Evening Star Newspaper, January 20, 1922, Page 1

B £ 3 % 2 - Member of the Associated Press The Associited Press is esclusively estitied to the use for republication of sll pews dispatches credited 1o it or ot otherwise credied in this paper aud also the local news publisbed beroln. All rights of publication of special WEATHER. Cloudy and somewhat colder tonight, followed by snow or rain tomorrow lowest temperature tonight about 30. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today. Highest, 53, at :30 p.m. 3 ) 40, at ‘s 1 .‘:s:t“ ; pu:.y-yeulel‘flly lowest, dispatches herein are also reserved: Closing New York Stocks, Page 29. No. 28,390. FUNDS FOR THREE i REGISTER OF TREASURY NEW D.C. SCHOOLY CARRIED IN BILL Appropriation Measure Which Will Be Reported Early in Week Gives More Buildings. TOTAL ON CONSTRUCTION FOR SCHOOLS, $1,711,000 Provision Also Recommended for Street Improvements and Additional Teachers. Provision for three new school buildings, in addition tg those on which work already has been started, will be carried in thé District ap- propriation bill, which will be re- ported to the House Monday or Tues- day. _ The total appropriation made for these three new schools is $305,000. Other items of appropriation will pro- vide for continuing the work on the schools already started—two Jjunior high schools, the Eastern High School and the Wheatley School. The total for school building to be recom- reended by the appropriations com- mittee is $1,711,000. A total of $107,000 for specific items of street improvement Will'be recom- mended. - 1 A substantial number of additional teachers—sufficient to provide for all of the rew school faciljties — will | be recommended. It was testifled | before the committee that there will be 108 additional rooms Feady for occupancy next fall. % Increased Number of Firemen. An increase in the number of fire- men, but no increase in policemen, will | be carried in the bill. Appropriation | for the automatic advance. of police and firemen from one class to an- other, in' accordance with the esti- mate, has been provided. Additional motor equipment for the fire depart- ment,.amounting to about $40,000, has been written into the bill. Provision will alsc be carried for as bathing beach for the colored people. The_District appropriation bill as i has been prepared fcr the commit- tee's consideration nakes provision | for complete circulation of water on the_ third high service, covering the territory from Chevy Chase across to the neighborhood of Walter Reed Hospital. They are now pumping what are called “dead ends” and the bill makes provision for a complete cir- cu rd- No Salary Increases. As has been predicted, in act ance with the general policy of the! appropriations committee, the bill provides for no salat uamu.“flq does, however, carry out the recom- mendations of the budget bureau in reducing the salaries of three officlals. Oné of these is the se: ry of the Public Utilities Commifssion, from $4,000 to $3,500; the superintendent of the workhouse and reformatory. from | $1.000 to $3.500, and the secretary to the minimum wage board, from $2,500 Entered as second-class m: post office Washington, D ¢t POWERS TO REVEAL COMMITMENTS IN CHIVA BY CONSENT Resolution Calling for Pub- lication Expected to Be Adopted This Afternoon. H. V. SPEELMAN NAMED Harley V. Speelman, president of the Columbia Heights Citizens' Association, and who was forme a resident of Marietta, Ohio, today nominated by President- Harding to be register df the Treasury. Mr. Spelman is now assistant register. © Mr. Speelman, who is a personal friend of President Harding, having known him for & number of years and_ been identified with him in a number of campalgns in Ohio, has held an executive office in the Treas- ury Department, and was selected by the President for this new post be- cause of his known ability and pe- 1y as gullar gualifications for the duties Mr. Speelman was formerly a |PROGRESS INSURES * flewspaper -man in Ohio, and since residing in Washington has been promptly identified in civic matters and is a member of the executive committee of the League of Repub- lican State Clubs of the District. REPORTS SHANTUNG EARLY PARLEY END | Sign Nine-Power Treaty—Shan- tung Issue Yet to Be Settled. BY G. GOULD JANCOLN. WASHINGTON, D. C, Reported Chinese Will Refuge to Fhenin WITH SUNDAY MORKNING EDITION FRIDAY, THE INTERNAL REVENUE BUREAU ANNOLNEES THRT VDLENKS RRE NEARSX <OR- “‘g\;wk-\_fi S | Senator Uunderwood's statement. | that DISPUTENEAR END Senator Underwood Asserts China and Japan Must Set- tle Issue Alone. By the Asmciated Press. The Shantung question” mist and probably will be settled between China and Japan and cannot be taken up by the arms conference, Senator