Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1922, Page 1

-~ N Member 1 WEATHER. Mostly cloudy tonight and tomor- row: little change In temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 76, at of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively etitled to | the use for republication of all news dispatches | credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of publication of special 4 p.m. yesterday; I today. | | | i 1 owest, 50, at 7 a.m. No. STRIVING T0 SAVE . GENOABY FRAMING 28,499. Work Out New Prop- - - erty Formula. DESIGNED TO APPEASE BELGIAN OPPOSITION Child, by Hints, Makes It Plain T. S. Cannot Recognize In- dustrial Pacts. A discussion of the Russian prob- lem as it is affected by the nego- tiation at Genoa occupled most of today’s session of the eabinmet. It developed an opinion that the atti- ! tude of the allied governmeénts to ward the noviet regime had shaped up at Genoa in virtual agreement with the policies of the United States. - After the eabinet meeting, 1t was said by administration officials that - there hnd been general agreement * mmong thé cabinet members that the work mew proceeding -at Genoa was going forward largely along lines which had previous- I¥ been latd down by the State De- partment. - * i f iy the Associated Pre: GENOA, May 9.—English and Ital- jan delegates to the economic con- ference met today with members of the Russian delegation and began working out u new formula concern- fug the restoration of foreign prop- erty in Russia, said an announcement this afternoon by the French dele- gation. The announcement sald it was hoped to devise a new clause in the Russian memorandum which ruuld satisfy Belgium and, therefore, uce. Belgium, although not participat- ing, is being kept in touch with these informal negoliations. The essence ©f the new suggestion is the insertion of a clause which would contain in general declaration that —prop- of foreigners would not in any ént be turned over to third parties Ly the Russian government, thus eeting the main Belgian objection 1o the present document. French More Optimistie. The French representatives this aiternoon admitted that they were more optimistic than they were two days ago. The Russians, it is forecast, will be firm in their opposition to the-first clause of the allied Memoranddr, avhich forbids their agitdtion against changes in the present territorial boyndaries and insists that they shall suppress all attempts in that terri- tory to assist revolutionary move- ments in other states. . The soviet representatives take this as an attempt to limit all communistic activity throughout the world, and is regarded by the bclshevists as a di- rect thrust at the third internationale, which maintains its headquarters in Moscow., Germans Display Aectivity. Dr. Wirth, the German chancellor; Dr. Walter Rathenau, the foreign min- ister, and other members of the Ger- man ‘delegation, displayed activity t. day in an effort to induce the Rus- gians to give the memorandum from (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) GENOA SURE TO FAIL . VIEW OF VANDERLIP . Finds Prepar::\tion for Parley Inadequate—Says France Must Decide. BY #RANK A. VANDERLIP. GENOA, May 9.—Does France want beef or butter? ‘She cannot milk the cow and cut her throat at the same time, and she must make her decision. She must decide to dismember Germany or agree to give her a breathing spell. NEW SOVIET OFFER British and Italians Trying to’ Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 20 | | | 1 { development, of such sport. H Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. 20-YEAR RECORD .- SHATTERED BY 'SNOW. BEYOND THE ROCKIES SAN FRANCISCO,- May 9.—Un- usual weather previiled in nearly all sections west of the Rocky mountains yesterday. Some re- ports indicated récord cold or snow. At Quincy, far up in the hills, there was three inches of snow, the heavlest for this season in twenty years. - Baker City, Ore, reported a temperature be- low’ freezing and a snowstorm which, for a few _minutes, & proached blizzard proportion Yakima, Wash., reported & mini- mum of 22 degrees, but a high wind reduced the probable frost damage to creps. Seattle reported a minimum of 36, the lowest in May in twenty-three years. The unusual manifestations are due to a storm central over east- ern Wyoming, and a_high barome- ter over the lower lake region, the weather bureau said. Rain is th forecast for most far western glons today. BILL T LEGALIZE BOXING IN DISTRICT Senator Walsh Also Proposes to Make Wrestling Matches. Lawful Here.” Senator . Walsh of Massachlsetts proposed to put the Natfonal Capltal “on the map” !n the boxing and wrestling world. He introduced a bill today legalizing the holding of boxing and wrestling matches in the District of Columbia under certain regulations, and providing for the #@ppointment of a “commissloner of boxing” by the President. It 1s made lawful for any person, partnership or corporation to hold boxing or wrestling matclies in the District or exhibitions to be conduct- ed where admission fees are charged, | upon” obtaining a ljcense from the boxing commissioner. The commis- sioner is to receive a salary of $4,000 a year. Senate Sparring Matchen. “The Intellectual sparring matches in the Senate are so well regulated by the rules—and we have a referee, the Vice President—that the same prin- ciple should be dpplied to physical sparring matches- outside,” said Sen- ator Walsh. He suggested that mem- bers of Congress as well as the gen- eral public, under his bill, would be given an opportunity, under legal sanction, “to Jet out some of their| steam in the ring.” WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1922 THIRTY-TWO HOSPITAL PROJECT FOR WALTER REED NOW ABANDONED erans’ Bureau Plans Call for Change. FOURTH DISTRICT FUND " IS REAPPORTIONED | !(nnt Go,to President, Says Col. Forbes. Washington -has lost the opportu- nlty for either a big new govern- ment hospital or reconstruction of the temporary buildings at Walter Reed General Hospital into modern permanent buildings from funds au- thorized by Congress for the Vet- erans’ Bureau, it was learned today. Action was taken at a conference {#t the Veterans' Bureau yesterday whereby the recommendation of a | | i | struction at Walter Reed was reject- ed, it is understood. Col. C. R. Forbes, dlrector of the Veterans' - Bureau, expected to see President Harding today to lay be- | fore him the completed recommenda- i tions for expendituve of the first 1$12,000,000 of $17,000,000 which ‘Con- :gre,vs eventually expec{s to appro- ,priate for the use of the Veterans' | Bureau. he would not proceed with contracts | until the entire program had been ap- ! proved by the President. Bureau Responaible. The Veterans, Bureau is alone re- sponsible for the expenditure of funds authorized by Congress, the appro- priation bill, which has passed the House and Senate and now awaits the slgnature of Presldent Harding, de- claring that “the director of the United States Veterans' Bureau™ is the person authorized to spend the appropriation. ! Not only has Washington lost &n in- I stitution, but it was understood in cer- [tain_quarters today tagt the mone; ! originally allotted to the fourth district | of the Veterans’ Bureau, including West | Virginia, Virginia, Matyland and the | District of Columbid, had been taken away from this district and reapportion- | ed to others. The report from the House Opportunity Lost When Vet-| Entire Program of Caring for Men board of medical experts urging con- | Col. Forbés has stated that| i MR. MELLON FEARS Sees No Immediate Prospect of Lowering Estimates for 1923. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Secretary Mellon sees no immediate prospect of lowering the estimated |deficit in government’ finances for 11923 of approximately $340,000,000, |and gives the fmpression of fear that | the deficit may be increased. The Secretary 'told this correspond- ent that his recent estimate was | based upon every available item of Senator Walsh explained that the |Committee on_appropriations, submitted | revenue that could be counted upon, proposed law was similar to those of ! Massachusetts and New York. He said that he saw now good reason why the people of the District should not | hospitalization facilities for 250 beds.|its way debt. hate the benefit of such a law and the e pointed out that boxing matches are now held here in clubs, where no admission fee is charged, and said that he thought that all the people, whether members of clubs or not, should have the bene- fit of such exhibitions and the enjoy- ment of the sport. Championship Bout Likely. It Senator Walsh's bill should be- come a law, the National Capital might in the future become the scene of & world championship contest. The boxing, sparring and wrestling matches may be for prizes or purses and an admission fee may be charged. The sole direction over all matches is to be vested in the bo: commissioner. 