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’ ) v " DELAY SHOWDOW ON SIZE OF ARMY Yote on Pay Allowance Goes Over Week End in House by . Kahn’s Request. A showdown in the House on the Size of the Army went over today until next week ‘at the request of Chairman Kahn of the military af- fairs committee. Under ordinary procedure a vote on the pay allowance provisions for cause of the week end absence from U. S. SPECIALIST WINS BATTLE WITH ROYALTY IN CHINA OVER “SPECS” Correspondence of the Assoclated Press. PEKING, February 21.—To wear “specs” or not to wear them was a problem which recently threw ti:e imperial household of the Chin dynasty Into consternation when ft was discovered that the eye- sight of Hsuan Tung, the young ex-emperor, was failing. Heated discussions filled the royal halls, the old empress dow- ager leading the “antis” with the heretofore incontrovertible argu- ment that no other member of the Chin dynasty ever had worn glasses, therefore such a thing was mot correct in the highest ex- royal circles. But the former dowager em- press lost the battle when she pitted her dynastic arguments agalnst the modern sclence of an The American expert said it must SIMILARITY OF NAMES NEARLY COSTS MAN l THREE-YEAR JAIL TERM Robert E. Davis, 2 young white man, was saved today from be- coming the vic{im of & similarity of names. Davis was convicted of taking an automoblle without the permissior. of the owner, and was before the court for sentence. The chief justice had before him a record of one Robert E. Davis, which called for the imposition of a severe sentence. Mistaking the accused for that Davis, the court directed that he be sent to the penitentiary for thfee years. Some one discovered within a few minutes that the record sub- mitted to the court belonged to another Davis and called the at- tien of Chief Justice McCoy to the mistake. The prisoner was again ordered before the bar and his sentence changed to one year ai MR DAV REPIRS ON STRIKE STATUS Operators Divided on Ques- tion of Negotiating, Some Flatly Refusing. The exact status at the present time of negotiations instituted by the De- artment of Labor toward forestalling the threatened coal strike called for April 1, was announced yesterday by Secretary of Labor Davis just befors he left Washington for Illinofs. Operators in two ficlds have flatly attend a couference of operators of officers and enlisted men in the ATmy | Armerican oy, Oc a | n eye specialist from the SoquER. declined to Join in any § appropriation bill would have been | Feking Union Medical College, the e S e e reached late today, but it was agreed | Rockefeller Foundation Institu- Davi v gt M ! = o I o avis said, while operators in threes o e i fields have significd a willingness to cither be “specs” or ing sight all slates in the cenfral competitive Washington of a number of members.| for Hsuan Tung, and “specs” it fleld will meet together with repre. Chairman Kahn Iz expected to lead | Was . sentatives of the miners. e the fight for an Army during the —_— The Pittsburgh Coal J'roducers’ As sociation and the Southern Ohio Coal coming fiscal year equal in size to the present strength, although the bill provides for a reduction in enlisted personnel to 115,000 men and in offi- ce1s to 11,000, The -bonus bill is expected to be ziven preference on the House cal- {LEADERS TO TAKE BONUS BILL TANGLE BEFORE PRESIDENT T0 EXTEND WORK, Increased Funds Will Allow | Operators’ Association «re the two as- sociations which do not care to join in an interstate agreement. The for- mer has positively dcclined to Join in the renewal of the central com= petitive fleld agreement The Southern Ohio Coal Operators’ endar during the fore part of the coming week, and leaders sald they ——— o . i Association has declined to join in did not expect a* vote on the Army (Continued from First Page.) Expanding of Aid to lany interstate agreement, but will strength before Wednesday meet its own emploves to negotiate The stern Ohio Coal Operators’ As- Disagreement on Size. The size of the Army provoked a disagreement between republican | o ] r ervice certificate and in favor of the leaders in the House yesterday. No |original cash bonus provision. The number of offices of the burcau of | Operators The lattir. ho sooner had Chairman Kahn of the|Yoecational training and home and forelgn and domestic commerce "‘"”!l‘n—'c,;—m;-'\‘-“:f: eohoses indounfonts military affairs committee expressed in and others favorable to the plan, the report would declare against the ibank loan provision of the adjusted and aid titles did not meet with ob- ion in the conference called by l | Business. Increase in both personnel and the take place shortly after the begin- ning of the fiscal year 1923, on July | sociation and the Central Ohio Asso- ciation will meet in a joint conf: ence, ar wil] the the No. S, Ohio Coa own rcale. A cers, 1o negotiate the The Indiana Coal Operators’ opposition to any reduction in the | Mr. Kitchin. : 0 - enlisted or officer strength than Did Not Appear on Kloor. 