Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1922, Page 4

g O WATER PROEET Objectors in Subcommittee Bring. Reply Indicating 1 Danger in Situation. The reasons given by the subcom- mittee on District appropriations of the House appropristion committee fop mot'gpproving the $3,000,000 item fof continuing work on Washington's itional water supply have served throw additional light on the aims the project and its value to the trict. discusding the ellmination from bill of any appropriation lor_ in- asing the water suppiy of the Dis- Chairman Davis of the House mmittee says he esamates .ncluded a proposal appropriate $3,000,000 for extend- work on the project for an in- water supply for the D.scrict (Columbia, for wuich the Army &p- Jane 39, aion of of D the initiation of wor This bl comta.n. no &, account of Luat pro,:« tee dcveioped the inivrmation rious .reak he tunnel conveying water across ereek to-the present and ouly tion plant, or Letween tie Dis- line and said filtration plant, plan for this project, specifically nated in the Army appropriation cited, and the work under which estimated to cost $9,523,000, has yet been so prepared as to afford ef to that section of the city re- ing water by, gravity from the sed. ould Not Be of Assistamce.” other words, the project will an auxiliary to the present sys- to the District line, at which t the water flowing down the sed new conduit will be filter- puriped to the higher levels the morthwest section of the Dis- t, and—without modification of project and an appropriation in ss of the present estimated total cofit thereof—would not be of as- nce, should any serious difficulty “between- the District line and the presept filtration I;hmte.d r!%_'me vity-supplied urea referr . = j. M. D("A 7yler, engineer officer in-pharge of the water works, was out of the city today, but it was JedFned at his office that the new coduit eopld be m~ds to sunnly the ity area as well as the four umping ureus in the even. oi & reak in the Lydecker tunnel, which cafries the water f‘:lom Georgetown the old filtration plant. wtz is true that when the new con- @uf and filtration plant of the Dis- trigt line are built they will be used to~serve the four pumping areas, leaving the Lydecker tunnel and the existing filtration plant to supply the ty area. But it was exviained Stdhe engineer's office, should * be- come necessary to elose the Lydeeker tumnel after the new works are com- plated, the gravity area could be served direct from the Georgetown regervoir while the tunnel was beint' paired. res-{lh-omrlnl of the engineer office d attention to the fact "fl‘k“?,'f the entire eity was supplicd .ro.u :lf( GP;orl“‘oWn reservoir, and there are still two mains available to carry ater from the proposed new flltra- tion plant to the Rrovity area "¥ way of zGeorgetown whenever repairs to th< T.ydecker tunnel become neces- .! Danger of Shertage. 1a trouble develop in the Ly- & r tunnel before completion of thé mew project, however, not only thé gravity area, but the entire city| wogld face a water shortage. 1t takes from twenty-four to thirt hoyrs to empty the Lyd-cker tunnal, -nr the amount of water stored at the exifiting filteration plant reservoir| be used up in that time, 50: that maintenanee work on the tunnel s mow impossible. ‘With the completion of the new sys- tem the tunne' will carry only water for.the gravity afea, which Is but haif the _total copsumption. Under thos: conditions the McMillan Park rese woir coula supply the gravity area for at feast two days should it become n ry to close the tunnel. And if repairs to the funnel should require a longer time, water from the gravity mrea could be fouted directly down- town from thq new Aflitratlon at the Distric old Georgetown mal | SOFT-COAL PRICE CUT. New. River Produet Sold Today at $7.25 a Ton. i Reducion in the price of standard: New Ri:er bituminous coal, in whole- sale lots, from §7.7 $7.25 a ton ‘WaS announeed tod2y by the J. Maury lc>on Company and the Marlow Coal ‘ompany. A steady decline in the price of this coal was noted since last April Prior to April, 1921, the price was X ton. It dropped then to $8.76 ! and & few months later a new price ! of $8.25 was announced. On Decem- ber. 19, 1921, the price went to $7.75 ‘The reduction takes effect today! and will contiue, it was announced, 80 ‘long as the present rket eon-. itions permit. —— GQV. SPROUL TO BE GUEST. ! Will Address Pennsylvania State Society Friday Night. Gov. William C. Bproul witl be thct “g9#st of honor at the receptien held i by the Pennsylvania State Soelety in the ballroom of the New Willard Ho- tel, Pridey night at 8:15. The soejety is making plans for the event and the ‘best talent obtainable from the Key- stene state has been invited to pay homage to their governor. The Aeo- lirn Quintet of Allentown, Pa., will e its l"fl appegrance in _this ty. Several songs will be rendered by'g{'. Lillian Runasicker, soprano sofoist. Tho singers will be guests of Mve'?nlltlhle red B. Gernerd of vania. 'he principal address will be mad. by Gov. Bproul and introductions ‘ll'l be ‘made by Representative M. Clyde Relly, president of the society. STILL ON MORSE CASE. ad Jury Continues Probe of Al e Sthy 3" conapi e alleged conspira rles W. Morse and nthegn ‘3 fud the government in copnection icertain ship bullding contracts Board during urors sat twe . hour o eonve e tates Al ey Gordon 1 from the Mpprn: Board, it rstood, have a large quantity vidence to submit 88 expe 3 to I:l't‘-mt?