Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1922, Page 1

i TR Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is excinsively entitled to the use for republication of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this WEATHER. Unsettled and_colder, probably snow late tonight and tomorrow. Tempera- ture near freezing tonight. Tempe.ature for twenty-four hours Paper and slso tire local mews published herein. ended at 2 p.n. today: Highest, 55, at 4:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 41, at 8 All rights of publication of special a.m. today. Full report on page 7. dispatches herein are also reserved. Circulation, 94,951. TWO CENTS. |SENATE COMMITTEE ADDS $3,536,164 TO 'D.C. APPROPRIATIONS Authorizes $1,500,000 for Water Closing New York Stocks; Page 28. Yesterday’s Net Entered a3 second-class' matter post office Washington, D, C, PRESIDENT PROPOSES |DANCERTOTRAFFIC| SALE OF MARINE AND | iy pEDESTRIANS AIDING PRIVATE LINES, | oy crherre Adiniia Ship Board PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS . ,Vehicles - WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1922_FORTY-TWO PAGES. No. 28,429. TO CONGRESS URGING AID TO U. S. SHIPPING Careen and Roll Experiment Has' Been Failm. WOULD ALLOT PART OF DUTIES TO FUND - Bills Authorize Induction of Merchant Officers In Naval Reserve. The administration plan for ernment aid for the American mer- chant marine was presented to Con- gress today by President Harding with the declaration that the influ- ence of the United States in world councils is “sure to be measured by tbat unfalling standard which is found in a nation’s merchant marine. The Presfient detailed to the two houses assembled in joint session the wartime creation of America's great venture gov- tonnage—an experimental as he described it—and then he added: ! Admits Scheme Failed. “Having failed at such enormous | cost, I bring you the proposal which contemplates the return to private initiative and private enterprise, aided to & conservative success, wherein we are safeguarded against the pro- motion of private greed, and do not discourage the hope of profitable in- vestment, which underlies all suc- cesstul endeavor. The salient points of this proposal embodied in bills introduced in_each House immediately after the Presi- dent's address follo Ald estimated at $32.000,000 an- “nually, to be provided for principally by diversion of 10 per cent of the nation's custom’s receipt: Requirement that not more than 50 per cent of the immigrants to.the United States be transported in for- eign ships Would Sell Marine. Sale of the tonnage now held by the Shipping Board and use of the funds as a construction loan fund. Authorization for induction of American merchantmen officers and sailors into the naval reserve with the attendant allowance in'pay. The President then detailed & num- ber of indirect aids, mentioning in this connection: ‘Amendment of the interstate com- merce act to permit railway systems to own and operate stepmship lines engaged in .other than coastwise ade: Emphasizés Uhited States Neoll.. - aking effective the section of the erchant marine sct providing for preferential rail and steamship rates on through shipments on Americati vessels. - Insurance available at no greater cost than is afforded ships under for- eign flags. Mr. Harding emphasized the impor- tance of a national merchant marine “in view of suspendéd naval construc- tion,” declarinz -that without it “no nation may hope to hold a high place in the world of commerce or be as- sured of adequate defense. Discontinuance so far as practicable of the separate transport services in the Army and Navy also was recommended by the executive, who in this connection said the merchant an enger_s| der the American 8ag should be made “agents of service in peace as well as wa: Galleries Not Full. Whether because of the subject or lack of notice as to the definite time, the galleries were not more than two- thirds filled. The diplomatic gallery was entirely vacant. Secretaries Denby and Davls, At- torney General Daugherty and Postmas- ter General Hays were among the cabi- net officers present. ' Before the President arrived 'the audience rose and applauded when Mrs. Harding, accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, Mrs. Alice Longworth and Brig. Gen. Sawyer, entered the execu- tive gallery. Mrs. Harding smilingly acknowledged the greetings. Began Address at 12:33. The President began his address at 12:33 o'clock. The first applause came after he had been speaking fif- teen minutes, when he declared tha America had the aspiration and de- termination to “establish a merchant marine commensurate with our com- mercial importance.” There was scattered applause when general when the exec- W utive said government officials should travel on American ships. Brief ap- plause also followed staternents that American railways should not fur- ther foreign shipping interests and should be allowed to operate in other than coastwise traffic. WASHINGTON DESCRIBED. Hartford Librarian Finds Book In- dtcating Hair Was Not Red. HARTFORD, Conn. Webruary 28.