3 The boxing commissioner's term of office is to be for four years. No matches or exhibitions are to be held in the District unless the commis- sioner shall have issued a license to hold them. Such licenses are to be valid for a year, and, in the discre- tion of the commissioner, may be re- voked at any time. The commissioner may issue such rules and regdlations pertaining to the holding of boxing and wrestling matches as he may deem advisable, Frovision {s made for the payment of a fee by persons applying for licenses to hold such matches. No provisions of the proposed law are to be construed to apply to any matches conducted under the super- vision of the National Guard of the District or any Army or Navy or- ganization where all the contestants are active members in those organi- zations. GEN. W0OD IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE PLANS SOON Length of Stay in Philippines De- pends on Completing Program Already Outlired. MANILA, May 8.—Maj. Gen. Leon- ard Wood is expected to return to- it looks now as though France wants | morrow from his tour of tho Island Vecf. But she is desperately in need of | of Luzon, Lutter. It is significant, however, that the reparations commission meeting has Leen postponed from May 8 to ‘May 23. 1t is significant that France opposes a meeting of the Versailles treaty signa- i tories prior to May 31. It Is significant that the reparations commission ad- dressed Germany a fiote in reference to the German-Russian treaty of a severe and embarrassing character. Al this coming on top of M. Pain- care’s speech at Bar-le-Duc is 2 po tentous Indication of the decision to be made. . "“The sun is shining at Genoa, but the {Continued on Page 2, Column + Special Dispatch to The Star. CINCINNATI, Ohio, . May 9.— What shall be done with little ten- vear-old Robert Lutkehaus, who, last Thursday, shot and killed Ms baby playmate, Richard Abraham. That problem Is puzzling Cincin- _ nati, officials and citizens alike. Shall the laws applying to juvehile delinquency be enforced here? It was not the usual case of “Didn’t know it was loaded.” Indeed, al- though Richard was killed while the two boys were playing, there is evidence that, in the eyes of the law, the act wis premeditated and carried out with careful delibera- tios " Robert and Richard, four vears, were in the Lutlkehaus apartment slong with Robert's ~ brother “"George, seven years. Both pareats 4 when he probably will make known his intentions regard- ing the length of his stay in the Philippines. It ig known he is anx- ious "to*complete the program out- lined When he, assumed office, but he has expressed doubt about being able to accomplish it by September, when the board of regents of the University of Pennsylvania has ex- pected he would assume the presi- dency of that instituti®n, The delay in Gen. Wood's departure has been attributed to the belated start on his legislative program. It 18 understood the governor gen- eral expected to call an extra session of the legislature to pass certain legislation which he deems urgent. I“7777 said the legislature will be unable to meet before August. BOY, 10, WHO DELIBERATELY KILLED PLAYMATE, 4, PROBLEM FOR OHIO 1 were at work. Before leaving to take her sister's place as a hotel stenographer for the day only, Mra Lutkehaus told Robert he must not bring any of the neighbors’ children into the home. Robert did not heed. After playing through- out the day the floor of the apart- ment was littered with toys and games. To avoid his mother find-. ing out he had disobeyed Robert ordered Richard to aid In clearing up the rooms. Instead of doing as he was tol the four-year-old ‘went ahead playing. ~ “You do as I tell you or I‘will kill you,” Robert, sternly. Richard, assuming this all was in play, simple laughed. Gets Boarder’s Revelver. ‘Without another word Robert ran into an_ adjolning room oc- cupied by P. B. Wright,’a boarder. He knew that ‘Wright kept a re- volver on top of.his bureau. Pro- (Continued on Page 2, Column L)} \ 3 4 iin connection with the appropriation bill, | provided that the fourth district should | receive $7500000 for the construction of It is understood tnat this has lost |to the fourth district. | “'The ~ recommendation _before | Forbes from his board of perts had urgently proposed that one of- | the most feasible places to spend money !in the fourth district, was at Walter: | Reed Hospital, where therg are provided. | already not only the government dwned site, but a heating and power plant, apd. practically all the overhead expenditures | for hospital construction. Surgeon Gen: Ireland had pointed out fhat among all i ition available, Walter Reed probably i provided the one where the maximum | hospital facilities could be bullt with minimum expense. ‘Where the money formerly allotted such | to the fourth district has been reap- (& XIng | portioned was not learned. The fact | that there are roughly 500 vacant the tentative