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WEATHER. Falr and slightly -warmer tonight and tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, €5, at 6, at 6 a.m. to- 2 p.m. today; lowest, day. * 28,292. PRESIDENT LIKELY T0 INTERVENE IN FRAMING TAX LAW hdministration Embarras§ed When Surtaxes Are Boost- ed and R. R. Bonds Sag. No. post_office Wa SEE WHEELS OF BUSINESS | IN NEED OF BROAD POLICY Leaders Now Fear All Capital Would Be Diverted to Tax- Exempt Bonds. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The first effects of the unscientific or rather disjointed way in which the tax problem has been tackled in Con- gress is being feit by the executive branch of the government. It leaked out today that after selling during three weeks in September more -than $1,000,000,000 worth of industrial and railroad bonds held by the Treasury the sale stopped abrdptly as soon as the agricultural bloc in the Senate forced the republican leaders to agree to higher sdrtaxes amounting to about 50 per cent. Money that had been expected would flow into business and cause a re- opening of faciories and a revival of export _trade has sought other chan- nels of investment. The trouble is that in Congress the feelimg prevailed that the higher surtaxes should be imposed in order to make up for reye- nue that would be lost through removal of other taxes falling up! similar incomes. The argument was made that wealth Should be taxed Lheavily. Policy of Economics. But as government officials point out it is not a question of discrim- ination between large and small dn- comes, but a broad policy of eco nomics. Business enterprises ha been held stagnant. initiative has been repelled and the country's re- construction retarded by the vicious character of the excess profits taxes— both republicans and democrats ad- | mit this. Now, however, in the short space of two weeks a demonstration is being given of a parallel emer- gency—the imposition of taxes 8o high that it will keep. eapital from being used in industry. Officials of the administration insist that unem- ployment will continye unless means are found to tempt persons with money to lend it to business enter- prises that need expansipn and devel- opment. Indeed, it is urged that the purchasing power of labor will be di- minished if the husiness depression is not relieved by the easier flow of capital eiaible te-visible tsel Thus agriculture would suffer along with other esale busi- nesses. When sul Tigh the tax-exempt are . gobbled up, City and m i are “tax- free. Under the Congtitution Congress cannut touch local securi- tes. Accordingly billiong of dolla cf -bonds that are ‘tied up In. mul ought to be availebl ness. s Saturation Peint Reached. The full significance of the agree- nient niade by the Semate leaders last 1 cek to make gurtaxes about 50 per cent is beginming to dawn on the sdministration, which 1s likely to ex- yress itselt” very atrongly on this int ‘beforg long. The Hause e the sfirtaxes about 32 per cent, h, with the addition of 8 per cent yorimal tax, made-the total federal i.x about 40 per’cent. This, too, is considered high, but the fact is the government found a ready market jor its securities when that figure was upder discussion. The moment the proposal was made, however, to %0 higher-—to a 30 per cent surtax, plus an § per cent normal tax—the saturation point was evidently to private busi- reached—men with money no longer | considered the railroad bonds offered | for sale by the.government worth buying when other tax-empt securi- ties were available. The Treasury Department had fully cxpected to dispose of $250,000,000 worth of railroad securities. Every- thing went fine during the recess of Congress,. but the new tax program has knocked the bottom out of the government's aspirations. ~And the awkward part of the situation ie that the executive branch of the govern- ment, which is trying hard to bring ZBout a business revival. is handi- y the attitude of some mem- ess who are mostly con: cerned with a bill that looks well in print, a measure that seems to relieve the moderate incomes, but “soaks” the people with capital. President Har- ding alone can reconcile the two, and before the.tax program is finally com- pleted his intervention is expected. (Copyright. 1921.) BRIAND OPPOSITION S NADE WEAKER Coming of Lloyd George to Arms Parley Said to Be Responsible. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, October 14.~The announce- ment in London that Premier Lloyd George intends to be present at the ‘Washington éonference, is regarded in political circles here as weakening the opposition to Premler Briand's ab- sence from' France on that occaslon. Several members of the finance com- mittee of the chamber of deputies are said to be opposed to his going. If Mr. Lloyd George goes to the conference. nce, it .!h‘ould also be represented by its pre- mier. . 