Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1922, Page 2

~ POINTTO BENEFTTS UNDER . €. BILL Commissioners Note Increas- ed Water Supply as “Out- standing Concession.” Although Washington, as & whole, expressed disappointment over tho taxation features of the new District bill as it came out of conference, city officials today called attention to ‘a number of items agreed to in conference which should be a source of gratification to the people of the District. The outsanding concession made by the conferees was their decision to recommend an appropriation of $1,- 500,000 for construction of the new water supply, with authority for the Secretary of War to make contracts for_an additional $1,450,000. When it is remembered that for many summers past the city has been drawing dangerously close to the maximum _capacity of the existing water condult, the importance of this appropriation becomes apparent. Even with this appropriation it will be several years before the new condult can be completed, but water department officials_point out fail- ure to make an appropriation for the next fiscal year would have delayed final completion just twelve months longer. Improved Police Protection. Police protection also will be im- proved to some extent if the bill be- comes a 1w as agreed to in confer- ence. Whiles the conferees did not allow all that the Commissioners ‘wanted for policing the city, they did allow the following items: An appro- priation for twenty-five additional men, $20,000 for the erection of a new police station and $5,000 for the pur- chase of more motor equipment to be used in running down criminals. The Senate had voted for seventy- five additional policemen, but the con- ferees compromised with the House on twenty-five. The department al- ready has $38,000 toward a new sta- tion house at 17th street and Rhode Island avenue northeast, and the ad- ditional $20.000 will permit the con- struction of the building. This sta- tion when completed will reduce the area now covered by the ninth and tenth precincts, which is admittedly too large for two precincts to police properly.* Allowance for Street Lighting. Another gratifying phase of the conferees report is the allowance of a special appropriation of $20,000 for street lighting, which, next to paving, is one of the outstanding needs of the National Capital. The regular lump sum for maintenance of exist- ing street lights is $430,000, the same as the current appropriation. Of this appropriation $414,000 will have to be used for gas, electricity and general upkeep, leaving about $15,000 for the erection of new lamps where urgent- 1y _needed. Residents of the outlying sections of the city regret the action of the conferees in reducing from $250.000 to $225,000 the lump sum for repairs to suburban roads. Washington has a large area of macadam roads, and a considerable sum is needed each .spring_to_repair_the damage done to these highways by trucks during the ‘winter months. Total for Improving Streets. Under the head of street improve- ments the Senate receded from its amendment for paving the west side of Commecticut avenue from Ingomar street to Chevy Chase Circle. The House conferees, however, agreed to the paving .of the following streets: East Capitol street, 15th to 18th streets, as an approach to the mew Eastern High School; Rhode Island avenue, 12th to 16th streets. morth- east; 12th street, Michigan avenue to Upshur _street northeast; Randolph street, 13th to 14th, and 2Sth street, ‘Woodley road to Cathedral avenue. These items make the total appro- priation for street improvements $233,500, which Is a substantial in- crease over the $144,840 allowed last year. In view of the demand for economy by the legislators this year District officials are gratified that the con- ferees made these increases in the BOY, 10, WHO DELIBER- ATELY KILLED PLAYMATE, 4, PROBLEM FOR OHIO (Continued from First Page.) curing this weapon, he returned to & the kitchen, pressed the pistol against Richard's breast and pull- ed the trigger. There was a sharp report, a frightened cry, and little Richard crumpled to the floor with blood crimsoning the front of his waist. Little George stood _horrifled. Turning to him and warning him that if he made a noise, “I'll beat your brains out,” Robert half dragged, half carried the limp “body of Richard down the stairs which led to the front porch. There for an hour he stood panic- stricken, gazing out of the glass which made up the upper half of the door, trying to make up his mind what to do. A workman, en- tering to perform a task, opened the door and Robert dashed pell- mell down the street. George fol- lowed in abject horror. He ran across the street to the Abraham home and screamed to Mrs. Abra- ham that Dickie was dead. Mean- while, the workman, discovering the body, lifted it as the mother entered. He placed it in her arms, stopped a passing auto, and the child and mother were rushed to the General Hospital, where a hasty examination showed death had been well nigh instantaneous, the bullet entering near the heart. Afraid to Return Home. Hours later Robert ‘was discov- ered by his grandfather wandering about afraid to return home. Yet, since then, in the Juvenile Deten- tion Home, he has romped and played, apparently unmindful of the tragedy. That