Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1922, Page 2

. FX DATETO P G on March 23—Russia Puzzle to Leaders. By the Astociated Press. LONDON, March 13.—The conference of British, French and Italian foreign secretaries in Paris to discuss the program of the Genoa conference has been fixed definitely for March 23, it ‘was announced today. An official statement also was given out that the Italian government had accepted April 10 as the date for the opening of the Genoa gathering, thus disposing of a rumor here during the past two or three days that the con- ference would be abandoned owing to the non-participation of the United States. Speculation on Russia. One of the chief purposes of the conference being the restoration of Russia, it is being asked what effect the soviet attitude will have on the success of the deliberations of the allied experts, who are going ahead with their preparations to meet in London for discussions preliminary to the conference as soon as their material is read, The suggestion that the whole en- terprise contemplated in the call for the Genoa gathering be referred to the league of nations being more and more frequently with here. Whether Premier Poincare will be a member of the French delegation prepared to go to Genoa seems now very doubtful. U. S. Action Limits Scope. The premier would have made an extraordinary effort to spare a few days for the opening of the confer- ence.in case the United States was to be represented, it is stated, but the absence of America has So re- duced the possibilities of useful ac- tion, according to the French view- point, that there is now almost no prospect of his going. The threats of abstention from at- tefrdance made by the Russians are regarded as likely further to reduce the scope of the conference, limiting it practically to problems interesting central Europe alone, as the Russian question, in the opinion of the French, cannot be solved in the ab- sence of Russian representatives. U. S. TO STAND FIRM, DEMANDING SHARE OF BILLION MARKS (Continued from First Page.) likely to be much less. A glance at these figures shows why the French are so much dismayed by the Ameri- c3n bill. QUESTION OF METHOD. Principle of United States Claim Just, Paris Thinks. By the Associated Press. P March 13.—The decision: reached by the allied finance minis:. ters Saturday as to the distribution of the first biilion marks of German reparations payments among the al- liées will probably be brought to the ention of the allied reparations commission in time for discussion at tomorrow’'s meeting. . At the same time the commission will receive notification that the al- lie? governments have referred back tol it for reply the recent Germam mémorandum concerning reparation payments. 7 The American claim for $241,000,000 10!"!33 o?x?lnul of %x.m.,t ‘;51 oc- cupatian recatve differen at- £, -ha besn referred by the finance ministers to their governments, which probably will lead to direct naptiations. e claim of the United States for regmbursement is regarded in allied citoles as on 2 par with, the allied claims upon Germany, according to high authorities. The question, it was infiicated, was one of method rather thin of principle, all idea of claiming thit the treaty of Versailles con- stifuted a first mortgage upon Ger- miny's facilities for payment having been rejected and the right of the Usited States to collect at the same tithe as the allles being conceded. What remains to be determined, it fs'stated, is whether the reparations cofamission 1s the proper collecting aggnt for the United States. What thé preponderance of opinion on this qugstion may be has not developed, | bup when the question was put to ong of the allled representatives at he finance ministers’ conterence, his er was in the afirmative. ther allied authorities, however, an opposite view. If the ques- is_judged strictly according to egal status, they clalm, the United s has no claim on the allles| ut argue the United States must | t with the allies for the ply.l t of expenses of occupation, be- e Germany, under the treaty, is| le to dispose of funds for such | ent without permission of the | allies or the reparations commission. The trouble is, one allied representa- tive sald, that Germany has under- takén contradictory obligations with thb allies and with the United States. — 169 HELD FOR SPEEDING. !fiie- Chief Reports Trafic Law i Violators in Week. Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of police, in his weekly report of the wérk of the police department, told of;a total number of 169 arrests for speeding and 331 arrests for charged vidlation of other c regulations. Seventy-three arrests for violations ofitha Volstead act and 105 for in- takication were among the other ar- Tests made. ring the forty-eight hours ended at;8 o'clock this morning the police de twenty arrests for alleged vio- mn of the Volstead law and fifty- for intoxication. One person was arrested for drinking in public. Arrests for speeding totaled forty- three, while those for violations of other traffic regulations numbered 110. —_— ¢ TWO DIVORCES ASKED. !x'I: Jennie Stone and George Moon i File Suits. Mra. Jennie S. Stone today filed suit in’the District Supreme Court for an abgolute divorce from John Lee Stone. They were married at Baltimore June 29; 1918, and have no children. At- to:nay ‘Webster Ballinger appears for the wife. Absolute divorce is asked In a sult filed by George H. Moon against Nan- cy Moon. The husband charges cru- elfy, desertion and misconduct. They were married December 25, 1912, and have no children. Attorney