Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1921, Page 1

Fuif tonight and tomorrow, no change in temperatyre. \ Terperature for t&enty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: H am.. today. Full repo-t on page 7. WEATHER. vesterday. lowest, 65, 84, at 5:30 ighest, I Closing New York Stocks, Page 15. 4 as second-ciass matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28,208, OFFER T REDUCE GAS LIGHT RATES 10 CENTS A 1000 Local Companies Make Vol- untary Proposal to Utili- ties Commiission. ) WOULD EFFECT SAVING OF $450,000 ANNUALLY Statements Presented Show That Corporations Now Earn Less Than 6 Per Cent. The Washington and Georgetown Gas Light. companies went before the Public Utlilities €ommission today with a voluntary proposal for a cut of 10 cents per thousand cubie feet in the price of gas sold in the District, at the same time presenting figure showing that they are earning le than 6 per cent on their valuation. Present rates range from $1 per thousand cubic feet, when the con- sumption s a million- feet or more per month, to $1.25, when the con- sumption is one hundred thousand feet or less. The latter rate, which the companies would change to $1.15, affects a_majority, if not all, of the householders of the District. No Formal Petition. The “companies did not present a formal petition, but laid before the commission an analysis of their earn- ings and operating expenses. “We can submit to a reductjon .of 10 cents, but beyond that we cannot go it we are to earn an amount that will enable us to operate efficiently and pay a reasonable return on the investment,” Benjamin F. Minor, at- torney for the companies, told the commission. It was estimated by Mr. Mnior that 2 10-cent cut in the price of gas would save gas users about $450,000 per an- num. He said earnings during the year ended May 31, lasi, gave a rate of return of but 5.97 per cent on the fair values of the properties, as determin- ed by the commission. Earnings $705.070.67. Robert O. Luqueer, gas engineer of the firm of Humphreys & Miller of New York, who has made a careful study of the companies’ books, was the principal witness introduced. He | said that net earnings during the vear ended May 31, amounted to $705,- 070.67, which gave the 5.97 per cent rate of return referred to by Mr. Minor. Mr. Luqueer stated the output of gas during the first five months of the yvear fell off more than 7 per cent. He estimated the full year. 1921 will show a loss in sales of nearly 4 per vent. Asked by Chairman Kutz if the pro- posed cut in price would not, In his opinion, stimulate sales. the witness replied he did not think the’ reduc- tion. weuld be sufficient materially to altar the situation. ™ 9 William McK. Clayton, representing the Federation of Citizens' Associa- tions, injected the question of sal- aries and ecaonomical management into the hearing. He referred to the bill of Representative Woods, which ! would give the Public Utilities Com- mission the right to pass on the rea- sonableness of expenditures. Chairman Kutz stated that, while the commission has no authority to compel salary reductions, it may take .ipto account whether the manage- %t of a utility is efficient and eco- noWical when it is determining what rate or rates may be charged for the service performed by the utility. Inquiries of Salary. Mr. Clayton said he had been in- formed of a straight 10 per cent re- duction in the salaries of officials and ! employes of the gas company in Bal- timore, which, he understood, would produce an annual saving of $200,000. In_hissopening statement for the companies, Attorney Minor reviewed previous rate hearings and the policy of the companies to “lay all the facts upon the table.” He said the man- agement of the corporations has been along goodsbusiness lines. It is the desire of the companies, he said. to reduce the price of gas to the lowest oint possible consistent with effi- Bient management and the rendering of good service to the public. e CONSUL ARRESTED. Jugoslavia Agents Charged With Attempted Extortion. NEW YORK, July 22.—Indictments charging attempted extortion were returned against Vadislaus Savich, consul general of Jugoslavia in New York: Aca Petrovich, the consul's le- gal adviser, and Stanislaus Vukovich, a_member of his staff. Petrovich was arrested last night at his home in Long Beach and was locked up in the Tombs prison. Warrants have been issued for the other two. The indicted men, it is alleged, threatened Frank Zotti, editor of the Narodni List, a Hungarian newspaper, and a representative of several other forelgn-language newspapers, that unless he discontinued his efforts to promote a republic in Jugoslavia the consulate would put his newspaper out of business. The alleged reprisal was to refuse to vfSe passports of travelers on certain steamship lines unless they withdrew their advertis- ing from Zotti. - - GETS DIVORCE AT 91. «All Through,” He Asserts, in Getting Freedom for Third Time. CHICAGO, July g2.