fact h puz- zied the authorities. He has shown no remorse, neither has he seemed to care one way or the other. ked why he shot, he replied: didn’t think the revolver would go_off so easy.” Determination of Robert's_ fate rests with Judge Charles W. Hoft- man, head of the Juvenile Court, ‘who has a wide reputation for hu- manity and broadness of vision in dealing with children. He has a nation-wide reputation for com- mencing a case by addressing a boy accused of the murder of his entire family with: ;. ‘Look here, young fellow, you | ain’t been acting right.” i He will act after the coroner has returned his formal verdict. Meanwhile Robert will be exam- ' ined by the psychological experts | of the State Bureau of Juventle Research. Upon the report of | these men, Dr. H. H. Goddard.and . Dr. E. Baekr, Judge Hoffman will ! base largely his decision as to what : 1s to be done with the boy. Un- der the laws of Ohio no child under en can be charged with a inal offense. Offenders under that age are treated as delin- querits, ‘the state undertaking to correct any criminal propensities m.{ may possess by placing them in Institutions for children as the oourts may direct. The inclination of the authorities in the present esse is to accept Robert not as a delinguent, but as a playful boy who had no idea of the enormity &£ his act. L] Smooth Gem Thief Makes $12,000 Haul. " In Crowded Hotel SAN FRANCISOQ, May 0.— Jewelry valued at $12,000 was taken last night from un ex- hibit maintained by Shreve & Co. in a hotel lobby. The robber had to work Iliterally under the eyes of scores of person Four pleces of jewelry, all of diamonds set in platinum, were taken. The length of the thief’s arm apparently limited haul, other jewelry In the case valued at more than $30,000 was not touched. The thief had loosed and then removed n small glass mection in the side of the case. He 1s believed to have worked for days at odd moments in loosening the pane. (Continued from First Page.) the allles such an answer as would ! justify Frgnce and Belgium with- drawing from the conterence. Such a withdrawal, the 'Germans argued, would only serve the interests of Russia’s enemies. During the afternoon some doubt developed whether the Russian reply would be forthcoming todaw It was reported in one quarter that dellvery of the document had been postponed until tomorrow. M. Tchitcherin this afternoon ad- dressed a mote to Signor Schanzer asking whether the French govern- ment had yet approved of the memo- randum, and if not what govern- ments had approved it. The correspondent for the Evening News of London, said he had learned that M. Tchitcherin had received wire- structions from Moscow insist- ing that the Russian reply must be so framed as to avoid an immediate breaking up of the conference. The principal European delegations here have been given unmistakable hints by the American ambassador, Richard Washburn Child, that ghe United States maintains its consistent standpolnt, regarding any private or general afrangement for commercial and industrial privileges in Russia, and that no such arrangements can be recognized by the United States, says Henry Wickham Steed, editor of the Times of London. He_adds that whatever agreement has been, or may be made, must be aftected by the American attitude, un- less, and until equality of industrial opportunity in Russia, is assured on principles and by means which the United States can recognize, Standard Ofl Affected. The correspondent understands that minor British oil interests in south Russla have suggested td the British delegation the expediency of estab- lishtng a special petroleum council alongside the Genoa conference, and says that, were such a council to be constituted, and were it to include the leading compafiies, its proceedings might speedily eclipse those of the main conference. As regards the Standard Ol Com- pany, the correspondent says its dis- tinct status in the Russian oil nego- tiations “certainly gives point” to the support lent by the United States to the French and Belgian attitude re- garding private property in Russia, and also to the polite intimation which_the leading delegates received from Mr. Child. Controversy About Belgium. Belgium is the center around which turns the fierce controversy over the! Russian question. It is Belglum's ob- Jjection to clause seven in the allied memorandum to the Russlans behind which France is standing in her opposi- tion to the memordandum. Consequent- 1y, all eyes in Genoa are on Belgium and on M. Jaspar, foreign minister and chairman of the Belgian delegation. “The question raised by Belgium about clause seven has two aspects,” M. Jaspar said. “On one side it is a question of prin- ciple concerning respect for and pro- other side_concerns the economic res. tcration of Russia by reviving the In- dustry of that countr. Two and Half Billion Francs. “Belgium invested two and a half dustry, and possessed 361 factories, in cluding blast furnaces, glass factories electric street railways, cloth mills, water works and electric light plants. We used to produce in Russia before the war 42 per cent of the foundry out- put of the entire country, 48 per cent of the steel rails, 75 per cent of the chemical products, 50 per cent of the zlass tableware and 30 per cent of the window glass. 