Underwood of Alabama, one of the American delegates, declared in the | Senate today during a discussion of | the controversy. i The conference, Senator Underwood said, was unable to take up the Shan- tung question because seven of the conference powers were committed by the treaty of Versailles to support Japan’s position. The senator's state- ment was made in connection with introduction by Senator Walsh, dem- ocrat, Montana, of a resolution call- ing on the President for Information regarding the Shantung question. The resolution went over. Senator Lodge Agrees. Senater Lodge of Massachusetts, another American delegate, indorsed Senator Underwood went on to say | in the negotiations between | China and Japan an agreement ap- | peared near. - - - settlement is now approaching | very close to the end and from infor- | mation which 1 have,” said Senator | Underwood, “I am hopeful that at a very early date a satisfactory settlement | will be arrived at.” i Senators Underwood and Lodge ac- | knowledged that the Shantung | question had delayed the entire con- . L — The Walsh Resolution. Il The Walsh resolution would request | the President to advise the Senate, If Dot incompatible with public inter- | est, what steps have been taken at! the arms conference on the Shantung | question. Included in the Fesotution was a string of “whereas” preambles : | adhere o the open-door policy, to! {in the A step of far-reaching importance to China and to the other powers inter- ! ested in the far castern situation will pe taken, it is expected, at a meeting of the far east commiittee of the Wash- ington conference this afterncon—adop- tion of a resolution calling for the pub- lication of all past commitments regard- ing China entered into by China with other nations, and by other nations in regard to China. Informal assent, given by the varicus delegations at yesterday’s meeting of the committee, will be crystalized in such a resolution. it will be presented, it is expected, by Secretary Hughes. The committee on the far east Is making such progress in the consid- eration of subjects on the conference PERSONNEL BOARD agenda that the hope is again ex- Nl s pressed in conference circles that two s onday iuill heDistcict dayjanitie Weeks will see the wind-up of the | House. Chairman Focht of the House conference. But it is well under-| District committee said today that the | stood in Americun circles that the {bills to establish the model marine in- | conference is to remain In session | unes o AR e e T e T surance act in the District will be taken eastern questions has been completed, whether it takes two weeks or longer. Suggestions that the Chinese del gation will refuse to sign the pro- sed nine-power treaty, dealing with | Chinese affairs, could not be Verified in Chinese quarters today. It was said that members of the Chinese delegation decline to afirm any such intention. Objections of Chief of Bureau'| of Efficiency Bring Activi- i ties to Standstill. Herbert D. Brown, chief of the bu-| | reau of efficiency, has protested to Gen. | | Dawes, director of the budget, certain proposed points of discussion which | were to have been brought up at the sessions of the federal personnel board. As the result of the protest and re- fusal of Mr. Brown to appoin. a repre- sentative of his bureau upon the ‘per- ton propose to enter into a solemn |sonnel board, steps toward the forma- agreement—all of them together—to Ition of the board, récently authorized | respect the integrity of China, tolby President Harding, came to a stand-| still today. respect the neutrality of China, to{ All the other government depart-| give up the practice of making secret {ments and independent establishments | agreements in regard to China, which would violate the principies lat nihave ';gwnud. ;g-‘:"mfi: 3':: Root _resolutions, glves -the | , in_the ito the Civil- Service Commission. the situation a very different aspect £rom | jead of which is to act as chairman of | If any of the natlons undertake tothe board. E violate the provisions of the treaty, it Think Board Would Trespass. It is understood that Mr. Brown has is to be expected that Chnia will ap- refused to co-operate with the person- | peal quickly to the ;ieg’m;.rli“ to the eaty. no in the| e e ng in the | el board and Its work on the ground | that the proposed activities of the| Moreover it was admitted that China stands to gain much from the Wash- | ington conference—to be in a far| better pousition than before the con- terence opened. The very fact that the powers represented in Washing- - proposed treaty -which would compel the nations to £o to the assistance of |DISTRICT MEASURES i IR JANUARY 20, 1922.