Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1921, Page 17

* BUSINESS Boow BOUND 10 CONE American Bankers Told Gradual Return to World ,Prosperity Is Assured. THREE HALTING FACTORS More Wage Adjustments. Cheaper Transportation and Tax Changes Key to Situation, By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 4.— There is nothing in either the do- mestic or foreign situation to give rise to the pessimistic conclusion that the world is riding straight to ruin, John S. Drum, banker, of San Fran- cisco, told the American Bankers' As- soclation, of which he is president, at the opening session here today of its forty-seventh annual convention. “Rational examination of our condi- tion today.” he said, “must prove to ‘*he greatest doubter that our prob- -ems arae but the natural manifes fons of a world-wide maladjustment hat great natural forces are working te remedy.” Backed by 1,000 Bankers. Reports from more than a thou wnd ankers provided the basis for “is subject, he said. i “The ' output of flnished guulls throughout the country is consider- ably smaller than a year ago, and urably_smaller than six months Mr. Drum_ said. “There is a lus of manufactured commodities the hands of the producers. progressive decline in the cos manufacturing has taken plac ing the year. In industry, as a whole. the costs of materials, labor and construction have declined, in the order named. Increased efliciency of labor has been the natural result of unemployment on a large scale. but the efficiency of men in the building tradas as a whole has not increased. “Taxation in industrial sections has either increased or remained sta- tionary during the year; in no case is a decrease reported.” Wholesale prices of manufactured goods decreased steadily through the year. Retail prices. on the whole, also have declined steadily, although not in the same proportioh’ as wholesale prices. Slackened Demand Noted. “In the great cotton states of the south, in the agricultural states of the middle west and the west, in the western mining and cattle rais- ing states. in the lumber producing reglons of the northwest and the southeast there has been a great reduction in buying power, conse- quently a slackened demand for nat- ural products and a reduction in their value without a commensurate de- crease in the prices of finished goods. “In the industrial regions there has been a reduction of production, consequent upon reduced foreign pur- chasing and reduced buying by pro- ducers of natural products at home. This reduction in output of manu- factured -goods in industrial centers has thrown millions of men out of employment and consequently has operated to reduce further the na- tional buying power. “If world influences in the process of readjustment could be divorced from domestic influences this coun- try would net now be considering problems -of readjustment: it would have solved them and would be walk- ing in the old path. But this could ‘not and cannot be; world influences now and henceforth must have a powerful bearing evenm on the prob- lems that in former years were con- sidered purely domestic. $ Names Retarding Faectors. “The reports I have received also have shown that the three great domestic influences that more than all others are retarding the readjust- ment ofyprices and costs are these; “First: Delayed adjustment of cost of labor, which prevents ade- quate reduction of prices of innu- merable commodities and services in the cost of whidgh the cost of labor is the most important factor, and also serves to prevent full employ- ment of labor. This is due both to slow adfustment of compensation of labor and to the cortinuation of shop rules that impair its efficiency. “Second: transportation, which prevent natural and normal movement of commodi- ties of all kinds to markets. “Third: Continuation of an un- sound system of taxation that di- verts working capital from its proper channels and thereby prevents ac- cumulation of working capital that is necessary for increased production, for installation of improved methods of production and for full employ- ment of labor. Outlines Way to Prosperity. “Common opinion, expressed in survey is that when these three deterrent influences have been elim- inated the chief obstacles to a res- toration of a proper and equitable price equilibrium will have been re- moved, trading between one group of producers and others will proceed naturally and labor and capital will be more fully employed in productive enterprise. ‘But in spite of these problems the process of readjustment is going Diamond D'/, C;rtt Lady’s Solitaire mon 3/=carat Pure White Solitaire Diamond $9 2 Ring itaire 7g=carat : $ l 50 Diamond Ring l-carat Blue-white Solitaire Diamond Ring " 1Y;-carat Perfect mond 3Ys-carat Perfect Solitaire Diamond 3 1 $750 { Ring Sustained high costs of | hundreds of reports that make up this | Goods Laid aside for Xmas Kahn Optical Co. 617 7th St. N.W Sailor Looks for Job When He Is Flat Broke Gets 38,000,000 Francs|, DUNKIRK, France, September 15.