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4 2 AMERICAN PER CAPITA INCOME LEADS WORLD Erperts Who Represent Divergent Views Prepare Analysis of Dollar, Production and Taxes. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 7.—An analy- ais of the American dollar, its pur- chasing power and relation to pro- duction and taxes, is afforded in the findings of the National Bureau of Economic Research, made public here in advance of the formal publication of the results of a year's stndy of “Income in the United States.” After announcing that the total national income of the United States; in 1918 was $61,000,000,000, as com- pared with $34,400,000,000 in 1913, the study shows how income Is dis- tributed, the shares recelved by capi- tal and labor, including the farmer, income tax discrepancies and the con- tribution of housewives, and offers a comparison of income In the United States with the national and per capita incomes in the United King- dom, Germany and Australia. The complete findings will be published early in November. Although 1918 showed a great in- crease In dollars, it did not represent a_ like increase in production, most of it being due to the rise in prices. for the dollar of 1918 and 1919, ac- cording to the report, was a much Jess efficlent dollar than that of 1913. The actual total of commodities pro- duced increased, therefore, very lit- tle, if at all, and a large part was war materiais and not of a kind really benefiting consumers. Rise of Individual Incomes. Individual incomes, estimated on a per capita basis, rose from $340 in 1910 and $354 in 1913 to $586 in 1918, but, the report says, $586 In 1918 was equal to only § in terms of the purchasing power of five years before. The study, said to be the most exhaustive ever made of the income question in the United States, was conducted by Wesley Clair Mitchell, Wilford L King, Frederick R. Macaulay and Oswald W. Knauth, under the auspices of a board of nineteen directors, including men prominent in business, education, labor, agriculture, economics and practical statistics, and represent- ing divergent points of view. The main findings, including the equivalent value of per capita in- come in terms of the 1913 purchas- ing power, are exhibited in this table: what higher proportion as the fol- lowing figures from the report show: . 12.9 per cent 1915.... 13.1 per ceat - 119 per cent 1910 2.8 per cent . per cent 1917 16.3 per cent .6 per cemt 1918.... 17.0 per cent 29 per cent 1910.... 165 per ceat Sources of production and nationas Income, the bureau states, taking a scncral average since 1910, show that agriculture contributes ubout 17 per cent of the total, about 30 per cent, transportation about 9 -per cent, government about 6 per cent, mining a little more than 3 per cont and banking a little more than 1 per cent. The many miscel- laneous ~employments, professional men, retallers, jobbers, merchants, domestics, etc., too numerous to list specfncally, contribute 33 per cent. In other words, the report says, highly organized American industries, even if we include all manufacturing, mining, transportation, banking and government activities, such as educa- tion and road-building, produce only about one-half of the natlonal in- come. The rest is due to the eiforts of small independent workers. Tax Discrepancies. Income tax discrepancies are also showr in ths report, which estimates {that lue number of persoms in 191§ having mmcomes over $2.000 wa: 00, - 1000 aud that their total income was Income tax 08,~ more than $23,000,000,000. returns, however, showed only 2,91 000 persoms having over $2,000 d their total reported income was less i than $14,000,000,000. This discrepancy is attributed in part to techn evasions straight illegal withholdings, but also in part to tiie existence of tax-exempt income. What this means in terms of the income tax Is that the govern- ment received in 1918 about $500,- 000,000 less than it would have if all persons receiving over $2,000 had :Dlld their full amount. America’s 20,000,000 housewives and their contribution to the country's wealth are not included by the bu- reau in the national income because they are not paid in money. It is esti- mated, however, that if they were paid at the lowest possible figure (the average recompense of personal and domestic service) their addition to the total national income would be about one-third, or $18,000,000,000 On that basis, the bureau gives the following conjectural figure as to the fluctuation of the housewife's con- tribution to the national income since 1909; Individual Total contribu- Total national ~-Per capita incoms (i ). In 1, jolla laae). dollars, i dollars. $323 310 349 833 338 848 348 354 354 385 233 358 230 416 100 523 296 386 82 One per cent of income receivers In the United States had 14 per cent of the national income, or $8.540,000,- 000, in 1918, according to the report. ‘That is to that 1 out of 100 had incomes of $8,000 or more. Five per cent, representing Incomes above $3.200, had 26 per cent of the total ‘Ten per cent, including incomes above $2,300, had nearly 35 per cent of the total. Those having incomes above $1.750 had 47 per cent of the total. Eighty per cent of those receiving incomes below $1.750 had about 53 