5o b ' Because of ‘this feeling it is be- Heved the chances of the opposition securing a vote in the chamber of deputies adverse. to M. Briand's- go- ing_are reduceéd ‘to the minimum. The debate on a dozen interpell: tieas on (he reopening of the (ham- ber next week is expected to take three or four da The Washington mission is certaln -to. be discussed and may become tite lssue M a ‘Vote of confidence. although most of the interpellations relate to finances and the general policy of the' govern- ment. 55 DEGREES CONFERRED. MONTREAL, October 14—Confer- ring of fifty-five. honorary, degrees marked the 100th- amniversary - yes- 1erday of McGill University as.an «ducational inatitution. -Among -those. 1., receive the hopbyary degres of. «octor of laws was, Baron Byng 8f Vimy, governor generad of Canada. Closing New York Stocks, Fage 29. Entered. as second-class matter fs held here, shington, D. C. Ouwnership of a Boy | Transferred by Deed ! Recorded in Florida By the Associated Press. TAMPA, Fla., October 14—A warranty deed formally trans- rring ownership of a small boy from one woman to another was placed on record here yen- terday. According to the deed, transnetion took place laxt January in Hardin county, Tex., when Mrs. Nettie Davis deeded her . three-month-old wsom to Mrs. Norma L. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson recently moved to Tampa and had the deed recorded to prove her owner- whip. . Courthouse officials declare their opinion the deed in that it ix unfair to the “child and deprives him of e rights of heritage ax pro- | | vided in pnpers of adoption. In | | the event of the death of Mrx. | | Wilxon before the boy ix of axe, | | eMeialy say, he would puxx an a | | | chattel and hecome ! | estate if the transact held legal. n were PAYHONOR TOKNOX President, Members of Su- preme Court and Congress at Funeral Services. Governmental affairs of the na- tion halted today while its leaders, headed by President Harding, attend- ed funeral services for Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, former Secretary of | State and Attorney General. !, The services were’ held 11 ‘oclock at St. John's Episcopal Church, 1 which he attended, and were conduct- ed by Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, Bish- op of Washington. At the church were those prominent in American public- life. President and’ Mrs. Harding, Secretary Christian and the President's military aide, {Col. Sherrell, occupied a front pew before the'black silk casket, which bore a large cluster of red roses. Be- hind the President wére Vice Presi- dent and Mrs. Coolidge, Speaker Gil- ett and Mrs. Gillett, Mrs. Knox, the senators children and other relatives. Members of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Taft, occupied the next pews, and behind them were members of the cabinet, including Sec- retaries Hughes, Mellon, Hoover and Weeks and Postmaster General Hays Almost half of Mr. Knox's asso- ciates of the Senate were present. Honorary Pallbearers. _ The honorary pallbearers were the members of the Senate foreign rela- tions committee, headed by Senator rose of Pennsylvania and Senator Un- derwood of Alabama, democratic floor leader. ‘House of Representatives was répresented by a large committée and by the entire Pennsylvania dele- gation in & House, led by Represent- gtive Butler, its dean. Democratic ll1 Fepublican members'of the Senate ane uee sat side by side in the small chureh, while larde crowds walted outside. simple Episcopal ritual, read by Bishop Harding. Beforé the altar were two immense floral pleces sent by the Senate and House, and another from the White House, The only ! music was a funeral dirge by the ! organ. i °"At the concluston of the service here the body was taken by special | car leaving here at 12:35 for Phila- bill | delphia. to be taken by motor to Val- | the money ley Forge, the country home of Sen- | | | ator Knox., Services will be held there at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow in the memorial chapel. where interment will take place. Convening at the hour of the hold- | ing of funeral services for Senator | Knox, the Senate remained ih session | only & few minutes, recessing until 2 | pm. Rev. J. J. Muir, the Senate Chaplain, in his opening prayer paid tribute to the late senator as a man of “splendid devotion and high pa- { triotism.” . | "Senator Knox's seat was draped in | biack and will remain so far thirty | days. SPROUL TO RETAIN OFFICE. He Has Any Intention of Resigning as Governor. HARRISBURG. Pa., October 14— Gov. William C. Sproul declined to discuss the question of a successor to the late United States Senator Phi- Deni | had no intention’ of resigning as the chief executive of Pennsylvania. His denial was prompted by reports in political circles that he had aspira- tions to fill the vacancy in the Sen- state office for that purpose. Gov. Sproul ordered the flag on the state capitol placed at half mast out of respect to S!nal?r Knox. FLAGS AT HALF MAST. | President Harding, in a proclamation addressed to the people of the United | States, last night formally announced | the death of Senator Knox of Pennsyl- vania, and directed that the national | flag' be displayed at haif staff -as an death. "The proclamation follows: * “It/is my distressing duty to announce to the people of the United States the- | death of Philander Chase Knox, a sena- tor from the statc of