‘.‘ .n! but may be shertened by the e in the mumber of heurs be. oted by the grand aach CHANGE OF NAME ASKED, . uel Simon Silbérmen, whe was nal ized in New Yerk April 26, 1914, today asked the Distpict Bu- g Qourt to_chsnge his n! [ R e i vt 3 B % y. m barrassmen 1 yopresented By Attorney Chacics H I partments, lfmm ?llnt lln‘e by way of the:gg, ns. Cast of “As Blrullf Stewart Danels, jr.; Al Allee Driscoll, Frances Duke, V! Ethel Curpenter, Mary Saunsh Reby, Beatrice Duke, Schreimer, J. T. Spragen, Marianne "SCHOOL . Deris Comd Mary Dutte ury, ¥ Stella McDonnell, Evelyn Duffy, Deipkia Mosedale, Spellebring, Mart| Norton, Johm R. DISTRICT APPROPRIATION BILL REPORTED TO HOUSE CARRYING $20,397,779.80 FOR THE CAPITAL (Continued from First Page.) current fiscal year. The committee felt that the amount propos not ample to enable the-board prop- erly to function, and ifcreased budget proposal by $700. In no other instance have they exceeded the bud- get totals. On the contrary, there gre but few instances where the ap- propriation proposed is not below the budget proposal. Salaries. 4 Proposed salary increases were the rule and not the exception. Increases were proposed throughout the bud- get in the pay of statutory or pos tions hertofore specifically appropr ated for. and the amounts involved in such in- creases eliminated. The estimates included recommen- dations for reduced compensation for three positions, and this bill includes: those .recommendations, thereby sav- ing $1,100. The committee have gone farther, however, and eliminated or reduced to the extent of $860 the ex- tra compensation hertofore provided for four persons for the performance of work in addition to thir regular duties; have eliminated or reduced to the extent of $4,250 the amounts here- tofore allowed for the empioyment of temporary services in certain of- es; and have excluded any appro- tion on account of the salary of twrnty-one positions (sixteen not recommended in the estimates) pay- ing a tota] eompensation of $19,730. New Peositions. Of the requests submitted in the budget for new positions, apart from the schools and the police and fire de- the committee weére im- pressed with the need of, and have in- cluded provisions in this bill for, seven positions totaling $6,820, as foilowr. Reformatory, two day officers, at 3900 each, $1.800; National Training School for Gl clerk, $1,080; nurse, $340; making a total of $1,920. Board of Children’s Guardians: Placing officer, §1,20¢ laeing office: $1,000; placing officer, §360; making a total of §8,100. Under contingent and miscellan~ eous expenses and throughout -the bill the committee propose to reduce allowances to persons supplying their means of motor transportation $30 to $26 per month for motor vekicles and from $15 to $13 per month for motor cycles. This does not ce department,- the allowances to members of which are fixed by law and under the law are paid as compensation. Imprevements Repairs, Under the general heading, Improye- ments and Repairs, the appropriation pruposed Is. $326,390 fess than the amount appropriated for current cal year. The eommittee feel the :otal sum proposed of $1,063,950, taking into account further probable reductions in material and labor costs, should prove ample for all improve- ments for which there is immediste neod. For the various kinds of pav- ing and for mdmg and curbing the estimates for 192 are dicated upon & drop over current year costs veraging about 25 per eent. This rate, applied to all the appropriations under this general headjng, would make the amount proposed exceed in purchasing power the current year appropriation. Sewer Work—An additional appro priation of £40,000 is proposed for the Ilpm:' Potomac interceptor, which, when finished, will extend from 27th and K sireets northwest. to the Chain bridge. 18 Wi was first authorized in th istrict of Columbia appropriation act for the fiscal year 191 ind §244,000 h: n_ appropriated” thus far toward its rosecutfen. It is estimated that 360,000 will be required to complete the project in addition to the amount proposed in this bill. Municipal Playgreunds. Included under the goneral heading of streets J: the subject of munizipal playgrount as distinguished from ards. Of the former there are S nder the ygrounds, one an o fleld and three being school ygrounds. In additfon the super- visor of playgrounds has four con- crets tennis courts gnder her juris- diction, as well as a bathing pool on the Monument grounds and three other gwimming pools, The comhittee propose jn this bill an appropriation of $15,000 for the urchage of a site for a playground for children now modatad on ; loaned site in the vicinity of Ist and streets northwest, and they ation of $10,000 for the summer months such bl 1 play- which Thore Sre” weventy besi suj at posed The comipitize brings. to the atten- tion of thé House 38 a subject worthy of the consideration of tho apprepriate legisiative committee t! umallu; pituation existing in the District o Columbla with raepect (0 the custady sravity g care of trees and parking that thers are four or matters in a greater or less de- gree, with l"l&dlal overhead and duplication of #ffort and facilities. Eleetrieal Depatiment, The eommittee recommend an.ap~ vfoprhtlon of $20,000 toward ve« gulnl ru Jamps and fixtures glon he publie highways with improve ectric installations. t present about §3 per cent of tha streel lighted by gas, The amount pro| contemplates & more sl rep) m‘n'ng.t n planned under the estimate o . bui " 3 e Solee g, o fl::. report of Eum {)QVI; a8 the gx!law: A58 hcipe g gt s Sieg e sz dgel e Sk 1,644,000 m. in tions _totaling :&propri:xlo Honal” sehooine 2 maghion school he sepond m for pew. Wl qn‘.p additions te “l':“.ll 80! the | These have all -been denied ! ¢ lpnnent system to ¢l ea, 1t as the aeppropriation pro- wilt permit, i L five | Of od with of tubercular pupils, and for land for new school buildings, a total of $2,- 991,000, l,ld sum, exclusive of pgrtable buildings, of which 60 have been pro- vided during the period indicated, ll”’ov"“fll specifically for 116 addi- tional schoolrooms, and of these all will be completed vy the beginning of the next school term, except the two additional junior high schools and cne eight-room school building, and it is expected that all of these latter will as the Hilla,” the ploy to be given at Central High School tonight for the benefit of the publi¢ wchool L George Anadale, ns-‘-n Cvl(;:.I'I.“A’n-l Emmett nttie, Herford, 8 niuel R. White, John Kuowiton, John Darneil. rield. Helen Ault, Dorothy Kelly. Sam Theresa Boss, Alva Boayton, Hilda Dicken, Arthur Boyd, Clark Bench an Sees in Tarantulas Ability 1o “Diagnose” Weather Conditions SAN BERNARDINO, Calt., January Z24.~Tarauntulas are certain weather prophets when it comes to predicting heavy rainstorms, rding to th convictiens of Hugh Harriso of Hemet, mear here. Harrise ng rain they made speed for higher elevations. He suld he believed the tarantuln was gifted with an instinct enabdling it to diag- nose weather conditions several bours in advance, | EEC SO be completed during the next school term, with the possible exception of the eight-room building. These specific room additions will accommodate, al- lowjng but forty-two pupils to the room, 862 additional pupils, although in of actual necessity each room can very readily accommodate eight ad- ditional pupils Bulldings Under Construction. The new bujldings under construc- tion make it necessary to propose an inerease over the eurrent appropria- ition of $62,106.26 for furniture and equipment for schools. ‘The committee recommend a single short paragraph to (ake care of the pay of school building attendants. Heretofore thes: attendants hay léss extensive paragraphs. The visten proposed includ two tional laborers at $720 each. Other- wise it is the same as to the designa- tion and pay of emplcyes as the cur- iront fiscal vear appropriations. | The recorimendations of the budget bureau for the police department in- cluded provision for seventy-five ad ditional patrolmen, of whom there} Gre 804 now provided for. The hil) gubmitted today carries no increase in | the police force, but does provide for the automatic advancement of 121 privates and five driver-privates in aceordance with the estimates and in eonformity with the law. The total salary schedule for the police is $1,658,286.36, which is an increase of $1,994.37 over the current fiscal year, but $126.720 less than the budget recommended. % Fire Department. The estimates for the fire depart- ment included provision for one addi- tional lieutenant to take charge of the Congress Heights engine com- pany and twenty-five additiona] fire- men, primarily for inspection gervice and public protection ‘in_eonnection Wwith hotels, apartments, theatérs and moving-picture houses.- This bill in- cludes provision for the additional lieutenant and for twelve additional firemen, and for the gutomatic ad- vancement of 146 priva in accord- ance with the estimate and in con¢ formity with the la ‘The total. salary appropriation for the fire depertment is $1,120,695.44. which is an increase of §27,735.44 over the current sppropriation, but §18,980 less than the budget estimates, ‘The bill proposes appropriations to- taling $44.150 for additiongl motor- propelled fire-fighting apparatus, This additional apparatus wiil complete {the motorization of the fire depart- ment, with the exueption of one eom- bination chemical and hose wagon. one city mervice truck, one pumping engine and one hose wagon, all but the last of which were embraced in the estimates. Water Supply. In_discussing the ellmlnlélon trom the bill of any appropriatidn for in ereasing the water supply of the Dis: trict, Chairman Davis say! “The estimates included a proposal to appropriate §3,000,000 for extending work on the project for an increased water supply for the District of Co- Jumbia, for which the Army ap| tion act approved June 80, 1821, car- ried &n appropriation of $200,000, ‘for the preparation. of plans’ and ‘the Initiation of work.' This bill contains ho appropriation on account of that project. The committee developed th information that in the event of any serious break jn the tunnel conveying water across Rock creek to the pres- ent and only fitration plant or be. tween the District line and said fil- tration plant the plan for this project| ¢ Arm; specifieally designed in the appropriation act cited, and the wor ynder which is estimated to cost $9,5623,000, has not