Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER, Partly cloudy tonight and not much change in t Temperature for twenty ended at noon today 3 pm. yesterday: lowes today. “Full report on pag Highest, 89, at d tomorrow emperatur -four hours 1, at 4 am. | ! Closing New York Stocks Page 3 Part 3 811 (1 WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION n Stap. Sntered post of No. 28,174 HINGTO N, D. €., SATURDAY, JUNE 1 COUNTRY FRETTIG FORATAX REVISIN, 4R CODLCE SAYS —Tells Cabinet Feeling of Peo- ple After Trip—Presidential Action Expected. NECESSITY OF GUIDING HAND IN CONGRESS SEEN Leaders Fear Making Wrong Move, But Nation's Impatience Makes Early Solution Vital. BY DAVID LAWR y Vice President Coolid very few words, but President Har cently made was learned toda that. after a trip through the w . Mr. Coolidge came back convinced that the country was a good deal mor a man of what he told abinet re- i ient for action ! program apital had | | i 1 on the senti- - Cool ment which h found out west,| particuisgly arwnos republicans, who Teit that it wis of ount im- | ! tion be dis- | portance that the posed of without further delay. The new administration in W ex ton has not &oubted the = sentiment for 'n unable, e to of course, on steering fitical dynamite in the 1t they are even more vidently olution, when who riff on as well anufac- banking nt Harding has kept ! run of controver- tariff, but people on Capi- | ve hie will sooner or later | hand sivs on the tol Hill bel take nd steer the | dy has made | 1t tonly on the #f and tax bills this session, and . while he would like to see other roaasures, like a new department of public welfare-of a goverament reor- zation bill put through, he real- ‘cedence must be given the t a done on other bills. Harding is_trying not to force He' is loath to do anything “em to be dictation. either vitsonian or Rooseveltian would_ prefer that Con- function under its own leader- Word From Chief Needed. But_cven the 1 in Congress are not altogether it is a good plan. They do not, of course, want to! be for 5s against their bet- | do not like to be 1 there is a inside the party ho'e situation | on and mem- bers-are pressing consideration of their ' as against administration measures, it is_heipful for the leaders to | word of counsel from the chief | utive, i difficult 1 sentiment but when th less in con: >S“ has_the whole situation liy. that some of the who know Mr. Hard- n to anything that may look uction to Congress, are con- sidering the wisdom of sending the steer- ing committees of the Senate and House to Mr. Harding for ad If the initia- tive were ganstantly -taken by the lead- crs in Congress they feel their consulta- tion would not be subject to criticism. Naval Bill Most Serious. It is not merely on the tariff and taxes that conflicts have and will cecur. by far_the most serious situ- &tion before Congres today is the naval appropriation bill. After slash- ing the military appropriation and insisting that the Army be cut to 150,000 men over the protests of Gen. Jershing and Chairman Kahn of the House mili ffairs committee, the naval program is ilarly being chopped up. The House insists upon going further than the Senate in cut- ting down naval expenses, and while ordinarily a _controversy between the Senate and House over military and naval expenditur is settled by yielding to the Senate's desire, this time the sentiment in the House is almost too powerful to be disposed of that way. Most of the members of the republican and democratic parties feel that their political fives are in danger it they do not cut down gov- ernment expenditures sufficiently to permit of a substantial reduction in the tax rate. The demand for ecomomy is non- partisan, but the republican leaders know their party will, after all, be held responsible in the next con-! cressional elections. Vice President Coolidze brought the tidings to the the executive to speed work on tariff the executive to speed work on tariff and tax revision is certain to follow. (Copyright, 1921.) —_— OTTO H. KAHN DECORATED. PARIS. June 17.