—&ORTY PAGES. © TME \922 \NCOWMSTRL TO COME UP MONDAY | up. The committec today amended the House bill to conform with ihe Senate If there #s time on Monday the so- called pawnbrokers bill will also be con- sidered. The committee today decided to re- port immediately the bill urged by the District Commissioners for opening up a new street to relieve congestion near the base ball park. i The commitice today instructed Rep- resentative Friizgerald to rewrite his workman's compensation bill and report it back to the committee on Wed- nesday. SAYS FARMERS ARE | EXTORTION VICTIMS Secretary Wallace to Lay| Methods of Loan Firms Be- : TELEPHONE RATES FAIR, SAYS OFFICIAL Clarkson at Public Hearing Opposes Any Cut—Users Increased. The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele- phone Company believes its present rates are reasonable and astisfactory, because under the rates the company has greatly increased the number of telephone users during the past two years. This, in substance, was the testi mony of W. B. Clarkson, general com- mercial superintendent, at the open- ing this morning of the public hearing called by the Public Utilities Com- mission to determine what rates shall be fixed for the period beginning March 1. In amawering a question by Attor- rne 1. Yellott for the com- ney pany, Mr..Clarkson testified that in} his opinion none of the present rates needs pevision. At tL€ opening of the hearing Wal- ter C Allen, executive secretary of the commission, read a letter from the Columhja Heights Citizens' Associa- tion, agking that pre-war telephone rates be restored. Yesterday's . : |MORE REMOTE ISLAND FOR CHARLES AND ZITA SHOULD REVOLT OCCUR By the Associated Press. BERN, January 20.—Former Emperor Charles of Austria-Hun- gary and his wife, Zita, will be deported to an island much more remote from Europe than Maderia, to which they are now exiled, if there is any, further attempt at restoration of their throne insthe states forming the former empire. Zita, who came here to be at the bedside of her son,'Robert, has so been informed by the Swiss gov- ernment, which transmitted to her a statement made by the British, French and Italian ambassadors here. The Portuguese government, it was learned here, has segt a simi- lar message to CL at Funchal. Zita pected to leave here next with her chil- will go imme- Funchal, by way of dren, and probabl diately to Faris, PARIS, Januar: of the council great danger was for~e= anpress would muke an .mmediate move toward regain- ing the Hungarian throne, but it was deemed wise to make their attitude known. DRY ENFORGEMENT MAY BE PUT UNDER JUSTIGE OFFICIALS Congress Commission Favors | Transfer From Treasury as Efficiency Step. The Treasury Department will be relieved of the regulation and en- forcement of prohibition if that part of the plans drawn up by the joint congressional commission cn reor- ganization of the executive depart- ments of the federal government is finally enacted. These plans. which have been com- pleted. and which, according to Wal- ter J. Brown, chairman of the com- mission, will be submitted to Presi- | dent Harding either late today or to- morrow. will place the regulation of distilled liquors. wines and other alcoholic commodities ax allowed by law under the United States public| health service. The enforcement of | prohibition will be intrusted to the | federal bureau of investigation which is created under this plan by the con- ; solidation of the various detective| and investigating agencies of the government under one head to be di- rectly under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General. 0.—Members y said no felt that the tod Reasons for Proposed Changes. Speaking for the commission, Chair- man Brown “explained that this| lchange is suggested inasmuch as the | regulation of liquor has a direct bear- | ing upon the public health, and that| in view of the fact that the question | {of revenue has been removed, it has! Net Circulation, 92,572 TWO CENTS. POPE NEAR DEATH, SLIGHT HOPE HELD FOR HIS RECOVERY Last Rites Are Administered as End of His Holiness Approaches. RETAINS CLEAR MIND AS CLERGY ASSEMBLES {“If Only for Geod Example,” Says Benedict, in Insisting Sacra- ment Be Given. TR TEAAATIORAL M © POPE BENEDICT. By the Associated Press. ROME, January 20 (6:45 pam.). —Pope Benedict's condition was grave thin evening, but the pneu- monia had not spread further, it was announced. The pontifi's temperature was given at this hour as 101; pulse, 104; respiration, 60. By the Associated Press. * ROME. January Pope Bene- dicts life hangs in the balance today, and fears were expressed at the Vat- ican at noon that his holiness was in a dying condition. During the early hours of this morning toward 4 o'clock there was a sudden change for the worse, and