— From a volume In t : state library entitled “Recollections and Private Memoirs,” by George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of Gen. George Washington, state librarian George S. Godard learns that Wash- ington’s hair was hazel brown and his eyes were light grayish blue. The authority appears to have been Maj. Lawrence Lewis, -a favorite nephew of Washington. Mr. Godard was led to examine the “memoirs” in_view of the opinion of Prof. Albert Bushnell Hart of Harv- ard that George Washington had red hair. } SIX MEN ARRESTED IN THE TAYLOR CASE; NARCOTIC DEN RAIDED By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 28.—Six men were arrested hers early today in the raid of what po- lice termed a narcotic den. Detectives working on .the mys- terious slaying, February 1, of Wil- llam Desmond Taylor, motion pic- ture director, questioned the men. Police reported belief that the ar- rests will develop connection with the murder.. The President's address to Con- gress today follows: When addressing the Congress last December I reported to you the failure of the executive to carry out the intent of certain fea- tures of the merchant marine act of 1920, notably the provision for the nqtice of cancellation of all commercial treaties which hin- dered our grant of discriminating duties on imports brought to our Shores in American ships. There was no doubt about the high pur- pose of Congress to apply this Proven practice to the upbuilding of our merchant marine. It had proven most effective in the earlier days of American shipping; it had, at various times, demonstrated its effectiveness in the upbuilding of commercial shipping for other na- “‘ZF!‘ . The success of the earller prac- tice for this republic came ‘at & time when we had few troatles, When our commerce was little de- veloped. Its supersedure by reci- procity in shipping regulations, and the adoption o! other methods of upholding merchant marines, through various forms of govern- ment aid, and the century of ne- gotiation’ of commercial treatles, all combined to develop a situation which should lead to endless em- barrassment if we denounced our treaties. We should not only be Qquite alone in supporting a policy long since superseded through the growing intimacy of international relationships, but we should invite the disturbance of those_ cordial commercial relations which are the first requisite to the expansion of our commerce abroad. Based on Intent. Contemplating the readiness of Congress to grant a decreased duty on imports brought to our shores in American bottoms, and facing the embarrassments incident to re- adjustment of all treaty arrange- ments, it seemed desirable to find a way of applying suitable aid to our shipping. ‘which the Congress clearly intended, and at the same time avoid the embarrassment of our trade relationship _abroad. The recommandation of today is based wholly on this com- mendable intent of Congress. The proposed aid of the government to its merchant marine is to have its chief source in the duties collected on imports. Instead of applying the discriminating duty to the spe- cific cargo, and thus encouraging only the inbound shipment, I pro- pose that we shall collect all im- port duties, without discrimina- tion as between American and for- eign bottoms, and apply the here- tofore proposed reductions to cr ate a fund for the government' aid to our merchant marine. By gl it Ying ;:'& to our teriffs, bul & Carrying ot ‘ih”"’!"f‘(- er inbound tonnage on which no t d, and, more im- portant than these, we shall 'équ p our merchant marine to serve our outbound commerce, which is the measure of our eminence in foreign trade. Cites Import Figures. It is interesting to note, in con- nection with the heretofore pro- posed plan' of discriminating ., tariffs on imports carried to our shores in American bottoms, that the total value of all dutiable imports for 1920, in all vessels, was §$1,985,865, while the cargoes admitted free of duty, on which no discrimination was pos- sible, were valued at $3,115,958,000. The aetual tonnage comparison is even more significant from the viewpoint of cargo carrying, be- _cause the dutiable cargoes meas- ured, in round numbers, 10,000,000 tons, and the non-dutiable cargoes were 25,000,000 