Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1921, Page 2

2 MAJGRITY I HOUSE HOLDS TAX CALKS Expected to Be Approved and Beported. Repubiican members of the House met in caucus at 1 o'clock this after- noon té pass upon the provisions of the bill revismg the revenue laws which has been drafted by the ma- jority members of the House ways and means committee. Lo Approval of the bill is expected. As soon as this has been given by the republican caucus, the bill wid be formally reported by the wavs an means committee to the Hous - jal rule will ing to the sage of bate on it under a in Wednesday. plans of the leaders. with pa the bill expected by Saturday. Outstanding Feature £ rafted is desl ed to e Il rrery 5300000000 dur- fn= 1922, and its most outstanding fea- tures are provisions for repeal of the profits’ taxes and the income in excess of 32 per cent and e in the normal corporation nt, making the maxi- ium 15 pe 3 i M ther Amendments to the 1018 law fnelude additional exemptions for heads milies and married men receiving small incomes, T of the stamp fixes on toilet preparations and pro- prieta the substitu- tion of taxes for the led tails of y have previous Shafority of the ways and means committee expect the republi- can conference to make few. if any, changes in the committee draft. For- mal presentation of the bill to the House late today was planned. and it then would be made public. Democratic members of thei ways and means committee will begin a Study of the measure after it is intro- duced with a view to determining Whether they will offer a minority re- port. ATTACKS TAX PROGRAM. Democratic Committee Chairman Sees “False Show of Economy. The administration tax revision pr gram was attacked last night by Chair. man White of the democratic national committee, who declared. in a formal statement. that business men would not be fooled by the methods adopted by the republicans “in order to make a false show of economy.” p “The sudden change in the republi- can tax bill prozram decided upon at the recent White House conference,” said Mr. White, “has only added con. fusion and uncertainty to the govern- ment's fiscal situation, and business and financial circles ~generally are Surprised and disappointed at Presi- dent Harding's repudiation of Secre- tary of the Treasury Mellon as his fis cal” adviser, and his in- stead of Chairman Fordney the ways and means committee as the financial guide of his administration. Secretary Mellon’s Estimate. ecretary Mellon toid Congress, presumably with the knowledge and approval of the President, that he will Tieed $4.554,000.000 to meet government expenditures 1 year. He told Congress also, in view of these expenditures, that taxes cannot be re- duced. “This meant. of course, that the re- publican campaign promise to reduce federal taxes would not, and, in fact, could not, be kept. recognition of “Chairman Fordney. who wrote the wonderful tariff bil s hich the Sen- ate is expected ¢ ave only the enacting clause, came the political rescue of the adminis on and an- nounced a plan to reduce taxes re- gardless of the amount of money needed ts meet expenditures, which would create a deficit to be taken care of by borrowing the money. thus in- creasing the public debt, but as the optimistic Mr. Fordney saw it, his| plan would make it appear that the party was keeping its campaign pledge to reduce taxes and was mak- ing a grand record of economy. President Chooses Fordney Plan. “Upon his return from his vacation President Harding was called upon to 1 i These men, headed by John D. Owens, 310,000,000 GOLD COMES. Receipts by Steamers in New York Reported. NEW YORK, August 15.—More gold reached New York yesterday in Lwo transatlantic steamships. The Red Star liner Lapland brought fifty-five boxes, vaiued between $3,500,000 and §4.000,000, and the Cunard liner Be- rengaria, formerly the Imperator. car- ried twenty-two boxes, valued at $1,: 000. The steamship Vaulban alse brought $1,000,000 in gold from South America. About §10,000,000 has arrived in four steamsiip: PRIVATE COMPANY LEASES ERIE SHOPS ’Railway Service Corporation Takes Over Repair Work at Marion, Ohio. MARION. Ohio. August 15. — The iroud Company today an- nounced that its local shops and round- {house had been leased by the Rail- way Service Company of Marion and would be operated by that concern, be- ginning immediately. The Railway: Servie Company an_ organization founded by local manufacturers and pitalists and it will take over all | repair and other work now done in the shops, an announcement stated. Manager Baldwin's Statement. Announcement of the new plan of operation of the