Evening Star Newspaper, June 30, 1921, Page 1

. | WEATHER. ’ Partly cloudy tonight; generally fair;” not much change in temperature. tomorrow e 30. | ‘mperature for twenty-four hours i | ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 94, at 3 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at 5 a.m. Y today. Full report on pagi Eay Closing New York Stocks, Page 29. N Ehening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to thie use-for republication of all news dispatches ‘Member of the Associated Press i credited to it or not otherwise credited fn ihis Al rights of publication of special paper and also the local news publihed liercin. I Qispatches herelu are alw reserved. | | Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 90,933 Entered as second-class matter D. C. No. 28,186. post_office_Washington, PRESDENT S AN BLL O T FOCEST0 100 Advises Congress to Provide for Enlisted Men Who Will Be Forced Out. FEARS A GRAVE INJUSTICE IF CONTRACT IS VIOLATED Adopts Course Rather Than Meet Delay by Veto—D. C. $200,000 ‘Water Item Included. President Harding signed today the annual Army appropriation bill. di- recting reduction of the Regular Army to 150,000 men by October 1, but at the same time advised Con- gress that in his opinion further Jegislation might be required to re- lieve the government of the embar- rassment of violating its obligations to enlisted men whose discharge the reduction will make necessary. This measure carries an appropria- tion of $200,000 to begin work on an increased_water supply for the Dis- trict_of Columbia. 3 Recause of a provision in the bill forbidding the War Department. to excced the actual amount appropri- ated, the President said that if the Jetter of the act were followed a Erave injustice might be done in the dismissal_of men who had enlisted under a definite contract. Will Not Ask Dismissal. The President told Congress in a special message that he would not feel justified in asking the Secretary of War to enforce the dismissal of men who had enlisted for a definite period. as it seemed there was a moral obligation involved. the violation of which would be demoralizing to the 8pirit of the Army itself. The President is understood to have adopted this course rather than veto the Army measure, because there would not be sufficient time to re-| enact a new bill before the beginning tomorrow of the fiscal year, for which funds are appropriated. Mensage to Congress. Mr. Harding sent this message to the Senate and House “I am advising the Congress of my approval of H. R. 5010, a bill making provision for the maintenance and su of the United States Army for| scal year ending June 30, 1922. nnot resist calling to the atten- tion of the Congress at this time the 4 . ment in carry- its provisions while dealing with the enlisted forces of the . so0 that a later cail for a slight modification may not be wholly with- out_notice. “The bill necessitated very .large | reduction in the enlisted personnel of r Army and it is doubted that this duction can be brought about with- out the summary dismissal of many thonsands of men who have a right t expect at the hands of the gowernmren the same moral obligation which the | | government requires of them when they enlist for service. Will Proceed to Reduce. “In perfect good faith the Secretary of War will proceed to reduce the Army to figures contemplated by the | Congress. The normal expiration of | enlistments probably will approximate one-half the reduction which the Con- gress has directed, and every effort | will_be made to meet the require- ments of the Congress at the earliest possible day. T _wouid not feel justified in asking the Secretary of War to enforce the dismissal of men who have enlisted for a definite term of service. There! seems to be a moral obligation in- ! volved, the violation of which would be demoralizing to the spirit of the Army itself, and might prove a very serious discouragement when enlist- ments are desired in the future. Deficit May Result. “I have thought I ought to say these things to the Congress now because in_its earnest desire to re- duce the Army personnel and limit Army expenditures the Congress has especially provided that no deficit shall be created. g The Secretary of War will seek to avoid the creation of any deficit, but if a probable deficit develops in a just proceedure to reduce our enlisted forces I will report to the Congress at the earliest possible day and ask it to relleve the embarrassment of the Secretary of War and make such yrovi®®n as will be necessary to deal justly with our enlisted men while attempting to keep faith with the Congress to the fullest possible de- gree. —_—— TREASURY APPROVAL GIVEN YANKS’ HOSPITAL $3,100,000 to Bring Erection of New Buildings by January 1 Next. r Approval by the Treasury of proj- ects for the construction at soldiers’ homes of five hospitals for the care of former service men suffering with tuberculosis was announced today by Secretary Mellon. The new buildings Wwill cost $3,100,000 and are expected | to be ready by January 1. Present facilities and grounds are already owned by the government at these points, Secretary Mellon's state- ment said, and after looking over re- gources available and considering the that the tuberculosis and ner- disabled cases required long of treatment, it was deter- to utilize existing soldiers’ mined homes. S R KABER TRIAL POSTPONED. Four Women, Five Men on Jury. Another Venire Needed. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 30.—T: ng advantage of the statutes., which give them tne right to three days in which to inquire into the validity of new talesmen, counsel for Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber caused a ~ostpone- ment of her trial until Tuesday. She is charged with plotting the murder of her husband, Daniel F. Kaber, two years age Mrs. Kaber's attorneys admitted they did not desire the three days g0 much to examine the new venire of 100 talesmen ordered by Judge Mau- yice Bernon to report today as they did_more time in which to prepare their defense. The additional venire was necessi- tated when thé former list was ex- austed. Forty prospective jurors, including five women. had been exam ined when court adjourned yesterday. Of the women. four qualified for scrvice. The fifth declared she had formed an_opinion. Five men.,also were tentatively accepted. Patriotic Ear of Corn With Red, White and Blue Kernels Grown CHICAGO, June 30.—After ‘three years of experiment, Prof. ‘William L. Woodburn of North- ‘western University ki duced nn ear of corn containing red, white and blue kernels, he announced today. Prof. Woodburn asserted he soon would be able to perfect his corn xo that the rows of kernels would ow wmolid bars of red, white and blue. The colored corn was produced by crossing red and white ears to make blue ears, according to Prof. Woodburn, and then drafting the three varieties. APARTMENT BUYER WINS IN DECISION Rent Board Holds They Can Oust Present Occupants of Places. The District rent commission this afternoon handed down a decision holding that a co-operative purchaser of an apartment, who had paid in full for stock in the corporation owning the building and was allotted an apartment for his own occupancy, is entitled under the Ball act to oust the tenant and gain possession. The determination 1s expected to set a precedent for all cases of a similar nature involving the go-operative- ownership plan and consttutes a Vi tory for the landlord in this case. The_decision was reached in favoy {of J. Harry Carnes, co-operative pur- chaser of apartment 305, Dumbarton Courts, 1657 31st street northwest. The apartment was occupled at the time of purchase by Estelle Farn- ham, tenant, the ¢omplainant. Tenant Disputed Notice. Evidence presentec to the commis- sion showed that Carnes came into possession of shares of stock in a co- operative corporation owning the Dumbarton _Courts and was allotted apartment 305 for his own specific use and occupanc: The tenant in that apartment was served a notice to cate in thirty days. The tenant dis- puted the sufficiency of the notice and the good faith of Carnes in serving it. and alleged that he was not the actual owner of the apartment. The commission found that the no- tice was served properly and was suf- ficient and that Carnes was the bona fide owner of apartment 305 and en- titled to possession of it. It was explained by Chairman Sin- | clair that the decision in the present instance cannot be saidgto apply to every co-operative case before the commission, each of which will be Judged according to its individual merits. —_——— NOLAN PATENT OFFICE BILL GETS RIGHT OF WAY Measure Now Before House Pro- vides Increases in Force and Salaries. The Nolan bill, favorably reported from the patents committee of the House several weeks ago. was today given privileged status on the House calendar, so that it may be called up at the earliest possible moment for a vote. This bill provides for increases " in the force and salaries at the patent | an economic and social theors. but | office. It has the support of all the principal associations of manufac- | turers throughout the country, who have urged at hearings that the manu- facturing industry will suffer severely unless relief is afforded at the patent office. The House rules committee today or- |day ordered a favorable report on the Vestal resolution making the patent of- fice pay bill of special privilege. Chair- man Campbell of the rules committee said that the time of the House is taken up so far ahead that he does not see an opportunity for action on this bill for about another week. The special rule today, however, makes it possible to call up the patent’ office bill whenever an opportunity is offered. This bill provides for an increase in force_and an increase in salary totaling 18447,740 over the appropriation for the | table_line. current fiscal year. It makes many changes in_grades of employes and increases the salary of the commis- sioner from $5,000 to $6,000. The prin- cipal interest of the manufacturing companies in this bill is that it will allow the patent office to _employ 'a larger number of more efficient ex- | aminers at substantial increases in salary. THIEVES ABANDON LOOT. ‘Washington Detective’s Work Cause of Finding Goods at Herndon Special Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va, June 30.