tons. The larger employment, by, two and a half times, was 'in non-dutiable ship- ments. Continued trade must be re- clprocal. We canmot long main- tain sales where we do nat buy. In the promotion of these ex- changes we should have as much concern for the promotion of sales as for the facllitation of our purchases. There is not a record in all history of long-maintained eminence In export trade except as the exporting natlons devel- oped their own carrying capacity. Over Avenues of Cargo. No story of national development 1s more fascinating or so full of ro- mance as that of developing capac- ity for the exchanges of com- merce. Expanding civilization may be traced over the avenues of ex- changing cargoes. No matter how materialistic is may sound, nations have developed for themselves and have influenced the world almost precisely as they have promoted their commerce. ‘We need not re- fer to the armed conflicts which have been incident thereto. When commerce has been destroyed fad- ing glories have attended. It will avail nothing to attempt even the briefest resume of our own efforts to. re-establish that American importance in commerce carrying on_the high seas :which was recorded in the earlier days of t“e republic. The aspiration is na- tion-wide. The conflict between two schools of political thought heretofore has defeated all efforts to employ the governmental aid which other nations found advan- tageous while we held aloof, and the terms “subsidy” and “subvention” were made more or less hateful to the American public. But the na- tion-wide desire to restore our mer- chant marine has outlived all de- feats and every costly failure. Quadrupled Our Output. Eight years ago the. aspiration found expression in a movement to have the government sponsor an enterprise in which individual genius seemingly had failed. It would be difficult correctly to ap- praise the policy, becguse the world war pat an end to all normal activi- ties. Before we were involved our slifpyards were suddenly turned to feverish and costly activities by the call of the allied powers for ship- ping, without which they.could not hope to survive. American energies were applied to construction for as we had never dreamed ‘When we were later engaged trebled and quadrupled the output on our own account. Allied resources were called upon to bulld to meet the dmtgglon by submarine warfare, (Continued on Page 5, Column 1) Through “Trails” of Resi- dentials Sections. CHILDREN BESPATTERED WHILE GOING TO SCHOOL Roadbeds Churning Mixture of Rocks, Clay, Tin Cans and Dis- carded Building Material. Streets dangerously slippery to ve- hicular and pedestrian traffic, with children confined to the sides of the streets on which they live, unless they want to be caked with mud, were found by The Star man during his inspection of that section of the southeast lying south of East Capitol strect and east of 11th street, and in- cluding the Anacostia, Congress Heights and Randle Highlands sec- tions. Automobiles and trucks were ob- served to careen and roll at danger- ous angles as they plowed through the oozy mud, their broad tread wheels acting as squeegees to throw the mire on the pavements, to be tracked into the homes by children. School children, forced to cross these streets on their way to and from school, had thelr clothes bespattered with mud well above the knees. Developed for Years. This section of the city for the most part has been developed for many years, but the residents are still com- pelled to endure muddy streets with ne apparent relief. The Star man found 16th street for two squares south of East Capitol street had a roadbed of mud and large stones, the west side of which was in a_bad condition. B street west of 15th street is in the same condition, and 15th street south from B street southeast to Kentucky ave- nue one continuous stream of mud. Homes line these thoroughfares on both sides. Massachusetts avenue east of 15th street southeast had a roadbed hard for automobiles to negotiate. Its roadbed was a mixture of rocks, cla: tin cans and discagrded building ma. terial. It is the scene of a new home building development which war: rants quick improvement. Looking east and west from 15th street on the ride down the latter street, The Star man observed C and tréets in much the same condition mlsz)'l street. The same z:y b'a ssid . of * Kenty avepus street south to Tv..-’hnunm wlt.h-lskb Btreet. 