shops was made here today by W. A. Baldwin, manager of the Ohio region of the railro | declared that all repair work former- {1y done here by the railroad would be continued under direction of the new company. Between 400 and 500 persons are now employed in the shops. Mr. Baldwin's stitement said that the plan was adopted with the idea that “local conditions can best be appreciated and most intelligently met by the kmowledge and interest of local supervision and support.” Much of the maintenance and con- struction work of the railroad has herctofore been done by contractors in communities through which the road runs, it was sald. Text of Announcement. The announcement follows: “The Erie railroad has long been of the opinion that the most favor- able result o both the railroad and the community it serves can best bel obtained by the fullest co-operation { and amalgamation of interests so far as possible. It recognizes that its} duty to the public and the communi- | ties along its line is that of furnish- {ing transportation and that all thel fenergies of its employes and officers | should be directed so far as possible : solely to this end. “It has. therefore, in the past, under | favorable conditions, contracted much { Erie railroad has here shown its ap- preciation for the interest in its wel- fare indicated by citizens of Marion and now that there is opportunity de- sires that its activity shall be even more in common with the interests of the citizens. Company Accepts Opportunity. “The Erie has accepted an oppor: tunity to lease its shops and round houses to the Railway Service Com- pany, whose officers and stockhold- ! ers are all substantial and respected | citizens of Marion and whose inter- ests are those of the community. as president, huve had ample ex- perience in the character of work to be performed, and have made a success of previous undertakings, and { the railroad feels fortunate in having! its work of repairs conducted by such | a_local company and the employesj of the Railway Service Company are assured of fair treatment in accord- ce with the practice of the exten- jside of the ri {WAR VETERAN ARRESTED. |4 Fulton Ligon for a day. LLEGAL NEASURES DUNPED N HIVER 1oy Faulty Scales Also Amang Truekload: of Confiseated Articles. A truckload of faulty scales and il- legal measures, confiscated during the last few months by inspectors of the office of weights and measures, were dumped into the river today. The destruction of the seized- prop- erty resulted in the disclosure that George M. Roberts, superintendent of weights and measures, has been con- ducting a quiet campaign recently to put out of commission all scales that are inaccurate beyond repair. any Seizures Made. Mr. Roberts estimated that his men have seized between 200 and 300 sets of weighing apparatus that were not giving correct results and could not safely be repaired. The lot included a number of the double-end dry measures, which are not permitted under the weight and measure law which became effective June 4. Vegetables and fruits that were formerly sold'in these measures must now be sold by numerical count or by the pound. Will Continue Campaign. In some cascs, Mr. Roberts said, the seizure of alleged faulty scales has been followed by prosecutions in Po- lice Court. Mr. Roberts' inspectors will continue to keep watch on all retail establish- ments for scales that do not give correct weight. LAW STUDENT DROWNS. Jack M. Goffin of Georgetown Falls FUNDS 0 BE ASKED From Canoe in Potomac. d AL Goffin, twenty vears old. i 8 tudent at Georgetown Uni- versity, was drowned from a canoe i in the Potomac river about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Accompanied by Jonn Norwood, also a university student, Goffin w crossing from a camp on the Virgini er to Sandy Beach, on the District side, when he suddenly went overboard. Friends quickly entered the water in an effort to rescue the young man. They failed, however, and the body was later recovered by William T. {“Tremendous Success” of | Training to Spur Appeal for More Money. Reynolds and Policeman Charles M. !appropriations for the conduct of Birkigt. Efforts at resuscitation | citizens' training camps next year, on proved futile. The body was taken | tne ground that “the tremendous suc- to the morgue. It is not certain how the student left the boat. Coroner Nevitt made an investigation and reached the con- clusion that death resulted from an accident. It was suggested that he probably suffered an attack of heart cess” of the camps this summer jus- tifle: permitting the training of a greater number of citizens In the camps next year and afterward. of the work of maintenance of road- |t nd fell from the frail craft.