Pennsyivania, and formerly Attorney- General and Secre- | tary of Stdte of the United States, which occurred at his resitience in Washington jon the 12th instant. “In his death his state has lost a most { valuable and faithful servant, and his | country one of its greatest statesmen. j His good judgment, wise discrimination and keen perception eminently fitted him |for the legal profession. Admitted to the bar in 1875, he early became recog- inized as onme of the foremost lawyers lof his state. Twice honored by. the commonwealth of Pennsvivania by-elec- | tion, to the Senate of the United States, {he took, by his wise counsel. a prom- inent part in the.framing of our laws | and in the direction of our foreign poli- cy. As Attorney General of the United | States he rendered opinions noted for ! their legal -ability. As Secrctary of |'State, while guided by the principle to iof our foreign relations was_ ever Imarked by a devotion to the best in- terests of his country. | “His private life was characterized by virtues worthy of emiulation by all { American_citizens. sorrow’ at his death and in recognitios of his valuable services to his country, | ! his devotion to the public interests and his exalted patriotism, I do hercby di- rect that the national flag be displayed at half staff on the executive offices of the United States bn the day of his funeral, and that on all the embassics, legations and consulates of the Uniied States in foreign countriés, the national flag shall be dispalyed at half staff for ten days from the receipt of this procla- I mation.” ‘The NO PODSNAPPERY | ‘District Tax Surplus Not a AMERICA'S LEADERS Lodge of Massachusetts, Senator Pen- | The services were confined to the! lander C. Knox, except to say that he| ate and would probably give up his| expression-of the national sorrow at his | | deal justly with all nations. his conduct | ‘““As an expression of the national | Fhening WITH - SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ] WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1921—-FIFTY PAGES. FORUNCLE 4N Myth, But a Concrete Fact, Raising a Distinct Obligation. [NOT TO BE WAVED ASIDE THEODORE W. NOYES. LEditorial Correspondence of The Star.] IIL For the foliowing reasons Uncle| isam will not be gullty of Podsnfip- Pery and wave out of existence sur- | Pluses which represent his just debits: 1—It will violate the basic principle [of business honesty that prevails among_individuals. 2—The offense will be the baser be- cause Uncle Sam has recognized credit ltems aceruing from defiefts created by the operation of the half-and-half law, and has reimbursed himself from his ‘ward's revenues with interest for advances to meet these deficits. He cannot, without obvious swindling in- consistency, refuse to recognize the corresponding _debit items in the shape of surpluses of collected and unexpended D. C. taxes. g 3—Uncle Sam has recognized the ex- istence of District surpluses in the Treasury by transferring from time.to time large amounts of such District treasury surplus from the credit of the District to the United States to pay anclent, alleged resurrected debts of the District. In making these subtractions from the revenues of the District in the e, recognized, and the obliga- tion to rcpay the remainder of such ac- cumulated ‘revenues after these de- ductions have been made is admit- ted and confirmed. It is inconcei able that Uncle Sam will recognize this District surplus in the Treas- ury only when on some pretext he takes some portion of it to himself. | The 60-40 Surplus Precedent. 4—Uncle Sam has recognized the prin- ciple of surpluses and deficits in ap- plying the temporary 60-40 ratio in District appropriations. There is no consideration which makes equitabla | this adjustment of surpluses and | deficits under the 60-40 ratio in the short period during which that ratio has prevailed that does not in_honor- able consistency and equity force a {similar readjustment on the 50-50 ratio covering the years during which that ratio was the law. The prece- dent set by Uncle Sam in dealing witn i surpluses and deficits arising under { the 60-40 ratio fits like the paper on the wall the problem arising from the i surpluses and deficits created under the operation of the 50-50 law. Taking Candy From an Infant. | 5—This act will offend more grossly jthan a violation of ordinary business morality because it adds to the of- fonse a ‘breach of trust, “and this breach of trust will be the base: }:‘sa, bnefim:sedvnule b;am. as trustes, s unlimited control arda assets, and his ward Is &’xm sist any swindle which his’ trustee may be tempted to perpetrate. Un- der the circumstances, for the trustee | to defraud the ward would be analo~ gous to the taking of candy from an infant or pocketing the pennies from i the .eyelids of a corpse. | In relation to his ward, the tax- a8 trustee has absolute power, He'is protected from loss or risk by po session of all the assets and.-securi ties of the nation-capital combination, | | He controls absolutely every cent of | contributed for capital| | maintenance by both parties, local |and national. He has undivided and | despotic_power to fix the amount of { | local tax contribution, to decide by what method of taxation it shall be | raised. to collect it and to spend it.