—Ambrose J. Rose, ninety-one years old, granted a decree of divorce from his third wife, asserted today, that ‘“women were getting worse with every gen- eration.” - “My first wife was pretty g0od,” he sald, “my second was just medium, and the third no good at all.” He a: serts he is through with them all. DISABLED STEAMER REACHES PORT WITH 12 OF CREW INJURED SAN FRANCISCO, July 22—The Pacific Steamstip Company’s steam- er Admiral Farragut, which was digabled last night off the coast, ten miles north of here, passed into the harbor at 9 o'clock today in tow of the tug Sea Eagle. She was taken to her dock, where the. twelve crew members who were injured in the feed pipe explosion which crippled the vessel were re- moved. The Admiral Farragut, with sev- énty-five passengers on d drifted - helplessly oft the coast north of San Francisco. A thick fog obgcured all sight the vessel from the land. of ~ | !'ECnmplnll of Lexington, Ky., the of- | MAY OPPQSE TUMULTY. Shipping Board Against His Ap- pointment as Receiver. The Shipping Board will investigate and probably oppose the recent ap- pointment of Joseph P. Tumulty as temorary receiver of the Pusey & Jones Shipbuilding Co., it was an- nounceG today by Mr. Lasker. The company has a claim against the Shipping Board. for $24,000,000, Mr. Lasker said, but the board has = counter claim and hopes to protect & second mortgage. DENIES BERGDOLL 95,000 PAYMENT . Maj. Campbell Contradicts _Mrs. Bergdol—Came From Investment, He Says. Emphatic denial of the charge that he accepted $5,000 to ald Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, draft evader. to escape, was made today by Maj. Bruce B. Camppbell of the Army before a House investigating committee. The charge was made before the commit- tee this week by Mrs. Emma CgBerg- doll of Philadelphia, mother ¢ the draft dodger. “Mrs. Bergdoll's statement is false n every particular,” Maj. Campbell 8aid. “There is not a word of truth n it Asked about a deposit of $4.500 with a New York brokerage firm about the time Mrs. Bergdpll swore she gave him the money, Maj. Campbell said he did not question the evidence relating to this transaction. “I can tell the committee right now where I got the money,” the major said, “But‘l may want time to pro- duce evidence corroborating what I have to say.” The money deposited with Wasser- mann Brothers, the major said, was a joint account with Laura E. Campbell. his wife. “I drew a check on Wassermann for $1,500 to pay for an automobile. be- |cause I was considerably aherd of the market,” the major said. Attacking the military intelligence check-up on his account with the Seaboard National Bank, New York, Maj. Campbell declared that if the two- vear examination had gone back a month or so further it would have {shefvn that in December, 1917, he de- posited more than $5,000. “It I could deposit $5,000 then, why couldn’t I have deposited $4,500 in 119207" he asked. Documents on Way West. Pressed to give the source of the 1$4,500, Campbell said he was not pre- { pared to do so untll he could get his papers and records now on their way with his _household effects from | Governors Island to Little Rock, Ark. “It"is my intention to trace the source of this fund,” he added. “I can |show that it was pot necessary for | me ‘to resort to the Bergsoll family to be in a position to deposit $4,500.” “You know where you got the money placed with the brokers?” Chairman Pgters asked. “I do know whefe 1 got it, but will not say now.™ As counsel for Gpover Bergdell -in. court-martial proceédings, Maj.Camp- bell declared he knew of none of Mrs. Bergdoll's finafeial affxirs. . Campbell later told’ the committee he had been paid & cash sum from the sale of real estate. “There was absolutely no connec- tion between thé money Mrs. Berg- | doll sald she paid- me and the de-! ! posit I made with Wassermann Broth- | ers,” the major said. “The old woman ilied when she said she gave me $50 j to hand to Grover,” he shouted. “She did not give me a cussed copper. The | {only Bergdoll money I _ever saw or, |touched was $10 D. Clarence Gib- | { boney, the Bergdoll lawyer, got me | {to take to a store on the island to | pay for Grover's cigars. Mrs. Berg- doil already had testified that she paid me nothin; “Had It Throughout War.” ! In the heat of a cross-fire with | | Representative Luhring, Indiana, Campbell declared that the | { money, deposited with brokers, was ! {in his possession in cash throughout | the war. 4 “I had the money in éash during the war, and where it was kept was | inobody's damned business” he shouted. . Asked how he got .the money, Campbell said he piaced $500 with Col. Milton Young of Lexington, Ky., in 1915, and that the investment jumped to $5,000. Col. Youns, he added, .is dead. “The money was paid to me in 1917, he added, “by a man who is alive and whose name I -will not ive.” &l he major's testtmony relating to the cash came unexpectedly, for he had declared that the information would be given after he was able to get corroborative evidence. ‘Altogether my wife and myself | had $24,000 in banks in real money,’ ! he said. | Displays Emotion. volce as he told the committee of his personal relations with Col. Youns. “How- the fund increased,” he said, “I don't know. % "may be that Col. }Youns, a close :triend of my_ father, gave me $6,000 on the investment. Col. Young knew that for years'I had sent every dollar I made to my father at Lexington. This same money was kept in cash through the war and de- posited with Wassermann Brothers in 1920. Col. Young sent mle the money { tyrough a mutual friend in 1917 in i cash, all wrapped up in a %f"m' 3 “Why did you not tell tHis at'first?" Chairman Peters demanded. “I did not want to bring family matters in,” Re replied.