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. ' Unsettled night; tomorrow what cooler. ended at 2 p.m. today: m. tor Full report on page 7. WEATHER. this afternoon and toé cloudy and some- Temperature for twenty-four hours Highest, 70, at lowest, 54, at 6 a.m. to- ; Closing New York Stocks, Page 25. No. 28,486. . Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. a@h ASHINGTON, D. C.,‘ WEDNESDAY, APRIL éfi, 1922 —THIRTY-SIX PAGES. W ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION e Sfar, | Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 9_4,061 Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. All rights dispatches of publication of special herein are also reserved. * TWO CENTS. ULTIMATOM SEEN INALLIES NOTE 10 BE HANDED RUSSIA Demands Debt Payment, In- demnity and Restitution of Stolen Property. WANT EARLY REPLY SO PARLEY CAN END Genoa, Staggered by Series of Thrills, Wonders What Will Be Next. v the Associated P - LONDON, April 26.—The allied note 't be presented to the Russian dele- Folion al Genoa tOMOITOW, Says an Yiwch Telegraph dispatch from Gor will be practically an ulti- snatum, demanding unequivocal re- wlics on four principal points: b h, will b 1 . and an effort will be made to 1 Russia to reply at the earliest jossible moment in order to OFINg 10 confe to a close before May 0. when Prime Minister Llovd George v znd other of the leaders expect to be ol i to leave Genoa owing to the pressure of home business. ¢ _ patible with the treaty between Rus- The payment of war debts, entirely or with a reduction Lased on Russian capacity to pay; ond—The payment of prewar bis, with the granting, if necessary, a4 reasonable moratorium; Third—Indemnity for all damages cunsed to foreigners; Fourth—Restitution yroperty Thr Fir cither of confiscated other points, adds the dis- drawn up by the allies | CRISIS LIKELY TO PASS. Every One Willing to Give Slavs Another Chance. the Associated Press, GENOA, April 26.—There have been | ¥ so many thrills in ra succession #t the economic conference that ody, delegates and laymen today is wondering what will come next. The Italian statesmen. as sponsors of the conference, were joined by i.loyd George, M. Barthou, M. Theunys the leaders of the lesser states in vently hoping that the sensations ended, and that something might eallw be done about Russta, the su- ‘breme’ remaining subject for discus sion. To that, of course, should be added Lloyd George's ambition for 1he birth of an all-European accord that the nations shall nof“Rtiack one another or committ any aggression ch would excite attack. The allies and neutral powers seem determined to give the Russians ag- other chance to come t there is hope that the crisis brought on by the soviet's latest demands wvill pass. Lloyd George, particularly appreciates the difficulties in the way ©of the Russians relinquishing the practical doctrine of the nationaliza- Yion of property, which incarnates | the very fundamentals of the bol- shevists' preachings, and efforts may Te made to sottle the question of the status of private property in Rus- sia so that the communist leaders 3 ‘save their faces” on their pet principle. enoa’s population has lost none of its gayety and none of its lively jnterest in the sessions of the con-| ference. The absence of disorder has | calmed the apprehensions of the au- thorities, and no longer are heavy bodies of troops to be seen in the gtreets, although reserves are con- veniently near at hand, being sta- tioned on troop ships moored at the | water front. On the main thoroughfares, Ttaly's ymposing carabineers stand guard, one every fifteen feet. Americans who sittended the Washington conference | compare . this picture ence of both the military which was remarked at nstinctively hingto ble busts of Lloyd George, Pre- snier, Facta, M. Barthou and other conférence luminaries fill the win- dows of the art shops, while litera- fure, photographs and post cards dealing with conference subjects #bound _everywhere. Snapshots of Richard Washburn | ld, the American ambassador, find yeudy sale, for Mr. Child stands in | Genoa as a representative of all that America may or may not do for Eu- yope. When he enters or leaves his| Jiotel he is always surrounded by a; curious crowd. When not occupied { With his official duties he is much | gought by the delegates, Who are en- tertaining him daily. POLES DENY BROKEN PACT. the Associated Press. GENQA, April 26.