per cent of the total income. Division of Imcome. ‘The report further shows that in most of the years since 1913 in the principal organised industries wages and salaries were about 70 per cent of the total income; while capital (including management) received about 30 per cent, out of which were paid r~ent, interest and profits; but these proportions varled materially w‘lth relative prosperity and depres- sion. The share of capital in 1916, for example, increased to about 35 per cent, with 65 per cent to labor. while in 1919 capital's share fell to about 22 per cent, while labor received about 92 per gent goes to the manual workers and clerical staffs. while 8 per cent goes to officlals. Light 18 shed on the increased in- come of farmers in the perfod from 1910 to 1919. Agriculturists, who during the past decade have made un about 16 per cent of the total of the sainfully employed, according to the study, received from 12 to 13 per cent of national income in the years between 1910 and 1916 inclusive. Since 1917 farmers have been receiv- ! ing 16 to 17 per cent, or & some-} contribu- tlon (in bil- tion (In doliars). lions of dollars). 300 B.45 g8 23 3344 =1 g No other country, the report shows, has so large a total national income and per capita income as the United States. An estimate of the relative standing of the four countries named at the outbreak of the war shows the following: National fn- Income per come (billlons capita (in 1014. of dollars). dollars). Tnited Btates ...... 335 238 United Kingdom The National Bureau of Economic Re- search was organized after the war by a group of persons who had come to realize the need for accurate and scien- tific collation of statistical information as a basis for intelligent solution of na- tional problems. The directors of the bureau are T. S, Adams, United States Treasury Department; John R. Com- mons, University of Wisconsin; John P. Frey, editor International Molders' Journal; Edwin F. Gay, president the New York Evening Post; Harry W. Laidler, secretary Intercollegiate Social- 1st Soclety : Prof. Elwood Mead, Univer- sity of California; Wesley Clair Mitch- ell, New School for Social Research; J. E. Sterrett of Price, Waterhouse & Co.; N. I Stone, Hickey-Freeman Company, and Prof. Allyn A. Young, Harvard University; also the follow- ing, appointed by the organizations named: F. P. Fish of the Natlonal Industrial Conference Board; Hugh Frayne, American Federation of La- bor; vid Friday, American Eco- nomic Association; . R. Ingalls, Engineering Council; J. M. Larkin, Industrial Relations’ Association of ‘America; George E. Roberts, Ameri- can_Bankers' Association; Malcolm C. Rorty, American Statistical Asso- ciation; A. W. Shaw, Periodical Pub- lishers’ Asrociation, and Gray Silver, American Federation of Farm Bu- reaus. Miss Alice Joined G. O. P. Because manutacturing ; and! Forebear Was Held in Prison By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 7.— Miss Alice M. Robertson, repre- sentative in Congress from Okla- homa, speaking at a rally of re- publican women of this city here yesterday, told of her early an- tagonism toward woman suf- frage, of her reason for being a republican and her reason for running for Congress. Miss Rob- ertson once was vice president of the Anti-Suffrage Society of Okla- homa. “I used to think that not one woman in a hundred knew any- thing about politics,” . she sald, “but experience has taught me that not one man in a hundred knows anything about politics, so there you are.” She sald that when she was first asked to run for Congress she ‘never was so ‘flabbergasted’ in all my Hfe.” “A member of a cer- tain organization came to me and asked me if I would consider the nomination,” she sald. “At first I thought I couldn’t successfully run for dog catcher, but the man ar- gued and argued—well, if any man had approached me with the same persistence, insistence and eloquence in the matter of chang- ing my name I never would have remained an old maid.” She said she was often asked how she became a republican. “My grandfather was a mission- ary among the Cherokee Indians of Georgia,” she said. “When the state of Georgia sent the Indlans out of the state he refused to leave them. For this he was sen- tenced to four years in the peni- tentlary. The case was trled In many courts and finally the United States Supreme Court decided that it was illegal to hold him. But the sovereign state of Georgla, alded and abetted by Andrew Jackson, decided that they would, do as they pleased in the matter. “So whenever I am asked why I am_a republican 1 always say that I never can get over Andrew Jackson keeping my grandfather in_the penitentiary.” In conclusion, Miss Robertson sald concerning President Hard- ing: "We have in the White House the most human kind of people—your kind and my kind. It is an administration that rec- ognizes God.” EGYPTIANS APPOINTED AS UNDERSECRETARIES Take Places of Englishmen Who Have Served as Officials in Three Departments. By the Assoclated Press. CAIRO, March 6.