| The tax-paylng capital community is| an_fincidental contributor under com- | { pulsion, with no power or control even of its own tax money at any |stage and whose sole function in re- | spect to taxation and its financial status is to petition and to pay. Under these conditions the nation | as benevolent despor should and will | be just, considerate and sympathetic to the last degree. Scrupulous fair- ness should and will be observed in | exactions from the impotent local | taxpayer# and no precaution to pro- jtect their equities and to prevent | abuse of the nation's despotic power will be viewed as excessive. The nation’s obligation in respect to the tax surplus is., under these con- ditions. a debt of honor. The obliga- tion of nation to capital is not weak- ened but infinitely strengthened by the fact that the impotent District | cannot enforce it. table Disposal of Surplus. There are four alternatives in dis- posing of the District surplus: 1. Apply it in accordance with the half-and-half law, under which it was accumulated, to meet neglected mu- | nicipal needs of thc war time, which neglects permitted its accumulation. Preferably, apply it in a lump, dupli- cated under the half-and-half law, to some great and urgent permanent im- provement which requires for eco-| nomical and speedy completion. a much larger amount than cen be spared from current revenues. after providing for essential current main- tenance; "like, for example, .the in: crease of local water supply. an ur- | gent vital need, requiring miilions to meet it Or uge it to bring our,school buildings up to | equipment, another heed demanding | millions of immediate expenditure, Or apply the accumulated unexpended taxes to satisfly amy 'accumulated | ummet meeds. Note recent reports| {of the District Commissioners in which |they show the extent. to which cur- i rent needs, both of maintenance and permanent improvements, have been neglected during the time in which this so-called surplus has been ac- cumulating. The surplus merely rep- resents money that ought to have | been applied in the past as the Dis- trict'’s proportionate contribution. to- ward meeting the needs to which the Commissioners have called attention, and failing to be thus applied in the past it ought to be.devoted now to meet these accumulated unmet needs. This is the method of disposition e L equity, a trustee's or and ordinary business honesty gmand. - * No Repudiation, Even Partial, 2. Spend the surplus'on the indi- cated municipal needs, with the gov- & | ernment_contributing ‘40 per cent of | the total contribution, in accordance! | with the Snew ~temporary ratio of 60-40 instead of 50 per cent, in ac- cordance with the half-and-half law, which was in operation when it was collected, which gave the authofity to collect it, and under whose terms it was collected. “To apply it in this {way would be to make the 60-40 ratio | retroactive, applying it 'to .momey aised before it was enacted and un- der the terms of a different law. Of course, in equity. and in accordance with customary business fair play the | accounts of the half-and-half perfod should be balanced and closed on the kalf-and-half principle, and the 60-40 ratio should be postponed in application certainly until the date of its enact- ment; and there may be itemd in respect to which {its application shouldin equity be even further post- poned: - 5 3. The precise amount of tha sur-’ | h | dy date fn number and | P F g ANY RAIL WORKERS ASK ROADS T0 CONFER Union Heads and Executives of Companies in Session at ‘Chicago Hotels. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 14.—Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers, toda: requested a conference with railroad of the six big raiiroad unions, which Lave votéd to strike. Officers of sixteen railroad unions went into session shortly before noon at one hotel. while more than 100 rallroad presidents met at another. The railroad presidents notified: Mr. Stone by telephone that his letter | more contemptible and mbre shame-{Would be. considered at hwir meeis ing. e 3 Purther Wage Reductions. . hien the read executives Wwas understood they would k the United States Rallroad La- or Board for further wage reduc- tlons, promising to pass all future cuts along to the public in lower freight and passenger rates. The railroad crisis was rendered ! paying capital community, Uncle Sam | more acute this morning when the labor board handed down a decision providing for the restoration of plece work. The railroad presidents were jubilant while union leaders feared the effect on their men, more than 80 per cent of whom have al- ready voted to strike rather than a cept further wage reductions or rules which they oppose. The executives, among whom were a score of the leading railroad office in the country, expected to conclude thelr discussion in one day, taking swift action on the wage and rate re- ductions. The initiative in asking re- ductions would be taken by the indi- vidual roads, according to those