—Premier Briand today personally decorated Otto H. Kahn, of New York with the cravat of a commander of the Legion of Jionor. When eCharles H. Sherrill, former American minister of Argen- tina and a member of the War Trade Board., sat down to- luncheon with Mr. Briand he found under his nap- Xin the cross of a commander of the on of Hono VOCAL CORDS SHO 8-HOUR DAY BOGLY RISES AGAIN BEFORE UiS. CLERK. yopq1en pyeeT Report That Information of Ouvertime Work Is Being Sought Alarms Workers, Who Fear New Move for Longer Days. some one in the administration, as about to a late Iepres attempt to yet unreve: roie held by and Borland, force a . zovernment employes? Thi the fear that is rt strings of federal workers National Capital, as the result of the Department of ves going on record an hour more each ipping at the action Commierce emp! s willing to wo It is understood that o in authority in the admin asked each government for the ave overtime worl by_cach employe during the past What this request signifies known, so employes 4 is re fearing t may mean anything—and “anything, at it this case, means the old b straight eight-hour day. Word Passed Along. d the request®for the information rom “higher up,” and passed the word a'ong. Bureaus were called up by tel phone and verbal orders for the inform: tion sought issued, The telephonic ‘instructions were fol- lowed, in the cours instructions in writing, according to | BTess, 1 %1 form. But no mention has been made at| Why governmoent e, pots. .?.{{ any time as to the reason for getting up ! WOTK e, StAnGAns S CSIOHT 0L the information. It is regarded as ex- tremely doubtful if officials know who ts the infdbrmation, exactly or what wanted for. It has been no easy task for some f the officials to get the information together. * One establishment _with extremely difficult, o eculiar chiracter of the actly to estimate the ers. One of the largest departments has drawn up its report, and finds thi the total of overtime work put regularly by its workers, in some «divisions, is surprising] in specially Piarge. Some Leave at 6 PO “I often do not leave my work until 6 said_one “and I know tiat [ have been ften by the ial, urprised quite rumber of employe: e building, too, at that late iew of the proposed reforms in departmental circles championed by URGE KEEPING POST OFFICE ON TITH ST, Merchants See Dangers Crossing Pennsylvania Ave. to Department Building. Merchants and others in the vicin- ity of 11th and F streets today began a campaign for the retention of the 11th street poostal station, which is to be abolished July 1 when a station is established in the Post Office Depart- went building. TUpon the ground that the station in the department building on the south ide of Penneylvania avenue will ne- itate the crossing and recrossing of that busy thoroughfare by all who want to buy stamps or mail letters or parcels, the merchants intend asking ihe department for a re-opening of the wiole question. A committee will wait upon the first assistant postmaster general Monday, and place before him the danger of the heavy street traffic in front of the Post Otlice Department. Question of Safety. k at this matter from a purely civic point of view,” declared one merchant today. “I believe that the transfer of the station to the de- partment site and the abolition of the 11th street station will mean the loss of life or injury to some one ulti- mately. “Hundreds of young men and young women are sent to the 11th street sta- tion daily with parcels, and if they have to cross Pennsylvania avenue twice, going and coming, there is great danger to life. “The District Commissioners have seen fit to abolish parking automo- biles on_the Avenue, and we believe that the Post Office Department should look at its new postal station from much the same standpoint, that of human safety.” Chance for Retention. City Postmaster Chance recently asked the department for the reten- tion of the 11th street station, but the office of the first assistant postmaster general decided to abolish the station when the new branch is put in. The position of the department. it is un- derstood, is that the two stations. in the department and on 4lth street, would be too close together. It is understood that the department also favored the abolition of the St. James station, at 6th street and Penn- Sylvania avenue, and of the station in the land office, but has not yet ordered their removal. It is the contention of the merchants that the present 11th street station could be retained with profit to the postal establishment, and would con- tinue to do its present large business, even after the branch in the depart- ment building is opened. NEW RECEIVER NAMED. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG. Va., June 18.