been so prepared &8 to afferd relief to that section of the city receiving water by gravity the reservoir adjoining the ex- sting fiitration plant, end such see- tion consymes about §0 per cent of all ithe water used, 1 “In _other words, the proposed project wiil be en auxiliary to the trict line, at which down the proposed néw condujt will o filtered and pumped to the higher evels of the northwest section of th Distriet, and—without modifieation o he project and an appropriatjon .in #xcess ‘of the present estimated total t‘ filtrat! o:“'p‘l':;l”w the bl it 1% o will engble him T;“:é’m":::' ‘tnl:: Complets"on Dasermbar 31 1050 Y ‘The offieer in indicated to ti eny @ arise between the Distriet line and es an appropriation charge of thy work has o com| um :rl'd‘ft and Its approaches in:every e bill proposes an appropriat! of §EB0000 TEon Retineing the Fecta: ation and development of Anicostia [ kwl‘fiw'm Bi:'l |d Mm’ ofk"::' : l“totr&‘e. %afi“uun t.l. Iy athantta 'to. dort- 1 dhLo0y, R o UR! Nin O the ro*m ot least untjl J: tower jon 18 "M'n :2 t‘: 't'(u 4 !sl F Qul‘ m'- % m‘c?- formerly have heen gartied in v-*m dry eivil ropristions - ac 15: tions ' committen has m: r-%ynnnu in the usual on items, and propess in 'ét..d tm"':‘nv u‘prs- ou"fln s { popus 03;9. 'm it been provided for fi. several more or ore-| addi- e point the water flowink{ te eastern branch of the Potomac in the vicinity of Anucysti An appropriati6n also {3 proposed of $2,000 for repairing the statue of Gen. ‘Washington In Washington Circle. Charities and Cerrectionn. No aeppropriation is proposed in the bill on account of the Washington Asylum Hospital, for which §111,856 was appropriated for the present fis- eal year ending next June. The Gale linger Municipal Hospital, the initial appropriation for the construction of which was made in the District of Co- lumbia appropriation act for the fiscal year 1918, will he available to the extent of 200 beds for psychopathic cases by the beginning of the mext fiscal year commencing next July. ‘This hospital is on the reservation now occupied by the Washington Asy- lum Hospital, and ultimately will ab- sorb th tter institution. The ulti- mate capacity to which Congress has committed ftself is 300 beds, and an appropr..tion is proposed in this bil} +0 complete the hospital to that ex- tent. Aside from this comstruction money (§246,410), the bill proposes ap- propriations totaling $165,000 for the maintenance, equipment and operation of the hospital during the fiscal year 1923, inc.uding such of the facilities of the old Washington Asylum Hq pital as may be needed during the fis- cal year to supplement the Gallinger :(':?‘dpal Hospital in its incomplete . The committee found that the Co- luiabia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum, which occupies government-own land, and buildings erected at the ex- pense of the District and the federal government, and by each kept up and supplied with heat, light and power, has been accumulating a reserve and that it has invested more than $85,000 of this reserve in securities instead of depositing the money in the Treasury. The committee has included in the pill a provision requiring that $25,0 of the sum Invested be deposited he Tre.sury of the United States miscellaneous receipt on July 1, 922, leaving the hospital on that ate, assuming that it neither makes nor loses monéy between now and the first of the fiscal year, & working capi- tal of at least $10.000. Among some legislative proposals in the bill are two items changing names of school buildings—that the M Street Eigh School (old) shall be known as s.overt Gould Shaw . Junior High 8chool, and 't the Cont:fl High 8choo! (old) and annex shall be known es Columbia Junfor High 8chool. in s Positions Omitted. Positions omitted from the biil as introduced today which are at pres- ent specifically appropriated for in- clude the following: In the appropriation under “Care of District building,” one assistant engi. neer at $1,200 and two watchmen at $600 each, 8 total of $2,400. In the collector’s office, one bailiff at $1,200. ' In the'coroner’s office, 2 hostler and Janitor at $480. In the Engineer Commissioner’s of- fice, two inspectors at $1.500 each, and one janitor at $730, & total of $3,720. In the municipal are: liect's oiice, lllh e‘ ulnd “o s ‘morh!nlns $1.200 each, a tote] a For the Public :J ilitjep Commission, er al ons messenger 720, For the bathing beach on the Wash- ington ~ Monument Groun two ‘gtnmmn st $500 each, a total of -’A ‘the workhouse, & clayworker, 480, In the water department, two driv. fers at $630 and $700 each, a total $1,380. Twenty Drepped. This makes a totsl of twenty-on L‘oo- omitted, with a reduction of few positions allowed in the bill Intreduced today inciude: At the reform !or{. two day efficers esres for the buildings n pletion st $200 each, a to 00. ‘At the Natlonal Trl(.nohl :ahuol for el ot fuagor . T Ure a total A ¢ the Board of Children’s Guard- ans, three placing officers: one “%z one at $1,000 and one at §900, making & total of $3,100. "This makes & fotal of seven new s wtih salaries smounting. to docreases recommended in the report mads today include: sinking fund office the t lorkn” TG A K In the Public Utilities Caunlulon. ry Of the execyl e. s _reduced l::u $4,000 to 38, » DMM e .,rl’vum r«uur WZ: 0 to y;o?, of the minimura fnor salary reduced 7& hma-&w: t of :‘i’ trom 3 of gosttio 1,800 tedue- »il :&‘l” ns, - i of 34,259 In ”'efl&mar the tio) -"w:l’m n‘-%t x 0‘?”