the bronchial affection from which his holiness had been suffering for sev- eral days spread to his lungs. The pontiff asked for and received the last sacraments, insisting upon to_$2.400. reciting the Japanese acquisition of | China in the event their attention|poarg, which would seek to consider all fore Conference. Rates Are Compared. ionsl 2 i . # {no relationship to the Treasuty De-!tnis, “if only to give a good exam- The proposed appropriation of 5.000 for nurses’ home in connection | with the tuberculosis hospital was rejected. | The proposal for $125.000 with| which to_purchase land and develop | it for a home for the feeble-minded | was stricken from the bill. Linked | up with this was the proposal that/ the Secretary of War should turn over part of Camp Humphreys as a site for this school. The provision for $3.000,000 to im- rrove the water supply of the District by building a new conduit was strick- en from the bill. The District bill as prepared for the committee carries a total of $20,381,- 679.80, as compared with' the esti- mates sent in by the budget bureau of $26,886,866.75. The amount written Shantung and the steps taken to|should be called to Infringements upon secure it | China which are in violation of “the that the resolution would not be dis- | drafted—but there will cussed at length until the arme confer- | implication that nations will lend their ence adjourned. Urges Settlement Now. While it is true Senator Walish, said he introduced his rs e A |are desirous of having the status of resolution because it was reported that| China as a sovereign state fully rec- the conference was about to break up, ognized, and ;mn mez l(l;okd n!kn'nce fat anything that might lead to for- :I::ga\;;‘ settlement of the Shantung | ¢ ngomination, the (fact remains . The Senate, he said, might | < aesitate to accept the four-power Pacific | that China, under the tepms of, the :“Tf;l:{ 'bé‘h:.‘:,‘r:‘lgfln‘;u’;:“:;m:‘;‘:- :"xi“’."nn‘glvzn an opportunity to develop than now. 4 Senator Underwood said that to at- tempt to force a settlement “would throw a monkeywrench in | troversy to see that China gets a square deal. | that the Chinese { government, which in turn |able the Chinese to become the | strong, sovereign state now desired. into the bill for the fiscal year 1923 is approximately $2,620,000 less than, for the current fiscal year. the e Dixappointed Over Tariff. be| rne Chinese are frankly disappoint- m:fhlner}' of the conference,” and insisted “that the dispute must Senator Lodge expressed tae hope |treaty—the treaty has not yet been | be a strong| | good offices in the event of any con- | {alone, to set up.a stable and unfied | will "en- | | personnel problems of government life not now covered, trespassed upon ac- tivities of the United States bureau o efficiency. 3 In the question of efficiency rat- {ings, for one thing, it is understood i that the ehief of the bureau of efli- ciency has pointed out to the budget bureau, upon whose recommendation the President issued an order author- izing the personnel board, that dis- {cussion of this topic would be trans- gressing upon the rights of the bu- reau. Gen. Dawes has the protest under| {adviscment, and it is hoped at the) budget bureau that the affairs may | be smoothed out to the entire satis- faction of all parties concerned. Only in Formative Stage. It was pointed out by officials at | the bureau today that the protest of { Mr. Brown, which also is understood | Determination to lay before the} | National Agriguitural Conference next | week “the thoroughly selfish and| grasping attitude of many companies of | different sorts which loan’ money on farm mortgages” was announced to- day by Secretary Wallace. Declaring that many farmers who! have never ione 8o before afe having | to mortgage their lands in order to| get necessary money, Secretary Wal- lace said: Notes Henrtless Extortion. “It is discouraging to note that many companics and individuals who are in the business of loaning money on farm mortgages are taking ad- | handled between Japan and China be- ! - | fore it could come to the conference. ed at the result of the action of the| !0 have been lodged by Senator Smoot jat the White House, would not per- conference on the Chinese tariff. They | manently et back the work contem- vantage of the farmers' distress to| heartlessly extort a rate of interest At the request of Col. Charles Keller, chairman of the commission, Mr. Clarkson read into the record a list of the rates for different kinds of service in 1916 and today. The rates now in effect, which the company wants continued during 1922, are: For individual business serv 34 a month; two-party business ser ice, $3, allowing forty messages a month; individual