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ate temperature. ended at 2 p. am. today. Full report on Page 12. Closing New York Stocks, l’:a‘e 24. "No. 28264 "Entered as post - JAPAN MIAY REFUSE T0DISCUSS FUTURE . Decision Said to Hinge on Ae- | ceptance of Proposal 4 Made to China. SHISEHARA AUTHORIZED . TO CONFER ON AGENDA Tokio Optimistic Over Outcome of Negotiations on the Cali- fornia Problem. “Br the Associated Press. = TOKIO, September 15.—The foreign oftice announced today that it had re- caived no official information that China had decided to decline the Japanese proposal for the turning ¢ over of Shantung to China. The gov- ernment is making public today the correspondence with China regarding the Japanese proposal. It was intimated in responsible circles here today that if China de- @ clines the recent proposal of Japan with regard to the turning of Shan- tung over to China, which the gov- ernment considers eminently reason- able tn nature, Japan may refuse to} ss the Shantung question at the : di coming Washington conference. Authorized to Negotiate. is understood the goyernmem h:: authorized Ambassador bl\ideh?rn 1o pursue actively negotiations with Seeretary of State Hughes concern- ing the agenda of the conference. The newspapers are speculating at length on the probable nature of Japan's propositions. It is believed here, however. that the question of immigration, as such, will be kept off the program, no matter how much the newspapers demand that it .be included in the agenda. In authoritative circles here op- timistic views are expressed concern- ing the outcome of the negotiations on the California problem. and a set- tlement by direct negotiation between the powers concerned is believed to ‘be preferable to insistence on general immigration rights. However, an im- portant section of Japanese public opinion strongly advocates the rais- ing of the general question of racial equality. Think U. S, Dislikes Allinmee. Commenting on the tentative agenda suggested by the United States gov- ernment, the leading news; pers think jt confirms the idea that the United dislikes the Anglo-Japanese Sihance. e Nich Niohi belleves the United States desires to conclude a: agreement between the great powers ac a substitute for the alliance. “The American. agenda,” says the Nichi Nichi, “proposes to apply the principles of territorial and adminis- trative indepefdence to China and aiso equality of economic opportunity, and 1o extend it above so as to include Siberia. Accordingly, our government should propose equal opportunity in sl the territories bordering on’ the Facific.” OPPOSE CHINA ACCEPTING. p Students Say It Would Confirm Japan’s Position. By the Associated Press. PEKING, September 15.—Acceptance of the proposals of Japan with regard 10 the restoration of Shantung would mean virtual confiscation of Japan's economic position in Tsingtao and Jiaochau bay, while returning to China nominal Jjurisdiction, is the wiew of foreign students of China of the Shantung problem after having analyzed Japan's note, which was made public today at the foreign of- fice. & It was pointed out that the lease of Kiaochau bay includes the shore to the high water line, including the is- lands. This area comprises immense zalt fields which are in the hands of private Japanese. The same applies 1o the extensive former German fiscal lands and buildings acquired under treaty, the former at their value as agricultural lands, now greatly enhanced. = 2 Would Give Clear Title. These holdings would be confirmed with clear title, which they do aot have at present. The agricultural in- dustry amounts to little, it was stated, ‘but_the loss of the salt industry ‘would be serious. Paragraph three of the Japanese proposal, regarding the railway from XKiaochau to Tsinan, brought forth the objection from the observers of the situation that it does not give China the right to redeem the rail- but that joint ownership by China _and Japan in perpetuity is su gested inferentially. The sixth pre posal concerning the Tsingtao cus- toms being rcgarded as part of the Chinese customs, in the same manner as during the German regime, is regard- ed as ambiguous, since under the Germans' it was provided that the customs staff should be German and that the German language might be * used in correspondence. Protests Pouring In. “The same manner as under the German regime,” in the opinion of the Chinese suggests the possible substi- tution of a Japanese staff. It is pointed out that joint management of public utilities,' as. mentioned in the Japanese communication includes dock, piers and roads. The Chinese consider that other nations might have a reasonable fear of preferential treatment toward Japan in the matter of berthing ship: @pportioning docks and the use of aj proaches. Chambers of commerce and guilds of student bodies in various cities are ‘bombarding the government with pr tests against acceptance of the Japan- €se proposals. - 100 CITIZENS TO ASSIST. Tlans Started for Entertaining Arms Conference Visitors. Plans for entertaining the hundreds ©! distinguished visitors who will «ume here in November for the con- forence on the limitation of arma- snents will begin to take shaipe at a smeeting in the boardroom of the Dis- trict building at 3 o'clock this. after- @;con. 2 Commissioner Rudolph, chairman of the citizens’ committee, today made ublic the names of more than one undred representative men and wom- en of the District who have been in- vitéd to membership on the commit- tee. < Commissioners Oyster and-Kuts and talph W. Lee have ‘been named vice chairmen of the committes, wi \Continued on Page 2, Colyma 4.) ‘WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorro Temperature for twenty-fdur today—High: . 