Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. r tonight and tomorrow; little e in temperature. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 69, at noon today; lowest, 47, at 7 a.m. today. cl © Full report on page 10. | No. 28,205, Says Middleman Would Absorb Difference. EAST ROADS HIT IN SECOND GROUP Unions Threatening to Split Over Chicago Tie-up. By the Associdted Press. CLEVELAND, Ohié, October 17.— ®he proposal of the public group of the Railroad Labor Board to reduce 1:eigth rates to prevent a railroad strike would not prove feasible, Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers, declared to- day. cut,”" Mr. Stone said. “By the time the reduction got to the consumer it Wvould not amount to one-half of 1 per cent. The middleman would ab- sorb all of the differenc W. G. Lee, president of the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen. would make no direct statement today on e feasibility of the plan. Jur understanding, and I believe tiat of the public also, was that the per cent wage reduction of last y would be passed on to the pub- Mr. Lee sald. First conferedees on plans for car- g forward the general railroad strike were begun here today. Warren S. Stone, president of the Tirotherhood of Engineers, was con- ferring with the vice presidents of ! (hat organization, who are to be in wirect charge of the strike within eir various districts. Mr. Stone was ( pected to Issue a statement at the | snclusion of the conference. With W. G. Lee. president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. already on the job directing plans for the walkout of members of his organization, Mr. Stone, conferring with his immediate subordinates, the three leaders of the other big five transporwation organization were ex- pected to arrive during the day for the general conference of the big five leaders Tuesday. The three other leaders are L. E. Shepperd, president of the Order of Railroad Conductors; i e ! Closing New York.Stocks, Page 23 . \ H The suggestion cannot be worked | | | | Entered as second-class mitter post office Washington, D. C. Developments of Day In Threatened Strike Of Railroad Employes Developments in the threaten- ed rallrond strike situation to- day are briefly as follows: W. 8, lone, president of the Locomotive Engineers, declared the proposal of the public group of the Railroad Labor Board to call off the strike if the road: axree to a reduction in freight Tntes equal to the July wage eut “was mot feasib! The ratlroad u: tion to the “big five, tated sxympathy with the walkout set | 1o begin on October 30 The xecond group of 1o be aftected by the strike will lines.. Names of Postmaster General Hays de- clared “the malls’ will run,” while expressing the hope that the strike would not ‘with operation 1tlen. Citiex are preparting to meet the strike by martinling fleets of motor trucks to earry food- ntufls. Public group of the Rallrond Labor Board to confer with the Interstate Commerce Comm n on wituation here today, | ' | Attorney Gemeral Daugherty. PRESIDENT FACES Executive Influence Vital. Both Sides Defying U. S. Labor Board. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Executive influence alone can save the nation from a railroad strike. Both the railroads and the em- ployes have defied the U. S. Railroad Labor Board, created by Congress for the very purpose of avoiding strikes. Where the fault lies is hard for offi- \W". S. Carter, president of the Broth- erhood of Firemen and Enginemen, and T. C. Cashen, president of the Switchmen's Union of North America. SECOND CALL TO HIT EAST. Atlantic Coast Line Amol’:g- -anaé Designated in Group 2. CHICAGO, October 17.— Eastern railroads are among those affected by the scheduled walkout of the bix five brotherhoods on the second and third groups of carriers, it became known today. Railroads in the second group include the New Ygrk, New Flaven and Hartford and the Dela- ware and Hudson. Like the first group, the walkout on the second division of roads will af- fect every section of the country. but hits the east hardest—a section of tle country left practically untouch- ed on the first day. The second group ! walkout - will come at 6 am., locai standard time, November 1. ! List in Group 2. The official list of roads in group follows: & New York, New Haven and Hart- ford, Delaware and Hudson, Chicago and Eastern Illinois, St. Louis and San Francisco (entire system), Louis- ville and Nashville, Nickle Plate, Erie | ‘ 1 Railway Atchison, Topeka and Santa e system). Atlantie <oast Line, Buffalo, Rochestar and Pittsburgh. Delaware and Lacka- ! wanna and_ Wesiern, Lehigh Valley, Nashville, Chattaiiooga and St. Louis. Three of the remaining largest roads in_the count re included in the third group, on which the strike set for 6 a.m., local standard time, ovember 3. The entire Burlington system, the New York Central (lines ~ast and west), and the entire sys- iem of the Baltimore and Ohio are among _ those which will feel the blow November 3. The balance of 1he third and the fourth groups in- clude the remaining roads in the wountry. Sees Faflure of Strike. The railroad brotherhoods have a strike fund of $2,000,000, which is in- sufficient for a general strike of any ! length, John Grunau, president of the Tnited Association of Railway