—The Egyptian cabinet this morning at a meeting | appointed Egyptians as undersecre- | tarles of the ministries of health, communications and agriculture. They will take the place of Eng- lishmen who formerly held the pos The cabinet confirmed the ap- pointment of senior British officials in the ministry of finance. The meeting of the cabinét was historic, inasmuch as the British financial adviser, having tended cabinet meetings for the p: thirty-eight years, was absent t under the new plan laid down by Field Marshal Viscount Allenby, the British high commissioner. It is sald that foreign bondholders will not be affected by the new ar- rangements. —— Miss Lillian H. Tutcher iz Eng- land’s first woman insurance broker. 11 FILIPINO CONSTABLES SENTENCED TO DEATH Sergeants and Corporals Must Die for Riot in Which Eight Were Slain. By the Awociated Press. MANILA, March 6.—Eleven ser- geants and corporals of constabulary were sentenced to death by the su- preme ‘court todav for participation in a riot December 15, 1920, in which four police officers and four other persons were killed and a number wounded. The defendants had ap- pealed from the decision of the court of first instance, which sentenced them only to life imprisonment. Bixty-six other defendants, listed constabulary, en- who received sentences of seven years for parti- JUDGE REFUSES TO FINE ON HIP-POCKET CHARGES Cleveland Police Cpurt Questions Right of Officers to Search Per- sons in Such Cases. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, March 7.—Polics Judge Sawicki refused to fine any of the score of men who were arraigned before him, arrested over the week end, when found carrying pints or half pints of whisky in their hip puckets, “Many respectable little around with them,” Judge Sa- wickl said. “It's not against the law, and I can't see where an officer gets the right to search them. Where a person is known to have a gallon or more, it may be proper to arrest him. But when it's 80 small It can be car- ried in the back pocket—that's dif- ferent.” \ Only one of the twenty-six vidlators |arraigned before Sawickl charged i with liquor law violations was found i gullty. ‘Richard Riazittl, charged with having a gallon of wine in his posses- sion, was fined $26 and costs, but the ntence was suspended when he said wine was for his own consump- people carry a ticn. —_— PRESENTS FLIPINO CLAIN TO FREEDOM E. B. Rodriguez, Acting Press Bureau Head, Says Pact Removes Obstacle. The four-power treaty has removed the last plausible objection to Philip- pine independence, “the Japanese bugaboo,” and America should grant that independence immediately and absolutely, E. B. Rodrigues, acting director of the Philippine Press Bu- reau In the United States, said in an address before the City Club's lunch- eon forum today. Pleading for independence, Mr. Rodriguez said the longing of his people for independence is not found- ed on a grudge. “We are grateful to America for implanting democratic government in the Phlilippines,” he continued, “but we desire independ- ence for the same reason you Amer- icans desire it. The happiness of a people must be decided by themselves and not by some other people.” Consent of Governed. “If the desire of American big busi- ness interests to crucify us on their mighty cross of dollars is to be con- sidered over the desire of 10,000,000 Filipinos for freedom,” declared the speaker, “then America should be frank to say so. The Filipino schools will then cease teaching that great principle of the Declaration of Inde- pendence that ‘all governments de- rive their just powers from the con- sent of the governed. Mr. Rodriguez referred to the Jones law, “promising us independence on establishment of a stable govern- ment.’ A stable government has| been established six years, he said, lddInT that the Filipinos have their own legislature, their own depart- ment heads and meet all maintenance expenses of the islands. Administrative Machinery. “All that s necessary,” concluded the speaker, “is to withdraw sover- eignty from the islands and recall the governor general. we | have the necessary administrative machinery to proceed with our gov- ernment. It is operated by and with the full consent of the Filipino people. 'The decks are now cleared for ac- tion. The Filipinos have never re- garded Uncle Sam's promise as a mere 'scrap of paper.’ In the name of the liberty for which you fought in '76, break our bonds and break them now. This is the only way to show the world, as President Harding has sald he wished to show it, ‘the example of kept obligations.” " MILLIONSINGOLD PAID BY GERMANY Reparations Total to Decem- ber 31 Placed at 6,487,- 856,000 Marks. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, March 7.—German repara- tions payments to the allies in cash, payments in kind and cession of state property between the armistice and December 31, 1921, amounted to 6,487,- 856,000 gold marks, says a report is- sued today by the reparations com- i | | i | This sum is made up as follows: 1—Gold and foreign securities—(a) direct payments, 1,041,419,000; (b) paid by Denmark on Germany's ac- count for cession of part of Schieswig- Holstein, 65,000,000; (c) sale of broken up war material, 40,960,000; (d) sun- | dry items, 657,000; (e) proceeds from the reparations recovery act, 36,136, 000. Total, 1,184,172,000. Other Items in Total. 