2 Nprenmiia Rejected by Budget Bureaw, . Th® bureau-of the budget rejected an estimate of the Commissioners for $9,300 for the paving of G street soatheast from 14th to 15th streets. This street was found to have a road- bed of clay and stone. Several loads of broken stone have just been dumped in the worgt parts of this street in an effort to keep vehicles out of the mire. G street from 16th street to the gate of the Congres- sional cemeery has a roadbed of soft mud, much cut up. It is improved on both sides by houses. Sixteenth street from Potomac avenue to street was in such a condition from the recent rains as to be almost im- passable. The Commissiogers asked for an ap- propriation of $33,500 for repaving 11th street southeast from Potomac|©! avenue to Anacostia bridge. It was rejected by the bureau of the budget. The roadbed now consists of granite blocks rough as a roadbed when newly laid, but now worse owing to the deep depressions. This is the street which residents of Anacostia and Congress Heights must use to reach their homes. The street, how- ever, from Pennsylvania avenue to the Anacostia bridge is of the same roadbed, but repaving of the section propased by the Commissioners would give a good roadway to Pennsylvania avenue, as vehicular traffic could turn west on Potomac avenue and use Sth, 9th and 10th streets, all paved to Pennsylvania avenue. Other Appropriations Denfed. Funds with which to repave Nichols avenue, Anacostia from the south entrance to St. Elizabeth’s asylum to Portland street were asked by the Commissioners. Although this road- bed is macadam, it is badly cut up and in a bad state of repair. The esti- mate of $54,000 for doing this work was rejected in the bureau of the budget. The bureau of the budget rejected (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) ITALIAN PEASANTS RIOT. Infuriated Men at Campagano Storm Public Buildings. By the Associated Press. ROME, February 28.—A score of per- | sons were injured today, one of them mortally, when peasants of the ancient village of Campagano, just outside of Rome, infuriated against the authorities for failure to transfer certain lands to them, made an attack on the public buildings. Carabineers were hurried to the scenc and a number of shots were fired in an attempt to restore order. A detachment of trobps also was or- dered today to the scene of other dis- orders near Bologna between fascisti and communist. . During these disorders one man was killed and two wounded. e e SUFFRAGE BILL BEATEN IN JAPAN—243 TO 147 Snowstorm, Not Demonstration In- tsr!eré\l ‘With Final Debate. By the Associated Preas. . TOKIO, February 28.—The universal suffrage bill, introduced in the diet by the opposition was defeated today by & vote of 243 to 147. ¥ The final debate was not attended by the promised demonstration, a sno storm, accompanied’ by & colq wave interfering. .. .. - .. BRITISH END RULE BRITISH SKIES SMILE|D. . FISCAL CHANGE OVER EGYPTIANS Protectorate Abolished and Natives May Work Out Own s Institutions. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 28.—Prime Min- ister Lloyd George announced in -the house of commons this afternoon that the British protectorate over Egypt has been terminated, and that Egypt was free to work out such-national institutions as might be suited to the aspirations of her people. Government of Egypt. Egypt, with its population of 10,- 000,000 Fellahs, Copts, and approxi- maetly 100,000 foreigners, is nominal- ASVISCOUNT TAKES PRINCESS AS BRIDE Rain Clouds Scurry Away Be- fore Westminster Chimes Ring Out Message. By the Associated Press. | LONDON, February IMAry‘ only and Queen Mary, was married today 28.—Princess jto Viscount Lascelles, with all the: pomp and dignity befitting a royal wedding. The ceremony began In Westminster 1 Abbey at 11:30 o’clock and soon there-| daughter of King George | 1y a part of the Turkish empire, but virtuall Ehul coflnl{!!med a depa{ndl- | after the couple were pronounced man ency of ngland. Its governmen 8 | 3 2 hereditary monarchy, whose ne?a,z:n';:!;”"" while the chimes of West-{ (ro: lgfm& 1914, was the Khedive, er rang out the happy message; Abhas . Hilm! T SR g3 Th{ strong DN—G!I’“%‘I Turkish attitude of Abbas Hilmi ear- 1y in the war led to 'his d n and he was succeeded by his uncle, the former Prince Ahmed Fuad, at The, acene of the ceremony within | the historic walls of the abbey was' one of impressive oné_time president of the University of Egypt, who was invested with the title of Sultan Hussein Kemal. Ab! He!mi became an exiie and issued & roclamation from Constantinople in’ 915 calling upon Egyptians and Sulanese to rise against England, whom he charged with his overthrow. Later he was shown to have financed Bolo Pasha, the defeatist agent, exe- cuted by the French. In 1919 Abbas Hilmli's estates in Egypt were con- fiscated by the government. Factions Numerous. Several factions have existed Egypt. all of taem committed to inde- pendence or greates