| Gen. Pershing. chief of staff, who beds, buildings, structures, etc., asj deceased was emploved as | has just returned from an inspection well as the maintenance of its cars.|clerk in the internal revenue bureau | tour of the camps ut Meade, Md.: engines and other equipment. to local land residcd at the Phi Alpha Fra- | Jackson, S. C.; Knox, . Grant, 11l companies whose stockholders, ternity House, 1872 California street. |and Snelling, Minn.. announced today cers and employes are citizens of the | His relatives live at 491 Oak street, [ that he would do all he could to make community and where favorable re-!New Haven, Conn. Goffin and some | it possible for all applicants 10 be ac- bring profits and assist in the|friends had a camp on the Virginia |commodated next rity of the ncighborhood. shore and had spent much time there [ Appropriations camps t Local conditions can best be ap-|this summ His body probably will { year caused the Army to limit th: | preciated and most intelligently met e taken to New Haven for burial. number of applicants to 11.0 The by the knowledge and interest of! number of applicants was 40,589, It local supervision and support. The| is the general's hope that funds will be made available for at least 40,000 next year, and. he said. President Harding was in favor of 100,000. The general will continue his in- epection of the training centers soon and will 'zo to Camp Devens. Mas 2 and Plattsburg, N. Y. Referring to Reed V. Richmond. twenty-three|¢he camps already visited, the general years old, 2388 Champlain street, who | he Ca P Al ea Y ¥, sty im- lost one leg and one eye while SeIVINg {pressed with the class of training in the Navy. was returned here today [ Bivan the boys at each place and from Denver, Col. by Detective Jett |particularly with the enthusiasm with having motored to the Colorado city | mich it was received.” in an automobile he had Aired from RESUME TARIFF HEARINGS He is Takes Charged With Forging Name of Brother to Check. charged with having forged the name f his brother, Albert Ricgmond, to a heck that was presented td the dealer. Richmond told Detective Jett his only object in taking thelmutomobile was to motor to Denver and return. Being eo badly maimed, the young man stated, he received every consid- eration. Gas and oil purchased on the | tariff bill was resumed today by tfte trip were charged to various residents | Senate finance committee, which be- of this city, merchants being satisfied | gan open hearings on rates in the o e T e conditions. m | chemical schedule and heard requests Senate Finance Committee Up Chemical Schedule. Consideration of the permanent ‘George M. Roberts, supcrintendent of weights and measure: Wright, with truckload of confixcated faulty xcalex and fllegal mensures, w Congress will be asked for increased | the expenditure of more money. | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1991 HAVE SHORT WEIGHED AND MEASURED FOR THE LAST TIME.|R. R. SITUATION BETTER, d Imspeetors George A. Howe amd George C. o the river todny. GIRL'S BODY FOUND FLOATING IN RIVER Believed That of Miss Olive Reynolds, Drawned in Rapids at Little Falls. ! WILL MEET RATHENAU. Vanderlip Denies Arrangement of German Credit Planned. | By the Associated Pross. BERLIN. August 15—Frank Van- {derlip, the Amer financier who has been in this city for some time, expected to meet Dr. Walter Rathe- nau, minister of reconstruction in the man cabinet, tod: He had also planned to confer with other members of the cabinet, and with financiers and heads of industrial firms in Ber- ATE Mr. Vanderlip denied yesterday that he was arranging credits, stating that his trip to Germany was devoted to an investigation of economic questions. DIVORCE SUIT FOLLOWS ALLEGED KIDNAPING Mrs. Elsie W. Haske Institutes Proceedings, Charging Cruelty. As a sequel to the alleged kidnaping case, recently before the Rockville icourt, when Francis J. P. Haske was sald to have taken his five-year-old | son from Washington Grove while the { boy’s mother was at work in the of- Ifice of the Shipping Board, Mrs. Elsie Wall Haske today flled suit in the District Supreme Court for a limited divorce and alimony against her hus- band, charging cruelty and Inade- quate support—The mother asks for the son’s custody and for an injunc- | tion to prevent the father from mo- |lesting her or interfering with the ison's custody. i Through Attorneys Cromelin & | Laws and William A. Coombe, the wife { tells the court that ber husband ten days ago_came to the home of her sis- ter at Washington Grove, obtained possession of