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Partly cloudy tonight row: little change in ended at 2 p.m. today: today I report on page 7. WEATHER. temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours at 2 p.m. today; lowest, 60, at 6 a.m. and tomor- Highest, 76, Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. Che Zy WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ening Staf. credited to it vaper aud also Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is ex the use for republication of all Lews dispaienes All rights of publication of spectal dispatches Lerein are alo reserved. usively entitled to or not otherw credited mm tnis the local news published hercin. | | 1 i I i 1 Yesterday’s Net Circalation, 92,739 No. 28, Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1921—-THIRTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. PRESIDENT NAMES NEW SHIP BOARD, HEADED BY LASKER T. V. 0°Connor and Former Senator Chamberlain Also Among New Members. ADMIRAL BENSON GIVEN TERM OF ANOTHER YEAR Ldward C. Plummer, Frederick I. Thompson and Meyer Lissner Appointed to Body. For ral ouncement of the ap-j pointment of A. D, Lasker, a Chicago advertising man, as chairman of the joard was made today at ted for a term 1 the re ‘ntative of ortion of the country. His d those of the other six t today to the Sen- A ppoi 1tio bers were ers are: republican, of Buf- esident o f the Interna- ngshoremen’s Union, a pointed for five years as representa- tive of the great lakes region. Former Senator George E. Chamber- lain. democrat of Portland, Ore.. ap- ¥ 1 for four years as a repre- ative of the Pacific coast. Plummer, republican, of -, appointed for three resentative of the Atlan- idward . Eath, Mai dea as re tic Frederick I. Thompson, democrat ,of Moinle, Ala. reappointed for two years as representative of the guif coast. Meyer Lissner, republican, of Los Angeles, appointed tor one year as a Tepresentative of the Pacific coast. Rear Admiral William S. Benson, retired, democrat, Georgia, reappoint- ed for one year, as a representative of the tilantic coast distric Lasker Outlines Plans. ! In accepting the board’s chairman- | ship. Mr. Lasker issued a statement J outlining his purpose to put the board | on a sound business basis and askins; for the patience and confidence Lf the public during the period of refr- ganization. The selection of the Chicago, ad-| vertising man to head the board was cecided upon by President Harding after several ineffectual atteapts to! get an experienced shipping man to accept the post. Mr. Harding has in- dicated that he considers the.problems | ahead of the board amons the most serious public affairs an/l has given long consideration to the choice of a board 1t was announced st the White House that as soon, as members of the board were copfirmed President Harding would confer with them re- zarding details of /policy. It also was nnounced by M. Lasker that John Callan O'Laughliff, a former Washing- lon newspaper correspondent, who now is an official of a New York €Xport company, would be appointed assistant to the chairman. Advertiaing Agency Official. Mr. Lasker is an official of the Lord homas Advertising Agency of Chi- =0 amd part owner of the Chicago National League base ball club. He was & supporter of Hiram Johnson for !hp republican presidential nomination iast vear and on the eve of the con- vantion served as chairman of the Johnson-Borah mass meeting held the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. Mr. Lissner. who is a lawyer, also was a Johnson supporter. and in 1912 and 1916 was a member of the ex- ecutive committee of the progressive national committee. He has been act- fve in California politics since 1906, \.'hpn he organized the non-partisan city central committee of Los Angeles. | Mr. Plummer has had wide experi- ence as an admiralty lawyer in the shipping industry. Before the war he was a leader in the movement for a| ship subsidy. i Mr. O'Connor is international presi- dent of the Longshoremen's Union. He was riously considered at one time for Secretary of Labor in President Harding's cabinet. Admiral Benson is a native of Geor- ®ia. Although his tenure as chairman of the board expired automatically at the end of the Wilson administration, he has continued to carry on the| board’s affairs at President Harding's request. He became chairman of the boa_rd in the spring of 1920, after his retirement from the Navy at the end of l?rl even years of active service. During the war he was chief of naval | operations. . Another of Mr. Harding's selections who now is serving with the board is Mr. Thompson, now holding the po- sition of the board’s vice chairman. He is a newspaper publisher, having served as editor of various publica- tions, including the Memphis Com- mercial-Appeal and the Mobile Reg- ister and News-Ttem. He now is chief owner and publisher of the two latter named papers. Ex-Senator Chamberlain was war- time chairman of the Senate military committee, and in that capacity at- i | & BABE RUTH JAILED FOR SPEEDING; ALL THE JOY GONE OUT OF HIS LIFE By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 8—Babe Ruth, home run king, of the New York Americans, today was sen- tenced to one day ‘in the city prison and fined $100 in magis- trate’s court for automobile speed- ing. It was Ruth's second appear- ance