Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and probably tomor- row; continued cold; low: ture tonight about 12 degress. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 26, at lowest, 7 2 pm. yesterday; a.m. today. Full report on Closing New York Stocks, Page 24. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. No. 28,394. SENATE REAL BAR TOU.S. JOINING IN PARLEY AT GENOA “[solation Bloc” Serves No- tice of Possible Opposition to Arms Treaties. AMERICA MAY AWAIT EUROPEAN SHOWDOWN Atmosphere Must Be Clearer, Is Claim, Before This Country En- ters Economic Deliberations. It was said at the White House today that the President was mot 'yet ready to make an anmounce- ment regarding the participation of the ted States in. the Gemoa conference. It was indicated, how- ever, that the question is receiving such attention as may result in a atatement being made later in the week. BY DAVID LAWRENCE, Just why the United States govern- ment will not be represented officially at the economic conference to be held at Genoa in March is for the moment the most interesting story in capital. No one reason, but a eombination of circumstances have prevented FPresident Harding from accepting, on behalf of the United States, the invi- tation recently extended by the allies 1o help reconstruct Europe and in- directly the economic situation of the whole ‘world. First, the “isolation bloc” in the United States Senate has served no- tice that, if the administration insists on going to Genoa, it can expect seri- ous opposition to ratification of the treaties and conventions adopted at the Washington conference on arma- ment. s Second, the administration is dis- couraged over the refusal of France | o discuss reparations at Genoa, an adjustment of which is regarded as essential to economic recuperation everywhere. Third, unless the United States gov- ernment can mgke good the promises and agreements entered Into by the executive branch of the government and present to the world fully ratified treaties, America's word At interna- tional conferences in the future will De of little avail. Johnson’s Influence. JEver since the return of Senator Hiram Johnson from a trip to Call- fornia, the “isolation bloc™ consisting of the original “irreconcilables” who fought the Versailles treaty, plus a few others from the democratic side of the chamber, have constituted an opposition formidable enough to pre- vent ratification of the four-power Pacific treaty, as well as other pacts adopted by the Washington confer- ence. Mr. Johnson’s announced oppo: sition has stiffened the backs of some of his wavering colleagues. Senator 3randegee, an original irreconcilable, told the White House the feeling against meddling in Europe’s affairs was still strong in the Senate, an that it was going to be difficult get ting a treaty through which dealt with Pacific affairs. President Harding will not, of course, say publicly that he is refusing to go to Genoa because of the situation in the Senate, but he is saying that until the Washington conference has com- pleted its work there is no use talking | about other international conferences. | By completing its work is not meant | merely the adjournment of the main | conference. That is only the begin- ning. It means ratification of the treaties by the Senate. For, when the ‘Washington conference ends, it will have reached merely the same point as the Versailles peace conference— the critics then begin their work of dissection and analysis. Senate Walting. The Senate is keeping quiet till the ‘whole set of treaties is submitted. Then the biggest question ot all will be answered—whether the executive branch of the government under a re- publican administration can do any more in handling the Senate on for- eign policy than a democratic admin- istration. The drive for ratification has not begun, but the first victory has been won by the isolation bloc, which has already obtained the ap- proval of the White House to its plan for the consideration of domestic mat- ters first and treaties afterward. No matter how enthusiastic Mr. Harding or Mr. Hughes might be for participation In the Genoa conference, they cannot send official represent: tives if they wait till after the trea- tles are ratified, because the Genoa conference will be under way and probably adjourned before the Stnate gets through discussing the greaties. ‘Ths expectation now is that the trea- ties will follow the enactment of a bonus bill and a tariff bill. 