the child and drove away with him in a high-powered motor car. He was’ overtaken at Bethesda, Md., and she recovered the boy. The wife says her husband until ré- cently was employed by the Shipping Board at $200 per month, but she has been obliged to secure employment for. the support of herself and child. —_— CO-ORDINATION SYSTEM | rOTTO G. GSANTNER. The ‘body of a young woman, be- lieved:to be that of Miss Olive Rey- nolds, twenty-two years, of 503 River road, Bethesda, Md., was found floating in the river at Chain bridge by a small boy at noon today. From the description given, e | watchman at' the bridge assumead it was the body of Miss Reynolds, who is believed to have been drowned, th SAYS PRESIDENT SMITH | Head 6f New York Central Sees | * Improvement, But Aid Is Needed. The railroad situation throuzhoul" the country is improving, but the car- riers are still struggling under the strain of war-time effects and are still troubled with the many knotty financial problems confronting them. aceording to President Smith of the New York Central railroad, who was fl..(‘}i_"“r today at the White House. 0 doubt if Congress passed the necessary legislation authorizing the War L-‘lnz_m Corporation to turn over to the railroads $500,000,000 this sum will prove a great help to the roads | and emable them to meet current ob- | ligations,” he said. “Many of the railroads have fuel bills of tremen- dous size to meet. in addition to tho coniracted with private concerns for | the Payment of ecquipment furnish- ings.” Mr. Smith stated that the decision | of the ways and means committee to abolish all transportation taxes would, no doubt, result in increased | travel on the railroads. SLAIN PASTOR BURIED. BIRMINGHAM, Ala The body of Rt pastor of St. who wa night b, 15. Paul's Catholic to death E. R. Ste- Methodist minister. was . rday afternon in South- side Catholic cemetery. During the services conducted by Bishop E Father Michael. Henr, thousands of persons the edifice, unable tc The streets from the cemetery were lined in P St. Taul, Allen and bf Mobile, crowded gain entrapce. with dd was suspended. Bishop Allen intoned the pray which preceded the funeral sermon, delivered from the pulpit by Father Henry, boyhood chum of Father Coyl in Ireland, who accompanied him to the United States, the two young priests coming to begin their life's work in the diocese of Mobile. Bishop Allen officiated at the grave- side. er COL. HYER DETAILED. Col. Benjamin B. Hyer, cavalry, has been relieved from duty at the Gen- eral Staff College. Washington bar- racks, and detailed as professor of military science and High School. Boise, Idaho. Women’s $1.50 Corsets, 98¢ Fine Pink or White Coutil Corsets in elas- tic top and medium bust models; sizes 1o 30. Women’s Muskn Underwear, 49¢ Clioice of Fine Ted- dies. Gowns. Drawers. Rloomers and Pett!. coats. in full-cut. reg. ular sizes. Special lot of values to 78c. Women’s Silk Umbrellas, | { time church to the throngs, and all traffic along the route Ranwrm[]F MAN 1316 11324. 7¥ ST.N.W. For Early Fall! BALTIMORE ROXITE LESSENED 3 MILES Direct Road and Bridge Be- tween WMount Rainier and Pike Now Open. Motorists vesterday were enabled to make the Baltimore trip ree miles less distance than previously throug use of the direct route and the bridg. between Mount Rainier, Md, and the entrance to the Baltimore pike just this side of Bladensburg. The road and bridge were thrown open | to traflic Saturday, following completio of the roadbed to the brid; wood kY at Brent- bridge was completed m. g0, but on account of the road condition its opening was held up, while tratfic was compelicd to pass through the town over the railroad crossing which has proved a dangerous place fos many vears Grade Cromxing K minated. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the Prince Georges county road com- mission co-operated in the construction of the bridge for the primary object of eliminating the railioad grade crossing The state road commission paid 50 per cent of the cost for building the road. the county road commission paying 44 per cent and abulling properly owners 10 per cent. | The new route a st nd srs until th igh _— iROAD AID BILL REPORTED. The federal good roads favoraoly reported to the day, and effort will be it before recess. It federal c burse th author! ment, and enths of the roads interstate, while be_intercounty Sixty per cent or more of feder funds would go into interstate roads A sliding scale of federal nid is pro almost str id bill was te to made 10 H provides four-sevenths ma tactics at the | Vided for in states having large pub- lic land ar 50 Women’s 51298 