3:45. p.m. yesterday; lowest, ; moder- “hours 8T at second-class matter . office Washington, D. C. " 'WASHINGTON, . D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1921— NEXT CAMPAIGN ISSUES CAUSING G.O.P. CONCERN Leaders Seeking Effective Points on Which to ~ OF SHANTUNGHERE| o Before voters—Espect Much of Arma- ment and Unemployment Conferences. BY N. u. MESSENGER. “What effective campaign issue will the republicans be able to get out of the six or seven months’ work of the administration and Congress,” This question is of deep concerp at present to politicians in the adminis- tration and in Congress, and of equal importance to both groups. To repub- lican members of the House it is of immediate exigency, for next summer they are to be up for renomination-on the record of the party .in Congress and for re-election in the succeeding November.: To “the national leaders and managers it is of continuing and abiding relevancy, bearing upon the party’s maintenance in power in the next presidential campaign. Many republicans of prominence ex- pect that the record of accomplish- ment may have to suffice for the first exigencies of politics in the absence of an acute issue. President Harding is said to hold this opinion, and to be shaping the course of the administra- tion accordingly, and advising that the policy be’ carried out in Congress. Much Faith in Arms Parley. The President, it is said, is placing great dependence in the success of the arms limitation conference as a brilliant coup for the administration. But it is not the only arrow in his sheaf. by any means. He and other republicans of prominence in the party councils think that the atten- tion of the country is now fixed upon reducing armaments and that any will be rew=rded with the gratitude of the people and approval by them | of the administration’s efforts. While he has himself warned against ex- pecting too much, in his heart he is confident of getting more than the pessimists count upon. ; _The administration looks to the work of thé unemployment confer- ence to furnish another chapter of &ood work .done in behalf of the peo- | ple. There is every reason to antici- pate a notable achievement in this di- NEWBILL TO RAISE $18,000,000 LESS Senate Finance Committee Adopgs Surtax Schedule With Reduced Taxes. The Semate finance commattes to- day edopted s"¥cliedule of surtaxes on personal incomes; which diifers suime- what from the House b:ll,’ giving slight reductions in the taxes that will bave to be paid. The total loss uf revenue under the committee plan, as compared to the House bill, would be $18,000,000. Under the plan acopted by the committee incomes from $5.600 to $6,000 would pay no surtax; under the House blil it would pay 1 per cent surtax. Under the Senate committee plan_incomes from $6,000 to $8.000 would pay 1 per cent surtax, as com- pared ‘to'2 per cent under the House bill; incomes from 85,000 to $10,050 would pay 2.per cent;~as eompared to 3 per cent in the Housa bill. The surtaxes increase by 1 per cent for each additional $2,000 income up to all incomes over $66,000, which would pay 32 per cent, the same as in the House bill, except in the case of incomes between $20,000 and $2: 000, when the increase jumps 3 per cent under the Senate committee plan. In other words, the surtax on in- comes from $18,000 to $20,000 is 7 per cent, while the surtax on incomes from $20,000 to $22,000 is 10 per cent. The committee expects to complete its _consideration of the tax revision bill this afternoon, though it will meet tomorrow morning to give at- tention to any loose ends that may be found. SERiZE Modifies Gain and Loss Rules. The committeé adopted the House capital gain and loss provisions in a modiffed form. The committee will recommend & 16 per cent tax on cap- ital net gain on sale of capital assets, but will provide, in the case of a net loss, that the entire net loss may.be deduced. The House imposed a tax of 121 per cent on capital net gain and allowed only 123% per cent de- duction in the case of a net loss. The Senate committee adopted the House bill tax on life insurance com- panies. In the case of all other in- surance companies, however, the pres- ent policy of taxation will be re- tained, except that the premium taxes will be repealed on-all classes jof insurance. The committee decided