a tending the meeting, rather than by the association. Varying conditions in different parts of the country would necessitate dif- ferent rates of wage reductions. they said, although groups of roads in sim-. ilar regions might act together. Ape« plication for wage reductions will be made to the United States Railroad Labor Board and for freight and pas- senger rate reductions to the Inter- state Commerce Commission. October 30 Reported Date. None of the brotherhood chiefs would deny or confirm reports that October 30 had been tentatively de ‘cided on to begin calling out em ployes. Progress was lemporari halted in the brotherhood discussions pending the reply of the executives Po'the brotherhood request for a con- ference. Meanwhile, the remaining groups, including maintenance of way, signal men, clerks. firemen and oilers and other rallroad unions, met to discuss the situation. None of them would intimate what their ac- tion might be. ‘With the removal of the piece-work ban by the labor board, the shopmen were brought one step nearer a strike. In August members of the six unions affiliated - with the raflway employes' department of the Ameri- .can Federation of Labor voted to strike, as a_result of the July 1 wage Tedugtion. The call was held up pend- ing announcement by the board of its rules decision. Today's decision, per- mitting the roads to negotiate for fece’ work; was accented as a defeat (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) s —————————— lus of unexpended taxes may be :p‘t.ant for the District's benefit with- out doubling under the half-and-hal faw. ‘This course involves only half confiscation. The nation repudiates in respect to these taxes raised under the half-and-half law its obligation of 1878 and confiscates for its own benefit the dollars duplicating this taxation which the law of 1878 re- quires it to pay. Uncle Sam will not! nfiscate the District revenue under the law of 1878, either wholly or in part. ‘An Inconceivable Alternative. 4. The fourtl alternative, which is inconceivable and no--alternative at all, is that Uncle Samt should con- fiscate the ‘whole’ amount of District revenue, saying that after he collected it under the half-and-half law and 'failed to appropriate it immediatel} under that law’ he " permitted .it through neglect of his agents to be covered into the Treasury as mis- cellaneous receipts, so that it is lost erftirely to the District. It is incon- ceivable that Uncle Sam should take advantage of his own wrong and profit through repudiation, confiscation and breach of trust as a dishonest guard- jan. Uncle Sam will never permit himself to be put in_this attitude toward his ward. ) It would.be paradexical and mon- strous 1f a surplus of anexpended local tax money which Comgress through neglect of the capital's urgent meeds has permitted to accumniate in violas tion of the haif-and-half Iaw should B and then should be diverted from its fall plication to these very needs, meglect . of which by Congress in the past_has permitted a surplus to ac- cumulate. v‘&‘&"’“f 3 AL | HOSPITAL STAFF NAMED. Appointment of seven well known physicians and surgeons to the staff of the Tuberculosis Hospital was an- nounced today by Commissioner Ru- dolph | The appointecs are Dr. W. D. Tewksbury, former superintendent of the institution, and Drs. John T. Thomax, Thomas A. Claytor. L. H. Reichelderfer. George Tully Vaughan, Charles W. R. Walker. SL000000 SAVED Richardson and Reginald | INNAVY YARD CUTS 'execull\'es, In session hére. on behalf borhood of $2,000,000 were the Washington navy yard today at the direction of the Navy Department. The department, it was-learned today. has issued directions to the local yard commahdant to cease work on all sub- ersible torpedo tubes .for battle- ips now Sullding. 4 #oF About. mén, it is understood, ate cmployed on this work at the Wash- inglon navy yard, but the closedown {today of the shops which are en- gaged in making these tubes. which cost thousands of dollars apiece, so far has not necessitated any the yard force. Mechanics Transferred. ‘The mechanics employed in the shops engaged on this work were transferred today to other shops in the yard, but it was said to be prob- {able” that if the department decides {to permanently abandon this con- | struction work, it will be necessary ! waged on it. Just what the reason was for the order, which, it is understood. came out of a clear sky without warning, could not be determined. but it is be- lieved by those familiar with the work that it is not an economy move. In their minds, it marks rather a change in naval construction in the light of recent tests had by the Navy. There are a few battleships now on the ways in shipyards in various parts of the country for which the local yard was building the tubes. These tubes are placed on the bat- {tleships and permit the discharge of torpedoes under the surface of the water. The designs of the ships now call for the placing of these tubes, and, it was pointed out. this gives the reason for the belief that it is not an economy step. Work Suddenly Halted. The yard was engaged on the manu- facture of a number of torpedo