2—Deliveries in kind in which the values in gold marks are estimated —(a) supplies to the allied and asso- clated powers, 2,760,250,000; (b) sales to Luxemburg, to the Textile Alliance, etc., 39,092,000. Total, 2,799,342,000, bringing the total of liquid receipts to 8,983,614.000 gold marks. 3—Estiinated valuation of state properties in the territories ceded by Germany, 2,604,342,000. Grand total, 16,487,856,000 gold marks. Available for Three Purposes. The commission report says this money will be available for three purposes: First, reimbursement for advances made by certain allies to facilitate coal deliveries under the Spa agreement, which will amount to approximately 390,000,000; second, cost of maintaining the army of occu- pation to May 1, 1921, not covered by paper marks, goods and services ren- dered directly by Germany, which are not included in the foregoing table, and, third, reparations. The cost of the armies of occupa- tion from May 1, 1921, constitutes a prior and additional charge to the obligations ll:‘rolld upon Germany under the schedule of payments, says the report. TRANSFERRED TO FRISCO. Col. Willlam Kelly, jr., United States Cavalry, who has been on duty in the adjutant general's office, War Department, since November, 1917, is to be transferred to San Francisco for duty. He probably will be re- lieved of nis present duties at the ‘War Department by Col. Benjamin Alvord, adjutant general's dopartment, who has just completed a tour of duty at San ASSIGNED TO0 SPECIAL DUTY. Sergt. Daniel Hensley, 12th Infan- try, at Camp Meade, Md., has been detailed as instructor . of infantry, Maryland National Guard, with sta- tion at Fort Howard, Baltimore. cipation in the murde were sen- tenced to life imprisonment. The seventy-séven constabulary are already serving prison terms of ten years for sedition in connection with the riot. s —_— Miss Mary E. W. Risteau, only woman member of the Maryland I islature, she owes her cleims t political prominence to a dare. Sergt. Alonzo McNealea has been relieved from duty with the Mary- 1and National Juard, with station at sbury, and order D Tor ‘duty with the 12th In- Meade fantry Training Center Regiment. ——— Lake Vi in_Africa, one of the ‘world, is aimost exactly circulag THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUEISDAYz STATUE TO HAVE PROMINENT PLACE IN . NEW HEADQUARTERS OF WOMAN'S PARTY projected “Women's Gallery of Art” of the wemen’s party in Washington. NAVY HEADS EXPLAIN NEEDS OF THE SERVICE Secretary Denby and Other Officials Outline Requirements of New “Treaty Navy.” The Navy Department laid its cards Mrs. Edith Ogden Heldel, sculptress, with her statue, “Thinking Women which ahe has presented to the National lanned | men's Party, the part of the new he: 14,145,104 ACRES WERE PATENTED LAST YEAR | Secretary Fall Reports on His Fizst Year in Interior Department. Reviewing the work of the first year on the table today in explaining its{of administration of the Interior De- needs to the House subcommittce on appropriations, which will ix the size and cost of the new “treaty Navy" for the next fiscal year. Secretary Denby, Assistant Secre- chief of naval operations, at the first general hearing by Chairman Kelley's committee, went over the ground heretofore covered by the naval com- mittee, but the proceedings were executive. Members declined to say whether the department had modified its fig- ures, but it was said that Mr. Denby again presented his recommendation for 90,000 onlistcd men, the same of- ficer personncl total and for the com- missioning of the entire first-year class at the Naval Academy. In working out the first stages of the bill the question of old ships which might be laid up was discussed at length with the operation cost of each during the last year. The hear- ings ore expected to continue for a couple of weeks and the bill may not be ready for the House before the first of April MOTHER PLEADS FOR BOY. In an eleventh-hour effort to save her son from the gallows, Mrs. Mary Rice of New lLondon, Conn., mother of John McHenry, who fs sentenced to be hanged In the local jail Friday morning for the murder of Detective, 'PROFESSOR WALKS 0UT Armstrong and Wallace W. Mulcare, called at the White House to see the President today. She was un- successful in obtalning an interview with either the executive or his sec- retary and was told by assistants in the office that the President would act only upon recommendations from the Attorney General, and it was suggested to her that she take the matter up with the latter. Mrs. Rice, who found it difficult to discuss her mission because of almost constant weeping and a high nervous state, sald she merely wished the President to stay execution for a sufficlent time for her attorney to| make a new plea to the Attorney General. She sald she felt confident it given the opportunity she could prove the condemned boy was of un- sound mind. e FOUR DEAD IN EXPLOSION. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 7.