'No other country is so prepared as is Belgium to restore Russia if the latter returns to the former Bel- gian proprietors their old possessions. Money again will pour into Russia, Belgian industri billion francs laid aside to restore their Industries there. Not Pledged to Decision. “In clause seven Belgium admitted a formula which allowed for nation- alization of property in Russia on condition that its use should be granted to the old proprietors or, when this was impossible, compensa- tion be given them. “M. Cattier, our legal expert, simply assisted in compiling tlause seven on the request of Mr. Lloyd George and M. Barthou, under the express condition tiat his presence there would pledge neither the Bel- gian delegation nor the government to the work of the experts. M. Cattier, after the clause was drafted, brought it to me and agreed with me that it wasg unacceptable to Belgium. “I must recall that I compiied that section of the Cannes resolution re- specting foreign property, and that 2ll, including Mr. Lloyd George, agreed in interpreting it in the sense that the soviet must return foreign properties except when physically im- s Nt possible. Mr. Lloyd George expressed himgelf in the same sense in the house of commons on April 2. Position Not Changed. “My amendment to clause 7 is a textual reproduction, word by word, of the section approved by the English experts in London in their report regarding foreign property in Kussia. Therefore, it Is not 1 who have changed. . “Belgium does not wish the failure of the conference. All her efforts here have been directed toward the sucess of the meeting, while every paid homage to the Belgian sincerity and peaceful spirit.” ed recently _in several European newspapers concerning a military and economic _alliances between France and Belgium. He said the two countries concluded in 1920 a purely defensive conventlon, effected through the exchange of letters, which_provided that the convention be effective only when mutually agreed upon. OUTLOOK IS DISCOURAGING. BY EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER. ble to The Star and Chicago Dally Ny e Conreight, tous, 0 Dally News. GENOA, May 9—Late last night Prime Minister Lloyd George entered the arena, otherwise the Anglo- American correspondents’ headquar- ters, to make a personal denfal in the strongest terms bf his having threatened Louls Barthou last Satur- day with a break with France. All newspaper men within reach were summoned to the Hotel Miramar, where the British delegates are lodg- ing, for communications of the high- est importance The correspondents gathered in the lobby and waited. Some thought it meant that the Russians had relied - | bill_went over. tection of private property abroad. The r billions of francs, gold, in Russian in- | lists already have a | one, including Mr. Lloyd George, has M. jaspar denied statements print- | buffalo nickel. £t 1o right: SENATE SITUATION MAY HALT D. C. BILL The parliamentary situation in the Senate is such that the District ap- ipropriation bill and the conference tax rider may not be permitted to come up for consideration today. Un- der the rules of the Senate a report | of committee must be printed and lie over for a day. The District bill comes to the Senate with a rider on a report from the appropriations com- mittee. On a point of order made by Senator Poindexter Saturday the The Senate recessed on Saturday night instead of taking |an adjournment, and recessed last night until today. Under the Senate ules it is still in the same legisla- ir | tive day as saturday. Rule as Previously Interpreted. In the past it has been held that the rule providing that a committee report must lie over for a day means that it must lie over until a new legislative day. In addition to the point of order that the bill must He over until a new legislative day, a point may be made that a report of a committee | must be taken up on motion and may not merely be laid before the Senate | for action unless, of course, unani- mous consent for such action is {granted. A motion to take up the { District bill would stemporarily dis- | place the tariff bill, which is the un- finished business. Expects Point of Order. Senator Phipps of Colorado, 'in charge of the bill, sald today that he proposed to bring the measure up at the earliest opportanity. He {admitted that the parliamentary sit- uation might prevent its considera- tion at this time. It is known that Senator Harrison of Mississippl will make the polnt of order. Whenever the bill is before the {Senate it is Senator Harrison’s plan {to move that it be recommitted, with {instructions to the appropriations {committee to grant hearings on the {tax rider to the people of the Dis- { trict. | Senator Phipps sald today that op- i | ! position to the new tax plan was {lessening as the people came o a [ better understanding of | {and others that the conference had | {finally broken up. Sir Edward Grigg. | Mr. Lioyd George's private secretary, iarrived and we were convoked in the {parlor on the first floor where we listened to the reading of a letter from M. Barthou to Mr. Lloyd George denying the story in the London Times which suggested that a break | was threatened. Nothing more. But | t is the strongest possible testimony | to the fact that no break between | France and Britain is desired by the 'British or is probable in the near fu- ture. . Position to Be Unchanged. 