—Thieves have beea active in Herndon, the busi- | ness places of Dudding, Nachman and Chamblin being entered and money and merchandise taken. At Stirling, near here, several stores have been robbed. A detective from Washington was engaged when the first large robbery was committed, but no arrests were made. Later a'large quantity of the stolen goods was discovered in an un- | used building in town, the supposi tion being that after the detective came the thieves were afraid to re- move their plunder. KILLED IN BASE BALL GAME. RICHMOND, Va., June 30.—William. Elmore Smith, jr., seventeen, is dead as a result of being struck on the| head by a base ball pitched by Roland Galvin in a game here yesterday. Galvin was acting_as pitcher and Smith was at bat. It was not thought Smith's injury was serious until afger he had arrived at home, Where he De- came unconscious and died within thirty minutes. Fourth of July 1 O'Clock" The Star will be issued Mon- day. July 4, at 1 o'clock, and also, on Saturdays at 1 pm. throughout the summer. All' Adverfisx’ng For Saturday Star hereafter must be received at The Star office by 11 o'clock Friday night. il WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1921-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. HOUSECOMMITTEE INISHES HEARING OND.C. CARLINES Municipal Ownership Strong- ly Urged by Individuals and Association. FEDERATION OF CITIZENS ASKS CHARTERS’ REPEAL Opposition to Independent Merger, Profits Tax and Other Points Stressed. The House District committee considering legislation to solve the street railway problem in Washing- ton concluded its hearings today and deferred action until next Thursday. William B. Westlake, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions, and William McK. Clayton, rep- resenting the same body, presented to the full committee a summary of the federation's, recommendation. Maj. Oliver /P. Newman, former chairman of fhe board of District Commissiongrs, made a statement An support of municip: ownershigf of the street car lines. _Miss_Afarjorie Celeste Handler of Virginfa Highlands, Va., laid before the “committee a plea for public owhership, and presented a petition Which, she said, was signed by 2,000 residents of the District, Messrs. Westlake and Clayton em- phasized the desire of the federation for a repeal of the charters of the street railway companies and the electric power company and the granting of a new charter to a com- pany which would embrace all of these public utilities. Seven Points Stressed. The seven points stressed by the federation are: Opposition to an independent mer- ger of the Washington Railway and Electric and Potomac Electric Power companies; opposition to application of an excess profits tax, as proposed in the Woods bill; hostility to any mer- ger, voluntary or involuntary, that would make the Capital Traction Company winder the control, manage- ment or direction of the Washington Railway and Electric; that in the «vent of a failure of voluntary merger the federation recommends repeal of the charters of the street rallways and power company and granting of a new charter for a definite term of years to operate these utilities under a service at cost plan: That, the physical valuation of ali public service corporations having been completed. Congress is to re- sume its power of fixing fares and charges for public service corpora- tions until a service-at-cost plan can be put in operation; that, the Capital Traction Company. having expressed its ability and willingness and desire to reduce fares, a hearing for lower fares should be granted; creation of an_independent public utilities com-’ public service questions. Maj. Newman's Argument. Maj. Newman, in advocating pub- lic ownership, said, in part: “I advocate the public ownership of the street railways of the Dis- trict of Columbia because, in my opinion, it is the only practical so- lution of the present street railway problem here. “I believe in public ownership as runs through thickly settled sections of town, ‘broadly speaking. The | other runs through thinly settled sections, relatively. - |, “One makes a great deal of money. | The other makes much less. Differences Pointed Out. | | “The one that makes a great deal of money is the Capital Traction . Company. The one that makes much i less money is the Washington Rail- { way and Electric. The Capital Trac- |tion has not_gzot ont foot of unprofi- The Washington Railway |and Electric has a great deal