Em- ployes of North Ameriea and leades of the unauthorized switchmen’s sirike of last year, declared today. Grunau has issued a circular to the 60.000 members of his organization outlining the association’s position in event of a strike, but declaring that he does not believe there will be a walkout. He pointed out that the brotherhood leaders have weakened their own ranks by circulating re- yorts that the members of his or- ®anization will step In as strike- ‘breakers in revenge for the efforts of the old organizations to break the Grunau strike in April, 1920. Grunau denied any such intention. ““There are thousands of our mem- thers walking the streets today, while their families suffer,” the circular says. “Why? Because when we were on strike in 1920 for 165 days the wecognized brotherhood leaders es- 1ablished strike-breaking and scab- Jierding agencies in all terminals af-, Yeoted by our movement, causing our defeat. Will Not Expel Members. The circular coneluded with the Sronical statement: “The so-called ‘outlaws’ will not ex yel any of their members participating’ a a strike, whether ordered by their leaders or by another organization. \either will they revoke the charter ©of any local that goes on record to participate in a strike, and most posi- tively this association will not estab- lish strike-breaking or scab-herding agencies as was done by the famous brotherhoods while the members of association was on vacation last r. runau said his union has 216 locals in the United States and Canada. TUnder the name of the Chicago Yard- men’s Association he calle® @& strike 5n 1920 that for a time threatened to yaralyze the nation's transportation Tacilities. 2 Two Others Not to Take Vote. Two oth labor organizations out- side the sixteen standard bodies an- nounced that no strike votes had been taken. O. J. Lubrsen. president of the American Train Dispatchers’ Assoclation, which claims a mem! ship of 98 per cent of the country’s train dispatchers, said his organ.zi as goipg to “Keep its skirts our 'We look to the law to take care " {Coatinued on page 4, column 2.), cials not in daily touch with the situation to decide. The fact is, both sides have conducted a continuous propaganda designed to show that the initiative in ignoring the Railroad Labor Board lies with the other. And while the quarrels have grown more intense, while some of the rail- roads on the one hand have goaded the employes to strike by declaring they were ready to deal a body blow to unionism, the employes, on the other hand, have insisted that if they take a cuf in wages the rates must come down for freight and passenger service. Problem Put on Deorstep. Between the two stands the public, represented by a more or less help- less group in the United States Rail- road Board, but now represented by the larger influence and power of the |chief executive, upon whose doorstep the problem has been deposited—the railroads, confident that Mr. Harding will force a wage cut and the em- ployes sure that the President will not dare to use his executive power to interfere in a labor controversy to their disadvantage. The employes Iknow, moreover, that in Congress the powerful agricultural bloc has been trying for months to force a reduc- tion in freight rates, and that the railroads will not escape this time with simply a victory over their em- ployes if Congress tukes a hand. Reduced to Simple Formula. President Harding has reduced the matter to a simple formula in that he recognizes that the Interstate Commerce Commission on the one hand, which controls the income of railroads, and the United States Rail- road Board, which handles a large item in railroad expenditures—name- 1y, wages—have much in common and that a combined report from both agencies will assist in an intelligent settlement of the problem. For months the Tailroads have been insisting that they couldn’t reduce freight ‘rates. They convinced most everybody in the government that they would be bankrupt by July 1 unless aid was forthcoming from| Congress, but that aid hasn't been given and now October is here, with railroad earnings -picking up. The railroads have been making volun- tary reductions in freight rates, but Mr. Harding, who has' from “the first insisted that rates must come down. probably will not be satisfied this time with promises of reductions, but will find a_ way to make those re- ductions effective. Time for Negotiations. The fact that nearly two weeks must elapse before the strike order takes effect is looked upon as giv- ing ample opportunity for negotia- tion. Meanwhile the word from rail- road sources is that a strike can be fought and will not paralyze traffic. Gen. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania railroad is reported as saying that the strike could be beaten by his oad. It may be that his employes will not prove as loyal to the unlons as the leaders of the latter think. Jt will be noted that union leaders have postponed the strike order on the Pennsylvania two days beyond the date of the call to the work- nien on other roads. This is interpret- ed here as meaning that it is hoped to influence reluctant employes on the ennsylvania by demonstrations of strength on western railroads. (Copyright, 1921.) Today’s News in Brief Dawes and Madden reach agreement on deficiency estimates. Page 2 U. S. arms delegates will meet Fri- day. Page 2 Policeman and woman shot in alley gun battle. Page 2 Sporting leaders discuss wide effect of racing measure. Page 14 Commissioner Oyster praises work of D. C. police. Page 17 Working women urged to battle against war and unemployment. Page 17 Tool-edger at Philadelphia offers testi- mony in Eastlake case. Page 17 New plot for home rule in India is discovered. Page 17 President Harding to speak at in- auguration of Dr. Chandler as head of William and Mary College. Page 17 Central Union Mission to build $200.