in court here within the last few weeks on charges of speed- ing. At his first trial, when he escaped with a nominal fine, he promised to be good and observe the Six days ago, however, he was caught speeding on River- side drive and arrested. Babe lost some of his famous sunny disposition when he heard Magistrate House pronounce ths jail sentence. He had come fo court prepared to pay a heavy fine and had peeled off a $100 Diil from a roll to close the financial end of his sentence. Then he was led from the coyrt- room by a keeper to begin serving his_time. Officially, his day fu Jjail ends at 4 o'clock this afternnon. Asked if he expected to Flay to- day against Cleveland, the wor- d ball player replied: “How can Then, after reflecting for a mo- ment, he brightened up 7nd sadi: “Well, I may play balf of the game. Babe plainly was disgusted with the world in general and courts in particular, when he was taken to a small anterocm, near the court, which served as his “cell.” He grunted answers to the cus- tomary questions asked by the po- lice officers and submitted to fin- gerprinting with ‘bad grace. The formalities in such DENANBS CENSURE cases Senator McCormick Scores Navy Officer’s London “3peech on Irish Question. Senator McCormick, republican, Il- Nlinois. complained formally today to President Harding and Secretary Denby about the address delivered in London yesterday by Rear Ad- miral Sims. in which he discussed the Irish question. The senator asked Secretary Denby to take disci- plinary measures against the admiral. He did not see the President for- mally, but asked Secretary Christian to cail the address to the attention of the executive. On leaving the White House. Sena- tor McCormick declared that the ad- miral's address, which was delivered before the English Speaking Union, was_“disgusting and un-American ‘Admiral Sims_was quoted in press dispatches received here as having said that there were many persons in the United States who technically were American, but *“none of them Americans at ail.” They are Ameri- cans when they want money, the ad- miral said, but Sinn Feiners when on the platform. 5 Sedretary Denby instriicted Rear Ad miral Sims today to advise the Navy | Department immediately by cable as to Wwhether he was correctly quoted in press accounts of an address he made to the English-Speaking Union at a luncheon, in London, June 7. SCORES SINN FEINERS. 7.—Rear Admiral ‘William S. Sims, U. S. N., advised Brit- ons and Americans to disregard “dan- gerous propaganda girculated in Amer- ica by your enemies and ours” in ad- dressing a luncheon of the English- Speaking Union here today. In denouncing “American hyphen- ates,” Admiral Sims said: “I do not want to touch on the Irish question, for I know nothing about it and I haven't found any Englishman who does. But there are many in our country who technically are Ameri- cans, some of them naturalized and some born there, but none of them Americans at all. “They are Americans when they want money, but Sinn Feiners when on the platform. They are making war on America today. Blood on Their Hands. ~“The simple truth of it is that they have the blood of British and Amer- icans on their hands from obstruc- tions they placed in the way of the most _effective operation of the allied naval forces during the war. “They are like zebras, either black horses with white stripes or white horses with black stripes, but we know they are not horses—they are asses. But each of those asses has a vote and there are lots of them. Ignore Jackass Votes. The admiral advised the British to ignore any resolution “forced by these jackass votes.” He deplored the fact that there was a section of the press on both sides of the Atlantic which “print false news of the wires, which causes ques- tracted unusual attention by a sen- isational break with President Wilson and Secretary Baker. He served two terms in the Senate after long ex- Perience in Oregon state politics, and was renominated last year. but de- feated in the Harding landsiide. —_— MRS. SOUTHARD SILENT. Woman Accused of Slaying Hus- band Arrives in San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, June 8.—Mrs. Lyda Southard, charged with murder of her fourth husband, Edward F. “Meyer, at Twin Falls, Idaho, has ar- rived in San Francisco from Honolulu in the custody of V. P. Ormsby, a deputy sheriff of Idaho, and his wife, Mrs. Southard spent the grene,|Devonlhire‘ retiring governor general ! of Canada, will sall for England July part of yesterday at the city jail at her own request to avoid newspaper men. She said she did not wish to out an interview here, but mfi‘{.‘i make public a statement through her ;’z‘(fimeyl after she arrived at Twin s. tions to be asked. During the war, Admiral Sims said, the allied naval forces were employed in pursuance of the decisions of the allied naval council, 1n which he had 2 vote, and where he utilized his right to participate and ~sass any one whose opinion did not agree With mine.” After decisions were taken, how- ever, the admirai declared, the naval forces always were used as if there had been unanimous agreemert. “If we could only see the same spirit today among all branches of our people,” he said, “there would not be as much trouble as there is.” —_— LEAVES CANADA JULY 19. June 8.