of un- | profitable line. The Capital Traction has a heavy business of passengers that ride comparatively short dis- tances. The Washington Railway and | Electric has_a heavy business of i passengers that ride comparatively {long distances. But each company | receives the same amount of money ifor each passenger carried. This means that the cost of operation of ithe Capitay Traction Company per passenger per mile is much less than the same cost to the Washington Railway and_ Electric Company. In other words. its net profits are great- er in proportion to its operating costs than the net profits of the Washington Railway and Electric. “But this is not the only difference between the two companies. The Capital Traction Company is much { more valuable, mile for mile of track, {than the Washington Railway and Electric, because it has always put in better and more costly track con- struction. Its rolling stock equip- ment is also better—the cars are larger, better built and more costly. Finaneial and Operating Policies. “There is also a_marked difference in the financial and operating policies | which have governed the two roads in the past. The Capital Traction Company has always been a local company, whose stock was_ locally owned. 'While, in its early develop- ment, it was not by any means free from what we know was ‘stock-water- ing.’ its record in this respect is com. paratively clean, as these things go | throughout the country generally, The Washington Railway and Elec- tric, on the other hand, was, for | of flagrant exploitation. Millions of | watered capital was issued, and the | operating policy was such, fhat the building up, maintenance and physi- cal operation of the system were subordinated to and neglected for a determination. to_pay dividends and (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Today’s News in Paragraphs Attorniey General cuts down force, hav- ing already made $427,000 saving in annual pay roll. Page 1 President and Gen. Dawes launch budget plans amid dramatic scenes. Page 10 U. S. workers urge appeals_ court at which they may be heard.” Page 11 Dr. Hadwen arraigns vivisection befo; senators. . Page 13 British raid reds in Constantinople, ‘where reports of vast uprising menace allies. Page 17 i Cross-examination fails to bring re- plies from Stillman. Page 17 Civic center summer program at Cen- tral High opens Tuesday. Page 44 {mission, to devote its entire time to} you gentlemen are face to face with a condition, not a theory. and it is }the condition that I wish to talk about, and not the theory. | " “The condition is simply this: “There are in Washington two | large street railway systems. One many years, conducted on a policy | 4 4 TAXREVISION MAY SUPERSEDE TARIFF Senate Likely to Keep Latter: in Committee- While House ! Frames Former. A tax revision bill may come out of the legislative hopper ahead of the! tariff bill and go to the President | for signature, ahead of the tariff,| after all. The movement, inaugu- rated by Senator Watson of In-| diana, a member of the finance com- | mittee, to this end is declared, to be | meeting with increasing. approval of members of the finance committee and senators generally. Senator Watson and other members | of the committee are receiving many letters. together with favorable press comment. upholding the suggestion. | {1t is stated that the republican lead ers of the Senate have assurances from administration sources that such | a course. if it can be conveniently fol- lowed, would be agreeable to the ad-: _ministration. the tariff bill comes over from ths House and is referred to the commit- mittee on finance, it shall he ziven | thorough consideration, which would | probably cover the time which would | be occupied by the House in passing a tax reform bill. The enate has had tax reform bill. The Sgnate has had bill came from the House, it is said. it need not be detained in committes very long, and could be reported to the 1Senate ahead of the tariff and acted upon firgt. | It is said that important officials of the administration as well as many senators and representatives are now' convinced that a mistake was made in giving the tariff bill precedence over tax revision. This impression is declared to be based upon reports com- ing in from the country showing that the mass of the people are much more | concerned over revision of taxes than | changes in the tariff. | " President Harding himself is thor- | oughly cognizant of the state of pub- {lic feeling on the subject, as reports| have reached the White House as| well as Congress. It is thought hel would approve any change in the or- der of procedure on the two bills that i make. The carrying out of the Watson suggestion, it is pointed out, would depend upon how speedily the House makes progress on the tax bill, It is| a case of “first catch the hare." The| House committee has taken longer to| ibring out the tariff bill than was; | counted upon, and it is admitted