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WEATHER. Cloudy tonight, lowest temperature above freezing; tomorrow rain or snow and colder. Temperature f8r twenty-four hours . cnded at 3 p.m. today: Highest, 49, at 2 p.m._tod: day. Full No. 28412 ay; lowest, 36, at report on page 18. Closing New York Stocks, Page:17 ‘Entered as second-clacs matter Jost offce. Washington, D. C. 6 am. to- MORENAVY YARD MEN ARE ROPPE; OTHERS TOFOLLOW Many of the 42 Forced to Take Leave Yesterday' Veteran Employes. “HARD LUCK, NO ANSWER,” OFFICIALS’ VIEWPOINT Survey to, l)etqrmine Avnilability of Yard for Other Government Work Being Made. : Forty-two men were added to the list of the 1,350 already on leave without pay, at the Washington navy yérd yesterday, and it is understood today that 100 more employes are be placed in this class next week. Many of the men dropped yesterday were veterans of the yard, some of them having been there during their entire working careers. Officials at the Navy Department de- cline to -comment directly on the situation. The general sentiment “It’s hard luck, but there's no answer for the problem.” - It was admitted by an official at VASSAR GIRLS HAVE EYE ON FUTURE IN GIVING AID TO MEN’S COLLEGE FUND By the Associated Press. 'ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N. Y., February 11.—Vassar girls are 80 anxious to get more men in the neighborhood that they are plan- ning further actlvities to . help along the campaign- for_$500,000 wanted to enlarge St. Stephen's College, near here. More men for St. Stephen’s, they argue, means more dancing partners for Wassar. Miss_Helen Holb, a_junior from New Rochelle, made two pounds of fudge, which were sold at auction at St. Stephen’s annual freshman dance last night. It brought what is considered the record price for the country, if not for the world—$23.50 a ‘pound. The Vassar girls helped bid it up. St. Stephen's is the only college of liberal arts for men in the en- tire Hudson valley below Albany. the Navy Department that plans for a survey of the availability of the navy yard for other work had been drawn up and the survey partly’com- HOLD ONE, SEEK ONE [N TAYLOR MURDER State’s Attorney to Vigorous- “°| ly Press Probe of Director’s Slaying. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, February 11.—Along what lines the investigation into the murder of William Desmond Taylor, motion picture director, would pro- ceed today was notedivulged by Thomas Lee Woolwine, district at- torney, but he said it would be vigor- ously continued. ‘Whether an arrest made by two pleted, with a view to discovering the | police detectives here last night will adaptability of the vard for the work of other government departments. Administrative Matter. It was said, however, that the entire project was an administration matter, for consideration by the President and the cabinet, inasmuch as other depart- ments of the government were con- cerned, and that no action could be taken along: these lines without the previous action of the administration. Every effort of the representatives of the 1,392 men now out of work is being made to obtain governmental approval of the plan to give all de- partmental work possible to the navy prove to be the first arrest here in connection with the Taylor murder was to be determined by investiga- tion today. Walter Thiele, twenty-five years of age, who said he was born in Oak- land and has been in Los Angeles for a year, was taken into custody short- Iy before midnight and booked at the city jail on charges of carrying a conccaled weapor and suspicion of burglary. During examination of Ma- hel Normand by District Attorney Woclwine four police detectives took into the conference a cap reported to have been worn by Thiele at the time yard which can’@e done there, even|of his arrest, indicating a possible though changes in some of the ma- chinery might be necessary to accom- plish this purpose. President Philip King of the Mer- chants and Manufacturers' Associa- tion, in @ statement today announced that his organization stands with the union in the belief that the machinery union in the behalf that the machinery at the yard can be put to other use. employing a number of men. He said he felt sure that a survey of the yard equipment would make this practi- cable immediately. Mr. Kigg has directed Secretary Co- lumbus of the association to lay be- fore representatives of the employes of the yard a plan which it is hoped will result In continuance of the work at the yard. Time to Move Forward. “Business, not_only in Washington but elsewhere, has and is giving a practical demonstration of its faith in the future by not disturbing the per- sonnel of its employes,” Mr. King said. “We believe that now is the time to go forward in everything. At the Navy Department today sur- prise was expressed that the men evidently did not know of the coming of the decrease in force. ‘As it was outlined by one, official, the Navy Department stand seems to be_as follows: “It's the hardest kind of luck for those poor people. But there’s no work and no appropriation to care for the work. . The Navy Department budget for This year is about $400. 