tubes for the battleships, and was about to begin work on others. Orders had been issued for the manufacture of a number of torpedo tubes after the German designs found on the Frankfurt and the U-117. These types are declared to be far superfor to the ones in uwse on the United States ships, so far so that it is understood that the German de- sign had been adopted to a large extent. ST It is believed that the ordnance ex- perts of the \Navy have found that torpedo tubes on battleships would be of little or no use under modern sea warfare conditions. and that a halt has been, called to save the money used in this constructiom if the tubes would be of no use. ‘. There are a number of orders pend- ing for tubes for the ships nqw build- ing, but these will be held 'up until the department issues further orgers either to begin work‘or permanently ndon the underwater ba’deship rpedo tubes. If abandoned for vat- tleships these tubes cannot be used *or any other purpose than on subma- ges, as the torpedo boat destroyers use deck tubes, which are of a dif- ferent design. Today’s News in Brief Rail unions ask for conference with roads’ executives. Page 1 Richest nations have most unem- ployed world survey shows. Page Efficiency bureau to suggest improved city methods. Page 1 l truce question. Page 1 Dry agents: start natlon-wide cam- paign agalnst home-brew ingredi- ents. Page 2 Mass meeting planned to boost clean- up campaign. - Page 3 Bishop Patrick Phelan of Australia predicts freedom ofIreland and last- ing peace result of London tonfer- ence. Page 11 jAustria_and Hungary settle dispute | over Burgenland. Page 14 Japan may ignore Chinese note relat- ing to Shantung, is word from Pek- ing. Page 17 {Only 100 students in German classes in D. C. high schools. Page 17 | Chancellor Wirth of Gemmany says he will not quit unless forced out. ¢ Page 18 PP St fl-: Vice conditions here described before Senate D. C. committee. Page 19 Four conventions of postal men elect _officers and adjoufn. Page 24 t Prisoners tell of mine war in seeking bail at Logan, W. Va. Page 27 n-" Work cuts involving in the neigh-| made at] cut in to lay off u large number of the men | T — EFFICIENCY STAFF STUDIES D. C. WORK IWill Seek Better Methods of Handling Business of City Government. The United States bureau of effici- ency, having completed its revision of salaries in the District government, 118 now making a survey of the mu-| nicipal departments, with a view to suggesting improved methods of con- | jducting the city’s business where| ! possible. | 1t was learned today from a reli- 1 able source that the bureau docs not | | expect. however, to recommend any drastic changes in the present meth- ods in vogue in running the various departments of the District govern- Already Well Organized. I alce IS understood that the ef- fi cy experts will not suggest the shifting of any important municipal 'runeu_nd from one department to an- {other. This is taken as an Indication | { that “the efficieney men found the varipus activities of the municipality well organized at present. The main object of the federal bu- reay will be to point out to depart- | ment eads,awhere, in the opinion *of | the experts, greater efliciency could | be obtained In the conduct of busi- | ness. i The bureau of efficiency does not | | contemplate the writing of one gen-| eral report giving its views on the| operating methods of the entire Dis- | trict service. Instead. the agents of | the bureau will take up with District | i officials individual recommendations jfor improving conditions in certain departments, as these recommenda- ' tions are decided upon. No_suggestions have been made to ! {the Commissioners up to the present| i time. Motor Tags and Permits, i The istvance of automobile tags and | {permits to drive' motor vehicles is one ) municipal function which, it is felt in |some quarters, might be handled with | greater convenience to the public and | I the city. | At present the traffic bureau, which | examines applicints for permits, is lo- | cated on the fifth floor of the District | building. The license office, where the : Itags and the permit cards are actually | jixsued," Is on the first floor. | Maj. Gessford. some time ago, recog- rized the advisability of providing bet- i ter facilities for the handling of these | permits and tags ‘and. has been en-| 1denvoflng to improve this armngemem.l SWEEPING CHANGES . INREGULAR ARMY A partial if not a complete reorgan- | 1zation of the Regular Army, resulting in Teallocation of commands through- out the country, probably will result from steps taken today by Secretary | Weeks to assist further in the train- | iing and instruction of the National Guard, organized reserves, reserve| officers’ training corps and other civil- ians at military training camps. Specinl Boar@ Named. ° The Secretary today appointed a board of officers consisting of Cols. W. E. Welsh, Alfred A Starbird and Stanley H. Ford and Lieut. Col. J. W. Grissinger, all of the general staff,| 'and ordered it to recommend a plan; “for such an organization and distri- bution of the authorized strength of the Regular Army, as will enable it