- 000 home. Page 17 RATE CUT PROPOSAL TO AVERT STRIKESHNINS CLASHES TURNED DOWN BY ENGINEERS' UNION; MAILS WILL BE MOVED, SAYS MR. HAYS PROBLEM N STRIE z b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, g Member of the Associated Press The Amociated Press is exciusively eatitied to tho use for republication of all news dispatclics credited to 1t or uot otherwise credited Ju thls paper and also the local news puulished hereln, All rights of publication of special dispatches hereln are also reserved. Saturday’s Sunday’s Net Circulation, 83,744 Net Circulation, 88,49 1921-THIRTY PAGES. TWO CENTS. U. S. Begins Survey of Situation to Be Faced. ARMY AIRPLANES ARE AVAILABLE 30,000 Trucks Also Can Be Obtained to Move Supplies. The government through its various departments bogan today a survey of the situation as developed by the call of railroad union leaders for a general strike beginning October 30. Officials from President Harding down to departmental bureau chicfs and secret service agents were known to be watch- ing the situation closely, meanwhile hop- |ing that some means might be found {for averting a paralysis of the nation’s transportation system. The whole range of possibilities was regarded by officials as so nebulous at the present time as to before taking action. Still Hope for Setlement. Hope was expressed generally by of- ficials that the suggestion advanced by i the public group of the Railroad Labor Board, here for conferences with the In- terstate Commerce Commission, might be made the basis for a solution of the | problem. The public group of the board | propesed that the raiiroads immediate- put into ecffect freight reductions equivalent to the wage decreases author- ized by the board last July, that the railroads withdraw further requests for wage reductions. and. that the employes rescind the strike order pending action by the bourd on propcsais of the car- riers for further pay cuts. —- i Postmaster General Hays, in the jonly public sfatement issued up to j noon _declared “the mails wiil be moved.” Will Act If Necensary. “I am sure the parties to the con- troversy will not permit develop- iments which will interfere with gov- ernment service,” said Mr. Hays. “Thig is no time for statements from this deartment. A time may come for action. 1 sincerely truat that it will not. If it does there will be action. The mails will be moved.” Secretary Hoover, who, it is cen- sidered, will figure largely in any ac- tion decided on by the government. callel at the White House early in the day, but President Harding was not at the executive offices and -the Commerce Secretary left without see- ing_ the President. White House and other officlals de- clined to comment on reports that lthe President might call the railroad union chiefs to Washington for con- terence. Postmaster General Haye conferred this afternoon with E. H. Shaugh- general. in charge of the railway mail ants in the department. No Interruption Expected. “We antlcipate that there will he no interruption of the mails.” declared Mr. Shaughnessy, with slgnificant em- phasis on the word “no” before he went into the conference. | . Offcials of the deparfment. includ- ing the Postmaster General, were {loath to discuss possible measures that may be taken by the department to move the mails, in the event of the strike issue going te the extreme which would make such action neces- | sary. It was evident from Mr. Hays' terse statcment that the department is hoping that the strikers, in the event of the strike orders actually going linto effect, will not go to the extreme | of hampering the mail service of the { month, he said, but the Grand Council | i nation. Could Increase Guards. Guarding of mail trains and the use of motor trucks and airplanes are possibilities in the event of the rail- road men thwarting the transporta- tion of the malils. While all such traing in the railway mail service are heavily guarded at present, the guards could be increased, especially in the cabs and tenders. The de- partment has in service a large num- ber of trucks which would be in- creased rapidly by additions from the War Department. from which many of the larger trucks of the ‘postal gervice were secured. The depart- ment has available additional air- planes and could get more from the War Department, it is anticipated. At present the transcontinental air- mail_route between New York and San Francisco is the only one in op- eration, but the basis for rapid ex- pansion exists, the country having been charted for many more routes before Congress withdrew the neces- sary financial support for the ambi- tious air program. 