*T told you he may have given me the money. Col. Young was one of the biggest race horse owners in the country.” “Who was the man who delivered the money?” Mr. Peters asked. “I'll givé ‘'you his name later—oh, hell, it was my father. 1 have wired him' to come to Washington.” i- Await Parents’ Arrival., After .Campbell had covered a wide field, with members of the com- mitkee -pressing him to get' down ‘to !the question at issue, the meeting | was adjourned until tomorrow to await the arrival of William R ficer'as father. 2 4 | Representative Flood, -democrat, of | virginia insisted that the major ! owed “it - to himself, his family and | the comnittee to bring ig every wit- ness. who could aid in clearing his name of the charges: The major declared that Mrs. doll had every reason in the. wo: to blacken his name, just as she had denqunced everyboly else connected with the troubles of her son. “Mrs. Bergdoll knew that I had $5,000 in,the hands of a broker for speculation,” he said. “She knew- it se one day she was telling me she knew how to read stars and could !e!:&vm\a ’t’helr“lzgk lda:.. 'I re- 1i t-she m! elp my ?rld as 1 had placed about. $6,000 with b broker and wanted to win e _money.” ¥ s o ere was no igdication of what other witnesses would be called. . Campbeil told the committee he had telegraphed the New Yo‘z king it asl to corrol te statement that his- account showed deposits exceeding 35,000 and expect- od’ to have a Teply tomerrow. ° - i kinds of service united. There was a eatch <a-the major'sip Tuesday from . t, “|wes-teld here. w‘!nekm-u: L TRAGTNERGER BEFORE THKNG PEPCLSVITED Committee Adopts Amefd- ment Barring Power Inter- ests From First Combirie. WOULD ALLOW ELECTRIC COMPANY TO JOIN LATER iEfforts to Get Favorable Report on Woods Bill Fail Under Opposition. Efforts to get a favorable report on the Woods bill to induce a voluntary merger of the. street railway com- panies {n Washington through levy- ing an excess profits tax on the earn- ings of the companies failed today after the bill had been amended and approved paragraph by paragraph up to the last section. The point of order that a quorum was not present was then raised by Representative Hammer of. North Carolina, because some of the mem- bers strongest in opposition to the ‘Woods bill had left the committee, and final action could not be taken. Con-; sideration of the Woods bill was made the order of specialsbusiness at the next meeting of the committee— on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Strong opposition to the pr%poned merger of the Potomac Electric Power Compahy with the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company or a mer- ger of both street car companies was voiced at the meeting both by repub- lican and democratic members. Rep- resentative Walters of Pennsylvania, republican, was one of those strongest in opposition to the merger of public utilities performing different kinds of service. > For Better Service. The most important amendment pro- posed to the Woods bill was fathered by Representative Lampert o2 Wiscon- sip, who said that he 1s opposed to the Woods bill and that his object is to get legislation passed which will give better service at lower street car fares to the people of Washington. The Lampert amendment would pro- hibit the mexxer of the Potomac Elec- tric Power Company and the Wash- ington Railway and Electric Com- pany and allow the Potomac Electric Power Company to come into a merger only after the street car compauss had been merged. The vote on this amefidment was 9 to 4. vor were Representatives Focht of Pennsylvania, Wheeler of Zihlman of Maryland., Lampert of Wis. consin, Walters of Pennsylvania Sproul of Illinois, Fitsgerald of Ohio, Hammer of North Carolina and Kunz of Hlinois. The, four who voted in szpo-mm‘xr l"x Reml:emutlv l:lud rginia, augh ig- *lflm ‘of Vll’slll{l‘;‘hd owR |of Tennessee. Representative Woods, author of the bill, fathered an amendment, was unanimously adopted, writing inta the measure specific provision that the Public Utilitles Commission would still have full power to pre- scribe rates for the different kinds of .public utility service. As approved in committee, the Woods bill, would relieve the street car companice from the cost of main- taining trafic policemen, and from the cost of paving the roadway with- in their tracks. It also allows the strect car companies a net carning of 7.per cent on a fair valuation of the property as determined-by the Public Utilities Comimission before the ¢Xcoss profits tax of & per cent s evied. Would Dispose of Stoek. Representative Walter Lampert amendment. His proposal would direct the Washington Railway and Electric Company to dis¢ pose of the shares of stock it now holds in the Potomac Electric Power Company, elther by sale approved by the Public Utilities Commission, or dis- tributed pro rata among thegstockhold- ers. He said: “It is oot rifht to have two public utilities