to adopt the House policy relating to the taxation of foreign traders, with certain technical amendments. Bullding Loan Returns. | Under the House bill- building” and {loan associations exempted from mak- i those making loans only to ruembers. loan associations- that this might ex- clude the bulk of the building and loan associations from the proposed exemptions. So the Senate committee will recommend that all building and loan associations shall be exempt from making income tax returns if substantially all their loans are to members. After it votes finally on the bill the committee is expected to reject a substitute to be offered by Senator Smoot ,republicna, Utah, and embody- ing a manufacturers’ tax on finished articles. Senator Calder, republican, New York, also_planned to offer his proposal to tax 2.7 per cent beer. Treasury experts have yet to com- plete their calculations as to the ad- ditional revenue which. will be re- ceived through the changes thus far agreed upom, but, roughly, it was estimated that for this' fiscal year the bill would yield nearly $3/450,000,000, ‘or almost as much as the present aw. |STRAW HAT HELD IMMUNE. Magistrate Says Summer Headgear May Be Worn Until Christmas. NEW "YORK, September 15.—The open'season on straw hats was closed abruptly today by Magistrate Mc- Quade.. If his warnings have effect, New Yorkers may wear them even un- tfl Christmas immune from destruc- tion. He announced that hereafter any . smashers, of straw. headgear would be given the ‘extreme .penait: for. felonious assault or larceny an sent to the workhouse. As a warning one young man who -kicked a hat around was fined §5. ) measure of success in this directiony| ing income tax returns are limited to | against soldiers and sailors it should rection. Reports given out by the Department of Labor show that nat- ural conditions are tending toward an improvement in the industrial situa- tion. If the conference can succeed in making suggestions and proposing plans which will “push over the top’ the movement now under way as re- ported, the administration will' be ex- pected to get the credit for the opera- tions of cconomic conditions as well #s the stimulus given by the con- ference. Count on Business Improvement. The administration and the poli- ticlans are both counting heavily on| the ex ected general improvement in s to redound to the credit of ty in power. All reports indi- cate that the zero hour in depression has passed and that from now on there will be a steady improvement in all lines. The public is not ex- pected to draw too fine a distinction between the contributory efforts of administration and legislation to the betterment of the times, but just as they would blame the incumbent po- litical party for depression they may be counted upon to give it credit for improvement. The tax legislation of this session is progressing so rapidly and with bright promise of early enactment that republicans are heartened to look for immediate favorable response from the business of the country. The genuine retrenchments in expendi- tures to be put in force by the ad- ministration will not be lost sight of by the business interests of the coun- try. it is held. . Politicians are realizing the con- stant lessening of interest in the tariff as a potential political issue. Sugges- tions thrown out of the possible post- ponement of final action on a general tariff bill have brought no serious complaints from the country. The whole trend of the political situation, in the opinion of many poli- ticians who are watching affairs, is toward the probability that no out- standing issue is in sight and that dependence must be placed upon what has been done rather than to con- jure up something to be promised. POISONOUS GASES 'INWARTO STAY American Military Experts Uphold Use in Order to .Shorten Confljcts. . BY DAVID LAWRENCE., . Polson gas as a means, of warfare has come to stay. Amerioa's mititgi- experts join with those of othér-coun- tries in insisting that the gas bomb is just as humane as the torpedo or the 1.000-pound shell. Any idea that the United States Army experts: will al~ vise the American delegation to the conference on limitation of arma- ments to propose the “abolition of poison gases can be dismissed as out of the question.” . President Harding. in .his invitation to ,the other powers pointed out that “it.may be found advisable to formu- late proposals by which jin.the interest of manity the use of new agencies warfare may be suitably com- trolled” A canvass by this corre- spondent of military authorities de- velops the fact that the American Army holds chemical warfare to be a recognized and desirable means of warfare—that is, just as desirable as any other means of killing the troops of the enemy. The experts say they hope the time will never come when war is necessary to settle disputes between nations. They are just as anxious for per- manent peace as any other Americans. But Mr. Harding himself in his speech to the Army War College spoke his doubts about permanent