Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1922, Page 2

SCAOG ADDITION WATS FOR LEATS » Petworth Citizens’ Associa- . tion Takes Up Matters of Local Concern. Heating and lighting systéms in the public schools of the District are to be given attention by Senators Capper and King, membeérs of theé joint cen- gressional committes investigating the local school situation, it became known last nght at the meeting of the Petworth Citizens’ Asoefation aL the Wallace Memorial Presbyterfan Church. J. G. Yaden, chairman of the com- mittee on schools, reported that he had conferred with botir senators regarding this situation, and Senator King, in particular, had promised that he would look into the matter. Little progress had been made by the District_authoritles in providing light- ing facilities for the new eight-room ad- dition to the Petworth School, Mr. Yaden reported. The school is wired for lights, and though fixtures were promised to the people of the seetion interested in obtaining lights for the school, (he only ones so far installed are those donated by the community center, which provided lights for the post office and hall. Views om Utilities Indorsed. The association indorsed the report of the public utilities committee. pre- sented by Charles D. Keller, chairman, which contained recommendations for a general reduction in public utility rates in the District. Reports and res show, according to Mr. Keller, that there has been a general downward trend in the cost of materials entering into the serviees furnished by the public wtlli- ties, and the committee expressed the belief that the time had come for the puble to be relieved of some of the war time utility burdens. The association also indorsed the public utility committee’s suggestion that it would be impracticable at this time for the Washington Railway and Eleotrio Company to éxtend the un- derground system from the W street pit on Georgia avenue to Upshur street. Pressure on this matter will be deferred until provision is made by Congress for repaving this sec-, tion of Georgia avenue, although the committee recommended and the as- sociation also approved, that the rail- way company improve its tracks be- tween the Dpit and Upshur street, which were declared to be the worst in_the city. The assoclation also approved the committee’s recommendation of ap- proval of the suggestion of Presi- dent Ham of the Washington Rail- way and Electric Company for an ex- tension of its 11th street line from Monroé street to Kansas avenue to TUpshur street to Georgia avenue. It also approved the bill to pro- vide a separate utilities commission for the District of Columbia. % Jofnt Memorial Serviees. { The Petworth Association agreed to Join with the Park View Citizens’ Association, on invitation of the lat- ter, in a memorial ceremony to be Held in the audftorium of the Park View School February 10. in com- rhemoration of the birthday anniver- sary of Abraham Lincoln. W. Oyster extolled the life and char- er of Lincoin while this matter under consideration. The _association received an appeal from M. O. Chance, city postmaster, advising business mem to mail early in the day, directing attention to the fact that there had been a recent slump in the early day mailing. Addresses were made by Dr. How- ard Fisher, representing the District health department, and Willard C. mith of the United States public ealth Service in the interest of the socisl hygiene campsign in the Dis- triot. RICHWOND MAYOR OFFERS CAR ARBITRATION SCHEME Strikers, Company and City Coun- cil Receive Suggestion for Set- tlement of Controversy. By the Associated Press. . RICHMOND, Va., Janua:y 18.—Mayor George Ainslie today submitted to the Virginia Railway and Power Com- pany, its striking employes and to mmembers of the city council a plan by whioh, hé says, the controversy be- tween the traction company and its men over the matter of wages can be matisfactorily adjusted. The plan, which would apply to the city of Richmond alone, briefly is as follows: That both sides submit to arbitra- wlon, agreeing to abide by the re- sults. ‘That the striking employes return o work at once at the company’s pro- ‘wage scale, pending the report f the arbitrators. § That council allow the company a Seven-cent fare until April 1. ‘That the arbitrators consider the rev- emues of the company. ‘That the arbitration body be chosen fn a manner decided upon between the eompany and its employes. ‘Ready for Long Fight. E. D. Hathaway, president rtsmouth 1 of .of local reet car amen, Wao deciare funds are now avail- able to finance the strike for that petiod. Commenting on the proposal of Mayor “ @eorge Ainslie of Richmond for arbi- tration between the company and the employes, ., Hathaway, who is chairman of the joint employer ‘conferernice board governing the actions of the Portsmouth, Norfolk and Rich- Tocals, dect: E from the International Associa- tion of Street Car Men. PRESIDENT SEES PRESS TOO CRITICAL OF STYLE * _(Continued from First Pa; ¥ ‘pitter criticism from newspapérs be. cause of certain twists of his literary style. Mr. Wilson used to think there ere Digger things for the critics to “ srite about than his style of expres- sjon. ‘Mr. Harding himself has found that Jéoking at the presidéncy from inside tnwmn ‘House dwarfs in importance @ of the criticisms which are made ;?ul & nation’s exeécutive, and that _while he 1s the last person in the world 10 be sensitive about honest criticiem, hé wonders if the little carping innuen- dges are necessary for the successful working of a democracy. “The President’s little talk would #ve made much more intéresting read- 1dg than Bis first rémarks, for which to quote was sought. But 'ur. Harding took in posed modeést i t & President should bé quotéd 6n things really worth while, things oare- fully thought out and maturély con- and that the outside world _~should not get from the new: ts the of a loquacious exécutive ith tilted style, just bhecause alert rters are ready to take down every- ing he may say in his waking hours. ' 3 (Copyright, 1922.) 