giving different I think it would be better for the street car com- pany not to have the earnings of a profitable utility used to keep alive an unprofitable utility.” N Representative Hammer of North Carolina argued that if the Potomac Electric Power Company is allowed to merge with the street car com- pany it only means an opportunity for increasing the charge for electric lighting to forty-five thousand pa- trons in the National Capital. Representative Woods gave two principal ons for urging his bill. e sald that the chief inducement to the Capital Traction Company to join in a merger of the street car com- panies would be to get the valuable part of the Washington Railway and Electrio property, which is the Poto- mac Electric Power Company. In re- gard to the change in system of tax- es, he said, it was not right to allow one company to receive an unreason- able return, now 10 or 11 per cent, so ulx:.z the other company could be kept alive. “We ought to put the saddle on the horse that is able to bear it and in ha justice ought to bear it, relieving some of the load from the weaker concern,” said Mr. Woods. Representative Blanton of Texas argued that the Woods bill offers sub- idfes to the street car companies in an_effort to induce them to merge. ‘A number of other amendments were made to the bill, but they were in the nature of perfecting amend- ments in conformity with the prinei- n:’i of the amendments mentioned above. PAUL G. McINTIRE WEDS. Specidl Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG. Va., July 22.— Paul Goodloe Mclntire of Charlottes- Ville and New York,‘and Miss Anna D. .Rhodes of Louisa county, were married in New York. The bride is a daughterjof the late Rev. John Q. Rhodes, for years a member of the Virginia conference, M. urch South. S Mr. McIntire's gifts to the Uni: sity of Virginia in the last two totaled nearly a half million. He first endowed the School of Art and Archi- tecture, and later presented the in. stitution with a Greek amphitheater. LAt the centennial celebration in June he gave $200,000 to establish a de- partment of commerce and finance. b ————— J July 22— schooner Bowdol Donald 'g; ‘MacMillan and six companions on a r- two-year exploration trip in the far north; left Halifax toddy and is ex- pected to call at Sydney, N. . 8. i Thé Bowdoin reached HaMfax last Me,, and ér.s i ‘Those in fa- | Tilinois, | ‘which" endeavored | to put through a substitute for the; Pl IRISH PEACE DRIVE CENTERS N DUBLI {Truce to Continue as De Va- i lera Puts British Proposals ! Before Colleagues. By the Associated Prest, LONDON, July 22.—The | Bovernment's proposals to Eamonn de { Vtlera, the Irish.republican leader, | for peace in Ireland probably will not | be made public until a definite reply to | the government's terms has been re- jceived from the Sinn Fein leaders in | Dublin, it wag stated in official circles i here this afternoon. | It Was cxpected the prime minister, | Mr. Lloyd George, will be able to imake a comprehensive statement con- | cerning the peace terms in the house of commons next week, it was added. Intereat Turns te Dublin. “The" center of intesest”In Irish af- fairs was tranaferred to Dublin today ‘with the departure of Eamonn de Va- lera, and his cabinet for the seat of thefr government. The Irish leader is taking with him a document he received yesterday from the hands of David Lloyd George, the { British prime minister, setting forth rernment as a settlement of the Irish problem. o +Thesé proposals will be submitted to members of the Dail' Eireann, as well as other prominent Irish repub- rlicans, and Mr. Lloyd George will {hear from time to time How the dis- |cussions are proceeding. Later Mr. De Valerd, it is expected, will re- turn to London for further convetsa- tions. and Sir James. Craig, the Ulster premier, may re-enter the negotia- tions at this time. Indefinite Truee Pla In this connection it is authorita- | tively stated that the truce in Ire- land will continue for an indefinite period, thus convincing the most skeptical that the factions still are far from discouraged. Ny London newspapers this morning take an exceedingly cheerful view of the entire situation, refusing even to anticipate the probability of a break- down. Several political correspond- ents supply reported versions of the | premier's statement to the southern Irish leaders, which, although they agree in some points, differ sufficient- ly in detail to show that the terms still remain largely a matter of speculation, and will not be cleared up until the official text of the pro- posals is made public. Many quar- ters beleve this. will be done by Mr. Lloyd George in the house of dom: mons today. Unionists Dissatisfied. Meanwhile opposition from extreme unionists appears to have hardened somewhat as a result of an interview several Ulsterite members of the com- mons had with Austen Chamberlain, leader of the governmént forces, yes- terday. ‘While this intelview .is understood to have had for its purpose the con- ciliation of Ulster supporters in the ‘house of commons, a statement issued by the deputation later in the day said that Mr. Chamberlain's explana- tions were “entirely unsatisfactory” and that about-forty of the dissenters