1t seems to the writer that the con- ference, whether nominally successful or not, will leave Europe practically {in the same position as before. The ! experts appear to have abandoned all ! thought of giving the Russians a cash floan, however small. The effect of the ‘formation of a conmsortium for i eredits would not do more for Russia than would be done, anyway. The Germans, formally barred from the Russian negotiations, have taken an active part in the-private negotia- tions between Mr. Lloyd George and Commissioner Tchitcherin. The non- aggression pact seems practically to have falled, partly owing to the clear- ly expressed refusal of the neutrals to sign any documents guaranteeing ex- isting treaty provisions, and of the Germans to commit themselves again | lon the same subject. The Germans re- Ject the French interpretation of the treaty of Versailles, which commits them. to article 10 of the covenant, which, they maintain, applies only to the members of the league of nations. It seems doubtful that any arrange- ment can be found to reconcile all the points of views / Crack in Little Entente. Yet, though no break with Britain is probable, the French position is weakened by what looks like a widen- ing crack in the little entente on the Russian question. The Czechoslo- vakian minister of foreign affairs, j Eduard Benes, seems to be committed | to the French view, and is backed by Jugoslavia, but the Poles openly de- clare that they intend following the British line in regard to Russia. The ! Rumanians de not like the prospect ! iof facing Russia unaided, because they believe that the Czechoslovaks would not engage in a conflict with the Russians owing to their sympathy for pan-Slav solilarity. Italians Up Blind Alley. Meanwhile the Italian attempt to eniist the services of Lloyd George on their side in the controversy over the application of the treaty of Rapallo with the Jugoslavs has fafled. The Italians, who have stanchly support- ed Lloyd George in all his moves, ex- pected him to bring pressure to bear on the Jugoslavs and cause them to submit to the Itallan interpretation of the treaty, but the British prime minister, after listening carefully to both sides, suggested that the golu- tion be referred to & committes of Ttalian, Jugoslav and British experts. These met yesterday and, naturally, falled to reach a conclusion. { { There is some hilarity over the discomfiture of Foreign Minister Sehanzer in moakine G Lnians With Seln-B10to Kills-Enemy-at. reus, under the leadership 1ght, Mars Dollar Given to Salvation Army Held Aid to Washington Welfare | “What will become of the dollar that I contribute to the Salvation Army?" This 18 ‘a qugestion’ which ‘many Washingtonians may ask themselves during the Salvation Army’'s coming campalgn to raise a $37,000 budget for 1922, The Salvation Army will formally open its budget campaign for $37,000 tomorrow. This sum enable the local organization to carry on its work during the coming year. Organization plans for the cam- paign are practically completed, and it is expected that the needed sum will be raised without the necessity for street soliciting and intensive methods of a like nature: Miss Caroline Martin will act as chalrman of a committee which will have charge of the budget activities of the Salvation Army within the telephone company and all its branch offices- during the campaign for the 1922 budget of $37,000, which opens tomorrow. Maj. J. G. McGee, commander of the Army in'the District, answers the question propounded at the beginning of this article, as follows: ““Lhe dollar that you glve to the Salvation Army hecomes an invest- ment in the welfdre of Washington. We use the dollar 80 2s to squeeze frorh it every atom of good possible to extract. vation Army by Washington people are still at work for the welfare of the city. This is the way we do it The building at 121 Pennsylvania ave- nue, known as the Social Service Conter, was started with dimes and dollars given to the Army years ago, just as the people of today are giving money. eCenter Self-Supporting. “That Social Service Center does not need @ penny of the peoble’s money today! It is self-supporting. More than that, it has earned a small sur- plus, which will go into the new, modern, brick social center, at 1st and B streets northwest, work on| which has just been started. “The dollars which enabled us to es- tablish the first social center have been returned in dividends to the peo- ple of Washington many times in ac- tual cash dividends. At these centers we repalr and salvage that most plen- tiful of all materials—waste. Not only waste clothes, shoes, paper, furniture, but, most important of all, waste manhood. We collect cast-off ma- PYTHON EATS FOUR PLUMP PIGS IN SEMI-OCCASIONAL FEAST AT ZOO The latest sem!