L. B. Perkins and L. A. Widmayer appear for the husband. _JAIL FOR LYE-THROWER. Caroline Wallace Gets Sevun. Years and Six Months. Caroline Wallace, colored, was con- vieted today by a jury in Criminal Di- vigion 1 of throwing. lye in the eyes ot Policemen Charles W. Reid and C._ Speith, when they. to’ arrest her at her home, in cofirt, December 19 last. The woman ‘was sentenced by Chief Justice McCoy 10, 8erve seven years and six months in the penitentiary. two ed States Attorney lerson conducted the prosecution. * y OA PROGRAM| Chosen for Important - State Department Post ALLEN W. DULLES, Who has been appointed to succeed Robbl PROBE OF RAIL RATES BY I. C. C. NEARING CLOSE Chairman McChord Asks Final Ar- guments for Carriers on Points Raised at Hearing. General investigation into railroad rate levels was concluded today by the Interstate Commerce Commi sion after hearings extending over 5. airman McChord asked attorneys who made the final arguments for the carriers this question, saying the commission wanted light upon the point: “If the commission concludes that there may properly be reduction in railroad rates, ought this reduction to be made on basic commodities, or should it be made horizontally on all rates?" T shall not undertake to answer that," Alfred P. Thom, general coun- sel for the railway executives, sald, “because there is a difference of opinion among the railroad men about it. President Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio, I understand. testified that any reduction should be horizontal, while Vice President Chambers of the Southern Pacific and Mr. Powell of the Erle have expressed the opinion that reductions should be on commodities if at all. It would not be proper for me to give an opinion upon their differences.” PRICE OF GAS CUT FROM $1.10.T0 $1.05 FOR HOME USERS (Continued from First Page.) To private consumers, 4 per cent; to ‘Washington Gas Light Company of land, 15 per cent; to Georgetown Gas Light Company of Maryland, 9 per cent; to Rosslyn Gas Light Company of Virginia, 12 per cent, and to United States and District of Columbfa govern- ments, no change. ‘They have also assumed ‘reduced prices for manufacturing materials used in the production of gas, Elv. ing a net manufacturing cost of 5.05 cents per thousand cubic feet sold less than for 1921. Manufacturing labor and work expense, production expenses of the Geargetown Gas Light Company. transmission and dis- tribution expenses, street lamp oper- ation and commercial expen: have all been estimated In ambunt for the year 1922, the same as in the year 1921, but this Is in effect a decrease of 4 per cent, since the estimated make of gas for 1922 is increased by that pefcentage. Made Careful Amalysis. “The commission has made a care- ful analysis of the statements sub- mitted by the companies, after com- paring them with the books and monthly reports for the year 1921, and reaches the conclusion that a re- duction of 5 cents per thousand cubic feet can be made from the present rates to private consumers and still permit the companies to earn a fair return on the fair value of their properties.” The income is placed at $991,000. “While this amount is in excess of a return of 7 per cent of the board funds, it does not take into account centain claims of the companies as presented in their testimony. As state above, the amount set up by the companies for maintenance and general amortization at the rate of 9 cents per thousand sold was $4 689.70 less thar the amount actually expended for maintenance, nothing to be credited for general amortization. The statements as sub- mitted do not show how’ much of the $440,657.52 spent for maintenance in 1921 represents renewals or replace- ments of property that either should have been capitalized or charged to the reserve for general amortization. It appears from the annual report of the companies for 1921 that only $5,242.48 was charged to this reserve on account of renewals, replace- ments or retirements of property by the Washington Gas Light Company and only $1,804.80 by the Georgetown Gas Light Company. The commis- sion believes that the item of general amortization will' be fully provided for in 1922 under the rates proposed, if proper charges for renewals and replacements are made to capital or to the reserve. Preferential Rate Question. “In its orders issued May 29 and October 29, 1920, the commission call- ed attention to the statutory pro- vision limiting the amount that may be pald for gas furnished to build- ings of the United States and the Dis- trict of Columbia to 70 cents per thousand cubic feet, and to the lim- ited appropriations for street light- ing ‘which prevent any increase in the flat rate now paid. At the time s | Bas governments paid the same rates for gns as private consumers under lke conditions, the revenues of the com. panies would have been increased at the rate of $54,000 per annum. Dur- ing the calendar year 1921 this un- derpayment amounted to $57,930.34, applying to gas furnished to public bqllldll;lz%! only. tim n ), at the 16 _of highest for gas, the cost of gas ?eum‘lfi“’?: the street lampburner was approxi- mately $1 per thousand cublc feet, the companies receiving for gas used for street lighting approximately 30 cents per thousand cubic feet, the loss amounting to approximately ! from $114,000 per annum. The loss this source in 1921 ‘has not been so great, since the cost of manu- facturing gas has been reducld, the cost delivered at the street lamp be- ing 74.28 cents per thoussnd, while the amount received has remained at 30 cents. On the assumption