—The Duke of OTTAWA, 19 on the steamship Empress of France, it was announced at the gov- ernment house. by Lord Byng of Vimy, former com- mander-in-chief of the Canadian forces in France. WILDCAT HELPS CAPTURE PRISONER; CONVICT PREFERRED JAIL TO WOODS By the Associated Press. HUNTINGTON, W. Va.,, June 8.— A wildcat was responsible for the surrender of John Bradshaw, charged with the killing of a deputy sheriff of Cabel county, ac- cording to the story he told to the Jailer at the county jail here yes- terday. Bradshaw recently made | | | g getaway, and atter hiding out ree days and nights decided $o return to jail rather than face the unknown terrors in _the moun- tains of southern West Virginia. Bradshaw said he made up his mind to give himself up last Fri- day night, when, as ‘a fugitive in the mountains, he was awakened by the howling of “cat” close by. He threw his hat at the intrduer, he declared, but the “bob” only arched his back, unshenthed his claws and hissed a charge to bat- tle. Brs jshaw then beat a hasty retreat the Cabel county jail, he salf . A He will be succeeded ; over, he sat down and tried to read a newspaper. The sporting page didn’t _intercst -him at all Finaily he crumpled the paper and threw it on the floor. Then he surveyed other unfortunates, in- clyding some truck drivers, sen- tenced to jail. | _ After a while he asked permis sion to telephone to some of his friends to see what could be done bout obtaining his release. He ‘could not reach them and he dis- played more bad temper. Even_smoking did not interest him. He spent a good deal of the time looking at his watch and figuring how soon 4 o'clock would come around. Occasionally he gazed out of a window at the sky and remarked ‘that it was a good day for the game. In sentencing - Ruth, the magis- trate said: “I've been Sending many chauf- feurs to jail for from five to fif- teen days, as well as fining them. 1 realize some chauffeurs are earning but or $30 a week and have families dependent on their support. Therefore, it does not seem fair to allow prominent merchants or_society men or an outstanding figure in the sport- ing world, as you are, to come into the court and be given a small fine and go a “Just because you are Dromi- nent is no excuse for speeding. To let you off would be a bad exam- ple for chauffeurs. “I do not wish to force you to take a suggestion—you can ac- cept or do as you wish—but When driving on the streets of this city, Mr. Ruth, remember the law. Ruth's healthy appetite dwin- dled, too, and when the luncheon hour came all he wished was a bottle of milk and a piece of ple. MUD HIDES BODIES FOR ADMIRAL SIMS| IN PUEBLO DEBRIS | Section Inhabited by Mexi- cans and Italians Virtually Wiped Away by Flood. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Col, June S—~Ten million dollars’ worth of Pueblo ®oods amd scores Of bodies of Pueblo citizens lie strewn in the mire and the quickxands of i dated farm lands for thirty-five miles south on both sides of the raging Arkansas, below Pueblo, ac- cording to a dispatch today to the Denver Times. The nccount was from a staft correspondent, the first mewspaper man to penetrate into the district which received much of the debris from the flood waters of Pueblo, The correspondent, under date of last night, wrote that “in the | vieinlty of Vi nd, Avondale, Divine, Boone, Fowler and Mansano death holds xupreme sway. tomight with only the torches of ghouls to light up the dewolation.” PUEBLO, Col., June 8.—Wading kiee deep through mud and water in some places, a correspondent of the ‘Asso- ciated Press today plowed through one of Pueblo’s most pitiable thoroughfares {of devastation—the region extending from north Main street along west 4th across the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe tracks and onward to the west 4th street bridge across the Arkansas river. The greater part of this region is fa- miliarly called “Penvemuce‘bonoms"‘ It was inhabited chiefly by Mexicans and Italians. It is virtually wiped away now. Today many of its former residents were digging among the ruins of their homes in the hope of recovering some of their possessions. Arnd as some of them dug their shovels struck human bodies instead of furniture. ““I am trying to find my houses,” said Felix Bayle, who lost eleven dwellings when the region was flooded. Mexican Digging in Mud. On the threshold of the bottoms a Mexican of about fifty was digging in the mud. “I used to have a little busi- ness here,” he said. “I saw it -swept away before me on the night of the flood. I had a _good mare and buggy and a wagon. They are gone, t0o.” He pointed to the spot where he had exhumed a body about an hour before. ‘Perhaps the man’s wife may be there. I shall keep on digging.” Residents of the quarter told the story of Mrs. Martino Gatban, e crip- ple. 