that | the tax bill will be more difficult to frame. WILL SELL WOODEN SHIPSI Ship Board Finally Decides Sale of 287 Useless Vessels. The new Shipping Board finally has decided to dispose of the gpvern- ment fleet of 287 wooden ships, it was stated today at the office of { Chairman Lasker. Bids on the ves- sels, most of which are tied up in the James river, near Newport News, Va. will be Invited and opened July . . Several unsuccessful efforts were made by the old board to sell the wooden craft. Members of the pres- ent board believe, however, that the ships can be used by some foreign nations in their coastwise trade. At any rate, the board is expected to dispose of them one way or afiother, as it is held that they cannét be fit- ted into the homeogenous plan of the American merchant marine and the cost of maintainingsthem in idleness is heavy. = 5 THUS E POLICE CHANGES DUE. Transfer of Burlingame and Several Promotions Expected Today. NDETH JUN Important changes in the police de- partment will probably be made by the District Commissioners at their board session this afternoon. Four privates are slated to be promoted to the rank of sergeant. It is under- stood the men selected are William F Terry, Allan W. Geyer, W. C. Bal- derson and J. H. Davis. The Commission ire expected to direct the transfer of Licut. Guy Bur- lingame, officer in charge of detective headquarters from 4 p.m. to midnight. to No. 9 precinct, and to name either ut. Carey L. Plemmons or Licut. Martin Riley to fill the headquarters post. CHANGE IN TAXI RATES ORDERED BY COMMISSION |Cuts Off 10 Cents of Second and | Succeeding Miles—Effective August 1. The Publle Utilities Commission_to- day ordered a change in the meter rates of the Terminal Taxicab Com- pany, effective’ August 1, which will reduce the charges 10 cents a mile Senator Watsom-proposes that when {for the second und succeeding miles. | Present rates, which the company had asked to have continued, are 30 cents for the tirst half mile and 10 cents for each additional quarter of a mile. The commission now directs that the charges shall be 30 cents for the first third of a mile and 10 cent for each additional third of a mile. This means it will still cost 30 cents| to ride the first mile in one of the company’'s taxicabs, but, beginning with the second mile, the cost will be 30 instead of 40 cents per mile. The commission's order further di- rects there shall be a charge of cents additional per trip for each of the second and third passengers, but that no charge shall be made for the fourth and fifth passengers. MAY NAME TAFT SOON. | President’s Advisers Expect Early Picking of Chief Justice. Although qfficial _information is withheld, some of President Hard- ing's closest adVisers expect him to t"‘e Senate might deem it wise tolnominate William H. Taft for Chief | Justice of the United States in the very mear future. In some quarters it is believed that official announcement of the selec- tion of Mr. Taft may be made today. There are many considerations en- tering into the choice, however, and among other officials high in | administration the belief prevailed that no nomination would go in until after the Fourth of July recess® of Congress. . All recent indications have pointed to the former President as Mr. Hard- ing’s probable choice, but no nomi- nation had been signed by the Presi- dent today. AVERT ENGINEER STRIKE. British Workers Accept Tentative Agreements—To Vote on Terms. LONDON, June 30.—The threatened strike in the engineering trades, due to differences on the wage reduction question, was averted today. at the conference of representatives of the employers and ‘the engineers:- <The confreces accepted the provisional agreement which had been reached by committees representing the two sides to the controversy, the terms of which will be bailotted upon by the men within a fortnight. Get the Story of the ‘Dempsey-Carpentier Fight From Every ‘Angle in The Sunday Star By the Associated Press Full and Complete News Story and Round by Round By Lawrence Perry and “Fair Play” A Critical Analysis of the Contest by- Experts, Two-*of the Keenest in the Business : And Then— "BY IRVIN S. COBB. —America’s foremost humorist and among the cleverest - of writers. He knows a'lot about box fighting and ‘his story is sure to be a “humdinger.” Read his preliminary story in this issue. \ the | ATTORNEY GENERAL !Has Lopped $427,000 Off “Yearly Pay Roll—Plans Further Reductions. Effective cutting of the forces of { the Department of Justice and insist- | ence of more efficient work from | those who remain was announced to- ' day by Attorney General Daugherty, jin connection with the efforts of the {new administration to lower the cost| ©f Canada, it is understood, talked |* lof running e governmental ma- lchinery. i Between March 6, when he took {charge, until today there have been |released from the department forces iforty-five special assistants to the {Attorney General