that the companies should receive no more than the actual cost of delivered to such lamps, this resuits in derpayment of 000 per annum. per thousand cubic this m that if the federal and District governments had pald same rates as other consumers under like conditions, the rates %o private consumers during 1931 could have been ‘reduced approximately 3.31 cents per thousand. “This question of s preferential rate to the two governments was pre- sented to the committees in Congress in 1930, as a result of which Congress Pl in l: t of gas sold, cubic feet, ts | 2 COL DAVIS CHOSEN ADJUTANT GENERAL September 1—Aoting”in Office at Present. Col. Robert C. Davis, United Sta infantry, who was adjutant general of the American expeditionary forces during the world war, will be ap- pointed the adjutant general of the Army September 1 next. On that @ate BMaj. Gen. Peter C. Harris, who has filled that office for the past four years, will be transferred to the re- tired list, on his own ication, rcf.ton thirty-eight years’ aetive serv- Announcement to that effect was made at the War Department today on telegraphic authority from Secre- tary Weeky, now on a visit to St Augustine,’Fla. Gen. Harrls has been ranted five months' leave of absence rom April 1, and will spend most of that period in southern Europe with (Mrs. Harris, who is in impaired health. Col. Davis, who is now on duty at the War Department one of Gen. Harris' assistants, has been designat- ed to act as adjutant general during the absence of Gen. Eflrrl-, pending Mis permanent appointment. Col. Davis i{s from Pennsylvania, and was graduated from the Military Academy In 1898. Recelves Many Heonors. For his services during the world war he was appointed a brigadie general, N. A.,, and awarded the dis tinguished service medal by our gov- the Legion of Honor (com- mander), by France; the Order of the Bath (companion, by Great Britain, the Order of the Crown (command- er), by Belgium; the Order of the Crown (commander), by Italy; the Order of Prince Danilo I (grand officer), by Montenegro, and the Order of La Soledaridad (second class), by Panama. The citation of the distinguished service medal follows: “For extraordinary meritorlous and distinguished services. As adjutant general of the American expedition- ary forces he has performed his ex- acting duties with high professional skill and administrative ability. The exceptional efficiency of the adjutant general’s department under his di- fection was a material factor in the success of the staff work at general headquarterd’ Comm: ed 6th Brigad Upon returning to the United States Col. Davis, as a_ brigadier-general, commanded the Gth Infantry Brigade and was in general charge of Infan- try instruction in the 3rd Division. Prior to the world war Col. Davis participated in the expedition against Santiago in the Spanish-American war and in numerous campaigns dur- ing the Philippine insurrection. In addition to duty with troops and as adjutant general of the Amer- jcan expeditionary forces, Col. Davis has served as adjutant and instructor of infantry taetics at the United States Military Academy, instructor and inspector of Philippine Scouts, and instructor to the militia of Massachusett: D.C.BILL IS DELAYED. - Agricultural Bill Has Right of ‘Way Over Pawnbroker Measure. The pawnbrokers' bill, which was scheduled to «come up in the Hou today, this belg the regular District day, has been delayed and may be called up late this afternoon. ‘When arrangements were made for bringing up the pawnbrokers’ bill to- day it was expected that the agricul- tural appropriation bill would have been passed Saturday. The eul- tural appropriation bill is unfinished busines: however, and Cbairman Focht of the House District commit- tee consented to step aside until con- sideration of the agricultural bill he been finished. FATHER, 80, KILLS SON, 45 Have Argument Over Neighbor Bnfldlgg Shed on Property. SAN JOSE, Calif., March 1 Joseph Feltin, forty-five, was shot through the head and killed tonight by his father, Louis Feltin, eighty, after they discussed whether a neigh- bor should given permission to erect a shed on thelr property. The son is survived by a ‘bride of two weeks, jll at a local hospital. POISONED IN HOSPITAL. KENDALLVILLE, Ind., March 13.— One woman is dead and four others are =aid to be in a critical condition at the Lakeside Hospital here as a result of ptomaine poisoning, which, it s be- lleved, was caused by canned sausage served at the noon meal at the Saturday. atjthe hoayiial directed the bureau of standards to make an investigation of the stand- ard, quality apd cost of production and distribution of gas furnished the government and private consumers in the District of Columbia. The bu- resu of standards made such an in- vestigation and submitted its report to Congress on December 6, 1! gesting that, at the prices then pr. vailing & ‘differential of 10 cents per thousand cubic feet can be made in favor of the government quite f{n pendently of the rate schedule to other customers and also indepen ently of changes in the price of ga: 80 long as conditions regarding dl: tribution are not radically changed. In this disc on it has been as- sumed that the rates paid for street and park lighting would be so ad- justed as to pay the actual cost of this service.” far no action has been taken by Congress on this re- port. Progress Is Outlined. “In May, 1920, the commission firat established wholesale rates for pri- vate consumers, the firat step in the schedule including all econsumers using less than 1 cubic feet of r month. In March, 