-6ccaslonal feast of the huge regal python, the prize and pampered pet among the snake family at.the Washington Zoo. consisted of four plump little pigs. weighing around twelve pounds éach. Mme. Python had béen somewhat oft “her feed for the ‘past few months, had been undergoing a self-inflicted diet, according to Dr. Hollister, superintendent of the Zoo, so that when she finally show- ed an inclination to eat, a square repast was laid before her and is needed to| Dollars given to the Sal- | E WAR! PAIN p iron ‘Catl Bald Eagie, whoxe terfal of every kind all over the city, |and, using the labor of the man who would otherwise be a public charge, we not only convert this material into articles which are of great benefit to | the poor of the city through being sold to them at exceedingly low prices, but we also rehabilitale and start | back on the road to prosperity large | numbers of the ‘down but never out,' | whose labor we make temporarily use- | ful in this work. We feed them and | give them a clean and comfortable | bed while they are with us and use every effort to find them - better job. Eventually we succeed and then they | no longer need our help. Every onc | {concerned has been benefited In the | transaction. Ald Hungry and Needs. “Last year alone we furnished 28.- 664 meals to the hungry and supplied | beds to 8371 needy in \Washingion. We distributed 20,148 garments and 2,279 pairs -of shoes. There were baled by our men and sold 1,279 tons of waste paper and we collected and | repaired 1,930 piecfs of discarded | furniture. ' This, witlt our other ac-| tivities, supplied to the needy of Washington 7,128 days’ work. In ad- dition to this we paid out of the re- ceipts of the Social Service Center $8,09.89 ‘In_cash grants to the men assisted. We assisted 400 men with transportation back to their hgmes “All this was in addition to our other work of giving Christmas din- ners to 4,000 of the city’s poor and supplying 1,000 Christmas presents to | children who would otherwise have been missed by Sznta Claus entirely: running a fresh-air camp, where the children of the poor are taken for ten days during the summer and given a real vacation out in the open; supplylng coal to destitute families, and giving both advice and spiritual | aid to_thousands during the entire | | | vear. When one begins to enumerate | our activities there is no place to stop. Cost of Fresh-Alr Camp. “The fresh-iir camp will cost us nearly $7,000 this summer and we shall need in our relief work, outside of the Soclal’ Service Center. which is self- supporting) about $14,000. 1If the people of Washington will provide us with a 10 per cent increase over the funds we expended last year we can do, through better facilities and organization, about 25 per cent more work during the com- ing vear. “I believe,” sald Maj. McGee, “that after knowing these facts about the army and its work for Washington, ‘Washingtonians cannot fail to see that ! a dollar invested in the work of the | Salvation Army brings in a return such as few other investments can offer. she handled it capably. Each lit-. tle squeeler went down at one gulp, and for a day or so she took on a corrugated appearance. However, the twenty-five-foot serpent, said to be one of the largest In captivity, has remark- able digestive fowers, according to Mr. Blackburn, the head supervisor of the animals, and all that can be seen now of the erstwhile porkers is four slight bumps. Mme. Python at present is all coiled up, wide awake, very sleek looking, with an appearance of the greatest contentment, but wholly lacking of any signs of pep or vitality. GENOA SURE TO FAIL VIEW- OF VANDERLIP (Continued from First Page.) political weather is bleak. Genoa is foredoomed to failure. A successful at- tack on the problem of reconstructing Europe must include reparations. Premier Lloyd George arrived without, a sufficlently prepared program. Its basis was the conference of London ex- perts’ report, which it was impossible for the Russians o accept. The only plans of positive action—the central bank conferénce and the international corpo- ration—are ‘inadequate and not imme- diately promising of imporfint results. The fundamental reason TYor the fallure of Genoa lies in the moral fiber of the British premier. He un- dertook to deal with the situation in a spirit éf compromise Wwhere com- promise is impossible. Moral Fiber Lacking. He 1s undoubtedly the most brilliant political mind of our ‘age, but en opportunist, with superficial under- standing of facts, & feeble grasp on principles. No one here sees more clearly the perils of the situation or the opportunities for political ' ex- pression, but moral fiber: is lacking. Mr. Lloyd George made his main fight on Russia. He attempted to force compatibility between ftwo fundamentally incompatible social or- “'His enemies say he is willing nike hande with murderers.” evelution in Russ.a bus been , it 18 Lue, bul Tovoils e tlons have never been conducted with white kid gloves. Soviet Strongly Seated. ‘The sbviet government is strongly: seated in power. The fault lies deeper. Two varled economic systems cannot work together. The evils which have fallen on Russia are in gréat part directly traceable to the communist system. It seems to ' me dertain that the two systems cannot work together. Russia should have complete free- dom to retaln and experiment with her social order, but so long as it is communistic it must be isolated. If Mr. Lloyd George, liké Lincoln, saw that Europe cannot be divided Into two systems, as America at the time of the civil war, Genoa would. not have been convened. . There are.many illusions among the capitalfsts of Europe