“ lon- or *Pk'kflm amoy o ?\‘."Safifu iston, ® from HI e B R re amon; tno 10 §2,000; arin a1 of | i _JANUARY 94 1922 ROUND BENEFIT THIS EVENING. Bl 4gfllllndfl< by a com poxite cast from nll the high ncheols. Those taking part are: Ralph Robii “ompt, Emma War: Anderson, Dorothea Plitt, Elsie Smart, Evelyn Deardos, S, Young, Evelyn Davis, Marjorie Jocsting, Gladys Breem, Zelma B. Allem, Efethenberg, Th in, Leon Gordon, Mulven Terrett, James H. Af Martha Geldstein, Jessie Hoffman, Harold Zirkin, Thomas. H. Katharine Gault. FARMING IN EUROPE | YOUNG FOLKS’ SEEN NEAR NORMAL‘J Continued from Fimt Page. . Contipte HImt AR Special Dispatch fo The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., January 24.—Rev. Benjamin F. Clarkson, chaplain-in. chief of the Grand Army of the Re- public, encampment of the United States, and chaplain of the Depart- ment of Maryland, celebrated his farm facts. We also need continuous Information that bears on demand In normal times market prices furnis 2'poor enough guide to farmers in adjusting production to demand, but now and for some years to come we must know much more than present prices if we are to make wise plans.” Mr, Warren asserted that, because deflation did not begin in Europe until last year, prices there being still | The veteran chaplain, although not much above the pre-war level, had ! so hale and hearty as he used to be, stimulated production to meet the | demand. “Formerly Europe financed ! much of our world trade in farm| products. Now we must do it.” de-| clared Mr. Warren, adding, “This means a readjustment in the meth- ods of financing American agricul- ture.” War Finance Measures Deseribed. - The work of the War Finance Cor- poration was described by Eugene Meyer, jr., its menaging director, who said the advances it had made had been of material assistance to agriculture. hood,” and still the women com- Speaking of the results of the ad- | plained, and stirred up the mud and vances to finance cotton, Mr. Meyer ! the dust. sajd that, “although the shock of the! “I would sooner see a lady with a gxperience of the past year Is still | short skirt walking up the street being feit, we are justified, I believe, | without disturbing the dirt than to in_ saylng that the cotton-growing |see her dragging it after her. Of may view the future hope-|course, I do not mean too short; but a lady knows that the right way to is not too short skirts at one d and not teo low-cut neck at the other and.” this city this week. speech, remarkable mentality and keen sense of humor. He is one of those young “old men™ whom Browning had in mind when he wrote “Grow old along with me— the best is yet to be. think the world is going to the bow wows, although humanity no longer travels by stage coach and ecanal boats, as it did when'he was a boy. The chaplain’s notions are - al quite modern on the subject of the skirts of young women of today. “The skirts used to drag on the ground,” Dr. Clarkson said, in refer- achinery must be provided, he continued, to meet changed condi- ;lonl in the consuming foreign mar- 18 and in demestic markets. We ‘must recognize.” he added, Marisye Queition. by petenetty of selilag our agri-| Despite all the talk about tae grow- g‘lllurll 5!;‘ 'ilfl'( more ‘rldua"z ing disinclination of young women to an we n former years, an 3 e GoLaaponalne Rseasalty L oF johrs | ATy, oncesthey, have tasted the rying_our commodities for a longer pertod of m-rkeunr We need the m:chl;lery lh-ht wil: r;\lkqtposslble[w a tweive-mont] rketing of our an- many mistakes as ever, although they nual productio have far greater school privileges Effect of Cotton Collapse. than the women enjoyed seventy or { 1 The collapse of the cotton market, | SLE0L Y€ars 2%0, and sre supposed to Mr. Meyer said, did more than any-| That the ghortage of preachers, i wi eing widely eomplained of, thing else to bring on the break in|Which is belng widely eomplained of, other markets, as cotton, he declared, | women into this profession was an- was & “key” product. The War! other opinion expressed by the G. A. Finance Corporation director praised | F; chaplain in discussing the trend co-operative farmers’ associations and better ‘“There are chances for advocatsd sufficient warehouse facili- | Women who want to work,” he stated, ties and financial means to enable; ":! t'lflllflmn:llhln at Ih]lemO Wl(:h.[l\ the las y Yyears. ‘omen n Fn"n“g:_fd:r{; ':\:.r;}{:rt their pr““‘:“l prn(:llcuallyl .ol into any ldh\fi Mor . ne Wesien G. Mitchell, an economist, of | Sror™ eefore snd, in Keepihe wit Clarkson thinks that they are “just as anxious to marry as they ever ere,” and that they make just as reasonable to expect that the pur- chaging power of gold would retyrn nearer to pre-war levels and that the| done more than commodity price tendency over a long | cause, I think, it’ ore scared than period would trend downward. other Tesses. Praising the ‘§ don’t cherish the delusion thatagricultural bioc, he said it was dif- we are helpless victims of inexorable; ferent from other bl because its ecopomic 3aws which control our{members acted openly and the others fates,” Mr. Mitehell asserted, "(or'letid secretly.” economic