—Four' men were killed and nine injured waen a comprersed air tank at the Kansas City Railway Company's barn at 9t street and Brighton avenue exploded this morning, tearing out twenty feet of brick wall of the plant and derailing many street cars standing on nearby tracks. i partment under his direction, Secre- tary Fall today announced that land patents for 14,145,164 acres were is- sued by the general land office be- tween March 4, 1921, and March 4, tary Roosevelt and Admiral Coontz, | 1922. Of this acreage, 12,543 patents is- sued were for ordinary homesteads, 16,171 enlarged homesteads and 7.598 stock-raising homesteads, a total of 10,612,354 acres of public lands. In addition patents were issueg for des- ert land and other entries, bringing the total to 11,954,000 acres, and an additional 2,181,000 acres conveyed to states ror educational and other pur- poses. These figures exceed by more than 2,500,000 acres the area patented in the fiscal year jrevious. More clalms were disposed of during the past year in the pension office than in the year previous, standing a decrease in the number of employes. During the year ended March 4 last the patent office reached the high- water mark in applications for patents and trade marks flled, in fees and charges earned and in the amount of its output in actions made and business done. The reclamation_service during the first year of the Fa]l administration rendered habitable 1,622,000 acres of formerly vacant and valueless desert, now occupied by 125214 people on farms. During the y\ir there were four openings of public lands ‘o eatry on reclamation projects. AS GIRLS POWDER NOSES Giggled at Him and Powdered Away the Harder, Irate In- structor Says. BERKELEY, Calif., March 7.—Ne- gotlations are under way to have Al- win aler, assoclate English pro- fessor at the University of California, return to the freshman class, whence he walked out Saturday because, he sald, “‘certain girl students would not stop powdering their noses. rald today. “I asked them to put aside their vanity cases and attend to their work and they just giggled at me and powdered away all the harder.” ‘The girls, it was said, have agreed to leave their vanity boxes outside and the professor is expected to re- n | turn to the class tomorrow. —_— So eager are the women in Gilicia to establish a standard monetary sys- tem in their country they have agreed to offer their jewels to the treasury. FILLY FOALED BY MIGHTY MAN O' WAR AT A bay filly fonled recently with Masquerade at Haylands, the breeding farm Lexington, Ky. previously. wa ‘with keen imterest ! HAYLANDS, KENTUCKY BREEDING FARM By Manr o War, the wonder horse of two years ago, was near The first foals by Man o’ War were born several weeks They were twins and died shortly after birth. shown here with the little filly, the development of which as a racer will be tehed By breeders of thoroughbreds and followers of Masquerade is i il notwith- | MARCH 17, 1922, C.HGLARKSON & C0. GOES T0 THE WAL Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed. Forty-One Brokers Now Indicted. NEW YORK, March 7.—An involun- tary petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court today against Charles H. Clarkson & Company, stock brokers, of 66 Broadway, on petition of three cred- itors. The llabilities were estimated at $145,000 and assets at $70,000. The company, which is incorporated, has no exchange affiliation. It is com- posed of Charles H. Clarkson and Ver- non B. Ingram. A. Bruce Blelaski was appointed re- ceiver by Judge John C. Knox, wi bond of $20.000. e e i, Two stock brokers indicted in Dis- trict Attorney Banton's investigation of bucket shopping and other fllegal prac- tices surrendered In open court yester- day, while three more were arrested by detectives and haled before the court for arraignment. Thirty of forty-one brokers in- dicted so far in the bucketshop cru- sade, stil] are at liberty. Six had sur- rendered or been arrested prior to yesterday. The three brokers arrested yester- day were James C. Graf, William Her- man and Henry 8pitz, members of the firm of Graf & Co. Arraigned before Judge Crain in goneral ~sessions, they pleaded not gullty to charges of grand larceny, and were held fn $7,500 bail each. Joseph D. Sugarman of J. B. Sugar- man & Co. and Louis Kery of Kory & i i Co. surrendered in Judge Crain's court. Both entered pleas of not gullty. Sugarman was released in $10.000 bail and Kory in $15,000. Federal Judge Mack late yesterday named Robert C. Wood receiver for Ettinge & Wall, against whom an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed. Bond was fixed at $5,000. He named Louls Jersawit recelver for 1. B. Mullins & Co., fixing bond in that case at $7,500. WOULD PROTECT CANADA. Attorney Wants U. 8. Brokerage Firms Bonded. MONTREAL, March 6.—Federal legislation to bond or incorporate brokerage firms of the United States with branches in Canada is to be sought by B. Shulman, representing clients here of the distressed firm of Deschamps & Co. of New York. “American firms open branches here, their local officc sends all the collateral it obtains from clients to the head office in the United Si and when a crash comes the Canadian clients are left whistling, while American cliets are able to divide whatever security has been brought over the border from Canada,” Mr. Shulman said. He recently returned from New York, where he examined the affairs of the Deschamps firm. GENOA GONFERENCE - TOOPENAPRIL10 e @ Italy Announces She Will Be Ready on That Date. By the Associated Press, PARIS, March 6.