about the ex- ploitive possibilities of Ruesia. The economic development of Russla, like that of China, is a matter of many years. Concessions seem to have & magic sound. Bankrupt nations with nothing in thelr treasuries but con- cessions hope to trade them for ready cash. (Copyright, 1922.) —_— WILL GIVE BONUS VIEWS. President to Communicate to Sen- ators in Two Days. Views of President Harding on sol- dier bonus legislaton; described to- day at the White House as unchanged, will_be transmitted within the next two days to'Chairman McCumber and can members of the Scnate committee, } 1 i picture i Il Hand, Chief Iron Tall Bald Eagle, Willizm Ghost Bear and Philip Brown | g0o0od money has b lof bareback riders were easily the| {MR. MELLON FEARS FREE VIRGINIA MAN on one side of the new 10,000 SEE CIRCUS INVARIETY OF ACTS Three Rings Going Full Speed During Performance of Sells-Floto. A circus may be a circus in name only, and, sometimes the public finds | en paid to see the same old acts, wardrobe that was used for generations and bands which | piay tunes out of date long before the circus came into existence. But the verdict given by the majority of some 10,000 people who witnessed the performance of the Sells-Floto shows at the old Camp Meigs site last even- ing and for two and a half hours watched the fun, was that it was a “regular show.” . While there were three rings going full speed ahead last night, those who witne: d the show were able to see every feature, and the seating arrangements have | the proper slant or pitch to enable one to enjoy the performance. Variety a Feature. There were iron-jaw, roman-ring and swinging ladders galore, trapeze.; sux‘m;:quhngl};‘ a petitic n‘ w-‘smn{;é: Nerinl i ae 2 i tatael pared by Smith’s near relatives | Alfre three big aerial casting acts, in which {+n30049 States, but the petition was re- | 1 prg: 3 a half dozen persons worked from|fused by the home secrgtary in July.{pcngence each rigging, contortion, slack and tight wire, jumbling. leaping. base- back® riding, scores of clowns. who worked hard and fast at all times, trained horses. pénies, dogs. mules, donkeys, monkeys and seals. The “Poodles’ Hannaford family | feature of the performance nd they presented an act which completely ; stopped the circus performance until three encores Were answered. AS a clown rider who does everthing im- aginable “on, under and behind gal- loping horses,” the “Poodles” Hanna- ford ramily gave a rare exhibition. Aerial Dancing Marvel. Mile. Berta Beason, programmed as | “the aerial dancing marvel,” tripped her way right into the hearts of all} lovers of the fantastic, and the funny thing about Mile. Berta Beason is— she is not a French mam’selle at all, she’s a man! And the maid who as- sists the “aerial dancing marvel” is his wife. The Famous Flying Nelsons, a troupe of five aerialists, created rounds of applause as they literally flew through the air-in difficult cast- | ing and trapeze stunts. As a whole, | the Seils-Floto circus presented a per- formance which the audience enjoyed. { Many were turned away from the three ticket wagons because there were no more seats. There will be a final performance this evening at 8 o'clock, and when, Sells-Floto leaves Washington, it" Jeaves with a reputation for cleanli- ness and fair dealing. ! DEFICIT MAY RISE| (Continued from First Page. Vg tion of estimated expenses can be and should be treated as an economy. Others insist that it is only a paper saving, and is- not reflected in any reduced taxation, for th® rates this year are not appreciably lower than | they were last year, so that if a bil- lion dollars-was saved the taxpayers didn’t feel it, and that’the test of sav- ing will be in the reduced taxation rather than in the bookkeeping. Surplus Should Satisfy. Members of Congress who are com- pelled to fling figures at the public this autumn will use Director Dawes’ statement of 1922 finances, and point to it as an achievement. It shows a surplus of $45,000,000. What more can be asked? As for 1923, Mr. Dawes made no reference to it, and neither will the men up for re-election, ex- | cept to say that the first estimatef showed that 1922 would have a deficit, but before the year was.out it was miraculously conyerted into a surplus. Sorbe of the forward-looking men of the administration, however, whose po- litical vision extends beyond the au- tumn election of 1922, are disconcerted by what has happeried. They think it is only leaping from the frying pan into the fire. To show & surplus of $45,000,000 in 1922 may be alright, but to wipe out a deficit of $340,000,000, which has every prospect of being in- creased by the soldier bonus and other pending legislation to a half million dollars, is & feat which will. tax the ingenuity bf the budget experts, if not the resources of the public. The con- gressional situation in 1922 may be benefitted, but the presidential contest of 1924 is endangered by the strategy. ‘To this the optimists in Congress an- swer that by the fall of 1924 they will have been able to turn the corner and ‘wipe out all'deficits, something, how- ever, which 18 too far in the future for anybody at present to contradict. Suf- ficient unto the year is the surplus thereof—that's the slogan for 1822, and the republican leaders beiieve the future whi take care of itself. (Gop;right, 1922.) |that since his incarceration ;ed lawyers, and, istreet and so Convict Gets Offers of ] Millions for Rich Oil - Lands'in Mexico By the Associated Pres o ‘JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, May 9.