'his in- volves indefinite delay, but the admin- istration has not vet interposed any objection tdPthat order of business, Expected U. S. Entry. . The administration told the dele- ®ates at the Washington conference that it was favorably disposed toward an economic "conference. Premier Briand went away with the conviction that America would attend. Prime 1 Minister Lloyd George was convinced the United States at last was coming to the aid of Europe. British flexi- bility and compliance with American wishes at the arms conference was based almost entirely upon the belief that co-operation with the United States at this time meant closer co- operation on economic affairs later on. But Mr. Harding made it clear that the United States would not take the initiative. Europe had to do that and the United States would consider the agenda or program carefully before committing herself to participation. Jdn the midst of this situation the Briand ministry was overthrown and the first thing Premier Poincare did | ‘was to abolish the supreme council and decline to permit French dele- gates at Genoa to discuss German reparations. These two external de- velopments gave the Harding admin- | istration an opportunity to avoid giv- ing domestic reasons as the excuse for declining the invitation to Genoa. Ficonomic conferences are bound to be held and America is likely to at- tend, but they are postponed now | until there is a show-down on both sides of the Atlaritic. In Europe it must be determined whether the Poincare policy of French isolation is to be triumphant and in America it must be determined whether the policy of American irolation is to be dictated by the United States Senate 10 the chief executive. Until the in- ternal dilemna in the French chamber of deputies and an analogous situa- tion in the American Congress is clarified economic reconstruction -is indefinitely delayed. (Copyright, 1922.) the est tempera- 15, at Wants U. S. to Take Ov: And Sink Allies’ Navies In Lieu of War Debts A proposal that the United States offer to take over the en- tire mavies of the allies at full cost “as payment toward the b lons they owe the United States, and aceept on account the allies’ other war equipment at “junk prices,” and sall “this #rand armada to the Pacific and_ there be sunk ten miles deep ‘with all flags fiylpg,” was made to the agricultural conference pan - than in the preceding 2,000 years. He pro- posed reduction of the United States iget for its Army and Navy to the pre-war figure and use’ of the diffe; ard paying the bonus for the former service men. FARMING IN EURCPE SEENNEARNORMAL Rapid Progress Being Made, G. F. Warren Tells Agri cultural Conference. Agriculture in Europe is getting back to mormal much more rapldly than other industries, according to word brought the national agricul- tural conference, in session today at the New Willard Hotel, by G. F. War- ren of Ithaca, N. Y., recently returned from a trip of investigation. The conference turned to Europe, at the suggestion of Mr. Warren, to | see what factors there might be con- | tributory to the general American {farm depression, which President | Harding, Secretary Wallace of the De- partment of Agriculture and others outlined at the opening session of the | farms meeting yesterday. i Cites Europe's Situation. [ Mr. Warren outlined the effect of | | the situation in Europe on American | i agriculture, emphasizing the need of | accurate information for American | ! farmers as to European production | | and demand. The drop in the price of | { farm products. for example, he said, | did not come in the allied and neutral countries until last summer, one year after thé drop here, Prices are still much higher in| Eurppe s compared witlt pre-war | prices than in the United States, Mr. | Warren told the conference: members who -crowded the large baliroom at | the hotel. “It would have been of | greal interest for the American farm- | ers had they known these facts last| spring.” he countinued. .Foresees Erratic Changes. “For some years the conditions in | Europe will be subject to erratic| changes, both in supply and demand. | If we are to adjust our production| o meet the changing demand, we| must have the fullest and most care- | fully analyzed information. Agrl-| culture is not a one-year business. We need to know all the currents of Eurepean movement as far in advance as possible. This involves continued |study of European and later of Russian farm conditions by men who are_skilled in the interpretation of (Continued on Page 4, Column 5.) / PRESIDENT AGAINST - CUTTING OF ARMY Administration Opposed to Reduction Beyond Point of National Security. ‘That the administration will never countenance a drastic reduction in the size of the American Army was made plain at the White House today. The President is known to be opposed strongly to cutting the Army to, any great extent, and that while he might agree to some small reduction, he and bis advisers will 6ppose any action of a drastic nature. The President is known to have ex- pressed the opinion that the Amerl- can Army, as it stands today, is a fine example, and if its size was fol- lowed by the other nations, would naturally bring about better feeling throughout the world. Canmot Imperil Country. At the same time, the administra- tion expects that the Army will be reduced, but not sufficiently to im- pair its efficiency. The President, howover, does not betieve the Army should be reduced to a