peace, and indicated that armies and navies would always be necessary. Inasmuch as the commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy feels that way, the experts declare it is their solemn duty to advise upon the use of those agencies of warfare which will bringa conflict to an abrupt ending. Prejudice Universal. The prejudice against:the use of poison gas is, of course, universal. When the Germans first introduced it the same outcry was raised as against the submarine torpedo. Yet before the war was over both sides used the gas bomb, and America invented such destructice gas bombs as might have ultimately annihilated the German army if the armistice had not inter- fered. % The public has little idea of the awfulness of the new agencies of war. ut the experts declare that the more destructive an agency is the more unlikely is there to be war. ‘The American military authorities, however, are a unit jn expressing the opinion that while gas may be used not be employed against non-com- It was feared by the building. and|batants or any areas in which non- combatants and troops may be mixed. The use of poison gases should be re- served for attack on strictly military or naval areas. Conference Consideration. ‘When the agenda for the coming conference is completed, rules of warfare will be found to have been included. It can’t be excluded grace- fully, for”the American government has publicly expressed itself on' the subject and the other powers have agreed to it without exception. But when it comles to framing rules of fare, the conference will find it- self absorbed for months in a phase of the problem entirely apart from that which is involved in reducing military or naval expenditures. The cost of gas waffare is relatively small. Armies and navies may be (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) —ee LLOYD GEORGE HAS CHILL Premier Summons Doctor to Attend Neuralgic -Suffering. INVERNESS, - Scotland, September 16.—Lord Dawson, physician extraor- dinary to King George, has been .George, the prime minister, who is suffering from &_chill and-neuralgia, at Gairloch, it ‘was, learned this forenoon. A dentist also has been summoned. It was t the premier’s official idence hLboqn_in‘: Btry Thursday night, that he was sufferi; from. a ,chill d that it wou! necessary for him to remain indoors a few days. nounced ng _be ! WITH SUNDAY MORKING EDITION. Member...of the. Associated . Press The Asociated Pross is exclusively estitled to the wee for republichtion of 411’ news ‘dispatebes credited "t 1t or not ofberwise eredited o this —_— p.nm-hmlmluum‘ berein. "TWO C THIRTY_-SIX PAGES. NEXTIRISHPEACE | - STEPIS ARQUSING INTENSE CONCERN Lloyd George’s Canceling of Parley Follows Receipt of De Valera’s Note. DOOR STILL LEFT OPEN; TRUCE TO BE CONTINUED Press Expresses Surprise, Disap- pointment and Alarm Over Pre- mier's Sudden Action. By the Associated Press. % LONDON, September 16.—Prime Minixter Lloyd George, from whom the mext move in the Irixh mego- tiations ix looked for, was still all- ing at his vacation time home at Gailock this morning. He was re- ported to be better, however, a: as coRtemplating don earlier than he to consult colleagues on the Irish peace situatie The government, it Is thought, will decide upon a general elee- tion to obtain an indorsement of policy from the public. LONDON, September 16.—Relations between England and Ireland today Stood as they did before Eamonn De Valera came to London on July 14, to discuss with Prime Minister Lloyd George a possible basis for ending the Irish controversy. The Sinn Fein leader yesterday made public his note to the prime minister affirming his stand that Irish republican plenipo- tentiarfes could enter a conference only as delegates of an independent power, and Mr. Lloyd George quickly announced the cancellation of his in- vitation of Irish leaders to a parley at Inverness. Peace Door Still Open. It was made plain by the prime minister that he could not meet the 8inn Fein delegates if the claim of Irish independence and sovereignty were insisted upon, but he did not close the door to further exchanges with the republicans. Mr. Lloyd George is indisposed, and is confined anticipated where he has been spending a vaca- tion, and ‘it is expected :ere .that members of the British cabinet’ will confer with: him before 'the govern- ment takes ‘further steps. ‘When the cabinet met at Inverness mber 8, a co:mmee was ap- ¥ wit] orge, * = Eafl Curzon, Sir Lami mnftnniaum. ‘Winston: yurchill, *Edward = Shortt, Robeft Munro, Lord Birkenhead. Sir Hamar Greenwood and Sir Robert Stevenson Horne. These ministers’ left Inver- ness for various parts of Scotiand and England immediately after the Inver- ness meeting, and it would take sev eral days to gather them. for.a co: ference on the present critical sit- uation. The British parliament adjourned on August+19 until October 18, but Prime Minister Lloyd George announced before adjournment that if negotiations with the Sinn Fein broke down and the posi- tion became hopeless, the speaker