—April 10 has been | definitely settled upori as the date for the opening of the Genoa eco- nomic conference. Italy, from whom a request for delay had been expected | owing to the extended cabinet crisis last month, informed the foreign office that she would be ready on that date. The French government will have five representatives at the opening {of the conference, one of whom i quite likely to be Premier Poincare himself, but for a few days only. The Italian note announcing readi- | ness to proceed on April 10 caused mild surprise at the French foreign office, as it had been unofficially said thae Italy would not be willing to_enter the conference during Holy Week regardless of whether she was ready. but the news Is greeted with sdtis- faction, as it is realized that the problems to be discussed are momen- tous and imperative. It was officially stated that should a Lsquest for de- jlay come from any quarter France would acquiesce after Great Britain had agreed, but would not indorse i such request previous to its accept-|that as she swept from the Willard j have ance by Great Britain. May Last Three Months. { The present Irench government {feels it was unfortunate that the Fills Important Post Under Secretary Hoover DR. JOHN M. GRIES, Former professor in the Harvard sraduate school of business adminix- trntion, who has recently become chlef of the divisiom of ilding and Department of Commerce. Dr. Gries will co-operate with build- ers, architects amd realtors of the effort to decrease the g and overcome the home shortage. MME." FATIMA TO SAIL BACK HOME MINUS HER DIAMONDS AND DIGNITY (Continued from First Page.) “guest” of Great Britain. The Brit- ish consulate here has supplied her with funds and she is living her last days in America in a rather com- fortable little two room and bath spartment in a Lexington avenue boarding house. Princess Fatima's homegoing is to be a very sad one. She has found that the dapper young white-clad na- val officer who took her to Washing- ton and introduced her to the Presi- dent and to the Secretary of State was an impostor, who not only de- celved her and the high government authorities at the National Capital, but squandered much of the all too small amount of cash capital she brought with her. She has found that the Prince Zer- decheno who went with her to Wash- ington and was introduced to the President as the “Crown Prince of Egypt” has been classed by the Brit- ish foreign office as “unknown.” Princely Estate Here. The plan of settling down on a princely estate somewhere in the United States—Central Park probably preferred—is shattered. Where Fati- ma got the idea that this exceedingly generous government would be de- lighted to give her a vast grant of land upon which to live, with her heirs and assigns forever, no one knows. But in any event she thought lh;( all that was necessary w to ask. This the unslim prfincess was not long in doing. The chattel of the reigning house of ancient Afghanis- tan wrote to the authorities at Washington that she had heard so much of this fair land she “could concelve no greater glory” than liv- ing here, upon a proper estate, where she might rear her sons into Ameri- can citizens. An assistant secretary of state, or some one in Washington, wrote back that it was frightfully gratifying and all that sort of thing to have her royal highness say such sweet things about America, and to enter- tain such a laudable ambition as American citizenship for her three stalwart and worthy sons, but there really wasn't any way at all the government could give a grant of land and set her up in light house- keeping. The princess thought there must be some mistake about this, and wrote that if she could see the Pres- ident she thought she could fix things up satisfactorily. The Wash- ington authorities heard mo more of her until she appeared upon the cene one day, accompanied by the bogus naval officer, the “unknown"” Crown Prince of Egypt, immacu- lately dressed. with a silk topper and everything, and the three sons. The princess at that time was a sight for the gods. The weather in Washington was somewhere in the hundreds—it was mid-July—but the princess had on so much gaudy and gorgeous raiment Hotel lobby to a waiting automobile she looked for all the world like a rainbow ship in full sail. The most marvelous part of her costumq was an exceedingly short skirt beneath French delegation as an entity could|the flowing outer draperies. which ex- posed a wide expanse of cerulean blue not remain at Washington through- out the conference for the limitation of armaments. and an endeavor will be made to avold a simllar situation jat Genoa. The delegates will be H chosen from among prominent French | matesmen holding full plenipoten- tiary powers, but whoso public duties !do not necessitate their presence in Paris during the period of two ‘or three months which, in French opin- jon, will be the duration of the con- forence. Premier Poincare will not be able to remain for more than a few days; owing to the fact that President Mil. lerand will be absent on a visit to the French North African possessions and protectorates. During the six weeks of Millerand's absence Premier Poincare's presence in Paris will be necessary, but the regular dele- gates, whoever they may be, will re- main ‘in Genoa throughout. They have i l not yet been chosen. The