point where the safety. of the country would be imperiled, and he !hopes that the time will never come when it will be found necessary to in- crease its present size. In . emphasizing his opposition to any drastic cuts in the Army, as has been hinted. quite recently during the recent sessions of the arms confer- ence, the administration’ explains that the conditions in the world to- day are such that it would be unwise to reduce greatly the erican Army. It points our further that there is a | state of unrest throughout the world, and there is no evidence in the near future of being cornslele tranquillity {among all the -world nations, which icondition necessitates the United | States maintaining an Army suffi- ciently large to guarantee the safety of its people. It is pointed out that | the President and his advisers are of the opinion that no same government would at this time think of reducing its military- forces beyond the point of national security. 3 Parley Success Seen. - Discussing this today, President ig was represented as saying he believed that the success of the arms conference fs assured and that while miracles have not been per- formed, he is satisfied that the step in the right direction has been taken and the ten-year naval holiday at the end of that time will demonstrate the isdom of such a program. He is convinced, it is said, that when those ten years are passed the natjons fl". ticipating in the naval holh!x.vl be s0 pleased with the result t they will continue it indefinitely and prob- ably for all time, o | i i I | chief, &m SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ering WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1922.—THIRTY PAGES. 1.5, STANDS FIRM FOR REMOVAL OF SIBERIAN TROOPS Secretary hes Reveals American d in Review- ing Japanese Pledge. QUESTION BELIEVED T0 HAVE BEEN SETTLED Agreement in Sight on Article 19 -of Naval Limitations Treaty. By the Associated Press, At the meeting of the far east committee of the arms confer- ence todny Mir. Balfour, head of the British delegation, submitted new proposal covering the traf- fic in arms with China. He sug- Sested an agreement between the signatory powers by which the trafic would be forbidden not only to foreign governments, but alxo 10 thelr respective subjects. Sen- afor Schanzer of Italy sald that the Italian received ! with roposition = i ', but was mnot Soant Taearelyy T aae RE ’] 4.I-H STREEI B"J- || Woman About to Wed | i My st e e L A LT R || ,, Novel Step “Logical” tion of St. Germain on that sub- Ject, whe In ready to present it to her parhiament in order that it should be ratified. However, Semator Schanzer de- clared he doubted whether the in- ternal laws of Italy give the gov- ernment power -to prevent private tndividuals from the trafiic of He, therefore, time to wire to mment for instructions. r Blokland, in the name Dutch government, made as Senator Mr. Balfonr ended the of the subject by iny view of the reserv: incussion of the mat- rious delegn- repliex from til after the had received their government. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. The question of Siberia was prac- tically setded so far as the Washing- ton conference is concerned at to-| day’'s session of the far ecast com mittee. Secretary Hughes stated the American position, replying to the Japanese statement that they in- tended (o withdraw their troops from ter uni o | Siberia when a stable government js established there. He reviewed the statement of the Japanese and at the i same time made. it clear that the | United States has not changed its position that the ops should be re- moved from Slhe:‘ The position of both Japan and the United States in regard to Siberia will be reported at a plenary session of the conference. FOLOWINE Lie meeting of the com- | mittee today it was stated on high authority that an agreement on the naval limitations treaty, article nine- teen, relating to fortifications in the Pacific, is in sight. It is understood that an agreement has been reached | on the description of the Pacific region covered by article nineteen and that under this the Bonin Islands will not be fortified. The question of wireless | communications is to be taken up at !a meeting of the far east committes tomorrow. Japan's move yesterday in laying before the conference a complete statement of her position and a re- | iteration of her promise to remove her troops from Siberia when condi- tions there shall warrant doing so was commented upon in conference circles as distinctly clever. Instead of waiting, when the question of Si- beria was taken up on the conference agenda, until some suggestion re garding the removal of Japanese trops from that teritory should be raised by one of the other powers, Japan tmmediately came forward with a statement of her intentions which, it is held. must be accepted " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) SENATOR IS ASSIGNED. Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania, successor of the late Boles Penrose, today was given his first committee assignment by the Senate. He made a member of the military affairs committee, filling a vacancy due to the resignation of Senator Freling- huysen of New Jersey, who was made a member of the finance committee. At the same time, Senator Crow, the other Pennsylvania member, was as- signed to the naval affairs committee, where & vacancy was caused by the death of Mr. Penrose. —_— " OLES ASKS SUPPORT. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, January 24.— Mayor George L. Oles, who has sus- pended fifty policemen and-the police and has asked the police to take a 10 per cent wage .cut, last night appealed to ocity council for support -in his policy of reorganiza- tion and economy in city affairs. Oles had openly charged that coun- cil was obstructing his plans. No action was taken in regard to his appeal. SPLIT ON CHECK LAW. Conferees on the so-called bad check law for the District of Columbia were unable to reach an agreement on the measure, following a conference of nearly two hours today. It was de- cided to hold another conferemnce, to which President King and Secretary Charles J. Columbus of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association will be invited to appear and explain certain features of the bill. ) Senator King of Utah, one of the con- ferees, and a strong opponent of the bill in the Senate, it is understood, in- sisted on his objections to the bill, which made it a crime to do a certain thing and then fbrosllnd it when the offender made restitution. SENATE REJECTS CALL FOR SHANTUNG NOTES AT ARMS CONFERENCE The Senate, with little debate and without a record vote, reject- ed today the resolution offered by Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon- tana, asking the President for in- !formation as to the conversations relating- to Shantung . being car- ried on by the Chinese and Japa- nese arms conference delegdtions. | { L e Associated Press. EW YORK, - January 24. Mrs. Sarah Wright McDannold, founder and vice president of the Women's Press Club of this city, and her wo Uthe, planned today to fore a city magistrate and be arried. “Of course, I know 1 am old enough to be his mother,” she xald, “but I have been at the head of the household for n %ood many years. In a way we PASSEDBY SEMATE, Provides for Extension of} Thoroughfare Through I ! | Walter Reed Grounds. | Extension of 14th street through the | Walter Reed Hospital grounds and ithe closing of certain other streets| | were I--l--::d pllrt:;v- and s iy % ” 3 were terest n e mame | | {and alleys in the vicinity was ap-| | Jere interented fh _the same |vroved by the Senate vesterday af-i | ternoon when it passed the bill which [had been previously bgen agreed to by the surgeon general of the Army, | the District Commissioners and the | park commission. 1 The measure went through the to do, and there Isn't any rea- | |* won to make any fuss over t.” Mrs, Uthe, daughter of Mra. Me- ! Dannold, died a ye: ASKSNINE MILLION FOR CONDUIT WORK Representative Moore Also Proposes Joint District Af- fairs Committee. Authorization for an appropriation of $9,523,000 (less $200,000 appropriat- ed last March for preliminary work) for construction of an additional con- duit to insure a sufficient and safe supply of water for the National Capital is contained in a bill intro- duced today by Representative R. Walton Mocre of Virginia. Coupled with the introduction of this measure, Representative Moore faf. "to Garrison School, of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively estitled to for republication of all news dispatches hited to it or ot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local mews publisbed herein. All rights of publication of special dispatches berein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 91,780 TWO CENTS. 'D. C. ESTIMATES CUT MORE THAN $6,000,000 IN REPORT TO HOUSE App_ropriation Bill Recommend- ations Total $20,397,779.80. $3.000,000 Below Last Year. REJECT $3,000,000 FOR CONDUIT; PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDS SLASHED Three New Buildings Provided for—60-40 Proportion Retained—Present Rate of Taxes Continned. Continuing the 60-40 proportion between the District and Fed- eral governments for paying the bills of the National Capital, the District appropriation bill for the fiscal year starting July 1 next, carrying recommendations for appropriations totaling $20,397,- 779.80, as compared with $23,001,566.74 appropriated for the cur- rent fiscal year and $26,888,366.75 estimated by the budget bureau, was reported to the House today The budget recommendation for $3,000,000 for continuing work on the construction of a new water supply conduit was re- jected, so that the bill as reported from the committee carries no appropriation whatever for this work, for the start of which $200,000 was appropriated for the current fiscal year. The.com- mittee declares the proposed project “would not be of assistance should any serious difficulty arise betsween the District line and the present filtration plant to the gravity-supplied area” drawing water from the reservoir near the filtration plant. The appropriations committee also recommends continuance of the present rate of taxes at not less than 134 per cent nor more than 2 per cent. Three New Schools. Three new school buildings are ap- propriated for—an eight-room exten- is the same as the current appropria- tion and $41,200 less than the budget estimates. The total for the library is $115.800, which is $2,000 less than the sible building in the Ingleside Se(’-lcu!;rent law and $50,200 less than the § . estimates, tion, $140,000; an elght-room addition | esfimates. L CL gy including land therefor, for colored pupils, $146,000, and a two-room building to replace for personnel and equipment for the new branch public library in theé southeast section. . This bill embraces for the first time Senate without any objection or de- bate. ; | The measure authorizes the exten- | sion and widening of 14th strect I,rrom Montague street to its south- {ern terminus, south of Dahlia street; { Nicholson street. from' 13th tQ 16th | street; Colorado avenue from Mon-| | tague street to 13th; Concord avenue | from 16th street to its western ter- | | minus, west of Sth nroct:\:th street | from Nicholson street to Piney Branch road, and Piney Branch road from 13th street to Blair road. Public Streets Closed. The measure closes all public} streets, except 14th street and alleys included within the area bounded by! 16th street on west, Alaska avenue on the northwest, Fern street on the north, Georgia avenue on the east and | Ashbourne street on the south. The! Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia are authorized by the measure, | | which now goes to the House for ac- { tion, to institute proceedings in the District Supreme Colirt for condemna- tion of the land necessary for the ex- | tension and widening of the street!| mentioned. A provision is contained in the bill as it passed the Senate that | four-tenths of the amount found to: be due or awarded by the condemna- tion jury as damages, plus the cost of the expenses of the proceedings, shall be agsessed against the proper- ty_which the jury finds benefited. ‘When 14th” street is opened for traffic, the law provides that its con- trol shall pass from the War Depart- ment to the District Commissioners, and contains a further provision that the street through the hospital grounds shall be subject to the ap- proval of the Secretary of War. Basis of Controversy. This measure was 2 basis of some controversy, owing to the differences of opinion as to the desirability of having a public thoroughfare pass through the Walter Reed Hospital grounds, and the #easure as reported by the District committee and finally passed by the Senate Is a com- promise one to which all the interests have agreed. The provision - giving the Secretary of War authority to the street g’rn‘i; wnl.:mll:; d to permit ol e Vi ¢ :;:to?l‘h the hospital property, so that traffic would not disturb’the Inmates of that institution. Today’s News In Brief sion of Page 1] Senate passes bill for exten! 14th street. District appropriation bill reported in | e 1t Vatens I s 8 over Val It&:l\l politicians sp] Yatican automatlicilly becomes ¥ fi;‘:‘; the conclave. Page 3 ‘Weeks announces War De- t is studying influence of modern scientific developments on warfare technique. % P;gel 3 Lee deprecates Poincare desire IA;:!: old diplomacy-. Page 3 Powers pleased by Japanese pledge on 8iberia. ot o PA:; C’ a Park zens indorse J. C. T;l‘:g: for school Page 4 dria lawyers elect divorce-in- A:;uxl.r; committee, previously ap- pointed, which resigned. e & of prohibition enforcement D:r:::m;nly lv per cent of bootle; liquér is free from poisonous fusel oil. Page 12 , January 27, former kalser’s rlrall‘:t.l{dly anniversary, date for Ger- many’s new reparations ’w'?::l:'l Mg! secref Secretary partment -al Federation of Women buys ng:;nouu. Page 1’ Commissioner Keller, discussing 50-50 D. C. taxation system, says people of country favor beautifying nation's capital. 3 Page 17 Prigze-winning essays ogarms confer- ence to be printed in The Star. Page 17 er director general of raflroads ’o({m fed to commerce committee to- yy that he turned roads “broken down.” Gov. Morrow of Tanal Zone predicts waterway._soon will ‘bé source of profit to U. 8. T . Pameld RENT COMPLAINTS TOGET AN AIRING Senate-Committee Will Place Charges Before D. C. made a statement advocating the es- tablishment of a standing joint com- mittee on District_affairs, instead of |having separate House and Senate | committees, which he believes opgr- ates to delay action upon matters of vital importance to the National Cap- ital. He urges that District legisla- tion should be-expedited. = - Left Out of Pistrict BUL Representative Moore was prompt- ed to Introduce this new conduit bill | {because the annual District appro- | priation biil, reported out of com-: jmittec today, and to be considered by Commission. the House on Thursday. omits any| Numerous complaints which havelprovision for the construction of an ' come to the attention of the Senate;additional conduit. District committee regarding the a This measure does not appropriate : ! the entire sum estimated to be needed leged charging of exorbitant rents| ,; pyilging this conduit, but aims to here will be placed before the rent;give the project the indorsement and commission when it appears betore]lflnnr?