'Who was drowned under Pparticu- lariy tragic circumstances. Her young son had repeatedly urged that they leave the house before it was flooded, but the woman kept saying: “It's only people’s idle talk.” But at last Mrs. Gatban became con- vinced the waters already were rush- ing into the house. She called to her son, who was in the yard. At that moment the wind shut the door, which locked automatically. In an effort to reach his mother the youth smashed a window of the room in which she was awaiting his aid. Grasping the branch of a tree, he reached out for his mother with the other hand. The swirling waters kept her out of his reach, whirling her around and around the room. Postman Loses Route. Walking along the Santa Fe tracks came R. J. Ritter, postmen, “I am_ looking for my route” he sald. 1 camt find jt= right sunshine today played over flood-stricken Pueblo and made the more imperative the work of remov- ing bodies of animals and clearing of debris as a precautionary measure against disease. All night gasoline pumps worked on flooded cellars throughout the busi- ness district, pouring thousands of gallons of water into the streets and again converting them into mud. The correspondent rode through the dis- trict shortly before midnight with the Colorado Rangers. More streets were passable to automobiles than at any other time. The Main Street viaduct, closed yes- |terday when its condition became menacing, was opened to traflic, after one side of the concrete structure, { which had sagged down toward the | i H | i railroad yards, threatening to pull the entire viaduct with it, had been re- moved by workmen, The body of a | girl was found by rangers today in the Fountain river at the 4th Street bridge. The body was not identified. Free Travel for Refugees. A convoy of trucks left early today to bring back food and supplies from Colorado Springs. Railroads announced yesterday that | refugees would be transported from Pueblo free of charge upon recom- mendation of the Red Cross. Arrangements for relief of Mexicans here was made by Felipe G. Trevino, consul at Denver, who has $10,000 ap. propriated by the Mexican govern- ment for that purpose. DETAILED TO FLEET. Capt. Cyrus R. Miller, at the Naval War College, Newport, R. L, has been detailed as chief of staff, destroyer force, Pacific fleet. 1R UNSELFISH LABOR FOR CIVILIZATION, PRESIDENT'S PLEA Mr. Harding Declares Noth- ing Seems Secure Anainst lconoclasts’ Attacks. CALLS ON GRADUATES OF NATION TO RESIST Speaks at Seventh Convocation of American University—Jusserand and Rowell Also Make Addresses. Declaring that “almost nothing” re- mains secure today from the attacks of iconoclasts, President Harding ap- pealed to the graduating classes of the nation’s universities and colleges in an address today at the commence- ment exercises of American Univer- sity to dedicate themselves to an unselfish service in the preservation of civilization. The seventh convocation of the university was held this afternoon in the amphitheater in the grove of the institution. Besides the President the speakers were: M. Jules Jusserand, ambassador from France, and Newton W. Rowell, member of the Canadiin parliament and representative of Canada at the Geneva conference. The speaking was preceded by a flag raising on the big campus, the flag having been presented by Rob- ert A. Booth of Oregon and which feature was presided over by Gen. William Mason Wright. Music was furnished by the United States Ma- rine Band. Rev. John R. Edwards pronounced benediction. President Harding's Speech. President Harding said: “To Bishop Hamilton, the faculty.! the graduating class and student body: “I am glad to extend greetings and | congratulations on completion of another year's work of the university. | Wae are at the height of the annual| commencement season, when thou- | sands of students go out from insti-| tutions all over the land to take up! the tasks for which their years of study have been preparing them. “I wish I could impress the young: men and women of every graduating| class this year with my own acute conviction regarding the obligation of service that is placed upon them. They have been favored with thel privilege of special equipment and! preparation, such as is vouchsafed to an all too small proportion of the| people. They will not prove them- selves worthy of their peculiar good fortune or of their special responsi- bility unless they regard it as a trust| ta be held for the good of the whole | community. 2 | “We look to this month's graduating | classen tevprovide far more than their | numerical share of leaders for thej nation in:a future not far ahead. You will play your perts in a world in many ways unlike any that former generations of your colleagues could have anticipated. 1 “I would feel that I had performed | well the part that has providentially | fallen to me if I could impress upon ! every one who goes out this year with a diploma the thought that it is | not a certificate of right to special favor and profit in the world, but rather a commission of service. Men all about you will need the best you will_be able to give to them. | “Never, 1 firmly believe, was there ! a time when the call was o insistent |as that to those capable of giving | unselfish, broad. compresending direc- tion to public thought. Educated Leaders Needed. “You of the next generation of leadership will live in a time of re- adjustment and reorganization. Much that has been esteemed elemental has been swept aside. Almost nothing re- mains that we may safely think of as sacred, as secure from the attacks of the iconoclasts. It is a time in which men search their souls and as- say their convictions, in which they, examine the very fundamentals of| institutions immemorially accepted. | in which no tradition may be held immune from assaults of the skeptic and the doubter. “In such a time I cannot but feel that the great need which proper