1, 1922, as a result of the increased | Slation accepied the Inviiation Staren Representative Mondell, republican| The democratic leader, who has appropriations granted the bureau by ; 3,y tecond acceptance was been absent from Congress for near- qualified by an expression of futility leader, declared he approved action of the subcommittee which framed the bill in providing that by July 1 the enlisted personnel of the Reg- ular Army must be cut to '115,000 men and the number of officers de- creased to 11,000, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts. Mr. Mondell said Congress could not properly or logically judge as to what should be the size of the Army by comparisons with the mili- tary establishments of nations “with which there is not the slightest prob- -fl lity we shall ever come in con- ict."” An Army such as proposed by the bill, in the opinfon of the republican leader would be able to perform ‘mecessary and essential duties,” and at the same time be possible of rapid expansion in case of an emergency. With party lines disregarded to a certain extent the House momber- ship appeared to be divided into three main groups—one determined to stand by the committee recommen- dations. another paring to demand an Army of 100,000 men, while the third was lining up in support of the War Department, which requested a ay allowance sufficient to maintain 150,000, men and 13,000 officers dur- ing the coming fiscal year. Republican members were said to be represented in all three camps, while most of the democrats were expected by their leaders to join the “small Army” forces, Representative Sisson, Mississippl, one of the demo- cratic members of the subcommittee in charge of the bill, having an- nounced he would offer an amend- ment to reduce the number of en- listed men to 100,000. ARGUMENTS MADE INDIVORCE INQUIRY Iy a year on aaccount of ill health, i did not appear on the floor. He went direct to his office, where prominent democrats were invited to meet him. He remained at the Capitol for an hour or more, but aside from those who conferred with him few mem- 1 bers of the House knew that he was in Washington. Representative Frear's assault on icritics of the bonus bill was delivered | just before the House adjourifed. Be- sides Secretary Mellon and Controller Crissinger, he attacked newspapers of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and other cities and financiers of New York city generally. He charged that the rich were under- taking to impose a sales tax on the people in connection with the bonus and declared that in his judgment the bill as drawn without any tax pro- vision would be passed by the House by an even larger proportionate vote {than the 19 to 5 that it received in the ways and means committee. Mellon Letter Uninvited. Mr. Frear told the House that Sec- retary Mellon had written a letter to {the ways and means committee con- demning the compromise bonus bill iwithout being asked by any member for his opinion and had made the let- ter public_before the committee re- ceived it. He also declared that Con- troller Crissinger had announced that {he would advise national banks not to loan money on the adjusted service certificates before he knew what the bill contained. Secretary Mellon's letter to Mr. Frear was in reply to the one written him last Monday by the Wisconsin representative. Declaring that his po- sition had been fully stated in Tet- ters sent the ways and means com- mittee on January 24 and March 11, ed in them to argue the merits of the soldiers’ bonus.” Responsibility in Congress. “Whether or not there is to be a soldiers’ bonus.” Mr. Mellon wrote, “is a question for wahich, as you say, Congress will assume responsibility. I have attempted to Mr. Mellon said he had “not attempt-{ T = PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS TUGS PULLING THE BIG VESSEL OFF THE MUD BANK J T OU" TSIDE THE CHANNEL. SOCIETY OF NATIVES TOLDOF ST.PATRICK Plans Being Pushed for Ob- servation of D. C. An- niversary. The Socicty of Natives of the Di trict of Columbla cclebrated St. Pat- rick’s day last evening at its manthly meeting at the Raleigh Hotel. In honor of the day. John Clagett Proctor, historian of the society, read a history of St. Patrick which showed much research. The banquet committee which fis rreparing for the first annual banquet of the soclety, which takes place April |17th, in commemoration of the 13ist anniversary of the laying of thelrst corner stone of the District at Jones point, presented an cncouraging re- port which Indicated that the affair would be a novel and successful event The committee consists of John Clagett Proctor. Jesse C. Suter, Percy B. Israel, Washington Topham. Johan C. Kondrup, Alexander Shepherd, Miss Helen Bovd, Albert Harper and Gus. A. Schuldt.' It was announced that Theodore W. Noyes would be the principal speaker and would sketch the history of the Dis- trict since the event of the laying of the corner stone. The treasurer of-the soclety, Capt. George W. Evans, announced that the Mrs. | R KEEP BUSINESS FROM RENT LAW | RULE. SAYS CAPITAL REALTOR Robert L. McKeever Says It Would In-| crease Cost of Living and Hinder Bui]ding Development. Inclusion of business properties in the proposed extension of the Ball rent act can only have the effect of | increasing the cost of living by | stififng competition and hindering | the wider development of the busi-| yoy1g be reduced. since the statistics {ness scection of Washington, it was| show that the majority of business | declared today fn a statement by | Droperties in the downtown section | I . @ do not pay a net return o per | | Robert L. McKeever. member of the G2 N PAY 2 nC FEtin OF 05 ; real estate firm of McKeever & GosS. | while in many cases the rentals paid | “This Is the conclusion 1 have will hardly more than pay taxes. | reuched after a careful study of con- | Nome Forced Into Bankruptey. [ ditions, based on what has happened , .y hag beén said by some unin- iunder the present Ball rent act,|formed