1921, coun- sel for the Washingon Lunch Room Assoclation requested a change in th steps making up the schedule, sug- gesting that the maximum rate ap- ply to all gas consumed in quant! ties less than 50,000 cubic feet p. month, with a reduction of § cents for each §0,000 cubic feet per month until the minimun, rate is reached. ‘The Commission considered that some such change in the step rate was reasonable, but that it should not apply to t! extent suggested. Accordingly, tI first step was made to include those cus- tomers using less 50,000 feet per month, the next step for 50,000 g::lu he‘t I‘l.ul length:n 25'00.000, ‘eonble t, and the mext step r ,000 gnbin l.al and less than §00,000 cubic eot, and so on. “These Steps were ahwod in July, 1921, so a8 to further reduce the v: riation between the minimum and maximum amounts. At the hearing in the present case representatives of th munchroom Association re- newed thelr request that the mched- ule should progress in ateps of 50,000 ot 80, to show 1921 ing 000 cubic feet. The record; th of mber, lsrgest consumption that in.the mo: i, mgarh, 0 168 ted oustomers el 000 cublc feet and of - & total that month .ut.llhor the oircumstances, 8s] considers it inadvisahle to make on any further qhn“: in the steps of the schedule at this time” SCENE OF RIOTIN [} JREITFONTEIN M hows section of the Ramd =& strike in the burg, Benoni, Pretoria, Krugerasderp and Reitfontel PRETORIA () where severe fighting has followed: gold fields. The outbreaks have been centered in Johanne: British South African treeps are striving to quell the revolutiomary movement. PRESIDENT EXPECTS TO RETURN FRIDAY (Continued from First Page.) with Speaker _ Gillett, Secretary Fletcher and E. B. McLean the execu- tive played a round of golf on the course here. know _nothing about it Mr. Harding sald when asked about a re- ported attack by Superintendent An- derson of the New York Anti-Saloon league on the Constitutional League, and their alleged “hoodwinking” of Mr. Harding and other members of the houseboat party into becoming members. It is not unusual, how- ever, for any man ‘to be taken in’ by such things,” he added. Continuing their lelsurely cruis down the coast yesterday, the Pres dent and his party spent all day aboard the houseboat, which made only a brief stop at Rock Ledge, where mail and newspapers were waiting.© It was not knowr today h8w far south the President plans to £0, but some of the membets of his party sre urging him to continue be- yond the middle of the week, the time originally set for the return to St Augustine. The decision was believed to depend on weather conditions, which have been ideal so far, as well as developments at Washington. Approves Hughes’ Letter. To a group of newspaper men as- sembled on the pler at Rock Ledge, President Harding yesterday express- ed his approval of the letter of ‘Secre- tary Huglies to Senator Underwood on the four-power Pacific, treaty. “That's fine, I'm glad he did it,” the President said when they informed him of the substance of the letter as carried in news dispatches from Washington. ‘Attorney General Daugherty also questioned the correspondents on hap- penings in Washington, and the entire party registered satisfaction when a batch of daily papers were taken aboard. Except for a brief glante yesterday, the party had boen without newspapers during the past twenty- four hours, which was spent aboard the houseboat out of touch with land. Among the people who welcomed the President .and Mrs. Harding during the brief stop at the pier were Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Kling and daugh- ter. Mr. Kling Is a brother of Mrs. Harding and lives at Rock Ledge. Both the President and Mrs. Harding recognized them before the boat docked and greetings were ex- changed. Afterward both the chief oxecutive and his wife shook hands with the people standing on the near- by dock’ More cheers went with the boat as It pulled out for theé south. COAL STRIKE NEAR AS OFFICIALS LOSE HOPE TO AVERT IT (Continued from First Page.) up with an enormous supply of coal and the price should drop sharply on April 1 it would be too great a loss to lay upon the merchants for pro- tecting the entire community. There- fore, it was said, they have urged each householder to be prepared. Storiag Up Ceal. The public utilities of the District and the city government itself are storing up\all of the fuel they can get in anticipation of a coal atrike on April 1, a survey of local condi- tions reveales The Potomac Electric Power Com pany, which furnishes all of the city's electric light and provides cur- rent for the Washington Railway and Electrf¢ Company, has on hand 15,000 tons, equal to a twenty-five- day supply. The Capital Traction company, which generates its own current, has about 4,000 tons, which would oper- ate the cars of that aystem for about forty-five days. Officials of- the Washington Gas Light Company declined to state how many tons they had stored up or how many days it would last. The only statement the E: company would make was that it always looked ahead to such situations and that it is “comfortably fixed” now with re- ard to fuel. M. C. Hargrove, purchasing agent for the District government, has noti- fied all department heads to make re- quisition for all the coal they can as 2 precaution against a strike. Willlam F. Ham, president of th Potomac Electric Power id that his company at this time of tl year gets in about 550 tons of coal & day to the {nel for W] cllities. = ‘l(r. Ham said about 80 per cent of coal comes from the Cumberland district and the balance from West Virginis. AGREE TO CONFERENCES. Wage Scale Comm!