laws are, after all, merely John H. Hagen of North Dakota, generalizations concerning our own|speaking for the wheat belt; economie behavior. It is possible to | Syk Jowa, for the corn belt alter our economic behavior.” James W. Morton of Georgia for the cotton belt, H. Bixby of California, 12;Committees Busy; O att of Votront, for the. north: Cut in Rates Urged; Bryan Praises Bloc eastern agriculturists, made sug- gestions for remedial measures, most of them touching on reduction of freight rates, and retail prices. Beveral of the speakers also advo- Twelve Active Commitiees. cated acceptance by the government Twelve major committees are| of Henry Ford's offer for the Muscle hendling the various questions which automatically presented themselves to - the agricultural conference. A room has been assigned each commit- tee and here the problems are being Shoals plant. worked qut esch afternoon. A number of representatives of industries dependent upon agricul- “In a gathering of this kind, com. g, independent thinkers, ture followed the agricultural speak- Lron| &tu‘ly evident that progress mude largely through com- mittee getion,” Secretary Wallace told n;: conference. ’l“hfil committees, with ti chalrmen, follaw: A‘:flmlmu and price relations, B. B. Cornwall, Vermont. %tflcultnnl credit and insurance, 8. 01 _previous ones, “be- ers. The agricultural depression had ‘aimost demorallized” the farm im- plement industry, W. H..Stackhouse of Springfield, Ohio, declared, cit as evidence that sales in 1921 were about 30 per cent of normal. During the past nine months, he added, farm implement factories had ave only about 29 per cent of production and had added 10,000 men to the unempioyed class, Profit Turned Inte Loss. Thomas E. Wilson of Chicago, resident of the Institute of Amer- can Meat Packers, declared that the agricuitural depression o) great factor in reducing “tremen- g, dousty” the value of the packer indus- |try output, upsetting a stability by foraing live stock and packing house products below the genera) level of commodity values, and ‘“turning a small rate of profit into a large loss.” The packer, he said, has done every- thing within his power to assist ag- riculture in tiding over the critical ‘The farmer, he continued, has dome much of his liquidation through the ¢r and the pecker has su in getting this huge ivolume of produotion, surplus and all, over to consumer, though a great loss” Mr. Wilson susgested much might be done by increasing meat consump- tion, tm‘.;rln '-M: “would Dflli lobng OWA restoring & y be- crisls. Measures outlined by Preat-| tua stock basi Sante “Ananeidy ‘Techities mies ity Sommoaiticn” 5T 8 r cilities, empeciaily heat markets Workiog cApithL,- for farmers, Were | nan vean Cdestrchiver to the pINE indorsed by miny speskers. business, James F. Bell of Minnea- Feek Frelght Rate Cuts polis, asserted, ' adding that there Damand for ‘was too much csmgcmion in_the in- {7 termediary steps between the - Sarnisr el ducer and consu The miiline Brices a5 B necen. (DR b O rer ot price. for - [in 1 X Shraptionret tarm profucie Bopras. |his produst suficient to stimulate pro- sion in iculture, w! o Houston, Misseuri. T;.nnwortfuon. P.“ J. Waters, Mis- souri. Foreign wm‘peutlon and demands, H. J. Sconce, Nlinois, ! Costs, price and readjustments, H. L., Russe]l, Wisconsin. : C ? and market statistics, O. Bafin t, Georgia, arketing of farm products, C. H. Powelh California. Agricyttural research and educas tion, O, E. Bradfute, Ohio. National forest pplicy, Gifford Pin- chot, Pcnnlf‘lvuh‘ National land policies, R. A. Pear- on, Towa. Farm powhuo%md fdrm homes, ! B. J. Lowell, New York. ¢ Co-ordination of state and federst istation, ¥, D. Brivmm. ‘Vermont.. Jrers ropresenting every phase of agricylturs told the conferences, at the afternoon session yesterday, .L'hm immedjate relief must be given the farmers ':n the present agricultural duotien. Further lowering the unit éost of advanced by 'mm- s dustrie intimately and dspendent on a prosperous lturd; it wae l».th:.‘o %z‘éw end impl i n terhoon An ® sonference one 4 the most Impattant held h ‘this cann- £y In B long time. Agriculture, ho 1d, was in tba worst eondition In C S Corll S B U €] - DoRIty. until the ~ condition ot tue 'mer weas improved. o;o,.;:m almost much AR outstanding. paper, e SENATE PASSES COIN BILL. The ‘ Senate yesterday afternoon passed the bill suthorising the issu- ance of memorial coins in commemo- ration of e, Grant and s 3p 21d to nt Memorial Association B‘%‘ngnm nds r;mmnn:f L The uugoa yffi v:flu' 1 D. Co tkinson, Ruth Rosenfleld, Mary Cohen, Elsie Vietor Alibagli, Erna WAYS PLEASING _To VETERAN G. A. R. CHAPLAIN l elghty-second birthday at his home In | fillrkmn still retains his eloquent' power Of: entertained his comrades with a good{™y | | He does not ; because o | porter's questioning had brought tojs ring_to memories of his young man- | said, of course, I sweets of economie independence, Dr. | | ore, and, in keeping with St i battle- New York,"told the delegates it Was| this tendency, more Will stucy to th) tlously, ““was:-the “Antletam hattle A B, $10, Le! d | Atherton, $100; House & Herrmann. ASK IPROVEMENT IN-SCHOOL SYSTEM Takoma: Park Citiiens Also Indorse J. C. Suter for Education Board. The Takoma Park Citizens’ Asso- ciation at a special meeting last i night