Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1921, Page 1

N WEATHER. Cloudy and unsettled this afternoon nd night, probably light showers; t | morrow partly cloudy; not much l change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours : Highest, 78, at 61, at 5 ended at 2 p.m. tod: 4:20 p.m. yesterday; lowest, | _am. today. Closing New York Stocks, Page 21. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28,163. The beni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION = 3 0 < PENRREF T Member of the Associated Press ‘The Associated Press is esclusively entitled to the use for republication of =il news dispatches credited to it or not otherwirs credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, All rights of publication of special dispatches Lerein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 93,376 TWO CENTS. EEEN"’ EAR FAR[ CONFEREES FAVOR CURTIS The conferees on the second defiol- ency appfopriation bill will recom- mend to the House that it agree to WASH]NGTOfi, D. O, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1921 _TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. U. . COMPETITION HELD POSSIBLE BY FUBLIG OWNERSHIP Neoresentative Keller. Also Discusses Plan for 5- Cent Power Rate. CHARGES STRANGE LOSS OF COMPANY’S CERRENT IMerger Propositions Are Declared Impracticable Before House District Committee. municipal ownership of the railway properties in Washing- 61%-cent fare could be put in . and, if all taxes were abolished, 1d be reduced to 6 cents, ar E. Keller of ta the House District ttee today in discussing his bill ief of the existing street rail- v problem. presentative Keller also sar- { the committee by stating that is a mysterious loss of more tive ¢ ent told m! for rel there than one-fourth of all of the power crated by the Potomac Electric Fower Company, and that some of the power sold way and tric Company is being timore. His plan, he said, ble electric power volume of figures was sub- Representative Keller how he made these esti- show ing Monopoly Discussed. He discussed all of the plans of- fered to the committee to effect a merger of the street car companies. He argued that the utilities of this kind must be a monopoly in order to bhe economically administered for the people. Placing such monopolies in ivate hands is a temptation for ex- tion. to the disadvantage of the he said. peop! Mr. Keller told his fellow members | that in his_opinion the other plans submitted will not do what they claim. His line of reasoning was that the plan of Representative Woods of Vir- winia guarantees a fair earning to Loth companfes, and, therefore, there would be no inducement for the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Company to enter a merger voluntarily. He ar- :ued that the Potomac Electric Power mpany and the Washington Rail- 1v and Electric Company should not erged for the sake of taking ex- profits from the power company d using them to help out a misman- ed street car company, each getting their return, he said. Opposes Oyster Plan. He argued along tha same line with rezard to the Public Utilities Commis- <ion plan. The proposal of Commis- =ioner Oyster he described as “ridicu- Jous,” and said it amounted to nothing Lut an effort to increase rates to help pay for mismanagement. The cost service plan was next best to municipal ownership, Representative Jeiler said, but'that with two com- yunies each entitled to a fair return there would be two rates of fare, and this would never bring about a merger. In to the proposal for the Publio Utilities Commission to declare a five—cent fare for the Capital Trac- tion Company and force the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Company | into bankruptcy, Representative Kel- ler sad that the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company has al- ways _been unfair to the public and therefore, not entitled to the consid eratton of fair treatment. Another consideration, he said. was that un- der the law a fair return must be provided and the companies could go to the court, thus causing end- less trouble and delay. - Controversies Predicted. In regard to the proposal for the government to buy the rights of way and lease them to the street car companies, Representative Keller said that during periods of repair work there would be endless controversy over delay in operation of cars be tween the managers for the govern ment and the repair work and the managers in charge of car operation for the companies. - He said his plan contemplates an immediate low rate of fare and an im- the Curtis emergency school building program as contained in the Senate amendment to the deficlency bill, it IN COAL FORECAST to the Washington Rail-| was learned today, following a meet- ing of the conferees of both houses. Under the rules of the House it i3 ment for the approval of the House, following the conference - House con- ferees said that they believed the House was favorably disposed toward the school amendment. The Curtis school program provides a little more than $1,500,000 for the erection of buildings and the purchase of sites for schools and playgreunds, and also authorizes contracts for buildings amounting to $400,000. TAX BURDEN PLAINT - UPTO CONGRESS {G. 0. P. Committee Members, Here for Meeting, Bring | Word Frém “Back Home.” About the first question which mem- bers of the