30,000 Trucks Available. Postmaster General Hays has con- ferred with the Attorney General upon the légality of that part of the strike declaration which tells the men that “you have identically the same right to refuse to perform serv- ice on a mail train as you have to refuse to perform service on a freieht train.” It is generally understoed that the government's interpretation of this issue will be the direct op- posite of the above statement. About 30,000 Army trucks, most of them now in storage at corps area depots over the country, would be available for transportation use in the event of a complete railroad tle- up. it was learned at the War De- partment. So far the department. however. timate of Its transportation facilities or what Army personnel could do. in the way of emergehcy train opera- tion. Many Trucks Transferred. Many of the surplus trucks have been formally transferred to other government departments, notably the Department of Agriculture, but have not been withdrawn from Army stor- age depots by the departments. It was emphasized at the War De- partment, however, that there had been no official discussion of any pro- posal in connection with the strike within the department and that such consideration as had been given was a result of office routine requiring preliminary study in order that re- ports as to what the Army could do would be quickly forthcoming if called for by Secretary Weeks. Poindexter at White House. Senator Poindexter called at the ‘White House today, but on leaving said he had not discussed anti-strike legislation with the President. The ‘Washington senator gave the im- pression that no n.%:mpt would be made, at least by him, to push such legislation at tke present time. ‘When the House convened today Representative Blanton asked unan- (Continued on Page 2, Column 5. @ l | make it practical to await developments | scrvice, and his other chief lieuten- | has not been called upon for any es-| | 1 | ! 5“Uttel'ly Without Foundation,” His | |Klan, Simmons said, * | correct. 155,000 a year back WITH CAMPBELL AT K. K. KLAN HEARING Head of House Committee Hotly Resents Wizard’s Words at Session. DENIES SAYING COLLAPSE OF WITNESS WAS “FAKE” Reply to Charge, Which Also Involves Attorney. A sharp clash between William J. Simmons, imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, and Chairman Campbell of the House rules committee marked the reopening today of the wizard's examination “when the Klan head| touched on the question of his phy-| sical collapse last week. Simmons declared that Assistant At- General Crim remarked at the “Damn such faking; I've been; expecting ‘it all along.” | T was also told,” Simmons added, that Mr. Crim and Chairman Camp- | bell had said it was cheap theatricals, | intended to create sympathy.” | i i Denial by Chairman. Chairman Campbell broke in with a bang on the table: “If all the rest of your statement is| as false as your statement as to me, it is utterly without foundation. The conversation you mention did not oc- cur. I made no such statement.” Representative Rodenberg, repub- lican, Illinois, declared the witness should not dignify such reports to in- | sult the committee. Mr. Crim took a hand. ‘ + “I have no reply.” he said. ‘u\lr.! Campbell's reply covers i Representative Upshaw, democrat, Georgia, undertook to speak, but was ordered to sit down. Demand was made for the name of a newspaper correspondent who is alleged to have said that members of the committee looked upon the wiz- ard’s collapse as a fake. Simmons could not give it, but Rep- resentative Upshaw sald it was the correspondent of the New Orleans Item, whose name he did not know. Representative Pou, democrat, North Carolina, insisted that the wiz- ard have fair play, and Campbell said he_was getting it. “1 heard comment in this Toom that Mr. Simmons’ collapse was stage play. Anybody could see the witness was| LONDON, October 17.—Upon the 111" said Mr. Pou. simply inscribed =lab in Westminster In beginning his statement today | Apbey. which marks the tomb ofy Simmons launched into an attack |Great Britain’s “Unknown Warrior” against the New York World, declar- ing that newspaper in publishing an alleged expose of the Ku Klux had never presented any evidence to sup- port its charge that lawless acts had been committed by klansmen. Seeing _great circulation gains by a rival, the witard said, the Hearst papers reached out for a part of it, employing “a former Llansman who had been discharged by Edward Young Clarke,” head of the Ku Kiux publicity | ‘bureau i Everybody grinned when the wizard | declared the World w preparing to | i | i | neeay second assistant postmaster |have one of ifs representatives tarred | and feathered in an effort to make it | appear the crime was the work of the | Ku Klux. i Asks Concrete Information. Taking the wizard in hand for di-| rect examination, Chairman Campbell | announced he wanted some concrete | information—and short answers. The order was called the Ku Klux | as 4 memorial to the men. north and south, who served in the old war-time organization and to perpetuate its spiritual purposes.” Prior to 1920, he said, the member- ship was around 5,000. ntil June, | 1920, the “order went slowly.” he tes- tified. collecting in that time about $151.000, as indicated by exhibits, | which Simmons said were not exactly Simmons was questioned at length