‘ tbal\ Prepare Plans for Meeting. NEW YORK, March 13.—The scale committee of the anthracite mine workers met today to perfect plans for & joint conference With represep- tatives of the operators on Wednes- day. The demand be presented to the operatars ed at a convention in Jai and that he is endeavoring get into the Benning plant all of ich he has storage fa- o that all mes cent, and tha dly"lu given an incréase of one dol- lar a day. A standard check-oft tem will be ssked and & straight olthtahou{- 'fi:y underground for in- s ay labor. l!’h- .u.l’ e committes is under in- structions from the cqnventlon “to perfect arrangements providing for a suspensfon of mining on April 1 in the event that no satisfactory agree- ment has been arrived at as of that date.” A report circulated through the an- thracite regions that miners will be- gin guitting March 16 is denled by officers of the union. - BALTIMORE, Md., March 13.—The scale committeo of the Northern West ia_Coal Operators’ Association and C, F. Keeney, president of Dis- triet No. 17, United Mine Workers of America, will be, Baltimore March 256 for & Wage acale for the Northern West Virginia fleld offective mext April 1. \Was agreed to at a meeting here today between the . commitice and Mr. n B GEN. JAN CHRISTIAN SMUTE, Who escapes assassin's bullet. ARMY FUND BILL CUT CONSISTENTLY (Continued from First Page.) as a lump sum and projects on which work would be continued are not specified. None of the appropriation will go for new projects, however. Rations Cut te 30 Cents. For subsistence of the Army the committee recommended $16,650,000, approximately $13,000,000 less than last year's appropriation, the de- crease being brought about by a re- duction to 30 cents per ration. The subcommittee, which spent three months in holding hearings and framing the bill, reported that “the excessive cost of maintaining the Regular Army over pre-war expendi- tures” was found to be largely due to the “expensive methods of its ad- ministration.” “It seems to be the fixed policy of the general staff to station full di- visions in Hawaii and Panama,” the report said. “Except in the ‘times of emergency it is not believed such a policy is justified, as it will cost as much to malntain these two divi- sions in Panama and Hawail as our entire Regular Army cost us in the years following the Spanish war.” Commenting on the cost of main- taining troops on the Rhine, the com- mittee calls attention to Germany" failure to pay the cost. The com- mittee also declared that “no ade- quate reason has been shown for the maintenance of any troops in China’ ‘An appropriation of $435.000 is recommended for the conmstruction, repair and maintenangs of roads, bridges and trails in Alas®a. INDEFINITE #UND SLICED. Appropriation for Monument and Other Local Works Pared. Appropriations _for the Washing- ton Monument, Soldlers’ Home, Ar- lington national cemetery and other local institutions are inciuded in the Army appropriation bill. The Sol- diers’ Home comes under the perma. nent annual and indefinite approprid* tions for non-military activities of the War Department. The bill re- ported today carries a total of $872,- NAVY YEOMANETTES TAKEN IN RESERVES Association Votes to Wel- come Woman War Workers With Open Arms. Women who served in the United States Navy during the war as yeo- men (f) were a decided asset, and they will bo received with open arms in the proposed new naval re- serve legislation which is being con- sidered today at the annual conven- tion of the Naval Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States. Thousands of women were enrolled in the Naval Reserve and filled posi- tions at varlous shore stations dur- ing the -war, but since. have been disenrolled. The association was con- sidering the proposed law, a sxction of which said that the reserve “shall be composed of citizens of the United States.” Efforts were made to have inserted ‘the word “male” before “citizens,” which would have exclud- ed the yeomen (f). Rear Admiral Latimer, judge ad- vocate general of the Navy, said that these women had rendered very val- uable services during the past war, and they should not be excluded. The association approved. E In explaining the proposed lawy which was preparcd by a board ol regular naval officers, Admiral Lati- mor explained that the board has gone exhaustively into every detail and-had decided that in framing the new legislation all old lecgislation should be wiped completely off the slate. He asserted that under the several laws today under which_the reserve is operating, the contrduier general of the United States can do almost anything he wants. High Rank Discussed. The matter of high ranking officers in the Naval Reserve stirred up con- siderable discussion. Commander W. B. Waite of New York city pointed out” that the Naval Reserve should be allowed high rank just the same as is done in the National Guard, and sald that it was unfair for a board of naval officers, in considering a new law, to start with the premise that there were no officers in_the Naval Reserve qualified to fill high ranks afloat during a war. He pointed out that Capt. Evers of Chicago, a reserve officer, commanded a battle- ship division dpring the war, and pointed to other instances. If these officers could perform the duties under a lower rank, they cer tainly were qualified, he belicved, to fulill them under a fag rank. I was unfair, he continued, for a board of the Navy to say that any Naval Reserve officer, no matter what his experience or what his