—Lancolle Puech, for twen- ty years a sailor, recently was discharged at Ghent and cyme to Dunkirk fn order to ship agnin. He had been two weeks nshore ‘and,> having spent his money like the proverbial snijor, won flat broke when he ealled at the shipping agents. “We have been looking for you for four yenrs,” sald the clerk after scanning the sallor's papers. Puech Idoked uneasy, ax he followed a gendarme to | | the office of a notary public. | “Your uncle Sicard, who left for Argentina thirty years ago, dled In 1917. He leaves you 38,000,000 francs,” the notary told Puech. Puech says he Is going to buy a ship of his own. WORLD BREAD CROP SHOMS INGREASE i Total of 157,000,000 More Bushels of Wheat Than in 1920 Indicated. The world's bread crops came to labundant fruition, despite the phe- nomenal heat accumulation which marked weather conditions all over the northern hemisphere, resulting in erratic outputs of other crops, ac- cordifg to summaries compiled for and by the Department of Agricul- ture. | The world in 1921, up to September 130, it w indicated, would have a | total wheat crop 157,060,000 bushels greater than in 1920 Dy another freak, fruit crops, al- most in a world-wide sense, met havoc from cold in a season which has set new records everywhere for solar heat. This paradox was oc- casioned by the fact that last Feb- the sun got at its work of g spring weeks in advance of 1 and trees and shrubs re- sponded by budding out, and finally coming into flower and bloom by arch in nearly all areas where fruit | is grown. Frosts could not be avert- ed on all the nights, however, and this year the United States will pro- duce about 109,000,000 bushels of ap- gainst 244,000,000 bushels in Only the orchards of the Pacific coast, northern New England and northern New York escaped. Cotton Suffers Greatly. Cotton, however, suffered greatly, and the Agricultural Department experts assign the weather as per- haps the principal cause for a 50 per cent reduction in output. '_rhe mild weather of winter and Spring gave its famous insect enem the boll-weevil, full freedom to live and thrive, and even let him move north Later drought and sun conspired to cut down production of the fiber. European fruit and subsidiary crops were sharply reduced the de- partment finds, ‘althfugh the bread- grains survived. Their success, it was said, was due to the fact that they were chiefly fall-sown crops which grew well in the mild winter. The spring sown -grains, root and forages, includinz oats and barley wheat, in the United States as else- where, lived through but vield little Russia was the one exception in northern territory, but. in terms of statistical averages, the department says, little grain was sown there. Italian lemons and Grecian currants, two of the greater commercial fruit {crops, were both found in fair con- j dition this fall. Air Interchange Disarranged. As to the causes of the heat accumu- lations, the weather bureau suggests { that the usual seasonal interchange.of air between the polar and tropical regions was this year badly disar- iranged by atmospheric pressure dis- tribution, althouzh any certainty on ithe subject is hardly possible. The i barometer in ‘semi-permanent pressure regions” over the Atlantic and Pacific oc: was found to have maintained a higher degree than nor-. imal. which might have had an effect : in diverting rainstorms to the north all through the season. Then the dcre and the thinness of ice on streams and lakes allowed solar heat, normally ex- pended in melting and evaporation, to be stored up, the bureau says,’in ‘heat- }ing the soil and atmosphere. Observ- |ers are convinced that these two con- ditions played some part in the re- i sult. and there have been undeniable signs of at.least a modicum of improvement in the last few months. Every step {in the proce ing its bit to restore the normal value of purchasing power to the entire peo- ple, and in the nature of things there {is no room for anything but confi- dence in the gradual improvement of business. Tt is true that many problems, both domestic and foreign, are standing in [ditions” and normal domestic and | world prosperity. But the forces that lare working to solve these problems sare irresistibl See Us . Before / Buying Diamords N Bargains [i!