'BIG FAMILY LEAGUE IN GERMANY BASED ON ROOSEVELT IDEA By Wirelens to The Star and Chicago Dafly News. - Copyright, 1922. BERLIN, Germany, January 18. spittt of Theodore Roose- velt is rampant in Germany. The Rooseveltian principle of families has found so many fol- lowers that it has been thought useful to ormanize them so that they may beécome an Imfluemtiat power in the life of the German public. “The German Large Fam- ily League” has just been founded in Bertin by persons having sev- eral children or hoping to have them. The league began business by passing a resolution calltts upon the reichstag to emact the following measures for the benefit of the erganization: “Cancellation of all tamilies: taxes on increased spe cial taxes omn bachelors, and 10 per cent of the receipts from such taxes to u for assisting large families: the establishment of a public fund to provide ade- quate [living quarters for large families and to enable them fo give all the children a proper ed- ueation, thus duin’ away With the old custom of giving one member of a large family a college edu- cation at the expense of the other children.” The league will have itx head- quarters in Frankfort, where special bullding is being erect as the headquarters of Germany’s large families. THOUSHNDS KLED N INDA REBELLO 2,250 Moplahs Dead, Many Hindus Converted, But Prince Is Welcomed. By the Associated Press. DELHI, India, January 17.—The government, in reply to questions concerning the Moplah rebellion, an- nounces that 2,250 Moplahs have been killed and 5,700 imprisoned. Many thousands of Hindus, it is added, have been forcibly converted to Islam. It is declared to be impossible to state the amount of the damage done or the number of people the Moplahs have killed. The legislative assembly has adopt- ed an address welcoming the Prince of Wales to Indla and regretting “that & small body of non-co-opera- tors should in any way have marred the success of the royal welcome.” It adds: “Supported by the declared resolve of the imperial parliament to enable India to attain the goal of responsi- ble government, the legislatures of this country are applying themselves to the task of utilizing to the fullest extent the opportunities afforded them of promoting the welfare of the country and demonstrating their ca- pacity for working new representa- tive institutions, in the belief that the passage from the present transitional form of government to the full meas- ure of responsible government will not be long delayed. The people are eagerly looking to the day when India will fake her proper place as an equal partner in the British common- wealth of nations.” The address concludes with the ing and the British ed sympathy and support to the labors of the leg- islatures for the realization in the near future of the Indian nation’s as- pirations. 1 FIRST THREE POINTS , IN OPEN-DOOR PLAN. FOR CHINA ADOPTED (Continued_from First Page.) day, a resolution relating to rallroads in China js to be put forward by the American _delegation, probably by Secretary Hughes. The detalls of this resolution have mnot yet been dis- closed. But in general. it was saf the resolution will seek to establis the principie that the control of Cni- nese railroads should center in China. At present the railroads of China are -nearly all in foreign hands. Also, it would provide there shall be no dis- crimination in the operation of the railroads. This resolution will be particularly interesting to the Chinese, who are today making a hard fight to the Shantung rallroad, formerly Ger- man owned and controlled, but now in the hands of the Japanese &s part of the spoils of war against Germany, returned to their control. An example of the econdémic pene- tration practiced by Japan in China is found along the Shantung rail- road. The Japanese have obtained possession not only of the formerly German controlled mines along this railtoad, which were located in four regions carefully defined, but they have, it is charged, obtained control and ownership ef the other mining properties of the Chinese through control of the railroad, refusing to give the native owners transportation facilities and in the end making a sale to the Japanese imperative. Raliroad Government Owaned. The South Manchurian raflway, des- ignated a joint stock company, is practically a government-owned rafl- road, the Jgpanese government holds the controlling interest. Japan also has an agreement with China by which she can object at any time to the construction in Manchuria of a rival road. - It is not to be understood that = ’ EXTRADITIONGASE STIRS P CANADA Bullock, ‘Colored Man Want- ed in North Carolina, Faces Immigration Heads. By the Associsted Press. HAMILTOYN, Ontarte; Jnauary 18 ~The Canndian fumnigration bourd teday ordered the depertation of Matthew Bullock, megre, wanted in Nevtkk Caroling on = charge of fuciing to riet. An aypest was Immedintely taken to the Cama- éias govermment, which acted as A stay fa the execution of the order. HAMILTQN, Ontario, January 18. —Mathew Bullock, negro, whose de- portation to Norlina; N. €. Is sought on a charge of inciting to fiot, will appear today before in- spectors of the Canadien immigra- tion department to be examined on the questiof of his alleged fllegal entrance inte Canada. He wil be accompanied by counsel. The public will be excluded. ° ‘There are ample funds to fight the case, and while the colored people of the United States and Canada have subscrtbed the greater amounts, or- ganizations of Britishers are aiding substantially. Bullock also will appear in police court today to answer to the charge ncy on which he Is held here, but a postponement is expected. Searelf for Precedent. yellowed documents of “slave- e” days have been thumbed indus- triously by Canadian officials in their search for a precedent law upon which to decide the case of Bullock. In delving into the ancient court records the Canadlen barristers have found at least one historical near- paralel to the Bullock case—that