of the house of commons would be empowered, after consultation with the: government, to summon parliament on forty-eight bours’ notice. Truce Will Comtinue. ‘There was no {indication here today that either the British government or the Sinn Fein would denounce the truce arranged two months ago, and resume the guerrilla warfare that cost scores of lives and destroyed property valued high in the millions. Warfare is the last thing either side desires, and fio effort, ap- parently will be sfined to prevent any overt act that will place on either the responsibility for resuming hostilities. Just what the Sinn Fein would do was seemingly a difficult question today. Two points made by MTr. Valera in .his note to Mr. Ldoyd George were closely examined by those who were trying to determine what plan the republicans had in mind. The first was the statement: *“Odr nation has formally declared its independence and recognizes itself a Sovereign stite, and it is only as repre- sentatives of that state and its chosen guardians that we have authority and powers to act in behalf of our people.” Talk of Irish Plebiscite. It was suggested that the dail eireann might_intend to go to the Irish people ‘with the question, and seek to determine by a plebiscite what the desires of the people are. The result of such a pleb- iscite would, it ‘was pointed out, either confirm the stand made by the republi: can leaders or ‘would give them a man- date to waive the demand for separation and enter a conference with the British government. There has been a strong party in Ireland that has been urging an election to determine the steps taken, there being a number of men in the councils. of the Sinn Fein who have be. lieved it would provide a means for ac- cepting the British government's offer of dominion status. ‘The other sentence which attracted aftention was the one referring, ap- parently, to the separation of Ulster and southern Ireland, and it was con- sidered possible that new efforts ‘would be made to approach the Ulster government with & view to reaching a working agreement and then ‘ap- proaching the . British government once more. May Reassemble Parliament. The Belfast correspondent of the Press Association says the Irish News of that city prints a message from a well informed Dublin source to- the effect that the government contem- plates an early reassembly of the British parliament. This step would be taken, it is said, with the view to declaring a general election so that a new government might be formed which would be invested with the right to formulate domestic policies and appoint delegates to the confer- ence on limitation of armaments to be held in Washington. “In this event,” the correspondent to his rooms at Gairloch, Scotland, | OVER 100 STREETS | WL BE INPROVED 0il or Tar.to Be Applied for Protection During Win- ter Months. AWARD PAVING CONTRACT $200,000 Worth of Asphalt to Be Laid—Number of Streets Will Also Be Graded. More than one hundred streets in all sections of the District will be treat- ed with oil or tar far protection, dur-: ing the winter months, ih compliange i an’ order’ Sdvjited » the Cowmi- R TR TG contract today to the Cranford P: ing Company for approximately $20 000 worth of asphalt paving. includ- ing new -streets and resurfading: Cranford's low bid was $3.17 per square yard. ® > The W. F. Brenizer Company and the George B. Mullin Company were given contracts for the grading of-a number of streets. S Streets to Be Ofled or Tarred., The streets and roads that are to.bs. treated with. oil or tar follow: Northwest—Davis street from Mas.' sachusetts to Wisconsin averiue; Ed- munds_street between, the.same, ave- nues: Garfleld streei from .Wisconsin to Cleveland avenue; 32 street from Garfeld street to Woodley road; Mas- sachusetts avenue, Nebraska to West- ern avenue; River road, Wisconsin avenue to Davenport street; Chesa- peake street, Grant to River road: Davenport street, Howard place to Wisconsin avenue; 41st street, Daven- port to Ellicott street; Ellicott street, Belt road.to Wisconsin avenue; Har- rison street, Belt road to Wisconsin; Ingomar street, Connecticut avenue to Belt road; Jocelyn street, Connecti- cut avenue to 39th street; Kanawha street, Connecticut avenue to 39th street; Keokuk street, 37th street to Belt road; Jenifer street, Connecticut avenue to Belt road: 35th street, Huntington to Keokuk street; Living- ston street, Connecticut avenue to 37th street; Morrison street, Connec- ticut avenue to 37th street; 37th street, . Oliver to Livingston street; Patterson stree, Olivér to Chevy Chase Circle; Northampton street, Connecticut avenue and 37th street; McKinley street;, 32d to 33d street; 32d street, McKinley to Rittenhouse; Connecticut avenue, Jenfer to Chevy Chase Circle; Grant , Connecticut avenue to Chesapeake street; Reno road, Huntington street to Belt road; Connecticut avenue, Jenifer to Keo- kuk; 34th, Woodley road to Lowell street; Chapell road, Connecticut ave- nue to Broad Bridge road; Belt road, ‘Wisconsin avenue to Chévy Chase