republican national com- mittee, arriving for tomorrow's ses- sion, plump at their friends in Con- gress and the administration is “What is the prospect of doing something about taxation and lifting the bur- “back home” and “out our way” the ! people are getting very restless for Some-showing of results from the re- publican Congress and administra- tion. | The statesmen promptly assure them {that they are not telling anything new, as they themselves hear the same murmurs from their constitu- | ents. And as to definite assurances for speedy and effective relief by legisla- tion—well, there aren't any, that's all. There will be taxation legislation in due time, and in as short order as may be possible, but everybody admits that it will be palliative without being curative. See Necessity for Planning. All of which is sad news to the com- mitteemen, who, as trustees of the republican’ party, feet a primary in- i terest in bracing up the situation in Washington. where it bears upon the | future welfare of the party. They | will face in 1922 a battle for the { House of Representatives and they {feel the necessity of planning far {anead for it. | The reorganization of the commit- | tee, which is to be made tomorrow jand expected to result in the election jof John T. Adams of lowa as chair- man and Ralph Williams of Oregon as vice chairman, will be the perma- |nent fighting organization for the { congressional campaign of 1922 and the pre-convantion presidential paign of 192¢. . il The repuviicans again are fore- stalling the opposition by setting up | their organization first, getting a | good running start. The democratic | national committee is badly disor- ganized at present, with the feud against the continuance of Chairman George White in office and the fac- tional divisions over possible presi- | dential candidates. Subcommittee Resumes Session. The subcommittee on southern rap- resentation resumed its session this morning, in an effort to reach an agreement upon some kind of a re- port to present to the full commit- tee tomorrow. The early exchange of views this morning showed that { the committee is widely apart on the | various tentative suggestions ;put | forward to deal with this subject. The committee feels, however, that it can not ignore the mandate of the national convention to deal with the question and will exert every ef- fort to frame a compromise propo- | sition which will form a basis for discussion in the full committee. The principal bone of contention is over the proposal that southern districts which do not put republican candi- dates for Congress in the race in 11922 shall be deprived of representa- Ition in ‘the national convention in Woman Members Meet. | Women members of the national { committee also met at national head- quarters today to discuss plans for | their participation in the campaign work of the future. The women | members are enthusiastic in their participation in the committee work necessary to submit the enate amend- | dens?” Then they go on to say that!: Operators Warned Govern- ment Some Day May Take Their Business. VITAL STATISTICS ASKED Secretary Fall Emphasizes Federal I"ielis Are Larger Than Com- bined Private Holdings. Coal operators were warned today by Secretary Fall of the Interior De- partment that co-operation between the government and the coal indus- try in publishing vital statistics of tiie industry will be necessary within a few years and that probably within a short time the government will bo in direct competition with private op- erators in the sale of coal. The In- terior Secretary declared the stand of the government at a hearing today at the Interior Department on the Frelinghuysen bill for stabilization of the coal industry through publica- tion of statistics. Opposition develuped at the hearing {from representatives of the National Coal Association to the provisions of the Irelinghuysen bill, which would compél coal operators to furnish the government with accurate informa- tion on the coal industry. Both J. G. Bradley, president, and J. D. A. Mor- row, vice president of the association, declared the organization would and is prepared to furnish the government {reliable information on the industry, and that such voluntary information | should be tried out before a law .is passed forcing the operators to fur- nish the information. Officials Present. The conference was attended by Sec- iretaries Hoover and Fall of the Com- merce and Interior departments. Sen- ators Frelinghuysen and Calder, Ralph Crews, W. K. Field and E. E. White, representing _the bituminous coal operators; S. D. Warriner, W. L. Con- nell and D. H. Williams, representing LATIN AMERICAN POLICY DISCUSSED Cabinet Takes Up Obregon gye anthracite Oneri’iflol‘sl‘i ?odericl& N t d s D 2 Stephens, John E. Lloyd, jr. an Homer D. Jones, representing the 0 e an anto omlngo National Retail Coal Merchants’' As- - sociation; W. R. Covle, Noah- H. Questions. Swayne and G. H. Cushing. repregent- ing the American Wholesale Coal As- sociation; Messrs. Bradley and Mor- row of the National Coal Association, George Otis Smith, director of the geological survey and several coal|were considered at length at toda operators. 