares turned lus of the Labor Board in terminat- ing the national agreements of fed- eral operation, marking a tremendous change in conditions with regard to the great transportation arteries of the nation. The railroads of the country have been handicapped, in that their own- ers, men and women, corporations, life insurance companies, savings banks and trust companies, have not been given any voice in their management. There is a powerful organization of these forces today, the investors who hold the stock and bonds of these various corporations operating the transportation system. Year after year these companies have becn going from bad to worse, under the pressure for lower rates from sk pers and the urge of higher from the workers, brotherhoods, sat- isfled with war-time conditions, but their certificates and bonds locked up in strong boxes and note the daily price recessions or accept the con cessions of $25 to $50 or mor share and taking their loss, shifting the burden to other shoulders. Dividends have been cut; earnings have been eaten in overtime amd excess charges of various descrip- tions. For years the T. C. C. clipped the earnings of the roads. nibble by nib- ble, until, under congressional urxe and the ftrials of the war, the rates were advanced, as many think, too sharply. Government ownership, costly to the people, but. as before stated. satisfactory to workers, brought no relief to shareholders. Now it is a case of the sharehold- ers, or their representatives, taking hold and making their own arrange- ments with their workers, as busi- ness men. perhaps to the nccessity of a few changes in brotherhood rules and regulations, certainly to a larger return to the shareholder eventually, when the changed con- ditions shall be in operation, else bankruptey. Commenting this interesting . Maturity I on High. Low. date. High. Low. Yesterday. Yield | proposition, the Bache Review says: - 3 “There t he field of 1".hi§x§- 20 4s. 9200 8140 111542 $810 8534 8752 495 |fon namely. the owners of rajiroad Liberty Ist 414s. 19400 8400 61547 8370 8540 8764 511 |securities. g Liberty 2d 4%4s. . 9284 8110 11-15-42 8840 8530 8750 522 ‘t'l'hebconlest at ‘lhm' tlxm? {Fh not on Liberty 3d 4%4s. 19500 8560 9-15-28 9114 8800 9060 583|GHEL XVRD PNl Gwmers are revres Liberty 4th 414s. 19300 8200 10-15-38 8860- 8574 87.58 5.35 |gented by the National Association of Victory 3%s - 19940 9460 52023 9772 9580 9738 498 |Railroad Secpritiea’ Its membership Victory 4¥s - S 9940 70 5-20-23 9776 9586 9756 600 |Relects He Lty cor Cladirectiv. This large number includes the savings bank depositors and the life insur- ance policyholders, who are indirect- Iy affected because the insurance companies and savings banks hold enormous amounts of railroad securi- ties. The savings banks hold around $1,000.000,000 of railroad bonds, and the insurance companies over $2.- 000.000.000. “It is true that negotiations with sharply | one day last week, under the stimu- the best interests of the country at heart. The excess profits tax must be repealed for two indisputable rea- sons “First—It will not yield adequate funds, and “Second-—Because it has been and continues to be responsible for a vat deal of hardship, in that it an Incalculable amount until after | profits have been determined. “According to my view, there are four essential considerations that should motivate the advocate of a revenue measure ‘1. Its productivity. 1ts equity. of calculations and ction, Its simplicity and difficulty of productive and the measuro of its productivity s dependent solely on the percentage imposed A 1 per cent tax which in the course of four or five transfers of product from the producer of the raw material Ito the final sale of the finished ar- fticle to the consumer has been es- :HHY ed to amount to a total tax on the nsumer of 1 han 4 per eent of the tinai price of the com- | modity. The revenue yield has heen Lestimated at from one and to three and even more bill dollars B the should . every ona who enioys tection of the gov toward its s tax on ry x burden. con- a tax on ex- penditures and will tend to promote thrift. The small consumer will pay less than the lar consumer, ob- viously from the at his pur chases of cr are 1ess.” John ‘dwardx & Co. May 2 John L. Edwards & Co., will jmove into their new building on H street, formerly occupied by Moorc- head & Elmore. ‘This w ! materially add to the im portance of H strect in that par ticular block as a financial center. Three live. active private wire houses with N:w York connection one a membe tie exchange, and two branch h make this loca brokerage districi Local Securities. Practicaly the entire security list on the local stock exchange has been firm all weck, especially the few stocks. which have absorbed the business, the public utilities and the typesctters Somehow the belief in an ultimate merger of the sireet railways seems to_be gainning .ground. The fact that the utility commis- sion has the power to deflate farcs on either or both roads is considered Jas likely to be exercised in the event of failure of the companies to get together in mutual understanding. Lanston has taken a big jump dur- ing the week—perhaps on a misun- { derstanding. and perhaps on the i basis of actual value. A corporation without bonds, with high grade credit, earmings averaging 26 to per cent last year, and with busin keeping up good so far this yea % - of members. will desirable as « is something of a wonder for days like these, when big inventories and small en. High Low. Close |employes are strictly within the prov- g e e % ) 66 |ince of the managemant of the rail- | say AT SCRAIRE TAnNY CorD nee ° out of the dividend-paying class. D0 90 90 90 [roads. but it is undoubtedly well for | ®Ug 0F the CI¥ e Iy firm D86 88 $5% 87% [the labor organizations to consider| 4 L6z 62 62 62 ' |that while there are 2,000,000 em-|Give Trust Companies Representation 92 32 91% 92 |ploves. there are 20,000,000 to 20.-1 A national bank president, taking x Rl R 8713 811 ggl?ig':f‘ ;::;’"t&;e"“;‘;;mr:.‘;“;{e :!l'- stand against the.admittance of trust 7 7 5 ituation - b = 2 “ Sas 9i [which has been created through |comPpanies to the Washington Clear 91 94 91 94 |labor's absorption of 70 per cent of |ing House Association, declared that b 2 55 10 |every dollar received and which has|they should at least be given a repre- % sem sim resulted in the railroads being run|sentation by committee or otherwise b4 8 s at a very heavy loss. in the event of action in any way af- % a2 e “The Pennsylvanta Railroad Com-|fecting, directly or indirectly, their A e pany has asked its men to accept a|interests. 100% - 108 wage reduction, and gives three or| Thus in the matter of uniform elos- » 9 23 four compelling _reasons. One of |ing Hours much friction might have these is that in February it cost thebeen avoided had the trust compa- 82% 881 821 88 | Pennsylvania railroad $1.05 to take in|nies been given an opportunity to 38 45 3T% 43% |31 without considering taxes, inter- [make plain their views before final 180 180 180 130 |est on debt. etc. action was taken. reversal wou 21y 29 21y 28 “It stated that on the 29th of March |probably not have been necessary. 51 80 5014 60 |91.884 freight cars (35 per cent of all} He declared that the trust compa- 1 1 1 1 |those owned by the system) were idle |nies. with their capital, surplus. de- 169 169 168 168 |[and were not earning a cent. posits and enormous volume of trusts, 166% 175 166 175 “Further. that without providing for {are too important to be ignored. 121 121% 121 121y |any dividends whatsoever. the Penn-| The same conditions as to Teserves 1860 180 180 sylvania railroad lost $1,600.716 in|maintained in Richmond would not 220 220 220 December, $4.300.000 in January, $§- maintain to trust companies or 145 145 145 500,000 in February and that March | clearing method 225 226 225 figures would be as bad. B — 109 109 991 “In the public mind the contest in| 260 230 260 railroad wage disputes has been un- 120K 123 1% derstood to affect only the public. the | 265 265 e railroad management and the wage 152 153 43 earners. The effect upon the public, 198 200 198 if adverse, has been in the nature of 112 12 H 299 |inconvenience and physical suffering. 95 95 3 |A mew element for the wage earncrs 133 ; l; to cosider is the financial distress 4 ”% 45 |caused to some 30,000,000 security owners.” ’;fl“ 3 1;:% The Public in Stocks. 