talent, was rot qualified to fill a flag rank either in time of peace or during a war. Something to Work For. Capt. A. B. Frye, New Yosk ci pointed out that the bill should rec- ognize the ambition of American vouth to get ahead, and should gro- vide these promotions as something to work for. To make the reserve attractive, yqung men should hav pointed out to them the opportunity of reaching high rank. Aside from a reading of the pay bill for naval reservists recently intro- duced In Congress, and on which no action was taken, the convention took up practically the entire morning session with tMe conslderation of the proposed rcserve bill and the amend- ments of the asscciation's committee which has been giving the matter consideration. The afterhoBn session will be given up. to a completion of the considera- tiont of the measure. The convention will ‘conclude with a banquet at the New Willdrd tonight, at which Sec- retary Denby of the Navy Depart- ment is to be the principal speaker. CONVICTED WOMAN SAYS TWO MEN KILLED DENTON Mrs. Peete, in Jail, Blames Others for Death of Wealthy Miner. SAN FRANCISCO. March 13.—Mrs. Louise Peete, in a statement made at San Quentin prison yesterday, desig- nated two Los Angeles men as slay- ers of Jacob C. Denton, wealthy Los Angeles mining promoter, for whose death Mrs. Peete was convicted of murder and sentenced to life impris- onment, according to Mrs. Angela Kauffman, philanthropist and social worker of Los Angeles. Mrs. Peete, according to Mrs. Kauff- man, admitted she had knowledge of the slaying. The two men named, it was said, are both prominent resi- dents of Los Angeles. Mrs. Kauffman said Mrs. Peete made the statement in her cell at San Quentin in the presence of Mrs. Kauffman and her attorney, S. Girl Who Eloped With Wealthy Yale Athlete The pretty Ziegfeld “Follies” girl, Geneva Mitchell, who eloped with Robert S. Savage, wealthy Yale stu- dent. Savage was m bamae ball star at Yale and had a poetic interest in the world at large. —He vinited the “Follies” show and there had his first xlimpne of Miss Mitchell, garbed in her athletic oung Savage wai itor of the “Follies,” and the romance developed until they de- clded to OPPOSE GERMAN MOVE TO GAIN BY LOW MARK Américan Bankers' Commissioner ‘Wants Pre-War Debts Paid at Pre-War Value. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 13.—German interests said to be desirous of set- American_banks with the present greatly depreciated German mark will need to beware of the commerce and matine commission of the Ameri- can Bankers' Association, Fred I Kent, chairman, said yesterday. Mr. Kent, who is vice president of the Bankers’ Trust Company of New York, said some efforts already have been ‘made to obtain such settlements. and the commission which he heads is seeking. through co-operation with the United States government, the re- covery for American banks of pre- war balances owed by German insti- tutions at the pre-war valuation of the mark. The obligations of the German banks, Mr. Kent declared, are in ef- fect a lien on property now in the hands of the alien property custodian tling their pre-war balances owed to| NO DISTURBANCES | BY GANBHI ARREST Followers Remain Caim, Al- though Some Unrest Shows in Parts of India. By tife Associated Press. LONDON; March 13.—Press di patches from Madras, Bombay, Cal- cutta and Lahore agree that there was little excitement in India over the arrest of the non-co-operation- ist leader, Gandhi, which had long been expected. The Morning Post's Madras cor- respondent reports that the Gand- hists there organized a meeting and made a bonfire of foreign-made cloth A Calcutta dispatch to the Tim: says the leading non-co-operators in the Bengal provinces welcomed the arrest, because they say Gandhi will no longer be charged with escaping punishment while compelling others to_suffer. Lahore advices to the Daily Tele- graph report that Gandhi welcomed his arrest, as bringing protection from his overzealous disciples. Unrest Among Sikhs. Apart from the non-co-operative movement, which is most active in the united provinces of Indfa, Reuter dispatch from Delhi, ‘the feature of the Indian situation is the jumping & POKo, unrest among the Sikhs in the prov- ince of Punjab. The political movement seeking the re-establishment of Sikh supremacy in the Punjab, the dispatch adds, is becoming inextricably mixed up with an internal religious quarrel over the guardianship of the shrines. Many. members of this religious organiza- tion are enrolling as volunteers in the Akali Fanj, a political military force armed with battle-axes, clubs and sporting guns. The rebellion in this organization is increasing daily, owing to the ap- peal made to the warlike tendencies of the Sikhs by the non-co-operation agitators. Another Menace. The propaganda of the non-co- operationists, according to the i patch, also has found fertile ground farther south in Odiapur, where the restlessness of the Bhils over local grievances is being worked upon by the followers of Mohandas K. Gandhi. This agitation has culminated in the organization of an army under an ex- tremist named Moti Lal, consisting of several thousand men armed with guns, swords and bows and arrows This force collided a few days ago with a government contingéent of Bhils, in which twenty-two of rebels were killed and twenty-eight wounded before they wers dispersed Another source of anxiety to the government of India is the larg: number of civil servants retiring pre. maturely, owing to discontent with present conditions, an importan consideration being the insults and dangers to