parties that many firms in { Which does not include business h“'as;(hing(on have be;nll;rcedt lgu: H Rt SReever _ | bankruptey because of high rent. bu { properties,” Mr. McKeever's state-| ,p"examination of the records, fails { ment explains. | to reveal a single case of this kind. “It is freely admitted by all stu-| “The statement attributed to Senator !gents of business that the greater Ball that increased rentals of business ‘ ¥ | properties will increase the cost of liv- the competition, the lower the prices | ing is perhaps all right in theory, but of commodities, and the less the | in actual practice does not seem to competition, the reverse holds true.l;’m'k» 2y ‘tlll‘:.tl “\‘vesflfl'_llllw:fi it has een shown that the reni e mer- The application of the Ball rent act | ciins pave for his store has apparently to residence property has effectively | nothing whatever to do with the price stopped the building of homes and |charged for the commodity sold. For apartments for rental purposes, | instance, vou will find a merchant who | creased, so as to met a fair return?| ! 1f this ‘were so, it is an evident fact to any one who is at all familiar with the conditions in Washingten as re- gards rents of business properties that many more rentals of business| properties would be raised than, T COMMISSIONS FORCADETCORPS Gen. Harbord to Present Honor to Officers of High School Cadet Corps. One hundred and four officers of the Washington High School Cadet Corps will be awarded commissions | at exercises in the stadium of Cvn-‘ tral High School Wednesday after-| noon at 3:30 o'clock. it was announced today by Lieut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. S. A. professor of mili- tary science and tactics in the high} schoois. The commissions will bel formally presented by Maj. Gen.I James G. Harbord, deputy chief of staff of the Army. Preceding the presentation of the commissions, the cadets will pass in| review of Gen. Harbord and his staff. The newly organized brigade band. composed of sixty-one cadets at Cen- tral and Tech High schools, will make its initial public appearance in the review. This is the first cadet band in the history ui ine orgamiza- tion, ‘Commisstons Due. Officers who will recelve commis- sions are: Col. Oscar M. Shaw, brigade | Congrees recently, it was learned la—i day, at the Department of Commerce. The bureau of forelgn and doq mestic commerce, which is charged with promotion of foreign and do- mestic commerce of the United States, will take on between fifty and Sev- anty-five additional employes, it was aid, made necessary by the expan- sion in the foreign and domestic of- fices of the bureau. The number of forelgn and home offices will be increased, but the prin- cipal expansion will be in the com- modity divisions of the Department of Commerce, of which there are now a number especially equipped to aid forelgn trade with American firms. Tentative plans already drawn up call for the establishment of three additional commodity divisions, which will probably be called the chemicals division, the division of foreign in- vestments and finance and the e port technique division: During the current fiscal year thej bureau is spending about $1,200.000. while for the next fiscal year, begin ning July 1, the appropriation is a little less than $1,600.000. Addition of more district and field | officers of the bureau in the United! States and abroad will increase the! work of the home office in Washing- lon, making an increase in the cleri- | cal force necessary, while there prob- ably will be a few more offices of the bureau located in foreign lands for: trade promotion purposes. SENATOR ASKS BAR TO SECRET PACTS | i (Continued from First Page.) i but hoped the Senate might have a fuller account later. i Treaty Not Held Menace. i Senator Robinson asserted and, Senator Borah, republican, Idaho,! concurred, that the Anglo-Japanese ! alliance, which is abrogated by the ) a menace 10 the jon the part of such a conference after the decla- ration of miners’ policy and drmands framed at the United Mine Workers' convention on February The situation in Illinois 5 some what different. The three operators’ associations are ready to atiend any conference of the central competitive states without any qualifications, and request a conference with the repre- sentatives of their own emploves and state officials of the miners’ union if a conference before March 31 fails 10 be held. For the Illinois miners Frank Farrington protesis the ap- pointment of any fefleral commission as he is confident that ie can sceure a settlement for Iiinuis SEES LETTER DESIGNED TO HARM THE UKRANIANS President Senator Willis of Ohio, who recent- 1y received a letter from Cleveland signed by the “American Ukrainian- Black Hand,” teday inade public_a letter from Szkwarck, 605 Briggs Hous charging that the Bluck Hau an effort give tha a bad of Ckrain 10 citize American name. Mr. Szkwarck declared that he and thers of Ukrainfan blood would be zlad to_co-operate with the United tes Department of Just in an effort to find and bring to justice the party who had sant th lack Hand letter. in which lish legations and consulates in thi< country and Canada were threatened with destrue- tion. Senato: has turned the letter of Mr. Szkwarck over to Mr. Burne hief of the bureau of investigation. Department of Justice, to whom he also sent the letter from Cleveiand, in which the threat was made to blow up the Polish consuiates and lega- tione. For the Treasury point out the necessity of meeting