3 2 cabinet meeting, and it was indicated Secretary Hoover gave it as his be- - Hltef that publication of coal prices is|that developments in regard to each essential, both as a protection to the of these two countries might be ex- public and to the coal operators, an ; Phat publication of statistics is neces- | Pocted shortly. - e Tor the @rowth of the industry Formal announcement of the.policy itself. Senator Calder said the people | of the American government with re- of the country have been paying more | gard to Mexico is expected to be made than they ought to for ¢oal, and said |late today by the State Department, on the operators should join with the:the basis of cabinet discussion today government in giving mining costs of the reply of President Obregon to and transportation costs, fo the pro- | the American message outlining con- tection of the purchasing public. ditions under which the United States Senator Frelinghuysen said .We-op- | would der recognition of the posed government interference 8nd | southern fepublic. regulation in the coal {fidustry, Put he | Secretary. Hughes took the Obregon | believed, he .suid,” that publieation of ireply to fhe cabinet meeting, which statistics bearing on the mdultry|m devoted largely to a discussion Relations between the United States iand Latin American countries, partic- ularly Mexico and Santo Domingo, would do much to stabilize the busi-of this document and relations with ness. |the Dominican Republic. It was in- Government Holdings Large. - [dicated after€ard that developments Secretary Fall said the govern- !N regard to the minican Republic ment owned more coal than was Pep- !'150 might be expected shortly. resented by all the operators present| Mexican Quextion More Definite. {at the hearing and that the time| jt was indicated that the discussion would surely come when private oPer- {at the cabinet. table regarding Mexico ators would be in direct competition |had advanced the question to a more with the government in production of | definite stage, warranting a formal coal. Therefore, he said. the time has gnnouncement of the policy of this come for publication of statistics on | government the industry. 2 Mr. Morrow made the point that the | National Coal Association has con-! ducted an honorable business for more ! than seventy vears. He said that un- | til the war came and government in- terference started the margin of prof- it in the coal industry was Probably | government closer than in any other industry. lnission is said to have progressed “We are afraid of the attitudge of| ELES Ithe “Department of Justice lmw;{a""' enough so that a date may be price and coal distribution data,”” M. | can forces. On that subject, adminis- Hlatrow said. “If the government takes | oy forces. On that subject, adminis- the data from us we will be safisfled, | nouncement will be forthcoming but I believe it should give the volun- | uithin a few days. tary system a fair trial before forcing | ~ Unofficially, it was said that President jus to bow to its dictate and submit| opregon was not averse to entering into jinformation involuntarily. I do not, written agreement covering the {see the need for further legislation | guarantees of the safety of Ameris along those lines. cans and American interésts, but that “Either the Interior or the Com-| until ne had thrashed out the ques- merce Department could supplement|tion with his cabinet he could not its own information on the coal in-|take any definite step. dustrys with the information which we Discussed With Ministers. are prepared to furnish voluntarily. 1 - Tt was understood that the policy Questioned by Senator Frelinghuy- | , 7, llined in the memorandum pre- where the United States is maintain- ing a military government, centers about the efforts of a native com- mission appointed under the direc- ition of President Wilson to draw up i plans for organization of a native fixed soon to begin withdrawal of Ameri- | |and enter into it with zeal and earn- proved service, and eventually taking | 20T “T cver the power plant. Representative Keller said the fed. eral -government should have nothing 10 do with this question of governmen operation further than to say to the municipality. “Here are the lines, issue bonds and run your street railway sys. Whatever it might cost to run ines, the people should pay, and would be no calling upon the to make up deficits, ith the railroad ad- re federal governi as was the cz ministr: Repr mittee step through a maze of = what he fizured would COos of zovernment operation through interest on money bgrrowed, operating costs, taxation, retirement of bonds and replacement. ’ 'wo Funds Proposed. His plan provides two funds—one for retirement of bonds and the other for replacement costs. Representative Keller pointed out that other economies could be effect- ed under his plan whicH would re- sult in greater efficiency. He pointed out that in Washington no downtown n loops to reroute cars in case of fire congestion. He should be such loops at Ilth streets. He also poi practically ail cars are operated on a through run and argues that there should be “ys" at certain zones, so that a car in the two-mile zone might be operated on a three-minute sched- ule, in the four-mile zone on a five- minute schedule, etc., thus dividing the traflic in congested districts, _ He aiso pointed out how congestion in rush hours piles up operating ox- penses because it causes delay of the cars. With improved service, he said, there would be more riders, and, therefore, increased