of an American negro slave, one Ander- son, whose extradition was demanded in 1862 on the ground that he had slain his master, an Ohlean named Digges. ‘Bullock's cause is being pleaded by Canadian members of his own race and by public officials who demand that the negro be given every ad- vantage of the immigration laws and that Canada may continue his haven the internatiomal courts in order from North Carolina authorities. Fatr Triat Demanded. Bullock was arrested at Hamilton, Ontario, eharged with having insti gated a riot In North Carolina. Al leged by American officials to have crossed the border in March, 1921, to evade trial, he already has been ex- amined by the immigration officer at Hamilton and ordered deported, but has appealed to the minister of immi- gration. In the meantime the négro popula- tion of Toronto {s demanding that Bullock be allowed to remain in Canada and former Mayor Church of Toronto has wired Premler King not to allow the negro to be “railroaded” ?ulllol the country without a fair rial. MOTHER PLEADS FOR SON. Sends Telegram From Here to Church People in Ottawa. Special Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, January 17.— “Please save my boy,” reads a telegram that Mrs. Bullock has sent from Washing- ton and which was read before the congregation of St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church when a special public meeting and special col- lection was taken in the cause of Matthew Bullock, the: negrp held ‘at Hamllton, Canads, and whom North Carolina officials want to extradite. Colored ions at Chicago, New York, ltimore, Hamilton, To- ronto and elsewhere are active, and members of the Dominion cabinet, from Premier King down, are being pressed not to allow United States authorities to take Bullock back, as he still greatly fears lynching. In his extended telegram to the premier ex-Mayor Church of Toronto says: “I notify you that if an immigra-; tion inspector representing your gov- ernment interprets or mininterprets the law 80 a8 to force this prisoner Bullock out from the protection of British justice and Canadian law. I will hold you personally responsible in the house of commens for the con- sequences that may he visited on this man.” = It looks now as if, in case of depor- tation, Bullock will take advantage of what the law allows—namely, to appesl to the minli of justice. This would délay mat! MINE UNION HEADS 10 BACK UP LEWIS “No Backdown” Slogan in Wage Dispute Expected to v Be Sounded. By the Associatad Prese. SHAMOKIN, Pa., January 18.—An- aduncement by International Presi- dent John L. Lewis of the Mine Work- ers’ Unfon that the coal diggers of the country would take no backward step in wage negotiations with the THE :EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, MONCURE RE-ELECTED. Alexandria Judge to Continue in Office Seven Years Longer. ALEXANDRIA, Va, January 18 (Special).—Judge Robinson Moncure {was yesterday unanimously elected 7judge of the corporation court of Alexandria by the irginia legisla- ture, in seasion in Richmond. o The judy today is receiving con- gratulations from the members of the bar association of the city and others. Judge Moneure will serve seven more years. whicl will expire February 20, Judge Moncure was appointed judge of this court by Gov. Davis to fill the unexpired term of Judge L. C. Barley May 22, 1920, Friends of the judge point out fhat his re-election is a reaffirma- tion of the confidence reposed in not only by the bar. but the legisla- ture as well. PERSHING WOULD RETAINS CAMPS Training Center in Each Corps Area Recommended by General. of nine training centers, one in each {corps center, and a number of other jspecial camps, was recommended to- {day by Gen. Pershing. chief of staff, at a hcarlng before the House mili- |tary committee. | Gen. tion as milltary training centers of {the following: Camps Devens, Mass. Dix. N. J.; Meade, Md.: McClennan. Ala; Knox. Ky.: Custer, Mich.: Fort Riley, Kan.; Travis, Tex., and Le Wash. As supplementary camps for mobili- zation and training of National {Guard, reserve units and special de- tachments, the general urged reten- Lee, V: d . S. C.; Sherman, Ohi 11L.; I'ike, Ark., and Dodge, lo The War Department’s program, Gen. Pershing said, calls for the con- solidation at Camp Bragg, N. C., of all field artillery schools east of the Mississippl. The great artiliery cen- ter at Camp Knox. Ky., he said should be moved to Bragg next summer. Varies With House Views. A number of the War Department's Retention by the War Department Pershing recommended reten- | HELD ON_LIQUOR CHARQE. Two Young Men Accused of Sale and Possession. Reported loss of a suit of clothes and information given by Jack Xavier Marmion of the sale and ‘possession of liquor, early this morning resulted in the arrest of two young men regls- tered at Willard Hotel as Edward Francis Andrews, Tucson, Ariz, and John Rodgers Mead, Lexington, Va. on charges of violations of the prohi- bition enforcem! law. Detectives Pratt and Mullen motored to the residents of United States Commissioner I R. Hitt, Chevy Chase, about 3 ock this morning, accompanied by Revenue Agent Lin- ton Evans, and secured writs. detectives 3 Returning to the city, the went to the hotel and arrested the young men. The warrants alleged sale and possession against Andrews, while Illegal Dpossession was the ! charge against Mead. WORKERS REJECT WAGE REDUCTION Erie Railway Company Un- . able {0 Reach Agreement With Its Employes. By the inted Press HORNELL, N. Y., Januaty 18.—Final rejection of the proposal of the Erie railroad for a general reduction in wages was made at the close of the three-day conference between rail- road officials and union leaders today. | Iach class of worker was summoned 10 the conference and informed of the intention to reduce wages to the scale prevailing prior to July 1. 