about financial operations. Beginning | last August, his salary was $1,000 a rceently directed that he be paid salary, running back for & period of five vears. Simmons said he had no personal knowJ)edge of the news letter sent out confidentially announcing that the chief of police of Norfolk, Va., was a | member. Stating that the Norfolk chief had denied membership, Mr. Campbell asked what the wizard thought of sending out false information. “It's unjust to the organization and will be investigated,” he said. “If any trick has been put over on me, I ex- pect to get at the bottom of it.” The wizard said the report that| 200 masked men who entered an Ok- lahoma church and announced to the minister that he was not with them, but that the order was with him, “three thousand strong,” was a bit “urconventional He said, however, that he had no direct knowledge of the alleged occurrence. “Our order stands_for no act that &ontravenes the law,” he exclaimed. Chairman Campbell said the main quedticn was “Who is behind the mask?’ declaring he regarded the wizard as a man of high ideals. We asked the witness if he regarded it as good policy to keep up masked parades in view of the charge of | sixty overt acts against the organi- zation: “These' things have only been al- leged,” said the wizard. Reverting later to the Norfolk chief, Simmons said he did not know wheth- er that officer was a member. Simmons said he did not know that Clarke and Mrs. Tyler split profits fifty-Afty. Representative _Garrett, democrat, Tennessee, said the news letter about the chief showed on its face that Clarke undoubtedly has re- ceived information from Norfolk that the chief had joined. Chairman Campbell wanted to know it a revival of the old Ku Klux name and regalia was calculated to create good feeling, even in the south. “Yes,” he replied. SENATOR McKELLAR RUN DOWN BY-AUTO _NEAR WHITE HOUSE Senator McKellar of Tennessee was Kknocked down and run over by an automobile owned and oper- ated by J. H. Wright, 1421 Columbia road, today while crossing Penn- sylvania avenue in front of the White House. He received cuts about the face and bruises, noné of which were serious. Presence of mind. probably savéd the Tennessee senator from more serious injury, since when he saw the automobile bearing down upon him he dropped to the pavement and thereby the full impact of the ma- chine was averted. The senator was taken into a nearby bank and after examination of his injuries it was said it would not be necessary for him' to be taken to a hospital. He was on his way to the Capitol when the accl- deat nccurrez ] {nave of the histor: {ish national anthem. PERSHING BESTONS 15, HONOR NEDAL Lays Gift of Americans on| Tomb of “Unknown War- rior” in London. By the Associated Press. LONDON, October 17—The Brit- inh government today decided to award the Victoria Croms, the ighext British award, to Amer- iea’s “unkmown warrior.” i s la today the highest decora- |tion witiin the gift of the American ipeople. 1t was the medal of honor ngress of the United States in reaffirmation of the com- radeship which united the United States and Great Britain in the world war, ¢ The official prescntation wa® made voted by the by George Harvey, American ambas- ! sador to the court of St. James, who| delivered a brief address as the rep- representative of the American gov- ernment and of President Harding. The act of bestowing the medal was performed by Geu. John J. Pershing, commander of the American armies in France during the great struggle. Pershing In Royal Carriage. Simplicity marked the presentation and bestowal of the medal, there be- ing only a brief choral service pre- ceding these ceremonies, which were | witnessed by a_distinguished assem- bly. Included in the group in the ic abbey were the Duke of Connaught, representing King George; members of the British cabinet, heads of governmental de- partments and attaches of the Amer- ican embassy. whose presence testi- ficd to the significance of the event. The transepts and the choir of the ancient edifice were filled, there be- ing 1.200 visitors admitted to witness the scen Gen. Pershing, accompanied by Maj. Oscar N. Solbert, military . atiache: Vice Admiral Albert P. Niblack and Rear Admiral Nathan C. Twining. left the American embaséy and en- tered a royal carriage, which, with an escort of mounted police, drove through Belgrave Square, past St. James Park, and proceeded by the way of Birdcaze walk to the pre- ncts of th abbey. There it met a part of the American composite bat- tallon, which arrived yesterday from Coblenz. With the Americans were drawn up officers and men from the royal navy air force, the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots and Welsh guards and a detach- ent of territorials. The guard brigade band had marched with the American soldiers from the Duke of York's where they were quartered, to tions outside the -abbey. Processi Moves to Grave. Gen. Pershing’s arrival had been preceded by a few minutes by that of the Duke of Connaught, who was ac- corded the royal salute and the Brit- Gen. Pershing was received with the general's sa- lute, the . bands playing “The Star Spangled Banner.” Gen. Pershing and the duke walked between formations of troops to the north transept door of the abbey, where they were met