revenues. - Representatives Hammer of North Carolina, Millspaugh of Missouri and Zihlman of Maryland questioned Rep- resentative Keller regarding compar- alive statistics in other.communitie: Representative Zihlman raised the question that the operating costs would be heaviest under municipal management because the employes would then be on a seven-hour day instead of eight hours. Public Ownership Opposed. Representative Walters of Pennsyl- i vania, a member of the subcommittee on the merger, pointed out that there is considerable feeling against gov- ernment ownership and operation, probabdly sufficient to prevent consid- eration in the House of Mr. Keller's proposal. He emphasized that Con- gress is responsible for the unsatis- factory condition that exists in Wash- sington.! He said that it is a duty for ~(Continued on Pages 2, Column Z) i —_——— | SHIPS GOING TO PACIFIC. | Destroyer Division Likely to Aug- i ment Fleet There. { NEWPORT NEWS, Va, June 7.— | Destroyer division 25, composed m: : 1y of craft puilt here during the war, will be sent to the Pacific coast in he near future to augment the Pacific e, ucceriding to reparts current in naval circles. 2 1t also is understood that the bat- | tleship Maryland, building here, will | be sent to join the Pacific fleet when | completed. The builder's trials of i the Maryland will take place off the Virginia capes June 21, according to } advices from the Navy Department. NAVY BILL TO CONFERENCE The House sent the naval appro- { priation bill to conference today : without instructing its conferees how there are! they should vote op the Borah dis-| | armament amendment. or_other periods of ; Democrats demanded the ri < o H ght to. susgested that there | yote directly on the Borah proposal | ipurpoce of ine o call un international armament conference. | | 2y the Associated Press. | ANDERSON, S. C. June 7.—The {seven Russian orphans brought from i Sebastopol las; winter by Rear Ad- | miral Newton A.'McCully for adop- tion have arrived here from the ad- { miral's home in Washington and will i spend’ the summer Wwith the officer’s | mother. Final proceedings necessary | to the adoption and conferting of the surname of McCully upon the children and making them South Carolinians will* be gone through within the local court$ this week. ‘Accompanying the youngsters is the Russian governess and Miss Patrick, ‘been making her home in Washington and supervising the care ahd educa- tion of the children. A sixteen-page typewritten document, written by the naval officer and prescribing regula- tions for the actions of the children from the time they rise at 7 o'clogk until they retire at 8 o'clock, also was' in Eng: {Continued on Page 2, QP. &) brought along. ‘One copy is niece of Admiral McCully, who has sen as to whether, in his opinion, the coal industry is a_public utility, Mr. Morrow said he thought it was mnot, except in timesof national stress, such {as the world war, whén probably reg- lulatinn ‘was necessary. PEACE VOTE FRIDAY. Mondell Confers With President on Porter Resolution. After a conference with President Harding, Representative Mondell of ‘Wyoming, the republican leader, said the Porter resolution to terminate the state of war would be called up in the House Thursday and be voted on Fri- day. lROBBE D BY HIGHWAYMEN. * FREDERICKSBURG, Va., June 7.— While -on his way to Washington, | Henry Myers of Fairfax county met an automobile occupied by four white men. When near him the car slowed up, and Myers, supposing they wished him to direct them. obligingly stop- ped his machine. The highwaymen, 7th, 9th and | rather than on the Porter substitute | o 2 e EoEt s they turned out to be, immediatel. nted out that | resolution concurring In the declared | rolieved him of $76 and & new tire ! drained- his gasoline tank and left | the car in a ditch. . PRECISION RULING ADMIRAL’S SHIP - . DEMANDED OF McCULLY CHILDREN lish, for use by Miss Patrick, and one in Russian, for the information of the governess. [~ Details Minute. In compiling these'“rules for liv- ing” the admiral has overiooked noth- ing, prescribing’ in minutest detail everything pertaining to the work, play. t, Instruction, habits, ¢loth- ing, care, bathing, etc., of,the .or phans The instructions are to .\ carried out with precision as rigi @S that which prevails on the admi- ral's own sbip. That the ‘adrairal’ has no intention of allowing his wards to grow up in idleness. is indicated in this signifi- taining to work: “He that does no work hae no right to eate” . Separate routines .for work: days, Sundays and holidays are prescribed,.! as well as a weekly schedule and a monthly one. time the children_ are awake is pro. vided for with periods of as short | Fifty: canc sentence-under the chapter per- ! Every minute of the' sented by George T. Summerlin, the American charge d’affaires at Mexico City, was well known in Mexico prior to its delivery and that it was dis- cussed by Obregon with his cabinet. According to reports here, a majority of the cabinet advised Obregon to agree to the conditions, at least principle, but definite opposition to such action was offiered by Ministers Calles and de la Huerta. Both the dissenting members left the Mexican capital soon after that conference for visits to their native state, Sonora. Immediately after Mr. Summerlin called upon Obregon, the Mexican president, according to