All-Wool Sports Suits choose between the. Mellon plan of providing for enough revenue to meet expenditures and the Fordney plan for juzgling the taxes by fictitious | reductions and a false show of econ- | omy. He chose the Fordney plan, seemingly sacrificing an honest finan- 1 policy to political expediency, { which ought to deceive nobody. ‘The business world has waited long for a sane and ‘honest revenue act in order to adjust its affairs and escape the business stagnation caused by two " delay under republican rule in ing the internal taxes. Tt will satisfied with this sort of politi- cal jugglery. Speaking as a busine ito appear to be an evasion of the et < At Piney Grove, thirty miles fro five gpnanufacturing - concerns off o Ji, M, the car got away |for increases in the dutles provided Raliway Board May Interveme, |from him and turned turtle on & |by the House pill from salt mine own- CHICAGD, Angust 5 ammounce. | mountain grade. It was badly dam-ers and lemoR and orange growers. ZAGO. t 15 aged, but the veteran experienced no|* The two representat of | the ment at Marion, Ohio, that the Erie|trouble getting it repaired in Cumer- |growers of citrus fruits were far railroad has leased its shops and|land. He spent two days in Kansas apart on what they bglieved to be City, two at Colorado Springs and | necessary for the protection of their roundhouse there to a local operating company, which will handle the road's repair work, may bring intervention by the United States Railway Labor; Board if there is any evidence of concerted plan on the part of th roads to follow the practice generally, a member of the board d today. “If it is done to such an extent as made short stops at several places. Ligon, who accompanied Jett he detective and prisoner. R EDITOR KILLED BY BOLT. transportation act,” the board member to | vanced rates. Denver, sold the car and returned with |rector of the California Citrus League, J. B. Smith of Kankakee, Ill., Hit | lime industry. Each. however, asked ad- G. Harold Lowell, di- proposed duties of 20 cents a pound on citric_dcid, 12 cents a pound on citrate of lime and 40 per cent ad valorem on lemon and orange oils. The duties in the bill are: Citric acid, 12 cents a pound; citrate of 7 cents a pound, and lemon and orange oils, 20 per cent. AN AGENCY FOR SAVING Procuring Ships for Government Use Under Budget Bureau Plan 4+ Seen as Economy. Several hundred thousand dollars will be saved to the government in the purchase of ships through the functioning of the co-ordination of the government supply system re- cently organized by the bureau of the budget. The Army Signal Corps is in need with her companion, Otto G. Gsantner, ! 2811 Mills avenue northeast, in aj canoe accident Saturday evening. i Police from the Tenleytown station | were sent to the bridge to examine, the body and if possible to identify it. : It was learned that the woman and | her escort donned their bathing suits | Saturday afternoon before starting! on the trip to the vicinity of Little! Falls, Miss Reynolds leaving her: earing apparel in the boathouse, | hile Gsantner, who had undressed! in another, took part of his clothing | in the canoe. Scene Treacherous Place. | Lieut Dean of the harbor precinct, ! $5.98 Sample lot of all new shades and hlack: ivors handle and_bat- tom: regular $8.50] grade. Women’s 75¢ Silk Gloves, 59¢ Choice of k ‘white and heave: all sizes: 2-clasp style: perfec Special mannish models, tuxedo or notch collar eff apparel for the cool nights just ahea a big saving! bargain lot in_brown 6.75 GEORGETTE AND SATIN DRESSES, That Sold Regularly to $25 of smart tweed 1. green al ects d heather mixed *9.98 man myself, T warn the republican ad- ; 52id, “this board no doubt will take of a new cable ship for its work,|Who has been on duty on the river; Choice of exquisite navy, brown, flesh and white by Lightning. Women's Full- P : § . and as it would be rather expensive years, said tod: that th i te frocks beaded and embroidered for misses d ministration that business men will]some action. (s = -~ AN years, faystha e/acene = georgette D T not be fooled by such methods in§ The Railway Service Company, formed { KANKAKEE, Ill, August 15.