by taxation the cost of whatever bonus may be adopted and the dangers of attempting to provide for a bonus by treaty, was not et el 2 R 2 WILL INSTALL MINT HEAD. they said, exempted this nation from ! its_operation. | Treasury to Induct F. E. Scobey soclety was growing rapidly, consist-| within reach of the man of moderate | has¢an old lease, made many years ing now of over 500 members, and.means or the underpaid government ago, at one-half the price his com- that the treasury was in a healthful | clerks, and it is only fair to assume | petitor is paying for a similar location, condition. that the inclusion of business proper- | selling his goods at higher prices than commander (McKinley): Capt. M. C Lindsay, brigade adjutant (Central Capt. S. Scrivener, brigade quarter- Attorney Stuart, in Opening, States How Alexandria Case Developed. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 18— al arguments are being made to- in the courtroom before the spe- cial committee of seven of the Alex- andria Bar -Adsoclation, which has completed its' probe of the divorce situation in Alexandria. The opening argument was made by Attorney Frank Stuart. who charges Judge Moncure with lax enforcement of the divorce laws, according to his own statement made this morning before the committee. Small Crowd Present. borrowing or makeshift measures. As I think was made clear to the com- mittee and the country, I have not recommended any particular taxes, though I have. at the request of the committee, suggested several possible sources of additional revenue that Iwould be available if Congress should decide to grant a soldiers’ bonus. Under Some Misapprehension. “I gather from your letter that you are under some misapprehension also as to the Treasury's position with re- spect to a sales tax. The Treasury has not recommended any general sales tax. As a matter of fact, I am not in favor of a general sales tax if it is to be imposed in addition to all ex- isting taxes, unless made necessary by an emergency in the revenues, such as would arise through’ adoption of the bonus measure. “Neither the payments which the government has made in order to set- tle canceled war contracts nor the so-called ratlroad funding bill to The closing will be by Attorney| g yich you refer present situations in John S. Barbour, representing Judge jany way analogous to the soldiers’ Maongcure. hour and There w: a’ half for its argument. a comparatively small crowd in attendance. Less than fifty persons were in court when the arguments were begun, among them a number of women. Mr. Stuart, in his opening, de- clared that he was in an unusual po- sition. Prior to the decision of the bar association of the city to investi- zate the divorce situation, he stated, he had intended to file four charges against Judge Moncure with the state legislature. one of which was the Iax enforcement of the divorce laws. He declared, however, that he was not the originator of the charges to be presented to the legislature. This case. Mr. Stuart declared, is unique. Referring to the bar asso- ciation, he asserted that the first day they met he felt he was being | antagonized because, he said, he had brought to the court’s attention a condition which he claimed existed. At that meeting, he said, he was practically single-handed, and he claimed that subsequent develop- ments have proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that conditions he claimed do exist. Extraneous Matters. Mr. Stuart asserted that it was not his gnrposa to reflect on any member of the committee. He told the com- mittee that many extraneous matters and personalities have been brought into the investigation. The arguments will be completed this afternoon, and the special com- mittee, it is expected, will complete its report next week. It will be sub- mitted to Alexandria for ratification. HAVE BUT TEN DAYS TO AVERT STRIKE (Continued from First Page.) vote in the local fields in favor of striking being 9 to 1. There is an agreement for this district between the miners and the operators, known as “the basic agreement,” which re- quires a ninety-day notice before work can be suspended. The union, it is claimed, will not be bound by the ninety-day clause, claiming the operators have not lived up to their part of the agreement. The only way the workmen could be induced to stand by the ninety-day clause would an offer of the same wages as heretofore, and this is not expected of the operators. At Thomas, W. Va.. in the Upper Potonjac field, the force of ninety men which went to work recently for the Davis Coal and Coke Caompany at reduced pay has been induced to quit by the union men. It is given out that the union will try to induce the men working at mine No. 25 at Davis at the reduced scale to quit also. Sherift Close is on the ground in the event of trouble, and in close touch with a squad of state police. Women are helping in the picketing. The company has closed its stores at Henry, Ben Bush and Kempton. jment did Each side was given anjbonus. In the first place, the govern- not pay. as you suggest. ‘three billion dollars of canceled war contracts,’ but, on the contrary, settled war contracts amounting to over $3,700,000,000 at a total cost of about $503,000,000. “The so-called railroad funding bill has mever become a law, and in any event would not have appropriated any money out of the Treasury.” GUAM, SIAM AND JAVA SUBJECTS OF LECTURE Future of Siam Brightly Pictured by Dr. Henry E. Crampton. 