-stom:‘l Diantvlnond' Ring (Diamonds- weig] 1% carats) ......... $ 1 25 Ring, bhuc-white .. D175 ] $650.00 Perfect Solitaire Diamond $500 Ring Platinum Top Diamond Watch Bracelet 575 (12 diamonds) mond $650.00 Platinum $450 Bar $850.00 Platinum Diamond Flexible ; $6 50 Bracelet . any miles from previous latitudes. ! high- | i ed snowfall of 1921 of readjustment is do- | !the way of a restoration of stabie con | FRAT AFFILIATES - Authorities Eliminating From High School Activities- Stu- dents Under Censure. HITS CADET ORGANIZATION Process Also Applied to Athletic Teams—Board Edict Cause of Consternation. Public school authorities yesterday began the process of “weeding out” from the high school cadet organiza- tion and other approved forms of stu- dent activity the pupils whose con- has brought down on them thescen- sure of the board of education. Superintendent of Schools Ballou made public a list of cadet oflicers for the coming year, drawn up by high school principals after elimina- tion of boys eligible through training and personal attributes for high posi. tions in the military esthblishment of the schools, but® who have re- fused to relinquish the ties that bind them to groups of their fellows in fraternal secrecy. Ten candidates of the same mind as the board of education in the mat- ter of secret societies were assigned high_offices in the cadet corps by { Col. W. M. Craigie, professor of mili- their successful bucking of the first oral examination held for this pur: pose. A second oral examination will be held Friday and a third at a later date,-the latter for the selection of | non-commissioned officers. | It was learned at the Franklin School today that student participa- tion in other fields of high school activity, including athletic teams, { will be passed upon in a similar man- {ner by school authorities. No an- tnouncement’ of students failing to meet the fraternity ruling will be made, it was stated, but those who ikeep aloof from organizations frown- ed upon by the school heads and qualify for the various activities will be announced. i The edict of the board is causing consternation among high school coaches and athletic supervisors, it was learned today. A number of “stars” in basket ball, foot ball and {other branches of school sports are said to be destined for bleacher duty {this fall, and one student remarked ithat indications point to the holding of many “sideline contests” during the athietic season this winter. List of Appointments. The list of cadet appointments handed down .yesterday follows: Oscar M. ‘Shaw of McKinley High School, brigade commander with the rank of high school cadet colonel; Ed- ward Henkel, Central High School, lieutenant _colonel, 1st Regiment; Wil liam A. Ryon, Central High School, major, ist Battalion; Thurston Corbett, Central High School, major, 2nd Batta- lion; Stewart Whaley, Central High School, major, 3rd Battalion; D. W. Tolson, McKinley High School, lieuten- ant colonel, 2d Regiment; J. H. Bick- ford, McKinley High School, major, 1st | Batfalion; George A. Anadale, Busin High School, lieutenant colonel, Regiment; Jesse L. Phares, Kastern High School, major, 1st Battalion; | Maurice Hoffman, Western High School, major, 2d Battalion. The staff positions open to the ex- {amination next Friday are given as follows: McKinley High School, one major, one regiment adjutant with the {rank ‘of captain, three battalion jutants with the rank of first lieuten- iants; Business High School, one major: Central High School, one regiment ad- jutant with the rank of captain and three battalion adjutants with the ranx of first lieutenants; vacancies -open~“to Eastern, Western and Business High schoole, ‘one regiment adjutam withthe rank of captain, three battalion- ad- jutants with the rank of first lieuten- ants; vacancies open to any school, one brigade adjutant and one brigade quar- termaster, each with rank of captain. WILL RECOMMEND PECK. {Senate Committee Votes” to Favor Promotion. The Senate military committee yes- 1 firmation of the nomination of Maj. Robert G. Peck to be a lieutenant coloriel. The romination” has been held up for several months for in- vestigation of charges that Maj. Peck, while overseas, had made remarks derogatory to the 35th Kansas-Mis- souri Divisjon. Senators Capper, Kansas: Spencer, Missouri, and Lenroot, Wisconsin, all republicans, voted against confirma- tion and promised to carry the op- position to the Senate floor. The fight on the nomination held up about 300 Army promotions in lower grades. Men are appreciati enough margin to work to us to see the re- markable response to this sale — THE GREATEST VALUE GIVING EVENT IN OUR 23 YEARS’ HISTORY! WORSTEDS—and tailoring that wi so-called “sales” around town. This is @ Real Merchant Tailoring Egent. tinued affiliation with secret societies | tary instruction, yesterday, following | ad- | terday voted 8 to 3 to retonimend con- |* Worsted Fall & Winter Overcoatings Made to Measure ~ Savings of Many Dollars Newcorn 1002 F Street N.W- Established Tuwenty-three Years 2 TfIE EVENING ST’AR', WASHINGTON, D. (BEGIN WEEDING 0UT NAVAL RESERVE IS FOOT BALL FOR NAVY TO KICK,'IS CHARGE Association Attacks Order of Department Cutting Force and Determipes to Carry Fight to Courts: Attack on the Navy Department for; Other officers familiar with both the its action in disenrolling four classes of the United States naval reserve force was launched last night at a meeting of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Association of the District of Co- lumbia. Tentative