residence service, $4, fifty messages a month; two-party residence, $2.50, thirty-five messages a month, and unlimited residence serv- ice, $5.50. The pre-war rates of 1916 were: For individual busniess service, $3.25; two- party business, $2.50; individual resi- dence rate, $3, fifty messages; two- party residence, $2, thirty messages, and unlimited residence service, $4. jpartment. Chairman Brown is of the| opinion that this proposed change, if | adopted. will do much in guarding the | health of the country and in the re-! duction of bootlegging and the illicit | manufacture of alcoholic drinks. i The plans also provide for the pur- | chase by the government of all the| whisky and other alcoholic beverages | now in bonded warekouses, and by | !selling the same in accordance with i the law it is estimated by Mr. Brown | the federal Treasury will be enriched ' by many millions of dollars each year. ! wi avy Merger Urged. | Consolidation of the War and Navy | | departments under one head, to be known as the department of national | defense. aiso will be recommended in these reorganization plans. change would provide for one cabi- net officer. the secretary bf national This | _* ple.” he said, despite attempts by his attendants to dissuade him. Mind Perfectly Clear. pon leaving the papal apartment the cardinals, who administered ex- treme unction, said the Pope’s mind was perfectly clear, but that his con- ditlon was so grave that only a mir- acle could save him. The Pope’s physicians were in con-. sultation at the Vatican at an early I o 1ome w afterward, indicated an extremely se- ious condition. Dr. Baitistini, however, stated then that while the condition of his holi- ness was grave it was not hopeless About 11 o'clock in the forenoon, however, the Pope’s condition became aggravated and the administration of oxygen was begun. " cucharist solemnly carried to him. Meanwhile prayers were being said in all the churches and Catholic in- stitutions of Rome on behalf of his was Ry os ekl ! Regarding the commjtments of the' Lo Unirea Sracas "oarra other than | were particularly anxious to.obtain at plated: by ~the federal personnel |and terms of loan which cannot be| A k. Berry, president of the com. |defensc, and two undersecretaries| poliness and great crowds began lo | under the treaty of Versailles Senmioy | least @ promise of tarift autonomy.;board, since the bourd is only in the . ey oat s nb eompanyia | Shsiin (chares ofiie SATIY fantd (the fusbic dn SUMEELEr 6 ¢ Us | Johnson, republican, California, asked | The agreement entered into gives| [jliAtive SAES AL (his time. = the Secretary said, were| JUTINE 1he KaS YSRT (I JOURGNNS {other the Navy. The change aiso Shortly after 11 oftlock Nev. - 'aS:Pe’g‘i’{u""‘i’.’n“'“fifi?Zéh’m';"'e.”?"!mem an effective 5 per cent, which | mission refused to discuss the hiteh ! being compelled to pay 6, 6% and Timure than 63 per cent on the fair | would include under this department | DL the S8OCISUIE Curdinals, weit o Powera position for atasted In rapin | they point out, was already guaran-|in plans A room already has been|per cent on five and ten year loans, | value of the property used in Tender- | the control of national gesources nec- | tne s ® 0 s PRl ing service. essary to the military, in time of war. | Sacrament to the Pope. The cortege BYCHLEANDPER) Representatives Will Come Here to Negotiate for Settlement. By the Associated Press. SANTIAGO, Chile, January 20.—For- | eign Minister Barros Jarpa forwarded | & note to Washington last night! through Ambassador Collier accepting | on behalf of Chile the United States governmegpt's invitation to send rep- resentatives to Washington to nego- tiate with Peruviah envoys, with the o©bject of reaching a solution of the dispute respecting the unfulfilled clauses of the treaty of Ancon. After asserting that the. Chilean government would designate her Pplenipotentiaries at the earliest pos- sible moment, the note expressed gratitude “for the opportunity to ne- gotiate directly with Peruvian repre- sentatives, through which action or through other friendly measures’ the negotlations may be able to lead to a Jeyal execution of-the treaty.” The note expressed satistaction over Fresident Harding’s “noble inspira: tion, which demonstrates that the high spirit of International zoncilia- tion that inspired Chile’s initiative toward Peru on December 12, 1321, Bas been fully appreciated.” PERU STATES APPROVAL. | Government Inclined to Appointl Envoy Here for Arbitration. By the Associated Press. LIMA. Peru, January' 20.