1920, and eaci in turn_ rejected the proposal. The cut wouid mean a loss of about 40 cents a day for men In the train service, and from 14 to 20 cents hour for shop workers, with an avei age reduction of about 10 per cent for all other employes. The shop em- ployes made a counter demand for an increase of 5 cents an hour and the train service employes asked for an additional allowance to cover ex- | penses when they are away from home. The dispute will now be laid before the Federal Labor Board at Chicago for settlement. MAY GO TO RAILWAY BOARD. | | 1Wage Issue Between N. Y. Cen- recommendations are in direct \'arl-] tral and Employes Undecided. ance to those of the House subcom-| BUFFALO, N. Y., January 18.—Con- ee, which has recommended dis-| ferences between executives of the New position of a large number of military } York Central railroad and representa- tives of various clases of labor con- FEsETRAY ane. tinued here today. but without hope, it Opposition to the proposed consoli-{was admitted. of avoiding appeal to the dation at Camp Benning, Ga.. of the| Rajlrond Labor Board. The empioves Tank Corps School, at Camp Meade,! gre asking for a restoration of wages Md.; the engineering school, at Hum-| (5 the scale paid before the cut of last phreys, Va. and the Signal Corps School, at Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., was expressed by Gen. Pershin He recommended immediate weeding out of inefficient officers in the Regular Army, especiaily those in the higher grades, and declared it was imperative that an efficient officer force of ap- proximately 14,000 be retained by the War Department. Gen. Pershing declared that the en- listeh personnel of the Regular Army should not be reduced below 150,000 men. Asked if Congress cut the appro- priation to a point waere a reduction o 100,000 men was necessary, whether there would be a proportionate cut in the number of officers. the general sald emphatically there should not be. T eavy With Promotions. Gen. Pershing read to the committee a letter from Marshal Foch, in which the Frenca commander emphasized the necessity of maintaining an efficient of- Bcer strength. The present officer personnel, the géneral declared, is “topheavy.” with promotions too rapid in lower grades and too y inefficient officers in the higher es. He recommended a board of five general officers to clear the active list of the least effective officers, with the prospect of bringing the officer strength down to 12,000. This accomplished, efforts should be made, he sald, to build up the lower grade by appointment of capable second leutenants and by rigid requirements for promotion. Service of at least three years as a second lieutenant should be required for promotion, and proportional length of service for ele- vation to higher grade, the general said. PRICE CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED BY U. S. | (Continued from First Page.) tard Company and ltl?él( & Myers Tobacco Company, followed by the Tobacco Products Corporation, Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company and the Scott & Dilton Company. “Certaln of these manufacturers, in combination with the jobbers, refused to sell to those jobbers who cut be- low the prices established by the jobbers’ associations. This refusal grew out of the fact that previous to the spring of 1921 competition was resulting in a material lowering of the prices which jobbers charged to retailers and, in turn, of the prices which apparently caused the manu: facturers to fear that these price re- ductions would mean that the manu- facturers would be compelied ulti- mately to reduce their own prices. Threat Against Jobbers. “Combinations of jobbers against price-cutters were greatly encouraged By ocertain circulars sent to the trade by some of the manufacturers named in which each company made clear which retallers charged to consumers, | m: !July. and the railroad representatives | are’ proposing reductions ranging from '8 to 20 per cent. Committees representing the teleg- raphers, signal men, track and shop crafts have been heard. Clerks and station employes will submit their case today. J. A. Robertson, chairman of the New York Central railroad clerks' adfustment board, raid rallway workers are not re- celving =ufficlent pay now to enable tiem to maintain a proper standard of 1iving and cannot justly be asked to ac- cept further reductions. ' —_— CITIZENS IN PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF BALL RENT ACT (Continued from First Page.)., the first witness opposing the ex- tension. He gave figures to show that earnings on the property in 1916 netted but 2 per cent plus, and that in 1919 but 4 per cent plus on the investment, based upon the 1914 val- uations. The net income now is about 5 per cent plus, he declared. “] can't see why rents should singled out for regulation, Hoover told the commission, vhen shoes, food, etc, are left without regulation.” One section of the audi- cnce here set up a vigorous clapping of hands. . “The Ball law wil! be extended, il my vote can do it” Commissioner Oyster stated during the hearing. He further asserted that, in his opinion, property owners or agents who ignored the rent commission be- fore its constitutionality was upheld should be put in jail. After asserting that the Mall law hes put a check on building opera- tions in the District, and thereby kept up rents, Bates Warren, & prop- erty owner, told the Commissioners that if the law is removed, building will increase and the present housing situation will adjust itself. He said that no one is building property in Washington today for rental pur- poses, other than apartment Fouses. “If you have 1,200 people to house,” said Mr. Warre: nd accomodations for only 1,000, all of the legisiation you could enact would not provide Pplaces for the other 200 people.” Oppeosed to Exteasion. He asserted that if the real estate en of Washington had wanted to do anything to increase rents in Washington, they could not have de- vised a better means than the Ball rent law. Commissioner Oyster asked Mr. Warren if he did not believe that two years from now conditions here would be such that the rent law could better be apealed then. Mr. Warren sald that if the rent law was repealed in May it would not take two years to bring.about | 1 be 1 Mr. Japan is the only outside nation | mi: e Tt lont ning companies is expected to de that jobbers were expected not to sell | petter living conditions in Washing- at cut prices and that if they did |ton. _Commissioner Oyster+ stated they would be cut off from the |that Mr. Warren had always been i | Conferencé Decides Again to Tender Good Offices Rejected Once by torests In China. 