these re- ports, summoned Calles and De la Huerta. Unoffical dispatches from Mexico have reported Calles to be ‘on his way to the Mexican capital. Today’s News in Paragraphs Three donations swell victory memorial building fund $7,000. Page 1 Preblo by searchers. Army engineers prepare for possible Preak in water conduit. TPage 1 Republican national committes members, Tare for session, anxious for tax re- duction. Page 1 President Harding pleased with House Tesolution on disarmament. | Page 1 Zionists officers resign after convention Tepudiates their report. Page 2 District of Columbla educators form as- sociation to advance in interest of Schools. - Tago 3 Secretary Hoover reports great im- S rovement in food and other conditions in Europe. Fage 3 Sixteenth Street Highlands Association Totda annual spring meeting. Page 4 Senator Ball declares Congress leans Soward betterment of conditiohs In District. 2 Page 13 Compulsory physical training courses oy’ be introduced in high schools, i Tage 15 o Pigeant picturing District of Columbia a:runcl‘:lumem repeated at Central High'School Page 13 Parliament northern Ireland opened today in fast. . Page 13 Start. prosecution of four allegzed negro leaders in Tulsa riots. Page Rallroads ask labor hoard to wipe out ‘entire. wage fhcrease granted in July, :light Saving law. Page 16 in | -five bodies recovered from ruins of | Page 1) | water which might jeopardize the lives! The cae of the Domiftcan republic, | 1 | +1920. ; Page 1¢ R.. N. Harper es that banks be in- cluded specificall | plans for meeting an: = Comet to Come Only | Within Ten Million Miles of the Earth CAMBRIDGE, Masx., June 7.— Winnecke's comet, the expected approach of which to the earth | this month has caused much | comment, will probably mot | come within ten million mi ol of ux, according to information | received at the Harvard College | observatory from axstronomers in various parts of the world who are studying its motion clonely. The comet will make its near- eat approach to the xun June 13, and will be at its brightest at about the same time. It ix " doubtful, howeve! whether it | will be vixible to the naked eye, it will be of approximately sixth magnituds. Several astronomerx predict a metcoric xhower Jume 27 as result of the comet’s approach. | 1 | | 1 5 i | 1 ENGINEERS PREPARE FOR CONDUT BREAK Flumes Will Be Built to Meet Emergency in Water ; Supply. Admitting the possibility of a break in 1 the conduit supplying Washington with | of the résidents of the cafital, Army engineers have ordered the building of flumes and other temporary expedients designed to save the city from a calam- (it This serious fact confronted Congress The work of this com. |tod2y when the Senate took up the Army bill, ‘which includes a provision for the construction of a new conduit. Increased water consumption in the District Jast month, as compared with the consumption in May a vear ago, has resulted in general revision of emergency break that may oceur in the singie overtaxed conduit. Emergency Crew on Hand. Army engineers have given consid- eration to possible weak spots in the big nine-foot main. which has not been unwatered for inspection in many months, and are prepared for instant action in casc of an emer- gency. The aqueduct office, has placed itself in the position of a fire company, with a working crew available for immediate summons should the alarm come that the con- duit has broken. The office has gone so far as to buiid wood flumes which could be used in certain kinds of breaks. Should a break occur in the conduil | where it passes throuzh Cabin John bridge, however, a difficult engineer- ing problem would be = presented, which might require a longer time for adjustment than Washington would be able to live through with- out a water suppiy. Only Two Days’ Supply. The corduit Is visible only at the intake, at Great Falls and the point where' it discharses into Dalecarlia reservoir. It is praciically a two-day job to unwater it and get it in full op- eration again. WV ington has but a two-day water suppiy in 'its storage Consequintly, it is impossibie spect the in T of the conduit, r it, unless the citizens ibjected to a se- ihe present two of the Distric vere rationing days’ reserve surply. Secretary of War Weeks, conferencs with C enginesrs of the Army, water sit Senate milit clusion in th after a ch, chief of regarding the recommended to the io Lof an irem for starting w on a r2w conduit from Great Fali. The committee acted promptiy, on the Secretary’s recom- mendation 3 tiating the project ‘is in the bill which now i3 under consideration by the Senate. It i3 believed the item is as- sured of passage by that bady. Favorable Sentiment. Sentiment in the House is regarded as favorable to the water legisiation, in view of the extreme seriousness of the situation. Army engineers have declared the existing conduit is likely to o out of commission at any time, and, in view of the fact a new water artery cannot be built 'under three years, it is believed Congress will givée the necessary’ authdyity 'at this ses- sion to start an undertaking that must be carried thrdugh with the least de- lay ‘possible if the lives of Washing- tonians and government and private property interests here are to be pro- { tected. BILL TO RENAME. COURT. 