Circle; Mfllllri road, Georgia avenue to Rock Creek Ford road; Blagden avenue, 16th. street to Rock Creek Park; Girard street, 11th street to Georgia avenue; W streét, Flagler place to 4th street; V street, 2d to 5th. street; V_street, Flagler place to 2d street; Adams street, 1st to 2d street; Ontario road, Florida avenue to Eu- clid street; 17th street.Crescent place to Euclid; Eastern avenue, Laurel to Walnut; 6th. street, Cedar to Aspen street; Dahlia street, 5th to 7th; Long- follow street, Georgia aventie to 14th street; Klingle road, Park road to Adams Mill road; 9th street, Hamlin to Longfellow; Jefferson street, Georgia avenue to 7th street; Illinois avenue, Hamilton to. Kennedy; 8th street, Jef- ferson. to Longfellow; Nortor street, Sherman avenue to Warder; Manor place, Warder to Park place; Park place, from Luray place to Rock Creek Church road; Harvard street 5th to 11th; Hobart place, Georgia avenue to. Park place; 5th street, Harvard street to Hobart; Kennedy street, Georgia avenue to 14th street; air road. Rock Creek street; Rock Creek Church road, 5th to_Upshur street. Northesst—17th street, Newton to|Over 100 streets to be i Jackson; 25th street, Hamlin street to Irving; 26th street, South Dakota ave. nue to Franklin ~ street; Franklin street, 20th to 26th; Mills avenue, Rhode Island avenue to Bryant street; Monroe street, Michigan avenue to adds, “the masses of the Irish people17th street; Girard, 12 to 14th; Evarts may get an opportunity of giving a|streets, 12th to 13th; Harewood road, considered verdict .on issues most vitally ; Michigan avenue to scalehouse, affecting their own country. Text of Lloyd George’s Reply. The text of- Mr. Liloyd -George's re- ply, which was telegraphed to De Valera, says: 7 & “I informed. your emissaries who came Here'to me. Tuesday that reitera- tion of your ‘claim: to' negotiate with | ¢i mvarts. his majesty’s government as the rep- resentative of -an. independent -and sovereign state would e a confer- ence between us impossible. “T-aske €m" Page 2, Column 2.) you. "~ cande .f'i"c.‘: o -t 10th | Church_road to Cedar|Japan PRESIDENT OFF CAPES EARLY TODAY AS YACHT STEAMS TOWARD HOME ‘The presidential yacht Mayflower, with President Harding and his vacation parly aboard, was report- ed off the Delaware capes at 8 o'clock this morning in wireless messages to the Navy Department. The yacht, which left New York last night after several days spent in that vicinity, was reported as steaming southward, and if the speed maintained during the night were continued she should arrive in Hampton roads by tonight. Plans of the President as given out before leaving New York con- templated a stop at Norfolk for a game of golf, but should the May- flower reach Hampton roads to- night it was not known here whether a stop for the night would be made or the cruise to Washing- ton continued. Gen Menoher Declines to Dijscuss Request — Has _Friction With Mitchell. Msj. Gen. C. T. Menoher, chief of the "Army air.- service, has formally asked Secretary. Weeks . for release from. that office and transfer to com- mand of troops in the field. Expectest ~to - Be - Granted. The request of Gen. Menoher, who has been head of the air service since late in 1918, was today in the hands 1 l | | | DRIVE LAUNCHED ONBORLAND LAW Citizens’ Associations Op- pose Plan of Assessment for Street Paving. GO BEFORE COMMISSION Ask Heads of City Government to Take Their Appeal for Re- peal to Congress. The Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations today launched its campaign assesses half. gz cost.of street pav- PRy Sy L2 A shecial commftide Bt the Tedera tion, headed by Willlam McK. Clay- ton, appeared before the Commission- ers. in board.session at the District building, .and appealed to them as representatives of the peopls of Washingtoh, to go to Congress with the citizens in' this fight.” * Mr. Clayion told the Commission- ers -the citizens are not asking repeal of the Bordand law in order to escape taxation for street-improvements, but that they -want .the city’'s.share of street' paving to come out-of the gen- eral tax moneys as:it did. for-fifty years. ,All Get Benefita. He 1aid efmphasis upon the fact that all residents of the city. especially the thousands who own automobiles, benefit from street improtement and, therefore, half the cost should not be levied against the few people of Secretary Weeks, who said that as| who happen to live on the street that yet he had taken no action on it. The | i: indications were, however, that the request would be granted. Gen. Menoher, who was appointed head of the air service late in 1918, after having commanded the 42d or s_improved. He also called attention to the fact that the one-half paid toward street improvements bW the abutting prop- erty_owners is not all the citv pays. Undér the financial arrangement now existing between the federal and Dis- trict_governments, the taxpayers of | ¢ Rainbow Division in France, refused {the District as a whole puy 0 per to diséuss the reports. Rumors have been prevalent