—The United States government, in its note to Peru respecting the settlement of the dispute between Chile and Peru arising out of the treaty of Ancon, says: “Desiring, in the interests of Amer- ican peace, of finding a way to end the long-standing controversy, the President of the United States would De pleased to welcome to Washington representatives of Perw and Chile for (Coutinued on Page 2, Efimfi ' | country has occupied | that cannot be controverted. | this territory is territory of China | DEBATE ON PARLEY Senator Lodge sald it was assumed teed them in past treaties. However, that they would live up to their treaty it is a gain, since at present they have obligations. | i / | been receiving less than § per cent, Viewed as Chinese Territory. | in fact abput 3% per cent. Also theré “Under the administration of Mr, |13 ® Bromise of an increase to T4 per v cent and still further increase: Wilson and later that of Mr. Hard-! But the Chinese are getting rid of said Senator Underwood, our ! one thing at the Washington con- the position Wa a handicap in the past—the Anglo- have contended from the beginning J"{’Qge‘;;e:’e“a"fij e the Shantung problem before the ~on and we have offered our good offices i ference which they have considered | | ture meetings of the personnel board, and a sign erected over the door. {HUNT FOR MAIL POUCH { PROVES UNSUCCESSFUL | Officials Doubt Story of Men Con- H fessing to Theft at Elk- on all occasions to try to secure the | ference adjourns—a settlement which.: hart, Ind. return of the territory to China. The | is considered of the very greatest attitude of the American delegation | importance to the Chinese—unless has been exactly the same. present plans go much awry. In fact, the Shantung matter is co: sidered so vital that other subje:is before the conference are being held up until it is disposed of. | Today’s News In Brief Mexican border patrol is cut by arms reduction. Page 2 Handbook cases held up to_await court ruling. g Page 2 British troops in rush to deave Ire- land. Page 2 Dissension stirs Motor Corps of Home Defense League. Page 2 | Bar association asks three new judges IS NEAR IN SENATE BY N. 0. MESSENGER. ‘While admitting the cold fact that the millennium will not arrive as re- sult of the Washington conference,i in loeal courts. Page 2 high officials of the administration, | Mr. Hoover warns of impending together with the members of the o'"’“‘l", g E2geiy position party in Japan declares American delegation to the confer- | OPBCO TN, FHOY (1 Jopan declafes ence, as well as leadcrs in other dele- gations, respectfully but firmly d cline to share the ultra-pessimistic views held in some partisan quarters that the énterprise is doomed to fafl- sponsible for maladministration. Page 3 Five-power treaty ready -for signa- tures with exception of fortifications article. Page 3 Listing of claims and commitments ure. » A I in China held necessary preliminary That the cutting edge of partisan-! in open-door action. Page 3 ship s being turned on the work of | Former Minister Crane pictures the the conference at this time is begin- B"“““ ‘é‘ ";‘:’);a S Page 3 orace E. a. ning to be apparent. Whenever a hale | BOroe® [0\ [I0ES, RA ,,:m"gg“ 2ot loaf is accepted as an alternative to| press of Russia. Page 14 no bread it would seem by expres- |Gray Silver asserts government has sions here and there that somebody| lost million and half at Muscle was glad of the reduced measure, be-| 5rc>® DY f2illng to accept Foed of. use it reflected upon the su g 0 the administration in an eg?.':v:g Norfolk orders car arbftration and that is upheld by the citizenship of Richmond may act. Page 17 the nation, ngfl ess of party. Republicans reach agreement on debt Oeials’ of the adminlstrati refunding bill. Pase 17 realize that the proponents of the|Urge new ~building for recorder of conference will have their day in court when its_accomplishments oy Kivie: s Pl N ives e Submitted in bulk to the United States | - chance to WOTK on Btarn e to work on X - Senate for approval. At this hour no f ll?e’ S .-;,l‘c:g’l official in touch with the acts of the ! yirginia school s ton conference and the sen T uperinténdent. -ad- Senato holds the belibf that. iog ‘x"“,'i,.“'m""" on grouping "of l u rati body " will ‘fail to sét the " AContinued on Pags 3, Columh 33 ELKHART, Ind, January 20.