36,000,000 in Java. Americanized and Christianized Guam, Buddhist Saim and Mohamme- dan Java were the subjects of a lec- ture before members of the National Geographic _Society last evening by Dr. Henry E. Crampton, who traced the passage of the South sea island- ers in ancient times from Asia, through the Dutch East Indies and out among the tiny islands. Both racial characteristics and customs show that the islands were peopled in this way, Dr. Crampton declared. Agana, capital of Guam, was found by Dr. Crampton to be a’ surprising- 1y well kept town of 9,000 inhabi- tants. Philippine blood was_intro- duced in Guam under the Spanish the Bar Association of |[regime, and the natives now follow almost entirely Philippine modes of j dress. Siam has been stimulated wonder tully by Western civilization, accord- ing to Dr. Crampton. He prophe- sled that its progress among the. na- tions of the orient will be second only to that of Japan. The govern- ment is especially emphasizing edu- cation and “is training the younger | generation to cope with the new con- ditions. Java, which on the map seems but a small island, surprises the traveler by its size and its swarming popu< lation, Dr. Crampton said. It is about the size of the state of New York, but it has & population of over 36,000,000, more than a third that of the entire United States. With its tropical vegetatibn, marvelously terraced hills, and an industrious population working under the substantial gov- ernment of the Dutch, Java, accord- ing to Dr. Crampton, is one of the most interesting regions of the East. e ARRESTED ON CHECK CHARGE. E. Kountakis, 709 Princeton street, was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detectives O’Brien and Livingston on a warrant issued at Reading, Pa., charging that he had insufficient funds in a local bank to meet three checks for sums aggregating $760. George Peos, 425 South 7th. street, Reading, Pa., swore out the warrant for the Washingtonian' arrest. Kountakis was released on & writ of hlb:'l.l corpus for his apparance next A Albert Harper, chalrman of the membership committee, the election of thé following mnew members: Mary E. Hungerford, Nan- nie G. Hungerford, Duncan Montrose Wilson, Jane S. Elltbtt, Ida J. Davis, Harry C. Davis. Mollie E. Davis, Wal- ) ter T. Roche, Harry M. Martin, Emma W. Burnell, Katharine S. Roman, Alexander G. Bentley, Thomas W. | Hungerford, T. Russell Hungerford, i Helen 2. Fowler, Marion M. Schuck- ers, Franz B. Crown, Noval L. Burchell, John Lewis Smith, Louise Tilleux, Lawrence Sorrell, Rev. Wil- liam Tayloe Snyder, Lva B. Middle- ton. Maude B. Tayloe, Mary L. Parks and Bessie L. Wollard. Short addresses were made by President_Jesse C. Suter, Henry K. Willard, John B. McCarthy and Mrs. Frances St. Clair. Lee D. Latimer acted as chairman of the reception committee and the entertainment was in charge of Mrs. Nellie Wilson Shir- cliffe. John Nolan sang many Irish melodies, which were enthusiastical- 1y _received. The meeting was in the nature of a wget together and become acquainted with your native neighbor” affair. SCHOOL OFFICERS TOMEET THURSDAY Special Committee Reor- ganizing Night Courses Re- { . ports Progress. A meeting of the special commit- tee of school officers appointed re- cently by Supt. Frank W. Ballon, to plan a definite course of study for public night school students was called today by Walter B. Patterson, director of special achools and chair- man of the committee, for Thursday afternoon in the Franklin School. Progress already has been made by the committee despite the fact that it has held only one meeting since its organization last week. ] G. David Houston, head of the de- partment of business training of Dun- bar High School, the committee by Dr. Ballou. Other members are Mr. Patterson, Dr. W. S. Montgomery, Charles Hart, Frank C. Danlel, C. W. Rippey, F. E. Lucas, C. K. Finckel, Miss Maude .E., Aiton, Miss M. R. O'Brien, J. C. Payne, G. Smith Wormley and Mrs. R. S. Nether- land. Drafting_of a deflnite course of this committee is a step In the diréction of the long-proposed re- organization of the public night schools on & par, So far as educa- tional credits are concerned, with the day schools, affording the night stu- dents the same advantages in the way of college preparation as day stu- dents. Under the proposed system gradu- ates of thé night high school courses will be awarded diplomas carrying ithe same weight educationally as those awarded regular day high school students. The night students also would be given an equal oppor- tunity with the day puplls to secure credits for college entrance require- ments. In the. past the night high school graduates ha een_ given certifi- cates showing that they have com- pleted certain sdbjects satisfactorily. Recommendations of this committee are to be submitted to Supt. Ballou i time to print such portion thereof a: he may approve befors the beginning of the next school year. —— Canada possesses nearly hine-tenths of all the known asbestos deposits in’ the world. - = | study announced ; has been added to, ties in the proposed extension of the act_ will likewise stop the building | of business houses for rental or in-| vestment purposes. “Therefore, the merchants ulreadYJ in business will have the field to themselves. as outside parties seek- ing locations for stores in Washing- ton will be forced to look elsewher: Thus competition will be stifled. This applies particularly to chain stores, many of which are seeking locations here, and it is well known that such stores could and would undersell or- dinary