— W. D. Evans of Saluda, Middlesex county, has been appointed by Judge J.'W. Chinn_as receiver of the Com- monwealth National Bank of Reed- ville, vice Thomas H. Davis, who was temporarily filling this position. T AWAY IN WAR, “We 1 DUMB TWO YEARS, AGAIN TALKS The Federal Board for Vocational Education announces the restora- tion of voice to one of its students who had been speechless for two years as the result of destruction of the voeal cords by shell fire in France. Another set of muscles was trained to a point nearly equal to the normal voice. The patient is Ralph M. Bowman, wounded in action December 3, 1918, part of his chin being torn away, a fragmept of shell lodging in the front of the vertebra at the base of the neck, completely de- stroying the vocal cords He received training under the board at the Central Institute for the Deaf at St. Louis. He has been surgically “reconstructed,” it is declared. His jaw has been made straight with metal casts, a perfect set of lower teeth, with imitation gums has been made, and a plastic opera- tion on the chin has left an unno- ticeable scar. People who do not know that he has been wounded are unable to detect any abnor- mality in his voice or appearance. The Federal Board for Vocational Education is giving him a course in motion picture photography, in which he is making sgod. ¢ L bt eizhit-hour working day upon | we one, hizh | Chief clerks about three weeks ago | clerks d i of several days, by | the ¢ i ¥ | more than 1,700 employes has foundiout . overtime | {work put in by the clerks and other | P work large fuation wrongly, I have seen leav- | l r g fect unti July i | admint the wministration, the informa- | rtime might be wanted ny of | teorganization, | t is not believed to | new 5 to ov Maybe; and yet it is not thought to be that. The aver e government worker. therefore, but one thought left and that some one “high up’ wants to the overtime work done by the with the idea in mind of starting a fight for a straight e.ght-hour day. Will Prove Handy Sword. 1f this is the “big idea.” it is held, the information sought will prove i handy sword in the grasp of the pro ponent of the idea. > It the research ment_clerks on little overtime it cin b ould work «i | | { | throu 1f the t yrmation now wor hours i an equivale n be it eight r working d ves has alwa ome members > not b The short ment _empl - to see of the country. . May Find Favor With Some. s regarded likely thut the hment of u straight t ur for the federal employes would prove more or less popular through | country with a greut wh ready that clerk watch- | some than to add ‘an hour to tho and then of hours’ more | the public ser- | from van The average government worker will be trem pleased to find | that he has * *"the whole sit- | and that the infor- mation sought to overtime is for | an entirely different until the purpose is made cle ration, it must be confessed | that the thing has him guessing. GERMANS AND POLES AGREE TO WITHDRAW FORCES IN SILESIA By the Associuted Press. BERLIN, June 18.—An agreement has been reached between the Ger- man volunteers in Upper Silesia, the Polish insurgents and the inter- allied commission in Oppeln under which the Germans and Poles will ‘begin_a withdrawal tomorrow, i { was learned from an interal representative in Upper Silesia who arrived here today. The evacuated territory will be occupied by joint contingents of British, French and other allied troops. STATE QUITAS MY ARFEGT .. TS Senator Sterling Asks Presi- dent to Consider This Point in Discharges. President Harding was today re- quested by Senator Sterling, chair- man of the civil service committee of the Senate, to take up with heads of departments the suggestion that in discharging empioyes those from states which have not their full ap- portionment in the civil service be re- tained. 