by the dean and the canons and choir of Westminster, and were escorted inside. After a prayer by the dean, the processfon moved to the grave of the “unknown soldier.” the whole way being flanked by American and British soldiers and sailors. After the medal had been bestowed, the dean, in.a brief address, accepted it. and the singing .of the “Battle posi- Hymn of the Republic” and the Amer- ican and British anthems concluded the service. Given Royal Salute. Leaving the abbey, the duke and Gen. Pershimg were given the royval salute, and the massed bands played the American and British anthems. The duke walked down in front of the lines of American troops, while Gen. Pershing walked in front of the British soldiers, drawn up before the doors of the abbey. Jhe American naval contingent which took part in the ceremony was from the cruiser Olympia, which is lying at Plymouth. Seated-in the nave of the abbey dur- Ing the ceremony were Field Marshals Halg, French, Allenby, Robertson and Wilson, representatives of the Indian army, Lord Cavan, who commanded British forces on the Itallan front during the war, and many other Brit- ish chieftains. There were also present army of- ficers who have been chosen to act as British military representatives at the conference on limitation of arma- ments at Washington, allied militar; naval and air force attaches, higl commissioners and ents-general for the dominions, and representa- tives of the British legion, the Pil- grims, the British Empire Service League and other organizations. Gen. Pershing’s Remarks. “One cannot enter here and not feel overpowering emotion in recalling the jmportant events in the history of Great Britain that have shaped the progress C ued on contingents of the royal | WOMAN GIVEN POSITION. President Names Mrs. Brueggeman for Compensation Commission. | i i | Mrs. Bessie Parker Brueggeman of St. Louis, was nominated by Presi- ldent Harding today to be a member !of the United States Employes' Com- | pensation Commission, a government agency dealing with compensation of !eivil employes of the government in- jured while in discharge of their duties. |“"The nominations of Charles H. Mar- tin and Edgar Russell. now colonels in the Army, to be brigadier generals, |also were sent to the Senate. WILL OF P. C. KNOX FILED IN THIS CITY | iLate Senator’ Provides for {. Trust Giving Income to Members of Family. g | The will 6f Philander C. Knox, sen- ator from' Pemnsylvania, was filed to- | day in the office of the.register of wills. The document was executed at Devon, Pa., October 4, 1920, and was found in & safe deposit box at the . Amepican Security and Trust Company by Deputy Register Theo- dore Cogswell. It is understood that & motion -will be made to transfer the document to Penusylvania for probate, James R. Tindle, con-in-law of the senator, and the Union Trust Com- pany of Pittsburgh are named as, trustees of the estate, the bulk of which is to be kept intact to the limit of the law for twenty-one years | | after the death of the last living| grandchild. Special Provisions. | Excepted from the trust estate is the | ! Valley Forge farm in Chester and Mont- | igomery counties, Pa. with the house- 1hoid effects, equipment and automobiles { there located, which is devised to his { daughter. Rebekah Knox Tindle. An- [ other exception is a bequest of $50,000 | i{to his grandoaughter, Kathleen Kno: | daughter of his son, Hugh S. Kuox. Thi {legacy is 1o be paid her on her twenty fifth birthday. Legacies of $300 each are also made to Archie K. Pinkett, Lulu Manning, Hester Prather, Minnie- Proc- tor and John Wright, in appreciation of services { The trustees are authorized to build 2 home for the widow, Lillie S. Knox. | at a cost not to exceed $40,000, or to lease one for her at an annual rental of $2,500 during her life. From the income the trustees are to pay life annuities of $1,000 each to.his sisters. {and to his brother. £ BP. Knox. An annual payment of $500 for life is to | be made to George Bradley, if still in the service of the senator, and $300. Ilo a servant, Henry Barnes, each year {of his life. The remaining income is to be distributed one-fifth each to the widow, Lillie S. Knox, and the four children—Rebekah K. Tindle, Reed Knox, Hugh S. Knox and Philander C. Knox, jr.—in equal quarterly in- stallments during their lives. Not Liable for Debts. On the death of the widow, her share of the income is to be equally distributed among the four children. The money to be paid the sons. the will provides, shall not be liable for their debts mor may they anticipate its payment in apy manner. From the shares of. the sons, Reed and Philan- der, the trusteés are empowered to deduct such sums as they think prop- er for the support and education of the children of these sons. ‘o On the termination of.the trust the estate is to-be pald over t6 the liv- ing descendant of ‘the daughter,. Mrs, Tindle, and. of the sons, Reed Knox and Philander Knox, jr. While the estate is being _ collected by. the trustees, the will provides that . the widow and each of the four children shall receive monthly- payments . of $500 for their support. officers of this branch of the |on duty with this branch of the nav. NAVY AIR FORCES | CRIPPLED BY TESTS Large Number of Officers : Fail to Pass Examinations | | the