French experts will be ready with their propositions in about two weeks' time, allowing of a sufficient period for the premlier to study the various points with the members of the delegation before they depart for Genoa. Mintsters to Meet. The meeting of the finance minis- ters of France, Great Britain, Italy and Belgium on March 8 will be merely for the purpose of discussing the distribution among the sllied powera of the reparations payments already made by Germany. With respect to the meeting of the forelgn minist§s of the alMed F) discussion of near east tio: as it is feared in official quarters that with the return of spring and the | disappearance of the snow, the roads thus becoming practicable, the Greeks and Turks will resume hos- tilities, which will make the work !of the foreign ninisters more diffi- cult. AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT MOORS, AT ELLIS ISLAND Nineteen Who Joined Spanish Col- ors Said to Have Lost Citizenship: NEW YORK, March ~7.—Nineteen Americans who joined the Spanish Forelgn Leglon to fight rebellious were detained by immigration yfl%:lr:ll and sent to Ellis Island last night, when they returned. on the steamer America. Immigration authoritles declared that in lolnlx;[.the Spanish forces the men had forfell thelr citisenship rights in the United States. | e 1 cctton stockings. Why the blue stock. irgs? Well, the President had gr: ciously agreed to receive the princess ; at 3 o'clock in the blueroom of the White House. Empty of Pocket. What she sald to Mr. Harding about the grant of land is not kaown, but in any event Fatima returned to New York empty-handed and almost empty of pocket. But this did not alarm her. She had brought with her the great dtamond which had been In her family for centuries, and which she said was a real rival of the famous Kohinoor. The princess called her diamond the Dayainoor. The bogus naval lieutenant took a great fancy to the dlamond and en- tered into a contract with the princess to “sell and convey” the stone. The contract stipulated that he was not to sell for 14ss than $350.000. ‘With that tidy sum the princess felt she might buy that princely estate— if she so wished—or that she might convert the 350,000 gold dollars into & million or so Indian rupees, return to the borders of her native state, and live happily ever after. The diamond, however, did not find a ready market. nor did the diamond ap- praisers of this intensely commercial city place the same “upset” value on it named by the princess. It is reported that eventually she received an offer of $25,000 for the stone, which she de- clined with all the royal dignity at her command. By this time, however, the hotel pro- : | prietors and other creditors had become clamorous. The princess seemed to have no other visible means of support than the sparkling Dayainoor. So the diamond was attached—not once, but many times. Then one of the sons negotiated a loan of $2,000 additional on_the stone. The stone is in the keeping of a trust company, there to remain until long after Fatima has departed these shores, ‘when it may be sold—or possibly cut up among the importunate creditors. (Copyright, 1922.) OFF TO FIGHT SMUGGLERS. . To assume charge of the fight against smugglers off the Florida coast, Col. L. G. Nutt, ckief of the narcotic division of the internal rev- enue bureau, left last ‘night for Miami. Col. Nutt has had previous experience in marshaling forces of the prohibi- tion enforcement office in the field, as acting chief of agents on the Pa- cifio coast. He is to have supervision of extra forces being sent to Florida by Commissioner Haynes Princess Kalamanaole of Honolulu has taken the position on the Ha- waijan reabilitation commissien made wvacant by the death of her husband. SENBLY HALLS TOBEAEDPENED Kramer Demands Detailed Plans for Safeguarding School Children. Public school auditoriums, darkened since last Friday on recommendation of the Commissioners, will be reopen- ed to the pupils within a few days, it was indicated today at the Franklin School, administration headquarters of the school system. It is understood that Supt. Frank W. Ballou is pre- paring an order authorizing the use of the school auditoriums by the chil- dren. Use of the halls for public functions, however, will not be per- mitted until authorization is given by ! the District officials. Permission to the pupils to use the assembly halls will be granted, it was said, only on condition that the children be accompanicd by their re- spective teachers and assigned to cer- tain seats, which they will be re- quired to use whenever in the audi- toriums. The assigning of regular seats to the children will be done so that they may famillarize themselves with the best manner of leaving the halls in the event of fire or panic. Action Is Explained. School officials Intimated that in granting the pupils the use of the assembly halls they do so reluctantly and with the feeling that if they are safe for the pupils they are also safe for the public. The Commissioners have pointed out, the officlals say, that the reason for the differentiation between the public and the pupils is that in the schools there have been developed fire training and discipline among the children, who, under the guldance