ed- ucation can supply is embraced in the broadest culture, the most inclusive vision, the most clear-eyed compre- hension of the terms which mankind's problem today presents. There was a time, and not very long ago, when we were wont to think of education as a sort of specialized training for some kind of special service. We es- teemed it as an intensive process of equipping fortunate persons for do- ing particular things particularly well along established and accepted lines. Today we may say that there are few accepted lines. Nothing re- mains with us that is not queried. Therfore we -need for the leadership of the coming generation an open- minded willingness to recognize the claim of the doubter, the innovator, the experimenter, the would-be con- structionist. “But while we must give these ad- venturous ones their full chance, we must sedulously guard against the spirit of mere cynicism, the disposi- tion to-condemn all things as they are because they are not perfect, the ten- dency to tear down before any plan of reconstruction has been prepared. The trained mind—provided it is not over- trained—is the one that must provide the saving faculty of discrimination. The world must go forward, and not backward; and it will not go forward as the result of any philosophy of mere destruction. After all, unsatis- factory as some earnest people regard the present structure of society and { existing human relationships, a rea- sonably. conscious world has been a long time traveling as far on the road toward ideal conditions as it now has reached. “History has afforded many illus- trations of societies crumbling and going to pieces, and the process has invariably been attended with super- lative disaster to great masses of hu- manity. It is a commonplace that at this time the world stands on the brink of what looks much like a preci- pice. It must not be allowed to take the fatal plunge. It will not if it shall be able to summon to its leade ship in the coming generation men and women who will unite a neces- sary measure of conservative purpose with an equally necessary portion of willingness to consider new expedi- ents, to test out old formulas, to ap- ply the acid test even to what we have learned to believe is pure gold. Best Type of Education. “The education that con truly pre- pare for the demands of society in the time before us cannot be given merely in academic halls. The great world outside must contribute of its prac- tical experience, its intimate knowl- edge, its discipline and disappoint- ments to complete the equipment. We I AN HAYS WARNS G 0.P. LEADERS AGAINGT SERIOUS MISTAKES Seven Million Majority Large, But No Alibi for Errors, He Declares. The republican national commit- ‘tee adopted the proposed mew rule of representation in natiomal com- ventions. which reduces delegates from eleven southern states to the extent of twenty-three and adds seventy-six to thirty-eight states where republican votes have in- creased. John T. Adams of Iowa was unanimously clected chairman of the committee this afternoon. Members bf the republican national committee were warned today by Postmaster General Hays, retiring chairman of the committee, that a “seven-million majority is large, but it is not an alibi for the mistakes, negligence and extravagance of mis- government.” Mr. Hays' statement was prepared for presentation to the full committee today when it assembled to receive his resignation and elect his suc- cessor. When the committee met in the red room at the New Willard shortly be- fore noon the members rested under the shadow of a personal affiiction in the loss of their esteemed associate, Alvin T. Hert of Kentucky, who died suddenly in his room yesterday after- noon at the hotel, a few floors above the meeting place. He was known to every member of the committee and was held in affectionate regard. The order of business for the day contemplated presentation of the res- ignation of the retiring chairman, Postmaster General Hays, and the election of his successor, expected to be John T. Adams, with the promo- tion of National Committeeman Ralph Williams of Oregon. to the vice chairmanship. Then was scheduled the submission of a report from the sub- committee on southern representation on a proposed change in delegate rep- resentation in national conventions from the southern states. Up to the very hour of meeting, the subcommittee had continued its consideration of the subject, which has continued since last Monday. Widely varying views had been pre- sented in the meetings of the sub- committee and out of them had come several suggestions for a report. Women in Attendance. Meeting with the national commit- tee today were the woman members of the executive committee, Who in- cluded Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, vice chairman; Mrs. Katherine Philips Edson, Mrs. Manley L. Fosseen, Mrs. Henrietta L. Livermore, Mrs. Medill McCormick, Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, Mrs. Christine Bradley South and Mrs. Jeannette A. Hyde.