and seventy special agents and investigators, resulting in i per annum reduction in the ex- | penses of the department of approxi- mately $427,000. Lawyer Got $24,000 a Year. Six of the special attorneys who j were released drew salaries totaling $75.000, the highest paid on the list | Betting $24,000 a year, according to ! Mir. Daugherty. The Attorney General said that the cut getting a litile_more work and a !little more patriotism out of those { Who remain. Reductions woyld be made in the clerical force wherever it is found possible also. but he i 8aid that he first was going to make { the cuts among those higher up and who drew the big salaries, leaving the little fellows, who get only smail pay, until the very last thing. | " He said that in the case of the | special assistants, he found that in | some cases where three or four at- torneys were employed the work could be done with fewer men. In !such cases cuts were made and will continue to be made. No Special “Grafter Stafr.” connection with the economy res, he said that the work of i me: form ecution of the so-called war grafters had been stopped, and the staff would be made up from those who remain [in the department. These cuts, he pointed out, had been | of the work of the Department of i Justice subject to the war. Criminal cases, he said, also had been increased, citing that in the latter case the num- ber of criminal cases had grown from 11,100 five years ago to 53.000 cases | pending in the courts today. i FIRST-TERMERS MEET. Sixty Republicans. The question of speeding up work in Congress and greater participation in the activities of the House by new members was discussed at a confer-, ence last night of about sixty repre- sentatives who are serving their first term. The meeting was called because of complaints that Congress had not accomplished what it should in the way of legislation and was considered as a semi-protest on the part of the new members both for that reason and for the reason that they had { part in House proceedings. No action was taken. 1 Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the republican leader, addressed the meeting. He told them there was no cause to be uneasy. He saidyhe realized there was a feeling in fhe country that Congress was delaying action on_important legislation, but declared Congress had done all it coud have done—in fact, more than any other session in the same length of time within his memory. e — SENATOR IS CONFIRMED. Bitter Fight Over Wolcott for Chancellor of Delaware. DOVER, Del., June 30.—After three days of bitter debate the state senate, in special session, yesterday confirmed the nomination of United States Sen- ator Josiah O. Wolcott to be chan- cellor of Delaware. The senate vote was 10 to 7. During the debate charges, were made that the governor, a republican, was bar- tering the chancellorship, the highest judicial office in Delaware, for the United States senatorship. Senator ‘Wolcott is a democrat. Senator Wolcott said today he would make no comment on his confirmation to be chancellor of Delaware, but would go there at once to “look over the situation,” when he would prob- ably issue a statement. WAR BUDGET OFFICER. . Secretary Weeks has designated Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, chief of finance, to be budget officer for the ‘War Department. SLAV CONSUL OUSTED WHEN CHARGED HE KEPT ADS FROM CROAT PAPER President Harding has revoked the exequatur of Viadimir Savitch, consul general at New York for the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. This action followed the lodging of a complaint with the State Department by Frank Zotti, Dpublisher of a Croatian newspaper, the Narodni Lisk. that the consui general had used his official pos tion “for the purpose of coercing all of the individuals and concerns which advertise in Mr. Zotti's pa- per to ncel thetir advertising con- tract When the complaint was lodged the matter was referred to the Serbian legation, which made an investigation. Among other things it was charged that the consul general had refused “to issue pass- ports to any persons sent to the Serbian consulate by the persons threatened so long as they con- would be continued wherever it | ; was found possible to make them by ! made in the face of a great increase : Mondell Seeks to Allay Fears oi’ not been permitted to take a greater | tinued to advertise in Zotti's pa- per.” This charge was denied by the Serbian charge d'affaires here. CABINET APPROVES ANGLO-JAPAN PACT, (S LONDON REPORT British Said to Have Decided on Treaty, But With Clauses Favoring U. S. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, June 20.