1In a letter sent to the President Sen- ator Sterling inclosed copies of the Mc- Cumber bill and the resolutions offer. ed by Senators Harrison and Harreld, seeking to protect employes from states which have not their full quota in the government. Senator Sterling’s Letter. Senator Sterling said in his letter: No decision was reached by the committee on these measures, but it wis suggested that I see or write you in regard to one phase of the situa- tion, and the one particularly related to the resolution introduced by Sen- ator Harreld. “There will not be time for any leg- | islation to be enacted prior to the 1st | of July, at which date so many em- ployes will be separated from the | service. There is an injustice in rlls-i missing those from states which have | not yet their full apportionment in: the service under the civil service law, | and it was believed by the members | o committee present, and I think | such is the belief of the members of | the Civil Service Comission, that,: other things being equal, dismissals | from the service should be, so far as | possible, limited to those states which | have already their full quota or more | in the service. Of course, it is not | desired that any who are inefficient should remain in the service: “One suggestion was that an ex- ecutive order might be made which would reach the situation, but on re- flection I think the consensus of opin- ion was that the President should take up the matter with the heads of departments in the interest of those states which have not their full quota | in the service, the eflicient among | them should be retained, as against the retention of employes from states which have their full quota or more, and in this latter view L heartily con- ! cur. —_— RULES FOR DOGS CHANGED The Commissioners today changed the health department regulation to provide that dogs must’ be muzzled only from July 9 to October 9, instead of throughout the year. Under the existing regulations own- ers have been required to keep a muz- zle on dogs during the twelve months. The new regulation means that after October 9 of this year muzzles will not be required. It is understood that the Commissioners felt muzzles were unnecessary except during the hot monthg of the year, when there Is a possibility of dogs going mad. The adoption of this change does not relieve owners from the muzaling of dogs from now until July 9, since the new regulation does not take ef- |Auditor to Take Charge of {EARLY ESTIMATES CAUSE {ineluding i the {to the basic ibe paid to the per diem men after | day. DANELLDONOVAN OFFER FORD.C. . Duties Under New Fed- eral Law. SPEEDING UP OF WORK Various Problems Before Commis- sioners This Summer—No Extra Compensation for Office. The Commissioners today designated Donovan budget of- 1e District government, un- der the new federal budget law which 10. N Auditor Daniel J ficer of be ame effective June nal compensation g position. Under the ne the r annual estimates =uted bureau of the In the past the ad until October their estimates to the Tre partment. order 1p complete the bhook of ates by September 15 the city driccted all departme to prepare their ial needs for the uddi- with the ubmit th ™ to ury 1 In before August 1. May Losc Vacations. Incidental this me that the < be un- al summe wee! the budget They also will have three public utility s zas, phone and street to handle. between ber 1. which the possibility of cit tiking more thun week the em- Speculution is rife among ployes of the building, who alaries ! are fixed by Congre: s to her | any increases will recommended | in t | Dbe s year's budget. Commissionar Rudoiph nan of < truc- *n to department on_the question of salary in- . It will be left to cach de- nt head to decide whether to recommend increases. Last vear the estimates of the for- mer bourd of Commissioners called for increases for practically all an- nual employes and for the heads of departmen These proposed whises. however, were stricken from the Dis- trict bill before it was enacted. Bonux Issue. The 2.000 per diem employes of the | city have their pay adjusted from time ! to time by a wage board, and that board s now ‘errgaged in determining what amount, if any, skould be added s of these men to 0 bonus, which cannot board, said no have been gi tions crea: | | | i make up the July 1. The bonus amounts to 76 cents a It is regarded as certain, how- ever, that the Commissioners will not be able to add the full 76 cents to! the basic pay to make up for the| bonus. ! The per dism roll is made up of | laborers and mechanics in the en-| gineer department. Heretofore the | bonus has been paid them out of | separate appropriation. Any amount | added to their basic wages in H of the bonus will have to come out | of the lump sum appropriations of | the engincer department. PETITIONS MR. HUGHES TO STOP CARPENTIER AND DEMPSEY BATTLE - By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 18.—Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts of Washington, founder and head of the Interna- tional Reform Bureau, forwarded from Cincinnati today a petition to Secretary of State Hughes, request- ing him to stop the fight betwesn Dempsey and Carpentier in Jersey City on July 2. The petition was sent on behalf of the Life and Thought Club, an organization of business men in Lincoln, Neb., ac- cording to Dr. Crafts, “The " petition Is based on the ground that the fight is a national disgrace,” said Dr. Crafts today. “The Supreme Court of the United States held that neither Louisiana nor any other state. could legalize a_lottery to the detriment of the citizenship. Therefore no _state has the poiver to legalize so brutal a spectacle as a prize fight. No state has the right to bargain away the public morals. “If the petition bears no fruit I will look around for a judge who has courage enough to ‘enjoin the fight, just as I enjoined offe in whieh ‘the late Bob Fitzsimmons was to participate in St. Paul.” ST ) FRANCE ACCEPTS OFFERS. PARIS. June 17—Fifty students of architecture in _American universities have offered their serivces to M. Lou- cheur, minister for devastated regions, to work during the summer in the re- construction of city halls, schools and dispensaries in the devastated sections. The students are from Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Pennsylvania and Cornell universities. M_ Loucheur thanked the students and accepted their services. Today’s News in Paragraphs Eight-hour day bogey arises again be- fore U. S. workers. age 1 Secretary Wallace orders survey of farms to aid production. Page 1 Hearing on proposal to close 14th street extension at Walter Reed Hospital likely to attract throng of objectors. Page 1 Daniel J. Donovan named budget officer for District. Page 1 Large forces of bolsheviki going to ald of Turkish nationalists. Page 2 President _declines to grant federal em- ployes ‘Saturday half holiday through- out year. Page 3 Paternalism seen as ruination of coun- try. Page 3 U. S. government protests impressment ‘of naturalized Americans into Greek army. Page 2 Hired murderers scored at A. F. of L. conventions. Page 2 Phone service to become poor unless girls can be secured. Page 2 Crown forces lose seven in week's fight- ing in Ireland. Page 5 Gen. March to be placed on retired list November 1. Page 6 Secretary Weeks settles ro w in Army Alr Servic . Fage 6 -| Barrett Tompkinson 1. POLOISTS WIN OVER BRITIH, 114 Reyal Famiiies in Great Throng Witnessing Victory. By the Associated Press. HURLINGHAM POLO FIELD, Lon- don, June 18.—America won the first | of the polo matches for the interna- tional trophy, played here toca; feating Great Britain by the score of 11 to 4. S Two hours before match time the grounds were filling with a fashion- able crowd for the great sporting event. The majority of the men wore silk hats and black coats, while the women grouped about the field spread gayly colored parasols. A comcert by the massed bands, of four regiments of the guards_en- " { livened the waiting period. More than 200 strong, the bandsmen marched up and down the green fleld, a fine body, in scarlet coats and beargkin hats. Dowager Queen Alexandra, King Al- fonso of Spain and the Prince of Wales were the first arrivals in the royal box. The spectators stood as they alighted from big automobiles. Then two quartets, in riding garb, strolled across the field to the royal bo. They were the members of the British and American teams, but few recognized them and there was no demonstration. The Americars in the lieu | pleachers were greatly relieved to see | Milburn leading his squad. Great cheering outside the grounds at 3 o'clock proclaimed the arrivai oi | King George and Queen Mary. They entered in two carriages with red- coated footmen and outriders. The bands lined up before the royal box and played “God Save the King,” and then “The Star Spangled Banner.” while the assembly, at that time num- bering nearly ten thousand, stood un- covered. The next preliminary, after the eight players had been presented and had shaken hands with the royval spectators, was a parade of the ponies. A Boy Scout carrying the Stars and{ Stripes, headed the American con- tingent of twenty-seven animals. The union jack ushered in the British squad of twenty-five. Meantime, the players—the British in blue jerseys with white, blue-banded helmets, and the Americans in white jerseys witl pith caps—waited on the side lines. Story of First Period. Tn the