—The Polish dele- gation to the economic conference, in & note addressed today to Foreign Minister Tchitcherin of the Russian goviet delegation, in answer to yes- torday's Russian note, declaring Po- Jand hud violated treaties with Rus-| 14, declared Poland was here to con- "tribute to the work of peace and the | Feeonstruction of Russia. i The note, signed by Foreign Min- jster Skirmunt. head of the Polish delegation, declares the participation of Poland in discussions concerning Ttussian affairs was inno way incom- Hia und Poland, concluded at Riga ! March 18, 1921, as was asserted in 1he Russian note of yesterday. The FPolish note takes exception 1o what it ecalls Russia’s assumption of the right to interfere with rela- {ions between Poland and other Lat fhe note denies any attempt on fhe part of Poiand to interfere with - ‘sovereign rights of Russia. It <o denles having violated any reement concluded with Russia. It aserts that Poland has passed no fudgment on the Russo-German {reaty concluded at Rapallo, but re- frves the right to express later any altitude she may take on this sub- Jeet. viet Russia contributed another sation to the economic confer- \ce . yesterday by sending a note 1o the Polish delegation remonstrat- ing against Poland’s action in join- jng with the allied powers in protest against a separate treaty between Fussia_and Germany. Russia claimed that the peace ireaty between hergelf and Poland covers all relations between the two «ountries, so that Poland, like Ger- > terms, and'{’ | day. ! ment may be delayed. Swany, should mot participate in the < sxion of Russian affairs, even itimating that Potand by her pres- ¢t action in- the conference has yrogated the treaty eigned at Riga ©n March 18, 1921. i has & Strong red army en- « aped near the Polish border, and 1or this reason the Russian remon- »irances are r('gulrdulcl by some of the volezates as equivalent to almost & Marmat against Poland, _ PASTOR SAYS PEOPLE PUT PULLMAN PORTER AHEAD OF RELIGION By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, April 26.—Rev. Dr. Luther E. Lovejoy of Chicago, in an address today before the convention of the Federated Churches of Christ in America, criticized wealthy church members who make small contributions in the collection plates, but expressed the hope that these conditions will soon be a thing of the past. “A man still can be the respected member of a fashionable city church, ride in an $8,000 motor ¢ cloth his wife and daughter 8ilks and furs and pay 25 in | cents a Sunday for his religion,” he de- clared. “The treasurer of a met- tropolitan congregation recently found 1,700 pennies in one Sun- day's offering. The Christ n people of Amer- . he added, “are waking up to the fact that they treat their Cre ator with less consideration tha; they treat their waiter at the re: taurant or the Pullman porter who shines their shoes, and they are eager to make amends for past neglect.” DEMOGRAT TARIFF STRATEGY SHOWN Minority Seek to Stigmatize | Bill as Ultra-Protection Measure. BY N. 0. MESSENGER. Debate on the tariff bill in the Senate has progressed sufficiently to disclose the line of strategy to be pursued‘by the democrats in making things uncomfortable for the ma- Jority party and the administration in the coming national and state cam- paigns® and elections. Reading b tween the lines, there Is discerned an apparent effort to stigmatize the pending republican legislation as an ultra-protectionist measure, the ef- fect of which will be to increase costs to the consumers. It is quite evident that the demo- crats in the Senate are studying the rates in the Dbill reported by the finance committee and that some of | them are equipping themselves with technical information to sustain charges which they will bring for- ward to embarrass the majority. | Moreover, notice has been served that | record votes will be demanded on| scores of items, 50 as to draw-politi- | cal lines of division sharply. All of which has given rise to the| thought that the minority is enter- taining hope that political history may repeat itself and the republicans g0 before the country on the eve of a congressional election with a tariff law which the democrats may have succeeded - in representing as op- pressively protective in effect. Election Issue Foreseen. The democratic leaders have dis- claimed intention of unduly prolong- ing debate or delaying final action on the bill, but if they carry out their plan of “thorough discussion and analysis,” all signs point to final enactment at a date very close to the elections and certainly making the tariff a live issue in the heat of the campaign. Both democrats and republicans are cognizant of the present- state of comparative public indifference to the tariff question. This inertia of popular interest may be overcome, however, by the full and free debate which the Senate rules permit and the carrying out of a consistent pro- gram of hammering away on the charge that the cost of living may be increased by the republican tariff. The democrats are said to feel that if the soldiers’ bonus bill passes Congress in form threatening any kind of increased taxation it will provide them with another string to their bow to speed home the charges that the party in power has added to the burdens of living. The fact that there will be democratic votes for, the bonus is held to be over- shadowed by the assertion that the dominant party is responsible for the laws. Speculation is current irn circles in both camps as to be the effect upon the voters should the political | tariff bill not be enacted before election It is engendered by the con- sideration that the contest between the House and Senate, over the basis of valuation—foreign or American— promises to be so acute that enac Democrats say they expect to “have the republicans on their hip” in either event—whether the bill is passed or delayed. In the latter contingency they would reproach the majority party with failure to live up to its platform pledge and in the former would as- sail the law at all points. 