plans were laid for challenging the authority of the Secretary of the Navy to nullity an act of Congress. After a lengthy discussion, during which the speakers took issue with the statement of Secretary Denby that the action was taken as a measure of economy and characterized it as a plainly illegal act on. the part of | the department, a legislative commit- | itee was appointed, headed by Lieut. Commander John Balch Blood, to pre- pare data which, it-was said, may lead to a legal fight to test the au- thority of the department in its ac- ion. i Lieut. Commander William R. Hoefer, president of the association, presided at last night's meeting, and |presented to the ofiicers the several messages and letters disenrolling classes 2, 3, 4 and 5, reserves. Pointing out that the naval reserve patriotically responded and nobly ac- quitted itself during the war, com- h every requirement of the Regular Navy, Lieut. Frank Buckley said that the latest move was just what the Regular Navy had been striving for for a long time. The statement, he said, that it was made | necessary by economies, was merely a | subterfuge, as there were many other ways in which real economies could be practiced. Action Called Illegal. “The Naval Reserve has beena sort of foot ball,for the Regular Nayy ever jsince it was organized.” said Mr. Buckley. “It has been kicked about at will, and this latest move is the final touchdown. But the reserve | should not accept the decision. Now is the time for the Naval Reserve Asso-| jciation to act, and to act quickly. To! my mind, the Secretary’s action is clearly iliegal, and the action of tk. depariment should be made the sub- ject of a test in the courts.” Abolition of the reserve in whole or in part is not an eflicient and eco- momical way of saving money, Lieut. James P. Porter said. There are many other ways in which money could have been saved, he said. He cited figures to show that Regular Nayy officers had been raised in temporary rank and that the higher grades now re away out of proportion to the | rength of the Navy. Every effort! s been'made to advance the regular | officers to higher rank until in the lower grades of ensign and junior lieuten- ant there are only a few officers. He also pointed out that the regular of- ficers now receive a bonus on their! pay, which should be taken off, if ecenomy is necessary. before the de- partment attempts to abolish the re- serve force. Too Many High Officers. It has been a scramble to find jobs | for the large number of high-ranking | officers, he said. Most of them have not performed the sea duties com- mensurate with their rank, and office jobs were found for them. Captain he pointed out, are too_plentiful, say ing that there were hardly enough {jobs for them. If the Navy Depart- {ment really wants economy it should dc a little housecleaning itself, he added. ~ Comdr. Clements pointed out that the reserve had made a name fory itself during the war and had really{ | done most of the work. He said that} ;inslr:nl of the slogan “The Navy took i them across,” it should be “The Naval | Reserve took them across.” Practi- {cally all of the ships actively en- tgaged in the war, the records wi ishow. he said, were manned almost| I'entirely by the rgserve. Examination lof the “roll of honor” shows. he ipointed out, that of thirty-eight Inames thirty were Naval Reserve of- flicers, only one w. a graduate of the Naval Academy and the rest were jofficers who. had’ been enlisted men. The regulars, he cited, were for the most part bottled up in the York river or_on “beach job: The department cannot say that the - reserve force was not efficient, he continued, for it met the require- ments made by the regular Navy itself. The examinations always were tift” and were harder than the re-) cent examinations given to the tem- porary. regulars, he asserted. Comdr. Clements is a graduate of! jthe Naval Academy and in the class of the reserve which was not affected "b)' the department's order. Must Fight for Rights. Lieut. Comdr. Blood said that the re- serves had reached the point where they would have to fight the department harder than ever to get the rights given them by law, and urged vigor- ous action which would bring about an early settlement of the question. 