first period England attacked with a good shot by Lord Wodehouse which was cleverly blocked by Mil- burn. _In two and one-quarter mi utes Webb scored for the Unild States from a good pass by Stoddard. who was playing No. 1. Hitcheock scored the second goal for America shortly afterward. Stoddard then had a chance, but missed a goal. At the end of the period the American play- ers were attacking and the ball was sent behind the English back line. Score: Americar 2; Great Britain, 0. Milburn's penalty hit in the second period, as a resuit of a safety by Eng- land, went behind. from a pass by hit England’s first goal. in 1 minute and 10 seconds, directly after a long shot by Webb had scored America's third gpal. After two unsuccessful shots by the British players and an attack by the Ameri- cans, the latter, at the end of the period, were penalized a stroke for a cross by Hitchcock. Score: America, 3; Great Britain, 1. In the third period Barrett, with his free hit as a result of the cross by Hitchoock at the end of the sec- ond period. scored the second goal for the Britishers. Immediately aft- erward Hitchcock took the ball up and cleverly scored America’s fourth goal. Webb was penalized for cross- fng, but Barrett with his free' hit missed. _From a fine hit up by Wode. house, Tomkinson scored England's third goal. The very fast period ended with Stoddard scoring the fifth goal for the Americans. Score: ‘America, 5; Great Britain, 3. At the start of the fourth period Tomkinscn, had an easy chance, but missed a goal from a good pass by Lockett. Tomkinson again missed a chance later from a good pass up by Wodehouse, but shortly ~afterward he scored Great Britain's fourth goal. Again attacking, the Britishers all but scored, Milburn just blocking in time. The Britishers had much the best of this period. Score: America, 5; Great Britain, 4. _ Milburn, with a long shot in the fitth neriod, scored the Aniericans' sixth goal and soon afterward Webb hit the seventh goal with a neat shot under his pony. The Britishers only once in this period hit over their opponents’ back line. Score: Ameri- ca, 7; Great Britain, 4. Within two minutes after the sixth period opened Hitchcock scored the eighth goal for the Americans, and about a minute later Wehb, with a pretty stroke, hit another for America. From a fine pass to center by Webb, Milburn almost scored. England wi attacking when the period ended. Score: America, 9; Great Britain, 4. ‘America’s tenth goal was scored by Hitchcock in the seventh period. ‘America’s eleventh goal was scored by Webb. ;i 1921—TWENTY de- | i PAGES. Member of The Associated P the wuse for repul credited to it or paper and also th i Al rights of b dispatches herein are also reserved. the Associated Press titted to » dispmrches wse credited in this e local news pubifshed Dercin, ross iv exel m of all vely ¢ a0t ica of special Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 90,;28 TWO CENTS. IN LONDON TODAY. | REMOVED FOR CRUELTY. Colonel Relieved by Secretary Weeks—=Soldier Put in Shackl rick S. Foltz Removal of Col from Ga., command ut | i for alleged aid today t of preparatior The manding corps area for | duty. the Oglethorp ment. to cther & RAILWAY WORKERS STATUS UNGHANGED {Labor Board’s Decision Does ' Not Abrogate Present ! | Agreements. | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 18.—The nationa! rules and working conditions agree- ments in effect on the railroads of the United Statcs are not abrogated by the Railroad Labor Board's de- cigion of April 1, terminating July 1 a previous decision cnforeing the rules, the board decided today. The rules can be changcd only b agreements of roads and employes or_through appeal to the board. The rules and working conditions now governing the Big Four brother- hoods will continue in cffect until changed by negotiation between the brotherhoods and the railroads, or by the Railroad Labor Board, under a ruling of the board today. Brotherhoods' Appex The board's ruling was issued as an interpretation of its decision of April 14, abrogating the board's di- rection of July, 1920, that thc na- tional agreements be continued pend- ing hearing of the rules controversy before the board. The four brotherhoods appealed to de- the board to define the April ocision. Today's announcement the existing rules and conditfons w continue in force despite the Apri decision untif changed in the regu- lar manner. The board said: “Changes in such schedules or agrecements may be made afler the required notice, either by agreement of the parties or by decision of this board after conference between the parties and proper reference in ac- cord with the provisions of the trans- portation act and the rules of the board.” AMUNDSEN AT NOME. Explorer Coming to Seattle on First Available Steamer. NOME, Alaska, June 18.