to give the greatest assistance possi- ble”" in the training and instruction of all elements of the Army of the! United States. | The board was directed to investi-! British and Irish delegates agree on|8ate thoroughly all existing facilities ' made vacant by deaths in the war| !available for training purposes, with | a view to their possible use under| new plans of training and organiza- | tion. In considering the question of | housing accommodations, the board | | was directed to include among its rec- | ommendations the most. suitable of | existing areas for the field training of {all branches of the military establish- ment. “Very Important Step.” i The board Is to be guided principally | by convenience of focation of training: centers to_ federalized units of thei National Guard, organized reserves, | centers of population, as well as the} advantages in training facilities pos- sessed by the federal government in land already owned. Maj. Gen. Harbord, acting chief of staff, made it elear to members of the board that their task was one of “very great Importance, especially in view of the increased obligations imposed by Congress upon the Regular Army to assist in the training of all com- ‘ponents. of-the Army of the United States as well as civilians.” —_— ey Member, of the Associated Press } The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news disput s credited to it or not others.re cxedited I 115 paper and also the local news pundished herels All rights of publication of special far. i work and slackness {of industrial equipment. dispatches herein are also resers i | Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 83;850 TWO ¢ {LOST IN WOODS, NEARLY STARVES FOR LACK OF | MATCH TO COOK FDODé‘ ATIKOKAN, October 14.—Dr. Graham Chambers, Toronto phy- sician, rescued after being lost for two weeks in the woods, al- most starved to death*or Jack of a match. Dr. Chambers arrived here last night on a litter strapped to the bow of a motor boat, weakened from cold and hunger. He said he had seen plenty of partridges. and that he had not lacked for ammunition, but refrained from | shooting any birds because he was | convinced he could not ecat them raw. When found by two Indians, Dr. Chambers finally had shot tridge, and was sitting und hut vainly —to raw fles from tramping through the | though he he had 9 much day, whe 1 and was in da - ther into the woods. He suid one of the airmen engaged in the | search for him had flown over the spot where he was standing, hut that he was unable to attract the flyer's attention, | MOST UNEMPLOYED INRICHEST NATIONS Survey Shows Jobless Fig- | ures High in Proportion to | Favorable Exchange. | GERMAN CONDITIONS BEST Only 3 Per Cent Without Work. Total for World Riths Into the Millions. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and € + Duily News. | Copyright. 1921. | PARIS, France, October 14.—Unem- | ployment figures are high in the ex- act proportion that exchange is f vorable, according to a report of the Interational Labor Board, which was drawn up at the request of the United States. The outstanding feature of the r { port, which the writer has just had the opportunity of studying, indicates the clore relations, between lack of in the forelgn trade of countries having solid mone- tary systems. In the figures given the tendency is rather to underesti- mate than exaggerate the totals. The report does not even attempt (o guess at the world's total of unemploye but says that there are certainly sev- eral millions. The estimates by coun- tries are as follows: { Estimates for Countries. i Enited States—DMore than 3,040,000, Canada—Sixteen per cent of organ- ized labor. ] Japan—Two hundred and thirty- two thousand, including 3,000 sailors in Kobe alone. Britain, the hardest hit—Nearly inseribed. Switzerland—Twenty-two thousand ropean . country 2,000,006 officially wholly and 90,000 partially unem- ployed. Denmark—Sixty-five thousand. Norway—Seventeen per cent of or- :ganized labor. Sweden — Thirty-ive thousand wholly and 42,000 partially unem- | ployed. Holland—Sixteen per cent of or- ganized labor. Belgium—One three thousand. France (which is one of the coun- tries least affected)—One hundred and twenty thousand wholly unem- ployed. Italy—One hundred and ten thou- | sand wholly and 300,000 partially un- | employed. Czechoslovakia—Thirty-seven lhuu»‘ sand. .- : Germany—The olimax of unemplo; ment was in September, 192 now only 3 per cent of the workers are wholly unemployed. Buyers' Strike Blamed. The industries most affected are said to be clothing; the building trades, and thten those engaged in producing luxuries of various kinds, | such as automobiles, watches ‘' and works of art. Of the world total of i | 25,000 diamond cutters, 17.000 are | now jobless. | Among the causes mentioned ”'i hundred and fifty the strike of the buyers or consumers the rise in following exorbitant prices, and war impoverishment. in_ Britain now | Every .one born comes into the world with a debt of £170 (normally $850): in France. $1.154; in the United States, $236 Italy, $411, end in_Germany. | Every one iiving in Britain-must gi on an average 22 per cent of his total income to the government; in France. | 40 per cent; in the United States, 9 | per cent; in Italy. 