1f the House should win in its con- tention in behalf of the American valuation plan, it ix said that the demo- crats would use campaign capital sup- plied by republican senators them- selves to sustain the charge that the law is ultra-protectionist in nature. An important side-issue in the de- bate over the bill will be, it is said, the Senate's proposal to invest the President with power to arrange tarift duties to suit exigencies which may arise. Democrats are showing signs of opposing this propositio: Swhat will | GRANT GEREMONIES 0 INCLUDE 10,0 IN MARCHING LINE Half-Holiday Given Federal and District Employes for Tomorrow. $250,000 MEMORIAL TO BE DEDICATED Veterans of Four Wars and Thou- sands of Visitors to Take Part in Centennial Fete. | The parade will start promp 13 at 1 o'clock from 17th and B streets, proceeding morth to Pennsylhvania avenue and eant on Pennsylvania avenue to 3d street, the western boundary of the Botanic Garden. At thix point the parade will be de- ployed to the best advantage around the grandstand in eant” Botanie Garden where the ded| eatory exercines will be held, starting at 2:30 o’clock. ‘With an elaborate parade of veterans of four wars and members of various patriotic organizations followed by the formal dedication of the beautiful 250.000 Grant memorial in the Bo- | tanic Garden, Washington tomorrow | will observe the centenary of the birth |of the great Union soldier and Presi- den Exercises by numerous patriotic organizations will supplement the jchief program and furnish a fitting j climax to the honors the National Capi- jtal will pay to the memory of Gen. Grant on the anniversary of his one- hundredth birthday. Wheels of the machinery of the federal and District governments will be virtually at a standstill during the ceremonies. President Harding has issued an executive order granting a half holiday to all federal employes. The city, especially along the route of the parade, will be dressed in Ameri- can flags and red, white and blue bunt- ing, and thousands of visitors are ex- pected to come to participate in the ceremonies, which are destined to fclipse all others of a similar charac- er. 10,000 Men to March. Approximately 10,000 men and a few women will march in the parade, including the cadets from West Point Military Academy, midshipmen from the Annapolis Naval Academy, all of the regular soldlers, sailors and marines stationed in Washington, members of the Loyal Legion, mem- bers of the G. A. R, veterans of the civil war, the Spanish-American war, the world war and other foreign wars, the District National Gyard and the entire brigade of the Washington High School Cadet Corps. Army and Navy bands will head the various organizations. Places (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) TOKID EARTHOUAKE WRECKS BUILDINGS U. S. Embassy Is Slightly ‘Damaged — Yokohama Also Badly Shaken. By the Associated Pres TOKIO, April 26.—A heavy earth shock, centering in Tokio, occurred at 10:15 o'clock this morning. Con- siderable damage was done to bulld- ings in the city and their contents. The earthquake was preceded by an eruption yesterday of Mount Asama- Yama, ninety miles northwest of Tokio, which broke out with a loud report, pouring forth volumes of ashes, stones and smoke. No serlous damage was caused by the eruption. Yokohama was as severely shaken as Tokio, and the Chinese quarter in Yokohama was virtually destroyed and the water works disrupted. The earthquake caused the death of a few persons, none of the victims, however, being Americans or Euro- peans. There were many escapes of the narrowest sort from collapsing chim- neys and_walls. The earthquake was one of most severe experienced here long period. Officials stated it lasted fifteen minutes, the longest in years. The American embassy was slightly damaged, and many of the exhibits at the peace exhibition were broken. the in a —m— | “OLD-FASHIONED SPELLING BEES” "TO STAGE COMEBACK IN INDIANA Special Dispatch to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 26— The “old-time spelling bee” is to be revived in Indiana. Officials of the Indiana educational survey commission made this known to- day. The object will be to stimu- late interest in correct spelling in the schools of the state. Ihdiana, leading producer of poets and authors of best sellers, is falling down on spellets. Tests just completed in eight widely separated cities of the state