— D. P, Hayes, a conviet of negro and Indian blood, has re- ceived two offers, ene purport: ing to be nther $1.500,000 for his oil in- prixon officials wald to- d to be the owner | of Mexican land classified ax ofl land. He i reported to have been advised not fo sell the land for less than $4,000,000. LADY ASTORHELPS {Charies Smith, Imprisoned in | England 15 Years, to Be Sent to U. S. the Associated SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 9.— Charles Smith of Virginia, who was sentenced to penal servitude for life in July, 1907, for the shooting of Ed- ward Guerin, was released today from the Dartmoor jail. He will seil ¥ for the United States on the steam- | ship Majestic, under a deportation or- r issued by the home secretary. Smith's lfberation after serving fi teen years, was due to the efforts of John Savage, American consul. and Lady Astor. When Smith nne Churchill, was_also c d 1o fifteen y Smith and “Chicago May,” was sentenced, May alias qua whom _Guerin over had brought to London from Chica, m 1900, Robbed American Express Co. They went to France and robbed the American Express Company in Paris, for which Guerin was sen- tenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island. “Chicago May” was sentenced to three years' imprisonment, at the expiration of which she returned to Lond: Guerin, after four vears at Devil's. Island, escaped and returned to London, where he was again ar- rested. Extradition was demanded by the French government, which the sh government refused, after de- ining him in jail eighteen months, deciding he was a British subject About the time Guerin left for Eng- iand, Smith went to South Af with a circus, and remained there Then he came back to and re-established relationg with *Chicago Ma Guer was in jail, heard of this friendship and made threats against Smith, ac- cording to the latter's story. After Guerin’s release from prison he and Smith met, and the latter shot Guerrin through the foot, necessitat- ing his spending eight years in a hos- ital. Guerin, who is £tili in London. was in the hands of the polige of this country at various intervals during Smith's incarceration. Lady Astor Alds Consul. In April, 1920, Consul Savage was | visited by Rev. C. F. Braithwaite, one | § |of the chaplains of Parkhurst prison, that the conduct of | who testified Smith while in jail had had the sym- pathy and respect of every official and he had saved the life of one of the keepers who was attacked by a convict. Rev Mr. Braithwaite requested the consul 1o use his best efforts to have the man released. Mr. Savage went to Park- hurst and had an interview with the prisoner. % 1921. The consul then put the case {pefore Lady Astor, and she visited Smith, who had been transferred from Parkhurst to Dartmoor. She employ- a result, the home was induced to issue the n order. secre deporta FIREMEN INJURED ANSHERING ALARM Three firemen were hurt when the T, hose wagon of No. 3 engine company 1 2d No. 6 engine,”on their way to a fire alarm received from the private box at Columbia Institution for the Deaf, Florida avenue‘and 8th street, collided at 1st and H streets at 9:30 o'clock this morning and were wreck- | ed. There was no fire and crossed wires were given as the cause of the alarm. John Ross Gray of No. 3 engine company, riding on the rear of the hose wagon, were thrown to -the riously cut and bruised that they were taken to Emergency Hospital. Private Fred- erick M. Earnshaw of No..6-engine | company, who was driving the en- gine, also was injured. He received an injury to_his leg, but refused hospital treatment. He was able to accompany the damaged engine to the repair shop. The two pieces of apparatus of No. 3 engine company left their quarters at New Jersey avenue and E street and were moving north to make a turn east into K street, while No. 6 engine, goink east on H street, was to turn north at Tth street. The driver of No. 3 hose wagon made an effort to turn east and clear the road- way for No. 6, while No. 6 driver also made an effort to turn out. Members of the department report- ed that the hose wagon was struck on the side by thegengine; throwing it against the curb, but nbt over- turning it. It was badly damaged, however, and it was some time be- fore it could be removed. The dam- aged engine was taken to the repair shop shortly after the accident. Deputy Chief P. W. Nicholson, act. ing chief, hurtied to the scene to as- sist the injured men and learn par- ticulars of the affair. Later he went to the hospital and was assured that neither of the men there had sus- tained injuries whioh threatened their lives. PRESIDENT’S LEAD IN DAYLIGHT SAVING FOLLOWED BY CITY (Continued from First Page.) cision in changing their hours, an Snnouncement by the management of Glen Echo may give some indication of the sentiment among managers. The proposed new time plan will not effect Glen Echo, the management anmounces, declaring all attractions Will be open as usual, starting Sat- urday, and the ballroom will be open for -dancing from 8:30 to 