30 per cent, and in | Germany, 23 per cent. Such, at lenst, : were the estimates of the Brussels conference. The indirect causes of unem ment are sald to be multiplicatioh of | useless intermediaries, deterioration | _depreciation | of paper money, muljiplication of | government loans, which absorb all | savings, and political instability, | which hampers international trans- portation by increasing frontier re- strictions. Remedies Proposed. The factors making naturally for immediate amelioration—namely, the gradual fall in prices, reduction of existing stocks, tne filling of places i and the pressing need for many categories of merchandise—are judged | to_be insufficient to bring any con- | siderable relief. i The general remedies proposed are: Financial rehabilitation in countries of depreciated currency, international effort to devise means of political | stability, permitting the reopening of | trontiers. and, finally, readjustment | of population between the city and country. The rest of the voluminous report: is concerned with a discussion of the palliatives now being tried in various countries, and chief among which are unemployment, indemnities and insurance, the organization of short- time shifts, organization and control of employment bureaus, utilization of jobless workers on pubiic works, and lastly, emigration to other lands, which, it is urged, should be freed from many of the present restric- tions. The report adds, however, that it would be better to strike diregtly at the underlying causes of unem- ployment than to lose too much time and effort on mere palliatives. i question Hit | publican L man DELEGATESREACH TRUGE AGREEWEAT ATLONDON PARLEY Irish Peace Conference Has Two-and-Half-Hour Session and Adjourns to Mondav. SINN FEINERS PREPARE PRISON CAMP CHARGES Lloyd George and Collins J Over U. S. Rifle—Both Sides Optimistic. By the A ated Pr LONDON, Octobor ence of Sinn Fein loade of the British o'clock morning in Lloyd COrge’s Downing strect, ing cabinet otticiud with the agrecme tement of ti irisii g 1:30 o'clock th p.m. Monday. Lconfere ¥ h Comm: liis wher curred, formulated co tions in the cially that on harbor. where treatment have British troo have been re MacRpady. comin of the Brit forces in Irelund, who 1s investig ing them Leaders Jo Over Rifie. As the Trish delegation was Ir conference chamber Mich: a reput d o Irish republ standing in is my notiee Tur hymo he this pr mor stepped from the reor and_one of his secret Mr. Collin®’ query. The < ter lau and, picking up 11 explained that it was the first An { ican rifle made for the late war Mr. Colling then suggested that should sit in a chair with the r in his hands, #nd that Mr. Llos i George should send for a phe rapher. The prime minister enjovit the joke immengely, luugh o clined to do so, Dendlock Held Unlikely. There 5 Ve ¢ optimism today in ol Fein and British circ the continuance . of but it w zed matters had not before the Premier Lloyd FeOrge members of the cabinet B terday afternoon to question of unemple momentarily upper seemed « confrerence hat the vit us yet come and the ment, 105t hich thie w in is enhance the p optimism announcement that ister ington, which, it is would not do if he believed that Irish conference wus lilkely to reach a deadlock befere he could get back to London. Collins Financial Wizard. Austen Chamberlain suffering 1 1 iciently recove meeting, o present a marked imj dele mi i wetting ready®o go to Wash- he co; ered, mande Brit was T ad been pi during his pictured 1y onposed which 1ie most Englishme . and is are politic: D the government meeting delegates, Iustead. he appears to be a serious-minded man, who grappled v nd mastered the su ject of land and Irelan; figures whenevery th quires. and. on the deal humorously, questions. ON MISSION TO LONDON. Irish Constabulary Concerned Over Future in Case of Peace. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, October 11—A deputa- tion of fourteen merbers “from the Irish constabulary left Dublin yes ier Lioya ' con- day for London to r Hamar ition it Irish question. They wi'l seek guarantces that il men of the force be adequately c pensated in the event of a partiad « general disbandment. ARGENTINA MAKES LOAN. Reported to Be Getting $50,000,000 From J. P. Morgan Company. RUENOR AIR October 14.—Re ports that the Argentine govern- ment had concluded _arrangements for another loan of 350,000,000 with 3. P. Morgan & Co. of New York were published by newspapers here today Confirmation of the report has not been received fromt official quarters TWO DEAD; THREE ILL. IFamfly Tragedy Due to Eating What Were® Thought Mushrooms. CLEVELAND, Ohio. October 14— Two persons are dead and three others are in a ¢ritical condition as the result of eating what they thought to be mushrooms Sundi night. Mrs. Clara euman, twent years of age, and her seven-y daughter Dorothy succumed. Neuman, thirty-nine vears « husband; Harriet Neuman, fiv old, a daughter, and James Ru: neighbor, are ill, and physicians were unable to state whether they Fecover.