indi- . cate this, according to reports to the commission. The tests were made on eighth-grade pupils who, next year, will be in line for high school entrance. Correction of the papers submit- ted showed that a majority of the pupils failed to attain a passing grade of 75 in their spelling. Most of them were very poor and there were instances revealed where all twenty words submitted were mis- spelled. n all other subjects the achieve- ment test was satisfactory. These tests were in_ reading, arithmetic and history. But th® members of the survey commission were valls throughout the United States. The reason is declared to be the disposition to relegate spelling, as a major study, to the rear. According to members of the commission the remedy lies in compelling thé teachers to give the subject of spelling the atten- tion which it deserves. This. they think, should be the case not alone n the grammar grades, but in the high schools. also It is expected the commissior( will recommend to the state board of education that the subject of spelling have especial attention at the hands of all school supers intendents. * - nstructions in the grammar and the high schools, without & sl gle exception In the entire school course, wil e asked to devote fitteen minutes daily to drilling in spelling. It 1s expected that at- tention will be called to the suc- cess achieved in farmer days by the old-fashioned spelling bees, which put a premium on indi- vidual effort. b The twenty words which brought the existing condition to 1ight were _acquire; original, disease, annual, association, exceilent, com. pletely, disappoint, attendance, fav miliar, extension, Inferior, merely, amazed at the result in spelling, ceNSREy " Tneh i and. their investigation jndicates | mere rvnne e crgmation oD that the condition develaped here ' | pianicu. s BB 18 not unique, but gen pre- 2 MENACE OF HOUSE FLY -TEXT OF THE WARNING FROM HEALTH OFFICE Health Oficer Fowler today Ts- . sued an order for the printing of 10,000 pamphlets telling of the menace of the house fly to the community and urging every one to swat. Dr. Fowler plans to distribute i these appeals broadcast by plac- ing them in all outgoing mail. He probably will ask the schools to distribute them to the children, with the request that they take them home. In addition to these pamphlets, the health department has been News Note—The Expedition Sent Out to Locate the Famous Plesiosaurus Is Returning to Buenos Aires, Having Failed to CITY-WIDE BUSSES | HAMMER'S PLAN Bill Authorizing Establish- ment of Lines to Be Intro- { i duced Tomorrow. To relieve the District street car situation by affording additional ac- commodations, Representative Ham- mer, democrat, of North Carolina, in- tends to introduce In the House to- morrow a bill authorizing the estab- | lishment of bus lines all over the cit Representative Hammer was unable to introduce his bill today because the question of taxes is still under consideration. The question has arisen whether the bus lines should be taxed under the' general income law, or whether a special license fee should be required. The bill as framed would give the Public Utilities Commission power to grant permits or licenses for bus lines at such places and connections and schedules as seems proper to them. Decision Likely Tomorrow. The Public Utilities Commission may hand down its decision tomorrow on the question of whether busses of the Washington Rapid Transit Com- pany are to be permitted to operate on Rhode Island avenue from North | Capitol to 12th street northwest and thence south to the business district. A tentative order has been drafted, but the Commissioners have not in- timated what their conclusion will be. The_transit company last fall ob- tained a permit to operate the pro- posed line and stated at a public hearing last week that the busses are expected from the factory within a few weeks. There was no public hearing pre- vious to the granting of the permit, but one was held a few days ago upon protest of the Washington Railway and Electric Company that the bus line would constitute unfair competi- tion with street cars. Right to Revoke Permit. 1t is understood the commission feels that it has the legal right to re- voke this or any other permit to operate busses. It is belleved, how- ever, that the commission will decide the present issue on.the question of whether the proposed bus line is needed, and would prove a conven- ience to the public. The commission also will decide | within a few days whether busses running into Virginia should con- tinue to make 12th and D streets the starting point. In this case the commission will consider the advisability of having | these busses use 1lth street and | Pennsylvania avenue as a tel‘mlnnl] in order to relieve traffic congestion at 12th street, where the Virginia electric cars start from. PRESIDENT TOPAY - TRIBUTE TOGRANT Leaves Washington to Speak ; at Birthplace of Great i 1 Commander. | president