sites for hospital construc- | including the possible payment of in- terest by the British governmént on No New Sources. : 4%he inquiry was prompted by rumors of TéW sources of revenue or increased takation which might be.i. counted upon to wipe out the 1923 deficit, but ‘the Treasury anticipates Tone of thése, This means that the statement just issued by Charles G. Dawes, director of the budget, about which a general debate has been pre- | cipitated in Congress, embraces only {the_fiscal year 192z. In a nutshell 1922 will show a surplus of $45,000,- 000 or thereabouts, but 1923 wél show deficit which some officials think may pass the half - billion - dollar 1 | mark. The question is naturally asked DEFICIT MAY RISE | beds in government institutions with-! 'in the District of Columbia was be- | why the | prefer & surplus tiis year and a big government bookkeepers !lieved to have had a considerable in- fluence against the Walter Reed project, or the proposition for a new ! independent hospital at this time. | Need of Tuberculosis Hospltal. Officials of thé fourth district had stated in connection with the need at present here that this district was short a tuberculosis hospital and there had been some influence brought to_bear for the construction -of a tuberculosis hospital éomewhere with- in the three states and the District of Columbia. A recent recommenda- tion, however, was presented to Col. Forbes by a board of tuberculosis ex- perts meeting in Washington in con- nection with their national assocla- tion, which stated that at present there were sufficient facilities avail- Lable to care for all the tubercular Veterans throughout the country. It is known that Veterans' Bureau officials have seriously considered the recommendation for neuropsychiatric hospitals, made by a board from a conference of neuropsychiatric ex- perts called to Washington for con- | sidering the question. The Veterans' | Bureau had before it specific recom- mendations as to the actual location of such hospitals. Whether there will be any addi- tional construction at Mount Alto Hospital, in the District of Columbta, from the recent appropriation is not known. But the act authorizing money for the Veterans’ Bureau states that the bureau “Is hereby authorized to provide addetional hospital facilitien” for world war veterans, “by purchase and remodeling or extension of exist- ing plants, and by construction on sites now owndd by the government, or on sites to ‘be acquired by pur. chase, condemnation, gift or other- wise.” EXPECT PROGRESS. ONDEBTFUNDING | Soon as Genoa Parley Comes to End. Definite progrefs in the negotia- tions looking to the refunding of the $11,000,000,000 foreign debt may be expected as soon as the Genoa con- ference is terminated and the for- eign economic and financial experts are released from their dutles tHere, administration officials said today. _ Delay in the actual opening of ne- gotiations was asoribed pfincipally. here to-the necessity for these ex- erts- keeping in close contact with the proceedings at Genoa. Since the organization meeting of the debt funding commission created by Congress to handle the matter the only developments reported”to Sec- retary Hoover have been the prepa ration by several of the debfor na- tions of statements of their financial condition, requested by the American commission as a necessary basis ‘cr congideration of -the refunding, _ Definite Steps Looked For a; i deficit next year. The answer is to be found in the demand of political members of Congress for ammunition {to use im the autumn campaigns. | They say frankly that 1923 can take |care of itself—that something might {happen to better the situation—but ,that 1922 is to be considered as al { unit because the people will vote on the past record rather than future possibilities. Rallroads Must Be Paid. Considering 1922 as a unit, it is found that the surplus of $45,000,000 was obtained by postponing paynrent of practically $100,000,000 which must be paid in 'connection with govern- ment control of railroads, a settle- | ment of which has been delayed. If the $100,000,000 had been paid this year, there would have-been a deficit for 1922. ' The surplus therefore is accidental, and Treasury officials who are not in- | terested in the politics of the situa- tion reluctantly admit that the sur- plus is purely theoretical. They do not like to be in the position of con- tradicting congressional statements, but they cannot at the same time re- | vise their previous declarations in which the figures of this year and | next year were given to the public. | When it comes down to estimates of