| These members had previously been in conference, going over their par- ticular lines of work for the national committee in the future. Another woman who sat with the committee _was Mrs. Leonard G. ‘Woods of Pittsburgh, who came with the proxy of Senator Penrose, absent from the city. i - Chairman Hays' statement to the committee on resigning follows: Mr. Hays on Party Standing. “The present organization has had an interesting and rather successful three vears. The condition of the party’s affairs in the spring of 1918 is not forgotten. In 1916 the normal re- publican majority was 600,000 minus. Tn November, 1918, it was 1,200,000 plus. In November last it was over 7,000,000. “The majority cf seven million In 1920 is reasonably satisfactory. A Senate by 22 and a House by 170 brings a degree of content mot in- excusable. The present condition is no accident. It was, first, the regis- tered appreciation of the party’s great candidates by the country’s citizenry; it was an expression of the country’s confidence in the party’s purpose. It Was brought about.in part by the pro- tost from the people against a conduct of government which they regarded as an abandonment of the primary principles of American institutions. And it was, too, the result in no small degree of attention to the party’s busi- ness by the party’s organization over a long period of time. But just as our Victory was unparalleled in the na- tion's history, so in like manner is our responsibility unparalleled. Only in 20 far as party success may be trans- lated into patriotic public service is success worth while to any political organization. ‘Warns Party Leaders. «1t is well to remember that no mafority 'is mecessarily permanent and that certainty of continued suc- cess comes only with certainty of performance. Just as an offended electorate registered an emphatic o2 can learn much from books, but if we learned only from books we would learn -only the wisdom of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) & protest against a conduct of govern- %0 ment_regarded as reprohensible, (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) p— Cigarette Smoking In Public Places Ended By Utah Law SALT LAKE CITY, June 8— Utah's anti-cizarette Inw, pass- ed by the last legixlature, be- came effective yesterday. Simul- taneously the shelves of tobacco stores were cleared of elgar- ! ettes and there were no ad- | vertisements in the newspapers of cigarettes. The law provides againxt smoking in public places, which are defined, and prohibits the giving away, sale, exchange | or barter of cigarettes. L l | | i. | SAY D. G OFFICIALS | SHOULD CUT FARES i "House Members Believe Com- missioners Have Authority == Over Car Lines. | Congensus that the Public Utilities} Commission now has authority and | that it is its duty toward the public | to reduce the street car fares in| ‘Washington to 6 cents, or eVen less, ‘was expressed by members of the House District committee today. Other matters of legislation were | under discussion and the question of | Street car merger was not supposed to come up until Friday, but flared | up. Members of the committee, in- | cluding Representatives Underhill of Massachusetta Fitzgerald of _Ohio, Chairman Focht of Pennsylvania and | Kunz of Iilinois, spoke in favor of | urging the District Commissioners to reduce the fare. As a result of this it was agreed | that Chairman Focht should invite | the Public Utilities Commission attend the meeting Friday and get the views of the members on this point. ‘Chairman Focht told the com- mittee, that he had it on the very best authority that the commission had | agreed to just such action, but that one Commissioner “got cold feet.” He said he believed the Commissioners are ready to reduce the fares. i \ Last Hearing, on Subject. - Representative Woods of Virginia, | author of the bill designed to force a merger, through imposing an ex- cess profits tax, and who is a mem- | ber of the subcommittee on street car legislation, told the committee that it is the intention of Chairman Zihlman of the subcommittee on the merger that the hearing Friday shall be the last on this subject, and that a bill to induce a voluntary merger will soon be favorably reported. Chairman Focht said that there is no hope for a merger as long as the companies are allowed an 8-cent fare, except by confiscating their property and running the gauntlet of a Su- preme Court decision, which would take a couple of years. Representa- tive Xutz of Illinois proposed taking the charter away under which the ! Washington Railway and Electric Company is allowed to own stock of the Potomac Electric Power Company. This ownership, he said, keeps the | Washington Railway and Electric profitable, he said, even though the street car company may be losing money. Merger and Schools First. ‘ Chairman Focht told the committee that there were two major problems under consideration by the committee. One is the question of providing adequate school facilities and the other to induce a merger. He said that the former was progressing to- ward a satisfactory conclusion, and advised that the House follow the Senate's action. He said that the merger was inviting a solution, and that all interests are eager for it. The big end to be achieved, he said, is re- duction in street car fares. Consider Mason Bill. The Mason bill to regulate pa; of fares to licensed drivers of publie vehicles in the District was con- sidered. W.'J. Brown, a public auto- mobile driver, appeared as a witness. The drivers are seeking protection against parties who hire their cars and after using them for several hours refuse to pay. It was agreed that Representas Kunz