18 17 17 What is the psychology of the pub- “AUDITA QUERELA” INVOKED FOR MOONEY; STATUTES EXHAUSTED SAN FRANCISCO, April 1$.—A little known common law process, said to date from 1337, and never before brought forward in Cali- fornia, was invoked here today in behalf of Thomas J. Mooney, now serving a life sentence for the pre- paredness day exposition in which ten lives were lost. The process, known as “Audita erela,” is said to have originated 3:‘0!1‘!1 the desire of King Ed- ward 111 of England to gain the release of an imprisoned bishop. It is applicable in cases where in all statute lJaw remedies have been exhausted and judgment has been pronounced, attorneys declared, and its effect {8 to obtain a new trial or a cancellation of semtence ° already imposed. T Byron C. Parker filed the writ at the behest of the Central Labor Council of San Francisco. He said he hoped through it to obtain a new trial for Mooney at which he declared important new evidence would be brought forward. Under California statute law no new evi- dence can be presented in connmec- tion with Mooney's conviotion be- cause the case has been closed. Hearing on the writ was set for May 2. —_— PUTS HOPE IN COOLIDGE. College Dean Looks to Him for In- fluence at Capital. BOSTON, April 16.—Dean E. W. Nicholson of Wesleyan University last night voiced the hope that Vice President Coolidge, as an “exemplar of the decent reticence of New Eng- land,” would “put some of the milk of human kindness in President Hard- ing’s breast Speaking at a Wesleyan alumni &in- ner, dean Nicholson said: “Mr. Harding’s messagea to Co: set forth the theory that the ited States has no right to Interfere or take part in the politica of the old world. It .seems to be the Mr;htn let Europe stew in its own julce. That jules is liable to boil up and make & mess all over the stove, and we'll have to go over and clean it up.” Environs Didn't Affect Him. Hi STRIPPED AND BEATEN, TARRED, FEATHERED, WHILE OUT UPON RIDE By the Associated Press. ORLANDO, Fla., April 16.—W. H. Boyte of this city was dragged from his buggy last night while returning from a ride with his wife and children, taken to a lone- ly spot six miles from town, strip- ped, severely beaten with a piece of rubber hose and tarred and feathered. Boyte told the authorities that after the handful of men in the mob. had beaten him they warned him -to leave the state within forty-eight hours and threatened to administer forty more blows un- less he would make a statement that his prosecution of R. L. Wild- er, recently convicted of miscon- duct toward five young girls and sentenced to jail, had resulted from malicious metivea. This, he refused to do, even threat had been supplemented with a declaration that he would be branded ‘'with a hot iron if he did not comply. ‘The mob then applied a coat of tar “:ll:. !hr',‘:nd left him to walk was pioked u by the shertff a few s town. POLICE CHIEF SHOT DEAD. Prominent ' Thomasville, N. C., Physician Declared Assailant. HIGH POINT, N. C, April 16—J. B Taylor, chief of police of Thomasville, was shot and killed on the streets of Thomasville this morning by Dr. J. W. Peacock, a prominent physician, acoording to reports & here this afternoon. : Henry Shaver, a baytander, was also n;loully l:sured h!t. n;:y ‘;gsllh: an being brought to a n hoepital for treatment. Details of the ;n:‘dy have not yet been received ere. PRISONERS ARE DEPORTED Jail Congestion Relieved at Detroit 3 Officials Report. DETROIT, Mich, April 18.—Allens sentenced 1o the state prison at Jack- 2on are being paroled and immediately deported, immigration officials here y gurroundings iced. Several _pri; h e ouhing Tackbe fn DA 4o |oan sent out of. che” Countty "ihia ulmo&c. res o ol :;I.:;. it was ‘-. Entad ‘0:“.'.