—J. B. G'VE BELGIUM PRIORITY. ;ze::rndllsm:hi‘tpw‘;ls 52&::3"&&(;&5 of tha drowning is a particularly | Fashion Sitk women—finest quality satin models In wanted shades and order to make a false shqw of econ- §at Marion to operate the leased shops, ! Smith, for many years editor and pub- * |ernmental expenditure could b. Lres chero s place: H in mew styles. Many models for summer wear and smart omy. Would not be subject to the board'silisher of the Kankakee Daily Dem- S duced by tranaforring to the Army | aroeres ioeae oter s ooayof a man i§ | Hose, $1.39 | [creations for tan wear aul grouned reganiless of cost at 30.95. {jurisdiction under the transportation ocrat, and a leader in eastern 1llinois | o}1jeq Commission Plans Division |one of the Shipping® Boart vesimy | drowned there three years ago mever | AR act, it was pointed out, as it is not a | democratic circles, was struck by hich o i had been recovered, while the body Choice of blark. FARMERS OPPOSE REPEAL. |1(0imon carfier” within the defini | lightning Saturday and — mstantly| of First Reparation Payment. | oiont comie” ohis cdpgut as an M- lot Capt. Lord, an army officer, | |manopany apd pne Advance sale Of Fa“ ST tion of the act. Hence members of{killed. .~ e practically ready to be made. drowned " there ‘about fifteen years | | of the mills | Delegation Callin Whi the board said, its employes would not! Mr. Smith, who was sixty-seven |By the Associated Pre s TRE el o lbe 3 ago, was recovered eighteen months 3 . Calling at White House | (05 botrt, 02 the board's wage rulea. | years old, had started for the elube| PARIS, August 14—The first bil-|grane fos ite enthocal oo buey | after the drowning. size Registers Protest. The government will be pursuing an unsound policy if it repeals the excess profits tax and modifies the surtax as recommended by the ways and means committee, according to a delegation of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion, which had an audience with the President tod: H. C. McKenzie, tax expert for the federation. who acted i as spokesman for the delegation, out- lined to the exceutive the attitude of organization regarding the tax and gave to him what the delegates consider the farmers’ angle rding the revision. ization. according to Mr. opposed to a number of Is other than the repeal < profits tax as recom- the subcommittee. He government will be ke in estimating its aximum and its dis- t a minimum figure, if s policy. of mended ted King th L oF rofits tax mmended delesat that the ther reductions rec- ubcommittee the *d_the President furmers throughout the country are willing to forego any ad- vantages they may have in the mat- ter of non-taxable privileges in the matter of investments-and loans. e ENGLAND SOUGHT U. S. INCLUSION IN DUAL ALLIANCE (Continued from F.rst Page.) | turing plants of Marion are repre- would he substituted for the Anglo- Japanese alliance. No “Amerfenn Attitude.” The American government is not engaging. at this time, in a discussion of her own desires or plans. She ants the powers who are invited Lere to do the suggesting and mold the program. There isn’t any “Amer- jcan attifude” toward the far east which can be reduced to concrete rms. It absolutely conforms for the moment to the general terms of the invitations sent all the powers. Jeyond that the Washington govern- ment hasn't ventured and would pre- Fer not to assume an initiative that 3aight be misunderstood. The Wash- jrzton government has nothing up sleeve. rding hi ger to self, is 1able face up. : {(Copsright, 182L.) itimes the roads can get the work In the words of President|They are represented by Attorneys the United States|pouis Ottenberg and William Henry ¢ all the cards on the{ White. The bonding company is sued If the road is following the leasing| plan generally it will have the effect,| a member of the board 'said, of remov- ing the shop crafts from the benefits of the Esch-Cummins act. He ad- vanced the opinion that the board would have the right to consider such a step a violation of the law. “I doubt, though, whether in normal of his body. {LABOR RAPS ‘RENT HOGS.’ jBaltimore Organization Says done as cheaply by another company | as in their own shops,” the board | Wages Down, But Home Rates Up. Special Dispatch to The Star. member said, “and I think this fact BALTIMORE, August 15—The Balti- will automatically prohibit any gen- eral adoption of the outside work plan. “Figures brought out before the In- terstate Commerce Commission some time ago. when the unions complained the roads were running up their oper- ating costs by having their work done outside, apparently show the carriers can do the most economical repair work with their own men and equip- ment.” The question of outside work was raised at a hearing_before the board last week, when John G. Walber, manager of the information bureau of the eastern roads, declared the roads. “in the interest” of economy, would be forced to let their repair work to other companies unless the board granted their demand for piece- work schedules. The unions, at the rules hearing. opposed the plece