Harding will leave Wash- ington by train for Cincinnati, Ohlo, late today en route to Point Pleas- ant, Ohio, where he will make an address tomorrow at the centennial celebration at the birthplace of Gen. Grant. The President will be accom- panied by Mrs. Harding, Attorney General Daugherty, Secretary and Mrs. - Christian, .Representalive and Mrs. Longworth, Representative and Mrs. Kearns, all of Ohio; Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the President’s personal phy- sician, and Mrs. Sawyer; Mrs. Fred- erick Grant, Mrs. Henry C. Corbin, Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. McLean of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Pren- der‘"!,‘:lol.' Julius ‘A. Penn and Jesse ith of Ohio. s‘aemlentnlve and Mrs. Stephens of Ohio, and Col. T. Q. Ashburn will join the party-in Cincinnati. In addition the party will be accom- panied by the sercret service men and nine newspaper correspondents. The party is due to reach Cincinnati tomorrow morning and will go by boat from thére to Point Pleasant. The President will return to Cincla- nati immediately following his speech and will leny 2 10r Washingloa toiads- sow night. Locate the Animal. TEACHER PAY BILL 0.K.’D. Senate District Committee Votes to Report Capper Measure. The Senate District committee at a meeting this afternoon ordered a fa- vorable report on the Capper bill, in- creasing the salaries of the public schopl teachers of the District. The bl was prepared at the request of the senators by Supt. Ballou and the bourd of education. The committee also ordered a fa- vorable report on a bill introduced by Senator Ball changing the name. of Keokuk street, from Wisconsin 27th street, to Military venue oad. to A bill authorizing the Secretary of War to settle certair claims with the Washington Gus Light Company in regard to the Anacostia river water front also was ordered favorably re- ported, and a bill to regulate the practice of undertaking in the Dis- trict. _— NURSE MAY PLEAD “NORAL INSANITY” Four Added to Jury Panel Be- ing Chosen to Try Miss Knox. From a Staff Correspondent. MONTROSS, Va., April 26.—Efforts to complete the panel of twenty jury- men from which will be selected the trial panel of twelve occupied the en- tire early session here today of the trial of Miss Sarah E. Knox, charged with murdering Mrs. Margaret L. Eastlake. Difficulty is being experienced in finding residents of Westmoreland county who have not formed declded opinions about the case. Twenty of the twenty-six names In- cluded in the second venire sum- moned late yesterday afternoon, after the exhaustion of the original venire of forty-six, were examined, with only four having been added to the list, which now stands at seventeen. W.'W. Pritchett, one of those accept- ed yesterday, was excused today by Judge Joseph W. Chinn on account of illness. . Third Venire Probable. Unless three additional jurymen are chosen from the remaining six to be examined, a third venire will have to be summoned. The complete list of those accepted is as follows: J. S. Parker, carpenter; C. M. Ho- gan, merchant, and the following farmers: R. D. Dameron, Willlam Hutt, J. B. English, G. S. Garner, W. C. Thompson, E. Y. Sanford, F. G. Luthey, S. O. Miller, P. H. Gould- man, W. H. Ayers, J. L. Nash, John Hodgson, W. C. Fomes, B. F. Gould- man and R. E. Crowther. Large crowds continue to pack the courtroom, and during the early s slon today the doors had to be locked. Miss Knox entered the room today looking more cheerful, and conversed with her lawyers frequently when the Jurymen were being_examined. While her counsel have not stated on what the defense will base its case, the presence in court today of several psychopathisis, summoned by the state, would indicate that “moral insanity” would be the contention of her lawyers. The three alienists present were: Dr. J. S. De Jarnette, superintendent of the Western State Hospital, at Stapnton, Va.; Dr. A. L. Pretty, his assistant, and Dr. W. F. Drewry, su- perintendent of the Central State Hospital at Petersburg. Word was recelved last night that Mrs. Meta R. Salter of Ocean City, N. J., sister of the defendant, wouid arrive at Montross today and remain with the accused woman throughout the trial. A. R. Crothers of Ocean City, who testified in the Eastlake case as to sharpening the hatchet for Miss Knox, is also at Montross and will be one of theprincipal witnesses against the nurs Sentiment still eems to be in fa- vor of Miss Knox. Farmers freely express the hope that she will be acquitted, as the reported marriag of Eastlake has convinced them th efforts have been made to throw the whole burden of the crime upon her| shoulders. Fastlake remains in Fredericke- burg, and it was said last night by W W. Butzner that he would not come to Montross unless it was im- perative. [ S — NEW PLANE FOR SEA FLIGHT. LISBON, April 25.