1In fact, it {g|followed by similer declarations by understoou that the opposition which | was voiced yestorday by M. Sarraut| back | of the French delegation to the Hughes open door proposal had of it French interests in Chinese raitroads. His objéction wag to hav- . ing past commitments reviewed by! the proposéd international eonimis- sion. PACKERS TO BE OFFERED FEDERAL ARBITRATION Companies. Services of the government will be formally tendered sgain in an en- deavor to bring about an arbitration of the packers’ strike now being con- ducted in the largeér midwestern cen- of the meat packing industry, it ‘was decided today st a conférence of cabinet membérs and ocongressmen. The previous offer of the governmen mediation was refused by th companies on the ground strike was not effective. ssion, it is under- stoed, the conference decided to sub- mit the proposal of medistion again by telegrsph to both the packing eom- panies _and the union orgasisations résponsible for the strike. 'he conference, which involved Sec- retaries Hoover, Wallace and Davis, ‘was arrani at the réquest of » spe- ¢ial committée appointéd by members of Congress from the middle who asked that the government's ef- fort to settle the strike be renewed. ‘The commiittes included sen- tatives Knutson, reépublican, Minne- sota; Keller, républican, Little, republican, publican, Califora blican, Michigan, ublican, Wisconsin, tei it 6 packing that the After some 4 Minnesota; : N o i Woodtuft, re- and Klecska, pul rep! = a4 olan, re- | K —-— e [3 >° 3 = other high officers of the organization anotnlln‘ the santhracite wage con- ntion. Mr. Lewis’ announcement was still discussed by the delegates when they met today. The vigoraus stand taken By thelr international leader against any proposed wage reduictions either in the anthracite of bituminous flelds ly certain, delegates - ool miners would deémand an iucresse in wages. [ “'.l'.h:“l::n:‘ won.u’? do not dellnA ll‘lfi empldyment after Apr 1, Mr. Lewi zll, and if there is no wage conference, he added, the re. spenatbiiity Wi 0t Terewithy ine u “Thé mine workérs want no indus. trisl conflict” Mr. Lewis exclaimed. 'We abhore the thought of & strike, and we do not propose ta avol the responsibilities of such & confli y doing anything contrary to the interests of our people or by doin, anything whioch ta honer we shouls 2 Fne. convention “oomploted ite I3 ot _oomple or- f.llll“ul today dnd will proceed to he business of the convention call tomorrow. John T. McMullen, local ¢hairman of the 004 of Rafl. ‘way Trainmen, in welcoming the déle- Aal e w8 o e brotherhood would permit, his local lodge would be williag to give not Se7iuing (s miners’ uafon Might de- an; ers’ union t de- otde w“’; = ) 1o Hal abor. to m:" mm ‘efficiency in solving problems. PRINCESS ANASTASIA ILL, uA.Rm 'J-nnn o xzmmaag tasin of TGreecs be sl flvulu'fhunl tt.m“%flu By persons close to the that l‘ ilinéss is due to the unfavorable climate of thenm company’s list of customers. were lxoefln‘l held at which the members of associations were en- douragéd by representatives of one or another of the manufacturers to keep prices up and were assured that the price-cutting jobbers were being stricken from the list of cus- tomeérs to whom the manufacturer ‘would sell “A few cases were found where the jobbers went so far as to enter into & signed agreement with each other to maintain prices. Such an agréement was made by Rhode Island jobbers, together with certain Massa- ohusetts Jjobbers. The commi; has in its possession the original of this agreement signed by eighteen Al e L DL OSSR - Fohvaris S ol R R AL 8. “Letters in the possession of the commisalon show cases of jobbers be- ing actually refused supplies by some of these manufacturers in order to compel them to cease price-cutting.” fair with the rent commission. MAY BE CLUE TO MISSING MAN PORT ARTHUR, Ontarfo, January 18.—Maj. Miiler, pilot of the Ameri- can Army sirplane which is séarchin, for James Mahar, commissioner o Cooke county, Minn., missing since he put out in a launch from Port Arthur nearly three weeks xo, re- ported that he had seen a wmall boat aground on Mink Island. He planned another flight to make a closer in- vestigation. —_— RENEW TRADE PARLEY. MADRID, January 17.—Prem! Maura today announced that conve sations had been renewed betw French and Spanish representative in connection with trade relations be- tween France and Spain. BRIEFLY TOLD STORY OF ARMS CONFERENCE T LTl it e en-ln.. feading it each the ot iR e o bistoric meeting.) The committes on the fer east to- day resumed consideration of the Hughes open-door resolution, whish would apply the open-door principle definitely in China and provide for the appointment of an international commission to pass on matters relating to that prin. ciple. After the open-door question has been disposed of, it is. understood that Becretary Hughes will come forward with & resolutian relatiog ' to railroads in Chins, which will suggest the advisability of ulti- 80 far. nese v o] r emst nese deley 8 are forme: ned Ger- mate control, f pen door by the committee. The Japanese and Chi- 11L disoussi the question of OW! man mines along the BShantung railroad. ‘The naval limitation-treaty still ‘waits for sction on the articl l"‘ 'he Japanese are awaiting further informativn and instruc- tions from Toklo before agreeing to this agticle in the form it oW drafted, JANUARY 18, 1922, TELLS OF CROWDE " MILITARY PRISON Witness at Senate Hearing Isn’t Sure Whether or Not He Received Food. Four of the ten Witnesses sum- moned to appear