d.met and: passed resolutions “ex- pressing-grave apprehension over the government's Irish policy."y Just how much this hoStility will be @ijpwed to affect the government is not%et apparent. The London Tis says it is not to be underestitmated, and adds: “Certainly the reliet: satisfaction which would be by & settlement along any linei sweep ' the opposition aside an: (Continued on Page 2, Column'Z) i Loening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Jadopted today a resolution requesting British | definite proposals by the British gov- ' | d | claims against the board and th; WASHINGTON, D. L.y FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1921—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE JAPAN EMIGRATION PACT| The subject of the understanding; with Japan in 1908 relative to control | of Japanese emigration to the United : States will be investigated by the House immigration committee, which the State Department to furnish it with the diplomatic correspondence tleading up to the agrecment. H | 5. Action by the committee came atter | J.V. A. McMurray, chief of the State | i Department divisign of far eastern jaffairs, had informed it that Japan had never applied the restrictions in the understanding to Hawali, and ithat the Japanese government had regulated the number of laborers Biven passports to Hawaii through a; 1 { i i 1 ‘arrangement with the sugar planters Iployers of labor in the islands and ac- | ed through its consular officials. jof Honolulu, secretary of the Planters’| iments the Japanese were sent in to i | Hear Cases. amounting to $211,000.000 was_an- | Meals, former associate justice of the Wood, former president of the [N, and Arthur W. Teele, of the ac- ton, has been announced as the secre- In making the announcement Mr.| $211,000000, counter claims of the tlement was made. The claims be-- amounting to approximately $60,000,. Under Way by September. . pointed out that three members sit- | of the insular territory. This method ! had been proposed voluntarily by em- ! quiesced in by Japan, which received ; its informal advices of the labor need- | Mr. McMurray's statement was em- i phatically denied by Royal D. Mead! Association. Mr. Mead did not dis-{ Iclose, however, under what arrange- ; meet seasonal labor requirements. S lludge Walter D. Meals Will | o Head Commission to i ! The Shipping Board's claim commis- |sion of five members to settle claims! nounced today by the President. “The !chairman will be Judge Walter D. appelate court of Ohio. The four as- sociate members are Homen Ferguson, jpresident of the Newport News Ship- [bullding and Dry Dock Company; F. ! Maryland Steel Company; Capt. Rich- iard M. Watt, Construction Corps, U. S. countants’ firm of Patterson. Teele & Dennis. O. P. M. Brown of Washing- tary of the commission. 898 Claim Cases. Lasker said that while the total claims before the board amounted to Shipping Board would reduce this amount materially. when a final set- fore the board number 898, but do not include a number of admiralty claims, 000. Altogether the claims against the board appear to be $271,000,000. While the President has appointed five members of the board, Mr. Lasker ting in conference could hand down decision. 2 “The commission will be called for a preliminary session during the eeming week. But it will undoubtedly be Sep- tember 1 before the commission. will function actively, as the Shipping Board requires that time to get their cases ready,” Mr. Lasker said. Before the sessions begin ta operate the board will send notices and forms 16-all claimants, 8o as to expedite the findings of the commission. once it is in session, Mr. Lasker said. Mr. -Lasker pointed out that the $211,000,000 constituted _the ‘cross at no offset claims were included. He also mentioned ° that ninety-six claims, | amounting to $21,106,187, readjusted by the old claims commission, will be rec- ognized by the new board. ’————-—‘———_“ PRESIDENT TO SPEND WEEK END CAMPIRG ALONG President and Mrs. Harding will leave Washinggon early tomorrow morning to spend the week end in a camp which has been pitched in the woods aloeg’.the Ranks of the upper Potomac river at @ point not more than ten miles from Hagers- town, Md. . & They will be the guests of Bishop Anderson of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Harvey S. Firestone of Akron, Ohio, and it is expected that they will Tetarn to Washington before noon Monday. Among others who will be in the partx of campers are Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, and Henry . Ford, the automobile manufacturer. . The camp im ques- tion is of ® portable nature and was pitched two days ago, and, ‘with the exception of the President and Mrs. ing, - the others -of the party arrived there early yes- It was originally move the camp “tomorrow to 2 point farther % _u:u weet, - near intended to | Berkeley Springs, . W. Va., but the President’s inability to leave Wash- ington earlier prevented this. He had planned to leave here by motor this afternoon, but he had prom- ised some time ago to present the final prizes at the conclusion of the open championship matches of the United States Golf Associatjon at the Columbia Country Club." This engagement made-it impossible for him to plan starting on the jour- ney to, the camp before 5 or 6 o'clock this afternoon. The President is looking forward, with much_interést and genuine relish to this trip. . He expects: to derive much physical benefit from being out"of doors and.from the oppertunities offered for long tramps over the foothills of the Blue Ridge mounfains and, .pos- sibly, a few hours of fishing.” The week end trips on his yacht, the Mayflower, have been restful and enjoyable, but they haye not af- 'orded him the desired chance for- hard exercise, which he real- ses 5 : UPPER POTOMAC | §500,000, 000 0SS INBUILDING TRADE |Cost Through Unemployment in Industry Reported - “to Council. MANY SOURCES OF WASTE American Engineers Told $120,- 000,000 Due to Ac- cidents. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. July 22.—Half a billion | dollars a year in wages is being lost in the building industry through unem- ployment, declared a report made pub- lic today by the committee on elimina- tion of waste in industry of the Ameri- canEngtneering Council. . The committee appointed by Herbert Hoover when he was! president of the council asserted lack of work was the outstdnding factof {n this industry, whose critical condition 1s attributed primarily to high costs of construction. | The report said that waste was caus. ing_huge losses in bullding, which, in- cluding all trades and common % ranked second among industries and contribyged more than $3,000,000,000 vearly {® the wealth of the nation. Sources of Waste. The chief sources of waste in the in- dustry were, according to_the report, irregular employment, inefficient man- agement and wasteful labor regulations. Customs or conditions prevailing throughout the industry and. poorly de- signed equipment are given as secondary causes. The annual economic loss, due to was estimated as high as| accident: $120.000, methods, the industry 12.000,000 days' year. e Application of safety work millions. An acute national shortage of hous- ing exists, the report stated, because of prohibitive construction costs to householder and banker. Union Rules Condemmed. Many union rules were condemned as “absolutely wrong,” and both em- ployers and employes were blamed for restriction of output. “Union regulations in have produced enormous loss the report, “through direct indi- rect restriction of output. Workmen and contractors, however, are begi: ning to appreciate that reduced out- put reacts in tremendous fashion upbn themselves. “Greater co-operation between workmen and employers is an abso- This co-operation must lute essential. be attained before we can approacl the elimination of labor difficulties. Such co-operation, however, is im- of causes of friction and the working possible without the removal out of plans to this end.” Work but 180 Days a Year. The report deplored the irre in a year. unemployment: “Allowance of a small margin b profit for both labor and 'upni‘l durf ing winter months, development of methods of conducting the work in rearrangement of work door operations’ in cold eather, organizaton of a cold weather, to provide in and stormy wi clearing house for co-ordinaf the publie. “Idleness, -however, i tlr;l)l' l: l:uonll demands; strik and lockouts are appreciable the report added. ey Yuilding industry. contrac and the estimate,” it was- asserted. ‘Wage Demands Is Cause. . 3 issioner replies to charges of auto- ‘"'H. ;hfnf t::tmeanu. the demand co:::\:m armr.n i Pa::ms’ - wages, could be # liminated,. strikes as-a" actor of Uy Betomac Park and chanses in §Of wasté- would shrink into insignifi- | cance. The remedy that -ustut‘a |flg.. self is co-operation. Management and labor:must forget the sore spots of confl] and“ through. whole- hearted - co-operation fix by preper studies . a ‘minimum wage to corre- | with & standard amount of pro- duction, with additienal compensation past’ spon for additional’ output. furnish-an incentive to the me: ‘would Member of the Associated Preu‘ The Associated Press ix exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published her:in. it was stated. would save| a Ty 0 e mation” of |Slon on such confidential matters as estimates and designs and duplica-| tion in bidding was said to run into the past said h| France as a rity equal number of representatives of men, declaring that they were busy only on an average-of about 130 days{ It recommended the fol- lowing means of reducing. seasonal n activities, increasing the umufié.. :: employment bureaus and- educating not due en- “The strike was declared to b the great -economic wastes fn the “The waste to the men engaged, the t p\lbll: is hard to Al rights dispatches of publicativn of special herein are alw reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 88,358 TWO CENTS. - FINAL RAIL SETTLEMENT COMES BEFORE CABINET Some Deflnltfi Announcement From Government Expected as Result of Meeting Held Tcday. Proposed terms for a §nal settle- | ment between the governnient and the [railroads are understood to have been t+hefore the cabinet at today’s meet- ing. It was indicated that some definite announcément on the subject was imminent. Althpugh details_of the plan drawn up by administration officials have not ‘been disclosed, it is understood that they provide for a funding arrange- ment, as well as for direct payment of money owed to the roads by the ‘railroad . administration. The War Finance Corporation, it is expected, wijll be’brought in as an agency of the government in making the ad- Justment. S.NOTTOTAKE "WORTHLESS PAPER' No Thought of Accepting Such Securities for Ten Billion Debt. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. America has no thought of accepting worthless securities of any kind in pay- ment of the allied debt of $10,000,000,000. | Great Britain has not asked that the { United States accept German bonds in iexchange for her debt and America ! wouldn't agree to it if the request were made. - . Unless Congress grhts the executive | {branch of the government sufficient | lauthority and broad powers to nego- | tiate with all the foreign governments | who owe the United States money, there | | is a serious danger that negotiations | lover refunding may be prolonged over many years and the interest payments delayed indefinitely. ! These three principles underlie the controversy which has_arisen between jan element in the Senate and the | Treasury - over the effort of Secretary | Mellon to get enough power to handie | i the foreign debts of the United States. | | Answers to Senators. Mr. Mellon has spent practically the entire week answering the questions i of senators, some of whom seem to give the impression that they fear| Mr. Mellon will either cancel the for- eign debts or accept securities that| are not worth much. They either do| not know Mr. Mellon's ability as af banker and business man or they do | not have confidence in him. | As a matter of fact, Secretary Mel- | {lon is the last man in the world to| have a worthless Security passed ! across his desk. and is the least like- | 1y to forgive or remit obligations of | such character. because all of his life he has been trained to negotiate and bargain, and his own private suc- cess is testimony to what his nat- ural Inclination is in any transaction. ! Not to Amswer Alone. But the Secretary of the Treasury 1s notito be empowered to decide the matter alone. The request for au- | thority means that President Harding | { himself will have to approve any! settlement made by the Secretary of | the Treasury before it is actually| valid. In other words, those senators who | |don't know Mr. Mellon need only have | faith in their erstwhile colleague, the former senator from Ohio, who now sits in the White House. If they hear—as they are bound to hear—something of the nature of the negotiations with foreign govern- | ments, and they do not like it, they can always express their views privately |to Mr. Harding, but the real reason why the administration wants broad power to negotiate the funding of in- terest and principal on the foreign !debt is that it is impractical to have a legislative body conduct a discus- jare involved. The Treasury will ask, for instance, ithat all cards be laid on the table. Foreign governments will ask that the !information be treated as @nfidential, land in the discussions which are to {take place the utmost secrecy will be |required _until an agreement is ireached. What the United States may |be able to get from one government {it may be able to obtain from another if all the negotiations are public and if all the loans have to be treated as separate propositions. Treasury’s Trouble. The trouble is the Treasury has some authority under one law and another species of authority under another. The loans were made at different stages of the war, and the most practicable way to deal with them is as a unit. Thus all the loans made to Great Britain would be treated as & group and those with group. The Treasury wants plenty of authority to make BARNES STILL TOPS OLF FIELD, TAKING 13 ONTHIRD ROUND “Long Jim,” Continuing Con- sistent Game, Leads Tour- ney by 7 Strokes. FRED McLEOD AND HAGEN TIED FOR SECOND PLACE Local “Pro” and New York Man Have Score of 224—Loeffler Takes 225. James M. Barnes of Pelham. N. Y., led his nearest competitors by seven strokes at the end of the third round of the open golf championship of the United States over the course of the Columbia Country Club today. Barnes had a 73 in his third round, to make his total for fifty-four holes 217. His card follows: Fred McLeod, professional of the local club, and Walter C. Hagen, champion in 1919, were tied for second place, seven shots behind Barnes, with fifty-four-hole totals of 224. Hagen had a scintillating round of 72 this morning, while McLeod, after a fine out nine of 36, began missing short putts and finished with a 76. Emil Loefler of Oakmont, Pittsburgh. was in third place, with a card of 225, his round this morning being 74. Jones and French in Fogrth. Emmett French of Youngstown, Ohio, and Robert T. Jones, jr.. of At- lanta, were in a tie for fourth place with totals af 226, while Charles Evans, jr., of Chicago, the amateur champion, was a stroke behind French and Jones. Tied at 228 for sixth place were George Duncan of England, who played erratic golf thi morning, and Clarence Hackney Atlantic City. Sh Barnes today was shooting muel the same sort of golf that enabled him yesterday to obtain a four-stroke lead