—Roald Amundsen, the explorer, whose ship, i the Maude, wintered off Cape Serge, yesterday Siberia, arrived in_ Nome and will leave for Seattle on the first steamer, he announced. The Maude lost a propeller in the ice during the winter and will be towed to Nome this summer for re- pairs. Finger-Printed? Uncle Sam, in his bureau of identification in Washington, has the finger prints of five million citizens of America. No two prints are alike. Read the remarkable article on this particular division of govern- ment work in the Magazine of Tomorrow's Star Other articles and fiction by Samuel Merwin Ring W. Lardner Sewell Ford Charles Mayer Anne Rittenhouse Sterling Hellig Wadsworth, Camp The Kambler Thus forming one of the very highest class e publi- cations—a regular feature of The Sunday Star 10 FiGh | T GLOSING Hearing on Proposal. Thurs- | day Likely to Attract Throng of Objectors. | Hearing before the hw & e propy bui next & on th i emplo e District, and who and District ¢ lire: . plan to i com- Iposed of the Secretary of War, the sccretary of Interior and the chiel of | inecrs of the United States Army.| Views Are Solicited. | as been requested by b e Senate t committes considering sworth bill to close all in hospital rescrvation that _me 1se Distr the District C roduced by ntative extend 1ith street in ac highway plang, to| on that proposal. sury port o }one . us they stqnd, are | but the Commissioners ught to pave the way for the | passage of both 3 that the Wadsworth bill be amended o pernit the extension of 14th street | i the hospital grounds. has not been indicated to what extent the Senate and House Dis- be governed recommendations of the commission, but District itizens, proceeding on the commission’s | Ly recommer trict _committees will the, that views largely will influence the policy the theory i to be adopted by Congress, have de- | termined to go before that body next ¥ with an impressive array of facts as to why 14th street -shoul not be closed. Citizens Are Aroused. Several citizens' associations of the District already are on record in op- position to the proposal to close tha | streei, and the town council of Takoma Park, Md.. at a meeting to be held Monday night, is expected to adopt a resolution of protest which will be sent to the highway commission. It will be pointed out to_the commis- sion that, inasmuch as 15th street is omitted from the street extension blans of the District, 14th street is the next street to 16th street and Rock Creek Park, and has been slanted west to within one square of 16th street, so that the rapid transit system on 14th street, when extended~ practicaily would serve the whole of the east side of Rock Creek Park, and be the only means of rapid transit service to the upper portion of the park, the dwelling- house area adjacent, and all the avail- | able region in the District of Columbia and Maryland to the north and north- I west of Rock Creek Park. | The 14th street line, it is suggested, I properly could be sént to the west and authorized to serve ns far as Kensington, in Maryland. Rock Creck Park is not served by any street car line immediately adjacent to it on the west, as Connecticut avenue slants away from the park, and the rugged topography immediately adjacent on the west apparently prohibits a street railway there on account of the cost. One Car Line Main Dependence. _If the Walter Reed Hospital area is permitted to stop the development Of 14th strect and the extension of its rapid transit line, there will be left, it is pointed out, no north and south rapid transit linc in the whole region immediately north of the body of the city of Washington except the Georgia avenue line—that is, in the region be- tween 1st and 16th streets. This is brought about by the filtration plant, Soldiers’ Home and Rock Creek ceme- tery forming a block on the east that practically extends to Georgia gvenue. Fourteenth street extended offers the only hope of relieving cohgestion on the Georgia avenue line and pro- viding the transportation artery vital to the further development of the big sectjon beyofMd the hospital reserva- tion, and, unless the extension of this street is authorized, it is claimed, Washington’s growth toward the north will' be seriously hampered. —_—— CONTINUES AT HEAD. E. E. Clark Unanimously Re-Elect- ed Chairman of I. C. C. | .