today before a Sen- ate committes investigating charges that American soldlers were hanged without trial in France failed to ap- pear and the sergeant-at-arms of the Senate reported to the Senate that it had been found impossible to locate them. Those so lsted were J. J. Brown, East Point, Ga.; Ivy P. Frie- ley, New York city; Arthur 3 Bur- lington, Detroit, and Ernest Farmer, Chattanooga, Tenn. 3 Harry K. Walmer of New York told the committee that while in the air service in France he was trans- ferred to another station, the name of which he did not remember, and in passing through Paris was picked up and put in prison as “a-lost-and- found person.” Despite his transfer orders, which were submitted to wn American of- ficer in charge of the arrest squad, Walmer sald he was forced to sign a card stating he was & prisoner. He did not remember the officer’s name. “I was put in & room with so many others that we could not sleep, even on the floor,” the witness said. * was kept there two days. Theré was not_even a chair in the room.” “Were you ever told you were under_arrest, or what for?" Chair- man Brandegee asked. “No, sir “Were You given food?" “I don’t recollect.” “Did_they give you water at the prison?”’ £ “No, but we got some on the Q. T. —_— MEASURE PROVIDES | I OVERNMENT PRINTERY LAYS OFF 90 EMPLOYES Majority of Those Dropped Be- longed to nmdery:.wm:e ‘Work Is Slack: A decrease of minety in the government printing office, the majority of the cut coming in the bindery force, was announced today. The bindery has been overstocked force at understocked with work. The iay-off is only thirty less ihan were dropped trom the roils during the en- tire past vear, it was stated, When the tota] decre 1 to 123. During last two years 796 have heen removed from the rolls of the government printery. The cut ‘s pot an Indication of con- ditlons throughout the shop, ft was learned. In the composing room and adjunct cffices the incoming worlk has piled up even higher than last year. Opening of the cafeteria of the gov- ernment printing office is expected in the near future. The alterations necessary for its installment are vir- tually completed and the literal roof- raising feat has been accomplished, adding another story and a roof gar- den to the building. COL. B. H. DUTCHER CALLED BY DEATH Identified With Medical and Scientific Research Work. In Army Since 1896. TS FOR INDEPENDENT FEDERAL OFFICES (Continued from First Page.) An increase of $700,000 in the em- ploves compensation fund is recom- mended by the committee. This in- crease is made necessary by the in- creased number of persons entitled to compensation under the law. No appropriation is made for the Fed- eral Power Commission. funds available being sufficient for the next year. No changes are recommended in the budge in the current appropriations of for the Federal Trade Commis- The committee, however. recom- mends a decrease of $100,000 in this sum. New Gemeral Accounting Ofice. For the new general accounting office the committee recommends the amount estimated for the fiscal year 1933, which is $2,468.601 for salaries and ex- penves and $26,630 for printing and binding. The aggregate of these sums, $2.494.231, I8 an apparent increase of $474.681 over current appropriations, but an actual increare of $341.617.43, the difference being due to reappropri- ated balances. For the housing corporatién no ma- terial reductions are made, except in the government hotels for govern- ment workers. The committee recom- mends $926.000 for the fiscal year 1923 for the operation of these hotels. an cempared with an_appropriation of 990,000 for 1922 and an estimate of $949.000 for the fiscal vear 1923 An appropriation of $2,150.000 1s recommended for salaries and other general expenses of the Interstate Commerce Commission, compared with $2.200.000 for the fiscal vear 1922 and $2.330,470 estimated for 1923. An incréase of $25.000 is recom- mended for the bureau of accounts of the Interstate Commerce Commission, bringing the appropriation up to $525,000, which is_etill $50,000 under the ostimates for 1923. For the national advisory commiree for acronautics the committee recom. mends $210,000 with a provision that $200,000 of it shall be used for sal- aries and $10.000 for the erection of an additional laboratory building. The recommendation of the commitfee is $40,000 less than the estimate. For the Railroad Labor Board an appropriation of $350.000 ie recom- mended, which 1s $50.000 less than the estimaté and 320,000 less than the ap- propriation for the current fiscal year. ‘The appropriations for the Smith- sonfan Institution are recommended in accordance with the estimates. Funds for Tarift Work. For the Tariff Commission the act creating the commission authorizes an appropriation of not exceeding $300,000 a year, and the committee recommends this amount, although a recommenda- tion for $375,000 was received from the budget bureau. For salaries and expenses of the Shipping Board the committee recom- mends $350,000, the same as for the current fiscal year, but $42,500 less than the estimates. An appropriation of $20,000 is included for investigation of foreign discrimination against ves- eels and shippers of the United States. For use of the Emergency Fleet Corporation the sum of $100,000,000 is recommended, ther with what- ever amount is on hand July 1, 1922, the receipts from the operation of ships during the fiscal year, 1923, and continues the authority for use of such portion of the $55,000,000 from sales as remains uncollected at the end of the fiscal year. $50,000,000 of the $100,000,000 is provided for the settlement of claims arising from the construction, requisition, ete., of vessels. A limitation of seventeen is ! ! ! ! i who may ‘be employed at a rate of compensation exceeding $11,000 a of Columbia it suitable space 1s provided by the public blllld?ngl propriation may be put by providL: that no part of luD hul"% to p ; curred before July 1, 1931, or to pay any final judgment T miralty luuf e Veteran Bureau