000,000 in round figures, whereas it was about 75 per cent more than that in the previous fiscal year. Naturally a cut in force had to come. But there has been no real answer for the solu- tion of the problem submitted thus o The stand of the exetutive com- mittee of Columbia Lodge, 174, of the machinists _differs somewhat from the official view of the subject. A resume of the situation was given today by a union official as follows: Disputes Lack of Funds. connection with the Taylor case. David Adams, captain of detectives, announced later that police Investiga- tion of Thiele convinced him that Thiele had no connection with, nor could he furnish any information concerning the Taylor case. A blood-stained cap found in Thiele’s room, the captain said, has no bearing on the Taylor investigation. A report from Fresno, Calif, that the sheriff there had planned to ar- rest today a man believed to be Sands interested the district attorney and the police. Mr. Woolwine sald he would be very glad to learn Sands had been arrested, as he co ered him a “vital element” in the case. Four Deteetives Present. Four detectives were in attendance at_the district attorney's office at different periods during the examina- tion,of Miss Normand and Davis; anG werd reported to have started on un- amed, missions early this morning. ‘Miss Normand, I belleve, has told me everything she knew about the case,” sald Mr. Woalwine, after he and Mr. Doran had talked with her. “This includes nothing more to connect Sands with the case than was In evidence previously submitted to me by police detectives. I never saw such a case before so devoid of workable clues.” The man under surveillance at Fresno was found late yesterday afternoon by J. M. Cobb, a rancher, who lives on the banks of the San Joaquin river. Cobb told the sheriff the man had been there only a few days and that the shack in which he was living had been built-only a few day: While herding cattle, Cobb came upon sthe shack, hidden in brush along the river bank, and also met the occupant. The man gave his name as Sands, according to Cobb, and answered the description of the missing former Taylor butler. A number of daily papers were in and around the shack, he said. When he reported the discovery to the sheriff. he was shown a copy of a Los Angeles police bulletin, and said WASHINGTON, - D. C, DEMOCRATS' FIRST | IMPULSEISTOO.K. HARDING TREATIES Held Not Cohesive Enough to Defeat Pacts Laid Before the Senate. PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS General Disposition Is to Accept Executive's Interpretation of Texts of Agreements. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The first impulse of the democrats in the United States Senate is to rat- ify the group of treaties submitied by President Harding, though in so doing they have in their hearts an unmis- takable feeling that they ought to make an exception of the four-power Pacific treaty. This treaty, which puts an end te the Anglo-Japanese alliance, will be considered last and will be debated more than the others. i Subject of the Day. President Harding's address to the Senate is today the subject of much discussion in ~congressional circles. Its general effect was beneficial. But several senators are suggesting that Mr. Harding, who, from the start, has shown little desire to use his ad- dresses to the Senate for partisan re- bukes, permitted himself to be drawn into unnecessary expression of dis dain for the league of nations. Except for the reference to the league, which stirred up the anti- leaguers and provoked a resentful silence on the part of the democrats, the speech was regarded by senators generally as a splendid argument for ratification. Compared With Wilson's View. It was pointed out that President Harding uscs language almost identi- cal with that of. President Wilson in submitting the Versailles treaty and covenant. Mr. Wilson declared that there was no compulsion “except the compulsion of our good conscience and judgment” in the league cove- nant and in the article which pledged a respect for territorial integrity. Mr. Harding declares there is “no com- mitment to armed force, no alllance, no written or moral obligation to join*in defense, no expressed or im- plied commitment to arrive at any agreement,” and he adds “except in acoordance with our constitutional methods.” *Mr. Wilson: pointed out that the council of the league “advises” what should be done to enforce respect for the covenant and said, “If in the judgment of the people of the United States, the council adjudged wrong and this was flot a case for the use of force, there should be no necessity on the part of the Congress of ‘the United States to vote the use of force. But there could be no advice eouncil on any subject, withqut & unanimous Vote and the unanimous vote includes our own, and if we ac- cepted the advice we would be ac- cepting our own advice.” Mr. Harding further supports a Wilson viewpoint on the idea of re- ciprocal engagéments to respect ter- ritorial ‘integrity. The = President asks, “Why shonid we not make re- ciprocal engagements to respect the territory of others and contract their respect of ours?” ©Another passage which was marked as inviting comparison with the Wilson utterances in favor of the league is this paragraph in Mr. Harding's addres: “If nations may not safely agree to respect each other's right and may not agree to confer if one to the compact threatens trespass, or may not agree to advise if one party to the pact threatened by an utside power. then all concerted efforts to tranquillize the world and stabilize peace must be flung STIRS UP DISCUSSION | ~ CReae ey y = WITH-SUNDAY MORNING mmong > =N Y« N |BUS ROOF SPOONERS WILL BE DRIVEN OUT BY GLARE OF LIGHTS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, February 11.—In- terests of those couples who in past years have used the roofs of 5th avenue busses for courting ren- dezvous are in peril. The corpor- ation is contemplating pu.chase of “two-decker” vehicles to replace the present open-topped affairs. The new busses have an electrically lighted upper deck—a distinct dis- advantage, considered ¢from the point of view of sweethearts. The change is contemplated be- cause the vehicles now in us2 have no roof, and In rainy or stormy weather their carrying facilities are limited. The new bus is de- signed to cacry fifty-one passen- gers comfortably in all weathers. WILL ENFORCE LAW ON GALVERT BRIDGE SEARTORS TAKE [P *LPONER TREATY Foreign Relations Committee Considers First of Pacts Resulting From Parley. Consideration of the four-power Pacific treaty, one of the seven laid before the Senatc yesterday by Presi- dent Harding as the products of the Washington conference, was begun today by the Senate foreign relations committee, which, after a lengthy dis- cussion of the pact, adjourned to meet again Tuesday. No definite program for considera- tion of the four-power and the other treaties was agreed upon today by the committee. There was no demand for hearings, however, and senators said they probably would be dispensed with. Four-Power Pact First. The four-power treafy was taken'up w& u;a-y Yy m\:lmu consent, i It Tea 2 v Thliial commitiee mecting, and lengthy | (TRMIC on the Calvert Street bridge explanations of various phrases made | Will be enforced, no matter how many b{ Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, | policemen it takes.” chairman and one of the American| " mqy,. wns the statement today of delegates to the conference. d Senator Lodge after the session said Commissioner Oyster, who has super- vision over.the police department. that it was probable’ the committee would not consider the seven treaties ‘Engineers have declared the bridge .safe,” sa.4 the Commissioner, “but if at one time, but would report out each there are traffic regujations govern- treaty as its consideration was fin- ished. ing the bridge they must be complied with.” Friends of the four-power treaty expressed satisfaction ever the prog- ress of the first committee session. Senators Boreh, republican, Idaho, and Brandegee. republican, Connect! cut, who have been inclined to oppose the treaty, were reported to have asked many questions and raised points as to the treaty’s possible im- plications, including that of a morai obligation for use of American force in_its observance. It was understood that Senator Lodge vigorously reiterated the con- tention that there: was no obligation eight miles for vehicles crossing that and all other wooden-floor bridges. ‘The police code also specifies that six tons, including the truck, shall be the ‘welght limit of heavy vehicles on the Calvert Street bridge. Vehicles ex- ceeding six tons may cross the bridge only after receiving a special permit. Up to the present time no policemen have been especially detailed to the 0 the winds.” 10 {hG There 1s° what Mr. Wilson sup- ported in the famous article X: “The members of the league-undertake to respect and preserve as against ex- ternal aggression the territorial integ- rity and existing political independence of all members of the league. In case for the use of force and only one for discussion in the event any question should arise challenging the four powers’ insular. rights in the Pacific. Indications were said to have been given that there’ would be consider- able democratic :support for the four- power treaty. There was no definite bridge to enforce these rules, but the patrolmen whose beat includes the bridge has been instructed to give particular attention to these regula- tions. It is obvious, however, that an offi- cer who must traverse the surround- ing neighborhood can give only part “Last July, at the behest of thelihe description there matched that of Navy Department, the force at the!the man on th yard went on & five-day week, With | ejor mstae - ver bank in all the the assurance that, in this case, there was ample work and ample appro- Postpones Visit to Shack. of any such aggression or in case of any threat or danger of such aggres- sion the council shall advise upon the means by which this obligation shall be fulfilled.” declaration today from any quarter |attention to the bridge. ~Commis- of opposition to the treaty, and nel- |sioner Oyster indicated today that he ther was the question of reservations | is considering the question of detall- trought up. ' A’ half dozen of the|ing men on the bridge. committee members, including some| That the business men of Washing- LOOKS FOR DRASTIC The Virginia legislature during the a member of the committee uppointed a more stringent divorce law mu: be_writteq ; Sy it was} ‘“The police regulations governing]fro tended ‘the Rea! ot justice committee of the state legs 1 The regulations fix @ speed limit of | where throughout the state are eager | much emphasis, that the bill as draft- Judge Norton, After Review, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1922 _TWENTY-TWO PAGES. Member ' of the Associsted Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all mews dispatches eredited to it or Dot otherwise credited In thls. paper and also the local news published hetels. All rights of publication of special dispatebes herein are aiso reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,417 \TWO CENTS. L ON DIVOREES Describes 'Conditions in Alexandria as “Horrible.” From a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., February 11.— present session will enact legislation to correct the so-called divorce evil which is alleged to exist in the state, especially in Alexandria, according to Judge J. K. M. Norton of this city, by the local bar association to inves: tigate the divorce situation here. In making this prediction Judge Norton declared that “conditions are horrible in Alexandria” and that he is convinced that the people of this state generally are aroused and that Judge m _Richmond, . where he .at- ings before the courts islature on the several bills proposed to hmend the present divorce. law. From his_ observations, after being in the atmosphere of the state capi- tol, he feels satisfied that some good law will be enacted. g Says Remedy Is Demanded. Judge Norton explained that he was not forming his judgment solely from convictions obtained while In Rich- mond, but also from realization that the citizens of Alexandria and else- . for some remedy. He stated that considerable feeling is known to exist among the people in the matter and he is convinced that the members of the legislature are thoroughly aware of this fact and that they FIVE YOUTHS PAY D. C. APPROPRIATION BILL UP ON MONDAY Senate Subcommittee Believed Likely to Reinsert Stricken Items. The District appropriation bill will! be taken up for consideration by the Senate appropriations subcommittee at 10 o'clock Monday morning. The District Commissioners will be heard first, then other representatives of the District government and such wit- nesses as the committee may desire | to hear. Members of the Senate subcommittee | are: Senator Phipps, chairman; Sen- ators Curtis, Jones of Washington, Spencer and McKinley, republican Senators Glass, Owen and Jones of New Mexico, democrats. It is expected that the Senate com- mittee will reinsert in the bill some of the items stricken out by the House. BILL FOR SEPARATE UTILITIES BOARD Ball Introduces Measure Proposing New - Commission for D. C. A bill providing for a Public Utilities Commission in the District, separate and distinct from the board } of District Commissioners, was in- troduced in the Senate today by Senator Ball of Delaware, chairman of the District committee. The proposed new commission is to consist of three members, two of whom shall be residents of the Dis- trict for at least five years prior to their appointment. The third mem- ber is to be an officer of the Engineer Corps of the Army. The commis- sioners are to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The regular term of office is six years, but provision is made so that one term shall expire every two years and a new appointment made. Appropriates $50,000. The bill carries an appropriation of $50,000, and requires the commission to employ a general counsel at a salary of $5,000. Except for steam railroads and steamboats, the commission is given Jurisdiction over all common carriers in the District, over charges for pas- sengers and freight service by all other common carriers, and also for Senator RULES NOW FORBID BUILDING OF TYPE OF KNICKERBOCKER Engineer Commissioner Kel- ler Reveals Changes in Regulations Since 1917. BEAMS MUST HAVE MORE THAN WALL SUPPORT Committee Appointed to Inspect All Theaters in Washington Still Hard at Work. The Knickerbocker Theater could not be built today as it was built in 1917, because of a change in the bufld- * ing regulations that was made after the completion of that theater, En- gineer Commissioner Keller stated to- day. This fact was revealed by Engineer Commissioner Keller when he called attention to@the fact that the regula- tions were changed some time subse- quent to the completion of the Knick- erbocker. The change, however, was made long before the building col- lapsed. The regulation in question provides that beams must have more support than the Wwalls themselves when the walls are built of tile or brick and tile. ‘The regulations as they now stand, read as follows: “Solid masonry, piers or concrete columns must be built under all beams that bear on the wall when the walls are built of tile or brick and tile.” : Will Reveal Report. The Engineer Commissioner stated that he has not received the report of Building Inspector John C. Healy, dealing with collapse of the theater. He said that when he recived it he would make it public in whole or in part, if that course seemed to be in the public interest The committee appointed by the En- gineer Commissioner to inspect all other theaters in Washington is still at work and no announcement will be the transportation of oil, gas, water, and messages by wire or wireless. The rate-fixing powers of the present commission are maintained with more specific prohibition regarding rebates and excess charges. Penalties for individual violation of the law run up to $200. The sularies of the commissioners are fixed at $5,000. ¥ Would License Insurance Brokers. Senator Ball also introduced a bill to license all brokers and selicitors of in- surance in the District of Columbia. The biil mflzd for & ?oa.nl of three mel represent insarance it Sasiness. in general and one to represent tae public. This board will have power to issue licenses and to revoke them if it is shown there has been fraud or any ir- regularities in regard to the souc.tuig of insurance business. PENALTY OF GRNE cannot but act accordingly. Judge Norton did not care to ven- ture an opinion as to which one of the proposed divorce bills would be passed, but he did ‘say, and wit Court Sentences for Hold-Up Which Resulted in F. R. Schnurr’s Death. Justice Siddons, in Criminal Division 2 today, passed sentence on the five youths engaged in the attempted 80, 15, in | ropbery of Frederick R. Schnurr, a barber, which resulted in the killing ed by the-local -investigating com- mittee, and which has since been introduced. by Wilbur.C. Hall, dele- gate from Loudoun county, as a sub- stitute for the one originally intro- duced by him two weeks aj his opinion, a superior one. He sald it embodies every neces- sary feature intended to close the loophole of she present code and to otherwise correct the easy fashion in which divorces may now be obtained. priations to keep it employed until the start of the next fiscal year. Fearing that any atfempt to go to the shack last night would scare the “This action, therefore, was taken.|Mman away into the underbrush, where Later on—September 16, to be exact —the weges were cut from 80 cents per hour to 73 cents, and it was thought that this step might save the jobs of the employes. “Only two weeks before this big cut, assurance was given by the assistant superintendent of the navy yard that there was no contemplativm being glven to any cut in force. As a re- sult when the cut came, it came "with stunning effect. The Navy Department, on the other hand, is understood to take the stand | { | he would have an excellent oppor- tunity to get away, the sheriff said he had decided to postpone a visit to the scene until today. The district attorney declined to say whether his program called for the summoning to his office of any persons believed to be in possession of information pertinent to the inves- tigation, or whether today would be devoted ' to some other angle of the case, which he described as “devoid of all workable clues.” g ‘This followed closely upon a night that the men themselves requested;session at his office, from shortly the five-day week and that the change was made for the benefit of the men, although the Department preferred the" six-day week. ed, did not originate at the Navy De- partmerit, but among the representa- tives of the men. Will Announce Plan Monday. President Willlam H. Johnston of the International Association of Ma- chinists Is expected to make public his letter to President Harding on the sit- uation next Monday. In it, it is un- derstood, he will give a plan whereby the navy yards of the country would be enabled to keep going at full rate through the gssignment of work of the government now being handled | | after 8 o'clock until nearly midnight, with more than three hours given to a questioning of Mabel Normand, film "The | actress, one of the last persons to see five-day week therefore, it was stat- | Taylor alive. Migs Normand, according to Mr. ‘Woolwine, was unable to add an thing to the police data concerning Edward F. Sands, missing former but- ler-secretary to Taylor, but apparently confirmed the district attorney’s be- ifef in the importance of locating him, for he later said: “Sands is the man we must find.” Miss Minter Quizsed. Miss Normand was the second film actress of prominence to respond to a summons from Mr. Woolwine, the other being Mary Miles Minter, who (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GYPSY ROMEO KIDNAPS BRIDE, (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) BUT LAW SHATTERS LOVE DREAM By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., February 11.—Anclent gypsy tribal law ran afoul American criminal statutes here last night, when three per- sons landed in jail on warrants sworn out in Delaware, Pa. Sherift Hartsfield turned deaf ear to a £tory of gypsy love, and smashed the hopes of an alleged wandering Romeo, who _was charged with kidnaping his Juliet from a rival clan in the Pennsyl- vania community. Makes Merry im Camp. The sheriff founa George Peter- son, twenty-one years, the alleged offender, making mgerry in & camp of gypsies near Irondale. Minnie Btaniey, fourteen years, shared his tent, officers”said. The: girl was kidnaped from Johnstown, Pa., on December 17 last year, while on & wisit to relatives, according to Dick Stanley, a brother of the girl, and Constable Williams of Dela- ware, Pa,, who trailed the clan to Trondale. Besides Peterson, Mary Peterson, his mother, and the girl were placed in Jail, Lol The mother of Peterson is charged with conspiracy. Minnie Stanley is formally charged in a warrant issued by her brother with taking $2,030 from the family exchequer ' before she. left the Pennsylvania camp. This is a technical move, the Petersons de- clare, to get the girl back to her native clan. Dick Peterson, father of the youth, declared that the girl's family had demanded $300 under tribal law for the hand of the girl and that such payment was refused “because it was ex- orbitant.” .Clan Travels de Luxe. Habeas corpus proceedings insti- tuted by the-Three defendants were addressed to Judge Richard Evans In circuit court and made returnable before him this after- noon. \ The clan, according to_ officers, ‘was traveling in style de luxe, otor equipage bearing little con. :ut to the ancient gypsy outfits, B! Borah Differs on Interpretation. The republicans in the Senate didn’t accept Mr. Wilson's interpretation of what the wo e” meant. They said it meant “fight.” Will the demo- crats now accept Mr. Harding’s in- terpretation—his denial that the four-power pact contains any obliga- tion to fight and his promise that the words “advise and confer” do not mean a conference hostile to the power or powers who threaten to violate the new treaties? Senator Borah of Idaho already differs in his construction of the meaning of the treaties. Senator Johnson objects on more or less the same ground. An entire presidential campaign was fought on implied meanings of words. The disposition of the majority in Congress today is to accept the Harding interpretation. The democratic ranks are divided by the conversion of Senator Underwood, democrat, to the republican viewpoint. The weapons of ambiguous words are there for both sides just the same as in the league'of nations fight, but at present writing the democrats are not sufficiently cohesive to defeat the Harding-Hughes treaties. Copyright, 1922, —_— BILL GOES TO PRESIDENT. Congress Passes Farmers’ Co- operative Marketing Measure. By a vote of 276 to 8 the House today accepted Senate amendments to the farmers’ co-operative marketing bill and sent it to the President for his approval. The measure, long before Congress in one form or another, would permit or- ganization of marketing associations among farmers for co-operative dealing. Today’s News In Brief. Judge J. K. M. Norton predicts drastic state regulation of -divorce evil in Virginia. Page 1 D. C, assessor estimates 1922 tax col- lections on tangible and intangibls property at over $4,000,000. - Page ;1 Senate committee' takes up four- power treaty. Page 1 Secretary Hoover.says more more 200 Russian relief bodies are “frankly commaunistic.” ° Page 2 Civic bodies urge betterment of D. C. school fadilities at joint Congress committee heagri Page 2 Real need for new world court point--| ed out. Page 3 President gives arms treaties to Sen- ate. Page & Gen., Wood's financial bills all passed in thw;na-. iy Page 18 lendors of Boy Scout celebration de- %hu! by Dopey Dan. - Page of both political parties, however, | ton will continue their efforts to have were not present today. 