work plan. The board 1is expected to render an opinion on this subject in the near future. MARI August Mr. Owen, the president of the Railway Service Company, iS & manufacturer and banker and is & member of the Marion Employers' Association. an organization of local manufacturers. A number of the larger manufac- city, tomorrow will say: “While the members of the Balti- more Federation of Labor, by agree- ing to a 10 per cent reduction in pay, have done their part toward putting the country on a normal basis, owners still demanding war-time rentals, and, {according to a number of well au- thenticated cases, have added still war time. could be enforced, the Baltimore Fed- week passed a resolution “calling upon the state and city authoritles to, devise ways and means, by legisla- upon the ‘Tent hogs' of the city of Baltimore, who seem to have lost all sense of shame, honesty or decency.” —_— POST OFFICE ROBBED. sented in the Marion Employers' As- sociation, and all of these are operated on an “open shop” basis. CONTRACTING FIRM SUED. Plaintiffs ‘Claim Damages, Charg- Burglars Gaithersburg it of $15 in stamps and cash, acco ing to reports received here today. Fhe entry was made through a rear detached. of houses and apartment houses are | Widow of Maj. Not having any rent commission|of the civil war. in Baltimore or any laws by which|and burial were held at Alhambra, the decisions of such a commission | Calif., July 27. house at the golf links hete when the |lion marks paid over by Germany to bolt struck him in the head, tearing|the allies is to be divided between away the clothing from the left side|payment of the costs of the British army of occupation and the payments to Belgium under the latter’s priority claim, the allied financial commission has decided. The commission also decided that the value of the Sarre mines is to be| reckoned as among the payments received by France’ before May 1. As the value of these mines, together With the value of reparations in kind already received by France, exceed France's expense for her army of more Federationist, the official organ|g,cypation, the commission will take of the Federation of Labor of this|the excess into account at the end f flve years, when it is expected ‘éelglum‘s priority claim will have been satisfled. _— MRS. S. E. HILTON DIES. Hilton Succumbs in California. Word was received in Washington further increases to the exorbitant|today of the death at Ventura, Calif., rentals which were charged during{on July 24 of Mrs. Sarah E. Hilton, wife of Maj. George A. Hilton, veteran Funeral services Mrs. Hilton was Miss Sarah E. eration of Labor at its meeting last|{ Wells before her marriage, and was a resident of the District of Colum- bia for many years, where she was well known for her charitable ac- tion or otherwise, to put a check | tivities. BORAH SCORES OFFICERS. Recent announcement by the War Department of an examination this month for 1,000 commissioned officers last night el was criticised in the Senate today by post glfice e::drer",obé‘e’s Senator Borah, republican, ldaho, who rd- |declared that 14,000 officers in an army f 150,000 were ample. ®%n view of the present condition of door from” which a panel had been |the Treasury “and our campaign for Although the post office [ economy,” Senator is located in a building whose upper |less the military committee suggested Borah said, un- floors are used as a dwelling, the|that the examination be canceled he ing Specifications Not Follgwed. C. L. Teague & Co., contractors, and the United States Fidelity and Guar- anty Company are named as defend- ants in a suit filed today in the Dis- trict Supreme Court by F. E. Alex- ander, Nancy W. Alexander, Letitia Alexander and Julia C. Alexander to recover $6,363.55. The plaintiffs say they were put ta this expense because of the alleged failure of the contractors to eréct a building at 216 19th street northwest according to specifications. ing timé today. . et A * PLEADS FOR DISABLED. Disabled Emergency Officers of the World War, submitted to Senate special committee today a statement urging passage of a bill to grant as surety on a bond given by the con- sractora, abysical disability, » iooterelkentiiin fquiat ha LRtk robs introduce & resolution to that bery was not discovered until open- | pop 0 ™ “It the examination is made man- datory the law should be repealed,” Senator Borah added, “for it is almost unthinkable that the department is preparing to add 1,000 officers to an ‘M. S. Stevenson, commander of the | army of 150,000.” OVERCOME BY GAS. Mrs. Bertha Payton, twenty-two Regular Army retirement for such|years old, 214 2dstreet