| The Interstate Commerce Commission announmced today that E. E. Clark had been unanimously re-elected chairman .Jof the commission for the year termi- nating June 30, 1922. tion of the country is to be ma a view to working out plan for the prosperity of 1 {according to § Henry C. Wallace make a complete nomic situation prosperity of the this committee the Secretar 0 14TH STREET ECONOMIC SURVEY OF FARMS CRDERED TOAD PRODUETO Secretary Wallace Appoint Committee of Experts io Study Situation. AGRICULTURE DECLARED BIG PROSPERITY FACTC' Change in Conditions Said te T« Urgent—Waste Held One of Foremost Problems. Thorough study of the farm siiu retary of / put to work promptly a cor urvey with f relation r ound es on to formul their behulf. of farm 3 Committee Is Expert. Al of these officials miliar © problems facing the farmers, relation to crop Erowing ng. but the the e faculties 1 cn which to base ting the farmer, assist in re- to the officials committee t that with- heing made o nics, it v pointed ouf completed L report to would see in proposal a stopps oy aleciels i transportation development that il be < n’““;f lead to acute congestion on e b Ehe iSeeratnrs et ,_d" okn: oot ¢ etary pointed out, is ich he said in marketing s the There is now too much tem nd- producer and the he asserted, should cut out in the interest of economy nd e well as to lower tha between the Co-Operation Aids. But. he continued, much of this e overcome by t number of farmers ganizations. These org: expressed the belief that the org: ization of more of them would rrsull in cutting out much of the waste of which he has spoken, Cr A ‘mportations of grain into the coun- try have been large of late, and this the Secretary attributed to the ap- parent intention of farmers to cut 'ntheir acreage. The reported 2 increased acreages in this year, the Secretary said, in- dicated that there would be a further falling off in the wheat and corn pro- ductions. Not until there is a chan; present conditions, on whlchgiht-"el nomics board is now working, m. there be expected an increase in the farmers' productiveness. DEMURRER IS SUSTAINED IN $25,000 DAMAGE SUIT Court Acts Upon Claim for Rejec- tion of Plan to Utilize Potomac Water, Great Falls. Upholding the contention of the de- fendants that they acted within th scope of their official duties in re- porting to former Sccretary of the Interior Payne against the adoption of the plans of J. H. Levering, a hy- draulic engineer, for the ultilization of the water of the Potomac river about Great Falls, Chief Justice Mc- Coy today eustained a demurrcr to the suit for $25,000 damages brought by Levering against N. C. Grover. chief hydraulic engineer; John C. Hoyt, C. C. Stevens and R. W. Daven- port, engineers at the geological vey; E. C. Bobb and Charles A. Bis- sell, engineers of the reclamation service; W. M. Read, chief irrigation engineer of the Ind?an service, and Herman Stabler, chief engineer of the geological survey. The defendants aleo attacked the declaration as faulty because it failed to show that Levering’s system would have been adopted but for the actions of the defendants and that he would have been entitled to the 00 award or to any sum whatover. At- torneys C. D. Mahaffie and Charles ‘Wright represented the defendants. CONVICTED MAN LYNCHED AT SCENE OF MURDER fiob Overpowers Officers as They \ Take Colored Prisoner From Courtroom in Georgia. By the Associated Press, MOULTRIE, Ga., June 18.—John Henry Williams, colored, convicted of the murder of Lorena Wilkes, the twelve-year-old girl whose body was found near Autreyville, Ga., last Mon- day, was taken from officers by a mob this ‘morning, carried back to the scene of his crime and lynched. The officers were overpowered while taking the prisoner from court, where he had just been convicted. Throughout the trial, crowds in at tendance were orderly, but as the armed deputies with the prisoner lef! the courthouse steps the crowd surged forward, captured the negro and rushed him to the scene of the killing of the child. Immediately after the \ynching members of the mob dispersed without further disorder.