‘\'nl of the Hn|use unl-d‘ to Butlmr';{ 2 ze_the appropriation, giving it sucl the committee tomlorron legAslative status that the appropria- tions committee may be free to ac | Members of the commission, it was the present one-room Chain Bridge road school, $25,000—and a total of $1,711,000 i= carried for school con- struction, which is $731,000 more than was appropriated in_the last District appropriation act. The amounts for continuing work on school buildings already under comstruction are. For completing and equipping new Eastern High School, $900,000. For completing twelve-room addi- tion to the Wheatley School, $100,000. For completing junior high school north of Taylor street and east of 14th street, $200.000. 7 For completing junior high school in the vicinity of Gage, Emery and Eckington schools, $200,000. £3,102,940 for Teachers. The bill carries a total of $3,102,940 for teachers' salaries, which includes provision for two principals for the two new junfor high schools and an additional teacher for each of the 108 schoolrooms in the buildings now un- der construction. The total appropriation for the public schools i= $6.857,460, which jis $560.573.75 less than the current ap- ropriation and $756,820 less than all regular annual appropriations for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia, including appropriations which it has been the practics heretofore to carry in other regular annual appropriation acts, and which, with the exception of three items amounting 1o $4.900 here- tofore paid entirely out of the Treas- ury of the United States, wers chargeable partly to the Treasury of the United States and partly to the revenues of the District of Columblia, In explaining the drafting of the bill on the preportion that the Di trict shall pay 60 per-cent of all ‘€x* penses and the proposal for continu- ance of the present tax rate, the re-- port submitted by Representative Charles R. Davis of Mfnnesota, chair- man of the District sub-committe says: Explanation Made, “In the so-called organic law ap- proved June 11, 1878, it was provided ithat the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia should be borne one-half out of the reve- nues of the District of Columbla and isaid today, will be asked for an ex planation of these complaints, and ! within the limit of the amount named. ! Representative Moore explains that the 32 1 0,000 deducted from the total | {sum was carried as a rider on the| cne-half out of the Treasury of the United States. This proportion was abandoned for the first time in the District of Columbia appropriation the budget recommendations, Several matters of deep concern to the people affected do not appear in |er the rent commission is fully equip- | in operation is undependable, and that ‘ped to pursue an aggressive attitude, | another conduit is the only means of <|DISCUSS LAKE WATERWAY 7| United States and Britain Talk of ck |way, it was sald today at the White Page17 |- Army appropriation bill for the fiscal | whether the commission has been un- able or has failed properly to han- dle them. The members of the com-|vear 1922; went lqutzon & ipolnt ot | i ily | OTder; was restored by the Senate, mittee would not disclose the details | 213" o d finanly approved in the Hovas of these complaints until after they by a vote of 227 to 82, . have taken the matter up with the_In the debate in the House on March i ieaion 12 facts were developed showing that 2 s e et R Jon account of its age and the im- e committee is desirous of know-, possibility of dewatering it so as to ing the facts and particularly/ wheth- | make repairs, the single conduit now it was said. Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, ;guarding against the disaster that| member of the commission, has been ; Would re<ult from a complete or par- in conference with both Senators Ball | tial breakdown. and Gooding regarding the prospec- ( The Moore bill follows the Tyler re- tive appearance of the commission |Port, which about a year ago was before the committee tomorrow. submitted to Congress with the ap- 7 proval of the waterpower commis- Uphill Grind. [5ion and the Secretary of War Gom: {mental farm at Beltsvill the bill or report of the committee, but comparison with the proposals in the estimates and with the wording of the current act shows that a strict limitation has been placed upon the exchange of text-books. At present