freedom from Brit- ish.rule. Followers of Abbas Hilmi and the nationalists, led by Said Zagloul Pasha, constitute the radicals; adherents ¢ Sultan Husseln Kemal are the moder- ates, Zagloul Pasha was ban- ished to Ceylon by, the British on De- cember 29, 1921, following serlous riot- ing in_ Cairo, Alexandria, Tanta .and other places, in which scores were killed, many wounded and several hunderd per- sons arrested. Disturbed conditions followed the re- Jection by an Egyptian delegation rep- resernting the sultan of a proposed con- vention by the British government pro- viding for a termination of the pro- tectorate which has continued since 1914 and for new measures of native admin- istration under British control. British Ifiterests There. British interest in Egypt, whose Suez canal makes it the empire’s bighway to India rnd the rich re- glons of the east, really dates from 1848, when the railroad from Alex- andria to Cairo was started. The country was Invaded by Napoleon in |1798 and_the French wers expelled in 1801, but later for many years they occupied a predominant position in the affairs of the country. In 1856, when French infiuen:e was at its height, Ferdinand de Lesscps wos granted a concession for the -onstruc- tion of,the Suez canal, which was completed in 1869. Meanwhile the British had established a telzgraph company and the Bank of Eyzypc Prime Minister Disraeli af England about this time strengtiened the position of the British Ly purcha: ing Khe; the profligate e of Suez from Ismail, $20,000,000 worth ail, after having lost thousands of lives and wasted vast sums in conflicts with Abyssinia and in ex- tending. his_dominion in the Sudan, was deposed in 1879 and his son, Tewflk Pasha, was appointed his successor. Anglo-French control of the country. continued until' 1883 when the French withdrew,/by agree- ment with England, to devote their attention to Morocco. The permanent military occupation of Egypt by the British was followed in 1884 by the revolt of the Mahdists or religious fanatics, armed folluwers of & supposed Mohammedan messiah. Gen. Charles George (Chinese) Gor- don, who was sent by the British government to the Sudan to assist fhe khedive in withdrawing the gar- risons of the country, which could hold out no longer against the Mahdi, w&s beseiged for months at Khartum .and killed in_the storming of the city on January 26, 1885. Sub- sequently, the revolt was put down, Gen. Kitchener opened the road to Khartum and Egyptian sway in that region was established by the Brit- fsh army in 1898. In the work of developing Egypt along modern lines Gladstone, the great commoner of: England, had no small part. NAMED FOR HEALTH POST.: The Commissioners today appointed Dr. James G. Cumming assistant health officer in place of Dr. Lewis A. Newfleld, who recently resigned. Dr. Cumming was a Heutenant colo- nel in the medical reserve during the war, and has an enviable record of pndlcn service at several universities. i in king and queen and the entire royal bas | Bousehold participating, and with all irlnkl represented in the brilliant a: jaemblage, while outside the abbey jenthusiastic popular homage was i given the bridal pair. Rain had fallen throughout the I night, secming t> bear out the gloo forecasts of the weather experis, but the morning broke brightly, the heavy |Fain clouds scurying across the sky | before a strong west wind. The sun shone brilliantly as the various sections of the wedding pro- cession started for the abbey. Crowds Throng London. The long-awaited day found London icrowded with excursionists from all iparts of the isles and the continent. Americans also were in evidence, hun- dreds having made the voyage to gain a glimpse of the great state functio: All these, augmented by native Lo: doners, most of whom took the day off, crowded into every L atong n:bo»‘,;t 11, {3 along the Mall, in Trafalgat Square, down Whitehall and in_ the precincts of the parliament buildings and the jabbey. Many paid high prices for seats in stands or even-standing room in windows flanking the way. Keep Positions All Night. Hours before the 2,500 guests began assembling in the abbey there were overflows of humanity in every street ! transversing the route. Some. bring- iing blankets and food with them, made certain of seeing their princess by Kkeeping all-night possession of carefully chosen positions. At 8:43 o'clock general vehicular traffic was diverted from the streets between the palace and the abbey by a force of 8,000 blue-coated and { white-gloved police who lined the royal way, crowding watchers back to the curbings. The' arrival of the guests, who had to be in their places by 10:30 o'clock, was the first