—The Pall Mall ! Gazette and Globe says the British | cabinet today decided upon renewal | of the Anglo-Japanese treaty, but tain moditications that have been | suggested. These have special rela- | tion to the American attitude toward ! the treaty and the position of India, ; the newspaper adds. i If the treaty is renewed, the mili- tary clause—that _which compels Great Britain to make war upon any ountry that joins any combatant against Japan. the United States, of | course, cxcepted—will be stricken out. Meighen Opposed. Details of the debate in the impe- rial conference yesterday on the ad- visability of renewing the treaty show differcnces of cpinion amonz tne Do- minion premiers as to the proper i course to be taken. Premier Meighen i against the renewal of the treaty either in its present form or with { modifications He argued that the o'd wolicy of | alliances was out of tune With the | tzmes: that alliances as a means of | maintaining peace had proved futile in the past, and that the time w had { come when'new methods ought to be tried for the prevention of war. Dealing_ with armaments, Premier Meighen drew a somber picture of the ossible effects of the race in arma- ments betweon the British empire and {the United States. To bring about { world_restoration and to lift from the shoulders of the neoples the present terrible burden of expenditure and taxation, he said, it was essential i{that there be limitation of arma- Iments. and this, he believed, could be accomplished by a comprehensive: con- {ference of the powers of the Pacific. 1t was not, he declared, a qu of deserting Japan, but merely of main- |taining an old friendship for her in isuch a way as not to impair the good relations of Great Britain with other | rations. Sees Restraining Hand. ! Premier Hughes of Australia, who {cn the other hand strongly supported |the alliance. said he did so on the grounds that it had worked well, af- forded the best means of protection for Australia, and provided a restrain- ing hand upon Japan which was the | best guarantee of peace. Premiers Meighen and Hughes | found themselves at such cross pur- poses that Premier Smuts of South followed Mr. toward who leaning Hughes, opposition | Africa. {although g a special staff for the pros- !to the renewal of the alliance. adopted | a pacific attitude. He was, he de- | clared, opposed to the spirit and prin- | ciple of all special alliances nd par- ticularly those of military " ch: ter, and sincerely believed the hig task of British statesmanship was | that of cultivating the friendship of 'the United States. Nevertheless, Japan had been a true ally, she should not be lightly cast off. He | urged delay until it could be seen | whether it were not possible to se- | cur a conference between the three powers concerned. Premier Massey of New Zealand I'sided with Premier Hughes, desiring | that there could also be a conference of the powers later on. |CHAIRMAN WHITE CONFERS Talks Over Policies of Democrats ‘With Leaders. Chairman George White of the democratic national committee is in itewn for a few days, in a series of confergnces with democratic leaders {in the House and Senate over policies in Congress and politics in general. ! He said today he does nmot contem- | plate calling a meeting of the na- { tional committee before some time in { the fail. Chairman ‘White announced that the national committee will co-oper- | ate with the democratic congressional | Committee, of which Representative | Flood is chairman, in making a con- test for the election of representative lin Congress to succeed Mr. Good of called. “That is a strong republican dis- trict,” said Mr. White, “and I am d posed to try our case there. It is an agricultural district and I believe we can make headway there with the is- sues we will raise with the re- publicans.” The democrats will also make a fight in the election for United States senator in New Mexico, Chairman White announced. The Great Prize Fight .Round by rou-d, as tele- graphed by direct wire from the ringside, the progress of the world championship prize fight will ‘be announced by megaphone on the shady 11th street side of The Star build- ing Saturday afternoon, begin- ning shortly after 2 o'clock. In_case of a knockout fight fans will thus be able to know the winner within a second or two after the count of ten is finished at the Jersey City arena. i that discussion is proceeding on cer- | " TS DONFOREE as | [ the alliance renewed and arguing| Jowa at the special election when S TWO CENTS. GOVERNMENT FIGHT ON PRICE CONTROL - STARTED WITH SUIT {Attorney General Brings Action Against Cement Manufacturers’ Combine. VIOLATION OF SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT CHARGED Every Consideration for Public Eliminated by Defendants, Mr. Daugherty Declares. Every semblance of competition to which the public is entitled has been eliminated from the cement industry, Attorn, Daugherty said to- day in announcing that the govern- ment would file today in New York a civil suit against the Cement Manu- facturers’ Protective Association, its officers and members. This is the opening gun in the new administra- tion's fight against price-fixing and war profitecring. ¥ The members of this association, according to the