saving, no official cares to comment. on the practice which has grown up of regarding an estimated expendi- | ture as in the same class as an actual pexpenditure. Some estimates of gov- crnment saving run as high as a billion dollars, it being contended that the executive departments want- ed_to spend larger sums than Con- gress would authorize. Many a busi- ness man counts as “saved” momey he might have spent, but on his books there is no actual money showing the economy. There are two schools .of thought here. Some believe a reduc- (Continued on_Page 2, Column 6.) WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | | i i | 624-Pound Indian Takés Ten Yards For Summer Shirt ANADARKO, Okla., May 8. Big Bill, a Caddo Indian, Uving mear Gracemont, has just order- ed his summer suft. a pair of trousers and a shirt. It took tem yards of material to make the nhirt, while the have a walst measure of eight feet. Big Bill is belfeved to outstrip all other Indians size. He weighs 624 pounds, has a thixh measugement of thirty- six inches a uper arm measurement of twenty-eight inch I ROBERTSONINJTY TOARKIDNAPING Love Affair With Miss Cul- “berson Discussed at Brit- - ish Embassy. Alexander E. Robertson, British war veteran, was at the British embassy to- day, in conference with Councilor Craigie, presumably laying before the official his charges of kidnaping by three private detectives. He arrived in Washington today from Newark, N. J., to carry out this an- nounced plan regarding an alleged at- tempt to force his departure from this country because of his affection for Miss Mary Culberson, daughter of Sen- ator Culberson of Texas. No Action Planned. Officials at the embassy who were Inclined to suspend judgment in the matter until they heard Robertson's story, indicated that any action which the embassy might take would depend upon the information and evidence he is submitting. Robertson found no escort for him on his arrival here. He had an- nounced’ that he had requested an scort in a telegram fo the embassy rom Newark yesterday. Embassy officlals said that no such request had been received and intimated that they believed the British veteran's fears of molestation were ground- ess. Arrives at Early Hour. Robertson arrived at the embassy early this morning. According to a British offictal, he was 1n conference with Councilor Craigie for some time this morning and had not left the embassy at am early hour this aft- erncon. “A small army of photographers and newspaper men ‘“covered” both entrances to the embassy, waiting for. Robertson’s appearance, as he departed. FIVE DIE IN FLAMES. Man Sgves Wife and Two Children, Then Perishes With Four. MARENGO, Tll, May 9.—Five per- sons were burned to death here late last night in a fire which destroyed the home of August Bourke, jr. The dead are: Bourke and four children— Harold, nine; Walter, five; Helén, three, and Verna, two. The mother and two children, one a six-month-old baby, wefe saved by the father, who lost his life in an attempt to save the remaining children. e 1 | paper plants in the world. | GLIMPSE OF THE STAR’S NEW HOME | TO BE GIVEN IN SPECIAL SECTION In-The Star tomorrow will be presented a complete account of the new annex, giving The Evening Star one of the best equipped news- ! §amy be completed by the House Dis- jactors were rehearsing. An eight:page rotagravure section will show pictures of the oldest ‘Washington daily’s new ultra-modern home, scenes from basement to roof, showing how a newspapér .is made. = ‘Where the news is written and edited, where it is “set up,” where " printed and how distributed, pictures giving the “inside story” of a great newspaper, all will be shown in, attractive ‘detail. . A special two-pagé diagram map, of ‘the entire new annex will - give.Star readers a'clear idea of where every office is located, and how g ufindk:{orthebuilfln;ii.peuuvhiw‘undlfimu‘ Theré will be a The price of tomorrow’s Star will be 2 cents, the same as usual special article describing at length ' the nev‘v Star PAGE S BuLLETIN News 2 OF WASHINGTON LETTER - ATTACK NEWEST RENT BILL House Committee to Finish Work on Redrafted Act Late This Afternoon. The redrafted rent bill will prob- trict committee late today. ference adjourned. at 12:30 o'clock Wwith four pages of the measure still to be considered. The committee vot- ed to ask permission of the House to meet this afternoon starting at 2 o'cléck. Representatiye Sproul of Il- linois served notice that he would ob- Ject to unanimous conszent. He is de- sirous of having the committee meet after the House adjourns today. The principal provisions to be con- sidered late today are an amendment which will be offered by Representa- tive Zihlman® of Maryland, which ‘would make it a criminal.effense for all landiords to fail to furnish serv- :‘l’:n.