Expenses. expenses of district subofficers and contingent items. The amount rec- Iynr. Another limiTation provides that no commission. A new paragraph limits the $190.000,0 the Navy. Department in- Administrative expenses of the Vet- cluding the expensés of care and op- 1 l.mmudd by the committee for this placed upon the number of persons oney shall be pald f glnrl’ct P or rent in the the use to which 00 ap- claims o erans’ Bureau are providea for, in- eration of the Arlington bullding, the purpose is $35,815,942, which 1,- 105,760 1ess than the amount rl‘q’u:ll— :d in the budget. Of this amount 19,000,000 is ° for _operation and maintenance of the ot and sub- ficers. An appropriation of $160,000,000 is recommended for payment of claims for milit. and n tion, which is the same as was estimat By the budget bureau, ana §$35,000,000 more than the current ropriation. The amount recommended by the committes for me and hospital service is $84,658, ‘Which corre- sponds to the revised estimate of the director o} the h‘t au. This is an increase of §5,658,680 over the appro- w.rl.nuon lor the current fiscal year. 'hé amount estimated by the budget bureau for vocationgl rehabilitation is $127,000,000, which ftte mm-m«fl vhleh“l’.' l?flmmt e of . A limitetion was placed upon the vocational traink unn‘:uuon_ ermitting one training center at & rmer Army p (Camp limiting the fiumber of t: at any one time ther 1lim! o iting the expenditures Tor R worlk, expenditures I l l 1 INDERWDOD COL. BASIL HICKS DUTCHER. Col. Basil Hicks Dutcher, Medical Corps, U. 8. A, retired, and promi- nently identified in medical and scien- tific research work, died Monday at Walter Reed Hospital, following an fliness of six months. He was fifty years old and resided at 8 Grafton street, Chevy Chase, Md. Col. Dutcher was the son of the late Willlam and Carotine Price Dutcher. He was born at Bergen Point, N. J., December 3, 1871. He was educated at Friends Seminary and the School of Mines of Columbia University. He later graduated from the College of city. completing his course there June 12, 1895. He was commissioned assistant sur- ®eon with the rank of first lieutenant in the Medical Corps October 26. 1896. He was commissioned captain October 26, 1901; major. April 23, 1908; lieutenant celone! July 1, 1918, and colonel May 15. 1917. He was retired in the spring of 1920. for having served during the Philip- pine insurréction; Japan, 1901; Fort Hancock, N. J., 1901; Fort Apache, Aris., 1904; graduated from a London school of medicine, 1906; served in Plattsburg. A . 1908-12; San Antonio, Tex., 1912-1913; Porto Rico, 1913-1917; and Panama, 1917. During the world war, Col. Dutcher took a hospital unit to Plymouth, England, and later was in charge of a hospital at Brest, France. He was in charge of the Brest hospital from Beptember, 1918, to February, 1919, and for this mervice received a cita- tion from the French government. He returned to this country &nd was ¢stationed at Fort Hamilton, N. Y., and remained there until November, 1919, when he came to this city and was retired the spring of the following year. “His Scientific Works. In sclentific work, Col. Dutcher wi equally as active. After the completion of his college courses in New York he entered the employ of the biological survey under the Department of 1~ culture ";al served in 1890 in a fleld party making a recognisance of the state of Idaho. The following year was a member of the Death Valley expe. dition and while camping on Mount ‘Whitney, Calif., made many biological and meteorlogical observations. He also made & trip to Mount Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, later writing for a magagine an acoount of his findings and observations. . Col. Dutcher was & former member of the Biological Society of this eity, the Association of American Ornitholo- xists’ Unions and a member of Linnaean Soclety of New York. He married Miss Maude Helen Walker of Rome, N. Y., in 1897. She died in 1917, amd the follow- ing year he remarried, this time Miss Nina Diez of New York city. Surviving him are his second wife, two daughters by his first wife, Miss Csthetine Dutcher and Miss Caroli Dutcher, students at Vassar College, and two daughters by his second mar. riage, Nary and Nina Dutcher. neral services and interment were held thia afternoon at 1 c'clock in Arlington cemetery, with military hénors. Sued for Diveree Reeently. Col. Dutcher was recently made de- fendant in a suit filed at Rockville by Mrs. Dutcher for. divorca. At about the same time this action as taken Mrs. Dutcher filed another suit against én- daughters of the former icer 1 Fi Arey of by & former m: 3 thoy Alienated the atec 2 damages. Att eaid :oaw Col. '8e, fuit and that @etermination of ¢ alienation case will Await annount mel?t of the terms of Col. Dutcher's will. TWO SEEKING OFFICE. W. *E. Halley Favored by Mr. Diaugherty as @. 0. P. Secretary. William E. Halley, secretary of the Ohio state senate, and George B, Lockwood of this city, p the National Republican, st o uts an end to the divorcs are undere 00d to be the two outstanding cane. didates for secretary to the republican al committes, to succeed the Clarence B, Miller. is understood that Attorney Gen- 1a X erty is favorable to Mr. eral Da Halley, Who has been C politics for & numl years, ‘and during the past campaign did oon- picuous work as secretary of th state committee, with employes, it was said, while it} Physicians and Surgeons. New York | ublisher of sctive io | sage %t yencn Ak CIRTALEDBUYNG CALGE OF DNREST Controller of Currency Says Fault Is Economic, Not Financial. The sooner the American people realize that the present industrial un- rest is due to economic rather than financial conditions the sooner will prosperity return to the United States, said Controller of the Cur- rency Crissinger before the members of the Civitan Club at the Shorehsm Hotel yesterday afternoon. “To the cry of the hour, ‘What is the matter—when will money be easier?” " suid Mr. Crissinger, “1 will say that money is easier right