Attorney General, roduce approximately 30,000,000 bar- cls of Portland cement annually, which is upwards of 90 per cent of the quantity produced in the north- castern section of the United States and approximately 3315 per cent of the quantity produced in the United States. Will Seek Injunction. Were it not for the combination which the government now seeks 1o dissolve, there would be competition | | in the manufacture and sale of cement, according to the Attorney General. Pending decision on the | government's plea that the defendants | be enjoined from maintaining the™ Manufacturers' Protective v General in- at the government would seek a preliminary injunction. | “The Cement Manufacturers’ Pro- | tective Association.” said the state- ment of the Attorney General, “is or- zanized along the lines of what have -ome to be generally known as the ddy plan’ the ‘new competition.’ ‘open pric plan’ and ‘open competi- tion plan’ The forms of these plans or details. but the out- fundament] principle of all nge between members of comprehensive ~ statistical data, which bles cach to know what his com- petitors are doing. For some time past the investig: ion of every complaint of an_alleged violation of the Sherman | anti-trust act has invariably led ® | the_door of one of these associatio | "“The members of the association adopt a constitution and fill their | minutes with disclaimers of any in- tention to violate the law. As soon {as the association begins fo function properly the price of the commadity 111\ which its members are interested begins to advance and the customary signs of competition begin to disap- | pear. The cement industry s one of the most thoroughly organized industries lin the United States. There is the | Portland Cement Association. known |as the National Association, to which practically all of the manufacturers f cement throughout the United | States belong. i Investigation M “The decision to institute a_civil suit lagainst the Cement Manufacturers | Protective _ Association was not reached until after a comprehensive [investigation had been made and the |facts ascertained had been carefully ! considered. The books and records of the association and its members were |theroughly examined to ascertain the !facts from the inside: and hundreds lof dealers and contractors loca the northeastern States were examil from the outside. ! throughout !of the United § Lascertain the fact | “Upon comparing these facts and after affording representatives of the association and its members an op- portunity to explain them it was my opinion and the concensus of opinion of Col. Groff, the assistant to the at- i torney general in charze of the en- | forcement of the Sherman act; United Attorney Hayward and James A. Fowler, special tant to the At- torney General, that the operations of ciation and its members con- flagrant violation of the Sher- stitute man act. Conspiracy Alleged. “Briefly stated, the means by which was !the combination and conspir: | brought about are as follows: of “The members the association attended meetin “At which tho: to enter into | men’s agreement th | to gentlemen’ { At which higher prices were per- | sistently advocated. one member say- ng on one occasion, ‘I think the is grecn and the men who make c e likewixe green.’ curtailment of produc- tion was advocated as an effective means of assuring higher prices; | "“At which the withholding of ce- | ment from the market awaiting a fair i s advocated; the ohject of the as- sociation was declared 1o he co-opera- | tion, but it pointed out that | satisfactory co-operation could not be {assured unless all manufacturers of | Portland cement belonged to the as- {sociation, since it was possible that {‘one or two companies staying out imight destroy all the good work the rest of us might do. {BUREAUS T0O CONSOLIDATE {Markets and Crop Estimates De- | partments Unite Tomorrow. Effective tomorrow, the bureau of markets and crop estimates of the ¢ | Department of Agriculture will con- | solidate. and Leon M. Estabrook, for- mer chief of the latter bureau and now associate chief of the markets section, will supervise the work of the two important offices until a suc- cessor is appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of George Livingston. Mr. Livingston, former chief of the bureau of markets, will | be retained at the request of Secre- itary Wallace, as a consulting spe- cialist of the Agricultural Depart- ment. FOR TWO EXTRA JUSTICES. Bill in Senate Would Give Addi- tional Members for D. C. Court. Senator Phipps of Colorado today introduced a bill providing for the ap- pointment of two additional justices of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. It was referred to the 1 judiciary committee. The work of the Supreme Court of the District is very heavy and the ad- ditional justices are needed, Mr, Phipps said, in order to conduct g work of the court prompti N nt were urged rt of gentle- will be sacred - /