13 Supreme Bench of D. C. Would Be ¢~ Called \General Court. The name of th the District of Columbia would be in the proposed day-: changed to the General Court of the District of Columbia under a bill in- troduced y ‘Senator King of ; would become ef- January ‘1, o ¥ 1822, . - in fact,) d a $209,000 item for, ini- Supreme Court of | ONE-MAN-CAR SKIPPER FINDS STOWAWAY AND RETURNS HIM TO PORT The skipper of the one-man tar was leading a quiet though dou- $1,000,000 SOUGHT ble existence yesterday, collecting fares and navigating the busines district, when he discovered he had a stowaway on board. The stowaway w: small boy, who had followed & woman on the car at a downtown cormei After enjoying the ride for sev- eral blocks the youthful passen- ger started to get off. But the ::zcmm eve of the skipper aw m. “Lady, your child is getting off,” said the skipper (o the woman who had boarded the car ahead of the boy. “That isn’t my child.” she re- plied. ‘Whereupon the skipper asked the other women in the car. but none of them was with the boy. The skipper appointed himself temporary guardian of the young adventurer and continued on his way. On the return trip the con- ductor-motorman stopped at the corner he thought the child had started from, and there saw an anxious mother on the sidewalk with another child. The skipper returned the child to its grateful parent and re- sumed his dual role of pilot and purser. DISARMING AGTION NEMORIAL FUND * INGREASED 7110 {Donation of $5,000 and Fund | of $1,000 Each Aid Vic- tory Building Plan. Three donations to the national vic- | tory memorial building fund—one of $5.000 and two of $1.000 each, were announced today by Mrs. Henry F. Dimock, president of the George Washington Memorial Association, which is sponsoring the project The larger amount was given as a memorial to District of Columbia bovs who fought in the late war, while the other gzifts were credited fto the United States Naval Acade- !my, at Annapolis, and Connecticut's 1 8ervice star quota, Other Gifts Expected. Mrs. Dimock is expecting other don- ations ‘today which will bring the total fund donated close to the half- ‘milifon-dollar point. -“When" this sum is reached orders will.be given to. start building operations. Plans are being made to lay the corner stohe |of the memorial on November 11— { Armistice day. | An important conferénce will be held thjs afternoon at the home of Mrs. Dimock for the purpose of se- lecting @ chairman for the committee of one hundred, which will direct the development of the memorial building plans. The work, to date. has fallen almost altogether on Mrs. Dimock. As the project is now practically assured, ishe is planning to take a much- ! needed rest and will sail in a few days for Venezuela, where she prob- {ably will remain until October. Dur- ling” her absence the general direct- {ing committee of one hundred wiil endeavor to organize fund-raising {campaigns in all the states. Mrs. { Dimock expects.to visit all the states iin the interest of the project upon her return. | SENATE 0. K. EXPECTED. Adolph A. Hoehling’s Nomination | Referred to Committee. | The nomination of Adolph A. Hoehling to be associate justice of the District Supreme Court to succeed the late Justice Gould has been referred [to the Senate committee on judiciary, iand favorable action upon the nomi- nation is expected at an early date. It is usual to refer the nominations received to subcommittees, and this j course may be followed in the case of Mr. Hoehling. The regular meeting of the judiciary committee Monday, and it is likely that the nom- ination will be reported to the Senate by the committee following that meet- ing. —_— CAPPER BILL INTRODUCED Measure Would Have President Senator Capper of Kansas late yester- day introduced his bill providing for the appointment of the members of the board of education of the District by the President and their confirmation by the Senate. _The bill was referred to the Senate District committee. Under a bill introduced yesterday by Senator Ball of Delaware, chairman of the District committee, hotels in Wash- ington would be classified as public utilities and placed under the super- | vision of the Public Utilities. Commis- {sion. The bill would require the hotels to,post in éach room the rates charged and to file these rates with the commis: sion. GREEK YOUTH, Postmaster General Hays is try- ing a first-hand experiment in Americanization with. a young Greck he “inherited” from Col. George Harvey as the material out of - which he intends to make @ first- Tate American, ¢ Hid away on ‘the eighth floor of the Post Office Department build- . ing, Andrew Louchiou daily ham- | mers away at e typewriter, with the purpose. of blossoming forth some day as a first-class typist and stenographer. - S . The young Greek feels himself in the hands of fate as much as any of the characters in the tragedies of Euripides, but it a kindly fate, not a tragic .fate—a fate typified by the genial Postmaster | - General, who is “staking” Louchiou i to an education. The Greek youth—for he is only that—is a master of four lan- guages. He .served as an inter- preter with the British forces in Mesopotamia, and - following the war, drifted to New York, where he worked at one of the big i@fl Yy Considers House Resolution Satisfactory—Senate Now Likely to Accept Change. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding today told Repre- sentative Mondell, of the House, that he was well satis- fied with the resolution proposed by |the House concurring in the execu- tive'’s views on disarmament, and the prospect now is that the Senate, which adopted the Borah amendment, will accept the House substitute. | What might have been a disagree- {able situation as between the two houses has been avoided by the tact of the republican leaders in the House, who made the disarmament resolu- tion sufficiently broad to-carry weight in international councils. The Presi dent was told by Mr. Mondell that the House feit very strongly that the money it had appropriated for the Navy was quite sufficient, and that members did not look with friendi eves on_the increases made in the Senate. The naval bill now is in cou- ference between the two houses, and while it 1ooks a if a compromise will be worked out Mr. Harding may be called upon to adjust the differences as to naval appropriations. 1f the copferees do not agree and Ar, Harging. is._callsy embarrassig situation wi the executive. It will be the first time that the President will have be- fore him the concrete, question ef fe- ks He | H 1 on of armament. 1 thus far expressed himself in gefieral terms and has not gohe beyond the expres- sion that “America must not disarm alone.” Sentiment in Congress. Nevertheless there is a considerable sentiment in Congress to the effect that America should make her ser- mons on disarmament square with her performances and that the time to give the world an example present, when all eyes are turned on the American Congress. The question as to what the “point is to which armaments may be re- duced consistent with domestic safety is entirely too broad and too con- troversial to expect -agreement in Congress 3t this stage of the disarma- ment discussion, when other nations Ihave not given evidence of the lengths to which they are willing to go_in reducing armament. Accordingly Mr. Harding is anxious to maintain Amer- ica’s naval and military program for belteves he-has done his duty in ap- proaching the other powers to deter- mine what may be agreed upon with respect to a suspension of paval building. The whole thing is preliminary status, but the American view has been sent to Ambassador Harvey, so that it may be informally communicated to the other govern-: ments at the supreme council's next [ meeting. . Semator Borah Pleased. Meanwhile, Senator Borah looks on PRESIDENT PRASES republican leader | 0-aid, an arise for is the | the present, while at the same time he | in ai INCONGRESS TOAID FLOOD SUFFERERS {Search of Devastated Area Increases Total of Known Dead to Fifty-One. APPRAISAL PUTS DAMAGE NEARER TO $20,000,000 Workers Begin to Clear Up Wreck- age—Impassable Roads Prevent Holding of Funerals. One million dollars would be made immediately available for relief work {in the flood district of Colorado under {resolutions introduced simultaneously | today in the Senate and House by Sen- ator Phipps and Representative Har- dy. both of Colérado. Decision to seek a million dollars for ireliefl work was reached by the Col- iorado delegation in Congress after jconferences ‘with President Harding iand Secretary Weeks. The proposed | appropriation would be used solely in the relief of distress and would not be applicable to the restoration of prop- erty. Senators Phipps and Nicholson and Representatives Hardy and Vaile were presented at the conferences at the White House and War Department. The members of the delegation said that both President Harding and Sec- retary Weeks were emphatically of the opinion that something should be ! done by the federal government to re- lieve distress and suffering in the { Pueblo district. { Expects Speedy Action. ! The resolutions will be treated as | emergency lezislation, Senator Phipps said, 2dding that it was expected that the million-dollar relief fund would be available within a couple of dave. Contributions to the American Fed Cross in response to President Hard- ing's appeal to the public in behalf of the Colorado flood sufferers will be in- | stantly transmitted through special ar- | ranzements set up for the emergency- | Every precaution will be taken, it was | unnounced at national headquarters {here today. to insure speeding these +funds on their errand of mercy with a minimum of delay. | Authorization for the expenditure of a second $50,000 out of the national disaster reiief fund for the floor relief {was wired the local Red Cross at Pueblo, Col.. yesterday. Plans to Rush Momey. ! Throuzh orders issued by W. Frank Persons, vice chairman in_charge of domestic operations, Red Cross chap- ters in the east will send contributions ireceived to their division offices at jonce. All division offices will, in turn, advise Washington daily by wire of the itotal receipts. so 1hat national head- quarters daily may advise its repre- sentative at the scene of the fibod of the latest total available for relief operations. Chapters in the divisions nearer the scene of the disaster have been given | the option of dispatching contribu- i tions they receive direct to James L. ! Fieser. director of Red Cross opera- | tions in Colorado. when time can thus ibe saved, or to their division head- quarters. - CLEARING UP DEBRIS. | N ! By the Associated Press PUEBLO, Col.. June 7.