which their wives and families daily are being subjected. and the commission intends to see that American banks are given due consideration in connection with any legislation relative to the disposition of such property. British and French banks already Iha\'e arranged for settlement of their pre-war balances on a pre-war basis, Mr. Kent declared. SUPREME COURT DROPS LABOR LEADERS’ APPEAL Howat, and Other Kansas Union Men Remain in Contempt of Court in Home State. The Supreme Court today dismissed the writs of error by which Alaxander Howat and other labor leaders sought to have reviewed the decision of the Kansas state courts holding them guilty of contempt of court for their refusal to appear before the court of industrial relations. The conviction of Howdt, August Dorchy, Thomas Harvey and Robert B. Foster, all leaders of the United Mine Workers of Kansas, followed their refusal to appear before the court of industrial relations of Kan- sas and give information in an inves- tigation of mining conditions made {upon complaint of mefmbers of a labor union of which they were officers. iThe state courts held them in con- tempt, and sentenced them to jail un- til willing to testify. Howat and his associates contended that they could not be held in contempt by one court for their refusal to appear before an- other tribunal whose organization, they insisted, was unconstitutional. ‘The effect of the refusal of the court to dispose of the appeals on the issues which Howat and his as- | soclates sought to raise will be go leave effective the decision of t*e lower courts holding them In con- tempt for refusing to appear before the court of industrial relations and also holding them In contempt for ordering a strike after they had been S 000, which is $53,000 less than the aP- | Hahn. Mrs. Kauffman said Mrs. Peete | enjoined from doing so. ropriation for the current fiscal ;eng. There is a decrease of $13,000, from $85,000 to $72,000, in the Sol-: diers’ Home interest account, and 8 decrease of $40,000 to $800,000 in the permanent fund. - The committee has recommended consolidation of the item for main- tenance of the Arlington memorial amphitheater chapel with the item for maintaining and improving natlonal cemeteries. Testimony be- fore the committee indicated, Repre- sentative Anthony sais that there was no reason for maintaining a separate force for the maintenance of the memorial amphitheater and chapel, s that its consolidation with the force of the Arlington cem- etery would effect an economy in the cost of operation. ‘A supplemental estimate of $15,000 for repairs to the ampitheater and hapel was submitted. The commit- tee after a personal inspection has recommended the provision of $5,000 for this purpose by reappropriation of the unobligated balance of the ap- propriation for construction of the amphitheater and shapel. Under the appropriation for main- tenance of the Washington Moun- ment the committee has recommend- ed language authorizing the use of the appropriation for the purpose of providing the installation necessary to enable the furnishing of electric current from commercial sources in- tead of maintaining a plant at the Mohument. Testimony of the officer in charge of public building: and_grounds indicated that this would effect ‘2 material saving am: nually. Appropriations recommended _ fo! maintenance and care of buildings and grounds in aend around Wash- ington include $50.000 for the reflect- ing pool in West Potomac which is $200,000 le yl n the cur- rent appropriation rand $50,000 less than recommended by the budget bu- reau. The total for buildings and grounds in_and around Washington is $79,920. For care and maintenance of the-Washington Monument $17,320 is recommended, which is $1,000 less than the current appropriation and $200 lesa_than the budget estimate. For malftenance and operation of Lincoln Memorial $11,000 is recom- mended, which is, $410 less than the current’ appropristion and $1,140 1 than the budget estimate. Fo. building where Abraham Lincoln died an appropriation of $200 is reported. which is $600 less than the current appropriation, n_negotiations in|V morrow _sven! Thomson School, 13th northwest. J . ‘The mesting will be in the nature tion, and dancing will fol- signed the statement and that Hahn is en route to Los Angeles to obtain affidavits and depositions from sev- eral persons declared to be in a posi- tion to substantiate the convicted woman’s declarations. ASKS $129,000 SALARY. Antonio Moreno, Picture Star, Sues Vitagraph Company. LOS ANGELES, March 13.—Antonio Moreno, motion picture actor, has filed suit for $129,000 against the Vitagraph Company here, claiming that sum was due him as $alary for seventy-six weeks. He alleged the company had broken a contract by dischargitg him for refusal to work in pictures as a ‘“co-star.” He said his contract provided that his was nothing but “star” roles. PACIFIC MAIL’S DEFICIT. $495,591 Is Shown in Report of Loss to ‘Stockholders. W YORK, March 13.