southeast, officers. The emergency officers alone | was found in her room yesterday af- of the six classes of officers who |ternoon sufferi served in the war, the statement said, | gas poisoning. were not_entitled to retirement for|ualty Hospital, where physiclans. said from {lluminating n She was taken to C:i she probably would recover. work. Instead of going to the ex- pense of building them especially for | this department, the Navy Depart- ment will transfer two of its mine planters which it would have to put out of commission. These vessels make ideal lighthouse vessels, as all of the rigging and machinery neces- sary for mine planting is adapted to buoy work. Keeping the vessels in commission will maintain them in better condition than allowing them to lie idle, and they will always be ready for the use of the Navy in the event it becomes necessary again to mobilize the entire fleet. e ATTACK GRAIN RATES. Western Representativis Heard by Interstate Commerce Board. | | Rate experts, statisticlans and econ- | KRights of Columbus Want En- omists were on hand today to testify before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission as to the necessity for reduc- tions in freight rates on grain prod- ucts and hay in the western states. In the case, scheduled for five days|“tudents in a nation-wide American of hearings, twenty states, through |bistory competition will be under- their raliroad commissions, have join- ed with organizations representing grain producers, stock exchanges and grain dealers, as well as many west- | pbreme Secretary William J. McGinley ern bankers, in urging the reductions,|{of New York, announced on his re- on the ground that present rates are|turn from the K. of C. international 80 high as to make it impossible for {convention yesterday, in New York. the producers to realize a reasonable profit from their products. They also | national 1,000, declare that grain and hay prices have | project o !nhe R come down to pre-war prices, and therefore should be accorded pre-war freight rates. The hearings will be before Com- missioner Lewis, but practically_the |, entire commission is expected to hear at least portions of the testimony. Briefs in the case, it is understood, will be dispensed with and argument asked for immediately after the hear- ings. The commission, it is known, is anxious to lose no time in deciding whether the present alleged “emerg- ency” in the grain industry justifies the reductions asked. POLICEMAN FIRED SHOT. Mystery of a bullet hole in a front window "of the residence of Repre-|McSweeney of Boston had been select- sentative Percy E. Quin of Mississippi, | ed as chairman of the Knights ot’co- 2647 Woodley road, was quickly solved | lumbus national by police of the Tenleytown district| Admiral Willl yesterday morning. The bullet lodged | Francis Egan and Profs. Charles 5. in the wall after piercing the window. { McCarthy of Washington and George Backenheimer | Derry' of Union College, Schenectady, fired a shot at'a fleeing colored man, | serving with him. Policeman Henry having caught Rim in the act of a tempting to steal a tire from an tomobile. Backenheimer had no W. T. Reynolds. & boathouse pro- | prietor, said there is water neuly] ninety feet deep near where the ! drowning oocurred. The rocky ledges i in the river below Little Falls, he! said, are ealculated to securely hold | any object which sinks to a depth of | many feet. 1 It was learned by the police that the question of “shooting the rapids'™ had been discussed by both Mr. Gsantner and Miss Reynolds. Both were enthusiastic canoeists and, it is said, felt certain they would be able to make the trip through the rough water -in safety. SEEK 100,000 STUDENTS FOR HISTORY CONTEST rollment of Collegians in N tion-Wide Competition. Enroilment of 100,000 university taken by the Knights of Columbus Auring the coming cellege year, Su- The enroliment will be part of the American_history er with an object | to promote the study and writing of the nation’s history from original sources. The announcement of the competi- on is as follows: “The most conservative estimate of young men and women taking Amer- ican history courses in colleges and universities of the country lcads us | to Delleve that in aiming to enroll 100,000 in the Knights of Columbus history movement we will reach the more “ambitious of these tens of thousands. Substantial cash prizes will be offered to those enrolled who submit the best studies in the Knights of Columbus national history contest, now being prepared.” Mr. MoGinley stated that Edward F. istorical commission, 8. 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