11:30 on week nights. “I am not in favof of daylight sav- ing as-appiled to amusement enter- prises of any kind” sald Manager Schloss, “particularly Glen Echo Park, It would work untold hard- ships to change operating hours here in view of:the many contracts en- tered into -with the large force of employes, Sunday school picnikers, excursionists, etc.” —_———— Even when he goes out to borrow trouble many a fellow borrows twice as much as he needs. “Chicago | Sergt. Henry Kinsella and Private | IWILL EXPLAIN DRIVE FORVICTORY SHRINE Mrs. Dimock to Address Me- morial Building Fund Boosters Thursday. Detailed plans for enlisting co-operation of the women of Wash lington in the coming appeul for thig city’s quota of $230,000 ihe i toward $7.500,000 George Washington Menio- {rial building wille be explained and discussed at a,meeting of the en’s advisory council of the me rial agsoeiation, "to be held at home of Mrs. Henry F. I g president of the organizati urse day afternoon at 1 Among the women council Mrs. Wil 73 of Chief Just me Court; Mrs, Wife of the former Secretary of Mrs. Edwin 1 ife of the reta 0. Selfridge, w Selfridge; Mrs nigineer Commissioner of tha t of Columbia. 3 Arthur D es 0. Bell, Mrs Mrs. Mareu res Henry bu orby, Mre. Wilt Wiltred Du Puy. Miss Helen Everett, Mrs Frederick nst, Mra. n o I | { 1es Cirroll Frazer, Mrs., 1 Wit ic Fowler, Mrs | P Gordon-Cumming, 'Mrs Gorges, Mrs. Thomas E. e, Mrs. B. Howry, Mrs . Hennen Jennings, Cross Johnson, Mrs. Ado , Mrs. Jtudolph Kauff n \;. M:‘ru‘n allman. Mrs. Arthur Lee rs. A. Lisuer, Mrs. Francois o ran, Mrs. Isaac e ity 'RI?‘}- Matthews, Mrs, rt Meyer, Mr ! Sim Nve, Mrs iry T. Oxnardy 131 Parmelee, Mrs. Albsrf | Levin Richardson, Mrs. Judah Hows arg. Mrs. Abram Simon, Mrs, L. B Mrs. Alfred B. Taylory r](‘\ll!lr-‘: l]t. Tuckerman, S s . Walcott and 8. Cl & Boughton oot~ ~°0 Mre. Cliarled g BCh Work Already Done. “nder the lcadership of Mrs Gouverneur Hocs. who ‘i i Rosa | Gouverneur is vo |director of the women's divi he associat the women of ington have en working ene an a month to ve appeal to th the meeting Thursday reports }ht_'}ead TS of roups of wao \\")H l',-pl;’\:)f!.r £ nade in orga Among . the women who are n organization of groups J {en: Mrs | tedchers A Gibbs, ches; Mrs, Womén's mma S Aristian oble Gualeioupe: | Council of Je | line Yeomane {ginia White Speel and Mre. | Fry, republi | nigerode ! Charles | Dame. | chu Chap P2l Angeric William James | lumbia Chapte Hevoluti 1ro. Dis the iet of League {American Pen \ : Mrs. Julien Mason, democr en; Mrs. Wal- ter R. Tucker: <. F k Fuller, IMrs. Harry it 1d Mrs. Caldweli ROMANCE, TRAGEDY GO HAND IN HAND {New York Reports Longest i List of Violence and Suicide Known in Months.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 9—Romance aud tragedy. walking hand hand through the metropolitan {terday, left in their wake the |list of violence and suicide {has known in man Seven person! es in morgues, nd the story 1y every case one of unrequit Dr. Alfred H. Riedel, {separated from his wife. ranton. Pa. had long been int uated with a Broadway chorus He poisoned himself for her love ye {terday, dying with au improvised spotlight glaring on his fac At Mamaroneck, John i thirty-four, post office clerk weetheart, Elizabeth V- into Alton Wood Park to press his suit for her hand. Their bodies were found side by side. Doll Factory Yields Thrill. Vincent Laclardi, eigkteen, paint tn a doll factory in West Houston street, called Margaret Violanti, sev- enteen, into a hallway of the factory and begged her to elope with him to Pittsburgh. When she told him she did rot jove him he whipped out a pistol and fired five shots. One pierced her chin. He then turned the weapon on him- elf, but again his aim was bad and he suffered only a flesk wound in the cheek. Michael Stanshefsky, twenty, w. hailed into Yorkville magistrate court on a charge of annoying Mar- garet Smith, a fellow factory worker. JuSt before the case was called Stanshefsky flew at the young wom- afl, seized her by the throat and bi her cheek. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital for observation as to his sanity. Two other attempts at suicide, one successful, in which the love motif was not apparent, were reported. Death in a Bathtub, Mrs. Constance F. Marvin was found dead in_a bathtub in her home at Mount Vernon. She left a note ex- pressing hope that she would find divine forgiyeness for her act. Miss Edith Buchanan,, forty-tw who recently suffered a nervous breakdown, was found in her room athe Martha Washington Hotel suf- fering from poisoning. { Mystery surrounds the death of | Vincent ~ Morelli, twenty-five, who died.in a policeman’s arms after he * had ‘been wounded in a pistol duel with two or three other-men. The body of Robert Gay, cashier of the Newton (N. J.) Gas Company, who disappeared a month ago, was fished out of Westchester creek near Pel- ham bay and identified. Homegoing crowds in Grand street, in the lower East Side, were thrown into a panic_when -three men and two women fell wounded after five men suddenly drew pistols and began shooting at _one another. The gun- men began their battle within a block of police headquarters. All the gun- men escaped except one, who . .8 captured after a chase of two block®™ ! in area months in “led J