the school board has authority to use its discretion in the exchange of old books for new ones or for new kinds of books. The bill as reported limite this . exchange to badly damaged books of the same kind, so that it really means that thera can be no exchange in the school text-books without specific authority from Con- gress. Non-Resident Attendance, The provision for attendance of the children of government employes working outsidé of Washington is changed so that men who are sta- tioned at Fort Myer or the experi- e canno their children in the District uc;o‘;‘;: without paying tuition. Only officers and men of the Army and Navy, when employed outside of Washington, can have their children in the District schools, 5 Another change in the wordl the bill prohibits the ref 0‘!:‘g ‘0’; ashes and miscellaneous refuse from all apartment houses by the govern- ment collectors. The law previously prohibited such removal at public expense from.large apartment houses Sengtor Gooding, who was one of |menting on the bill, Mr. Moore ex- those who suggested the calling brif;;s:;g rlah[frlh‘:]p:nlgi‘l]} eben the pend- a s finally enact- the members of the commission for |aq® ¢ wehy Inclugs & oo supg',;"':;" a conference as to conditions pre-|and said he would ask the committec vailing here, said, following his talk ;gesg';"';"‘flh“{K::lm;‘derfl:lfn only in b ; he s no 2 with Mrs. Taylor, that he realized He says he recognizes l:;:l:h‘l’he that the rent-regulating body had | committec on appropriations in omit. an uphill grind here and that it was | tng c?:;bigetmh might have been in- Rot. receiving nmuch help, but on the |Becn piaced in the apmatpercnoltd, it the other hand was having all kinds |it would have been subject to a point of obstacles thrown in its path. of order, and also recognizes that It may be, he continued, that it will, the matter may be taken care of ju be found that the commission needs|like manner as the Initial appropria. sosousamement The commission may | tion. acking in appropriations which . would enablo it to employ suficient Denies Congress Is Indifferent. staffs to pursue the numerous inves- tigations necessary to bring about &), Moore repelled the suggestion, reduction in rents here. I this 15|NOW 8nd then made, that Congress 18 true, the semator said, the commit-|indifferent to the interests of the Dis- ee ‘should be acquainted with theitrict. “It is true” - facts and then it can act. At any rate,{cno- f 8 (Fae” he said, “there is he said, the members want to know elay with respect to the real ‘conditions which brought necessary District legislation, oc- about:the complaints that are being | casiongd largely by the fact that Con. ;lis::leol;:‘d regarding the local rent con- gress becomes constantly more busy with an incregsing variety of impor- Session Behind Closed Doors. |ione work. o ° JaDf impos The, subcommittes will meet with| *T have sometimes thought that one the rent commission at 2 o'clock- to- |step that might be profitably taken in morrow afternoon., The session will|the line of coherence and expedition be held behind closed doors. As the|would be to create a standing Joint - | committee on District affairs, in place senators expect to go thoroughly in- | COMPLISE P00 SECTE RMlalrs, ¥ House to the whole question of rental con-|committees, to which District bills ditions here with the fent commission | originating in either body could be members jt is not probable that ‘the | eferred. committee ‘will get around to con- lldenua%of any of the bills now pending oh-the commlttee calendar. Mrs. Taylor, following conferences with senators, Suggested that the commission had been hampered in its work to-some extent by certain ad- ministrative _difficulties which have now been overcome and that in the future ‘it would be able to proceed with its task with more dispatch. “The reports of such a committee, being made to both bodies at the same time, would save duplication of com- mittee action, which is at least one'| ‘of the causes of delay. Beyond this, the House might easily find more time for District matters. ._“For instance, the public would not suffer by using in that way some of the time that is now in certain cases .|devoted to ‘general debate’ when, al- though & specific measure is before the House, a discussion of almost any conceivable question, having no - tion to that measure, is permitted.” BRYCE T0 BE CREMATED. Funeral of Viscount Will Be Held 1 1 l St. Lawrence Project. Communicatiens have - been ex-| changed between the United States and Great Britain upon matters in- volved in the proposed construction of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence water- Privately Thursday. . LONDON, January 24—The furieral of Viscount, Bryce will be held privately-on Thursday, when the body ‘will. be- cremated at Golder's Green, ements al House. i Administration officials, it was indi- cated, -consider _that some: interna- tional agreement must be made in ad- re proceeding for a vance of congressional action. n London; - .