over McLeod and Charles R. Murray of Montreal. Although Barnes' tee shots on the first five holes were sliced, he was putting well, and was able to make the first nine holes in 37, | with the aid of a remarkable niblick shot on the second hole, where his ball leaned against the pin for a two and dropped in when the pin was removed. He also securgd a birdie 3 on the seventh hole. Coming back, Barnes started rather badly, missing his second shot on the eleventh hole and taking 5 to par 4 hole. From that point out, however, he played perfect golf with the exception of the sixteenth hole, where he missed a six-foot putt for a 2. With the large lead Barnes hus assumed over Hagen and Mcleod consensus of opinion today was that he would be the_open champion afi his round this dfternéon. President Harding will present the champlonship cup to the winner of the tournament when the final result is known this aftergoon. MclLeod Gains on Barmes. Although Fred McLeod of Colum- bia Country Club missed a short putt on the ninth hole to go out in_ 35 he appeared to e gaining on Jim Barnes on the first nine holes by a couple of shots. Barnes, playing rag- ged golf, was 2 over 4s at the seventh hole. On the second hole Barnes holed his niblick shot for a 2, the ball dropping §n when the pin was removed. He took a 5 on the par 4 third hole and another 5 on the par 3 fourth. Starting his inward trip McLeof® got a lucky break when his tee shot on the tenth hole jumped a trap. Charles R. Murray of Montreal, who last night was tied with McLeod for second place with a score of 148, failed to majntain the pace in his 18 hole morning round. He was out in 39 and home in 43 for a total of 82, twelve strokes over par and a grand total of 230 strokes for fifty-four holes. McLeod's forenoon card— Out..4 8 4 4 4 5 4 8 5368 Tn..03 4 6 5 4 5 4 4 5407624 Hagen Pushes to Fore. Walter Hagen, New York pro, made a brilliant forenoon round. After & brilliant outward trip_he came home in 38, for a_total of 72, two strokes over par, giving him a grand total of 224 for the three rounds. Several of the players withdrew from the tournament this morning. Jack Kennedy, Country Club of Pitts. burgh, and John Petranck, the PHns cess Anne Club professional, did not start their rounds. Frank Bellwood of Garden City, Y., withdrew after playing nine holes. , Hagen’s morning card: Out—4 4 335 4 33 5—34 IN— 654 5 3 5 4 3 4 5388 The weather today, is it has been all through the tournament, was pag- ticularly favorable for golf. President agreements, because it does not want to have any one hereafter cast doubt | (Continued on Fn.xe 2, Column 79 | Today’s News U. S. has no thought of accepting worth- less securities for ten-billion" allied debt. Page 1 President to spend week end camping along upper Potomac. Page 1 Loss of $500,000,000 yearly in unemploy- Taent reported in bullding industry. Page 1 ‘Maj. Campbell denies he received $5,000 in Bersgnll case. Page 1 President names Shipping Board's claim commission. Page 1 Drive for peace in Ireland now centers in Dublin. Page 1 Local pressmen petition recall of presi- dent and four directors of interna- tional. Page 2 U. S. awaits Japan’s decisjon on dis- ‘armament. ‘ Page 2 Crisis still looms in Anglo-French con- troversy over troops. Page rates. Page 3 ‘members at Page 10 Accused Tllinois governor resists arrest as being immune. Page 12 Secretary Denby declares bombing tests .shqw Navy needs airplane.. ers at once. ~Page 13 ‘would ( i 3 n ana |00t committee of four commercial and civic . organizations seeks to solve trolley problem. Page 13 C. J. Owens criticises former cabinet | ; Manassas. Harding was expected to arrive ‘at the club during the afternoon to pres sent the prizes to the winning players Cards for Third Round. The third round scores with the totet for fifty-four holes (ollow:m Jim Barges, Pelham, - 75 13-2A% Peter O'Hara, Shackamaxon, 3 ‘Westfleld, . 81 82 76289 o T 1 53 632! on 5 82 80 85—24F, . ‘Thom, Southampton, N. h A Sers 182 86 T8—248 Louis Teliier, West Newton, . 176 74 78228 ‘Tom Kerri ., A 73 81 A F. Natale, Tai 8 8 W. J. Damen, Woodley, M Wsr)l'. Ala. 81 84 Joe Bylvester, °N - 5 81 82 7 7 o™ 7w E 82 & 84 T4 7 0 ... T ‘Westbury. N, Y. .. 255 s Laurie Ayton, Evanston. iy Novak. Bpokane, Wash; 80 " H. Trovinger. s, Hirmingham, ich. .. 79 Charles R. urray. Royal G, C., Montreal ........ 2 x. James erguson, Spring Lake, N. J... z Mike Brady, Oskland Hill, De- t 3 "Hara, Pl Ontaten island, X. ce Hackney,' ~Atl City G Qeorge Iwincan, X lantic ild glve recogmition to deserving mec] " & 5% H ‘The *Philadelphia plan” ayy men tackle problem of protecting by the report a8 one of the n‘.fi“?f& “'ships from air after _German adjusting labor difficulties and elimi-| Ostfriesland is sunk at Norfolk. nat ‘waste. This plan, it was stated, _Page 13 provides for a tribunal or council of | Representative Mondel] says Congress the b ng industry, composed of an|. passes one bill every two days in equal’ number of Tepresentatives of | this session. > Page 13 employer and employed. It also House passes tariff bill; delay in Sen- “(Con on Page 12, Column 4.) ate predicted. © " Page 13 NN P28 IEMIIABL o Engiand 72 George McLean, Grasey Sprain 81 S (Continued on Fage 4,