—A deficit of $495,691 in 1921 operations of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, as compared With a net income of $1,622,470 in 1920, was shown in the annual report to stockholders. Gross revenues last year were $5,948,931 against $10,136,095 for 1920. “Adverse shipping conditions of the ( last year are likely to continue dur- ing 1 sald Presidént C. J. Bald- win, “and no entirely satisfactory operations of American liners can be expected until the United States government has put into effect a practical shipping policy.” —— FAVOR LIQUOR TREATIES. Dry Agents Would Negotiate With Foreign Nations to Pre- 5 vent Smuggling. ‘To help puj a stop to liquqr smuggli into the United States ‘across t;'ni m islands off the Florida coast, prohibition otficials are understood to favor the attempt to negotiate “liquor -treatles” with -Great Britain and Cuba. Negotiation with foreign nations look- Ing toward bnndlng the rum runner as & pirate vessel, and subject to capture derstood also to slon of wolve many diplomatic questiona. ¥ | e e LENT AN OPPORTUNITY .TO STUDY YOURSELF The largest crowd of the series greeted James L. Wilmeth, who pr sided at the layman's midday Lenten service at Keith's Theater today. The yrincipal speaker was Dr. Thomas E. Green of the American Red Cross, who spoke upon “The Sig- nificance of Lent.” Dr. Green said: “Lent spells opportunity—opportunity once each year to stand face to face with yourself, and take spiritual stock. “Man has but three important rela~ tions,” he said. “His relation to him- self,, his relation to his fellow men and Lis relation to God. he man 0 is right with himself need have no fear of his fellow man or God.” The speaker for tomorrow, is Dr. Howard Kelley, Baltimore surgeon. Dr. Sinclair Bowen will preside, with twenty or more prominent local physi- cians on the platform to honor Dr. Kelley. Meetings wil be held every cept Saturday. BORAH QUESTIONS' HUGHES WRITING OF FOUR-POWER PACT (Continued from First Page.) day, ex- the United States. We neither ex- pect nor wish to live a hermit nation. I believe in consultations and con- ferences among the nations of the earth. No leagues are required for this, no alliances, no engagements to devise efficient means to meet ag- gression, no freezing of the status quo by ‘ambiguous treaties, so that wronged peoples will be forever without redress. - nne: fragkness, the sunlight of publicity alone are required. To just this sort of thing we looked fors ward in the limitation fs' armament conference. The President himself really thought, when he addressed the Senate and presented the treatl that the conference had been co: ducted in this fashion. In the multi- plicity of his duties he could not know all that transpired. He evi- dently was not aware that in all the minutes presented there nothing concerning theé gquadruple alllance. Indced, there has never been greater lfl:ru‘:y eotuwnln: p‘l‘y document submitted to our people. true that two distinguished memmbers of the Senate were members of the conference. It is obvious from their state: ts upon the floor that they know little or nothing concern- ing its making. The treaty is pre- sented to the Senate without word or tion and with a denlal of any Comment of Lloyd George. Asked by a representative of the Skeich ul the Creccieth, where the premier is on vacation, whether he would say anything in reply to the speech delivered Sunday by Mr. Mon- tagu, the former secretary for India. Mr. Lloyd George is quoted as having a: If Mr. Montagu has anvthing he would like to say in the house of commons when I return to London, | shall be prepared to deal with it.” The correspondent adds that Mr Lloyd George, obeying his physicians’ orders, remained in bed until noon Sunday, but later attended services in the chapel. . Reading Lauds Montagu. By the Assoclated Press. AGRA, British India, March 11 Replying to an address of welcome on his arrival here today, the Earl of Reading, viceroy of India, referred to the deep sense of his personal loss through the resignation of Edwin 8. Montagu as secretary for India. The resignation had.completely surprised him, the viceroy continued, and de- clared that whatever the criticisms that had passed here or in England. M Montagu's devotion to India's cause could not be doubted. DELHI, March 12—Twenty Moha medan members of the Indian legis- lature now here have sent to Prime Minister Lloyd George an emphatic protest against the British govern- ment’s “deplorable action” in connec- tion with the resignation of Seccetary for India Montagu. HITS EDUCATION BOARD. Directors of Civitan Club Criticise Action on Library Use. The board of education was severely criticised for its action in uthorizing the use of the branch ibraries of the Public Library in the public schools in the District by white and colored children without discrimination, at a recent special meeting of the board of directors of the Civitan Club. ‘The action was described ‘as vicious and detrimental to the in- terests of both white and colored.” and in the opinion of the board “any empt to put this order into effect would be provocative of violent dis- sensions and disorder. A resolution was adopted which called attention to the fact that Congress has “clearly and decisively provided for schools in a manner that permits the admission of white chiliren only to schools established for them. and for colored children only to schools provided for them.” This _resolution also states that the board of education “by its action has clearly indicated its_intention of eventually removing all racial bar- riers with a view to having mixed ichools in the District at some future time.’ PINCHOT TO SEEK OFFICE. Announces Candidacy for Nomina- tion as Governor. PHILADELPHIA, March 13—Gif- ford Pinchot, state forestry commis- sioner, last \night{ announced his candidacy for the republican ber- natorial nomination at the May primaries]. Others who have announced that they would be candidates are State Banking Commissioner John 8§ Fisher, Lieut. Gov. Edward E. Beidle- man and State Treasurer Charles A. Snyder. NOONDAY LENTEN SERVICES B. F. KEITH'S THEATER [ 12:30 to 1 o’clock § { 3 ! Speaker Tomorrow . Dr. Howard Kelly