- and boarding houses, and the pre: bill changes this to read “(rompnp:errllf ment houses and large boarding houses.” Street Improvements. The Dbill carries a total of $1 for the following specific sirect i provements: Exolrthceasllt—ll’otr p;vln' 15th street, ast Capitol to street, pre width, $15,000. iy Northwest—For paving Ingraham street, east of 14th street, thirty feet wide, $7,000. Northwest—For paving = Upshur street, New Hampshire avenue to 4th street, forty-five feet wide, $8,400. Northwest—For repaving 15th street, H street to I street, seventy. feet wide, $16,800. Northwest—For paving Yuma street, 38th street to 39th street, thirty feet wide, $9,000. Northwest—For _paving Varnum street, 2d street to Rock Creek Church road, thirty feet wide, $5.600, and for extending Varnum street from 7th street to Grant Circle, $6,100. Northwest—For paving 3d street, Taylor street to Upshur street, thirty feet wide, $4,700. 4 Northwest—For paving 19th street, C street to E street, thirty-five feet wide, $11,200. Northwest—For p‘v(nifimnoh ave- nue, Webster street to ison street, forty feet wide, $7,500. Southeast—For grading and improv- ing* Ralelgh street, Nichols avenue westward, thirty feet wide, $2,400. Northwest—For paving -« Crittende; street, 15th street’ to Piney Bran road, thirty feet wide, $3,800. Northeuz—?or grading 13th street, Hamlin street to.Irving street. $2,100. Northwest—For grading 'Brandy- wine street, 29th street to 30th street; 20th street, Brandywine street to Au- dubon terrace, and Audubon terrace, 29th street to Broad Branch road, 14,000. 5 ¥ For repairs to suburban roads, $200,- 000 is r&menm in the bill. Appropriations for Libraries. For the fre€ Public Library, includ- g, the Takoma Park branch, tot#l 277,309 Is carried € eniart: act approved June 5. 1920, in which it was provided that 40 per cent of the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, should be paid from the Treasury of the United States and 60 per cent from the reve- nues of the District of Columbia. This latter proportion was repeated as to current year appropriations, and the committee recommended its con- tinuance as to the appropriations for 1923. The committee also recommend the continuance during the next fiscal vear of the requirement now existing that the rates of taxation on real e tate and tangible personal property shall not be less than 1% per cent nor more than 2 per cent. “Under this_proposed apportionment the appropriations proposed in this bill create a demand on the Federal Treas- ury of $7.686,175.92, arrived at as follows In the total sum proposed to be a propriated of $20,391,679.50, $1,028,020 is included on account of the water service, payable entirely out of the water revenues, and $145.220 on ag- count of the minimum wage boar, municipal playgrounds and commua- ity center activities, chargeable wholly to the revenues of the District -of Columbia. Deducting these twe: sums, the proposed appropriations to- tal $19.215,439.80. of which the Dis-- trict’s share, under the bill as pro< posed, is $11.529,263.83, leaving as the total demand on th» Federal Treas- ury $7,686,175.92. or $706,499.58 less than it is at this time obligated on account’ of current year appropri- ations, and $2,411,290.78 less than tie- amount it would have had to bear ac- cording to the estimates.” It is proposed in this bill to require that the appropriation “interest and sinking fund” on account of the bond- ed indebtedness of the District of Columbia shall be borne in the 60-40 proportion, just as the bill proposes that other "appropriations shall be charged, with the exceptions herto- fore recited. Permaneat Annual and Indefinite Ap- propriations and Reappropriations. In additien to the regular annual appropriations proposed in this bill, the estimated permanent annual apd indefinite appropriations for the fiscaF year 1923 aggregate $1.624,600. These appropriations are those which oc- cur automatically each year withont annual action by ‘Congress, h“‘% ) been created specifically by Con, in previous years and continue {legialation 15 enacted, modifying or 1 discontinuing them. ese upnram: ations for the District of Colum! unlike the major portion of simllar appropriations under the seversl executive departments and independ- ent establishments of- the govern~ ment, are practically all made up of trust funds of which the t of the United States is custodian, m all but $40.000 of them do not repre= sent demands which will -be W e the Federal Treasury, and the Ill}rl:ltely wll“t“ reimbursed. She e committee propose no PEAP~ gmpfllflom whatever in this bill, nof it-proposed a single regular amw nual indefinite appropriation. In only & single case. have the committee recommend an __ &ppror, F the lll;lnlmum ‘o'l.‘l:um cre- orll‘ll. h D;‘O it 3 9, the appropriation pro, 19, & appropi P! m ated by the act ap) in the budget was $3.300, or less than the appropriation’ for She .