in Takoma Public Library voted unanimously to support a movement to secure better school facilities and a modern bullding for that portion of the town on the Maryland side, and indorsed Jesse C. Suter, former presi- dent of the sociation, to €l the vacancy on the scheol board of the District. Discussion of the school situation on both the District and Maryland sides of the park followed a report on the proposed widening of Colorado avenue, according to the street ex- tension plan, which would eliminate ail of the ground in front of the Takoma public school, with the ex- ception of about ten feet. Maj. D. 5. Fletcher, chairman of the committee, st ted that it wus proposed to make t @ avenue 120 feet in width, and if the plan was carried out by the Dis- trict Commissioners it would call for the removal of every residence on the west side of what is now known as Piney Branch road and ruin the present attractive buflding and grounds of the public school. He redommended that the plan be op- posed. Raps Scheool Cenditioms. Mre. C. B. Smith, speaking for con- ditions of the Maryland school, which is just across the District line, stated that conditions were deplorable and that immediate steps should be taken with the object in view of securing & more modern, sanitary building, with ample playgrounds and equipment. She pointed out that the lighting fa- cilities were poor in the rooms, that the only playground was on & hill in the rear of the bullding, and that in addition to being a larger structure, ehould be improved in many other ways. Rufus M. Shenk, Dr. C. Gallow: Mrs. Fred B. Austin and Chester Waters described school conditions and the need for improvement. . W. Coffman, chairman of the parks and playgroun committee, spoke of the nation-wide movement ‘or playgrounds and urged support of the movement for a better school and better playgrounds. A meeting will be held Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock it the Maryland public school to dis- cuss school matters and perfect an organization, to be followed at 8 lock by a concert and community singing in the interest of the pla. sround movement. Talks on Improvements. * Dr. Guy Clinton addressed the meet- ing on the extension of Eastern ave- nue and the improvement of other thoroughfares in Takoma Park. He ‘smd, that wll;hl)rll a few years Wash- ngton wou! ave a population of 1,000,000, and that TaknnupPuk would eventually have a population of sot less than, 50,000. H. L. Thornton invited the attention of the members of the association to the heavy expenses involved if con- lemnation proceedings were found necessary in the removal of buildings 0 provide for the extension of streets, all of which would be assessed against abutting propertsy owners. He urged careful consideration in this connec- dion, especially in regard to the exten- sion and widening of Eastern avenue. - argaret Collins Lawrenee Muriel Austin, Otto, Frank preachers. They will make good preachers—they are fine talkers! think it will help very materially to overcome the shortage of preachers and that pulpits will be freely opened to them after a bit. If a pulpit is a good thing why shouldn’t women be in it?” ‘When it comes to telling jokes, Dr. continues to do £o as de- ightfully as in the days when, gath- ered round the campfire on the old tenting ground, the young man, them & soldier in the Army of the Potomac, Syarn Sample Yarn Rehearsed. Here is one he told the reporter, vouched for by the doctor himself, happened to be the preacher in the case. “Once when I was stationed in Anne Arundel county,” he said, chuckling over the reminiscence which the re- mind, “a man, dressed in black and looking very sad called and agked if 1 would preach the funeral sermon for his wife, who had just died. 1 would be glad to 50. “On the day of the funeral the cofin was_brought into the little church, and I delivered the funeral sermon over the body. “At the conclusion of the sermon I descended from the pulpit to ex- press my sympathy to the bereaved man, who sat with his arm about his children gathered about him. “He introduced his various children to me and. at last, introduced me to the woman beside him, who, he said. was his wife. I thought I had not heard aright and asked him, to which he replied: ‘Yes, this is my wife’ “The sweat stood out on my fore- head ‘Man, alive,’ I shouted, ‘didn’t just preach the funeral sermon over your wife—isn’t she dead? Twas His New Wife. “0n, yes®' he replied. ‘She’s dead, all right. This s a new one. Dr. Clarkson retired from the min- istry just about one year ago. having STREET CAR OFFICIALS DISCUSS REPLY TO CITY B came o’ Sarviand from. Movey: ¥ | Richmond Company Receives Order town, Pa. and served in the city Of Baltimore and Harford, Frederick,| o Arbitrate Strike or Return to Five-Cent Fare. Carrol and Baltimore counties. ‘When a young men, as a soldier in the civil war, he participated in_the severest battles during three years.