“ required by the Rent Commis- Hotels Prove Problem. ‘The very important subject wheth- er or not hotels, apartment hotels ; and business property are to be in- | cluded or ‘stricken from the bill| probably will be decided late today. | j Those who seem ta be in control in | the committee predict that these| properties will be omitted from the ! jurisdiction of the Rent Commission. | Probably the ~ most _important | change in the bill is one which pro- | vides that questions in dispute as to | the good faith of an owner desiring to get possession of property for his own use or to build a new structure are to be decided in the Municipal Court instead of by the Rent Com- mission. As agreed to by the committee, the new rent bill would authorize the President to appoint a new commis- sion of flve members, the three old commissioners remaining in office un- til three new members have been ap- pointed. The new bill would allow the members to conduct hearings singly and would lengthen the life of the Rent Commission® for two years. Another change in the bill provides that the failure of hotels when re- quired by the commission to submit plans would be made in contempt of | court. There is now no penalty clause for such fallure. Ovwner May Obtain Property. A provision similar to the Senate provision was agreed for appeal from the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict to_the Supreme Court of the United States. The committee also agreed on a provision that an owner may obtain possession of his prop- erty iIn order to make repairs, to remodel it or to erect a new build- ing, ‘whether or not it is to be used for rental purposes. The committee action today was expedited as a result of a conference held by six members of the commit- tee last night, who akreed upon a concerted plan. These members were Zihiman of Maryland, Fitzgerald of Ohio, Lampert of Wisconsin, Keller of Minnesota, O’'Brien of New Jersey and Hammer of North Carolina. —— PARIS CASINO FIRESWEPT. No Lives Lost, But Flames Are Still Spreading. By the Associated Pre: PARIS, May 9.—A serious fire broke out shortly after 3 o'clock this after- noon in the Casino de Paris, one of | Paris’ .leading music halls, while the The fire is believed to have been caused by a short circuit. No lives were lost, but the flames were- still spreading late this after- noon. Redrafted rent bill to be completed by House committee late today. Page 1 Lady Astor helps Virginia man_ to freedom after 15 years in English Page 2 Women to hear plans for raising funds for Victory Memorial build- ing. Page 2 Senate parliamentary situation may prevent consideration today of D. G, prison. New York reports longest list of tragedies known in months. Page 2 Three firemen injured when fire en- gine and hose wagon collide. Page 2 Democrats attack and republicans de- fend budget economy claims. Page b o Stable blown up at coal min, NEAR COMPLETION The con- | 0 Today’s News in Brief. dispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 91,614 | 1 SENATOR PAGE, 81, HOST TO CHUMS ALL NEAR 80 AND “MERE BOY OF 48” An octogenarfan luncheon was given by Senator Page of Ver- mont, himself over eighty years of age, in the Senate naval affairs committee room yesterday. The guests were “Uncle Joe” Cannon, eighty-six; Representa- tive Stedman of North Carolina, elghty-one; Represcntative Greene of Massachusetts, eighty-one; Sen- ator Nelson of Minnesota, seventy- nine; Senator Dillingham of Ver- mont, seventy-eight, and Senator Page, eighty-one. The combined &ges of the legislators was 484 years, or an average of elghty )'EA'I‘B and two-thirde. Vice President Coolidge, a mere boy of forty-eigh o Ronir y-¢ight, was a guest of COURT DISSOLVES ' BIG SUGAR TRUST Order Entered Against Amer- ican Refining Company After 12 Years. 1 » Assosiateq Press, | NEW YORK, May 8.