1 1 on. Though every one talks about a business depression, it is gratifying Suitings Our 23 years’ reputation as Merchant Tailors—should be your guide that we do not stoop to catch price advertising just to get a man in 6ur store and that every suit o- overcoat ordered from NEWCORN & GREEN, will be perfection in tailoring, cut and fit. There is a difference in woolens -and worsteds—we offer only tne finest grades of ill ‘bear close inspection. Do not confuse this ovfiering with ’ Success— ] ng this sale, and their appreciation makes it possible for us tq continue this truly remarkable offering. + We make a very small profit ‘on each sale—but the combined profit on a volume of business gives us & Green Navy and the navy yards, said that ‘whenever economies were suggested in the Navy, the first point of at- tack was the personnel. They char- acterized the.recent cuts at the navy yard as unnecessary. At the present time, they’said, with reduced personnel at the navy yard, the Navy is continuing to purchase millions of dollars’ worth of material, which can never be used, and in two years will be absolutely useless. The facts can be developed, it was pointed out. by comparison of the purchases with the naval appropriations. The legislative - committee imme- diately began its task of developing a natiow-wide campaign, in which the aid of the American Legion will be invoked. It is ‘planning a vigorous attack and will leave no stone unturned to have the order re- voked. Efforts will be made to have the regular officers in charge of the naval reserve division of the Navy Depart- ment replaced by naval reserve of ficers. pointing out that militia mat ters in the War Department are han dled by National Guard officers. Telegrams were sent out following the meeting last night to officials of the National Naval Reserve Officers’ Assoclation, calling-on them for aid, and American Leglon officials are to be approached. The legislative committee. which, n addition to Commander Blood, con- sists of Commander Rutter, Lieut. Walcots and Lieut Buckley, will hold a meeting tonight to map out a plan of attack, which, the officers said, may culminate in _impeachment pro- ceedings before the House. —— —— TRUSTEES GIVEN DEED TO LOT 13, RESERVATION 11 Secretary of Interior Settles Own- ership of Property at Pennsyl- vania Avenue and 2d Stréet. Acting Secretary of Interior Fin- ney has issued a deed to lot 13, reser- vation 11, upon the application of the Safe Deposit and Trust Company of Baltimore, as trustees and executors under a probated will. The deed was authorized under an act of Congress, approved by the President March 3. 1921, authorizing the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion. to execute and deliver deeds without proof or compliance with the building conditions ~under which the lands were sold. upon sat- factory showing of inability fo sup- ply such evidence and the buildings on the lands eomply with or exceed the original building requirements. The lot is in the so-called “low grounds,” parts of reservations 10, 11 and 12, commencing at the corner of Pennsylvania avenue and 2d street northwest, thence northwardly to the corner of 'C street northwest, thence westwardly along C street te the cor- ner,_ of 41 street northwest, thence to the corner of Pennsylvania avenue to the place of beginning. HINDU PRINCE EXPOSES GAME OF MAN'WHO FAKED Finds Spieler at Fair Lustily Pro- claiming ‘Fire-Eater and Puts Both' to Test. NEUILLY, Paris, September 16.—"He emjs § alive, @ real Wire-eater from India; a real Hindu}} shouted the spieler in ‘front of ‘his ballyhoo at the Neuilly fair some nights ago. “If you don’t believe he is a real Hindu speak to him in the Hindu language and he will answer you.” A distinguished looking gentleman stepped up and commenced address- ing the fire-eater in Hindu. The lat- ter was silent and perplexed. The dark stranger spoke to the ballyhoo man in all the known dialects in India, but still the latter remained silent. 5 “Yowre not a Hindu.” shouted the spieler to the stranger, “vou're not talking Hindu, but gibberish; if you're a Hindu why don’t you eat a little of this fire?” “I can’t.just mow, I am on a diet," replied the Prince of Kapurthala—for it was the genial Hindu prince seeing the sights. The prince has been quite a figure around Paris and Deauville this season. He reached the third round in the mixed doubles. teamed with the princess in the world's hard court tennis championships at St. Cloud. ! / TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921. . q COL KUTZ DEPLORES LOW.D. C. SALARIES Regrets He Did Not See Re- adjustment During Term | | | as Commissioner. GIVEN FAREWELL DINNER Former Associates and Others Voice Appreciation of His Serv- ices to the District. The only regret Col. Charles W. Kutz has upon his departure as En- gincer Commissioner is that during his six years of service at the District building he did not see a reddjust- ment of employes’ salaries. The departing Commissionet ex- pressed that regret at a farewell din- ner tendered him at Wardman Park Hotel last night by the heads of de- partments and employes of the city government. Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster, Gen. Lansing H. Beach, John Joy Ed- 1 Son and a number of District officials Wwho were called on to speak united in voicing the opinion that in the de- parture of Col. Kutz the District is losing one of the ablest men who have ever held the office of Engineer Com- missioner. Col. Kutz Responds. After listening to so many glowing tributes from “his associates, Col. Kutz was plainly at a loss for words to convey his feelings when he arose for his parting message. He said: I regret deeply my departure. The regret is a personal, not an official one, because T believe officially in the policy of the War Department of changing officers. at regular periods. 