of their designated leaders, have been taught to respond in a quiet, prompt and orderly mannmer to instructions glven them as to their procedure in emergencies. Neverthless, school of- ficials say, they intend to abide strict- 1y to the regulations of the Commis- sioners. Closing of the school auditoriums to the public, it was emphasized by school authorities, has .hurt to a great degree the development of the community center activities. One offi- cial said that it had put back the community center extension prograin about ten years. Asks Chief’s Recommendations. Fire Chief George Watson has been asked by Assistant Superinten- dent of Schools Stephen E. Kramer for specific recommendations con- cerning the Central High School au- ditorium. In his letter Mr. Kramer calls attention to the fact that the performances referred to by the fire chief in a previous communication have been held in the Central audi- lurllum ever since the school was built. Referring to Fire Chief Wgatson's letter, Mr. Kramer said: “I note in this communication that you state ‘that theatrical perform- ances requiring the use of scenery and properties have been given therein.’ The performances given in the assembly hall of the Central High School are of a nature identi- cal with the nature of the perform- ances which have been given for practically the entire time in which this hall has been used. This hall is used for the assembly of teachers and far the assembly of large masses of school children in addition to the performces referred to in your let- ter. s | | Mr. Kramer's Inguiry. “On behalf of the school authorities I desire to state that it is our wish to conform in every particular with the regulations set forth by the Commission- ers of the District of Columbia. We desire to know what gatherings, in your judgment, ,may be held with perfect safety in this hall. It is our desire not only to safeguard the public generally but to fulfill our primary obligation, which is the safety of the pupils in this !d have a specific statement, on the part of your depart- ment, as to just what changes, if an should be made in this hall and its equipment in order to make a perfectly safe place for the gathering of our puplls, Our primary obligation is to- ward these pupils, and if there is any condition existing in this hall which makes the hall unsafe for assemblies of adults wherein no properties are used except a piano used by a single per- former in front of a drawn curtain, then this condition of danger mugt be opera- tive where large masses of children are assembled for addresses or for Songs. “] feel sure that you will appre- clate that we are more than anxious to co-operate with you and we must your detailed directions and suggestions in regard to the use of this hall. TUntil we have such in- formation I §hall direct that the hall be not used for any gatherings what- soever.” Will Take Action at Once. Deputy Fire Marshal Ochstatter and Municipal Architect Harris with- in the mext few days will inspect all of the twenty-seven school audi- toriums to determine what additional safeguards against fire are needed. Jt ix understood fire department officials are considering the sugge: | tion that one hixh school auditorium, possibly Central, be m.de to conform to all of the fire regulations for theatrical performances and allow all of the schools to hold thein en- tertainments there until the other school assembly halls can be brought up to all the fire protective standards. BURGLAR ATTEMPT FAILS. e-Crackers Get No Cash, Start Destructive Fire. CARLISLE, Pa., March 7.—Burglars early today tried to rob the vault of the First National Bank of Mount Holly Springs. six miles from here, but obtained no money as far as Is known. The bank, however, lost all 1its records for sixteen years, includ- ing the current ledgers, through fire stargjed by an acetylene torch. The banking room was badly damaged. but the building was saved by the local fire company. The attempt to rob the bank was imade at about 5 am. by two or three men, it is believed. Entrance was gained to the bank through a back window. The vault doors show evi- dence of the use of a torch. These were opened, but the section where money and securities. are kept with- stood the attack. Whether the vault was set on fire by design or accident is not known, but all the records and | valuable documents stored in the part iof the vault where the thieves man- laged to enter were destroyed. Bank officlals said this was the tenth time in five years attempts have been made to rob the bank. The last time was in October last year. Each time entrance was effected or sought through the same window that the burglars entered today. —_— ASKS CAPTURE OF BANDITS. 1 | The Chinese government has been { requested by the United States gov- {ernment to take all possible meas- iures for the capture and trial of the ibandits who killed Dr. A. L. Stelton, |at American missionary at Batang, Fobruary 17. Dr. Shelton was a med- ical missionary of the Church of the : Disciples of Christ. First news of his i doath was received in a telegram ad- dressed to the general mission board } of his denomination at St. Louis. —_— . Woman ors now preside over luu-ee Minnesota citie: dhue, St Peter and Cohato. i Saf But