— Search for the bag of registered mail which the police say George E. Scruggs, white, and Dan Ingram, ne- gro, have confessed to stealing Wed- nesday,. continued today. Unofficial estimates of the value of the bag’s contents have been placed as high as $500,000. George F. Ulch of Fremont, Ohio, who is in charge of the investigation, said today he was proceeding under the assumption that Scruggs is with- holding material facts. The man is said to have told the police, follow- ing his alleged confession, that he threw the pouch into the river. Scruggs, according to the police, has made a statement saying there was no cash in the bag. +Scruggs_and Ingram will be taken to South Bend, Ind., some, time today or tomorrow for arraignment before United States Cm}amlulnner Thad Al- cott, it was said’/by the authorities. without optional payments, and also | a commission of 5 or 6 per cent,; while in some cases as high as 10 per cent was being added. The Secretary also charged that many loan companies were cutting down the amount they loan per acre | to the lowest possible point, “thus re- | stricting the farmers' credit at the| very time when it should be expanded as far as may be done safely.” 335 Delegates Accept Call. Mr. Wallace declared that no one could find any fault with such re- strictions in value of farms as may! be dictated by sound business judg-! ment and no one should object to a| fair rate ©f interest; but, he added, | “in this time of national stress one finds it necessary to rigidly censor his own words when speaking of some of the practices being followed by altogether too many ‘companies and individuals engaged in the farm mortgage busincss.” = ‘The Secretary announced-that 325 delegates had accepted invitations to attend the conference. A total of 429 invitations were issued, he said. of which 300 went to farmers and farm groups, 75 to state agricultural officials, state agricultural coHeges and .farm editors, and 64 to allied industries. Seventy-three of the invitations were declined and 41 of those invited have not yet been heard from. COOKING UTENSILS AND PIG ADORN RUSSIAN PEASANT'S ' GRAND PIANO By the Associated Press. KURSK, Russia, Janugry 17.— Trappings of civilisation are find- ing strange uses in the peasant huts of Russia. City folks who have fled to rural districts in search of bread and peace have - frequently been compelled to tfade their belongings to the peasants for food, and have found custom- ers in Ivan Ivanovich and his fam- . ily. who like the glitter and gloss . of the fixings of gentility. Fre- quently, however, they have little . v*.,ufiv. use the Amalu, vfin come to them in exchange for milk * and flour. . - : An American who recently visjt- ed a 'village near this city saw & magnificent concert grand piano tn one room of a hut which sheltered . a peasant family of six. The fam- ily’s cooking utensils were stacked on top of the piano and a small pig was tied to one of the legs. ~ ~ Under the fkon which hung in one corner of the room the visitor saw a number of glittering ‘ob- Jects, which upon closer inspec- tion proved to be the silver fittings from a man’s ‘toilet case. _The handseme Russia leather casefrom which the toilet grflclm n taken was lylug on" the' 2 Blled “7ith cow fecd. S T ) company has, he Mr. Berry said that if present rates are continued during 1922 the com- pany expects $851,000 of net income, equal to 5.78 per cent on fair value. Expect to Cut Cost. The president said the company expects to reduce traffic expenses during 1922 by approximately $30,000 through' the abandonment -of Monroe Courts, which was used to house im- ported operators during and after’the | war. Mr. Clarkson testified _that the telephone company Woes mot attempt to fix rates for the various classes of service to meet the costs of ren- dering those various services. What the company tries to do, he sald, is to work out a schedule of rates that will invite hew sub- scribers. The more subscribers the stated, the more valuable is the telephone to each user, because he can communicate with that many more people. He submitted a chart showing that in 1913 Washington, with a popula- tioh of 345,000, had 47,297 telephones, or 13.7 per 100-of population. Today, with 443,000 people, the city has 94,373 telephones, or 21.3 per 100 of population. At present, the witness continued, there is a ratio of one telephone to every five persons in Washington. In answer to a_question from.Wil liam McK. Clayton of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, Mr. Clark- son admitted that this included tele- phones in all the governnfent depart- ments. He explained, however, that in other large cities there are large factories” and commercial establish- ments comparable to the government departments. 2 - In _answer o & question from Chairman Keller, the witness said the company: does -not: attempt to deter- thine whether each particular rate in the schedule -is remunerative. “S§o,. it all’ the rates in force pro- duge, -5 reasonable return on fair value, you rtegard the schedule &s a good one, regardless of the relation one rate might bear to another?” Col. Keller ed. 3 © Mr. Clarkson replied that was. cor- rect: . Chief Accountant Testifies. Mr. Clarkson was followed on the stand by Harry C.