1 beliave it is good for the office and the officer. “My daily task at the District build- ing has not been a duty but a pleas- ure, and I shall miss jt because at my new station it will be some time bhefore I am able to establish the in- timate and friendly relations T held Jith you men in the District build- “I wish I had time to tell you of | the many incidents of my stay at the | District ‘building. But there are only two things T will say. One is what 1 regard as the most important thing | that was done for the city of ‘Wash- ington during my term—namely, the passage of the zoning law. The other is what I regard as the failure of my term—failure to see a readjustment of your salaries. : May Open to Rendjustment. “We have tried often before Congress, but have no: vet succeeded. 1 am happy | to think, however, that the way now has been paved for that readjustment. “I have served with eight civilian Commissioners. 1 don’t believe any other Engineer Commissioner has had that pleasure. While their methods may | have been different, they were all im- bued yith high ideals for the city. | “Col. Keller, who succeeds me, is a {lifeloniz friend. I know of his work and |I know a happier selection could not have been made. He comes to you with | more experience than 1 had when 1 came, and his service should be cor- respondingly more valuable to you.” Col. Kellex “New Bosn.” When Toastmaster Melvin C. Hazen iptroduced Col. Keller as ‘“our new boss,” the colonel began by saying he would rather be called an assoctate than a boss. “No large concern can succeed.” said Col. Keller, “without the co-operation and support of all who take part in it. I thank you in advance tonight for the | help and co-operation I know I shall receive from you. What has been said | of Col. Kutz is only a small part of what might have been said. Believe in me astyou have in him.” Jolm Joy Edson declared that many people say they are not well treated by military men because they do not under- | stand them and their training. _He said Col. Kutz. had always treated him with the greatest cour-| tesy. and His only regret is that he; did not visit the outgoing Engineer {am glad this opportun Hindenburg Admonishes Germans to Stick to Flag of the Kaiser) By Cable to"The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1921. BERLI Germany, October 4.~Fleld Marshal Hindemburg, ‘who, since the ti-Hohenzol- lern revolution has no! commit- ted himself ‘on the issue of a war of revenge, issue kept German “preparedness.” interview given to n Hambzrg mewspaper he declares: “We must stick to the kaiser's fing of binck, white and red, the new flag of biack, red and £old means nothing to us. The black, white and red flag is a symbol of German preparedness, but preparedness does not mean war by a long ways.” $1,000 REWARD OFFERED. Voliva Will Give Sum’ for Proof That World Is Round. ZION, IlL, October 4.—A reward of $1,000 to any college professor or lay- man who can prove the world is a sphere or moves, was offered by Wil- bur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion, in an address in Shiloh Tabernacle in which he reiterated his recent an- nouncement that the world is flat and has no_motion. ’ Commissioner more frequently during his_term. o Gen. Beach told the District offi- cials gathered at the banquet that if Col. Keller does not prove an able successor to Col. Kutz he will have been greatly mistaken in his selec- tion of Col.” Keller. 2 “I bespeak for Col. Kutz,” said the chief of engineers, “the same succ: in Cincinnati he has had here. He i 80ing to one of the best billets an engineer officer can bé given.” “If the office of Engineer Commis- sioner was elective,” said Commis- sioner Rudolph, “I feel sure Col. Kutz would remain. ‘1 would not want the vote to be unanimous, because no man can_ perform the duties public office right without offending some one. Col. Kutz was the first Engineer Commissioner to fill the triple role of Engineer Commissioner and chairman of the utilities commis- sion and zoning commissioner, any one of which is a man’s job in itself. “I have often marveled at his knowledge and ability of utility mat- | ters, and so well has he performed his work in zoning the city that com- plaints have been few. 1 knew the good work being done by Col. Kutz before I returned to the Dis- trict building. but since then 1 have been able to see b worked for the cit Commissioner Rudolph also said that the many friends of Mrs. Kutz would be sorry to see her leave Washington. Menns Lows to District. Commissioner Oyster paid the fol- | lowing tribute to Col. Kutz: “It would be uscless for me to at- tempt to tell you, who have worked with Gen. Kutz for more than six years, that in his departure