re- ward for the occupants of the gayly dered together about the colorfully decorated abbey area. Myrinds of Diamonds. Only motors and carriages bearing ticket holders were permitted to pase the police lines The conveyances put down at the abbey doors streams of gorgeously gowned wom- en, myriads of diamonds, sapphines and other precious stones flashing from their tiaras, necklaces bracelets. splendent ‘In_service dress or t velvet breeches, white silk stock- tings and three-cornered hats of | court regalia. i of beauty and elegance. Members of the diplomatic corps were shown their seats by the master of cere- | montes. | Outside’ Buckingham Palace, and ia few moments later about the { abbey, military guards of honor took ,up their positions, forming a line in \front of the police, their tall fur i shakos and scarlet-and-white un}. {forms making a brilliant spectac] | of the mlie and a half of thorough- | fare, King’s Guardsmen 'Parade. Two thousand of the king's life guardsmen and territorials were pa- raded _for this duty. With them were their four bands, which enter- tained the crowds until, at 11 o'clock, trumpeting_from the mounted escort {Heralded the departure of the two carriages from ‘Marlborough House carrying Queen Mother Alexandra and Princess Victoria, Wwith the anaen'- suite. ‘Alexandra was accorded a modicum of the applause and cheering which | the crowds were reserving for the jbride. As the carriage rolled by to the jangle of spurs and clatter of hoots the guardsmen ul:rped to i “present,” giving the royal salute, and the bands blared the queen mother’s anthem. : There was a one-minute interlude, then from Buckingham Palace, at the end of the Mall, trundled thr carriages of Queen Mary, the Duke of. York and Princes Henry and |~ ontinuea on Page 4, Cotumn 2) niche and ! Buckingham ~Palace, | andeur, with the ‘ | | | flagged stands and others who shoui- | i { | | It was a_ procession | mer President on behalf of the I | | FOUGHT BY FOCHT Pleads for Adequate Water Surply and for Nation’s Interest in Capital. Chairman Focht of the House Dis- jtrict committee served notice on the floor yesterday that he is preparql jto lead a fight against the Joncs {amendment, which, it is reported, the Senate plans to put on the District appropriation bill, designed to change the system of raising revenue here and entirely changing the fiscal re- lations between nation and capital. At the same time Chairman Focht gave his colleagues, a lecture on the fact that this is the seat of gov- ernment, the one city that belongs to all the people, and in which the mem- bers of Congress should take a par- cular inkegpg ) with the House to Took ahéad and provide an adequate water supply for Uacle Sam's workshop. Waras of Poasibilities. He warned the House that if it at- tempts to disturb the present 60-40 proportion of paying the expenses of the National Capital, Congress may soon find itself paying 80 per cent of the total instead of the 50 per cent that it has been paying for so many years. When the police and firemen’s pension equaliza-ion bill was under discussion, Rzpresentative Focht said: “I see an attempt made here to prejudice the House and to carry a prejudiced sentiment along against the i1l because of the present methods of taxation. It so happens, gentlemen, that we are now paying on a basis of 60-40—the government paying 40 per cent and the District 60 per cent to run the municipal affairs of the United States reserva- tion. Now, if you are not satisfied with that, then we will have, if you shall care to vote for it. an oppor- v to raise the money by another syst'm. It is suggested and pro- posed in a bill, S. 205, this plan, that they first assess private property of the District of Columbia on a valua- tion that would be equivalent to what you might assess property in your own home town or city,-and then the government to pay the balance. My answer to that has heen that in my own mind, without an oppor- tunity of having the bill considered before the committee, 1 am certain that if you are going to do it on that basis the people of the District here are going to pay on th basis of the District assessment, and with- out going into any details or refer- ring to it in any obnoxious way, when you take the local assessor's valua- tion, whether he would be preju diced or could be influenced or not, I am afraid, my friends, if you ever adopt that system that instead of paying only 40 per cent the govern- ment might pay 80 per cent and the residents of the District 20 per cent. On the other hand, I do hope that (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) WILSON IS OPTIMISTIC. Sees Great Democratic Opportunity for Service Approaching. FORT WAYNE, Ind., February 28.