Washington for some time that either Gen. Menoher or Brig. Gen. Mitchell, assistant chief of the air service, would resign as a result of friction between tne two which culminated last spring In the chief asking for the relief of Gen. Mitchell. Although Sec- retary Weeks several weeks ago an- nounced that the friction had been eliminated and that Gen. Menoher had withdrawn his request, the rumors persisted in Army circles. The air service chlef, according to the reports in circulation, resigned not_because of the strained relations with Gen. Mitchell, but =0 as to re- turn to his old place as a line officer in the field artillery. — KILLED BOARDING TRAIN. LEESBURG, Va, John Monroe, member. of & wholesale mercantile firm of Alexandria, Va. was ipstantly killed this morning hile trying to board a train;on the ashington and Old Dominion Elec- tric Railway’' Company’s line. The accldent occurred at a a féw miles from Leesburg. Today’s News ‘in Paragraphs Gen. ‘Menoher asks release as chief of air service. Page 1 crossing here if China refuses, winter. September 16.—|acted, by a clause in | Wi may refuse to discuss Shantung proposal. cent of the remaining half of the cost of a street paving job, and the federal in| government 40 per cent. Actually Pay 80 Per Cent. Mr. Clayton showed that the actual result is that the people of the Dis- trict pay 80 per cent and the United Statés, 20 per cent of every street improvement. This, he declared, is a. violation both of the fifty-fifty and the sixty-forty agreements that have existed between Uncle Sam and the District government. Commissioner Rudolph asked Mr. Clayton if the federation had pre- pared a bill for presentation to Con- gress providing for the repeal of the Borland law. Mr. Clayton said no suck bill has been prepared because the citizens ‘hope to have the Commissioners, as the official representatives of the peo- ple, ask Congress in their annual re- port to repeal the law.as.it was en- the next appro- priation ‘bill. One ' citizen, Edward M. Cleary of Brightwood, arose “at ‘the hearing to defend ‘the Borland law. ~ He told.the' Commissioners it would be extremely ihadvisable to agitate the question be- fore. Congress. He expressed fear that the answer of Congress to such an- appeal. would “be to_.levy 100 per cent.of the cost of paving against abutting ‘property owners. Makes Better Distribution. ‘Withoiit the Borland law, he argued, wealthy individuals who -own' large tracts of vacant 1and would have the [Artic! abutting streets improved at the ex- pense.of all the taxpayers of the city. th the Borland law, he sald, they must béar their share of the cost when streets are. the paved. Page 1| wny " asked Mn Clayton, “should improved for | street im) rovements be singled out for a ‘special assessment when school- Halting of Irish peace negotiations by houses are buflt in all sections of the Premier Lloyd George arouses wide | city out of the general tax fund? concern.: P2 Page -1 Issues for mext campaign’ c: cern to republican leaders. Citizens’ launch drive to repeal Borland street,- Michigan avenue to "Jackson |Charge on which Arbuckle will be prose- e _Irving street, 14th to 13th: eet, Irving -to Rhode Island avenue; 20th street. Rhode .Island avenue to Lawrence; 9th reet, Michigan avenue to. Monroe street; Myrtle avenue, South Dakota to:Cen- enue; 224 street, ,Chandlér Southeast—Pennsylvania . ‘avénut from Branch ‘to Alabama avenues; Good . Hope road, Al stree! Pt m;‘.’num' a m?m‘a‘ut,:t&nin “Pens District line.” . cuted to:be settled itoday. War- t shows in re- nm’&mwnu .. 8. grain’ shippets ual numd-';o:mflamzl_urnm German chan Onjy_seven:nations:: in Bavaria, , - (Page 14 Teply. for reduced) army- fixes-tuition- for’ non-resi- » 4: | SPRINGFIELD, L, September-1s. celior. siys Edsberger déath | Pétitioiis for @ change of ‘venue from -~ Len 18 nt Park 'Pglno dictment, Page'19 "operal We are not g t0 be relieved of taxa- causing con- | tion or ‘to have our, tix rate reduced. '1;‘.., 1| All we are asking. is that the tax bur. den. for street improvements be dis- 1] tributed among all-the.taxpayers and (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) Mg, Donby criticlsed, Mosers. Have snd | SMALL AND CURTIS ASK . Page'13{. - FOR CHANGE OF VENUE Canadian | py'the Assectuted Pross. igamion ‘cqunty, and ‘afidavits al- :in negative to | leging/Judge E. 8 Smith is prejudiced: and’could’ not ‘giye them'a fair trial 16| were ’ filed with ‘the- court ‘today by ‘Small“and” Vernon' Curtis, Park ' banker, both under, in- q with em! lemegt a’confidence e PoS Rate e lp Sy SO Boriang-Jaw, which | INAVY YARD WAGE SLASH GOES INTO OPERATION TODAY About 70,000 Civilians Are . Affected by Order of Sec- retary Denby. 