merchants, thus reducing, in- | stead” of Increasing, the cost of liv- ing. These chain stores in other cities always pay the highest rents and have figured out to a nicety just what rent they can afford to pay. No New Concerns to Start. “No new concerns will be able to start in business because no investor wil consider buylng property for the purpose of remodeling and develop- ing for rental purposes, as under the rulings of the Rent Commission as in the proposed law the investor would have no assurance as to when posses- sion could be obtained. Should he be able to get possession, lease his bulld- ing to a supposedly rellable tenant, and then remodel, he can have no as- surance that the tenant with the aid of the Rent Commission may not so lower his return as to ruin or at least make the investment very unattrac- | tive, notwithstanding the supposed sanctity of the contract or lease executed on the strength of which the capital has been invested. If this con- dition is to exist the capitalist or investor may far better invest in tax- exempt securities. 3 “If It is fair to say to the tenant whose lease has several years to run. that he may disregard the same and have his rent reduced, why is it not also fair to say to the owner, who has property under leass for several years at a rental which just about pays taxes, but in reality is worth Mmany. thousands of dollars more per year than it is bringing, that he may iso disregard the lease or contract, Snd have the rent on the property & The biggest amaryllis show ever held anywhere in the world will be opened to the public free tomorrow morning in the Department of Agri- lculture greenhouses, 1ith and B ! streets northwest. This show will remaln open from 9 a.m. until $ p.m. dally for a week. This gaudy array of blooms, native to the South American and other tropical countries, constitute the ninth show of this sort arranged by the department. Dr. W. A. Taylor, chief of the bureau of plant industry, examined the specimens yesterday and officially approved the plans of Supt. Byrnes, in charge of the green- house. _Secrétary and Mrs. Wallace personally conducted a party of cabinet members and their wives and Olharhofllch::dthrou‘h the amaryllis greenhouse today. The United States Department of Agriculture is recognized througnout the world, Dr. Taylor explained, as doing ,most any agency or in- dividudy for the commercializing of the amaryllis and domesticating it as an ornamental plant country. Bof 1 g e tanical experts frot al ‘world come r?:n to see the amaryllis Sam. over the show and to get bulbs from l}:cla In the show this year are 1.076 plants, most of which are individual ecies, differing in qonformation and shades or variatiol of coloring. Eighteen of these are flowering for the first time. ‘There sre & number of 1919 and 1930 seedlings Which the specialists of the department ha: produced. The new plants have flow- ers_mostly of a lighter shade aad represent the steps im the _efforts | organizations seeking | Washington do not regard rents as of ylolating. postal his competitor who pays the higher | rent. You will find the merchant, who owns his building, bought years ago on a low market. whose only rental charges are represented by taxes and interest on_ his investment, charging | as much, if not more, for his goods ! than his competitor who pays the high- | est rent in the city. I know of one: shoe merchant, who pays a rent of ap- proximately $200 per month, who charges and gets more for his shoes than another shoe merchant who pays over $1,000 per month rent. “New mérctants and chain store locations in prohibitive here, but the proposed inclusion of business properties in the Ball rent act will effectively exclude them, because it will deny the owner of a building the privilege of rentln!‘ to them, if his present tenant refuses to move at the expiration of his lease. It is a well established fact that the chain stores know more about what percentages of gross return can be | paid out in rentals than do other| classes of business houses, yet we| find_them paying the highest rents| in Washington and elsewhere, mak- ing, perhaps, more money than thelir less progressive competitors and at the same time underselling them. Shall legislation be enacted which shall deny to the people of Washing- ton the profits to be derlved from bringing _tFis character of organiza- tions to Washington? Is this logical or right? “I um confident that every senfor has_the best interest of the people of Washington at heart, and that it is only because they have been mis- informed as to the facts in this case. or have been too busy with more im- portant legislation to look into the facts in this case, that there is any danger of legislation that will in- creaso the cost of living in Wash- ington * being enacted. I have no hesitancy in saying tbat when all the facts are known the Senate will, by a large majority, exclude business properties from the proposed exten- sion of the Ball rent act.” Greatest Amaryllis Show Of World to Be Held Here the department to produce a pure white amaryllis. Specialists say a pure white bloom will be in the show next year which has never before been seen anywhere in the world. The plants average one to four stalks and each stalk carries two to eight blooms. _In number of plants and the va- rieties of form and color this show this year outclasses anything ever! before attempted, Dr. Taylor ex- plains. From a botanical viewpoint, the show is “marvelous,” he said, while the public generally will be delighted by a gorgeous ;l vivid coloring and the rare character of the flowers. The show this year is to continue open for a longer period than ever!w. Denison, Capt. before. Last year it was kept open six days for the first time, and 82,599 persons - visited the greenhouses, . 