for Regular Service. Crippling of the aviation service of the United States Navy is being faced by the Navy Department through the failure of a large percentage of the temporary regulars and reserve offi- cers to pass the examinations for the regular service, it was admitted by naval forces today. The naval aviation station at Ana- | costia and the station at Dahlgren, v will be seriously affected by the results of the examinations, s only one officer from the two stations qualified in the examinations, the r sults of which have just been made public. he officer who qualified was at Anacostia, while at Dahlgren none passed. Must Retain Rewervists. While naval officers apparently are not aiarmed over this situation. it BACKS $10.000000 PROGRAM FOR D.C. SCHOOL BUILDINGS Senator King Willing to Vote for Outlay After Talk by Superintendent. CONDEMNS PIECEMEAL METHOD NOW IN FORCE Ir. Ballou Tells Subcommittee of Senate District Co-amittee There Is No Delay. Willingness to vote for a §10,60 program for school buildings in the District was expressed by Senator King of Utah today after hearing the statement DLy Supt. Ballou of th. public schools before the xubcommit- tee of the District committee now in- vestigating charges of delay in the erection of school buildings on the part of the District officials. tor King said that he preferred the adoption of an adequa building program to meet the prese and future needs of the District rather than the piecemeal method now adopted by Congress for school con- uction. I should be willing to fight it out with the appropriations committ of both houses to put through 4 re ly constructive school building p gram for the District,” said the U S .o, Senator Capy man of the r of Kansa 0ol investi as - * the wa. ren are handled the schools here. He indicated that he would favor such a_program as pro- poged by Senator King. Dr. Ballou's Statement. Dr. Ballou told the committee th. children were packed into th schools last year up o the garret, and that this year, with an addi- tional 3000 children. the conditions | were serious. He insisted that there had been no vnavoidable delay in the preparation of plans for the new school buildings appropriated for by Congress on the part of the board of education. municipal architect or the Districi Commissioners. He said that all the officiuls have done their best to ex- mittee, declared it w Sl pedite the coustruction of thesc schools. Senator Capper said: ongress is to blame. because il did not make appropriations to meet the needs of the schools long before this.” The meeting of the subcommitice | this morning was informal in char- {acter. the opening of the investigu tion asked by Senator King. Suggests Joint Effort. Senator King suggested during the meeting that it would be wise to ask i i was admitted at the department that the Navy will have to keep on duty a large percentage of the reservists in order to maintain the stations. While there are a number of perma- nent gegular officers detailed to the aviation service, they are largeiy ad- ministrative officers. The actual fly- ing officers of this service are prac- tically all reservists. The temporary regular officers un- der the law will have to revert to their original status of warrant offi- cers and enlisted men by December 31 The department also is faced with the possibility of losing a pro- portion of the reserve officers who passed- the examinations through their refusal to accept commissions in lower ranks than they now hol It was pointed out, for instanc that an officer who took an exam- ination for the rank of full licu- tenant may have failed to make a mark considered high enough for that rank, but is beileved qualified to fill a lower rank the corp: Some of these officers, it is Lelieved. wiil refuse their commissions in lower ranks. The Aviation Corps of the Nav made up almost entirely of reser nd temporary regulars. There 1 service now 152 regular officers, 13 temporary regular officers and 266 reserve officers. In the recent ex aminations only eighteen tempora: regular officers qualified for perma- nent status and 120 reserves. The status of six officers is as yet unde- termined Much Work Curtalled. Officers in the personnel division of the bureau of navigation are of the opinfon that the failure of so many School, 1 Harriette Knox and Mary Knox Graff, |officers to pass the examinations wlilarchitect a However, in | not hamper the service. the aviation section the officers who actually direct the service say that it will cripple the naval aviation work. The situation, however, is some- what relieved by the fact that, owing to the reduced appropriations for the navy, much of the work of the avia- tion service has been curtailed. But, it was pointed out. even with this situation, advancement of the service will be checked. While naval officials said that re- serve officers in the aviation service may be kept on active duty indefi- nitely, they are without information at this time as to whether reserve aviators now with the service will re- main after they have been informed of their failure in the recent examina- tions. They will have an indefinite status and may be relieved at any time. Separation of the reserve officers from the service will be a serious blow. it was said, for, as pofnted