- Gretz, chief ac. countant, wio'- went over in detail the company’'s receipts and expendi- tures for thq,yur; showing how the net income ‘of $822,000 was =arrived at, ylelding a return of slightly more than 53 per. cent on fair value. This aftérnoon: it is expected :the company- will ‘plate witnessés on the Jehe- v e mte. A The bureau of markets and the bureau of roads. now under the De- merce. The forestry bureau is to go| under the Interior Department but whereas the latter department would | gain that big agency it would lose | the patent office. The penSion bur- eau, the bureau of education and sev- eral other agencies, which have no | direct bearing upon the puhlic do- main, all of which would be assigned to the department of welfare, which | would be created under this pian and which would supervise also the Vet- erans’ Relief Bureau, the public health service and similar agencies fnow functioning under other depart- ments. Other Important Changes. der. the new department of nationmal der the Department of Commerce. These two agencies now are under the Treasury Department. The coast guard service would remain under Treasury Department control. { There are many other changes and shifts of a more or less minor ‘nature {included in the proposcd plans, all of which, agcording to Chairman Brown, kzve been decided upon after months of study and thought and with the sole object in view of bettering the government departmental service. The plans aim to abolish overlapping of bureaus and the termination of tgx red-tape policy which has been such a bothersome factor in the government many years because of this sverlap- ping of departmental jurisdiction. Oppos Expected. ition Is . The joint cammission does not an- ticipate that these.many recommenda- tions of changes will be adopted with- out opposition, and in some cases the opposition will be strong. Tt is considered mot unlikely that some opposition will be met among members of the President’s cabinet, and ‘that more than one change wili be made in the plans before they are Snally sent to Congress for action. | MAYOR DROPS DEAD. James 8. Cowgill 6f Kansas. City Apoplexy Victim. CITY, Jan or James 8. Co corR oM. 20.—May- I, seventy-four dead of ‘apuplegs | Arovped 5o A \ The coast guard would be placed un- | defense, the life-saving service un-| { wag preceded by four of the palatine’s guards, carrying lighted candles, four Ghairbearers and four uniformed pri- I partment of Agriculture, are to be | vate guards, the cardinals following. | placed under the Department of Com- | Clergymen Weep. Cardinal Gasparri and Mgr. Zampini were weeping. The cortege proceeded to the papal apartment. which was entered only by the cardinals and few of the palace prelates. Those who were waiting in the antechamber told their beads as the procession passed to thy Pope's | Dedside, where extreme unction was administered to his holiness. Pope ‘Bengdict. retaining the clear est consciousness, folipwed with deep emotion the reading of the formula of profession of faith by Cardinal. Giorgi. After receiving the commu- rion he said to Cardinal Sili: “I beg you to recommend to the Virgin of Pompeii.” fer. Zampini, sacristan _of the apostolic palace; Mgr. Carlo Respighi, ihe pontifical prefect of ceremonies, and” Mgr. Migone. the private ch ! berlain, were at the Pope’s bedside. H Alr of Anxiety Prevails. There was an air of deep anxiety, and apprehension about the Vatican, Where many of the cardinals were | waiting in the antechamber, all the | cardinals in Italy having assembled |in F.ome upon receiving word of the { Pope's serious illness. ; The doctors, after this morning's consultation, 'did mot conceal ‘the gravity of the pontif’s condition, al- though Prof. Marchiafava took ' a more hopeful view than his col- [ leagues. Later Cardinal Gasparri, the papal‘ secretary of state, telegraphed all the nuciatures advising them of the seri- ousness of the Pope’s condition, while urgent telegrams were se=t to Pope Benedict's relatives al Genoa .and, Placenza. . i Change Causes Surprise. - Today's sudden change for the worse in the pontMrs condition seemed to have come as a great surprise, even to those who had been observing him mest closely. Last evening he celved some strengthening injectiol and the doctors then stated they wel satisfied with his condition, express- ing hope that danger of an extension. of the inflammation to the lungs had passed and saying that the crisis ap- peared to be overcome. a One of the most disturbing condi- tions that developed early today seem- ed to be passing away after 10 o'clogk this morning, as the pontiff was then, able to expectorate slightly. This aroused more hope among the watch- ers, but ‘toward 1 o:0lock he became: worse again, and oxygen then was administered, i “The phymieiane ©