the Dis- trict is locing a man who has devoted all of his energy to his task. But I v has been given me to say that I believe this transfer means a loss for Washington and a gain for Cincinnati, where we hear he has been assigned. “Although it has been my pleasure to serve only six months cn the board with Gen. Kutz, in.that time I have bern able to see what conscientious and loyal service he has given the National Capital. My association with Gen. Kutz has given me a high regard for his. ability, and I regret e fact that he has been ordered a; from us—a man of high ideals, rare abilities and gracious personal- ity The greatest rewards that this world of ours has to offer any of us are: First—the consciousness in our hearts of having done our best; and second—the knowledge esteem us for our efforts. These two rewards Gen. Kutz has surely won.” | Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the board of Commissioners. and Corpora- tion Counsel Frank Stephens also paid high tribute to the ability of Col. intimate association h him of a| of| w hard he has | | crease that | those who knew us best respect and | Kutz as observed during their | | | | 1 | OPPOSE VOTELES 0., DELEGATE |North Washington Citizens Qeclare for Genuine Na- tional Representation. RAP SENATE BILL PLAN Association Approves Commission- ers’ Stand in Wharf Controversy. Fire Prevention Week Indorsed. Emphatically disapproving the Sen- ate bill to authorize a voteless dele- gate to Congress from the District of Columbia, the North Washington Citi- zens' Association, at a meeting last night at the United Brethren Church, reiterated its declaration in favor of national representation for the Dis- trict and against a “voteless, im- potent delegate.” Washington Topham called the at- tention of the association to a Sen- ate bill creating such a delegate, which will come up before the Dis- trict committee shortly, and on his motion the association declared itself against anything else than national representation and privileges of citi- zens in the eral cour The mo- tion was cd unanimously. - Mr. Topham said the voteless delegate was exactly what the District did jmot want Urges Repeal of Borland Law. Repeal of the Borland law which assesses half the cost of street provements against cwners of abut- ting property was urged by the as- sociation on motion of Mr. Topham. The author of the motion said many dents have to pay part of the cost of street improvements and do not get any direct benefit from their out- lay of mon im- The association backed up the stand of the District Commissioners in asking the J. Maury Dove Company to vacate its leased property aen ‘ater street, on motion of W. W, President Mayers explained ng the Dove company to 3 wharves now leased by the Commissioners had no inten- tion of reducing water-borne com- merce to the District, nor to in- the price of wood, but t they thought the Dove company should find some other way to store its wood than on public property Indorses Fire Prevention Week. T ociation voted to lend eve co-operation to the District fire d partment in observing Fire Preven- tion week October 9-15. Taking' of transfers by motormen at congested points on street car lines to enable entrance at both ends of street cars was Sug; ed by O. W. Menck. Mr. M announced the annual nomination of officers would be held at the next meetin, and appointed the following members of the nomi- th nating committee: Harry F. Patter- n, W. W. Rissinger, Frank R. Whesater, John W. Adams and J. D. Ashford. 1,044 STBEL SHIPS IDLE. Less than one-third of the steel ships under control of the Shipping Board are in service, it was announced oflicially vesterday. Only 420 out of 1.464 steel sels are in use, the board announced. Twenty-fiv are listed ergoiyz repai aM 1,019 have either been i withdrawn or are slated to £o to “dead” | mooring as soon as thay complete their present cha The board announ fourteen mooring site have been tonnage deman Me.: Bost use of lack of Portland, Said a demonstrator connected with the factory: “If I can get a prospect in this car and run him around a bit, I can sell him.” \ That is the present state of mind of every mas who has had anything to do with the making of Pierce-Arrow. He is sure the car will sell itself. The feeling the .car gives the man who rides in it the first ‘time is unmistakable. . Driving would be better than riding, but even the passenger gets that sense of . ample power, of éase and responsive- ness and elasticity the Dual- Valve engine makes possible. he Dual-Valveis not new, but the three years since it was new have been judiciously used. It is better. The'car that depends uponit is better. The body designs reflect the qualities the engine gives the car and they are {ull of con- venience and comforts. Only a personal inspection canshowyouwhat thesethings areand what theymeanto you. FOSS-HUGHES Foss-Hughes Company 1141 Connecticut Avenue, N. W." ~ Washington Baltimore: