Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1922, Page 2

naval craft BILL WOULD GIVE NAVY YARDS WORK Union Officials Start Draft of . Measure Allocating U. S. _Contracts. ATTACKS ADMINISTRATION Machinists’ Head Says Starting Up of Industry Not Wanted Till People Poverty-Stricken. * Preliminary drafting of a bill de- signed to provide relief fon the thou- sands of navy yard employes fur- loughed on account of the cessation of work upon capital ships, included in the arms conference limitation agreement, was undertaken by offi- cials of the metal grades unions at a conference today at the American Federation of Labor headquarters. Completion of the measure, which the union officials will endeavor to havs introduced in Congress &s soon as .possible, probably will be effected to- morrow, it was expected. The bill ‘provides that all work of the government departments which can be done in the navy arsenal nals in operation instead of allowing them to rust in idleness. Refusal of the Navy Department to agree 10 any of the navy yard work- ers' fiiteen-point program for reliel submitted to Secretary Denby thirteen days ago did not surprise organized labor officials. In fact, it was pointed out by the union officials that they had expected a flat rejection of the program, and they are not disappoint- ed in Mr. Denby’s reply. Attack on Administration. P. Alifas, president of District 44, International Association of Ma- chinists, which includes in its mem- bership all the union employes in the navy yards and arsenals, said today that he did not “expect anything to become of the program submitted to Secretary Denby. “I don’t beli the Navy Depart- ment wanted to make any -effort to put the program intm effect,” said Mr. Alifas. “The administration does not Wwant to start up industry until peo- ple are poverty-stricken. t other hand, the administration is do- ing all it can to assist the big em- ployers to reduce wage: Weuld Not Ald Jobless. Conversion of navy yards into in- dustrial plants for the purpose of ob- taining contracts fro 1 other govern- ment departments could be accom- ! plished on! xpense of privates vy owned factories and, therefor would not be of value to the un ployed, Secretary Denby declaresl in his_letter answering the suggestions | jaid before him recently by Samuel Gompers. “It is difficult to see.” Denby said, “how the national unem- ployment situation will be in any way alleviated even if it is found feasible 1o compete in the open market with industrial plants on the outside. As to this I have very serious doubt, for 1 know of no industrial plant in pri- vate life where such liberality is shown employes, thereby increasing the cverhead, as in the navy yards of the United States.” Moreover, the Secretary continued, he doubted very much the wisdom of artificially keeping up "nayvy_yards, some of which must inevitably be closed, at the expense of private yards, thereby perhaps causing. the destruction of the latter.” When the navy yards are not required to main- tain the fleet. he said, “they should be abandored or lealed to private con- | cerns who may find employment for | them.” The delegation headed by Mr. Gom- pers submitted a program comprising fifteen proposals designed to relieve the situation of the men thrown out of work. Serapping Up to Congress. | Mr. Gompers' proposal that prepar- | atory steps be taken at once looking to the scrapping or dismantling of which are to' be elimi- ed under the new naval treaty| nnot be adopted, Mr. Denby said, since that work will not be under- taken until ratifications have been i‘xchln‘ed by the interested powers. “ven then, the Secretary sald, it “will require an act of Congress to actually accomplish the scrapping of the ships,” the place and methods of the destruction remaining entirely with- in the authority of the legi-ative branch of the government. 1 ‘Work is under way at present “upon every vessel authorized by Congre: for which appropriation has been made, Secretary Denby said in reply to the suggestion that construction be started at once on such vesels as “it is deemed advisable to bulld." Secretary | 1t would be idle, Mr. Denby declared, to set up the proposed employment clearing house in the Navy Depart- ment to provide the navy yard em. ployes with other positions “when there 4s no work.” . The Naval Secretary expreased his sympathy for those affected by the reduction of activity in nady vards,| but declared that it was not within | his power “to continue in need employment those &ho are paid from trust fund administered by the Navy Department.” WOMEN MAROONED IN HOMES .BECAUSE OF MUDDY STREETS | (Continued from First Rage.) merchants refuSed to evs il ] en deliver Ismihirteenth street sland avenue and as far as Irvin street is impassable in wet wellh.: It is 2 mixture of cinders and rea clay and dangerous. The Commissioners asked for an appropriation for grad- ing only one square of this street, be- tween Hamlin and Irving streets. It called for an appropriation of $2,100, It was allowed by both the bureau of the budget and the House, one of the two allowed by both branches for this section. The other was for paving 15th street northeast between East Capi- 1ol and B streets, a street that needs it badly. But the entire street from East Capitol to E street is in a seri- ous congition. a roadbed of red clay. Single Plank Beardwalk. 1 Fourteenth street north from Rhode Island avenue is nothing but mire, and north of Irving street the only fneans of reaching the homes there is north of Rhode _ by a single plank boardwalk, and this is fast disappearing into the mud. Traffic cannot use 22d street north- east north of Lawrence street. where new homes are being built. It would be dangerous to drive there, a; Lawrence street east of 22d nnetn: in much the same condition. The same may be said of Kearney street for four squares west of 21st street. Hamlin street between 16th and 17th Streets shows evidences of men hav- ing put long hours digging autome- biles out of the mire. be allocated to them instead of to private firms. Its aim is to keep | the government navy yards and arse- | To Entertain Royalty - - While on Honeymoon HON. DIAMOND HARDIN Daughter of Lord Hardinge, Brit- [y France, whe will in, count Lascelles in the Hardinge Paris home am guests when the royal eouple are on their honeymoon, WIELESS PHONE RECULATON Sécretary Hoover Empha- sizes Need at Conference — of Radio Experts. Addressing the conference of ex- perts gathered at the Department of Commerce today to suggest legisla- tion for control of commercial radio, Secretary Hooverl said that the coun- try is unanimoys in its dekire for regulation of thd wireless telephone. “I think it wijl be” agreed at the outset,” Secretary Hoover said, “that the use of the radio telephone for communication between single indi- viduals, as in the case of the ordinary telephone, is a perfectly hopeless no- tion. “Obviously, if 10,000,000 subscribers are crying through the air for their mates, they will never make a junc- tion; the ether will be filled “with frantic chaos, with no communication ©f any kind possible. In other words, the wireless telephone has one defi- nite field and that is for spreading of certain predetermined material of public interest from central stations. This material must be limited to news, to education, to entertainment and the communication of such commer- cial matters as are of importance to large groups of the community at the me time.” Problem of Regulation. The Secretary said it is, therefore, primarily a question of broadcasting, adding that some years ago Congress authorized the Secretary of Commerce to license radio sending stations and to impose certain conditions in the licenses designed to prevent interfer- ence between stations. The whole problem, Mr. Hoovér added, is one of regulation, if radio users are to ab- tain the maximum use of their instru- {* ments. There is involved, howeve: necessity so to-establish public_right over the air that there may be no national regret that we have parted with a great national asset into un- controlled air. . H. Griswold, vice presldent of the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company, following Mr. Hoover's speech said that control of mch of the radio apparatus in this cduntry is in the hands of five large comnfrcial telephone and telegraph companies. He added, however, that the corporations are banded together not in restraint of trade, but to pr. tect their patent rights. Approxi- mately 125 experts and men connected with the radio industry attended the conference, Washington. Dr. S. W. Stratton, di- rector of the bureau of standard Maj. Gen. George O. Squier, chief sig- nal officier of the Army; Capt. Samuel W. Bryant of the Navy, Hiram Percy Maxim, Senator Frank R. Kellogg end W. A. Wheeler of the Department of Agriculture. were a few of. the ex- perts attending the conference. TEXTILE PICKETS ‘PATROL IN STORM By the Associated Press. With strike committees and manu- facturer's associations considering ac- ceptance or Tejection of the state mediation board's proposal for settle- ment, the strike situation in the cot- ton mills of this state was without change today. Word had gone out a day or two ago that mill owners of the Pawtuxet valley intended reopening their plants téday under the protection of the military forces wnich occupy Arc- tic, Natick, Pontiac and other mill villages. As a resuilt thin picket lines appeared at several places. But the man and woman strikers patroiling in a heavy snowstorm and the mills showed no chunge from the in- activity of the past month or more. Because of the understanding that both es would make their position on the proposed arbitration clear by tomorrow, the mill managements were said to have decided nat to force the issue by an attempt at reopefling today. y Pawtucket, With several plants operating in part, was as quiet a# the inoperative Pawtuxet Valley mill towns to the south. Pickets appeared in the snow there also, but beyond the lines of the military forces, and without developing any instan: of solicitation of working opesetives that called for attention by the guards. The immediate proposal for settle-. ment of the statewide controversy is that mill owners and strikers put the issue of a 20 per cent wage reduction solely In the hands of Judge J. Jerome Hahn, chairman of the special media- tion board: allow him to set a tem- porary. scale’ of wages under the former schedule of forty-eight hours, 42 IN POLICE NET. That Number Under Influence of Ligquor Saturday Night. Forty-two persons were arrested in thithe District of Columbia Saturday , Is & mud st and East Capitol atu;m between 'l"i‘t’i and 18th streets is well-nigh im, sable in wet weather. It is a night for being under the influence of spiritucus liquors, according to po- Hoeraporta L8 £ RIS % g violations the law that were on the daily report sent from Chief of Police Sullivan to the Dis- trict Commissioners included: H breaking, 3; grand larceny, 1 with dangerous weapon, 4. iquor, 8; illegal possession of 1 ; manufacturing liquor, 2; stil, 1; permitti; KD WL PAY TRBUTE TO GRAGE DODGE National Board of Y. W. C. A'.: to Honor Memory of Founder. . Tribute to.the late Grace Dodge, sister of Cleveland H. Dodge and the first president of the National Board, the executive headquarters for the 1075 affiliated Young Women's Christlan Associations in the United States, will be paid by the board members, who will arrive here, ta- morfow from New York, to hold their March meeting in the Grace Dodge Hotel. named In her honor, on*Wed- nesday. 5 s At the suggestion of Mrs. Johu ‘D. | committee, 'under whose auspices the hotel is managed, the party will make a formal inspection of the entire facilities and equipment of _the establishment. Accompanying Mrs, Rockefeller, the party will‘be com- posed of Mrs, Robert E. Speer, Mrs. John French, Mrs. John H. Findley, Mre. Herbert L. Pratt, Mrs. Harry . Fosdick. Mre. Robert E. Strawbridge of Philadelphia, Miss Katherine Oi- Katherine Lambert, Mrs. Willlam W." Rossiter, Mrs. J. Scott Parrish, Mrs. Lewis H. Lapham, Mrs. Leonard Kellogg, Mrs. Robert Dickinson, Mrs. William Van V. Hayes, Mrs. Samuel Murtland, Mrs. Samuel J. Broadwell, Miss Clara F, Reed, Mrs. George Davison, and Misa Mabel Cratty, who will make a formal in- spection of the entire facilities and equipment. Mrs. Samuel MecClintock and Mrs. Celeman du Pont, who are now in Washington, will' also be Fuests. g The entire party will spend Tues- day night and ‘Wednesday. at_ the hotel and will return to New York late Wedneaday afternoon. “Least Known Prominent Woman.” {, Miss Dodge, who has heen termed the “least Rnown promiment woman of her generation,” dedicated her life energies as well as her' abundant means to the service of welfare work, and was one of the pioneer workers in the establishment of Young Women's Christian Assoctations. -The question s often asked, even at the Grace Dodge Hotel desk, by women familiar with great movements and international ggrvice for women and girls, “Who 18 Grace Dodge?’ It is significant of the character of the woman that It is the far-reaching work in which she ploneered and founded rather than her own name that has become a household word. The hotel, which was opened last October by the National Board of the Y. W. C. A., for the exclusive use of women, has attracted a large patron< age from rominent women both here and’ abroad. While its restau- rants, tea room and lounges are open to the general public, includ- ing men, only women have the priv leges of being guests The hotel has about 400 rooms. PRESIDENT HEADS FEDERATED BOYS Qrganization Is tp Expand Clubs- Throughouf the- 2 United States. President Harding today was made honorary president of the Boys' Club { Federation, a national organiation en gaged in thé -expansion” of boys' clubs throughout the Unitetl States. | The invitation to_aceebt this honor {was In the form of a petition: signed by more than 20,000 boys throughout the country and formally presented a committee of seven boys from dif- ferent sections of the country. The delegation was accompanied by William E. Hall of New York, pres dent of the Boys' Federation; C. J. At- kinson, _executive secretary, and Frank B. Jelleff, president of the Washington Boys' Club of the federa- tion, and John DojJph of the board of directors of the local organization. In the boys' delegation were Bdwin tefin of Chicago; Max Eber, New ork; Wilbert Burrows and.Wiljam de la Vergne of Washingten and Ed- ward Amaresi of New York. Newsboy Speaks. Phe honor of making the presenta- tion speech fell to Edward Amaresi, thirteen-year-old New York enews- boy, who told of the work being done by 'the federation among , the . less fortunate boys of that city,'and who described the actiyities of the fed- eration throughout the.country. _ ¥re told the President of-the pur- poses and plans of the federation and that his fellow members -hoped that with the assistance and moral sup- port of the chief executive much !:ond could be accomplished in. the PROVIDENCE, R. I, February 27.— | future to the organization of the carry far beyond its safe capacity. club. 5 i In telling .the President: of the 1growth of the federation the boy stated that it now has 3 membership. of 184 clubs located in 100 cities and twenty states, with a total member- ship of more than 140,000, which, he proudly explained, was an increase of more than 25,000 over the breceding year. S 2 s Goverament Club in Part.’ He explained that the boys are:per- mitted to have a part in-the government of their own club and that thelr rep- resentatives had come to Washingten 40 exterid the good wishes of the entire ‘membership. S Tt was evident that the President was well pleased and ally interested, and in_expressing_ his appreciation of this distinction and honor _told his cali- ers how he always hard beén Mmtefest in the advancement of Young America and how he had never missed an oppor- tunity to-ald in the betterment of#he conditions of boys. 'HOUSE NAVAL,COMMITTEE. TO PASS ON MIDSHIPMEN Decision Will Be. Made Whether First Class at "Annapolis Shall' Be Graduated. ‘The House naval commitiee, at the insistence of Chaiiman. Batl W take up Wednesday the question of ‘what disposition 1 be made of the first class at Annapolis in view of the movement to reduce the naval estab- lishment. ‘With friends of the 540 ‘members of the class to be gradubted in June urg- ing early decision as to whether they will be commissioned, Mr. Butler de- clared the question ought to be set- tled at once, so far as the ‘committee was able to do so. r Admiral ‘Washington, chief of the bure of navigation, who has Ween 1li, W1IT- be heard on the academy sifuaticn be- fore the committes will'mdke its own' recommendations. v Tt was indioated today that the|WIth committee was not In faver of com- missioning the entire class and t:zl it felt m number of men ‘to be - mitted eskh year hereafter should be sharply reduced. .. THE ‘EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO: to the President in his office today by | - ‘{hole ope: f| galions, ziving 'D. C.,. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1922 GRACE DODGE HOTEL TO BE INSPECTED. Rockefeller, jr., chairman of the hoteli |- t her home on KEast B4th street, New York. FAVOR MASSACRE NERELYINTHEDRY Chief of Canadian Doukho- bours Denies Intent to Slay Aged and Children. By the Associated Press. NELSON, B. C., February. 27.—The Doukhobours of “Canada, otherwise !known as the Christian Community of Wniversal Brotherhood, merely ex- Ppressed a theoretfeal " cdvocacy of massacge of their ehildren and aged, according to the explanation <ow of- :lered by ‘Peter Veregin, presidenz of ews here. In his letter he expresses ment of the sect some days ago that the members were contemplating mi- jgration to escape taxation, in which event it might be found necessary ta kill off children and aged persons, who impeded the progress of the wanderers. + After apologizing to the Canadian public, particularly the women, the Doukhobour chieftain explains ' that the children of ghe colony are on the {verge of starvaflon, being deprived of {milk ‘through the forced sale of cows {4n 19 He iprotests agal ) i‘llnn! rotalihg $4.000, claiming earn- ings of individual members to be { within exemption limits. ! "The letter concludes with a plea for {official inquiry to the end that the | Doukhobours be reimbursed for the roads they have built and asks for a ITEM IN D. C. BILL FOR WATER SUPPLY (Continued from First Page.) {means of transpartation would be taxed beyond capacity by the panic- stricken masses. “These fleeing persons would of necessity include the governmental employes of tue varlous federal de- partments. They would not stay {while others on whom their families depend for food, fuel, .clothing and the other necessities bf life were es- The evacuation of the city by not complete, would be of sufficient extent 10 1te uy private business and demoralize the functioning of government depart- ments. Mr. Weller pointed out that aside ion of public health lved, the government shoyld consider the fire hasard con- fronting the hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of government build- ‘| ings and records now in Washington. Even if the conduit should remain sound and perform its functions, there exists the potentixl danger of lack of sufficient water to extinguish a large fire, especially in midsummer, when the conduit always is required to Great Danger From Fire Last summer, he recalled, .when orders were issued that every citizen conserve the supply of watér agmuch as possible, and when the city was parched by continious sunshine far. &ays, water for fire-fightiag pur; was exceedingly scarce. A great con flagration at sucll a time would con. stitute & serious menace, not te be calculated or estimated by experis "Appropriation of the approximately $5,000,000 necessary to comstruct an additional tunnel Would be cheap but invaluable insurance for the some $500,000,000 worth of property In the National Capital, according ~to _tha i Board of Trade representative. Gov- ernment hc‘hl-mu m&ol afford ‘o act, even thoi econo. ignore thia ugh _ ecor rograms are interfers :r;ugl. To 240 2s0 would be [false nd would bs comparable to :31’1'.'3'.""03 the spigot with the bung- e says. a Mr. Weller contrasted water qupply conditions here with those in ‘other oities of about the same population. ‘Whereas Washington frequently draws more than the safe amount of water from the conduit in order to- meet its normal demand, Newark, N.'J. Worcester, Los Angeles and similar cities have large reserve ca- pacities and atorage supplies. Water Supply in. Other Cities. Newark, he pointed-out, with about 1]the same population as Washington at time figures quoted were eompiied, has five impounding reservoirs with a total capacity. of 9,923,000,000 ‘gallons and an averafe daily consumption of 45,080,000 gallons. Boston has four masonry conduits and ten recelving reservoirs with & capacity of 2,898,000,- 000 , gallons, while the average daily consumption of water is only 80,000,000 Boston a thirty-day margin of safety if her entire system /| should be mtopped. Worcester, Mass., population less tham ome-thind of Washington, has a-storage sep- ply of 3,362.800,000 galions, aithoukh its average éu.a consumption does not exceed 11,79! 0 ocapaeity the reservoirs m%nm b, ‘Thers. - : - is bt ap the band. In @ letter.to the Daily} #50,000 Ioan,to be spept In irrigation. | TAKE BONS ISSUE | T0 WHITE HOUSE | Mondelland Fordney Confer With President—MacNider Wants Early Action. Repiresentative Mondell of Wyoming, repulilican House leader, and Chair- man |"ordney of the House ways and means committee are understood to have discussed the soldiers’ bonus sit- uation with President Harding today at tife White House. They were said to lLave informed the President of the rejection by the special subcom- =itteé of the sales tax proposal sug- gested by Mr. Harding in his letter last weels to Representative Fordney. Before “seeing the President Mr. Fordney conferred with Hanford Mac- Nider. national commander, and John Thomas ,Taylor. legislative agent of ithe American Legion. Mr. MacNider and Mr. Taylog called at the White House to see the President, but were informed that Mr. Harding's engage- ment list for the forenoon was filled. i the day. Mr. MacNfder said the degion was opposed to any further delay and dicated that it was his desire to pre- sent his views to the executive. He reiterated that the legion be drawn into | ested only in the speedy passage of the legislation i Says Homse Will Pass Ronus. On leaving the White House both Mr. Mondell and Mr. Fordney said the House would pass a honus bill at this session. 'Mr. Mondell gtated that he could not say whether a the revenue could be put through the Senate. Asked as to ways of financing the adjusted compensation, the repub- lican. House leader referred again to expected savings in the next fiscal year, but he would not give an esti- mate as to what this amount would be. He indicated that the question of the refunded foreign debt as a means of financing the bonus had been brought up at the White Houge conference, but declined to say what views the President had exppessed. CADET CORPS OFFICERS COMMISSIONED MARCH 22 Maj. Gen. Harbord to Make Pres- entatigns-at Central High Schoel. Commissions will_be presented to 196 officers of the Washihgton High School Cadet Corps at exercises in the auditorium . of Central High School March 22, it was announced today by Lieut. Col. Wallace Craigie, U, 8. A.. professor of mili tary science and tactics.in the high schools. The compmissions will be formally presented by Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, deputy chiet of the Army. P ng the exercises in the audi- torium, the cadets will pass in re- view of Gen. Harbord and his staff in the Central stadium. The newly crganized brigade band, composed of sixty-one cadets at Central and Tech High Schools, will make its first pub- lic appearance in the review. This is the first cadet band in the history ¢f the school military organizations. Col. Craigie bopes o organize soon a band for the 3d Regiment, which is composed of compauies ai tern, Western and Business Hij School: 144 the Columbia Junior High Behool. 'HOUSE TAKES UP D. C. PENSION BILL (Continued from First.Page.) U legitimate pawnbrokers have been upable to do business in the District, and according to the report of the i superintendent of license for the Dis. trict “since October 31, 1915, no om lnz taken out a license under this act.” v Scores Loan Sharks. ! The business of loaning money to small borrowers, Chairman Focht i pointed out, has fallen into the hands of lonn sharks and second-hand degl- ers and others, who charge extor- tionate rates of interest and through whose dealings the borrower .fré- quently leses the artic| he hids pledged for thé loan because it is ®01d or ptherwise disposed of without his consent bef| the expiration of the loan, for_the recovery of which he law. n‘he legislation -undqr consideration today has resulted from extensive hearings during the Sixty-sixth Con- ress before a subcommittee of t ‘10‘-& District committee, of whii Mr. Focht was chairman. The steno- graphic reports - of those heariags covering more than 300 usu of tes» timony have been studied during the last few months by the House Dis- trict committee. 3 House 1t which has glready. to amend the charter of the and has no nate mac through Poto; Insurance Company of the District of{ hnd, 3 Columi the District llflni‘hl'dv ed that they kno!'“ to the passage o They said they would return later in! measure without means of raising | redress under exist- | EXPLAIN NEW BALL AGT T0 PRESIDENT Senator - and Republican Leaders Confer With Ex- ecutive on Measure. Senator Ball of Deleware, chairman of the Senate District committee and suthor of the Ball rent act, accom- panied by William T. Galliher, chair- man of the republican state commit- te¢ of the District and Edward F. Colloday, republican national commit- teeman for the District, conferred Wwith President Harding at the White House today regarding the provislions contained in the mew rent act as it has been approved by the committee and will be presented on the floor of thé Senate tomorrow. They explained in detail the several new and more important provisions included in the proposed new act. o President Shows Interest, | President Harding, as a resident and a property owner in this city for & number of years, has a ways taken an interest in the work- ings of the rent act, and it was with the view to reassuring him that the proposed act proves more bene- Bcial generally throughout the city th:t the details of it were explained ¢ him today. However, the primary object of the interview was to ex- plain clearly that provision of the new act providing for a rent com- mission of five members instead of the present three. Senator ‘Ball explained that the work of the commission had increased additional membership found necessary. ident, though, that the committee at the last moment had eliminated the creation of & sec- ond attorney for the commission pure- 1y as a means of economy, but that it was thought this could be owercome by the President when the time comes for appointing the two new members by selecting them from members of the local bar. He pointed out that the legal part of the commission work could be well taken care of with the one present attorney if the commis- sion itself was composed of at least three Jawyers, there being one on the commission at present. Names Are Suggested. Tt is understood also that in-dis- |cussing the increase in the size of jtue commission the delegation sug- ifiesled to the President the name# of |2everal local lawyers whom they con- sidered especially well qualified for the post in question. were given to the President in order that he might consider them when the time arrives for him to make his selection. Senator Bull expressed much opti- mism regarding the final outcome of the rent act. He said he had been given évery assurance that the bill Wwill be passed readily when it is little opposition is looked for when it is brought up in the House. Protests ‘against the proposed ex- tension of the Ball District rent act are toming to the Senate District committee from real estate- boards located In many parts of the country. Some of those from which letpers have been received in regard’ to the matter are the real estate boards of Cleveland, * Buffalo; Evanstoh, IiL; Lansing. Mich.; Burlington, lowa, and Frankfort, Ind, Hamper Bulldiag Charge. iIn gereral, the letters of protest in- dicate that such rent legisiation ham- pers building operations, and that the building of new houses is needed not only in Washingfon, but all over the country.’ It is déngerous, they say, to continue further “restrictive meas- ures,” such as the Ball rent act. The fear is expressed also that the city councils outside the District of Columbja will take note of the action of the Seuate ff it passes the bill ex- tending the rent act, and may adopt similar measuras. “It'sets a bad example,” one letter saye, “in other cities, where such measures are not so badly needed as in Washington.” ANSWERS DIVORCE BILL. Mrs. Taylor Asks for Custody of Children and Alimony. * Naming. a corespondent and alleging misconduct, Mrs. ‘Catherine R Taylor of 3426 Prospect avenue northwest. has filed- n the District Supreme Court her answer and cross-bill to the sujt insti- tuted recentiy. by Thomas M. Taylor. The Wife asks the court to award her an gbsolute divorce, the custody of the t minor children of the couple and | permanent alimony. Taylor filed suit against his wife mentioning alleged incidents of mis- conduct, while he was absent from {Bome. The wife's answer denies each of the charges and counters with & re- quest that the court dissolve the mar.- riage bonds on the application of tie wife. It is alleged in the cross bill that the Taylors separated in Septem- jber. 1920. Attormey Raymond Neu- {decker appears for the wife. - 3 ———— HANGS ON INSPECTION. - New Colored Theater Not Equipped ‘With Steel Curtain. ‘Whether the new Lincoln Theater for colored persons, on U street be- tween 12th and 13th streets, will make its formal opening tonight will “be decided by the Commissioners at a conference at the District building this aftetnoon. £ Aecording to ‘Engineer Commis- ;Ioner K‘i“;re'd fin‘n‘;w t:\(ul‘er.hn not een equipped with a_steel fire cur- tain as required by the rofnlnthml. and the question to be sett! s whether thre myu}"z'h“ should per- mit it to open un e cur be opulne{e B - WANTS TIME EXTENDED. E. A. Cudahy Petitions Regarding |y “Red Wing Holdings. ‘Edward A. Cudahy, president of the, Cudahy Packi: chief stockheider ‘the Red Wing ‘Compsay, today asked the District Supreme Court to extend for one year the time'limit placed by the ceurt’: decree for him to dispose of his hold- jings in the Red Wing Company. Mr. Cudahy says the Red Wing Compaay disposee of its products through job. bing grocers and is reaily not.viplat- ing the spirit of the order by which the ment- requires the packing concerns and their associates to dis- pose of ynailied industries by today, The court recently grauted sm ex- o o Tion had besn Dieq s . No on e ,. o by the other packing con- ‘cerns soeking extension of time. ' —— n.,rnt ¥. Stenz has Instituted a uit for Jlimited divorce st her husband, Ni Sten: Aftorn iton W. Kin; refeses to her mothetly alleges that her It Bor to per- her. The names | brought before the Senate, and that | Heads New Bureau of U.S. — s HOBERT TAYLOR MERRILL Of New York, who has been appointed | join Great Britain director of th an of reses Y rd. tion to their effect American ship- ping. COVERNOR UPHOLDS DISMISSAL OF JRY Oklahoma Executive Refuses to Accept Resignation of Judge Christopher. By the Associated Press. OKMULGEE, Okla.,, February 27.— e WRHIPES LS. WILL MODIFY PACT Versailles Treaty Benefits Denied, Chancellor Tells J. Hamilton Lewis. BIG U. S. LOAN IS DESIRED Ex-Senator Says Leader Is Anxious ~ All War Debts Be Paid. Armies Disbanded. BY GEORGE WITTE. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Dasly News. Copyright, 1922, BERLIN, February 27.—Germany ®till looks to America to have the terms of the treaty of Versailles modified, said former Senator James Hamilton Lewis today on the eve of his return to the United States. Germany also expects America 1o in lending her "Fhts | ©NOUEh money to raise the exchange rate_and to stabilize her economic condition, said the former Ilinois senator. Senator Lewis came over here as a lawyer representing Americans who have claims against the German gov- ernment for property destroyed in northern Europe, and, while he is carrying back little hope for his cliénts to be reimbursed, he bears a message from the German chancellor to the American people, appealing for “fair play” from the world. Wirth Sends Messpge to U. S. “The German government, through Chancellor Wirth,”. said Mr. Lewis, “wants to say to the United States that there is little unemployment in Germany, that everybody is at work to help pay the nation’s debt, that the armies are disbanded and the people disarmed, even on the frontier where there is trouble with Russia, and that Interest in the situation growing out | SVerVthing is being done to keep of the recent dismissal of a.grand |faith with the United States. jury investigating the affairs of the defunct Bank of Commerce here by Superior Court Judge H. R. Chris- topher took a sudden spurt toda: with the making public of a letter from Gov. J. B. A. Robertson, sent yesterday to the judge, declining to accept the latter's -resignation. No word had been received from the| judge, who is believed to be in Chi- cago. Judge Christopher offered his resignation after being requested to do so by citizens at a mass meeting s80n after dismissal of the jury. n letter Gov. Robertson upheld the judge in dismissing the grand jury, saying that to have let it render 2 report would have made more di ficult a quick settlement of the bank affairs. Judge Christopher said, when he discharged the grand jury, that he 50 because it had .been “hand picked” and not chosen according to law. The governor also said, in his letter, that “should thé courts ap- prove such a procedure in the im- paneling of a grgnd jury, it would be an open door o persecution.” A designing judge might easily protect | his guilty friends, he sai < governor, however, . criticised Judge Christopher for his offering to recall the discharged grand jury. and let it make its report. “Justice must not be thwarted at the demandp of any people to escape the threats of any mob.” Gov. Robertson said. In a statement the governor said he was willing to appear before a grand jury and testify, “waiving all priv- ileges and immunity. Another grand jury was scheduled to be empaneled today in Judge Mark L. Rozart's court to take up the mat- fers investigated by the dismissed grand jury. C. H. LIVINGSTONE HELD WITH MORSE IN SHIP SCANDAL (Continued from First Page.) led today |- Company and | pany had spent $1,818,000 on its plant. - Twenty-eight other ‘overt acts set out in the indictment. The al leged conspiracy extended back to April 18, 1917, it is charged, and con- tinued down to the present time. ‘The indictment charges that the twelve men conspired and agreed to- gether’ with other persons, -to the grand jurors unknow, to defraud the United States by converting to thei own use, and to the use of the col poration mentioned, large quantities of property. money and funds of the United States, and delayed perverted and prejudiced the administration by the government of the United States | month of Peter Koui of the acts of Congress and executive orders relating to the Shipping Board, by defeating the purpose and thwart- ing the government if its endeavor | Coroner to accomplieh these purposes through the ageney of the Shipping Board, ex- orcising & governmental function. Declared Cash Advances. It is alleged that statemerits were | at the | made te the Shipping Board Morse Shipbuilding Corporation was able, on their own funds, to erect and