now, | but people have nothing to get it with—credit is shaky. We are con- fronted today with the appalling gpectacle of one-half of the country deprived of its buying power, due to insufficiency of things to sell “It is hard for you living here iv understand these conditions} but re- ports of bank balances from other districts of the country make it quite apparent to me. The resources and cash of country banks that were sbl- vent last spring are gradually dis- appearing.” The controller stressed the vital importanée of the forthcoming agri- cultural conference, declaring that all wealth in itx final analysis must come frog the soil. “and short-sight- ed i the molicy that advocates any- thing els Plled-Up Gold Uneless. He said that at present the farmer was unable to buy. “and If he can't buy, others can't make, and cons- quently can’t buy, either. We must trage among ourselves. Gold piled up is the same as coal if not put to use in trade. I have predicted before that accumulation of gold in the United States would be a burden. We are consuming only 90 per cent of our production, which leaves 10 per cent going to waste. This 10 per cent must be uccounted for before We can prox- per in the regular way. We cannot live by ourselves alone. Mr. Crissinger said there were 1wo schools of economic thought in the United States. One belicves that the situation is the result of the curtail- ment of credit and contraction ot money. The other ix diametrically op- powed. believing that what we call d the result of nutural causcs ' t out the theory that oyr tro o is momey.s he said, "and 100k 1o economic conditions for the return o business lfldrlll."o!{p’rl:;'“ B enaa peaking of the fore cf £ untion the “controller said the United States was in a difficult situation. “In the case of Germany, for instance,” he continued, “with the tremendous dif- ferences In exchange against us we can only sell to that eountry necessi- ties—they have no money. 1f we es- tublish a high protective tariff they can't trade with us.” He then vroduced a sufety razor made In Germany. which. he said, was !gelling in the Unjted States for 1% { £ ow can tl do 1t?” asked | Mr. Crissinger. “On aéopunt of the de- {preciation of the mark, and if left {alone they could flood fhys country with such articles, at such prices that no laboring class could poseibly live Streanes Economic Phase. Mr. Crissinger importuned his audi- wre to enlighten their fellow citizens on the true conditions, and to impress upon them that the vital question of the hour was an economic one entirely. He was tendered a rising vote of thanks. Rudolph Jose presided, and, after re- celving Charles H. Stott and James B. Henderson, new members, ordered the standing_camimittees for the ensuing {year to be read by Secretary Spencer i{B. Curry. They are as follows: Legix- ve, James M. Proctor, chairman: | Shelton Cameron and J. 'H. Milans: { publicity, Ernest Greenwood, chairman |Charles E. Hood, Edwin H. Etz. L L. Goldheim and Sidney E. Kent: classifi- cation, Chester H. Warrington, chair- man; Dr. Grant 8, Barnhart, T. W. tiation i Barrett, Howard Moran and Charles Seme of His Posts. F. Crane: entertainment. T. Arthur During his military service, Col. !mll;:. f:li.r.mlll‘\}:':ller J.yl.hirlnpnre);l, v Ire . otte, rman Fakler an: Dutcher was stationed at Fort|jije; A. Buchanan: public affairs. Leveanworth, Kan., 1897: Fort Grant, | Willlam S. Hoge, chairman; Charles .J Arix., 1893; served twice in the|James, Clarence L. Harding. Vernon G. Philippines, 1599 ahd 1906, respect- [Owens and Fred McKee; audit, James ively, receiving a medal the first time | M. Proctor, chairman: Chester H. War- rington and Clarence L. Harding: play- ground, §. T. Cameron, chairman: Thomax Grant, Ernest Greenwood and B. W. Murch: badges, A. R. Speare, chairman; C. L. Harding and E. H. Etz. STRIDE FORWARD INRADIO SYSTEM Demonstration Carrying Tel- ephone and Telegraph Mes- sages Simultaneously. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 18.—What was £aid to be a long forward step in the science of radio communication | was demonstrated last night in the Englineering Societies building, when telephone and telegraph messages were carried simultaneously on the same radio wave length from a single wireless transmitting set and an- tennae. They were received also on a single radio set and antennae. out interference or distortion, and brought down to clear and audible hearing. Eleetrical “Fiiter” in Use. The achievement was demonstrated by Dr. Frank B. Jewett, chief engi- @ | neer of the Western Electrio Com- pany and head of the Bell aystem re- search laboratories, and was said to have been made possible largely through an electrical “filter,” invent- od by Dr. G. A. Campbell, a telephone engineer. The device, it was ex- plained, “makes it possible to separate the various frequencies at which the indtvidual telephone and telegraph messages are carried.” ‘Two specially comstructed demon- stration radio sets were placed in the auditorium for the benefit of members of the Telephone “Soclety, who are chiefly electrical engineers and com- munication experts. The telephone d telegraph messages then were dispatched at the sams time and were recéived at the other end of the stage. They were detécted by a sin- le vacuum tubé oircuit, after which it was necessary to separate the two messages. Explanation of Precess. The detected electrical current then was passed through the “fiter” which separated the frequencies of the tele- from those of the tele- e. It was explaiged that fors matérially from the ordinary tuned circuits iliar to the radio engineer, as the filter sepa- ratés not single uencies, t bands of ‘frequencies any fermined wid! ‘The fllter makes | ossible, it was , to separate the and_of frequencies comprising’ the telephone message from the band comprising the telegraph message. can also separate one telephons m from another. Dr. Jewett told the sudience that ‘was ‘déing miade in other ‘mfl."&m which woul® ex- tend its ussfulness greatin 3 m Phone m the filter &