5 replaced the Galvert Street and Klin- Together with the treaties the for- | 8le Ford bridges, despite that both eign relations committee had before ) structures have been pronounced safe it the report -of .the American dele- by engineers, is indicated by action gation at the Washington .confer. |taken yesterday at a meeting of the ence. This report, along with the|bridges committee of the Waghing- treaties, was presented to the Senate | ton Board of Trade, when 0. H. Clark late yesterday by President Harding, | Was appointed chairman of a special who “asked ratification of the new |committee thoroughly to investigate pacts without delay in order that|the two bridges. America’s professed desire to rid Par(ially Reassured. Or q ot amar, may “Hotbecome, While the members of the commit- ollowimockery, ; tee felt somewhat assured by reports To Sigm Treaty. of engineers who have been Inspect- Arrangements have been m: ing these structures, and who pro- the sitnature at the State Depaae,£o | nounced them to be in a safe condi- late today of the treaty beween the | tion, there is, nevertheless, the feel- United States and Japan relating to|ing that the bridges, besides being the Island of Yap. unsightly, are a menace to traffic and . e are “old bridges for new times.” Not only is the wooden flobring, KENYON CAN SIT AS JUDGE, | which characterizes both structures, » | almost’ always in need of repair, due to the heavy truck trafic which President Harding ‘has received a|passes to decision m Attorney General | every daylbut the extreme narrow- Daugherty that Senator Willlam S.|ness of ‘the Calvert Street bridge Kenyon of Iowa is legally qualified { mi driving on this structure an, to sit as a judge of the United States | extgemely hazardous occupation, circuit court, it was learned at the|cording to those who have occasion ‘White House.yesterday. to travel over this route.* nator Kenyon was recently nom-| George W. Ofutt, jr., chafrman. of inated for the eighth district and the | the board committee, is of the opin- nomination was ratified by the Sen-|ion that immediate action. should be ate. The President asked an opinion | taken on this matter by Congress. on the appointment because the|In his annual report to the board he senator’s eligibility has been ques- |calls attention’to the generdl condi- tioned in some circles because of the| tion of .these thirty-year-old struc- constitutional provision that ex- | tures. - cludes a congressman from taking a Other chairmen named yesterday civil post the emoluments of which|to Investigate bridges in the Dis- have been increased during the’ term |trict .are: James Sharler, - Chain of the senator or representative In|bridge; Fred S. Swindell, Memorial question. 2 " | bridge: E.N, Tyler, Chain bridge, and The Attorney General found that|Edward R. Waiton, jr., Pennsylvania the salary of the judgeship had béen'| Avenue bridge. An immediate report raised from $7,00 to $8,000 February | has been asked by Mr. Oftutt of the 26, 1919, but Senator Kenyon is not|new chairmen, and meetings of the affected, because his present term did | subcommittees are. expected in tue not start until March 4, 1919, course of the next few days. s Bcginfiiné in Tqmorrofiv‘a Star “REG'LAR ‘FELLER‘S” : The comic page with _aguniversal appe_ai. A cqmic for children and grown-ups : . IN TOMORROW'S STAR . He explained, however, that the bill introduced by Charles Henry Smith, delegate from Alexandria, is, exoept for a few minor provisions, substan- Chevy Chase and back | tially the same as the committee's bill, which in_ the future will be known as the Hall bill. As a matter of fact, either bill will be perfectly %a.fl:flctory. in the opinion of Judge Norton. Speaks. as Individual. As representative of the local in- vestigating commlttee, Judge Norton, in presenting the latter's bill at the Richmond hearing, called attention to the divorce conditions here and de-!was sentenced to serve thirteen years clared that relief is urgent. and for that reason little-time should be lost in changing the law. He explained each provision contained in the pro posed measyfe.. As an Individual, and not as a representative of the local committee, he then vigorously at- tacked conditions existing in Alexan- dria, saying that for more than a year the' evil has.been growing. He | cored the weaifteas of the law which -| circles, fused | made irregularities and frauds poss| ble. He described, in some dp:t.l.fl. how that evil had grown until it has reached deplorable proportions and has brought shame to the city. He (Continded on Page 2, Column 7.) —_— U. S. REPLY TO GENOA INVITATION UNCERTAIN America’s reply to the invitation to attend the economic conference at Genoa, recently sent by the Italian Bovernment, is still uncertain, it was learned today at the White House, and the decision as to whether or' not this .government will participate has been Bostponed further. e_attitude of France as seen in Prewdent Pouncare's request that: the conierence be postponed three montns of Schnurr near his home, 1707 1st street northwest, January 22, 1921. The young men were indicted for murder in the first degree, but were recently permitted to plead to lesser cffenses. Minimum Under the Law. John Niffin, nineteen yegrs old, who planned the' robbery and stole the automoblle in which the accused escaped from the scene of the crime, on his plea of guilty to murder in the second degree was given a term of twenty years in the penitentiary. The sentence is the minimum under the w. Milton Metcalf, nineteen years oud, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter. in the penitentiary. Milton Solomon, sixteen years old, pleaded guilty to| an assauit with intent to rob and was given eight years in the peniteftiary. Get Three Years Each.’ Leslie Shelby, nineteen years, and Corbin Shields, seventeen years, who under the arrangement were to rob Schnurr, while he was being held up (by one of the other boys, but who were scared by the discharge of the pistol d did not rifle the pockets of, the dcad man, pleaded guilty to an attempt to rob only. Justice Siddons sent each of them to the penitentiary for three years. Counsel for the accused pleaded the youth of their clients, but the court pointed out that while young in years they were old in the w3ys of sin and crime and imposed the sentences state By the Assoclated Press. DANVILLE, Ill, February 11.— Will Uncle Joe Cannon make the race for Congress from this dis- for more careful advauce preparation, is.understood to have een responsible for the United States’ decision to withhold a reply for the present. The news of President Poi. care’s demand is said to have reac ed Washington yesterday and caused somewhat of a flurry in diplomatic byt the State Department re- to, out.any information on the message. After .the regular cabinet meeting gt Hughes was lengthy conference, presumably on the Genoa question, but Mr.- Hughes aft. arwi refused to comment on.the af- fair. President Harding, who had let blllt be km:]wn that l!:.t ‘would make public’ ecision ‘yesterday, was Unable to meet the n o the 0 g 3 T corre. trict? This is the question that is hdmittedly troubling a number of men who openly aspire to fill the veteran’s chair in "the United States House. of Representatives, but-who just as openly announce they will not run if “Uncle” Joe intends to. .- *Uncle”.: Joe has not yet filed his petition as a candidate. His fallure to do this yesterday, the first day of the filings, has set the political ~gossips busting with tpeculation, although the ‘pefftion may be flled any tme ‘R«on March 2. ) Only one man has thus. far ‘dbroken these ranka. He is %k: MANY COVET UNCLE JOE CANNON’SJOB BUT DEGLINE TO RUN AGAINST HIM. made of its findings until the task has been completed. ‘The coroner's inquest dnto the Knickerbocker disaster is in recess today. Proceedings of vesterday af- ternoon’s session are printed else- where in The Star today. HOPES TOGOLLECT OVER $4.000.000 D. C. Assessor Estimates 1922 Revenue From Tangi- ble and Intangible Property. The District government expects to collect more than $4,000,000 in tangi- ble and intangible personal taxes this May, Assessor Willlam P. Richards estimated today. Last year the city collected in round numbers $3,000,000 on tangible property and on the earnings of banks, public utilities and similar in- stitutions, and $1,000,000 on intangi- ble personal Property. This year. the assessor believes both these figures will be passed. : Within the next few:weeks the as- . sessor will send out 30,000 notices to many individuals, giving them their assessments on which this years tax will be based. i Appeals to Be Heard. Appeals from these assessment will be heard daily in the assessor’ office, first floor, District building, until the second Monday In March. Persons who believe their assessment is excessive should bring the notice with them. 5 Tangible property includes house- hold effects, automobiles and jewelry. An exemption of $2,000 is.allowed on household equipment provided it is owned and used by the occupant of- the house. The tax rate on tangible property s the same as on real estate —$1.82 per $100 of assessment. Intangible Property, $3 Per $1.000. Intangible property means stocl bonds and credits. The tax rate on these is $3 per $1,000 of assessment. The 30,000 notices being sent out this year is an increase of 50 per cent over last year. and the assessor esti- mates that half the number will make appeals. NEW SALARY BILL. Introduced in House—Affects School Employes. Chairman Focht of the House Dis- trict of Columbia committee today introduced a bill providing a new salary schedule for teachers, school officers and other employes of the District of Columbia board of edu- cation, effeétive July 1 next. ‘This is similar to the bill introduced in the Senate yesterday by Senator Capper. April primaries regardiess of “Uncle” Joc's decisicn. Just what Representative Can--° non’s political¢intentions for the immediate future are is & ques- . tion. A few months ago, when it was announced in. Chicago that = Uncle Joe would not again be a-- candidate, preparationa were be- . ing made by several to announce their candidacies, when word w: \received direct from Danville’ famous member of Congress to . the effect that he had not author- ized such announcement and that he would inform his constituents * of_his intentions in good time. - ‘This blighted the budding hopes of local leaders, with the single exception of Reprbsentative Hola- day. &nnon‘- relatives and local . managers declare they have re- celved no instructions from him the matter. In the "