—Federal {Judges Rogers, Hough and Manton | today filed a dissolution order against |the American Sugar Refining Com- |pany and other corporate and indi- {Vidual defendants fn the govern-| jment's Sherman law suit begun twelve years ago. During the twelve-year walt, caused in large part by a decision to awalt | rulings of the United States.Supreme Court in the steel and harvester trust |cases, the defendant corporations in the sugar trust case *have “aban- doned their combination and conspir- ;ILC)’ to restrain trade and commerce and to monopolize the business of | manufacturing and dealing in refined | sugar,” said the decree. The judge sitting as an expedition court held, however, that at the time testimony in the case was heard enough of the allegations in the gov- ernment petition were proved to en- title it to a dissolution order. The comvanies named in the peti- tion were the American Sugar Re- fining Company, the National Sugar | Refining Company of New Jersey, the | Great Western Sugar Company of {Chicago and the Michigan Sugar | Company of Detroit. | It was held by the court that evi- | dence taken in 1910, when the peti- tion of dissolution was asked by the government, showed that at that time | | the American Sugar Refining_Company jowned voting control in all of t companies named. Since then, how ever, the parent concern voluntarily has ‘given up that contfol and now, {owns only small minorities and has | i no membership on the directorship of | the companies. The decree signed today was. with ! the consent of the sugar companies’ | attorneys. It was brought to the fed- eral court here as an expediting measure and confirmed the voluntary dissolution agreement reached after conferences with the government attorneys. B DISMISSAL ORDER DENIED. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 9.—Federal Judge Knox today denied a motion of counsel for the alleged cement trust for dismissal of indictments al- leging violation of the Sherman act, under which nineteen companies and forty-four individuals are being tried. 3 He sustained a motion to dismiss the second count of the indictment, however, which charges the defend- ants with entering into a contract to restrain trade and curtail production. It was on this count that the case against the cement manufacturers’ assoclation was built by the govern- ment. The remaining count, which charges conspiracy to fix prices, has! been sufficiently borne out by testi- mony to warrant’its submission to the- jury, except in the case of the Allentown Portland Cement Com- pany, Judge Knox held. He said he would direct a verdict! in favor of that company, as thei government has conceded it failed to make a case against it. Taking of testimony on the con- spiracy count then was resumed. FEARS TARIFF WILL STOP BRITAIN. PAYING DEBTS Earl Balfour’s Cousin Sees Great Danger in Fordney Bill if Passed by Cdongress. By the Associated Press. MONTREAL, May 3.—Arthur Bal- four, cousin of Earl Balfour, and vice president of the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, Said | today that the adoption of the Ford- ney tariff bill by the United States Congress would cause the postpone- ment “for an indefinite period” of ithe repayment of Great, Britain's debt to the U'nlted States. Mr. Bal- four reached here today from Wash- ington. “The only way in which we In Great Britain_can possibly pay our debts to the United States is by trade and the export of our goods,” he said. | | | & Special Dispatch to The Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 9.— +“Bad whisky” was denounced here today by Judge Oscar Yarnell of the Hamilton county circuit court as the greatest breeder of divorce in America. With bad whisky, said the judge, come bad temper, bad conduct and bad women. appropriation bill. Page 2 Commissioners note some srltltyh\g “Any man who drinks liquor conodessions in proposed D. C. ap-| ought to pick out and pay for his propriation bill. Page 2| .,mn and shroud, select his pall- bearers and make arangements for an early funeral, so that after his death his heirg and assigns for- ever will be saved this trouble, which he isn't worth,” said the Judge. Twenty-two divorces were grant- ed by the court, and hard liquor, mostly the corn of the mountains, plant; .. 8ix ‘horses killed. Page 10 Radiv manufacture now stabilized, is d to figure in_each of them. Stier the sorrowrul- grist had ground the Judge TWO CENTS.. PRESIDENT'S LEAD INDAYLIGHT SAVING _FOLLOWEDBY CITY ~3 White House Letter Formally Authorizes Hour Earlier After May 15. BANKS, BUSINESS HOUSES AND SCHOOLS ADOPT PLAN District Government Also Orders Change—Theater Managers Still in Doubt. Daylight saving in Washington by beginning the day’s work one hour earlier, starting next Monday, was formally authorized today, when | President Harding sent an identica! letter to cabinet officers, saying ‘Notice should be given to all em- jployes in your department that cr that day employes will report ome hour earlier than heretofore, and the day's work will end one hour earlfer.’ The President does not state how long the plan shall continue through the summer, but it has been under- s5t0od genegally that probably it will last until October. Text of the Lettef. The text of the letter follows: “Agreeable to the recommendations of the cabinet at its mecting of Friday, May 5, and in conformity with the ex- pressed preference of government em- ployes as indicated in the referendum: taken in faver of an earlier working hour for the summer season, I have cox. ferred with representatives of tae com- mercial and civic organizations of the city of Washington and have assurances of cordial co-operation. “The plan or daylight saving through the one hour advancement of govern- ment working hours wilt be inaugurated Monday, May 1 Notice should be given to all employes in your de- partment that on that day employes will report one hour earlier thau heretofore, and the day's work w end one hour earlier. The only ex- ceptions to this rule will be in cases Wwners the government interests d- mand the later working hour for some special reason which cannot be waived aside.” D. C. Commissioners sct. Daylight saving for the Distrros government also was ordered leley by the Commlssioners in boarc esss sion, following receipt of the letter from President Harding. On and after May 16 the District building hours will be from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. . At the same time orders putting the daylgat-saving pian in(o eitect 1 the puouc scnools hece Monday were fs- sued by Supt Frank W. ballou. 2e- DS WILO Fepuil W wIBIE ClassrOumS 4t 9 o'clock will report at 8 o'clock, those who report at $:30 will report at_7:30, ete. The Washington Clearing House As- sociation touay adopied a resolution makihg the business hours of local banks from 7:30 to 2 p.m., closing on Saturuays at 1 o'clock. Senator Makes Prote; Senator Dial, In the Senate today, protested the President's “daylight savings” plan by declaring the “clock the Creator gave us” could not be improved upon and the hands of the dial should not be changed. He add- ed that the senators set a good ex- ample for the country, saying “they get up early and work lite.” There has been some contention on the part of bankers as to the right of banks to regulate their hours in this_respect. It may taks a change in the by-laws of the d ferent banks to make it effective, While some more congervative bank presidents deciare thap only through an act of Congress can the protest- ing of notes and refusal of payment on checks, other than in regular hours, be made legel. They all be- jieve in it and oniy seek & way tu be able to take advantage of the movement to be inaugurated May 15. During the wartime period, when the community took aavaniage of the sav- ing, it was by act of Congress. Hankers hold that the passage of such an act would be easy without de- bate and really & speedy settiement of the matter. Interior First to Act. The Department of the Interior wus one of the first to issue an order plac ing the President’s authorization into effect. Edward C. Finney, acting secretary. yesterday issued the following order Chiefs of bureaus and offices of thu department: 3 Hl'ursmml to direction of the Presi- dent, the plan of daylight saving will be put into effect, in the departments of the government in Washington by advancing one hour the government working hours. Accordingly, you are hereby notified that, beginning Mon- day, May 15, all day employes of the Interior Department, its bureaus and oftices will be required to report for duty one hour earlier than heretofore and the day’s work will end one hour earlier than heretofore. The only ex ception to this rule will be ca: where the government's interest d« mands a later working hour for some special reason which cannot be avoid- IWhile theaters and amusement places generally have reached no de- {Continued on Page Z, Coumn i) thesexport= of onr kbods T ihoNend; o, (CUncioned on a0 CORmR B “BAD WHISKY” PRODUCES DIVORCE AND OTHER EVILS, DECLARES JUDGE Yarnell looked mournfully on his empty court as he mused. “The great cause of divorce there ever is drinking. ‘T've . seen it thousands of times. It fsn't as bad now as it was in the old saloon days, but Lord knows it's bad enough. A husband who drinks—no matter how little—is the worst menace to any family. That goes for the big panker just as well as for the hunible laborer. Cruelty knows no class.” The judge avowed that the diffi- culty nowadays was that when a man looked too long upon the corn when it is white generally goes ‘home and beats up his wife until she is blue. Some of the defendants before “ the court were bootleggers who had been unwise enough to become their own best customers. “Infidel- ity comes of intemperance,” said the judge. ‘The gretest preachment for prohibition that exists today {s the divorce court.™ £Copyright, 19220