3 YEARS FOR ROBBERY. Drug Store Burglar’ Sentenced, Companions Paroled. Samuel L. Saylor was given a term of three years in the penitentiary today by Chiet Justice McCoy. Saylor robbed one of the Peoples drug stores January 6 last. Similar sentences were {mposed on Everett Jewell and David W. Uppérman, companions .of Baylor, but they were given another chance and placed on probation. . Sentences of two years each in the penitentiary were drawn by William Carter, housebreaking; Raymond- H. Osborne, larceny; Leon Smothers and Francis H. Dabmg.‘ housebresking and larceny, and phael ‘8. Batt, ! i Maj. William Ryon, commanding 1st master (McKinley): Lieut. Col. Ed- ward Henkel, commanding 1st Regi- ment (Central); Capt. R. Holden, regimental adjutant; Capt. Edward Wright, regimental quartermaster;; Battalion; First Lieut. E. Kimberly, battalion adjutant; Capt. A. Under-! wood, First Lieut.'A. S. Heyser, Sec- ond Lieut. H. O. Embrey, Capt. John | Newman, First Lieut. H. Gram, Sec- ond Lieut. W. D. Mankin. Capt. Charles Barker, First Lieut. R. W. Curtis, Second Lieut. Robert Rudolph, Maj. T. Corbett, command- ing, 24 Battalion; First Lieut. M. Korman, battalion adjutant; Capt. Dana Yung Kwai, First Lieut. G. K. Holmes, - Second Lieut. D. Tyrrell, Capt. K. Michelet, First Lieut. T. H.{ Locraft, Second Lieut. G. R. Pruitt, Capt. E. Parry, First Lieut. D. L. De Muth, Second Lieut. F. E. Robbins, Maj. 8. Whaley, commanding, 3d Baf talion; First Lieut. L. K. Warman, battalion adjutant: Capt William Montgomery, First Lieut. S. Musher, Second Lieut. J. M. Wolf, Capt. Wil- liam Winstead, First Lieut. A. E. Stephan, Second Lieut. O. W. Bailey, jr.; Capt. W. H. Hunter, First Lieut. George Walker, Second Lieut. S. Lichtman, First Lieut. Nelson Soko- lov, commanding band; First Lieut. G. A. Monck, commanding drum and bugle corps. Lieut. Col. G. A. Anadale, com- manding _3d _ Regiment (Business): Capt. F. Le B. Goodwin, regimental adjutant; Maj. J. L. Phares, comman- ding 1st Battalion (Eastern); First Lieut. L& 1. McDougle, bataliion ad- jutant; Capt. R. Sansbury, First! Lieut. 'W. E. Furey, Second Lieut A. Ford, Capt. L Rodis, First Lieut. J. L. Voegler. Second Lieut. R. B. Hutch- inson, Capt. W. M. Swingle, First Lieut. J. G. Motyka, Second Lieut. J. D. Egwards, Maj. Stacev Middleton, commanding 2d ' Battilion (Business and Junior High): First Lieut. H. Louis, battalion adjutant; Capt. Elmo Hahn, First Lieut. V. Albagli, Second Lieut, J. W. Tastett, Capt. Charles Sincell, First Lieut. Thomas H. King, Second Lieut Eppa Darne, Capt. G. L. Botsch, First Lieut. C. Levy, Sec- ond Lieut. Lichtenberg, Maj. M. Hoft- man, commanding 3d Battalion (Western); _First Lieut. William Stephenson, battalion adjutant; Capt. “Everybody understood that,” said | Senator Robinson. The Arkansas senator also argued | that the four-power treaty might be | construed as a “regional understand- | ing”-and thus exempt from the treaty | of Versailles. H Secretary Hughes' letteer to Senator Underwood, Mr. Robinson continued, i did not disclose and why Italy and the ! Netheriands were excluded from the four-power treaty. Lacking in Informatiom. “Whatever may be the motive,” he said, “the Senmate mow knows we are lacking in information which the Sen- | ate is entitled to and ought to have to keach an intelligent understanding of this treaty.” ! Senator Robinson said the only strong reason given for American participation in the four-power treaty , Wan the “menace” of the Anglo- Japanese alliance, and he contended no menace existed. and therefore no Teason existed for America joining. Senator Poindexter, republican, Wash- ington, said Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, one of the most vigorous opponents of the treaty, had declared the Anglo-Japanese alilance was a| menace. Fight Carried Forward. The fight against ratification of the four-power treaty was carried for- ward yesterday afternoon in turn by Senators France, republican, Mary- 1and; Johnson, republican, California, and Watson, democrat, Georgla, in a series of speeches which occupled the Senate most of the afternoon and which drew no reply from the treaty's supporters. Senator Johnson compar- ed the pact with the Anglo-Japanese alliance in an effort to show that both “contain a meaning broader than their words.” In the course of the debate charges of “propaganda” both for and against the treaty were.made by the opposing sides, but no one produced any direct evidence to support the assertions or asked for any investigation of the influences deciared to be at work to control the action of the Senate. te Takes Place. A debate as to whether the treaty Robert K. Lamb, First Lieut. Mech- ling, Second Lieut. G. V. Moseley, Capt. John Hazel, First Lieut. E. G. Simpson, Second 'Lieut. Leroy Piser, Capt. Willlam W. Shea, First Lieut. Robert Armatrong, Sccond Lieut. . all. Lieut. Col. D. W. Tolson, com- manding 2nd_Regiment (McKinley); Capt. L. P. Winnemore, regimentai adjutant; Maj. J. A. Bickford, com- manding 1st Battallon; First Lieut. S. F. Ball, battalion adjutant: Capt. A. . Denison, First Lieut. F. T. Kenner, | Second Lieut. A. T. Britton, Capt. T. W. Owen, First Lieut. C. Van Sickler, Second Lieut. C. W. Butler, Capt. J. Jacob, First Lieut. R. T. Furr, Second