17,000 IN LOCAL YARD LOSE $100,000 WEEKLY Employes to Continue Fight and Hope to Férce Reopening of Controversy. Reduction in wages of navy yard employes recommended by the gen- eral Navy wage board were ordered put into effect today by Secretary | Denby _despite the protests of the ! workers and the business men of the sections covered by the yards. Approximately 70,000 civilian em- ployes in the various yards, 7.000 of whom are employed at the local yard are affected by the pay cut. which i ranges from 13 to 30 per cent, and amounts to about $100,000 a week at the Washington yard. The Washington navy yard em- ployes, however, have not giv; hope for a reopening of 1k cniniroversy. They nave receive. romises from several cabinet mer_ {Bers that the wage question wou {be brought up at the next cabin meeting, and believe that if thie .. done some steps will be 1aken to have | the award of the general Navy wage { board reviewed. | Declare Seale Too Low. i Data collected by officials of Colum- |bia Lodge, No. 174, International Ax- {sociation ‘of Machinists. comprising machinists employed at the local navy jyard. citing facts to show that the local workets cannot live on the new scale of 73 cents an hour, were sent | today to alimembers of Congress who come from disiricts in which navy yards are located. With this information is an appeal .to the members of Congress to in- tervene in behalf of the navy yard employes and use their influence to have the wage question reopened. Herbert P. Leeman, president of Columbia Lodge. said today that a number of the machinists at the { Washington navy yard turned in their | resignations today to accept employ- iment in private establishments at a {higher rate of pay. Many other work- ers. he said, are contemplating resign- ing and wiil do so if they. can obtain employment elsewhere. Plan for Mass Meeting. i. Two hundred apprentice boys em- {ployed at tge local yard will hoid s mass - meel at the . Machinists’ { building: tomorrow morning ‘o pro- t-against, the wage cut. The ap- prentice bayy wi hard hit iy the jreduction. . - N.,P. Alifas, president of District | 44, International Association of Ma- chinists, Jeft Washington this after noon- to attend a mass mneeting of navy yard workers at_Jhiladelphia | tonight. js'mass me=tinz has been icanefl to prbtest azainst ‘he pay cut i - Coineident’ with the- aanouncement | that the-Nawy Department had pul the | reduced pay scale into effect, a state- | thent was jssued by C. L. Rosemund, presiderit of the International Fed ation of Technjéal Encineers’. tects’ and *Draftemen's u ploring the wage redu statement read: * ‘Flays Government Action. “Decreases in the wages of navy yard * employes range from 13 to 30 per cent. “The'United Statts government, which certain welfare organizations have for years been calling a ‘model employer,’” thus joins the steel corpo- ration, the wool trust, the raiiroads and. in fact, practically the whole plutocratic class of employers, in slashing the wages of its wage work- ers. The scale adopted is the same as recommended by the special board eppointed by Secretary Denby. “Though kind words butter no parsnivs, the board at least has the decency to apoiigize for the sweeping ts it recommends. “*“The board invites attention,’ says its statement, ‘to the fact that th present cost of living is 80 per cent higher than ihat obtaining in 1913. The wages herein recommended are only about 45 per cent higher than the pre-war scale.’ “That is, the board deliberately rec- ommends a reduction not only in the ‘money wages,’ but also in the ‘real wages' or purchasing power of the men within its jurisdiction. The board continues its apology as foliows: Quetes From Navy Board. *“*There has been more talk about high wages and less about high prices than statistics appear to justify. To secure a pre-war scale the artisans’ present rate of pay should, with pres- ent prices, be nearer 90 cents an hour than 73-cents an hour." *“Yet the board recommends only 73 cents, a confessedly inadequate amount! “If the full truth were told, more- over, even the wage rate which the board admits should be paid if pre- war: purchasing power is not to be slashed, :s far too low. The board cal- culated’ the hourly rate-so as to pro- vide a yearly minimum jincome of $1,000, which, it thought, was the least on which an American family could be supported with living costs atpres- ent levels. "*The board does not be- |lieve,” it says,‘that it is decent for the | government to pay .less money than this to. American citizens with fami- 1les to support.’ “When 'a research bureau investi- gating for the New York printers in 'the autumn of 1920 took this mini- mum quantity -budget and priced the les and quantities mentioned in it, the cost.of living for a family of five was found to be not less than $2,632.68. These prices were for New York, it is tpue. But the employes in the Brooklyn navy.yard live in New York, and prices in Boston, Norfolk and other shipbullding centers surely are not- 60 per cent lower than those in New York. “One of the worst features of the board’s rej is ‘that. it will prob- ably be set: upon by employers all over the country as an ‘official’ esti- mate for use in wage slashing move- ments, It ;will be the function of the research departments of the unions to.shew up the s ful un- d;fl'-l!lmlltg‘ of the workers' | i