of Illinois. should nrewflte '{l‘:: bill 80 as to give ample protection to the hired vehicle drivers and to the public. Representative Edmonds of Penn- sylvania urged a favorable report on a revised bill to establish a model marine insurance law in the District. He said that the revised bill met the wishes of the Shipping Board, the merchant marine committee, the Dis- trict Commissioners, the Ship Owners’ Association and all other interests. ‘The new bill leaves out the pro- posed tax of 2% per cent on all ma- rine insurance that went aboard. The committee voted to postpone ac- ;‘:n on this measure until Wednes:. y. ORDERED T0 SHIP DUTY. Lieut. Commander Elmer L. Wood- side has been detached from duty at the proving g®und, Indian Head. Md., and ordered 0 the U. 8. S. Stribling. | o - SENATEVOTES D.C. 000 T0 START NEW WATER WORKS Also Provides $200,000 Addi- tional for Great Falls Power Project. The Senate today adopted the mili- tary affairs committee amendment to | the ¥ bill providing $200,000 to begin work on an increased water supply for the District of Columbia, in accordance with the plan prepared by Maj. M. C. Tyler, U. S. A. Engineer Corps. The Senate also adopted an amend- ment offered by Senator Norris of Nebraska providing an additional 200.000 10 prepare plans and begin ork on the project for a hydro- electric power plant at Great Falls on the Potomac, river. also was the subject of a report by Maj. Tyler, and had the approval of the federal waterpower commission. A point of order, made by Senator King against the Norris amezdment was not sustained by the Senate and the amendment was then adopted. propriation bill was taken up Senator orris immediately offered as an amend- ment to the committee amendment the proposal that $200,000 in addition be ap- propriated for the development of a hydroelectric plant at Great Falls. Senator King Objects. Senator King of Utah questioned | the advisability of adopting the Nor- ris amendment at this time, and asked if the District of Columbia com- mittee had passed upon the proposed project. Senator Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the military af-| fairs committee, suggested that Sen- ! ator Norris should offer the amend- | ment separately and not as an amend- ment to the committee amendment providing for an increase in the water supply. To this Senator Norris replied that | the water power project and the water supply project were intimately related and both contained in the report made by Maj. Tyler and approved by the federal water power commission. The Nebreska senator said that the proposal to develop waterpower at Great Falls has been before Congress for the last fifteen years; that the Senate had adopted an amendment to the federal waterpower act last year to make this development, but that finally the} act had carried $25.000 for investiga- providing an appropriation tion as to the feasibility and advisa- bility of this project. Based on Recommendation. “That investigation has been made | and a report recommending the pro. ect has been submitted to Congress, said Senator Norris. “My amendment carries out the waterpower commission based on the investigation authorized by Con- gress. The only objection made to the power development plan a year ago was that such an investigation should | be made, on the ground that previous | investigations were out of date. This investigation has now been made and has vindicated former investigations. Senator King repeated his sugges- tion that the report on the Great Falls project be referred to the com- mittee on the District of Columbia for analysis. “The only people who stand in the way of this project are the street railway interests, who do not want the public to receive cheap electric Jower,” said Senator Norris. “If we are going to develop this power, let us do it now. It will save 240,000 tons of coal every winter for ‘Washington. “It is a moral sin that within the shadow of the dome of the Capitol one of the greatest water power possi- bilities is being wasted, while we investigate and investigate. Norris Asks Delay. Senator Norris asked that the amendment be allowed to go over for further consideration, because he This project ! the recommendation -of FOLLY FOR AMERICA 10 DISARM FIRST, SAYS MR WEEKS Must Wait Until All Nations Will Dismantle Forts and Scrap Navies. ABHORS WAR, BUT NOTES ‘FEVERISH PREPARATIONS’ Clash With England Would End Civilization, He Tells University Graduates. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK., June &—Declaring that it would be the height of folly for the United States to disarm first, Secretary of War Weeks, in an ad- dress today to the graduating class of New York University, sai: he hoped to see this nation prepared to defend its rights, its sovereignty and its ciu- zens until the day comes when all na- tions by mutual consent dismantle their fortifications and scrap their navies. The university conferred upon Secretary Weeks the honorary degree of doctor of laws. “1 do mot love said. “I abhor it. who has a clear meaning wants to eaged in i y arise which ail its horrors, the only a dishonorable pe Then every pa- triotic citizen s war. Does Not Antiripate Wa do not anticipate war.” Mr. Weeks asserted, “but there ar tive and feverish military preparations among those with whom we might possibly come in contact here and