Lieut. W. R. Trimble, Maj. ‘Walton, commanding 2nd Battalion: First Lieut. D. M. Davidson, battalion Lieut. C. B. Riecks, Second Lieut. E. F. De Atley, Capt. S. Lebowitz, First | tion. Mr. Johnson asserted that soi far as actual wording went the Anglo- i Japanese alliance covered only un-|{ Lieut. I. Friedman, Second Lieut. H. A. Hess, Lieut. T. Newell, Second Lieut. e Diedrich, Capt. W. B. Gleason, J. M. Graves, First Lleut. Kennedy, commanding band. FRANK VAN S. PARKER DIES Lifelong Resident Here Succumbs at Home. Trank Van Syckle Parker, life- long resident of this city, died yester- dayg at his residence, 1325 21st street. Mr. Parker was born here July 14, 1853, He was the son of the late Georgo and Ann S. Parker. Survi him :n a wife, Mra. Susan 1. P“_v':.n‘g and. two sons, Walter. C. Parker and Frank O. Parker, both-of this city. Funeral services will be held Mon- day morning at 11:30 o'clock at the resjdence, follawed by .interment in. Congressiofial cemetery. | - s C. F. M G.° C.! Lieut. William Kenner, Second l?;':t!l constituted an “alliance” took place between Senator Willis, republican, Ohio, and Senator Spencer, republi- can, Missouri, both supporters of the treaty. A speech recently made by Senator Spencer declaring the pact to be “an alliance for conference,” but not for use of force was assalied by Senator Willis, who insisted that no sort of “alliance” was contemplated and that the speech of the Missouri senator had embarrased the treaty’s friends. Mr. Spencer stood by his definition and his characterization of the foreign relations committee “no alliance” reservation as a ‘“redicu- lous absurdity.” By Senators France, Johmnson .ndl ‘Watson it was declared that the dic- tionary definition covering the treaty mattered little and that the real na- splay of | adjutant; Capt. E. S. Marks, -First | ture of thc four-power arrangement | must be judged by its practical opera- provoked aggression in eastern Asia and Indis, and that if it really was dangerous to the United Sttes, as ar- gued by suporters of the four-power treaty, the reason lay between the lines. Judged by the same process, he asserted, the four-power pact migit of Texas Monday Morning. F. . Scobey of San Antonio., Tex. will be sworn in as new director of the mint morning at th Treasury, ceding Rav T. Baker of Nevada. »se five-year term of office expires tonight. Mr. Baker, it is undcrstood, has not vet determined which of veral a tractive flelds of endeavor he W enter upon retirement, but he hat had under consideration a number of offers. For the prescnt, it is under- stood, he will continue making his home’ in Washington. BODY CHAINED TO LOG. Dead Man Found Floating in the Arkansas River. MUSKOGEE. Okla, March Chained to a log, weighted with stones, the body of a man was found floating in the Arkansas river, near Okay, early today. Police and sheriff’s forces have failed to identify the body, which was discovered by men working on a new bridge. Belief was expressed by some local authorities that the man might have been chained alive to the log and cast adrift, as no evidence of blows or other wounds were found. SAVING AT WHITE HOUSE. Running Expenses for February $5,000 Under Average. Even the White House has been attacked by economy under the direo- tion of FPresident Harding. and an example set for putting into effect the policy of saving =0 much stressed by the administration. Dur- ing February the White House ex- penses were $15,010, a curtailment of expenses in one month, it was announced at the Treasury, of about $5,000. For many years, the average ex- penses of running the White Housa and executive offices were sald to have been from $20,000 to $25,000 2 month. FRIENDLY SOCIETY TO MEET. Objects of the Girls' Friendly Society which began & week of special activi- ties today will be explained at a masa méeting in the Church of Epiphany parish ball tonight at 8 o'clock. The speakers will be Miss Julia Cunning- ham, president of the society in the diocése of Maryland; Miss Florence Newbold, extension secretary of New York, and Mrs. J. C. Bolton, presi= dent of the Washington Society. DETAILED AS INSTRUCTOR. Sergt. William Gallagher at Fort Monroe, Va., has been detailed as sergeant-instructor of Coast Artil- lery, with the National Guard of Vir- ginia, with station at Richmond. He Wil ‘take a preliminary course of training at Camp Meade, Md. RELIEVED AT TOKIO. Capt. Edward H. Watson has been relieved from duty as naval attache, United States embassy. Tokio, and or- 15— easily lead to many dangers in actual practice. WIFE KILLS HUSBAND. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., March 18.— Lewis Wills, superintendent for the Bader Construction Company, was shot in his bed today and died at the City Hospital. His wife, who was arrested, admitted firing the fatal shot, according to the police, who said a quarrel had followed a round of the cafes made by the couple last nf t, ‘:‘3{2: frst came here as. foreman T Cam; nstruction St Philadeiphia. it Smeeend dered to the United States for duty in the 12th naval district, with sta- tion at San Francisco. LIEUT. AUSTIN TRANSFERRED. Lieut. Charles L. Austin, Naval Sup- ply Corps. at the naval training sta- Yion, Hampton roads, Ve, has been detailed to duty in the bureau of supplies and accounts, Navy Depart- ment. ; —_— TRANSFER CAPT. GAILLARD. Capt. David St. P. Gaillard, ordnance department, of the office of the chief of ordnance, War Department, has been assigned to duty at Old Hickery erdnance depot, Jacksonville, Tenn.