—Known dead from Frieay’s flood in Pueblo totaled | fifty-five today, when three additional | bodies were recovered. Early today | forty-two bodies were at the morgues !and ten had been recovered on the St. | Charles Mesa | No burials will be held for several idays, it was said. because of the im- " i passable condition of roads to the i cemeteries. i A committee of real estate men to- }day estimated the property damage in | Pueblo from the flood at between $15,- 1000,000 and $20,000,000. This damage {was an appraisal of the buildings amd | contents. i With the recession of the flood waters | of the Arkansas river to a point which | made most of the downtown streets and railroad yards accessible, consid- |erable progress was expected to be | made today in the work of clearing up the streets and buildings. . | Maj. Harris, Quartermaster Corps, in charge of installation of a food con- is set for| Appoint D. C. Board of Education. | D | BEING EQUIPPED AS GOOD AMERICAN | | well pfeased that through his single| voy system. had a corps of men active effort the administration was com-!today unloading trucks and getting pelled to tackle the disarmament ques-| them started back to Colorado Springs ; tion sooner than it planned. Mr. Borah! for a food supply. Many Put to Work. The military order requiring all {cannot very well insist upon his own amendment, which provided for a con-| ference only between. the United| | States, Japan and Ggeat Britain, be- able-bodied men to report for work cause the new%proposil would include | Urought out a large force today, and all powers and would apply to mil-!the volunteers are put to work in itary as well as naval forces. On the Various capacitios . = o o other hand, the administration takes | A shot was fired just before day- {the credit for a broad expression on|light and rangers were sent out im- the subject of disarmament as en-|mediately in an automobild | gineered through the House by Re.: tigate. No report was made om it support of President Harding. cue party e n Do both sidet are satisfied, and out|an effort to recover bodies along the of it all there issues a definite state-|river. ment that America will disarm if the| Clear weather today would make other powers will agree. On top oqpounfle the recovery of many bodies this comes a statement from George! which have been found, but which N. Barnes, conservative British labor|could not previously be extricated leader and spokesman of British sen-| from the debris, officers said. timent, that England is ready to meet| Red Cross officials today estimated ;v:r{hp{oy:g::‘ 7;_ lt'l:: Ei’éfi?‘f"fi."“““ m;r ‘d(-alh Iis} will :nounl when ut thaf . The|a complete count is possible. | growth of a liberal movement in Ja-| The outstanding feature of the flood pan is counted upon to help the dis-iwas the utter absence of discouraged armament. cause in that country, butgrief. ::ol:ae'olt“r :: ul:&l; a:r: al::.; ,::,‘,“,lf‘fl"sz'l \Vizll\ dplaxfis I‘Mdf (orm. co‘mnlele cen- ~! sus of destitute families in the flood pend, as it always has, upon the sum| gistrict. for the establishment of & {Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) | refugee camp and for the installation of a complete field hospital, the equip- | ment for which was expected to ar- | rive at any hour, svstematization and LA NGUAGE A[ASTER’ 12::;-:;{::;?: of ‘rellef work began in List of Dead Compiled. These various projects were defi- nitely mapped out at a reorganisa- | tion ‘meeting of the Red Cross last night. at which the heads of the vari- ous departments and a number of out- iof-town Red Cross workers were present. S According to Dr. J. F. Pierce, local medical director of the Red Cross, the field hospital will be able .to. accom- modate 250 patients, and the “tent ecol- ony” will handle homeless flood sufferers in a scientific and sanitary manner, Dr: . George Harvey acquired him as a valet, but allowed him to re- main behind when appointed am- bassador to Great Britain. He was in this city without 'a job when Postmaster General Jlays came to his_rescue. A valet was something a man from Indiana has little use for, how- so the Postmaster General ;‘llletr'mucyiou to work at a typ- {Pierce sald. g The relief workers will search: out writer in’order to “make him use- | The rellel workers oIl oen et v ery one in actual want will be suc- cored, and duplications will _be avoided. = This morning a list of known dead ‘was compiled. Three United States Army air-’ planes are here from Fort Sill, Okla.. and will be used for scouting pur- poses, it was announced today by The young man, . who speaks English, Greek, Italian and French, has a big room all to himself on the eight floor of the building. He comes and goes, ueing. the Post- master General's private- elevator, . but has no comnection with the de- partment. He is not on the vernment ay roll. and few employeg know |Maj. F. Bradley of the air service. BeYis in the buliding. Bu be is [in charge.of the expedition. Numerous false reports of breaking _and waters have kept the city on edge since Friday. might the planes will also be used to tigate reports, it:was stated ‘ military headquarters by ;‘fick J. Hamrock. * there, hammering away at” the machine, thanking his destiny. for 05! ing a Cabinet member as is “lucky - star,” and wondering what fate will bring him next. It's a 10ng jump from Mesopo- .tamia to 11th street and Pennsyl- vania avenue, Washingten, D. 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