equip_ship building plants and that by these representatio were secured of cash from the Ship ping Board which, it is claimed, were eonverted by tion. The government was represented in the presentation of the case to the grand jury @nd the preparation of the indiptments by United States Attorney Gordon snd ¥letcher Dobyns, Oliver E .Pagan and Robert Donehoo, special assistants to the Attorney General. Livingstese Well Knows. Mr. Livingstone, one of tl ki dicted, has been identified witdi finan eial -and busfess interests in' Wash- ington for many years. He was sec- retary and assistant to the late Sena- r- ring several years suoceeding that ste. < He was one of those who developed the Great and Deminion reil- raad and the Washington and Oid Do- minion railway of northern irginia, the Iatter of which he is now.president. Aded Forming Boy Seouts. In 1910 Mr. Livingstone assisted in the orgamization of the Boy Scouts of+ America and later became presi- dent of that organization. He is now vice president and was an the American National Tt A, et tors of ini tion and of the Hud- tion Company. He is a O?mm muru“ Fress. Club, Ber of u the University Club, of which he is a founder ahd incorporator; the Chewvy Chese Club and the St. John Power Boat Club. He has been a resident of Washington sinoe 1896, when he came here with the late Semitor Elkims. While the old military officials charge that the United States tricked Germany _with President Wilson fourteen points and that after yield- ing through faith in these points Ger- many was denied the benefit of any of them, her people now understand that this was not a case of intentional bad faith, but the resuit of an honest contest between poiitical parties for which the United States is not to be blamed by Germany. Loan From U. S. Desired. “It is plain to me that the German government wants the United States to intervene and have the terms of the treaty of Versailles modified. Britain has promised to make a loan to Germany because of its faith in the Wirth administration. Germany hopes that the United States will see its way clear to join England and add ‘to this loan sums sufciently large to bring German exchange up higher. “Chancellor Wirth expressed the fear that if Germany is permitted to be demoralized and her economic fu- ture to be shagtered it will mean a catastrophe fof all of central Europe and bring financial disaster upon { France, Britain and the United States. Germany is now a stable democracy and is trying to follow the ideals of the American republic, according to what German, government official told me.’ American Claims Useless. With respect to his claims, the Ger- man government informed Senator Lewis that both Belgium and Francs had protested against §Germany's dealing with American aims sep- arately from the French br Belgian claims because “Americhns _doing business in those countrfes had to take the status of residentg there and consequently could not beftreated on re: “The German government says that 30 long as the present demands of the European allies for indemnities continue under the treaty of Ver- remain with which to satisfy American claims,” dvances { P the . accused to their | own use or the use of_the corpora- | said Mr. Lewis, are|CHEMIST HUNTS CAUSE OF YOUNG BRIDE’S DEATH Mrs. Jane Kouis’ Stomach Shows Some Irritant, Says Coro- ner Nevitt. An autopsy, which was performed on the body of Mrs. Jane C. Kouis, twenty-four years old, the bride of a who_resided on the second floor of 923 D street northwest, showed that she did not die of natural causes, according to sey Nevitt. Death was caused by congestion of the stomach and kidneys dug to some irritant of an ammonia odor, accord- ing to the report of Coroner Nevitt and Deputy Coroner Herbert Martyn. Fol- lowing Mrs. Kouis' sudden death Sat- urday night, Detectives Sanders and Evahs, who conducted preliminary investigations, found a cup of coffee, partly drunk, and a bottle of smell- salts, from which the liquid, smelling of ammonia, had been re- moved. Following an analysis of the.con- tents of the woman's stomach. which will be made by the District chemist. the coroner believes that the solutien of the death will be found. . CHEAP-EGGS FOR LENT. Fall of Cent a Dozen Per Day for Last Ten Days. Februa 27.—Cheap CHICAGO, ‘el ‘U al 4 2 today p in quotations. To- day’ showed a fall of a oent 2 dosen per day for the last ten days. E The wholesale quotation for first- quality eggs here today was 24 cents, as against 34 ocents on the corresponu- ing day a year ago, as well as for ten days back this season. ther amd receipts were th&"r‘fi‘:';- assigned for the decline the ogg market, a decline in notable ‘e‘;nlrllt with ues of late for other farm products. 3 'THREE WOMEN DROWN. Auto Plunge Is Fatal Near Bing- hamton—Rescaer Sinks. BINGHAMTON, N. Y. February 27.—Three ewomen were drowned when an automobile plunged from the state road mear Port Crane Into the enango river. The dead are: Mrs. 3rx rady and Mrs. Margaret Rear- don, 3 ., both of this city, and Miss Josephine Casey of Susque- hanna, Ross Ni Pa. of the machine, hi ce to 5 The swift current swept the ca into mid-stream, the three women be-