—The Portugu government on Thursday will ship on board the steamer Bago another sea- plane for Capts. Coutinho and Saca- dura, whose craft was wrecked re- cently in landing at the St. Pauls Rock on a flight from the Cape Verde Islands. Tt is intended that the Por- thguese airmen shall -continue their | ¥ 10 30 ue vaueliv i e aew —_— D. C. FISCAL BILL REPORT PIECEMEAL Conferees Agreed Upon All But Two Items in Measure. Reaching an agreement on all items in the District appropriation bill ex- cept two, the conferees of the Senate and House this afternoon determined ! to report to thelr respective houses & partial agreement on the bill. The two items still in dispute ari The Senate amendments for park ad- ditions, including Piney Branck and Klingle Valley tracts and the Patter- son tracts, and the tourists camp. The conferees have agreed on a plan for a permanent fiscal arrange- ment between the District and the federal government. The sixty-forty io is made permanent. No tax rate is fixed, but the Commissioners are to fix the rate so as to raise the District’s shere of the expenditures. T on pereohaL Boporty o one-alt tax on pel 0 one-hal a cent. It iy now three-tenths of a cent. Under the plan it is proposed grad- ually to put the District on a “cash basis.” posed to raise each year something more than is required for the 60 per cent share of the District in the ex- penditures and this will gradually create a surplus. Senator Phipps, chairman of the conferees, sald that nothing had been done in regard to the present surplus of between four and five million"dol- lars. He saild that was left to be taken up for consideration in the fu- ture. The conferees agreed on the water supply, appropriating $1,500,000 this year, with authorization to contract for another $1,400,000. Bill Limits Expenditures. The bill, as now considered In con- ference, would put a limit of' cost of $186.600 tor acquiring Klingle Road Valley Park, which contains about 73.21 acres; $237,700 to acquire Piney Branch Valley Park, containing about 16.3 acres, and $600,000 for the Pat- terson tract, containing about 8§1.76 acres. Considerable propaganda and cor-| respondence, while causing additional work for members of the conference committees, emphasize the interest of the entire country in the appropria- | tions for upkeep and improvement of institutions in the National Capital. Conferees said that probably,no one ftem has brought more correspond- ence from organizations all over the counfry and in every state in the Union than the proposed increase of $1,000 for the minimum wage board in’ the District. This increase has been agreed to. One of the conferees said that he believes he has received more than 1,000 letters on this single item. During the last few days the con- ferees have also been receiving a heavy mail regarding the proposed Home for Feeble-Minded. These let- ters resulted mostly from a mistaken idea that the feeble-minded were to be housed at Blue Plains in the same building with the aged and infirm. Letters of protest were received from women's clubs, social welfare organ- izations and other institutions in every state. i In explaining the committee's real intention today, Chairman Davis of the House conferees said: “We spent several days in Mary- land, Virginia and the District, look- ing over all available sites for a home for the feeble-minded. I never saw any committee more unanimous and enthuslastic than when we visited Biue Plains. The District of Columbia has easily the finest poor farm in the entire country. There are 300 acres of land with surroundings charming in every respect. We could never find a more desirable location on which to erect new home for the feeble-minded as the bill pro- pos! RADIO BETWEEN SPEEDING TRAINS NEAR ACCOMPLISHMENT IN OHIO Special Dispatch to The Star. CINCINNATI, Ohio, April 26— Intertrain telephone communica- tion while trains are in motion now is a possibility. Fletcher H. Hiles, steward on g Big Four lim-- ited running between Cincinnati and Cleveland is developing the plan. Officials of the road are backing him and consider success assured. Hiles already is operatig a tem- porary recelving set on his car. ‘With his train running at top speed he has demonstrated for the benefit of his passengers that they can “listen In"” on concerts and the like as successfully as if they were in their own homes. The steward holds Hovurnment radio Jicense. Big ur officials have granted him permission to e installation permanent. is 1s completed it is his cactoer ot The Commissioners are sup- | able to obtain from another city a large supply of fly posters to be put up in prominent places throughout the District. At least one large mea tconcern in_the city is planning to dis- tribute swatters to its customers next month, and there probably will be other dealers doing like- wise during the summer. With the flure-back of winter apparently over, the health oflicer 1 today advised prepare for batt REPORT MAY FAVOR GREAT FALLS PARK Committee Impressed With| Plea to Protect D. C. Water Supply. After the absolute necessity of pro- tecting the water supply of the Dis- trict of Columbia and the govern- ment establishments here from pollu- tion at its source was impressed upon the House committee on public | buildings and grounds today, there! was strong indication that a favor- | able report on the Linthicum joint resolution, which has passed the Sen- | ate, providing for development of the | Great National Park about Great| Falls, will be made. Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, of- ficer in charge of public buildings | and grounds, and Representative J. | Charles Linthicum of Maryland made | a full presentation of the plan. Col. | Sherrill estimated that 2,500 or 3,000 acres of land will be required. Representative Linthicum urged | that this iand could be acquired now | much cheaper than at any other time, | and that it should be taken over by | the government, not only for park | purposes and to preserve the natural beauties along the banks of the Po- |tomae, but that it was absolutely necessary to prevent pollution of the water supply to the National Capital. Both Lieut. Col. Sherrill and Rep- resentative Linthicum, pointed out that In the District appropriation bill for the mext fiscal year a project which will eventually cost $5,700,000 for building a‘new conduit from Great Falls to the District is author- ized, with $1,800,000 made immediate 1y available, and authority to obligate $1,150,000 more is specifically writ- ten into the bill. They told the committee that in order to protect that investment and to pro- tect the water supply of the city, which is the most important project to which any city should look forward, the preser- vation of the wooded lands at Great Falls and beyond should be protected. Col. Sherrill called the attention of the committee to the pollution cf the water in the Tidal Basin, where chemi- cals have to be used in order that the water may be sufficiently pure for bath- ing, and that a similar situation existed in the streams in Rock Creek Park. He also told the committee that his office {had _intended establishing a bathing beach for colored people near Anacostia, but found the water impure. “If you want a good water system for your National Capital in the furture you must protect it from pollution at ‘the source,” Col. Sherrill said. He told the committee that the necessary land could | be bought reasonably now. and that! Congress should provide for its acqui- sition. GEN. MILES STRICKEN. Unable to Act as Grand Marshal of Tomorrow’s Parade. Tleut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, U. 8. A, retired, distinguished civil war vet- eran, Is confined to his apartment in the Richmond Hotel with pneumonia. Gen. Miles was stricken Monday. Physicians today reported that his| condition has greaily improved and | »xpect him to recover soon. The illness of Gen Miles will pre- vent him from participating as grand | marshal in the Grant Memorial day parade tomorrow. Maj. Gen. John A. Clem has been appointed to act in his place. —_— NATIONALS HERE TOMORROW. Nationals and Athletics will be op- ponents at American League Park to- morrow afternoon in a play-off of the | | first postponed game of the base ball | season here. The engagement was housekeepers 10 with the fly. SENATE AND LEGION NEGOTIATORS GAIN GROUND ON BONUS Reports House Bill Had Been Abandoned Are Brand- ed as Untrue. EX-SOLDIERS REFUSE PROPOSAL BY SMOOT Seven Vital Points Taken Up in Informal Talks—How to Raise Funds Not Mentioned. BY DAVID LAWREN( Negotiations hetv the ate procecding eon 1l Ameri com- Legion and mittee fina a satisfactorily, Lut the reports of an abandonment of the House bonus bill are untrue. The suggestion of Senator Smoot that a pald-up insurance policy be giver 4s a substitute for adjusted com- pensation certificates has been de- clined by the legion. It was Mr. Smoot's own proposal and not that of the finance committee. ‘We have neither abandoned the House Lill nor agreed upon a stitute,” safd Senator McCumber, chairman of the Senate fina v minor details no change in the organization, which that the House bill be f that ing position is insis: adopted. Chief Points in Proposals. The fundamentals in the new pro- posals made by the Senate finance com- mittee in its informal talks with the American Legion are substantially thes - First, the House bill provided that yments in cash be made in October, , and the Senate wants to make it three months later—January, 192 To this there is no objection on the part of the legion. Second, there has been suggeste limit heretofore on th e o) dier could make his on for any of the five w civing a bonus, and the Senate committee pro- poses the elimination of the time limit, which, of course, satisfies the legion. Third. The House bill provided that if the number of days a man served entitles him at the rate of §1 or $1.25 (depending upon overseas duty) to 2 total of $50 he shall receive cash. The Senate sugegsted that the total cash be raised to $100. To this raise the legion does not agree, because the outlay under the House bill would be about $16,000,000, while it might cost $§100,000,000 under the Senate plan. The legion is anxious that the immediate cash outlay shall not prove an embarrassment to the gov- ernment and believes the House bill is_the better. Fourth. The Senate committee pro- poses also that even if the total due an ex-service man amounts to $100 or less, he shall be privileged to choose the adjusted certificate plan. This, of course, does not displease the American Legion. Funds for Homes and Farms, Fifth—Aid in the purchase of a home or a farm as covered in the House biil would énable a man with $300 due him to get that sum advanced toward a mortgage. The Senate committee sug- gests that $400 be the limit and taat the payments be made in instalmants of $200 a year beginning January, 1923. The American Legion feels the total amount should be advanced at once so that it can be more useful, as many humes can be bought by the payment of $300 down. Sixth—The Senate committee has pro- posed that as an incentive toward the taking of the certificate plan, twenty- five per cent be added to the total amount on the face of the certificate, this being the equivaient of four and one half per cent interest compounded in twenty years. But the American Legion counters with the suggestion that it be made 40 per cent, arguing that this was the original percentage in the bill which was twice reported favorabiy by the Senate finance committee and which passed the House a year ago. Seventh, under the House bill the loans upon certificates would be made at the banks. The Senate committee Would permit a service man 1o borrow from the government 25 per cent the first 30 per cent the second year and $5 per cent during the third year, increasing 5 per cent each year until it matures. The borrowers would, of course, pay 41z per cent interest. The American Legion hasn't taken sides in this phase of the matter, but it is apparent that government financing would mean an administrative «x pense while borrowing from the bankg wouldn't add to the governments cost, g0, naturally, the Legion proba- bly would prefer the borrowing to be done through the banks, as proposed in_the House measure. While some members of the Amer- jcan Legion, who came from indu: trial communities, are not particula 1y interested in land settlement, there are thousands of ex-service men from the west who want it. The American Legion convention went on record in p: 1 scheduled originally for April 19, but rain prevented the meeting of the|a clubs, Tomorrow's tilt will start at 3:30 o'clock. - the limited and work out methods whereby communication between trains and with the various sta- tions of the road can be assured. Seats at a Premium. The receiving set which he has installed on his car has attracted much attention. Seatsareata pre- mium when he can tune in and re- celve broadcasted materlal. The apparatus is located on the top of a buffet at the end of the car. The batteries are in cabinets under- neath. An amplifying horn on favor of five ways of compensation, nd one of these was reclamation, so it is difficult for the American Legion Jeaders to agree to eliminate reclamu- tion, though it would not be surpris- ing if the Senate committee finally did so. The fegion has made it clear to the Senate finance committee that it Wants to see made as attractive as possible the productive features of the bill, and_for this reason recom- mends that home and land aid and the twenty-year certificate be made worth 40 per cent more than the amounts due, if certificates of credit are selected by service men. Similar- Iy the vocational aid plan, &s em- braced in the House bill, is preferred he legion. hyA: to !lhe financing of the cash features of the bill, the legion main- tains that it should not suggest to Congress the way the revenue should be raised. The Senate committee has proposed that amounts obtained from foreign governments on the war debt shall be used to finance the bill. The legion men unlerstand that .the Brit- ish government Wwill pay its interest this year, and that when a part has one side of the coil boxes is used, so that the sounds received can be transmitted to the farthest cor- r of the car. naAl\ insulated wire leads to the roof. Along the length of the car and back a rectangular aerial is stretched about a foot above the roof. Its length is approximately fifty feei, its width three. The aerial must be low because of the bridges, tunnels and other obstruc- tions aiong the right of way. In- cidentally, Miles evplained that a2y UL 0. i L een applied to sinking fund the re- D inder can be used by the Trea for general purposes, and this wo include the obligations of the bonwh act. (Copyright, $988.) —————— POLES MAKES LOAN 1N U. 8. WARSAW, April _ 25.—Anhounce- ment is made that Poland has com- ciyded large loan in the United zw The conditions of the loan are &> most favorable.