now that moment’s serious con possibility of war wit ch a conflict, he d in his opinion, be the tion. retary being of its country but cond ke it, with alternative to No _rational ation war. And I want to say 1 cannot give a ation to the ireat Britain would, “I am wel] awar continued, “that a great people in this country, indeed in the world, believe that the time has come when the world should undertake a general disarmament. I am entirely in sympat ry wise and sane ng about the adoption t result Dut we must remember that ions of war znd the disturb- society, as well as to the in . cannot be overcome or f in a day. Only time, and bring pe normal cond endeavor to br of a world movement with th in view i { gotten great deal of time, wil and nations back to a tion. How Disarmament Muxt Come. “The past is history—the futu i mystery. 1t wouold be folly to let | hopes for the fuiure blind our eyves Jto the facts of the past. History | demonstrates: that this world. since its very creation. has revolved in a cycle in which peace ends in war. just as war, in turn, ends in peace. I b {lieve that the world is gradually re {turning to a state of mind where. with a vivid recollection of the horrors of ! the past war, it can take definite ac- tion in bringing about a reduction When the Senate committee amend- {2fmament. TUnder present conditions, ment providing $200,000 for increasing | Bowever. it would be the height of the water supply of the Disthet came | folly for the TUnited States to be the !up in the Senate soon after the Army | fArst to disarm. “World-wide disarmament must come ns the result of an international lagreement and must be done simul- itaneously. Prudence would not per- | mit our disarming while others hold weapons in their hands Returning to the possibility of a conflict with other countries, | Weeks declared the time had when this country must ha | definite military policy. The ! defense act. which became :June 4, 1920, is the policy w | thought should govern the Army. Sees No Obligations. | “That the United States continued { for so long without a military po! worthy of the nmame.” he said, largely due to our geographical isola- tion and comparatively minor interest jin the affairs of the world. But, | whether we like it or mot. this state | of physical and political detachment from the rest of the world no longer exists. ‘The Spanish-American war left us with obligations in two hemi- | spheres: our flag has marched in Asia with_the standards of other nations: {we have accepted responsibility, for ! many of the islands of the seas’ we jconstructed the Panama Canal and our retreating western frontier has van- ished into the Pacific. Then came the world war. “The logic of events secms to give us a place in world affairs from which we can hardly withdraw hon- orably. This does not imply, how- ever. that we should become part of ia super-zovernment, or that we | should take any action affecting the rest of the workl in which the init- iative is not entirely in our own hands.” The fact that the United States plunged into wars in the past and ultimately emerged successfully should not be accepted as proof that the country’s former military policy | was sound. Mr. Weeks said. Victory came in spite of. rather than becausd of that policy. he declared. He called particular attention to the fact that +11 of the important wars this coun- try has fought were followed by in- vestigations of the military system which revealed that there was ex- cessive expenditure of public funds, needless waste of human life and un- necessary prolongation of the strug- gles. Lauds National Defense Act. After an exhaustive study of the national defense act. Mr. Weeks said he had been unable to find in it a single requirement he might consider unwise. , While universal military training is not possible at this time, he de- clared, voluntary military training, which is provided for in the natibnal defense act, will prove of material assistance In developing a general policy of military preparation. The selective service law used by 1 | (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Today’s News Told in Paragraphs Fifty-seventh commencement held at % Gallaudet College. Page 2 Medals and other prizes are awarded at Central High School. Page 2 Zionists hold closimg session of stormy convention. Page 2 House labor committee recommends pas- sage of Nolan minimum wage bill. Page 2 Representative Keller at City Club ex- plains revenue bills. Page 2 President reviews cadet corps. P Page 3 Chamber of Commerce takes up_ex-sol- diers’ needs. Page 3 Columbian seniors present portrait of Admiral Stocktongto G. W. U. Unions deny Pullman Company is prop- erly before Labor Board. Page 6 ‘Two thousand five hundred immigrants, barred from U. S., marooned on ves- sels. Page 9 Two cadet fiyers killd at Langley Field. Page 11 A. F. of L. again decides to keep out of world labor federation. Page 14 Miss Alice Robertson, congresswoman, tells women their duty before Colum bia Heights' Association. Page 17 Treaty of trade and amity offered to Mexico. Page 17 Bullets sweep Dublin streets after bomb attack on police lorry. Page 17 Acts of chief clerks attacked at classifi- Page 4| cation hearing. Page 17 rma t of debt announced. Senator King iIntroduces street car Germanipayma S Ons Page 5 merger bill in Congress. Page 18 A e