| sy the Associated Press. He was at Antietam, Gettysburg,{ "pICHMOND, . January 3 South Mountain, in the Pennsylvania | . FICEMOND: Na. Sanugey, 242 - Power Company are holding a confer- ence today on the reply to be sent to the city council of Richmond in an- campaign. Bull Run. Spottsylvania and the battle of the Wilderness. swer to its forty-eight-hour ultimatum of “arbitrate or relurn to a b-cent “The hottest place I was ever in r expect to be in,” he avers, face- The ultimatum gives the company until 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to reinstate its men at the old wages and continue its §-cent fare, promuses (o :1170 Drolbc!lonjlnlnll Jitneys, and in- sts upon arbitration on a fair wage basis. If the company refuses, the ordi- nance allowing 6-cent fares will be immediately revoked an privileges will be given the jitneys. Co il earller received from e company a communication in which the carrier agreed to a wage arbitra- tion, provided the city suspends the gross earnings fra to eliminate the jimey from streets used by trolley cars, grants a 7-cent fare and suspends requirements for street paving and rebuilding tracks until “a proper franchise” is granted. ‘The proposal was chlracwficd by members of the council as “an insuit to the city” and entirely without claim to recognition. CAMERON CLUB EXHIBIT. Many Relics to Be Shown at Novel Entertainment. Relics of colonial days and of the civil war as well as heirlooms of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- FUND FOR TRAVELERS AID GROWING SLOWLY $245 More Is Added in Urgent Appeal for $10,000 for Boclety. Contributions to the amount of $245, mostly in bills of five and ten dollar denominations, are the latest re- sponses to the expressed need of 00 for the Washington branch of the Travelers’ Aid Society. y's work consists in extending help and aid to stranded and desti. tute travelers who come to Washing- ton at the Union station. 3 tters outlining the work and problems of the society have been sent to potential subscribers in the city, but no financial drive is con- teroplated, it is sald. The work of the organization is maintained by the voluntary contributions of Washing- ton residents. Reeent contributors needed amount are: toward the Mrs. Frank $25; Women's Guild of Mount Pleas- ant Congregational Church, $10; Miss, turles form a part of & uw.c. ci- Wikilam Selisbury, 107 Mre. AL .| parish house of the isiorss. Gheler t 5, ; Mrs. 2 e of the histo 3 Goddard, $10; Mrs. C. A. Foster, uo;! Church of Alexandria, under fm?nnru: Harris & Ewing, $5; Margaret E,|spices of the Cameron Club of that Shex, $1 5 A.ulmn%'ellsow, $5; Agnes | clty. " Addremses by descendants of ul, ary C. Saul, M hn Carlyle, Ann McCa B R Green, $5; Fov. Donsias Buters, -Gen. George Johnson, George Wash: Birnie, $5; C. M. Browne, $5; Mrs,| ington, James Monroe, Gen. Robert E. Sophle C. Anderson, $10; Lindley O.{Lee and Edgar Ailan ¥ o8 Clerk, $10. made tomorrow and Thursday MUSICAL DATA SOUGHT. Among the exhibits are costumes of President and Mrs. Ja: Monroe. ;:nlrlbllt;d by :lrli Bh i » 0es, a descendant; the sword use Civic Arts Committee to Study | by Gen Lee throughout the war, but - not worn on e occasion ol the District’s Resources. -urrenfleflr. lnn.ne:lhby Mrh-, l}‘o:idet Du- ny. and more an a hu~dr e ¢ !A fl:lug{ of the musical resources L.rt?'clel of historic interest contrib- of the District of Columbia was de- yted by Mrs. Stuart Moseby Coleman, cided upon yesterday at a meeting r. and Mrs. Louis Btorrow Green, gf the subcommittec on music of the yrs. Thomas Taliaferro, Mrs. Minni- inngton, Fine Arts Boclety com. gerode Andrews, Miss Nellie Wattles Miss Mable T. Boardman, 1301 p:2Pd OtBers - utrcet‘ ?odrnm “t Tla:i subcominittee | - e complete: ans to ai 3 o sl fesooreea o s By sor. :BISHOP LAUDS PRESIDENT Jowing the receipt of which they} ‘will ingugurate work on the subject.| Bishop Peter Trimble Rowe, head of Those present at the meeting yes-'the Protestant Episcopal Church in terday wer i Alaska, who hrs been visiting In the Mrs Walter B. Howe, chalrman of Dnited Statesfor seeral months, call- the subcommittee; Mrs. ¥. A. Keept, ed at the White Houte today to pay Jossie MacHride, €harles Tittmann, his respects to President Harding de- Charles Warre! Eduoard Albion, fore returning to Alaska He wasac-, ‘Charles ‘Wenderd, ' Fdward H. companiéd to the White House by Rev. Droop, Leils Mechlin, Mrs. Engene j E. Freeman, psstor of Epiphany Burnes. Miss Clara H. Burroughs, Ghurch. Miss Frances Chickering and M Bishop Rowe congratulated the Boardman. | President upon bis_ successful i P e i istration ln: ssured him that th RR GETS $1.000. | nation is behind him in his efforts CAR IER S ‘ o s ! bring sbout a reduction in o e A {ament as & stepping stone toward fu- Uonsent Verdict Agaiust W. B. & | ture world pesce. + ——— e HecOommny, o4 v WOULD ADOPT CHILD. The Washington Rallway and Blec-| gayin p. Rickenbashés and his wifs, trie Company today eonsented to aj tta A, ask ~ verdlat for $1,800 against it tn (nvori:‘:?‘r;a el i g SEroumn bin father, Max Denison. i Movt Riphard Bugens Perkins, whoo! 5’2’::?5 was vendored by & jury in|they taken from Bt. Ani’s Infant Circuit Division 1 before Justice Staf- | Asylum tb rear. ‘Phs child was born ford. i Denison was @ catrier for The Bven- | ing Star apd was \ery wagon which wi 1Mt it st the asylum she signed a paper giving the sister in ¢ pu- of the railway compeny thority -to permit the adopti the streets northwest August 19, 1918. | child. Consent of the asyi stained a fractured arm and{tached to the h%n..ll-l tul through confined to his ] Attorne; Darr, teford & Dasr. 3 sigusd an orger allows March*$, 1921, 8nd when the mether lum 8 at.