— Confidence that the “time is at hand and when the democrats will have an op- Their escorts were re-|Dortunity to serve the country” was expressed by former President Wilson in a letter to Claude G.-Bowers, in response to a message sent to the for- dlana. Democratic Editorial Associ on. Mr. Wilson's letter read, in part: “Is is very delightful to be assh- ciated with such a fighting and for- ward-looking force as the democrats of Indiana. I wish I had the opportu- Lity to assure them of my confidence that the time is just at hand when the party will have an opportunity to serve the country in more ample measure, and with more lasting bene- fit than ever before.” Today’s News In Brief Fresident proposes selling U. S. ships and aiding private lines. Page 1 Muddy streets bring danger to traffic and pedestrians. Page 1 Dr. Fowler says any break in water tem would menace health. Page 1 Chairman Focht fights ‘against fiscal change for District. Page 1 Pawnbroker bill of Focht attacked by .ohn Joy Edson. Page 2 Cut in street carfares may be taken into court. Page Congressional: Club breakfast. is bril- llant affair. Page 3 George B. Lockwood chosen national republican secretary. Page 17 © Organized labor calls on Congress to. appropriate $300,000 for more wa- ter. ¥’ Page 17 Lewis calls off confersmce with coal operators, ' .. Page - Supply With Po wer to Contract for $1,450,000 Additional. JONES BILL CHANGING FISCAL SYSTEM IS ADDED AS RIDER Funds for Street and Road Improvements Increased by $416,150~Total of Measure Is $23,933,943.80. Carries total of $23933,943.80. of $3,536,164. expenses. proving streets and roadways. for the District. _Adds as rider Jones bill changing fiscal relations between nation and capital, and eliminating 60-40 proportion of divi D. C. APPROPRIATION BILL | AS REPORTED TO SENATE | Net increase over House bill on of 5 Provides $1,500,000 for work on new water conduit, and author- izes contracts for $1,450,000 additional. Authorizes increase of $416,150 over House provisions for im- 1 Adds $616,180 tc House allotment for schools. Authorizes employment of four additional building inspectors T | proximately $930,000 in excess of ent fiscal year. The District appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1923 was re- ported to the Senate today from the committee on appropria- tions carrying a total of $23,933,943.80. The Senate committee recommends a net increase in appro- priations over the bill as passed by the House of $3,536,164. The estimates, as submitted for the District, totaled $27,663,- 366.75. The amount of the bill as reported to the Senate is ap- the appropriation for the pres- | _ The Senate committee struck from the bill the House pro- * vision under which 60 per cent of the appropriations is payable out of the revenues of the District and 40 per cent out of the federal Treatsury. In its place the committee substituted the provisions of the so-called Jones’ bill, which fixes the tax rate at-$1.75 per hundred on real estate and tangible personal property and provides that after the revenue so raised has been exhausted the remainder of Text of Amendment. The language of the Senate com- mittee amendment follows: “That the general expenses of the | District of Columbia shall be charge- able to and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. “For the fiscal vear 1923 and an- nually thereafter the rate of taxation in the District of Columbia shall be fair and reasonable, and the revenues derived from this source shall he covered into the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous reve- nue. “Unitil otherwise provided by law the rate of taxation in the District of Columbia on tangible personal property and real estate shall be $1.75 iper $100, and other taxes shall be as now provided. “The appropriation of an amount equal to the unexpended or unappre priated surpluses of the District rev. nue shown by the reports of the Com- missioners to have been heretofore jaccumulated and deposited in the Treasury of the United States in ad- dition to the estimates submitted for the next fiscal year is hereby au- | thorized, and hereafter there shall be no limit upon the amount of the es- timates to be submitted to Congress to meet the annual needs of the District, any law (o the contrary notwith- nding. < “In fixing the value of improv | ments on any lot or tract of real es- tate for the nurpose of taxation the first $2,000 0.’ value thereof shall be exempt, and shall not be taken into { consideration in fixing such value.” Funds for Water, The Senate committee has author- ized an appropriation of $1,500,000 for | {an increased water supply for the. { District. Coupled with this is aughor- ization to contract for work to cost $1,450,000 in addition to the $1,500,000. The appropriation for increasing the water supply is to be used in ac- cordance with project E, submitted to the Senate during the last Con- gress by army engineers. Other important items of increase arc for the public schools, a total of $616,180; for improvement and repairs | of streets and allevs, $416,000; for the : police department, $134.644, ‘and for | charities and corrections, $256.920. In the items for the public schools | is found an appropriation of $4,000] for a business manager. i For equipment, grading and im- provement of six additional school yards for the purposes of play of pupils $2,400 is provided. New School Builldings. For mnew school buildings and grounds the Senate committee has nfilfla the following additions to the For the erection of an eight-room addition to the Lovejoy School, in-{ cluding additional land, $140,000. For an_eight-room addition to the ‘Phillips School, including additional land, $140,000. For the purchase of a new site on which to locate a sixteen-room build- ing to take the place of the Tenley School, $25,000. For continuing the construction of a junior high school north of Taylor street and east of 14th street, szoo.-l 000, and the limit of cost is increased to $400.000, and the Commissioner: are authorized to enter into dontract or contracts to the extent of the in- creased limit authorized; provided, that this building shall, when com- leted, contain not less than twenty- four classrooms. For continuing the construction of {a junior high sckool on the site in the ! vicinity of the Gage, Emery and Eck-! ington schools, $200.000, and the limit | of cost is increased to $400,000, and : the Commissioners are authorized to enter into contract or contracts to the extent of the increased limit author- ized; provided, the bullding shall, ‘when completed, contain not less than twenty-four classrooms. For the purchase of iand adjoining the Dunbar High School, $5¢.000. | the appropriations is to come out of the federal Treasury. For land joini: th Manual Trll:ldgl lcnh‘oel. e‘”A;suLmn: $300,000 for Armstrong Mamual. For beginning the erection of an ad- dition to the Armstrong Manual Train- ing School, to include an assembly hall, additional classrooms, shops and labor- atories, within a limit of gut of l‘;:{.- 000 which is authorized, $100.000, and the Commissioners are authorized to ::?fl:hl::m gontract or contracts for the at a cost not . 85(+flh.000 %t .to exceed e effect of the committee amend- ments relating to the junior high :g::o}: is “l’: ln!u'::lc the limit of r each of ese Soston bulldings to In connection with the appropria- tion of $140,000 for the erchfloz of an eight-room extensible building in the Ingleside section, west of 16th street northwest, a proviso is added that the unexpended balance of the appropriation of $40,000 for the pur- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) LINKS WATER NEED WITH CITY HEALTH Dr. Fowler Says Any Break in Present System Here . Would Be Menace. A break in the existing waterworks would constitute a serious menace to the health of the city until the break could be repaired, Health Officer Wil liam C. Fowler asserted today, dis- cussing the necessity for speedy con- struction of the new conduit. “I do not know of anything more im- portant to the welfare of a community than an adequate water supply.” said Dr. Fowler. “And there is no doubt that the danger of disease spreading would be great if the water system should fail, even temporarily.” Cannot Be Inspected. The health officer's attention was called to the fact that the Lydecker tunnel, which carries all of the city's water from the conduit above George- town to the filtration plant on Ist street, cannot be inspected, much less repaired, until the new conduit from Great Falls is built. . 1t an accident should occur in the tunnel and unfiltered water be turn- ed into the mains, it would be ia- cumbent upon every one to boll the ‘water before using it, Dr. Fowler said. . To show how the adequacy and purity of the water supply affects the health of the city, Dr. Fowler pointed out that typhold fever has Dbeen declining steadily in Washing- ton since the new filtration plant was completed in 1906. Appropriations Lackiag. ‘The Lydecker# tunnel, which has not been inspected or repaired for everal years, alone stands between the people of Washington and =& water shortage. A]l.houxh Congress ha: uthorized the butlding of the new conduit, that authorization, civie leaders say, will prove of little aid unless the appropriations are made / during the next three years to oarry it out. 3 /