out, the actual fiyers are practically all reserves, The other officers are en- gineers and machinists, otherwise known as ground officers. While the aviation service will now lose the services of the temporary regulars entirely, as they can be used in the service as enlisted men, however, they cannot be used for details in their present status as officers. GEN. BANDHOLTZ, ARMY CHIEF, AT BURIAL ON ARMISTICE DAY Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtz, com- manding the district of Washing- ton, has been placed in charge of the arrangements for the purely mil- itary ceremonies attending the burial of the unknown American soldier at the Arlington Amphithea- ter, Armistice day. His most difficult problem re- lates to the housing and feeding of the large number of troops com- ing from distant stations. Troops from nearby posts will be able to return there after the conclusion of_the public ceremonies. Bishop Charles H:. Brent of the Episcopal Church, who, al, decorations from the British and Belgian gobernments, for his services during the war, will have charge of the religious services at the cemetery. He will be assisted by Rev. Francis A. Kelley, pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart, at Gloversville, N. Y., and a_rabbi of a Jewlish church in Baltimore, Md., both of whom rendered dis- tinguished services during _the world war, s well as by Col. John T. Axton, chief of Army chaplains, and Capt. John B. Frazier of the Naval Chaplain Corps. It tentative plans are consum- mated, thep rogram of music may include the singing of special hymns_by Mme. Louise Homer, Mme. Schumann-Heink and Mme. Tetrassini,. | the House District committee to ap- | point a subcommittee to act with the | Senate subcommitice in making the | invesiigation of the school situation. {80 that a united cifort might later wade in boti houses to ovlain tne re- lief required. | Senacor Capper announced that h { wouid take tne matter up with the House' Instrict commitice. At the meeting today were tl | members of the Senate subcommitice Capper, Cameron and King; b {lou, Principal Harc of tue IS {High School and M. Cnipmai. | representing the Federation of Won en’s Club: Lr. Ballou discussed with regdrd to the new School, tor which the original & | propriation was made - seven_ ye lago. That appropriation was 70000 e war came on, Wwith mounting | bunding costs, and it was found - | possible to erect such a structure fo {anything like that sum of monc Congress, he said, finally increase this sum’ to $1500.000. He said U | detailed plans for the Last zh School had not been coun- pleted up to April 8, this year, whes i the electrical engineer of the Districi | wrote him regarding certain matte: in connection with the wiring of the building. He said that the request v information was promptly answeied Merely Skeleton Plan. The plan of the Lastern High {School, which he saw last fall, he !said, was merely the skeleton plan | He insisted that the board of educa- the situation stern dign Ition was not the cause of any delay |in the erection of this new high ischool. He also gave the municipal clean bill of health. d claring that he had proceede:d rapidly possible with the facil: ties and force at his disposal. Dr. Baliou pointed out that the offite lof the municipal architect is so ar- ranged as to keep the force bus throughout the year rather than to permit of the handling of u rush job. 1" The superintendent said t the {beard of education was all ready to act promptly in the case of achool buildings whenever the appropria- tions are supplied by 3 said that the aul nicipal architect a tes and cor struction of the school buildings was complete. The final contract for the Eastern High Schocl, he said. is not vet let, nor have the contracts becn let for any of the buildings provided for by Congress in the so-called cmergency program put through thix vear. F sald that the money had become avail- able about July 1.'and that it was ex- | pected that the contracts would all be awarded by December 1 and the buildings completed by September. 1922, Decided by Congress. Senator King asked about some al- leged delay in connection with an us- sembly hall for the Phelps School. Dr. Ballou pointed out that Congress had gone on record as opposing the construction of assembly halls at this time and that_the officials, in con- formity with tfis’determination, had not acted in the Phelps School as- sembly hall matter. Dr. Ballou took occasion to say that the Junior High Schools certainly should be provided with assembly halls. Building costs in the District, Dr. Ballou said he had become convinced, were mnot greater than _elsewhere. He spoke in reply to a suggestion of Senator King that the building con- tractors here were a set of profiteers. Dr. Ballou pointed out that during he last six months building costs ad decreased from 20 to 40 per cent, which, he said, was an encouraging sign. Referring to the mneed for new schools here, Dr. Ballou said that i congressional commission in 1908 made a survey of the s&chools in the District and recommended the imme- diate abandonment of twelve build- ings. Of these, he said, two are in use today. The same commission recommended that eight other school buildings be abandoned as soon as ~—Continued on Page 2, Column &3 i