“ .rm-. lic in its operations in the security markets? The pitcher may go to the well too often, but in this instance it never goes on any mission but to acquire stock, the opportunities of profit on the selling side never being given consideration until too late to be of any actual advantage. Securities have been ear-marked, as eside a box of gold for the United plainly, but the only sales by the public are for the purpose of getting out of the market, taking their losses for tax reporting purposes and getting back again, frequently, for further losses. When the market is going down the public stays out; when it is going up brokers’ offices are crowded and the public is a big buyer. The public will not sell short. Ninety per cent of its transactions are on the long side of the market. Why will a buyer of securities, aside from the bears and profes- sionals, take a profit of a few points and hang on for dear life when the market is being smashed day by day for 40 to 60 points losses? Hang on until the loss is s0 heavy that the trader hesitates to get out, in antici- pation of the big rebound, past due and probably side-tracked for months to come. Experience will not answer either question, though it has observed the phenomena and has been familiar with it for fifty years. Citisens’ Savings Bank. On the 15th instant, the Citizens" Savings Bank celebrated its second anniversary, a healthy, growing in- stitution, on the highway of pros- perity. Fernand ,Petit, cashier, re- ported at the close of business on Friday last $761,000 deposits, a gain of over $500,000 in the two years. The total resources of the institution are $1,047,812.96. ‘Washington savings banks are all prosperous. The thrift that has been evidenced in the rapid growth of the Citizens' Savings is equally applicable to very many of our leading savings banks. For once money is not the con- trolling factor in business; if it was business would quickly revive. Urges Sales Tax. That tnurapu.l of the excess profits tax Is necessary & gov- Srnment standpoint, and that the turnover tax 18 the best subsittite raising adequate revenue an x(mly distributing the tax bur- den, was the opinion ssed by Jesse Isador Strauss of R. H. Macy & Co. of New York city, who was in Washington yesterday. 'Mr. Strauss believes that, since the government protects all the people, everybody should contribute to the support of the government accord- ing to the volume of their expendi- tures. = Speaking of the gross sales tax, he said: “Senator Smoot's statement as to the introductlon into our fiscal sys- tem of & turnover tax as a substi- A L they say in London, when they set | States, for a decline for a year and | Dr. Paul Levy Expelled From Party for Criticising Mos- cow Internationale. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 16.—Dr. Paul Levy. leader of the German communists, and foremost representative of that party in the reichstag, was ex- pelled from the party today by its central committee “for gross breach of faith and seriously damaging the party.” Dr. Levy was directed to sur- render his mandate as a member of the reichstag. ; The immediate cause of the expul- sion was a brochure issued by Dr. Levy criticising the Moscow inter- nationale in counection with the re- cent uprising in central Germany, which he strongly opposed as a piece of folly The central committee’s order of ex- pulsion declares that Dr. Levy's pamphlet, coming to light at a time when thousands “of proletarian war- riors are standing before the special courts for the action of last month. is an incitement to blood judgment,” and also constitates direct support of “the enemy” and an intolerahle breach of party discipline. While claiming it has no objeo- tion to criticism, the committee holds that Dr. Levy's position makes it certain that he is alming mot at the support, but the destruction of the communist organization, and that it was _in this spirit that he published his brochure. WAR GAS HELD BENEFIT. Inventor Says It Has Reduced Fatalities in Fighting. CHICAGO, April 16—The use of poisonous gas in warfare is humani- tarian, Prof. W. Lee Lewis of North- western_University, said in an ad- dress. Prof. Lewis, who recently in- vented a poisonous gas with Which the War Department is experiment- ing, said he based his statement on T owing Eas, casualties increased cent and fatalitics decr cent in the world war. “Poison " he said, “will reduce an army of 100,000 to a 25 per cent efficieney without killing or injurin any of the men. Most of the casua ties due to poison gas recover com- pletely.” SHOT DEAD IN PARIS HOTEL. PARIS, April 16.—Willlam Ogilvie Hozler, (former commander in the RBritish navy, and a son of Col. Sir Henry Hozier, brother of Mrs. Win- ston Spencer Churchill, was found the in a room of ’